THAT ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, AND THIS MORNING'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY OUR VERY OWN [A. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:09] PASTOR, DARIUS TODD, IF YOU WILL PLEASE. ALL RISE. LET US BOW. GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE, THAT WE HAVE BREATH AND WE HAVE LIFE. WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU HAVE LED US HERE THIS MORNING, AND YOU'VE ALLOWED US AN OPPORTUNITY IN THIS FREE COUNTRY TO HAVE FREE COURSE OF INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION. WE PRAY, LORD GOD, THAT IN AN ENVIRONMENT IN THIS WORLD WHERE THERE'S MUCH DISTRUST AND DISUNITY, I PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU WILL HELP US TO BE A BEACON LIGHT OF TRUTH AND A BRIDGE THAT BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL BEAR THE FRUIT OF PEACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE, AS WE LISTEN, AS WE HEAR. HELP US, LORD, TO BUILD THOSE BRIDGES THAT YOU WOULD BE GLORIFIED. IT IS IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU SIR. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? ROXANNE. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE HERE. COMMISSIONER COHEN HERE. COMMISSIONER HAMMER HERE. COMMISSIONER SMITH HERE. JUDGE BECERRA HERE. AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. [E. PUBLIC COMMENTS ] ONE, TWO. DO YOU HAVE ANY WRITTEN TWO FOR A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE JESSICA KANE. WILL YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM? YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THANK YOU, JUDGE BECERRA AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JESSICA KANE, AND I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT HERE AT SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER. YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT SOUTHSIDE PROVIDES MANY VITAL DAILY SERVICES AS WELL AS LONGER TERM HOUSING PROGRAMS TO OUR NEIGHBORS. WE ALSO SERVE AS THE ONLY REGULARLY ACTIVATED WEATHER SHELTER IN THE COUNTY. I'M GOING TO REPEAT THAT SOUTHSIDE IS THE ONLY REGULARLY ACTIVATED WEATHER SHELTER IN A COUNTY OF NEARLY 300,000 RESIDENTS. WHEN ACTIVATED, SOUTHSIDE STAFF MEMBERS SET UP AND RUN THE SHELTER WITH AT LEAST ONE STAFF PERSON ON SITE ALL NIGHT THROUGH EACH COLD SNAP. WE ALSO OFFER HOTEL VOUCHERS TO ANYONE WHO CANNOT SAFELY STAY IN THE SHELTER SINCE OUR FIRST OVERNIGHT ON DECEMBER 5TH, SOUTHSIDE HAS INVESTED $8,000 IN SHELTERING OUR NEIGHBORS THIS WINTER SEASON. ALL OF THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH FINANCIAL, IN-KIND AND VOLUNTEER DONATIONS FROM SOUTHSIDE'S GENEROUS SUPPORTERS. WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE WAYS IN WHICH MANY OF YOU HELPED SPREAD IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SHELTER DURING THIS LAST WINTER STORM, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS COURT HAS NOT INVESTED FINANCIALLY IN ITS SUCCESS. OUR SOCIAL SERVICE GRANT GOES TOWARD OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS AND REPRESENTS LESS THAN 4% OF THOSE PROGRAMS, BUDGETS, OR 2.5% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET. HALF THE INVESTMENT CURRENTLY MADE BY THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS ALONE. MEANWHILE, SOUTHSIDE CONTINUES TO SERVE AS THE ONLY EMERGENCY SHELTER IN THE COUNTY. WHEN PEOPLE ARE RELEASED FROM HOSPITALS OR JAILS, THEY ARE SENT TO US. WHEN CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS ENCOUNTER UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, THEY SEND THEM TO OR SIMPLY DROP THEM OFF AT SOUTHSIDE. ALMOST EVERY PERSON IN NEED IS TOLD, GO TO SOUTHSIDE. WE SERVE OVER 600 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR ACROSS OUR PROGRAMS, AND OUR STAFF WORKS DILIGENTLY EACH AND EVERY DAY ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET. SOUTHSIDE HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN HAYS COUNTY FEEDING, SHELTERING, PROVIDING FOR HYGIENE NEEDS, PREVENTING EVICTIONS AND HOUSING OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR STAFF LOVE DOING WHAT WE DO TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS, BUT WE CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE GROWING NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY WITHOUT INCREASED LONG TERM FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THIS COURT, AS WELL AS LOCAL CITIES, BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS AND MORE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE NEEDS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MOST MOST GRATEFUL. NEXT UP WE HAVE CAROL PENNINGTON. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE BECERRA AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS CAROL PENNINGTON AND I LIVE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF HAYS COUNTY. I HAVE A MAP THAT WAS PASSED OUT TO YOU. I BELIEVE THAT SHOWS THE CORRECT. THAT SHOWS THE MAP THAT I HAVE SEEN FOR THE PROPOSED ANIMAL SHELTER. [00:05:01] AND I WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS AT THE VERY TOP THAT I HAD CIRCLED, AND IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THAT MAP. I BELIEVE I READ FROM COMMISSIONER SMITH THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE MAP SHOWS, THAT IT WILL STILL, ANYBODY IN HAYS COUNTY WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE AN ANIMAL OR HAVE AN ANIMAL PICKED UP FROM ANYWHERE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I GOT MY COMMENT OUT THAT WE DO WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN IN THAT AREA MAP FOR THE SHELTER. GREAT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE MOMENT OF ONE WAY COMMUNICATION. I WANT TO SAY SO MUCH, BUT I CAN'T. I KNOW, I KNOW, THANK YOU A MILLION FOR SPEAKING UP AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR DOCUMENTATION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL FOR THAT UNIVERSAL STATEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT COMMENTS WILL BE WRITTEN WHEN WE OPEN SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS, [F. 1. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing February 22, 2026 as President George Washington Day. INGALSBE] SO PLEASE OPEN F ONE. F ONE. ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 22ND, 2020 AS PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON DAY. SO MOVED. SECOND, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE READ IT. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 22ND, 2026, AS PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON DAY. WHEREAS, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING THE WAR OF REVOLUTION FROM 1776 TO 1783, A WAR WON THROUGH BRILLIANT AND COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, REVERED FATHER OF OUR NATION. AND WHEREAS GEORGE WASHINGTON, WHO LIVED FROM 1732 TO 1799, MOBILIZED THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND LED THE AMERICAN COLONIES AGAINST THE MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, FINALLY DEFEATING THE BRITISH AT THE FAMOUS BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA. AND WHEREAS THIS REVERED FOUNDER OF OUR NATION RESISTED THE EFFORTS OF MANY SUPPORTERS TO MAKE HIM A KING OR DICTATOR, INSTEAD USING HIS INFLUENCE AND POWER TO SUPPORT THE CREATION AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS ELECTED AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SERVING TWO TERMS OF OFFICE FROM 1789 TO 1797, AND THROUGH HIS DEVOTION, WISDOM AND VISION BECAME THE EXEMPLAR OF DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP FOR ALL FUTURE PRESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS THE WILLIAM HIGHTOWER CHAPTER OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE CAPTAIN THOMAS MOORE CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, WISH TO ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON TO OUR NATION BY CELEBRATING HIS BIRTH ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 2026. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 22ND, 2026 AS PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON DAY AND CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE BRILLIANCE, COURAGE AND VISION OF THE FATHER OF OUR NATION AND THE RELEVANCE OF HIS LIFE TO THE PRESERVATION OF OUR DEMOCRACY IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. ADOPTED THIS THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026. BEAUTIFULLY DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER HAMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. AND I BELIEVE, COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE A SPEAKER THAT WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM. WE HAVE NO STRANGER TO THE COURT. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE BECERRA. AND COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FOR ALL THE D A R AND S A R MEMBERS WILL STAND UP. JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND JO COX AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE LADIES NAMES. EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE D A R, BUT, WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MAKING THIS PROCLAMATION, BECAUSE WE ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT FOUGHT IN THAT REVOLUTIONARY WAR. BLOOD DESCENDANTS TO BE IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS. AND WE WANT YOU TO HELP US TEACH EVERYBODY THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT REVOLUTIONARY WAR. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE INDEPENDENCE. WE ARE A GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND WE WE ASK YOU TO JOIN IN WITH US TO HELP TEACH AND REMIND THE PUBLIC HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO STAND ON THE CONSTITUTION. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I GOT THE SHORT STRAW. WE JUST GOTTA JUST KNOW THIS. THIS IS THE LOCAL LEVEL COURT OF RECORD. I WOULD LOVE FOR EVEN FOR YOU JUST TO SAY HELLO WITH THE WAY YOU'RE DRESSED. JUST GO THERE AND JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR TITLE. WE WANT TO CAPTURE THIS BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION COULDN'T BE MORE IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT TODAY AS WHEN IT WAS CREATED. [00:10:07] SO THANK YOU PLEASE. MANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE DIFFERENT UNIFORMS, BUT STANDS DRESSED AS ONE OF THE. PLEASE LET THEM TAKE THE PODIUM SO WE CAN CAPTURE YOU ON CAMERA. YEAH. YES. THAT WAY YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING ON THE MIC. SAY YOUR NAME AND TITLE. THAT'LL BE PLENTY. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF CHAPTER 35 SA, AND I BELIEVE I BELONG IN HER PRECINCT. PRECINCT THREE. THAT'S MY PERSONAL PRECINCT. YEAH. BUT ANYWAY IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE, AND I THINK WE ALL HONOR OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, AND WE INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME TO ONE OF OUR CHAPTER MEETINGS AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND IT IS CUSTOMARY. OH, YEAH. CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME? SHE DIDN'T CATCH IT. MY NAME IS STAN TRAORE. THERE YOU ARE. AND OF COURSE MR. CASKEY. WE WOULD LOVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOU ALL COME UP FOR A PICTURE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? ALL RIGHT, LET'S COME ON UP. YOU GOT ROOM FOR ALL OF US? WE DO. ALL OF YOU. BY THE WAY, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT FOUGHT IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WERE IN THIS KIND OF BEAUTIFUL. NOT THE CONTINENTAL UNITED. OH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HIS DAUGHTER. SAID, OH. I CAN'T. DO WHAT? YOU JUST SAID. WE GOT SO CAUGHT UP IN YOUR SPEECH THAT WE FORGOT TO SIGN IT ALL THE WAY. WELL, LET'S MAKE IT LEGAL. LET'S MAKE IT LEGAL. AND NOW WE CAN STAND HERE WITH IT. LET ME SPOT IT HERE. PERFECTLY DONE. ONE. TWO. THREE. EVERYBODY DONE. THERE YOU GO. WELL DONE. AND KEEP DOING THE GOOD WORK. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. WE MADE IT TO SO HOWEVER YOU WANT TO HAVE IT. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BELIEVE IT. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, GUYS. THANK YOU. OH, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. YOU GUYS TAKE CARE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO. THANK YOU. I'LL SAY HI TO YOUR DAUGHTER. GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THAT. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AN UPCOMING AGENDA ITEM F TWO? [F. 2. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing February 2026 as Dating Violence Awareness Month. BECERRA] ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2026 AS DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. SO. MOVED. SECOND. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2026 AS DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. WHEREAS, 1 IN 3 ADOLESCENTS IS A VICTIM OF PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL, OR VERBAL ABUSE FROM A DATING PARTNER. AND WHEREAS THE EFFECTS OF DATING VIOLENCE IMPACT YOUTH IN ALL COMMUNITIES AND CUTS ACROSS ALL ECONOMIC, RACIAL, GENDER AND SOCIETAL BARRIERS. AND WHEREAS RESPECTFUL, SUPPORTIVE AND NONVIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS ARE KEY TO SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS. AND WHEREAS, BY PROVIDING TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH EDUCATION ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS, AND BY CHANGING ATTITUDES THAT SUPPORT VIOLENCE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT DATING VIOLENCE CAN BE PREVENTED. [00:15:01] AND WHEREAS FAMILY, FRIENDS, TEACHERS, COACHES, FAITH LEADERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND OTHER IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES HAVE THE POWER TO INFLUENCE YOUTH IN POSITIVE WAYS. AND WHEREAS LAST YEAR H. CWC PROVIDED 102 DATING, VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS PRESENTATIONS TO 2537 TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS. AND WHEREAS LAST YEAR, CWC REACHED AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 207,600 AND 207,683. PREVENTION. SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND. WHEREAS THE DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION TOOLKIT WAS DOWNLOADED 247 TIMES, REACHING AN AUDIENCE OF 141,000 PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PROMOTE HEALTHY DATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ACTIVITIES AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL AND NONVIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS IN OUR HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY DECLARE THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2026 AS DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS, AND DO HEREBY CALL UPON THE CITIZENS OF HAYS COUNTY TO WORK TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PREVENT DATING VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. ADOPTED THIS THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026. SO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES. COMMISSIONER HAMMER. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THERE YOU ARE. IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. AND THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MELISSA RODRIGUEZ. I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER. THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR WORK. OBVIOUSLY, WE PROVIDE A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES, AND DATING VIOLENCE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT WORK. WE RECOGNIZE THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST BEGINS AFTER A RELATIONSHIP IS IN MARRIAGE. OFTEN THESE PATTERNS ARE DEVELOPED EARLY ON AND OUR YOUTH ARE CRITICALLY VITAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. OUR PREVENTION WORK IS, AS YOU HEARD, HAS BEEN SPREADING ALL INFORMATION THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY TO PREVENT TEEN DATING VIOLENCE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, I KNOW WE HEARD ABOUT OUR DOWNLOADED TOOLKITS, BUT THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO HAVE THEM AVAILABLE IN SPANISH. I HAVE ONE OF MY BILINGUAL EDUCATORS HERE AND IT'S CREATED A WORLDWIDE REACH. WE HAVE OVER 4 MILLION DOWNLOADS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, NOT JUST HERE, BUT OUTSIDE OF HERE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M WEARING ORANGE ALSO BECAUSE ORANGE IS THE COLOR OF DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS. NEXT TUESDAY IS WEAR ORANGE DAY. SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO WEAR ORANGE. I'M LOOKING AT WALT BECAUSE I ALWAYS REMEMBER WE TALK ABOUT DATING VIOLENCE MOCK TRIAL. THAT IS A SPECIAL PROJECT WITH DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY ARE HOSTING ANOTHER ONE WHERE I DON'T HAVE A DATE TO ANNOUNCE, BUT PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I ALSO HAVE BOARD MEMBER THAT'S ALSO A COUNTY D A PARTNER THAT'S SITTING HERE WITH US TODAY TO SHOW SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS WANT TO ADD PLEASE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT. MOCK TRIAL IS COMING BACK. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THE DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL IN THE PAST WHERE THEY TAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEY PARTICIPATE AS EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF A TRIAL. THE PLAINTIFF, THE DEFENDANT, THE PROSECUTORS, THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, EVERYTHING. THE COMPLETE JURY. THE ONLY OUTSTANDING POSITION IS A JUDGE. AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR DISTRICT COURT JUDGES SIT AND AND PRESIDE OVER THAT. I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THREE OUTSIDE JUDGES FOR THAT IN THE PAST, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I USED TO GIVE YOUR FRIEND AND MINE, SARAH BRENNAN, A HARD TIME. SHE ORGANIZED IT AND REALLY WAS THE FOUNDER OF IT. BUT IT'S THE ONE DAY A YEAR THAT I AGREE TO WEAR. ORANGE IS A GOOD AGGIE. SO I WOULD I WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE AGAIN IF YOU ALL HAVE IT SET UP AND IF YOU'LL GET ME THE DATES I WOULD. I WOULD LOVE TO BE A JUDGE AGAIN. WILL DO. THANK YOU. YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND ALSO THE HAYS CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER. I MEAN, YOU ALL DO SUCH AMAZING WORK AND TO CONSISTENTLY BRING AWARENESS TO SOMETHING THAT SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IS AS BIG OF AN ISSUE AS IT REALLY IS, IS, IS IMPORTANT. EVERYONE SHOULD BE. I LOVE IT WHEN YOU SAID RESPECTED, SUPPORTED IN A NONVIOLENT RELATIONSHIP. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MELISSA, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO AT THE ORGANIZATION AND PUTTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT [00:20:02] DATING VIOLENCE. A LOT OF YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN PROBABLY DON'T RECOGNIZE EARLY ON THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. RIGHT. AND LOOKING BACK AT MY OWN YOUTH, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE SOME UNHEALTHY THINGS THAT PROBABLY HAPPENED. WE ALL CAN. YES. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. BUT THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU. MELISSA. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO IN YOUR ENTIRE STAFF FOR THE TIRELESS AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND BRINGING THIS AWARENESS TO US. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, THAT THESE ISSUES HAPPEN AND THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEM. WE DON'T NEED TO STAY SILENT ABOUT THEM. AND SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER WHEN YOU'RE HELPING THAT AND LIKE THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALIVE AND WELL AND FUNDED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE AS A COURT ALWAYS SUPPORT. WE ALWAYS WANT TO DO MORE AND WE ARE ALWAYS READY TO PITCH IN HOWEVER WE CAN. AND JUST KNOW, LIKE YOU ALREADY DO, EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT IS IN THIS COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT AND IS DOING MEANINGFUL WORK, OTHERWISE IT WOULDN'T EXIST. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO BE A PART OF THIS PICTURE. COME ON UP. THANKS. WE DIDN'T CALL THE ROLE. LET'S JUST CALL THE ROLE REAL QUICK. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES, COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. EITHER WAY. YOU. AND I LOOKED AT IT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THREE. TWO. ONE. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. I JUST CAME TO. OKAY. ROXANNE. F3, F3 ADOPTION OF A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2ND THROUGH FEBRUARY 9TH, [F. 3. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing February 2 - February 9, 2026 as National Job Corps Groundhog Week. BECERRA] 2026 AS NATIONAL JOBCORP GROUNDHOG WEEK. SO MOVED. SECOND. PLEASE READ IT. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2ND THROUGH FEBRUARY 9TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL JOB CORPS GROUNDHOG WEEK. WHEREAS, THE GARY JOB CORPS CENTER IN SAN MARCOS HAS MADE A POSITIVE AND LASTING DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS YOUNG TEXANS, AND DURING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2ND THROUGH FEBRUARY 9TH, 2026, PROUD STAFF, STUDENTS AND SUPPORTERS ARE GATHERING TO MARK A SHARED HISTORY OF IMPORTANT WORK AND WORTHWHILE ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND WHEREAS, WHILE THE NO COST CAREER EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER ADMINISTERED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OPENED IN MARCH 1965, ITS BEGINNINGS ORIGINATED IN A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON MADE AT HIS ALMA MATER IN NOVEMBER 1964. WITH THAT COMMITMENT, THE DEACTIVATED GARY ARMY AIRFIELD WAS TRANSFORMED INTO WHAT IS TODAY THE LARGEST OF 125 JOB CORPS CENTERS IN THE NATION, WITH MORE THAN 900 MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS LIVING AND LEARNING ON A 775 ACRE CAMPUS. AND WHEREAS, THROUGH 19 PROGRAMS AT THE CENTER, GARY JOB CORPS PROVIDES PEOPLE AGES 16 TO 24 WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO ACQUIRE SKILLS THAT ENABLE THEM TO BECOME MORE EMPLOYABLE AND INDEPENDENT. GARY STUDENTS CAN EARN HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CREDENTIALS OR CERTIFIED HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS. RECEIVE VOCATIONAL INSTRUCTION IN 19 OCCUPATIONS IN SUCH FIELDS AS HEALTH, OFFICE, ADMINISTRATION, SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING, AND QUALIFY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION. AND WHEREAS THE GARY JOB CORPS CENTER, NOW ONE OF FOUR IN TEXAS, HAS SEEN MUCH CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE DECADES, BUT IT HAS KEPT FOCUS ON ITS ORIGINAL MISSION. BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PROSPERITY BY GIVING A HAND UP TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY DECLARE FEBRUARY 2ND THROUGH FEBRUARY 9TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL JOB CORPS GROUNDHOG WEEK AND THAT THE GARY JOB CORPS CENTER BE COMMEMORATED, AND THAT ALL THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADMIRABLE ORGANIZATION BE EXTENDED. SINCERE BEST WISHES FOR A MEANINGFUL AND MEMORABLE EVENT. ADOPTED THIS THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? [00:25:03] YOU KNOW I DO. I LOVE IT. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC ONCE YOU GET TO THE PODIUM. FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. YOU DON'T KNOW ME. YOU GOTTA BE IN THE CEMETERY ANYWAY. MY NAME IS RANDOLPH GOODMAN, AND I'M THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COORDINATOR FOR THE GARY JOB CORPS CENTER AND HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED THERE. WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A SABBATICAL FOR PROBABLY THE LAST 34 YEARS. IT'S BEEN THE JOY OF MY LIFE TO WORK WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. SO ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ALL THE TIME TO BE ADVOCATES FOR THE JOB CORPS CENTER, TO BE WORKING WITH OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AND, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR, OUR. FRIENDSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS SPAN NOT ONLY HAYS COUNTY, BUT ALSO CALDWELL COMAL AND THEN THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS. BUT ANYWAY, I WAS GOING TO. ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO MENTION TODAY WAS THAT CHIEF JOSEPH HAD A. I'M GOING TO PARAPHRASE HIM. AND HE WAS WITH ANNA'S PIERCE LONG UNTIL YOU SEE, I'M AN OLD. I'VE BEEN AROUND SO LONG. I'VE BEEN THROUGH 15 PRESIDENTS. THAT'S HOW LONG MY BIRTHDAY IS GOING TO BE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND I'LL BE 76. SO I'M HAPPY CAMP. SO ANYWAY, HE SAID THAT FROM WHERE THE SUN NOW STANDS, I WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER, BUT FROM WHERE THE SUN NOW STANDS. MY WIFE SAYS I'M GOING TO RETIRE ON MARCH THE 6TH. SO ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH AND I THANK YOU ALWAYS JUDGE FOR SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU'VE GUYS DONE. AND ALSO COMMISSIONER INGALSBE FOR GETTING THAT HIGHWAY. PFC KRISTIAN MENCHACA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY DONE. AND WITH WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, JUDGE, WHEN I WAS WE WERE TALKING WITH THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH, SO MUCH PARTNERSHIP. I REMEMBER BEFORE YOU BECAME A JUDGE, YOU WERE OUT THERE WITH US ON THE HIGHWAY CLEANUP, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP STUFF ON 21. I GO, I AIN'T TOUCHING THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC AND IT'S BEEN THE JOY OF MY LIFE. I'M NOT GOING TO BE DEAD. BUT IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, JUST GIVE ME A BUZZ. SO I THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. DON'T WALK AWAY. YEAH. LET ME GIVE THE COMMISSIONERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS. COMMISSIONER SMITH, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MEASURE WHAT RANDOLPH. WHAT YOU'VE MEANT TO NOT ONLY GARY JOBCORP, BUT OUR COMMUNITY. I I'VE NEVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING WHERE YOU LIVE, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN OUR COUNTY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM. YOU ARE A CONSUMMATE ADVOCATE, AND THAT CAN BE A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING. IN YOUR CASE, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD THING. I NEVER, WHENEVER YOU BRING SOMETHING TO US, I'D NEVER WORRY ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF IT OR THE NEED BEHIND IT, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO YOU DO A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING IT, BUT YOU HAVE THE BACKUP AND YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY IN IT. AND I JUST YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT. AND IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RETIRE? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. YOU'RE GOING TO BE BORED. MISS GOODMAN, MISS GOODMAN AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 55 YEARS. AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S ABOUT TIME. OH, WELL, I WISH YOU THE BEST. AND I MEAN, 34 YEARS, 35. MAYBE BY THE TIME THAT YOU RETIRE. I MEAN, THAT'S SUCH A YOU'VE DONE SO MANY GREAT THINGS FOR SO MANY, SO MANY OF OUR YOUTH. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. I MEAN, BOOSTING UP OUR YOUTH AND SETTING THEM UP FOR SUCCESS. YOU COULDN'T HAVE A BETTER LEGACY THAT YOU'RE LEAVING BEHIND. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DID IN THE 34 YEARS OF SERVICE ALREADY IS INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU. DOES MISS GOODMAN KNOW WHAT SHE'S GETTING INTO? YEAH. YOU KNOW, I DRUG HER WITH 20 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. I HAD HER IN CUBA WITH ME FOR THREE YEARS. AND THEN I WAS WE WERE IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. I HAD TO GO FIGHT A HURRICANE OUT IN THE OCEAN ON A SHIP. AND MY WIFE AND MY. AND OUR PUPPY SPENT THREE DAYS IN A BATHTUB IN NORTH CHARLESTON. SO SHE DID THAT. AND THEN THE SNOW IN OKLAHOMA WHEN WE WERE UP THERE, AND THEN ALSO IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. AND, AND THE TIME THAT I WAS IN THE PERSIAN GULF WHERE SHE WAS HERE. AND YEAH, WE DID, WE HAD A. IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC JOURNEY. AND ASIDE FROM THAT, SOME OF MY BIOS THAT SHOW HOW I MET MY WIFE, WE WERE IN THE FIRST GRADE TOGETHER. I JUST HAD TO TALK HER INTO MARRYING ME. SHE JUST REALLY DIDN'T LIKE ME IN THE BEGINNING, BUT I FINALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE WITH WITH EVERYTHING. AND IT'S JUST LIKE WITH WHAT YOU ALL DO EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST GO OUT AND YOU JUST MAKE YOUR IMPRESSION ONE TIME, NOTHING HAPPENS. IT'S THAT CONTINUUM. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE OR YOU HAVE A SITUATION, YOU HAVE TO CONTINUALLY BRING IT UP. [00:30:06] OUR OUR CENTER DIRECTOR IS GOING TO BE IN WASHINGTON WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER DIRECTORS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING HILL VISITS ON THE 24TH OF THIS MONTH. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM SOME THINGS, SOME TALKING SHEETS AND THEN WHO TO TALK TO. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO BE AWARE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S TIME. IT'S NOT JUST IMPORTANT AS A FLASH IN THE PAN LIKE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE RIGHT HERE. I HAVE KNOWN DOCTOR MARY ANNE GAMBLE OUT OF OUT OF KYLE, TEXAS WAS ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AND NOW SHE'S A DOCTOR. AND THEN WE GOT WE GOT PAIGE HAS BEEN WITH THE WITH THE KYLE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW FOR OVER 16 YEARS. AND WE'VE GOT STUDENTS SCATTERED ALL OVER AND THEY'VE DONE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THEN WHEN YOU, IF YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE HISTORY OF OF GEORGE FOREMAN, YOU KNOW, YOU LISTEN TO HIM AND THAT'S THE, AND THAT'S THE PUSH, THAT'S THE THING THAT GETS YOU DRESSED UP EVERY DAY TO PUT TO COME OUT AND I WEAR THE SHIELD AND BEEN PROUD OF IT ALL THE TIME. COMMISSIONER WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU ARE A STAPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU HAVE PROBABLY TOUCHED THOUSANDS OF LIVES OVER YOUR CAREER. AND THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE, RIGHT? AND SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE GIVEN TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE ELSE, AND YOU WILL BE MISSED IN THAT POSITION FOR SURE. BUT THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO THE CEMETERY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH. WELL, RANDALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP, YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE AS YOU WALK IN THE DOOR. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE MADE A LONG LASTING IMPACT ON MANY INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, THANK THE KIDS THAT ARE HERE FROM GARY JOBCORP, AND THERE'S BEEN SO MANY SUCCESSES. AND I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A PART OF THAT. AND SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE. AND JUST A SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU, COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TO DO THIS THING WITH THE PFC, KRISTIAN MENCHACA, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THOSE WERE GOING TO BE THE HURDLES THAT HAD TO GO THROUGH AND GOT WITH YOUR OFFICE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CUT THROUGH A LOT OF THAT STUFF. AND THEN USING A LITTLE OF THE HORSEPOWER FROM THE JUDGE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS THING DONE. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE LASTING, THE MONUMENTS THAT WE HAVE. AND LIKE WE HAVE PFC KRISTIAN MENCHACA MEMORIAL OUT THERE WITH THE VETERANS GARDEN HERE IN HAYS COUNTY. BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE ALL THOSE THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, THIS ALL BUILDS OUR CHARACTER OF BEING HAYS COUNTY AND ALSO BUILDS OUR CHARACTER LIKE THOSE GUYS HERE FROM THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. THEY WERE. AND THAT BUILDS US AS TEXANS BECAUSE WE'RE USED TO THE FIGHT. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S JUST A LAY DOWN KIND OF THING, THEN IT JUST GOES. BUT WE'RE USED TO THE FIGHT TO FIGHT THE FIGHT EVERY DAY. AND IT'S LIKE WITH JOB CORPS, THE SAME THING. FUNDING ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE COME TO THE WALLS BEFORE, BUT WE HAD TO BE GUARDIANS AT THE GATES ALL THE TIME. AND I KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE ON PAST ME. I KNOW THAT THAT WE HAVE WONDERFUL ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE YOU GUYS THERE THAT FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT EVERY DAY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL MORE BECAUSE I GET A LOT OF THAT THAT SAYS I DON'T I'M A VAMPIRE. YOU KNOW, I LIVE OFF OF THESE GUYS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GIVE ME LIFE WHEN I GET UP IN THE MORNING AND GET DRESSED AND GO, THOSE ARE THE GUYS THAT MAKE ME WANT TO DO IT. BUT IF IT WAS JUST A KIND OF, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO THIS AND KICK AROUND THROUGH LIFE, I WOULD HAVE LOST HEART YEARS AGO. BUT NO, THESE GUYS GIVE ME LIFE. I SAID NO, IT'S IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I CAN'T THANK THOSE GUYS ENOUGH FOR MAKING PURPOSE. AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME THING AS YOU ALL. IF THIS IS ALL IT WAS, WAS A PAYCHECK, YOU'D PROBABLY GO. HELL, I CAN PROBABLY GET MORE MORE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT I KNOW WHAT KIND OF BEATINGS Y'ALL GUYS PUT UP WITH. YOU KNOW, I KNOW, AND I SEE Y'ALL GUYS AND I READ ABOUT IT AND I'M SO HAPPY AND SO PROUD THAT Y'ALL ARE MY FRIENDS. JUST KNOW THIS. RANDOLPH. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT GARY JOB CORPS WAS BEFORE YOU. YOU INTRODUCED ME TO GARY JOB CORPS AND I'VE DONE FROM PICKING UP THE SIDE OF THE ROAD STUFF WITH GARY TO [00:35:03] HELPING COMMISSIONER INGALSBE RENAMING. OH YES, THE ROADWAY. DEDICATION TO SPEAKING AT GRADUATIONS AND CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT LETTERS. THAT'S RIGHT. WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO PULL THE FUNDING BASED ON NATIONAL STATISTICS. I STOOD UP AS AGGRESSIVELY AS I COULD AND POLITELY AND PROFESSIONALLY, AND SPOKE ABOUT HOW OUR GARY JOB CORPS DOES NOT FIT THOSE NUMBERS, DOES NOT FIT THE MODEL. THE CLICHÉ COMES TO MIND THE BROADER THE STATEMENT, THE NARROWER THE MIND. THEY WERE USING NATIONAL STATISTICS AS AN EXCUSE AND A LEVER TO SHUT THIS GARY JOB CORPS DOWN, AND I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SEE IT RIGHT. IT WASN'T FAIR. IT WASN'T ACCURATE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I AM TRULY A LOVER AND BELIEVER OF THIS PROGRAM. AND IF SOMETHING IS FAILING, IT DOESN'T MEAN THROW IT AWAY. ESPECIALLY LIKE THE JOB CORPS PROGRAM. IT'S LET'S LOOK AT IT AGAIN. LET'S LEAN IN. IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FAILING. BUT THEY SHOULD LEAN IN BECAUSE THIS IS A SPACE WHERE NOW. YEAH, I WAS HELPING GARY BEFORE I WAS COUNTY JUDGE. YOU SAID THAT EARLIER. NOW THAT I AM COUNTY JUDGE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND I SEE ALL THE ANGLES, OUR JAIL, OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE, OUR DA'S OFFICE, OUR ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, I CAN MOST HONESTLY, SAFELY AND EASILY TELL YOU THAT IF NOT FOR GARY, I WOULD. AS LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT, I WOULD BE DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE FOLKS IN A NEGATIVE WAY THAT WOULD COST US EVEN MORE MONEY THAN THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT GARY UTILIZES AND REINVESTS INTO THOSE SPACES THAT SOMETIMES FOR NO GOOD REASON, PEOPLE FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. AND SO YOU ARE REACHING IN AS AN ORGANIZATION, HELPING THEM. DUSTING THEM OFF AND SAYING, OKAY, LET'S GO GET BACK ON THE HORSE. THE RODEO IS NOT OVER. LET'S KEEP MOVING. AND YOU'RE HELPING TO CREATE LIKE YOU'RE HELPING TO CREATE USEFUL, MEANINGFUL, PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE IN OUR JAIL IN SOME INSTANCES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SOME IN SOCIETY SAY WOULD BE THE ALTERNATIVE. AND SO I LOVE WITH ALL MY HEART THAT YOU HAVE SEEN AS AN ORGANIZATION, SEEN THE VALUE IN PEOPLE WHERE SOME LOSE THE FOCUS FOR WHATEVER REASON, JUSTIFIED OR NOT. YOU SEE SOMEONE AS SOMEONE'S LOVED ONE'S. THAT'S MY GIFT OF HAVING THAT ABILITY. I'M JUST NOW OLD ENOUGH. NOT QUITE YOUR AGE, BUT I'M JUST NOW OLD ENOUGH WHERE EVERY AGE GROUP I SEE, I RELATE TO THEM. THE LITTLE ONES. I RELATE TO THEM BECAUSE OF MY TWO SONS. AND THEN ANY OTHER AGE, I CAN KEEP GOING UP TO PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS. AND SO EVERY ONE IS SOMEONE'S LOVED ONES. AND SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT IN ACTION, NOT IN A SLOGAN. AND WHEN YOU TREAT PEOPLE WITH RESPECT, WHEN YOU TREAT THEM WITH THE CONSTITUTION AS YOUR BEACON, AND WHEN YOU DO THE MOST HUMANE, NORMAL, AVERAGE AMERICAN THINGS AND GIVING PEOPLE A FAIR SHAKE AT LIFE AND SOCIETY, MAN, YOU'D BE SURPRISED. SO I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND THE PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. AND I CAN PROBABLY LAP YOU ON ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE SAID ABOUT MY CONSTANT PRAISE OF ALL THINGS. GARY, I AM AN ETERNAL, GRATEFUL FAN OF ALL THINGS GARY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME ON UP FOR A PICTURE? EVERYBODY? VOTED. RIGHT. NICE TO MEET YOU. HI. COME ON IN. COME ON. YES. YES, SIR. OH, BOY. OH, HERE. WE CAN SIGN UP REAL QUICK. OKAY. LET ME SLEEP. LET ME SNEAK IN SYMBOLICALLY. HOW ABOUT A LITTLE ANGLE, EVERYBODY? [00:40:06] JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO THAT WE ALL KNOW. OKAY. OH, OKAY. YOU GUYS ARE GOOD THERE. OKAY. YOU WANT TO GET US OUT OF THIS? IS THAT A GOOD SPOT? YOU. GUYS ALL READY? ALL RIGHT. I. THANK YOU FOR DOING EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE. NOW, THERE IS A. NEW ONE. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SMILE TODAY. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SMILE. THANK YOU. GUYS ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN I GET BACK TO YOU FOR A SEAL? AND THEN? AND THEN? AND THEN I'LL JUST GET BACK TO YOU. I WAS LOOKING AT YOU, THOUGH. ALL RIGHT, SO PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS HAVE NOW ENDED. I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PULL ITEMS G2021. SO WE WILL NOT BE OPENING G 21 AND K ONE. IF YOU WERE HERE TO SPEAK ON G 21 OR K ONE, IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR ME TO JUDGE. K ONE IS MY ITEM. I WAS ASKED TO PULL IT. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD. NO, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION. MAYBE I DIDN'T. OKAY. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. MY MISUNDERSTANDING. THANK YOU. IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR ME TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT WE WERE SCHEDULED TO TALK ABOUT AND DIDN'T. SO IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK OR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON JUST AS A FINAL PASS? G 21. NO. ALL GOOD, CLEAN CONSCIENCE. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. SO NOW. THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE HERE. WHICH ONES ARE READY? BEFORE I START BLOCKING THE SLATES. OKAY. WHAT NUMBER? K 14, K 14, PLEASE OPEN K 14. [K.14. Discussion and possible action to award RFP 2026-P02 Property Tax Collection Software to Appaisal & Collection Technologies, LLC and authorize staff and the District Attorney Civil Division to negotiate a contract. BECERRA/ESCOBAR/HUNT] I'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO KEEP MOVING. OKAY. 14 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD RFP 2020 6-P02 PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION SOFTWARE TO APPRAISAL AND COLLECTION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC AND AUTHORIZED STAFF AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CIVIL DIVISION TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT IT OR YOUR. NO. OKAY, GOOD. STEPHANIE, ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO IT? NO. I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. OKAY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU GUYS CAN KEEP MOVING. YOU SEE HOW THAT WORKS? YEAH, YEAH. K 24. YOU GOT IT. [K. 24. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) 2 between SpawGlass Contractors, Inc and Hays County pursuant to RFP 2025-P01 Sentinel Peak Park Improvements - Construction Manager at Risk and amend the budget accordingly. HAMMER/FLOCKE] PLEASE OPEN K 24. AND, JEFF, AS SOON AS YOU'RE READY, YOU TELL ME. ET CETERA. LANDON. SAME THING. SOON AS YOU GUYS ARE READY, YOU HOLLER. K 24 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. GMP TO BETWEEN SMALL GLASS CONTRACTORS INC. AND HAYS COUNTY PURSUANT TO RFP 2025. P01 SENTINEL PEAK PARK IMPROVEMENTS. CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. SO MOVED. SECOND. PERFECT. COMMISSIONER. ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? I'VE GOT CARL AND I'VE ALSO HAS GRADY HERE FROM SPYGLASS, SO I KNOW THAT THEY WANTED TO MAYBE JUST TOUCH BASE A LITTLE BIT ON THE GMP. BEAUTIFUL. AND THANK YOU. AND IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. CARL FLOCH, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD GMP TO FOR THE SENTINEL PEAK PROJECT. WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO GET THIS MOVING. YOU ALL APPROVED. GMP WON BACK IN NOVEMBER. THIS IS THE SECOND PHASE COVERING PRIMARILY THE BUILDINGS AND VERTICALS WITHIN THE PROJECT. AND WE HAVE GRADY HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT. BEAUTIFUL. AND THANK YOU. AND DON'T FORGET YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. GOOD MORNING, GRADY CARLSON, PRECONSTRUCTION SERVICES MANAGER FOR SPYGLASS CONTRACTORS. AND YEAH, WE WERE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THE LAST FEW MONTHS ON GMP TOO, AND GETTING IT IN BUDGET WITH ALL OF OUR VENDORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS AND GOING THROUGH THEIR PROCESSES THAT WE GO THROUGH WHEN WE'RE SEEING A RISK. [00:45:03] JAY AND TUCKER AND CARL HAVE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. RIGHT NOW ON ON SITE, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD BUILDINGS HAS STARTED AND WE ARE WORKING BACK TODAY. I THINK THE DEMOLITION OF THE UPPER HILLSIDE BUILDING WILL BE CONTINUING. UNDERGROUND UTILITIES HAVE STARTED DOWN BELOW AT THE BOTTOM AT THE RIVERSIDE AREA AND WORKING THEIR WAY UP AND EARTHWORK WILL BE STARTING SOON. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY IS WHEN PEOPLE USE LETTERS I LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE VIEWING PUBLIC SO WE DON'T LOSE THEM. AND HE SAID, SEE, I'M AT RISK, WHICH IS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. YES. CORRECT. YES. JUST FOR THAT LITTLE TIDBIT, I ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO WHEN I WAS WATCHING AND DIDN'T KNOW AND GOT LOST. WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED SOMETIMES. RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT YOU DID GREAT. THANK YOU SIR. COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING. AND I'M EXCITED. I MEAN, SENTINEL PEAK IS SUCH AN AMAZING PROJECT. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. IF NOTHING ELSE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER. HAMMEL. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN. COMMISSIONER, SINCE I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO TABLE YOUR ITEM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT. WHAT WAS IT? K1K1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO TERMINATE THE HAYS COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN [K. 1. Discussion and possible action to terminate the Hays County Central Appraisal District’s eligibility to participate in the Hays County health care benefits plans effective October 1, 2026. SMITH/GRANJENO] THE HAYS COUNTY HEALTH CARE BENEFITS PLANS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2026. SO MOVED. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. SO WITH THIS ITEM HAYS COUNTY CONTINUES TO BE A FAST GROWING COUNTY IN OUR COUNTRY, AND I THINK RIGHT NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO LOOK AT WAYS TO STREAMLINE OUR PROCESSES, LOOK AT WAYS TO MAXIMIZE OUR LIMITED RESOURCES. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT SURE IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY. WITH OUR LIMITED RESOURCES, LIMITED STAFF, IT IS ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, SO TO SPEAK, THE SIZE OF A DEPARTMENT THAT WE SUPPORT THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AND BEING THAT WE ARE SELF-INSURED AND PAY DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR OUT OF OUR HEALTH INSURANCE FUND, I'M NOT SURE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY. GIVEN IN 2025, WE DID SPEND OVER JUST SHY OVER 730,000 IN CLAIMS PAID FOR THIS ENTITY. AND SO I'M ASKING THE COURT TO CONSIDER TERMINATING THEIR ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GROUP'S HEALTH CARE COVERAGE EFFECTIVE TEN ONE OF THIS YEAR TO GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN. WE WILL BE THERE AS PARTNERS TO HELP SUPPORT THE TRANSITION. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL NEIGHBORING PARTNERS. SO ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THAT AS WELL. JORGE, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COURT, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED THIS DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR. AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS, I ASKED ERIC TO PULL THE NUMBERS BACK THEN. NUMBER ONE, I THINK THAT THERE IS A CONFUSION OUT THERE THAT THE CAD IS PART OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT. IT IS NOT. THE CAD IS A SUBDIVISION OF THE TEXAS STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, AND THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT COUNTY EMPLOYEES. AT THE INCEPTION OF THE CAD IN HAYS COUNTY THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO GET HEALTH CARE. THEY, THEY ASKED THE COUNTY TO, TO TRY TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THEM WITH THAT. WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE'VE HAD TO RAISE PREMIUMS ON OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES. AND NOT ONLY ARE WE SUBSIDIZING THE PREMIUM FOR THOSE FOR THOSE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES OF THE CAD. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE WE ARE A, A SELF-INSURED FACILITY TOTAL CONTRIBUTION WAS FROM THOSE, THOSE MEMBERS WAS OVER $400,000. IS THAT CORRECT IN PREMIUMS? CORRECT. CORRECT. JUST IN PREMIUMS. JUST IN PREMIUMS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS OVER $730,000 IN CLAIMS. THAT'S JUST IN 2025. AND SO WHILE WE'RE RAISING PREMIUMS ON OUR ON OUR EMPLOYEES, WE'RE WE COULD HAVE EASILY USED THAT ADDITIONAL $325,000 TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COST THAT IT COST US TO ENSURE OUR EMPLOYEES. IT'S VERY COMMON, VERY, VERY COMMON STATEWIDE FOR THEM TO EITHER GO THROUGH THE STATE SYSTEM OR TO DO GET THEIR HEALTH CARE, THEIR CAD RATHER TO, TO HAVE THEIR OWN PLAN, WHICH THEY DO HAVE ACCESS TO GO TO THE STATE AND GET GET HEALTH CARE THROUGH THE STATE SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST BENEFIT IS FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES, BUT I KNOW FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR US IF WE ASK THEM TO TO PAY THEIR PART AND GO TO A DIFFERENT SYSTEM. COMMISSIONER HAMMER, WHAT SAY YOU? I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE JUST FROM A STANDPOINT OF WE AND WE ALWAYS GET [00:50:01] LOOPED. I WAS GOING TO SAY WE ALWAYS GET GROUPED IN WITH THE CAD. FORTUNATELY AND UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES. RIGHT. AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT NEED TO HAVE DIFFERENT. I MEAN, JUDGE, IF DO YOU HAVE, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT? I WAS GOING TO GO LAST, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO GO BACK. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. COMMISSIONER I REALLY DO. COMMISSIONER COHEN. SO HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN COVERING? OH MY GOODNESS. IS IT A DECADE? YES. OKAY. AND SO IT MAKES SENSE, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, WE HAVE TO CHANGE WITH WE'RE A GROWING COUNTY NOW AND WE, YOU KNOW, NEED TO REDUCE WHEREVER WE CAN FIND SOME SAVINGS. AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD STEP FORWARD. I AGREE, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. THANK YOU JUDGE. YEAH. ERIC, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST ALSO. YOU KNOW WHAT DIRECTION WE WANTED TO GO. AND I THINK AS YOU SHARED THE NUMBERS I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY TIME. I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, TO GO OUT AND LOOK FOR ANOTHER COVERAGE WITH OUR ASSISTANCE. AND SO THANKS. YEAH. I'LL SUPPORT. OKAY. SO MY TAKE NOW I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION. MY TAKE IS IT IS A SMALL ORGANIZATION. IT HAS A GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION CRITICAL TO OUR EXISTENCE AND THE OPPORTUNITY. I DIDN'T TAKE A ROLL CALL OF WHERE THESE APPROXIMATELY 50 EMPLOYEES KAIANDER JUST UNDER 50 EMPLOYEES LIVE. BUT I'LL VENTURE TO SAY THERE HAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS PRETTY LIKELY WE BENEFIT AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE BENEFIT FROM PUTTING OUR PURCHASING POWER TOGETHER. THAT'S WHAT SAM'S CLUB AND COSTCO ARE ABOUT. AND SO I SEE THIS AS HELPING A LITTLE BROTHER, LITTLE SISTER ENERGY, IF YOU WILL, IN DEPARTMENTAL SIZES AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED THEM. AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE WILL BE SENDING A MESSAGE OF PENALIZING SOMEONE FOR AN INSURANCE CLAIM BASED ON RUNNING NUMBERS. AND I I'M ALL ABOUT FISCAL STEWARDSHIP 100%, BUT I'M ALSO SEE THIS IS MY PHRASE, THE SUN SHINES FOR EVERYONE MENTALITY. I'M ALSO FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN SHOW OUR WORTH IN A WAY. AND IT'S NOT A SNUB ON THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT IT'S A CHANCE TO SHOW OUR WORTH IN A WAY THAT IS TANGIBLE, MEANINGFUL, AND DIRECTLY IMPACTING OUR NEIGHBORS AND ULTIMATELY IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY COWORKERS. AND SO I, I AM HARD PRESSED TO PULL THAT OUT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I'VE HAD IT SO LONG AND BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING US TO PARTICIPATE. AND WHAT I HEARD IN PASSING, BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET TO SIT AT THE TABLE ON THIS CONVERSATION. I'D LIKE TO SIT AT THE TABLE OF THIS DISCUSSION FIRST AND SECOND. THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY MORE, IS WHAT I HEARD. AND SO MY POINT IS SIMPLY TO SAY, THAT'S WHY WHEN I HEARD AND IT WAS MY MISTAKE ABOUT POTENTIALLY TABLING IT, IT WAS MY MISTAKE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT. AND IT'S NOT A SNUB ON ANYBODY, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS PREMATURE OR UNDERCOOKED OR WHATEVER PHRASE YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT TO IT. BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I PROMISE I AM A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE, I AM INTERESTED IN SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS, BUT I AM EQUALLY INTERESTED IN SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE MOST MEANINGFUL WAY. AND I BELIEVE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN JOIN THE STATE SYSTEM IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND BE A VERY SAME SIMILAR, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS. AND SO I'M, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE ON THE SURFACE PULLING INSURANCE FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR. YEAH. AND THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS GETTING AT. I MEAN, WE CAN'T TAKE 180% LOSS. OBVIOUSLY, THAT THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. BUT HE SAID YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY MORE. I MEAN, WHAT DO THOSE CONVERSATIONS LOOK LIKE? SO CURRENTLY THEY PAY 12,000 A YEAR IN ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE PREMIUMS, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT DISCUSSING CLAIM COSTS. AND APART FROM THE COST, THERE'S ALSO JUST FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE, I HAVE ONE BENEFITS MANAGER WHO HAS A LONG LIST OF GOALS THAT I'VE SET OUT FOR THEM THIS YEAR, AND IT'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT HE SUPPORTS. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S REALLY A GOOD WAY TO PUT OUR RESOURCES WHEN I'M TRYING TO HAVE HIM FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS AS WELL. FOR OUR OWN EMPLOYEES AND EXPANDING OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM AND OTHER BENEFITS INITIATIVES. AND SO I'M NOT SURE THAT EVEN WITH RISE IN ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT WOULD COVER WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY INVESTING IN THE COST ASIDE FROM PREMIUMS. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ADD AGAIN, IS THAT. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL ON A DAILY BASIS. [00:55:03] I GET THERE'S CONFUSION WHEN PEOPLE COME INTO MY OFFICE ABOUT THE WORK OF THE CAD. AND WE'VE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD OVER THE LAST, AT LEAST THE LAST SEVEN YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, TO REALLY DRAW THAT LINE AND SAY THE CAD IS A SEPARATE ENTITY. WE ARE NOT. WE CANNOT BY LAW ASSOCIATE WITH THEM AND AND DICTATE TO THEM OR WORK WITH THEM ON WHAT THEY DO. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER LEVEL OF THAT CONFUSION OF, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, Y'ALL. ARE THEY ARE THEY ARE PART OF THE COUNTY. WELL, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE STATE EMPLOYEES. HAVE THEY EVEN RUN THE NUMBERS TO SEE IF IT WOULD BE CHEAPER FOR THEM TO GO WITH THE STATE SYSTEM? NO, BUT WE'RE WILLING TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THAT. RIGHT. I THINK THAT THEY'RE I DON'T WANT TO SAY A TRUE LACK OF EFFORT, BUT THE FACT IS, IS THEY'VE NEVER HAD TO WORRY OR NEVER HAD TO CONSIDER ANY OF THE FINANCIAL BURDEN, NUMBER ONE, OR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A HEALTH CARE PROGRAM FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE WE SHOULDERED ALL THAT AND NOT JUST SHOULDERED IT. BUT WE'VE DONE IT AT A LOSS FOR DECADES. I MEAN, ONE YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT $325,000 IN LOSS. IS THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. AND SO IF YOU CAN EXTRAPOLATE THAT OVER, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE CAD, I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT WE'VE BEEN LOSING MONEY ON IT EVERY YEAR AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. IF WE TOOK THOSE FUNDS AND PUT THEM TOWARDS OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEE BASE, WHICH IS EXPANDING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, HOW MANY TOTAL EMPLOYEES DO WE HAVE AT THIS POINT? ABOUT 1500. ABOUT 1500 EMPLOYEES. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE. OKAY. I GOT YOUR TEXT. I HEAR YOU. I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE. I BELIEVE THAT PULLING THIS MONEY BECAUSE THEY ARE TAXPAYER FUNDED. ANYWAY WE'RE JUST ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL MOVING THE MONEY AROUND. AND I THINK THAT IF BEFORE THERE IS A JUMPING OFF POINT AND WE PULL. I'M ALWAYS ABOUT VISUALS, PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER THEM. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD DO THE LEGWORK OF HELPING THEM AND THEN DO THE COMPARISON. I THINK, I THINK THIS IS A PREMATURE DECISION AND I WILL HAVE A HARD TIME SPEAKING ABOUT PULLING INSURANCE BECAUSE IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION ON THIS FRONT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PASS ON SUPPORTING IT. SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I'M GOING TO CALL THE ROLE. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS WANT. YOU GOT THE VOTES. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ROXANNE. OH, SORRY. DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? I JUST WANTED ERIC TO CLARIFY WHEN THE EFFECTIVE DATE WILL BE. WILL IT BE OCTOBER 1ST OF NEXT OR OF THIS YEAR TO ALIGN WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR? YES. SO THEY'LL HAVE SOME TIME TO PLAN. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES, COMMISSIONER. SMITH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. NO. PLEASE OPEN. K 16 AND 17. [K.16. Discussion and possible action to authorize the submission of a grant application and the execution of associated documents to the Office of the Governor, Rifle-Resistant Body Armor Grant Program in the amount of $20,242.10. BECERRA/ BOUTTE/ M. JONES ] [K.17. Discussion and possible action to authorize the submission of a grant application and the execution of associated documents to the Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Grant Program in the amount of $69,553.03. BECERRA/ BOUTTE/ M. JONES] K 16. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION AND THE EXECUTION OF ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. RIFLE RESISTANT BODY ARMOR GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,242.10. IN CASE 17 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION AND THE EXECUTION OF ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,553.03. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. THEY'RE BOTH OPEN. ANYTHING TO ADD, MY FRIEND? IF YOU'LL APPROACH THE PODIUM AND TELL US YOUR NAME AND TITLE AND A FEW WORDS. MIKE JONES, ALL FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR. I'D LIKE TO BRING YOU UP HERE WITH THE COURT'S PERMISSION TO HE'S ONE OF OUR DEPUTIES. THIS HAS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR OFFICERS IN THE FIELD, AND AARON CAN ATTEST TO SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AARON HAYS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE CONDUCTED OVER 80 SEARCH WARRANTS AND ROUGHLY AROUND 13 ARREST WARRANTS SO FAR. AND THIS WILL GET US ENOUGH BODY ARMOR FOR ALL OF OUR FIRE MARSHALS. SOME OF THEM ARE PEACE OFFICERS AND WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE GOING THROUGH POLICE ACADEMY NOW. SO THIS WILL GIVE US PROTECTIONS WE NEED WHILE EXECUTING SEARCH WARRANTS AND ARREST WARRANTS. AND THEN THE OTHER GRANT IS FOR A UTV THAT. OPEN BOTH. WE OPEN BOTH, I OPEN BOTH. OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE FIRST AND 17? YES, PLEASE. SO THE UTV GRANT IS SOMETHING THAT ME AS A FIREFIGHTER IN HAYS COUNTY, I'VE RUN INTO SCENARIOS WHERE WE'VE NEEDED A UTV ON LARGE FIRE SCENES. OAK GROVE, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS A LARGE FIRE SCENE. CAN YOU SAY WHAT THE LETTERS UTV STAND FOR? IT'S AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE, BASICALLY A SIDE BY SIDE, AND IT HAS. SO WE WOULD LIKE IT AS A FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WHEN WE'RE CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS. [01:00:06] YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO TRAVERSE LARGE AREAS AND IT WILL HELP US DURING OUR INVESTIGATIONS. BUT FROM A FIREFIGHTER STANDPOINT, I LOOK AT IT AS A COUNTY ASSET. SO WE EXPECT THIS WITH A FIRE PUMP ON THE BACK OF IT. SO WHEN THE COUNTY IS DEALING WITH LARGE WILDLAND FIRES, WE CAN AS A COUNTY SAY, HEY, IF YOU NEED THIS HERE, WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU BECAUSE NOT ALL DEPARTMENTS HAVE A UTV THAT IS CAPABLE OF FIGHTING WILDLAND FIRES. AND WHEN WE DO HAVE THESE LARGE EVENTS, WE HAVE OTHER AGENCIES BRING THEIR UTV, AND THEN SOMETIMES THERE'S OTHER FIRES ELSEWHERE AND THEY NEED THEIR UTE. SO WE WANT TO HELP. SO JUST TO KEEP US FOLLOWING YOUR STORYLINE, A UTV, IT'S NOT A FOUR WHEELER WITH A PUMP. NO, IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A IT'S A SIDE BY SIDE. YOU COULD SEAT FOUR PEOPLE, BUT IT HAS A PUMP ON THE BACK. OKAY, PERFECT. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THEY SOUND LIKE NEEDED RESOURCES AND SO I'M SUPPORTIVE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COHEN. NO I'M GOOD. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAMMER. OKAY. COMMISSIONER SMITH, WISH WE HAD HIM ON A COUPLE OF THE FIRES THAT WE HAD IN MY PRECINCT A COUPLE YEARS AGO. I KNOW WE'D LOVE TO HAVE IT. SO I THINK IT'S GREAT. COMMISSIONER SMITH AND I HAVE STOOD IN THE SAME FOOTPRINT WHILE IT'S BURNING. SO I SEE WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT 100%. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DIRECTION. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES. COMMISSIONER HAMER. YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. PLEASE OPEN K 18 K 18. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION AND THE EXECUTION OF ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. FY 27 VICTIM ASSISTANCE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,993.70. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. JUDGE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. MY NAME IS LANDON CAMPBELL. I'M A DIVISION CHIEF AT THE HAYS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. JUDGE, I WOULD ASK, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ALSO OPEN 20 OPEN? I CAN OPEN AS MANY AS YOU NEED. IF YOU COULD OPEN 18 AND 20, THEY'LL BOTH BE, SIMILAR DISCUSSIONS. PLEASE OPEN K20, K20 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION AND THE EXECUTION OF ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. FY 27 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,874.02. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. NOW THEY'RE BOTH OPEN. THANK YOU. JUDGE. OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS A DIVISION WITHIN IT THAT PRIMARILY DEALS WITH COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PROSECUTORS AND OUR CRIME VICTIMS. THEY ARE ASSISTED BY VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATORS WHO SERVE KIND OF ALL PURPOSES TO MAKE SOMEONE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. FACILITATE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE VICTIM MAY HAVE AND JUST KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. I'M JOINED BY STACEY MILES. SHE'S ACTUALLY THE LEAD OF OUR VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR'S OFFICE. THESE TWO GRANT APPLICATIONS HELP SUPPLEMENT THE GROWING NEED FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATION HERE IN HAYS COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY. VICTIM ASSISTANCE FOR PROTECTIVE ORDERS. OUR CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HANDLES BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL REPRESENTATION AS PART OF THAT CIVIL REPRESENTATION. WE CAN APPLY FOR PROTECTIVE ORDERS FOR VICTIMS. THEY CAN COME IN ON A WALK IN BASIS AND SEPARATE FROM A CRIMINAL INCIDENT. THEY CAN REQUEST THAT WE GO FORWARD THROUGH CIVIL COURT TO SEEK A PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AGAINST SOME OTHER RESPONDENTS SAY THAT THEY'RE WORRIED THAT THERE'S BEEN FAMILY VIOLENCE AGAINST THEM, THERE'S BEEN STALKING AGAINST THEM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE CRIMINAL CASE ITSELF. BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN POLICIES THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, OUR NUMBER OF PROTECTIVE ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED BY 11 TIMES. THAT'S A COMBINATION OF POLICY CHANGES AND POPULATION CHANGES IN THE COUNTY. WHEN YOU HAVE 11 TIMES AS MANY GRANTED PROTECTIVE ORDERS, YOU ARE NATURALLY GOING TO NEED TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR STAFF AND PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING OUT WITH THAT. THAT'S THE FIRST GRANT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE SECOND ONE IS TRAINING SPECIFICALLY THROUGH OUR FAMILY JUSTICE UNIT TO ALLOW FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATORS AND PROSECUTORS IN THAT UNIT TO HAVE PROPER TRAINING ON HOW TO DEAL WITH EXTREMELY HIGH RISK CASES AND VICTIMS WHO ARE GOING TO NEED A LOT MORE INTENSIVE CARE. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO DIFFERENT GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE SEEKING. I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT, STACEY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE COURT? WE WERE AWARDED THE GRANT LAST YEAR AND APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEND OUR ENTIRE VICTIM ASSISTANCE TEAM. [01:05:03] ONE OF THEM IS HERE IN COURT TODAY TO CONFERENCES THIS YEAR, SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME FOR PROSECUTORS AND ADDITIONAL STAFF. THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ALTHOUGH I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT PAPER READY INMATES, STATE INMATES, THEY SHOULD LEAVE OUR COUNTY BUDGET AND BE A STATE BUDGET. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE I CAN POINT TO THAT. I COULD SAY YOU CALL IT OUT, YOU BRING ATTENTION TO IT, YOU HIGHLIGHT IT, BUT YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY HIT THEM OVER THE HEAD BECAUSE WE GET WAY MORE FROM THE STATE THAN WE GIVE. AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF GRANTS THAT WE AT STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS, WE ARE GREAT, MAGNIFICENT RECIPIENTS OF AS A COMMUNITY. AND SO THANK YOU FOR REACHING INTO THOSE SPACES. THIS IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF MONEY IN THIS WAY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVEN COMING FROM OUR COFFERS. SO THAT'S EVEN BETTER. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YEAH. NO, I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING AND BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'M SUPPORTIVE. I THINK IT'S NEEDED. ANYONE ELSE? JUST THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS. AND I KNOW THIS IS YOU KNOW, WANT TO CONTINUE THESE PROGRAMS? I'M A FORMER VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR MYSELF, SO I UNDERSTAND THE THE VALUE THAT IT BRINGS. AND THANK YOU FOR FINDING OTHER WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, TO FIND THE FUNDING TO DO THIS. SO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THIS PROGRAM AND ENRICHING YOUR YOUR STAFF AND SENDING THEM INTO TO SOME SPACES TO, TO LEARN MORE AND TO BE BETTER AND TO MAKE HAYS COUNTY BETTER. SO APPRECIATE THAT. RIGHT ON. I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO GO BACK TO PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST REALLY STARTED LOOKING, OR SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN WE REALLY STARTED LOOKING AT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM HERE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES MY FORMER COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER SHELL AND I WOULD HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WAS THE FACT THAT WE TRIED TO PUT SO MANY DOLLARS AND SO MANY RESOURCES INTO THE INMATE AND AND NOT ONLY INMATE SIDE, BUT LOOKING AT THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT. LOOKING AT THE PDO, THE THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, ALL THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE WERE PUTTING INTO THAT SIDE OF THE EQUATION. AND I HAD A REAL CONCERN AND I EXPRESSED IT A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THIS COURT THAT WE WEREN'T DOING ENOUGH FOR THOSE VICTIMS, THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND ON ONE SIDE, WE OUGHT TO DO THE SAME. AND THIS IS JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT YOU ALL DO, STACEY, BUT I KNOW THAT I DO. AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF US UP HERE DO, AND THERE'S A LOT OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO THEY NEVER SEE YOU ON A GOOD DAY. THEY GET TO SEE YOU ON THEIR WORST DAY, AND THEY NEED THAT SMILING FACE AND SOMEBODY WHO CAN ACTUALLY STEP UP AND BE THEIR ADVOCATE. AND YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB. AND SO I THINK THIS IS NOT ONLY NEEDED, BUT I, I JUST, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMEND YOU ALL AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. WELL SAID. ABSOLUTELY. WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. PAGE 23. OKAY. 23 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A CONTINUATION GRANT APPLICATION AND EXECUTION OF ASSOCIATED [K.23. Discussion and possible action to authorize the submission of a continuation grant application and execution of associated documents to the Office of the Governor, FY27 Criminal Justice Funds in the amount of $113,726.71. BECERRA/HIGGINS/BOUTTE] DOCUMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. FY 27 CRIMINAL JUSTICE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $113,726.71. SO MOVED. SECOND. HERE WE ARE. GOOD MORNING. GREG COX, FIRST ASSISTANT WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THIS IS A GRANT APPLICATION THAT WOULD BE FOR OUR THIRD YEAR OF FUNDING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT UNIT. THAT WAS STARTED IN THE FIRST YEAR OF KELLY HIGGINS TERM. IT WE USE A COUNTY FUNDED ATTORNEY TO DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, BUT WE HAVE AN INVESTIGATOR AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THAT ARE COVERED BY THE GRANT. IT IS A DECREASING AMOUNT EACH CYCLE STARTED OFF, IT WAS 100% OF THE AMOUNT WE HAD REQUESTED. THEN IT WENT TO 80%. AND I THINK FOR YEAR THREE IT MAY BE DECLINING TO 60%. SO WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY TO FIND WAYS TO COVER THE DECREASING COSTS. BUT WE WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD APPROVE US SUBMITTING FOR THE THIRD YEAR APPLICATION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THIS GRANT. MOST DEFINITELY. COMMISSIONER. YEAH, JUDGE, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YEAH, THOSE OFFICERS HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. OH MY GOODNESS, THEY'RE ON TOP OF IT AND HAVE IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT I'VE EVEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE MISSED. AND SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE REACHED OUT TO HIM. I'VE HAD INITIAL MEETINGS WITH HIM AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS TWICE NOW, AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB IN MY PRECINCT, TO SAY THE LEAST. AND WHAT I DO APPRECIATE AND I WANT YOU TO SHARE WITH THOSE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IS I APPRECIATE THE LEVEL HEADEDNESS FOR WHICH THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB. [01:10:04] AND I MEAN THAT WE WE CAN BE IN ENFORCEMENT OR WE CAN BE A COUNTY WHERE WE GO AFTER PEOPLE JUST TO GO AFTER THEM. BUT I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO LITERALLY WAS STORING AND THEY RETURNED THEM IN, THEY WERE STORING MATERIALS FOR THEIR CHURCH GROUP FOR DONATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION. AND THEY'RE IN THEIR DRIVEWAY AND THEY'RE LIKE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO, I MEAN, THEY'RE VERY LEVEL HEADED AND THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE. AND I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN MY PRECINCT. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO I MEAN, BOTH OF YOU ALL HAVE MENTIONED THEY THIS IS A TRUE GROUP EFFORT. WE'VE GOT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE'VE GOT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE'VE GOT SOME CONSTABLES OFFICES ALL PARTICIPATING IN THIS. WE HAVE A LAWYER, AN INVESTIGATOR AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IN OUR OFFICE, BUT THEY ARE WORKING AS A TEAM WITH ALL OF THESE OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS TO DO THIS JOINTLY. AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES I'VE SEEN OF A CROSS DEPARTMENT COOPERATION IN THIS COUNTY. I WOULD ADD THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AS WELL. YES. I SENT AN EMAIL TO ALL OF Y'ALL THE OTHER DAY AND EVERYONE RESPONDED. YOU KNOW, IT ALL COORDINATED IT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. BEAUTIFUL, I REMEMBER. TIME FLIES. I REMEMBER ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR REELECTION, AND KELLY WAS RUNNING FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND HE WAS ASKING FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY TO GET INTO OFFICE TO BRING THIS TO LIGHT. AND SO I'M JUST. I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS JUST AN IDEA. SO I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT HERE WE ARE ON FUNDING IT SOME MORE. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND CONTINUING TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITIES, THE TRAJECTORY OF KELLY HIGGINS. THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. SORRY. YOU DON'T READ LIPS AS EASILY AS I WISH. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. WHAT? THERE'S FIVE LETTERS. K5, PLEASE. K5 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXECUTE A FIVE YEAR STATEMENT OF WORK PROPOSAL FROM DLT SOLUTIONS TO OBTAIN GOV OS [K. 5. Discussion and possible action to execute a five-year Statement of Work Proposal from DLT Solutions to obtain GovOS Public Records Software for the County Clerk's Office effective March 1, 2026, authorize a 50% deposit in the amount of $77,542.00, and amend the budget accordingly. BECERRA/CARDENAS ] PUBLIC RECORDS SOFTWARE FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE EFFECTIVE MARCH 1ST, 2026. AUTHORIZE A 50% DEPOSIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $77,542 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND GO AHEAD. THERE WE GO. NOW WE'RE READY. WE NEEDED A MOTION AND A SECOND. GOTCHA. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS JUDGE. I'M CYNTHIA MULAUDZI, THE ASSISTANT COUNTY CLERK. THIS ITEM IS THE CULMINATION OF APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS WORTH OF DUE DILIGENCE ON OUR PART. LOOKING AT A NEW RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. WE'VE WORKED WITH IT, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND CONTRACTING. WE'VE CHECKED ALL THE BOXES. BOXES? WE BELIEVE. AND I THINK EVERYONE CAN VERIFY THAT HERE. AND WE'RE READY TO EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT AND GET IT IN THE PIPELINE. LOOK, TRANSFERRING SYSTEMS TAKES A LOT OF WORK. IT'S GOING TO TAKE MONTHS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF CONVERTING FILES WITH THE NEW CONTRACTOR TO AND AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WORKS BEFORE WE SHUT OFF THE OTHER CONTRACTOR. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. I HAVE VINCE O'ROURKE FROM GOV OS HERE AND HE CAN ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU. BEAUTIFUL. I'LL START ON THIS END. COMMISSIONER. NO, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'M CONCERNED. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO IMPLEMENT. AND I KNOW OUR IT DIRECTOR IS GOING TO BE LEAVING SOON. SO YOU KNOW WE'LL HOPE FOR THE BEST. AND. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. COMMISSIONER NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU CANDICE. JUST BECAUSE SCOTT'S NOT HERE, WHERE ARE WE AT IN THE BUDGET WHEN IT COMES TO THIS? SO COMMISSIONER. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT. SURE. KANDACE BOUTTE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER HAMMER, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT OF WHAT WE'VE SPENT SO FAR, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION. OH, OKAY. OKAY. IN THE BACK OF THE BREAKDOWN ANNUALLY. BUT WE DID PROVIDE DID WE PROVIDE YOUR WON FUNDING IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE? YES, SIR. WE DID, WE DID. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THE OVERALL PROJECT IN TERMS OF WHERE WHAT WE'VE AMENDED. OKAY. YES. YEAH. IF I CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT. BEFORE VICKY LEFT, WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH HER, SECURED ALL THE FUNDING. A MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING COMES FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S BUDGET FUNDS AND WE'VE PROJECTED OUT OVER THE FIVE YEARS, THIS IS JUST THE INITIAL TO, TO GET IN. IT'S ALL BUDGETED. WE'VE, WE'VE DOTTED ALL THOSE EYES AND CROSSED ALL THOSE TEETH. THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. COMMISSIONER HAMMEL. COMMISSIONER SMITH. I JUST HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION. WHERE ARE WE? AND THIS IS YOU. IT TRIGGERED IT WHENEVER YOU SAID THE CONVERSION. [01:15:05] I KNOW FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN PAYING FOR FOR DIGITALIZATION AND CONVERSION OF ALL OF OUR RECORDS. HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO BEING DONE? OKAY, SO THIS IS SEPARATE? NO, IT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE. I'M JUST SAYING ALL OF OUR PAPER RECORDS. HOW CLOSE? BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD A 2 OR 3 YEAR OUTLOOK ON WHEN WE WOULD BE DONE. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO ARE WE THERE? ARE WE DONE YET? WE'RE NOT DONE. AND WE'RE PROBABLY A GOOD STILL THREE YEARS AWAY. AND THAT ADJUSTS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE AS WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND WHAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE NEXT YEAR, THE BALANCE BETWEEN DIGITIZING AND PRESERVING OLD RECORDS. WE DO THAT BALANCE BACK AND FORTH. SO THE PRESERVATION OF OLD RECORDS IS RECORDS BEFORE 1950, AND THOSE GET PRESERVED AND DIGITIZED. THE ACTUAL EVERYTHING SINCE THEN IS, IS BEING DIGITIZED AS IT COMES IN NOW. SO ROXANNE SINCE SHE'S HERE AT THE TABLE HOW, HOW CLOSE DO YOU THINK WE ARE? TO FINALIZING THAT? SURE. OVERALL, THE RECORDS THAT WE DO HOUSE IN OUR OFFICE, LIKE CYNTHIA MENTIONED, MY NAME IS ROXANNE RODRIGUEZ, CHIEF DEPUTY OF THE RECORDS DIVISION. CHIEF RECORDS. THE RECORDS DIVISION AT THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM BEGINNING TO END LAND TITLES AND COURT RECORDS, EVERYTHING UP TO THAT 1950 DATE THAT WE ARE BY STATUTE REQUIRED TO PRESERVE. IN OFFICE, I WOULD SAY 80%, MAYBE, MAYBE WE'RE UP TO 85% DONE. I MEAN, WE'VE WE HAVE DONE WALKTHROUGHS. ROB, OUR TEAM HAS DONE A WALKTHROUGH ON OUR CRIMINAL PROBATE, CIVIL RECORDS, ETC. AND THERE'S MAYBE LIKE 20 BOXES OF EACH. I MEAN, WE'RE DOWN, WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE. SO LIKE CYNTHIA MENTIONED, MAYBE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, BECAUSE THE COST OF PRESERVING THE RECORDS IS A LITTLE HIGHER, YOU KNOW, THAN, THAN THAN WE'RE USED TO SPENDING. FOR THOSE NEXT FEW YEARS, IF WE CAN KNOCK THAT OUT, I MEAN, WE WOULD BE PRETTY MUCH DONE. AND THE SPACE YOU SAVED TOO IS WORTH MONEY. THE SPACE WE SAVED HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. AND, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE AT LEAST IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE HAS ALLOWED THE FOOTPRINT THAT WE'RE IN, IN THE BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE US, I THINK FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO OPTIMIZE THE SPACE BALANCE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE BUDGET AND GET THROUGH ALL THE PROJECTS. SO BEAUTIFUL AND POTENTIALLY FRUSTRATING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER SMITH, YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP? YEAH, I JUST THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS AND I DON'T. OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS HERE. I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH OUR WITH OUR GIS PERSONNEL. AND THE FACT IS, IS THAT WITHIN MY PRECINCT, I FOUND PROBABLY 30 PROPERTIES SINCE WE'VE BEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE THAT ARE NOT MARKED BY THE CAD. THEY'RE NOT ON A MAP YET. WHENEVER SOMEONE GOES TO BUILD SOMETHING ON THEIR PROPERTY. LO AND BEHOLD, THE COUNTY OWNS 40 FOOT ACROSS IT FOR 200 YARDS, AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU CAN FIND THAT IS IN THOSE IN THOSE COUNTY CLERK RECORDS. AND I'M RESEARCHING WITH OUR GIS FOLKS HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE AI TECHNOLOGY TO GO BACK THROUGH AND LOOK THROUGH YOUR DIGITALIZED RECORDS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE COUNTY ACTUALLY OWNS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF THAT. RIGHT? AND SO KNOWING THAT WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE OR WHAT HAS BEEN DIGITIZED, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. ABSOLUTELY. AND THE STAFF IN THE OFFICE IS AMAZING. IF IT'S NOT DIGITIZED YET. THEY CAN FIND IT FOR YOU. AND, AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS AS WE, AS WE PROGRESS IN THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, LIKE WITH AI, THESE, THESE TOOLS THAT ARE COMING TO US ARE ABLE TO SCAN OLDER RECORDS AND FIND THINGS THAT MIGHT, MAY HAVE TAKEN WEEKS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP PACE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY. THIS NEW SOFTWARE AS AN OVERALL RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DOES IT. AND WHAT WE KNOW IS WHEN WE TRANSFERRED TO TYLER, SOME RECORDS DIDN'T CONVERT WELL. AND WITH THIS NEW SOFTWARE, WE'RE ABLE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THOSE IN THIS TRANSFER OVER. AND WE WILL NOW HAVE GREATER VISIBILITY OF THOSE RECORDS. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE CALL. JUDGE, I DID WANT TO CLARIFY REGARDING THE BUDGET. IT'S A TOTAL OF $869,000 APPROXIMATELY, AND IT IS COMING OUT OF THE COURT RECORDS PRESERVATION, SO NOT OUT OF GENERAL FUND. THAT'S REALLY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR ARTICULATING THAT DETAIL BECAUSE YOU ARE IN A UNIQUE SPACE AS A LARGELY NOT WHOLLY SELF-FUNDED THROUGH YOUR OWN MOVEMENTS. AND SO THANK YOU. AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. [01:20:03] I DON'T KNOW THE PERCENTAGE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT GETS REINVESTED INTO YOUR DEPARTMENT FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT. THAT'S A GOOD JOB. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE VOTE. PLEASE OPEN K THREE FOLLOWED BY K 15 K THREE. [K. 3. Discussion and possible action to accept the Hays County Capital Improvement Plan. BECERRA/BOUTTE/CRUMLEY] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE HAYS COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. ARE WE JUST CAN'T GUIDE US, SIR. THIS IS JUST A FOLLOW UP FROM OUR JANUARY 20TH MEETING WHERE BRAD GAVE THEIR RESULTS. TAMMY AND I WILL BE PROVIDING A QUARTERLY UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS THE CIP IN OUR ACTUAL SPENDING OF THE 100 MILLION THAT THE COURT APPROVED EARLIER AS WELL THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE JUST OFFICIALLY SAYING THIS IS OUR TOP PUNCH LIST, PRIORITY LIST, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING, OFFICIALLY CAPTURING THAT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YEAH. COULD I SAY ONE THING ON THIS, SIR? WHENEVER WE LOOKED AT THE CIP AND IN THE IN THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A SET TIMELINE FOR REEVALUATION OF THAT CIP. I JUST THINK AS A COURT, WE NEED TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS OUR CIP. THIS IS AS WE'VE ADOPTED IT. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE 100 MILLION IN VERTICAL THAT WE'VE AGREED TO DO CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR THIS YEAR, BUT BOTH WITHIN OUR BUDGETARY PROCESS AND BEFORE WE. BEFORE WE ISSUE ANY ADDITIONAL CEOS, WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND REEVALUATE THIS EACH TIME. AND JUST HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT BECAUSE WE CIPS DON'T WORK UNLESS THEY'RE A LIVING DOCUMENT. THAT'S RIGHT. AND NEED TO BE UPDATED AS THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY PROGRESS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE THIS IS IT FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THIS IS A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD PREFACE, AND IT PROBABLY WON'T BE A PART OF AN UPDATE OR ANY I KNOW IT WON'T BE ANYTHING THIS YEAR, BUT OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT LAST TIME, AS WE DO THAT UPDATE, I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY LIBRARIES AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEM. FORMER COMMISSIONER SCHELL ACTUALLY BROUGHT FORWARD A PROPOSAL THREE YEARS AGO TO USE SOME OF THOSE CEO FOR VERTICAL ABILITY THAT WE HAD TO ASSIST BOTH THE THE WIMBERLY LIBRARY AND THE THE DRIPPING SPRINGS LIBRARY, BECAUSE THEY ARE THEMSELVES STANDALONE TAXING ENTITIES THAT COULD FUND SOMETHING, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE BONDING AUTHORITY. SO THEY COULD ACTUALLY PAY 100% BACK OF ANY BOND, C-O BOND THAT THE COUNTY DID WITH THEIR TAXING AUTHORITY. AND THEY COULD ACTUALLY MAP IT OUT WITH A DIRECT PAY AS FAR AS IT WILL TAKE US FIVE YEARS IF WE DO THIS IMPROVEMENT, OR IT WILL TAKE US TEN YEARS AND DEDICATE ALL OF THEIR TAX FUNDS TO THAT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO PREFACE THAT WITH THE COURT AND SAY, AS WE LOOK AT THIS THE NEXT TIME, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FOR EACH ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY LIBRARIES, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT. AND COMMISSIONER SMITH, I TOTALLY REMEMBER BEING THERE TURNING DIRT IN WIMBERLEY AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER SHELL. AND I FULLY SUPPORT THAT MECHANISM BECAUSE THIS IS YET ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THESE AGENCIES, IF YOU WILL, HELPING AND SERVING OUR MUTUAL RESIDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE SYNERGY THAT WE PROVIDE AS A COUNTY. AND SO THAT'S JUST ONE MORE WAY IN PLACE THAT I SEE US HELPING THE LITTLE GUYS. SO I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. COMMISSIONER ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, I WOULD SAY I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS AND LOOKING MORE IN FROM AN INTERNAL STANDPOINT, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO, IF ANY FUTURE POSITION THAT COULD POTENTIALLY DABBLE INTO REVIEWING THIS ON A YEARLY BASIS, MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS JUST FROM AN ANNUAL STANDPOINT, I THINK THAT WILL KIND OF KEEP US UP TO DATE TOO. YEAH, I WAS THINKING FOR SURE STANDARD IS 3 TO 5 YEAR UPDATES AUTOMATICALLY, BUT ABSOLUTELY YEARLY REVIEWS. ABSOLUTELY. PART OF THE BUDGETARY PROCESS. MOST DEFINITELY. COMMISSIONER COHEN YEAH, I THINK THIS IS GREAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF THE OVERALL PLAN, RIGHT? HOLISTICALLY, IT'S PART OF THE OVERALL PLAN AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. SO THIS IS GREAT. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE SAME JUDGE. I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS COMMISSIONER SMITH HAS STATED, AND I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING, IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. I MEAN, WE CAN'T JUST BE STAGNANT ON IT. YOU KNOW, AS WE GROW, CONTINUE TO GROW, WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT AND UPDATE IT. AND SO AND THEN I'M OPEN TO THE OTHER DISCUSSION, BUT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW THOSE DISCUSSIONS GO. BEAUTIFUL. AND THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. PLEASE OPEN K 15 K 15. [K.15. Discussion and possible action to authorize the submission of a grant application and the execution of associated documents to the Office of the Governor FY27, Juvenile Justice & Youth Diversion Grant Program in the amount of $88,025.74. INGALSBE/BOUTTE/DAY ] [01:25:06] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION AND THE EXECUTION OF ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. FY 27 JUVENILE JUSTICE AND YOUTH DIVERSION GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $88,025.74. SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT, SIR. MORNING AGAIN. JUDGE LANDON CAMPBELL, DIVISION CHIEF AT THE HAYS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OVER MISDEMEANOR COURTS AND SPECIALTY COURTS IN FOR TODAY. FOR FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES, THAT INCLUDES THE JUVENILE COURT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN HAYS COUNTY. LISA DAY, OUR CHIEF JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER, COULDN'T BE WITH YOU HERE TODAY. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A GRANT APPLICATION TOGETHER. SHE ASKED ME TO STEP IN TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS FOR Y'ALL. SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO LAY DOWN AS A FRAMEWORK FOR THE COURT AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE VIEWING PUBLIC, IS THE CHANGING NATURE OF OUR JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM COMING OUT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, ESPECIALLY JUVENILE CRIME HERE IN HAYS COUNTY HAS CHANGED THE NATURE OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO. WE'RE NOT TRULY SEEING A PREVALENCE OF BURGLARY OF A VEHICLE CASES, GRAFFITI CASES, THINGS THAT WE USED TO THINK OF AS JUVENILE OFFENSES. NOW THOSE OFFENSES HAVE CHANGED INTO MUCH MORE HIGH RISK DANGEROUS OFFENSES LIKE AGGRAVATED ROBBERIES, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, IN PARTICULAR OFFENSES INVOLVING FIREARMS. AS THAT HAS GROWN, THE NEED FOR PROBATION OFFICERS TO HAVE MORE INTENSIVE SUPERVISION OVER THOSE JUVENILE SUBJECTS HAS MARKEDLY INCREASED. OUR JUVENILE COURT IS REGULARLY ORDERING SEVERAL HOME VISITS A WEEK THAT ARE STRAPPING DOWN JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICERS, GOING INTO HOMES, LOOKING FOR GUNS, DEVELOPING SAFETY PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT JUVENILE OFFENDERS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO WEAPONS AND ARE ABLE TO GET THE REHABILITATIVE HELP THAT THEY NEED. IT'S VERY RESOURCE INTENSIVE WHEN THE OFFENSES ARE CLIMBING AS THEY ARE. SO WE GOT TOGETHER WITH THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND ARE SUBMITTING THIS GRANT APPLICATION TO TRY AND GET A HIGH RISK PROBATION OFFICER WHO CAN FOCUS IN ON THOSE HIGH RISK OFFENSES AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES DIRECTLY. AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE LAST ITEM THAT I BROUGHT UP. IT'S THE FUN OF NOT HAVING TO ASK Y'ALL TO MAKE A BUDGET ALLOCATION. THIS IS GRANT MONEY THAT WE'RE ASKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE. BEAUTIFULLY RECAP. THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES. COMMISSIONER HAMER. YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING. WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL. MOST GRATEFUL. JEFF, WHAT'S YOUR AGENDA? ITEM NUMBER K 19. ROXANNE K 19. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION AND THE EXECUTION OF ASSOCIATED [K.19. Discussion and possible action to authorize the submission of a grant application and the execution of associated documents to the Office of the Governor, State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) - Mitigation Projects in the amount of $45,829.65. BECERRA/BOUTTE/MCGILL ] DOCUMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. STATE AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. SLCP MITIGATION PROJECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $45,829.65. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL YOURS. JEFF MCGILL, I.T. DIRECTOR. GRANTS. FOLKS ACTUALLY DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION OF APPLYING FOR A CYBERSECURITY GRANT. SO IT DIDN'T TAKE ANY HESITATION AT ALL FOR ME TO DECIDE WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WITH THIS FUND. BECAUSE AS YOU CAN HEAR, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE BRINGING ON AND JUST THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DATA THAT WE'RE HAVING TO BACK UP, THAT WE EXTEND OUR STORAGE FOOTPRINT ACROSS MULTIPLE SECURED LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY TO HAVE REDUNDANT BACKUPS. OUR CYBERSECURITY POSTURE BEGINS AND ENDS WITH GOOD BACKUPS OF ALL OF OUR DATA. AND IT'S NOT JUST OUR DATA, BUT ALSO OUR PARTNER AGENCIES WITH THE CEC. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR BACKING UP THAT DATA. AND THIS, THIS WAS JUST A GIFT TO ME BECAUSE I HAD FOR THE 2027 BUDGET TO ASK FOR FUNDS TO EXTEND OUR STORAGE CAPABILITIES ACROSS OUR DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN. AND THIS GRANT WAS JUST A GIFT TO ME. SO. AND WHAT JEFF JUST SAID IS A COMBINED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER, WHICH IS IN SIMPLE ENGLISH. THE SHARED 911 CENTER THAT WE ARE CHARGED WITH OPERATING. AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT BACKUP FOR THAT. YES, SIR. AND ALL ALL COUNTYWIDE DATA. AND IT'S GROWING EXPONENTIALLY. SO THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT THAT WE BACK UP, WE WANT IT BACKED UP IN TRIPLICATE IN ITS ENTIRETY. SO YOU DON'T HAVE ALL YOUR DATA BACKED UP IN A SINGLE LOCATION. [01:30:02] WE HAVE IT IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, BUT WE WE RUN OUT OF STORAGE CONSTANTLY. WE'VE BEEN TO COURT THIS, YOU KNOW, OVER THIS PAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DA'S OFFICE AND OTHER OFFICES, JUST KEEP ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL STORAGE. WELL, THE MORE STORAGE THAT WE GET FOR EVERYDAY USE, THE MORE WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN TRIPLICATE TO BACK IT UP. SO THIS IS WAS IS A GREAT. I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER. PRESS HARD THREE COPIES WHEN YOU HAD TO SIGN A RECEIPT OF AN INVOICE AND IT WAS WHITE. YOU HAD TO PRESS HARD. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING? YES, SIR. IT'S THE OLD STANDARD. PROPER BACKUP. GOOD JOB. CYBERSECURITY IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT. EXACTLY. THAT'S RIGHT. COMMISSIONER SMITH. ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE? NO. I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH JEFF AND HIS FOLKS AND THE FACT THAT THEY ALWAYS TRY TO STAY AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE THREATS THAT THEY HAVE TO ADDRESS. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY THAT THEY'RE DOING SO. RIGHT ON. COMMISSIONER HAMMEL KNOW, HE YOU STRESSED ME OUT THAT YOU'RE LEAVING. EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT, I'M LIKE, I DON'T REALIZE WHAT HE DOES, RIGHT? YOU'RE LIKE, I KNOW. I'M LIKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE TEN PEOPLE JUST TO REPLACE YOU. BUT YOU'RE SO INCREDIBLE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. SO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING OUT FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO BRING IN SOME FUNDING, I APPRECIATE THAT. BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL COMMISSIONERS ON THIS SIDE. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND I WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE OUR GRANTS DIVISION BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF WORK. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL GRANTS. YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVEN'T TAPPED INTO. AND SO JUST KEEP LOOKING FOR THOSE. THEY'VE DONE ALL THE WORK. I'M JUST A HAPPY RECIPIENT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. HONESTLY, OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT IS WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD BECAUSE THEY'RE HELPING TO CAPTURE THE MONEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. AND I JUST GOT A TEXT, MISS JOHNSON, THAT YOU ARE READY, SO PLEASE OPEN K 13. WAIT, WE HAVE TO OPEN G. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. DO WE HAVE TO OPEN G 19 FIRST? OKAY. WE CAN. AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO K AND THEN K 13. THERE'S JUST PROOF THAT I'M FOLLOWING THE TEXTS. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. G 19 FOLLOWED BY K 13 G 19. ACCEPT A DONATION FROM THE HARRY L WILLETT FOUNDATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 FOR A GROUND [G. 19. Accept a donation from the Harry L. Willett Foundation in the amount of $10,000.00 for a ground penetrating radar study on county-owned property adjacent to the Claiborne Kyle Log House and amend the budget accordingly. HAMMER/T.CRUMLEY ] PENETRATING RADAR STUDY ON COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE CLAIBORNE KYLE LOG HOUSE AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. AND SORRY. IT'S OKAY. AND K 13. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT A PROPOSAL FROM SIDEKICK GDPR RELATED TO A GROUND PENETRATING RADAR STUDY ON THE CLAIBORNE KYLE LOG HOUSE PROPERTY OWNED BY HAYS COUNTY, AND AUTHORIZE A WAIVER TO THE PURCHASING POLICY FOR OBTAINING THREE QUOTES. SO MOVED. SECOND, WHEN WE OPEN THEM BOTH, IT'S EASIEST TO JUST MOTION FOR BOTH. IT'S EASY. WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE VOTE FIRST ON THIS. SURE, WE CAN VOTE SEPARATELY, BUT YOU CAN OPEN THEM IN ONE SWIPE. WHAT WAS THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE FIRST ONE AGAIN? I WANT TO MARK IT G 19, G 19. THERE IT IS. THANK YOU. SO I WAS I SAW YOU THE WHOLE TIME, BUT I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO ALERT ME THAT YOU WERE READY IN CASE YOU HAD SOMEONE WAITING TO COME BY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT PENETRATING DEVICE, RIGHT? ANYTHING ON THAT SUBJECT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY. WE ARE PRESENTING THIS ITEM BEFORE THE COURT TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE REQUESTING TO PROCEED WITHOUT THE STANDARD THREE BIT PROCESS FOR THIS PROJECT. GIVEN THE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED NATURE OF THE WORK AND DOCTOR MARTIN'S UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS IN THIS FIELD, THIS IS NOT A SERVICE THAT CAN BE COMPETITIVELY BID IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE. I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE WORK AND QUALIFICATIONS OF DOCTOR MICHAEL MARTIN, WHOSE EXPERTISE IS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION MATTERS BEFORE THIS COURT. DOCTOR MARTIN IS THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DOCTORATE IN THIS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED FIELD, COMBINING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION PRACTICE. HIS WORK REFLECTS ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC TRAINING, PAIRED WITH DECADES OF HANDS ON EXPERIENCE EVALUATING COMPLEX, COMPLEX HISTORIC SITES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER. DOCTOR MARTIN HAS WORKED ON PRESERVATION PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE PRECISE UNDERSTANDING OF SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS, HISTORICAL CONTEXT, AND LONG TERM STEWARDSHIP. HIS ANALYZES ARE RELIED UPON WHEN ACCURACY, NONINVASIVE INVESTIGATION, AND PROFESSIONAL CREDIBILITY ARE ESSENTIAL. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS WORK IS BEING PRIVATELY FUNDED BY THE HARRY L WILLET FOUNDATION, WHICH HAS A LONG STANDING RECORD OF SUPPORTING HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN HAYS COUNTY. NOTABLY, THE FOUNDATION HELPED FUND THE PRESERVATION OF THE BUCK WINN MURALS THAT HANG IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER AND ALSO SUPPORTED THE PRODUCTION OF A DOCUMENTARY ON BUCKWHEAT. THIS LEVEL OF EXPERTISE IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT WHEN DEALING WITH A SITE SUCH AS [01:35:09] THE CLAYBURN LOG HOUSE, ONE OF HAYS COUNTY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC RESOURCES. THE LOG HOUSE IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, IS A RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK AND IS DESIGNATED AS A STATE ANTIQUITIES LANDMARK. SITES WITH THESE DESIGNATIONS CARRIED LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND SHOULD BE EVALUATED AND ADDRESSED ONLY BY A QUALIFIED HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROFESSIONAL. WE ARE TRULY PLEASED TO WELCOME DOCTOR MARTIN TO HAYS COUNTY AS HE HELPS US, HELPS US UNCOVER HISTORIC FOUNDATIONS THAT CAN DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE KYLE FAMILY AND ITS LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP TO HAYS COUNTY. THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, YOUR NAME AND TITLE. KATE JOHNSON, I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLEBURNE KYLE LOG HOUSE COMMISSION. BEAUTIFULLY DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEFORE SHE WALKS AWAY FROM THE PODIUM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST A THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, MISS KATE. THANK YOU. MISS, MISS KATE JOHNSON, YOU ARE JUST YOU SO ELOQUENTLY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION. I DON'T KNOW A BETTER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON ESPECIALLY THE CLAIBORNE KYLE LOG HOUSE OR LOG CABIN THAN YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING EVERYTHING TO OUR ATTENTION SO WE CAN BE GOOD STEWARDS WITH THAT PRECIOUS GIFT OF PRESERVING HISTORY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, COMMISSIONERS. I JUST THANK YOU, MISS JOHNSON, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. YEAH. ME TOO. KATE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU'VE HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR HAYS COUNTY. YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, YOUR GENEROSITY, AND JUST THE I GUESS THE CONTEXT THAT YOU HAVE MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT HAVE BROUGHT A LOT OF FUNDING INTO THE COUNTY THAT HAVE HELPED US PRESERVE OUR YEAH, OUR HISTORY AND HERITAGE. AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. SO THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE HIT IT SQUARELY ON THE HEAD. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO YOU WERE, BUT I SAW YOUR WORKS WHILE I WAS CHAIR OF THE CENTRO CULTURAL HISPANO DE SAN MARCOS. YOUR NAME WAS SHOWING UP ON MY BUDGETARY ITEMS AS PRESIDENT, AND I SAW THE FOUNDATION DONATING CONSISTENTLY. AND I SAID, WHAT A MAGNIFICENT CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND YOU CONTINUE, AS ALL THE COURT MEMBERS HAVE SAID, YOU CONTINUE TO HELP STORE, RECORD, PRESERVE, PROTECT, DEFEND OUR HISTORY. IT'S OUR SHARED HISTORY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON BOTH ITEMS. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES. COMMISSIONER HAMMER. YES. JUDGE BECERRA YES. THIS IS THE EASY STUFF. MISS JOHNSON, THIS IS THE EASY STUFF. WE COULD DO THIS ALL DAY. GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST HAVE A QUICK THING. DID WE HAVE TO VOTE ON G BEFORE K DID THAT? IS THAT SUFFICIENT FOR. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. NOW FOLLOWING THE SEQUENCE, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE OPENED. YOU GUYS ARE READY FOR SHOOT OUT THE NUMBERS. THANK YOU. OPEN K SEVEN. I WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE MOVING. [K.7. Discussion and possible action to consider granting a variance to Section D.1.C.1 of the Hays County Rules for On-Site Sewage Facilities, and allow the issuance of an On-Site Sewage Facility permit to the owner of the property at 15103 W RR 150, Driftwood, Texas 78619. SMITH/BOUTTE] K SEVEN FOLLOWED BY K NINE, K SEVEN. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER GRANTING A VARIANCE TO SECTION D1C, ONE OF THE HAYS COUNTY RULES FOR ON SITE SEWAGE FACILITIES AND ALLOW THE ISSUANCE OF AN ON SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT 15 103 WEST RANCH ROAD. 150 DRIFTWOOD, TEXAS 78619. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO. LET ME PULL UP MY NOTES HERE REAL QUICK, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THESE ARE TWO VARIANCES. SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DRIFTWOOD STORE. I KNOW THE DEVELOPER IS HERE AND CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF LAY OUT THE BACKGROUND FOR THE DRIFTWOOD STORE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DRIFTWOOD STORE IN THE PAST. COMMISSIONER. I FORGOT THERE WAS AN EMAIL COMMENT. I HAVE TO PAUSE YOU FOR A SECOND. IT'S CUSTOMARY TO READ THE EMAILED STATEMENTS FIRST. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. YOU SEE, I'M ALWAYS WATCHING MY PHONE. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IMPART THIS OPERATES. PLEASE READ THE WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM SYDNEY CASSIDY FROM DRIFTWOOD. SEPTIC SYSTEM VARIANCE REQUEST FOR 15 103 WEST RR 150 DRIFTWOOD. I CONDITIONALLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED VARIANCE REQUEST AS THE PROPOSED NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM WILL REPLACE TWO ANTIQUATED SYSTEMS. [01:40:04] ENLARGE THE DRIFTWOOD POST OFFICE AND CREATE USE FOR THE NOW UNUSED DRIFTWOOD JOURNAL GENERAL STORE. THE CONDITION THAT I REQUEST THE COMMISSIONERS PUT IN PLACE. WHAT THE VARIANCE IS THAT THE LIGHTING THAT SHINES OUT OF DOORS ON THE UPDATED PROPERTY. FOLLOW THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBLE OUTDOOR LIGHTING AND ESTABLISHMENT BY THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY AND DARK SKY INTERNATIONAL. THESE PRINCIPLES ELIMINATE UNSAFE GLARE FOR VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS IN THE AREA. FOLLOWING THEM ALSO REDUCES THE HARM THAT ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT CAN DO TO HUMANS. THIS HEALTH HAZARD IS RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY IS PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, AND I APPRECIATE TO SET THIS CONDITION AS PART OF ANY VARIANCE GRANTED. THESE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBLE OUTDOOR LIGHTING MAY BE FOUND AT THIS LINK. DARK SKY.ORG/RESOURCES/GUIDE AND HOW TOS SLASH LIGHTING PRINCIPLES. BEST REGARDS. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. I HEAR YOU HAVE A SECOND ONE. YES, SIR. THIS IS FROM JULIE GAYET OF DRIFTWOOD. I AM IN SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND THE SEWER VARIANTS FOR THE SHRUBB FAMILY. FOR THE PROPERTY IN DRIFTWOOD. GOOD ENOUGH. I LOVE THE EFFICIENCY. OKAY. COMMISSIONER SMITH. ALL YOURS. ALRIGHT. JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, THE PROPERTY THAT IS IS BEING DISCUSSED IN BACKUP. THERE'S A MAP OF THE PROPERTY. IF YOU LOOK AT IT THERE'S TWO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT INITIALLY THIS VARIANCE REQUEST WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT, AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK WELL TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT THE DEVELOPER WANTED. PROBABLY IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST EIGHT, MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A LOOK BY THE, BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT THE POST OFFICE THERE. AND THE QUESTION WAS, CAN WE EXPAND THIS POST OFFICE FACILITY OR DO WE JUST DO AWAY WITH THE POST OFFICE? THERE WAS NO QUESTION BY THE COMMUNITY THEY WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE POST OFFICE. I THINK WE'RE I THINK THE POST OFFICE IS ON THEIR 10TH PROJECT MANAGER NOW. SIX OF WHICH HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME IN THE PAST AND SAID, YES, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW COUNTY REGULATIONS FOR HAVE SAID WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ANY COUNTY REGULATIONS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE A FEDERAL FACILITY. I DON'T KNOW THE LEGALITY OF THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE IT. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. IF WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL PROPERTY, IT'S 2.7 ACRES. THE DEVELOPER IS LOOKING TO DO TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC GENERAL STORE THERE. AND I WILL SAY THAT WHILE I DON'T SUPPORT AND I HAVEN'T SUPPORTED VARIANCES OF THIS TYPE IN THE PAST, I'VE HAD AN ABSOLUTE OUTPOURING OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THIS VARIANCE. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I, AND I DON'T SAY THIS LIGHTLY. NOT ONLY DID I RECEIVE THE LETTERS THAT I KNOW YOU ALL GOT FROM THE DEVELOPER AND THE PROPERTY. THE FAMILY OWNER YESTERDAY. BUT I ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE DRIFTWOOD HISTORIC CONSERVATION SOCIETY. I GUESS IT WAS A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. THERE WERE ROUGHLY, I WOULD SAY 60 TO 70 RESIDENTS OF DRIFTWOOD THERE. AND BEFORE THEY LEFT THAT NIGHT, THEY HAD, WE HAD ABOUT AN HOUR DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER POSSIBILITIES WOULD BE. AND BEFORE THEY LEFT THAT NIGHT, THEY JUST TOOK A STRAW POLL AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. OUT OF ALL OF EVERYONE THERE. I THINK THE, THE VOTE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OFF BECAUSE I WAS JUST TRYING TO COUNT, BUT IT WAS ABOUT 58 TO 3 TO SUPPORT IT. THE DRIFTWOOD PROPERTY OR THE DRIFTWOOD GENERAL STORE IS A VERY UNIQUE PROPERTY. AND THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY. IT WAS IN THE SAME FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS. AND THEY JUST REACQUIRED IT NOT TOO AWFUL LONG AGO. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? AND THEY WANT TO PRESERVE IT FOR THEIR FAMILY. I HAD VERY DIRECT CONVERSATIONS IN THAT MEETING AND THEY, THE DEVELOPERS STOOD THERE AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS FOR THE BETTER PART OF AN HOUR THEMSELVES. AND THEN AFTER THEY LEFT, THERE WAS ABOUT AN HOUR OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEED FOR DARK SKY COMPLIANCE. AND THEY COMMITTED TO DO THAT. AND TO DO OTHER THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. THEY WANT A MARKET IN THERE. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GO BUY EGGS AND MILK BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE TO DO THAT IN DRIFTWOOD. I WILL SAY IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A SUBSTANTIAL VARIANCE TO THE WASTEWATER SIDE. THE THING THAT THAT EASES ME NOT ONLY IS THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY THEY HAVE ALREADY GONE TO THE TCDC AND GOT A LETTER FROM THE TCDC SAYING THAT IT IS A, A, A SYSTEM THAT WOULD MEET THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE THERE. AND THEY WOULD TENTATIVELY THEY WOULD THINK THAT IT DOES THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THAT. [01:45:01] IF NOT, LET ME KNOW. I CAN PASS ONE DOWN. CURRENT NEEDS, FUTURE NEEDS. OKAY. YES. AND THEY'RE OVERBUILDING. THE SYSTEM. THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, WE HAVE A 300 GALLON A DAY MAXIMUM, RIGHT? I BELIEVE THE OVERALL USAGE PER DAY IS ABOUT 3800 GALLONS. IF YOU NEED TO SAY IT TO YOU, BUT WE ARE A COURT OF RECORD. SHE'S GOING TO HAVE YOU GO TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE. SINCE YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION. JUST STAND THERE IN CASE SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP. YEAH. JAKE STRAUB, OWNER AND APPLICANT. I BELIEVE IT'S 3000 403,400. SO THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THAT IF WE DISAPPROVE THIS TODAY, THEY ALREADY HAVE THEY WILL HAVE CLEARANCE. AND ALSO WE HAVE OUR OUR ERIC VAN GAASBEEK, HEAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES HERE AS WELL. AND HE CAN PROBABLY ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS, AND I PROBABLY HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TOO. BUT KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE THAT TENTATIVE APPROVAL FROM TKC. IF WE WERE TO TO DISAPPROVE THIS TODAY, THEN I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD GO TO TKC UP, UPDATE THAT SYSTEM TO A SYSTEM OVER 5000 GALLONS AND BE APPROVED BY IT. AND I SAY THAT MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT IT IT APPEARS TO BE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE CASE WOULD BE. AND SO WE'RE, WE WOULD BE PROLONGING AN INEVITABLE AND INEVITABILITY THAT THEY WOULD GET AN APPROVAL. BUT ALSO THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE BUILDING A SYSTEM THAT WOULD DO ANOTHER 1600 MORE GALLONS A DAY THAN WHAT WE WOULD WANT ON THAT, ON THAT SIDE. THAT'S THE REASON. AND I TOLD THE DEVELOPER AND THE FAMILY THAT I WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO BRING IT. I DON'T I WOULD ASK THAT EACH OF Y'ALL VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE. THE OTHER VARIANTS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS A MUCH. I FEEL LIKE IT PROBABLY. I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S NEEDED, BUT IT'S OUT OF A. IT'S OVER BEING OVER CAUTIOUS. IT'S A SETBACK VARIANCE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP THAT'S INCLUDED IN BACKGROUND THEY ARE ADJACENT TO ELDER HILL ROAD. ELDER HILL ROAD, IT WAS NOT WE DIDN'T OPEN BOTH OF THEM. OKAY. WE DID OPEN BOTH OF THEM. OKAY. CAN YOU OPEN THE OTHER ONE AS WELL? WHICH ONE? WAIT, LET ME GUIDE THIS MEETING. WHAT IS IT? SEVEN, NINE, SEVEN AND NINE. SO PLEASE OPEN CANINE CANINE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER GRANTING A VARIANCE TO CHAPTER 721, [K.9. Discussion and possible action to consider granting a variance to Chapter 721 § 5.03 of the Hays County Development Regulations. SMITH/BOUTTE] SECTION 5.03 OF THE HAYS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. SO MOVED. AND NOW WE HAVE THE SPACE TO TALK FREELY IN BOTH. THANK YOU. THE SECOND VARIANCE THAT WE REQUESTED OR THAT THE THE FAMILY IS REQUESTING IS A VARIANCE TO OUR SETBACK. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ELDER HILL ROAD, IT'S A PRESCRIPTIVE EASEMENT. SO LITERALLY OUR OUR RIGHT OF WAY IS 25 FOOT FROM CENTER LINE. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP AS IT'S AS THE PROPERTY IS LAID OUT AND AS WHAT THE THE SURVEY SHOWS, IT IS NOT 25 FOOT FROM CENTER LINE. IT IS ALL ON ONE SIDE OF, OF, OF THE MAP. AND I'VE GONE OUT THERE WITH A TAPE MEASURE MYSELF AND MEASURED FROM CENTER LINE. AND THEIR SETBACK IS NOT, I MEAN, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS NOT WITHIN THAT 25 FOOT. AND SO I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT LOOKING AT THE MAP, IT'S PROBABLY NOT NOT ACCURATE JUST BECAUSE IT'S A PRESCRIPTIVE EASEMENT THAT WE, WE TOOK OVER OVER TIME. AARON, WOULD YOU I MEAN, DO YOU YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK LOOKING AT THAT MAP, IF YOU LOOK. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FAR. SHOULD BE ON THE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE AS WELL. AARON JONES, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR. YES, THEY THERE'S THE IT'D BE DIFFICULT. EVERYTHING ON THAT BEING PRESCRIPTIVE. IT'S DEFINITELY, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO MEET THE SETBACK. YEAH. THAT'S REALLY THE CONVERSATION THAT I'VE HAD. I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAD A PROLONGED, LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE HAD THAT PROLONGED CONVERSATION WITH THE DRIFTWOOD HISTORICAL CONSERVATION SOCIETY, THERE'S REALLY TWO OTHER OPTIONS. FOR THE FAMILY TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY, THE REAL CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY IS IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THIS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT PROPERTY? IT IS OF GREAT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO DRIFTWOOD AND THEY WANT TO SEE IT THRIVING AGAIN. THE TWO OPTIONS, THE TWO OTHER OPTIONS, I LAID ONE OF THEM OUT A MOMENT AGO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE STATE, GET A PERMIT THROUGH THE STATE. IT WOULD PROBABLY COST ANOTHER AT LEAST A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND IT WOULD PROLONG THE PROJECT IF THE PROJECT WAS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AT ALL. [01:50:03] THE OTHER THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO LOOK AT THE THE, WHAT I WOULD CALL THE, THE, THE GUTS OF THE PROJECT. HOW MANY BAR STOOLS VERSUS HOW MANY TABLETOPS ARE THERE? AND YOU GET DOWN IN THE WEEDS AS FAR AS STATE STATE REGULATION, AS FAR AS WHAT THOSE, THOSE A TABLETOP USES MORE WATER AND MORE WASTEWATER OR UNDER STATE RULES THAN BAR STOOLS DO. SO DO YOU MORE DO MAKE IT MORE OF A BAR ESTABLISHMENT INSTEAD OF A RESTAURANT, WHICH IS NOT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. AND SO THERE ARE OPTIONS THERE. ALL OF THEM PROLONG THE PROJECT AND INCREASE THE PRICE SIGNIFICANTLY. AND THEIR I'VE I'LL JUST SAY I'VE HEARD MORE ON THIS VARIANCE THAN AND ANY VARIANCE I'VE EVER HAD, AND IT'S ALL BEEN COMMUNITY SUPPORT. I HAVEN'T HEARD ONE DETRACTION AT THIS POINT. AND WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE IF THE FAMILY HAS ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SAY. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. SO FOR THOSE OF US THAT WEREN'T THERE AT THAT EVENT THAT THE COMMISSIONERS DESCRIBING, CAN YOU SHARE WITH THE VIEWING PUBLIC WHAT THE VARIANCE IN REAL TALK IS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW LETTERS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS? WHAT DO YOU HAVE AND WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING AS A VARIANCE? YES. SO WHAT I MEAN, WHAT WE WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER HAYS COUNTY REGULATIONS TODAY IS SOMETHING I THINK IN THE THE REALM OF 30 RESTAURANT SEATS. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS CLOSER TO 300. WE CERTAINLY DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL HAVE 300 SEATS FULL AT ALL TIMES. BUT IN PLANNING, WE KIND OF WORKED BACKWARDS BASED ON KIND OF THE BEST CASE STUDY WE HAVE IN THE AREA, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORING RESTAURANT. WHO'S SEEN KIND OF OVERWHELMING DEMAND AND HAD THEIR SEPTIC SYSTEM FAIL TWICE AND HAD TO UPSIZE IT. AND SO OUR THOUGHT PROCESS WAS RATHER THAN PICK A NUMBER AND, AND DESIGN TO IT, HOW WHAT CAN WE DESIGN KIND OF TO THE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT OF THE SITE PLAN TO WORK BACKWARDS SO THAT WE'RE NOT SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR, FOR FAILURE HERE. AND SO THE VARIANCE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS IT'S A TWO AND A HALF X VARIANCE, MAYBE A3X VARIANCE FROM HAYS COUNTY REGULATIONS TODAY. WE, WE, I MEAN, OUR ALTERNATIVES OR THE ONLY WAYS THAT WE WOULD NOT NEED A VARIANCE WOULD BE TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL ACREAGE. SO THAT WE HAD SUFFICIENT ACREAGE KIND OF ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY WHICH WE'VE, WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO DO AND UNSUCCESSFULLY DONE THE TWO OTHER PROJECTS IN THE AREA THAT ARE RESTAURANTS NEARBY THAT ARE NOT IN ANYONE'S WASTEWATER. CCN LIKE IT OR NOT. WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT THEY OWNED PROPERTY ADJACENT AND LIVE ON PROPERTY ADJACENT. AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRETY OF THEIR ACREAGE IN THEIR REQUESTS. WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY. WE HAVE GONE TO THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS AND TO WASTEWATER PROVIDERS IN THE AREA AND REQUESTED WASTEWATER AND BEEN DENIED MULTIPLE TIMES. SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF STUCK IN THIS VERY TRICKY SCENARIO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS. OKAY. AND THEN I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING AND MOVING THROUGH BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THE PUSH FOR THE VISION ALL ON BOARD ON THAT FRONT. THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS, THEY UNDERSTAND THE 300 SEAT ROADMAP AND THEY'RE GOOD WITH IT. I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS WITH TRAFFIC. THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS WITH NOISE. WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ABATE THOSE CONCERNS. YOU KNOW, WE WON'T BE A LATE NIGHT ESTABLISHMENT. WE ARE WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS, BOTH THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTER ACROSS THE STREET FOR PARKING OVERFLOW. ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS IS SELLING HER PROPERTY BECAUSE SHE KNOWS WHAT'S COMING, AND SHE SAID, I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. I JUST DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO IT. SO SHE, SHE ACTUALLY SAID THAT SHE, SHE WOULD BE HERE AND SHE WOULD LET COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KNOW THAT SHE LIVES NEXT DOOR AND IS IN SUPPORT OF IT AND IS, IS CHOOSING TO RELOCATE, BUT IS STILL IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. OKAY. AND JUST FOR THE PICTURE TO BE FULLY IN FOCUS, WHAT IS THE MENU SCENARIO ROADMAP LEADING IDEA? SURE. YEAH. SO OVER 100 YEARS AGO, MY, OUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS, MY BROTHER AND I OWNED THIS PROPERTY RAN IT AS A POST OFFICE AND A GENERAL STORE. OUR INTENT IS TO TURN THAT BACK INTO A GENERAL STORE. IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT FOR THAT BUSINESS PLAN TO WORK. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONCEPT PROBABLY OPEN IN THE MORNING, STARTING WITH COFFEE AND PASTRIES AND RUNNING THROUGH DINNER SERVICE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE A FINALIZED MENU YET. IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC CUISINE. VERY COOL, VERY COOL. I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I COME FROM THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE THE SALT LAKE ROUTE AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO AND WHAT THAT WOULD IMPLY AND PITS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF. THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING ABOUT NOT THAT SPECIFICALLY. NO. FOR SURE. OKAY, GOOD, GOOD. COMMISSIONER HAMMER, WHAT DO YOU ASK ON THAT FRONT? [01:55:04] COULD I ASK ONE MORE THING THAT I THINK HE TOUCHED ON AND I FORGOT TO MENTION IN THE FIRST HAND, BECAUSE THIS MAY ACTUALLY PROMPT SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR THERE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND ONE OF THE REASONS I'VE BEEN SO ADAMANT IN OPPOSING THESE IN THE PAST IS ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS SEWAGE AVAILABLE OR THERE'S WASTEWATER SERVICE AVAILABLE IN A GIVEN AREA. THEY ARE NOT IN A CCN, THEY'RE NOT IN A SERVICE AREA FOR ANY WASTEWATER PROVIDER. AND AGAIN, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION. I JUST WANTED TO LAY THAT OUT. I'M SO SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER. SO I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED WITH THESE IN THE PAST OF EXCEEDING GALLONS PER DAY. WE'VE MET. I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS IT. IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU HAVE GOOD ACTORS AND BAD ACTORS OUT THERE, RIGHT? YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS OPERATED IN GOOD FAITH. YOU'VE BEEN VERY FORTHCOMING. YOU'VE ALWAYS PREPARED FOR THE WORST. WHICH PREPARING FOR THE WORST IS MUCH BETTER THAN, AGAIN, THE OPPOSITE AND HAVING TO REWORK EVERYTHING WHENEVER YOU REALIZE YOU DO HAVE TOO MANY SEATS. SO I WANT TO COMMEND THEM FOR THEY, THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH SO FAR AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING. IT'S THE, THE FACT THAT THE GALLONS PER DAY IS QUITE A BIT HIGHER. OF COURSE WE WANT TO SEE THE GENERAL STORE WHERE IT IS. WE WANT TO PRESERVE THAT HISTORY THERE. YOU GUYS HAVE FAMILY. I MEAN, IT'S A IT'S A GREAT MOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY. I ALSO DO FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT, FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS THE BOARD AND SUPPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS JUST AGAIN, ACROSS THE BOARD? BUT I THINK YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT. WE'VE HAD THESE IN THE PAST, BUT THEY'VE ALSO HAD ACCESS TO CITY SEPTIC AND WATER. SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT OF A SITUATION. BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE MET AND I'VE MET. I DID MEET WITH THE DRIFTWOOD HISTORICAL CONSERVATION SOCIETY AND THEY DID EXPRESS AT THE TIME, THEY WEREN'T 100% ON, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WRITING A LETTER OF FAVOR AND SUPPORT. BUT THEY DID HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO SAY. I EXPLAINED MY SIDE OF THINGS THEY UNDERSTOOD. AND SO WE KIND OF LEFT IT AT THAT. SO WOULD YOU SUMMARIZE THAT? GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY'RE IN FAVOR WITHOUT BEING 100%. THEY WROTE A LETTER OF SUPPORT. THEY DID WRITE A LETTER. YEAH. SO THEY WROTE A LETTER OF SUPPORT. BUT AT THAT TIME I MET WITH THEM. THEY WEREN'T QUITE THERE YET. PERFECT. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? I HAVE ONE FOR COMMISSIONER SMITH. THE THREE THAT WERE NOT IN FAVOR. WHAT WAS THAT CONCERN? I BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ALL OF THEM HAD MOVED TO THE AREA WITHIN THE LAST 18 MONTHS. THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED. AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE DIDN'T MOVE HERE TO HAVE A TO HAVE SOMETHING NEW HERE. AND EVERYONE WHO HAD LIVED THERE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING TO BRING BACK WHAT WE HAD. AND IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD IN A PUBLIC FORUM. IT WAS THERE WAS NOT A HEATED VOICE IN THE ROOM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE 60 PEOPLE AND WHAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE. THERE WAS NOT A HEATED VOICE. IT WAS, IS THIS THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO, OR IS THIS THE BEST, THAT OPTION THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY? AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WAS OVERWHELMING THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY BELIEVED IT WAS. OKAY NOW, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING TO SPEAK TO ME AS WELL AND ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. AND MY COMMISSIONER HAMMER SAID Y'ALL HAVE BEEN VERY FORTHCOMING AND REALLY TRYING TO WORK ALL ANGLES OF A SOLUTION. BEFORE Y'ALL GOT HERE. AND SO I, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO DO. YOU KNOW, ALSO LIKE COMMISSIONER SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE REGULATIONS, BUT I THINK THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS, AS THERE'S GOOD INTENT, YOU KNOW, AND Y'ALL ARE DOING ALL DUE DILIGENCE AND DOING EVERYTHING Y'ALL CAN TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THE CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, THE DARK SKY THING. I'M GLAD TO HEAR Y'ALL ARE WILLING TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL, BUT THANK YOU. FEEL GOOD? YEAH. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YEAH. SO, JUDGE, I MEAN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WANT TO SUPPORT SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. BUT THE VARIANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE ON SITE SEWAGE FACILITY IS EXTENSIVE. I MEAN, REALLY EXTENSIVE. AND I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT I'M COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. AND JUDGE, AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LET ERIC OR SPEAK, YOU KNOW, TO THAT. I JUST, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ONCE AGAIN FROM THEM. BUT YEAH, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED. I MEAN, I'M GLAD YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. I MEAN, THAT'S WONDERFUL, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS PART TOO IS CONCERNING, RIGHT? OKAY. SO NOW THAT I'VE GIVEN THE COURT MEMBERS A CHANCE TO ASK AND ANSWER, NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT SHOW UP. [02:00:04] IF YOU DON'T MIND APPROACHING THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. AND WE CAN START WITH COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. GOOD MORNING COURT. MY NAME IS ERIC. I'M THE CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST FOR THE HAYS COUNTY. SO ERIC, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTED YOU. I KNOW Y'ALL CAN'T GIVE AN OPINION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT I BELIEVE THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH THIS LARGE VARIANCE AND JUST I JUST WANT YOU TO JUST KIND OF SHARE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU FEEL IS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO KNOW AS A COURT. WELL, OUR REGULATIONS LIMIT COMMERCIAL OSFS TO 300 GALLONS PER DAY PER ACRE, AND THE PROPOSED SYSTEM IS PROPOSED TO BE UP TO ABOUT 1100 GALLONS PER DAY PER ACRE. AND HISTORICALLY. WE HAVE NOT APPROVED ANY TYPE OF VARIANCE LIKE THIS UNLESS IT'S TIED TO PLATTING. IF WHEN THE SUBDIVISION PLAT MOVES FORWARD, THEN THERE MIGHT BE SOME SORT OF AVENUE AS TO LIMITING TO SOMETHING TO 400 GALLONS PER DAY TO ACRE, OR 800 GALLONS PER DAY TO ACRE. SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. SO, OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ERIC NOW? I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. AND I WAS VERY UP FRONT WITH THE FAMILY THAT I WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO BRING THIS FORWARD AND GIVEN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT. BUT I ALSO SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRECEDENT THAT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH BECAUSE OUR THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO LIVE UNDER THIS AS WELL. AND I WOULD ASK THAT OUR COMMISSIONERS AND THE JUDGE VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M WILLING TO DEFEND IN MY PRECINCT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THERE, AND I KNOW WHAT COMES WITH THAT. I JUST DON'T, I CAN'T I CAN'T TALK TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS ABOUT OR THE JUDGE. I CAN SPEAK TO ONE OTHER COMMISSIONER OR JUDGE ON ANY GIVEN ISSUE. AND I PURPOSELY DID NOT REACH OUT TO ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT ON THIS BECAUSE I WANTED THEM TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION. SO, JORDAN, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WALKING QUORUMS FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC SO THAT HE COULD YOU COULD WALK IN QUORUM SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT COMMISSIONER SMITH IS REFERRING TO. SURE. JORDAN POWELL, FIRST ASSISTANT. I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. YES, PLEASE. I'M A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REACHING OUT TO COURT MEMBERS OR. SURE. GENERALLY SPEAKING STATE LAW PROHIBITS A QUORUM OR MAJORITY OF THE COURT, IN THIS CASE THREE OF FIVE FROM DISCUSSING OR DELIBERATING UPON A MATTER UNLESS THEY ARE IN OPEN COURT IN A CALLED MEETING. AND WHAT ABOUT THE CITIZEN OR RESIDENT REACHING OUT TO COURT MEMBERS? HOW IS THAT BETWEEN COURT MEMBERS? YOU DESCRIBE THAT PERFECTLY. WHAT ABOUT APPLICANTS OR OTHERS REACHING OUT TO COURT MEMBERS? YEAH. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, AND I'LL SPEAK VERY GENERALLY BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING A MATTER CAN BE MORE THAN MULTIPLE COURT MEMBERS CAN BE INFORMED ON A MATTER, BUT IT CANNOT BE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. IT CAN'T BE DISCUSSED ON SUPPORT OR LACK THEREOF BETWEEN MEMBERS AM I HITTING THE NAIL ON THE HEAD ON WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, JUDGE? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. YOU'RE DOING GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? ERIC, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? NO, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT AGAIN, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE TWO SEPARATE VOTES BECAUSE THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE VARIANCES. AND EACH ONE, IF I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE FIRST, BUT I JUST WOULD REITERATE, WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE VOTES. OKAY. I NEED TO TAKE A QUICK RECESS. JUST TINY QUICK RECESS. JORDAN, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK FROM A SHORT RECESS. I HEARD SOME THINGS DURING COURT THAT MADE ME AS THE CHAIR CAUSE FOR PAUSE, AND I CALLED A RECESS SO I CAN GET SOME LEGAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT, AND I GOT IT. AND WE'RE ALL GOOD. ANY FINAL COMMENTS? I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A MEMBER OF THE DRIFTWOOD HISTORICAL CONSERVATION SOCIETY HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO HAVE HIM JUST KIND OF GET UP. AND HE'S GOT A GREAT HE'S GOOD WITH THAT CAPACITY OF THAT SOCIETY'S VOICE. NO. BUT HE'S A MEMBER, BUT HE'S ALSO HE LIVES IN THE AREA AND I MEAN HE DOES HAVE A GOOD, GOOD POINTS AND LET'S HEAR IT. YOU BET. I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT, ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HEARING THE COMMUNITY'S COMMENTS. SO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE IF YOU'RE USING ONE AT THIS MOMENT FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOHN GERLACH. I LIVE IN LA VENTANA DEVELOPMENT IN DRIFTWOOD. MY WIFE AND I RETIRED AND MOVED THERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. [02:05:03] WE'RE ACTIVE IN THE DRIFTWOOD HISTORICAL CONSERVATION SOCIETY, OUR LOCAL CHURCH, AND SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES. WE'RE BOTH RETIRED DEFENSE DEPARTMENT FOLKS BOTH MARINE OFFICERS. WE SERVED ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY. WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND I PARTICULARLY LOVE JUDGE THE WAY THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS RUN. IT JUST IS A MODEL FOR ROBERT'S RULES. IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. I'M GIVING YOU MIXED REVIEWS, MY PERSONAL OPINION ON THIS REQUEST. AND I'M, I'M GOING TO WANDER A TINY BIT OFF OF THE SUBJECT OF SEPTIC, BUT WE, WE, AND I'M SORRY TO DO THIS TO YOU. YOU JUST COMPLIMENTED THE PROCESS. YOU GOT TO STAY WITHIN THE AGENDA ITEM, THOUGH. VERY GOOD. OKAY. I'LL TRY AS HARD AS I CAN. CORRECT ME IF I IF I WANDER, BUT THERE ARE TWO OPEN JUST TO GIVE YOU THE LEEWAY. SURE, I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. WE WE LIKE TO STRIVE. WE LIKE TO STRIVE. FAMILY. AND WE SUPPORT I PERSONALLY SUPPORT AS A CITIZEN WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AT THE, AT THE STORE. I'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS WITH THEM WITH WALT. WE'VE TALKED EXTENSIVELY WITH THEM. THEY'VE COME TO AND BRIEFED THE HISTORICAL CONSERVATION SOCIETY. THEY'VE MADE THE ROUNDS. THEY'VE BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS. THEY'VE BEEN IN THAT AREA. THE STRONG FAMILY A LOT LONGER THAN WE HAVE. SO THEY'VE GOT SOME REAL ROOTS TO THE AREA, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. I THINK THERE'S A LEVEL OF TRUST THERE. WHAT I'D LIKE TO MENTION THOUGH IS, IS THAT IT IS BIGGER THAN JUST THE REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE. IT'S ALSO THE ATMOSPHERIC CHANGE IN THE AREA, WHICH GOES FROM EFFECT ON GROUNDWATER, THE VARIANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, LIGHTING, NOISE AND SO FORTH. AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE HAVE A DEEP DIALOG ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED. THEY'VE ASSURED US THAT THEY ARE, BUT THEY GAVE US WHAT I WOULD SAY SOFT ANSWERS TO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETING AT THE DRIFTWOOD HISTORICAL CONSERVATION SOCIETY, BUT THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS RIGHT NOW. WE GET IT THAT DEVELOPING A PROPERTY LIKE THAT'S GOT A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO IT, BUT ESPECIALLY THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE JUST DISCUSSED. AND I'VE JUST MENTIONED THAT THEY BE TAKEN INTO SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. THERE WERE A FEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND A COUPLE OF THEM ACTUALLY BEEN AROUND A LOT, A LOT LONGER THAN 18 MONTHS THAT REALLY WERE AGAINST THIS, BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID THAT IT'LL GET OUT OF CONTROL. THAT'LL TURN INTO ANOTHER HAYS CITY STORE WITH LOUD MUSIC ALL NIGHT AND LIGHTS AND ALL THIS STUFF. WE'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE. SO WE'RE GOING ON TRUST HERE THAT IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PLEASANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WILL BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US. BACK TO THE ISSUE OF THE OF THE SEPTIC SYSTEM. AS I MENTIONED TO COMMISSIONER HAMMER A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE HAVE A CIVIL ENGINEER, RETIRED CIVIL ENGINEER WHO SPENT, I THINK, OVER 40 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS OF SEPTIC AND OTHER TYPE THINGS RELATED. AND HE HAS ASSURED US THAT THAT DESIGN OF THAT SEPTIC SYSTEM THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD, WHICH IS A VERY EXPENSIVE SYSTEM, IS, QUOTE, ROCKET SCIENCE. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE BEST SEPTIC SYSTEM IN HAYS COUNTY. IT'S SUCH A NEW, INNOVATIVE, LEADING EDGE DESIGN AND WILL EASILY TAKE CARE OF THE VOLUME THAT THEY'VE DISCUSSED. SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'RE GETTING KIND OF MIXED REVIEWS ON IT. BUT I SAY AS A PERSONAL MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, I GENERALLY BASED ON THOSE FACTS, I SUPPORT IT. AND I'M HOPING THAT THEY'LL MAKE GOOD ON THEIR PROMISES TO COVER DOWN ON THE OTHER ISSUES THAT I'VE MENTIONED. OKAY. WONDERFUL. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THERE ARE SILLY LITTLE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE ALSO IN YOUR DESIGN SO THAT YOU CAN FURTHER CEMENT DIALOG CONVERSATION POINTS. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT YOU KNOW THE GENERIC STUFF. RAINWATER COLLECTION, PURPLE PIPE. I KNOW THIS IS A WEIRD ONE, BUT I SEE IT AND I APPRECIATE IT. WATERLESS URINALS. I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO THAT WILL HELP YOUR ARGUMENT. FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY NERVOUS AND STRUGGLING AND CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR OWN SOURCE OF, WELL, WATER. SO GOOD POINT. COMMISSIONER HAMMEL. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING. I MEAN, IF WE CAN'T REACH A VOTE OR AN AGREEMENT, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THERE, THERE COULD BE A WAY I TALK TO, TO LEGAL DURING THAT LITTLE RECESS TO SAY, WHAT IS THERE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT SOME RESIDENTS HAVE BASED ON SAFETY, LIKE PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE VARIANTS WOULD BE IN THERE AS WELL. SO THEY KIND OF TIE TO EACH OTHER. SO YOU GET, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR SOMETHING IN THAT REGARD, BUT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I KNOW IT'S NOT STANDARD WITHIN THIS TYPE OF SCOPE OF WORK, BUT THERE'S A VARIANCE. [02:10:06] BUT WHAT DID YOU SAY? BUT NEITHER IS A VARIANCE. EXACTLY. SO I MEAN, THERE, THERE IS A WAY THAT YOU COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH POTENTIALLY ALSO GETTING THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE DARK SKY COMPLIANCE AND THE PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME MORE THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND SO LET ME ASK IF YOU'LL APPROACH THE PODIUM ONE MORE TIME. THE AGENDA ITEM IS STILL OPEN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO REINTRODUCE YOURSELF. JAKE STRAUB OWNER, APPLICANT. OH, DON'T. I'M SORRY. YOU HEARD IT AGAIN. JUST TO TOUCH ON WHAT THE COMMISSIONER JUST POINTED OUT, ARE THERE PLANS ON PUTTING SOME. BECAUSE I MEAN, ALL THINGS EQUAL, IF IF YOU'RE LUCKY, IT'S A SUCCESSFUL, THRIVING BUSINESS WITH LOTS OF FOOT TRAFFIC. AND WE ALL WANT THAT BECAUSE I WANT SMALL MOM AND POP FAMILY LOCAL BUSINESS TO THRIVE AROUND HERE. I DO ALL DAY LONG. IT'S THE CONGLOMERATE, MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR SHOPS. THEY DON'T NEED OUR TAX DOLLARS. BUT HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? AND SO IN THAT LANE, ARE YOU PLANNING ON PUTTING SIDEWALKS? CAN I, CAN I LET MY CIVIL ENGINEER ANSWER THE QUESTION, PLEASE? JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF. HELLO, RJ RYCHLIK, CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THIS PROJECT AND SO ON THE SIDEWALK QUESTION THAT THE COMMISSIONER BROUGHT UP, WHICH IS A VERY SOUND QUESTION. ARE YOU PLANNING TO PUT SIDEWALKS SO THAT PEOPLE PARKING HAVE ACCESS AND THERE'S A SAFE LEVEL OF ACCESS TO YOUR SPACE? YEAH. SO WE'RE MEETING ADA REQUIREMENTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADA PARKING SPOTS TO THE NORTH OF THE BUILDING THAT'S THERE NOW. AND THERE WILL BE A ADA PATH WITH SIDEWALKS TO EACH OF THE BUILDINGS. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME SIDEWALK THAT WE'RE ADDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE ALONG ELDER HILL, JUST FOR ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN ACCESS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN COORDINATING WITH TEXDOT. THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CROSSWALK THAT WAS INSTALLED. THE STRIPING NEVER GOT ADDED. AND SO WE'VE AGREED AS PART OF OUR PROJECT TO ADD THAT STRIPING UP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT INTERSECTION WITH 12 AND ELDER HILL RIGHT THERE. SO AND THEN THERE IS EXISTING STRIPING THAT RUNS NORTH SOUTH ON ELDER HILL. THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ELDER HILL, BUT THERE IS A STOP SIGN AND THEN AN EXISTING CROSSWALK THERE. THAT PROMPTS ANOTHER QUESTION FOR ME THOUGH. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD ISSUES, ESPECIALLY ON COUNTY ROADWAYS WHERE WE CANNOT WE CANNOT ESTABLISH A CROSSWALK WITHOUT ADA RAMP COMPLIANCE. WOULD YOU ALL BE PUTTING IN IS I'M LOOKING AT AARON ON THIS. WE RAN INTO THIS IN BELLE TERRE AS WELL. WOULD YOU ALL BE PUTTING IN THAT ADA ACCESSIBILITY ON THOSE CORNERS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN DO THAT STRIPING SO THAT STRIPING CAN BE DONE. WE HAD REQUESTED THAT WE DO ONE ON THE, I KEEP TALKING IN DIRECTIONS, BUT THE THE NORTH EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION THAT WE'LL BE ADDING A RAMP THERE. HAYS COUNTY YOU KNOW, THAT WAS NEVER A REQUEST, BUT I THINK WE'RE WE'RE OPEN TO THAT AGAIN. IT WOULD JUST BE A A RAMP THAT KIND OF LEADS TO NOWHERE BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE A SIDEWALK ON THAT. YEAH. THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN POINTLESS, MEANINGLESS BUREAUCRATIC REQUESTS THAT LEAD TO NOTHING BUT A WASTE OF MONEY FOR THE DEVELOPER. I AM ALL ON BOARD, BUT I WANTED TO ASK A LITTLE FURTHER CLARIFICATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER. ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS ALONG THE STREET'S EDGE OR WITHIN THE OPERATION ITSELF? ME? YEAH. WITHIN THE STREET'S EDGE. I MEAN, IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PARK ON THE STREET AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I WANTED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT QUESTION. SIDEWALKS SPECIFICALLY. I UNDERSTAND THE ADA COMPONENT. THANK YOU SIR. SHE'S ASKING MORE. ARE THERE PLANS TO BUILD A SIDEWALK ALONG THE STREET? SAY YOUR STOREFRONT SO THAT PEOPLE COULD HAVE EASIER UNDERSTANDING AND ACCESS? YEAH, THERE WILL BE A SIDEWALK. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE CONTAINED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT WILL BE ADJACENT TO. TO THE STREET? YES. OKAY, COOL. ERIN. GO AHEAD. YES. AND ERIN, THANK YOU. AARON JONES, HAYS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR. SO BOTH OF THE CROSSWALKS ON ON THAT INTERSECTION ARE ACTUALLY WERE PLACED BY TXDOT. I KNOW THE, THE DRIFTWOOD GROUP THERE HAD REQUESTED FROM TXDOT TO PUT THE ONE THAT'S ON ELDER HILL AND THE OTHER, THEY, THEY KIND OF COORDINATED IT WITH THEIR TRAFFIC. THEY ADDED SOME LIGHTS THERE ON IT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ADA. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA. I KNOW THE COMMUNITY CHURCH, I BELIEVE OWNS THE PROPERTY ACROSS FROM IT. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THAT CROSSWALK WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR IT. SO IT MIGHT BE A GOOD CONCESSION TO AT LEAST HAVE THAT, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE EXPANDING THAT INTO THAT IN THE COMMUNITY CHURCH THERE ON THAT PROPERTY. BUT THAT'D JUST BE A GOOD, GOOD CONCESSION ON THAT. [02:15:04] THANK YOU. AND COMMISSIONER HAMMEL, SINCE YOU WERE THERE, LET'S EMPTY OUR POCKETS OF THE CONCERNS, BECAUSE I. I PROMISE YOU, I'M THE COUNTY WIDE REPRESENTATIVE. AS SOON AS I LEAVE THIS COURTROOM, PEOPLE ARE WATCHING AND MY PHONE WILL START TO RING. WHY DIDN'T OR WHY DID OVER AND OVER ON 12 DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO I WANT US TO EMPTY OUR POCKETS HERE IN THE PUBLIC SO EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION, WHAT'S ON THE TABLE AND HOW WE WENT THROUGH IT. SO COMMISSIONER HAMMEL WHAT OTHER THINGS DID YOU HEAR THAT MAY HAVE BEEN POINTS OF CONCERN OR ANYTHING WE COULD ADDRESS AT THE NEIGHBORS MAY HAVE SAID, OH, I'M NOT VERY HAPPY WITH OR A STICKY POINT. WELL, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BUILD AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO LEASE TO BE MANAGED BY A THIRD PARTY. CORRECT. BACK TO YOU. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO WHAT ASSURANCES ARE YOU PUTTING IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RUN EFFICIENTLY WITH THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTEREST IN MIND AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? WE ARE THE THIRD PARTY, SO WE'RE WE'RE LEASING TO OURSELVES. SO IT'LL BE A THERE WILL BE A PROPERTY HOLDING COMPANY THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY, AND THEN AN OPERATING COMPANY WHICH WILL BE A PART OF ON BOTH SIDES. YOU WILL YOU RELEASING IT TO YOURSELF? YEAH. OKAY. YEP. OKAY. GOOD. WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? COMMISSIONER. LET'S LET'S KEEP SHAKING IT OUT SO WE CAN GET IT ALL OUT IN THE OPEN. THAT'S ALL. THE ONE THING THAT I AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD AND I MENTIONED THIS AT THE, AT THE HISTORIC CONSERVATION SOCIETY MEETING AS WELL, IS THAT THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS SOMETHING THAT. WE'RE GETTING OUTSIDE THE TWO VARIANCE REQUEST. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THERE ARE, THIS IS JUST WOULD JUST BE THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT TEXDOT AND OTHERS ARE HAVING TO ADDRESS WITH THIS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY EITHER GIVEN APPROVAL FOR, OR THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH WHAT THEY THINK THE BEST CASE SCENARIO IS. SO I FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THESE GUYS AGAIN, OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AS IT MOVES FORWARD BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO COMMISSIONER HAMMERS POINT. THERE ARE OTHER CONCERNS THERE. BUT SITTING THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION I GUESS A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, TWO WEEKS AGO I COULD NOT HAVE FLESHED OUT THOSE ISSUES AS WELL AS THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE DOZENS OF RESIDENTS FROM THE AREA AND THEY STILL CAME BACK ON THE, ON THE VARIANCE THAT WAS BEING REQUESTED WITH OVERWHELMING SUPPORT. SO, SO OWNER, OPERATOR OVERALL SUPPORT. THE VARIANCE IS UNCONVENTIONAL, BUT APPARENTLY SUPPORTED. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ASK BEFORE WE CALL THE VOTE? YEAH, I DO JUDGE. SO BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS MENTIONED I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMING OF THIS IS. I, YOU KNOW, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT TODAY, BUT IF THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, COME FIRST BEFORE THESE TWO ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ORDER WOULD BE, BUT ANYWAY, IF WE CAN ADDRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THE CONCERNS THAT WERE JUST MENTIONED. BY THE RESIDENT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, TO ENSURE THAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE BEING ADDRESSED. SO I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT. I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY FINE WITH THAT. COMMISSIONER. I JUST DON'T KNOW THE TIMING WITH THE, WITH THE FAMILY, HOW QUICKLY THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD OR NOT MOVE FORWARD. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WOULD WE HAVE A STANDARDIZED D A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. I HELPED DEVELOP THAT ALONG WITH OUR OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL OR PARDON ME, OUR, OUR CIVIL DIVISION. CIVIL DIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT YOU MAY NOT WANT. THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT YOU, YOU MAY WANT. BUT WE CAN NEGOTIATE THAT AND WORK THROUGH THAT. AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT AND BRING IT BACK. I THINK THE QUESTION BECOMES, DO WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THEN COME BACK? AND IT'S STILL UNACCEPTABLE WITH THAT, WITH WITH THAT VARIANCE IN THERE? WELL, AND I MEAN, IT MAY, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MY CONCERN, AS I MENTIONED, IS THE EXTENSIVE, YOU KNOW VARIANCE TO THE SEPTIC, BUT YOU'RE STILL ADDRESSING RESIDENTS CONCERNS AND ASSURING THAT THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE AND IMPLEMENTED, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT IF IT GETS PASSED. I HAVE A SMALL UNDERSTANDING OF BUSINESS AS A LIFELONG BUSINESS OWNER. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I BELIEVE WHEN IT'S PRESSING AND URGENT AND IMPORTANT, YOU COULD KNOCK THAT BABY OUT AND HONESTLY GO CRAZY. 48 HOURS. IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU WOULDN'T READ THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND GET IT BACK ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM? [02:20:01] OR DO WE EVEN NEED TO BRING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR APPROVAL? YES, WE HAVE TO BECAUSE IT WOULD INCLUDE THE VARIANCES IN IT. RIGHT ON. AND SO YEAH, THAT MAKES IT LEGAL. SO HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? COMMISSIONER. WELL, MY QUESTION IS THIS. I THINK ON THE I THINK JUST READING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COURT ON THE, ON THE SEPTIC VARIANCE, I DON'T THINK THAT. I WOULD, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BRING THAT BACK AS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE SECONDARY VARIANCE, THE SETBACK VARIANCE, WE CAN BRING THAT BACK AS WELL. OR WE COULD VOTE ON IT TODAY. AND I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO THAT, IT MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OF IT. SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE GO AHEAD AND TABLE THE, THE SEPTIC AGREEMENT TODAY OR THE SEPTIC VARIANCE TODAY AND ASKED TO BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT COURT SESSION WITH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE SETBACK VARIANCE. GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER IT TODAY. AND SO AS A GOOD FAITH EFFORT OF THIS COURT, I WILL CALL A VOTE FOR THE SETBACK VARIANCE. AND WE WILL TABLE THE SEPTIC VARIANCE TO COME BACK WITH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IRONED OUT. AND JUST UNDERSTAND THE ROADMAP THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON. I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY THAT WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON IS ITEM K NINE. SO WE ARE TABLING THE VARIANCE AND WE ARE VOTING ON THE SETBACK. AND THE SEPTIC VARIANCE WILL COME BACK WITH A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SO THAT THEY CAN BE VOTED ON TOGETHER AT THAT DATE. OKAY. AND JUDGE, I WOULD JUST ASK, DOES TRANSPORTATION AND OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAVE A COMMENT TO IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AGREEMENT? I MEAN, THAT VARIANCE, WHAT DOES IT DO TO YOU? OKAY, WITH THE THE WAY I'M SPLITTING THE VOTE, YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT? IS THERE ANY ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF BY MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS VARIANCE? THE ITEM FOR CANINE IS A BUILDING LINE SETBACK VARIANCE REQUEST. AND IF WE PROVE THAT THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ISSUE THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZATION. HOWEVER, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO ISSUE THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZATION UNLESS WE KNOW THAT THE PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VARIANCE REQUEST. YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. GREAT QUESTION. COMMISSIONER. GREAT ANSWER, ERIC. SO WE TABLE THEM BOTH OR WHAT ARE WE DOING? I WOULD SAY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TABLE. I WOULD GO AHEAD AND WE'LL JUST TABLE BOTH OF THEM AND HAVE BOTH OF THEM AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. COMMISSIONER SMITH YOU CAN GET IT TO THEM QUICKLY. YEAH. WELL, CHASE, I ASSUME THAT YOU CAN GET THE THE JUST BOILERPLATE LANGUAGE TO THEM BEFORE THEY LEAVE TODAY. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. PERFECT. ROXANNE, PLEASE OPEN THE REST OF THE SLATE. CONSENT. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. DO YOU WANT ME TO? DO I NEED TO TELL THE JUDGE? I HOPE THIS ISN'T ALL OF THE SLATE OF CONSENT THAT IS LEFT TO OPEN AND JUDGE, MAY I JUST SAY I HOPE THIS ISN'T TAKEN AS DELAYING THE VOTE? AS YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN PORTRAYED. I THINK YOU PROVIDED WONDERFUL DIRECTION. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. SUPER, SUPER SOUND. OKAY. WELL DONE. BUT I THOUGHT WE STARTED DOING OKAY WITH THAT DIRECTION. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CONSENT ITEMS G ONE. NO, NO, NO, JUST WE'RE NOT READING THEM ANYMORE. ONE BY ONE. OKAY. HOW ABOUT I GO THIS WAY? LET ME LET ME RESTRUCTURE IT FOR YOU. I MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. SECOND. SECOND. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. SORRY ABOUT THE CONFUSION. I UNDERSTAND NOW WHY THERE WAS THE TALK. OKAY, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY MAKING A MOTION TO OPEN THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS A SLATE. [G. CONSENT ITEMS ] ARE THERE ANY THAT ANYONE WANTS TO PULL FOR COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL? I. THINK I'M GOOD. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. THAT'S HOW WE DO IT. ROXANNE. SHAZAM! OKAY, SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED CONSENT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ROADS. I ONE, PLEASE I ONE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT 2026 [I.1. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement (2026-PSA-31) between Hays County and Ardurra Group, Inc. to provide engineering design services for the Old Kyle Road project in Precinct 3. HAMMER/A.JONES ] PSA DASH 31 BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND ADORA GROUP, INC. TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE OLD KYLE ROAD PROJECT IN PRECINCT THREE. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? [02:25:03] THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS DESIGN FOR A WHILE NOW, SO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES, COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. EYE TO EYE, TOO. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. [I.2. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement (2026-PSA-35) between Hays County and B2Z Engineering, LLC to provide Construction, Engineering, and Inspection Services for the Low Water Crossing at Bear Creek project in Precinct 4 and amend the budget accordingly. SMITH/A.JONES ] 2026 PSA 35 BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND B2Z ENGINEERING LLC TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE LOW WATER CROSSING AT BEAR CREEK PROJECT IN PRECINCT FOUR AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. SO MOVED. SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER, I WOULD JUST SAY THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF A 2016 ROAD BOND PROJECT. WE FINALLY HAVE ALL THE UTILIZATION OUT OF THE WAY AND UNFORTUNATELY WE. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE CONTACTED BY PC LAST WEEK OR WEEK BEFORE. LETTING US KNOW THAT THEY'RE PUTTING NEW POLES IN THE WAY. AND SO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THAT. BUT JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS DONE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES. COMMISSIONER HAMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. I3 I3. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. [I. 3. Discussion and possible action to adopt a Resolution of Support for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) submission to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) 2028-2031 grant applications for the US 290 West (RM 1826 to Rob Shelton Blvd), RM 12 (Hamilton Pool Road to RM 150), and RM 1826 (US 290 to RM 150) projects in Precinct 4. SMITH/A.JONES] TXDOT. SUBMISSION TO THE CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. CAMPO 2028 DASH 2031 GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THE US. 290 WEST. RM 1826 TO ROB SHELTON BOULEVARD, RM 12 HAMILTON POOL ROAD TO RM 150 AND RM 1826 US 290 TO RM 150. PROJECTS IN PRECINCT FOUR. SO MOVED. SECOND. JUDGE. THIS IS JUST A TEX. DOT IS ACTUALLY APPLYING TO CAMPO FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR PLANNING ON THESE PROJECTS AND THEY ASK FOR OUR SUPPORT AND IS A GOOD PARTNER. WE SAID, I THOUGHT WE SHOULD DO IT. YOU GOT IT. CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. FOUR, PLEASE. I FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF ALFRED BENESCH AND COMPANY BENESCH TO [I.4. Discussion and possible action to approve the selection of Alfred Benesch & Company (Benesch) to provide design services for the Old San Antonio Road project in Precinct 4; and authorize staff and counsel to negotiate a contract. SMITH/A.JONES] PROVIDE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD PROJECT IN PRECINCT FOUR AND AUTHORIZED STAFF AND COUNCIL TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. SO MOVED. SECOND. THIS IS A ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY OF BUDA, WHICH WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES, COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. J1J1P-2720PC. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING CYPRESS CREEK ACRES REPLAT OF LOT [J.1. PLN-2720-PC; Hold a Public Hearing regarding Cypress Creek Acres, Replat of Lot 48 & 49-B, Replat. HAMMER/BOUTTE] 48 AND 49 BE REPLACED. I AM OPENING THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. I SEE NO MOVEMENT. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT, COLBY, TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS COLBY MAHUCHIKH WITH THE HAYS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNING DIVISION SENIOR PLANNER. THIS ITEM ONLY COME INTO COURT TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING. NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. ONCE REVIEW IS COMPLETE AND ALL DEFICIENCIES CLEARED, THE ITEM WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO COURT FOR OFFICIAL ACTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE ALONG THE K IN ORDER. FINE WITH ME. 2K2 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A TERMINATION NOTICE TO TEXAS HELPS FORMALLY EVOKE WELLNESS RELATED TO OUTPATIENT SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES FOR THE ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAM. SECOND, AND THIS IS JUST A SHIFTING FOCUS. WE'RE NOT COUNSELING OUR SERVICES. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. THREE. ARE WE ON FOUR? YEP. 4K FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR MARIO GARCIA TO TAKE HOME A COUNTY ISSUED VEHICLE TO HIS RESIDENCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY. SO MOVED. SECOND, IF THERE'S ONLY ONE MILE FROM OUR STANDARD, WE ALL AGREE. CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES, COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. FIVE ALREADY DID. SIX. SORRY, MY MARKINGS AREN'T KEEPING UP. K SIX. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH ONE NEW AOT PROGRAM CASE MANAGER GRADE 120, [K.6. Discussion and possible action to establish one new AOT Program Case Manager grade 120, effective February 3, 2026; authorize the necessary equipment purchases with a not-to-exceed amount of $2,734.00 within the County Courts at Law budget, and amend the budget accordingly. INGALSBE/BROWN/GRANJENO] EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026. AUTHORIZE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT PURCHASES WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $2,734 WITHIN THE COUNTY COURTS AT LAW, BUDGET AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. SO MOVED. SECOND, THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS IT WAS CONFLICTING WITH NUMBERS. THIS AGENDA ITEM STANDING ALONE. LOOKS LIKE IT'S A $2,000 AGENDA ITEM, BUT IN THE BACKUP IT SAYS $55,000. [02:30:05] SO WHEN WE CRAFT AGENDA ITEMS I WOULD JUST LIKE THAT YOU PLEASE TAKE THE TIME BECAUSE SOMETIMES, MOST OF THE TIME, ALL PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE IS THE AGENDA AND NOT THE BACKUP. SO YEAH. GOOD POINT. THANK YOU. SO CANDICE, WE'LL LET YOU LEAD THE CONVERSATION. YES, SIR. AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR. SO IT WILL THAT IS RELATED TO THE EQUIPMENT, THE 2700. BUT THE TOTAL COST FOR THE POSITION AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT WILL BE THE TOTAL 55,000. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR NEXT TIME. BEAUTIFUL. AND THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY ONLY COMMENT. NOW, DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? IF YOU WILL JUST APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. THANK YOU JUDGE. VICE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER PUTMAN, AND I HAVE SERVED AS THE ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAM OR AOT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE PAST YEAR. WHEN THIS COURT APPROVED THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, SAMHSA, AOT GRANT PREVIOUSLY AWARDED IN 2024. BUT THEN THE CONTINUATION IN SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, THE GRANT BUDGET INCLUDED FUNDING FOR A CASEWORKER POSITION AT A LOWER GRADE. THAT POSITION HAS REMAINED UNFILLED DUE TO THE REQUIRED IMPLEMENTATION STAGES OF THE GRANT THROUGH THE EARLY SUMMER OF 2025, AND THE SLOW BUT STEADY GROWTH OF THE HAYS COUNTY'S AOT PROGRAM. DURING THIS TIME, THE PROGRAM HAS DEMONSTRATED MEASURABLE SUCCESS, GROWING FROM UP TO FIVE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THE PAST WEEK, WITH PROJECTIONS TO REACH NEARLY EIGHT PARTICIPANTS BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. AS THE PROGRAM EXPANDS, THE LEVEL OF COORDINATION REQUIRED HAS INCREASED. PARTICIPANTS SERVED THROUGH AOT HAVE SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND OFTEN REQUIRE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING COMMUNICATION WITH HOSPITALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND SOMETIMES REQUIRING MENTAL HEALTH WARRANT COORDINATION TO EFFECTIVELY MEET THESE NEEDS AND SUPPORT CONTINUED PROGRAM GROWTH. JUDGE BROWN AND I HAVE IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR A HIGHER QUALIFIED CASE MANAGER POSITION RATHER THAN A CASEWORKER. A LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER AS A CASE MANAGER WILL BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO ASSIST MYSELF WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED TASKS, PROVIDING MORE INTENSIVE OVERSIGHT IN ADDITION TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. UNUSED GRANT FUNDS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD AND PRIOR MONTHS OF THIS CURRENT GRANT YEAR WILL BE REALLOCATED TO COVER THE COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO POSITIONS. AND THAT'S AN INCREASE UP TO A PAY GRADE 120. ALLOWING THE PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN OPERATIONS AND IMPROVE RECRUITMENT WITHOUT REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING WHILE REMAINING FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THE SAMHSA GRANT. NOW, THROUGH THAT APPLICATION EFFORT AND THE UPDATE THAT YOU JUST PROVIDED, DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT IS ADEQUATE TO ACTUALLY FILL THE POSITION IF EVERYTHING GRANTED? YES. WE RECENTLY IN THE PAST YEAR HIRED A LICENSED CASEWORKER FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT. AND SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT IN ADDITION TO THE NEW DRUG AND DWI COURT, TO COMPARE OF WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED IN THE JOB POSTINGS AND OUR CORRESPONDING COMPENSATION. AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO SPEAK FOR HIM, BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS COORDINATED. MY HOPE IS YES, WITH ERIC, OUR HR DIRECTOR. YES WE DID. BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YEAH. I MEAN, JUDGE, YOU KNOW, AFTER READING THE BACKED UP AND JENNIFER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. IT WAS WELL DONE. YOU KNOW, I'M SUPPORTIVE. I THINK THIS POSITION WILL BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAM. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THIS TOO MANY TIMES WHERE THE DEPARTMENT ASKS FOR SOMETHING AND THEN IT TURNS OUT THEY MISSED. AND THEN NOW THEY GOT TO COME BACK AND EDIT BECAUSE NO ONE'S APPLYING BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS CRAFTED. THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON I WAS BRINGING IT UP. COMMISSIONER. NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. HAMAD. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE SAID IT PRETTY SPOT ON WHEN IT COMES TO POSITION AND WHERE WE GOT IT, BUT SO NO, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. GREAT. COMMISSIONER SMITH, I THINK IT'S SPOT ON ON THE POSITION. KNOWING JUST THE WORK THROUGH THE BAT AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, LOOKING AT WHAT THE NEED IS, I THINK THE ONE CONCERN THAT I HAVE AND I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE TODAY, BUT THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS COMING BEFORE THE BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE APPLICATION THAT WE PUT IN AND THE GRANT APPLICATION. SO I WOULD JUST ASK IF WE IF WE KNOW THESE THINGS ARE COMING, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO BUDGET THESE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, EVEN IF WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE FILLED UNTIL A CERTAIN POINT. WE CAN ALWAYS DO A HALF YEAR BUDGET OR WE CAN DO A THREE QUARTER YEAR BUDGET. BUT HAVING THIS IN THAT BUDGET PROCESS, Y'ALL AREN'T HAVING TO GO BACK AND SCRAPE FUNDS FROM OTHER FROM OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING THAT IN THE BACKUP. IT'S OBVIOUS Y'ALL ARE PULLING THINGS FROM OTHER AREAS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT I'D MUCH RATHER NOT HAVE. YOU HAVE TO ROB THOSE. I WOULD ASK THAT AS THESE THINGS COME UP, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL GRANTED POSITIONS IN THAT DEPARTMENT, [02:35:02] IN THAT AGENCY OVER OVER TIME. LOOK AT THEM STARTING IN MARCH AND APRIL OF THIS YEAR IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT WE MAY HAVE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF KEEP CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE ADDED POSITIONS AND COMMISSIONER SMITH IS RIGHT ON, AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING THE CONTENT AND SHARING WITH US THE LEGWORK AND THE BACK OF THE HOUSE SCENARIO THAT IT TOOK TO BRING YOU TO THIS MOMENT. BUT THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE BETTER PLANNERS FOR THE BUDGET IS THE FORECASTING COMPONENT, WHICH IS TOTALLY COOL. IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO, TO TELL FOLKS BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THAN YOU REALIZE IN DELETING OLD POSITIONS, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT'S PART OF WHAT IT'S ABOUT IS CREATING A ROADMAP THAT WE CAN ALL DEPEND ON AND EASILY PREDICT. AND IF YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, A BUNCH OF POSITIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN FILLED FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT REALLY HELPS WHEN WE FORCE IT TO BE MOST ACCURATE. HOWEVER THAT LOOKS. NO ONE'S TRYING TO HURT ANYONE, BUT WE WANT ACCURACY IN REPORTING AND YOU JUST GOT A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU NEEDED, BUT IT WAS KIND OF FOR OTHERS. AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT WHEN THE BUDGET AND AND CYCLE CAME UP THIS PAST YEAR, WE ONLY HAD ONE PARTICIPANT AND WE'VE REALLY RAMPED UP OUR, OUR, OUR NEEDS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT ALSO MADE US REALIZE THAT WE NEEDED THAT CHANGE. SO, BUT WE DEFINITELY WILL BE LOOKING TO FORECAST THINGS BETTER IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S JUST TESTAMENT TO THE MAGNIFICENCE OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT YOU'RE LEANING IN AND TAPPING THE ACTUAL NEED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING OUR COMMUNITY THIS WAY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. NEXT ONE IS YES. K EIGHT. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION SECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY CHARTER TO INCLUDE A [K.8. Discussion and possible action to amend the Composition section of the Public Health Advisory Charter to include a member and an ex-officio member from Texas State University, and to accept Associate Vice President for Student Success and Dean of Students, Valerie Holmes, as the member, and University Health Services Director, Dr. Sarah Doss, as the ex-officio member offered to Texas State University. COHEN/HAMMER/GONZALES ] MEMBER AND AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY AND TO ACCEPT ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS AND DEAN OF STUDENT VALERIE HOLMES AS THE MEMBER AND UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR. DOCTOR SARA DOSS AS THE EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OFFERED TO TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. SO MOVED. SECOND MOST IMPORTANT IDEA TO INCLUDE THE BOBCAT SPACE. WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU DID THAT. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO CONTRIBUTE, WE'RE GOOD. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES, COMMISSIONER. SMITH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. ARE WE ON TEN? YES. PERFECT. OKAY, TEN. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT INSURANCE PROCEEDS FROM THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF [K.10. Discussion and possible action to authorize the Transportation Department to accept insurance proceeds from the Texas Association of Counties totaling $1,395.64 and amend the budget accordingly. HAMMER/A.JONES ] COUNTIES TOTALING $1,395.64 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES, COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. 11 K 11 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACT AMENDMENTS TO THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW, [K.11. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of contract amendments to the County Court at Law Mental Health Specialty Court Program contracts with: A Better Boat, LLC; Axis of Mental Healthcare, PLLC; C. Nichole Mueller-McMorris, LCSW; Hiatus Wellness; Horton House 501C3; Lisa Hinson, LCDC; Moonstone Counseling; Nova Recovery Center; Revive Recovery; Texas Helps (formerly Evoke Wellness); and Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. COHEN/INGALSBE/BROWN/HUNT] MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAM CONTRACTS WITH A BETTER BOAT, LLC, AXIS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE, LLC. SEE NICOLE MUELLER MCMORRIS L C S W HIATUS WELLNESS, HORTON HOUSE, 500 AND 1C3. LISA HENSON LCDC. MOONSTONE COUNSELING. NOVA RECOVERY CENTER. REVIVE RECOVERY TEXAS HELPS FORMALLY EVOKE WELLNESS AND YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAMS, INC.. SOME SECOND. AND THAT'S THE SECOND LEG OF THE JOURNEY. SO YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. K 12 JUDGE, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND, THIS IS ACTUALLY BY BY MAKING THE CHANGE THAT WAS DONE, IT ACTUALLY IS SAVING QUITE A BIT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND STILL MAINTAINING THE SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED. THAT'S ALWAYS THE BEST. THANK YOU. BECAUSE YOU COULD EITHER SAVE THE MONEY OR HELP MORE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME EFFORT. GOOD JOB. DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT 12 THAT JUST GOT. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT. SO THIS THIS ITEM IS FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT AND THE OTHER ONE WAS FOR THE AOT PROGRAM. SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTS AND FOR TWO DIFFERENT SERVICES. SO THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR THE ONE THAT WE JUST TERMINATED FOR THE AOT PROGRAM WILL BE COMING TO COURT NEXT NEXT COURT. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATION. PLEASE OPEN K 13. WE HAVE K 12. I THOUGHT WE ALREADY DID THAT. MIKE. DID I LEAVE YOU WAITING THIS WHOLE TIME? I GOT YOUR TEXT. I DIDN'T ANSWER TO IT. I'M SO SORRY. WE DID IT. YEAH. 1312. I HAD TO PROVIDE THAT. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, DID I JUST MISS THAT? NO, K 12, K 12 K 12 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD RFP 2020 6-P01 FLOOD WARNING [K.12. Discussion and possible action to award RFP 2026-P01 Flood Warning System - Maintenance & Repair Services to Water & Earth Technologies, Inc. and authorize staff and the District Attorney Civil Division to negotiate a contract. BECERRA/M.JONES/HUNT ] [02:40:01] SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES TO WATER AND EARTH TECHNOLOGIES INC AND AUTHORIZED STAFF AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S CIVIL DIVISION TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. SO MOVED. SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER HAMMER. YES. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES. JUDGE BECERRA YES. 16, 21, 21, 16, 22. IN ORDER ONE. 21 THREE MY NOTES GOT JOTTED OVER HERE K. 21 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION AND THE EXECUTION OF ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. [K.21. Discussion and possible action to authorize the submission of a grant application and the execution of associated documents to the Office of the Governor, FY27 Specialty Court grant program for the Mental Health Court in the amount of $72,000.00. COHEN/BOUTTE/BROWN] FY 27 SPECIALTY COURT GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT IN THE AMOUNT OF $72,000. SO MOVED. SECOND, WE GET IT. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SMITH. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. 22 K 22 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION AND THE EXECUTION OF ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS TO [K. 22. Discussion and possible action to authorize the submission of a grant application and the execution of associated documents to the Office of the Governor, FY27 Specialty Court Grant Program for the DWI/Drug Court Program in the amount of $85,473.15. BECERRA/INGALSBE/BOUTTE/HALL/KEY] THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, FY 27 SPECIALTY COURT GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE DWI DRUG COURT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $85,473.15. SECOND COMMAND GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES. COMMISSIONER COHEN. YES. COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. THAT'S THE END OF THOSE. AM I RIGHT? M1M1 DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION TO INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION COUNTS AND COSTS. [M.1. Discussion related to the Hays County inmate population, to include current population counts and costs. BECERRA] THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SENDS MY OFFICE OUR JAIL REPORT EVERY WEEK. I WILL READ IT NOW. OUR CURRENT MAXIMUM JAIL CAPACITY IS 464 INMATES. JAIL STANDARDS RECOMMENDS HOLDING APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THAT CAPACITY OPEN, WHICH LOWERS OUR CAPACITY TO 417. THE JAIL'S DAILY AVERAGE WAS, HOWEVER, 575 AND PEAK WAS 581 ON JANUARY 27TH. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES THIS WEEK IS $96,965. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES IS 135 AND FEMALES ARE ZERO AND ALL OF OUR INMATES AT THIS TIME ARE HOUSED IN HASKELL COUNTY. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 35 PAPER READY INMATES. JORDAN. ALL THREE, PLEASE OPEN. L YES, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, CAN WE LOOK AT. CAN WE AT LEAST HAVE A DISCUSSION ON M2? M2, PLEASE OPEN M2. M2 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO THE BURN BAN. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU JUDGE. I HAVE PROBABLY HAD 25 RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FREEZE LAST WEEK THAT THEY WANTED TO BURN WHEN THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, IN DRIPPING SPRINGS I HAD AT MY DOOR, WE HAD 3.5IN OF ICE ON THE GROUND. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT TIME GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION THAT WE HAD WITH THAT FREEZE. I WOULD LIKE TO LIFT THE BURN BAN, AT LEAST FOR A TEMPORARY BASIS, TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT. I WOULD LIKE I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM FROM MIKE IF HE HAS ANY INPUT, BUT WE I'M AFRAID THAT IF WE LET IT DRY OUT ANY MORE THROUGH MARCH, IF WE DON'T GET THAT RAIN BEFORE MID-MARCH, WHEN WE EXTENDED IT TO THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE IN A WORSE SITUATION THAN WE CURRENTLY SIT IN BECAUSE OF THE PRECIPITATION THAT WE HAD. SO, MIKE, I KNOW THAT'S PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT. SO HOW ABOUT AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, YOU COME BACK WITH SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION POINTS ABOUT THAT QUESTION FROM THE COMMISSIONER SOUND GOOD? THAT WOULD BE GREAT. EXECUTIVE SESSION IS GOING TO TAKE US AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR. SO YOU COULD TOUCH THE PROFESSIONALS THAT KNOW THIS STUFF, BECAUSE CONVENIENCE IS NOT CONVENIENT IF WE'RE BURNING THE PLACE DOWN. I AGREE, NUMBER TWO, THAT I CAN EXPLAIN WHY 100%. SO MAYBE IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS AND I'M SORRY TO KEEP YOU, BUT THAT QUESTION IS A GOOD QUESTION. AND WE NEED TO GIVE YOU THE TIME TO GET THE PROPER ANSWER FROM THE VETTED PROFESSIONALS. THANK YOU. PLEASE OPEN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS L ONE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS FIVE, FIVE, [L. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS] 1.071 AND IN SECTION 551.072. CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE EXCHANGE, PURCHASE, LEASE, SELL OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT OR NEAR COUNTY ROAD. 133 HILLSIDE TERRACE IN PRECINCT TWO. PARCEL 1414 E ONE, 14 E TWO AND 14 E THREE RELATED TO THE HILLSIDE TERRACE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. DISCUSSION AND OR POSSIBLE ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. L TWO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS FIVE, FIVE, 1.071 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 WINDY HILL. PARCEL 41 IN PRECINCT ONE RELATED TO THE WINDY HILL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT AND UTILITY ADJUSTMENT PROJECT. [02:45:02] POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT AND L3 EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS FIVE, FIVE, 1.071 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 ROGER HINCKS PARKWAY AND PRECINCT FOUR. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT. IF YOU ARE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO THESE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, PLEASE CLEAR THE COURTROOM. ALRIGHT, WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. JUDGE, THIS IS ON L2. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A RULE 11 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN RELATION TO [L.2. 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 Windy Hill, Parcel 41, in Precinct 1, related to the Windy Hill roadway improvement and utility adjustment project. Possible discussion and/or action may follow in open court. INGALSBE] CAUSE NUMBER 25-1109-C HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS VERSUS 4303 MEDICAL PARKWAY LLC CURRENTLY PENDING IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER ONE IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS IN RELATION TO THE WINDY HILL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, PARCEL 41 AND AUTHORIZED COUNSEL AND SAFE TO TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED THEREWITH. SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. YES. COMMISSIONER. SMITH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. THANK YOU. JUDGE, THIS IS REGARDING L1. MOTION TO APPROVE AN AGREED FINAL JUDGMENT IN RELATION TO CAUSE NUMBER 20 4-1014-C, HAYS COUNTY, [L.1. Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.071 and Section 551.072: consultation with counsel and deliberation regarding the exchange, purchase, lease, sale, or value of real property located at or near CR133 (Hillside Terrace), in Precinct 2 (Parcel 14,14E1, 14E2, 14E3) related to the Hillside Terrace Road improvement project. Discussion and/or possible action may follow in open court. COHEN] TEXAS, VERSUS NANCY H. JOHNSON CURRENTLY PENDING IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER ONE IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, IN RELATION TO THE HILLSIDE TERRACE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PARCELS 1414 E ONE, 14 E TWO AND 14 E THREE AND AUTHORIZED COUNSEL AND STAFF TO TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED THEREWITH. SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER SMITH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. HAMMER. YES, COMMISSIONER. INGALSBE. YES. JUDGE BECERRA. YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH. MOVE TO ADJOURN. ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY, FOLKS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.