Nov 23, 2021 Regular

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>> CONSIDER SOME SORT OF EDUCATION FOR THE COUNTY AT

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THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO JOIN US, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, AT THE MENORAH LIGHTING AT DECEMBER 15:30 ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN AND THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR COMING AND SHARING A FEW WORDS.

THE MESSAGE OF HANUKKAH IS ONE OF TRIUMPH -- THE TRIUMPH OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OVER OPPRESSION. THANK YOU FOR THESE FEW MOM

MOMENTS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR, VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WITH MR. JAMES

REESE. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE INFORMAL RULE THAT WAS PROVIDED ME IN THE HALLWAY OF THE CO COURTHOUSE HERE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO IN RESPONSE TO MY REPEATED APPEARANCES HERE ASKING ONE QUESTION OF WHICH NO ANSWER WAS RENDERED AT THE TIME. I'M HERE TODAY IN RESPONSE TO THAT INFORMAL, WRITTEN POLICY THAT YOU, JUDGE, PROVIDED ME IN THE HALLWAY DOWNSTAIRS CONCERNING SEALS AND THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

I AM NOT GOING TO REPEAT WHAT YOU TOLD ME IN THE HALLWAY.

I AM MERELY ASKING TO YOU PUT IT IN WRITING SO THAT IT WILL BE A RULE THAT WE MAY RELY U UPON.

FOR MY PURPOSES, I INTEND TO USE THAT WRITTEN RULE THAT YOU CODIFY TO GO UP TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ASK HIM WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT; HOWEVER, IN THE ABSENCE OF A WRITTEN RULE, I MUST RELY UPON HEARSAY, AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BE TELLING ME THE SAME THING TW TWICE. SO THAT'S WHY I AM ASKING YOU, PUT THAT RULE IN WRITING. OF COURSE IT WAS WITNESSED THAT RULE WHAT YOU TOLD ME THAT DAY DOWN THERE IN THE HALLWAY.

YOU ARE FREE TO REVISE IT ANYWAY YOU WANT.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION IS, SO I AM NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL THIS. ALL ABOUT RECEIVING DOCUMENTS.

YOU SAY YOU WON'T RECEIVE DOCUMENTS FROM ANYONE UNLESS IT IS PRESENTED RIGHT HERE AT A CERTAIN TIME OF DAY, ONLY ONE DAY OUT OF THE WEEK. MY POSITION IS THAT OFF A SECRETARY OF COMMISSIONERS COURT WHO ALSO WEARS THE HAT OF REGISTRAR OF THE COUNTY RECORDS AND SHE IS OPEN THE BUSINESS THE HOURS OF DAY FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

AND SHE IS IN THE POSITION TO RECEIVE THAT; HOWEVER, THE FACTS RESTATED WILL SHOW SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A SEAL THAT SHE CAN AFFIX TO DOCUMENTS BEARING THE EMBLEM OF COMMISSIONERS COURT AT THIS TIME.

SO, THEREFORE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING RECEPTION OF DOCUMENTS IS KIND OF A MOOT THING.

MY POSITION IS, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE COMMISSIONERS COURT WITH CORRESPONDENCE FIVE DAYS A WEEK, EIGHT HOURS A DAY RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.

HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, YOUR POSITION IS THAT YOU ONLY GET TO PRESENT IT TO THE COURT ONE HOUR A DAY OR WHATEVER THIS TIME IS RIGHT NOW ONE DAY OUT OF THE WEEK.

I AM NOT HERE TO TRY TO PUSH AN AGENDA.

AND MY CORRESPONDENCE IS DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IN NO WAY RELATES TO ANY KIND OF AGENDA NOR WOULD BE ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES OF THAT CORRESPONDING AGENDA.

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FAREWELL. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP, MR. JIM CAMP.

LOOKED LIKE A U. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. AS YOU KNOW I SERVED HAYS COUNTY ON THE PARKS ANMD OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMISSION THREE TIMES OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. I LAST SPOKE NOW JULY OF 2020 AS A MEMBER OF THE PARK AND OPEN SPACE COMMISSION URGING YOU ACTUAL PUT THE BOND PROPOSAL BEFORE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. AND OBVIOUSLY 70% OF THE CITIZENS VOTED YES, SO I AM FORMALLY TODAY SAYING CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STAFF.

WHEN I LEFT THE BOARD, I THINK IN JANUARY, I CONTINUED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY COMMISSIONER MARK JONES AND TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS COMING THROUGH, AND AS A CITIZEN, I REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR OF BUDA, COUNCILMEMBERS AND PART OF THE STAFF THERE. TODAY I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK LATER, BUT I WANTED TO URGE YOU -- I THINK ALL THE PROPOSALS ARE VERY GOOD. I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM.

I TRUST SCOTT WAY AND THE CURRENT POSAC MEMBERS WITH THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE DONE.

I WILL HAVE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF BUDA FOR PASSING KOPP PROPOSITION B OVERWHELMINGLY.

I THINK $16 MILLION IN BOND MONEY TO HELP THEIR EFFORTS BEFORE YOU. THERE ARE SOME PROPOSALS THERE LIKE GARRISON PARK. BEAUTIFUL CANYON CREEK, HERITAGE OAKS, SWIMMING, FISHING, HIKING, CONNECTING -- I THINK THEY HAVE A MASTER PLAN TO CONNECT THE TRAILS OF GARST GARRISON TO STAGECOACH AND TO THE EAST WHERE THERE IS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ALONG ONION CREEK.

ONE OF THE COUNTY'S GREAT ACCESS AND I URGE YOU ALL TO GIVE IT SERIOUS SITUATION. THANK YOU.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MR. CAMP.

AND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. DAN LYON.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

I METS A MAN AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HE TOLD ME THE LAST NINE MONTHS HE APPLIED TO NUMEROUS CORPORATIONS IN THE SAN MARCOS AREA WITHOUT SUCCESS.

HE SAID AFTER 30 YEARS AS A SPANISH TEACHER WITH EXCELLENT EVALUATIONS, HE WAS DISMISSED FROM HIS JOB.

HE APPLIED WITH A POSITION OF ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND DESPITE THEIR DESPERATE NEED FOR COMPETENT TEACHERS, NO ONE WOULD HIRE HIM. HE THEN GOT A JOB AT -- LET'S CALL IT THE ORNOCO CORPORATION FOR ANONYMITY PURPOSES.

NOT THE REAL NAME, OF COURSE, BUT THEY HAVE A PROCESSING ON MCCAR TEE LANE NEXT TO THE SAN MARCOS PROCESSING CENTER AND THEY SHIP A LOT OF BOXES. YOU THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ACTIVELY WOOED THIS CORPORATION TO COME TO HAYS COUNTY WITH TAX ABATEMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PAID FOR BY THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY. COMMISSIONER SMITH, DESPITE WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD US, GROWTH DOES NOT PAY FOR GROWTH.

THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY DO. THE MAN AT THE LIBRARY TOLD ME AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF WORK AT THE ORANOCO CORPORATION, HE WAS TOLD TO COME INTO THE OFFICE THAT HE WAS NOT FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE NUMBER OF BOXES.

HE DISPUTE THIS AND DESPITE EXCELLENT EVAULT SITUATIONS HE WAS DISMISSED AT AGE 73 WITH NO APPEAL.

HE WAS TOLD $1800 IN INCENTIVE PAY HE EARNED FOR EXCELLENCE ATTENDANCE. HE WAS TOLD BECAUSE HE WAS DISMISSED FOR CAUSE, WE NOT RECEIVE THE INCENTIVE PAY WHICH HE ALREADY EARNED. HE APPEALED TO THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION AND WAS TOLD HE DID NOT HAVE A CASE.

GO FIGURE. ALLOW ME TO INSERT HERE EVEN WHEN SLAVERY WAS LEGAL IN THE SOUTH, A SLAVE COULD NOT BE PUT OUT INTO THE STREET WHEN THEIR USEFUL WORK LIFE WAS OVER.

THE QUOTE, OWNER, UNQUOTE, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. IN THIS RESPECT, YOU ARE SUPPORTING CORPORATION WHICH IS WORSE THAN A SLAVE OWNER.

THE TV PROGRAM "FRONTLINE"HAS DONE AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE ORANOCO CORPORATION AND THE RESULTS ARE NOT FLATTERING.

IN MY OPINION, THE ORANOCO CORPORATION OPENLY

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YOU CAN NOT SERVE TWO MASTERS. YOU CANNOT SERVE YOUR CREATOR AT THE SAME TIME. REVOKE THE ORANOCO ASSOCIATION STATUS FOR AGE DISCRIMINATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT UP, MR. RODRIGO AMAYA. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. TODAY'S THREE MINUTES, I WANT TO BRING AN UP DATE OF THE COMPLAINT I BROUGHT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, YEARS. PRECINCT 1, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, WE TALKED OF THE MARTINS ON THE PATROL UNITS.

THEY ARE STILL ILLEGAL. IT TELLS YOU YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONTRASTING COLOR, X AMOUNT OF FEET AND ALL THIS.

IT HAS NEVER BEEN REMEDIED. COMMISSIONER, THERE IS THERE IS SOME OVERTIME BEING WORKED BY PRECINCT 2 BY THE CONSTABLE.

I CAN CLEARLY TELL THAT YOU NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.

FOR WIMBERLY PRECINCT, I HAVE A QUESTION OF THE CONSTABLE YOU APPOINTED OVER THERE. MY UNDERSTANDING HE IS A REAL ESTATE AGENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST SINCE YOU ARE THE ONES THAT AUCTION OFF HOMES AND STUFF IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS.

I WAS GOING TO LOOK INTO ALL OF THAT STUFF TO SEE IF THERE WAS A CONFLICT WITH TECO AND THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT OVERSEE THAT. THAT IS NOT MY JOB.

THAT IS YOUR JOB. AND ALL OF THAT CLEARLY TELLS ME HOW MUCH YOU OVERLOOK AND ALLOW ALL THIS STUFF.

I UNDERSTAND WHY BECAUSE IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO YOU ALL AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED. EARLIER SPEAKER ONE CAME UP AND TALKED OF LEGAL CONCERNS AND STUFF.

YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, THAT SHOULD FALL ON YOUR COUNSELOR MR. KENNEDY. HE COMES UP HERE AND DIRECTS IT AT THE JUDGE. THAT IS HIS RESPONSIBILITIES TO DEFEND THE COUNTY AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES AGAINST LEGAL CONCERNS. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ALL CONTINUE TO OVERSEE ALL THE DEFICIENCIES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP HERE BY SPEAKERS, NOT JUST ME, OVER AND OVER ABOUT THE GENERAL COUNSEL AND HE IS NOT DOING WHAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO REMOVE HIM OR BRING SOMEBODY THAT WILL REALLY DO A GOOD JOB FOR US. THANK YOU.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MR. AMAYA.

NEXT SPEAKER, MR. ERIC MARTINEZ.

>> HI, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

NICE TO SEE YOU ALL THIS MORNING.

I'M HERE TO TALK OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE ON THE AGENDA TODAY TO SEEK BIDS. AS Y'ALL WELL KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN THREE YEARS IN THE WORKS.

AND THIS COUNTY HAS, IN THE PAST, MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN WHAT I CALL "INCARCERATION INSTEAD OF REPRESENTATION." YOU LOOK AT JAIL NUMBERS FROM THIS YEAR, LOOKING BACK ALL THE WAY TO LAST YEAR WHICH YOU CAN THANKS TO THE JAIL POP YOU ALATION PASS, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A STEADY UPTREND OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR IN THE JAIL POPULATION. AND THAT JUST GOES TO THE SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY THAT I TALKED FOR SO LONG.

YOU BUILD A BIGGER JAIL, AND THEY WILL COME.

AND MOST ASSUREDLY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE BEING INCARCERATED HERE LOCALLY. TO READ A COUPLE OF THE NUMBERS FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION DASHBOARD, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT 83% OF YOUR POPULATION, 529 OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 529. THEY ARE BEING HELD PRETRIAL.

THESE ARE LEGALLY INCIDENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ONLY HAVE BEEN CHARGED BUT NOT CONVICTED OF THE CRIME OF WHICH THEY ARE ACCUSED, RIGHT. SO YOU CAN HAVE TWO PEOPLE ACCUSED OF THE SAME CRIME, BUT BECAUSE ONE PERSON HAS ACCESS TO WEALTH AND ANOTHER PERSON DOESN'T, THE PERSON WHO DOES NOT HAVE THAT WEALTH STAYS BEHIND IN JAIL.

AND YOU ASK, HOW LONG? WELL, YOU CAN EXPECT THAT OF THE 529 OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WE INCARCERATE HERE LOCALLY, 80% OF THEM WILL SPEND AT LEAST ONE MONTH IN THE HAYS COUNTY JAIL. ONE MONTH AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY, THEIR LOVED ONES, THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

ONE MONTH BEING DESTABILIZED AND TAKING AWAY FROM PRO SOCIAL

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I AM HAPPY THEIR PROCEEDING FORTH AFTER THREE YEARS TO PURSUE BID FOR A PUBLIC DE DEFENDER'S OFFICE USING THE ARPA FUNDS. THIS IS SOMETHING LONG OVERDUE AND HAPPY THAT YOU ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN REPRESENTATION INSTEAD OF INCARCERATION AND ENCOURAGE TO YOU CONTINUE THE PATH FORWARD. I WANT TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF COMMISSIONER SHELL, JUDGE BECERRA AND COMMISSIONER INGALSBE FOR THIS WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BUT IT CAN'T COME QUICK ENOUGH BECAUSE OUR POPULATION TRENDS IS STEADILY ON THE UPTICK. SO MANY PEOPLE SPENDING TIME PRETRIAL LEGALLY, INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAYS AND MANY WILL BE MISSING THEIR LOVED ONES BEHIND BARS. THANK YOU.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MR. MARTINEZ.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS MISS SAM

BENDIDEZ. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

I COME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING WITH REGARD TO AGENDA ITEM 34, WHICH DISCUSSES POTENTIAL BIDS AND PROPOSALS FOR THE RECENTLY FUNDED PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE. SPENT THREE YEARS ADVOCATING FOR THE CREATION OF THIS OFFICE AND SO THRILLED THAT YOU FIND THE BENEFITS OF FUNDING THIS OFFICE.

SO MUCH GOOD WILL COME FROM THIS DECISION AND GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO BRING THIS DEFENSE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

CURRENTLY, MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE DETAINED IN OUR COUNTY JAIL ARE THERE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT AFFORD TO BUY THEIR FRE FREEDOM. AN ISSUE OF WEALTH-BASED ATTENTION AND ATTORNEY COMPETENCY.

MANY OF THE ATTORNEYS ARE CONTRACT CONTRACTED WITH OVERLOADED CASELOADS THAT ADD TO CONFLICTING COURT DATES MEANING THAT THEIR QULINTS ARE LEFT IN JAIL FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF TIME. THE CREATION OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE WILL NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE ISSUE, BUT WILL DECREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DETAINED IN OUR DEAL DUE TO ATTORNEY INCOMPETENCY.

TODAY YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING THE POTENTIAL BIDS AND PROPOSALS FOR THIS OFFICE AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SUPPORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICE.

AND ERIC MARTINEZ WHO JUST SPOKE AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN PART OF MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS OF ALLIES AND FUNDERS HOW WONDERFUL THEIR EXPERIENCE HAVE BEEN WITH NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICES AND HOW OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM.

IN CLOSING, I WOULD ONCE AGAIN LIKE TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR DECISION TO FUND THE CREATION OF THIS OFFICE AND HOPE THAT YOU CONTRACT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICES TO BRING IN CONCEPT TO LIFE. THANK YOU.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.

[1. Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing the 30th Anniversary of the San Marcos Toastmasters. BECERRA]

WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1, DR. CARDENAS.

>> MS. CARDENAS: NUMBER ONE, ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAN MARCOS

TOASTMASTERS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE READ

IT. >> MS. CARDENAS: TOASTMASTERS IS AN INTERNATIONAL OPTION FOUNDED IN 1924 IN SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, WITH THE PURPOSE FOE EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS IN CONFIDENT SPEAKERS, COMMUNICATORS AND LEADERS.

SAN MARCOS TOASTMASTERS WAS FOUNDED DECEMBER 1, 1991 WHEN IT RECEIVED ITS CHARTER FROM TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL AND MEETS EVERY TUESDAY 7 P.M. WITH MEMBERS SHOWING LEADERSHIP AND SPEAKING ROLES. WHEREAS, TOASTMASTERS PROGRAMS FEATURE PREPARED SPEECHES BY MEMBERS, TABLE TOPICS OR TABLE TOPIC MASTERS POSEY QUESTIONS THAT GIVE MEMBERS THE ABILITY TO SPEAK ON THEIR FEET AND EVALUATIONS OF SPEECHES, TABLE TOPICS AND THE MEETING EFFECTIVENESS.

AND WHEREAS, TOAST MASTERS P PATHWAY PROGRAM OFFER 11 UNIQUE STRATEGIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SUCCEED IN AREAS SUCH AS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, PERSUASIVE INFLUENCE, ENGAGING HUMOR AND TEAM COLLABORATION. SAN MARCOS TOASTMASTERS ATTRACTS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES INCLUDING TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY AND TOASTMASTERS CLUBS HAVE SINCE ORGANIZED IN KYLE, WIMBERLY AND DRIPPING SPRINGS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVE THE THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES CONGRATULATE THE SAN MARCOS TOASTMASTERS CLUB ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY AND PROCLAIM THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER 2021 AS SAN MARCOS TOASTMASTERS DAY ADOPTED THIS THE 23RD DAY OF

NOVEMBER 2021. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: A MOTION AND

A SECOND. >> MARK JONES: YES.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

PLANNED MILL KIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AND

SAY SOME WORDS -- A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE,

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AND I AM SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT SPEECHES ARE.

I AM SURE YOU HAVE GIVEN MANY DURING YOUR TENURES AS COMMISSIONERS ASKING FOR VOTES AND FOR PEOPLE TO SUPPORT YOU.

THAT IS WHAT WE TEACH AT TOASTMASTERS TO DO.

A LITTLE BUTTERFLY IN THE STOMACH TO SPEAK PRECISELY, CONCISELY TO VOTE FOR ME OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONCERN AND SUPPORT DURING ALL THESE YEARS.

THANK YOU. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU.

CUSTOMARY DURING THIS TO TAKE A QUICK PIC.

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THAT? JUMP ON UP.

AND IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THIS FINE COMMISSION. COME ON UP, IF SO.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] >> JUDGE BECERRA: DR. CAR

[2. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing the Historical and Cultural significance of the Southside Mexican School. BECERRA]

READ IT. >> MS. CARDENAS: NUMBER 2, ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SOUTHSIDE MEXICAN SCHOOL.

WHEREAS DURING FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY, LAW HAYS COUNTY, LIKE MOST COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, SEGREGATED ITS SCHOOL FACILITIES.

WHEREAS, MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN IN SAN MARCOS WERE FIRST TAUGHT IN A SCHOOL BUILDING PREVIOUSLY USED BY THE COMMUNITY'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN 1901.

AND WHEREAS, DURING THE NEXT 30 YEARS, STUDENTS WERE EDUCATED IN SEVERAL STRUCTURES AROUND SAN MARCOS.

AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE CITY APPROVED A BOND THAT WILL BUILD A NEW FACILITY FOR MEXICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN AT 211 WEST LEE STREET COMPLETED IN 1949.

WHEREAS, THE SEVEN-CLASSROOM SCHOOL NOT ONLY EDUCATED STUDENTS BUT EVENTUALLY HOUSED PROGRAMS WITH CHILDREN FOR OPPORTUNITIES OF SUCCESS INCLUDING THE SECOND ESTABLISHED BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, EVENING ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES INCLUDING AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE. AND WHEREAS, IN 2009, CENTURO DESAN MARCOS WAS IN THE SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL FORM NATALIE KNOWN AS THE MEXICAN SCHOOL AND LOCATED IN THE EAST GUADELUPE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONTINUES TO BE AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL HUB FR THE COMMUNITY. WHEREAS IN 2011, THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION DEEMED SOUTHSIDE MEXICAN SCHOOL AS A TEXAS LANDMARK AND INSTALLED A HISTORICAL LANDMARK MARKER.

AND THE INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO COMMUNITY TO PRESERVE THE RICH CULTURE OF THE COMMUNITY AND HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BUILDING. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SOUTHSIDE MEXICAN SCHOOL TO SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF FAMILY AND JOIN ALL CITIZENS IN RECOGNIZING, ACKNOWLEDGING AND PRESERVING BY ALL MEANS AVAILABLE THE HISTORICAL BUILDING KNOWN AS THE SOUTHSIDE MEXICAN SCHOOL ADOPTED THIS, THE 23RD DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2021.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: A MOTION AND SECOND.

THAT IS PRETTY -- PRETTY COOL AND HISTORIC.

SORRY, I THINK IT IS AWESOME. THAT IN THE '40S THEY PASSED A BOND TO BUILD IT AND STILL STANDING TODAY.

WHAT A COOL THING. I UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE LAST BRICK AND MORTAR STILL STANDING IN OUR COUNTY THE STATE THAT IS A MEXICAN SCHOOL, THE HISTORICAL PIECE OF THAT

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>> LON SHELL: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. AND ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON IT?

[3. Adopt a Proclamation declaring November 2021 as Native American Heritage Month and November 26th as Native American Heritage Day in Hays County. SHELL]

AND WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.

>> MS. CARDENAS: NUMBER 3. >> JUDGE BECERRA: AND READDED PROCLAMATION. SORRY.

>> MS. CARDENAS: NUMBER 3, ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING NOVEMBER 2021 AT NATIVE-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND NOVEMBER 26 AS NATIVE-AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY IN HAYS COUNTY. WHEREAS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIVE-AMERICANS HAVE ENHANCED THE PROSPERITY AND FREEDOM OF AMERICA TODAY. AND 1924, CONGRESS EN AT THE THE CITIZENSHIP ACT CITIZENSHIP OF U.S.-BORN AMERICAN INDIANS NOT ALREADY COVERED BY TREATY OR OTHER AGREEMENTS.

THE ACT WAS LATER AMENDED TO INCLUDE ALASKAN NATIVES.

AND WHEREAS, NATIVE-AMERICAN AWARENESS WEEK BEGAN IN 1976 AND RECOGNITION EXPANDED BY CONGRESS AND APPROVED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH IN AUGUST 1990 DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS MUCH NATIVE-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

AND CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA THE HERITAGE ACT OF 2009 OF FOLLOWING THANKSGIVING EACH YEAR AS NATIVE-AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY. NATIVE-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IS TO SHARE THE UNIQUE ANCESTRY AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT NATIVE-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES MAKE TODAY AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY. NOW, THEREFORE, IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEARBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 2021 AS NATIVE-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND NOVEMBER 26, 2021 AS NATIVE-AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY.

AND JUDGE BECERRA, I HAVE RECEIVED THE SUGGESTION OF TWO -- TWO ADDED WHEREAS TO THIS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ AS WELL AS PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FIRST COMMENT -- OR THE FIRST SUGGESTION CAME FROM THE INDIGENOUS CULTURES INSTITUTE WITH THE SUGGESTION THAT WE ADD TO THE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, THE LOCAL NATIVE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE INDIGENOUS CULTURES INSTITUTE HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO OUR HAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH THE INDIGENOUS ARTS SUMMER ENCOUNTER FUND $BY HAYS COUNTY, THE SACRED SPRINGS POWWOW PROTECTING OUR LOCAL LANDS AND WATERS AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO ESTABLISH A INDIGENOUS CULL CULTURE CENTER. THE SECOND FROM THE INDIGENOUS COUNCIL OF THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.

THE COUNCIL OF THE INDIGENOUS AND THE TEJANO COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THE HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND CULTURE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND JOIN IN CELEBRATING NATIVE-AMERICAN MONTH.

AND THEN THE COMMENT I RECEIVED WAS FROM GINA ROGERS OF THE THE INDIGENOUS. DEAR JUDGE BECERRA AND HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 26, 2021 IS NATIVE-AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY IN THE UNITED STATES.

WE RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE MILLIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO DIED WITH THEIR STORIES NEVER TOLD, RECOGNIZED NOR HEARD. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR INTRODUCING THIS PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIVE-AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY.

WE URGE THAT THE PROCLAMATION INCLUDE RECOGNITION OF THE LOCAL INDIGENOUS CULTURES INSTITUTE FROM SAN MARCOS WHO FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES HAVE PROMOTED THE RICH, VIBRANT CULTURE OF THE LOCAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO IS TO SUPPORT THE HISTORY, HERITAGE, TRADITIONS AND RICH CULTURE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HONORING MANY CONTRIBUTIONS NOT PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED. SPECIFICALLY WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND PAY RESPECT TO THE TRIBES, AMERICAN INDIANS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THAT OCCUPY THESE LANDS AND TERRITORIES IN HAYS COUNTY FOR MORE THAN 10,000 YEARS.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU. >> MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THE MOTION IS TO INCLUDE THOSE TWO SUGGESTED WHEREAS.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> A FEW WORDS?

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES, PLEASE. >> I PUT THIS ON IN HONOR OF MY GRANDMOTHER MEMBER OF THE WYANDOTTE TRIBE EVER OKLAHOMA.

MY DAUGHTER, KATHLEEN AND MY MOM IS A MEMBER OF THE

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ANYONE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING AFTER WE MAKE THIS MOTION.

OFF MINUTE TO THINK OF THIS. DR. CARDENAS, PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.

>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

NOW DO WE HAVE ANYONE INTERESTED IN COMING UP FOR A

PICTURE? >> CAN TAKE ONE FOR US ON HIS PHONE

>> JUDGE BECERRA: WHY DON'T WE GO ONE BY ONE.

WONDERFUL, WELL-DONE. THANK YOU, GUYS.

[52. Discussion and possible action to approve a Resolution against antisemitism. BECERRA]

DR. CARDENAS, JUMP OVER TO 52 AND THEN 4.

>> MS. CARDENAS: 52, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM.

JUDGE JUDGE IF YOU PLEASE READ --

>> JUDGE BECERRA: IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THAT.

YOU. >> MS. CARDENAS: THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF HAYS COUNTY MEETING IN REGULARS SESSION ON THE 23RD SOMEDAY OF NOVEMBER, 2021 CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, ANTI-SEMITISM IS A FORM OF RACISM, RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE AND CENTURIES-OLD BIGO TREE FACED BY JEWISH PEOPLE AND HAYS COUNTY IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE SAFETY, SECURED AND EQUAL TREATMENT OF ITS RESIDENTS. WHEREAS IN 2019, THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION MAN FOUND ATTACKS AGAINST JEWS AND JEWISH INSTITUTIONS MADE UP 60.3% OF ALL RELIGIOUS-BASED HATE CRIMES. AND WHEREAS, THE SATURDAY AND SECURED OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES SYNAGOGUES, SCHOOLS, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. WHEREAS, EACH INDIVIDUAL HAD THE ABILITY TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVENESS, CELEBRATE DIVERSITY, CELEBRATE ALL FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND REJECT HATE AND BIAS IN ALL FORMS. WHEREAS, AFTER THE HAYS COUNTY JUDGE MET WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT IT IS CRITICAL THAT HAYS COUNTY TAKE LEADERSHIP AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY TO ITS JEWISH COMMUNITIES THAT DISCRIMINATORY AND HATE-MOTIVATED BEHAVIOR OR VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

TO SUPPORT ANY ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS FOR INVESTIGATION AND HAYS COUNTY WISHES TO CONFIRM ITS COMMITMENT TO THE WELL BEING AND SAFETIES OF ITS JEWISH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE AND THAT HAYS COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO ENDING THE SPREAD OF ALL FORMS OF HATE AND BIGO TREE. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVE THAT THE COUNTY OF HAYS WILL CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO PROTECT RESIDENTS AND VICTIMS HATE AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE CONS

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RESOLVED THIS 23RD DAY. >> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

AND THANK YOU, COURT, FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT EVENING ITEM.

COMMISSIONER? >> I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I -- WE ACTUALLY HAVE A -- AN AGENDA ITEM ON TODAY THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT RELATIVE TO THE TEXAS CULTURAL AGRICULTURAL SERVICE.

FOR MANY OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THEY ADMINISTER IS THE 4-H PROGRAM. AS A 4-H'ER IN 1992 I PARTICIPATED IN A INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN EXCHANGE YOUTH.

AND I SPENT THREE MONTHS IN ISRAEL AND I LIVED ON A COMMUNAL FARM THERE. AND I CAN TELL THAT YOU IT SHAPED HOW I LIVE MY LIFE. A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SITUATION IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE ONE THING I LEARNED THERE -- IF YOU REMEMBER THAT WAS IN '92.

A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD IN ISRAEL AT THE TIME.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I SPENT A LOT OF TIME MANY CALL IT THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK. AND YOU WERE ABLE TO TOUR AND DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO DO NOW IN COUNTRY, BUT THE ONE THING I LEFT THERE IS A TRUE SENSE OF NOT OWN WORLD HISTORY WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN -- HERE WE THINK OF THINGS BEING OLD WHEN THEY ARE 200 YEARS OLD.

THERE THEY THINK OF OLD AS 200,000 YEARS OLD.

WHAT I WILL TELL YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING IS THE TRUE SENSE OF A PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED FOR THAT 4,000 YEARS AND JUST THE AMOUNT THAT PEOPLE HAVE OVERCOME.

I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE WILL EVER HAVE A TRUE -- UNLESS YOU -- UNLESS YOU SPEND THE TIME TO LEARN IT, YOU DON'T HAVE -- THERE IS NOT A TRUE UNDERSTANDING FOR THE CONSTANT BARRAGE THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE -- HAVE EN DOUCHED OVER CENTURIES. AND I JUST -- I THANK YOU ALL.

I AM SORRY TO HEAR WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE LOCALLY.

I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT THE WORLD HAS TURNED A PAGE BUT IT WOULD APPEAR AT TIMES IT HAVEN'T.

BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE STAND WITH YOU.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU. AS IS CUSTOMARY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP FOR A PICTURE?

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>> I THINK THE RABBI MENTIONED THE LIGHTING ON DECEMBER 1.

THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONNELL OUT AND SHOW SOME SUPPORT.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

>> MAKE SURE WE ALL TRY TO BE THERE.

[4.Presentation by Halff Associates and member(s) of the Parks and Open Space Advisory Commission (POSAC) regarding POSAC's assessment of parks and open space project applications. BECERRA]

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANKS AGAIN AND SEE YOU IN THE LIGHTING OF

THE MENORAH. >> JUDGE BECERRA: DR. CAR

CARDENAS, OPEN NUMBER 4. >> MS. CARDENAS: NUMBER 4, PRESENTATION BY HALFF ASSOCIATES AND MEMBER OF THE PARKS ANMD OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMISSION POSAC APPLICATIONS.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE ONE PERSON TO SPEAK.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA AND COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. I COME HERE WITH A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE FOR THIS PROGRAM. I THINK THAT AS A CITIZEN OF WOOD CREEK, I FIRST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE -- THEY WERE JUST UP THERE BUT THE COMMISSIONER -- SORRY THE CHAIR WHO HAS OVERSEEN BOTH YEARS OF THIS SCOTT WAY AND STAFFER ALEXANDER THOMPSON WHO HAS BEEN MANAGING THE PROGRAM BOTH YEARS AND FACILITATOR THE FIRST TIME AROUND KAREN FORD AND JAMES JIMENEZ. I HAVE THE PRESSURE OF WORKING WITH THE PROPOSALS AND HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE PROGRAM WAS RUN AND EAGER TO SEE THE PRESENTATION HERE SHORTLY.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT BRINGS THE WHOLE COUNTY TOGETHER AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD WORK TOWARD RIGLEY A SNAPSHOT FOR ME.

ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE WORKED ON WAS AN AREA CALLED RORY CREEK CANYON. LAST FRIDAY ALL OF THE SCORING AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE ALREADY INTO COURT, BUT COMMISSIONER INGALSBE HE IS APPOINTEE BLANCO LAURIA.

AND HERE WE WERE SITTING AT THE BORDER OF HAYS AND TRAVIS COUNTY, FAR NORTH HAYS COUNTY. AND HERE I AM FROM WESTERN HAYS COUNTY, BLANCO IS FROM SAN MARCOS.

BUT THERE WE PULLED THE ENTIRE COUNTY TOGETHER AROUND PARKS AND OPEN SPACES. I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM ALSO COVERED A LONG STAND UNDER COVID.

AND EVERYONE INVOLVED DESERVES PRAISE FOR STICKING WITH IT AND WORKING THROUGH THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

IT WAS A REALLY DEDICATED EFFORT.

ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS THE LEVERAGE THAT THE COUNTY GETS. MANY OF THESE THESE PROJECTS THAT THE COUNTY FUNDS ARE HALF OR LESS OF THE MONEY NEEDED TO EXECUTE THEM. SO IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY EFFICIENT AND GOOD USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS.

FINALLY I WILL MENTION THIS IS ALSO A VERY POPULAR PROGRAM AND ANY TIME YOU CAN GET THE POPULACE OF HAYS COUNTY TO AGREE 2-1 IN SUPPORT OF SOMETHING THAT COSTS $75 MILLION, IT IS A GOOD THING. I ONLY REGRET IT HAS BEEN 13 YEARS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, AND I HOPE THAT IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE POSAC 170 AND 2.0, THAT BEFORE TOO LONG, THERE IS A THIRD VERSION, AND THIS CAN BE A MORE REGULAR EFFORT SO THAT AS YOU SAY, JUDGE, WE CAN MAKE CENTRAL TEXAS THE ESSENTIAL TRAM PARK OF TEXAS.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: HOW FUNNY AND HOW PERFECT.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HAYS COUNTY BE THE CENTRAL PARK OF CENTRAL TEXAS.

IMPORTANT TO OUR WELL BEING, HEALTH AND EVERYTHING.

AND I AM REALLY GLAD THAT YOU SAID, MR. TILLY ABOUT THE COUNTYWIDE OVERALL SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING MUNICIPALITIES. BUDA WITH THEIR NORTH OF $10 MILLION INVESTMENT, PASSING A BOND.

THE CITY OF KYLE, PASSING A $10 MILLION BOND.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE GOAL IS, IS TO GET OUR EFFORTS AS WE ARE COUNTYWIDE AND GET THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE ALMOST, FOR EXAMPLE, CITY OF KYLE 58,000 RESIDENTS SUPPORTING THIS OVERALL EFFORT. AND THEN DOUBLING DOWN AND PUTTING THEIR PART INTO IT. AND SO, WE ARE ALL HOPING TO

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AND IN RIPPLES BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRAIL SYSTEMS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE CREATING HERE WITH THIS PROGRAM AND THE OPEN SPACE AND SENTINEL PEAK, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, IT DOESN'T STOP. WE HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OF GOOD AND OUR COUNCILMEMBERS LIKE TO SAY THE COMMUNITY IS WATCHING. WE WILL TAKE ON THE PRESENTATION NOW, IF YOU WILL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS SCOTT WAY, AND HAD THE PLEASURE OF SHARING THE PARKS ANMD OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR THE ROUND ONE PROJECTS AND THE ROUND TWO PROJECTS.

JUDGE AS YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING, IT WAS A GORGEOUS HILL COUNTRY MORNING. AS I DROVE IN FROM WIMBERLY, I GOT TO PASS TWO WHITE TAIL BUCKS CLASHING TOGETHER.

I GOT TO GO OVER THE LITTLE RIVER BRIDGE 1492 AND CROSS OVER THE CLEAR WATER, THE BLANK COE RIVER AS THE MIST WAS COMING OFF OF THEM. AND I WAS JUST REMINDED OF WHY WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING. AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS BEFORE THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY.

THAT WAS VERY BRAVE AND THEY RESPONDED IN KIND THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROJECT THEY SUPPORT. AND WHAT WE ARE DOING ESSENTIAL ABLEING MORE PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL LAND THAT WE ALL KNOW IS HOME AND TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE WONDERFUL PLACES THAT SO MANY OF US LOVE ABOUT HAYS COUNTY.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PARKS ANMD OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMISSION, B BUCK, MY CO-CHAIR, KAREN NEXT COALS, CAROLYN GONZALEZ AND LISA PRUITT.

WE REALLY HAD AN AMAZING GROUP THAT WORKED TREMENDOUSLY HARD WITH VERY DIVERSE CONTINUES, AND WE CAME TO CONSENSUS.

THAT IS WHAT WAS SO WONDERFUL WORKING WITH THIS GROUP.

SMART INDIVIDUALS BRINGING ALL OF THEIR TALENTS TO THE TABLE, TALKING WITH CONSTITUENTS OUTSIDE OF THE MEETINGS, TALKING WITH APPLICANTS. IT WAS -- IT WAS REALLY FUN AND WONDERFUL PROJECT AND STAFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND AS WELL AS HALFF & ASSOCIATES AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE APPLICANTS. ALL WE WERE DOING WAS SCORING AND REVIEWING PROJECTS, THE APPLICANT SPENT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME BRINGING THESE PROJECTS FORWARD AND NOW WILL HAVE THE DUTY OF MAKING THEM HAPPEN, AND THAT IS A TOUGH ROAD TO HOE GOING FORWARD AND WE NEED THEIR SUPPORT AND WE WILL SUPPORT THEM. ONE THING TO MAKE DUE TO OUR BYLAW IT IS THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, ONE OF THE MEMBERS NEED TO REPORT THAT. I HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH ONE OF THE BLANCO BEND PROJECT.

I RECUSED MYSELF OF ALL ACTION RELATED TO THAT AND FURTHER RECUSE OF ANY OF THE RANKINGS OR FINAL SCORES OF ALL OF THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO ENSURE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST THERE.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU.

IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL PROJECT.

WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JAMES TO PRESENT THE RES

RESULTS. >> THANK YOU, SCOTT.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, I AM JAMES WITH HALFF ASSOCIATES. ON BEHALF OF THE HALFTIME TEAMS AND OTHER -- OF HALFF TEAM AND CONSULTANTS THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE POSAC. THERE WERE A LOT OF, SOMETIMES LATE KNIGHT NIGHTS, A LOT OF LONG DAYS THAT WOULD GO INTO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNTY STAFF, ALEXANDER THOMPSON, MARK KENNEDY AND.

A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM STAFF THOUGHT THE PROCESS.

THIS IS NOT THE END. THE VERY FIRST STEP OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE.

THANK YOU. SO JUST TO SUM UP 2.0 AND POSAC 2.0 AS IT HAS BEEN CALLED AND A LITTLE BIT OF A REFRESHER ON THE FIRST ROUND. FIRST ROUND HAD A TOTAL OF 18 REQUESTS, APPROXIMATELY 100 MILLION OF REQUESTS FROM SPONSORS. THE POSAC 1.0 HAD 11 MEETINGS AND THAT WAS CALCULATED AT 600 TO 700 POSAC PERSON HOURS.

THERE WERE TEN PEOPLE ON THAT GROUP SO A LOT OF TIME SPENT LOOKING AT SPONSOR APPLI APPLICATIONS, REVIEWING PROJECTS, DOING SITE VISITS, ETC.

ON 2.0, THE SECOND ROUND, WE HAD 25 REQUESTS FOR APPROXIMATELY $88 MILLION. THAT GROUP WHICH WAS MUCH SM SMALLER IN SIZE -- NOT A WHOLE LOT SMALLER, SEVEN VERSUS TEN HAD 18 MEETINGS TOTAL AND 300 TO 400 POSAC PERSON HOURS.

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$188 MILLION IN REQUESTED FU FUNDS.

NOW THOSE REQUESTED FUNDS WERE FOR PROJECTS IN TOTAL WILL BE ALMOST $300 MILLION ONCE THE SPONSORED ADDED THEIR MATCHING FUNDS OR OTHER DOLLARS THEY WERE BRINGING.

29 TOTAL MEETINGS BETWEEN FEBRUARY 2020 AND NOVEMBER 2 2021. 1100 TOTAL HOURS BY VOLUNTEERS WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.

NEXT SLIDE AND THEN THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A REAL BRIEF RECAP OF THE ROUND ONE PROJECTS.

ROUND ONES, ONLY A FEW SIGNIFICANT CHANGE BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THE POSAC PRESENTED THE ROUND 1 PROJECTS AND AFTER APPROVAL OF THE BOND PACKAGE AND RECONSTITUTION OF 2.0.

THE BIGGEST WAS REGIONAL PARK WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN DID FALL OFF FOR VARIOUS REASONS. AND THEN OTHER PROJECTS HAD CHANGES IN COSTS. MOST OF THE COSTS WENT UP AS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE -- WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CLIMATE THAT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW. URBAN PROJECTS, THESE ARE STILL THE REQUESTED ONES FOR THE MOST PART.

THE PROJECTS, AGAIN, COST WENT UP.

ONE OF THE COSTS DID GO DOWN. THEY HAD BETTER COST ESTIMATES.

ON TO OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL AREAS.

I HAVE THESE TWO SLIDES. THANK YOU.

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WITH THESE REQUESTS.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OR LAND PURCHASES. SO THOSE ARE -- THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS STILL STAY THE SAME BASICALLY.

ON TO CONNECTIVITY. IN ROUND ONE.

THERE WERE NO UPDATES OR CHANGES TO THESE OTHER THAN A FEW MINOR COST CHANGES. SO THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FIRST ROUND REMAIN VERY MUCH THE SAME.

>> JAMES, I WANT TO WANT OUT THAT GRANDE AND THE OPEN SPACE WANTED TO CHANGE SLIGHTLY RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.

>> YES. AND THEN SO HERE IS A GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROUND 1 RECOMMENDED PROJECTS.

ON TO ROUND 2. THESE WERE THE NEW PROJECTS.

THERE WERE A LOT OF THESE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAME FROM THE CITIES THAT WERE NOT REALLY REPRESENTED IN ROUND ONE, CITIES OF KYLE, BUDA AND SAN MARCOS AND OTHER SPONSORS AS WELL. THERE ARE SOME LARGE REGIONAL PARK ACCESSORIES, SOME REGIONAL PARK DEVELOPMENT THAT IS IN HERE. INDIGENOUS CULTURE CENTER WHICH AN YOU UNIQUE PROPOSITION WITH EDUCATION AND EVENT SPACE.

AND THEN, AGAIN, SOME SPORTS COMPLEX RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENTS. ON TO ROUND 2.

OPEN SPACE SIMILAR TO THE ROUND 1.

THESE ARE PRIMARILY CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND LAND ACCESSORY FOR PRESERVATION. THESE WERE ALL, YOU KNOW, REALLY WONDERFUL. MOST OF ALL WONDERFUL HILL CUT PROPERTIES. THERE IS HABITAT ON SOME OF THEM. OTHERS ARE PRIMARILY PROTECTION OF WATER AND ACCESSORY. AND THEN LASTLY ON ROUND TWO, CONNECTIVITY. THESE WERE COMBINATION CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND TRAIL DEVELOPMENT.

A LOT OF THESE WERE -- HAD A LOT OF INTERCONNECTIVITY.

SOME HAD INVOLVEMENT WITH A LOOP AROUND SAN MARCOS.

OTHERS WITH CONNECTION TO EITHER THE EMERALD OR VIOLENT CROWN TRAILS. FUTURE PROJECTS AND CONNECTIONS WITHIN COMMUNITIES. AND THEN THE NEXT MAP IS THE ROUND 2, GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE OVERALL RECOMMENDED PROJECTS, ROUND ONE AND ROUND TWO. SO I KNOW THAT WAS INTO THE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL, BUT AT THE DAIS, YOU DO HAVE THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION FROM THE POSAC FOR

>> YOU HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE ROUNDS WITH THE MAPS IS THE PUBLIC DOCUMENT AT THIS TIME.

THE IF YOU WILL RECOMMENDATION FROM THE POSAC IN EXCESS OF THE

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AND THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM LATER IN YOUR AGENDA IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO DELVE INTO THAT MORE AND SOME

OF THE PROJECTS MORE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: OKAY, OKAY,

GOOD, THANK YOU. >> I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: I WILL SAY AT FIRST GLANCE OF APPRECIATION OF THE UPDATED PRECINCTS LOOK GOOD ON THE MAP. AND I AM GLAD WE DID THE 2.0, AS YOU CALLED IT, BECAUSE THE 1.0 LOOKED -- I AM COUNTYWIDE SO I LOVE ALL THE CITIES, BUT IT LOOKED EXCEPTIONALLY LOPSIDED SO 2.0 HELPED BALANCE IT OUT BETTER.

AND I AM GLAD TO SEE COMMISSIONERS DO THEIR BEST TO REPRESENT THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT IT REQUIRES -- I KNOW IN SOME INSTANCES, WE HAD SOME -- OR I SHOULD SAY A LACK OF CONTRIBUTION OF IDEAS. SO I AM GLAD THAT THE END PRODUCT HAS SHOWN AN OVERALL BALANCING OF PROJECTS, WOULDN'T

YOU SAY, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES, JU

JUDGE, THANK YOU. >> JUDGE BECERRA: I OPEN IF UP TO YOU GUYS IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: WELL, JUDGE, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, LOOKING AT THE LARGER SPREADSHEET THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED. PARDON ME.

SO THE TOTAL QUESTION -- >> LITTLE OVER $87 MILLION.

87 670. THE TOTAL REQUEST AGAIN WAS

ABOUT -- >> 177,92 2,000.

>> THAT IS AFTER SOME PROJECTS FELL OFF AND WERE REDUCED INGALSBE THAINGZ WAS THE FUNDING REQUEST.

AND THE RECOMMENDED FUNDING IS THE 87,670,000.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: HAVE WE BEEN PURSUING ANY OF THE GRANTS WITH -- YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE MENTIONED SEVERAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND OTHERS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. AND HAVE WE DONE ANY OF THAT

YET, ALEXANDRA. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WILL DO YOU ME A FAVOR, ALEX, YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THIS EFFORT AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC WHO IS NOT HERE DESERVES TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY. IF YOU CAN APPROACH THE PODIUM OR MOVING TO THIS ONE WITH A MICROPHONE.

CHOICE IS YOURS. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: ALEX, MAYBE YOU CAN REMIND ME. PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND I AM NOT SURE WHAT OTHERS, BUT REMIND ME WHAT WE WILL BE PURSUING AND HAVE WE STARTED THOSE EFFORTS

YET. >> JUDGE BECERRA: IF YOU -- BEFORE YOU GET STARTED NAME AND TITLE.

>> COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, I AM ALEXANDRA THOMPSON, THE COORDINATOR FOR EAST HAYS COUNTY.

WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT ALL. POSSIBLE GRANTS, BOTH, U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THE TCU GRANTS AND EPA GRANTS.

SO WE WERE JUST KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHICH PROJECTS WOULD BE RECOMMENDED AND THEN THE COMMITMENTS MADE BY -- YOU K KNOW, WHENEVER WE GET TO THAT POINT FOR THE ONES THAT THE DEADLINES ARE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER OUT.

WHEN THE SUBMISSION DUE DATE IS.

UNFORTUNATELY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WITH THE SOLUTIONS GRANT THAT WE HAVE PURSUED WE -- WE DID NOT RECEIVE -- WE WEREN'T AWARDED OR SELECTED FOR SECOND ROUND, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T PURSUE IT AGAIN.

COVID KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THREW EVERYTHING OFF.

AND SO WE WERE RECOMMENDED TO GO AHEAD AND POTENTIALLY APPLY FOR THE 2022 APPLICATION PROCESS BECAUSE WE DID RECEIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND GREAT SUPPORT FOR UTILIZING THE NATURAL LANDSCAPES AS, YOU K KNOW, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTION FOR POLLUTION AND WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AND FLOOD MITI MITIGATION, BUT THERE WERE LARGE SCALE, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPALITY PROJECTS THAT KIND

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SO WE HAVE TIME TO DECIDE IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO

APPLY FOR -- FOR NEXT YEAR. >> I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, JUDGE, I WANT TO THANK POSAC AND ALL ITS MEMBERS, MINE IN PARTICULAR. I REALLY APPRECIATE BLANCA LOYA AND CAROLYN GONZALEZ. BUT THERE IS A GREAT TEAM, BLANCA AND CAROLYN KEPT ME UPDATED AND SHARED HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS TO WORK WITH SUCH A GREAT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS. I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF HOURS AND A LOT OF COMPROMISING ON -- MAYBE MORE STUBBORN PEOPLE THAN OTHERS, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: COMMI COMMISSIONER?

>> AIM HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS PROCESS EVEN STARTED NOW. LOSE TRACK OF TIME.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE KAREN FORD WHO SAT UP HERE NOT TOO LONG AGO FOR HER WORK TO GET THIS STARTED.

SHE DID REALLY GOOD ORGANIZATION AND THE FRAMEWORK SHE HELPED US DEVELOP SET US ON HER ORGANIZATION WAS MUCH NEEDED AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT AND HELPING US NAVIGATE THE PROCESS. BUT GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE MEMBERS AND SCAT WAY TO CHAIRED BOTH SESSIONS AND GREAT LEADER AND SHOWED HIS LEADERSHIP QUALITIES HELPED US AS WELL. IT IS A VERY HARD PROCESS TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT IN AS MANY REQUESTS AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB AND HARD WORK IS IN FRONT OF US TO START MAKING HARD DECISIONS AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE ALL THE THESE PROJECTS THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN A REALITY.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. GLANCING AT THE LIST BEFORE WE START OUR CONSIDERATION IS GRANDE IS ACTUALLY IN PRECINCT 3. BUT LISTED ON 4 IN HERE.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: IS IT THE OLD 4.

>> NO, THE OLD 3. >> JUDGE BECERRA: TRYING TO

GIVE THEM COVER. >> IT IS IN WIMBERLY.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT SERVED ON THE POSAC.

I HAVE NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH SCOTT, WHO IS MY APPO APPOINTEE, AND KNOWING THE EFFORTS HE PUT INTO THIS AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT HE HAD AND THE REVIEW PROCESSES HE USED ON THE INDIVIDUAL PRO PROJECS.

I KNOW HE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE. SO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WAS VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE TO SAY THE LEAST, BUT JUST -- I WAS -- I WAS A LURKER ON Y'ALL'S ZOOM CALLS MANY TIMES DURING THE -- DURING POSAC 1 AND A LITTLE BIT ON POSAC 2 AND THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT WENT INTO THOSE PRESENTATIONS. YOU ALL HAD A DIFFICULT DECISION COMING TO THIS RECOMMENDATION AND I APPRECIATE

IT. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: JUDGE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS HOW WE PROCEED.

I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I REALLY HAVE SEEN THIS.

AND SO ARE WE SUPPOSED TO ACT ON THIS TODAY? OR SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TAKING AND, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING AND LOOKING AT AND ANALYZING AND COMING BACK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. I GUESS I JUST KIND OF WANT TO

KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: ITS WAY THE AGENDA IS WRITTEN. THEY HAVE DONE THEIR PART, PRESENTED IT TO US IN A VERY DIGESTIBLE FORMAT.

WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT. I ALWAYS TRY MY VERY BEST -- I ALWAYS TRY MY VERY BEST TO SEE IT AS FRESH AS I CAN SO I CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT, OKAY, WHAT IS THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT JUST -- I WAS GOING TO DO THIS -- HOW OLD AM I -- THAT JUST TUNED IN TO THE DIAL ON THE TV. AND SEE HOW THEY SEE IT.

SO THEY DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF CREATING A GREAT SNAPSHOT OF THE WORK AND I APPLAUD IT. AT THIS POINT, I SEE THAT AS COMPLETED AND FURTHER DOWN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION AND AT THAT TIME DECIDE WE NEED MORE TIME, READY TO VOTE BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

UNLESS SOMEONE HAS ANOTHER I IDEA.

MR. KENNEDY? .ENO KEN

>> SO I EXPECT WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL EXECUTIVE MEETINGS TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE TRANSATION ASPECTS OF THESE

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SOME ARE MORE SIMPLE. HALFF & ASSOCIATES WILL ENTER THEIR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PHASE OF THEIR CONTRACT AND HELP WITH US THE PROJECTS THAT THE COURT DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF POSAC OR BASED ON ITS OWN INITIATIVE, AT LEAST IN RELATION TO MONEY AMOUNTS AND TIERING AND ALL OF THAT. THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS, AS WE JUST NOTED, ARE ABOUT 12 MILLION OR SO WHAT THE BOND PACKAGE WAS FOR. SO THE COURT HAS KNOWN FOR SOME TIME THERE IS PROBABLY ADDITIONAL WHITTLING DOWN THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND SOME OF THE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE WOULD BE REGARDING THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE, AND PERHAPS HAVING THE COMMISSIONERS FOR EACH PRE PRECINCT. I SUPPOSE IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO GET THE PRECINCTS CORRECT FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WAY THE COMMISSIONERS CAN GO BACK AND KIND OF COMPARE NOTES ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE AND THEN COME BACK TO THE NEXT EXECUTIVE SESSION TO SKULLS THESE THINGS FURTHER.

-- TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS FURTHER.

THAT'S IT. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MR. KENNEDY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE POSAC FORWARD AND MISS FORD.

A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WE SHOULD THANK AND I THINK WE HAVE AND NOT MOVE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS UP.

THEY WILL STAY AT THE END OF COURT BY DESIGN.

BUT NONETHELESS, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR

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DR. CARDENAS, OPEN ITEM 5-14. >> MS. CARDENAS: 5, APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES. 6, APPROVE PAYMENTS OF JUROR CHECKS. 7, APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTH CARE CLAIMS. 8, APPROVAL THE PAYMENT OF THE NOVEMBER 30, 2021 PAYROLL DISBURSEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,600,000 EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 30, 2021 AND POST TOTALS FOR WAGES, WITHHOLDINGS, DEDUCTIONS AND BENEFITS ON THE HAYS COUNTY. 9, APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF STEVE JANNDA AND MARILYN MILLER TO THE BOARD OF EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT TWO TERMS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2023.

10, APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF STACI DEMENT, MARIA CHRISTINA NELSON AND DARRYL DEWISH TO THE BOARD OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TERMS ENDING DECEMBER 31,2023.

TESTIMONY NUMBER 11, AUTHORIZE SIX DEL OPTIPLEX ALL IN ONE COMPUTER AND SIX MV MICROSOFT OFFICE, HOME AND BUSINESS LICENSES AND AMEND THE BUDGETS ACCORDINGLY.

12, AUTHORIZE THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEVELOPMENT TO PURCHASE ONE DELL OPTIPLEX COMPUTER FOR THE GED PROGRAMS FROM THE TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STATE AID FRAT FRATERNITY. AND NUMBER 13, APPROVE THE 'POI POINT APPOINTMENT OF KYLE MYLIUS TO SERVE ON THE TAX INCREMENT INVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 5.

14, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE FC 2022 INTERLOCAL CONTRACT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION 911 DATABASE PROGRAM FOR THE CAPITAL AREA EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION GEOGRAPHIC

INFORMATION SYSTEMS. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE NEED TO JUST CORRECT ONE SCRIVENER'S ERROR ON ITEM NUMBER 10, SHOULD SAY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER 1.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: NUMBER 10 IS WRITTEN AS ESD 2, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE CORRECTION TO ESD 1.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.

[15. Authorize the Office of Emergency Services to host the annual Local Emergency Planning Committee Luncheon and utilize up to but not exceeding $800.00 to provide lunch to attendees. BECERRA/MIKE JONES]

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THEY.

PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 15. >> MS. CARDENAS: 15, AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO HOST THE ANNUAL LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE LUNCHEON AND UTILIZE UP TO BUT NOT EXCEEDING $800 TO PROVIDE LUNCH TO ATTENDEES.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: SO MOVED. >> JUDGE BECERRA: A MOTION AND SECOND. TWO INDIVIDUALS UP TO SPEAK.

MR. DAN LYON. IF YOU START A THREE-MINUTE

TIMER FOR HIM. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA.

AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUNDS, FIRST LET ME SAY I AM NOT HERE TO SPOIL ANYONE'S LUNCHEON; HOWEVER, IN A DAY WHEN WE ARE HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT AND WE PAID $20 MILLION YEAR TO

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>> JUDGE BECERRA: TIE IT TO THE AGENDA ITEM.

>> THIS IS MY MOTIVATION. I WANT TO GET MY THREE MINUTES, BUT I WOULD HAVE USED LESS HAD I NOT BEEN INTERRUPTED.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: SIR, STAY WITH THE AGENDA AND WE WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE TIME YOU DESERVE.

>> OKAY. LET ME PUT IT TO YOU TO WHERE Y'ALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNDER STAND.

WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY $800 FOR A LUNCHEON.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCHEON.

THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY ARE PAYING FOR THIS.

HAPPY MEAL FOR EACH PARTICIPANT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.

AND I WAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS FOR THE PLANNING COMMITTEE TO HAVE A MEETING, NOT A LUNCHEON, BUT SAYS HERE LUNCHEON. ANYWAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT DURING THE SNOWSTORM, THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY KAHN SERVICES WAS ALREADY OUT TO LUNCH, BUT THANK YOU, ANYWAY.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.

THE NEXT SPEAKER MR. RODRIGO AMAYA.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, COURT. THREE QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE $800? OUR THING I TRY TO GO TO AS MANY MEETINGS AS I CAN, AND I KNOW SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES OR PARTICIPANTS IN THIS ALSO ASK FOR MONEY FOR THIS. NOW IF THAT IS THE CASE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO THEY GO ABOUT IT. DO THEY TAKE TURNS PAYING FOR IT? HOW DOES THAT WORK.

I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MR. AMAYA AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING TIGHT ON THE AGENDA ITEM.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR.

BECAUSE THIS IS A DIFFERENT FORMAT, WE DO HAVE A PRIVILEGE OF HAVING SOME CONVERSATION AROUND IT.

WOULD YOU MIND EXPLAINS HOW YOU ARRIVED TO THIS $800.

IF YOU WOULD, YEAH, JUST APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD, MIKE JONES, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY

SERVICES. >> WE GAME TO THIS AMOUNT DOING BOXED LUNCHES. INVITE EVERY CORPORATION AND FIRST RESPONDER AND ELECTED OFFICIAL TO THIS PARTICULAR EVENT AND BETWEEN $8 TO $10 PER LUNCH.

WE ARE USING MONEY OUT OF OUR BUDGET, COMMUNITY SERVICES RESPONSE TEAM. THAT IS WHAT WE USE WHEN WE DO REHABS OUT THERE TOO. SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE GOOD FIDUCIARY AGENTS WITH THE MONEY AFFORDED TO US.

I AGREE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE OTHER FOLKS -- THE OTHER -- TO BE THE SPONSOR OF THAT LUNCH AND THAT IS THE FOCUS FROM HERE ON OUT FOR OUR OTHER LDEC MEETINGS.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.

I WILL LIKE TO SAY THAT YESTERDAY WE HAD A REALLY PRODUCTIVE DRILL IN THE CITY OF BUDA.

WE HAD FBI OUT THERE. WE HAD NEIGHBORING COUNTIES OUT THERE. WE HAD OUR ESDS OUT THERE.

AND WE ARE TESTING THE AIR FOR REALLY JUST GASES, YOU WILL SUMMARIZE THAT THAT WAY. DOING DRILLS.

OUR DIRECTOR WAS DRIVING THROUGH THIS AS WELL -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO COME THROUGH WITH AM TRACKS, TAM -- ANTHRAX, TAMMY. THEY NEVER LET YOU HAVE THE ANTHRAX. BUT THEY ARE RUNNING DRILLS.

AND EVERY TIME AND EVERY MOMENT THAT I ATTENDS THESE EVENTS, FIRST, I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE PARTNERS.

SECOND, FRIENDSY, HE GAVE US -- FROM ESD 5, HE GAVE US AN AMAZING, ARTICUATED VALUATION OF HOW AND WHY THESE TAKE PLACE AT A LOCAL LEVEL, A SHARED MUNICIPALITY COUNTY LEVEL, AT A REGIONAL LEVEL, AT A COG LEVEL. AND LET ME TELL YOU JUST KNOWING THAT I KNOW NOW AS DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR HAYS COUNTY. $800, IF WE AS A COURT DID NOT PAY FOR IT, I WOULD FIND WAY TO PAY IT MYSELF.

BECAUSE THESE AGENCIES WORKING TOGETHER.

IF WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE WOULD HAVE AUSTIN, HIGHER DOLLAR RESOURCES TO STEP IN THEY WILL WOULD BE BLANKLESS AND SEAMLESS AND EFFORTLESS THAT WILL PICK UP WHERE WE NEEDED THEM. THAT KIND OF COORDINATED EF EFFORT, TO ME, IS PRICELESS. AND SO IF BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER ONCE A YEAR IS GOING TO COST $800 FOR LUNCH, I AM

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BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE'S TIME IS EXCEPTIONALLY VALUABLE AND APPLAUD YESTERDAY'S EFFORT AND YESTERDAY'S EFFORTS AND $78 TO $10 FOR A BOXED LUNCH. NO ONE IS GOING OUT OF WAY TO GET A BOXED LUNCH. REASONABLE AND EXPECTED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU, TAMMY, FOR YOUR WORK BECAUSE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS THERE AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST MORE AND MORE AND MORE OF THE UNIFYING EFFORTS OF A REGION TO DO GOOD THINGS. I JUST SAY THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUES QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS?

>> MAYBE IF WE COULD IN THE FUTURE TRY TO FIND OTHER SPONSORS TO SHARE THAT BURDEN, MAYBE EVEN CORPORATE SPONSOR.

I SEE A CORPORATE SPONSOR SITTING BACK THERE RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW WE HAVE PLENTY OF PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE DO BRING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ON THIS AND IF WE ASK FOR CONTRIBUTIONS, WE CAN PROBABLY RAISE THE FUNDS JUST

FROM OUR PRIVATE SECTOR FOLKS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THAT'S RI RIGHT. I KNOW YOU SAID THAT, MR. JONES. AND THANK YOU FOR REITERATING

THAT, COMMISSIONER. >> FOR THIS YEAR, COULD REDUCE

THE $800 TO WHATEVER THE GAP. >> JUDGE BECERRA: STILL AND APPROVE THIS AMOUNT, LIKELY. EXACTLY RIGHT COMMISSIONER SHELL, LET'S SEE IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIVATE SUPPORT OR OTHER AGENCY SUPPORT. I AGREE 100%.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS UP.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> JUDGE BECERRA: DR. CAR

CARDENAS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MARK JONES: YES.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.

[16. Approve specifications for IFB 2022-B05 Countywide Portable Toilets and Handwashing Stations Rental Services and authorize Purchasing to solicit for bids and advertise. BECERRA/T.CRUMLEY]

>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 16. >> MS. CARDENAS: 16, APPROVE SFES IF I OCCASION FOR IFB 2022-B 05 COUNTYWIDE PORTABLE TOILET AND HANDWASHING STA STATIONS, RENTAL SERVICES AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASING TO SOLICIT FOR BIDS ARE AND ADVERTISE.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

[17. Approve the reappointment of County Judge Ruben Becerra to the CARTS Board of Directors, a two-year term ending December 31, 2023. BECERRA]

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 17.

>> MS. CARDENAS: 17, APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF COUNTY JUDGE REUBEN BECERRA TO THE CA RTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS TWO-YEAR

TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2023. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU.

AND WE HAVE ONE INDVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MR. DAN

LYON. >> AS YOU CAN SEE THAT I WAS IN FAVOR OF YOU BEING REAPPOINTED. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE VERY INTELLIGENT PERSON AND YOU ARE VERY CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS POSITION. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS NOW, NOBODY CAN FIGURE IT OUT. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO ATTENDED ON CARTS SEVERAL TIMES. AND HE VISIT FROM TANGLEWOOD AND TARGET AND HE HAD TO CHANGE BUSES ALL THE TIME AND THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. YOU SHOULD GO TO A CENTRAL LOCATION FROM ANYWHERE IN THE CITY AND THEN BE ABLE TO CHANGE BUS ONCE TO GET ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR AND CLEAR MAPS TO SHOW PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT ROUTES ARE BEING RUN.

AND HOW THEY CAN GET FROM HERE TO THERE WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TROUBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MR. LYON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.

I TOOK NOTES AS THE BOARD'S REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COURT AND I WILL FOLLOW UP. A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.

[Items 18 - 21]

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN 18-21.

>> MS. CARDENAS: 18, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF $517.90 TO SHERWIN WILLIAMS WHERE NO ORDER WAS IN PLACE PER THE PURCHASING POLICY. 19, APPROVE AND EXECUTE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EQUITABLE SHARING AND AGREEMENT CERTIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTES AND GUIDELINES THAT GOVERN THE FEDERAL EQUITABLE SHARING PROGRAM. 20, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY FOR THE FY 2022 SHERIFF'S COMBINED AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE.

21, APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.

[22. Authorize the County Judge to execute the Fifth Amended and Restated Development Agreement between the City of San Marcos, Hays County, and Lazy Oaks Ranch, LP in connection with the La Cima development for the addition of Film and Television Production Facilities as a permitted use and establishing associated development standards. SHELL]

>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 22. >> MS. CARDENAS: 22, AUTHORIZE

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>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

NO STRANGER TO THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE.

>> ANITA COLLINS, OFFICE OF THE HAYS COUNTY JUDGE.

I AM A SCREENWRITER AND F FILMMAKER AND THIS AGENDA ITEM IS SPECIAL TO ME. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR GETTING THIS DONE AND WE KNOW THIS WILL CREATE AN ECONOMIC BOOST FOR OUR HAYS COUNTY.

WHEN A PRODUCTION COMPANY INTO COUNTY THEY FREQUENT OUR BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, MO MOTELS.

A BOOST OF OUR KEYEE CON ME OPINION I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR RESIDENTS TO REGISTER YOUR PROPERTIES ON THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION WEB SITE WHEN THE PRODUCTION COMPANY IS UP AND RUNNING AND NEED A LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN'T BUILD ON THEIR SETS AND FIND A HOME TO FILM AT, AND THEY DO PAY HANDSOMELY IF IT IS SELECTED. YOU CAN GO THERE ON THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION WEB SITE. ALSO BUSINESSES.

THEY ALSO NEED LITTLE DINERS. THEY NEED ANY KIND OF BUSINESS THEY MAY NEED FOR THEIR STORY, FOR THEIR FILMS. SO YOU CAN REGISTER THOSE AS WELL ON TEXAS FILM COMMISSION.

I ALSO ENCOURAGE THE CITIES WHO HAVE NOT YET ADOPTED FILM GUIDELINES TO ADOPT OURS THAT WE PASSED HERE IN COURT NOT TOO LONG LOOK. THEY WILL HELP KEEP THE COMMUNITIES SAFE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PRODUCTION COMPANIES ABIDE BY THEIR REQUESTS. SO THAT IS IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

>> THANK YOU, MISS COLLINS. AS MISS COLLINS HAVE STATED A FEW OUTLIERS THAT HAVEN'T SIGNED ON TO THE DESIGNATION.

AND SOME HAVE MET -- DECIDED NOT THAT THEY ARE AGAINST IT, BUT PURELY UNDERSTAFFED IN SOME TYPE OF WAY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT.

IT IS IN THOSE SETTINGS THAT THIS IS MOST USEFUL BECAUSE THE FRAMEWORK HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET UP.

AND WE DO APPRECIATE INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY ALWAYS.

WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO SUPPORT IT. AND SO WE ALSO, BY THE SAME TOKEN, WANT THEM TO DO WHAT -- MISS DINGZ -- NO, WHAT MISS COLLINS JUST SAID. WE WANT THEM TO DO RIGHT BY US AND FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND RULES EVERYBODY HAS A CLEAR EXPECTATION. IT IS SO VALUABLE TO US.

THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED ON. I WON'T CALL THEM OUT.

THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE. PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING ON TO HAVE UNIFORMITY DOING FILMMAKING OR ANYTHING IN OUR COUNTY TO HAVE A CONFORMITY OF EXPECTATIONS AND PROCESS.

COMMISSIONER SHELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

[Items 23 - 30]

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER

23 -- YES. >> MS. CARDENAS: 23.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: SORRY, 23 23-30.

>> MS. CARDENAS: OKAY. 23, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND COMAL COUNTY REGARDING A RATE CHANGE FOR THE HOUSING AND CARE OF HAYS COUNTY INMATES FROM $65 PER INMATE PER DAY TODAY 85 PER INMATE PER DAY EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2022. 24, APPROVE SPECIFICATIONS FOR IFB 2022-B 06 ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS, LIMESTONE ROCKAL FAULT COLD MIX AUTHORIZE PURCHASING TO SOLICIT FOR BIDS AND ADVERTISE. 25, SPECIFICALLY FOR IFB 2022-B 06 ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS., AUT COURT TO PURCHASE ONE

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NUMBER 28, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT TERMINATION NOTICE WITH KONE, INC. RELATED TO THE ELEVATOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.

29, AUTHORIZE THE JUDGE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY RELATED TO ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICE PURSUANT TO RF P 2 2021-PO 1.

30, APPROVE EXTENSION OF IFB 2017-B 02 COUNTYWIDE DUMPSTER WITH TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEM NOT TO EXCEED 62 DAYS.

>> MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

DO WE ANTICIPATE TO GET MORE OF THESE FROM THE FIRST OF THE

YEAR FROM OUR OTHER PARTNERS? >> THE RATE INCREASE AS SOON

AS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: SORRY, SIR.

IF YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM. >> WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING THIS ONE. SO I -- I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY,

BUT IT COULD HAPPEN. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> JUDGE BECERRA: JUST BEFORE YOU GO, THE -- CHIEF DAVENPORT FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS AT THE PODIUM AND DISCUSSING ITEM NUMBER 23, HOW WE HAD A $65 A DAY INCREASE TO $85 A DAY FOR HOUSING OF OUR INMATES.

AND SO THAT IS A HUGE JUMP RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

AND YOU HAD NO UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHY, YOU SAY?

>> I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DID IT.

THEY DIDN'T EXPLAIN THAT. >> I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE AS MANY CONTRACT WITH AS DIFFERENT MANY

COUNTIES AS POSSIBLE. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: IT IS UNFORTUNATE. I MEAN USUALLY WE SEE A RATE

INCREASE OF $5 OR SO DOLLARS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THIS IS

AGGRESSIVE. >> I CAN TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FIELD, BUT KNOWING WHAT THE POPULATION IS LOOKING LIKE -- BLESS YOU, BY THE WAY -- I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE LOOKING IN THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS AND I HATE TO BE THE PERSON WHO HAVE TO SAY THIS PUBLICLY, 12 TO 18 MONTHS, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT -- ESPECIALLY IF OUR RATES GO UP ABOVE THAT $85 IN ANY OF THESE COUNTIES, THE OVERALL COST EFFECTIVENESS OF BRINGING THOSE FOLKS BACK HOME AND

EXPANDING FACILITY AGAIN. >> I CAN COMMENT A LITTLE BIT.

COMMISSIONER, I SPOKE WITH COMAL COUNTY.

AND WE FIRST BEGAN THIS CONTRACT WITH THEM NOT LONG AGO WHEN THEIR NEW FACILITY OPENED AND THEY WEREN'T QUITE SURE HOW MUCH TO HOUSE EACH INMATE. NOW THAT THEY ARE OPEN THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT I UNDERSTANDING AND SAID $85 IS THE ACTUAL COST TO HOUSE AN INMATE IN THE NEW FACILITY.

IF THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU,

MRS. DAVENPORT. >> NOT SUBSIDIZE US ANYMORE?

>> JUDGE BECERRA: WELCOME B BACK.

>> YOU ARE VERY MUCH MISSED. AND GLAD YOU HAD AN ADDITION TO YOUR FAMILY, BUT YOU WERE VERY MUCH MISSED.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: DR. CARDENAS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

[31. Authorize payment to Gruene Harley Davidson in the amount of $932.50 for the Constable Pct. 5 Office related to repairs to the 2020 Harley Davidson Motorcyle where no purchase order was issued as required per the Hays County Purchasing Policy. JONES/ELLEN]

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN 31.

>> MS. CARDENAS: 1, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO GRUENE HARLEY DAVIDSON IN THE AMOUNT OF $ $932.50 FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT 5 RELATED TO REPAIRS TO THE 2020 HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE

WITH NO PURCHASE ORDER. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. MR. RODRIGO AMAYA.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS COURT.

TALK ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM. MOTORCYCLE HAS 10 NOW, 629 MILES. BROUGHT IN 11/2.

AND EIGHT HOURS AND A HALF. ACCORDING TO THIS INVOICE.

SEVEN HOURS DOING OIL CHANGES IN OTHER THING TO POINT OUT A HARLEY DAVIDSON MECHANIC TO BE TRAINED.

WHY ARE WE GOING OUT TO G RUENE WHEN WE HAVE A MECHANIC CERTIFIED DOING THIS KIND OF WORK.

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AND IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE REPAIRS FOR A MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS THAT SHORT OF -- THAT LOW MILEAGE, THAT CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING, IN MY OPINION, FROM MY EXPERIENCE OF PATROL UNITS.

SOMEONE IS NOT BEING VERY CAREFUL WITH THE EQUIPMENT THEY ARE BEING GIVEN. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? THANK YOU.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, SIR.

COMMISSIONER JONES. >> MARK JONES: JUDGE, WITH ALL THE SPECIFICS AND EVERYTHING THIS WAS BROUGHT -- THE ONLY REASON THIS IS COMING TO COURT THEY FORGET TO GET THE PURCHASE AREA. IF THEY GET THE PURCHASE ORDER IT IS STILL WITHIN THEIR MAINTENANCE BUDGET AS FAR AS THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS I AM NOT AWARE OF.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: DR. CARDENAS --

>> WHEN IF SAYS COLUMNS, QUANTITY.

DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN SEVEN HOURS.

QUANTITY/HOURS OR SLASH HOURLY RATE.

195 PRICE THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH US.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: DR. CAR CARDENAS, PLEASE CALL THE

ROLLING. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

[Items 32 - 34 ]

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

PLEASE OPEN 32-24. >> MS. CARDENAS: 32, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH WATER AND EARTH TECHNOLOGIES INC RELATED TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR ANNUAL FIELD MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021. AND AUTHORIZE DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 262.024 A 7 D. NUMBER 33, APPROVE SPECIFICATION FOR RF P 2022-PO 3 HAYS COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASING TO SOLICIT FOR BIDS AND ADVERTISE. NUMBER 24, APPROVE SPECIFICATION FOR RFP 2022-P 0 4 PUBLIC DEFENDER HE IS OFFICE AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASING TO SOLICIT FOR BID AND ADVERTISE.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> COMMISSIONERS COURT, WE WOULD LIKE DIRECTION FROM ITEM NUMBER 33 WHO WILL BE ON THE PROPOSAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, BROUGHT UP THE COVID FIRST.

BROUGHT UP THE PORTION OF THE POSSIBLE GRANT TO EACH OF THE ISDS. AND THROUGH THAT AND OTHER PROCESSES THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THAT IF NO ONE ELSE WOULD.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: I WOULD LIKE TO AS WELL.

>> WE HAVE SOME STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL -- MAYBE ALSO CAN WE REACH OUT TO THE HILL COUNTRY AND HAVE, LIKE, AN EXPERT.

I KNOW SOMETIMES WE BRING IN SOMEONE WHO IS AN EXPERT

ADVISOR TO THE PROCESS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THAT I CAN ABSOLUTELY --

>> ONE PERSON FROM OUR MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY REPRESENTING.

>> MY QUESTION IS, WILL THEY BE A PART OF ANY RESPONSE TO

THE RFP OF THE ANALYSIS. >> IN THEY WOULD, THEY SHOULD RECUSE. BUT IF NOT, IN PARTNERSHIP --

>> JUDGE BECERRA: DIRECTLY FOR COURT REPRESENTATION, SO COMMISSIONER SMITH AND I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE IF THERE ARE NO

OPPOSITION TO THAT. >> IT WAS FOR THE ENTIRE -- THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE USERS WHO ARE EXPERTS, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS MORE WIDE BASE, WE WERE UNSURE HOW THE

COMMISSIONERS COURT. >> WE POSTED TO THE COMMITTEE OR DO WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK, JUDGE?

>> I THINK YOU CAN DIRECT STAFF THE WAY IT IS POSTED.

YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY AGREEING WHO WILL REVIEW ONCE ITS RFPS

ARE SUBMITTED OR THE PROPOSALS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: SOMEONE FROM THE PROFESSIONAL SPACE, ABSOLUTELY.

>> ONE REPRESENTING HILL HAYS COUNTRY.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: AND CHOOSE TEXAS STATE.

THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE FROM THERE. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: TAMMY MIGHT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION AS FAR AS OUR HELP.

>> WINDSY FROM MY OPTION HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ST. DAVID FOUNDATION ON A GRANT APPLICATION DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH. SO I THINK SHE HAS GOT A PRETTY

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AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT SHE BE ON THAT.

>> FINE WITH ME. >> JUDGE BECERRA: A PROFESSION ALE FROM ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND LINDSEY,

COMMISSIONER SMITH AND MYSELF. >> WE WOULD NEED FIVE.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: AND KARP AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

>> OR GENERAL COUNSEL. >> ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL.

>> I HAVE NOT TALKED TO HER Y YET, BUT MAYBE JUDGE ZELHART WILL BE WILLING TO SERVE ON THERE AS A FORMER MENTAL HEALTH

JUDGE. >> AND, AGAIN, I AMVO VOLUN-TELLING HER, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

>> IF SHE SAYS NO, PERHAPS WE CAN VOLUN-TELL MISS POWELL.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: MISS POWELL HAS AN ALTERNATE.

VERY GOOD. >> THANK YOU.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YOU BET. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.

>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

>> JUDGE, IF I MAY, I WANT TO MENTION THAT I AM REALLY HAPPY TO SEE BOTH THAT ITEM AND NUMBER 34, THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE GO FORWARD.

A BIG STEP. >> JUDGE BECERRA: AGREE, ONE

SWELL SWOOP IS A LOT OF WORK. >> I AGREE.

OTHER THING I SAY -- LOGISTICALLY, DO YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO FORMER JUDGE ZELHART.

OR DO YOU WANT ONE OF US. >> I'LL TEXT HER.

>> WE CAN TALK TO HER. UNLESS ONE OF YOU WOULD.

>> THAT IS FINE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

[35. Hold a public hearing with possible action to reduce the current speed limit of 35 MPH to 30 MPH on Crosswinds Parkway in Crosswinds subdivision from Windy Hill Road to Nautical Loop, per a recent traffic study. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

>> JUDGE BECERRA: GOT IT. OPEN AGENDA NUMBER 35.

>> MS. CARDENAS: HOLDS A PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE POSSIBLE ACTION TO REDUCE THE CURRENT SPEED LIMIT FROM 35 MILES PER HOUR TO 30 MILES PER HOUR ON CROSSWINDS PARKWAY IN CROSSWINDS SUBDIVISION FROM WINDY HILL ROAD TO NAUTICAL LOOP PER A RECENT TRAFFIC STUDY.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. I SEE NONE.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COMMISSIONER.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: THANK YOU, JUDGE.

WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNICATION FROM INDIVIDUALS AND RESIDENTS FROM THIS SUBDIVISION OF HOW FAST THE CARS ARE TRAVELING.

SO THEY ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER THIS.

AND I WILL MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL

THE ROLL. >> MARK JONES: YES.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

[36.Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish a 3-way stop location on Campo Del Sol Parkway at the intersection of Satsuma Drive in Sunfield subdivision. JONES/BORCHERDING]

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 36. >> MS. CARDENAS: 36, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A THREE-WAY STOP LOCATION ON CAMPO DEL SOL PARKWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF SATSUMA DRIVE IN SUNFIELD SUBDIVISION.

PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FOR OR AGAINST PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

SEEING NO MOVEMENT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> ONE OF THE ROADS HAS A STOP SIGN AND THIS IS IN LIEU OF TRYING SPREE BUMPS. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO

APPROVE. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: SECOND.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.

[37. Discussion and possible action to call for a public hearing on December 7, 2021 to establish a "Yield" sign on both sides of the low-water crossing on Trautwein Road for safety. SMITH/BORCHERDING]

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE OPEN

37. >> MS. CARDENAS: 37, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPLICATION TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 7, 2021 TO ESTABLISH A "YIELD"SIGN ON BOTH IDENTIFIES OF THE L LOW-WATER CROSSING TRAUTWEIN

ROAD. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

[Items 38 - 39]

>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

NUMBER 38. >> MS. CARDENAS: NUMBER 38, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE RELEASE OF THE MAINTENANCE BOND NUMBER 1060749 IN THE AMOUNT OF $156,832 AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS INTO THE COUNTY ROAD MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR SUNFIELD SUBDI SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2, SECTION

9. >> JUDGE BECERRA: OPEN 39

WHILE WE ARE AT IT. >> MS. CARDENAS: 39, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE RELEASE OF THE MAINTENANCE BOND 1045316 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,117,247,50 AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS INTO THE COUNTY ROAD MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR SUNFIELD SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2, SECTION 6.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON BOTH OF THESE.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

[40. Discussion and possible action to call for a public hearing on December 7, 2021 to establish a "No Thru Truck Traffic" zone on York Creek Road, a segment of Francis Harris Lane, and a segment of Soechting Lane. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 40.

[01:45:01]

.> MS. CA >> MS. CARDENAS: 40, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 7, 2021 TO ESTABLISH A "NO THRU TRUCK TRAFFIC" ZONE ON YORK CREEK ROAD, A SEGMENT OF FRANCIS HARRIS LANE AND SECOND DEGREE. OF SOECHTING LINES.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.

[41.Discussion and possible action to approve Amendment #1 to the Advance Funding Agreement between Hays County and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the RM 12 at Winters Mill Parkway and RM 3237 at Winters Mill Parkway Intersection Improvements and authorize the County Judge to execute the Advance Funding Agreement Amendment #1 on behalf of Hays County. SHELL/BORCHERDING SUBDIVISIONS]

>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. AND PLEASE OPEN 41.

>> MS. CARDENAS: 41, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO THE ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE RM 12 AT WINTERS MILL PARKWAY AND RM 3237 AT WINTERS MILL PARKWAY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT ON AMENDMENT 1 ON BEHALF OF HAYS COUNTY.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.

[42. PLN-1756-PC; Hold a Public Hearing with possible action to approve the final plat of the Douglas Estates Subdivision, Lot D-40, Replat. SMITH/MACHACEK]

>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN 42.

>> MS. CARDENAS: 42, PLN PLN-1756-PC HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT OF THE DOUGLAS ESTATES DUB VISION REPLAT JUDGE I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WHO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST. I SEE MO MOVEMENT.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COMMISSIONER? >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE BECERRA, COLLIE MACHACEK, COUNTY PLANNER.

DOUGLAS ESTATES IS A RECORDED OFF OF HARMON HILLS OFF OF PRECINCT 4. THREE LOTS, D-40 A, B AND C ACROSS 7.07 ACRES. WATER SERVICE WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE WELLS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT WILL BE BY INDIVIDUAL ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF HAS COMPLETED REVIEW MEANING THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED AN SET FORTH.

NO VARIANCES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED AND THIS PLAT HAS IF

YOU WILL STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >> JUDGE BECERRA: COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER COMMENT?

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

[43. PLN-1798-PC; Hold a Public Hearing Hold a Public Hearing with possible action to approve the final plat of the Hurlbut Ranch West, Lot 17A, Replat. SHELL/MACHACEK]

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

PLEASE OPEN 43. >> MS. CARDENAS: 43, PLN PLN-1798-PC. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING HOLDING A WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT OF THE HURLBUT RANCH WEST. LOT 17 A, REPLAT.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: ANYONE FOR OR AGAINST PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. I SEE NO MOVEMENT.

CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO

APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT. >> SECOND.

>> WOMAN: COLBY. >> THANK YOU AGAIN.

HURBUT RANCH WEST AND USED TO BE PRECINCT 4 AND UNDER REDISTRICTING PRECINCT 3. THE PROPOSAL TO REPLAT LOT 17 A WILL CREATE 17-A-1 AND 17-A-2 OFF 75.6 ACRES.

WASTEWATER THROUGH ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES.

AGAIN, STAFF HAS COMPLETED REVIEW PURSUANT TO THE REGULATIONS SET FORTH. NO VARIANCES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED, AND, AGAIN, THIS PROJECT HAS IF YOU WILL STAFF

RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU, COLBY.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

[Items 44 & 45]

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN 44 AND 45.

>> MS. CARDENAS: 44, PLY PLY-1802-PC, CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 7, 2021 TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE BELL SPRINGS RANCHES SUBDIVISION SECTION 1, LOT 2 REPLAT. NUMBER 45, PLN-1846, CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING DECEMBER 21, 2021 REGARDING THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CANCEL LOT 2-A IN THE HENDERSON

SUBDIVISION. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. >> I JUST WANT TO -- BEFORE WE MOVE ON, CAN I MAKE ONE COMMENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES, SIR.

>> I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER SHELL.

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BUT OTHERWISE, I WOULD HAVE HAD FOUR OF THESE TODAY.

[46. Discussion and possible action to authorize addition of four Autel Robotics unmanned aircraft to the Hays County General and Law Enforcement liability coverage with an annual premium of $2,500.00. BECERRA/MILLER]

THANK YOU. >> NO PROBLEM.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 46.

>> 46, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE ADDITION OF FOUR AUTEL ROBOTICS UNMANNED AIRCRAFT TO THE HAYS COUNTY GENERAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY COVERAGE WITH AN

ANNUAL PREMIUM OF 2500. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL

THE ROLL. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

SMITH YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.

>LON SHELL: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

I HAVE ASKED JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT THESE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES BEING INCLUDED IN THE THOUGHT PROCESS WHEN WE GET EQUIPMENT

[47. Discussion and possible action authorizing the County Judge to execute an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Between Hays County and Maverick County regarding housing of Hays County inmates at the Maverick County Jail for the housing and care of Hays County inmates. BECERRA/CUTLER]

>> MS. CARDENAS: DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND MAVERICK COUNTY FOR HOUSING AND CARE OF THE INMATES FOR THE HOUSING AND CARE.

>> SOLVED. >> SECOND.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> WALT SMITH: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

[48. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) between Hays County and Vista Planning & Design related to the continuation of the Sentinel Peak Preserve Phase One Conceptual Master Plan and authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Local Government Code, Chapter 262.024(a)(4). SHELL]

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN 48.

>> MS. CARDENAS: 48, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A PRO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND VISTA PLANNING AND DESIGN RELATED TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE SENTINEL PEAK PAP PRESERVE PHASE 1 CONCEPT ALE MASTER PLAN AUTHORIZE A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL

GOVERNMENT CODE. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: COMMISSIONER

SHELL. >> LON SHELL: WE HAVE A CURRENT CONTRACT WITH VISTA FOR THE SENTINEL PEAK PRESERVE.

ASSUMING THAT THIS IS COUNTY PROJECT -- DIDN'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THAT AND YOU I DIDN'T UNTIL WE HAVE A LIST OF PROJECT. I WANT TO GET STARTED.

AND IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET PEOPLE OUT THERE AND THAT TYPE OF INVESTMENT, I WANT TO GET THE PUBLIC OUT THERE AS FAST AS

WE POSSIBLY CAN. >> JUDGE BECERRA: SO DO I.

WELL-DONE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

[49. Discussion and possible action to amend the Development Services Fee Schedule.SMITH/PACHECO]

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN 49.

>> MS. CARDENAS: 49, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FEE SCHEDULE.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT MR. PACHECO BEFORE YOU GET ON I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE FEES MORE THAN DOUBLING. WE HAVE BEEN A COURT CARRYING FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OFFERING MORE THAN DOUBLE THE FEES ON SOME OF THESE. I THINK YOU WILL SPEAK TO WHY

WE SHOULD SUPPORT THIS. >> YES, CHURCH.

I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP AND I WILL PROVIDE MORE BACKGROUNDS TO EXPLAIN THE REQUEST WHY WE ARE INCREASING THE FEES TO THE STANDARD. FOR ONE JUST FOR -- FOR THE BACKGROUND, WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH TWO THINGS WITH OUR PROPOSAL. SEPTIC FEES TO MAKE THEM MORE COMPARABLE TO OTHER JURORS D DINKS AROUND, NOT ONLY IN OUR COUNTY BUT NEARBY HAYS COUNTY, BASTROP COUNTY,SON COUNTY.

AND I WILL GO INTO BREAKDOWN. AND SIMPLIFY THE STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE FEES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 14 DIFFERENT FEE TYPES JUST RELATING TO SEPTIC SYSTEMS. WITH IN AMENDMENT, WE WILL CUT THAT IN ALMOST HALF TO EIGHT FEE TYPES.

TO MAKE THIS MORE SIMPLISTIC, I KNOW THAT INCREASING THE FEES CAN BE TRICKY BUT MORE SIMPLISTIC AND BETTER OVERALL EXPERIENCE TO THE CUSTOMERS. THE SEPTIC FEES, THE REASON OF REQUEST TO INCREASING THE FEES TO THAT AMOUNT IS BECAUSE WE TOOK -- WE TOOK A LOOK AT OTHER COMPARABLE JURISDICTIONS.

FOR ONE, ALSO OUR SEPTIC FEES -- WE HAVE NOT UPDATED OUR SEPTIC FEES UNTIL MAY 2007. OVER 14 YEARS SINCE WE HAVE ACTUALLY HAD AN UPDATE TO OUR SEPTIC FEES IN HAYS COUNTY.

TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT LARGE DISCREPANCY IN TIME AND LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE CURRENTLY AS OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE LOOKED AT WAS WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

THEY WERE VERY COMPARABLE TO HAYS COUNTY IN TERM OF SIZE AND GROWTH RATE. CURRENTLY WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAS A FEE ASSESSMENT FROM THEIR SEPTIC $510 TO $710 FOR A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SYSTEM, COMPARED TO COMMERCIAL

[01:55:06]

USE THAT AS A BENCHMARK EVALUATING WHERE WE WANT TO UPDATE OUR CURRENT FEES TO SEE, OKAY, THEY WILL PUT PLAINFIELD OUT AND ESTABLISH BENCHMARK. ALSO ANOTHER COUNTY WE TOOK IN COMPARISON TO BASTROP COUNTY. RANGE FROM $400 TO $550 FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS AND COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS. THAT INCREASES FROM $570 TO $715.

SO FROM A COUNTY LEVEL, WE SAW WHAT WAS OUT THERE AND SOUGHT NEED TO INCREASE THE FEES, SPECIFICALLY IN OUR OTHER OWN BACK YARD, WIMBERLEY, DRIPPING SPRINGS, TO $640 FOR THEIR RESIDENTIAL SEPTIC FEES AND COMMERCIAL FEES THAT JUMP UP TO $750 AND $800. THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE SAW THE BENCHMARK FOR THE FEES AND OUR BEST INDICATION GOING FORWARD WAS TO PUT THE FEES AT THE $610 MARK FOR A SI SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND $910 FOR NONSINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. AND FURTHERMORE ON THE SIMPLISTIC SIDE AS WE MENTIONED OPINION WE WANTED TO TAKE AWAY -- COMBINE THE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF AT THE SICK FEES AND COMBINE TO TWO FLAT-RATE FEES. BASICALLY GOING FORWARD ONE FEE FOR A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SYSTEM AND ONE FEE FOR A NONSINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SYSTEM.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: SO I UNDERSTAND THIS.

CAPTURING SEVERAL SMALLER FEES AND CONSOLIDATING INTO ONE

LARGER FEE. >>.

>> FOUR DIFFERENT FEES AND COMBINE IT TAKING THE FEE AND PUT AT A BENCH MARCH THAT WE FEEL WHAT IS THE CURRENT

MARKET. >> JUDGE BECERRA: SO

CONSOLIDATING AND GOING UP. >> YES, SIR.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: COMMISSIONERS, COMMENTS?

>> YEAH, JUDGE. WHENEVER I SAT DOWN WITH MARCOS TO GO OVER THIS -- WE DID THIS PRIOR TO THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR AND WE LOOKED AT THE OVERALL RATES THAT WE HAVE.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER DURING THE BUDGETING CONVERSATIONS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT ARE GROWING EXPONENTIALLY. AND VERY SIMILARLY ON THE NEEDS OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT JUST IN THE TERMS OF THE REVIEW. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES IN OUR COUNTY OVER THE LAST MINIMUM FIVE YEARS MORE SO OVER THE LAST DECADE IS A MASSIVE EXPANSION OF THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OFF OF NEED OF REVIEW. WE ARE STATUTORY MANDATED WE HAVE TO HAVE TURN AROUND. WHAT IS OUR MANDATE -- TURN

AROUND MANDATE. >> MANDATED 30-DAY TIME.

>> AND HERE IS VOLUME TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE COUNTY AND WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO GET MORE. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, WITHIN THE WATER SERVICE AREA OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS WATER SUPPLY AND THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS, USING IS ONE EXAMPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH ISN'T THE FASTEST GROWING.

WE HAVE CURRENTLY PLATTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 18,000 HOMES FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE THAT AREN'T ON -- THAT AREN'T ON A -- THERE IS NOT TRUE SEWAGE THERE I DIDN'T TELL WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THOSE REVIEWS AND USING THAT MUNICIPALITY, WE ARE FAR OFF BASE WHAT THEY ARE CHARGING FOR THOSE SPECIFIC SERVICES AND BECAUSE OF THAT GROWTH HAD TO DO A REVIEW SO THE COST OF THE SERVICES ARE COVERING THE COST TO PROVIDE THEM AND CONTINUAL OVER THE LAST FIVE TO TEN YEARS TO COVER THE COST OF IT THAT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IN '14. AND WE TOOK IT INTO ACCOUNT IN

BUDGETARY. >> LOOKING ON PAPER IT MAY JUMP OUT AND BE ALARMING BUT THE CREATION OF OUR OWN HABIT THAT IT TOO TOOK 14 YEARS TO -- SINCE TAKING 14 YEARS AND BRINGING IT TO THE TABLE A DRAMATIC INCREASE AND CATCH UP WHAT IS CURRENTLY OUT THERE. ONE OTHER NOTE -- COULD BE NORTHWORTHY. WILLIAMSON COUNTY IS A COUNTY THAT WE TOOK A HARD LOOK AT. NUMBERS THEY CURRENTLY FROM 2017 WHEN THEY HAD THAT FEE SCHEDULE WITH THE CURRENT RATE.

EVEN THEN BENCHMARK AND EARMARK WHERE WE WANT TO BE FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY PURPOSES, A FEE SKEL.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THEIR POPULATION IS ALMOST DOUBLED.

SO THAT MAKES SENSE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH SAYING IT HAS A MORE ACTIVE PULSE ON FEES AND EVALUATE THEM YEAR AFTER

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>> THE OTHER THING -- YOU MAKE AN EXCELLENT POINT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY BEING SO LARGE.

AT A CERTAIN POINT THE NEW HIRES AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT WE ADD THIS YEAR I BELIEVE. AND MAY BE WRONG BUT I BELIEVE WE WILL HIT A PLATEAU WHERE THE NORMAL IN COST OF EACH INDIVIDUAL SEPTIC PERMIT TO REVIEW THOSE MUD IS START GOING DOWN INTERNALLY. RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO THOSE IN AN ADEQUATE WAY GETTING IT DONE BUT NOT IN A WAY THAT IS MORE EFFICIENT. AS WE MOVE FORWARD REACH THE PLATEAU WITH THE INCREASED STAFF THAT WE HAVE THAT THE PERDUE MITT BASIS. THE INTERNAL COST WILL DROP A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE A BASELINE AND START DROP A LITTLE BIT AND WE HAVE TO GET OVER THAT FIRST AND GET THOSE GYMS.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: I DON'T BELIEVE SO, JUDGE.

>> I HAVEN'T GOTTEN COMPLAINT OF OUR FEES BUT LOTS AND LOTS OF THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET THOSE IN.

HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP WITH THAT.

>> YES, SIR, THAT IS THE GOAL. >> JUDGE BECERRA: MARCUS, I SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT. I WASN'T ASKING BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST YOU. I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION.

I WANT THE VIEWING PUBLIC TO -- >> OVER A 14-YEAR PERIOD, A LOW PERCENTAGE THAT WE HAVE GONE UP.

>> THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS, AS WE LOOK AT THIS.

IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT -- AND I AM NOT SURE IT IS PAGE 568 OF THE BACKUP, THAT OVERALL SCHEDULE.

YOU WILL NOTICE IN THAT OVERALL SCHEDULE TO THAT POINT, JUDGE.

IF YOU WERE JUST THE AVERAGE PERSON GOING IN TO GET A PERMIT, A SEPTIC PERMIT. HONESTLY MOST INDIVIDUALS WON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT CATEGORY THEY FELL IN UNDER OLD SYSTEM THIS BY DELINEATING IT VERY CLEARLY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

AND THIS -- IT REALLY DOES CLEAR UP A LOT OF THAT

CONFUSION, I THINK. >> JUDGE BECERRA: IN YOUR REFORMATTING, ARE YOU LUMPING ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT TYPE CH CHECKLIST TYPE DOCUMENT? DO YOU NEED A FAIR MARSHAL TO WALK THROUGH OR NOT, ETC. CONSOLIDATE IN ONE SPOT.

IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN HAYS COUNTY, INVEST IN US.

THEY CAN GO TO ONE PLACE AND SEE EVERYTHING FROM START TO

FINISH. >> YES, COMMISSIONER, A WE ARE TAKING STRIDES TO HAVE SIMPLICITY.

REITERATE THAT WORD. EVERYTHING WE DO AND INFORMATIVE PIECE IS TO MAKE SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE AND THE CITIZEN, CUSTOMER AND BUSINESS WANT TO ESTABLISH ROOTS IN HAYS COUNTY, WE DON'T WANT TO SURPRISE PEOPLE WITH FEES,

RULES AND STEPS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: NO SURP SURPRISES. MY ONLY HOPE AND GO ON THIS.

NO SURPRISES. >> ALONG THE FIRE SMALL SHALL DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

MAKE SURE THE PROCESS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: HOW LONG WILL FEBRUARY BEFORE THAT ONE

PAGER OF CHECK, CHECK. >> WE ARE WORKING INTERNALLY ON THE FINAL CHECKLIST AND ITEMS WITH THAT, BUT I CAN SEE SHORTLY AFTER THE NEW YEAR, SOMETHING THAT IS READY TO GO.

>> JUDGE. MARCUS, YOU AND JERRY TALK OF THE $5 DRIVEWAY FEE FOR SIDEWALKS THAT WE -- IN THE PAST, WE NEVER HAD TO MAINTAIN THEM, BUT NOW THAT WE ARE TAKING OVER SOME OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS FOR SIDEWALKS.

>> I HAVE YET TO SPEAK WITH JERRY ABOUT THAT.

WE CAPTURED ON THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AS WELL.

JERRY IS NOT HERE AS WELL, BUT WE DISCUSSED THE ITEM OF DRIVEWAYS WROUGHT A PERMIT. IF WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT WITH ANOTHER AMENDMENT OF THE FEE SCHEDULE.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: CENTRALIZED, CUSTOMER SERVICE-FRIENDLY.

THANK YOU, MR. P ACHECO FOR DOING THIS.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

[50. Discussion and possible action to amend the Transportation Fee Schedule. SMITH/BORCHERDING]

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 50.

>> MS. CARDENAS: NUMBER 50, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION FEE SCHEDULE.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: BATTER UP MR. PACHECO.

>> I WILL BRIEFLY COMMENT AND IF WE NEED MORE FURTHER DISCUSSING GET WITH MR. BORCHERDING.

BUT PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR COMMISSIONERS AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT REQUIRED THAT WE ESTABLISH A FEE FOR DRIVEWAYS ESTABLISHED WITHOUT PERMITS.

WE TYPICALLY SEE IF IT IS A BIG SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENTS OR EVEN ROUTINE INSPECTIONS ALONG COUNTY ROADS.

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ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS WITH THAT IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL BE TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS, SPECIFICATION FOR THAT DRIVEWAY GOING BACK TO MEET THE RULES AND REGULATIONS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RETROACTIVELY STEP BACK AND NOT REDO THE DRIVEWAY IF IT IS A COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAY OR RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. FEE REQUESTED WAS TO ESTABLISH DRIVEWAY CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT A PEMIT THAT WOULD BE ALL ENCOMPASSING A FEE. IT WILL ESSENTIALLY BE THE $75 WILL COVER THE $50 PERMIT FEE WITH A $25 PENALTY FEE.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YOU SAY $25 BIN LADEN TEE FEE.

>> $75 ALL ENCOMPASSING BECAUSE DRIVEWAY PERMITS ARE $50.

>> SOME CONSEQUENCE FOR NOT GETTING THE PERMIT IN THE FIRST

PLACE. >> JUDGE BECERRA: NO DOUBT.

>> WHENEVER WE DISCUSSED THAT I SAID $25 IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET. A REAL PROBLEM IN MY PRECINCT.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT I CAN'T GO A WEEK WITHOUT FINDING ONE OR TWO OF THESE AND GETTING A CALL FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT HEY, THEY ARE DOING CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEY PUT IN FOUR ENTRANCES AND ALL 30 FOOT APART.

AND NONE OF THEM MEET OUR STANDARDS AND WE WOULDN'T APPROVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND IT TRULY BECOMES -- ESPECIALLY -- NOW IN COMMISSIONER SHELL'S DISTRICT OR PRECINCT. I HAD JUAN OF THESE ON CREEK ROAD. AN ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH LITERAL FOUR ENTRANCES ON A ROADWAY OF THAT THAT HAVE LITTLE VISIBILITY AT BEST. AND YOU HAVE GOT MAJOR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT MOVING IN AND OUT AT ALL HOURS OF DAY WITH SEMI TRUCKS, IT IS DANGEROUS. ONE FEE INSTEAD OF $75 INCLUDING THE PERMIT FEE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT $250 JUST FOR THE VIOLATION FEE. I MEAN, IT IS A PROBLEM.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: WELL, IT REALLY IS, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT, BECAUSE IN -- MY PRECINCT ALSO, YOU SEE, INDIVIDUALS THAT COULD PUT PVC PIPES INSTEAD OF THE CULVERTS AND THAT CAUSES MUCH MORE PROBLEMS AS FAR AS DRAINAGE IS CONCERNED AND IT IS TOUGH. SOME PEOPLE STRUGGLE FINA FINANCIALLY, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT RIGHT.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: RIGHT ON. DR. CARDENAS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU FOR THE DIALOGUE,

COMMISSIONERS. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.

[51. Discussion and possible action to approve the Core4 Partnership logo to be used by Community Action, Inc. BECERRA]

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

PLEASE OPEN 51. >> MS. CARDENAS: 51, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CORE4 PARTNERSHIP LOGO TO BE USED BY COMMUNITY ACTION, INC.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. >> JUDGE, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP. WE HAD TO E-MAIL BACK AND FORTH

[53. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Development Services Department to hire the GIS Specialist, slot 0232-002 at the 50th percentile effective December 13, 2021. SHELL/PACHECO]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YOU BET, BUDDY. NUMBER 53.

>> MS. CARDENAS: 53, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO HIRE THE GIS SPECIALIST SLOT 0232-002 AT THE 50TH PERCENTILE EFFECTIVE

DECEMBER 13 HOME RUN 2021. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: A MOTION AND SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

JONES YONZ YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

[61. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs.BECERRA]

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. PLEASE OPEN 61.

>> MS. CARDENAS: 61, DISCUSSION RELATING TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION

COUNTS AND COSTS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: I AM VERY GREATSFUL FOR THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COUNTY SHERIFF.

HE AND HIS OFFICE SINNED MY OFFICE A REPORT EVERY TIME WE HAVE COURT WITH OUR INMATE POPULATION.

AND THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE. I WAS IN AN URBAN COUNTY'S CONFERENCE. AND THE ALARM BELL WAS GOING OFF IN MY HEAD, BECAUSE I ALWAYS HAVE KNOWN THAT THE STATE HAS UNFUNDED MANDATES. AND SIMPLE TALK, THAT MEANS THEY TELL US TO DO SOMETHING AND DON'T SUPPORT IT WITH MO MONEY. AND SO THE REASON WHY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I HAVE THIS PIECE ON THIS REPORT THAT THE SHERIFF PROVIDED IS BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY INMATES IN OUR COUNTY JAIL THAT ARE TECHNICALLY STATE INMATES.

AND THAT WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE HAVING IN THE URBAN COUNTIES MEETING. AND I SAID, THAT'S -- THAT IS SOMETHING I KNEW ABOUT, BUT I DIDN'T QUITE KNOW NUMBER.

AND SO I -- THROUGH ANITA, OF COURSE, I ASKED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ADD TO MY REPORT THE -- THEY CALL IT PAPER READY

[02:10:01]

EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE. AND NOW, THEY ARE TECHNICALLY STATE INMATES, NOT COUNTY INMATES, AND WE SHOULD BE HANDING THEM OVER -- THEY SHOULD BE PICKING THEM UP TO MOVE THEM IN TO A NEW FACILITY. WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE REASON FOR THIS REPORT.

WE SPENT $75,000 OUTSOURCING INMATES THIS WEEK.

IF THE STATE WILL PICK UP THE STATE THAT BELONGS TO THE ST STATE, THEN THAT WILL HELP US. YOU SAY, WELL, THAT IS ALL TAXPAYER COLORS. BUT LOCAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS VERSUS STATE DOLLARS AND I WANT THE STATE DOLLARS TO BE USED FOR STATE PURPOSES AND THE COUNTY DOLLARS TO BE USED FOR COUNTY PURPOSES. AND I DON'T WANT TO PICK UP THE STATE'S TAB ON OUR LOCAL BU BUDGET.

I ASKED THE SHERIFF TO ADD THIS NUMBER AND I WILL BE READING IT MOVING FORWARD. HAYS COUNTY POPULATION INMATE 410. OUR CAPACITY IS DIMINISHED BY 10% WHICH LOWERS IT TO 368. A RECOMMENDATION BY TEXAS JAIL STANDARDS. JAIL'S DAILY AVERAGE 612.

PEAK 620 IN NOVEMBER 18. AS I SAID, THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATE WAS $ $75,063.

THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES 162 AND FEMALES 22. THIS WEEK'S INMATES HOUSED IN THE FOLLOWING COLLINGS. ATASCOTIA, PWUD AWE, COMAL.

19 STATE INMATES DON'T BELONG IN OUR COUNTY JAIL WHATSOEVER THAT WE ARE OUTSOURCING AND PICKING UP THE TAB FOR -- OFF THE STATE AND THEY HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WE DO.

19 INMATES THAT LOOP THAT DON'T BELONG THERE AT ALL AND FOOD DRAGGING ON THE STATE'S PARK.

[EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]

NOW IF THERE ARE NO OTHER SUGGESTIONS ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS TO BE NOT OPENED, I WILL ASK DR. CARDENAS TO OPEN

THEM ALL THE. >> MS. CARDENAS: 54, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT COLD, CONSULTATION WITH THE COUNCIL REGARDING PENDING AND CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION INVOLVING HAYS COUNTY.

POSSIBLE ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.

55, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071, 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE AND OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WHERE THE PO POSAC-RECOMMENDED 2020 PARKS AND OPEN SPACE BOND PROJECTS.

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN CO COURT. 56, EXECUTIVE SESSIONS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND THE DELIBERATION REGARDING THE POSITIONS OF THE HAYS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL AND THE HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICE DIRECTOR AND REGARDING STATE STATUTES ON FIRE CODE. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND ACTIONS MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. 57, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 AND 551.0 72 OF THE AFFECTION GOVERNMENT CODE. CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARD THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE AND OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON OR NEAR STAGECOACH TRAIL IN SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AND WITHIN PRECINCT 3.

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN CO COURT. 59, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

CONSULTATION WITH COUNCIL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE AND VALUE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONG PROPOSED FM 110 AND PRECINCT 1. POSSIBLE ACTION TO FOLLOW IN

OPEN COURT. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: WE ARE

PULLING 58? >> JUST A NOTE TO THE CLERK WE DO NOT NEED TO PULL OR OPEN 58 THIS WEEK.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: SO WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND WE WILL START WITH OUR VERY FIRST ONE, I SUPPOSE, 54.

IF YOU ARE

[56. Executive Session pursuant to Sections 551.071 and 551.074 of the Texas Government Code: consultation with counsel and deliberation regarding the positions of the Hays County Fire Marshal and the Hays County Office of Emergency Services Director; and regarding state statutes on Fire Code. Possible discussion and/or action may follow in open court. BECERRA/JONES]

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THERE WE GO. AND WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE

[02:15:01]

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK US OFF? >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: SURE, ITEM NUMBER 56, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REGRADE THE FIRE MARSHAL SLOTS FROM A GRADE 115 TO A GRADE 116 EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>> SECOND. JUDGE JUDGE PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> MARK JONES: YES.

[59. Executive Session pursuant to Sections 551.071 and 551.072 of the Texas Government Code: consultation with counsel and deliberation regarding the purchase, exchange or value of Right of Way along proposed FM110 in Pct 1. Possible action to follow in open court. INGALSBE]

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> JUDGE BECERRA: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: ONE MORE TIME COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: ITEM NUMBER 59, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A PARTIAL SETTLEMENT AND CONDEMNATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND FM 158 LAND LIMITED RELATED TO THE ACCESSORY OF RIGHT-OF-WAY TO CONSTRUCT THE FM 1 10 PROJECT

IN PRECINCT OF HAYS COUNTY. >> SECOND.

>> LON SHELL: YES. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

>> MARK JONES: YES. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. ONE MORE TIME, COMMISSIONER.

[54. Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code: consultation with counsel regarding pending and/or contemplated litigation involving Hays County. Possible action may follow in open court. BECERRA]

>> 54, MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE JANSON OPIOID SETTLEMENT, INCLUDING THE JANSON SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> MARK JONES: YES.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES. >> LON SHELL: YES.

>> WALT SMITH: YES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.