Feb 15, 2022 Regular

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>> THE FIRST GAVEL IS TO TELL THE MEDIA THAT WE ARE TURNING ON SO HERE WE ARE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. AND I WILL TELL YOU BEFORE WE START WITH INVOCATIONS WE ARE GOING TO BASED ON THE ATTENDANCE AND POPULATION, WE TRY TO MOVE THINGS AROUND, TO HELP PEOPLE CONTINUE WITH THEIR DAY.

IF YOU HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM AT THE END OF COURT, AGENDA NUMBER 60 OR WHATEVER, JUST KNOW THAT IF THE POPULATION IS HERE TO BE PART OF IT, IT IS CUSTOMARY TO MOVE SO YOU KNOW.

SO DO NOT THINK THAT, AGENDA ITEMS 67 AND I WILL GO IN AFTER LUNCH. NOT NECESSARY.

IF THE ATTENDANCE IS RIGHT, WE WILL BRING IT FORWARD.

AND ALSO, I WAS ASKED TO PULL NUMBER NINE.

IS ANYONE HERE REGARDING NUMBER NINE? NO? OKAY.

THIS MORNING IS INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY BROTHER JEFF THOMPSON. IF YOU WILL PLEASE ALL RISE.

>> LET US PRAY. GRACIOUS LORD, MIGHTY GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS OF HAYS COUNTY.OU HAVE GIVEN US SO MUCH, YOU HAVE BLESSED US, KEPT US, YOU HAVE BEEN A GRACIOUS, WONDERFUL PROVIDER.

WE ASK YOU TO HELP US IN THIS TIME, TO DISCERN WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE US DO. WE ASK YOU TO GIVE ARTICULATION TO ALL SPEAKERS, WE ASK YOU TO GIVE WISDOM AND GRACE AND DISCERNMENT TO ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

THAT THEY MAY DO YOUR WILL AND SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS SPECIAL WAY. HELP US TO ALL KNOW THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US, PROTECTING US GUIDING US, GIVING US WHAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE, AND YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY,

AMEN. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATEUNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE .

DOCTOR -- WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?

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[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

UNFORTUNATELY, NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COURT AS WE WERE EXPECTING NOT TO RESPOND. ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AS RHETORICAL. ALL COMMENTS ARE OPINIONS OF THE SPEAKER AND ARE NOT MEANT TO BE CONSTRUED AS THE TRUTH NECESSARILY. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AND LANGUAGE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL, OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME. IN THE SPIRIT OF RESPECT, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.

I SAID THIS BEFORE AND A CELL PHONE WILL RING.

SO ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE, REACH FOR YOUR CELL PHONES AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE SILENCED. OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS MORNING IS.

PODIUM HAVE DRIVEN U-- YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

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>> I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT COMING LESS TIME HAD A MEETING. DID TRY TO SEND AN EMAIL BUT IT'S NOT WORKING RIGHT, SOMETHING IS WRONG. THE OTHER THING IS TODAY MY NEPHEW, A HAYS COUNTY SPELLING BEE SO BEST OF LUCK TO MY NEPHEW. THE OTHER THING IS, THERE IS A SAYING THIS IS NOTHING IS LEGAL AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GET CAUGHT.HIS COURT HAS TAKEN THAT AN JUST RAN WITH IT.

YOU KNOW? 1.7 MILLION LOSSES.

I READ AN ARTICLE THAT HAD DOCTOR CRUMLEY STRUCK YOU NAME IT. THE QUESTION IS WHAT WILL TAKE YOU TO START CONSIDERING REMOVING THESE FOLKS FROM THESE POSITIONS? KENNEDY HERE COUNSELOR 1.7 MILLION -- COMMISSIONER JONES, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SINCE YOU BEEN IN OFFICE, THAT SOMEONE HAS LOST OVER $1 MILLION. YOU WERE HERE THE LAST TIME KENNEDY DID A AND NOW AGAIN ASKING FOR VOTE FOR COUNTY JUDGE. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD NOT BRAG ABOUT WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY? POLITICAL FUNCTIONS -- THE OTHER DAY, I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE.

THERE ARE TWO NEW BEAUTIFUL PATROL CARS THAT DON'T MOVE.

AND ONE WITHOUT BRAKES PUT SHOP BLOCKS SO DEPUTIES DON'T COME HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT. IT IS MISMANAGEMENT OF FUNDS.

ALL OF THIS POLITICAL, HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SUING GOING AROUND.

THIS WAS PUT ON MY DOOR. I DON'T APPRECIATE THIS KIND OF STUFF ON MY DOOR. MAYBE HAVE TO START WORKING ON A PROCLAMATION FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE, LIKE THE STUFF IN MY HOUSE. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS FULL OF LIES.'M NOT A FAN OF LIES. THIS RIGHT HERE IS A PLACE WHERE ALL THE LIES ARE DISCUSSED, JUSTIFIED, POLISHED AND IN A JOINT GROUP EFFORT UNACCEPTABLE FOLKS.

ELIMINATING WRITTEN DEBORAH IN THE REGISTRATION OFFICE.

I DO FRIEND TRY TO GET A TITLE SHE HAS ALL KINDS OF WRONG INFORMATION. THE LADY WHOEVER SHE IS, NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE ARE COMPETENT.

WE PAY TOO MUCH MONEY. WHAT WAS I GOING TO SAY? SHOOT! JUST ALL OF THIS POLITICAL STUFF THAT'S GOING ON. UNACCEPTABLE, UNACCEPTABLE FOLKS. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WITH ALL OF THE SUING GOING AROUND. MAYBE HE CAN CHANGE HIS COUNTY FROM WHATEVER IT IS NOW, TO THE SEWAGE CAPITOL OR SEWER CAPITOL OR SOMETHING. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR Y'ALL TO HAVE ALL OF THE STUFF BEING GENERATED.

ALL OF Y'ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE. NO ONE IS LOSING THEIR JOBS.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW Y'ALL GOT AGENDA ITEM 18 I BELIEVE ABOUT 700 MEGAHERTZ FOR THE FLOODING STUFF.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. WILLIAM VAN WINKLE.

IF YOU WILL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, YOU WILL HAVE THREE

MINUTES, SIR. >> I COME HERE AS A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL. WITH A COMPLAINT ABOUT SOME NOISE POLLUTION FROM THE COUNTY AREA.

I GO TO A CHURCH OVER -- FOR EXAMPLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE PEOPLE IN CONGREGATION HAD TO COME INTO THE 5 PM SERVICE WITH A LOUD MUSIC BLARING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND A 5 PM SERVICE EVIDENTLY THEY SENT A SHERIFF DEPUTY OUT THERE BUT IT WOUND UP WITH A FRATERNITY, SOON AS THEY LEFT THEY MADE IT LOUDER. I PETITION THE COURT TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD REGULATE THAT.

THE ONLY WAY WE HAVE, TO CALL THE SHERIFF AND IT DOESN'T REALLY WORK. I FOUND THAT THE FRATERNITY COUNCIL ON CAMPUS, IS THE MAN TO TALK TO AND HE CAN COME HIS AUTHORITY OVER THE FRATERNITIES AND WHAT THEY DO AND SO FORTH.

THAT IS THE ONLY WAY I PERSONALLY, THIS IS MY PROJECT.

I PERSONALLY BEEN ABLE TO DEAL WITH THIS.

AND I HAVE DETAILS HANDED OUT AND I WOULD ASK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU.

>> YOU MINE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC TO GIVE US THE ADDRESS OF THE LOCATION YOU ARE REFERRING TO?

>> THE CONFLAGRATION CHURCH OF CHRIST 115 COUNTRY STATION DRIVE. SIGMA ALPHA -- FRATERNITY HAS A

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SOMETIMES IT'S MONTHS WITHOUT DOING IT.ND IT'S YOUR PROBLEM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU

CAN HELP US WITH THAT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. JEFFREY THOMPSON.

BROTHER THOMPSON, IF YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, YOU HAVE

THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS JEFF THOMPSON. I'M A RETIRED PASTOR, A MEMBER OF THE LIVING WORD LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BUDA.

A LEADER WITH CORRIDOR INTERFAITH ALLIANCE FOR PFAMILIES. CIAF, A COALITION OF RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS, AND NONPROFITS IN HAYS COUNTY, IS INCREDIBLY DISMAYED THAT HAYS COUNTY HAS JUST ANNOUNCED IT MUST RETURN ANOTHER 1.7 MILLION IN UNSPENT RENTAL ASSISTANCE DOLLARS FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS ON TOP OF 772,791 DOLLARS IN UNSPENT RENTAL ASSISTANCE OF THE COUNTY RETURNED TO WASHINGTON IN SEPTEMBER. RESIDENTS CANNOT AFFORD THE MONEY EARMARKED FOR HAYS COUNTY TO BE REDISTRIBUTED TO OTHER COUNTIES BECAUSE THE LACK OF ADMINISTRATIVE COMPETENCE.

CIAF JUSTIFY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FEBRUARY 1 AND HELD A NON- PARTISAN CANDIDATE OF ACCOUNTABILITY SESSION THIS PAST THURSDAY. CALLING ON ALL THOSE RUNNING FOR HAYS COUNTY OFFICE. TO STAND ARPA FUNDS, INCLUDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE DOLLARS EXPEDIENTLY.

WE HOLD OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT TO THE HIGHEST ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMPETENCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC DOLLARS AND PROGRAMS. HAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS FACING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND EVICTION, CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE ONE DOLLAR LOST FOR THE LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY IN COUNTY PROGRAMS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SIR.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. MELISSA RODRIGUEZ.

>> GOOD MORNING, MELISSA RODRIGUEZ WITH THE HAYES ALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER. I'M HEREBY ESTABLISHING A SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM. I WANT TO INFORM YOU, NOT ONLY HAVE WE BEEN MEETING. WE DO HAVE A GROUP.

I BROUGHT MY COORDINATOR HERE WITH ME TODAY.

HER NAME IS PEARL GONZALES. SHE IS ALSO A SEXUAL ASSAULT COUNSELOR. BUT I'M VERY EXCITED, ON A DEEPER LEVEL WE WANT THE COMMUNITY WELL AWARE OF THEIR IMPORTANT ISSUE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, HOLD ALL OF US WHO ARE PART OF THIS RELATIONSHIP ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR CITIZENS. SO, THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING THIS ITEM. I AM IN SUPPORT OF IT.

I HOPE THAT IF ANY OF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE DO IT, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. SO JUST THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SMITH FOR SUPPORTING THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL. OUR NEXT PICTURE MR. DAN LION.

>> THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.AST THURSDAY NIGHT, I WAS AT COMMISSIONER SMITH'S CAMPAIGN RALLY AT THE SALT LAKE. AFTER CAREFUL THOUGHT AND LONG CONSIDERATION, I DECIDED TO THROW MY FULL ENDORSEMENT BEHIND SALT LAKE BARBECUE. [LAUGHTER] AS FAR AS A POLITICAL CANDIDATE, I WILL NOT ENDORSE EITHER ONE. COMMISSIONER SMITH'S SPEECH, HE GAVE A THEORETICAL EXAMPLE OF A MAN WITH 100 ACRES AND WANTED TO BUILD ONE HOUSE PER ACRE. IF YOU WERE TO CHANGE HIS MIND AND BUILD 50 HOUSES AND SET ASIDE 50 ACRES AS CONSERVATION

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THIS WILL BE FURTHER DISCUSSED IN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT WE WILL HAVE THE NEWS THAT HAYS COUNTY IS GIVING $1.7 MILLION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLUS 700,000 GAVE BACK ALTHOUGH I'M NOT AWARE OF THESE PROGRAMS I REALIZE SINCE THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE TAKEN PEOPLES HOUSING MONEY THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT.

ARE YOU ALL TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE HONEST? YOU CAN EVEN SEEM TO MAKE HAYS COUNTY A SOCIALIST WELFARE COUNTY. IN A SUCCESSFUL MANNER.

WHAT DO Y'ALL DO? PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO PAY THEIR TAXES, YOU SEND MEN AND WOMEN TO THEIR PROPERTY, WITH BIG GUNS AND IF THEY REFUSE TO LEAVE, YOU WILL, HAVE THEM SHOT DEAD. THIS IS NOT FREEDOM, THIS IS NOT AMERICA. THIS, THIS IS -- WHAT IS GOING TO END? WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT LOOKING AFTER THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY? Y'ALL ARE NOT HERE TO JUST STEAL PEOPLES MONEY AND STILL PEOPLES LAND, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT LOOKS TO ME. I'M WAITING FOR Y'ALL TO PROVE ME WRONG BUT NG BUT SO FAR, 'S BEEN AN UNENDING TAXATION, TO TAKE PEOPLES PROPERTY. I'M FRANKLY SICK OF IT.

I CALL ON THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY TO GET TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING. HOPEFULLY, THEY CAN PEACEFULLY VOTE Y'ALL OUT OF OFFICE. BUT THERE ARE OTHER REMEDIES ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION. I WILL NOT SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE DO THEM BUT THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT.

SO I WOULDN'T LIKE BEING IN YOUR POSITION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. ERIC MARTINEZ.

>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ERIC MARTINEZ.

I'M THE POLICY DIRECTOR WITH -- IN HERE TO PLEAD WITH Y'ALL TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AUDITOR AND TO LESSEN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ERA PROGRAM THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE US TREASURY GUIDELINES. BACK IN MARCH 2021, THIS COURT RELEASED IN RFP TO MANAGE THE ERA PROGRAM, BUT REJECTED ALL APPLICANTS. THE IDEA WAS THAT THE COUNTY COULD RUN IT MORE CHEAPLY THAN EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, AND WILL HOPEFULLY PASS THE SAVINGS ONTO ERA APPLICANTS.

WE ALL KNOW HOW THIS APPROACH HAS WORKED SO FAR.

A BACKLOG OF ERA TICKETS, FEDERAL MONEY BEING RECAPTURED, FAMILIES BEING EVICTED, AND SO ON.

THE COUNTY HOUSE UNTIL 31 MARCH TO OBLIGATE AT LEAST $2 MILLION TO SECURE $600,000 IN ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING. PLEASE, PLEASE, ADEQUATELY STAFF THE ERA WITH CASEWORKERS WITH EXPERIENCE, WORK WITH THE AUDITOR TO LESSEN THE REQUIREMENTS AND ABIDE BY THE VERY OWN PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT Y'ALL SUBMITTED LAST FALL. STAFF THE AUDITORS OFFICE AS NECESSARY, TO PROCESS THESE TICKETS IN TIME.

MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTY, ARE IN DIRE NEED OF YOUR SUPPORT, DIRECTION AND LEADERSHIP.

[1.Adopt a Proclamation declaring the month of February 2022 as Career and Technical Education Month in Hays County. JONES]

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. MARTINEZ.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION.

NOW, IF YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.

>> NUMBER ONE ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2022 AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

MONTH IN HAYS COUNTY. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> IF YOU HAVE THE PROCLAMATION WILL YOU PLEASE READ IT. CHRIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2022 AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH.

WHERE AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH IS TAKING PLACE DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY TO HONOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO PURSUE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AS A MEANS OF ACQUIRING REAL-WORLD SKILLS TO COMPETE IN THE WORKFORCE AND WHEREAS, AROUND 1.5 MILLION TEXAS SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE EVERY 2022 AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH AND EXTEND SINCERE BEST WISHES TO ALL OF THE TALENTED YOUNG STUDENTS ARE CHOSEN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AS A WAY TO ACHIEVE THEIR LONG-TERM PROFESSIONAL GOALS. ADOPTED THIS 15TH DAY OF

FEBRUARY 2022. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL THE ROLL?

>> LET'S GO AHEAD REAL QUICK. I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA. I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE, THEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WE HAVE NOW WITH YOUNG PEOPLE STARTING OUT IS THE STUDENT LOAN PRICES.

THESE YOUNG PEOPLE STARTING OUT THEIR LIVES WITH SOME OVER $100,000 IN STUDENT LOANS. I HAVE A FAMILY TO GRADUATE WITH A TEACHING DEGREE FROM BAYLOR, SHE TEACHING NEVER HAS $100,000 STUDENT LOAN WITH TEACHING DEGREE.

THESE PROGRAMS NOW, WE HAVE THESE PROGRAMS IN THE SCHOOLS, I GET TO GIVE THE KIDS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

IN HAYS I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE TO FIRE ACADEMY, EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE TWO OR THREE KIDS THAT GO STRAIGHT FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO WAITING FOR HIM TO TURN 18 TO HIRE THEM. I THINK THEY ARE GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE INSTEAD OF OWN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEY GET OUT OF SCHOOL, THEY'RE MAKING 60 TO 80,000. I WILL GIVE YOU ONE QUICK STORY, ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS IS NAMED AFTER -- HE HAD A FRIEND THAT WAS LOCKED HAD A LEAK CALLED A PLUMBER TO FIX IT THEY FIXED IT TOOK LESS THAN AN HOUR HE GIVE THE BILL TO THE DR. AND IT WAS $100 AN HOUR. THE DR. TOLD HIM, HE SAID A DR.

AND I DON'T MAKE $100 AN HOUR. THE PLUMBER SAID WHEN I WAS A DR. I DIDN'T EITHER! [LAUGHTER] SO I THINK THESE ARE GOOD, THERE ARE SOME KIDS WE NEED TO GO TO COLLEGE AND SOME KIDS NEED THESE DIFFERENT THINGS I WANT TO THANK ALL THE DIFFERENT CT PROGRAMS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS

AND WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DO. >> JUDGE I AGREE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT OUR YOUNG INDIVIDUALS OR YOUNG KIDS REALIZE THAT THEY CAN BE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL BY ATTENDING THESE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BECOME SUCCESSFUL AND IS JUST GREAT THAT I KNOW FOR A LITTLE BIT THERE, ATTENDING THESE PROGRAMS AND CLASSES AND FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION IN THAT MANNER, FOR A WHILE SCHOOLS TOOK THOSE AWAY OR SOME OF THEM I'M NOT SURE, IT'S A

WONDERFUL PROGRAM. >> I AGREE 100 PERCENT.

THE HIGH SCHOOL I WAS ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

I WAS TAKING AUTO MECHANICS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ONLY MECHANICS WE KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE.

THERE WAS A PROGRAMMER CAN BECOME CERTIFIED AND GET HIRED BY THE DEALERSHIPS TO DO THE WORK OF BEING A MECHANIC.

AND SO, IT'S A MAGNIFICENT PROGRAM.

>> JUDGE, FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW MY UNDERGRADS ACTUALLY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY.

AT THOSE GOING TO BE A TEACHER SO WHEN I GRADUATED I TAUGHT AGRICULTURE MECHANICS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS FOR A YEAR.

AND IT REALLY PUT INTO FOCUS FOR ME WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. I WAS VALEDICTORIAN, AND A SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF HUNTSVILLE VALEDICTORIAN THAT YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS IN MY CLASS, AND TO BE A DIESEL MECHANIC.

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AND IT'S REALLY WHAT'S WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO STAY THERE AND THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IF YOU WENT TO COLLEGE AND GOT A HIGHER DEGREE, THE WASN'T THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO BE WHERE HE WANTED TO BE AND ESPECIALLY ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE, THERE ARE THOSE JOBS EVERYWHERE. YOU COULD BE A PLUMBER ANYWHERE. EVERYONE NEEDS A PLUMBER, EVERYONE NEEDS A MECHANIC, THIS IS HOW WE NEED TO FIGURE HOW TO

GET THE KIDS THERE. >> A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE

EDUCATORS. >> I WILL CALL THE ROLL.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> SOMEONE TO SPEAK ON THE AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH

THE PODIUM. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. I'M THE CT DIRECTOR FOR HAYS CISD. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THIS IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER.

WE HAVE DOCTOR MICHAEL WATSON ONE OF THE DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICERS, AND MATT KELLY, STRUCTURES FOR CTE.

AND JOE HENDERSON IS OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.OE WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO SET UP STUDENT INTERNSHIPS, CAREER DAYS AND EVEN TEACHER EXTERNSHIPS. DURING THE SUMMERS THE TEACHERS CAN SPEND A FEW DAYS DOING SOME JOB SHADOWING.

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW BUSINESS PARTNERS SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, PLEASE GIVE JOE YOUR BUSINESS CARD OR GET ONE FROM HIM. WE DO HAVE A SENIOR HIRING DATE MAY 19 FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING A FEW DAYS LATER AND NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AFTER GRADUATION.

YOU HEAR US REFERRING TO THE DAY AS CREW DAY OR CAREER READY EDUCATED WORKFORCE DAY. WE REALLY LIKE ACRONYMS AND EDUCATION! INFREQUENTLY WE REALLY STRIVE TO GET OUR STUDENTS COLLEGE AND CAREER READY FOR OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE. WE OFFER MANY INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS, SO OUR STUDENTS ARE READY TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE UPON GRADUATION IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION THEY CHOOSE. THAT INCLUDES COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING, FIREFIGHTERS, RESTAURANT MANAGER, OSHA 30, 30 HOUR COURSE. AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, AUTOCAD, NONCOMMISSIONED SECURITY OFFICER, ADOBE, MICROSOFT OFFICE, I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE AND FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT ANYTIME!

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SUCH A HIGH UTILITY AND VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE, AND A MS. MITCHELL WOULD LOOK TO SHEA JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH CTE.

I'M SURE SHE WOULD BE GLAD TO SHOW YOU AROUND.

CHRIS IS CUSTOMER TO COME AROUND FOR PICTURE.OULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE? COME ON UP!

[2.Adopt a proclamation recognizing February 21, 2022 as President George Washington Day. INGALSBE]

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NUMBER TWO. >> NUMBER TWO, DOCTOR PROCLAMATION RICK DISCOVERY 20 JANUARY 20, 2022 AS PRESIDENT

GEORGE WASHINGTON DAY. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

JUST INDIVIDUAL. WE HAVE HERE, ALTHOUGH SAID BEAUTIFULLY, BUT -- THAT I THANK YOU, HANDSOME, HANDSOMELY JUST INDIVIDUAL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AND SAY A FEW WORDS? HE DID THE WORK!

HAT'S RIGHT, WELL DONE. >> LAST TIME I JUST THIS PODIUM MY OPENING REWORKS WERE THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

>> IT IS INTERESTING THAT YOUR FIRST RESOLUTION WENT TO EDUCATION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR SECOND RESOLUTION GOES TO THE MAN THAT FOUNDED, THE MEN THAT ESTABLISHED, THE MAN THAT GAVE HIS LIFE SO THAT THIS COUNTRY COULD ENJOY FREEDOMS THAT IT HAS TODAY.

THE PROBLEM IS, THE AVERAGE STUDENT, LET ALONE AVERAGE PERSON CANNOT TELL YOU WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY IS. AND THE REASON IS, 1971 IN JANUARY, CONGRESS IMPLEMENTED THE COMBINED MONDAYS HOLIDAY ACT. AND GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY ALONG WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WAS RELEGATED TO A POSITION OF PRESIDENTS' DAY. THE PROBLEM IS, ANOTHER OF THEIR BIRTHDAYS FALL ON EITHER OF THE SEVEN DAY PERIOD -- ONLY SEVERAL STATES RECOGNIZE GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, TEXAS IS NOT ONE OF THEM AND WOULD LIKE TO CHANGETHAT.

WE'RE STARTING BY ASKING EACH COUNTY, EACH LAW ENTITY , TO RECOGNIZE FEBRUARY 22 AS GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

I KNOW WE ARE JOE COX AND.

WELL. HIS CUSTOMER TO TAKE A PICTURE AND I LOVE IF YOU WOULD TRANSFER.

>> CAN READ THE PROCLAMATION? >> YES BUT JUST KNOW WE WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS. AND DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE, MR. COX? I'M SORRY, WILL YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, AND THEN ONCE HE IS DONE IF YOU WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU, MR. COX.

>> I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY, JUDGE, THAT THE REQUEST WAS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE WILLIAM HIGHTOWER CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE CAPTAIN THOMAS MOORE CHAPTER, THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

AND BASED HERE IN SAN MARCOS, ATHENA RITCHIE AND SEVERAL MEMBERS ARE WITH US HERE TODAY. AND SO IF WE COME UP, IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO COME UP.

>> I AGREE ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S WONDERFUL THANK YOU.

PLEASE READ THE PROCLAMATION. >> PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 21, 2022, AS PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON DAY.

WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING THE WAR OF REVOLUTION FROM 1776 TO 1783, THROUGH THE BRILLIANT AND COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, REVIEWED FATHER OF OUR NATION, AND WHEREAS GEORGE WASHINGTON WHO LIVED FROM 1732 UNTIL 1799, MOBILIZED THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND LED THE AMERICAN COLONIES AGAINST THE MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, FINALLY DEFEATED THE

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AND WHEREAS, THE WILLIAM HIGHTOWER CHAPTER OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND LOCAL DAR CHAPTER, COSPONSORED, WISHES TO ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE ETHICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON TO OUR NATION BY CELEBRATING HIS BIRTH ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 21, 2022, AS PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON DAY.

AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE BRILLIANT, AND COURAGE OF THE FATHER OF OUR NATION AND OUR DEMOCRACY IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD.

ADOPTED THIS, THE 15TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2022.

>> BEAUTIFULLY DONE. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? NOW WE HAVE REACHED THAT SPOT, THE POINT IN TIME WHERE YOU CAN ALL APPROACHED THE PODIUM. ANYONE THAT WANTS TO BE IN THE PICTURE PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

[3 .Adopt a Proclamation recognizing the one year anniversary and achievements of the Council for the Indigenous and Tejano Community. BECERRA]

NUMBER THREE. >> NUMBER THREE, ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO

COMMUNITY. >> SO MOVED.> SECOND.

>> ONE PERSON SEND THIS BE, MR. LION.

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>> I HAVE A -- I AGREE WITH 95 PERCENT IT WAS WRITTEN ON HERE.

I DO THINK THAT THE STORY OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION IS PROBABLY AN UNDER TOLD STORY. SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH NEIL, ALSO RECOGNIZING INDIGENOUS AMERICANS.

. I HAVE READ A BOOK AND YOU WILL FORGIVE ME, HOPEFULLY COMMISSIONER GONZALES -- IT HAS -- THE TITLE ANOTHER YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND THERE'S A COPY IN THE LIBRARY. I HAD READ QUITE A BIT OF THAT WHEN I FOUND IT.ND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A COPY DOWNSTAIRS STAIRS ALSO BUT LET ME GET TO MY OBJECTION HERE N THE SECOND WHEREAS FROM THE BOTTOM.

HE SAYS WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 3 2022, THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AWARDED THE COUNCIL ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS AND UNDER TOLD HISTORICAL MARKER FOR THE UNTOLD STORY OF OUR -- RANCH HANDS AND STOCK RAISES HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE INDIGENOUS, MEXICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN RANCH HANDS, WHOSE LIVES PROVIDED THE SWEAT EQUITY TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL RANCH IS IN HAYS COUNTY. I'M SORRY, THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMON DON'T EVEN LIKE TO USE THE TERM ANGLOS BECAUSE IT MEANS ENGLISH. BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF ENGLISH PEOPLE OUT OF GERMAN, A LOT OF IRISH PEOPLE.

A LOT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIAN AND POLISH THAT CAME AND YOU KNOW, DID THEIR OWN WORK WITHOUT SLAVE LABOR.

AND THIS STATEMENT IS JUST NOT CORRECT.

IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT DID WORK ON RANCHES WERE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS, THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. THEREFORE, THIS PROCLAMATION IS, IT IS NOT CORRECT AND IT SHOULD NOT BE VOTED IN UNTIL THAT IS CHANGED. I PERSONALLY FIND THAT A SLAP IN MY FACE. MYANCESTORS , THE ONES FROM GERMANY, MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER CAME OVER AND WALKED FROM INDIANOLA TO -- AND SET UP HIS OWN FARM AND DID NOT USE ANY SLAVE LABOR. AND WHEN HIS BRIDE FINISHED OR INDENTURED SERVITUDE FOR ONE YEAR, FOR PASSAGE OVER, HE WENT AND MET HER AT THE PORT, HE WALKED THERE AND THEY WALKED BACK. SO THAT IS THE REALITY.

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

IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENT I WILL ASK YOU TO CALL THE ROLL.

PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW

WORDS.>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THIS MORNING, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS LONG-STANDING HISTORY TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR AN UNDER TOLD HISTORICAL MARKER. THE COMMISSION IS WONDERFUL AND THEY HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT IMPROVING THE LONG-STANDING HISTORY. HER NAME IS GINA -- ROGERS AS CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO COMMUNITY ALSO KNOWN AS -- OR RECENTLY CELEBRATED OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. OF THE MANY PROJECTS ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR WE ARE HONORED TO RECEIVE THE APPROVAL OF IT UNDER TOLD HISTORICAL MARKER FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, RANCH HANDS AND STOCK RAISES.

ONLY 15 APPLICATIONS WERE APPROVED FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER MARKER.

PREVIOUSLY I PREPARED FIVE NARRATIVES TO SEND TO THC AND THREE HAVE BEEN APPROVED. TWO ARE UNDER TOLD HISTORICAL MARKERS. THEY ARE A FREE GIFT, HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER AND FOR THOSE THAT APPLY FOR THEM.

THEY ARE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE NONPROFIT INDIGENOUS CULTURES INSTITUTE. IT'S OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE A

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AFTER TRYING TO HAVE THEIR STORY HONORED THROUGH THE USUAL CHANNELS, ONLY ONE HEADSTONE REMAINS IN KYLE FOR -- WHO BURIED HIS SON AND ALSO THE RICH CUSTOMS DATING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF TEXAS. AS A BOY PEDRO FIRST VISITED DURING THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO IN 1836.

HE LATER REGISTERED A CATTLE BRAND WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS IN 1865. HE MARRIED IN HAYS COUNTY, RAISED 14 CHILDREN AND HIS DAUGHTER KEPT JOURNALS OF BIRTH, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. AND GIFTING ANIMALS, BRANDED WITH CATTLE BRAND TO HIS CHILDREN.

ANOTHER PORTION OF THE STORY IS FAMILY, ISABELLA GONZALES CRUZ WHO IN 1854, WAS DEEDED 640 ACRES BY THOMAS MCKINNEY.

OF MCKINNEY FALLS. THE TOWN OF SAN MARCOS -- HER HUSBAND FILED A DEED WHEN YOU'RE LATER DIRECTING ALL OF HIS INTEREST IN HIS STOCK BRANDED WITH CATTLE BRAND.

A YEAR LATER AFTER THAT HE WAS AMBUSHED AND KILLED NEAR HIS HOME. WITH HIM WAS CHIEF EAGLE WHO DIED WITHIN A YEAR. ISABELLA THEN BECAME THE ONLY FEMALE MEXICAN LANDOWNER IN HAYS COUNTY.

ALL THE WHILE RAISING SIX CHILDREN.

SHE THEN CONTRACTED TO SELL HER LAND IN 1900 WITH INSTRUCTIONS, WITH HER HORSES AND CATTLE UNTIL HER DEATH.

EARLIER MARKERS HAD BEEN GRANTED.

INCLUDING THE ALBA FAMILY RANCH UNDER TOLD HISTORICAL MARKER.

-- MY ANCESTOR AND.

LAND IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. -- AND ALBA FAMILY RELATIVE WALKED INTO THE COURTHOUSE IN YOUR 1903 TO RECORD THE VERY FIRST MALE BIRTH. A SUBJECT MARKET IS BEING CAST SOON AND IT WILL BE READY FOR DEDICATION FOR.

FAMILIES STRUGGLED TO GAIN IMPROVEMENTS FOR EDUCATION AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS. AS A MUTUAL AID SOCIETY THEIR PURPOSE WAS TO PROMOTE CULTURE AND CELEBRATE FAMILIES.

THEY'VE ALSO BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DAMAGED MARKER ON -- IN 1808 -- RISKED EVERYTHING.

I CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT RECEIVED FOR THE INDIGENOUS CULTURES INSTITUTE AND ALSO FROM CREDENTIALED PROFESSORS IN TEXAS HISTORY.

IT IS DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO DOCUMENT WHEN YOU HAVE FACTS, BUT WHEN THOSE DOCUMENTS EXIST AND FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, DECIDE NOT TO USE AND THAT IS A FAILURE TO THE TEXAS HISTORY.

THERE ARE MANY STORIES WAITING TO BE REVEALED AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO BOLDLY TELLING THEM AND WE SEEK YOUR SUPPORT.

FOR THIS HIGHER STANDARD AND A VISION FOR THIS DIVERSE COMMUNITY. I ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WHATSOEVER, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.

>> COMMISSIONERS, ANY COMMAS OR QUESTIONS?

>> NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING ALL THAT YOU DID, IT IS WONDERFUL.

TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF OUR ANCESTORS.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESEARCH AND THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.

>> APPRECIATE IT. -- [INAUDIBLE]

>> JUST KIDDING! I'M GENERALLY GRATEFUL.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING BECAUSE THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS WAS THE NATION OF TEXAS AND IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO BE, EVER SUCH A TINY PART OF HELPING TO TELL THE STORY.

AND I'M JUST SO, I AM IN AWE OF ALL THE RICH VARIETY THAT EXISTS HERE WITHIN US. AND LIKE AGRICULTURE, WE TALK ABOUT COMMISSIONERS I HAVE AGRICULTURAL BACKGROUNDS HERE.

THE MORE DIVERSE WE HAVE A PEOPLE, THE STRONGER WE ARE

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SO OVERALL, IF WE WERE ALL JUST HOMOGENIZED, WE WOULD BE A WEAKER SPECIES. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE DIVERSITY, GRATEFUL FOR THE VARIETY AND GRATEFUL FOR THE EXPANSION OF OUR IDENTITY, AWARENESS.HANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO AND AS IS CUSTOMARY, ANYONE INTERESTED IN TAKING A PICTURE,

COME ON UP! >> DID YOU WANT TO READ IT?

>> I THOUGHT YOU READ IT. >> I'M SORRY.

>> SHE STILL HAS TO BE THE CULMINATION!

>> PER COMMISSION RECOGNIZE THE UNION VERSE OF THE COUNCIL FOR INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO COMMUNITY.

WHERE IS THE AREA SURROUNDING THE HEADWATERS OF THE SAN MARCOS RIVER ACKNOWLEDGE BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS AS THE LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY INHABITED SITE IN NORTH AMERICA FOR OVER 14,000 YEARS AND HAS BEEN THE HOMELAND OF MANY INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THE -- PEOPLE THE ORIGINAL NATIVE AMERICANS IN THIS AREA. AND WHEREAS JANUARY 2 2021, IN RESPONSE TO A COMMUNITY DESIRE TO ADDRESS A MULTITUDE OF UNTOLD AND UNDER TOLD INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO STORIES, HAYS COUNTY JUDGE RUBEN -- -- WHEREAS WITH RESPECT TO THE BELIEF OF SEVEN GENERATIONS, THE JUDGE ASKED SIX LEADERS OF THE INDIGENOUS AND TO HUDDLE COMMUNITY TO JOIN HIM TO FORM THE COUNCIL INCLUDING GINA ROGERS, IRMA GAITAN, FRANK ARREDONDO, BOBBIE GARZA-HERNANDEZ, MARIA ROCHAAND ANITA COLLINS AND WHEREAS THE MISSION OF THE COUNCIL IS TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND RICH CULTURE OF INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO COMMUNITY OF HAYS COUNTY WHICH IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HISTORICAL MARKERS, CONDENSING ORAL HISTORIES, ART AND CULTURE WHILE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE DISTINGUISHED INDIGENOUS CULTURES INSTITUTE AND WHEREAS, IN THE PAST YEAR, COUNSEL HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THE HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO PEOPLE TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE FORM OF HISTORICAL NARRATIVES, PROCLAMATIONS, MURALS, NAMING OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND WHEREAS, ON FEBRUARY 3, 2022 THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AWARDED THE COUNCIL ONE OF ITS HIGHEST HONOR, THE UNDER TOLD HISTORICAL MARKER FOR THE UNTOLD STORY OF VAQUEROS, RANCH HANDS AND STOCK RAISER, HIGHLIGHTING THE CONTRIBUTION OF INDIGENOUS, MEXICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN RANCH HANDS WHOSE LIFE PROVIDED THE SWEAT EQUITY TO BUILD THE SUCCESSFUL RANCHES IN HAYS COUNTY. WHEREAS THE SUCCESS OF COUNSEL FOR THE INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO COMMUNITY CREATES NEWFOUND PRIDE AND REFLECTION ON THE LEGACY OF OUR OWN INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO PEOPLE WHO HAVE INFLUENCED HAYS COUNTY HISTORY.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT CELEBRATES THE SUCCESSFUL FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE INDIGENOUS AND TEJANO COMMUNITY AND INVITE EVERYONE TO TELL THEIR STORY. ADOPTED THIS 15TH DAY OF

FEBRUARY 2022. >> NOW ANYONE THAT WANTS TO COME UP!

[4.Update by Director of Countywide Operations and Hays County Staff on the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP); possible discussion and/or action may follow. BECERRA]

>> AND, WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

>> NUMBER FOUR, UPDATE BY DIRECTIVE COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS AND HAYS COUNTY STAFF ON EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE

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>> THANK YOU END UP AT THE AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF CONVERSATION, LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOME MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS NECESSARY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD IN CHARGE OF IT, TO SHED LIGHT ON AND CLARIFY WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT PROGRESS IS.

UNTIL THIS BECOMES A SMOOTHER SAILING, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD KEEP THIS AGENDA ITEM ON THERE AND HERE AT THE PODIUM, WE HAVE THE NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

CHRIS GOOD MORNING.

OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GIVE YOU THE UPDATE N THE ERA PROGRAM AND WHAT WE VE ACCOMPLISHED O DATE.

SINCE JULY 21, I'M SORRY JULY 2021, WE HAVE THE COUNTY COVID PROGRAM HAS DISTRIBUTED $1.2 MILLION TO LANDLORD UTILITIES COMPANIES AND HOTELS. BETWEEN THAT, JULY 2021 AND DECEMBER 21, WE DISTRIBUTED APPROXIMATELY $700,000 AND ASSISTED ROUGHLY 380 APPLICANTS.

SINCE JANUARY, WE PAID OUT MORE THAN $480,000 AND ASSISTED 188 ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS. TODAY, ANOTHER 27,000 WILL BE PAID AFTER THE COURT APPROVES IT.

ANOTHER $113,000 COMMITTED TO HOTELS FOR HOUSING STABILITY.

OUR OVERALL EFFICIENCY IS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY SINCE JANUARY. WE IMPLEMENTED NEEDED CHANGES TO ENSURE MORE EFFICIENT WORKFLOW PROCESS.

OUR COUNTYWIDE BUDGET AND OPERATIONS MANAGER LISA GRIFFIN, HAS WORKED WITH OUR ERA STAFF AND OTHER COUNTY STAFF ON HOW TO EFFECTIVELY USE OUR CURRENT TICKETING SYSTEM AND PROCESS PAYMENTS IN A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER.

THAT MEANS IT WILL GO TO THE AUDITORS OFFICE WITHIN THE SYSTEM. TODAY, I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. ALL OF OUR WORK WHILE HAVING ONLY ONE FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER, ACTUALLY IN THE ERA PROGRAM AND ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS ACTUALLY RESIGNED AND THE LAST DAY WAS JANUARY 26. SO WE'VE HAD A BIT OF HURDLE ON THAT END. BUT WE'VE ALSO MANAGED TO DO THAT. AND THE OTHER PART-TIME STAFF MEMBERS WERE OUT DUE TO COVID RELATED MATTERS.

AS OF YESTERDAY, AT 5:00, WE HAD 357 OPEN CASES.

OF THOSE, 185 WERE PENDING CITIZEN COMPLETION.

139 WERE UNDER ERA STAFF REVIEW AND 33 UNDER THE AUDITORS REVIEW. WE HAVE HAD HIRING STAFF, IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING. WE HAVE HAD PART-TIME POSITIONS POSTED SINCE JULY AND VERY FEW APPLICANTS.

WE HAVE HAD RECENTLY AS OF YESTERDAY, SO THERE FULL-TIME POSITION AND THE APPLICANT WAS ACTUALLY SENT TO US BY WORD-OF-MOUTH. SO NOT THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.

THEY'RE GOING TO START FEBRUARY 22 AND WE EXPECT TO HIRE TWO ADDITIONAL PART-TIME STAFF WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, THEY HAVE APPLIED AND GOT TO THE BACKGROUND CHECK, WE WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION THIS AFTERNOON.

WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THEIR PROGRAMS FOR HOUSING STABILITY.

IN ADDITION, AS YOU KNOW ON THE AGENDA TODAY, IS ITEM NUMBER 59, TOWARD THE RFP TO PROGRAM MANAGER AND IF THAT WORD IS ACCEPTED, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT.

AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH SO WE CAN REACH ALL AREAS OF HAYS COUNTY AND NOT JUST FOCUS

ON THE SAN MARCOS AREA. >> BEAUTIFULLY DONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE THINGS YOU SAID. ONE OF THE LEGS OF THOSE FILES NOT APPROVED YET, OUR FOLKS AT THE MATERIALS APPLICATION PROCESS HAS GONE BACK TO THEM FOR COMPLETION OF SAID DOCUMENTS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF OUR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, FIVE,

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WE CANNOT GET IN THE WAY OF THAT AND WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. BUT ANY EVICTION HEARINGS THAT ARE DUE TO LACK OF PAYMENT, ALL THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE NOW IF THEY'VE APPLIED IT THERE IN THE PROCESS, THOSE NUMBERS YOU JUST MENTIONED, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GET EVICTED, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO PROVIDE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE WITH DOCUMENTATION THEY HAVE WHETHER THEY APPLIED ARE IN THE PROCESS.

>> GREAT IS THERE SOME WAY, IS THERE A FORM JUST FOR CLARIFICATION? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT RECEIVING THE FUNDING? OR SOME KIND OF PROOF?

>> THERE ARE DOCUMENTS ON OUR WEBSITE, A TICKET SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE APPLIED AND COMMUNICATED WITH US.

>> SO THAT IS ENOUGH FOR THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE?

>> IT HAS BEEN. >> PERFECT.

IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO THE PROCESS THEY WILL NOT BE EVICTED THERE ARE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

COMMISSIONERS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL

CLARIFICATION OR INTEREST? >> WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL BUDGET ITEM. WE WANT TO OPEN THE DISCUSSION.

I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. >> A PLAN OPENING 58 AND 59

AHEAD OF EVERYTHING ELSE. >> I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

QUESTION IS A VERY STRESSFUL TIME FOR EVERYONE AND COMPLEXITIES THAT ARE ALL TAKING PLACE.

YOU HIGHLIGHT THOSE VERY WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

EVERY TIME WE MEET IN COURT WE DO TO BE INFORMED.

>> I WANT TO STATE UP SO I SHOULD'VE SAID THIS EARLIER.

I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND EVERYONE THAT'S WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO GET THESE TICKETS PROCESSED AND TO GET PAYMENT OUT TO THE RESIDENCE THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE SITUATION SO THANK YOU ALL. I KNOW AUDITING, THE AUDITORS OFFICE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

TAMMY, YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP AND THERE ARE

OTHERS BUT THANK YOU. >> YES.

>> I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE FRIDAY AND I THINK WAS 8:30 PM, THAT RSO AND VICKY WERE STILL UP HERE WORKING.

WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL. >> MARISOL? JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. THANK YOU.

>> I WANT TO EXPLAIN ABOUT MISCONCEPTIONS -- [INAUDIBLE] AS IS THE CASE WITH ANY OTHER COUNTY GRANTS, THE AUDITORS OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT REPORTING.

ONE OF THE ITEMS WE MUST REPORT TO THE US TREASURY IS WHETHER THE HOUSEHOLDS OF THE PERCENTILE BELOW AVERAGE OF THE INCOME. AND WE DO REQUIRE INCOME VERIFICATION. WE ARE ACCEPTING DOCUMENTS WHERE THEY CAN ATTEST TO THEIR INCOME.

I THINK THERE WAS A MISCONCEPTION THAT IN THE BEGINNING WE HAD GUIDELINES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE TREASURY AND THE TREASURY MADE CHANGES AND WE MADE CHANGES AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THE INCOME VERIFICATION, WESSELHOFT REPORT TO THE US TREASURY WHETHER WE ARE PAYING RENT IN ARREARS, PAYING RENT IN THE FUTURE, PAYING UTILITIES AND ARREARS OR YOU FUTURE UTILITIES.

WE HAVE TO ITEMIZE WHAT RENT PAYMENTS ARE FOR.

WHETHER THEY ARE ARREARS FUTURE.

WE DO REQUIRE LEDGER WHICH SHOWS HAT MONTH ARE YOU BEHIND ON THE RENT AND IT IS ALL AGAIN BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED FROM THE US TREASURY TO REPORT WHETHER WE ARE PAYING ARREARS OR PAYING FORWARD. AND ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE REQUEST IS A W9, WHICH IS REQUEST FOR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. THE REASON WE REQUIRE THAT FORM IS BECAUSE THE HAYS COUNTY AUDITORS OFFICE WILL ISSUE 1090 9G FOR THE ASSISTANCE AND IS A REQUIREMENT IN ORDER FOR ME TO BMIT THOSE TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, I DO HAVE TO HAVE A TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.

FOR THEM TO COME IN MIGHT HAVE A BUSINESS ON TAX ID THEY USE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. THAT FORM IS AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT THAT THIS IS MY TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY MUST FILL OUT THE FORM WITH THEIR SIGNATURE STATING THAT AND IT HAS A STATEMENT ABOUT PENALTIES IF

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AND SO ONCE WE REVIEW THEM, WE REVIEW EVERY WEEK, WE PROCESS PAYMENTS EVERY WEEK. AT TIMES WE PROCESS THEM TWICE A WEEK. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WORK TO SUSTAIN THE INDIVIDUAL. THE INDIVIDUAL MOVED ON AND WENT TO GO WORK AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY CAN SELECT THEIR DAYS AND GET PAID A LITTLE MORE FOR BEING A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. AND SO, WE DO NOT HAVE STAFF IN THE AUDITORS OFFICE HANDLING THE TICKETS.

IT IS DONE BETWEEN THREE INDIVIDUALS, SOMETIMES FOUR.

AND WE DO STAY LATE TO WORK ON THEM.

WE DO STAY LATE, HAVE DROPPED OFF PAYMENTS AT APARTMENT OFFICES AND SLEPT PAYMENTS UNDER THE DOOR.

WE HAVE HAD STAFF WHO HAS DROPPED OFF TICKETS AT THE I'M SORRY PAYMENTS AT HOTELS. WE MET THE HEALTHY MANAGERS IN THE PARKING LOT TO GIVE THEM TICKETS.

WE'VE CALLED LANDLORDS TO LET THEM KNOW THE TICKET IS AVAILABLE. WE HAVE CALLED LANDLORDS AND TOLD HIM WE WILL ISSUE A CHECK TOMORROW.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE, WE HAVE THE PC HAS A PLEDGE FOR MOST IT WILL ISSUE A CHECK TOMORROW.

THEY REINSTATED SO IS ELECTRICITY.

WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CASE MANAGERS, CASEWORKERS.

THEY NOTE TO NOTIFY OUR OFFICE IMMEDIATELY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH EVICTION OR UTILITY CT OFF.

ONE OF US STOPS WE'RE DOING AND REVIEW IT AND WE GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE OKAY. IT IS A VERY TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS BUT WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD ON GETTING PAYMENTS OUT IF NOT ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. AND AGAIN, WE ARE SHORT STAFFED BY FOUR INDIVIDUALS BUT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW PROJECT MANAGERS SO WE CAN LET THEM KNOW WHERE THE EFFICIENCIES ARE THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP IMPLEMENT WITH THE COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT OUR OFFICE WILL REQUIRES WE GET THE PAYMENTS DONE AS SOON AS

POSSIBLE. >> THE ONLY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ARE REQUIRING WAS THE GOBLINS TREASURY --

>> GATHERS FROM THE TREASURY, FOR INCOME THERE CAN BE DIFFERENT FORMS THEY ARE NOT ON A PROGRAM WE CAN QUALIFY THEM.

[INAUDIBLE] I THINK VICKY MAY BE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THE GUIDELINES. THE COMMISSIONERS COURT DID A

APPROVED GUIDELINES. >> THIS IS VICKY DORSETT ASSISTANT COUNTY AUDITOR. BACK IN JUNE WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO THE COURT THE ROLE OF THE GOBLINS, THEY WERE PRESENTED AND BASED ON THE TREASURY GUIDANCE, AT THE TIME IT WAS ISSUED ADDITIONAL THROUGH MAY 7. THE GUIDELINES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO COURT THEY DID IN FACT MEET THE GUIDELINES. ONE OF THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH IN THE MAY 7 US TREASURY GUIDANCE WAS THAT THE ASSISTANCE, WE ONLY RECEIVED ERA1 FUNDING BUT ERA2 WE DIDN'T GET THOSE FUNDS. YOU COULD PAY 12 MONTHS ON ERA1 AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS FOR STABILITY PURPOSES.

AND THREE MONTH INCREMENTS. SINCE THEN, THE TREASURY GUIDANCE HAS ALLOWED YOU TO PAY ARREARS, A FULL 12 MONTHS.

THE ATTESTATION OF INCOME AND RENTAL AGREEMENTS CAME LATER IN THE US TREASURY GUIDANCE AS WELL.

THOSE GUIDELINES WERE BROUGHT BACK TO COURT IN OCTOBER, I BELIEVE. WHEN THE COURT APPROVED THE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THE HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAM,

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THOSE GUIDELINES REQUIRE ALSO, THAT WE HAVE THE COURTS POLICIES AND THAT THE COURT HAS FRAUD PREVENTION POLICIES IN

PLACE AS WELL. >> DO WE KNOW MANY COUNTIES IN TEXAS ACTUALLY HAVE APPLIED FOR THE PROGRAM?

>> I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I CAN LOOK IT UP FOR

YOU. >> AND I BRING IT UP BECAUSE A LOT OF COUNTIES DIDN'T HAVE THE WORK REQUIRED.

>> I THINK THERE WERE MORE CITIES AND COUNTIES.

>> I BELIEVE I'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS WHEN WE DID THE RFP. I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE RESPONSES. I BELIEVE WERE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE SMALLEST COUNTIES APPLIED FOR THIS IN THE STATE.

IF NOT THE SMALLEST. >> ANYTHING ELSE? FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE INFORMATION?

>> JUDGE, JUST BECAUSE IT CAME UP AND I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS AND I KNOW WE TOUCHED ON IT SO WE ARE AUTHORIZING FUNDING TO THE 12 MONTH RENTAL ARREARS AND UP TO THREE MONTHS CURRENT AND FUTURE RENT ON TENANTS INITIAL.ND THEN ALSO, THERE WAS A CONCERN, DO WE ACCEPT JUST ONE ID PER HOUSEHOLD MEMBER? OR ARE WE HAVING TO ACCEPT MULTIPLE? WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE?

I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A CONCERN. >> WILL UPLOAD ONE ID FOR THE APPLICANT. UNLESS THERE IS TWO, WHOEVER IS

ON THE LEASE IS REQUIRED. >> IS ONLY ONE AND NOT MULTIPLE. IT IS A FAMILY OF 10, YOU NOT REQUIRING THOSE 18 OR ABOVE TO SUBMIT IDEAS JUST THE ONE ON

THE LEASE. >> IF THEY ARE ON THE LEASE

THEY ARE REQUIRED. >> IF THEY ARE ON THE RENTAL AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT IS RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

WE HAVE HAD SOME, I GUESS YOU WANT TO SAY SUSPECTED FRAUDULENT APPLICATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WILL BE LOOKING FOR IS THE, THERE IS A LEASE AGREEMENT AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WITHIN APARTMENT IT CAN BE A LAND OR HOUSE OWNER RENTING THE HOUSE OUT.

AND SO WE DO HAVE TWO LOOK AT CASES OF FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL DOES OWN THE PROPERTY AND WHO IS THE INDIVIDUAL RENTING FROM THEM. WE ASK FOR THE ID FROM THE TENANT AND THEN WE ASK FOR THE W9 FROM THE LANDLORD.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE THE LOMA VISTA W NOT REQUIRED WHICH IS THE TAX ID. AND THEN ONE OTHER.

ARE WE PROVIDING TENANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY AND RECEIVE FUNDS DIRECTLY WHEN LANDLORDS DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS?

>> AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE. WE HAD ONE INDIVIDUAL WHICH THERE LEASE TERM WAS THROUGH I BELIEVE FEBRUARY 28.

AND SO WE PAID THAT MONTH. WE ASKED THAT THEY CONTACT THE LANDLORD AND SEE IF YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS. AND THAT TENANT, THE STABILITY TO SUSTAIN THE RENTAL LOCATION. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A HOUSE OR A DUPLEX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEY DID ACTUALLY COME THROUGH AND GIVE US A NEW LEASE THROUGH THE MUD AND THUS A PAYMENT THAT WE WILL PROCESSING TOMORROW. AS FAR AS LANDLORDS, WE HAVE THE COOPERATION FROM THE LANDLORD.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING ON THAT SIDE ON THE CASEWORKER SIDE WHETHER THE LANDLORD HAS NOT BEEN COOPERATING WITH THE LENDERS ACTUALLY HAPPY TO HEAR FROM US.

THE RECON ASKED FOR AN UPDATED LEDGER THEY ARE VERY HAPPY, THE INDIVIDUALS DO HAVE NINE MONTHS WORTH OF PAST RENT THAT WE ARE PROCESSING IMMEDIATELY AND SENDING OUT THE CHECKS TO THEM.

AND SO THEY VERY COOPERATIVE WITH US.

>> DID WE GET AN EMAIL THAT STATED ONE APPLICATION IS BEING HELD UP BECAUSE OF THE LANDLORD WOULDN'T SIGN A FORM OR SOMETHING? IS THAT -- AT THAT WE CAN EMAIL

SOMEONE WAS CLAIMING THAT. >> I CAN TELL YOU BY LAW THEY

ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE THOSE. >> THE W9.

>> IT WAS NOT TRUE.> I BELIEVE THE ONE MENTIONED WAS

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-- >> IT WAS FROM SOMEBODY OUTSIDE

THE COUNTY. >> AND WE INSTANCES, WE CALLED CASEWORKERS AND ASKED HIM TO CHECK THE EMAIL, HAS THE W9 TO MAY BECAUSE IT'LL COME STRAIGHT TO THE AUDITORS OFFICE.

ALL THAT PAPERWORK IS COLLECTED AND REVIEWED BY THE CASEWORKERS. IF SOMETHING COMES IN AND WE DON'T HAVE THE W9 WITH THE APPLICATION WE WILL CALL THE CASEWORKERS AND ASK FOR A W9. SOMETIMES WE JUST PICK UP THE PHONE OURSELVES AND CALL THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE THE LANDLORD AND ASK HIM TO BROUGHT IT TO US AND GIVE THEM OUR

EMAIL. >> EMAIL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, PLUS WE HAVE A NAME, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF STORIES ABOUT THIS APPLICANT WITHOUT APPLICANT. UNLESS WE HAVE A NAME, I CAN'T

RESPOND TO ANY PARTICULAR CASE. >> I THINK THIS IS BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME DEDICATED TO THIS EFFORT. VICKY?

>> ALSO WANT TO MENTION, IN ORDER TO PAY A TENANT DIRECT WITH US TREASURY FUNDS, WE HAVE TO SHOW THREE ATTEMPTS TO THE LANDLORD SO, WE HAVE TO HAVE EMAIL DOCUMENTATION, LETTERS SENT TO THE LANDLORD AND NO RESPONSE SO THEY HAVE TO BE

THREE ATTEMPTS. >> OKAY.

[5.Presentation by GAP Strategies and acceptance of a report by the professional team charged with enhancing and incentivizing conservation and conservation design in Hays County; reviewing findings; and presenting recommendations to the Hays County Commissioners Court. SHELL/SMITH]

>> THANK YOU. >> THANKS AGAIN.

WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE?

>> NUMBER FIVE, PRESENTATION BY GAP STRATEGIES AND ACCEPTANCE OF REPORT BY THE PROFESSIONAL TEAM CHARGED WITH ENHANCING AND INCENTIVIZING CONSERVATION AND CONSERVATION DESIRES IN HAYS COUNTY, REVIEWING FINDINGS, AND PRESENTING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.

>> AND WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

FIRST MR. LION. >> JUDGE I ASKED TO SPEAK AFTER THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT MIGHT ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.

>> OKAY. MR.

MINUTES. >> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I COME TO YOU IN GOOD CHEER BEGIN WITH THE WORDS OF THE COUNTRY POET PHILOSOPHER, KERMIT THE FROG.

IT AIN'T EASY BEING GREEN. THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF THESE CONSERVATION DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING TODAY, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION, UNDERSTAND THIS IS TWO YEARS OR MORE IN THE WORKS.

DEFINITELY A LOT OF THOUGHT. I DO KNOW SOME OF THE AND WORKED WITH SOME OF THE PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS ALTHOUGH WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT AT ALL.

I THINK ON THE OTHER HAND, HAVE A PARTICULAR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS. I WORK WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS OF THE CONSERVATION COMMUNITY EVERY DAY AND I ALSO MARKET, DO MARKETING FOR A BRICK MANUFACTURING DISTRIBUTOR, YOU COULD SAY I'M ALSO SUPPORTING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THINGS. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT AN EASY TASK AND THEY ARE COMPETING PRIORITIES.

BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS A WORTHWHILE EFFORT AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THESE CONSERVATION DESIGN INCENTIVES BE OUT THERE. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE 2017 PROGRAM THAT WAS SORT OF A PRECURSOR OF THIS WAS REALLY NEVER ACTUALLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND SO, FIRST HOPE WOULD BE THAT THESE ACTUALLY -- WE CAN SEE IF PROVIDING INCENTIVES ACTUALLY DO ACHIEVE WHAT WE HOPE.

IT IS TRUE THAT NOT BUILDING IS NOT REALISTIC AND DOING ANYTHING WE CAN GET AWAY WITH IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY. WE ALL HAVE AN IMPACT, THIS AREA IS POPULAR. GROWTH IS HERE, WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT. HOPE THAT WE CAN BE PICKY IN OUR POPULARITY AND SLOW THINGS DOWN FOR BETTER CONSIDERATION AND GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND HOPE THE SUPPORT STAFF, HAVE A PARTICULAR FRIEND LEFT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HE SAID, BEING HUMANS AND BEING ON THE LANDSCAPE IS ALL MITIGATION.

WE ALL HAVE AN IMPACT. AND SO, COMING UP WITH RULES THAT CAN HELP AND GUIDE TOWARD SETTING ASIDE AREAS THAT ARE NOT ONLY ON BUILDABLE BUT AREAS THAT ARE TREASURED TO US, IT SEEMS IMPORTANT AND IT IS WORTHY OF SOME KIND OF INCENTIVE PROGRAM. I UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT THE

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AND SO, AFTER THIS PROGRAM CAN HELP TOWARD THAT.

ULTIMATELY, IF WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS, MY HOPE IS THAT WE SEE GREAT EXAMPLES COMING FORWARD. AND I HOPE THIS IS A FIRST STEP

TOWARD THAT. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

AND NOW WE WILL -- IF YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE.

>> MY NAME IS JEFF BARTON. WITH GAP STRATEGIES AND THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE PROFESSIOAL TEAM THAT WORKED ON LOGO THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR LETTING US BE HERE IT'S AN EXCITING DAY FOR US.

THIS IS BEEN A PASSION PROJECT FOR MANY MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM.

I CANNOT QUOTE KERMIT THE FROG BUT IS GENERALLY A GREAT DAY FOR THE COUNTY. TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN SO LONG IN THE MAKING. UNDERSTAND THE CLICKERS NOT WORKING VERY WELL SO I'M GOING TO ASK MARY TO HELP ME AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES. WE PROVIDED A THUMB DRIVE AT EACH OF YOUR STATIONS SO HE COULD TAKE THIS AND PERUSE IT.

WILL LET PEOPLE WATCH A KNOW THAT THE SLIDE PRESENTATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE WEBSITE FOR THE PROJECT, HAYES CONSERVATION. TOM, WE WILL HAVE THE FULL REPORT AVAILABLE. THE SLIDE PRESENTATION AND THE FULL REPORT ARE ON THE THUMB DRIVE AND APPENDICES FOLLOW UP

WITH THAT. >> AGAIN, WE WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH A BRIEF OVERVIEW, GO THROUGH HOW WE GOT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT INVOLVED A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTY. TALK ABOUT OUR INITIAL DISCOVERIES, HOW WE TESTED THOSE IN THE REAL WORLD AND THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU.

THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT LEADERSHIP FROM THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. YOU ALL REALLY CHARGED US WITH GOING FORWARD. AND WE HAVE A, ALL OF YOU, NEVER VIEWED PARTICIPATED ALONG THE WAY WE WERE LED BY SAID COMMITTEE OF THE COURT AND COMMISSIONER SHELL AND SMITH.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THOSE THAT WORKED DILIGENTLY ON THIS.

ALEXANDER THOMPSON, -- OF COURSE, MARK KENNEDY.

THIS WAS REALLY PUT TOGETHER THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL.

YOU WILL SELECTED OUR TEAM, IT WAS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM WITH PEOPLE FROM BOTH HERE IN HAYS COUNTY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. EXPERTS IN A WIDE RANGE OF FIELDS AND LED BY GAP STRATEGIES.

AND THE PROJECT MANAGER, YOU CAN SEE THE NAMES OF THE FIRMS THERE, WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF COLLEAGUES ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY. JOSC), AN URBAN PLANNER ON OUR STAFF -- I MENTIONED -- SOME NIGHT THE BOOK.

WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE THEM ON THE TEAM AND HE POINTS OUT GOING GREEN REALLY HELPS THE FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COUNTY AND BENEFITS THAT APPROVE FROM ENVIRONMENT AND STEWARDSHIP. YOU ALL ASKED US TO LOOK AT YOUR CURRENT RULES, THEY WERE ALLUDED TO EARLIER, TO SEE IF THEY WERE DOING THEIR JOB, THERE MAY BE OTHER WAYS TO LOOK AT CONSERVATION DESIGN AND WAYS TO FOSTER STEWARDSHIP AND PRESERVATION OF LOCAL CHARACTER HERE IN HAYS COUNTY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF SLIDES HERE. SOME OF YOU WILL SEE ME GO THROUGH QUICKLY BUT WE TRY TO INCLUDE A COMPLETE RECORD, KNOWING SOME AT HOME MAY WANT TO TAKE THE TIME.

FOR YOU ALL, WE RECOGNIZE THAT GROWTH IS DRIVING THIS AS IT IS FOR ALL OF US WHO HAVE LIVED HERE IN HAYS COUNTY.

THE COUNTY IS PROJECTED TO MORE THAN DOUBLE AGAIN BY 2045.

AND THAT LED TO MEMBERS OF THE COURT, NEVER STAY JUST TALKING ABOUT WAYS THAT WE COULD ADDRESS PRESERVING OUR WATER RESOURCES AND FUNDING, BETTER WAY TO DEVELOP THAT BENEFIT

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YOUR 30S , AS YOU KNOW FOR FOLKS THAT MAY BE LISTENING, COUNTIES DON'T HAVE ALL THE AUTHORITY THAT CITIES DO. SO LOOK FOR WAYS TO COORDINATE WITH LOCAL CITIES WAYS THAT WE CAN BE INNOVATIVE IN THE APPROACH THAT WE BRING TO HAYS COUNTY AND HER MOTHER THIS REALLY APPLIES INITIALLY TO PLACES OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT MIGHT LATER BE WORKED IN CONCERT WITH -- UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY, THERE'S A LOT OF LAND STILL AVAILABLE FOR CONSERVATION DESIGN, HAYS COUNTY THERE'S A LOT OF LAND THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. WHAT YOU ALL DO AS A COMMISSIONERS COURT AND WHAT WE DO AS A COMMUNITY WILL MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON WHAT THE COUNTY LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE.

THE NEXT FEW YEARS ARE CRITICAL.

WHAT IS CONSERVATION DESIGN AND CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT ANYWAY? IT REALLY TALKS ABOUT FINDING WAYS TO PRESERVE SOME OF THE GREEN AS YOU MENTIONED REALLY GREEN FINANCIALLY BUT SPACES, THE OPEN SPACES THAT EXIST ACROSS THE COUNTY. ON THE EAST SIDE OF 35 AND THE WEST SIDE. FIND WAYS TO CONCENTRATE SO THAT YOU CAN LEAVE OPEN SPACE AND SO THAT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY FOR THE COUNTY TAXPAYERS ON HOW INFRASTRUCTURE IS MAINTAINED OVER TIME. SAVE MONEY FOR DEVELOPERS AND INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD PUT IN. AND I HEARD A GERMAN SPEAK EARLIER ABOUT DANGER THAT THIS WAS NOT GROWTH PAYING FOR ITSELF IT MIGHT BE SOME KIND OF SUBSIDY DEVELOPERS AND REALLY FLIP THEM ON ITS HEAD AND SAY IN FACT, IT'S GOOD FOR HAYS COUNTY TAXPAYERS AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE LATER.

CONSERVATION REDESIGN CAN FACILITATE THIS WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES FROM HABITAT PROTECTION TO WATER PRESERVATION, RURAL CHARACTER, AND REALLY PROFOUND FINANCIAL IMPACT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WAYS TO SAVE MONEY AND LESSEN THE IMPACT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE KINDS OF ONGOING ROAD AND DRAINAGE COST THAT YOU WILL KNOW SO WELL. IT CAN ALSO HELP CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND YOU ALL ASKED US TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE THIS, REGULATING DEMANDING THE HEAVY HAND OF GOVERNMENT. THERE ARE REALLY TWO REASONS BEHIND THAT. YOU GET LIMITATIONS IN STATE LAW AND I THINK YOU ALL ASKED US TO BRING A PHILOSOPHY OF COOPERATION WITH CITIZENS. WE REALLY TRY TO FIND WAYS TO WORK WITH PROPERTY RIGHTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, DEVELOPERS, WHILE REALLY INCENTIVIZING THIS AND PROVIDING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN STILL GO TO THE TRADITIONAL DEVELOPER PROCESS OR IF YOU MIGHT SEE THIS ANOTHER WAY I THINK WHICH IS A BETTER WAY TO DEVELOP AND BE INCENTIVIZED BY THE COUNTY.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE LOOK THROUGH THIS IS THAT WE FOUND THAT CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN IS WELL-SUITED FOR HAYS COUNTY. IT'S WORKED AROUND THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY AND REALLY CAN WORK HERE IN WAYS THAT ARE FOR BOTH ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUCCESS.

IT IS FEASIBLE, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.

EXACTLY HOW IT CAN BE INCREMENTED IN WAYS IT MIGHT MAKE IT MORE APPEALING HERE IN THE COUNTY FOR DEVELOPERS.

WE WILL ALSO TALK MORE ABOUT THE REST OF OUR FINDINGS ARE REALLY BRIEFLY, AS AN OVERVIEW, WE FOUND IT IS WIDELY APPLICABLE ACROSS THE DIFFERENT GEOLOGIC ZONES OF THE COUNTY.

IT HAS BROAD SUPPORT AMONG STAKEHOLDERS AND PUBLIC IN THE COUNTY AND WE RECOMMEND SOME TIERED INCENTIVES, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IN DETAIL IN A MOMENT.

BASED ON A MENU OF OPTIONS SO THAT WE LET THE MARKETPLACE BE CREATIVE AND HELP FIND SOLUTIONS.

FINALLY, YOU USE A TAILORED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT GIVE YOU ALL MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY AS YOU GO FORWARD. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PROCESS AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS INVOLVED AROUND THE COUNTY. THIS WAS A LONG PROCESS, MORE THAN A YEAR AND 1/2, MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING.

AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED, A VARIETY OF GROUPS THAT YOU ALL AND WE AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE REACHED OUT TO ACROSS THE COUNTY, VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, HUNDREDS OF RESPONDENTS AND WE HAVE CREATED SOME DRAFT RULES, PUT THOSE THROUGH A WORKSHOP TO SEE HOW THOSE MIGHT WORK IN THE REAL WORLD, WE FIND THAT WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STAFF AND COME BACK WITH THIS FINAL REPORT TODAY. WE ALSO, IF YOU BACKUP ONCE QUICKLY, WE LOOKED HARD AT WAYS TO VISUALIZE CATEGORIES AND

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AND REALLY A LOT OF THIS WORK IS PROVIDED BY JONATHAN AND HIS CREW. WE LOOKED FIRST AT GROWTH AREAS AROUND THE COUNTY. WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. AS YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF GROWTH FOR CASSIE, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THE COUNTY IS ONLY ABOUT 185,000 PEOPLE BACK IN 2015.

YOU WILL KNOW IT IS 245,000 OR SO APPROACHING 250,000.

ON ITS WAY ACCORDING TO DEMOGRAPHERS TO 645, I THINK 694,000 PEOPLE CLOSE TO 700,000 PEOPLE.

REALLY IS REASON TO TRY AND ADDRESS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THINK ABOUT BETTER WAYS TO DEVELOP.

WE LOOK AT THAT WHERE IT'S HAPPENING IN CITIES AND AROUND THE COUNTY, WE LOOK TO AQUIFERS AND GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS AROUND THE COUNTY. WE LOOKED AT FARMLAND AND HISTORIC FARMLAND AND HIGH-VALUE FARMLANDS.

WITH THE AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST IN THE EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTY AND WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY.

ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS AND PROTECTED LANDS.

LANDS OF ORBIT PROTECTED THROUGH CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR OTHER EFFORTS BY THE COUNTY AND AT THE REMAINING PARCELS THAT MIGHT BE EASILY ADJACENT. WE FACTOR THIS ALL AND AS WE BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT REALLY HOW WE CAN APPROACH THIS IN NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS BECAUSE AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, YOUR EXISTING RULES WELL-INTENTIONED WELL-DESIGNED, THEY HAVE NOT ATTRACTED ANY INTEREST OR CATALYZED ANY REAL WORK.

NOT ONLY DO WE IDENTIFY THE CONSERVATION TO WORK BUT PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE, AND NEED FOR A SECOND HALFWAY OPTION WHICH WE CALL A GREENWAY DESIGN THAT WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE SMALLER LOTS, THE RE-SUBDIVISIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE WILL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. IT IS SOMETHING I CAN VISIT WITH YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY. I THINK IS A GREAT OPTION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTY. BUT WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER SHELL AND SMITH WERE REALLY FOCUSED AT THIS POINT ON MORE PURE CONSERVATION DESIGN. THAT IS GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON LOTS LARGER THAN 100 ACRES WHICH IS WHERE A LOT OF THE BIG DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING. THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LETTER REFERRED TO EARLIER, VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, THE PORT HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS AND ASK PEOPLE FOR OPINIONS ABOUT CONSERVATION DESIGN. ALLOW THEM TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON GRAPHICALLY. AND WHERE WE WERE WITH SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE. YOU CAN SEE IT BROUGHT MORE THAN SEVEN AT 2040 VISITORS, NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS ALL POSITIVE WAS A BEEN TO THE EXERCISE AND SEEING WHAT WAS GOING ON.

1400 TOTAL PAGE VIEWS AND PEOPLE SPEND UP TO ABOUT HALF

AN HOUR ON THEM. >> THE NUMBER, IF WE HAD, THAT BEFORE COVID HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD WE REACH?

>> WE DID THIS DURING COVID. WE REACHED OUT WITH HIS VIRTUAL TOWN HALL BUT TO POINT IS A WAY TO TRACK MANY MORE PEOPLE.

FOR THOSE FAMILIAR, WE'VE BEEN LUCKY TO GET 50 PEOPLE THERE.

IF WE HAD A LIVE AND IN PERSON TOWN HALL WE WOULD'VE THOUGHT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL AND 100 WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT DAY.

WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN A LOT OF VISITORS.

>> FROM HERE ON OUT -- THANK YOU.

>> WE SAW A REALLY STRONG SUPPORT IN THE SURVEYS FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS IDEA OF CONSERVATION.

FINDING WAYS TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF RAINWATER AND REUSE OF RAINWATER FOR OBLI-- T BELIEF THAT CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT WOULD HELP RAISE PROPERTY VALUES.

WE ALSO SAW THAT REALLY, ONE OF THE BIG HURDLES FOR PEOPLE IN THE FIELD AND THE PUBLIC, THAT THEY EXPERIENCED, AT LEAST REGULATORY HURDLES AND BUREAUCRACY AND ALSO, TOO EXPENSIVE OR DIFFICULT GETTING BANKS TO FUND THIS WE TRIED TO ADDRESS ALL OF THAT WITH FEES AND REGULATION.

PUBLIC WORKSHOP THAT HAD MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ATTEND WITH -- ON BOARD FROM NEW ENGLAND BECAUSE OF COVID, VIRTUALLY.

IT WAS A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, LIVE.

SOME COMMISSIONERS PARTICIPATED.

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FINALLY, AS PART OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS, WE REALLY LOOKED AT WHAT HAS WORKED ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHAT HAS NOT WORKED AND WHAT HAS WORKED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN THE REPORT AND APPENDIXES MORE THAN A DOZEN CASE STUDIES FROM CITIES WHERE IT'S BEEN LOOKED AT. WE TRIED TO ANALYZE HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO HAYS COUNTY AND BEING APPROVED HERE.

FINALLY, TALK TO A NUMBER OF THOSE AROUND THE BUSINESS GROUPS. ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS. THESE ARE JUST A FEAR OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO. WHAT WE CAME UP WITH AS INITIAL PROPOSAL, AS WE WORKED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF IDEAS. COME UP WITH A MENU OF OPTIONS APPROACH. RATHER THAN DICTATING EVERY PIECE OF LAND BE TREATED THE SAME OR THE DEVELOPERS ALL FOLLOW THE SAME PATH, WE LOOKED AT GOALS THAT THE COUNTY HAD ON HOW TO PRESERVE WATER, CHARACTER, FLOODPLAIN, CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES, HOW TO BRING MONEY BACK TO TAXPAYERS AND CAME UP WITH NINE BASIC GOALS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

DESIGNED TO TRY AND BE A WIN-WIN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTY AND PUBLIC.

AND SET UP A SYSTEM WHERE DEVELOPERS MET CERTAIN BASIC THRESHOLDS, THE WAY YOU MIGHT DO ACCREDITATION OR GOLD OR PLATINUM STANDARD BUILDINGS, THEY COULD QUALIFY FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF INCENTIVES IN THE COUNTY.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE EXCUSE ME, THE NINE GOALS THAT OUR TEAM CAME UP WITH AND TESTED WITH THE PUBLIC.

RANGING AS I NOTED, FROM IMPERVIOUS WHICH IS INDICATOR AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SITE, TO FLOODPLAIN AND STREAM BUFFER PRESERVATION ALL THE WAY TO FISCAL AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY. THREE BASIC TEARS INCENTIVES WHICH RELABELED SILVER, GOLD AND PLATINUM.

THERE IS A RISING LEVEL OF SEDUCTION I'LL CALL IT AND AT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, AS THEY MOVE UP THOSE TEARS.

YOU GET TO THOSE HIGHER TEARS BY DOING MORE OF WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. MORE OF THIS CONSERVATION OR DESIGN THAT QUALIFIES YOU FOR POINTS THAT GET YOU TO THESE, THE FIRST TIER AND INTO THE OTHERS.

THERE'S JUST A QUICK COMPARISON OF CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISIONS.

AND HOW THEY COMPARE TO THIS CONTEXT, THE SUBDIVISION WE ENVISION THE FUTURE THIS GREEN LIGHT, THIS CONSERVATION LIGHT PROGRAM. AND THEN THE CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION RULES THEMSELVES AND WHAT THEY MIGHT DO.

IN A CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISIONS WILL MAXIMIZE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LOTS. OF COURSE, TO MAXIMIZE PROFIT, BUT YOUR HOUSE AND ROADS ARE LIKELY TO BE PRIORITIZED OVER THAT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF THE SITE THEY LIKELY TO BE SPREAD OUT A SPRAWL WITH RURAL AND SUBURBAN COUNTIES, LARGER LOTS WITH INCREASED LAND. IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT TO THE CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, REALLY COMPACT THAT, YOU CONSERVE MORE LAND, YOU CAN SAVE ON INFRASTRUCTURE COST BECAUSE AFTER PUTTING FEWER MILES OF ROAD BY CONCENTRATING NOT DEVELOPMENT AND THEN IT SAVES THE COUNTY MONEY ON THE BACK AND AS HE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THOSE ROADS.

AND FINALLY, IT ALLOWS MORE DIVERSITY IN THE MARKETPLACE WITH A MINIMUM OF DISTURBANCE. ONCE WE COME UP WITH BASIC IDEAS WE REALLY WANT TO PUT IT TO REAL WORLD TEST TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS. WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE IDEA THAT GOVERNMENT COMES UP WITH GOOD IDEAS THAT HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. OMETIMES NOT TO THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE. WE TOOK TWO ACTUAL PIECES OF LAND WITH THE APPROVAL OF LANDOWNERS AND PUT THEM THROUGH A DESIGN TECHNIQUE THAT INVOLVES MORE THAN A DOZEN PROFESSIONALS, VALUABLE FOR THE LANDOWNERS, REALLY VALUABLE FOR US, WORK WITH COUNTY STAFF WERE DEEPLY INVOLVED AS WELL.

WORKING THROUGH THE ROLES AS IF THIS WERE AN APPLICATION.

WE CALLED A SHRET IS A FANCY WORD FOR PLANNING THAT MAKES IT SOUND COOL. WE REALLY TESTED THE INCENTIVES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE WORKING AS INTENDED, TO SEE IF THEY MADE INTUITIVE SENSE AND IF IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO REALLY ATTRACT DEVELOPERS WHILE ACCOMPLISHING WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH. WE CHOSE SITES FROM TWO

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THE FOLKS AT MICHAELIS RANCH ALLOWED US TO BE ON THEIR SITE.

SPEND A WHOLE DAY WALKING IT, GETTING ALL KINDS OF DATA FROM IT. WE DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THEM ON THE EAST SIDE OF INTERSTATE, KNOWING THAT THERE REALLY DIFFERENT ECONOMIC AND GEOLOGIC ISSUES ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE COUNTY. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE LANDOWNERS. THIS DOESN'T MEAN THEY ENDORSES OR IT WAS THEIR IDEA OR THEIR PLANS DEVELOP ANY PARTICULAR WAY BUT WE APPRECIATE THEIR CORPORATIONS.

ALSO THE TWO SIDES ALTHOUGH THE SITE IS TYPICAL OF THE KINDS OF CONDITIONS WE OFTEN SEE IN THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY AND GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS THERE. OTHERS SAID CALMLY TO DETAILED COMPARISONS OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SITE, THE KINDS OF THINGS A DEVELOPMENT TEAM MIGHT COME LOOK AT.

WHAT THE SEWER LOOKS LIKE THE WHAT THE WATER AND SEWAGE IS, WHAT KINDS OF ASSUMPTIONS YOU CAN MAKE ON DEVELOPMENT.

YOU WILL CAN GO THROUGH THIS ON YOUR LEISURE, THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL THERE. COMMISSIONER?

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO -- THOSE INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF PROPERTY PURE WHITE LOOKED AT THEM THERE'S NOT DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY GOING ON SURROUNDING THE PROPERTIES.

THE REASON I LIKE THE PROPERTIES SELECTED, THE EXERCISE THAT WAS DONE, THESE ARE WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER THREATENED PROPERTIES ARE PROPERTIES ON THE VERGE OF ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE CAN GET A BETTER LOOK AT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT BE DEVELOPED FOR 20 YEARS.

CHRIS HOW BIG ARE THOSE LANDS? >> I BELIEVE THE WOODS IS 600 ACRES AND MICHAELA, DO YOU REMEMBER? 117 I THINK. JONATHAN TELLS ME I'M UNDERESTIMATING A LITTLE. COST ABOUT 120 OR 125, I THINK.

>> TO THE COMMISSIONERS POINT, MICHAELA IS SEEING LARGE DEVELOPMENT NEXT DOOR. AND PECAN WAS COMMERCIAL, THE ACTUALLY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT PLAN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF KYLE AND SO, WE CAN LOOK AT BOTH WHAT THEY REALLY DONE AND PREPARED AND HELP MIGHT BE DONE CONSERVATION.

OUR TEAM PRODUCED DRAWINGS AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANS.

WE'LL GO THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE IN A MOMENT.

FOCUSED ON REALLY MAXIMIZING LOT YIELD ON LESS ACREAGE.

WE TRY TO APPROACH US AS IF WE RECOGNIZE PEOPLE NEED TO MAKE A PROFIT. PEOPLE NEED TO DEVELOP THEIR LAND IF WE ARE EVER GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK.

THE IDEA WAS NOT TO COME UP WITH A PIE IN THE SKY SOLUTION BUT A SIMILAR YIELD OR GREATER PROFITABILITY FOR LANDOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS. YOU CAN SEE THE MICHAELA SITE IS OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.

THERE WAS POTENTIAL ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITAT.

AS WE WORK THROUGH IT LOOKING AT WATER AND SEWER LINES, WE FIRST PRODUCE WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED A TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT YOU GOING TO DO IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN AND DEVELOP ANY SORT OF TYPICAL SUBURBAN FASHION.

LAID OUT ROADS, STREETS, HOW MANY DWELLING UNITS YOU CAN GET AND ASSUMED PUBLIC-SERVICE WATER AND ADVANCED SEPTIC TANKS. THEN OUR TEAM COME UP WITH SEVERAL OTHER OPTIONS. FIRST, IT'S OVER 600 ACRES BUT COMMISSIONER -- HERE YOU CAN SEE 476 ACRES AND THEN WE HAD, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.

WE LOOK FIRST AT THIS KIND OF SENSITIVE SUBDIVISION PLAN IS WHAT CAME OUT OF THE PROCESS. HOW DO YOU DO THIS MAY BE IN THIS HALFWAY STEP THAT YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.

AND WHAT THE TOTAL CONSERVED LAND MIGHT BE OUT OF THESE ACRES AND TOTAL NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS.

HERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT WHEN YOU'RE MORE TIME, THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE THE QUOTE UNQUOTE TRUE CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT HOW IT CAN LOOK.

YOU CAN SEE A LOT LESS ROADS, A LOT LESS DISTURBED AREA FOR MORE OPEN SPACES BEEN PROVEN IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO BE MORE MARKETABLE BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE, NOT ALL BUT MANY ARE HUNGRY FOR THAT. AT THE SAME TIME SOME HABITAT

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BECAUSE HE ALSO GOT ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS.

OUT OF THIS THROUGH THIS REDESIGN AND EVEN A LITTLE COMMERCIAL AREA. WE DID A VIEW OF HOW YOU CAN DO CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT SPENDING EVEN LESS UP FRONT ON THE ROADS BUT NOT QUITE AS MUCH LOT YIELD ARE QUITE AS MUCH PROFIT ON THE BACKSIDE. REALLY DEPENDS ON THE NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPER. DURING TRYING TO MINIMIZE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT GOT ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT IN A LITTLE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GET MORE ON THE BACKEND BUT BOTH OFFERING REAL CONSERVATION DESIGN. YOU CAN SEE HERE MORE DETAILS ON THIS OPTION NUMBER TWO AND HOW IT LAYS OUT.

WE THEN LOOKED AT LOT YIELD AND THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE BY LOT COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT WITH CONSERVATION DESIGN AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MEET OR IN SOME CASES EXCEED CONSERVATION, TOTAL LOT YIELD IN SOME CASES.

IN SOME CASES A LITTLE LESS BUT A MOMENT AGO THE INITIAL INVESTMENT IS SMALLER CAN STILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE DEVELOPER.

AND BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD, THE INFRASTRUCTURE COST IS EITHER COMPETITIVE OR LOWER WITH VERY SIMILAR OR HIGHER YIELD AND PROFIT.

AND PECAN WAS EAST OF THE INTERSTATE, THIS WAS ON PRIME FARMLAND STEEP SLOPES AND FLOODPLAIN MANY ARE FAMILIAR WITH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE WE GET A LOT OF INUNDATION FROM CREEKS THAT RISE SLOWLY.

HERE'S THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT THEY PUT FORWARD.

A COUPLE, THOSE ARE SOME DETAILS THEY WERE CONSERVING ONLY 30 PERCENT OF THE LAND AND AS WE PUT IT INTO FIRST THIS CONTEXT SENSITIVE OR HALFWAY STEP, WE WERE ABLE TO PRESERVE ABOUT GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT AND MOVED ON INTO, LOOK AT HOW IT MIGHT PLAY OUT. AND THEN DID SOME OTHER VERSIONS THAT PRESERVED ABOUT 59 PERCENT OF LAND.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND WAS THAT IN CERTAIN AREAS COMMISSIONER PARTS OF EUROPE. THERE IS ALREADY SO MUCH MARKET DEMAND AND -- RIGHT THERE ADJACENT, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DO TRUE CONSERVATION ON SOME OF THOSE DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW MUCH FLOODPLAIN THEY'VE GOT, IT'S ONE REASON WE THINK THERE MIGHT BE A HALFWAY STEP IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU WANT TO EMPLOY. AS YOU MOVE FARTHER OUT AND PEOPLE ARE PUTTING IN SEPTIC TANKS, THERE'S REALLY CLEAR BENEFITS IN BOTH CASES THE BENEFITS BECOME EVEN GREATER RELYING ON RURAL WATER SUPPLIES, WELLS OR SEPTIC TANKS. AGAIN, MORE DETAILS THAT Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT, IN THE FUTURE. AND HOW IT BROKE OUT WITH LOT COST AND INFRASTRUCTURE COST. AFTER ALL THAT, GOING THROUGH REALLY EXPENSIVE PROCESS AND SPENDING HUNDREDS OF HOURS ON THIS DESIGN PROPOSITIONS, WE CAME UP WITH SOME TAKEAWAYS THAT CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT DEFINITELY IS VIABLE IN HAYS COUNTY CAN MAKE IT WORK. IT CAN BE MARKET COMPETITIVE AND ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE PUBLIC AND DEVELOPERS AND CURRENT RULES ARE WELL INTENDED BUT REALLY JUST AREN'T WORKING SO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. THOSE KINDS OF CHANGES INCLUDE POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE HALFWAY STEP CONTEXT INTO DESIGN.

AND THAT YOU NEED TO DO MORE TO PROTECT FLOODPLAIN BUT THAT WE MAY WANT TO ALLOW SOME OF THAT FLOODPLAIN TO BE USED IN CALCULATIONS AND CONTEXT AND DESIGNS.

WE TALK ABOUT IMPERVIOUS COVER AND FLOODPLAIN FOR THIS PROCESS. REALLY, WE ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT SOME ISSUES AND ARE FACING DEVELOPMENT STAFF LIKE HORIZONTAL CONDO REGIMES.

WE WENT BACK TO FINE TUNE EFFORTS AND COME UP WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS I WANT TO SUMMARIZE BRIEFLY FOR YOU.

CHAPTER 765 DOES USE SOME CHANGES.

PERHAPS TOO MANY RESTRICTIONS AND NOT ENOUGH CANDY AT THE OTHER END OF THE RAINBOW TO ATTRACT DEVELOPERS.

THE LAND OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS WE TALKED TO DIDN'T FEEL LIKE

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IT IS STILL NOT THE NORM AND COUNTRY CERTAINLY NOT TEXAS BUT USED ENOUGH PLACES THAT WE HAVE SOME REAL CONFIDENCE IN ITS BENEFITS. WE FOUND THAT TAILORED OPTIONS ARE REALLY NECESSARY IN THE TEAMS OPINION.

WHILE IT CAN BE APPROPRIATE ACROSS THE COUNTY, THIS IS A BIG DIVERSE COUNTY. WANTED TO TRY AND FIND WAYS THAT YOU COULD TAILOR YOUR RESPONSE TO INDIVIDUAL SITE CHALLENGES AND AGAIN, IN THE FUTURE, NOT TODAY, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU LOOK AT THIS SECOND TIER OF OPTIONS.

THERE'S REALLY STRONG INTEREST OF MEANINGFUL OPTIONS AND THERE ARE DEVELOPERS WHO TELL US THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE LEARNED ARE REALLY READY TO EXPERIMENT NOW IF THEY CAN GET THE RIGHT STRUCTURE TO WORK WITH THEM. WE FOUND IT REALLY CONSERVATION DESIGN OR CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WOULD BENEFIT WATER QUALITY, DRINKING WATER, AVAILABILITY, FLOOD CONTROL EFFORTS, REFORESTATION, PRESERVE FARMLAND AND BE A TRUE ECONOMIC BENEFIT. AND ONCE YOU GET MORE ON THE GROUND WE SEE IN OTHER PLACES THAT I CATALYZES OTHER PEOPLE TO BECOME INTERESTED AND CREATES MORE OF THE SAME ONCE YOU GET A MODEL IN PLACE. TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTIVE HAND.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN PAYING FOR GROWTH, BUT IT DOES MEAN PROVIDING SOME INCENTIVES THAT HELP DEVELOPERS GET OFF THE GROUND. WE THINK THERE ARE WAYS FOR YOU TO DO THAT WITHOUT REALLY AFFECTING YOUR TAXPAYERS AND ENHANCING YOUR TAX BASE. REALLY, IF YOU USE -- YOU ARE NOT HAVING TAXPAYERS PAY FOR IT ALL REALLY, DEVELOPMENT IS PAYING FOR ITSELF AS A GHOST. SO THAT IS PART AND PARCEL OF RECOMMENDATIONS. WE CAME UP WITH A MENU OF OPTIONS. THAT REALLY ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO SEEK DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AND STAFF TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS TO TAILOR SOLUTIONS AND IT WOULD BE A RISING TEAR OF I WILL CALL IT REWARDS FOR DEVELOPERS.

HERE'S HOW IT WOULD WORK. HERE'S A QUICK SAMPLE OF MENU OF OPTIONS IN THIS CASE THE DEVELOPER MIGHT CHECK A FERMENTING RAINWATER HARVESTING AND REDUCING IMPERVIOUS COVER.

THE EXTENDERS FOR THOSE LAID OUT IN THE RULES.

STANDARDS ARE SPECIFIC AND OTHER PLACES A LITTLE MORE GENERALLY LIKE TO RESPOND IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY BUT THE CLEAR GUIDELINES AND GOALS ARE LAID OUT.

ONCE THEY SELECT THESE THERE IS A MATRIX IN WHICH THOSE -- WE PRODUCE AN INTERACTIVE MATRIX WITH, FOR HE THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE WEBSITE TO DEVELOPERS TO GO TO AND GET A SENSE OF HOW THEY MIGHT SCORE. THIS IS HOW THAT MATRIX LOOKS, WAS GOING TO DEMONSTRATE THIS MORNING BUT THIS IS A LITTLE CLUNKY IN THE SETTING TO GET UP AND WORKING FOR YOU.

UNTIL EPIC GO THROUGH CLICK THE ITEMS THAT THEY THINK ARE APPROPRIATE, WE CAN SEE THEIR MAJOR GOALS UNDERNEATH THE MAJOR GOALS, THEY ARE SUBGOALS. YOU CAN QUALIFY FOR POINTS AND WHEN THE INTERNET WHAT YOU DO IS SLIDE OVER AND CLICK THESE IN SOME CASES EXAMPLE, IMPERVIOUS COVER.

THE MORE YOU'RE ABLE TO REDUCE THE IMPERVIOUS COVER, THE MORE POINTS YOU GET. YOU TRUCK PRESERVATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND ITS HONOR OFF TOGGLE.

YOU CAN SEE IN THIS GOAL, EVERY ABLE TO PRESERVE MORE THAN 75 PERCENT OF THE PROPERTY AS OPEN SPACE, YOU CAN GET 10 POINTS.

THERE IS A MAXIMUM OF 104 POINTS AS YOU WORK THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. IT ALLOWS DEVELOPERS BEFORE THEY SPEND A LOT OF MONEY OR LAND OWNERS BEFORE THEY GO INTO DEVELOPMENT, TO GO ON YOUR WEBSITE GO THROUGH THIS THEMSELVES AND GET AN IDEA OF WHERE THIS MIGHT WORK FOR THEM AND WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO REALLY MAKE IT WORK. AND IT ALLOWS THEMTO SIT DOWN WITH STAFF BEFORE THEY GET GOING WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN THEIR PRECINCT AND GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER TO SEE IF YOU

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THEN YOU CAN SIT DOWN AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS AND WHETHER IT'S CONNECTED TO TRAILS OR CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ZONE THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, YOU CAN RESPOND WITH INCENTIVES THAT YOU THINK ARE APPROPRIATE BASED ON THE STRUCTURE THAT IS LAID OUT HERE.

AGAIN, HERE'S JUST, HERE IS HOW WE LEAD OUT THE POINT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN TWEAK AS YOU GO AND GET MORE EXPERIENCE WITH IT. BUT WE LAID OUT POINTS AND WE LAID OUT A SERIES OF INCENTIVES THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATE FOR THOSE POINTS. IN THE SILVA CATEGORY THEY START WITH THINGS AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THEY START WITH THINGS LIKE JUST ISSUING A CERTIFICATION THAT THIS IS A GREEN SUBDIVISION DOESN'T COST YOU ANYTHING BUT CAN BE USEFUL TO DEVELOPERS AND MARKETING. YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT WILL CERTIFY USING GREEN SUBDIVISION BY HAYS COUNTY STANDARDS. OR YOU MIGHT WORK WITH CITIES IN THE FUTURE. YOU APPROVE ALTERNATIVE SERVICING OR MORE NARROW STREETS, THIS BENEFITS RISE YOU CAN WORK WITH THEM ON MEASURES THAT MAY BE REQUIRED UNDER FEDERAL LAW AND IS EXISTING MITIGATION BANKS OF THE COUNTY SO WE REALLY TRIED TO FOLD IT INTO THE WORK THAT YOU ARE ALREADY DOING ON HABITAT AND SPECIES PROTECTION.

THEN FINALLY AT THE PLATINUM LEVEL YOU MIGHT CREATE THINGS LIKE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND I KNOW THIS CAN BE CONFUSING TO FOLKS YOU JUST HEAR ABOUT IT BUT IT REALLY IS NOT THE COUNTY PAYING FOR THE DEVELOPERS THE DEVELOPER BORROWING MONEY AGAINST THEIR PROJECT THROUGH A KIND OF COMPLICATED MECHANISM THE COUNTY CAN HELP WITH.

THAT ALLOWS THE MAID TO BE INFUSED INTO THE PROJECT EARLY, TOOK TAX BASE ON THE GROUND FOR THE COUNTY AND IT GETS TO THIS ENVIRONMENTAL RETURN. THERE MAY BE WAYS YOU CAN WORK THIS AS WELL WITH YOUR ONGOING BOND ISSUES WHEN YOU LOOK AT TRYING TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE THAT YOU CAN CREATE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND WE HAVE SOME OF THAT IN THE REPORT. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE CAN FLIP TO THESE INCENTIVES HERE.

AGAIN, JUST MORE DETAILS ON THE THREE LEVELS OF INCENTIVES AND I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, BUT I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE SEE THE BEST AVENUE FOR YOU TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THIS, IS TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. STAFF IS EXPERIENCING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, SOMETHING YOU ALL HAVE WORKED WITH AND ALLOWS CREATIVITY TO FLOURISH AS YOU WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND FOR MORE IDEAS AND REALLY, MAKE JUDGMENT AND DISCERNMENT THAT IS NOT HAPPENING, IT WILL BE BASED ON THESE GUIDELINES AND THE STRUCTURE THAT IS VERY WELL LAID OUT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. THE FULL REPORT IS ABOUT 298 PAGES. IT MAY CHANGE SLIGHTLY AS WE DO THE FINAL FORMATTING AND GET IT PRINTED OUT.

IT'S ONE REASON WE DIDN'T PUT BIG FAT COPIES ON YOUR DESK TODAY. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND EXPECTED TO TELL LET US KNOW IF THERE ARE SMALL CHANGES YOU WANT TO MAKE. THE ONES WE PROVIDED YOU IN THE THUMB DRIVES ARE CONDENSED FOR SPACE.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND IMAGERY THAT YOU SEE IN THERE MAY NOT LOOK AS CRISP AS WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO SE IT WILL LOOK THAT WAY IN THE FINAL REPORT AND ONLINE.

THIS NEEDS TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT.ANY LITTLE EXPERIENCE WITH IT, YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND TWEAK IT NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED, NO ONE SHOULD THINK THAT YOU MADE A MISTAKE OR TO FAILURE. THAT'S PART AND PARCEL OF IT.

AS YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE ONE, TWO OR THREE YEARS NOW YOU WILL WANT TO TWEAK IT AS CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTY CHANGE.

YOU WILL WANT TO REFINE THIS. HE TALKED ABOUT THE INTERACTIVE WEBSITE THAT REALLY ALLOWS PEOPLE TO JUDGE THAT.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING THAT, WE'VE WORKED WITH YOUR STAFF ON IT. I THINK EVERYONE IS PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE WAY THAT LOOKS AND WORKS.

YOU WILL SEE, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TIME ON THESE EXCEPT TO FLUSH THEM UP BUT YOU CAN SEE, THE KIND OF DETAIL IN THE MATRIX AS YOU GO THROUGH THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.

THANK YOU. SO THAT PEOPLE CAN REALLY TOGGLE ON AND OFF, LOOK AT WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS DOING AND HOW WELL IS MEETING THE GOALS AND GUIDELINES THAT YOU WILL HAVE LAID OUT. AND THEN FINALLY, THAT WILL GIVE THEM A SCORE THAT APPLIES THE INCENTIVES.

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WE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOUR STAFF, THERE ALSO APPENDICES THAT PROVIDE SAMPLES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT PROVIDE FOR DEVELOPERS WHO REMAIN ARE LANDOWNERS WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH CONSERVATION DESIGN.

THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF CONSERVATION DESIGN, EXAMPLES HOW THEY CAN DO THAT AND HELP TEACH THE PROFESSIONAL TEAM TO DO THAT. IT DETAILS ALL THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE SURVEY, YOU CAN FIND ALL THE DETAILS THERE AND HELP YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE COMMENTS WERE.

ALSO, HOW TO APPLY AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A MORE FORMAL IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE IN THE FUTURE, WE'VE OUTLINED SOME IDEAS FOR THAT.

YOU'LL SEE A SECTION ON LOW IMPACT DESIGN AND BEST PRACTICES THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED BOTH INTO THIS WAR WITH YOUR ROAD DEPARTMENT AS IT DOES FUTURE WORK.

WE HOPE THAT WILL BE USEFUL TO THE DRAINAGE ORDINANCE THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON. JUST ABOVE AND UPON OUR SCOPE SOMETHING WE WANT TO PROVIDE TO THE COUNTY.

COST COMPARISON. AGAIN, LOOK AT THE COST OF TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT VERSUS CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IT BENEFITS BOTH DEVELOPERS AND TAXPAYERS.

FINALLY, GOALS AND MATRIX LIST AND DETAIL ABOUT THOSE.

HOW THEY WORK, A HOW-TO BROCHURE THAT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OR IN YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OFFICES SO WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE NEW ABOUT THE DEVELOPER YOU CAN SAY HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT CONSERVATION DESIGN? IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR YOU IN THE COUNTY BOTH.

THERE'S A CHECKLIST THAT PEOPLE NEED TO PROVIDE AND A LIST OF ALL OF OUR SOURCES. I KNOW THAT IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE DRINKING OUT OF A FIRE HOSE.

IT IS A LONG PRESENTATION, HOPE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF RICH DATA FOR YOU ALL TO DIG INTO.

AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AS A COURT AND COMMISSIONER SCHELL AND COMMISSIONER SMITH AGAIN FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT TO ENGAGE IN THIS SORT OF THING.

YOU'RE TALKING EARLIER THIS MORNING ABOUT SOMETHING NOT MANY COUNTIES ARE DOING. AS YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE PUBLIC MAY NOT, THERE ARE NOT MANY COUNTIES IN TEXAS LOOKING THIS FAR AHEAD INTO THE HORIZON US WHEN WE CALL THIS CONSERVATION DESIGN GUIDELINES, LOOK AT THE HORIZON AND THERE ARE NOT MANY COUNTIES DOING THIS KIND OF WORK IN PREPARATION FOR THE GROWTH THAT WE ALL KNOW IS COMING AS SOMEBODY WHO LED THE TEAM BUT ALSO RESIDENT OF HAYS COUNTY, I THANK YOU FOR PAYING ATTENTION. I INVITE YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS.

THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGERS ALSO HERE.

CHRIS BEAUTIFUL LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER TRENT A.

>> THANK YOU AND THE WHOLE TEAM.

REALLY IMPRESSED. AND THANKS TO OUR STAFF.

I REALLY DO THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT START FOR US.

I THINK YOU MENTIONED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IS PROBABLY THAT IMPLEMENT A LOT OF THESE MEASURES AND WILL BE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. BUT I THINK FINALLY A SOMETHING WE COULD SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THIS WITH DEVELOPERS AND THINK IT'S A GREAT STEP.'M EXCITED TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ON AND AS YOU KNOW. I WILL HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS AND FOLLOW-UPS. I THINK THE WHOLE TEAM DID AN

AMAZING JOB. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK YOU FOR REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT, I KNOW HOW TO PUT IT BLUNTLY REALITIES ON THE GROUND. I KNOW IN MY PRECINCT AND REALLY EVERY PRECINCT HERE, WE HAVE LARGE-SCALE TRACKS AND SMALL SCOPE TRACKS THAT ARE UNDER SUCH DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE RIGHT NOW. AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IN TERMS OF COST AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS FOR MAINTAINING PROPERTY AND HOLDING PROPERTY, GIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO THEIR ENTIRE LIFE AND FAMILY WEALTH OF ANY TYPE IS WRAPPED UP IN A PROPERTY THAT THEY SIT ON.

THAT BEING THE CASE, WE REACHED A POINT IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE MARKETABILITY OR MARKETING OF THE PROPERTIES THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN SEE POSSIBLE FUTURE INCOME.

AND OFFERING THEM A WAY THAT THROUGH THEIR OWN DESIGN, THEY CAN CAPTURE THAT WHILE MAINTAINING WHAT THEY LOVE ABOUT THAT RURAL CHARACTER AND COMMUNITY WITHOUT DIRECT COST TO CORRECT TAXPAYERS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THE MOST INGENUITY OF THING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS AT THE TOP TIER THAT THE OVERLAY OF AN INDIVIDUALIZED [TERM] IT DOES TAKE THAT TAX MONEY AND REMOVES IT FROM THE SITUATION. BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE PAID BY THOSE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH AS THEY COME ON BOARD AS TAXPAYERS. WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT ABILITY IN THE PAST AS YOU ALL WILL KNOW IN A COURT.

OUR ONLY BOOK IS SEPTIC AND THE ONLY HOOK HAS BEEN SOMETIMES

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>> IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION BUT A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IT AND EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED. AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. WE HAVE ALWAYS, OFTEN TALKED ABOUT IN PAST COURTS, THE DESIRE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND TO HAVE MORE OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ORDINANCE DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRING IN HAYS COUNTY. I'M INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT MORE OF THE DETAILS AND IT WOULD, THE TYPES OF INCENTIVES WE WOULD BE OFFERING AND IT IS A GREAT START AND I APPRECIATE

IT, THANK YOU. >> REALLY WELL DONE AND IS SOMETHING THAT IS USEFUL. NOT JUST SOMETHING TO PUT OUT THERE. SOMETHING WE COULD USE IN INDIVIDUAL PRECINCTS. THANK YOU.

>> I BELIEVE I'VE SAID THIS ENOUGH TIMES WHERE PEOPLE ARE REPEATING IT BACK TO ME, I FIND IT REWARDING.

MY HOPE IS TO HAVE HAYS COUNTY BE THE CENTRAL PART OF CENTRAL TEXAS. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT EVEN WHEN I STATE IS NOT ANTIGROWTH, LIKE SOMEONE ELSE SAID EARLIER YOU CANNOT STOP BUILDING IS JUST NOT REASONABLE IT WON'T HAPPEN. SO FUNNY ENOUGH CENTRAL PARK IS IN NEW YORK. I MEAN TALK ABOUT DENSITY AND INTELLIGENT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE AND A BLESSING THE PLACE WHERE WE LIVE WHERE WE ALL CALL HOME, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, WHETHER MATTER HAPPY.

LET'S COME AROUND THE REALITY THAT THIS IS OUR VERY OWN HAYS COUNTY LIKE IN THE CARTOONS IF WE HUG IT AND KISS IT, THIS IS OUR COUTY. WE ONE SHOT AT DOING THIS RIGHT AND THIS THEY HAVE PUT FORTH HAS BEEN SOMETHING I WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN UNFOLD. I WAS TALKING WITH THE OVERLAYING OF THE DIFFERENT MAPS AND OVERALL JUST PULLING TOGETHER OF ANYTHING SO WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO COME AND INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH I WILL ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU, THEY HAVE A ROADMAP AS TO OUR TOLERANCES, AS TO INTERESTS AND WISHES OF DENSITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS.

AND SO, THIS IS A MAGNIFICENTLY LARGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND FOR THAT MR. MARTIN, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. JONATHAN, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO

ADD? >> IF SO, PUSH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE. PLUS MY NAME IS JONATHAN -- SIGLER GROUP. I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE, THANK YOU OFF WHAT YOU'RE DOING THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL FOR YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT FUTURE LAND USE.

NUMEROUS GREAT THINGS THINK ABOUT THE DOLLARS YOU HAVE COME THING AT THE DEVELOPMENT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT WITH PARTNERS LIKE -- PARTNERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION HAVE TO HAPPEN IN HAYS COUNTY IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND WHAT THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS IS ONE OF THOSE OTHER TOOLS AND THANKS JEFF FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THE PROJECT.

>> RIGHT ON. THANK YOU MUCH MR. MARTIN VERY

WELL DONE! >> THANK YOU ALL.

>> WILL WILL DO NEXT IS ONE FINAL ITEM UNDER PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS AND THEN TAKE A SHORT RECESS.

IF, SINCE HE'S AT THE PODIUM I WILL SAY THAT YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON ANSWER PLEASE START THE TIMER.

>> IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY MUCH AND THREE MINUTES AFTER ALL OF THAT. ANYWAY, DON'T BE CONFUSED THINKING THAT THIS IS AN ORGANIC PROCESS.

IT ORIGINATED HERE IN HAYS COUNTY AS PART OF THE GLOBAL GREEN INITIATIVE. YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT UPFRONT. ANYWAY, IT IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ABOUT THE DEFINITION, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT BETWEEN A PROPERTY OWNER OR DEVELOPER AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFTEN INCLUDING TERMS NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRED IN EXISTING REGULATIONS.

LET'S GO DOWN TO.

TOWN PLANNING INSTITUTE. YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND FIND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN.

ONE OF THEM TRANSPORT AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

ONLINE CPD, CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

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DON'T BE CONFUSED. DPFG, GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND THEY HAVE, THIS IS A QUOTE USE OF LAND SECURED FINANCING HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SOLVING PROBLEMATIC CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATED BY PASSAGE OF PROPERTY TAX REFERENDUMS. CREATED A VOID IN FINANCING REGIONAL AND SUBREGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE. TODAY, LAND DEVELOPERS ARE EXPECTED TO PAY FOR SCHOOLS, ROADS, FIRE STATIONS AND PARKS.

AS A CONDITION OF DEVELOPMENT WITH LITTLE ASSISTANCE FROM STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT AREAS IS RELYING MORE AND MORE ON THE USE OF LAND, SECURED FINANCING. DPFG CONSULTANTS HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INVOLVED ON 2100 LAND SECURED PUBLIC FINANCINGS TOTALING OVER $11 BILLION.

THIS IS BASICALLY A WAY FOR DEVELOPERS.

IT IS FOR THE BIG DEVELOPERS, NOT FOR THE SMALL PERSON LIKE ME WHO OWNS 6 1/2 ACRES. YOU KNOW, HE SAID IT.

THE DEVELOPER SAID THEY NEEDED OR INCENTIVE TO DO THIS STUFF.

THAT MEANS WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE MORE CONCESSIONS AS THE COUNTY AND GIVE UP MORE TAX POTENTIAL TAX DOLLARS, THIS HAS GOT TO END. I TALKED ENDLESSLY ABOUT CORPORATIONS THAT ARE GETTING ABATEMENTS AND REBATES AND SUCH. ANOTHER WAY FOR DEVELOPERS TO GET THE SAME SORT OF THING HE TALKS ABOUT STAKEHOLDERS, STAKEHOLDER IF YOU LOOK UP THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF IT, I'M SURE MARK KENNEDY KNOWS THIS. IT IS -- ANYWAY, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE. LOOK IT UP, IN THE DICTIONARY OR ANY OTHER DICTIONARY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THREE MINUTES IS NOTHING. >> THANK YOU.

[6.Presentation by Connected Nations representative regarding the broadband mapping within Hays County. BECERRA]

>> NUMBER SIX, PRESENTATION BY CONNECTED NATIONS REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING THE BROADBAND MAPPING WITHIN HAYS

COUNTY. >> I KNOW YOU ALREADY TO GET UP AND STRETCH SOME LET'S MAKE THIS MORE OF A CONVERSATION.

LESS TECHNICAL AND KIND OF ENJOY IT A LITTLE BIT I AM WITH CONNECTED NATION AND CONNECTED NATION TEXAS.

A 501 C3 OUR SOLE MISSION IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. I'VE ENJOYED LISTENING TO YOUR RESOLUTIONS TODAY. I THINK CONNECT INTERNET WITH EACH OF THEM HOW IT CAN BE USED THE LAST ONE BUILDING OF THE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU ALREADY GOT YOUR GROUND TORE UP OR LAYING FIBER DO YOU HAVE A DIG POLICY READY WHEN WE GOT TO GO BACK AND TEAR UP THE STREET AND LAY IT LATER.

THOSE ARE LITTLE THINGS WERE GOING TO BRING TO YOU AS WE GO THROUGH OUR SURVEY AND TALKING WITH YOU ONE-ON-ONE.

AND GIVE YOU IDEAS OF WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING THAT ARE GROWING. TRYING TO SAVE SOME MONEY HERE AND THERE. ONCE RELATED ROADS AND NOT HAVE TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I LOVE THE RESOLUTION ON THE CTE, ONE OF THE GREATEST PROBLEMS WE ARE GOING TO FACE IS WORKFORCE ISSUES WITH ALL OF THIS NEW GENERATIONAL MONEY COMING INTO THE COMMUNITIES TO LAY FIBER AND DELAY OTHER TYPES OF INTERNET TECHNOLOGY.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH WORKFORCE OUT THERE TO DO THAT.

WE MAY HAVE THE MONEY THE WILL AND PLAN READY TO GO WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO DO THE WORK. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR GREAT STATE OF STARTED CERTIFICATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO WALK OUT AND MAKE GOOD MONEY BECAUSE IT IS A SKILL YOU HAVE TO GO DEEP INTO THE GROUND, DESCEND AND ASCEND WAY UP ON TOP ALSO. THERE'S A LOT OF SKILL, I CAN RELATE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING BUT I DID BRING MY POWN LAPTOP HAVE TO LOOK AT THI BUT QUICKLY IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD. THEY ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK FOR YOU. WE WOULD LIKE TO ASSESS WHERE YOU ARE WITH YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, ADOPTION AND USE. ALL THREE ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

NOT ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU IT IS NOT BRIEF.

SOMEBODY IS PAYING FOR THIS SO WE NEED TOTAL ENGAGEMENT FROM EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS. I'VE APPRECIATED EACH OF OUR CONVERSATIONS IF Y'ALL ARE READY TO GO.

AND THE JUDGE AND I APPRECIATE LINDSAY AND SIMONE FOR DOING THE RESEARCH AND BRING THIS OUT AND EXPLAINING IT AND GIVING ME SOMEONE TO COME IN AND SAY GET THIS DONE AND THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT'S

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WE RECOGNIZE TWO TYPES OF BROADBAND TERRESTRIAL AND MOBILE. FIXED AND MOBILE SERVICES ARE TREATED EQUALLY. THEY BOTH IMPORTANT, JUST HAVE VERY DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS. BUSINESS MODELS AND CAPABILITIES.YOUR TERRESTRIAL, I'LL SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF THIS IN A MINUTE YOUR CABLE LINES, FIBER, DSL, -- AND OF COURSE MOBILE THE EACH OF YOU HAVE AND A BUSINESS PHONE AND PRIVATE PHONE AND CONSTANTLY DOING THIS.

WHAT WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE NOW IS SATELLITE SERVICES.

SATELLITE USED TO NOT BE SO RECOGNIZED BECAUSE OF LATENCY ISSUES AND LIABILITY IN ITSELF. BUT IT'S GETTING BETTER AND IT IS GOING TO BE A SOLUTION FOR CERTAIN AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL TEXAS WHERE WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET FIBER CABLE INTO IT. WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ADDED THAT LAST LITTLE PARAGRAPH NOW TALKING ABOUT LOW ORBIT TECHNOLOGIES. THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF WHAT WE JUST SAID. WE HAVE YOUR MOBILE CELL TOWERS OVER TO THE LEFT DRIVING DOWN OF THE ROADS AND WHEN YOU WORK IN THIS THIS IS MY EYES A TIME, THERE IS ONE, THERE IS ONE.

LOOKING FOR LITTLE ORANGE BANDS AT TOMMY FIBER HAS BEEN LAID.

YOU CAN SEE FIXED WIRELESS ALL SMALL TOWNS HAVE A WATER TOWER WITH A MASCOT ON IT. YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE AN ANTENNA.HAT IS FIXED BROADBAND AND THAT IS DIRECT LINE OF SERVICE WHETHER TO BUSINESS OR HOME.

YOU HAVE CABLE AND DSL. FIBER IS BURIED AND THEN YOU HAVE SATELLITE. THAT JUST GIVES A VISUAL SOME ARE MORE VISUAL THAN WE ARE. WE TOLD YOU, AS IN THE BEGINNING THERE ARE THREE THINGS WE WILL LOOK AT AND THAT IS YOUR ACCESS AND IT'S REALLY YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT? BECAUSE IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU DOCTOR FOR ABUSIVE WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE GROUND.

ON THE SAME IMPORTANCE AS ADOPTION, THAT YOUR ACTUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO YOUR INTERNET COMPANIES FOR SERVICE.

PROVIDERS CAN LAY ALL THE INSTRUCTOR YOU OPERATIVE NOTE IS ADOPTING THAT THEN IS A WASTE OF MONEY AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE MORE SERVICE. THEY WILL NOT IMPROVE THEIR SERVICE YOU'LL BE STUCK AT A SPEED YOU'RE AT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH INCOME. THEN USE.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE ACCESS AND GREATLY ADOPTED BUT ARE USING THE INTERNET FOR IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY? THIS MEANS TELEMEDICINE. WE FOUND IN THE PANDEMIC THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERNET.

AND THE NEED TO BE SECURITY ON THE INTERNET.

WE ARE SAFE IN THE INTERNET BY IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND ISSUE. A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FACILITATING THE EXPANSION OF TECHNOLOGIES AGAIN, ACCESS, ADOPTION USE AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL CONTEXT, WE WILL ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, WE WILL ASSESS THE COMMUNITY, WILL TAKE ALL THE INFORMATION WE GET IN MAKE THE TECHNOLOGY PLAN WHICH I WILL COME BACK AND PRESENT TO YOU IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY. IT CAN BE IN A SETTING SUCH AS THIS, IT COULD BE A COMMUNITY SETTING OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PRESENT IT. BUT THAT WILL BE UP TO YOU TO TAKE THE PLAN AND ADOPT PORTIONS OF IT SO YES, WE CAN DO THIS TODAY, THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR US, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AND THEN OF COURSE ADD WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING LOCALLY ALSO. THIS WILL BE THE ATTENTION OF YOUR PROVIDERS, IT WILL GARNER THE ATTENTION OF NEW PROVIDERS WANTED TO COMMIT BECAUSE THEY PWILL LOOK AT THE INFORMATION W GET. THEY WILL SEE THAT 95 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE THEY HAVE TODAY. EVEN THOUGH HAYS COUNTY SAYS WE HAVE 100 PERCENT SERVICE, WHATEVER SPEED ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR THAT. IS IT FAST ENOUGH? IF PEOPLE WANT TO PAY AN SURVEY SHOWS PEOPLE WANT TO PAY FOR BETTER SPEED, BETTER INTERNET YOU HAVE PROVIDERS WANTED TO USE THAT INFORMATION. AND OF COURSE WE WILL PROMOTE.

GO AHEAD. WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS SURVEY IS THAT WE HAD FANTASTIC COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS AND DON'T GET HUNG UP ON THE WORDS RECALL THEM TEAM LEADERS.

THEY CAN BE CHAMPIONS WHAT IT IS A SUMMER PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT THAT WAS TO GO OUT INTO THEIR LOCAL CONSTITUENTS, PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE INFLUENCE OVER AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SURVEY WE ARE COMING WITH, WHY IT IS IMPORTANT, IT CAN BE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, GET INFORMATION TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY LOCAL EXTENSION AGENT CAN GIVE OUT INFORMATION IS AGRICULTURE, FARMING INDUSTRY YOU WILL HAVE RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT WE CAN GET INFORMATION TO YOU THROUGH HOA, THROUGH NEWSLETTERS, ALL SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADVERTISED EVERY DAY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT TAKES

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YOU MIGHT NEED TO ADVERTISE IN ON THE LAST DAY SO WILL SAY OKAY I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FILL OUT THE SURVEY.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE INTERESTED LEADERS ACROSS THE NINE DIFFERENT SECTORS THAT WE WILL END UP SURVEYING.

PAND THOSE PEOPLE REALLY GO OUT WHERE THEY HAVE INFLUENCE AND TALK ABOUT THE SURVEY AND TALK ABOUT WHY IT IS IMPORTANT AND GET AS MANY PARTICIPANTS AS WE CAN, THE MORE INFORMATION WE BRING IN THE BETTER INFORMATION WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE OUT.

GO AHEAD. JUST THE PROGRAM BRINGS TOGETHER NEARLY EVERY SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO EXAMINE AND ADDRESS BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES ALONG THE SPECTRUM OF AGAIN, ACCESS ADOPTION USE. WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS SURVEY IS THAT NEEDS TO BE DIVERSIFIED.

MEANING WE DON'T JUST WANT PEOPLE WHO HAVE INTERNET THAT LIVE AROUND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY BECAUSE IT'S EASY FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE INTERNET. WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO MOST RURAL AREAS IT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE INTERNET IS NOT LOST ON ME THAT WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY DON'T HAVE INTERNET TO FILL OUT ONLINE SURVEY ABOUT THE INTERNET.

THAT IS NOT LOST ON US. WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH PAPER SURVEYS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THAT CAN BE PASSED OUT WERE MAILED IN LOCAL UTILITY BILLS REPORT ON THE SCHOOLS, AND PRINCIPALS AND SUPERINTENDENTS CAN HELP US AND REALLY JUST A MAIN PLAYER IN ALL OF THIS BECAUSE THEY REALLY KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY AND WHO WAS IN THAT SCHOOL AND HOW THEY CAN REACH THOSE PEOPLE WITH THIS INFORMATION.

IT MAY TAKE ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC ACTUALLY WENT TO THE FOOD BANK BECAUSE NOBODY WAS ALLOWED TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS AND SHE WENT TO EACH CAR AND HELP THEM FILL OUT THE SURVEY.

TO MAKE SURE THAT PARTICULAR POPULATION WAS HEARD FROM AND THAT THEY WERE ADDRESSED INTO THE SURVEY, THEY WENT TO ALL AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY SO ALL DEMOGRAPHICS, SURVEYED REALLY IMPORTANT THIS IS DIVERSIFIED. AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THOSE WITH GOOD INTERNET BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT, PROVIDERS WANT TO KNOW THAT WE WANT TO HEAR THOSE WITHOUT INTERNET. WHAT WOULD REALLY HELP US ON THIS IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR MAP NOW WE WILL SEE AND I WILL EXPLAIN INTERACTIVE MAPS LATER. AND WILL COME BACK AGAIN AND I WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO USE IT BUT CONNECTED NATION HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK IN MAPPING. BUT A LOT OF OUR INFORMATION HAS COME FROM PROVIDERS AND THE FCC, 477 FORM.

THOSE FORMS INFORMATION IS GIVEN, PROVIDERS ARE ASKED TO PROVIDE THE FCC WITH THAT INFORMATION AND HOW IT IS GATHERED IS THROUGH CENSUS LOTS.

SINCE THIS LOT CAN BE 100 HOMES AND I'VE USED THIS REFERENCE WITH EACH OF YOU I BELIEVE. IT CAN BE 100 HOMES AND ONE OF THE HOUSES HAS INTERNET, IT IS CONSIDERED 100 PERCENT SERVED.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR MAPS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE LIGHT GREEN. LIGHT GREEN AS OPPOSED TO DARK GREEN ON THE MAPS, SHOWS THE INFORMATION IS FROM THE FCC 477 FORMS. MORE THAN LIKELY, A LOT OF OVERSTATEMENT IN THAT. THIS PARTICULAR SURVEY WILL HELP FLUSH OUT SOME OF THAT. AND THEN THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL WORKS AS EACH COMMISSIONER WANTS IN THEIR OWN AREA TO REALLY DO INDIVIDUAL MAPPING AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE INCIDENT IS ACT, WHERE IT IS NOT AT IN THAT THEY HAVE INTERNET, WHAT KIND OF INTERNET? YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF TIMES IT SAYS WE ARE OFFERING 100, 100.

100 UPLOAD AND 100 DONALD. IF YOU DO A SPEED TEST NEVER GET OVER 25.3. WHY IS THAT? LIKE TO FLUSH THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION OUT.

THE FCC DOES DEFINE INTERNET 25 DOWNLOAD AND THREE UPLOAD.

AND WILL KNOW THAT IS NOT NEAR ENOUGH.

GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THAT IS NOT NEAR ENOUGH MORE INDEPENDENT REALLY YOU HAVE TWO KIDS WORKING AT HOME ON THE COMPUTER ON SCHOOLWORK YOUR TWO PARENTS TRYING TO DO ZOOM MEETINGS AND DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BANDWIDTH.

IT SHOWS REALLY NEED TO OPT OUT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE FCC IS REALLY GOING TO INCREASE THE DEFINITION OF ADEQUATE PBROADBAND IS. THEY AREGOING TO INCREASE THAT WHICH IS ALSO GOOD FOR FUTURE GRANTS AND WILL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE. COMMUNITY BROADBAND THESE THE PEOPLE NEED TO BE PART OF THE TEAMS PRETTY BROADBAND PROVIDERS, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU BUY INTERNET PROVIDERS TO COME IN. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, VISITORS BUREAUS. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNERS, COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. ALSO THE CITY GOVERNMENTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS.

OF COURSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALL OF THOSE.

K-12 REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET INVESTED IN THIS.

REALLY IMPORTANT THAT FARM BUREAUS AND UNIVERSITY EXTENSION STAFF GET INVESTED IN THIS.

WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

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THE BETTER OFF WE WILL BE BECAUSE SENIORS WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN SMALL TOWNS THAT MAY NOT HAVE A PARTICULAR SPECIALTY OF DOCTOR. BUT IF THEY CAN JUST TALK TO THE DR. THEY MAY NOT HAVE TO GO INTO SAN ANTONIO OR AUSTIN OR HOUSTON. THEY CAN STAY RIGHT HERE AND NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL OUT. TELEHEALTH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

MANY CHAMPIONS AND TEAM LEADERS AND THESE ARE THE NINE SECTORS THAT WE ARE GOING TO SURVEY. EACH OF THEM HAS THEIR OWN SURVEY. WE ASKED ONE PERSON FOR HOUSEHOLD TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY BUT THE PERSON MAY ALSO BE A BUSINESS OWNER, MAY ALSO BE A FARMER.

MAYBE THE LOCAL LIBRARY MAY BE FILLING OUT TWO OR THREE SURVEYS. WHATEVER FITS BUT ONLY ONE PERSON FROM HOME. YOUR BUSINESSES, AGRICULTURAL, K-12, HIGHER EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT, LIBRARIES, ORGANIZATIONS, HOUSEHOLDS.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, NOT JUST GOING TO SAY HERE YOU GO, WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU IN EVERY WAY WE CAN.

WE WILL HELP YOU OUT WITH THE PR, YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST THING IS CALLED SURVEY CARDS OR PUSH CARDS OR BUSINESS CARDS AND YOU'LL SEE THE QR CODE ON THAT SUMMER PLUS A PHONE UP TO IT WILL OPEN THE SURVEY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PRINT ALL OF THOSE THAT YOU WANT CUT THEM OUT PAST THE MOUNT.

WHATEVER YOU LIKE ALSO POSTERS OUT WERE GOING TO CREATE FOR YOU. WE HAVE ONE PAGERS THAT EXPLAIN PEXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, THOS ARE REALLY NICE TO ADD TO EMAILS WHEN YOU SEND EMAIL TO A GROUP THAT YOU CAN SAY ATTACH THIS PARTICULAR ONE PAGE AND IT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING.

GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.E HAD LIMITATIONS FOR THE KICKOFF EVENT MEANING WE NEED TO KICK THIS OFF I NEED A DATE THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE UPON THAT THIS WILL BE THE DAY THAT WE WILL OPEN UP THE SURVEY THAT WE REALLY GOING TO PUSH IT ALL OUT AND HAVE OUR PR RELEASES READY. WE WERE THINKING PROBABLY THE END OF THIS MONTH OR THE BEGINNING OF MARCH I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO CONFIRM A DATE FOR ME.

AND THEN HEALTH CARD YOU CAN SEND THOSE OUT LAID THEM ON BUSINESSES, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LIKE THAT PARTICULAR SIZE AND POSTCARD TO LAND TABLES DURING MEETINGS.

I WILL DEVELOP SOMETHING IF NONE OF THOSE WORK OUT FOR YOUR NEEDS. I BELIEVE IT IS PROBABLY THE LAST SLIDE. I THINK WE REALLY WANT TO GET OVER TO YOU THIS CAN BE REALLY FUN, YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT BROADBAND.

IF YOU HAVE A PASSION AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED TO MAKE YOUR COUNTY SUCCESSFUL THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU AND TO MAKE THE PHONE CALLS YOU NEED TO MAKE TO SEND OUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA INVITES AND PLEASE FILL OUT THE SURVEY AND REALLY MAKE IT A PARTY FOR THE COUNTY, THUS WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SURVEY STAYS OPEN FOR ABOUT 60 TO 90 DAYS, WE CAN INCREASE THAT IF WE DON'T GET THE NUMBERS WE NEED BUT I PROMISE YOU, THE FIRST SIX WEEKS WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH ENERGY YOU HAVE AND HOW SUCCESSFUL WE WILL BE.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET TO A REALLY STRONG START.

DENTLING THERE 10 MINUTES YOU CAN TELL ANY QUESTIONS I'M

HAPPY TO ANSWER. >> MAGNIFICENT JOB SO CONCISE AND SO ENERGIZED I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU CAME IN PERSON, I'M GRATEFUL YOU'RE HERE WE HAVE TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FROM THIS ENDEAVOR. AND I'M ABOUT THE SOONER THE BETTER LET'S GET THE CONVERSATION ROLLING.

WHATEVER THE COMMISSIONERS AND I WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A DATE. FIRST AVAILABLE I THINK IS WHAT

WE SHOULD DO. >> GIVE US TWO AND HALF WEEKS TO GET ALL THE PR STUFF DONE AND GIVE IT TO YOU AND WE CAN GET OUR LEADERS IN PLACE FOR THE KICKOFF.

AND I DON'T CARE IF THE KICKOFF IS IN PERSONAL VIRTUAL IS WHATEVER IS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE JUST NEED A REALLY ENERGIZED WITH DIFFERENT SECTORS AND

SHOWING UP. >> YOU TELL US WHEN YOU ARE

READY. >> YOU TELL ME, I'M READY.

>> YOU SAID YOU NEED TO AND HALF WEEKS.

>> YES, END OF FEBRUARY. >> AS SOON AS YOU'RE DONE,

MARCH 1 KICKOFF. >> THAT'S A GOOD DAY?

WHEN IS MARCH 1? >> TUESDAY.

>> TUESDAY'S GREAT. >> WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

ANY COMMENTS? SHE NAILED IT!

>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SPEND WITH COMMISSIONER SHELL AND MYSELF.

>> ANYTIME YOU NEED ME I WILL ALWAYS ANSWER.

>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT WE WILL TAKE A 10

MINUTE RECESS.>> OKAY, WE'RE BA SHORT RECESS.

YOU ASKED THAT YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM 48.

[48.Discussion and possible action to award contract for RFP 2022-P02 Animal Shelter and Animal Services Feasibility Study to Team Shelter USA; and authorize staff and General Counsel to negotiate a contract. SHELL/INGALSBE]

[02:30:07]

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.> COMMISSIONERS YOU ARE EXTRA MENTAL IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFORT

ANYTHING LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE? >> JUST THAT WE HAVE AT THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD PROCESS, GREAT RESPONSES, A LOT OF HELP FROM SHERRY I KNOW THAT SHE'S HERE WITH QUESTIONS TO RESPOND AS WE HAVE SOME REALLY THOROUGH INTERVIEWS, I BELIEVE WE HAD FOUR INITIAL RESPONDENTS NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO INTERVIEWS, I WANT TO THANK THE PURCHASING OFFICE TOO THE AUDITORS OFFICE DID A REAL GOOD JOB ORGANIZING EVERYTHING, REALLY GREAT, TWO GREAT TEAMS TO CHOOSE FROM, EXTREMELY CLOSE I KNOW EITHER ONE COULD DO IT A GOOD JOB AND I'M CONFIDENT THEY WILL GIVE US THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS.

>> MILLIE, JUDGE, COMMISSIONER SHELL MENTIONED MOST OF WHAT WE WANTED, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PROCESS AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK SHERRY BECAUSE SHE DOES HAS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION. SHE KNEW THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO ASK AND SO, SHE WAS A GREAT HELP AND SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU HELPED US WITH AND SO, BUT COMMISSIONER SHELL IS RIGHT BOTH FIRMS ARE GREAT FIRMS, EITHER ONE COULD DO THE WORK. I'M HAPPY THAT WE WERE AT THIS POINT THIS IS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND REALLY EXCITED.

>> IF YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO VIEWING PUBLIC AND GIVE US A FEW WORDS SINCE YOU BEEN A PART OF THIS EFFORT.

>> THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.Y NAME IS SHERRY BOYETTE HAYS COUNTY ANIMAL ADVOCATE ADVISOR AND COMMUNITY LIAISON. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED AND I AM VERY PLEASED TO POINT THE COMMUNITY TO THE TEAM SHELTER USA.COM WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXPERTISE.

A DESIGN ORGANIZATION THEY ARE PARTNERING WITH TO DO FEASIBILITY STUDY, BOTH ARE VERY EXPERIENCED NATIONALLY, INTERNATIONALLY AND IN TEXAS. DOCTOR PISANO IS THE VETERINARIAN WHO LEADS TEAM SHELTER SHE'S VERY WELL RECOGNIZED IN THE ANIMAL WELFARE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS ADVISOR AND STRATEGIST. SHE'S DONE NEARLY 120 OF THESE TYPES OF STUDIES. SHE WILL BE BRINGING US EXPERTISE AT A VERY HIGH PROFICIENCY LEVEL.

WE HEARD A LOT TODAY ABOUT PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND GROWTH. AND THE STAKEHOLDERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, THIS GOES WELL BEYOND THE NECESSARY ANIMAL INTEREST AND INTO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE.

SO ANIMAL ARTS ALSO SPECIALIZES IN ANIMAL SHELTERING AND VETERINARY DESIGN. THEY BRING AND EXPERIENCE LEVEL OF OVER 1200 PROJECTS IN 40 STATES WE HAVE THE BEST OF BEST AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE

ANIMALS. >> BRAVO.

ABSOLUTELY. BRAVO TO YOU.

SUCH A LEADER IN THE ENDEAVOR, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. WE APPRECIATE IT.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> THANK YOU. CHRIS JUDGE, THIS IS COMING BACK A SECOND TIME AFTER THE CONTRACT.

[59.Discussion and possible action to award contract for RFP 2022-P06 Emergency Rental Assistance Program - Program Manager to Ardurra Group, Inc.; authorize staff and General Counsel to negotiate a contract; and to authorize execution of a standard Professional Services Agreement once negotiated and approved. INGALSBE/SMITH]

>> IT IS NEGOTIATED. >> PLEASE OPEN 59.

>> 59. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TOWARD CONTRACT FOR RFP 2022 Ã P0 SIX EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROGRAM MANAGER TOARDURRA GROUP INC. , AUTHORIZED STAFF AND GENERAL COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT AND TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF STANDARD PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WAS NEGOTIATED AND APPROVED.> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> WE ARE READY TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE STAFF WORK ON THIS.

WE GOT OT THESE PROPOSALS VERY QUICKLY, HAD TO REVIEW THEM

[02:35:03]

GET THE MONEY TO THOSE THAT NEED IT AND REALLY APPRECIATE THIS FIRM IS GOING TO DO A WONDERFUL JOB.

THEY HAVE OFFICES IN AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO.

HAVE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THIS PROGRAM ON A BETTER TRACK.

CHRIS AND AS YOU SAID, WE DENIGRATE EFFORT.

WE CLEARLY NEED THE HELP AND I KNOW THAT TAMMY TOLD ME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT THERE WAS, OR THERE ARE MOMENTS WHERE YOU HAVE A CLEAR SET, THERE'S NO PENDING FILES OR CASES AND THE PROCESS STILL KEEPS MOVING LIKE A CONVEYOR BELT.

SO YES, WE NEED HELP AND YES, THANK YOU FOR HANGING ON AS WELL AS YOU HAVE. AND THIS IS WONDERFUL AND WELL NEEDED AND WELL-DESERVED AND WELL SUPPORTED.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY IN REVIEWING THE APPLICATION, THE RESPONSES, THERE WERE SOME REALLY GOOD RESPONSES AND THERE WERE SOME THAT COMPLETELY MISSED THE MARK.

IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING SO LOOKING AT THE SCORING THAT WAS DONE AND LOOKING AT THE PROPOSALS I'M REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE IT APPEARS THE FIRM COULD HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND IN A FEW DAYS. AND HAVE A PROGRAM, IMPROVE UPON THE PROGRAM WE HAVE AN OFFER SOME ASSISTANCE, I THINK

IT IS PROBABLY NEEDED. >> WELL DONE, WELL SAID.F THERE IS NOTHING MORE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[45.Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a Proposal between Hays County and Axon Enterprise, Inc. related to the Law Enforcement In-Car Camera System and Body Worn Camera-Taser Program for the Sheriff Office. INGALSBE/CUTLER]

>> 45 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TAUGHT WAS A COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTED PROPOSAL BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND AXON ENTERPRISE AND RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CAR CAMERA SYSTEM AND BODY WORN CAMERA TASER PROGRAM FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>> MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> THIS IS TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT FOR THE ANIMAL ONTROL OFFICER, ONE OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS THAT IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING I BELIEVE.

>> WE SEE AHEAD NOD. YES.

YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[49.Discussion and possible action to authorize the Sheriff's Office to add two (2) new Records Management Officers (Grade 110) effective 3/1/2022. SMITH/CUTLER]

>> 49, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ADD TWO NEW RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICERS GRADE 110, EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2022.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND. YOU NEED NO INTRODUCTION.

ALL YOURS. >> IF YOU U RECALL BACK THE BUDGET PROCESS WE ASKED S WE ASKED THE COURT -- WAS IT WILL PROBABLY BABLY COME BACK AND SEE YOU THAT IS WHY WE HEARD TODAY. WE ARE MED.

HAVE THE CHIEF HERE AND ERVISOR, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NS ABOUT THIS. FOR EXAMPLE XAMPLE WE HAVE WE HAVE OVER 100 OPEN EN RECORDS REQUEST.

JUST OVERWHELMING WHAT WE ARE GETTING PERSONABLE 111, IS WHAT

WE HAVE TO DO. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

THE SOFTWARE WE PURCHASED FOR ORGANIZING MEETINGS AND DOCUMENTING THINGS, I THINK I REMEMBER HEARING SOMETHING ABOUT REQUESTS SO THAT IF THEY ARE SIMILAR REQUESTS, FOLKS HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE INFORMATION AND NOT CAUSE DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS. IS THAT SOMETHING?

>> AM NOT SURE QUITE FOLLOW BUT -- [INAUDIBLE]

>> MAY BE A DIFFERENT ONE. I THINK IT ENCAPSULATES PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS AND IT SHOWS ALL THE ONES THAT HAVE

BEEN MADE. >> THE GENERAL COUNSEL IS

HANDLING ONE. >> I KNOW SOFTWARE REPORT FOR HERE HAS ONE OF THOSE -- I JUST DON'T REMEMBER.

[02:40:03]

IT DOES, RIGHT? >> WHATEVER YOU PUT IN A REQUEST, THROUGH THE UNIFIED SYSTEM, IT AUTOMATICALLY GENERATES, GENERAL COUNSEL IDENTIFIES WHO IS TO RESPOND TO THAT TO AVOID DUPLICATION. AUTOMATICALLY GENERATES A NOTICE TO THAT DEPARTMENT. THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE IS THAT THE GENERAL COUNSEL OFFICE, AT TIMES WHATEVER THEY SEND -- YOU KNOW THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, REQUEST FOR RECORDS, IT IS AN ORGANIZATION SYSTEM FOR THOSE RECORDS.

IT DOES NOT COMPILE THE RECORDS IN THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT.

THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT, IT DOES DIVIDE OUT SO YOU DO NOT HAVE DUPLICATION OF EFFORT THAT THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND THE DA ARE NOT GOING AND LOOKING FOR THE SAME.

I BELIEVE IT ALLEVIATES THAT. AND IT CO-MINGLED ALL OF THAT BACK TOGETHER TO GET BACK TO FINALIZE REQUEST.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> JUST SAY NO, SHERIFF, THERE ARE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY ACQUIRED, THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP. NOT THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, YOU STILL GET THE FIRST PIO DONE BUT IF ANOTHER ONE JUST LIKE IT COMES OUT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO POINT TO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO REDO EXTRA WORK. ALTHOUGH I SUPPORT THE EFFORT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT NEWEST THING PARTS OF THE TOOLBOX ON THAT FRONT. [INAUDIBLE]

>> PLEASE, GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON I THINK ALMOST AFTERNOON! MY NAME IS STEPHANIE ROBINSON RECORDS PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I DO APPRECIATE YOU THINKING OF THOSE TOOLS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE. SOMETIMES WE GET A MASS REQUEST THAT, DEPENDING OF THE REQUESTER IS, DOESN'T REALLY GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE SAME INFORMATION UNFORTUNATELY. AND THE TIME-CONSUMING PART REALLY IS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE ADDED THE BODY CAMERA, DASH CAMERA ALL THAT. CERTAIN GUIDELINES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. WHEN WE GO TO REDACT VIDEO AND THINGS LIKE THAT IT IS A FRAME BY FRAME SECOND BY SECOND.

BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AND WE DO HAVE BUILT-IN REDUCTION TOOLS. BUT IF YOU CONSIDER ONE REQUEST WE HAD, 11 BODY CAM VIDEOS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE HOURS I THINK OF BODY CAM. ONE PERSON HAD TO GO IN FRAME BY FRAME AND REDACT ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT COULD NOT BE RELEASED. IT IS AUDIO AND VISUAL SO YOU ARE WATCHING ONE TIME FOR VISUAL AND ONE TIME FOR AUDIO.

AND THEN THOSE THINGS GO UP TO GENERAL COUNSEL, REVIEWING IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACETS OF WHAT THIS POSITION COVERS. WHERE THEN JUST -- IN SEPTEMBER THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY CHANGED RULES REGARDING SENATE BILL 111. BUT WE HAVE TO CERTIFY EVERY CASE THAT IS FILED WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THAT WASN'T SOMETHING WE HAD TO DO IN THE PAST IS IN OUR OFFICE HANDLES THAT AS WELL. WE ALSO HANDLE ALL OF OUR REPORTING FOR -- WHICH FUNDS ALL OF THE GRANTS.

THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF ADDITIONAL TASKS THAT WE'VE NEVER BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR AND WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE THE LOAD AMONGST THE EMPLOYEES AND SO IS NOT OVERWHELMING.

>> COMMISSIONERS? >> I THINK I'M GOOD JUDGE.

>> A UNFUNDED MANDATE. >> AND YOUR PROSPECTS TO FILL

THE SLOTS? >> I DON'T, WE HAVE A JOB POSTED RIGHT NOW FOR ONE THAT HAS A VACANCY.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOME IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

>> COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[53.Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute two Contract Amendments with Tyler Technologies, Inc. related to a Hays County Financial Transparency Portal. INGALSBE/VILLARREAL-ALONZO]

PLEASE OPEN 53. >> 53, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE A COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE TWO CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC. RELATED TO HAYS COUNTY FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY PORTAL.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> COMMISSIONERS, PICK A NUMBER.

[43.Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a Phasing Agreement between Hays County and LL Ranch Investments, L.P. for the Double L Ranch Subdivision located off of Ranch Road 12 in Precinct 4. SMITH/PACHECO]

>> WHAT ARE THESE GUYS BACK HERE?

>> 43. >> 43 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTIONS AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTE A PHASING AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND LL RANCH INVESTMENTS LP FOR THE DOUBLE L RANCH SUBDIVISION LOCATED OFF OF RANCH ROAD 12 IN

PRECINCT 4. >> SO MOVED.

[02:45:04]

>> MOTION AND SECOND. >> GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS IS ANOTHER AGREEMENT WE TYPICALLY SEE THESE FROM TIME TO TIME. THE PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT IS TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS A LOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CURRENT RULES AND REGULATIONS AND ALSO CURRENT FEES IN PLACE AT THIS TIME. ON THE CONTRARY, IT ALLOWS THE COUNTY TO ADOPT REASONABLE TIMELINES FOR THE PROJECT.

WITH THIS PROJECT I BELIEVE IT'S APPROXIMATELY 2300 RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN PRECINCT 4. OFF OF RANCH ROAD 12.

THE DEVELOPMENT TO SPEAK TO 15 YEAR BUILDOUT FOR THE 18 PHASES THAT ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED. THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE. ADOPTING YOU KNOW COMMON AGREEMENT IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT ADOPTS CURRENT RULES RELATIONS FEES AND GIVES THE DEPARTMENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN FOR THE PHASES IN THE FUTURE.

>> AND SINCE YOU SAT HERE THROUGH ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS, I WANT TO OFFER THE OPTION POTENTIALLY IS A CONVERSATION, TO INCORPORATE SOME NEW GUIDELINES TO INCENTIVIZE OR ENCOURAGE PRACTICES THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY IN REFERENCE TO PROTECTION OF OUR GREEN SPACE, WATER ETC. APPEARED LIKE WE JUST HAD PRESENTED BY GREEN

SPACES. >> THIS DEVELOPMENT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY IS AN OPERATING UNDER A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS.

>> LOCKED IN. >> YES.

>> OKAY. NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> THERE WE ARE. THANK YOU FOR INVESTING OUR

[36.Discussion and possible action to approve the selection of BGE, Inc. to perform Construction Engineering and Inspection (CE&I) services for the Darden Hill at Sawyer Ranch Roundabout project in Precinct 4; and to authorize staff and counsel to negotiate a Work Authorization under their On-Call CE&I contract. SMITH/BORCHERDING]

COMMUNITY. >> 36 AS WELL.

>> PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 36. >> 36, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE SECTION OF BGE INC. TO PERFORM CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THEIR DARDEN HILL AT SAWYER RANCH ROUNDABOUT PROJECT IN PRECINCT 4 AND TO AUTHORIZE STAFF AND COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE A WORK AUTHORIZATION UNDER THEIR ON-CALL CONTRACT.

>> MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> OKAY. >> -- WE HAD A THREE-WAY STOP THERE. WE FULLY ANTICIPATED THE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS WILL START WE HOPE, THE DAY THAT SCHOOL ENDS AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START DOING SOME CLEARING AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS UNDER THE CURRENT USAGE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS THERE.

IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. THIS IS FOR THE ACTUAL INSPECTION SERVICE AND CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL START AND HOPEFULLY END OVER THE SUMMER.

>> VOLCANIC QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[38.Discussion and possible action to accept fiscal surety for the street and drainage improvements in the amount of $1,225,525.13 for Sunset Oaks, Section 4, Phase 2A Subdivision (Bond No. 30142526). INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

>> NEXT NUMBER? PLEASE OPEN NUMBER -- WE JUST DID 36. 38.

>> 38 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT FISCAL SURETY FOR THE STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,225,000 -- $1,225,525.13 FOR SUNSET OAKS SECTION 4 PHASE 2 A SUBDIVISION BOND NUMBER 30142526.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[50.Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute an Interlocal Agreement between Hays County and the City of Kyle regarding the City of Kyle Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No.3 (TIRZ 3); and authorize staff to deliver the executed contract contingent upon creation and adoption of TIRZ 3 by the City of Kyle. SHELL]

>> OKAY. 50.

>> 50, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE A COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF COBB REGARDING CITY OF TILE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO DELIVER THE EXECUTED CONTRACT CONTINGENT UPON CREATION AND ADOPTION OF TIRZ3 BY THE CITY OF KYLE.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> SIR? >> THE SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT YOU PROBABLY RECALL THEY CAME IN AND GAVE A PRESENTATION LAST COURT DATE. TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND LET YOU KNOW THEY ARE HERE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SOME TIME, AT ONE POINT, I THINK THE CITY HAD NOT INTENDED TO ANNEX SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

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IT IS MEANT TO BE THERE TO ASSIST IN THE FINANCIAL GOALS AND HELP PAY DOWN SOME OF WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE AN OBLIGATION TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE THIMPACT ON THE AREA.

LOOK AT THE PACKET, THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A PID AND TIRZ. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF READINGS TO DO SO. I TOLD HIM WE WILL GET OUR VOTE OUT OF THE WAY. AND WE'LL HAVE IT READY FOR YOU WHEN YOU WILL APPROVE IT AND CREATE THE TIRZ AND WILL DELIVER IT TO YOU. THAT'S ONE THING UP IN THE AIR, A TIMING ISSUE. THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS REQUESTED THAT THERE BE A 25 YEAR TIMELINE FOR PAYBACK FOR THE PID INSTEAD OF 22 YOU ONCE AGAIN TAKE THAT EFFECTIVE TAX RATE DOWN. AND I DON'T THINK AN ANSWER HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE CITY ON THAT YET.

USUAL IS A 20 YEAR RATE ON THE DEBT.

IF THEY WERE TO AGREE TO THE 25 YEARS AND THEY WOULD MIMIC THAT. IN SECTION 5 IT WE HAVE IS A 20 YEAR TIRZ IN LOCAL TERM, IT WILL CONVERT TO 25 IF YOU WANT PTO MAKE A MOTION, I WOULD NOTE THAT STAFF THE STAFF CAN MODIFY SECTION 52 REPRESENT THIS BEFORE WE DELIVER.

>> WERE ABOUT REPRESENTATION? >> WE WOULD HAVE TWO MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. THIS IS, HAS BECOME KIND OF OUR STANDARD FOR HOW WE INTERACT WITH TIRZ THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THIS IS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE PROBABLY HAVE GOING IN DRIPPING SPRINGS OR SAN MARCOS RIGHT NOW. WE TALKED ABOUT THE TIRZ NUMBER ONE FOR KYLE THAT IS AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE AND WE HAD A ONE MEMBER OPTION ON THAT AND THE COURT BACK IN THE DAY OPTED OUT AND DID NOT APPOINT, I THINK I TOLD HIM I BELIEVE THE COURT WOULD WANT TO APPOINT BOTH MEMBERS TO THIS BOARD AS WE

HAVE BEEN DOING. >> LET ME ASK FOR A LITTLE CLARIFICATION. THIS IS A REAL CREATIV WAY A PID TIRZ COMBO. IT GOES IN PLACE AND AS IT DEVELOPS, TIRZ PAYS THEM TO DIMINISH THE IMPACT ON THE

RESIDENCE? >> THE TIRZ CAN PAY FOR CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT COULD EITHER PAY DOWN THE PID DEPENDING ON HOW THEY WANT TO FINANCE IT AND BY THE WAY, P3 WORKS UP ASSISTING IN THIS CREATING THIS NETWORK OF FINANCING MECHANISMS. IT IS THE SAME FOLKS WE USE AND HAVE USED, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN JOHN SNYDER AND HIS STAFF SO UNDER THAT THEY ARE BUILDING A PRODUCT THAT WILL BE WORKING BUT ESSENTIALLY, BY CREATING TIRZ YOU RELIEVED PRESSURE ON THE PID BECAUSE HE COULD FIND EITHER DIRECTLY INFRASTRUCTURE IT CAN PAYBACK FOR CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE BY THE PID. ONE OF THE OTHER.

>> I'M SO IMPRESSED VERY WELL DONE.

SO WHO'S GOING TO CARRY THE MOTION?

>> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTE THE ILA UPON FINALIZATION OF THE TERM BY GENERAL COUNSEL AND I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE SECTION 3E, THE TITLE MENTIONS TIRZ 1 NEEDS TO BE TURNED TO TIRZ 3.

>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION? --

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>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> UNTIL I GET ANOTHER NUMBER I WILL GO THROUGH CONSENT.

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14. >> SEVEN, PREPAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES. EIGHT APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTHCARE CLAIMS. 10 --

>> WHAT WE PULLED NINE. >> YES.

10, PREPAYMENT OF FIBER 20 2022 PAYROLL DISBURSEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,200,000 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 28, 2022 AND POST TOTALS FOR WAGES WITHHOLDINGS DEDUCTIONS AND BENEFITS ON HAYS COUNTY WEBSITE ONCE FINALIZED.

11, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO FEDEX OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PRINTING IN THE AMOUNT OF $646.24 IN WHICH NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS ISSUED AS REQUIRED FOR THE PAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY. 12, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF CITY FUEL TANKS BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS REGARDING THE USE OF CITY-OWNED FUEL TANKS BY THE COUNTY DURING TIMES OF EMERGENCIES. 13, AUTHORIZE ASSURES OFFICE TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF K-9 VALUED AT $20,000 FROM DEPUTY CONSTABLE JOHN FRIEND OF GUADALUPE COUNTY AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 14, AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF $600 FROM MY EMERGENCY ROOM FOR THE 2022 JUNIOR DEPUTY ACADEMY AND AMEND THE BUDGET

ACCORDINGLY. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND.

COMMISSIONER? >> I LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS FOR ITEM NUMBER 12.

YOU WILL REMEMBER WE DISCUSSED IN YOUR COURT RELATIVE TO LACK OF AVAILABLE DIESEL FUEL LAST YEAR AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY PURCHASED SOME FUEL STORAGE AND INSTALLED IT AT RANCH PARK AND THE AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW -- AS WELL AS THE CONSTABLE OFFICE TO ACCESS THAT IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY.

THIS IS ONE OF THE HOLES THAT WE SAW EXPOSED LAST YEAR.

THIS IS AN EFFORT TO TRY AND ADDRESS IT.

>> VERY VIVIDLY REMEMBER. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK DEPUTY CONSTABLE JOHN FRIEND, FOR HIS GENEROUS DONATION.F.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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>> PLEASE OPEN 15 THROUGH 23. >> 15 AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ACCEPT A $500 DONATION FROM DENISE -- AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 16 APPROVE OUT-OF-STATE RECORD FOR RECORDS PROGRAM AND MR. STEPHANIE ROBINSON TO ATTEND THE TYLER CONNECT CONFERENCE MAY 15-19, 2022 IN INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. 17, APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS.

18, AUTHORIZE A COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTE INSTALLATION PROPOSALS WITH LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY FOR P 25 SITE ADDITIONS AND REPROGRAMMING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS P 25 700 MEGAHERTZ RADIO MIGRATION AND AUTHORIZE A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUED TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 262.024 8070. 19 AUTHORIZE SUBMISSION OF INTERLOCAL APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE TO DIRECTB PREVENTION AND CONTROL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 STATE FUNDS AND ACCEPT THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 32,000 HUNDRED AND $33.

20, EXCEPT THE 2021 RACIAL PROFILING REPORT AND THE 2021 ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT FROM THE HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE OFFICE, PRECINCT 4. 21, EXCEPT THE 2021 RACIAL PROFILING REPORT AND THE 2021 ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT FROM THE HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE OFFICE, PRECINCT 3.

JUDGE EXECUTE 1/4 AMENDMENT TO THE HEALTHCARE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WELL PATH LLC FOR THE JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY AND AUTHORIZE A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 262.024

[03:00:03]

>> SECOND.> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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>> 24, RATIFIES OMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR FISCAL YEAR 23 STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING FUND, SPECIALTY COURTS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,400.

25, AUTHORIZE A COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTE THE FIRST CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND CANYON GLEN AND ASSOCIATES, PA EXECUTIVE ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 26, 2021. 26, AUTHORIZE A COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTE A PUBLIC WATER LINE EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND CITY OF SAN MARCOS RELATED TO UTILITIES LOCATED UPON HAYS COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY ON UHLAND ROAD ON PRECINCT 1.

27, AUTHORIZE THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AN ADDITIONAL $4340 IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STATE AID GRANT AND ATTEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 28, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO CARD SERVICE CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $90.67 FOR ACCRUED FEES RELATED TO LOST PAYMENTS NOT APPLY TO CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTS.

29, AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT RELATING TO THE INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION OF ESRI ARCGIS SOFTWARE AND AMEND BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 30, AUTHORIZE COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTE CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH WASTE CONNECTION LONE STAR INC.

PURSUANT TO IFB 2021 ÃB12 COUNTYWIDE DUMPSTERS.

31, APPROVE SUBMITTAL OF PROJECT INFORMATION FORM TO TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR A DRINKING WATER WELL AND APPURTENANT INFRASTRUCTURE OUTSIDE OF THE JACOB'S WELL GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ZONE. 32, APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY SECTIONS 4.5 AND 4.14 RELATED TO FEDERAL OR STATE FEDERAL GRANTS.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> 33. >> 33 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH A THREE-WAY STOP LOCATION OF PURGATORY ROAD AND INTERSECTION WITH HUGO ROAD.

>> MOTION. >> I THINK IS A DISCUSSION.

>> POSSIBLE ACTION TO HOLD. >> ACTION TO HOLD.

THE WORDING. JOY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING?

>> I THINK WE CALLED FOR IT LAST TIME.

>> IT'S JUST WORDED INCORRECTLY.

>> THANK YOU FOR SAYING THOSE -- IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR ME TO SEE THE WORDING, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING IS THEFIRST WORD .

[INAUDIBLE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR MOVING THROUGH THAT.

WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.

IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 33? SEEING NO MOVEMENT I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER.

>> THANK YOU JUDGE. THIS INTERSECTION OF PURGATORY AND HUGO ROAD ACROSS THE COUNTY LINE.

EXTREME INCREASE IN TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY LARGE TRUCKS AND A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TRAFFIC STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE WE BELIEVE THIS IS WARRANTED. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH APPLICATION OF THREE-WAY STOP AT PURGATORY AND

HUGO ROAD.> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[33.Discussion and possible action to hold a public hearing to establish a 3-way stop location on Purgatory Road at the intersection with Hugo Road. SHELL/BORCHERDING]

[34.Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a Professional ServicesAgreement between Hays County and LJA Engineering, Inc. to provide right-of-way acquisition services for the RM 150 West Alignment Project in Precinct 3. SHELL/BORCHERDING]

>> 34, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND LGA ENGINEERING INC. TO PROVIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR THE RM 150 WEST ALIGNMENT PROJECT IN

PRECINCT 3. >> SO MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER?

>> A NEW TERRITORY FOR ME JUDGE.

150 FROM 35, FROM THE INTERSECTIONS OF -- NEAR 35 TO 150. THAT SECTION IS PROBABLY THE COUNTY HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THAT EXTENSION FOR MAYBE AS LONG AS

[03:05:03]

PROPERTY OWNERS. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[35.Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute Contract Amendment No. 2 in the amount of $7,381.25 to the Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and Frank Surveying Company, Inc., DBA FSC, Inc. for the US 290 West at Henly Loop and Martin Road project in Precinct 3, as part of the 2016 Road Bond Program utilizing a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Ch. 262.024(a)(4). SHELL/BORCHERDING]

>> PLEASE OPEN 35. >> 35, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE A COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE CONTRACT MEMO NUMBER TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF $7281.25 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND FRANK SURVEYING COMPANY INC. DBA FSC INC. FOR THE US 290 W. AT HENLEY LOOP AND MARTIN ROAD PROJECT IN PRECINCT 3, AS PART OF THE 2016 ROAD BOND PROBLEM UTILIZING A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 262.024

A4. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> IS NOT FUNNY? YOU HAVE THIS ON THE CORNER AND ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH WEST

CORNER -- >> ANOTHER NEW ONE.

>> IT KILLS ME, I'M GOING TO GO ON A TANGENT HERE BUT IT KILLS ME THAT LITERALLY, FOUR DAYS BEFORE WE WENT TO CONSTRUCTION MARTIN ROAD, LOST IT IN RIGHT PRECINCT.

AND HENLEY IS VERY SIMILAR. >> APPRECIATE IT.

>> ANY TIME! >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[37.Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and Halff Associates, Inc. to provide right-of-way acquisition services for the Low Water Crossing Improvements at Sycamore Creek in Precinct 3 and Bear Creek in Precinct 4. SMITH/SHELL/BORCHERDING]

>> 37, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE A COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND HALFF ASSOCIATE INC. TO PROVIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR THE LOW WATER CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS AT SYCAMORE CREEK IN PRECINCT 3 AND BEAR CREEK IN PRECINCT 4.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> COMMISSIONERS? >> ANOTHER NEW ONE FOR ME.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.ROLL CALL FOR VOTE]

>> I THINK IF WE DO 44 DOES IT GET YOU OUT OF HERE?

[44.Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a Memorandum of Understanding between Hays County and the City of San Marcos related to a funding application to the Texas Water Development Board for drainage improvements in the Briarwood/River Ridge area. SHELL/BORCHERDING]

THAT YOUR LAST ONE? >> YES.

>> JOB SUBDIVISIONS GO TO 44. >> 44, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE A COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS RELATED TO A FUNDING APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE

BRIARWOOD/RIVER RIDGE AREA. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> COMMISSIONERS?

YOU ARE THE MVP. >> THIS IS REQUIRED SINCE PORTION OF THIS APPLICATION THAT THE CITY IS MAKING THE WATER DEVELOPING BOARD IS AN INCORPORATED AREA ACTUALLY A STRANGE AREA OFF OF 35 THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS

INC. BUT IT IS. >> OKAY.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[39.PLN-1658-PC; Hold a Public Hearing to discuss final action regarding the Booky T Subdivision, Lot 1, Replat. SHELL/MACHACEK]

>> THANK YOU. PLEASE OPEN 39.

>> 39 PLN Ã1658 ÃPC HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS FINAL ACTION REGARDING THE BOOKY T SUBDIVISION LOT ONE THREE PLAT.

>> OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF ANY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. SEEING NO MOVEMENT, CLOSING

PUBLIC HEARING. >> ANOTHER NEW ONE FOR ME.

>> MAKING MOVES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS COLBY -- COUNTY PLANNER THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THE RE-PLOT CONSISTS OF A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION, LOCATED ALONG WEST HIGHWAY 290 IN PRECINCT 3 WHICH USED TO BE IN PRECINCT 4.

WATER SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH PRIVATE WELLS, FOR EACH LOT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ADVANCED ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES.

THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED AND THE ITEM HAS.

RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. >> THEY GO ANYTHING ELSE TO

CONTRIBUTE? >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RE-PLAT FOR BOOKY T SUBDIVISION.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[40.PLN-1876-NP; Discussion and possible action to approve the final plat for 2JS Ranch Subdivision. SHELL/MACHACEK]

>> PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 40. >> 40, PLN Ã1876 ÃNP.

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TWO JS RANCH SUBDIVISION. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> I BELIEVE THIS ONE ACTUALLY

WAS INCREASING -- >> YES, 2JS RANCH IS -- ALSO PRECINCT 3, ALSO COMES OUT OF THE UNRECORDED SECRET SPRINGS ONE SUBDIVISION.THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS DEALING WITH RAW ACREAGE, WANTED TO SELL OFF A PORTION OF THE LOT.

AGAIN, THEY WILL CREATE TWO LOTS ACROSS THE 11.23 ACRES, WATER SERVICE WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WASTEWATER TREATMENT ACHIEVED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES. AGAIN, NO VARIANCES REQUESTED AND HAS FULL STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

>> THANK YOU. >> MOTION TO APPROVE FINAL PLAT

FOR 2JS SUBDIVISION. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[41.PLN-1758-NP - Moon Ridge Subdivision (10 Lots). Discussion and possible action to approve the final plat; accept Performance Bond No. 5313742 for street and drainage improvements in the amount of $283,485.30. SHELL/MACHACEK]

>> 41. PLN Ã1758 ÃNP.

MOON RIDGE SUBDIVISION. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO PROVE FINAL PLAT, EXCEPT PERFORMANCE BONDS NUMBER 531-3742 FOR STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE

AMOUNT OF $283,485.30. >> MOTION.

[42.PLN-1787-PC; Hold a Public Hearing to discuss approval of the final plat of the Rolling Oaks, Section 4, Lot 55, Replat. SHELL/MACHACEK]

>> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.ROLL

CALL FOR VOTE] >> PLEASE OPEN 42.

>> 42 PLN 1787 ÃPC HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT OF ROLLING OAKS, SECTION 4, LOT

55, RE-PLAT. >> SO MOVED.

>> WILL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THE AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

SEEING NO MOVEMENT. CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING.

>> ROLLING OAKS SECTION 4 LOT 55 RE-PLAT, THIS WILL CONSIST OF CREATING FOUR LOTS ACROSS 4.84 ACRES, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE RECORDED ROLLING OAKS SUBDIVISION SECTION 4 WHICH IS LOCATED OFF OF 3237 NEAR DRIFTWOOD, THE PROPERTY COMES OFF OF A TRAIL IN THE SUBDIVISION.

WATER FOR EACH LOT WILL BE OBTAINED THROUGH RAINWATER HARVESTING, WASTEWATER TREATMENT ADVANCED ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES FOR EACH LOT. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED AND THE ITEM HAS FULL STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

>> MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[46.Discussion and possible action to pre-qualify the respondents related to RFQ 2021-Q01 Professional Engineering Services to further develop a pool of qualified firms to utilize on an as needed basis for projects throughout Hays County, and to be reviewed/reopened on an annual basis. SHELL]

PLEASE OPEN 46. >> THEY PREQUALIFY RESPONDENTS PRELATED TO RFQ 2021 Ã201, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES TO FURTHER DEVELOP A POOL OF QUALIFIED TERMS UTILIZED AS AN AS NEEDED BASIS FOR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT HAYS COUNTY AND TO BE REVIEWED AND REOPENED ON THE ANNUAL BASIS.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> THIS IS A REALLY PROCESS FOR ALL PREQUALIFIED.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[47.Discussion and possible action to execute a Participation Agreement between Hays County and Choice Partners Cooperative related to participating in Food/Cafeteria Related Contracts with Choice Partners Cooperative for the 2022-2023 school year. INGALSBE]

>> PLEASE OPEN 47. >> 47, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXECUTE A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND TWICE PARTNERS COOPERATIVE RELATED TO PARTICIPATING IN FOOD/CAFETERIA RELATED CONTRACTS WITH CHOICE PARTNERS COOPERATIVE FOR THE 2022 Ã2023 SCHOOL YEAR.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.> JUDGE, THIS IS AN ANNUAL AGREEMENT WE CONSIDER EVERY YEAR TO UTILIZE THE FOOD AND CAFETERIA CONTRACT PROCURED BY CHOICE PARTNERS AND THOSE PRODUCTS ARE USED IN THE JAIL AND JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.

>> THANK YOU, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[51.Discussion and possible action to award contract for RFP 2022-P01 Hays County Property - Civic Center & Clovis Barker Road to Casey Development, LTD; and authorize staff and General Counsel to negotiate a contract. INGALSBE]

>> 51, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO WORD CONTRACT FOR RFP 2022 ÃP0 ONE HAYS COUNTY PROPERTY ÃCIVIC CENTER AND CLOVIS BARKER ROAD TO CASEY DEVELOPMENT LTD, AND AUTHORIZE STAFF AND GENERAL COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> JUDGE, WE ONLY RECEIVED THAT ONE PROPOSAL AND SO, WE WANT TO

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I THINK THEY BRING A UNIQUE PRODUCT BUT I THINK THE COUNTY WILL BE HAPPY WITH SOME PROPOSALS THAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDING AND I THINK WE CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT ONCE

NEGOTIATIONS -- >> WE'LL SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THE COURT FOR CONSIDERATION.

WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF VERBAL PHONE CALL INQUIRIES/OFFERS, THEY WERE DIRECTED TO PLEASE SUBMIT A PROPOSAL AS THE RFP WOULD REQUIRE. AND IT DID NOT DO SO.

THIS IS THE PROPOSAL WE RECEIVED.

WORTH TALKING TO THEM AND SEEING HOW WE CAN GO.

>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU. LEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[52.Discussion and possible action to award the contract for RFP 2021-P07 Program Management - ARPA Funds; and authorize staff and General Counsel to negotiate a contract. SMITH]

>> 52, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO WHERE THE CONTRACT FOR RFP 2021 ÃP0 SEVEN PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ÃARPA FUNDS, AND AUTHORIZE STAFF AND GENERAL COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE A

CONTRACT. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> WE HAD JUST BEEN HANDED A PIECE OF PAPER. BACK TO THE MICROPHONE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT? OKAY.

COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> WHEN WE WENT WITH THIS RFP SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THE AUDITOR MAY BE ABLE CLARIFY.

OVER 20 SUBMISSIONS INITIALLY. 14 QUALIFIED BUT WE HAD ADDITIONAL ONES, DID WE NOT? I THOUGHT WE DID.

I DON'T KNOW WHO IS ALL ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE SUBMISSIONS WERE ON AVERAGE, I WAS AT LEAST 80 TO 100 PAGES LONG. ON WHAT OVERSIGHT THEY CAN PROVIDE US AND THE SERVICE WAS IN THERE YOU ARE.

IT WAS PRETTY ROUTINE. THE RESPONDENTS LOOKED AT IT IN VERY DIFFERENT WAYS. SOME OF THEM WERE STRAIGHT, ONLY GRANT MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, IN OTHER WORDS, HERE IS WHAT WE DO. COLLECTING INFORMATION AND DISTRIBUTE, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

WE HAVE SOME THAT WERE JUST, THEY LOOK LIKE AN ENGINEERING CONTRACT. THERE IS A SPECIFIC ENGINEERING RESPONSE TO AN RFP THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ENGINEERING.

AND SO, IN WAITING THROUGH THOSE, WE CAN SEE ABOUT THE SCORES, SEVERAL FIRMS TRYING TO RAISE, PROGRESS THE TOP AND THESE ARE THE SCORES THAT WE ENDED UP GOING AND THEY ENDED UP RECEIVING. HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS -- AND SO, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL ONES, OR THOSE KIND OF THINGS, I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS WERE FREE TO SHARE THOSE IN THE COURT BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE TEAM THAT SCORED THE HIGHEST AND ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT I REALLY TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION, IS THE COST-BENEFIT OF HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO ADMINISTER THE FUNDS TO GET MONEY OUT THE DOOR TO THE RESIDENCE.

SOME OF THE CONTRACTS ARE SOME OF THE PROPOSALS, THERE WAS A SET PRICE CONTRACT, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SOME WERE HOURLY BASIS COMPLETELY UNCAPPED.

EVERYBODY, NOT EVERYBODY BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUNDING STRUCTURES OUT OF THAT MONEY.

AND LOOKING AT THE OVERALL WERE MY OVERALL ANALYSIS ANYWAY, I THINK THE PRODUCT THAT WAS OFFERED IN RFP RESPONSES FOR PROBABLY THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE FIRMS ARE GOOD PRODUCTS.

AND SCORING AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED RELATIVE TO COST, VARIED BUT I THINK IF WE WENT WITH ANY OF THESE TOP TWO OR THREE FIRMS WOULD HAVE SOMEONE TO DO IN A REASONABLE WAY.

AGAIN, THE PERSON HAD A SET OVERALL PRICE AND THAT WAS

IMPRESSIVE TO ME. >> I JUST WANTED TO ASK, JUDGE,

. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: JUDGE, WE JUST APPROVED ADURA, IF I'M PRONOUNCING THAT CAME RIGHT FOR THE ERA PROGRAM AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE CAPACITY TO -- IF THEY WERE TO BE CHOSEN TO ADMINISTER THIS

PROGRAM ALSO. >> IT WOULD BE THE FIRST CONVERSATION I THINK WE WOULD HAVE IS ABOUT CAPACITY, AND IT

[03:20:02]

YEAH. >> GREAT QUESTION,

COMMISSIONER. >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: RIGHT.

AND THEY -- I DON'T RECALL, BUT LOOKING AT THE ERA PROGRAM AND THE SUBMITTAL THAT THEY GAVE, THEY WERE QUITE A FEW EMPLOYEES THAT THEY EMPLOY, SO I WOULD IMAGINE SO, BUT I JUST WANTED

TO ASK THE QUESTION. >> JUDGE BECERRA: A GREAT

QUESTION. >> THEY ARE A PRETTY LARGE COMPANY. IN THEIR PROPOSAL THEY INCLUDED

600 -- OFFICES IN TEXAS. >> THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT.

>> ONE OF THE OFFICES WAS IN AUSTIN.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: AND SAN ANTONIO AS WELL.

>> ONE IN SAN ANTONIO AS WELL. THEY PARTNERED WITH CMPD THAT WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

>> DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET THE NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS BACK TO

US? >> THE NEXT COURT DATE IS MARCH 8, AND WE WILL TRY VERY HARD TO GET IT BACK FOR THAT DATE SO EVERYTHING CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY.

THE ERA ITEM, THE WAY -- I BELIEVE THE WAY THE MOTION CAME OUT -- I WASN'T LISTENING THAT CLOSELY ON THAT ONE.

SO I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LISTEN, BUT THAT ITEMS READS "SO THAT THE CONTRACT CAN BE EXECUTED AFTER IT IS NEGO NEGOTIATED." AND THEN WE BRING BACK A CONTRACT JUST FOR THE RECORD TO BASICALLY PLACE IT IN THE RECORD. SO THAT ONE IS -- I MEAN, READY TO RUN FAST. THE ARPA ITEM WILL COME BACK

ON THE 8TH. >> THE ERA ONE.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

GOOD, GOOD. >> YOU GET ALL OF THAT, VICKI?

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

INGALSBE ANGIOPLASTY RECOMMENDATION FOR ADUR SPARKS RECOMMENDATION FOR THE TOP FOUR.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: AGREE AND I LOVE THE IDEA.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND, I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: WE DID ALREADY.

>> DR. CARDENAS: >> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES.

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

[54.Discussion and possible action to accept a Proposal from Water & Earth Technologies (WET) related to Low Water Crossing Early Warning System repairs for the Elder Hill Rad site; authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Local Government Code, Ch. 262.024(a)(7)(D) and amend the budget accordingly. SMITH/MIKE JONES]

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

PLEASE OPEN 54. >> DR. CARDENAS: 54, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DISCUSS A PROPOSAL FROM WATER AND EARTH TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO LOW WATER CROSSING EARLY WARNING REPAIRS FOR THE ELDER HILL ROAD SITE.

AUTHORIZE A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CH 262.024 A 7 D AND AMEND THE BUDGET

ACCORDINGLY. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE CALL

THE ROLL. >> LON SHELL: YES.

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

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

>> JUDGE, JUST A HOUSEKEEPING MATTER.

I AM TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH GSMP FOR EXECS.

DO WE PLAN TO -- THIS IS NOT A SUGGESTION ON MY PART NECESSARILY, BUT DO WE PLAN TO BREAK FOR LUNCH OR PUSH ON

[55.Discussion and possible action to accept a Proposal from Water & Earth Technologies (WET) related to Low Water Crossing Early Warning System repairs for the Chaparral Road site; authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Local Government Code, Ch. 262.024(a)(7)(D) and amend the budget accordingly. JONES/MIKE JONES]

THROUGH? >> JUDGE BECERRA: I THINK PUSH ON THROUGH. OPEN 55.

>> DR. CARDENAS: 55, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT A PROPOSAL FROM WATER AND EARTH TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO LOW WATER CROSSING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM REPAIRS FOR THE CHAPARRAL ROAD SITE, AUTHORIZE A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION TO PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CH 262.024 A 7 D AND AMEND

THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. >> MARK JONES: YES.

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

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

IF WE NEED TO TAKE THEM FIRST, MARK, JUST TO HAVE A SEQUENCE

[56.Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Hays County Veteran's Treatment Court and Lyndsay Brooks, PsyD, PLLC related to psychological evaluations and treatment programs for veterans. INGALSBE/CHRIS JOHNSON]

56. >> DR. CARDENAS: 56.

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE HAYS COUNTY VET VETERANS TREATMENT COURT AND LINDSEY BROOK PSYD PP LL RELATED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS FOR TREATMENT

PROGRAMS. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

[57.Discussion and possible action to execute a Proposals with Axon Enterprise, Inc. related to the Law Enforcement In-Car Camera System and Body Worn Camera-Taser Program for the Constable 3 Office. SHELL/MONTAGUE]

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

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

57. >> DR. CARDENAS: 57, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXECUTE A PROPOSAL WITH AXO N ENTERPRISE, INC. RELATED TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEM AND BODY WARN CAMERA TASER PROGRAM FOR THE

CONSTABLE 3 OFFICE. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE BECERRA: JUST LIKE

THE SHERIFF OFFICE. >> LON SHELL: FOR THE NEW

DEPUTY. >> MARK JONES: YES.

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

[58.Discussion and possible action regarding the creation of the Hays County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) pursuant to Section 351.252 of the Texas Government Code. SMITH]

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

OPEN 58. >> DR. CARDENAS: 58, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CREATION OF THE

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>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A READING OF THE RESOLUTION.

IT IS PRETTY LONG. I WILL TELL YOU, I AM UP TO

Y'ALL. >> JUDGE BECERRA: I THINK IT IS WORTHY. DO YOU HAVE THE ITEM THERE TO

BE READ? >> IT IS IN THE BACK-UP.

>> I AM SORRY. I WAS DISTRACTED.

THAT IS ACTUALLY DRAFT RESOLUTION, AND, COMMISSIONER, PER OUR CONVERSATION LAST WEEK, WE CAN CERTAINLY READ THROUGH I, BUT I PLAN TO BRING THE RESOLUTION IN ITS OFFICIAL FINAL CONTINUE ON MARCH 8 AFTER THE COURT HAS DESIGNATED WHICH PEOPLE WILL FILL THE SLOTS. IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BACK-UP, WE CAN SEE WHICH SLOTS WE HAVE TO FILL.

THIS -- THIS ITEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN DECEMBER AND WASN'T. ON MY PART, I WILL APOLOGIZE FOR THE UNTIMELINESS OF THAT. THE STATUTE SAYS IT SHOULD BE DONE BY DECEMBER 1. AND THEY PASSED THIS.

AND IT -- IT BECAME LAW SEPTEMBER 1, BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE US A CALL TO TELL US IT WAS HAPPENING.

SO WE -- WE LEARNED OF IT AND SCRAMBLED.

COMMISSIONER SMITH IS WILLING TO SPONSOR AND WORKING ON IT.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY HARM OR FOUL US BEING A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATE GETTING IT CREATED.

WE WERE FAST MOVING LAST WEEK, YOU AND I DIDN'T THINK THROWING PEOPLE IN THOSE SPOTS WITHOUT TALKING TO THE WHOLE COURT WAS

A GOOD IDEA. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THANK YOU, MR. KENNEDY, THAT IS GOOD THINKING.

>> JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE ARE ACTUALLY FIVE POSITIONS THAT ARE REQUESTED THERE. IF YOU LOOK, IT IS ACTUALLY ON PAGE 486 OF BACKUP. CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE COUNTY.

THE SECOND A PROSECUTOR WITH JURISDICTION OVER ADULT SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES IN THE COUNTY. I WOULD HOPE WE CAN IDENTIFY THOSE TOO. I WOULD ASK THAT OUR D. A. 'S OFFICE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT ONE.

THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF OR HIS DESIGNEE.

I WOULD THINK THAT SHERIFF CUTLER WILL DESIGNATE OR DO THAT HIMSELF. AND.

>> SAN MARCOS. >> SAN MARCOS WOULD QUALIFY.

>> I WOULD ARGUE WITH YOU. >> TODAY? NOT TODAY. THE SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINER, THAT PROVIDES EXAMS WITHIN THE COUNTY OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LARGER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IN THE COUNTY. PREFERABLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS REQUEST PROBABLY THE D. A. 'S OFFICE TO LOOK AT THAT AND FIND OUT WHO WORKS DIRECTLY TO THEIR VICTIMS SERVICES FOLKS AND GET RECOMMENDATION THERE. MENTAL OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDER WITHIN THE COUNTY OR IF THEY DO NOT EXIST, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT BEFORE OUR NEXT COURT DATE TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF OUR PROVIDERS TO FIND SOMEONE THAT CAN FILL THAT ROLE AS WELL.

AND, AGAIN, OTHER -- YOU OTHER PERSONS THAT HAYS COUNTY ADULT RESPONSE TEAM SEEM NECESSARY AS RECOMMENDED BY THE RESPONSE TEAM. THAT ROLE IS OPEN AND OPEN PURPOSELY. WE HAVE A SALT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT DOESN'T -- IT DOESN'T MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT WERE CHANGED IN EXISTING LAW, AND LOOKING AT THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF THAT SALT, I WOULD LOVE FOR THE MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO PULL IN SOME OF THOSE EXPERTISE, SIMILAR TO THE HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S SHELTER AND SOME OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN

THE ROLE IN THE PAST. >> JUDGE BECERRA: IF WE APPROVE IT WITH FORMALIZED POSITIONS AND THE RESOLUTION.

MAKES SENSE? >> WALT SMITH: I WANT TO CLARIFY, IT IS LISTED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING WITHIN OUR RULES HERE.

I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE -- RESOLUTION WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF BRINGING IT BACK WITH THOSE ROLES FILLED FOR FINAL ADOPTION AT OUR NEXT COURT DATE.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: SECOND. >> YOU WILL BE BRINGING THOSE

ROLES? >> WALT SMITH: I WILL MAKE SURE THEY ARE TOGETHER WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

>> WE WILL COORDINATE WITH COMMISSIONER SMITH AND BRING

BACK THE RESOLUTION FINALIZED. >> JUDGE BECERRA: RESOLUTION WITH SUGGESTED NAMES. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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

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

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

[03:30:02]

>> JUDGE BECERRA: YES. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN 65.

>> DR. CARDENAS: 65, DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION

COUNTS AND COSTS. >> JUDGE BECERRA: THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE GIVES ME REPORTS FOR INMATE.

410 INMATES. BUT JAIL STANDARDS RECOMMENDS IT DOWN 10% TO 368. JAILS DAILY AVERAGE IS 654.

PEAK WAS 661 ON FEBRUARY 11. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES THIS WEEK IS $98,9 66.

AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES 190 AND FEMALES IS 17.

THIS WEEK'S INMATES HOUSED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: PAPER READY INMATES IS THE LATEST THAT I ASKED THE SHERIFF TO INCLUDE AND THESE ARE BASICALLY STATE INMATES IN OUR COUNTY FACILITY WHICH MEANS OUR LOCAL TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED FOR 39 INMATES WHEN IT SHOULD BE STATE RESOURCES ON THAT FRONT.

>> JUDGE, THOSE ARE CONVICTED READY TO BE TRANSFERRED.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: THEY HAVE HAD THEIR DAY IN COURT, HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY, AND TURNED INTO STATE INMATES.

ARRESTS BY AGENCY. BUDA POLICE DEPARTMENT, 2.

HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 52.

BUT THE 52 INCLUDES COURT COURT-ORDERED COMMITMENTS, INDIVIDUALS TURNING THEMSELVES IN AND WARRANT PICKUPS FROM OTHER COUNTIES. CONSTABLE PRECINCT 13.

[67 Discussion and possible action regarding Hays County’s use of federal or other grant funding related to COVID- 19 response including but not limited to the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). BECERRA]

OPEN ITEM 67. >> DR. CARDENAS: 67, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING HAYS COUNTY USE OF FEDERAL OR OTHER GRANT FUNDING RELATED TO COVID-19 RESPONSE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: WE HAVE SOMEONE TO SPEAK ON IT.

JUST OPEN IT. MOTION.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: ONE PERSON ASSIGNED TO SPEAK.

I WANTED TO OPEN IT SO HE CAN SPEAK.

MR. DAN LYON, BATTER UP. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH JUDGE BECERRA. APPRECIATE IT.

I WILL PUT IN A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD PROPOSALS.

I WILL TURN IT DOWN AND I WILL HAVE TIME TO GO AND DRINK COFFEE. ANYWAY, I PROPOSE SINCE THAT MONEY IS SUPPOSED TO HELP THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY, THAT EVERYONE THAT HAS A HOMESTEAD, YOU CUT A CHECK FOR $1,000 TO SEND TO THEM. PLUS EVERYBODY WHO IS OVER 65 -- 65 OR OLDER, YOU SHOULD SEND THEM EACH A CHECK FOR $500.

LET'S FACE IT, YOU KNOW, THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY ARE SOME OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE. AND EVEN IF THEY ARE GETTING SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS. I AM NOT, BUT AT THIS POINT -- BUT ANYWAY, EVEN IF THEY ARE -- SOCIAL SECURITY IS VERY INADEQUATE, COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES ARE TOTALLY INADEQUATE. SO THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MOST COUNTED ON HAVING A DECENT INTEREST RATE.

AND THEY SAVED ACCORDINGLY. AND NOW THEY ARE GETTING LESS THAN 1% ON THEIR ACCOUNTS. AND THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO COVID. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU ALL OUGHT TO KICK IT AROUND AND THINK OF DOING SOMETHING THAT REALLY HELPS SOME OF THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY THEN PUTTING IT ON YOUR PETTED PROJECTS.

SENIOR CENTER WILL DO ME NO GOOD.

UP IN KYLE. $600,000 FOR ARCHITECTURAL P PLANS ALONE. THAT IS INSANE, SPENDING MORE OF THE MONEY THINK THAT DON'T HAVE.

DEFICIT SPENDING LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.

FORTUNATELY I ACTUALLY SAVINGS THAT I CAN DO THAT FOR A WHILE, BUT ALL YOU HAVE IS THE PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY AND THEY ARE WAY OVERTAXED AT THIS POINTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: OPEN 60 TO 63.

>> WE DO NOT NEED TO OPEN 62. WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK

[EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]

ON MARCH 8. >> JUDGE BECERRA: PLEASE OPEN

60, 61 AND 63. >> DR. CARDENAS: 60, EXECUTIVE SECTION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5 51.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE AND OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY DON'TOR OWNED BY HAYS COUNTY LOCATED ALONG 712 STAGECOACH TRAIL, SAN MARCOS IN PRECINCT 3.

[03:35:02]

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN CO COURT. 63, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 55 1-071 AND 55 551.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECT YELLOW STONE.

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN CO

COURT. >> JUDGE BECERRA: OKAY.

WE WILL BEGIN WITH NUMBER 63. ANYONE NOT TIED TO ITEM 63, PLEASE CLEAR THE COURT ROOM.

>> JUDGE BECERRA: IF YOU NEED FOR ME TO GRAVEL AGAIN I WILL.

FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND I THINK COMMISSIONER INGALSBE WILL GRACE US WITH A MOTION.

>> DEBBIE INGALSBE: YES, JUDGE.

AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS IS NO LONGER IN PRECINCT 1 BUT ACTUALLY IN PRECINCT 3. BUT COMMISSIONER SHELL HAS GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED ME TO MAKE THIS MOTION TO MY BELOVED GOVERNMENT CENTER. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A LOCATION USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND I PRODUCTIONS, INC. RELATED TO THE FILMING WITHIN THE HAYS COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER AS PRESENTED

IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> SECOND INGALSBE I THINK JUDGE, JUST AS A NOTE. ONE COURTROOM AND TWO OTHER AREAS IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ARE PROPOSED.

OFFICE MUCH GENERAL COUNSEL WITH OFFICES IN THE BUILDING TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF THE COURTS AND SERVICES WITH PROVIDE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND. DR. CARDENAS, WILL YOU PLEASE

CALL THE ROLL. >> WALT SMITH: YES.

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

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

AND ONE MORE -- >> DARYL WATKINS FAMILY, KNOW THAT NECESSARY OUR PRAYERS AND THAT HE WILL PULL THROUGH THIS.

JUDGE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

>> JUD

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