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VERY GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. BEFORE WE START OUR INVOCATION -- THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, PASTOR DARIUS TODD. I WAS NOTIFIED 7:30 THAT OUR ELEVATOR BROKE. WHATEVER THAT MEANS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. HOWEVER, I WILL BEND OVER BACKWARDS FOR COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION. ANYONE THAT WANTS TO HEARD IN THIS COURT AS LONG AS I AM THE CHAIR, I AM GOING TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO HELP THEM. AND SO WHAT HAVE DONE, SOMEONE TO GO DOWNSTAIRS. WE WILL MAKE SURE YOUR COMMENTS ARE HEARD. THROUGH THESE FOR THE WORLD TO HEAR AND SEE AND RECORDED FOR FOREVERMORE AND TO COME UP HERE.

WE A LAPTOP TO ALLOW EVERYONE DOWNSTAIRS TO WATCH COURT. SO THAT IS WHAT'S UP. ESTIMATE COMMUNICATES WITH ABOUT, HEY, WE GOT YOU. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO HEAR ABOUT. THIS MORNING'S INVOCATION DARIUS TODD.

>> WHAT A SPELL. -- BOW. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE. OF REST YESTERDAY. I YOU, FATHER, FOR YOUR REST. FOR YOU GIVE US GRACE AND MERCY TO LIVE AND EXPERIENCE LIFE IN THIS AREA. WE THANK YOU, LORD GOD, AS YOU SAID, AS YOU DO THIS TO THE LEAST OF DO IT ON TO ME. SO, FATHER, AS WE MEET TODAY , ALL THESE AND MORE. I THINK YOU, FATHER. IN JESUS' NAME, I

PRAY. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE

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>> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE,

TEXAS, ONE INDIVISIBLE. >>

>> AND, NOW, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION. AND WHAT?

>> THAT PERSON. THE NUMBER. >> >> PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WITN FORM WILL NOW HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. UNFORTUNATELY, NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN BY THE COURT AS WE ARE EXPECTED NOT TO RESPOND. ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AS RHETORICAL. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS ON LANGUAGE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL OR YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR TIME. IN THE SPIRIT OF RESPECT, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. FIRST UP, WE HAVE CRYSTAL DAYTON. COME ON UP. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

>> CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE LESSON?

>> MY NAME IS CRYSTAL DAYTREE. I'VE LIVED ON TRAIL DRIVER STREET FOR 13 YEARS. 13 -- PRECINCT 4. I'M HERE TO ASK THE COURT TO CONSIDER REPAVING OUR STREET. MY NEIGHBORS IN OUR FAMILY RELY OUR STREETS FOR RECREATION AND EXERCISE. I WALK

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MIDNIGHT SKY IS A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE DISSIPATING. WE NOTICE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT BEING STAGED AT THE FRONT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN JULY. BEGIN CALLING THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO TRY AND FIND OUT WHY. I CALLED ONE TO TWO TIMES A WEEK OF THE COURSE OF ABOUT THREE WEEKS BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE WHO COULD TELL ME THAT OUR STREET WOULD BE REPAVED IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. THAT WAS A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. MY NEIGHBORS, HIS LETTERS I BROUGHT WITH ME, OR JUST AS SURPRISED AS I AM. WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT REPAVING COULD SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. WE DON'T FEEL SAFE RUNNING AND BIKING AND ALLOWING OUR CHILDREN TO PLAY IN AN AREA THAT SMELLS TERRIBLY UNHEALTHY.

FURTHER, WE DRIVE IT OURSELVES AND DID NOT SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE ROAD THAT NECESSITATES REPAVING AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF A REPAVING PROJECT. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND DOCUMENTATION OR PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE PROJECT, NOR HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO FIND DETAILS ABOUT THE KIND OF PAVING MATERIAL THAT WOULD BE USED. WE BELIEVE REPAVING TRAILDRIVER IS AN UNNECESSARY USE OF RESOURCES. WE ASK YOU PAUSE UNTIL WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FURTHER DETAILS ON THE NECESSITY FOR REPAVING OUR ROAD, WHAT MATERIALS WOULD BE USED, AND WHETHER THEY ARE SAFE TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IF REPAVING IS NECESSARY, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DO NOT USE THE METHOD THAT WAS USED ON TRAIL'S END AND PLEASE DO USE THE METHOD THAT WAS USED ON MIDNIGHT SKY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH . >> AND THE DOCUMENTS? DO I --

>> YOU CAN SUBMIT THEM TO OUR CLERK'S OFFICE. THAT WAY THEY BECOME COURT OF RECORD ITEMS BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY WILL BE IN THE RECORD. AND WE CAN ALWAYS GET COPIES FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I WILL TELL YOU NOW, PLEASE GET COMMISSIONER SMITH AND ME A COPY OF THOSE WHENEVER YOU HAVE A CHANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU'LL JUST HANDED TO HEAR AT THE END. ANY OF THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR JOB IS. OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE LUCY

GONZALES. >> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD MORNING. WE ARE HERE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO THE HISPANIC HERITAGE WALK, WHICH IS COMING UP NEXT SATURDAY. WE ARE COMPLETELY EXCITED AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, AND COMMUNITY, FOR OFFERING THE GROUNDS TO PUT THIS CELEBRATION ON BEHALF. 654. WE WANT TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR THIS HISPANIC HERITAGE EXHIBITION WALK. THIS RECOGNITION IS MORE THAN WORDS ON PAPER. WHICH THE PROCLAMATION WILL BE READ IN A FEW WEEKS. IT IS A REMINDER OF THE RICH CULTURE, DEEP FAITH, AND ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. WE ARE PEOPLE ROOTED IN HOPE GUIDED BY FAITH AND COMMITTING TO LIFTING ONE ANOTHER UP. AS SCRIPTURE REMINDS US, LET US NOT GROW WEARY IN DOING GOOD. FOR AT THE PROPER TIME, WE WILL REAP A HARVEST IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP.

WITH GOD AT THE CENTER, WE CONTINUE TO PRESS FORWARD, CELEBRATING OUR HERITAGE, ADVOCATING FOR EQUITY, AND OPPORTUNITY AND BUILDING A STRONGER FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. COME JOIN US SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH AT 10:00 A.M. THE WALK WILL START AND CULMINATE HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE WITH MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, AND VENDORS. EVENT PROCEEDS WILL SCHOLARSHIPS. THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US AND HONORING OUR HISTORY, OUR CULTURE, AND THE FAITH THAT SUSTAINS US. MADE THIS PUBLIC COMMENT NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE THE PAST BUT ALSO INSPIRE ACTION, JUSTICE, AND UNITY IN THE PRESENT. EACH ONE OF US STAND BOLDLY FOR WHAT IS RIGHT GUIDED BY TRUTH, LIFTING OUR VOICES FOR JUSTICE, AND LIVING OUT THE VICE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT TRANSFORM OUR COMMUNITY AND NATION. THANK YOU

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SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, VIRGINIA PARKER. AND, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE VIEWING PUBLIC, AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS, MY OFFICE WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A PICTURE. SORRY. THANK YOU.

>> HI, JUDGING COMMISSIONERS. SAN MARCOS RIVER FOUNDATION. I WANTED TO COME AND LET YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT SB-117. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR YOU ALL RIGHT NOW. AS YOU KNOW, COUNTIES DON'T HAVE ZONING AUTHORITY BUT SB-117 WOULD ALLOW THE COUNTIES THE ABILITY TO LIMIT IMPERVIOUS COVER . AND THIS IS ALL IN RESPONSE TO THE HORRIFIC FLOODING WE SAW IN JULY.

CONSIDER WE ARE IN FLOOD ALLIE, WE HOPE YOU ALL WILL CREATE A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF 117 BECAUSE SO FAR IT IS NOT GETTING OUT OF THE COMMITTEE. I HAVE ALREADY SAID THE SAME THING TO CALDWELL COUNTY. THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS WITH REGARDS TO THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED PRIORITIZATION OF THE COUNTY'S WAS THE ROAD PROJECTS. I DO APPRECIATE THE OPEN HOUSES AT EACH COMMISSIONER IS HAVING AND I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER COHEN. IS NOT ABLE TO PUBLICIZE YOURS LAST WEEK OR MAKE IT, BUT I'M GOING TO INCLUDE THE REST OF THE DATES IN THE NEWSLETTER TODAY. REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT JUDGE BECERRA'S TASK FORCE, I HOPE YOU WILL KEEP AN OPEN MIND WITH REGARDS TO THE PRIORITIZATION, AND I HAVE GOT A FEW REASONS FOR THAT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE ROADS LISTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PRIORITIZATION MUST ONE EVER BE BUILT. IT JUST MEANS THAT WE AS THE TASK FORCE FELT THERE WERE SOME ROADS THAT REALLY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TODAY, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE. YOU KNOW? THIS WAS THE ROADS WAS -- AND THE BOND WAS TOUTED AS EQUITABLE, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE EASTSIDE HAS BEEN SORELY NEGLECTED FOR DECADES. AND THAT IS WHERE A HUGE DENSITY IN THE POPULATION IS GOING. SO WE REALLY FELT LIKE THOSE ROADS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST. IN ADDITION TO SOME OTHERS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE LIST. BUT, AS A TAXPAYER, I DON'T WANT TO SEE ROADS BUILT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. I WANT TO SEE ROADS IMPROVED AND INCREASE IN SAFETY WHERE WE REALLY NEED THEM TODAY.

ON OPENING UP THE ZONE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A WATER PROBLEM. AND THIS COULD CREATE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES FOR US IN THE FUTURE. I HOPE YOU WILL ALL JUST KEEP AN OPEN MIND

WITH THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT TASK FORCE. NEXT UP, ERIC

MARTINEZ. >> HOWDY, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO CANCEL HAYS COUNTY'S CONTRACT WITH FLOCK AND USE OF ALL ADMITTED A LICENSE PLATE READERS IN COMMUNITY. AT ITS CORE, THIS IS ABOUT TRUST, RIGHTS, AND SAFETY. WE ARE CALLED TO MS. US SAFER BUT REAL SAFETY IS NOT GRADED BY MASS SURVEILLANCE. IT IS PRINTED BY INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. THESE CAMERAS DON'T PREVENT CRIME. INSTEAD, THEY TRACK EVERYONE, ALL THE TIME, FLIPPING THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE ON ITS HEAD AND TREATING EVERY DRIVER AS A POTENTIAL SUSPECT. THE DANGERS ARE NOT HYPOTHETICAL. FLOCK HAS BEEN CAUGHT BREAKING THE LAW BY INSTALLING CAMERAS WITHOUT PERMITS AND OTHER STATES. THE COMPANY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY CONGRESS. AND MOST ALARMING, AND HAS ADMITTED TO BUYING STOLEN DATA TO FUEL ITS SURVEILLANCE EMPIRE. THINK ABOUT THAT. ONE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND HAYS COUNTY ARE RELYING ON TECHNOLOGY THAT IS LITERALLY BUILT FROM CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. FLOCK HAS PROFITED FROM HAT AND LEAKED INFORMATION . THE VERY KINDS OF CRIMES POLICE ARE SUPPOSED TO STOP. AND THEN PACKAGED IT AS A PRODUCT FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THIS CREATES A DEEP CONTRADICTION.

HOW CAN WE ASK RESIDENTS TO TRUST LAW ENFORCEMENT ONE THE TOOLS BEING USED AGAINST THEM ARE ROOTED IN THEFT AND LAWBREAKING? WHAT MESSAGE DOES IT SEND TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THE COUNTY SIGNS A CONTRACT WITH ANOTHER COMPANY THAT TREATS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO EXPAND ITS BUSINESS MODEL? IS THIS REALLY THE KIND OF COMPANY WE WANT HAYS COUNTY TIED TO? AND IT DOESN'T STOP THERE. THESE SYSTEMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN USED TO TARGET IMMIGRANTS, FALSE MATCHES HAVE

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COMMISSIONERS CAN ACTUALLY TEACH A REAL SAFETY ROOTED IN TRUST AND FAIRNESS. NOT SURVEILLANCE BUILT ON STOLEN DATA. CANCEL THIS CONTRACT. IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT YOU SAFETY. TRUE COMMUNITY. YOU WOULD SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE MYLES MARTIN.

>> COME ON, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MYLES MARTIN, AND I SERVE AS THE SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR. I AM HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY STRONG OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF FLOCK CAMERAS IN SAN MARCOS AND HAYS COUNTY. I WANT TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING COMMISSIONER AVERAGE'S CONCERN ABOUT USING THESE CAMERAS TO SOLVE SERIOUS CRIMES LIKE KIDNAPPINGS. AS A PARENT MY RESUME WITH THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT AND THINK DEEPLY. BUT, IF MY OWN CHILDREN WERE IN DANGER, I WOULD WANT TO PREVENT THAT DANGER FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. I WOULD WANT TO PREVENT THAT CRIME. THIS TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT PREVENT THAT. AT BEST, IT REACTS AFTER-THE-FACT AND OFTEN IT WAYS THAT COME WITH THE COST OF PRIVACY. CIVIL LIBERTIES. AND TRUST IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. FLOCK CAMERAS ARE OFTEN MARKETED AS A CHEAP FIX BUT SOMETIMES THINGS ARE CHEAPER A REASON. HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN TO REDUCE CRIME. IN SAM BRENNER, CALIFORNIA, CRIME RATES ARE ESPECIALLY THE SAME. MORE THAN 1400 TIMES IN LESS THAN A YEAR BY I.C.E. TO TARGET IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.THIS RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO THESE CAMERAS ARE REALLY SERVING.

THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO DESPERATE CIRCUMSTANCES, THESE CAMERAS DO NOT OFFER THEM SUPPORT HER OPPORTUNITIES OR SECOND CHANCES. THEY JUST SIT AND WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO SLIP UP AGAIN, REINFORCING CYCLES OF INCARCERATION INSTEAD OF BREAKING THEM. CONTRACTS THAT WE SEE AND SOCIETIES THAT INVEST IN PREVENTION TAKES SOLICITING FOR EXAMPLE. SOLICITING HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST CRIME RATES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. CONSISTENTLY RANKS AS ONE OF THE SAFEST COUNTRIES GLOBALLY WERE VIOLENT CRIME RATE IS FAR BELOW THE INTERNATIONAL AVERAGE. WHAT SETS THEM APART IS NOT MASS SURVEILLANCE BUT ROBUST INVESTMENT IN REHABILITATION AND RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS. PEOPLE THERE ARE GIVEN SUPPORT. HOUSING.

HEALTHCARE. AND PATHWAYS BACK INTO SOCIETY. SO THE CONDITIONS THAT FUEL CRIME ARE REDUCED IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND THIS ISN'T JUST A EUROPEAN PHENOMENON. CLOSER TO HOME, BOSTON HAS INVESTED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH HAS REDUCED CRIME BY ADDRESSING ITS ROOT CAUSES BEFORE ARREST AND INCARCERATION EVEN ENTER THE PICTURE. IF WE WANT TO MAKE SAN MARTIN SAFER, WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THOSE EXAMPLES. OUR GOAL SHOULD NOT BE TO INCREASE RISK. IT SHOULD BE TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR RISK BY PREVENTING CRIME FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. THAT REQUIRES INVESTING IN COMMUNITY SUPPORT. NOT INVESTING IN SURVEILLANCE. SO, TODAY, NOT ONLY URGE THE COURT TO RESIST ANY EXPANSION OF FLOCK

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DON'T ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE BULLIED INTO VOTING FOR SOMETHING THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT DO NOT WANT. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM. MY FAMILY HAS OWNED A RANCH FOR 35 YEARS. WE LOVE THE HILL COUNTRY AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE THAT CREEK WILL PLAY FOR FUTURE GENERATION. PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ELECTED YOU. PLEASE FOCUS ALL ROAD IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS TO THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 12 AND 150. YOU MUST REMEMBER WE ARE SHORT ON WATER, SHORT ON LAND, AND LONG ON DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO EXPLOIT THE HILL COUNTRY. WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES TO PROTECT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF HAVS COUNTY RESIDENTS. WILLIAM AND ISABELLA CUNNINGHAM. THIS IS FROM MARYBETH ALSTORPH. I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS MY OPINIONS ON THE TRANSPORTATION COUNTY IN HAVS COUNTY. THE TASK FORCE HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO LOOK AT ALL SIDES. I HOPE YOU WILL LISTEN AND DIGEST WHAT IS SHARED FROM THIS TASK FORCE. TRANSPARENCY IS CRITICAL TO GAIN THE TRUST OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. IN ADDITION, I REMIND YOU YOU ARE IN SERVICE TO THESE CONSTITUENTS, NOT THE OTHER WAY. YOUR CONSTITUENTS EXPECT TO USE TO SERVE WITH THE GREATEST OF ETHICS. PLEASE ADDRESS TRUE NEEDS BEFORE DEVELOPER WISHES. THE SOUTHWEST CONNECTION IN BOTH PRECINCTS THREE AND FOUR IS NOT A NECESSITY. THIS IS A DEVELOPER ROAD, NOT A TRANSPORTATION ROAD.

CROSSING CREEKS MULTIPLE TIMES, ADVERSELY AFFECTING OUR WATER AND DAMAGING WILDLIFE HABITAT IS NOT WHAT THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS AREA WANT. IN FACT PRECINCT THREE VOTED STRONGLY AGAINST THE ROAD BODS. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY WHEN VOTING FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS. MOIYA ZIN. I APPRECIATE THE FINDINGS HAVE BEEN SHARED AND WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUTLINED. THE TASK FORCE PROVIDED VALUABLE INSIGHTS, AND I BELIEVE IT'S PROPOSALS OFFER A BALANCED APPROACH. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU HONOR THIS PROCESS AND MAINTAIN MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD. IF YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH TRANSPARENCY, WE CAN AND WILL ORGANIZE AND GATHER SIGNATURES TO BLOCK THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION. I URGE YOU TO STAND WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND UPHOLD THIS PROCESS. KATHY RAMSEY. HAVS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO HONOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND DEDICATE THE BULK OF FUNDING TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY THAT ARE IN NEED AND REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT TO KEEP UP WITH THE HIGHER LEVELS OF GROWTH THERE.

WHILE FUTURE ROAD COULD BENEFIT FROM THE ADDITION OF TURNING LANES AND SHOULDER, ROUNDABOUTS AND A NEW CREEK CROSSING ARE PREMATURE. THE PROPOSED CONCERT VENUE IS VERY UNCERTAIN, AND THE DEVELOPER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY NECESSARY UPGRADES. I ALSO ASK THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY HALT THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO THE DRIPPINGS SPRINGS SOUTHWEST CONNECTION PROJECT ALONG ONION CREEK AND THE BLANCO RIVER. THESE PROPOSED NEW ROADS ARE IMMENSELY UNPOPULAR WITHIN THEIR PRECINCTS DUE TO THE HIGHLY SENSITIVE RECHARGE LANDS BRINGING DAMAGE TO OUR DRINKING WATER AND LASTING HARM TO RECREATIONAL USE OF SPRINGS AND RIVER, THE BASIS OF OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY. ONION

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THE CLEAR MAJORITY OF PRECINCTS THREE AND FOUR VOTED AGAINST THE ROAD BOND. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU DO NOT HAVE A MANDATE ON THESE AREAS. LESS THAN 4% FOR THE SOUTHWEST CONNECTION. WE HAVE NO WISH TO DENY THE EASTERN RESIDENTS THE ROADS NEEDED IN ONE AND TWO, BUT LUMPING ALL COUNTY ROADS INTO ONE FUNDING PACKAGE HIDES THE DATA AND THWARTS THE WILL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. IF YOU CONTINUE TO FUND THESE PROJECTS, YOU LEAVE US NO CHOICE BUT TO BRING TO A VOTE, FUNDING FOR THE WHOLE.

FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRANSFORATION COMMITTEE AND PUT THIS ROUND OF FUNDING ONLY TOWARDS THOSE ROADS YOUR VOTERS ACTUALLY WANT AND NEED. THIS IS FROM KERRY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. AS

THE VICE PRESIDENT OF -- >> ONE SECOND.

>> YES, SIR. >> FOR THE PUBLIC. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE SAY KEEP AUSTIN OUT OF HAVS COUNTY, AND THIS DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST THE TIME. WE REPRESENT THE SOUTH EDGE OF AUSTIN AS WELL. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT SAY AUSTIN IS HOME, AUSTIN, TEXAS, HAVS COUNTY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE

HERE WITH YOU. OKAY, GO AHEAD. >> AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF FITS YOU NEIGHBORS NPO, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE OUR OPINION. A PROPOSAL WAS ANNOUNCED TO BE INCLUDED IN ROAD BONDS. IT WAS PROVEN THESE IMPROVEMENTS WERE NEVER DISCUSSED WITH CONSTITUENTS AND WENT SO FAR TO IGNORE THE REQUESTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT PLANS. E-MAILS BETWEEN MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER SMITH SUBSTANTIATE THIS. FITS YOU NEIGHBORS STANCE WAS AS IT IS NOW NEEDS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROADWAY. THE AGREEMENT REACHED AT COMMISSIONERS COURT WAS THAT FITS YOU ROAD NEEDED TO REMAIN TWO LANES ONLY WITH EMERGENCY SHOULDER ACCESS. WE DO NOT NEED TO TURN FITS YOU ROAD INTO ANOTHER HIGHWAY 290. IT WOULD DUPLICATE THE HIGHWAY AND IS A CLOSE WASTE OF RESOURCES. NEEDS IMPROVEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE SAFETY AND FIRE ACCESS BY INSTALLING SHOULDERS. ON BEHALF OF FITS YOU NEIGHBORS' 2,000 MEMBERS I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR SHOULDER LANE IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR TWO LANE ROAD. THIS IS FROM WESTON KIRK OF DRIPPING SPRINGS. HAVS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WITH THE THREE-YEAR TIME FRAME TO SPEND ONLY HALF OF THE MONEY IN THE ORIGINAL ROAD BOND, WE MUST ALLOCATE FUNDS WITH THE PRESENT CONDITIONS AND EXPRESSED OPINION OF THE VOTER BASE. THE FUNDING SHOULD BE DIRECTED TOWARD IMPROVING THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE ROADWAYS, NOT TO FUND WISHLESS PROJECTS WHICH LACK COMMUNITY BACKING. IT'S CLEAR THE DRIVERS OF OUR CURRENT ROADS THINK PRECINCTS THREE AND FOUR VOTED DOWN THE BOND, AND FEWER THAN 4% SUPPORTED THE SOUTHWEST COUNTY AT PUBLIC MEETINGS. FROM THIS THE PLAN IS CLEAR, ALLOCATE THE MAJORITY OF THE REVISED BOND FUNDING TOWARDS URGENT NEEDS AND SMALLER PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE FAST GROWTH EASTERN PRECINCTS THAT HAVE LONG BEEN UNDERFUNDED AVOIDING FAST TRACKS TO OVERDEVELOPMENT OF THE RECHARGE LANDS, IMPROVING SHOULDERS ARE SENSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS. LANE EXPENSIONS AND ROUNDABOUTS ARE NOT. MAINLY THE BLANCO SHOULD BE COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM CONSIDERATION. BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS CUT THROUGH RECHARGE ZONES, OPENING THE DOOR TO SPRAWL WHILE PUTTING OUR WATER SUPPLY AT RISK. THIS IS FROM MELANIE COX OF DRIPPING SPRINGS. DEAR COMMISSIONERS, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE RESIDED FOR 39 YEARS. WE ARE AWARE THAT THE POPULATION OF HAVS COUNTY IS EXPANDING. THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE ROAD OR INTERSECTIONS SHOULD BE IMPROVED FOR SAFETY AND EASE OF TRANSIT. OBVIOUSLY EASTERN HAVS IS DESPERATELY IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS. WE APPLAUD PRIORITIZING THOSE EFFORTS. ALL IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITH THE AWARENESS OF HOW THEY IMPACT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR NEIGHBORS, PARTICULARLY THE QUALITY OF OUR WATER, AQUAFIRS AND SURFACE WATERS. ONCE THEY ARE POLLUTED OR DESTROYED, THE

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INCREASED DEVELOPMENT IN THESE FRAGILE AREAS THREATENS NOT ONLY OUR DRINKING WATER, BUT THE FLOW AND HEALTH OF THE SPRINGS AND RIVERS THAT SUSTAIN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND LOCAL ECONOMY. IT SUPPLIES A THIRD OF THE BASE FLOW AND IS UPSTREAM OF THE WELLS. SIMILARLY THE BLANCO CONTRIBUTES CRITICAL RECHARGE TO THE EDWARDS AQUAFIR. EXPANDING ROAD NETWORKS WILL INHIBIT INFILTRATION, DEGRADE WATER QUALITY AND COMPROMISE THE SECURITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. RECENT PRECINCTS THREE AND FOUR CLEAR OPPOSITION TO THE ROAD BOND PACKAGE, A FACT THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED. PROTECTION, AT THE PUBLIC MEETING AT DRIPPING SPRINGS LESS THAN 4% APPROVED. RESIDENT IN THE EAST SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY RECEIVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY NEED, BUT DOING SO SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT DEFINE THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. IF THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO PUSH FORWARD FOR THE FUNDING OF THE PROJECT, WE WILL HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO PURSUE A PETITION TO BRING TO A PUBLIC VOTE DELAYING THE ENTIRE PROCESS THIS IS NOT A DESIRED OUTCOME. I ASK YOU ACT IN GOOD FAITH EXPRESSING THE WILL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND FOLLOW THE ADVANCE OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

>> WE CAN DO THIS ALL DAY. HOW MANY YOU GOT LEFT?

>> THAT'S IT UNTIL THE ITEM COMES UP. SEVEN.

>> ONE MORE. >> WHO IS IT?

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>>> FACES LAWSUITS FOR VIOLATING FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. IT'S MASS SURVEILLANCE HEADED BY A CORPORATION THAT IS SEEMINGLY UNTRUSTWORTHY AND NOT OPERATING IN GOOD FAITH. REAL SAFETY COMES FROM INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND NOT A.I. CAMERAS. PLEASE STAND WITH RESIDENTS AND VOTE NO. THIS IS FROM SAM YOUNG IN SAN MARCUS.

KEEP AND EXPAND FLOCK. OPPONENTS WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THAT CAMERAS ARE FOCUSED ON THE FRONT AND BACK DOORS OF EVERY DWELLING. FLOCK IS ONE TOOL IN THE TOOL BOX. ONE EXAMPLE OF SUCCESS RESULT IN THE QUICK APPREHENSION OF A MURDERER WITH THE AID OF FLOCK. THE OPPOSITION FAILED -- SAN MARCUS POLICE ASKED FOR HELP IN IDENTIFYING A SUSPECT FROM A GAS STATION CAMERA. NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT CAMERA. I GUESS THAT MANY MERCHANTS HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS THAT FILM EVERYONE ENTERING THEIR BUSINESS. NO ONE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THOSE CAMERAS.

THE SHERIFF WAS PATIENT IN RESPONDING TO THE ILL-INFORMED PUBLIC. IF I LIVED IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS, I WOULD WANT ALL THE PROTECTION FROM THE BAD GUYS I COULD GET. SAM YOUNG. AND THIS IS FROM SHARON LOCKIT IN SAN MARCUS. AS A HAYS COUNTY RESIDENT, USEFUL DISTRIBUTION MUST BE MANAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY WHAT CLEAR PENALTIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED PROFITS. I URGE YOU TO TAKE TIME FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE AND APPROVE ONLY ACCOUNTABLE COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION ON OUR

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PUBLIC. >> THAT'S THE END OF IT?

>> THAT IS. >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN UP

SEVEN. >> SEVEN. OH, PRESENTATION BY COUNTY JUDGES TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE TO RECOMMEND PRIORITIZATION OF ROAD PROJECTS. I HAVE TWO COMMENTS.

>> I'M DOING THAT TO KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER.

>> OKAY. >> FIRST, WE WILL FINISH THE COMMENTS, AND THEN YOU WILL GO UP, OKAY?

>> OKAY. >> STAY THERE. JUST KNOW THAT I WANT TO LET HER READ FIRST. THAT'S OUR PROTOCOOL. LET HER

READ FIRST, AND THEN YOU GO. >> SIR, THERE, ARE THREE. THE FIRST FROM LEAH MCINTOSH. I WISH TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR ALLOCATING FUNDS UNDER THE PROPOSED CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS DURING THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR LIMITED TO ROADS IN THE EASTERN SIDE OF HAYS COUNTY WHERE THERE ARE NUMEROUS ISSUES THAT HAVE LONG BEEN NEGLECTED. -- PARTICULARLY AROUND THE DRIPPING SPRINGS SOUTHWEST CONNECTION WHICH WILL PRESENT SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE QUALITY OF ONION CREEK AND THE WATER WAYS IN TO WHICH THESE CREEKS FEED INCLUDING SAN MARCUS SPRINGS THIS PROPOSED ROAD PROJECT WILL ALSO OPEN UP UNWANTED RAMPANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA OF PRECINCT FOUR WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEAUTIFUL, UNDEVELOPED RANCH LAND AND SHOULD REMAIN UNTOUCHED. THIS SECOND ONE FROM PATTY ARNOLD. ALSO IN DRIPPING.

FUNDS ARE LIMITED AND SHOULD BE USED FOR GROWTH THAT WILL BENEFIT RESIDENTS NOW NOT BASED ON SPECULATION OF FUTURE GROWTH.

HAYS COUNTY ALONG THE I-34 CORRIDOR. PROJECTS SHOULD BE

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IN ADDITION TO NO PRESENT DEMAND FOR A HIGHWAY, THE ROUTE MAKES NO SENSE TOP GRAPHICALLY OR ENVIRONMENTALLY. -- THE ROUTE CROSSES MULTIPLE WATER FEATURES, AND THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE LESS SENSITIVE ROUTE. THIS CAN OBJECTIVELY BE DETERMINED BY REVIEWING THE TOPOGRAPHY AS SHOWN IN A U.S. SURVEY MAP. IT SHOWS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPOSED ROADWAY. THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE NORTH-SOUTH PORTION BETWEEN 290 AND 150 TO THE WEST MOST VERTICAL ORANGE LINE AND THE EASTERN PROPOSED HAVE JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE SECOND OF THE BOTTOM ORANGE LINE. AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPOSED 150, THE EAST WEST SPAN GOES BETWEEN TWO HILL TOPS, LOCATED IN A WET WEATHER CREEK. THE NORTH-SOUTH PORTION FROM THAT CORNER UP TO ONION CREEK RUNS A FAIRLY DEEP GULLY. MOST LIKELY LONG BRIDGES WILL BE REQUIRED IF THE ROAD STAYS IN THE LOCATION PRESENTLY PROPOSED. IF YOU'RE NOT WELL VERSED, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSULT A PERSON WHICH WOULD BE ANYONE WHO HAS NOT BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS ROADWAY.

THAT PERSON WILL CONFIRM THAT THE TERRAIN ON THE PROPOSED ROUTE IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY, AND AS A POSTSCRIPT, WHEN THE ROAD WAS FIRST PROPOSED, COMMISSIONER WALTSMITH TOLD ME THE LOCATION WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE IT CROSSED ONION CREEK AT ITS NARROWEST. COMMISSIONER SMITH IS MISINFORMED. I OWN THAT LAND AND CREEK FRONT PROPERTY IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND CAN ASSURE YOU IT'S NOT THE NARROWEST PORTION OF THE CREEK NOR THE BEST LOCATION TO SITE THE ROADWAY. THIS IS FROM JEREMY HIGDEN OF DRIPPING. PLEASE ALLOW -- PLEASE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNTY WIDE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND DIRECT THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING TO IMPROVING THE RAPIDLY GROWING EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. I URGE TO STOP THE FUNDING FOR THE SOUTHWEST CONNECTION AND PROJECTS. THESE ROADS ARE OPPOSED IN THEIR PRECINCTS BECAUSE THEY WOULD SPUR DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHLY SENSITIVE RECHARGE ZONES THREATENING OUR DRINKING WATER, DAMAGING RECREATIONAL SPRINGS AND OUR COUNTY'S ECONOMIC LIFELINE. CONTINUING TO FUND THESE PROJECTS WILL FORCE RESIDENTS TO PETITION FOR A PUBLIC VOTE ON TH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, RESPECT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, HONOR THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUND ONLY THE ROADS THAT YOUR VOTERS NEED AND SUPPORT. AND THAT'S ALL.

>> AWESOME. IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE

VIEWING PUBLIC. YOU CAN PROCEED. >> GOOD MORNING. JUDGE -- COMMISSIONERS, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT ME AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S DIFFERENT. I LOST A BET ON MY HORNS.

>> I'M SORRY. >> MY NAME?

>> DAVID PATERSON, ONLY LIVED IN HAYS COUNTY FOR 43 YEARS. BUILT MY OWN HOUSE NAIL BY NAIL AND BOARD BY BOARD AND BEEN VERY

INVOLVED IN CIVICS. >> SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION.

SOME OF YOU -- I GOT UP THIS MORNING. MY PRESENTATION WAS GONE OFF OF GOOGLE DOCS. BEFORE I START THE PRESENTATION FOR THE GROUP, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY. MAYBE WE CAN AVOID THIS KIND OF IMPASSE IN THE FUTURE. I ASK THIS COURT TO START USING THE INTERNET MORE EFFECTIVELY. IF THE DETAILS HAD BEEN PUT ONLINE, THE WHY, THE WHERE ARE, AND THE THEN. ACTED ON WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS TOLD YOU, THERE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A LAWSUIT. I SAY THIS NEXT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT KNOWING THAT WE'RE ALL HUMAN AND MAKE MISTAKES. IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

WHEN YOU BLAME FOLKS THAT BROUGHT THE LAWSUIT, YOU SET THEM UP FOR POSSIBLE HARM. THERE ARE 250,000 ANGRY DRIVERS IN

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OKAY, NOW THE REPORT FROM THE TASK FORCE. I WANT TO THANK JUDGE FOR CONVENING THIS TASK FORCE AND ALL OF THE TASK FORCE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED AND STEPPED UP AND SPENT THEIR TIME.

THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH. WE GOT THREE LISTS. DO IT, AND I'M GOING TO READ THEM. FM200 EAST INTERIM, NUMBER ONE, I'M JUST GOING TO READ, NOT GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS. CR266. HIGH ROAD CR127.

FM150 EAST. GO FORTH ROAD. LEAH AVENUE. WILLIAM PETTIS EXPENSION. GRISMILL, COUNTY ROAD 101. SAWYER RANCH ROAD. OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD. COUNTY ROAD 162, PHASE TWO. FM150 EAST. WINDY HILL ROAD INTERIM. COTTON ROAD. GO FORTH ROAD. THAT'S 18 PROJECTS APPROVED. AND SO THIS IS OUR DO IT LIST.

>> THERE'S ALSO HILLSIDE TERRACE ALL THE WAY TO 23.

>> I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE THAT. OKAY, I DON'T HAVE IT ON

MY SHEET. >> THE COMMISSIONERS EACH HAVE A COPY. IT WAS THE SECOND PAGE. I'LL READ THE LAST FIVE. FM150 EAST -- AND I'M SORRY THAT FM150 EAST WAS DUPLICATED ON THE LIST, BUT ALSO THE DO IT LIST INCLUDES HILLSIDE TERRACE.

FM2001 GAP. WINDY HILL ROAD CENTERPOINT ROAD, AND OLD KYLE ROAD. THAT IS THE LAST OF THE DO IT LIST.

>> IN THE DO IT LIST IS GET THE SHOVELS OUT AND GET GOING AND DO IT RIGHT NOW. WE NEED THESE ROADS. OKAY. THE SECOND GROUP WAS DEFER IT. THE SAWYER RANCH PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY, AND WE STARTED TO CHUCKLE AT THAT ONE. THIS IS SO PEOPLE CAN DRIVE GOLF CARTS TO GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. WE GOT ROADS ON THE EAST SIDE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN REDONE IN 50 YEARS.

>> I WOULD CORRECT ONE THING THERE.

>> WHAT'S THAT? >> THERE'S ACTUALLY -- IT'S ACTUALLY POSTED FOR NO GOLF CARTS, AND IT'S ONLY FOR SCHOOL

TRAFFIC BETWEEN FOUR CAMPUSES. >> WE THOUGHT THAT SHOULD BE --

>> I'M SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION, BUT HE'S EXPLAINING WHAT THE DEFERRED LIST IS ABOUT.

>> HERE'S WHAT WE DIDN'T LIKE. THAT'S PUBLIC DOLLARS. THAT'S KIND OF A SHE-SHE PROJECT. WE GOT PEOPLE IN EAST HAYS COUNTY.

DEFER ALSO YARRIGTON EXTENSION. DEFER. SECOND TWO, AND DARBY HILL ROAD EXTENSION. THESE ARE THE ONES ON DEFER. THEN WE GET UP TO THE LAST GROUP. DELAY. DRIPPING SPRINGS SOUTHWEST CONNECTION. ARIUM 12 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. DRIPPING SPRINGS SOUTHWEST CONNECTION. THAT'S IT THESE ARE THERE FOR POSSIBLY THE FUTURE THE DEFER IS MAYBE SOONER THAN THOSE WE DELAYED. BUT WE GOT A BUNCH OF PROJECTS. 75% OF THE ROADS THAT WERE IN THE BOND WERE APPROVED BY THIS TASK FORCE. SO I ASK YOU AS COMMISSIONERS TO PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. >> PERFECT. NOW IT'S CUSTOMARY ON THIS, JUST IN CASE, I WANT TO OPEN TO THE COMMISSIONERS IF THEY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING. NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE CONVERSATION. COMMISSIONERS ON THIS SIDE? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO

SAY OR ADD TO THIS EFFORT? >> NOT -- JUDGE, I APPRECIATE THE REPORT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING IT. YEAH, I GUESS IT'S DIFFICULT, JUDGE, BECAUSE THIS COURT VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL OF THE ROADS, AND NOW WE HAVE THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC WANTED MORE INPUT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, I WILL CERTAINLY TAKE A

LOOK AT IT AND THANKS. >> DO I GET A CHANCE TO RESPOND

TO THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> OKAY. THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. WE WOULDN'T BE AT

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>> MR. PATTERSON, COMMISSIONER, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY TWO CENTS ON YOUR COMMENT. IT'S -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY ARGUMENT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN ARGUMENT, THAT'S JUST THE WORD THAT COMES TO MIND, THE POINT OF VIEW, THE PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT'S A BETTER PHRASING. VOTER APPROVED THE WHOLE LIST. THIS RECOMMENDATION ISN'T ABOUT NOT DOING OR KILLING ANYTHING. IT'S ABOUT CHOOSING A PRIORITIZATION SEQUENCE. IT'S NOT AN ARGUMENT OF WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS AND NOT DO THIS. LET'S DO THIS FIRST. LET'S DO THIS NOW. THIS IS PRESSING. LET'S PRIORITIZE THIS SEQUENCE. THAT'S WHAT THE LIST, HOPEFULLY K BE PART OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY. IT'S NOT A DON'T DO IT, VOTERS DIDN'T

APPROVE IT OR ANY OF THAT STUFF. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN?

>> LIKE WE SAID, THE COURT DID APPROVE THESE PROJECTS. THAT'S HOW WE HAVE BEEN MOVING FORWARD ON OUR BUDGET. WHAT I DON'T BELIEVE IS A TRUE -- THIS TASK FORCE IS NOT A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF THIS COUNTY. HOW MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS WERE

FROM PRECINCT ONE OR TWO? >> THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM EVERY

PRECINCT. >> THE FEEDBACK I GOT FROM TWO MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE, THIS GROUP WAS VERY ANTIDEVELOPMENT, ANTIROAD. SO THEY WERE CONCERNED, AND THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TASK FORCE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS, WHICH I COMMEND THEM FOR DOING THAT, BUT MY OTHER ISSUE WITH THIS IS THAT THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THIS TASK FORCE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION WITH. SO TO ME, THAT DOESN'T SEEM VERY RESPONSIBLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE ARE IN LITIGATION WITH ON THIS TASK FORCE THAT WILL MAKE THIS TASK

FORCE LEAN A CERTAIN WAY. >> I DID NOT KNOW THAT, HOWEVER, I CAN'T RUN FOR OFFICE. I HAVE A SCREWED UP BACK. IF I WAS IN OFFICE, THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO WOULD BE LISTEN TO MY CONSTITUENTS, AND I THINK THIS PROCESS THAT WE DID WAS EXACTLY THAT. WHAT WE ARE TELLING YOU, IS THAT IF YOU TAKE A SURVEY ON THE INTERNET ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, YOU'LL GET A BETTER SAMPLE. YOU WILL REALLY FIND OUT WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT.

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RULE OVER US. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR US. THAT'S WHY WE PAY YOU. SO PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. YOU THINK WE ARE ANTIGROWTH? HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH THAT STATEMENT. EVERYBODY ALONG I-35 IS GOING TO GET WILCOX WATER. IT'S ALREADY BEING HOOKED UP. DURING THE NEXT DROUGHT OF RECORD, ALL OF THE PEOPLE NOT HOOKED UP RUN THE RISK OF THEIR WELLS GOING DRY, AND THIS COUNTY DOES NOT EVEN KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON SOLE SOURCE UNDERGROUND WATER. WE HAVEN'T EVEN DONE A STUDY. IT COULD BE 40% OF THE POPULATION.

YOU'RE GOING TO WRECK THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THOSE PEOPLE.

YOU'RE GOING TO WRECK THE LIFESTYLE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

>> I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT WAS SAID --

>> THAT'S HEARSAY. >> IT'S NOT HEARSAY. THEY WERE

CONCERNED ENOUGH TO TELL ME. >> IF YOU TAKE ONE LITTLE PERSON ON THE TASK FORCE OR TWO, WHATEVER THE LITIGATION IS, AND WIPE OUT WHAT WE'VE DONE, ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE, AND THAT'S ALL I ASK MY ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DO.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, MR. PATERSON,

TRYING TO GO THROUGH IT. >> CORE MEMBERS, HOW MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS DID Y'ALL HOST PRIOR TO COMING OUT WITH THE ROAD BOND

IN YOUR OWN PRECINCTS? >> I CAN TELL YOU 23 PUBLIC MEETINGS, 124 MEETINGS PRIOR TO THE ROAD BOND PRIOR.

>> MAY I ASK THIS QUESTION? >> I'M NOT DONE, SIR. YOU'RE GOOD. YOU SAID WE ARE NOT ABLE TO USE THE INTERNET APPROPRIATELY. THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

>> I ASKED YOU TO USE IT MORE EFFECTIVELY.

>> YOU DIDN'T KNOW PEOPLE IN THIS TASK FORCE WERE IN A

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LAWSUIT WITH US, MULTIPLE. >> WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO

WITH THE INTERNET? >> YOU CAN LOOK UP WHO IS IN A LAWSUIT AND KNOW WHO IS ON THE TASK FORCE. THERE'S LESS THAN 30 PEOPLE ON THE TASK FORCE, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT'S ALL I DO ALL DAY. >> YOU TOLD US TO LOOK UP THINGS

EFFECTIVELY. >> I SAID USE IT.

>> I'M GOING TO TRY TO RUN THE MEETING AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. LET HER SAY HER THINGS AND THEN REPLY.

>> I DO HAVE A REPLY. >> BACK AND FORTH WILL NOT WORK

FOR ME. >> DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE YARNINGTON EXTENSION FIRST HIT A MASTER PLAN WITHIN THE COUNTY?

>> I DON'T. >> 2005.

>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT CONSISTED OF?

>> I DON'T. >> THE TASK FORCE FIGURED OUT THE GOALS OF KYLE AND HOW THEY WANTED TO SEE IT MOVING FORWARD.

HAVE YOU BEEN TO DOWNTOWN KYLE? >> MANY TIMES.

>> DO YOU KNOW HOW ANNOYING IT IS?

>> I KNOW HOW ANNOYING IT IS TO DRIVE IN HAYS COUNTY, ANYWHERE.

>> ONE OF THE GOALS. 100 GOALS LISTED, AND THE TASK FORCE WASSED CAN TO BRING IT DOWN TO TEN GOALS. ONE WAS TO REROUTE THE TRAFFIC, AND THUS THE EXTENSION WAS BORN AND PUT IN THE PLAN. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT YOU'RE COMING HERE WITH NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLANS AND WHEN THEY CAME TO BE AND THE FRUITION OF ALL OF THEM, AND I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FEASIBILITY STUDIES TAKEN FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE PROJECTS. WE DON'T JUST RANDOMLY POP ANYWHERE ON THE MAP AND SAY THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO PUT A ROAD. I JUST WANT THAT TO BE VERY CLEAR AND MADE EVIDENT BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS HAVE ALREADY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ATTACHED TO THEM. THESE ARE CONTINUOUS PROJECTS FROM ALREADY PREVIOUS ROAD BONDS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE 30 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY WHO ARE ALL -- FOR THE MOST PART, AGAINST ALL OF THESE PROJECTS OR MOST OF THEM IN THE WEST SIDE, TELL US HOW THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY AT WORK AND TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY THAT DON'T HAVE THAT TIME TELL US HOW TO RUN THE COUNTY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT

VERY CLEAR. >> OKAY. I HAVE A POINT. IF YOU REALLY WANT THE OPINION OF PEOPLE, BUTTA DOES SURVEYS. THEY SEND OUT -- I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT INTERNET FOR ME TO RESEARCH. I'M TALKING ABOUT IT FOR YOU TO REALLY GET THE OPINIONS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. IT'S VERY EASY. WE SHOULD BE LIVE STREAMING ALL OF THESE OPEN HOUSES. THE TECHNOLOGY IS THERE.

NOW MY SECOND QUESTION IS HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME TO THE OPEN HOUSES? DID YOU KEEP AN ATTENDANCE RECORD?

>> LITERALLY THOUSANDS. >> THOUSANDS. 5,000?

>> I DON'T KNOW. TAKE AWHILE. OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD, NOT EVEN

INCLUDING -- >> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RECENT

ONES. >> THE ROAD BONDS.

>> WE CAN USE -- I KNOW IN THE OPEN HOUSES THEY HOSTED.

>> I WILL GIVE YOU 5,000. DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE

FIGURE? >> I THINK PROBABLY LESS THAN

THAT. >> OKAY, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT. THERE WERE 335,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN HAYS COUNTY TODAY.

THAT'S 1%. 5,000 PEOPLE GOING TO THOSE OPEN HOUSES IS 1%. YOU COULD GET A 40% PARTICIPATION RATE IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS THINK BY USING THIS THING WE CALL THE INTERNET, NOT FOR RESEARCH, BUT FOR PUBLICITY AND AWARENESS.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I GOT. >> LAST ONE. ALMOST DONE.

COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS HERE. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, 23 PUBLIC MEETINGS, 124

MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS. >> 1%.

>> JUST -- >> YOU ALL RIGHT, SIR?

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER, PLEASE? >> YOU ALL RIGHT, SIR?

>> I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO FINISH MY COMMENT.

>> I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. >> I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS THAT ALL OF US ARE OR WE WOULDN'T BE HERE.

>> I APOLOGIZE. >> ADDITIONALLY NINE OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN STARTED, ALL INCLUDED IN THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN. EVERY HAS A PUBLIC OUTREACH PORTION, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE DESIGN PROJECTS, NOT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AND THE ACTUAL PUBLIC INPUT ON WHAT THE FINALIZED DESIGN ON THE ROADWAYS WILL BE WILL BE DETERMINED OVER THE NEXT YEARS. FITS YOU WILL HAVE TURN THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS. THE FIRST ONE OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS WAS HELD LAST WEEK IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. IT WAS DISTRIBUTED BY A LARGE GROUP THERE. I HAD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT.

WHENEVER I GO TO CONFERENCES AND WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC OUTREACH, ONE OF THE GOLD STANDARD PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT HAS EVER

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>> I WILL JUST LET YOU REPLY TO IT, AND THEN I WILL HAVE THE

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>> A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU SAID THE MEETING CAME AFTER THE BOND.

THAT WAS A BIG MISTAKE RIGHT THERE. THAT WAS JUST -- WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE VOTE. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD ALL OF THE INFORMATION OUT THERE. ALL I'M SAYING ABOUT THE INTERNET -- IT'S SO EASY. YOU COULD HAVE LOOKED AT EVERY

ROAD OR EVERY MAP. >> JUST KEEP GOING.

>> OKAY, EVERYTHING THAT -- HERE'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY WANT, YOU CAN'T HAVE MEETINGS. OLD PEOPLE, RICH PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE OUT OF WORK, THEY CAN COME TO THOSE MEETINGS, AND STAKEHOLDERS, BUT THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT. WE ARE TALKING 1% OF THE PEOPLE WENT TO THESE MEETINGS. OUT OF THE WHOLE COUNTY, AND WE MADE POLICY OUT OF THAT.

>> THANK YOU. >> THAT'S NOT REPRESENTING YOUR

CONSTITUENTS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO CLOSE AND CLARIFY A FEW THINGS, AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. SO THE FITSYOU ROAD PROJECT, A FEW CLARIFICATION POINTS I WILL MAKE. THE PROJECT ORIGINALLY WAS A COURTROOM FULL OF PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T WANT THE PROJECT AND WAS GOING TO GET VOTED INTO THE BOND. AND I CALLED A RECESS SO THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH COULD BE SUPPORTED DIFFERENTLY. I'M GLAD HE TOOK US UP ON THAT. ALL THE THINGS I SAY ARE RECORDED IN THE COURT OF RECORD. I WILL SPEAK WITH THE MOST ACCURACY AND PINPOINTED DETAIL I CAN PROVIDE YOU, BUT I'M PARAPHRASING. THE DON'T DO IT PROJECTS AS COMMISSIONER SMITH POINTED IT OUT, THIS LIST DOESN'T SAY DON'T DO IT. IT IS APPROXIMATELY WHAT YOU SAID, MR. PATTERSON. 75% OF THEM GO RIGHT NOW, DO IT, DO IT. CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION ARE A THREE-YEAR SPEND. IF WE GO SELL FOR THAT MONEY, WE HAVE TO SAY, WHAT CAN WE EFFECTIVELY DO WITHIN THREE YEARS. THAT'S THE WINDOW. THAT'S THE FUSE OF THAT BORROWED MONEY. SO THE DO-IT LIST IS, I THINK BEYOND THAT. I DON'T MAKE ROADS PERSONALLY, SO I DON'T KNOW. I BELIEVE IT'S A ROBUST LIST. APPARENTLY 75% OF IT, GOOD. THE DEFER IT LIST IS THE WALKWAY PIECE. IF IT WAS TO JUST BE ARTICULATED, INSTEAD OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, IT'S AGAINST THE PROJECT FUNDING. SO INSTEAD OF AS AN EASY EXAMPLE, TAXPAYER DOLLARS GOING TO FUND THAT WALKWAY, IT BE FUNDED BY THE DEVELOPER OF THAT SUBDIVISION, AND THEN THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY BOUNCE OUT FROM DEFERRED TO DO IT, AS AN EXAMPLE. THEN THE DELAY IS THREE ITEMS OF THIS ENTIRE HALF A BILLION DOLLAR ROAD BOND. THE DELAY IS THREE ITEMS, AND IT IS SIMPLY TO SAY COMMITTEE AT MORE, TALK MORE, CLARIFY MORE, EDIT MORE, AND THAT'S OKAY. SO THE DON'T DO IT DOESN'T EXIST. I'M SURE -- OKAY THIS IS ANOTHER COMMISSIONER SMITH QUOTE. SORRY, BUDDY, BUT I WAS WRITING DOWN YOUR COMMENTS. YOU SAID I'M SURE THIS WAS NEVER SHARED WITH YOUR TASK FORCE. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A TINY LITTLE WINDOW INTO WHAT THE TASK FORCE WAS AND WHO WAS IN THERE AND WHAT IT ENTAILED. I HAD NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER, ASKED FOR A COMMUNITY TASK FORCE. I LOVED WHAT WE DID AS A COURT. I LOVED WHAT WE DID AS A COURT FOR THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE PROCESS. I MEAN, WE WERE STELLAR. I AM SO PROUD OF THE CITY FOR WHAT THEY DO. THEY ALWAYS HAVE A MAGNIFICENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOL. THE WAY THEY PUT UP THEIR TRIPODS AND DO EVERYTHING, MAGNIFICENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. NUMEROUS TIMES I HAVE ASKED FOR THIS, AND YES, EVEN THOUGH THE SHIP HAD LEFT, I WAS STILL ASKING FOR IT. ALSO ON THE RECORD. EVEN THOUGH COMMISSIONER SMITH SAID THAT HE IS SUPPORTIVE, BUT IT WAS ALREADY AFTER THE FACT AND TOO LATE, ONCE THE LAWSUIT PAUSED THE WHOLE THING, FORCED US TO RESET, AND SHAKE THE ETCH-A-SKETCH IF YOU WILL AND HAVE BRAND NEW DISCUSSIONS, ANOTHER MECHANISM TO FUND THE HALF BILLION DOLLAR ROAD BOND.

IT'S ANOTHER TOOL. IT'S LIKE GRABBING A DIFFERENT CREDIT CARD AS THE COUNTY. SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AGAIN, AND IT WAS ALSO PUSHED ASIDE WITHOUT HAVING THE DOLLARS COMMITTED AND THE TASK FORCE ON THE RAIL. I MEAN THE FUNDING ON THE RAILS, IT WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE AGAIN.

SO I'M SUPPORTIVE IS A LITTLE BIT WEIRD. THE DISINGENUOUS

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[F.1. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing September 2025 as Emergency Preparedness Month. BECERRA/MIKE JONES]

F1. >> ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 2025 AS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> PLEASE READ THAT. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 2025 AS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH WHEREAS -- THE POSSIBILITY AND REALITY OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS SUCH AS FIRE, WILDFIRES, FLOODS, FREEZES, AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ACCIDENTS, AND LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST OR IMMENSE DAMAGE CAUSED BY FLOODING, FREEZING, TORNADOES, WILDFIRES, AND MOST RECENTLY STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. WHEREAS ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME AND WHERE AS RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRACTICE EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANS INCLUDING A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY, EMERGENCY RENDEZVOUS LOCATIONS, AND PREPAREDNESS KIT FOR WORK, HOME, AND TRAFFIC, TAKING INTO NEEDS OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD INCLUDING PETS AND MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER AND ATTEND THE TEAM CLASSES PUBLISHED ON HAYS COUNTY CERT.COM, AND RESIDENTS CAN STAY UP TO DATE FOR 30 WAYS IN 30 DAYS TO LEARN TIPS AND IDEAS TO MITIGATE DISASTERS. THREATS MAY CHANGE RAPIDLY, AND RESIDENTS MAY STAY INFORMED AND NOTIFIED BY REGISTERING THEIR ADDRESS AND FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. BE IT RESOLVED THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 2025 AS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND CALLS ON RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES, AND TO ATTEND THE PREPAREDNESS FAIR THE 13TH OF SEPTEMBER HOSTED BY THE CITY OF KYLE AT VERDE PARK WHERE THEY WILL ENGAGE WITH FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TO INCLUDE CLASSES IN STOP THE BLEED, CPR, AND CITIZEN RESPONSE AND ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS. ADOPTED THIS SECOND DAY OF

SEPTEMBER, 2025. >> BEAUTIFUL.

>> CALL THE ROLL. >> HAMMER.

>> YES. >> SMITH.

>> YES. >> COHEN.

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>> YES. >> JUDGE?

>> YES. >> OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL APPROACH THE PODIUM WITH A FEW WORDS.

>> GOOD MORNING. THIS PROCLAMATION, WITH THE COURT'S PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING A FEW FOLKS UP WITH ME IF

YOU DON'T MIND. >> YOU BET.

>> OUR GIS SPECIALIST, AS YOU HAVE MET WILL BEFORE. RILEY JOHNSON IS OUR COUNTY LIAISON OFFICE, OUR PLUGIN TO THE STATE WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE HELPS US COUNTY WIDE. WE NEED HIM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE, OUR ADMINISTRATION SECTION CHIEF FOR C.E.R.T. YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT CONSTABLE THERE IS A C.E.R.T. MEMBER, TOO. BUT THIS GENTLEMAN BROUGHT HERE WAS THE WHEEL, THE HUB THAT MAKES OUR TEAM FUNCTION. WITHOUT HIM, I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD BE AS FAR AS WE ARE HERE TODAY AS WE WERE FIVE YEARS AGO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YOU ALL KNOW HIM. HE'S ALWAYS OUT AND ABOUT, AND IF HE'S NOT OUT AND ABOUT. PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL. LONNIE OUR C.E.R.T. PROGRAM MANAGER. THIS PERSON WORKS THE HARDEST I HAVE EVER SEEN ANYBODY WORK IN MY ENTIRE LIFETIME. BACK TO MY MILITARY DAYS. ONLY 24/7. ONLY

PAID 8 TO 5, BUT WORKS 24/7. >> ANY TIME I GO TO AN INCIDENT, FIRE, ANY INCIDENT, SHE'S ALWAYS THERE.

>> AGREED. >> RAY. I HAVE KNOWN THIS GUY SINCE JOINING THE LIONS CLUB YEARS AGO, AND HE MADE THE MISTAKE OF COMING TO A CLASS. NOW HE'S OUR LIAISON OFFICER WITH THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, AND HE DOES SO MUCH FOR US, TOO. I KNOW I'M NOT HERE -- BUT I WANT TO BRING WILL BACK UP HERE, JUST REALLY QUICK. WITHOUT THIS GUY, WHEN I SAY GIS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE MAPS WE HAVE. HE PUTS MAPS TOGETHER AT THE WHIM OF ANYBODY WHO NEEDS ONE. ANYBODY, ANY TIME, ANY PLACE. COMING UP OUR EIGHTH ANNUAL PREPAREDNESS FAIR.

YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS IN THE PAST. WE HAVE DONE IT IN SMALL PRINT. THE FIRST TIME WE ARE GOING TO A LARGER FOOTPRINT THAN WHAT WE HAD. TEN TIMES WHAT IT WAS IN THE PAST FROM THE PERFORMING ARTS IN KYLE ALL THE WAY TO PARK. WE ARE TALKING APPARATUSES FROM THE EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY, REPRESENTING THE CONSTABLES. POLICE, SHERIFF, DEPUTIES, DRONE TEAMS, MULTIPLE VENDORS WILL BE OUT THERE, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, I HAVE TO LOOK AT MY NOTES. I DON'T WANT TO FORGET ANYBODY HERE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ENTERTAINMENT. YES. JAZZ BAND FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND YOU WANT TO BE AT 10:00 ON TIME FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES. IN THE AFTERNOON, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE CODY SPARKS BAND AND TWO TON STEEL. IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO A RODEO IN SAN ANTONIO, YOU KNOW WHO THE BANDS ARE.

>> 10:00 A.M. >> I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF KYLE. THE CITY OF KYLE IS HOSTING THIS. THEY HAVE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER. I HOPE THEY ARE WATCHING. THEY PUT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, BESIDES WHAT YOU EXPLAINED ON THE PROCLAMATION, IF YOU HAVE NEVER LEARNED TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. COME OUT THERE AND DO THAT. IN ADDITION WE WILL HAVE A CHILI COOKOFF TO BENEFIT OUR FIRE CHIEF ASSOCIATION. YOU SEE, WE HAVE SOME GREAT FIREFIGHTERS IN THIS COUNTY.

EVERY TIME WE HAVE HAD A WILDFIRE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE LOST FEW STRUCTURES. I CAN RECOUNT ONE, A MOBILE HOME, AND NOBODY WAS IN IT. THANK GOD FOR THAT. WHEN WE DON'T LOSE ANYTHING, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO CLAIM, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO FEMA, BUT WE STILL LOSE THINGS AS FIREFIGHTERS, HOSES, TIRES, EQUIPMENT, AND THIS CHILI COOKOFF WILL HELP TO FUND THE PROJECTS IN REPLACING HOSES AND

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SOME OF YOU WILL BE MY JUDGES ON THE CHILI COOKOFF THAT DAY.

>> MIKE, I WANT TO ADD, THE ONLY REASON WE LOST THAT STRUCTURE IS BECAUSE IT WAS SURROUNDED BY VEGETATION, AND SO THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE IF THEY LIVE IN A SPACE THAT IS PRONE TO FIRE, THEY CUT BACK AND CLEAN UP THE STRUCTURES, SO THAT FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE OF PROTECTING THAT

PROPERTY. >> THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, SIR. HAYSINFORMED.COM, AND YOU CAN FIND EXACTLY WHAT THE JUDGE WAS TALKING ABOUT. IN ADDITION, IT WILL LINK YOU TO THE 30 DAYS IN 30 WAYS, OUR OWN COMMUNICATION SPECIALST OF HAYS COUNTY HAS PUT TOGETHER FOR US THIS YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK THEM FOR KEEPING US IN

TRACK THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH COMMISSIONERS AND THEN COME UP

FOR A PIC. COMMISSIONER SMITH? >> THANK YOU, GUYS. WE PASSED A SIMILAR RESOLUTION TWO WEEKS AGO AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. I CERTAINLY OPEN YOU ARE KEEPING CARLIE STATE OVER AT FEMA. THAT'S A FULL-TIME JOB. I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP US. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. Y'ALL ARE SO RESPONSIVE, AND REALLY I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH UNTIL I DON'T THINK I CAN EXPLAIN HOW TO SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH MY PRECINCT, WE HAVE HAD A LOSS OF DEATH BY FLOODING SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE. WE HAD POSSIBLY THE LARGEST WILDFIRES IN THE COUNTY SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE.

THREE OF THE FOUR AT LEAST. AND THEN I -- MY PRECINCT GOT HIT THE WORST WITH A WINTER STORM, SO Y'ALL HAVE RESPONDED AMAZINGLY. I THINK THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING IS THE WAY YOU'RE ABLE TO COORDINATE AND WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE ENTITY IN THE COUNTY AND OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY TO GET ASSISTANCE HERE WHEN WE NEED IT. I JUST SUPPORT YOU GUYS AND THANKS, AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. BECAUSE IT TAKES THE FULL COURT TO SUPPORT THAT DEPARTMENT, AND GOD KNOWS YOU NEED SUPPORT.

COMMISSIONER HAMMER. >> I THINK Y'ALL ARE TOPNOTCH.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO. WE DON'T REALLY SEE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY UNTIL DISASTER STRIKES, BUT YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS PREPARED WHENEVER THAT TIME DOES COME. I LOVE GETTING TEXT MESSAGES AT 2:00 A.M. KNOWING YOU'RE ON IT, EVEN WHENEVER

I'M ASLEEP. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN? >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO. I LOVE SEEING C.E.R.T. OUT. THEY ARE RECOGNIZABLE WITH THEIR BRIGHT SHIRTS. I ALWAYS KNOW THEY ARE THERE. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO WHEN THE COUNTY NEEDS Y'ALL THROUGH A DISASTER AND ANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU Y'ALL

DO. THANK YOU, Y'ALL. >> I WANT TO GIVE MY THANKS ALSO. I APPRECIATE -- THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT.

ALWAYS IS. IT GIVES OUR RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED AND LEARN WHAT THEY NEED ON HOW TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE WHEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, AND MY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR ORGANIZING IN EVENT AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALLDO. THANK

YOU. >> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AGAIN, I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS COURT THAT YOU HAVE -- I THINK TWO YEARS AGO, A NEW TRUCK TO PULL BECAUSE WHEN YOU AND I WERE TRYING TO GET WATER FOR EVERYONE, WE WERE USING YOUR PERSONAL TRUCK. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT THIS COURT SUPPORTS THAT YOU ASK FOR, AND I JUST WANTED THE COURT TO FEEL THE SHARED APPRECIATION FOR ME AS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND I SEE THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR DEPARTMENT AND THE THINGS YOU GUYS ARE DOING BECAUSE IT IS CRITICAL, AND IT IS ESSENTIAL, AND IT IS A PART, JUST LIKE COMMISSIONER HAMMER SAID, IT'S A PART THAT NO ONE SEES UNTIL YOU SEE IT. SO A LOT OF PLANNING, A LOT OF DOLLARS, A LOT OF EFFORT. LOW WATER CROSSINGS, CONSTANTLY INSTALLED, UPDATED, REPAIRED, COMMISSIONERS SMITH PROMOTING REPAIR THEM WHENEVER WE DO ROAD PROJECTS IS I THINK WHAT YOUR IDEA WAS. ALL OF THESE THINGS WE DO AS A COUNTY HELP US NOT BE LIKE OTHER COUNTIES, TURNING AWAY TECHNOLOGY, TURNING AWAY THINGS THAT HELP US, HELP OUR COMMUNITIES, AND KEEP US SAFE IS SO IMPORTANT, AND IT ALL STEMS FROM THE LOVE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR OUR COUNTY, AND THAT WE, AS A COURT, SUPPORT. COME ON UP FOR A PIC.

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>>> WONDERFUL , AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.

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[F.2. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing September 2025 as Suicide Prevention and Action Month. BECERRA]

>> THAT IS JUST WEIRD.

>> IT IS JUST PROCLAMATIONS . >> F2, RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER OF 2025 AS SUICIDE PREVENTION AND ACTION MONTH. JUDGE BECERRA ?

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ ? SEE HOW WE KEEP IT MOVING? TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE. CANDACE STEPPED IN LIKE A CHAMP, WILL YOU READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR

SUICIDE PREVENTION? >> YES, SIR, RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER OF 2025 AS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH , WHEREAS, SUICIDE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH NATIONWIDE THAT AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACROSS ALL AGES , GENDERS, RACES, AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS . INCLUDING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF HAYS COUNTY . WHEREAS, THE EFFECTS OF SUICIDE ARE FELT DEEPLY BY FAMILIES , FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, COWORKERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, EDUCATORS, AND ENTIRE COMMUNITIES . WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH IS ESSENTIAL TO EVERYONE'S OVERALL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SUICIDE OFTEN PREVENT INDIVIDUALS FROM SEEKING HELP THAT THEY NEED . WHEREAS RESEARCH SHOWS SUICIDE IS

PREVENTABLE. >> SORRY WE HAD YOU RUNNING , YOU ARE A GOOD READER, NOW YOU'RE OUT OF BREATH OF.

>> THROUGH INCREASED AWARENESS, ACCESSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OPEN DIALOGUE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT, WHEREAS THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT SUPPORTS COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO PREVENT SUICIDE THROUGH EDUCATION , OUTREACH, AND PROMOTING MENTAL WELLNESS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS , HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS , EDUCATORS, FAITH LEADERS, AND RESIDENTS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING THOSE WHO STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND IN PROMOTING A CULTURE OF CARE AND COMPASSION THROUGHOUT HAYS COUNTY . WHEREAS, SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS WITHOUT WARNING SIGNS AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS TO SEEK HELP AND KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE . THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER OF 2025 AS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE TIME TO LEARN ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH , SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED , AND WORK TOGETHER TO PREVENT SUICIDE IN OUR COMMITMENT , ADOPTED THIS, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER,

2025. >> BEAUTIFULLY DONE AND THANK

YOU SO MUCH . CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER HAYS COUNTY?

>> YES . >> INGALSBE?

>> YES . >> COHEN?

>> YES . >> BECERRA?

>> YES . >> HELLO, MY NAME IS JOY AND I AM A NATIVE OF BUTTE, TEXAS AND A TEXAS A BOBCAT. -- TEXAS STATE BOBCAT AND HERE TODAY PARTLY BECAUSE OF MY VOLUNTEER ROLE AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS CHAPTER 4 THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION. ALSO, AS A SUICIDE LAW SURVIVOR , MYSELF, AND WE KNOW THAT CONNECTION WITH OTHERS

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WHETHER YOU CARE ABOUT A PERSON WHO IS STRUGGLING, OR EXPERIENCING THE SUICIDAL CHALLENGES YOUR SELF, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ASSUME THAT YOU MAY BE THE ONLY PERSON WHO WILL REACH OUT FOR HELP . THAT IS ONE OF OUR MAIN MESSAGES AND ALSO THAT THERE IS COMMUNITY HERE WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH . ASKING SOMEONE DIRECTLY ABOUT SUICIDE AND TRUSTING HER INSTINCT ABOUT WHETHER SOMEONE MAY BE STRUGGLING AND TALKING OPENLY WHEN WE ARE WORRIED IS REALLY IMPORTANT . IT CAN BE THE GATEWAY TO CONNECTING PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH GETTING THEIR FIRST OR GETTING SUPPORT.

TOGETHER, WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO SEEK HELP AND KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE. FINALLY, SOMETHING WE HAVE COMING UP IN OCTOBER, THE OUT OF THE DARKNESS WALK AND THERE WILL BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE . IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS TO TALK ABOUT , THE OUT OF THE DARKNESS WALKS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AROUND A QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO WILL BE DOING THIS THIS FALL AND IN OVER 400 COMMUNITIES . WE HAVE AN OPENING CEREMONY WHERE WE WERE ON HER BEADS SYMBOLIZED BY OUR COLOR A CONNECTION TO THE CAUSE, I WEAR ORANGE FOR A SIBLING LOSS AND WE HAVE HOPE AND HEALING ACTIVITIES. WE JUST DESTIGMATIZE THAT SUICIDE TO BE TALKED ABOUT, A BEAUTIFUL MORNING AND IT IS HAPPENING IN AUSTIN ON OCTOBER 25TH AT THE SAINT EDWARDS CAMPUS, THERE IS ONE ON SEPTEMBER 27 IN WACO. AND IT IS MY DREAM, I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SUPPORT IT AND IT IS MY DREAM TO HAVE ONE OF OUR CAMPUS WALKS HAPPEN ON THE TEXAS STATE CAMPUS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THAT IN WHATEVER KIND OF CONNECTING OR VOLUNTEERING OR SUPPORTING OR GIVING ME A LITTLE INFORMATION, AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN, I THINK THE SAN MARCOS COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUTER COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT . I WILL LEAVE IT THERE THANK YOU I CAN TALK ALL DAY.

>> YOU DID A MAGNIFICENT JOB OF TALKING ABOUT IT AND TOUCH ON THE PARTS CAN THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, SORRY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE MOST VALUABLE IN WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, THIS DOES NOT KNOW BOUNDARIES, I DON'T CARE WHAT BOUNDARIES YOU LIKE TO CREATE, FROM DIFFERENT MEDIAS, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER . WE ARE ALL WALKING THROUGH LIFE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT THE BEST WE CAN. THAT IS WHY I LOVE THE PHRASE, I ALWAYS SAY PEOPLE ARE INTRINSICALLY GOOD, FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO, THAT HELPS ME WHEN I SEE THINGS I FEEL ARE NOT RIGHT. IT HELPED ME TO SEE PEOPLE IN A BETTER LIGHT. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES . I HAVE MADE A TON. I WAS SAYING THIS MORNING, SOMEBODY MADE A MISTAKE, WHEN YOU'RE NOT MAKING MISTAKES, YOU ARE NOT MOVING. BE PROUD OF MAKING MISTAKES , KEEP MOVING, TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION. I ALWAYS THINK OUR DEPUTIES THAT COMMENT -- THANK OUR DEPUTIES WHO COME IN AND WE APPROVE THEIR

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>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION WITH US. YOU KNOW, JUDGE, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THIS COURT IS GIVEN IN MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY. IT IS IMPORTANT . I HAD A COUSIN MANY YEARS AGO THAT COMMITTED SUICIDE. YOU KNOW, IT LEAVES A LONG-LASTING EFFECT ON YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

JOSEPH, I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING FRIENDS THAT YOU LOST.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN? >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON THE WORK YOU DO . THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP AND SOMETIMES IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO REACH OUT . I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE WHEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEONE MAY BE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING OR TO CHECK IN ON THEM. MAYBE HELP THEM REALIZE WHAT RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER? >> I DO NOT THINK WE COULD -- THERE IS NOT ENOUGH AWARENESS WE CAN BRING TO THAT WORLD . I DO NOT USUALLY SHARE MY STORY, BUT I DO BELIEVE GOD PUT ME IN A POSITION TO BE VULNERABLE AND SHARE SOME THINGS . WHEN I WAS 11, I FOUND MY MOM'S SUICIDE NOTE, LUCKILY, SHE GOT THE HELP SHE NEEDED AND NOW GOOD BUT COMING UP IN A SINGLE MOTHER HOUSEHOLD AND NEEDING THOSE RESOURCES THAT WERE NOT THERE,

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH ?

>> FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS , WE HAVE NOT IMPACTED EMPLOYEES IN THE ROOM WITH US. SOME OF THEM HAVE SHARED THEIR STORIES AND SOME HAVEN'T. I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE HAD TWO VERY DIFFERENT WHO TOOK THEIR OWN LIFE AND WHEN ELECTED HERE, I SAT DOWN WITH FORMER COMMISSIONER JONES AND SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND TO FORM A CADRE OF EVERYTHING THE COUNTY TOUCHES WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH. FROM THAT, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE AND I HAVE WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER WITH THE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS TEAM AND OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK AROUND TRYING TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH IN THE COUNTY. IT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL .

GETTING THE RESPONSE AND THE FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES , AT THE TIME, THIS WAS BEFORE ARPA, DRIPPING SPRINGS WAS THE ONLY SCHOOL WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FULL-TIME, THROUGH OUR PROGRAM -- ARPA, WE PROVIDED FUNDING FOR ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN HAYS COUNTY TO START PROGRAMS .

WIMBERLY, SAN MARCOS, HAYS CONSOLIDATED, DRIPPING, TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND THAT GREW OUT OF SOME ISSUES IN SAN MARCOS ISD THAT WE ARE AWARE OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE OTHER AREA, I WOULD BE REMISS, VETERANS , SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES, IN MY PRECINCT EXCEPT FOR TWO COMMITTEES, ONE ON EACH COAST, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONSI WAS SO SUPPORTIVE OF PATRIOTS FALL IN DRIPPING SPRINGS , ONE OF OUR VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS THERE.

THAT COMMUNITY REALLY DOES A GOOD JOB OF PULLING TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE EXPANDED THAT IN MY COMMUNITY EVERY MONDAY NIGHT WHERE THEY HAVE A FIRESIDE CHAT . THE FIRESIDE CHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY FIRST RESPONDER , ANY FORMER MILITARY , ANY CURRENT FIRST RESPONDER OR FOR FIRST RESPONDER, POLICE, FIRE, EMS , IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN

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>> THANK YOU ALSO VERY MUCH. >> JUDGE, IF I MAY, THERE IS A HAYS COUNTY SUICIDE AWARENESS WALK AND RESOURCE FAIR ON SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 6 9:00 UNTIL 11:00 A.M. AT THE SAN

MARCOS PLAZA PARK. >> COMING UP SOON.

>> IT IS CUSTOMARY TO TAKE A PICTURE, ANYONE TO BE A PART OF THIS PICTURE, PLEASE, COME ON UP.

>> LET'S KEEP MOVING . >> I WANT TO ANSWER QUESTION, I SPOKE WITH CHIEF BAILEY AND HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW WE HAVE FOUR FULL-TIME DEPUTIES ON OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM, EVERY DEPUTY RECEIVES MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING AS A PART OF MANDATORY TRAINING

. >> EVERY DEPUTY, I KNEW IT, THAT IS JUST THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THANK YOU FOR BEING SO TIMELY.

EVERY DEPUTY, WE HAVE FOUR SHERIFF DEPUTIES DEDICATED AT EVERY DEPUTY GETS TRAINING WHICH DOES NOT EVEN INCLUDE THE FIVE DIFFERENT CONSTABLES OFFICE IS THAT WE HAVE WHICH HAVE THEIR DEPUTIES . THANK YOU SO MUCH . WE ARE SO COMMITTED AND ONBOARD.

[F.3. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing the week of September 17-23, 2025 as Constitution Week. BECERRA]

CONSTITUTION. >> ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD , 2025 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD , 2025 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK WHEREAS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE GUARDIAN OF OUR LIBERTIES EMBODIES THE PRINCIPLES OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND THE REPUBLIC DEDICATED TO RULE BY LAW AND WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 17TH , 2025 MARKS THE 238TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND WHEREAS, IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO A COURT OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THIS MAGNIFICENT DOCUMENT AND ITS MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY AND TO THE PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION WHICH WILL COMMEMORATE IT, AND WHEREAS PUBLIC LAW 915 GUARANTEES THE ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR WITH THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK , AND BE RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD OF 2025 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS AND ASKED OUR CITIZENS TO REFER THE IDEALS THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION HAD IN 1787 BY VIGILANTLY PROTECTING

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>> PERFECTLY STATED, THANK YOU SO MUCH . CALL THE ROLL.

>> INGALSBE? >> YES .

>> COHEN? >> YES .

>> SMITH? >> YES .

>> HAMMER? >> YES .

>> BECERRA? >> YES .

>> I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORTH, WE HAVE TO HOLD THAT

EVER SO DEAR AND NEAR >> WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS JOAN SABLE, AND WE ARE WITH THE JAMES WELL CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN OUR GOVERNMENT AND HOPEFULLY , FOR ALL OF US TO PLEDGE TO READ AS CONSTITUTION SOMETIME THIS MONTH , IT IS ONE OF OUR MOST FOUNDING DOCUMENTS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, EDUCATION, AND PATRIOTISM, THIS MONTH WE WILL BE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES TEACHING CIVICS AND ENCOURAGING CITIZENSHIP SO -- AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT . WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT OUR EVENT COMING UP NEXT YEAR, THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT, WE CALL THE UNITED

STATES. >> ONE OF MY FAVORITE LINES, IN GOVERNMENT , ONE OF MY FAVORITE LINES OF THE PROCLAMATION WAS, SUPPORTING LIMITED GOVERNMENT. WE SHOULD PUT IT ON A SHIRT, GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE SMALL AND NIMBLE AS WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, HOW CAN WE HELP AND GET OUT OF THE WAY. COMMISSIONER

INGALSBE? >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, EVERY YEAR YOU COME AND IT IS NICE TO HAVE YOU ALL REMIND US HOW IMPORTANT OUR CONSTITUTION IS. AND THE ACTIVITIES YOU DO .

>> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, A CONSTANT REMINDER. THANK

YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. >> COMMISSIONER HAMMER?

>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING HER STORIES, GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR ANCESTRY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE . THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, WE NEED TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION WITH EVERYTHING WE GOT . IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT AND NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THE DAILY . WE WILL TAKE A WEEK FOR IT RIGHT

NOW. >> I APPRECIATE THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION , DAR, AND SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION KEEPING US RELY, GRANDMOTHER AND MEMBERS OF MY COUSINS ARE MEMBERS OF THE DAR, AND I WILL EVENTUALLY FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK FOR MY DAUGHTERS, I HAVE THREE DOLLARS AND THE LATEST FROM THE DAUGHTERS OF REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, SAME THING, I WILL GET THERE SOMETIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND GOT TO WORK WITH DAR. LOVE CONSTITUTION ALL . YOU'LL DO GREAT WORK .

>> FOURTH OF JULY ONLY GETS ONE DAY AND CONGRESS AND THE CONSTITUTION GETS AN ENTIRE WEEK. WE DO WANT TO TAKE TIME TO

HONOR IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. IT IS CUSTOMARY, COME UP FOR A PICTURE.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS. WELL DONE.

[F.4. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing September 2025 as National Hunger Action Month. COHEN]

>> LET'S GO TO F4. >> ADOPTED PROCURATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER OF 2025 AS NATIONAL HUNGER ACTION MONTH.

>> SECOND . >> PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER OF 2025 AS NATIONAL HUNGER AWARENESS MONTH .

WHEREAS, HAYS COUNTY FOOD BANK REPRESENTS THE COUNTYWIDE EFFORT TO PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING FOOD INSECURITY, MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUALS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES AND WHEREAS HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECTED BY FOOD INSECURITY AND MANY DO NOT QUALITY FOR FEDERAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SUCH AS SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM , RELYING INSTEAD ON FOOD BANKS AND COMMUNITY-BASED FOOD PROGRAMS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT AND WHEREAS IN 2024 HAYS COUNTY FOOD BANK AND HIS PARTNERS SERVED AN AVERAGE OF 900 LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS EACH WEEK DISTRIBUTING OVER 70,000 BOXES OF FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED . WHEREAS, 2020 FOR THE HAYS COUNTY FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTED 1.5 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD THROUGH SIX PUBLIC FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS AND 32 LAST MILE SITES AND PROVIDED 1500 HOLIDAY MEAL KITS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WHEREAS THE NEED FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE CONTINUES TO GROW AND THE HAYS COUNTY FOOD BANK IS PURCHASING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FOOD THIS YEAR THAT MEETS THE DEMAND MAKING COMMUNITY DONATIONS MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER WHEREAS, NATIONAL HUNGER ACTION MONTH, OBSERVED EACH SEPTEMBER, IS A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LED BY FEEDING AMERICA TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HUNGER IN THE UNITED STATES AND TO ENCOURAGE ALL AMERICANS TO TAKE ACTION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER OF 2025 AS NATIONAL HUNGER AWARENESS MONTH ADOPTED THIS, THE SECOND DAY OF

SEPTEMBER 2025. >> BEAUTIFULLY DONE, THANK YOU

SO MUCH . >> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>> YES . >> HAMMER?

>> YES . >> COHEN?

>> YES . TO JUDGE BECERRA? >> YES ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK?

>> I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HAYS COUNTY FOOD BANK WITH A NEW OPENING OF THE FOOD BANK , IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT AND A

NECESSITY FOR COMMUNITY . >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE BECERRA , THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND RECOGNIZING THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT FOR FOOD SECURITY WITHIN THIS COUNTY.

MANY PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW BUT, WHEN WE CREATE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT , WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE NOT JUST ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH, WE WANTED TO TOUCH ALL ASPECTS OF A PERSON'S ENVIRONMENT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE OVERALL WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND TRY TO DIVE DEEPER INTO FOOD SECURITY AS IT GOES INTO A LARGE ROLE OF INDIVIDUALS PHYSICAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH . THROUGH THAT, WE ARE PARTED WITH CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK AND THE HAYS COUNTY FOOD BANK , MOST RECENTLY, OUR NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COORDINATOR WAS HERE FOR THE SUICIDE AWARENESS AND ACTION PROCURATION AND LEFT US BEFORE I COULD ASK HER TO READ THIS. I WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION ON WHAT IS GOING ON WITH HAYS COUNTY AND FOOD SECURITY ACCORDING TO THE 2024 ACCESS NEEDS ASSESSMENT, NEARLY 60% OF RESIDENTS ARE FOOD INSECURE . REGIONALLY, THAT PICTURE HAS WORSENED, THE 2025 SUMMIT REPORTED FOOD INSECURITY ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS HAS RISEN UP TO 18.2% FROM 14% IN 2022, A 4% DIFFERENCE IN THREE YEARS . TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THESE TRENDS, HELPFUL TO HAVE A FOOD SYSTEM LENS, THE FOOD SYSTEM AS DESCRIBED BY RESEARCH ARTICLES IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST FARMING OR FOOD PRODUCTION, BUT IT THE ENTIRE CHAIN OF ACTIVITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS FROM HOW FOOD IS GROWN, PROCESSED, DISTRIBUTED INTO IS CONSUMED AND DISPOSED OF WHILE BEING SHAPED BY ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL -- WE ARE TRYING TO

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>> MOST OF THESE CLUSTER AROUND THE I-35 CORRIDOR. DRIPPING SPRINGS AND WIMBERLEY , BECAUSE THEY'RE SO RURAL, WE NEED TO DO BETTER AND PROVIDE ACCESS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A NEED AND DO

NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU, AS A BOARD, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, IN DRIPPING SPRINGS THEM ACCORDINGLY WITH HELPING HANDS FOOD PANTRY , THEY WORK WITH THE WIMBERLEY FOOD PANTRY. NOT THE BAPTIST CHURCH. Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. I DO NOT KNOW THE CURRENT NUMBERS, BUT FOUR YEARS AGO THERE WERE 500 FAMILIES OPERATING OUT OF THE ONE FOOD PANTRY. AT THE TIME, THROUGH THE FOOD PANTRY, WE COORDINATED A VOLUNTEER NURSE, SHE WAS PROVIDING HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO 480 FAMILIES. THAT FOUNDER IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO ONE THAT YOU DO THAT I DO NOT THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. AS A FOOD BANK, THERE IS ANCILLARY SERVICES , THEY ARE IMMINENTLY NEEDED.

>> I HAVE SEEN EXACTLY THAT FIRST HAND, THAT THERE ARE POCKETS OF NEED THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE COUNTY , WIMBERLY VALLEY, DRIPPING SPRINGS, EVERY LITTLE -- I MEAN, EVERY LITTLE NOOK AND CRANNY HAS A NEED, SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING IT OUT, THANK YOU FOR BEING ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNICATION AND THAT REACH, BECAUSE IT IS COUNTYWIDE, SO THANK YOU.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, DRAWING RECOGNITION TO THIS PROBLEM IS GREAT AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING A LITTLE BACKGROUND TO DRIPPING AND THE WIMBERLY AREAS BUT I KNOW WE HAVE THE CRISIS FOOD BASKET, BUT ANYWAY I CAN PARTNER WITH HAYS COUNTY FOOD BANK, I WOULD LOVE TO BE OF SUPPORT AND HELP.

>> WELL, WE DO HAVE A COURT MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE, SO --

>> YEAH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER, I KNOW SOME OF US HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR YEARS, AND IT IS REALLY A DELIGHT TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES THAT SO MANY NEED, AND I WANT TO THANK BE HERE FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN THE FOOD BANK.

>> WONDERFUL, AND THANK YOU. PLEASE OPEN AT FIVE POINT

>> PRESENTATION BY CHARLIE WITH AN UPDATE REGARDING THE HILL

COUNTRY AND HDD. >> ALL RIGHT, CHARLIE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN. >> THAT'S MY COUSIN.

>>

[F.5. Presentation by Charlie Campise with an update regarding the Hill Country MHDD. BECERRA]

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THERE IS A 20 FOOT PLAQUE WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO THE CITY, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT MISS IT AND WAVED TO MATTHEW AS YOU FLY BY IT. MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING WERE ACCEPTED AS READ. I INTRODUCED ONE GUEST, CHRISTOPHER AIDAN, FROM THE OFFICES OF JUDGE BECERRA, AND HE GOT A GOOD EDUCATION FOR 3 1/2 HOURS EACH WAY, FROM HERE TO UVALDE AND BACK, ABOUT -- NOT ONLY THE HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN TEXAS, BUT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF HAYS COUNTY. I AM ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO MOVED HERE WHEN THE POPULATION WAS ONLY 12,000 PEOPLE. AND THERE WEREN'T VERY MANY MORE PEOPLE IN HAYS COUNTY BESIDES MYSELF AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER BENNY. AND DEBBIE'S FATHER, WHO WAS A GOOD FRIEND. THERE WERE NO MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESENT, SO THEY MADE NO REPORT. AGENCY FINANCES WERE DISCUSSED NEXT. DURING THIS YEAR SO FAR, THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF FINANCES AMOUNTING TO 451,000. THE SHORTFALL RESULTS FROM LATE REIMBURSEMENTS FROM FUNDING AGENCIES. THERE IS ALSO A SHORTAGE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE NO LONGER OPERATE 14 GROUP HOMES IN OUR ATTACHMENT AREA. FOR THREE YEARS, THIS YEAR BEING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE $1 MILLION SHORTFALL BECAUSE WE DON'T RECEIVE INCOME FOR THE OPERATION OF THOSE HOMES. THE HOMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A PRIVATE AGENCY, AND AFTER THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE GOING TO COMPLETE IN SEPTEMBER, THERE WILL NO LONGER BE THAT

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AND I PUT A FEW OF THE DETAILS HERE. MIND YOU OF THIS FACT, WHEN I WAS ASSIGNED TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD ON BEHALF OF HAYS COUNTY A LITTLE OVER SEVEN YEARS AGO, THE BUDGET WAS $39 MILLION.

THE BUDGET FOR 2016 WILL BE RIGHT AT $80 MILLION. SO, WE HAVE GROWN AS A STATEWIDE AGENT -- OUR PORTION OF THE STATE, THE 19 COUNTIES WE SERVE, WE HAVE DOUBLED OUR BUDGET IN LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS. OUR CONTRACT REVENUE IS $37 MILLION. THE MEDICAID WE HAVE EARNED IS 2 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS. MONEY FROM GRANTS, AND THIS IS A VERY KEY THING TO OUR ANNUAL BUDGET, IS IN EXCESS OF $33 MILLION. THERE IS TOTAL OTHER INCOME IN EXCESS OF $6 MILLION. SO, TOTAL REVENUE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WILL BE -- WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE $79,063,749 POINT WELL, WHERE DOES ALL THIS MONEY GO? YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED, SALARIES SOAK UP OVER $30 MILLION FROM OUR EXPENDITURES. BENEFITS TO EMPLOYEES , $9.1 MILLION. AFTER THIS REPORT, OUR CEO EXPLAINED CURRENT DISASTER OUTREACH FOR FLOODED AREAS. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR ATTACHMENT AREA OF 19 COUNTIES HAS ONE COUNTY WHERE THERE ARE ONLY 1336 CITIZENS. VERY SMALL COUNTY. YET THE LAND IS VERY EXPENSIVE. AND WE HAVE HAYS COUNTY AND WHICH ARE THE TWO LARGEST. CURRENTLY, MANY VICTIMS OF THE FLOODING AREA ARE EXPERIENCING DELAYED EMOTIONAL REACTIONS. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE FINAL THERAPIST ON DUTY IN KERR COUNTY PLACED BY OUR AGENCY DID NOT GET OFF THE JOB UNTIL AUGUST 26. SO, OUR AGENCY IS DOING WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING DELAYED POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. I COMMENT TO YOU THAT I CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE WHEN MY BROTHER IN LAW JOHN BURKE WAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER -- AND PRECINCT 4 BACK IN THE 1980S, THE WORST THING HE HAD TO DO WAS TO GO TO THE SCENE WHERE THERE WAS A QUARTZ, DEAD. AND ONE AFTERNOON, I WAS VISITING HIS OFFICE. WE GOT A CALL FROM THE DEPUTY WHO WAS ON DUTY IN WIMBERLEY. THE DEPUTY HAD BEEN CALLED TO A SITE ABOUT TWO MILES WEST OF THE VFW AND WIMBERLEY ON MOUNT GAYNOR ROAD. WE DROVE UP TO THE SITE AND THERE WAS A CHILD'S SCHOOL THAT RAINWATER HAD UNCOVERED AND DISCOVERED THAT AND REPORTED IT COULD DNA LATER PROVED THAT THE CHILD WAS KILLED BY A CONVICTED FROM SAN ANTONIO AND HER BODY HAD BEEN DUMPED THERE. BUT I STILL HAVE FLASHBACKS OF JUST HAVING EVEN A GLANCE OF THE LITTLE GIRL'S SKULL. AND I MAKE

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EVERY ONE OF THOSE 2000 PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED TO SEARCH AND TO POSSIBLY RESCUE ARE EXPERIENCING A DEGREE OF STRESS AND TRAUMA. I MAKE ANOTHER POINT THAT IT LOVES US AS A COUNTY WITH A LOT OF FIRST RESPONDERS, FIREMEN , CONSTABLES , DEPUTY SHERIFFS , PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE JAIL , EVERY ONE OF THEM ENCOUNTERS NUMEROUS EXPERIENCES EVERY YEAR. WE OWE IT TO THEM TO PROVIDE TO THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEBRIEF. AND THAT IS JUST A SMALL REFLECTION OF WHAT OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM TODAY IS, AMONG ALL OF THIS, AND THAT IS STRESS WITH A CAPITAL S. CONTINUING , AT PRESENT, OUR AGENCY HAS PLACED PAID THERAPISTS TO WORK WITH CLIENTS EXPERIENCING SEVERE REACTIONS TO THE FLOOD EVENTS. AS WELL, WE HAVE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS WE HAVE WORKING WITH THE SURVIVOR FAMILIES , SURVIVING TEACHERS OF THE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED THAT MASSACRE IN UVALDE. YOU KNOW, PRETTY SOON, IT IS GOING TO BE THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THAT. FOR MY FIRST TIME EVER IN A BOARD MEETING, THERE WAS NO EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE WE HAD NO MATTERS TO DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DID COMMENT IN THE MEETING THAT AFTER JUDGE OWEN FROM BLANCO COMMENTED THAT -- GEEZ, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED, CHARLIE , THAT YOU REMEMBER SEVEN YEARS AGO THAT THE BUDGET WAS HALF THE SIZE. HE SAID THAT'S AMAZING, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT I HAD FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. GOT SOME CHUCKLES OUT OF THAT. THERE WAS NO NEED TO ACT ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY REVIEW OF THE GRANTS ALREADY RECEIVED FOR THE COMING YEAR. NEXT WAS SPENT ON SERVICES GIVEN TO FLOOD VICTIMS. FEMA WILL REIMBURSE OUR AGENTS THE $200,000 FOR EXPENSES INCURRED. IT WAS POINTED OUT AT THE MEETING THAT HILL COUNTRY WAS ON THE JOB IN KERR COUNTY BY 9:30 A.M. ON JULY 4TH . WE ALREADY HAD THREE TEAMS OF THREE PEOPLE THERE, AND WE HAD SET UP A TENT WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME AND SEARCH FOR THEIR LOST ONES. ALL DURING THE MONTHS OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS SEEKING TO DO RECOVERY . WE SET UP IN EACH OF THE COUNTIES A VERY LARGE GREEN TENT , AND OUR EMPLOYEES WERE ASKED TO WEAR A GREEN SURVIVOR SHIRT. SO, THE TEAM LEADERS OF THOSE THOUSANDS OF RESCUERS AND SEARCHERS WERE COMING OFF THE JOB, THEY WERE DIRECTED TO GO TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN GREEN. IT WAS POINTED OUT BY OUR ASSISTANT TO CEO THAT WE HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE LEARNED BY PROVIDING SERVICES FIRST IN UVALDE, AND THEN IN THE FLOODING AREAS , SO THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, ONE OF 39 STATEWIDE, IS THE

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AND WE PROBABLY ARE GOING TO GET SOME SIZABLE FUNDING FROM OUR GOVERNOR TO BE ABLE TO SEND TEAMS AROUND AND TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO BE READY IN VERY MUCH DETAIL TO RESPOND TO SUCH DISASTERS.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF THE BOARD HOLDING A RETREAT IN A FEW MONTHS. THIS MATTER WILL BE OPEN TO LENGTHY DISCUSSION AS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA AT THE UPCOMING MEETING. IT WAS MY MOTION PERSONALLY THAT WE HAVE EITHER A DAY AND A HALF RETREAT OR A TWO DAY RETREAT WHERE WE CREATE A TIMELINE AND WE FELL IN THE TIMELINE AND SEE WHAT GOES -- GOALS WE WANT TO REACH BY FIVE YEARS AND 10 YEARS. I POINTED OUT THAT IN EVERY OF THE 19 COUNTIES, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MOBILE MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS SO THAT EVERY PERSON , WHETHER THEY ARE IN HENLEY, OR THEY ARE SOMEWHERE OUT ON INAUDIBLE ] ROAD , OR THEIR WAY BACK OVER ON ONE OF THOSE DIRT ROADS IN PRECINCT 2, TO BE ABLE TO GET MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

SO, THERE WAS NO OTHER BUSINESS. THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS, THAT THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE HOSPITAL IN UVALDE, IT'S UNDERWAY. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT WITH THE SHERIFFS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY NEARLY DOUBLE FOR THE HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM. SO, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME

>> MR. CAMPISE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMMITMENT TO THIS CAUSE. AND I KNOW JUST SEVEN HOURS ON THE ROAD ALONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONERS, ANY

COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, MR. CAMPISE, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. X THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CAMPISE, VERY NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND IT WAS GREAT TO MEET WITH YOU THE OTHER

[F.6. Presentation by Freese and Nichols, Inc. regarding the Hays County Development Regulations Update project. BECERRA/PACHECO]

DAY. >> AWESOME. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS. X YOU ARE VERY WELCOME, THANK YOU PROTECTS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO NEXT IS WE ARE GOING TO GO TO F6, A SHORT RECESS, AND THEN GO STRAIGHT TO G5.

>> AT SIX, PRESENTATION BY FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC. .

>> ALL RIGHT, READY, MR. PACHECO.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. MARK PACHECO, DIRECTOR OF INAUDIBLE ] DEPARTMENT. JUST REAL QUICK, THIS IS REGARDING OUR DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATIONS, THE COMPREHESIVE UPDATE TO A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO, SO I AM GOING TO LET REPRESENTATIVES HEAR FROM FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC. WITH SOME FACTS AND FINDINGS, WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE PROJECT, AND ALSO DISCUSS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE WILL BE HAVING LATER TODAY, AND ALSO THE FUTURE PLANS AS WE WRAP UP THIS PROJECT. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DANIEL WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC. WILL PRESENT SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL.

>> AND MARCUS, IS THERE A CLICKER?

>> AND IF YOU WOULD JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC STATE YOUR NAME

AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD >> DANIEL HARRISON WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC., I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE PROJECT.

OH, AND I HAVE A CLICKER, TOO. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND WALK YOU THROUGH THIS AGENDA, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO THE POWERPOINT TO SAVE SOME TIME. MY NAME IS DANIEL HARRISON ONCE AGAIN, PROJECT MANAGER. I AM A COUNTY PLANNER, SO I WORK WITH DIFFERENT COUNTIES, DEVELOPING AND UPDATING THEIR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, SO WHAT WE DO, WE ALSO WORK WITH CITIES DOING THE SAME THING FOR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, SO REALLY LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND HEARING THEIR THOUGHTS AND INPUT, ALSO WORKING WITH STAFF AND ELECTED LEADERS TO DEVELOP UPDATED REGULATIONS. WITH ME TODAY IS ALSO DAVID JONES RIGHT OVER HERE AND JOHN MET. DAVE IS ALSO A PLANNER AND JOHN DISSAUER ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT.

>> MR. JONES AND ME, I'VE NOT HEARD THAT BEFORE, HAVE YOU?

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>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THREE PARTS TO THE PROJECT. WE ARE IN THE FIRST PART RIGHT NOW, THE DIAGNOSTIC PHASE. THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO THE DRAFTING PHASE, AND THEN REVIEW AND ADOPTION DAYS. HERE IS OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE THAT YOU CAN SEE. WE ARE IN THE FIRST DAYS RIGHT NOW, THAT IS IN DARK BLUE, AND WE HAVE A WHITE DOT TO PICK WHERE WE ARE IN THAT SCHEDULE. HE WAS EITHER YELLOW OR GOLD COLORS, THAT IS ALL THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT THAT WE HAVE. WE REACHED OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS TO GET THEIR INPUT, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS. LATER TODAY, WE ARE MEETING HERE AT 2:00 IN WIMBERLEY AND DRIPPING SPRINGS FOR AN OPEN HOUSE, IN THE EVENING, AND SAN MARCO'S. SO, WE WILL BE HAVING SOME OPEN HOUSES TODAY. WE WILL MOVE INTO DRAFTING THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT WITH STAFF, INFORMING YOU. AND THEN WHEN WE GET THE DRAFT, WE WILL GO OUT TO GET FURTHER INPUT, SO THEY CAN SEE AND ASK QUESTIONS. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY, WE WILL HAVE BOARDS. WE WILL EDUCATE PEOPLE, LET THEM KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, THEN ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS. THEN WE MOVE INTO THE REVISED DRAFT. ONCE WE GET THAT INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, WE WILL BE WORKING ON DOING THE COMPLETED DRAFT. YOU CAN STILL SEE, WE HAVE SOME MORE STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT AND PUBLIC OUTREACH GOING ON. ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO ADOPTING THAT DRAFT WITH THE WORK. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WITH THIS DIAGNOSTIC REPORT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, IT IS REALLY THE GAME PLAN WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD BUT EVERYONE CAN SEE THE DOCUMENT, GET FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO BEFORE ANYTHING CHANGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATION, SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT ARE THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS WE ARE DOING. ALSO, OUR PROFESSIONAL REVIEW OF THE REGULATIONS, WHAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING IN THE STATE, AND JUST REALLY DOCUMENTING THOSE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS AND PUBLIC CREDIT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OF COURSE, WE ARE LOOKNG AT YOUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT ABOUT COMMUNICATING AND HAVING A GREAT PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE AND TO GROW AND JUST RAISE THEIR FAMILIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALSO, THE CORE VALUES, WE HAVE THAT IN THE DOCUMENT, SO PEOPLE CAN ALSO SEE THAT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO ONCE AGAIN IS ESTABLISHED JUST SORT OF THE TRANSPARENCY THAT WE HAVE, THESE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT AND THAT WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO CONTINUE THROUGH IN THE UPDATE OF THE REGULATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, REALLY, HOW THAT DOCUMENT IS OUTLINED, WE WILL WALK THROUGH IT REALLY QUICK, IT IS AN INTRODUCTION, SOME DEMOGRAPHICS, WHAT DOES GROWTH LOOK LIKE? WE CAN LOOK AT SOME NUMBERS. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, WHAT THAT IS. REALLY WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON TODAY IS THE KEY CONCEPTS IN THE DOCUMENT. NEXT SLIDE. WE WILL DO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS. SOMEBODY CAN LOOK OF COURSE HOW GROWTH HAS HAPPENED IN THE COUNTY, RIGHT AROUND $300,000, A LITTLE BIT ABOVE. BUT HERE IT IN 2040, OVER HALF 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY IF THEIR PRODUCTION CONTINUES AS IT HAS BEEN. CAN SEE THOSE VARIOUS SCENARIOS THERE. NEXT LIED. WE KNOW THAT ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE HOMES IN THE COUNTY ARE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. WE KNOW THAT THE LARGEST PORTION OF HOMES IN THE COUNTY WERE BUILT BETWEEN 2010 AND 2019, SO YEAH, C LOTS OF GROWTH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE DO KNOW THERE ARE SOME REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE. COUNTIES AND CITIES RELATIONSHIP REGARDING THEIR EXTERNAL TERRITORIES THAT THE CITY IS FIVE. IN 2019, THE STATE LEGISLATURE MADE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT FOR CITIES TO ANNEX, SO YOU REALLY ONLY HAVE INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. BEFORE, IT WAS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN AND AROUND CITIES WERE HAPPENING, ABLE TO BE CONTROLLED BY THE DJ. CITIES CAN ANNEX THOSE PLACES AND PROVIDE SERVICES THERE. THAT REALLY CHANGED IN 2019 WHERE IT IS JUST VOLUNTARY. THEN IN 2023, WE HAVE OTHER ELEMENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO OPT OUT OF THE DJ, SO THAT IS GOING TO FALL SLOWLY UNDER THE COUNTY'S DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, NO LONGER IN CITY SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING ON THE CITY AND COUNTY LEVEL, JUST REALLY PUTTING THE BURDEN ON THE COUNTY TO PROCESS THOSE FLATS AND THERE IS LIMITED AUTHORITY OF WHAT WE CAN DO. COUNTIES TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE ZONING CONTROL, IT IS ONLY SUBDIVISION CONTROL. THE STATE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A HOUSING SHORTAGE HERE IN TEXAS, THE STATE COMPTROLLER SAYS IT IS OVER 300,000 PEOPLE, SO YOU MAY HEAR SOME OF THE RECENT STATE LAW CHANGES WITH SENATE BILL 840 THAT REALLY SAYS FOR OUR LARGEST CITIES THAT MULTI FAMILY MIXED-USE ARE BASICALLY ALLOWED BY RIGHT AND MOST OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS, AND THAT IS ONE WAY TO ADDRESS THAT HOUSING SHORTAGE, BUT THINKING OF THAT, THE STATE IS REALLY ESTABLISHING THAT, YES, WE ARE BEHIND OUR HOUSE IN, SO GROWTH IS CONTINUING TO COME, SO THAT PRESSURE IS THERE IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS AS WELL. AND THEN DRAINAGE AND FLOODING.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE

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ALL ALONG OUR CHANNELS. NEXT SLIDE. SO, WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WE HAVE CONDUCTED STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS FROM THE 12THROUGH JUNE 27TH. THESE ARE IN PERSON INTERVIEWS. WE HAVE DONE THEM ALSO VIRTUALLY, TOO, FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IT. BUT MEETING WITH DIFFERENT ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS, DIFFERENT RIVER AUTHORITIES, DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT HERE IN THE COUNTY, JUST GETTING THEIR THOUGHTS. NEXT SLIDE. SO, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS WE BOILED IT DOWN TO JUST 10 KEY CONCEPTS, AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LET DAVID HANDLE THE FIRST FIVE OF THESE, THEN I WILL COME BACK UP AND DO THE LAST FIVE AND CLOSES OUT HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THAT'S GOOD MORNING, DAVID JONES, ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER. AS DANIEL INTRODUCED, WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS OBVIOUSLY IN A TIME OF GREAT UPHEAVAL IN TERMS OF OUR REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT. SO, IN MANY WAYS, WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD INAUDIBLE ]. SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES THAT WE WILL GO OVER AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS ARE BASED ON A REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT IS KIND OF A PATCHWORK OF THINGS THE COUNTIES CAN DO, EXPLICITLY CAN DO, THINGS THAT IT JUST MIGHT BE IMPLIED THAT COUNTIES CAN DO. SO, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES, THE ISSUES THEMSELVES AREN'T GOING TO BE TOO MUCH OF A SURPRISE. THEY WERE BASED ON KIND OF OUR OWN LOOK AT THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, AND ALSO THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS DANIEL JUST MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. SO, WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO THINK THROUGH, HOW CAN WE OPERATE WITHIN A LEGISLATIVE LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING? IT IS CHANGING EVEN NOW, WITH THE SPECIAL SESSION, POTENTIALLY GIVING COUNTIES RIGHT A BIT MORE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE IN CERTAIN REALMS WHERE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BEFORE, ALTHOUGH THAT IS NOT OFFICIAL. THEN ALSO, TRYING TO TAKE A BALANCED APPROACH BETWEEN BEING DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED AND BEING CONSERVATION FOCUSED, SO THAT WE ARE NOT LEANING TOO FAR TO ONE OR THE OTHER, SO AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY CAN CHANGE AS WE ARE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS. WE HAVE NOT YET PUT PEN TO PAPER ON THAT REGULATIONS THEMSELVES, SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK IN THAT REGARD. YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST SIX KEY CONCEPTS ON THIS SLIDE, THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE GOT FOUR MORE. SO, WE WILL GO THROUGH THOSE, TRIED TO GO THROUGH THOSE PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT WE GOT A FEW SLIDES ON EACH OF THESE. NEXT SLIDE, STARTING OFF WITH WATER AVAILABILITY, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS ON EVERYBODY'S MIND, WE HEARD

ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING. >> GOOD FOR YOU.

>> YES, SIR, WE SURVIVED, WE GOT THROUGH IT. THE STATE HAS FORTUNATELY HANDED THE COUNTY A FEW MORE TOOLS WHEN THERE ARE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE BEING SERVED BY GROUNDWATER. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THAT IN THE STUDIES AND FINDINGS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO REQUIRE ALSO, THE VARIANCE PROCESS THAT IS REQUESTED SOMETIMES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PLENTY OF PARAMETERS AROUND THAT, SO THAT ONLY REALLY LOW WATER USAGE TYPES OF USES ARE REALLY EVEN BEING ENCOURAGED TO GO THROUGH THE VARIANCE PROCESS. THE REST HAVE TO PROVIDE THOSE STUDIES.

THAT DOESN'T PROVE THAT THERE IS WATER AVAILABILITY, BUT IT DOES ON THE COUNTY WITH SOME DATA FOR THE WATER THAT IS AVAILABLE. SAVE UNFORTUNATELY DOES RESTRICT US FROM LIMITING GROUNDWATER USAGE IN THAT REGARD, SO WE REALLY HAVE TO RELY A LOT ON THE TOOLS THAT WE ARE GIVEN, AND ALSO INCENTIVE STRUCTURES, SO AGAIN, ESTABLISHING THOSE REQUIRED FINDINGS, SUPPORT VARIANCE APPROVAL, ONLY IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. SO, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, ANOTHER ASPECT OF WATER IS THE WATER QUALITY, EROSION CONTROL. SO, TEXAS WATER CODE 26-117 UNFORTUNATELY APPLIES ONLY TO CITIES, SO IN THIS CASE, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH CITIES TO MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS ARE ENFORCED IN THE ETJ, THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE COUNTY, BUT IT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T COVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY. SO, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE COUNTIES HAVE LIMITED AUTHORITY TO DO DIRECT REGULATION, BUT IT IS ALSO A SITUATION WHERE IF WE DON'T DEFINE WHAT IS A DESIRABLE OUTCOME AND OUTCOME THAT WE WANT, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER FOLKS WHO ARE DEVELOPING AND MORE DISTURBING GROUNDS AND POTENTIALLY HARMING THE WATER SUPPLY . IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THEM IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO. SO, CLEARLY DEFINING THAT, INCENTIVIZING THE USE OF BMPS, IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE LINES. WITH ANY LUCK, BY THE TIME WE GET OUT OF THE SPECIAL SESSION, THE COUNTY MAY HAVE SOME MORE TOOLS IN THAT REGARD, SO OBVIOUSLY WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR THAT AND WHATEVER ENDS

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NEXT SLIDE. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. SO, ENSURING THAT THERE ARE PROTECTIONS AROUND YOUR FLOODPLAIN. THAT NUMBER TWO, IDENTIFYING TIERS OF FLOOD STUDIES WHEN DOING PLATS AND DOING DEVELOPMENTS, IDENTIFYING A TWO YEAR AND ZONE. AND ALSO IDENTIFYING THE 2025 DATA UPDATED. AGAIN, THAT NOT ONLY PROTECTS THE FLOODPLAINS, BUT ALSO MAKES SURE THAT THE COUNTY'S DATA ABOUT WHAT IS OING ON OUT THERE IS CONTINUALLY UPDATED. AND AGAIN, DEVELOPING INCENTIVES TO CODIFIED CONSERVATION SUBDIVISIONS. ONE WATER STRATEGY FOR RECAPTURING WATER AND RAINWATER HARVESTING. WE KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT EVERYWHERE, BUT IN SITUATIONS WHERE IT IS BENEFICIAL, AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO STEER FOLKS TOWARDS THAT, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE CLEARLY SPELLED OUT. NUMBER FOUR IS OUR ON-SITE SEWER FACILITIES AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. I KNOW THE COUNTY PAST SOMETHING EARLIER IN AUGUST , BEEFING UP SOME OF THOSE OSS STANDARDS, SO NOT ONLY CODIFYING THAT, BUT C IF THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN STRENGTHEN THAT EVEN FURTHER. BY BOLSTERING THOSE PREAPPROVAL OF LOT SUITABILITY, I BELIEVE THAT CHANGE INSTITUTED RESERVE AREAS, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE RIGHTSIZING THOSE MINIMUM LOT SIZES. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE ARE LOCAL MODELS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP OUR EYE ON, SUCH AS THE LOCAL COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY. HAVE SOME GOOD GUIDANCE IN THAT REGARD FOR ACQUIRING T CQ APPROVAL OVER A CONTRIBUTING ZONE, THAT IS THE AREA IN THE LIGHT GREEN, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE SETBACKS ARE APPROPRIATE BETWEEN THE APPLICATION ON THE PROPERTY LINE. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THE STATE STILL GIVES THE COUNTY QUITE A BIT OF AUTHORITY TO REGULATE SO NOT ME MAKING SURE THAT THE REVELATIONS THEMSELVES ARE RIGHT, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE BUILT INTO THE INCENTIVE STRUCTURE, SO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER THINGS LIKE STORMWATER, FLOODPLAIN PROTECTION, THAT THOSE THINGS ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, SO IF YOU GRANT A REDUCTION OR A VARIANCE OR WAIVER IN THIS REGARD, WE ARE POSSIBLY ABLE TO GET SOMETHING BENEFICIAL IN ANOTHER REGARD. NUMBER FIVE IS , AGAIN, ON THE SUBJECT OF VARIANCES AND REGULATORY A BIT OF FEEDBACK IN THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT THE VARIANCE PROCESS IS SOMEWHAT INCONSISTENT OR UNPREDICTABLE, SO MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS CLEARLY SPELLED OUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR GETTING A VARIANCE. THE CRITERIA BY WHICH VARIANCES ARE CONSIDERED. WE WANT TO AGAIN ILLUMINATE OR DISCOURAGE THOSE GROUNDWATER RELATED VARIANCES, REQUIRE SUITABILITY DEMONSTRATION. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DEFINITIONS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE PLACED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. HEARD A LOT ABOUT FLAG LOTS AND THOSE NOT BEING VERY WELL DEFINED. DRIVEWAYS, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNED WITH OTHER ADOPTED CODES BY THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT HEALTH , SAFETY, AND WELFARE ASPECT IS CLEARLY LINKED TO THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE IS A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE IN TERMS OF THE PLAT APPROVAL PROCESS. INSTITUTING MINOR PLOTS FOR MINOR SUBDIVISIONS, FOUR WATTS OR LESS. INSTITUTING STAFF APPROVAL OF PLATS IN SOME CASES. THOSE AGAIN ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN STEER FOLKS TOWARDS THE OUTCOME THAT WE WANT TO SEE. AND ENCOURAGE THOSE OUTCOMES , WHILE DISCOURAGING THE OUTCOMES THAT , AGAIN, PAVE OVER TOO MUCH STUFF, BUILD TOO MUCH STUFF, STUFF THAT WE CAN'T REGULATE DIRECTLY, BUT CAN POSSIBLY INCENTIVIZE BY BUILDING AN EASIER HALFWAY TO COMPLIANCE AND APPROVAL. SO, WE WILL GO ON TO NUMBER SIX.

DANIEL? >> ALL RIGHT. SO, SORT OF THE TRANSPORTATION ON INFRASTRUCTURES OR THINGS WE WANT TO DO AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT WE REQUIRED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE FULL RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH, LOOKING AT THE URBANIZED ROADWAY SECTION, ANOTHEREXAMPLE OF THAT. HAVING MULTIPLE POINTS OF ACCESS INTO A SUBDIVISION FOR SAFETY, FOR SCHOOL BUSES, FOR DELIVERIES, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, ALSO LOOKING AT DRIVEWAYS FACING STANDARDS, DIFFERENT ELEMENTS LIKE WHAT WE CAN REQUIRE ON AN EXISTING COUNTY ROAD, INCLUDING REGULATIONS FOR ON STREET PARKING. SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, THAT CAN BE AN

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THE GRS, AS FAR AS WHAT FILES WE RECEIVE, THAT CAN BE ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MAKE. PUBLISHING STANDARDS FOR THE APPLICATION CHECKLIST WILL BE ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE. ONCE AGAIN, SOME OF THAT TRANSPARENCY THING, AND ALSO THE COORDINATION THAT WE CAN GET WITH THE DEVELOPERS, JUST TO MAKE THINGS GO FASTER ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE. IMPLEMENTING THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS, WHICH SOME OF THAT IS BEING DONE NOW.

AND OF COURSE, WERE COORDINATION AND UPDATING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS. NEXT SLIDE. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, SO THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP FREQUENTLY DURING THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, JUST WORKING UP, YOU KNOW, HAVING A MODEL TEMPLATE, A.D.A. THAT WE CAN START BASING FROM, REALLY EXPLAIN WHAT SHOULD BE IN THERE. NEXT SLIDE. GREAT, CLEAR, AND TRANSPARENT MEANING OF TOOLS AND OPTIONS THAT AN APPLICANT COULD LOOK AT THAT D.A. AND SAY HERE ARE MY OPTIONS THAT I HAVE HERE. AND THEN JUST TRACKING ALIGNED WITH THE INCENTIVES THAT THE COURT WOULD CONSIDER WANTING TO SEE THESE TYPE OF THINGS. ONCE AGAIN, SOMETIMES WE CAN'T REGULATE THINGS, BUT WE CAN INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. NEXT SLIDE. URBANIZING AREAS IN ETJ FORMATION. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, REALLY JUST TRYING TO BE COORDINATED IN THOSE AREAS. ONCE AGAIN, UPDATING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, BUT STRENGTHENING OUR REGULATIONS IN THOSE ETJ LOCATIONS. ALSO TALK ABOUT INTERFACING MORE WITH OUR CITIES AND OUR URBAN AREAS, OUR SIDEWALKS, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT DISCUSSION. NEXT SLIDE,

PLEASE. >> SIDEWALK TO DEER TRAIL, I SAW

THAT. >> CLARIFYING MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR WHEN WE HAVE NEW ROADS, NEW SUBDIVISIONS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN THERE IS OUR ELEMENT IN THERE FOR THE IOWA INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH OUR PARTNER COMMUNITIES TO SAY, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? AND LASTLY, OUR CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT, PEOPLE COME IN AND DO CONDOS. THEY CAN REQUIRE THEIR CONDO DECLARATION , CALL RECORD THAT, BUT SEEING THIS, THIS WOULD STILL BE SOMETHING THAT GOES THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO GET THE FIRE LANE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THE RAIN STILL RUNS OFF THE PROPERTY, WE NEED TO SEE THAT. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN JUST CLEARLY DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SINGLE-FAMILY AND MULTI FAMILY TYPE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONDO REGIME LANGUAGE. NEXT STEPS, SO WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS AFTER WE CLOSE YOUR, WE WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND GO UP TO WIMBERLEY AND TO BECAUSE THOSE WILL START AT 2:00, BUT WE WILL GET THERE AT 1:00 TO SET THEM UP AND TRY TO WELCOME EVERYBODY WHO COMES OUT TO THE MEETINGS. BUT WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN UP FOR ANY

QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM BECAUSE YOU SAT THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF OUR COURT THIS MORNING. CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR BECAUSE I REMEMBER YOU ASKING ME -- THANK YOU, THE TEAM, FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. BECAUSE THE THINGS I BROUGHT UP ARE INCLUDED AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. WATER ENERGY AND ALL THAT STUFF, SO WELL DONE. AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF YOUR EVENTS , CAN YOU -- WHEN YOU THINK AND YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE IT AT THE MOST ATTENDED, CAN YOU SEND ME SOME PICTURES IF I CAN'T BE THERE? FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN'T BE THERE AT 2:00, I AM IN COURT. AND THEN THE HEADCOUNT. WE CAN HAVE 200 PEOPLE SHOW UP, BUT IF THEY ARE ALL AGAINST SOMETHING, IT IS KIND OF DECEPTIVE AND DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT YOU COMMUNICATED IN THEIR ALL SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE YOU ARE THE HEAD OF THE COUNTY IN THIS SPACE, IN THIS MOMENT, AND I WANT TO GIVE A TRUER ARTICULATION OF WHO IS ENGAGING AND WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK? BECAUSE I DO HAVE THE STRONGEST HOPE AND BELIEF THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS RIGHT. BUT I DON'T WANT TO JUST CHECK THE

[02:45:03]

>> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, IT WAS GREAT AND HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION. YOU WILL TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT INCENTIVES MAY BE FOR RAINWATER COLLECTION AND , UM, OTHER -- LIKE THE CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENTS. AND SO, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRIED THAT IN THE PAST WITH NOT MUCH SUCCESS, SO I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO REALLY INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE WILLING TO DO IT, TO MOVE THAT FORWARD, BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE , YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER SHORTAGE AND THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE. SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND SEEING WHAT YOU ALL CAN COME UP WITH, SO THANK YOU ON THAT. I GUESS THERE IS A MEETING HERE TONIGHT AT 7:00, IS THAT CORRECT? X CORRECT. THAT'S THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN? X GOOD PRESENTATION AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT.

WAS LIKE LET'S GET MORE ROAD. YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT, IS HOW YOU PLAN FOR THAT. I MEAN, THERE IS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN MY PRECINCT. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC AND GETTING THAT FEEDBACK, SO

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. >> SO, YOU ARE ABOUT TO GO INTO MY PRECINCT AND HAVE A MEETING. I HAVE GOTTEN A COUPLE MESSAGES SAYING PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE ATTENDING. MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT WILL BE THERE, LINDA. SO, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO COME BACK TO ME, CAN YOU JUST LET HER KNOW? THREE THINGS I WANT TO REALLY HONE IN ON WHEN YOU ARE AT THAT PRESENTATION IS OBVIOUSLY, WE PASSED A ONE WATER RESOLUTION.

AS JUDGE BECERRA JUST SAID, I THINK IT IS A GREAT THING WE NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR IN OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. AND INCREASING THE OFFHAND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT, JUST BRINGING THAT UP IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE. X BRINGING WHAT UP?

>> INCREASING THE PIG MOTHER. >> WHAT IS THAT?

>> YOU CAN'T SUBDIVIDE OR HAVE A WELL IF THERE ARE LESS THAN

SIX ACRES. >> I JUST DIDN'T HEAR IT, GOT

IT. >> THEN WATER AVAILABILITY, THAT IS HUGE. I KNOW WE PASSED A RESOLUTION IN COURT WITH WATER VARIABILITY, NOT DOING ANY OF THOSE VARIANCES. I WOULD LIKE TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THAT, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME REASONS. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIFT PROPERTY TO A FRIEND OR RELATIVE, YOU HAVE HAD THIS LAND FOR X AMOUNT -- THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO WITH THAT BESIDES JUST SAYING ABSOLUTELY NO VARIANCES AT ALL. FROM THE WAY WATER COLLECTION STANDPOINT, SO, THOSE ARE MY BIG AREAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, I THINK IT WAS WONDERFUL.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH? >> YOU ARE GOING TO BE SHOCKED WHENEVER I DISAGREE WITH COMMISSIONER HAMMER FOR WATER ON WANTING. WE PASSED A RESOLUTION FOR ABSOLUTELY NO VARIANCES. AND I'M PRETTY ADAMANT ON THAT BECAUSE I HAVE SOME SUBDIVISION -- WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, IT IS FIVE ACRES, BUT WE CAN'T SAY WHETHER IT IS COMMERCIAL OR WHETHER IT IS RESIDENTIAL OR WHAT THAT USAGE WOULD BE. AND I HAVE REAL CONCERNS AS WE SEE MORE ACTIVE -- WHAT I WOULD CALL LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOME OF THESE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, THAT IF WE DON'T -- I DON'T WANT TO PUT -- I DON'T WANT TO BE PUT IN THE POSITION TO EVER MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL WHENEVER I AM ENFORCING THAT ON THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION. AND THAT IS PERSONAL. I WOULD PROBABLY DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. THERE IS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. I THINK ONE IMPORTANT THING THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS AS COMMISSIONERS, IS UNDERSTANDING -- AND THIS WAS BROUGHT UP TODAY, JUDGE, I THINK YOU EVEN SAID ON THE SAWYER RANCH SIDEWALK PROJECT, IF A DEVELOPER WANTS TO PAY FOR THAT, THEN GREAT. WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT THERE. THERE ISN'T ANY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE DEVELOPED THERE RIGHT NOW. AND EVEN IF THERE WERE, WE CAN'T FORCE THEM TO DO THAT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IMPACT FEES LIKE THE CITY OR LIKE THE STATE DOES, WHICH IS FRUSTRATING ON OUR PART. WHEN WE SEE WHAT THE IMPACTS WILL BE. I WILL SAY, I MENTIONED THIS TO MARCUS ON THE TIMING OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHILE I SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU ALL SQUEEZING THIS INTO TWO DAYS, UM, WHENEVER YOU DO THE NEXT ROUND OF PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH

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AND IF WE COULD LOOK AT, AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, ANTICIPATING WHAT COULD OR COULDN'T HAPPEN IN THIS NEXT SESSION, I BELIEVE AFTER SITTING THROUGH ALL OF THE HEARINGS RELATIVE TO THIS RECENT FLOODING DISASTER THAT I DO BELIEVE THE COUNTY WILL ENJOY ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES, BUT JUST MONITORING WHAT THOSE ARE.

NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT UNTIL THE END OF THE SESSION, BUT WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THOSE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT -- THERE WAS A STUDY DONE BY THE EDWARDS ALLIANCE THAT WAS PUBLISHED THIS LAST YEAR, REGARDING ALL OF THE COUNTIES OVER THE EDMONDS AQUIFER, AND WHAT THE COUNTY'S JURISDICTION AND USE OF EXISTING STATUTORY AUTHORITY WAS , IT ACTUALLY DESIGNATED HAYS COUNTY AS USING MORE STATUTORY AUTHORITY THAN ANY COUNTY OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. AND WE SCORED THE HIGHEST OUT OF THAT. I WOULD LOOK AT WHAT THOSE PROTECTIONS WERE AND SEE HOW WE CAN REINFORCE THOSE. UM, I ALREADY MENTIONED VARIANCE. CALENDAR SUBMISSIONS WITH THE NEW 10 AND 30 DAY DEADLINES. I REALLY WOULD ENCOURAGE AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS, HAVING CALENDAR SUBMISSION DEADLINES. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT FOR MY COLLEAGUES IS ALL PLATS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE FIFTH OR THE 15TH AND THE 20TH. AND BY DOING THAT, BY LIMITING THOSE SUBMISSION DAYS, THEN WE HAVE A VERY DIRECT SCHEDULE NOW THAT WE ARE UNDER THAT 30 DAY SHOT CLOCK, NOT ONLY FOR FIRE MARSHAL AND DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION, IT BUILDS IN AN AUTOMATIC TIMELINE AND AVAILABILITY FOR OUR STAFF TO REALLY SCHEDULE EACH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS , SO WE MEET THOSE STATUTORY DEADLINES, BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM.

>>

>> THE STATE LAW IS CLEAR THAT OR YOU CAN PICK A WINDOW TO DO THAT. THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO IT.

>> YES, AND I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING IT PRETTY CLOSELY. I THINK IT GIVES US A UNIVERSE THAT WE CAN CONTROL EVERY TWO WEEKS. WE KNOW WHEN WE ARE BEHIND, WE CAN REASSESS SHOULD WE NEED ADDITIONAL PLAN REVIEWERS OR SHOULD WE NEED ADDITIONAL SEPTIC REVIEWERS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

>> THE PUT US ON A THAT WE CAN ALL FOLLOW. BUT CORRECT. UM, THE UTILIZATION OF SUBDIVISIONS, YOU MENTIONED DRAINAGE , SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE, ALL THOSE THINGS, I THINK WE HAVE -- I SAY THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE SEEN 30 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF IT . EVERY

[02:55:08]

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD CALL IT A VARIANCE TO OUR REGULATION, BUT THINK OF A SUBDIVISION LIKE SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER, ALTAIR AND DRIPPING SPRINGS. OR OUTSIDE OF DRIPPING SPRINGS. WE KNOW THAT ALTAIR PARKWAY WILL NEVER BE ENLARGED. IT IS A FOUR LANE PARKWAY THAT RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT IS COMPLETELY BUILT OUT. WE HAVE RIGHT-OF-WAY ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT THAT HAS ALL THE SIDEWALKS IN IT, IT HAS ALL THE HEIGHTS GOING THROUGH IT AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AND OF COURSE, WE REQUIRE AND EXPAND THAT ROADWAY AND THE PIPES ARE IN OUR RIGHT AWAY, THEN WE REQUIRE ALL THOSE UTILITIES TO PAY FOR MOVING ALL THAT UTILIZATION. AND THAT IS A GREAT THING, I BELIEVE IN THAT, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD DO. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAVE SUBDIVISIONS AT FULL BUILDOUT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO LIKE QUITE LITERALLY, WE KNOW THAT IT IS A POSSIBILITY TO EXPAND THOSE ROADWAYS IN THERE.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING WHERE AS THEY DO THAT UTILIZATION, WE UNDERSTAND AND WE WRITE IN THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL COSTS AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT WE ALSO CAN GET THEM SOME CLARIFICATION, THOSE UTILITIES THAT -- HEY, WE DOUBT THERE IS A 5%, A 1% CHANCE THAT WE ARE EVER GOING TO EXPAND THAT ROADWAY, THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO PHYSICALLY DO IT. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS IN THE SLIDE ON THE TYPES OF CONDO FACILITIES. I HAVE PROBABLY SEEN MORE DIFFERENT VARIETIES IN MY PRECINCT THAN PROBABLY THE WHOLE COURT COMBINED. I HAVE GOT EVERYTHING FROM WAREHOUSE DISTRICTS TO SUBDIVISIONS WHERE IT IS A TRUE SUBDIVISION , 2600 HOMES AND THEY CONDO THE WHOLE PROPERTY, THAT CAN BE A SUBDIVISION, HOW CAN WE CLARIFY AND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THEY ARE FOLLOWING ALL THE SAME RULES AND GUIDELINES? FORMER COMMISSIONER SHELL AND I WORKED VERY HARD ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE COURT ON OUR CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT TITLE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT WE DID TWO CASE STUDIES, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF I 35, AND WHENEVER WE WENT FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT, WE WANT THAT IMPLEMENTED BY JANUARY 1ST. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR TIMETABLE IS FOR THE REST OF IT, BUT I HAVE A STRONG COMMITMENT THAT I WANT THAT PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING AND AVAILABLE BECAUSE I HAVE DEVELOPERS OUT THERE WHO WHEN FACED WITH THE OPTION OF BUILDING, YOU KNOW, 200 HOMES VERSUS 100 HOMES, AND IF THAT CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT TITLE IS ACTIVE, THEY WOULD BUILD 100 TODAY INSTEAD OF 200.

AN IMPORTANT TOOL THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX TO GET ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE CAN'T FORCE AND WE CAN MAKE THEM PAY FOR THINGS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO AND THERE IS A MECHANISM TO HELP THEM DO THAT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO TO MY MEETING ] BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE SITTING RIGHT HERE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU DO THESE IN THE FUTURE, JUST DON'T PUT THEM ON TUESDAY BECAUSE HALF OF OUR COURT IS NOT GOING TO BE THERE. AND PROBABLY TWO THIRDS IF THE JUDGE WAS GOING TO

ATTEND. >>

>> I AGREE WITH YOU.

>> WELL DONE.

>> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU SAID. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

KEEP GOING AND YOU GOT GREAT FEEDBACK.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR UPDATES.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> SO, THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION.

WE WI

>> THERE IT IS. MICS ARE ON.

WE'LL GAVEL IN. THE SCREENS WILL TURN ON AND --

[G.5. Approve and confirm the appointment of Tim Kresta as a reserve Deputy Constable in the Hays County Constable, Precinct 4 Office. SMITH/HAMMER/GRAHAM]

>> G- 5, APPROVE AND CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF TIM KRESTA AS RESERVE DEPUTY CONSTABLE ININ HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE

PRECINCT. >> SO

[03:00:01]

MOVED. >>

SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

CONSTABLE, IF YOU'LL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM WITH YOUR CANDIDATE AND GIVE US A SPEECH.

>> THERE IT IS.

>> I'M SO SORRY. DO YOU MIND? I'M SORRY THEY DID THAT ON ACCIDENT.

CAN YOU START AGAIN?

>> SURE.

>> DAVE GRAHAM, CONSTABLE, PRECINCT 4, GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TIM KRESTA, PENDING YOUR APPROVAL AND CONSIDERATION WILL BECOME PART OF PRECINCT 4.

TIM HAS 41 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE STARTED HIS CAREER IN 1991 AS A PATROL OFFICER AND 1999 -- 1998, BECAME A DETECTIVE IN THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT AND WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN 2000, SERVING AS SUPERVISOR FOR 22 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING IN 2022. AS A FIRST LINE SUPERVISOR, HIS ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDED PEER SUPPORT GROUP, ORGANIZED CRIME DIVISION, STREETS AND NARCOTICS TEAM, METRO TACTICAL UNIT, DWI TASK FORCE, TRAINING ACADEMY, CADET TRAINING UNIT, AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

TIM ALSO SERVED AS A COORDINATOR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT LINE OF DUTY DESK ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. HE OBTAINED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREE FROM SAN HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY HIS RESUME, HE'LL BE A VALUABLE ASSET NOT ONLY TO OUR PRECINCT, BUT TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE IN DRIPPING

SPRINGS. >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN BEING A PART OF THE HAYS COUNTY FAMILY. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU RETIRED?

>> I LEFT IN --

>> SORRY, DO YOU MIND APPROACHING THE PODIUM? SO THEY CAN HEAR YOU ON TV?

>> I RETIRED IN JUNE OF 2022.

>> OKAY. JUNE OF

'22. >> YES, SIR.

>> WHAT DID THE CONSTABLE LEAVE OUT ABOUT YOU? % ANYTHING ELSE?

>> I MOVED OUT THERE TO PRECINCT 4 IN 2001 AND ACTIVE TO SAINT MARTINS THERE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

MARRIED AND HAVE TWO KIDS.

>> BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL.

COMMISSIONER?

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING PRECINCT 4.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SWORN IN BY JUDGE BERNS THIS AFTERNOON.

THAT LOOKS GREAT. THANKS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE

OFFICE. >>

WELCOME. >> ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE ELSE?

>> WELCOME. WELCOME TO PRECINCT

4. >> ALMOST.

ALMOST. LET US DO THE VOTE.

IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN? >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE?

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH?

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> JUDGE BECERRA?

>> YES.

>> WELCOME TO PRECINCT 4.

>> WELCOME OFFICIALLY TO PRECINCT 4.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FOR BRINGING SUCH A WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COUNTY PARTY. COUNTY FAMILY.

[M.2. Discussion and possible action related to the burn ban. BECERRA]

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO, NOW LET'S DO THE BIRNBACH.

>> M- 2, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION INVOLVING THE BURN BAN.

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> THANK YOU. MIKE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THISTHIS ITEM?

>> MIKE JONES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, JUDGE.

I KNOW WE DID GET SOME MOISTURE THIS PAST WEEKEND, A LITTLE BIT, BUT AS YOU LOOK AT OUR COUNTY AS A WHOLE, WE'RE SITTING AT 601 ON THE DROUGHT INDEX, PRETTY INTENSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE BURN BAN JUST AS A MEASURE FOR MITIGATING FOR ANY POTENTIAL WILDFIRES IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN I'VE ASKED THAT WE CAN EXTEND THIS BEYOND MAYBE 11 WEEKS. WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND REVISIT AND TAKE THE BURN BAN OFF.

BUT I THINK THIS WILL BE A GOOD FACTOR OR GOOD PROCESS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP MITIGATE SOME WILDFIRES FOR THIS REGION SO WE CAN FOCUS ON IMPORTANT THINGS INSTEAD OF PUTTING OUT FIRES.

>> PERFECT. QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE?

>> I AGREE.

>> YOU CALLED ME YESTERDAY ABOUT DOING IT, I SAID, LET'S JUST DO THIS, LET'S WAIT FOR TOMORROW AND HAVE A NICE TIDY DATE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS SIDE?

>> ALL RIGHT. SO PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL. >>

COMMISSIONER HAMMER. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN?

>> YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA?

>> YES. OFFICIALLY BURN BAN MOTION.

THERE IT IS. THEATRICS ALL DONE.

OKAY. NOW, JUDGING BY THE COURT

[K.1. Discussion and possible action to consider granting a variance to Table 10-1 of the Hays County Rules for OnSite Sewage Facilities, and allow issuance of an On-Site Sewage Facility permit to the owner of the property at 1728 S FM 1626, Buda, Texas 78610. SMITH/PACHECO]

CONSENT. >> JUDGE -- GO AHEAD.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, K-1.

>> GOTCHA.

PLEASE OPEN K-1. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER GRANTING A VARIANCE TO TABLE 10- 1 OF THE HAYS COUNTY RULES FOR ON- SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES AND ALLOW ISSUANCE OF AN ON- SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT 1728 SOUTH FM

[03:05:04]

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> THE REASON I ASKED THE COMMISSIONERS AFTER I GO THROUGH THE HOUSEKEEPING THINGS I KNOW WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ALL THE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT THE COMMUNITY REACHES OUT TO IS I NEVER KNOW ON AN AGENDA ITEM IF EVERYONE IS HERE, IF PEOPLE ARE NOT, SO I ASK THE COMMISSIONERS TO LEAD THE CHARGE ON WHAT IS NEXT.

SO, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SMITH.

MR. PACHECO, WHAT SAY YOU, MY

FRIEND? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

SO, BEFORE YOU TODAY THIS AGENDA ITEM IS FOR A VARIANCE REQUEST FROM TABLE 10- 1 FOR OUR COUNTY ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY RULES. THE PROPERTY OWNER AT 1728 SOUTH FM 1626 IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE, IN OUR CURRENT RULES REQUIRES THREE ACRES. THE PROPERTY IS A 1. 5 ACRE TRACT OF LAND. THERE IS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS WITH THIS PROPERTY, SIR.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING, THE APPLICATION IS TO REPLACE A -- SYSTEM ALONGSIDE.

THEY HAD SOME PROPERTY -- SOME PROPERTY TAKEN DUE TO RIGHT OF WAY EXPANSION. THE PROPERTY IS IN THE INCORPORATED LIMITS OF CITY OF BUDA. THE PROPERTY WAS DEEMED A NONCOMPLIANT PART OF PROPERTY SINCE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE LOT CHANGED AND THE CITY OF BUDDIA MADE A RECOMMENDATION OR REQUIRED THE PROPERTY TO BE SUBJECT TO A REVISED PLAT. BY GOING THROUGH THE REVISED PLAT PROCESS, IT IS WHY THEY ARE NOT MEETING THE THREE ACRE REQUIREMENT, BECAUSE IT IS 1. 5 ACRES AND IT NEEDS TO BE 3 ACRES. THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS FOR THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE VARIANCE, PART OF THE EQUAL PROTECTIONS PROPOSED OR BEEN INCLUDED WITH THEIR REQUEST IS NO FURTHER RESUBDIVISION WITHOUT CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER WHEN AVAILABLE.

THE PROPERTY WILL BE THE SEPTICSEPTIC WILL BE AN ADVANCE ON SITE SEWAGE FACILITY SYSTEM AND THE OWNERS ARE AGREEING TO CONNECT TO THE CITY OF BUDA WASTE WATER SERVICE WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE AND NO DISCHARGE FROM WASTE WATER WILL EXCEED OVER 300 GALLONS PER DAY PER ACRE.

>> TELL US THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE

ACREAGE. >> 1. 5 ON AVERAGE, APPROXIMATELY 1. 5, I WANT TO SAY 1. 576 TO BE EXACT.

>> GOT IT, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER

SMITH. >> SURE THING.

THIS IS A SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE REALLY 2021.

AND THE CITY OF BUDA, THERE ISNO EASY WAY TO DO THIS, THE CITY, I THINK, THERE IS OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE AT THE ONSET TO AVOID HAVING TO DO A VARIANCE. AND WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT WITH THEM. AM I CORRECT WE ALSO HAD A LETTER FROM THE CITY OF BUDA?

>> YES, WE DO.

>> REQUESTING US TO MOVE FORWARD, LOOK AT THIS.

SO, THE ISSUE REALLY ISN'T ONE CREATED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO REPLACE A FAILED SEPTIC SYSTEM AT A CURRENT USAGE OF THE FACILITY IS AN AUTISM SCHOOL. SO WE WANT TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> WELL SAID. WELL SAID.

>> I JUST WANT TO FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES BECAUSE I HAD SOMETHING ISH SIMILAR, THERE IS NO CURRENT CONNECTION THEY CAN USE IN THE CITY OF

BUDA. >> IT IS IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT THE OWNER OF THE PARCEL HAS AGREED THAT IF AND WHEN THERE IS AVAILABILITY, THEY WILL CONNECT TO THAT AND DISCONNECT THE SYSTEM.

>> WONDERFUL. AND HOW MANY ACRES DID WE TAKE AWAY IN RIGHT OF WAY? HOW MANY --

>> WELL, IT IS ABOUT . 072 ACRES.

>> OKAY.

>> FROM THE INFORMATION I GATHERED.

AGAIN, LIKE COMMISSIONER SMITH ALLUDED TO, THE BIG, I GUESS IF YOU WANT TO SAY ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, COURT, IS THAT IT IS WITHIN THE INCORPORATED LIMITS OF BUDA. IF IT WAS IN THE UNINCORPORATED ACE COUNTY, WE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE TOOLS TO ASSIST AND MOVE FORWARD WITH. IT IS JUST THAT SINCE THIS IS IN THE CITY OF BUDA, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENFORCE THEIR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, WHICH THEY ARE REQUIRING THE PROPERTY OWNER DUE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY BEING TAKEN ON THE PROPERTY.

SINCE THEY ARE REQUIRING THIS PLAT, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN CREATED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, BUT SINCE THEY ARE REQUIRING TWO PLATS, THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL CURRENT RULES AND REGULATIONS AND IT IS NOT

3 ACRES. >> AND THE OWNER IS IN A HARDSHIP. THIS CREATED A HARDSHIP FOR THE OWNER?

>> YES, I BELIEVE WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE THAT CAN

SPEAK. >> I DON'T THINK WE NEED

IT. >> FOR SURE.

>> I HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS FROM A -- YES.

>> I SAW THE NOD. HE NODDED.

ALL GOOD ON THIS SIDE? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE?

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN.

>> JUDGE BECERRA.

[I.1. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and HNTB Corporation for General Engineering Consulting Services related to road projects, effective June 23, 2025, and authorize a discretionary exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Chapter 262.024(a)(4 ). HAMMER/HUNT]

[03:10:01]

>> YES. WE'LL FIX IT.

HAVE A GREAT DAY. COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER HAMMER, ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO?

>> YES, I-1.

>> LET'S DO I-1.

>> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND HMTB CORPORATION FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES RELATED TO ROAD PROJECTS EFFECTIVE JUNE 23R D, 2025 AND AUTHORIZE THE DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION, CHAPTER 262. 024 A 4.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE NOT HAD A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH A SUBCONTRACTOR OR A CONTRACTOR, A CONTRACTOR THAN CARLOS FROM HMTB. EVERY TIME, I SAY THIS REGARDLESS OF THE AUDIENCE, ANYTIME I REACH OUT TO CARLOS, TEXT OR A CALL, HE COULD BE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. , AND HE WILL IMMEDIATELY GET BACK TO ME. I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE AND THE ACCESS AND THE AVAILABILITY BECAUSE WE ARE IMPORTANT AND I'M GLAD YOU SHOW THAT WE ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AND YOU ARE AN EXTENSION OF US, AND THANK YOU FOR SEEING US WITH THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE THAT YOU CLEARLY CONVEY.

>> CAN I JUST GET CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE THE SUMMARY SAYS THAT -- UNLESS I'M READING IT INCORRECTLY, IT IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS JUNE 23RD, 2025, THROUGH JULY 9TH, OF 2025.

SO, IT IS, LIKE, WHAT -- THAT'S PAST.

ARE WE --

>> SURE.

>> I DON'T KNOW -- EITHER ONE OF US, YOU CAN TAG TEAM IT, IF YOU WILL.

YOU'RE RIGHT. THE CONTRACTOR IS -- SORRY, I TURNED MY MIC OFF INSTEAD OF ON.

SO, THERE WAS A --

>> SORRY, JUST DURING THIS ONE MOMENT, THIS BRAND- NEW AGENDA ITEM, STATE YOUR NAME.

>> POWELL. YOU'RE RIGHT, THE TIME PERIOD IS CORRECT, THERE WAS -- I'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF VERSION OF IT SO I DON'T TALK ALL DAY, BUT WE HAD ORIGINAL CONTRACT WITH HNTB AND THEN INSTITUTED A NEW CONTRACT FOR THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, THEY COULD TECHNICALLY STILL HAVE OPERATED UNDER THE ROAD BOND CONTRACT WHEN WE GAVE THEM THAT NOTICE OF TERMINATION THAT YOU ALL APPROVED PURSUANT TO THE JUDGE'S ORDER IN THE ROAD BOND CASE. BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, WE THOUGHT IT LEGALLY PRUDENT TO SEPARATE THAT GAP AND NO LONGER HAVE ANY BILLING UNDER THE ROAD BOND CONTRACT FOR HNTB FROM THE DATE OF THAT ORDER FROM THE JUDGE.

AND SO THERE WAS A GAP THERE IN BETWEEN US SENDING THE NOTICE OF TERMINATION AND REALIZING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DATED IT THE DATE OF THE ORDER FROM THE JUDGE. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE EXACT SAME SCENARIO FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BUT THAT'S RIGHT.

IT IS WEIRD, WE THOUGHT IT LEGALLYPRUDENT TO HANDLE IT THIS WAY, AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE STEPHANIE ADD ON ANYTHING THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED IN THE EXPLANATION.

>> PERFECT. >> I'M TRYING NOT TO TALK ALL DAY. IF YOU NEED MORE DETAIL, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

>> PERFECT.

>> OKAY, THAT SEEMS LIKE OKAY FOR NOW? GOOD. LESS IS MORE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. GREAT POINT, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SIDE? NO. ALL GOOD?

>> I WOULD JUST SAY THE VERY NEXT ITEM F WE WANT TO OPEN IT UP NEXT, IT IS THE EXACT SAME THING FOR COBB FENDLEY ON THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAD FOR THE 12 THAT WE PASSED TWO MONTHS AGO. SAME THING.

>> OKAY.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE?

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN?

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> YES.

[I.2. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement between Hays County and Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. related to the Fitzhugh Road Project, effective June 23, 2025, pursuant to RFQ 2025-Q01 Professional Services. SMITH/HUNT]

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA.

>> YES.

>> ONE MORE TIME, GO TO WORK, CARLOS.

I-2. >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND COBB FENDLEY AND ASSOCIATES INC. RELATED TO THE FITZHUGH ROAD PROJECT EFFECTIVE JUNE 23, 2025, PURSUANT TO RFQ 2025- Q 01 PROFESSIONAL

SERVICES. >> MOVE.

>> SECOND.

>> WE'RE GOING TO JUST -- IF THERE IS NOTHING CHANGED, WE'LL CALL THE ROLL.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER?

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN.

>> JUDGE BECERRA.

>> YES. THIS IS THE PORTION I MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY WITHOUT RUSHING ANYONE, OKAY. IF ANYONE FEELS RUSHED, IT IS MY MISTAKE AND I'LL HELP YOU FIX IT. TELL ME ON THIS SIDE, DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA ITEMS OR

[G. CONSENT ITEMS]

[03:15:01]

>> NO, I'M GOOD.

>> YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY.

OPEN THE SLATE. AND ON 11, WE'RE -- SORRY, ON G-11. WE ALREADY HAVE DONE 5.

I'LL ASK YOU TO OPEN 11. THERE IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE PERMITS IN THE UTILITY PERMITS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO INCLUDE AND SO WHENEVER WE OPEN THAT, I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT EDIT. I WANTED JORDAN TO WEIGH IN AND TELL ME IF WE OPEN 11 AT ALL OR WHAT IS MOST

EFFICIENT? >> JORDAN POWELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOU, JUDGE THERE ARE MULTIPLE PERMITS IN THAT ITEM. WE'RE NOT -- THE INTENT IS NOT TO PULL ALL OF THEM. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND OPENING THE ITEM AND THEN REFERENCING WHETHER IT IS VIA A NUMBER -- OKAY.

I WOULD RECOMMEND OPENING THE ITEM, PULLING A SPECIFIC NUMBER PERMIT YOU INTEND TO PULL AND THEN VOTING ON THE REMAINDER OF THE PERMIT.

>> THAT'S HOW WE'LL DO IT.

>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE NUMBER.

>> YOU DON'T NEED IT. I'LL CHIME IN AFTER YOU OPENED THEM ALL. WE ALREADY HAVE DONE NUMBER 9.

>> VERY GOOD. G- 1, APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES, APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF JURY DISBERSMENTES, APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTHCARE AND TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES HEALTHCARE CLAIMS AND AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL DISPERSEMENT.

APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF THE SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 PAYROLL DISPERSEMENTS AND AMOUNTS NOT TO EXCEED $5. 5 MILLION, AND POST TOTALS OF DEDUCTIONS AND BENEFITS ON THE WEBSITE, ACCEPT THE DELIVERY OF THE AUDITORS OFFICE QUARTERLY INTERNAL EXAMINATIONS REPORT, APPOINT, SWEAR IN AND CONFIRM WAYNE CLAMPITT AS MEMBER OF THE HAYS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 318 OF THETHE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 TO THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CIVIL SERVICE RULES RELATED TO SECTION 8.03.

2, REVIEW AND APPEAL OF PROMOTIONAL EXAM, APPROVE THE PAYMENT IN THE OMT OF $530. 97 TO TIME MARK INCORPORATED FOR MATERIALS RELATED TO TRAFFIC STUDIES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WHERE NO PURCHASE ORDER WAS OBTAINED AS REQUIRED BY THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY, APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS, APPROVE SPECIFICATIONS FOR IFB 2025- B 12 ROADWAY STRIPING AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASING TO ADVERTISE AND SOLICIT FOR BIDS, AUTHORIZE THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO PURCHASE TWO ADDITIONAL TIME CLOCKS INCLUDING A ONE YEAR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE AND 15 ADDITIONAL LICENSES FROM ULTIMATE KRONOS GROUP D TO THE COUNTY WIDE TIME KEEPING SYSTEM AND AMEND THE BUDGE EIGHT CORDINGLY, AUTHORIZE THE DISTRICT COURTS TO UTILIZE FLIX MEDIA SOLUTIONS INC.

TO SERVICE AND REPROGRAM THE MICROPHONES IN COURTROOM 9 FOR THE AMOUNT OF $3,100. 68 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO THE HAYS COUNTY ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT AOT PROGRAM CONTRACT WITH EVOKE WELLNESS AND EXECUTE A NEW MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH DR. VIKRAM MEHRA MD. APPROVE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE EXHIBITION WALK CELEBRATION EVENT ON THE COURTHOUSE GROUNDS SPONSORED BY CENTRO CULTURAL HISPANO DE SAN MARCOS AND LULAC COUNCIL 654 TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 14T H, 2025, THAT SHALL INCLUDE COMMERCIAL VENDORS.

AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SUPPORT THE CENTRO CULTURAL HISPANO DE SAN MARCOS RELATED TO THE 2025 HISPANIC HERITAGE EXHIBITION WALK KICKOFF EVENT FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> SO, CENTRO CULTURAL HISPANO DE SAN MARCOS LEFT OUT THE $250 PIECE ON THE DONATION FROM THE OFFICE. ON THAT ITEM.

AND THEN ON G-11, I ASKED THAT YOU PLEASE REMOVE IN THIS MOTION OF THE WHOLE SLATE, PERMIT TRN 2025-9538 UTL. PLEASE REMOVE THAT FROM THE ROLE CALL OF AGENDA ITEM 11. PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> JUDGE BECERRA.

>> YES. AS WE WERE, LET'S MOVE ON TO

[J.1. PLN-2788-PC; Hold a Public Hearing regarding Pecos Landing, Lot 1 Replat. HAMMER/PACHECO]

[03:20:03]

J-1. >> PLN-2788- PC HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PECOS LANDING LOT ONE REPLAT.

>> FOR PUBLIC HEARING, THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

I SEE NO MOVEMENT. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MR. PACHECO.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. MARCUS PACHECO, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THIS IS A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION ACROSS 4. 4 ACRES, SUBDIVISION WILL HAVE WATER SERVICE BY WEMBERLEY WATER CORPORATION. AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION AT THIS TIME REQUESTED.

THE PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENT WILL BE MET AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE HEARING.

AND FURTHER ACTION WILL BE REQUESTED IN COURT AT A

[J.2. PLN-1889-PC; Call for a Public Hearing on September 16th, 2025 regarding the Douglas Estates, Lot D4, Replat. SMITH/PACHECO]

>> THANK YOU.

J-2. >> PLN 1889 PC CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH 2025 REGARDING DOUGLAS ESTATES LOT D 4 REPLAT.

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECRETARY. >>

COMMISSIONER HAMMER. >>

YES. >> COMMISSIONER

[J.3. PLN-2677-NP; Ratify Approval for the Williamson Estates, Final Plat. INGALSBE/PACHECO]

INGALSBE. >>

YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN?

>> YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA.

>> YES.

>> PLN 2677 NP. RATIFY APPROVAL FOR THE WILLIAMSON ESTATES.

>> MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> THIS IS A TWO LOT DIVISION ACROSS 7.29 ACRES OFF WILLIAMSON IN PRECINCT ONE. THE SUBDIVISION WILL HAVE WATER ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH GO FORTH SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT AND WASTE WATER ACHIEVED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ON SITE SEWAGE FACILITY.

THE ONLY ACTION REQUIRED TODAY IS TO RATIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR THE FINAL PLAT.

>> SO MOVED.

>> YES.

>> CALL THE ROLL.

>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN.

>> YES.

[K.2. Discussion and possible action to consider an Order of the Commissioners Court of Hays County, Texas accepting and approving the 2025 Annual Service Plan Update to the Service and Assessment Plan, including updated Major Improvement Area Assessment Roll, Neighborhood Improvement Area #1 Assessment Roll, Neighborhood Improvement Area #2 Assessment Roll and Neighborhood Improvement Area #3 Assessment Roll for the La Cima Public Improvement District. HAMMER]

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA.

>> YES.

>> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER AN ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE 2025 ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN INCLUDING UPDATED MAJOR IMPROVEMENT AREA ASSESSMENT ROLE, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA NUMBER ONE, ASSESSMENT ROLL, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVE AREA NUMBER TWO ASSESSMENT ROLL AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AREA 3 ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE LA CIMA PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

>> MOVE.

>> SECOND.

>> TELL THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU'VE

GOT. >> I THINK WE HAVE ROB HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS.

>> OKAY.

>> PROVIDE THE VIEWING PUBLIC THE SUMMARY AFTER YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE OF WHAT THIS AGENDA ITEM SAYS.

>> MY NAME IS ROBERT HAYSLIP. THIS ITEM IS THE ANNUAL SERVICE UPDATE FOR THE LA CIMA DISTRICT. WE GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE DISTRICT WITH THE ASSESSMENT ROLES, THE SERVICE PLANS, ANY PLATS, OWNERSHIP WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND ANY PREPAYMENTS OF ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.

>> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS? WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. GOOD? ALL RIGHT.

PERFECT. THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE NEED TO VOTE TO APPROVE IT.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> YES.

[K.3. Discussion and possible action to approve the execution of a Farm and Ranch Contract between Hays County, Mary Jane Wood, and Jeri Susan Wood for property located near Jacobs Well Natural Area and Karst Canyon preserve (Jacob's Well Acres, Section 2, Lot 1) to be added to the County park system. HAMMER]

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN.

>> YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA.

>> YES.

>> K- 3, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE EXECUTION OF A FARM AND RANCH CONTRACT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY, MARY JANE WOOD AND JERI SUSAN WOOD FOR PROPERTY LOCATED NEAR JACOBS WELL NATURAL AREA AND KARST CANYON PRESERVE JACOBS WELL ACRES SECTION 2 LOT 1 TO BE ADDED TO THE COUNTY PARK

SYSTEM. >> IT IS A GREAT PIECE OF LAND.

IT IS PROBABLY VALUED AT 1, 140, WHO IS MY -- IS TUCKER NOT HERE? VALUED AROUND 140. WE'RE GETTING IT FOR 70 AND THEY'RE DOING A $70,000 GIFT TO THE COUNTY.

>> IT IS A REALLY GREAT PROJECT THAT WE HAD HEARD ABOUT.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT. YOU ALONG WITH TUCKER AND WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER

HAMMER. >>

YES. >> COMMISSIONER

SMITH. >>

YES. >> COMMISSIONER

[M.1. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs. BECERRA]

INGALSBE. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN.

>> YES.

>> JUDGE BECERRA.

>> YES.

>> M- 1, DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION COUNTS AND COSTS.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SENDS MY OFFICE THE JAIL REPORT EACH WEEK.

OUR CURRENT JAIL CAPACITY IS 410 INMATES, JAIL STANDARDS RECOMMENDS HOLDING APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THAT OPEN WHICH LOWERS OUR ACTUAL CAPACITY TO 368. THE JAIL'S DAILY AVERAGE WAS 561, HOWEVER, WITH PEAK AT 566 ON AUGUST 27TH.

THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING THIS WEEK IS

[03:25:01]

THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES IS 199 AND FEMALES ARE 0. AND THEY WERE ALL HOUSED IN HASKELL COUNTY. PAPER READY INMATES HOLDING 40 STATE INMATES. WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT, THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM, HAD THEIR DAY IN COURT, ACTUALLY BEEN FOUND GUILTY, AND ARE NOW ACTUALLY STATE INMATES.

OUR HOPE IS TO GET THEM OUT OF THE COUNTY, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP PAYING PART OF THAT

[L. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]

AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE A RUN FOR IT.

OPEN L-1.

>> EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5511071 AND 551072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE , CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL .

>> SO MOVED.

>> THANK YOU. IF YOU ARE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE CLEAR THE COURTROOM.

MY ESTIMATED TIME, GUESS, WILL BE, LET'S SAY 15 MINUTES, JUST TO GO CRAZY, DON'T GO TOO FAR.

DON'T TAKE A LUNCH BREAK, BECAUSE AT -- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, HERE'S WHAT WE'LL DO.

HERE'S WHAT WE'LL DO. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE THE BREAK UNTIL 1:00, WHERE WE COME BACK SPECIFICALLY TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. SO YOU'RE FREE AT 1:00,

. >> AND WE ARE BACK FROM

[K.4. 1 :00 p.m. - Hold a public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026 proposed tax increase. BECERRA/DORSETT]

>> 1:00, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 PROPOSED TAX INCREASE.

>> ALL RIGHT. I AM MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE. NO, OKAY, GOOD.

CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. OFFICIALLY GOING TO VICKI.

ALMOST DONE, VICKI.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. VICKI DORSETT.

BEFORE YOU I PROVIDED SOME KEY COMPONENTS THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME HISTORICAL CHANGES ON OUR TAX RATE, I KNOW I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL, ON PAGE 3, I PROVIDED THIS TAX RATE HISTORY CHART IN THE PAST.

I'VE ALSO BROKEN THAT DOWN, TAX RATE BY FUND, AND GIVEN YOU A COPY OF OUR CURRENT ITEMIZED TAX RATE. BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF GO OVER SOME ITEMS THAT HAVE KIND OF DRIVEN WHERE OUR TAX RATE HAS GONE OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS OR SO. OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS FOR THE TAX RATE CHANGE IS OUR VOTER APPROVED BOND PROGRAMS. WE HAVE HAD VARIOUS BOND PACKAGES SINCE 2001. AND WHEN WE ISSUED THE -- WHEN THE VOTERS APPROVE THE BONDS, THOSE AREN'T ALWAYS ISSUED AT ONE TIME. THEY'RE ISSUED IN TRANCHES.

SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 25- YEAR TAX RATE CHART, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE INCREASES STARTED HAPPENING RIGHT ALONG THE TIME THAT WE WERE, ONE, STARTING TO ISSUE SOME DEBT FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ONE OF THE OTHER KEY INDICATORS IS POPULATION. SO YOU CAN SEE FROM 2000 TO 2010 THE 61% POPULATION GROWTH. I ALSO INCLUDED THE 2020 AND 2025 ESTIMATES. SO, JUST SINCE 2000, WE HAVE A 210% POPULATION GROWTH IN HAYS COUNTY, WHICH IS ALSO A DRIVER FOR OUR NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES. THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES WE ACTUALLY ADDED TO OUR BUDGET IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THAT WERE NOT -- WERE PREVIOUSLY EITHER FUNDED OR NOT INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET.

SO WE --

>> I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT 2010 AGAIN AND THE POPULATION?

>> SO WE HAVE THE 61% INCREASE IN POPULATION JUST FROM 2000 TO 2010.

THAT'S CONTINUED TO GROW 2010 TO 53%.

AND THEN FROM 2020 TO 2025, JUST THE PAST FIVE YEARS, 26%.

SO JUST OVERALL, WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING THE TAX RATE

[03:30:03]

SO, IF YOU LOOK ON THE THIRD PAGE AND YOU SEE THAT TAX RATE CHART, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE WE WERE AT IN 2000. WHICH I'VE ALSO INCLUDED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS FRONT PAGE, THAT THE TAX RATES, SO, IN 2000, WE WERE AT 4539.

AND THE COURT IS PROPOSING 3999 FOR 2026.

SO WHILE YOUR POPULATION IS TO CONTINUE TO GROW, WE HAVE ADDED ADDITIONAL SERVICES, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1. 25 CENT ON YOUR TAX RATE. WE ADDED IN THIS BUDGET PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2026, WE ADDED APPROXIMATELY 2.75 CENT FOR ROAD AND VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. AND OUR TAX RATE HAS GONE DOWN CONSISTENTLY. NOW, THERE IS A TAX RATE INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. IT IS JUST UNDER 5 CENTS.

FROM 35 CENTS TO 39.99. HOWEVER, IF YOU CONSIDER THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR 1. 25 CENT THAT WE ARE NOW PROVIDING THAT WE HAVEN'T PROVIDED IN THE PAST, WHICH IS THE JUDICIAL SERVICES, ADDITIONAL MAGISTRATE, PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND WELFARE SERVICES, THAT ALONE IS 1. 25 CENT ON OUR TAX RATE. THE DEBT RATE IS 2. 75 CENT, JUST TAKING CARE OF OUR ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ON THE SECOND PAGE I'VE LISTED THE PENDING LITIGATION -- SPECIAL LEGISLATION FOR 2025 THAT IS IN THE TEXAS HOUSE RIGHT NOW, SENATE BILL 10, WHICH COULD CAP FUTURE YEARS.

THAT WOULD BE 2026 AND FURTHER. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO GO FROM 3. 5 CENT CAP TO 2. 5 CENT CAP AND DOWN TO 1% WHICH WOULD AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO INCREASE YOUR RATE IN THE FUTURE YEARS.

ALSO, OUR BUDGETED GRANT REVENUE IS DECREASED 34% YEAR OVER YEAR FROM 2025 TO 2026, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE FEDERAL GRANT CUTS.

WE ACTUALLY DECREASED MORE THAN A PENNY IN OUR OVERALL GRANT REVENUE.

>> SO YOU ARE TRIANGULATING A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS GOING ON FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC TO FOLLOW.

YOU HAVE 210% POPULATION GROWTH FROM 2000 TO NOW.

I'M GLAD YOU HIT NORTH OF 300,000 ON YOUR NUMBERS, I'M SOLID THAT WE'RE OVER 350, BUT OVER 300 I'M HAPPY WITH. YOU ALSO TRIANGULATED ALL THE NEW SERVICES WE'RE DOING. AND THE FEDERAL CUTS TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE THEM. ALONG WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS, OF COURSE WE HAVE TO GO UP.

>> SO IT IS LESS THAN A 5 CENT TAX INCREASE AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER OUR FEDERAL CUTS, FOR OUR GRANT REVENUE BEING DOWN, WHICH IS ALMOST A PENNY ON THE TAX RATE, THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING, WHICH IS 1. 25 PENNY AND THE DEBT AND THE VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT 2. 75 CENT, WE'RE ACTUALLY -- IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE ITEMS BUILT INTO THE BUDGET, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE LOWER THIS --

>> LOWER SOME MORE. AND THERE IS ANOTHER VARIABLE THAT YOU SAID THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION JUST NOW IN THE RECAP, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE STATE GOVERNMENT PRESSING ON US LOCAL FOLKS, GETTING INTO OUR CAPACITIES AND OUR ABILITIES TO MANAGE AND DECIDE AND SO THAT'S ALSO CREATING A SHORT FUSE OF RESPONSE FOR US WHERE WE HAVE TO ACT NOW BEFORE THEY STRIP US OF WHAT WE HAD FOREVER STATUTORY

AUTHORITY. >>

CORRECT. >> GOOD, GOOD, GREAT

SUMMARY. >> AND THE -- JUST OVERALL, TAX SENDS OUT AN INFORMATION, JUST FOR COUNTIES TO REVIEW AND REPORT BACK ON UNFUNDED MANDATES, AND THE LAST CALCULATION THAT I DID WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 40% OF OUR TAX RATE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO UNFUNDED MANDATES.

>> AND WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT TAC, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES. THAT'S GREAT NEWS, AS A GUY THAT ALWAYS PROMOTES SMALL, LEAN, LEAVE PEOPLE ALONE GOVERNMENT, TO HEAR THAT 40% IS FORCED UPON

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WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THEY KEEP PULLING THE RUG FROM UNDER US ON TAXING CAPACITY.

JUST A BEAUTIFUL STATE GOVERNMENT THAT IS TURNING INTO AN S SHOW. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL SOME INFORMATION TO HELP KIND OF GUIDE WHERE OUR TAX RATE HAS GONE TO SEE IF YOU ALL HAD ANY ADDITIONAL REQUESTS THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

>> I DO HAVE ONE, AND THANK YOU FOR OPENING IT UP THAT WAY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY I WILL TELL YOU I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THESE RECAPS THAT YOU JUST PROVIDED, THEY PROVIDE THE EVERYDAY -- DON'T FORGET, I'M A BAKER, BEFORE I WAS A COUNTY JUDGE, I WAS A BAKER.

I RIP OPEN A BAG OF 50 POUND BAG OF FLOUR AND I'M GOOD AND I CAN DO THOSE KINDS OF SIMPLE MATH.

YOU START GETTING INTO ALL THESE VARIABLES AND IT IS, LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. I DON'T KNOW THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY I REMEMBER WHERE I WAS, AND THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS -- I HOPE IT IS NOT ANNOYING TO YOU, BUT IF WE SPEAK IN ACRONYMS OR OTHER THINGS, I TELL PEOPLE, THERE IS PEOPLE THAT CARE, THEY LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING AND DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE SAID, BECAUSE THAT WAS ME.

I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL YOU RECAPPED IT THIS WAY, WHERE THE AVERAGE MECHANIC, BAKER, PLUMBER, WHATEVER, WILL UNDERSTAND IT. AND THEN SO THAT'S WHAT MY RECAP TRIES TO DO IS JUST SAY IT YET AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS WILL FOREVER GO OVER PEOPLE'S HEADS AND SO I ALWAYS TRY TO SHAKE IT AND SHAKE IT AND SHAKE IT SO IT MAKES MORE SENSE.

COMMISSIONERS, I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO SAY

SOMETHING. >> NO, I MEAN, I AGREE, JUDGE, VICKI, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN JUST PRESENTING IT IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND, AND WHERE THE MONEY TRULY IS GOING AND SO, NO, I THINK YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS.

>> OKAY. BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. I WANT TO CHIME IN REALLY QUICK.

WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RATES AND THEN WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS, DOING THESE THINGS, LET'S BACK UP, AND JUST AGREE ON A RATE, AND THEN START INFILLING ACCORDING TO THAT RATE THAT WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH.

I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE SITTING THERE, WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THESE REQUESTS IN.

WHEN WE DID THAT, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION, I WANT TO SUPPORT OUR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, ALL OF THEM, AND I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THOSE ITEMS WERE PUT IN, CAN YOU CLARIFY? I DON'T KNOW.

>> I DON'T THINK WE CAN HAVE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS DURING THE TAX RATE HEARING.

>> OH, OKAY.

>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THOSE ITEMS WEREN'T INCLUDED.

IF THE COURT WANTS TO CONSIDER ANY REGRADES FOR THOSE POSITIONS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO SO AT THE SEPTEMBER 16TH PUBLIC

HEARING. >> OKAY.

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. AND I FEEL GOOD THAT YOU ARE SUCH A VETERAN IN THIS LANE, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS FRONT?

>> NO, NOT A QUESTION, I THINK THE LAST CHART THAT YOU PUT IN THIS PACKET, I THINK IT IS VERY TELLING. I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO SEE.

FROM -- THESE ARE JUST SOME GENERAL NUMBERS, BUT IN 2021, OUR TAX RATE, AGAIN, I THINK YOU HAVE ON THE FIRST CHART OUR HIGHEST OVERALL TAX RATE WAS

4692. >> YES.

>> YES. AND SO JUST SINCE -- I'LL JUST USE THE EXAMPLE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COURT, WE WERE OVER 40 IN 2021.

AT THAT TIME, 12. 46 CENTS WAS FOR DEBT.

>> YES.

>> WE'RE LOOKING AT DEBT THIS YEAR UNDER THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF 1029 FOR THAT. ALONG WITH A LOWER TAX RATE, AND WE ARE -- HAVE INCREASED OUR OVERALL ALMOST DOUBLED OUR ROAD AND BRIDGE. AND FOR THOSE OF THE FOLKS WHO AREN'T EYEBALL DEEP IN OUR -- IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS, I JUST THINK IT IS VERY TELLING THAT OUR MOST BASIC SERVICES LIKE OUR REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION, WE HEARD FROM SOME INDIVIDUALS TODAY RELATIVE TO, WELL, WHY AREN'T YOU DOING NOR MAINTAIN THE ROADS WE HAVE, WE ARE, AND I'LL TELL YOU THE COST AND THE ABILITY TO DELIVER THOSE THINGS HAVE GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY, YET WE TRIED TO MATCH THAT AS CLOSELY AS WE COULD IN OUR TAX RATE. I THINK IT IS VERY TELLING THAT OUR REGULAR GENERAL M&O THAT PAYS FOR EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN, IS STILL LESS TODAY THAN IT WAS IN 2021. AS A PERCENTAGE.

AND AS THE ACTUAL DOLLAR NUMBER. SO, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY

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AND WE ARE -- WE TRY TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THERE ARE BASIC SERVICES THAT WE ARE MANDATED TO DO BY THE STATE, AND THERE ARE SOME BASIC SERVICES THAT WE AREN'T MANDATED TO DO BY THE STATE, BUT WE FEEL NECESSARY, AND I THINK WE'RE DOING IT IN A FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE MANNER.

>> WELL SAID, COMMISSIONER. I WILL ADD WE WERE AT A -- I WAS AT A JUDICIAL -- LEGISLATIVE UPDATE IN AUSTIN LAST WEEK, AND ONE OF OUR STATE OFFICIALS LITERALLY SAID, WELL, IT IS NOT SO BAD, IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.

I'M, LIKE, COME ON, MAN, HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY, I DON'T CARE WHO THEY ARE, WHAT COLORS THEY WEAR OR WHERE THEY SLEEP, ANY OF THOSE THINGS, IF THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY YOU ARE CHARGED WITH REPRESENTING, STOP GIVING THEM A PASS.

COULD BE WORSE. YEAH.

YOU CAN BE KEEP LEAVING THEM THERE. IF THEY'RE NOT DOING THE WORK, VOTE THEM OUT.

REGARDLESS. WHATEVER LEVEL.

LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL. SO I JUST FELT DISCOURAGED AND THE LEGISLATIVE RECAP WAS, LIKE, WELL, IT IS, LIKE, WE GOT HIT BY A MAC TRUCK AGAIN, BUT IT COULD BE WORSE, WE COULD HAVE DIED.

THOSE AREN'T GOOD JUSTIFICATIONS FOR WHAT THE STATE IS DOING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SO, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

ANYTHING?

>> I WOULD JUST SAY, YEAH, IF YOU LOOK AT SINCE 1995, I THINK THIS CHART IS GREAT FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OUR TAX RATE, IT IS A FINE LINE OF, HEY, HE CAN WE MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR COUNTY THE WAY WE NEED TO AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ALSO DOING IT IN THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY. WHEN IT COMES TO NUMBERS, I MEAN, I'VE -- I'M GOING TO MEET WITH VICKI AFTER THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT AS LOW AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

BUT WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO, THE 40% FROM THE C THAT WE HAVE TO LEGISLATIVELY HAVE AND ALL THE CUTS, YOU CAN LOOK INTO THAT CHART TOO AND SEE THAT WE'RE LOWER THAN WE WERE IN FY 2021 IN OUR GENERAL M&O.

WITH THOSE CUTS AND THEN ALSO WITH BACKING WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED ON FOR OUR ROAD BOND AND THE COS THAT WILL COME WITH THAT.

I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE NECESSARY.

AND AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO LOWER THE TAX RATE, I MEAN, IT IS SOMETIMES IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO DO THAT. SO, I THINK IF YOU LOOK 1995 ON, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL LOWER THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN ALMOST 20 YEARS, SO --

>> IF WE HAVE THESE ARTICULATED STATEMENTS, BECAUSE OF THE WORK YOU PROVIDED US, YOU HAVE GIVEN US A GREAT FOUNDATION TO SPEAK INTELLIGENTLY FROM, AND WHEN WE FACE THE COMMUNITY, WE KNOW WE WILL, WE HAVE USEFUL, MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS.

THANKS TO YOUR WORK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SORRY, I WANT TO CORRECT MYSELF, I SAID THE LOWEST WE HAVE BEEN, I'M VERY MUCH IN EXACT. I MEAN LOWER THAN AVERAGE.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN.

>> WELL, THANKS, VICKI, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.

THE FACT THAT THE TAX RATE IS GOING UP IS JUST PART OF THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE. AND WHAT I AM PLEASED TO SEE IS THE CONCENTRATION OF EFFORTS IN THE JUDICIAL REALM, RIGHT, AND I THINK THERE ARE -- I KNOW IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

I KNOW THAT. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE -- WE'RE PLANTING SEEDS INTO A GROWING JUDICIAL, YOU KNOW, SYSTEM, FOR HAYS COUNTY, AND WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE AND I AM, YOU KNOW, I THINK COMMISSIONER SMITH SAID IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE WITHOUT TRYING TO BURDEN THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH.

AND I HEARD THE EXPLANATIONS OF THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WHY THE RATE WAS SO LOW IS BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO OFFSET THE PROPERTY ALS GOING UP AND I GET THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, A LOT OF OTHER THINGS HURT FROM THAT. MAKING IT SO LOW.

SO, IT IS TOUGH, IT IS TOUGH HAVING TO GO UP, BUT WE NEED THE SERVICES AND WE NEED THE INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTY AT THIS POINT.

>> SO THE JUMP OR THE BIG DECREASE YOU SEE FROM, LIKE, 2021 TO 2023, THAT'S WHEN WE WERE LIVING OFF OUR GROWTH AND THAT INCREASED APPRAISED VALUE. WE DIDN'T NEED TO RAISE TAXES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

SO THE COURT IS DIPPING THAT RATE DOWN WHENEVER

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>> AND THAT'S WHAT I TELL PEOPLE WHENEVER WE'RE IN THESE STATE WIDE CONFERENCES, I SAID, YOU SHOULD SEE THE TAX RATE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP. SO IMPRESSIVELY LOW, BUT IT WAS ALL THAT GROWTH. IT WAS ALL THOSE NEW AND HIGH VALUES THAT WERE ON THE TAX THAT ALLOWED US TO DO THESE THINGS. ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR

THAT. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE?

>> I WOULD SAY ALSO, VICKI, THE TIME WHEN COVID HIT ALSO WE WERE VERY SENSITIVE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT RESIDENTS WERE HURTING DURING THAT TIME ALSO. AND SO WE DID WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE WONDER DID WE HURT OURSELVES BY GOING SO LOW, BUT AT THE TIME IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND SO -- BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, THE NEED IS THERE FOR THE SERVICES AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER COHEN, THE JUDICIAL PART OF IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO ALL OF US AS WE ALL HAVE SUPPORTED THAT IN, YOU KNOW --

>> AND THE LIST OF THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE JUSTJUST PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE STARTED AND UTILIZING THE ARPA FUNDS AND THE OTHER SERVICES WE HAVE PUT IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

BUT THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD TO TAX OUR CITIZENS ON IN THE PAST.

THEY'RE RELATIVELY NEW PROGRAMS THAT WERE STARTED WITH OUR ARPA FUNDS AND NOW THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND.

WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH ARPA, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THOSE FUNDS ARE DWINDLING DOWN AND HAVE TO BE SPENT BY DECEMBER 2026. CLOSING, THERE IS NO ACTION TO TAKE HERE, IN CLOSING, CAN YOU -- I KNOW WE DID THIS SUMMARY ON THE AVERAGE HOME AND IF IT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, TO A HOMEOWNER, AVERAGE HOME, HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE PAYING, HERE'S WHAT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL DO, YOU BET, AND I'LL KEEP EXPLAINING IT FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC WHILE YOU GRAB YOUR LAPTOP.

AVERAGE HOME, HERE IS WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY PAYING, AND THEN HERE IS WHAT THE PROPOSAL WILL GENERATE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE TO YOU PER YEAR, WAS IT $80?

>> IT WAS -- THE AVERAGE HOME AT $465,000 WILL INCREASE THE TAX RATE BY . 0499, MONTHLY INCREASE 1898, SO $19 A MONTH. AND THE YEARLY WOULD BE ABOUT $227.85.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST COMMISSIONER HAMMER BECAUSE I DO, CAN YOU RESTATE AS YOUR GRAPHS SHOW.

THANK YOU, ERIC.

>> YES, SO THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE WAS $461. 61, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $1,840 ANNUALLY WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 18. 8 2 A

MONTH. >> PERFECT. AND THAT COVERS IT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TOILING OVER AND COMMITTED TO DOING. AND WE HAVE TAKEN THIS EVERYWHERE IT IS GOING TO GO AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT

RECESS. >> JUST A REMINDER WE HAVE OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AT 1:00.

>> SEPTEMBER 16TH AT 1:00 IS OUR FINAL MEETING TO CLOSE THESE BOOKS AND CALL IT DONE.

>> YES. >> FOR NOW, WE'RE GOING TO-- TH

[L.1. Executive Session pursuant to Sections 551 .071 and 551.072 of the Texas Government Code: consultation with counsel and deliberation regarding the purchase, exchange, lease and /or value of real property located at or near 211 Lee Street, San Marcos, Texas, in Precinct 1. Possible discussion and/or action may follow in open court. BECERRA/INGALSBE]

AND COMMISSIONER INGALSBE, ALL

YOURS. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

THIS IS FOR -- I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO -- CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF -- FOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT OR NEAR -- PRECINCT 1, JOINT PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY UP TO $600,000 IN FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY FOR REQUESTING ADDITIONAL TIME FROM --

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER HAMMER.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER COHEN.

>> YES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.