Nov 03, 2021 Commissioners Court - Regular

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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WE ARE STARTING LATE WE HAD A PRESSING MATTER.

WHEN OUR PARTNERS. GOOD NEWS TO REPORT THAT IT WAS THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IT IS GREAT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION FIRST THING IN THE MORNING WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.

IF YOU ARE 30 MINUTES LATE. YOU NEED A GOOD REASON.

I FEEL LIKE A GOOD START TO A GOOD DAY NOW.

THANK YOU FOR THE INDULGENCE AND THAT IS AS THEY SAY THE

[A. County Judge calls for the Invocation.]

ADDED VALUE. >>> GOOD MORNING I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ASK THAT YOU RISE FOR INVOCATION.

REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE AND TO OUR TEXAS FLAGS.

>>> COMMISSIONER GONZALES WOULD YOU SAY INVOCATION?

>> LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME WITH YOU JUST TO ASK YOU TO HEAR US AND CONTINUE TO GIVE US THE WILL, THE POWER TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER, UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. WE ASK YOU ANYTHING THAT YOU GIVE US THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU PROVIDED THE COURT AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

WE ASK YOU TO GO TO THE TABLE AND HELP US GO TO THE TABLE AND WORK THINGS OUT AND THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE GIVE YOU THANKS, LORD, YOU HAVE MADE US WHAT WE ARE AND THANK YOU FOR GUIDANCE AND BEING WITH US IN YOUR TIME OF NEED. PRAY FOR THE FAMILY AND PRAY FOR OUR FAMILIES, PRAY FOR THE COUNTY FAMILIES.

THOSE THAT ARE SICK AND THEY CAN RECOVER N YOUR NAME, LORD.

[B. Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America and Texas Flags.]

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

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE

STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVI. >>> NOVEMBER 3RD.

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

WE ARE THE THIRD FLOOR COMMISSIONER'S COURTROOM.

I CERTIFY COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ IS ON VIDEO.

HE IS PRESENT AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER MAREZ AND BRENT CHESNEY ARE HERE. WE ARE ALL IN ATTENDANCE A

QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. >> COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ IS ON

[D. SAFETY BRIEFING]

>>> GOOD MORNING WE'RE MEETING HERE THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE NUECES COURTHOUSE AT 901 LEOPARD STREET.

RESTROOMS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE ATRIUM PAST THE HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER. THERE IS A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT THE REAR OF THE COURTROOM. THERE ARE SIX ON THE THIRD FLOOR. THE NEAREST CLOSEST TO YOU.

IN THE EVENT OF A CARDIAC EMERGENCY, THERE IS AN AED ON THE RIGHT WALL NEXT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE.

PARTICIPANTS WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DIALING 911 IS CONNIE. PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE CPR CERTIFIED ARE MYSELF. REMEMBER.

ANYONE CAN RENDER AID. IN THE EVENT OF EVACUATION THE EGRESS DOWN THE THIRD FLOOR STAIRS, OUT THE DOORS AND ACROSS LPONCE STREET. SHOULD THERE BE A NEED TO SHELTER IN PLACE THE SEVERITY, THE COURTROOM DOUBLE DOORS WILL BE SECURED AND REMAIN SECURED UNTIL GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE NU NUECES COUNTY SHERIFF OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THE TOPICS TODAY REMINDER THIS WEEKEND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME AND FALLING AN HOUR BACK.

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[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.]

BRIEF. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>> I MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND NOTICE THAT I HAVE A NICE SLATE HERE BUT ONLINE DON'T FORGET IF YOU WISH TO MAKE COMMENT USE THE VIRTUAL ICON OF A HAND AND LET US KNOW IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

AT THIS TIME I'LL START WITH JJ.

>> THE COURT RECOGNIZES OUR VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER.

>> JUDGE FOR THE RECORD THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP AND PEOPLE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT AS WELL TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

>> THIS IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A DISTINCTION, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE.

I THINK THE ONCE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK DURING THE HEARING DID SIGN UP THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NOTED PUBLIC HEARING.

>> I SAW YOU EARLIER. ARE YOU HEAR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING OR THE COMMENT. IS THAT OKAY IF I ADD THAT ON HERE? JJ PLEASE PROCEED.

>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. I WANTED TO IDENTIFY THE COURT AND THE COMMUNITY OF THE VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONIES WE HAVE THIS WEEK. THE FIRST THE VETERAN'S CEREMONY. WE WILL BE PLACING FLAGS AROUND THE PERIMETER. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

WE WILL DO THAT ON WEDNESDAY, N. CAN YOU SHOW UP AT 5:30 AND ALL ARE WELCOME. WE WILL NOT HAVE A CEREMONY AT THE CEMETERY. THE SECOND THE VFW, 8932 IN FLOWER BLUFF. WE WILL HAVE A MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. THAT IS 6 P.M.

IT IS IN CORPUS CHRISTI, 78418.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. THE THIRD IS A VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY ON THE 11TH, NOVEMBER H AT BEN GARZA GYM.

THE SPONSOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR VETERAN'S AFFAIRS AND HOSTING UNIT THE 82D AIRBORNE ASSOCIATION.

AFTER THAT, THE USS LEXINGTON WILL HAVE A SALUTE CEREMONY AT 2 P.M. AGAIN, ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THAT AS WELL. FINALLY ON VETERAN'S DAY WE WILL HAVE THE BAND OF HONOR AND A CEREMONY FROM 4:30 TO 5:30 P.M. AS TILT CONCLUDES POSTING 1000 FLAGS TO HONOR VETERANS LIVING AND DECEASED. %-ÚE WEEKS FROM THE 11TH THROUGH DEC. SPOONSORED MAY KEEP THEIR FLAGS. THE FLAGGINGS THAT ARE NOT PICKED UP WILL BE RETIRED AT THE VETERAN'S CEMETERY FLAG RETIREMENT AREA. AS AN FYI WE HAVE THREE VOLUNTEER PORK PARTIES FOR THE FIELD OF HONOR AND THAT'S AT THE RICHARD BORCHER FAIRGROUNDS STARTING TODAY UP UNTIL THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY. WE WILL BE SETTING REBAR THAT WILL HANKER THE FLAG -- ANCHOR THE FLAG POLES.

THE HOMELESS VETERAN'S STANSTANDDOWN BETWEEN NUECES AND THE CORPUS CHRISTI COMMITTEE FOR VETERAN AFFAIRS.

THAT IS ON NOVEMBER 12TH. THE ADDRESS IS 311 NORTH STAPLES, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE CORPUS CHRISTI COMPANY BUILDING.

SO ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US THE STANDDOWN, WE'LL PROVIDE A LUNCH. PERSONAL HYGIENE, HAIRCUTS.

FLU SHOTS AND BENEFITS. THAT'S MY STATEMENT, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. GARZA. >> WE GET THE PUBLIC HEARING

PART ONLINE. >> I NOTED IT FOR THE RECORD I WILL CALL ON YOU WHEN WE GET TO THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING.

>> MR. GARZA. >> JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, ROLANDO GARZA WITH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE, I'M VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME HERE, COUNTY JUDGE, AND I HEARD THINGS OUT IN THE MEDIA ON THE

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I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE THE COURT WHEN JUDGE NEIL WAS HERT AND CHANDLER AND JUDGE DOORCHER WAS HERE.

I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE THIS IS NOT, 34 YEARS IN CIVIL RIGHTS COAST TO COAST. IT DISTURBS ME WHEN AN ISSUE ARISES ABOUT THE CITY AND COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHEN PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SYSTEM AND THERE IS MISINFORMATION YOU SIGNED UP NOT ONLY SLANDEROUS BUT A LIE AND INCORRECT. KY NOT TOLERATE THAT.

WHEN I DO MY SHOW WE TELL THE TRUTH.

AND MR. CHESNEY KNOWS MY BATTLES WE WORKED TOGETHER ON HELPING THE PROJECTSMENT WHEN I HEAR SOMEONE COME AFTER THE JUDGE OR THE COMMISSIONER OR A COUNCILMAN WITH LIES I CANNOT DISPARAGE YOU I CANNOT DISPARAGE YOU, CALL YOU NAMES.

NOBODY SHOULD CALL YOU AND DISPARAGE T IS RESPECT FOR YOU AND THE CHAIR. FOR EACH COMMISSIONER SHOULD BE REPORT NOD MATTER WHO THEY ARE.

FOR SOMEONE TO CALL YOU CRIMINAL AND SAY MISINFORMATION. I'M SURE YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS. WHEN YOU RECEIVE GRANDS FOR FUNDING FOR COAST. YOU ACCEPT THE GRAND AS A COMMISSION AS A BOARD. THERE IS THE CITY, THERE IS THE RTA AND IT IS A COOKIE CUTTER. THEY ARE LED TO THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT. HR OR PAY ROLL THEY ARE FORMULATED IN THE BUDGET. WHEN A PERSON TAKES ONE SELF ACT AND ATTEMPT TO LINE THANK PROJECTS IT DOES NOT MEAN THE JUDGE SIGNED OFF. FOR ONE TO SAY THAT IS A LIAR.

PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE OUTLETS AND AVIATOR FIELD R WE MAKING -- ARE WE MAKING MONEY. AND COMPENSATION FOR A CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WITH COVID AT THE JAIL, TAXATION AND IN THE AREAS. THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HEAR. I HAVE WORKERS HAS ANY MAYOR OR JUDGE EVER SIGNED YOUR CHECK? THEY SAID NO, THEY COME FROM PAY ROLL. FOR SOMEONE TRY TO CUT YOU OR TRY TO HURT YOU POLITICALLY OR I DON'T THINK YOU NEED DEFENDING, THE FAMILY IS LEGENDARY.

I CAME OUT. I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO COME FROM THE FIELD OF CIVIL RIGHTS BUT FOR NO ONE TO COME TO THE PODIUM NOT TO DEFEND. YOU DON'T NEED THAT.

ARE YOU A SMART, ARTICULATE BREEZE LOVED PERSON BUT SOMEONE NEEDS TO CALL IT WHAT IT IS. IF THEY WANT TO PLAY POLITICS, LET'S DO IT WITH THE DROUGHT. I THINK THE F.B.I. THEY HAVE A FORENSIC AUDIT IF IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE PER VIEW OF THE COUNTY YOU HAVE THE TEXAS RANGERS AND WHY SOMEONE DESIGNED TO LINE THEIR POCKETS. GO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE SEPARATION. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOUR BUCK STOPS AND WHERE THEY START AND WHERE THEY END AND WHO ARE ALL INVOLVED. I'M A RETIRED PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS, WHEN I WAS LICENSED BY DPS.

IT DOES NOT TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND CREATE ANIMOSITY IN THE COMMUNITY.

DON'T BRING GAS TO A FIRE. I KNOW IN HIGH HEART AND MIND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WANTS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE PEOPLE. WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS AFTER 50 YEARS THAT HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED WE HAVE PROBLEMS, COUNTY JUDGE. GOOD LESS YOU AND THE PRIMARY AND HERE US LORD. GIVE US THE WILL AND THE POWER TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER I HOPE IT REMAINS THAT WAY.

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WE STICK I'LL BE BACK. >>> AT THIS TIME I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE DO HAVE I HAVE NINE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING IN-PERSON AND MR. MARKS ONLINE SO I DO NOT SEE ANY FURTHER BUT I'LL ASK ONCE MORE IS THERE ANYONE ELSE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT NOT ON THE PUNT MAYOR DALEY ON RESTRICTING.

[F. PUBLIC HEARING WILL BEGIN AT 9:00 A.M. The Nueces County Commissioners Court will conduct a public hearing to receive public input related to the Nueces County 2021 Redistricting Plan. The purpose of the public hearing is to discuss the local redistricting process, including timeline, and receive/present preliminary work model redistricting maps. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING]

I'LL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THAT ALL OF YOU TAKE NOTICE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS Y CONDUCTING A HEARING RELATED TO THE NUECES COUNTY 2021 RESTRICTING PLAN.

THE PURPOSE OF THE HEAR SOMETHING TO DISCUSS THE LOCAL REDISTRICTING PROCESS, INCLUDING TIME LINE AND RECEIVE PRESENT PRELIMINARY WORK MODEL REST RESTRICTING MAPS.

AT THIS TIME I DIDN'T QUITE GAVEL US IN AND OUT I HAVE 9:18 HERE AS THE START OF THE PUBLIC HEAR SOGGY WOULD CALL UPON.

I'LL CALL THEM IN ORDER UNLESS, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT JOSE GO FIRST? WE'LL CALL YOU IN ORDER RECOGNIZE AND THROW IN JOSE GARZA AN ATTORNEY, TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD AND HERE TO VISIT WITH US ABOUT THE RESTRICT PROCESSING AND THE WORK THAT HE HAS BEEN HIRED TO

DO. >>> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, I'LL BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN BUT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED A PACKET BEFORE HAND.

IT WAS YESTERDAY, SO PEOPLE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE. IF WE CAN GO TO THE POWER POINT AND GO TO THE THIRD PAGE THE LAST TIME I CAME BEFORE YOU, WE TALKED ABOUT THE POPULATION OF NUECES COUNTY.

AS IT STANDS NOW. >> HOLD ON, CONNIE ANY LUCK THERE K WE GET THAT LITTLE BIGGER FOR THE AUDIENCE -- CAN WE GET THAT A LITTLE BIGGER FOR THE AUDIENCE.

>> JOSE, SINCE YOU HAVE THE DATA IF YOU REFER TO SOMETHING

WILL YOU READ THE NUMBERS. >> I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SIZE OF THE SLIDE. WE WERE WORKING TO GET THIS TO YOU. WE TALKED ABOUT THE CURRENT POPULATION OF THE DISTRICTS AND WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO CONSIDER DRAWING THE PLAN.

THE PLAN YOU RUN UNDER IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL IT IS A TOP TO BOTTOM OF 32.54 , . THE WAY THAT'S CALCULATED IS BY LOOKING AT THE MOST POPULATED AND THE LEAST POPULATED COMMISSIONER PRECINCTS. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE AND THE PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE IS 32.54%.

THE LAW ALLOWS A VARIANCE OF 10%.

OTHERWISE THE PLAN IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

SO, HERE WE ARE WITH A PLAN THAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND AN ELECTION THAT IS IMMINENT. THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE IS -- IS WE'RE UNDER A TIGHT TIME LINE.

THE THERE WAS SOME ANTICIPATION THAT THE LEGISLATURE WOULD MODIFY THE ELECTION SCHEDULE TO GIVE JURISDICTIONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE WORK, ESPECIALLY IN A REDISTRICTING YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY TH THAT HAS NOT OCCURRED.

WE HAVE THE 13TH A FAIRLY HARD TIME LINE FOR COMMENCING THE ELECTION PROCESS WITH THE FILING PERIOD SO.

THE FIRST THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IN DEVELOPING PLANS FOR THE COUNTY IS MAKE SURE THAT THE POPULATION BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONER PREC PRECINCTS ARE BALANCED SEIZE

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WE ATTEMPTED TO DO THAT WITH THE FOUR MODEL PLANS THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING TODAY. THE SECOND THING THE LAW REQUIRES IS THAT THE CURRENT MINORITY OPPORTUNITY DISTRICTS THAT EXIST IN THE PLAN BE PROTECTED.

AND SECTION 2 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS AND 194TH AMENDMENT REQUIRE THAT THE RAOEURPBT OPPORTUNITY DISTRICTS BE PROTECTED IN ANY NEW PLAN THAT YOU DEVELOPMENT.

AS CAN YOU SEE THERE ARE THREE WHERE THERE ARE CLASSIFIED AT MINORITY OPPORTUNITY DISTRICTS IN THE PLAN.

COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 1, WHICH A 65.96% HISPANIC.

69% MINORITY. COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 2, WHICH IS 76% MINORITY AND PRECINCT 3.

WHICH IS 75% MINORITY. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE PLANS DEVELOPED PROTECT THE EXISTENCE OF THOSE THREE DISTRICTS IF IT IS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE OTHER PRINCIPLES WE WANT TO LOOK AT IN WHAT WE DEVELOP.

IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE YOU WILL SEE WHAT IS CALLED THE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. WE LISTED SEVERAL TABLES FOR THE CURRENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE WHICH LISTS, THE CITIES AND THE COMMUNITIES IN NUECES COUNTY AND HOW THEY FIT WITHIN THE PLAN SO YOU SEE THINGS LIKE BISHOP IS IN PRECINCT 2, IT IS 100%. ET CETERA.

WE LIST ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES IN NUECES COUNTY.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IF YOU CAN TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, IN THE PLAN WE HAVE LISTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT COME INTO OR ARE WHOLLY CONTAINED IN NUECES COUNTY AND T THEN WHAT THE COMMISSIONER PRECINCT AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE JURISDICTIONS ARE IN THOSE COMMISSIONER PRECINCTS. THAT COVERS THE NEXT TWO PAGES. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CHANGE IN DEMOGRAPHICS. THE NEXT SLIDE THERE HAS BEEN A NEW -- A NEW CENSUS. THEY CAME OUT.

IT WAS LATE IN THE PROCESS. GENERALLY THE CENSUS IS RELEASED IN FEBRUARY, MARCH OR APRIL THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE COUNT. THIS YEAR FOR REASONS OUTSIDE OF ANYBODY'S CONTROL WITH THE PANDEMIC, ET CETERA, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONDUCT THE CENSUS AND THE NUMBERS WERE NOT READY TORE RELEASED UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.

THAT PUTS US ALL UP AGAINST THE WALL TO GET THE THINGS DONE IN THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE CENSUS BUT IN PART BY THE FAILURE TO HAVE RESOURCES DEVOTED SUFFICIENTLY TO CONDUCT THE CENSUS ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND AT THE STATE LEVEL. THERE IS A UNDERCOUNT OF THE POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY AND IN TEXAS.

A REPORT BY THE URBAN INSTITUTE INDICATES THAT TEXAS HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. AND THAT LATINOS AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE THE POST UNDER COUNTED OF ALL THE POPULATIONS IN TEXAS. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FIGURE OF ONLY A 3.8% INCREASE IN POPULATION OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS FOR NUECES COUNTY, PART IS CUE TO -- DUE, NUECES COUNTY DO NOT GROW AS FAST AS THE REST OF THE STATE BUT DUE TO THE FACT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL UNDER COUNT AND ESPECIALLY AMONG PEOPLE OF COLOR HALT TEE KNOWS AND AMERICANS. IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND NUECES COUNTY IS BECOMING MORE HISPANIC.

IF YOU SEE ACROSS THE COUNTY THE ANALYSIS THAT COMES OUT OF LOOKING AT THE CENSUS NUMBERS. HISPANICS ARE EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTY NOW. THERE ARE STILL POCKETS OF SEGREGATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND LATINOS ARE -- USED

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IN FACT THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN THE WHITE POPULATION WHICH IS CATEGORIZED AS THE WHITE POPULATION IN NUECES COUNTY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE THINGS THAT WE ARE TASKED WITH. ANOTHER THING I THINK THAT EXACERBATES ALL OF THE ISSUES IS NUECES COUNTY IS A POOR COUNTY. I KNOW THAT THINGS ARE IMPROVING, I LIVED IN NUECES COUNTY MANY YEARS AGO, I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN NUECES COUNTY, BUT STILL THERE ARE POCKETS OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SEVERELY IMMOVERRISHED AND UNDER EDUCATED. I PUT TOGETHER TABLES TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE ON THOSE THINGS OF HOUSING, FAMILY SIZES AND THEN THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.

HAVING ACCESS TO COMPUTER INTERNET, EDUCATION LEVELS AND INCOME SO, AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE HAD TO WORK WITH AND WE STARTED OUR TASK LOOKING AT VARIOUS MECHANISMS TO DRAW THE PLAN AND THE PLANS COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND REDISTRICTS PRINCIPLES. THE OTHER THING I NOTED, I DID SENATE ON ONE OF THE WHEN YOU FORMED A REDISTRICTS I LISTENED TO THE DISCUSSION THEY MIRRORED MANY OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT A COUNTY SHOULD LOOK AT WHEN IT IS DRAWING INCLUDING THE PROTECTION OF MINORITY VOTING RIGHTS.

SO THE FIRST PLAN THAT I HAVE DEVELOP DEVELOPED IF YOU TURN THE NEXT PAGE IT IS PLAN A, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MAPS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED FOR TO YOU LOOK AT A COUNTY WIDE MAP SO YOU CAN SEE SEE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE DISTRICTS THEN THE SECOND WE ZOOM IN ON WHERE THE CHANGE IN THE PLAN IS. THE DARK BLACK LINE IS THE CURRENT DISTRICTS AND THE SHADED AREA IS THE NEW DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE DRAWN. THIS PLAN I CALLED THE LEAST CHANGED PLAN. WE ONLY MOVED TWO OR THREE PRECINCTS IN THE COUNTY TO COME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS.

WITH PLAN A IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND ONE MORE.

, ON THE FIRST SET THE POPULATION OF EACH OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE NEW PLAN, PLAN A, THE LARGEST DISTRICT IS 2 AND THE SMALLEST DISTRICT WOULD BE 1 AND WHAT YOU CALL THE TOP TO BOTTOM DEVIATION THEN REFLECTED ON THE LAST LINE OF THE FIRST TABLE IS 7.37%. THIS COMPLIES WITH THE ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE. IT IS BELOW 10% IN TOP TO BOTTOM.

TILT TRIES TO BALANCE OUT THE POPULATION BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS. NONE ARE OVER 4% OR OVER OR UNDER 4% WHAT IS THE IDEAL IN NUECES COUNTY.

THEN THE BOTTOM SET OF NUMBERS SHOWS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE MINORITY REFLECTION OF THE DISTRICTS SO THAT DISTRICT 1 IS 69, ALMOST 70% MINORITY.

DISTRICT 2 IS 75. DISTRICT 3 IS 72 AND DISTRICT 41 IS 42% MINORITY. THE DISTRIBUTION OF MINORITY COMMUNITIES STAYS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS YOU HAVE IN THE PLAN. THAT'S WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE MAINTAIN THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND NUMBER TWO, THAT THAT WE REDUCE THE DEVIATION OR THE DIFFERENCE IN POPULATION SO IT IS BELOW 10%.

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AS I SAID, THE 13TH THE BEGINNING OF THE PRIMARY ELECTION SEASON AND THE ADMINISTRATOR IS THE CLERK IN NUECES COUNTY? THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR HAS TO HAVE EVERYTHING READY, HAVE THE VOTING PRECINCTS DONE AND THE POPULATION NEEDS TO KNOW, THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY LIVE IN, WHAT COMMISSIONER PRECINCT THEY LIVE IN.

ET CETERA. AND WITH THIS -- YES, SIR.

I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.

THE SHEET THAT YOU HANDED OUT TODAY?

>> YES. >> I'M MAY NOT BE READING IT RIGHT IF I LOOK THIS PLAN A THE NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT, WE WERE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER JUST AS I WAS LEAVING SAN ANTONIO.

>> IS THIS ONE YOU THINK I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS THIS. IS THIS CORRECT OR THE

BOOKLET? >> I THINK THAT THE --

>> WILL YOU READ THE NUMBERS HE CAN POINT TO IT.

>> IF I READ THIS PLAN A ON MINE SAYS THAT IF I READ THE PLAN. 4 HAS 90957 POPULATION THIS ONE

SAID 86616. >> YOU CAUGHT.

ONE OF THE LAST MINUTE CHANGES THAT WE MADE WAS ON PLAN A AS BETWEEN, I BELIEVE IT WAS PRECINCT 4 AND PRECINCT 2 SO THE NUMBER IN THE POWER POINT IS CORRECT.

>> THIS ONE OR THIS ONE? >> IN THE POWER POINT.

>> THAT NUMBER IS WRONG FOR PLAN A ON THOSE TABLES.

SO THAT COMMISSIONER BRENT CHESNEY IS REFERRING TO A TABLE THAT I PASSED OUT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, I DON'T THINK HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC WE JUST HAD IT DONE AS I SAID RIGHT BEFORE WE LEFT.

WE WERE NOT ABLE TO INCLUDE IT IN THE POWER POINT BUT WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. THIS WHAT IT DOES.

IT MEASURES THE POLITICAL NATURE OF THE PREDINTS AND COMPARES IT TO THE POLITICAL NATURE OF THE PLANS THAT WE DEVELOPED. BY THAT I MEAN HOW DEMOCRATIC ARE THERE AND WHO REPUBLICAN ARE THEY.

IT IS NOT SCIENTIFIC. WE PICKED FIVE ELECTIONS TO MEASURE THAT. THE TABLE IS MEASURED AGAINST DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES BUT IT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN MEASURED AGAINST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. THE RESULT IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MIRROR IMAGE.

WHAT THIS -- WHAT THIS TABLE SHOWS IS THAT BY THE WAY THE CHANGE THAT YOU HAVE CAUGHT AND WE'LL FIX, WILL NOT HAVE ANY MEASURABLE IMPACT ON THE TABLE.

THEY WILL BE THE SAME IT IS ONE PREDINT FROM ONE DISTRICT INTO OTHER. SO IT IS NOTE REFLECTED THERE BUT BUT IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE POLITICAL NATURE OF THOSE DISTRICTS. I THINK THE TWO TRADED I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBERS BUT WE CHECKED THE POLITICAL NATURE OF THOSE AND THEY WERE THE SAME AS WELL.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, TOO.

WHEN YOU SAY "TRADED" THAT IMPLIES THE THINGS PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT. WE DIDN'T, WE AS A COURT, WE HAVE NOT TRADED ANYTHING, RIGHT?

>> NO. >> LET'S BE CLEAR ON THAT.

>> THIS IS YOU IN YOUR DRAWING, HOWEVER YOU HAVE DROWN IT.

THERE HAS BEEN NO, LIKE I'LL TAKE THIS, YOU TAKE THIS.

THAT'S THE THING WHAT EVERYONE IS CONCERNED ABOUT AND I HAD NO CONVERSATIONS AND I DOUBT ANYONE HASMENT WHEN YOU SAID TRADED YOU KIND OF TWEAKED IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE

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SQUARE ON THAT. >> NO.

I DIDN'T RESULT WITH ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS OR THE JUDGE BEFORE WE MADE THE CHANGES. AND I DID INTERVIEW ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS. I GOT YOUR INPUT ON WHAT YOU THOUGHT AND THE PROCESS SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT SORTS OF GLOBAL ISSUES YOU THOUGHT I SHOULD LOOK AT IN TERMS OF HOW I STARTED DRAWING THE PLANS. I'M GLAD FOR THE CLARIFICATION, COMMISSIONER. BUT, AGAIN, THE PLAN SHOWS IT IS COMPLIANT, PLAN A IS COMPLIANT WITH ONE PERSON ONE VOTE AND COMPLIANT WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND ON THE BACK OF THE SHEET, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, IS THE -- THE CURRENT I THINK COPIED ON THE FRONT AND BACK ON THAT TABLE.

ON THE BACK IS THE POLITICAL DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE CURRENT PLAN SO IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE PLAN A OR A 1 OR A 2 OR PLAN 1 POLITICALLY TO THE CURRENT PLAN, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE FRONT TABLE AND THE FRONT PAGE AND THE TABLE IN PARTICULAR AND THEN FLIP THE PAGE TO SEE HOW IT MEASURES IN UNDER TODAY'S DISTRICTS. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE THE NEXT IS MAKES CHANGES THAT ARE MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUT FOLLOWING THE SAME PATTERN IN TERPS OF THE DESIGN OF THE PLAN.

ALL OF THE PLANS HAVE SOME RURAL AREA BUT COME INTO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO PICK UP POPULATION.

THAT'S THE WAY CAN YOU BALANCE IT OUT SO THEY SPOKE IN AND MOVE OUT AND ALL OF THE PLANS WILL DO THAT.

>> WOULD YOU, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE COULD YOU ADJUST WHATEVER ON THIS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU CAN PROVIDE IT AND

WHOEVER WANTS IT, PLEASE. >> WHEN WE WENT OVER HOW EACH OF THE PLANS -- HOW THE PLAN AFFECTED THE COMMUNITIES THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE TOWNS AND RURAL COMMUNITY.

WE DON'T HAVE THOSE IN THIS PACT FOR THE PLANS BUT WE'LL GET THOSE BY THE END OF THE WEEK ON EACH OF THE PLANS YOU WILL SEE THOSE AND WE WILL PROVIDE A LISTING OF THE VOTING PRECINCTS IN EACH OF THE PLAN SO THAT CAN YOU ISOLATE ON A PRECINCT AND LOOK WHERE IT IS T IS DIFFICULT TO SEE THE PRECINCTS IN THE MAPS. WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE TOOL THAT WILL HELP WITH THAT. THAT ZOOMS IN ON THE CHANGES AND, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CURRENT PLAN IS IN THE DARK BLACK AND THE PLAN BEING PROPOSED IS IN THE COLOR.

, LET ME SAY AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON PLAN ONE THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AT THE MEETING ON THE REDISTRICTS COMMISSION ON THE PROCESS THAT OCCURRED IN NUECES COUNTY IN 10 -- 2011 AND HOW THEY WERE MOVED IN AN ATTEMPT TO MODIFY THE PARTISAN NATURE AND TO SOME IT FELT LIKE IT WAS AIMED AT THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. I DID RESEARCH ON THAT AND I FOUND A LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. A PRECINCT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WAS 63. PRECINCT 63 WAS MOVED INTO COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 4 FROM COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 2 -- PRECINCT 1 IN THIS PLAN. I'M NOT SURE THAT IN THE DATA THIS HAD MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON EITHER THE DNR EVALUATION OR

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I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD DO TODAY.

IT DID NOT HAVE MUCH OF AN IMPACT IN THE PLANS.

>> YOU SAID 63, THAT'S 3. MOVING INTO PRECINCT 3 THE

BLACK LINE THAT'S IN 3. >> 63 IS MY OLD ONE.

>> 53. SORRY.

>> 53 IS MOVING INTO PRECINCT 3?

>> PRECINCT 1. >>> PRECINCT.

>>> THE NUMBERS ARE OFF THAT IS ONE THAT WAS BEING LOOKED AT.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT TABLE WHEN YOU BALANCE OUT THE POPULATION THE DEVIATION IS 5.31% T IS WELL WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE 1 PERSON ONE VOTE REQUIREMENT AND THE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN ALL THE PLANS.

68.8% IN PRECINCT 1. 78 IN 2.

73.9% IN 3 AND 43% IN FOUR. ALMOST ALL OF THE PLANS ARE

CONSISTENT IN THAT WAY. >> EVEN THOUGH WE SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS IN THE START. THERE IS NO REAL, YOU KNOW KEY OR GLOSSARY OF TERMS JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE -- THAT THE DEFINITION OF DEVIATION SO WHEN WE SAY WHY IS THAT DEVIATED, RIGHT. THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE NUMBERS NOT BEING EQUAL, RIGHT AND THE DELTA OR THE DIFFERENCE.

WHAT YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN IT IN YOUR WORDS? , I FEEL LIKE WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS YOU'RE OVER 10% DEVIATION WE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND WHAT WE WERE BECAUSE YOU SAID THIS IN THE BEGINNING IT IS IMPORTANT.

THE DEVIATION WAS WAY OFF FOR CURRENT DATA AND NOW THIS PLAN PUTS US WHERE YOU WANT TO BE WHICH IS UNDER 10%.

JUST EXPLAIN THAT WORD, DEVIATION AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE A SCARIER, VERY ODD WORD BUT IT'S NOT, IT REFERS TO THE NUMBERS.

>> IT IS A DETERMINE OF ART THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THROUGH LITIGATION. THIS IS THE DETERMINE.

>> YOU MEASURE THE POPULATION AND THAT'S HOW A COURT IS ELECTED FROM SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND YOU MEASURE THE POPULATION OF EACH DISTRICT. AND IF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MOST POPULATED AND THE LEAST POPULATED COMPARED TO WHAT IT WOULD BE EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED.

THAT IS THE POPULATION IS GREATER THAN 10%, THEN IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. AS WE SAID AT THE START IN NUECES COUNTY THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MOST AND THE LEAST POPULATED DISTRICTS IS 37%. THERE ARE OTHER MEASURES OF COMPLIANCE WITH ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE TAKING THE AVERAGE, AGAIN, DEVIATION OR DIFFERENCE FROM THE IDEAL BUT THE MOST COMMON USED AND THE MOST OFTEN RECOGNIZED IS THE WHAT IS CALLED THE TOP TO BOTTOM DEVIATION OR THE TOTAL DEVIATION AND IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE A TOP TO BOTTOM THAT IS MOST POPULATED TO LEAST POPULATED DIFFERENCE OF 5.31% WHEREAS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT IS NO MORE THAN 10 AND THE CURRENT PLAN IS 37. GOT IT.

I'M SORRY AND AT THIS POINT WHEN YOU GET COMFORTABLE, PEOPLE GO WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

AND I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE THAT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW.

THIS TYPE OF DIALOGUE THAT'S WHAT A HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT, THANK YOU. , ANOTHER MAP 1-A.

AGAIN. 1-A IS A VARIATION OFF THE SAME MODEL WITH THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND THIS ONE WE

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AND THEY DO AS WELL. BUT MIXED MODIFICATIONS ON THE EDGES BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS AND THOSE ARE BETTER SEEN, I GUESS, ON THE NEXT MAP, MAP 2 OF 1-A. THE BLACK LINE IS THE CURRENT AND THE COLOR IS THE PROPOSED OR MODEL PLAN AND AGAIN GOING TO THE TABLE, THE NEXT PAGE LOOKING AT THE TABLE THE MODIFICATIONS BRING US TO THE EDGE AND DISTRICT 2 IS STILL THE MOST POPULATED AND DISTRICT 1 IS THE LEAST POPULATED AND THE COLOR DEVIATION IS 9% A LITTLE OVER 9% THE MINORITY NUMBERS AGAIN ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS IN ALL OF THE OTHER PLANS. IN LOOKING AT THE PLANNINGS THAT WE HAVE AND THE DISCUSSIONS I HAD WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, I WOULD LIKE TO MODIFY THE PLAN SO THAT THE POPULATION OF PRECINCT 2 IS LOWERED IT IS ONE OF THE MINORITY DISTRICTS AND IT IS ONE OF THE OVERPOPULATED IN ALL OF THE PLANS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSED ARED.

DISTRICT 4, THE ONLY NON-MINORITY DISTRICT IS IN THE PLAN SLIGHTLY UNDER BY ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE THE IDEAL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT HIGHER FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

ONE IS THAT THESE ARE THE MINORITY DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE OVERPOPULATED. IF THEY ARE THE HEAVIEST WE SHOULD MODIFY THE PLANS TO REFLECT THAT NOT DRAMATICALLY OR DRASTICALLY BUT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE -- YOU HAVE 93,000 PEOPLE MORE OR LESS IN THE PRECINCT PLAN BUT THAT'S WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF -- THE POPULATION IS HIGHER THAN 93.

LET PEE STRESS THE PLANS -- LET ME STRESS THE PLANS ARE NOT SET IN STONE. WE'RE NOT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'RE PRESENTING THEM SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE ABOUT THE CHANGES WE CAN MAKE BEFORE WE PRESENT THE PLANS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A -- A NOVEMBER 8TH HEARING IN WHICH WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN IN THE EVENING. I HOPE TO HAVE MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLANS DEVELOPED BY THEN. AND TO RECEIVE COMMENT ON THE CURRENT PLANS. WE CAN MAKE MORE MODIFICATIONS

EVEN AFTER THAT. >> A QUESTION.

NOVEMBER 8TH THAT IS CORRECT.

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT FIVE IN THE EVENING.

THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC

THROUGH -- >> WEB SITE; OR SOME MEANS, WE CAN PUT IT ON THE WEB SITE DO ALL THOSE THINGS.

AND CAN WE MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SOMEHOW BY REQUEST?

>> WE HAVE MADE COPIES THAT WERE DISTRICTED TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ATTENDED THE HEARING.

WE CAN HAVE MORE AVAILABLE HERE AT THE COUNTY.

PRESIDENT-ELECT -- - PRECINCT, IT IS 2000 UNDER THE PLAN?

>> IT IS 2000. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT HIGHER AND LOSE FEWER PEOPLE THAN IT'S LOST IN THE MODIFICATIONS WE

MADE. >> SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

I HAVE GONE FROM THE LARGEST TO THE SMALLEST I HATE GAVE GIVING UP THE PEOPLE I REPRESENT. I HAVE GONE FROM THE SMALLEST

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THERE ARE SOME TWEAKS. I'LL TAKE BACK MY PEOPLE.

>> THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS 5000 ARE YOU LOOKING AT 2 AND 4 BUT WILL MAKE A THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? AND THE POPULATION OF $5000. INCOME -- OF 5000.

AND 2 IS ABOUT 5000. >> WE KNOW THE CONSTITUENTS AND THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE CENSUS THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF THAT AREA THAT WE'RE -- THAT WERE NOT COUNTED. YOUNGS PEOPLE, HISPANICS NOT COUNTIED THAT -- COUNTED THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE NUMBERS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO AND ADJUST FOR THAT LEGALLY, REDUCE THE CENSUS NUMBERS IN PRECINCT 2 AND INCREASE THE NUMBERS. WE'LL GO BACK AND REVIEW THOSE THINGS. THE NEXT PAGE IS THE MAP OF THOSE CHANGES THE BLACK LINE IS THE PLAN AND THE PROPOSED MAP AND, AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SHOULD.

AND I DON'T KNOW AND THE COMMISSIONER'S REACTION WOULD BE TO THAT. BUT IT IS MORE RURAL THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS AND FURTHER WEST AND SOUTH.

>> HE IS AVAILABLE AND HERE ONLINE WITH US.

>> I WANTED TO NOTE THAT FOR HIM TO LOOK AT THAT.

THESE ARE NOT SET IN STONE. WE'RE NOT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS. THE OTHER THING THAT THIS IS THE LAST MAP I BELIEVE THAT WE DEVELOPED.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID TRY TO LOOK AT COMMISSIONER MAREZ IS ON THE EDGE. THERE IS A COMMUNITY THERE WE WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD SOME TO HIS PRECINCT.

HE LIVES ON THE STREET THAT BORDERS THE DISTRICTS.

I'M CURIOUS WHETHER THAT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, PROGRAMS, SHOULD BE MORE UNIFIED. WE MOVED IN THIS PLAN TO TWO THE NORTH AND AND WEST OF HIS VOTING PRECINCT?

>> NORTHEAST? >> IS THAT MAP TWO?

>> , YOU SEE THE LINE THAT BORDERS THE TEACH COLORED DISTRICT YOU CAN SEE THE PEACH COLOR MOVES NORTH AND WEST FROM THAT LINE. THAT'S WHAT WE PICK UP AROUND WHERE THE COMMISSIONER RESIDES TO SEE WHAT ITS TO WITH THE NUMBERS AND THE NOTION THAT THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THERE THAT SHOULD BE TOGETHER. , I WANT TO SAY IT'S --

>> I WANT TO SIGH SAY IT IS NOT ABOUT ME.

I WANT TO SEE THE COMMUNITIES STAY THE SAME AND NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY BUT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE RECOGNIZABLE AND IDENTIFIABLE THEY SHOULD BE KEPT INTACT WHERE THEY EXIST IN THE COUNTY.

>> I DID NOT INTIMATE IF I HAVE BEEN GETTING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE CHANGES FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS OR THE JUDGE.

I HAVE NOT, I HAD GENERAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE

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THAT'S WHY WE TRIED TO SEIZE WHAT THAT MOVE WOULD DO TO THE NUMBERS. YOU'RE AN EXPERT, SOME OF US HEARD THE TERMINOLOGY OVER TIME.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING CERTAIN THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR INSTANCE, NOT TO HAVE ONE COMMISSIONER LIVING ON ONE SIDE OF THE BLOCK AND HAVING A NEIGHBOR BEING REPRESENTED BY ANOTHER COMMISSIONER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BLOCK. THIS IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY. COULD YOU HAVE DIFFERING.

I WANT TO SHARE THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT TO DO BEFORE A COURT ADOPTS THE MAPS WE GET TO HAVE THE DIALOGUE THIS WAS NOT DONE IN 21110 YEARS AGO THAT IS WHY IT IS DIFFERENT.

AT SOME POINT I WILL PIVOT TO MY SHEET AND YOU GUYS THAT HAVE COME MULTIPLE TIMES TO THE COURTROOM WE'RE APPRECIATIVE, WERE YOU CONCERNED MAKING SURE THAT YOU COULD SEE IT BEFORE COURT MAKE AS MOVE. THAT'S WHY I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK AND THE RECORD TIME THE ONLY THING FOR OLD TIRED EYES WITH MORE TIME MAYBE BY THE END OF THE WEEK WE CAN BLOW THE MAPS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE DO WANT TO SEE THOSE LINES AND GET INTO THE INFORMATION. I KNOW THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT

WITH TECHNOLOGY. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT I HAVE HAD A EXCELLENT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STAFF, THE STAFF OF EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND BEE LINDA HAS BEEN HELPFUL I'M IN DIALOGUE TO GET BETTER MAPS THAT ARE MORE EASY UNDERSTOOD.

WE'LL WORK ON THAT TRYING TO GET THAT DONE.

AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ON THE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST THING IS THAT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE ABOUT THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NOTICED WE WANTED TO PLAY WITH BUT IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

IT IS EASY TO KNOW AND BE ABLE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY KNOWN TOGETHER BECAUSE IT IS DEFINED.

THERE IS A BOUNTRY THERE THAT SHOWS UP ON THE MAP OR ROBSTOWN BUT A COMMUNITY THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES WHEN IT IS CLOSER TO TOWN. THEY WILL ALWAYS CUT DOWN A STREET OR A BLOCK AND BE PEOPLE ON ONE SIDE OF THE LINE AND PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE WHO WILL BE IN THE OTHER DISTRICT. THEY MAY BE, YOU KNOW EXTREMELY CLOSE NEIGHBORS BUT THE LINE HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE.

WE DON'T RUN AT LARGE FOR A COMMISSIONER AND THAT'S JUST THE NATURE THEY CUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THERE IS NO AVOIDING ITER. I NOTICED, I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING TO CHANGE.

WITH THAT, COMMISSIONER, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE COURT AND STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN HELPFUL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW

UNLESS SOMEONE HAS QUESTIONS. >> I WILL HAVE YOU PAUSE.

THAT'S A GOOD TIME AND TRANSITION TO COMMENTS.

PLEASE BE AVAILABLE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS AND CREATE THE DIALOGUE. LET ME START IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP UNLESS YOU TELL ME BECAUSE OF THE SOMEONE NEEDS TO ATTEND TO A DIFFERENT MATTER: GREAT IF YOU ADHERE TO THE WAY WE HAVE SIGNED UP MR. MARX.

ARE YOU OKAY ON TIME? WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST.

I WOULD APPRECIATE A FEW MINUTES IF YOU CAN START THE

IN-PERSON COMMENTS. >> NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

I WANTED TO HOW ABOUT THESE ARE THE WORSE GLASSES.

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SANDRA? >> , THANK YOU, FIRST, FOR ALLOWING THIS AND THE TRANSPARENCY WITHIN I HEARD THE INVOCATION HE SAID WHAT I NEED TO SAY I CAN GO HOME.

TOO BAD, I'M HERE. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE.

NOT JUST TO ALLOW COMMENTS BUT TO SEEK THE COMMENTS AND PUBLISH THE INFORMATION IN THE NEWSPAPER MAKE IT AVAILABLE NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED WHO CAN GO IN AND FIND THE AGENDA BUT MAY NOT KNOW OTHERWISE.

IN OTHER WORDS, SPEND SOME PUBLICITY ON IT.

THE SIMILAR KWROEUGS IN THE VOICES.

WE VUL A VOICES WE EXPRESS THEM THROUGH VOTE.

THAT IS IMPORTANT IT GOES BACK TO THE FOUNDING OF THE COUNTRY, ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE WHICH HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS FOR THE GOOD. BUT IT IS THE BASIS FOR THE GOVERNMENT. I STUDIED HISTORY IN SCHOOL THIS PARTICULAR THE FOUNDING PART OF THE COUNTRY.

IT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME. I KNOW I HAVE A VOICE AND I USE IT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT IS ONLY MADE BETTER BY HEARING OTHER VOICES AND COMBINING WITH THOSE VOICES AND IT IS CHANGED AND FOR ME TO HEAR THE OTHER VOICES AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR TO YOU HEAR THEM.

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE HEARD BOTH IN THE RESTR RESTRICTING PLAN THAT'S COMING UP AND IN THE ELECTIONS THERE AFTER. SO.

ESSENTIALLY IN, YOU KNOW PUTTING0EN MY HAT HERE AND WAVING THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THE DISTRICT AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE FAIR AND EVERYBODY HAS A VOICE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A VOICE BOTH AT THIS TIME AND AFTER THE LINES.

I THINK IT IS A RECOGNITION OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THE DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT VOICE I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE WORRY AND YOU CAN HEAR THE CHOIR AND PEOPLE CAN DO IT. I HEARD A LOT TODAY.

THERE IS A LOT TO DIGEST I'M APPRECIATIVE ABOUT THE COMMENTS OF LISTENING TO EACH OTHER AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME AND ASK THAT THE FOCUS ON THIS BE UL MADE FAIRNESS AS POLYPED TO ANYTHING ELSE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE PAULA BRIGHTON. >>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE BARBARA CANALES AND COMMISSIONERS I'M PAUL ARE A BRIGHTON I'M SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF COMPANIES RELOCATING FROM CALIFORNIA TO TEXAS FOR TAX ADVANTAGES.

WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH FAIR MAPS? THE 27TH ISSUE OF THE INVESTMENT MONITOR AN ARTICLE WHY THE ASSAULT ON U.S. DEMOCRACY IS A BUSINESS ISSUE CITES A APRIL 2021 GROUP REPORT THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LEGISLATION REDISTRICTING VOTER ACCESS ON BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN TEXAS. THE PERRYMAN GROUP ESTIMATES RESTRICTING THE ACCESS WOULD LEAD TO A TOTAL DECREASE IN BUSINESS ACTIVITY FROM LOWER EARNINGS AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- EMPLOYMENT LOSSES AND REDUCED HOUSEHOLD PURCHASING BY 2025 OF AN ESTIMATED ALMOST $15 BILLION IN ANNUAL GROSS PRODUCT AND A LOSS OF 73,000 JOBS, INCLUDING MULTIPLIER EFFECTS.

MEASURES RESTRICTING ACCESS COULD CAUSE A DECREASE IN TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE.

ANY DECREASE IN BUSINESS ACTIVITY LEADS TO A DECREASE IN TAX REVENUE. THE ECONOMIC LOSSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEASURES RESTRICTING THE VOTER ACCESS A DECREASE IN TAX RECEIPTS TO THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND CITIES, COUNTIES. SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS OF OVER 800 MILLION-DOLLARS TO THE STATE AND FOUR MILLION TO GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. RISING TO OVER $9 MILLION TO

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MORE THAN 240 BUSINESSS FROM AMAZON TO ZOOM HAVE JOINED TOGETHER TO URGE CONGRESS TO PASS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT TO MAKE FAIR AND SAFE ACCESS.

THE BUSINESS FOR THE FREEDOM IS EVERYONE'S BUSINESS.

SINCE TEXAS IS A FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS STATE, I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS. WOULD YOU WANT TO ATTEND A GAME WHERE YOU KNEW WHAT THE OUTCOME WOULD BE FROM THE OUTIS THE? WHAT IS THE POINT. A PROCESS AND COMMISSION AND THE DISTRICT SO THAT VOTERS ARE EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GAME OF IDEAS. LAMONT TAYLOR PLEASE.

>>> GOOD MORNING. AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND, I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW BRIEFLY THE REPORT I WOULD THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST HAVE A COPY IN OUR HANDS.

FOLLOW THROUGH IN THE PROCESS BUT LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK AND DRAW THE LINES IT IS THE VOTE WE'RE SEEKING TO HAVE A PROCESS I ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE AND SO THAT WE CAN PARTICIPATE AND IT WILL BE A REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE IN NUECES COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. >> THANK YOU, MR. TAYLOR.

, MISS GONZALES. >> MISS ROGERS, JULIE ROGERS.

, I'M GLAD TO GO THE INFORMATION I'M TORN WHAT TO SPEAK ABOUT. I HAD SOMETHING ELSE I'LL READ WHAT I PREPARED AND ADD A FEW THINGS.

>> LAST WEEK I SPOKE AND ASKED FOR A FAIR AND OPEN PROCESS FOR REDISTRICTING. I NOTED THE RESTRICTED TIME LINE AND A TIME LINE WITH ACTIONS FOREA FAIR AND OPEN PROCESS LIKE HOLDING TWO PUBLIC INPUT HEARINGS PREFERABLY IN THE EVENING AND WITH PROPER NOTICE.

THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A WEB SITE OR A PAGE WITH INFORMATION AND A PORTAL FOR COMMENT. THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS GAVE INPUT AS WELL. I FOLLOWED UP WITH MY REPRESENTATIVES TO SEE WHAT PRESS WE WOULD HAVE BUT NEVER RECEIVED A RELY. ULTIMATELY ON SATURDAY I SAW A HEARING ON THE AGENDA WHICH GAVE US FIVE DAY'S NOTICE.

I COULD NOT CHECK ON RIDE WE WOULD HAVE HAD SIX DAYS NOTICE AND FIVE TO SIX DAYS AND FIVE DAYS IS NOT SUFFICIENT.

IT HAPPENED EVERY TEN YEARS AND IT IS A BIG DEAL.

WHEN I SHARED WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE LOCALLY WITH OTHERRED A VERY INDICATES IN -- ADVOCATES IN TEXAS IT IS SO SAD THAT NUECES COUNTY IS NOT DOING MORE TO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC.

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MANY PEOPLE ARE LOSING FAITH IN OUR INSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRACY, OUR PARTICIPATION IS DISMAL. WHEN I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE OR GIVE INPUT THE RESPONSE IS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I REMIND THEM THAT IT DOES MATTER AND HOW MUCH PEOPLE SACRIFICED FOR US TO VOTE AND OUR DEMOCRACY BUT YOUR APPROACH TO REDISTRICTING BOLSTERS THEIR SCEPTICISM.

OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE MORE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION N MARCH 2020 A HISTORICAL DISPLAY CELEBRATING THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE AND HIGHLIGHTING THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT FROM 1846 TO 1920 GRACED THE LOBBY OF THE COURTHOUSE.

I HOPE YOU LOOKED AT IT AND WALKED BY IT MANY TIMES, PLEASE DON'T FORGET WHAT YOU SEE SAW. NOW IT'S YOUR TIME TO MAKE HISTORY. GIVE US THE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY THAT WE AND OTHERS FOUGHT FOR AND DESERVE.

GIVE US FAIR MAPS. THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO SAY.

I STICK TO IT. THE INFORMATION WAS GREAT.

WE DIDN'T GET TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND COMMENT ON THE MAPS IT IS HARD TO CALL IT A PUBLIC HEARING.

THE BEGINNING OF INFORMATION. SO YOU MENTION THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER. THAT'S FIVE DAYS.

YOU SAID 5:00. I THINK THAT IS A NOT THE BEST TIME. WE ASKED FOR IN THE EVENING BUT MANY WORKING PEOPLE ARE GETTING OFF AT 5 WHY NOT PUT A BIT OF BUFFER TIME THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO GIVE PEOPLE THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE. I KNOW THAT YOU -- THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, TOO. THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU. OFF THE TOP SEEING THE MAPS, I CAN TELL YOU I CAN'T WAIT TO ENGAGE WITH IT MORE.

I DO LIKE MAP 1-A. 2 PUTTINGS MORE RURAL AREAS IN DISTRICT 1. THAT'S IMPORTANT.

COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST ARE NOT JUST PLIT BY STR STREETS BUT WHAT THEY NEED. THE RURAL AREAS OF NUECES COUNTY ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE URBAN AREAS.

I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO PUT -- BALANCE OUT THE POPULATION BUT I'M IN DISTRICT 1 I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN.

AND WHAT HAPPENS DOWNTOWN IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS NEAR ROBSTOWN WHERE THERE IS BUILDING AND ACTIVITY HAPPENING. , TAKE INTO INFORMATION WHAT WE'RE SAYING. I THINK VERY MUCH.

>> THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE HEAR ABOUT WHITES.

CAN'T WE PUT EVERYTHING IN THE WEB SITE AND IN THE PAPER.

IT SHOULD BE IN THE PAPER IF WE CAN THE MORE THE BETTER WE SHOULD DO MORE LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT AND YOUR COMMENTS OVER THERE, TOO.

AND THE NEWSPAPER THING. LET ME SAY THAT.

WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING CERTAIN WE HAVE A GOOD TIME.

I DON'T THINK FATHER CLOCK IS SET IN STONE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD EXPAND ON. I THINK THAT THE NEWSPAPER IS GREAT TODAY JUST SO YOU KNOW YOU SAW THE MAPS IS THE FIRST TIME I SAW THEM. IT IS EQUAL.

THE REASON EVERYONE IS IN A RUSH NOTHING TO DO WITH US BUT FACTORS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL THAT WE CANNOT DO.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN A PINCH AND WE WERE ASK TO GO THROUGH THE RFQ PROCESS THAT DELAYED US MONTHS.

THERE HAD TO BE A CONTRACT SIGNED WHICH CREATED TIME.

HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, WHAT MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORLD OF MISINFORMATION DOES NOT GOVERN OVER THE WORLD OF INFORMATION. FOR THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE WATER MARKS, OKAY. THAT YOU COULD NOT TAKE THESE MAPS AND COPY AND PASTE THEM INTO A REALM THAT PEOPLE CAN M MANIPULATE OR SAY THIS IS THE FINAL MAP.

WHOEVER TOLD YOU THAT I WANT TO REASSURE YOU OF WHOEVER SAID

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HAVING SAID THAT GETTING IN THE PAPER, CREATING A BETTER TIME, I'LL DO WHAT I CAN I'M ON MULTIPLE RADIO SHOWS EVERY WEEK. WE CAN PROMPT AT THE TIME LIKE WE HAVE. WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO IS GO FROM THE CONTRACT PERIOD TO THE WORK PERIOD IN RECORD TIME.

THAT'S WHAT MR. GARZA HAS DONE.

NOW HE -- I NEED HIM TO HONESTLY OPEN UP THE MAPS SO WE CAN READ THEM BETTER. GET MORE WHAT I CALL GRANULAR SO THAT WHAT WE LIKE CAN BE SEEN BETTER.

WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS PUBLISH SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT EASY TO READ OR UNDERSTAND.

SOME OF THE THINGS I POINTED OUT LIKE WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A DEVIATION AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.

HE HAS TO HAVE THAT FEED BACK THAT WE GET TODAY AND THEN IT IS PROPER AND TIMELY TO GET IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

WE CAN BE QUICK AND SWIFT. RIGHT NOW MISS BELL LINDA IS THE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS INTERIM COURT MANAGER AND -- IN OUR OFFICEAND LIAISON WITH PUBLIC INFORMATION.

WE'LL DO IT ALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME I SEE NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS GIVEN THE TIMEFRAME THAT THE LEGISLATURE AND THE CENSUS GAVE USMENT WHEN THE PROCESS IS OVER YOU WILL

GET TO CELEBRATE THAT AS WELL. >> JUST A QUICK COMMENT IF I COULD. CONNIE ARE YOU NOT OUR WEB SITE

ADMINISTRATOR? >> SHE IS NOT A PUBLIC

INFORMATION OFFICER. >> BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT PUT STUFF ON THE WEB SITE IS THAT NOT YOU?

>> I HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN DO IT.

>> THE COURT IS SAYING WE WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE WEB SITE SO IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.

THE JUDGE SAID WE GOT THESE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHEN DID WE GET THE CLEANOUS DATA, WE WERE ABLE TO START THE PROCESS?

>> WOULD YOU MIND GRABBING THE MIC.

>> WE KNOW THE CLEANOUS DATA IS LATE.

>> LITERALLY. >> THE CLEANOUS WAS RELEASED TO THE STATES IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST BUT NOT MADE AVAILABLE AND COMMUNITIES AND JURISDICTIONS UNTIL THE MIDDLE

OF SEPTEMBER. >> SO I MEAN.

LESS THAN 45 DAYS AGO. >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT THE THINGS OUT WE HAVE WORKED QUICKLY AND FAST AND WE DID A NICE JOBCH GETTING THE INFORMATION TO US.

IT IS THE FIRST LOOK. I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO HAVE A SECOND OR THIRD. THIS IS KIND OF A MORE OF A RECEIPT OF, I WOULD BE HAPPY DOING SOMETHING ON THE 10TH WE HAVE TO GET THIS IN ON THE 1H BY THE 15TH AT THE LATEST.

>> WHATEVER THE PLAN IS FINAL HERE THAT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORK THE COUNTY HAS THEN TO THE ELEC ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR AND MODIFY VOTING MAPS, ET CETERA.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT READY BY THE 13TH SO IF SOMEONE GOES TO SIGN UP TO RUN AGAINST WHOEVER IS UP THIS TIME THEY KNOW WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHO THEY ARE UP AGAINST.

>> WE HAVE A COUNTY CLERK NOT AN EA BUT SHE IS IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTIONS. GOING BACK TO THE WEB SITE IT IS NOT THAT CONNIE CANNOT POST, YOU DO NOT POST WITHOUT -- IT IS HAVING A NEW STORY RUN ON A REEL WITHOUT AN ANCHOR.

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FOR EXAMPLE. ALL THIS IS A FIRST RUN OF PRELIMINARY INFORMATION AND THERE IS A LEGEND AND LOTS OF EXPLANATION SO THAT'S WHAT CONNIE DOESN'T DO.

THAT'S WHY THERE IS A NEED TO HAVE TIME.

MAYBE THERE IS SOMEONE ON YOUR TEAM, JOSE, WHO CAN WORK.

>> MAGGIE WAS APPOINTED A PIO FOR THE COUNTY.

>> FOR EMERGENCIES. >> IT WAS TO BE A PIO, WE DIDN'T KNOW. SHE HAS THAT ABILITY I'M SAYING LET'S PUT IT ON. HOWEVER.

>> YOU MAY MAGGIE YOU SAY ME IT IS IN MY OFFICIALS I'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH JOSE TO GET THE INFORMATION ON THERE; THIS IS IS THAT THE PLANS. THEY NEED TO BE WATER MARKED SO THEY CANNOT BE -- THEY CANNOT BE COPIED AND LOOK LIKE SHOW THAT'S A FINAL MAP OR SOME SORT OF, DRAFT ON THE TOP CAN YOU

GET IT OUT. >> AND YOU HAVE TO GET IT WE MAKE CHANGES ON THE 8TH AND TALKING ABOUT THERE WILL BE ACTION ITEMS THERE AND REDO AND BACK FOR ANOTHER LOOK SEE I

GUESS ON THE 9TH. >> WE HAVE CONTEMPLATED AS MANY MEETINGS AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE AND HE'S NOW THAT HE HAS DONE THIS PIECE OF WORK. HE'S ABLE TO MEET WITH THE PUBLIC COLLECTIVELY. HE IS AVAILABLE AS WE HAVE SAID. BUT I THINK THAT PUTTING A CALENDAR TOGETHER. THERE ARE DATES APPROVED.

MOVING FROM 5 TO 6 THE COURT CAN DECIDE TODAY.

>> JUST IN RESPONSE, COMMISSIONER BRENT CHESNEY, THE REASON WE TALKED ABOUT THE 8TH AND THE 10TH.

I HAVE ANOTHER HEARING ON THE 9. >> THE 10TH.

>> WE HAVE ALREADY PUT FORTH. >> THAT'S BEEN CLEARED WITH ALL THE CALENDARS. WE HAD THAT FOUND FOR ALL OF

TO US LOOK AT THAT. >> THANK YOU.

>> WE DID HAVE -- I HAD A LOT OF CONFIDENCE.

IN THE LAW FIRM. I'M GLAD YOU WENT TO THE RFQ PROCESS. AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE UNDER A LOT OF OTHER CONSTRAINTS AND THE PANDEMIC AND DEAL WITH.

BUT MY INTENTION I BELIEVE OTHER'S INTENTION IS NOT TO CRITICIZE YOU BUT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR THE MOST FAIR AND OPEN PROCESS WE CAN HAVEMENT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE , THE WEB SITE, WE WENT THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING WE USED THE WEB SITES. THAT'S WHAT I SEE THAT A WEB SITE AVAILABLE 24/7 SO THE WE'RE A SHIFT WORKER TOWN.

PEOPLE WORK THREE SHIFTS CAN YOU GET UP AND IF YOU CAN NOT SLEEP WELL LIKE A LOT OF US CAN'T I GET UP BECAUSE I'M DREAMING ABOUT FAIR MAPSKY HOP ON THE WEB SITE.

WHEN I ASK FOR A WEB SITE AND INFORMATION THAT'S THE MODEL THAT I'M WORKING OFF OF AND ON THAT WEB SITE A WAY TO MAKE %-ÚE CAN GET ON THE COMPUTER IT IS GOOD PEOPLE CAN BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN ESPECIALLY OUT IN THE RURAL AREAS.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE GREAT NUECES COUNTY LAY BARE.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN BISHOP AND DRISCOLL WILL HAVE A HARD TIME. WE NEED THE TOOLS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> AND IF YOU NEED HELP, I'LL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.

CAN YOU ALWAYS USE EXTRA HANDS WHEN YOU'RE A TEAM OF TWO.

TIM BOWLING. >>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. I FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE PROCESS NOW T THAN I DID WHEN I CAME HERE.

I HAD SOME REMARKS PREPARED I WILL DEVIATE FROM.

THE FACTS HAVE CHANGED IN A POSITIVE WAY THE AND MY BROTHER

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I HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU GOING FORWARD IN THE PROCESS. I WOULD HOPE THAT SOMEBODY WILL MAKE SURE THE MAP THAT I RECEIVED IS IN THE HANDS OF THE OVER AT THE RECEIVED IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, JUDGE, IF YOU HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW TO MAKE THIS KNOWN AND A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS FOR THE WEB SITE. WE HAD TO PUT THE FILE OF MR. GARZA PUT TOGETHER THERE. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY WERE ENUMERATED IT WAS HARD TO FOLLOW.

WHAT PAGE ARE WE ON. THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

I HEARD A REFERENCE TO MAYBE I MISSED IT SOME PEOPLE ARE WONDER WHAT IS THE PARTISAN EFFECT OF THIS.

AND SO I THINK THAT YOU WILL GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT'S INFORMATION SEEMS EASILY AVAILABLE AND THIS WAY.

AND INTEREST WAS THE VOTE IN 2020.

PEEL WOMEN ASK ABOUT THAT. YOU OUGHT TO DO THAT.

AND ON THE WEB SITE YOU OUGHT TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN PUBLICLY COMMENT. NOT EVERYONE CAN COME TO A MEETING. YOU HAVE TO SAY I DON'T LIKE A-2 BECAUSE -- THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

AND YOU DON'T WANT TO SHUT OUT PEOPLE FROM PROPOSING ALTERNATIVE MAPS. THERE MAY BE OTHER PEOPLE WHO DO HE SHOULD SAY AND SUBMIT A MAB.

AND SUBMIT IT ON MONDAY GET IT IN BY 5:00 ON THE 7TH.

SUNDAY. IT'S NOT A GREAT DAY.

MOVE THE TIME BACK AT LEAST AN HOUR AND HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING. AND A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ON THE

EIGHTH. >> THIS A SMALL PLACE MAYBE DOING IT AT A LARGER VENUE. YOU NEED A LARGER SCREEN SO SOMEONE SAYS WHAT IF WE MOVE THE LINE HERE OVER LIKE YOU KNOW AND A STRAIGHTER NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK MR. GARZA CAN ANSWER BUT I THINK THOSE CAN BE DONE IN REAL TIME. CAN YOU SAY THAT WILL CHANGE.

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

I STILL THINK WE OUGHT TO HAVE A REDISTRICT COMMISSION.

AND KEEP THEM FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, ADOPT A COMMISSION AND FORM THAT AND HAVE THE PEOPLE SELECTED BY SAYING MARCH, APRIL 1. GET THEM TO WORK AND GET ONE THING. AND WE STILL NEED LAWYERS IF MR. GARZA WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE COURT NINE YEARS FROM NOWMENT TEN YEARS FROM NOW. LET'S ADOPT AN IRC THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN APRIL 2030 SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS -- THIS YEAR AN AD HOC NOT PUBLISHED PROCESS. LET'S GET A PROCESS AND IMPLEMENT IT. OTHER THAN THAT I COMMEND YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING; THANK YOU.

>>> AND BELL LINDA HAS A NICE OUTLINE.

THIS IS YOURS. DOSE IT SPEAK.

THIS IS NOT OURS, MAYBE WE'LL CREATE OUR TEMPLATE.

THE CENTRAL JURY ROOM IT CAN HAVE IN-HOUSE SOCIAL DISTANCING. I USE IT ALL THE TIME AND WORKS WELL. AND IT HAS POTENTIAL AV

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WE HAVE DONE THAT ALL THE TIME WHERE PRESS FOUR TO LEAVE A COMMENT ON REDISTRICTING BUT WE CAN BE THE REPOSITORY FOR WRITING, YOU KNOW, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE CAN SET THAT UP VERY QUICKLY.

>> MAYBE 5:30, THAT GIVES GIVES PEOPLE TIME.

THAT'S GOOD. WE'LL GO AS LONG AS WE NEED TO

GO. >> IF OF THAT MEETS WITH THOSE WHO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST IS 5:30 SOUND

OKAY? >> BETTER THAN 5 NOT AS GOOD AS

6. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ZOOM CAPABILITY THAT'S IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT CANNOT MAKE IT THAT THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY.

IF WE CAN CONNECT I SUGGEST CENTRAL JURY ROOM BUT IF THERE IS NOT THAT POSSIBILITY, I KNOW WE CAN AND WE RAN THE A FORUM IN THERE WITH ZOOM. I KNOW IT CAN BE DONE.

>> I HAVE A ZOOM THAT NIGHT. >> IF YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOU

COULD BE IN THERE. >> I'M GOING TO BE ON ZOOM.

>> I MENTIONED THAT TO BEE LINDA THAT YOU HAD THE PHYSICAL

QUORUM FOR THAT AS WELL. >> ONE OTHER THING I FORGOT.

HELPFUL WHAT MR. GARZA IF WE HAD ONE PAGE FOR EACH OF THE MAPS THE NUMBERING OF THE MAPS 1 AND 2.

THAT WAS CONFUSING. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

GET AWAY FROM GOES TO MAP 1, 2 -- THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.

>> WHEN YOU DO THAT SAY HERE IS MAP 1.

HERE IS THE ETHNIC DATA AND PERSON DATA PUT IT IN ONE PAGE SAY IF I GO WITH THAT ONE THERE IS A DEVIATION.

>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. , ALL GREAT SUGGESTIONS.

WE'RE HERE TO GET IT RIGHT. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THINGS CRITICALLY. THAT DOES NOT EQUATE WITH NEGATIVE BUT LOOKING AT IT WHEN WE PRESENT IT OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC IT IS IN ITS BEST FORM. I'LL KEEP GOING THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE HERE. THE NEXT ONE IS KATHERINE ELNOR

BOLLED. >> JUDGE BARBARA CANALES AND COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK YET AGAIN TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

I'M THE PRESIDENT LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS CORPUS CHRISTI AREA. WOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE HEARING TODAY. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE LOOKED FORWARD TO AND ANTICIPATED IN ORDER TO MOVE THE PROCESS ALONG DECENTLY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPENNESS THAT WE HEARD TODAY ABOUT THE DISCUSSION AND THE CONVERSATION REALLY THAT ARE YOU FACILITATING TODAY.

WE HOPE, I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT AND NOT READ FROM THE NOTES, WE HOPE THAT BECAUSE OF THE ABBREVIATED TIME THAT YOU ARE TAKING NOTES ON THIS TO CREATE A TEMPLATE FOR US FOR THE NEXT GO AROUND FOR 2030 SO YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN SO THAT, AGAIN. BECAUSE OF FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS THAT IS IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE THAT YOU HAVE NOTES THAT YOU HAVE A TEMPLATE FOR HOW TO DO THAT. WE KNOW THAT THE PANDEMIC AND BECAUSE OF THE LATE ARRIVAL OF CENSUS MATERIAL THAT IT HAS BEEN ABBREVIATED. WE'RE DISAPPOINTED THERE WAS NOT A TEMPLATE IN PLACE. THE STEPS THAT COULD MAKE THE PROCESS HAVE ALL OF THE MECHANICS BUT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN BE WHEN CALLED ON, WE CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN SHORT

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WE'RE DOING THAT. >> WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO WHAT WE HAVE HAD TO SAY.

WE HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE OTHER PEOPLE AT THE HEARING ON THE 8TH BECAUSE WE SPEAK FOR THE LEAGUE BUT WE SPE SPEAKER FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THOSE IN NUECES COUNTY.

THEY ARE OUR PRIMARY CONCERN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE FAIR MAPS AND CITIZENS AND THEN WE CAN SAY WE HAVE DONE THIS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT IS NEXT. AND IF WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT IT IS A GOOD MODEL FOR US TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS.

AND BECOMEY MUELLER AND THE FORMER COMMISSIONER.

MR. MARX I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU.

YOU WILL ROUND US OUT. >> THANK YOU TO YOUR 2KEU8 GENERALS. I KNOW THAT I'M INHIBITED SO I WILL BE BRIEF AS WELL. I WANT TO REMACHINED YOU CONSIDER THE COMMUNITIES AND I LOVE THE WORD NEIGHBORHOOD INSTEAD OF COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.

CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU VOTE ON THE FINAL MAP COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. AND THE BETWEEN THAT I WANT TO SAY THAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST BUT THEY SPLIT NUECES COUNTY IN TWO PIECES. THAT'S DEPORABLE.

YOU CANNOT FIX THAT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY DON'T DO SOMETHING THAT IS STUPID OR DRASTIC IS A BETTER WORD T IS DECEMBER MORABLE WE HAVE TO NOW WORK WITH TWO SENATORS IN ONE LITTLE COUNTY NOT EVEN A HUGE COUNTY DON'T DO TO US WHAT HAPPENED IN AUSTIN ON THE SENATE MAPS, HOUSE MAPS AND CONGRESSIONAL MAPS. NOT ALL HERE BUT PLEASE LOOK AT US. PLEASE LISTEN IF WE CALL YOU AND LEAVE MESSAGES I HOPE YOU -- YOU SHARE IT WITH THE COMMISSIONERS. AND MR. GARZA AS WELL.

BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I WAS GONE FOR 15 YEARS. I CAME BACK THE DAY I RETIRED.

AS A MAAS A MATTER OF FACT THE LAST THREE DAYS I STAYED IN A HOTEL BECAUSE THE FRANKFURT AIRPORT TOUR WAS ON THE WAY TO CORPUS CHRISTI. I HAVE AN VESTED INTEREST IF MY COMMUNITY AND OFFICIALS. MY FIRST ELECTION I WAS A BABY I COULD NOT VOTE BUT I GOT DRUG NO THE CAMPAIGN AND NEVER REGRETTED IT SINCE. I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR AND I REPRESENT ONLY MYSELF. BUT I CARE ABOUT EVERY MINORITY AND EVERY SENIOR, LIKE MYSELF, EVERY STUDENT AND BABY.

PLEASE, DO FAIR MAPS AND DO A GOOD JOB.

>> THANK YOU. >>> THANK YOU, BECKY.

BECKY. >> COMMISSIONER, WELCOME; HE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A SAFETY CLEANING THERE.

>>> IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE -- TO BE HERE AGAIN.

COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL, TOO.

SITTING UP THERE I KNOW THAT YOU ALL GO THROUGH QUITE A BIT AND THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND THEY TAKE TIME TO MAKE THE PROPER DECISIONS I APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THAT YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB WITH THE MAPS I'M GLAD YOU GOT MR. GARZA AND --KY NOT READ MY WRITING.

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>> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP AS MR. GARZA SAID, WE ARE BECOMING A FOURTH COUNTY AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND THEY ARE REPRESENTED AND THAT YOU ALL LISTEN TO EVERYONE WHO COMES BEFORE YOU. I'M GLAD THAT YOU WILL HAVE MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS. I WAS ASKED TO SEE WHAT TIME THE NOVEMBER 10TH HEARING WILL BE.

DO YOU HAVE? >> I WILL DESERVE TO --

>> IT WAS 1:30 FROM WHEN WE MET LAST MET THAT YOU HAD A PUT ASIDE THE 10TH AS A SECOND DAY FOR POTENTIAL INTERVIEWS YOU HAD INDICATED 1:30 AT THAT TIME.

>> I'M CHECKING NOW, TOO. >> WHAT WE CAN DO IS.

>> LOOK I'M TAKING FEVERISH NOTES WE MAY KEEP THE 1:30 AND REPEAT SOMETHING IN THE EVENING IF THAT IS AVAILABLE.

WHAT I HAVE NOW IN MY MIND BECAUSE I LIKE A CHALLENGE.

HERE WE GO. I'M MOVING FORWARD TO HAVING HAVING A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON SO WE CAN OUTLINE EVERYTHING. I WANT TO MEMORIALIZE TODAY.

WE HAVE A PRESSER AT 5:00 BUT GOOD FOR ME BECAUSE MAYBE THE MEDIA WILL JUST PIVOT. KY DO MAYBE A 5:30 OR 4:30 WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT BUT WE HAVE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE WE'LL MEMORIALIZE WHAT WE DID AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AFTER POLLING THESE THIS COURT WHAT THE AFTERNOON AVAILABILITY IS.

>> I'M GOOD THIS EVENING. >> I NEED EVERYONE TO CHECK.

>> ARE YOU GOOD, WE HELD THAT IF WE NEEDED THAT.

>> WE DON'T BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT.

BY THIS AFTERNOON YOU WILL HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF TIMES A PRESS RELEASE. AND MEDIA ADVISORY I NEVER DO ANYTHING WITHOUT MAKING 25 PHONE CALLS? WHY. EVERLY LEGISLATOR NEEDS TO KNOW, STAKE HOLDER. ORGANIZATION, DO YOU IT THAT WAY SO THAT EVERYONE GETS THE INFORMATION THE SAME TIME WE WILL DO THAT THIS AFTERNOON TO GET US PREPARED.

AND THE WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IT IS NOT LIKE WE UP LOADEDMENT WE NEED A BUTTON, AND THERE ARE THINGS WE ARE ADA.

WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO GET THAT AND OUTLINE IT IN A FORMAL WAY TAKING YOUR COMMENTS I NEVER HEARD IT DESCRIBED THAT WAY. WHEN YOU SAID IT WE'RE A SHIFT WORKER OR JULIE SAID IT. JULIE SAID IT WE'RE A SHIFT WORK COMMUNITY THAT HAS TO DO WITH HEALTH CARE AND INDUSTRIAL THE TWO BIGGEST AND STUDENTS. STUDENTS ARE SHIFT WORK IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THOSE ARE THE INDUSTRIES HERE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE WORKFORCE IS CONTAINED.

AND I WOULD HEAR WHAT YOU SAY AS BEING VERY ACCURATE.

WE NEED OUR SHIFTS AS WELL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> AND, AGAIN. TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT EDUCATION THAT'S NOT THE COMMISSIONER'S AREA YOU MAY HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THAT.

WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED, AGAIN, CONTINUING WITH VOTING RIGHTS.

MAKE SURE THEY ARE, SHE WANTS TO YOU GET CLOSER: SORRY, CONNIE. I HAVE A VERY SOFT VOICE I'M TRYING TO GET OVER THERE. SO IT IS IMPORTANT WE NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS. WE WANT TO KEEP OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HERE. THAT'S IMPORTANT.

DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO BE FAIR AND TRYING TO BE GET OUT THE INFORMATION IS WONDERFUL. DO THAT FOR ALL OF YOU IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOW WAS IS GOING ON.

NUECES COUNTY NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

WE NEED TO GET OUR PEOPLE INVOLVED BECAUSE, AGAIN.

THAT'S THE WAY WE MAKE THINGS HAPPEN LET THEM KNOW WHAT IS

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>> I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE PUBLIC OUR COMMENTS BEING MADE PUBLIC. I WILL ISSUE A THOUGHT GET OUR WRAOEUFRPBLG AS WRITTEN COMMENTS TO MR. GARZA KNOW WE'LL PUBLISH THOSE AT THAT HEARING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT WE SAID IN WRITING OUR THOUGHTS SO THAT YOU CAN SAY I ADOPT A OR I ADOPT COMMISSIONER MAREZ BUT THINK ABOUT THIS TWEAK OR SIMS YOU NEED A STARTING PLATFORM.

THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START. OKAY, SUPER.

AND I HAVE NO FURTHER INDICATORS THAT I HAVE SOMEBODY HERE BUT FOR BRANDON MARX. MR. MARX, AS THEY SAY IT'S YOUR TURN. IF YOU UNMUTE WE WELCOME TO YOU COMMISSIONER'S COURT. THANK YOU FOR HANGING WITH US.

>> NO, MIME' BRANDON MAX I WISH I COULDING THERE IN PERSON I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN VIRTUALLY.

I LIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI AND 319 ROSE BUD AVENUE AND I HAVE COME HERE TO STAND WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ROOM IN THE PUSH FOR TRANSPATIENCE PROCESS AND FAIR MAPS, I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE AS WELL TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUSHING FOR AN INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAPS NOW OR IF IT IS NOT POSSIBLE A TIME LINE IN THE FUTURE ARE TAKING POLITICS OUT OF THE EQUATION. AND I WANT TO PUSH FOR A REAL PARTICIPATE TORRE PROCESS AND -- PARTICIPATE PISS TORRE PROCESS PAR PISS PA STORY AND END UP WITH FAIR MAPS; THANK

YOU, MR. MARX. >> THAT CONCLUDES THE SIGNUP BUT DOES NOT HAVE TO CONCLUDE THE HEARING THIS IS A TIME FIME FOR ME TO IF YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS OUT, JOSE, YOU HEARD A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS. WE CERTAINLY WOULD YOUR REM REMARKS OR ANY COMMISSIONER SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

>> SO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP YOU. I HAVE BEEN TAKING NOTES ON THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMISSIONERS.

WE WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS MOVING FORWARD.

I WILL TRY TO SEE. I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A MAPPING COMPUTER WITH US FOR THE MEETINGS OF THE 8TH AND THE 10TH SO THAT WE CAN CALL UP THE PROGRAM IF THERE ARE TWEAKS THAT YOU SUGGESTED. I WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE PROCESS.

>> I APPRECIATE MR. DOWLING FOR SHARING THE WEB SITE AND THE RESTRICTING PROCESS FOR THE STATE AND CONGRESS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE SYSTEM BUT ON A REGULAR BASIS TO SEE ADD WHEN IT IS FAMILIAR AND BLOWS UP.

CAN YOU GO DOWN AND THE STREET LEVEL AND CAN YOU LOOK EIGHT MANIPULATE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AT STAKE BECAUSE I THINK TODAY IS A GOOD PROJECTS BUT WE DO NEED TO GET DOWN -- WE NEED TO GET DOWN TO THAT. IF WE GET ANY PUBLIC INPUT WE NEED MAPS THAT ARE PRESENTED. AND YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THAT YOU GIVEN US AND THAT'S A GREAT LINK. AND JOSE, IF YOU CAN GET US THE ONES THAT YOU. YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT WE I GOT WHEN I WAS GLANCED OVER AND QUICKLY.

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THE WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF VOTERS WE HAVE A PRINT SHOP DOWN STAIRS.

WE CAN GLOW UP EVERYTHING THAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT AND TELL THE STORY IN THE BEST PLACE I KNOW, WHICH IS THAT AREA THAT'S A PUBLIC SPACE, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, IT IS STILL COMPLIES ABOUT. AND COMING INTO DO EVERYTHING THERE. THEY ARE HERE TO EAT AND PAY MOTOR VEHICLE, G GETTING THINGS HERE.

IF YOU HELP, JOSE WE WILL TELL THE STORY FOR ANYONE TO SEE.

IT MAZE HAVE HURT US IN THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HURT THE ADVERTISEMENT, YOU DON'T REMEMBER IT WAS HERE AND A WHILE BACK WE DID THE AND THE SAME FASHION I THANK WOULD MAKE IT. THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE T AND WE CAN MIMIC IT. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE PAPER.

LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T READ THE PAPER AS THEY DO ONLINE.

WE GO DIGITAL AND IN THE COURTHOUSE.

THOSE THREE MECHANISMS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL IN OR LEAVE A WRITTEN COMMENT HOW OLD BRING IT HOME FOR THE HOPE PROCESS.

>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE ONE AND MY THOUGHT WOULD BE BECAUSE I COMPARE IT, I THINK TIS IS A I CALL IT QUASI PUBLIC HEARING. I WOULD LIKE TO WE TONIGHT DO A FINAL VOTE UNTIL THE 10TH SO WE HAVE THE COMPLETE HEARING SO EVERYONE HAS OPPORTUNITY AND NOT VOTE UNTIL THE 10TH.

>> I THINK WE VOTE AFTER EVERYONE HAS HAD A SAY.

>> AND BEING TRANSPARENT. AND ANYTHING ELSE.

JOSE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ONE THING, JUDGE.

>> AND I THOUGHT HE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.

COMMISSIONER COULD YOU TURN ON YOUR VOID FOR US.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER GONZALES.

>> I WANTED TO THINKER WHO SAY AND THE FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND I -- I THINK I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME.

I WAS HERE THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED.

I THE WAY IT HAPPENED. I WAS ADAMANT THAT WE VOTED RFQS. WE TOOK MORE TIME TO IT.

IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I EXPLAINED THE LAST TIME.

I WILL GO FOR IT THIS TIME. >> IT WAS THE BEST THING I COULD HAVE DONE. I THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT WE HEAR YOU AND WE MOVE FORWARD AND THE PUBLIC THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO VOTE THE WAY THEY WANT TO VOTE. SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AND YOU MADE THE TRIP HERE ON THE RUSH AND COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONERS WE'LL MOVE ON AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.

>> I WANTED TO RECAP AS FAR AS WAY HEARD AS FAR AS THE TIME LINE GOES. SO WHAT I'M HEARING FOR THE TIME LINE MEETING ON MONDAY, JUH SUBJECT TO CON FIR NATION THE

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>> NOVEMBER 10TH. AND NOVEMBER 8TH.

AND NOVEMBER 10TH ON WEDNESDAY TO AGAIN HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND DO A FINAL VOTE ON THE MAPS.

>> JUST TO, 1:30 AND 6 ON THE 1. WE SAID THAT.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CONFIRM WITH YOU.

WE'RE MEETING AT DOING A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE EVENING ON THE 1H

OR DO ALL OF THIS AT 1:30? >> I'M FINE WITH 5:30.

>> I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE. I WANTED TO THINK THEM.

, WE'LL DO NOTICES IN THE PAPER.

THEY HAVE A IF WE GET CON FIR NATION WE CAN RUN IT IN THE PAPER ON SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 8TH AT 5:30 AND NOVEMBH

AT 5:30 ALSO. >> I THINK THAT IS -- ARE YOU GOING TO, I THINK LIKE I SAID FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PRESS RELEASE WE'LL MEMORIALIZE THAT IN AN E-MAIL SO I CAN TRANSFER

IT. >> SUPER, GUYSMENT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL CLOSE AT 10:59 AND GAVEL US BACK INTO REGULAR MEETING AT 10:59.

WE'LL MOVE TO GENERAL INFORMATION REPORTS.

THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION IN THE COURTROOM LETTING SOME PEOPLE GO AND NEW ONES COMING IN.

WE'LL CALL ON GARRETT. WHO WAS HERE.

CAN I ASK JUST A HOUSEKEEPING. , WE HAVE 3 THROUGH 7 BUT WE HAVE SHOULD WE WAIT THAT WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT SINCE WE'RE HIRING THIS. CAN WE TABLE THAT.

>> WE CAN'T DO THAT AND EXPECT TO PAY PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE YEAR LET ME HAVE DALE SPEAK TO THE TIME TABLE HERE.

IT IS SETTING UP A PROCESS. >> I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> SORRY, I HEAR YOU AND I THINK WHAT ARE YOU.

WE'RE SETTING UP A PROCESS. >> WE'RE RIGHT SO YOU KNOW.

>> WE HAVE A CPA ALL THEY WILL DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THE

PROCESSES ARE FULFILLED. >> I'LL WAIT.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET INTO A DISCUSSION.

>> WE CAN ACHIEVE BOTH. I'M GIVE YOU A CRYSTAL BALL AND

[1. Discuss disaster preparedness and response, including matters related to COVID-19, Emergency Orders, severe weather, flooding, drainage, economic recovery, state and federal assistance, and infrastructure status, and other related matters.]

I'LL MOVE TO THE GENERAL INFORMATION REPORTS.

G-1 IS HERE TO GIVE THE COURT A UPDATE ON OUR DISASTER THE RECOVERY AND RESPONSE WHEREVER IT IS APPLICABLE AND MATTERS TO ALL THINGS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

>>> GOOD MORNING I WANT TO REPORT TO YOU THAT WE DID HAVE A CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINS TODAY AND TOMORROW.

UP TO 1-2 INCHES ACCUMULATION IN THE AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT DO NOT DRAIN WELL 2 INCHES CAN BE A PROBLEM.

YOU NEED TO BE AWARE AND WATCHFUL.

THE TROPICS GLAD TO TELL ARE YOU RELATIVELY QUITE AT THIS TIME AND NOTHING THAT WOULD IMPACT THE REGION FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WITH REGARD TO THE COVID, I WOULD LIKE TO, AND WE HAVE EXTENSIVE REPORT ON THAT FROM

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I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THAT GOES NOW THEY ARE AVAILABLE AND ESPECIALLY THE MODERNA.

I WANT TO REMIND YOU AND THE PUBLIC THAT NUECES.COM IS THE PLACE TO GO TO GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE SITES AND TESTING SITES.

, WE HAD DONE A REQUEST FOR A TRAIL THEY'RE HAD BEEN THAT WAS THIS PAST WEEK WAS TAKEN BACK. THE TWO NEW TRAILERS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. THEY ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER THEY WILL BE USED AS NEEDED. FINE YACHTLY A COUPLE OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THEY WILL BE TOMORROW AND A EXERCISE THAT WE WILL AND BEING VIRTUAL WE WILL NOT AND YEAR THEY WERE HOSTED, WE'RE SIMULATING COMING THROUGH AND CAUSING CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE THAT DUMPED SO QUICKLY IT SLOSHES INTO THE BAY.

MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS FLED TO BE INVOLVED ELECTORAL, ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AND THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO WORK WITH THE PARTNERS AND AND AND 6:45.

AND AND IT IS CALLED THE AND IT IS HOSTED FOR IT AND GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR OFFICE AND TO BECOME WE PISS HER FOR THE WEEK SEE. AND ADD WOULD YOU COME WITH ME TO THE PRESSER TODAY WE HAD A ADD PIE INFORMATION HERE HERE IT IS, AND ONCE THE COMMITTEE MAKES THE DECISION, AND MAKE AS DECISION AT 815 MORNING AND DO VACCINES HERE.

AND THAT'S FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS AND GETTING BUT JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IS PFIZER AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AND

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AND THE 5:00. >> ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE FEED SOON.

REACH OUT TO GARRETT HE CAN HELP WITH THAT I WILL COPY AND PASTE THAT. WHAT DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ANYTHING TO EXPAND ON? , I WOULD LIKE TO COVER H 1 AND

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IF THERE IS ANY -- >> SO MOVED.

>> THANK YOU. >> SECOND.

>>> A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 18TH AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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>> AND THE PROCLAMATIONS AND ORDER AND NOVEMBER IS PURPLE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT IS NOVEMBER AND THE RESOLUTION AND THE MEMORIES AND PREYINGIVE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS AND NO KNOWN TREATMENTS TO PREVENT, CURE OR THE ON SET OF THE DISEASE AND ESTIMATED 5.8 AMERICANS ARE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND INCLUDING 400,000 IN TEXAS.

AND ALZHEIMER'S IS THE SIXTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE U.S. AND THE FIFTH LEADING CAUSE AMONG THE ELDERLY AND ACCORDING TO THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION FACTS AND FIGURES THE COST OF CARRYING FOR THOSE TO AMERICAN SEAT IS VALUED AND 16 MILLION CARE GIVERS AND 1818.6 BILLION OF CARE FOR THOSE WITH ALZHEIMER'S N TEXAS OVER 1 -- IN TAMPA OTHER 1.4 MEMBERS CARED FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER DEMENTIA PROVIDEING 1 .6 BILLION HOURS OF UNPAID CARE WITH THE VALUE OF THE CARE GIVING TOTALING 21.6 BILLION AND OF THE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND CARE GIVERS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RESEARCHERS WHO WERE AND THE ASSOCIATION TO RAISE FUNDS AND PROMPT AWARENESS AND OTHER DEMENTIA IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HUMAN LIFE AND THOSE LIVING WITH THE ALZHEIMER'S AND CARE GIVERS.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE COURT OF NUECES COUNTY RECOGNIZES NOVEMBER 2021 AS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH IN NUECES COUNTY AND FURTHER MORE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2021 CORPUS CHRISTI WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S ON NOVEMBER ,

2021. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND

COMMISSIONERS. >> WE ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF DEMENTIA FRIENDLY CORPUS CHRISTI.

WE HAD DOCTORS HERE BUT THEY HAD ASSIGNMENTS THEY HAD TO LEAVE. THE FACE TO FACE WALK IS NOVEMBH AT WATER'S EDGE. AND THE ALZHEIMER'S WALK AT WATER'S EDGE. THEY ARE DIFFERENT WALKS.

AZ IS ALZHEIMER'S IS THE MONTH.

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AND THEY PLAY A ROLL. >> AND ON AGING WE BROUGHT SOME OF THE FLIERS AND WE HAVE A WEB SITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE AND A LOT OF THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY SO WE WILL BE LEAVING THEM HERE AND CAN YOU APPROVE THEM TO PUT THEM ON THE TABLE.

IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION IT IS ON HERE.

>> THANK YOU. >> WHAT TIME ARE THE WALKS?

>> , I BELIEVE THEY STARTED AT 8 AND I HAVE TO, AND ANY QUESTIONS FOR US. , WE SEPTEMBER AS AZ, WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES BUT WE CAN GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

, THIS HITS HOME YOU THINK TO YOURSELF THE YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS BUT SOME PEOPLE CANNOT REMEMBER.

THAT IS PIPEFUL FOR THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERLE FROM MEMORY LOSS.

AND AND WORKING ON THE YOU MAY NOT KNOW BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE MUSIC OF MICHIGAN AND WE AND WE FOR DISABILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT THIS BRINGS IT HOME.

AND THANK YOU I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE BALK AND THIS ONE LIKE I SAID AND THIS ONE IS PAINFUL FOR HE THOSE FOR THE COGNITIVE

DISORDERS. >> CORPUS CHRISTI IS THE SIXTH CITY IN TEXAS TO BE DEMENTIA FRIENDLY SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW AND AND. AND PRESENTLY.

AND I WAS LAUGHING YESTERDAY I HAD THE SHERIFF IN MY OFFICE AND I WAS TRYING TO GET IMUP TO SPEED MY HEAD WAS JUMBLED I SAW AN ACRONYM I THOUGHT IT WAS ARE ROPE BUT IT WAS ARE YOU OKAY?

>> I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS.

HE SAID DON'T YOU MEAN ARE YOU OKAY, JUDGE?

>> I DO. I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT THE CONSTABLE, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO HIM.

PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HE'S GOING TO BRING THEM BUT AND OTHER THAT IS TEAMING UP FOR ARE YOU OKAY IT WILL BE FRIENDLY TRAINED IN A WAY NOT. AND THEY ARE TERRIBLE.

AND WE WANTED TO YOU KNOW AND THERE ARE MOMENTS UNLESS WE BRING IT. ARE YOU OKAY NOT, MAYBE CAN YOU COME BACK AND PUT IT ON THE YATE.

>> I BELIEVE THAT HE AND HE WANTED TO AND THAT'S AN HOUR AND A HALF HE GETS A CERTIFICATE YOU RECEIVE THAT CLASS. WE TEACH THAT TO A LOT OF THE CLINICS AND THAT REQUEST IT. WE COME OUT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PREPARATIONS THAT ARE AMAZING AND AND YOU HAVE THAT TALK ABOUT AND IT IS NEAT.

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>> WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE PREACH YOU VERY MUCH.

>> AT THIS POINT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.