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.]

IN THE AGENDA, LET ME OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN AT THIS TIME. AND I AM GOING TO ADVANCE AN ITEM TO ASSIST A DEAR COLLEAGUE IN MENTAL HEALTH.

AND THAT IS MR. MARK HENDRICKS BUT FIRST DO PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN. I OPEN IT UP FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING AN IMPORTANT ITEM THAT ALSO GOT REVEALED LATE LAST WEEK. AND TO HELP ME GIVEN THE STATUS OF MY VOICE AND THROAT IS MISS BELINDA PERSON, BUT I CAN PLAY THE TRUSTEE ASSISTANT WITH THE VISUAL AID HERE.

HOLD ON. FOR THE CAMERA, I AM GOING TO SEE IF I CAN GET THIS. AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW -- A LITTLE HIGHER? TYNER, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND? YOU ARE GOING TO BE A BETTER SHAPE.

AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, MY PREDECESSOR WAS REALLY AN ICON IN I-69 ALLIANCE. ONE -- I BELIEVE ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE I-69 ALLIANCE ALONG WITH CHARLIE ZAHN, THE CHAIRMAN OF CORPUS CHRISTI.

THIS ALLIANCE IS A FORMULATION OF MANY COUNTIES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THAT FIND US ALONG THE CORRIDOR DESIGNATED I-69. AND WE MEET FORMALLY IN BIG GROUPS, QUARTERLY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE EXECUTIVE MEETINGS ALMOST EVERY MONTH AND WE HAVE ALL KIND OF ADVOCACY MEETINGS AS WELL IN WASHINGTON AND IN AUSTIN.

AND BELINDA HAS REALLY -- THROUGH HER ROLE AS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OFFICERS, HAVE REALLY BEEN ASSISTING ME IN ATTENDING A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER.

SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENED LAST WEEK AND WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOU. BELINDA.

>> SURE. JUST AS A GENERAL BACK GROUND FOR THE PUBLIC, INTERSTATE 69 HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT STARTED SINCE THE EARLY 90S. WHAT IT IS, A SERIES OF INCREMENTAL UPGRADES TO EXISTING HIGHWAYS.

AND THE IDEA IS TO BASICALLY HAVE THIS ROUTE THAT STARTS FROM THE SOUTH FROM THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY ALL THE WAY UP TO MICHIGAN FOR FREIGHT -- AS A FREIGHT CORRIDOR OR TRAVEL CORRIDOR. AND -- AND SORRY, AND SO AN ANYWAY, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SAY AT 3.3 MORE MILES OF INTERSTATE 69 EAST WAS ADDED TO THIS HIGHWAY SYSTEM JUST REERNTLY. AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. AND THIS AREA IS BETWEEN BISHOP

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AND ROBS TOWN. THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT THE MAP THAT TYNER IS HOLDING UP FOR YOU TO SHOW THAT THAT 3.3 MILES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO INTERSTATE 69.

SO PROGRESSIVELY, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS TO GET THIS ROUTE COMPLETED. AND JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, THIS TEXAS, THIS ROUTE WILL COVER OVER 1,000 MILES, 1150 MILES.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU. THIS IS NOT A QUESTION, ANSWER SITUATION. BUT WE CAN ALWAYS PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA UPCOMING IF YOU ALL WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT, BUT THIS IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IN THE WORLD OF TRANSPORTATION.

GETTING THIS DESIGNATION IN OUR COUNTY IS -- IS JUST HIGHLY MOMENTOUS. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ROBS TOWN TEXAS. CURRENT CONGRATULATIONS TO NUECES COUNTY AND THE I-69 ALLIANCE, AND AS WE SEE INFRASTRUCTURE COME TO THE FOREFRONT OF OUR CONGRESS, LOOK FOR MORE EXCITING THINGS TO HAPPEN ALONG I-69.

THANK YOU, BELINDA, FOR THAT REPORT.

AT THIS TIME I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT BUT I WILL GIVE EVERYBODY ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY SINCE I OPENED IT UP FOR OURSELVES. WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE -- FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER. SO EVERYBODY ELSE? HEARING NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CLOSE IT AND GO BACK AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADVANCE FOR THE PURPOSES OF EFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT ITEM NUMBER 3 A 4,

[4. Receive a presentation from the Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities (MHID) on the possible renovation of the MHID facility at 1630 South Brownlee, Corpus Christi, Texas, for purposes of a Nueces County Diversion Center.]

RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE NUECES COUNTY CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES ON THE POSSIBLE RENOVATION OF THE MHID FACILITY AT 1630 SOUTH BROWNLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF A NUECES COUNTY DIVERSION CENTER.

ONLY THING I AM GOING TO DO I PROMISED THE DA'S OFFICE THAT WE WOULD LET THEM KNOW. SOMEBODY TEXT THEM SO THEY CAN TURN ON THEIR TELEVISIONS AND THEIR COMPUTER MONITORS AND LISTEN TO MARK'S PRESENTATION. I TOLD THEM I WOULD GIVE THEM A HEADS-UP. I APPRECIATE THAT, TYNER.

TEXT ANJELICA. GO AHEAD, MARK.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

MY YOUNGEST HAS FALLEN SICK AT SCHOOL AND GOT A CALL HE IS VOMITING SO I GOT TO GO GET HIM HERE PRETTY QUICK.

SO OUR CEO MR. MIKE DAVIS ALSO ASKED ME TO EXTEND HIS APOLOGIES NOT BEING ABLE TO BE HERE.

UNFORTUNATELY HE HAS ASKED ME TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL.

UNFORTUNATELY HE IS IN COVID PROTOCOL AND IN QUARANTINE AT THE MOMENT. THANK YOU FOR HANG US.

I AM MARK HENDRICKS, THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION FOR THE NUECES COUNTY OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR DEVELOPMENTAL.

I'M HERE. AND WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE CONCEPT OF A DIVERSION CENTER FOR NUECES COUNTY AND WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE, THE POTENTIAL RENOVATION OF ONE OF OUR EXISTING FACILITIES TO MAKE THAT A POSSIBILITY.

AS BY THROUGH THIS, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WE WILL PUT IT ON EVERYBODY'S SCREEN.

>> IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE AND, MAN, OFF GREAT EXCUSE.

>> I APPRECIATE IT. SHOULDN'T TAKE US THAT LONG.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. SORRY, I WAS JUST GOING TO GIVE IT A SECOND TO PULL UP ON THE SCREEN.

>>JUDGE CANALES: JUST TELL CONNIE TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE AND

SHE WILL. >> BRIEF HISTORY.

WHO IS MHID, WE ARE LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY AND DESIGNATED AS SUCH AND CONTRACTED BY THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AS THE MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR NUECES COUNTY PURSUANT TO INTERLOCAL COOPERATION OF CONTRACTS CHAPTER 791 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND 533 AND 534 OF THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.

WE ARE ONE OF 39 LMHAS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TOGETHER WE PROVIDE A WIDE ARRAY OF MENTAL HEALTH OF ALL 254 COUNTIES IN TEXAS. AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE ARE A UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNED BY A NINE-MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES AN ONE OF SIX LMHAS THAT ARE CREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION FOREBEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

TWO PRIMARY DIVISIONS MENTAL HEALTH THAT SERVES ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS AGE THREE TO 17. AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES THAT SERVES ALL AGE. WHILE WE HAVE A OPERATE OF FUNDING SOURCES INCLUDING STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, THE CORE OF OUR SERVICES ARE FUND BY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.

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WE ARE DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO SERVE PERSONS WHO ARE INDEGENT WITH NO INSURANCE AND MEDICAID ELIGIBLE.

PETITION SERVE 10,000 INDIVIDUALS A YEAR ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION WITHIN NUECES COUNTY.

AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES TO NUECES COUNTY FOR OVER 50 YE YEARS.

SO HOW DO WE GET HERE AND WHY ARE WE HERE TALKING OF THE POTENTIAL FOR A DIVERGENT CENTER.

STARTED TWO TO THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO WITH THE ADVENT OF THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE THAT IS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COURT AND THE NUECES COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OF THE NUECES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DA'S OFFICE AND TO CORE CUSS CHRISI.

BACK IN AUGUST OF 2018, THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN RECOGNITION OF THE GROWING CHALLENGES OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE COLAB A UP TO THIS POINT HAD THREE CORE COMPONENTS THE CREATION OF CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS WHICH PROVIDE A TEMPLATE FOR PREARREST DIVERSION, EXPANSE OF JAIL DIVERSION IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME AND ALLOWED US TO EXPAND THOSE POST ARREST AND JAIL-BASED COME TEN SEE PROGRAM THAT HAVE INDIVIDUALS INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL IN NUECES COUNTY RATHER THAN WAITING AN AVERAGE OF OVER 200 DAYS FOR STATE HOSPITAL BED.

SO IT IS REALLY DESIGNED TO CREATE AN ENHANCED DIVERSION ACTIVITY FOR PERSONS OTHERWISE TAKEN TO JAIL OR INPATIENT C CARE. SERVED 1050 PERSONS THROUGH APRIL 2021 AND DIVERSIONS FROM RESIDENT HOSPITAL.

JAIL DIVERSION WHICH IS POST ARREST BRINGING INDIVIDUALS OUT OF JAIL TO PARTICIPATE IN SERVICES.

WE HAVE HAD 26 RELEASED AND ENROLLED IN SERVICES.

AND OUR COMPETENCY RESTORATION HAVE SERVED 16 THREE CURRENTLY ENROLLED AND 13 HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL RESTORED WITHOUT STATE HOSPITALIZATION A HUGE ACCOMPLISH.

ON AVERAGE 250 DAYS TO GET TO A STATE HOSPITAL BED AND AN AVERAGE OF SIX MONTHS TO RESTORE ONCE THEY REACH THE STATE HOSPITAL. SERVICES RESULTED IN SAVINGS ESTIMATION THROUGH REDUCED INCARCERATION A AVOIDANCE OF IN PATIENT CARE AND MORE. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING WHICH IS COMING ON AND HAS ACTUALLY COME ONLINE IN THE LAST WEEK.

THIS QUARTER WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THAT ARE OFFERED TO THE CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY.

SO THAT PHASE TWO PROGRAMMING WHICH HAS JUST BEGUN.

AND ESSENTIALLY EFFECTIVE MARCH OF 2021, MHID AND THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND THE NUECES EXPANDED FOR DIVERSERY EFFORTS AND LONG-TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS.

WELL, OUR ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE'S HAVE EXPERIENCED COVID-RELATED DELAYS THAT HAVE IMPACTED RECRUITMENT HIRING AND ON BO BOARDING WE ARE OPERATED ALL OF THESE EXPANDED PROGRAMS. INCLUDES FORENSIC ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT, WALK-IN CRISIS CLINIC WHICH LAUNCHED YESTERDAY AND MOBILE CRISIS AND CIT EXPANSION.

I AM GOING TO PAUSE THERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

I KNOW I HAVE GONE A LITTLE QUICK.

>>JUDGE CANALES: EXCITING THE WALK-IN CRISIS.

YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT. YESTERDAY WAS YOUR INAUGURAL

LAUNCH. >> YES, MA'AM, YESTERDAY WAS

THE FIRST DAY. >>JUDGE CANALES: CONGRATS.

>> ABSOLUTELY..IT PROVIDES THE ABILITY PERSONS BROUGHT US TO BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND REFERRED OR IDENTIFIED BY OTHER CRISIS SCENES IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO A PROVIDER AND ENGAGEMENT -- NO WAITING FOR THE INTAKE IT IS ON DEMAND.

>> RIGHT. THE SHERIFF JOINED US -- AND THE D. A. 'S OFFICE JOINED US. A THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING H HERE. WE THOUGHT WOULD YOU WANT TO COME SEE THIS PRESENTATION AND I THOUGHT THE WALK-IN CRISIS CLINIC WILL BEGIN THIS QUEST FOR DIVERSION.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >>JUDGE CANALES: KEEP GOING.

>> WHAT YOU SEE ON SCREEN WITH THESE GRAPHS IS THE SUMMARY OF THE FIRST CONTRACT YEAR -- THE FIRST FULL CONTRACT YEAR WHICH IS CONTRACT YEAR 2020, AND YEAR TO DATE CONTRACT 2021.

IN THE RED COLUMNS THE EXPENSES TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM AND BLUE COLUMN THE SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ACTIVITIES.

SO IN CONTRACT YEAR 2020, THE ESTIMATED SAVINGS LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION FOR THESE ACTIVITIES AND Q 3, THIS IS NOT CUMULATIVE ON THE GRAPH TO YOUR RIGHT UNTIL WE GET TO Q4, BUT WE ARE ON TRACK TO BEAT OUR PERFORMANCE IN A PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO CAST SAVINGS ESTIMATES AT A DMRANS, HOW DO WE LOOK AT THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HOW DIVERSION PLAYS A ROLE IN S SAVING THE COMMUNITY DOLLARS. IN AVERAGE HOSPITALIZATION FOR

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PERSON WITH MENTAL ILLNESS IS $3100 BASED ON HOSPITAL DISTRICT DATA. ONE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT MEDICAL CLEARANCE, $482 AND COST TO ACTIVATE SWAT 7,000.

1750. PATROL OFFICERS ON SCENE, $27 HOURLY RATE AVERAGE. A VERY CONSERVATIVE COST FOR INCARCERATING A MENTALLY ILL PERSON IS BASED ON A 2013 POLICY BRIEF. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, NONE OF THESE HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION OR CHANGED OVER TIME.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE STUCK TO IN TRYING TO EVALUATE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THESE PROGRAMS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I LOVE THAT THE SITE -- FORGIVE ME, F FOOTNOTE OUR GOOD FRIENDLY I DON'T KNOW EVANS.

>> SOME OF THE WORK HE PIO PIONEERED IN BEXAR COUNTY IN 2011 LAID THE GROUNDWORK WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO, SINGLE ARREST 2900. CORE COST.

AND REALLY IT IS WORTH NOTING THE COST SAVINGS IN NOT INCLUSIVE OF PROBATION, PAROLE, ATTORNEY FEES, LAB TESTING, EVIDENCE TESTING, ALL WITH INTERACTION IS CHARGED WITH THE CRIME AND INTERACTION WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

DIVERSION AT ITS YOU CORE SAVES DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES, BUT, AGAIN, VERY DIFFICULT TO PROVE WHAT DOES NOT HAPPEN, AND AN ELEMENT OF -- BEST JUSTIFIED GUESTS WHEN WE CALCULATE THESE THINGS. SO REVIEW OF DIVERSION AS A CONCEPT, IN WHICH YOU SEE THE LITTLE GUY GRAM ON YOUR LEFT IS THE SEQUENTIAL INTERCEPT MODEL. THAT A NUTSHELL EACH OF THESE INTERSECT, REPRESENT AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND EACH ONE OF THOSE INTERSECTS ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPLEMENT DIVERSE, AVOIDANCE OF INCARCERATION AND 407IZATION. REALLY SUPPORT INTERCEPTS.

ZERO, ONE, TWO, THREE AND FIVE. CREATION OF A DIVERSION CENTER HELPS TO WORK TOWARD FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERCEPTS

TWO, THREE, FIVE. >>JUDGE CANALES: MARK, JUST SO THE COURT UNDERSTANDS SO -- WE HAD MISUNDERSTANDING.

THIS IS PREARRESTS. MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY.

>> PREARREST DIVERSION IS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A DIVERSION CENTER AND MAJOR PART OF THE COLLABORATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

KEY COMPONENT THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS CONCEPT OF NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE BUT A DIVERSION CENTER AS A WHOLE AND THAT IS THE NEED TO CREATE A DEDICATED MENTAL HEALTH COURT AND OTHER ADJUDICATION, AND ON-CALL ADA TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN DIVERSIONARY DECISION MAKE AT THE POINT OF POTENTIAL ARREST, AND ADDITIONAL DIVERSION PROCESSES AT BOOKING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND THE COUNTY DETENTION LEVEL.

IMPLEMENTATION OF JUDICIARY TO SUPPORT COURT ORDERED AND SUPPORT COMPELLED IS ANOTHER HUGE COMPONENT.

ORDER PROVES DECK I HAVE IT CUSTODY THAT -- PROTECTIVE CUSTODY THAT SUPPORT ACCESS TO CARE AND TREATMENT AND DIVERSIONARY EFFORTS AND HELP ENSURE LONG-TERM SUCCESS.

SO BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT A DIVERSION CENTER IS.

NEXT SLIDE, CONNIE. TALK WHAT A DIVERSION CENTER IS NOT. IT IS NOT AN INPATIENT CARE FACILITY OR HOSPITAL. GOAL IS PROVIDE SHORT-TERM SUPERVISED SHELTER AND SUPPORT. THAT SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT TO SPRINGBOARD RECOVERY FOR INDIVIDUALS REFERRED OR DIVERTED FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

NOT AN EXTENDED OBSERVATION UNIT WHICH WILL BE LONGER-TERM MONITORING AND TREATMENT IN AN IN PATIENT SETTING.

NOT CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT IN THAT IT IS AN IN-PATIENT LEVEL OF CARE AND TREATMENT. NOT A CRISIS RESIDENTIAL UNIT PEOPLE HOUSED THERE FOR LONGER THAN 30 DAYS.

AND WOULD REQUIRE A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE AND TREATMENT THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN A DIVERSION CENTER.

NOT AKIN TO A OUTPATIENT OR HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAM THAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE PRIVATE HOSPITALS, BUT CAN PLAY A ROLE

IN SUPPORTING THOSE ACTIVITIES. >>JUDGE CANALES: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, TIME BASED ON WHAT YOU AND I KNOW ABOUT OTHER DIVERSION CENTERS TO GIVE PEOPLE AN IDEA.

IT COULD BE UP TO THREE DAYS POTENTIALLY?

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>> DEFINITELY. IN MANY WAYS SIMILAR TO RESPITE SERVICE AND ENHANCED ON-SITE MEDICAL CARE, UN-SITE PSYCHIATRY. THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY IS SEVEN TO 14 DAYS IN A DIVERSION CENTER AND THE GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH AND STABILIZE WHATEVER THAT CRISIS EPISODE IS AND ENGAGE THAT PERSON IN HER SUPPORT TO TRANSITION OUT OF A DIVERSION CENTER. COULD GO AS HIGH.

HARRIS COUNTY DIVERSION CENTER SAME TIME FRAME SEVEN TO 13 DAYS. BASED ON THE CONVERSATION, LONGEST 22 DAYS. A CASE OF HAVING THIS AS AN OPTION IS WASH, RINSE AND REPEAT.

HAVE SOMEBODY TO DIVERT SOMEBODY MULTIPLE TIMES JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PSYCHIATRIC CRISIS.

THAT MEANS DID YOU SOMETHING WRITE THE FIRST TIME.

THAT PERSON IS STILL ALIVE AND STILL AROUND.

TO IT IS NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF.

NOT UNCOMMON FOR INDIVIDUALS TO REQUIRE MULTIPLE DIVERSIONARY EFFORTS BEFORE THEY ENGAGE AND WHAT A DIVERTING CENTER DOES IS MAKE THAT MUCH EASIER TO DO. SO WHAT IS DIVERSION CENTER AND WHAT DOES A DIVERSE CENTER DO. SERVE AS A SINGLE DROP-OFF OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DOING THAT HELPS UNNECESSARY ARRESTS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS AND PROVIDE 24-HOUR MONITORING, SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT. PSYCHE AT TRICK MANAGEMENT AND LONGER TERM OUTPATIENT SERVICES AND SUPPORT.

ACCESS TO PEER SUPPORT. IF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH PEER SUPPORT, THAT IS SERVICES PROVIDED BY PERSONS WHO THEMSELVES ARE IN RECOVERY FROM EITHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE AND OR MENTAL ILLNESS.

IN A NUTSHELL, PEER SPECIALIST IS A WALKING, TALKING BEACON OF HOPE OF RECOVERY AND SUCCESS IS POSSIBLE.

IDEALLY OPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE DA'S OFFICE IN SUPPORT OF THE JAIL AND THE COURTS, AND DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE AND INTERFACE WITH OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS TO CREATE A TRULY COMMUNITY-BASED ENTRY POINT FOR SERVICES. AT THE END OF THE DAY MUCH CHEAPER THAN DOINGING INTO IN THE LONG RUN AND LEAD TO EXPONENTIAL INCREASES AND ENGAGEMENT FROM ALL PARTIES.

WE KNOW THE DATA AND THE RESEARCH DONE, THE MEDICAL FOUNDATION AND THE SUPPORT THEY PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY CLEARLY OUTLINES THAT THE FACILITIES WORK AND COST EFFECTIVE IN THE LONG RUN. A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE FOR US IN VENERATING THIS FACILITY THAT YOU SEE PICTURED HERE 1.2 MILLION. $100 TO $150 PER SQUARE FOOT AND THAT WILL ALLOW FOR UP TO 36 DIVERSION BEDS IN THAT FACILITY IN A RENOVATION FAR MORE AFFORDABLE ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE. SO SCOPE.

WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE. WHO ARE WE TARGETING, LOW LEVEL VIOLENT CRIMES AND HAVE A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS. INDIVIDUALS NOT IN ACCUSE CRISIS AND DO NOT NEED TO GO TO IN-PERSON CARE AND WILL NOT MEET CRITERIA FOR EMERGENCY DETENTION.

AT THE CORE IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY NEED TO BE VOLUNTARILY SEEKING SERVICES AT THE POINT OF DIVERSION.

DESIGNED TO SERVE PERSON OF 18 AND OLDER.

AS A NOTE, LOCAL NONPROFIT, OUR CRISIS SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE OF ALL PERSONS, ALL AGES, REGARDLESS OF FUND STATUS OR INSURANCE STATUS. GENERAL GOALS AND OUTCOMES FOR OUR DIVERSION CENTER TO REFUSE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH OFFICIALS THAT ARE ENGAGING REGULARLY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ON A LOW-LEVEL MISDEMEANOR CHARGES AND LARGE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICIALS IN JAIL, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AND EMERGENCY ROOMS AND HOSPITALS.

WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE PEOPLE'S LIVES AND ENGAGEMENT AND TREATMENT. IT WILL HELP ASSESS AND LINK INDIVIDUALS IN NECESSARY PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT AT THE POINT OF DIVERSION.

AND SOFT OF THOSE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES ARE NOT IMAGE IDS.

IT IS DESIGNED AS A PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE FOR THE HOSPITAL AND THE SYSTEM. ULTIMATELY TO ENGAGE IN THE LONG-TERM PROGRAM AND PROVIDES AN OVERALL MAJORITY OF THE

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OUTPATIENT SERVICES FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE INDIGENT.

AND WANT TO TIFFS STAKEHOLDER SATISFACTION WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JAIL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BUT THE CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY.

SO THE SPECIFIC SERVICES THAT WE OFFER ARE ASSESSMENT, INTEGRATED CARE PLANNING TO ASSIST IN STABILIZATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN CARE, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AND ON-SITE PRIMARY CARE AND ON-SITE PSYCHIATRIC CARE.

PSYCHOSOCIAL PROGRAMMING. SUBSTANCE USE.

REHABILITATIVE. RESPITE BEDS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND SUCCESS AFTER THE DIVERSION TAKES PLACE.

>> EXCUSE ME, MARK. >> YES, SIR.

>> GOING BACK. YOU AND I MADE TRIPS TO SAN ANTONIO COUPLE -- AND ONE TO HOUSTON, YOU KNOW.

THE ONE IN HOUSTON, WE LOOKED AT A COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD,

RIGHT? >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> REMEMBER GOING TO THAT ONE? >> YES, SIR.

>> AND -- I AM PICTURING THIS AS ALMOST THE SAME THING AS THE ONE IN HOUSTON. ONE IN SAN ANTONIO BEING A LOT LARGER, 36 BEDS AND NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT.

IN PHASE ONE OF THIS ANDS DO PHASE ONE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE. HAS TO BE A ONE-STOP SHOP HOPEFULLY DOWN MEMORIAL, MY VISION IS THAT'S WHERE IT WILL GOES TO BE COME. WE ARE GETTING READY FOR PHASE ONE, WE NEED TO PROJECT WHAT PHASE TWO IS GOING TO LOOK L LIKE. WE HAVE GOT TO GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE. I THINK THAT BY WORKING WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT WILL HELP THE JAIL.

I WOULD NOT AGREE TO THE 24-HOUR AND 48-HOUR, IT DOESN'T WORK, SEVEN DAYS TO 14 DAY ALSO PROBABLY WORK.

AT LEAST THAT LONG TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GO BACK -- GO BACK

TO THE SAME OLD ROUTINE, RIGHT. >> RIGHT.

BUT I THINK JAIL WILL BENEFIT IF WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE TREATING THEM FOR SEVEN DAYS AND 14 DAYS.

MAYBE PREARREST -- THE PRERELEASE OR ARREST AND RELEASE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I -- I AM JUST HOPING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT PHASE TWO IN THIS THING ALSO.

>> YES, SIR. I THINK THAT THROUGHOUT THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS IN CREATING THESE PROGRAMS AND CREATING THEM FOR THE COMM COMMUNITY, WE ALWAYS BEGUN WITH THE END IN MIND AND TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, GOING ON THREE YEARS AGO NOW, WE TOOK THAT CONTINGENCY AS A COMMUNITY AND LOOK AT THE JUDGE AT EMMITT DIVERSION CENTER AND REALLY THE MODEL THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AND WE KNOW IT IS A MODEL THAT WORKS.

BUT THEIR MODEL -- HOUSTON IS A LOT DIFFERENT THEIR CORPUS CHRISTI. AS WE CONSENSUALIZE IT.

AS A COMMUNITY WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE IT WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS. ABSOLUTELY.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THANK YOU.

>> NO PROBLEM. IN CLOSING, DRAMATICALLY HELPS PEOPLE TO SUPPORT MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUE.

IMMEDIATE ENROLLMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN A LONG-TERM SYSTEM OF CARE ALREADY FUNDED AND DESIGN TO SERVE PEOPLE INDIGENT AND MEDICAID AND SERIOUS AND EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE AND SERIOUS SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION ISSUES. COMMUNITY BASED BECAUSE NOT SOMETHING THAT MHID OR ANY SINGLE AGENCY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ON THEIR OWN. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE GOAL IS TO -- TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY ARRESTS, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND COST TO THE TAXPAYERS WHILE PROVIDING A BRIDGE OF RECOVERY FOR OUR COMMUNITY MOST VULNERABLE.

THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AROUND THE COMMUNITY IS SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENT. NOT ONLY BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AS A COMMUNITY THUS FAR, BUT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO WORK TOWARD ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.

AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN THERE, WE SEE WHAT SOME MIGHT FEEL IS A LITTLE CHEESY, BUT I LIKE IT.

I THINK IT IS A GREAT ANALOGY. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I

LIKE IT TOO. >> THE INTENT AND THE GOAL AND THE MISSION TO NOT ONLY OUR ORGANIZATION BUT THE COLLABORATIVE AS A WHOLE AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE.

SOMETIMES ISSUES AROUND HEM HEMLESSNESS, MENTAL HEALTH

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ISSUES AS THEY CONTINUE OUT OF THE PANDEMIC SEEM OVERWHELMING, BUT IF WE LOOK THAT STORY, ONE PERSON AT A TIME AND ONE DIVERSION AT A TIME WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE OVER TIME. WE WANTED THE CONCEPT AND OFFER

A SOLUTION. >> ON 14 DAYS WILL YOU BE WORKING TOGETHER AND CONTACTING THE DA OFFICE TO KEEP THEM ABREAST WHAT IS GOING ON WITH SOME OF THIS -- NOT CALL THEM PATIENT BECAUSE THEY ARE TEMPORARY, BUT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY -- NEED TO GET OUT RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE A MISDEMEANOR CASE. WILL THERE BE A WAITING PERIOD?

>>JUDGE CANALES: MAYBE YOU CAN PROVIDE -- MAYBE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE NEXT MEETING SO YOU CAN DO THE FLOW CHART. THAT WOULD SHOWCASE THAT IN ORDER TO GET DIVERTED THE DA'S OFFICE WILL BE CONTACTED FIRST SO A CONSTANT COMMUNICATION. THE DA'S OFFICE IS THE ONE THAT ALLOWS THE DIVERSION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> OFFICERS' DISCRETION ONLY GOES SO FAR WHAT OFFICERS ARE COMFORTABLE DOING AND DIVERTING APPEAR THE CONCEPT OF HAVING THE PARTNERSHIP THAT IS IN PLACE WITH THE EXISTING JAIL DIVERSION PROCESS FOR SOME TIME IN COLLABORATION WITH THE JAIL AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. BUT IT IS ABOUT EXPANDING THAT AND REINFORCING IT. AND IN FACT, CONNIE, IF WE WANT TO GO BACK TO -- I AM NOT SURE WHAT SLIDE NUMBER, THE REVIEW OF DIVERSION. WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS FLOW CHART HERE AND SEE HOW THAT PROCESS FLOWS.

WON'T NECESSARILY GIVE YOU THE SPECIFICS BUT THE CONCEPTIZATION OF HOW THAT DIVERSIONARY DECISION-MAKING

PROCESS. >>JUDGE CANALES: THERE YOU GO.

>> LOOK AT YOUR CRISIS LINES, CRISIS CARE CONTINUUM ACCESS ID FROM A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND 99% OF PEOPLE THAT GO INTO PSYCHIATRIC CRISIS, THIS IS WHERE THEY FIRST HIT THE SYSTEM EITHER THROUGHOUT 911 AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCESS OFFER THROUGH THE COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM IN WHICH IS OUR 24-HOUR CRISIS LINE AND EMCOT TEAMS. AT THAT POINT INTERCEPT 1.

THAT IS WHERE ARRESTS OCCUR.

THE IDEA THERE IS RATHER THAN RELYING ON A SITUATION, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, A PERSON WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA WHO HAVEN'T BEEN IN PARTICIPATING SERVICES WALKS IN AND GRABS A GATORADE AND SNICKERS BAR BECAUSE THEY ARE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS A CRIME BECAUSE THEY ARE PSYCHOTIC. HISTORICALLY THAT PERSON GOES TO JAIL BUT ALSO THEFT. THERE IS VICTIM THERE.

HAVING THE D SHINGZ AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HELPS LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT DA CAN SAY NO WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHARGE THAT, GO AHEAD AND TALK HIM PREARREST.

AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, JACK, OF THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS THAT OCCURS.

THAT WILL BE WHATEVER WE WANT IT TO BE.

AS IT STANDS CURRENTLY WITH A LOT OF WHAT WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE PUT IN PLACE WITH JAIL DIVERSION AND CRISIS PROCESSES, THERE IS A COMMUNICATION PROCESS THAT EXISTS ALREADY WITH COMMUNICATION AND PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR DIVERSION COMING OUT OF JAIL WITH DEBBY DUNES, SHERIFF HOOPER WITH HIS STAFF AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR RELEASE. IT IS INTEGRAL.

YOU CAN'T DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER AND HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION TO MAKE IT WORK BECAUSE ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY INVOLVED AND EVERYBODY HAS TO BE ON THE SAME

PAGE. >> THANK YOU, MARK.

APPRECIATE IT. A GOOD REPORT.

CAN YOU GIVE US A COPY OF THE DIAGRAMS HERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY. TYNER HAS A COPY AND I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD JUDGE, TO YOUR POINT WORTH COMING BACK AND TALK OF THE SPECIFIC OF HOW WE WANT TO OPERATE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK TO TODAY'S GOAL WAS THE INTRODUCTION, BUT IT IS FAIR TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU, AS THEY SAY ARE THE PREVIEW IS THAT WE HAVE A SERIES PROBLEM IN OUR JAIL WITH JAIL POPULATION BEING TOO HIGH.

WE KNOW THAT A GOOD PORTION OF THE JAIL POPULATION CURRENTLY IS -- IS A POPULATION THAT COULD HAVE BEN FILTHED BY POTENTIALLY THIS EXACT -- BENEFITED BY POTENTIALLY THIS EXACT KIND OF PROGRAM. AND WE THINK THAT THE TIME IS NOW AND THIS LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER SAYS 30 DAYS TO GET THE PROGRAM AND A NEW PLAN PLACE PART AND PARCEL OF IT.

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IN MANY WAYS WE ARE HELPING ONE ANOTHER.

THIS IS STEP ONE. WHAT MARK AND MIKE AND THEIR BOARD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IS THEY OWN THIS BUILDING.

THEY OWNED IT FOR 40 YEARS. THEY CAN LEASE THIS BUILDING TO NUECES COUNTY WHO CAN THEN AVAIL THEMSELVES OF QUITE, FRANKLY, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR MONEY AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL BUT MAINLY AT THE STATE LEVEL TO WORK AT A REMEDIATION FOR THIS BUILDING TO BE PERFECTLY UTILIZED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. IT WILL TAKE DOLLARS TO GET BUILDING SATISFACTORY UP TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STANDARDS OF 2021 BUT WE CAN DO THAT IN SHORT ORDER AND EFFECT REAL CHANGE WITHIN THE REAL TIME FRAME THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. MEMORIALS RAISING IS NOT GOING TO TAKE PLACE FOR SOME TIME. AND BUILDING A NEW STRUCTURE WILL TAKE A LOT OF DOLLARS, WHILE THAT IS IN THE FUTURE FOR US, IT IS NOT IN THE QUICK FUTURE.

SO THIS IS A WAY TO EFFECT REAL CHANGE AND WE ARE REALLY THANKFUL TO YOUR BOARD FOR REALLY MAKING CERTAIN THAT THIS IS IN KEEP WITH THEIR -- WITH THEIR VISION.

AND I THINK THAT IS MAYBE NEXT ON THE AGENDA.

YOU KNOW NEXT TIME IS WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THOSE AGREEMENTS MIGHT LOOK. AND I WANTED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO HEAR IT FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY AS WELL AS OUR SIDE IN GOVERNMENT AFFAIR TO FIGURE OUT HOW WILL THIS WORK.

THEY OWN THE BUILDING. WE WANT TO BASICALLY RUN -- THE MONEY COMES TO US, NOT TO THEM. THAT IS THE PROBLEM.

THEY CAN'T -- THEY CAN OPERATE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE THE -- TENANT TO REMEDIATE IT.

WE ARE NOT. MAYBE WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PASS THE FUNDS TO THEM SO THEY DO THEIR REMEDIA ITION.

I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE RIGHT PROCESS IS AS I SIT HERE AT THIS MOMENT, ALL I KNOW WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT TOGETHER.

BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE WILL TO SAYS IT GOT TO BE DONE.

SO OUR JAIL DIVERSION TASK FORCE HAS BEEN MEETING REGULARLY. AND THIS IS WHY TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM IS BROUGHT TO YOU. SO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS FOR MARK. >> I HAVE ONE.

>> YES, SIR. >> YOU SAID THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT INSURED. I THOUGHT WITH OBAMACARE EVERYBODY WOULD QUALIFY ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT COULDN'T YOU AED FOR IT MEDICALLY ENROLLED.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, SIR, THAT IS NOT CASE.

TEXAS WAS ONE OF MANY STATES THAT DID NOT EXPAND MEDICAID AS PART OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, TEXAS IS THE UNINSURED CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY. BASICALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION WE ALREADY SERVE, WE ARE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY A THIRD OF OUR POPULATION HAVING INSURANCE.

THE REST ARE EITHER INDIGENT, ENROLLED IN THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT'S INDIGENT CARE PROGRAM, BUT IT -- WE HAVE A LOT OF UNINSURED PEOPLE IN NUECES COUNTY.

AND THAT REALLY MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO ALASKA RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE, BUT THAT IS THE GREAT THING ABOUT THAT IS ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS AND THE OTHER 39 CENTERS IN TEXAS ARE FOR THE EXACT REASON TO SERVE THOSE PEOPLE.

>> I REMEMBER NOW THAT TEXAS DIDN'T GO INTO IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YOU ARE WELCOME, SIR.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

MARK, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU ALL.

>>JUDGE CANALES: TYNER, I THINK IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE COURT, IF YOU ALL ARE SATISFIED WITH THIS BACKGROUND PRESENTATION ON OUR NEXT COURT, LET'S HAVE THIS ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE TAKING APPLICATION TO DIRECT OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY TO START THIS NEGOTIATION -- THIS CONCEPT OF WHAT DO THESE MEMORIAMS OF UNDERSTANDING LOOK LIKE SO WE CAN GET TO THE NEXT PHASE. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT MARK AND MIKE AND I AND EVERYBODY WORKING ON ARPA, WE HAVE ASKED HAGGERTY TO HELP US UNDERSTAND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS ARE A PERMISSIVE USE OF AMERICAN RELIEF PLAN ACT FUND.

THERE ARE $70 MILLION. I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO GET US JUMP STARTED INTO SAVING MONEY THAN TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT; HOWEVER, WE ARE GOING TO D.C. TOMORROW TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN.

MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, RIGHT. DOES IT ALLOW FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DON'T KNOW YET.

WE ARE WORKING ON IT. SO WE WILL BRING THIS BACK ON AUGUST 7, TYNER. MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE A GENERAL FOR MAT AND AT LEAST INCLUDE A DISCUSSION OF ARPA, DISCUSSION OF BUILDING AND NOT SURE IF WE NEED RESOLUTION FROM YOUR BOARD

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AND ASK TO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AND I TRUST YOU AS THEY SAID VERIFY. GREAT TO GO AND GET YOUR BOARD HAVE A RESOLUTION SO WE KNOW WE HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK OUR ATTORNEYS TO START ENGAGING WITH YOU GUYS ON THE IDEA OF

REMEDIATION OF THE BUILDING. >> YES, MA'AM.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

APPRECIATE YOU, MARK. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WILL COME BACK INTO REGULAR ORDER NOW.

I HAPPEN TO HAVE -- YOU KNOW WHAT -- LET ME STOP MY THOUGHTS THIS. I HAPPEN TO HAVE FIRST ASSISTANT DA. LET'S ME MAKE HER NOT GO UP TO GO DOWN. PETER COLLINS.

LET US ADVANCE THAT ITEM AND TAKE CARE OF YOU BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO BACK UP. AND SO TYNER, I AM GOING TO GO

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AND ADVANCE THE -- THE ITEM NUMBER 8 THAT PETER COLLINS WAS GOING TO GIVE TO US. I RECOGNIZE THAT IS 3 A 8.

RECEIVE THE UPDATE ON THE ADDITIONAL ELECTRONIC STORAGE FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

AND PETER IS HERE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND HE HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO HAVE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND WE CALLED UPON HIM RECENTLY WITH THE DATA WITH THE STORAGE SHORTAGE AND THE PANASONIC CONCERNS WITH THE VIDEO DOWNLOADING. SO PETER, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS THEY SAY, DON'T BE SHY.

IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT THIS COURT NEED TO TAKE POLICY ACTION ON THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS TIME, WE CAN GET IT ON THE AGENDA IF YOU FEEL LIKE WE ARE MISSING SOMETHING.

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IS NOT HAMPERED BY -- BY CONNECTIVITY THAT IS SLOW.

>> SURE. THANK YOU, JUDGE.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. BY BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE DA'S OFFICE. THE ISSUE FIRST, A HUGE ISSUE TRYING TO GET VIDEOS FROM THE PD TO THE DA'S OFFICE ITSELF.

MULTIPLE ISSUES IN ORDER TO GET TO A SOLUTION, WE NEEDED TO FIX A NUMBER OF IT ISSUES. ONE WAS THE CONNECTIVITY WAS TOO SLOW. TWO, THE WAY THAT THE DA'S OFFICE WAS RECEIVING VIDEOS. THEY WOULD RECEIVE IT IN A DOWNLOAD WHICH THEN THEY WOULD USE A VIEWER FOR MP-4, A VIDEO VIEWER THAT IS PRETTY COMMON BUT WANTED TO GIVE THE DA'S OFFICE THE SPEEDINESS OF RECEIVING THE VIDEOS WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING TO EXPORT THEM OUT OF THE PANASONIC SYSTEM.

SO WE SET UP A PUBLISHING SERVER WHICH WE REFERRED TO AS THE DA'S WEB SERVER, PUBLISHING SERVER.

WHAT THAT WAS ABLE TO DO ALLOW THE VIDEO OFFICE TO ACCESS IT ONCE IT WAS THERE AND THE PANASONIC FOR THE VIEWING.

THE NEXT STEP AND ALL WORK IN PROGRAM DRESS IS THAT WHEN THEY HAVE TO EXPORT THE VIDEO OUT OF THE SYSTEM, INTO AN MP-4 FO FORMAT, IT IS TIME CONSUMING. SOME OF THAT WORK CAN BE DONE BEHIND THE SCENES, SENT TO A PUBLIC DEFENDER, THROUGH AN E-MAIL. THEY CLICK ON IT.

THEY DOWNLOAD IT. YOU KNOW TECHNOLOGY GOES ONLY SO FAR BUT WHEN YOU START SOLVING THE PROBLEM AS A WHOLE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE INVOLVED.

CAN THE PD DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY TO ASSIST THE DA'S OFFICE TO RECEIVE THE VIDEOS IN A TIMELY FASHION? OBVIOUSLY THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT WHICH WE WILL BE WORKING ON A MEETING AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING AND WE WILL DISCUSS THOSE ISSUES FURTHER. SO IT IS STILL A COMBINATION OF STAFFING AND NOT SAYING THAT ANYBODY IS A BAD PERSON AND NOT DOING THEIR JOBS OR WHATEVER, BUT WE NEED TO BRING A SOLID PROCESS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO THE DELIVERY TO THE DA'S OFFICE TO THE DELIVERY OF THE EXPORT OUTSIDE.

HAVE THERE BEEN IMPROVEMENTS? THERE DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN IMPROVEMENTS FROM WHEN I FIRST STARTED, BUT WE ARE NOT DONE WITH THIS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE FEEDBACK BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO STEP AWAY FROM THIS UNTIL WE KNOW WE SOLVED THE PROBLEM. AND SO -- AND THAT IS A TEAM EFFORT. I AM A TEAM PLAYER.

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YOU ALL KNOW THAT ABOUT ME AND SO I AM NOT HERE TO NOT BE A TEAM PLAYER. JUDGE JUDGE WE APPRECIATE -- I THINK THAT IS ALL THAT THE DA'S OFFICE REALLY WAPPED IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THIS PROCESS CAN BE VASTLY IMPROVED AND SINCE THE BEGINNING YOU HAVE BEEN WILLING TO STEP UP AND, YOU KNOW, BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS THAT GETS US THERE. IF IT IS NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, LET'S KEEP ADVANCING SO THAT WE CAN GET IT THERE.

AND I KNOW THAT -- I RIDE UP IN THE ELEVATORS WITH SOME OF THE YOUNGER PROSECUTORS SO I GET TO SAY, HEY, HOW IS IT GOING? IS IT BETTER? I CAN ALWAYS TELL FROM THE FACE, DO I TELLER HER OR NOT TELL HER.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO SAY A WORD. IF IT IS NOT, YES, IT IS GREAT.

I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IMPRO IMPROVEMENTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE GREAT EFFORTS.

I THINK THAT -- IF WE CAN MAYBE EVEN MEMORIALIZE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF WE WRITE IT DOWN, IT BECOMES A -- MAYBE NOT AN OFFICIAL CONTRACT, BUT IT FEELS LIKE ONE THAT WE CAN HAVE SORT OF THE PROCESS THAT IS MEMORIALIZED BETWEEN THE PEE DEE AND THE DA'S OFFICE. THAN EVERYBODY IS HELD TO THAT STANDARD AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE BECAUSE PEOPLE CHANGE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MEETING TOMORROW MORNING IS WITH -- WHO

WOULD BE IT WITH, PETER? >> WITH THE DA'S.

>>JUDGE CANALES: AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT?

>> THEN THE PD AND THEN THE PLAN TO HAVE EVERYBODY MEET.

A NICE SERVICE LEVEL AGLEAM ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THAT IS WHAT I AM THINKING.

>> A REQUEST MADE TO THE PD FOR A VIDEO THAT IT GETS PUBLISHED IN X AMOUNT OF TIME. WHO IS THE CONTACT? SOMEBODY LEADING THE CHARGE? AND I AM NOT FAMILIAR 1% WITH THE DA'S PROCESSES BUT SOMEBODYS IT GO FROM AND WHAT IS THE

TURN-AROUND TIME. >>JUDGE CANALES: TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGE THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS.

AND HAVING A POC FOR THEIR -- WE NEED A REPOSITORY, RIGHT.

SOMEBODY WHOSE SEOUL JOB TO MAKE SURE THESE VIDEOS ARE RECEIVED TIMELY AND DOWNLOADED PROPERLY AND SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO HAVE. AS A RESULT WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE PROCESS THAT WE NEED.

PETITION DID BUY EXTRA STORAGE. THAT'S CORRECT?

>> THAT IS IMPLEMENTED JUDGE JUDGE THAT IS ALREADY

IMPLEMENTED, OKAY. >> FROM THE DA'S OFFICE.

THERE WAS A TRANSITION TIME. >>JUDGE CANALES: DID YOU BUNCH

OF TRAINING. >> WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE OFFICE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND WE TRAINED.

SPOKE TO YOUR CIO, DARYL. JUDGE JUDGE THANK YOU, DAIVRL,

FOR BEING HERE. >> HE HAS BEEN PART OF THE TRAINING WITH GREG AND STAFF. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT TO BE THE FIRST LINE OF SUPPORT. BUT A TEAM EFFORT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: INTERNALLY PETER SOUNDS LIKE THE SPEED AND CONNECTIVITY IS OKAY. WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO EXPORT THESE OVERNIGHT DOWNLOADING ISSUES, THAT'S CORRECT?

>> I AM STILL LOOKING AT THAT. IN SOME CASES THAT IS NOT THE CASE, BUT -- I NEED TO ANALYZE THAT FURTHER FROM PUBLISH TO ONE PANASONIC SERVER IS FAST. IMPORTING TO A MP3 FOR MAT IS NOT. WHAT IS DONE BY THE SOFTWARE ACCEPTED AN E-MAIL LINK TO THE PERSON SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE VIDEO PROGRESSES IT BEHIND SCENE AND FINISHES CON VERSION TO MP 4 IT SHOWS THAT THE VIDEO IS READY TO DOWNLOAD.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT CLOSER WHAT ISSUES ARE OCCURRING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE IN THE PERFECT WORLD, WITH EVERYBODY'S SYSTEM PERFECTLY COMPATIBLE, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROPER TIME FOR THAT MP-4 DOWNLOAD, AN

HOUR? >> A MP3 FOR MAT.

IT SHOULD BE PRETTY CLOSE. >>JUDGE CANALES: THIS YOUNG LADY THIS MORNING TELLS ME JUDGE, IT HAS TAKEN ME ALL NIGHT AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO RECTIFY.

HOW WE CAN GET TO -- I NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS AND REALLY A QUESTION FOR DETERMINE TOO.

WHAT CAN WE TO DO HERE TO MAKE THAT WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE IN ANY REAL WORLD SCENARIO. THAT IS WHAT THE DISTRICT

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ATTORNEY NEEDS. THEY NEED TO KNOW.

NEVER TO DOWNLOAD FEELS AS QUICKLY AS THEIR CONNECTIVITY

ALLOWS. >> THE ISSUE, JUDGE ALREADY SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY THE PIPER HERE.

>> WELL, THAT IS COMMON AROUND HERE.

.> WO >> YES, IT IS.

JUST THE DA'S OFFICE AND PD AND -- PUBLISHING WITHIN THE PANASONIC SYSTEM. THAT IS NO PROBLEM.

REAL QUICK, THE PP-4 IS SUPPOSED TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AND ONCE IT IS COMPLETED WILL BE SENT OFF TO THE E-MAIL LINK. AND I NEED TO REVISIT IT BECAUSE IT IS SPOTTY. SEEMS LIKE IT WORK OR DOESN'T WORK. IF YOU GO TO EXPORT AT A PANASONIC SYSTEM DIRECTLY, YOU WILL SIT THERE ALL DAY.

NOT GOING TO SAY ALL DAY BUT SIT THERE FOR A WHILE.

HOURS BECAUSE WE ARE DOING A CONVERSION UP FRONT INSTEAD OF LETTING IT WORK BEHIND SCENES AND THEN WHEN IT IS COMPLETED.

AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO WORK THAT, DIVE DEEP NEAR THAT.

>> PART OF Y'ALL'S DISCUSSION TOMORROW AND THAT IS MY CONCERN AND THEIR CONCERN. YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE WORDS FROM -- IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST BECAUSE -- WILL YOU TRADE WITH ANGELICA. I ADVANCE THIS SO WE COULD HAVE

THE DISCUSSION. >> WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE HELP. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION, A LOT OF. , A LOT OF ASSISTANCE AND A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT. ISSUE IS THE SYSTEM ITSELF.

NOT ANY PERSON'S REFUSAL TO WORK WITH OR ANYBODY'S REFUSAL TO ASSIST AND HELP. A LOT OF ARMS THAT GONE INTO THIS AND A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FILING OF 14,000 CASES A YEAR AND FACT THAT HALEY CAN ONLY DOWNLOAD

ONE VIDEO AT A TIME. >>JUDGE CANALES: AT NIGHT.

>> WHEN YOU CAN ONLY DOWNLOAD ONE VIDEO AT A TIME AND YOU HAVE 100 LINKS OR 30 VIDEOS THAT NEED TO GET DOWNLOADED AND YOU CAN'T DROP AND DRAG AND HAVE THEM ALL AT ONE TIME YOU GOT TO GET THEM OUT OF THAT FOR MAT AND PUT THEM ON A FLASH DRIVE AND DOWNLOAD THEM AND ONLY DO.

THAT IS TIME CONSUMING JUDGE JUDGE HUMAN CAPITAL LOSS.

LISTEN, GOT ON THE ELEVATOR AT THE RIGHT TIME THIS MORNING.

AND ALL I CAN SAY IT PETER COLLINS.BEST PORK AROUND.

PETER, WE NEED A WORK AROUND UNTIL WE HAVE A NEW WHY IDEA HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND ASK A NEOPHYTE QUESTION HERE, BUT IF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, IS IT POCK CAN WE -- IF WE WERE TO GET ON PANDEMIC SYSTEM SO WE ARE ALL TALKING TO

EACH OTHER. >> THERE IS NO PUBLIC DEFENDER

-- >> WE ARE MISSING THREE

COMMISSIONERS. >>JUDGE CANALES: SORRY.

WE HAVE TO PAUSE UNTIL SOMEBODY -- DO YOU MIND, JOHN? ONE OF US IS PAYING ATTENTIONS TO THE MATTERS OF HAND.

THANK YOU, CONNIE AND JENNY, THANK YOU.

FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME -- >> DO WE REALLY NEED A QUORUM, DO WE REALLY? JUST SAYING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: STATE LAW SAYS YES.

IT HAPPENS IN AUSTIN ALL TIME BUT NOT HERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE -- WHERE PEOPLE ARE -- I DON'T KNOW, I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT MATTER. HOW ABOUT YOU.

Y'ALL TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES. I WILL TAKE -- I WILL TAKE A LITTLE MASK BREAK AND NOW I CAN BLOW MY NOSE AND NOBODY CARES.

JUDGE OKAY, THANK YOU, AUDIENCE, FOR BEING VIRTUALLY HERE IN THE COURT ROOM. WE HAVE THREE COMMISSIONERS AND FOR THE COURT, WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH COMMISSIONER MAREZ, GONZALEZ AND MYSELF. LET YOU PROCEED.

WE CAN WRAP UP, BUT WE HAVE THREE NOW.

JUST GO AHEAD AND KIND OF SORRY FOR INTERRUPTION.

WRAP US UP. >> WE ARE WORK AGO CONTINUE.

WE HAVE A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

WHAT I HAVE BEEN INFORMED AND WHICH WERE JUST TOLD A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT PANASONIC IS GOING TO COME UP WITH THE UPGRADE TOWARD THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THAT WILL ALLOW MULTIPLE VIDEOS TO BE DOW

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DOWNLOADED SIMULTANEOUSLY THAT WILL BE A HUGE BENEFIT NOT ONLY TO US BUT TO THE DETECTIVES OVER AT CCPD.

BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT US.

IT AFFECTS THE DETECTIVES AS WELL.

AND I THINK THE OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE EVOLVED THAT WE ARE HAVING TO UTILIZE A LOT MR. MONEY ON FLASH DRIVES.

I AM SIGNING $500, $600, $700 INVOICES FOR FLASHDRIVES THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE. WHAT WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING NOW THAT PART OF THE DOWNLOAD ISSUE MIGHT BE WE WENT TO THE LAPTOPS AND MAYBE WE SHOULD BE OPERATING OFF THE DESKTOPS, BECAUSE IT IS JUST GOING TO BE A STRONGER, FASTER PROCESS.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TOMORROW. AND SEE IF -- WHATEVER WE CAN

TO DO TRY TO FIX IT. >>JUDGE CANALES: JUST LET US KNOW. I THINK -- I THINK MY POINT IN BRINGING UP IT TODAY THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET A METRO COM UPDATE WHICH WE WILL DO NEXT. I HAVE PETER HERE.

I WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT TOTALLY OUR ABILITY TO TRY CASES.

COMPLETELY AFFECTS THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

AND I JUST KNOW WE CAN SOLVE IT, BUT MAY TAKE IT -- TAKE MONEY HIKE ALWAYS. AND WE NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THIS GETS BEFORE OUR CO COURT.

SO I WANT TO EXPRESS WHY I THINK IT IS -- YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO AS YOU SAID, THE HUMAN ELEMENT IS THERE, BUT THERE IS A TECHNOLOGICAL ELEMENT AND PART OF KEEPING UP WITH JONESES SO TO SPEAK. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF CATCH UP AS FAST AS TECHNOLOGY HAS GOTTEN US.

BUT THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT PANASONIC HAS THE UPGRADE.

OKAY, GUYS. I APPRECIATE IT.

DOES THAT KIND OF COVER -- COVER THE SUBJECT MATTER?

>> YES, JUDGE, THANK YOU. PETER.

>> PETER, ONE MORE THING. >> CAN WE COME BACK IN A MONTH.

>>JUDGE CANALES: LET ME KNOW EVERY WEEK.

GET HAIL TOW COORDINATE WITH ME.

I CAN TELL IT SHALL SHE IS A GOOD -- SHE IS A GOOD LAWYER.

A GOOD PROSECUTOR. AND WE WANT TO GIVE HER THE TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THAT'S ALL.

OKAY. SUPER, GUYS.

WELL, LOOK, PETER, WE WANT YOU TO YOU BACK TO THE CITY AND WHAT I HAVE DONE IS TAKEN A FEW THINGS OUT OF ORDER AND YOU ARE ALREADY STANDING UP SO TAKE US THROUGH ITEM NUMBER -- BY THE WAY, COMMISSIONERS, NO ACTION REQUIRED ON ITEM NUMBER 8, NOR

[7. Receive update on Metrocom activities, including budget requests.]

ON -- WELL, ACTUALLY ITEM NUMBER 7 IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK OUR AUDITOR GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ADVANCE COPY ON THIS TOO. SO SOMETHING THAT I THINK WILL AFFECT OUR BUDGET. TELL US ABOUT OUR METRO COM ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING BUT THE BUDGET IS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED.

I THINK COMMISSION WOULD WANT TO KNOW HOW WE GOT HERE.

PETER. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

METROCOM. METROCOM WHAT WITH USE FOR THE AGENCY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY THAT DOES -- THAT RECEIVES ALL OF OUR 911 CALLS AND DO ALL THE DISPATCHING AND THAT IS FOR THE COUNTY, THE CITY, THE ESDS, SOME SCHOOL SYSTEMS. SO IF WE GO ON THAT FIRST SL SLIDE, WE HAD A -- WE ACTUALLY -- THE JUDGE INITIATED THAT HE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL INTER, AND UPDATE IT TO THE WORLD TODAY. IN DOING SO, THE METROCOM COMMITTEE REALIZE THAT WE NEEDED PEOPLE THAT INVOLVE IN OPERATIONS TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE.

WE HAD THAT TAKE AWAY I FROM THE SHERIFF OR POLICE CHIEF OR WHATEVER. THEY ARE BUSY WITH THE OTHER LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT, BUT WE WANTED FOLKS TO -- CLOSE TO METROCOM OPERATIONS OF HOW TO STEER METROCOM FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND GAIN MORE EFFICIENCIES. WITH THAT SAID AT THE INTE INTERHOKE, WE HAD THE CHRIS -- CHIEF WHITE WAS APPOINTED BY THE POLICE CHIEF AT THE TIME AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR A PD.

CHIEF CRNGZ ONTE RO. EDDIE HOULIHAN APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR.

TERESA APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY JUDGE AND CHIEF DAVID COOK WAS APPOINTED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN I WAS APPOINTED AS THE CHAIRPERSON BY THE METROCOM

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BOARD WHICH APPOINTED BY THE JUDGE AND THE MAYOR AT THE TIME. IN THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTING THE INTERLOCAL THAT WE CHANGED THE COUNTY, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVED AND ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED TOO. NEXT SLIDE.

THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID OCCUR IS WE DID A FINANCIAL AUDIT OF METRO COM THAT WENT BACK THREE YEARS AND NO FINDINGS ON THE FUNDING FOR METROCOM, THE AUDIT WAS COMPLETED FEBRUARY 2020, AND NEXT AUDIT NOVEMBER OF 2021. WE ACTUALLY DO THE AUDIT EVERY TWO YEARS. THE COST IS APPROXIMATELY 8,000 AND WE SPLIT THAT COST. WE USED WEAVER AND BIDWELL BECAUSE WE USE THEM FOR THE OUTSIDE AUDITING FOR THE CITY AND WE APPROACHED THEM TO SAY CAN THEY DO THIS -- WEAVER & TIDWELL AND CAN YOU DO THIS AUDIT FOR US.

AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE AT ALL AND THE NUECES COUNTY AUDITOR DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE EITHER -- SHE DIDN'T BECAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT IF SHE DID.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS LOOKING AT COST. HOW DO WE ALLOCATE IN COST IN A FAIR WAY AND ADJUST COST BASED ON HOW THE WORLD HAS CHANGED.

SO WE BOTH AGREED THAT WE HAVE OVERHEAD.

REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS FROM METRO COM, AND WE ARE PARTNERS ON THAT 50/50. THE CITY IS 90% OF THE POPULATION AND THE COUNTY IS 10%.

AND THEN ALSO THE NUMBER OF INSTANCES THAT ARE HANDLED BY METROC O M APPROXIMATELY 80% IS THE CITY AND 11% IN THE CITY.

AND WHEN YOU ADD ALL THOSE FACTORS TOGETHER, WE ARE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A FAIR SHARE ON ALLOCATING THE COST.

THE IS IT I HAS 76% OF THE COST AND THE COUNTY HAS 24%.

WE HAVE TO RECALCULATE THIS EVERY TWO YEARS, SO WE WILL BE RECALCULATING THAT FORMULA AGAIN.

AND IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO CHANGE.

AND MOST LIKELY IT WILL CHANGE IN FAVOR OF THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION INCREASE -- INCREASES FROM 23% TO 24%. THE JUDGE ASKED IF WE COULD STEP UP CONTRIBUTION INSTEAD OF GOING FROM 22% TO 24%.

WE WENT TO 23% LAST YEAR AND WILL GO TO 24%.

AND THEN RECALCULATE BASED ON THIS FORMULA.

THIS WILL CARRY US WAY IN THE FUTURE THAT WE STAY BY EVERY TWO YEARS WE CALCULATE THIS AND THINGS WILL BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

>> WHEN WE SAY THAT, WHEN WE GET OUR CENSUS NUMBERS.

>> EXACTLY, YES. SO WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING AS THE OPERATING COMMITTEE? THE JUDGE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER. THE PANDEMIC.

THE TESTING FOR THE -- FOR COVID, THE VACCINES.

WE TRIED TO HAVE MEETINGS. BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STEP IT UP SINCE THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY ON THE VACCINE FRONT. WE ALREADY HAVE FOUR METRO COM. AND WHEN WE WALK IN THE ROOM, WE ARE METROCOM, NOT THE CITY, NOT THE COUNTY, WE ARE ME METROCOM. A NUMBER OF SMALL GROUP SESSIONS THAT TRANSLATE TO BUDGET WORKSHOPS.

WE IMPLEMENTED WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THE 24-7 REMOTE SUPPORT FOR 9/11. THIS WITH AS A FEATURE THAT HAS NEVER -- FOR 911. THIS IS A FEATURE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN IMPLEMENTED. WE MADE SURE IT WAS POLIC POLICEMENED. AND MAYBE JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. BUT THE REASON WHY IT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THE COMPANY THAT SUPPLIES 911.

ALL THE EQUIPMENT, THE ROUTERS, THE SWITCHES, THEY HAVE 24-7 REMOTE SUPPORT AND THEY CAN SEE PROBLEMS AS WE START AND ACTUALLY CORRECT THEM REMOTELY INSTEAD OF US BEING REACTIVE THAT 911 IS NOT RECEIVING CALLS AND 911 IS INTO THE DOING THAT.

AND IF THEY CAN'T, THEY SEE THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM MAY GET LARGE ARE. THEY CAN DISPATCH THEIR PERSON IMMEDIATELY WHO IS LOCAL TO CORPUS AND ON-SITE.

THAT HELPS WITH THE EFFICIENCY OF 911 AVAILABILITY.

WE REVIEW THE FISCAL YEAR -- YES, JUDGE?

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>>JUDGE CANALES: WILL YOU REMIND THE COURT THAT WE DO NOT AS A COUNTY AND WE CAN GO OVER THIS LATER.

HE WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM NOT OPENING UP PANDORA'S BOX.

BUT WE DO NOT RECEIVE 911 WIRELESS REVENUE?

>> AND JUDGE, YOU ARE CORRECT. >>JUDGE CANALES: I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO POINT THIS OUT AS WE SEE THE BUDGET INCREASE AND REASON FOR THAT AND BOTH HISTORICAL, STATUTE OFFER TORY MANDATED LANGUAGE. YOU CAN SEE THESE UPGRADES, RADIO UPGRADES AND OUR TOWER UPGRADES ARE ALL COMING TO BEAR ALL TAME. I TONIGHT WANT THE COURT TO PANIC. THESE UPGRADES ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, BUT WE DO -- WE CAN ADDRESS AT COURT.

I WANT YOU JUST HEAR THE INFORMING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BUDGET AND WHAT I CALL OUR OWN RECONCILIATION, I WILL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT, PETER, AS TO HOW WE CAN PAY FOR THIS AND THE AUDITOR WILL THINK WHAT WILL THIS BE ARE A PRIORITIZATION OR SHU SHUFFLING OF DECK FOR THESE UPGRADES. AT ANY RIGHT, WAY WANTED TO THROW THIS OUT US A WE ALL READ AHEAD AND SLIDE READS A MILLION .ONE FOR THE UPGRADES. THESE ARE NOT WANTS, THESE ARE

NEEDS, PETER? >> THAT'S CORRECT, JUDGE.

THE CAD SYSTEM FROM 2013. LITTLE UPGRADES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT A TOTALLY NEW PROJECT. WE WANT TO DO THE UPGRADE TO THE MOST RECENT OF VERSION OF THEIR SOFTWARE AT OUR HEELS IS THE CGIS. WENT THROUGH THE OFFICE AND THEY ARE CONCERNED OF THE CAT CYCLE WHICH I AM CONCERN.

ON THE CITY SIDE, YOU HAVE DECISION PACKETS, AND THE CITY IN THE SPIRIT OF IT REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, BECAUSE THE COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH IS THE HEART OF METRO COM.

THE CALL COMES IN FROM 911, IT GOING TO THE DISPATCH SYSTEM.

GOES TO DISPATCHER. THE DISPATCHER KNOWS WHERE CALL IS AND TO THE UNIT WHERE IT KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE TO GO.

ALL THE HISTORY ABOUT THAT LOCATION IS ALSO SENT THROUGH THE MOBILE DATA THROUGH THE CAD.

SYSTEM. YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF OFFICERS, A FIRE SCENE. EMS. EVERYTHING IS DRECHB BY CAD. YOU CAN NOT OPERATE METRO COM WITHOUT CAD WITHOUT THE STAFFING LEVEL.

YOU MAY NEED TO DOUBLE IT OR TRIPLE IT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THE PAPER SYSTEM. I AM GOING TO CONTINUE ON AND CIRCLE BACK ABOUT THE COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH.

ONE MORE THING, I AM SORRY. ANOTHER BIG ISSUE IN THE OPERATING COMMITTEE HOW DOES A SMALLER ENTITY, MUNICIPALITY, BISHOP OR DRISCOL, BE ABLE TO COME AND SAY, HEY, WE WILL LIKE METRO COM TO DISPATCH FOR US. HOW WILL WE DO THAT.

ATTEMPTS IN THE PAST TO DO IT AND TOO COSTLY FOR THOSE ENTITIES TO AFFORD TO PARTICIPATE IN METRO COM.

A BUY-IN FEE AND SOME NUMBER -- I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME F FROM, BUT WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION AND WE HAD A FORMULA OF HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK. MAY WE GO TOO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS WHAT THE JUDGE IS REFERRING TO. THE TOTAL BUDGET IS -- FOR FISCAL YEAR '22. I AM GOING TO ROUND IT OFF, $8.2 MILLION. BASICALLY A $2 MILLION INCREASE. WHAT IS DRIVING THAT? TWO ISSUES THAT ARE ACTUALLY DRIVING THAT.

$1.1 MILLION WHICH IS A ONE-TIME COST THAT STARTED AT $1.9 MILLION WITH THE VENDOR AND ABLE TO GET IT TO 1.1.

A LONG-TERM CUSTOMER WITH THIS COMPANY.

A ONE-TIME FEE. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE IT IS AT THE END OF LIFE. AND REMEMBER GOING TO START SUPPORTING IT TOO AT SOME PO POINT.

WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE AND GO AHEAD AND REPLACE IT BECAUSE IT WILL END UP IN A PANIC SITUATION AND WE WILL BE ALL SCRAMBLING AND IF WE CAN'T DISPATCH OR DO IT EFFICIENTLY, CALLS WILL STACK UP AND I AM NOT TRYING TO USE A SCARE

TACTIC. >>JUDGE CANALES: PETER, WHAT IS THE LIFE OF A NEW GROUP FRAYED.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS -- UPGRADE.

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ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS NO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR TECHNOLOGY AND THE AS A RESULT -- THIS COURT -- SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE -- MADE MAYOR UPGRADES ON THE FLY AND COORDINATED WITH OUR OWN BORROWING.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT, BUT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH HALF A MILLION DOLLAR SURPRISE.

SO JUST FOR OUR PURPOSES, WITH A THE UPGRADE BUY US TIME-WISE.

>> GOING TO BE 10, 15 YEARS AT LEAST.

>> OKAY. SUPER.BUT -- ALWAYS A YOU ABOUT THE IN THE SITUATION. WHEN AN UP-- UPGRADE AVAILABLE, TO IT. PROBLEM AT THE CITY.

MY WHOLE LIFE. EVERYTHING IS BEYOND END OF U USE. EVERYTHING IS A HEAVY LIFT.

THE CAN HAS BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD REPEATEDLY AND IT HAS TO STOP. YOU HAVE SECURITY ISSUES THAT NEEDED FOR THE NETWORK. THE RADIO SYSTEM.

IT GOES ON AND ON. >>JUDGE CANALES: I FEEL YOUR

PAIN. >> WE ARE UPGRADING OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM. THAT HAS NEVER BEEN UPGRADED SINCE 2013. EXCUSE ME, 2013.

NEVER BEEN TOUCHED. THEY HAVE BEEN AT SAME VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE, AND WHEN THEY GOT THE SOFTWARE, THEY NEVER SIGNED AN AGREEMENT FOR UPGRADES.

GOT TO UPGRADE FROM 2013 TO THE CURRENT SOFTWARE WHICH IS A HEAVY LIFT 1.1 IS UPGRADE AND TELL THE COURT OF THE DISPATCHER AND THAT MAKES UP THE REST OF THE DEFICIT.

AND FOR THE COURT, A CONTINGENT LIABLE ONCE THIS BUDGET PASSES AND WE WILL HAVE THIS MEETING VERY SOON.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE AND REMEMBER THE MAYOR AND I REPRESENT METRO CARBON DIOXIDE COM.

BY WAY OF BYLAWS AN ALL OF T THAT.

THAT IS HOW THAT TRUCK SUR COMES UNDER WAY.

AND WE UPGRADED THAT AS A RESULT OF PETER'S INVOLVEMENT BUT A $546,000 CONTINGENT IF WE WERE TO ACCEPT THE UPGRADES AND DISPATCHERS. TALK TO US BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW THIS -- THESE RAISES -- THESE SALARY INCREASES COME TO PASS.

>> BEING THAT THE OPERATING COMMITTEE WAS OPERATIONAL FO FOLKS, IT WAS ACTUALLY DISCOVERED THAT AT THE TIME WE WERE DO YOU KNOW POSITIONS FOR DISPATCHERS.

THAT IS UNHEARD OF. YOU HAVE ABOUT 60 FOLKS THAT ARE DISPATCHED. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MANDATORY OVERTIME STARTS AND YOU SOUND -- YOU CAN MAKE EXTRA MONEY NOT WHEN YOU ARE WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

RIGHT NOW DOWN 18. MULTIPLE ISSUES ON THE FOREFRONT HERE ONE, WHEN THE SALARIES WERE LOOKED AT -- BASICALLY USE ROUND INSPECTION. DISPATCHERS COME IN ENTRY LEVEL OF $14. THE STATE AVERAGE IS CLOSE TO $20 TO $21 AN HOUR. OUR DISPATCHERS.

I SAY "OURS"BECAUSE THEY ARE THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.

THEY ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER PAUSE JUST NOT -- IN SOME DISPATCHING CENTERS, I DO POLICE.

I DO EMS. I DO FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY ARE ALL SEPARATE. THEY ALL HAVE SEPARATE CERTIFICATIONS. BUT HERE WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THIS IS THE DISPATCHER IS LICENSED BY TECO WHICH GOVERNS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICE DEPARTMENT LICENSE AND DISPATCHERS THAT ARE CERTIFIED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT DISPATCHING, EM S DISWATCHING AND FIRE DIS DISPATCHING WHICH IS HOW THEY ARE SOUGHT AFTER.

WE BECOME A TRAINING CENTER. ONCE THEY COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING OUT OF SET IF I OCCASION AND PEOPLE CONVERT OUT OF METRO CAM. THEY SAY WE WILL PAY YOU X AMOUNT MORE AND WE IDENTIFIED THAT IS A HUGE PART OF THE PROBLEM. WE DID A WHOLE SALARY ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO BRING IT UP.

WE DIDN'T BRING IT UP TO 20, BUT BRINGING UP THE START TO $18 AN HOUR. AND THEN MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE COMPRESSION ON ABOVE WITH SUPERVISORS.

WE ARE CLOSELY. >>JUDGE CANALES: HOW MANY BECAUSE THIS REP -- THAT IS USUALLY WHAT WE LOOK AT HERE.

WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DISPATCHERS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE SALARY INCREASES STARTING AT $18 AN HOUR.

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>> 67. THAT IS GOING OFF MY MEMORY.

>> 67. THINK OF THE 0,000.

>> I DID SOMETHING -- NOT TRYING TO BE DRAMATIC, BUT IF YOU GO TO FREE BIRD. THEIR BURRITOS, SAYS THEIR STARTING SALARY IS $15 AN HOUR. I WANT TO POINT OUT YOUR DISPATCHERS THAT ARE HANDLING YOUR 911 ARE VALUABLE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER HAVING THEIR PAY SCALE REFLECTED OF THAT. BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US. YOU CAN MAKE MORE THE A FAST FOOD LOCATION THEN YOU CAN WHEN HANDLING OUR 911 CALLS THAT REQUIRE VERY IMPORTANT AND SOPHISTICATED CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS. SO YOU TALK ABOUT PAYING THE PIPER, THIS COURT AND THIS ADMINISTRATION IS HAVING TO PAY PIPER. BUT WE ALL BENEFIT.

DON'T THINK OF IT AS BEING SO NEGATIVE.

THINK OF IT AS A BENEFIT TO THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES AND TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE. I WILL BE VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR METRO COM RECOMMENDATION BUT THIS COURT WILL HAVE TO MAKE A HARD CHOICE AND A CONTINGENCY VIABILITY.

PETER, YOU MAY WANT TO UPON OUT HOW MANY VACANCIES KEV AND THE DANG US ZONES THAT THE METROCO M.

>> WHEN WE WERE LOOKING TOGETHER AT THIS WE WERE AT 16.

NOW WE ARE AT 18 JUDGE JUDGE IS THAT CURRENT? 18 VACANCIES IN 911. WE THINK AND YOU THINK THE OPERATION COMMITTEE. SHERIFF, I DON'T RECALL.

ARE YOU ON OPERATIONS? DAVID -- THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

CHIEF ON IT NOW. YOU FEEL -- YOU PAID YOUR DUES SO TO SPEAK AND PASSED ON. THE POINT IS THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE FEELS THIS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF METRO COM AND 911. IS THAT FAIR? SHERIFF, IS THAT FAIR? I MEAN, OKAY.

OKAY, LOOK, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER SL

SLIDE? >> I CAN SPEED IT UP HERE.

SO THE OTHER THING -- WE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET.

THE BUDGET WAS IN THREE SEPARATE AREAS.

WE COMBINE IT THAT ONE, METRO COM, WE DON'T NEED TO BREAK IT UP IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS. THE GOOD NEWS IS IN DOING THAT COST SAVINGS $11,000. THE BUDGET IS MORE EFFICIENT AND EASIER TO MANAGE. NEXT SHIED PLEASE.

THIS IS IMPORTANT. ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN IMPORTANT BUT VERY IMPORTANT TO ENTITIES THAT ARE SMALLER THAN WHAT BIKE METRO COM TO DISPATCH TO THEM. HOW DO WE DO THIS.

I WILL READ TO THIS REAL QUICK. SEE WE HAVE A CITY OF X AND THEY RECEIVED $2,000 CALLS A YEAR AND SAY TO METRO COM.

WE WOULD LIKE TO YOU DISPATCH. METROC CO M HAS 500,000 CALLS A YEAR. TO THIS FORMULA, THE 2,000 IS INCLUSIVE OF THE 500,000. TAKE THE 2,000 CALLS WE PARTICIPATE FROM ENTITY X, DIVIDE IT BY 500,000.

WE GET THEIR PERCENTAGE OF COSTS IN A SENSE.

IN THIS CASE 004. WE KNOW THE TOTAL BUDGET 3.2.

AND ENTITY PAYS $33,000 A YEAR TO HAVE METRO COME DISWATCH FOR THEM IN. IT WILL BE RECALCULATED ANNUALLY AND ALSO WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MONEY THAT IS COLLECTED FROM OUTSIDE ENTITIES GO INTO A RESERVE FUND OR A CIP FUND SO WE BUILD SOME CAPITAL RESERVES.

NOW BEFORE SOMEBODY HAD TO PAY $50,000 TO JOIN METRO COM, AND THEN THIS OTHER FEE THAT WAS WAY TOO MUCH.

>> IT WAS ARBITRARY. >> THIS HAS -- THIS TANGIBLE AND WE RECALCULATE IT EVERY YEAR.

NOW WE CAN GO TALK TO DRISCOL BISHOP, ALL THE OTHER SMALLER EN TEES AND WE CAN DO THIS FOR THEM.

>> YEAH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HELP YOU HOST THAT MEETING SO WE CAN GET THEIR INPUT. AND THEIR CONCERNS SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS MEETS -- IF THEY WHICH THIS IS REASONABLE AND GET TO HEAR FROM THEM.

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CERTAINLY BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE YOU PLAY X WITH NO

EXPLANATION OF WHY X BE. >> RIGHT, EXACTLY.

NEXT SLIDE. THAT'S IT.

JUDGE JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS A LOT TO DIGEST AND METRO COM HAS BEEN ON MY MIND FOR A FEW MONTHS.

CRITICAL AT BUDGET TIME YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE FACING.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IN 2019, THINGS WERE A LITTLE SIMILAR.

WE WERE LOOKING NOT METRO COM BUT LOOKING OVER UPGRADES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WE FOUND OURSELVES IN SIMILAR WATERS. WE NEEDED TO MAKE DECISIONS.

YOU ARE GOING TO PAY NOW OR PAY A TERRIBLE PRICE LATER.

YOU JUST CAN'T -- YOU JUST CAN'T BE CHEAP WHEN IT COMES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR -- OR 911 IN MY.

BUT IT REQUIRES US TO ACT AND ALSO REQUIRES DALE TO REALLY THINK, WOW, I HAVE GOT A CONTINGENT LIABILITY HERE I NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR. AND SO, QUESTIONS? AND I AM OPENING IT UP EVEN TO THE AWED TOWARD HERE.

YOU CAN IT SHALL HE CAN VISIT WITH US OFFLINE.

DALE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW YOU SAW THIS A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN WE POSTED. COMMISSIONERS, ALL GOOD? I WILL TAKE THAT AS A GOOD S SIGN, PETER.

AS THEY SAY, WALK, DON'T RUN BACK TO CITY HALL.

>> I WILL DO THAT. I HAD THAT BICYCLE ACCIDENT.

>> SWIM, I AM NOT SURE IF YOU CAN WALK.

>>JUDGE CANALES: AIDE TERRIBLE -- GLAD YOU ARE HEALING FROM

THAT. >> YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

>> LET ME JUST TELL YOU THE REASON I SUPPORT IT, TOO.

I BEEN THERE. I HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE STREETS IN THE POLICE CAR AND ALL THAT. AND THOSE PEOPLE IN METROCAM COM 37 THEY ARE YOUR EYES AND EARS AND IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU DEPEND ON THEM IN NIGHTTIME. THEY ARE YOUR GUIDE.

THOSE PEOPLE SAVE LIVES. AND THOSE PEOPLE -- IT IS STRESSFUL. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE PAID THAT LITTLE. I THOUGHT THEY WERE MAKING AT LEAST $20 AN HOUR. BUT, YOU KNOW, TO ME THIS -- TO ME, THIS IS KIND OF DIFFERENT POPULATION.

IT IS EVERY DAY FROM ONE MINUTE TO NEXT.

0 CALLS AND 100 CALLS, AND TELL YOU WHAT, ON RADIO CALM AND COOL. YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IF YOU DON'T BACK AND SAY THANK YOU LIKE THE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE ROAD. POLICE OFFICERS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. THEY ARE YOUR EYES AND EARS, THE POLICE OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY THE NEW ROOKIES.

>> JUDGE, I WANT TO ADD TO. I WANT TO LOOK TO SEE -- I KNOW WE WILL GET A PRESENTATION AT SOME POINT ON THE -- WHAT WE SPEND OUR -- I CAN'T REMEMBER -- THE ARPON MONEY ON.

BUT THIS EQUIPMENT MIGHT FALL INTO -- THIS IS DEFINITELY.

>> WE HOPE. >> I MATE TO KEEP BRINGING THAT

UP. >> RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T, BRENT.

BUT HAVING SAID THAT, THERE IS ALWAYS -- THERE IS SOME BIZARRE LANGUAGE THAT IS VERY VAGUE AN HEADED TO D.C.

>> UPGRADES. >> THE UPGRADES MAY FALL IN THE CATEGORY AGAIN AND WE WILL GET THAT PRESENTATION AND FIGURE THAT OUT. BETWEEN WHAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAS, WE WILL MAYBE CATCH A BREAK JUDGE JUDGE I THINK THAT WOULD BE. THAT THE WHOLE -- YEAH, IN F FACT, PETER, IF YOU MIGHT -- ARMY WITH A I WILL WILL BIRTH LANGUAGE ACCESS IS THE PERMISSIVE USE AND VAGUE LANGUAGE AND IF THIS IMPROVES CONNECTIVITY.

IF WE CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT. I DON'T KNOW, BUT INFRASTRUCTURE IS VERY VAGUE AS PRELIMINARY GUIDELINES CAME OUT. A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE GUIDANCE FROM TREASURY BUT WE WILL THROW IT OUT THERE.

WE ARE ACTUALLY SUGGESTING, COMMISSIONER, PERHAPS A RESHUFFLING OF THE DECK 2021 PRIORITIZATION CAN TAKE PLACE FOR THE UPGRADES FOR THAT MILLION ONE.

IN FACT IT WILL HAVE TO. WE DON'T HAVE THE DOLLARS, I CAN JUST TELL YOU. GROWTH IS NOT -- NOT GOING TO

GIVE US THAT MUCH. >> WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT --

>> THE CO IS WHAT -- CIP IS THE PLAN AND THE CO IS THE

BORROWING, RIGHT. >> MIGHT BE TRUE THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS -- I HAVE TO THINK THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE

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ALLOCATED FOR THE COS -- THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE ALLUDED TO CAN BE SHUFFLED WHERE THAT GOES INTO THE ARPA AND USE THAT KIND

OF MONEY FOR THINGS LIKE THIS. >>JUDGE CANALES: YES,

ABSOLUTELY. >> THERE HAVE GOT TO BE THING ON OUR CIP LIST OF $50 MILLION THAT WILL FALL UNDER THE ARPA FUNDS EASIER THAN MAYBE THIS SHOULD.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THAT'S RIGHT VII.

RESHUFFLING. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CREATE. DALE IS VERY CREATIVE AND WE NEED FOR HIM TO FIND US THE MONEY.

>> IT IS A GREAT. LOOK FORWARD TO OUR METRO COM MEETINGS. OUR METRO COM IS NOT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: YOUR OPERATIONS NOT BUT MINE AND THE

MAYOR'S OPEN. >> THE DISCUSSION AND DETAIL OF METRO COM CALLS A DISADVANTAGE AS FAR AS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I THOUGHT ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL MEETINGS WAS ON

-- >> I THINK STARTED IN THE PAST TO DO IT THAT WAY JUDGE JUDGE I SEE.

NOT SUBJECT TO THEN. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT -- NOT SUBJECT TO, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THE DETAILED DISCUSSION LEAVES OUR VULNERABILITIES WIDE OPEN BECAUSE WE TALK OF A

NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. >>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY.

I WILL HAVE TO REPORT BACK TO THE COURT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GIVE MY THANKS TO THOSE AT METRO COM. TAKES A SPECIAL KIND OF PERSON TO STAY CALM WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS GETTING EXCITED.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I ALWAYS COMING TO IT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. I LIKE BEING HERE IN THE BEGINNING, THE WAY YOU DO YOUR PROCLAMATIONS IT IS DOWN TO EARTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> I HOPE IT IS NOT BECAUSE YOU -- WALK AWAY WITH MONEY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WAS HANDED A NOTE.

I WANT -- I WANT TO GO TO CONSENT AGENDA AND I WILL GET THERE, BUT I WAS HANDED A NOTE EARLIER THAT DUE TO THE RAIN AND THE FORECAST, WE ARE GOING TO -- ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS -- IS THIS A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST?

>> NO REGULAR -- >>JUDGE CANALES: REGULAR AGENDA ITEM. WHAT IS IT?

>> 9. >>JUDGE CANALES: ITEM 9 BUT

[9. Discuss and consider Order fixing monthly compensation of the Nueces County Drainage District No. 2 Board Commissioners pursuant to HB 4621; and related matters.]

THE ITEM WITH SANDBAGS -- WE WILL DEAL WITH AN ITEM ITEM NUMBER 9, BUT ONLY BECAUSE THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS WORKING TO FEND OFF SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH WATER IN THE RURAL COUNTIES. REF JOSEPH RAMIREZ.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE LEAD OFF WITH THE SAFETY PIECE OF IT

FIRST. >> JUDGE -- I AM OKAY BUT A MOTION TO PASS. I AM READY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I JUST NEED FOR HIM TO TALK ABOUT THE SANDBAGS. I NEED -- FORGIVE ME, BUT I WILL GET YOUR MOTION TO PASS AND I GOT A SECOND AND ON THE DISCUSSION, CAN YOU PLEASE ADDRESS WHAT YOU NEED ME -- OBVIOUSLY I GOT A NOTE ABOUT SANDBAGS AND SOME ISSUES.

THAT IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO GET TO.

>> AS YOU KNOW SOME RAIN FOR THE WEEKEND.

EXPECTED TO STAY THROUGH FR FRIDAY.

BUT I GOT NOTICE THAT BECAUSE OF THE LOW.

THE SYSTEM THAT CAME IN YESTERDAY THAT CAME FROM THE NORTH OF US AND NOW THE SYSTEM TODAY IS COMING FROM THE GULF AND THE SOUTH, IT HAS CREATED COUNTERCLOCKWISE WINDS THAT WILL PR PROBABLY 40 MILES PER HOUR REIS ALMOST TROPICAL STORM -- SO BEING CALLED A TROPICAL LOW RIGHT NOW BECAUSE NO NAME BECAUSE IT DEVELOPED OVER LAND. WE HAVE TWO TROPICAL SYSTEMS THAT WE ARE EYEING IN THE GULF, ELSA THAT IS IN FLORIDA AND THIS NO NAME TROPICAL LOW HERE IN THE AREA.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE EXPECTING ANYWHERE TODAY.

TODAY THEY ARE EXPECTING BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN INCHES IN NUECES COUNTY AND AS MUCH AS 13 INCHES BY THE TIME THIS IS SAID AND DONE IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

BECAUSE OF THAT, FOLKS AT THE DRAIN DAMAGE DISTRICT, WHICH THEY PARTNERED UP WITH THE CITY YESTERDAY HANDED OUT ABOUT 500 SANDBAGS AND RESUME OPERATIONS OF THAT TODAY.

SO WE WILL START SETTING UP AT NOON AND WILL BE HANDING OUT

THE STAND BAGS AT 1:00. >> JUST REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT YOUR YOUR ADDRESS IS IF YOU NEED A SANDBAG.

>> YESTERDAY AT THE OLD SHOW BARN ON AVENUE J.

BUT TODAY, BECAUSE OF RAIN, THEY WILL DO IT AT THE SHOP SINCE IT IS COVID AND A DRIVE-THRU AREA NEXT TO THE

CALDERON BUILDING. >> JOHNNY CALDERON.

7TH STREET. WHEN SHE DOES HER REPORT, WE WILL PARROT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 37 IF YOU GET THAT ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.

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EMERGENCY MANAGE AND WE GET ALL OF THAT WRITTEN AND OF COURSE OUR OPERATIONS, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS WILL BE MONITORING.

BUT THANK YOU FOR MAKING STAND BAGS AVAILABLE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND FOR YOUR SHOT, FOR YOUR

BUSINESS AND FOR YOUR HOME. >> FOR EVERYBODY THERE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS THAT CAN COME BY.

WE WILL LOAD THEM UP AND YOU HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF GUYS THAT GOT THE SANDBAGS LOADED UP IN TRAILERS AND PALETTES.

THEY WILL PUT IT IN YOUR CAR AND TAKE IT WHEREVER YOU NEED.

>>JUDGE CANALES: HAVING SAID THAT, WE WILL HAVE YOU WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> ONE QUESTION ON IT. SO SARAH, SO -- YOU ARE COMING ASKING THIS REQUEST FOR US FOR TODAY, BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER INCREASES TAKEN DIRECTLY CARE OF BY THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT OR

NEED TO COME BEFORE US AGAIN? >> THE WAY THE RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN COMES UP EVERY FISCAL YEAR.

>> COMMISSIONERS, I BELIEVE THE DOCUMENT ENOUGH YOUR PACKET IS NOT WORDED TO DO THAT EXACTLY. SO WE ARE SUBMITTING A CHANGE THAT DOES MAKE IT HAVE TO COME BACK TO COMMISSIONERS COURT.

ONE YOU HAVE IS NOT THE SAME. >> I THINK THEY REPRINTED IT.

>> ONE THAT I JUST PASSED OUT TO THE COURT AND I GAVE THE NEW ONES TO THE CLERK TO GET YOUR SIGNATURE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY. OKAY, GREAT.

SO I HAVE -- SO IMGET, I WILL GET YOU NEW -- A NEW SIGNATURE, BUT WITH REGARDS TO -- WITH THE ONE, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, WE ARE GOOD TO GO? ALL RIGHT.

SO I HAVE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO PASS THE ORDER WHICH IS THE COMPENSATION OF THE NUECES COUNTY NUMBER TWO PURSUANT. ALL NOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OP OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

I WILL SIGN WHENEVER YOU ARE READY.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU, JUDGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I AM GOING TO HEAD BACK TO THE PICK UP A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE.

[I. Accept the following Minutes:]

ONE WHILE SHE IS MAKING THE W WAY.

MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF JUNE AND 21 OF 2021.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AND GIVE ME A MOMENT TO GET MY DUCKS IN A ROW FOR BOARD

[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.]

APPOINTMENT. SO I WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ASK COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY ITEMS TO BE REMOVED AT THIS TIME FOR MORE CLARIFICATION OR PERHAPS QUESTIONS? I HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH THE LETTER M. A THROUGH M.

AND MICHAEL IS HERE -- >> JUDGE, MICHAEL TOLD ME HE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION I AND M.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I AND M AS IN MARY.

>> G, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE QUESTIONS IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS

SINCE COURTHOUSE SECURITY. >>JUDGE CANALES: G? I GOT IT. DO I HAVE A MOTION.

>> F AND H. >>JUDGE CANALES: F AND H.

JUST FOR THE RECORD FOR THE CLERK, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE F, G, H, I, AND M AS IN MARY WILL GET PULLED.

A MOTION TO APPROVE A-E, J, K AND L.

I WILL TAKE HIS AS A MOTION AND HIS AS A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

[F. Authorize the execution of an Interlocal Agreement between Nueces County and the City of Corpus Christi for the purpose of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program FY2021 Local Solicitation Award.]

LET'S TAKE THE FIRST ONE WHICH IS ITEM F, AN INTERLOCAL BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ED BURN MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT.

AND WHO PULLED THIS ONE? >> I DID.

>> HARRY I CAN'T, WILL YOU COME ANSWER THE QUESTION OF THE

COMMISSIONER? >> JUST -- IS THIS INTERLOCAL WITH THE CITY. I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T DOING IT WITH THE CITY BUT STILL WITH THE CITY?

>> YES, THE CITY FOR THESE PARTICULAR FUNDS -- FOR THESE PARTICULAR FUNDS, THE SI IS CONSIDERED A DISPARATE JURORS DINK AND THIS HE RECEIVE THE FUNDS AND SHARE 50% WITH NUECES COUNTY. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON, GOSH, SINCE, I BELIEVE, 200. USED TO BE CALLED LLGB PRIOR TO

THAT. >> FOR THREE YEARS?

>> YES. >>JUDGE CANALES: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. I HAVE A MOTION AND I WILL LOOK

FOR THE SECOND. >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: SECOND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAREZ.

A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ONE WELCOME TAKEN UP

[G. Approve adoption of the Nueces County Courthouse Attorney ID – Personal Identification Verification (PIV) Card for Attorneys - Conditions and Procedures as created by the Courthouse Security Committee.]

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IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM G. IF YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND MARK IT SO WE, A, MARK A CONTINUED TAKE ACTION WHEN WE COME OUT OF

[H. Approve agreement, including all insurance requirements, between Texas General Land Office/Veterans Land Board and Nueces County related to the operation of the Coastal Bend Veteran’s Cemetery, and related matters.]

EXECUTIVE SESSION. ITEM H, APPROVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TEXAS LAND OFFICE, VETERAN LAND BOARD AND NUECES COUNTY RELATED TO OPERATION OF THE COULDESTAL BEND VETERANS CEMETERY AND RELATED MATTERS. COMMISSIONERS?

WHO PULLED? >> I AM SUPPORTING IT BUT FOR RECORD IT WILL BE A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT BASED ON HOW IT GOES DO A SECOND YEAR. AND THE MONEY BY THE COUNTY WILL BE REIMBURSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS POSSIBLE OR NOT, JUDGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK ITS WHAT THE CONTRACT REQUIRES.

>> THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS. MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF THAT. AT NO TIME WILL THE COST GO UP AND OUR SERVICES BE REDUCED. I DON'T THINK I AM -- I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT. BUT I WILL SUPPORT IT BASED ON

WHAT I HAVE GOT HERE. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.

>> SO MOVED. >>JUDGE CANALES: I WILL TAKE YOUR MOTION AND SECOND THAT MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS HISTORIC AGREEMENT AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

OKAY. THAT IS GREAT.

AND TYNER, FULL LET -- I DON'T SEE THEM ON, BUT SOMETIMES I DON'T ALWAYS RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY THAT IS ON, BUT IF YOU LETTER RICK BROWN KNOW THAT THAT AGREEMENT WILL BE

[I. Authorize execution of agreement with Jacobs Engineering, LLC for RFQ No. 3152-21 Engineering Services for Rebuilding Bob Hall Pier.]

FORTHCOMING. ITEM I IS NEXT.

AND COMMISSIONER -- MICHAEL, YOU PULLED JACOB.

GO AHEAD. >> YES, JUDGE.

>> I HANDED OUT A REVISED CONTRACT.

A SMALL CORRECTION THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE TO THE DETERMINATION DATE AND ACTUALLY EXPIRING ON AUGUST 21, 2023.

THAT WAS ONLY CHANGE TO WHAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE AGENDA.

ANDS HAD -- YOU KNOW, THIS IS A -- HISTORIC ITEM AND IT IS FORTUNATE THAT CAME UP SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BASICALLY KICK OFF THE REBUILDING EFFORT BY HIRING THE ENGINEER TODAY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: PRETTY EXCITING STUFF.

I HAVE GOT -- I HAVE A COPY OF IT AND DO YOU APPROVE.

YOU RECOMMEND APPROVAL AT THIS TIME.

>> YES. >>JUDGE CANALES: WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION -- RECOMMENDATION I SO MOVE THE ENGINEERING OF THE REBUILD OF BOB HALL PIER FOR DESIGN SERVICES AND I LOOK FOR A SECOND AT THIS TIME.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY

[M. Approve BuyBoard Contract No. 597-19 purchase with ROMCO Equipment Co. for standby generators and transformers for Nueces County Courthouse, Jail, and Jail Annex.]

SAYING AYE. >> ITEM 2-M WAS THE SECOND ONE I ASKED TO BE PULLED. IN SPEAKING WITH THE SALES AGENT AT ROMCO WE IDENTIFIED A CALCULATION ON WHAT WAS PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA. THEY NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THE TRANSFORMER LINE ITEM. WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE, THE NEW MONTHLY -- THE STAND BY IS THE 70,00.

THE STAND-BY RATE WILL END STEP IN WHEN GENERATORS LAND ON THE COUNTY. IF YOU HAVE TO UTILIZE THEM, THEN THEY WILL CHARGE A DEPLOYMENT RATE.

THE DEPLOYMENT RATE WILL BE CHARGED AT THE RACE THEY ARE DEPLOYED. WE DEPLOY FOR ACTIVE USE FOR, SAY, THREE DAYS. WILL BE CHARGED WITH THE DEPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE MONTH OF THREE DAYS ONLY AND REVERT BACK TO THE STANDBY RATE FOR THE REMAINING DAYS OF THE PERIOD. AND THIS CONTRACT IS SET UP TO GO FROM NOW THROUGH THE END OF HURRICANE SEASON IN NOVEMBER.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, MICHAEL, FOR THE CLARIFICATION, AND I WILL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? OKAY. HEARING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO -- TO PASS ITEM M FOR THE BOARD CONTRACT WITH RONCO EQUIPMENT COMPANY. COMMISSIONER, COULD I --

>> DID WE DO THAT ALREADY. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND JUDGE JUDGE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING EYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

>> I'LL BE COMING BACK ON THE NEXT COURT TO DO THE HOOKUPS PORTION OF THIS. SO THIS GETS US TEMPORARY GENERATING ON THE GROUND. THE CONNECTIVITY WILL COME WITH

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AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE 21ST AND WORKED WITH A DIVISION OF ROMCO

UNDER AN AGREEMENT. >> CAN I COUNSEL ON YOU FOR THAT. AUGUST 7, IS THAT WHAT IT IS?

JULY 21? >>JUDGE CANALES: WHAT IS MY DEAL WITH THE 23RD. 21ST.

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

>> ON THE ROMCO AGREEMENT. >>JUDGE CANALES: YES, SIR.

>> MICHAEL, I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THEM LAST WEEK WHEN I HAD OUR CONFERENCE AND I WAS INTRIGUED OF ITEM WITH THE PURCHASE AUCTION. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE AGREED UPON WHEN -- WHEN THE CONTRACT IS ADOPTED OR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THEM MIDSTREAM LIKE WE SAY, H HEY, WE ARE REPRESENTING IT AND NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A PURCHASE OPTION INSTEAD. THAT ALLOWED OR SOMETHING THAT IS NEW OR SOMETHING THAT HAD TO BE INTRODUCED AT THE BEGINNING.

DO KNOW. >> I WOULD DEFER TO JENNY'S OFFICE TO HAVE THEM TO WORK TO REVIEW.

>> ATTACHMENT OR HAVE THE ATTACHMENT TO LOOK AT IT.

DO YOU HAVE IT? BECAUSE WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT JUST WHEN WE WERE LISTENING TO THE PRESENTER, AND THE WAY IT MADE IT SEEM THAT THAT WAS DEFINITELY WE COULD DO AND I UNDERSTOOD IT COULD BE DONE MIDSTREAM THROUGH THE CONTRACT AND NOT SURE IF THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.

ASSUMING IT HAS TO BE AGREED UPON AT THE BEGINNING AND NOT SAYING FOR THAT AGREEMENT BUT ANY FUTURE AGREEMENTS THAT WE MAY HAVE BECAUSE THAT IS A REALLY INTRIGUING OPTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE DOES THIS, MICHAEL, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT ANY KIND OF BIDS A AND CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.

HEY, WE ARE LEASING THIS BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT IS BETTER OPTION FOR THE COUNTY AND THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WE REALLY LIKE AND PUT ENOUGH MONEY INTO IT AND WE REALLY FEEL, HEY, WHATEVER DIFFERENCE CREDIT AND LET'S BUY IT SO IT ENDS UP CHEAPER AT THE EN. I LIKE FOR -- FOR THAT TO BE ANY AGREEMENT WITH RONCO AND COMPANY THEY GET THAT OPTION.

THEY ARE ONLY ONES -- I SEE IT ONE OF THE BOXES THAT CAN BE FILLED IN. IF WE CAN LOOK AT THAT VERSUS ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE TO HELP ME AND THE COURT ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS REALLY A VIABLE OPTION WE NEW LOOK AT FOR BIG EQUIPMENT, LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS.

>> YES, SIR, A GREAT IDEA AND I WILL SHOOB TO TALK TO TOM DUNN ABOUT THAT. SPOKE WITH HIM WHAT I WOULD DO ABOUT THIS NEXT YEAR. NEXT YEAR ASSUMING WE WILL HAVE THE NATURAL GAS GENERATOR INS PLACE AT THAT TIME AND MAY HAVE SOME TYPE OF PREPOSITIONED CONTRACT WITH THESE FOLKS SO THAT IN THE EVENT THOSE SYSTEMS ALSO FAIL, THAT WE HAVE AUTO PACK-UP PLAN OF HOW GENERATORS CAN COME BACK TO THE COUNTY A DIFFERENT SCENARIO AND WHEN WE NEED THEM, IN THE SECOND HE DID NARROW BACK-UP GENERATORS ON-SITE.

IF WE NEEDED A THIRD FAIL-SAFE, THIS GROUP WILL BE WERE VOIDING THAT ANSWER AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

>> EXCUSE ME, CLERK. >>JUDGE CANALES: MICHAEL.

>> I WAS TALKING TO THE CLERK. I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID IT LOUD

ENOUGH. >>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE US TO FINISH THE BOARD APPOI APPOINTMENTS AND GO BACK INTO REGULAR AGENDA.

IF ANYONE ELSE IS ON A TIME CONSTRAINT WITHIN ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I AM TRYING TO WATCH CAREFULLY, BUT SHERIFF, YOU NEED FOR US TO ADVANCE ITEM? THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

[1. Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Fare Review Committee]

CALL YOUR AJENNINGS TO ITEM J 1, THE BOARD APPOINTMENT FOR THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY FARE REVIEW COMMITTEE.

I WANTED TO HAVE CHANCE -- I HAVE NAMED BELINDA PERSO N, BUT LATER INFORMED THAT -- AND I AM LOOKING FOR IT STILL AND I DON'T HAVE THE STATUTE NOW IN ON FROM OF ME BUT CAN CERTIFY TO YOU THAT WE HAVE CHECKED -- YES.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE CHECKED, AND KIND OF AN ODD ONE, BUT IT REQUIRES ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO PARTICIPATE. SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET FROM COAST TO COUNTY RURAL AREAS. COMMISSIONER MAREZ HAS ALREADY AGREED TO SERVE, AND I ASKED COMMISSIONER CHESNEY TO

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CONSIDER SERVING, REPRESENTING THE COASTAL AREAS TO HAVE OUR FARE REVIEW COMMITTEE REALLY BE INCREDIBLY REPRESENTATIVE.

WE CAN HAVE THREE THAT WILL REQUIRE ALL THESE MEETINGS TO BE POSTED AND TYNER WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING WITH THE RTA WITH THE CONCEPT OF CHANGING FARES TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH MODERN -- THE MODERNIZATION OF FARES THROUGH REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SO AT THIS TIME, JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT, THAT'S CORRECT?

>> YOU NEED TO VOTE. THE COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVES THAT JUDGE JUDGE THEN MY RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME IS COMMISSIONER CHESNEY, MR. MAREZ AND MYSELF SERVE ON THE FARE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND WE PROMISE TO KEEP ALL OF YOU INFORMED AND PLEASE REACH OUT TO US IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. AT THIS TIME, THE COASTAL BEND

[2. Coastal Bend Council of Governments]

COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. >> JUDGE, WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE ENTIRELY UP TO DATE, AND WE HAVE FOUR THINGS THAT WE HOPE THE COURT WOULD MAKE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS.

AND I HAVE GOT A WRITE IN, NUMBER ONE, BELINDA PERSON

SERVE AS AN ALTERNATE FOR ME. >> SECOND.

>> THAT CYNTHIA CREEK AN ALTERNATE FOR MICHAEL ROBINSON.

THIRD, HERNANDEZ AS AN ALTERNATE FOR DALE ATCHLY.

AND THE WRITE-THIS IS GOING TO BE DIANA ACOSTA AS A ALTERNATE

FOR VETERAN SERVICES. >>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY.

I THINK THESE ARE ALL GOOD CHOICES BEFORE ARE YOU I AM LOOKING FOR A MOTION AT THIS TIME TO HAVE THESE APPROVED.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THIS? OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. THANK YOU, TYNER.

[3. South Texas Water Authority]

WE ALSO HAVE THE SOUTH TEXAS WATER AUTHORITY UNDER TAB 3.

THERE IS CURRENTLY A POSITION WITHIN AN EXPIRED TERM.

THAT IS PLACE 8. WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT ONE FI FIRST, AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD A POSITION PLACE 4 WITH A VACANCY. SO, AGAIN, PLACE 8 IS AN EXPIRED TURN. PLACE 4 IS A VACANCY.

YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME LIKE I MESSED UP.

>> I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. BUT AN AT-LARGE POSITION.

>> AN INCUMBENT IN THE AT-LARGE POSITION IS STILL OPEN.

YES. >> SO TWO PLACES IN ADDITION?

>> TWO PLACES -- WELL, PLACE 8, PLACE 4, AND AT LARGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW.

PLACE 8 SO YOU KNOW IS AT LA LARGE, BRENT.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: PLACE 8?

>>JUDGE CANALES: LET ME CORRECT TYNER.

>>TYNER LITTLE: STAND CORRECTED.

>>JUDGE CANALES: TWO POSITIONS AND PLACE 8 IS CONSIDERED AN AT-LARGE. HAS A DESIGNATION AS A NUMBER.

OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME, I AM LOOKING -- LET'S TAKE PLACE 8 FIRST FOR THE CLERK.

>> WHICH IS AT LARGE. >>JUDGE CANALES: AT LARGE AND GO OVER OUR CANDIDATES. WE RECEIVED CANDIDATES FOR AT LARGE. AND TYNER, FULL READ THEM TO

THE COURT. >> OKAY.

THE COURT HAS RECEIVED ONE LETTER OF INTENT FROM KATHY LOWMAN AND THREE APPLICATIONS WHICH ARE FOR PLACE 89.

THE THREE HAPPENINGS ARE LETICIA SAENZ, ROLANDO GON

GONZALEZ, AND LEANDRO ORTEGON. >>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY, AND I

-- >> I LIKE TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE REAPOINT MISS LOWMAN AND MORALES WILL BE AT THE LARGE. THE CITY COUNCIL -- TO RECOMMEND MR. MORALES. THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY. AND --

>> I AM GOOD WITH THAT UNLESS SOMEONE HAS A COMPELLING REASON

OTHERWISE. >>JUDGE CANALES: I WOULD REICH TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT ROLANDO GONZALEZ ALSO HAS A VERY STRONGER WILL OF RECOMMENDATION FROM FOR

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AT-LARGE SPOT. >> I NEVER SAW HIS APPLICATION.

>>JUDGE CANALES: IT IS IN YOUR BOOK IS.

>> I NEVER SAW A LETTER -- >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. FOR MR. MORALES BE AT-LARGE AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY COUNCIL AND MISS LOWMAN.

>>JUDGE CANALES: CAN I HAVE A SECOND.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: JOE MORALES AND MISS LOEHMANN. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

OKAY. AND THEN -- JUST FOR RECORD, TYNER, THAT PLACE 4 IS A BISHOP LOCATION.

>> SO DID THE COURT APPOINT JOE MORALES FOR BISHOP?

>>JUDGE CANALES: THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT.

HE WAS ACTUALLY THE FORMER MAYOR OF BISHOP JUST FOR RECORD. YOU GOT IT ALL STRAIGHT THEN? I FIGURED. YOU ARE A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE GAME OVER HERE. OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

[1. Approve Quarterly Investment Report ending March 31, 2021.]

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON BACK TO THE REGULAR AGENDA AND APPROVE THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT ENDING MARCH 31, 2021. WE HAD AN INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. I WILL LET DALE GIVE US THE

HIGHLIGHTS. >> THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR, THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 31, 2021.

AS JUDGE MENTIONED, A INVESTMENT MEETING.

WE WENT OVER THE EVALUATIONS OF THE REPORT AND APPROVED US TO BRING TO THE BOARD FOR SUBMISSION.

A FEW ITEMS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS REPORT ON PAGE 1.

THE LETTER WE DO TO THE INVESTMENT TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND WHERE IT SAYS SUMMARY OF CASH AN CASH EQUIVALENT OF MARCH 31, 2021, A VALUE $ $147,910.

COMPARE TO DECEMBER 3, THREE MONTHS BEFORE AN INCREASE OF $22,10 7,634 UP FROM 125 MILLION.

SEVERAL ISSUE WHERE IS WE DID RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR -- FOR TAXES WHERE THIS -- THIS IS BETWEEN DECEMBER AN MARCH AND WE HAVE A LOT OF COLLECTIONS FOR THAT AND ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THAT. WE GO DOWN TO THE -- COMPLIANCE MEASURES. WE ARE COMPLYING WITH OUR DAILY AVERAGE COSTS WHERE WE HAVE THREE DAYS WHERE NORMALLY IT IS 364. WE ARE AT EIGHT DAYS WELL WITHIN OUR -- OUR ITEMS. THE ONE ISSUE WE WILL TALK.A LITTLE BIT LATER CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENT A THRESHOLD OF 90% MAXIMUM AND EXCEEDED THAT NUMBER.

WHY WE EXCEEDED THAT NUMBER AND THE INTEREST RATES AND WHERE THEY WILL BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THE MAIN CONCERN WE HAVE IS THE BOTTOM OF THE SUMMARY OF INVESTMENT RULES. YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM THE QUARTERLY INTEREST 25,353. YOU COMPARE THAT LAST YEAR AT THE SAME TIME 589,000 DIFFERENCE, WHICH MEANS WE LOST HALF, 600,000 IN INCOME. FROM 614 BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CALCULATING OUR LOSS REVENUE AND ONE OF ITEMS THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE A FACTOR IN THAT COST. GOING TO PAGE 3.

SHOW OUR BALANCES WHERE WE ARE AND OUR INVESTMENTS, $14 $147,928,10. DEBT SERVICE AN OTHER FUNDS INCLUDE OURSELF INSURANCE FUN AS WELL OUR -- SOME OF OUR GRANT FUNDS. PAGE 4 AND 5, YOU WILL SEE WHERE WE SHOWED A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. NOT A LARGE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN ANY OF THE FUNDS. THIS IS VERY WELL UNDERSTANDABLE WHERE SOME OF THE NUMBERS ARE JUST PAUSE WHERE WE ARE ON.THE PROCESS. PAGE 6 AND 7, SHOWING YOU WHERE THE PORTFOLIO DIVERSITY. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CURRENTLY HAVE CASH EQUIVALENTS OUR MONEY THAT WE HAVE ON OUR DEPOSITORY FRANK WHICH IT FROST.

OUR THRESHOLD SHOULD BE 90% RIGHT NOW.

96.91%. NEXT INVESTMENT REPORT, THIS WILL BE A LOT HIGHER BECAUSE WE JUST INVESTED THE PROCEEDS WE RECEIVED FROM THE BOND ISSUE WHICH WAS $50 MILLION.

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PLUS THE MONEY FROM THE TREASURY WAS 70.

ANOTHER 127 MILLION WILL GO IN THE FUNDS THE A LOT HIGHER PERCENTAGE AND HE WILL EXPLAIN WHEREIER DOING THAT.

AND GO BACK TO THE LIQUIDITY AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE REPORT EIGHT DAYS RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU HAVE NO AGENCY BONDS, AND THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION AT THE MOMENT.

THE OTHER PORTIONS OF A-12. SHOW YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR INVESTMENT TYPES. IF YOU GO TO PAGE 14.

PAGE 14 SHOWING PORT FOAL HOLD BIG FUND.

OPERATING FUNDS. OPERATING FUNDS ARE THE GENERAL FUNDS, ROAD FUND, STADIUM FUND, COASTAL, LIBRARIES AND PARK.

YOU CAN SEE THE BALANCE OF THOSE ARE SHOWING THERE, AS WELL AS OUR DEBT SERVICE FUNDS AND THIS IS OUR CASH AND -- AND INVESTMENT HOLDINGS DOESN'T INCLUDE OUR CASH -- AND CASH EEQUIVALENTS. JUST OUR INVESTMENT.

WE GO TO PAGE 15 TOO SHOWS US DIVERSIFICATION HOW WE ARE INVESTING FUNDS RIGHT NOW. ONLY SHOWING THREE.

WE DO HAVE FOUR VENDORS AND WORKING WITH ALL FOUR TO TRY TO DETERMINE THAT. THE ONLY ONE MISSING ON THIS LIST IS WELLS FARGO AND RECENTLY HAD FUNDS.

AND WE WILL TRY WORK WITH THEM ON ANY POSSIBLE INVESTMENTS.

WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS GOING ON WHERE WE ARE SHOWING HIGHER -- IF YOU GO TO PAGE 15, PAGE 16 SHOW YOU THE ONE-YEAR TREASURY. AND YOU LOOK AT THE ONE-YEAR TREASURY AND LOOK AT THE DEEP DECLINE IN INTEREST RATES FROM SEPTEMBER 2018 TO WHERE WE ARE IN MARCH OF 2021.

ONE-YEAR TREASURY AT .08%. .08% AND TWO YEARS AGO AT 2.4 TO 2.6% INCREASE. THAT IS WHY WE LOST HALF A MILLION OR MORE IN INTEREST REVENUE.

YOU SEE OUR -- OUR PURPLE -- OUR -- SAY PURPLE LINE.

OUR PROJECTION LINE. WE ARE GOING LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT THE TREASURY IS BECAUSE ABLE TO INVEST IN TEXAS CLASS WHICH IS THE HIGHER RATE AS WELL AS OTHER ISSUES AND TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE VERY LAST PORTION.

PAGE 17. THE TWO-YEAR TREASURY.

STILL ABOVE THE TWO-YEAR TREASURY BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT POLICY WE ARE WORKING ON A PROJECT 1.28% WHERE THE -- THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ONLY PAYING .85.

YOU GO TO THE LAST PAGE ON PAGE 18, THIS IS WHERE WE TALK OF OUR INTEREST RATES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING.

IS WHY WE ARE DOING -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY LAST COLUMN ON YOUR RIGHT. YOU SEE DEPOSITORY.

THE DEPOSITORY WITH FROST BANK. ANY FUNDS 0.1%.

SO THAT IS -- THAT IS ALMOST ZERO.

>>JUDGE CANALES: AS CLOSE TO ZERO AS YOU CAN GET.

>> DEPOSITED $50 MILLION. $50 MILLION WITH 0.1 INTEREST GETS YOU ALMOST NOTHING. DOING THE BEST WE CAN YOU LOOK AT THE ONE NEXT TO IT TEXAS CLASS, .1%.

WE GET -- MOST OF OUR FUNDS INVESTED THERE.

NOW WHY DO WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR FUNDS IN THESE TWO FUNDS? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING WE ARE RECEIVING FROM OUR INVESTMENT BROKERS AND THAT IS OUR CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSITS, OUR AGENCY FUNDS AS WELL AS OUR OTHER FUNDS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO INVEST ARE -- REQUIRE EITHER TWO TO FIVE-YEAR INVESTMENT TURN AND ONLY PAYING .1%. WE ARE TRYING TO SAY, WHY, IF WE -- WE HOPE THAT WE WILL BE TALKING TO PEOPLE WITH THE INTEREST RATE AT SOME POINT IN TIME ARE GOING BACK UP WHEN WE GET THE ECONOMY BACK RUNNING AGAIN.

WE DON'T WANT TO LOCK DOWN OUR MONEY FROM TWO TO THREE TO FIVE YEARS .1%. THAT IS KIND OF WHY WE ARE EXCEEDING THE BALANCES AND WE MENTION THAT TO OUR INVESTMENT COMMITTEE AND OKAY WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING AND CONTINUOUSLY REVIEWING OUR INVESTMENT POLICY AND ONE OF THE OTHER POLICIES WE HAVE. THERE ARE NO CHANGES THAT WE FORESEEN, AND THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 31, 2021.

I SUBMIT THIS FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY. >> CAN WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER BANK OR SOMETHING, IT WOULDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON THE INTEREST?

>> RIGHT NOW WITH MOST OF THE BANK, WE HAVE A DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT WITH FROST BANK AND RENEWED FOR A YEAR, AND WE HAVE A YEAR FOR FROST RANK AND GO OUT ANOTHER YEAR.

EVEN WITH ANOTHER BANK ALREADY GIVE US THE SAME INTEREST RATE.

RIGHT NOW THE MARKET IS -- AS BAD AS IT CAN BE.

>> WE GO WITH THE MARKET. >> RIGHT NOW AS YOU KNOW WE ISSUED OUR $50 MILLION. ABLE TO ISSUE IT AT THE LOWEST RATE FOR OUR SIDE OF IT.. THE INVESTMENT SIDE OF IT, IT IS VERY BAD ON THE INVESTMENT SIDE AS WELL.

AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE -- WITH THE TURNING AROUND OF THE -- OF

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EVERYONE GETTING THE ECONOMY BACK RUNNING AND THEIR BUSINESSES BACK RUNNING AGAIN AND THE FEDS START RUNNING AT -- LOOKING AT STUFF SEEING INCREASE IN RATES AND AS SOON AS WE DO THAT DO THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS WHETHER IT IS AN AGENCY FUND OR MUNICIPAL BOND OR CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT TO GET THE BEST INTEREST WE CAN DO. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT. UMP, LOST $600 MILLION AND TRUTHFULLY IF WE DO A WHOLE YEAR WE LOST $00,000 TO $1 MILLION IN INVESTMENT ACCOUNT. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS TO ENCOUNTERING WITH THE ARPA FUNDS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY. THAT IS WHY THEY CALL IT YEN AND YANG. WE BORROW RECHEAP AND OUR INVESTMENTS MAKE VERY POOR RETURNS.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOVER LOST REVENUE AND WITH THAT LOST REVENUE, WE HOPE THAT AVERAGES EVERYTHING OUT. SO THAT WAS THE -- THAT WAS NOT LUCK. THAT WAS BY DESIGN THAT CONGRESS DID THAT. WE ARE JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY OUT THERE INVESTING WITH VERY LOW INTEREST RATES BUT THE BANKS WON'T MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

THE MARKET WILL. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE DO NEED TO APPROVE IT. AND SO I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INVESTMENT REPORT AT THIS TIME.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: MOTION AND A SECOND AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR

[2. Discuss and consider Interlocal Agreement between Aransas County and Nueces County for Jail Services related housing of prisoners.]

[3. Discuss and consider Interlocal Agreement between Victoria County and Nueces County for Jail Services related to housing of prisoners.]

SIGNIFY BY SAYING EYE. ITEMS TWO AND THREE.

OUR SHERIFF IS HERE ALONG WITH OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO HELPED DRAFT THESE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.

AND THEY RELATE TO JAIL SERVICES RELATING TO THE HOUSING OF PRISONERS. THEY ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE, BUT ONE ITEM DEALS WITH ARANSAS COUNTY, ITEM NUMBER TWO.

ITEM NUMBER THREE KEELS WITH VICTORIA COUNTY.

AND I WILL ASK OUR SHERIFF TO SET THE STAGE AS TO WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY. BUT YOU HAVE BEEN PASSED OUT MOMENTS AGO THE COPIES OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.

AND I DO BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED PROPERLY BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND SO, SHERIFF, WE WILL LET YOU SET THE STAGE AS TO THE BAD NEWS MAYBE BY FOLLOWED BY MAYBE SOME GOOD NEWS THAT I CAN REPORT ON.

>> SO, JUDGE, AND COMMIS COMMISSIONERS, THE NUECES COUNTY JAIL HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH OVERPOPULATION NOW FOR ABOUT THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THE DEFINITION OF OVERPOPULATION IS ANYTHING OVER 90%.

WHEN JAIL POPULATION GETS OVER 90%, IT MAKES PROPER HOUSING PLACEMENT VERY DIFFICULT. EVERYBODY THAT COMES INTO THE JAIL IS THOROUGHLY ASSESSED AND CLARIFIED BASED ON THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS, THEIR HEALTH CARE -- THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS. THEIR -- THE NATURE OF CRIME IN WHICH THEY ARE BEING CHARGED, THEIR PROPENSITY TO BE AN OFFENDER OR VIOLENT -- ACT OUT IN VIOLENCE OR THEIR LIKELIHOOD OF BEING -- ALL THE FACTORS AND THE DECISION TREE THAT THE INTAKE CLASSIFICATION PEOPLE USE AND ALL THOSE ASSESSMENTS ARE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT -- THAT INMATE IS IN THE SAFEST POSSIBLE PLACE AND THE SAFEST POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENT IN THE JAIL WHETHER IT IS ISOLATION CELL, WHETHER IT IS A STORM, WHETHER IT IS A POD WITH ACCESS TO A DAY ROOM, WE HAVE DIFFERENT PHYSICAL LAYOUTS IN OUR JAIL BOTH AT THE MAIN JAIL AND THE ANNEX. THAT CLASSIFICATION IS VITAL FOR THE SAFETY OF THE INMATES AND THE SAFETY OF THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. AND SO WHENEVER A JAIL GETS OVER 90% TAMPA TECHNICALLY, THAT IS WHEN WE DECLARE OURSELVES BEING FULL. BECAUSE -- BECAUSE OF THE CLASSIFICATION CHALLENGE THAT COMES ANYTHING OVER 90%.

WE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THAT 90% MARK FOR SIX MONTHS.

AND WE ARE CURRENTLY AS OF TODAY AT 98% IN JAIL.

WHEN THE INSPECTOR CAME THROUGH A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE WERE AT 100%. AND WE DID IN FACT GET A NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE THAT WAS BASED ON ELEMENTS CREATED OF OVERPOPULATION. WE ARE NOW A NONCOMPLIANT JAIL.

THE LAST TIME THE NUECES COUNTY JAIL WAS FOUND TO BE NONCOMPLIANT THE EXACT SAME THING BACK IN 2017.

THE WAY THAT WAS PARTIALLY R REMYED A YEAR AGO -- REMEDY WE BROUGHT 96 MORE BUCS ONLINE AND THOSE BUCS QUICKLY FILLED UP.

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AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE HAVE -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE JAIL.

EWELATION. WE HAVE OVER 160 PRETRIAL FELONY SUSPECTS WHO ARE IN THAT JAIL WAITING FOR TRIAL.

OVER 160 MORE -- LET ME REPHRASE THAT THAN WE HAD LAST THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SO WE HAVE -- I WANT TO SAY LIKE 568 PRETRIAL FELON SUSPECTS SITTING IN JAIL WAITING FOR DAY IN COURT. THE REASON THEY ARE STACKING UP AS WE ALL KNOW BECAUSE THE COURTS HAVE NOT BEEN MOVING DURING THE COVID. AND THE COURTS REALLY NEED TO BE AGGRESSIVE. AND MAYBE NEED TO BRING IN -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE OPTIONS ARE WHEN YOU TALK TO THE JUDGES WHEN WE GET THINGS MOVING. WHETHER IT IS NIGHT COURT.

WHETHER IT IS VISITING JUDGES. BUT POT TOMORROW LINE, WE ARE NOT THE ONLY COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT BETTER. OUR FRIENDS DOWN IN HIDALGO MOVE 350 OF THEIR INMATES TO OTHER FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE THAT OVERPOPULATED 37 SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NONCOMPLIANT ISSUE WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO FIX IT.

AND THE -- ONE OF THE MOST OBVIOUS AND QUICK QUICK FIX IT IS RELOCATE SOME OF OUR INM INMATES, SOME OF OUR HOUSE INMATES TO OTHER FACILITIES. NOT A LOT OFED ABOUT SPACE, BUT I FOUND BEDS AVAILABLE IN ARANSAS COUNTY AND I FOUND BEDS AVAILABLE IN VICTORIA COUNTY. AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SHERIFF MAR IN VICTORIA COUNTY AND SHERIFF MILLS IN ARANSAS COUNTY. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR COUNTY ATTORNEY AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE VALID AND REASONABLE MOUS. MEMORANDUMS OF UNDER STANDINGS CREATED WITH THOSE TWO COU COUNTIES.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. ONE IS $60 A DAY PER INMATE AND THE OTHER ONE IS -- I WANT TO SAY COMES OUT TO $74 A DAY PER INMATE. AS FAR AS NUMBERS, THE UNOFFICIAL POSSIBILITIES ARE INCREMENTS OF 20.

SO WE COULD MOVE 20 TO ARANSAS COUNTY AND 20 TO VICTORIA COUNTY AND THAT WILL BE 40 INMATES THAT WOULD BE CAREFULLY SELECTED. AND, OF COURSE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AGREED UPON THESE ARE THE TYPE OF INMATES THEY WOULD ACCEPT. AND IT WOULD BE AN OPEN-ENDED DEAL THAT WE CAN SEND IT IN A MONTH IF SOMETHING MAGICAL WAS TO HAPPEN IN NUECES KCH TO BRING OUR NUMBERS DOWN OR -- NUECES COUNTY TO BRING OUR NUMBERS DOWN AND OF THE

INCREASES OVER THE YEARS. >>JUDGE CANALES: JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN IDEA. IF YOU AVERAGE 20 MINUTE MATES -- OR 40 INMATES AN AVERAGE 6 TIMES 30 DAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS BASICALLY $80,000 A MONTH. AND SO THAT IS GOING TO BE V VERY, VERY COSTLY. SO I AM REALLY -- I AM GLAD WE HAVE A PLAN. WE ACTUALLY ARE REQUIRED BY -- BY JAIL STANDARDS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.

BECAUSE I THINK -- AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS ACCO

ACCOMPLISHED. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE

-- >>JUDGE CANALES: BUT NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO NOT THINK OF OTHER IDEAS AND OTHER PLANS.

THIS IS JUST, AS THEY SAY, THE IMMEDIATE NEED.

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE IN PLACE SO WE CAN HAVE OPTIONS.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU.

AND SO THE JAIL DIVERTIONZ CENTER SHERIFF IS THE LONG DEVERSION SHERIFF IS THE NEED AND WE TRY TO EX-PER BITE THAT.

-- EXPEDITE THAT. YOU TALK OF HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND A ONE-SIDED CONVERSATION AND REACH OUT TO THE JUDGES AFTER TODAY'S M MEETING TO SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER TO REITERATE AND GO OVER WHAT JAIL STANDARDS FOUND.

AND THEN YOU HAVE COME UP WITH GOOD IDEAS AND THEY HAVE BEEN ECHOED BY THE DA'S OFFICE OF BEING MORE ROBUST OF TRYING CASES, BUT, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT AFTER TODAY'S MEETING. BUT MAYBE WE CAN ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A LONG-TERM, YOU KNOW, SCENARIO WITH ARANSAS AND

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VICTORIA HOUSING OUR PRISONERS. THAT IS THE GOAL.

>> I AGREE. AND PROBABLY SIX WEEKS AGO, I MADE SURE THAT ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ALL INVOLVED PARTIES, EVERYBODY, ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS OVERPOPULATION PROBLEM RECEIVED THE DAILY JAIL COUNTS.

AND YOU SHOULD BE GETTING THOSE SENT TO YOUR E-MAIL.

JUDGE, I AM SURE YOU HAVE SEEN WE HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 103%.

AND THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. AND SO PLEASE EVERY DAY LOOK AT THOSE JAIL POPULATION REPORTS AND KNOW WHAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS IN THAT JAIL ARE

DEALING WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY. >>JUDGE CANALES: YES, IT IS NOT JUST -- SORRY, SHERIFF. IT'S BAD FOR OUR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. [COUGHING]

>> MOTION ON THE FLOOR. >> EXCUSE ME JUDGE.

>> I KNOW YOU PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE IT OR SAID SOMETHING. SINCE THIS -- OKAY --

>>JUDGE CANALES: GIVE ME A SECOND.

>> GO AHEAD. >> SINCE THIS WAS -- HAPPENED THE BACKLOG DURING COVID, COULD WE NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR MONEY WE ARE GOING TO LOSE FOR TRANSFERRING PRISONERS?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT. WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO

THAT. >>JUDGE CANALES: WILL YOU

REPEAT THE QUESTION? >> COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ POINTS OUT THAT THE BACKLOG AND THE OVERCROWDING COULD BE CAUSED BY COVID AND IS THIS A COST WE CAN LOOK AT FOR

REIMBURSEMENT. >>JUDGE CANALES: SO, NUMBER ONE, LOST REVENUES ARE DEFINITELY INDICATED IN ARPA IF THEY ARE ATTACHED TO A GOVERNMENTAL SERVICE, IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO. AGAIN, TOMORROW I LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON D.C. TO AA FOUR-DAY CONFERENCE JUST FOR ARPA.

IT IS NACO BUT LITERALLY FOCUSED ON ARPA TO ASK THE TREASURY TO MAKE SOME DEFINITIONS FOR US.

I WISH EVERYTHING WAS JUST CLEAR.

IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.

I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IS INCLUDED IS HAZARD PAY.

SO THANK IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, SHERIFF.

HAVING SAID THAT, AGAIN, THE INTERLOCALS THAT ARE HERE BEFORE YOU WILL ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT. AND I AM HOPING THAT WE WILL TAKE THIS, FORMULATE A LETTER WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S HELP, BASICALLY NOTIFYING THE STATE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN ORDER TO CURE OUR PROBLEM. THEY GAVE US 30 DAYS.

OUR POSTMARK WAS JULY 1, THAT WAY THEY KNOW WE ARE ATTACKING

THE PROBLEMS. >> AND JAIL ADMINISTRATION IS ALREADY COMPLETED THOSE -- THOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THAT WE KNOW WE ARE IN NONCOMPLIANCE AND WE HAVE CREATED AN ACTION PLAN TO GET OUT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.

>> AND COVID-19 IS DEFINITELY THE CULPRIT, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING HIGH POPULATION IN THE SUMMER MONTHS ON A HISTORIC BASIS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

THIS PARTICULAR HIGH POPULATION DURING THESE SUMMER MONTHS AND AS YOU SAID, SHERIFF, OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS IS BECAUSE OF THE DIRECT BACK-UP OF THE COURT AN WE WILL TRY TO CATCH UP.

>> SURGES OF POPULATION OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND ALSO IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, BUT WHAT MAKES THIS POPULATION DIFFERENT IS VIOLENT NATURE OF THE OFFENDER THAT WE ARE HOLDING.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY SHOPLIFTERS OR MARIJUANA OFFENDERS IN OUR JAIL. EVERYBODY WE HAVE IN THERE SXWRUTION NERVE THERE HAS A VIOLENT NEXUS TO THE CRIME THEY ARE IN THERE FOR OR THEIR PREVIOUS HISTORY.

AND THE GOVERNOR'S GA-13 ORDER THAT PREVENTS PERSONAL PR PONDS FOR ANYBODY THAT HAVE VIOLENCE -- BONDS FOR ANYBODY THAT HAS VIOLENCE IS THE REASON THEY ARE STACKING UP.

I AGREE WITH THAT ORDER PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED.

THE REASON THE JAIL EXISTS TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN COUNTRY.

THE PEOPLE IN JAIL AT THIS TIME NEED TO BE IN THE JAIL AT THIS TIME, BUT THEY NEED TO BE PROCESSED THROUGH IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR DAY IN COURT NOT ONLY FOR THEM BUT THE VICTIMS' FAMILY.

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9 0 ARE SITTING IN THAT JAIL AND ANOTHER 94 ARE PONDED UP.

SIGNIFICANT CASES FOR COURTS TO HEAR.

VERY FEW OF THEM WILL PROBABLY PLEA OUT.

AND THE LONGER THEY WAIT -- AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE KNOW OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE LONGER YOU WAIT TO PROSECUTE SOMETHING AS COMPLICATED AS MURDER CASE, THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE GOING TO GET A CONVICTION.

WITNESSESING FOR, THEY DIE, THEY DISAPPEAR.

THAT IS ANOTHER FACT THEIR WILL COME INTO PLAY WITH THIS

BACKLOG. >>JUDGE CANALES: RIGHT.

ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE WILL TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT IT. I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE JAIL LIST CURSORY THIS MORNING WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME THAT MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE THAT ARE MORE, AS YOU SAID, LOW VIOLENT OFFE OFFENDERS.

AND SOME THAT LOOK VERY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

AND A LOT OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS IS WHAT I AM REALLY FOCUSED ON.

WE NEED TO VISIT WITH THE JU JUDGE.

TO SEE WHAT THEIR WILL IS AND WHAT THEIR IDEAS MIGHT BE.

IN TORDER TO AT LEAST TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE CASES, CRIMINAL TRESPASS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE HOPE THE DIVERSION CENTER ALSO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, BUT YOU HAVE TO SEE BEHIND THE JAIL LIST. AND THAT ONE OF THE THING THAT WE LOOK AT. JUST BECAUSE THE JAIL LIST HAVE CRIMINAL TRESPASS DOES NOT MEAN NOT A DEFENDER WITH A LONG

HISTORY MUCH VIOLENCE. >> CRIMINAL TRESPASS BEING A IT IS A B REMINDER. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANYBODY IN THE JAIL ON A CRIMINAL TRESPASS CHARGE UNLESS THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE IN THEIR CRIMINAL HISTORY AND THAT PERSON CANNOT BE RELEASE ON A PR BOND.

IMMEDIATE DISORDER THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND THEY WILL AND BRING THEM RIGHT BACK TO THE JAIL. GETTING BACK TO THE DA AND NO CHARGING AND DISMISSING CHARGES OF PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN THE NUECES COUNTY JAIL. IN MY OPINION NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO THE COMMUNITY. THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CRIME. DISMISSING AND NO CHARGING A CRIMINAL DEFENDER IN A COUNTY JAIL BECAUSE OF JAIL POPULATION IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO, JUDGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I UNDER STAND OF THE NEXUS -- OUR ROLE IS NOT TO PLAY JUDGE. THAT IS UP TO A JUDGE AND THE PROSECUTORIAL SYSTEM. WHY WE HAVE THE BALANCES AND OF OF POWER AND CHECKS AND BALANCES.

MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY DOES THEIR JOB AND THE JUDGES DO THEIRS. AGREE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE VIOLENT OFFENDERS OUTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I ASK THEM TO LOOK AT THE JAIL LIST. SO MANY PEOPLE IN JAIL.

I CANNOT CERTIFY TO THIS COURT THERE IS NOT SOME -- MAYBE NOT ALBEIT A WHOLE HUGE AMOUNT THAT THERE IS NOT SOME THAT MIGHT HAVE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE NAPS IS REALLY THE ONLY REASON WE TALK DIVERSION IN FIRST PLACE.

I AGREE WITH YOU WHEN YOU SEE YOUR JAIL LIST.

IT DOESN'T TELL YOU THE WHOLE STORY AND THE PROGRAMS CUTER'S OFFICE IS THE FIRST -- PROSECUTOR'S OFFICER IS THE FIRST TO TELL US THAT. UP LOOK BEHIND THE JAIL LIST.

MAY LOOK INDECENT EXPOSURE BUT COULD BE A LITANY OF CHARGES LIKE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. FINDING THE BALANCE IS THE GOAL, BUT THE PROBLEM IS TODAY, IT CAN BE AT LEAST BROUGHT TO BEAR WITH THESE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS AND WE BELIEVE -- YOU BELIEVE, SHERIFF, THEY ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF NUECES COUNTY AT THIS TIME. AND I AM SURE YOUR HOPE IS LIKE MINE, TO NOT NEED THEM VERY SOON.

>> I THINK VERY SOON IS HERE. AND THESE INTERLOCALS REQUIRE YOUR SIGNATURE AND MY SIGNATURE.

AND I AM READY TO SIGN. >> CAN I MAKE A MOTION WE DO.

>> EXCUSE ME, JUDGE. IF THE COURT'S WILL AND CITING COVID. THAT WAS NOT CONTEMPLATED PR PRIOR. IF YOU WANT US TO ADD THAT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK I WOULD, SHERIFF.

TO DISCUSS THAT COVID-19 IS PART OF THE BACKLOG.

NOT HAVING TRIED CASES IN OUR COURTHOUSE FOR OVER -- WELL, WE CAN DOCUMENT IT FROM OCA'S FIRST FILING, FIRST LIMIT LIMITATIONS. NIGHT NOT A HELP TO YOU FOR THE

REIMBURSEMENT. >> THAT CAN BE DONE TODAY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE LANGUAGE BEING ADDED. IF THAT MEETS WITH YOUR --

>> I AGREE. >>JUDGE CANALES: IS THERE A

MOTION? >> SO MOVED.

>> SUBJECT TO THE LANGUAGE BEING ADDED.

>> THE LANGUAGE WILL BE CHANGE BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.

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>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

OKAY. GOT YOUR INTERLOCALS.

AND -- AND YOU SAID IT WAS SHERIFF MILLS FROM ARANSAS.

IS IT JUST BY COINCIDENCE THE SAME NAME AS THE COUNTY JUDGE,

LAST NAME? >> I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY

RELATIONSHIP. >>JUDGE CANALES: THEY ARE NOT RELATED? I JUST WONDERED IF THEY ARE RELATED. MAKES US EASY TO REMEMBER.

THANK YOU, SHERIFF. OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON AND --

[6. Discuss and consider approval of a Dune Protection Permit for a single family residence DPP-202105-01p located at 6149 State Highway 361 Corpus Christi TX.]

WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IS -- TAKE THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH WILL BE SCOTT CROSS AND MEGAN.

WILL HELP US. THIS ITEM NUMBER 6.

I AM MINDFUL THAT HALL OF AND ASSOCIATES ARE WAITING ALL MORNING. SOMEONE MAKE A QUICK CALL TO JUAN AND SEE IF THEY MIGHT -- IF HE MIGHT STEP UP AND AFTER COASTAL PARKS WE CAN DEAL WITH -- WITH THIS.

YES, JUST GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. IF WE CAN GIVE JUAN TO COME UP.

WE CAN -- WE CAN WORK ON THE PUBLIC WORKS PIECE AFTER -- AND COASTAL. YES, SIR, I AM READY NOW.

>> JUDGE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, GOT IT NOW.

YES, SIR. >> I COULDN'T HEAR.

DID YOU VOTE ON THOSE TWO LAST ITEMS?

>> WE DID, SIR. >> I WANTED TO VOTE IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE. >>JUDGE CANALES: IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE? >> SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR.

>> I WANT TO ASK A QUICK LEGAL QUESTION.

I AM -- I AM OF THE SCHOOL THAT -- AS LONG AS YOU DON'T VE VERBALLY SAY NO, THEN YOU ARE CONSIDERED AN AYE.

EVEN IF OUR PHONE WASN'T WORKING OR WE WHATEVER.

WE WILL ALWAYS FALL IN THE AYE. >> THAT IS TRUE, JOHN, BUT I AM

JUST OUT OF THE ROOM. >> I AM ASKING OUR CLERK AND OUR ATTORNEY SINCE THEY ARE HERE.

BECAUSE -- >>JUDGE CANALES: I DIDN'T KNOW

HE STEPPED OUT. >> I KNOW, BUT I -- I ALWAYS JUST KIND OF THOUGHT THAT. DOESN'T REALLY MATTER BUT SOMETIMES WE ARE NOT AS QUICK IF WE ARE ON ZOOM OR WHATEVER

TO SEARCH OVER. >> YOU ANSWER --

>> IF YOU DON'T ANSWER IN NAY. >> YOU ARE SAYING IF YOU DON'T

SAY ANYTHING -- >> I DO THAT.

I KNOW WE NEED TO MOVE ON, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN ITEMS THAT I DON'T LIKE, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT, SO I JUST PHYSICALLY DON'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT I ASSUME MY VOTE WILL BE YES. PERSONALLY WOULD HAVE VOTED NO, BUT BY MY SILENCE INDICATES AN AYE VOTE.

THAT IS HOW I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

AND THIS MAY BE ANOTHER ISSUE FOR ANOTHER DAY.

I HAD A QUESTION SINCE -- SINCE THAT ISSUE CAME UP WITH BRENT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, GUYS.

SO THANK YOU, SCOTT. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6, DUNE PROTECTION PERMIT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. ITEM NUMBER 6 BECAUSE MEGAN NEEDS TO GO. ADVANCING ITEM NUMBER 6.

>> AND THEN COME BACK TO 5. >> COME BACK TO 5.

JUST FOR RECORD DUNE PROTECTION PERMIT 202105-01 P LOCATED 6149 STATE HIGHWAY 361. WELCOME TO MEGAN AND SCOTT FROM COASTAL PARKS. AS YOU KNOW THE COUNTY IS THE AUTHORITY IN THE -- IN THE DELIBERATION AND GIVING OF DUNE PROTECTION PERMITS. TELL US ABOUT THIS ONE, MEGAN.

>> SO THIS ONE IS A SINGLE IF A 7LY HOME THAT IT SHALL FAMILY HOME 2750. IT IS LOCATED 351 FEET --

>> TALK MORE IN THE MICROPHONE. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

>> LITTLE BETTER. >> THIS IS A SINGLE-FAMILY H HOME. LOCATED 351 FEET FROM THE LINE OF VEGETATION, WHICH PUTS IT ONE FOOT OUTSIDE OF THE NO BUILD SETBACK LINE. THIS INCLUDES A SEVEN-FOOT-WIDE DUNE WALK OVER670 FEET LONG. AND AN ADDITIONAL AREA THAT IS BEING PLANNED FOR A ADDITIONAL RESIDENCE IN FUTURE.

THE RESIDENCE IS NOT GOING APPROVED -- OR BEING PERMITTED AT THIS TIME. IT IS JUST THE PREPARATION OF THE SITE PAD THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PERMIT.

THIS PERMIT APPLICATION BY BMAC ON MAY 31 AND FOLLOWS THE NUECES COUNTY BEACH MANAGEMENT AND CORPUS CHRISTI JOINT MANAGEMENT EROSION RESPONSE PLAN.

GLO APPROVED THIS PERMIT ON JUNE 2 UNDER THEIR RULES AND

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GUIDELINES AS WELL. >>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY.

SO YOU FOUND EVERYTHING IN ORDER AS DID THE BEACH MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND BMAC BOARD AND YOU RECOMMEND

APPROVAL. >> I DO, YES.

>>JUDGE CANALES: ANY QUES QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, IN THAT CASE I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS PERMIT. IS THERE A SECOND? MOTION AND A SECOND AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OKAY.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. OKAY.3 THANK YOU, MEGAN. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DUTY AND ACTION THAT WE ARE ENTRUSTED WITH BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. SOMETIMES IT GOES UNDER RADAR.

MEGAN HAS THE EXPERTISE AND I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT IS QUICK AND THE PROCESS IS QUITE INVOLVED AND THE PROTECTION OF OUR DUNES IS OF OUR COAST AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT AND THANKFUL TO OUR BMAC BOARD THAT I BELIEVE TO BE INCREDIBLY INVOLVED AND EXCELLENT PUBLIC SERVANTS. I AM PROUD OF OUR BOARD APPOINTMENTS. ONE OF THESE DAYS THEY WILL BRING THEM IN COLLECTIVELY TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY PROTECT US.

THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY THAT PERMITS ARE A LITTLE OUTDATED ON -- WE TALKED.THAT AS FAR AS THE -- KEEPING UP WITH THE MODERN ECONOMIC TIMES. IF YOU MIGHT, MEGAN, BRING THAT UP TO THE BOARD AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS COURT.

AS WE GO INTO BUDGET, IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO START A NEW FISCAL YEAR WITH THESE NEW DOLLARS.

BUT, -- BUT I LEAVE IT UP TO YOU TO BRING IT TO US IN YOUR TIMELY WAY. SCOTT, TAKE US THROUGH ITEM

[5. Discuss and consider approval of Change Order No. 1 from Mako Contracting for recovery repairs to the I.B. Magee Multipurpose Building caused by Hurricane Harvey. Discuss additional costs related to unknown findings during construction recovery.]

NUMBER 5. >> YES, MA'AM.

I BELIEVE TERESA ATTACHED THIS SPREADSHEET THAT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE ON THE AGENDA. SHE SHOWED WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO. THIS IS WHAT I WILL BE USING IF YOU PULL IT UP. THIS IS WHAT I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH ON. ALSO THE INITIAL READING OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS DISCUSSION -- DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A CHANGE OVER FROM MAIKO -- MAKO CONSTRUCTION.

AND ALONG WITH THIS AGENDA E EYE.TEM.

COST OF ADDITIONAL FINDINGS AS WE GOT IN THE BUILDING AND AN ENVELOPE OF THE BUILDING. IT IS THERE AND STAYED THERE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, I AM RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE MAKO CHANGE ORDER AND I WANT TO ALSO GO THROUGH THE ISSUES THAT COMMISSIONER CHESNEY HAD IN THE PAST AND THAT IS THAT, OKAY, WHAT IS OUR PATH FORWARD? WHAT IS HANGING OUT THERE? WHAT IS IT GOING TO COST? WHERE ARE WE GOING? THIS SPREADSHEET IN THE MOST UP-TO-DATE PIECE OF MATERIAL I CAN GIVE TO YOU TO SHOW YOU WHAT COMMISSIONER CHESNEY HAS COVERED PREVIOUSLY, WHAT THE CHANGE ORDER IS GOING TO COVER, THE UNKNOWN COSTS THAT AREN'T -- THAT DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING SOURCE FOR THEM.

AND THE SALMON-COLORED ITEMS ON THE SPREADSHEET ARE WE DEVELOPMENT HAVE IN I IDEA. WE DON'T KNOW YET.

THE CHANGE ORDER IS NECESSARY. ALL REPRESENTED IN THE LIGHT BLUE COLOR. ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL FRAMING OF VARIOUS AREAS. THAT ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL FRAMING WAS REQUIRED BECAUSE OF ALL THE MOLD IN THE BUILDING AND IT WAS ACTUALLY CHEAPER TO REFRAME THOSE AREAS AND JUST RIP OUT ALL THAT MOLDED MATERIALS THAN IT WOULD BE TO TRY TO TREAT IT AND GET RID OF THE MOLD.

AND THEN -- THEN YOU ARE NOT 100% GUARANTEED.

THE IT SHALL THE REMOVE TEMPORARY WEATHER PROOF WINDOWS AS YOU KNOW. ALL WINDOWS IN THAT BUILDING HAVE TO BE REPLACED. YOU HEARD ME DISCUSS THAT BEFORE. AND THEN THERE IS THE MOLD IN THE SHOWER AREA MORE FRAMING AND BASICALLY TWO.

I KNOW THAT SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THE INSIDE OF BUILDING AND SOME OF YOU HAVEN'T. TWO SIDES, MALE AN FEMALE SIDE AND EACH SIDE HAS TEN OR MALE AND FEMALE SHOWERS AND THE RESTAURANT STALLS, TOILETS, URINALS, STUFF LIKE THAT.

THAT CONSTITUTES THE $75,670.96 CHANGE ORDER.

TER RADIORY IS A -- TERESA DID -- I AM SURE SHE IS LISTENING PULL THAT FROM THE OBSERVATION DECK PROJECT THAT HAS SOME FUNDING AND NOT GOING TO HURT US COMPLETING THIS PROCESS.

NOT LIKE I HAVE TO SAY, COMMISSIONER, JUDGE, I NEED FOR YOU TO FIND ANOTHER $75,600. THIS WAS A QUICK FIX.

SO. THAT IS ON THE TABLE FOR Y' Y'ALL'S APPROVAL. THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE -- SCOTT MEARS AND SCOTT HARRIS ARE BOTH LISTENING.

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SCOTT MEARS WAS IN AND OUT. >>JUDGE CANALES: HE IS ON.

>> WE WERE ABLE 20 KEEP MAKO DOING JUST ENOUGH TO GET TO THIS POINT. IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS CHANGE ORDER IT WILL BE A WORK STOPPAGE AND DEMOB AND RESTABILIZATION COST. THAT IS WHAT THIS IS.

LET ME MOVE OVER TO THESE THESE GREEN AREAS.

I DON'T KNOW WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE FIRST BLOCK UP TOP AND THAT WAS SAID AND DONE WITH.

THE INITIAL ENGINEERING. THE INITIAL AWARD AND EVERYTHING. THOSE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY FUNDED AND I GOT THEM COLORED THERE.

FOCUS ON THE BOTTOM BIG BLOCK. THE GREENS THERE HAVE BEEN THOSE THAT COMMISSIONER HAVE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED.

THE BLUE IS CHANGE ORDER. THEN LOOK AT THE YELLOWS.

THIS IS THE UNFUNDED KNOWN COST TO DATE THAT WE KNOW.

331,223. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THIS, ALSO PAY ATTENTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE -- OF THE SECOND BLOCK. YOU WILL SEE FOUR LINES THAT ARE GRADE WITH YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE BUILDING FIRE ALARM, BUILDING INTR INTRUSIONS, BUILDING CAMERA SYSTEM AND BUILDING DOOR ACCESS ALL WITH ALARM SECURITY OR ALARM SECURITY PROVIDER NEVER PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE, AND

SO -- >>JUDGE CANALES: WELL, FF AND E. LET'S BE CLEAR.

ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY, SECURITY, ALARMS IS NOT PART OF YOUR BUILDING CO COSTS.

WE NEED TO START UNDERSTANDING HOW WHAT COSTS ARE ABOUT.

THIS IS NOT AN OVERRUN. FIXTURES AND ELECTRICAL.

>> A LITTLE DIFFERENCE HERE. WHEN -- WHEN WE DID THESE PROJECTS WITH THE COS. THE TAX NOTES OF 2019.

>>JUDGE CANALES: JUST SO YOU THOUGH THEY GOT CONVERTED TO A

CO. >> EVERY TIME I SAY CO, PEOPLE

TELL ME TAX NOTE. >> I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE DO

THAT. >> 2019, TAX NOTES THAT BECAME COS. ALL THOSE PROJECTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE CIP PLAN AND I ASKED THIS QUESTION AND YOU ANSWERED AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK AND FORTH ON E-MAIL.

I THOUGHT LET'S KIND OF DO IT IN HERE, BECAUSE MY DISCOMFORT ON THIS PROJECT IS PRETTY GR GREAT.

I KNOW YOU SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO ADD MORE.

PUT IT IN CONTINGENCY. NOT A YOU LET ME START THE CONVERSATION. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DIDN'T GET DONE. EVERY OVER PROJECT WE HAVE DONE IN THIS CIP FROM THAT 20 19 TAX NOTE HAD CONTINGENCY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: IT DID. IT DID FROM CONTINGENCY.

>> JUDGE, THIS -- >>JUDGE CANALES: WE HAD $1.6 MILLION -- WHAT WE DID WAS GO OFF.

>> WHERE IS TERESA. I THOUGHT 1.5 AND MAKO WAS 1.42. AND NORMALLY WE HAVE IN ALL THESE OTHER PROJECTS WE HAVE -- THE OTHER COSTS BUILT IN.

AND SO SOME OF THESE -- SO TO ME, THIS PROJECT WASN'T DONE AS, LIKE, LIKE THE OTHER ONES DID.

I AM NOT TRYING TO POINT A FINGER HERE.

I AM JUST TRYING TO SAY, THIS IS NOT JUST --

>>JUDGE CANALES: SCOTT IS ON THE RECORD TEN TIMES SAYING WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW AND WASN'T GOING TO BE UNTIL WE PEELED BACK THE WALLS WHAT IT WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO FIND

-- >> SIX TIMES.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WOULDN'T PANIC ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE

$75,000 THAT IS NEEDED. >> I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT THIS ONE BUT THE BIGGER NUMBER HE THREW OUT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THE 300. BE HONEST WITH YOU A CHEAP -- 1.5 ON A JOCK ORDER CONTRACT FOR THIS WHAT BUILDING IS.

WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A REIMBURSEMENT PROVISION STUCK IN HERE WHEN YOU GET YOUR INSURANCE FUNDS, YOU ARE ABLE TO PAY OUR COS BACK PROPERLY. THAT IS WHAT I THINK IS AT

STAKE HERE. >> WHAT YOU ARE SAYING -- THERE

IS ANOTHER 300,000 OR 400,000. >> AT LEAST.

>> WE DON'T HAVE A FUNDS SOURCE FOR THAT.

>> YOU LOOK AT THE SA SALMON-COLORED AREAS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ADDITIONAL COSTS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FROM LAND.

WE KNOW WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL COST -- THE WINDSTORM CER CERTIFIER. THEY HAVE TO REPLACE ALL 31 OF THOSE WINDOWS IN THERE. THEY HAVE NOT ESTIMATED THAT.

THEY HAD A COUPLE OF WINDOWS WITH SIDING AND STUFF.

ANOTHER BIG TICKET ITEM THAT WE DON'T KNOW IS THE -- THE FLAT ROOF SYSTEM. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WALK UP ON

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UPPER THIRD-STORY DECK OF THE OBSERVATION AREA, THAT HAS PROBLEMS UNDERNEATH OF IT AND THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH TDI, WINDSTORM AND ENGINEERS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF COVERING CAN WE USE UNDER IT AND WE CAN GO

BACK WITH THE CONCRETE PAVERS. >> WHAT I AM GETTING TO IS T TWO-FOLD. ONE, I NEED TO FIND ANOTHER COST SOURCE BESIDE ME FOR ANY ONE OF THESE DEALS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: IT IS NOT YOU THOUGH.

IT IS NOT LIKE IT IS COMING -- >> WELL, PRECINCT FOUR.

>>JUDGE CANALES: COASTAL PARKS.

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DISAGREE.

LOCATED GEOGRAPHICALLY IN PRECINCT FOUR AND WE ALL BEAR RESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS TO HELP YOU.

A COASTAL PARKS PROJECT AND I DON'T WANT TO YOU THINK IT IS JUST YOU, BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE PROJECT TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

>> IT IS. THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING.

ALL I AM ASKING IS THAT IF WE KNOW THIS MUCH IS COMING, IN THE SAME VEIN THAT WE TALK OF OTHER PROJECTS SHUFFLE --

>>JUDGE CANALES: I AGREE WITH YOU.

>> I AM NOT TRYING TO GET INTO ANY FINGER POINTING I AM NOT 1 HUMANITARIAN% SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWERS ON THIS.

-- NOT 100% SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWERS OF ON THIS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.

I DON'T THINK IT WILL BECAUSE 98% OF OUR PROJECTS ARE

ADEQUATELY -- >> FUNDED.

>> FUNDED WITH CON I THINK IF AGAIN CEASE.

THIS WASN'T -- CONTINGENCY. WE HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WASN'T EN ENOUGH.

>> WAS NOT WAY. >> AND THAT TO ME HAS TO BE POINTED SOMEWHERE AND I AM MILLION TO TRYING TO THROW ANYBODY UNDER THE BUS. I AM JUST SAYING THIS CAN'T HAPPEN ON THESE. AND IT DOESN'T.

A ONE-OFF AND CALL IT A HURRICANE HARVEY.

IF YOU GO TO ARBITRATION. >>JUDGE CANALES: IT IS COMING

WE JUST GOT SET. >> REMEMBER THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING AND FISH -- ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

THAT'S WHY I AM CAREFUL ABOUT. >> I KNOW, THE BOTTOM LINE IT.

YOU CAN TAKE A PUBLIC MEETING. THE INSURANCE COMPANY SCREWED US. YOU CAN TAKE THAT AND SAY IT ALL DAY LONG. THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.

I SAID THAT 100 TIMES. GAVE US $300,000 WORTH OF 2 MILLION OR $3 MILLION NOW. THAT ABSURD THIS IF HE CAN TAKE MY COMMENTS IF THEY WANT. I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING IT.

I AM NOT MAD AT YOU, I'M MAD AT THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO THE LENGTH AND HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF COVERAGE AND PAID US $00,000 TO $300,000 FOR MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS OF DAMAGE. >>JUDGE CANALES: WITH

INCREASED COST AND SUPPLIES. >> FRUSTRATION THAT EVERYBODY -- NOT EVERYBODY BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, WHAT DO THEY END UP -- THEY MAKE DO YOU THIS ANOTHER RANT FOR ANOTHER DAY.

WHAT I AM SAYING IS ON THIS ONE, WE NEED A -- I KNOW IT IS HARD -- YOU ARE STILL PEELING BACK THINGS BUT NEED AS HARD A COST AS YOU CAN TO COME TO BACK TO THE COURT AND SAY, OKAY, IT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER $40 $400,000.

AND WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT RESHUFFLING MONEY.

AND IF IS THIS, THAT'S IT. IF IT IS NOT IT, SCOTT.

IT -- WE HAVE GOT ALL THESE GREAT PROFESSIONALS 37 SOMEBODY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF OKAY, IS THIS IS GOING TO BE IT.

BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE COME BACK FOR THIS AND THAT AND WE TRY TO FIX IT. THAT'S ALL I AM SAYING.

WE GOT TO LOOK AT AS A REPRIORITIZATION IN THE 2021 COS MO MOVE THE MONEY FROM THE COVID RELIEF INTO.

>>JUDGE CANALES: LET'S MOVE THAT BACK AS THE POTENTIAL FOR NEXT COURT TO GET A FUNDING COURSE FOR THE BIG TICKET IT ITEMS. THE $350,000.

>> NOT LIKE HERE IS ANOTHER ONE AND HERE IS ANOTHER ONE.

>> I AM TRYING, COMMISSIONER. >>JUDGE CANALES: JUST SO YOU KNOW. I WILL POP SCOTT MEARS IN HERE.

AS MUCH AS I LOVE HAVING SCOTT CROSS IN FRONT OF US SCOTT CROSS IS NOT THE PROJECT MANAGER.

SCOTT MEARS IS AND SCOTT MARYS, YOU CAN HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND MAYBE ALLAY -- I MEAN AT SOME POINT WE WILL HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON IT. WE KNEW AT LEAST I KNEW COMING INTO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT WE WERE GOING TOO -- THAT ALL WE DID WAS FUND TO A CERTAIN PINT.

AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THE LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE NEXT COST ESTIMATE WILL BE, AND NOW WE ARE THERE AND NOW WE HAVE IT. AND LET ME BRING IN SOME OPTIMISM. THIS WILL BE A FIRST-CLASS GORGEOUS COASTAL PARKS BUILDING AND HAVING JUST RETURNED TO SOUTH PEDRO ISLAND. I KNOW JEALOUSY IS A HAVEN'T TEE AND A SIN. LET ME TELL YOU, WE -- VANITY AND A SIN. LET ME TELL YOU WE HAVE A LOT

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OF CATCHING UP TO DO WITH THE LEADERSHIP WITH SCOTT CROSS AN MEGAN AND ALANA AND WE HAVE GOT TO GET HERE KICK AND ONE OF OUR HALL MARK SIGNATURE EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME TO THE COAST BUILDINGS. I DIDN'T FINISH THE WORD, SIGNATURE HALL MARK BUILDINGS AND WHERE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO LOOK NOR INFORMATION, FOR BEACH PERMITS.

FOR RENTALS FOR RVS. FOR FUTURE REVENUE BUILDING AND ALL STARTS TO THE COASTAL PARKS OFFICE, SO SCOTT, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT OUR PROGRAM HERE? COURT WILL CONSIDER DOING A RESHUFFLING TO GET YOU WHAT YOU NEED AND THE IDEA WILL BE NEXT COURT TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE REMAINDER. AND THEN AT THAT TIME, I WILL ASK YOU AND THE COURT WILL ASK HOW DOES THIS FEEL OF US

GETTING TO THE END OF THE JOB. >> A GOOD QUESTION FOR SCAT

MEARS. >>JUDGE CANALES: HE IS ON.

SCOTT, DO YOU MIND UNMUTING. THERE HE IS.

>> I THINK I AM UNMUTED. >>JUDGE CANALES: GO AHEAD.

>> YES. SO.

YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT, JUDGE. OUR PROJECT'S ATTEMPT TO MITIGATE ANY CONCERN THE COURT MAY HAVE ON THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT. SO WE CAPTURED THESE ITEMS WHICH WE BELIEVE ARE OUR ITEMS OF RISK.

AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE PROJECT, WE TAKE THE COSTS AND MAKE THEM AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT TAKES SOME TIME IN ORDER TO WORK THROUGH SOME ISSUES MAY WE GO HOW THAT A FEW WORDS ON THE LINE, IDENTIFY AND IDENTIFYING THE FLAT ROOT SYSTEM THAT RECOGNIZES ALLOW US TO HAVE PAVERS ON TOP IS A COMPLEX SET OF ISSUES THAT REQUIRES AN DIALOGUE BETWEEN OUR WINDSTORM ENGINEER AND OUR DESIGN TEAM.

AND SO WHAT WE ARE WORKING AGGRESSIVELY BEHIND THE SCENES HALVING THE CONVERSATIONS AND TO GET THE PRICES AND BRING TO THE COURT THE FINAL NUMBERS. SET OUT A ROAD MAP, IF YOU W WILL, OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GO.

AND EVE OF THESE COSTS THAT ARE STOPS ALONG THE WAY AND TRYING TO POPULATE THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND OBVIOUSLY. YOU KNOW, TIME IS IMPORTANT TO US AS WE PREPLAN AND REAUTHORIZE THIS FUNDING.

CAN YOU REMIND ME BECAUSE I AM DOING CALCULATIONS.

WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND INCLUDE THE THIRD FLOOR THAT HAS THAT GREAT OPEN SPACE. DO YOU --

>> I WILL HAVE TO GET THAT NUMBER.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THAT'S OKAY. CAN YOU -- JUST GUESSTIMATE.

>> OVER 5,000 SQUARE FEET. >>JUDGE CANALES: THAT IS WHAT I WAS THINKING TOO. SO, GUYS, DO THE MATH.

SCOTT MEARS AT 450 WHICH IS LUCKY, WE ARE STILL IN THE

REALM ON CONSTRUCTION. >> LET ME TELL YOU THIS BODES VERY WELL WHEN YOU GO TO ARBITRATION.

>>JUDGE CANALES: IT DOES. >> YOU HAVE ALL THESE DAMAGES AND CON NOTATED AND SHOW YOU -- LOOK, WHAT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. THIS IS WHAT WE HAD TO SPEND ON THIS. OUT OF OUR POCKET WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY DOING IT I GET THE LEGAL ASPECT. GET A COUNT ON IT.

THIS WILL BE A PHENOMENAL BUILDING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THAT TOP FLOOR.

>> PHENOMENAL WITH THE OBSERVATION TOWER THAT WE ARE BUILDING AND THIS, THESE ARE AWESOME BUILDINGS.

I AM JUST -- I APOLOGIZE FOR MY FRUSTRATION, BUT I AM FRUS FRUSTRATED WITH THIS ONE. HAVEN'T GONE THE WAY THE REST

OF OUR 98 PROJECTS. >> BECAUSE THIS ONE -- THIS ONE COMES TO US WITH SOME -- WITH SOME ISSUES THAT WERE HURRICANE RELATED THAT ARE CHANGING TIE A A NUMBERICS.

FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY AND BACK TO THE $75,000 WHICH IS

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WHY YOU CAME TO COURT, REM REMEMBER.

A GULF STATE PARISH AND CAUCUS MEET NEXT WEEK.

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR NECK THE WOODS AT NAC O, AND WE WILL GET AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE STRUGGLES AFTER HURRICANES AND HOW COASTAL COMMUNITIES ARE ALWAYS -- YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES A SLOW PROCESS TO RECOVERY, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE READ THE GOVERNOR ESTABLISHED A REALLY COOL COUNCIL OF GULF IN TEXAS THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR NEW FUNDING IN THE STATE AND WE ARE ONE OF THE FIVE COUNTIES. AND, SO, AGAIN, I AM LOOKING TO GET US, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT, OBVIOUSLY, MORE HIGHLIGHTED NOT ONLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL BUT THE STATE LEVEL.

THAT THESE ARE OUR WOES AND CONCERNS.

SCOTT MEARS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THE AVERAGE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION BUT 450 PER SQUARE FOOT.

I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT A HOUSE. COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH COMMERCIALLY WIND RATED, YOU KNOW, WINDOWS AND DOORS AND -- I AM NOT -- NOT DOORS, WINDOWS. ROOF.

THAT IS WHAT I WAS TRYING IT THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL -- WE ARE STILL IN THE VERY --IER IN THE RIGHT FAIR WAY ON OUR CASTS AND YOU ARE WATCHING IT LIKE A HAWK AND WE SURE DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND I USE 5,000 SQUARE FEET AS

A GUESS AT THIS MAT. >> JUDGE, IF I MAY ADD BACK TO THE CHANGE ORDER BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL.

LET ME ALSO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AWARD TO MAKO CONSTRUCTION, WE -- WE -- UNDER OUR -- UNDER OUR PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES, ONCE WE AWARD A CONTRACT, OUR CHANGE ORDERS ARE LIMIT TO 25% OF THAT ORIGINAL NUMBER.

SO BASED ON THE ORIGINAL AWARD FOR 1.420118.30, YOU HAVE TO THE TO FACTOR IN IF YOU HAVE CHANGE ORDERS, HOW MUCH CHANGE ORDER AND WHAT CAP CHAR AMOUNT WHERE MAKO WHERE ALREADY FIND A WAY FORWARD AND TALKED TO MICHAEL ABOUT THAT.

MAKO IT BRING BEFORE US AT MOST $359,328.

25%. THE CHANGE ORDER REDUCES THAT AMOUNT TO $279,368.8 BEEN THEY HIT THE 25% CAP.

THE BEAUTY OF IT IS IF YOU PULL OUT ALL THE BUILDING FIRE ALARM AND SECURITY SYSTEMS SINCE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.

WE DO THAT AND ADD UP ALL THE OTHER YELLOWS, TERESA ACTUALLY HELPED ME WITH THIS. YOU ARE STILL ABOUT $70,000, $79,000 AWAY FROM THAT CAP; HOWEVER, NEW LOOK AT THAT BOILER SYSTEM DOWN THERE. THAT BOILER SYSTEM RIGHT NOW AND SCOTT HAS GOT TO DO SOME INVESTIGATING AND REVIEW AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO THAT PRICE POINT.

SO TECHNICALLY THAT WILL BE A REAL EASY ITEM FOR MYSELF, MIKE STONE, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR AND SCOTT TO PULL OFF AND WORK WITH MICHAEL TO FIND A CONTRACTOR DO THAT SO MAKO DONE HAVE THAT AND GIVE THEM MORE ROOM TO DEAL WITH UNKNOWNS LATER ON. JUST CREATIVE WAYS TO THINK ABOUT IT. MAKE SURE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES AND NOT GO OVER 25% AND PULL A MECHANICAL SYSTEM LIKE A ELEVATOR OR SOMETHING AND ABLE TO DO SO.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT.

AND TERESA IS ON THE SAME PAGE. MICHAEL IS ON.SAME PAGE WITH ME AN WE ARE GOOD IF YOU APPROVE THAT CHANGE ORDER JUDGE JUDGE SO WORKING WITH THAT CHANGE ORDER, AND RESHUFFLING THE TECH ON THE OBSERVATION DECK, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: A MOTION AND SECOND.

IN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THANKS, SCOTT MEARS. THEY SAY YOU ARE GOOD TO GO AND VISIT AGAIN ON THE 21ST TO GET US REALLY -- WE NEED TO BE IN THE NEXT PHASE AHEAD OF THE GAME.

APPRECIATE YOU. >> HAVE A GREAT DAY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: ALL RIGHT. SO JUAN, THANKS FOR COMING UP.

IT IS JUST THAT THE LUNCH HOUR IS ■UPON US.%-ÚANDI WOULD LIKE L

[2. Discuss and consider selection of Halff Associates, Inc. to provide a drainage study of the Stonegate Subdivision area and unincorporated north-central area of Nueces County. Authorize execution of the Engineering Service Contract.]

OF AND ASSOCIATES AGENDA ITEM BROUGHT FORTH.

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NOT THAT I WILL DO ALL OF YO YOURS, IF YOU FORKED.

>> GIVE ME, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IN AM TWO.

AND SO THAT IS THE -- GO AHEAD AND TAKE US THROUGH IT.

YOUR ITEM AND SELECTION OF HALFF OF THE STONEGATE SUBDIVISION IN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF NUECES COUNTY AND ASKING THE COURT TO DO TWO THINGS SELECT AND EXECUTE THE

CONTRACT. >> THAT'S CORRECT, JUDGE.

THIS IS FOR A DRAINAGE STUDY IN THE NORTHWEST AREA OF -- OF THE COUNTY. THIS IS ON FM 189 AND 6:24.

COUNTY ROAD 48. THE SUBDIVISION THAT IT ENCOMPASSES ARE STONEGATE NUMBER ONE AND TWO AND AMANDA LANE AND ALSO PARTIAL OF THE LAKES THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS WATER SHED. WE ARE RECOMMENDING HALFF AND ASSOCIATES TO DO THE DRAINAGE STUDY.

WE ARE COORDINATING WITH COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ AND FOR HALFF AND ASSOCIATES TO DO THIS STUDY.

>> THEY ARE HERE WITH US. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US IN COURT. WE WILL OPEN IF UP FOR DISCUSSION IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING.

>> WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING TO AWARD -- EXCUSE THE CONTRACT

JUDGE JUDGE TWO STEPS. >> I KNOW THE FUNDING SOURCE

FROM PRECINCT 1. >>JUDGE CANALES: JUST ABOUT TO ASK YOU. REMIND THE COURT OF THE FUNDING

COURSE. >> SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS FROM -- FROM COMMISSIONER PRECINCT ONE.

>> AND THE COST JUAN. >> $155,000.

TOTAL COST FOR THE STUDY. >> ALL RIGHTY.

AND -- >> DOING A GREAT JOB.

>> THANK YOU. AND.

>> YOU WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM OR YOURSELF AND YOUR

COLLEAGUE. >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, JOSH CARONE, HALL OF AND ASSOCIATES.

AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BE -- LALFFF AND ASSOCIATES.

HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS DRAINAGE STUDY.

I WORKED WITH MANY OF YOU BEFORE.

AND WE WILL HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THAT IS GREAT.

>> ALSO AS PART OF THIS SCOPE OF WORK TO DO A MODEL OF THE SYSTEM. SO IT WILL BE GREAT FOR US TO HAVE THAT MODEL. JUDGE JUDGE WE GET TO KEEP THIS DATA. NOT PROPRIETARY.

>> YES, JUDGE. >>JUDGE CANALES: COMMISSIONER

MAREZ MAY HAVE A QUESTION. >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: ONE QUESTION AND I AM TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS IDEA AND GOES INTO ITEM ONE. YEAH, ITEM ONE UNDER PUBLIC WORKS THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT LATER ON AFTER LUNCH.

KIND OF SETS UP MY THINKING IS. PROBLEM WITH AMANDA LANE.

WE GOTTEN PHONE CALL AND HOLD DESPERATE PLEAS AND HAPPENS IN A LOT OF PARTS OF COUNTY. A LOT OF INVESTMENT AND ANOTHER SUBDIVISION THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE A WHOLE LOT OF POTENTIAL DIFFERENT DIFFICULTIES WITH DRAINAGE AND WE SAW IT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WITH PHOTOS AND OTHER THINGS, BUT DOES THAT HAVE ANY -- HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH PLATTING PROPERTIES OR AREAS AND NOT HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS NO A -- ANY KIND OF PLANNING IN PLACE YEARS BEFORE ALL OF US BEING ON THIS COURT THAT THIS SUBDIVISION WAS CREATED AND NOW WE HAVE THESE ISSUES OF FLOODING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND TO ME WITH WE PLAT, MY PERSPECTIVE GIVING A BLANK CHECK TO DESIGN AND DO WHAT YOU WILL AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT ARE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.

THE FRONT YARDS ARE FLOOD WILLING AND STREET IS FLOODING AND REALIZE THAT ALL THESE OTHER OPEN LANDS ARE FLOODING INTO THE AREA AND WE DIDN'T SEE THAT.

MY FEELING WITH PLATTING AND WHERE I WILL COME UP LATER ON.

IS THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE? WE ARE CORRECTING A PROBLEM SO BECAUSE IT WAS A BLANK SLATE GIVEN TO THE DEVELOPER HERE

YEARS AGO? >> COMMISSIONER.

>> DON'T BE POLITICAL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

YOU ONLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT US.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT VOTERS, WE DO.

TELL US. WE NEED TO HEAR THIS.

>> LOOKING AT THE -- LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS DESIGN DONE FOR AMANDA LANE, COMMISSIONER. YOU ARE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT.

IT WAS GIVEN AN OPEN DEVELOPMENT.

IN OTHER WORDS, NOW WE ARE HAVING DEVELOPMENT DUE TO DETENTION FOR 100 YEAR. AND WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER CHESNEY AND SOME OF THE AREAS AND LONDON REQUESTING THAT FROM

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THE DEVELOPERS SO THEY ARE -- REMEMBER REQUIRING FOR DEVELOPERS FROM THE PAST THREE YEARS IS TO DEVELOP DETENTION PONDS FOR 100 YEAR AN REQUESTING THAT FROM DEVELOPERS AND ENGINEERS AND A CHANGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE FROM THAT TIME FROM TWO YEARS AGO THE STUDY THAT HALFF AND ASSOCIATES ARE PREPARING IS THEY WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE WATER SHED IN THE AREA AND LOOKING AT THAT HAVE TO DO ANALYSIS OF THE PRE AND POST CONDITIONS AND DETERMINE FROM ALL THE WAY UP TO 100 YEAR INTENSITY. THIS WILL BE A GOOD THING FOR

US, COMMISSIONER. >> THAT IS GREAT.

I THINK HALFF AND ASSOCIATES, CHRIS, YOUR WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND I FEEL CONFIDENT YOU BEING ON THE PROJECT.

I HAVE SOME AREAS IN MY PRECINCT.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP COMMISSIONER MAREZ.

THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION. LOOKING AT RETENTION PONDS IN

THAT AREA? >> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT -- THAT RALFF AND ASSOCIATES WILL RECOMMEND ONCE THEY DO -- HALFF AND ASSOCIATES DO THE STUDY. AND ANY TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE DIVERTING OF WATER OR ANY TIME OF -- TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR STRUCTURES AND EXISTING STRUCTURES ALSO PART OF THE STUDY. PART OF THE STUDY.

>> I WOULD SIMPLY JUST APPRECIATE THAT THEY WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO CLEAR UP THE PROBLEM WITH THE FLOODING.

IF IT IS GOING TO TAKE RETENTION PONDS, THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO BECAUSE -- TOO MANY STUDIES AND NOTHING GETS DONE. THANK YOU.

>> ABSOLUTELY. COMMISSIONER, WELL COME BACK

WITH SOLID RECOMMENDATIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE THAT. >>JUDGE CANALES: AS THEY SAY

MAGIC LANGUAGE IS. >> RECOMMENDING -- WE ARE

RECOMMENDING, JUDGE. >>JUDGE CANALES: CAN I GET A

MOTION PLEASE. >> MOTION.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE SELECTION AND I HAVE GOT A SECOND OF HALFF AND ASSOCIATES FOR THIS STUDY.

ALL TO HE WAS IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AND I WILL NEED A MOTION FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT AT THIS TIME AND THE FUNDING SOURCE HAS ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED 37. NOT BY NUMBER BY PRECINCT AND SPECIAL REVENUE, THAT'S COR CORRECT? AND WE WILL GET THE NUMBER FOR THE CLERK LATER SPECIAL REVENUE PRECINCT ONE. A MOTION FOR SUCH EXECUTION OF

THE CONTRACT? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: A SECOND BY GONZALEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. SAME SIGN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. THAT CLEARS THAT.

MELISSA, I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU.

NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU. LOOKING FOR A NICE POINT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS LISTENING WITH GOOD EARS.

I THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS HELP JJ HERE AND I AM GOING TO -- IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WILL HELP US WITH THE -- WITH THE SELF-HELP CENTER FROM OUTSIDE? NO. OKAY, SO LET ME TAKE JJ FIRST.

ITEM NUMBER 14. >> JUDGE, CAN I -- I KNOW ON PUBLIC WORKS. DID YOU MOVE TWO UP AND GOING BACK TO ONE LATER AND NOT DO ONE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I DIDN'T DO ONE AND TAKES A LITTLE BIT

[14. Discuss and consider approval of adding the Nueces County Veterans Service Office to list of approved donees of jury service fees, effective September 1, 2021, pursuant to Senate Bill 456 of the 87th Texas Legislative Session.]

LONGER. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS REGARDING OUR VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE AND OUR VETERAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT HEAD. MR. JJ.

IT IS DISCUSSED AND CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF THE ADDING FOR JURY SERVICE FEES. A GOOD ONE, JJ.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSION, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

AN E-MAIL FROM THE COUNTY SERVICE OFFICERS ORGANIZATION A COMMITTEE AND PASS THIS INFORMATION ON SENATE BILL 456 WHICH SENATOR LUCIO PASSED. AND I THINK IT WILL HELP US TREMENDOUSLY IN REFILLING OUR VET PANTRY.

OUR VETERANS PANTRY AND BUYING SOFTWARE THAT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WILL BE BUYING FOR SOFTWARE.

I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS UP FOR RECONSIDERATION.

>> ANY IDEAS THUCH CAN REALLY AMOUNT TO?

>> I WOULDN'T KNOW JUDGE, BUT I KNOW IT IS A GOOD THING TO

DO. >>JUDGE CANALES: EVERY DOLLAR IS A GOOD DOLLAR. CURRENTLY, TYNER, ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE THE DONEE DOLLARS? THE OTHER RECIPIENTS.HOP ARE

THE OTHER RECIPIENTS? >>TYNER LITTLE: ACTUALLY A LIST ATTACHED THAT I COLLECTED. AND WHILE I AM GETTING THERE,

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JJ, THEY MAY ACTUALLY LET YOU KNOW UP AT THE BEGINNING OF

JURY DUTY TO MAKE YOUR PITCH. >> I LIKE THAT EVEN MORE.

>> AND SO ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNING, IF YOU ACTUALLY GO IN THERE, THEY MAY LET YOU TALK AND ASK THE JURORS IF -- IF THEY DON'T NEED THEIR FEES TO PLEASE CHECK OFF THE BOX TO DONATE FOR VETERAN SERVICES, AND THAT MIGHT --

>> YOU KNOW, J.J., MAKE A VERY FIRST CLASS VIDEO.

YOU WON'T BE THERE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND BRING TECHNOLOGY IN THE ROOM AND PUT A REALLY GOOD RED, WHITE AND BLUE TOGETHER.

>> WOULD BE GREAT, JUDGE. >> WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU AND ANY STAFF MEMBER WHEN YOU CAN. AND WHEN YOU CAN'T, WE OUGHT TO

BE IN THE ROOM ANYWAY. >> YES, MA'AM, THAT WILL BE

GREAT. >> I THINK THIS IS EFFECTIVE

SEPTEMBER 1. >> CORRECT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

WHAT WE WILL DO IS HAVE VETERAN SERVICES INCLUDED ON THE -- ON LIST. AND SO RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A LIST OF ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE ON THERE.

THE FIVE ON THERE THAT THE JUROR CAN JUST CHECK THE BOX IS THE WOMEN SHELTER, CASA, CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY, NUECES COUNTY CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION, AND NUECES COUNTY JUVENILE VOLUNTEERS. AND MAYBE WE CAN CONVINCE ANN TO PUT VETERAN SERVICES AT THE TOP.

>> THANK YOU. FOOD JOB.

ALL RIGHT -- GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT.

THEN WE WILL TAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER SUCH APPROVAL OF ADDING THE VETERAN SERVICES OFFICERS TO THE LIST OF APPROVED DON EES. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY.

ONE AND TWO AT THE END. GONZALEZ AND HERNANDEZ.

OKAY, JJ. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE,

COMMISSIONERS. >>JUDGE CANALES: GOOD LUCK TO THE VETERANS, CEMETERY. JULY 7.

I WILL REMEMBER THAT DAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. SO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO -- I THINK WHAT I WILL DO AND I BET YOU GUYS ARE GETTING HUNGRY. WE COULD GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TACKLE LUNCH, AND I THINK THAT WILL BE GOOD AND WHEN WE DO THAT, MELISSA, YOU WILL BE ON DECK, OKAY, WE WILL

[15. Discuss and consider approval of BCFS Incident Management Team Response Services Contract, in the event of a disaster to support response operations in Nueces County.]

TACKLE NUMBER 15, WHICH IS BCFS.

AND I THINK THAT WILL REALLY BE A NICE -- OH, THAT IS THE ONE WE ARE GOING TO TABLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT READY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND HANDLE THAT ONE, BCFS NEEDS MORE WORK FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. ITEM NUMBER 15.

IT WILL BE ON 291ST. >> MOVE TO TABLE -- 21ST.

>> MOVE TO TABLE. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR THAT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WELL -- I NEED A SECOND.

MOTION AND A SECOND. AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

>> JUDGE, I WANTED -- THAT IS A TABLE.

>> I WANTED TO DISCUSS 12 AND 13 IN EXECUTIVE SESSION I WANTED TO MENTION THAT FOR THE RECORD.

>>JUDGE CANALES: JUST FOR THE RECORD, 12 AND 13 WILL BE LEGAL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THOSE CONTRACTS, SO WE WILL TAKE THAT UP. ITEM NUMBER 19 IS KIND OF A RECURRING. SO WE WILL BE BACK WITH THAT, WHICH MEANS WE WILL TACKLE ALSO THE SELF-HELP LATER.

NO BE HERE A THIS TIME. SO WE CAN TACKLE IT INTERNALLY, AND WITH THAT, LET ME GIVE THE MAGIC LANGUAGE.

>> JUST SO YOU KNOW -- [INAUDIBLE]

-- ON ZOOM AND -- >>JUDGE CANALES: HE WANTED TO

[11. Discuss and consider adoption of Texas Legislature Interim Session Agenda.]

DO THE INTERIM AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, THEN THAT MIGHT HELP SET THE PREDICATE. OKAY, EVERYBODY CAN JUST HANG ON FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES. ASK JOEL TO UNMUTE.

AND JOEL, ON ITEM NUMBER 11, HEY, WELCOME.

SO BASICALLY, OUR INTERIM SESSION AGENDA IS AN ITEM THAT YOU HAVE DONE SOME PREPARATION FOR THE COURT ON.

GOVERNORS AGENDA START TOM TOMORROW.

SPECIAL SESSION JULY 8. GET US UP TO SPEED THE AGENDA THIS COURT SHOULD CONSIDERING ADOPTING.

>> HOUR. SO GOOD MORNING.

GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. THE AGENDA THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR IS YOU KIND OF A -- [INAUDIBLE]

>>JUDGE CANALES: JOEL WE LOST YOU ON AUDIO.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>JUDGE CANALES: WE GOT YOU

BACK. >> THE AGENDA BEFORE IS YOU A NARROWLY FOCUSED AGENDA ON SOME OF ITEMS BEING DISCUSSED DURING

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THE INTERIM ON THE GOVERNOR'S CALL AND WITH INTERIM HEARINGS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE. AS OF THIS MORNING AND I THINK I E-MAILED MOST OF YOU, THE GOVERNOR DID LAY OUT HIS AGENDA ITEMS AS YOU KNOW. ONLY THE GOVERNOR CAN SET WHAT ITEMS WILL BE DEBATED AND VOTED ON IN THE SPECIAL CALLED SESSION WHICH CAN ONLY LAST -- LAST AS SHORT AS A DAY OR 30 TES. NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS.

THIS MORNING, HE LAY OUT 11 ITEMS THAT INCLUDE BAIL REFORM, ELECTION INTEGRITY, BORDER SECURITY, SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP, THE ARTICLE 10 FOR LEGISLATIVE SAUCE, FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION, YOUTH SPORTS, ABORTION INDUCING DR DRUGS, CHECK FOR RETIREES, CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND APPROPRIATION ISSUES, TAX RELIEF, FOSTER CARE FUNDING AND CYBERSECURITY THREATS. THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU I THINK COVERS MOST OF WHAT IS ON THE GOVERNOR'S CALL.

THE ONLY ADDITION I WOULD ADD IS A BULLET THAT SAYS MONITOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF LEGISLATION BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL IMPACT NUECES COUNTY IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. IN ADDITION TO -- TO THIS AGENDA, WE ARE ALSO AS YOU ARE AWARE THAT THERE WAS A SPECIALLY FORMED COMMITTEE BY THE SPEAK THEIR WILL BE HANDLING A LOT OF THESE ISSUES AS WELL AS OTHER ISSUES.

WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN AUSTIN WHILE SOMETIMES THE INTERIM SEEMS TO BE QUIET, THIS SES SESSION, WE EXPECT IT TO BE 24-7 BUSY IN TERMS OF TRYING TO CATCH UP FROM THE INTERIM THEY REALLY DIDN'T GET TO HAVE FROM COVID.

IN ADDITION TO THE TWO SPECIAL SESSIONS THAT WE EXPECT TO HAVE. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF INTERIM HEARINGS ON EVERYTHING FROM BUDGET, HEALTH CARE, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, I THINK THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS ISSUES IMPACTING COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAT WILL START PICKING UP NOT ONLY -- WHILE THEY ARE IN AUSTIN THIS JULY, BUT I IMAGINE THROUGHOUT THE FALL AND NEXT YEAR AS THEY DEVELOP THEIR PRIORITIES FOR 2023. SO WITH ALL THIS SAID, THE AGENDA HERE WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND OUR LAWMAKERS.

TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THE -- YOU KNOW, THE INTEREST FROM NUECES COUNTY IN TERMS OF THESE ISSUES THAT -- THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO US EVERYTHING FROM TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING ISSUES TO -- TO MEDICAID AND -- AND EXPANDED COVERAGE FOR HEALTH CARE. THE UTILIZATION OF THE AMERICAN -- THE -- THE ARPA FUNDAMENTAL THAT YOU MENTIONED, THE AMERICAN ACTION ACT FUNDS, THOSE WILL PRIMARILY DOMINATE THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION. CHAIRMAN HUNTER ASKED US TO WORK WITH THE FOLKS AT THE K69 TO DEVELOP THE PRIORITY LIST OF HOW TO UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AND GO TO BAT FOR THOSE AT THE LEGISLATURE. AND, OF COURSE, ELECTION RE REFORM, REDISTRICTING, BAIL REFORM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WILL BE IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTY, AS AND AS I MENTIONED THE ISSUE OF PROPERTY TAX REFORM ARE GOING TO BE ALL ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING -- KEEPING LAWMAKERS BUSY AND I THINK WILL IMPACT NUECES COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO ONGOING MEETINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE CALLED BY OUR DELEGATION ON SPECIAL ITEMS SUCH AS TWEYA AND BUDGET ISSUES AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AS I MENTIONED, THE INTERIM, WHILE WE DO EXPECT IT TO BE IN FULL FORCE, THE LEGISLATURE JUST ADJOURNED JUST A LITTLE OVER 30 DAYS AGO. A LOT OF ACTIVITY.

AND SO I THINK THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WOULD DEFINITELY HELP KEEP US FOCUSED ON -- IN FRONT OF OUR -- NOT ONLY OUR LEGISLATIVE BODY, LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION BUT OTHER KEY LAWMAKERS AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. SO I WILL STOP THERE AND SEE IF

THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY.

LET ME ASK. ANYBODY, IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

BY MEAN, SOME SPECIAL SESSIONS, THERE IS ONE LINEAR FOCUS.

I MEAN, THIS ONE IS LIKE LOADED FOR BEAR.

AND I THINK THIS IS -- I EXPECT THIS IS A SUPER, SUPER BUSY TIME FOR -- FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND OUR LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT TEAM PLUS OURSELVES. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUCH A HUGE ROLE IN OUR URBAN COUNTIES AND RELY ON NUECES AND OUR FEEDBACK ON POLICY MATTERS AND I THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB OF HELPING OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.

I FLOW SENATOR, SO TENSOR HOSA OFFICE TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES

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THE CHAIRMANS, THEY ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT NUECES COUNTY IS SO ACTIVE AND INVOLVED. AND WE WIND UP BEING ABLE TO SHARE OUR PERSPECTIVES WITH THEM WHICH I THINK INFLUENCES THEIR POLICY DECISIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN FOR JOEL WITH REGARDING OUR INTERIM AGENDA? SO JOEL, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER ADOPTING TODAY? A DOCUMENT OR IS IT -- IT'S

ATTACHED? >> THERE IS AN ATTACHMENT.

IT IS A DRAFT, BUT THERE IS A DRAFT AN AGENDA BEFORE YOU.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD AS OF THIS MORNING WAS THE BULLET THAT STATE MONITOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF LEGISLATION JUDGE JUDGE WITH THAT SUBJECT TOO AND GIVE US A SECOND.

WE WILL BRING IT UP. WE ARE A LITTLE OUT -- WE WENT OUT OF ORDER SO THAT'S WHY WE WILL PUT IT UP ON THE -- ON THE SCREEN. GIVE HER A SECOND.

SHE WILL FIND IT. OKAY.

GIVE HER -- ALMOST THERE. OKAY, THERE IT IS.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, SCROLL JUST A LITTLE BIT DOWN, CONNIE.

OKAY. SO -- SO THERE WE GO.

THERE ARE ALL THE BUM LET POINTS THAT WE HAVE -- BULLET POINTS WE HAVE FOR THE -- THESE ARE MONITORING WHERE WE HAVE THE DRAFT TO ADOPT TODAY. AND --

>> JUDGE, I JUST SAW WHERE -- WHERE THE CHARGE CAME OUT THIS MORNING. AND JOEL SENT THAT TO US, AND -- SO, DO DID -- DID THE CHARGE -- I DIDN'T COMPARE.

I DIDN'T LOOK SIDE BY SIDE. >>JUDGE CANALES: YOU WANT ME

TO GRAB IT? >> DO WE NEED TO ADD ANYTHING

BASED ON THE CHARGE? >> I THINK JOEL -- HE DOES WANT TO. GO AHEAD, JOEL.

>> I AM SUGGESTING THAT WE ADD THE LINE REGARDING MONITOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF LEGISLATION SINCE THAT WAS PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S CHARGE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN OURS.

>> DO YOU FEEL THAT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS INCLUDED IN THE

GOVERNOR'S CHARGE? >> I THINK THAT THE ONLY THING I WILL DEFER TO YOU ALL IS BORDER SECURITY BECAUSE WILL IMPACT EVERYTHING FROM -- FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, HEALTH CARE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT CAN'T -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IMPACTS NUECES COUNTY, BUT IF IT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD

TO THE AGENDA. >> WE CAN ADD IT JUST TO ADD IT. AS BEING INCLUSIVE OF THE -- OF

THE GOVERNOR'S CHARGE. >> AND I THINK IT IS -- YEAH,

THAT IS FINE, BUT -- >> IT WOULD BE SMART.

>> I DON'T MIND THE MONITOR LANGUAGE EITHER BECAUSE THAT

REFLECTS JUST THAT. >>JUDGE CANALES: THERE WILL

MIGHT BE FISCAL IMPACT, RIGHT. >> THAT WE ARE MONITORING THINGS AND NOT TAKING POSITIONS.

I THINK THAT IS FINE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THING IN THE GOLF'S CHARGE THAT WE MAYBE SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE SHOULDN'T.

AND IF WE WANT TO ADD THAT LINE THAT GOAL SUGGESTED AND ADD THAT LINE AND HE FEELS GOOD THAT THIS IS -- I AM SORRY, I CAN'T TALK. THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF THE GOVERNOR'S CHARGE WITH THAT LINE.

I MOVE THAT WE PASS THIS WITH AMENDMENT OF THE --

>> FOR THE ADDITIONAL. >> THE LINE HE SUGGESTED.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE -- SO THAT WILL BE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

HANG ON. MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN GO

AHEAD. >> OKAY.

SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ELECTIONS --

>> PULL YOUR MIC. >>JUDGE CANALES: GO AHEAD.

>> WITH ELECTIONS ARE YOU GOING --

>> JUST MONITORING. THAT -- THE MONITORING IS VERY -- MEANING THEY ARE GOING TO MONITOR AND REPORT BACK IF THERE ARE THINGS. THAT IS THE WAY I TAKE IT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: SOMEONE KNOW TO KNOW HOW THEY IMPACT COUNTIES AND IMPACT RESOL RESOLUTIONS.

IS GOING TO BE FOLLOWING ALL THE HEARINGS.

>> WITH THE LINKS IDEA AND I WILL BRING AT THAT BACK TO YOU.

>>JUDGE CANALES: JUST SO YOU KNOW.

>> LUCKY -- WE GET EXTRA -- WE GET EXTRA HELP.

BUT -- >> THANK YOU.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO -- TO JUST, AGAIN, ANYTHING HAVING THE WORD "COUNTY" IN IT WILL GET MON MONITORED JUST FROM THEIR -- FROM THE SOFTWARE THEY HAVE.

AND -- OKAY. SO THE -- THE IDEA IS TO ADD THE EXTRA -- THAT PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S CHARGES WHICH WILL BE BORDER SECURITY AND PROPERTY FINANCE REFORM.

IS THAT CORRECT? >> PROPERTY FINANCE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I MAY HAVE LOST IT.

>> YOU WILL GET AN AMENDED ONE. >> THE MOTION IS SUBJECT TO.

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WILL SECOND THAT. OKAY.

IF THERE ARE IN OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOEL.

WE WILL LET HIM GET TO HIS MEETING AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE INTERIM OF THIS DRAFT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA? SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. AS YOU GUYS KNOW IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT, RIGHT, AS THINGS CHANGE, WE CAN AMEND IT AND CHANGE IT. SO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE NEED TO CHECK ABOUT -- KEVIN TOO TO SEE IF ANYTHING EXTRA THAT HE KNOWS THAT MIGHT BE -- THAT MIGHT COME.

THAT MIGHT COME UP. I KNOW THAT -- ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS IS THAT -- AND I LEARNED THIS IS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY FILE A BILL DURING A SPECIAL SESSION AS LONG AS THE GOVERNOR CONSENTS. SO I LEARNED THAT THIS PAST

WEEK. >> ACTUALLY ABOUT A DOZEN BILLS FINALED. MANY THAT ARE NOT RELATE -- FILED. MANY THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO

THE CALL WISHFUL THINKING. >>JUDGE CANALES: YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT GETS FILED THAT COULD AFFECT US.

WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. >> TO THE POINT WE'LL FOLLOW THE LEADS OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE COUNTY CLERKS TO THE TAX ASSESSORS AND COLLECTORS, THE WHOLE TEAM IS HERE READY TO DO VISITS WITH LAWMAKERS, WEIGH IN AS NEEDED, BUT THIS DOCUMENT WILL GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OUR DELEGATION MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTY. THANK YOU, JOEL. ALL RIGHT. GUYS, OKAY, WELL IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFICANT

IF I BUY SAYING AYE. >> AYE. OKAY. JOEL, THANKS VERY MUCH. SO NOW, I GOT ANOTHER LITTLE REQUEST. AND I WAS HOPING IT WOULD BE 12:59 AND I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S 1:00. BUT MICHAEL SAYS HE'S IS SO QUICK, WE WON'T EVEN FEEL IT. PURCHASING HAS ONE ITEM IS TO

[1. Discuss and award RFP No. 3159-21 Nueces County Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds Management Services.]

AWARD THE RFP 3159 -- 21. AND MICHAEL IT'S QUICK BECAUSE...? >> IT'S QUICK BECAUSE WE HAVE

ONE BIT BIDDER AND THE CURRENT PROVIDER. >> AND YOU ARE RECOMMENDING.

>> THE AGENT ITEM NUMBER? >> IT'S C 1. THE ONLY ONE UNDER PURCHASING TODAY. C-1.

>> OKAY. MY BAD. I WONDER HOW COME WE ONLY HAD ONE. >> I THINK IT'S COVID-19, BRENT, AND VENUES REALLY TOOK A BIG HIT, VENUE PROVIDERS AROUND THE NATION AND EVEN THOUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS SPECIFIC RELIEF GIVEN UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF ACT, UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU DID NOT HAVE PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, LIKE CONCERTS IN YOUR VENUE ON A REGULAR BASIS, YOU DIDN'T QUALIFY, SO SPETRA WAS ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE PLACES THAT WAS CLEARLY AN EVENT CENTER AND CLEARLY EFFECTED BY COVID, BUT DIDN'T QUALIFY. SO, I FEEL LIKE

PROBABLY IT'S JUST BAD TIMING, AS THEY SAY. >> I GUESS SO.

>> MICHAEL, GO AHEAD, JUST GIVE US THE INFORMATION. IT IS ONLY ONE BIDDER.

>> OKAY. SO MOVED TO EXECUTIVE. >> I COULD GO INTO A LOT OF GREAT DETAILS ABOUT HOW HAPPY WE'RE WITH THE SERVICES OF THE FAIRGROUNDS. WE REMAINED THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, WE HAVE JASON GREEN AND KATRINA HANDLING THE FOOD FOR US AND SHE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB FOR US DURING ALL THE IMMUNIZATION EVENTS AND KEEPING ALL THE WORK FED. ALSO KELLER TAYLOR WILL BE RETAINED AS AT DISTRICT GM. WHEN THE COURT APROOFS THE AWARD THAT WILL START THE NEGOTIATION PHASE AND WE'LL BEGIN TALKS ON THE BASE MANAGEMENT FEES, THE

INCENTIVE FEE AND THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT. >> AND THAT'S WHERE THE GOOD WORK BEGINS, THIS IS WHERE YOU SAY, JASON, I GUESS YOU'RE LUCKY THAT YOU GOT A GREAT TEAM BACK

AGAIN. AND WE HAVE BEFORE VERY PLEASED WITH SPECTRA. >> AND SHOUT OUTTO RAYMOND AND

ALL THE TEAM MOVING EQUIPMENT. >> THANKS, JASON. SO, I THOUGHT I HEARD A MOTION,

COMMISSIONER, DID I HEAR IT? >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

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>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> LAST CALL, HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFICANT

IF I BUY SAYING AYE. (CHORUS OF AYES). >> WHERE IT SAYS MONITORING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND JUST USING, REDISTRICTING OR ELECTION REFORM, I DON'T SEE IT IN HERE WHERE IT SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO DO ANY LOBBYING ON THOSE THINGS. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO MONITOR THOSE THINGS AND REPORT BACK, RIGHT? IN OTHER WORDS, ELECTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE SHOULD CONSULT WITH KARA BEFORE, I'M NOT SEEING WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO LOBBY ON THOSE THINGS,

THEY'RE JUST MONITORING, RIGHT? UNLESS WE TELL THEM TOO, LATER? >> EXACTLY, UNLESS THE COURT DIRECTS OTHERWISE, I MEAN. SFL I DON'T SEE WHERE IT SAYS, ALL THEY'RE DOING IS MONITORING THOSE THINGS. AND I DON'T SEE IT IN THE DRAFT THAT I HAVE UNLESS I MISSED SOMETHING.

>> LOOK, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR STATE THAT'S GOING TO EFFECT YOUR COUNTY. AND AS POLICY MAKERS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HEADACHE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. I THINK THE MONITORING IS QUITE

IMPORTANT. >> RIGHT. AND OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID, WITH ELECTION.

>> I MEAN IT'S A GOP RUN AGENDA, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF SAY SO,

IF ANYONE'S WORRIED ABOUT THAT. >> I DON'T SEE IN HERE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO LOBBY ON OUR

BEHALF. >> NOT UNLESS THERE'S A RESOLUTION OF THIS COURT.

THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. IF THERE'S A RESOLUTION FROM THE COURT DIRECTING SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING, THEN THAT'S DIFFERENT. RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PUTTING A TEAM IN PLACE TO DISCUSS ALL OF THE ISSUES OF THE DAY WITH US, AND ALL WE DID WAS TRY TO INCLUDE THE GOVERNOR'S CHARGES TO BE COMPREHENSIVE. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THE BOTTOM

LINE IS. >> I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THE RECORD REFLECTS THAT. THAT'S IT. I DON'T KNOW IF JOEL SAID SOMETHING, AND I THINK MAYBE IT WAS MISTWINTERPRETED.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO, LET'S GO TO THE MAGIC LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW, OR JUAN, DID YOU WANT TO? YOU SAY YOU'RE SUPER QUICK?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> I WAS READING. ALL RIGHT, W

[1. Discuss and consider approval of the plat of Indian Flats Unit 2, in Commissioners Precinct 1, on FM 624 east of CR 101.]

JUAN LET'S CHECK IT OUT. >> THAT'S PRECINCT 1. >> THE PLAN FOR PLATS TWO.

THIS IS IN PRECINCT 1. THERE ARE 13 LOT IN THIS PLAT. THE LOTS RANGE FROM 5.1 ACRES TO 7 PLUS ACRES. IN THIS CASE, A WATER AND, SORRY, A SEPTIC AND A WATER WELL BOND IS NOT REQUIRED THROUGH OUR SUBDIVISION RULES, SO WE'RE NOT REQUESTING BONDS FOR THIS PURPOSE ON THIS

SPECIFIC PLANT. >> ARE ARE WATER BONDS REQUIRE SNIDE

>> ANYTHING BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 ACRES, WE REQUEST THAT, ANYTHING BETWEEN 5-10 ACRES ARE NOT

REQUIRED, COMMISSIONER. >> OUR MODEL RULES DO NOT APPLY OVER 5 ACRES.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AFTER 10 ACRES, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED.

>> AND YOU'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AFTER VISITING WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND DOING ALL THE

REQUIRED WORK. >> YES, MA'AM. WE RESEARCHED IT.

>> YOU RESEARCHED IT? >> YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY.

>> JUAN, WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE IN DRAINAGE WILL THAT AREA REQUIRE RETENTION PONDS?

>> IN REGARDS TO THE WAY THE LAND LAYS OUT, COMMISSIONER, EVERYTHING DRAINS TO THE WEST AND ALSO TO THE SOUTH. IT DRAINS INTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THE DEVELOPER OR WHOEVER ENDS UP DEVELOPING THESE PIECES OF PROPERTY, WILL HAVE TO ACQUIRE A DRIVEWAY PERMIT THROUGH TXDOT, AND AT THAT POINT THIS TIME, TXDOT NORMALLY REQUESTS A STORM WATER DESIGN PLAN. AT THAT

POINT IN TIME, TXDOT WILL MAKE THOSE REQUIREMENTS IF NEEDED. >> OKAY.

>> YOU WILL TAKE THE PROPER STEPS TO BE SURE? >> YES, SIR, WEAVE BEEN IN

COMMUNICATION WITH TXDOT. >> AND SO WE'LL ASK POUR A MOTION AT THIS TIME TO APPROVE

THIS PLAT. >> SO MOVED. >> OF INDIAN FLATS.

>> AND A MOTION, I THINK A HEARD A SECOND. >> SECOND.

>> I DID. AND JUST ON THE DISCUSSION PIECE, NOT NOW BUT LATER, MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO IS, I DON'T KNOW, BRING BACK SOME SORT OF AN AGENDA ITEM IN THE FUTURE THAT TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE THE PROCESS. THIS IS COMMISSIONER REFLECTED ON. I HAVE HEARD A

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LOT OF RUMBLINGS RECENTLY, HOW REALLY INEFFICIENT IT IS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND THE LACK OF CLARITY. AND HERE'S WHERE YOU BEING A FLOOD PLAN MANAGER FOR THE COUNTY COULD REALLY COME IN HANDY, MAYBE IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, BUT IF YOU HAVE THE DIALOG WITH THE DEVELOPERS, AND WE COULD PUT TOGETHER SOME REAL CLARITY, THEN THEY WOULD BE HAPPIER AND WE WOULD BE HAPPIER, BECAUSE MOST OF THE DEVELOPERS TODAY THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH AND APPROVE THESE PLATS FOR, THEY HAVE TO HAVE DRAINAGE, THEY CAN'T SURVIVE ANYMORE WITHOUT IT. AND SO, I JUST THINK THERE COULD BE SOMETHING MORE THAT WE COULD DO TO ASSIST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPERS, BUT GIVE THEM 1 HUB% CLARITY. IT'S NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE, I THINK WE COULD GET THERE AND WE COULD USE SORT OF OUR FEMA FLOOD PLANE MANAGEMENT TOOL AS A MEANS TO REALLY GET THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES, IT'S JUST A THOUGHT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT 2-4 WEEKS. HOW THAT AGENDA ITEM WILL COME TO BEAR. EVEN IF IT'S JUST

WEEKLY OR MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS. >> MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING OUR

LOBBYISTS CAN HELP WITH AT THE STATE LEVEL. >> THANK YOU, JUAN.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFICANT IF I BUY SAYING AYE. (CHORUS OF AYES).

>> ALL RIGHT. THAT GETS YOU OFF THE HOOK, YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR'S AND MICHAEL'S DONE WITH HIS. AND NOW, WE MAY HAVE A TIME TO BREAK. WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT I'LL GIVE US A CHANCE TO GET A SANDWICH OR WHATEVER YOU NEED AS A BREAK WISE. I'M GIVING NOTICE AND THE

[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 IS 1:10 P.M., THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS ELECTED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION DURING THE MEETING TO DISCUSS MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA WHEN AUTHORIZED BY THE PROVISION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CHAPTER # 51 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. AND IN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, I AS THE PRESIDING OFFICER AND WITH THE AUTHORITY OF GOVERNMENT CODE, TEXAS CODE SECTION 551071734, 5, 6, 83 AND 87. WE'RE GOING TO CONSULT WITH OUR ATTORNEY INCLUDING MATTERS, OF SECURITY DEVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND ANY OTHER MATTER THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. UPON COLLEAGUES OF SUCH EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'LL COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AND WE'LL TAKE SUCH APPROPRIATE ACTION AS NECESSARY ON ITEMS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND AGAIN, FOR THE CLERK. 1:11

NOW. AND WE WILL GO OFF TH >> BACK ON THE RECORD AT 3:29 P.M., OFFICIALLY GAVELLING US BACK IN. AND WE'VE GOT A FEW MOTION TOSS TAKE UP, DIRECTIVES FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND I

[A. Discuss, consider, and take action regarding claim and settlement counter-demand of Sonia Resendez on behalf of her minor son, and related matters.]

WOULD ASK IF THERE IS A PARTICULAR MOTION TO CONSIDER REGARDING ITEM 4-A. I HAVE A MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO REJECT THE LAST OFFER AND CONTINUE IN

NEGOTIATIONS. >> SECOND. >> WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A

SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFICANT IF I BUY SAYING AYE.

(CHORUS OF AYES). >> OKAY. AND, IS THERE WE ALSO DISCUSSED OTHER ITEMS, IS THERE

ANY FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN >> JUDGE, YES, I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THAT FOR

CONTINUED WORK FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. >> CAN I PUT IT ON FOR

JULY 21ST U.S.? >> I WAS GOING TO ASK, IS THAT ENOUGH TIME IN

>> MEETING IN AUGUST? >> WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE THE CONSIDERATION AT HER DISCRETION.

BUT WE'LL AIM FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST, IF NOT SIB SOONER. >> WE'LL TABLE IT AND I'LL GET YOU TO COORDINATE WITH JENNY WHETHER IT'S THE LAST MEETING IN JULY OR THE FIRST IN AUGUST.

>> FAIR ENOUGH. >> THAT'S THE MOTION, JUDGE. >> I'LL SECOND THAT. AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFICANT IF I BUY

SAYING AYE. (CHORUS OF AYES). >> OKAY. GREAT. SO, GOING BACK INTO REGULAR AGENDA HERE.

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WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A RECEIVE AN UP DATE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SELF-HELP CENTER. THAT'S ITEM 10. SORRY, MELISSA, GIVE ME JUST A SECOND. WE'LL PUT YOU UP NEXT, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN

[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.]

WAITING. H 1-4. GIVEN THE TORRENTIAL RAINS, WE'VE GOT IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT

YOU'RE GOING... >> WHICH ONE JUDGE? >> GENERAL INFORMATION REPORTS.

AND THE ONE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT, BUT WE WANT TO START WITH THE ERAP PROGRAM. BECAUSE YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT WITH WE BROUGHT THAT TO COURT A FEW MIX BACK. THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND WE HAVE THOSE ANSWERS AN ANSWERS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE CITY. I WOULD INVITE YOU ALL TO PRESENT AT

THIS TIME. H-1. >> DID WE DO 10, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY 10.

>> I KNOW T I DID AND THEN I LOOKED UP AND THEY REMINDED ME THAT MELISSA'S BEEN WAITING ALL MORNING. SHE'S GOT DEATH DUTIES TO ATTEND TO. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE HER ITEMS RIGHT NOW, AND

WE'LL HEAD RIGHT BACK TO ITEM 10 ON REGULAR AGENDA. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, AND JUDGE. I'LL START IN THE ORDER THAT THE DISASTERS PRESENT ON THE AGENDA STARTING WITH OUR COVID-19 UPDATE. I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE ERAP PROGRAM. AND I'M SURE THAT MARIA CAN EXPOUND IF YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDING BEHIND THIS. BUT THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WE NOW SIGNED A TASK ORDER, HAGGERDY AND THE WORK AUTHORIZATION FOR THIS SCOPE OF WORK IS SET NOT TO EXCEED LIMIT OF IT $56,960.

THIS IS GOING TO COVER THEIR, BOTH IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM AND SEEING IT THROUGH CLOSEOUT.

THEY'RE PRODUCING THE TRAINING MATERIALS FOR THE HALF THAT'S GOING TO BE RUNNING THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE CASE MANAGERS. SO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING THAT OUTREACH STRATEGY, THE TRAINING PROGRAM, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR STAFF TO BE APPROXIMATELY THREE DAYS IN LENGTH. AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND THE CASE MANAGERS THAT WILL BE HELPING TO EXECUTE THIS PROGRAM. UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE WE DID FIND OUT FROM THE CITY, THEY HAD UNTIL LAST FRIDAY TO SAY WETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE JOINING US IN THE EFFORT. WHICH THEY ARE, SO THAT'S GREAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TOGETHER TO DISSEMINATE THIS PROGRAM AND THE FUNDS AVAILABLE. WERE THERE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ABOUT, JUST THE KIND OF KICKOFF OF THE PROGRAM. THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING, THE ADMINISTRATIVE

COST, ANY OF THOSE ITEMS AT THIS TIME? >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MARIA

AND REBECCA A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. >> GIVE HER A SECOND, MARIA,

WOULD YOU MIND COMING TO THE MICROPHONE? >> OH, I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE, MARIA WAS HERE. BUT, ON LAST WEEK, LAST MEETING WE HAD SOME INFORMATION ON THE ADMINISTRATION, THE RENTAL, AND IT WAS MENTIONED ALSO, THE MORTGAGE. PART OF THIS THING HERE AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WORKED ON THE GRANT AND I KNOW REBECCA, I TALKED TO HER A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT THE RENTALS AND ABOUT THE MORTGAGE AND IT HASN'T BEEN SETTLED YET,

BECAUSE I THINK YOU WERE WORKING WITH THE CITY. >> SO, WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON ERAP. THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MORTGAGE PROGRAM WILL HAVE TO BE MANAGED SEPARATELY.

AND IF WE CHOOSE TO USE HAGGARDY ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S STATE FUNDING AND THAT DIDN'T COME

FROM TREASURY, BUT THEY'RE RELATED PROGRAMS. >> HOW LONG IS THE PROJECT, HOW LONG WILL IT BE, THE ERAP PROGRAM, WILL IT BE A TWO OR THREE YEAR GRANT?

>> ERAP 1 WAS THE FIRST ROLLOUT FROM THE TREASURY, THERE IS A DEADLINE RIGHT NOW TO SPEND 65% OF THE FUNDS BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT THE DEADLINE FOR THAT GRANT IS DECEMBER 2022. ERAP 2 WAS

$50,000, I BELIEVE THE END DATE FOR THAT IS DECEMBER 2024. >> WE'VE PREPARED A PACT ON

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THAT. I JUST ASKED MAGGIE TO BRING IT IN, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GUESS, GIVE HER JUST A MOMENT

THAT WAY WE COULD HAND THEM OUT. >> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION I THINK I'VE ASKED REBECCA ONE TIME. ON THE ADMINISTRATION, I THINK THAT MELISSA JUST MENTIONED ALSO ABOUT ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT FROM THE SAME GRANT?

>> YES, SO ERAP 1 ALLOWS 10% TO BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COST, AND ERAP 2 IS ALSO. SO, HAGGARDY WOULD TAKE, $56,960 AND THE REMAINDER IS THAT DO WE WANT ONE FULL-TIME PERSON OR A COUPLE OF PART-TIME PEOPLE. WITH A FULL-TIME, FRINGE BENEFITS THEY CANS THAT NUMBER GO UP.

>> SO, HAGGERDY IS TAKING $56,000 FROM THE TOP, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE EAR-MARKING FOR THEMSELVES, AND THE STAFF, SAY WE HIRE 1 OR TWO, WHATEVER IT IS, THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM

THE BALANCE OF THAT, RIGHT? >> YES IT IS. >> AND, REBECCA, ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE, DO YOU HAVE ROOM IN YOUR OFFICE TO HANDLE ADMINISTRATION?

>> I HAVE TWO EMPTY DESKS, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE A TEAM THAT WOULD COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF THIS PROGRAM SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO, IF

THAT HAS CHANGED I'M NOT. >> NO, IT HAS NOT CHANGED. >> SO THAT WAS THE INTENT, THAT IT WOULDN'T BE IN MY FACILITY, IS HOW I INITIALLY UNDERSTOOD IS IT.

>> WOULD YOU OVERLOOK THIS PROJECT HERE, AS FAR AS THE RENTAL?

>> DID I OVERLOOK IT? >> IS THAT PART OF THE UM UMBRELLA?

>> I THINK THE INTENT THAT I WAS ALWAYS BE INVOLVED IN IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO MANAGE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY ESPECIALLY WHEN COMBINED WITH THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

>> SO IF YOU HIRE TWO PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT THEIR GOING TO DO, ADMINISTER THE GRANT?

>> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. >> I THINK Y'ALL ARE SPEAKING DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

>> OKAY. >> HE'S ASKING, WETHER OR NOT, MAYBE JUST GO BACK OVER, HAGGERDY'S DUTIES, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE POINT PERSON AND THE CITY AND THE OF COUNTY ARE

COMBINING THEIR DOLLARS. >> THE CALL CENTER AND ALL OF OF THE ADMIN WILL BE HANDLED OFF-PREMISES. BUT, YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIRE PEOPLE WE NEED TO RUN FOR EXAMPLE, POTENTIAL COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AT LEAST FOR 30 DAYS, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE GOT THIS GREAT PROGRAM AND THEY COULD USE THE CALL CENTER. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, THE AUDITOR MIGHT NEED SOMEBODY IN HIS OFFICE, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR CUTTING THE ACTUAL CHECKS. WHILE HAGGARDY DOES THE ADMINISTRATION, THE AUDITOR HAS TO WRITE THE CHECKS, HE MAY NEED SOMEBODY.

>> OF THOSE THREE? OR IN ADDITION? >> IN ADDITION. WE GET THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE SOFTWARE THAT'S PROPRIETARY TO HA FREAKS GARDY. SHE'LL BE INCLUDED IN

ALL AS SECRETARIES OF IT. >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION, SHE'S GOING TO BE INVOLVED AND MAKE

SURE THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES ON LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO, RIGHT? >> WOULD SHE MONITOR THE

SUPERVISOR? >> NO, I DON'T THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE THE SUPERVISOR,

BECAUSE SHE CAN'T DO HER WORK AND ANOTHER WORK. >> SO IT WOULD BE TOTAL

SEPARATE COMPONENT? >> YES, I THINK WE'LL FUNCTION MORE AS A REFERRAL AND OUTREACH FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND WE STILL HAVE CARE SPEND NATIONAL GUARD MY OFFICE THAT WE'RE SPENDING. SO WE'RE ACCEPTING ALL APPLICATIONS

AND REVIEWING THEM FOR POTENTIAL ERAP FUNDING. >> SO, YOU'RE DOING RENTAL AND

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MORTGAGE? >> YES, WE'VE ALSO DONE RENTAL AND MORTGAGE.

>> YOU'RE DOING BOTH? >> YES. >> AND YOU SAID, I THINK MARIA SAID BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE 65% HAS TO BE ON THE GROUND.

>> 65% OF ERAP 1. WE'RE ANTICIPATING ASKING FOR A VARIANCE OR EXTENSION TO THAT.

I REALLY THINK THAT, WE'RE ON KIND OF LIKE A MONTHLY ERAP CALL WITH THE STATE. AND HEN HARRIS COUNTY COMBINED WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON ARE AT 45% OF THEIR ALLOCATION. WE'RE GOING TO ASK

FOR AN EXTENSION FOR THAT RULE. >> THAT'S ONLY THREE MONTHS. >> THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN SO, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF WISH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAD THEIR PROCESS OF WHERE THEY HAD TO GO OUT FOR RFP AND THEY STARTED ON MARCH 22ND, AND THEY DIDN'T GET TO AWARD THE CONTRACT UNTIL MAY 11TH. WE WERE HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS DONE A LONG TIME AGO. WE RECEIVED THE FUNDS BACK AT THE END OF THE JANUARY. SO, YEAH, I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS.

>> WE'RE GOING TO RFP ALSO? >> WE DIDN'T, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD ISSUED THE DISASTER

MANAGEMENT RFP WHICH INCLUDED OTHER RECOVERY FUNDING SOURCES. >> BUT THE ANSWER IS WE DID RFP

FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT. >> WE DID, NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR ERAP BUT UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF

RECOVERY SERVICES UNDER MANAGEMENT. >> AND THAT'S WHAT HAGGARDY

DOES? >> YES. WILL WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER ONE, JUDGE?

>> WE ARE GOING TO DO IT FOR FEMA, BRIK. >> THE ONE THAT'S OUT FOR FEMA RIGHT NOW WILL COVER ALL FEMA COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS. WHAT WE CALL BRIC.

>> YEP. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK Y'ALL

PUT INTO THIS THING HERE. AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT. >> IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS BUT

WE'RE GETTING THERE AND WE'RE READY TO ROLL OUT THE FUND. >> I WASN'T SURE HOW IT WAS GOING TO WORK OR WHAT REBECCA'S JOB WAS GOING TO BE ON THIS THING.

>> HA GGGARDY WILL HAVE TO REPT ON THIS TO GIVE UPDATES. CAN ONE OF Y'ALL DOUBLE CHECK, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, SO THAT'S WHY SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT WE HAD A PACT READY WITH ERAP AND ALL THE BASIC QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAD LAST COURT THAT WE BROUGHT IT UP.

MAYBE YOU COULD DROP BY THE OFFICE AND SEE IF SHE COULD FIND H

THOSE AND BRING THEM IN. >> I WANT TO CLARIFY, THE CITY WILL BE HANDLING THE RESIDENT OF

CORPUS CHRISTI. >> SO, IF YOU CALL INTO THE CALL CENTER AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF BY ADDRESS, THEY WILL FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY TO GO. SO HAGGARDY WILL INVOICE US SEPARATELY AND THE CITY SEPARATELY. AND THAT ESTIMATE LEAVES AMPLE ROOM FOR US TO GET WHATEVER EXTRA WE NEED, THAT MAY BE FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTERS, OR DALE'S OFFICE.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL BE EVALUATING ONCE THE PROGRAM IS UP AND RUNNING.

>> I KNOW WE GAVE DIRECTION TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE CITY IF

THEY WERE GOING TO WORK WITH US. >> THE CITY DIDN'T THINK AN INTERLOCAL WAS NECESSARY. I LEAVE THAT UP TO THE LAWYERS TO FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE. WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WAS THERE WAS A WORK ORDER AND TASKS AND DEFINING SCOPE FROM HAGGARDY. I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE COULD USE ONE SOFTWARE FLAT FORM. AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A LETTER AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AGREES WITH US. THAT WE'RE ALL ALLOWED TO USE THAT ONE PLATFORM. AND HOW HA GOOD, GARDY PARCELS THAT OUT IS IN THE TASK ORDER.

>> BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MIX. >> WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MIX, BUT THE CALLS COME IN

MIXED. >> THEY WILL BILL OUT BASED ON THE APPLICATION.

>> THROUGH THEIR COUNTY? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND WE COULD GET YOU A COPY

OF THAT TASK ORDER. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.

>> AND AGAIN, WE'RE DIEING FOR THOSE PHONE NUMBERS, AS SOON AS WE GET THE PHONE NUMBER, WE WANT

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TO PUT OUT A STRONG PRESS RELEASE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW

HELP IS HERE BUT THEY GOT TO KNOW THE NUMBER TO CALL. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THAT THERE'S CLARITY ON THIS SITUATION AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, PARTS THAT STILL NEED TO BE FIGURED OUT, BUT IF REMEMBER, LAST COMMISSIONERS COURT I DID TELL YOU IT WAS VERY LIKELY WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIRING PART-TIME OR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES TO HELP EXECUTE THE PROGRAM. SO, THE $56,000 FOR HAGGARDY, JUST TO REITERATE, IS FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROGRAM AND HOW TO DISSEMINATE THE PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT TRAINING ON THAT, AND TO TRAIN AND PRODUCE THIS TRAINING PROGRAM AND THAT'S WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT COVERS. BEYOND THAT, AS MARIA SAID, THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM OTHER SOURCES. WE'LL STILL NEED FOLKS THAT PLAY THE ROLE OF THE SUPPORTERS FOR NUECES COUNTY RESIDENTS CALLING. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY WITH OUR PORTION OF THE MONEY TO ASSIST THE UNINCORPORATED RESIDENTS. AND SO, THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A DIVISION OF TASKS IF YOU WILL, BUT WHAT THE JUDGE IS WANTING AND WHAT WE'RE WANTING IS A UNIFIED SYSTEM THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE WORKING FROM. ANY RESIDENT IS HEARING INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY LIVE HAD THE CITY OR COUNTY, THE PROCESS WILL BE THE SAME. IT'S OUR CITY OR COUNTY THAT WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT PROCESS ONCE THOSE FOLKS COME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CASE MANAGEMENT LEVEL. WE'LL BE HIRING TEMPORARY OR A FULL-TIME

EMPLOYEE, WHATEVER WILL WORK BEST FOR THIS. >> THE PEOPLE YOU HIRE WILL BE

CASE MANAGERS? PROBABLY? >> I WOULD IMAGINE YOU AT LEAST NEEDED ONE THAT IS ABLE TO EXECUTE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PART AND CASE MANAGEMENT, WHERE YOU HAVE SOMEONE DOING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PART AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT SKILL SETS THAT SOMEBODY WILL

COME WITH. >> REBECCA DO YOU HAVE OPENINGS IN YOUR OFFICE? YOU HAVE TWO

VACANT DESKS? >> I DON'T HAVE OPENINGS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I

APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU GUY HAVES DONE. >> ANYMORE QUESTIONS BEFORE I

MOVE ONTO OTHER COMPONENTS OF COVID-19? >> NO, MA'AM.

>> OKAY. >>> SO, AS FAR AS COVID-19 GOES, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT, WE'VE GOTTEN TO A REALLY GREAT PLACE OF HAVING THESE PERMANENT VACCINATION SITES REGULARLY RUNNING. ALWAYS HAVING THE VACCINE AVAILABLE, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE STRUGGLED WITH IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE DID GET THE VACCINES. SO, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE REGULAR OCCURRING SITES, I DON'T HAVE TO COME HERE AND TELL YOU WERE THEY ARE, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THEM LONG ENOUGH, AT THE MALL, AND NOW WE HAVE THE GOOD WILL. SO OUR STATE COVID TESTING BEING DONE AT MEMORIAL HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE THE SITE AND WE DO HAVE A VACCINATION COMING UP THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE MEMORIAL PARKING LOT. STILL USING A GREAT SITE THAT WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC. WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK, AND REACHING BACK TO SCHOOL BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND LOCATIONS FOR VACCINATING. WE HAVE TO START CONSIDERING THAT WE'LL BE COMING UP ON THE 6-MONTH BOOSTER SHOTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR SOME OF THE VACCINE BRANDS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE VOLUME OF VACCINATIONS THAT WERE DONE AT THE BEGINNING, YOU COULD SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR MAYBE, THE MASS-VACCINATION SITES. SO, WE STILL HAVE THAT, WE'RE STILL HOLDING ONTO THAT AS POTENTIALLY HAVING TO REALLY REENGAGE IN A MASS-VACCINATION SITE BECAUSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE DID VACCINATE IN THE BEGINNING. WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE, OBVIOUSLY, THE PHARMACIES, AND PRIVATE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE VACCINE BEFORE, THAT NOW CAN PROVIDE THE BOOSTER, SO, THE BURDEN WON'T BE QUITE AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING. BUT THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NUECES COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS AND ARE ABLE TO GET TO THE SITES TO GET VACCINATED OR GET THEIR BOOSTER VACCINE. WE'RE CURRENTLY STILL WORKING WITH THE BCFS TEAM, WE'RE DOWN TO THREE STAFF MEMBERS AND POTENTIALLY

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DOWN TO TWO SOON. THEY CONTINUE TO HELP US. WITH THEIR ASSISTANCE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SCHEDULE OUT AN ENTIRE MONTH AT A TIME FOR OUR VACCINE SITES. THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL, BUT AT ONE POINT, WE WERE GOING DAY BY DAY TO SET THIS UP AND HAVING AN ENTIRE MONTH OUTLOOK ON VACCINES IS PHENOMENAL. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE TEAM FOR THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY BROUGHT TO MY DEPARTMENT, TO THE JUDGE AND THE SECTION CHIEFS THAT HAVE

BEEN PERFORMING THESE FUNCTIONS. >>> THE ONE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO MENTION, REAL QUICK AS IT PERTAINS TO COVID-19. IS JUST THE PURCHASING OF SOME OF THE HEAT ILLNESS PREVENTION MATERIALS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT OUT AT OUR SITES. IT IS VERY HOT, IT'S GOING TO GET HOTTER SO WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND FOLKS THAT MAY BE OUT AT THE SITES, THE RESIDENTS, COMFORT. NOT JUST COMFORT, BUT RATHER SAFETY ITEMS THAT WILL HELP PREVENT HEAT ILLNESS IN THE SOUTH TEXAS HEAT. SO MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEAM ARE COMMUNICATING RESOURCE NEEDS. THAT WASN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE BEGINNING, WE PROCURE EVERYTHING AND NOW WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED. WE'RE CONSTANTLY NEEDING NEW ITEMS BASED ON CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR THE COVID-19 UPDATE,

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UNLESS ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE HURRICANE HANNAH AND TROPICAL STORM

UPDATE. >>> HEARING NOTHING, I'M JUST TO START WITH BOB PAUL PIER, THAT'S WHAT HURRICANE HANNAH IS ALL ABOUT. I'M GETTING EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE PIER, I THINK WE HAD TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME NOT KNOWING IF WE WOULD GET FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. AND WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE WE'RE TAKING ON AND REALLY DEFINING WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE PIER WILL LIKE LIKE FOR OURSELVES. YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD ACCESS TO SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS, I HAVE NOW, ONE OF THOSE BEING THE BOB HALL PIER CONSUMER RELIEF PROGRAM. THE FIRST PHASE IS ALREADY COMPLETED, THAT WAS THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, THE ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS. THIS MONTH WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED PHASE 2. AND THIS PROJECT IS ALL ABOUT AGAIN, CONSUMER RESEARCH AND PUBLIC OUTREACH AND GETTING THAT EXTERNAL INPUT. SO THIS MONTH IS TWO DIFFERENT TOWN HALL MEETINGS, WHERE THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO PUT THEIR OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE FROM BOB HALL PIER, WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS AND AGAIN GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS ITEMS NEEDED LIKE THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE INCLUDED IN EVERYTHING WE DO IN THE REBUILD OF THE PIER. AND PHASE THREE IS THE SURVEYS AND THE ONLINE SURVEY THAT'S GOING TO BE PRODUCED AND THAT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL WAY TO GET THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION. YOU'LL HAVE ALSO SEEN, UM, PROBABLY I CAN'T BE 100% SURE, THE BOB HALL PIER DESIGN DRAFT SCHEDULE. BEFORE I START TALKING ABOUT IT, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU'VE SEEN THAT, JUDGE HAVE YOU SEEN THAT?

>> I HAVE. >> IT'S JUST A DRAFT SCHEDULE THAT REALLY KIND OF LAYS OUT WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE IN THE REBUILDING OF THE PIER.

>> WHY DON'T YOU MAKE IT A POINT TO GET EVERYBODY A COPY OF IT SO THEY COULD SEE IT.

>> SURE. AND I CAN GET YOU THE CONSUMER RESEARCH POWER POINT AS WELL, THAT'S A HELPFUL DOCUMENT TO HAVE. I'LL GET YOU THAT AND I'LL GET YOU THE PIER DESIGN. NOT THE PIER DESIGN, THE DESIGN DRAFT SCHEDULE. AND THAT SETS FOURTH EVERYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC TOWN HALL MEETINGS, TO EXPECTATION FOR WHEN WE MIGHT BE GETTING INTO THE PERMITTING PHASE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BID AWARD PROCESS AND THEN CONSTRUCTION. AGAIN, THIS IS ALL DRAFT, THIS IS ALL HOPE'S FOR. THIS IS OUR GOAL, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR. SO, WE MIGHT SEE ANOTHER ONE PRODUCED THAT HAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DATES. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW IN THIS DRAFT, WE COULD BE LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING DECEMBER 6TH OF '22 AND POTENTIALLY HAVING THE

PROJECT COMPLETED MID-YEAR IN '23. SO, AGAIN, THAT'S ALL... >> I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING. I THINK THAT'S REALISTICALLY, WE COULD EVEN BEAT IT, SO TO SPEAK, BUT IT'S A REALLY GOOD TIMELINE. IT'S AGGRESSIVE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED IT TO BE.

>> WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO OR NOT ABLE TO DO.

SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN IT'S ENTIRETY, IT'S FAST. >> MELISSA, IF I RECALL, THAT'S

WITH PERMITTING? >> YES. ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BID CANS AWARD PROCESS,

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CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING AND THE COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION. IF WE COULD GET THIS BY 5/23/23, AND THAT WOULD BE AMAZING T THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT WE COULD GET FROM THE PUBLIC AND THAT MAY SHIFT AND CHANGE THIS SCHEDULE, BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE COUNTY REVIEWS INCLUDED WHERE ALL THE PROCESSES WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT I'M SURE, FOR REVIEW.

IT'S A GOOD SCHEDULE, SO I COULD GET THIS SENT OUT TO YOU, TAKE A LOOK AT IT, IT REALLY LAYS OUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. IT EVEN INCLUDES THE LENGTH OF TIME REQUIRED FOR THE HYDRODYNAMIC ENGINEER REPORTS. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THOSE REPORTS EMBEDDED IN SOMETHING THAT HAS WHAT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SHORT TIMELINE. IT MAKES ME EXCITED BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE WE'VE JUST BEEN HANGING ONTO DAMAGE AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND WE'VE BEEN SET TREE, I THINK IN THIS. EVERY EFFORT THAT WE TAKE FOR THE PIER. IT WAS INTERESTING, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE, THE BOB HALL PIER COMMITTEE AND IT'S FISHING DESIGNED AND IT'S BASED OUT OF FLORIDA WHICH HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN ENVIRONMENT, BUT THE STRUCTURES AND WHAT IS COMMON TO BE FOUND ON A PIER IS KIND OF PUT INTO THAT AND I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO INCORPORATE INTO OUR PIER. WHAT IS SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER PLACES. FLORIDA MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT SOME OF THOSE ENVIRONMENTS ARE DIFFERENT, BUT THE CONCEPTS AND THE REASONS WHY YOU WOULDN'T WANT MAYBE A COVERED STRUCTURE, OR THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE AND PLACES ARE DOING WITH PIERS. GO TO GALVESTON, GO TO LOTS OF PLACES, THEIR PIERS AND WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH THE PIER IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE. LET'S BRING IN WHATEVER WE CAN IN NUECES COUNTY. LET'S BRING IN REVENUE. LET'S BRING IN COASTAL RESILIENCY AND MITIGATION AND EDUCATION ON THE PIER. I'M EXCITED. IT'S A LOT OF NEGATIVE, AND DAMAGE, IT'S STRESSFUL, BUT WHEN YOU GET TO BE EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING, IT JUST CHANGES A LOT OF THINGS. SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT. THAT WAS ALL I HAD, AS FAR AS THE TROPICAL HANNAH, THE PROP TROPICAL IT STORM, I HAVE A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RAIN EWEPT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE, THE RAIN EVENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THE MAY '21 FLOODS BECAUSE IT REALLY LINES UP WITH THAT DISASTER MORE

THAN TROPICAL STORMS OR HURRICANE HANNAH. >> THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING THE SNEAK PEAK OF SOME OF OUR DIGITAL MEDIA, THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT YOU REFERENCED WILL HAVE AN ICON ON OUR NUECES COUNTY WEBSITE. GIVE US TIME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT UP. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PRESS THAT BUTTON AND GIVE YOUR INPUT, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY. IF THE CAMERA CAN CAPTURE THIS, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, DIGITAL

MEDIA THAT WE'RE CREATING. >> AND THE SURVEY WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BE QUICK AND EASY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SURVEY WHEN YOU HAVE ACCESS. IT'S GOING TO BE FAST

AND EASY, WHICH WE KNOW LOTS OF SURVEYS ARE NOT. >> RIGHT, SO, ANYWAY, ALL THIS IS BEING DONE THROUGH THE PETUS GROUP AND WE'RE MAKING LOTS OF PROGRESS ACROSS THE BOARD INCLUDING PURCHASING ARE TODAY EARLIER WITH THE ENGINEERING. ALL RIGHT, TAKE US THROUGH THE

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LAST TWO, MELISSA. >> SURE, FOR WINTER STORM 2021 REALLY WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON IS THE TAIL-END OF RECOVERY. AND THE BIGGEST THING, I THINK IS RECOGNIZING WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE WINTER STORM. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH HAGGARDY ON OUR AFTER ACTION REVIEW. I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, WE'RE STILL IN THE DRAFT FORM AND THERE'LL BE ADDITIONS WE'LL BE ADDING TO IT. AND FROM THAT COMES A STRONG IMPROVEMENT PLAN. OUR PLAN HAS 31 ITEMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED, AND IDENTIFIED THE POTENTIAL SOLUTION AND CREATED A PLAN FOR. AND IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD TO SAY, HERE ARE 31 ISSUES WE HAD IN OUR RESPONSE. BUT IT FEELS GOOD TO SAY, HERE'S 31

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ANSWERS WE HAVE FOR THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN THE GAPS. THIS ISN'T JUST FOR WINTER STORMS OR HURRICANE OR GLOBAL PANDEMIC, BUT THE STRATEGIC RESERVE, HAVING A STOCKPILE, HAVING THAT EXTRA BIT OF RESOURCE IN YOUR JURISDICTION SO THAT THE ROADS ARE COVERED OR HAVE DEBRIS, YOU STILL HAVE ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS, LIKE WATER, GENERATORS, FANS, LIGHTS, FLASHLIGHTS, WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE, AND COVID-19 SHOWED US OUR AREAS OF VULNERABILITY. BUT WE HAVE A VULNERABLE POPULATION AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY CAN WE SUPPORT OURSELVES AS A COUNTY AS A RESPONSE AND BEING CUT OFF OF OUR RESOURCES BUT THAT WE'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY AND THE RESOURCES THEY'RE CUT OFF TOO. PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS FOR OUR RESIDENTS BUT ALSO FOR THE COUNTY, WE TELL OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE TO HAVE 7 DAYS OF MEDICATION AND WATER, AND DOG FOOD. WE SHOULD HAVE 7 WEEKS, RIGHT? AS NUECES COUNTY, SEVEN WEEKS OF WATER, AND SEVEN WEEKS OF MRES, WE KNOW IF WE'RE COMPLETELY CUT OFF, WE COULD SUSTAIN OURSELVES AS A COUNTY AND OUR COUNTY STAFF BUT BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AND SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS. STRATEGIC STOCKPILE, RESERVES, WARE HOUSES, THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHEN IT PERTAINS TO ANY KIND OF DISASTER. WE COULD SEE IN OUR FLOOD EVENTS, THERE ARE RESOURCES NEEDED AND ACCESS CUT OFF TO RESIDENTS TO BASIC THINGS LIKE WATER AND FOOD. SO, THAT'S A NEW INITIATIVE COMING FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE JUDGE HAS ALREADY KICKED OFF A LOT OF THINGS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TRY AND BRING WHATEVER WE CAN INTO NUECES COUNTY THAT HELPS SUPPORT THAT MISSION. AND WHEN THE AFTER-ACTION REVIEW AND THE ARE COMPLETE, WE'LL DISSEMINATE OUR DOCUMENT AND LET EVERYONE RED READ IT. THE WHOLE POINT IN AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW IS TO SAY, NOT EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT, HERE'S WHERE WE DID WE WILL, AND HERE'S WHERE WE STRUGGLED AND WHERE WE COULD IMPROVEMENT. IT TAKES TIME TO CREATE THE DOCUMENT. WE'RE STILL IN RESPONSE FOR COVID-19, THIS IS TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT'S UNDERTAKEN DURING THE RECOVERY PHASE, I THINK WE SHOULD START LOOKING INTO COLLECTING ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AND MAKING THE PLAN TO BUILD AN AFTER-ACTION REVIEW. THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR THE WINTER STORM. I CAN MOVE ON TO THE MAY RAIN FLOOD EVENT IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.

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

>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MAY AND NOW JULY FLOODING EVENTS. >> SO, I THINK WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN MAY. WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE SAME KINDS OF ISSUES. RIGHT NOW I'M JUST GOING TO UPDATE ON THE SYSTEM REAL QUICKLY BUT THEN I WANT TO GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN FOR JUST A MOMENT. AS FAR AS THIS SYSTEM, WE'RE NOW HAVING CALLS WITH OUR STATE OPERATION CENTER IN AUSTIN. THERE WAS ONE YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND AGAIN TOMORROW. JUST TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING, FOR FLASH FLOODING TO BE EXPERIENCED IN THE MIDDLE COAST DOWN INTO NORTHERN MEXICO. SO WE'RE INCLUDED IN THAT. ALSO, THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS, AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE WITH TWO KIND OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS COMING TOGETHER. SO LOTS OF THINGS TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE -- AND I'VE GOT ED WARD WHOSE THE OPERATION SECTION CHIEF WHOSE ALREADY MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESOURCES THAT WE NEEDED AND POTENTIALLY MIGHT HAVE USED IN MAY THAT THOSE ARE READY TO GO FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. WE GOT SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN, WE HAVE TWO MORE POTENTIAL DAYS OF RAIN. AND SO WE KNOW SOME OF OUR VULNERABLE AREAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION DURING THE MAY FLOODS, I SUSPECT THOSE ARE THE AREAS WE WILL BE HEARING FROM AGAIN. SO WE HAVE ACCESS TO WATER P PUMPS AND WE ORDERED MORE WATER PUMPS, WE HAVE ACCESS LIKE WE DID IN MAY TO THE SEVEN HIGH WATER VEHICLES. WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN MOTION RIGHT NOW AS THIS EVOLVES OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW. AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE PRETTY PREPARED FOR THIS ONE. WE JUST HAD ONE IN MAY, IT RAMPED US UP. AND THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD START LOOKING AT THE PROCUREMENT OF RESOURCES BEFORE WE GET TO A

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DISASTER WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED. NOW HERE WE ARE, HITTING SOMETHING IN JULY, AND NOW WE FEEL BETTER BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PUMPS, THE HIGH WATER VEHICLES IDENTIFIED, WE KNOW WHOSE DOING EXACTLY WHAT AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BRACE OURSELVES, WE WILL BE PUTTING INFORMATION OUT THROUGH EMAILS AND FACEBOOK AS WELL. JUST LET PING PEOPLE KNOW WE'VE GOT THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND OTHER ADVISORIES THAT COME OUT WITH THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS IT

PARTICULAR TYPE OF STORM THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW. >> I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING UPDATES FROM SCOTT CROSS AND WE'RE DEALING WITH MAJOR FLOODING ISSUES IN THE RV PARKS IN PORT A AND ON PADRE. AND WE ALREADY HAVE PAD SITES UNDERWATER IN PORT A AND THE MAJORITY OF PAD SITES UNDER WATER IN PADRE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S NOWHERE TO PUMP THE WATER TO, OUR RETENTION PONDS ARE ALREADY OVERFLOWING, SO, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME VERY, VERY, HIGH WATERS, WE'LL BE TALKING TO THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AFTER THIS MEETING AND THERE MIGHT BE A SITUATION WHERE ACCESS ROAD FOUR IS COMPROMISED. I'M LETTING EVERYONE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT THAT'S A CONCERN AND IT'S JUST THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR WATER TABLE'S ALREADY AT IT'S MAX AND WE'RE SATURATED. WE ARE GOING TO START CONTACTING PEOPLE WHO WERE MAYBE THINKING ABOUT COMING INTO TOWN. WE DON'T TAKE ANY TYPE OF DEPOSIT, SO THERE'S NO REFUND. WE'RE GOING TO START CALLING THEM FROM COASTAL PARKS. ALL OF THIS JUST CAME IN, IN ADDITION, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ISSUED LANGUAGE THAT I THINK WILL BE HELPFUL REGARDING THE FLOODING. AND, SO, AGAIN, HE'S ISSUED A -- HE'S BASICALLY PLACED STATE RESOURCES ON STANDBY AS HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING COME TO SOUTH TEXAS. WE'RE GOING TO MIMIC ALL THE GOOD LANGUAGE THEY'VE PUT IN REGARDING URGING FLOOD PREPAREDNESS AND I WOULD GO AHEAD AND ASSUME THAT WE'RE AT A DIFFERENT READINESS THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY MORNING, MELISSA, BUT WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THIS JUST CAME IN, AGAIN WHILE YOU WERE LITERALLY WHILE

YOU WERE TALKING. >> YES, AND AS A RESULT, TDEM HAS ALREADY ACTIVATED POTENTIAL RESOURCES. YOU HAVE, A & M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE I LEAVE HAS EIGHT VESSELS THAT CAN BE USED AND TEXAS WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS THE BOAT TEAMS AS WELL. THEY'RE LOOKING AT OTHER AREAS STRUCK WITH WHAT YOU WOULD FLASH FLOODING. YOU DON'T SEE IT THE SAME WAY HERE AS YOU DO IN SOME AREAS LIKE SAN MARCOS. AND SOME OTHER AREAS. THEY SEEM TO HAVE A PREDESIGNATED AREA, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE STANDING UP RESOURCES ALREADY, JUST LET'S YOU KNOW, THAT, YES, THIS IS A SYSTEM. THEY'RE EXPECTING THERE TO BE A TRUE IMPACT, AS MUCH AS SO THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING RESOURCES AHEAD OF TIME TO JURISDICTIONS. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THAT TELLS US IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THAT THE STATE IS EXPECTING THIS TO BE

BIGGER THAN WAY WE DID EVEN A DAY AND-A-HALF AGO. >> RIGHT.

>>> OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE DID NOT HAVE IT FIXED FOR THE AGENDA ITEM, TO DO ANY TYPE OF ROAD CLOSURES, BUT WE CAN DO SO ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AND WE'LL ACT APPROPRIATELY BUT WE'LL KEEP ALL OF YOU INFORMED ADEQUATELY. BUT I AM, HOPEFULLY, THE TEA LEAVES ARE BEING READ, THAT WE NEED TO

GET DOCUMENTS READY. IT'S JUST SMART PREPARATION. OKAY. >>> THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT GOES UNDER, I PUT IT UNDER THE MAY FLOOD EVENT BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH DRAINAGE AND FLOODING HERE, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DRAINAGE STUDY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE COULD IMPROVE FLOODING AND THOSE PROCESSES HERE IN NUECES COUNTY. I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP THE HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN. WE HAVE AN UPDATE DUE IN 2022 WE'VE GOT PARTNERS JUST TO NAME ONE OR TWO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NUECES COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 4 WHOSE BEEN INFORMED THAT THEY CAN ONLY APPLY IF THEY ARE INCLUDED BY NAME IN A HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN, THAT DOESN'T EXIST

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RIGHT NOW. SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS NUECES COUNTY, TO GO OUT FOR MONEY THAT WILL HELP US DO OUR '22 HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN. THE PLAN IS DUE EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO, IT'S ACTUALLY GREAT TIMING. BECAUSE THIS ALLOWS US TO INCLUDE NEW PARTNERS ON OUR PLAN AND WE HAVE NO REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T WANT TO INCLUDE PARTNERS ON OUR PLAN. IT DID TRIGGER, HOWEVER, MY DESIRE TO REALLY REACH OUT TO VERY SPECIFIC DISTRICTS OR JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH WATER CONTROL OR FLOODING OR DRAINAGE AND GET THEM ON BOARD AND GET THEM EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO JUMP ONTO HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR IN BEING PART OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN HELPS US AS A COUNTY. SO WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE DO WHAT WE CAN. OUR OUT OF POCKET COST FOR THIS IF WE'RE AWARDED AS EXPECTED, IS GOING FOB $12,500. THAT'S NOT VERY MUCH IF YOU DO CONSIDER HOW MANY PARTNERS WE POTENTIALLY WILL BE ADDING TO OUR PLAN BUT THE PREEXISTING PARTNERS AND DIVIDING THAT COST OUT, I THINK EACH PARTNER WILL PAY LESS THAN $900 T THAT'S GREAT TO HAVE FIVE YEARS OF BEING ON A HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD HANDLE THE OUT OF POCKET COST AS A COUNTY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEND OUT WHAT'S CALLED THE LETTER REQUESTING INCLUSION INTO COUNTY H MAP. SENDING OUT LETTER TOSS PARTNERS. WE DID RECEIVE THE ONE FOR WATER DISTRICT FOUR ALREADY, MARIA HAS IT IN HAND, SO WE HAVE ONE NEW PARTNER JUMPING ONTO OUR HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN. AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THAT PROCESS. THE BUILDING OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN WAS DONE QUICKLY, AND HAD LOTS OF PARTNERS, AND IT WAS A BIG DEAL. IF WE COULD GO INTO A 222 UPDATE AND HAVE THESE GREAT PARTNERS ADDED TO OUR PLAN, IT OPENS DOORS FOR THEM AND IN TURN OPENS A LOT OF DOORS FOR THE COUNTY ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE FLOODING AND DRAINAGE ISSUES IN

OUR COUNTY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> SO, IF YOU COULD SEND US A LIST OF WHO WE HAVE OR THE LIST OF GROUPS WE'RE ADDING ON SO THAT WE COULD REVIEW IT AND GIVE YOU SUGGESTIONS. I'M SURE YOU HAVE EVERYBODY ON THERE THAT I WOULD THINK OF JUST IN CASE SO WE COULD MAKE SURE SOME OF OUR SMALLER CITYS OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ARE PART OF IT.

>> WE HAVE THE SEVEN CITYS OF NUECES COUNTY. WE HAVE THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI AT THIS TIME, ON OUR PLAN. SO, THE ADDITIONS WILL HAVE PERIMETERS, IT HAS TO BE WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A JURISDICTION OR DISTRICT AND HAVE SOME AUTHORITY OVER A SPECIFIC LOCATION. BUT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO REACH OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SPECIFICALLY WATER, DRAINAGE INVOLVED, I JUST FELT LIKE THIS WAS A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB SOME OF THE PARTNERS WE'RE WORKING WITH TO MAKE THIS UNIFIED DRAINAGE HAPPEN IN OUR COUNTY. BUT I COULD DEFINITELY

GET THAT TO YOU. >> IF YOU COULD SEND US THAT LIST FOR REVIEW. SEE MAYBE IF

THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF IT, OR IF IT MEETS THE PERIMETERS. >> WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT AND WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND DONE ALL THE PRERE. WHAT WE WANT TO DO MOST IMPORTANTLY IS INCLUDE EVERYBODY. AND THIS IS KIND MUCH A AS YOU SAY, A PERFECT TIMING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET ANYWHERE WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE SO VALUED.

SO, YEAH, WE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET THIS DONE AND AS YOU SAY, IT'S REQUIRED. SO IN 2023 -- I'M SORRY, 2022 WE WERE NEEDING TO DO THIS ANYWAY. THAT WOULD HAVE WITHIN OUR FIVE YEAR LAPSE.

>> AND THEY HAVE 1 YEAR FROM THE TIME OF RECEIPT OF FUNDS, FOR THE ACTION MAP AS LONG AS THE COMMITMENT OR THE LETTER IS THERE EXISTING WITH NUECES COUNTY OR WHOEVER WILL BE ON THE HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN SHH SO THEY'RE ABLE TO MEET THEIR DEADLINES AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS EVEN KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET, WE'RE ABLE TO COMMIT THEM TO OUR PLAN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND NOT LOSE OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MONEY WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE UPDATE PROCESS. IT WOULD BE TIME CONSUMING AND COSTLY TO DO AN UPDATE TO INCLUDE THE PARTNERS

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AND DO A FULL HAZARD MITIGATION UPDATE PLAN. SO THIS IS GREAT TIMING.

>> OKAY. I'LL ASK FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YOU CERTAINLY COVERED A LOT. IT GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW ACTIVE WE ARE IN ALL FOUR OF THESE DISASTERS, AND I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF OUR DC TRIP IS TO WORK ON OUR ABILITY TO BRING COASTAL DOLLARS FOR RESILIENCY.

THAT'S DEFINITELY A FOCUS OF GOING TOMORROW. AND MELISSA, I MAY HAVE TO REEVALUATE MY ACTUAL LEAVING IN THE MORNING, VERSUS IN THE AFTERNOON OR MAYBE EVEN THE NEXT DAY DEPENDING ON WHAT MATERIALIZES, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, I JUST WANT TO CHECK WITH YOU, THAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR NOW, SHOWS THAT PERHAPS FRIDAY WE MAY HAVE RELIEF?

>> YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

>> OKAY. >> AS FAR AS WHAT I'M SEEING ON ALL OF THEIR CHARTS AND GRAPHS THAT THEY SEND US. THAT FOR US, HERE, IN CORPUS CHRISTI, IT'S GOING TO BE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY BUT WE SHOULD BE CLEARING UP AFTER THAT GOING INTO FRIDAY.

>> OKAY. SO, AGAIN, WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, WE GOT ANOTHER UPDATE AND IT'S NOT GOOD. IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY NEED RELIEF. AND SO, I FORWARDED YOU THE BASIC INFORMATION. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW RIGHT NOW BEFORE THE END OF OUR DAY AND WE COULD GET WORKING ON GETTING COASTAL PARKS THE DOCUMENTS THEY NEED TO PROTECT

PEOPLE. >> AND I'LL JUST SAY, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, EVER, WHEN WE START SOMETHING, WHAT IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE INTO, AND BECAUSE WE DO ALREADY HAVE VERY RECENTLY SUBSTANTIAL FLOOD EVENT, I WANT EVERYONE TO KEEP THE DOCUMENTATION AND THE ACTUAL DISASTER PROCESSES IN MIND SO THAT WE'RE GATHERING EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

THAT WAY, IF IT DOES TRANSPIRE OR TURNS INTO SOMETHING BIGGER OR IT IS DECLARED THAT WE'VE

TAKEN THE STEPS WE NEED TO COLLECT THE DOCUMENTATIONS. >> THE ONLY OTHER ADD, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON ALL OF THE GOOD INFORMATION THAT YOU PLACED FORTH, IS THAT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE GETTING LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE DELTA VARIANT. YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA AND DELTA, THE DELTA LOOKS LIKE IT WILL OVERTAKE THE ALPHA VARIANT THAT STARTED OFF IN THE UK, THE DELTA VARIANT STARTED IN INDIA. IT'S HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THE CORRECT INFORMATION OUT SO THEY COULD HAVE THE PROPER INFORMATION. WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED. ONCE YOU ARE VACCINATED, YOU HAVE A VERY HIGH CHANCE OF, YOU KNOW, NOT FALLING ILL IN A SERIOUS WAY TO THESE VARIANTS, INCLUDING THE DELTA. SO WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE EFFICACY OF THE DELTA VARIANT IN ISRAEL, NOT AS STRONG WITH THE PFIZER VACCINE, AND SO, THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO WATCH. SO, WHILE IT'S NICE THAT EVERYONE'S REALLY BACK TO WORKING IN A MUCH MORE NORMAL FASHION, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE STILL HIGHLY WATCHFUL OF A POTENTIAL NEED IN A FEW MONTHS FOR BOOSTER SHOTS. SO, JUST BE THINKING THAT WE'RE IN ACTIVE RESPONSE STILL FOR COVID. AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GOOD, BUT WHAT IS GOOD IS THAT WE DO HAVE THE DOLLARS THAT

WE NEED TO RUN THE RESPONSE. >> AND IT'S POSSIBLE, ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE, REALLY.

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE HAVE A VARIANT THAT COMES IN, RIGHT? AND IT SETS US EXACTLY BACK WHERE WE WERE IN THE BEGINNING. WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTY AND EVERYBODY'S A LITTLE BIT GUILTY OF IT. IT'S KIND OF LETTING BACK A LITTLE. AND WE JUST HAVE TO BE MENTALLY READY FOR THE POSSIBILITY BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN RESPONSE. UNTIL WE GET TO A CERTAIN POINT AND WE'VE ROLLED OUT INTO TRUE RECOVERY, WHICH I DO BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE A FEW YEARS FROM NOW. THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THAT A PARTICULAR VARIANT IN COMBINATION WITH A PARTICULAR VACCINE BRAND CREATE AS SURGE, CREATES AN OUTBREAK AGAIN. AND WE NEED TO BE READY. WHAT'S FANTASTIC ABOUT IT IS THAT WE'VE DONE IT ALREADY NOW. ANYTIME WE HAVE A DISASTER THAT LOOKS LIKE A PREVIOUS DISASTER, IT'S HELPFUL. WE HAVE RESOURCES IN PLACE AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES AND METHODS AND WE

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KNOW WHAT TO DO IT WON'T BE AS BIG A DEAL AND WON'T HAVE AS BIG AN IMPACT BYE IT'S VERY POSSIBLE

STILL. >> I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS LAST NIGHT AND IT CAME OUT THAT THE

VARIANT IS IN EVERY STATE OF THE COUNTRY. >> I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TRAVEL. PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING, MOVING, GOING TO EVENTS.

>> GOING TO CONFERENCES. >> I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO GET -- AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO TRY AND FIND REGULAR LIFE FUNCTION. IF WE START TO SEE A TRUE CONCERN IN THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WE HAVE, OR THE HOSPITALIZATIONS, NO DIFFERENT THAN WE WERE TRACKING IN THE BEGINNING, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THOSE. WE DON'T BRING THOSE NUMBERS AND STATISTICS TO COURT EVERYDAY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BORE YOU TO DEATH BUT IT'S ALL STILL THERE AND HAPPENING.

>> AND IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE RISE. >> WE'LL SEE IT HAPPENING.

WE'LL REALLY SEE IT HAPPENING. >> WE JUST HAVE TO BE VIGILANT AND TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS. YOU KNOW, KEEP AN EYE ON THEM. BUT IT IS ON THE RISE AND IT'S IN EVERY STATE IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> YES, THIS PANDEMIC HASN'T STOPPED SINCE IT STARTED, IT'S A STOP AND GO SLOW DOWN AND SPED UP WE'RE IN THE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, SOCIAL DISTANCING, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE COME AWAY FROM THE MASKS, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S EXCITED TO SEE SMILES ON FACES, BUT WHEN YOU DO FIND OURSELVES IN THOSE SUPER CLOSE ENVIRONMENTS OR AROUND A LOT OF PEOPLE, I WOULD DEFINITELY

SUGGEST YOU WEAR YOUR MASKS. >> THEY WERE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT PEOPLE START USING THE MASKS INSIDE THE BUILDING, THAT WAS RECOMMENDED. WHETHER PEOPLE TAKE IT OR NOT, IT'S UP TO EVERY

INDIVIDUAL. BUT... >> THE BEST PROTECTION IS THE VACCINATION. AND THAT'S WHAT THE DATA SHOWS. AND, LIKE ANYTHING, MASKS CAN PROTECT YOU FROM THE COMMON COLD OR THE FLU OR OTHER TYPES OF VIRUSES, SO WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED TO DO TO STAY PROTECTED. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE STAY VERY WELL INFORMED. PLEASE DON'T NEGLECT THE BURN RATE, IT COMES TO YOUR E-MAIL EVERYDAY. AND DON'T NEGLECT THE STATS THAT ALSO COME TO OUR E-MAIL. I THINK WE WERE AT 33 AND 11 WHICH WAS QUITE A BIT OF A RISE A WEEK OVER LAST, WHICH I THINK WE WERE 22 AND #. TO, 33 HOSPITALIZATIONS, 11 IN ICU. WE

WANT TO SEE BOTH THOSE NUMBERS IN LOW, LOW, SINGLE DIGITS. >> AND YOU COULD JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND YOU COULD THINK LOTS OF THINGS BASED ON THEM GOING UP AND DOWN, SOMETHING'S HAPPENING, A NEW VARIANT IS HERE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT JUXTAPOSITION WITH HOLDS, AND SCHOOLS BEING OUT, AND JUST KIND OF MONITORING DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING THAT MAY BE INFLUENCING THE NUMBERS AS WELL. EVERYBODY GOES BACK TO SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A PEAK AGAIN. YOU HAVE MOMENTS OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER VACATIONS, HOLIDAYS, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP SEEING THAT FLUCTUATION. NOW IT'S A TRUE RISE AND A TRUE PATTERNED INCREASE. AND WHERE OUR ENTIRE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, PUBLIC HEALTH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE NOT INTIMATELY TO KNOW IT'S HERE AND HAPPENING.

>> WELL, EVEN PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS SUGGESTING THAT THEY WOULD START GOING DOOR TO DOOR CHECKING ON PEOPLE AND SEEING IF THEY GOT THE VACCINATION OR NOT AND IF PEOPLE WANT IT, THEY

WOULD GIVE IT TO THEM RIGHT THERE AND THEN. >> AND THAT WAS THE PUSH FOR OUR VACCINATION TRAILER, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO REALLY GET OUT THERE AND LITERALLY GO DOOR TO DOOR. AND IF THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. I WOULD RATHER GO DOOR TO DOOR AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS VACCINATED. AND THEN WE CONSTANTLY SEE OURSELVES STRUGGLING WITH COVID-19 HERE IN NUECES COUNTY. SO, THE BEST THING, LIKE THE JUDGE SAID, IS THE VACCINATION. YOU COULD SOCIALRY DISTANCE, YOU COULD WEAR A MASK AND DO BOTH

THINGS BUT THE BEST DEFENSE IS THE VACCINATION. >> CORRECT. THANK YOU.

>> THANKS. AND THANKS FOR ALL THE REALLY GOOD REPORTS AND IF ANYONE NEEDS MORE INFORMATION,

YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND MELISSA. >> I'LL SEND OUT AN E-MAIL, IF YOU DON'T MIND I'LL ATTACH

EVERYTHING WE SPOKE ABOUT TODAY. >> I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY, AS I SAID, OUR AWESOME INTERN IS NOT HERE DUE TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY. SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THE

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E-MAIL THAT SHE'S PREPARED FOR COURT. BUT WE'LL PUT IT BACK ON THE NEXT AGENDA, BUT IT'S AN

AWESOME COMPREHENSION ON ERAP. >> I HAVE THAT, I BELIEVE I DO, IT'S LIKE IN SLIDE FORM, RIGHT?

>> I THINK IT SHOULD BE. >> IF I HAVE IT I'LL SEND IT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.

>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> OKAY. >> OKAY, THANKS MELISSA, WE'LL

LET YOU GO. >> SHE DID A GREAT JOB. I KNOW SHE WAS ANXIOUS TO PRESENT IT.

[10. Receive update on establishment of Colonia Self-Help Center in Nueces County pursuant to HB2893.]

>> THAT PUTS US BACK AT ITEM NUMBER 310 AND THE THAT'S THE COLONIAL SELF HELP CENTER UPDATE. AND THAT'S ESTABLISHMENT AND PURSUANT TO HOUSE BILL 2893 SIGNED BY THE

GOVERNOR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, I EXPECT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY UPDATES THAT WE GIVE ON THIS. JUST A LITTLE HISTORY, COLONIAL SELF HELP CENTERS WERE ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1995, BUT THEY WERE SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN COUNTYS, WITH THE HELP OF SENATORS AND OF COURSE THE COURT, COMMISSIONER MAREZ WAS IT INVOLVED. NUECES COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN THIS H 3283. THE SELF HELP CENTERS ARE ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BUT THEY'RE OPERATED ON A LOCAL LEVEL. AND THEIR INTENT IS TO PROVIDE ON-SITE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME VISITED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. PROVIDING SUCH THINGS AS HOUSING REHABILITATION, NEW CONSTRUCTION, SURVEYING, PLATTING, AND A TOOL LIBRARY.

SO, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND WHAT THEY TOLD US IS THEY'RE AT A LOSS AS TO HOW TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OVER 20 YEARS SINCE THEY'VE ESTABLISHED ONE. THEY ASKED US FOR TIME TO PUT A PRESENTATION TOGETHER. AND WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP NEXT WEEK ON JULY 15TH. AND WE'LL BE VISITING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THERE TO SEE NEXT STEPS AT LEAST FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE. THIS DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT.

THIS LAW DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST, AND THEY HAVE TO GO IN AND REWRITE SOME OF THEIR RULES. THEY PUT ME ON NOTICE THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAPPEN UNTIL OCTOBER BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE THEIR PROCESSES. BUT, ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS IN THE COMMUNITY. DR. VIA FROM TEXAS A & M KINGSVILLE RINGED OUT TO US. WITH THE VOICES AND NAN THERE WAS ALREADY IN THE WORKS TALKING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OVER AT BANGETE DOCTOR THOMPSON. WE MET WITH HIM ON HIS LAST DAY AS SUPERINTENDENT. AND SO, HE HAS RETIRED. BUT HE HAS PASSED ALONG OUR INFORMATION TO DOCTOR STACY JOHNSON AND KIND OF WHAT THEY WENT TO OFFER IS THAT THEY DO HAVE A BUILDING THAT MAYBE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE AS THE SELF-HELP CENTER. SO, THERE ARE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE EAGER TO HELP US GET THIS ESTABLISHED. BUT OUR FIRST STEP WILL BE TO WORK THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. THEY'RE MUCH MORE AWARE OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE FUNDING THROUGH THE TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK PROGRAM. WE'LL BE LEARNING MORE BEEN B. THAT AND MORE

INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >> JUDGE?

>> OF COURSE, WITH THE GUIDANCE, THIS IS MANY MONTHS EVEN A YEAR AND-A-HALF OR SO THAT THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND TO HAVE THE LAW YOU KNOW GET PASSED, AND WE THANK REPRESENTATIVE HERRARO AND OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM, THEY WERE THERE TO GUIDE ME IN MARCH AND I KNOW BELINDA WENT THERE AS WELL. THEY DID THEIR VALUE MANY TIMES OVER, THIS BECAME A PRIORITY.

HE TESTIFIED JUST BEFORE I DID IN THE COMMITTEE HEARING. AND SEN

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SENATOR HENOHOSA. HE WAS BEHIND IT. THE GROUP SAID, TEXAS A & M KINGSVILLE SOCIAL PROGRAM, I'VE WORKED WITH FOR MANY YEARS. THE DOCTOR IS VERY MUCH INTERESTED BECAUSE HE OR HOPEFULLY, MAYBE THE NON-PROFIT THAT MISS GARCIA RUNS AND CREATED CAN HELP PERHAPS WITH STAFFING. AND THEN, WITH DR. THOMPSON BEING ON BOARD, COMMITTING TO PROVIDING US WITH AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL BUILDING. AND THAT'S WHERE HOPEFULLY WE COULD COME IN WITH SOME OF OUR RESOURCES TO HELP FIX IT UP AND MAYBE BRING IN SOMETHING MORE SUITABLE. MAYBE NOT THE BUILDING, MAYBE GET THAT TORN DOWN AND MAYBE BRING IN SOMETHING ELSE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I HAD HOPED FOR AND I THINK THIS COMPLIMENTS TIME WISE AND PRIORITY WISE, EXACTLY WHAT WAS DONE IN THE IRT BECAUSE WE COULD CONTINUE TO SEE THE GOALS CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND REALLY HELP PROMOTE THE NEXT UPCOMING HERE OF IOT, THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IS GREAT. THE FACT THAT WE'RE THIS FAR AHEAD IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS EXCITING. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID IS THE TIMING BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE THE STATE HAS WORKED ON ANYTHING LIKE THIS, WE GOT TO TRY AND KEEP IT A SECRET, BUT WE KNOW OTHER COUNTYS WILL BE LOOKING TO DO THIS COME THE NEXT SESSION. AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE THE ONLY COLONIAL SELF-HELP CENTER THAT'S NOT ALONG THE BORDER, AND AGAIN, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE TEXAS A & M PROGRAM.

>> TO PROMOTE IN THESE AREAS, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT HB 2093 AND IT'S COME PAINIAN BILL, SENATE BILL 777. I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT WORK. AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS IRONED OUT AND WORKED OUT AND ALSO WORK ON GETTING THE AGREEMENT TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER TWO ENTITIES SO WE COULD WORK ON GETTING THE FUNDING TOGETHER SO IF IT'S FIXING UP THE BUILDING CANS WE WILL DO THAT IN SHORT ORDER OR PERHAPS PURCHASING PR

PREFABRICATED. >> OKAY. SO, THAT'S OUR UPDATE WITH REGARDS TO THE SELF-HELP CENTER. AND SO WE'LL MOVE ONTO, WE DID ITEM NUMBER 11 PRIOR TO OUR BREAK. IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER 12. AND WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK LEGAL

[12. Discuss and consider approval of personal services contract(s) with Legislative Consultant(s), Hugo Berlanga, Joel Romo, and Patricia Shipton for services related to the 87th Texas Legislative Special Session(s), 88th Texas Legislative Session, strategic planning, consulting, and governmental relations services, and other related matters.]

QUESTIONS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH REGARDS TO THE PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACT. AND, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE EXTEND PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANTS LISTED BELOW, FOR SERVICES RELATED TO THE 87TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SPECIAL SESSION, 88 TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, STRATEGIC PLANNING, SERVICES AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS, FOR A TERM OF TWO MONTHS AT THE RATE THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY BEING PAID WHICH IS $5,000 EACH. AND THAT WILL BE TOR TWO MONTHS. AND THE WILL OF THE COURT IS TO COME BACK AFTER THAT TIME AND TO, QUITE FRANKLY, CREATE A LIST OF TASKS WHICH WILL BE VERY SPECIFIC AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY ON THAT LANGUAGE AND WITH THE LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT TEAM WHEN THE TIME IT APPROPRIATE. BUT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, SO, THIS WILL BE A TWO-PHASED PROCESS. THE FIRST WILL BE FOR TWO MONTHS ONLY.

>> FOR A TOTAL OF $15,000, JUDGE? >> THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.

>> OKAY. >> AND, THAT WAS A LONG MOTION, BUT THAT IS THE MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> AND I'VE GOT A SECOND. >> AND IF THERE'S ANY --

>> WOULD THAT BE THREW THE END OF AUGUST, JUDGE? >> TODAY'S JULY, IF YOU WOULD DO ME THE FAVOR, MAKE THE CALENDAR REFLECT TWO MONTHS USING A 30-DAY CALENDAR. JULY

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TO AUGUST, AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER? IS THAT RIGHT? >> YES.

>> COUNT THE 60 DAYS. >> YEAH. TODAY, TWO MONTHS ARGUABLY WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 7TH.

>> OKAY. DOES THAT SOMEWHAT CORRESPOND WITH A COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING?

>> NO, THAT WORKS GREAT. THE 6TH IS THE MEETING. >> CAN WE MAKE IT THE 8TH

BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A MEETING ON THE 8TH. >> OKAY. WELL, I THOUGHT KARA

SAID THE 6TH. >> WELL, OH, OKAY, THAT'S FINE. >> WE'RE CHECKING THE CALENDAR

RIGHT HERE, JUDGE, REAL QUICK, HANG ON. >> THAT'S FINE, WE'LL TAKE YOUR

RECOMMENDATION. >> YES, SEPTEMBER 8TH. >> ALL RIGHT. SO MY MOTION

THEN IS AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE DATE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 8TH. >>> YES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFICANT IF I BUY SAYING AYE. (CHORUS OF AYES). OKAY. SUPER, THE NEXT ONE IS SOMEWHAT RELATED, BUT UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT. IT'S THE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE PERSONAL SERVICES

[13. Discuss and consider personal services agreement with Reed Clay related to facilitating economic recovery and applying for any applicable federal/state programs.]

AGREEMENT WITH READ CLAY RELATED TO THE FACILITATING OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND APPLYING FOR ANY APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE PROGRAMS. THIS IS OF COURSE, RELATED TO IN PARTICULAR OUR COVID-19 OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME THROUGH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT NOT LIMITED TO IT, IT COULD BE TO ANY PROGRAM AND THE OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE THERE AS WELL TO DO AN ABBREVIATED AGREEMENT AND TO WORK ON THAT LIST. SO THIS WOULD ALSO BE FOR $5,000 A MONTH

FOR THE 60 DAYS AND WE'LL GET THE LIST AS ARTICULATED AS WELL. >> A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS?

>> IT'S A MONTH. >>> THEY'RE BOTH $5,000 PER MONTH.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS $5,000 FOR BOTH MONTHS ON THE OTHER ONES. >> NO, THEIR CONTRACT WAS

$5,000 PER MONTH. >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SAID, JUDGE. I THOUGHT $15,000

TOTAL, SO IT WOULD BE $5,000 FOR TWO MONTHS. >> OKAY, WELL, LET ME FINISH WITH 13 AND THEN WE COULD GO BACK TO 12. BUT THE AMOUNT IS $5,000 PER MONTH, THAT WAS THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT AND THAT WAS THE INTENTION IS TO KEEP THEM AT THEIR SAME RATE FOR A SHORTER

PERIOD OF TIME. IF YOU MISUNDERSTOOD... >> NO, I DIDN'T MISS

UNDERSTAND, THAT'S WHAT WE SAID, YOU SAID YES. >> YOU SAID WAS IT $15,000 CUMULATIVELY PER MONTH, THE ANSWER IS YES. IT'S PER MONTH, THOUGH. THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT ISN'T CHANGING. NOW ON THE 519, THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT IS CHANGING. WE COULD GO BACK TO 12 IF YOU FEEL THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS MORE CLARIFICATION. BUT ON ITEM 13, IT'S FOR $5,000 PER MONTH FOR THE TWO MONTHS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE COULD GET THE NEW LANGUAGE IN THE

CONTRACT. AND BROUGHT TO THE COURT FOR IT'S APPROVAL. >>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

REGARDING THAT OR? >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT T THAT'S THE MOTION THEN TO APPROVE SUCH PERSONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THAT TERM AND FOR THAT AMOUNT. AND I'LL LOOK FOR A SECOND.

>> SECOND. AND IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFICANT IF I BUY

SAYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES) >> NO.

>> ONE NO. OKAY. THEN WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 17 WE HAVE TABLED JUST FOR THOSE HEALTH

[17. Receive presentation from ADA Coordinator on 2021 report to the Department of Justice related to the Project Civic Access Settlement Agreement.]

OFFICIALS YOU FOLLOWING ALONG, ITEMS 15, 16, AND 18. SO ITEM NUMBER 17 IS REALLY TINEER AND HE'S GOT A PRESENTATION AND HE'S OUR ADA COORDINATOR AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT REPORT ON THE

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELATED TO THE PROJECT CIVIL ACCESS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AND CONNIE, BEFORE YOU GET THE PRESENTATION UP AND RUNNING, JUST IN CASE TERRY MUSGROVE

WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BEGINNING. >> SO REMIND THE COURT, YOU KNOW, THE DOJ PAID US A VISIT AS EARLY AS 2012. AND THEY WENT THROUGH 40 POLLING LOCATIONS AND COUNTY FACILITIES, AND THEY CAME BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. IT WAS ACTUALLY IN NOVEMBER OF 2014. THE COUNTY AGREED TO THE DOG SIGNED IN JANUARY OF 2015 TO COINCIDE WITH THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADA. SO WHEN WE HAD THE 31ST ANNIVERSARY RESOLUTION EARLIER, IT REMINDED ME THAT THE DOG ACTUALLY SIGNED ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY. WHEN THE JUDGE AND I MET WITH THE DOG IN WASHINGTON D.C. IN 2019, THEY DID PLACE EMPHASIS ON THE FACILITIES THAT THEY LISTED IN ATTACHMENTS, I, J, AND K. AND WE BROUGHT THAT BACK AND FOCUSED ON THE FACILITIES. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE FOCUSED ON THE FACILITIES THAT WERE ALSO POLLING LOCATIONS AND THERE WERE 10 OF THOSE. THEY DID COINCIDE WITH SOME OF THE FACILITIES AND ATTACHMENTS TO I, J, AND K, IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. LET ME REMIND THE COURT, IN 2019, WE HAD JUST SUFFERED, IF YOU RECALL WE WERE ASKING THE DOG FOR AN EXTENSION UNTIL THE YEAR 2031. AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL RECALL THAT, THE JUDGE WENT TO DC AND PRESENTED THAT TO THE DOG, BUT THERE WAS TWO FULL YEARS LEFT IN OUR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AS YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE MY 7TH ANNUAL REPORT TO THE DOJ AND IT'S DUE IN JULY, BY THE END OF JULY, EVERY YEAR. MY FIRST REPORT WAS IN 2015, THIS IS WHEN I START LOSING MOST OF MY HAIR,

THIS TIME OF YEAR. YOU KNOW, PUTTING THIS REPORT TOGETHER. >> IT TURNS WHITE?

>> SO, THE ATTACHMENT, IJK FACILITIES, GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY, BUT AS YOU KNOW WE GOT AN EXTENSION UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH THE DOG AND I HAVE INDICATED THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING THIS REPORT. BUT, I THINK IT'S CLEAR, WE JUST CANNOT GET EVERYTHING DONE BY THEN. AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG TIME. AS THEY SAY, THE BIG PROJECT IS THIS COURTHOUSE AND I'LL LETTERRY TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET TO IT. JUST TO REMIND THE COURT OF THE FACILITIES, PLEASE, CONNIE, YOU COULD LOOK AT THOSE, RIGHT NOW, ATTACHMENT J FACILITIES, TO REMIND YOU, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT THE DOG INSPECTED. SHOW, ATTACHMENT J BECAUSE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

AND WE HAVE ATTACHMENT K FACILITIES. WHICH, YOU KNOW, ALSO INCLUDES THE COURTHOUSE

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WHICH IS THE BIG ONE. IF YOU GO TO NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS PAGE 6. I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STATUS OF THESE FACILITIES. JUVENILE DETENTION WERE UNDER DESIGN PROCUREMENT.

ESTIMATED 45 DAYS. THE LIBRARY, WE'RE COMPLETE, DOG APPROVED ON THAT ONE. AND THEN THE KEDY COMMUNITY CENTER, WE NEED EXTERIOR WORK. THE BORCHARD STADIUM, THAT'S DESIGN PROCUREMENT 45 DAYS. FAIRGROUNDS AS WELL. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FAIRGROUNDS LATER.

BISHOP COMMUNITY CENTER, WE FEEL THE ENTER YORE IS COMPLETE AND THE EXTERIOR IS IN PROGRESS.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OCTOBER 2021 COMPLETION. HAZEL BAZEMORE DOG PARK, YOU KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE DOG PARK BUT THERE ARE ALSO PARKING LOTS, SIDEWALKS, AND ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THERE. ALSO T JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, PRECINCT 4 AS YOU KNOW THAT FACILITY WAS DESTROYED IN HURRICANE HARVEY. AND SO, WE'RE IN TEMPORARY BUILDINGS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PORT ARAN SAYS TO GET A CENTER OUT THERE IN PORT ARAN SAYS.

ATTACHMENT J, AGUA DULCE PARK, WE'RE IN DESIGN, AND IN MY MONTH, OUR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT THUS FAR FOR AN ACCESSIBLE BUILDING WAS THE CADC CALDERONE BUILDING AND WE FEEL THE MCKINSY JAIL, THE PROBLEM WITH THE NUECES COUNTY JAIL, WITH WE LEARNED WE MIGHT LOSE 11 BEDS, THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE TIME DID NOT WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON DOING ANYTHING IN THE JANET YELLEN AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COURT TALKING ABOUT MAYBE SOME DAY, A NEW JAIL, I DON'T THINK IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO ANYTHING WITH THE JAIL. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS SEE ABOUT DESIGNATING THE MCKINZIE JAIL. THE DORMITORIES ARE ACCESSIBLE. I WANT TO TELL THE DOG, WE'RE GOING TO DESIGNATE THAT FACILITY AS OUR

ACCESSIBLE FACILITY. >> IT'S GOING TO KICK YOU OFF, THE NUMBERS YOU HAVE, HOW CAN

THE PRIMARY JAIL HAVE LESS NUMBERS THAN HERE AT THE COUNTY? >> I CAN TELL YOU, MCCLENNON COUNTY HAD AN OLD JAIL AND A PRIVATE FACILITY, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ALLOW, DOJ TO DESIGNATE

AC ACCESSIBLE FACILITY. >> COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS IS DESIGN PROCURE: AND AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THE HILLTOP CENTER, THE CENTERS WERE

APPROVED. >> WE'RE GOING TO GET A BOND FOR A NEW JAIL?

>> WELL, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT ADVISABLE WITH TALK ABOUT BUILDING A NEW JAIL AT

THIS POINT. >> I'M JUST SAYING FOR THEM, THAT'S SOMETHING MAY MAY

CONSIDER, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. >> SO, ATTACHMENT K, BISHOP COUNTY BUILDING AND LIBRARY COMPLETE AND DOG APPROVED. NUECES COUNTY PARK. THAT REFERS TO THE ORTIS PARK. THE NUECES

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COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER IS THE SAME. I WANT TO COME BACK TO THE COURT HOUSE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLE IN THE FIRE STATION. THAT'S COMPLETE AND THAT'S IN COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ' BUILDING. WE BELIEVE DAVID BURLANKA IS COMPLETE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN DOG APPROVED. MCGEE BEACH PARK, THE RV PORTION OF MCGEE, IS DOG APPROVED BUT WE

NEED TO GET THE BUILDING. >> EXCUSE ME, YOU DID MENTION HILL TOP, THEY'RE DOJ APPROVED?

>> YES, SIR. >> WERE THE BATHROOMS, YOU KNOW WE HAVE A BASEBALL FIELD, WERE

THEY INCLUDED? >> I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WE DID ON THE MAIN HILL TOP FACILITY. THERE MAYBE ISSUES ON THE REST ROOMS OUT THERE.

>> OKAY. WE JUST GOT AN ATTACHMENT, O CERTIFICATION ON THE MANY FACILITY AND THE PAR PARKING LOT. AS THINGS COME UP, WE MAY NEED TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN

THE FUTURE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> AND SO, BUT AGAIN, GO AHEAD AND GO TO STATUS COMPLETE. WE FEEL, THAT'S A LIBRARY, MEDICAL CENTER, MCKINZIE, BISHOP, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE AND ADMINISTRATION SITE. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

MAGEE BEACH WILL BE COMPLETE. >> SO, KEACH IS INPRECINCT 3 AND BENEFICIARY ON IS PRECINCT

2. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. WE'LL GET THAT CORRECTED.

>> OKAY. LET'S GO TO THE COURT HOUSE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. THIS IS PRECINCT 1, THE COURT HOUSE. IT'S GOING TO BE PAGE 11. AND, YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO, LET'S LETTERRY GET ON AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE Y'ALL, WE'RE OUT FOR BID RIGHT NOW ON THIS COURTHOUSE, AND IF YOU COULD, I WANT TO ALLOW TERRY TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON THIS

FACILITY THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. >>> THANK YOU. SO, YES AS YOU MENTIONED THIS PROJECT IS FOR PROPOSALS, AND RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE DUE ON TUESDAY THE 27TH AT 2:00 P.M., AND OPEN AND READ AT 4:00 P.M. ON THE SAME DAY. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE PREPARATION ON THAT WITH PRECINCT TWO AND THE THIRD ONE IS IN THE WORKS.

NOTHING IS SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFIED AT THIS POINT. THERE HAS BEEN SOME OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED THAT THE COURTHOUSE, MAINLY, THE PARKING LOTS AND ACCESSIBLE ROUTES TO THE BUILDINGS AND ENTRANCES. THAT MUCH HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT'S LEFT TO DO IS THE FOURTH AND 5TH FLOOR COURT ROOMS AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TOWER WHERE THE PUBLIC IS SERVED. EVERY ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, THE TRANS ACTION, COUNTIER OR THE TRANSACTION WINDOW HAS TO BE MODIFIED IN ORDER TO MEET ADA REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT'S PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S COMING UP IN THIS CURRENT CSP. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED ME TO ADDRESS?

>> NO, THAT'S -- I'M GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY, AND YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TALK, WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION. BUT I WANT TO BRING YOU IN ON THE LAST SLIDE. BUT, CONNIE, IF YOU COULD

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ADVANCE TO THE CIP SLIDES THAT BEGIN ON 14. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT AS PART OF OUR CIP, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IF YOU READ THE DESCRIPTION, INCLUDES ACCESSIBILITY, IT'S NOT ALL ADA, BUT OUR CPA, IF YOU READ THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE INTEND TO DO WITH IT IT INCLUDES MECHANICAL, ELECTRIC, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR AND ACCESSIBILITY. THAT IS TO SAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WE'LL ALWAYS BE ADDRESSING ACCESSIBILITY. WE'RE DOING IT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND THIS ACTUALLY GOES INTO THE FUTURE AS WELL AS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS AS TIME PASSES, SIDEWALKS CRACK, AND IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY, THE REASON I WANTED TO INCLUDE CIP IS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE YEARS COMING TO CORRECT AND ADDRESS ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE. SO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME WORK AT THE BASEBALL STADIUM. THAT'S SLIDE 16, CONNIE. WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT JUVENILE DOING SOME WORK ACCESSIBILITY, IS PART OF THE WORK THERE THAT'S SLIDE 17. AND THE COURTHOUSE, THIS IS BY FAR, THE BIGGEST TICKET ITEM IN ALL THE ADA. AS YOU COULD SEE, WE'VE ALREADY SPENT OVER $2 MILLION ON PARKING LOT AND WE'VE GOT AN $8.8 BILLION BUDGET AND THAT'S WHAT'S OUT FOR BID RIGHT NOW. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE BISHOP COMMUNITY CENTER AND WE HAVE COUNTY WIDE ACCESSIBILITY PROJECTS. GO THERE, CONNIE, AND THAT'S SLIDE 20. THAT'S THE ONE BEFORE THERE. AND SO, AS YOU COULD SEE, WE DO HAVE ACCESSIBILITY MONEY FOR COUNTY-WIDE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD. AND THIS IS IN OUR CIP AS WELL. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PASS OUT NOW, AND I WANT

TERRY TO COMMENT ON A LITTLE BIT. >> AND MAYBE THE COURT'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH TERRY, TERRY, CAN YOU SELF-IDENTIFY FOR THE RECORD.

>> YES, I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER WITH LAN. >> THANK YOU.

>> AND BY THE WAY, I NOTICED THAT TERRY WAS GETTING INVOLVED IN THE COUNTY-WIDE ADA, I ENLISTED HIS HELP TO PUT SOME OF THIS TOGETHER AND HE REALLY DID A LOT OF WORK ON THE POWER POINT AND HE ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER THIS DIAGRAM. AND SO, TERRY, I WANTED TO EXPLAIN TO THE COURT THAT ME PERSONALLY, I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT WE LOST A YEAR OF OUR ABILITY TO ADVANCE OURSELVES WITH ADA PROJECTS DUE TO HARVEY. I FEEL WE LOST ANOTHER YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. AS YOU KNOW, JUDGE, WE TRIED TO GET PUBLIC WORKS INVOLVED IN ATTACKING THE ITEMS IN I, J, AND K, IN THE

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO THAT?

>> THE PANDEMIC REALLY SET US BACK TERRIBLY, BECAUSE WE WERE GOING INTO PLEXIGLASS MODE AND

THAT KIND OF THING. >> YOU COULD DO IT BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO IT.

>> IT HAD NOTHING DO COVID MADE IT WORSE BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PERFORM BEFORE IT.

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>> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. >> WE HAD WEEKLY MEETINGS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO PERFORM.

>> YOU COULD HAVE CAME TO US? >> YES, WE DID. >> TERRY, I KNOW TERESA, DOUBLE CHECKED OUR NUMBERS AND LAID OUT WHAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD. BUT IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER FOR US AND WHAT THAT REPRESENTS.

>>> CERTAINLY. WHAT WE HAVE IS BASICALLY EACH PROJECT BY ATTACHMENT IN I, J, OR K, AND COLOR LEGEND SHOWS YOU WHAT IS COMPLETE, WHICH IS IN GREEN. WHAT IS IN PROGRESS, WHICH IS IN ORANGE. WHAT IS IN DESIGN IS BLUE. AND, THE ONES IN GRAY, WE ARE LUMPING TOGETHER AS A COUNTY-WIDE ACCESSIBILITY REBOOT PROGRAM. AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING AN ARCHITECT ON BOARD RIGHT NOW. WE'RE SEEKING OUT PROPOSALS FOR THAT WORK. IN THE SPECIFICALLY, OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE LIST OF FACILITIES IS A CONDENSED LIST OF WHAT NEEDS DEFICIENCY WAS IDENTIFIED.

THERE COULD BE OTHERS, AND WE'VE ASKED IN THE PROPOSAL FOR THE ARCHITECTS, WE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF EACH LOCATION AND IDENTIFIED WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED TO PER-EVENT. WHAT'S ON OUR LIST, AND INDEED NEEDS TO BE DONE AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD ADS. WHERE YOU SEE, CELLS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THAT IS A TYPE OF CORRECTION THAT IS MINOR IN NATURE, AND COULD BE ASSIGNED TO THE CONTRACTOR, AS A -- YOU KNOW, WE HAVE X-NUMBER OF.

>> LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, TERRY. >> THIS IS A SUMMARY SHEET, AND THERE'S NO YELLOW ON THIS ONE, BUT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A THREE-PAGE, DETAILED SPREADSHEET. I ONLY HAVE THE GENERAL ONE. I DON'T SEE YELLOW ON WHAT I JUST PASSED OUT.

>> OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO, THAT'S JUST WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS

COUNTY-WIDE PROGRAM. >> SO, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU THINK NOW WE HAVE A HANDLE GOING FORWARD ON ACCOMPLISHING IT EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO BACK ADA

COMPLIANT? >> YES. FROM WHAT I KNOW TODAY, I BELIEVE WE COULD

ACCOMPLISH THIS BY CERTAINLY BY THE END OF THE CIP PROGRAM. >> AND TERESA, CAN YOU BRIEFLY, YOU CHECKED THESE NUMBERS AND YOU COULD REPORT TO THE COURT WHERE WE FEEL WE STAND

FINANCIALLY WITH REGARD TO COUNTY-WIDE ADA. >> SO, THE SPREADSHEET THAT I DID, I JUST TIDE IN HIS HIS ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION DESIGN COST R TO 7609. BUT I ADDED IN THE 2021 CO'S COUNTY-WIDE ACCESSIBILITY, WE'RE SHORT 899447 AND 19 CENTS IN TOTAL.

>> AND I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE 5TH FLOOR COURT ROOM NOT HAVING AUDIO VIDEO PROPOSALS. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN THOSE. SO, I FEEL LIKE THE 5TH ROOM IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS COMING WEEK. THE 5TH FLOOR COURT ROOM IS SPECIAL.

>> THAT'S IN THE SCOPE OF WORK. >> OH, GOOD. >> SORT OF A DESIGN BUILD ELEMENT. PART OF THE SOLICITATION IS FOR A SUPPLIER AND

[INDISCERNIBLE] TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT FOR THAT COURT ROOM. >> OKAY. BUT IT'S NOT IN OUR

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BUDGET? IS IT IN THE BUDGET, THOUGH, TERESA? >> THE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN

COSTS, I THINK HE'S SAYING IT'S INCLUDED IN THAT BUDGET. >> IN THAT 154 NUMBER?

>> YES. >> THANKS, TERRY. >> JUDGE, I WENT TO EARLY MEETINGS WITH VENDORS AND IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE ON TRACK AS TO PUTTING THE RIGHT PACKAGE

TOGETHER. >> OKAY. >> GOT IT. SO, IF WE TAKE THE FIRST GROUPING, I THINK IT'S AN EASIER NUMBER TO DEAL WITH, YOU TAKE THE FIRST GROUPING, WHICH IS CALL IT OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, FROM BURLANGA TO ROBSTAD HEALTH, WE THINK WE HAVE

A SHORT FALL THERE OF 8 HUNDRED AND 41 THOUSAND DOLLARS? >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> OKAY. OKAY. SO, I MEAN, PROBABLY WE SHOULD ADDRESS THOSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE COULD FINISH THOSE. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE AN ENORMOUS ACHIEVEMENT IF WE COULD GET ALL

OF THAT PROJECTS 2003-1919, 2003-1921 RECEIVED. >> THE 841 WOULD JUST COME OUT

OF THE 4.2 ON THE BOTTOM AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE. >> RIGHT. IF WE HAD TO SAY AND I GUESS I COULD LOOK AT MY CHART HERE, IS THERE A TIME FRAME FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO FINISH

COMPLETELY? >> TERRY, COULD YOU HELP US ON TIMING FOR WHAT YOU SEE...

>> FOR THAT TOP GROUP? >> YEAH, THE GROUP ON TOP IS -- >> AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

WOULD GET THE BENEFIT OF SEEING WHAT TERESA SHOWED US. >> I'M LOOKING.

>> OH, YOU ARE, OKAY. GOOD. >> THOSE ARE PART OF THE PACKAGE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR. I DON'T SEE THAT TAKING MORE THAN 24 [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> PERFECT. OKAY. >> OKAY. GOOD. ALL RIGHT, THEN THE END IS IN SITE ON THAT

PARTICULAR ONE. >> JUST TO POINT OUT, WHAT CHANGES OVER TIME IS THE

ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION. >> YEAH. >> AND THAT'S WHY WE, YOU KNOW, MISS IT AND GET OVER, AND MAYBE HAD WE DONE THESE PROJECTS QUICKER OR SOONER, THE ESTIMATES WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE ACCURATE. BUT, I THINK MOVING FORWARD THE BUDGET SHORTAGE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR. THE BIG PROJECT IS THIS COURTHOUSE. AND SO, I KNOW THAT JUAN AND BURT, AND TERRY, AND JAVIER, ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON THE DETAILS OF THE COURTHOUSE BID.

SO, LET'S KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED. AGAIN WHEN I COMMUNICATED WITH THE DOG AND I SAID THE BUDGET ON THE COURTHOUSE WAS $8.8 MILLION, AS I SUGGESTED, OUR AMY THE PERSON ASSIGNED TO US, SAID, ARE Y'ALL RENOVATING AND SPRUCING THINGS UP? AND I SAID, NO IT'S ALL ADA. AGAIN, JUDGE, WE'RE GOING TO FINE TUNE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AGAIN, I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO -- I THINK TO CHANGE SOME OF THIS GRAY BECAUSE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED

SOME STUFF. >> TO GREEN? >> TO GREEN. I THINK, FOR OUR PURPOSES MCKENZIE, WE'VE GOT A GOOD DORMITORY, SO, OVER TIME, I'M GOING TO BE TAKING A GOOD, CLOSE LOOK AT THE GRAY TO SEE IF WE COULD CHANGE THOSE COLORS A LITTLE BIT. I THINK WE CAN.

YOU KNOW, JUVENILE -- TERRY, I MEAN WE'RE DOING STUFF ON JUVENILE, THOUGH, IS THAT

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CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. YES. >> SO, I THINK SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE IN THE WORKS AND I THINK WE COULD CHANGE THE COLOR OF SOME OF THOSE GRAYS, JUDGE.

>> YOU MIGHT EVEN, TERRY, GO AHEAD, WHERE EVER WE'RE DOING WORK EVEN IF IT'S GRAY, DO A HYBRID COLOR FORM SO WHERE IT GOES GRAY TO MOVE TO GREEN OR GREEN MOVE TO GRAY, IN OTHER

WORDS SHOW IT'S IN PROGRESS SOMEHOW. >> JUDGE, CAN I SAY SOMETHING?

>> I KNOW IN JUVENILE, BOBBY AND OUR STAFF IS WORKING OUT THERE. AND I KNOW ON THE LIST OF THE DOG, THEY NOTED ONLY LIKE ONE COAT HANGER OR ONE DOOR HANDLE OR ONE TOWEL DISPENSER.

BUT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW THERE WASN'T ONE ITEM IDENTIFIED WITH THE DOJ, WHEN WE DID A WALK-THROUGH OF THE FACILITY, IT WASN'T ONE ITEM, IT WAS LIKE 20 OR 30 ITEMS. TO SAY THAT PUBLIC WORKS DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING, WE DID ACCOMPLISH SOME

ITEMS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE MULTITUDE OF THOSE ITEMS. >> I'M GLAD YOU GOT YOUR TEXT

BUT THAT'S NOT -- >> AND IN REGARDS TO PUB LURK WORKS NOT ACCOMPLISHES. THE FIRE STATION WAS COMPLETED AND THERE WERE OTHER MULTIPLE OTHER PROJECTS COMPLETED FROM PUBLIC WORKS WHERE WE WERE TASKED TO COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS FOR ADA. AND IN REGARDS TO OTHER PROJECTS, AND BISHOP. AND IN REGARDS TO OTHER PROJECTS, AT THE TIME WE SUBMITTED THE PROJECTS BECAUSE WE HAD CONTRACTORS ON HOLD, WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO MONEY AVAILABLE FOR ADA, SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY THOSE PROJECTS WEREN'T ACCOMPLISHED AT THAT TIME. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, JUAN. >> ALSO, DIDN'T THEY GO BACK AND REVIEW THAT

[INDISCERNIBLE]. REMEMBER WE PUT THE SIDEWALKS ON THAT? >> AND I DON'T THINK CARROLL

APPROVED MY WORK OUT THERE LATELY. >> I THOUGHT WE DID IT BECAUSE

HE REQUESTED IT. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ATTACHMENT, I, J, AND K, SPECIFICALLY. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE REFERRING TO, AND WE HIRED BOBBY OVER A YEAR AND-A-HALF AGO AS THE BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT TO HELP US ACHIEVE I, J, AND K, BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH ABILITY IN YOUR OFFICE TO HANDLE I, J, AND K. WE DID THAT, WE MADE THE MAINTENANCE DECISION TOSS TO DO THAT AND WE ALSO ATTEMPTED TO GET IJ AND K. NOBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT NOT HAVING DONE SOME WORK. BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ACHIEVE I, J, AND K, WE HAD WEEKLY MEETINGS ON THIS, WE WERE LOOKING FOR WEEKLY UPDATES TO WHERE WE COULD HAVE REAL PROGRESS BEING MADE. I MEAN, THERE'S NOT REAL PROGRESS BEING MADE IN THAT ARENA, AND THEREFORE WE MADE ANOTHER DECISION TO GO OUT. IT'S NOT AN EVALUATION, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE FACTS. AND UNTIL WE HAD THIS COURT ASSEMBLED IN THIS WAY, WELL, ACTUALLY NOT EXACTLY IN THIS WAY, WE HAD SOMEBODY ELSE IN 2019. BUT UNTIL 2019, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THE DOLLARS THAT WE NEEDED BUT, WHEN WE SAT HERE, TOGETHER, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING DOLLARS SINCE 2019. AND AGAIN IN 2021 PER OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. WE'RE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE

WITH DOLLARS, AND THE DOLLARS HAS NOT BEEN THE ISSUE. >> CAN I HAVE ONE MORE

QUESTION. >> GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER HAS A QUESTION.

>> BEFORE I FORGET, CAN WE ASK HIM TO COME BACK TO CHECK THOSE THINGS?

>> WHEN WE GET A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, WE'LL CALL THEM DOWN. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT NOW?

>> ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY PROJECTS FOR APPROVAL RIGHT NOW? >> I THINK THAT THE BISHOP PARK

IS READY, I KNOW WE DID THE WORK. BUT ANYWAY. >> WHY DON'T YOU CHECK WITH CARROLL AND SEE WHAT HAYS SCHEDULE WOULD ALLOW. WE DO TRY TO MAKE THE EFFORT TO MAKE HIM DO MORE THAN 1 THING AT A TIME BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING TRAVEL AND ALL OF THAT.

>> HE COULD DO THE HAZEL BAZEMORE DOG PARK AS WELL. >> IT WOULD BE WORTH THE TIME.

>> YOU COULD GIVE MR. PRUIT A CALL. >> I'M JUST SAYING IF HE WERE

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COMING DOWN [INDISCERNIBLE] >>>.

(INAUDIBLE) >>>

>> YOUR MIC IS NOT ON. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >> IN ALL FAIRNESS TO BOBBY, HE'S BEEN BUSY WITH PUTTING UP THE GLASS BARRIERS OR THE COVERINGS FOR COVID AND ALSO HE'S BEEN BUSY WHEN WE HAD THE COLD WEATHER, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING, ANYWHERE FROM 50-60 HOURS WORKING ON THAT. AND THEN WE'RE STAYING LATE, ALSO WORKING ON CUTTING UP THE PLEXIGLASS, WORKING 40 TO 60 HOURS PUTTING UP PLEXIGLASS DURING COVID AND THE PANDEMIC.

IN ALL FAIRNESS TO BOBBY, HE'S BEEN VERY BUSY TO WHERE HE'S BEEN UNABLE, IN THE PAST HE WANTS TO GO AND FIX ITEMS FOR THE ADA. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE.

>> EXCUSE ME, JUAN? >> YES, SIR. >> Y'ALL WERE ALSO VERY BUSY

WHEN WE HAD THE RAINS BACK IN MAY? >> YES, SIR.

>> YOU HAD A LOT OF LEAKS IN THE BUILDING? >> YES, SIR. BOBBY WAS WOULD, ING ON THAT. HE WAS TRYING TO MITIGATE THE WATER INTRUDING INTO THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE COMING IN AT NIGHT. THEY COME IN SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS WHEN WE HAVE A RAIN EVENT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT, THAT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING IN AND STAY HERE AT NIGHT TO BE SURE AND MONITOR THE RAIN EVENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WATER'S COMING INTO THE BUILDING, THEY COME IN AT FOUR OR 5:00 IN THE MORNING TO BE SURE TO SWEEP OR VACUUM THE WATER IN SOME OF THE OFFICES, OF COURSE THEY CAN'T CATCH EVERYTHING BUT AT THE SAME TIME

THEY'RE HERE MONITORING THAT. >> I KNOW THAT MYSELF, BECAUSE I'VE COME IN ON THE WEEKEND AND THEY WERE HERE WORKING PICKING UP WATER AND DURING THE FREEZE YOU ALSO KEPT THEM PRETTY BUSY.

>> DURING THE FREEZE, THEY WERE TRYING TO BE SURE THAT WE GET WATER INTO THE JAILS, AND MAKING SURE THOUGHT HEATERS WERE WORKING. YEAH, THERAPYY WERE H IN THAT CASE, THEY WERE WORKING

60-80 HOURS A WEEK. THEY WERE HERE WORKING. >> I KNOW THEY WERE, JUAN, AND AGAIN, I THANK YOU AND YOUR CREW IN PUBLIC WORKS AND BOBBY AND HIS PEOPLE, THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR

WHAT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. SO, TINER, BRING US BACK HOME TO THE ADA SUMMARY HERE. DO YOU HAVE

ANYMORE TO ADD? >> JUDGE, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE ASKED MAGGIE, BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH TO SCHEDULE US WITH A PHONE CALL WITH THE DOJ.

>> RIGHT. WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE SOME OF THESE APPOINTMENTS IN-PERSON. BUT AS WE'VE LEARNED, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING IN-PERSON APPOINTMENTS, WE CERTAINLY ASKED. SO WE'LL DO

OUR BEST TO GET WHATEVER THEY WILL GIVE US, RIGHT? >> TERRY AND I WILL WORK ON UPDATING THIS CHART. UH-HUH KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T GET IT DONE BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER. EVERYTHING DONE, THAT IS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THE DOJ HAS BEEN RESPECTFUL TO ME. AND WHEN I TALK TO THEM, SHOW THEM THAT WE HAVE A PLAN GOING FORWARD.

>> AND WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO CONSIDER IS BEFORE IT IS TO PASS A RESOLUTION, SO THAT'S COMING FROM THE ENTIRE COURT, ASKING FOR THE EXTENSION. AND I'M GOING TO BE VISITING WITH THE INNER GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS OFFICE. WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO INTERCEDE ON OUR BEHALF WITH

THIS EXTENSION. >> THAT'S WHY I WANTED DO IT THIS COURT, JUDGE.

>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> SO WE COULD BRING BACK EVERYTHING ON THE 21ST THAT WE

NEED TO DO. >> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PLAN. LOOK, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING IT WAS A TREMENDOUS BURDEN, RIGHT, IN ORDER TO GET ALL, EVERYTHING ACCOMPLISHED IN A TIME SPAN THAT WE HAD. AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT COVID, WINTER STORM, ALL THE DISASTERS THAT YOU ARE MENTIONING. I'M FULLY AWARE. I WAS AT THE HELM. I DON'T HAVE TO BE REMINDED OF THEM. WHAT I

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WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ALL OF THIS ADA PREDATES ALL OF THAT. AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE UNDER A TREMENDOUS DEADLINE. IF YOU NEED EXTRA RESOURCES BECAUSE OF A DISASTER, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE TOSS ATTEND IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE ADA IS ALSO FRONT AND CENTER. AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE WHERE WE ARE. YOU HAVE THIS BECAUSE THIS COURT HAS MADE A DECISION TO GO A DIFFERENT WAY.

AND THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY. AND FINALLY, WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE IN LIVING COLOR WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE NEED TO ATTACK, AND WHAT OUR SHORTFALLS ARE. AND THIS IS A TREMENDOUS FEAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S GOING TO TAKE CONTRACTORS IN THIS BUILDING WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO GET US WHERE WE NEED TO GO. AND MY POINT WAS THAT EPIDEMIC WE HAVE NOT BE ABLE TO GET THERE YET. AND THIS IDEA, WE DON'T NEED EXCUSES, WHAT WE NEED IS PROGRESS. I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT ALL THESE DISASTERS AND SO DOES THIS COURT. WHAT WE NEED IS MEN AND WOMEN WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ALLOTTED. AND THAT WAS MY POINT. AND I'M BEING VERIDEE IDENTIFYIENT AND SERIOUS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS SETTLEMENT IS NOTHING TO FOOL AROUND WITH. IT COMES FROM THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE LAND. AND THIS OUGHT TO BE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY EVERY SINGLE DAY OF BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. AND WE OUGHT TO HAVE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS, PERIOD. AND NOBODY'S HERE TO SAY OR CRITICIZE, PEOPLE AREN'T WORKING HARD.

EVERYBODY'S WORKING HARD ON ALL FOUR OF THESE DISASTERS. AND SO, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.

AND IT'S TOUGH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BUCK STOPS WITH US. SO DON'T TAKE IT OTHER WAY THAN LET'S GET THE JOB DONE. PERIOD. IF WE NEED MORE RESOURCES WE NEED $895, LET'S DEAL WITH THAT IMMEDIATELY SO WE COULD ESCROW THE BUDGET SHORTFALL. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT PRIORITIZIZATION. LET'S SEE WHAT WE COULD DO ABOUT GETTING THE BUDGET SHORTFALL TAKEN CARE OF ALSO AS WE GIVE THESE REPORTS. BUT, I PROMISE YOU THERE'S NO SYMPATHY OR EMPATHY IN DOJ, THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN OUR WINTER STORM OR HOW HARD BOBBY'S WORKING. LET'S LEAVE THE DRAMA OUT OF IT AND STICK TO THE FACTS. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR OUR ISSUES, EXCUSES OR PERSONAL DILEMMAS, THEY WANT TO KNOW THE THINGS THAT ARE ON I, J, AND K, ARE DONE. AND WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER IN THIS COUNTY, PERIOD. I'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO GET ME ALL THAT STUFF. I'LL PROBABLY TAKE THIS TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. BUT WHATEVER YOU COULD PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA TO GET THE COURT GEARED UP FOR THAT REQUEST, IT WILL BACK YOU UP A

LITTLE BIT. >> OKAY. SUPER. >> OKAY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN,

CONNIE. >> I REQUESTED WE RECORD THAT, JUDGE, JUST IN CASE I WANTED TO

CONSIDER DELIVERING THAT OR ARCHIVING THAT FOR THE DOJ. >> OH, THEY WILL LOVE THAT.

GREAT. >>> OKAY. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR ITEM NUMBER 19. AND SO, ITEM NUMBER 19 IS ALWAYS ON COURT AND DALE USUALLY GIVES US

[19. Discuss and consider approval of overtime pursuant to County policy for essential exempt employees during declared disasters as it relates to COVID-19, and storm preparedness and response; severe weather preparedness and response; in addition, authorize payment of overtime to essential exempt City County Health District Employees.]

A SHEET. EVERYONE CAN LOOK AT IT. AND WILL YOU TAKE US THROUGH ANY OVERTIME PURSUANT TO

COUNTY POLICY. >> YES, YOUR HONOR, IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE LISTING OF ALL THE LOCATIONS OVERTIME FOUR. CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR. WE ONLY HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE SUBMITTED FOR OVERTIME. THAT WOULD BE EDWARD IT WAS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THAT MEANS ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND ALSO AT THE AN TONIA GARCIA AND HERE AT THE COURT HOUSE. THE TOADIES NUMBER OF HOURS IS 21.8 HOURS AND THE TOTAL COST IS 1 THOUSAND 7 HUNDRED AND $0.82. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR SUCH

APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> AND I'LL.

>> ANY DISCUSSION FOR DALE? >> WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE HERE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO APPROVE

FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. >> IF YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS, I NEED THAT

AUTHORIZATION AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT. SO TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS?

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>> WHEN WILL WE FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO NOT HAVE PEOPLE WORKING OVERTIME?

>> THAT'S Y'ALL'S DECISION. >> I MEAN WHEN DISASTERS STOP HAPPENING. I MEAN, WE'RE IN AN ONGOING DISASTER, CALLED COVID-19, WINTER STORM IS STILL IN RESPONSE MODE. ALL OF THOSE

THINGS ARE STILL GOING ON, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. >> SO THE OVERTIME HAS A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFICANT IF I BUY SAYING AYE. (CHORUS OF AYES). [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> IT'S HIS PHONE. COMMISSIONER, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO UNMUTE. SFL KARA

WANTS TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE ON? >> THANK YOU. >> I'M ON, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT

KARA SAID, THOUGH. >> THANKS. >> YOUR HONOR WAS THAT MOTION

TO CONTINUE? >> AND THEN THE MOTION IS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

>> SECOND. >> WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFICANT IF I BUYSYING AYE. >> (CHORUS OF AYES). GOOD WE'VE GOT A NO HERE, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ONTO AUDITOR. AND THAT'S APPROVE

[1. Approve Budget Change Order No. 16 for Fiscal Year 2020-2021. ]

BUDGET CHANGE ORDER 16 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021. >> WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE TIME WHERE THESE CAN GET LENGTHY BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE AT THE TIME. THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE MOVEMENTS, THE LARGEST ONES ARE WITH SOME OF OUR BUILDING SUPERINTENDENTS WITH SOME OF THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE THEY'RE NEEDING. AND THESE ARE TRYING TO PROJECT THE COSTS NEEDED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, THAT'S WHY SOME OF THESE ARE LARGER.

THE CLERK WAS NEEDING ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES FOR THEIR OFFICES. OUR SHERIFFS OFFICE IS NEEDING ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR REPAIRS AS WELL. OUR MEC EXAMINER BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR LAB WORK AS WELL AS DOING THE COASTAL PARKS ON PAGE THREE, YOU'LL SEE ADDITIONAL OVERTIME REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INLAND PARKS AND COASTAL PARKS. ALL OF THIS IS RELATED TO COVID AND WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET THESE REIMBURSED. THESE TRANSACTIONS WILL NEED TO BE PROCESSED. I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT I SUBMIT BUDGET AMENDMENT 16 FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> ANY DISCUSSION DALE HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFICANT IF I BUY AYE.

[2. Approve Monthly Financial Report for the month of March 2021. ]

>> (CHORUS OF AYES). >> AND WE HAVE NUMBER TWO. I'LL BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE FOR THIS. IF YOU GO TO PAGE FOUR AND FIVE, YOU'LL SEE THE BALANCE SHEETS FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDS. AS THIS IS, MARCH THE 31ST, THIS IS HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. YOU'LL SEE OUR GENERAL FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS ARE SHOWING THERE. THE NEXT ONE WE WANT TO GO TO IS PAGE 10. THAT'S WHERE WE SHOW OURSELF INSURANCE FUNDS. THE WORKER'S COMP DOES SHOW A NEGATIVE BUT THAT'S NOT A CONCERN FOR US. AND SOMETIMES THE BILLS ARE FASTER, THAT'S NOT A CONCERN. THE CONCERN'S ALWAYS OUR GROUP HEALTH. RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING NEGATIVE 411 THAT YOU HAD SHORTAGE. IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHEN WE START BRINGING THE REPORTS, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE THAN THAT. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE JUDGE AND THOMAS ON TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW BEST TO HANDLE THIS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE LOST REVENUE TO COVER SOME OF THETAGE. BUT AS YOU'LL SEE, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ISSUE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. WE GO TO PAGE 14, YOU'LL SEE THE ISSUE OF HOW THIS WORKS AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE RED LINES ARE TOTAL EXPENSES AND OUR BLUE LINES ARE REVENUE. AND YOU'LL SEE THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH WE'RE BELOW OUR REVENUE TO EXPENSE. WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE HIGHER, BUT THAT'S VERY GOOD FOR WHERE WE'RE AT ON THIS ITEM.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY BOTTOM, 81.9%, AS WE SAID E WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR,

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WE EXPECT THIS TO BE CLOSER TO WHERE WE BUDGETED. WHEN ALL'S DONE WE EXPECT TO BE AT 97% WHICH IS WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE. AND WE HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS CONTINUOUS.

>> WHAT PAGE WAS THAT? >> ON PAGE 16. >> ALL RIGHT. IF WE START GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET SCENARIOS THAT START ON PAGE 21. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ONES IN RED THAT ARE CONCERNING TO US. AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD MONTH, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT VERY MANY OF THEM. THE FIRST ONE'S ON PAGE 28. THE ONE IN QUESTION IS THE IT DEPARTMENT WHICH IS 1240 AND THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE OVER BUDGET IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CONTINUING CONTRACT WITH THE SERVICES. THAT SHOULD BE FINALIZING VERY SOON. SO WE'RE MAKING THE PROPER CHANGES AS NEEDED. THE NEXT ONE IS ON PAGE 38. AND THAT'S LEGAL AIDE, AS WE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, THE RENT AND PAYMENTS ALL AT ONE TIME. UNLESS WE DO THAT RENT PAYMENT IN MONTHLY PAYMENTS WHICH IS, WE CAN BUT R WE DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME, THAT'S WHY IT'S ALWAYS SHOWING AS A NEGATIVE BALANCE, BUT THAT'S NOT A CONCERNING VALUE TO US. THE ONE I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU THAT'S VERY GOOD, GO TO PAGES 52-53. THESE ARE OUR BIG DEPARTMENTS, THAT'S OTHER DISTRICT ATTORNEY, COUNT SHERIFF'S AND JAIL. AND NOT A ONE OF THEM ARE OVER BUDGET:

>> THE NEXT ONE IS PAGE 58. WE HAVE TWO AT THIS MOMENT IS EMERGENCY SERVICES BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT MORE ON-CALL SERVICES, AS WELL AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BECAUSE OF COVID-RELATED COSTS FOR OVERTIME SHOWING OUR BALANCES, THAT'S WHERE THE FIGURE IS. NOW, THE KEY ITEM THAT WE WANT TO GO TO IS ON PAGE 61. IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF PAGE 61 WE'RE AT 59.2% REMAINING OF OUR BUDGET. THEORETICALLY, IF WE WERE MATCHING 100% TO HON ONE%, WE'RE AT 9.2% OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE. WHICH IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 91%. WHICH IS VERY GOOD FOR HOW WE'RE GOING THE PROCESSES AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. NOW, I WANT TO PORN TO PAGE 71. THIS IS ONE ITEM FOR YOUR DIABETES FUNDS. THIS IS WHERE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE CONFUSION, THIS SHOWS YOU THE APPROPRIATIONS AND WHAT'S BEEN SPENT. I KNOW COMMISSIONER CHESNEY WAS ASKING ABOUT FUNDS.

WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE SO WE COULD SUBMIT THE REQUESTS IN FOR PAYMENTS FOR THIS. THEN GET REIMBURSED, YOU DO HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE. COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ, YOU HAVE $4,000, IF WE GO TO PAGE 75, THAT SHOWS YOU OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND SHOWS THE MAIN LIST AND THE ONE THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT IS ON PAGE 60. THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT OUR CURRENT OBLIGATIONS ARE.

AND WHAT OUR CURRENT BUDGET REMAINING. NOW, SOME OF THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED, THESE ARE UNSPENT FUNDS AT THE TIME. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORK WITH THE JUDGE AND TINER AND HIS OFFICE TO BE SURE WE'RE ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $50 MILLION

AT THE MOMENT. WE'LL GET THAT PUT IN AS WE COME AROUND. >> AND IN FACT, IT'S OUR

BELIEF, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT SPENT, THEY'RE ALL OBLIGATED. >> THE LAST ONE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ON PAGE 84, IS OUR CARDS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. WE HAVE $364,221. AND I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TOP OF THE LIST. NORMALLY, OUR BIG EXPENSE IS MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND EQUIPMENT, BUT YOU SEE THAT'S GOING DOWN, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD POINT. BUILDINGS AND REPAIRS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW. WE'VE EXPENDED $364,000 FOR THIS MONTH. AND THE LAST PAGE OF THE REPORT IS ON PAGE 155 AND YOU'LL SEE FOR THE SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR WE

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SPENT $2,028,685.56. I KNOW THAT WAS QUICK, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR

THE BUDGET 2020-2021. >> I THINK THE ONLY THING WAS, IS OBVIOUSLY, JUST TO NOTE, FOR THE RECORD, THAT THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND, WE JUST TOOK A BILL WALLOP WITH COVID-19, IT REPRESENTS A HUGE PIECE OF OUR TROUBLES. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN A SITUATION, OBVIOUSLY WHERE WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE PREMIUMS RAISED FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW AND YOU HAVE RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH OF TWO, THREE, FOUR CATASTROPHIC ILLNESSES IN A BIG EMPLOYEE POOL TO CAUSE HAVOC. BUT IN OUR CASE WE HAD THE NORMAL COURSE OF CHRONIC DISEASE PLUS COVID-19. AND I THINK COVID-19 REPRESENTS A MILLION SIX ON THIS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. WE'RE ALL JUST FOCUSED ON HOW MUCH [INDISCERNIBLE] CAN HELP US GET RIGHT SIDE UP AGAIN AND WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. AND WE'LL BRING THOSE TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN. BUT YOU NEEDED TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE AS A RESULT OF HAVING OUR CASH RESERVES DRAINED FROM THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND. IT'S STILL CHEAPER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE. AND HAS SHOWN TO BE SUCH YEAR AFTER YEAR WHEN GOING OUT TO THE MARKET. IT'S JUST VERY EXPENSIVE TO GO OUT TO THE MARKET AND SO, THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO BE SELF-INSURED. BUT, YOU GOT TO FIND A WAY TO RAISE REVENUE.

AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE, I THINK HAS A MEETING COMING UP, AND WE'RE WORKING ON DISCUSSING OPPORTUNITIES OF HOW REVENUES CAN BE RAISED WITHOUT HURTING

THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE AND PREMIUMS. >> AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE WORKING ON THE VALUATIONS OF OUR LOST REVENUE. MY STAFF DID CALCULATIONS, RIGHT NOW IT'S A REAL ROUGH PROJECTION OF AROUND $3.5 MILLION IT COULD BE HIGHER OR LESS. BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE, SOME OF THOSE RESERVES CAN BE USED TO COVER SOME OF THIS LOSS.

>> HOPEFULLY. >> AS YOU SAID, A LOT OF THIS COST IS COVID RELATED FOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE BUT A LOT OF OUR REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL DOESN'T ALLOW US TO COVER THE COSTS BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSIDERED NOT A BUDGETED ITEM. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BUDGETED ITEM, AND WE'RE FIGHTING THEM CONSTANTLY. WE'RE WORKING AS BEST WE CAN TO LIMIT

THE EFFECT OF ANYTHING WE HAD TO DO ON THE GENERAL BUDGET. >> HOW MUCH ON THE P-CARDS, HOW MUCH DID WE GIVE, I'M ASSUMING WE PAY OUR BILLS ON TIME AND THE FULL A.

>> YES. >> HOW MUCH DO WE GET BACK FOR DOING THAT?

>> WE NORMALLY GET A CREDIT, AND IT'S ANYWHERE FROM 40-$60,000 A YEAR. AND WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE MORE AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CURRENT CREDIT CARD COMPANY.

TRYING TO DO A VIRTUAL CARD BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS THAT WE PAY BY CHECK.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM IF THEY ALREADY ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS WOULD THEY DO A VIRTUAL CARD WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A CREDIT CARD AND THEY WILL GET THEIR MONEY FASTER AND THAT WILL GET US A HIGHER RATE. WITH ENTERPRISE, WE WERE HOPING THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO DO IT WITH A CREDIT CARD SYSTEM, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE NOT AT THIS TIME. IF WE COULD USE

THAT, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER 20 TO $30,000 ADDITIONAL CREDIT. >> I KNOW THERE'S 2% CASH BACK CARDS IF YOU JUST DID THE SIMPLE NUMBERS, WE WOULD GET HALF A MILLION DOLLAR JUST A YEAR IF WE GO OFF THE $2 MILLION PER MONTH USED. I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY NICE TO GET HALF A MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR BASED ON THE SIMPLE MATH OF 2%. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING, IF THERE WAS

ANYWAY WE COULD EXPLORE THAT. >> I KNOW MICHAEL'S WORKING WITH WELLS FARGO AND WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ON TRYING TO COME UP WITH A NEW CONTRACT FOR THE CREDIT CARD SYSTEM AND I BELIEVE IT INCLUDES A HIGHER REBATE FOR US. SO, THERE'S PROJECTION WHERE WE WILL PROBABLY BE GETTING HIGHER. NOW, SINCE WE'RE A GOVERNMENT SIMILAR TO A LARGE ENTERPRISE,

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WE'RE NOT AS LIKELY, WHERE IT WOULD BE 2-4% CASH BACK. I KNOW THE COUNT ATTORNEY IS WORKING ON

THAT. >> GOOD, IF YOU COULD KEEP US UPDATED ON THAT. IF WE'RE NOT ALLOWED, THEN I COULD THINK OF SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT ON OUR 2023 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT -- I'M SURE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES EXPLORED THAT IN TEXAS BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE STRANGE RULES. BUT IF IT IS ALLOWED, I WOULD HOPE WE COULD GET AT LEAST THE 2% BECAUSE AS I SAID, HALF A MILLION DOLLAR, MAKES SENSE TO GET THAT MUCH BACK. IF WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET MORE, MAYBE THAT WOULD BE BETTER. MAYBE WE COULD GET AN UPDATE IN JUST A FEW

MONTHS. >> REMEMBER ON YOUR CURRENT CREDIT CARD IF YOU GET 1 OR 2% ON TOTAL CHARGES, AND WHATEVER IT IS, BY THE WAY YOU GET YOUR CASH BACK, THEY KNOCK IT DOWN TO 1%. SO IT'S STILL CUT IN HALF. WE'RE CURRENTLY CHARGING AND IT'S IN OUR CURRENT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE. AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE VIRTUAL CARD WHICH WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT. WE'RE WORKING TO BE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING THERE. AND THERE'S NOT

REQUIREMENT WHERE WE GO OUT FOR A BIDDING REQUIREMENT. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, DALE. I KNOW IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING BUT LOOK UNDER EVERNOOK AND KRAHN ANY FOR A LOST REVENUE. AND WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE YEARS TO DO IT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THE RECOVERY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE THE MOST IMPACT. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT. AND OF COURSE, YOU AND I ARE BOTH ATTENDING ALL THE WEBINARS AND

SO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SHARE INFORMATION. >> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS E-1.

>> AND YOU'RE RIGHT. >> WE NEED TO APPROVE THAT MONTHLY REPORT. SO I'LL TAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE SUCH REPORT OF MARCH 2021. I THINK HE SAID YES AS TO THE MOTION TO

APPROVE. >> SECOND, FROM MAREZ. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE

[1. Discuss and consider creating a new position, Public Information Officer (PIO), Pay Group 28, in Department #1121, Commissioners Court Management Support.]

BY SAYING AYE. (CHORUS OF AYES). >> NOW WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN ON BEFORE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE TIMING RIGHT. THAT'S WHY IT'S BEFORE YOU AGAIN, I

THINK WE TABLED IT THE LAST TIME. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE IT AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS ON THIS, JUDGE, THAT ARE STILL NOT RIGHT.

>> OKAY. LET'S TELL JULIE, SO SHE COULD BRING IT BACK IN A BETTER WAY.

>> I'M SORRY, REPEAT THAT? >> THE EDUCATION. >> HE WANTS -- SO CAN YOU TELL

HER AGAIN WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE? >> YEAH.

>> I THINK THAT >> IT CURRENTLY IS REQUIRING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

>> AND WE'RE SAYING THAT A MASTER' DEGREE WOULD BE PREFERRED BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO

HOLD THE APPLICANT TO HAVING A MASTER'S DEGREE. >> ALSO. I THINK, JULIE, I KNOW THREE THINGS THAT WE NEED THOUGH MAKE SURE THAT THIS PERSON'S GOING TO BE REPORTING TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. HIRED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, RIGHT?

>> IF THAT'S WHAT YOU SO DESIRE, WE COULD DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

>> IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE, THEN THAT MEAN AS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER WOULD NEED

TO BE IT'S OWN DEPARTMENT HEAD. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, WE CAN DO THAT, IT WOULD CREATE A FIRST TIME EVER COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WHICH WOULD BE A

GOOD THING. >> WELL, IF IT'S UNDER TINER, THEN HE WOULD DOT HIRING.