[1. PUBLIC HEARING: The Nueces County Commissioners Court will conduct a public hearing to receive public input related to the Nueces County 2021 Redistricting Plan. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING]
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>>> IT IS 5:30 ON THE DOT. >>> AND I'M GOING TO GAVEL US INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NUECES COMMISSIONERS COURT IS HAVING A HEARING TO RELATED TO THE 2021 REDISTRICTING PLAN AND WE HAVE THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND WE'RE LIVE ONLINE AND WELCOME COMMISSIONER BRENT CHESNEY JOB LINE WITH US. IF AT ANY TIME ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK. REMEMBER TO USE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND. IT WILL LET CONNIE KNOW FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK. I WANT TO THANK OUR OFFICE STAFF FOR RESPONDING TO YOU THE PUBLIC WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING. WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AND NOTICE AND UP LOAD TO A WEB SITE AND HAVE POSTERS DOWN STAIRS AT THE NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
WE WILT CONTINUE THIS AND OPENED UP A SORT OF A HOTLINE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SAME UNTIL THE APPROVAL GETS CONSUMMATED HERE IN COMMISSIONERS' COURT.
IF WERE YOU HERE LAST WEEK, WE HAVE NEW MAPS AS WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION, WE WILL CHANGE THE POSTERS AND TODAY I ASK THAT THERE WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE EXPLANATION SO ONE POSTER THAT SAYS WHAT ARE THE MAPS FOR. WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING THAT AS WELL. AT THIS TIME I WILL CALL JUST IN THE ORDER OF WHICH THEY ARE WRITTEN AND ASK FOR YOU ALL TO APPROACH THE MIC AND PLEASE SAY DEPEND DEPEND.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO DO HIS POWER POINT FIRST.
>> IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT FIRST.
THERE ARE CHANGES. THEY HAVE NOT HEARD THEM.
THAT'S RIGHT, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, BELINDA AND FIRST IS
JIM KLINE. >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW? THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN MY PRIVILEGE TO HELP THE COURT GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF REDISTRICTING. WE TALKED LAST TIME THE CURRENT PLAN IS CONSTITUTIONAL. IT HAS WHAT THEY CALL A TOP TO BOTTOM DEVIATION OF 37% THAT MAKES IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE LAW REQUIRES, GIVES SOME LEEWAY TO 10% AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PLAN.
SO WE HAVE TO REVIEW THE LINES.
LAST TIME I WAS HERE I INTRODUCED FOUR PLANS AND WE GOT PUBLIC COMMENT AND A REACTION FROM THE MEMBERS THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. SO WE REVISED AND UPDATED THE MAPS. WE HAVE NOW SUBMITTED TO THE COURT FOR ITS CONSIDERATION THREE PLANS.
WE TRIED TO TAKE INTO CONTRACT THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC, THE DISCUSSIONS I'VE HAD WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND WE'RE SUBMITTING NOW, OUR FIRM IS SUBMITTING THREE PLANS DOUBLE A.
DOUBLE B AND DOUBLE C. SO IF WE CAN START WITH THE POWERPOINT AND GO TO THE FIRST MAP.
THE FIRST MAP AA CONTINUES WITH THE -- HAS THE TWO PRIMARY GOALS OF THE PLAN TO BALANCE OUT POPULATION BETWEEN THE FOUR COMMISSIONER PRECINCTS. AND TO PROTECT THE MINORITY VOTING STRENGTH IN THE DISTRICTS AS THEY EXIST TODAY SO THEY ARE REFLECTED IN THE PLAN AS WELL.
WE ALSO TRY TO MAINTAIN THE SAME THEME WE PRESENTED LAST TIME AND THAT IS TO TRY TO MAKE THE DISTRICTS MORE COMPACT.
AND TO COMBINE SOME OF THE RURAL AREA INTO A PREDINT AND
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TO INCLUDE AN AREA AND ANOTHER SPOT FOR PLAN A.I THINK VOTING PREDINT 27. AND, AGAIN.
IN THE PLAN WE TRIED TO JOIN THE AREAS AROUND VOTING PRECINCT 50 SO. THAT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS SPLIT THAT WAS POINTED OUT TO US THAT WAS SPLIT.
WE TRIED TO INCLUDE THE PRECINCTS AROUND THAT PRECINCT TO JOIN THAT -- THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER.
AND SO IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, THAT SHOWS HOW FAR WE HAVE COME IN TERMS OF BALANCING OUT THE POPULATION.
THIS PLAN HAS WHAT THEY CALL A TOP TO BOTTOM DEVIATION OF 5.73 AND AS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME, JUDGE, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MOST POPULATED AND THE LEAST POPULATED DISTRICT. WHAT THE COURTS LOOK TO DEFINE THE TOP TO BOTTOM DEVIATION. SO THAT DIFFERENTIAL IS 5.73.
AND COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 4 IS THE MOST POPULATED.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMMISSIONER BRENT CHESNEY INSISTED LOSE AS LITTLE POPULATION AS POSSIBLE.
HE IS FOND OF HIS VOTERS AND KEEP AS MANY AS HE CAN IN HIS COMMISSIONER PREDINT T IS THE LARGEST AT 91,000.
AND THE SMALLEST IS 86400. I THINK THAT'S JUSTIFIED TILT PICKS UP MUCH OF THE RURAL AREA.
AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY A NUMBER OF GROUPS AS BEING THE AREAS WHERE MOST OF THE UNDER COUNT OCCURS WHERE WE HAVE SMALL RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HARD TO COUNT.
HIS IS THE MOST UNDER POPULATED OF THE DISTRICTS.
EACH OF THE MINORITY DISTRICTS IS MAINTAINED WITH ALL OF THE THREE MINORITY DISTRICTS BEING OVER 70% MINORITY AND THE DISTRICT FOUR BEING 43%. AGAIN.
FAIR EQUAL TO WHERE WE ARE AND WITH THE GROWTH WE HAD.
SO THIS POWERPOINT AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC AND ONE OF THE FACT SHEETS WE HAVE IS TO SHOW SOME OF THOSE RURAL AREAS AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN WILL ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE WE HAVE THE COMMISSIONER PRECINCT.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE IT HAS A PERCENTAGE THAT THOSE ARE EITHER LOCATED OR SPLIT BETWEEN DIFFERENT COMMISSIONER PRECINCTS. WE, AGAIN, TRIED TO KEEP AS MANY OF THE AREAS INTACT AS WE COULD.
SO THAT DOES IT FOR PLAN AA. THE NEXT ONE IS BB.
AND IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND ON WE DOUBLED ONE ON COMBINING THE RURAL AREAS THAT WE FEEL ARE A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST ON THE WEST END OF THE COUNTY.
AGAIN THOSE GET PUT INTO PRECINCT 1.
THE OTHER THREE DISTRICTS0 ARE COMMISSIONER PREDC DISTRICTS OR COMMISSIONER PRESENTS ARE URBAN.
1 IS MORE RURAL. IT BLUES MANY OF THE AREAS IN THAT ONE PRECINCT AND DRISCOLL AS WELL.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AS I SAID.
WE'RE DOUBLING DOWN ON THESE -- ON THESE CRITERIA.
THIS PLAN IS THE MOST COMPACT AND THE ONE THAT COMPLIES THE BEST WITH THE 1 PERSON, ONE VOTE RULE.
THE TOP TO BOTTOM DEVIATION AND THIS PLAN IS 2.61.
AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH OF THE COMMISSIONER PRECINCTS IS UNDER 2% IN DIFFERENTIAL FROM THE IDEAL.
ALMOST PERFECT IN PRECINCT 1 IS UNDER POPULATED BY LESS THAN 1
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HALF OF 1%. 2, 1.4% UNDER POPULATED.PRECINCT 3, ALMOST -- ALMOST PERFECT AT .77 OF A PERCENT ABOVE THE IDEAL AND THEN PRECINCT 4, AGAIN, THE MOST OVERPOPULATED BUT ONLY AT 1.13%.
AGAIN, THE MINORITY NUMBERS, THE 3 MINORITY OPPORTUNITY DISTRICTS ALL OVER 70% AND THE FOURTH DISTRICT AT 43.58.
SO, AGAIN. THE PLAN COMPLIES AND IS CONSTITUTIONAL AND AS I MENTIONED.
THERE IS A SHEET -- A FACT SHEET INCLUDED THAT DESCRIBES THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE AND EACH OF THOSE PRECINCTS. AND PLAN CC.
THE CONCEPT FROM THE FIRST 2 T IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
LET ME BACK UP AND SAY ALL THREE OF THE PLANS WE ARE PROVIDING TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ARE CONSTITUTIONAL.
THEY COMPLY WITH THE ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE RULE AND PROTECT THE MINORITY VOTING INTEREST IN AS AS REQUIRED BY THE VOTING RI RIGHTS ACT AND THE 14TH AMENDMENT.
CC DOES -- TAKE AS DIFFERENT APPROACH.
IN PLAN CC WE TRY TO HAVE THE LEAST CHANGE PLAN.
VERY FEW VOTING PRECINCTS ARE MOVED FROM ONE DISTRICT TO THE OTHER. IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY CHANGE IN ITS PRECINCTS. THE OTHER HAVE SOME BUT THEY ARE VERY LIMITED IN THE CHANGE IN THEIR VOTING PRECINCTS.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE. THAT'S THE RESULT OF DOING THAT IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL BUT THE TOP TO BOTTOM DEVIATION FOR THAT IS OVER 9% THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY THE LAW.
EACH OF THE DISTRICTS. EACH IS PROTECTED.
IT HAS A PRECINCT 1 UNDER 70%. AND THEN DISTRICTS 2 AND 3 OVER 70% AND 4 IN THE 40%. IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
THE LEAST CHANGE OF THE FROM THE BENCH MARK.
BUT IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL. IS OR SO THAT I SUBMIT IS THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE PREPARED FOR THE COURT'S CONSIDERATION.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME AS THE COURT IS AWARE.
WE HAVE SCHEDULED, I THINK A MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AT WHICH TIME THE COURT WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE DEADLINES THAT ARE APPROACHING FOR THE WERE THAT, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS I'LL TURN IT OVER TO EGGS COMMUNICATIONS -- QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> LET'S AND MOVE TO ARE YOU SEEING CC FOR THE FIRST TIME.
CAN YOU PROVIDE FOR AA, BB AND CC.
YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ON WEDNESDAY TO COME BACK AS WELL. AND WE'LL LET YOU START US OFF. THANK YOU, JUDGE.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. I WANTED TO RESTATE FOR THE RECORD I THINK I HAVE BEEN CLEAR ON MY GENERAL FEELING HOW THIS SHOULD GO OR HOW I HOPED IT WOULD GO IS THAT -- THE LEAST CHANGE BUT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS AND THAT KEEPS AS NUMBER MY PRECINCT AS POSSIBLE.
AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING I HAVE TO GIVE UP THE MOST I HAVE THE MOST I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMENTS ON THE FRONT END. I THINK THAT WAS ACCURATE TO SAY I AM FOND OF MY PRECINCT AND NO MATTER I HAVE TO GIVE UP PEOPLE I ENJOY REPRESENTING. THE QUESTION IS ON THE PLAN CC,
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WOULD THE POSSIBILITY EXIST THESE WERE DONE AND WE GOT THEM, TOO. I APPRECIATE THEM.AND MAYBE TO BE THE LEAST CHANGE THAT YOU COULD TWEAK MY MORNING IT MEETS THE CONSTITUTION WITH THE DEVIATION UNDER 10% THE 93 NUMBER CAN GO DOWN MORE.
AND THAT GOES AGAINST WHAT I WANT TO DO BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO BE FAIR AND BALANCED AND MAKE THIS AS REASONABLE OF A PROCESS AS WE CAN.
THE QUESTION THERE IS IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN TWEAK IF WE WANT IF THE COURT DEEMS THE LEAST CHANGE PLAN WAS -- WAS
OKAY. >> THE SHORT ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE BEEN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE AND UNDER A VERY, WE DID NOT.
>> AND BEFORE THIS MORNING. WE CAN GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND TWEAK IT SO WE CAN LOWER THE PERCENTAGE OF TOP WHAT THEY CALL TOP TO BOTTOM DEVIATION AND REQUIRE YOU LOSING 4 LOSING MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST POPULATED AND MOVING THEM INTO RAN AGENDA DISTRICT.
>> WE CAN DO IT IF THE COURT WANTS TO US DO THAT AND CC.
>> AND WE CAN DO THAT IF WE CAN GET A TARGET FOR HOW LOW YOU WANT TO US GO ON THE PERCENTAGE, THAT WOULD MAKE OUR JOB EASIER IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE MOVE OUT OF
THE DISTRICT, ET CETERA. >> THIS IS ON I'M GOING TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT WAS THE FIRST POINT I WANTED TO MAKE. I APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING MORE OPTIONS. WE HAVE SEF NON-FRONT OF US WHICH I THINK IS OUTSTANDING AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS. SO I'LL LISTEN TO EVERYONE ELSE. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
I WILL LISTEN TONIGHT AND FINISH THIS ON WEDNESDAY.
THERE WILL BE MORE. I'LL GO ON MUTE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, JUDGE. >> WE'LL ASK OTHER COMMISSIONERS NOW IF THEY HAVE OR ROTATE WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MAY I PROCEED TO INVITING THOSE TO VISIT
COMMISSIONER? >> I WOULD RATHER LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC AND HEAR THEIR INPUT AND THOUGHTS FIRST AND THEN I'LL SHARE MY OBSERVATIONS AND THEN SET UP WEDNESDAY WHEN WE COME
>>> WE'LL START WITH JIM KLINE.
FOLLOWED BY KAREN BRYANT. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND
COMMISSIONERS. >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ATTEND. THANK YOU FOR SETTING THIS UP.
AND THE THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THE MEETING.
I LIVE AT 3501 NORTH RAY STREET HERE IN CORPS. CORPUS CHRISTI.
I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THIS I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF AN EXPERT TON THIS. THE FIRST GLANCE THAT I PREFER MAP BB, MAYBE SOME RESERVATIONS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT I RECOMMEND IS THAT THE COMMISSION GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE ESTABLISHING AN INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I KNOW THAT UNDER THE FUN NOW AND MAKE THIS BY THE 13TH.
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. THAT IS IN A LURCH.
BUT AN IRC WOULD HELP US IN THE FUTURE.
THIS HAPPENS AGAIN SO SIMILAR TO THIS HAPPENED TEN YEARS AGO AS WELL. SO, I THINK WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THAT HAPPENS AGAIN.
AN IRS WOULD TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF THAT.
AND IF YOU ADAPT THEM NOW AND THOSE ARE NOT THE NOT BOUND BY THOSE AND BEFORE 2030. AND IRC HAS TO LOOK AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS AS THEY SEE FIT GOING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU. >> KAREN BRYANT.
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>> GOOD EVENING, I'M KAREN BRYANT.
I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF. I LIVE AT 3033 AUSTIN STREET IN CORPUS CHRISTI IN PRECINCT 1. I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF BB.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO LOOK AT CC YET.
BUT I DID SUPPORT MAP BB BASED ON THE FACT IT HAS THE SMALLEST POPULATION DEVIATION. THROUGH NO FAULT OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT THIS A RUSHED TIME LINE SINCE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TO ANALYZE AND THE IMPACT ON THEM.
MY REQUEST THAT YOU LISTEN TO THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE AGENCIES AND LEADERS THAT YOU WILL HEAR FROM THIS WEEK AND TO TAKE AND INCORPORATE THE SUGGESTIONS, IF THEY ARE FAIR AND BELIEVE. AND USE THOSE AS YOU RECREW THE LINES. AND KEEP IT TRANSPARENT.
I APPRECIATE MR. GARZA AND THE STAFF HAS BEEN PRODUCE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND VERY ADMIRABLE AND SO WE WOULD ASK THAT THE CHANGES BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEB SITE AND PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS OF HOW THE LINES WOULD IMPACT. THE POPULATION EGG YIPPING AND THE PARTISAN LEAN. AS YOU ALL KNOW NUECES COUNTY HAS AREAS THAT LACK NECESSITIES INCLUDING CLEAN WATER, DRAINAGE, PAVED ROADS AND SAFE HOUSING.
THE HISTORIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ARE STILL RAVAGED BY AIR POLLUTION. HAZARDOUS WASTE, LACK OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND FALLOUT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE AND THE UPCOMING DEMOLITION OF THE OLD BRIDGE.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE WORKED HARD AND RETOURSS AND TRANSFORMED THE AREAS ADD MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR MANY OF THESE CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY TO MAKE BETTER LIVES FOR THEMSELVES BUT WE STILL HAVE THOSE LEFT BEHIND AND SO, EVEN THOUGH THE POSITIVE STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
I WOULD ASK THAT WE REMAIN MINDFUL OF THE THAT ARE SUFFERING THOSE OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONTROL BUT T THEY ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND SO AS WE AND VARIOUS AREAS, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY CHANGE INTO DIFFERENT PRECINCTS.
I ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF THE UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES.
I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
WHO KNOW WAS IS POSSIBLE IN RESTORING SOME AREAS AND, YOU KNOW USING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU JUDGE BARBARA CANALES AND THE COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
I'M NEW TO THE GAME I SEE THE AGENDAS I'M BLOWN AWAY.
YOU MANAGE, YOU KNOW, MILLION THINGS.
AND IT HAS BEEN INSPIRING TO SEE HOW YOU HANDLED THE PROCESS. AND YOU GOT HANDED A COMPRESSED TIME LINE. I'M NOT VERY PROUD OF HOW THE AT THE STATE LEVEL THEY HAVE HANDLED REDISTDISTRICTS BUT I'M PROUD OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR THE PROCESS AND HUSTLING AND WILLING TO LISTEN, REALLY LISTEN TO INPUT. I WANTED TO SAY WHAT YOU ARE MODELING FOR OTHER COULDN'TS IN THE STATE IF NOT THE NATION IS IMPORTANT AND I BELIEVE IN THE DEMOCRACY AND LOOK AT WHAT ARE YOU DOING. GOOD FOR YOU AND GOOD FOR THE STAFF. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEE THIS THROUGH. THE NEXT STEP IS TAKE THE INPUT AND DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH IT IN A REASONABLE AND FAIR WAY SO WE CAN SERVE THE NEEDS OF ALL THE COMMUNITY.
MY FINAL COMMENT I WILL ECHO MR. KLINE IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO SET UP A COMMISSION FOR 2024 AND ENCOURAGE TO YOU TAKE THE STEPS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE ENTIRETY OF THE ELECTIONS WITH FAIR VOTING MAPS. THANK YOU.
>> AT THIS TIME FROM TIME DOWLING FOLLOWED BY LEMONT
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TAYLOR. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW KAREN BRYANT SHE IS SO OUTSPOKEN. SHE TOOK THE WORDS THAT I WOULD USE SO I WILL NOT REPEAT THEM SAY AMEN TO WHAT MISS BRYANT SAID AND ABOUT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
IF THEY MODELED YOU WE WOULD BE IN A BETTER SPOT.
WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS EVENING THE LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM ISSUES. THE LONG TERM, FIRST.
I ECHO THE COMMENTS OF THE OTHER FOLKS WE OUGHT TO HAVE A INDEPENDENT COMMISSION. WE CANNOT DO THAT NOW WITH THE DEADLINE A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY.
BUT I WOULD URGE THE THOUGHTS ON YOU.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TIME NO FAULT OF ANYONE TO COME UP WITH THIS THERE HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH TIME FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTING HOW TO IMPROVE THE MAPS.
AND THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM OF YOUR STAFF I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD BUT ON SATURDAY I WENT TO THE WEB SITE AND CLICKED ON THE AGENDA ON SATURDAY AND IT DID NOT SHOW THIS MEETING OR THE ONE FOR WEDNESDAY.
WHEN YOU CLICKED IT WAS NOT THERE.
SOMEBODY SAID WHAT ARE THEY DOING THIS WEEK IF THEY DID NOT SEE IT. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A LOT OF TIME SO THAT MEETS -- LEAD MEESE TO THIS.
WHAT I REQUEST YOU DO PUT AN YOUR AGENDA FOR JANUARY 26TH OR NOT THAT DAY, A WEDNESDAY, THE NEXT MEETING THAT YOU HAVE, PUT ON YOUR AGENDA LET'S INVITE PEOPLE HERE TO SAY WE HAD TO ADOPT THE MAP AND WE'RE IN A HURRY.
ANYONE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
HEAR THE PEOPLE OUT IF IT IS, YES, THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO CHANGE WE'RE STUCK WITH THE MAP WE ADOPTED FOR 2022.
LET'S IMPLEMENT A COMMISSION FOR 2024 AND LATER.
BUT IF ON THE OTHER HAND ARE YOU PLEASED WITH THE MAPS WE HAD HERE IN THE PROCESS SAY I'M HAPPY TO LIVE WITH THOSE, THAT'S GREAT DON'T PUT THEM IN A BOX TEN YEARS FROM NOW THAT YOU GOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROCESS IN HAND ABOUT HOW TO PREDISTRICT. WHAT I URGE IS TO ADOPT IN 2022 A COMMISSION TO BE EFFECTIVE IN 2030.
AND I HAPPEN TO BE HAPPILY SAY NOW I'M RETIRED.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET THE ORDINANCES AND COME UP WITH A DRAFT WITH MR. GARZA AND GET DIRECTION.
THERE ARE WAYS TO DO IT. I TONIGHT WANT THE NEXT COURT TO BE ADRIFT. AS THIS ONE WAS WITH THE CENSUS AND NOT HAVING IT FULLY ADOPTED PROCEDURE.
THE SHORT TERM ISSUE WHICH MAP TO ADOPT NOW.
I AGREE WITH MR. GARZA, HE HAS BEEN DOING IT A LOT LONGER.
THEY ARE LEGAL. CONSTITUTIONALLY AND I SEE NO DIFFERENCE OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
ANOTHER FACTOR THOSE ARE STRANGE LOO LOOKING CREATURES. THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE.
THEN THE DECISION IS DOWN TO THE DEVIATIONS AND ARE WE SPLITTING COMMUNITIES UNNECESSARILY.
I THINK MAP BB, 2.6% THE CLOSEEST THAT WE HAD BEFORE WE NARROWED IT DOWN WAS 5.31%. AND SO I THINK THAT VERY CLEARLY BB IS THE WAY TO GO ON THE DEVIATION FACTOR.
I SAID WHAT ABOUT DIVIDING THE COMMUNITIES IN THE MEMO THAT I HAD THERE FOR YOU. THERE IS DISCUSSION AND AA SPLITS TWO. I HAVEN'T HAD TIME FOR CC.
CC IS NOT THE WAY TO GO. AND CC YOU HAVE A DEVIATION OF OVER 9%, PROBABLY A BIGGER PROB THAN THAT.
NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL OR LEGAL PROBLEM BUT A PRACTICAL PROBLEM IS THAT THE LARGEST DISTRICT IS NUMBER FOUR AS MUCH AS I LIKE MY FRIEND MR. BRENT CHESNEY, THAT IS A DISTRICT YOU DO NOT WANT TO OVERPOPULATE THAT DISTRICT.
THAT'S -- THAT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST AND FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS WILL BE THE FASTEST GROWING DISTRICT IS OVERPOPULATED BY 5.59%, VERY PLAUSIBLE IN ELECTION OR TWO OR THREE IT WILL BE RESULTS IN A DEVIATION OVER 10%.
YOU WANT TO AVOID THAT. SO WHAT I RECOMMEND I THINK IT IS HELPFUL TO GET SPECIFIC IDEAS INSTEAD OF GENERALITYS.
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TAKE THE POPULATION IN FOUR, THE BB MAP, ADD TO 1 AND 2 PRECINCTS WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY UNDER POPULATED.ONE WAY TO DO THAT AND I HAVE TO REFER TO THIS AT A DISTANCE.
BB HERE IN THE CENTER AT THE FAR EAST END.
THERE MAY BE A PRECINCT OR TWO THAT YOU COULD ADJUST THERE TO SHIFT SOME POPULATION THAT COULD ACHIEVE THAT OBJECTIVE.
AND THEN DOWN IN -- THE SHIFTING POPULATION OUT OF DISTRICT 4 TO 2 COULD YOU DO THAT HERE AT THE NORTH AND OF 4. AND ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD.
IS I DID NOTICE THAT 1, 2, 5 AND 120 ARE DIVIDED.
PART ARE ONE PRECINCT AND ANOTHER.
I WAS AFRAID I DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO THE MAP ON IT.
I THOUGHT WE MAY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT LIVE HERE.
BUT MAYBE THAT MAY SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
IN SUMMARY WITH THE CHANGES COULD YOU REDUCE THE DEVIATIONS, I WOULD THINK EASILY AND MAYBE GET RID OF THE TWO SPLINT PRECINCTS. THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. BB.
CONSIDER SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO REDUCE THE DEVIATIONS EVEN MORE. HOLD A HEARING IN JANUARY, THE END OF JANUARY OR AS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
OKAY, GREAT, KEEP THEM FOR TEN YEARS.
DO THAT IN 2022. SO IT IS NOT ON THE THINGS WE DON'T WORK ON. THEN IF WE'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH THEM. THEN GET YOUR IRS UP AND RUNNING. AND 2022.
AND THE MAPS THEY WILL BE WORKING ON THAT DON'T NEED TO BE DONE UNTIL 2024. THERE IS TIME TO DO THE WORK.
I WANT TO ECHO MY GRATITUDE. I WISH THE LEGISLATURE TRANSPARENT AND COMING UP AS MR. GARZA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
LEMONT TAYLOR AND CLEANING THE MIC PREPARING, I WANT TO, ESPECIALLY THANK ALL OF THOSE FOLKS.
MR. DOWLING THE TIME THAT WENT INTO PREPARATION IS INCREDIBLE.
IT STARTED WITH THE TIME THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING THE CENSUS DATA, WE HAD ITEMS. AND YOU KNOW IF WE CAN ONLY HAVE CITIZENS ALL OVER THAT WERE AS DEDICATED TO THE PROCESS. I LEARN EVERY TIME I PICK UP A DOCUMENT I'M LEARNING. THAT GOES FOR ALL OF YOU AS WELL THAT HAVE BEEN REPEAT, YOU KNOW FOLKS HERE IN COMMISSIONERS COURT EXPRESSING COMMENTS AND YOUR OPINIONS ON THE MAPS T IS JUST -- YOU MAY BE FEW BUT YOUR VOICES ARE LIFTING UP MANY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> I WILL JUST JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT LEMON TAYLOR AT 522 HANCOCK, APARTMENT 109.
I COME TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF CONSIDERING MAP BBT IS THE BEST DEVIATION STANDARD 2.61 FOR CONSTITUTIONAL MEANS, SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME NOT SEEING ANYTHING BY THE COURT BUT THE STATE OF TEXAS WHO PUT US IN THE TIME CRUNCH. A COUPLE OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT THAT I MAY BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AND WHAT BB DOES IS PROVIDE A LOT OF RURAL AREA. AND I GUESS MY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN HINDSIGHT, I THINK ABOUT RURAL URBAN IF I HAD ONE WHO IS DEALING WITH MORE WITH RULE ISSUES AND OTHER THREE ARE DEALING WITH THE URBAN ISSUES I GET A 3-2 VOTE BECAUSE THE JUDGE VOTES FOR THE RULE. I GET A 3-2.
THAT LEAVES THOSE IN LIMBO AND ISSUES OUT THERE THAT YOU MAY
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BE, WANT TO BE AWARE OF. THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS I'M I WANT TO WANT TO YOU THINK ABOUT BB BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I SAW CC I JUST TOOK THAT OFF THE STABLE FOR ME PERSONALLY.AND I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD, TOO.
GOING BACK UP TO 9.13 WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THE CC. IF WE TWEAK BB, WE MAY GET WHERE WE WANT TO GET AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS OUT ARE THOSE COMMUNITIES OF CONCERN.
AND CAN BE RECOGNIZED AND A VOTE WOULD COUNT AND THE VOTE WILL BE COUNTED. AND THE TALKED ABOUT UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES. IN PRECINCT 1.
A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING I GUESS BECAUSE OF I CALL IT A DISASTER DIASPORIA OF THE BLACK POPULATION ON AND THEY ARE SCATTERED AND UNFORTUNATELY.
AND WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE IT IS HARD WHEN I LOOKED AT AND SAW THAT THE SECOND HIGHEST WOULD BE IN PREDINT 4 THE ONLY THING TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. LOOKING AT THOSE THAT CAN BE DONE THE BEST THING THAT I WOULD SUGGEST WOULD GO TO BB AND THE THIRD AND FINAL, THEN I'LL SIT DOWN.
THERE SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE FOR THE FACT WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE SOMETHING TO THE CLERK BUT LOOK AT COMING IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR AND SIT DOWN AND TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE AND HAVE THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
IF THESE MAPS ARE GOOD AND EVERYONE IS SATISFIED SO BE IT. WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> PAULA BRIGHTON SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY RENEE SIGNS. IF YOU SEE THAT I GET TAPPED ON MY SHOULDER I WILL PASS THE GAVEL TO COMMISSION MAREZ AT SOME POINT SOMEONE IS GOING TO ASK ME TO STEP OUT AND MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANOTHER MATTER IF YOU SEE ME I'LL BE BACK I DIDN'T WANT TO BE RUDE I KNOW THE HOUR IS FAST APPROACHING WHEN THEY WILL TAP ME I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> NO WORRIES. I'M HERE TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
>> SO I AM HERE TO BE THE AMEN CHORUS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSCORE THE FACT THAT WE DO COME HERE WITH A 30% DEVIATION THAT HAS CREPT IN OVER TEN YEARS SO DO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WE'RE STARTING WITH THE DEVIATION SPLIT IN THE MAPS.
BECAUSE WE ARE A GROWING AREA. LOTS OF PEOPLE RETIRING HERE.
PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER PUTTING, AS MR. DOWLING AND THE OTHERS SAID PUT IN A PROCESS THAT WE CAN CARRY INTO FUTURE SO WE'RE NOT CAUGHT SHORTHANDED AGAIN, MORE VIRUSES WILL BE COMING IT IS JUST LIFE. AND TO PUT INTO THE HISTORICAL RECORD FOR NEXT TIME, THE -- THE SPEED WHICH YOU PUT IN POSTERS AND THE PUBLICITY AND GETTING EVERYTHING DONE THAT IS INCREDIBLE. BUT IT WILL BE WHOEVER NEEDS TO DO THIS WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING A GUIDELINE.
>> AS MR. DOWLING SAID, LEADERS WILL LOOK AT THIS AND, SUNDAY TO KIND OF STRATEGIZE WHO WOULD SPEAK WHEN AND OUR THOUGHTS AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO OUR LEADERS BUT AS YOU WELL KNOW THE TIME IS COMPRESSED. AND COMING IN JANUARY.
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WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT'S EXCITING, WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE AWARE HEAR IT YOU KNOW HOW HOST BEFORE IT SINKS IN.>> AGAIN I WANT TO ECHO THE, MY COMMENDATION TO MAKE THIS FAIR AND OPEN AND STAFF AVAILABLE WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND I LIVE IN ON THE ISLAND SO COMMISSIONER CHESNEY IS MY COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
>>> FINALLY FROM VANESSA SIGNS.
>> I WILL HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AND THEN I WILL STEP OUT AND COMMISSIONER MAREZ AND TO HAVE THEIR SAY SO AND REFIND EVERYONE HERE ABOUT THE NEXT HEARING, GOOD TO BE HERE, I THINK I HAVE BEEN THROUGH HERE A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND I AGREE WITH THE SAME SENTIMENT A COMMISSION I THINK AND THE BEST THING TO DO AND A FAIR WORLD.
I DON'T THINK WE DO THAT. IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW IT IS A GOOD START.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THREE YEARS A DIFFERENT PARTY AND SCRAP EVERYTHING. SO, I ACTUALLY LIKE THE PLAN AA WITH SOME MINOR CHANGES. I WAS DOING MOTH I KNOW THAT THE COMMISSIONER TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO MAYBE LOSE THE POPULATION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT 124 BE TAKEN OUT OF COMMISSIONER JOHN MAREZ'S PRECINCT AND, 91 BE ADDED INTO COMMISSIONER JOHN
MAREZ PRECINCT. >>> I'M A VERY PARTISAN PERSON A DEMOCRAT. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS THERE AND LIKE SIX, 7000 PEOPLE VOTING IN PRECINCT 91.
THEY'RE VOTING MORE AND MORE DEMOCRAT.
IT IS LEANING REPUBLICAN. 91 IS TRENDING TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. IF YOU WERE ABLE TO TAKE OUT OR ADD INTO PRECINCT 91 AND TAKE OUT 124.
I BELIEVE ABOUT 1800 COMMISSIONER BRENT CHESNEY'S POPULATION SIZE WOULD BE WHAT IS DECREASED BY 1800 PEOPLE.
SO, THIS IS FROM THE DEMOCRAT IN ME.
THE OTHER THING I KNOW PEOPLE MENTIONED NUECES PLAN B.
TO SOME EXTENT I AGREE WITH THAT.
THERE IS A WAY POSSIBLY TO INCORPORATE PRECINCT 36 INTO COMMISSIONER -- COMMISSIONER COURT 1.
IF YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO THAT. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE THE MAP MAKEUP WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO PRECINCT TO THE BB THEY WERE ADVOCATING FOR.
SO IN THAT SENSE, PUT INTO 1, 36 IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
BUT I KNOW WHAT IS POSSIBLE TAKING OUT 124 AND THE MAREZ'S PRECINCT AND ADDING IN. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO.
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AND I DON'T LIKE ANY OF THIS THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WILL GO.AND THAT'S NOT WHAT IS GOING TO HAM.
A TWEAK IF POSSIBLE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY ARE CONSTITUTIONAL. KY NOT SAY THAT ADDING 36.
I JUST THOUGHT OF THAT A WHILE AGO.
AND PUTTING IT BACK AND COMMISSIONER BRENT CHESNEY'S ADDING 91 INTO THE MAREZ'S PRECINCT AND OUT OF COMMISSIONER BRENT CHESNEY'S PRECINCT T IS WITHIN IT WOULD
BE CONSTITUTIONAL. >> I'M PASSING THE GAVEL TO COMMISSIONER MAREZ T IS 6:15 I WILL MAKE MY COMMENT I HOPE TO
SEE YOU HERE SHORTLY. >> ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT OR PUBLIC COMMENT. IT TAKES TIME TO REACT ON ZOOM. I DON'T SEE MEN.
WE'LL GO TO THE COMMISSIONER COMMENTS NOW.
THE COMMISSIONER CHESNEY SPOKE.
IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE PLANS SUGGESTED AND
GONZALES OR HERNANDEZ? >> I HEAR WHAT RESPECT IS SAYING. I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE HAVE COME BACK AND MAYBE DO THE WISHES OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS.
BUT SOMETIMES YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL THE WISHES SOMETIMES CAN YOU HAVE PART OF THE WISHES.
WE'RE HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE SOME. REDISTRICT SOMETHING NOT ABOUT MOVING BUT MOVING 37% ALREADY CONSTITUTIONAL.
WE GOT TO MOVE SOME. I HEAR EVERYONE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. , THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
IF NOT FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR TO US GET THE FEED BACK.
THAT I NEED BEING THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
I AGREE WITH THE MAJORITY RULE SO.
I THINK WE CAN DO IF WE HAVE A COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW GIVE US INPUT SO, I'LL WAIT UNTIL WEDNESDAY B BUT I WILL WORK FOR YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU. >> AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> NO, SIR, I MADE MINE EARLIER.
>> I'M GOOD. APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT.
YOU >> WE WANTED TO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT. YOU MAY WANT TO COME BACK ON WEDNESDAY WHEN YOU HAD TIME TO DIGEST THE THIRD MAP.
WE APPRECIATE MR. BRINGING ANOTHER OPTION AND WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE THAT ONLINE SOON? >> THE THIRD ATTACHMENT.
>> MAP CC CAME ON LINE THIS AFTERNOON; AS WELL AS THE POWERPOINT THAT WAS GIVEN TODAY.
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK IT OVER YOU CAN GET ON THERE.
WHAT I'M HEARING YOU WANT A COMMISSION TO LOOK AT 22, 24, I HEARD TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT FOR -- IS
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THAT AS AN ADVISORY? , LET ME CLARIFY.I'M LOSING MY VOICE. I WILL CLARIFY IT FOR YOU.
WHATEVER COMMISSION IS FORMED IT WILL BE ADVISORY.
THAT'S JUST A GIVEN UNDER STATE LAW.
IT'S NOT TRUE WITH THE CITY BUT WITH THE COUNTY.
WHATEVER AN IRC RECOMMENDS IT IS A RECOMMENDATION.
SO THEY CAN COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION, AND YOU GET THE FINAL VOTE ON IT. THAT WILL NOT CHANGE.
WHAT I'M ADVISING THE COURT TO DO TO GO AAND AND ADOPT A COMMISSION IN 2022 SO THE ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE WHEN DOES IT GET TO WORK? SO IF WILL GET TO WORK IN 2022 IF WE GET ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INPUT IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY AT THE CONSENSUS AFTER GETTING THE INPUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO GET THE MAP DONE IN NOVEMBER IN A HURRY.
IT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED. WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH IT.
LET'S GET THE COMMISSION, LET THEM GET TO WORK.
TELL THEM TO COME BACK WITH THE RECOMMENDATION SAY THIS IS WHAT WE RECOMMEND DO YOU FOR 2024 AND LATER.
IF, ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE YOU ENTIRELY HAPPEN, YOU KNOW YOU GET THE PUBLIC COMMENT IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY SAY, YOU KNOW WE'RE UNDER THE GUN WE DID A GREAT JOB THAT IS JUST GREAT. WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE IT.
WONDERFUL. DON'T PUT IT TEN YEARS IN THE TIGHT BOX THIS GOT PUT BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER A PROCESS ADOPTED. I RECOMMEND ADOPT THE PROCESS LET IT GO FORWARD AND GET APRIL OF 2030 FORM THE COMMISSION AND YOU GET THE CENSUS DATA IN 2031.
YOU HAVE SEVEN MONTHS FROM THERE TO MEET THE DEADLINE OF NH 2031 OR ABOUT THAT DATE. AND THAT'S WHAT I RECOMMEND IS
THAT -- >> THE COMMISSION WILL GO TO
WORK AFTER 24 ELECTION? >> WELL.
NO IT WOULD GO TO WORK ONE OF TWO TIMES.
GO TO WORK IN 2022 IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE MAP ARE YOU ABOUT TO ADOPT. IF YOU'RE HAPPY THEN IT WILL DO NOTHING UNTIL YOU FORM IT IN 2030, GET IT FORMED THEN APRIL OF 2031 YOU GET THE NEW CENSUS AND TURN IT OVER TO THE COMMISSION AND SAY WE HAVE IT, LADIES, GENTLEMEN, GET TO WORK BEFORE THE DEADLINE. IT WILL BE 2022 OR EIGHT YEARS
LATER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK
YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR
TODAY? >> REMINDER WE WILL BE BACK ON WEDNESDAY AT 5:30 HERE AGAIN COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HOPE TO TAKE A VOTE AT THAT TIME AFTER PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT VOTE WILL STAND AS OUR NEW MAPS AND BOUNDARIES.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE DATE ON FRIDAY SET UP JUST IN CASE WE CANNOT COME TO A CONSENSUS OR NEW INFORMATION THAT HAS COME OUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE TO US LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT LONGER BUT FRIDAY IS THE DROP DEAD DATE, STOP DATE
FOR SURE. >> WE CANNOT GO PAST FRIDAY?
>> A CERTAIN TIME ON FRIDAY? >> MR. GARZA BUT WE NEED TO GET IT ADOPTED ON WEDNESDAY THOSE MAPS NEED TO GET OUT TO OTHERS. BUT WE DID KIND OF JUST PUT SINCE WE HAVE TO POST 72 HOURS AHEAD OF TIME WE PUT AN ITEM AS
A LAST RESORT. >> WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY MAPS UNLESS WE GET SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND WEDNESDAY I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT BUT THERE IS THAT OPTION JUST IN CASE. IF NOT WE WOULD BE STUCK WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO VOTE. WE CANNOT HAVE A RECESS OR HOLD OVER BECAUSE THURSDAY WE WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF VETERAN'S DAY. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS THEN THIS HEARING IS CLOSED.
THANK YOU. >> BEFORE WE CLOSE?
>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT WE WILL LOOK OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AT SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE MADE BOTH BY THE COMMISSIONER CHESNEY IN TERMS OF -- BRENT CHESNEY OF CC AND THE COMMENTS MADE REGARDING AA AND BB.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND WE'LL BRING SOMETHING BACK IF THOSE THINGS LOOK WORKABLE. BUT THEY WILL BE THERE WILL BE
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NO NEW PLAN OFF SHOOTS OF THE CURRENT PLANS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO AS WELL WHAT ALL OF THE SPEAKERS SAID ABOUT WHAT A GREAT STAFF NUECES COUNTY HAS PUT TO WORK ON THE PROJECT.IT HAS MADE OUR JOBS EASIER. THANK YOU.
>> JOHN CAN I MAKE ONE STATEMENT REAL QUICK?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY IN WE'RE NOT SAYING ANYTHING HAS BEEN PUT FORTH IS OFF THE TABLE. THESE ARE ADDITIONS ON THE TABLE SO. WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ALL 7 OF THOSE PLANS, IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE'RE CLEAR?
>> IS THAT CORRECT? >> IT IS THE COMMISSIONERS COURT PEROGATIVE ON WEDNESDAY. YOU HAVE THE FIRST FOUR PLANS.
YOU HAD THREE NEW PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BASED ON THE COMMENTS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC BUT COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE LEGAL TEAM BY THE COURT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> NOT TO MUDDY IT UP WE WANT TO GO HOME SO WOULD IT COMPLICATE TO ADD THE PREVIOUS ORIGINAL MAPS TO WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA IS THAT A DIFFICULT THINGS OR SHOULD WE GET THAT ON THERE THEN?
>> WE CAN HAVE. >> THE ORIGINAL MAPS ARE POSTED WE CAN SEE ABOUT POSTING THOSE INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL AS A -- AA THROUGH CC WE CAN HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW ON
>> ALL RIGHT. >> NOW WE'RE DONE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.