Sep 13, 2022 Regular

[A. CALL TO ORDER ]

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>> I WOULD LIKE THE CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO BE HERE ON THIS ALREADY COOLER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL DAY THAN THE TRIPLE DIGITS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING IN THE WEEKS PAST.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

[INAUDIBLE] I WILL DO MY VERY BEST THE MOVE US ALL THROUGH IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.

LY .I WILL DO MY VERY BEST THE E SURE EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO GET HEARD GETS HEARD. THERE ARE SOME GENERAL GUIDELINES. LY DO MY BEST TO EXPLAIN THEM SO NO ONE FEELS IGNORED OR LEFT OUT.

PLEASE CALL ROLL. >> COMMISSIONERS INGALSBE.

>> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>> HERE. >> MISSIONER SHELL.

>> HERE. >> JUDGE BECCERRA?

>> HERE. >> THIS INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY OUR CHAPLAIN PASTOR TODD DARIUS.

>> PRAISE THE FATHER. WE THANK YOU LORD FOR GIVING US PASSION. WE THANK YOU, LORD GOD, FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU ARE HERE.

WE RECOGNIZE THIS TIME OF COMING TOGETHER TO HEAR AND TO RESPOND.

I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WILL HELP US LISTEN.

I PRAY THAT YOU WILL SHOW US THE WAY.

I PRAY THAT YOU WILL HELP US COME TOGETHER IN UNITY, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE PEACE IN THIS TIME.

WE TRUST YOU. WE BLESS YOU.

IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY. >> AMEN.

THANK YOU. 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 STATE UNDER GOD, ONE

AND INDIVISIBLE. >> OKAY.

SO THE PODIUM, MIC, CAN YOU TURN THE VOLUME DOWN ON THAT ONE? IF EVERYONE ELSE CAN TURN THEIR MICS ON THAT DOESN'T HAVE A NEED FOR THEM TO BE ON. THIS WILL MAKE MORE FIT.

[E. PUBLIC COMMENTS ]

SO THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO COMMUNICATE IN THIS COURT.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND YOU SIGN UP FOR THE GENERAL ITEM. WHAT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH NOW ARE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THOSE THAT SIGNED UP IN GENERAL UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS. THEN SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE LAY OF THE LAND, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS.

THEN I'LL GO STRAIGHT TO K-15. BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HERE ASKED ME TO DO THAT. LY DO THAT.

THAT CUSTOMARY FOR ME TO MOVE AROUND IN THE AGENDA TO CATER TO THE COMMUNITY. SO WE WILL GO PUBLIC COMMENTS, PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATION, K-15.

FIRST UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HAVE MR. JEFF KAUFMAN.

YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

APPROACH THE PODIUM. WHEN THE TIMER SPEAKS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A ROBUST LIST OF FOLKS TODAY, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE EFFICIENTLY CONCLUDE YOUR THOUGHTS.

>> YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

I WILL BE BRIEF. I WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY TO THE COURT ABOUT JUDGMENT AND BEHAVIOR IN PARTICULAR OF COMMISSIONER SMITH. WE NEED ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BE PEOPLE THAT OUR KIDS CAN LOOK UP TO.

WE NEED A HIGHER STANDARD OF BEHAVIOR THAN WE HAVE SEEN FROM YOU, COMMISSIONER. WE NEED FOR YOU TO BEHAVE IN A WAY THAT WE CAN RESPECT AND LOOK UP TO.

A D W I THAT YOU WERE CHARGED WITH WAS HUSHED UP FOR 18 MONTHS. AND THIS IS BENEATH THE STANDARDS OF YOUR OFFICE. THEN YOU HAD A SECOND INCIDENT IN FEBRUARY OF 20 '22 FOR MISBEHAVIOR MANY PUBLIC.

YOU WERE NOT CHARGED FOR ANYTHING AT THAT TIME.

PERHAPS YOU HAVE SOME UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. PERHAPS THERE ARE SUBSTANCE USE OR ABUSE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

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RECENTLY YOU ADVOCATED FOR MORE PRETRIAL INCARCERATION AND FOR LESS SUPPORT SERVICES. YOU ENDED UP VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE, BUT YOU MADE QUITE A SPEECH ABOUT WE NEED TO BASICALLY KEEP PEOPLE IN JAIL LONGER OR BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN TRIED, AND TO NOT HAVE AS MANY SUPPORT SERVICES.

OF COURSE YOU MADE BAIL AS SOON AS YOU COULD, SIR.

AND YOU WERE OUT. MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS CAN'T DO THAT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT. JUST THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU WOULD BE WITHOUT THOSE ADVANTAGES. SO I WILL, AS I SAY, MAKE THIS SHORT AND SO I GUESS MY MESSAGE IS TO YOU, SIR, SHAPE UP OR SHIP

OUT. >> THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MISS DEBBIE ADAMS.

>> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE.

MAY I ADD HOW DEEPLY I APPRECIATE THE EXERCISE MY GOD-GIVEN RIGHT THE FREE SPEECH. I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE AND SHARED WITH Y'ALL THAT I WAS COMPELLED TO STEP OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE TO STAND IN FRONT OF Y'ALL IN A PUBLIC FORUM TO GET INVOLVED IN THE ELECTION PROCESS BEYOND MERELY VOTING, BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THAT WAS NO LONGER ENOUGH. OUR PUBLIC IS IN GRAVE DANGER, AND I COULD NOT JUST STAND BY AND DO DO NOTHING.

I NOTED THAT FRAUD AND HACKING TOUCHES OUR LIVES EVERY DAY AND SHARED THE BREAKING STORY OF A RESEARCHER HACKING INTO ELON MUSK'S STARLING TERMINALS. I HAVE PROVIDED EACH OF Y'ALL WITH A COPY OF THAT ARTICLE SO YOU DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

YOU CAN READ IT FOR YOURSELF. VIRTUALLY AT THE SAME TIME, APPLE ANNOUNCED VULNERABILITIES THAT COULD ALLOW AN ATTACKER TO TAKE COMPLETE CONTROL OF CERTAIN IPHONE, IPAD, AND IMACS. I HAVE INCLUDED THAT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR Y'ALL, AS WELL. IF ACCOUNT STARLINK AND APPLE ARE VULNERABLE, WHY DO PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE THAT VOTING MACHINES ARE IMPERVIOUS. IT'S BEEN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT WHEN HACKING OCCURS, SOMETHING HAS BEEN STOLEN, WHETHER IT'S IDENTITY, INFORMATION, MONEY, OR AN ELECTION EVEN. STALIN ONCE STATED, "I CONSIDER IT UNIMPORTANT WHO IN THE PARTY WILL VOTE OR HOW, BUT WHAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT IS THIS: WHO WILL COUNT THE VOTES AND HOW." THAT WAS IN 1923.

IT'S 2022, AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

FRAUD HAPPENS. MACHINES ARE MANIPULATED.

IT IS EVEN EASIER TO MANIPULATE THOSE IN CHARGE OF OUR ELECTIONS, AND IT RUNS ALL THE WAY UP THING FROM POLE.

LOOK AT THE TIME, BETTER GET THAT TRUSTED BILL DONE NOW IN JULY, BECAUSE THE RECORDS RETENTION DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER.

NEVER MIND STATE OR FEDERAL LAW THAT REQUIRES IT TO BE HELD FOR 22 MONTHS PLUS ONE DAY. NOBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION.

OH, THAT FEATURE ON THE TABULATOR THAT RECORDS THE CVRS, NO NEED TO ENGAGE THAT, NEVER MIND THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE. SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED BALLOTS IS REQUIRED WE TEXAS LAW. HART HAS NEVER HAD THEM AND NO ONE SAYS A PEEP. THEY WILL TELL YOU IT'S TOO LATE TO ORDER A PAPER. THEY INSIST ON ORDERING FROM A DIFFERENT VENDOR, BUT LET ME DISCOURAGING YOU BY TELLING "YOU ARE MY FRIEND" WILL HAVE TO HAND STAMP ALL 160,000.

WE HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS. YOUR TERMS ARE ACCEPTABLE.

AND THE CHALLENGE IS ACCEPTED. THE ERIC SYSTEM IS NOTHING MORE THAN A ONE-WAY INFORMATION FUNNEL PERFECT FOR INFLATING VOTER ROLLS. I AM SURE YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THE FACE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THAT ARTICLE.

DID YOU CONSENT TO HAVE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION USED IN THIS WAY? I DIDN'T.

NOR DID ANYONE ELSE. AN WE THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR THIS SHAM. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON ABSENTEE VOTING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH SHODDY RECORD KEEPING. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MISS ADAMS. NEXT UP WE HAVE MISS JULIE

TAYLOR. >> GOOD MORNING, COURT.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING HERE.

I WILL BE SPEAKING ON SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED BALLOTS, ALSO KNOWN AS PRENUMBERED OR SERIALIZED BALLOTS.

IT HAS COME BEFORE THE COURT THAT MANY CITIZENS WANT TO HAVE SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED BALLOTS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THIS COURT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SPOKEN TO THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT THE SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED, PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS.

WHERE ARE THEY? I STARTED DIGGING.

I DID A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST, AND I FOUND SOME RATHER

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SHE ASKED FOR A QUOTE FOR PRENUMBERED BALLOTS BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2021. SHE SAID SHE WOULD MOST LIKELY WAIT ON ORDERING THE NOVEMBER BALLOTS DEMANDING ON LEAD TIME.

SHE WRAPPED UP THAT E-MAIL WITH "ONCE I GET THIS,LY GET SOME OF MY COMMISSIONERS TO SEE IF THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO." THEY RESPONDED, "WHAT SIZE OF PAPER, WHAT TYPE OF PAPER CENTER" THEY ALSO REQUEST THAT SOMEBODY BUILD A QUOTE FOR HER AND HOW LONG THAT WOULD TAKE. OUR ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR RESPONDED THAT, YES, 8.5X11 PAPER IS WHAT WAS ORDERED IN THE PAST AND THAT THE DERMAL THERMAL PAPER WAS CORRECT.

ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12TH HART E-MAILED BACK SAYING, WITH THE WE DO NOT RECOMMEND DOING THIS, COSTS ARE HIGH AND UNNECESSARY AND IT FEEDS THE NAYSAYERS WHO ARE TRYING TO TIE VOTERS TO BALLOTS APPARENTLY. THAT SAID, HE GIVES THE COST, HE GIVES THE QUANTITY, THE LEAD TIME IS 16 WEEKS FOR THE BALLOTS. WITH THE CURRENT PRICE.

HE ALSO SAID HE COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT PRICE OR GOING FORWARD THAT HE WOULD EVEN BE ABLE TO GET THE BALLOTS.

THE BIGGER NEWS IS OUR ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR RESPONDED, "THANK YOU FOR THE ATTACHED QUOTE, HOWEVER WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO USE THE PRE-NUMBERED STOCK AFTER ALL.

PLEASE RESEND THE QUOTE FOR BLANK BALLOT STOCK." SO WHY? MY QUESTION IS, WHO IS THE WE? COMMISSIONERS, COURT, WHAT IS IT? AND WHY IS HART INTERCIVIC TELLING US HOW TO DO OUR

BALLOTS? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GENUINELY GREAT FOR THAT INFORMATION.

I KNOW IT'S ENCOURAGING AND APPLAUSE IS USEFUL IN PERSONAL WAY, BUT WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER. MY AIM AND HOPE IS YOU PLEASE REFRAIN. NEXT UP, MISS VIRGINIA PARKER.

>> GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

I'M VIRGINIA PARKER WITH THE RIVER FOUNDATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COURT FOR POSTPONING THE VOTE ON PIDS.

THEY'RE COMPLICATED. THOSE TWO WEEKS ALLOWED US TO UNDERSTAND LIMITED DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE PIDS PLAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER SHELL FOR ANSWERING A LOT, AND I MEAN A LOT, OF TOUGH QUESTIONS LAST WEEK REGARDING THE PROCESS. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE RIVER FOUNDATION IS NO LONGER OPPOSED TO THE COUNTY'S NORTH PID. I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING A PID A LOAN IN A NEWSLETTER, AND WE DID CORRECT THAT LAST WEEK. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT SAID, WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF PROTECTING THE AQUIFER, SPRINGS, AND RIVER, SO ON THAT NOTE I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS. WITH THE PID WILL COME A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND LATHIMA.

ERIC STATED IN THE MEETING THAT THE CITY HAS INCREASED THE DENSITY TO THREE HOUSES PER ACRE.

I LIVED IN AUSTIN ON .18 ACRES, WHICH IS 5.5 HOUSES PER ACRE AND HAD PLENTY OF ROOM. WE ARE IN A SEMIPOST-COVID WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE VALUING SMALLER HOMES AND MORE GREEN SPACE.

THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS THE COUNTY'S OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST MORE DENSITY THAN THREE HOMES PER ACRE AND REQUEST A DECREASE OF 19% IMPERVIOUS COVER DOWN TO 18% IMPERVIOUS COVER.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO CHECK THE MAP WITH ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, ET CETERA. THE ONLY REASON SMURF IS CONCERNED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT IS IT THE OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE AND THE IMPACT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER TO THE RECHARGE OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. LOOKING AT HAYS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES, WE DO NOT FEEL THAT LOTS THAT ARE ONE-THIRD OF AN ACRE ARE WHAT YOU MEANT BY DENSITY.

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET THE DEVELOPMENT TO FALL MORE IN LINE WITH THE CONSERVATION GUIDELINES OUTLINED IN THAT PLAN.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO CORRECT SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID AT COUNTRY ESTATES MEETING. ERIC STATED THAT PERMEABLE PAVERS CANNOT BE USED OVER THE RECHARGE ZONE, BUT IF YOU LOOK

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THERE IS ALSO NO NEED FOR UNDERDRAIN IF THE LINER IS EXCLUDED. WE WOULD LOVE FOR THE COUNTY TO REQUEST PERMEABLE PAVERS OR PERMAL CONCRETE ON ALL PEDESTRIAN AREAS. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT.

ONE LAST THING BEFORE I GO, I WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU TO VOTE TO REMOVE THE COUNTY'S FUNDING FOR THE RANCH ROAD 12 AND 150 INTERSECTION. THIS IS CRITICAL AND SENSITIVE WATERSHED LAND. AN EXTENSION OF 150 ALONG ONION CREEK WOULD ADD TO THE ISSUES OF RECHARGE FOR OUR AQUIFERS AND HARM WATER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT UP WE HAVE SOMEONE NEW TO THE PODIUM, MR. DAN LYON.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE BECCERRA.

I'M ALSO GOING TO ECHO WHAT THE FIRST SPEAKER SAID ABOUT COMMISSIONER SMITH'S CONDUCT. I HAVE A COUPLE PAPERS HERE.

I HAVE SAN M A RC'S DAILY RECORD.

THE CRASH PRECEDED 2021, DWI ARREST OF THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER. ATTORNEY FOR WALT SMITH SAYS THE COMMISSIONER HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING THIS BEHIND HIM.

THIS IS BY DYLAN COLLIER, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 7, 02022 AT 10:23 A.M., TAG KSAT INVESTIGATES WALT SMITH, HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DWI, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAYS COUNTY, AUSTIN. ALL RIGHT.

A HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE IN WEST AUSTIN BEFORE BEING CHARGED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.

COURT RECORDS RELATED TO HIS APRIL 2021 ARREST CONFIRMED.

COMMISSIONER WALT SMITH WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BUT AUSTIN POLICE, WHO RESPONDED TO THE 2,200 BLOCK OF LAKE AUSTIN BOULEVARD. SMITH, THE PRECINCT 4 COMMISSIONER SINCE 0189 TOLD POLICE HIS KNEE HURT.

AN OFFICER NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMING FROM SMITH, WHO ALSO HAD BLOODSHOT AND GLASSY EYES AN ARREST AFFIDAVIT STATES. SMITH LATER TOLD OFFICERS ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10, WITH 10 BEING THE MOST INTOXICATED, HE HAD BEEN IN HIS LIFE, HE WAS A 2. SMITH SAID PRIOR TO THE CRASH HE HAD CONSUMED TWO COCKTAILS CONTAINING VODKA THE AFFIDAVIT STAITSZ. SMITH IS FREE ON $3,500 BOND WHILE AWAITING TRIAL. HIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR A PRETRIAL CONFERENCE ON NOVEMBER 4TH.

TRAVIS COUNTY COURT RECORDS SHOW.

AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING SMITH INVESTIGATED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT TUESDAY EVENING. "THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED 17 MONTHS AGO AND WE ARE PATIENTLY WAITING AS THE CASE WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

WALT HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS, AND HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING THIS BEHIND HIM.

THE ARREST HAPPENED IN APRIL 2021, AND WE EXPECT THE MATTER TO COME TO A FAIR AND JUST RESOLUTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE." SMITH, WHO IS CURRENTLY RUNNING FOR REELECTION WON THE STATE'S REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY REPUBLICAN PRIMAR IN MARCH, BY GARNERING MORE THAN 62% OF THE VOTE.

HE FACES AN INDEPENDENT CHALLENGER IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. LATE LAST YEAR SMITH WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA URINATING NEXT TO A TRUCK IN A PARKING LOT OUTSIDE DRIPPING SPRINGS LINE CF BAR. HE LATER TOLD FOX 7 HE WAS NOT DRUNK BUT INSTEAD WAS IMPAIRED DUE TO MEDICATION HE WAS TAKING, YET HE STILL DROVE WHEN HE KNEW THAT HE WAS IMPAIRED.

THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW. YOU SHOULD STEP DOWN,

COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. JOE CROHN.

AND IF YOU'RE SITTING FAR BACK, WE'LL EXPEDITE THIS.

NEXT WE'LL HAVE MISS TARA LEEOS. >> GOOD MORNING.

CONCERNED CITIZENS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ANSWERS CONCERNING% OUR ELECTION PROCESS. AS OF TODAY, THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED. ACTION HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN BY THE COURT THAT ADDRESSES THOSE CONCERNS, NOR HAS THE COURT ALLEVIATE DOUBTS ON THE LEGITIMACY OF THE 2020 ELECTION.

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IN AUGUST REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GROUP MET WITH THE EA DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE TOLD THE CVRS NEVER EXISTED BECAUSE THE HART SYSTEM ADVISER TOLD THEM NOT TO ENABLE THE SITTING THAT WOULD GENERATE THE RECORDS.

MIND YOU, THESE RECORDS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW.

BY WHAT AUTHORITY DOES A THIRD-PARTY VENDOR ADVISE HAYS COUNTY TO BREAK THE LAW? IN THE SEPTEMBER 1ST EDITION OF THE SAN MARCOS DAILY RECORD, THE EA STATES, "WE HAVE ACCESS TO OUR BACK FILES OF THAT ELECTION AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RETRIEVING THE CDR FILES FROM OUR SYSTEM ARCHIVES.

THIS IS A NEWLY REQUESTED ITEM THAT IS TAKING SOME TIME TO PRODUCE. WE FEEL CONFIDENT WE WILL HAVE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE COMING WEEKS." HER STATEMENT CONTRADICTS WHAT THE GROUP WAS TOLD, SO WHAT'S THE STORY? WHAT'S THE TRUTH? INCIDENTALLY, THE GROUP REQUESTED TVRS FROM THE MARCH 2022 PRIMARY IN EARLY JUNE AND RECEIVED THEM IN A DAY.

SO THE CDRS DON'T APPEAR TO BE A NEWLY REQUESTED ITEM THAT TAKE SOME TIME TO PRODUCE. I SPOKE TO THE COURT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I LAID OUT SOME COMPARATIVE STATISTICS THAT DO NOT LOOK NORMAL WHEN YOU COMPARE THE 2020 ELECTION TO PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. WELL, I HAVE MORE DATA THAT CASTS DOUBT ON THE LEGITIMACY OF THE 2020 ELECTION IN HAYS COUNTY. 109,9963 VOTES WERE OFFICIALLY CAST. 94,827 VOTERS HAD VOTED EARLY AND ON ELECTION DAY WERE MATCHED THE VOTER ROLLS TO THE ELECTRONIC POLLS. 854 OF THESE ENTRIES HAD VARIOUS ANOMALIES. 12,454 ABSENTEE BALL LOTLE WERE OFFICIALLY CAST. HOWEVER, THERE ARE ANOMALIES IN THE ENVELOPES AND THE APPLICATIONS THAT AFFECT APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF THE TOTAL OF THE BALLOTS.

ANOMALIES ASIDE AND ADDING THE LATTER NUMBERS, THERE WERE ONLY 107,281 VOTES CAST. THAT'S A SHORTFALL OF 2,682 VOTES. THIS IS NOT A RED OR BLUE PARTISAN ISSUE. IT IS AN AMERICAN ISSUE.

FREEDOM REQUIRES VIGILANCE CONCERNING OUR SYSTEM.

OUR VOTE IS OUR MOST SACRED POSSESSION AND THE GLUE THAT HOLDS OUR REPUBLIC TOGETHER. BE BRAVE.

DO SOMETHING. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. MISS KAREN WINGOS FOLLOWED BY

PAT CHISHOLM. >> GOOD MORNING.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF AND IN SOLIDARITY WITH CYRUS GRAY III AND DAVANTE EMERSON. LY READ THIS PETITION THAT IS TITLED FREE CYRUS AND DAVANTE. BLACK MEN ARE THE VICTIMS OF 47% OF ALL WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS. DON'T LET CYRUS AND D.J. BE NEXT. SINCE MARCH 2018, CYRUS GRAY AND D.J. EMERSON HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED WITHOUT HAVING BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME. CYRUS AND D.J. HAVE BOTH BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF JUSTIN GAUGE ARCHITECTS TEX STATE STUDENT, DECEMBER FIND A CRUCIAL LACK OF EVIDENCE THAT THEY COMMITTED THE CRIME. THE STATE CAN OFFER NO D.N.A., NO EYEWITNESSES WHO COULD IDENTIFY GRAY OR EMERSON, NO FINGERPRINT, NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DEFENDANTS AND THE VICTIMS, NO MURDER WEAPON, AND NO PLAUSIBLE MOTIVE.

WE BELIEVE CYRUS AND D.J. HAVE BEEN WRONGFULLY ACCUSED OF THIS CRIME AND ARE THEMSELVES VICTIMS OF A RUSH TO JUDGMENT.

PROSECUTOR RALPH GUERRERO HAS REFUSED TO LISTEN TO CALLS TO DISMISS THESE BASELESS CHARGES. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON CONVICTED CYRUS AND D.J. AT ALL COSTS TO DROP THE CHARGES AND REOPEN THE INVESTIGATION AND DUE THE DUE DILIGENCE.

YOU CAN HELP US FIGHT TO FREE THOSE TWO INNOCENT YOUNG MEN.

I KNOW DIFFERENT SECTORS OF GOVERNMENT SEE THIS RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE D.A.'S OFFICE FARM OR MAYBE WITH THE SHERIFF WHEN IT COMES TO JAIL CONDITIONS THAT WE OFTEN COME UP HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT. I THINK IF YOU ALL DO NOTHING WHEN YOU'RE DEFLECTING FROM YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND YOU'RE NOT STEPPING UP TO WHAT'S GOING ON. CYRUS ALREADY HAD A TRIAL.

HE WAS NOT FOUND GUILTY. I UNDERSTAND A JUROR EVEN REACHED OUT TO EACH OF YOU WHY SHE... THE FACT SHE REACHED OUT AT ALL IS A BIG DEAL AND I HOPE YOU ALE REALIZE THAT.

OBVIOUSLY IF YOU WERE TO GO TO TRIAL AGAIN, THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE COUNTY BUDGET. ALL OF THE HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS THAT WE OFTEN COMPLAIN ABOUT COME OUT OF THE COUNTY BUDGET.

OBVIOUSLY, YES, I UNDERSTAND THE SHERIFF IS AN ELECTED OFFICER, BUT STILL, YOU ALL CONTROL THE PURSE STRINGS OF HIS OFFICE AND ALSO THE D.A.'S OFFICE. SO I JUST DON'T... I JUST HOPE THAT YOU ALL DON'T USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE ON WHY YOU SHOULDN'T

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THE REASON I CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE IS BECAUSE MY BROTHER IS CURRENTLY IN PRISON AND SPENT EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE BEING CONVICTED. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE FOR HIM TO SPEND FOUR YEARS WITHOUT A CONVICTION AND NOW CYRUS DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A RIGHT. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A STAKE. YOU KNOW WES.

YOU CAN REACH OUT THE HIM QUIETLY AND SAY DROP THIS.

THIS IS GOING TO WASTE COUNTY RESOURCES.

THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE AT STAKE.

SO I REALLY HOPE YOU TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, OUR PETITION ALREADY HAS 200 SIGNATURES AND IT'S ONLY BEEN MAYBE FOUR DAYS SINCE IT'S BEEN RELEASED.

WE HELD A FILM SCREENING LAST NIGHT WHERE THE PROSECUTOR RALPH GUERRERO HAD SIMILAR THINGS HAPPEN.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, PAT CHISHOLM.

>> GOOD MORNING. I WILL PARAPHRASE THIS SINCE YOU ALL KNOW ME. IT CONCERNS THE REPORTING OF DECEASED VOTERS. THESE ARE RECORDED BY THE COUNTY CLERK AND REPORTED TO THE ELECTION COMMITTEE, THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT MONTHLY. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO PROVISION AND THEY RECEIVE NO CONFIRMATION THAT THE NAMES WERE TAKEN OFF OF THE VOTER ROLLS. IN ORDER TO HAVE A PROPER PAPER TRAIL, THAT CAN BE PROVED, AS IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW CONCERNING VOTES, YOU NEED TO HAVE A REPORT BACK FROM THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE COUNTY CLERK, NAMING THESE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ELECTION ROLLS. THEY REPORT THESE NAMES MONTHLY.

AND THIS SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN A SHORT TIME, A WEEK WERE TO AFTER THEY RECEIVED THE NAMES, AND BEFORE YOU ARE IN COMMISSIONERS COURT TO THE COMMISSION AND TO THE COUNTY CLERK.

SECONDLY, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WHEN YOU HAVE NEW VOTERS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA, THAT YOU NOTIFY THE VOTING DISTRICT WHERE THEY CAME FROM THAT THEY HAVE PROVED THERE, AND THIS PROCEDURE IS NOT BEING FOLLOWED. THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY WHEN NEW PEOPLE MOVE INTO THE COUNTY AND THEY HAVE IT WRITTEN UP TO WHERE THEY SUGGEST THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WILL DO IT, BUT SAY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT REQUIRED TO DO IT. WELL, NEWS FOR YOU, THE STATE REQUIRES THAT THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT DO IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. NEXT UP, AL CROSS.

>> I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF KMANO AMIGA.

I SAT ON CYRUS GRAY'S TRIAL AND OBSERVED A HORRIFYING MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. ALMOST FIVE YEARS OF THIS YOUNG MAN'S LIFE HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM HIM.

SITTING BEHIND BARS PRETRIAL WITH VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE TO KEEP HIM IN THERE. IN THE MEANTIME, HIS FAMILY FEELS THE WHOLE OF HIS ABSENCE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

HIS CO-DEFENDANT DAVANTE EMERSON HAS BEEN SEPARATED FROM HIS DAUGHTER, LEADING HIS FATHER FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THIS IS A TRAGEDY THAT WE MUST ADDRESS.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A CASE WITH NO WEAPON FOUND, NO D.N.A., NO CONNECTION TO THE VICTIM, NO WITNESSES PITTING HIM AT THE CRIME, THIS ZEALOUS PROSECUTION HAS ALREADY WASTED OUR COUNTY OVER 200,000 OF OUR TAX DOLLARS, TRYING TO PIN RESPONSIBILITY ON AN INNOCENT MAN WHO WAS UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO FIT THE DESCRIPTION.

IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, I HAVE MET AT LEAST HALF DOZEN PEOPLE WHO ATTEST TO THE FINE CHARACTER OF CYRUS GRAY.

HE SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION TO HIS PEERS IN THE COUNTY JAIL.

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AS MEMBERS WHO CONTROL OUR BUDGET, I URGE YOU TO EXERCISE YOUR POWER TO LOOK DEEP INTO THIS WASTEFUL AND IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF OUR MONEY AND ADVOCATE ALONGSIDE US FOR THIS TRIAL TO NOT HAPPEN AGAIN IN OCTOBER WHEN IT IS SET.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

NEXT WE HAVE MISS AIMEE CAMPBELL.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THE SAME THING MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT.

I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MANO AMIGA AS THE ADVOCACY ORGANIZER.

I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS CASE BECAUSE ONE OF THE JURORS IN HIS FIRST TRIAL REACHED OUT TO YOU BY E-MAIL LAST WEEK TO EXPRESS HER CONCERN ABOUT HOW THE TRIAL PROCEEDED.

I SAT THROUGH THAT TRIAL MYSELF. IT WAS OVER TWO WEEKS.

DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND WE SAW THAT THERE WAS NO VALID EVIDENCE AGAINST CYRUS. YOU KNOW, THE JURY HAS INDICATED TO ME THAT NONE OF Y'ALL HAVE RESPONDED TO HER E-MAIL.

I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT SHE IS A CONSTITUENT OF Y'ALL'S. SHE DID HER CIVIC DUTY, SHE SACRIFICED ALMOST THREE WEEKS OF HER TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TRIAL, AND I THINK THAT SHE IS OWED A RESPONSE.

LIKE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL MIGHT DECIDE TO DEFLECT IRRESPONSIBILITY BY SAYING THIS IS A MATTER FOR THE-DAY. BUT Y'ALL HAVE THE POWER OF THE NURSE. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE THIS. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK THE DA WHY HE IS WASTING OUR PRECIOUS RESOURCE, OUR TAX DOLLARS, WHY HE'S WASTING OVER FOUR YEARS OF THESE TWO YOUNG MEN'S LIVES. YOU KNOW, CYRUS'S GRANDMOTHER HERE, CYRUS'S FATHER IS HERE. CYRUS'S MOTHER IS HERE.

Y'ALL NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THEM AND TELL THEM WHY Y'ALL HAVE ALLOWED T D.A. AND THE ASSISTANT D.A. TO TAKE THEIR FAMILY MEMBER FROM THEM WHO THEY LOVE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DAVANTE EMERSON, ALTHOUGH DAVANTE DOES NOT HAVE ANY FAMILY MEMBERS HERE TODAY M HE HAS A MOTHER WHO LOVE HIM. HE HAS TWO YOUNGER SISTERS WHO LOVE HIM DEARLY. HE HAS A SON WHO WAS TWO AT THE TIME THAT DAVANTE WAS ARRESTED. HIS SON WAS PRESENT WHEN DAVANTE WAS ARRESTED. HE RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM KINDERGARTEN. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DAVANTE WILL NEVER GET BACK. THAT'S SOMETHING HIS SON WILL NEVER GET BACK. AND THE LEAST THAT Y'ALL CAN DO IS RIGHT THIS WRONG, BECAUSE Y'ALL CAN TRY TO DEFLECT RESPONSIBILITY, YOU CAN TRY TO AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, HISTORY WILL JUDGE Y'ALL FOR THIS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, MISS CAMPBELL. NEXT MISS SAM BENEVID ES.

>> IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THAT. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE, BUT AS THE INCREDIBLE WOMAN SAID BEFORE ME, I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH I CAN SAY THEY HAVEN'T SAID, BUT I DO WANT TO ARTICULATE THAT I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE OUTRAGEOUS AND INHUMANE OUTSOURCING AND HOLDING OF OUR NEIGHBORS PRETRIAL.

THIS IS NOT ONLY ON THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, IT'S NOT ONLY ON THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND I THINK THAT Y'ALL CANNOT ACT LIKE THIS IS COMPLETELY OUT OF YOUR HANDS LIKE YOU HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY AND NO POWER TO MAKE ANY CHANGE.

THIS REMINDS ME, THE INCOMING AND OUTSOURCING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT BY AMY.

IT REMINDS ME ABOUT HOW THERE IS SO MUCH HESITATION TO ALLOCATE $5 MILLION TO THE CREATION OF THE CODEFENDER OFFICE, YET WE APPROVED $17 MILLION FOR OUTSOURCING TO PRISONS, LIKE THERE IS NO BIG DEAL. I THINK THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN SHAMING PEOPLE FOR THEIR PAST MISTAKES, BUT COMMISSIONER SMITH, YOU ARE THE MOST OUTSPOKEN ABOUT FUNDING AND I RECALL YOU EVEN SAYING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE 95% PRETRIAL BECAUSE WE ARE ALL UP HERE SPEAKING ABOUT HOW OVER THREE-QUARTERS OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR HAYS COUNTY JAIL ARE BEING HELD PRETRIAL, MEANING THAT THESE ARE LEGALLY INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ONLY BEEN ACCUSED BUT NOT CONVICTED OF A CRIME. THREE-QUARTERS OF OUR PEOPLE, LEGALLY INNOCENT INDIVIDUAL, BEING HELD AWAY FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES AND AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, AND YOU THOUGHT THAT SHOULD BE 95%? THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

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TO SEE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU ALL SHOULD LOOK AT THAT DASHBOARD A BIT MORE, BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE NUMBERS ON THAT DASHBOARD, AND I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD LOOK TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY ALL THE STARS AND LOVED ONES THAT ARE HERE.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SHELL, FOR CONTINUING TO WORK TO ACTUALLY CREATE CHANGE HERE.

WE SEE IT AND WE APPRECIATE IT. AND THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO DO. GOING BACK TO THE OUTSOURCING, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 80 OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE JAIL OUTSOURCED SO FAR AND 100 MORE SCHEDULED.

YOU ALL HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THAT.

AND WE SHOULD BE INVESTING MORE IN DRUG DIVERSE.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR JAIL WHO DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE.

WHO ARE NOT AS DANGEROUS TO SOCIETY.

WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN DRUG DIVERSE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THAT. CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THE REST WILL BE FOR -- >> I THINK THERE ARE SOME OTHERS. WE HAVE ONE WRITTEN ONE.

>> OKAY. SO USUALLY WE CLIP IT AT 9:00 WHEN WE START, BUT BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUR PARTICIPATION, WE'LL LET THEM IN.

>> THIS IS A WRITTEN COMMENT THAT I HAVE.

>> SO YOU READ THAT ONE. CYRUS A GRAY II, IF YOU'D PLEASE

APPROACH THE PODIUM. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

I WOULD LIKE TO... I'M HERE WITH MY WIFE AND MY MOTHER.

MY NAME IS CYRUS GRAY. MY SON IS THE ONE WHO IS INCA IN INCARCERATED. WE HAVE COME OUT THE CREATE AWARENESS. WE BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF LAW, AND WE BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIMES SHOULD NOT EXERCISE MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.

I WORK FOR AFRICA AT THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY.

I HAVE HAD TO STAY HERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT TO GET MY SON, WHICHERING SHOWS THAT HE'S INNOCENT, OUT OF JAIL. I SAT THROUGH THE CASE.

I WITNESSED THE PROSECUTION USING FALSE TESTIMONY.

WITNESSES HAD BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE GRAND JURY SAID HE WAS COERCED AND SAID, EVERYTHING I SAID THEN WAS A LIE, YET THE PROSECUTION SPENT SEVERAL HOURS AND THREE DAYS TRYING TO PEEK INTO THE SAME TESTIMONY THAT DAY.

TWO WITNESSES CONTINUED TO SAY THAT EVERYTHING WAS FALSE AND WAS PUT ON THEM BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE.

SO WHILE I BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF LAW, THE POWER OF THE PROSECUTION UNCHECKED IS UNJUST TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ACCUSED, BECAUSE THERE IS A PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE.

I COME HERE WITH MY FAMILY TO HIGHLIGHT THE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. APART FROM THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS, I MEAN, FOR THE LAST CLOSE TO 4.5 YEARS, WE SPENT ALMOST $10 A NIGHT, JUST RECEIVING THAT. THE THING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TO LEND MY VOICE TO THAT SO FAR SO WE CAN SEE THAT.

NOT ONLY NECESSARILY AND OUR PERSONAL INTERESTS AND OUR INNER

INTERESTS FOR OUR PUBLIC GROUPS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

AND WE HAVE MR. CASEY CUTLER. >> GOOD MORNING.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES OUT IN ORDER TO TALK ABOUT THIS. IT'S A BIG ISSUE.

AND THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN EQUATING TO THAT ISSUE. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IN 2 2014, THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT PULLED TOGETHER A CITIZENS ADVISORY PANEL, AND FOR 2.5 YEARS, THEY WORKED AND WORKED AND WORKED IN ORDER TO HAVE OVER 24 PUBLIC MEETINGS, INCLUDING THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND WITH THOSE HEARINGS, WE HAD OVER 200 PEOPLE IN EACH OF THOSE HEARINGS.

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THEY WERE PROPOSED BY THE PUBLIC, AND THE PUBLIC ENDORSED THE ROUNDABOUTS AT THAT TIME. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS AN OPPOSING SIDE TO ROUNDABOUTS. BUT WE CANNOT SIT THERE AND PRETEND THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN FLOGGED IN PUBLIC WITH OVER 24 -- WITH 24 PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHERE THIS IS WHAT THE CITIZENS DECIDED THEY WANTED TO HAVE.

SO WHAT I WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH, AND I DON'T WANT IT JUST TO SOUND LIKE SOME FOLKS RECENTLY HAVE BEEN OPPOSED TO THEM. EVERYBODY, IT WAS OPEN FOR EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND THE PUBLIC ITSELF WAS THE ONE THAT AROSE TO THE DECISION OF ROUNDABOUTS, AND THE HAYS COUCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT VOWED TO CONTINUE.

SINCE THAT TIME THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO CONTINUE THE ROUNDABOUTS.

IT HAD MORE THAN JUST THE NORMAL INPUT.

WE PUT OUT THREE VOLUMES OF DOCUMENTS IN WHICH YOUR HONOR BOAT YOU AND I SAT DOWN AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR AN HOUR IN YOUR OFFICE, AND EVEN A WEEK AGO WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

AT THAT TIME YOU TOLD ME YOU HAD NO OPPOSITION TO WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING. I WANT THERE TO BE NO QUESTION, WHETHER PEOPLE LIKED IT OR NOT, IT WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM

SUCCESSFULLY. >> THANK YOU, MR. CUTLER.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE LINDA RODGERS.

AM I READING IT RIGHT? >> OH, I SEE IT.

K-15. WE'RE IN THE WRONG SPOT, BUT

THAT'S OKAY. >> I HAVE ONE SENT IN.

>> AFTER THAT WE'LL GO PRESENTATIONS AND PROLA NATIONS

AND STRAIGHT TO K-15. >> OKAY.

THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT SENT BY ARI AXLEROD.

HI. I'M ARI AXLE ROD.

I FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND CHARACTER REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY. ONE OF YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON THE DAIS, WALT SMITH, IS PENDING CHARGES OF DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. WALT EARNED THE DWI CHARGE ALMOST SEVEN MONTHS BEFORE HE INFAMOUSLY URINATED ON PUBLIC STREETS IN DRIPPING SPRINGS AFTER SPENDING PART OF THE AFTERNOON AT A LOCAL BAR DURING A HAYS COUNTY WORK DAY.

WALT SMITH DENIES THAT HE WAS DRUNK AND INSTEAD PREYED UPON THE PUBLIC'S SYMPATHY BY SAYING HIS WOBBLING AND PEEING WERE DUE TO MEDICATIONS FOR A TUMOR. WHAT WALT SMITH LEFT OUT DURING HIS INTERVIEW IS THAT HE WAS ARRESTED FOR D.U.I. AFTER RUNNING A RED LIGHT AND CRASHING INTO A BOX TRUCK IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN AT 3:00 A.M. ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING.

AFTER NEWS OF WALT SMITH'S D.W.I. BECAME PUBLIC, HIS ATTORNEY GAVE A STATEMENT, "WALT HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING THIS BEHIND HIM." WALT HAS NOT ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS.

HE DELIBERATELY HID IT FROM THE PUBLIC, EVEN AFTER HE WAS CAUGHT PEEING ON THE PUBLIC STREETS OF DRIPPING SPRINGS.

BUT WALT DIDN'T JUST URINATE IN THE PUBLIC STREETS.

BEFORE THAT HE WOBBLED OUT OF THE BAR TO HIS TRUCK, THEN URINATED, THEN GOT INTO HIS TRUCK, RAN UP OVER THE PARKING CURB, RECKLESSLY BACKED OUT INTO THE STREETS, AND ADMITTED ON CAMERA TO DRIVING IMPAIRED. THE PUBLIC DESERVES BETTER THAN WALT SMITH. WALT SMITH SHOULD MILDLY RESIGN

FROM OFFICE. >> WAS THAT THE ONLY ONE?

[F1. Adopt a Proclamation declaring the month September 2022 as Hunger Action Month in Hays County. JONES ]

>> THAT'S THE ONLY ONE. >> OKAY.

PERFECT. PLEASE OPEN F1.

>> ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE MONTH SEPTEMBER 2022 AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH IN HAYS COUNTY.

>> IF YOU'LL PLEASE READ IT. >> A PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 2022S A HUNGER ACTION MONTH, WHEREAS ACCORDING TO "TEEDING AMERICA, THE PANDEMIC HAS MOST IMPACTED FAMILIES THAT WERE ALREADY FACING HUNGER OR ARE ONE PAYCHECK AWAY FROM FACING HUNGER AND WHEREAS HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FOOD INSECURITY AND MANY OF THESE HOUSEHOLDS DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL NUTRITION PROGRAMS LIKE THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND VISIT THEIR LOCAL FOOD BANKS AND OTHER FOOD PROGRAMS FOR EXTRA SUPPORT, AND WHEREAS CASE COUNTY FOOD BANKS REPRESENTS A COUNTY WIDE

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>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.

>> [INAUDIBLE] >> GOOD MORNING, COURT.

JAMIE LEE CASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF HAYS COUNTY AND OUR VOLUNTEERS AND AMAZING STAFF. I HAVE ONE OF THE AMAZING FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENE THAT REALLY CONDUCTS ALL OF THE WORK FOR US, AND THEN I HAVE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBER, JESSICA RAMOS, AS WELL.

WE LITERALLY COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT FOLKS LIKE YOU.

, OUR STAFF, AND OUR VOLUNTEERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND THANK YOU.

AND FOR MY VICE PRESIDENT, MARK JONES, AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.

>> AND JUDGE BECCERRA? >> YES.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP FOR A PIC?

>> YES. >> WE'LL BE QUICK.

WE'LL DO THIS FOR ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS.

A QUICK PIC AND KEEP IT MOVING.

[F2. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing the inaugural Hispanic Heritage Exhibition Walk. BECERRA ]

>> PLEASE OPEN F2. >> F2.

ADOPT A PRO PROCLAMATION RECOGNG THE INAUGURAL HERITAGE

EXHIBITION LAW. >> OKAY.

IF YOU'LL PLEASE READ IT. >> PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING HISPANIC HERITAGE EXHIBITION WALK.

WHEREAS HISPANIC HERITAGE HAS BEEN PART OF THE AMERICAN CULTURE WITH UNDENIABLE INFLUENCE IN EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TBOFER FINANCE, AND WHEREAS IN THE WORDS OF CESAR CHAVEZ, "PRESERVATION OF ONE'S OWN CULTURE DOES NOT REQUIRE THE CONTEMPT OR DISRESPECT FOR OTHER CULTURES," AND THUS CELEBRATES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ROBUST HISPANIC DIASPORA THAT INCRUISE ARGUE TEE NARCOTIC BOW LIVEBACK CHILL LAY, COLUMBIA, CO COSTA R, CUBA, TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, MEXICO,

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2022. >> THANK YOU.

WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

MR. FRANK ARREDONDO. >> COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE, I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROCLAMATION, WHICH I'M SURE

YOU WILL APPROVE. >> HAYS COUNTY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THE BROWN SKIN THAT YOU SEE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE NOT JUST MEXICAN. THEY'RE FROM VARIOUS COUNTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA AND CENTRAL AMERICA.

THE GENESIS OF THIS IDEA CAME FROM THE YOUNG LADY NAMED LUCY GONZALEZ, WHO I SEE HERE. I'D LIKE HER TO STAND SO WE ALL CAN SEE WHO SHE IS. WE WANT TO BE THE FIRST OF MANY WALKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HERE IN SAN MARCOS.

WE WANT THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL TO SEE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN THE PARADE, IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, WE HAVE BESIDES COUNCIL 654, WHICH I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF, WE HAVE THE AMERICAN G.I. FORUM AND SOME OTHER PERSONS HERE WHO I AM GOING TO INVITE TO THE DAIS. SO IF YOU WILL, ACCEPT THIS AS WE WANT TO BE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND WE CONTRIBUTE, LIKE THE WORK THAT WE DO, AND THE PERFORMING ARTS, BUT WE'RE IN THE FABRIC OF AMERICA.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. ARREDONDO.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JONES?

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL?

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>> YES. >> AND JUDGE BECCERRA?

>> YES. AND IF YOU, WILL ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE PART OF THIS PICTURE, PLEASE COME UP.

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>> ONE, TWO, THREE. >> WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS.

[F3. Update by Staff from the Office of General Counsel on the Hays County Animal Control Ordinance. BECERRA ]

>> WE HAVE MUCH TO COVER. WE WILL KEEP GOING.

PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER F3.

>> F3, UPDATE FROM GENERAL COUNSEL ON THE HAYS COUNTY

ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE. >> JUDGE, I THINK MS. POWELL MADE AN UPDATE TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO AND INDICATED THAT THIS IS GOING TO LIKELY TAKE UNTIL NOVEMBER, DECEMBER BEFORE WE COME BACK TO THE COURT TO VOTE ON ANYTHING.

SO THAT'S STILL THE UPDATE. AND I GUESS IF YOU ALL WANT TO ASK MS. POWELL FOR ANY DETAILS BEYOND THAT, SHE IS PRESENT

TODAY. >> THANK YOU, MS. BOYETT, WILL YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM? YOU'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

>> GOOD MORNING, COURT. MY NAME IS SHERRY BOYETT.

I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE ANIMALS OF HAYS COUNTY AND I WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ORDER ORDINANT IS PENDING WITH HAYS COUNTY AND ALSO TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE THAT THERE IS A SIMILAR ORDINANCE PENDING FOR THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS. THERE IS A SURVEY ONLINE WITH COMMENTS REQUESTED FROM THE IMMUNITY, AND THIS IS A SURVEY THAT IS DUE BY THE SEPTEMBER 22ND.

SO THESE TIMES ARE RELEVANT FOR THE TWO ORDINANCES, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE, IF YOU ARE AN ANIMAL LOVER, OR IF YOU ARE WATCHING THE SUBJECT OF ANIMAL SHELTERING, THAT THE ANIMAL SHELTER THAT WE CONTRACT WITH IS HAYS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS IS OVER CAPACITY. AND THE STAFF IS UNDER DURESS BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE SLOWLY MOVING.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO POINTED OUT ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE IS THAT IT'S CRUCIAL TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AT THE SHELTER. WHILE THESE THINGS TAKE TIME TO GET INTO LEGALESE COULD BE APPROVING A POLICY CHANGE WHILE THESE REVISIONS ARE PENDING. SO I'M EARNESTLY REQUESTING THAT THIS SUBJECT FOR COMMUNITY CAPS BE ADDRESSED NOW FOR A POLICY CHANGE SO THAT THE CATS THAT ARE NOT SOCIAL CAN BE TRAPPED AND RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES AND NOT LANGUISH IN CAGES AND BEAR AN ADDITIONAL TAXPAYER BURDEN AND STAFF BURDEN TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER. SO THE RESPONSIBLE THING FOR OUR POLICY, FOR OUR CATS IS TO MOVE FORWARD.

THE ORDINANCE AS WE HAVE HEARD, ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T ALWAYS THERE, THE CURRENT LANGUAGE WAS RECOMMENDED BY A STUDY BY A CONSULTANT THAT THIS COURT HIRED FROM TEAM SHELTER U.S.A.

AND I RESPECT THAT PROCESS. IN THE MEANTIME WE CAN HAVE A POLICY AND MAKE BETTER USE OF OUR RESOURCES.

SO I EARNESTLY REQUEST THAT WE STOP WASTING THE FINITE RESOURCES AND PROVIDE CONSTITUENTS WITH THE SOLUTIONS AND HELP THE CATS AND THE ANIMAL LOVERS IN GENERAL.

>> THANK YOU, MS. BOYETT. THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMOTION AS

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>> WHEN MS. POWELL GAVE THE UPDATE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, SHE INDICATED IT WOULD BE A PERIOD OF MONTHS BEFORE WE COME BACK WITH SOMETHING FOR A VOTE. I THINK WHEN I CAN'T SAY.

SHE'S PRESENT TODAY, SO SHE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE... WHEN THERE SOMETHING TO UPDATE THE COURT WITH, WE'LL ASK THAT AN ITEM BE PUT ON AND THERE BE A SPONSOR FOR THE ITEM AND WE'LL UPDATE THE COURT AT THAT POINT.

BUT THERE IS NO UPDATE CURRENTLY.

I BELIEVE THE LAST ACTION ON THIS IS THAT WE DID RECEIVE SOME COMMENT BACK AND THAT SHE IS IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THOSE

COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR. >> EXCUSE ME, JUDGE, ONE QUESTION 1, AND IT MAY BE FOR SHERRI.

YOU SAID SAN MARCOS IS CONSIDERING SIMILAR.

ARE ANY OF OUR OTHER CITY, UTICA, DRIPPING?

>> THEY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FEASIBILITY ON THE HAYS COUNTY WEBSITE FOR SIMILAR ORDINANCES TO BE MADE, SO, YES, THE ADVOCATE COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT COMMUNITY CHAT COMMT ORDINANCES HAVE SIMILAR LANGUAGE.

>> I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION WAS AROUND CREATING CONTINUE COY SO WHEREVER THE BOUNDRIES WAS, IT WAS UNIFIED AND UNIFORM SO PEOPLE WOULD HAVE EASE OF UNDERSTANDING AND EXPECTATIONS.

>> THE SAME SITUATION FOR KYLE AND BUTA, AS WELL.

THOSE ENTITIES HAVE COMMUNITY CATS BEING IMPOUNDED AT THIS TIME, WHICH IS CAUSING THE SAME PROBLEM.

>> FERRESFECT. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

>> ONE QUICK COMMENT, THE SAN MARCOS SHELTER IS A REGIONAL SHELTER, SO THEY TAKE ALL ANIMALS FROM ALL JURISDICTIONS.

SO WE ARE... THE SHELTER CAN ALSO DICTATE HOW WE DO BUSINESS, BECAUSE WE ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE OUR ANIMALS THERE.

WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS TO OPERATE THE SHELTER, BUT THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.

WE'VE BEEN PARTNER FOR SOME TIME.

WE KNOW WE'RE LIKELY TO BE A PARTNER AS SOME TIME LONGER AS WE CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

THAT'S WHY I KNOW THIS ORDINANCE, WORKING WITH THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO WHAT THEY ARE DOING, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO REQUIRE US TO OPERATE IN THAT WAY. IF NOT, THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS COULD VERY WELL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TAKE YOUR ANIMALS ON ANY GIVEN DAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SPACE AND YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE SAME RULES WE'RE FOLLOWING.

>> COMMISSIONER SHELL IS RIGHT. I RECENTLY BECAME AWARE OF REVISIONS THAT SAN MARCOS WAS PROPOSING.

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING OVER THEIR REVISIONS AND SEE HOW THOSE DOVETAIL WITH ONES WE ARE CURRENTLY MAKING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ALL IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER.

THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, TOO.

>> THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS' ORDINANCE?

>> I DON'T KNOW ALL THEIR TIMELINES.

I DO KNOW THEY'RE ACCEPTING PUBLIC... MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY ARE ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENTS IN RELATION TO THE REVISIONS THEY'VE MADE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 222ND I BELIEVE.

>> IT'S SEPTEMBER 22ND, AND IT'S ONLINE ON THE ANIMAL SERVICES PAGE ON THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS WEBSITE.

SO SURVEY COMMENTS CAN BE MADE BY BASICALLY ANYONE.

IT'S NOT JUST IN HAYS COUNTY OR THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS.

SO THEY CAN BE MIRRORED. I'M HOPING THAT SOME OF THE NATIONAL ATTENTION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SINCE OUR SHELTER U.S.A.

PEOPLE AT THE STATE LEVEL CAN ALSO WEIGH IN.

I HAVE SOLICITED COMMENTS FROM BEST FRIENDS, NATIONAL EXPERTISE, PARTICULARLY SO THIS CAN MOVE FORWARD FOR A POLICY.

EVEN IN ADVANCE OF THE ORDINANCE.

[Items F4 & F5 ]

>> OKAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

PLEASE OPEN F-4 AND 5 TOGETHER. >> F-4, PRESENTATION BY O ARDURA REGARDING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FOR HAYS COUNTY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER 5, AND 5, PRESENTATION BY ARDURRA REGARDING USE OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS FOR THE HAYS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER 8.

>> DO THE MOTION. >> OH, NO, NO, NO, NO.

SORRY. IT'S A PRESENTATION.

HOW CONCISE CAN YOU BE? >> QUITE CONCISE.

COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU. THERE SHOULD BE A POWER POINT.

>> OH, NO, THAT'S A BAD WORD CHOICE RIGHT NOW.

JUST KIDDING. JUST KIDDING.

>> WELL, THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR. WE CAN PROBABLY HIT BOTH POINTS.

EMERGENCY SERVICES, WHICH IS NUMBER 5.

SO WE HAD AN APPLICATION FROM THEM FOR ASSISTANCE USING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS. AND THE A AREA THAT WE'RE GOINGO FOCUS IN ON IS EAST OF I-35. A DARKER RED ZONE INDICATES A

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DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED. >> DEPUTY CONSTABLE, COULD YOU ASK THEM TO PLEASE LOWER THEIR VOLUME OUT THERE.

>> THANK YOU. SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR SECTION, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A RED DOT THAT INDICATES AN AREA EAST OF I-35. THE BLACK DOTS ARE AREAS IN WHICH THE RESPONSE TIMES OF EMS SERVICES IS OVER TEN MINUTES.

NOW, ONE MINUTE INCREASE CAN LEAD TO A 17% INCREASE IN MORTALITY. THAT'S BEEN HIGHLIGHTED OVER THE COURSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND SOMETHING WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS. NEXT SLIDE.

ON TOP OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, MUCH ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID TO THE INCREASED CONSTRUCTION COSTS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC WITH INFLATION. YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR AND STATISTICS, THERE IS A 39.% INCREASE IN NON-RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PRICES FROM FEBRUARY 2020 THROUGH MARCH 2022. SO THE SOLUTION TO BOTH THESE PROBLEMS IS TO RENOVATE AN EXISTING FIRE STATION LOCATED WHERE THAT RED DOT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS MAP, AND THEN TO ALSO HELP ESB WITH THE INCREASED CONSTRUCTION COSTS FROM THE PANDEMIC-RELATED INFLATION FOR A $3 MILLION GRANT.

THIS WOULD LEAD TO THE RENOVATION AT 1.7 HIGH ROAD, RIGHT IN A VERY VULNERABLE AREA, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE DECREASE OF RESPONSE TIMES FOR EMS SERVICES TO THE AREA EAST OF 535. AND IT WILL ALSO ALLOW THEM TO RECOVER SOME OF THE INCREASED COSTS TO THEIR PROPOSED WORK.

YOU KNOW, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THEY HAD A... THEY QUOTED ABOUT $3.3 MILLION. THAT'S NOW CLOSE TO $4.7 MILLION. AND THAT'S THE SHORT AND SWEET

OF IT. >> GOOD AND THANK YOU.

ICOMMISSIONERS? >> [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERATION. THE TRAIL AREA WILL BE THE CLOSEST FIRE STATION TO THE BOUNDARY.

THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE HIGHWAY ROAD.

SO IT SERVES THE GREEN PASTURES AREA.

ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS THAT WE MET WITH A COUPLE OF MY BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE AND TWO OF OUR FIRE CHIEFS, CHIEF TAYLOR AND CHIEF HUCKABEE AND JUDGE SMITH BOTH SERVE ON THE ESDS.

ONE OF THOSE STIPULATIONS FOR THOSE FUNDS IS THE ARCHITECT AND THE DESIGN WOULD HAVE US A DEDICATED PLACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE VOTING LOCATIONS. THAT GIVES US TWO MORE VOTING LOCATIONS EAST OF 35 WHICH AREN'T SCHOOLS, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT US TO. IT SERVES AN UNDERSERRED AREA

AND IT'S A BIG ASSET FOR THAT. >> WELL, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. YOU BASICALLY SAID EVERYTHING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE QUICKER AND IMPROVED RESPONSE TIMES IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TALKED TO THE CHIEF ABOUT, WHICH IS AN INTEREST I WOULD IMAGINE TO ALL OF US IN AN HISTORIC MOVE.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THE QUICKER WE CAN GET OUT THE SOMEONE, THE SOONER YOU CAN POSSIBLY SAVE A LIFE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN.

AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMING BACK I GUESS NEXT WEEK OR

THE WEEK AFTER TO SUPPORT THIS. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN SORTING THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN SORTING THROUGH, YOU RECEIVED COMPLETE AND YOUTUBE FIND SUPPORT FOR THIS EFFORT, AND I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE DOING IT AND IT IS LITERALLY A NO-BRAINER FOR THIS COURT TO SUPPORT THIS.

THANK YOU FOR ARTICULATING. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE RELUCTANT TO DO THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS AND WE ALL AS A COURT, I CAN TELL YOU, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN THIS CONVERSATIONS MORE THAN ONCE, WE ALL FULLY SUPPORT THIS AND YOU ARE MAKING IT A PAID ROAD TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT WITHOUT ANY CONCERNS.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FIRST RESPONDERS AND THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE, BECAUSE WE VALUE YOU COMPLETELY.

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>> IF CHIEF HUCKABEE WOULDN'T MIND SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT OF THIS GOING TO BE. BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE PRIVILEGED ENOUGH ON SUNDAY TO GO OUT AND HAVE A GREAT EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 11TH RELATED TO THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR A NEW FACILITY. AND THE ONE THING THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWS THAT IS OCCURRING BOTH IN 8 AND 5 AND E.S.D. 1, E.S.D. 6 IS WHERE THAT MASSIVE INFLUX OF POPULATION IS HITTING, HOW QUICKLY Y'ALL ARE HAVING TO BRING THESE FACILITIES ONLINE, WHEN IN ALL ACTUALTY MOST OF THESE E.S.D.S HAVEN'T BEEN BUILDING NEW FACILITIES FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING A NUMBER OF NEW FACILITIES WITHIN A SHORT GIVEN PERIOD OF

TIME. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SMITH. JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I THINK WE'RE ALL IN KIND OF THE SAME SITUATION. THE E.S.D.S ARE MAX.

THE MAX TAX YOU CAN GO, WITH SENATE BILL TWO THAT CAME ONLINE, ALL THE E.SYSTEM D.S ARE SEEING A ROLLBACK.

WITH THE GROWTH AND THE POPULATION THAT'S COMING TO HAYS COUNTY AS FAST AS IT IS AND THE GROWTH THAT'S TAKEN PLACE, WE CAN'T KEEP UP. IT'S HARD FOR US TO KEEP UP.

ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF OUR DISTRICTS.

I WOULD CALL IT THE UNDERSERVED SIDE OF OUR DISTRICT.

ITS APPARENT WE GET THOSE STATIONS OUT TO THOSE CITIZENS IN THOSE AREAS. OUT OF 2001, THE WINDY HILL AREA, HIGHWAY 21, THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED FOR YEARS.

IT'S TIME FOR US TO STEP UP AND PROVIDE SERVICES OUT THERE.

WHAT HAS HANDICAPPED UH US IS TE ABILITY TO HAVE ENOUGH TAX REVENUE AND THE ABILITY FOR ESDS TO ACCESS THE FUNDS.

AS YOU KNOW, LAW WAS PASSED THAT ALLOWS THE COUNTIES TO PASS THE LAW. THEY'RE A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT FOR OTHER NEEDS, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS JUST THE NEED TO HELP FILL THAT GAP TO ALLOW US TO BUILD THESE STATIONS. WE ARE CURRENTLY GETTING READY.

WE ACTUALLY BROKE GROUND ON STATION SUNDAY.

CONSTRUCTION STARTED YESTERDAY. AND WE ARE SEEING THE PRICES OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE EVER MANNINGED BEFORE COVID. SO ANY HELP THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT CAN HELP US WITH THESE, WE MUCH APPRECIATE

IT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> OKAY. >> WELL, I THINK COMMISSIONER SMITH KNEW WHICH ONE OF THE TWO WAS THE SPEAKER OF THE TWO.

[F6. Presentation by the Hays County Development Services Department on the new Hays County GIS Data Portal. SHELL/PACHECO ]

>> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASE OPEN F. 6. >> F. 6, PRESENTATION BY THE HAYS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON THE NEW HAYS

COUNTY G.I.S. DATA PORTAL. >> SECRETARY?

>> YES, SIR. SORRY, I WAS WAITING FOR SOMETHING ELSE. I DON'T DO THIS PRESENTATION VERY OFTEN. YES, SIR.

SO I'LL BE REAL BRIEF. SO OVER THE PAST YEAR I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

REGARDING HOW THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE CAN PROVIDE GREATER TRANSPARENCY, PROVIDE MORE DATA AND INSPIRATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. I SAW A CREATIVE FINGERPRINT% SIMILAR TO HOW MANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS WE WORK ALONGSIDE HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED. THERE ARE KEY STEPS TO GETTING TO WHERE WE ALL ARE NOW. THAT COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE HIRED A NEW G.I.

SPECIALIST WHO WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION HERE SHORTLY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR G.I.S. TEAM AS A WHOLE ASSISTING IN THIS EFFORT, OTHER DEPARTMENTS HELPING OUT IN THIS EFFORT TO GET US, GET A NEW SERVER, HAVE A NEW SERVER UPGRADE THAT WAS APPROVED IN COURT. ALL THAT COMES TOGETHER TO GET US TO WHERE WE WANT TO PRESENT THAT FOOTPRINT THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO BUILD OFF OF. SO TODAY, OUR G.S. SPECIALIST WILL PRESENTED TO THE COURT OR INITIAL FINDINGS AND WHAT THIS PORT D.L., DO HOW IT CAN PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, A FEW STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEN ALSO THE FUTURE PLANS AND GOALS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE TO ANYBODY ANY HAYS COUNTY.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, TAKE A LOOK.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> PLEASE START THE TIMER.

THREE MINUTES. [LAUGHTER]

>> I'LL BE QUICK. GOGOOD MORNING.

I'M KELSEY CHILI. TODAY WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE G.I.S. OPEN DATA PORTAL, WHAT IT IS, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND COUNTY STAFF TO KIND OF CREATE THIS CENTRAL LOCATION OF ALL G.I.S. DATA THAT THE COUNTY HAS SAID IS AFOR AT THE PRESENT TIMIVE DATA. THIS IS PLACE WHERE EXTERNAL

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THAT COULD BE CENTER LINE, ADDRESS POINTS, YOU NAME IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IT OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE.

I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO THANK TIM HASSELBECK WHO HELPED US CREATE A WEB LAUNCHING PROCESS AND AN OUTREACH GOAL THAT WE WANTED TO HIT AS WE WENT ON THIS ENDEAVOR. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK I.T. WITH THEIR SUPPORT THAT THEY GAVE US DURING OUR ENTERPRISE OUTBREAK.

WE APPROACHED THE PLANNING OF THE OPEN PORTAL DATA BY LOOKING AT OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS AND HUH THEY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT AND WHAT THEIR DANA NEEDS ARE.

INTERNALLY, I LOOKED AT ALL THE MEMBERS IN THE ORGANIZATION THAT CURRENTLY HAS A G.I.S. SOFTWARE LICENSE.

WE KIND OF IDENTIFIED THESE USERS AS WHAT WE WOULD TERM POWER USERS. AND THESE KIND OF RANGE ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE ELECTIONS OFFICE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, EMERGENCY SERVICES, PARKS, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A LOT OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE GIS LICENSES.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING THEM TO DOWNLOAD DATA OR PRESENT OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT THEY WORK WITH.

WE MET WITH ALL OF OUR POWER USERS IN A G.I.S. USERS GROUP TO KIND OF PRESENT THIS IDEA OF PUTTING OUR DATA OUT THERE FOR DOWNLOADS TO GET IDEAS FOR WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE SEEING IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES. HOW ARE THEY USING G.I.S.

HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE THIS INTO OUR OPEN DATA PORTAL AND PLATFORM TO GIVE SITSES THAT FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF DOWNLOADING OUR DATA AND VIEWING WEB MATS AND APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. WE REACHED OUT THE TEXAS STATE AND A LOT OF NEW MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE G.I.S. DEPARTMENTS OR DIVISIONS TO KIND OF GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON STUFF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING OR DOWNLOADING.

WE REACHED OUT THE TEXAS STATE, SINCE THEY ARE A HUGE CONSUMER OF G.I.S. DATA. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL, THIS PORTAL WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME TO HAVE.

I WAS WORKING ON G.I.S. PROJECTS, AS WELL.

WE RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM EVERYONE THAT WE MET WITH AND TALKED TO, AND WE WERE ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE IDEAS INTO OUR ACTUAL PORTAL ITSELF.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT MAYBE SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF PROVIDING OPEN SOURCE DATA. WE RECEIVED MAP REQUESTS AND DATA REQUESTS DAILY AS PART OF THE G.I.SYSTEM TEAM.

FOR EXAMPLE, A TYPICAL REQUEST MIGHT BE FROM AN ENGINEERING FORUM OR A GRADUATE STUDENT AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AUTHORITATIVE HAYS COUNTY G.I.S. DATA.

THAT KIND OF GOES WITH ADDRESSING CENTER LINES.

MAYBE THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT THE COMMISSIONER PRECINCT BOUNDARIES LOOK LIKE. SO THIS PLATFORM IS GOING TO LOWER THE BARRIER FOR GENERAL PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDERS ALIKE THE VIEW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE HAVE.

AND WHAT WE'RE USING TO MAKE A LOT OF OUR DECISIONS IN THE COUNTY. GIVE THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE TO REALLY BE ABLE TO VIEW IT AND DOWNLOAD IT THEMSELVES.

RATHER THAN US RECEIVING REQUSTS THROUGH E-MAIL AND PACKAGING THE DATA AND SUBMITTING IT BACK TO THEM.

WE CAN POINT THEM TO THIS OPEN DATA HUB AND THEY CAN GO TO DOWNLOAD DATA IN VARIOUS FORMATS.

THAT MAKES IT EASY. SO WHAT DOES THE HUB LOOK LIKE? SO THIS IS THE LANDING PAGE OF WHAT OUR DATA HUB LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WAY TO TRANSLATE ALL OF THE DATA AND TEXTS INTO VIRTUALLY ANY LANGUAGE FORMAT, AND THAT KIND OF PERSISTS THROUGHOUT THE PORTAL.

PEOPLE CAN SHARE IT WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES AND HAVE AN OPTION TO SHARE ITEMS, SHARE WEB MAPS, SHARE APPLICATIONS, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE ON THERE IS SHAREABLE.

AND WE ALSO ADDED A SEARCH MENU. YOU CAN SEARCH FOR A SPECIFIC DATA THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, WE HAVE THESE CATEGORIES OF DATA.

SO FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION, WE HAVE CENTERLINE DATA UNDER THE TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY.

WE HAVE ALL OF OUR SUFFICIENT UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL CATEGORY, LIKE WHATEVER OUR AQUIFER ZONES LOOK LIKE.

WHAT ARE OUR BEST AVAILABLE FLOOD PLANES LOOK LIKE.

AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU WANT TO SEE ALL OF THE DATA AVALABLE. ONCE YOU SELECT AN ITEM, IT GIVES YOU A PREVIEW OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

FOR THIS EXAMPLE, THIS IS WHAT OUR HAYS COUNTY CITY BOUNDARIES LOOK LIKE. THIS HAS A PREVIEW OF THE DATA.

THIS IS ALL OF THE METADATA INVOLVED, WHICH IS LITERALLY JUST DATA ABOUT DATA. IT TELLS YOU THE LAST TIME THIS WAS UPDATED. IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW OFTEN WE'RE UPDATING THESE ITEMS TO REALLY GET THE LATEST AND GREATEST BEST AVAILABLE SOURCE. THESE ARE ALL WEB SERVICES.

THESE ARE UPDATED REGULARLY AS WE'RE EDITING IN OUR EDITING ENVIRONMENT AT THE COUNTY. WE ALSO HAVE A SECTION ON OUR PORTAL WHERE CITIZENS CAN VIEW PUBLIC APPLICATIONS LIKE OUR FINDER LOADING APPLICATION. WE HAVE OUR COMMISSIONER

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SO AS WE START TO GET MORE OF THESE WEB SERVICES BUILT UP, WE WILL START INCORPORATING MORE OF THESE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE HANDY FOR INTERNAL CUSTOMERS OURSELVES, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITIZENS THAT MIGHT NEED TO KNOW A LOCATION OR SOMETHING OR MAYBE THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT VOTER PRECINCT THEY'RE IN, THAT TYPE OF STUFF. LASTLY, WE HAVE A SECTION OF OUR LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS THAT HAVE SIMILAR OPEN DATA SITES OR PORTALS WHERE G.M. I.S. DATA CAN BE FOUND.

SOMETIMES THOSE SOURCES ARE THE BEST AVAILABLE.

THEY CREATE THAT DATA. THEY HAVE THOSE OPTIONS AS WELL THAT LINK OUT THERE. AND SO YOU MIGHT BE ASKING WHY IS ALL THIS IMPORTANT, WELL, THERE'S MORE DECISION-MAKING TOOLS. YOU KNOW, THE OLD SAYING IT'S ALWAYS TRUE, LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION, AND AS WE START TO EXPAND ON OUR ONLINE PRESENCE WITH G.I.S. AND WEB MAPPING, THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PLOT FORM FOR US TO PREVENT IT IN A VERY TRANSPARENT, THIN WAY. WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FACILITATE QUESTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, GET ANSWERS TO CITIZENS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...

>> I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID. IN A TRANSPARENT AND CLEAN WAY.

I THINK THAT'S MOST POWERFUL AND MOST IMPACTFUL FOR US AS A COURT TO OPERATE IN THAT LANE, AND I SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT HELPS US TO CONVEY A STRONGER SENSE OF TRANSPARENCY AND A STRONGER SENSE OF A CLEAN WAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS. COMMISSIONERS?

>> I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING OFF THIS.

I PARTICULARLY LIKED SOMETHING YOU MENTIONED THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' PRECINCT MAP, ESPECIALLY AFTER REDISTRICTING.

IT WAS SO HELPFUL FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO TYPE IN THAT ADDRESS.

AND SEE IT RIGHT AWAY. THOSE LINES ARE A LITTLE TRICKY.

>> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH. >> AND IS THERE IN HAYS COUNTY LOCAL PARTNERS, ARE THERE ANY WAYS TO ADD THE CITIES IN HAYS

CITY, MOUNT CITY? >> WE CERTAINLY.

CAN I TRY TO KEEP IT TO CITIES TG.I.S. DATA AVAILABLE OR A PORTAL YOU CAN GO TO, BUT WE CAN ADD A SECTION OF ALL OF OUR

PARTNERS IN HAYS COUNTY. >> THANK YOU.

THANKS, KELSEY, WELCOME BACK TO THE COUNTY, BY THE WAY.

>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WELCOME BACK TO THE COUNTRY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK WITH AND KNOW YOU HAVE WORKED ON TRYING TO INTEGRATE OUR G.I.S. STUFF FOR SO LONG NOW, IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LEADING THE HERD ON THAT.

>> EXACTLY. I'M EXCITED.

THE WEB IS A HUGE DEAL. I THINK THAT HAVING THIS POSITION CREATED AND BEING ABLE TO FACILITATE A LOT OF THESE NEEDS IS INCREDIBLE. AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE

WHERE WE TAKE THIS. >> THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO THE

[K15. Discussion and possible action to terminate all County involvement and/or funding for the Ranch Road 12 and 150 intersection. (Part 1 of 2) BECERRA ]

>> K. 15, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTIONS TO TERMINATE ALL COUNTY INVOLVEMENT AND/OR FUNDING FOR THE RANCHO 12 AND 115

INTERSECTION. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION THE SECOND AND I HAVE FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR COMMENTS. FIRST ONE IS MR. ERIC HOWARD.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE COURT. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE...

THERE SEEMS TO BE A C CONSORTED EFFORT AT OBFUSCATION AND MISINFORMATION ON THIS PROJECTS. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GIVE YOU HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M A LAND MAN.

I MOVED TO TEXAS IN THE EARLY '90S AND PURCHASED PROPERTY, A PLACE THE RAISE MY CHILDREN. THIS LAND WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY A.A. ELGIN. WHEN I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, IT WAS IN A SOLE CONSERVATION AGREEMENT.

AND THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN TARIFFED AS A METHOD OF MANAGING THE SOIL AND THE RUN-OFFS AS PART OF A C.C.C. C.C.C.

SO POST-DROUGHT IN OKLAHOMA AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A NOVEL

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WE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS TO BE NAMED CANNONVILLE. THIS PLAN WAS OWNED BY WILLIAM CANNON. HE SOUGHT TO MOVE THE COUNTRY SENT FROM SAN MARCOS TO THIS LAND JUST OUT ALONG 93.

BUT MOREOVER, THIS WAS JUST A PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT WAS NOT JUST A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT I SOUGHT TO RAISE THE KIDS ON AND TO HUNDRED AND FISH. THE GENESIS WAS THE CITY OF DARDEN SPRINGS ASKING ME TO PUT FORTH A RURAL DESIGN.

SO THEY WANTED LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT, AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT. SO WE CAME UP WITH TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE FOR THIS PROJECT. MY WIFE AND I RENOVATED THE ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD RATHER THAN BULLDOZE IT, AND IT'S NOW OWNED BY A.A. OLIVER. IT WAS BUILT AND RENOVATED BY ED AND JAMIE HOWARD. THAT'S THE GENESIS OF OUR BRANCH NAME AND TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE.

SO WHERE ARE WE NOW AFTER 20 YEARS OF WORKING ON THIS PROJECT? THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS HAVING US TAKE ON LAND. IN DOING SO, THEY WOULD WIPE OUT THE FUNDAMENTAL DRIVER OF THIS WHOLE PROJECT, THE DESIGNED TOWN SQUARE, MUCH LIKE THE ONE WE'RE ALL SITTING ON RIGHT NOW.

THIS TOWN SQUARE PROJECT WOULD HOUSE 40 TO 50 SMALL BUSINESSES.

MR. HOWARD, WE HAVE TO ASK YOU TO CONCLUDE YOUR THOUGHTS, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS CALL YOU BACK, BUT TO STAY CONSISTENT, CONCLUDE

YOUR THOUGHTS. >> OKAY.

I WROTE THIS DOWN INTO A FEW CATEGORIES.

ONE IS THE HISTORY I TOLD YOU ABOUT.

THE NEXT IS FROM T PROCESS. OKAY.

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A SERIES OF PERMITS SINCE 2003 AND DEVELOPED THIS PROPERTY IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY, THE CITY, THE STATE, AND THE FEDS, RIGHT, ON ALL OF THIS. I'M A FIRST-TIME DEVELOPER.

I HEARD EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS WITH RESPECT TO COMMISSIONER SMITH AND THE SORT OF OFF-THE-FIELD ESCAPADES, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE EGREGIOUS IN MY MIND THAN ANY OF THAT IS HIS CLAIM OF REPUTABLE IN THIS PROCESS.

WE LITERALLY HAVE RESIDENTS IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE NO REPRESENT DEN STATION. IT WILL COST THEM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. IT WILL TAKE AWAY A TRAIL SYSTEM. IT WILL TAKE AWAY PRIVATE UTILITIES. IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEM IN A VERY HARMFUL WAY NOW AND GOING FORWARD.

THE CITY OF DURBIN SPRINGS LOSES A SMALL BUSINESS.

EVERYONE IN OUR -- THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF HOMES BEING BUILT RIGHT THERE WITHIN A COUPLE OF MILES FROM US.

EVERY ONE OF THOSE FOLKS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE INTO DRIPLING SPRINGS FOR THOSE SERVICES. THERE'S NO COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

WE ARE PART OF THE 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IT WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY. AS A RESULT, EVERYBODY LOSES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'D LIKE TO GO ON, JUDGE.

I HAVE A LOT TO UNPACK. >> I KNOW YOU DO.

I'M SO APPRECIATIVE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT MY AIM IS TO RUN THE MEETING IN AS FAIR A WAY AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> I KNOW YOU DESERVE WAY MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE.

THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS TO THE COURT FOR AN OPEN DISCUSSION, BECAUSE I MET YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, EMBARRASSED TO SAY. SO THERE'S SO MUCH TO SAY.

THERE'S SO MUCH TO SAY, BUT I GOT TO KEEP MOVING.

THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP, MS. SUSAN COOK.

>> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, GOOD MORNING.

SUSAN COOK. I'M THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 4.

I AM RUNNING AGAINST COMMISSION SMITH.

TODAY, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BOTHERED ME FOR

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WHAT I AM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT, COMMISSIONER SMITH AND COMMISSIONER SHELL, TOO, IS THIS ROUND ABOUT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE Y'ALL TERMINATE IS NOT... I'M NOT AGAINST ROUND ABOUTS.

I FIND THEM RATHER USEFUL IN THE RIGHT I FIND THEM RATHER USEFUL IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

THIS ROUND ABOUT IS THEBEGINNINA LOOCH TO THE SOUTH AND WEST ACROSS OPEN LANDS WORKING FARMS AND RANCHES THAT WILL DISPLACE, DESTROY, LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS FOR MILES.

AND BRING IN DENSE SUBURBAN-STYLE DEVELOPMENT IN A PLACE IT HAS NO BUSINESS BEING. NOW I'M NOT 95 E NAIVE ENOUGH TW THAT THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

THAT THESE PLANS WERE OFFERED UP, Y'ALL WERE APPROACHED BY DEVELOPERS AND ROAD COMPANIES TO BUILD THIS ROAD.

BEGINNING WITH THIS ROUND ABOUT. AND THE ROUND ABOUT IS ALMOST A RED HERRING, A VERY, VERY RED HERRING.

BUT CROSSING ONION CREEK FOUR TIMES, OTHER STREAMS, SIX TIMES, WITH THE -- WITH THE KIND OF DESTRUCTION THAT GOES ON WITH ROAD BUILDING, BRIDGE BUILDING, A LANE OF WATER LINES, SEWER LINES PAVEMENT, RUNOFF, I MEAN IT GOES ON, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE HAVE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE THE SOCIAL SERVICES.

WE HAVE ALL OF THAT. AND THIS IS DISPLACING WHAT IS NOW A VIABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT EXISTS NOW IN THAT AREA. WE HAVE WORKING FARMS, WORKING RANCHES. WE HAVE RANCHERS HERE, WHOSE LANDS WOULD BE BISECTED SO THAT THEY COULDN'T EVEN TAKE THEIR CATTLE ACROSS TO OTHER PASTURES BECAUSE OF Y'ALL'S FOLLY.

IT'S A FOLLY AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT ANYONE LIVING IN THIS AREA NOW WANTS, NEEDS, OR WILL TOLERATE, FRANKLY HAVING THEIR TAX DOLLARS SPENT ON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ROADWAY.

WHEN WE HAVE IN THIS SAME PRECINCT NEGLECTED IN DISREPAIR, ROADS THAT NEED COUNTY ATTENTION NOW.

NOT A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR ROAD TO NOWHERE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MS. COOK.

NEXT UP WE HAVE -- [APPLAUSE]

>> NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. HUNTER STEWART.

>> HELLO, MY NAME IS HUNTER STEWART.

OPERATE A LOCAL BUSINESS IN DRIPPING SPRINGS AND I FISHES CAME HERE JUST TO OPPOSE THE ROUND ABOUT.

I CAN'T LET CASEY CUTTER GET AWAY WITH THIS ROUND ABOUT BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO BE IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS WHERE WE GET TO HEAR PEOPLE'S OPINIONS.

WE OPERATE A BREWERY AND WE GET TO HEAR PEOPLE'S OPINIONS FOR FREE AND CAN I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW I CANNOT SAY THE SUPPORT THAT MR. CUTLER IS SAYING IT'S HERE.

I'VE BETTER THAN VERY OFFENSIVE THAT THERE LAST BEEN 24 MEETINGS AND OUR BUSINESS HAS BEEN REACHED OUT ONE TIME.

I FEEL IT MORE OFFENSIVE WE'RE SITTING HERE DISCUSSING THE TAKING OF SOMEONE'S LAND AND MR. CUTLER HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH 24 MEETINGS. SO I ASK THAT Y'ALL REMOVE THIS.

I THINK THAT THERE'S BETTER USE OF EVERYBODY'S TIME AND SUPPORTING THE TAKING OF LAND IS SOMETHING I CAN NEVER GET BEHIND. I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN'T EITHER.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SIR.

NEXT UP WE HAVE MS. ROGERS. IT'S JUST LIGHTLY WRITTEN, SORRY, ROGERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M SORRY. >> FINE, NO PROBLEM.

I WAS A MINUTE OR TWO LATE. I WASN'T SURE ACTUALLY THAT I WOULD SPEAK. AND I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE MORE SPEAKERS AHEAD OF ME TO RESPOND TO AND KIND OF REACT TO.

BUT I HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS.

AND THINKING THAT I HAVE ALL KINDS OF POWER AND AUTHORITY I DO NOT HAVE OR INFLUENCE THAT I DO NOT HAVE.

BUT SOME OF THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED HAS BOTHERED ME.

BECAUSE I HAVE A HUGE AVERSION TO MISREPRESENTATION OF FACT, TO DISSEMINATION OF INACCURATE INFORMATION, ET CETERA.

SO I FEEL COMPELLED TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THAT IS OUT THERE. AND THE ONE I CAN MOST DIRECTLY

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AND I WAS OUT THERE DRIVING THE PROPERTY YESTERDAY, AND COULD NOT SEE THAT THERE WAS GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THAT WELL AND ITS LOCATION. THERE MAY BE LINES THAT NEED TO BE MOVED. BUTTER THAT WOULD JUST BE PART OF THE PROCEDURE, SEWER LINES AS OTHER WATER SUPPLY LINES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MOVED. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE AT LEAST THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY THAT IS NOT AT ISSUE, THE WELL IS NOT IN JEOPARDY IN ANY WAY OF HAVING ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THIS. I'M NOT A GREAT FANNED OF EMINENT DOMAIN. BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHEN IT IS FOR THE -- FAN OF EMINENT DOMAIN.

BUT I BELIEVE WHEN IT'S AT THE GOODWILL OF THE PEOPLE IT BECOMES NECESSARY. THE PIPELINE THAT WENT THROUGH WAS NOT FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT NECESSARY AND A LOT OF LAND WAS DESTROYED. BUT THERE IS A PROCEDURE FOR DOING THAT. WE WOULD HAVE NO ELECTRICITY, NO WATER LINES NO NONOF THAT IF THERE WASN'T EMINENT DOMAIN.

WHENEVER IT HAPPENS, I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN FOR A WHILE, WOULD STOP THERE.

I AM DEEPLY DISTURBED ABOUT THE CONTINUED RUNNING OF IT THROUGH ONION CREEK AND FORD. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN UNTIL THE NEED WAS NEEDED.

AND KNOWING WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE WATER SHORTAGES IN THE AREA, I DON'T THINK THAT NEED IS GOING TO BE THERE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LIVE HERE WITHOUT WATER. AND THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY DEPENDENT ON THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER, EVEN THE PIPELINE I THINK IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AS FAR OUT AS THAT EXPANSION IS PLANNED.

SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M NOT WEIGHING IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I'M NEUTRAL ON THIS.

I THINK THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SPENT ON THIS PRIOR TO ANY OF THESE PEOPLE SITTING HERE, COMMISSIONER SHELL OR COMMISSIONER SMITH, I BELIEVE THESE PLANS WERE IN THE MAKING TEN YEARS OR MORE BACK.

SO I THINK THIS IS A MOST THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND I LEAVE IT TO YOU ALL TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS, LISTENING TO ALL OF US. BUT I THINK THERE IS MORE TO CONSIDER THAN -- I LIVE IN WEMBRY.

IT TAKES ME FOUR MILES TO GET INTO TOWN.

SO WHAT MR. HOWARD IS PLANNING IS LESS THAN A MILE OR TWO MILES THE GET INTO TOWN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A GOOD ARGUMENT BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP MR. JACKSON WADE HOWARD.

>> JUDGE I'D LIKE THE MOTION IF I CAN POSSIBLY CONCEDE MY TIME

TO MY FATHER IF ALLOWED. >> IT'S NOT CUSTOMARY, DO YOUR BEST FOR THREE MINUTES THEN I MAY CALL YOU BACK FOR QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE, IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO, I'M SORRY, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN, AS A DAD OF TWO SONS, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

>> AS STATEMY NAME IS JACKSON HOWARD.

FIRST SON OF MY DAD ERIC. I WENT TO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, GRADUATED WITH TWO BACHELORS IN BUSINESS, OTHER IN WELDING.

I HELP HOWARD RANCH ANY WAY I BEST I COULD.

I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT THIS ROUND ABOUT IS, MY OPINION NOTHING MORE THAN A POLITICAL LAND GRAB.

DOESN'T HELP THE COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY.

IT'S JUST GOING TO COST TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

IT'S GOING TO STOP THE TOWN SQUARE THAT'S BEEN THE INITIAL PLAN OF HOWARD RANCH FOR AS LONG AS TWO DECADES, AS MY DAD HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. COMMISSIONER SMITH HAS MADE COMMENTS THAT MY FATHER IS AN EAST TEXAS DEVELOPER THAT HAS NO SAY IN THE COUNTY. THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.

WE'VE BEEN RESIDENTS FOR 30 YEARS.

THE REASON WHY WE HAD TO MOVE TO EAST TEXAS IS BECAUSE EARLY ON THE CITY OF TRIBUTE SPRINGS THREATENED TO CONDEMN OUR LAND OR GIVE US THE OPTION TO TURN IT INTO A SUBDIVISION.

SO HOWARD RANCH AND ALL ITS ENTITIES PROVIDED ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A FAMILY BUSINESS. AND WHAT THIS IS, IS AN ATTACK ON FAMILY BUSINESS AND POOR REPRESENTATION OF THE COUNTY.

MR. SMITH YOU CLAIM YOURSELF TO BE A REPUBLICAN.

THE CORE STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION OF REPUBLICAN IS PROTECTION OF LAND RIGHTS. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY CONDEMNING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WHICH IS ADHERENT TO WHAT LAND OWNERS WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO SEE. BUT AS ADJACENT TO EVERYBODY ELSE'S COMMENTS, THE AMOUNT OF UTILITIES, THE WATER WELL, EVERYTHING ELSE PROVIDED ON THAT CORNER IS STRUCTURAL TO HOWARD RANCH AND A HUGE ROUND ABOUT IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.

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THERE IS NO ACCIDENTS, THERE HAVE JUST BEEN LESS THAN 15 ACCIDENTS IF AT ALL RECORDED IN THE LAST TWO DECADES.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHT REASON TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE THEN MY COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MUCH APPRECIATED.

>> THANK YOU SIR, WELL DONE AND OUR LAST PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK HERE IN PERSON IS MR. BRIAN WELLEN.

JUST MAKING SURE I SAW IT RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I JUST SAW THE SQUIGGLY LETTER. >> NO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK MEETINGS, AND WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS SOME OF THE OPINION THAT'S BEEN EXPRESSED TO THE COURT ISN'T ACCURATE TO WHAT THE OPINION IS LOCALLY. WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE CALLED SAVE 12 AND 1 TBHI, IT'S GOT OVER 600 LIKES ON IT, QUITE A FEW FOLLOWERS. I GET IT.

WE NEED TO FIX TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN DRIPPING SPINGS.

WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR WAS A COURT THAT WAS GOING TO TRY TO WORK ON AN AMICABLE SOLUTION. TRAFFIC LIGHT VERSUS ROUND ABOUT, THAT IS A WASTE OF EVERYBODY'S TIME.

I DON'T HAVE A STAKE IN A ROUND ABOUT GAME.

WHAT DO WE NEED IN THAT EXACT SPOT, DO WE NEED TO CUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT, DO WE NEED TO BRING IT DOWN, ARE WE BUILDING A ROUND ABOUT TO A FUTURE ROAD THAT HASN'T BEEN BUILT YET? THIS PROCESS WILL BE IMPACTED, I FEEL FOR ANYBODY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE THEIR LAND AND GO OUT WEST BUT I ALSO TRY TO GET TO MY SON'S BASEBALL PRACTICE TWOIS A MONTH, I N UNDERSTAND WY YOU GOT TO DO IT. IS THIS THE EXACT MOVE WE NEED TO MAKE, ARE WE REPRESENTING OUR CONSTITUENTS OR ARE WE REPRESENTING ENGINEERS, SPECIAL INTERESTS, OTHERS THAT HAVE A VESTED STAKE IN THIS, MAYBE JUST MAYBE WE CAN FIND A COMPROMISE.

TRY TO FIND SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE.

MAYBE IT'S A DOUBLE ROUND ABOUT. MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.

WE'VE GOT YEARS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO GO WEST AND YOU'LL HAVE FUTURE FIGHTS ON YOUR HANDS.

THE OTHER BIT THOUGH THAT I DO GET WORRIED ABOUT IS WE'VE HAD THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS, I'VE FILLED OUT THE FORM EVERY TIME SAYING THIS IS A HUGE WASTE. WE HAVE A FUNCTIONING ROAD RIGHT NOW THAT WORKS. WHY WOULD WE TEAR THAT ROAD UP BUILD A NEW ROAD THAT CUTS THROUGH A PERSON'S LAND AND ADD A ROUND ABOUT AT A VERY HIGH COST TO US THE TAXPAYERS.

IT IS BEEN PRESENTED IT'S IN THE BOND, I'VE READ THROUGH BOND I DON'T SEE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ABOUT THIS ROUND ABOUT.

THEY SHOW DESIGN, THINGS, AERIAL SHOTS.

I REALLY DON'T THINK THE STATE WANTED US TO USE THAT MONEY AND I AS A TAXPAYER FOR SURE DON'T WANT TO USE MY MONEY FOR THAT.

FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M IMPACTED BY IT, I'D LIKE THERE TO BE THE RETAIL CENTER THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO GIB WITH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU SIR, VERY MUCH. DR. GOVERNANCE DO YOU HAVE

WRITTEN COMMENTS? >> YES I HAVE QUITE A FEW.

>> IT IS ALSO CUSTOMARY FOR ME TO ASK YOU, IF THERE ARE COPY PASTE ELEMENTS, TRY CONSOLIDATE THE NAMES.

THAT IS YOUR INTENT, THANK YOU. >> I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF SOMEONE WHOSE COMMENT WASN'T READ EARLIER ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT I GUESS, THIS IS NOT ABOUT 15? IT'S PUBLIC COMMENTS, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO HOLD THAT TO THE END?

>> YES. >> SO THE FIRST COMMENT I HAVE IS HAVE KATE TART. AN ARCHITECT LIVING IN THE COUNTY. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED, AND SHE'S PROVIDED QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION, REGARDING AGENDA ITEM K-15. THE TERMINATION OF FUNDING FOR THE RANCH ROAD 12 AND 150 INTERSECTION.

AS A RESIDENT OF HOWARD RANCH DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE INTERSECTION I WANTED TO RECORD MY COMMENTS AGAINST THIS TERMINATION. THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT AND ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO I-150 AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AROUND DRIPPING SPRINGS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED AND THIS INTERSECTION AND ALL ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD PROCEED.

THE NEXT IS FROM KATHY AND KEITH HARMON.

WHO SAY: BASICALLY THAT SUPPORT FOR MISCELLANEOUS ITEM NUMBER 5, THEY SENT IN THEIR SUPPORT FOR TERMINATING ALL COUNTY INVOLVEMENT AND FUNDING FOR RANCH ROAD 12 AT THE HIGHWAY 150 INTERSECTION. CHRISTINE GES RVETIONIKING AND FORGIVE ME FOR SLAUGHTERING THE PRONUNCIATION OF YOUR NAME.

IS -- DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A COMMENT.

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AND DAVID AND DEBBIE GUTMILLER. ARE OPPOSING THE ITEM AS WELL.

>> SO WHEN YOU SAY OPPOSING THE ITEM, I WANT TO BE CLEAR TO THE

VIEWING PUBLIC. >> WHAT IT SAYS ON THE FORM THEY'VE SUBMITTED THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY PARTICULAR COMMENTS BUT THEY MARKED THAT THEY ARE APPEARING IN FRONT OF THE COURT TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM. SO WE HAVE A DOUBLE NEGATIVE I

THINK HERE. >> OKAY.

>> THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT THEY'RE AGAINST TERMINATING.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF, BUT GO ON.

>> BUT WELL I STAY THAT BACK. ON THIS ONE IT SAYS PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN THEY WROTE RANCH ROAD 12 AND 150 INTERSECTION ROUND ABOUT AND THEY HAVE A BIG NO.

SO THEY'VE CONTRADICTED THEMSELVES.

>> OKAY SO THEY'RE AGAINST US OR THEY'RE SUPPORTING -- THEY'RE

SUPPORTING THE WITHDRAWAL. >> WERE CONFUSED BY THE FORM.

>> THEY ARE SUPPORTING THE WITHDRAWAL.

THANK YOU. >> YES, MY MISTAKE, THANK YOU.

FROM JESSICA LAPAROOS, I'M PLEADING YOU TO HEAR WITH OUR VOICES AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE AS NICHE RNEARBYRESIDENTS OF THIS ROUND O NOT WANT THIS CONSTRUCTED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. I'VE NOT SIGN AN ACCIDENT IN THE SIX YEARS I'VE TRAVELED THROUGH IT ALMOST DAILY.

NEXT THERE ARE NO MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE INTERSECTION AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS. THE LIGHTS FUNCTION JUST FINE AND THERE ARE NEVER ANY MAJOR SLOW DOWNS HERE.

HOWEVER RANCH ROAD 12 AT THE INTERSECTION OF 290 IS ALMOST ALWAYS GUESTED GUEST CONGESTED. IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.

AND NEXT A ROUND ABOUT IS GOING TO NEED TO BE WELL LIT IN THE EVENING TO AVOID ACCIDENTS WHICH NOW STARTS TIPPING AWAY FROM THE DARK SKIES THIS AREA HAS BEEN KNOWN FROM.

AND NEXT, ADDITIONALLY, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH KNOWING THAT LARGE TRUCKS INCLUDING 18 WHEELERS ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING THROUGH A SINGLE LANE ROUND ABOUT AT POTENTIALLY HIGHER SPEEDS AND IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. FINALLY NOR YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A PLANNED SPACE FOR BOTH RETAIL AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE LOCATION OF THIS PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT WHICH IS MORE DRASTICALLY NEEDED FOR GROWING COMMUNITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS, PARTICULARLY THIS AREA WHICH SITS RIGHT IN BETWEEN WIMBERLY AND DRIPPING SPRINGS. RESIDENTS OF CAL RANCH AND SO MANY DRIPPING SPRINGS RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS SPACE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO TRAVEL TO BELL TERRA OR WIMBERLY FOR SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS. WE HAVE SO FEW IN RELATION TO THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.

AND DAN AND I HOPE HE'LL FORGIVE ME FOR MISPRONOUNCING HIS NAME, MION I BELIEVE, IS, SAYS PLEASE FIND ATTACHED MY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WITNESS FORM, THIS FORM IS TO REPRESENT MY FAVOR FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15, TO CEASE AND DESIST THE ROUND ABOUT AND RANCH ROAD 12 AT RANCH ROAD 12 AND RANCH TO MARKET ROAD 150.

AND MAR CYST MION SAYS SHE IS FOR THE ITEM.

AND SAYS PLEASE FIND FORM TO SUPPORT ITEM 15, FOR THE 9-13 MEETING, NO ROUND ABOUT AT 12 AND 150, THANK YOU.

AND MATT INGALLS AND EMILY INGALLS WRITE, THEY ARE WRITING THEY SAY AGAINST WHAT THEY WRITE THE PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION, THAT'S ALL THEY SAY AND THEY DID MARK THAT THEY

ARE -- >> THEY ARE AGAINST THE ROUND

ABOUT? >> THEY SAY AGAINST.

NO, IT SAYS I'M APPEARING TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM AND THEN IT SAYS REGARDING THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION. THAT'S ALL IT SAYS.

SO BASICALLY, OH AND LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER COMMENT.

OKAY. THEY SAY OKAY, YES, ONCE AGAIN THEY'RE CONFUSED BY THE FORM. WE ARE POSTED TO ANY COUNTY LOCAL STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING BEING PUT TOWARDS THIS PURPOSE AND BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT IS COMPLETELY

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SO, BRAD DIXON SAYS HELLO, I CAN'T MAKE THE MEETING BUT I'M A RESIDENT AND OPPOSE THE ROUND ABOUT.

THAT'S ALL HE SAYS. JOHN MCCLAFFERTY JUNIOR WRITES, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU WILL BE RECONSIDERING THE RANCH ROAD 12-150 ROUND ABOUT. I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THE ROUND ABOUT PROJECT SHOULD BE CANCELLED AND OUR TAX DOLLARS NOT WASTED ON A PROJECT THAT IS NOT NEEDED OR WANTED BY A VAST MAJORITY OF THE AFFECTED COMMUNITY.

THIS ROUND ABOUT WAS TOUTED AS A SAFETY MEASURE BUT RECENT STATISTICS HAVE PROVEN THAT THIS INTERSECTION HAS NOT BEEN HAZARDOUS SINCE THE CURRENT LIGHT HAS BEEN INSTALLED.

THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED WITH THE ADDITION OF THE ROUND ABOUT AND THE ENSUING LIGHT BEING ADDED AT THE ENTRANCE TO CAL TERRA THUS MAKING IT A SAFETY CONCERN.

THE COST ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT IS ALSO A CONCERN OF MINE AS I SEE IT AS A TOTAL WASTE OF ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS.

THE RELOCATION OF MULTIPLE UTILITIES, QUIC REQUISITION OF WRIEFS, COULD BE BETTER SPENT ON EXISTING ROADWAYS, WIDENING OF ROADS AND ADDING TURN LANES WHERE FEASIBLE.

I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, PLEASE REPRESENT THE MAJORITY AND THOUGHT THE MINORITY AND VOTE TO CANCEL THIS PROJECT NOW. ROBERT AND LINDA GARTON OF DRIFTWOOD SAY WE ARE AGAINST THE RANCH ROAD 12 AND FM 150 ROUND ABOUT PROJECT. WE LIVE IN THE HOWARD RANCH DEVELOPMENT IN RANCH ROTE 12 AND F-150.

OUR REMAINING ACCESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT IS FROM FM 150.

WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT.

THE PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT WILL NOT BRING SAFETY AND MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS INTERSECTION.

WE HAVE LIVED IN A SUBURBAN AREA IN CALIFORNIA AND INSTALLED ROUND ABOUTS ON OUR MAJOR TWO LANE ROADS AND THEY SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWED TRAFFIC DURING COMMUTE TIMES.

THE ROUND ABOUTS HINDERED THE MOVEMENT OF MID SIZE TO LARGE DELIVERY TRUCKS TRYING TO ENTER AND EXIT THE ROUND ABOUTS.

THIS SITUATION CREATED AN UNSAFE CONDITION FOR PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE TRUCKS INTO THE ROUND ABOUTS.

THERE WAS ALSO A GREAT DEAL OF YIELD CONFUSION AT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT POINTS OF THE ROUND ABOUTS.

PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED ABOUT WHEN AND HOW TO MERGE INTO AND OUT OF THE ROUND ABOUT. WE WITNESSED MANY UNBALANCED TRAFFIC FLOWS IN THE ROUND IMS. ABOUTS.

IF MOST OF THE TRAFFIC IS FLOWING IN ONE DIRECTION SUCH AS NORTH SOUTH THEY DO NOT RESPECT THE EAST WEST TRAFFIC AND DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO MERGE SAFELY. THE AMOUNT OF LAND NEEDED FOR THE ROUND ABOUT WOULD BE MUCH LARGER THAN A LIGHT CONTROLLED INTERSECTION. WE BELIEVE THAT THE EXTENSION OF FM 150 TO INTERSECT WITH 290 AT ROGER HANKS WOULD NOT IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH DRIPPING SPRINGS.

THE NEW EXTENSION WILL NOT, ALSO NOT IMPROVE THE TRACT JAMS AT RANCH ROAD 12 AND HIGHWAY 290. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED NEW ROAD TO ONION CREEK WILL BE DEVASTATING.

THE PROJECT SHOULD BE TERMINATED.

IF NOT, MORE TRAFFIC STUDIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES MUST BE DONE BEFORE THE CITY AND COUNTY MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THIS REALIGNMENT AND ROUND ABOUT PROJECT.

THERE SHOULD BE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC STUDIES COMPLETED FOR THIS PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT. THIS PROPOSED PLAN WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR TRAFFIC, THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HOMEOWNERS ALONG THE EXTENSION PATH AND SHOULD BE DENIED.

I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE CITY OF SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, I'VE REVIEWED MANY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, I UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC FLOW AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT STUDIES. THIS PROJECT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON RANCH ROAD 12 AND FM 150.

IT WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS AND LAND OWNERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON ONION CREEK. ASHLEY TURNER WRITES, I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED FORM TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO BUILDING A ROUND ABOUT AT THE RANCH ROAD 12-150 INTERSECTION.

THIS LIGHT IS POSSIBLY THE MOST FUNCTIONAL IMPRESSION IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. PRIOR, MY FAMILY LIVED IN A MASTER COMMUNITY AIMED WITH HELPING PATTERNS AND SLOWING DOWN DRIVERS. THE ROUND ABOUTS DID NOT ACHIEVE THESE. INSTEAD THERE WERE NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS, ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE SPEEDING, ROAD RAGE AND GENERAL FRUSTRATION BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO KNOW HOW TO DRIVE AROUND A ROUND ABOUT. THIS WILL NOT ALLEVIATE ANY TRAFFIC CONCERNS. THE CONGESTION SON 290 NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND NOT BREAK UP LAND ON EMINENT DOMAIN,

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I APPRECIATE YOUR CONVERSATION TO MY OPPOSITION.

AND BONNIE AND MITCH LEWANDOWSKI, WE WRITE TO YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND OURSELVES REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 12 AND FM 150.

THIS ITEM IS LISTED AS K-15 UNDER MISCELLANEOUS IN THE AGENDA. WE ALL INVESTED IN THIS AREA OF DRIPPING SPRINGS UNDER THE GUISE THAT WE WOULD BE BUILDING A TRUE COMMUNITY IN THIS AREA, ADDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE BUSINESSES WITH OUR TOWN SQUARE.

AS YOU'LL SEE BY THIS SUPERIMPOSED SET OF PLANS THE PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT INTERSECTION WILL COMPLETELY DESTROY OVER 40% OF OUR COMMUNITY'S APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WE IMPLORE YOU AND THE COMMUNITY TO NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS INTERSECTION.

THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AROUND THIS PROPOSED INTERSECTION IS LEAVING TAMP PAIRS AND RESIDENTS IN THE DARK.

OUR BELOVED AREA IN NORTH HAYES COUNTY HAS A CHANCE TO DEVELOP INTO ONE OF THE JEWELS OF THE AREA BUT NOT WITH THIS EGREGIOUS GRAB OF EMINENT DOMAIN. THE INSTALLATION OF THE LIGHT AT RANCH ROAD 12 AND FM 150 HAS MADE THE AREA MUCH SAFER WITH NO SACRIFICE OF COMMUNITY PLANS. PLEASE ENTER OUR COMMENTS FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE COMMISSIONER ESCORT.

S COURT.JENNIFER ESTOSA WRITES,T TO I AX ENTIRELY AGAINST INVOLVEMENT OF THE COUNTY HERE, AND I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE VOTED ON TO BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY.

>> I LIKE THAT CONCISE, ISN'T IT?

>> IT IS CONCISE. >> WORDS WITH A HAMMER ON THAT

ONE. >> I AM JENNIFER SCHAEFFER AND I'M A DRINT OF THE CAL TERRA COMMUNITY.

I OPPOSE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUND ABOUT PROPOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 12 AND FM 150.

KAY FREEZE PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF, THIS IS THOUGHT TRUE BECAUSE IT IS NOT A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION. ACCORDING TO CHRIS STATISTICS THIS INTERSECTION HAS HAD THE FEWEST NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WHEN COMPARED TO INTERSECTIONS AT RANCH ROAD 12 AND MERCER STREET, HIGHWAY 290 AND SPORTS PARK ROAD.

TRAFFIC BACKUPS TO RANCH ROAD 12 AND FM 150 BECAUSE THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 12 AND HIGHWAY 290 IS THE CHOKE POINT. INSTALLING A ROUND ABOUT WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY HIGHWAY 290.

THE COUNTY SHOULD FOCUS ITS RESOURCES ON FIXING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AT HIGHWAY 290. FURTHER OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE 2022 SURVEY ON THE ROUND ABOUT OR THE FM 150 EXTENSION TO HENLEY 86 EXPRESSA NEGATIVE SENTIMENT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT AND DO NOT BUILD THE ROUND ABOUT AT FM 12 AND STATE ROAD 150.

I SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES BY 20SED X AND KEEPING WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN ERIC HOWARD AND THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS AS WELL AS THE PROMISES MADE TO THE RESIDENTS OF HOWARDS RANCH. I DO NOT SUPPORT DIVERTING PROCEEDS FROM THE BOND, WHICH IS A PROJECT THAT WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THE BOND PACKAGE, AND JUST BECAUSE THE COUNTY MAY BE ABLE TO LEGALLY DWRER TWITTER THESE FUNO OTHER PROJECTS DOES NOT MEAN SHOULD YOU AND BREAK THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT IN THE PROCESS.

SAVE OUR RANCHES, SAVE SMALL BUSINESS SAVE OUR HEALTH COUNTRY AND PROTECT WHAT MAKES DRIPPING SPRINGS GREAT.

OPPOSE THE ROUND ABOUT. DIANE WASANIC HFERTION WRITES, I AM OUT OF STATE THIS WEEK AND THAT IS PERHAPS WHY THE FORM ON YOUR WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WOULD NOT ALLOW IT TO FILL IT IN SO I AM WRITING TO YOU DIRECTLY. THERE IS SO MUCH I COULD WRITE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT ITEM 15 IS RIGHT NOW.

THAT AREA AROUND THE 150 RANCH ROAD 12 INTERSECTION IS SENSITIVE WATERSHED LAND AND MUCH OF THE AREA IS RECHARGE ZONE. WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU IN DETAIL RECENTLY ABOUT OUR AQUIFERS AND HOW THEY WORK I RAN OUT OF TIME.

I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT HOW CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT HARMS THE AQUIFER NECESSITATING, OPENING UP NEW CRACKS AND CONDUITS IN THE ROCK TO CARRY WATER.

THIS WILL BE POLLUTED WATER, SINCE SURFACE POLLUTION CAN

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SEWER LINES ALWAYS LEAK EVENTUALLY THEN THAT RAW SEWAGE GOES STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE AQUIFER GROUNDWATER AND INTO THE WELLS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND ALSO TO THE SPRINGS THAT FEED OUR RIVERS. REMEMBER, YOU CANNOT CLEAN UP THE AQUIFER ONCE IT IS POLLUTED. NOW THIS PROJECT DISCUSSED ON ITEM 17 WILL FACILITATE FM 150 BEING EXTENDED TO THE WEST ALONG ONION CREEK OPENING UP NEW SENSITIVE RANCH LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU DIDN'T PROVIDE FUNDS AND ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE SUCH ROADS, DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE VERY SLOW TO HAPPEN, AND THERE MIGHT BE MORE TIME TO PRESERVE ENOUGH RECHARGE ZONE LAND TO ACTUALLY SAVE OUR SPRINGS AND WELLS.

REMEMBER YOUR CONSTITUENTS WELLS.

THE WELLS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE DO NOT HAVE TREATMENT.

THEY DRINK STRAIGHT FROM THEIR WELLS.

THE UPPER ONION CREEK WATERSHED AND THE RESIDENTS DO NOT DESERVE THIS KIND OF DAMAGE. EVEN MORE FOOLISH YOU WOULD BE DIVERTING YOUR ROAD FUNDS TO THIS INTERSECTION AND EVENTUALLY ROAD WORK WHICH ARE REALLY NEEDED OR THE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY CONGESTED. IF YOU SAY NO TO 15, WE WILL KNOW WHAT YOU CHOSE. PLEASE CHOOSE WISELY.

JAMIE FOULER WROTE, PLEASE ADD THESE COMMENTS INTO THE OFFICIAL RECORD ABOUT. FOR A TAX PAYING DISEAN GRADUATED FROM HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, GREW UP ENJOYING HAYES COUNTY AND THE HILL COUNTRY, I MARRIED IN 1981, MY HUSBAND AND I RELOCATED BACK TO HAYES COUNTY IN 2019 TO ENJOY THE HILL COUNTRY AND ACTIVELY SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS.

WE WERE THE SECOND FAMILY TO MOVE INTO THE GARDEN HOMES IN HOWARD RANCH. WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AND LIVING IN THIS AREA. OUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE HERE AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE CALLING HAYES COUNTY HOME ONCE AGAIN.

NOW LET US GOOD GET DOWN TO THE DETAILS OF WHY I'M ASKING FOR FAVOR AND PROTECTION OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEAUTIFUL TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. WHITE I'M THANKFUL FOR THIS IS BEING BROUGHT FORTH ON THE AGENDA I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT ETHICS AND BEHAVIORS BY SOME OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS OF HAYES COUNTY. I'M ASKING EACH OF YOU TO SEARCH YOUR HEART AND SOUL AND YOUR GUT.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS, ARE YOU HONESTLY ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT? I HAVE A HARD DISCOVERY OF CORRUPT PRACTICES ACTIVELY IN PLACE THAT ALLOW THIS INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROCEED.

WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION I WAS ILL FOR THREE DAYS WITH SUCH DISAPPOINTMENT. THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN HOWARD RANCH, THE GARDENS OF HOWARD RANCH AND CAL TERRA, TAKEN BY EMINENT DOMAIN. WE WOULD LIKE TO GO ON THE RECORD THAT WE ARE FOR THE AGENDA THAT JUDGE BECERRA MADE, ANY INVOLVEMENT TO FUND RANCH ROAD 12 AT 150.

WE ARE AGAINST THIS PROJECT THE DISRESPECT FROM ELECTED COUNTY FIRST WHO PAY YOUR SALARY AND FEED YOUR CHILDREN, IS RECKLESS AND SHAMEFUL AND YOU SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS. IS THIS WORTH IT? I HOPE YOU FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO STOP THIS BEHAVIOR AND DO WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT THIS GOD'S EYES.

YOU WILL FIND FAVOR AND GOOD SUCCESS IN THE SIDE OF GOD AND MAN. TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND DO NOT LEAN ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.

PRO VERBS 3, 4 TO 5. MATTHEW JOHNSON FROM WEMBERLY.

SAYS HAYES COUNTY PROJECT 4 WALTER SMITH MUST RESIGN FROM COMMISSIONER ESCORT. FOR THE PROPER GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COUNTY. THIS SEEMS TO BE ON A DIFFERENT

TOPIC. >> I THINK THAT'S MAYBE A PUBLIC

COMMENTS ITEM. >> I'LL PUT THAT IN THE STACK.

>> I WAS WATCHING OUT FOR RESERELEVANCE, COMMISSIONER.

>> BRENDA PANINI WRITES, AS LONG AS A LONG TIME TAX PAYING RESIDENT OF DRIPPING SPRINGS WHO HAS A WELL AND RELIES ON HER AQUIFER I ADAMANTLY OPPOSE THE EXPANSION OF FM 150.

IT WOULD CROSS PRISTINE ONION CREEK AT LEAST FOUR TIMES AND SIX OTHER LOCAL STREAMS. THIS WILL NOT ONLY POLLUTE THOSE CREEKS BUT SINCE OUR LOCAL STREAMS ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE AQUIFER THIS RISKS IRREPARABLE HARM TO OUR GROUNDWATER. WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH WATER RELATED ISSUES. DO NOT MAKE IT WORSE PLEASE.

THE IDEA OF A SMALL RETAIL SPACE LOCATED THERE WOULD ENHANCE LIVING HERE GREATLY. TO HAVE A LOCAL COMMERCIAL CENTER AT 12 AND 150 SOMETHING THE DEVELOPER DESCRIBES AS FOUR

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IT WILL BRING IN MORE TOURIST DOLLARS AND TAX MONEY.

THEN BETINA MATHIST, SAYS WE ARE AS A RESIDENT OF DRIPPING SPRINGS FOR OVER 20 YEARS I DO NOT WANT IT NOR DO I WANT THE 150 BYPASS. OKAY THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT SWEPT IN THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT.

LORI BOND FROM CALATERA YIMS I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSBY HOW YOU HAVE SHOWN LEADERSHIP AND CARE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE STRESS OF COVID. DISRUPTING THE SOUTHWEST AREA OF DRIPPING SPRINGS IS STRESSFUL TO ME AND MANY NEIGHBORS.

THERE ARE ALSO SO MANY IN THE AREA THAT AREN'T EVEN AWARE OF THE PLANS. THERE IS ALSO SO MUCH TRAFFIC BY RANCH ROAD 12 AND 150 ESPECIALLY TRUCKS THAT ARE DELIVERING MATERIALS TO OTHER AREAS, AND UPS, I BELIEVE THAT A ROUND ABOUT WOULD INCREASE THE TRAFFIC IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHOULD BE DIVERTED TO THE WEST. PLEASE CONSIDER EXTENSIVE WIDTH OF THE ROUND ABOUT, EFFECT ON LOW WATER AREAS, FLASH FLOODS, POLLUTION OF ONION CREEK AND SMALLER CREEKS, HEAVY TRAFFIC INCREASING IN NEIGHBORHOODS OFF ROUTE ROAD 12, ALREADY DIFFICULT TO MAKE LEFT-HAND TURNS, NOISE LEVELS IN NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS, THE SAFETY REASON IS NOT VALID, LOW ACCIDENTS.

I JUST MOVED HERE TWO YEARS AGO, ON DISABILITY, HOPING FOR A QUIET RURAL AREA THAT DRIPPING SPRINGS EXUDES.

KEEP THIS PORTION OF HAYES COUNTY NATURAL WITHOUT MASSIVE ROADS NEXT TO OUR HOMES. LETS SEE, THIS IS FROM LOGAN LE

PERFECTIONER. >> I'M GOING TO GUESS SHE'S GOT ABOUT 75 LEFT, GUYS. APPROXIMATELY.

ALMOST DONE WITH THIS PART. >> SOMETHING LIKE THAT YES.

LOGAN LEPAR FROM CAL ATERRA. >> PEOPLE TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE THEM? WE MUST TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN.

>> I'M WRITING THIS THOAT TO YOU TODAY TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION OF THE ROUND ABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 12 AND FM 150 AS A RESIDENT OF THE CALATERRA NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS UNNECESSARY AND UNWANTED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS AND IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. AS A LOCAL RESIDENT I DO NOT WANT IT TO BE BUILT. THE PLANNED SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AT THAT INTERSECTION HAS MUCH NOR POTENTIAL VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO TECHNICAL OR ENGINEERING TRAFFIC STUDIES IF ANY DO EXIST, SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC REGARDING THIS PROPOSED EFFORT THAT MIGHT DEMONSTRATE AN ACTUAL NEED FOR A ROUND ABOUT IN THIS LOCATION. THE LARGE SECURITY LIGHTS REQUIRED BY TECH STOCK FOR ROUND ABOUTS OF THIS SIZE WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE LIGHT SOLUTION IN OUR DARK SKY COMMUNITY.

FURTHERMORE AND OF MUCH MORE CONCERN TO NEIGHBORS OF DRIPPING SPRINGS IS THE APPROACHED FM 150 BYPASS EFFORT.

THAT BYPASS WILL NOT MITIGATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, THERE HAVE BEEN NO TRAFFIC STUDIES CONDUCTED OR PUBLISHED DEMONSTRATING WHERE TRAFFIC AT RANCH ROAD 12 AND 290 FLOWS AND HOW MUCH IS LOCAL ONLY TO DRIPPING SCHOOLS BUSINESSES ET CETERA VERSUS PASS THROUGH EAST WEST TRAFFIC TO AUSTIN 281 AND NORTH TO 71 BK LAKE WAY ET CETERA.

THE NEED FOR A 150 BYPASS HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED BY TRAFFIC STUDIES AND WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE WATERSHEDS.

HAYES COUNTY SHOULD NOT BE PRIORITIZING THIS UNNECESSARY ROUND ABOUT OVER YOSSMENTS AUTHOR NEEDED IN HEAVILY JEFD CONGESTED AREAS OF DRIPPING SPRINGS.

AND THIS IS FROM SUZANNE PETERSEN.

WHO SAYS WE'VE LIVED IN THE CALATERRA SUBDIVISION OF DRIPPING SPRINGS FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS.

WE MOVED HERE BECAUSE OF THE SERENE ASPECT AND SMALL TOWN FEEL. LIKE MANY OTHERS NOT ONLY OVER THE U.S. BUT THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN WE MOVED INTO A SUBDIVISION WHAT WAS CARVED OUT OF WHAT USED TO BE RANCH LAND. I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I NEVER LOOKED INTO IT, BUT I IMAGINE THE RANCH OWNER SOLD IT AT A

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MY REQUEST WOULD ALSO BE THAT THE CURRENT MORATORIUM ON NEW PERMITS BE EXTENDED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ADDITIONAL STUDIES AND IDEAS BE DISCUSSED AND AGREED UPON AS TO THE GROWTH OF THIS TOWN. AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING LIKE THAT NIMBY PERSON WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO GIVE UNEMOTIONAL AND LOGICAL CONSIDERATION TO HAVE A DRIPPING SPRINGS INFRASTRUCTURE CAN SUSTAIN THE TYPE OF GROWTH WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE COUNT ON YOU OUR ELECTED FOIRNLTS OFFICIALS TO LISTEN TO OUR CONCERNS AND ACT ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE LIVING HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. LET'S SEE, THIS IS IN JOHN MCCLAFFERTY WHO HAS ATTACHED QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION.

BUT. >> WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE PUBLIC

COMMENT. >> I'M SORRY?

>> WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM HIM.

>> SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A JUNIOR SO THANKS.

>> SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT ONE? >> OF COURSE, AS SOON AS THERE

IS A DUPLICATE WE'LL SKIP IT. >> OF COURSE, YES, THIS IS A JUNIOR. SO YOU THINK WE DID HIM, OKAY, I KNOW WE DID A JUNIOR. SO THE NEXT ONE IS FROM DON WATSON OF DRIFTWOOD. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE RANCH ROAD 12 AND 150 ROUND ABOUT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AT OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER ESCORT TOMORROW.

NOT SURE WHO THINKS THIS ROUND ABOUT IS A PROPER OR GOOD WAY TO ALLEVIATE ANY TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON RANCH ROAD 12.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH NUMEROUS TIMES THIS YEAR, WHAT A MESS.

INEVITABLY SOMEONE STOPS IN THE ROUND ABOUT DUE TO CONFUSION.

THIS IN TURN LEADS TO TRAFFIC BACKING UP AND NEARLY CAUSING WRECKS. WHEN THE TRAFFIC IS BUSY THE MOVEMENT COMES TO A CRAWL. I DON'T SEE ANY POSITIVE IN THIS ARRANGEMENT. SECONDLY THE TRAFFIC ON RANCH ROAD 12 ON THE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS IS AWFUL.

PUTTING A ROUND ABOUT AT 150 WOULD DO NOTHING FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION. RANCH ROAD 12 WOULD NEED TO BE WIDENED. THAT WOULD HELP TRAFFIC.

ROUND ABOUTS ARE A RIDICULOUS ATTEMPT OF ENGINEERS OR POSSIBLY SOMEONE WANTING TO HELP THEIR POCKETBOOK.

CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEONE DRINKING AND DRIVING ATTEMPTING TO USE A ROUND ABOUT? WE ALL KNOW THIS IS AN ALL TRUE PROBLEM DON'T WE? PLEASE VOTE NO ON THE ROUND ABOUT AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND HEAD US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NOT CIRCLES.

THANK YOU. >> SORRY WE GOT SOME THINGS MIXED IF HERE THAT WERE MEANT TO BE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

STEPHEN AND CHERYL WOOSTER WRITE FOR THE AGENDA ITEM.

WE ARE EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROUND ABOUT ON FM 12 AND 150 IN HAYES COUNTY.

THIS IS UNNECESSARY AND UNWANTED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS.

AS CALATERRA RESIDENTS WE DON'T WANT IT BUILT FOR SEVERAL REASONS. MUCH MORE POTENTIAL VALUE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED.

THAT DEVELOPMENT COULD PROVIDE A VARIETY OF BENEFITS TO PEOPLE LIVING SOUTH OF 290 AND WOULD REDUCE TRAFFIC INTO DRIPPING BY PROVIDING SERVICES SUCH AS RETAIL RESTAURANTS ET CETERA IN THAT LOCATION. THE LARGE SECURITY LIGHTS REQUIRED BY TECH STOCK WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE LIGHT POLLUTION IN OUR DARK SKY COMMUNITY.

WILL THIS ENDANGER OUR DARK SKY STATUS? THERE HAVE BEEN NO TECHNICAL OR ENGINEERING TRAFFIC STUDIES SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC REGARDING THIS PROPOSED EFFORT.

HAVE ANY BEEN CONDUCTED? FURTHERMORE AND OF MUCH GREATER CONCERN TO DRIPPING SPRINGS AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY RESIDENTS IS THE PROPOSED FM 150 SOUTHWEST BYPASS PROJECT.

THE NEED FOR A 150 BYPASS HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED WITH TRAFFIC STUDIES. THIS BYPASS WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE NI NEARBY WATERSHEDSD ECOSYSTEMS IN THE AFFECTED AREA.

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THERE HAVE BEEN NO TRAFFIC STUDIES COUNTED NOR PUBLISHED DEMONSTRATING THAT 12 AND 290 INTERSECTION TRAFFIC PATTERNS.

HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS LOCAL ONLY TO DRIPPING, SCHOOLS BUSINESSES ET CETERA VERSUS PASS THROUGH? THE 150 BYPASS WILL NOT MITIGATE LOCAL TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE RANCH ROAD 12 AND 290 INTERSECTION. THE ROUND ABOUT APPEARS TO BE A FEATURE ONLY DESIRED AND DESIGNED TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO FUTURE SOUTHWEST BYPASS 150 EXPANSION.

I BELIEVE THIS IS A REPEAT OF SOMETHING --

>> GOOD ENOUGH, THANK YOU. YOU'RE ALMOST DONE, ON THE HOME

STRETCH. >> WE'RE GETTING THERE.

ROBERT AND LINDA GARTON WRITE FOR NUMBER 15.

WE DID THIS ONE ALREADY, SORRY. LET'S SEE.

I THINK THAT THIS DOES NOT BELONG HERE.

DID WE DO -- WE DIDN'T DO -- OKAY RH RYAN HAYNES SLOANE SAYSN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THE TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT ROUND ABOUT WILL IMPROVE ANYTHING THIS AREA? THE ACTUAL FEEDBACK OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, CALATERRA AND THE RANCHERS. WHY IS A TRAFFIC LIGHT NOT CONSIDERED? HOW CAN YOU VOTE FOR THIS WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH UNANSWERED? A ROUND ABOUT WILL NOT SOLVE ANY ISSUES, SHOW ME A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE WHERE ROUND ABOUTS ARE HELPFUL WITH CONGESTION. THIS ROUND ABOUT IS PART OF A PROJECT BEING PUSHED BY OUR CURRENT COMMISSIONER, NEARBY RESIDENTS IN CALATERRA AND HOWARD RANCH.

LANDS LIVES AND EVEN LIVELIHOODS WOULD BE DIMINISHED BY HAVING FIRST A GIANT ROUND ABOUT BUT THEN AN UNNECESSARY UNWANTED AND UNWARRANTED EXPANSION OF MF 150 ALL THE WAY TO HENLEY.

NOBODY WANTS THIS. SHOW THE TRAFFIC STUDY SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE ROUND ABOUT AND THE SCWERCHLT FM 150 EXPANSION. SHOW YOUR NOISE MITIGATION PLAN AND MOST IMPORTANTLY MOVE IT AWAY FROM THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

NOBODY WANTS A 74 LANE HIGHWAY, RECONSIDER YOUR PLAN BECAUSE IT ISN'T WHAT ACTUALLY BENEFITS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.

YOU SIMPLY CANNOT VOTE A YES FOR THIS WHEN THERE ARE THIS MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND THIS MANY PEOPLE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING OPPOSE IT. THE NEXT IS ERIC REED FOWLER.

WHO SAYS, I ATTENDED THE MEETING ON 9-7 NEAR 20SED X AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD THAT I AM FOR THE AGENDA ITEM YOU ADDED THAT CALLS FOR TERMINATING ALL COUNTY INVOLVEMENT AND/OR FUNDING FOR THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 12 AND 150.

I'M VEHEMENTLY GUESS AGAINST THE PROJECT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND THE RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE WILL OF THE TAX PAYING RESIDENTS OF NORTH HAYES COUNTY. I HAVE NOT MET OR TALKED TO ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS FOR THIS PROJECT ESPECIALLY AFTER THE COUNTY IS STEALING PRIVATE PROPERTY BY EMINENT DOMAIN.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THESE COMMENTS BEING ENTERED INTO THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE COMMISSIONER ESCORT MEETING.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

>> WHO WAS THAT? >> ERIC REED FOWLER.

>> ERIC REED FOWLER FROM DRIFTWOOD.

SORRY. THE NEXT ONE IS ERICA MCCLAFFERTY. I'M A HAYES COUNTY RESIDENT OF BUNCHTSDDA TEXAS. MY HUSBAND DRIVES FROM BUDA TO DRIPPING SPRINGS TO TEACH YOUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY.

WE ARE WHOLLY OPPOSED TO THE EXPANSION OF FM 150.

DETRIMENTAL TO WILDLIFE, RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE AND RANCHERS EMERGENCE AND LIVING. THIS WOULD BE A DISHONOR TO OUR HERITAGE AND THEFT FROM GENERATIONS TO COME.

THIS EXPANSION ASK A MONEY GRAB DISGUISED AS PROGRESS.

IT IS POLLUTION DRESSED UP AS CONVENIENCE.

IN TRUTH IT IS A BLIGHT THAT NOBODY ASKED FOR AND THIS EXPANSION, HERE AND NOW. AND WALT SMITH BELONGS THIS JAIL. MARTIN MCCONAGHY, HAYES COUNTY TAXPAYER, WITHIN THE DRIPPING SPRINGS ETJ.

MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM K-15.

THE TERMINATION OF ALL COUNTY INVOLVEMENT AND/OR FUNDING FOR% RANCH ROAD 12 AND 150 INTERSECTION WHICH IS CURRENTLY PLANNED AS A DOUBLE LANE ROUND ABOUT.

GIVEN THAT THIS COUNTY IS MAJORITY REPUBLICAN I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST NOTE THAT THIS PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT IS A VIOLATION OF

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REGARDING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND EMINENT DOMAIN, THIS PROPOSED FORCIBLE SEIZURE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY VIOLENCE BLANKS 11, 23, 222 AND 223 OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM.

MOREOVER NOT ONLY IS THIS ROUND ABOUT THEFT FROM THE OWNER AND DEVELOPER OF HOWARD RANCH IT IS ALSO BEING INSTALLED TO FACILITATE A FUTURE DRIPPING SPRINGS SOUTHWEST BYPASS THAT WILL NECESSITATE FROM OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS.

FURTHER THE FORCIBLE SEIZURE OF LARND FROM HOWARD RANCH TOWN CENTER IS ALSO EXTREMELY FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND WASTEFUL. UNDER THE TEXAS AND U.S.

CONSTITUTION'S REQUIREMENT FOR JUST AND ADEQUATE COMPENSATION HOWARD RANCH IS ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR NOT ONLY FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE LAND BUT ALSO LOSS OF INCOME FOR PLANNED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, COMPENSATION FOR THEIR TOWN CENTER WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRIFNTION, DAMAGES TO REDUCED VALUE OF ADJACENT PROPERTY AND MORE.

THIS ALONE SHOULD JUSTLY TOTAL TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES AND THERE IS AMPLE PRECEDENCE, SIGNED INTO LAW BY THEN GOVERNOR AND FUTURE PRESIDENT BUSH IN 1995, ALSO ENTITLES ANYONE WHOSE PROPERTY VALUE IS REDUCED BY 25% OR MORE, BY TAKING A GOVERNMENT-BY TAKING OF GOVERNMENT TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR SUCH INFRINGEMENT.

GIVEN THAT THE TOWN CENTER WAS ADVERTISED AS A CENTER PIECE OF THE ENTIRE HOWARD RANCH DEVELOPMENT TO BUYERS THIS COURT SHOULD ALSO EXPECT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FROM PROPERTY OWNERS IN ADJACENT SUBDIVISIONS FOR THIS HUGE REGULATORY TAKING SHOULD THIS ROUND ABOUT BE BUILT.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE A FEW PRACTICAL MATTERS RELATED TO THIS ROUND ABOUT. HAVING LIVED IN EUROPE, LARGE ROUND ABOUTS ARE NEITHER PEDESTRIAN NOR CYCLIST FRIENDLY.

THE PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT WOULD RESOLVE SIGNIFICANT LIGHT POLLUTION IN DARK SKY COMMUNITY AND DRIPPING SPRINGS THE UNOFFICIAL WEDDING, NOVEL TRAFFIC DESIGNS ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING IMPAIRED. SHALL I FINISH?

IT'S ABOUT A HALF PAGE. >> ACCIDENTS WILL INCREASE AND SAFETY AND MOBILITY WILL DECREASE WHICH IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF HOW THIS ROUND ABOUT IS BEING SOLD.

FOR EXAMPLE, COMMISSIONER SMITH WHO RESIDES IN HOWARD RANCH WAS DRIVING IN AUSTIN ON APRIL 28TH, 2021 AT 3 A.M. THROUGH A STANDARD INTERSECTION BUT HE BLEW THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND T BONED A BOX TRUCK, ADMITTED TO HAVING CONSUMED ALCOHOLIC BRENCHES AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHANCHED WITH A D.U.I. AFTER FAILING FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, JUST IMAGINE HOW MUCH LESS IN CONTROL THAT AN IMPAIRED DRIVER THAT WALT SMITH ON THAT NIGHT WOULD BE IN ENCOUNTERING IN A TOWN THEY WERE JUST VISITING.

IN SUM THE HOWARD RANCH TOWN CENTER UNLIKE THIS PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT WILL BE A MUCH NEEDED SOCIAL AND COMMERCIAL ASSET TO DRIPPING SPRINGS WHILE ENHANCING PROPERTY VALUES AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE TO THE COUNTY.

TO ME, CANCELLING THIS ROUND ABOUT BOON DO BOONDOGGLE IS A NO BRAINER. I HOPE THE COUNTY WILL SEE

LIKEWISE. >> IS THAT THE LAST ONE?

>> I DO BELIEVE IT IS. OKAY, THERE ARE A COUPLE MORE.

FROM MARY BETH ALSDORVE. PATHWAY OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LONG ESTABLISHED FAMILY RANCHES. THE ROUND ABOUT IS A PLAN TO EXTEND 150 BY PLOWING THROUGH SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS, CROSSING ONION CREEK SEVERAL TIMES AND ADDING LIGHT POLLUTION TO THOSE LIVING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

IT ALSO WIPES OUT A PLAN FOR SHOPS FOR AREA DISSENTION.

I'VE NOT SEEN ANY ENVIRONMENTAL OR TRAFFIC STUDIES, HOWEVER, IF ANY TRAFFIC STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED DURING THE FOUR OR SO MONTHS THE CREEK ROAD BRIDGE WAS BEING REBUILT, THE TRAFFIC STUDY WOULD BE INVALID AS MUCH TRAFFIC WAS DIVERTED TO RANCH ROAD 12 VIA MOUNT GAINOR AND DROUGHT CREEK ROAD.

I DO NOT BELIEVE PART OF THIS PLANNING AND AM STRONGLY FOR REMOVING FUNDING FOR THE ROUND ABOUT, AND ANY ADJOINING MULTILANE ROADWAY. I HAVE ONE GLEN MATHIS WROTE, I'M WRITING TO YOU EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED RANCH

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OUR BRIDGE AT CREEK ROAD WAS REPLACED RECENTLY.

THE WORK TOOK IF FOUR MONTHS. THE BRIDGE REOPENED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. SO FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS MY NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF HAVE HAD TO USE EAST MOUNT GAYNO OR GALT LING ROAD TO GET TO DRIPPING SPRINGS.

IN THE PAST OUR NORMAL PATH WAS ACROSS THE CREEK ROAD BRIDGE TO 290 BUT WITH THE BRIDGE BEING REPLACED WE WERE GOING THROUGH INTERSECTION OF 12 AND 150 TO GET TO DRIPPING SPRINGS.

THE AREAS DIVERTED WERE MUCH OF MOUNT GAYNOR AND SOME OF CREEK ROAD. I'M NOT SURE THIS WAS ONLY ABOUT REPLACING A FUNCTIONAL BRIDGE. AND CYNTHIA JAN WESSON IS OKAY.

THIS IS A HUGE WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

OUR COUNTY ALREADY HAS ENCUMBERED OUR RESIDENTS TO MORE DEBT THAN MOST COUNTIES OUR SIZE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THE ROUND ABOUT IS PART OF A LOOP FOR WHICH AS OF TODAY, NO TRAFFIC NOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

THIS ROUND ABOUT IS BEING PLANNED WHERE IT IS NOT NEEDED.

IT IS BEING PUSHED THROUGH IN HOPES THIS WILL FORCE THE COUNTY TO COMPLETE THE PLANNED LOOP THAT IS ONLY FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES. FOLLOW THE MONEY AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS BEING PUSHED DOWN HAYES COUNTY CONTAMINATE PAIRS THROATS. JUST ONE MORE.

FOUR MORE, WE'RE ALMOST TO THE END.

FROM MARK WATSON. IF INSTALLING YOUR ROUND ABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF RANCH ROAD 12 AND FM 150 WILL IN ANY WAY PUSH THE AGENDA OF THE FM 150 EXTENSION THROUGH FAMILY PROPERTIES IN RANCH LANDS SOUTH OF DRIPPING SPRINGS THEN I ASK THAT THE ROUND ABOUT BE NIXED. PERSONALLY I LIKE THE ROUND ABOUTS IN THE KYLE AREA AND ESPECIALLY 150 BETWEEN KYLE AND WIMBERL YFERTION. I THINK THEY ACTUALLY HELP TRAFFIC FLOW BUT THERE IS APPARENTLY A CONCERN AMONG AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THE PROPOSED ROUND ABOUT IF APPROVED WILL HELP BRING ABOUT THE FM 150 EXTENSION WHICH THEY AND I ARE VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO. THE TAKING OF LAND AND LAND RIGHTS AGAINST THEIR WILL IN THE NAME OF EMINENT DOMAIN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND WILL BE RESISTED ABOUT.

YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED THERE IS AN ENLIGHT UNDERRED MOVEMENT TAKE PLACE ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP AND GETTING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO GO AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED WITH FROM THEIR STATIONS BY THE MEMBERS WHO CAST COUNT ANDS REGISTER VOTES LEGALLY.

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND CARLY HARBOR WRITES, THIS E-MAIL IS IN REGARD TO THE AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS ADDED TO TERMINATE COUNTY FUNDING OR ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE RANCH ROAD 12-150 BROCT. MY DAUGHTER AND I ARE RESIDENTS OF THE GARDENS OF HOWARD RANCH A COMMUNITY RIGHT NEXT TO RANCH ROAD 12 AND FM 150 AND A COMMUNITY THAT WOULD DIRECTLY AND NEGATIVELY BE IMPACTED SHOULD THE FUNDING OF THE RANCH ROAD 12-150 GO FORWARD. I'M EXTREMELY AGAINST THIS PROJECT, PLEASE ADD MY COMMENTS TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDS.

ATTACHED IS MY FORM. AND TRACY AND ROBERT HARBOR WRITE THIS E-MAIL IS IN REGARD TO THE AGENDA ITEM ADDED TO TERMINATE COUNTY FUNDING OR ANY INVOLVEMENT IN RANCH ROAD 12-150 PROJECT. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE RESIDENTS OF HOWARD RANCH A COMMUNITY RIGHT NEXT TO FM 12 AND 150.

A COMMUNITY THAT WOULD DIRECTLY BE IMPACTED SHOULD THE FUNDING GO FORTH. WE'RE EXTREMELY AGAINST THIS PROJECT. PLEASE ADD OUR COMMENTS TO THE

OFFICIAL RECORD. >> LAST ONE OF.

>> FINALLY LAST ONE, JANET AUNDER CHRIS CULVER AND LAURIE AND BEN ROTON WRITE AS WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THE TERMINATION OF THE ROUND ABOUT AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS IS AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15.

THIS IS OUR SECOND WEEK IN PROVINCE AND WE HAVE SPENT TEN DAYS TOURING THE AREA BY CAR. WE WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT AT EACH INTERSECTION IS A ROUND ABOUT.

THE INTERESTING THING IS THEY USUALLY ORIGINATE AS TWO LANES.

TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS EMPLOYED INSIDE THE ROUND ABOUT.

EVENTUALLY THE ROUND ABOUT IS DECONSTRUCTED AS THE TRAFFIC FLOW CANNOT BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN THE ROUND ABOUT AND INTERSECTION CONSTRUCTION. OUR POINT TO THE COURT, THE ROUND ABOUT PROPOSED AT THE ABOVE INTERSECTION WILL RESOLVE NOTHING AS IT IS NOT THE SAME DESIGN.

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ACCORDING TO THE FRENCH STYLE ROUND ABOUT METHODOLOGY A ROUND ABOUT AT THE RANCH ROAD 12-150 INTERSECTION ALREADY HAS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC AT THIS POINT TO BE EFFECTIVE.

WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN VOTING TODAY AS YOUR CURRENT AND/OR POTENTIAL CONSTITUENTS.

AGAIN JANET AND CHRIS CULVER AND LAURIE AND BEN ROTON.

>> AS MR. KENNEDY WILL LEAVE THE COURTROOM WHENEVER WE LECEMA CONVERSATIONS, I WILL ASK COMMISSIONER SMITH TO LEAVE THE COURTROOM AS HE HAS RECUSED HIMSELF.

>> I DO WANT CLARIFICATION ARE CLARIFICATION FROM OUR OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL. IT IS NOT INCORRECT THAT I CAN SIT AND LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION.

I JUST CAN'T PARTICIPATE, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PROVIDE ME WITH AN OPINION ABOUT RECUSAL I CAN. I DON'T NORMALLY PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE IN OFTEN COURT AND TO THAT POINT, COMMISSIONER SMITH WHILE YOU WERE RECUSED ON MAY 4TH, 2021, THIS COURT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED CONDEMNATION OF THREE PARCELS OWNED BY ERIC HOWARD THAT LICKS LITIGATION IS PENDING, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND YOU HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN PUBLIC EITHER.

YOU INVITE YOUR RIGHT-OF-WAY COUNCIL TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND

YOU HAD THAT DISCUSSION THERE. >> SO MR. KENNEDY HAS I BELIEVE LED BY EXAMPLE, IN ANY CONFLICT THAT HE HAS LEFT THE COURTROOM.

BUT IF YOU CHOOSE TO STAY THERE THAT'S UP TO YOU.

>> NO, I WOULD MUCH RATHER HEAR WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S -- AND I'M

MORE THAN HAPPY -- >> TELEVISED LIVE AS WELL.

I WILL SAY THAT MR. KENNEDY, IT IS MY BELIEF AS I STUMBLED, I AM EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT I STUMBLED UPON THIS DECISION.

BECAUSE I WAS AN ACTIVE VOTER IN THE PROCESS AS YOU'VE JUST STATED. BUT I HAVE NO CLUE OF THE ROBUST OPPOSITION THAT HAS JUST BEEN MADE AWARE, I WAS UNDER A VERY DIFFERENT IMPRESSION AND I KNOW THAT IT'S POPULAR TO SAY OH IT'S ELECTION TIME. BUT THE PEOPLE I'M REFERRING TO AT THIS TIME DON'T NECESSARILY VOTE FOR ME.

IT'S ABOUT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, IT'S ABOUT, I HEARD GREAT COMMENTS THROUGH ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.

IT'S NOT A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.

JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD.

YOU'RE GOING OVER SENSITIVE RECHARGE, ONION CREEK, THE AQUIFER, PROTECTION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

CALATERRA HOWARD RANCH AND NAME RAFAMILY RANCHES ARE ALL AT STAE HERE. I WISH I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW. I WILL SAY IT TO YOU THIS WAY.

BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ONE OF THOSE FOUR VOTES TO DRAMATICALLY AND DRASTICALLY DISRUPT THIS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD NEVER HAVE SUPPORTED IT.

I DON'T WANT TO BLAME ANYONE FOR SPREADING MISINFORMATION ON THE COURT DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT'S NOT NECESSARY IT IS NOT USEFUL. BUT I WILL TAKE MY RESPONSIBILITY IN SAYING FORGIVE ME FOR I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I DID AND I TAKE IT BACK AND HERE IS MY OFFER TO PULL US OUT OF ALL NEGOTIATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS. COMMISSIONER AS THE SECOND MOTION I'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU A SPACE TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE JUST LEARNED.

BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS THE FARTHEST EXTENT THERE YOUR

PRESENGT. >> THANK YOU JUDGE AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENCE, (INAUDIBLE) BUT HE WILL SAY JUDGE THAT THIS IS THE (INAUDIBLE) HOW WE USUALLY (INAUDIBLE) ON THE COMMISSIONER THAT REPRESENTS THAT AREA.

I TOO AM NOT AS PROGRAM JUST BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITHIN EVERYBODY'S PRECINCT.

AND, YOU KNOW, (INAUDIBLE) INFORMATION THAT I ALSO HEARD LET ME SAY BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR COURT HAS HAD THIS DISCUSSION MANY TIMES ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ALWAYS USED AS A LAST RESORT.

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>> IS YOUR MIC ON COMMISSIONER? >> IT IS, IT WAS TURNED OFF --

>> WILL YOU TURN YOUR VOLUME UP? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I WANT THE VIEWING PUBLIC TO NO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING SORRY ABOUT THAT AND THANK YOU.

I'M TO THE SURE WHAT THAT WOULD BE.

AND COMMISSIONER I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED, HAVE YOU BEEN PARTICIPATING THIS THOSE CONVERSATIONS, OR HAS SOMEBODY BEEN SETTING IN FOR YOU? I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT PROCESS HAS PROGRESSED. AND SO JUST SO I CAN BE MORE CLEAR ON MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT, AS FAR AS THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, AND THEN HOW HAVE WE FROGD.

YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT YOU'RE RECUSING AND, YOU KNOW, BUT HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED WITH ALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS? I KNOW THAT YOU INHERITED THIS PROJECT.

>> SURE I CAN ANSWER THAT, I CAN DISCUSS ANYTHING RELATED TO ANY TYPE OF WESTERN CONNECTION. BUT THE INTERSECTION ITSELF, I WAS INVITED TO A MEETING NOT LONG AFTER I TOOK OFFICE IN EARLY 2019 BY THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS, WHICH OUR OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, OR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, WAS THERE, MR. KENNEDY CAN REMIND ME IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER FOLKS THERE.

INVITE BID THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS.

AT THAT TIME, LOOKING AT THE PLOT IN QUESTION THERE WAS THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WAS THE WHAT ARE KNOWN AS THE GARDENS AT HOWARD RANCH, A CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE -- A PROPERTY MA'AM IT LOOKS AS THOUGH -- MAP IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES THERE.

I DID NOT KNOW MY PROPERTY TOUCHES THE GARDEN.

>> WILL DO ME A FAIFER, WILL YOU ASK A CONCISE QUESTION SO YOU CAN LET THE COMMISSIONER ANSWER IT?

>> I THINK MY QUESTION, THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

>> SHE ASKED HOW WE GOT HERE. >> I WANTED TO CREATE A SHORTER RESPONSE FOR MY COMFORT LEVEL AS THE CHAIR OF THIS MEETING THAT YOU HAVE RECUSED YOURSELF ON. I'D LIKE TO BE CONCISE WITH

RESPONSES. >> I CAN WORRY ABOUT MY

RESPONSES. >> I AM ALSO WORRIED ABOUT MY POSITION AS A CHAIR AND I WILL NOT BE BAM BAMBOOZLED INTO ANOR

SETTING. >> I LEFT THAT MEETING AND I HAD A VERY QUICK CONVERSATION WITH OUR OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL AND I SAID LOOK IF I SUPPORT THIS INTERSECTION AND MY PROPERTY VALUE GOES UP THERE'S AN ETHICAL ISSUE SURROUNDING THAT. IF I OPPOSE THIS INTERSECTION AND MY PROPERTY VALUE GOES UP, THERE'S AN ETHICAL ISSUE SURROUNDING THAT. THE BEST POSSIBLE SCENARIO TO AVOID ANY ETHICAL CONFLICT IS TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THAT PROCESS AND THAT IS HOW WE GOT TO THE RECUSAL.

AFTER THAT POINT I WAS ASKED TO ONE MEETING, AND I BELIEVE IT

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PROJECT. >> OKAY, SO AS FAR AS THE CITIZENS AND AGAIN, PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS WRONG AT ALL.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY AS I SAID BEING HERE TODAY.

VOICING THEIR CONCERNS. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT MORE PEOPLE, AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SENTIMENTS IS OUT THERE FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE THIS THE AREA.

YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S WHAT I'M -- THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ALSO.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IF YOU'VE RECUSED YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, HAVE THERE -- AND SO ALL THESE -- WELL IF YOU RECUSED YOURSELF THEN HOW DO WE KNOW ALL THAT, WHAT IS THE SUPPORT IS AND WHAT THE SUPPORT ISN'T? AND THEN WITH ALL THE MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD, IS THAT WHEN COMMISSIONER WISNAT WAS IN OFFICE AND IS THAT WHEN ALL OF THOSE OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS HELD?

>> THE MEETINGS THAT I KNOW MR. CUTLER REFERRED TO WERE PART OF THE 150 CHARACTER PLAN STUDY. THERETO COUNTY CONDUCTED.

WHEN HE MENTIONS THE THREE VOLUMES THAT I THINK HE SHARED WITH JUDGE BECERRA, THERE WERE A LARGE NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEETINGS SURROUNDING THAT AND THOSE OCCURRED FROM 2013 TO 2017, I BELIEVE. AGAIN THE TWO OF Y'ALL WERE SERVING ON THE COURT, AND THAT WAS PRIOR TOFULLY TIME BUT THERE IS A TUNE OF PUBLIC RECORD RELATED TO THAT AGAIN PRIOR TO

MY TIME. >> YES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, IT'S JUST THAT WE ARE NOW HERE AT THIS POINT AND BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER A CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION THAT ALSO LIMITS US, YOU KNOW, TO MAYBE SOME DISCUSSION. BUT IT'S JUST -- IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW AND YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION. AND THAT WE TRY TO DO THE RIGHT AND THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN MOVING FORWARD.

>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. AND I'M GOING TO ASK MR. KENNEDY, WHAT TYPE DO YOU NEED TO CALL THE VOTE TO STOP PURSUING THE TAKING OF PEOPLE'S LAND AND BUSINESSES AND RANCHES AND LIVELIHOODS, HOWEVER IT MAY BE TRAISMED CHARACTERIZED OR WORD ID, HOW CAN WE -- FRAMED, CHARACTERIZED OR WORDED HOW CAN WE STOP THE FORWARD MARCH OF THE COUNTY ON THIS ENDEAVOR?

WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TODAY? >> AGAIN, IF THIS COURT AS A MATTER OF POLICY WANTS TO CONSIDER DEFUNDING A PROJECT, FOR WHICH THERE IS CURRENTLY THREE CONDEMNATION ACTIONS FEMPEDDING, THEN YOU NIGHT TO CONSULT WITH YOUR RIGHT-OF-WAY COUNSEL ABOUT WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT WOULD BE.

IT WOULD BE MY ADVICE TO YOU WOULD BE TO CONSULT WITH YOUR ATTORNEYS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT WOULD

BE BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION. >> AND IN THE MEANTIME, ASKING UNTIL THIS TAKES PLACE, ASKING GENERAL COUNSEL TO STOP THAT PROCESS UNTIL FURTHER DISCUSSIONS CAN BE HAD, WHAT DO

YOU NEED TO DO THAT FROM US? >> JUDGE CAN I CHIME IN?

>> LET ME GET HIS ANSWER THEN YES.

>> I DON'T NEED ANYTHING IF THE COURT AS A MATTER OF POLICY CAN

DO THAT. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT WORDING SO WE DON'T GET PARALYZED.

YES COMMISSIONER. >> TO ADDRESS COMMENTS AND ALSO THE PUBLIC, I THOUGHT THE GENTLEMAN THAT MADE THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT I DIDN'T WRITE YOUR NAME DOWN SIR I'M SORRY BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY WELL SAID AS FAR AS ENCAPSULATING A LOT OF THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THIS PROJECT AND AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT. AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS SEAT SINCE 2017. THIS IS VERY UNIQUE WAY OF DEALING WITH THE PROJECT TO SAY THE LEAST WHEN YOU HAVE A RECUSAL, A PROJECT RELATED TO ANOTHER PROJECT, LIKE THIS, VERY UNIQUE TO SAY THE LEAST AS FAR AS HOW THE COUNTY WOULD HANDLE A PROJECT. WHY THE ROUND ABOUT WAS CHOSEN FOR DESIGN I CAN'T NECESSARILY SAY WHAT HAPPENED AT THE TIME

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AND I WAS ASKED WHEN I TOOK OFFICE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A DESIGN. AND I CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ROUND ABOUT DESIGN BASED UPON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED ON THAT SPECIFIC INTERSECTION.

AND ROUND ABOUTS, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, I'VE ASKED MY FATHER, HE WOULD CALL ME AN IDIOT TO CHOOSE A ROUND ABOUT.

I ACTUALLY THINK THAT ROUND ABOUT WORKS VERY WELL AND IS DESIGNED TO WORK VERY WELL INTO THE FUTURE BASED ON PROJECTED GROWTH AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD FIND NEIGHBORING BUSINESS OWNERS AT THAT ROUND ABOUT WOULD TELL YOU THAT HAS IMPROVED TRAFFIC AND SAFETY. THAT'S THAT SPECIFIC INTERSECTION. AND COULD IT HAVE BEEN A T? IT COULD HAVE BEEN A T FOR SURE. I BELIEVE THE ROUND WHEN IS SAFER IN THAT CASE AND I BELIEVE THAT THE ENGINEERING THAT WAS PUT INTO IT SHOWED THAT IT SHOULD BE SAFER.

THAT DECISION I WAS NOT PART OF FOR RANCHO 12 AND 150.

AFTER THAT, I ASKED THE ENGINEER WHEN THIS FELL INTO MY LAP AND I THINK MR. KENNEDY MENTIONED THE DATE THE COURT AUTHORIZED THE CONDEMNATION THAT'S WHEN IT FELL INTO MY LAP.

I DID MEET ONE TIME IN THE PRECINCT 4 OFFERS, COMMISSIONER SMITH WAS THERE WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE ISSUE. THAT WAS KIND OF THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, TAKE I HAD ON IT. SO THAT WAS PROBABLY I MEAN IT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO. THE COURT HAD AUTHORIZED CONDEMNATION AND I, SINCE THERE WAS NO COMMISSIONER, I WANTED TO TRY TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION.

AND SO ROUND ABOUT'S DESIGNED. IT'S DESIGNED.

THE REENLS GIVEN WERE THAT IT WOULD HANDLE THAT FLOW OF TRAFFIC BETTER IN THE FUTURE. IT CAN BE EXPANDED IF NECESSARY.

IT SHOULD BE SAFER AND FOR THE MOST PART THAT IS A GENERAL ARGUMENT FOR ROUND ABOUTS IS SAFETY.

SLOWER SPEEDS AT AN INTERSECTION.

THAT'S WHY I THINK THE 150-32-37 WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE.

IT WAS A STRANGELY CONFIGURED INTERSECTION AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AND HIGH SPEED T BONE TYPE ACCIDENTS.

AGAIN, WHAT WAS DONE TO STUDY THAT ONE I WASN'T THERE TO MAKE THE CHOICE. IT WAS DESIGNED.

BUT I DID WANT TO SEE BASED UPON CONCERNS OF PROPERTY OWNERS AND WHAT I WOULD CALL THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE MOST IMPORTANT CONCERN WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING AN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON SOMEBODY'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, I DID WANT TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY AND WHERE. AND THEN I COULD SAY A ROUND ABOUT AND A SOUTHWEST CONNECTOR/BYPASS, ANOTHER CONFUSION IS I WOULD SAY THEY ARE DIRECTLY RELATED, INDIRECTLY RELATED AND NOT NECESSARILY RELATED, WHICH IS CONFUSING.

IT'S CONFUSING TO ME. IF THERE ARE PLANS FOR, TIME IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE A CONNECTOR WHICH IS WHAT THAT PLANNING PROCESS IS ABOUT AND FOR THE MOST PART COMPLETE, YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE AN ALIGNMENT. YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE IF YOU JUST CALLED IT A BYPASS, NOT ALIGNED WITH THE EXISTING 150 AND IF IT WERE TO BE 150 WHICH IT VERY WELL COULD BE AN EXTENSION OF ONE 50 YOU WOULD DEFINITELY PREFER THAT IT BE ALIGNED. THAT IS A GENERAL PREFERENCE WHEN WE DESIGN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS INVOLVING INTERSECTIONS, THERE IS A WAY TO PROVIDE ALIGNMENT, IT IS'S AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. IN FACT WE SOMETIMES SCORE HIGH ON CERTAIN PROJECTS OR THE OUTSIDE FUNDING BASED UPON THE ALIGNMENT ITSELF. IF YOU ALINE UNALIGNED INTERSECTIONS IN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING WORLD, IT IS AT THE VERY TOP OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE DONE.

SO IF THE COUNTY WERE GOING TO PLAN FOR OR THE STATE WERE GOING

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EVERYBODY WOULD SAY IF YOU ARE GOING TO TELL ME YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BUILD ANYTHING OUT THERE THEN WHERE IT ALIGNS IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT. IF YOU ARE TELLING ME YOU THINK THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU DESIGNED THIS NEW INTERSECTION YOU SHOULD PROVIDE FOR ALIGNMENT TO THAT NEW CORRIDOR.

THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS AT THIS INTERSECTION AGAIN THIS IS NOT IN MY PRECINCT, I HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH IT, I PERHAPS WASN'T AS FAMILIAR WITH IT AS COMMISSIONER SMITH WAS.

THERE IS A CEMETERY, THERE IS PROBABLY NO WAY TO GO AROUND IT, YOU HAVE A NEW SUBDIVISION, WHAT I WOULD CALL AN EXISTING SUBDIVISION PLANS AND IMLOSSMENTS, WHICH MAKE THIS A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION. BUT TO CONNECT THE ROUND ABOUT AND THE BYPASS, IS DEFINITELY WORTH A DISCUSSION.

IT'S ALSO TO SAY THAT IF A ROUND ABOUT WERE TO BE CONSTRUCTED, DOES THAT MEAN THE BYPASS GETS CONSTRUCTED? THAT'S WHERE THAT STATEMENT I MADE EARLIER COMES INTO PLAY, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THAT WILL COME WHENEVER IT'S DEEMED APPROPRIATE BASED UPON THAT TIME.

WHEN THAT IS IS HARD TO SAY. IT'S BASED UPON DEVELOPMENT AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT ROADS THOUGH CAN BE BUILT FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES. SOME CAN BE BUILT FOR WHAT WE WOULD CALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.

THERE THIS CASE THAT WOULD NOT BE THE INTENT AS I WOULD CONSIDER IT, A MUCH SMALLER PROJECT BUT IT IS TO TAKE TRAFFIC THAT IS OTHERWISE GOING INTO AN AREA THAT IS SOMEWHAT CONGESTED ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS TO PROVIDE A BYPASS, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE CALLING IT A BYPASS, FOR TRUCKS THAT ARE NOT TRYING TO GO TO TOWN OR GO AND TOWN OR THROUGH TOWN FROM A DIFFERENT WAY, THAT'S THOUGHT, THAT ROAD WASN'T PLEASANT FOR DEVELOPMENT, IT WASN'T BUILT TO SPUR ON ECONOMIC GROWTH, WASN'T BUILT FOR ANYTHING BESIDES FOOURG TAKING TRAFFIC AND BYPASSING THEM AWAY FROM A CONGESTED PART OF A TOWN AND IT HAS NOT PRODUCED GROWTH. HSSMENTS ILDY'S IS A RESTAURANT THA JUST OPENED THIS YEAR. THAT IS FOR THE MOST PART THE ONLY GROWTH THAT HAS HAPPENED, LINE WEBER SERVICES HAS LOCATED OUT THERE BUT ONCE IT'S GOT BUILT ALL OF A SUDDEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WERE CONSTRUCTED ALONG ITS PATH AND THE REASON IT WASN'T, IS THERE IS NO YOOURLTS, DENSE DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THE ROAD ITSELF WROTE IT SPUR ON DEVELOPMENT IF IT WERE TO GET BUILT IT WOULD LIKELY DEPEND ON THE AVAILABILITY OF UTILITIES AS MUCH AS ANYTHING SO HOW THOSE ARE CONNECTED THE ROUND ABOUT'S DESIGN IS, IT'S DESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR AN ALIGNMENT OF A FUTURE CORRIDOR. WHEN THE FUTURE CORRIDOR HAPPENS, DEPENDS ON GROWTH, OTHER FACTORS.

WHEN THE QUESTIONS OF WHAT JUSTIFIES ITS CONSTRUCTION OR WHAT JUSTIFIES THE DESIGN OR WHAT JUSTIFIES THE PLANNING, THOSE ARE SORT OF THREE DIFFERENT THINGS.

I WOULD SAY WHAT JUSTIFIES THE PLANNING IS LOOKING AT GROWTH ON THE GROUND AND SAYING THIS PLACE IS XPLODING.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME PLANS FOR ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS. MULTIPLE, IF IT, YOU KNOW, IS BETTER, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE EXACTLY EVERYTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO TO WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES.

I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE OF CENTER POINT FROM 35 TO RANCH ROAD 12 IS ON OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN. IT'S CONSTRUCTED TO THE TERM INFLUENCES OF KISSING TREE WHICH IS ON THE EAST AND IT IS CONSTRUCTED TO THE TERMINUS OF LACEMA UP TO THE NORTH.

THE GAP IN BETWEEN IS FOR THE MOST PART ONE LAND OWNER NOW.

THAT IS ON OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND A PLAN STUDY WAS DONE FOR IT, ALIGNMENT STUDIES WERE DONE TO TRY TO SEE WHERE IT WOULD TALL TO CONNECT THOSE TWO SUBDIVISIONS.

AND THAT'S ON A PIECE OF PAPER. A LAND OWNER THAT'S THERE CHOSE NOT TO WANT TO SET ASIDE IF RIGHT-OF-WAY SAYING HEY IT'S MY RANCH AND I'LL DO WITH MY RANCH WHAT I PLEASE WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY HIS RIGHT SO THAT IS PUT ON A SHELF AND AT THE POINT OF TIME -- YOU HAVING A PROBLEM THERE JUDGE, YOU OKAY?

>> SINCE YOU'RE CONCERNED, I WILL SAY THAT WHEN YOU SAY THAT

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I'M SORRY -- >> I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE RUNNING

FOR OFFICE. >> SO IS EVERYONE ELSE.

I'M TRYING TO STAY QUIET. >> NO I'M NOT, I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS A REAL ISSUE.

THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM. >> I'M TRYING TO STAY QUIET.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY DEEP BREATH AS ANYTHING ELSE.

>> IN THAT CASE LAND OWNER SAYS I DON'T HAVE PLANS TO DEVELOP, IT IS MY RANCH, I WANT TO KEEP IT MY RANCH.

THAT PLAN IS ON THE SHELF. IN THE EVENT HE DECIDES TO SELL HIS RANCH OR HIS CHILDREN DECIDES TO SELL THEIR RANCH TO THE DEVELOPER AND THE PLAN WOULD COME TO THE CITY OF SAN MARCUS WHICH WOULD BE IN THE CITY, THE CITY WOULD SAY THEIR FUTURE CORRIDOR IS HERE AND THEY WOULD DEVELOP AROUND THAT CORRIDOR.

IT WOULD NOT BE USE TO CONDEMN HIS PROPERTY.

IF THAT WAS THE CASE THE COURT COULD HAVE DONE THAT.

THAT'S NOT THE REINFORCE IT'S PUT ON THE LINE.

IT'S THERE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES AND THERE ARE LINES ON TRANSPORTATION PLANS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEY ARE STUDIED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. SOME MORE INTENSELY THAN OTHERS.

IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO TAKE A LOOK AT FUTURE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES AND TRY TO PLAN FOR THEM AND SEIZE WHERE THEY WOULD GO. SO THAT BYPASS THAT'S WHERE IT IS. I WOULD CALL THAT DONE, THAT PHASE COMPLETE. DOES THAT EXACTLY MEAN WHERE THE ROUTE WOULD BE IF IT WAS BUILT? YOU KNOW NOT NECESSARILY.

THERE IS A LOT OF FACTORS. THERE COULD BE THINGS CONSTRUCTED WHERE IT GOES RIGHT NOW, THERE COULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT CAN'T BE AVOIDED, THERE COULD BE CONSTRAINTS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN AT DIFFERENT LEVELS BUT IF YOU DON'T GET SOMETHING AT LEAST IDENTIFIED OF WHERE IT COULD GO, IF SOMEONE WERE TO COME AND DEVELOP IT ALL YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE THAT FUTURE CORRIDOR. SO THAT'S THE PART OF THE BYPASS WHERE IT COMES INTO THIS. AND THEN I WOULD SAY THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK TO TRY TO FIND A COMPROMISE FOR ACCOMMODATING WHAT WAS DESIGNED WHICH IS THE ROUND ABOUT.

AND I TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND THAT'S WHY YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN JUDGE RUB ME A LITTLE BIT THE WRONG WAY BECAUSE IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE THROW AROUND LIGHTLY.

I KNOW YOU WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM THAT WAY BUT --

>> ANXIOUS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.

>>> SO WE DID WORK TO TRY TO COMPROMISE, WHICH IS WHY WE -- WHY THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION HAS NOT PHYSICALLY HAPPENED. AND THEN, I'M GOING TO SAY IF THE COURT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT HOW THAT IS, I KNOW THAT OUR GENERAL COUNSEL COULD GIVE US A GENERAL UPDATE WITHOUT RIGHT OF WAY COUNSEL F THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO HEAR, IF THERE WAS AND INTEREST THERE SO THAT WE COULD HEAR MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT ACTUAL PROCESS, THAT IS SOMETHING WE

CAN ASK FOR. >>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER?

>>> AGAIN, WE ARE UNDER CURRENT LITIGATION ON THIS. OUR COUNSEL IS RECOMMENDED TA WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD EITHER ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WITHOUT GETTING DIRECT COUNSEL. SO I'M ASKING WE GO INTO DIRECT

SESSION. >>> MR. HOWARD WILL YOU PLEASE APPROACH.

>>> JUDGE, EXCUSE ME. >>> JUDGE, I HAVE GOT -- NO, YOU MADE A SNAP AT ME.

>>>LY NOT -- JUDGE, THAT WAS NOT WHAT I WAS ASKING. I WAS -- YES, IT WAS.

I'M NOT -- THIS IS NOT AND ATTEMPT TO BURY IT, BY SAYING WE NEED TO HAVE OUR GENERAL COUNSEL GIVE US COUNSEL AND THAT IS WHAT THAT RECOMMENDED. NOBODY IS TRYING TO BURY THIS.

>>> SURE. OKAY. MR. OWARD I GAVE YOU THE SPACE THAT I WOULD CALL YOU BACK UP, THERE WAS MUCH SAID, AND YOU HAVE MUCH TO LOSE WITH THIS.

AND AGAIN I DIDN'T KNOW YOU THREE WEEKS AGO. NEVER LAID EYES ON YOU, MY OPINION ON YOU, AS FAR AS I CAN RECALL. DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

WAS THERE ANYTHING SAID HERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO?

>>> ABSOLUTELY. THERE IS A NUMBER. FIRST OFF, WITH RESPECT TO COMPROMISE, I WOULD TELL YOU ALL THAT THERE WAS ZERO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ANYBODY FROM THE COUNTY, ANY STAFF, ANY COMMISSIONER, ANYONE, WHO EVER CAME TO ME THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

20 YEARS OF ENTITLEMENT, OKAY. SO I GO BACK TO ROSS MOLLINER AND THE COUNTY, WE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, ALL RIGHT. I HAD MEETINGS WITH -- WITH WIZ NEC AND CLINT GARZA AND (^) EVERYONE THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.

WE GAVE SETBACK, BUILDING LINE SETBACKS, FUTURE RIGHT OF WAY CONCERN, ALL OF THESE THINGS TO

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I MET WITH RAY WIZNET AND WE CUT A 15-ACRE COMMERCIAL PARCEL INTO TWO GARDENS THAT THE GENESIS OF THE GARDEN HOMES AND CURRENT -- COOPERATION WITH RAY WIZNET AND THE COUNTY, OKAY. NONE OF THIS WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THROUGH THIS CURRENT PROCESS. I WANT TO REITERATE IT NOT JUST ME AFFECTED HERE IT IS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. I ENGAGED TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TO LOOK AT THIS THING. THEY TOOK 2040 DATA AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SLIDE THIS ROUND ABOUT INTO THE EXISTING INTERSECTIONS. THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM THERE, FOR THE COMPLETING INTERSECTION, OKAY. THAT F.M. 150 AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DUR GIVEN SPRINGS I PAID MY ENGINEERS TO DESIGN AND ACCOMMODATE A FUTURE WEEDENING OF THE ROADWAY, RIGHT? SIDE WITH CITY OF DUR GIBB SPRINGS SHORTLY AFTER SMITH WAS ELECTED I BEGAN GETTING CALLS HE WAS TRYING TO BUST OUR AGREEMENT.

HE WOULD LATER TELL THE FORMER DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR OF THE SPRINGS HE DIDN'T THINK THAT AGREEMENT WAS WORTH THE PAPER IT WAS WRITTEN ON. THAT IS THE MEN TAT THAT I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH HERE. A BULL RUSH. BULL NOSING OVER ME, AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF DUR GIN SPRINGS. THERE WAS NO COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS DONE THAT LOOKED AT WHAT YOU GAINED VERSUS WHAT YOU LOSE.

I WANT TO ALSO REITERATE, I HAVE OWOWNED THIS PROPERTY FOR 0 YEA. I HAVE NEVER -- 30 YEARS, I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED ONE ACCIDENT AT THAT INTERSECTION. THAT HAS TO BE THE SAFEST INTERSECTION IN ALL OF HAYS COUNTY YET WE ARE TOLD HOW DANGEROUS IT IS AND THAT WE NEED TO MOVE IT AND SLIDE IT. SLIDING IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY'S LIVES IN THOSE -- IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN DONE IS DESIGNED TO KEEP THE ROADWAY OUT OF THE PROJECT, COUNTLESS HOURS, COUNTLESS YEARS OF WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

TO PROVIDE A QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE COME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, SPECIFICALLY TO BE IN THIS PROJECT. ALL OF THAT IS DISCOUNTED.

WE ARE JUST GOING TO WAVE IT AWAY AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO BECAUSE WE HAVE A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION THERE. THERE IS NO ONE HERE IN THIS COURT THAT CAN TELL ME OR ANYBODY WITH ANY COMMON SENSE THAT IF YOU WANTED, TO, AND THERE WAS THE WILL, TO FIX THAT EXISTING INTERSECTION, YOU COUNT IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR IT GOING FORWARD.

SHOULDERS AND -- BOND PACKAGE, AND THAT IS WHY WE DIDN'T OPPOSE IT. BECAUSE THERE WAS ZERO LENGTH WANT IN THE 2016 BOND PACKAGE THAT CALLED OUT THIS INTERSECTION OR ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO IT. OTHER THAN SHOULDERS OR TURN LANES.

ANY SUGGESTION THAT -- TO THE CONTRARY, IS EITHER DISINGENUOUS OR ILLEGAL.

THERE IS NO ENABLING LANGUAGE IN THAT BOND AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD SO BY THE LAWYERS.

I WANT TO KNOW WHO CAME UP WITH THAT LANGUAGE. AND WHO SAID, AS PART OF THE 2016 BOND PACKAGE, YOU CAN READY SIGN THIS ROADWAY? SOMEBODY SHOW IT TO ME? OUR NEIGHBORS, AND OUR RESIDENTS, DESERVE IT. FURTHER, ALT SMITH TOLD US IN AN ANNUAL MEETING HE SOUGHT THE OPINION OF A JUDGE ON RECUSAL. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT

LETTER. >>> WHAT? I'M SORRY?

>>> YOU TOLD OUR RESIDENTS YOU SOUGHT THE OPINION OF A JUDGE FOR RECUSAL.

>>> I SOUGHT THE OPINION OF GENERAL COUNSEL. >>> THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU TOLD

US. >>> BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR WORDS. >>> THAT SAID, EVERYONE IN THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT KNOW WHO IS THE CHIEF PROPONENT OF THIS PROJECT AND HE IS SITTING RIGHT THERE. AND TO CLAIM RECUSAL IS JUST, IT IS BEYOND REPROACH WHEN HE IS ACTIVELY BEEN, LEAD'S SEE, HE SPONSORED THE GENERAL ITEM TO GET K. TRUSTEE 750,000 TO DESIGN THE ROADWAY. HE SECONDED THE MOTION. CALLED FOR EXPEDITING FUNDING FROM THE TEXTILE, OKAY. HE WAS IN --

>>>

>>> PE INTERFERED IN A ZONING MEETING WITH THE CITY OF DUR GIVEN SPRING, A ZONING MEETING HE WOULD LATER TELL OUR RESIDENTS AT AN ANNUAL MEETING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR ZONING

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>>> THANK YOU, MR. HOWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SUSPEND OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS INTERSECTION, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> NO, THAT IS NOT THE MOTION. I WILL READ -- WOULD YOU MIND

READING AGAIN THE AGENDA ITEM. >>> YES. >>> AND YOU HAVE RECUSED

YOURSELF, PLEASE. >>> AGENDA ITEM K. 15 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO TERMINATE ALL COUNTY INVOLVEMENT AND/OR FUNDING FOR THE RANCH ROAD 12 AND 150

INTERSECTION. >>> AND, JUDGE, I DID -- I DID WANT TO --

>>> YOU WANT TO TABLE IT? >>> WELL, LOOK -- >>> I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

>>> WE SAID WE WOULD, THAT THE DESIGN OF THE INTERSECTION WAS, OR THE DESIGN OF THE ROUND ABOUT WAS COMPLETE. AND WE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, HOLD OFF ON -- OR HAVE WE GONE OUT FOR BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR ANYTHING? WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS? THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE. CAN WE JUST HOLD OFF SO WE CAN EITHER GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AT TODAY OR AT SOME POINT, TO GET INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME KIND OF DECISION. BUT, IF WE CAN HOLD OFF ON ANY

KIND OF CONSTRUCTION FOR FOR NOW TO GET THAT. >>> YES, IF WE ARE NOT TIME SENSITIVE, I WOULD LIKE THE HEAR FROM GENERAL COUNCIL I THINK SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, WOULD BE CLEARED UP ON THE TIMELINE. BUT, THERE IS NO INSTRUCTION PLANNED, THIS IS A DESIGN, THE

DESIGN PHASE OF THIS INTERSECTION. >>> BUT THE PROBLEM IS, THE PROBLEM I AM FACING AND THAT WAS CONVEYED TO ME, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW PROPERTY IN DUR GIVEN SPRING, THE MOST PRESSING CONCERN IS, WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING TAKING OF SOMEONE'S LAND. NEVER MIND OF A DRAWING HAS BEEN MADE OR NOT OR DOTTED LINES HAVE BEEN PUT, DASH, WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING TAKING SOMEONE'S LAND AFFECTING MANY PEOPLE.

I WANT TO STOP THAT. >>> WELL, OKAY. SO MARK, CAN WE DISCUSS THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE NOW? I MEAN, CAN WE STOP THAT PROCESS.

>>> PUT A PAUSE ON IT. >>> WE HAVE CONDEMNATIONS PENDING IN, I BELIEVE, EVERY

PRECINCT, PERHAPS, NOT PRECINCT,. >>> OKAY.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD; IS THAT CORRECT, UNTIL THE COUNTY --

>>> THE HEARING HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED YET, I BELIEVE, BUT -- >>> WE CAN POSTPONE THAT

HEARING IF WE DID NEED IT IS THAT CORRECT. >>> THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN

THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. >>> SCHEDULE? >>> WHEN IS IT SCHEDULED?

>>> END OF AUGUST. >>> OKAY. SO IT IS NOT HAPPENING BEFORE

NEXT WEEK. >>> YOU SEE MY SENSE OF URGENCY?

COMMISSIONER -- >>> IF YOU WANT TO GET ADVICE FROM RIGHT OF WAY COUNSEL.

>>> COMMISSIONER INGLESBY (^) F THIS WAS YOUR LIVELIHOOD AND GENERATIONS OF YOUR FAMILY RANCHES YOU WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT, NOT SAYING YOU DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO MISCHARACTERIZE IT ON ACCIDENT, AND I'M SORRY. WE, I AM NOT IN ANY WAY TRYING TO PUT YOU IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT.

WE WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT SENSE OF URGENCY THAN, WELL, E SECOND THE ORIGINAL MOTION BUT, HEY WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT LATER. I'M NOT GOING SAY ANYTHING. I BELIEVE WE CAN TABLE THIS, BUT WITH THE PROMISE THAT WE ARE NO& GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROCEED WITH A TAKING OF PEOPLE'S LAND.

>>> I'M OKAY WITH THAT, AND I THINK THAT IF WE NEED TO POSTPONE THAT HEARING, MARK, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. OAR IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO

DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. >>> CAN WE GET THAT? >>> AGAIN, YOU ALL HAVE HIRED RIGHT OF WAY COUNSEL. I DON'T BELIEVE ANY ONE OF YOU HAS DISCUSSED THIS WITH RIGHT OF

WAY COUNSEL. CRICTD? >>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

AISLE ONLY ONE OF FIVE, RIGHT? >>> IF YOU REALLY CARE, JUDGE. >>> IF I REALLY CARE, IF -- ARE

YOU SAYING -- >>> LET ME FINISH MY STATEMENT. >>> IF IS YOUR STATEMENT?

>>> LET'S PUT A CAMPAIGN STATEMENT BEHIND YOU. >>> EVERYONE IS UP? EVERYONE IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION MY FRIEND BE AND YET WE CONTINUE TO DO THESE THING, UP FOR RE-ELECTION. I WOULD JUST CONSIDER YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS.

>>> I AM, JUDGE, I'M TRYING TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT, THAT IS MY JOB.

>>> WELL, DISPATCH I THINK IF WE WANT TO MAKE A SOUND DECISION, WE SHOULD BE GIVEN

ADVICE ON WHAT THAT IS, IF WE CHOOSE TO DO DIFFERENTLY. >>> THAT IS ALL WE ARE ASKING,

JUDGE. >>> I DON'T THINK IT IS VERY ABNORMAL TO THINK A BODY WOULD

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>>> IT IS SCHEDULED IN THE COURTS. A THE TEND OF THE MONTH.

SO, WHAT IF, COMMISSIONER INGLESBY, (^) WHAT IF WE ASK FOR THE NOT TO PROCEED IN COURT, FOR CONDEMNATION, WHO IMWE HEAR FROM THIS GENERAL COUNSEL ON THE ROADWAY.

WOULD THAT BE A GOOD DIRECTION? >>> WE ARE GETTING THIS UPDATE TODAY IS THAT CORRECT?

>>> >>> IF YOU WANT AND UPDATE FROM THE ATTORNEYS WHO ARE ACTUALLY HANDLING THE CASE, THAT WOULD NOT BE ME, IT IS GOING TO BE RIGHT OF WAY COUNSEL.

YOU HAVE NOT REQUESTED THAT THEY BE PRESENT TODAY. >>> OKAY.

I THOUGHT YOU COULD SHARE SOME INFORMATION, MARK, ALSO, AND THAT IS WHAT I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD GET, BECAUSE THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU SAID THAT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM OUR RIGHT OF WAY COUNSEL, BUT I THOUGHT YOU ALSO HAD SOME SORT OF UPDATE

FOR US THAT COULD HELP GUIDE THIS. >>> I CAN -- I WOULD NEED TO CALL THEM TO GET THE LATEST ON THAT. I CAN DO THAT, IF WE CAN TAKE A

BREAK AND I CAN BRIEF THE COURT. >>> DEAL. 10 ONE PARTICULAR TIME. THERE YOU GO. OKAY.

[K15. Discussion and possible action to terminate all County involvement and/or funding for the Ranch Road 12 and 150 intersection. (Part 2 of 2) BECERRA ]

>>> -- CONVERSATION OR RECOMMENDATION, CONVERSATION SHOULD BE HAD, AS DIRECTION TO THE COURT IN PRIVATE. GIVING US DIRECTION IN PRIVATE IS A PRUDENT TH THING TO DO AS R COUNTY JUDGE. I WILL NOT CONCERN I -- I WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS SA CAMPAIGN STUNT. I WILL DO MY BEST TO SERVE YOU ALL. THAT IS NOT TO SAY, COMING OUT, THAT I CAN'T SUMMARIZE AND GIVE YOU GUYS RECAPS OF WHAT WE WILL DO OR WHAT IS MOST USEFUL WITHOUT COMPROMISING CRITICAL SENSITIVE INFORMATION. HERE IS THE LAST LEG OF THE YOUR JOURNEY WHICH IS SO REGRETFUL FOR ME TO SAY. OUR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ARE AT THE END OF COURT.

SO, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE KNOW THAT I AM ABSOLUTELY, THIS IS MY AGENDA ITEM.

I'M ABSOLUTELY INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS THROUGH ALL THE BY TO THE END, AND THEN CALLING IT OUT, HOWEVER THE CARDS MAY FALL. BUT, JUST KNOW THIS, IT WILL BE MOST USEFUL IF YOU GUYS TUNE IN THROUGH YOUR T.V. CHANNEL OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND PROBABLY A COUPLE OF HOURS. UNLESS YOU WANT TO PHOTO LUNCH AND COME BACK? BUT, NOT UNTIL WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL WE BE ABLE TO BRING POTENTIAL CLOSURE TO THIS ITEM. AND I REGRET TO DO IT THIS WAY, BECAUSE WE CANNOT GO INTO EXECSIVE SESSION AT THIS VERY MOMENT, AND AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, WE ARE PUTTING IT ON PAUSE BECAUSE IT WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE OTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. SO, JUST TO RECAP WHAT TO DO (^), YOU CAN TAKE A LONG SLOW LUNCH, YOU CAN GO HOME AND TUNE IN ON THE T.V., BECAUSE HONESTLY, YOUR PART OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THIS DIALOGUE HAVE BEEN HAD. WE HAVE HEARD FROM EVERYONE THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

AND WRITE IN. AND SO, WHAT IS LEFT AT THIS POINT IS HERE.

SO FOR THE WITNESSING PART, YOU COULD, AND I FEEL BAD SAYING IT, YOU COULD DO IT REMOTELY AS WELL. OR, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME BACK.

CLEAR? SO NOW WE GO TO THE WORKSHOP THAT WAS SCHEDULED AT 10 A.M.

THIS IS NOT OVER. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT.

IF YOU WALK OUT OF THE COURTROOM THIS IS NOT OVER. IT HAS A PAUSE ON IT.

[K1. 10:00am - Conduct a public hearing regarding an order levying assessments on property located with neighborhood improvement area #3 of the La Cima Public Improvement District. SHELL ]

THANK YOU. K. 1, 10 A.M., CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AND ORDER LEVEEING ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTY LOCATED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA

NO. 3 OF THE LESSCYMA PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (^). >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL, THIS IS

YOUR -- THIS SA PUBLIC HEARING. BUT THIS IS YOUR, WAIT. >>> DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE

PUBLIC, JUDGE? SORRY? >>> DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC

COMMENTS OR ANYONE WISHING FROM THE PUBLIC TO SNEAK. >>> YES, THANK YOU.

I'M STILL GETTING USED TO, THIS ALL THE PAPERINGS TRYING TO FIND THE AGENDA ITEMS. I'M SO DISTRACTED. BUT I WILL SAY, ANYONE FROM THE PRESS? NO. LET ME START AGAIN. THE MEDIA STAMPS?

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PODIUM. >>> THANK YOU, MR. LYON, I HAVE YOUR PAPER AS WELL.

>>> THANK YOU, SIR. I ATTENDED THE MEETING ON THE LAST TUESDAY AT THE CHURCH OF CHRIST THERE JUST OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY ESTATES. I ASKED ERIC WILLIS, WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IF THE AQUIFER WERE TO BE POLLUTED. I KNOW THEY, THEY HAVE A RETENTION DAM DOWN THERE AND I HEARD A COUPLE PEOPLE TESTIFY THEY HAD GONE IN THERE AND DRILLED HOLES WHERE THE WATER WOULD GO DIRECTLY INTO THE AQUIFER AND I WAS TOLD THERE IS A 250-FOOT SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY OF COUNTRY ESTATES, BUT TO ME, THAT IS REALLY NOT ENOUGH, AND ANYWAY, MR. WILLIS TOLD ME THAT THAT WAS A LOADED QUESTION AND HE DID SAY THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER DOESN'T GET IN THERE, BUT HE DID -- HE NEVER ANSWERED THE QUESTION DIRECTLY WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE.

AND, I'M TRYING TO RESIST THIS, BUT IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF GARY COLEMAN, WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT, WILLIS NOW, IF WE GET THE AQUIFER POLLUTED, IT WILL NEVER, YOU KNOW, IT WILL NEVER UNPOLLUTE ITSELF. SO, HE BASICALLY DID NOT TELL ME ALL THE MEASURES THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN TO PREVENT THE AQUIFER FROM BEING POLLUTED.

AND UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT, I SAY Y'ALL SHOULD CONTINUE TO TABLE THIS MOTION. I KNOW THAT THE GROWTH IS INEVITABLE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT IT WASN'T INEVIA WILLE AND PURCHASE THAT LAND (^) AND DEVELOP IT. IT COULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE SYSTEM OF PARKS FOR, YOU KNOW, WHICH ACTUALLY VOTED AGAINST IT BUT PROBABLY WOULD AVE VOTED FOR, IF IT HAD BEEN PART OF THE PARK SYSTEM. THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER BECAUSE E DON'T THINK THAT THE LAND CAN SUSTAIN THE INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT THAT THE THEY ARE PROPOSING, WITHOUT POTENTIALLY POLLUTING THE AQUIFER AND ONCE IT IS POLLUTED, IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN. AND, APPARENTLY, THEY DON'T -- THEY ARE NOT TAKING ANY

RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT, EITHER. BUT, THANKS VERY MUCH. >>> THANK YOU, SIR.

AND WE HAVE ZAN DRY YEAH SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IS SHE HERE?

THERE YOU ARE (^). >>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

>>> DID YOU SAY THE FULL NAME? IF YOU WILL PLEASE STATE THE FULL NAME FOR THE VIEWING

PUBLIC. >>> ABSOLUTELY. LET ME SEE.

THERE WE GO. I'M ZAN GRY YEAH COCHO AND I USE THEY/THEM PRONOUNS AND I WANT TO START OFF BY STATING THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOU WERE HEARING US AGAIN AND TABLING THIS CONVERSATION, AND AS AND INDIVIDUAL I WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT I STAND BY THE FOLKS WHO WERE HEAR EARLIER TODAY, AMICA AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR ESSENTIAL WORDS OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY ARE NOT HERE RIGHT NOW BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT.

SO I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF PROTECT THE RIVER. A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL GROWTH INSIDE OF SAN MARQUES.

JUST A LAST TIME, AND NOW ANNOUNCING AS AND INDIVIDUAL BUT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GROUP I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE RIVER FOUNDATION FOR THEIR WORK, AND I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS AT LACYMA FOR MEETING WITH THE CONCERNED CITIZENS AND SMURF AND AGAIN FOR THE COMMISSION PROPOSED FOR POSTPONING AND TABLING VOTE ABOUT LESSCYMA NORTH IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN ORDER TO SOLICIT MORE CITIZEN COMMENT ON THE ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE COURT IF THEY VOTE, IF THEY VOTE TO APPROVE THE -- TO LEVEE THE POWER INFLUENCE THEY HOLD IN CONVERSATIONS WITH LACYMA TO CONSIDER THE LOCATION OF A DEVELOPMENT OVER THE RECHARGE ZONE AND REQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO ABIDE BY THE HAYS COUNTY CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES AT THE MINIMUM. I URGE THE COURT AND THE DEVELOPERS TO ADDITIONALLY RESEARCH ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, AND TO INTEGRATE THESE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT TO MAXIMIZE THE LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. AS WE KNOW THEY HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED THIS LAND, THIS IS A

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AND, BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, IF WE ENTER INTO THIS, WILL HAVE A SAY OR BE AT LEAST BE IN A CONVERSATION WITH THESE FOLKS, IT WOULD BE MASSIVELY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO CALL -- TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND USE THAT POWER YOU HAVE INSIDE THIS AGREEMENT.

AND, I'M ABOUT TO LIKE ALL MY PHYSICIST HAT ON AND SAY A FEW THINGS THAT WILL SEEM CONTRADICTORY BUT, ANTITHETICAL TO EACH OTHER (^) BUT THEY ARE ALL MASSIVELY IMPORTANT TO THIS ISSUE AND THIS ISSUE GOING FORWARD. SO, WE WILL SAY FIRST THE LAND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND THE LAND WE LIVE ON IN HAYS COUNTY IN SAN MARQUES IS NOT OURS.

THE IT IS UNSEATED TERRITORY OF THE --

>>> INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND AGAIN AS STATED IN THE LAST MEETING SAN MARQUES SPRINGS IS SACRED TO MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND THRIVE AND EXIST ON THIS LAND.

AND TO SAY THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT OR, I'M GOING ON FROM THAT, ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS OVER THE AQUIFER BY LACYMA OR ANY BODY BECAUSE WE KNOW WE ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCESS TO BUILD OVER THE AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE, IS GOING TO BE HARMFUL TO THE AQUIFER.

AND IT IS GOING TO BE -- IT IS GOING TO HARM OR STOP THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO ACCESS LIFE-GIVING DRINKING WATER OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE AND ANY PIECE OF LAND THAT AQUIFER EVENTUALLY TOUCHES WITH ITS WATER, SO THE SAN MARQUES SPRINGS AND GUADELUPE SPRINGS AND WAWLTD WAY DOWN TO GULF OF MEXICO AND COAST OF TEXAS AND HOWEVER ELSE THE WATER TRAVELS.

BUT WHATEVER WE DO HERE INSIDE THESE MOMENTS AS WE WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENTS, IS GOING TO HAVE A LARGER EFFECT THAN WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTY AND WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE THE CITY.

AND AS WE LIVE IN THE SOCIETY THAT WE DO, LIKE WE KNOW THE LAND IS NOW OWNED BY THE DEVELOPERS, AND THEY ARE NOT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND Y'ALL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TAKING CARE OF THIS PARCEL OF LAND THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND ANY THAT COME UP IN CONVERSATION. IT IS Y'ALL'S DUTY TO TAKE THE CARE OF THE LAND IN A WAY THAT PRESERVES INTEGRITY AND SACREDNESS OF THE SAY QUESTION FER AND SPRINGS AND OF THE COMMUNITY THAT EXISTS HERE IN SAN MARQUES. AND LASTLY I WAS THE MONTHS AND DAY GOSS BY AND MORE AND MORE DEVELOPERS COME BEFORE THE COURT I WANT TO ASK THE COURT TO CONNECT WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF HAYS COUNTY AND WORK WITH THEM TOWARDS PROID HAVE AING ANY KIND OF LACK BACK OR ANY CONVERSATION TO BE OPENED UP WITH THEM, ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR REQUESTS FOR HOW WE TAKE CARE OF THIS LAND. OR, IF THAT, IF THAT BECOMES TURNING MORE LAND INTO PARKS AND IF THAT BECOMES PUTTING THE SOFTENRITY OF THE LAND BACK TO INDIGENOUS HANDS THAT IS POSSIBLE, I KNOW IT HAPPENED INSIDE OTHER STATES AND CITIES AND NOT SURE IT HAPPENED IN TEXAS YET BUT I KNOW IT IS A -- IT IS AND EFFORT THAT IS ONGOING, AND SO AS WE SEE, DEVELOPERS COME IN AND WE START THINKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY INSIDE OF A LARGER SCALE, AS INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO LIVED ON THE LAND FOR MORE THAN GENERATIONS, MORE THAN DECADES FOR CENTURIES AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS, INCLUDING THEM INSIDE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND MAKE SURE SURE WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR WANTS AS PEOPLE WHO ARE ORIGINALLY OF THE LAND WE ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF.

AND I AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND OPENING THIS BACK UP. >>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE, COMMISSIONER OF THE COURT. I DON'T THINK THAT THE OPEN HEARING ITEM RIGHT NOW IS REALLY ABOUT LACYMA NORTH IT IS LEVEEING THE ASSESSMENT FOR IN LACYMA BUT SINCE WE GOT ON THE SUBJECT I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT LACYMA NORTH LATER. WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD DISCUSSED CREATION OF LACYMA PUBLIC PUBLIC DISTRICT FORTH, WE HAD MANY PEOPLE HERE LIKE THERE WERE TODAY FROM COUNTRY ESTATES AND, WE ENDED UP HAVING A MEETING WITH THE COUNTRY STATE RESIDENT, MYSELF, SAN MARQUES RIVER FOUNDATION, AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER ON ITSELF, AND I THINK THAT MEETING WENT WELL. I THINK BY THE LACK OF ATTENDANCE FROM COUNTRY ESTATES TODAY IT WENT WELL. IT WAS A OPEN DIALOGUE FOR 2 1/2 HOURS, OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

WITH MYSELF, AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND VIRGINIA FROM SAN MARQUES RIVER FOUNDATION, AND TO DAN LIONS' POINT WHEN HE SAID WHO --

>>> I TRIED TO PUT ACCOUNTABILITY BECOME ONLY INDIVIDUAL, WHEN YOU DEVELOP A NEIGHBORHOOD YOU CREATE A APPLICATION WHERE HOMES CAN BE BUILT BUT INDIVIDUALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS. SO, WHEN I HEAR THINGS LIKE THAT I FEEL LIKE IT IS ALMOST AND INDICTMENT OF THOSE TWO ARE YET TO COME, THAT THEY ARE SOMEHOW GOING TO BE LESS RESPONSIBLE THAN THOSE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE.

AND SO IT IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I IS THAT HE HAD IS WHAT I MEANT BY THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTION, DAN. IT IS HOW YOU GET TO THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT A HUNDRED FOOT BUMP ALONG THE PROPERTY, ADJACENT TO COUNTRY ESTATES AND HOW IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE ALREADY AGREED THAT THAT LAND WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL, AND THE AREA THAT WE COMMERCIAL UNDER

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PART OF THE PROCESS TODAY WOULD BE IF IT IS DONE, WOULD BE THE CREATION OF THE LACYMA NORTH AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THEN A FINANCE AGREEMENT WOULD BE NEGOTIATED SUBSEQUENT TO THE CREATION. AS PART OF THAT WITH COMMISSIONER SHELL AND IN FRONT OF THE COUNTRY RESIDENTS WE WOULD LOOK AT ADDING LANGUAGE INTO THAT FINANCE AGREEMENT THAT WOULD LOCK IN THIS 100-FOOT BUFFER AND IT WASN'T 250-FOOT AS OF DAN LIONS SAID, SOMEONE MENTIONED 250 DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING AND I SAID NO. I WOULD AGREE E TO 100-FOOT IT IS WHAT WE DID WITH THE SETTLEMENT, AND WHEN WE HAD LACYMA AND WE HAVE GOT BACK OUT TO THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE WAS ALIGNED WITH THE SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY.

WITH WE AGREED TO 100-FOOT BUFFER. WE STAY CONSISTENT WITH THAT METHODOLOGY BUT WE ALSO AGREED WE WOULD DO SOME SORT OF RESTRICTION ON THIS ADDITIONAL 200-ACRES OF LAND, EVEN THOUGH IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE HAVE ALREADY, WE HAVE AND EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS 200-ACRES OF DEVELOPMENT SPACE WE LAUNCHED, COMMISSIONER SHELL AND I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE WE CAN ADD INTO THE FINANCE AGREEMENT THAT WOULD GIVE PEOPLE MORE COMFORT THAT THERE IS ANOTHER LAYER OF LIMITATION OF DEVELOPMENT ON THIS 200-ACRES OF LAND WE HAVE ALREADY SAID WE WOULD DO. SO TO SUMMARIZE THE MEETING THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WELLS, AND IMPACT OF WELLS, AND THEIR REFERENCE HOW THE DAMS WERE BEING BUILT, LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHEN THE DAM WAS BEING BUILT ABOUT BLASTING, AND DRILLING AND WE DON'T BLAST. LACYMA DOESN'T BLAST.

WE ARE NOT DRILLING FOR WELL, IF ANYTHING WE ARE TRYING TO NOT DRILL FOR WELLS SO WE CONNECT OUR SYSTEMS TO CITY OF SAN MARQUES WATER, SAN MARQUES WATER, THAT KEEP US FROM DOING WELLS AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS. WE HAD QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT WHERE WATER LINES WILL GO AND WASTE WATER LINES WILL GO, THEY WERE CONCERNED IF WE WILL CONNECT TO ORGANIZED WASTE WATER IS IT CUN CUTTING THROUGH COUNTRY ESTATES WE SAID NO, WE DID BLAME NAIR ANALYSIS THAT SHOWS WE CONNECT TO AND EXISTING WASTE WATER LINE IN OLD RANCH ROAD 12 TO CITY OF SAN MARQUES EXISTING WASTE WATER SYSTEM. AND THEN THE WATER WOULD COME FROM THE EXISTING BOOSTER STATION AND THE ELEVATOR STORAGE AT LACYMA AND THAT HOW WE CONNECT THE ORGANIZED WATER.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT TIMING AND WHEN AND HOW CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY AND THAT SEEMED TO BE THE CRUX OF THE CONCERNS. I FELT LIKE WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB. WE STAYED UNTIL THERE WAS NO MORE QUESTIONS AND THE THE CHURCH KICKED US OUT A LITTLE AFTER 9 P.M. WE DID A FULL 2 1/2 HOURS OF Q&A

WITH THE COUNTRY ESTATES RESIDENTS. >>> ANY QUESTION? SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT. GO AHEAD.

>>> I WANTED TO STATE THAT I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONSTER NATION WHEN WE MET A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT CLEARING IT OFF AND DEBBIE, MISS INGALSBE, I WANTED TO STAY ON TRACK I DON'T REGRET WE STAYED THE COURSE AND THAT WE DID MEET WITH THE COUNTRY ESTATE RESIDENTS AND AI AGREED TO FOLLOW-UP ON THEM WITH UPDATES SHOWING HOW RESIDENTIAL, WHERE RESIDENTIAL WOULD OCCUR AND COMMERCIAL WILL OCCUR AND THE 200-ACRES WILL BE SET ASIDE. I HAVE SOME ECONOMICS I WILL BE

SHARING WITH THEM IN THE COMING WEEKS. >>> THANK YOU.

>>> DID THE CONVERSATION COME UP AS IT DID TODAY, PERMEABLE PAVERS AND CONCRETE?

>>> IT DID. AND SO, VIRGINIAVA AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT.

I ACTUALLY STATED AT THE MEETING BECAUSE I HAD BEEN, I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY AND ENGINEER, THAT T. C.

Q. DOES REQUIRE THIS LINER UNDERNEATH PERMEABLE PAVEMENT, SO THAT YOU CAN CATCH THE WATER SO THAT THE WATER DOES GO TO WATER QUALITY PONDS SO YOU DON'T POLLUTE.

SO THEY DON'T WANT OIL GOING THROUGH PERMEABLE PAVERS TO GET INTO THE SOIL, THEY WANT TO GET IT TO THE WATER QUALITY. SO, VIRGINIA AND I HAVE AGREED TO KEEP FOLLOWING UP WITH EACH OTHER, FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT, IF IT IS ALLOWED, THEN WE WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY --

>>> IS IT A STANDARD WE CAN ADHERE TO AND WE WILL TRY. >>> OKAY.

GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SINCE SARA IS AT THE PODIUM?

>>> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS PIECE, AND THEN WE BE INTO THE OTHER CONVERSATION?

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? >>> ALL RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER SHELL, I WILL GIVE TO YOU. >>> THANK, JUDGE.

I AM, MR. WILLIS MENTIONED THE MEETING WITH MR. LYON AND WE DID HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT, I REALLY APPRECIATED VIRGINIA BEING THERE, AND WILLING TO HAVE SOME REALLY IN DEPTH CONVERSATIONS I

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AND I KNOW THE CITY IS FAIRLY STRONG ENFORCE ISSUES RELATED TO THAT, TOO.

AND THEN, THE QUESTION OF HOW IT IS CONSTRUCTED, HOW IT HANDLES STORM WATER, HOW IT TREATS STORM WATER, THOSE ARE, I THINK, THE REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT MR. LYONS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THE GOOD THING IS IT IS, THE CITY HAS A VERY STRONG STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND I NO E THAT WE WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT TO SEE HOW WE CAN ENHANCE THAT, AND MAKE IT EVEN BETTER AND I THINK VIRGINIA HAS COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS, THAT ERIC IS WILLING TO CONSIDER AND THE COUNTY WILL FEEL GOOD ABOUT BEING PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL TO SEE WHAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE DO TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT WHERE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE AND THE SETBACK AND THE CONSERVATION PIECE AND THOSE THINGS AND I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN GET TO THE NEXT STEP OF THE LACYMA NORTH WHEN WE GET INTO THE FINANCE AGREEMENT SOME OF THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS, I EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME THINGS TO BRING TO THE TABLE THAT WILL FURTHER PROTECTION NEIGHBORS AND THE AQUIFER. SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT.

WENT TO ALSO THANK THE COUNTRY ESTATES FOLKS THAT ATTEND AND STAYD THAT LONG, TAKING EVENINGS AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY VERY GOOD POINTS, BROUGHT UP, ANDLY REITERATE THAT TYPE OF MEETING SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED MONTHS AGO AND THATCY MULTIFA FOR SURE. I WILL LET THEM KNOW I APPRECIATE THEM TURNING OUT IN QUICK TIME WITH THE GOOD COMMUNICATION AND EVERYONE PARTICIPATING TALKING ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT ARE RELEVANT AND TRYING TO GET

SOMETHING THAT WE, WE ALL WILL THINK WILL BE USEFUL. >>> COMMISSIONER I THINK YOU TOOK CARE OF IT BECAUSE NO ONE IS HERE TODAY. THAT IS A GOOD INDICATOR.

>>> I THINK SO. THEY STILL HAVE CONCERNS AND THEY ARE VERY LEGITIMATE CONCERNS AND THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ADDRESS AS E WITH WORK THROUGH THE PROJECT.

I THINK THIS SA GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO RALLY TAKE ALL THAT IN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH THAT CAN BE EVEN BETTER I THINK LACYMA TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT DEEMENT.

I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE AND I KNOW THAT THEY BELIEVE IT PROVIDE A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WE WILL SEE ABOUT LACYMA NORTH WHAT KE WITH DO TO MAKE SOMETHING EVEN MORE UNIQUE TO OUR AREA, THAT I THINK WILL MAKE A GREAT PRODUCT,.

>>> THE WHOLE TOWN. >>> FOR THE DEVELOPER AND THE PEOPLE THAT END UP BUYING HOMES THERE WILL BE VERY PROUD OF IT AND BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THEY LIVE IN A VERY UNIQUE COMMUNITY

THAT TAKES ALL OF THESE CONCERNS VERY SERIOUSLY AS WELL. >>> THANK YOU.

>>> I KNOW WE HAVE AND ITEM -- WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS COMING UP AFTER THAT, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY

FURTHER ON THE PUBLIC HEARING PIECE. >>> SO, I PLAN ON Q. 2,

INDEPENDENT OF AGREED OR OPEN IT AGAIN. >>> I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO

MRS. POWELL ON HOW BEST TO HANDLE THE. >>> OPEN THEM INDEPENDENTLY,

MISS POWELL? >>> I THINK YOU CAN OPEN -- I THINK YOU CAN OPEN 2 AND 3

[Items K2 & K3 ]

TOGETHER. >>> OKAY. DOCTOR, PLEASE OPEN K2 AND K. 3.

>>> K2. EXCUSE ME. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT AND ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF CASE HAYS COUNTY TEXAS, ACCEPTING AND APPROVING AND AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND UPDATED MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA, ASSESS M ROLE, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 1 ASSESS M ROLE, AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 2, ASSESSMENT ROLE, AND IN NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 3 ASSESSMENT ROLE, FOR LACYMA PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

MAKING A FINDINGS OF SPECIAL BENEFIT TO THE PROPERTY AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS AREA NO. 3 OF THE DISTRICT, LEVEEING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST PROPERTY WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA 3, AND ESTABLISHING A LIEN ON SUCH PROPERTY, PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF ASSESSMENT AND THE METHOD -- AND THE PAYMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 3 ASSESSMENTS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 372, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND

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APPROVING ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIONS NECESSARY IN CONNECTION THEREW. >>> SO MOVED.

>>> SECOND. AND MRS. POWELL CAN GIVE US AND EXPLANATION?

(^). >>> >>> SURE.

I WOULD LET -- JULIE HOUSTON, BOND COUNCIL, GIVE MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT I AM GOING TO GIVE.

THE -- I WILL APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SO LONG LONG BUT IT IS REQUIRED TO BE WORDD THAT WAY T.

BASIS OF THESE TWO IT'S I'M TOGETHER, WOULD, I THINK YOU ONLY PROBABLY RECALL, US DISCUSSING THE SERVICE AND I A SESSIONMENT PLAN LAST TIME. THIS IS APPROVING THE AMENDED, WELL I DON'T, IT IS APPROVING THE AMEND AND RESTATED ONE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, LAST WEEK? THE WEEK BEFORE LAST? AND ITEM 9 IS APPROVING THE FORMS AND REGARDING THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT, AND THAT IS THE MAIN FINANCING PORTION OF THE BID, HOW THE REIMBURSEMENTS ARE CONDUCTED, AND THEN THE LAND OWNER AGREEMENT THAT ARE PROVIDED TO THE INDIVIDUALS OWNING PROPERTY THERE.

BUT I WILL LET BOND COUNSEL GIVE MORE DETAIL ON THAT. >>> IF YOU WILL AT APPROACH THE

PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON.

MANY I NAME IS JULIE HOUSTON, I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM OF ORE ECK, THE COUNTY'S BOND COUNSEL (^). AS MIDDLE SCHOOL POWELL DID A GREAT JOB SUMMARIZING WHAT WAS BEFORE YOU NO. 2 IS THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT PLAN WHICH LEGAL HI HAS TO BE DONE EVERY YEAR WHICH IS THE HOUSEKEEPING PART, JUST BEFORE THIS ITEM, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED AND CLOSED ON THE LEVEE OF THE IMPROVEMENT AREA 3 ASSESSMENTS, BEFORE ASSESSMENTS CAN BE LEVIED ON PROPERTY, THE COURT NEEDS TO APPROVE THE ESTIMATED COST AND SET THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS AND THOSE ARE ON FILE IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS, SINCE WE LAST DISCUSSED THIS ON AUGUST 30TH. AND SO THAT IS THE FIRST ITEM BEFORE YOU.

THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN ALSO HAS A NEW COMPONENT IN THERE FROM LAST YEAR, IT IS THE NOTICE THAT MUST BE PROVIDED EACH TIME LAND IS SOLD WITHIN A BID, UNDER CHAPTER 5 OF THE PROPERTY CODE AND THAT IS NEW NOTE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN, IT IS QUITE VOLUMINOUS, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THERE IS A NOTICE FOR EACH LOT TYPE IN THERE, SO THAT WHEN EACH HOME IS SOLD, AT THE TIME THE CONTRACT FOR SALE IS ENTERED INTO, IT IS SIGNED AND THEN AT CLOSING, IT IS SIGNED AGAIN IN RECORDABLE FORM. THOSE ARE ALL IT COLLUDED THIS GO-AROUND IN YOUR ANNUAL UPDATE AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ROB HERE WITH THE P. 3 WORKS WITH -- WHICH IS THE COUNTY'S BID ADMINISTRATOR AND WRITES THE PLANS IN CONNECTION WITH WORKING

COUNTY STAFF. >>> COMMISSIONER. >>> TO REITERATE THE JUS THESE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE BEST CALL IT THE FORMER LACYMA.

>>> THE INITIAL LACYMA. >>> INITIAL LACYMA BID WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE NORTH AND HERE, ANOTHER ITEM AND FROM THAT NORTH WE WILL EVENTUALLY SEE ITEMS LIKE THIS, COMING FORWARD,

FOR THE NORTH LACYMA. >>> COMMI COMMISSIONER INGALS. >>> JUDGE I THINK I'M OKAY BUT I WILL SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ERIC TAKING THAT EXTRA TIME TO MEET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNS WITH INPUT OF VIRGINIA I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR HER TO HAVE ITVOD AND COMMISSIONER SHELL THANK YOU ALSO, BUT, I KNOW IT WAS A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER, BUT WE USUALLY DO, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE SO THANK YOU ALL.

>>> SOMETIMES COMMISSIONER THINGS ARE OUT OF ORDER BUT WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO REPRESENT

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COMMISSIONER. >>> I WILL REITERATE LAST WEEK WE HAD A HOUSE FULL OF PEOPLE AND AFTER COMMISSIONER SHELL THEY MET WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND NEGOTIATING DEALS

SO GOOD JOB. >>> >>> I THINK THEY PROBABLY JUST

GOT SICK OF US. MORE THAN ANYTHING. >>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD, AND REALLY WANTED TO DO THIS BEFORE WE MOVED ON BUT WE DID IT PRETTY QUICKLY, THE LAST SPEAKER AND FORGIVE ME, I AM GOING TO BUTCHER YOUR NAME IF I TRY TO DO IT, -- AFTER THIS CONVERSATION, GIVEN THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAD WITH THIS PROJECT, AND POSSIBLY OTHERS AND THE GOALS THAT YOU SET FORTH OR THAT YOU DISDISCUSSED I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THE TIME AND IT IS DOWN WITH YOU AND TALK NO YOU WHAT AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REWRITE PROBABLY Q. 1 OF NEXT YEAR, HOW WE ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT OUR DEVELOPMENT, OUR CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THAT WE DID A COUPLE OF THINGS ON LAST YEAR. A BD THE OVERALL STUDY WE DID, AND THERE IS A -- THERE ARE SPECIFIC POINTS WITHIN THAT PROCESS, I BELIEVE, WHICH WOULD BE SPILLING RAL FOR Y'ALL TO INTERACT WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS A THEY COME IN AND LOOK AT THAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

AND THAT CONSERVATION PLAN AND HOW IT SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AND WHAT INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT THEY COULD CONSERVE. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO GO INTO A MUCH DEEPER CONVERSATION WITH

YOU ABOUT IT. I'M OFFERING TO DO THAT. >>> I DON'T OFFER ANY ACCESS.

I'M JUST KIDDING. OKAY. IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE,

COMMISSIONER? >>> JUDGE, A QUESTION, DO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THE EFFECTIVE

DATE? >>> IT IS EFFECTIVE AS OF TODAY.

IT IN THE ORDER. THAT IS FINE. >>> OKAY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ARTICULATE OR GOOD? >>> I THINK WE ARE GOOD ON THE

MOTIONS TO APPROVE THE ORDERS. >>> OF K2 AND K. 3. >>> OKAY.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >>> YES.

>>> COMMISSIONER END ILLSBY? >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL? >>> YES JUDGE BECERRA (^) YES,

[K4. Discussion and possible action to adopt a Resolution of Hays County, Texas authorizing and creating the La Cima North Public Improvement District in accordance with Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Government Code; providing for related matters; and providing an effective date. SHELL ]

PLEASE OPEN K. 3, SORRY, K. 4. >>> K. 4 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT OR RESOLUTION OF HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING AND CREATING THE LACYMA NORTH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 372, OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS AND PROVIDING AND EFFECTIVE DATE. THEV SO MOVED, SECOND.

COMMISSIONER SHELL. >>> JUDGE THIS IS THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION TO CREATE LACYMA NORTH BID WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT LAST SESSION AND AGAIN DURING THE HEARING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 3, THIS IS THE PORTION ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF RANCH ROAD 12 FROM EXISTING LACYMA NA BOARDS THE COUNTRY ESTATES SUBDIVISION, AND, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK AS I SAID, WHEN WE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE AUTHORIZED DEVELOPMENT, AS FAR AS UNITS WHERE THEY GO, BUFFERS, CONSERVATION AREAS, AND OTHER PROTECTION MEASURES WHEN WE COME BACK TO COURT WITH OUR

FINANCE AGREEMENT FOR THIS BID. >>> AND I HAVE ALREADY SAID IT, BUT ERIC ALSO, AS YOU HAVE SEEN IT, YOU HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET TO PODIUM, YOU HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND.

I TOURED YOUR PRODUCT AND YOUR PROPERTY AND IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO MY HOMETOWN. I BELIEVE IN THE WORKMANSHIP, BUT IF YOU -- IF YOU FALL BEHIND ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE, THEY COME BACK. AND SO, I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE THE OUTREACH YOU HAVE JUST DISPLAY AND CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE AS OPEN AS YOU CAN WITH EVERYTHING YOU ARE SHARING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL BE PUT AT EASE SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO.COM THE COURTHOUSE WITH PITCHFORKS BECAUSE NO ONE ENJOYS THAT.

SO, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. >>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A

SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER SMITH? >>> YES.

>>> COMMISSIONER INGLES BY? >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL SH.

>>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES? >>> YES JUDGE BECERRA.

>>> YES, ON TO K. 5. >>> WHAT?

>>> WE NEED TO OPEN UP K. 4 FOR DISCUSSION. >>> OH, YOU KNOW.

I JUST DIDN'T NOTICE YOUR PAPER HERE. BUT IT IS IN THE, IF YOU DON'T

MIND, APPROACH THE PODIUM? SORRY, COMMISSIONER DAN. >>> APOLYPOLOGY ACCEPTED, IT IS VERY CONFUSING TODAY. I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT THE ORIGINAL LACYMA AND LACYMA NORTH, SO, APOLOGY ACCEPTED. NOW, I'M MORE WORRIED, ANXIOUS, UPSET, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE

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>>> BASICALLY WHAT HE JUDD JUST SAID ARE THERE NO PROTESTS, YOU KNOW.

YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND SPILL A BUNCH OF OIL AND IT CAN GO DOWN WHERE THE DAM IS, GO STRAIGHT INTO THE AQUIFER, AND IT IS POLLUTED FOREVER. THAT IS WHAT I HEARD FROM HIM.

NOW, MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING. I KNOW THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE DESIGNED IN LACYMA TO KEEP THE WATER FROM, YOU KNOW, OVERFLOWING AND WHAT NOT, BUT WE HAVE FLOODS ALL THE TIME OUT THAT WAY. MY PROPERTY IS NOT SITTING DIRECTLY TO WHERE ANYTHING FROM MY PROPERTY CAN GO INTO THAT DAM. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS THE SAME FOR LACYMA NORTH. YOU PEOPLE ARE VIRTUALLY ASSURING THE AQUIFER IS GOING TO BE POLLUTED. I KNOW THE WOMAN FROM THE RIVER FOUNDATION AND I GUESS THE WOMAN IS SINCERE. I DON'T KNOW. BY HE DOESN'T LIVE WHERE I LIVE.

AND IT DOESN'T GIVE ME ANY ASSURANCE SHE IS OKAY WITH IT. I AM NOT OKAY.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF THEY WERE RAISED IN A DIFFERENT GENERATION AND THEY TEND TO BELIEVE WHATEVER THE GOVERNMENT TELLS THEM THAT IS THE WAY IT GOING TO BE.

I AM NOT BELIEVING THE SAME WAY. I BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD RESPOND TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, YOU ARE NOT RESPONDING TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY ESTATES BELIEVE ME.

AND JUST TO SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT HERE, WELL, A LOT OF THEM ARE ELDERLY.

YOU KNOW. I'M ELDERLY MYSELF. BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO GET UP HERE AND PROTEST THIS SHAM AT WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON AT LEAST FOR TEN YEARS. WE KNOW WE CAN DATE IT BACK TO 2012, SOMEBODY'S MAKING MONEY OFF OF THIS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO. BUT, THIS IS THE REAL MOTIVATION BEHIND ALL OF THIS STUFF, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AGAINST PEOPLE MAKING MONEY, BUT SACRIFICING THE AQUIFER SO SOMEBODY CAN GET RICH, I'M COMPLETELY AGAINST THAT.

I WILL HAVE TO GET MY DRINKING WATER FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[K5. Discussion and possible action to adopt an Order by the Commissioners Court of Hays County, Texas authorizing the issuance of "Hays County, Texas Limited Tax Bonds"; levying an annual ad valorem tax, within the limitations prescribed by law, for the payment of the bonds; prescribing the form, terms, conditions, and resolving other matters incident and related to the issuance, sale and delivery of the bonds; delegating authority to certain members of the Commissioners Court and County staff to execute certain documents relating to the sale of the bonds; authorizing the execution of a paying agent/registrar agreement; and providing an effective date. SHELL ]

AND PROVIDING AND EFFECTIVE DATE. >>> SO MOVED.

>>> SAME. >>> MOTION AND A SECOND? OKAY.

YOU WILL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE TREATMENT VIEWING PUBLIC.

>>> THANK YOU JUDGE, COMMISSION, DAN WAKE MILLER SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE, FINANCIAL ADVISER TO THE COUNTY THIS. ITEM IS JUST GETTING US STARTED ON THE ISSUANCE OF THE REMAINING $25 MILLION OF BONDS THAT WERE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE PARK PROPOSITION.

THIS ITEM, ALSO, INCLUDES THE $17 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. PART OF THAT PROCESS THOUGH, THAT THIS IS, THIS WAS A NEW PROGRAM FOR THEM TO CONSIDER, OR A NEW PROJECT FOR THAT PROGRAM, THEY -- THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THE LATEST UPDATE THEY HAVE GIVEN ME IS THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE IT TO THEIR BOARD IN NOVEMBER, BUT NOT SELL UNTIL MARCH.

AS YOU KNOW WITH BONDS THERE IS BENEFITS WITH REGARD TO TIME, THIS GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY AND GIVES THE COUNTY THE FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE FORWARD, JUST IN A TRADITIONAL BOND SALE METHOD, WHICH WE COULD SELL, AND BRING BACK TO YOU THE RESULTS IN NOVEMBER.

AND LOCK IN THE INTEREST RATES. WE HAVE HAD A RISE IN INTEREST RATES SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, WITH ABOUT 150 BASIS POINTS. UNIQUELY ENOUGH THE BENEFIT OF

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OPEN MARKET WOULD BE AROUND MID 3S. SO, THAT IS LIKE I SAID, UP FROM EARLIER IN THE YEAR. WE JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS OUT THERE AND AGAIN WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE WATER BOARD AND THEY SAID THEY TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IF WE KIND OF JUMP INTO THE OPEN MARKET, JUST BASED ON THE RATES. SO, WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED BUT

THIS ALLOWS TO US START THE BALL ROLLING ON THAT PROCESS. >>> COMMISSIONER INGLES BY?

>>> I'M GOOD, JUDGE. I THINK DAN EXPLAINED IT WELL. THANK YOU MUCH, AND --

>>> WE HAVE THE WATER BOARD PROVIDING BY OCTOBER SO, THAT WILL ALLOW ALL THE BONDS COUNSEL AND FINANCIAL ADVISETOR MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FINANCIALLY FOR HAYS COUNTY TAXPAYERS AND MAYBE

WE GET THAT DONE. >>> >>> OKAY.

THERE WE GO. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR

PATIENCE AND SORRY WE ARE UP A COOL HOURS BEHIND. >>> GLAD TO BE HERE.

>>> THANK YOU. LET'S CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER INGLES BY.

>>> YES COMMISSIONER SHELL, YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SMITH YES,

COMMISSIONER JONES YES, JUDGE BECERRA. >>> YES.

WHILE WE HAVE, IS THERE NILINGS ELSE KEEPING YOU HERE? YOU ARE GOOD?

[M1. Discussion and possible action related to the burn ban. BECERRA ]

LET'S JUMP TO THE FIRE MARSHAL AND KEEP MOVING, PLEASE OPEN. >>> M. 1.

M. 1, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO THE BURN BAN. >>> YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND

TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, MARK HAYS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL. TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY OF THE EXTENSION, FOR THE BURN BAN, SO IN SPEAKING WITH COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS THEY ARE ASKING THAT WE JUST GO AHEAD AND LET THE BURN BAN EXPIRE TODAY. WE ARE BACK INTO COURT I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK, IF WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION, BECAUSE OF AND INCREASE IN ACTIVITY WE CAN. THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF GREENUP THAT WE HAVE HAD ACROSS THE COUNTY. CURRENTLY, OUR K. B. D. I. IS 608, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT UMBER DOES SOUND PRETTY HIGH, BUT IN SPEAKING WITH SOME OTHER FOLKS REFERENCING THE MATERIALS THAT I LOOKED AT, THEY ARE KIND OF THINKING THAT MAYBE THE NUMBERS MAY BE A LITTLE SKEWED BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DEAD THAT IS STILL REMAINING FROM PREVIOUS GROWTH CYCLES. WITH THE RANGE OF 444 TO 732, ACROSS THE COUNTY, OF COURSE, THE DRYEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY WESTERN AREA, AGAIN, THE COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS ARE RECOMMENDING WITH LET THE BURN BAN EXPIRE TODAY. SO,.

>>> DOES THAT MEAN IT IS THE REST OF THE DAY IS STILL IN PLACE?

>>> THE REST OF THE DAY IT WILL STILL REMAIN INTO EFFECT AND IF I'M CORRECT, ADMIT AT MIDNIGHT T

IT WILL EXPIRE. >>> THANK YOU, SIR. >>> NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT.

>>> FIRST LIGHT. LONG AS THEY GET A PERMIT. >>> THANK YOU.

THE ONE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO HAVE IS, COULD YOU -- AND YOU SAID IT JUST AS YOU STARTED TO END, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A PERMIT. FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND OR MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS, CAN YOU SPEND ONE MINUTE JUST SAYING, OKAY, WHAT THAT PROCESS IS ONLINE IN ORDER TO GET THAT PERMIT, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE

OTHERWISE REGOING TO GET A LOT OF CALLS. >>> IF THEY WILL GO TO HAYS COUNTY PERMITS, ONCE THEY TWO TO THAT SECTION IT WILL PULL UP THE LANDING PAGE, AND THERE IS A GRAY BLOCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DIGITAL PLANE. IT IS LABELED OPERATIONAL PERMITS SO THEY CAN GO THERE AND GET A BURN PERMIT, ABSOLUTELY FREE.

NO COST AT ALL. IT JUST ALLOWS US FROM OUR OFFICE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, SHOULD CONDITIONS CHANGE, WHERE, WEATHER MAY CHANGE, YOU KNOW, DURING THE DAY, SO WE CAN PUSH OUT SOME NOTIFICATIONS. ONCE THEY OBTAIN THIS PERMIT THEY HAVE A 14-DAY WINDOW TO CONDUCT THEIR BURNS. BUT, ON THE DAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BURN WE ASK THAT THEY EITHER CALL A PHONE NUMBER OR TEXT THAT PHONE NUMBER TO ACTIVATE THE PERMIT FOR THAT DAY. THE PERMIT CYCLE IS GOOD FOR 14 DAYS.

AND SO THEY CAN BURN THE KAY THEY GET THE PERMIT ONCE IT IS APPROVED OR THE DAY AFTER OR THE

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>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AS THE FIRE MARSHAL SAID IT IS A FREE PERMIT IT HELPS TO NOTIFY THERE IS BURNING IN THE AREA AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE WILD FIRES WE HAVE HAD WE GET A LOT OF CALLS SO I APPRECIATE IT, SIR.

[K6. Discussion and possible action to retain services of ABIP, PC related to the Hays County annual financial audit pursuant to RFQ 2022-Q05 Auditing Services. INGALSBE/VILLARREAL-ALONZO ]

>>> THANK YOU FOR PATIENTLY WAITING. >>> NO PROBLEM.

>>> PLEASE OPEN K. 6. >>> K. 6, IS DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO RETAIN SERVICES OF A. B. I. P., P.C. RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT, PURSUANT

TO R. F. Q. 2022-Q. 05, AUDITING SERVICES. >>> I SO MOVE.

>>> SECOND. >>> QUESTIONS? >>> ANY QUESTIONS?

>>> THIS IS JUST OUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT WITH OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS WHO PERFORMED THE FINANCIAL AUDIT, THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT FOR THE COUNTY, HAD EXPIRE AND SO WE DID GO OUT FOR PROPOSALS AND WE HAD FOUR FIRM RESPOND AND THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE WITH APHID PC, SO THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT AS WELL AS A NEW AUDIT AT TAX OFFICE, INTERNAL CONTROLS RELATED AUDIT FOR THAT OFFICE SINCE THE TAX OFFICE DOES COLLECT A LOT OF TAX REVENUES FOR OTHER AGENCIES. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED THAT WE PROVIDE A AUDIT AS WELL. AND THEN, APHID WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING THE T.J. J. D., THE

TEXAS JUVENILE AUDIT AS WELL. >>> >>> CALL THE ROLL.

>>> COMMISSIONER INGLES BY? >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES?

>>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SNELL. >>> YES COMMISSIONER SMITH?

[K7. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Hays County Health Department to provide flu vaccines to county employees and their eligible dependents enrolled in the county health plan. INGALSBE/MILLER/T.CRUMLEY ]

>>> YES. JUDGE PA SERRA. >>> YES, K. 7 PLEASE.

>>> K. 7 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE HAYS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE FLU VACCINES TO COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND THEIR ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS ENROLLED IN THE

COUNTY HEALTH PLAN. >>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND.

>>> WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH WILL IT

COST TO OPEN IT UP TO MORE PEOPLE AT THIS TIME? >>>

>>> I'M NOT SURE. I'M SO HAPPY, JUDGE, WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FLU

SHOTS. YEAH. >>> I THINK IT IS A GREAT CONTRIBUTION, AND I JUST KNOW THAT AS A COMMUNITY, IF PEOPLE START TO GET SICK, AND IT IS SPREADS AND THEN WE LOSE PRODUCTIVITY AND LOSING VALUABLE LABOR FORCE, SO I'M WONDERING,

-- >>> GOOD, YOUR HONOR, SHERRY MILLER HAYS COUNTY H. R.

DIRECTOR T. HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTD THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED 290 VACCINE OM STUDENTS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE FOR OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS THAT ARE ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE. IN THE PAST, I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT MAYBE WE HAVE HAD AROUND 100 OR MORE EMPLOYEES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

THAT IT IS A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FLU VACCINES WHILE YOU ARE AT AND OPEN ENROLLMENT MEETING WHICH WE WILL HAVE THIS YEAR DURING THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.

SO, IN TERMS OF OFFERING THOSE FLU VACCINES TO OTHER CITIZENS, I DON'T KNOW -- OUT OF MY SCOPE.

>>> >>> I'M NOT SAYING INSTEAD OF, I'M SAYING ABOUT REACHING MORE.

>>> NO I WONDER IF WE CAN DO THAT SOMEHOW THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

>>> I THINK THAT THEY DO OFFER THAT. >>> THEY DO?

>>> THE VACCINES TO OTHER CITIZENS. >>> YEAH.

ARE YOU THINKING, OTHER PEOPLE CONNECTED TO EMPLOYEES OR OTHER CITIZENS.

>>> ANYONE. THE MORE PEOPLE WE OFFER IT TO REGARDLESS,.

>>> SURE. I THINK THEY DO HAVE OTHER VACCINE CLINICS THAT THEY UTILIZE THE VACCINES FOR. THEY DON'T GET THOSE JUST FOR US.

OKAY. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I WASN'T SURE.

>>> SURE. SORRY. THANK YOU, SHERRY.

APPROACH THE PODIUM. >>>

>>> >>> YOU HAVE OFFERED FOR THE STAFF AND COUNTY AND BEING LET GO AND E. S. D.ES AND FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WITH RESPECT TO THAT AND THE PUBLIC BEYOND THAT AS WELL. SO THIS YEAR IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A SMALLER AMOUNT THAN WHAT --

>>> THAN THEY NORMALLY RECEIVE. >>> I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD 900 AND THOSE LISTENING IN, GET YOUR FLU SHOT AND IT IS EFFICACY AGAINST EVERYTHING OUT THERE ESPECIALLY THE FLU.

BUT THEY REPORTED BACK IN 2020 IT A 60% EFFICACY AGAINST COVID. SO, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS

WELL. >>> I THINK WITH DOING IT, OPEN ENROLLMENT YOU HAVE A LOT MORE

PARTICIPATION, TOO. >>> YOU DO. >>> I THINK SO.

MATTER OF FACT, I DO REMEMBER COUPLE YEARS AGO PERSONAL STORY, I DIDN'T GET THE FLU SHOT AND I

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OPPORTUNITY. >>> THANK YOUING SIR. >>> SHERRY YOU WILL SEND OUT SCHEDULES OF WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO BE AND WHAT BUILDINGS FOR EVERYBODY, WE HAVE THEM IN

SEPARATE PLACES. >>> ABSOLUTELY. THE MATERIAL THE BEING TRAFFICKED RIGHT NOW. WE ARE COORDINATING, WE HAVE OUR LOCATIONS SECURE, AND I THINK WE HAVE 5 OR 6 TIME FRAMES TRYING TO ADD IN SOME WELLNESS EVENTS DURING THOSE OPEN ENROLLMENT MEET, HEALTHY SNACKS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYEES TO MEET WITH VENDORS AND WHICH HAS BEEN QUITE LIMITED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO, LOOKING TO -- TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND WE WILL COME BACK FOR THIS, BUT, NOT ANY SIGNIFICANT AT ALL PLAN CHANGES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. SO, WE DO WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO ENGAGE AND COME TO THE OPEN ENROLLMENT MEETINGS AND ENCOUNTER THE VENDOR, WORK WITH OUR H. R. STAFF, AND TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF THE OTHER HEALTH-RELATED THINGS WE OFFER. >>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>>> I'M GOING OUT IN A COUPLE WEEKS. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES?

>>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? >>> YES.

>>> COMMISSIONER SHELL? >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>>> YES. >>> JUDGE BECERRA. >>> YES, PLEASE OPEN K. 8.

[K8. Discussion and possible action to approve the appointment of Ray Whisenant to the board of Driftwood Economic Development Municipal Management District to replace Don Curry, a four-year term ending June 30, 2025. SMITH ]

>>> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF RAY WIZNET TO THE BOARD OF DRIFTWOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT FOUR-YEAR TERM ENDING

JUNE 30TH, 2025. (^). >>> SO MOVED.

>>> SECOND. COMMISSIONER? HOW DID THAT PROCESS UNFOLD?

>>> SURE. SO, THE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED BY THE 84TH LEGISLATURE, AND I DON'T BELIEVE, AGAIN, IT PREDATED MY TIME ON THE COURT BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN AND OPENING ON THE DISTRICT SINCE IT WAS, SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

AND COMMISSIONER WIZNET WAS THE COURT MEMBER WHO WORKED TO, ON THE INITIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THAT, AS WELL AS SHEPHERDING IT THROUGH OUR COURT. AND THEY ACTUALLY, WHENEVER MR. CURRY WANTED TO REALLY SAY THANK YOU TO DON CURRY FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THAT, IN THAT MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, BUT WHENEVER HE DECIDED TO STEP DOWN, MR. WIZNET, OR FORMER COMMISSIONER WIZNET WAS WHO THE -- THE, I GUESS MUSICPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SUBMITTED

FOR POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT. >>> THOSE ARE THE ONLY OPTION (^) JUST DOUBLE-CHECKING.

>>> IT WAS THE ONLY NAME THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO ME. >>> THAT IS WHAT I WAS ASKING.

GOOD TO GO. THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>>> COMMISSIONER, SHELL? >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >>> YES.

>>> COMMISSIONER INC. MS BY. >>> YES. JUDGE BECERRA.

[K9. Discussion and possible action to authorize a renewal for Hays County Property and Mobile Equipment liability coverage with the Texas Association of Counties for plan year 2022-2023 at a premium renewal rate of $263,830.00. BECERRA/MILLER ]

>>> K-9. >>> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE RENEWAL --

>>> FOR PLAN YEAR 2022/2023 AND PREMIUM RENEWAL RATE OF 263,$000,830.

>>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND. >>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND

SECOND. >>> STRAIGHT FORWARD. CALL THE ROLL.

>>> COMMISSIONER SMITH? >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES?

>>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL YES. COMMISSIONER INC. LLESS BY YES,

[K10. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a $2,000,000.00 Letter of Agreement between Hays County and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital (CSRSM) as budgeted for FY2023 related to Indigent health care costs. SHELL ]

BUNTED FOR F. Y. 2023 RELATED TO THE INDIGENT HEALTH CARE COSTS. >>> SO MOVED.

>>> SECOND. >>> COMMISSIONER? >>> JUDGE THIS IS OUR ANNUAL AGREEMENT WITH NOW CHRIS TAS SANTA ROSA, PREVIOUSLY WITH C. T. M.C., WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SOME TIME NOW THIS. IS COVERS OUR INTY GENT HEALTH CARE THROUGH THE CONSORTIUM THAT IS MANAGED BY THE NOW CHRISTA SANTA ROSA, JUST THANK THEM FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP OVER ALL THE YEARS TRYING TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY AND JUST REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH COMMISSIONER INGALSBE IS PART OF

THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING. >>> COMMISSIONER? >>> ANYTHING?

>>> JUDGE,LY JUST, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK CHRIS TAS, AS COMMISSIONER SHELL STATED THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED FOR (^) A VERY LONG TIME, AND REALLY HAVE KEPT OUR COSTS DOWN,

AS A COUNTY, AND SO, I -- YOU KNOW, IT IS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP. >>> OKAY.

PLEASE. >>> THANK THEM AGAIN AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER SHELL AND INC. M BY FOR THEIR WORK BUT COMMISSIONER SHELL BID THIS BACK WHEN HE WAS THE -- CHIEF OF STAFF AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT, YOU KNOW, GREAT DEAL FOR THE COUNTY AND SAVED A LOT OF MONEY

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AND GIVING BETTER CARE TO OUR CITIZENS. >>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>>> COMMISSIONER JONES? >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER INC. L BY?

>>> YES COMMISSIONER SMITH? >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL?

[K11. Discussion and possible action to approve the 2023 Sheriff and Constable Fees. BECERRA/CARDENAS ]

>>> YES. >>> JUDGE BECERRA. >>> YES.

K. 11. >>> K. 11, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE

2023 SHERIFF AND CONSTABLE FEES. >>> SO MOVED.& >>> SECOND.

>>> CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER EDGE LES BY. >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER SMITH, YES. COMMISSIONER JONES, YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL, YES,

[K12. Discussion and possible action to award a contract for IFB 2022-B15 Francis Harris Lane - Low Water Crossing with C3 Environmental Specialties in the amount of $691,901.95. INGALSBE/JONES/BORCHERDING ]

JUDGE BA SER SERRA. >>> YES. K. 12?

>>> K. 12, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR I. F. B. 2022-B.

15, FRANCIS HARRIS LANE, LOW WATER CROSSING WITH C3 ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALISTS, AND

THE AMOUNT OF 691,$000,901.5. >>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND.

>>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >>> YES.

>>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >>> YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL.

>>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER BINGE, INC. LES BY YES.

[K13. Discussion and possible action to award contract for RFP 2022-P10 County Clerk Auto-Indexing System to Just Appraised, Inc. and authorize staff and General Counsel to negotiate a contract. INGALSBE/CARDENAS ]

F. P. 2022 P. 10 COUNTY CLERK AUTO WINDEX©ING SYSTEM TO JUST APPRAISED, INC. AND AUTHORIZED STAFF AND GENERAL COUNSEL TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. SO MOVED.

>>> SECOND. >>> CALL THE ROLL. >>> I WAS GOING SAY THIS, K. 13 IS BY JOHN IT IS A EX MANY OF A SONG BY JOHN ANDERSON, STRAIGHT TEQUILA, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE SONG? EVERY TIME YOU SAY K. 13 THAT SONG POPS INTO MY HEAD.

ANYWAY. SORRY. THAT IT IS.

THAT IS THE ONE. >>> MAYBE ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS. >>> ♪ BROKEN HEART ♪

>>> OKAY. >>> COMMISSIONER -- >>> I LOVE THE SONG.

>>> COMMISSIONER SHELL? >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER JONES? >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER INGLES BY? >>> YES. JUDGE BA REFERRA.

[K14. Discussion and possible action to execute a Lease Agreement with TLC Office Systems for the Law Library copier services, with a monthly fee of $333.70. INGALSBE/BARRON ]

YES. K. 14. >>> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH TLC OFFICE SYSTEMS FOR THE LAW LIBRARY

COPIER SERVICES, WITH A MONTHLY FEE OF $333.70. >>> SO MOVED.

>>> SECOND. >>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> JUDGE, BEFORE WE GO ON, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT FIGURES INTO THIS BUT I BELIEVE IT DOES AND DOCTOR YOU MAY HAVE SOME INFO ON THIS. I KNOW WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS RELATIVE TO THE LAW LIBRARY AND KIND OF THE EFFECTIVENESS AND CONTINUED USE OF IT. OR THE LACK THEREOF.

SO, MY QUESTION IS: AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT SHOULD BE STRUCTURED AND HOW THE EXPENSES FOR THAT SHOULD BE STRUCTURED, WHAT IT SHOULD OR SHOWLD SHOULDN'T BE DOING IN THE FUTURE. SINCE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT IS -- MOST EVEN LAW FIRM NO, SIR LONGER HAVE A LAW LIBRARY. IT IS ALL ON-LINE, OR 99% OF IT.

SO, MY QUESTION IS: I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE FURTHER THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU AND I HAVE HAD IN THE PAST RELATIVE TO IT. BECAUSE AS WE CONTINUE TO GET EXPENSES RELATIVE TO LAW LIBRARY, IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE OF THAT IS, AND WHERE IF AND WHERE THAT WOULD BE MOVING SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THAT TO WHERE IT WOULD BE BETTER USED.

>>> I THINK -- >>> IS THAT FAIR. >>> I THINK IT SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE D.A.'S OFFICE, ACTUALLY, BUT, I WAS MADE AWARE LAST WEEK IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ARCHITECT THAT THIS IS REQUIRED BY STATUTE.

SO, WE DO NEED TO HAVE A LAW LIBRARY. AND UNTIL THAT IT IS USUALLY USED FAIRLY EXTENSIVELY FOR PRO BONO WORK. IT DOES SERVE A USEFUL PURPOSE.

BUT, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE CONNECTED WITH MY OFFICE. >>> YEAH, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS: EVEN, WHENEVER WE SAY A LIEU LIBRARY PICK PEOPLE PICTURE STACKS, YOU KNOW, THE TRADITIONAL STACKS OF BOOKERS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. THOSE THINGS ARE MORE OR LESS

OBSOLETE NOWADAYS. >>> AGREED. >>> SO, THAT LAW LIBRARY MAY LOOK LIKE A COUPLE OF TERMINALS AND WORK SPACE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO I JUST -- I WOULD LOVE

TO HAVE A LONGER CONVERSATION WITH YOU. >>> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THE DISCUSSION MIGHT BE MIGHT BEST BE WITH THE ARCHITECT, ACTUALLY. BECAUSE HIS PLANNING WHAT WE

NEED. >>> YEAH. PLEASE CALL IT.

>>> THANK YOU. OKAY. COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES? >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER SHELL? >>> YES. COMMISSIONER INC. LLESS BY.

>>> YES. >>> JUDGE BECERRA, PLEASE OPEN K. 15.

>>> WE DID. PE DID THAT. GO BACK TO RODENTS?

>>> LOOK AT THAT, THAT JUST KEEPS HAPPENING. RIGHT.

WE CAN GO TO ROADS, THAT IS FINAL WITH ME. >>> WE WILL DO --

[CONSENT ITEMS ]

SO, G. 1, THRU 7. 1 THRU 7. G. 1 APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY

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G. 5, APPROVE COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES OF AUGUST 2ND, 2022, AND AUGUST 9TH, 2022.

K. -- C6, APPROVE THE JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENTS, FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THAT WILL RUN JOINTLY WITH A GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER 9TH, 2022, AND EXCEPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2021

CODE, 775.082. >>> SUBMITTED. >>> SECOND.

>>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER INGLES BY? >>> YES.

>>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >>> YES. COMMISSIONER JONES, YES.

COMMISSIONER SMITH, YES. JUDGE BECERRA. >>> G. 8 THRU 14, PLEASE.

>>> G. 8, AUTHORIZE THE MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALTY COURT TO PURCHASE CONSUMABLE ITEMS FOR THIS SEQUENTIAL INTERCEPT MODEL, MAPPING WORKSHOP, AND COLLABORATION WITH TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. G. 9, AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 1 OFFICE TO SUPPORT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED TO PURCHASING SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDLY. G. 10 IMPROVE INCREASE OF $300 IN THE TAX OFFICE CHANGE FUND AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR, PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 130.902D. G. 11, APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS, G. 12, AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF GRANT APPLICATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR BULLET RESISTANCE SHIELD GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF 167,$000,102.80. G. 13, AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF FRAJT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 307,$000,733.80. (^). THE LOW WATER CROSSING ARE LOCATED AT 1 PARSLEY ROAD ONION CREEK 2, 2 TO 190 AT PIONEER BANK CREEK, FITZHUGH ROAD, UNNAMED CREEK 4, SYCAMORE CREEK DRIVE AT SYCAMORE CREEK. AND 14, AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF 307,$000,733.08. THE LOW WATER CROSSING ARE LOCATED AT 1, CREEK ROAD, AT ONION CREEK. TWO, PURGATORY ROAD AT PURGATORY CREEK. 3, --

>>> >>> >>>

>>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL? >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER SMITH? >>> YES. COMMISSIONER JONES?

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER INGLES BY? >>> YES.

JUDGE BECERRA. G. 15 THRU 21. >>> G. 15 APPROVAL RENEWAL OF

R. F. P. 2020. >>> 08, ELECTION FORM PRINTING SERVICES WITH A. M. G. PRINTING, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2022. G. 16, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS RELATED TO HAULING SOLID WASTE PUFFER SUE WANT TO I. F.

P. 2020 B. C. ROAD 2, ADDING A $360.10 PER HAUL RATE FOR PAPER AND NEWSPAPER RECYCLING SERVICES. G. 17, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AND SPER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY FOR THE F. Y. 2023 SHERIFF'S COMBINED AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF 91,$000,707. G. 1 APPROVE A REPLACEMENT LEASE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT FEES FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ANIMAL CONTROL DIVISION THROUGH THE ENTERPRISE MASTER EQUITY LEASE AGREEMENT AND MANE THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G. 19TH AUTHORIZE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH KYLE LANDSCAPING SERVICES RELATED TO CEMETERY MAINTENANCE BEFORE SUE WANT TO I. F. P. 022-B. 04, ADDING PHILLIPS CEMETERY $1,500 PER VISIT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. 20, AUTHORIZE A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT BUDGETS TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, RELATED TO THE PURCHASE OF 5 PET CHIP SCANNERS AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. 21, AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE 2022 MOTORCYCLE APPROVED FOR THE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 5 OFFICE AND AMEND THE BUDGET

ACCORDINGLY. >>> SECOND. >>> FOR 15, FOR THOSE FORMS FOR

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ELECTIONS IS ANYONE KNOW IF THEY WILL BE SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERD? >>> I DON'T THINK THEY WERE,

BUT I THINK WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE GOING TO STAMP THEM. >>> THESE ARE FOR THE OTHER FORMS LIKE ENVELOPES AND VOTER REGISTRATION AND THINGS LOOIC THAT.

>>> OKAY. >>> JUDGE, ON NO. 1, I WANT TO POINT OUT AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THE CEMETERY PROGRAM, CEMETERY PAINT MENTION PROGRAM WE TO, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL PROBABLY ARE MOST ON THE COURT KNOWS THIS, IT IS A -- I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO WHENTON FORTFIELD FOR THE WORK TON PROGRAM WHEN HE WAS ON THE HISTORIC COMMISSION, PRIOR TO BEING AND EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM AND HE REALLY HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT THE HISTORIC CEMETERIES AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO ADD PHILLIPS TO IT.

IT IS A RECOGNIZED CEMETERY, TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL MARKER, AND ME THEY JUST LIKE MOST OF OUR OLD TRADITIONAL CEMETERIES HERE IN THE COUNTY, IT IS VARD HARD TO GET VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE ON THE BOARDS AND MAIN ANTENNA THOSE THINGS AND SO IF WE CAN LEND A HELPING HAND IT IS GREAT.

I APPRECIATE IT. >>> GOOD. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER INGLES BY. YES.

COMMISSIONER SHELL, YES, AND JUDGE BA SER SERRA. >>> YES.

[I1. Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish a 4-way stop location on Windy Hill Road at the intersection with Shadow Creek Blvd and Crosswinds Parkway. JONES/INGALSBE/BORCHERDING ]

>>> I. 1 HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A FOUR-WAY STOP LOCATION ON WENDY HILL ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION WITH SHADOW CREEK BOULEVARD AND CROSS WINDS

PARKWAY. >>> THIS IS FOR YOU, JERRY. I VOTE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE AGENDA ITEM PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

I SEE NO MOVEMENT. COMMISSIONER? >>> JUDGE, THIS IS I THINK WE HAVE GOT AND LITTLE BACKWARDS ON THIS ONE, WE HAVE GOTTEN THE FOUR-WAY STOP UP ALREADY.

JERRY I ONLY THING I ASK IS IF WE FAST TRACK THE LIGHTED INTERSECTION FAST AS WE CAN.

THIS, THE FOUR-WAY STOP WAS NEEDED FOR SAFETY BUT IT IS CAUSING A CONGESTION, LOT OF CONGESTION NOW THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE. ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW PRIVATE ELEMENTARY JUST UP THE ROAD. SO, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THE LIGHTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IN

THAT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP. >>> THANK YOU. I. 2, PLEASE.

>>> I. 2, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING -- >>> OH, WAIT.

>>> NEED TO VOTE. >>> WE HAVE TO VOTE. RIGHT.

IT IS ALREADY DONE. OKAY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON I. 1.

>>> WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION OR SECOND YET. >>> THERE NO MOTION.

>>> MAKE A MOTION. >>> SECOND. >>> I. WHAT?

>>> COMMISSIONER, EDGE L BY? >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL?

>>> YES. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>>> YES. JUDGE BA SER SERRA. >>> YES.

[I2. Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish a 3-way stop location on Mathias Lane at the intersection with Foster Place. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING ]

SO QUICKLY JUST LIKE THAT. >>> THEY ARE DONE. I 2 PLEASE.

I. 2, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A THREEH WAY STOP LOCATION AT LOO THIGH YAS LANE AT THE INTERSECTION OF FOSTER PLACE. (^).

THAT IS FOR JERRY. I OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. WE ARE ALL GIGGLING BECAUSE THE WAY I AM HITTING GAVEL. IT IS JUST, A LIGHT TAP FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC IN CASE THEY THINK SOMEONE IS MAKING FUN OF THE ITEM NO. ONE MAKING FUN OF THE ITEM IT THE WAY WE HIT THE

GAVEL. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >>> JUDGE, THANK YOU GAIN FOR SAFETY ISSUES WE HAVE HAD, RESIDENTS CALL IN AS -- AND AS I DRIVE THE ROADS OUT IN THAT FAIRLY NEW DISTRICT OF, WE JUST LOCATED SOME AREAS THAT NEED EXTRA SAFETY, AND IMPROVEMENTS

AND SO, THIS IS ONE INTERSCTION THAT WE ARE HOPING TO ESTABLISH. >>> BEAUTIFUL AND THANK YOU, SO

MOTION? >>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND.

>>> PLEASE CALL ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL? >>> YES.

>>> COMMISSIONER JONES? >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER INC. LLESS BY?

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH? >>> YES.

[I3. Hold a public hearing with possible action to reduce the current speed limit of 35 MPH to 25 MPH on Nature View Loop in Rutherford West subdivision. SMITH/JONES/BORCHERDING ]

AND JUDGE BA SERSERA. I3 PLEASE. >>> HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO REDUCE THE CURRENT SPEED LIMIT OF 35 MILES PER HOUR TO 25 MILES PER HOUR ON

NATURE VIEW LOOP IN RUTHERFORD WEST SUBDIVISION. >>> SO MOVED.

>>> SECOND. >>> WE ARE OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISHING? IT IS OKAY. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM PLEASE APPROACH? I SEE NO MOVEMENT AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOTION? >>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND.

>>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER SHELL. >>> YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH, YES.

[I4. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute Contract Amendment No. 3 in the amount of $73,855.00 to the Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and WSB & Associates, Inc. for the US 290 West at Trautwein Road Intersection project in Precinct 4, as part of the 2016 Road Bond Program, utilizing a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Ch. 262.024(a)(4). SMITH/BORCHERDING ]

>>> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE CONTRAC AMENDMENT NO. 3, IN THE AMOUNT OF 37,$000,855 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT (^) BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND W. S. B. AND ASSOCIATES, INC., FOR THE U.S. 290 WEST AT TROUT LINE ROAD INTERSECTION PROJECT, IN PRECINCT 4, AS PART OF THE 2016 ROAD BOND PROGRAM, UTILIZING A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION BEFORE SUE WANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 262.024

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A. 4. >>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND.

>>> COMMISSIONER? >>> THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS Y'ALL WELL KNOW WE HAVE DONE SEVERAL MOTIONS OR AGENDA ITEMS ON THIS AS PART OF THE 2016 ROAD BOND.

AS THE PROJECT IS PROGRESSING, THERE IS TWO PARCELS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION ITSELF.

THAT ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO REVISE HOW THEIR DRIVEWAYS WOULD WORK AND WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS, TO TWO BIGGEST ISSUES ON THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT IS THE THE GYRO TECHNICAL SERVICES, WE ARE LOOKING AT SHAVING THAT ROADWAY AND LEVELING IT OFF TO CREATE LINE OF SIGHT FROM THE ROADWAY ONTO 290. FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. AND WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY TRYING TO SHAVE IT OFF, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING UTILITY THAT SERVICES THE DRIFTING SPRINGS AREA GOES UNDERNEATH THE HUMP (^) SO WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT EXACTLY HOW WE CAN TO THAT UTILITY RELOCATION, THERE SA LOT OF, WHENEVER WE GET INTO THE PROJECT IT IS APPARENT --

>>> >>> OKAY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>>> COMMISSIONER INC. L BY. >>> YES. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL. >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. JUDGE BA SERSERA, I-5 PLEASE.

[I5. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute Contract Amendment No. 6 in the amount of $100,000.00 to the Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and LJA Engineering, Inc. for professional design services on the FM 110 North project in Precinct 1, as part of the TxDOT/Hays County Partnership Program, utilizing a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Ch. 262.024(a)(4). INGALSBE/BORCHERDING ]

>>> I-5, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 6, IN THE AMOUNT OF 100,000, TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND L. J. A. ENGINEERING, INC., FOR PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES ON THE F.M. 110 NORTH PROJECT AND PRECINCT 1, AS PART OF THE TEXAS DOT HAYS COUNTY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM UTILIZING A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUE WENT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 262.024 A. 4.

>>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND. >>> THAT IS GOING SO

SWIMMINGLY, COMMISSIONER. >>> YEAH. AND SO JUDGE THIS THOUGH, THERE IS SOME PRETTY MAJOR DRAINAGE CONCERNS, AND WE ARE TRYING TO CLEAR UP SO WE HAVE TO FLY AND DO SOME ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE VEGAS THERE AT THE QUARRY, TO HELP CLEAR THIS UP, BUT, YEAH WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT AND LOOK FORWARD TO ITS COMEETION.

>>> NEXT TIME YOU GO OUT THERE LET E MONO. I WOULD RATHER GO OUT AND TOUR

IT CURRENT CONDITIONS WITH YOU. >>> OKAY. THANK YOU MUCH.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER INGLES BY. >>> YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL?

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH? >>> YES.

[J1. PLN-2001-PC; Discussion and possible action to call for a Public Hearing on September 27, 2022 regarding Stagecoach Ranch, Section 1, Lot 37, Replat. SHELL/MACHACEK ]

>>> J. 1, P. L. N.-20001 -- P.C., POSSIBLE ACTION TO CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022, REGARDING STAGE COACH RANCH SECTION 1, LOT 37, REPLAT.

>>> SO MOVE. >>> SECOND. >>> JUST CALL FOR A PUBLIC

HEARING JUDGE. >>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER INC. LLESS BY.

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES.

COMMISSIONER JONES. YES. COMMISSIONER SHELL, YES.

[J2. PLN-1941 -PC; Hold a Public Hearing with possible action to approve the Rainbow Ranch Subdivision, Lot 18, Replat. SHELL/MACHACEK ]

JUDGE BA SER RE:RA, YES. J. 2. >>> P. L. N.-1941-P.C. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RAINBOW RANCH SUBDIVISION LOT 18 REPLAT.

>>> OPENING FOR PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE AGENDA ITEM PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. I SEE NO MOVEMENT. THANK YOU, NAME AND TITLE FOR

THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON. JUDGE BECERRA AND COMMISSIONERS MY NAME IS COLBY WITH THE HAYS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

RAINBOW RANCH LOT 18, THIS SA REPORTED LOT ALONG NORTH RAINBOW RANCH ROAD IN WO WIMBERLY AND TE PROPOSAL SO TO CREATE TWO LOTS 18 C. AND D., AND WATER UTILITY WILL BE PROID HAVE AD BY INDIVIDUAL WELLS, FOR EACH LOT AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES. JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY, FOR THE BACKGROUND IN 1987, THE PROPER THE I WAS KNOWN AS TRACT 1 IN THE UNRECORDED RAINBOW RANCH SUBDIVISION. 1988, TRACT 18, WAS PLATTED OR REPLATED TO CREATE 1A AND 18B, AND THEN FAST FORWARD ANOTHER 10 YEARS IN 1998, THE TRACKS WERE RESUB DWIGHTED TOGETHER BRING IG IT BACK INTO A LOT 1 CONFIGURATION, NOW, PRESENT DAY, CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER WISHES TO RESUB DIVIDE CREATING LOT 18C AND 18D. THIS PROJECT HAS PASSED THROUGH REVIEW WITH HAYS COUNTY STAFF. AND THIS ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED.

SO, THIS ONE HAS FULL STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >>> BEAUTIFUL.

COMMISSIONER? >>> ANY COMMENTS? >>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >>> COMMISSIONER SHELL.

>>> YES. COMMISSIONER JONES. >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER INGLES BY. >>> YES.

COMMISSIONER SMITH? >>> YES. JUDGE BA SERSERA.

[M2. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs. BECERRA ]

PLEASE OPEN M. 2. >>> M. 2, DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE

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POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION COUNTS AND COSTS. >>> EACH WEEK THE SHERIFF OFFICE SENTS TO MY OFFICE AND INMATE POPULATION REPORT, AND HERE IT IS.

CURRENT MAX MUM CAPACITY IS 410 INMATES JAIL RECOMMENDS HOLDING 10% OWN WHEN LOWER THE CAPACITY TO 368. THE JAIL DAILY AVERAGE WAS 643 AND PEAK WAS 651 ON THE SEPTEMBER 7TH. WE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES THIS WEEK IS 113,$000,508. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCE MALES IS 186, AND FEMALES ARE 22. THIS WEEK ESOOH INPAVEMENTS WERE ARE HOUSING THE FOLLOWING

COUNTY, BERNUT, -- [COUGHING] >>> PAPER READY INMATES WE HAVE INCHED UP AGAIN AND WE ARE AT 37.

WE CAN CLOSE IT THERE. AND, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN ALL WE HAVE LEFT ARE EXECUTIVE SESSION

[EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ]

K. 15. >>> OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY BEFORE WE GO IN,

WHENEVER Y'ALL START TO DO K. 15 I WILL LEAVE. >>> YES, SIR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. AND WHAT WE WILL DO, WE WILL TAKE AND ORDER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEN PO ZAK AND K. 15.

>>> OKAY. >>> SO, L1, EXECUTIVE SESSION, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 51.072, OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, AND/OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PROJECT --

>>> >>> >>> L2, EXECUTIVE SENSE PURSUE WENT TO SECTION 55199.071 AND .087, OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECT -- AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. K. 15, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO TERMINATE ALL COUNTY INVOLVEMENT AND/OR FUNDING FOR THE RANCH ROAD 12 AND 150

INTERSECTION. >>> OKAY. SO, IF YOU ARE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENDA ITEMS SPECIFICALLY, PLEASE CLEAR THE COURTROOM.

>>> NOTE

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