[D. ANNOUNCEMENT ON DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Any Conflicts of Interest or Appearance of a Conflict of Interest with items on this agenda shall be declared at this time. Members with conflicts will refrain from voting and are asked to refrain from discussion on such items. Conflicts discovered later in the meeting shall be disclosed at that time.]

AT THIS TIME, SKILL FOR ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA DEFINED BY TEXAS LAW BE DECLARED AT THIS TIME.

AND MEMBERS FROM CONFLICT WILL REFRAIN ARE FROM VOTING AND REFRAIN FROM VOTING ON SUCH ITEMS. WE HAVE THE PAPERWORK AND ANY CONFLICT.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: JUST A CLARIFICATION AND THE FIRST MEETING WE ARE DOING THIS. AND THIS IS GREAT.

OTHER JURISDICTIONS IT IS SIMPLY POSTED ONLINE.

I THINK A NOTE THAT IF WE DON'T REALIZE IF THERE IS A CONFLICT AT THAT POINT, WE ARE ALLOWED TO BRING IT UP AT THAT POINT, THAT'S CORRECT? JENNY, JUDGE?

>>JUDGE CANALES: I BELIEVE SO. WE LIKE TO HAVE IT IN THE BEGINNING SO IT CREATES AN AWARENESS AND WE CAN EXCUSE YOU QUIETLY, BUT THAT IS ALL FOR COURTESY.

OKAY. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: JUDGE, I WANTED TO REFLECT ON -- LET'S SEE, EXECUTIVE SESSION D, EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS RENDERED AN OPINION AND I DO NOT HAVE A LEGAL CONFLICT OR NEED TO DISCLOSE OR FILE ANY AFFIDAVIT, THE SUGGESTION IS THAT I CONTINUE TO ABSTAIN ON

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THAT AT THIS POINT TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SAID I DO NOT NEED TO FILE A DISCLOSURE AND PROBABLY NOT CONFLICT BUT FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING SURE I AM SAFE UNTIL I CAN GIVE HER MORE INFORMATION, THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO ABSTAIN ON THAT ONE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: UNDERSTOOD, NOTED, AND I THINK THAT IS ALL WE NEED AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU.

[E. SAFETY BRIEFING]

AT THIS POINT I NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SAFETY BRIEFING AND THAT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT. TO GIVE US OUR SAFETY BRIEFING, REBECCA IS HERE FROM RISK MANAGEMENT AND I ASK THAT ALL OF YOU PROVIDE YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS AND ATTENDEES, OUR SAFETY BRIEFING IS BEING HELD IN THE NUECES COUNTY ROOM.

REST ROOMS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE THIRD FLOOR ATRIUM PAST THE HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE. A FIRE EXTINGUISHER LOCATED ON THE REAR OF THE COURT ROOM AND FIVE ADDITIONAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE ATRIUM AREA.

BLOOD CONTROL CENTER IS ON EVERY FLOOR.

THE RESULT OF A CARDIAC EMERGENCY, AN AED ON THE RIGHT WALL NEXT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE.

PARTICIPANTS TODAY RESPONSIBLE FOR DIALING 911 WILL BE CONNIE.

THE CPR CERTIFIED WILL BE IN THE EVENTS WE NEED THAT WILL BE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. AND IN THE EVENTS OF EVAC EVACUATION, OUR EGRESS ROUTE WILL BE SLOWLY DOWN THE ATRIUM STAIRS PROCEEDING OUT THE DOORS LOCATED ON THE L EPA N STREET SIDE. AND A SYMBOL IN THE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET, IT IS IMPORTANT TO STAY TOGETHER.

IF A NEED TO SHELTER IN PLACE DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE SHELTER IN PLACE THE COURTROOM DOUBLE DOORS WILL BE SECURED AND REMAIN SECURED UNTIL INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE NUECES COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. OUR GUEST SANITIZER FOR TODAY WILL BE MICHAEL. OUR SAFETY TOPIC FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH IS TO REMEMBER TO APPOINT YOUR LOST CONTROL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR RISK MANAGEMENT

SAFETY BRIEFING FOR TODAY. >>JUDGE CANALES: WE APPRECIATE

[F. 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.]

YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AT THIS TIME, THIS IS THE TIME WE ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL ASK CON TOW LOOK ONLINE AND I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE ASK TO YOU DECLARE TO MAKE CONTACT BY USING THE ICON OF THE HAND.

OKAY. I DO HAVE SEVERAL THAT HAVE SIGNED UP. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH DANIEL ZAMORA AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING.

WE CLEAN THE PODIUM IN BETWEEN SPEAKERS AND GIVE IT A LITTLE TIME SO YOU HAVE A CLEAN MICROPHONE TO TOUCH.

AND ALSO, YOU WILL SEE THE PROVERBIAL DIGITAL CLOCK WHICH I LOOK AWAY FROM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IS MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE ARE RESPECTFUL TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE DON'T WORRY IF YOU ARE A SECOND OR TWO OVER. THE BUZZER WILL NOT TAKE YOU AWAY. I JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR PRESENTATION. AND ALSO JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IF YOU WERE GOING TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM, SOMETIMES IT IS BETTER TO WAIT FOR THAT AGENDA ITEM.

OF COURSE WE CAN GIVE THAT YOU CHOICE.

AND THEN FINALLY WE DON'T ENGAGE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS UNLESS IT IS WITH AN AGENDA ITEM IN WHICH CASE IT WILL BE APPROPRIATE AT THAT TIME.

WITH ALL THOSE RULES THIS MORNING, LET US BEGIN.

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

>>JUDGE CANALES: YES. >> THE AGENDA ITEM I WANT TO TOUCH UPON IS THE DRAINAGE STUDY CONDUCTED BY HALFF AND ASSOCIATES, I BELIEVE. WELL, LET ME JUST GO RIGHT INTO THE COMMENTS. TWO SIGNIFICANT DATES IN OUR LIVES AT VIRGINIA VALLEY VIEW AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE MAY 19 AND JULY 8 OF LAST YEAR.

IN OUR HOME, WE -- WE HAD THREE INCHES OF RAIN ON -- ON MAY 19 IN OUR -- IN OUR HOME. AND ON JULY 8 WE HAD FIVE INCHES OF RAIN -- OR FLOODWATERS.

LET ME JUST GO WITH THE WORD "FLOODWATER"IN OUR HOMES.

IF YOU HAVE FLOODWATER IN YOUR HOME, THAT IS A SICK FEELING.

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SO I E-MAILED MR. P IMENTAL. LET ME GO TO THE FEBRUARY 15 E-MAIL AND I WILL JUST SUMMARIZE IT.

I JUST LET HIM KNOW THAT A LOT OF WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE BY NUECES COUNTY BUT SINCE SEPTEMBER 7 OF LAST YEAR IT HAD HAPPENED AND I INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAINS WILL BE UPON US AND IT WOULD BE A LIVING NIGHTMARE TO EXPERIENCE A HORRID FLOODWATERS WE HAD IN MAY AND JULY.

ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, BRUCE HELSHER INDICATED IN AN E-MAIL HE SENT ON DECEMBER 3 TO MR. PIMENTAL INQUIRING OF THE RESULTS OF THE STORY.

HE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED THE CHOKE POINTS AND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM THAT -- THAT THEY POSE WHEN HEAVY RAINS COME. HIS E-MAIL SAID THAT THE WATER DOES NOT MOVE FAST ENOUGH THROUGH THE CHOKE POINT AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS STOOD ON THIS.

HE -- MR. PIMENTAL RESPONDED FEBRUARY 16, YOU KNOW, INDICATING THAT THE STRUCTURE THE CHOKEPOINT WAS DESIGNED BY AN ENGINEER TO MEET DIFFERENT DESIGN ELEMENTS.

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE STRUCTURE WAS ON EASEMENT OWNED BY THE WATER DISTRICT. SO I RESPONDED BACK ASKING HIM, WELL, WHAT EXACTLY DOES ALL THIS MEAN? IT WAS KIND OF VAGUE WITH THE EASEMENT BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT. I TOOK IT THAT THE MATTER HAD EVOLVED INTO A PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT A CONCERN FOR NUECES COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ANYMORE AND NOW THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WATER DISTRICT. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE WAS THAT NOW THAT THE DICHTION HAVE DUG DEEPER AND WIDER.

THAT WAS EXCELLENT WORK. THE DITCHES WERE DEEPER AND WIDER. THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE WATER FLOWING THROUGH THE DITCHES AND THE CHOKEPOINTS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HANDLE ALL THAT WATER FLOW SO THE CHOKEPOINT NOT BEING ADDRESSED BECAUSE THE EASEMENT BELONGING TO THE COUNTY AND THE WATER DISTRICT IS KIND OF CONFUSING.

SO I ASKED HIM, WHY COULDN'T -- WHY COULDN'T HE, BEING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, WORK OUT SOMETHING WITH THE WATER DISTRICT TO GET THE MATTER RESOLVED.

SO THAT IS REALLY THE -- THE -- WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THE COMPLETION OF THIS WORK THAT WAS STARTED GOING TO CONTINUE. SO WE ARE EAGERLY WAITING ON THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY. THANK YOU, JUDGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT WE HAVE MR. LARRY FURCAN. FOLLOWED JUST SO YOU WILL BE

READY BY MR. BOBBY CHESTNUT. >> GOOD MORNING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: GOOD MORNING, SIR.

>> I AM NOT NEW TO THIS PODIUM AS YOU KNOW.

I GAVE YOU A GOOD PRESENTATION WITH LOTS OF PICTURES LAST T TIME. AND SINCE THEN, WE HAD THAT DITCH MEETING OVER AT ORCHARD FAIRGROUNDS AND THE DATES ON THE SCREEN THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR US DID NOT GIVE US A WHERE OR A DAY ACCEPT FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS.

SO MAY WHAT AND JUNE WHAT, AND AS YOU GO ON.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE A COPY OF THAT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT DAY.

AND SINCE THEN AND BOBBY CH CHESTNUT AND I MET AT A MEETING OVER THERE AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE MAINTENANCE GUY FROM ROBSTOWN AND I ASKED HIM, WHY ARE YOU NOT CLEANING OUT THE DITCH BEFORE YOU MOW IT.

AND WHY YOU USING A BATWING M MOWER TO TAKE THE TREES OUT.

HE SAID BATWING WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

THEY ARE HEAVY DUTY. I SAID, NO, YOU ARE DESTROYING YOUR EQUIPMENT TRYING TO USE A BATWING MOWER.

IT IS NOT MADE FOR THAT. EVEN BEFORE ALL OF THIS COME ABOUT, ROBS TOWN WAS ALREADY USING A TRACK HOE RIGHT THERE OVER WHERE THEY TREAT THE WATER IN ROBS.

TOWN AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A TRACK HOE AND THIS IS NEEDED TO

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TAKE OFF THAT L SECTION THAT IS BACKING EVERYBODY UP FROM THE SIESTA LOOP, 1889. THAT -- THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE FLOODING THAT IS BACKING UP ALL THE WATER.

ONCE THEY GET OUT, IT IS STILL GOING TO BACK UP.

UNTIL YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT SESSION WHICH IS 1889 THAT COMES OVER TO 69, AND IT LS OVER TO 44 WITH ALL THE TREES WE ARE NEVER GOING TO GET OUT. YOU CAN FIX THE PROBLEM WHERE THEY ARE AT, AND IT IS STILL GOING TO BACK UP.

IT HAS BEEN DOING THAT. I HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE '79 AND THIS SECTION HAS NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED.

NEVER. AND THIS IS IN A PERIOD OF OVER 50 YEARS. AND IT IS TIME ROBSTOWN TAKES CARE OF THAT. I KNOW THEY HAVE PROBLEMS OVER THERE AND THAT IS WHAT THEY SAY, WE HAVE MORE PROBLEMS OVER THERE, BUT THAT IS NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR PROBLEM.

AND YOU SAID AT THE MEETING OVER THERE THAT YOU GAVE THEM MONEY TO GIVE THEM MORE EQUIPMENT.

I DON'T KNOW. WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE? YOU NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. EVIDENTLY THEY ARE NOT HAVING THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT OR HE IS SAYING -- HIS ANSWER TO ME WAS HIS BOSS WOULDN'T ALLOW HIM TO GET THE PROPER EQUIPMENT.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW. THEN -- I MEAN, YES, ALL THIS MONEY WE PROBABLY NEED SOMEBODY BECAUSE OUR ENGINEERS AREN'T DOING -- TAKING CARE OF THE FIX.

SO, YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE STILL NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION AT HAND. AND WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER FLOOD.

AND THESE PEEL WILL END UP HAVING WATER IN THEIR HOUSES AGAIN. WE NEED TO GET THAT DUG OUT.

AND I AM TIRED OF REALLY COMING UP TO HERE SAYING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

IT HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU, BAR BARBARA, I HAVE THAT BEEN UP HERE. AND NOTHING IS GETTING DONE.

THE PROBLEM PERSISTS RIGHT OVER THERE IN ROBSTOWN AND THE ONE THAT COMES ACROSS FROM 189. BECAUSE THAT -- THAT WATER ON -- ON 1889 WILL NEVER GET OUT AND FLOOD ACROSS THE ROAD OVER THERE AND FLOOD ACROSS FROM THE RETENTION POND THAT THEY HAVE OF THE AUTHORITY LAKE ADDITION. ALL THESE RETENTION PONDS, THEY DON'T GET PUMPED OUT. AND IT IS A NECESSITY FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT THERE TO SELL -- SELL THE LAND OVER THERE AT NORTHWEST LAKES, OF COURSE. BUT THEY CAN'T GET OUT.

SO THE DRAINAGE DOWN 18 89 IS THE PROBLEM.

AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY FOR THE WATER TO GO.

AND, OF COURSE, IT HAS GOT TO GO ACROSS 1889 TO 69, AND, OF COURSE, THAT IS ALL PLUGGED UP OVER THERE AND THAT IS WHY IT FLOODS OVER THERE AT THE CEMETERY WHEN WE HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS. SO I AM TIRED OF COMING UP HERE AND SAYING THE SAME PROBLEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND NOTHING GETS DONE. AND WOULD LIKE THE DATES FOR THAT DRAINAGE DITCH MEETING AND OKAY, IS IT GOING TO BE AT THE RICHARD BORCHARD FAIRGROUND. I AM NOT SURE ON THAT.

THAT'S IT. >>JUDGE CANALES: GOT IT.

THANK YOU, SIR. I WILL MOVE ON TO MR. BOBBY CHESTNUT.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS BOBBY CHESTNUT, I LIVE -- PRESIDE 3115 SIESTA LOOP. MR. FURCAN AND I BOTH AROUND THE COUNTY MANY TIMES. WE HAVE ALSO WALKED THE DRAINAGE DITCHES. AND IT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE AN ENGINEERING STUDY. IT IS GOING TO TAKE PEOPLE WITH MACHINERY TO CLEAN THESE DITCHES OUT.

IT DOESN'T TAKE AN ENGINEER TO SEE TREES FILLING UP A BIG THAT DITCH IS STOPPING WATER AND TO GET IT OUT.

MY QUESTIONS ARE, IS WHEN IS THE WORK GOING TO CONTINUE THAT WAS STARTED IN OUR NEIGH NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY DIG THE DITCHES OUT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSES, BUT THE RESTRICTION IS IN THE BACK OF THE SUBDIVISION BOTTLENECKED BY SMALL PIPE. WHEN AND WHERE IS THE WORK

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GOING TO STOP CLEANING THE MAIN DITCHES THAT COME TO OUR SUBDIVISION AND DOWN COUNTY ROAD 69.

ON COUNTY ROAD 69, WE ARE ONE OF THE MAIN DITCH COMES ACROSS, THERE IS A BRIDGE THERE THAT IS STARTING TO FAIL.

TIMBERS UNDERNEATH IS ARE FALLING, BENDING.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FARMERS HAVE GONE ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

AND THEIR IMPLEMENTS HAVE HIT BECAUSE THE BRIDGE IS FALLING.

I HAVE ASKED MR. PIMENTAL FOUR TIMES VIA E-MAIL OF THE SPEC S OF PUTTING DRAINAGE PIPES IN MY FRONT YARD WHILE THEY DUG OUT THE DITCHES. NO REPLY.

FOUR TIMES I ASKED HIM. THERE ARE STARTING TO BE CRACKS IN OUR PAVEMENT IN OUR SUBDIVISION THAT THEY NEED TO ADDRESS BECAUSE THE WATER -- WHEN WE DO HAVE THE RAINS, GO DOWN THE TRACKS, DETERIORATE THE SUBSTRUCTURE AND THE ROAD STARTS FAILING AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT GOES BACK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE, MR. HERNANDEZ. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I HAVE IS IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A LACK OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES THAT WILL DRIVE RIGHT BY MATTRESSES LAYING IN DISTRICTS -- IN DITCHES. MATTRESSES AND SOFAS, AND WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH ABSOLUTE INDUSTRIES.

AND THEY SAY THEY ONLY HAVE A CONTRACT TO PICK UP SEVERAL CUBIC YARDS. WE HAD HIGH WINDS AND STACK OF BRUSH THAT SOMETIMES THEY PICK UP, AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT DRIVER ON THE TRUCK, AND HE SAYS I CAN'T PICK UP THAT MUCH. SO THEY LEAVE IT FOR ANOTHER MONTH WHICH BREEDS SNAKES, RATS AND RODENTS.

SO IF WE CAN MAKE AT THAT -- MAYBE TAKE SOME TIME AND FIND OUT ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS TOO.

WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>>JUDGE . PATRICIA GALLOWAY.

THANK YOU, BELINDA. >> HI, I AM PATRICIA GALLOWAY, 3628 COUNTY ROAD 52 B. I AM THE NEIGHBOR TO MR. Z AMORA. MY CERTAIN CAN THE CHOKEPOINTS THAT THE OTHERS HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT.

I AM ONE HOUSE DOWN FROM THE MAIN CHOKEPOINT, AND WE GET MORE RAIN. THE HOUSES THERE ARE GOING TO FLOOD AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME. I HAVEN'T EVEN PUT MY HOUSE BACK TOGETHER LIKE IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE I AM SCARED WHEN THE RAINS COME, I AM GOING TO RUIN WHAT LITTLE I HAVE LEFT IN THE HOUSE. SO I JUST WANT SOMETHING DONE WITH THE CHOKEPOINTS. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAVEN'T BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. WE TALKED TO ENOUGH PEOPLE ABOUT IT. AND EVERYBODY JUST PASSES THE BUCK, IT SEEMS, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, MA'AM. IS IT ALYSSA MILLS? ALYSSA? OKAY.

>> HI, I AM ON 3 633 COUNTY ROAD B.

I HAD THE HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF WATCHING MY NEIGHBORS HOUSES FLOOD AND OUR HOUSE -- WE JUST YOU IN THE A NEW FLOOR AND CAME WITHIN THREE INCHES OF COMING INTO OUR HOUSE AND I HAD TO TEXT MY NEIGHBOR AND SAID YOUR HOUSE IS FLOODING.

SHE WASN'T HOME. I AM REALLY CONCERNED WITH ALL THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ACROSS 1889.

DURING THE FLOODING, THE WATERS THAT CAME ACROSS FROM THE SUBDIVISIONS, THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY IN, NOT EVEN THE NEW ONES THAT THEY BUILT, THE WATER WAS CRAZY COMING ACROSS THE ROAD THERE AND IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO GO.

THE DITCHES ALONG 1889 HAVEN'T BEEN DUG OUT.

THEY ARE HOLDING WATER IN SOME PLACES BECAUSE THEY DUG A LITTLE BIT BUT NOT ENOUGH TO THE CEMENT AREAS.

SO ALL THE OF THAT IS GOING TO COME ACROSS INTO OUR SUBDIVISION ACROSS 1889 IF NOT SOME PLACE TO GO.

I WISH THEY CONTINUED THE DITCH ALONG 52 AND TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THOSE SUBDIVISIONS. WILL HELP TO GET THE WATER OUT OF THERE AND KEEP IT OUT OF OUR SUBDIVISION.

THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONLY BECAUSE I LIKE TO KEEP THE SUBJECT MATTERS THE SAME, MR. MILLER.

IS YOURS -- IT SAYS DRIVEWAY. DOES IT ALSO RELATE TO DRA

DRAINAGE? >> NOT DRIVEWAY ON A PROPERTY

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OFF 562 BUT IN THE SAME -- JUDGE JUDGE IS GREAT, SIR.

I AM TAKING HIM OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE IT MAKES MORE SENSE, I

THINK. >> I AM GARRET MILLER.

I BOUGHT TWO AND A HALF ACRES FROM RICHARD CASERIK OFF OF 52 B. I WAS TOLD BY THE REALTOR, THE CITY AND THE SELLER AND THE TITLE COMPANY THAT I HAD ACCESS TO 52. SO I STARTED MOVING DIRT FROM HOBBY LOBBY AS THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM.

THEY GAVE ME THE FREE DIRT. I DID THAT.

I PUT A DRIVEWAY IN AND I STARTED GETTING LETTER FROM MR. PIMENTAL'S OFFICE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO 52.

I KEPT SENDING IT TO MY REALTOR AND SENDING IT TO THE TITLE COMPANY. AND THE PROBLEM WAS, WHEN -- WHEN I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT SHOWED THE CITY OWNED HALF OF THE PROPERTY FROM ME TO COUNTY ROAD 52.

LIKE 30 FOOT. AND THERE IS A WATER DRAINAGE RIGHT THERE. AND A PRIVATE INVESTOR OWNED THAT HALF. SO THE LETTERS KEEP ON SAYING THINK THAT DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS BY PIMENTAL'S OFFICE.

I ASKED HIS OFFICE TO GET A SURVEY SHOWING IF MY DRIVEWAY IS OFTEN THE COUNTY'S PROPERTY OR IF MY DRIVEWAY IS ON THE PRIVATE INVESTOR'S PROPERTY, AND HE SAID THE REASON HE DENIED MY ACCESS IS TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD.

SO MY QUESTION IS, THERE ARE 16 DRIVEWAYS ON THE ROAD.

SINCE I BOUGHT MY PROPERTY, THEY LET HOBBY LOBBY HAVE TWO DRIVEWAYS. IF TRAFFIC IS AN ISSUE FOR MY DRIVEWAY, WHY DID WE GIVE HOBBY LOBBY A DRIVEWAY.

ANOTHER THING IS -- I THINK HE SAID THAT MY LAND WAS ILLEGALLY SUBDIVIDED BY MR. CASERIK. I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS AFTER I PURCHASED IT. I GOT A LOAN ON IT AND I PAID PROPERTY TAX ON IT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHY THE COUNTY IS TRYING TO TEAR UP MY DRIVEWAY.

HE SAID HE WOULD GRANT ME AN EXTENSION UNTIL AFTER THIS MEETING AND THEY WILL TEAR IT UP WITH COUNTY RESOURCES ON MY PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. THE LETTER -- I HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER IF I DON'T TEAR IT UP, HE WILL USE COUNTY RESOURCES TO TEAR UP MY DRIVEWAY.

THAT'S IT. >>JUDGE CANALES: I AM NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK BUT I HOPE YOU LOOK AT MY EYES.

>> AND MINE. >>JUDGE CANALES: AND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ'S TOO AND COMMISSIONER MAREZ TOO.

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BRING TO THE COURT MANAGER ANY DOCUMENTS FOR THE COURT'S REVIEW. WE WOULD WELCOME THAT.

>> OKAY. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU.

AND SHE IS RIGHT HERE UP FRONT. MISS HERNANDEZ.

I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK. I HAVE BILL BAILEY.

WE ARE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL ITEM NUMBER 8, OKAY.

I SEE THAT. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN ONLINE, I HAVE CHRISTOPHER GALE.

AND HE HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

MR. GALE, IT IS OKAY TO UNMUTE AND WE WILL TEST YOUR MIC.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? >>JUDGE CANALES: YES, I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. GO AHEAD.

>> YES, YOUR HONOR. I APOLOGIZE I AM NOT IN PERSON THIS MORNING. I HAD SOMETHING COME UP.

I WAS PLANNING ON BEING THERE. I APPRECIATE APPEARING.

MY NAME IS CHRIS GALE. I LIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI.

I PRACTICE ON 225 CLIFFORD. I'M HERE TO SPEAK TAN GENERALLY OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE DR. SHAKER IS ONE OF MY CLIENTS AND I'M HERE TO HELP HIM.

BUT HERE TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY WITH REGARD WHAT I CONSIDER SLINGS AND ARROWS WITH REGARD TO WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED AT THE MEDICAL COMPETITOR'S OFFICE -- MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.

I WANT THE COMMISSIONERS TO KNOW, I WANTED TO LET THE COURT KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE INCORRECT. WHILE YOU MAY HAVE BEEN SELECTING THE SLINGS AND AR ARROWS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING SO WILLY-NILLY. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THE COURT CAN TAKE AWAY WHILE MR. SHAKER HAD TAKEN AN OATH IN 2014 AND DESCRIBED THAT HE HAD NEVER TAKEN AN OATH.

THE OATH OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IN ACCORDING TO THE CASE LAW IS NOT NECESSARY. ANY SLINGS OF HIM NOT TAKING AN OATH SPECIFICALLY AS THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER IS WITHOUT MERIT. I WOULD JUST WANT THE COURT TO KNOW THAT. DESPITE THAT, HE DID TAKE A NOTE WITH REGARDS TO THE OFFICE, WITH REGARDS OF HIM BEING A DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER BEFORE HE STARTED AS THE CHIEF.

SECONDLY, I WANTED THECAM COURT TO AT LEAST APPRECIATE FROM MY

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PERSPECTIVE A LITANY OF MEDIA ATTENTION OF DR. LITEN AND NOT BEING LICENSED BY THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD.

WHILE THAT IS AN INTERESTING FACT, IT HAS NO BEARING ON HER TO DO THE JOB AS THE DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.

THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE THAT SETS UP THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE. REQUIRES THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER TO BE LICENSE BY THE STATE BOARD, DOES NOT REQUIRE DEPUTY, ASSISTANT OR OTHERWISE -- IT USES THE SPECIFIC TERM "DEPUTY" DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE QUALIFICATION TO COMPLETE THE JOB AS ASSIGNED TO THE CHEAP MEDICAL EXAMINER.

ANY LAMBASTING OF DR. LITEN NOT BEING LICENSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ENDURE.

THERE IS TALK THAT YOU WERE ASSISTING TO GET HER LICENSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH IS ADMIRABLE AND PUT EMERGENCY ORDER WITH REGARD TO LICENSING WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE, BUT THE POINT IS YOU WENT OVER AND ABOVE WHAT WAS NECESSARY AND IT WAS NEVER NECESSARY THAT ANY OF THOSE THINGS DONE -- HAD YOU JUST SAT ON YOUR HANDS AND DONE NOTHING, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEM WITH THAT AND THE LAW WILL NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PROBLEM WITH THAT.

SO, AGAIN, I WILL SAY I WANT TO YOU TAKE THESE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD DETRACT AND TRY TO ASSERT THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF CONCERN WITH THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE AS A RESULT OF HER IS SIMPLY INCORRECT. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING SHE HAS THE UNAUTHORIZED LICENSE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODES AND OCCUPATIONAL CODES DISTATE THAT YOU ONLY PRACTICE -- DICTATE DICTATE WHEN YOU HAVE AN ILLNESS AND TRY TO CURE THEM.

ANYONE WHO COMES TO DR. SHAKER, LITEN AND ANYONE ELSE IN THE MEDICAL'S OFFICE IS WELL BEYOND FIXING.

AND YOU CAN'T PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AGAINST SOMEONE WHO IS DECEASED. MY POINT TO THESE IS THAT I -- I SIT AND WATCH PEOPLE ATTACKING THE COUNTY AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE AND I WANT THE COUNTY WHICH I LIVE IN -- I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY VALID CONCERNS.

I JUST WANTED THE COURT TO KNOW THAT.

I WANTED TO APPLAUD YOUR EFFORT WITH REGARDS TO GETTING HELP AT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OPTION. I THINK IT NEEDS IT.

DR. SHAKER IS WORKING TODAY AND WORKS EVERY DAY UNTIL 11:00 AT NIGHT TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

HIS REPUTATION HAS SUFFERED, WITHOUT MERIT, HE WANTS TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT HE IS WORKING FOR THEM.

AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IS THERE FOR THEM.

WITH THAT SAID, I APPRECIATE THE TIME.

I WANT Y'ALL TO HOLD YOUR HEADS UP HIGH.

DON'T LOOK UP ON THE GROUND WHEN SOMEONE IS ALLEGING THAT YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY TRUE AND/OR REQUIRED BY LAW. PEOPLE THAT THROW IT OUT AT FIRST BLUSH THINK THEIR SAYING IT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT, BUT THE TRUTH IS IT SIMPLY IS NOT. AND NONE OF THOSE CONCERNS ARE VALID. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

TIME. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES MY LISTING OF THOSE WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHERS, DEPUTY, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT -- IS THERE ANYBODY HERE REPRESENTING THE RED CROSS HERE TODAY?

>> THEY ARE STANDING OUTSIDE. >>JUDGE CANALES: MY WISH IS TO HANDLE THE RECOGNITION FOR THE RED CROSS AND THEN GO STRAIGHT INTO THE MEETING SO THAT WAY THEY CAN GO -- YES, MA'AM.

WILL YOU MIND TAKING THE MICROPHONE.

MISS GALLOWAY. YES, MA'AM, YOU MAY.

FOR THE CLERK, PATRICIA GA GALLOWAY.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN IN THE BLACK SHIRT WITH THE PROPERTY HE OWNS.

WHEN THAT DEAL WAS DONE, US AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT PROPERTY WAS DIVIDED BECAUSE THAT IS LIKE THREE ACRES ON THAT SIDE OF 52 B.

OURS IN THE CENTER IS ONE ACRE. AND WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT PROPERTY WAS BEING DIV DIVIDED.

AND SO THE ONLY ACCESS TO HIS PROPERTY WOULD HAVE BEFORE THROUGH THE PEOPLE THAT FACE 52-B, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO

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GIVE HIM RIGHT-OF-WAY TO GO THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY TO GET TO HIS PROPERTY. AND WE QUESTIONED HOW HE WAS GOING TO GET TO THAT PROPERTY. BECAUSE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT ON THE 52. SO WE QUESTION HOW THE REAL ESTATE PEOPLE DID THAT DEAL BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT.

AND I SYMPATHIZE WITH HIM BECAUSE HE HAS PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT AND DID RAISE IT UP QUITE A BIT WITH THE FLOODING, BUT THAT IS KIND OF A PROBLEM.

THE REAL ESTATE PEOPLE OR WHOEVER DIVIDED THAT OR SOLD IT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT, IN MY. SO I FEEL BAD FOR YOU.

>> I CAN'T HAVE ACCESS -- >> I JUST WANTED MY COMMENT

ABOUT THAT. >>JUDGE CANALES: I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT.

A THANK YOU. WITH MISS GALLOWAY'S FINAL

[1. In recognition of March 2022 as Red Cross Month.]

THOUGHTS ON THAT MATTER, WE ARE GOING TO TURN A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER OF H-1 IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE A BEAUTIFUL GROUP FROM THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. IT IS MARCH AND THIS MEANS IT IS RED CROSS MONTH. AND BELINDA HAS AN IMPORTANT

RESOLUTION TO READ. >> BELINDA: YES, JUDGE, I WILL GET RIGHT TO IT. PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAN RED CROSS COASTAL BEND CHAPTER COME TOGETHER TO TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER. THIS PART OF OUR SPIRIT IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND EXEMPT FRIED BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS DONORS. 1818 CLARA BARTON FOUNDED THE AMERICAN RED CROSS OF HER STEADFAST MISSION OF HELPING OTHERS TO ALLEVIATE PEOPLE'S SUFFERING.

TODAY MORE THAN 140 YEARS LATER WE HONOR THE KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY OF RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS HERE IN CORPUS CHRISTI WHO CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT CLARA'S LIFE-SAVING LEGACY.

THEY JOIN THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WHO VOLUNTEER, GIVE BLOOD, DONATE FINANCIALLY OR LEARN VITAL LIFE-PRESERVING SKILLS THROUGH THE RED CROSS.

WHEREAS, IN NUECES COUNTY, THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE LOCAL RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS GIVE HOPE TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE D DARKEST HOURS WHETHER PROVIDING EMERGENCY SHELTER, FOOD AND COMFORT FOR FAMILIES DEVASTATED BY LOCAL DISAS TERES LIKE HOME FIRES, HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS AND DONATING ESSENTIAL BLOOD FOR ACCIDENT AND BURN VICTIMS, HEART SURGERY AND ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS, AND THOSE RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR LEUKEMIA, CANCER AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE.

THE IMPORTANT THING THAT RED CROSS IS SUPPORT SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS ALONG WITH FAMILY AND CAREGIVERS THROUGH THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF MILITARY LIFE.

THE RED CROSS HELPS TO SAVE THE LIFE OF OTHERS WITH FIRST AID, CPR AND OTHER SKILLS. TO ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING IS THE STRENGTH OF COMMUNITY'S RESILL YENS.

WE DEDICATE THE MONTH OF MARCH OF THOSE WHO ADVANCE THE NOBLE LEGACY OF CLARA BARTON OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WHO LIVES BY HIS WORD, YOU NEVER SHOULD THINK OF ANYTHING BUT THE NEED AND HOW TO MEET IT. WE ASK OTHERS TO JOIN IN THIS COMMITMENT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE NUECES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT PROCLAIM MARCH 2022 AS RED CROSS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY TO REACH OUT AND SUPPORT ITS HUMANITARIAN MISSION.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU AND WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RED CROSS MR. ALEX GARCIA.

AND YOUR INCREDIBLE TEAM AND PRETTY AWESOME THAT ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD CAN TELL YOU WHO IS THERE, WHY THEY ARE THERE AND YOU FEEL BETTER INSTANTANEOUSLY.

RED CROSS DOES THAT. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECOGNITION.

AS WE JUST INDICATED, MARCH IS RED CROSS MONTH.

TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE ATTENDED AND BEEN TO 48 CASES. WE HAVE BEEN OUT TO 48 DIFFERENT FIRES, HELPED 65 DIFFERENT FAMILIES AND DISTRIBUTED OVER $39,000 JUST IN NUECES COUNTY ALONE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE CHAPTER THAT COVERS 19 COUN COUNTIES, WE DISTRIBUTED $93,000.

WE ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY. WE CAN'T DO OUR JOB WITHOUT OUR VOLUNTEERS AND TODAY WITH ME, I HAVE DEANN GARCIA ROSS OUR DISASTER PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE AREA.

ONE OF OUR INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEERS, JESSIE GARCIA BACK HERE. AND LESLIE SMITH.

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I HAVE GOT -- WHAT IS YOUR LAST NAME? GARY TUCKER. WE HAVE A NEW VOLUNTEER.

WE BRING THEM EVERY DAY. IN ANYONE WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER, GIVE ME A CALL. KATE YOUNG ON OUR BOARD.

WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS.

90% OF WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY IS DRIVEN BY VOLUNTEERS.

JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE. YOU TOUCHED BASE ON BLOOD.

THE RED CROSS COLLECTS 40% OF ALL THE BLOOD IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE HERE TO HELP FOR THE LONG TERM. AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER. ANYBODY WANTS TO DONATE, I WILL PUT A PLUG, REDCROSS. REDCROSS.ORG/DONATE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD I CAN'T IMAGINE A NOT DONATING. A MOTION PLEASE.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: SO MO MOVED.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: SECOND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

COMMISSIONER CHESNEY IS OFF LINE AND WONDER IF HE CAN SIGN FOR US TOMORROW, AND THEN -- I MEANT THAT YOU WEREN'T HERE TO SIGN. BUT IF YOU WILL SIGN TOMORROW, ALEX, MAYBE IF WE CAN GET THIS DELIVERED TO YOU OR MAYBE YOU CAN COME BACK AND GET THE RESOLUTION.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: BE ABSOLUTELY, JUST GIVE ME A C

CALL. >>JUDGE CANALES: THE CLERK WOULD GET THAT LAST SIGNATURE. AND TAKE A PHOTO.

>> WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AND PUBLISH IT IN THE RED CROSS

NEWS. >>JUDGE CANALES: THAT WILL BE GREAT. COME UP FORWARD IN A SEMICIRCLE HERE AND SOME OF US CAN STAND RIGHT HERE.

WE WILL PUT COMMISSIONER CHESNEY ON BIG SCREEN AND HE WILL BE PART OF THE PHOTO AS WELL.

OKAY, WE CAN HOLD THE RESOLUTION EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT SIGNED COMPLETELY. KARA, DO YOU HAVE A LITTLE --

LIKE JUST FOR THE PICTURE. >>JUDGE CANALES: WE WILL GET YOU THE ORIGINAL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR ACCOMMODATING THEM.

I KNEW IT WAS A LARGE GROUP AND NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEND THEM ON THEIR WAY SO THEY CAN CONTINUE DOING GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE REALLY HAVE AND THE WAY WE POSTED IT IS A MEETING AT THIS TIME OF THE NUECES COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

[A. Receive presentation from Ascenda Capital regarding an affordable workforce housing proposal; discuss and consider proposal.]

AND WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS UNDER G-1.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE WILL RECEIVE THIS PRESENTATION FROM ASCENDA CAPITAL. AND IN ORDER TO DO THIS, I ACTUALLY NEED TO DO THIS FOR THE CLERK.

THE TIME IS 9:22 A.M. AND WHAT I AM DOING IS -- NUECES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING AND GAVELLING US IN TO THE NUECES COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

AT THIS TIME WE ARE ACTING AS MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND WE WILL RECEIVE A BRIEFING FROM ASENDA OF

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AFFORDABLE WORKHOUSE -- W WORKFORCE HOUSING PROPOSAL.

AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT,LE BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OPPORTUNITY AND WE WILL CONSULT WITH OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY AT THAT TIME. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TURN TO -- ARE THEY ONLINE? THEY ARE GOOD TO GO? OKAY. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BLAKELY FERNANDEZ AND JIM PLUMMER FROM BRICEWELL.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ASCENDA CAPITAL FOLKS FOR US.

ARE THEY ON THE LINE AS WELL AND ARE THEY READY TO PRESENT

AT THIS TIME? >> YES, WE HAVE MATT ON THE LINE WITH ASCENDA CAPITAL. AND MATT WILL GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION OF HIS PROPOSAL AND ABOUT HIS COMPANY.

AND ASENDA HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPACE. MATT, I WILL TAKE YOU TAKE IT

AWAY. >>JUDGE CANALES: GREAT.

THANK YOU, JIM. >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE CANALES AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY TO PRESENT AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY IN NUECES COUNTY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WE LOST YOU JUST FOR A MOMENT.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >>JUDGE CANALES: YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD. >> PRINCIPAL FOUNDER OF ASCENDA CAPITAL. WE ARE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTOR AND DEVELOPER. WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS IN CREATING AFFORDABLE AND W WORKFORCE HOUSING. WE ARE PARTNERS WITH SEVERAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

WE SPECIALIZE IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

SOME OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES WE ARE PARTNERS WITH ARE THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF EL PASO AND HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, PLANO HOUSING AUTHORITY AND OUR PUBLIC PARTNERS ARE EXPANDING AS WELL. ACQUIRING MARKET RATE PROPERTIES AND CONVERTING THOSE PROPERTIES INTO AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING. SETTING ASIDE UNITS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE A CERTAIN INCOME LEVEL AND ACTUALLY REDUCING THE RENTS IN THOSE UNITS. SO PRETTY MUCH THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WOULD TO DO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AND TRY TO RAISE RENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WE TRY TO BUY A PROPERTY AND REDUCE RENTS AND DO IT THROUGH CREATIVE FINANCING AND THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

I HAVE A PRESENTATION. I AM GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN

HERE. >>JUDGE CANALES: IF IT HELPS, I SEE SLIDE ONE THAT SAYS ISLAND VILLA.

MATT, DID WE LOSE YOU? MATT, WE STILL DON'T HEAR YOU, BUT WE HAVE YOUR SCREEN AND POWERPOINT QUEUED UP.

ONE MOMENT, HE SAYS. >> CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME NOW?

>>JUDGE CANALES: YES, GREAT. PLEASE PROCEED.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

REALLY SORRY ABOUT THAT. GIVE ME ONE SECOND AND START THIS FROM THE BEGINNING. OKAY, GREAT.

SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT A PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY WITH THE NUECES COUNTY FOR A PROJECT CALLED ISLAND VILLA APARTMENTS, CORPUS CHRISTI. SO THE PROGRAM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU IS A VERY NEW PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE ACTUALLY HELP PIONEER THE FIRST-EVER DEAL STRUCTURED UNDER THIS PROGRAM.

IT IS A VERY EFFICIENT WAY TO CREATE AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE STATE. WHAT WE DO IS USE GOVERNMENT PURPOSE TAX EXEMPT BONDS TO FULLY FUND THE PURCHASE PRICE AND THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THESE PROPERTIES.

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SO JUST TO START FROM THE TOP, WE CONVERT, AS I MENTIONED, MARKETED RATE PROPERTIES INTO AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING. SET UNITS FOR MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES. SELF-IMPOSED REGULATORY AGREEMENTS THAT THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION WOULD IMPOSE ON THESE PROPERTIES. WE ARE TYPICALLY TARGETING MIDDLE-INCOME WORKERS. SOME OF THESE WORKERS INCLUDE POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE FIGHTERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, NURSES, TEACHERS, OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE ENTIRE TRANSACTION IS FINANCED WITH GOVERNMENT PURPOSE TAX EXEMPT BONDS.

THESE ARE DIFFERENT FROM PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH IS PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS AND THOSE BONDS COME OUT OF THE STATE VOLUME CAP.

THESE BONDS DO NOT COME OUT OF STATE VOLUME CAP.

TEXAS IS FACING A VERY BIG ISSUE WHERE EVERYWHERE NEARIER HITTING THE VOLUME CAP OF PRIVATE UTILITY BONDS AND NOT ENOUGH BONDS ALLOCATED TO THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ACTUALLY DEVELOP ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRORLINGTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO THE STATE. THE BIGGEST THING AND THE MOST AMAZING THING ABOUT THIS STRUCTURE, A LOT OF THINGS, IS THAT THESE BONDS DON'T EFFECT THE VOLUME CAP.

THE NUECES COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BEING A GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND BOND ISSUER HAS OF RIGHT THE ABILITY TO ISSUE AS MANY OF THESE BONDS AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT AFFECTING THE STATE'S VOLUME CAP. THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF NUECES COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS THE BOND ISSUER AND THE SOLE OWNER OF THE REAL ESTATE.

THEY OWN 100% OF THE REAL ESTATE AND GET ALL THE BENEFITS OF PROPERTY APPRECIATION AND CASH FLOW.

BONDS WILL FULLY FINANCE, AS I MENTIONED THE PURCHASE PRICE AND ALL THE MONEY TO REHABILITATE THESE PROPERTIES AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL ISSUE ADDITIONAL BONDS AS RESERVES SET ASIDE. A DEBT SERVICE RESERVE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT RESERVE. AND BASICALLY RAINY DAY ACCOUNTS FOR MONEY SITTING THERE IN CASE UNFORESEEN EVENTS HAPPEN. WHAT WE DO -- THESE PROPERTIES ARE HIGHLY LEVERAGED AND WHAT WE TO DO MITIGATE THAT RISK IS TO TAKE THE EXCESS CASH FLOW AND PAY DOWN THE BALANCE.

WE ARE VOLUNTARILY PAYING DOWN THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THESE LOANS AND BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE LOAN, THERE IS NO BALANCE LEFT. OUR COMPANY WILL BE A HOUSING ADMINISTRATOR. QUASI OWNER.

WE MANAGE 4,000 APARTMENT UNITS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE WOULD HANDLE EVERYTHING THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS TRANS TRANSACTION. WE WILL TAKE ALL OF THE UP-FRONT FINANCIAL RISK. WE WOULD TAKE THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT. BEFORE WE CLOSE, WE WILL TRANSFER THE CONTRACT TO THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BECAUSE THEY WILL ULTIMATELY BE THE OWNER AND CLOSE ON IT AND WE WILL PUT UP THE REQUIRED DEPOSITS.

WE WILL WAY FOR ALL THE TH THIRD-PARTY REPORTS AND ENGINEERS. IN CASE A DEAL DOESN'T HAPPEN, ALL THE COST BURDEN AND FINANCIAL RISK BURDEN IS ON US.

NOT ASKING A HFC TO COME OUT OF POCKET FOR ONE INGLE DOLLAR.

THIS LOCATED ONOAL DRIVE. 336 APARTMENTS.

NEWISH. 98% OCCUPIED.

IT IS DEFINITELY DUE FOR A RENOVATION.

IT IS BEING PUBLICLY MARKETED. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW IS THE RENT GROWTH IS JUST SO INCREDIBLE MOST OF THESE BROKERS ARE PRICING THE ASSETS FOR A NEW BUYER TO RAISE RENTS IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS HOW PROPERTIES ARE ADVERTISED IN TEXAS AND THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.

A CRITICAL POINT IN TIME FOR WHAT WE DO AND OUR MISSION TO COME AND EITHER FREEZE THOSE RENTS OR EITHER REDUCE THOSE RENTS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A -- YEAH, THIS -- THIS IS LOCATED RIGHT OFF OF HIGHWAY 358.

A PRETTY GOOD LOCATION AROUND LOTS OF RETAIL.

SOME INTERIOR PICTURES OF THE PROPERTY AND EXTERIOR PICTURES.

SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PAGE. THIS DISCUSSES -- OR THIS HIGHLIGHTS WHAT -- WHAT THE RENTS ARE IN PLACE.

WHAT THE ADVERTISEDED MARKET RENTS ARE IF A NEW BUYER WILL GO IN AND DO A LIGHT RENOVATION WHAT THEY WILL ACHIEVE AT THIS PROPERTY. AND ALSO SHOW THE RENTS AND THE AFFORDABILITY THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.

SO WE ARE PROPOSING SETTING ASIDE A THIRD OF THESE UNITS AT

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70% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME, A THIRD OF THE UNIT AT 80%.

AND A THIRD OF THE UNIT AT MARKET RATE WHERE WE HAVE A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY TO LIVE AT THIS PROPERTY.

THE 70% -- I GUESS I WILL START WITH THE INCOME LEVEL SO YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHICH HOUSEHOLDS WE ARE TARGETING, BUT A 70% ONE-PERSON HOUSE HOLD MAKES $34,020.

TWO-PERSON, $38,000. 80% $38,000.

AND COMBINED INCOME. IF THEY ARE A MARRIED COUPLE, WE LOOK AT THE COMBINED INCOME BETWEEN THE TWO.

INCREASED RENT WHAT THEY WILL DO WITHOUT RENOVATIONS, ONE BEDROOM ABOUT $1178. ON THEIR NEW RELEASES.

TWO BEDROOMS, $1371. THREE BEDROOMS, $1605.

THEY ARE BEING ADVERTISED TO RAISE RENTS COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN SOME CASES DEPENDING ON HOW AGGRESSIVE THAT SPECIFIC BUYER IS. BUT THESE ARE THE RENTS THEY WOULD BE RAISING THEM TO. AND THESE ARE ALSO -- THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING LESS THAN AT THE PROPERTY WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL "LEGACY TENANTS. ." THEY HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE THE PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 2008 AND AT THE LOWER ---OR IN AT RISK IF SOMEONE COMES IN AND BUYS THIS THEY CAN RAISE THEIR RENT $200, $300, $400 OR EVEN $500 AND DISPLACE THOSE TENANTS. THESE ARE THE RENTS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE 70% AND 890%. YOU CAN SEE IT IS -- AND 80%.

YOU CAN SEE IT IS LESS, LESS WE RENOVATE AND OFFER FOR LESS MONEY. THESE ARE THE DISCOUNTS FOLLOW THE IN-PLACE RENTS AND MARKET RENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

A LITTLE BLUSH OF THE ALTERNATIVE SCENARIO THAT I DISCUSSED SEVERAL TIMES HERE. THE BONDHOLDER AND PROPERTY OWNER THE NUECES COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

IN ADDITION TO PUTTING UP THE FINANCIAL RISK, WE STICK AROUND FOR THE ENTIRE BOND TERM. WE -- IS THAT A QUESTION, JU

JUDGE? >>JUDGE CANALES: NO, I THINK SOMEBODY JUST ACTUALLY SNEEZED IN THE COURT ROOM.

I THINK WE ARE OKAY. >> THANK YOU.

BLESS YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: GOOD EARS.

>> SO WE STICK AROUND FOR THE ENTIRE -- WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING A 30-YEAR BOND TERM. WE WOULD STICK AROUND FOR THE ENTIRE 30 YEARS. WE WOULD OVERSEE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND ASSET MANA MANAGEMENT, EVERYTHING OPERATING AND OWNING THIS REAL ESTATE FROM ACCOUNTING, FROM TAXES, FROM RENOVATIONS. THAT WILL BE OUR JOB.

WE PUT THE WHOLE DEAL TOGETHER, WE FINANCE IT, AND STICK AROUND FOR THE ENTIRE BOND TERM. THE HFC REMAINS 100% OWNER AND KEEPS ALL THAT APPRECIATION. THESE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.

THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT -- IT IS A WIN-WIN DEAL BECAUSE WE ARE CREATING THIS WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IN THE TUNE OF $100 MILLION THAT THEY WILL MAKE OVER 30 YEARS. THE WAY WE WILL BE COMPENSATED THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PAYMENTS.

WE WOULD RECEIVE AN UP-FRONT DEVELOPER FEE OF $1.5 MILLION.

WE HAVE CALCULATED THIS SIMILAR TO HOW THEY CALCULATE LOW COST HOUSING DEALS. AND WE WILL RECEIVE A B-BOND WHICH IS BASICALLY A SUBORDINATE SOFT BOND TO THE PROPERTY. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THIS REAL ESTATE BECAUSE WE ARE USING THESE GOVERNMENT PURPOSE BONDS. THE WAY THESE DEALS HAVE BEEN STRUCK YOU AREED AROUND THE COUNTY BECAUSE CAN HE TAKE THE UP-FRONT FINANCIAL RISK AND RUN THE PROPERTY AS IF WE ARE THE OWNER, WE WELCOME -- REALLY NOT A SECOND POSITION LIEN OWNER.

NO DEFAULT RIGHTS. IT IS A SOFT NOTE.

IF THE PROPERTY IS PERFORMING AND ADDITIONAL CASH FLOW, WE WILL RECEIVE INTEREST ON OUR SECOND -- NOT OUR LIEN BUT ON OUR -- AND AT THE END OF THE BOND TERM, WHEN THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE IS PAID OFF, WE WILL BE PAID OFF ON OUR PIECE AS WELL.

SO BASICALLY -- IT IS BASICALLY A SUCCESS FEE.

AND ENSURES THAT THE HF CRNGZ, THAT US, AS A GROUP, WILL STICK AROUND AND WE HAVE AN ALIGNED INTEREST AND THAT PROPERTY -- THAT THEY ARE MAXIMIZING AND THE PROPERTY IS STAYING WELL MAINTAINED. IF THERE IS NO CASH FLOW, WE DON'T GET PAID OUR INTEREST. SOURCES AND USES OF THE TRANSACTION. THIS IS THE ESTIMATEDED

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PURCHASE PRICE.3 THIS WILL BE CHANGED AND PUBLICLY MARKETED AND A BIDDING WAR.

PURCHASE PRICE IS $47 MILLION. WHAT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT $5.5 MILLION OF THIS $55 MILLION IS ACTUALLY RESERVES.

WE HAVE A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND THAT $3 MILLION.

WE TAKE THAT MONEY AND REINVEST IT INTO THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE FIRST 36 MONTHS. WE ALSO HAVE A SENIOR DEBT SERVICE RESERVE. A RAINY DAY ACCOUNT IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT WE CAN'T PAY OUR DEBT SERVICE.

WE HAVE INCORPORATING RESERVE AND A CAPITAL INTEREST RESERVE.

THOSE ARE ALL JUST RESERVES, MONEY SET ASIDE FOR UNFORESEEN SITUATION. CASH FLOW.

HIGH-LEVEL CASH FLOW OF HOW THIS DEAL WILL LOOK.

I HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ACTUALLY THE CASH FLOW THAT GOES TO THE HFC, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE REMAINING CASH FLOW ON THE DEAL, THAT THE HFC'S CASH FLOW. AND WE ARE TAKING 65% OF THAT AND ACTUALLY GOING TO PAY DOWN THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE LOAN. DAY ONE YOUR LOAN IS $55 MILLION, BUT USING THAT MONEY, $27,000, $191,000, ETC, AND AS YOU SEE THE BALANCE DECREASES OVER TIME.

AND IN ADDITION, SOME OF THAT CASH FLOW IS KEPT FOR THE HFC.

THE GREEN IS THE MONEY THAT THE HFC TAKES TO PUT INTO USES EVERY YEAR. AND THEN BOTTOM ROW IS THE BALANCE OF THE ACCOUNT. OVER TIME AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT A 30-YEAR LOAN. SO OVERTIME, THE BALANCE REDUCES AND CASH FLOW INCR INCREASES.

UNTIL WE GET TO YEAR '28 OR '29 WHERE THERE IS ZERO BALANCE LEFT ON THIS LOAN. WE THINK THIS PROPERTY WILL WORK IN 29 YEARS USING CONSERVATIVE RENT GROWTH $148 MILLION. AND HFC WOULD OWN THAT FREE AND CLEAR WITHOUT ANY DEBT. THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. THESE LOANS ACTUALLY OPEN UP AFTER SEVEN YEARS WHERE YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.

YOU CAN REFINANCE THEM AND SELL THEM.

SO IN YEAR -- YOU KNOW, IN YEAR 11, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A $48 MILLION BALANCE AND A PROPERTY WITH A $5 MILLION NOI WHICH WILL BE WORTH $100 MILLION AND TAKE OUT A NEW LOAN AND SELL THE PROPERTY AND LEAVES THE HFC IN FULL CONTROL BECAUSE THEY ARE THE OWNER. AND OUR -- OUR NOTE WILL BE PAID OFF AT THE END AS WELL, WHETHER IT IS RENOTICED EARLIER OR THE BOND TERM IS HELD THE ENTIRE TIME.

PROPERTIES ARE FULLY ENSURED COVERING ALL LOSSES AND LAW LAWSUITS. THE OWNER WILL BE A SI SINGLE-PURPOSE ENTITY.3 A PUBLIC FACILITY OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OWNED BY THE HFC.

ISLAND VILLA, THE PROPERTY, WILL SERVE AS THE FULL COLLATERAL FOR THESE BONDS. FULLY RESOURCE.3 NO LIABLE TO THE HFC FOR THIS. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY COMPANY.

AGAIN, WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR OVER 4,000 UNITS.

WE PARTNERED WITH HOUSING AUTHORITIES.

WE PIONEERED THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE CITY OF EL PASO.

THE SECOND ONE IN PLANO USING THESE GOVERNMENT PURPOSE BONDS IN A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTN PARTNERSHIP.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I WILL TAKE THE SCREEN SHARE OFF. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANKS, MATT. I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR UP HERE TO QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION, BUT WOULD REMIND YOU THAT WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TO CONSULT WITH OUR ATTORNEY ON ANY OF THE LEGAL ASPECTS AT A ALL.

MATT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO SLIDE 1, THE ONE QUESTION I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU IS THE AGE OF THIS PARTICULAR COMPLEX AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK -- I THINK YOU -- YOU SHOWED -- DID YOU HAVE THE --

>> YEAH, THE AGE -- THE PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 2008.

I HAVE THAT HERE. I AM TRYING TO -- TRYING TO MAKE THIS BIG SCREEN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE THAT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THERE IT IS. 2008.

>> A NEWISH PROPERTY IN THE APARTMENT WORLD.

WE STILL HAVE APARTMENT BUILDINGS BUILT IN THE 70S, '60S AND '80S. NEWISH BUT DUE FOR AN INTERIOR

RENOVATION. >>JUDGE CANALES: THAT IS WHERE I WAS HEADED IF YOU THOUGHT THAT THE DOLLARS YOU HAVE IN RESERVE SEEM A LITTLE MODEST IF IT IS DUE A MAJOR RENOVATION OR DID YOU DO CALCULATIONS ON THAT BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE AND

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YOU FEEL LIKE -- I THINK YOU HAD BRING THE SLIDES ON THE

RESERVE. >> WE DO.

WITH THIS PROPERTY $3 MILLION FOR CAPITAL RESERVES.

THOSE NUMBERS CAN CHANGE. THIS IS AN INITIAL RUN WE HAVE TAKEN ON THIS AND THESE ARE FLEXIBLE.

WE CAN ALWAYS -- WHAT WE DO IF WE PUT THIS PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT, WE WILL HAVE THIRD PARTY ENGINEERS AND GO AND INSPECT THE ASSET AND REPORTS DONE TO GIVE US AN IDEA.

THIS IS REALLY A PLACE HOLD FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE.

FOR OUR EXPERIENCE OF A PROPERTY IN THIS VINTAGE BUILT IN 2008, WE BELIEVE THAT $3 MILLION COULD GO A LONG WAY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE AIM OF MY QUESTION. COMMISSIONERS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING? COMMISSIONER MAREZ, PLEASE.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: SO THIS PROPERTY IS IN MY PRECINCT.

SO IS REAL IMPORTANT TO ME AND I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY, WHERE IT IS LOCATED. I -- I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF THIS PROPERTY AND WHAT CAN BE DONE JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE CITIES DO THIS MANY TIMES, BUT I KNOW NUECES COUNTY, IN THE TIME I HAVE BEEN HERE ON THE COMMISSIONERS CO COURT, I CAN'T RECALL -- MAYBE WE HAVE DONE THIS ONCE.

WE DON'T DO THIS TOO OFTEN COMPARED TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

SO I AM -- I AM THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS PROJECT BEFORE US.

IT BEING IN MY PRECINCT, AND I WOULD SHARE THE SAME SCRUTINY NO MATTER WHAT, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT JUST BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME GETTING IT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T -- I DON'T RECALL SEEING ANY BACK-UP INFORMATION BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DELAY DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS THAT I CAN HAVE THAT WE CAN GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO CLEAR EVERYBODY OUT OF THIS ROOM AND SIMPLE QUESTIONS.

I AM GOING TO ASK THAT WE DELAY THIS AS SOON AS THERE IS NOT A TIME FRAME OF A DEADLINE COMING UP BETWEEN NOW AND, SAY, MARCH 30 IF WE CAN MEET AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING ON THIS ITEM AND BRING IT UP. I CAN ASK MY QUESTIONS OFF L LINE. BUT HAVING SEEN THIS INFORMATION AND NOT HAVING BEEN REACHED OUT TO, THAT IS JUST A LITTLE CONCERNING ON MY END. THAT IS WHERE I WOULD GO IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO DON'T WE -- I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE UNTIL THE 30TH.

AND I WILL ASK MY QUESTIONS TO IDAY OR TO MATT MAYBE, IF WE CAN GET CONNECTED AND LIKE I SAID, AS LONG AS THERE IS NOT A DEADLINE THAT IS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN THEN I SAY LET'S HOLD

ON. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ:

SECOND. >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: THEN LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT AND MAY HAVE TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION

CLEARING OUT THE COURT ROOM. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I LIKE TO SECOND COMMISSIONER MAREZ'S MOTION.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WE HAVE A SECOND ALREADY, COMMISSIONER

CHESNEY. >>JUDGE CANALES: I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THE SAME THING. TO NOT HAVE TO CLEAR THE COURT ROOM, WOULD -- AND WE CAN STILL TABLE THE DISCUSSION, BUT WOULD COMMISSIONER MAREZ, WHEN WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, CAN WE DO IT CUMULATIVELY, GAVEL INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR HOUSING FINANCE -- THAT WAY HE CAN AT LEAST ASK WHATEVER LEGAL QUESTIONS. AND STILL POSTPONE THE DISCUSSION, BUT SINCE YOU HAVE THE LAWYERS THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY. I MEAN, WE CAN DO BOTH IS I GUESS WHAT I AM SAYING. TWO SLICES OF THE APPLE BUT WOULDN'T DO IT RIGHT NOW. IS THAT ALL RIGHT?

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: I THINK WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AS LONG AS WE HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS HERE AT THE DAIS, THEN MAYBE I CAN GET WITH IDAY AND WITH MATT AND

KIND OF WORK IT OUT. >>JUDGE CANALES: SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL TAKE THE MOTION AND A SECOND, KARA AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THE MOTION IS TO TABLE THE ACTUAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS UNTIL MARCH 30, WHILE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION LATER IN THE AFTERNOON TO INCLUDE WITH OTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION TO RECEIVE LEGAL VISION AND CONSULTATION.

>> FAIR ENOUGH. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: JUDGE, THE ONE THING YOU WILL NEED TO DO IS RECESS THE MEETING UNTIL THE FUTURE EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND MAKE SURE TO CALL BACK IN THE MEETING BEFORE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU. GREAT ADVICE, JIM.

AT THIS TIME I WILL RECESS THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

AND THE TIME ON THAT RECESS IS 9:47 A.M.

AND SOME TIME LATER THIS AFTERNOON I WILL BRING US BACK IN AND CALL FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS ITEM WHICH

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WOULD BE A GOOD TIMING FOR EVERYBODY ELSE'S EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. I THINK THAT WILL WORK.

OKAY, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AT THIS TIME, I AM GOING TO MOVE ON AN I HAVE ONE MORE REQUEST AND IT HAS TO DO -- WE HAVE DARYL EARWOOD ON LINE.

HE IS OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.

DARYL, WE ARE SENDING OUR CONDOLENCES.

HE IS ATTENDING -- HE IS OUT OF TOWN ON FAMILY BUSINESS HAVING TO DUE WITH A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.

WE DON'T NEED TO -- I GUESS WE DON'T NEED TO -- BUT THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO ACCOMMODATE AND I AM GOING TO ALLOW YOU -- TO PRESENT SO THAT HE MAY ATTEND TO HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS.

THE ITEM FOR DARYL THIS AFTERNOON IS -- LET ME MOVE TO

[1. Discuss and consider Letter of Termination to Televon for Telecom Management Services Agreement.]

HAVE IT, DARYL. D-1 UNDER ENERGIES TECHNOLOGY.

AND DARYL, YOU WILL HAVE TO HELP ME TOO.

YOU MAY HAVE ANOTHER ONE, BUT THAT IS THE ONE I HAVE CIRCLED

RIGHT NOW, D-1. >> YES, IT IS ONLY D-1.

>>JUDGE CANALES: SO D-1. THIS IS, I THINK, FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT WE WILL LET YOU PROCEED.

>> YES. I WOULD SAY PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH TELEVON. WE HAD THEM FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THE COMPANY THAT RUNS THE AUDITS ON OUR COMMUNICATION SERVICES. AND WE HAVE KIND OF EXHAUSTED THE NEED FOR THEM AT THIS POINT.

IT IS A NONFRICTION, NO NEGATIVE BETWEEN THE COMPANIES, WE JUST -- WE ARE GOING A ASSUME WHAT THEY DO INTERNAL WITHIN I.T. BRIDGET AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND FROM HERE ON OUT WE WILL BE DOING IT WITH A LETTER TO TERMINATE, IT WILL GO OUT THIS MONTH IF WE GET APPROVAL ON IT TODAY. AND IT IS START THE COUNTDOWN APRIL 1 AND APRIL 30 ALREADY THE -- THE TIME THAT IT IS ACTUALLY TERMINATED. SO I WILL BE WORKING WITH THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE COMPANY TO KIND OF CLOSE THINGS OUT AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICES. THEY DID FIND SOME THINGS EARLY ON, BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING MUCH OF OUR COMMUNICATION SERVICES SO IT IS GOING TO BE -- WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THERE MANAGING AND WE PREFER THAT IT IS JUST US DOING IT AT THIS POINT.

AND WE SHOULD INTERNALLY HAVE A BETTER GRIP ON WHAT WE ARE DOING OUT THERE WITH SERVICES, BUT IT SAYS IN THE WRITE-UP, A VERY LARGE ORGANIZATION, LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

THESE THINGS HAPPEN. PERSONNEL COMES IN AND GOES AND SERVICES ACTUALLY GET DISCONTINUED.

AND THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AREN'T ALWAYS GOING TO LET YOU KNOW THEY ARE NOT SEEING ANY ACTIVITY AND THAT COST AT&T A COUPLE OF SETTLEMENTS THROUGHOUT THIS.

AND WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD GRIP CONTINUE TO NOW AND SOME SERVICES THAT WE USE THAT THEY DON'T EVEN TEND TO ACTUALLY.

SO WE ARE HAVING TO DO THOSE ANYWAY AND WE ARE GOING TO STOP THE DUPLICATION NOW. WE HAVE GOT IT FROM HERE ON OUT AND WOULD LIKE TO DETERMINATE THIS AND NOT HAVE TO MANAGE IT ANYMORE. IF I CAN GET APPROVAL.

THAT WILL BE GREAT. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ HAS A QUESTION.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: YOU SAID YOU WILL DO THIS MOSTLY

IN-HOUSE NOW? >> YES, SIR, YES, SIR.

WE ARE ABLE TO GO INTO THE PORTALS AND RUN OUR OWN AUDITS ON THESE. AND ANOTHER THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT A LOT OF THE SERVICES WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE, AS I SAID.

SO THAT MEANS WE WILL BE RIGHT ON TO HAVE OF THEM.

THEY WILL BE NEW AND WE WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: A MOTION AND A SECOND. JUST THE DISCUSSION.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: ONE MORE DISCUSSION.

>>JUDGE CANALES: YES, GO AH AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: DARYL, DO YOU HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH US, WHAT THIS MEANS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SAVE BY USING YOU AND BRIDGET OR IN DOING THIS SERVICE IN-HOUSE? ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THIS YET OR GET THAT TO US AT A LATER DATE.

>> THE WAY THEY WORK THAT ANY SAVINGS THAT THEY FIND OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD, THEY INVOICE FOR ONE-THIRD OF THAT SAVINGS.

AND SO IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE, OF COURSE, WE WOULD SAVE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

PROBABLY TO THEIR BENEFIT IS TO SAY THAT THEY -- THE AT&T SETTLEMENT THAT I HAD BROUGHT TO THE COURT A WHILE BACK IS SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE GOT BACK FROM AT&T FOR SERVICE THAT WAS DISCONTINUED. THERE WAS -- THERE WAS A VERY

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LARGE ONE THAT EXISTED THAT I.T. ACTUALLY FOUND JUST PRIOR TO GOING WITH TELEVON. SO WITH THAT PARTICULAR ONE, WE IS IT NOT HAVE TO SHARE PART OF THE SETTLEMENT WITH TELEVON.

THAT IS KIND OF WHAT IT IS. WE GO IN THERE NOW OURSELVES AND FIND ANY DISCREPANCIES AND TAKE CARE OF THEM OURSELVES AND ENJOY ALL THE SAVINGS FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: GOTCHA, THANK YOU.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THE AUDIENCE DOESN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. IN THIS CASE, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO WE HIRED A COMPANY THAT THEY DO NOT CHARGE US.

BUT WHEN YOU GO IN THE AT&T SHOP AND SAY WHY DIDN'T YOU GET ME THE BEST DEAL HERE. IT CHANGED ON ME.

YOU MEAN I COULD BE SAVING $10 A MONTH? WELL, THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN BUSINESSES.

THIS COMPANY CAME IN AND WAS ABLE TO REVIEW ALL OF OUR ACCOUNTS. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MANY PHONES WE HAVE COUNTYWIDE AND ABLE TO FIND SAVINGS OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND THEY SCRUBBED IS PRETTY HARD AND ABLE TO ACCUMULATE DOLLARS FROM AT&T BECAUSE OF THAT.

WHAT DARYL IS SAYING, WE SC SCRUBBED IT.

WE SCRUBBED IT REALLY, REALLY HARD AND WE CAN TAKE OVER IT FROM HERE WITH OUR NEW SLATE. IT IS REALLY GREAT.

THEY DO, LIKE A CONTINGENCY F FEE.

IF THEY FIND MONEY, THEY TAKE A LITTLE PIECE OF IT.

NOW I THINK WE ARE IN A GOOD SPOT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE COUNTY IS GOVERNMENT AND LIKE A BUSINESS.

YOU CAN'T RELY ON AT&T TO GIVE US A BEST DEAL.

YOU CONSTANTLY LOOK AT WHAT PROGRAMS AND PLANS HAVE CHANGED AND BY BRINGING THIS COMPANY IN, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE SOME REVENUE FOR NUECES COUNTY AND I AM GLAD THEY HAVE DONE THEIR JOB AND NOW THEY PUT US IN A GREAT POSITION WHERE WE CAN

TAKE OVER FROM NOW. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THANK YOU, DARYL. GREAT JOB.

>>JUDGE CANALES: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

SUPER, DARYL. WE WILL LET YOU GET BACK TO YOUR -- AND COMMISSIONER CHESNEY IS AN "AYE" AS WELL.

SO I AM VERY MINDFUL HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE IN THE COURT ROOM THAT ARE REPRESENTING AGENCIES.

AND ALTHOUGH I KNOW HE OTHER ITEMS AHEAD OF THE AGENCIES, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THEM FOR THEIR PATIENCE. AND LET'S TRY TO DO AT LEAST A FEW OF THEM SO THEY CAN GET BACK TO THEIR AGENCIES.

I WILL FIRST CALL ON -- DALE, IS IT ALL RIGHT IF I SKIP YOU

[2. Receive presentation from Tom Klassen, Executive Director, HALO-Flight on FY 2020-2021 activities; and authorize FY 2021-2022 contract.]

FOR A MOMENT SINCE YOU WILL BE WITH US THE REST OF THE DAY? MOVE ON TO ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA NUMBER TWO AND RECOGNIZE TOM KLASSEN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HALO FLIGHT THE IMPORTANT ENTITIES DOING EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

CONTRACT FOR 21 AND 2 AND ACTION ITEM THE PETITION.

>> I AM TOM KLASSEN IN SUPPORT OF HALO FLIGHT.

THE FUNDS WE RECEIVED FROM FISCAL YEAR '20-'21 HAVE DIRECTLY GONE TO THE SAFETY OF OUR PATIENTS, CREWS AND COMMUNITY THE FUNDS WE RECEIVED TO A SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND FATIGUE SYSTEM. NEITHER ONE ARE REQUIRED BY THE FAA BUT PART OF HALO FLIGHT GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED OF US AND DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR SAFETY AND OUR PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. OUR SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS MANAGED BY A PROGRAM CALLED BALDWIN SYSTEM.

THAT IS WEB-BASED SYSTEM THAT OUR EMPLOYEES CAN REPORT RISK IDENTIFY RISK. AND FATIGUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS UNKNOWN FOR MEDICAL AND SMALLER F 1 A OPERATIONS BUT MOSTLY USED BY AIRLINES AND THE MILITARY AND WHAT IT DOES IS -- I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CREWS COMING IN SAYING I AM TIRED I CAN'T WORK. OUR CONCERN IS THAT OUT CREWS ARE COMMITTED TO THEIR MISSION THAT 2:00 IN THE MORNING ON THEIR THIRD FLIGHT, MAYBE THEY ARE NOT GOOD TO FLY FROM A FATIGUE STANDPOINT. WE HAVE INSTITUTED FATIGUE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.3 WHEN THEY START A SHIFT, AN AWARENESS. IF THEY LAND IN CIRCADIAN LOW, 1 A.M. TO 5 A.M. IN THE MORNING WHERE ALL OF US FEEL THAT LOW OF OUR BODIES TIREDNESS THEY TAKE ANOTHER TEST TO SEE IF

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THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT. SCHEDULING COMPARED TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND COMPARES WHERE OUR SCHEDULE IS AT AND IDENTIFIES THAT YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE A NAP AND MITIGATE THAT FATIGUE.

THIS IS UNHEARD OF AN ORGANIZATION OUR SIZE AND WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US TO BRING THAT LEVEL OF SAFETY OF HALO FLIGHT. OTHER NEWS OF HALO FLIGHT, THE ONLY COMPANY TO HAVE THE SINGLE PILOT IFR AIR-FRAME.

SO OUR WORKHORSE FOR MANY YEARS HAS BEEN A BELL 407.

WE WORKED WITH BELL HELICOPTERS WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ADDED CAPABILITY AND NOW WE CAN FLY OUR BELLE HELICOPTERS THROUGH THE CLOUDS AND BOTTOM LINE THAT HELPS US MITIGATE THE RISK OF HAVING IN INADVERTENT FLY INTO THE CLOUDS.

WE ALL KNOW THE WEATHER CHANGES PRETTY QUICK AROUND THIS PLACE AND THE FOG COMES IN AND THAT IS ABOUT A $12 MILLION INVESTMENT WE MADE IN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE ARE BEING SEEPING THE LAST OF THE THREE NEW HELICOPTERS THIS WEEK. AND THIS WILL DIRECTLY GO TO DRISCOL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO SUPPORT THEIR ACTIVITIES AS WELL. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT WE -- TWO OF OUR EDUCATORS, WENDY GREER AND RYAN KELLY RECEIVE THE TEXAS EM EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AND WE ARE PROUD OF THEM OF THE EDUCATION DO WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT ALL HAVE. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU.

WELL, EVERY TIME I SEA A HALO FLIGHT HELICOPTER IN THE AIR, IT IS ALMOST A SIMULTANEOUS SIGN OF THE CROSS, A PRAYER AND SIGH OF RELIEF BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PERSON, THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THAT CHILD IN THERE HAS A FIGHTING CHANCE BECAUSE THAT HELICOPTER IS TAKING THEM TO A LIFE-SAVING HEALTH CARE CENTER.

AND WITH ALL OF THE EXTENDED WORK THAT WE HAVE AND INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTY, WITHOUT A HEALTH CARE CENTER THERE, IT DAWNS ON ME HOW CRITICAL THE HALO FLIGHT.

HERE WE GO. I SAID SOMETHING THAT

TRIGGERED. >> AS WE ARE HOPEFULLY COMING OUT OF COVID-19, I AM VERY HAPPY TO REPORT WE HAD NO REPORTED PATIENT-TO-CREWMEMBER TRANSMISSION OR MORE IMPORTANTLY CREW CREWMEMBER-TO-PATIENT TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19. WE LED ALL -- WE PARTICIPATED IN ALL OF THE AIR MEDICAL AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WORKED AS A TEAM TO PROVIDE THE SAFETY FOR OUR PATIENTS AND OUR

CREWS THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE IRT AS WELL.

YOU WERE STANDING BY. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>>JUDGE CANALES: COMMISSIONERS -- GOOD REPORT, TOM.

WE HAVE A CONTRACT TO AUTHORIZE AND I WILL SORT OF ASK IF EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER. I AM GETTING THE OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION -- >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: SO

MOVED. >>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ:

SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: MOTION --

MOTION TO AUTHORIZE. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: MOTION TO AUTHORIZE -- OR RENEW CONTRACT WITH HALO FLIGHT.

'21-'22. >>JUDGE CANALES: ANY DISCUSSION IN OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OF COURSE YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK FOR YOUR

CONTRACT NEXT YEAR. >> YOU BET.

[3. Receive presentation from Kresten Cook, Executive Director, United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, South Texas Military Facilities Task Force (STMFTF), on the FY2020-2021 activities; and authorize FY 2021-2022 contract.]

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY. THE NEXT AGENCY WE HAVE IS A DIVISION OF -- OF THE UNITED CORPUS CHRISTI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WITH US IS KRESTEN COOK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH TEXAS MILITARY TASK FORCE.

AND HE ALSO WILL GIVE US A BRIEF REPORT OF THEIR ACTIVITIES AND, COMMISSIONERS, A CONTRACT AS WELL FOR F Y ' '21-'22. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND JENNY AS WELL HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE AT THE TEXAS MILL TASK FORCE IN ADDITION TO THE ROLE IN THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ARENA

AT THE CHAMBER. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, KRESTEN COOK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SOUTH MILITARY TASK FORCE.

JOHN AND I PROMISE TO BE BRIEF AND NO FORMAL PRESENTATIONS.

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU IN THE NEWS TOMORROW, YOU WOULD HEAR OF A NEW WORLD-CLASS AVIATION FACILITY COMING TO CORPUS CHRISTI. AND THIS AVIATION FACILITY WILL HAVE 3200 JOBS. AND THOSE JOBS WILL HAVE AN

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AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY WITH BENEFITS OVER $9 0,000.

AND THESE ARE PERMANENT JOBS. NOT SHORT-TERM CONSTRUCTION JOBS. AND BY THE WAY, THAT COMPANY HAS NEW CONSTRUCTION ON THE BOOKS OF $100 MILLION OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. WELL, EVERY BIT OF THAT IS TRUE EXCEPT THAT EMPLOYER IS ALREADY HERE.

AND THIS EMPLOYER IS CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT.

AND THE DEPOT IS ONE OF THE FIVE MILITARY OPERATIONS THAT WE SUPPORT FOR THE MILITARY TASK FORBES NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI, KINGSVILLE, U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR CORPUS CHRISTI. AND PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI WHICH HAS MILITARY OPERATIONS. ALL TOGETHER THE MILITARY OPERATIONS EMPLOY OVER 10,000 PEOPLE.

AND EVERY MILITARY-RELATED JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY CREATES TWO ADDITIONAL JOBS, WHICH GROWS AREA BUSINESSES INCLUDING LOCAL BANKS, CREDIT UNIONS, SCHOOLS, AUTO DEALERS, RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES AND MORE. OUR MISSION AT THE MILITARY DV IS TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND EXPAND THE VALUE OF AREA MILITARY FACILITIES. THANK YOU NUECES COUNTY FOR SUPPORTING OUR MISSION AND OUR AREA MILITARY OPERATIONS WE CAN NOT ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSIONS WITHOUT YOU.

NOT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANT OF OUR MILITARY OPERATIONS. THEY THINK, WELL, THOSE PLACES HAVE BEEN THERE FOREVER AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE IN THE FUTURE, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING TO RELATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE FACILITIES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE DEFENSE OF OUR NATION.

I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE EMPLOY OVER 3,000 PEOPLE.

WELL, OVER 12 YEARS AGO, CCAT HAD OVER 6,000 EMPLOYEES, SO THEY LAST ABOUT HALF OF THEIR WORKFORCE ALREADY AND A LOSS OF TAX BASE. THAT IS A LOSS OF OTHER JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS I MENTIONED. THAT IS A CHALLENGE.

OTHER CHALLENGES, NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI, THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT MOST OF THE MILITARY PERSONNEL ON THE BASE CANNOT LIVE ON THE BASE.

THEIR QUARTERS HAVE DETERIORATED SO MUCH THEY HAVE TO LIVE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ALTHOUGH BASE CLOSURES HAVE NOT HAPPENED IN RECENT MEMORY, DECISION-MAKERS IN WASHINGTON INDUSTRIAL CONSIDERABLE POWER TO DETERMINE WHERE THE WORK LOAD GOES, WHERE IT GOES TO CCAT OR NOTA OR WHERE MILITARY IMPROVES. SOME SUCCESSES OVER THE PAST YEAR. NOT ALL BAD NEWS.

CCAT HAD THE FIRST VICTOR MODEL UPGRADE OF THE BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER. THEY HAD TO COMPETE WITH OTHER BUSINESSES TO GET THIS WORKLOAD AND ENSURES THEM A SOLID W WORKLOAD OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS AND BUILDING THE NEW FACILITIES AS I MENTIONED. OVER THE PAST YEAR WE SUPPORTED THE NUECES COUNTY'S EFFORT TO SECURE INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENT WITH NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI.

THE IGSA PROVIDES MUCH-NEEDED FROM SUPPORT.

ON THE BASE, IT CREATES JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SAVES TAXPAYER DOLLARS. A WIN-WIN-WIN.

OVER THE PAST YEAR, OUR W WORKFORCE HAS HOSTED INFORMAL MEET AND GREETED SESSIONS WITH THE CHIEF OF NAVAL INSTALLATIONS. THIS GUY IS IN CHARGE OF ALL KNAVE INSTALLATIONS AROUND THE WORLD AND THE COMMANDER OF NAVY REGION SOUTHEAST. THANK YOU, JUDGE FOR BEING THERE FOR THOSE SESSIONS. BOTH ADMIRALS WERE OVERWHELMED BY THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY PROMISED CAPTAIN JASON FOR FUNDING FOR AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI THIS YEAR.

AND HE THANKED US FOR HELPING HIM.

IN CLOSING, THANK YOU NUECES COUNTY FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

OUR VISION TO KEEP OUR MILITARY OPERATIONS AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU INTO THE FUTURE I HOPE NEXT TIME AN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MISS COMMUNITY AND RAISE YOUR HAND TO THE PERSON DOING THE REPORT AND SAY, HEY, DON'T FORGET THE MILITARY IMPACT TO OUR ECONOMY IN OUR AREA.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, KRESTEN. I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE FC '21-'22 FOR THE SOUTH TEXAS MILITARY TASK FORCE AND ASK FOR A SECOND AT THIS TIME.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: SECOND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: ANY DISCUSSION? ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO GO TO D.C. TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR THREE PLUS ONE. KINGSVILLE IS ALSO IN OUR REGION MILITARY BASES. AND IT REALLY IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE, YOU KNOW, $3 BILLION-PLUS ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR AREA AND ONE WE HAVE TO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY IN PROTECTING. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AT THE CHAMBER TO GET THE JOB DONE.

THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY

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SAYING AYE. OKAY.

[4. Receive presentation from John LaRue, President & Chief Executive Director, United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, on FY 2020-2021 activities related to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA); and authorize FY 2021-2022 contract.]

THANK YOU. AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO JOHN LARUE. HE IS, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON THE UNITED CHAMBER AND HERE FOR A DIFFERENT CHAMBER. ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TEXAS WIND STORM INSURANCE AND AUTHORIZING THEIR '20-'22

CONTRACT. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. LET ME GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON TWIA. WE HAD SUCCESSES IN THE 87TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE. TWO BILLS WITH SUPPORT OF THE DELEGATION DR. HINHOSA, REPRESENTATIVE HERRERO AND HUNTER ARE SB 69 PREVENTS TWIA DIRECTORS TO VOTE.

AND SB-1448 WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF TWIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO INCREASE RATES AND REAUTHORIZES A INTERIM STUDY OF RATES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE BILLS DIDN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30. SO THE TWIA BOARD RUSHED THROUGH A RATE INCREASE AT THEIR AUGUST 3 MEETING OF 5%, WHICH THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO BUT SHOULD HAVE WAITED SINCE THE LEGISLATURE HAD ALREADY SPOKEN BUT HE DIDN'T CARE.

THEY DID IT ANYWAY. AND THAT INCREASE IS SCHEDULED TO MOVE FORWARD. WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH -- WITH STATE OFFICIALS TO HAVE THAT ROLLED BACK AND TO HAVE IT RECONSIDERED UNDER THE NEW LAW THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO STAY VIGILANT ON.

IT ADDS TO THE COST OF HOUSING IN OUR REGION AND IN MOST CASES PEOPLE'S WINDSTORM INSURANCE COST IS HIGHER THAN OUR MORTGAGE AND SOMETHING WE DON'T THINK ABOUT WHEN WE ARE TALKING OF THE HOUSING VIABILITY AND THE COST OF LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT WHEN YOU ADD ON FLOOD INSURANCE, TWIA INSURANCE AND A MORTGAGE TO SOMEONE, IT KNOCKS ALOT OF PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME.

WITH THAT, I WILL ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS. >>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND LET ME GET THE MOTION TO ESTABLISH.

I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO IMPROVE.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: MOTION AND

CALL FOR DISCUSSION. >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: DISCUSSION. I APPRECIATE, JOHN, THE WORK YOU ARE DOING. IT WAS LAST YEAR A YEAR AGO OF THIS VERY ITEM TO RENEW AND GET AN ANNUAL REPORT.

I WILL ASK AT THE TIME I REMEMBER BACK WHEN I WAS IN CITY COUNCIL AND HARD TO COMPARE WHAT WE DO HERE AND THERE AND A LOT OF GREAT WORE WORK HERE.

THE CITY COUNCIL GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY A LOT CHANGE IN YOUR TENURE TO BE UPDATED ON EVERY RIBBON CUTTING GOING ON AND PRETTY SPECIFIC ON GENERAL AREA WITH THE OPINION ON WHAT EACH COUNCIL REPRESENTS AT LARGE OR DISTRICT.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN DO THAT FOR US AND ASKED THAT LAST YEAR AND I DIDN'T SEE A DIFFERENCE AND CHANGE OF THAT.

IF YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YEAR AND I DON'T MIND AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR FUNDING OF YOU.

BUT FOR -- FOR THE COMMUNITY, I UNDERSTAND AND SEE THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS. STATE REP AND GET THE INVITES.

AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BUT WE ARE LEFT OUT OF THE MIX. WE -- WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE POT, MAYBE NOT AS MUCH AS SOME OF THE OTHER ENTITIES BUT THING THAT IS REAL IMPORTANT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND EVERY MEETING ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE NOT IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTY, BUT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GO TO SUPPORT IS PORCH BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE THERE AND JUST BE A PART OF THE GREATER CORPUS CHRISTI AREA OF ALL TO CELEBRATE WITH THE FANTASTIC BUSINESS IS BECAUSE OF COVID NOW.

I KNOW THAT COVID HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT IF WE COME TO IDAY AND THEIR WORD WITH THE COURT SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO BE OUT

THERE AS WELL. >> WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS TO ALL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY.

AND I APOLOGIZE THAT IT DIDN'T GET THERE NOW.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: THANKS, JOHN.

>> THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AND KIND OF THAT TO A END, YOU HAVE ALL THESE AMAZING PEOPLE CALLED CHAMBER CHAMPIONS.

MAYBE A POSITIVE THAT COMES OUT IS MAYBE BY GETTING COMMISSIONERS INVOLVED WE INCREASE OUR CHAMBER CHAMPIONS.

YOU KNOW, THAT COULD HAPPEN. >> GOOD IDEA.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK THAT IS EXCITING.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE A BIG TRIP COMING UP.

YOU MIGHT JUST TEM THE COMMISSIONERS -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

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>> YES, WE HAVE THE COASTAL BEND TO D.C. TRIP WHICH GOT SIDELINED DURING COVID AND WE RE-ESTABLISHED IT AND APRIL 4 4-7. ABOUT THREE WEEKS AWAY RIGHT NOW THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHERE WE TAKE BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO MEET WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO EXPRESS TO THEM WHAT THE CONCERNS AND ISSUES ARE THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY SO WE WOULD LOVE IF ANY OF YOU WOULD PARTICIPATE. AND IT IS REALLY WORTHWHILE TRIP, AND JENNY IS HERE. ANYTHING I MISSED.

AND THAT IS THE BASICS. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, YOU CAN CONTACT ME AND GET A HOLD OF JENNY AND GIVE YOU THE DETAILS. WE ALREADY HAVE 30 PEOPLE SIGNED UP. WE GOT WORD FROM OUR WASHINGTON LOBBYIST THAT THE CAPITOL IS STARTING TO REOPEN, SO TIME THERE WE SHOULD HAVE MORE ACCESS.

IT HAS BEEN VERY LIMITED BECAUSE OF COVID AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE JANUARY 6 INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT THE CAPITOL. IT WAS PRETTY WELL SHUT DOWN, BUT THINGS ARE STARTING TO REOPEN AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT HIT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: WHAT ARE THE DATES.

>> 4-6. LEAVE ON A MONDAY AND YOU COULD COME BACK WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, IF YOU CHOSE TO.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I DO WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION.

THE COURT FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION.

I DID SAY THAT. BUT NOT JUST FINANCIALLY BUT PERSONALLY HAVE -- MAYBE OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN HELPING US FIGHT THIS BATTLE AND WE REALLY LED THE EFFORT ALONG THE KED. IF NOT FOR THE EFFORT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAD FROM BROWNSVILLE TO BEAUMONT. REALLY LED BY THE GROUP HERE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: AGREED. TOTALLY AGREED.

THANK YOU, AGAIN, SO VERY MUCH. AND ALL THOSE THIS FAVOR

[5. Receive presentation from Sara L. Garza, President, Coastal Bend Air Quality Partnership, on the FY 2020-2021 activities; authorize year two (2) renewal agreement. ]

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. GREAT.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL MOVE FOR THE NEXT ONE ITEM NUMBER 5 CAN I A PRESENTATION FROM THE COASTAL BEND AIR QUALITY PARTNERSHIP. AND SAYS SARA GARZA -- THERE SHE IS. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT GRETCHEN THE WHOLE I'M. HI, SARA.

WELCOME, SARA. THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR OF THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR OF YOUR ACTIVITIES. WE WELCOME GRETCHEN ARNOLD.

SHE IS START OF THE FAIRY GOD MOTHER AND ALL THE GREAT EXPERIENCE. AND MORE IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE AND EXCEPT FOR WATER QUALITY.

SO BETWEEN AIR QUALITY AND WATER QUALITIES, WE REALLY DO IT WELL IN THE COASTAL BEND. WE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITIES AND ALSO THE ACTION AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS A TWO-YEAR RENEWAL AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL BE ASKING A VOTE ON TO AUTHORIZE. SARAH.

>> THANK YOU, WHY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

I AM ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION.

SHE IS GRETCHEN AND FAR BETTER TO GIVE THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE ORGANIZATION IS DOING. I AM PLEASED AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOU THIS MORNING AND JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT HAS ALREADY BEEN A YEAR SINCE WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOU AND A LOT OF PROCESS. I WANTED TO MA GET IN FRONT OF YOU TO MAKE A ASK OF YOU. WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU FOR TWO MONTHS AND THAT IS ASKING FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT UNDER THE FULL BOARD WHICH INCLUDES YOU AS A PRESENTATION.

AND WE WILL BE HERE VERY SOON TO MAKE THE PROGRESS OF WHAT WE ARE MAKING. WITH THAT TURN OVER TO GRETCHEN TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE GROUP IS DOING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, WELCOME, GRETCHEN.

>> GOOD MORNING, I AM GRETCHEN HONOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE COASTAL BEND AIR QUALITY PARTNERSHIP AND HERE TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE ACTIVITIES WE HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN SINCE OUR LAST VISIT AND PARTICIPATING IN AN EXTENSION OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST YEAR OF WHEN WE INITIATED THE CONTRACT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS OVER THE

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LAST YEAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR MISSION, OUR PURPOSE, WHY WE ARE HERE. WE ALL HAVE SAME MISSION TO HAVE THE CLEAN AIR THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC HEALTH AND KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE OF REGULATORY STANDARDS THAT IF WE VIOLATE SHOULD BE ECONOMICALLY CRUSHING FOR OUR AREA.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE BROUGHT THIS PRESENTATION TO NEW THE PAST AND A SLIDE WE LIKE TO BRING OUT AND REMIND FOLKS OF. IF I SAY ECONOMICALLY CRUSHING, PUBLIC HEALTH IS A LARGE CHARGES CHARGE COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY AND IF YOU ARE REGULATED.

THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DON'T COMPLY WITH AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT CAN OCCUR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR A PERIOD.

WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION THAT WORK TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN HEALTH AIR IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS OUR TEAM.

OUR TRANSITION TEAM THAT HAS TAKEN THE GROUP ON WHAT HAS BEEN A VOLUNTARY GROUP FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS WITHOUT AN OFFICE OR FORMAL STRUCTURE TO A FORMALIZED ORGANIZATION.

YOU MET SARA, OUR PRESIDENT. TRENT IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT.

SHARON BAILEY MURPHY WAS AND NOW WE HAVE DARCY SCHROEDERS A OUR SECRETARY AND A TRANSITION GROUP THAT MELT REPEATEDLY OVER THE LAST YEAR TO DO GOOD WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SET THIS FIRST PERMANENT BOARD AND NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UP FOR SUCCESS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE DO A LOT OF BUILDING IN THE ORGANIZATION TO MAKE SURE WHEN THE FIRST BOARD IS SEATED THAT INCLUDES YOU AND NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT THE FOUNDATION IS SET, AND THEY ARE READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND BE A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ONE OF THE THINGS -- SEVERAL OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE IN ADDITION TO SETTING UP THE FOUNDATION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS CONTINUING TO DO THE GOOD WORK OF REDUCING EMISSIONS IN THE COASTAL BEND. WE KEPT THE PRESENTATION BRIEF AND PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AND DO IT VERY BRIEFLY. WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EPA BY REPORTING THEM TO ANNUALLY ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS WHAT TO DO FOR COMPLIANCE.

PART OF THIS OZONE REPORT INCLUDED A FOUR-PAGE LETTER FROM NUECES COUNTY WHAT YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR AND WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE REDUCE EMISSIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR AIR SHED REMAINS COMPLIANT.

FOUR PAGES. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO NUECES COUNTY. IT IS OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE COMMUNICATE EPA, WHEN WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHEN THEY GO TO THEIR COASTAL BEND IN WASHINGTON D.C. TRIP, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO REGULATE US ALSO KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING. THEY KNOW WHAT WE ARE ABOUT.

THEY KNOW WE ARE VOLUNTARILY BEING COMPLIANT.

THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT GOING BE TOO HEADACHE ON THEIR LIST THAT THEY GOT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.

AND THAT WE COMMUNICATE WITH AND MAKE COMMUNICATE WITH AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ARE STILL WITHIN COMPLIANCE OF OZONE STANDARDS EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TREMENDOUS DISCUSSION OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE AREA AND EVEN THOUGH THE OZONE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN TOUGH IN MULTIPLE TIMES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT THINGS OVER THE LAST YEAR IS TO OBTAIN LONG-TERM FUNDING FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. INSTEAD OF GOING YEAR TO YEAR WHERE YOU CAN'T PLAN. YOU CAN'T LOOK FORWARD AND ENGAGE A FULL-TIME DIRECTOR. WE HAVE GONE OUT AND SOUGHT MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT WITH SIGNIFICANT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THREE YEARS OUT AT THE TIME ROLLING COVERAGE FOR THE ORGANIZATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OUR VISION TO MAINTAIN AND TAKEN WELL INTO THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE SUPPORTERS THAT THEY HAVE TO THANK FOR THAT INCLUDING NUECES COUNTY. AN WE ARE HERE TODAY -- LAST YEAR WE CAME TO YOU AND YOU GENEROUSLY AUTHORIZED A $25,000 CONTRIBUTION FOR LAST YEAR. WE ARE HERE TODAY ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION OF THAT CONTRACT AT THE SAME GENEROUS AMOUNT WHEN YOU WERE HERE A YEAR AGO. ONE MORE SLIDE AND WE SHOULD DO IT. THAT'S IT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, GRETCHEN.

>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >>JUDGE CANALES: THIS IS REALLY FORWARD THINKING, I BELIEVE, TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGIC GOALS SET FORTH IN A REALLY CONCRETE ORGANIZATION AT THIS TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU COMING

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BACK IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. BUT ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR S AR RA OR FOR GRETCHEN. WOULD YOU LIKE US TO AUTHORIZE THE TWO-YEAR RENEWAL AND THAT IS AHEAD OF US AT THIS MOMENT.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: TWO YEARS. I WILL MAKE THE MOTION AND ASK

FOR A SECOND. >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: SECOND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, A SECOND.

AGAIN, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

GREAT. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WELCOME THIS PARTNERSHIP AND, LOOK, IT'S -- I WISH JOHN HAVEN'T LEFT BECAUSE ONE THING THAT HAPPENS IN EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT WE HAVE IN D.C. IS ALMOST THE FIRST THING OUT OF OUR MOUTH IS AIR ATTAINMENT. THE QUALITY OF OUR AIR IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING IN GENERAL AND THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING OUR PART.

YOU CAN'T DO YOUR PART UNLESS YOU ARE MONITORING.

MONITORING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE OR SEE THE

SEMBLANCE OF THIS ISSUE. >> THAT IS RIGHT.

AND THE VOLUNTARY ACTIONS. WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT HERE AND THE ACTIONS OF EVERYBODY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AIR QUALITY BECAUSE IT TAKES ALL OF

US. >>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: I HAVE A QUESTION. ALL THE FIRES, HAVE THEY AFFECTED OUR AIR QUALITY CONTROL?

>> YES, IT HAS AN EFFECT. MY VOICE IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT EFFECT. ORGANIZATIONS, TCQ TAKE A LOOK AT THE AIR EVENTS AND EVALUATES IT BASED ON MONITORING DATA WE PROVIDE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND EVALUATES WHAT THE ACTUAL EFFECT OF IT IS. TCQ WAS OUT THIS WEEKEND DOING AIR MONITORING. I DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS OF THAT. YOU MIGHT, GRETCHEN.

>>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS OF THAT.

AS WE BECOME A FULL-TIME ORGANIZATION WITH A FULL-TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WE FOCUSED ON OZONE AND THAT IS THE ONE CRITERIA POLLUTANT REGULATED ON AND IT IS ALWAYS -- WET GET OUR BAD DAYS OCCASIONALLY AND WE ARE IN RISK OF VIOLATING THE STANDARDS. AS WE REALLY PUT MORE HORSE POWER ON THE GROUND WITH THE FULL ORGANIZATION THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING, WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND RESOURCES TO LONG IN MORE IN-DEPTH TO THINGS LIKE PARTICULATE MATTER AND LOOK AT AIR SHED HOLISTICALLY THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT AND THE FULL-TIME DIRECTOR WE WILL BE BRINGING ON BOARD TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT IN MORE DETAIL AS WELL.

>>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: THANK YOU, MA'AM.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, GRETCHEN.

[6. Receive presentation from Ray Allen, Executive Director Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, on Fiscal Year 2020-2021 activities.]

THANK YOU, SARA. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.

NEXT TIME WE WILL MOVE ON THE NEXT AGENCY THAT I TOLD YOU WHEN WE STARTED, WE HAVE ALL OUR INCREDIBLE AUGUSTS THAT WE WILL HEAR IS OUR COASTAL BEND BAYS AND ESTUARY PROGRAM AND ALSO ALSO A REPORT FOR TIS Y'ALL YEAR 2021.

AND RAY ALLEN WITH US TODAY. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR GIVING US THE INVITATION.

THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THAT DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IS VERY BENEFICIAL.

ADRIAN WITH US TODAY -- WHERE ARE YOU? HIDING FROM ME TODAY. ONE OF OUR MANAGERS THAT DEAL WITH WATER QUALITY ISSUES. COASTAL BEND BAY AND ESTUARY PROGRAMS IS ONE OF 28 ESTUARY PROGRAMS LOCATED AROUND THE COUNTRY. AN EPA-FUNDED PROGRAM BUT REALLY A LOCAL PROGRAM THAT CONTINUE TO GET LOCAL LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT AND LOCAL INDUSTRY SUPPORT AND STATE SUPPORT FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. I THINK THE SLIDES OR BADGES ARE NOT NECESSARILY MADE FOR TV.

SO THE IDEA IS WE HAVE BEEN HERE TOMORROW.

THE MISSION IS TO PROTECT OUR BAYS AND ESTUARIES THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION,OUTS REACH A AND, ETC. ALL THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS THAT WE WORK ON. BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU AT THIS POINT IN NUECES COUNTY, ALL OF CORPUS CHRISTI BAY IN NUECES COUNTY. ALL OF NUECES BAY ARE IN THE COUNTY. PARTS OF THE UPPER LAGUNA MADRE AND RED FISH BAY ARE IN NUECES COUNTY.

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A LOT OF WATER LEVEL -- NOT TO EVEN MENTION THE OFFSHORE WATERS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. SO WE ARE A WATER-DOMINATED COUNTY HERE AND TAKING CARE OF THAT ASSET AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BAY AND ESTUARY PROGRAM.

THE CONDITION OF OUR BAYS IS PRETTY GOOD.

WATER QUALITY IS QUITE GOOD. ALWAYS A FEW CHALLENGING AREAS, BACK CANALS, AREAS THAT DON'T GET WELL CIRCULATED BUT THEY FROM PROGRAM AREAS. MINIMAL IN SIZE AND AS WHICH CONTINUE TO SEE MORE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, MORE URBAN RUNOFF. STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM PEOPLE'S YARDS AND PARKING LOTS. AND WE ARE HAVING MORE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH NOT JUST IN NUECES COUNTY BUT THE SURROUNDING AREA. THOSE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE LOADS ALSO DISTRIBUTE SOME POLLUTANTS AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS TO THE BAY SYSTEM. THOSE ARE ALL ISSUES WE DEAL WITH, BUT WE LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL COUNTY AND WE TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT AND WE ARE DOING OUR BEST.

AND RIGHT NOW TO THE 2021 REPORT ON PAGE 2, WHICH ARE THE KEY ISSUES WE WORKED ON WITH FUND PROGRAM VIEDING BY THE COUNTY, WHETHER THE NUECES COUNTY YOUTH WATER AWARENESS DAY. JUST GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE WORK.

TRYING TO RESTORE PORT ARAN US IS.

PORT ARANSAS. AND HIT HARD BY HURRICANE HARVEY. THEY ARE STILL RECOVERING OUT THERE. AND IT IS REALLY TOUGH.

AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN OUT THERE.

JUST RECENTLY CUT THE RIBBON ON A NICE FACILITY AT THE PIER.

NICE FACILITY TO GO ONLINE. TEACHING PEOPLE WITH THE CREEK AND I HEARD ABOUT FLOODING ISSUES.

AND WE HAVE WATER QUALITY ISSUES, AGAIN, IT'S WASTEWATER DOMINATED FROM THE BRIDGE. AND ALL ISSUES THAT WE TRY TO DEAL WITH AND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, THE RESTORATION PROGRAM. PART OF OUR MISSION TO BE SCIENCE-BASED, WE WERE ABLE TO ASSESS THE CONDITION OF HABITATS ON LIVING RESOURCES IN OUR AREA.

AND YOU KNOW, FISH POPULATIONS, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DOES A GREAT JOB MANAGING THOSE RESOURCES.

OUR HABITAT, AGAIN, IS SUBJECT TO LOTS OF REGULATIONS AS YOU ALL KNOW. THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER ARE INVOLVED IN PROTECTING W WETLANDS.

ONE GAP IS BIRD POPULATIONS, SEA BIRDS AND COASTAL BIRDS ALONG THE AREA. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED 80% TO 90% DECLINE IN NESTING POPULATIONS OF THE 1960.

SO BLESSED IN THE 1960S THAT VOLUNTEERS WENT OUT AND DEVELOPED A GOOD DATABASE. WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO RESTORE THAT NESTING HAB HABITAT, TO PROTECT THAT HABITAT. IF YOU DRIVE FROM PORTLAND ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY, YOU WILL SEE WE RECENTLY COMPLETED THIS ROCK PREVENTMENT AROUND WHAT WE CALL CAUSEWAY ISLAND AT THE BASE OF THE BRIDGE. THE CAUSEWAY BRIDGE.

WE WAIT FOR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR DREDGE REPLACEMENT AS PART OF ROUTINE DREDGING OPERATIONS.

WE CAN AFFORD WITH OUR GRANTS AND SOUR SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY TO COMPLETE THE RAIN STRUCTURE AROUND THE ISLAND AND DREDGE SOMETHING REALLY EXPENSIVE AND WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CORPS TO DO THAT. JOHN LA RUE SET THE STANDARD FOR A REALLY SHORT PRESENTATION AND I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO MUCH LONG THEY ARE, BUT WE CONTINUE TO.

I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON ONE HINGE.

HARD FREEZE -- HARD FREEZE LAST FEBRUARY AND KILLED A LOT OF FISH AND CAUSED PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTALLY.

YOU CAN SEE DEAD BLACK MAN MANGROVES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

EVERYTHING FROZE DOWN TO THE GROUND AND QUITE A LITTLE DEVASTATING EVENT. THAT IS PART OF NATURE.

POPULATIONS ARE STARTING TO REBOUNDS.

THE REG -- THE VEGETATION IS STARTING TO RECOVER AND YEARS AND PART OF THE NATURAL CYCLE. NO PANIC HERE AND WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN TO DO HELP -- TO HELP FACILITATE AND

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EXPEDITE THE RECOVERY OF RESOURCES.

A GREAT THING IN THE COUNTY AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK NOT JUST WITH NUECES COUNTY BUT WITH ARAN SAS COUNTY AND --

>> JUDGE CANALES: CLAYBURG. >> ONCE IN A WHILE KENNEDY COUNTY WHICH IS PRETTY FAR. BUT WITH DOE THAT.

A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON. ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION IS I WILL BE RETIRING LATER THIS YEAR.

AND THE BOARD HAS SELECTED DR. KIRSTEN STANSIL TO REPLACE ME LATER THIS YEAR. RIGHT NOW SHE IS OFF ON MATERNITY LEAVE. AND HAD A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BABY BOY. SHE WILL BE GONE FOR A MONTH OR TWO AND THEN BACK TO WORK. SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANY ANY QUESTIONS, AND, AGAIN, THANK

YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >>JUDGE CANALES: RAY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. I AM SORRY -- I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THIS SENT TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.

IT IS WORTH THE READ. AND YOU ARE ROLLING THROUGH IT BEAUTIFULLY. TWO GOOD PIECES OF NEWS YOU MAY WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS.

ONE IS THAT DUE TO FEDERAL LEGISLATION, OUR BUDGET HAS INCREASED BY 900,000 A YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

BUT THAT DOES NOT GET US EVERYTHING WE NEED.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU GUYS HAVE NOT HAD A STATE PAY RAISE SO TO SPEAK FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE PAST TWO CYCLES.

AND I AM -- I REALLY WANT TO YOU PUT A PLUG IN IT.

BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. AND YOU GUYS NEED TO BE IN IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. OUR PARTICIPATION AS A FEDERAL LEVEL AND OUR BASE FUNDING CONTINUES TO INCREASE.

JUDGE, AS YOU KNOW THEY REQUIRE A ONE TO ONE MATCH WITH

NONFEDERAL DOLLARS. >>JUDGE CANALES: ABSOLUTELY.

LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A COMMISSION WE ARE A QUESTION AND I AM GOING TO RECOGNIZE THAT I SEE SCOTT -- SCOTT CR CROSS, DIRECTOR OF COASTAL PARKS WANTS TO CHIME IN.

GOOD NEWS WITH THE CORPS. I WAS WITH THEM YESTERDAY AND GENERAL GRANT SAID I WOULD LIKE TO SEE 70% BENEFICIAL USE ON THIS DREDGE, NOT 40. MAYBE AT 30 EVEN.

>> IT'S LOW. >>JUDGE CANALES: WE ARE EITHER AT 30. LOOK, ALL -- I LOOKED HIM IN THE EYE AND I SAID WE ARE NOT SHORT ON PROJECTS, SIR.

WE WOULD LOVE TO ASSIST FROM GOING 30% TO 70% ON BENEFICIAL USE. THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST IN THE COASTAL BEND, THE STATE AND. YOU DON'T HAVE AN ASK FOR US TODAY. VERY IMPORTANT AND COMMISSIONER

MAREZ. >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: THANK YOU, JUDGE. RAY, SAD TO HEAR YOU ARE GOING, BUT MUCH-DESERVED RETIREMENT AND EXCELLENT REPLACEMENT COMING BEHIND YOU, I KNOW. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

YES, I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT WE GET A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR US TO GET MORE EDUCATED AND SHARE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS BEING DONE. AND ALSO, YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT THAT THE WATERS, CORPUS CHRISTI BAY.

THAT IS WHAT YOU SAID. >> ALL CORPUS CHRISTI BAYS IN

NUECES COUNTY. >> RED FISH BAY.

>> MORE PEOPLE THAT RECOGNIZE AND DECLARE THAT I THINK IS

BETTER FOR NUECES COUNTY. >>JUDGE CANALES: I AGREE, J

JOHN. >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW. I GUESS THOSE ARE MY MAIN POINTS AND I HOPE WE DO GET A CHANCE, JUDGE, LATER IN THE YEAR BEFORE YOU LEAVE TO RECOGNIZE YOU PROPERLY.

>> THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: GREAT IDEA.

AT THIS TIME, MAYBE WE WILL BRING IN DR. STANCIL SO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT CAN GET TO VISIT WITH HER.

BUT JUST FOR THOSE OF HOW DON'T KNOW DR. STANCIS IS INERNL TO SO SPEAK. SHE HAS BEEN THE COASTAL BEND DEVELOPMENT CHAIR AND SCIENTIST IN HER OWN RIGHT.

SHE HAILS FROM PORT ARANSAS. SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN PORT A.

IN VICTORIA AND MOVING TO NUECES COUNTY.

THIS AN OUTSTANDING APPOI APPOINTMENT.

SHE HAS BEEN WITH ME KNOCKING ON DOORS AT THE CAPITOL.

THIRD TIME IS THE CHARGE. DR. STANCIL AND RAY, THIRD TIME HAS NOT GOB THE CHARM AND THE COMMISSION WILL BENEFIT FROM ALL THE WORK BEING DONE AND ONE THING THAT THE CORPS REALLY WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT. AND THIS PRESENTATION, I THINK, IS SOMETHING ALL COMMISSIONERS CAN -- CAN DO IT LIKE A

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CALENDAR. EVERY MONTH ISSUE A NEW SLIDE ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE HAVE A REAL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH WORK WE ARE DOING IN THE ENVIRONMENT

AS FAR AS HABITAT. >> WE WILL DO SO.

THANK YOU. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: WHERE DO THE FUNDS COME IN FROM THE PROGRAM.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THE ONES WE GIVE, COMMISSIONER.

THEY ARE BUDGET INTERESTED IN OUR BUDGET.

DO YOU HAVE NUMBER ON THEM? >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THE

GENERAL FUND. >> 1285.

GENERAL OCCASION WHERE WE DO MOST OF THE FUNDING FOR THESE

ORGANIZATIONS. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: OKAY,

THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: WE ACTUALLY INCREASE THAT. SO IN 2019 WHEN I CAME ON BO BOARD, IT WAS A MEASLY $5,000 IS AND NOW WE ARE AT $50,000.

IF IT IS IN THE COURT'S WILL TO DO MORE, YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE DURING BUDGET CYCLE. IT CERTAINLY HAS A HUGE RATE OF

RETURN. >> ONE MORE THING AND I HATE TO DO THIS, BUT WITH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW THAT PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT FUNDING HERE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT READY-TO-GO PROJECTS TO DEAL WITH, PROJECTS LIKE FLOODING ISSUES AND WATER QUALITY ISSUES OUT THERE WHERE THE FLOODING OCCURS AND HOW WE CAN HELP WITH THAT AND ALLOCATE

RESOURCES TO THAT EFFORT. >>JUDGE CANALES: EVEN THOUGH I APPRECIATED YOUR INPUT OF THE HEALTH OF OUR BAYS.

WE ARE WORRIED OF FRESH WATER INFLOW.

WE COULD DO BETTER, AREN'T WE. THE FRESH WATER INFLOW IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

>> ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. >>JUDGE CANALES: I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT NO ISSUES.

BATH AND BAY, IF YOU WANT TO -- BATHEN BAY, OUR PARTNERS AND FLOW THERE AND DEFINITELY HAVE A SERIOUS NUTRIENT LOADING

PROBLEM. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

ITEM NUMBER 7 DOVETAILS -- W WAIT, RAY, SCOTT WANTS TO SAY HI TO YOU. SCOTT CROSS.

>> I WANTED FOR THE COURT TO HEAR THIS REALLY.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COASTAL PARKS IS PARTNERING WITH COASTAL GUANTANAMO BAYS AND ESTUARY PROGRAM.

INSTRUMENTAL TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND, A MAJOR PARK.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY THE SEED MONEY THAT GOT THE PROJECT GOING ON THE CLAY BURN PROPERTY ON U.S. STATION WILDLIFE.

COASTAL PARK PARTNERS WITH THEM LOOKING AT THE GOMESA FUND FOR THE BRAZILIAN PEPPER TREES. FOR THE COURT -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WERE AROUND WAY BACK WHEN AND IT WAS WAY BACK IN 2011 AND 2012, THE COURT ADOPTED A RESOLUTION OF THE COASTAL BEND BAY AND ESTUARY OF CONTROLLING INVASIVE SPECIES.

WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY BUT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN ERADICATING BRAZILIAN PEPPER TREES.

WE MOVED FROM THE ESTUARY TO THE CLAYBURN PROJECT AND REALLY HAVING AN EFFECT. THAT'S ALL.

>> THANK YOU. AND WE WORKED CLOSELY ON COMMISSIONER CHESNEY ON RED HEAD POND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THE COMMISSIONER IS ONLINE.

HE IS GOING TO COMMENT. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RAY, I WANT TO COMMENT -- WE WILL DO SOMETHING TO HONOR YOUR RETIREMENT AS IT GOES FORWARD BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE WILL DO IT -- THAT IMPACTED THE BAYS AND ESTUARY PROGRAMS OFF THIS DONE INDIVIDUALLY AND YOU REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION AND ALSO KNOW AND IT WAS OUTSTANDING AND I WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO INCREASE -- GET THAT FUNDING INCREASED TO YOU GUYS AND GET IT IN THE GENERAL FUND AND WE CERTAINLY SHOULD CERTAINLY L LOOK.

BECAUSE REALLY I DON'T THINK THE COMMISSIONER MAY KNOW FULLY THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT WE GET.

THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE WORDS TO USE ARNE AROUND.

FAVORITE INVESTMENT FROM BAYS AND ESTUARY IS UNBELIEVABLE AND SCOTT CROSS CAN HELP WITH THAT ANALYSIS AND TO DO SO TO SHOW WHAT WE ARE GETTING WITH QUALITY OF LIFE AND ALL WE DO FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT AND A TRUE INVESTMENT OF RETURN ON THE MONDAY WE PUT FORTH FOR YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU CAN'T WALK IN AND DROP THE BOMB THAT YOU ARE GOING TO RETIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND NOT GET A COMMENT FROM ME. I HAVE BEEN QUIET BUT GREAT AFFECTION FOR YOU PERSONALLY AND RESPECT FOR THE JOB YOU HAVE DONE AND WE WILL HONOR YOU ANOTHER TIME AND THANK YOU AND I AM VERY SORRY TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE RETIRING AND I WISH YOU THE BEST AND YOU WILL LEAVE IT WITH GREAT, GREAT HANDS.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. GREAT WORKING WITH YOU.

[7. Receive presentation from consultant Tim Richardson on the Texas Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) funding announcement, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and federal funding opportunities.]

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THANK

YOU, SIR. >>JUDGE CANALES: APPRECIATE

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YOU. AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 7, RECEIVE THE PRESENTATION FROM TIM RICHARDSON.

FROM WASHINGTON D.C. THAT REPRESENTS NUECES COUNTY AND WHAT WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL IT AS NRDA, THE TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCES DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. A FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT AND OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SCOTT CROSS HAVE ALL EARS.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER COURT.

I PROMISE YOU THE FASTEST THREE MINUTES IN SPORTS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY. >> ONE, MARCH 1, YOU GOT YOUR $7.5 MILLION IN BUCKET ONE OFF THIS BEEN LABELING OVER.

>>JUDGE CANALES: HURRAH. >> SCOTT AND MEGAN, HATS OFF TO YOU. TWO, THE TEXAS INFLOW GRANT IS TO NUECES COUNTY CREEK FOR $4.7 MILLION.

YOU NEED MORE. YOU NEED MORE LIKE $140 MILLION FOR THE WHOLE BATH AND BAY PIECE.

BUT IT IS A GOOD START AND $15 MILLION IN RESERVE BEHIND THAT DEDICATED TO WATER POLLUTION. TURTLES WERE NOT PREFERRED ON THIS ROUND OF $39 MILLION. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO USE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT TO INFLUENCE THAT.

BUCKET 2 OF RESTORE ACT 22.5 MILLION.

AND I HOPE FUNNEL THE FUNDING PLAN WHICH MEANS PETRANILA CREEK IS THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT AREA FOR THAT.

NUMBER 4, THE COASTAL RESILIENCY PROGRAM IS DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW. AND YOUR STAFF HAS GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND KEEP IN MIND WITHIN TEN MONTHS, WE WILL HAVE A NEW LAND COMMISSIONER THAT CROWS GOMESA THE COASTAL RESILIENCY PLAN MAIN FUNDING SOURCE. COMMISSIONER CHESNEY.

I MET WITH PEYTON AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMMUNICATING WITH HER. LIVING SHORELINES IS A NEW PROJECT COMING UP WITH OYSTERS THAT YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT. THEN THE REPORT I GAVE YOU, THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022 REPORT SHOWS 4.5 BILLION IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. AND THE QUESTION TO ASK ALWAYS IS WHY SHOULD TEXANS, WHY SHOULD THE NATION WANT TO PUT A, THAT IN THIS COUNTY AND THAT REGION.

I KNOW A LOT OF REASONS, AND YOU DO TOO.

AND WE WILL GOING ON THAT. THE JUDGE WAS UP IN GALVESTON COUNTY LAST MONTH AND CAVE THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS COASTAL MEETING.

AND BASICALLY 40% OF THE BIPARTISAN FUNDING IS GOING TO GO TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT IS CALLED ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. AND THE JUDGE WAS SELECTED TO GIVE THE AMOUNTS ON A VERY IMPRESSIVE FULL-DAY CONFERENCE.

THE RISE ACT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO TAKE OFFSHORE WIND AND TREAT IT LIKE GOMESA AND THE FIRST SALE OF LEASES FOR THE OFFSHORE WIN WAS $177 BILLION.

THAT IS JUST THE LEASES. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COASTAL COUNTIES, BUT YOU WILL BE ON THE LIST.

THE SHORE ACT IS BEING INTRODUCED.

ANOTHER FEDERAL PROGRAM GOING TO TARGET CONSERVATION OF OUR COAST AND RIVERS. IF YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY, THE NATIONAL PARKS AND THE NATIONAL FORESTS AND WE HAD THE LAND TRUST WORKING FOREVER ON PROTECTING LAND.

NOW THE COASTS AND THE SHORES OF THIS COUNTRY AND THE RIVERS OF THIS COUNTRY ARE GOING TO THE TOP OF THE LIST.

NACO, THE JUDGE IS ALSO CO-CHAIRING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES GOLF CAUCUS ALONG WITH JUDGE FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY. I THINK, JUDGE, IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA IF YOU GO UP TO JEFFERSON COUNTY SOME TIME THIS YEAR AND HOLD A JOINT MEETING. THEY ARE AT $188 MILLION.

THEY NEED $250 MILLION TO HOLD THE EARTH TOGETHER RIGHT THERE ON THE LOUISIANA BORDER. AND THEY ARE GETTING IT DONE.

20 TO 30 YEARS ON SEA LEVEL RISE ON THESE PROJECTS AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY WORTHWHILE FOR THE TWO COMMISSIONS, COURTS TO MEET. LASTLY, CLAYBURG COUNTY HAS SIGNED UP. THIS IS TWO YEARS AGO AND JUDGE MADRID AND THEIR COMMISSIONERS COURT SENDS THEIR BEST REGARDS.

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BATHEN BAY IS GOING BE TOO BATTLE, AND THEY ARE ON BOARD.

JUDGE TIM, THAT IS A -- >>JUDGE CANALES: TIM, THAT IS A GREAT COMPREHENSIVE REPORT AND WE NEED EVERYONE'S ATTENTION ON THE COAST BECAUSE IT AFFECTS OUR INLAND COMMUNITIES. IT CERTAINLY HAS AFFECTED OUR ABILITIES TO CALL OURSELVES RESILIENT BUT SO MUCH MONEY TO PLACE. AND IT IS OUR TURN.

WE HAVE SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS. RAY, YOU ALREADY OUTLINED THEM.

AGAIN, ALL THE PREWORK THAT WE HAVE DONE, YOU CAN'T JEWS SAY YOU WANT MONEY. YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO RECEIVE IT. THAT MEANS SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS. AND OUR WORK ON THE $4.6 MILLION. THANK YOU FOR ANNOUNCING THAT.

WE WILL GET THAT ON THE HOT WIRE.

WE KIND OF WANTED YOU TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

I WILL TELL THAT YOU IT IS NOT ENOUGH AND WE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD JUST TO GET THE $4.6 MILLION.

IT IS LIKE ANYTHING, DOOR OPEN AND TO SWING IT WIDE OPEN, WE NEED TO START AND THIS IS WHERE WE START.

YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE IS INCREDIBLY INVALUABLE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, TIM WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING CERTAIN THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SEA TURTLE WHEN WE WERE CONCERNED AS A COUNTY THAT OUR SEA TURTLE PROGRAM WOULD BE DIMINISHED.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO MAKE SURE OUR VOICES WERE HEARD. YOU ARE INVOLVED NOT JUST IN THE LEGISLATION BUT IN OUR LOCAL ISSUES, OUR LOCAL ADVOCACY AND MAKING SURE WE ARE REGIONAL.

YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB, TIM.

THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: QUESTIONS FOR

TIM. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: JUDGE

-- >>JUDGE CANALES: I WILL COME BACK TO NRDA IN JUST A MINUTE. I WAS GOING TO ASK TIMELINE.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: ME? >>JUDGE CANALES: YES,

COMMISSIONER CHESNEY. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE LAST THING THAT THE JUDGE TALKED ABOUT.

I AM VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE SEA TURTLE ISSUE.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE GOTTEN ANYWHERE NEAR THE LEVEL OF RESOLVE ON THAT. I UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS THAT NUECES COUNTY HAS. BUT NUECES COUNTY HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THAT PROGRAM.

AND SO I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY'S INTERESTS ARE STILL BEING REPRESENTED BECAUSE I IN NO W WAY, SHAPE OR FORM DONE WITH THE SEA TURTLE ISSUE AND I WON'T BE AS LONG AS I SIT HERE AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE GETTING ANY KIND OF A LEGITIMATE AGE AND ANY RESPONSE FROM THE NATIONAL PARKS DIRECTOR.

AND HE CONTINUES TO REFUSE TO WANT TO MEET IN PUBLIC AND HAVE ANY COMMENTS OTHER THAN TO SEND SOME NICE EASY-TO-READ ANSWERS THAT DON'T GIVE US ANY OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS -- LITTLE BIT OF A COMMENTARY, BUT A QUESTION IN THERE. WHAT, IN YOU ARE IN OPINION, AT THIS POINT DO YOU BELIEVE THAT NUECES COUNTY CAN TO DO GET SOME DIALOGUE GOING AND UNCERTAINTY AND QUESTIONS AREN'T ANSWERED AND I KNOW YOU ARE TRYING.

BUT WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO AS A COUNTY TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE SEA TURTLE PROGRAM. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THEM.

>> COMMISSIONER, I AGREE WITH YOU ON ALL POINTS.

THE GAME CLOCK IS IN THE HANTSD OF THE PARK SERVICE.

AS YOU RECALL ANNOUNCING A NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT REVIEW FOR A YEAR. IT IS LIKE BEING IN A TRIAL.

THEY CAN'T ANSWER BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A TRIAL.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT THE BUDGET IS, BECAUSE THEY ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO THE ONLY THING WE HAVE AT THE COMMISSIONERS LEVEL IS THE BULLY PULPIT AND LEGISLATORS AND ACCESS TO THE GOVERNOR.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, I BELIEVE, NEEDS TO STEP IN TO HELP THE TLIP THIS COUNTY IS PROVIDING NATIONALLY SPECIFIC SPECIES AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR US. AND WE ARE IN A SLOG AND NO MAGIC BULLET THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS GOING ON BECAUSE IT IS A GRAY AREA. WE HAVE TO KEEP THE PRESSURE

ON. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: IF WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN THE PUBLIC DIALOGUE OR PUBLIC COMMENT, I

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WOULD ASK TO YOU GET US INFORMATION ON HOW TO DO AND WHETHER THE COURT CHOOSES TO DO THAT AS A BODY OR -- AND I WILL CERTAINLY PUT THAT ON FOR CONSIDERATION OR IF -- YOU K KNOW, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WANT TO DO IT INDIVIDUALLY BECAUSE I CERTAINLY KNOW I DO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. I WILL ASK THAT MAYBE YOU PROVIDE US WITH SOME SORT OF INFORMATION ON HOW WE ARE AL ALLOWED TO ENGAGE IN THAT PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE CAN DO IT AS A BODY AND CAN DO IT INDIVIDUALLY AND HOW LONG THAT WILL LAST. I WILL PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA TO GET THE COURT TO WEIGH IN ON IT AS BODY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. AND WILL HELP YOU WITH THAT STUFF. AND IF YOU WILL KINDLY PROVIDE THE QUART THAT INFORMATION IN WRITTEN FORM AS FAR AS -- ALONG WITH ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE WHAT WE CAN TO DO HELP THIS ALONG IN THE LIMITED BASE THAT'S WE ARE ABLE

TO DO. >> OKAY, WILL DO.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>JUDGE CANALES: AND WHAT I AM GOING TO DO, TIM, IS I AM GOING TO -- THERE IS A -- THERE IS A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. IF WOULDN'T MIND, JUST MOVE TO ONE SIDE, AND -- JUST -- IF YOU DON'T MIND.

WE CAN'T TAKE IT UNLESS YOU ARE ON THE MIC, BUT, PLEASE, WE WILL SIGN YOU UP. WE WILL DO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 7.

>> I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INVOLVED IN THIS, THEIR MARINE DIVISION OF PORT ARANSAS.

THE LATE AMOS WAS SO INVOLVED WITH THE TURTLES AND HE IS THE ONE THAT GOT IT STARTED SAVING THE TURTLES AND I WONDER IF HE CONTACTED UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MARINE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OF COURSE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ARK, THAT PARTICULAR REHABILITATION FACILITY THAT TONY AMOS STARTED. I KNOW THAT IN OUR LAST DIALOGUE, WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING AGENCIES AND ACTIVIST GROUPS ARE INVOLVED. I WILL DOUBLE CHECK AND THE ARK

IS ONE OF THEM. >> THE UT HAS SO MUCH POLITICAL

POWER IN A LOT OF THINGS. >>JUDGE CANALES: THAT IS RIGHT. I WILL TELL YOU WE DID HAVE, THANKS TO TIM, A FRUITFUL CONVERSATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OUT OF DENVER, COLORADO, AND THEY OWE US A DOCUMENT TO HELP FORTIFY THE SITUATION THAT WE ALL WANT THAT THE PROGRAM WILL NOT BE DIMINISHED.

ADVOCACY AS THE PROGRAM EXPAND. NOT JUST DIMINISHED BUT THE FACT IT HAS SUCH VALUE. BY NATIONAL PROGRAM BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES, QUITE FRANKLY, BUT THEY DID PROVIDE ASSURANCES THAT THEY WILL WERE NO DIMINISHING THE PROGRAM AND, OF COURSE, WHAT ALL GOOD AT VO CATS SAY, WE THANK YOU AND WOULD YOU PLEASE VERIFY WITH A LETTER.

AND SO I THINK THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS IMPORTANT AN PUTTING OUR COMMENTS ON THE RECORD IS ALSO VERY HELPFUL WHICH GOES BACK TO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO, YOU KNOW, GO TO WASHINGTON D.C.

AND HAVE A MEETING WITH THE PARKS SERVICE.

I KNOW TIM IS WORKING ON THAT. AGAIN, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NORMAL CITIZENS TO PRESS CLICK HERE AND PROVIDE A COMMENT IS VERY POWERFUL. TIM KNOWS THAT.

I AM CERTAIN YOU WILL TAKE COMMISSIONER CHESNEY'S COMMENT TO HEART AND GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY.

ALSO THE NEPA STUDY AS WELL. >> YOU BET, JUDGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WITH THAT ITEM NUMBER 89, AND I AM MINDFUL THAT WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 8, AT LEAST ONE. THEY ARE REALLY TOGETHER.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: JUDGE, BEFORE YOU DO THAT A QUICK HOUSE KEEP GOING I COULD. BASED ON THE FACT WE HAVE A VERY LONG AGENDA TODAY AND THREE ITEMS THAT I PUT ON THAT DOES NOT HAVE URGENT NEEDS, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 12, 13 AND 19 TO THE MARCH 30 MEETING.

NONE OF THEM ARE URGENT AND ASK THAT THOSE BE TABLE TABLED TO THE 30 TO MOVE ON IT THE REST OF THE AGENDA.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: SECOND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: 12, 13 AND -- >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: 19.

>>JUDGE CANALES: 19 TO MARCH 30.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: THE ACCOMPANYING EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM. THANK YOU.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY, ALL RIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND FOR

THE TABLE. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ:

SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: HE DID A SECOND, I AM SORRY. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, CA RA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OKAY. TO MARCH 30, CARA.

[8. Receive presentation from Nueces County Industrial Commission, also known as the Nueces County Development Commission (NCDC).]

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ON THOSE ITEMS. I WILL DO NUMBER 8 AND I THINK THAT TAKES CARE OF WHAT I AM CALLING THE MAJORITY OF THE AGENCIES AND I WILL DO A DO YOU BELIEVE CHECK ON THAT AND WE WILL GET BACK TO HEARING OUR GENERAL INFORMATION REPORT.

I KNOW EVERYBODY STAYED ON DRAINAGE AND I AM GRATEFUL ON THAT. YOU ARE NEXT.

I FELT LIKE THESE AGENCIES REALLY NEEDED TO GET BACK TO THEIR AGENCY WORK. SO HERE WE GO.

THIS IS THE LAST ONE. AND WE WILL GET BACK INTO REGULAR ORDER. AND THAT IS FROM NUECES COUNTY INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION. AND ALSO KNOWN AS THE NCDC.

I SAW HOLDEN HOPKINS. I SAW THE CHAIR, CINDY BARERRA.

THEY ARE HERE TO HELP PRESENT AND CONNIE WILL TEE UP A PO POWERPOINT. ONCE YOU ARE DONE CALL ON PUBLIC COMMENT AND HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION.

WELCOME. WELCOME, CINDY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, GOOD MORNING. OUR PLEASURE TO BE HERE AS WE DO PERIODICALLY COME IN AND GIVE AN UPDATE OF THE WORK OF NCDC. I WANT TO START BY THANKING YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. IT IS NICE TO HAVE BOTH THE JUDGE AND A MEMBER OF COMMISSIONER CHESNEY'S OFFICE THAT JOIN US FOR OUR MEETINGS. AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO PLEASE WHEN YOU ARE AVAILABLE TO DO SO, JOIN OUR MONTHLY MEETS. I THINK THE BEST WAY WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE COURT IS TO WORK CLOSELY TO COLLABORATE WITH ONE ANOTHER HOLDEN WILL GIVE AN UPDATE REALLY TO THE PIVOT WE HAD TO MAKE WITH THE START OF COVID, BUT NOW THAT WE ARE STARTING TO COME OUT OF THAT ENVIRONMENT, WE ARE REALLY GETTING BACK TO WHAT OUR INITIAL FOCUS WAS.

SO HOLDEN WILL TOUCH ON THAT. AGAIN, WANT TO SHARE HOW PROUD I AM TO SERVE AS CHAIR OF NCDC. YOU WILL SEE THE DIVERSITY IN OUR BOARD AND THE AREAS THAT THEY REPRESENT, NOT ONLY AS IT PERTAINS TO THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO WHER LIVE GEOGRAPHICALLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ALSO THE SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS WE REPRESENT.

I AM PROUD TO BE CHAIRING THIS WONDERFUL GROUP.

THE ENGAGEMENT, PARTICIPATION AND DISCUSSIONS WE ARE HAVING IS JUST FANTASTIC. IF YOU WERE EVER ABLE TO JOIN US PERSONALLY OR MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF, WE ENCOURAGE THAT.

HOLDEN WILL GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND THAT I WILL SHARE HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.

BUT WITH THAT, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR

HOLDEN HOPKINS. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CINDY. HI, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: HI, HOLDEN. >> I WILL KEEP THAT PRETTY BRIEF FOR MULTITASKING ON THE N CDC AND WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR IS THE RECOVERY FUND RECOMMENDATION.

I PUT UP HERE A LIST OF OUR CURRENT NCDC MEMBERS.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS KIND OF INSTRUCTIVE.

GROWN THE COMMISSIONERS HAD A CHANGES TO SEE THIS ALL IN ONE PLACE. WE ARE HOPE TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION AT ANY TIME, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMISSION. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM BANKING, LABOR, THE PORT, AND PEOPLE WHO -- ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY, SMALL BUSINESS OW OWNERS, ENGINEERS, HOME BUILDERS, REALTORS, HOTELIERS. GO ON AND ON.

A GOOD MISSION TO -- A LOT OF VARIED VIEWPOINTS AND CERTAINLY PUT IN -- BRUT ALL OF THAT INTO THE WORK WE HAVE DONE WITH THE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND PRIORITIZATION.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. A FEW UPDATES.

WE WERE WORKING. CINDY POST COVID AND REALIGNING A LITTLE BIT. WE ARE WORKING ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO HAVE CENTRAL DOCUMENT THAT CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE NCDC AND GUIDE OUR WORK CONCRETELY. SO FAR WE HAD -- THE NCDC APPROVED GUIDING PRINCIPLES WHICH HAVE BEEN USED TO MAKE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SMART, RELEVANT, TIME BASE. TYPICAL PROCESS OF CRAFTING A STRATEGIC PLAN AND FORMED A STRATEGIC PLAN COMMITTEE THAT MET LAST FRIDAY AND CAME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION ON A NEW MISSION AND VISION THAT I THINK IS REALLY GOING TO BE KIND OF A GOOD -- GOOD GUIDE ALSO FOR THE WORK OF THE NCDC THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION I BELIEVE AT OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING. WE ARE WORKING FROM A STAFF SIDE TO -- WE ARE DELIVERING PRESENTATION TO COMMUNITY GROUPS OF THINGS THAT THE NCDC IS WORKING ON, THE COUNTY WORKING ON, ANYTHING THAT IS REQUESTED OF US.

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ANY GROUPS THAT WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GET A PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND ANY PROJECTS OF INTEREST.

WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO DO THAT. COORDINATING WITH AMAZON IS UP AND RUNNING WITH THE NEXT MILE SITE TO SET UP A SITE VISIT FOR BOTH COMMISSIONERS OF COUNTY ECONOMIST COMMISSIONERS COURT AND NCDC COMMISSIONERS. WE ARE AIMING FOR APRIL AND MAY AND DEPENDENT ON THEIR TIM TIMELINE.

THE BULK OF WHY WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE WORKING MONTH PAST IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF 2022 IS THE ARPA FISCAL RECOVERY FUND PRIORITIZATION. I WILL GET INTO THE PROCESS AND HAND IT BACK OVER TO CINDY. AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR 501-C-3 TO HAVE THAT INDEPENDENT FUND RAISING AND CONTINUE TO PROMOTE FOR NUECES COUNTY.

THE ASCENDA CAPITAL PRESENTATION IS ONE THAT WE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO ORIGINALLY HEAR AND RECOMMEND TO BRING TO COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE LOOK FORWARD ANY ACTION ON THAT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING OF SERVICE AS THAT MOVES FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE.

I MENTIONED OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE APPROVED.

I WON'T READ THROUGH THESE BUT I WILL HAVE THEM UP THERE SO YOU CAN READ THROUGH THEM YOURSELF.

THE GOAL IS TO TAKE EVERYTHING THAT THE NCDC HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND EVERYTHING THAT THE NCDC SET OUT TO DO WITH THE FOCUS THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE POST-COVID WORLD AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THE NCDC ARE WORKING ON.

QUALITY OF PLACE, QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKING SURE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FELT BY OUR ENTIRE COUNTY, BOTH GEOGRAPHICALLY AND SOCIO ECONOMICALLY. AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.

PERFECT. SO OBVIOUSLY THE BULK OF WHY WE ARE HERE IS THIS RECOMMENDATION ON FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.

I WILL LET CINDY KIND OF GIVE THAT -- THAT RECOMMENDATION.

BUT JUST WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE TIMELINE.

THE NCDC RECEIVED A REQUEST TO WORK WITH HAGGERTY CONSULTING IN SORT OF GIVING RECOMMENDATION ON WHERE OUR COMMISSIONERS FELT THAT THESE FUNDS WILL BEST BE USED AS IT RELATED TO OUR SPECIFIC CHARGE THE NCDC.

WE RECEIVED A -- THAT CAME IN JANUARY 11.

RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM HAGGERTY ALL THE WORK FOR THEM TO REVIEW IF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

CAME BACK FEBRUARY FOR A NCDC WORKSHOP.

ASK QUESTIONS OF HAGGERTY. RECEIVE A SECOND PRESENTATION.

UNDERSTAND TOMORROW OF THE PROJECTS AND WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED. AND FINALLY EARLIER THIS MONTH ON MARCH 8, THE NCDC CONSIDERED AND APPROVED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE USE OF THIS FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.

AND I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER TO CINDY.

>> THANK YOU, HOLDEN. IF YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.

WE IDENTIFIED FIVE KEY AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH COMMISSIONERS COURT THIS MORNING.

I WILL MENTION, AGAIN, WE HAD 100% PARTICIPATION FROM THE NCDC COMMISSIONERS IN THIS DISCUSSION.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF EXTRA MEETINGS THAT WE HAD TO DISCUSS THESE AS A GROUP. EVERYONE TOOK TIME TO INDIVIDUALLY REVIEW THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED BY HAGGERTY AND ALL OF THE REQUESTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION. SO THE FIVE AREAS THAT UNANIMOUSLY WE WANTED TO SHARE. AND COASTAL PARKS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT THIS MORNING. COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

INFRASTRUCTURE IS A HUGE PRIORITY ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO DRAINAGE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH. I WANT TO SHARE THIS IS NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER AND COMMISSIONERS FELT EXTREMELY PASSIONATE OF EACH OF THESE FIVE AREAS.

A FEW PROJECTS IDENTIFIED AS WELL AND SPECIFIC ORDER AND TO SUPPORT THESE KEY FIVE AREAS. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIVE DRAINAGE PONDS, MODERNIZING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE COUNTY TECHNOLOGY, THE EAST CITATION -- EAST SIDE CITATION AND REPORTING AND THE JAIL DIVERSION CENTER.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A WAY TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH.

SEVERAL OTHERS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AND THESE ARE THE TOP ONES WE WANTED TO LIST. IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. A FEW OTHER THINGS WE DISCUSSED IN GREAT DETAIL THAT THESE PROJECTS REALLY DO REFLECT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT HOLDEN REFLECTED PREVIOUSLY.

THEY TIE IN. REFLECT WHAT OUR CHARGE IS AS A COMMISSION. WE IDENTIFIED THAT SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED DID REQUEST FUTURE DOLLARS.

SO SUSTAINABILITY WAS A HUGE CONCERN TO US.

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WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE FUNDING DO HAVE SUSTAINABILITY.

THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION IF YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY DOING IT ANY OTHER FUNDS THROUGH GRANTS AND ANY OTHER FUNDING, THAT THAT BE EXPLORED IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE USE OF ARPA FUND. WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING AND YOU GUYS HAVE A FIDUCIARY AND THE CONSIDERATION OF OUR RECOMMENDATION TODAY. AND WE ARE JUST THRILLED TO BE HERE AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT OF THE COURTS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, CINDY.

I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS.

I WANT TO SAY I KNOW HOW MANY HOURS YOU PUT IN THIS.

IF YOU REMEMBER, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROJECTS SUBMITTED AND SO MANY OF THEM AND JUST HAVE THAT ONE ASPECT, THE ECONOMIC ASPECT, LOOKED AT BY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SAID WHICH ONE REALLY FITS THE ECONOMIC PORTION, AND FOR YOU GUYS TO COME BACK AND BRING THIS UNDER THE BROAD BRUSH OF FIVE PILLARS I THINK IS VERY HELPFUL. HOLDEN, YOU SAID SOME OF THOSE WERE ORIGINAL BOARD MEMBERS AND SOME WERE NEW.

AND AS YOU SAID THAT IS CLEAR, THEY ARE DIVERSE, DIVERSE, DIVERSE. IT IS HELPFUL IN ORDER TO MARRY THAT COMMENT. MAREY IS STAKEHOLDER, COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND PEOPLE THAT PUT PEN AND PENCIL TO THE DOLLARS FOR IT. IT IS A HUGE ADVISORY.

ADVISORY ONLY COMMISSIONERS, AND IT IS VERY APPRECIATED.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS JUST REMARK THAT I DON'T HAVE MY Y YES, I DO. IT'S RIGHT HERE.

I THINK IT WAS JUST TWO. BUT I KNOW THERE IS A COMMENT.

BUT COMMISSIONERS, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO FIRST, BUT I DO HAVE BILL BAILEY HERE ON ITEM NUMBER 8.

AND OF COURSE CRYSTAL AGULAR AS WELL.

CRYSTAL WITH SENACORE AND BILL. WE RECOGNIZE BOTH OF YOU TOGETHER OR ONE AT A TIME. HOWEVER YOU PLEASE.

GO AHEAD, SIR. >> JUDGE CANAL LESS AND COMMISSIONERS JUDGE CANALES AND --

>>JUDGE CANALES: CONNIE WANTS TO YOU GET THAT MIC A LITTLE -- THERE YOU GO. PERFECT.

>> MY NAME IS BILL BAILEY, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SENCORE.

FOUR YEARS AGO JOINED A PARTNERSHIP WITH CHARLIE'S PLACE. 5401 MCBRIDE LANE.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT SERVICES HERE IN NUECES COUNTY AND FOR SOUTH TEXAS. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE REPORT THAT WAS GIVEN IN SUPPORT OF THE JAIL DIVERSION FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

IT IS CRITICAL HE THINKS AT THIS DAY AND TIME TO LOOK AT THAT. I THINK THE COMMISSIONERS TO LOOK FORWARD. AND TOO OFTEN MENTAL HEALTH IS OVERLOOKED AND YOU CAN'T OVERLOOK THE COST OF THE COMMUNITY ONE COMMUNITY WE LOOK AT IS MILLION DOLLAR MIKE.

THEY TERMED THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS COSTING HIM A MILLION DOLLARS IN HIS LIF LIFETIME.

MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE HAS HIM CYCLING OUT OF THE ACCOUNT JAIL. HE GETS ARRESTED FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASSING. HE HAS DIABETES.

HE DOESN'T CAKE CARE OF HIM HIMSELF.

HE DOESN'T EAT WELL. HE IS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AND THE COMMUNITY IS PAYING FOR THAT.

HIS ISSUES CAN EASILY BE DEALT WITH THROUGH SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AND SERVING HIS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOR A MUCH SMALLER COST. YOU CAN DEAL WITH THAT.

S ESHTIONZ NECORE FOUNDATION BECAUSE OF OUR SIZE SERVICED $9,000. WE RECEIVED A LARGE AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDING THAT TAKES THAT COST BURDEN OFF OF THE COUNTY AND OFF OF THE COMMUNITY AND PLACE IT IS AT A STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOC SOCIETY.

AND I THINK OUR STAFF HERE HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THROUGH COVID. THEY NEVER STOP SERVING CLIENTS. THEY FIND A WAY TO MAKE THINGS WORK BECAUSE OF THE NEED, AND OVER 100,000 DEATHS THIS YEAR FROM OVERDOSES THERE IS A HUGE NEED FOR SERVICES TO COME.

AND BECAUSE OF THE SERVICES HAVE BEEN DONE, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE STAYED IN THE SHADOWS AND HAVEN'T BEEN AS ACTIVE AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. THAT IS COMING.

AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE FUNDS TO

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THE COMMUNITY BY PLANNING TO DEAL WITH THAT.

OUR STAFF IS LED BY A GREAT LEADER CRYSTAL.

I WOULD LIKE FOR HER TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, CRYSTAL.

>> SO PREPANDEMIC, SE NECORE CORPUS CHRISTI, CHARLIE'S PLACE SERVED 2300 CLIENTS. 10% DROP OF PEOPLE COMING IN DURING THE PANDEMIC. POST PANDEMIC, WE SHOULD SEE THE NUMBER RETURN TO 2300. THE YOUNGEST CLIENT TO RECEIVE SERVICES WAS 17 YEARS OLD AND THE OLDEST CLIENT WAS 80.

THE BIGGEST PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDE KRISTA SPAN HEALTH SYSTEM, THE JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM THE PARTNERSHIP WHEN THEY COME ACROSS AN INDIVIDUAL AND EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INSTEAD OF TAKING THEM TO JAIL, THEY ASSESS THEM, AND BRING THEM TO US. CURRENTLY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT WE WANTED TO MENTION IS WITH THE VETERANS COURT.

WE HAD COMMUNICATION WITH HER OF HOW WHAT WE CAN COULD AND PARTNER WITH HER BECAUSE CURRENTLY A LOT OF VETERANS INCARCERATED AND THEIR OFFENSES ARE ADDICTION AND THEY ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH. WHEN THEY ARE DRINKING AND DRUGGING THEY FAIL TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, SO YOUR JAIL SYSTEMS ARE FILLED WITH VET VETERANS.

WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION FOR WHAT WE CAN TO DO GET THEM OUT AND PUT THEM IN OUR CARE. AND THIS IS ALL.

THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CRYSTAL. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE SO INTERRELATED. I AM THINKING OF THE BULLET THAT YOU PUT FORTH THAT SAID WHAT OTHER -- WHAT OTHER FUNDING IS OUT THERE THAT CAN LEVERAGE ONE DOLLAR TO MAKE IT $2 OR $3 APPROXIMATELY. I THINK WHAT SENACORE AND WHAT THEY -- AND WHEN THEY -- WHEN THEY ATTENDED ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, THAT IS REALLY THE -- THE BIG TAKEAWAY AT LEAST FOR ME IS THAT A JAIL DIVERSE CENTER IS GREAT AND IT MEANS NOTHING IF YOU GOT A PLACE TRANSITIONALLY TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO GET THE FIRST PIECE. I KEEP ASKING MYSELF.

WE HAVE A DIVERSION PROGRAM AND NOWHERE TO DIVERT TO AND FINALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AND THE NEXT PIECE IS OKAY, NOW WE ARE OUT OF THAT SEVEN DAYS LATER.

HOW CAN WE KEEP THEM FROM BEING MILLION DOLLAR MIKE.

AND THAT IS, YOU GOT TO GET THEM IN AN OUTPATIENT PROGRAM AND THE ONLY WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IF YOU HAVE A PLACE TO BE TO BE TO HAVE AN PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES CONSISTENCY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU MAKE ME THINK ABOUT THIS HAS TO

BE A LEVERAGE SITUATION. >> JUDGE, GOES BACK TO COLLABORATION. SO MANY ENTITIES WITH THE SAME THING. THEY WANT TO SEE IMPROVEMENT.

MENTAL HEALTH. WE IDENTIFY THE NEED.

WE KNOW IT IS THERE. IT IS JUST WORKING TOGETHER AND PUTTING THOSE RESOURCES TOGETHER TO MAKE THE BIGGEST

IMPACT THAT WE CAN. >>JUDGE CANALES: RIGHT.

COMMISSIONERS, THOUGHTS? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER MAREZ.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE FIVE KEY POINTS THAT Y'ALL MENTIONED AND ARE FOCUSING ON.

TO OBVIOUSLY MANY TIMES, PEOPLE CAN JUST IGNORE AND THINK DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS IS GOING ON WITH COASTAL PARKS.

ALL THE POSITIVES AND BENEFITS, THE DRAW THAT IT IS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR TOURISTS OBVIOUSLY COUNTY ROADS AND IMPROVEMENTS. WHAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY STRUGGLING WITH AND DEALING AS COMMISSIONERS AND AS A JUDGE, THE DRAINAGE ISSUE, I. TMD ISSUE AND MENTAL HEALTH THAT WE TIE IN WITH SENECORE AND THOSE ARE IMPORTANT AND MAKE THAT PART OF YOUR VISION THAT YOU ARE STRIVING FOR SUPPORT THE ENTIRE COUNTY NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR AREA I THINK REALLY IS A -- I THINK IT -- IT GOES TO SHOW WHAT THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE THERE. AND THAT YOU -- YOU GET IT AND YOU ARE A COMPLEMENT TO US. NOT THAT WE CAN BURY OUR HEAD AND SAY WE HAVE AMAZON AND GET OTHER BIG NAMES AND THAT IS GREAT. THAT IS PART OF IT, BUT IF WE ARE NOT AGREEING WITH THE GOALS AND MISSIONS OF THIS COURT, WE ARE NOT REACHING OUR FULL POTENTIAL.

I THINK BY DOING THIS AND BY SEEING THAT THIS MAKES A PINT TO KEEP THAT IN OUR FOCUS. AND EVERY DECISION THAT IS BEING MADE, ALL THE RECOMMENDATION US THAT BRING AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING AND WHO KNOW WHAT IS COUNTLESS OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE OUT THERE, LIKE I SAID THE LAST TIME. YOU SET THE STANDARD PRETTY HIGH WITH AMAZON, SO WITH ALL THOSE GROUPS, I THINK THAT YOU

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ALL ARE DOING WONDERFUL WORK AND I AGREE THAT THE BOARD WE HAVE IS A WAY OF REFLECTING WAY OF THINKING AND OF THE COUNTY AND PRIVATE BUSINESS AND THOSE IN LABOR AND OTHER ENTITIES.

SO I JUST -- I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING ON THAT. KEEP IT UP.

I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE TOURS.

I AM GLAD THEIR WORKING ON THAT.

THAT IS IN MY PRECINCT. THE HEART OF MY PRECINCT.

YOU CAN PUT A PINPOINT ELEMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF PRECINCT 3 MAP. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT BECAUSE I AM GETTING MORE AND MORE QUESTIONS.

PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH AMAZON.

WHAT THE LATEST AND WHEN WILL IT COME AROUND AND FINALLY BE FULLY OPERATIONAL AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT IS PROMISED.

I LOOK FORWARD THAT AS WELL. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT AND

THIS PRESENTATION AND UPDATE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND SUPPORT, COMMISSIONER MA MAREZ.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ASK AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHORTLY, BUT SINCE YOU MADE A PRECEPT DRAINAGE AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT BUT EARLIER THIS MORNING MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE REMAINING WERE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT DRAINAGE. AND ONE OF THE CONCEPTS THAT CAME UP FROM THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS BESIDES PONDS WAS THAT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION WHICH IS REALLY WHAT I HEARD THIS MORNING. SO I AM JUST WONDERING OKAY IF YOU DIDN'T, I AM JUST TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK.

DID THAT COME UP AT ALL AS A SPECIFIC RECOMMEND DIETITIAN SPECIFIC REPORT ON DRAINAGE IDEA OF SUPPORTING WITH ARPA FUNDS MAJOR OPERATION CONTRACTS.

THE FOLKS HERE THIS MORNING TOLD US TALES OF, HEY, LOOK, YOU HAVE TROPICAL SEASON COMING UP AND WE GOT HIT NOT ONCE BUT TWICE AND THE SAME TREE BLOCKING THE SAME WATER FLOW WAS STILL THERE AT SOME POINT, WE CAN REMOVE THAT TREE -- I WAS BEEN TRYING TO SAY THAT. WE NEED TO CALL PUBLIC WORKS AND DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT.

AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT.

IN FACT THIS COURT PUT $2 MILLION TO $3 MILLION TOWARD EQUIPMENT IN THE LAST 60 DAYS. SO ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE FOR THAT SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEED TO DO THAT COUNTYWIDE. IT IS NOT JUST ONE TREE, RIGHT.

EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED IT, WHICH IS GOOD.

BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET RID OF IT.

BUT I AM JUST WONDERING WHERE THE WHOLE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COUNTYWIDE. IT WAS THERE.

MAY NOT HAD A COST ESTIMATE. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TELL THE COURT HOW YOU ALL FELT ABOUT -- ABOUT PROJECTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE A COST ESTIMATE. I CAN EXPLAIN WHY THAT ONE DIDN'T BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE HAVE A PROPOSAL ON THE STREET. PLEASE.

>> ONE OF THE PROCESS WE REVIEWED THE LIST AND FEEL STRONGLY THAT ANY MISSING INFORMATION MOVED IT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST FOR US. WE DIDN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO MAKE AN EDUCATION -- EDUCATED RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROJECT. WHILE THERE IS VALIDITY AND SOME ENGINEERS THAT HAD SOME VERY STRONG FEEDBACK AND OPINIONS ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS, WE DID FEEL UNANIMOUSLY THAT IT WAS BEST TO TARGET THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAD SUBMITTEDED ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED FOR REVIEW.

IT DIDN'T MINIMIZE THE IMPORTANCE BUT HARDER FOR US TO

MAKE RECOMMENDATION. >> TOTALLY FAIR.

I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION CONTRACT ON HER PO POWER.

WON'T FOR A LACK OF SUPPORT. WE HAD GOVIN D IN THE MEETING.

TONY DARK. WE HAD SOME REALLY SOLID PEOPLE IN THERE. BUT I THINK THE ISSUE WAS IT HAD NO DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THE REASON IN THAT IT HAD TO GO OUT FORKED BY. WE COULD GET A RANGE IF WE ARE PRESSED TO DO IT. BUT I WANT TO YOU KNOW OR WE AS A COMMISSION CAN POTENTIALLY SAY I THINK WE SHOULD DEDICATE $5 MILLION, FOR INSTANCE, TOWARD MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. WE CAN TURNKEY IT THAT WAY AND SAY THIS IS HOW MUCH WE WANT TO PINPOINT AND PROVIDES MAPS A AND GO OUT FOR A RFP. I WANT THE FOLKS HERE TO KNOW THAT THEIR JOB IS TO LOOK AT THAT WHICH HAD A NUMBER ON IT.

IF IT DIDN'T HAVE A NUMBER, NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE ONLINE LISTENING TO THEM.

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THEY WERE SUPER SUPPORTIVE. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH A PROJECT THAT DIDN'T HAVE A COST ESTIMATE.

>> JUDGE, I WILL EMPHASIZE AGAIN THE FIVE KEY AREAS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AND DID LIST A FEW PROJECTS IT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE COPE OF THOSE. ANYTHING THAT FALL WITHIN THOSE FIVE CATEGORIES, YOU KNOW, WE DEFER TO THE COURT TO DECIDE HOW THEY ARE BEST TO USE AND WE FEEL STRONGLY AND PASSIONATELY

OF THEM BEING IDENTIFIED. >> I HOPE THAT THAT HELPS HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT TAKES SO LONG, BUT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY GOOD AND DELIBERATE IN THAT WE HAVE THESE DOLLARS THAT ARE OUT THERE FROM THE FEDS.

THEY HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED IN OUR COFFERS.

HALF OF THEM AND THE REST IS COMING IN MAY.

WE KNOW BY DOING THIS VETTING PROCESS, WE CAN ASSURE THE WHOLE RESIDENCE THAT WE WANT HAVE A RATE OF RETURN.

SO THESE FIVE PRINCIPLES OUT OF THE 100 SENT SHOULD REALLY MEAN SOMETHING. WE WILL GET INTO A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICS ON THE ACTUAL TREE. I KNOW JUAN IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT. WE WILL GET INTO IT IN THE EMERGENCY REPORT. IT IS NEXT.

GIVE ME ONE SECOND. BUT ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS

ACTUAL PRESENTATION? >>JUDGE CANALES: COMMISSIONER

GONZALEZ. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

AND I AM GLAD IT IS AN ADV ADVISORY, THAT YOU ARE -- YOU ARE GIVING ADVICE OR TRYING TO GIVE US SOME ADVICE ANYWAY.

SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I WISH THAT -- AND THE JUDGE AND ALL THAT SHOULD KNOW THAT WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS IN OUR PRECINCTS AND WHAT WE HAVE. SOME OF THE ENGINEERS THAT YOU ARE USING. THEY ARE WORKING FOR US.

AND THEY ARE DOING SOME WORK FOR US NOW.

AND THEY ARE DOING A ROAD. THEY ARE DOING A DRAINAGE DISH AND NOT JUST ONE TREE. LIKE 100 TREES.

SO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I AM I AM SURE -- NOT JUST ONE TREE IN A DITCH EITHER. 50 TO 100.

IT IS EASY TO SAY THAT WE CAN REMOVE THE ONE TREE.

THE EQUIPMENT BOUGHT. NOT EVEN HERE, I DON'T THINK.

BUT FOR US TO SAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE RIGHT AWAY.

IT IS A BAD STATEMENT. A BAD STATEMENT TO MAKE.

IN ALL FAIRNESS TO YOU, SIR, I AM SURE THEY WILL GET TO IT WHENEVER THE EQUIPMENT IS THERE THAT WE APPROVED.

WE DID APPROVE THE EQUIPMENT. FEW MILLION DOLLARS AND IT HAVEN'T COME IN YET AND I DON'T THINK -- ONCE IT COMES IN, THEY PUT TO WORK. BUT WHEN YOU TELL ME -- BECAUSE I KNOW YOU -- SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.

WHEN YOU SAID I HAVE A DITCH THAT HAS BRUSH AND A TREE.

I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S A LOT OF BRUSH. A LOT OF TREES.

SO FOR ME TO JUST SIT HERE AND JUST -- LIKE I KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON BECAUSE -- YOU -- IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW. YOU HAVE BEEN THERE.

I HAVE BEEN THERE. WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

I AM SURE THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO HELP YOU ONCE WE GET THE EQUIPMENT. ONCE QUESTION GET THE EQUIPMENT THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO SEE THICK DO.

WHEN YOU CLEAN ONE PART, IT STOPS SOMEWHERE ELSE AND BACKS UP. THE FURTHER YOU GO THE MORE YOU CLEAN AT ONE POINT IF YOU DON'T CLEAN THE WHOLE -- IT IS GOING TO STOP SOMEWHERE. TAMPA.MIGHT NOT FLOOD YOU A LOT, BUT IT IS GOING TO FLOOD SOMEBODY ELSE, UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT. UNLESS IT IS ON OPEN LAND.

BUT LET'S BE REALISTIC HERE. I AM TRYING TO MAKE SURE -- I AM NOT TRYING TO GIVE YOU ANY HOPES THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS GIVING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE GIVING IS YOU THAT -- YOU KNOW, YOUR HELP IS COMING. IT IS NOT JUST GOING TO COME OVERNIGHT, BUT IT IS COMING. MR. PIMENT AL WILL BE ON TOP OF IT. HE WILL GET THE REASON THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO HIM TWO YEARS AGO.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY. WE HAVE MONEY FROM THE ARPA FUND AND BOUGHT IT TO GET THE EQUIPMENT FOR HIM AND EQUIPMENT ONLY A MONTH AGO. OTHER THAN THAT.

WORKING WITH HAGGERTY ON THIS THING HERE.

I AM NOT HAPPY WITH HAGGERTY. I DON'T KNOW WHO -- IF I WANT TO RENEW HAGGERTY'S CONTRACT. I DON'T -- BECAUSE -- I AM JUST TELLING YOU WHAT I FEEL. I KNOW YOU HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE ON YOUR BOARD THAT HAS ALL KIND OF SKILLS AND ALL KINDS BUT THEY ARE NOT OUT THERE IN THE FIELD.

AND THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT THEY KNOW AS PROFESSION.

BUT THEY CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE FIELD.

BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT -- THEY ARE NOT OUT THERE.

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WALKING IT. WORKING IT.

SO -- AND WHILE SOME OF THEM ARE TELLING YOU CERTAIN THINGS, THEY ARE OUT THERE DOING IT WITH US RIGHT NOW.

GOVIND IS OUT THERE DOING THE ROAD FOR US.

SO IS OSCAR AND OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE DRAINAGE DISH.

SO -- >> COMMISSIONER, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT COMMENT IS, WE ALL HAVE ONE MISSION THAT WE SHARE. THAT IS TO MAKE NUECES COUNTY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. WHILE WE MAY NOT BE EXPERTS IN EVERY AREA AS YOU SHARE, I AGREE WITH YOU, WE ARE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER.

AND WE ARE HERE TO MAKE NUECES COUNTY BETTER FOR ALL

RESIDENTS. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THANK YOU FOR THAT FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND EVERYTHING YOU PUT INTO IT.

BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET -- TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT SOMEBODY WILL TELL THE COMMISSIONERS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE WITHOUT -- AND SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. CAN WE DO IT? MY RETENTION PONDS, I AM ALREADY WORKING ON TWO RETENTION PONDS. NOBODY ASKED ME ABOUT THEM.

I AM WORKING ON TWO. I AM GETTING READY TO SIGN SOME PAPERS AND WESTERN SIGN PAPERS TO TURN OVER THE LAND TO US SO WE CAN BUILD A RETENTION POND IN THE LAND.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS BEHIND THE SCENES ARE NOT TOLD THIS AND DON'T KNOW IS GOING ON.

WE HAVE AREAS OF RETENTION PONDS.

NOT WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS. WHAT WE THINK WE NEED IN OUR OWN PRECINCT AND IN OUR OWN AREAS.

PEOPLE OUT THERE NOT TO SAVE THE FLOODING IS TO -- TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT GOES INTO THE HOUSES HOPEFULLY.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STOP THE FLOOD THE FLOODING.

>> WE HAVE APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT EACH OF YOU DO.

YOU ARE A PARTNER AND YOU ARE INVITED TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND WE WOULD LOVE TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU OUTSIDE OF

THE MEETING. >> I DON'T APPRECIATE BLAMING PEOPLE FOR NOT DOING THINGS. WE ARE HERE TO WORK TOGETHER.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

AND WE SHOULD RESPECT EACH OTHER.

AND MAYBE -- TO COME HERE AND SAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE LAST NIGHT OVERNIGHT, THAT IS NOT TRUE.

NOT TRUE. SO UNLESS -- I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVISORY. WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND WE LOOK AT IT, BUT WE HAVE GOT -- WE HAVE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW. AND WE HAVE COURT THINGS THAT THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. THAT IS THE JAIL, ROADS, DRAINAGE, COURTHOUSE AND ADA. EVERYTHING ELSE ASIDE FROM THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE MONEY TO DO THINGS.

AND ISENAWORE USED TO BE CHARLIE'S AND USED TO -- ONCE IT WAS CHARLIE'S PLACE AND NOW -- A PLACE THAT YOU CAN TAKE PEOPLE TO DETOX, REHAB, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

THE BEHAVIORAL CENTER IS THE SAME WAY.

WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY TO THE BEHAVIORAL CENTER.

SO THIS SHOULD BE ALMOST LEVEL -- LEVEL TO SENECOR.

AND FOR TRANSFERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

I KNOW TO ME JAIL DIVERSION -- TO ME IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME.

FOR THREE YEARS. AND I KNOW THE JUDGE HAS BROUGHT THIS -- THE JUDGE ALMOST TELLING YOU THIS IS WHAT THE PLAN IS. YOU KNOW, SO I -- YOU KNOW, --

>> COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, IF I CAN CLARIFY THE JUDGE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF APPOINTING AMAZING INDEPENDENT THINKERS.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: LET ME TELL YOU, SHE -- EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS TRUE. RIGHT.

SO I JUST NEED FOR YOU TO BE INDEPENDENT THINKERS.

>> WE ABSOLUTELY ARE. I CAN QUARANTINE YOU AS THAT.

AS CHAIRPERSON -- >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I DON'T WANT TO YOU COME AND TRY TO BLAME SOMEONE ELSE.

I AM NOT SAYING YOU DO DID THAT, BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE COME TO TALK ABOUT THINGS AND SHARE THINGS AN NOT TO BLAME FWHOB CERTAIN THINGS. IT CAME OUT, BUT I AM SORRY YOU ARE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, BUT IT CAME OUT, RIGHT.

SO IF HE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING, HE CAN.

IT IS UP TO HIM. >>JUDGE CANALES: WE ARE ON AGENDA FOR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

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>> I WANT TO RESPOND ALSO, JUDGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

I WILL BE RIGHT TO YOU. WILL PIMENTAL, WHEN WE GET TO THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND TALK OF THE FLOODING WITH THE MAY AND JULY FLOODS, THAT IS WHEN WE WILL HAVE YOU ANSWER.

THE PURPOSE IS HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO TALK OF THE FIVE PRECEPTS THAT YOU GUYS IDENTIFIED WHICH I HAD NO PART OF.

YOU GUYS HAD THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS AND DID THAT INDEPENDENTLY, AND I WAS PR PRAISING THE CONCEPT GIVEN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS MORNING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE AND TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND CORE PRINCIPLES AND IT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE COME UP WITH AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ARE THE PRECEPTS AND WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN THAT ARE IMPORTANT.

AND YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND LOOK AT WHAT THE RATE OF RETURN MIGHT BE.

THE ONLY QUESTION THAT CAME UP WHETHER MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS IS A PART OF IT. THAT'S IT.

SO -- >> JUDGE, DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, AND ANY INSINUATION THAT WE ARE BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO RATHER THAN GIVING ADVICE, THAT WE WORK LONG HOURS TO COME UP WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION. I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY THAT WE ARE COMMITTED. WE PUT IN THE TIME.

WE PUT IN THE WORK AND THE HOURS AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A

RECOMMENDATION ON BEHALF NCDC. >>JUDGE CANALES: I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I AM CERTAIN OUR PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING IT LOUD AND CL CLEAR.

COMMISSIONER CHESNEY HAS HIS HAND UP.

SO WE WILL ASK HIM TO UNMUTE AND GET HIM TO COMMENT.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I AM JUST -- I AM JUST CONFUSED A LITTLE BIT. IF SOMEONE CAN EXPLAIN.

ARE WE STILL IN NUMBER 8, PRESENTATION? BECAUSE -- I DON'T KNOW WE GOT ON TO RETENTION PONDS AND MENTAL HEALTH FROM A NCDC PRESENTATION.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WILL EXPLAIN.

IT WAS ON THE PRESENTATION THERE WAS A PARTICULAR SLIDE.

AND THE SLIDE SAID SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND ONE OF THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WAS MENTAL HEALTH JAIL DIVERSION CENTER. ONE OF THE OTHER BULLET POINTS WAS THE -- THE RETENTION PONDS THAT WERE LISTED.

THAT IS HOW IT WAS -- THAT IS WHY THOSE PARTICULAR TWO ITEMS WERE ON THERE. IT WAS ON A SLIDE AND WHAT I ASKED WHETHER OR NOT THEY -- IN THE DRAINAGE, IF THEY WERE MAKING SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WHETHER OR NOT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS WERE BEING CONSIDERED BECAUSE THAT WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE HERE IN THE ROOM THIS

MORNING. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: OKAY, MY NEXT CLARIFICATION IS NOT SO MUCH.

I WILL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR ANOTHER TIME, BUT I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED TOO AS TO WHY HAGGERTY WOULD HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AND PAID TO DO ALL THIS WHEN WE HAVE THESE THINGS AT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO PART OF WHAT I AM GOING TO PUT ON FOR NEXT AGENDA IS TO DISCUSS HOW HAGGERTY IS BEING USED AS WELL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS BILL GETS PAID FOR THIS. AND FOR ME, THE NOTES THAT I SAW FROM THE BOARD AGENDA WERE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED IN OPEN COURT. AND HOW TO PRESENT HAGGERTY TO FUND THESE THINGS WHEN ALL THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN OUT THERE AND IT JUST SEEMS TO BE REGURGITATED OVER AND OVER AND NOT AIMED AT ALL AT NCDC. THIS IS AIMED HOW THIS IS BEING USED BY HAGGERTY. I APPRECIATE THE NCDC BEING INVOLVED AND I KNOW THEY ARE VERY CLEAR THAT THEIR MISSION S IS REALLY TO UNDERTAKE WAYS OF BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL.

I AM GLAD THEY ARE DOING THAT AND THAT IS GREAT.

I THINK IT IS UNUSUAL TO BE TALK ABOUT RETENTION PONDS AND DRAINAGE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, YOU KNOW, COMING IN MENTAL HEALTH FROM THE NCDC. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GOT THERE AND A LITTLE CONFUSING AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ IS GETTING A LITTLE BOTHERED BECAUSE IT IS -- JUST A LITTLE ODD TO HEAR THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM THE NCDC TO ME -- I GUESS YOU CAN RELATE ANYTHING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUT TO ME THAT IS NOT DIRECTLY. SO I DON'T THINK THEY DID EVERYTHING WRONG, BUT I DO HAVE CONCERN OVER HAGGERTY WAS USED AND HOW HAGGERTY IS CONTINUED TO BE USED AND I ASK THAT THAT ITEM BE ON FOR THE 30TH BECAUSE I AM NOT GETTING THESE COMMUNICATIONS FROM HAGGERTY AND I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE DOING THIS AND I AM A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH THE WHOLE HAGGERTY THING TOO. BI.

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I APPRECIATE THE NCDC AND YNG YOU DID ANYTHING WRONG BUT INTERESTING TO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH AND RETENTION POND DISCUSSIONS COMING FROM NCDC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>JUDGE CANALES: COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ, YOU WANT TO SAY

SOMETHING? >>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: YES,

MA'AM. >>JUDGE CANALES: GO AHEAD.

>>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: I WANTED TO SAY TO THE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE HERE, I THINK I HAVE BEEN -- IN OFFICE SIX MONTHS MAYBE LESS WHEN I GOT YOUR CALLS THAT YOU WANTED TO TALK. I TOOK MR. PIMENTAL OVER AND HE IS THE EXPERT IN DRAINAGE AND YOU GAVE US YOUR COMPLAINTS AND HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED.

YOU CAN TELL. AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

JUAN, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO FIX THIS.

I SAID I NEED MACHINE REESE. I SAID WHAT DO YOU NEED.

TWO MORE GRADE OFFS. THAT SAME DAY ORDERED THEM AT $3,000 A DAY AND THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE WORK UP THERE.

WE ARE WORKING LIKE COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ SAID BUT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR JOB AND ALSO BOUNDARIES.

THE CITY OF ROBSTOWN HAS A CERTAIN BOUNDARY THEY WORK ON.

WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR PART. THE STATES THAT THEIR PART.

THE RAILROLLED COMMISSION. WE CAN GO TO THEIR BOUNDARIES AND DO THEIR WORK FOR THEM. THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TOO.

EVEN THOUGH MAY TELL YOU I AM NOT IN THE DRAINAGE BUSINESS AND YOU ARE CAUSING THE PRO PROBLEM.

THIS IS -- WE ARE WORKING OUT THERE.

WE ARE TALKING TO CONSTITUENTS. WE ARE TACKING TO THE CITY WHERE THEY NEED THEIR HELP. WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THEIR -- TRY TO WIDEN THE ROAD WHERE THEY BUILD THE ELEMENTARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE IT IS DANGEROUS THE WAY IT IS NOW.

WE DON'T GO AND REPORT TO YOU GUYS EVERYTHING WE DO, OKAY.

BUT FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY, WELL, THIS IS LONG OVERDUE AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THIS AND DOING THAT.

AND IF IT COMES FROM A PERSON WHO SITS UP HERE AND SAYS THAT, THAT IS WRONG. OKAY.

I MEAN YOU JUST HAVE TO. WHEN YOU SAY TRUST ME.

WE ALL TRY TO DO OUR WORK BEST WE CAN, BUT EVERYTHING RESULTS IN MONEY. IF THERE IS NO MONEY, WE CAN'T DO MUCH, OKAY. WE ARE LUCKY THAT WE GOT THE ARPA FUNDS AND I HOPE WE SPENDS THEM WISELY WHERE IT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO THIS IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY, YOUNG LADY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY BUT I ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE DRAINAGE.

PRIORITIES WERE THE DRAINAGE AND PARKS AND, OF COURSE, OUR JAILS. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DO WITH THE ARPA MONEY. MY UNDER STANDING THAT HAGGERTY HAS OVERDRAWN. IF THEY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THEIR SPENDING, HOW CAN THEY KEEP UP WITH OURS.

THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. I APOLOGIZE.

I AM A LITTLE UPSET AND MR. P IMENTAL IS DOING A GOOD JOB.

HE CAN'T GO INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S BOUNDARIES.

HE CAN'T GO TO THE STATE. BUT THEY CONNECT WITH US.

SO I AM NOT DEFENDING JUAN, BUT JUAN KNOW WHAT IS HE IS DOING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>JUDGE CANALES: COMMISSIONER

MAREZ. >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: THIS HAS BLENDED INTO ONE OF THE NEXT ISSUES WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA.

I THINK THIS IS JUST RECOMMENDATIONS, OBSERVATIONS, AND A PARTNER OF THIS COURT JUST MAKING A GENERAL STATEMENT THAT THEY SUPPORT WHAT WE IN OUR DUTIES ARE AS A COURT.

I THINK THAT IS ALL THAT WAS, PERIOD.

AND CINDY, I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU ARE DOING AND THE BOARD IS DOING. I DID NOT TAKE IT AS AN ACCOUNT ON THE COUNTY. WHAT WE ARE DOING OR WHAT NOT DOING. WE ARE STATING THE OBVIOUS.

WE ARE HERE TO BACK YOU. THAT'S HOW I TOOK IT.

IF IT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I AM NOT SMART ENOUGH PICK UP CONTINUE TO. YOU WERE HERE TO SHARE YOUR CONCERNS. AND THIS ISSUE HAS BLENDED INTO ANOTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE ON DRAINAGE AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION LATER. YOU HAVE DONE EXCELLENT WORK.

AND I THINK THAT MAYBE THERE ARE SOME LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BROUGHT UP BY THE COMMISSIONERS MAYBE USING RESOURCES WITH YOU ALL TO GUIDE THIS.

I THINK -- LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISN'T JUST ABOUT BRINGING IN COMPANIES, IT IS ABOUT LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE. AND SO I THINK -- AND I STILL BELIEVE AND HOPE THAT IS WHAT YOUR INTENT IS.

I BELIEVE IT. I KNOW YOU.

I KNOW MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.

AND I THURSDAY A VERY INDEPENDENT GROUP.

SO IF I -- IF I FELT THAT THIS WAS AN ATTACK ON PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH THIS WASN'T, THING IS GENERAL OPENINGS OF WHAT WE

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RECOGNIZED TOGETHER. THESE ARE THE ISSUES FACING US.

AND SO I JUST. I APPRECIATES WHAT YOU ARE ARE DOING AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THIS SPIRITED INFORMATION LATER ON. VALID POINT THAT RESIDENTS ARE POINTED OUT AND HAVING TO SIT THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS AND IT TIES IN AND I HOPE THAT WE WORK ON THAT.

THANK YOU, CINDY, FOR ALL DO YOU.

>> YES. YOU ARE 100% RIGHT, COMMISSIONER MAREZ. NO CRITICISM WHATSOEVER.

NO ATTACK. I AM NOT SURE HOW THE PUBLIC WORKS GOT WEAVED IN. CROSSOVER DISCUSSIONS.

BUT WE ARE HERE TO MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPRECIATE

THE ONGOING SUPPORT. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP IN THE FUTURE THAT MISS MERNZ IS KIND OF WORK -- MISS HERNANDEZ IS WORKING ON SCHEDULES.

MAYBE AT THAT TIME WE WILL DISCUSS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ITEMS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL GO BACK -- AS THEY SAID BACK IN TIME. IF YOU MOVE BACK TO YOUR AGENDA ITEM I GOT IN THE VERY BEGINNING GENERAL INFORMATION REPORTS FOLLOWED BY THE MINUTES.

JUST FOR THE CLERK'S EDIFICATION, I WILL BE DOING --

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: JU JUDGE, HE IS THERE --

[1. February 23, 2022 March 2, 2022]

>>JUDGE CANALES: WHO IS THAT? >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ:

GOVIND. >>JUDGE CANALES: FIRST WE WILL DO THE MINUTES AND THE CLERK CAN HAVE THOSE DONE AND READY, ITEM J-1. TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 23, 2022. AND MARCH 2, 2022.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES?

>> SO MOVZ. >> SECOND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: MOTION AND SECOND.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: NO -- A CORRECTION NEEDS TO BE MADE

TO THE MINUTES. >> TO THE MINUTES?

>>JUDGE CANALES: TWO DIFFERENT MINUTES.

ONE FEBRUARY 23. ANY CORRECTION THERE?

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: YES. >>JUDGE CANALES: ANY

CORRECTION ON MARCH 2. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: NO.

>>JUDGE CANALES: A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ON THE 23RD, IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION IT COULD BE A CORRECTION.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE CORRECTION IS?

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: APPOINTEE, AARON MUNOZ.

I THINK HIS NAME IS MISSPELLED. >>JUDGE CANALES: CAN YOU CORRECT THAT FOR THE CLERK. TELL US -- GO AHEAD AND TELL US

ON THE RECORD. >> AARON.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: AARON.

YOU HAVE E-R-I-N. >>JUDGE CANALES: DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT. HOW DID IT READ?

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: JUST A MISSPELLING WAS THAT A MOTION OR HOW DO WE CORRECT THAT?

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: MAKE MOTION TO CORRECT THE MINUTES.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: SECOND.

AND -- RIGHT -- SINCE WE HAVE DONE THESE CONFLICT IN THE -- IN THE PAST, MISS DORSEY. HOW DO YOU WANT TO CORRECT THAT ON THE MINUTES. WHEN SOMEBODY ABSTAINS THEY SAY I HAVE A CONFLICT BECAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER OR HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THERE, HOW DO YOU WANT US TO HANDLE THAT?

>> SO TAKING OUT A VOTE. >>JUDGE CANALES: ON THE MINUTES IT SAYS ABSTENTION BUT DOESN'T REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ ABS ABSTAINING BECAUSE HE WORKS FOR

ME. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: THERE ARE CARA'S MINUTES. OPINION SHE NEEDS TO TALK TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. HE NEEDS TO BE THE DETERMINANT

ON THAT.. >>JUDGE CANALES: I AM ASKING THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO WORK WITH HER SO WE CAN MAKE SURE IT IS ACCURATELY REFLECTED.HOW ABOUT WE JUST TABLE THAT IN ORDER TO GET THAT DONE SINCE CARA HAD TO LEAVE.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TABLE ANYTHING JUDGE. THE MINUTES ARE A FORMALITY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT -- THE COUNTY CLERK BY LAW DOES IT AS A COURTESY AND UP TO COUNTY CLERK -- IF SHE WANTS TO DO THE

COUNTY CLERK, THAT IS THE LAW. >>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER CHE CHESNEY.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: THANK YOU.

>> WE WILL CERTAINLY WORK TOGETHER.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK THAT IS THE REPORT NOT TO BE AGITATED ABOUT BUT TO MAKE CERTAIN IF WE ARE VOTING ON IT,

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I REALIZE WE DON'T HAVE TO, BUT WE ARE.

IT IS PART OF THE AGENDA. AND YOU ARE ASKING US TO VOTE ON THE ACCURACY OF IT. AND WE CAN'T DO THAT JUST LIKE WE MADE A CORRECTION TO A NAME. IT IS THE SAME THING ON SUBSTANCE. SO ALL I AM ASKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT REFLECTED CORRECTLY AND PERFECT TIMING.

CARA, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

>> MY EARS ARE BURNING. >>JUDGE CANALES: IN A GOOD W WAY. WE WERE ASKING IF YOU MIGHT WORK -- I HAD A QUESTION. WE HAD A SLIGHT ERROR ON NAME SPELLING. IT IS NOT A BIG DEAL.

>> I WILL CORRECT IT. NOT BIG DEAL.

>>JUDGE CANALES: MY OTHER QUESTION IS REGARDING SUBS SUBSTANCE, WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE THAT -- HOW DO YOU PREFER US TO DEAL WITH IT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE US WAIT FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES UNTIL THAT GETS CORRECTED. SO ON THAT PARTICULAR VOTE, THERE WAS AN ABSTENTION BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONFLICT AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST LIKE WE DO NOW ON THE AGENDA. SO MY QUESTION IS, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO DO THAT. WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO WORK

WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. >> DID IT NOT COUNT?

>>JUDGE CANALES: IT DIDN'T REFLECT THE VOTE AT ALL.

HE ABSTAINED CORRECTLY. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: NOT IN ANY WAY BEING AGITATED AT ALL, JUST STATING WHAT THE LAW WAS, CARA, WHILE YOU ARE NOT THERE. I SAID THESE ARE THE COUNTY CLERK'S MINUTE. WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THEM.

IT IS A FORMALITY AND THAT YOU CAN JUST DO THEM HOWEVER YOU FEEL IS APPROPRIATE TO DOME DO THEM BASED ON WHAT YOU SEE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

I WAS JUST EXPLAINING THAT REALLY HOW THE MINUTES DONE ARE 100% COMPLETELY UP TO YOU AND THAT IS THE LAW AND WE DON'T

HAVE A SAY HOW IT IS DONE. >>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK -- YOU BRING IT US TO -- UH-OH. HOLD ON, CAN SOMEBODY PUT THEIR MUTE BUTTON ON. OKAY, THANKS.

SO AGAIN, WE CAN TAKE THIS UP AT ANOTHER TIME.

ALL I AM SAYING SINCE THEY ARE A PART OF THE AGENDA, YOU ARE ASKING US TO TAKE ACTION. IT JUST SEEMS NORMAL THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CREATE COLLECTION INCLUDING A MISSPELLED NAME.

>> THAT IS WHY THEY ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR FIVE DAYS TO TAKE A LOOK -- IF THERE IS A MISSPELLING AND ANYTHING ELSE, I WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. NOT A PROBLEM.

>>JUDGE CANALES: EVEN THOUGH APPARENTLY WE HAVE IT ON HERE FOR NO REASON AT ALL, YOU STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE INPUT ON IT AND THAT'S WHY WE APPROVE IT.

>> JUST TO ACCEPT THEM. YOU DON'T APPROVE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: ACCEPT THE MINUTES, YEAH.

ACCEPT THE MINUTES. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

SO WE WILL -- DID WE NOT. DID WE VOTE TO ACCEPT THE 23RD? I DON'T THINK SO. SO WITH THAT -- I THINK SHE SAID SHE WILL CHANGE THAT. WITH THAT CHANGE AND WITH THAT ON THE RECORD, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE MINUTES SAY AYE. OKAY.

I AM GOING TO HOLD OFF SO I CAN AT LEAST GET THAT SUBSTANCE CLEARED UP, YOU KNOW AT SOME POINT.

I AM SURE WE CAN HAVE IT FOR FUTURE COURTS.

[1. Discuss disaster preparedness and response, including matters related to COVID-19, Emergency Orders, severe weather, flooding, drainage, economic recovery, state and federal assistance, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), and infrastructure status, and other related matters.]

GOT THE CONSENT AGENDA -- I AM SO WRONG WITH THE GENERAL INFORMATION REPORT. ITEM I 1, LOUIE RAY OUR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR AND HE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS REALLY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AS A WHOLE. I AM GOING TO REMIND HIM TO JUST MENTION WE HAVE GOT THE BIG HURRICANE CONFERENCE COMING UP AND START SOMETHING TO SEE PUBLICITY AROUND US.

TODAY INCLUDE MATTERS RELATED TO THE CLERK RELATING TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY ORDER, SEVERE WEATHER, ECONOMIC RECOVERY STATE AND FEDERAL EXISTENCE, ARPA, ERPA -- ERAP, SAN FRANCISCO. THAT IS HOW IT IS STYLED.

GOOD MORNING. NOT QUITE AFTERNOON.

GOOD MORNING, LOUIE. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. COURT, SO I HAVE JOSE ON THE LINE IF HE IS AVAILABLE TO TALK OF OUR CURRENT BURN BAN AND I WILL GO INTO A WEATHER REPORT AND START OUR AGENDA FROM TH

THERE. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?

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>> YES. >> OKAY.

>> FORECAST FOR TEXAS A&M. ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS COLD FRONTS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. WIND SPEEDS ARE ABOVE THRE THRESHOLD. WITH ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER POSSIBLE. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK DUE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. OUR CURRENT KBI INDEX IS 461 BUT SHOT UP AS HIGH AS 573. SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO EXTEND OUR CURRENT BURN BAN THAT EXPIRES MARCH 25.

NEXT MEETING NOT UNTIL MARCH 30 SO I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A LAPSE IN BURN BAN. I WILL ASK THAT THE COURT.

DEEP IN PLAY FOR 90 DAYS. WE CAN ALWAYS RESCIND IT.

BECAUSE IT IS JUST HARDER TO PUT ONE IN PLACE.

>> WE TELL IF THERE IS ENOUGH FUEL ON THE GROUND TO SPARK WILDFIRE. HAVING AN EXTENSION ON THIS IS KEY TO KEEPING NUECES COUNTY SAFE.

I KNOW THAT MANY SURROUNDING COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY EXPANDED THEIR BURN BAN AND SOMETHING FOR THE COURT TO CONSIDER.

AS FAR AS THE EMC AND THE E OC. SO LONG-RANGE CALENDAR WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS COMING UP THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

ONE IS THE 2022 GARRETT GIS CONFERENCE ON 9-11 OF JULY.

I WILL BE ATTENDING THAT. THAT WILL COVER GIS PRODUCTS AND ALSO COVER CYBERSECURITY AS WELL.

WE HAVE THE TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE HAPPEN MAY 31 THROUGH JUNE 3 IN SAN ANTONIO.

THE EOC WILL BE ATTENDING THAT AS WELL.

THE COASTAL BEND HURRICANE CONFERENCE MAY 2-6.

THERE IS ADVERTISEMENT THERE FOR THE COUNTY STAFF TO SIGN UP TO ATTEND. THAT IS GOING TO BE AT RMB.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CONFERENCE HAPPENING NEXT MONTH. WE WILL NOT BE SENDING ANYBODY THERE. WE HAVE PLAYERS THAT WILL BE FLORIDA THERE AND WILL GET THE NOTES IF NEEDED.

THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO, THE EOC, THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER WILL BE DOING COMMUNICATION EXERCISE.

WE TRY TO DO A COMMUNICATION INTERSIZE ONCE EVERY WEEK.

WE TAKE PART OF OUR COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS WITH E EOS. AND WE EVEN TALK ABOUT GOING ONLINE AND TESTING THOSE SYSTEMS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A -- AN UNDERSTANDING HOW THOSE THINGS WORK. HOW THEY PLAY WITH OTHER PARTS OF OUR COUNTY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

THE PLAN UPDATE AND APPROVAL IS STILL ON GOING.

WE HAVE UPDATED 70% OF THE EM PLAN, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE COUNTY. NEXT WEEK, HE THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNER WHO WILL ATTEND THE ICS PLANNING TRAINING. WE PARTNERED WITH THE RED CROSS FOR A FULL-SCALE EXERCISE THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE PARTICIPATE -- WE ANTICIPATE

THAT HAPPENING MARCH 26. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THOSE

ARE THE DATES OR STILL PENDING? >> IT SEEMS LIKE A SOLIDIFIED DATE, COMMISSIONER. BUT WE ARE STILL DOING A WITH THE RED CROSS TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THANK YOU.

>> A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS.

TODAY, WE ARE ATTENDING THE SOUTH TEXAS COASTAL ZONE AREA MEETING THAT IS HAPPENING -- HAPPENING AT TEXAS A&M CORPUS CHRISTI WITHIN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST TO ATTEND THAT BRIEFING. AS FAR AS COVID-19, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON COVID-19 IT ITSELF, THE POSITIVITY RATE FOR THE COVID-19 IN OUR COUNTY IS UP TO 13%.

THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 4% OVER. AND WE THINK THAT IS DUE TO

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TRAVEL BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK. IF YOU WANT INFORMATION ON COVID TESTING, YOU CAN GET THAT ON THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FACEBOOK WEB SITE. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ERAP? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, QUICK UPDATE ON ERAP. LET ME FIND MY NOTES RIGHT QUICK. THE COUNTY HAS SUPPORTED 139 HOUSEHOLDS BY DISTRIBUTING 8 838,767 OF ERAP FUNDING.

OF THAT 139 HOUSEHOLDS THAT THE COUNTY HAS ASSISTED, 53 OF THEM HAVE BEEN ASSISTED WITH NOT ONLY RENTAL ASSISTANCE BUT UTILITY ASSISTANCE AS WELL. APPROXIMATELY 900 THOUSAND IN THE ERA 1 AND A 2 FUNDING THAT REMAINS.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: HOW MUCH THAT'S?

>> $900,000. AND THIS IS A APPROXIMATION, COMMISSIONER COUPLE OF THINGS THAT MAY HAVE TO COME FOR THE NEXT COURT. AND THE DECISION POINTS ARE GOING TO BE OVER SHOULD THIS TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR ERAP FUNDINGS RECEIVE BEING FIVE APPLICATIONS A WEEK BUT WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ABOUT 400 APPLICATIONS IN CUE THAT WE CAN HELP WITH THE COUNTY IS NOT USING ALL THE ERAP MONEY THAT IS NEEDED AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE NEED TO INCREASE THE PERSONNEL.

AND WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $900,000 LEFT REACHING OUT TO THE CITY TO HELP THEIR RESIDENTS WILL BE A GREAT AID.

>> SO MANY PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP.

IF WE HAVE DONE OUR JOB AND WE STILL HAVE MONEY, SOUNDS GOOD THAT WE CAN HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE QUALIFIED ON THE CITY SIDE BUT STILL NUECES COUNTY RESIDENTS.

I THINK IT IS A SMARTS IDEA TO BRING THAT TO THE COURT NEXT TIME AND -- I MEAN IF WE CAN HELP RESIDENTS AND HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE GREAT THING TO DO.

>> THE SECOND THING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, IS THE NOT TO EXCEED -- NOT TO EXCEED LIMIT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AS WELL AS THE 2% ADMINISTRATION PORTION OF THE ERA 2 FUNDING.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT AND SEE IF WE CAN INCREASE THAT NOT TO EXCEED LIMIT FOR OUR CONSULTANTS TO HELP US AND IDENTIFYING THOSE NEEDS AND HELP US WITH ADVERTISING AND SPENDING OF OTHER ERAP MONEY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY. AND I AM GETTING ALL KINDS OF NOTES HERE. WE DO HAVE SOME AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO REALLY ADDRESS COVID-19.

SO I AM GOING TO ASK TO YOU HOLD ON THAT SO WHEN WE GET TO THE AGENDA ITEMS IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.

THE COURT ACTUALLY HAS A RECESS FROM YESTERDAY THAT HAS TO DO WITH AN INTERVIEW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE CON DUCKING IT IN CLOSED SESSION AND SUPPOSED TO BE SCHEDULED FOR NOON.

SO NOW I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DILEMMA HERE.

BUT, LOUIE, WHAT I WAS THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BE VERY PRUDENT FOR -- WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK ON THE RECORD AND HEAR IT IN OPEN. WHILE WE ARE DEALING WITH OUR NOON APPLICANT INTERVIEW, YOU HAVE GOT MR. PIMENTAL HERE AND YOURSELF HERE. WHEN IT COMES TO THE FLOODS OF MAY AND JULY. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU GOT SOME CONSTITUENTS HERE. YOU GUYS CAN MAYBE WORK EITHER IN MY OFFICE. YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO TO MY OFFICE, THE CONFERENCE ROOM OR THE HALLWAY, WHICHEVER IS APPROPRIATE AND COMFORTABLE SO YOU CAN WORK IT OUT.

I AM GETTING A MESSAGE WE MUST RECESS GIVEN YESTERDAY'S CACHE

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COURT WITH REGARD TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER AND IF YOU WANT TO AS SOON AS WE FINISH THAT INTERVIEW, WE CAN COME BACK ON THE RECORD AND AT THAT YOU CAN ABOUT IT AS WELL.

BUT AT LEAST THE TIME WOULD BE USED VERY, VERY WISELY BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOT MR. PIMENTEL HERE AND MR. RAY HERE IN ORDER TO WORK. AND, AGAIN, THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WERE RELATABLE TO -- TO THE.

>> JUDGE, CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK.

SINCE DRAINAGE WAS BROUGHT UP. >>JUDGE CANALES: IT WAS BUT I

HAVE TO TAKE A RECESS. >> THAT WAY THE CONSTITUENTS KNOW. THERE IS A PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE DONE BY HALFF AND ASSOCIATES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS TO ADDRESS HOW TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE AREA. THAT PRESENTATION IS GOING TO SHOW WHAT THEY RECOMMEND WITH REGARDS TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK AFTER LUNCH TO ADDRESS THE CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER.

AND I GUESS REGARDING THE TREES IN SOMEONE'S CULVERT.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PICTURE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN -- BUT I HAVE SOME OTHER PICTURES IN HERE I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO COURT, IF

THAT IS OKAY. >>JUDGE CANALES: WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO RIGHT NOW IS LOUIE -- LET ME LET LOUIE FINISH UP ON AT LEAST THAT, BUT I AM GOING TO HAVE YOU COME BACK. ANY FINAL COMMENTS -- I REALLY HAVE TO RECESS TO GET IN GENTLEMAN IN -- IN --

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: I WANT US TO RECESS TOO, BUT IS THAT PART OF SOMETHING THAT THE JUDGE SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE YOU CAN MEET WHILE WE ARE INTE INTERVIEWING.

>> I WOULD RATHER COME TO COURT TO PRESENT.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: YOU WASN'TED TO PRESENT IT.

I GOTCHA. >>JUDGE CANALES: RIGHT.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, I AM GOING TO ASK TO YOU MEET WITH THEM WHILE THE 30 MINUTES -- THEY HAVE BEEN HERE ALL MORNING.

SOME HAVE INVESTIGATED THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU. WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN STILL COME BACK.

WE DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM. IN IS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY THROUGH GENERAL INFORMATION REPORTS.

AND IF IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MAY OR JULY FLOODING GENERALLY, WE JUST NEED TO GET ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM ON IT.

HAVING SAID THAT, USE THE TIME WISELY AND MAKE IT ALL WORK FOR EVERYBODY. THAT IS THE WHOLE IDEA HERE IS COOPERATION. BUT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH YOU. ONE GENTLEMAN SAID THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. LET ME DO THE RECESS RIGHT NOW,

AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU. >> TO ANSWER THAT, THEY HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH ME. I HAVE GONE TO THEIR HOUSES

WITH COMMISSIONERS -- >>JUDGE CANALES: MR. PIMENTAL.

>> WE MET WITH THEM BEFORE. >>JUDGE CANALES: BUT EXCUSE ME, THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE. JUST GIVE US A SECOND.

>> WELL, I AM JUST SAYING -- >>JUDGE CANALES: TAKE A DEEP BREATH. WELL TAKE ANOTHER DEEP BREATH.

TAKE TWO DEEP BREATH IT IS IT IS NECESSARY.

LET'S RECESS RIGHT NOW. IT IS PART OF THE COURT'S MANDATE FROM YESTERDAY. WE WILL HAVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO TAKE SOME TIME -- TIME TO BREATHE.

SO FOR THE RECORD FOR THE CLERK, IT IS 12:05.

WE ARE GOING TO RECESS. DO NEED TO CLEAR THE COURTROOM.

WE ARE BRING IN JULIE GARA. SHE IS ALREADY HERE.

YOU WILL BRING IN THE APPLICANT AND COME BACK ON THE APPLICANT AFTER WE FINISHED WITH THIS APPLICANT.

THIS IS A RECESS FROM YESTERDAY'S SPECIAL COURT MEETING THAT WE ARE GOING BACK TO.

YES. YES.

SPECIAL COURT MEETING AND THEN RECESS AND THEN I WILL CALL IT AT 12:05 P.M. JUST GIVE US. SO MADAM CLERK -- WE ARE COMING BACK ON RECORD AND THE TIME IS -- LET'S SEE -- I CAN SEE GREAT FROM THE DISTANCE, 1:45 P.M.

1:45 P.M. WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS COMING OUT OF A MEETING THAT WAS HELD YESTERDAY FOR THE PURPOSES OF RECEIVING INTE INTERVIEWS ON APPLICATIONS AND WE ARE DONE AND CONCLUDED WITH OUR BUSINESS.

SO WE ARE -- I AM ADJOURNING THAT SPECIAL MEETING AT THIS TIME AND, AGAIN, CALL IT A MINUTE LATER, CARA, MY PHONE SAYS 1:44. CALL IT 1 R 43 ON THE RECORD AND ADJOURNING AT THAT TIME AND NOW I AM RECONVENING AT 1:44 P.M. OUR REGULAR AGENDA FOR TODAY'S COURT.

ALL GOOD? >> YOU ARE IN RECESS.

THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPO CORPORATION.

>>JUDGE CANALES: NO, NO, NO. WE ARE DONE WITH THAT.

I WAS IN RECESS FROM YESTERDAY'S SPECIAL MEETING.

WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE THAT MEETING AND OPEN UP THE NEW

MEANING. >> 9:47 WENT TO RECESS OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE TO GO BACK TO THE REGULAR -- YOU TABLED THAT

ITEM AND WAS GOING -- >>JUDGE CANALES: WE HAVEN'T

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GOTTEN TO THE EXECUTIVE. WE HAVEN'T GONE THERE YET.

BACK ON THE REGULAR AGENDA AND WE HAVE DEFINITELY PEOPLE WAITING. LOOK, ONLY ONE ITEM HERE THINK THAT WOULD REALLY LIKE TO COVER BEFORE WE GET TO THE OTHER

[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.]

ITEMS. AND THIS IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO FINISH THAT.

AND I KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE AUDITOR.

HOW ABOUT A-R. A-R.

IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO -- P AS IN PETER.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO -- IS IT NOT READY --

>> NO, IT'S READY. JUST A TYPO, JUDGE.

IT SAYS SECOND AMENDMENT AND SHOULD SAY "THIRD AMENDMENT."

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WILL MAKE THAT CORRECTION.

ON ITEM P, IT SHOULD SAY "THIRD.

" AND MOTION TO APPROVE. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I HAVE

ITEMS TO PUMPKIN. >>JUDGE CANALES: LET ME HEAR

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: F AND

J. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I

COULDN'T SAY WHAT HE SAID. >>JUDGE CANALES: F AS IN FRANK

AND J AS IN JAM. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I HAVE

H AS IN HENRY AND M AS IN MARY. >>JUDGE CANALES: HOW ABOUT A MOTION FOR ALL THE REMAINING ONES, PLEASE.

AND I WILL SECOND. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

[F. Ratify Amendment Agreement No. 2 to Temporary License Agreement with Corpus Christi Retail Venture, LP for space at La Palmera mall related to COVID-19 vaccination operations; Authorize payment of invoices for January, February and March 2022.]

OKAY. LET'S JUST TAKE IT IN ORDER.

F IS FIRST. F, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I WANT KIND OF A CLARIFICATION HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE PERSON IS ASK, BUT PAYMENTS TO -- I THINK IT IS TO -- THE MALL, RIGHT?

>>JUDGE CANALES: THAT'S CORRECT.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THIS IS SAYING IT IS TERMINATING AS OF MARCH -- ONCE MARCH IS OVER, THE PERMIT IS OVER.

NOT EXTENDING IT. >>JUDGE CANALES: LEE CAN

ADVISE. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ:

THAT'S ALL I NEEDED. >>JUDGE CANALES: ALL YOU NEEDED? OKAY, CITY PICKED IT UP.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: SO MOVED.

>>JUDGE CANALES: A MOTION AND A SECOND, COMMISSIONER MAREZ.

[H. Approve the following Diabetes Contracts for FY 2021/2022: 1. Coastal Bend Food Bank - Commissioner Pct 2 - $500.00 2. Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Antonio E. Garcia Arts & Education Center Commissioner Pct 2 - $1,000 3. South Coastal Area Health Education Center - Total - $13,500 Commissioner Pct 1 - $6,000; Commissioner Pct 2 - $4,500; Commissioner Pct 3 - $3,000]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

HOW ABOUT ITEM H, COMMISSIONER CHESNEY.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: SUPER QUICK QUESTION ON THAT ONE.

TOTAL OF $13,500. I DON'T SEE MINE CONTRIBUTION IN THERE. IT MAY BE DONE PRIOR, I WAS JUST MAKING SURE IT -- BECAUSE NORMALLY I KNOW THAT TERESA LIKE TO DO THESE IN ONE CONTRACTED.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MINE GOT IN HERE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: A GOOD QUESTION BUT SHE IS NOT IN H HERE. SDIP -- SHE IS OFFLINE.

TERESA, CAN YOU HELP ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

>> COMMISSIONER, I DO NOT HANDLE THE DIABETES CONTRACTS.

I AM NOT AWARE OF YOUR FUNDS FOR SOUTH COASTAL, BUT I CAN

CERTAINLY HELP -- >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I DON'T DO IT AS DIABETES BUT I DO IT AS OUTSIDE AGENCY.

>> IT IS INCLUDED IN THE OUTSIDE AGENCY -- I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE OUTSIDE -- THIS ONE IS DIABETES.

>> COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: IS WHAT I WAS CHECKING.

[J. Approve letter request to Bank of America regarding extension of Equipment Lease Purchase Agreement.]

>>JUDGE CANALES: MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: MOTION.

>>JUDGE CANALES: SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY EYE.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: BANK OF AMERICA OF WOMEN LEASE AGREEMENT. THING SECRETARIES TEND TODDIES 31. WHAT EQUIPMENT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? WHAT ARE THEY EXTENDING?

>>JUDGE CANALES: DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT FOR ME?

>> COMMISSIONER, THIS WAS PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL.

BANK OF AMERICA AND EXTENSION. IF YOU REMEMBER WE HAVE UNTIL APRIL OF THIS YEAR TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

THIS IS TO JUSTIFY AN EXTENSION FOR BANK OF AMERICA.

WE CHECKED EVERYTHING WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND OUR COUNTY

ATTORNEY AS WELL. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: OKAY, BUT EXTENSION OF EQUIPMENT LEASE.

WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT?

>> AN AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE ENERGY STATEMENTS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: JUST -- I THINK HE IS WONDERING WHY IT IS CALLED THAT. THAT IS THE NAME OF IT.

>> THAT IS HOW IT IS NAMED. EQUIPMENT, THAT IS THE NAME,

COMMISSIONER. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: ALL RIGHT. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE -- IF IT IS NOT WOMEN, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD HAVE EQUIPMENT --

>> IT IS EQUIPMENT. HOW IT READS.

THE CONTRACT WAS APPROVED UNDER EQUIPMENT LEASE.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO RELEASE.

>> FROM THE ENERGY SAVINGS. YOU ARE REPLACING A LOT OF THE

GUILTY. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: EQUIPMENT THEY ARE USING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS?

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>> NO, A CONTRACT WITH ABM WITH $32 MILLION.

AND THE MONEY WITH BANK OF AMERICA.

>> JUST HOW THEY NAMED THE CONTRACT THE WAY WE FUND THIS -- THROUGH OUR AREA AND OTHER ENERGY SAVING EQUIPMENT.

THE TYPE OF THE AGREEMENT WAS A CURRENT LEASE AGREEMENT.

JUST THE WAY IT IS TITLED. >> JUST A TITLE OF THE CON

CONTRACT. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: OKAY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: SO

MOVED. >>JUDGE CANALES: MOTION AND A

SECOND, PLEASE. >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: SECOND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I HEARD MAREZ FIRST.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

[M. Approve method of procurement (request for competitive bids) for Personnel Services; and authorize Purchasing Agent to publish a notice.]

FINALLY LETTER M. THAT IS A METHOD TO OF PROCUREMENT FOR PURCHASING SERVICES OFFERING PURCHASE AGENT. MICHAEL IS HERE TOO ANSWER QUESTIONS. WHO PULLED THIS ONE?

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I DID -- I AM SORRY I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS EXACTLY. IOR.

WHAT WE ARE DOING. I NEED EXPLANATION.

>> STANDARD PERSONNEL CONTRACT THAT EXPIRED AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY AND A CONTRACT TO GO OUT FOR ANY THE NORMAL WORKERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY IN THE HR DEPARTMENT WHENEVER WE HAVE TO HIRE WO WORKERS.

A STANDARD CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE FOR MANY YEARS.

AND WE HAVE HAD DIFFERENT PROVIDERS AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

AND SO THE MOST RECENT PROVIDER LET THE CONTRACT LAPSE.

THEY DID NOT PROVIDE US WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED TO DO A RENEWAL AND I AM HAVING TO COME HERE NOW TO GO OUT FOR BIDS AGAIN ON THAT. AN IFP TYPE OF CONTRACT.

A LOW BID CONTRACT. THEY WILL.

WE HAVE A HISS OF DECISIONS THEY WILL PROVIDING BIDS ON AND

TO THE LOW BIDDER. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE

BACKUP. >> LIKE IF WE -- IF YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, NEEDED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO FILL IN FOR A MONTH OR TWO, COULD YOU HIRE SOMEONE UNDER THIS CONTRACT TO FULFILL THAT NEED.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: OKAY, TO.

SO YOU WILL GO OUT FOR BIDS ON -- WHO WAS THE PRO PROVIDER.

>> WE USED LINK STAFFING BE BEFORE.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: THEY LET IT LAPSE.

AND WE NEED SOMEONE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. NOT A CAUSE INVOLVED.

>> CACHE LINK STAFFING GOT HIRED OUT -- ACQUIRED BY HIRE QUEST. AND THAT COMPANY IS THE ONE

HAVE A.EDS TO BE REPLACED. >>JUDGE CANALES: TO WHERE WE WERE AND WE HOPE MAYBE THE TIME YOU HAD TOGETHER AT LEAST MY PRAYER IS THAT IT WAS FRUITFUL. SO WE WILL ASK LOUIE TO COME BACK -- DID HE WALK IN THE COURT ROOM? I THOUGHT I SAW HIM. WELL WE WILL MOVE TO GOVIND, AND AS SOON AS HE WALKS BACK IN, WE WILL COME UP.

I HOPE THAT SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED WITH THE TIME AND WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO THE FLOODING THAT WAS PART OF THAT GENERAL INFORMATION REPORT.

[9. Receive presentation from Govind Development, LLC on the Hazel Bazemore Dog Park.]

OKAY. MR. GOVIND.

ITEM NUMBER 9. WILL YOU CALL LOUIE FOR ME.

WE WILL DO GOVIND. YOU ARE HERE REPRESENTING GOVIND DEVELOPMENT HAZEL BAZEMORE DOG PARK.

WE WILL SEE A PRESENTATION AND LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE VISUAL AID.

>> YES, MA'AM. YES, JUDGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: GIVE THEM TO IDAY AND MAYBE SHE CAN PASS THEM OUT OR GIVE IT TO CONNIE AND SEE IF SHE CAN I DON'T KNOW, PUT IT RIGHT UP FRONT HERE.

MAGGIE, THERE MIGHT BE AN EASY THAT YOU WILL ACQUIRE ON THE

FLOOR REAL QUICK LIKE. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: CAN YOU CATCH IT, CONNIE, WITH A CAMERA?

>>JUDGE CANALES: SHE WILL BRING AN EASEL.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK THE DISTANCE -- WE WILL GET A NICE EASEL IN A SECOND. ALSO REPRESENTED IN THE PO

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POWERPOINT, GOVIND. OKAY.

WE WILL LET YOU PROCEED. >> THANK YOU, I AM GOVIND REPRESENTING GOVIND DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS CONCEPTUAL FOR THE DOG PARK AT HAZEL BAZEMORE DOG P

PARK. >> WAIT A MINUTE.

I FORGOT TO SHARE THE SCREEN. PEOPLE IN ZOOM CAN'T SEE IT.

>> THIS SLIDE SHOWS ORIGINAL -- OLD LOCATION WHICH IS WHAT I CALL IT. ORIGINAL PLANNED LOCATION 5000 SQUARE FEET. THE NEW LOCATION IS UP AND DOWN TERRAIN THAT ALLOWS THE DOGS TO MOVE BETTER AND APPROXIMATELY 40,000-SQUARE-FEET AREA. THAT AREA COVERS THE GENERAL AREA OF THE ALSO THE $14 $14,000-SQUARE-FOOT HANDICAP AREA. THE DETAIL OF THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN FURTHER. NEXT SLIDE.

THE SKOCHT PROJECT IS -- IT HAS A SEPARATE AREA FOR THE HANDICAP -- OR ACCESSIBLE 14,000 SQUARE FEET WHICH IS A SEPARATELY FENCED A AREA. THE 45,000-SQUARE-FOOT AREA IS COMPLETELY FENCED. TWO ENTRANCES ON THE ACCESSIBLE AREA. TWO ENTRANCES ON THE GENERAL AREA, AND THERE IS A ONE BIG ENTRANCE FOR THE EQUIPMENT TO COME IN TO MAINTAIN THE AREA. CUT THE GRASS AND MAINTAIN THE OTHER AREAS. THE SIX-FOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE IS PROVIDED AROUND THE MAIN AREA AND ACCESSIBLE AREA.

THE FENCED AREA IS 11,1100 FEET OF THE AREA.

A WATER POND IN THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWING THAT WE WILL SEE IN A MINUTE WHICH IS IN THE MAIN GENERAL AREA AND ALSO THE ACCESSIBLE AREA. THE LOCATION OF THE WATER POND IS DONE SUCH A WAY WE HAD A GRAPHIC IN THE A AREA AND ALL THE WATER THAT COMES IN, RAIN WATER DRAINS INTO THAT BOND.

AND WE WILL HAVE A SMALL PUMP IN THERE SO IT DOESN'T GET ALGAE AND ALL THAT IN IT. THE -- THE ACCESSIBLE AREA WILL HAVE THE ASTROTURF, ARTIFICIAL SERVICE TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE. THE HYDRATION STATION WHICH IS FOR THE DOGS TO GET THE WATER IF THE WATER IS NEEDED.

FUNDATION FOR SHADE STRUCTURE. ONE SHADE STRUCTURE IN THE HANDICAP AREA AND ONE IN THE GENERAL AREA.

THE WAY STATION IS PROVIDED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN BOTH A AREAS. AND ALSO CROSSWALK GOING INTO THE DOG PARK. I TALKED ABOUT THE FIVE GATES.

AND SO THE DOG PLAYING EQUIPMENT WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND I WILL SHOW IN A MINUTE THE LOCATIONS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

THE GENERAL AREA OF THE LOCATIONS IS SHOWN IN THIS SLIDE. I THINK IT IS KIND OF TOO MUCH CROWDED. BUT THE -- THE SIGNATURES OF THE SIGNS AND SHOW WHAT IT IS AND THE POND AREA AND THE DOG WALK AREA. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN THIS.

AND SO GOING INTO THE NEXT ONE, THE -- THE PET BOWL IS SHOWN IN HERE. THESE ARE THE AMENITIES IN THE DOG PARK. THERE WILL BE TWO BOWLS IN THE GENERAL AREA AND THE ACCESSIBLE AREA.

AND THE TWO MEGA -- METAL STRUCTURES THAT WILL BE IN THE PET AREA TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO SIT UNDERNEATH THAT SHADED STRUCTURE. NEXT ONE.

THERE WILL BE TWO DOG WALKS WILL BE PROVIDED WHICH WILL BE IN EACH AREA. THE RAIN MACHINE FOR THE

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ACCESSIBLE AREA. IT COMPLIES WITH THE AADA RULES AND THEIR DOGS HAVE THE SAME FACILITIES.

THE SINGLE ONE JUMP WILL BE PROVIDED IN THERE FOR DOGS TO JUMP OVER AND THEIR EXERCISE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE FENCE WILL BE PROVIDED AROUND THE COMPLETE AREA AND ACCESSIBLE AREA. THE TOTAL FENCE WILL BE 1100 FEET AND SIX FEET HIGH. BOTTOM PART OF THE FENCE AND THE DOGS WON'T CRAWL UNDERNEATH THE FENCE AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT. SIX BENCHES PROVIDED FOUR IN THE GENERAL AREA AND TWO IN THE ACCESSIBLE AREA FOR PEOPLE TO SIT THERE. RIGHT NEXT TO THE BENCHES -- NEXT SLIDE PLEASE -- IT WILL BE THE PET LEASH POLES.

IF YOU SIT DOWN ON THE BENCH YOU CAN TIE YOUR PET TO THE PET LEASH POLE SO THE PET CAN WALK AROUND THE POLE AND SO FORTH.

DOG WASTE DISPENSERS PROVIDED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, IF THE DOG DOES HIS NATURAL THING, THEY CAN USE THIS TO CLEAN IT UP. NEXT SLIDE.

LIKE I TALKED ABOUT AT THE WATER POND, THE BIGGER PORTION

WILL BE ON THE GENERAL SIDE. >> THE SMALLER SIDE.

THE SMALLER AREA AND BOTH THE AREAS WILL HAVE THE WATER ACCESS FOR THEIR DOGS TO GO PLAY IN THE WATER IF THEY NEED TO. WATER PROVIDED ON BOTH SIDES IF THEY WANT TO DO BARBECUING WHILE THEY ARE UP THERE.

I AM ALMOST FINISHED, JUDGE, I KNOW.

>> GO AHEAD. >> THE DOGS JUMPING -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. DOG HURDLE JUMPING HOOPS WILL BE PROVIDED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE MAIN AREA.

AND ALSO IN THE ACCESSIBLE AREA THAT WILL ALLOW THE DOGS TO GO THROUGH THE HOOPS AND SO FORTH. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE -- IF WE HAVE THE BUDGET FOR 400,000. ALL THE ITEMS THAT I SHOWED SO FAR WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT BUDGET.

THIS WE ARE GOING TO TRY SEE IF WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS I FIGURED IF WE CAN PUT THE BRIDGE OVER THE POND AREA, IT WILL LOOK NICER AND THE DOGS AND THE OWNERS CAN WALK OVER THE BRIDGE LIKE THEY ARE GOING OVER THE WATER POND AND SO FORTH. WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT IN THE BUDGET. ALSO I WAS IN SUGARLAND AND THEY HAVE THREE-ACRE BIG DOG PARK.

THEY HAVE IS CALLED A SANDBOX. THE DOGS CAN RUN THROUGH THE SANDBOX AND HAVE A FUN PARK. AND I SHOWED THE SANDBOX IN BOTH AREAS IF BUDGET CAN HAVE IT, THEN WE WILL HAVE THOSE SANDBOXES INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.

LAST SLIDE. LIKE I MENTIONED -- A TOTAL ESTIMATE OF 400,000. AND WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE BUDGET IN THAT AREA FOR THAT AMOUNT.

AND HOPEFULLY. IN THE -- IN THE AREA.

BUDGET ALSO. NEXT ITEM.

NEXT ITEM, PLEASE. THIS SHOWS THE KIND OF ROUGH SCHEDULE. ONCE YOU GUYS AGREE OR THE COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVE THE CONCEPT, WE WILL GO TO FINISH THE DESIGN IN TWO MONTHS OR LESS AND THE CONSTRUCTION REFEEL WILL BE GET DONE WITHIN THREE MONTHS OR LESS TIME FR FRAME. BUT WE WILL GET MORE DETAIL SCHEDULE AS PROGRESSED. ANY QUESTIONS?

>>JUDGE CANALES: LOOKS GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY?

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: LOOKS GOOD TO ME, MR. GOVIND.

>> IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT -- THE OLD PARK WAS 5300.

THIS IS 400,000 AND SEVEN AND A HALF TIMES BIGGER AND ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A FUN AND EXCITING TIME.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY. THANK YOU, GOVIND.

A PRESENTATION ONLY. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THE PARKING LOT IS ADJACENT TO THE PARK?

>> YES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIG DRAWING.

THE PARKING LOT -- THE PARKING AREA IS ALREADY THERE.

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AND WE ARE GOING TO MODIFY THAT TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESS AND AREA FOR THE HANDICAP AND A CR CROSSWALK GOING FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE DOG PARK ACROSS THE STREET.

ACCESSIBLE ACCESS. WHEELCHAIR ACCESS.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: FOR THE ADA?

>> FOR THE ADA PURPOSES. YES, SIR.

THERE IS A HATCHMARK CROSSWALK SHOWN -- RIGHT THERE.

AND THOSE THREE DOG PARKS, THOSE WILL BE LABELED AS THE HANDICAPPED AREA AND THE OTHER AREA WILL BE FOR THE REGULAR

PARK. >>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY, THANK

YOU. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: NO DOUBT WE ARE GETTING A LOT MORE FOR OUR MONEY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: APPRECIATE IT GOVIND.

THE NEXT -- THERE IS NO -- IT IS TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ONLY. OKAY.

SO LOUIE IS HERE. WE ARE GOING LET THESE FINE PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR LIVES H HERE.

LOUIE WILL -- I DID INTERRUPT DUE TO THAT 12:00 HARD STOP.

I DO APOLOGIZE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COURT.

YOUR HONOR, I DID NOT HAVE MUCH MORE TO SUPPORT.

THE RESIDENTS IN THE RURAL AREA ABOUT FLOODING SITUATION.

SAT DOWN FOR THAT MEETING. I STAYED ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF THAT, AND THEN I HAD TO MEET THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST OF ANOTHER MEETING GOING ON IN TEXAS A & M, CORPUS CHRISTI. SO IN THAT MEETING, WHAT I GOT FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT POINT OF VIEW IS THE RESIDENTS WANTED SOME TYPE OF ACTION TO HAPPEN.

I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT IS PUTTING THOSE MULTIJURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS, TXDOT, THE RAILROAD AND OURSELVES IN AN AREA AND SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY.

WE ARE ADDRESSING A LOT OF THE ISSUES BUT I BELIEVE THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE WE ARE NOT -- WE DON'T SEE THEM.

WE MAY TO A LOT OF THINGS BUT WE ARE NOT TELLING THEM BECAUSE THEY MAY BE IN THE WORKS AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY

ARE ON IMMEDIATELY. >>JUDGE CANALES: ONE OF THE THINGS THEY BROUGHT UP THAT WE CAN CURE AND MAY TAKE A DAY OR TWO. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A DATE AND REAL PLACE FOR ME IN JUNE AND JULY SO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND MAYBE THEY ARE WORKING ON SOLIDIFYING THE LOCATION FOR OUR NEW MEETINGS, BUT IF WE CAN GET THAT WORKED OUT.

WE HAVE GOT EVERYBODY'S NAMES AND NUMBERS.

ONE THING LATER IN THE AGENDA WE WILL HAVE HALFF & ASSOCIATES PRESENT. ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A WEB SITE AND I KNOW WE GAVE THEM ONE BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THAT MAY DATE AND THIS SUMMER DATE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE SAID JUNE OR JULY.

JUNE IS WHAT I KIND OF THINK IN MY HEAD.

, THAT RIGHT, GUYS? MAY, JUNE.

THEY HAVE THINGS TO DO. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHEN AND WHERE. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PUBLICIZING EVENTS WAY AHEAD BRINGS OUT A BETTER CROWD.

MY ASK OF YOU TO WORK WITH HALFF AND ASSOCIATES AND USEEN AND NAIL DOWN THE MAY AND JUNE DATE.

ONE OF THE REQUESTS I HEARD EASILY SATISFIED.

AND THE SECOND ONE IS THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS ME JUST SORT OF DIRECTING TO EVERYBODY. IF YOU GET TO A DEAD END SOMETIMES IT GETS FRUSTRATING. SO, AGAIN, WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO CALL LOUIE TO HELP FIX THAT PROBLEM QUICKER FOR YOU.

AND IF HE CAN'T, WE WILL TRY TO FIND A WAY TO ADDRESS IT.

AGAIN, WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WITH OUR OFFICE TALKING US TO HERE.

WE WANT TO SEE BOTH THE COMMUNICATION ON THE GOOD THINGS WE ARE SEEING AND WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COUNTYWIDE HAS GOT TO BE PART OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE INTERLOCALS AND MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

IF A CITY OF ROBSTOWN ISSUE I WILL WORK WITH COMMISSIONER MAREZ AFTER THIS MEETING TO SEE HOW WE CAN ASSIST TO THE ONE AREA YOU SAID, HEY, IT IS NOT YOU.

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IT IS ROBSTOWN AND YOU GUYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT.

ONE THING I WANT TO ASK JOHN, COMMISSIONER MAREZ -- I WROTE ALL -- I THINK IT WAS 52 B. IS THAT RIGHT? WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON THAT PIECE WITH THE CITY OF ROBSTOWN AND WE HAVE DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER 2 AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE PIECE WITH THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE DRIVEWAY THAT WAS HERE, THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BUT CERTAINLY IN THE OVERALL AREA OF WHAT I WOULD CALL -- IT IS AN EMERGENCY IF SOMEONE IS ABOUT TO TAKE AWAY SOMETHING. SO, AGAIN, I WILL LOOK TO SEE HOW PUBLIC WORKS CAN ASSIST US AS WELL.

THERE IS NO DOUBT, AGAIN, WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS MIGHT MEAN WORKING WITH GETTING THEM SOME HELP, HIKE YOU NEED TO CONTACT THE TITLE COMPANY, THE REALTOR, THE CITY.

BUT BEING A GOOD FACILITATOR IS BEING A PART OF GOOD GOVE GOVERNMENT. HELPING PEOPLE.

NOT JUST SAYING NO. FROM THERE, WE ASKED -- I THINK HE HAD TO LEAVE, BUT HOW TO HELP THAT GENTLEMAN -- IF WE CAN'T HELP HIM, MAYBE -- WE ARE GOING TO GET RIGHT TO YOU.

AND SO AT ANY RATE, THOSE ARE MY TWO DIRECTIVES FOR OUR OFFICE. TO GET THE DATE AND CREATE MORE WEB SITE ACCESS SO WHEN PROBLEMS COME UP, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT AN ALERT SYSTEM. AND I KNOW WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THAT WORKING ON BETTER WHAT THEY CALL THE

TWO-WAY SYSTEM. >> WHAT WE CAN DO IS POST THOSE DATES ON FACEBOOK SITES AND EVERYTHING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THEY WANT TO KNOW EARLIER RATHER THAN LATER.

LET YOU PASS THE BUCK. HE WAS ONLY HERE FOR HALF THE MEETING. HAVE YOU MADE PROGRESS.

>> WE TALKED TO THE CONST CONSTITUENTS, JUDGE.

AND GOOD FOR THEM. I KNOW THEY WILL STAY HERE FOR PRESENTATION FOR HALFF & ASSOCIATES TO LOOK WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO MITIGATE THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM WITHIN THEIR AREA. REGARD TO THE GENTLEMAN HERE DOING AN ILLEGAL SUBDIVISION, WE HAVE RULES AND REGULATIONS.

THE COUNTY DOES, AND UNDER THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS THEY HAVE GOT TO FOLLOW THEM. AND I HAVE A COPY OF THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS. I DID TALK TO THE GENTLEMAN AND WE ARE MEETING ON TUESDAY MORNING TO DISCUSS THAT.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DRAINAGE PRO PROBLEMS. IF YOU THINK WE ARE HAVING DRAINAGE PROBLEMS NOW, WE WILL HAVE MORE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. IF WE DON'T REGULATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CONSTITUENTS ARE FOLLOWING RULES AND REGULATIONS AND SUBDIVISION RULES, THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: YOU WILL BE MEETING ON TUESDAY.

I THINK THE SITUATION, JUAN, HE BELIEVES HIMSELF TO BE A VI VICTIM, NOT A VIOLATOR OF THE RULES.

>> YES, MA'AM, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

THE THING ABOUT IT IS THAT I CAN'T GET INTO THE CIVIL MATTER. IF HE HAS A LEGAL CIVIL MATTER.

I CAN ONLY DIRECT HIM TO WHAT HE NEEDS TO FOLLOW IN THE SUBDIVISION RULES AND ANYTHING BEYOND THAT, I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH ANY CIVIL MATTERS THAT MIGHT BECOME LEGAL CIVIL MATTERS. BUT THAT'S ALL I CAN DO.

>>JUDGE CANALES: A WAY YOU CAN WORK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY THAT YOU ACTUALLY DEI HAVE DECIPHERED.

>> WE DO DID, JUDGE. THERE IS CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN US AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. SO WE DO HAVE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP PEOPLE.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION WITH THE

COUNTY ATTORNEY. >>JUDGE CANALES: I WANT TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY BEFORE THE DRIVEWAY GETS DESTROYED IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS IF MAYBE YOU CAN HELP PROVIDING THAT BACKGROUND

DOCUMENTATION. >> WE HAVE BEEN IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIM SINCE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND MICHAEL FROM OUR OFFICE HAS MET WITH HIM CONTINUE WITH USUALLY.

THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS. LIKE YOU SAID, JUDGE, THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT WAS DEEDED TO H HIM.

AND HE BOUGHT IT. AND NEVER GOT PLATTED.

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HE'S -- THERE IS NO ACCESS. THE NEIGHBOR NEXT TO HIM WANTS TO DO THE SAME ANYTHING. THEN THE NEIGHBOR NEXT TO HIM WILL DO THE SAME THING. WE WILL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE THAT IS GOING TO KEEP ON GOING. BUT I GUESS ONE OF THE LADIES HERE IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT CALLED ME COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS. SHE WAS UPSET THEY WERE ALLOWING HIM TO PUT A DRIVEWAY ACCESS ON COUNTY ROAD 52.

SHE LEFT A WHILE AGO. SHE IS THE ONE CALLING MY OFFICE AND COMPLAINING ALSO ABOUT THIS ILLEGAL SUBDIVISION.

WE DID DISCUSS THAT IN OUR MEETING AT 1:00.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY, AGAIN, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THESE ARE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE POTENTIAL LITIGATION, SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE HEADS UP TO IT.

>> YES, JUDGE. WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATEDING WITH COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ. I MET WITH HIM AND TALKED TO HIM AND DISCUSS THIS ISSUE REGARDING THIS MATTER.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE AS FAR AS RESOLUTIONS.

ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT. >> JUDGE, I WILL RECOMMEND THAT -- AND I KNOW THE CONSTITUENTS -- I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN SIGNATURE HERE SINCE 8:00. HALFF AND ASSOCIATES AND WHAT THEIR PLAN IS OF MITT GATING THIS AREA BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN STUDIES AND RECOMMENDATION. NEXT ONE HAVE HALFF AND

ASSOCIATES. >>JUDGE CANALES: I SEE THEM IN THE ROOM AND WORKING DILIGENTLY TOWARD THAT GOAL.

>> THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU.

>>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: THANK YOU, JUAN.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WILL TELL YOU IN LOOKING AT THE AGENDA JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT SPECIAL PIECES OF TODAY'S COURT, I DID HAVE THOSE PEOPLE -- I HAVE GOT SOME PUBLIC COMMENT FOLKS ONLINE THAT WERE WAITING FROM THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 15.

AND I TRIED MY BEST TO TELL THEM AROUND THE O'CLOCK HOUR.

I AM GOING TO TAKE THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING AS WELL.

AND I KNOW HALFF JUST ARRIVED AND GIVING ME THE NUMBS UP.

I WILL TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN MOVE HALFF & CACHE ASSOCIATES NEXT. I HAVE ON MY RECORDS THAT ITEM NUMBER 10. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ IS NEXT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: GO TO THE OTHER GENTLEMAN WHO IS H HERE. I'M HERE ALL EVENING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: YOU DON'T MIND?

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I DON'T MIND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WILL YIELD ON MY ITEM NUMBER 11 BECAUSE WE ALREADY GOT A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION.

WE TABLED 12 AND 13. 14 IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION I ITEM. AND ITEM 15 IS WHERE WE ARE AT NEXT AN THEN TO THAT DRAINAGE. SEE HOW QUICKLY WE JUST GOT

[15. Discuss and consider allocating Hurricane Harvey insurance settlement funds.]

THROUGH ALL OF THOSE. NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 15. AND IT IS I HAVE BEEN TOLD WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ALLOCATION OF HURRICANE HARVEY FUNDS AND ON THE LINE WITH US IS -- ACTUALLY MAY, YOU ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND ONLINE. THAT'S OKAY.

I AM READY TO CALL YOU FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.

I WILL JUST SORT OF INTRODUCE IT TO SAY TO THE AUDIENCE THAT RECENTLY THE COUNTY DID RECEIVE INSURANCE PROCEEDS FROM A LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED ON BEHALF OF NUECES COUNTY OF LLOYD OF LONDON HURRICANE HARVEY HURRICANE DAMAGE.

AND THOSE PROCEEDS NET OF ALL EXPENSES AROUND THE $12.5 MILLION RANGE. THE REASON I PLACED THIS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE THESE FUNDS TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE COUNTY AND I KNOW THAT SCOTT CROSS DIRECTOR OF COASTAL PARKS MENTIONED LAST COURT OR TWO COURTS AGO. HE WANTED TO CONSIDER MAKING REPAIRS AT THE COASTAL PARK BUILDINGS BUILDING DAMAGED BY

COMMISSIONER HARVEY. >>JUDGE CANALES: IV MARC MCGHEE, THE DIRECT HIT FROM HURRICANE HARVEY AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MY MIND TO USE THESE INSURANCE FUNDS IN THE

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COASTAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE HARDEST HIT WAS AND USE THOSE AS WE CALL FORCE MULTIPLIER. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ALSO CONSIDER THE DISCUSSION OF PUTTING IT EQUALLY, THE REMAINING AMOUNTS BOTH IN THE INLAND PARKS IN THE COASTAL PARKS. EDWARD, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO BE HERE BUT I HOPE THAT PLEASES YOU.

I THINK THERE IS AVAILABLE HERE.

WE HAVE AN AMAZING DESIGN FOR HILLTOP AND HAVE NO MONEY.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US DID KATE REAL CORE DOLLARS TO H HILLTOP AND HAVE A PHASED IN APPROACH.

BOB HALL PIER, IT IS EVIDENCE TO DO THE BASICS AND THE A BE SOLUTE NEEDS GOING LIGHTER AND CREATING THE BATHROOM FACILITIES, IT NEEDS EXTRA MONEY.

THIS IS WHY IT'S ON THE AGENDA SOME PEOPLE HERE EARLIERA AND MAY HAVE STUCK IT OUT. THAT IS THE SETTING-UP OF THE ITEM TO TALK OF HURRICANE SETTLEMENT.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION JUDGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: YES. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: WHEN

YOU GIVE ME A CHANCE -- >>JUDGE CANALES: I'M HAPPY TO DO IT AND PITCH TO MAY NARDONE.

GO AHEAD. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN HERE THAT I KNOW THE DAMAGE WAS DONE IN THE COASTAL AREA AND GLAD TO HEAR SOME OF THIS WILL GO TO INLAND PARKS. BUT ALWAYS -- IT IS A NUECES COUNTY MONEY AND NUECES COUNTY DAMAGES SO MAY PLAN $4 MILLION TO THE MCGHEE, $4 MILLION TO HILLTOP, 4 MILLION -- WHAT I WANTED TO DO THE WESTERN PART OF -- YOU MENTIONED THE INLAND PARKS, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN BUILDING BECAUSE WE WANT TO UPGRADE BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN BUILDING, THE CLINIC FOR PARKS AND FOR LIGHTING AND THOSE AREAS.

SO I THINK IN ALL FAIRNESS, THAT ALWAYS GIVING ALL THE MONEY TO THE COASTAL PARKS. COASTAL AREA BECAUSE MOST OF THE -- ALL THIS IS COUNTY MO MONEY.

SO I THINK AT ONE POINT WHEN WE START SAYING -- LET'S START TAKING CARE OF THE AREA AND I THINK YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE WHO SAID WE WILL DO ENOUGH OVER THIS.

AND I THINK THIS TIME A CHANCE FOR US TO DO SOMETHING.

AND THE ROOF IS HERE. AND THE CLINIC SO I THINK THE PARKS ARE DARK. AND TO PUT LIGHTING UP THERE.

AND BISHOP PARK. SO THOSE -- THIS IS KIND OF MY

RECOMMENDATION -- >>JUDGE CANALES: COMMISSIONER, WE ARE NOT FAR APART ON SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WE HAVE, CAN I REMIND THAT YOU IF A GEE ONLY NEEDS 2 MILLION.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THAT IS EVEN BETTER FOR US.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

>>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: JUDGE, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ TO PUT MORE MONEY.

I PAID $23,000 FOR HAZEL BAZEMORE ON THE NEW ROAD WE MADE. IT CAME OUT OF MY BUDGET AND I AM HOPING THAT YOU WILL FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO GIVE US SOME MONEY. THAT WE THINK WE DESING.

PLENTY OF PROJECTS TO GET DONE IN MY AREA.

THANK YOU. JU

>>JUDGE CANALES: AGAIN, $4 MILLION FOR HILLTOP IS APPROPRIATE. AND 2 MILLION FOR MAGHEE AND WE COULD BE A LITTLE OFF. AND I DO SEE DOLLARS FOR INLAND PARKS AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT OUR BOB HALL PIER NEEDS TO BE REBUILT AND WE MADE GREAT COMMITMENT AND INSURANCE FUNDS, WHAT GREAT ABOUT IT THAT SOME WILL BE USED TO GENERATE REVENUES AND THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO FUND OTHER PRO PROJECTS. NOT MANY PROJECTS THAT WE CAN DO BOTH AND HERE YOU CAN DO BOTH.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DOLLARS GO TO BOB HALL PIER OUT OF THE INSURANCE PROCEEDS TO HELP US. AND I LOVE THE $4 MILLION TO HILTON. I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST FIVE AND TAKE ANOTHER MILLION AND TUESDAY FOR INLAND PARKS AND BUILDINGS, I FEEL THAT IS YOUR $5 MILLION TO INLAND PARKS AND COMMUNITY CENTER. I DON'T HAVE IS A BREAKDOWN, EDWARD OF HOW THAT WILL WORK. I AM TRYING TO GET THE IDEA GOING. I WOULD WELCOME YOUR SUGGESTION THAT A MILLION MIGHT BE JUST OFF.

MIGHT BE GOLDILOCKS BUT TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE.

>>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: NOT ENOUGH, JUDGE.

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WE NEED TO FIX OUR COMMUNITY CENTER IN DRISCOL.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WILL NEED EDWARD --

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: CAN I FINISH.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I AM SORRY, WITH COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: BOTH OF YOU JUMPED IN.

JUDGE, BECAUSE BUILDING A CLINIC THAT IS COMING UP.

RIGHT OFF THE BAT WE KNOW $2 MILLION TO $3 MILLION, YOU KNOW SET ASIDE TWO MILLION, TWO MILLION TO BOB HALL PIER AND $2 MILLION TO MAGHEE. THERE IS ANOTHER $2 MILLION THAT I AM LOOKING AT WITH JUAN. MIGHT BE SOME MONEY LEFT OVER WITH PROJSZ AND THIS MONEY CAN ALSO GO TO THE CALDERON CLINIC.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I HAVE ALL KINDS OF HANDS UP.

AND I AM GOING TO TELL CON TOW HANG ON FOR A SECOND.

GO AHEAD. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: BUT I AM THINKING THAT AT ONE POINT WE NEED TO BE FAIR WITH WHERE THE MONEY GOES AND -- YOU KNOW, BELIEVE ME, I SUPPORT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO WILDFIRE THE COASTAL PARKS, NO PROBLEM. WE NEED IT AND THE PIER NEEDS IT. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE WESTERN SIDE A LOT MORE THAN WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT IT. THIS IS THE TIME WE NEED TO HELP HIM AND THE TIME WE NEED TO HELP FOR THE WESTERN PARK.

THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: I HAVE ALL KIND OF REQUESTS HERE. BUT I ALWAYS TAKE COMMISSIONERS FIRST. SO MAY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL LET YOU TAKE A SEAT. EDWARD IF YOU HOLD AS WELL.

COMMISSIONER CHESNEY, YIELD TO HIM.

COME BACK TO DIRECTORS. BOTH DIRECTORS WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CHESNEY.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: THE COMMENTS I SAID IN THE PAST TO HAVE SOME OF THAT MONEY SPENT ON ACTUAL HARVEY DAMAGE REPAIRS BECAUSE THAT IS THE MONEY WE GOT FOR.

I AM NOT OPPOSED SPENDING A VAST MAJORITY OF THIS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. I THINK THAT IS ONLY FAIR.

THE ONE PROJECT I KNOW SCOTT CROSS IS GOING TO BRING FORWARD TODAY WAS ACTUAL REPAIRS FROM JAVY THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE FUNDING AND PATE FOR THE SETTLEMENT TO DO REPAIRS AND THAT IS ONE OF THE A AREAS THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE USED IN OUR DAMAGE MODEL TO SHOW THAT WE SHOULD GET THESE THINGS BACK AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE.

AND THE VALLEY PARK OFFICE THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED BY THE HURRICANE IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS I WOULD LIKE THE COURT TO CONSIDER AND SCOTT CROSS HAS THAT INFORMATION I THINK FOR THE COURT TODAY. I ALSO AGREE THAT -- I THINK WHEN YOU REALLY DO THE FINE TUNING THAT IVY MAGHEE WILL BE $2.5 MILLION WITH EVERYTHING EXTRA PUT INTO THAT AND CERTAINLY WHILE I APPRECIATE GONZALEZ SAYING 4, BUT $2.5 MILLION FOR IVY MCGHEE. AND I HOPE SOME OF IT CAN GO TO BOB HALL. AND I THINK HILLTOP IS A GREAT AND FANTASTIC PROJECT. I WOULD SUPPORT REHABBING THAT FACILITY. WE HAVE CIP FUNDS LEFT FOR HILLTOP AND WE WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE WE DID ASSIGN SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.

KNOW WE REASSIGNED THEM AS WE WERE GOING FORWARD AND THAT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER ALSO THAT THERE IS SOME THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE DID HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AREAS IN THE COUNTY NOT JUST COASTAL PARKS AND WE WERE HARDEST HIT AND THAT IS WHY WE GOT SETTLEMENT FUNDS. AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTIES THAT NEED WORK AND I SUPPORT LOOKING AT THOSE AREAS AS WELL.

BUT I CONCUR WITH THE JUDGE THAT EVEN DOING THE BASICS FOR BOB HALL PIER AND THE BASICS MEANING NOT THE SECOND STORE HE, NOT THE EXTRA SPACE OR ALL THE THINGS.

NOT EXTENDING THE PIER. I AM NOT TALKING ANY OF THOSE THINGS. WE ARE SHORT FOR WHAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE. THE PARKING LOT IS AN AREA FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY I DON'T THINK THE GAO WILL GIVE US MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THINGS ON THE BEACH.

I THINK WE CAN POSSIBLY HOLD OFF ON A PARKING LOT OTHER THAN ADA REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO FULFILL.

AND CERTAINLY WE WILL WANT TO DO THOSE.

BUT I THINK A LOT OF THINGS TO DISCUSS BECAUSE THIS WASN'T A

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LOT IN THE AGENDA AND GENERAL COMMENTS AND I THINK WE CAN COME TO A CONSENSUS BUT THE COURT NEEDS TO BE AWARE ADDITIONAL SET -- NOT A SMALL AMOUNT JUST DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THAT PIER BACK TO WHAT IT IS TAKE IT LACK TO A ONE-STORY RESTAURANT, CONCESSIONS, BATHROOMS. A PIER WITH NO EXTRA. ANY EXTRA WOULD BE THE WIDENING AND I AGREE WITH THE JUDGE AND CONSENSUS OF FISHERMEN.

WE NEED TO WIDEN IT. THE $18 MILLION WON'T COVER IT MORE THAT THE $24 MILLION RANGE AND I MAY BE AT A LOSS.

BUT THE FASTEST CALCULATION THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GET IT ALL AND WON'T BE ABLE TO DO IT ALL AND A COURT DECISION AND I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE GREAT VERY MUCH AND THIS COURT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF THE COASTAL PARK PROJECTS AND NOT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DO IT.

I LOOK AT BOB HALL LIKE THE COURT HOUSE.

BOB HALL PIER IS IN MY PRECINCT AND IT IS A COUNTY ICONIC TH THING. THE COURTHOUSE IS IN SOMEONE ELSE'S PRECINCT AND ANY REPAIRS TO THE JAIL I DON'T COUNT THAT AGAINST A COMMISSIONER BECAUSE NOT A FAIR THING TO DO.

THE BOB HALL ATMOSPHERE IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF MY BUT A NUECES COUNTY PROJECT AND HAPPENS TO BE IN THE PRECINCT . WE TALK OF THE COURTHOUSE AND MILLIONS TO SPEND THERE AND TALK ABOUT THE JAIL AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS THAT PEOPLE THROW OUT THE NUMBER THERE. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT IT THAT A COMMISSIONER GOT THAT.

NOT JUST A COMMISSIONER'S PROJECTS BUT HAPPENS TO BE IN THE PRECINCT. I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND

MAKE PROGRESS ON THAT. >> LET THE DIRECTORS OF COASTAL PARK. EDWARD AND CALL ON SCOTT CROSS AND THEN ASK MAY. COMMISSIONER MAREZ.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: I WILL WAIT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: HE WILL FINE. EDWARD AND COMMISSIONER MAREZ

IF HE WANTS TO CHIME IN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE.

BOTH COMMISSIONERS HERNANDEZ -- I HAD THE PLEASURE WITH COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ AND MAREZ TO DO TOURS OF THEIR PRECINCTS. THE RURAL AREAS WERE NOT SEXY, FANCY BUT WE ARE FOR THE PEOPLE.

YOU PAY YOUR TAXES YOU WANT TO GO ENJOY YOURSELF AT THE PARK.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE THERE FOR. TALKING ABOUT WEATHER.

A LOT OF THE PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY FLOODS AND A LOT OF THE DAMAGE WHICH THE COMMISSIONER HAVEN'T BROUGHT UP.

A LOT OF OUR PARKING LOTS, ROADWAYS AND INPARKS ARE DAMAGED. PITTED AND BEYOND RELIEF.

THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

JUAN ALLOWED US TO USE SOME OF HIS MATERIALS AND WE IT CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND END UP HAVING TO DO IT MORE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS IN THE RURAL AREA. PART OF THAT IS COMMISSIONER SAID THE CLINICS. WE TOUR THE CLINIC THAT NEED TO BE REDONE, WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE THAT FOR THE EURAL AREA BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR POPULATION OVER THERE.

THE LIGHTING THAT COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER MAREZ HAVE RECEIVED REQUESTS FOR ARE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS WHERE EVERYBODY HAS BEEN CLOSETED FOR ALL THIS TIME AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET OUT AND ENJOY THEMSELVES AND THEY WANT TO SEE, DO AND FEEL IS WHAT I CALL IT.

THEY GO OUT AND JOINTS OF COMMISSIONERS.

GOT THE CHANCE AT MYAL MA M MATTER TO GET THE ISD AND HE SAW WHAT THE KIDS WERE DOING AND HOW THIS BENEFITS OR WILL BENEFIT THEM IN THE FUTURE AND HAS DONE MONIES TO DO THAT.

IN ROBSTOWN AND ORTIZ PARK, IN CONJUNCTION TO THE SOCCER LEAVE THAT DR. BORCHARD IS TRYING. A REALLY GOOD PROJECT AND SPENT ALL THIS MONEY TO LIFT UP THE FIELD BECAUSE WE ARE IN A FLOOD ZONE. WHERE THE MONEY WILL COME IN HAND TOW ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT FLOODING AND COST IN THE RURAL AREA AND THINGS IN THE PARK BUT THINGS WE NEED TO DO THAT WILL HELP THE COMMUNITY AS A WHEEL TO USE THE FACILITY MUCH BETTER. THE ADDITIONAL BATHROOMS. A LOT OF OUR STRUCTURES, HAZEL BAZEMORE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT BATHROOM IS OVER 50 YEARS OLD. IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1940S.

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SOLID CONCRETE BUILT OVER CINDERBLOCK.

PART OF THE GLEM WE ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP THERE ALONG WITH THE SPLASH PAD WE ARE LOOKING TO PUT ON WITH THE DOG PARK.

THESE ARE ALL THIS I THINK SO THAT WILL WORK TOGETHER THAT WILL INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION OUT IN THE RURAL AREA AND DEFINITELY A NEED SCENE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF DOING THESE TOURS. THANK YOU, JUDGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WILL CALL ON SCOTT CROSS.

SCOTT? >> I'M HERE.

GETTING LOADED UP HERE. I AM ONLY HERE TO SPEAK TO -- TO DAMAGE STRUCTURAL FACILITIES THAT WERE PART OF THIS CLAIM.

NOTHING NEW. NOTHING FANCY.

NOTHING THOUGHT ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO FIX WHAT IS BROKE.

SO I PROVIDED THE JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONER.

TO THE ENGINEER THAT COULD BE THE BUILDING ASSESSMENT RIGHT AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY. THAT ASSESSMENT CAME IN AT $ $58,750. I WILL REPEAT, $589,750.

DETAILED LINE ITEM ASSESSMENT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO FIX WHAT IS BROKEN. IN A ASSESSMENT, THEY HAVE A CONTINGENCY ON THOSE SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS. IF IT COSTS MORE THAN THE ESTIMATED.

MAYBE COSTS LESS AND THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET IS CONTINUING TO GO OUT OF CONTROL.

WE DON'T KNOW. HOWEVER IN THIS ESTIMATE, IT DOES NOT HAVE -- I WILL REPEAT, IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY OTHER CONTINGENCY FOR UNKNOWN CONDITIONS.

IN IB MAGHEE. TEARING OFF STUCCO YOU ARE GETTING INTO ALL MONEY. I RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] -- AND MAKE IT $689,750.

MONEY DOESN'T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE.

I HAVE TO COME TO YOU FOR APPROVAL ANYHOW.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HARD TO COME BACK OVER IVY MAGHEE EVERY TIME I HAD A COST ADJUSTMENT I NEEDED TO MAKE.

HARD FOR YOU AND HARD FOR ME. LET'S PUT OURSELVES IN THAT SITUATION. SECONDLY --

[INAUDIBLE] >>JUDGE CANALES: HOLD ON, SCOTT, WE ARE LOSING YOUR SIGNAL.

-- >> LET ME TAKE THE VIDEO OFF.

WILL THAT DO BETTER? >>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK IT

IS. >> BETTER?

HELLO. >>JUDGE CANALES: WE ARE GOOD.

>> SO MAGHEE, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW.

AND I COULD NOT GIVE THE COMMISSIONER AN ANSWER TO THIS EARLIER. AND THIS.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU --

>>JUDGE CANALES: SCOTT, WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH

YOUR AUDIO. >> OFFICE FURNITURE DELAYS AND COSTS ARE REALLY INFLATED RIGHT NOW.

SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DO. YOU CAN'T HAVE A BUILDING AND NO FURNITURE TO USE IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COST IS GOING TO BE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CAST OF THE FLAT ROOF.

THEY ARE GETTING CLOSE TO HAVING A SOLUTION BECAUSE OF THESE WINDSTORM REQUIREMENTS. IT HAS GOTTEN REAL DIFFICULT.

SO I -- [INAUDIBLE] THAT IS COMING. AND JUST TO HELP THE COMMISSION WE ARE SOMETHING HE BROUGHT UP -- COMMISSIONER CHESNEY, WHAT HE BROUGHT UP EARLIER -- [INAUDIBLE]

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I CAN'T.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I AM HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE.

YOU ARE TOO. >> I SENT HIM AN E-MAIL TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE WINDOW IF HE IS USING WI-FI.

IT MAY GET US TO HEAR -- >>JUDGE CANALES: SCOTT, HOLD YOUR THOUGHT. I HAVE THE GIST OF IT.

I ACTUALLY HAVE THE AMOUNT AMOUNT, COMMISSIONER CHESNEY,

1,591,188. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: JUDGE,

I THINK THAT IS SHORT. >>JUDGE CANALES: IT IS ONE LINE ITEM. I AM ABOUT TO GET THERE.

THE POINT IS APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION.

I WILL GO THROUGH THE LINE ITEMS BUT NEVER MIND.

LET'S HEAR FROM MAY WHO HAS BEEN WAITING FOR PUBLIC COM COMMENT. SEE IF WE CAN GET SCOTT BACK ON. THERE ARE MULTIPLE ITEMS LISTED

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ONE IS THE TEMPORARY BUILDING FOR I B MAGHEE.

ONE IS THE ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT WHICH I JUST QUOTED AND THEN CHANGE ORDER AND WHEN YOU ADD THEM ALL TOGETHER.

THEY GET VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE $2 MILLION ONE OF THEM CAME FROM, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS COURT ON 4/8/2037 AND OTHER LATER IN TIME. I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU BOTH OF THEM BUT ANYWAY. MAY?

>> HELLO, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. WELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN. BUT I GUESS I AM GOING TO START WITH, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY I THE EXISTING CONCESSIONEER AT BOB HALL PIER WHICH I HAVE BEEN SINCE 2013, I AM VERY PASSIONATE OF BOB HALL PIER. I OWN ANOTHER BUSINESS ON THE ISLAND AS A INSURANCE AGENT. I KNOW OF INSURANCE PAYMENTS AND THE CLAIMS AND PAYOFF AND SO FORTH.

I ALSO KNOWING ABOUT THE CONCESSIONEER.

PEOPLE ASK BECAUSE AS GOVERNOR GONZALEZ MENTIONED EARLIER IN ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE ELSE -- HE IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT HE SAID TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY THERE.

THE ONE -- THOSE WHO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, RIGHT WHAT BETTER PERSON. WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE RESTAURANT OWNER -- I WOULD LIKE TO A RESTAURANT BUILT FOR ME ON THE WATER. IT IS NOT ABOUT THAT BUT REBUILDING SOMETHING THAT WAS THERE.

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, A WHOLE COMMUNITY.

IT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT THE COUNTY, IT EFFECTS THE WHOLE CITY WHAT WE HAVE UP THERE. EVERY TIME BOB HALL PIER HAS BEEN REBUILT. IT HAS BEEN BUILT BETTER AND BETTER, AND YES, I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE RENDERINGS AND WITH WE CAN HAVE UP THERE AND A LOT OF IT CAME BACK FROM WHAT THE SURVEYS CAME BACK WHAT WE COULD HAVE UP THIS.

WITHOUT A DREAM, WE CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING.

EVERYTHING STARTS WITH THE DREAM.

I WOULDN'T HAVE THE RESTAURANT AT BOB HALL PIER IF I DIDN'T SEE ONE CONCESSIONEER NOT MAKING IT HOUR AFTER HOUR.

I THOUGHT IF I COULD EVER HAVE THIS PLACE, WHAT I WOULD DO ABOUT THIS. NOT ABOUT ME.

WHATEVER I DO WILL OUTLIVE ME AND THE FUTURE OF BOB HALL PIER AND WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE AND THE OPPORTUNITY.

I WILL FURTHER MY INSURANCE HAT ON.

NOW WE HAVE INSURANCE MONEY CAME FROM DAMAGES FROM FACILITIES ON THE COAST FROM PORT A TO BOB HALL PIER.

AS SCOTT CROSS POINTED OUT THEIR COUNTY BUILDING WAS DAMAGED. I HEARD FROM THE COASTAL PARK BOARD. BOB HALL IN THE NEWSROOM TALKING ABOUT WHEN WILL THEY DO SOMETHING BETTER FOR KING PAVILION THAT HAD DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE HANNA AND ALL FROM HURRICANE HARVEY. SO MANY GREAT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO OUT THERE AND NOT -- I AGREE THAT THE REST OF THE COUNTY NEEDS MONEY. EVERYBODY NEEDS MONEY, RIGHT.

I THINK A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU ARE CYCLE FOR IS GR GREAT, IT NEEDED. BUT PAY ATTENTION TO THE FACT IT WAS INSURANCE MONEY AND GO BACK FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE DAMAGED BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANE.

THAT IS ME TALKING AS AN INSURANCE AGENT.

WHEN I GIVE SOMEBODY MONEY THEY ARE USED TO REPAIR THEIR HOME BUSINESSES. NOT TO THE BUY ANOTHER HOUSE OR SOMETHING ELSE. SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE FAIR HOW WE USE OUR MONEY.3 AND THAT IS ME NOW TALKING OF A TAXPAYER AND NOT ONLY ANOTHER BUSINESS THINK THAT OWN PROPERTIES ON THE ISLAND. WOW, WHAT WE SHOULD FOCUS THAT MONEY WHERE IT CAME FROM AND PART OF IT IS BOB HALL PIER.

PART OF THAT WAS THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE BUILDING WHICH WAS THE CONCESSIONEER BUILDING THE RESTAURANT AND KITCHEN WAS.

THAT WAS DAMAGE WITH HARVEY AND EVEN WORSE WITH HANNA.

BOTTOM LINE, I FEEL WHAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE THAT MONEY WILL BE USED FOR THAT. COMMISSIONER CHESNEY SAID, WHAT IS IT HIS RATE OF RETURN. HE THAT TO ME NUMEROUS TIMES.

ONE THING OF BOB HALL PIER. NUMBERS ARE OUT THERE.

YOU SEE IT. I KNOW IT.

I OPPONENT TO NEED TO SAY IT AGAIN.

WE PRODUCE REVENUE. WE ARE CIVIL SELF-ON THE ISLAND

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WITH THE COASTAL PARKS. PEOPLE WILL DO GREAT THINGS AND WE CAN DO THAT. ONE OF THE REASONS I MENTIONED THE SECOND FLOOR AS COMMISSIONER CHESNEY MENTIONED BEFORE AS THE AD HOC EXISTING CONCESSIONEER AS A PERSON WHO HAD A PLACE IN THERE SINCE 2013.

I KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT AND I MADE REFERENCE TO COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ WHAT HE MENTIONED EARLIER I WAS ON THE GROUND. I KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT AND WHAT THEY ASK FOR BECAUSE HE WAS THE RESTAURANT AND CONCESSIONEER. THEY WANT RESTAURANTS AND FUNDRAISERS LIKE BARE FRONT MARDI GRAS.

WE WANT IT NOT IN BUT ON THE ISLAND AND AN OPPORTUNITY DO THAT AND GUESS WHAT, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, Y'ALL GET A KICK BACK FROM THAT. YOU MAKE A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE DO THROUGH. THAT WILL COME BACK.

LET'S TALK ABOUT -- OH, WEDDINGS AND WHATEVER.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET MARRIED ON THE BEACH.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE ROOM. I COULDN'T SHUT DOWN THE RESTAURANT. THE SAT THERE AND PAID ATTENTION OF WHAT COMMISSIONER CHESNEY.

WHAT IS THE RATE OF RETURN? WE DON'T JUST HAVE THE MONEY.

WE GOT TO PAY FOR IT. AND I DID MY HOMELANDWORK AND DID SOMEONE THANK IT WEDDINGS ON THE BEACH AT PORT ARANAS.

35% OF THAT IS OUT OF STATE. WHAT WILL THAT TRICKLE DOWN TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. MORE FLIGHTS COMING INTO AN AIRPORT WE ARE TRYING INCREASE? HOTEL TAX MONEY WITH ALL THE HOTELS AND VRBOS AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE.

ALL THE RESTAURANTS, RETAIL OUR FACILITIES WE HAVE AROUND LIKE ON AUTHORITY BEACH. WE HAVE GREAT PLACES TO GO AND VISIT AND THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER, THEY MIGHT COME BACK AND A LOT OF THEM DO AND SOME OF THEM END UP MOVING HERE AND THAT IS EVEN BETTER.

I ASK PEOPLE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE INFLUENCE AND OUT OF STATE. HOW DO YOU FIND CORPUS CHRISTI.

THEY SAID I'M HERE ON VACATION. AND I HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT AN LIVE AND MOVE MY FAMILY HERE. NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE 70-PLUS EMPLOYEES THAT LOST JOBS TO REOPEN.

TRUST ME, THEY ARE DYING FOR US TO REOPEN.

IT IS JUST A WIN-WIN. IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER, WHY SHOULDN'T WE WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT. DO WE NEED THE BIG HOOPLA, NO.

DOWN TO BASICS. WHEN WE LOOK AT IT AND ASK ME WHAT I THINK. I THINK IT IS A FISHING PIER.

WE DON'T NEED EXTRA. WHY DO WE NEED A SECOND LEVEL? DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMETHING GRAND, BUT SECOND LEVEL TO DO EVENTS AN GENERATE MORE REVENUE TO HELP PAY FOR THAT $2 MILLION MORE TO DO A SECOND LEVEL. ONLY $2 MILLION.

YOU WILL GET THAT BACK IN FIVE YEARS OR LESS.

SO I GUESS IT IS JUST ME. I WANTING TO SEE.

I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER BUCKETS WHERE WE CAN GET MONEY.

I WAS IN LEADERSHIP CORPUS CHRISTI AND IN AUSTIN.

AND AN OPPORTUNITY SPEAK TO PEOPLE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY OUT THERE AND GOT TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO WERE TELLING ME THAT THEY ARE MISSING THE BOAT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME YOU ARE ASKING FOR MONEY AVAILABLE WILLING TO GIVE US.

TALK ABOUT SHOVEL EARLIER AND SHOVEL READY.

SOMETHING THAT IS SHOVEL READY TO QUALIFY AS MORE MONEY.

I DON'T SEE IT AS A PROBLEM. IF WE DREAM BIG, WE CAN DO IT.

IT COMES DOWN TO MONEY. WE HAVE THE MONEY BUT TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT IN OUR POCKETS TO GET US TO DO

SOMETHING BETTER. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANKS, MAY.

SCOTT FIXED HIS AUDIO. >> 689,850 FOR THE PARK OF OFFICE. WE WILL GET THAT BACK TO PREHURRICANE HANNA -- HURRICANE HARVEY, SORRY, HURRICANE HARVEY STORM IMPACTS. NOTHING NEW AND FANCY.

BACK TO WHAT IT IS A. THE IB MAGHEE OFFICE FURNITURE.

I HAVE TO WORK ON PURCHASING TO GET THAT NUMBER.

I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW AND A FLAT ROOF THEY ARE WORKING ON A NUMBER OFF THIS A PLAN CONTINUE TO COVER.

AND COST-TO-DATE COMMISSIONER CHESNEY WITH IB MAGHEE IS 2.7 MILLION. AND TO ACTUALLY HELP COMMISSIONER CHESNEY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY EARLIER IF YOU BUILD BACK BOB HALL PIER RIGHT WHERE IT WAS BEFORE HANNA, WITH YOUR CONTINGENCY, YOU ARE AT $22,-- $22 MILLION, 028,456 IF

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YOU BUILD IT BACK LIKE BEFORE. AND THAT'S IT AND AURAL THE IMPACT I HAVE. I AM MAINLY FOCUSED OF IB

MAGHEE AND PADRE. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU.

IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT PRESENTATIONS. WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY

RESOLUTIONS TODAY. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: JUDGE

CAN I -- MAY I ASK A QUESTION? >>JUDGE CANALES: YES.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO -- AND COURT MAY NOT WANT TO DO IT TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AT LEAST FIX THE PADRE VALLEY PARK BUILDING WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FIVE YEARS.

A HARD COST. HARD NUMBER.

ABSOLUTELY MONEY WE GOT FROM INSURANCE SETTLEMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD GETTING THAT DONE TODAY OR GETTING THAT MOVING.

BECAUSE IT'S GETTING WORSE. IT IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE

AND WORSE. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: COMMISSIONER I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING DURING THE RIBBON CUTTING.

BUT I -- I AGREE WITH HIM ON THAT ONE.

SECOND THE MOTION. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: MOVE THAT SCOTT CROSS WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH PURCHASING TO --

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: SO MOVED.

>>JUDGE CANALES: YOU HAVE COMMISSIONER CHESNEY MAKING A MOTION AND ANOTHER -- I WILL LET COMMISSIONER CHESNEY FINISH THE MOTION AND YOU HAVE EVERYONE READY TO CONCUR.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: THANK YOU. I WILL MOVE THAT WE ALLOW THE COASTAL PARKS DIRECTOR TO GET WITH PURCHASING AND MOVE FORWARD WITH AN IFB BID ON THE COASTAL PARK -- P ADRE VALLEY PARK NOT TO EXCEED THE CONTINGENCY THAT SCOTT CROSS TO

BE ALLOCATED. >> 69,750 FOR THE CLERK.

THAT IS WHAT SCOTT SAID. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: YES,

MA'AM. >>JUDGE CANALES: YOU GOT A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

I HEARTEDLY CONCUR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT

ITEM ALONE? >> YEAH, JUDGE, REAL QUICK.

I THINK WE WILL WORK WITH MICHAEL.

WE AGREE THIS WOULD BE A GREAT JOC, JOB CONTRACTING AND WE

WILL SAVE THAT FIRST. >>JUDGE CANALES: COMMISSIONER,

WILL YOU AMEND. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: YES, I WILL AMEND IF THAT IS WHAT SCOTT AND MICHAEL THINKS.

I WILL AMEND IT BEING A IFB AND JOC ORDER AND TO AMEND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING SOURCES. PROCEEDS FROM THE HARVEY

SETTLEMENT. >>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK WE ARE ALL GOOD NOW, CARA. A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT JOB. LOOK, WE MOVED THE NEEDLE.

GOVERNMENT CAN WORK. >> I AM LEAVING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I WOULD, QUICK.

OKAY. LOOK, I THINK THAT -- YOU KNOW MAYBE ON MARCH 30 I WILL PUT THIS BACK ON.

AND WE KIND OF ALREADY HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION OUT. IT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST SOME WILL TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY.

I HEARD THERE IS A SOMEWHAT OF A CONSENSUS FOR HILL TOP AND IB MACK GEE AND FOR BOB HALL PIER AND INLAND PARKS.

A GOOD PLACE TO BEGIN. I WILL POINT WITHOUT IT THINGS AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON, IDAY. WE ALREADY PAID IN C O '21.

IF YOU REIMBURSE YOURSELF FROM THE CO, YOU WILL HAVE A SUR SURPLUS, RIGHT, IN 21. WE CAN USE THOSE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR INLAND PARKS, FOR INSTANCE. RIGHT? BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

IN ADDITION, THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE DEDICATED APPROXIMATELY -- TERESA SAID $2.7 MILLION, BUT I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WITH HER FOR HILLTOP ALREADY.

WE ADD ANOTHER $4 MILLION TO HILLTOP.

>> THE REAL TOTAL IS 6.7 MILLION.

YOU SEE WHAT I AM SAYING. WE COME BACK NEXT TIME WE GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THOSE NUMBERS. REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE REIMBURSING YOURSELF YOU ARE FREEING UP MONEY OVER HERE.

AGAIN, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO USE THESE DOLLARS FOR AREAS WHERE OTHER BUCKETS OF MONEY ARE A AVAILABLE.

ALSO WHEN SCOTT GAVE US THE $22 MILLION, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE WIDTH ON BOB HALL PIER.

I THINK THAT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE TO GO THROUGH.

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COMMISSIONER CHESNEY. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: JUDGE, DOVE TAILING WHAT YOU SAW ON THE SURPLUS.

THE COURT ALREADY SPENT FUND ON IB MAGHEE.

CIP FUNDS AND ME PRECINCT FU FUNDS.

THOSE ARE BEING SPENT. YOU SAID ON THE SURPLUS -- YOU CAN HAVE A SURPLUS ON THE COURT CAN CHOOSE NOT TO REIMBURSE AT ALL AND THAT COULD ANOTHER POINT OF DISCUSSION TO HAVE AND THIS -- I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I WAS COUNTING ON GETTING THOSE PRECINCT FUND REIMBURSED.

I WILL GLADLY GIVE THAT UP TO PUT MONIES TOWARD BOB HALL PIER TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO DISPENSE MORE IN OTHER PLACES BECAUSE I -- THAT NUMBER THAT SCOTT PUT FORWARD, THAT $22.5 THAT HE QUOTED ON BOB HALL.

THE SHORTAGE TWO AND A HALF MILLION.

WE DON'T HAVE TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES IF WE DON'T WANT TO AND WE STILL HAVE 12.6 MILLION MINUS WHAT WE JUST DID AND MORE

MONEY TO GO TO BOB HALL PIER. >>JUDGE CANALES: CORRECT.

THE ONLY THING I WANT TO THROW OUT AT YOU IS ONE LITTLE ITEM AND THIS MID ANGULAR STRUCTURE THAT REPLACES THE T.

I NEED TO LOOK BACK IF THAT IS IN THERE OR NOT ON THE REBUILD.

IT PROBABLY NOT. PLEASE THINK THAT THAT THE GEOMETRY. BETWEEN THE REST ROOMS, THE WIDTH FOR SAFETY AND I AM TALKING ABOUT THE ONE AT THE

END. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: NOT

THE TWO IN THE MIDDLE. >>JUDGE CANALES: THE ONE ON THE END. THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE HOW WE GET THE STORM SURGE MIT MITIGATED.

THAT GEOMETRY. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND, LIKE, REALLY.

I THINK THAT $24 MILLION TO $25 MILLION IS WHAT WE CAN DO AND FOR ME DOESN'T INCLUDE THE EXTRA PUBLIC SPACE, THE SECOND FLOOR, NO OFFENSE, BUT I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH HER.

AND I AM NOT ON BOARD WITH THAT AND I THINK WE NEED WHAT WE CAN TO DO GET THE REALLY GREAT PIER DONE.

NOT REIMBURSE OURSELVES. SHIFT IT OVER AND HOPEFULLY THE COURT WILL BE MORE COMFORTABLE WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO WITH BOB HALL PIER RAND STILL DO THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. AND STILL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

MISS NARDONE MENTIONED THEM AND DRAFT TO THE GAO AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST

THESE PROCEEDS RIGHT NOW. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: BIRD IN THE HAND. I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PIER. GREAT ALONG THE WAY IF SOME OTHER MONIES COME ALONG. DON'T WANT THE MONIES WE ARE HOPING TO GET WILL STOP US FROM MOVING FORWARD.

AND DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE WE GET ADDITIONAL FUNDS, THEN

FANTASTIC. >>JUDGE CANALES: I HEAR YOU.

I ALSO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT DO NOT SEEK DO NOT FIND. WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, COMMISSIONER CHESNEY. THERE HAS TO BE SOME ADVOCACY FOR THE OTHER. AND A GOOD EXAMPLE.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: A GIVE AND TAKE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: RIGHT. THAT IS WHAT WE DID TODAY.

WE MOVED THE NEEDLE AND BACK ON THE 30TH WITH ALL THE THINGS

THAT YOU SAID. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: YOU WILL PUT BOB HALL SPECIFICALLY ON THE AGENDA TO KIND OF TI TIGHTEN UP IN THE NUMBERS AND NOT JUST PIE IN THE SKY AND MAKE CHANGES TO GET THAT THING UP TO BIT AT SOME POINT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WORK WITH TERESA, WHAT CHOICES.

SURPLUS OR NOT. ONE-HALF ONE AND HALF A DOES.

[1. Receive presentation from Halff and Associates Inc.regarding the findings of the drainage study in north-central area of Nueces County.]

>>> VERY HAPPY WITH THAT. BACK TO HALFF AND ASSOCIATES.

YOU ARE GETTING WAY ADVANCED MY FRIENDS BUT AS YOU SAID, YOU BROUGHT FRIENDS WITH AND THAT MAKES YOU EXTRA SPECIAL. YOU GUYS HAVE CONSTITUENTS HERE AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE ADVANCING THIS ITEM.

IT IS UNDER PUBLIC WORKS. ITEM NUMBER B-1.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WAITING ON THE OTHERS, WE WILL COME BACK TO REGULAR AGENDA. BUT PLEASE WELCOME AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM AGAIN TO THE AUDIENCE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE FINDING OF THE DRAINAGE STUDY IN THE AUTHORITY CENTRAL AREA

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NUECES COUNTY. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY AND MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

I AM THE LOCAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR HALFF AND ASSOCIATES.

I HAVE WITH ME RICHARD SHULTZ. THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS STUDY AND THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I KNOW TIME IS LIMITED.

I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ROBERT. >>JUDGE CANALES: SOUND GOOD.

CAN WE GET A COPY FOR THE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE HERE?

I BET YOU WILL WANT -- >> I WAS GOING TO SEND IT TO

YOU ALL. >>JUDGE CANALES: SOMEBODY GET ME COPIES MADE THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE AND WAITED CAN TAKE HOME A PHYSICAL COPY WITH THEM.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU.

AS CHRIS SAID MY NAME IS ROBERT SCHULTZ AND I MANAGE THE CIVIL ENGINEERING HERE IN CORPUS CHRISTI FOR HALF F AND ASSOCIATES. MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE TITLE "STONE GATE BECAUSE A RECOGNIZABLE SUBDIVISION IN THE AREA. THE AUTHORITY CENTRAL STUDY AND WE WILL GET INTO THE ACREAGE IN JUST A SECOND.

IF YOU CAN ADVANCE, PLEASE. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULICS. HYDROLOGY IS THE STUDY OF RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED RUNOFF FROM THAT RAINFALL EVENT IN ANY KIND OF INTENSITY THAT IS DEMANDED BY A STUDY.

THE HYDRAULICS WILL BE THE STUDY OF HOW THAT RAINFALL AND RUNOFF GETS HANDLED THROUGH STORM SEWER AND DITCHES.

THINGS OF THAT NATURE. TALK OF STONE GATE, AND STUDY AREA. WE WILL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS.

ADVANCE, PLEASE. THE STUDY AREA ITSELF IS 8.4 SQUARE MILES. THE PROJECT AREA OUTLINED IN RED. BORDERED BY 624, I-69 WHICH IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS CS 77 IN THE AREA AND 73 ON THE WEST SIDE.

THE DRAINAGE AREA IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN THAT ONE MORE SQUARE MILE. AND GOES OFF TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER. AND ENCOMPASSES SOME AREA FROM THE WEST GOING TOWARD THE STONEGATE GENERAL AREA.

THIS STUDY AREA WILL ENCOMPASS. DOES ENCOMPASS STONEGATE ONE AND TWO, LAKE NORTHWEST, VALLEY GREW, GRANADA ESTATES, RIVER RIDGE AND BARBER RANCHITOS AND MANY, MANY OF FARMLANDS AROUND THE AREA. ADVANCE.

THE. YOU PURPOSE OF THE STU STUDY PICNICTURES TAKEN JULY 89, 2 2021.

WE WENT OUT AFTER MAJOR STORM EVENT AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE WATER NEARLY COMES UP TO THE FRONT DOORS OF MANY OF THESE HOUSES. THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY TABLEEN, MOST OF. NOT ALL OF THEM BUT SOME OF THEM. STONEGATE AREA. OTHERS TAKEN OFF OF OTHER COUNTY ROADS AND YOU SEE WHERE THEY ARE FLOODED AT THE INTERSECTION. NEIGHBORHOODS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. WE KNEE AND THAT'S WHY THE STUDY IS BEING DONE. NOT JUST A MATTER OF CLEANING OUT DITCHES AND CULVERTS. MORE THAN THAT.

IT IS A BIGGER -- MUCH MORE BIGGER PROBLEM OUT THERE THE AREA. THIS STUDY GENERALLY ASSUMES THAT ALL THE DITCHES AND CULVERTS CAN SHALL MAINTAIN.

WE START AT BASE NUMBER. DITCHES ARE CONCERNED.

CULVERTS ARE CLEANED. MORE PURPOSE FOR THE STUDY THAT MORE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO OCCUR AND COMING WAY FAST IN THIS AIR GENTLEMAN. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE READY FOR IT AS A COUNTY. WE WILL IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS IN THE STUDY AND QUAWNTD PHI THE POSSIBLE MITIGATION SOLUTIONS -- QUANTIFY THE POSSIBLE MITIGATION SOLUTIONS.

HAND IT OVER TO KELSEY -- SORRY, JOSH LOGAN TO TALK OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS MODELING.

>> THANKS, ROBERT. REAL QUICK.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD KIND OF THE -- NOT ONLY -- WHAT THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND SOME OF THESE ISSUES WERE BUT TO KIND OF QUANTIFY HOW BAD IT IS AND GET SOMETHING ON MODEL THAT KIND OF VALI VALIDATES.

WE MET WITH COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ AND GONZALEZ AND JUAN TO SEE WHAT THE RESULTS ARE AFTER HEAVY RAINS TOO.

ADVANCE THE SLIDE PLEASE. FROM THE HYDROLOGY PERSPECTIVE AS HE MENTIONED, OVER NINE SQUARE MILES.

WE DEVELOPED A DETAILED HIGH LOGIC MODEL.

YOU SEE THE BLUE DOTS AROUND THE PERIMETER.

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AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO CHECK AS WE ARE DEVELOPING DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T PUSHING PROBLEMS DOWN STREAM AND INTO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE STUDY AREA THAT WE DID CHECK. THIS IS INCLUDING SOME SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN RAINFALL THAT WERE STUDIED AND AROUND 2018 AND 2019. THE 10, 25, 50, 100 AND 500.

AS THE COUNTY MOVES FORWARD WITH ANY POTENTIAL PLANNING PROJECT, YOU HAVE THAT FULL SUITE OF RAINFALL DATA OF WHICH TO BUILD OFF OF. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

EXISTING CONDITIONS. THE HYDRAULIC MODEL.

AS HE WAS MENTIONING HYDRAULICS IS HOW MUCH WATER ANDS A IT MOVES THROUGH FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

WE DEVELOPED A 2D MESH OF THIS AREA AND TAKE THAT RAINFALL DATA AND APPLY IT TO THE WHOLE BASIN THAT COMES TO US, TO THIS AREA AND LET IT GO TO SEE HOW IT MOVES.

BUT WE MODELED EACH OF THE DITCHES THAT WERE THERE.

WE BURNED IN BREAK LINES TO REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT ROADWAYS AND HOW THEY ACT AS BARRIERS SOMETIMES, CULVERTS, THE IRRIGATION CANAL WHICH IS A BIG IMPEDIMENT TO FLOW WHICH WE WILL SEE HERE IN A MINUTE. AND MAKE TERRAIN MODIFICATIONS TO MODIFY AND MODEL THE DIFFERENT EXISTING CONDITIONS WITH CHANNEL CUTS AND SIMPLIFICATION OF THE CULVERTS TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THEM ALL IN.

THIS ONE IF YOU CAN PUT YOUR. AREA TO THE FAR LEFT.

THIS THE 100 YEAR, 13 TO 14-INCH RAINFALL THAT WE APPLIED OVER THE ENTIRE PROJECT STUDY AREA.

THIS OCCURS OVER ABOUT A 12 TO 13-HOUR PERIOD.

AND. HOW WATER ACCUMULATES AND IT GETS CAUGHT UP ON THE IRRIGATION DITCH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AREA. AND AS IT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE CHANNELS AND WHAT NOT IT PONDS UP IN THE LOW LYING AREA WHICH THERE IS SOME RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND AGAIN WHAT YOU SEE HERE. THE VARYING GRADATIONS OF LIGHT BLUE. SHALLOW AND A FOOT OR SO.

AND IT IS TWO TO THREE FEET. OKAY.

NEXT SLIDE. WE WILL GET TO -- KELSEY WILL GET UP TO TALK OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND WE WILL SHOW THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF SOME OF THESE PROPOSED PROJECTS.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SOME OF THIS IS NOT GOING TO COME AS A SURPRISE PARTICULARLY TO YOU GUYS WHO LIVE OUT HERE BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MODEL VALIDATED WHEN WE SEE WATER STANDING AROUND.

AND JUST KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT MEANS.

OBVIOUSLY HIGH SCHOOL IS LOW DITCHES.

THE DRICHS KIND OF A COMPOUNDING PROBLEM AND THE MAY DITCHES. THEY ARE REALLY SHALLOW.

WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING IN IN A RETENTION POND.

THEY CAN'T MAKE THEIR DETENTION PONDS VERY DEEP IF THEY ARE TRYING TO OUTFALL TO A SHALLOW DITCH.

CERTAINLY LACK OF DETENTION IN GENERAL.

STORAGE IS IN ALL THE FIELDS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEMSELVES. SMALL CULVERTS AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS AND IN GENERAL WHAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE ANIMATION OF THE 100 YEAR STORMWATER MOVES AWAY AND CAN'T GET OUT OF

THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. >> I WILL HAVE KELSEY BALK OF THE PROJECT AREAS AND SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE DOING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: SOUNDS GOOD, KELSEY.

>> WE CAN GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE HAVE THESE THREE MAIN IDENTIFIED PROJECT AREA THAT WE STUDIEDING NOT TO GROUP. PROJECT 1 AREA, THE VIRGINIA VALLEY VIEW AREA. PROJECT TWO CALLING THAT STONE GATE. MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE STONE GATE AREA. SOUTHERN AREA BECAUSE IT

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BENEFITS SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE THERE TO RIGHT AND TO THE EAST IS THE BUILTGATION POND.

WE DIDN'T LUMP THAT TOGETHER TO ANY ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT AREA BECAUSE IT DOES -- NEEDED TO HELP BALANCE ALL OF THEM.

YOU KNOW AS WE SAID BEFORE, WE CAN'T JUST PUSH THE PROBLEM DOWN TO OUR NEIGHBORS. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WITHIN OUR PROJECT AREA WE ARE HELPING MITIGATE ANY CHANGES THAT WE ARE MAKING. SO THE MITIGATION POND IS MEANT TO IMPLEMENT ALL THESE PRO PROJECTS.

AS WE DO MORE DITCH IMPROVEMENTS.

CULVERT UPSIZING AND DO STO STORAGE.

THIS DETENTION. STILL A CHANCE WE ARE -- YOU KNOW, WE ARE PUSHING WATER. MORE WATER AND CONVEYING IT BETTER. WE NEED TO CAPTURE IT IN THAT IN THEGATION POND. GO AHEAD.

ALL RIGHT. HOW CAN WE KINDS OF IDENTIFY THESE PROPOSED PROJECTS? YOU KNOW, WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE VIDEO THAT YOU SAW, AND WE CAN SLOW IT DOWN AND WE CAN PLACE VELOCITY ON IT AND SEE HOW THE WATER IS MOVING.

AND WE CAN PINPOINT SOME OF THOSE AREAS.

AND THAT HELPS US IDENTIFY WHERE CHANNELS ARE NEEDED, WHERE PARTICULAR SPILLOVER PROBLEMS ARE OCCURRING WHERE STORAGE GOES NATURALLY AND WHERE WATER NEEDS TO GO AND WE NEED TO HELP IDENTIFY WHAT LOCATION TO ADD ADDITIONAL STORAGE. AND AGAIN WE WANTED TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVERSE IMPACTS.

WE CAN'T PUSH THE PROBLEMS TO OUR NEIGHBORS.

THE FIRST PROJECT THE VALLEY VIEW AREA.

IN YELLOW-EYEDED SEVERAL CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE SEVERAL CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS.

ALONG WITH THAT ARE THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CULVERT UPS UPSIZING. THE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, WE ARE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE AS MUCH LAND AS WE CAN WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH ANYBODY'S PROPERTY.

QUESTIONER TRYING TO MAXIMIZE OUR UNUSED SPACE AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE LED, THAT IS THAT AREA IS COUNTY PROPERTY AND IDENTIFIED THAT AS STORAGE. WE IMPROVED IN YELLOW LEADING UP TO THAT LOCATION SO YOU CAN MOVE THE WATER MORE QUICKLY THERE STORE IT AND MOVE IT DOWN INTO THE OTHER CHANNEL.

WHERE YOU HAVE FURTHER DOWNSTREAM IS THIS NEXT STORAGE AREA. NOW THIS POND, WE ARE NOT GOING AS JEEP. KEEPING IT AS A PANNED AND INGING A STORAGE. IT WON'T BE LIKE A POND.

IT WILL BE SHALLOW. THE OTHER POND WHERE WE HAVE TO NEED PUMPS TO DRAIN IT. IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

AND JUST BEFORE YOU PLAY, I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE. YOU HAVE SEEN EXISTING CONDITION. 25-YEAR EVENT.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 100 YEAR EVENT.

IT IS A LOT OF WATER AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS MAXIMIZE THE LAND THAT WE HAVE, THE OPTIONS WE HAVE, WITHIN A REALISTIC PROJECT. AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A.

YOU CAN SEE -- YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE -- SORRY.

LITTLE BOX OVER IT. GO AHEAD AND PLAY IT AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND WATCH AND GO THROUGH IT.

YOU CAN SEE THE WATER PULL UP QUICKLY.

AND THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE SITTING AND WHERE IS THE WATER AWAY FROM THE HOME. BIG IMPACT.

THE WATER IS NOT SITTING IN THE YARD.

THEY ARE NOT CREEPING UP TO YOUR HOUSE.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONVEY IT QUICKLY TO THE STORAGE AREA IF YOU CAN AND STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW QUICKLY WE CAN MOVE THE WATER AWAY FROM THE HOUSES.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT BUILD UP REALLY QUICKLY AND WE ALREADY TAKE TON BACK DOWN. ONE OTHER THING --

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>>JUDGE CANALES: FORGIVE ME, KELSEY, BASED ON THE 14 INCHES

IN 14 HOURS? >> THE 25 INCHES CLOSER TO 9

INCHES. >>JUDGE CANALES: SAY IT ONE

MORE TIME, JOSH? >> NINE INCHES.

THE REASON IT IS IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS THAT WE KNOW PROBLEMS OCCUR AT A LOT LESS THAN THAT. THEY CAN HANDLE NINE INCHES, A LITTLE COMFORT THIS IS THE SOLUTION THAT NOT ONLY ADDRESSES WHAT HAPPENED IN MAY AND JULY BUT HAPPENS AT LEAST THREE TIMES. ONE OF THEM WAS A THREE-INCH RANGE. ANOTHER ONE WAS A -- TRYING TO REMEMBER, GUYS. ANYWAY, THE POINT IS THIS ONE IS WITHIN WHICH WE SAW MAY AND JULY CAUSED TREMENDOUS DAMAGE.

GO AHEAD. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I HAVE A QUESTION. IF YOU DON'T MIND? AND 100-YEAR PLAN. YOUR FLOOD PLAN.

>> YES, WE ARE SHOWING THE 25 YEAR.

THE NINE INCHES AND THE 100 YEAR CLOSER TO 12 AND.

>> THE 100 YEAR IS 13 TO 14 IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

WE HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS MODELED.

EVALUE WITTING THE IMPROVEMENTS AND RESULTS REPORTING.

1.2 FOOT. THAT IS BASED ON NINE INCHES -- NINE INCHES OF RAIN NORMALLY ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.

YOU HAVE TWO, TWO AND A HALF FEET OF WATER IN THE LOW LYING

AREAS. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I KNOW THE LAST THREE WE HAVE HAD EVERYTHING WITHIN HOURS, MORE MAKE 150, REALLY, IN SOME AR AREAS.

>> GO TAKE THE MIKE TO ANSWER HIM.

I THINK WE PROBABLY -- WE NEED TO START DOING.

WE REALLY NEED TO GO BEACHER AND LONGER THAN 100.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. I MEAN, IF WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS MUCH RAIN FOR THE 100-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN, HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT 150 TO BE ABLE TO DO THE RIGHT -- AND BE ABLE TO TAKE MORE WATER.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING ON -- WE ARE GOING -- KIND OF

CALCULATING 150, RIGHT? >> YEAH, BASICALLY WE HAVE ALL THESE KIND OF STATISTICAL RAINFALL EVENTS THAT ARE IN THERE. THEY CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT THIS DOES RELATIVE TO IT. THE PROBLEM WITH ANYTHING, DESIGNING TO THE 100 YEAR, THE 150 AS BEING GIVING YOURSELF SOME BUFFER, SAFEGUARDS. IS -- AT LEAST? PARTICULAR AREA -- INFRASTRUCTURE AFTER DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEN ROADS ARE ALREADY THERE. DITCHES ARE ALREADY THERE.

WE ARE TRYING AND WHAT WE HAVE GOT AND THE IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE SHOWING ARE RELATIVE TO TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING REASONABLE. AS IT IS, WE ARE LOOKING AT

EXPENSIVE PROJECTS. >> DOING A POND, RETENTION POND AND WE CAN CALCULATE HOW MUCH WATER THAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE.

>> THE PONDS LIKE KELSEY MENTIONED THOSE THAT REQUIRE PUMPS. WITH THE EXISTING DITCH SYSTEM OUT THERE BEING FOUR, MAYBE FIVE-FOOT DEEP THE DEEPEST IN AREAS THAT WE SAW. THE DITCHES -- THE DITCHES ARE SHALLOW AND OUR PONDS -- WE DROP THESE PONDS EIGHT OR NINE FEET. WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE WHERE THAT WATER TABLE IS. WHEN YOU HIT "WATER TABLE"YOU WON'T GET EXTRA STORAGE. MAXIMIZE AND DROP IT NINE FEET.

EIGHT OR NINE FEET AND THAT WAY YOU CAN GET ADDITIONAL STORAGE.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: WHEN YOU SAY "PUMP" WAS THIS IS A RELIEF VALVE THAT CAN RELIEVE THE WATER.

>> THE POND CAN BE RELEASING ANYWAY.

AN OUTLET STRUCTURE FOR WHAT THEY CAN.

BUT WE DO NEED PUMPS AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO DRAW DOWN BEYOND THAT FOUR FOOT, THE DITCH WE ARE TRAINING INTO.

BUT BASICALLY IF WE WANTED TO HAVE NINE FOOT PONDS.

WE WOULD NEED TO IMPROVE THE DITCH SYSTEM TO OSO CREEK AND THIS IS WELL BEYOND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REASONABLE FOR AT LEAST THAT PARTICULAR SCALE RIGHT N NOW.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I AM NOT AN ENGINEER BUT I AM LEARNING A LOT OF THINGS AS I GO.

>> YES, SIR. YOU TAKE SOME WATER AND RELEASE IT SLOWER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY DOWNSTREAM THAT MUCH.

>> THE REASON WE HAVE AS MANY PONDS AS WE DO.

VALLEY VIEW HAS A POND. STONE GATE AND WE GOAT THAT ONE A SECOND. A GOOD-SIZED POND AND EVEN THAT SOUTHERN PROJECT AREA. WE HAVE AN INTERCEPTOR DITCH.

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AND MORE OF A STORAGE POND AND INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF ALL THE DITCHES LEADING AWAY FROM THE AREA AS FLAT AS IT IS.

IT IS ACTIVE STORAGE. AND MITCH IMPROVEMENTS AT THE

VERY BEGINNING -- >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: WE NEED TO THINK OF HIGHER THAN 100.

>> I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. WE TALK OF NEXT STEPS WE WILL TALK OF THE COUNTY'S CRITERIA FOR ANY KIND OF DRAINAGE DESIGN THAT GOES ON AND THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO NUECES COUNTY OR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AREA. WE ARE CONSTANTLY KIND OF PAYING FOR OUR IGNORANCE IN THE PAST 75 YEARS.

WE HAD DEVELOPMENT KIND OF GO WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING NUMBER ONE DRAINAGE PATTERNS LIKE THIS.

BETTER TECHNOLOGY THAN WE DID BEFORE.

A BIG PART OF IT AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE WATER MOVES OR HOW WATER MOVES THROUGH A SYSTEM AND IN MANY CASES HERE.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THANK YOU FOR ALL DO YOU WORKING WITH

THE PEOPLE AND JUAN. >>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: I HAVE A QUESTION. I HAD HOMEOWNERS COULD AM INTO MY OFFICE AND COMPLAIN HOW THE DEVELOPERS DON'T DO -- DON'T TAKE THE PROPER STEPS OF GETTING THINGS DONE THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE SO THE WATER WILL DRAIN RIGHT NOW.

I FORGET WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR DRIVEWAYS AND THEIR DITCHES. AND A LOT OF THE PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN -- THE CITY OR WHOEVER GIVES OUT PERMITS FOR DEVELOPERS TO BUILD. AND THEY DON'T FOLLOW UP WITH THEM MAKING SURE THEY DO THE CORRECT THING.

>> YES, SIR. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEMS LIE. AND UNTIL WE START DOING THAT.

WE ARE GEVRING GOING TO GET RID RID OF THE PROBLEM.

THE MORE STRUCTURES THAT WILL BLACK WATER FROM GROWING AND AGE CUMULATE. UNTIL WE GET PEOPLE DOING RIGHT THING AND THE DEVELOPER AND PEOPLE AND THE CITY GIVING OUT PERMITS AND WE ACCEPTING THEM. PEOPLE WANT US TO ACCEPT COME TO ROADS THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR US TO TAKE.

AND THEY GET UPSET. SO I THINK BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING ELSE, WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON DRAINAGE, ALL RIGHT. THERE WE ARE DONE AND THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE PERMITS THAT ARE GOING OUT AND WE ARE NOT HOLDING THE DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. THAT IS MY THINKING.

>> I THINK CERTAINLY THE AMANDA LANE, BARBER LANE IN A SECOND.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE RESULTS OF THEMES ARE BUILT TOO LOW.

THEY ARE BUILT BASICALLY BELOW AMANDA LANE AND PARKER RAIN.

WHERE IT IS SHOWING. I KNOW JUAN WAS PUSHING US HARD TO GET THE STUDY COMPLETED BECAUSE HE HAS ONGOING TALKS WITH THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO PIGGY BACK WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THEIR MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN AS WELL AND TRYING GET RECOMMENDATION TO YOU SO YOU CAN HAVE THOSE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS PARTICULARLY WITH THIS AREA.

THE LEARN HALF OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI ETJ TO MAKE SURE THEY KIND OF UNDERSTAND AND GOT SOME PROOF IN WHAT IN THOSE IMPACTS.

>> EVEN THOUGH WE WANT TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND THE 100-YEAR EVENT. THE PURPOSE OF TODAY IN THE EVENTS THAT TOE CURD IN MAY AND JULY.

IF WE WERE TO ACT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS WE WOULD HAVE MITIGATED SUBSTANTIALLY.

THAT IS THE POINT OF THE DIE BRING IT HOME.

WILL YOU GET TO THAT NEXT SLIDE THAT TELLS US HOW MUCH?

>> SURE. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: THAT

IS THE KEY. >> THE LAST LINE.

>> WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TALK THROUGH THE OTHER PROJECTS REALLY QUICKLY THEN. THE BARBARA LANE AND AMANDA LANE AND THE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS AND SEE THE PONDS THERE. THAT ACTUAL TRIANGLE SHAPED POND IS ONE IN DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.

AND WE WENT IN AND LOOKED AT IT TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFIT WE CAN GET FROM THAT ONE SINCE IT IS ALREADY ONGOING IN DEVELOP. THE OTHER RESPOND MUCH LARGER.

AGAIN, WE SAY EIGHT TO NINE FEET AND WE ARE GOING TO SUBJECT A FLUMP TO KEEP IT TRY DRY.

YOU KNOW DURING A RAIN EVENT. NEXT SLIDE AND PONDS ARE

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WORKING AND CAPTURING THAT DEPTH AND YOU GOT ALL THE WATER MOVED INTO THE CHANNELS INTO THE DITCHES AND THE POND AND AWAY FROM THE HOMES. THIS IS ANOTHER 25-YEAR EVENT AT NINE INCHES WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: AGAIN, THE REAL KEY IS TO TALK ABOUT HOW MANY INCHES. I AM NOT SURE THERE IS REALLY RELEVANCE TO 25 YEARS OR 50 OR 100 YEARS.

REALLY YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF WHAT DOES THIS MEAN RAINFALL-WISE AND WHAT QUICK A TIME PERIOD AND TELL THESE RESIDENTS WHETHER THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OR NOT.

>> WE USE -- IT IS A DESIGN CRITERIA.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I KNOW. >> IT IS MY EVERYDAY THING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON --

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: BETTER THAN NOTHING.

>>JUDGE CANALES: AGAIN WOULD HAVE PREVENTED A MAY AND JULY

DEVASTATION. >> YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE GOT SOME -- OUR BENEFITS ARE THERE IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER AND MOVING A FOOT OF DEPTH FOR THE N NINE-INCH EVENT.

WE HAVE IMPROVED MOBILITY ACROSS AND INTO THIS POND SO HE CAN PULL THE WATER AWAY FROM THE HOMES.

SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROGRESS TO THE NEXT.

SO THIS IS THE SOUTHERN AREA. AS JOSH WAS MENTIONING WE HAVE A PROPOSED INTERCEPTOR CHANNEL. THE INTERCEPTOR CHANNEL IS THE RECTANGLE ABOVE GRANADA EST ESTATES.

YES, RIGHT IN THERE. ANOTHER LOCATION WE ARE DROPPING EIGHT TO NINE FEET. WHEN WE WERE WATCHING THE VIDEOS BEFORE ON THE EXISTING WE SAW THE WATER COMING DOWN THE FARM. THE AG LAND AND WE DECIDED THAT AN INTERCEPTOR CHANNEL TO HELP CAPTURE THE WATER BEFORE IT MOVED DOWN WOULD HELP OUT. IN ORDER TO MOVE THAT WATER WE DID THE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE ROAD AND THAT -- AGAIN, A THAT POND AND THE TOP RIGHT IS THE OVERALL MITIGATION POND TO HELP BALANCE OUT ALL OF THE PROJECTS.

WE CAN WATCH THIS ONE PLAY.

THE NINE-INCH EVENT THIS IS A LOT OF WATER AND UTILIZED THAT INTERCEPTOR CHANNEL TO CAPTURE A LOT OF THE WATER COMING ACROSS THE FIELD. AND WE HAVE UTILIZED THE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS TO CARRY THAT WATER AWAY AFTER IT HAS BEEN ELECTED. TRYING TO PULL ALL THE WATER HE

CAN GO AWAY FROM THE HOUSES. >>JUDGE CANALES: WAS IT A QUESTION? REPEAT IT IN THE MIC.

>> THE QUESTION WAS ASKED WHERE DO YOU FUVRP TOO.

WE ARE CAPTURING THE WATER AND PUMPING IT BACK INTO THE CHANNEL. AS YOU WERE MENTIONING COMMISSIONER IT WAS THAT TIMING.

THE TIMING IS CRUCIAL. IF WE CAN CAPTURE IT, STORE IT FOR A MOMENT AND CONTROL THE RELEASE OF IT WILL HELP MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS DOWN STREAM.

IT WILL JUST CONTINUE ON ITS NORMAL PASS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: ALL OF THIS AGAIN.

I WILL RE-EMPHASIZE. ALL OF THIS MAKES THE ASSUMPTION WE HAVE A CLEAN PATHWAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL HERE.

THIS MODELS -- THESE MODELS WORK WITH ASSUMPTIONS, RIGHT.

AND THE ASSUMPTIONS ARE THAT WE ARE NOT OBSTRUCTING OUR PAT PATHWAYS. SO IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT AT SOME POINT TO ADDRESS THAT SO THIS GREAT RECOMMENDATION CAN HAVE A THOUGHTFUL INVESTMENT.

>> WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

>> WE WILL GO AND WRAP THIS UP. >> TALK MONEY.

LET'S HEAR IT. >> THE SLIDE PLEASE.

BEFORE WE GET TO EVEN MONEY. COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ AS URN TALKING ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE REGULATIONS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HAVE BETWEEN THE CITY, GORGEOUS KRISTI, YOURSELF.

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WHAT KIND OF ANALYSIS DO WE NEED TO REQUIRE OR UNDERSTAND FROM DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY ARE COMING IN.

AND WHAT AND CAN'T HAVE THAT. AND I THINK THAT THERE IS SOME -- NEVER AT THIS TIMELY SOME MERE HIT INTO LOOKING AT THESE POTENTIAL CRITERIA THAT THE COUNTY HAS SOME CONTROL OVER UPDATING STANDARDS. BETTER THAN WHAT WAS CURRENTLY REQUIRED, I GUESS, THE EXISTING DRAINAGE CRITERIA FROM 1 1986.THAT WAS CERTAINLY UP UPDATED.

>>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: EXCUSE ME, JUDGE.

WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THERE DOING WHAT DEVELOPERS ARE DOING

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DOING. >> PART OF THIS IS EDUCATION.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR FLOOD RISK BEFORE YOU BUY A HOME.

>> YOU CAN GIVE THEM THE PE PERMITS, ALL THEY WANT AND HOW THEY WANT TO BE DONE LEGALLY, BUT IF YOU WERE NOT THERE MAKING SURE TO DO IT RIGHT, THEY WILL TAKE SHORTUNITED

STATES IS. >> ATLAS 14 RAINFALL DATA.

THE U.S. -- SORRY, NOAA PUBLISHED THAT IN LATE 2018 AND ADOPTING THAT IS YOUR CURRENT CRITERIA TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE IN RAINFALL JUST BEFORE THE 2004 AND 2019 CRITERIA. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE RETENTION PONDS AND OUTFALLS AS YOU WERE SAYING.

AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT -- ARE THEY ONLY FOR THE TEN YEAR AND REALLY HELPING WHEN WE ARE TALKING OF MAJOR FLOODING THERE. AND KIND OF THE OUTFOUL CRITERIA. THE RETENTION PONDS ARE SMALL AND GET CLOGGED AND EASILY AFFECTED AND SPILL OVER SOME PLACE. LOOKING AND PLANNING FOR WHEN A DETENTION POND DOES SPILL IF THE OUTLET IS OUT OR OVERWHELMED. MAKING SURE THERE IS A POSITIVE OVERFLOW PATH AWAY FROM DEVELOPMENT.

MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS I THINK ARE IMPORTANT WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

LOOKING AT CULVERT SIZING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MAJOR ROA ROADWAYS OR EVEN ACCOUNT ROADWAYS.

AND THEN AGAIN, DRAINAGE CONVEYANCE WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. YOUR POINT OF AMANDA LANE.

THE BAR DITCHES IN THAT AREA ARE REALLY, REALLY SHALLOW, AND HARD TO IDENTIFY SO A BIG PART OF THE PROJECT IN THAT AREA IS BASICALLY PUTTING THE SIGNIFICANCE.

15-FOOT, THREE-FOOT DEEP BAR DITCHES IN THE AREA THAT IS WHAT IS NEED TO CONVEY THAT WATER AWAY FROM THE HOMES AND THE RETENTION PONDS THAT KELSEY WAS OUTLINING.

AND THIS -- THIS LAST ONE -- YOU LOOK AT THESE LAST TWO PICTURES. THE HOME ON TOP IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IT IS ALREADY GOT WATER INTO THE HOME.

THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. WHERE DO WE NEED TO PUT THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATIONS. ONE THING TO PUT WATER IN OUR YARDS. IT IS DEFINITELY NOT GOOD.

A NUISANCE. ANOTHER THING ENTIRELY TO HAVE WATER IN OUR HOMES AND WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPERS ARE PUTTING THESE THINGS HIGH ENOUGH TO NOT BUILDING HOMES WITH FLOOD RISK THAT THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

NEXT. I DIDN'T PUT COSTS ON HERE, JUDGE. I APOLOGIZE, BUT TO BE FAIR TO JUAN AND BERT. WE SENT THEM ALL THE STUFF AND I WANTED THEM TO GO THROUGH OUR COST ESTIMATE.

I HAVE ROUGH COST ESTIMATES FOR THOSE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: LOOKING FOR A RANGE. UNDERSTOOD.

VALLEY VIEW PROJECT ESTIMATED LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION.

>>JUDGE CANALES: SAY IT AGAIN. >> YES, VALLEY VIEW $4 MILLION.

STONE GATE A LITTLE OVER 7 MILLION.

AND THE SOUTHERN AREA WITH THE BIG INTERCEPTOR DITCH AND THE PUMPS ABOUT $9 MILLION. THE TOTAL IT $20 MILLION TO 21 MILLION. THIS IS A BIG -- A BIG PROBLEM.

THE 100-YEAR INUNDATION SHOWED IT.

AND WE FEEL -- HONESTLY THE BENEFITS THAT HE WERE ABLE TO SHOW FOR THE 9-INCH RAIN WE FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT.

TRYING TO BE REASONABLE, TRYING NOT TO BE TOO INVASIVE AND CERTAINLY WITH PROPERTY ACCESSORY.

NO HOMES PROPOSED FOR ACCE ACCESSORY.

RIGHT-OF-WAY ACCESSORY THAT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR SOME OF THESE DITCH IMPROVEMENTS AND WE TRIED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT AND USING COUNTY OR PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY AT THE FIRST GO AROUND

FOR THOSE DETENTION PONDS. >>JUDGE CANALES: RIGHT.

WE ARE PAYING FOR THE SINS OF OUR -- OF OUR PAST.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE COUNTYWIDE DRAINAGE DISTRICT. WHERE THERE IS NOT AN ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES AND I WILL STAY THAT THERE IS ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY -- WITHOUT THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE, WE CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO GET STARTED. I KNOW THAT THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS REAL RESOURCE FOR US TO FUND SH

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SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS. YOU HAVE BASICALLY GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY JUST SO THE AUDIENCE KNOWS.

THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHICH IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT ON MARCH 30 TO GET A LEGISLATIVE TEAM, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW -- WHAT IS CALLED FIT FUNDING, THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING. WE HAVE INTERIM CHARGES NOW.

WHICH MEANS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HAS GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ISSUE TO FUND, AGAIN, THE TX WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. THIS IS HOW WE QUALIFY FOR THESE FUNDS. 57 25% COST SHARE.

TYPICALLY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE QUALIFY FOR SID FUNDING, STATE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING.

YOU CAN'T GET TO SECOND BASE WITHOUT GETTING UP TO BAT.

I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE RANGE AND THE REALITY IN THE ROOM, BUT THIS IS WHAT IS NEEDED.

THE REASON WE CAN'T 100 YEAR BECAUSE YOU CAN ADD ANOTHER ZERO TO IT. WHEN TIM RICHARDSON THIS MORNING, AND HE NAWBINGD OF NRDA.

WORKING ON PETRANILLA CREEK FOR A WHILE.

WE NEED $140 MILLION TO DEAL WITH THE BATHEN BAY LEGISLATION AND EAR MARKED 2022. AND HE -- I HAVE FORGOTTEN, 4 4.6, A DROP IN THE BUCKET WHAT WE REALLY NEED.

WE WERE ZERO. SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE WITH THE STATE. WE ALSO MELT WITH THE DHOR W WEEK. AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR FLOOD MITIGATION.

NOW THAT I HAVE THIS, NOW WE CAN CALL A MEETING WITH THEM.

AND SEE IF THERE IS ANY OPPORTUNITY.

WE HAVE THIS NEW PROGRAM CALLED THE ASSISTANCE TO STATES.

THE PROGRAM FOR -- I THINK IT IS CALLED THE PASS, PROGRAM FOR ASSISTANCE. MAYBE THIS CAN ALSO QUALIFY.

WE HAVE GOT TO GET STARTED AND THIS IS THE FIRST PIECE OF IT.

IT IS A LITTLE LIKE THE DAGGER. BUT AT LEAST WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND WE CAN SEE THAT IT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IF WE CAN START WITH THE FIRST O ONE.

>> TO YOUR POINT, JUDGE, ABOUT THE 100 YEAR AND ADDING THE ZERO. ALL THOSE MODELS THAT WE SHOWED IN THE PROGRESSION OVERTIME, THESE ARE 25-YEAR STORMS. 100-YEAR STORM. THEY DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY THEY HAVE IN AUSTIN AND CENTRAL SECTION WHERE THEY HAVE SLOPE.

THEN THEY HAVE TO WORRY OF FLASHFLOODING.

WE DON'T THAT. >>JUDGE CANALES: WE ARE FLAT.

>> WE ARE SO FLAT WE CAN'T HAVE THINGS DRAIN AND 1,00000 YEAR STORM. DITCHES WILL HAVE WATER FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IN THE 100-YEAR TO EVENT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: RIGHT. WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO MITIGATE THE WORD RESILIENCY IS ALL ABOUT.

WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING IN THE WATER.

I WILL SAY TO YOU AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT IS CALLED CDBG MITIGATION. FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE COMING UP IN AUGUST. MAYBE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS SHOULD BE ON OUR LIST, OKAY. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT REALLY WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR.

YOUR TIMING IS PERFECT. THERE IS ALSO BRICK FUNDING WHICH IS FEMA FUNDING BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITIES AND MAYBE -- WE NEED TO LOOK FOR ELIGIBILITY AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING AND NOW I GOT SOMETHING.

OKAY AND BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COMMISSION FEELS BECAUSE I AM HIGH BEHIND. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME -- THERE ARE CERTAIN PRIVILEGE OF HAVING THAT, RIGHT.

A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS CONTRACT THIS WON'T WORK UNLESS WE ARE 100% CLEAR. SO I BELIEVE WE NEED TO INVEST WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS CONTRACTS SO WE CAN BE STATUS QUO NOW IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THESE TYPES OF PRO PROJECTS. OTHERWISE HIS -- YOUR MODELING WILL NOT MAKE SENSE. IF WE DON'T -- IF WE HAVE GOT SOMETHING ELSE. THEN YOU ARE BACKING THE TRAIN UP. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THIS GOOD PRESENTATION. HOW ABOUT ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS. I TELL YOU WHAT, I WILL TAKE IT AS PUBLIC COMMENT BUT YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE MIC BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY THE CLERK WILL RECOGNIZE IT.

IT WILL HELP HER IF YOU DON'T MIND MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT. IT IS LARRY BURGER.

>> I SEE THEIR PROJECT THE WORK OVER THERE AND IT PROBABLY WILL TAKE AWAY FROM SOME OF THE WATER THAT COMES TOWARD SIESTA LOOP AND OVER THERE, BUT, LIKE YOU SAID, JUDGE, WHEN THEY PUMP THAT OUT, WHERE IS IT GOING TO GO? IT HAS TO GO TO A SYSTEM THAT IS CLEAN.

AND YOUR SYSTEM IS NOT CLEAN OVER THERE.

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THAT IS OUR PLUG. WE GOT A BIG PLUG WITH ROB ROBSTOWN. AND OVER 100 YEARS NOW.

IT IS NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU YOURSELF

CAN'T TAKE. >> I AM ONLY 50, BUT A 100-YEAR THING. I CAN ONLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF IT. BUT I WILL BE 50 NEXT WEEK.

I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. >> IT'S HERE.

IT'S NOW. >> I THINK THAT IS WHY WE ARE

WORKING ON AN ENTIRE PLAN. >> YOU ARE THE PLUG DOWN THERE.

THAT IS WHERE ALL THE WATER GOES TO.

>> I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS A BIGGER ISSUE THAN JUST ONE PARTICULAR PROBLEM. PURR ALL LIVING ON FLAT LAND.

YOU BOUGHT FLAT LAND AND THIS IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY BUT I WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL OF THIS AND I WILL HELP COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ AND HIS

PRECINCT. >> IT IS WITHIN YOUR CITY

LIMITS. >> I AM NOT THE MAYOR.

I REPRESENT THAT AREA, BUT I AM NOT THE MAYOR OF THAT CITY.

>> YOU ARE SAYING THE MAYOR IS BEHIND THAT?

>> NO ONE SAID THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE

COMING UP WITH THIS. >>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK WHAT WE CAN TO DO GET BACK TO THE HALFF PRESENTATION IS, LOOK, WE NOW HAVE SOMETHING -- AS I SAID WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE GIVE US A CHANCE NOW TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND STRESS HOW CRITICAL IT IS TO GET TO THAT CLEAN AREA. LET US HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT WITH ROBSTOWN AND VISIT WITH DD 2 AND VISIT WITH THE OPPORTUNITY WITH SOME OF THE STATE AGENCIES THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT. WE -- WE DO NEED TO GET TO STATUS QUO. AND WE ARE GOING TO WORK TOWARD

THAT. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: LET ME JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION, SIR.

HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

JUST A QUESTION? >> THE ROBSTOWN CITY COUNCIL?

>> NO. >> I THINK YOU ALL -- I THINK YOU ALL LIVE IN -- YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS, THAT'S

CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> PART OF THE ISSUE. YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF ROBSTOWN WHY IT HAS FALLEN ON US.

YOU LIVE IN THE EXTRA -- ETJ MEANING YOU ARE CLOSER TO

CORPUS CHRISTI THAN ROBSTOWN. >> I AM CLOSER TO ROBSTOWN.

>>. >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: BASED ON

YOUR ADDRESS -- >> I AM NOT IN VALLEY VIEW.

>> IN THAT GENERAL AREA ETJ AND FALL MORE ON THE COUNTY TO GET FIXED AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES AND WORKING PARTS OF THIS THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY WORK THROUGH.

HALFF HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF POINTING OUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND NOT ONE PARTICULAR PERSON.

IT IS THE DEVELOPERS THAT DEVELOP THIS YEARS AGO.

IT HAS BEEN -- THERE HAVEN'T BEEN PROPER MITIGATION OVER THE YEARS. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON IT. WE HEAR FROM THE ISSUE IS.

WE RECOGNIZE WHAT IT IS. AND LIKE I SAID, I WILL DO MY PART. WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

WE SHARE COMMON AREA WHICH IS REALLY THE AREA THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE BETWEEN ALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO WE ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

WE HAVE A GREAT DRAINAGE AREA THAT IS NEAR COUNTY ROAD 52 OFF OF HIGHWAY 77 TO THE WEST OF IT.

SO IF WE CAN EXPAND ON THAT. LOOK, I AM A SERVANT.

I'M HERE TO HEAR YOUR NEEDS AND YOUR CONCERNS AND WE ARE GOING TO DO IT. POINTING FINGERS ARE NOT GOING TO HELP, BUT I'M HERE TO HELP YOU.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK AFTER THE MEETING WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND NOT ALL MY RESPONSIBILITY AND I WILL NOT

ALLOW THAT TO GO FURTHER. >>JUDGE CANALES: I THINK WE ARE GOOD HERE. WE HAVE GOT A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE TO -- EVERYONE GETS A LITTLE BIT OF OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THEIR PEACE. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS I WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE SOMETHING.

HALFF AND ASSOCIATES ARE THE GROUP LEAD PROJECT MANAGER ON THE -- WELL, THE LEAD ENGINEER. WE HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER.

A PROGRAM MANAGER BUT THE LEAD PROJECT ON THE TRI-COUNTY DRAINAGE STUDY. THEY ARE THE ENGINEER.

WHAT YOU SAW TODAY IS PRETTY WONDERFUL, RIGHT.

YOU WILL GET THAT COUNTYWIDE PRACTICALLY.

WE WILL HAVE A REAL MODEL FOR OUR COUNTY AND THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO JUST SEE ONE EXCEPTION BUT YOU WILL SEE HOW TO AFFECTS THE ENTIRE PIECE OF IT.

AND I WANT TO LOOP BACK WITH JUAN.

MAYBE HE DIDN'T SAY IT AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED IT.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THE CITY DOING A SIMULTANEOUS DRAINAGE PROGRAM WITH PAPE DAWSON.

YOU HAVE CHALLENGED US. WE HEAR YOU.

SOMETIMES IT IS FRUSTRATING -- YEP, IT IS FRUSTRATING TO -- TO

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SAY, BUT IT ISN'T FAST ENOUGH. ALL I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH AND TO GET THOSE DOLLARS YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR THEM BUT AGAIN I REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE SAME FERVOR AND PASSION TO LET LOOSE OF THAT COIN BECAUSE GETTING THE STATUS QUO IS CRITICAL AND GOING TO DO THAT AND TAKE REAL DOLLARS TO GET THAT DONE AND AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT HAVING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AS A CORE VALUE, THAT IS AWESOME. AND THAT'S WHY THE REPORT THIS MORNING WAS SO IMPORTANT AND WE DID THAT.

THAT OTHER PEOPLE DECIDES US HERE AND YOU GUYS, YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR RESIDENTS, ALL OVER NUECES COUNTY THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TOO.

AND I WILL DO MY BEST, SIR, TO WORK WITH -- LIKE COMMISSIONER MAREZ SAID. NOT A LOAN.

I WILL HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN AND MAYBE THAT STARTS WITH JUST SOME -- SOME OPENING OF SOME DOORS TO GET EVERYBODY TO START TALKING ABOUT IT. COMMISSIONER -- I MEAN -- JUAN IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU. HE WANTS TO TAKE THE MICROPHONE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT PAPE DAWSON.

>> OKAY, SO SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE PASSING ME ON TO THE CITY

COUNCIL OVER IN ROBSTOWN. >>JUDGE CANALES: I AM GOING TO GO OVER THERE TO TALK TO IT. DD 2 THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT

NUMBER 2. >> WHAT IS YOUR ADDRESS.

>> COUNTY ROAD 50, 3600. >>JUDGE CANALES: 3600 COUNTY

ROAD 50. >> ALL THE FIXES IS BASICALLY OVER ON 1889. AND YOU KNOW WHICH TAMPA EVERYTHING TRAINS OVER THERE FOR THE COUNTY ROAD.

THAT IS THE PATH AS WELL. LIKE BARBARA SAID, IF THE STUFF ISN'T CLEAR GOING THAT WAY AND THE PLUG THAT IS OVER THERE AT -- AT 69 THAT GOES TO -- THAT GOES TO COUNTY ROAD 44, IF THAT IS NOT CLEARED, WE ARE IN THE SAME -- SAME SITUATION NO

MATTER WHAT. >>JUDGE CANALES: NO MATTER WHAT. JUAN YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A

COMMENT ABOUT PAPE DAWSON. >> JUST REAL QUICK.

WANT TO THANK HALFF AND ASSOCIATES FOR RESPONDING REAL QUICK ON THE STUDY. THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF THEIR ANALYSIS AND THE REPORT THEY PROVIDED FOR US.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REQUESTED FOR THIS TO GET EXPEDITED AND I APPRECIATE T THAT.

IN REGARDS TO PA PE DAWSON. WE HAVE BEEN TALK TOGETHER CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND MEETING WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN TEAM UP, BECAUSE PART OF THIS IS SOME OF THEIR DRAINAGE AREA T TOO.

SO WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING ANOTHER MEETING WITH -- PROBABLY WITH THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH. I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ALSO WITH THE -- WITH THE WATER DISTRICT ALSO BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME IRRIGATION DISHES THAT THEY MIGHT END UP CLOSING.

AND THEY ARE WILLING TO PROBABLY GIVE THAT TO US -- BUT -- WITH THE SYSTEM. SO THOSE ARE OPTIONS THAT -- OTHER OPTION THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND COORDINATING AND MEETING WITH OTHER ENTITIES TO DISCUSS ABOUT DRAINAGE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: VERY GOOD. >>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: THANK YOU TO HALFF AND ASSOCIATES.

THE BEST MONEY I EVER SPENT. THANK YOU.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EVERY COMMISSIONERS COURT AGENDA. YOU ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE UNTIL -- SOMETIMES IT IS A LITTLE PAINFUL BUT KEEP COMING BACK.. I HOPE YOU BELIEVE IT WAS WORTH YOUR TIME TODAY. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY, BUT TOUGH SOLUTIONS REQUIRE A LOT OF -- A LOT OF TIME.

AND -- AND I KNOW THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU.

THEY WORK FOR US WHICH MEANS THEY WORK FOR YOU.

DON'T THINK ABOUT IT AS HAVING TO ASK PERMISSION.

THEY ARE HERE. THAT IS WHY THESE DRAINAGE WORKSHOPS. YOU GUYS WEREN'T HERE, BUT IF YOU CAN HELP LOUIE. ASK FOR A DIRECTIVE FROM MAY AND JUNE. YOU GUYS CAN BE THE ONES TO GET THAT NAILED DOWN. THESE FOLKS NEED THAT YEST YESTERDAY. THEY WANT TO GET THEIR RESIDENTS AND FOLKS READY FOR IT.

OKAY, THANKS, CHRIS. THANKS, JOSH.

KELSEY, ROB, EVERYBODY. OKAY, I AM GOING TO SEE -- SOME ITEMS WE CAN MOVE VERY SWIFTLY.

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ARE THEY -- MAYBE SOME WE CAN EVEN PUSH AWAY.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: I THINK ITEMS WE CAN TABLE THEM.

>>JUDGE CANALES: YOU BET. WHAT DO YOU GOT.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: PUBLIX WORKS B 3, B 4, AND ITEM F 2.

THOSE LOOK LIKE SOMETHING WE CAN HOLD OFF AT LEAST TO THE NEXT MEETING. BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF OTHERS THAT WE NEED ACTION ITEMS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THE ONLY THING IS KYLE LEBLANC CAME IN

FROM HOUSTON. >> I NEVER SEEN YOU IN REAL LIFE, KYLE. I DON'T THINK I EVER HAD.

ONLY ON ZOOM. MAYBE --

>>JUDGE CANALES: WELL PRECOVID HE WAS HERE.

SO -- >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: AT LEAST

[4. Receive presentation from the Director of Public Works related to Fiscal Year 2022 First Quarterly Expenditure Report.]

[2. Discuss and consider scheduling interviewees for the Public Information Officer position.]

ITEM B 4 AND F 2. >>JUDGE CANALES: LET'S DO B 4 BECAUSE THAT ONE CAN WAIT. AND TAKE YOUR MOTION -- AND COMMISSIONER CHESNEY SECONDED IT.

WOULD YOU, COMMISSIONER CHE CHESNEY.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I THINK YOU SAID F 2.

>>JUDGE CANALES: IF-2. MAY BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THAT ONE BY E-MAILING US ON THE INTERVIEWS.

I WILL TAKE THAT TO A MOTION TO TABLE FOR MARCH 30.

A MOTION AND A SECOND. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

I THINK I CAN TAKE SOME OFF T TOO.

F-2. B-4 AND F-2.

LET ME WHIZ THROUGH, A FEW WE CAN WHIZ THROUGH.

THE FIRST ONE IS -- I THINK -- WE HAVE ALREADY -- GO AHEAD?

>> THE CONSENT AGENDA. >>JUDGE CANALES: POINTED OUT -- THANK YOU TO WHOEVER THE TEAM WAS ONE MISTAKE HAS TO DUE WITH AT YEAR. FRANCISCO CAUGHT IT.

[K. Authorize the County Judge to approve the amended Equipment List for the FY20 Texas General Land Office Beach Cleaning and Maintenance Reimbursement Application.]

SHOULD SAY ON ITEM K ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, FY '22 AND SAYS "20." ASKING THERE TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSENT AGENDA TO MAKE A CORRECTION.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. LET'S SEE WE CAN GET THROUGH

[16. Discuss and consider merit pay for Health District employees pursuant to Reformation Agreement and related matters.]

THESE NEXT ONES REAL FAST. ONE IS THE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE MERIT PAY FOR THE HEALTH DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

I THOUGHT THIS MATTER. I THINK WE HAVE IT RESOLVED.

WE HAVE A SO MOVED. I HAVE GOT A SECOND.

16. I WILL REPEAT IT, CARA, CONSIDER THE MERIT PAY FOR HEALTH DISTRICT EMPLOYEES FOR THE REFORMATION AGREEMENT. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: CAN I MAKE MY MOTION BASE ON THE FACT WE GOT INFORMATION FROM THE CITY.

WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT AND THE CITY HAD NO I SHALL ISSUE WITH THOSE FOUR PEOPLE -- FIVE, FOUR, I DON'T KNOW.

ANYWAY WE SAID MOVE FORWARD AND DO IT AND GET RID OF IF.

I MAKE A MOTION. >>JUDGE CANALES: I HAVE GOT A

SECOND. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: DIDN'T

HEAR THE MOTION. >>JUDGE CANALES: THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE MERIT PAY FOR THE HEALTH DISTRICT EMPLOYEES BASED ON THE FACT HE IS CONFIRMED WITH THE CITY THAT

EVERYTHING IS FINE. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: NUMBER

16. >>JUDGE CANALES: A MOTION AND I SECONDED IT. JANUARY AND FEBRUARY GOES YOU WILL ALL THE WAY BACK TO OCTOBER.

>> JUST JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. >>JUDGE CANALES: FOR THOSE FOUR, IT WAS THEIR ANNIVERSARY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I HAVE GOT TO ASK. HAS KYLE BEEN SILTING IN THE AUDIENCE ALL DAY AND PAYING HIM TO SIT ALL DAY AND NOT --

>>JUDGE CANALES: COMMISSIONER CHESNEY.

HE HAS NOT BEEN HERE ALL DAY. HE CAME IN THE AFTERNOON.

AND I AM -- I AM GOING -- I JUST SAID TO COMMISSIONER MAREZ THAT WE WILL TAKE UP THAT AGENDA ITEM.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I AM CURIOUS WHY HE IS HERE WHEN HE HAS BEEN DOING IT ON ZOOM. HE DIDN'T CHARGE US WITH ALL THE TRAVEL AND TIME, THAT IS FINE.

I DON'T ADVOCATE FOR SOMEBODY BEING THERE AN CHARGING US FROM HOUSTON FOR TRAVEL TIME WHEN HE COULD HAVE DONE IT FROM ZOOM.

I AM ASKING IF THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.

>>JUDGE CANALES: SOMETIMES THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSE AT ALL. I THINK WE ARE -- I AM GOING TO

[17. Discuss and consider appointment of American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator for Nueces County; Discuss and consider appointment of Assistant ADA Coordinator.]

MOVE ON. I GOT ITEM NUMBER 17.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT COORDINATE WE ARE NUECES COUNTY.

AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ASSISTANT ADA CORNER WHEN TYNER LITTLE RESIGNED FROM THE COUNTY, IT LEFT -- HE WAS OUR ADA COORDINATOR. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY IDAY.

>> I AM RECOMMENDING TO HAVE THE RISK MANAGER RIGHT NOW.

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HE ALSO A BEEN THE ASSISTANT RIGHT NOW.

WE WANT TO APPOINT HIM AS A DIRECTOR AND REBECCA --

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

>> OKAY. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I DON'T THINK THAT THE RISK MANAGEMENT HAS ANY EXPERIENCE ON ADA. USED TO BE TYNER.

AND TYNER, OF COURSE, HE KNEW SOME OF THE LAWS AND HE KNEW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION TO DO THE ADA CONSTRUCTION. I THINK BELINDA BELL.

BELINDA IN YOUR OFFICE IS A GOOD CANDIDATE BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THE ADA LAWS. SHE IS AN ATTORNEY.

AND -- >> YES, COMMISSIONER.

TIM HAS BEEN THE ASSISTANT. I MEAN T YNER WAS THE ONE AND TIM WAS THE ASSISTANT. AND HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ADA.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I NEVER SAW HIM INVOLVED IN

ANYTHING REALLY. >>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: WOULDN'T IT BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN PUBLIC WORKS LIKE JUAN OR HIS ASSISTANT IF THEY TAKE ALL OF THE CERTIFICATIONS STILL LOOKING INTO IT AS WELL.

>>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: STILL LOOKING TO GET CLAS

CLASSIFIED. >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME

CLASSES. >>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ: PUBLIC WORKS SINCE THEY DO ALL THE CONSTRUCTION.

THEY WOULD BE MORE. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: MAKE SURE SOMEBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING. KNOWS THE LAW.

>>JUDGE CANALES: AGAIN, I M MEAN, I AM HAPPY TO REWORK T THIS. WHY DON'T WE MAKE THE CONSIDERATION UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH FOR TIM.

WE HAVE ISSUES THAT ARE PRESSING RIGHT NOW ADA.

WE CAN COME BACK AND REVISIT IT AND TALK TO BELINDA AND SEE IF SHE IS WILLING TO DO IT FROM THAT LEGAL AND GOVERNMENTAL PERSPECTIVE SINCE ADA DOES HAVE A LEGAL COMPONENT.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT COME UP IN THE COURTS LIKE EVERY DAY.

AND THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE THIS WAS GERMANE.

IT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. WE NEED SOMEBODY TO BE A LIAISON WITH THE COURT ADMINISTRATION.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: SO DID -- IS -- IDAY, SHE HAS TAKEN TYNER'S ROLE IN THE ADA AND THIS IS AN ASSISTANT -- BECAUSE NOTHING IN MY AGENDA AGAIN AND I AM TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AS

WE GO. >> NO, COMMISSIONER, THERE IS -- TYNER USED TO BE THE ADA COORDINATOR AND TIMOROUSED TO BE THE ASSIST TACHBILITY. WE ARE PROPOSING TO BE TIM AS THE ADA COORDINATOR AND REBECCA THE ASSISTANT.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: WHO ASSISTANT.

>> REBECCA RAMIREZ. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: I THINK WE SHOULD TABLE THIS. AND NOT IN MY AGENDA.

I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DIGEST IT AND I AM NOT READY TO DO IT TODAY. WE HAVE AN ASSISTANT RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WE ARE FINE BUT I AM NOT READY TO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY AND I AM NOT READY TO PUT A PERSON IN THAT ROLE WITHOUT

THINKING ABOUT IT. >> THE OTHER THING I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT TIM IS ACTING AS THE INTERIM UP UNTIL THE TIME WE MAKE THAT DECISION. THAT IS THE ONLY TIME AND WE WILL ACT AS INTERIM AND TABLE THE ACTUAL DESIGNATION UNTIL MARCH 30. I DON'T MIND MAKING IT, CARA.

I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION AND COMMISSIONER ECONOMIES KNEE KIND OF MADE IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER.

HOWEVER. >>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO TO. SECONDED BY MR. GONZALEZ.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

[18. Discuss and consider adopting an Order prohibiting outdoor burning in the unincorporated areas of Nueces County, pursuant to Section 352.081 of the Texas Local Government Code.]

>>JUDGE CANALES: ALSO THE ADOPTION OF THE BURN BAN.

ITEM NUMBER 18. AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 352.081 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

>>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: MOVE. >>COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ:

SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

>> THIS IS A 90-DAY BAN. >>JUDGE CANALES: WOULD YOU UNMUTE AND CONFIRM THE TIME TABLE FOR US.

>> YES, MA'AM, IT IS -- I AM ASKING FOR 90 DAY.

WE CAN ALWAYS RESCIND IT THE TIME COMES AND WE NEED TO

DO THAT. >> I THINK THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE SO SEVERE THAT THE STATE OPERATION COMMAND CENTER ACTUALLY ISSUED THE -- BACK ON THE STATEWIDE CALLS AND THING IS VERY IMPORTANT. THAT 90 DAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. WE TABLED ITEM NUMBER 19, CARA

[20. Discuss and consider action regarding the operations of the Medical Examiner’s Office, including personnel matters, any unfinished/incomplete matter relating to the office, and any items related to any investigations or inquiries relating to the office of the Nueces County Medical Examiner, and other related matters.]

EARLIER. ITEM NUMBER 20 IS NEXT.

AND ITEM NUMBER 20 IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING

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THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S. ANY INCOMPLETE MATTERS AND LEADING TO THE OFFICE OF THE NUECES COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS. AND I WILL TELL THAT YOU WE DO HAVE OF A MOTION TO MAKE WITH REGARDS TO THE MEDICAL EXA EXAMINER'S OFFICE. WE RECENTLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING AND APPLICATIONS, WRITTEN APPLICATIONS AND THEN WE HAVE INTERVIEWS.

AND AFTER THE INTERVIEW PRO PROCESS, THE COURT DOES HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE. AND THIS MOTION IS TO HIRE AS OUR CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER CONTINGENT UPON FINALIZING APPLICATION DR. LUZI, I BEL BELIEVE.

AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION AS TO ALL DETAILS.

I KNOW YOU WILL WANT TO HEAR OF HIS OUTSTANDING CURRICULUM VITAE ALONG WITH HIS EXEMPLARY WORK EXPERIENCE, BUT FOR NOW MAY I SUFFICE TO SAY HE IS A VETERAN.

HE IS A -- HE IS A MEDICAL EXAMINER FROM RIVERSIDE CALIFORNIA. AND HE ALSO HAS EXTENSIVE COMMAND EXPERIENCE HAVING SERVED IN OAK GNAW WITH A JAPAN AND PERFORMING PATHOLOGY REGIONALLY FOR OUR UNITED STATES NAVY. SO MUCH MORE TO TELL.

PLEASE ALLOW US THE TIME TO PROVIDE ALL THE DETAILS TO YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF TODAY. I THINK IT IS JUST THE COURT'S WILL TO MAKE THIS DECISION. SO I DO MAKE THIS MOTION.

AND I DO ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I DID NOT ADD THAT THE DATE WE WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO BEGIN AT A SEARCH TIME. WE PREFER IT TO BE MAY 1.

BUT WE DO NEED TO VISIT WITH HIM AND MAKE CERTAIN HE WOULD CONCUR. YOU CAN'T HAVE A CONTRACT UNLESS IT IS TWO-SIDED BUT THAT IS THE BILL IN THIS MOTION.

WE ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME BACK IN THE END OF THE MONTH CURE AND CORRECT ANY OF THE DATES REGARDING HIS START DATE AND -- BUT, OF COURSE, WE WILL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, VISIT

WITH HIM FIRST. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: JU

JUDGE. >>JUDGE CANALES: WILL YOU MAKE

A SECOND. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I

WILL SECOND IT. >>JUDGE CANALES: GO AHEAD.

DISCUSSION. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ:

SOMETHING ELSE. >>JUDGE CANALES: SOMETHING

ELSE. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I

SECONDED IT. >>JUDGE CANALES: LET ME TAKE THE VOTE ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. >>COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ: I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. IF -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, DR. SHAKER, IF HE DID SOME MALA, YOU KNOW WITH US, CAN WE JUST DISCUSS IT.

I AM OKAY WITH THAT. >>JUDGE CANALES: MISS DORSEY.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN -- >>JUDGE CANALES: BACK IT UP.

DON'T SAY ANYTHING. WE WILL HANDLE IT IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY.

I THINK THAT -- THAT IS SUFFICIENT, DON'T YOU THINK, MRS. DORSEY FOR ITEM NUMBER 20? OKAY.

PEOPLE MIGHT BE WONDER BEING THE OTHER OFFICES LIKE THE DEPUTY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS BUT PLEASE REMEMBER IT IS A CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER THAT WILL NAME THOSE POSITIONS.

SO YOU WILL LOOK FOR US IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS WHENEVER THEY ARE -- WHENEVER THEY ARE DETERMINED. OKAY.

>>COMMISSIONER CHESNEY: IMPORTANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING APPLICANTS FOR THE OTHER POSITION THAT HOPEFULLY THE -- IF WE GET THIS ONE, THEY WILL COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE AS WELL BECAUSE WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE APPLICANT POOL WE HAVE, OUTSTANDING APPLICANTS WE HAD ON THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I KNEEL IS WORTHY OF A ECHO.

WE HAVE VERY EXCELLENT APPLICANTS FOR THE DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER AND THEN, AGAIN, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD THAT DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. SO I THINK -- I THINK THERE IS -- THERE IS NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS THERE TO REPORT AS FAR AS PUTTING TOGETHER A VERY QUALIFIED AND VERY EXPERIENCED

[21. Discuss and consider approval of any accrued overtime hours pursuant to County policy for essential exempt employees during declared disasters as it relates to COVID-19, and/or storm preparedness and response; severe weather preparedness and response.]

TEAM. ALL RIGHT.

ON 21, DALE, THERE IS NOTHING HERE.

>> WE DID NOT TRACK ANY OVERTIME, YOUR HONOR AND NO

ACTION REQUIRED. >>JUDGE CANALES: FOR THE CLERK

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NOTHING ON 21. WE WILL MOVE TRAIT TO PUBLIC

[2. Receive presentation from Turner Ramirez Architects for the planned renovations at the Calderon Building.]

WORKS. WE HAVE ALREADY HANDLED B 1 AND NOW WE WILL MOVE TO B-2, WHICH IS RECEIVE THE PRESENTATION FROM TURNER RAMIREZ ARCHITECTS FOR THE PLANNED RENOVATIONS AT THE CALDERON BUILDING. WE WILL DO A SWITCH.

WHICH HAVE PHILLIP RAMIREZ FROM TURNER TO TALK OF RENOVATIONS

OF CALDERON BUILDING. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS PHILLIP RAMIREZ.

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION IF WE CAN GET THAT PULLED UP.

FOR DISCUSSION. I ALSO HAVE HERE WITH ME ONE OF MY ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGERS JOSEPH MAHONE.

HIS MOTHER AND TWO SISTERS WORK HERE IN THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

SO HE COMES FROM A LONG LINEAGE OF HAVING RELATIVES TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM ALONG ON THE PROJECT AS WELL AND ONE OF OUR YOUNG AND UP AND COMING STARS WITHIN THE COMPANY AND HAPPY TO HAVE HIM ON THE PROJECT AS WELL.

ALL OF THE WORK YOU WILL SEE HERE IS A LOT OF HIS HARD WORK

AND EVIDENT. >> I HAVE THREE, BUT I DON'T HAVE TWO.

>> ON THE AECHBLING. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> PULLING THAT UP. I KNOW YOU HAD QUITE A LONG MEETING, BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PORTIONS EVER THE CALDERON BUILDING IN ROBSTOWN, TEXAS.

THAT A PORTION OF THAT BUILDING HAD AT ONE POINT IN TIME FUNCTIONED AS A CLINIC OF SP SPACE.

IT IS CURRENTLY VACANT. THERE ARE SOME ADJOINING SPACES THAT WE HAVE ALSO HAD THE ABILITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

AS -- IN OUR ABILITY TO INCORPORATE SOME OF OUR SPACES.

THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. PERFECT.

SO WE CAN -- >> SHARE MY SCREEN.

>> PERFECT. THE SPACE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE TODAY IS THE SPACE IN THE BLUE WHICH IS -- THERE ARE SOME OFFICES THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED BY THE JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICES. THERE IS A SMALL STORAGE ROOM THAT IS CURRENTLY UTILIZED BY WIC.

AND THE PURPLE TO THE RIGHT IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE AS YOU MOVE INTO THE BUILDING. WE LOOKED AT THAT SPACE TO TRY TO MODERNIZE IT IN A WAY AND MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT. SOME OF THE OFFICE SPACES WERE DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT AT LEAST IN THE JUVENILE SIDE WERE VERY BIG, LARGE OFFICES THAT FOR THE MOST PART ARE UNDERUTILIZED.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN SHOW THE NEXT STEP THERE.

SO THIS IS THE CURRENT PLAN. A LITTLE BIGGER THERE.

AND THERE IS AN ENTRANCE, A PUBLIC ENTRANCE TO THE RIGHT THERE THAT IS IN THE CLINIC AND AN EXISTING LOBBY SPACE.

THE COUNTY IS PART OF YOUR A A. D. A. UPGRADES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL HAVE ALREADY RENOVATED THE PUBLIC REST ROOM FACILITIES WITHIN THE CLINIC SPACE ITSELF AND WE KIND OF LUCKED OUT AND ALREADY MODERNIZED AND WE BELIEVE THEM TO BE COMPLIANT AND AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE ARE TWO EXAM ROOMS AND KIND OF A LARGE OPEN WORK AREA THAT IS IN THE REAR.

AND THEN LINED WITH SOME OFFICES ALONG THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE BLUE AND THE YELLOW SOME EXISTING OFFICES THAT ARE USED BY THE JUVENILE PROBATION.

AND THE WIC OFFICE AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS IS >>>RED IS IND KANTING THE WALLS WE WOULD LOOK TO TAKE OUT.

ENGINEERING DONE AN ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDING AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR THE WALLS APPEAR TO BE LOAD BEARING OR HAVE STRUCTURAL IMPLICATIONS. THE BUILDER, FROM WHAT WE COULD TELL, IT'S GOT GOOD BONES. IT HAS CAPACITY. THERE SUNT SEEM TO BE ANY SIGNS OF STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS INTERIOR RENOVATION WITH LITTLE IF NO EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

WE ARE INTENDING IT TO BE INTERIOR RENOVATION WITH AIR-CONDITIONING AND ELECTRICAL WORK IN ASSOCIATION WITH IT. OUR STRATEGY IS TO, OBVIOUSLY, MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THE BUILDING

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AND REARRANGE SOME OF THE SPACES IN A WAY THAT ALLOW IT TO HAVE MORE CLINIC SPACE.

A LITTLE LESS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SPACE FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF MAKING ONES A LITTLE BIG A SMALLER AND EFFICIENT. BUT ALLOWING OTHER ROOMS AS FAR AS MENTAL HEALTH CAPACITY TO TREAT AND ADDRESS THAT. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WE CAN LOOK AT THE OVERALL PLAN WE INTEND TO. IT SHOWS THE NEW LAYOUT. IT SHOULD BE THE NEXT SLIDE.

THAT'S IT. >>>IF YOU CAN TELL FROM THIS PLAN, I APOLOGIZE IF IT'S HARD TO SEE. WE HAVE THE WAITING ROOM, WHICH WILL STAY IN THIS POSITION IT IS IN. THE BLUE INDICATES THE NEW WALLS GOING IN TO PLACE.

WE'RE BUILDING IN A SMALLER MORE COMPACT AND EFFICIENT RECEPTION AREA LEAVING THE LOBBY THE SAME SIZE BUT ADDING SECURITY WITH REGARDS TO PROVIDING SCREENING. THAT WAY THE PATIENTS AS THEY INTERACT AND COME IN THE DOOR, IN A PANDEMIC ERA, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OF CONCERN IN CLINIC TYPE SPACES. PROVIDING THAT THERE. ALSO, COMING IN AND MAKING MINOR ADA IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PHYSICAL EXAM ROOMS, SUCH AS, MAKING THE DOORS ADA ACCESSIBLE WITH CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR WHEELCHAIR MOVEMENT AND REPURPOSING THE LARGE WORK AREA INTO ADDITIONAL MEDICAL SFAS TO USE FOR DENTAL TREATMENT, AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE MINOR WALL CHANGES IN THE OFFICES. THEN A REPURPOSING OF THE OLD JUVENILE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES USE AND COMPRESSING THOSE IN TWO SMALLER OFFICES OFF THE HALLWAY AND ALLOWING US TO FIT IN TWO ADDITIONAL TREATMENT USED THAT CAN BE USED IN THE FUTURE FOR MORE PSYCHIATRIC TYPE CARE. PSYCHOLOGICAL, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE TYPE CLINICAL CARE.

WE WERE ABLE TO CARVE OUT SOME ADDITIONAL SPACE THAT WOULD BE MORE CLINICAL IN NATURE AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A SEPARATE ENTRANCE FOR THAT TYPE OF WORK OR TREATMENT.

THAT WAY THOSE CLIENTS AND PATIENTS WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO COME IN THROUGH THE MEDICAL CLINIC SIDE IF THEY ARE NOT SUFFERING FROM ANY AILMENTS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE OTHER THAN THE TREATMENT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE. WE HAVE CREATED A SPACE FOR A LARGER MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM THAT CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF TRAINING PURPOSES OR GATHERINGS.

SMALL GROUP WHETHER IT BE A CALL CENTER THAT MAY BE NEEDED. THIS IS A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SPACE WE ENVISION THE COUNTY CAN USE AS IS NEEDED. BUT CAN ALSO SERVE AS A TRAINING ROOM. WLO IT BE FOR CLINICAL TRAINING OR JUST FOR COUNTY OPERATIONS IN GENERAL. THAT, FOR THE MOST PART, CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

AGAIN, THESE CHANGES INCLUDE SOME MINOR MECHANICAL CHANGES THAT ARE REALLY NOT DEALING WITH THE CENTRAL SYSTEMS OF THE BUILDING BUT REALLY MORE JUST TO MAKE SURE THE AIR-CONDITIONING PROVISIONS ARE ADEQUATE FOR THE SPACE RENOVATED AND ELECTRICAL CHANGES, AS WELL.

AGAIN, WE ARE TRACKING CURRENTLY IN THE DEMOLITION PLANS THAT WE'RE GOING TRY OUR BEST GIVEN THE FACT THAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE INCREASING AND SUPPLY CHAINS.

WITH YOU'RE APPROVAL MOVE FORWARD WITH DEMOLITION PLANS. WE ALLOW THE DEMOLITION TO START AS AN INITIAL CONTRACT WHILE WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE FINAL DESIGN OF IT, AS WELL.

AGAIN, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS DESIGN COMPLETE WITH YOU'RE APPROVAL OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY ASSUMING WE'RE ON THE CORRECT TRACK WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

IT'S A FAST TRACK PROJECT WE FEEL WE CAN GET MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY AND ON THE STREET AND TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AS MUCH AS WE CAN. EXPEED YAT TO MITIGATE COST

EXKALATION IN THE MARKET. >> WHAT IS THE COST? >> WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE, A ROUGH PER SQUARE FOOT ESTIMATE. I THINK OVERALL, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE BUDGET WAS ON IT JOSEPH? I THINK WE HAD IT ESTIMATED SOMEWHERE IN THE $600,000 RANGE. $650,000. THAT'S A PER SQUARE FOOT COST.

RENOVATION WORK SO IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY BECAUSE YOU RUN IN TO LITTLE THINGS HERE OR THERE.

SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE, YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER.

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>> WITH THE DEMO, IF YOU ADDED IT ALL TOGETHER MAYBE THAT'S A SAFER NUMBER.

>> YES, MA'AM. AGAIN, THAT'S A ROUGH PER SQUARE FOOT NUMBER.

UNFORTUNATELY THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TODAY IS TRYING TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE BIDS ARE COMING IN. IT'S A WILD CARD AT THE MOMENT BUT CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF CUSHION IN THERE TO BE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING AVAILABLE TO

EXECUTE THE PROJECT WOULD BE CERTAINLY A PRUDENT THING TO DO. >> COULD YOU REPEAT THE

NUMBER. I DID NOT HEAR IT >> CURRENTLY I THINK WE HAVE IT ESTIMATED AT ABOUT, THIS IS A ROUGH PER SQUARE FOOT NUMBER COMMISSIONER ABOUT 650 IS THE NUMBER THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AND TARGETING. I THINK THE COMMENT FROM THE COMMISSIONER WAS TO ALLOCATE A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF THAT IN CASE FOR CONTINGENCY IN ESCALATION IN

THE BIDS OR UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS. >> I SAID ONE MILLION,

COMMISSIONER. >> YES. >> THE FUNDING SOURCE IS

WHAT? >> WE DON'T HAVE IT. >> JUST ASKING THE QUESTION.

>> THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY OUT THERE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

>> DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT HE SAYS. I THINK HE JUST WORRIED.

I THINK HE DOES WORRY ABOUT IT. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT GREAT SLIDE WHERE EVERYTHING IS ON IT.

>>>I THINK THE FIRST SLIDE. >> OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A GREAT DESIGN.

IT'S GOT TO BREAK ROOM, THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM ALLOWING FOR DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE, THE OTHER ONE I LIKE SO MUCH. THERE YOU GO.

THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS JUST SO, FOR THE EDIFICATION OF EVERYBODY, THIS IS MORE FOR YOU COMMISSIONER GONGZ. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RENOVATION, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A LOT OF MULTI-USE. THE PURPOSE IS REALLY TO ESTABLISH A HEALTH CLINIC THAT COMES TO US POST HEALTH DISTRICT REFORMATION AGREEMENT. IS THAT RIGHT?

>> RIGHT. >> OKAY. >> USE IT TWICE A WEEK AND

WE CAN UTILIZE IT THE OTHER DAYS. >> WE CAN UTILIZE IT THE OTHER DAYS. IF IT'S MAINLY MEDICAL AND DESIGNED FOR MEDICAL DO WE HAVE IDEAS ON WHO ELSE CAN USE IT? REMEMBER THE IDEA WITH UZ TO SAVE MONEY BY BREAKING UP.

NOT COSTING MONEY. I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE WHOLE STRATEGY IS HERE AND THE WHOLE PLAN SO WE CAN REALLY COME TO TERMS WITH HOW WE CAN REALLY MAKE THE MOST OF THIS.

>> IF YOU WANT YOU CAN PUT IT OUT THERE. >> LET'S COME UP WITH A GOOD PLAN. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RATE OF

RETURN. >> THERE'S A NEED FROM DRISCOLL WICK YO UT LIEZ PART OF IT. THEY HAVE IN THE PAST. THERE'S A NEED THAT COME UP RECENTLY, A REQUEST, TO USE THE FACILITY. THEIR MOBILE CLINIC PARKED OUTSIDE EVERY DAY OR MOST DAYS, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH REHAB, REHAUL.

ALSO, IF WE CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE, IT KIND OF SHOWS THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WHEN COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ IS THERE AND PHILLIP AND SEVERAL OTHERS. WHAT CAN WE GO ON THE SOUTH SIDE, EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. WHAT CAN WE DO ON THE WEST. WE WERE THERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN WE WERE THERE WITH THE CONSTABLE. HE SHOWED US, IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE, THEY HAVE JAIL CELLS IN THERE FROM BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THEY WOULD BRING IN PEOPLE THEY HAD ARRESTED. THOSE HAVE BEEN CONVERTED OVER TO STORAGE AREAS.

HIS STAFF HASSOUT GROWN THE SPACE THEY HAVE. THEY ARE SHARING SMALL CLOSETS AND THE CELLS ARE MORE NARROW. THEY ARE NOT PRACTICAL. WE SPOKE WITH PHILLIP AND TOOK A TOUR. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

THAT'S ALSO THE OTHER COMPONENT. IT WAS LIKE, WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO REHAB WORK ON ONE SIDE THERE'S BEEN THIS REQUEST AND NEED ON THE OTHER FROM THE CONSTABLE.

I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THAT, ALSO, IN THE BACK OF OUR HEADS AS WE PROCESS THROUGH THE COST AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO SAVE COSTS BY BUNDLING OR, YOU KNOW, DESIGN WORK IS PUT TOGETHER.

THAT REDUCE COST. WHATEVER WAY JUAN OR PHILLIP WE CAN DO THAT.

LET DO IT. THIS IS, I MEAN EVERY TIME I GO IN TO THE BUILDING I VISIT TWO

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PEOPLE. I SEE JUDGE GONZALEZ AND I VISIT TO SEE IF THE CONSTABLE IS IN OR OUT ON PATROL. EVERY TIME I GO IN THE OFFICE THERE'S ONE OR TWO OFFICERS THERE. THEY ARE STILL STRUGGLING, EVEN THOUGH THE FULL STAFF IS NOT THERE DURING THE DAY, IT'S A STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE DOORWAY.

I WAS THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN YOU HAD YOUR GUYS OUT THERE. YOU WERE THERE.

>> YES. >> I DIDN'T GET YOUR LAST NAME.

I WOULD HAVE KNOWN YOUR MOM IS LINDA. I THINK THAT'S GOT TO BE, ALSO, AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS. THIS IS ONE PART.

OBVIOUSLY THE PART WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF REFORMATION WE HAD.

WE GOT TO INCLUDE THE CONSTABLE AREA. THEY ARE IN NEED OF REALLY A LOT OF WORK. THEY TALKED ABOUT ADA WORK NEEDED BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO

GET BACK THERE AT ALL. IT'S A VERY TIGHT SPACE. >>>WE'VE JUST, ON THE VERY SURFACE, KIND OF SKETCHED SOME THINGS OUT AND HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.

WE SENT SOMETHING TO JUAN EARLY THIS WEEK. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

I THINK WE ACTUALLY, JOSEPH HAD A BRILLIANT IDEA WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. IT MIGHT ELIMINATE THE ABILITY OR NEED TO HAVE THAT SECONDARY ENTRANCE WITH A RAMP. IT WOULD NEGATE THAT AND ALLOW YOU TO ACCESS OFF THE HALLWAY.

THE SECONDARY HALLWAY. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT BUT IT'S VERY PRELIMINARY.

WE WILL BE BACK IN TOUCH WITH YOU THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS AT A VERY NEAR DATE.

>>>KEEP ME UPDATED. THIS IS MORE ON THE FAST TRACK. ON THE MEDICAL SIDE BUT, LIKE I SAID, ANY WAY WE CAN BE MORE RESOURCEFUL IN EXPENDITURES I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON WE TALKED. YOU'RE ALREADY DOING WORK ON

THIS END. >> YES, SIR. >> YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE SAME THING AT BISHOP. WE REMOVED THOSE JAILS. NOW IT'S LIKE INTERVIEW ROOMS. THAT'S WHAT THE OFFICERS USE FOR INTERVIEW ROOMS. THERE'S A WAY.

WE DID TAKE OUT THE CELLS. >> WE DO KNOW THEY CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL IMPLICATIONS. THEY ARE BUILD SOLIDLY AND IT WON'T BE EASY BUT THEY CAN BE

DONE. >> THAT WAS MY INITIAL CONCERN.

HE SAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. HE COULDN'T TELL RIGHT OFF THE BAT. THAT'S REASSURING. JUDGE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE MANY TIMES BUT IF YOU GET THE CHANCE OR WHEN I'M THERE WE CAN GET YOU TO SEE THE CLINIC SIDE BUT ESPECIALLY THE CONSTABLE SIDE. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NEED THERE.

>> THE WHOLE BUILDING. IT'S A A GREAT SPACE BUT IT'S HIGHLY OUTDATED AND THE AG EXTINCTION AGENCY IS THERE. THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW IS THERE ALL THE TIME.

I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE. WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS LEVERAGE THE CONCEPT OF WHO IS GOING TO USE IT. HOW WE CAN GET THE MAXIMUM FOR OUR DOLLARS.

>> WE CAN START GOING TO THE TABLE. >> TYPICALLY WE DON'T DEMOLISH UNLESS WE KNOW A FUNDING SOURCE. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T DO IT BACKWARDS. >> NO.

IT JUST GIVES A CHANCE. LET SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING BESIDES YOURSELF DOING SOMETHING. IT WILL WORK. LOOK HOW WE GOT HERE.

THERE WAS NO PLAN. NOW THERE'S A PLAN. CAN YOU JUST ONE TIME SAY, HEY, LET'S TRY IT. OR IT'LL WORK, YOU KNOW. PEOPLE PUT TIME IN TO THIS.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING OUT THERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES.

WORKED IT, LOOKED AT IT, TOURED IT. AND WE'VE MET THERE AND LOOKED AT THIS THING I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES. ONCE WE KNOW THE CITY TWO DAYS A WEEK. THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED, THOSE TWO DAYS.

ONCE WE KNOW THAT WE SAY OKAY, WHO ELSE IS GOING HOUSE HERE? WHO ELSE CAN HAVE AN OFFICE.

WE CAN MAKE A LIST AND SAY SOMEBODY WANT HERE OR NOT OR SOMEBODY WE DON'T WANT HERE?

IT'S WORKABLE. JUST HAVE TO GIVE IT A CHANCE. >> IT'S A GOOD SOLID BUILDING. I USED TO WORK THERE. I THINK WE HAD FAMILIES STAY

THERE DURING A HURRICANE. IT'S A GOOD SOLID BUILDING. >> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

ARE YOU FINISHED? >> I'M FINISHED. >> ARE YOU FINISHED?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES AND WE SHOULD TAKE AHOLD OF THEM IF WE KNOW WE'RE DESIGNING CORRECTLY.

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FOR INSTANCE, IF WE CAN HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS IN THERE WE MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE OPIOID DOLLARS ALREADY COMING IN TO BE EARMARKED FOR THAT.

FOR EXAMPLE HEALTHY SOUTH TEXAS HAS A NEW LEADER. WE MET WITH THE NEW LEADER.

THEY MIGHT WANT TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE. AS YOU WELL KNOW YOU DESIGN FOR A BUDGET THAT YOU APPROPRIATE. THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT FOR ALL, THAT'S HOW WE DO IT FOR BUDGET. HOW WE DO IT FOR CO'S. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING THOUGHTFUL AND CONSERVATIVE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. I'M 100% SUPPORTIVE OF O THE UPGRADES IN GENERAL TO THE BUILDING. WHAT WITH WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT YOU DESIGN FOR THE PURPOSE. AGAIN, THE MULTI-PURPOSE PIECE OIFT WILL BE WELL UTILIZED. I WANT TO MAKE SURE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MENTAL HEALTH ROOMS, SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SOME OF US HAVE SEEN IT AND NOT THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME THE PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND THOSE.

>> ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS ASK. YOU NEVER ASKED ME TO GO OUT

THERE. >> OKAY. ARE YOU DONE NOW?

EXCUSE ME. ARE YOU DONE? >> NOT IF YOU'RE NOT DONE.

>> I'LL LET YOU CONTINUE. >> YOU NEED TO STOP SO I CAN TALK.

>> GO AHEAD, SIR. >> IT'S YOU THAT DON'T STOP. >> I'M WAITING.

>> BUGGING PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. >> ARE YOU FINISHED?

>> NO. NOT REALLY. >> YOU MAY CONTINUE.

>> THE ARCHITECT I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORN. GO OUT AND TL AND WORK. YOU LISTEN WELL BECAUSE YOU DID REALLY GOOD. I THINK TODAY WE APPROVE THE DRAWINGS.

I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. I DID TELL YOU THERE WAS A TIME FRAME HERE.

WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET DONE BY JUNE OR JULY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO

BE POSSIBLE BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. >> THE ONLY THING I CAN OFFER WITH REGARDS TO THIS. WE CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS YOU ARE FORCED TO MAKE WITH REGARD ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT. I CAN TELL YOU WE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE HERE AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMISSIONER TO YOU JUDGE ABOUT TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN IN ORDER TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT SPACES NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING OTHER THINGS. WHETHER THEY BE OTHER ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT MAY BE COMING IN IN THE FUTURE. OR, OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S SAVINGS BY BUNDLING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN CONSIDER.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A TIME FRAME FROM WHICH WE CAN MAYBE FURTHER INVESTIGATE SOME OF THESE THINGS. I WILL SAY THIS CLINIC, PER SE, IS REALLY THE WAY AT LEAST WE ARE INTENDING TO DESIGN IT. IT IS ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT OVER OR HYPERSPECIALIZED.

THE SPACES, THE THING THAT MAKES THEM. THERE'S NOT AMBULATORY CARE INTENDED TO BE THERE. IT'S NOT A FULL BLOWN HOSPITAL TYPE SPACE WHERE THEY ARE GOING DO ANYTHING. IF A ROOM NEEDED TO BE REPURPOSED FOR A DIFFICULT PROGRAM IT IS FAIRLY, I HATE TO USE THE TERM GENERIC, I DON'T THINK IT'S A FAIR WORD BUT IN A SENSE TO DEFINE THAT ROOM AS A CLINIC SPACE. A CLEANABLE WALL SURFACE.

A CLEANABLE FLOOR SURFACE AND SINK. OBVIOUSLY, WITH DEDICATED PLUGS IN THERE. IF THAT NEEDED TO BE CONVERTED INTO A THERAPY ROOM OR AN OFFICE. THAT COULD BE DONE. IT DOES GIVE YOU FLEXIBILITY AS PROGRAMS SHIFT AND CHANGE. THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO ENDEAVOR TO DO.

WE CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE AFTER HOW SPACES WILL BE USED BUT GO IN WITH A MINDS EYE TO TRY TO BE EFFECTIVE AND PROVIDE SPACES THAT ARE FLEXIBLE AS THINGS EVOLVE.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD STRIVE TO DO. CERTAINLY, IF THERE IS SOME SAVINGS OR BUNDLING WITH ON THE CONSTABLE SIDE I THINK WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THAT IF IT BE THE DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION. I CAN'T, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK ALLEVIATE ALL THE CONCERNS, JUDGE OR COMMISSIONER BUT WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION AND REALLY OR WAITING FOR YOUR DIRECTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

>> IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THERE'S NO ACTION TODAY ANYWAY ON IT. WE CAN PUT IT BACK ON AND IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO MEET WITH YOU AND SHARE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HOW MUCH IS THIS?

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WE CAN THEN WRITE A GRANT FOR THAT OPOID SPACE, WHICH IS HIGHLY NEEDED.

>> WE DON'T WRITE GRANTS FOR THE PIER AND YOU WANT TO WRITE GRANTS FOR EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO. GIVE US MONEY FOR THE PIER. JUDGE, THIS IS A PROBLEM HERE.

WHEN WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING YOU TRY TO FIND A GRANT. WHEN THERE'S MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE MONEY IS THERE. CAN'T YOU EVER JUST SAY GO WITH IT? IT'S A GOOD PROJECT. FIND A GRANT. WE DON'T NEED A GRANT.

WE JUST TOOK MONEY OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS TO FUND OTHER AGENCIES.

I GUESS WE TAKE MONEY IN GENERAL FUND THE FUND OTHER AGENCIES YOU CAN DO IT FOR US, TOO.

JUST ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. I'M NOT GOING TO LET ANYBODY DEMO THIS PROJECT. I'M GOING TO PUT IT BACK ON COMMISSIONERS COURT NEXT FOR A VOTE. YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR IT DON'T VOTE FOR IT.

>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOU BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH WITH YOU IN BETWEEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE YOU. >>>JUST A QUICK COMMENT TO PHILLIP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP WORK WITH YOU BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN REALLOCATE SOME OF THE C-I-P FUNDS FROM OTHER PROJECTS TO THIS PRONTH. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO FOR THE CITIZENS OF THAT PART OF THE COUNTY AND OUR HEALTH DISTRICT INITIATIVE WE HAVE, AS FAR AS MOBILE CLINICS AND, ALSO, THIS ISN'T MOBILE BUT IN THIS LOCATION. GREAT, GREAT PROJECT.

I'LL BE WITH YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. IF I CAN HELP YOU BETWEEN NOW AND THEN COME UP WITH A WAY TO LOOK AT DIFFERENTIAL SITUATIONS I'LL DO THAT.

GREAT PRESENTATION. YOU DO SUPER WORK AND WE'RE HONORED YOU ARE WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROJECT. I FEEL LIKE THIS WILL NOT BE AN EFFORT IN VAIN FOR YOU.

WE'LL GET SOMETHING CRANKING ON THIS. >>>THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT. HEARING FROM SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD BE BETTER, TOO.

>>>>>>I'M GOING TAKE IT A TEN MINUTE BATHROOM BREAK. WE'VE BEEN AT IT SINCE NOON.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THUMBS UP FROM THE LADIES IN THIS ROOM. I NEED TO ASK PERMISSION.

IS THAT ALL RIGHT COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. WE'LL HAVE TEN MINUTES.

JUST TAKE A QUICK LITTLE BREAK. IT'S 4:33 P.M. FOR THE CLERK. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK ON THE

RECORD. JUST A >>>IT'S 4:51 P.M.

WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD. WE TOOK A LITTLE RECESS HERE. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TRY TO HELP A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE WAITING. WE'LL GET RIGHT TO IT.

[8. Discuss and consider execution of an AIA Services contract with Govind Development, LLC to provide engineering services related to the Nueces County Courthouse Roof Replacement.]

PLEASE REFER TO ITEM NUMBER 8. IT'S DISCUSS AND CONSIDER EXECUTION OF A-I-A SERVICE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING SERVICES RELATED TO THE COURTHOUSE ROOF REPLACEMENT.

GOVAN IS HERE. I BELIEVE EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.

I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION. WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE SELECTION.

THIS IS REALLY THE CONTRACT PIECE OF IT. >> MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY

S SAYING I. >>>THIS GETS US READY.

TO REMIND US YOU ARE, YOU'LL MAYBE, WORK ON AGENDA ITEM TO COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT TIME LINE AND MAYBE MORE INFORMATION AT A DIFFERENT DATE. SOUND LIKE A GOOD PLAN?

>> THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANTED TO GET THE CONTRACT DONE TO COME BACK WITH PRELIMINARY TIME LINE SCHEDULE AND SCHEDULE AND SO FORTH WORKING WITH DAVID.

>> UNDERSTOOD. WE'LL HAVE YOU BACK SOON. >>>THANK YOU.

>> WE GOT THE VOTE IN. THAT'S FINE. AND THEN AS LONG AS WE'RE HERE,

[7. Discuss and consider approval of Change Order No. 3 for Nueces County Courthouse Exterior Wall Remediation Project.]

IT'S VERY QUICK, I BELIEVE. THE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 3 FOR THE COURTHOUSE EXTERIOR WALL REMEDIATION PROJECT. SHANE, HERE COMES JUAN.

JUAN I'M TAKING UP ITEM 7. THE EXTERIOR WALL REMEDIATION PROJECT.

APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER. IF YOU WOULD GO OVER IT QUICKLY. I THINK EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER

HERE. >>>YES. THE ORDER IS FOR 78,026 DOLLARS

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AND $0.64. THERE'S MONEY LEFT IN THE PROJECT.

THIS IS TO DO WORK HERE AT THE PARKING LOT. WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

THERE'S MONEY STILL LEFT OVER IN THE PROJECT. THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE US WITH

$942.30. >> GREAT. REAL QUICK, WHICH PARKING LOT?

>> HERE. THE STRUCTURE HERE ON THE EXTERIOR TO REPAINT IT.

>> IT WOULD LOOK NICE. >> REPAINT THE LOUVERS AND MAKE IT LOOK NICE.

>> SUPER. YOU RECOMMEND THIS? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> THERE'S A MOTION. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. >>>GREAT. THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT ONE.

HOW ABOUT A THE NEXT ONE. REAL QUICK. NUMBER 9.

>>>NUMBER 9. >> A CERTIFICATE OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION FOR

IFB3140-20. >>>RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE CERTIFICATE OF SUBSTANTIAL

COMPLETION FOR COUNTY ROAD 73, 67, 48 AND 69 FOR CONSTRUCTION. >> MOTION.

>> SECOND. IN ORDER. MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. >>>NOW WE GO BACK WARDS IN TIME AND WE'RE READY TO HAVE, WHEN YOU WERE OUT WE TABLED ITEM NUMBER 4. WE SAID WE WERE JUST PRESSED FOR TIME. WE ASKED IF YOU WOULD COME BACK ON MARCH 30.

IT'S YOUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS RELATING THE FISCAL YEAR 22.

[3. Receive update from Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam, Inc. (LAN) regarding the ongoing Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) projects.]

WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK ON MARCH 30. JUST SO YOU KNOW.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAD RIGHT IN TO ITEM NUMBER 3 WHICH IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROJECTS. I KNOW YOU ASKED FOR L-A-N TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS.

>> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>>KYLE LEBLANC IS HERE WITH

WITH SHANE PETERSON. THE TWO WILL GO OVER THIS. >> THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WITH THE DISCUSSION THIS AFTERNOON. WE WANTED TO O PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS. THEY ARE AT VARIOUS STAGES OF COMPLETION AT THIS POINT IN TIME. JUST SO YOU AND THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW, JUDGE, EVERY WEEK, TUESDAY AT 1:30 WE MEET WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO GO OVER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE PROJECT WE'RE MANAGING. JUAN ASKED US TO COME IN AND PROVIDE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WITH A QUARTERLY UPDATE. WE'LL GO OVER THE ACTIVE PROJECTS.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE WAY THE PROJECTS BREAK DOWNRIGHT NOW FOR C-I-P WORK ARE RELATED TO ACTIVE PROJECTS AND WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED A LIST OF INACTIVE PROJECTS.

THOSE ARE THE ONES UNFUNDED. WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT FEW SLIDES TO GO THROUGH THE ACTIVE PROJECTS. THOSE ARE LISTED HERE ON YOUR SCREEN.

THERE ARE ELEVEN ACTIVE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT FEW SLIDES TO GO THROUGH EACH PROJECT. KEEPING IN MIND OUR TIME LINE HERE.

FOR EACH ONE OF THESE SLIDES WE'VE GOT HIGHLIGHTS OF WHERE WE ARE ON EACH ONE OF THE PROJECTS.

FIRST PROJECT THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ANIMAL CARE DEPARTMENT BUILDING.

RIGHT NOW THE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY THROUGH DESIGN. DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. WE HAVE A DESIGN DEVELOPMENT COST ESTIMATE THAT'S BEEN PUT TOGETHER AND WE ARE WORKING WITH SHELTER PLANNERS OF AMERICA IN THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.

SO FAR DESIGN FEES HAVE BEEN EXPENDED ARE ABOUT 38% WHICH IS LINE WITH WHERE WE SHOULD BE

WITH DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. >>>HIGHLIGHT HERE I THINK WE FOE ABOUT IS THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT CURRENTLY FULLY FUNDED BY C-O2021. CO2021 DEDICATED $3 MILLION TO THIS PROJECT PAYING FOR DESIGN, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FEE AND PORTION OF WHAT WILL BE EVENTUALLY CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS BUT THE PROJECT IS NOT CURRENTLY FULLY FUNDED AT A $5.5 MILLION

BUDGET. >>>TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE ROAD WORK YOU JUST APPROVED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON. SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED. IT'S BEEN ACCEPTED. THE PROJECT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE AND PROJECT CLOSEOUT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. YOU ADDED IMPROVEMENT WORK TO COUNTY ROAD 52 ALONG WITH 4 COUNTY ROADS LIST. THAT'S A GOOD THING TO TAKE AWAY

FROM THIS SLIDE. >>>ANOTHER ROAD PROJECT UNDERWAY ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS COUNTY ROAD 22 AND 49. WE'RE EXPECTING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION TO BE MET BY MID TO LATE APRIL THIS YEAR. HERE IN THE COMING MONTHS. WE EXPECT THIS ROAD WORK TO BE COMPLETED. $2,019 WERE AL A $2,019 WERE ALLOCATED FOR THAT WORK.

THIS IS A BROADER SCOPE OF WORK BUT FOR THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS, AT LEAST FOR NOW, WORK THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND IS CURRENTLY ON THE SLATE TO BE COMPLETED IS REPLACEMENT OF H-V-A-C SYSTEMS.

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$338,000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THAT WORK. PROTECH HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR

THAT WORK, AS WELL. >>>TO THE NEXT SLIDE. >> GO BACK ONE.

THAT IS A HECK OF A LEAD TIME. >> IT IS A HECK OF A LEAD TIME.

THAT'S WITH A WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. >> THOSE ARE GOING UP.

THE TIME AS WE'RE SPEAKING RIGHT NOW. >> ARE WE WORRIED COMING

THROUGH THE SUMMER MONTHS? >> THESE UNITS ARE ALREADY ON ORDER.

>> THEY ARE ON ORDER. THANK YOU. GOT IT.

>>>NEXT SLIDE IS ABOUT THE GENERATORS. HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE AND JAIL AND JAIL ANNEX. PHASE 2 THE BID FOR PHASE 2, WHICH IS THE INSULATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WENT ONLINE YESTERDAY. THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY OUT

FOR BID. >>>NEXT SLIDE. >> ONE OTHER UPDATE.

WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE GENERATORS DELIVERED FOR THESE. THEY ARE NOW COMPLETE.

THEY'VE BEEN STORED IN WISCONSIN AND THEY HAVE TO BE DELIVERED HERE BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

>> WE GOING REPLACE THOSE WHEN THEY GET HERE? WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE OTHER

ONES? >> NO. THOSE ARE PERMANENT GENERATORS COMING IN THAT WILL BE DELIVE TEMPORARY UNITS UNTIL THE END OF

SEPTEMBER. >> WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR THOSE A MONTH?

>> $80,700. FOR BOTH SITES. >> WHY THE THREE MONTHS?

>> THROUGH THE HURRICANE SEASON. >>>HURRICANE SEASON.

>>>WE CAN'T LEASE THEM AGAIN? >> THE CHANCES OF US GETTING THEM BACK ARE SLIM TO NONE WITH ALL THE WEATHER ISSUES GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THAT'S THE REASON WE KEPT THEM

HERE AND MAINTAINED THEM. >> KEPT THEM HERE. WE'VE BEEN KEEPING THEM HERE ALL

THIS TIME? >> WE HAD THEM HERE DURING LAST HURRICANE SEASON AND KEPT

THEM FOR THE WINTER STORM TIME. >> WE WERE USING THEM OR NOT?

>> WE HAVE NOT USED THEM. >> WE PUT $80,000 A MONTH FOR HOW LONG?

>> SO THIS IS, SINCE LAST SUMMER. THIS IS THE COST OF NOT HAVING

GENERATORS BEFORE. >> THIS WAS COVERED. WE HAD THIS MONEY COVERED ALL

EXCEPT FOUR MONTHS OF IT. >> RIGHT. THAT'S COME TO COURT ALREADY

MULTIPLE TIMES. >> YES. >> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT

GENERATORS FOR TWO YEARS NOW, RIGHT? >> THE DESIGN WAS JUST COMPLETED AND RFP WAS JUST RELEASED. WE ALREADY OWN THE GENERATORS.

THE EQUIPMENT HAS ALREADY COME IN. WITH A WE'RE WAITING FOR IS INSTALLATION. WE ARE OUT FOR RFP RIGHT NOW ON GETTING SOMEONE TO INSTALL THE

GENERATORS. >> WE PROBABLY PAID OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THEM?

>> FOR THE GENERATORS THEMSELVES? >> I MEAN AM I RIGHT?

>> YES. WE'VE PAID FOR THE GENERATORS. THAT HAS BEEN PROCURED.

>> ASKING HOW MUCH MONEY WE PAID? >> YOU PAY MONTHLY FOR THE

GENERATORS. THE TEMPORARY GENERATORS. >> CURRENTLY UNTIL THE END OF MAY WE'LL HAVE PAID $872,000. WE WILL CARRY THEM FROM THE END OF MAY THROUGH THE END OF

SEPTEMBER WHICH WILL ADD MORE FEE TO THAT. >> BUT IF WE HAVE TO MOVE.

>> SEPTEMBER WILL BE THE TIME WE'RE GOING SWITCH THEM OUT BUT YOU'RE GOING KEEP THEM FOR

THREE MORE MONTHS. >> YES. THAT'S ALSO BE REQUESTED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THEY DID NOT WANT TO LET THE GENERATORS GO BECAUSE OF THE COST TO MOVE THE PRISONERS IS MORE THAN WHAT IT COST US TO CURRENTLY RENT GENERATORS IN PLACE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

>>>GO AHEAD. >>>NEXT SLIDE IS THE BREAK DOWN OF ABM PROJECT.

THESE ARE THE ENERGY SAVINGS PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDERSTOODWAY.

THE FIVE ARE LISTED THERE. BROKEN OUT SEPARATELY. THE CURRENT CONTRACTUAL COMPLETION DATE IS APRIL 29TH. WE'RE EXPECTING A CHANGE ORDER TO COME WHICH WILL LIKELY EXTEND THAT DURATION AND SHANE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL WITH ABM.

>>>GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. >>>NEXT IS HILL TOP COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE DESIGN PHASE IS UNWAY WITH THE ARCHITECTS. SCHEMATIC DESIGN IS COMPLETED AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FEE IS CURRENTLY BEING PUT TOGETHER WITH COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND

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WITH WILL BE BROUGHT TO NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FEE.

>>>THE HIGHLIGHT HERE REGARDING PROJECT BUDGET IS THAT SCHEMATIC DESIGN OUTLAID ABOUT FOURTEEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE COST OF WORK ESTIMATE.

THAT'S $2 MILLION OVER WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2021 C-I-P BUDGET WHICH WAS $12.5 MILLION.

ALSO, TO ADD TO THAT COST, IS ABOUT A $6 MILLION ESTIMATE FOR THE SIX INCH WATER LINE REPLACEMENT TO THIS BILLING. IN TOTAL THE HILL TOP BUDGET BASED ON THE C-I-P IS 24$.5 MILLION. CO2021 DEDICATED $2 MILLION TOWARD THAT AND PER THE DISCUSSION EARLIER IT SOUND LIKE SOME MONEY MIGHT BE GOING TO THIS PROJECT TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THIS WORK. FUNDING CURRENTLY IS AVAILABLE FOR THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF THE WORK. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BUDGET FOR RIGHT NOW TO DO THAT.

>> HOW MUCH IS THAT? >> THE PROJECT, THE COST TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE DESIGN IS

ABOUT, A LITTLE OVER $600,000 WHICH WOULD BE GOING TO RICKTER. >> WHEN DID THE WATER LINE COME IN PLAY? THAT WAS IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR WHEN WALKING THE SITE WITH YOURSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER FOLKS, CONSTITUENT OF THE HILL TOP COMMUNITY CENTER.

HE IDENTIFIED THERE WAS SOME SEDIMENT, ISSUES WITH THAT WATER LINE BACKING UP.

SO IT WAS REQUESTED WE HAVE A WATER LINE REPLACEMENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING.

>> THAT'S JUST FOR THE ONE BUILDING? THE ENTIRE COMPLEX IS THAT

WHAT IT WAS SPECKED OUT TO ON THE ANALYSIS? >> IT'S A SIX INCH, SORRY,

MIGHT BE A MISUNDERSTANDING. THE $24.5 MILLION. >> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE

SIX-INCH WATER LINE. >> IT'S THE WATER LINE THAT SERVICES THE BUILDING.

>> YOU HAD TO REPLACE? >> YES, SIR. THE WATER LINE IS A DEAD END LINE. IT'S POOR CIRCULATION AND ALSO A DUCT IRON PIPE.

IT'S ON OLD PIPE. STANDARDS NOW IS YOU HAVE TO GO WITH A PVC PIPE.

SO IT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO GET REPLACED. >> THAT STANDS TO REASON WHY

WE'RE GETTING RUST? >> CORRECT. >> YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT.

>> THAT'S ALL ON BACK ORDER. AND COSTLY WITH THE PRICE GOING UP.

>> YES. >>>AND, AGAIN, THE HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY FUNDING. THERE IS NOT A BUDGET SOURCE FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT TO BE

COMPLETED. >> NEXT SLIDE. COUNTY COURTHOUSE EXTERIOR WALL REMEDIATION. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE ON THIS WORK. RIGHT NOW THE INSTALLATION OF WINDOW GASKET SEALS IS UNDERSTOODWAY BY PHOENIX ONE RESTORATION. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 12 THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF STONE TO GET THIS PROJECT WRAPPED UP ON SHIPMENT RIGHT NOW FROM TURKEY.

>>>THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PENDING CHANGE ORDERS UNDERWAY. YOU JUST APPROVED CHANGE ORDER NUMBER THREE RELATED TO THE PARKING GARAGE. WE'RE ANTICIPATING COMPLETION IN

ENTIRETY LATE APRIL TO EARLY MAY. >>>COUNTY COURTHOUSE ACCESSIBILITY CONSENT DECREE. THIS IS ALL THE ACCESSIBILITY RENOVATION WORK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN INSIDE THE COURTHOUSE TO COMPLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUIREMENT FOR ACCESSIBILITY. RIGHT NOW THE BID PHASE IS COMPLETED.

DESIGN IS COMPLETED BY CLK. BUSINESS PHASE IS COMPLETED. STOTER IS THE CONTRACTOR FOR THIS WORK. THEY ARE WORKING ON MOBILIZATION RIGHT NOW TO BEGIN THAT WORK.

CO PRIOR TO 2019. CO2019 AND CO2021 ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR THIS WORK.

NEXT SLIDE. >>>COUNTY WIDE ACCESSIBILITY PROJECTS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH CLK RIGHT NOW ON THE DESIGN PROCUREMENT PHASE. WE'RE ANTICIPATING NEXT COMMISSIONER COURT WE'LL COME WITH A CONTRACT FOR PRELIMINARY STUDY BY CLK ARCHITECTS AND MOVE INTO THE NEXT DESIGN PHASE OF THEIR WORK WHICH WOULD IDENTIFY COUNTY WIDE ACCESSIBILITY

IMPROVEMENTS. >>>PROJECT BUDGET SIMILAR TO THE COURTHOUSE.

PRIOR TO 2019, 2019 AND 2021 FUNDING ALLOCATED TOWARD THIS WORK.

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NEXT SLIDE. >>>THEN AS THE COMMISSIONER SAID EARLIER, IF THERE'S NO MONEY YOU CAN'T DO MUCH. THAT'S KIND OF THE STATUS OF THESE PROJECTS.

THESE ARE INACTIVE PROJECTS BUT ARE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE CIP WORK TO EVENTUALLY HAPPEN AT SOME POINT IN TIME. THERE'S JUST NOT DEDICATED FUNDING FOR THIS WORK.

WITH THAT THAT'S THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION ON THE ENTIRE CIP UPDATE.

>>>PERFECT. JUAN DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS OR CAN WE

MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE? >> NO, JUDGE. I JUST WANT TO DO AN UPDATE TO

COMMISSIONER COURT. >> WE'LL HEAR FROM YOURS ON THE NEXT COURT ON THE FISCAL.

[5. Discuss ABM Energy Saving Performance contract; determine course regarding the prioritization of project allocations.]

LET'S MOVE IN TO ITEM NUMBER 5 WHICH IS THE ABM ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATIONS WE SENT EVERYBODY OFF TO GO FIGURE OUT.

I THINK WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND SHANE PETERSON IS HERE, AS WELL.

I THEY THINK VETTED IT PRETTY HARD. YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE THREE.

>> JUDGE, WE WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS ITEM. >> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FINE. >> YES, MA'AM.

WE'RE STILL COORDINATING! WILL YOU TELL THE COURT YOU'RE WORKING ON IT AND HAVE GOOD

IDEAS HERE SKRUS TO GIVE US ALL A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, HOPE. >> SURE.

I'LL SPEAK ON THIS BEHALF. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING AND DISCUSSING WITH ABM REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT WAS NEEDED IN THE LAST REQUEST FOR PRICING THAT WAS GIVEN TO ABM.

ABM TURNED IN THAT PRICING BUT THAT PRICING HAS BECOME TOO HIGH.

WE HAVE FOUND A WAY IN ORDER TO WORK WITH ABM AND PROBABLY SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING. THE TWO MAJORS TRYING TO COME BACK TO COMMISSIONERS COURT WITH A PLAN OF ACTION ON HOW TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE TO COME WITHIN BUDGET.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW. >> AGAIN, NOT TO TEASE US

BUT TO HELP THE JAIL. >> IT'S TO HELP THE JAIL AND FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS IMPROVEMENT

PROJECT. >> THE SEALS. >> YES.

THE OTHER ONE WE ASKED THEM TO DO IS TAKE AWAY THE MACKENZIE JAIL ANNEX APARTMENT.

>> WE CAN TALK ON MARCH 30. WILL YOU BE READY? >> YES.

>> I'LL TAKE THE TABLE FOR ITEM NUMBER 5 TO DETERMINE THE COURSE OF THE PRIORITIZATION FOR

THESE PROJECTS. GOT A MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU FINALIZE PROJECTS FOR US SO WE CAN GET THAT WORK GOING. THANK YOU.

[6. Approve renewal of the Septic System Bond for The Royal Estates Unit 2 Subdivision as per Construction Agreement for the subdivision.]

>>>ON THE NEXT ONE IT'S A RENEWAL OF SEPTIC SYSTEM BOND FOR ROYAL ESTATES UNIT 2

SUBDIVISION. AS PER CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT. >> JUDGE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE RENEWAL OF THE BOND. THIS IS FOR THE ESTATES. PROPERTY OWNER RENEWED THE BOND

AND WORKING TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. >> YOU RECOMMEND IT?

>> YES, MA'AM. EVERYTHING IS CORRECT. >> I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION TO RENEW THIS SEPTIC SYSTEM BOND FOR THIS PARTICULAR ESTATE SUBDIVISION.

IT'S CALLED THE ROYAL STATES UNIT TWO. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

GREAT. WE'VE DONE 7. WE'VE GONE 8.

WE'VE DONE 9. I CALL ON MICHAEL TO TAKE US THROUGH THREE ITEMS.

[1. Discuss and consider selection for IFB No. 3183-21 Armored Car Services.]

ALL ARE IFBS LOW BIDS. TAKE US THROUGH NUMBER ONE FIRST FOR ARMORED CAR SERVICES C1.

>>>THIS IS FOR ARMORED CONSIDER SERVICES 24 MONTHS WITH OPTION TO RENEW.

NOT TO EXCEED THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS PASSED THE INITIAL TERM. WE CONDUCTED A BID OPENING FEBRUARY 17TH. AT 2:00 P.M. WE RECEIVED TWO BIDS.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING AWARD TO ROCHESTER ARMOR CAR COMPANY INCORPORATED.

THEY HAVE THE LOW BID AMOUNT OF $26,286. ESTIMATED COST BASED ON PER PICK UP COST AT 1685. THE OTHER BIDDER WAS AT 40.55 WHICH IS THE CURRENT PROVIDER.

>> SO MOVE. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. >>>NEXT ONE IS IFB NUMBER

[2. Discuss and consider selection for IFB No. 3186-21 Laundry Supplies for Nueces County Jail.]

318621 AND IT'S LAUNDRY SERVICES. >> ON LAUNDRY SERVICES A SIMILAR DEAL. A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS RENEWALS AVAILABLE. WE HAD A BID OPENING ON FEBRUARY 8TH.

WE RECEIVED FOUR BIDS. WE ARE RECOMMENDING AWARD TO DIAMOND CHEMICAL COMPANY INCORPORATED WITH A LOW BID AMOUNT OF $5,014.46. THE THREE YEAR CONTRACT AMOUNT

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WOULD BE $15,043.39. ESTIMATED COST I SPOKE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING THIS APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL SELECTION TO DIAMOND CHEMICAL

COMPANY INCORN RATED. >> OKAY. >> SO MOVED.

>> MOTION AND SECOND. >> A FIVE YEAR MAX TOTAL. THREE ONE ONE?

>> YES. >> ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

[3. Discuss and consider selection for IFB No. 3184-21 I.B. Magee Retention Pond Restoration and Improvements.]

>>>OKAY. >>>THE NEXT ONE IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SELECTION FOR IFB NUMBER 3184-21 WHICH IS THE RETENTION POND RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

WE CONDUCTED A BID OPENING ON 3. THIS INCLUDES A POND THAT HAD SOME DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE HARVEY. SILT WAS BROUGHT IN THE POND AREA AND CAT TAILS WERE GROWING IN. WANTED TO REPLACE THE WALKWAY AROUND THERE.

A PATH AND PARKING LOT. WE RECEIVED TWO BIDS. BOTH BIDS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE WHAT THE TEST ESTIMATED COSTS WERE. IN SPEAKING WITH SCOTT CROSS WHAT HE'S ASKING THE COURT TO DO IS REJECT ALL BIDS BUT GIVE ME PERMISSION TO REBID THE PROJECT IN SUCH A MANNER WE HAVE A BASE BID THAT JUST CONSIDERS THE DIRT WORK ON ITS OWN.

THEN WE DO ALTERNATE ADDITIVE BIDS FOR THE WALK AROUND, THE PATH AND THE PARKING LOT SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, DEPENDING ON HOW COSTS COME IN, TO ACHIEVE THE POND RESTORATION WHICH IS VITAL TO PREVENTING THE RV PARK FROM HAVING FLOODING ISSUES, I BELIEVE.

>> LET ME DO THIS. SCOTT CROSS IS READY TO DISCUSS IT.

LET ME MAKE THE MOTION TO REJECT ALL BIDS AND TO AUTHORIZE OUR PURCHASING AGENT MICHAEL ROBINSON TO PUT FORTH NEW BIDS THAT REFLECT THE BASE BID PLUS THE ADDTIVE BIDS, ALTERNATE

BIDS. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. LET'S HAVE SCOTT. YOU WANTED TO STAY A FEW WORDS.

>> I'M REALLY THE COMMISSIONER WAS INCLUDED ON THIS E-MAIL.

I WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE SCHEDULE VALUES I SAW BY BOTH BIDDERS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WENT SO HIGH. I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY THAT I WANT TO PUT IN TO THIS PROJECT. THE CONNECTIVITY THIS WILL GIVE US WHICH ENDS UP BEING CONNECTIVITY TO THE OBSERVATION DECK WE BUILT THERE IS IMPORTANT. I THINK BY LETTING MICHAEL GO BACK OUT WITH THIS APPROACH AND TRYING TO DO VALUE ENGINEERS ON THE BOARDWALK. WE ARE GOING TO GO DO THIS PROJECT. I JUST CAN'T SUCK IT ALL UP IN THIS THING.

WE'LL DO THE DIRT WORK AND IF WE CAN'T GET TO THE BOARDWALK NOW. WE CAN WAIT OUT THE MARKET.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? >> JUST A COMMENT, TOO. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SCOTT WOULD HAVE TO GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON THAT. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE, I HEARD MICHAEL SAY IT, TOO, THIS WAS PARTIALLY RELATED SOME TO HARVEY DAMAGE.

I DON'T KNOW THERE WAS ANY CLAIM MADE ON ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THAT WASN'T INSURABLE.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER AREA WHERE HARVEY HIT THE COASTAL PARTS PRETTY HARD.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CREATE NEW THINGS.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THINGS BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE HARVEY AND WE'RE FIVE PLUS YEARS AND STILL NOT THERE. WE'RE TRYING THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS A FIX PROJECT NOT A NEW PROJECT.

>> HE MAKES A GOOD POINT, JUDGE. IF WE JUST FIX WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RETENTION POND, THE SILTING END ON THAT POND. IT'S THE ONLY FLOOD CONTROL WE HAVE IN THAT PARK BECAUSE THE COURT, COMMISSION IS OUT THERE. WE'RE AT SEA LEVEL.

THERE'S NOT A LOT TO DO WITH DRAIN J BECAUSE THE WATER TABLE IS ONLY THREE FEET BELOW THE SURFACE. WHEN YOU GET RAIN AND FLOODING IT'S AT THE SURFACE.

WITHOUT A RETENTION POND YOU'RE KIND OF SCREWED. IF WE GET THAT FIXED WE ARE IN

BETTER SHAPE THAN WE ARE NOW. >> IS THERE A WAY DO THIS. WOULD YOU GET GOOD BIDS ON A SEVEN DAY TURN AROUND ON IFB THAT HAD THIS BREAK DOWN THAT WAY WE COULD SEE WHAT THE MARKET BARES AND IF THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITIES SINCE IT'S DRAIN J TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AMERICAN RESCUE WE WOULD KNOW THAT SO HALF MIGHT COME FROM OTHER. I'M THINKING OUT LOUD.

>>>IF I HAVE TO GO OUT FOR IFB I'M REQUIRED TO ADVERTISE TWO WEEKS AT A MINIMUM.

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WE'LL JUST NEED A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT FROM THE ENGINEER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.

ALL OF THE PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN THE BID RIGHT NOW. WE'RE JUST GOING TO ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S IN THE BASE BID PORTION. IF THE COSTS ARE STILL HIGH FOR THE BOARDWALK HE MIGHT LOOK AT AT MAT WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT. WE'VE DONE INTERNAL WORK.

K>>>HAVE THE MOTION AND SECOND. IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

>>>THANK YOU. >>>WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT AGAIN.

DALE. THERE WAS A, THREE ITEMS BUT ALSO THE INVESTMENT FROM THE

[1. Approve Budget Change Order No. 23 for Fiscal Year 2020-2021.]

BEGINNING THAT WE SKIPPED OVER. WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US THROUGH THE CHANGE ORDERS AND THEN WE'LL

SCOOP UP THE INVESTMENT AT THE VERY END. >> THANK YOU.

THE FIRST SET OF BUDGET CHANGES FOR YOUR REVIEW IS THE FINAL BUDGET CHANGE FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR IN THE FINAL ISSUES OF CLOSING OUT THE ANNUAL BOOKS AND AUDITORS ARE HERE AT THE TIME.

THERE ARE A FEW BUDGET CHANGES NEEDED. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR AT THE VERY END TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO FINALIZE OUR ANNUAL BOOKS.

THERE'S NO LARGE DEFICITS IN BUDGETS. WE HAVE THIS AND THEN SOME ARE LARGE IN THE NUMBERS BUT WE HAVE THIS EVERY YEAR. I SUBMIT NUMBER 23 FOR FISCAL

YEAR 2021 FOR ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL. >> I DO HAVE, IS THERE A

MOTION? >> OKAY. I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. >>>I.

[2. Approve Budget Change Order No. 09 for Fiscal Year 2021-2022.]

>>>YOU ALSO HAVE A CHANGE ORDER CALLED NUMBER NINE FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR.

>> THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR 2021-2022. THE FISCAL YEAR A FEW ITEMS REQUIRING A FEW CHANGES. THE LARGEST ONE YOU'LL SEE IS OFFICE SUPPLIES AND OTHER BALANCES. WE PLAN ON MOVING FUNDS AROUND. THE LARGEST IS IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF $11,280. REALLOCATING WITH OFFICE SUPPLIES.

SOME EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR LEASE VEHICLES WE HAVE. THESE DEPARTMENTS ALL HAVE SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSSIBLE MOVE FOR BUDGET CHANGE NUMBER NINE. I SUBMIT FOR ACCEPTANCE AND

APPROVAL. >> I'VE GOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS AND APPROVE IT? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING

[3. Discuss and consider approval of payments received from the City/County Public Health District invoiced for December 2021.]

I. >> THEN THERE'S SOME PAYMENTS THAT NEED TO BE PAID FROM THE

CITY COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT INVOICED IN DECEMBER. >>>VERY SMALL.

THERE ARE NO INFORMATION FOR THIS. THEY ARE VERY SMALL.

UTILITIES REIMBURSEMENTS FOR LABOR COSTS. MOST ARE VERY SMALL IN NATURE.

SIX OR $7 EACH I. SUBMIT PAYMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT CITY COUNTY HEALTH EXPENSES FOR

ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AND APPROVE PAYMENTS DALE

OUTLINED FROM DECEMBER OF 21? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. >> SECOND.

>>>MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. >>>THANK YOU DALE.

WE HAVE THE LAST ONE WHICH I'LL GO BACK AND REFER FOR THE CLERKS PURPOSES.

IT WAS TO RECEIVE THE INVESTMENT REPORT. WE ALL GOT A XAP OF IT.

THERE WAS AN INVESTMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSING OF THE CLERK.

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

IT'S ITEM -- WE REVIEW THIS AND FELT EVERYTHING MET REQUIREMENTS OF THE INVESTMENT REPORTS UNDER INVESTMENT POLICY AND THEREFORE WE BRING THIS TO YOUR ISSUE. PAGE ONE IS INVESTMENT REPORT

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LETTER WE PROVIDE TO YOU WITH ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR THIS.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE IT SAYS SUMMARY OF CRASH EQUIVALENCE THE TOTAL VALUE FOR DECEMBER 31, 2021, WAS $199,504,290. AN INCREASE OF $76,221,671. THAT SEEMS LIKE A BIG AMOUNT AWE BE RECEIVED SEVERAL COS AND OTHER THINGS THAT CAUSE THE LARGE INCREASE.

COMPLIANCE MEASURES WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR COMPLIANCE WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS AND OUR POLICY. WAITED AVERAGE IS FIVE DAYS. A DROP FROM PREVIOUS TIME.

WE'LL EXPLAIN THAT FOR THE BALANCES. AT THE BOTTOM THIS IS WHERE THE POINT IS A SUMMARY OF INVESTMENT RESULTS. SEE THE BOTTOM EARNINGS OF INVESTMENT WITH $16,831. A DECREASE FROM LAST QUARTER ABOUT 20 THOUSAND.

THAT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF INTEREST RATES ARE VERY, VERY LOW. WE KEEP LOOKING FOR INVESTMENTS BUT RIGHT NOW THE MARKET IS NOT OPEN FOR LARGE TERM INVESTMENTS AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOCK ANY VALUES IN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AT LOW RATES. IF YOU GO TO PAGE THREE YOU'LL SEE A SUMMARY OF BALANCES SHOWING YOU WHERE OPERATING FUNDS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS, DEBT SERVICE AND OTHER FUNDS. OPERATING FUNDS IS THE GENERAL FUND. ROAD FUND, BOTH OF OUR COASTAL PARKS AS WELL AS OUR LIBRARY AND FAIRGROUNDS. OTHER FUNDS ARE YOUR MAIN GRANTS AND YOUR SPECIAL FUNDS IN THOSE PARTICULAR FUNDS. THE TOTAL BALANCE IS $199,504,290.

AS WE REPORT BEFORE WITH OPERATING FUNDS BEING $40,496,825.

>>>ON PAGES FOUR AND FIVE WE SHOW YOU OPERATING FUNDS AND HOW THEY COMPARE TO THE SAME TIME LAST FISCAL YEAR. MOST OF THEM ARE SHOWING AN INCREASE.

THERE ARE SOME SHOWING A SMALL DECREASE. YOU'LL SEE THE LAW LIBRARY SHOWED A DECREASE FROM 53 TO 10. THAT WAS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T OPERATING THE LAW LIBRARY AS A LAW LIBRARY. OTHER PARTS HOW WE BRING THE MONEY IN FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A DECREASE. THAT'S NOT AN ALARNLING FIGURE FOR US. THIS IS HOW WE TRANSFER THE FUNDS AT A CERTAIN TIME.

ON THE VERY BOTTOM ON PAGE FOUR OUR SELF-INSURANCE FUND. WE SAW A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. THAT'S BECAUSE OF IN THE END OF YEAR WE HAD LARGE CLAIMS. HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THAT NUMBER IS TURNING AROUND THE NEXT

FISCAL YEAR. >>>ON PAGE 6 WE SHOW YOU WHERE WE DIVERSIFIED BALANCES BETWEEN CASH, CDS BONDS AND USAMCS. THEY HAVE MA CHURED AND INVESTED MAXIMUM FOR EACH OF THESE. CASH EQUIVALENT $909,882,991. THAT IS ABOVE OUR INVESTMENT MAXIMUM POLICY. HOWEVER, AS I MENTIONED OUR CURRENT INTEREST RATES FOR SEVERAL CDS IS .03. WE DON'T FEEL IT'S JUSTIFIABLE TO PUT SOMETHING IN TO A TWO OR THREE OR FIVE YEAR INVESTMENT POLICY AT .3 PERCENT. WE'RE GETTING .1 RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHY RIGHT NOW WE'RE HEAVY IN CASH EQUIVALENCE AND NOT AS MUCH AS CDS AND MUNICIPAL BONDS.

HOPEFULLY WHEN THE ECONOMY RUNS AGAIN WE'LL MAKE SURE INVESTMENTS ARE WORKING WITH

STAFF AND MAKING SURE WE GET THIS INVESTED PROPERLY. >> IS IT FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS RECOMMENDATION. I DON'T THINK THEY'VE DONE ANYTHING YET ABOUT RAISING

INTEREST RATES. >> THE TREASURY I BELIEVE JUST DID RAISE RATES.

IT TAKES A FEW MONTHS AFTER THEY RAISE RATES TO HIT THE BANKS. THIS HAS TO DO WITH HOW YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR STOCK MARKET AND BOND MARKET. THAT'S WHERE THE FLUCTUATION GOES. IF THE STOCK MARKET IS HIGH BOND MARKETS ARE DOWN.

WE HOPEFULLY SEE THE BANKS TURN AROUND. EVERYBODY WAS VERY BEHIND ON COVID AND A THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE AND PEOPLE WERE, AS THEY SAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAVING MONEY IN BANK ACCOUNTS. IT WAS $18.2 TRILLION OR SOMETHING. A LARGE NURNL. WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR INVESTMENT PEOPLE THIS IS PROBABLY GOING SWITCH BACK AND WE'LL START TO SEE BETTER RATES.

BECAUSE WE ARE SO HIGH IN CASH EQUIVALENCE THAT'S WHY OUR LIQUIDITY IS FIVE DAYS.

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TEXAS CLASS IS OUR FUNDS WE HAVE ONE DAY ACTIVITY FOR THAT. ON PAGE 7 WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHANGES IN OUR INVESTMENTS OR BROKEN CDS. IT WAS A SMALL MARKET ADJUSTMENT AND THAT'S WHEN THE INTEREST RATES WENT DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM YOU SEE WE HAVE INTEREST EARNINGS. IF YOU SEE THE LAST FISCAL YEAR WE MADE $37,365. THIS PERIOD WE MADE $16,831. A DROP OF $20,000 IN THAT BALANCE. WE GO YEAR TO DATE. LUCKILY WE'RE SEEING A SMALL TURN AROUND. WE HAVE HIGHER RATES SO A $73,000 INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR

TO THIS YEAR. THAT'S PROMISING. >>>THE REST OF THE PAGES BREAK DOWN MATTERS ON HOW THE FUNDS ARE DEPOSITED AND THE COUNTY THEY ARE IN.

GO TO PAGE 14. PAGE 14 SHOWS YOU OUR BREAK DOWN OF HOLDINGS FOR EACH FUND.

YOU'LL SEE THE OPERATING FUNDS, DEBT SERVICE AND PERCENTAGE OF EACH.

OPERATING FUNDS IS 30.9% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS. AS YOU SAID, GENERAL FOUND IS PART OF THAT. AS THAT 30% THE GENERAL FUND IS 25.3%.

THE BIGGEST IS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND BECAUSE WE RECEIVED SEVERAL BOND ISSUES THAT GO THERE.

THAT'S WHY THE LARGEST NUMBER IS THERE. >>>WE TRIED TO DO A GOOD SCENARIO OF BREAKING DOWN INVESTMENTS BETWEEN BROKER DEALERS.

THE LARGEST ONE IS FIRST TENNESSEE. THAT'S OUR CURRENT BOND ISSUE.

THAT'S READY TO MA SURE IN JULY OR AUGUST. THAT WILL NOT BE REDUCING AND WE'LL TRY TO GET THE BEST INVESTMENTS. 16 AND 17 SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE EXPECT THE U.S. TREASURY TO BE. ON SIXTEEN A ONE YEAR TREASURY NOTE. WE EXPECT PROJECTED ANNUAL RETURN IS .035.

YOU SEE IT'S STARTING TO TURN UP BECAUSE THEY DID RAISE THE RATES.

THEY ARE AT .26. WE DO SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE BUT EVEN WITH THAT .26 IS VERY LOW.

>>>THE TWO YEAR BLANKSES BECAUSE WE'RE STILL HEAVY IN OUR CASH EQUIVALENCE WE'RE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE TWO YEAR TREASURY. WE'RE AT .35 ESTIMATED AT .3. WE'RE CLOSE TO BE ON TRACK.

PAGE 18 THE LAST PAGE FOR THE REPORT. SHOWS YOU OUR HISTORY.

THE TOP OF THE REPORT JANUARY 19, 2019. THE INTEREST RATE WE WERE RECEIVING WAS .260. RIGHT NOW IN DECEMBER 2021 WE'RE RECEIVING .09.

THAT TELLS YOU WHY WE WENT DOWN FROM 2019 TO NOW. WE PROBABLY LOST A MILLION, MILLION AND A HALF OF INTEREST REVENUE. SO THAT IS OUR INTEREST REVENUE.

THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR DECEMBER 31, 2021. THIS IS FOR YOUR ACCEPTANCE AND

APPROVAL. >> THANK YOU. >>>I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU DALE. I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT

THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT AND ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND.

>> A SECOND. AND ALSO THE FED RAISED RATES WHILE WE WERE IN HERE TODAY.

MAYBE OUR PROFILE WILL CHANGE A BIT. >> THAT'S OUR BROKER HAS BEEN SAYING. THEY THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A QUICK TURN AROUND BUT HOPEFULLY THE ECONOMY TURNS AROUND WE'LL SEE BETTER TIMES AND BE ABLE TO DO A LONGER TERM

INVESTMENT AT A HIGHER RATE. >> EXACTLY. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DALE ON? HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.

>>>JUDGE, I'M GOING OFFER A PRESENT BUT NOT VOTING BECAUSE I DID NOT FOR SOME REASON GET THAT DOCUMENT. I CANNOT FIND IT SO I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION.

I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT SO I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON IT. >> I THINK THE CLERK NOTED

IT. >> THANK YOU. >>>OKAY.

YOU'RE WELCOME. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR AGENDA.

[1. Discuss and consider creating a Director of Operations position, pay group 45, in Department 3890-Medical Examiner.]

NEXT IS HUMAN RESOURCES. >> WE NEVER TOOK THE AGENDA ITEM TO DEAL WITH THE ACTUAL PAY SCALE. THE CREATING OF THE POSITION ITSELF.

WHAT I CALL THIS IS A CLEANUP. WE ACTED BUT WE DIDN'T COMMIT TO EVERYTHING.

THAT'S WHAT THIS ONE IS ALL ABOUT TODAY. JULIE.

>> WE SET THE BUDGET BUT THEN WE SKIPPED PASSED THIS. LIKE YOU SAID IT IS A CLEAN UP.

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I HAD THE POSITION POSTED AND THEN I WAS INFORMED IT WASN'T OFFICIAL.

THAT I NEEDED TO DO THIS CLEANUP SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM.

>> DWRAET. I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT MOTION. WE THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT AND

LOOKING FOR A SECOND. F >> SECOND.

>> I'VE GOT A SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ANYMORE DISCUSSION FOR JULIE?

>> JUST DISCUSSION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING TO POST BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THIS. THIS IS GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, THE NEW MEDICAL EXAMINER TO COME IN. THIS POSTING IS GOING TO REMAIN

OPEN A MONTH. HOW DO WE DO THAT? >> I CAN LEAVE IT OPEN A

MONTH, YES. >> SHE SAYS SHE CAN. OKAY.

>> I CAN LEAVE IT OPEN FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CREATE IT

SO IT'S READY TO GO. >> OKAY. AND I WAS JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS A BETTER SUGGESTION THAT'S FINE, TOO.

TELL ME WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THESE JOB DESCRIPTIONS? DID WE JUST, I DON'T THINK WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING THIS? I'M NOT, AGAIN, VERSED TO IT. BUT DID WE GET A JOB DESCRIPTION FROM ANOTHER MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR OR OPERATIONS PERSON AND TAKE IT

FROM THERE? >> OUTSIDE COUNCIL HELPED US WITH THIS ONE.

TONYA WEBER. >> SHE DID GET IT FROM OTHER, OF COURSE, SHE MENTIONED THAT THE LAST TIME SHE WAS HERE WITH US. SHE GOT IT FROM LOOKING AT MULTIPLE DIRECTORS OF OPERATIONS

THAT EXISTED IN OTHER COUNTIES. >> RIGHT. >> SO THAT'S REPETITIVE I APOLOGIZE. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD SAY ADVERTISE IT BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER.

WE HAVE APPLICATIONS HE CAN LOOK AT OR SOMETHING? >> YES, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT I PLAN TO DO. AS SOON AS THIS GETS APPROVED I PLAN TO POST IT.

THAT'S THE PURPOSE. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. >>>OKAY.

>>>I THINK WHAT THE COMMISSIONER WAS ASKING WILL WE, OTHER THAN POST IT, WILL WE DO OTHER THINGS TO ADVERTISE AND GET IT OUT IN THE WORLD A LITTLE BIT?

CAN YOU TELL US HOW THAT'S GOING HAPPEN? >> I HAD ALREADY HAD IT POSTED AND I HAVE SEVERAL APPLICATIONS FOR IT ALREADY. I JUST NEED TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IT BACK OUT THERE. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR WEBSITE IS ON GOVERNMENT JOBS.

OF COURSE, IT GOES ACROSS THE NATION AND WE GET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER.

AS YOU'VE SEEN SON SOME OF OUR OTHER RECRUITMENTS WE'VE HAD RECENTLY THEY ARE FROM OTHER

STATES. >> GREAT. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS ASKING.

MAYBE NOT BUT YOU WENT OVER THAT THE LAST TIME. I THINK THAT'S GOOD.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE LOCALLY TO KNOW WE HOPE THERE'S SOMEONE LOCALLY BUT WE'RE

ADVERTISING THE JOB ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. >> YES, SIR.

IT WILL BE. >>>THANK YOU SO MUCH JULIE. AGAIN, REMIND ME.

I THINK WE TOOK THAT VOTE. WE'RE GOOD. >>>WE'LL MOVE ON.

WE TABLED ITEM NUMBER 2. I THINK SO THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH WITH WE WERE TRYING TO

[3. Discuss and consider scheduling interviewees for the Grants Administrator position.]

HURRY THINGS UP. WE'RE GOING TO GO ITEM NUMBER 3. THAT'S TO SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR POSITION. SEEN JULIE HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO WORK TO LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE.

>> THAT ONE CLOSES ON MARCH 22. I ALREADY HAVE IT POSTED AND I ALREADY MADE THE JOB DESCRIPTION CHANGES RECOMMENDED. I'VE GOTTEN SIGNATURES.

SO THAT ONE IS ALREADY ONLINE. I DO HAVE SOME APPLICATIONS ALREADY BUT I NEED TO SET A DATE

FOR Y'ALL TO INTERVIEW THE APPLICANTS. >> WHEN IT IS CLOSED?

>> MARCH 22. >> AND IT'S BEEN POSTED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS BY THE TIME IT

CLOSES? >> IT'S PROBABLY BEEN ABOUT TEN DAYS THAT WE'VE HAD IT

POSTED. >> HE WONDERS BY THE 22 WILL IT HAVE BEEN TWO WEEKS?

>> YES. THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL ASKED ME TO DO IS POST IT TWO WEEKS.

>> IT WILL BE TWO WEEKS ON THE 22. >> THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.

I DIDN'T ASK THAT WELL. WHEN IT CLOSES IT'LL BE TWO WEEKS.

>> YES, SIR. >> OKAY. I DIDN'T ASK THAT CORRECTLY.

THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LOADED ON THE 30TH WITH EVERYTHING WE TABLED AND SO FORTH. I SUGGEST WE SET IT AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA ON THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY QUICK.

>> 13? >> UNLESS YOU WANT TO CREATE A SPECIAL MEETING.

>> NO. I DON'T. >> NO.

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>> I'M GOING SUGGEST WE HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS GRANTS TO THE COG THAT NEED TO BE TENDED TO.

CAN WE TRY, AT LEAST, FOR THE 30TH? I'M SORRY.

IS THAT THE 30TH? MARCH 30? WE START AT 8:00 IN THE

MORNING. >> I'LL BE HONEST. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER EIGHT OR TEN PRESENTATIONS ON THE AGENDA I SAY ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET DONE.

IF WE CAN DO SOME AGENDA MANAGEMENT ON THIS AND TONE IT DOWN.

I WANT TO GIVE WHOEVER WE ARE GOING TO INTERVIEW AMPLE TIME AND THAT IS GOING THE TAKE A COUPLE OF HOURS. TAKE A COUPLE OF HOURS OUT OF LONG AGENDAS I'M NOT FOR THAT.

>> I DO THINK WE CAN HAVE THE COURT MANAGER LOOK AT DATES. I WILL TELL YOU THAT TODAY WAS UNUSUAL BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTS WERE RIGHT AND THEY ALL COME UP AT THE ANNIVERSARY MORE ORLESS AT THE SAME TIME. THAT'S WHY. THOSE PROJECTS.

>> WE NEED TO STAGGER THOSE SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE. THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY TOO MUCH FOR ONE DAY. WE HAD AT LEAST TEN PRESENTATIONS MAYBE TWELVE TODAY, AND SOME WERE NOT JUST THOSE THEY WERE OTHER ONES. I'M SAYING I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TWO HOURS ON THE 30TH WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE TABLED TO THE 30TH AND SO FORTH.

IF EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO KEEP HAVING SPECIAL MEETINGS. DO IT ON THE 13TH AND BE FINE. WE HAVE A GOOD INTERIM DIRECTOR TAKE GOOD CARE OF US SO FAR. I DON'T THINK THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

I'LL DEFER TO OTHERS THAT FEEL DIFFERENTLY! THERE'S A COVID MEMORIAL CEREMONY ON THE 30TH AT SIX IN ROBS TOWN. WE PROBABLY WANT TO CUT BY 5 TO 5:30 THAT DAY. I AGREE WE HAVE TO KEEP IT LIMITED IF WE DO IT ON THE 30TH.

THE AGENDA, I MEAN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE COURT MANAGER AND CREATE A SOLUTION. I'M SORRY BUT IF WE NEED A SPECIAL MEETING WE NEED A SPECIAL MEETING. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND TO THE COURTS BUSINESS.

>> WE ARE. >> THAT IS A LONG TIME BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL 13TH.

AGAIN, THE INTERIM NEEDS SOME HELP. THERE'S DEFINITELY, I MEAN WE HAVE INCREDIBLE. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES IN.

ALL THOSE RFR. THERE'S SO MUCH WORK THAT GOES INTO MANAGING JUST THE FEMA

STUFF, IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE. >> JUDGE WE CURRENTLY DO NOT

HAVE AN INTERIM DIRECTOR. >> I GUESS WHAT THE COMMISSIONER WAS SAYING IS

NATALIE WHO IS THERE NOW. >> OKAY. >> I'M SURE A THAT'S WHO HE

WAS REFERRING TO. >> SHE'S VERY CAPABLE. I KNOW THAT.

>> STHE IS. IT'S JUST THE WORKLOAD THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.

IT'S NOT THAT SHE'S NOT CAPABLE IT'S THAT WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.

REMEMBER WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GRANT THAT IS ARE, A LOT OF BUCKETS OF MONEY. PERHAPS WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU BY E-MAIL COMMISSIONERS THROUGH THE COURT MANAGERS OFFICE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS? OR SHOULD WE PUT IT ON THE 13TH THEN TRY TO DO SOMETHING BETTER.

>> THE 30TH. >> THAT'S ACCEPTABLE THE 13TH AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP

WITH. >> SECOND. >> IF SOMEONE CAN WHITTLE DOWN THE AGENDA SO WE'RE NOT HERE UNTIL 7:00 THAT WOULD BE FINE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME IDEA SO I CAN EXTEND THE JOB FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SO IT'S JUST NOT SITTING ON OUR DESKS. I CAN TRY TO RECRUIT EXTRA PEOPLE.

>> FOR THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR. >> I THINK WE'LL PUT IT ON THE 13TH UNLESS WE WORK OUT SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY. FOR SURE THE 13TH.

IF YOU CAN CAN WORK OUT SOMETHING WE CAN AGREE TO WE'LL WORK TO TRY TO DO THAT.

>> RIGHT. >> WE HAVE HGMP, FOR EXAMPLE, DUE IN APRIL.

THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT ONES COMING UP. THE COURT IS AWARE OF THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST LOOK AT MONDAY THE 28TH. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ONE JUST TO

SEE. >>>THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE THAT, TO HAVE THE INTERVIEWS ON THE APRIL 13TH CALENDAR. WE'LL TAKE THAT. THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND I

THOUGHT I HEARD. >> SECOND. BUT THE CAVEAT OF THE SUBJECT,

TOO, IS LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BEFOREHAND. >>>SOUNDS GOOD.

>> SEE IF WE CAN GET THREE PEOPLE TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING ON THE 28TH OR SOME DAY.

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>> THE WHOLE COURT NEEDS TO BE THERE. IT CAN'T JUST BE THREE THAT INTERVIEW. IT HAS TO BE THE WHOLE COURT. THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE AT ALL.

>> THE IDEA HERE IS TO MAKE CERTAIN EVERYBODY FINDS A DATE WE CAN DO IT.

WE'RE ASKING THE COURT MANAGER TO PULL EVERYBODY AND TO SEE WHEN WE COULD DO IT.

THE CONCEPT IS THAT ALL THE COURTS AGENDAS WHEN EVERYBODY CAN PUT WHATEVER THEY WANT ON IT DO GET LONG. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE WILL OF THE COURT. WHY DON'T WE WORK TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

>> IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN COURT. JUST HAVE TO INTERVIEW.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING. THE COMMISSIONER IS OPPOSED TO THAT.

>> ALL OF US BEING HERE. >> HE'S OPPOSED TO THAT. HE DIDN'T WANT ANY SPECIAL

MEETING. >> I SUGGESTED WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING LIKE WE DID YESTERDAY FOR A DIFFERENT POSITION. THAT'S UP TO YOU.

>> LET'S GET SOME DATES. >> I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DATES SO I CAN SCHEDULE THESE

AHEAD OF TIME. THAT WOULD BE NICE. >> EVERYBODY WORKS ON A CERTAIN DAY BEFORE THE 13TH GREAT. IF NOT WE KNOW AT LEAST THE 13TH

IS THE FALL BACK DATE FOR SURE. >> OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.

>> WHAT WAS THE MOTION AFTER THAT IS ALL? >> APRIL 13TH IS OUR FALL BACK DATE. MOTION AND SECOND. NOT FALL BACK.

IT JUST MEANS THAT'S DATE WE SCHEDULED IT. THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING AMONGST US RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE COURT MANAGER IN CASE WE GET A CHANCE TO DO IT EARLIER. THAT'S THE DATE RIGHT NOW. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.

>>>THANK YOU. >>>JULIE, LET ME SEE IF YOU HAD A NUMBER FOUR.

[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.]

YOU DO NOT HAVE A NUMBER FOUR. SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO ASK THAT EVERYBODY TAKE NOTE THAT I'M GIVING PUBLIC NOTICE COMMISSIONER COURT IS GOING TO N TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS ON THE AGENDA AND AUTHORIZE BY CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE PER THE OPENING MEETINGS ACT. WE'RE DOING SO IN ACCORD DANCE WITH THE SECTIONS OF 5510717273, 74, 75, 76 AND 77. WITH ATTORNEYS RELATING TO MITIGATION, GIFTS, PERSONNEL, DEVICES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ANY OTHER MATTER THAT MIGHT BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'LL COME AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION IN TO THE OPEN COURT.

COMMISSIONERS COURT COULD TAKE SUCH ACTION AS APPROPRIATE ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SECTION FOR THE COURTS CLERK FS 5:46 VM P.M. EVERYONE CLEAR THE COURTROOM EXCEPT THOSE THAT NEED TO BE HERE. TAKE US OFF MICS.

>>>WE'RE COMING WAC ON THE RECORD: THE TIME IS 64. WE JUST COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO TAKE UP. ALSO, WE HAVE AN ITEM TO TABLE.

TWO ITEMS TO TABLE. ITEM NUMBER TEN WE DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO DEAL WITH BUT WE ASKED COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. HE SAID HE WAS CONTENT WITH BRINGING IT BACK MARCH 30.

[10. Receive information on Nueces County 2022 Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training Medical & Engineering Mission, consider funding and funding source to assist with supplies needed not covered by the military.]

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE. ITEM NUMBER TEN AND ASK FOR A SECOND.

>>>SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. >>>ELEVEN I HAD TABLED

ALREADY. WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT ONE. >>>GOING IN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION MOST OF THEM WERE CONSULTS. THERE WAS ONE ITEM RELATING TO THE EARLIER ITEM WHICH WAS ITEM NUMBER 20. RELATING TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. I MENTIONED ON THE RECORD MAY 1ST.

BUT IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE WAY OUR PAYROLL WORKS AND THE WAY PEOPLE START DAY ONE IS SUNDAY.

WE'RE STARTING MAY 3. THAT WOULD BE OUR OFFER. WE'LL SEE IF THAT IS ACCEPTED.

BUT AT THIS TIME PLEASE MAKE THAT AMENDMENT FROM THE CLERKS POSITION.

INSTEAD OF MAY 1ST, MAY 3 TO DR. SCOTT LUZI. THAT'S A MOTION.

COULD I HAVE A SECOND. >> SECOND. IN FAVOR SAY I.

>>>OPPOSE SAME SIGN. I'M GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING. THE ONLY OTHER ITEM THAT I

[14. Discuss and consider response or other action relating to Cease and Desist letter (Padre Balli Park).]

HAVE IS ITEM D. IS THAT CORRECT? THE MOTION ON ITEM D IS AT THIS TIME WE WOULD BE DIRECTING OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL WHO IS ASSISTING US WITH THE PARK MATTER TO PLEASE RESPOND. I'M SORRY IT IS ITEM 14 THAT MATCHES.

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