Sep 27, 2022 Regular

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU, TO RECOGNIZE YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS PLACE. WE ASK, LORD, FOR YOUR GRACE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE AND SERVE ALL THOSE WHO RESIDE IN AND VISIT THIS BEAUTIFUL REGION.

WE PRAY, LORD, GOD, KNOWING THAT YO HAVE BLESSED US TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY LIFE AND I THANK YOU, LORD, GOD, FOR GIVING US THE COURAGE AND BOLDNESS TO LEAD AS WE WALK IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH, HELP US, LORD, TO HONOR YOU IN ALL WE DO. IT IS IN JESUS'S NAME I PRAY.

AMEN. >> AMEN. >> 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 THE TEXAS, ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE COMMUNITY.

COMMISSIONER INGLE. >> HERE, COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES, HERE.

[E. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH? >> YES. >> AND JUDGE?

>> YES. HERE.

>> FELLOWS IN THE YOU AD QLOANS HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WITNESS FORM HE

WILL NOW HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK. >>> NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN BY THE COURT FROM ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WE ARE EXPECTED NOT TO RESPOND.

ALL COMMENTS ARE MEANT TO BE RHETORICAL. PLEASE KEEP YOUR BE COMMENTS AND LANGUAGE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME.

IN THE SPIRIT OF RESPECT, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. >> WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER AT IT BUT NOT ALL THE WAY. SO ONE MORE TIME, JUST CHECK. NO ONE'S GONNA JUDGE YOU.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR CELL PHONES. TIMES THEY GO BACK ON WHEN THEY GET INTO OUR POCKETS.

SO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR AN AGENDA ITEM SPECIFICALLY AND THE ONE ARE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO WITH THAT, THE GOAL IS TO GIVE YOU 3 MINUTES. THERE WILL BE A TIMER SET BY THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND WHEN IT GOES OFF, BEEP, BEEP, YOU'LL HEAR IT, AND THE INTENT IS FOR YOU TO WRAP UP. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP MID SENTENCE BUT WE DO ASK THAT YOU BE CONSIDERATE OF PEOPLE'S TIME AND BRING IT TO A CLOSE AS MOST EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.

FIRST UP, MR. EVEN WEEK RAY -- MR. ENRIQUE. THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU WILL APPROACH THE PODIUM. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

>> I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF HAYS COUNTY FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.

TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BALLOTS IN MAY OF THE 2020 ELECTION.

THIS COUNTY REPORTED 75,12, 454 ABSENTEE BALLOT. BY LAW EACH IS EXPECTED TO BE SUPPORTED BY APPLICATION AND AN ENVELOPE. AS A GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS BEFORE YOU ON THE APPLICATION RELATED TO THE ABSENTEE VOTES IN THE 2020 ELECTION.

WE RECEIVED 10,602 APPLICATIONS. THAT IS 1,852 LESS THAN THE TOTAL VOTES CERTIFIED BY THE COUNTY. ON THE APPLICATIONS, WE RECEIVED THERE WERE 2, 091.

OF THESE 1,018 VOTED ABSENTEE. AND 408 SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION BUT DID NOT VOTE.

170 SUBMIT AN APPLICATION BUT ARE NOT ON THE VOTER ROLL. 88 TOOK AN APPLICATION WITH THE WRONG NAME OR ADDRESS, AND 1,019 WERE DUPLICATES SET BY THE COUNTY AS VALID APPLICATIONS.

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WE THEREFORE HAVE 832 ENVELOPES THAT MAGICALLY DISAPPEARED. 832 INDIVIDUALS THAT VOTED ABSENTEE WITHOUT A PROPER ENVELOPE. IN THE END, WE FOUND ONLY 6,415 PROPERLY FILLED APPLICATIONS THAT MATCH AN ENVELOPE. THIS REPRESENTS 51.5% OF THE CERTIFIED ABSENTEE BALLOTS BY THE COUNTY. THAT MEANS THAT SO FAR, WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT NEARLY HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED ABSENTEE IN THE 2020 ELECTION DID SO WITHOUT APPROPRIATE APPLICATION AND/OR ENVELOPE. WE KNOW TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES GOING FORWARD TO REALLY HAVE ELECTION INTEGRITY IN OUR COUNTY.

IF WE WOULD HAVE THIS SWROATS MISSING APPLICATIONS OR ENVELOPES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COUNTED AND IMPROPERLY FILLED APPLICATIONS OR ENVELOPES WOULD HAVE BEEN REJECTED.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. MY NAME IS ESTHER SNYDER AND I LIVE IN BREWED DA. I'M HERE TO INFORM THIS BODY THAT THE LAWS GOVERNING THE ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED BY THE HAYS COUNTY ELECTION'S ADMINISTRATOR.

TO DATE HAVE YOU BEEN MADE AWARE THAT SPECIFIC LAWS HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWED, AND TODAY I AM CALLING OUT THE FAILURE OF THE LOGIC AND ACCURACY TEST. I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMIND ALL PRESENT TODAY THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT AS A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC WITH THREE EQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT RULES ARE NECESSARY TO PREVENT CHAOS AND TO PROTECT CITIZENS FROM HARM.

THE U.S. WITHOUT RULES MAKES US NO BETTER THAN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY WHERE CITIZENS ARE TREATED HAD LIKE CATTLE. IN THIS CASE, THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES HAVE CREATED AND PASSED LAWS GOVERNING ELECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PERSON'S VOTE COUNTS.

THE FEES LAWS SPECIFICALLY TITLE 42 AND TITLE 52, CANNOT BE OVERRIDDEN BY ANY PERSON OR AGENCY THAT HAYS COUNTY HAS APPOINTED AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS REPEATEDLY DECIDED TO DISOBEY ELECTION LAWS, THEREFORE, VIOLATING THE RIGHTS OF EVERY VOTING CITIZEN IN THIS COUNTY.

AGENCIES HAVE RULES TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND PROVIDE TRUST, AND OUR TRUST HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY BROKEN. LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, I AM NOT HERE TO DISPUTE THE ELECTION RESULTS OF THE 2020 ELECTION I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT MY VOTE ALONG WITH YOUR VOTE ARE PROPERLY COUNTED IN NOVEMBER 2022. HAD THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ENSURE THAT PROPER VOTES COUNTED MEANS THAT WE FOLLOW EVERY LAW THAT IS WRITTEN, AND IT IS NOT UP TO STAFF OR AN INDIVIDUAL TO VIOLATE THOSE WRITTEN LAWS. THE ACCURACY TEST, THE LOGIC AND VIEW OF THE PUBLIC. NOT ONLY WERE PARTS CONDUCTED NOT WITHIN THE FULL VIEW, SPECIFICALLY THE TEST FAILURE WAS CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC VIEW.

LET ME REPEAT THAT. THE TEST FAILURE WAS CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OF THE VERY PUBLIC, WHO MADE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE, TO ELECTION MACHINES. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS THAT THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR RERAN THE TEST AND THE PUBLIC WAS NOT PRESENT, CREATING NO TRUST IN THE VERY DEPARTMENT APPOINTED TO CONDUCT FAIR AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS.

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WHAT I AM ASKING IS TO HAVE THE TRUST AND THE VOTING SYSTEM BE APPARENT AND NOT HIDE ANY OF THE PROCESS AND THAT WE FOLLOW ALL ELECTION LAWS. AGAIN, THE LOGIC INACCURACY TEST WAS A FAIL AND SHOULD BE REPEATED IN A PUBLIC FORUM WITH ALL PARTS OF THE TESTS SEEN BY

THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND AS YOU WELL KNOW, I WAS THERE WITNESSING THIS AS WELL, AND THERE WERE PARTS WHERE THEY DID LEAVE, AND I WILL FOLLOW UP BECAUSE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.

I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE TURNED IN AND WITH WHAT YOU'VE JUST READ, BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO STAY THE WHOLE TIME. AND I WILL GET ANSWERS FOR US.

NEXT UP, MS. STACEY CARUFF. I HOPE I SAID IT RIGHT. THANK YOU.

CARUFF. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS STACEY.

AND I HAVE LIVED IN THIS COUNTY FOR SIX YEARS, AND I LOVE THIS COUNTY.

I WANT TO START BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTY. I KNOW THAT THIS CAN'T BE AN EASY JOB, AND YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU LOVE THIS COUNTY. YOU LOVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY. YOU LOVE OUR STATE. AND I'M A BUSINESS OWNER, AND, YOU KNOW, THE LAWS IN OUR COUNTRY GIVE US ORDER AND KEEP US FROM HAVING CHAOS AND KEEP PEOPLE FROM DOING WHAT APPEARS RIGHT IN THEIR OWN EYES, OR ACCORDING TO THEIR JUDGMENT.

AND I WANT TO -- WHO DO I HAND PAPERS TO? THE ONE IN THE GREEN?

>> THIS IS PRETTY SIMPLE, THE ELECTION CODE FROM TEXAS, TITLE 8 ON THE VOTING SYSTEMS, CHAPTER 20 AND IT LAYS OUT THE PARAMETERS FOR THE VOTING MACHINES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NEW. BEFORE WE WERE USING PAPER BALLOTS.

SO IT TALKS ABOUT THE -- THAT THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY THAT THE SYSTEM IS CERTIFIED BY THE STATE, PERFORM THE DIAGNOSTIC, THE HARDWARE TEST ON THE SYSTEM, AND THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC PARAMETERS. AND ONE OF THEM THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IS THE LOGIC INACCURACY AND THAT SECTION 129.022, HARPER DIAGNOSTIC TEST, SAYS THE GENERAL BE CUSTODIAN OF ELECTION RECORDS SHALL CONDUCT A SUCCESSFUL HARDWARE DIAGNOSTIC TEST BEFORE VOTING SYSTEM IS USED IN AN ELECTION. AND IT SAYS THAT IT MUST ENSURE THAT EACH PART OF THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS PROPERLY, AND THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC PARAMETERS UNDER C WHERE IT -- THEY HAVE TO TEST THE VARIOUS KIND OF VOTES, THE MAIL-IN VOTE, A DISABLED& VOTE, THE PROFESSIONAL VOTE, AND ON NUMBER 9 IT SAYS REQUIRE THAT WHEN ALL VOTES ARE CAST, THAT CUSTODIAN OF ELECTION SERVE THE

TABULATION THAT THE BALLOTS ARE COMPARED TO THE ACTUAL RESULTS. >> ONCE AGAIN, THE TEST IS SUCCESSFUL IF THE ACTUAL RESULTS ARE IDENTICAL TO THE EXPECTED RESULTS.

AND FROM WHAT I GATHER, I WASN'T AT THE PUBLIC MEETING BUT WHAT WAS DONE IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC THAT CAME BACK AND SAID IT DIDN'T PASS, AND I WOULD JUST I FEEL LIKE THIS NEEDS TO BE REDONE IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AND IF THAT CAN'T BE DONE BEFORE ELECTION, I THINK WE NIEWD HAD SHOULD GO TO PAPER, SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IS ACCURATE AND EVERY VOTE COUNTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR LITERALLY PRINTING IT, HIGHLIGHTING, HANDING IT OUT AND YOU SPOON FEEDING FUNDAMENTALS TO US.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> GENUINELY GRATEFUL. >> JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, SUSAN COOKE, THE CANDIDATE FOR WALT SMITH'S PLACE. AND I'M HERE AGAIN TO TALK TO

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BECAUSE HE'S MY COMMISSIONER. >> WE'RE DEALING WITH WHAT I CALL THE THREE ROADS NO ONE ASKED FOR. I'M WONDERING SOMETIMES WHO Y'ALL WORK FOR.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU GET A DECENT SALARY FROM THE COUNTY SURELY ENOUGH THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT YOU WORK FOR US. BUT LIKE RECENTLY WHEN COMMISSIONER SMITH WAS ARRESTED, HE TOLD PEOPLE HE WORKED FOR THE MALLARD GROUP WHICH CHANGED THE WAY THAT HIS OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE WAS HANDLED BECAUSE HE WAS HIS OWN BOSS. THOUGH I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT, JUST SOMETHING I SAW ONLINE UNDER, YOU KNOW, SECRETARY OF STATE COOPERATION DOCUMENTS, THAT YOU ONLY MADE LESS THAN $15,000 FOR THE MALLARD GROUP LAST YEAR, THOUGH, YOU MADE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT FROM THE COUNTY. BUT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO TELL TRAVIS COUNTY THAT YOU WERE AN EMPLOYEE OF HAYS COUNTY WHEN YOU'VE GOT POPPED FOR DWI.

JUST STRANGE. I MEAN, WHO DO YOU WORK FOR. AND THREE ROADS IN QUESTION, ONE IS THE EXTENSION OF 1 NAIFT NOBODY ASKED FOR. THE OTHER IS AN EXTENSION OF I-35 IN MOPAK THAT NOBODY ASKED FOR, AND THE OTHER IS AN EXTENSION OF THE SCARMAT ALL THE WAY TO 150, AGAIN, NOBODY ASKED FOR. THAT'S NOT TOTALLY TRUE, THE PEOPLE WHO ASKED FOR THEM ARE ROAD COMPANIES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN MONEY FROM.

SO WHO DO YOU WORK FOR? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

>> NEXT UP, MR. DAVID PATERSON. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE ALSO.

WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS NOT EASY AT ALL, BUT I'LL SAY IT. I'M HERE TO ASK MARK JONES AND WALT SMITH TO RETURN THE $5,000 THEY RECEIVED FROM THE ENGINEERING COMPANY CP AND Y.

I HOPE MY COMMISSIONERS TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S LEGAL. I DON'T WANT MY COMMISSIONERS DOING BUSINESS AND TAKING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM COMPANIES THAT WILL BE SOLICITING CONTRACTS.

IT DOESN'T PASS THE SMELL TEST. I WOULD ALSO ASK COMMISSIONER JONES TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THE START OF 45 TO THE PUBLIC, THAT HE TELLS HIS CONSTITUENT THAT IS IT WILL BE AT LEAST 10 YEARS AND PROBABLY LONGER BEFORE A SINGLE CAR WILL GO DOWN THAT ROAD.

IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WE'LL HAVE 100,000 MORE PEOPLE IN HAYS COUNTY.

WE CAN'T HANDLE WHAT WE HAVE NOW. THAT BRINGS UP MY FINAL POINT, 450,000 PEOPLE GONNA BE LIVING HERE APPROXIMATELY 2032. WE'RE GONNA BRING WATER FROM THE CREEKS OF WILCOX. AIN'T IT SPHWHOIFL SO EVERYBODY IN THE CITIES, THEY'RE GONNA GET WATER, DON'T COST THEM MORE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE WATER. THIS USED TO A RURAL COUNTY WHERE YOU PEOPLE DRILLED WELLS PRIMARILY. A PRICE OF A NEW WELL, $40,000 FOR MY PLACE. PUT THE WELL IN IN '83 FOR 58. I WENT TO COUNTY TO FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SOLE SERVICE AQUA FIR EITHER WITH THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL WELLS OR A PUBLIC PRIVATE COMMUNITY WELL, AND I WANT THE COUNTY TO START MAKING A PLAN FOR THE NEXT SEVEN-YEAR DROUGHT LIKE WE HAD IN THE 50S. THEY HAD THEM BURN THE CROPS AND SLAUGHTER THE LIVESTOCK. AND THERE WAS 7% OF THE POPULATION THAT WAS RECORDED IN 2020 CENSUS. EVERYBODY IN THE CITY IS GOING TO BE FINE.

THIS WAS A VERY RURAL COUNTY. WHAT'S THE PLAN? HOW ARE YOU GONNA HELP ALL THOSE FOLKS? WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SOLE SOURCE.

LET'S DO A STUDY. LET'S GET OUT IN FRONT OF THIS. IT'S THE ICEBERG.

WE'RE THE TITANTIC WE CAN CHANGE COURSE. I WANT MY COMMISSIONERS TO COME UP WITH A COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S ASSOCIATION TO LOBBY OUR LEGISLATORS WHO ARE IN THE

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

>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE MR. JEFF KAUFMAN. IS.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. I APPRECIATE THE UNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY. ABOUT A WEEK AGO I READ IN THE PAPER THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH, PRECINCT 4, MY NEW COMMISSIONER, HAS HAD AN OUTSTANDING DWI CHARGE DROPPED FROM A TRAFFIC INCIDENT LAST YEAR. IT WAS HUSHED UP FOR ABOUT 17 MONTHS UNTIL VERY RECENTLY WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED BY A JOURNALIST. THE CHARGE WAS DROPPED AT A HEARING IN TRAVIS COUNTY SEPTEMBER 16TH. COURT RECORDS SAY THAT MR. SMITH CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE ON LAKE AUSTIN BOULEVARD ON APRIL 28TH OF '21, AND THAT AN OFFICER OBSERVED MR. SMITH HAD BLOOD SHOT AND GLASSY EYES AND HE WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED ACCORDING TO THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT, SMITH REFUSED TO TAKE A BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST AND BLOOD TEST. WHO GETS TO DO THAT, EXCEPT A PRIVILEGED POLITICIAN WITH GREAT CONNECTIONS. HE MISREPRESENTED THE RESULT OF HAD HIS CASE IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AND DECLARED HIS INNOCENCE WAS CONFIRMED. BUT IN FACT, HE CAUGHT THE PLEA TO A MISDEMEANOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION AND ACCEPTED 9 MONTHS PROBATION AND NOW HE MUST BREATHE INTO A BREATHALYZER BEFORE HIS VEHICLE HE WILL EVEN FIRE UP.

HE WAS NOT PROVEN INNOCENT AS I SAID BUT EXPECTED A NOLO CONTENDRE RESULT ALONG WITH

PUNISHMENT. THAT IS NOT LEADERSHIP. >> AROUND THE SAME TIME, COMMISSIONER SMITH WAS PLEADING NO CONTEST, HE AND COMMISSIONER JONES, MY FORMER COMMISSIONERS, LIED HAD IN COMMISSIONER COURT TO CONVINCE MEMBERS TO SPEND $2.5 MILLION ON THE STATE HIGHWAY 45 EXTENSION. THIS PROJECT CAN'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT OPPOSE IT. BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP MR. SMITH AND MR. JONES. ON AUGUST 30TH, DURING THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THEY LIED, MISLED THE COURT IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE $2.5 MILLION FOR AN ENGINEERING STUDY FOR THE EXTENSION THAT GOES THROUGH BUDA. WHEN A ROAD PROJECT CROSSES COUNTY LINES -- AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, COMMISSIONERS. I'M JUST REMINDING YOU.

WHEN IT CROSSES COUNTY LINES, THE PROJECT NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.

IT SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE CAMPO 10-YEAR PLAN. THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT SENT YOU ALL A LETTER THAT SAID THEY DID NOT SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND THAT JONES AND SMITH MISCHARACTERIZED CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, AND THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT IN THE CAMPO 10-YEAR PLAN AS THEY SAID IT WAS IN FRONT OF THE COURT. THIS WAS NOT A SIMPLE MISUNDERSTANDING. THIS WAS A PURPOSEFUL FRAGMENT FABRICATION ON THEIR PART.

I WONDER IF IT IS SIMPLY COINCIDENTAL THAT A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE COMPANY THAT WAS AWARDED THE ENGINEERING CONTRACT, CP AND Y INCORPORATED, ALSO DONATED $2500 EACH TO MR. SMITH AND MR. JONES. I'LL WRAP IT UP. LYING TO ONE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ABOUT ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL EVEN SIT AND THEN REWARDING POLITICAL DONORS SEEMS PRETTY FISHY TO ME AND I WONDER IF THIS BOARD IS UNDER CRIMINAL CONDUCT WOULD I LIKE TO YOU DO? I REQUEST THAT THE CONTRACT FOR THE STUDY BE VOIDED AND PERHAPS RELET. ALSO I ASK COMMISSIONER SMITH AND JONES TO RETURN THE $2500

DONATIONS THAT NOW SEEM TAINTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT UP, MR. DAN LYON. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE, SIR AND COMMISSIONERS.

I BELIEVE HAD THAT IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE THREE REPUBLICANS ON THIS COURT, SHOWING A DRAG QUEEN ON THE STAGE IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE, ACCEPTING MONEY FROM A CHILD DURING, QUOTE, PRIDE WEEK, UNQUOTE.

THE DRAG QUEEN TOOK THE BILLS, DANCED AROUND COUPLE OF STEPS AND THREW THEM IN THE AIR.

WHILE I WOULD NEVER TELL CONSENTING ADULTS WHAT IS THEY CAN OR CANNOT DO BEHIND CLOSED

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TO THE PARENTS, THESE CHILDREN WHOM I WOULD ASSUME ARE TRYING TO TEACH TOLERANCE OUT OF RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT. CHILDREN TEND TO EMULATE WHAT THEY SEE AROUND THEM AND IF THEY ARE EXPOSED TO UNFAMILIAR SITUATIONS AT TOO YOUNG OF AN AGE, THEY BECOME CONFUSED. WE HAVE ENOUGH OF A PROBLEM WITH THE DEBAUCHERY IE PUBLIC DRINKING, THE MAYOR OF SAN MARCOS PROSPECTS, ESPECIALLY ON FROM I AND SATURDAY NIGHTS.

NOW WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER WHO SEEMS TO BE ABOVE THE LAW. FOLKS'S MORAL DECAY PERCOLATES FROM THE TOP ON DOWN. IF I WERE -- IF OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS WON'T OBEY THE LAW, DON'T EXPECT THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY TO OBEY THEM. AND I'M STILL EXPECTING TO GET A REPLY FROM THE THREE REPUBLICANS TO WHOM I SENT THOSE HAD FILMS AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE WORKING ON A REPLY RIGHT NOW. I'M SURE YOU ALREADY ARE WORKING ON IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> DAN, JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU RECEIVED A REPLY FROM ME WITHIN

ABOUT 20 MINUTES. YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL. >> I APPRECIATE THAT, THANKS.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT UP, MR. DAVID LENKY, IF YOU'LL PLEASE APPROACH THE

PODIUM. >> JUDGE PASERA, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK AND MAYBE SWERVE THE TOPIC AGENTS HERE. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IDENTITY THEFT FOR A SECOND. I JUST DEALT WITH THREE INSTANCES OF CREDIT CARD FRAUD.

WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU, IT'S PERSONAL. WEAPON HEAR ABOUT IT ON THE NEWS, AND IT'S JUST SOME THING, HACKERS DOING THAT, WHATEVER. WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU IT'S PERSONAL. SOMEBODY GOT UP IN THE MORNING AND APPLIED COMPUTER HACKING SKILLS, PASSWORD GUESSING SKILLS, WHATEVER IT TOOK TO BYPASS BANKING SECURITY MEASURES SO THEY COULD GET IN MY ACCOUNT, TAKE WHAT WAS MINE AND USE IT FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES AND IT DIDN'T STOP WITH THE MONEY. I'LL NEVER GET BACK THE TIME AND WORK IT TOOK TO FIX IT.

HOURS MY TIME IS THE BANK STAFF, WE'RE STILL -- THE THIEVES WEREN'T CAUGHT.

THEY'RE RARELY CAUGHT. WHEN DID WE EVER HEAR OF IDENTITY THIEF BEING CAUGHT AND PROSECUTED. THESE PEOPLE DON'T GET CAUGHT. THEY GOT UP THIS MORNING TO WORK ON DOING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND NOT JUST TO ME BUT TO YOU AND TO AS MANY OF US AS THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH BECAUSE HAD THIS IS WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING. I'LL TAKE THIS POINT ONE STEP FURTHER, WHAT IF THE THIEF WHO TOOK MY MONEY USED IT TONIGHT BUY DRUGS OR IMPORTANT GLEAF AND GIVE IT TO MY KIDS. HOW BADLY WOULD WE ALL WANT TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE THAT PROSECUTED. SO TODAY'S ISSUE, IF EVEN ONE PERSON GETS UP IN THE MORNING TO CAST A FRAUDULENT VOTE IN HAYS COUNTY OR TO HACK A LESS THAN BANKING LEVEL SECURE MACHINE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE OR CAMPAIGNING VOTES AND SUCCEEDS, THEN SOMEONE'S IGNORING PERSONAL VOTE, REGARDLESS OF PARTY, HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM THEM. NOT JUST LOST OR MIXED UP LIKE MOST OF THE "VOTER TERMINOLOGY" SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT AND HE BOWER REPRESENTATIVES THAT MIGHT FIGHT FOR BELIEFS AND PRACTICES. THEY BELIEVE WITH ALL THEIR HAD HEARTS TO BE WRONG.

THEY WON'T GET CAUGHT MANY WHO HAVE SPOKEN HERE HAVE LISTED THE MEANS ALREADY PROVIDED FOR IN THE ELECTION CODE TO GET AHEAD OF ATTEMPTS THAT VOTER OR ELECTION FRAUD.

YOU CAN USE YOUR AUTHORITY ENTRUSTED TO YOU BY THE VOTERS OF HAYS COUNTY TO ENSURE WE ADHERE TO THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE AND ENSURE THE SECURITY OF OUR VOTES AND REINFORCE OUR CONFIDENCE IN YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE HAVE TO USE WHAT CAN'T BE HACKED, AND IT'S ALREADY RIGHT THERE IN THE CODE. BUT IF YOU WORK TO EN ENFORCE TEXAS ELECTION CODE AND GET AHEAD OF POTENTIAL FRAUD, WE WILL APPLY TO YOUR ACTION AND WE WILL HAPPILY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU AS YOU SERVE OUR BE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

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OBVIOUSLY THIS DATA WAS BATCHED, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE ARE CONCERNED CITIZENS CONTINUE TO ASK ABOUT SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED BALLOTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO NUMBERING THE BALLOTS FOR THE NOVEMBER OF 2020 HAD ELECTION AND I WOULD ASK THIS COURT WOULD ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. INCIDENTLY, AN EMAIL EXCHANGE SHOWS THERE WAS AN INVENTORY OF 99,000 NUMBERED BALLOTS AND STOCK.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE DISPOSITION OF THOSE BALLOTS AND IF THEY STILL EXIST IN THE INVENTORY. YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT EMAIL. IF SO, THEY SHOULD BE USED IN A COMING ELECTION. CITIZENS HAVE ALSO CAST VOTE RECORD FROM THE 2020 ELECTION AND STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT. AT THE END OF AUGUST THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR STATED IN THE LOCAL MILES PER HOUR THAT THEY DO HAVE THE CVR FILES IN THE ARCHIVES.

WHY HAVE WE NOT RECEIVED THIS CRITICAL PIECE OF DATA TO DATE? WHEN WILL THESE BE GENERATED AND DISPERSED TO THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY FOR THEIR PER USUAL? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ELETIONS DEPARTMENT ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS, FOREGOING QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS TO THIS

COURT PUBLICALLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>>> AND WHEN YOU POINTED OUT THAT YOU HAD SUBMITTED SOME INFORMATION, I IMMEDIATELY FORWARDED IT TO THE COMMISSIONERS. NEXT UP, WE HAVE MR. JORDAN

BUCKLEY. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COMPETITIONERS AND JUDGE. TWO THINGS I WANT TO ADDRESS. I PUT DISHONESTY AND CORRUPTION ON THE FORM. THE FIRST IS I'VE HEARD THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH HAS BEEN DECLARED OF A CONSPIRACY OF LEFTIST COPS IN AUSTIN. I WANT TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE INNOCENCE CONFIRED. WHEN THEY GIVE YOU 9 MOOJTS PROBATION AND A PROBATION OFFICER THAT'S NOT BECAUSE YOUR NOONS BEEN CONFIRMED, AND WHEN THE STATE OBLIGATIONS YOU TO TAKE A DRUNK DRIVING COURSE, IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOUR INNOCENCE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.

LOOKING AT SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING RIGHT NOW I'M SURE. WHEN THEY INSTALL AN IGNITION LOCK ON YOUR TRUCK, SO IF YOU DECIDE TO TAKE A LEAK IN THE PARKING LOT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO BLOW INTO YOUR IGNITION, IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOUR INNOCENCE WAS CONFIRMED, IT'S BECAUSE THE STATE DOESN'T TRUST YOU. AND YOU SAY IT'S A CONSPIRACY. IF IT'S A WEEKDAY AT 3:00 A.M.

AND YOU SMASH INTO THE BACK OF A BOX TRUCK ON AN OTHERWISE EMPTY STREET, YEAH, THE COPS ARE GONNA STOP YOU. YOU SAID IN YOUR STATEMENT, QUOTE, I WAS INFORMED THAT I WAS UNDER ARREST FOR DWI EVEN THOUGH NO BLOOD WAS DRAWN, NO BLETLIZER GIVEN AND OFFICERS AT THE SCENE EXPRESSED NO SUSPICION OF IMPAIRMENT. IF COPS HAD YOU STAND ON ONE LEG AND TRIED GET YOU TO DO A WALK AND BACK AND HOLD UP A FLASHLIGHT IN FRONT YOUR EYES AND MOVE IT BACK AND FORTH, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SUSPICION THAT YOU'RE IMPAIRED, SIR. IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. WHEN THERE'S NO BLOOD DRAWN OR BREATHALYZER BEGIN, THAT'S LITERALLY WHY YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED BECAUSE YOU REFUSED TO PROVE YOUR SO SOBRIETY VOLUNTARILY THROUGH A BREATHALYZER.

PEOPLE AREN'T AS LOW IQ AS YOU ASSUME THEY ARE, SIR. AND IT'S REALLY INSULTING.

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ON NOVEMBER 9TH OF LAST YEAR, $5,000 WAS GIVEN TO THESE TWO COMMISSIONERS FROM CM WISE PACK.

AS YOU KNOW LAST MONTH TRAVIS COUNTY -- EARLIER THIS MONTH, TRAVIS COUNTY SENT A UNANIMOUS HAD LETTER SIGNED BY EVERYONE OVER THE COURT DECRYING THE FACT THAT JOSEPH AND SMITH LIED TO ALL OF YOU RIGHT HERE IN ORDER TO GET THEIR CAMPAIGN DONORS TO CONTRACT A $2.5 MILLION PROJECT.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE LETTER FROM TRAVIS COUNTY THAT SAID WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT DURING THE BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM, HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JONES AND SMITH, CHARACTERIZED THE VIEWS OF TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JONES AND PAVILION AS, QUOTE, VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE PROJECT. WE ARE WRITING TO MAKE CLEAR THIS IS NOT AN ACCURATE PORTRAYAL. THIS WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC OVER ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTALLY PRECIOUS LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE WATER QUALITY PROTECTION LANDS, EDWARDS AQUA FIR, ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITAT AND CONSERVATION UNITS. THE INCREASED TRAFFIC WOULD PUT THE REGION'S WATER QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENT AT GREATEST RISK. I'M CALLING ON THESE COMMISSIONERS TO GIVE BACK THE $5,000 FROM THE FIRM THAT YOU LIED FOR AND TO HELP WITH THE CONTRACT. WE'RE NOT AS STUPID AS YOU ACT LIKE WE ARE.

WE KNOW YOU TOOK THIS MONEY IN NOVEMBER AND WORD THE CONTRACT TO LIE TO US AND GET THE MONEY

BACK. >> THANK YOU, SIR. AND OUR LAST SPEAKER SIGNED UP

UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS IS MS. KAREN MUNIOS. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH, I'M NOT HERE TO ATALK, AND I DO FEEL BAD FOR EVERYONE DOING THAT, AND I GUESS THE REASON IT'S SO UPSETTING IS BECAUSE THERE ARE COUNTS STORIES LIKE -- IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE POLITICIANS OR POLICE BE GIVEN A PASS WHILE SO MANY PEOPLE JUST WAKE UP EVERY MORNING IN HAYS COUNTY JAIL AND JAILS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SO I BROUGHT THIS. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SARAH GRAVES CASE BEFORE AND I WANTED TO COMMENT, MAKE SURE YOU ALL HEAR WHAT'S IN HERE AND I'LL SENDS EVERYONE AN EMAIL RIGHT AFTER THIS. NOW THAT GRAY WAS FINALLY FACING A JUDGE AND JURY, THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AGAINST HIM SEEMED FLIMSY AT BEST.

NO WEAPON NO, FINGERPRINTS NO, DNA, NO IDENTIFYING WITNESSES, NO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE NO, MOTIVE, NOTHING ACTUALLY CONNECTING HIM TO THE CRIME. THE PROSECUTION'S CASE ALMOST RELIED ON CELL PHONE DATA KNOWN TO BE UNRELIABLE PARTICULARLY AT THAT TIME PERIOD.

IT APPEARED THIS MAN MIGHT BE CONVICTED WITHOUT EVIDENCE AND NO ONE IN THE COURTROOM, NOT THE STATE, THE DEFENSE COUNCIL OR THE JUDGE SEEMED ALARMED. THERE WAS AN EERIE NORMAL SEAT TO THE PUBLIC CALLOUSNESS PLAYING OUT BEFORE OUR EYES. IT GOES ON, THE PROBLEMATIC INVESTIGATION, FILM WITHSY EVIDENCE, INVESTIGATORS INTIMIDATING WITNESSES INTO MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS AND THOSE WITNESSES LATER RECANTING THOSE STATEMENTS AND WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MURDER ENGAGED A MAN'S JUSTICE, HIS FAMILY DESERVED JUSTICE BUT ONLY IF THE TRUE PERPETRATORS ARE FOUND SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT COULD BE RULED BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THEY ARE GUILTY. THROUGHOUT MY TIME IN THE JUROR BOX MY HEART BROKE FOR FAMILIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CASE. THE DEFENDANTS WATCHED THEIR SON BE DRAGGED TOWARD A CONVICTION WITHOUT EVIDENCE AND THE VICTIM'S FAMILY WATCHED THEIR SON'S DEATH PLAY OUT IN FRONT OF THEM. THE FAMILY WANTS CLOSURE AFTER YEARS OF FRUSTRATING INVESTIGATIONS AND WAITING. IT PAIN MEASE THAT THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR SORROW MAY STILL BE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE TRIAL LASTED OVER TWO WEEKS AND THE JURY REMAINED DEADLOCKED, EVEN AFTER THREE DAYS OF DELIBERATIONS RESULTING IN A MISTRIAL.

IT HINGED ON WHETHER THEY BELIEVED THAT THE PROSECUTION'S FLIMSY STORY ON WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED OVEN THE NIGHT OF A MURDER OR FAVOR AN ACQUITTAL BASED ON THE LACK OF EVIDENCE OF THE DEFENDANT AND POTENTIALLY SENDING AWAY A MAN FOR LIFE. KEEPING A PERSON IN JAIL.

THE PROSECUTION UNDER THE DIRECTION HAS COMMITTED TO TRYING HAD THIS CASE A SECOND TIME BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 31ST, 2022. MEANWHILE, CYRUS REMAINS IN JAIL AWAITING A NEW TRIAL. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I REALLY URGE YOU GUYS TO READ THIS ENTIRE ARTICLE, AND AGAIN UNDERSTAND HAD CHECKS AND BALANCES, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF

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COUNTY JAIL. -- THAT PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING. >> AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC

COMMENTS PORTION. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN -- >> JUDGE, I DO HAVE SOME OTHER

COMMENTS... >> IT'S SORRY. I WENT BY MY STACK.

GO AHEAD. >> OKAY. THE FIRST IS FROM ALEX DEALOBOS.

AS A CITIZEN OF HAYS COUNTY I WATCHED IN HORROR AS RECENT EVENTS UNFOLDED.

HAYS COUNTY'S IN DIRE NEED OF A CODE OF ETHICS GOVERNING THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, CURRENTLY PRIVATE CORPORATIONS CAN PROFIT FROM OUR TAX DOLLARS FROM THE SHAMELESS SELF OF SOME OF OUR ELECTED COMMISSIONERS. BUT SOUTHWESTERN LLC SHIPS OFF PLEA TRIAL DETAINEES TO A FAR-AWAY DETENTION CENTER AT HIGH COSTS FOR US TAXPAYERS AND HUGE COSTS BY DETAINEES NOT YET GUILTY OF A CRIME. OUR MONEY IS BEING USE FOR THE QUESTIONABLE EXTENSION OF SH45, DISREGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS FROM INCREASED TRAFFIC TO NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON OUR ALREADY STRESSED AQUA FIRS. COMMISSIONER JONES LIED TO THE COURT TO PUSH THIS THROUGH SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY GOT CAMPAIGN DONATIONS FROM CPNY.

COMMISSIONER JONES MAKING A LAUGHING STOCK OF THE METROPOLITAN -- PLANNING ORGANIZATION BIG NORRING ITS PURPOSE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION AND DRAGGING TRAVIS COUNTY INTO ITS PAY TO PLAY SCHEME AND WALT SMITH IS USING HIS POSITION OF POWER TO GET A PLEA DEAL THAT LETS HIM OFF THE HOOK FOR CRIMINAL AND NEGLIGENT DRUNK DRIVING CHARGES, EVEN THOUGH SMITH WAS SEEN ON VIDEO DRINKING AND DRVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AGAIN JUST MONTHS AFTER HIS ARREST. THIS REMINDS ME OF THE COVER-UP WITH COMMISSIONER MARK JONES AND THEN THE JAMES KOHLER CASE. THE STANDS SUBSTANTIAL FOR PRECINCT 2 HE SIGNED AN ID CARDS FOR KOHLER ALLOWING COALER TO ILLEGALLY CARRY A LAW ENFORCEMENT BADGE AND GUN.

THE FALSE FICTION BY THIS M TYPE OF MUCH DOCUMENT IS A DISPLOAN HAS A STATUTE OF LIMITATION BY SEVEN YEARS. THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSEQUENCES TO THIS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

THESE TWO COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT GOOD COMMISSIONERS, THEY'RE HYPOCRITES.

WE KNOW A COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAD THAT IS TRANSPARENT AND WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE AND HAS THE WELL, ABOUT OF HAYS COUNTY AS A GOAL. WE KNOW GOOD GOVERNMENT, NOT THE SECRET GOOD OLD BOYS CLUB.

WE KNOW A CODE OF HE'DICS THAT HAS PLAGUED THE COMMISSIONERS FORTH.

NEXT COMMENT IS FROM ANTONIO PALACEOS. I UNDERSTAND THAT MARK JONES IS OUR HAYS COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD OF THE CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION OR CAMPO. COMMISSION OF AN MPO IS TO CLAIVELY -- A KEYWORD IS COLLABORATIVELY. WHAT IS MARK JONES OF ALL PEOPLE DOING PUSHING AN $SH45 EXTENSION PROJECT THAT THE COUNTY'S COMMISSION'S COURT IS OPPOSED TO.

IS THIS NOT TO BE WORKED OUT BETWEEN CAMPO? WHAT'S TO STOP THE COUNTY AFTER MILLIONS TAX DOLLARS ARE WASTED ON A ROAD TO NOWHERE OR IS THE MILLIONS OF WASTED TAX DOLLARS TO MARK JONES CAMPAIGN DONORS ACTUALLY FEATURE AND NOT ABOVE. THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND MARK JONES SHOULD RESIGN FROM THE CAMPO BOARD.

WHAT WOULD THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT DO ABOUT THE BLATANT LIES THAT MARTIN WALT TOLD TO GET COMMISSIONERS VOTES TO CUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THEIR CAMPAIGN DRIVERS.

WILL THEY CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM A DIFFERENT TYPE OF JUSTICE SYSTEM THAN THE RESIGNATION OF US. MARKET WALT'S BEHAVIOR IS CONTROL.

THIS IS FROM ERIC BRAN DDOLF. AS A TAX PAIR, I CALL ON MARK JONES, WALT SMITH AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO VOTE NO ON ANY CONTRACTS IN WHICH MY MONEY IS BEING GIVEN TO YOUR CAMPAIGN DONORS. THAT LETTER FROM THE TRAVIS COUNTY EXHIBITIONERS COURT ESSENTIALLY ACCUSING MARK JONES PURGERED HIMSELF. IT'S AN IMPAIRMENT FOR OUR COUNTY. THE SUBSEQUENT REVOLUTIONS THAT THEY TOOK, 5,000 IN DONATIONS FROM THE CP CP AND Y A TRACK. AND THEN CERTAINED -- TURNED AROUND THE PROJECT AND MIKES ME QUESTIONABLY BE MOTIVATED. I'M INSISTENT THAT CP AND Y WHO ARE GETTING SHAKEN DOIRCH FEW

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CORRECTIONS WEST LLC. >> FOR THOSE WHO VOTED IN FAVOR THIS SHOWS THE LIP CONFER YOU'RE PAYING FOR IS JUST THAT, LIP CONFER. ITS GARNLTSED REVENUE POSITIONS IN THE CONTRACTOR IS ESPECIALLY HARD TO SWALLOW. ED VAST MAJORITY THESE PEOPLE ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT, LOCKING THEM UP IN A PRIVATE FOR PROFIT PRISON FAR FROM HOME AND FROM THEIR DEFENSE ATTORNEYS. EAST COUNTY ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

WHY IS THAT? POTHOLES KEEP SHOWING UP EVERYWHERE AND THE PLAN SOMETHING TERRIBLE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTY WHERE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED BY PUTTING A HIGHLY PAID COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OUT THERE TO MANUALLY OVERRIDE AN AUTOMATIC TRAVEL -- TRAFFIC LIGHT FOR POLITICAL GAIN. WE KNOW SAFE, WELL-PLANNED AND PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS. THE GOOD PEOPLE OF PRECINCT 2 DESERVE BETTER.

[F1. Adopt a Proclamation declaring October 2022 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.]

THAT CONCLUDES YOUR COMMENTS? >> THAT'S ALL OF THE WRITTEN COMMENTS.

>> WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN F1. >> F1, PRESENTATION AND PROCLAMATIONS.

ADOPT A PROCLAMATION DECLARING OCTOBER 2022 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

>> SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER LEE. >> OH, YEAH.

SORRY. GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION.

PROCLAMATION DECLARING OCTOBER 2022 BREPS CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

WHERE AS BREAST CANCER IS THE NUMBER ONE CANCER IN WOMEN AND MOST DIAGNOSED CANCER OF WOMEN AND SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH. WHERE AS PREVENTATIVE SCREENING HELPS FIND BREAST CANCER EARLY AND MORE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED. MAMMOGRAPHY IS THE BEST WAY TO DETECT CHANGES LONG BEFORE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS CAN BE SEEN OR FELT WHERE AS THE LONG DELAYS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THREATENED TO INCREASE DISPARITIES IN BREAST CANCER OUTCOMES WHERE AS THE U.S. PREVENTATIVE SERVICE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS A SCREENING MAMMOGRAM EVERY OTHER YEAR FOR WOMEN AGES 50 TO 74 YEARS WHO ARE AT RISK AND ADVISED TO DISCUSS WITH THEIR DOCTOR ABOUT PERSONAL RISKS AND WHERE AS A PROGRAM POWERED BY UNITED WAY FOR AUSTIN IS DEDICATED TO INCREASING ACCESS TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING AND CARE IN THREE CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES AND HAYS COUNTY HAS DEDICATED AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING TO EXPAND ACCESS TO SCREENING DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR UNINSURED WOMEN, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2022 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGES ALL WOMEN WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR RECOMMENDED SCREENING TO MAKE AN AN APPOINTMENT TO GET A PREVENTATIVE SCREENING MAMMOGRAM PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE THROUGH AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND MANY HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS ADOPTED

THE 27TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2022. >> BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN.

WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND, PLEASE CALL A ROLE AND THEN WE'LL CALL YOU...

>> IT'S COMMISSIONER INGLESVY... IN THE COMMISSIONERS ALL VOTE YES] WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM FOR ANY COMMENTS? IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR A PICK IF

YOU HAVE TIME. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. LZ THANK YOU FOR AGAIN FOR YOUR

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>> WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WOMEN IN HAYES COUNTY AND HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE DABBLE. ALSO BEFORE YOU WALK AWAY, WILL YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE

VIEWING PUBLIC? . >> I WANT TO THANK EL HAD LEN AND DANIEL FOR BEING HERE AND BRINGING THAT AWARENESS. SO MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE GO TO OUR LIVES WITHOUT REALLY BEING AS AWARE AS WE SHOULD BE ON CERTAIN DISEASES AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO ALL OF US BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING THAT WE GAVE YOU. I HOPE THAT THAT HE WILL HELP TO -- HELP WOMEN THAT ARE IN NEED THAT CAN'T OTHERWISE AFFORD TO GET THIS TYPE OF SERVICE AND SCREENING.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. THANK YOU.

>> THE OUTAGE HAD HAS GOTTA BE OVER 10 YEARS AGO. >> SEPTEMBER OF 2020.

>> I MEAN, TWO YEARS AGO IS WHEN WE STARTED, I GUESS. AND I' EXCITED TO ALSO SHARE THAT THE TWO MOBILE UNITS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND AT THE LAST REPORT I GOT WE HAD AT LEAST FOUR WOMEN THAT HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER THROUGH THE EARLY SCREENING PROCESS AND THE IMPORTANT PART ABOUT THOSE UNITS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHEREVER WE FIRST STARTED THIS, THAT IT WAS REALLY PUT EVENTUAL PERSPECTIVE THROUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD, WAS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN DURING COVID, THE FIRST THING TO BE IMPACTED WAS EARLY SCREENING. NOT JUST OF BREAST CANCER BUT ALL CANCER.

AND THERE ARE SO MANY WOMEN OUT HAD THERE WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HAVE THAT EARLY SCREENING DURING THAT PROCESS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT DIAGNOSIS RATES NOW, ONCE THE SCREENING OPERATIONS ARE OPENED, THEY'RE MUCH, MUCH HIGHER THAN THEY WERE DURING THAT PERIOD BECAUSE THEY JUST DID HAVE ACCESS. AND I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THE MOBILE UNITS THAT TRULY GIVE ACCESS COUNTYWIDE TO AREAS THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD IN THE PAST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON IT.

>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND CONTINUED STEADFAST LEADERSHIP IN ADDRESSING THAT BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THESE CONVERSATIONS IT WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF A LOT OF THE UNCERTAINTY AND ACTION BEING TAKEN BY THE PANDEMIC AND WE

CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS HAVE RESOURCES >> AND AS YOU WELL KNOW, HAD MY WIFE HAS DEDICATED HER HAD LIFE TO HELPING TBOAX BREAST CANCER, AND IT IS A -- UNFORTUNATELY DURING COVID, IT IS A PIECE IN WHAT SHE DOES THAT DIDN'T SLOW DOWN.

PEOPLE COULDN'T STOP. PEOPLE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

AND SO WE ARE ALL TOUCHED BY SO MANY THINGS AND YOU AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO HELP US HIGHLIGHT

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YOU'RE HELPING SOMEONE'S LOVED ONE. I THINK THAT IS SO VALUABLE AND SO USEFUL, ESPECIALLY WHEN FOLKS ARE SELLING HATE, ANGER, DIVISION.

I THINK THESE ARE GREAT MOMENT WHERE IS WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND SAY PEACE BE WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT CLARIFYING ERRONEOUS

[K5. Discussion and possible action on the letter received from the Travis County Commissioners Court clarifying erroneous representations]

REPRESENTATIONS. >> SO -- >> I SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND? SO WE'VE HEARD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT A LETTER TRAVIS COUNTY WROTE US AND SO THAT FOLKS KNOW AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC WHAT IT IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WOULD

YOU MIND READING THAT LETTER SO WE CAN ALL HEAR IT. >> DATED SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2022, AND ADDRESSED TO JUDGE AND THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER' COURT REGARDING SA45 GAP PROJECT.

MEMBERS OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT LEARNED THAT ON AUGUST 30TH, 2022 THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT VOTED FOUR TO 1 TO APPROVE A $2.5 MILLION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN CONTRACT TO, QUOTE, COMPLETE THE MISSING SECTION OF SH45, END QUOTE, BETWEEN I-35 AND F.M. 1626 CONNECTING I-35 TO SOUTH MOPAC. WE'RE WRITING TO MAKE CLEAR OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS ACTION BY HAYS COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS BOTH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY HAVE OPPOSED THE INCLUSION OF I-35 TO F.M. 26 SECTION TO IN THE CAPITAL AREA PLANK ORGANIZATIONS' PLAN MAKING THE CONNECTION FROM I-35 TO F.M.

1626 WOULD EFFECTIVELY MAKE MOPECK AN I-35 BYPASS DRAMATICALLY INCREASING THE TRAFFIC. THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF THIS DECISION BY HAYS COUNTY WOULD HAVE A PROFOUND AND DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ALMOST ENTIRELY ON AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY.

THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY NO EFFORT TO COORDINATE THIS ACTION WITH EITHER AUSTIN OR TRAVIS COUNTY IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE CANNOT IMAGINE A SCENARIO WHERE A SIMILAR ACTION BY AUSTIN OR TRAVIS COUNTY THAT WOULD HAVE SUCH AN ENORMOUS TRAFFIC IMPACT ON A NEIGHBORING COUNTY WOULD BE CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE WITHOUT EXTENSIVE REGIONAL COORDINATION AND COOPERATION. FURTHERMORE CURRENTLY CAMPO REQUIRES ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE PARTIALLY INSIDE ANOTHER JURISDICTION HAVE WRITTEN CONCURRENCE FROM THE JURISDICTION WHICH THE PROJECT IS PARTIALLY LOCATED IN ORDER FOR A PROJECT TO BE INCLUDED IN

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STATUS OF PROJECT IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANS, THE CURRENT ADOPTED TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR TRAVIS COUNTY, THE TRAVIS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION BLUEPRINT APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY COMMISSIONERS JULY 19 WILL NOT IMPROVE IN ITS ROADWAY PLAN.

ALSO THE CURRENT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE CAMPO 2025 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CONNECTION OF SH45 SOUTHWEST FROM I-35 TO F.M. 1626 IN THING QUOTE, CONSTRAINED PROJECT LIST, END QUOTE. HAD THERE IS A STUDY IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDY LIST SPOTTED BY HAYS COUNTY CALLED NEW FACILITY WITH LIMITS FROM F.M. 1626 TO I-35. THE STUDY HAD INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PROJECT DESCRIPTION, QUOTE, DESIGN AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FOR NEW FREEWAY, EXCUSE ME.

NO ASSOCIATED PROJECT IS IDENTIFIED IN THE CONSTRAINED PROJECT OR LIST.

IN CONCLUSION, WE ARE SENDING THIS LETTER TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS OPPOSED TO THIS ACTION BY HAYS COUNTY. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO UNDERTAKE THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR A TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT WOULD HAVE SUCH AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS OF TRAVIS COUNTY WITHOUT THOROUGH COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION ADVANCES SUCH ACTION. WE REQUEST THAT YOU HALT ACTION ON THIS STUDY UNTIL SUCH COLLABORATION AND COORDINATIONS UNDERTAKEN.

SINCERELY ANDY BROWN, A TRAVIS COUNTY JUDGE, JEFFREY CAVILLION, SENIOR, COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 1, ANN HOWARD, PRECINCT 3, BRIDGE THE SHEA, COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 2, AND MARGARET GOMEZ,

COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 4. >> THANK YOU FOR READING THAT LETTER.

>> COMMISSIONER JONES, I THINK IT'S FAIR AND APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO HAVE A IMHENT THAT.

>> I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BUT I'LL LET COMMISSIONER SMITH GO FIRST.

>> THEY WERE REFERENCING YOUR COMMENTS IS WHY I WAS HAD THINKING --

>> I THINK THEY REFERENCED MY COMMENTS AS WELL, JUDGE. I'M HAPPY TO START.

>> I'M NOT TRYING TO PASS IT ON BUT WANT TO BE PROCEDURALLY CORRECT SINCE IT IS HIS

PRECINCT. >> AND FORGIVE ME, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND PULL UP THAT LETTER

HERE. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. >> AS WE LOOK AT PLAN THAT WE DISCUSSED, I WAS VERY DISHEARTENED WHEREVER I SAW STUFF FROM YOU WITH EDITIED

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COMMISSIONER JONES WAS ASKED A QUESTION. HE ANSWERED IT, AND SPECIFICALLY SAID I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THEM, YOU SHOULD ASK THEM IF YOU WANT THEIR VIEW.

COMMISSIONER JONES -- THAT COMMENT WAS EDITED OUT OF THE VIDEO THAT YOU RELEASED AND TO SAY IT WAS DISINGENUOUS WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS IF YOU LOOK AT CAMPO 45 PLAN, WHICH IS THE PLAN THAT WE WORK UNDER AS REGIONAL PARTNERS, THAT ROADWAY IS INCLUDED IN THE CAMPO 45 PLAN. NOT ONLY IS IT INCLUDED THERE, BUT THE REASON THAT IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN A 10-YEAR PLAN IS BECAUSE THE 10-YEAR PLAN DOESN'T CALL FOR FUNDING IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. WE DON'T CALL FOR FUNDING IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THE LAST SECTION OF THAT ROADWAY HAD THAT WAS DONE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, EXHIBITIONER JONES, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW LONG THAT TOOK?

>> 33 YEARS. >> 33 YEARS. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT EACH ONE OF THESE PLANS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LONG-RANGE PLANS WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, THERE IS NO ONE ON THE CAMPO -- WITHIN CAMPO, WHO HAS MORE VOTES AS A COUNTY THAN TRAVIS COUNTY.

THAT'S NOT A GENERAL STATEMENT. THAT'S THE TRUTH. UP UNTIL RECENTLY, THEY HAD ENOUGH VOTES IN TRAVIS COUNTY SPECIFICALLY TO VETO ANYTHING THAT CAMPO MOVED FORWARD ON.

AND THAT BEING THE CASE, IT'S STILL ON THE CAMPO PLANNING. >> THESE PROJECTS TAKE DECADES AND I CAN TELL YOU MY CONSTITUENTS ARE VERY ADAMANT IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR IT BECAUSE THEY SEE IT EVERY DAY.

IF YOU LOOK AT PREVIOUS LEG OF THIS PLAN. I'VE JUST, YOU KNOW, GOOGLING IT RIGHT NOW, THE -- YOU KNOW, TRAVIS COUNTY ITSELF DROPPED $16 MILLION IN THE PREVIOUS LEG.

AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SOME OF THE THINGS IN THIS LETTER SPECIFICALLY REFERENCING IT GOING OVER CURRENT WATER CONSERVATION LAND, PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I'M WRONG, COMMISSIONER JONES WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN I, BUT I BELIEVE EVERY BIT OF THIS INDIVIDUAL LEG WOULD BE OVER WHAT IS CURRENTLY PRIVATE PROPERTY. IT CONTAINS NONE OF THOSE SET ASIDE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS NOR ANY -- SET ASIDE WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROPERTY THAT THE CITY OR COUNTY -- THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR THE COUNTY OF TRAVIS COUNTY HAS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY CONSTITUENTS IN THE BUDDA AREA ARE NOT ONLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT BUT VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IN NUMEROUS PUBLIC BIENGTS, THEY HAVE ACTIVELY TOLD ME HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS, TO THE POINT THAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY PARTNERING WITH US ON THIS PROJECT. I DON'T BELIEVE THE CITY OF BUDDA WOULD PARTNER ON THIS IF THEIR CONSTITUENTS WERE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. THAT BEING THE CASE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THESE PLANS, AGAIN, THIS IS PROBABLY AT LEAST A 25-YEAR PROCESS.

AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, I WILL NEVER SEE AS A COMMISSIONER COME TO FRUITION.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT UNEQUIVOCALLY. I HAD WILL NOT BE HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENS. BUT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT BECAUSE IT'S NEEDED TODAY, AND IT WAS PROBABLY NEEDED, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO. AND AS THE GROWTH INNOCENCE THAT SPECIFIC REGION OF OUR COUNTY. WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT. AND THAT BEING THE CASE, I'LL FINISHED WITH MY STATEMENTS AND MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE MR. -- COMMISSIONER JONES SAY ANYTHING.

>> AND HAD LYON HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, AND WILL YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, MR. LYON.

I ALMOST OVERLOOKED YOUR NOTE. >> THANK YOU, SIR. I'M WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY

RESPONSE TEAM. >> BRINGING UP THIS ARTICLE THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS INSPECTED AN ADDRESSED LETTER FROM TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT SEPTEMBER 27TH REGARDING THE SH45 GAP ROAD PROJECT CONNECTED AT I-HAD 35 AND SOUTH MOPAC.

THE PROJECT IS MEANT TO CONNECT THE SH45 AND SOUTH MOPAC CREATING AN I-35 ALTERNATIVE.

THE TRVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT VOTED SEPTEMBER 13TH TO SEND A LETTER TO HAYS COUNTY AS

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THE JUDGE CITING CONFLICTED IMAGES. PRIOR TO THE ADVOCATOR HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARK JONES AND WALT SMITH SAID THEY HAD DISCUSSED THE BROKERAGE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, JEFFREY TRAVILLION AND MARGARET GO PEZ. INITIALLY JONES SAID HAYS COUNTY SHOULD LO TO TRACE OF COUNTY FOR THEIR FEEDBACK ON DISCUSSION AND PROJECT.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM, JONES SAID, HOWEVER, BOTH HE AND SMITH WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE CONVERSATIONS WERE VERY POSITIVE. WHY ARE WE WRITING THIS LETTER? WE ARE WRITING HAD THIS LETTER TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT IS NOT AN ACCURATE TRAIL OF TR RAVIONS ARE SO PISS. BRIGETTE SHEA AT SAT THE SEPTEMBER INTH MEETING, SHE ADD TO VOTE TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAVE OPPOSED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ROAD PROJECT ON THE RECORD AS IT WOULD BE BUILT DIRECTLY OVER SOME OF THE MOST SENSITIVE AREAS OF THE AQUA FIR. FOR THAT REASON IT INTO VOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED.

SHE PREVIOUSLY ASKED THE FORMER HEAD OF THE CENTRAL HAD DIET THERE'S.

HE WOULD NOT PUT IN WRITING -- HE WOULD NOT PUT IT IN WRITING, SHE SAY THE.

HE IS NOW ONE OF THE CHIEF HIMSELF AND BEING ABLE TO DO THIS.

SO THE LETTER ITSELF GOES ON. THE TRANSPORTATION PLANS DOES NOT HAVE PSH45 GAP EXPROJ NEITHER DOES CAPITAL IN OF PLANNING ORGANIZATION'S RESORT WERE PLAN.

WE AND THAT YOU HALT UNTIL SUCH COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION IS UNDERTAKEN IN THE LETTER.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE AS OF PRESS TIME, ONE FINAL THING, HIT HAD LETTER CAN STRIKE A DEAL

THE BOMBS, AND THE BOMBS WERE GOOD FOR GERMANY. >> I'M GONNA ADD ONE MORE THING, JUST AND TO CRAF, AGAIN. IF YOU PULL UP THE CAMPER 2025 PLAN.

>> BUT NO ONE HERE IS PULLING IT UP. >> I'LL PULL IT UP AND TELL YOU WHAT'S ON IT IT'S NOT A ROADWAY THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE NECK 10 YEARS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FUNDED FOR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE NECK 10 YEARS AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.

AND THAT BEING THE CASE, IT TAKES LONGER THAN THAT TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT TO SAY THIS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CAMPO PLAN, IT IS IN INCORRECT.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I SERVED ONE BE CONSTITUENCY.

THEY ALL LIVE IN HAYS COUNTY. THE DAY THAT WE TAKE DIRECTION OR WE CHOOSE TO TAKE DIRECTION ON WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STINTS, FROM ANOTHER COUNTY? THEN YOU SHOULD CONSIDER NOT

SERVING YOUR COUNTY. AND THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON IT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR DIRECTION

AND ADVICE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> FIRST ONE COMMENT ON MR. LYON'S DEAL. MY ANSWER SO THE CONVERSATION -- THE QUESTION IS HOW I FELT AFTER OUR CONVERSATIONS. AND HAVING OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS I FELT THAT THEY WERE POSITIVE CONVERSATIONS THAT I GOT ACROSS AND GIVE M HAD THE INFORMATION OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND I THEY EVER INDICATED IF THEY WERE IN FATHER OF THIS PROJECT OR HELD ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED JUDGE, THAT YOU TOOK TO EDITING A VIDEO TO TRY TO MAKE ME SAID -- LOOK LIKE I SAID SOMETHING I NEVER SAID. WHAT WAS THE SADDEST PART THE PEOPLE IN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE DISCUSSED WERE HAD HOT SURPRISED THAT YOU WOULD DO

THAT. >> GOOD TO KNOW. LUCKILY FOR ME -- OKAY, IN IN I

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HAD THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT MAKING THE CONNECTION TO I-35 TO 1626, WILL IT EFFECTIVELY MAKE MOPAC AND I-35 BYPASS AND INCREASING VEHICLE OR TRUCK TRAFFIC, AND IT WOULD HAVE A PROFOUND DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON TRAFFIC. THERE ARE NO DATA TO SUPPORT THIS CLAIM AT THIS TIME, AND PREVIOUS LAW SAID IT EXISTS SH45 SOUTHWEST AND MADE SIMILAR CLAIMS AND THE COURTS DID NOT AGREE WITH THE LIT GAPS AND NO DATA TO SUPPORT THE TRUCK TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED ON MOPAC BECAUSE OF SH45. I THINK ONE STATEMENT WAS HAD ALSO THAT IT WOULD INCREASE -- YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY OR HAZARDOUS SITUATION THAT WE INCREASE TRUCK TRAFFIC ON MOPAC, THE AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY ALREADY HAVE A HAS DOZENS ROUTE THAT GOES EAST OF 35.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING LIKE, THAT ALL TRAFFIC WOULD HEAD EAST AND NOT ON MOPAC.

SAYS CAMPO REQUIRES ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE PARTIALLY INSIDE ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

HAVE WRITTEN CONCURRENTS FROM THE JURISDICTION WHICH THE PROJECT IS PARTIALLY LOCATED IN ORDER FOR A PROJECT TO BE INCLUDED CAMPO REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANS.

AND THIS IS FOR FISCAL CONSTRAINTS AND NOT A PART OF THE OWN SYSTEM PROJECT.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A PROJECT TO GET. IT IS IN THE CAMPO PLAN ON PAGE 129 FOR PROJECTS -- IT'S UNDER PROJECT LIST KINGS AND THAT IS UNDER THAT PLANNING AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT THIS POINT. THIS PROJECT, THE REASON WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS THAT THAT ROAD, EVERY DAY I THINK EACH US GET CRITICIZED ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT WE'RE BEHIND ON BUILDING ROADS. WE SHOULD HAVE DONE HAD THIS 10 YEARS AGO OR IMPROVED THIS ROAD OR BUILT THIS ROAD. WE'VE NEVER BEEN AHEAD AT THIS.

THIS HAS BEEN AN ATTEMPTS TO GET AHEAD OF A PROJECT. WE THINK THIS WOULD BE THE ROUTE BETWEEN 35 AND 1626, IT WOULD BE HUGELY IRRELEVANT SPOIVEL US TO NOT GO AHEAD AND STUDY AND GET THE ROUTE AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THAT ROUTE WILL HAVE AN IDEA -- OR HAVE SOME CERTAINTY WHRON WILL THEY CAN BUILD ON THIS, IS THIS GOING TO BE A FUURE ROADWAY OR CAN WE HAVE A PROJECT AND I BUILT SUBDIVISION IN HERE. CAN I BUILD A LOWE'S.

YOU KNOW, AT THE INTERSECTION OF 45 AND 1626. THAT'S A HUGE CORNER, EXPHR A HUGE ECONOMIC COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT COULD BE THERE FOR TIME AND IF WE DON'T RIGHT AWAY IDENTIFY THE RIGHTAWAY WE COULD HAVE TO BUILD THAT ROAD IN THE FUTURE, MATE HAVE TO REMOVE A HUGE LOWE'S HBB PROJECT. IT'S TO GIVE OUR CITIZENS AN IDEA WHERE THAT ROAD WOULD GO IN EVER BUILT. PART OF THIS PROCESS IS ALSO WORKING WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, ALL STATE, CAMPO, CTMRA, TX-DOT, AND THEY WILL ALL BE INVOLVED IN THIS, A PLANNING PROJECT.

IT'S NOT A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THIS IS A HAYS COUNTY PROJECT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP AND

BENEFIT OUR CITIZENS. >> COMMISSIONER INGLESBY? ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO

CONTRIBUTE? >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND COMMISSIONER THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT THEY WILL BE INVOLVED BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE RUG WAS -- THERE IS

FOR ME -- >> AND WE DID HAVE MEETINGS, COMMISSIONER HOWARD AND I SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND SAID SHE'S THE MOST NEAREST COMMISSIONER TO THAT PROJECT. SO NOT TO BREAK ANY OPEN MEETINGS OR INVOLVING.

SHE'S THE ONE I SENT THE MOST TIME WITH AND DID THE MOST DUE DILIGENCE WITH.

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>> OTHER. I DIDN'T 99 INTERRUPT YOU. >> THAT'S OAM.

AND SO WHAT'S REPORTED TO ME IS THAT WE JUST KEEP THOSE LINES EVER COMMUNICATION OPEN.

I KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE NOR -- DIFFICULT FOR US TO ACCEPT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN SOMEBODY WITH A WHETHER IT BE A SMALL PORTION OR A LARGE PORTION I KNOW MAJORITY OF IT IS 90% IN HAYS COUNTY AND I SPILL MORN THAT WE JUST COORDINATE AND SPEAK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AND TRAVIS COUNTY. AND SO THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT IS IT IS FOR ME AS WE KEEP THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN. I DID SPEAK TO THREE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, THEY DID EXPRESS SOME CONCERN. SO IF WE CAN COMOIT TO DOING

THAT. >> AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR WHO INSTRUCTORS AND THEY -- I

WILL GIVE THEM UPDATES MONTHLY. >> WE CAN AVOID A LOT OF THIS, IF WE JUST OH OH.

>> AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE DID UPFRONT. WHEN THEY FELT THAT THEY WERE

MISCHARACTERIZED, WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN. >> COMMISSIONER SHADO.

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING.

>> KEEP THE LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS OPEN. TAKES A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP THESE PROJECTS BUT GOES ON AND WE AND OUR CONSULTANTS MAKE SURE WE KICK EVERYBODY -- YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE DOING THE BEST WE IT, LOG AT MERE ON MAP AND JUST RECENTLY DOWN TO 626.

IT'S BEEN WHEEL SINCE I'VE THERE HAD I WAS TRYING TO MATCH 426 BUT IT WOULD NOT BE MOB TO HAVE DONE WHAT I DID TO CAM AROUND YOUS TUSTIN. AND THEN YOU WOULD AT THE AREA AND THE GROWTHS THAT'S COMING HERE I THINK EVERY INFORMATION WE FIND WE SHOULD BE SHARING

THAT AND ENJOY IT IF OUR PARTNERS DID THE SAME. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

FIRST, GIM I'M GETTING A LITTLE MUCH BETTER TO THINK THAT MY ENTIRE ETCH -- THEY ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THE OTHER BRIDGE VERSION, AND ALL I DID WAS GIVE IT A THUMBNAIL HAITIING THE MIS MISCHARACTER SAYS SO TEF AND THE JUDGE AGREED THAT IT WAS MISREPRESENTED.

WITH THAT SAID, AS I TOLD COMMISSIONER INGLESBY. I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING I'M AGAINST THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT I'M AGAINST IS THE PROCESS, THE DECEPTION, THE MISCHARACTERIZATION, THE SEMANTICS. THE WHOLE SPIRIT OF CAMPO, WHICH IS A SEPTEMBER AREA OF A METROPOLITAN. THE WHOLE SPIRIT IS REGIONAL PLANNING. AND SO TO HAVE ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AND HE WILLS 97 THAT IT'S LATER MISCHARACTERIZED BY OUR GOVERNMENT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO EVERYTHING HAD WE CAN, AS YOU'VE JUST SHADE. THIS IS NOT BECAUSE I'M FOR OR

AGAINST THIS PROJECT. I'M AGAINST THIS PROCESS. >> GEORGE, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU

ARE YOU -- >> I DID NOT INTERRUPT YOU, SIR. PLEASE ALLOW THAT SPACE OF RESPECT. AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO JUST ARTICULATE THAT, MOVING FORWARD, WE'VE GOTTA DO JUST WHAT YOU'VE SAID, COMMISSIONER INGLESBY AND COMMISSIONER SHELL AND IT IS TO REACH OVER TO THOSE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES THAT WE ARE GOING TO IMPACT SO MUCH BECAUSE I'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO SITUATIONS WHERE WE'VE HAD FOLKS SAY -- WE'VE HAD PUBLIC MEETINGS AND EVERYBODY WAS IN FAVOR OF THIS, WHEN IN REACTOR IT WAS THE SAME SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE PART OF A MEETING THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD ATTEND BECAUSE OF THE TIME AND PLACE, ET CETERA.

ALL I WANT TO DO IS SAY LET'S MAKE SURE AS AGAIN, KNOW SAID SHO, MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LEAVE OUT OUR VERY CRITICAL NEIGHBORS IN THIS PROCESS. THAT IS MY THAT IS MY ASK.

>> JUDGE, WE HAVE NOT LEFT THEM OUT. WHAT THEY WERE UPSET ABOUT IS YOUR MISCHARACTERIZATION THAT I SAID THE DAY BEFORE THE PROJECT. WHEN YOU SAY YOU PUT OUT A LITTLE SNIPPET YOU LEAVE OUT THE PART THAT YOU DELIBERATELY EDITED OUT THE PART WHERE I SAID, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE ANSWERING FOR THEM, LET THEM ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES.

AND THAT WAS A DELIBERATE TACTIC ON YOUR PART TO MAKE IT HAD LOOK LIKE I LIED, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE UPSET WITH. I MET WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS, I'VE MET WITH CVRA.

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SAID, AND YOU DELIBERATELY MADE IN LOOK LIKE I LIED. >> SO ANOTHER RECAP OF THAT

STATEMENT SIR IS MY RESPONSE AND KEEP MOVING. >> THAT'S A FACT, JUDGE.

>> LET ME RESPOND. THE GOVERNMENT WITHOUT MY LITTLE TINY SNIPPET THAT YOU'VE SAID, WAS A MISCHARACTERIZATION. THE GOVERNMENT OF TRAVIS COUNTY HAS SAID YOU AND COMMISSIONER SMITH MISCHARACTERIZED THEIR SUPPORT OF WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO COURT.

>>> JUDGE -- >> AND LAST A FACT. >> NO, THAT'S NOT A FACT.

THE FACT IS THAT THEY -- THAT THE BIGULET YOU PUT OUT WAS A DECEPTION.

>> NO. >> WELL, YOU CAN DISAGREE THAT EDITING OUT MY ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION AND PUTTING AN ANSWER TO ANOTHER QUESTION THAT, ANSWER IS NOT DE DEACCEPT ?IF AGAIN, WHAT WAS SURPRISING TO ME IS THAT NOBODY WAS SURPRISED THAT WOULD YOU DO THAT.

>> WHAT I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET PAST IS YOUR CHARACTERIZATION OF YOU TWO

COMMISSIONERS SAYING IT WAS VERY FAVORABLE. >> I NEVER SAID FAVORABLE.

>> JUDGE, I NEVER IEWTDZ THE WORD FAVORABLE. I WAS ASKED WHAT MY PERCEPTION OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WERE AND I SAID I FELT POSITIVE ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION.

>> SURE. >> I NEVER SAID THEY WERE POSITIVE FOR THE PROJECT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT SOUND HAD LIKE BY EDITING A COURT DOCUMENT.

>> CORRECT. I BELIEVE THERE IS SUPPORT OF AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY WERE

MISCHARACTERIZED. >> HOW DID I MISCHARACTERIZE THEM?

>> THE FOOTAGE IS THERE -- >> I'M ASKING YOU, HOW DID I MISCHARACTERIZE.

>> IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME A CHANCE TO RESPOND. THE FOOT SAJ THERE, AND YOU AND COMMISSIONER SMITH BOTH CONVEYED THAT THE SUPPORT IS JUST NOT WORTH GETTING INTO SEMANTICS BUT THE WAY YOU RECAPPED YOUR MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS FROM TRAVIS COUNTY WAS THAT IT

WAS FAVORABLE -- >> I NEVER SAID THAT. NEVER SAID THAT.

I SAID WE HAVE POSITIVE CONVERSATIONS. >> POSITIVE.

>> THIS IS POSITIVE. >> COMMISSIONER INGLESBY ASKED ME OF WHAT MY PERCEPTION OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WERE AND I SAID I FELT POSITIVE. I NEVER SAID FAVORABLE.

>> YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE WAS MISLEADING AND HERE'S THE PROOF. >> MY RESPONSE WAS TO HER QUESTION, AND YOU EDITED IT OUT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE I WAS ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.

>> YOU CAN WATCH THE FOOTAGE YOURSELF AND DETERMINE THAT TRAVIS COUNTY AGREES WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT, THAT IT WAS MISREPRESENTATIVE AND ERRONEOUS. BUT I COULD LEAVE IT ALONE AND

WE CAN MOVE ON NOW SINCE THE COMMENT -- >> NO, I DON'T THINK WE WILL, JUDGE. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, YOU MADE THE COMMENT THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE FOR OR AGAINST THE PROJECT. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU DIRECTLY ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST CONNECTING THE FINAL SEGMENT OF 45? IT'S A YES -- ARE YOU FOUR IT, YES, ARE YOU AGAINST, NO. IT'S SIMPLE.

>> HERE'S MY RESPONSE. MY RESPONSE IS CLEARLY YOU TWO HAVE NOT DONE THE WORK TO TELL

ME IF THAT IS A SMART DECISION OR NOT. >> JUDGE, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE HEARD I REPRESENT THE COUNTY, I REPRESENT THE WHOLE COUNTY, SO YOU'RE TELLING ME IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF OFFICE, THE LARGEST INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ON THE NORTH END OF THIS COUNTY, THAT I KNOW YOU HAVE VOTED FOR MULTIPLE TIMES MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE SAYING WHETHER OR NOT YOU SUPPORT OR DON'T SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

IT'S A SIMPLE YES OR NO ANSWER. I CAN TELL YOU I SUPPORT IT, AND SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO DO.

>> GOOD FOR YOU. YOU MAKE DECISIONS THAT I DON'T. AND I DON'T CARE TO PUT MYSELF

IN YOUR CATEGORY SO THAT DOESN'T MOVE ME. >> OKAY, I JUST WANT TO CLASSIFY YOU WILL NOT ANSWER WHETHER YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE CONNECTION TO 45?

>> ANSWER IT THIS WAY, THEN. WHAT DID WE GIVE $2.5 MILLION OF HARD-EARNED TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO

DISPLISH. >> SEE, THAT'S THE VERY FIRST -- >> WHAT --

>> LET ME ANSWER. I WILL TELL YOU. HERE'S THE MOST INTERESTING PART ABOUT THAT. THAT TELLS ME IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF SITTING ON THIS DODGE YOU DON'T UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH ON TRANSPORTATION.

IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT CONTRACT YOU WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.

YOU WOULD KNOW THAT IT TOOK MONTHS -- LITERALLY MONTHS TO AGREE ON WHAT THE SCOPE OF THAT WOULD BE. YOU WOULD KNOW THAT $2.5 MILLION IS NOT WHAT THE COST OF THE PROJECT IS BUT WHAT THE OVERALL CAP OF THE PROJECT IS DEPENDING UPON THE DELIVERABLES.

YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THE PROCESS WE GO THROUGH TO LOOK AT THESE, NUMBER ONE, TO EITHER BE -- EVEN BE CONSIDERED YOU HAVE TO BE PREQUALIFIED THROUGH A STATE TO PROCESS THAT -- ALL THAT BEING SAID, I AGAIN ASK YOU, IF THE SEAN I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER. THAT'S FINE TOO.

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NOT SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DANCE AROUND. THIS ISN'T AN EXERCISE IN FACILITY TO. DO YOU SUPPORT IT, YES, NO, OR I DON'T ANSWER.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE. LET'S SEE WHAT YOUR ANSWER IS. >> MY ANSWER REMAINS I DO NOT TRY NOT TO INTERRUPT. MY SEAN I DO NOT SUPPORT THE PROCESS AS I HAVE HAD ALREADY STAISES NEITHER DOES THE CITY OF GOVERNMENT THAT'S BEEN AROUND WAY LONGER THAN YOU AND ME AND THE GOVERNOR OF TRAVIS COUNTY. SO HAD HE. SO I ASSUME I HAVE SUPPORTED PROJECTS THAT COMMISSIONERS SAID WERE FOOD AND SOUND BECAUSE I BELIEVED IN THE COMMISSIONERS BUT LATER IT OF THAT THE 12 AND 150, IS USE OF EXAMPLE IS SH45. MY SUMMARY IS PROPERTY PROCESS IS FLOTTED AT THIS MOMENT AND FOR THE PROCESS I BRING IT BACK, PERIOD.

>> TO ADDRESS, THAT JUDGE, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS FOR THAT UNTIL ON A THURSDAY NIGHT YOU HAD A FUNDRAISER AND ON FRIDAY YOU

PUT -- >> ON -- >> ON A THURSDAY NIGHT YOU HAD A FUND RAISER AND ON FRIDAY YOU PUT AN AGENDA ITEM ON SPECIFICALLY RELATIVE TO IT.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING, AGAIN, I AND -- I CAN ASK IT ANOTHER FIVE TIMES.

THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU SUPPORT A CONNECTION. DO YOU NOT SUPPORT A CONNECTION, OR DO YOU NOT WANT TO 19 ANY QUESTION I GET I WOULD ANSWER I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER THAT OR YES

OR NO. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. >> AND NOW EVERY TIME YOU HAVE THE MICROPHONE YOU INTRODUCE NEW LIES. YOU'RE LITERALLY CREATING NEW LIES AS YOU SPEAK, THAT I HAD A FUND RAIDERS. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY --

>> DIDN'T YOU HAVE A CAMPAIGN EVENT -- >> YOU ARE TOTALLY MISCHARACTERIZING A MEET AND GREET DESIGNED TO TALK ABOUT THE PRECINCT THAT YOU'VE SO GULF

COASTALLY NEGLECTED. >> SO YOU DID NOT HAVE A CAMPAIGN EVENT AND THE NEXT DAY,

THE VERY NEXT DAY -- >> BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE NEGLECT IS NOT AND WAS NOT AND NOT A DOLLAR WAS TAKEN FROM ANYONE TO SHED LIGHT ON THAT VERY FACT OF YOUR

NEGLECT -- >> AT LEAST NOT ONE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REPORT, JUDGE.

WE CAN MOVE ON IN YOU'RE NOT GONNA ANSWER MY QUESTION. >> BEAUSE YOUR PROCESS IS

FLAWED AND LITTERED WITH MISREPRESENTATIONS. >> JUDGE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

WHY YOU FA FELT IT NECESSARY TO EDIT OUT MY ANSWER TO YOUR GHE. >> YOUR ANSWER WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME TO SHARE WITH MY VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT OF FOLKS TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE GIST OF THE MESSAGE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE WHOLE THING, THERE IT IS.

>> WHY WOULD YOU -- >> LET ME ANSWER IT. >> YOU'RE STILL NOT ANSWERING.

>> I'M GOING. YOU'RE NOT LETTING ME FINISH, AND SO THE GIST OF THE MESSAGE WAS GIVEN AS A THUMBNAIL, BUT THE SPIRIT OF YOUR COMMUNICATION AND COMMISSIONER SMITH'S COMMUNICATION WAS MISCHARACTERIZEDING TO THE POINT WHERE ANOTHER GOVERNMENT, EMBARRASSLY ENOUGH, WROTE US A LETTER. I DON'T THINK THEY WROTE THAT

BAIDZ ON MY LITTLE 10 SECOND SNIPPET. >> WE WILL FIND OUT.

SCORE. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. >> IT IS NOT AN EDITED VERSION.

>> IT IS AN EDITED REDUCED VERSION. YOU PUT OUT YOUR VIDEO AND SEE

WHAT YOU GET OUT OF IT. >> WHY WOULD I -- I MEAN, I DON'T --

>> YOU STAND HERE WITH THIS DOCUMENT AND YOU TALK TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT WROTE IT FOR US

AND YOU SEE -- >> JUDGE, I HAVE -- >> THE COMPLETE VERSION.

>> I TALKED TO THEM PERSONALLY. >> THE COMPLETE VERSION, THEY SAW?

>> YOUR UNEDITED VERSION -- >> WE DON'T KNOW THAT. >> WE'RE SPLITTING HAIRS.

>> WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY SAW. >> YOU THINK AN ENTIRE GOVERNMENT WROTE SOMETHING ON A

POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> I'VE SEEN A LOT LESS -- >> TRAVIS COUNTY WOULD -- THERE'S CERTAIN PEOPLE IN TRAVIS COUNTY DIDN'T WANT SH45 BUILT. IF IT HAD BEEN UP TO TRAVIS COUNTY, S HAD H45 WOULD NEVER HAVE GOTTEN BUILT. WE HAD A SMALL WINDOW, A WINDOW FROM WHEN COMMISSIONER DOHERTY GOT ELECTED SO WHEN THE JUDGE WAS STILL ON THE COURT BUT 45 WOULD NOT BE THERE TODAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR THOSE SMALL WINDOWS. BUT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU FELT IT NECESSARY TO TRY TO MAKE IT IT LOOK LIKE I LIED BY EDITING OUT AN ANSWER.

>> I WON'T SAY YOU LIED, COMMISSIONER. >> YOU DID SAY I LIED.

>> I WON'T SAY I LIED, I'LL SAY -- I WON'T SAY YOU LIED, I'LL SAY YOU MISREPRESENTED.

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>> I DID NOT MISREPRESENT -- WHEN YOU ASKED ME THE QUESTION. >> AND THEY FEEL THE SAME.

>> BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY FEEL. >> THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY.

>> AND SINCE THAT LETTER, THREE OF THEM HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND GIVEN ANOTHER VERSION.

>> HAD LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPDATE. WILL YOU PLEASE --

>> CAN WE TAKE A BREAK? >> CAN I JUST FOLLOW UP WITH ONE THING, TOO.

YOU KNOW, PROJECTS LIKE THAT ARE HARD AS WE'VE SEEN IN OUR OWN COUNTY REGIONAL PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE WHICH IS EXTREMELY REGIONAL, IT AFFECTS MANY JURISDICTIONS, NOT JUST HAYS AND TRAVIS COUNTY BUT BUDDA AND AUSTIN AND A BUNCH OF OTHER CITIES AND JURISDICTIONS BEYOND THAT. IT IS DIFFICULT. IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP A PROJECT LIKE THIS. I THINK TRAVIS COUNTY HAS MADE IT CLEAR ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS OF THE PROJECT, THEY MADE THAT CLEAR, YOU KNOW, BY COMMISSIONER JONES BACK WHEN 45 WAS BUILT.

THESE ARE WHY WE GO THROUGH THESE PROCESSES, AND THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS THERE AND I COMPLETELY HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT COMMISSIONER JONES IS GONNA CONTINUE THE COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSIONER SMITH, AS WELL, AND THE COUNTY JUDGE OF TRAVIS COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THESE ISSUES AS THIS PROCESS GOES ON.

I REALLY THINK THAT THE ISSUE HERE IS WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION IF THERE WEREN'T AN ELECTION IN ABOUT A MONTH. I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS BE GROWN-UPS, WHICH I THINK IS OUR JOB, COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PARTNERS. IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME TO DEVELOP SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

IT'S WORTH IT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY FOR US TO DO THIS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ON A MAP, WE'RE 45 IN RIGHT NOW, 1626.

AND WE'RE 45 AT 35. PROBABLY ABOUT 2 MILES. IT LOOKS LIKE A NATURAL CONNECTION TO STUDY. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING TO THINK THAT HAYS COUNTY, THE CITY OF BUDDA AND OTHERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN LOOKING ITS AT THE CONNECTION TO SEE HOW WOULD THAT HAPPEN, WHAT WOULD IT COST? WHAT DO YOU DO? MANY OF THE CONCERNS BROUGHT UP BY TRAVIS COUNTY. WE CARRY ABOUT THE RECHARGE ZONE. LOOK AT THE WAY 45 WAS BUILT. THIS IS PART THAT HAVE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONE SPEAK FOR ANYONE IN TRAF YOU I COUNTY AND I DOUBT THAT THEY'LL EVER TRY TO SPEAK FOR ME.

I THINK WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM HAD THIS IS LET'S NOT TRY TO USE AN ELECTION TO GET IN THE WAY OF SOMETHING THAT IS WORTH THE EFFORT. AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO THINK IT'S NOT AN IMPORTANT THING AND OTHERS THAT THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

THAT'S WHY WE KNOW TO KNOW HOW IT CAN BE DONE, WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS, OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. SO I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE POINTS TRAVIS COUNTY MAKES, LET'S COMMUNICATE. WE WILL DO THAT. WE ARE DOING THAT AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND IT WILL COME TO SOME CONCLUSION AT SOME POINT IN TIME, LIKELY BEYOND OUR TIME ON THIS COURT. AND I TRUST COMMISSIONER JONES'S LEADERSHIP TO CAMPO. HE HAS THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERING ENTITIES ACROSS THAT REGION. AND WE KNOW THEIR INPUT, AS WELL, BECAUSE AGAIN THIS CAN BE A REGIONAL PROJECT, IT CAN IMPACT -- THAT IMPACTS NEIGHBORS THIS DAY BY NOT HAVING IMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS. BEFORE 45 WAS BUILT, THE PEOPLE IN TRAVIS COUNTY SAID THIS IS CRAZY. ALL YOU PEOPLE IN HAYS COUNTY ARE DRIVING THROUGH MY RESIDENTIAL STREET TO GET TO WORK. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? WHAT WE DID, WE CAME TOGETHER, WE WORKED WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, CAMPO, AND OTHER PARTNERS TO TRY TO FIND SOLUTIONS, AND IN THE END I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD SOLUTION. THE UP I EXPECT THAT THIS PROCESS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR.

THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE DON'T GRAND PRI AND TIMES WHEN PEOPLE DO AGREE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE RERECAP. WE EITHER HALT THIS OR MOVE THEM IN AND NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE

MOVE TOGETHER. >> JUDGE, THIS IS BY FAR THE LARGEST PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THOSE OVERLAPS INTO TRAVIS COUNTY. AND I DON'T SAY THAT LIGHTLY.

BUT ON A DAILY BASIS AT LEAST WITHIN MY PRECINCT NOW AND THE PORTION OF NORTHEAST COUNTY THAT'S IN COMMISSIONER SHELL'S PRECINCT, WE WORK DIRECT LOOK WITH TRAVIS COUNTY.

JUST EXAMPLES OF THAT THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS 12 TO HAMILTON POOL ROAD OR HAMILTON POOL ROAD ALL THE WAY OUT WHERE IT TOUCHES KAY COUNTY. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS RELATIVE TO THAT. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON 1826 ON THAT CORRIDOR.

YOU KNOW, TRAVIS COUNTY IS MOVING TOWARDS WITH A PLAN THAT THEY'VE STUDIED TO ACTUALLY

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EXPAND 1826 -- >> CAN YOU SAY IT CLOSER TO THE AGENT ITEM.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LETTER. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LETTER.

>> GIVEN THAT I WILL TELL YOU THAT GIVING LEEWAY TO YOURSELF AND NOT THE REST OF THE COURT IS PROBLEMATIC AND I'M GONNA FINISH MY STATEMENT AND WE CAN MOVE ON. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING AT LEAST ON TWO OTHERS, AND THAT WOULD BE 1826 WHERE TX-DOT RECENTLY FUNDED A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO

CONNECT TO THE CURRENT STUDY THAT -- >> PLEASE STAY TOWARDS THE LETTER, ADDRESSING THE LETTER, SIR. YOU'RE COMING OFF THE AGENDA

ITEM. >> OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TRAVIS COUNTY AS DISCUSSED IN THE LETTER IS ONE WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER CLOSELY ON MANY PROJECTS.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM. ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE FITSU ROAD PROJECT THAT TRAVIS COUNTY IS DOING, AND WE ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT AND CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS BOTH ON 45 AND THESE OTHER PROJECTS ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS AT TXDOT AND CAMPO WHO ON THEIR OWN TIMELINE WILL ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE TO PUT FORTH IN FRONT OF THEM, AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE DID HERE.

[K6. Discussion and possible action to approve events sponsored by San Marcos Main Street Program which shall include commercial vendors on the Courthouse grounds.]

>> DOCTOR, WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN K6. >> K6, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE EVENTS SPONSORED BY SAN MARCOS MAIN STREET PROGRAM WHICH SHALL

THE COURTHOUSE GROUNDS. >> SECOND. >> SO THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS BROUGHT UP JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM HAD THE PLANNED USE OF THE COURTHOUSE GROUNDS AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE -- I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS MR. KENNEDY -- WOULD YOU LEAK TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS ITEM IS HERE, MOST COMPLETE AND ACCURATE VENDOR WAS THE MAIN FOCUS ON THIS, RIGHT, MR. KENNEDY?

>> YEAH, MARK AND I DISCUSSED AND -- IN ORDER TO HAVE THE VENDORS ON THE CHOWTS GROUNDS FOR THIS ONE EVENT, THEN WE JUST NEEDED TO GET THE COURT'S APPROVAL.

>> THE PROPERTY USE POLICY -- THIS IS WHAT I INDICATED TO BY EMAIL, THE PROPERTY USE POLICY DOES HAVE A SECTION IN IT THAT DREA DREAS COMMERCIAL VENDING AND ADVERTISING.

WE HAVE DISCUSSED FOR INSTANCE THANKING SPONSORS AND HAVING THEIR LOVED DISPLID IS NOT WHAT WE WOULD CALL COMMERCIAL VEAZING ABOUT CLOSER TO THE SALE, WOULD PROBABLY BE CONSTRUED THAT WAY.

I DON'T ANY OTHER -- WHAT IT IS THAT'S PRETTY AND I IF THERE'S GOING TO BE VENDING ASSOCIATED WITH TAN EVENT THEN DOES COME TO THE COURT FOR APPROVAL. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE PROPER SUPPORT TO CONTINUE THEIR PROGRAMS AND MEETINGS.

>> HOW MANY EVENTS DOES THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM SPONSOR? >> AND IF YOU'LL PLEASE STATE OF

MIND AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. >> HELLO COMMISSIONERS.

I'M JOSIE FILETTA THE DOWNTOWN MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS.

I'M HERE FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND WE WORK THE DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS. OF COURSE WE A BIT OF A PAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSE BUT WE BACK OUT IT.

>> WE HOSTED MUSIC FESTIVAL AND BUBBLE FEST. AND WE HAVE STARTED ADDING VENDORS TO OUR LOCAL STUDIES. THEY ARE LOCAL AMERICA AERS AND PEOPLE, NEXT, WE HAVE SOMEONE DOING SCREEN PRINTING. HAD SHAVED ICE LOT BUSINESS OWNERS AND SO WE WOULD LIKE YOUR

SUPPORT TO HOST THOSE VENDORS DURING THOSE EVENTS. >> YOU CAN EXPLAIN HOW THE PROPERTY USE IS ADMINISTRATED THROUGH THE COUNTY. I KNOW SOMETIMES THE COUNTY THAT WAS HANDLED THROUGH YOUR OFFICE I KNOW IT WAS HANDLED THROUGH THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE NOW BUT AS FAR AS WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR SOMEONE TO USE THE COURTHOUSE GROUNDS AND THE RULES THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED FOR THAT JUST IN GENERAL, NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO MAIN

STREET BUT IN GENERAL. >> SURE. THERE'S A -- WELL, FIRSTLY, THIS IS -- AS YOU HAVE, I THINK, SAID TO THE COMMISSIONER FROM TIME TO TIME THAT THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED

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WITH SOME DISCOMFORT I MAY SAY. THEY CAN WALK A DOG, PICKET THE COURTHOUSE IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. IF YOU'RE HAVING AN EVENT, ON THE OTHER HAND, WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO RESERVE EXCLUSIVE SPACE, YOU'RE BRINGING FIXTURES ON TO THE PROPERTY TEMPORARILY.

YOU'RE PUTTING SIGNAGE ON THE PROPERTY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, USING THE ELECTRICITY THAT WE HAVE HERE AVAILABLE ON THE PROPERTY, THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR THAT EVENT. AND THAT APPLICATION CURRENTLY IS FILED IN THE JUDGE'S OFFICE,

I'D SAY UP UNTIL 2017 IT WAS IN MY OFFICE. >> AND WHEN THE APPLICATION IS FILED, IF SOMEONE IS REQUESING EXCLUSIVE SPACE SET UP EQUIPMENT AND USE LEK TRIT, ET CETERA, THEY THOUGHT THE APPLICATION HAD A DEPOSIT DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF EVENT, THERE MAY BE REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURITY AND OTHER CONDITIONS COULD APPLY IF THEY'RE ASKING TO USE INDOOR SPACE OR ACCESS TO THE BATHROOMS, THEY COULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A HIGHER DEPOSIT OR PROVIDE SECURITY FOR INDOOR SPACE. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE INCORPORATED IN THAT POLICY, THAT HAS TURNED INTO THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE, AND THEN AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE RULES ASSOCIATED WITH THE POLICY, THEN THEIR -- THEY'RE ALLOWED ACCESS

TO THE GROUNDS FOR THEIR USE. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND IT'S SORT OF A FIRST-COME/FIRST-SERVE. TURNED IN ANOTHER APPLICATION AND THEN THE ONE WOULD LIKELY BE

THE ONE IN USE. >> THAT'S CORRECT. WE'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST AND PROBABLY WITH ALMOST ALL OF YOU, I'VE HAD INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE NEED FOR CONTENT NEUTRALITY. HAD THIS IS A FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE IF WE WERE TO REVIEW THE CONTENT OF SPEECH OR THE CONTENT OF SOME EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THIS VENUE AND DECIDE BASED ON THAT CONTENT THAT THEY COULD OR COULD NOT HAVE THE EVENT, WITH REIN DANGER OF VIOLATING FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. SO IN THE PROPERTY USE POLICY COMMENTARY ABOUT THAT, AS WELL. SO IT REQUIRES THE VENDING, APPROVAL FOR SOLICITING.

WOULD WE BE ABLE TO APPROVE -- LIKE A BLANKET APPROVAL FOR EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE SAN MARCOS MAIN STREET PROGRAM THAT WOULD MAINLY SAY IF THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM IS SPONSORING THE EVENT, THEN WE WOULD ALLOW FOR THOSE EVENTS TO -- HAVE VENDING.

>> I THINK THAT'D BE FINE. WE DID A VERSION OF THAT WITH ARTS SQUARE.

THEY SORT OF GOT A BLANKET APPROVAL FOR -- WE DIDN'T REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE AN APPROVAL FOR EVERY SINGLE EVENT KNOWING THEY ARE GOING TO RENEAT EVENT IS FROM TIME TO TIME.

I THINK THE BASE FOR THIS IS TWO THINGS, ONE, THERE'S AN EVENT THAT WILL BE HELD HERE BY A PROMOTER WHO'S GOING TO USE THIS AS A FOR PROFIT VENUE. THEN THERE MAY BE FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS. THIS IS NOT REALLY THE PURPOSE OF OUR PROPERTY USE POLICY WE'VE HAD FILM PROPERTIES COME AND IT'S A FULL-BLOWN CONTRACT. WE HAVE A SHARE IN THAT MARGE THAN I THEY EXPECT AND I THINK THAT'S PROPERLY FAIR CONSIDERING THOSE KINDS OF VENTURES, AND THEN I THINK IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IF THEY'RE BRINGING ON FOOD FOR VENDING, WE KNOW TO HAVE THAT FOOD SERVICE PROPERLIMENT WERED, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK IN WITH IT.

SO...

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FIRST THAT IT'S AUTOMATIC AND THE WRITINGEST COOLEST THING IS IT REMINDS ME BRINGING PEOPLE

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UNNOTICED. THANK YOU. >> I WANTED TO STATE THAT WE HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE THAT TRASH IS PICKED UP AND THE BATHROOMS ARE CLEANED ON A REGULAR BASIS AND EVEN BRING IN THEIR OWN SUPPLIES.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND

[M1. Discussion and possible action related to the burn ban.]

>> M-1. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO THE BURN MAN.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 672 WITH A RANGE OF 571 TO BE 757.

LATE LAST WEEK AND EVEN EARLY EARLIER THIS WEEK MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN RESPONDING. I'M ASKING THE DEPARTMENT TO A GREEN STATE.

>> SO MOVED, MOTION TO SECOND. >> COMMISSIONERS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE COORDINATION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN OUR FIRE CHIEFS, ESPECIALLY ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE COUNTRY.

IT GOT BRUTAL WITHIN ABOUT THREE DAYS. IT TURNED FROM GREENERY TO FUEL,

SO WE APPRECIATE IT. >> AND WE ARE A BIG AND DIVERSE COUNTY AND THE COMMISSIONERS ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION AND SECOND TO PUT THE BIRDBATH BACK ON FOR 90S DAYS.

PLEASE CALL ROLE ROLL...

[K3. Discussion and possible action to approve the Assessment and Collection Agreement for Kyle 57 Public Improvement District]

PLEASE OPEN K3. >> K3, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECION AGREEMENT FOR KYLE 57 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

>> SECOND. >> AND YOU GRACE US WITH YOUR PRESENCE.

>> I DO HAVE ONE QUICK -- >> I'M SORRY. BUT JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF

COMMUNITY... >> IT'S JENNIFER, TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR.

>> THANK YOU. >> THESE ARE JUST STANDARD COLLECTION AGREEMENTS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. HOWEVER, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE CONTRACT STATES IT'S BETWEEN THE PIT ITSELF IN THE COUNTY AND SHOULD READ THE CITY OF KYLE ACTING AS BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE PINS. K FOUR, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ASSESSMENT

[K4. Discussion and possible action to approve the Assessment and Collection Agreement for Plum Creek North Public Improvement District.]

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. >> SAME ED I'M.

>> SAME EDIT REQUESTED. SO MOTION AND SECONDED WITH THE EDIT TO REFERENCE THE CITY OF KYLE. PLEASE CALL ROLL

. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AND IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC PRESSING ON THE COMMISSIONER'S FRONT? OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO PLOW

[CONSENT ITEMS]

OPEN CONSENTED AGENDA ITEMS. >> CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, G1, APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES. G2, APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF JUROR CHECK.

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G9, AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS -- COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 1 OFFICE TO SUPPORT MENDEZ ELEMENTARY AND THE SAN MARCOS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH STRIKER INNOVATION HOUR, ONE OF THE MANY BE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY PROVIDE FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

G10, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE RENEWAL AGREEMENT FOR $15,639.12 WITH WEST TOXIN LAWYERS FOR ONLINE LEGAL RESEARCH SERVICES VIA WESTLAW IN THE HAYS COUNTY, COUNTY COURTS AT LAW AND DISTRICT COURT OFFICES WITH FUNDS BUDGETED FOR FY2023 AND A LAW LIBRARY FUND.

G11, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE RENEWAL AGREEMENT FOR $36,460.80 WITH WEST THOMPSON REUTERS FOR ONLINE LEGAL RESEARCH SERVICES VIA WESTLAW IN THE HAYS COUNTY LAW LIBRARY WITH FUNDS CREDITED FOR 2023 AND THE LAW LIBRARY FUND. G12 AUTHORIZE A COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WATER AND EARTH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. VALUED AT $161,480 RELATED TO THE FY2023 ANNUAL FIELD MAINTENANCE FOR LOW WATER CROSSING EQUIPMENT MONITORING AND AUTHORIZE A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 2 SIX 2.024, A7-D. 213 AUTHORIZE AN EXTENSION TO AN EXTENSION TO AUTHORIZE THE BANK DEPOSITORY WITH SAGE CAPITAL BANK NA FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 92 DAYS FOR $5,000 MONTHLY, PLUS ANY ADDITIONAL LETTER OF CREDIT FEES AND AUTHORIZE A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 2 SIX 2.024A4. G14 APPROVES SPECIFICATIONS FOR RESOURCE CENTER PROJECT COORDINATOR AND AUTHORIZED PURCHASING TO SOLICIT FOR PROPOSALS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.

>> SECOND. >> THAT WAS AN IDEA TO ENCAPSULATE, IT IS BY DEFINITION THE AGENDA ITEMS BUT THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU COULDN'T SPEAK ON ANY OF AND ALL OF WHATEVER YOU

WANTED BUT THE IDEA IS MOVING FORWARD TO OPEN IT UP. >> JUDGE, I WOULD SAY ON ITEM NO. 14, THE RESOURCE CENTER AND PROJECT COORDINATOR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS TO SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA, AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE

RESPONSES. >> COMMISSIONER. >> ON THAT SAME ITEM, SHERRY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT --

WE'RE EXCITED. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. >> ON THAT SPECIFIC ITEM I JUST -- AS WE HAD LOOK AT THE REPORT THAT WE GOT AND I WENT THROUGH THE RFP SPECIFICALLY BASED OFF THAT QUEST SUBSTANTIALLY, THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE, AND I WANT TO REITERATE THIS, I FEEL BAD IF I DIDN'T REITERATE THIS AGAIN JUST AS WHEN THE REPORT CAME OUT, IT WAS SO FOCUSED ON THE I-35 CORRIDOR, AND A CENTRALIZED LOCATION I THINK IS GREAT, BUT WHEREVER WE INITIALLY ASKED FOR THAT REPORT AND TALKED ABOUT THAT REPORT, WE TALKED ABOUT -- AND JUDGE YOU MADE THIS POINT AS WELL, RELATIVE TO THOSE ANNUAL PICKUPS AND THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE HAVE ON THE FAR WESTERN SIDE OF OUR COUNTY, THE FAR EASTERN SIDE OF OUR COUNTY, AND AS WE LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GOT THAT REPORT, I GOT A CALL, I GUESS IT WAS ON -- CONSIDERED ON A TUESDAY AND I GOT A CALL ON A THURSDAY I THINK TO SAY HEY, WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS AND IN THAT

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I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS, WHOEVER APPLIES FOR THIS, WHOEVER IS SELECTED, I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT WHATEVER SUBMISSIONS WE GET, THEY TAKE AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS OUT THERE, AND THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE UN-INCORPORATED DOLLARS DON'T ALREADY HAVE COVERAGE OF THE THREE MUNICIPALITIES.

THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT COMMISSIONER SHELL HAS PUT INTO IT BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS NOT EASY TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO SPEND ON THAT.

>> SUCH A MYRIAD OF THINGS OVERLOOKED, AND CONSISTENT EVEN HAD TO LOOK OUT FOR THOSE TINY BEATING HEARTS, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY PERSONALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR YEARS OF

DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY. >> THE ONE OTHER ISSUE -- THE ONE OTHER ITEM THAT I WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING ON, JUDGE, NUMBER 13. AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, BUT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD -- I KNOW WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF RFPS OR RQS RELATIVE TO SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY, AND WE'VE BEEN SERIOUSLY LACKING IN RESPONSES TO THOSE.

I THINK THE LAST TIME WE HAD ONE RESPONSE, TWO TIMES AGO WE HAD ONE RESPONSE.

AND SAGE HAS CONTINUED TO BE OUR BANK THROUGH THAT ON THE SHORT TERM EXTENSIONS.

BUT HAVING SOME LONG TERM, YOU KNOW -- SOME SEMBLANCE OF A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH AN INSTITUTION THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM GOING BACK TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND GETTING ADDITIONAL BACKING FOR US, THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S JUST THE RIGHT WAY TO RUN OUR COUNTY OVER TIME AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR FOLKS BOTH IN THE TREASURER' OFFICE AS WELL AS IN PROCUREMENT TO TRY TO COME UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL RFP AND MAYBE ADDITIONAL EDUCATION OUT

THERE TO TRY TO GET ADDITIONAL RESPONSES. >> I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT --

>> WANT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A WHILE AND ALSO IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER -- SOME OF HIS COMMENTS WE WILL MAKE SURE THE ENTIRE COUNTY IS CONSIDERED.

I THINK THE REASON THEY FOCUSED ON THE CITY AND COUNTIES WERE THE CITIES THAT WERE OPERATING ANIMAL SERVICES AT THAT TIME, MAINLY THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT WAS FOCUSED BUT A LOT OF NOT FOR PROFITS OPERATING ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT WILL BE INCLUDED AND WE'RE GONNA WORK TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AS WE DEVELOP THIS

PROGRAM. >> YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, NAME AND TITLE.

>> MY NAME IS BRIANA AND I'M COUNTY AUDITOR ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR PYRAMIDS AND HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO PROVIDE SPECIFICATIONS SO THAT WE MAY BRING BACK THE SPECIFICATIONS.

>> BEAUTIFUL, AND THANK YOU. IF THERES NOTHING ELSE, PLEASE CALL ROLL

[I1. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction & surface drainage improvements, release of the subdivision bond #ES00010392 in the amount of $1,777,719.40, and acceptance of the 2-year maintenance bond #800131743 in the amount of $74,580.01 for Headwaters at Barton Creek subd., Phase 5, Section 2.]

>> I1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND SURFACE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, RELEASE OF THE SUBDIVISION BOND NUMBER ES00010392 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,777,019.40, AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE TWO-YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND NUMBER 800131743 IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,580.01 FOR HEAD WATERS AT MARTIN CREEK SUBDIVISION SECTION

2. >> SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER.

>> JUDGE, IT'S A STANDARD RELEASE OF BOND ON THE ROADWAY. I KNOW THAT WE ARE INSPECTORS AND THOSE GUYS HAVE ALREADY REVIEWED IT. I WOULD LIKE TO -- IN RELATION TO THIS, BUT JUST IN GENERAL AS WE LOOK INTO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE ROADWAYS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW POSITIVE A CONVERSATION THIS WILL BE. BUT AS WE LOOK AT THE ROADWAYS THAT WE HAVE AND THE EXPANSION OF THOSE ROADWAYS, SPECIFCALLY IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, I'VE GOT ONE OTHER ONE ON HERE THEY'RE ADDITIONAL ROADWAYS THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN ON A

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THE ONE THING THAT IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS SAID IF WE CONTROL THE ROADWAY, WE CONTROL HOW WELL IT'S -- WE CAN ALWAYS CONTROL HOW WELL IT'S BUILT ON THE FRONT END BUT OVER TIME THOSE COUNTY RESIDENTS, THEY'RE PAYING COUNTY TAXES, WE OUGHTA MAINTAIN THAT ROAD FOR OUR HOUSES.

WE HAVE HAD SO MANY SUBDIVISIONS COMING IN HERE AT THIS POINT. OVERALL MAINTENANCE, IT'S A PROBLEM. AND AT A CERTAIN POINT I THINK IT'S A MUCH LARGER DISCUSSION FOR THE COURT THAT WE KNOW TO TAKE UNDER ADVISEMENT TO SAY OKAY DO WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE ALL THESE ROADWAYS INTO THE COUNTY MAINTENANCE SYSTEM OR DO WE WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS ABOUT HAVING TO MAINTAIN THOSE ROADS THEMSELVES.

AND AGAIN, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS ONE. THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AS IS THE ONE ON NUMBER 4, BUT I THINK IT'S A LARGER DISCUSSION FOR THE COURT AT SOME POINT.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL

[I2. Discussion and possible action to execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation related to material inspection and testing services for various 2016 Road Bond construction projects.]

>> I2, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXECUTE AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO MATERIAL INSPECTION AND TESTING SERVICES FOR VARIOUS

2016 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. >> THIS ALLOWS THE COUNTY TO USE TX-DOT FOR MATERIAL, WHICH IS A

VERY EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO GET THAT WORK DONE. >> I'M SURE IT IS AND I BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS AND PARTNERSHIPS. BUT I DO HAVE ONE ASK, CAN WE, BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE GOT IN RECENT COURT SESSIONS, CAN WE REMOVE THE RETRO 150 ROUND ABOUT ON THE LIST?

DO YOU GUYS SUPPORT THAT AND -- >> IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS ITEM, JUDGE.

>> IT'S ON THE BUT. >> WELL, ALL SORTS OF CHARGES ARE -- PROJECTS ARE ON THE BACK-UP, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO TO JUST ALLOW THOSE PROJECTS --

[I3. Discussion and possible action to accept fiscal surety for the construction of roadway and drainage improvements in the amount of $2,200,902.44 for the Sunset Oaks, Section 4, Phase 3A, Final Subdivision (Bond # 30171067).]

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE, THIS IS JUST EXEMPTING THE BOND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF

THESE ROADWAYS IN THIS DIVISION. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLE

[I4. Discussion and possible action to consider the acceptance of road construction & surface drainage improvements, release of the subdivision bond #800132287 in the amount of $660,477.10, acceptance of the 2-year maintenance bond #PB03016800782M1 in the amount of $48,906.70, and acceptance of the 1-year revegetation bond #PB03016800782M2 in the amount of $101,642.75 for Caliterra subd., Phase 4, Section 12.]

>> I-4. >> I-4, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, RELEASE THE SUBDIVISION BE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $660,477.10, ACCEPTANCE OF THE TWO-YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND AND REPEAT THE ITEMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $48,906.70 AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ONE-YEAR REVEGETATION BOND... IN THE AMOUNT OF $101,642.75 FOR THE SUBDIVISION PHASE 4 SECTION

12. >> SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER.

>> SAME AS THE PREVIOUS THREE. THESE ARE JUST ACCEPTANCE FOR DRAINAGE AND RESURFACING.

>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[J1. PLN-2001-PC; Hold a Public Hearing with possible action to approve the Replat of Lot 37, Stagecoach Ranch, Section One.]

>> I AND J1, PLEASE. >> J1... HOLE A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE RESURFACE OF LOT 37 STAGECOACH RANCH SECTION 1.

>> I AM OPENING THE SUBHEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. I SEE NO MOVEMENT. I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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THIS ITEM HAS NO BEARING AND WE REQUEST A FULL STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

>> PRIVATE WELLS, THAT'S VERY OFTEN WHAT WE DISCUSS HERE, I WANT TO ASK YOU DO YOU HAVE A HEAD COUNT OF HOW MANY IN OUR COUNTY ARE DEPENDENT ON PRIVATE WELLS?

>> I WOULD HAVE TO RUN THE NUMBERS THROUGH. >> THERE COULD BE SOME WELLS DRILLED AT CERTAIN TIMES IN THE PAST WHICH ARE NOT RECORDED BY THE DISTRICTS.

THE THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH, THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED BUT RESIDENTIAL WELLS BUT THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING THEM REGISTERED SO THEY HAVE A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVERY WELL

OWNER. >> AND I WOULD SAY TO ANSWER MR. PATTERSON'S QUESTION EARLIER, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM AND I DON'T THINK -- I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY IF YOU ASK THOSE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, THEY EVEN FEEL LIKE THE NUMBERS AREN'T NECESSARILY GREAT. I MEAN, AGAIN, TO COMMISSIONER SHELL'S POINT, IN REACHING OUT TO THEM, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB BUT WE HAVE SUBDIVISIONS, I CAN TELL YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, SUNSET CANYON IN MY PRECINCT, THEY WERE OFFERED WATER SERVICE OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW.

AND THEY ALL STARTED OFF -- A LOT OF THEM STARTED OFF AS PRIVATELE WITHS, OFFERED WATER SERVICE OVER TIME AS THEY BECAME AVAILABLE. MANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS CHOSE NOT TO GET COMMERCIAL WATER SERVICE. AND MANY OF THEM DID GET COMMERCIAL WATER SERVICE. HOWEVER, THEY ONLY USE THAT FOR MAYBE THEIR HOUSE, ALL OF THEIR IRRIGATION IS OFF OF THE PRIVATE WATER WELL. I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE IS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF USERS THAT -- I'LL USE MY NEIGHBORHOOD AS AN EXAMPLE. MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALL PIPED WATER, NO ONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 124 RESIDENTS, HAS A PRIVATE WATER WELL, HOWEVER, EVERY SINGLE HAD HOUSE IS SUPPLIED BY A PRIVATE WATER WELL THAT WAS DRILLED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRIOR TO IT BEING CONSTRUCTED. AND SO THAT'S 124 HOMES THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON IRRIGATION FOR THOSE PRIVATE WATER WELLS BUT THEY ALSO HAVE PIPED-IN WATER THAT THEY PURCHASE AND SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A GOOD NUMBER ON THOSE, AND WE'RE JUST TALKING ON THOSE RELATIVE TO RESIDENTIAL WELLS, WHICH ARE EXEMPT. THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL WELLS OUT THERE THAT MAY BE PRODUCING A LOT MORE WEAFT THAN THE INDIVIDUAL WATER WELLS THAT ARE COMPLETELY UNREGISTERED, AND THOSE ARE COUNTYWIDE. I MEAN, COMMISSIONER JONES, HOW MANY OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS HAVE PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL WELLS THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT, AND I'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH THE WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT ABOUT HOW YOU CAN EVALUATED AND HOW YOU CAN IDENTIY THOSE. IT'S ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE.

I WISH WE HAD BETTER NUMBERS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ROLL CALLED ] K1, POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE

[K1. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a $12,500.00 Master Agreement with Fifth Asset, Inc., dba DebtBook for Lease and Subscription Based Information Technology Arrangement (SBITA) Management Software for compliance services related to Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statements 87 and 96.]

STATEMENTS 87 AND 96. >> SECOND. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL

[K2. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Clerk to hire the Deputy Clerk III position approved in the FY 2023 budget at the 50th percentile effective October 1, 2022.]

OCTOBER 1, 2022. EXECUTIVE SESSION... >> IT'S L1.

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