[CALL TO ORDER]
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>> GOOD MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS MORNING'S INVOCATION BY PASTOR JOSH MOILLO.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ALL RISE. >> LET'S PRAY.
DEAR LORD AND HEAVENLY FATHER, THIS MORNING WE COME TO YOU RECOGNIZING THAT YOU ARE THE GIVER OF LIFE, YOU ARE THE GIVER OF WISDOM. THANKING YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND THE LOVE THAT YOU POUR UPON US AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE CARE FOR. TODAY, LORD, WE ASK FOR DIRECTION. WE REALLY WANT THE BEST FOR OUR PEOPLE. SO WE ASK FOR DIVINE WISDOM SO EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE MAY BE ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL.
GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO GO THROUGH THE DAY AND GIVE US THE JOY THAT COMES FROM ABOVE, UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ARE ONE THAT IS GUIDING. THAT YOU ARE THE ONE THAT IS TAKING CARE OF US EVERY DAY. FATHER, BE WITH US AND OUR FAMILIES IN JESUS'S PRECIOUS NAME WE PRAY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> LON SHELL: HERE.
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: SMITH. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH?
>> MARK JONES: HERE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: HERE.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO SUBMITTED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATING WITNESS FORM WILL NOW HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SP SPEAK. UNFORTUNATELY NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COURT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE WE ARE EXPECTED NOT TO RESPOND. ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AS RHETORICAL. OR COMMENTS ARE OPINIONS OF THE SPEAKER AND NOT NECESSARILY MEANT TO BE CONSTRUED AS TRUTH.KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AND LANGUAGE CIVIL AND DISRESPECTFUL OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF TIME.
IN A SERIES OF RESPECT, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. DAN LYON.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA. I WAS VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT MR. WEBB MILLER HAD TO SAY REGARDING HAYS FINANCIAL ST STATUS. HE POINTED THAT HAYS COUNTY HAS A DOUBLE A BOND RATING WHICH YOU POINTED OUT, JUDGE BECERRA, THE HIGHEST BOND RATING THAT A COUNTY CAN HAVE.
LET ME BE CLEAR, THIS RATING HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH THE FINANCIAL ACUMEN OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.
IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE IMPRESSIVE TAXATION IN NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA. YOU WILL HAVE A CONTINUAL INFLUX OF THESE IMMIGRANTS TO SUPPORT THE BANKERS, BUILDERS, AND BLOATED AND GROWING COUNTY PURE ROCK IS A SEE.
YOU TALK SO MUCH ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HAYS COUNTY.
WHILE YOU STRUCTURED THE DEBT IN SUCH A WAY TO ENSURES ITS DESTRUCTION IF THERE IS ANY SLIGHTEST CHANCE OF PAY BE IT OFF. YOU GIVE THE CITIZENS' MONEY TO THE GRAND SAN MORE COS BUSINESSES THAT TURN AROUND AND GIVE TAX REBATES. HOW DOES THIS GROW OUR TAX B BASE. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE TIRED OF HEARING IT, BUT I AM GOING TO SAY IT UNTIL IT SINKS IN.
ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, HAYS COUNTY IS $522 MILLION IN DEBT. THIS DEBT IF HELD TO MATURITY THREE QUARTERS OF A BILLION. HAYS COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE ANY MONEY. TALL HAS IS A DISPUTED ABILITY TO EXTORT MONEY OF THE CITIZENS UNDER THE COLOR OF THE LAW.
HAYS COUNTY IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE NATION BUT HAS THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA DEBT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. I THINK YOU SHOULD STOP SPENDING SO MUCH. WE GO BANKRUPT, YOU WILL NEED TO FIND A REAL JOB. LAST WEEK YOU APPROVED ANOTHER $400,000 IN CHANGE ORDERS. ARE YOU REALLY THAT BAD AT ESTIMATING THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?
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OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER SCAM. HOW ABOUT GIVING THE CITIZENS A BREAK INSTEAD OF BREAKING THEM FINANCIALLY.REMEMBER, THE FOOL SAID IN HIS HEART THAT THERE IS NO GOD, BUT HE SEES EVERYTHING YOU DO AND KNOWS EVERY INTENTION OF YOUR HEART. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MR. LYON.
OUR NEXT SPEAK IS MR. RODRIGO AMAYA.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.
VERY WELL SAID, MR. LYON. LAST WEEK'S COMMISSIONERS COURT TO ME, WANTED TO BRING UP CONCERNS THAT I HEARD.
ONE OF THEM WAS FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL.
AS YOU WERE APPROVING THE POLICIES ON WHAT WARRANTED INVESIGATIONS OF STRUCTURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
FOR ME TO HEAR THAT THE COUNTY HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THINGS AFTER HE DID SOME RESEARCH, THAT'S VERY CONCERNING, CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT Y'ALL OKAYED FOR LAW ENFOR ENFORCEMENT-RELATED PURPOSES EVERY WEEK.
WIN HAVE THAT KIND OF DEDICATION FINANCIALLY AND YOU SUPPORT THE BLUE LIKE THAT, THESE KINDS OF THINGS SHOULDN'T BE POPPING UP RIGHT NOW. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP A LONG TIME AGO. YOU ASKED HIM WHERE HE GOT THAT $5,000 CUTOFF FOR -- FOR INVESTIGATION PURPOSES AND HIS RESPONSE IS THAT IS WHAT OTHER COUNTIES USE.
WELL, WE ARE NOT OTHER COU COUNTIES, WE ARE WORRIES ABOUT HAYS COUNTY WHERE WE LIVE. FOR ME SOMEONE TO RESPOND LIKE THAT CLEARLY HAVE ME CONCERNED. ALL THIS STUFF YOU APPROVE REGARDING FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT HAS GOT TO CHANGE.
AGAIN, I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE ON THE LEGAL SIDE OF BUSINESS FOR THE COUNTY COUNSELOR COMES IN LATE JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK AND EVERY TIME I ASK HIM SOMETHING FROM THE STATE POLICIES TELL HIM HE HAS TO BE COMPETENT AND READY TO RESPOND. EVERY TIME HE IS ASKED SOMETHING, ALL I HEAR IS, I BELIEVE, I THINK, I DON'T REMEMBER, I DIDN'T DO THIS, I DIDN'T DO THAT.
THAT IS NOT THE QUALITY OF A COMPETENT COUNSELOR.
THAT RIGHT THERE, AGAIN, I AM WAITING ON MY LOSS-RUN REPORTS SO I CAN SHOW Y'ALL HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ADDI ADDITIONALLY ASIDE FROM THE $1 MUCH 2 MILLION LOST BY THE DEAL THAT -- THAT WE LOST. $1.2 MILLION YOU LOSE ON THE WATER DEAL. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE FBI AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE ON THEIR CONCERNS AND BECAUSE THEY ARE CRIMES. JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE OKAY WITH THEM DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE NOT CRIMES.
WE PUT A BILLION PEOPLE BEHIND THE IDEA AND IF THAT IDEA IS WRONG, IT WILL ALWAYS BE WRONG. I REALLY HOPE THAT THINGS CHANGE HERE VERY SOON, BUT THESE KIND OF THINGS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN LONG OVERDO FOR ACCOUNTABILITY TO COME INTO HERE. I SEE ALL OF BOGUS AGENDA ITEMS THAT COME THROUGH HERE THAT ARE RUBBER STAMPED APPROVED, DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON TUESDAYS. SO THANK YOU Y'ALL.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.
OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER IS MR. MARK KEY.
>> THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. I'M HERE TODAY SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL. WE HAVE A CONCERN -- I AM BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS COURT.
I HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT AFTER T THIS.
I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO WAIT, BUT COMMISSIONER JONES INFORMED ME THAT YOU MAY MOVE THAT ITEM UP, YOUR HONOR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY ON THAT ITEM THAT IT IS A VERY BAD PROCLAMATION. I HAVE SEEN THAT PROCLAMATION, COMMISSIONER SHELL THAT COMES FROM TESLA AND GAVE ALMOST THE SAME SPEECH THE GMA 9 MEETING. YOU ARE PROPOSING TAKE WATER AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN HAYS COUNTY.
YOU HAD A $4.5 MILLION EXCESS IN YOUR BUDGET THROUGH GROWTH.
THAT GROWTH DOESN'T COME FOR FREE.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE WORKING VERY HARD.
I LIVE AND BREATHE WATER. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR TWO YEARS, SEVEN YEARS ON THE DRIPPING SPRINGS.
AND EVERY SINGLE MEETING STARTS AND ENDS HOW DO WE GET MORE WATER. WHERE CAN WE GET MORE WATER.
BRING FROM AUSTIN TO THE PUA. WE HAVE A PERMIT WITH THE HAYS COUNTY GROUNDWATER DISTRICT. IF YOU LOWER THAT DRAWDOWN, WHAT YOU ESSENTIALLY DONE IS CUT THE AMOUNT OF WATER.
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IT DOESN'T MAKE OUR LIFE EA EASIER.I NEVER SEEN A PROPOSAL THAT IS SO BAD FOR THE CITIZENS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS? WHY YOU WOULD PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE TO KEEP NEWS PER WE HAVE WALL RED TAPE WITH THE GR GROUNDWATER DISTRICT.
THEY ARE ALMOST AT THEIR MAX NOW YOU.
THE FORMER MANAGER OF THE GROUNDWATER DISTRICT.
I CAN STICK AROUND IF YOU CAN GET TO IT QUICK.
I COME AS A MATTER OF RESPECT FOR THE COURT.
AS FAR AS I KNOW LON NEVER REACHED OUT AND -- GOING TO RUN IT THROUGH FOR YOUR BUDDY THERE IS AND IT IS WRONG.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME IN HAYS COUNTY,
[32. Discussion and possible action to approve a resolution providing comments to Groundwater Management Area (GMA) 9 regarding joint planning efforts to adopt desired future conditions. SHELL]
I WILL OPEN AGENDA ITEM FIRST ITEM 32.>> 32 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION PROVIDING COMMENTS TO GR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA GMA 9 REGARDING JOINT PLANNING EFFORTS TO ADOPT DESIRED FUTURE
CONDITIONS. >> PUBLIC COMMENT, JUDGE?
>> JUDGE BECERRA: FIRST WE NEED A MOTION.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THE ITEM IS OPEN AND I HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THE FIRST ONE IS RICK BRAWN.
IF YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
>> GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR, COMMISSIONERS.
I AM RICK BROWN. I WORK FOR THE SUPPLY CORP AND IT IS TRUE, I WAS GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE GROUNDWATER DISTRICT FOR OVER TEN YEARS. I HAVE SUBMITTED A LETTER OF COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO READ TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING THE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY TO RESPOND PUBLICLY REGARDING TODAY'S PROPOSED AGENDA ITEM 32, GMA'S DESIRED FUTURE CONDITIONS. AGAIN MY NAME IS RICK BROWN.
AND I WAS GENERAL MANAGER AT GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR OVER TEN YEARS. I KNOW FIRST HAND OF THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATION HAS IN WENT TO CREATE THE CURRENT 30-FOOT DRC.
THE MULTITUDE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, E-MAILS AND POSTINGS REQUIRED BY THE STATE FOR APPROVAL OF GMA 9 DFC.
AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE AND THE CORP IS IN IF YOU WILL AGREEMENT THAT PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OF THE VITAL RESOURCES ARE KEY FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW'S WATER USE.
THE PROFESSIONALS CONSIST OF NINE DIFFERENT COUNTIES PLANNING FOR THE WATER NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE.
EACH GROUNDWATER DISTRICT MANAGES THEIR SEPARATE ALLOCATION OF GROUNDWATER A MAG.
THIS MAG IS FOR EACH GR GROUNDWATER DISTRICT TO PERMIT TO THE PEOPLE TO PRODUCE -- THIS IS IMPORTANT -- TO ACHIEVE A BAG. AND NOT ONLY IMPROVING GR GROUNDWATER PERMITS SINCE 2001 BUT APPROVING THE DRILLING OF DOMESTIC AND RESIDENTIAL GR GROUNDWATER WELLS ALL WITHIN THE WATCHFUL EYES AND APPROVAL. TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
THESE IMPROVED GROUNDWATER WELLS ARE PART OF THE 30-FOOT ADMINISTRATION TO ACHIEVE THE MAG.
IT IS IMPORTANT UNDERSTAND THAT THESE APPROVED GROUNDWATER W WELLS, COMMERCIAL AND DOMESTIC, ARE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE MAG AND THE 30-FOOT DFC AS A WATER COMMITMENT -- A COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY.
REDUCING THE DFC TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN A 30-FOOT DFC WILL BE TAKING COMMITTED -- THAT IS IMPORTANT "COM "COMMITTED"GROUNDWATER AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES OF WESTERN HAYS COUNTY. TODAY'S PROPOSED RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE DFC MOVING ZERO OR ANY NUMBER OTHER THAN 30-FOOT DFC WILL BE TAKING AWAY THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY AND THE WATER COMMITMENT OF HAYS TRINITY FOR THE BASIC RIGHT FOR WATER. I RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE TO YOU POSTPONE THE RESOLUTION AND REEVACUATE YOUR POSITION AND WORK WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF DFC 9 AND LOOK OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES OF GMA 9 AND FOR PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO WATER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS IMPORTANT MATTER.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MR. BROWN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. DAN LYON.
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>> THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA. I MUST CONFESS THAT I AM ALMOST COMPLETELY IGNORANT ON THIS. I APPRECIATE WHAT MR. BROWN HAS SAID. I HAVE NO BELIEF THAT HE IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH. HE SEEMS EXTREMELY SINCERE.
EXTREMELY COMPETENT. AND WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK Y'ALL TO DO WAS TO ELUCIDATE WHAT AGENDA ITEM 32 ACTUALLY MEANS. BECAUSE JUST READING THIS LITTLE SENTENCE HERE DOES NOT GIVE US ANY INFORMATION WHATSOEVER. AND IT DOES APPEAR TO BE SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY THAT IT DESERVES MORE THAN JUST ONE SENTENCE.
MAYBE IT WOULD DESERVE AN OPEN DEBATE EVEN.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD CERTAINLY, AT BEST, OR AT WORSE TABLE THIS AGENDA ITEM AND NOT VOTE ON THIS TODAY UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INPUT. SO THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS WORTH. THANK YOU.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.
RAY DONTILLY. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND PLEASE
APPROACH THE PODIUM. >> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONERS, INGALSBE, JONES, SHELL, SMITH, GOOD TO SEE YOU. I AM A WRITER AND PHOTOGRAPHER FOR TILLY INTEREST. I COME TO YOU AS A CITIZEN AND RESIDENTS OF WOOD CREEK, TEXAS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE LOOKING ACROSS THE COUNTY AND EVEN BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF THE COUNTY AS THE BLANCO RIVER WATER SHED WITH ENGINEERING STUDIES AND SUPPORT FOR THE CURRENT BLANCO RIVER AQUIFER. AND THE PROJECT, YOU CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THAT WATER SHOULD BE AN UNITED FORCE IN THIS COUNTY.
AND YOU MAY BE SURPRISE THAT SPEAKERS BEFORE ME TO THE EXTENT THAT WATER AND GR GROUNDWATER IS SO VITAL TO OUR COUNTY AND IT IS NORTHERN WE STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE USE OF GROUNDWATER AS A PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND OTHER USES BUT MAKING SURE THAT IT IS AVAILABLE AND THAT -- THAT THERE IS HEALTHY GROUNDWATER OVER THE LONG TERM.
THE MEASURE BEFORE YOU TODAY DEALS WITH GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREAS. THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS CREATED. OUR G MA 9 WHERE HAYS TRINITY GROUNDWATER DISTRICT IS ONE. I WILL CUT TO THE CHASE AND GO TO THE FINAL STATEMENT AND SAYS THAT IT MENTIONS REASONABLE AND PRUDENT REQUEST AND THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE.
DOES NOT ASK FOR TAKING THIS 10 -YEAR-OLD 30-FOOT DRAWDOWN AND TAKING IT ALL WAIT TO ZERO AND IT SAYS LET'S MOVE IN A REASONABLE DIRECTION AND LET'S LOOK AT THE OBSERVATIONING THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE, THE UNSUSTAINABLE TREND OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS AND THE RAPID POPULATION GROWTH THAT WE OBVIOUSLY SEE. THERE ARE OTHER WATER SOURCES AVAILABLE THAT ARE BEING USED. AND WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHETHER IT IS SURFACE WATER OR EVEN MORE PREFERABLY RAIN WA WATER, GRAY WATER REUSE, AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY AND DIRECT POTABLE USE. OUR ONE WATER SCHOOL IN WIMBERLY, WE HAVE SEEN THAT YOU CAN RUN AN ENTIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE SAME GROUNDWATER SUPPLY OF TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SO THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE.
AND THESE DESIRED FUTURE CONDITIONS ARE ONE WAY.
AND THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS ONLY OPEN UNTIL JUNE 30.
SO I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS.
THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO TIP THE BALANCE AS FAR AS THE VOICE AND A LARGE AREA TO MAKE SURE HAYS COUNTY IS WELL REPRESENTED.
COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> LON SHELL: THANK YOU, JUDGE. JUST BACKGROUND WORK OF SOME OF THE WORDS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED GMA, GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT AREA 9. THE COUNTY OF HAYS, WESTERN PART OF HAYS IS INCLUDED IN GMA 9.
AND TRAVIS, COMAL, BEXAR, KENDALL, MEDINA, BLANCO AND
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PROBABLY -- KERR COUNTY I BELIEVE, AND BANDERA.SO THOSE ARE THE COUNTIES WITHIN GMA 9.
IN HAYS COUNTY, GMA 9 HAS -- IT IS BROKEN DOWN WESTERN HAYS COUNTY INTO REGION K AND REGION L.
DRIPPING SPRINGS WILL BE REGION K.
SAN MARCOS REGION L. NOT ONLY GMA 9 BUT THERE ARE TWO WATER PLANNING GROUPS THAT MAKE UP THE GMA 9.
THE 30-FOOT AVERAGE DRAW DOWN IS, I BELIEVE, FOR THE ENTIRE TRINITY WITHIN THE GMA 9. IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF YOU JUST FOCUS ON THE TRINITY IN COMAL, HAYES, BLANCO AND THE WATER PLANNING GROUP. YOU CAN SEE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS WHEN YOU LOOK AT DRAW DOWN.
30 FOOT IS THE AVERAGE LOOKING OUT TO 2060.
AND I DON'T KNOW -- RICK PROBABLY HAS THAT ANSWER HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN 30 FOOT, TEN YEARS OR SO.
AND THIS IS FIVE YEAR -- EVERY FIVE-YEAR PROCESS WHERE IT STARTS WITH A -- THERE IS A PUBLIC PROCESS INVOLVED.
THE GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT MEETING OUR PUBLIC WORKSHOP AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC MEETING AND PROVIDE INPUT TO THE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA 9.
THE GMA 9 THEN TAKES A LOOK AT ALL OF THE SCIENCE, THE INPUT, POLICY ISSUES AND TRIES TO COME UP WITH WHAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THE DESIRED FUTURE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE THAT GOES TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD DEVELOPS MODELLED AVAILABLE GROUNDWATER FOR THE DIFFERENT -- FOR THE DIFFERENT REGIONS. AND CONTINUES TO WORK ON WHAT THAT WILL BE. RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE IN HAYS COUNTY FOR THE TRINITY, I THINK THE MAG IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 9,000 ACRE FEET. IS THAT RIGHT, RICK? 91 -- 9100-ACRE FEET. AND I BELIEVE IT IS -- I BELIEVE THIS IS PROBABLY AN ESTIMATE BECAUSE PERMITTED WATER. SO AS MR. KEY MENTIONED DRIPPING SPRINGS WATER SUPPLY HAVE A PERMIT FROM WATER FROM THE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
AND AQUA TEXAS, AND THEN SMALLER UTILITIES AND WATER SUPPLY COMPANIES AND ALSO THE NONPERMITTED WATER WHICH IS DOMESTIC USE, AG USE, ETC. AND I KNOW THERE IS A BALANCE THERE. I THINK IT IS -- WE KNOW WHAT THE PERMITTED WATER IS AND WHAT THE USAGE OF THE PERMITTED WATER IS. WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW MUCH IS USED ON THE -- ON THE EXEMPT SIDE BECAUSE THOSE WELLS AREN'T METERED. NOT A PERMITTED WELL.
I THINK IT IS PROBABLY ABOUT HALF AND HALF.
SOMEWHERE AROUND N THAT RANGE, MAYBE THAT MAKES UP SOMEWHERE IN THE 7,000-PLUS-ACRE-FOOT RANGE OF THAT TOTAL 9100 MAG RIGHT NOW. THAT IS KIND OF THE BUFFER.
MY INTENT WITH THE DISCUSSION TO TAKE A CONSERVATIVE APP APPROACH. AND WE ARE EXPERIENCING HIGH GROWTH AND IT IS A DIFFICULT JOB TO MANAGE A WATER SUPPLY COMPANY ON GROUNDWATER LIKE THAT FROM THE HAYS TRINITY.
THEY HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF TRYING BALANCE THAT OBVIOUSLY WITH WATER FROM LAKE TRAVIS THROUGH THE -- USED TO BE THE LCRA SYSTEM. IT IS HARD.
MY CONCERN IS THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP, NOT JUST FROM THE PERMITTED WATER SIDE -- WATER IS UP YOU PLY COMPANY HAS THAT REQUIREMENT.
THEY HAVE TO SERVE THEIR CUSTOMERS IN THEIR AREA AND PROVIDE WATER, BUT ALSO FROM JUST THE DOMESTIC EXEMPT USE SIDE THAT THAT THAT THE DEMANDS ON THE QUACK QUESTION OFFICER ARE GETTING -- ON THE AQUIFER AND HOW MUCH HAVE DROUGHT IN.
IF IT DOESN'T RAIN -- WE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE GO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT RAIN, WE WILL BE IN TROUBLE.
WE KNOW THAT. WE SAW THAT TEN YEARS AGO.
MY CONCERN IS AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP AND THE SERVICE WATER OF DRIPPING SPRINGS WATER SUPPLY AND AREAS OF DRIPPING SPRINGS WILL ADDRESS SOMETHING AND NOT ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO ARE MOVING HERE BUT THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND THE INVESTMENT WE HAVE MADE IN THIS COUNTY. AND I AM AFRAID THAT ONE DAY â– WH
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AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST WHERE WE DO HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS, SUBDIVISIONS BUILT ON GR GROUNDWATER THAT THEIR WELLS DO START TO GO DRY. THAT BALANCE OF THAT -- OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER FOR THE FOLKS LIKE DRIPPING SPRINGS WATER SUPPLY MO TO MANAGE THE SYSTEM AND TO THE RIGHTS OF ALL THOSE THAT HAVE THEIR RESOURCES ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL SCIENCE WHICH IN MY OPINION WAS WILLING TO SPONSOR THIS ITEM BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE SOME GREAT STRIDES AND SCIENCE.A LOT OF MONITORING WELLS WERE PUT IN THAT BENEFITED OUR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND WORKING TOWARD A REGIONAL GROUNDWATER MODEL. WE HAVE -- WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MEADOWS BLANKET AGREEMENT.
WE WILL BE BRINGING THE TASK ORDER TO DEVELOP MORE DETAILED SCIENCE THAT MAKES NOT ONLY ENTITIES LIKE GMA I OR GROUND WATER DISTRICT AND COMPANIES TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE AND ALTHOUGH WE ALWAYS WILL BE GUESSING TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, IT IS A HARD SUBJECT MATTER.
WE ARE NOWHERE CLOSE ANYBODY LISTENING TO ME NOW AND SCIENCE IS THE KEY AND CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ESPECIALLY WITH THE HIGH GROWTH AREA WE ARE IN. NO WAY THAT THIS -- THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH IS MEANT TO BE A COMMENT DURING THIS PUBLIC PROCESS OF THE GMA 9 IS INTENDED TO TAKE ANYBODY'S WATER FROM THEM WHO HAS IT NOW OR KEEP SOMEBODY FROM BEING ABLE TO MOVE IN THIS AREA AND ENJOY THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE HAVE NOW. THERE IS NO INTENT FOR THAT.
CONSERVATIVE AND CONSCIOUS ABOUT THE SITUATION WE ARE IN AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL PUT OURSELVES IN THE BEST PLACE THAT WE CAN IN THE FUTURE AND THAT -- THAT DOES REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT INTERESTS AND A LOT OF INPUT AND I WILL SAY THAT MR. KEY WAS RIGHT. I DID INTO THE REACH OUT TO THEM. THAT WAS A MISTAKE.
I SHOULD HAVE SPOKE TO DRIPPING SPRINGS WATER COMPANY.
MY INTENT IS NOT TO TAKE ANYONE'S WATER BUT TO PROTECT THE WATER AND RESOURCE THAT WE ALL NEED AND I AM HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> JUDGE BECERRA:
COMMISSIONERS COMMISSION. >> IF YOU GIVE ME A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. I HAD SOME MEDICAL ISSUES OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND TODAY IS A ROUGH MORNING.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE -- THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN LATE TO COURT, AND NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR Y'ALL AND FOR ME. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, I AM GOING TO WAIT AND LET ME COLLEAGUES SPEAK. AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS HERE, BUT I AM GOING TO LET YOU GO AHEAD FIRST IF YOU DON'T MIND. AND THANK YOU FOR THE POINT OF
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: COMMISSIONER
JONES. >> MARK JONES: JUDGE, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REAL QUICK. ENTIRELY ON PRECINCT THREE OR
FOUR, RIGHT? >> SOME SECTIONS OF TWO GET INTO THE GMA 9. BUT THE MOST PART KIND OF THAT
WESTERN PORTION OF HAYS COUNTY. >> MARK JONES: HOW DO YOU PERCEIVE THE RESOLUTION AFFECTING THE DRIPPING SPRINGS
WATER CORP? >> PART OF THE PROCESS AND THEY MENTIONED CONCERNS THAT GMA 9 REPRESENTATIVES THAT ENTIRE REGION ARE GOING TO SIT DOWN AND TAKE ALL OF THE INPUT AND THEIR SCIENCE AND EXPERTS AND THEY ARE GOING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE DESIRED FUTURE CONDITIONS ARE NOT JUST FOR THE TRINITY AQUIFER IN GMA 9 BUT ALL OF THE AQUIFERS IN THEIR AUTHORITIES. MULTIPLE -- NINE AND THEN A ARE WITHIN GMA 9 AND ALL PROVIDING INPUT NOT JUST ON THE AQUIFER.
ON THEIR ACT QUESTION PERCENT. GMA.
THEY WON'T JUST BE FOCUSED ON THE HAYS TRINITY.
HOW THEY ALLOCATE THE WATER THERE AND TAKE THE INFORMATION, DISCUSS, DEBATE, RECEIVE COMMENTS AND COME TO A DECISION WHAT THEY BELIEVE THE DESIRED FUTURE CONDITIONS ARE FOR THOSE AQUIFERS AND THOSE REGIONS FOR THE AQUIFERS.
AS WE KNOW THE HAYS TRINITY. WE KNOW THAT BARTON SPRINGS HAVE PORTIONS OF IT AND BLANCO AND COMAL AND THE TRINITY AQUIFER. DOESN'T STOP AT REGION K OR L OR THE COUNTY LINE AND THEY TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND DEVELOP WHAT THEY BELIEVE ARE THE ACCEPTABLE DESIRABLE FUTURE
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CONDITIONS AND TO THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WITH THE PROCESS THEY USE THE SCIENCE SIDE OF THINGS TO COME UP WITH THE WHAT THE MODEL GROUNDWATER BE.>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: THANK YOU, JUDGE.
WELL, I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED HOW THIS COURT HAS SUPPORTED -- HOW SUPPORTED ENTITIES TO MANAGE AND, YOU KNOW, CARE FOR OUR WATER RESOURCES. AND CERTAINLY VERY IMPORTANT US TO THAT WE ARE MINDFUL OF THAT. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE GROUNDWATER FOR NOT JUST US BUT FOR -- FOR THE FUTURE.
AND COMMISSIONER SHELL DID TOUCH ON THIS, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE.
YOU KNOW, THAT WE ENSURE THAT -- YOU KNOW, THAT WE GET COMMENTS FROM EVERYONE THAT IS INVOLVED.
AND -- AND I DON'T KNOW IF -- AS YOU STATED, THIS MAY BE THE VERY BEGINNING, AND NOW WE ARE ACCEPTING COMMENTS, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT -- AS MR. KEY SAID, HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS UNTIL HE SAW IT, I GUESS, ON THE AGENDA.
SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING THOSE FOLKS TO THE TABLE. AND I KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, I HOPE, TO DO THAT.
BUT I -- YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THAT, WHEN I FIRST SAW IT, I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS, YOU K KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I CERTAINLY WOULD SUPPORT, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO OUR BEST TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CARING FOR THE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTY AS IT RELATES TO GROUNDWATER AND OUR WATER
RESOURCES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL, IS THIS RESOLUTION TIME SENSITIVE OR SOMETHING WE CAN PUT OFF -- AND
LET YOU HAVE A CHANCE -- >> LON SHELL: IF IT WAS GOING TO BE SUBMITTED AS A PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD BE TIME SENS SENSITIVE. I WOULD UNDERSTAND THE COURT IF THEY WISH NOT TO DO THAT. THAT IS THE MAJORITY DECISION OF THE BODY I WOULD LIKE TO -- I WILL MAKE A PERSONAL COMMENT ON MY OWN EVEN IF THE COURT CHOSE NOT TO DO SUCH AND I KNOW THAT THE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS ROOM WHO ARE MORE EXPERTS IN THIS WILL ALSO BE MAKING COMMENTS WHETHER PERSONALLY FOR THEMSELVES OR THE INCIDENT TEASE THAT THEY REPRESENT.
IT IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON. OPEN FOR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC AND LIKE I SAID IF THE COURT WISHES NOT TO DO THAT, I WILL MAKE ONE ON MY OWN, WITH MY OWN OPINIONS INVOLVED.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> WALT SMITH: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE COURTESY A MOMENT AGO. TO ADDS ON ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT COMMISSIONER INGALSBE MADE A MOMENT AGO, WHENEVER -- AND ON TOP OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER SHELL SAID OF BEING AT THE TABLE. THOSE OF HOW ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY OF OUR MAG FOR THE HAYS TRINITY NOT TO ADD ON TO THE ANALYSIS THAT YOU MADE, WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY ON THE TABLE WHEN THAT MAG WAS MADE. WEREN'T ON THE MENU.
WE WEREN'T PART OF THAT PROCESS.
HAYS COUNTY DIDN'T BECAUSE DIDN'T HAVE THE CORRECT SCI SCIENCE. ABOUT THAT MAG IS HIGH OR LOW, GOOD VALID POINTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT ISSUE, AND I HAVE SEEN SOME SCIENCE ON BOTH SIDES TO SAY THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE WATER OR WE PROBABLY HAVE LESS WATER THAN WHAT WE THINK.
AND THOSE WERE ALL FROM -- FROM WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER VERY VALID, VERY WELL-EDUCATED FOLKS WITHIN THE WATER INDUSTRY.
NOT ONLY ON THE COMMERCIAL S SAID, BUT AS WELL ON THE CONSERVATION SIDE. AND I WILL TELL THAT YOU I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY JUST IN GENERAL ON THE HAYS KARP TRINITY. IN A PERFECT WORLD AND THIS MAY SOUND NOT -- NOT LIKE THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD, BUT IN THE PERFECT WORLD, I THINK THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE AND USING THAT RESOURCE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT RESOURCE AND HAVE DEPENDED ON THAT RESOURCE FOR DECADES IF NOT LONGER THAN THAT. THEY SHOULD HAVE THE FIRST BITE OF THE APPLE AND I DON'T SAY THAT LIGHTLY.
WITH THAT BEING THE CASE THE APPLE IS GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER. CONSTITUENTS IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS WITH AS MUCH RAIN TELL ME THAT THEIR WELLS ARE DRY RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS A CONCERN FOR ME.
THE RESOLUTION TODAY -- I MEAN, AGAIN, IT IS A RESOLUTION THAT IS NONBINDING. ASKS FOR ADDITIONAL SCIENCE AND I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. AND I THINK THAT WE AS A COUNTY NEED BETTER REPRESENTATION ON BOTH REGION L AND REGION K BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE THE REPRESENTATION THAT -- THAT WHILE WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE THERE WHO CARE ABOUT OUR COUNTY AND CARE ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OUR COUNTY, I THINK THAT WE
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NEED MORE VOICES THERE. I AM GLAD THERE IS THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO COMMISSIONER SHELL'S POINT, IF WE DON'T PASS THIS TODAY, I MEAN, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING IN THE RESOLUTION.BUT I WILL BE MAKING MY OWN COMMENTS MORE SPECIFICALLY TO THE POINTS THAT I JUST MADE AND ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE USING IT ON A DAILY BASIS IN MY PRECINCT.
WITH THAT, I MEAN, I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND THE TIMES I HAVEN'T BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THINGS THAT COMMISSIONER SHELL HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD ESPECIALLY ON WATER BECAUSE I SAY THAT -- I KNOW THERE IS NO ONE ELSE ON THIS COURT, POSSIBLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ME, WHO CARES MORE ABOUT IT.
AND IT DIRECTLY EFFECTS OUR PRECINCTS.
I -- I AM GOING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER THIS VERY HARD BEFORE WE VOTE TODAY. BUT I UNDERSTAND THE NEED BEHIND IT AND I UNDERSTAND THE -- THE PERSONAL PASSION AND THE CONSIDERATION THAT CAN -- THAT COMMISSIONER SHELL HAS BRINGING IT FORWARD TODAY AND WITH THAT, I WILL END THE DISCUSSION.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
SO WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE PROCLAMATION.
>> SORRY I CAN'T READ THAT ON APPLE WATCH --
YOUR CELL PHONES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: IT IS MY WATCH AND ON THEATRE MODE. DO YOU NEED ONE?
RESOLUTION PROVIDING COMMENTS TO GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA 9 REGARDING JOINT PLANNING EFFORTS TO ADOPT FUTURE.
WHEREAS CHAPTER 36, SECTION 108 OF THE TEXAS WATER CODE PROVIDES FOR THE JOINT PLANNING BY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF VARIOUS GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREAS CONSISTING OF GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.
WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY HAS THE IF YOU WILL BOUNDARIES OF THE HAYS TRINITY CONSERVATION DISTRICT WHICH PARTICIPATES IN GR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA 9. AND GMA 9 DISTRICTS EVERY FIVE YEARS CONSIDER GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY MODELS AND OTHER DATA AND INFORMATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT AREA AND SHALL PROPOSE FOR ADOPTION DESIRED FUTURE CONDITIONS FOR THE RELEVANT AQUIFERS WITHIN THE MANAGEMENT AREA AND THE YEAR 2021 REPRESNTS A JOINT PLANNING YEAR TO UPDATE ITS 2016 DFCS FOR GMA 9 AND ALLOW THE STATE ALLOWS THE ACCOUNT TO AFTER OF ITS CITIZENS OF DETERMINATIONS BY FELLOW DISTRICTS WITHIN GMA 9 AND THE TRINITY AQUIFER IS THE RELEVANT THAT FEEDS AND INTERACTS WITH THE BLANCO RIVER AND THE PRIMARY WATER SUPPLY SHORES BY HAYS COUNTY AND MANAGE BY GMA 9. AND 36.10 TLIRS GMA 9 DISTRICTS SHOULD CONSIDER AQUIFER USES AND CONDITIONS, WATER SUPPLY NEEDS, HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS INCLUDING SPRING FLOW AND OTHER INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GR GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER IMPACT ON SUBSIDENCE, THE SOCIOECONOMIC, RIGHTS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY, DFC FEASIBILITY AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION AND THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE 2021 JOINT PLANNING DISTRICT OF GMA CONTINUES THROUGH JUNE 30, 2 2021.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF HAYS COUNTY, THE DESIRED FUTURE CONDITION OF THE TRINITY AQUIFER OF APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET THROUGH 2060 DOES NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECT THE ELIGIBILITY OF GROUNDWATER IN GMA 9 AS EVIDENCED BY DECLINING GROUNDWATERS AND NO NEW DEMOCRAT STRAVX UNTIL 2020 LATER THIS YEAR AND GROUND WATER MODELING, THE GMA DISTRICTS SHOULD REDUCE THE DRAWDOWN TOWARD ZERO TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER UNTIL NEWER DATA
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CAN BE INCORPORATED. FIVE YEARS SINCE THE 2016 DFC, POPULATION GROWTH HAVE RAISED SERIOUS QUESTIONS OF MODEL AVAILABLE GROUNDWATER AS WELL AS FALLEN TO HISTORIC LOWS AND MILD DROUGHT CONDITIONS. DISPARITY AND GROUNDWATER D DRAWDOWNS ARE USED FOR GREATER ATTENTION TO SPECIFIC MEASURES AND ADDITIONAL DFCS RELATED TO SPRING FLOW.HEALTH OF SPRING FLOW IS A MEASURE OF OVERALL GROUND SYSTEM HEALTH AND DIRECTLY OBSERVER TO BE USED AS A DROUGHT TRYINGER TO PROTECT GROUNDSWATER RESOURCES, MOD EDGE TO HAVE THE BLANCO AQUIFER AND DYE TRAITS AND OTHER STUDIES OF MOST MORE CONCENTRATED GROUNDWATER.
AND UNTIL THE BRAT IS COMP COMPLETED.
SHOULD BE ON THE OBVIOUS GR GROUNDWATER AND RECENT HISTORICAL OF DRAWDOWNS GREATER THAN 100 FEET IN POCKETS NEAR BLANCO, BOERNE. AND DRAWDOWN EFFECTS ARE UNSUSTAINABLE. PRESIDENT BASELINE TREND OF GROUNDWATER HEALTH ARGUES FOR REASONABLE STEP TO REDUCE P PUMPING AND PRESERVE ACCESS TO GROUNDWATER.
REPLACEMENT FOR GROUNDWATER IF THIS RAIN WATER HARVESTING, GRAY WATER REUSE, AQUIFER AND RECOVERY AND DIRECT POTABLE REUSE AND GREATER FOCUS AND POTENTIAL PROMOTION THROUGH INCENTIVE. THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE DISTRICT OF GNA 9 FOR HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS RATHER THAN ESTABLISHING THE STATUS QUO. SPRING FLOW AND INTERACTION BETWEEN GROUNDWATERWATER AND SURFACE WATER ARE CLEARER AND MORE FREQUENT. SOCIOECONOMIC HARDSHIP BY A PACE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT ONLY SEEMS TO BE INCREASING.
THE BLANCO RIVER, ONION CREEK AND CYPRESS CREEK DEPENDS ON HEALTHY GROUNDWATER. THE TIME HAS COME TO PROTECT GROUNDWATER, TAKE STEPS TO REUSE MORE, AND REDUCING THE AVERAGE DRAWDOWN FROM A GMA 9 DFC IS THE REASONABLE PRUDENT OPPORTUNITY TODAY. ADOPT THIS THE 22ND DAY OF J
JUNE, 2021. >> JUDGE BECERRA: SO COMMISSIONER SHELL, WHAT ARE THE OTHER COUNTIES PROPOSING IN THIS SPACE? ARE THEY PROPOSING SIMILAR MEASURES? OR ARE WE -- ON.
>> LON SHELL: I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION, JUDGE.
I AM NOT SURE IF OTHER COUNTIES ARE ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES OR NOT. I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY IF THEY
ARE. >> JUDGE, I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS IN THOSE OTHER COUNTIES SIMILAR TO THOSE ONES COMING ON. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHETHER THEY ARE DOING RESOLUTIONS OR NOT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY
ARE HAVING THE DISCUSSION. >> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH --
>> WALT SMITH: PRESENT. >> MARK JONES: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: NO. PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
[1. Adopt a proclamation declaring July 2021 as Parks and Recreation Month in Hays County. SHELL/T.CRUMLEY]
1. >> 1, ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING JULY 2021 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN HAYS COUNTY. PROCLAMATION DECLARING JULY AS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH. WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY INCLUDING HAYS COUNTY. WHEREAS, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES ENSURING THE HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS OF THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL.
AND PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS BUILD HEALTHY AND ACTIVE COMMUNITIES THAT AID IN CHRONIC DISEASE, PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC RECREATION SERVICES FOR THOSE MENTALLY OR PHY PHYSICALLY DISABLED AND IMPROVE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF ALL CITIZENS AND PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM INCREASE A COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES. EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX B BASE. INCREASED TOURISM AND RETENTION OF LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION.
AND PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELL BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS PARKS AND NATURAL RECLAMATION AREAS PROTECT GROUNDWATER, PREVENT FLOODING AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE AIR WE BREATHE, PROVIDE BUFFERS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND PRODUCE HABITAT FOR THE WILDLIFE AND ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY FOR OUR
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COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RECOGNIZE 1998 OUTDOORS AND PARKS AND -- RECREATE OUTDOORS AND PARKS.NOW, THEREFORE, IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN HAYS CO COUNTY.
ADOPTED THE 22ND DAY OF JUNE 2021.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PERFECT. WELL-DONE.
MISS CRUMBLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH YOUR NAME AND TIE
IT WILL. >> TAMMY CRUMBLY PARKS AND RECREATION. WE COULDN'T HAVE ANY TEAM MEMBERS HERE THIS MORNING. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. EACH YEAR THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION DECLARED A NEW THEME. AND THIS YEAR IT IS OUR PARKS -- SORRY. PARKS AND RECREATION AND THEY ENCOURAGE TO THINK OF THEIR STORIES IN PARK SETTINGS AND THINK OF THESE THAT THEY HAVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE ANY NEW MEMORIES WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IN OUR HAYS COUNTY.
JACOB WELLS FOR OUR SWIM SE SEASON.
AND HIKING TRAILS AND STUFF THEY CAN ENJOY.
MANY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PUT ON BY JACOBS WELLS STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR FIVE-MILE DAM AND WALKING TRAILS.
WINTERS MILL PARKWAY. PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO EXPERIENCE OUR HAYS COUNTY PARKS, CITY PARKS.
ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND OUR PARK STAFF HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL THROUGH THE PANDEMIC OUT WORKING AND ENCOURAGING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR
THEIR HARD WORK. >> JUDGE BECERRA: ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WELL SAID.
>> LON SHELL: JUDGE, I WANT TO DO THE SAME.
OUR PARK STAFF DOES AN AMAZING JOB WITH A FEW FOLKS.
THEY DO -- THE DEMAND ON THE PARKS THAT MISS CRUMLEY HAS MENTIONED. BOOKED FOR THE SWIM SEASON OPINIONED A IF YOU SEAT DEMAND OUR PUBLIC HAS TO GET OUT AND GO TO THE PARKS, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB MANAGING THAT DEMAND AND PROVIDING GREAT SERVICES AND KEEPING EVERYTHING UP.
WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DO WITH THE CITIZENS AND OFTENTIMES THEY ARE THE FACE OF THE COUNTY AT OUR PARKS AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: I SERVED ON THE PARKS BOARD FOR THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS AND I KNOW ALL THE DETAILS RUN SPACE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE ESPECIALLY AFTER DEALING WITH COVID.
AND I CAN'T AGREE MORE. IT IS WONDERFUL AND THANK YOU FOR THIS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE ACCESS
TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> I AM SORRY, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT THE RESERVATION SYSTEM IS ALSO FOR THE DOLSTROM PRESERVE. YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND MAKE THEM
AS WELL. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: THANK YOU, TAMMY, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
>> LON SHELL: JUDGE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR STAFF, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE MANY THINGS THAT WE ASKED THEM THAT FOLKS MAY NOT UNDERSTAND ON A DAILY BASIS WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO, WHETHER IT IS GETTING THERE AND OPENING GATES IN THE MORNING AND CLOSING AND DOING THINGS WELL OUTSIDE.
WHAT THEIR DESCRIBED JOBS. IT IS AMAZING THAT THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT WE TOOK A BIG STEP IN OUR COUNTY LAST YEAR. AND WE AS A COURT BY -- BY DOING THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE BOND THAT WE DID.
AND KNOWING THE -- THE STRESS AND THE -- AND THE NUMBER OF JOBS THAT THEY DO OUTSIDE THEIR REGULAR PURVIEW RIGHT NOW.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE BURDEN WE PUT ON THEM IN THE NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE. AND SO I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO RECOGNIZE THEM TODAY BUT WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE AS THOSE PROJECTS COME ONLINE AS TO WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. AND THE EVER INCREASING AMOUNTS OF ACTIVITY WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING THEM TO DO OVER THE NEXT TWO TO SIX YEARS AS THOSE PROJECTS COME INTO FRUITION.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS AGAIN FOR WHAT THEY DO.
>> THANK YOU. THEY DO EVERYTHING FROM OPENING THE GATES AND WALKING THE TRAILS AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND CLEANING UP THE TRAILS.
THEY DO MOWING. TRASH SERVICE.
THEY DO A WIDE VARIETY OF JOBS THROUGHOUT THE PARKS.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MISS CRUMLEY.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. >> JUDGE, THIS IS SILLY, BUT
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CAN WE HAVE A CLARIFICATION ON THAT VOTEO ON ITEM NUMBER 32.I WASN'T HERE. WASN'T SURE WHAT YOUR VOTE MEANT, MR. SMITH. YOU SAID PRESENT.
>> WALT SMITH: ABSTAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO ABSTAIN ON THAT
VOTE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THERE YOU
[2. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing the 25th year of operation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority. INGALSBE]
ARE. OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2.>> 2, ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE 25TH YEAR OF OPERATION OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY.
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE 25TH YEAR OF OPERATION OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY. WHEREAS, THE EDWARDS AQUIFER IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF WATER FOR DRINKING AND OTHER SERVICES, AGRICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL OF TWO MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SECTION. THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY WAS ENACTED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE EAA ACT AS A GR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AGENCY WITH THE MANAGEMENT, EDUCATE AND ENHANCE THE AQUIFER SYSTEM. WHEREAS THE CREATION, SUPPLEMENT THE FORMER EDWARDS UNDERGROUND WATER DISTRICT AND BEGAN OPERATIONS ON JUNE 28, 1996 AS A GROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT LIKE ANY OTHER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WHEREAS IN THE PAST 25 YEARS, THE EAA HAS ACHIEVED UNPRECEDENTED CERTAINTY IN THE PROTECTION AND PRESENTATION OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER THROUGH A COMBINATION OF EFFECTIVE REGULATION, SCIENCE-BASED PROGRAMMING AND THE CONSERVATION PRACTICES. THE EAA SEEKS TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESS OF THE QUARTER CENTURY SERVICE OF THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION, FURTHER HAVING INSURANCE IN THE SUSTAI SUSTAINABILITY, REOUR RANCE AND RELIABILITY.
>> TO. AND WHEREAS THE EAA NEXT GENERATION EFFORTS INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A FIELD RESEARCH PARK AND OUTREACH CENTER OF THE EDWARD AQUA OFFICER AND TECHNIQUES TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF WATER IT DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE JUNE 21, 2021 OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER SHORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE 25 YEARS OF OPERATION WITH THE SUSTAINING IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY ADOPTED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF JUNE, 2021 .
>> SO MOVED. >> JUDGE BECERRA: A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
MR. DAN LYON. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH JUDGE BECERRA. KIND OF A PRE AMBLE OF WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY. I AM A BIT SENSITIVE ON THE SUBJECT OF WATER EVER SINCE A FORMER COMMISSIONER GAVE THE USE OF COMANCHE WELLS TO TEXAS STATE AND AS FAR AS I KNOW THAT WASN'T EVEN VOTED ON AND THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY DONE IN SECRET.
I WOULD HAVE OBJECTED TO IT AND WE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE.
SO ANYWAY. ON THE FIFTH WHEREAS AND THE SIXTH WHEREAS, IT TALKS OF NEXT GENERATION AND I NOTICED THE NEXT GENERATION IS CAPITALIZED. SO SO IT BELIEVES IT IS SOME SORT OF WRITTEN DOCUMENT OR AGENDA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND I HAVE NO DODGE OVER WHAT IS IN THAT WRITTEN DOCUMENT NOR DO I THAT I 99% OF THE PEOPLE IN HAYS COUNTY.
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU ALL ALLOWING US TO HAVE A LOOK AT THAT DOCUMENT BEFORE WE CAN SAY WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THIS PROSHING OR NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: JUDGE, THANK YOU.
MICHAEL DE LA GARZA IS HERE AND HE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT WITH THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY AND HERE TO ACCEPT OF THIS PROCLAMATION.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JUDGE AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. AND I HANDLE COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH FOR THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY AUTHORITY.
ON BEHALF OF THE 100 OR SO EMPLOYEES THAT WORK WITH THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY. I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND APROPOS WITH THE DISCUSSION ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.
WATER IS LIFE AND IT PROVIDES FOR LIVELIHOOD.
SO IT IS A FRONT AND CENTER MATTER OBVIOUSLY FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. BUT ESPECIALLY FOR US.
WITH REGARDS TO THE NOTION OF THE NEXT GENERATION, THE NEXT GENERATION IS REALLY MORE OF A CALL FOR WHERE WE ARE MOVING TO
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AN ORGANIZATION. WE BEGIN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION AND OUT REACH. THE TWO ITEMS FEATURED IN THE PROCLAMATION INCLUDED THE EDUCATION OUTREACH CENTER.THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR EDUCATION OUTREACH FOR YEARS BUT NEVER HAD A PERMANENT LOCATION FROM WHICH TO EDUCATE CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. YOUTH OF ALL AGES.
AND SECURE IN OUR BUILDING AN EDUCATION OF MORGAN WONDER LAND CAMP IN FAR NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY, A PROJECT OF ANOTHER EXTENSION OF HIS ULTRA ACCESSIBILITY PHILOSOPHY FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES, KIDS OF ALL ABILITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT CAMP. OUR EDUCATION CENTER WILL BE IN THE MIDST OF THAT FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND TAKEN ADVANTAGE BY THE KIDS ATTENDSING THAT CAMP WHICH IS A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER AS THE OPERATIONS BEGIN TO RAMP UP.
AS PART OF THAT EFFORT, WE BECAME AWARE OF AND WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO SECURE ABOUT 150 ACRES JUST NORTH OF HIS PROPERTY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE OVER AND WE -- WE TERM IT THE FIELD RESEARCH PARK AND THAT PARK WHAT WE ARE ATT ATTEMPTING TO DO IS LAND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES ESSENTIALLY TO SEE HOW WE CAN ENHANCE THE YIELD OF THE WATER OVER PROPERTIES AS WELL AS PROVIDE FOR A CLEANER WATER TO ENTER INTO THE EDWARDS:AQUIFER.
LARGE SCALE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERTAKE WITH OUR SCIENCE DIVISION WITH THE NORTH. A PROJECT THAT WE HOPE AND WE HOPE CAN YIELD A GREAT DEAL OF INSIGHT AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITIES OR WHATEVER WATER IS NEEDED AND OBVIOUSLY WE SEE THAT EVERY DAY WITH CALLS COMING THROUGHOUT THE NATION. THROUGHOUT THE WORMED QUITE FRANKLY COMING TO THE AUTH AUTHORITY.
THE INFORMATION REGARDING NEXT GENERATION PHILOSOPHY IS ON OUR WEB SITE, EDWARDS. AQUIFER.ORG AND POSTED THERE FOR A WHILE AND ON THE FRONT PAGE.
EDWARDSAQUIFER.ORG. AND I THANK YOU FOR -- FOR THE RECOGNITION. WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND IT IS
IMPORTANT WORLDWIDE. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.
[Items 3 - 5]
PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3-5.>> 3, APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES, 4, APPROVE THE UNITED HEALTH CARE CLAIMS. 5, APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF THE JUNE 30, 2021 PAYROLL DISBURSEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,025,000 EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 2021 AND POST TOTALS FOR WAGES, WITHHOLDINGS AND DEDUCTIONS ON THE HAYS COUNTY
WEB SITE ONCE FINALIZED. >> JUDGE BECERRA: A MOTION AND
>> LON SHELL: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.
> WALT SMITH: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.
[6. Authorize the execution of the FY 2021 Grant Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration for overtime reimbursements related to the Sheriff's Office Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and amend the budget accordingly. INGALSBE/CUTLER]
PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 6. >> 6, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE FC 2021 GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION FOR OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENTS RELATED TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE AND AMEND THE BUDGET
>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: A MOTION AND A SECOND AND WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
MR. RODRIGO AMAYA. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE COURT.
THIS ITEM. I WANTED CLARIFICATION.
I NOTICE NO MEMBERS OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HEAR ALL THESE. I SEE ALL THESE AGENDA ITEMS FOR GRANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW THERE IS -- A COMMON BELIEF THIS IS FREE MONEY. WELL, NOTHING IS FREE.
IT COSTS US SOMEHOW SOME WAY. MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, HOW
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MUCH DRUG ACTIVITY AND HOW MANY SEIZURES HAVE WE HAD HERE IN THE COUNTY. NOW I DON'T WANT SOME GENERIC RESPONSE. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD TO COME UP HERE AND IMPRESS ME WITH THEIR VAST KNOWLEDGE ON INTERDICTION POST SEIZURE ANALYSIS, THINGS LIKE THAT, EPIC, ACRONYMS THAT ARE USED IN INTERDIRNGS SCENARIOS. SOME IF SOMEONE COULD SOMEHOW, WAY MEETING EVERY TWO WEEKS. WHERE IS A MEMBER OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SO WE CAN GET SATISFACTORY RESPONSE ON THESE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MR. AMAYA.
AND COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. I CAN ASK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF REPORT BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
PROVIDE AT THIS TIME. >> JUDGE BECERRA: ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> LON SHELL: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.
>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 7.
[7. Authorize the Constable Pct. 4 Office to accept a $4,500 donation from Steve Venski, Billy Brandenberger, and William Cariker for the purchase of law enforcement equipment and supplies and amend the budget accordingly. SMITH/HOOD]
>> 7, AUTHORIZE THE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 4 OFFICE TO ACCEPT A $4 500 DONATION FROM STEVE VENSKI, BILLY BRADENBERGER AND WILLIAM C ARIKER FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPLY AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: RODRIGO AMAYA.
>> A CONCERN ON THIS ONE SAME CONCERN.
A LOT OF DONATIONS POPPING UP ON AGENDA ITEMS. MY QUESTION -- MY CONCERN IS WHO IS REALLY MAKING SURE AND MONITORING ALL THESE DONATIONS AND GRANTS AND ALL THIS STUFF, BECAUSE AS I SAID, WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT, I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF REQUEST ON AGENDA ITEMS FOR LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR PROGRAMS THEY ARE STARTING AND ALL THIS STUFF, SO I WANT TO BE ABLE AS A CITIZEN TO GOOGLE WHERE AND COME UP HERE AND FIND OUT HOW MUCH MONEY AND WHERE THESE GRANTS ARE BEING APPLIED TO AND STUFF AND LOT OF STUFF THAT IS WISH LIST AND WHERE CAN A CITIZEN GET THIS INFORMATION? THANK YOU.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.
COMMISSIONER? >> YES, THANK YOU, JUDGE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. VENSKI, AND BILLY BRADENBERGER AND WILLIAM CAR KER FOR THEIR DONATION AND EASY FOR A CITIZEN AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUP TO JUST GIVE SOMETHING TO ANY OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
WE DON'T DO THAT IN HAYS CO COUNTY.
WE HAVE AN AUDITORS OFFICE ONE OF THE BEST AUDITOR'S OFFICE IN THE STATE AND WE DON'T ACCEPT A DOLLAR OR DONATION THAT THERE ISN'T WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF SPECIFIC TO WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE AND WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT WHEN IT COMES OUT THE DOOR AND SHOULD IT EVER GO OUT THE DOOR, WE SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR IT AT THAT POINT AS WELL. TO THAT POINT, WHAT IS AMAZING WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE AUDIT BACK ON PRECINCT THREE EARLIER THIS YEAR. AN ITEM, A VERY SPECIFIC ITEM DONATED TO THAT OFFICE THAT W WAS.
THAT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR BECAUSE OF THE GREAT WORK OF OUR AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN, BUT I HAVE THE UPMOST CONFIDENCE IN OUR AUDITORS OFFICE AND THE REASON WE BRING THEM TO COURT SPECIFICALLY TO KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU JUST ASKED.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND HELP OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO. AND I AM APPRECIATIVE FOR IT.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER OPINION ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE I CALL FOR THE VOTE.
AND OTHER SUPPLIES AS NEEDED. I FEEL THAT A CONTRARY FOR WHAT YOU SAID ACCOUNTING FOR EVERY DOLLARS.
OTHERS SUPPLIES AS NEEDED. I THINK THAT IS VAGUE.
I TOTALLY TRUST CONSTABLE HOOD. THIS IS NOT A JAB AT HIM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR EYE. AND TRUST HIM WITH HIS DEC DECISION-MAKING AND THIS DOCUMENT IS WRITTEN AS VAGUE AS CAN POSSIBLY BE WHICH IS CONTRARY TO ACCOUNTING FOR EVERY DOLLAR AS WAS JUST STATED AND I WANT TODAY DOUBLE CHECK ALSO ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH MANUFACTURER
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OF OR THE SALESMEN OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO FRAME IT, THE SA SALESPERSON IS DONATING MONEY TO COME BACK TO HAVE THESE ITEMS PURCHASED FROM THEM. AND IT JUST REMINDED ME FOR A SECOND ABOUT WHAT DID HAPPEN SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP IN PRECINCT 3 AND HOW WE HAD ELECTED OFFICIAL PROMOTING I DON'T KNOW -- I THINK IT WAS DRONE EQUIPMENT OR SOMETHING.I DON'T REMEMBER THE DETAIL, BUT PROMOTE PRIVATE COMPANY EFFORTS ON -- ON TAXPAYER. AND SO IT HAS THAT REMINDER TO ME ABOUT THAT. AND SO HOW DO WE.
MR. KENNEDY THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU, I SUPPOSE.
HOW DO WE ACCEPT A DONATION FROM SOMEONE SELLING SOMETHING TO BUY THAT PARTICULAR ITEM THAT LATER CAN BE USED AS A PROMOTIONAL TOOL FOR THEM, BRAND OR ITEM? HOW CAN WE -- DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION? HUE DO WE STAY AT ARM'S LENGTH FROM THAT PROMOTIONAL ENDEAVOR.
>> JUDGE, I HAIRED TWO QUESTIONS.
AND MAYBE I CAN ANSWER THE FIRST ONE.
OPINION AND I AM SURE YOUR POINT ON THE SECOND QUESTION.
JUST BECAUSE THE FUNDING HAS A MORE GENERAL TERM OR CLAUSE IT IS NOT EAR MARKED TO A SPECIFIC PURPOSE DOES NOT MEAN IT CAN'T BE ACCOUNTED FOR. AND I BELIEVE THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND CONSTABLE CAN TRACK THE EXPENDITURE OF THOSE DONATED FUNDS. A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE DONATED MONIES THAT ARE EAR MARKED FOR ONE SPECIFIC PURPOSE BECAUSE ONCE YOU FULFILL THAT IF YOU HAVE REMAINING FUNDS, DOESN'T RIGHTLY SPEND IT ON ANYTHING ELSE. SO THERE IS THAT.
NOW ON THIS -- YOU ASK THE QUESTION.
THE SECOND QUESTION AGAIN, JUDGE?
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES, SIR. >> I AM NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. AS A GENERAL RESPONSE TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THE IDEA THAT COMING BEFORE THIS COURT WITH SUPPLIES AS NEEDED ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE -- AGAIN, I HAVE TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN OUR AUD AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN OUR CONSTABLE OFFICE.
I REALLY DO. THE IDEA OF SUPPLIES AS NEEDED AND DOLLARS WILL ULTIMATELY BE ACCOUNTED FOR, IT IS JUST KNOWING IT WILL BE USED FOR WITH THE GENERAL COMMENT.
NOW MY PART ON THE -- HAVING MANUFACTURER OR A REP DONATE TO A ELECTED OFFICIAL, ANYONE, IN TURN THOSE DOLLARS GET USED TO PURCHASE THE ITEM THAT THEY SELL AND NOW WE HAVE OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES USING THESE BRANDS AND THAT CAN BE EASILY USED AS PROMOTIONAL TOOLS. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS VERY, VERY NEARBY BY SAYING HOW DO WE -- -- NICHE, BY SAYING HOW DO WE -- IF A USEFUL WAY OF A COUNTY EMPLOYEE DONATING A -- TOUTING A BRAND THAT WAS DONATED TO THEM.
>> CONSTABLE HOOD, CAN YOU ANSWER A QUESTION FOR ME.
>> YES, SIR. >> JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE
CONFUSED. >> JUDGE BECERRA: I MIGHT BE.
>> I THINK THE DONORS ARE DONATING DOLLARS, BUT IT SAYS THE DONORS WANTED THEIR DOLLARS TO GO TOWARD SOMETHING THAT THE CONSTABLE OFFICE FELT WAS THE BEST PRODUCT AND DONATED THE AMOUNT THAT WAS NECESSARY TO PURCHASE THE SPECIFIED
>> BECAUSE IF THE DONORS WERE -- THEY WOULD JUST GIVE --
>> THEY WOULD JUST GIVE THE EQUIPMENT.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: JUST A PEACEFUL LITTLE WORK AROUND.
MY QUESTION IS HOW DO I DEFEND IT.
IT IS NOT OOH, YOU ARE SHADY NOT THAT IS WHAT I WANT.
I WANT ARTICULATION SO I CAN DEFEND MY VOTE.
>> JUDGE, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY ANSWER THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, THE VENDOR OF THESE ITEMS TO BE PURCHASED FROM IS NOT A DONOR. THE DONATION -- THE DONORS OF THIS MR. VENSKI, BRANDONBERGER AND CARIKER, MADE THE DONATION IT IS WE PURCHASED THESE ITEMS, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PURCHASE QUALITY ITEMS. THEY UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST IN DOING THEIR DUTY AND THEIR JOB. SO THEY -- THEY ARE SECOND AMENDMENT INDIVIDUALS WHO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUPPRESSERS THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE AND AS SUCH, THEY KNOW QUALITY AND RECOMMENDED THIS WHICH JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE THE SAME SUPPRESSERS WE HAVE BEEN BUYING
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THROUGHOUT COUNTY ALL ALONG. SO, AGAIN, THE DONATION IS NOT IN ANY WAY TIED TO THE VENDOR OTHER THAN THEY ARE SPECIFYING THEY WOULD LIKE THESE SUPPRESSERS BEING PURCHASED AND NOT NECESSARILY TRUE THEY ARE TYING IT TO A VENDOR AND WANT A PARTICULAR VENDOR TO PROVIDE THIS, BUT THIS VENDOR HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE DONATION OF THESE FUNDS.>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU FOR ARTICULATING THAT MORE CLEARLY YOU CAN SEE HOW EFFORTLESSLY IT COULD DOVETAIL
INTO A DIFFERENT LINE OF SIGHT. >> JUDGE, THE ONLY OTHER POINT I WILL ADD TO YOUR COMMENT IS WE -- IT IS VERY OFTEN THAT WE HAD DONATIONS, SAY, TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHERE SOMEBODY SAYS WE EVEN HAD -- I THINK I REMEMBER SOMEBODY MAKING AN ANONYMOUS -- AN ANONYMOUS DONATION OF $500 TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAD TO ACCEPT THAT AND AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY WAS TO GO SPECIFICALLY OR WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT ITEMS ARE THERE OR WHAT THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD BE NEEDED FOR.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, AND WE LOOK AND SEE ADDITIONAL ITEMS, THANKFULLY EVERY WEEK WHENEVER WE GET OUR AGENDA ON FRIDAY, JUST AS WE DID TODAY, WE SEE THOSE COUNTY INVOICES.
ITEM NUMBER 3. SO WE DO HAVE DIRECT DIRECT SUPERVISION AS A COURT IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING LEFT OVER AS A DONATION THAT THESE FUNDS ARE USED ON.
WE AS A COURT HAVE DIRECT CONSIDERATION WHAT THEY CAN BE USED ON AND PULLED AND REVIEWED AT THAT TIME.
THAT IS A GOOD POINT THAT YOU MADE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, CONSTABLE.
I APPRECIATE IT. IF THERE ARE IN OTHER COMMENTS,
NOW WE CAN CALL THE ROLL. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.
>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.
>> LON SHELL: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.
[Items 8 & 9]
PLEASE OPEN 8 AND 9. >> 8, APPROVE ELECTION FEES FOR ELECTION SERVICES PROVIDED. 9, AUTHORIZE ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR THE TWO BARNDOMIUMS AND TWO RV SPACES
LOCATED 710 BELL SPRINGS ROAD. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> BARNDOMINIUMS? MISS ANDER STLON IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.
>> LON SHELL: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MISS ANDERSON. THEIR FOR BEING HERE CONSTABLE
[10. Approve out of state travel, utilizing the Sheriff's Office Continuing Education Funds, for Fleet Maintenance Supervisor Martin Gonzales to attend the Harley Davidson Motor Company's Police Technical Training in Orlando, Florida on September 13-30, 2021. INGALSBE/CUTLER]
HOOD. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.ITEM NUMBER 10. >> APPROVE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL UTILIZING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EDUCATION FUNDS FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR MARTIN GONZALEZ TO ATTEND THE HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY'S POLICE TECHNICAL TRAINING IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA ON SEPTEMBER 13-30, 2021.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP.
NO STRANGER TO THE MICROPHONE. RODNEY GEE AMAYA.
>> THANK YOU, HAYS JUDGE COURT. ON THIS AGENDA ITEM MY QUESTION IS DO WE KNOW HOW MANY HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTOR UNITS WE HAVE ON THE FLEET? I KNOW THERE WAS AN AGENDA ITEM A COUPLE WEEKS BACK FOR THE SAME THING, BUT I AM NOT SURE -- I DIDN'T RESEARCH IT. BUT I AM WONDERING IF WE HAVE ONE OR TWO MOTOR UNITS, WHAT ARE WE DOING INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME ON A MECHANIC. IF THE MAJORITY OF THE FLEET IS HARLEY DAVIDSON BUT THE MOST PART, THEY ARE NOT THE DESIRED MOTOR BRAND MOST OF THE TIMES. THEY GO TO THE HONDAS OR THE BMWS. JUST FYI.
HOW MANY MOTOR UNITS HARLEY DAVIDSON ON THE HAYS COUNTY
FLEET. >> I THINK ALL OF OUR UNITS ARE
-- >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU,
MR. AMAYA. >> WALT SMITH: I HAVE ALL OF OUR UNITS ARE ACTUALLY HARLEYS. I SAY THAT BECAUSE OUR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE OR LAST TWO BUDGET CYCLES WE PURCHASED JUST FOR -- AS AN EXAMPLE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 4, WE HAVE TWO NEW UNITS THERE. AND THE UNIT WE REPLACED IS A HARLEY BOTH NEW UNITS ARE HARLEYS AND I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS OUR ENTIRE SHERIFF FLEET IS HARLEYS PLUS THE MOTOR UNIT WE BOUGHT. DID WE NOT PURCHASE ONE IN PRECINCT TWO AND FIVE -- TWO AND FIVE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: BEAUTIFUL. I SAW THEM AT THE MEMORIAL OF HAYS COUNTY. BEAUTIFULLY BRANDED N NICE-LOOKING VEHICLES. NO OTHER COMMENTS?
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER, THE EXACT NUMBER BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY FIND OUT.
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>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES INGSZ
[Items 11 - 15]
INGALSBE YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES . .> JUDGE
>> JUDGE BECERRA: DRIPPING SPRINGS TEXAS 12, AUTHORIZE ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR DUPLEX AT 701 NORACE HOWARD LANE SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666. 13, APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS.
14, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH BOLDPLANNING, INC. RELATED TO THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR COUNTYWIDE PLANNING. 15, AUTHORIZE JM ENGINEERING REPLACE THE CURRENT MAGIC CHEF 3.5-TON HEAT PUMP SPLIT SYSTEM HVAC WITH THE NEW 3.5-TON TO AMERICAN STANDARD HVAC LOCATED PRECINCT 5 OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $9006 AND AMENDS THE BUGET
ACCORDINGLY. >> JUDGE BECERRA: ANY COM COMMENTS? FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HVAC AND NOT PUMPING HEAT AND NORTH OF 100-DEGREE PART OF A SYSTEM WITH A FUNNY NAME. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.
[Items 16 - 18]
OPEN 16-18. >> 16, AUTHORIZE JM ENGINEERING TO REPLACE THE FAILED CARRIER H VAC SYSTEM LOCATED PRECINCT 4 OFFICE WITH THE NEW 3.5-TON AMERICAN STANDARD HVAC SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $6603 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
17, APPROVE SPECIFICATION FOR IFB 2021-B 10 FISCHER STORE ROAD, M 2325 TO AUTHORIZE PURCHASING.
AND 18, AUTHORIZE THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR FUNDS WITH THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE FOR UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS TO TEXAS PROPERTY CODE SECTION 74.60 2. AND CERTIFY ANY AVAILABLE
>> SECOND. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.
>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.
>> LON SHELL: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.
[19. Discussion and possible action to call for a public hearing on July 13, 2021 to establish a 4-way stop at the intersection of Darden Hill Road, Sawyer Ranch Road, and the entrance for the new Cypress Springs Elementary School opening Fall 2021. SMITH/BORCHERDING]
PLEASE OPEN 19. >> 19, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 13, 2021, TO ESTABLISH A FOUR-WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF DARDEN HILL ROAD, SAWYER RANCH ROAD AND THE ENTRANCE FOR THE NEW CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPENING FALL 2021.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: MOTION AND SECOND.
SELF-EXPLANATORY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS.
>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.
>> LON SHELL: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN 20.
[20. Discussion and possible action to call for a public hearing on July 13, 2021 to establish a OneWay traffic zone (eastbound only) for the eastern segment of Tiger Lane as a result of new school traffic routes for the Dripping Springs Middle School for Fall 2021. SMITH/BORCHERDING]
>> 20, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 13, 2021 TO ESTABLISH A ONE-WAY TRAFFIC ZONE EASTBOUND ONLY FOR THE EASTERN SEGMENT OF TIGER LANE AS A RESULT OF NEW SCHOOL TRAFFIC ROUTES FOR THE DRIPPING SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR FALL 2021.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: SELF-EXPLANATORY AGAIN.
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.
[Items 21 & 22]
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. OPEN 21 AND 22.
>> 21, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE MAINTENANCE BOND RIDER EXTENSION NUMBER PB 03016800 273 M IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,600 UNTIL DECEMBER 3, 2021 FOR SUNFIELD SUBDIVISION PHASE 3, SECTION TWO.
22, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE TOOCHX ACCEPT THE MAINTENANCE BOND RIDER EXTENSION PB 03 03016800240 M IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,000 AND DECEMBER 3, 2021 FOR KARP SUNFIELD SUBDIVISION
PHASE 3, SECTION 4. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> MARK JONES: THIS IS PRETTY
SELF-EXPLANATORY. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU MR. BORCHERDING
>> LON SHELL: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.
[23. Discussion and possible action to approve the selection of Pape Dawson Engineers, Inc. to perform Construction Engineering & Inspection (CE&I) services for the Fischer Store Road Safety Improvements project in Precinct 3; and to authorize staff and counsel to negotiate a Work Authorization under their On-Call CE&I contract. SHELL/BORCHERDING]
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. OPEN 23.
>> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF POSSIBLE ACTION PAGE DAWSON ENGINEERING TO PERFORM CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE FISCHER STORE ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN PRECINCT 3 AND TO AUTHORIZE STAFF AND
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COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE A WORK AUGHT EDUCATION UNDER THEON-CALL CE & I CONTRACT. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> LON SHELL: THIS PROJECT IS FOR FISCHER STORE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
PAPE DAWSON WAS A QUALIFIED ENGINEERING FIRM.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.
[24. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction & drainage improvements, accept the 2-year maintenance bond #107434401 in the amount of $135,377.94, and accept the 1-year revegetation bond #107434402 in the amount of $56,853.00 for Parten Ranch subd., Phase 5. SMITH/BORCHERDING]
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. ITEM 24.
>> ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT 107434401 IN THE AMOUNT OF 135,377.94 AND ACCEPT THE ONE-YEAR REVEGETATION BOND NUMBER 10 107434402 IN THE AMOUNT OF $ $56,853 FOR PARTEN RANCH DUB VISION PFIZER 5.
>> REVE G BOND. >> WALT SMITH: YES.
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES PLEASE
[25. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute Contract Amendment No. 1 for a time extension on the Public Involvement Services Agreement between Hays County and Concept Development & Planning, LLC. for the RM 150 West Alignment project as part of the Hays County Road Bond Program. SMITH/BORCHERDING]
OPEN 25. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FOR THE TIME EXTENSION OF THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND CONCEPT DOPING LCC FOR THE RM 150 WEST ALIGNMENT PROJECT AS PART OF THE HAYS COUNTY ROAD BOND PROGRAM.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
I LIKE WHEN THEY ARE WRITTEN RIGHT.
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.
[26. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute Supplemental No. 8 the amount of $6,002 to the Professional Services Agreement for General Engineering Consultant (GEC)/Program Management services with HNTB Corporation for the Hays County/TxDOT Partnership Program; an authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Ch. 262.024(a)(4).INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]
>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. REOPEN 26.
>> 26, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL NUMBER 8 IN THE AMOUNT OF $60 02 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICE WITH HNTB CORPORATION FOR THE HAYS COUNTY TX DOT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZE DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURR OPPORTUNITY TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 2 2672.024.
>> SO MANUFACTURED. >> SECOND.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: EXPLAIN. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: THE FINAL REPORT BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT WHICH IS NEEDED OR REQUIRED PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAST SEGMENT OF THE FM
110 PROJECT. >> JUDGE BECERRA: ANY OTHER
COMMENTS? >> THE EXEMPTION IS FOR
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES, THANK
YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE LATEST OPENING OF 110 SEGMENT .
THANKS, COMMISSIONER. I KNOW A LOT OF WORK GETTING THAT READY, BUT IT IS WORKING OUT.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> LON SHELL: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.
>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN 27.
[27. Discussion and possible action to authorize the selection of Pape-Dawson Engineers to provide engineering design services related to improvements to Beback Inn Road and authorize staff and counsel to negotiate a contract. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]
>> 27, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SELECTION OF PAPE-DAWSON ENGINEERS TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS TO BEBACK INN ROAD AND AUTHORIZE STAFF AND COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE
COMMISSIONER. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT IN AND AROUND THIS AREA, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENT FOR SAFETY AND MOBILITY PURPOSES. AND BEBACK INN ROAD IS CONTINUING TO SEE TRAFFIC AND PAPE-DAWSON WILL DO A GREAT JOB FOR US IN COORDINATION WITH MR. BORCHERDING.
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN 28.
[28. Discussion and possible action to call for a public hearing on July 13, 2021 to establish a 4-way stop at the intersection of Centerpoint Road and CR 266. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]
>> 28, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING JULY 13, 2021 TO ESTABLISH A FOUR-WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF CENTERPOINT ROAD AND CR 266.
>> LON SHELL: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.
[29. PLN-1646-NP Anthem Phase 2 and 3 Preliminary Plan (153 Lots). Discussion and possible action to approve preliminary plan. JONES/PACHECO]
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.
NUMBER 29. >> 29, PLN-1646 N P ANTHEM PHASE 2 AND 3 PRELIMINARY PLAN DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION
TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY PLAN. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: COMMI
COMMISSIONER. >> A SUBDIVISION OFF.
DOWN CONSIDERABLY FROM THE ORIGINAL.
THERE IS A LOT OF GREEN SPACE THAT WAS IN THIS PROJECT NOW
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BETWEEN MOUNTAIN CITY AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS VEND APPRECIATIVE. 145 OF THESE LOTS ARE SINGLE FAMILY AND FIVE WILL BE OPEN SPACES AND THREE FOR OTHER LIKE MAYBE A SCHOOL OR FIRE DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKELITTLE BY LITTLE. >> WASTEWATER WILL BE BY THE CITY OF KYLE. AND IF YOU WILL STAFF
RECOMMENDATION. >> JUDGE BECERRA: LITTLE BY LITTLE LOOKING TO BE THE CENTRAL PARK OF CENTRAL TEXAS.
>> WE NEED MORE HOUSING ON THE GROUND.
WE ARE HURTING FOR HOUSING IN HAYS COUNTY.
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES,
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES, >> WALT SMITH: YES.
[30. PLN-1549-PC; Call for a Public Hearing on July 13th, 2021 to discuss approval of the final plat of the Pico Ranch 1, Replat. SHELL/MACHACEK]
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 30.
>> 30, PLN-1549-PC CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 13, FWUNZ, TO DISCUSS APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT OF THE PICO
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND WE HAVE -- I THOUGHT WE HAD ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
BUT I DON'T SEE THE FORM. I DID MISS IT?
NO, FOR 31. >> CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REPLAT SUBDIVIDING 59 ACRES INTO TWO LOTS.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> LON SHELL: YES.
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.
[31. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Office of Emergency Services to purchase Pix4Dmapper Software through Granite Defense Technologies related to UAV mapping software for disaster and recovery efforts. BECERRA/MIKE JONES]
PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 31. >> 31 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO PURCHASE PIX4D MAPPER SOFTWARE THROUGH GRANITE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES RELATED FOR DISASTER AND RECOVERY EFFORTS.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: MOTION AND SECOND AND DAN LYON S SIGNS UP
TO SPEAK. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA.
UAV MEANS UNMANNED VEHICLE. I GUESS THAT IS A DRONE.
I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ON WHAT PIX4DMAPPER SOFTWARE IS AND WILL THIS REQUIRE MORE DRONES AND MORE DRAINING OR CAN WE -- TRAINING OR CAN WE MAYBE GET WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND USE ONE OF THEIR DRONES. I JUST HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THAT'S WHY I SIGNED UP AND SAID THAT I WAS NEUTRAL ON T
THIS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAK WE ARE MR. RODRIGO AMAYA.
>> SAME QUESTION. NEXT TIME I WAS HERE, APPROVED THE SHERIFF FOR THAT OLD AMBULANCE AND THE DRONES.
AND WHAT IS SO HARD OF WORKING TOGETHER SAVING THE TAXPAYERS SOME MONEY. THANK YOU.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.
WE HAVE MR. MIKE JONES HERE WHO CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE
CONVERSATION. >> GOOD MORNING, COURT.
MIKE JONES, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
QUESTIONS THE FLORIDA CONSTITUENTS.
WE WILL BE USING THE SAME DRONES WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE COUNTY. THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT IS DESIGNED TO GIVE US AN ON-SCENE COMMAND AND CONTROL MUCH -- BETTER 2D IMAGING SO WE MAKE BETTER DECISION WHETHER IT BE A WILDFIRE OR FLOOD OR DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES.
AND TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND PLUG THAT IN TO OUR GIS SPECIALIST WHEN THEY TAKE THAT AND MAKE INTO A 3D COMPONENT FOR MAPPING AND GIVES US A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE VIEWPOINT AS A DISASTER OCCURRING AND SURVEYING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FIRE INVESTIGATION AND OTHER INVESTIGATION MAY OCCUR IN THE
THANK YOU, MR. JONES. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.
>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. AND IF YOU WILL PLEASE OPEN
[33. Discussion and possible action to provide direction to staff and to identify a Hays County approach to the prospective allocation under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319). SMITH]
NUMBER 33. >> 33, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF AND TO IDENTIFY A HAYS COUNTY APPROACH TO THE PROSPECTIVE ALLOCATION UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 HR 1319.
>> SO MOVED. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: SECOND.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: MOTION AND COMMENT.
SMITHER. >> WALT SMITH: THANK YOU, JUDGE. AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE WHENEVER THE LATEST RECOVERY FUNDS WERE PASSED BY THE GOVERNMENT, THEY WERE SPLIT INTO TWO SEPARATE CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST OF WHICH, IT WAS DONE FIRST BY POPULATION.
TWO MAJOR POTS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT.
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ONE WAS TO INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES.AND THE OTHERS WERE TO INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES.
AND THAT MONEY WAS -- WAS DIVIDED IN A VERY -- VERY EQ EQUAL. AND I THINK A FAIRER WAY.
THEY ENSURE THAT MUNICIPALITIES HAD THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS BASED ON THE POPULATION THAT THEY HAD.
AND GAVE THE COUNTIES THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT.
ANYTHING OUR COUNTY THE ESTIMATE IF YOU TAKE ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY AND THE ALLOCATION THEY RECEIVE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT IS JUST OVER $44 MILLION.
$44.7 MILLION IS THE ESTIMATE AND DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL NUMBER WILL BE. THE AUDITOR MAY CORRECT ME ON THAT. WHAT IS --
[INAUDIBLE] >> WALT SMITH: ALL RIGHT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS CORRECT. THE SAME AMOUNT WILL BE GOING TO THE INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES IN OUR COUNTY PROVIDED PER CAPITA. THAT BEING SAID EACH ONE OF OUR -- AS -- ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES KNOW, EACH PORTION OF OUR COUNTY IS VERY DIFFERENT AND WHENEVER I SAY THAT, THEY HAVE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT NEEDS. EVERY WEEK WE COME IN HERE AND DSCUSS THE VARIOUS NEEDS OF OUR COUNTRY.
WHEN SAY THAT, CERTAIN NEEDS THAT OUR COUNTY HAVE THAT ARE OVERALL NEEDS THAT WE CAN AGREE ON.
JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND THE BACKLOG.
SOME OF THE MEDICAL ISSUES IN OUR COUNTRY ARE COUNTYWIDE.
HEALTH ISSUES ARE COUNTYWIDE ISSUES THAT WE ALWAYS AS A GROUP HAVE -- I WOULD LIKE TO THINK WE AS A TEAM HAVE REALLY STRIVE TO ADDRESS THOSE IN A HOLISTIC WAY WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COUNTY. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT WE KNOW OUR DISTRICTS AND OUR PRECINCTS VERY WELL AND I CAN TELL THE YOU SOME OF THE VERY DIRECT NEEDS THAT ARE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF SAN MARCOS RELATIVE TO THIS RECOVERY ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT THAN THOSE NEEDS THAT ARE IN DRIFT, THAT ARE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS AND KYLE AND BUDA.
IN LOOKING AT THIS FUNDING THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT OUR AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS EXTREMELY OVERWORKED AND UNDERSTAFFED AT THIS POINT AND NOT BY ANY FAULT OF THEIRS.
THEY HAD A -- THEY HAVE A DIRTH OF STAFF NOW, AND I THINK OUR DEPUTY AUDITOR WILL AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.
THEY NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET.
THE DIRECTION BY THE GOVERNMENT, SPECIFICALLY CONGRESS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OF HOW THESE FUNDS SHALL BE ALLOCATED AND HUE THEY SHOULD BE SPENT.
THEY HAVE GIVEN A LOT OF LEEWAY TO OUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND GOING TO ALLOW US AS A COUNTY TO ADDRESS A LOT OF NEEDS.
I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE PAST.
BUT ALSO I AM VERY COGNIZANT THAT THESE NEEDS -- THIS IS NOT A NEVER-ENDING FUNDING SOURCE FOR OUR COUNTY.
A ONE-TIME THING VERY MUCH. WE CAN USE IT TO BACK UP MONEY, EXAMPLE, OR SOME OF THE RECOVERY MONEY WE HAVE GOTTEN IN THE PAST BUT THIS WILL BE ALLOCATED IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATUTORY LEGISLATION PASSED IT WAS VERY, VERY DIVR DIFFERENT. I BELIEVE THAT GIVING SETTING ASIDE FUNDS IS A PRUDENT WAY TO GO ABOUT IT AND I BELIEVE THAT JUST AS STRONGLY THAT EACH ONE OF OUR INDIVIDUAL PRECINCTS HAVE NEEDS THAT YOU MAY IN YOUR PRECINCT THAT I TRUST EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES TO TRY TO ADD ADDRESS.
I AEVRPTED IT WITH THIS RESOLUTION TO GIVE EACH ONE OF US THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS ON A COUNTYWIDE BASIS AND ON AN INDIVIDUALIZED BASIS WITH EACH OF OUR PRECINCT WHILE WORKING WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR DISCUSSION IS POSSIBLY TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT AND HELPING TO FIND SOMEONE TO HELP THEM ADMINISTER THESE FUNDS.
WE JUST PASSED A BOND OF $75 MILLION THAT -- WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FIRST TROUNCH IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN FUNDING BUT WE KNOW EVEN IF THAT FIRST TROUNCH IS EVEN HALF THE MONEY THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE SAID THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE OUT THERE, WE HAVE THE WHEREWITHALL TO FIND OUT WE NEED TO GO HIRE SOMEONE TO ADMINISTER THAT TO MEET THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
IN THIS CASE THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH THE VOTERS ON THAT BOND.
I THINK WE WOULD BE SHORT SIDED IF WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF EFFORT AND SAME LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT WITH THIS ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE ARE ANTICIPATING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AGAIN THE RESOLUTION THAT I JUST PASSED OUT, WE ARE STILL GETTING DIRECTION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY ON HOW THESE FUNDS COULD BE SPENT.
IT IS A VERY GENERAL RESO RESOLUTION.
BUT I THINK THAT IT SETS FORTH A FRAMETHAT OUR AUDITOR'S OFFICE THAT WE AS A COUNTY CAN USE GOING FORWARD TO TRY TO
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ESTABLISH HOW WE CAN USE THESE FUNDS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY WITHIN THE AREAS THAT WE SEE INDIVIDUALLY THE GREATEST NEED IN OUR PRECINCT. WITH THAT I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION AND I THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO TAKE AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP. AND THIS IS MY FIRST STAB AT IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION.>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? >> YOU MENTIONED A RESOLUTION
I AM SORRY. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: IT HAVEN'T REACH THIS SIDE YET. HERE ARE EXTRA COPIES.
INGALSBE JUDGE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE FROM THE COURT ATTENDED A WEBINAR THAT WAS HELD LAST WEEK.
BUT IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. IT WAS THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. WHAT THEY SAID WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND PLAN. THERE IS STILL MORE CLARITY THAT NEEDS TO COME, BUT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANNING AND AS CLARITY GETS -- WE HAVE MORE CLARITY, WE CAN READJUST AND REVISE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE -- WE ARE THINKING OF SPENDING MONEY ON, AND IT IS TO MEET THE RISING SPENDING DEMANDS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC. AND AS COMMISSIONER STATED, IT CLEARED -- IT APPEARS TO HAVE CONSIDERABLE FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS CRITICAL NEEDS AND CORE GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
AND ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT WAS SPEAKING SAID THAT -- THAT IT SUPPORTS THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE EFFORT.
WE GAVE COME EXAMPLES. SHE MENTIONED COVID MITIGATION MET CAL EXPENSES, VENTILATION. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS.
SECOND THING THAT SHE MENTIONED WAS ADDRESSES THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC AND SERVING THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES PROVIDING PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKER, SPECIALTY -- ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITH LOWER INCOME WORKERS FOR THE LOWER INCOME WORKERS, INVESTING IN WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS BROADBAND.
THEY ARE REAL SPECIFIC WHEN IT RELATES TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THOSE ARE THE THREE RIGHT NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE CONCERN. AND REPLACING REVENUE LOSSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC SHE GAVE AN EXAMPLE THAT THE PROCEDURE DOES ALLOW FOR COMPARISON TO AN ALTERNATIVE REVENUE GROWTH MODEL THAT MAY HAVE BEEN COUNTYED OF THE PANDEMIC. SHE MENTIONED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE INELIGIBLE USES THE FUNDS CANNOT BE USED TO OFF SET A TAX RATE. CAN'T BE DEPOSITED INTO A STATE OR LOCAL PENSION FUND, CAN'T BE USE FOR DEBT SERVICE OR DEP DEPOSITED INTO A RAINY DAY F FUND.
>> CAN'T BE USED TO BUILD A WALL.
[LAUGHTER] >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YEAH, AND FOR LEGAL SETTLEMENTS OR INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING IF IT IS WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND. AS THE COMMISSIONER STATED I BELIEVE THE NEEDS IN OUR PRECINCT ARE DIFFERENT.
HEALTH CARE IS SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
I KNOW THIS COURT HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTED WITH THAT.
AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING AND I WILL READ THE RESOLUTION WHEN
I HEAR THE COMMENTS. >> WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO
READ THE RESOLUTION? >> ASK OUR CLERK'S OFFICE TO READ IT. WOULD YOU MIND READING IT?
>> RESOLUTION WHEREAS IN AN EFFORT TO CONTINUE RECOVERY FROM COVID-19, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 IS PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY 350 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR STATE, LOCAL, TERRITORIAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND WHEREAS THESE FUNDS ARE INTENDED FOR ACUTE PANDEMIC RESPONSE NEEDS, REVENUE SHORTFALLS AND GENERAL SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES AND POPULATIONS IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 CRISIS.
AND HAYS COUNTY HAVE BEEN EITHER MARKED TO RECEIVE $4 $44,711,903 IN ARPA FUNDING AND WHEREAS, THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT A FRAMEWORK FOR WEAK TABLE DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION OF HAYS COUNTY.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL DISTRIBUTE AS FOLLOWS.ONE, ALL FUNDS MUST BE INNOCENT COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAW, INCLUDING THE GUIDELINES AND PRINCIPLES CONTAINED IN THE UNITED STATES TREASURIES AND INTERIM FIND RULES, AND TWO, TO ENSURE USE OF FUNDING THROUGHOUT HAYS COUNTY, APPROXIMATELY 8,500,000 SHALL BE UTILIZED FOR PROGRAMS WITHIN EACH OF HAYS COUNTY FOUR PRECINCT AND THREE, TO ENSURE USE OF FUNDING ON COUNTYWIDE PROJECTS, APPROXIMATELY $10 $10,711,903 SHALL BE UTILIZED ON OTHER PROGRAMS IDENTIFIED AS SELECTED BY THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.
AND FOUR, COST OF MANAGING THE USE OF ARPA FUNDS SHALL BE TAKEN PRO RAT FAIRFAX EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES REDUCING AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR EACH CATEGORY.
RESOLVED AND ORDERED AND DECLARED 22ND OF JUNE BY THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CO COURT.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: WHEN IT FIRST COMES TO MIND ON MY THOUGHT PROCESS. I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE HUNT.
I REPRESENT PRECINCT 4. I REPRESENT PRECINCT 3, 2 AND 1. EVERYBODY IS MY CONSTITUENT IN HAYS COUNTY. BUT I WILL SAY TO BLOCK IT OFF INTO QUADRANTS OF DOLLARS SEEMS INAPPROPRIATE.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE IT AS A COUNTY.
WE HAVE A GREAT AUDITOR SYSTEM. WE HAVE A GREAT COUNTY SYSTEM.
TO NOT BREAK IT UP AND SAY YOU MUST USE THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THIS PRECINCT. BECAUSE IT COULD LEND ITSELF TO A FORCED OVERREACHED EFFORT IN SPENDING AT A SPECIFIC SPACE WHERE WE MAY NOT NEED TO DIVIDE IT THAT WAY.
I THINK IT WILL BE MOST USEFUL TO LEAVE IT IN A COUNTYWIDE PERSPECTIVE. LET ME ASK THE AUDITOR WHAT SHE
THINKS ABOUT THAT IDEA. >> ACTUALLY ANOTHER COMMENT TO MAKE REGARDING REVENUE REPLACEMENT.
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD FROM THE GFOA, THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICE ASSOCIATION IS THE FIRST THING TO DO IS CALCULATE IF WE HAVE REVENUE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS COULD BE TAKEN OUT AND USED FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
WE COULD USE THEM FOR PAY AS YOU GO PROJECTS NOT LIMITING WHAT THE GFOA FUNDS LIMIT. AND BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE DID NOT MEET THAT GROWTH, THEN WE CAN REPLACE REVENUE.
OR WE CAN GO BACK AND AVERAGE OUR GROWTH OVER THREE YEARS.
WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR SHOW US AT 7% GROWTH.
WE CAN BASICALLY TAKE IN A PORTION OF THIS FUNDING, CALL IT REVENUE REPLACEMENT AND USE FOR OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT LIMITING AS THE FUNDS. I HAVE AN E-MAIL IN TO THE TREASURY THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A BECAUSE WE DID REDUCE ONE OF OUR TAX RATES. THE ROAD AND BRIDGE TAX RATES THIS PAST YEAR, SORRY. AND SO WE NEED -- OF COURSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LESS REVENUE AND SO, WE ARE SHOWING WE DID LOSE REVENUE AND THAT ONE RATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE TREASURY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT AND TAKE A PERCENTAGE FOR THAT. SO BEFORE I CAN DO THE FINAL REVENUE REPLACEMENT ALLOCATION -- OR CALCULATION, I NEED TO GET THE OKAY FROM THE TREASURY. THE DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS TO THEM IS FOR INTERIM RULE IS JULY 17 OR 16.
SO THE FIRST THING I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE CALCULATE OUR REVENUE REPLACEMENT. BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED IN DIFFERENT FORMATS THEN THE ARX DO.
RESTRICTIONS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: SO THE BROADER THE STROKE IN THIS INSTANCE MIGHT BE THE BETTER APPROACH THEN. WOULD YOU AGREE?
>> THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS. I BELIEVE WE NEED SOMEONE TO COME AND MANAGE THOSE FUNDS AND GIVE -- WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. BUT THAT IS ULTIMATELY UP TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO MANAGE THE
FUNDS COUNTYWIDE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THAT IS MY ONLY SUGGESTION ON THIS RESOLUTION IS TOO NOT BREAK IT UP BY QUADRANTS. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A GOOD USE OF GENERAL ROAD MAPPING FOR THE COUNTY.
THAT IS THE ONLY SUGGESTION I HAVE THAT.
>> THE REVENUE PLACEMENT AT THE LOWER PERCENTAGE.
$10 MILLION. THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE COULD GO
UP TO $20 MILLION. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THAT IS THE REASON I SAY LEAVE IT OPEN. MY.
>> YOUR INITIAL ESTIMATE BETWEEN 10 AND 20.
ALL THIS IS ALLOW YOU -- IF YOU WERE USING IT FOR THE REVENUE REPLACEMENT, ALLOWS YOU TO USE IT ON A BROADER CATEGORY OF
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>> YOU CAN TECHNICALLY TUESDAY ON A ROAD.
IF YOU DO THAT. >> PAY AS YOU GO.
>> SO I THINK -- THAT -- THAT THE MAIN REASON THAT COMES INTO PLAY IS WHEN WE BEGIN DECIDING HOW TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS TO SPECIFIC INITIATIVES. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BECAUSE IF THAT FREES UP THE $44 MILLION.
WE CAN USED 10 MILLION, FOR INSTANCE, ON DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAN SPECIFIC TO THE ACT.
THEN WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW T THAT.
DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO USE THEM FOR THOSE PROJECTS, TYPES OF PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES, BUT WE COULD AND WOULD GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY. IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T WANT TO -- FOCUS ON WATER AND SEWER AND TWO THINGS THAT -- WE WOULDN'T -- AND WE WILL DO THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SPEND THE $44 MILLION ON THOSE TWO CATEGORIES.
IF WE HAVE THE LOSS, WE CAN SPEND THAT ON DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. AND WE WOULDN'T WANT TO GO ALLOCATE $44 MILLION THINKING WE HAVE TO SPEND IT ON WATER AND SEWER AND BROADBAND IF WE CAN THEM COME BACK AND SPEND $10 MILLION ON DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WE FEEL MORE IMPORTANT AT THE TIME. I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHEN WE -- AS WE ARE DECIDING WHERE TO SPEND THESE FUNDS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE WE
COMMIT OURSELVES. >> I THINK THE OTHER THING -- THE POINT THAT MAY NOT BE AS CLEAR WHENEVER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT $10 MILLION TO $20 MILLION.
THAT ALLOCATION DOESN'T -- IT DOESN'T MEAN $10 MILLION TO $20 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL OR ANY CHANGE IN THE REVENUE NUMBERS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. IT JUST GIVES.
EVEN IF WE ALLOCATED AS STATED IN THE RESOLUTION TODAY, IT MAY JUST GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY ON HOW WE SPEND THOSE INDIVIDUALS DOLLARS. I THINK THE OTHER ANYTHING THAT IS INTERESTING THAT I WOULD HAVE TO EARN ABOUT.
AND I -- I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO SEE THE RESPONSE TO YOUR LETTER BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD JUST THE SAME AS YOU DID IN YOUR -- IN THAT WEBINAR AND I DIDN'T ATTEND, BUT I ATTENDED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VIVRP WALL BRIEFINGS ON THIS.
I HAVE A CONCERN IF WE TRULY LOOK AT THIS AND TRY TO MAKE THE CASE THAT WE HAD DID HAVE AN OFFSET BECAUSE OF THE DROP IN OUR -- IN OUR ROAD AND BRIDGE TAX.
THAT IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE EXPENSE.
WE MADE THE DECISION EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC IT WAS A VOTED ON DECISION TO DROP THAT RATE AND COULD VERY WELL BE DISQUALIFIED AND OFFSET OF A TAX RATE.
I BELIEVE THAT -- I BELIEVE AGAIN THAT IS HOW IT WOULD BE VIEWED IN THE TREASURY. I HOPE NOT --
>> I BELIEVE THAT IS HOW IT WOULD BE VIEWED AS WELL.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T USE THE FUNDS TO OFFSET A TAX RATE AND WE
REDUCE THE TAX RATE. >> WE MADE THAT CHOICE JUDGE JUDGE CONSCIOUS DECISION. THAT'S RIGHT.
MY ONLY GOAL IS TO KEEP IT AS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED, AS WIDE OPEN AS POSSIBLE FOR USES AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON I WAS SUGGESTING NOT TO DO BY PRECINCT.
BUT THAT IS ONLY MY INTENT TO KEEP IT VAGUE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
THAT IS MY INTENT. >> I MEAN, I THINK IT IS A GOOD -- I THINK -- I MEAN, I THINK WE ARE NATURALLY GOING TO PRODUCE BALANCE ACROSS THE COUNTY OUT OF THESE FUNDS.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US STARTING WITH SOME RULE OF THUMB. I WOULD DEFINITELY -- I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS PROPOSING THAT THIS WOULDN'T COME BACK TO COURT ANY TIME THAT COURT IS GOING TO DECIDE TO FUNDING IS WITH THESE DOLLARS, THERE WILL BE A PROCESS.
FOR INSTANCE, IF I CAME IN AND I SAID, I WANT TO DO -- I BELIEVE THERE IS A NEED IN WIMBERLY FOR X DOLLARS FOR A PROJECT. THIS COURT DECIDES NOT THE PROPER USES OF THE FUNDS, THEN SO BE IT.
I THINK ULTIMATELY, THIS ISN'T A SLUSH FUND OF A POT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CAN GO FUNDING THINGS WITH.
I DON'T WANT THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
I MEAN, I WANT EVERYTHING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL AGREE IS SOUTHERN AND WE HAVE GOT SIX MILLION PLUS FOR ASSIST THAN WE ARE ROLLING OUT NOW AND WILL GET GOING ON THAT QUICKLY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS THAT WE ALL CAN START THINKING.
MY GOAL, KNOWING THIS WAS HEADED OUR WAY WAS TO FINDS SOMETHING 20 DO THAT COULD TAKE CARE -- TO DO THAT COULD TAKE CARE OF THOSE DIRECT NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 AND MAKE SURE WE SPEND THEM ON THINGS ARE LASTING OR PROVIDE CONTINUED PUBLIC BENEFIT SO THAT IS -- HOW WE JUDGE THOSE DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION AND THIS WILL BE ONE OF MY GOALS TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE TAKES A LOOK AT THIS TEN YEARS FROM NOW, SOME PEOPLE STUDYING THIS VIES AND THE IMPACT OF THIS VIRUS AND ALL THE THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH
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IT FROM THE REST OF THEIR CAREERS SOMEBODY LOOKS LIKE HAYS COUNTY TONE 20 YEARS, THE COUNTY DID SOME LASTING THINGS, SOME IMPORTANT THINGS WITH THOSE FUNDS.NOT THAT SOME OF THOSE WON'T BE DIRECT NEED BASED WHETHER THE ASSISTANCE FOR RENT AND UTILITIES.
THAT IS VERY IMPACTFUL AND PEOPLE WILL LOOK BACK AND SAY THE COUNTY DID A GOOD JOB OF MANAGING THOSE FUNDS AND GET IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE NEEDED IT, AS A RESULT OF COVID-19 AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT I THINK WILL BE LASTING.
I WOULDN'T WANT SOMEONE TO LOOK BACK TEN YEARS FROM NOW SAYING WHERE THE COUNTY DID FOR $20 MILLION.
I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT.
FOR SOME OF YOUR CONCERN WITH THE ALLOCATION, JUDGE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND. WE HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT SPENDING $8.5 MILLION IN EACH PRECINCT AND $10 MILLION FOR COUNTYWIDE STUFF.
IT'S -- I AM NOT SEEING IT AS THAT WAY.
A WAY TO MAKE SURE THERE IS BALANCE AND WE HAVE SOME GUIDELINES AS WE COME IN WITH THINGS.
SOME OF THOSE COULD BE -- WILL BE BENEFITING EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY THAT MAY BE IN ONE PRECINCT.
IF SOMETHING WOULD TO BE DONE WITH THE JAIL, FOR INSTANCE.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: I HOPE NOT. >> IT IS ONE OF THE CATEGORIES.
AND OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, OPERATIONS DID CHANGE AND MAYBE IMPROVEMENTS OF HOW THINGS WORK AT THE JAIL.
I DON'T -- I WOULDN'T CALL THIS A -- BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE LOCATED IN PRECINCT ONE. I WOULDN'T CALL THIS PRECINCT
ONE PROJECT. >> JUDGE BECERRA: COUNTYWIDE.
>> A COUNTYWIDE TYPE ISSUE AND THE SAME WITH OTHER THINGS.
I DON'T THINK EVEN THOUGH THOSE NUMBERS ARE THERE AS GUIDELINES THEY ARE STEAD AND FAST. WE HAVE TO COME BACK.
I KNOW THAT WE WOULD ALL UNDERSTAND THAT AND WOULDN'T I GUESS -- YOUR CONCERNS ARE VERY VALID.
I WOULDN'T PERSONALLY WANT -- MY GOAL WASN'T TO FIND A QUARTER OF THE DOLLARS TO SPEND IN PRECINCT THREE.
AND IF IT HAPPENS TO BE ON OTHER SIDE THE ROAD.
I THINK THAT IS OUR JOB AS A WHOLE TO DEVELOP CERTAIN TYPES OF INITIATIVES. BRING THEM BACK TO COURT AND DISCUSS THEM AND MAKE SURE IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS LASTING THAT SOME DAY WE ALL LOOK BACK ON AND WE GO.
THESE ARE ALL RESIDENT FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YOU SAID THE KEY THING.
FIND THE INITIATIVES AND BRING THEM BACK TO COURT.
>> WE NEED DO THAT ANYWAY BECAUSE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS
NOT WHAT WE CAN APPROVE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: NOTHING E
ELSE, CALL ROLL. >> AND ONE THING REAL QUICK.
IF WE SPLIT THE FOUR WAY $858 MILLION MILLION EACH.
WHETHER YOU TODAY TO THE REST LOUIS ANY MONEY NOT SPENT GO
INTO THE COUNTYWIDE. >> ABSOLUTELY OPINION I WILL BE
MORE THAN HAPPY TO -- >> 85 MILLION.
$8 MILLION. >> I WAS THINKING 8.5 MILLION.
>> DID YOU HEAR THAT? >> THE REQUEST WAS THAT WE ADD A LINE IN THERE AND SINCE YOU WERE THE MASTER DRAFTER HERE THAT STATED ANY UNUSED FUNDS WOULD BE FROM EACH PRECINCT WILL BE REALLOCATED BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND --
>> THE COUNTYWIDE FUND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. .
>> CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. THIS IS FOR THE AUDITOR.
THIS TALKS ABOUT THE PROCESS TO SUBMIT TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL
WILL DO? >> WE WEREN'T SURE IF THAT WAS WHAT THIS AGENDA ITEM WILL BE WHERE WE APPLY FOR THE FUNDS.
ONCE WE APPLY, WE WILL BE GETTING 50% OF THE FUNDS.
THE FIRST REPORTING PERIOD IS JULY 31.
AND REPORTS WILL BE DUE AUGUST 31 WITH PLANS OF HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT. WE HAVE NOT APPLIED YET FOR THE FUNDS. WE --
>> WOULD YOU ALL NEED THAT CHART FROM THE COURT.
>> WE DO NEED THAT. WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THATS WAS THE AGENDA ITEM OR COME BACK THE NEXT COURT.
>> SOMETHING TO ADD TO THE REST LOUIS BEFORE IT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE AUDITOR'S DIRECTION TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED.
>> THE APPLICATION. >> THE APPLICATION.
I THINK THAT IT FINE. >> MARISOL, I WILL WORK WITH YOU ON LANGUAGE THERE. ADD TWO NEW SECTIONS TO THE
NUMERIC PORTION AT THE BOTTOM. >> THAT WILL BE -- I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR THE LANGUAGE THEY ARE USE THERE.
WHAT THEY ARE CALLING THAT. >> THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE COURT AS YOU LOOK AT THIS RESOLUTION SPECIFIC FOR ITEM NUMBER 4. COST OF MANAGING THE USE OF THE FUNDS TAKEN PRO ATTA REDUCING AVAILABLE FUNDS.
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I WANT AND I SAY THAT SPECIFICALLY.OUR AUDITOR'S OFFICE CAN DISAGREE WITH ME BUT I KNOW THE STRESS THAT THEY PUT ON OUR OFFICE THE LAST YEAR, THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. AND I KNOW THE HOURS THAT WE DON'T ALL -- WELL, I CAN'T SAY I KNOW ALL OF THEM.
BUT I CAN IMAGINE THE HOURS THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT IN AND THE STAFF HOURS, THE STAFF WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO PUT IN AND I WANT TO EN THAT THE LANGUAGE IN YOUR RESOLUTION IF YOU GET ADDITIONAL HELP TO HELP MANAGE THIS THAT Y'ALL CAN DO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THE MAN POWER.
>> ULTIMATELY WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL REPORTING AND AUDITING TO ENSURE THAT ANY OF THE PROJECTS MEET THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES. THE MORE MANAGEMENT IS BRINGING -- ACTUALLY MANAGING PROJECTS THAT YOU DECIDE TO IMPLEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU DECIDE TO WORK ON HOMELESSNESS PROJECT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE -- WE WOULD NOT BE MANAGING NOSE TYPES OF PRO PROJECTS, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE FINANCIAL REPORTING OF ALL OF THE FEDERAL LKE WE DO ALL OF OUR GRANT FUNDS.
>> ONE LANGUAGE THAT MAYBE OTHER -- OTHER -- THEREFORE, THERE EVER IT TO BE RESOLVED TO AUTHORIZE THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO COMPLETE THE DOCUMENTS AND SUBMIT THE INFORMATION TOER IS PHI RECOVERY FUNDS FOR THE UNITED STATES TREASURY.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.
>> LON SHELL: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. AND ALTHOUGH WE HAD NO RAIN, WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE TEASE OF A RAIN THIS MORNING.
BUT NOTHING OVERALL, AND FIRE MARSHAL IS RECOMMEND NOTHING BURN BAN AT THIS TIME. PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
[38. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs. BECERRA]
38. >> 38, DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT
POPULATION COUNTS AND COSTS.. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THE INMATE, CAPACITY IS 410 INMATES. JAIL STANDARDS REPRESENTING HOLDING 10% OPEN TO HEARS LOERS CAPACITY TO 368.
THE JAIL'S DAILY AVERAGE WAS 548.
APPEAR THE PEAK WATT 556 ON JUNE 15.
THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES THIS WEEK WAS $54,000. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCE MALES IS 126 AND FEMALE ARE ZERO.
THIS WEEK'S INMATES HOUSED IN THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS, BUR BURNETT, COMAL, FT. BEND AND GUADELOUPE COUNTY.
ARREST BY AGENCY, BUDA PD, TWO. BPS, ONE.
HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 66.
CONSTABLE PRECINCT 1, FOUR. SAN MARCOS, 38.
AND IF WE WILL NOW OPEN AGENDA ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SECTIONS
[EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]
24-25 AND 36. >> 34, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT SECTION 551.071 AND 55 1.72 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL, DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE AND VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR THE POSAC-RECOMMENDED 2020 PARKS AND OPEN SPACE BON BOND PROJECTS 37 POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. ITEM 35, EXECUTIVE SECTION OF THE SECTION 551-071 AND 072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND AUTHORIZING THE RUSE OF THE COUNTY'S POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 172 596 ACRES IN KNEE SIMPLE AND 0.7610 ACRES OF PERMANENT UTILITY EASEMENT LOCATED OLD BASTROP HIGHWAY, OF RATTLER ROAD OWNED BY SHC HOLDINGS AND WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED CR 266 ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT. POSSIBLE ACTION TO FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. ITEM 36, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT POLICY CONSULTATION WITH THE COUNSEL REGARDING THE COUNTY RETIREE
POLICY INCLUDING. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE WILL GALLON INTO EXECUTIVE SECTION. WE WILL START WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 36. IF YOU WERE NOT DIRECTLY TIED WITH 36, PLEASE CLEAR THE COURT ROOM.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: THERE WE GO. WE ARE READY.
WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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MUCH DISCUSSION ON MUCH -- TOP OF DO.AND I THINK WE HAVE COMMISSIONER INGALSBE READY
WITH A MOTION. >> ITEM NUMBER 35, I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY OF HAYS, TEXAS, DECLARING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR ACQUIRING BY CONDEMNATION THE FEE SIMPLE TITLE TO AND UTILITY EASEMENT OF CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF IMPROVING OLD BASTROP HIGHWAY SOUTH OF RATTLER ROAD OWNED BY SHC
HOLDINGS TO PROCEED. >> JUDGE BECERRA: A MOTION AND A SECOND. MUCH DISCUSSION HAS BEEN HAD.
>> LON SHELL: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.
>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.
>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. AND COMMISSIONER JONES.
>> I MAKE MOTION
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