2. Adopt a proclamation honoring Walt Krudop for years of service to North Hays County Emergency Services District No. 1. SMITH

[5. Update by Charlie Campise on the January 21, 2020 meeting of the Hill Country Mental Health Developmental Disabilities Board. BECERRA/VILLALOBOS]

>> DR. CARDENAS WE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

>> UPDATE BY CHARLIE CAMPISE ON THE JANUARY 21, 2020 MEETING OF THE HILL COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES BOARD.

>> OKAY, TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS PRESENT HERE THIS MORNING, I BRING GOOD NEWS. THE MOST RECENT MEETING OF THE AGENCY HILL COUNTRY MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOP MENTAL DISABILITIES WAS HELD ON JANUARY 21. OUR MAIN OFFICE IS IN TEXAS.

THERE'S ONE ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA RELATING TO HAYS COUNTY INCREASED SERVICES TO CLIENTS WHO LIVE IN WIMBERLEY AND -- WE DECIDED ALSO TO CONSIDER A DISCUSSION OF SERVICES TO CLIENTS LIVING IN AND AROUND JOHNSON CITY. OUR AGENCY HAS SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED A GRANT PROPOSAL TO TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, REQUESTING LESS THAN $860,000 FOR THE CREATION OF OPERATIONS OF A MOBILE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT THIS GRANT IS A MATCHING GRANT. THE STATE OF TEXAS THROUGH THE HUMAN HEALTH AND SERVICES COMMISSION, WILL PROVIDE ANNUAL LEAVE FOR TWO YEARS IN AN AMOUNT EACH YEAR OF $600,000.

AND THE HILL COUNTRY WILL PROVIDE THE BALANCE AND MATCHING FUNDS.

ONE DAY BEFORE WE SUBMIT A GRANT PROPOSAL, WE MET -- REQUIRED MATCHING FUNDS.

>> IN ADDITION TO THE MATCHING FUNDS, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IN BLANCO COUNTY HAS COMMITTED A GIFT EACH YEAR OF THE TWO YEARS OF $50,000. THIS IS GOING TO BE USED FOR WHAT IS CALLED PART OF THE HARD EXPENSES. THAT INVOLVES SALARIES AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS.

JUST YESTERDAY I SPOKE BY PHONE WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND HE STATED THAT FIRST OF ALL, THE GRANT WILL BE ANNOUNCED OR DENIED NEXT MONTH, FEBRUARY MARCH.

WE WILL NOW PRIOR TO MARCH 31 IF OUR AGENCY HAS RECEIVED THIS GRANT.

THE $600,000 EACH YEAR FOR TWO YEARS. WE COVERED THE COST OF WHAT WE CALL HARD EXPENSES THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OVER AGENCY REQUEST A CONTRIBUTION OF HAYS COUNTY OF $75,000 EACH YEAR OVER TWO YEARS. I BELIEVE THAT AMOUNTS TO $10 AN HOUR. I ASK YOU TO BEAR IN MIND THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH MOBILE UNIT WILL HAVE TELEPHONE SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS BOTH DAY AND NIGHT.

A LOT OF THE SERVICE HOURS WILL BE AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OFF WORK TO RECEIVE SERVICES AFTER THE TWO YEARS THERE WILL BE AN OPTION FOR US TO REAPPLY FOR THE GRANT POSSIBLY TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY AND GIVE US THE FREEDOM TO

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PROVIDE SERVICE TO MORE PEOPLE. THERE'S OPPRESSIVE FOR THIS MENTAL HEALTH MOBILE UNITS.

ALREADY, IN THE COUNTY LAKE AREA, THERE IS A MOBILE CLINIC AND IT IS ALREADY, AFTER NINE MONTHS, SERVING 150 PERCENT OF THE ESTIMATED CLIENT USE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

THE FUNDING REGULARLY OPERATES AFTER WORKING HOURS AND IS AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN THE AREA IN QUESTION. THE NEXT ITEM OUR AGENCY VOTED TO SPEND SIX AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS LAST WEEK DURING FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE THREE-STORY BUILDING IN KERRVILLE WHICH CHALLENGES OUR CENTRAL OFFICES INTO PURCHASE OF PROPERTY WHICH IS THE SITE OF THE CLINIC. OUR ESTIMATION IS THAT SAVINGS ON THE LEAST MONEY INCOME FROM LEE'S MONEY PAID BY THE AGENCIES USING THE BUILDING WILL ENABLE US WITHIN SIX OR SEVEN YEARS TO RECOUP 100 PERCENT OF THE INVESTMENT. THAT WILL ENABLE US TO HAVE EVEN MORE DOLLARS AFTER THE SIX YEARS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE 19 COUNTY AREA WHICH OUR AGENCY SERVICES. .

WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A GOOD MOVE. WE GAVE OWNERS A CONSIDERABLE MORE NUMBER OF DOLLARS IN THE APPRAISED VALUE IF WE WAIT 5 TO 10 YEARS, WE WILL BE IN MORE NEED AND WE WILL HAVE TWO INCURRED DEBT EVEN LARGER. IT'S A GOOD MOVE.

>> IT IS OF NOTE THAT HAYS COUNTY CONTINUES TO BE THE COUNTY WHICH SERVES EVERY DAY AND EVERY MONTH LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF THE HAYS COUNTY CONTINUES TO BE THE COUNTY WHICH SERVES EVERY DAY AND EVERY MONTH LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF THE 3800 50,000 CLIENTS SERVED MONTHLY. OUR PIECE OF THE PIE IS 55 TO 65 PERCENT OF THE CLIENTS WHO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF SERVICES THROUGH OUR AGENCY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY NOTABLE REGARDING THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS RECEIVING HOSPITAL COMMITMENT OR INPATIENT SERVICES. IF, IN ONE MONTH, THERE ARE 42 HOSPITAL COMMITMENTS IN THE 19 COUNTIES, TYPICALLY, 27 TO 30 OF THOSE PEOPLE FROM HAYS COUNTY.

WE ARE, BY FAR, THE LARGEST COUNTY. THE NEXT LARGEST COUNTY ESCAMILLA COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF US. ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES ARE SMALL. OUR LAST ITEM ON THE REPORT, OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTED AT THIS MEETING TO HIRE AN ARCHITECT TO DRAW PLANS IN TEXAS.

THIS WILL BE SOMETHING POSITIVELY REMARKABLE FOR ABOUT AT LEAST 10 OF THE 19 COUNTIES.

IN THOSE AREAS, PEOPLE HAVE TO DRIVE HOURS TO GET SERVICES AT THIS TIME.

THE CITY HAS DONATED ALREADY FIVE ACRES OR WE WILL DO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS HOSPITAL.

THERE WILL BE 30 ADULT BEDS AND 15 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT BEDS FOR THE NUMEROUS COUNTIES SURROUNDING YOUR VELVETY. THAT MEANS THAT THE QUALITIES WE USE THE FACILITY WILL BE CLOSER TO HOME DURING THE TIME OF SEVERITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

NATURALLY, W SAVINGS TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS FROM THOSE COUNTIES.

THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO DRIVE TO THE HOSPITAL THERE. TO SAN ANTONIO TO THE STATE

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HOSPITAL THERE. OR TO THE AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL.

I'M AVAILABLE TO CLARIFY ANY CONTENTS OF THE REPORT OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU FOR 19 COUNTY REPRESENTATION I KNOW YOU DO WELL.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR REPORT IT IS ALWAYS COMPLETED ON POINT COMMISSIONERS ANY ADDITIONAL

COMMENTS. >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU QUALIFYING THE GRANT APPLICATION. I SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR AS WELL. THERE TRULY IS A COMMITMENT ON THE HILL COUNTY TO ADDRESS THE NEED. AND THE ONE THING THAT THEY SHARE THE NUMBERS WITH US THAT REALLY STUCK OUT WHENEVER HAVE MY CONVERSATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS THOSE NUMBERS SPEAK ESPECIALLY IN THE HOSPITAL REFERRALS. THEY SPEAK TO THE LEVEL OF PATIENT SERVICES WE HAVE HERE NOT JUST IN THE HILL COUNTRY BUT THROUGH OUR PARTNERS LIKE ASCENSION HEALTH AND CTM C. IF YOU SIT DOWN AND TALK TO THOSE FOLKS WHAT WE FIND IS THOSE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN HAYS COUNTY HAVE BECOME SO USED BY COUNTIES OUTSIDE OF HAYS THAT WHATEVER THOSE PATIENTS COME IN AND GET THAT REFERRAL, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY'RE FROM SOME OF THEM COME FROM SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO. THAT AREA MAY BE 19 COUNTIES, BUT WHENEVER THEY ARE REFERRED AT SETON OR HERE AT OUR COUNTY, THOSE ARE HAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS. AS FAR AS OUR -- AS FAR AS OUR REFERRALS.

SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE PORTION.

I CAN TELL YOU THE DEMAND IS HERE. I THINK THE EXAMPLE OF THE MOBILE UNIT THAT IS ESTABLISHED -- I HAD A VERY LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THOSE MOBILE UNITS LOOK LIKE AFTER THE TWO-YEAR PERIOD IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL AND I HAVE CONCERNS BUT I APPLAUD YOU FOR MOVING FORWARD.

>> I HAVE A VISION THAT SOMEDAY WITH THE EFFORTS OF PEOPLE LIKE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND OTHER INVOLVED CITIZENS, WE CAN MAKE LIFE LOOK MORE ATTRACTIVE WITH THE GOAL THAT WE WILL RENDER IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIFE.

>> YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS.

>> YOU HAVE A BUDGET DEVELOPED. >> THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SIX AND $8 MILLION IN ANNUAL OPERATING COST WILL BE WILL BE IN THE

NEIGHBORHOOD OF 6 MILLION. >> THANK YOU.

>> WE HAVE A QUICK PECK ON THE SENSES. SO THOSE TIDES WERE INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF A PICTURE, NOT QUICKLY.

[6. Presentation by Halff Associates, Inc. on Hays County’s Road to Resilience. INGALSBE]

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>> PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. PRESENTATION BY HAVE ASSOCIATES ON HAYS COUNTY ROAD TO RESILIENCE.

>> IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD AN UPDATE. SO I FELT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THEM BRING US AN UPDATE AND PRESENTATION

>> I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW YOU ARE OUR FIRST PRESENTATION THROUGH THE NEW SYSTEM.

IF THERE IS A FAUX PAS PLEASE FORGIVE US. >> MY NAME IS MIKE.

I'M THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND TO HAVE CINDY WITH ME AS WELL.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO TODAY IS GIVE YOU A HISTORY OF WHAT WE CALL THE HAYS COUNTY ROAD TO RESILIENCE. WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED AND SEEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS AND IT IS QUITE RETRACTED AND YOU EXPERIENCE THINGS AND YOU HAVE IS.

ONES WE REMEMBER THE MOST. WHEN WE LOOK AT RESILIENCE IN TERMS OF RESILIENCE ARE WHAT ARE REFERRED TO TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO UNDERSTAND THE. QUITE OFTEN WE LOOK AT THE EVENT AS A ONE PERCENT CHANCE EVENT OF OCCURRENCE BUT IF YOU LOOK AT A 100 YEAR EVENT OVER 30 YEAR. YOU HAVE A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLOODING.

IT IS MORE OF A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE CAN BE THINKING ABOUT WHEN WERE TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCE. THE FIRST STEP IS DEVELOPING THE STANDARDS AND PROCESSES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT MEANS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS REDEVELOPMENT. IT IS NOT ONE ROOFTOP. IT IS 100,000 ROOFTOPS.

SOME OF THE COUNTIES FOR THE SOUTH HAVE TAKEN THAT INITIATIVE THAT I HAVE TODAY 40 YEARS AGO WOULD BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF LIVES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. BE VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT THINGS. WHAT IS THAT MEAN IN REGARDS TO FLOOD RISK. WE DO A QUICK TIMELINE OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS OF WHICH I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. BACK IN 08, WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS INITIATED, IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RIVER AUTHORITY WORKING WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR A FUNDING STREAM. THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY DRAINS FROM THE COLORADO RIVER.

THAT WAS INITIATED SHORTLY AFTER THAT. A SIMILAR INITIATIVE WAS TAKEN ON TO STUDY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY REMAINING PART OF THAT WATERSHED.

THESE MULTIPLE INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIPS TO ACHIEVE WHAT ULTIMATELY BECAME.

FROM THAT YOU LOOK AT THE UPDATE AND THERE HAS BEEN A MITIGATION PLAN OF 2015.

START LOOKING AT FLOOD MONITORING SYSTEM. ONCE AGAIN EVERY ITEM IS PUT INTO RESILIENCE. AND PUT SYSTEMS AND MAYBE THE LOBAR COST WHICH IS THE MEDIAN.

THEN THROUGH 2016 THE VALUE AND FLOOD MONITORING SYSTEM. THAT IS A GRANT WITH PARTNERSHIPS. CINDY WILL COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS.

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>> WE WERE NOT ALWAYS CALLING THIS RESILIENCE. IT IS ONE OF THE NEWER TERMS. I THINK WHEN WE STARTED OUT, YOU HAVE FLOOD RISK. YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN CLOUDS.

THOSE ARE YOUR MAJOR EVENTS AND YOU'VE HAD YOUR FAIR SHARE. BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS.

I REALLY ENJOYED TALKING TO PEOPLE. HAYS COUNTY SAYS THE PRESIDENT FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS AND BE PROACTIVE AND TRY TO GET THINGS IN PLACE. WE WILL WALK THROUGH EACH OF THESE THAT MIKE JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT. THE FIRST ONE IS THE UPDATED MODELING INFORMED A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS. THOSE RELATIONSHIPS HELP US WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND THINGS TO DEVELOP THIS INFORMATION. PARTNERED WITH HAYS COUNTY, THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY, THE GUADALUPE WATER AUTHORITY AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. WHAT WE DID HERE IS WE CREATED A LOT OF FLOODPLAINS STUDIES.

ON THE BACKSIDE OF THAT WE KNEW WHERE THE RISK WAS WE STARTED LOOKING INTO ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS. WITH THAT ALL OF THESE BLUE STRINGS YOU SEE WITHIN THE COUNTY LINE IS OUR STUDY. KUDOS TO THAT. I LOVE TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THIS. ADDITIONALLY ON TOP OF THE 700 STUDY, WE EVALUATED FIVE PERCENT MARKET STAMPS AND FIVE CONCRETE STAMPS. AS WE NOTED IN THE POPULATED AREAS WE LOOKED AT WAYS TO REDUCE THAT RISK AND SOME OF THAT HAPPENED.

SOME OF THAT WAS ALSO MITIGATION PROJECTS, CAN WE MOVE IT SOMEWHERE CAN WE HOLD IT AND POTENTIALLY NOT IMPACT STRUCTURES. A LOT OF GREAT THINGS CAME OUT OF THE STUDIES. ONE OF THE ITEMS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IS THE STREAM CROSSING.

THERE ARE 220 STREAM CROSSINGS. AND WE EVALUATED THEIR FREQUENCY.

HOW OFTEN ON AN ANNUAL EVENT WOULD WE EXPECT THAT TO BE OVER TALKED AND WHEN IS THE TRAFFIC ON THOSE AND WE WERE ABLE TO RENT THESE ITEMS. IN THAT RANKING, WE DID USE THAT. HOW OFTEN ARE THEY OVER TALKED AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE ON THEM.

THAT HELPED US TO ASSESS RISK AND THAT HELPED WITH THE BOND PROGRAMS AND WE BEGAN TO SUPPORTING SOME OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE BOND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS ARE NECESSARY AND IT ALSO HELPED ON THE FLOOD MONITORING SIDE WHERE WE NEED THOSE FLASHERS.

WHERE DO WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE DREAMS. THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL MOVING FORWARD. MOVING INTO THE BOND PROGRAMS, WE REASONED THAT CROSSING RANKING AND WERE ABLE TO ASSESS RISK. I KNOW THE COUNTY HAS MOVED FORWARD WITH A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS. I'M NOT SURE.

HOW MANY YOU HAVE IMPLEMENTED TO DATE BUT IT IS A GOOD AMOUNT.

THIS WAS A GOOD TOOL TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND. SOME OF THAT DATA ALSO INCLUDED SOME OF THE INFORMATION WHERE WE CAN EASILY LOOK AT IT AND NOT HAVE TO GO AND DO MODELS AND OTHER THINGS AND MAYBE UNDERSTAND POTENTIALLY IS THIS A BRIDGE, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SO SOME OF THAT QUICK ASSESSMENT FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

AS MIKE MENTIONED, YOU HAVE A LOT OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS. ALMOST 60 PERCENT OF THAT 220 STRUCTURES WERE OVER TALKED. AND THAT RISK IS POTENTIALLY INCREASING.

IT IS A PRETTY MAJOR TRANSPORTATION RISK IN HAYS COUNTY.

OTHER ITEMS AS WE MENTIONED, MITIGATION PROJECTS. SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ADVANCED. LINDSAY IS FANTASTIC AND LEARNING ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AND APPLYING FOR WHATEVER FUNDING THEY MAINTAIN. SHE IS LOOKING AT THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE OF CBG DISASTER RECOVERY AS WELL AS THE UPCOMING MITIGATION BOND.

SHE IS LOOKING AT HAVING MITIGATION GRANTS THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS THE PREDISASTER LITIGATION. AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE SHE IS LOOKING AT SOME FEMA GRANTS THROUGH FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE.

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KEEPING CURRENT WITH THESE PROJECTS AND GETTING SOME UP-TO-DATE TO WHERE THEY ARE GRANT ELIGIBLE YOU HAVE APPLIED FOR SOME VIOP PROGRAMS. I DO KNOW YOU HAVE DONE SOME PROJECTS AND THE LEISURE WOODS AREA AND THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL OTHER ITEMS IN OTHER AREAS THEY ALL ARE WORKING TOWARDS. I KNOW SHE'S REALLY WORKING TO GETTING SOME OF THAT FUNDING FOR IT. AS MIKE MENTIONED, RESILIENCE IS NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT AND GENERALLY WE CAN'T BUY OURSELVES OUT OF FLOOD RISK.

WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER ITEMS AND PARTNERING IT WITH THIS FINDING WE CAN AND IS IDEAL. SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS ARE DEVELOPMENT AND DRAINAGE.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JERRY TO WORK ON THAT MANUAL AND UNDERSTAND WOMEN'S THAT RISK.

A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T WANT TO BE -- AT THE SAME TIME THAT THERE ARE SOME RULES AND OTHER GUIDANCE IN PLACE THAT HELPS US BUILD SMARTER INTO THE FUTURE THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.

ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CAITLIN SIDE OF THE HOUSE ON FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS AND HIGHER STANDARDS. IN ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THAT IS THE APPLICATION OF A COMMUNITY RANKING SYSTEM. HOW IS UNIMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS.

REALLY STARTING TO INCREASE THOSE STANDARDS AND HAVING HIGHER STANDARDS HELPS YOU WITH THAT RATING SYSTEM. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN TO APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM, AND YOU ARE DOING A LOT OF THESE ITEMS THAT FIT THE PROGRAM SUCH AS PUBLIC INFORMATION, UPDATED MAPPING, YOU HAVE YOUR FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECTS AND YOU HAVE FLOOD WARNING PROGRAM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ADD POINTS AND HELP YOU REDUCE FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. IN 2018 YOU HAD A 965 POLICIES WITH $510,000 IN PREMIUMS THAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS SPENDING. WHEN YOU ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM AND DOING THE STANDARDS ABOVE AND BEYOND YOU GET TO START REDUCING THAT.

A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE SO MANY IN HAYS COUNTY WITHOUT DOING A LOT OF EFFORT TO COME IN AT EIGHT. AND THAT WOULD BE A FIVE PERCENT SAVINGS TO THOSE PREMIUMS. REALLY HELPING YOUR CITIZENS REDUCE OUR COST OF FLOOD INSURANCE. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS STILL IN PROCESS.

AS FAR AS I KNOW YOU HAVE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH FEMA AND FIMA AND IT IS MOVING ALONG.

YOU HAVE UPDATED YOUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN SO ALMOST ALL OF THAT FUNDING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR FUNDS TO HELP US WITH MITIGATION PROJECTS THEY REQUIRE THIS PLAN. IT IS ALSO A GOOD IDEA TO TALK IT TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND TAUGHT EVERYONE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT FLOOD RISK IS AND START WITH SOME ACTION ITEMS. THE HAYS COUNTY PLAN INCLUDED HAYS COUNTY UNINCORPORATED AS WELL AS 11 COMMUNITIES.

THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITIES IN HAYS PARTICIPATED. AND EVALUATED THE RISK AND THEY ESTABLISHED A LOT OF THOSE OTHER ACTION ITEMS THAT THEY SHOULD REACH FOR OVER THE YEARS. IT IS NOT AN OBLIGATION. IT IS MORE OF A WISH LIST.

WHEN YOU GO TO APPLY FOR FUNDING, THAT ACTION DOES NEED TO BE IN THERE SO YOU CAN APPLY FOR THAT. YOU ARE ELIGIBLE AND THAT WILL COME UP AGAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR AN UPDATE. YOU UPDATE THESE EVERY FIVE YEARS TO STAY CURRENT.

THE OTHER PIECE WE ARE WORKING ON IS THE FLOOD MONITORING SYSTEM.

THE COUNTY PARTNERED WITH THAT WATER BOARD AGAIN TO OBTAIN FUNDING AND INSTALL A LOT OF THE WATER CROSSING GAUGES AND RESERVOIR GAUGES AS WELL AS PRECIPITATION GAUGES AND WATER CROSSING CAMERAS. WHEN THE 2015 MEMORIAL DAY FLOOD HIT, THE EMERGENCY SERVICES CREW HAD TO REALLY RELY UPON ASSURING LAND ROVERS. THANK GOODNESS THEY HAVE THE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS THEY DID TO GET FOLKS OUT OF HARM'S WAY AND GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ACTION.

TODAY THEY HAVE STARTED INSTALLING A LOT MORE GAUGES AND OTHER ITEMS TO BE MORE AWARE. WE DON'T WANT THESE FLOODS TO SNEAK UP ON US.

I COMMAND ALL FOR BUILDING SUCH ELABORATE GAUGES NETWORK FOR THAT AWARENESS IS THERE AND

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IT'S ONLY MUCH HOW RAIN IS FALLING OUT OF THE SKY BUT WHAT IS IN OUR CREEKS.

IT IS OUR LAND SOAKING UP THAT WATER AND ARE WE IN DANGER. THAT HELPS A LOT TO WITH SOME OF THE FLOODING RECENTLY LAST YEAR WHERE IT JUST KEPT RAINING AND THE GAUGES, THEY WERE SHOWING THAT RISE BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS AND NOT PREDICTING ARISE. IT TAKES HIM A WHILE TO GET THE PREDICTIONS UP AND RUNNING.

REMEMBER THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT WAS 25 FEET AND FOUR HOURS. THAT IS REALLY HARD FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING TO PREDICT THAT IN CASH AT AHEAD OF TIME AND HELP US GET OUR FOLKS OUT OF HARM'S WAY. SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE REALLY GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY LONG-TERM AND THAT AWARENESS OF WHAT IS COMING DOWN THE STREAMS. AND THEN YOU ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD UPON THAT.

AS YOU KNOW THERE IS A CURRENT PROCESS RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY ARE INSTALLING A FEW MORE GAUGES. I THINK THERE WAS A PLAN TO INSTALL FIVE MORE RESERVOIR GAUGES AND FIVE MORE PRECIPITATION GAUGES AND MORE CROSSING CAMERAS AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS RIGHT NOW BUT I DO KNOW THAT IS AMAZING.

SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS AS YOU SAW. THEY ARE INSTALLING A LOT MORE THESE RESERVOIR GAUGES. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. WE ARE ABLE TO START SEEING IF ANYBODY'S PLAYING ON THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE CAMERAS TO GO SEE WHO'S AROUND THERE.

ADDITIONALLY ABLE TO GET AN IDEA ON SOMETHING WITHOUT HAVING TO RISK YOURSELF.

THESE CAMERAS ARE AMAZING. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH THEM AND SEE THEM AND THEY CAN ZOOM IN AND YOU CAN START TO SEE THE WATER LEVELS RISING AND THEN THE GAUGE STAYED ON TOP OF THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE CHART THAT GOES UP AND DOWN.

THAT WAY THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE COLOR CODES CHANGE ONCE YOU ARE REACHING A SPILLWAY AND. THERE ARE A LOT OF TRIGGERS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE VERY HELPFUL FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICES GROUP ON THESE DAMS BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH A RISK TO DOWNSTREAM FOLKS PARTICULARLY THESE UPPER ONES. SOME OF THE CROSSINGS.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WEBSITES AS WELL. YOU HAVE A PUBLIC FACING WEBSITE THAT TELLS YOU A LOT OF THE GAUGING INFORMATION SO SOME OF THE RECORDS, IS IT OPEN OR CLOSED. SOME OF THE COLOR CODING OF THAT INDICATES WHETHER IT'S OPEN OR CLOSE. AND THEN ON THE SECURE SIDE YOU HAVE THESE CAMERAS AND OTHER ITEMS YOU CAN WATCH. IT IS ALSO BENEFICIAL FOR SOME OF THE ENGINEERS TO WATCH THIS DATA AFTER THE FACT AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WATER RISING AND FALLING MEANS AND WHAT THE CREEK IS LOOKING LIKE. THAT HELPS US BETTER MODEL THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED ON TO THE FLOOD MONITORING SYSTEM SINCE THAT TIME IS WE HAVE UPDATED SOME INUNDATION MAPPING.

AS THE GAUGES ARISING AND THEY START TO REACH SOME OF THE SIMULATED FREQUENCY EVENTS, THOSE CLAIMS START TO TURN ON AND THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL HELP AND THOSE ARE SECURE AND THAT IS REALLY GOOD FOR THAT EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO UNDERSTAND THE ROOFTOPS AND OTHER ITEMS IMPACTED. WE ARE WORKING TO ADVANCE AT FARTHER AND IDENTIFY AREAS OF RESPONSE. WE ARE STARTING TO GO IN SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT ARE HIGH RISK AND TO IDENTIFY AND FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE HEADED. IT DOES NOT REPLACE PEOPLE BUT IT IS A TOOL TO HELP US BECOME A LITTLE MORE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN BASED ON THESE CAGED READINGS. AGAIN THE MAIN THING TO NOTE, THIS DID NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. I DO COMMEND YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE PROACTIVE COMMUNITIES THAT IS WORRIED ABOUT THE RISK. WORKING ON HOW TO SOLVE THAT AND YOU'VE GOT SOME REALLY AMAZING TOOLS IN PLACE AND YOUR PROVING THE OTHER COMMUNITIES YOU CAN DO IT. TAKE IT UPON YOURSELF AND REALLY WORK ON THESE THINGS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND THANK YOU

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COMMISSIONER FOR BRINGING THEM FORWARD BECAUSE AS A NEW COUNTY JUDGE, I AM NOT NEW ANYMORE BUT WHEN I WAS, AGAIN, I GOT THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING A TOUR FROM THE HEADQUARTERS AND THEIR WHOLE BIG PANEL OF THEIR CENTRAL COMMAND WATCHING GAUGES AND HAVING THAT INFORMATION READY AT THE HAND FOR THE DECISION-MAKING AND IT IS VERY IMPACTFUL AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, THE VERY FIRST EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER I GOT OPEN AND IT WAS FOR DRIPPING SPRINGS WITH BOOTS ON THE GROUND WHILE I WAS AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WE OPENED WITH KYLE ESD. VERY SERIOUS AND RELEVANT. IF YOU REMEMBER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME WAS THAT TOYOTA TRUCK THAT WAS GETTING WASHED AWAY WHEN PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY SAW LITTLE DRIZZLE, WE HAD DRIPPING SPRINGS WITH CARS BEING DRAFTED INTO THE RIVERS AND AREAS WE WERE MESSING WITH. I AM GOING WITH COMMISSIONER JONES TO THE CAPITAL. WE ARE WORKING WITH TRAVIS COUNTY AS HAYS COUNTY AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ONION CREEK AND WHERE THE LAND STARTS AND HOW IT AFFECTS ALL OF HER NEIGHBORS INCLUDING TRAVIS COUNTY WAS FLOODING AND YOUR NAME HAS COME UP AS A KEY PLAYER IN THIS MAPPING YOU ARE DESCRIBING AND OF COURSE WE ARE SO PRONE TO FLOODING AND WE ARE ALSO VERY TOUCHED BY WATER IN EVERY SINGLE COMMISSIONER OF HERE CAN GIVE YOU A PERSONAL TESTIMONY OF THE EFFECTS OF FLOODING IN THEIR PRECINCTS. I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE A PROACTIVE EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE AN EXERCISE COMING UP IN OUR INTERIM EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTORS ARE FIRE MARSHAL AND HE IS DOING WONDERFUL JOB OF COMING TOGETHER ON ALL FRONTS BECAUSE OF THE COUNTY AND REGION WE MUST SEE OURSELVES AS PART OF A BIGGER GROUP BECAUSE WATER KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES.

AND SO ARE FIRE MARSHAL, I THANK YOU. HE IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

I THINK HIM FORHIS WORK AND PASSION AND THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE HIM AND THIS COMMISSION IS COMMITTED BECAUSE WE ARE DEFINITELY IMPACTED WITH ALL OF THE THINGS YOU ARE DESCRIBING IN OUR COUNTY WITH EVERY SINGLE PRECINCT. WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE WORK

YOU ARE DOING BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIAL. >> THANK YOU JUDGE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU SHARED AND I HOPE THIS HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL.

I THINK THAT OVER THE YEARS THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF FUNDING OF THESE PROJECTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED. I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO SAVING LIVES. AND SO IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH CINDY AND MIKE FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE WITH US. IT TAKES A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS. CINDY MENTIONED SOME OF THOSE DEPARTMENT. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. HR WITH LORRAINE POSTING EVERYTHING SHE DOES AND CAITLIN IN HER DEPARTMENT AND SO IT REALLY TAKES MANY FOLKS WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CINDY AND MIKE. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. ONE OF THE MEETINGS I ATTENDED OVER NINE YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT TO THE COUNTY WAS A PRESENTATION BY INVOLVING ALL OF THIS WORKS IN THE JUST OUTLINED. THAT WAS NINE YEARS AGO. WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE CONCEPTUAL AT THAT TIME ARE NOW SEEING THE RESULTS OF.

IT IS AN EXPERIENCE WE'VE HAD AND THEN THE OCTOBER FLOOD IN SAN MARCUS HAS REALLY MADE THIS BECOME SOMETHING THAT IS DAILY BUSINESS FOR THE COUNTY. IT WAS GOOD TO THINK BACK TO THAT NINE YEARS AGO AND SEE WHERE WE HAVE COME. WE HAVE A LOT TO DO AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING ON IT. I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP.

>> YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT HOW MANY COMMUNITIES ARE COMING IN SAYING I WANT THIS.

HOW DO START. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH? >> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I HAD WHENEVER I CAME IN OFFICE WITH THESE GUYS AND SOMETIMES WE KIND OF LOSE ANOTHER WAY TO PUT IT THE PERSONAL OUTCOMES THAT COME FROM THE WORK WE DO HERE AND THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE ON A DAILY BASIS YOU WANT SOMEBODY LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR BACK AND UNDERSTANDING AS FAR

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AS THE COUNTY NEEDS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND RISK INVOLVED AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE OUT OUR LIVESTOCK SHOW LAST WEEK AND ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU IS THERE IS A YOUNG LADY THERE WHO LOST HER FATHER IN A FLOOD LAST YEAR AND THE WHOLE ROOM DID NOT HAVE A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE AND I WALKED OUT OF THERE THINKING IF WE DID NOT HAVE WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, HOW MANY MORE KIDS WOULD BE STANDING UP THERE GOING THROUGH WHAT THAT GIRL IS GOING THROUGH. AND I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT THE TECHNOLOGY WE BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AND WITHOUT THE OVERALL STRATEGY THAT THE COUNTY HAS IMPLEMENTED, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD BE AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WORK AND I KNOW AS A CONTRACTOR WITH THE COUNTY YOU DON'T GET BIG BANKS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. YOU ARE OFTEN QUESTIONED OVER THE MONEY WE SPEND AS A COUNTY AND THIS IS ONE THAT I'M PROUD TO STAND UP AND SAY YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT.

>> THINK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THANK YOU FOR THE

>> WE ARE BACK FROM A SHORT RECESS. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA

[33. Discussion and possible action to commit funding as part of the "Core 4" Partnership related to a Youth Services Director position for implementation of a Youth Master Plan. INGALSBE/SHELL]

ITEM NUMBER 33? >> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO COMMIT FUNDING AS PART OF THE CORE FOUR PARTNERSHIP RELATED TO A USE SERVICES DIRECTOR POSITION FOR

IMPLEMENTATION OF A USED MASTER PLAN. >> AS PREPARED A STATEMENT.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> I'M IN HALSEY AND US SERVE AS THE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COMMISSIONERS FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY FOR CONSIDERING THIS PROPOSAL. WE APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. I'M HERE WITH SOME STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION REGARDING THE CHORUS FOR FUNDING OF USE SERVICES DIRECTOR. IMPLEMENT THE USE MASTER PLAN. WE KNOW THAT HAYS COUNTY IS A GREAT PLACE TO GO TO COLLEGE AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO RETIRE BUT IT'S ALSO A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS COMMITMENT TO AND SUPPORT FOR ALL OF OUR LOCAL FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. WHEN I BECAME CHAIR LAST YEAR OF THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH AND CHILDREN I BEGAN CONDUCTING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE WORK DONE IN IMPLEMENTING THE USE MASTER PLAN AS CHARGED BY THE CORE 4 PARTNERSHIP WHICH IS A CITY OF SAN MARCUS, HAYS COUNTY AND TEXAS STATE IN 2010. AND ASCERTAINING THE WORK TO BE DONE. AS YOU LIKELY KNOW, ONLY ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF KIDS IN HAYS COUNTY ARRIVE IN KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL READY. TWO OF THE MOST NOTABLE COMMISSION IS WORKING TO CHANGE THAT. MAINLY THE CREATION OF A FULL-DAY HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL CAMPUS WHICH NOW HAS OVER 400 STUDENTS AND A HEAD START PROGRAM. AND A DUAL LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. IN THE CREATION OF THE HAYS COUNTY EARLY CHILDHOOD COALITION WHICH IS WORKING TO ENSURE THAT OUR YOUNGEST CITIZENS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE KINDERGARTEN READY ON THE FIRST DAY THEY START SCHOOL. IN ADDITION, WE ARE AWARE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY AND LAST YEAR THE COMMISSION STARTED THE MENTAL HEALTH COALITION WHICH IS BRINGING TOGETHER MORE THAN 100 YOUTH SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY INCLUDING PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND DOCTORS AND CLERGY AND CLINICIANS TO RESEARCH AND ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR KIDS. IN CONDUCTING THIS ASSESSMENT IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT THE JOB OF CORRELATING THESE COMMUNITYWIDE EFFORTS IS REALLY A FULL-TIME POSITION. IT REQUIRES A PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO CONVENE PEOPLE, LEAD THE INITIALS WE NEED AND RECEIVED THE GRANT FUNDING NECESSARY TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THE EFFORTS OF THE CORE 4 CAN BE MOST SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG RUN.

THIS IS CRITICAL WHEN IT COMES TO DOING THE EFFORTS ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED AS NECESSARY BY THE YOUTH MASTER PLAN AND STILL NOT DONE. NAMELY THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITYWIDE MENTORING PROGRAM AND THE CREATION OF A MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH AND STUDYING THE WORK, ORIGINALLY DONE IN DEVELOPING THE YOUTH MASTER PLAN I REALIZED THAT THIS IDEA WAS NOT ACTUALLY MY GREAT IDEA. BUT THAT IT HAD IN FACT BEEN THE INTENTION OF THE ORIGINAL CORE 4 COMMITTEE TO CREATE SUCH A POSITION WHEN THE YOUTH MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED.

AS SUCH THEY APPROVED A RECOMMENDATION PUT FORTH BY THE SAN MARCUS COMMISSION ON YOUTH

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AND CHILDREN TO CONTRACT WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES WHO DEVELOP SUCH A POSITION AND TO PAY HALF OF THE COST OF THE POSITION AND BUDGET. THE CITY IS NOW WORKING ON A CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY ACTION TO OVERSEE AND HOUSE THE POSITION.

WE ENVISION THIS PERSON WILL FIRST WORK WITH THE COMMISSION TO CREATE A YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND THE INITIATIVE AND HOPE THE POSITION WILL BE FILLED THE SPRING.

SAN MARCUS CSI THE HAVE APPROVED A PARTNERSHIP FOR NO MORE THAN $20,000 FOR TWO YEARS. AT THAT POINT WE ENVISION ALL ENTITIES WILL REASSESS INITIATIVE AND DETERMINE HOW WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS.

WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND FURTHER BUILDING OUT THESE LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND I THINK

STEVE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, JUDGE, THE FOLKS HERE FROM THE CITY AND I WILL NOT REMEMBER SOMEBODY'S NAME THERE. STEPHANIE WHO IS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, DREW WELLS THE

DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. >> JESSICA RAMOS.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD?

>> NOT A LOT DAD. THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS.

THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER FOR BEING HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS THAT AFTER TODAY, A POINT OF REFERENCE IN TERMS OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN FOR HERE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES APPROVE FUNDING IS THAT IT WOULD BE TAKING SOME MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING TO THE COUNSEL FOR ALL THE FUNDING AGREEMENTS WE WOULD HAVE WITH ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES AND THEN WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR FORMAL ADOPTION OF THAT BY THE COURT AT THAT LATER TIME. WE ARE ALSO WORKING SIMULTANEOUSLY TO DEVELOP THE AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY ACTION AND FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY HOUSE THE POSITION AND OVERSEE THE POSITION AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.

TODAY WE ARE NEEDING THE COMMITMENT OF THE FUNDING AND THEN WE WOULD BE BRINGING BACK A MORE FORMAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER.

>> THANK YOU. >> JUDGE, BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION I WANTED TO ASK THE AUDITORS OFFICE. I KNOW A POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE IS A TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND AND WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY IN THAT ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE.

WITH THE MOTION DO I HAVE TWO ADD AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY?

>> IT IS A TWO-YEAR COMMITMENT AND THEN THEY WILL COME BACK. JUDGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO COMMIT FUNDING AS PART OF THE CORE 4 PARTNERSHIP RELATED TO YOUTH SERVICES DIRECTOR POSITION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE YOUTH MASTER PLAN.

WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND? >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FOR BEING HERE.

IT IS NICE TO SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS PUT INTO THAT COME INTO REALITY ESPECIALLY ALONG WITH PRE-K SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS ON THIS.

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? >> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGLES B.

>> YES. >> JUDGE. >> YES.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS A MEMBER OF THE CORE DESMET CORE 4 PARTNERSHIP I'M HAPPY TO FUND AND IMPLEMENT THIS. I'M ALSO PROUD TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS AND THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. I AM PROUD OF OUR REPRESENTATION ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I AM PROUD OF OUR REPRESENTATION IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND IT IS NOTHING AS OUR COMMISSIONER JUST POINTED OUT.

IT IS NOTHING THAT JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. LOTS OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO OPEN THEIR SALON. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION WITH ALL MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. THESE TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS BREED TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY. THE RESIDENTS OF HAYS COUNTY WHEN WITH ALL THE BENEFITS OF

OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES. THE USE OF HAYS COUNTY. >> THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE

KIDS. >> WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 33.

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

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>> 38. DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE HAYS COUNTY INMATE POPULATION TO

INCLUDE CURRENT POPULATION COUNTS ON COST. >> EACH WEEK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PROVIDES A REPORT TO MY OFFICE STATING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TIED TO THOSE NUMBERS OF OUR JAIL INMATE POPULATION. EVERY WEEK I WILL READ IT AND I HAVE FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND AM GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME YOU DEDICATED TO GENERATE THIS REPORT.

HAYS COUNTY CURRENT MAXIMUM GEL CAPACITIES TO OR INTERESTED TO DO INMATES.

JAIL STANDARDS RECOMMEND HOLDING A POSSIBLY 10 PERCENT OF CAPACITY (THAT LOWERS OUR CAPACITY TO 311. THE GELS AVERAGE WAS 565 AND PEAK WAS 571 ON JANUARY 23 FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 29, JANUARY 19 AND 25TH THROUGH 2020. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR OUTSOURCING INMATES IS 88,000, $870. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OUTSOURCED MALES IS 204 FEMALES ARE 21. THIS WEEK'S INMATES WERE HOUSED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. BELL, BURNETT, CALDWELL, FORT BEND, GUADALUPE, TRAVIS AND

[Items 7 & 8]

WALKER. WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN AGENDA ITEM 7 AND EIGHT.

>> APPROVED PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES. EIGHT APPROVE PAYMENTS OF JUROR

CHECKS. >> WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND AND A REMINDER IS ASKED

TO PULL AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. >> COMMISSIONER INGLES B.

>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> PLEASE OPEN 10 THROUGH 15.

[Items 10 - 15]

>> 10 APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF THE JANUARY 31, 2020 PAYROLL DISBURSEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,800,000 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 31, 2020 POST TOTALS FOR WAGES, WITHHOLDINGS DEDUCTIONS AND BENEFITS ON THE HAYS COUNTY WEBSITE ONCE FINALIZED.

11, AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1033 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY. APPROVE OUT OF STATE TRAVEL FOR KELSEY SHILEY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO ATTEND THE TYLER KENNETT CONFERENCE APRIL 26-29, 2020 IN ORLANDO.

13, AUTHORIZE ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR THE TOWN CENTER LOCATED AT 15 TO 10 FITZHUGH ROAD AUSTIN TEXAS. 14, AUTHORIZE ON-SITE SEWAGE FACILITY PERMIT FOR A NEW VETERINARY CLINIC LOCATED AT 31 300 RANCH ROAD 12 DRIPPING SPRINGS TEXAS.

15, ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF MR. MELENDEZ AND APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF JAVIER MAULDIN AUTO TO ACT AS THE KISS CHAPLAIN PHRASE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT EFFECTIVE

IMMEDIATELY. >> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? >> I SHOULD'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE. ON NUMBER 14, IS THAT FOR THE FACILITY THAT IS THERE.

I BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN A TEMPORARY ROOM FACILITY MOVED IN OR IS THAT FOR CONSTRUCTION?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> COMMISSIONER SHOW. >> OPEN 16 THROUGH 20.

[Items 16 - 20]

16, APPROVE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR DETECTIVE NELSON RAID TO ATTEND THE DIGITAL EVIDENCE INVESTIGATIONS COURSE MARCH 9-13, 2020 IN HOOVER, ALABAMA TO BE FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL COMPUTER FORENSICS INSTITUTE. IMPROVE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR DETECTIVE RAY TO ATTEND THE NETWORK INTRUSION RESPONSE PROGRAM APRIL 20 THROUGH MAY DETECTIVE RAY TO ATTEND THE NETWORK INTRUSION RESPONSE PROGRAM APRIL 20 THROUGH MAY 8, 2020 IN HOOVER ALABAMA FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES OR SECRET SERVICE. AUTHORIZES SUBMISSION OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT RENEWAL APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR UP TO $158,932.70. 19, APPROVE THE TREASURERS AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE LAST TWO QUARTERS OF FY 2019. 20, AUTHORIZES SUBMISSION OF AN NONREVENUE AGREEMENT TO THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY AND THE CAMERON COUNTY REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY TO UPDATE AND/OR ESTABLISH NONREVENUE ACCOUNTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES.

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>> MOTION. >> SECOND. >> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?

>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL? >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SMITH? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE?

>> YES. >> IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN MOVE 31 UP?

[21. Discussion and possible action to consider the release of the maintenance bond #0575587 in the amount of $60,000.00, release of the re-vegetation bond #HSIFSU0724193 in the amount of $22,500.00, and the acceptance of roads into the county road maintenance system for Great Hills subdivision, Section 6. JONES/BORCHERDING]

>> 21, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER THE RELEASE OF THE MAINTENANCE BOND NUMBER 057-5587 IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,000, RELEASE OF THE REVEGETATION BOND NUMBER HS IAF SEU 07241923 -- 193 IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,500 AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS INTO THE COUNTY ROAD MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR GREAT HILL SUBDIVISION, SECTION 6.

>> I BELIEVE WE HAD STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS AND I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND.

WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? CLICKS PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

[22. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute Supplemental No. 4 to a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson Inc. (JMT) for the FM 110 Middle project as part of the Hays County/TxDOT Partnership Program. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]

>> PLEASE OPEN 22. >> 22 THIS MOTION UPON POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY CHOSE TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENT NUMBER 42 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH JOHNSON, MIRAMONTE AND THOMPSON INC. FOR THE FM 110 MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT AS PART OF THE HAYS

COUNTY TEXAS DEITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. >> I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS.

VERY LATE IN THE PLANNING OF THIS SECTION OF FM 110 WE WERE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS AN EXISTING EASEMENT OVER RIGHT AWAY THAT WE HAD PURCHASED AND SO THIS ACTION WOULD AUTHORIZE SAM TO PREPARED THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE SURVEY WORK. I AM NOT SURE IF THERE IS MORE

TO THAT. >> THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE DOCUMENTS LEFT OUT THAT EXISTING EASEMENT AND THE TITLE COMPANY MISTED AND NOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND REESTABLISH THAT

EASEMENT ON THE FIRST DOCUMENTS. >> WE MAY BE ABLE TO RECOUP

THIS CAUSE. WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT. >> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

WE MAY BE ABLE TO RECOUP THIS COST FROM THE TITLE COMPANY BECAUSE IT WAS A TITLE COMPANY MISTAKE BUT WE NEED TO GO ON AND PROCESSES PAPERWORK SO WE CAN MOVE ON WITH THE PROJECT.

>> WHAT KIND OF EASEMENT WAS IT? >> AN ACCESS EASEMENT.

FOR A PROPERTY OWNER. >> YES. >> DOES IT NEED TO EXIST IN THE

FUTURE SINCE THE PROPERTY WE HAVE OBTAINED IS THE EASEMENT. >> IT IS NEEDED.

>> IT GOES THROUGH THAT PROPERTY. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION WE AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL FORWARD TO A SERVICES AGREEMENT.

FOR THE FM 110 MIDDLE PROJECT AS PART OF THE HAYS COUNTY TECH -- TEXAS DEITY PARTNERSHIP

PROGRAM. >> ANY COMMENTS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

>> COMMISSIONER JONES? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHOW?

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE? >> YES.

[23. SUB-1205; La Cima Phase 1, Section 2 (108 Lots). Discussion and possible action to accept Amendment No. 002 to Letter of Credit No. 5308 for street and drainage improvements for La Cima Phase 1, Section 2. SHELL/BORCHERDING]

>> PLEASE OPEN 23. SUB 1205, PHASE 1 SECTION 2. 108 LOTS.

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT AMENDMENT NUMBER 002 THE LETTER OF CREDIT NUMBER 5308 FIRST STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PHASE 1 SECTION 2.

>> SECOND. >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

>> YES. >> GIVE A ONE-LINER OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I UNDERSTOOD THIS CLEARLY IN THE AGENDA PREP. >> ORIGINALLY WE HAD A LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUED TO MAKE SURE THE ROADS ARE PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED AND FULLY CONSTRUCTED AND MOST OF THOSE ROADS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND NOW WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT BOND AND RELEASE THAT MONEY BACK TO THE FOOD DEVELOPER. THE ORIGINAL BOND WAS $620,000

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AND IS BEING REDUCED OR THE ORIGINAL LETTER OF CREDIT WAS $629,000 AND THAT LETTER OF

CREDIT IS BEING REDUCED TO 95,200. >> THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANOTHER COMMENTS PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

[24. Discussion and possible action to accept fiscal surety for the construction of street and drainage improvements in the amount of $843,062.00 for Headwaters at Barton Creek, Phase 4, Section 5 (Bond # PB03010406555). SMITH/BORCHERDING]

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHOW. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

>> YES. >> PLEASE OPEN 24. >> POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE SCHOOL SURETY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $843,062 FOR HEADWATERS AT BARTON CREEK PHASE 4 SECTION 5, BOND NUMBER

[25. Discussion and possible action to accept fiscal surety for the construction of street and drainage improvements in the amount of $1,175,523.65 for Headwaters at Barton Creek, Phase 4, Section 6 (Bond # PB03010406556). SMITH/BORCHERDING]

PB03010406555. >> WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN 25? >> 25, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT THE SCHOOL SURETY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,175,523.65 FOR HEADWATERS AT BARTON CREEK, PHASE 4, SECTION 6, BOND NUMBER FOR HEADWATERS AT BARTON CREEK, PHASE 4, SECTION 6, BOND NUMBER FOR HEADWATERS AT BARTON CREEK, PHASE 4, SECTION 6, BOND NUMBER PB03010406556.

>> AT THE RISK OF DOCTOR CARDIN IS HAVING TO REPEAT THOSE NUMBERS I WILL BE SAYING SO

MOVED. P>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL

COMMENTS? >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER JONES IN INGLES

B, COMMISSIONER SMITH AND JUDGE. >> YES.

[26. Discussion and possible action to accept Letter of Credit No. 1028 for street and drainage improvements for 6 Creeks Phase 1 Section 2 in the amount of $266,128.00. SMITH/BORCHERDING]

>> PLEASE OPEN 26. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT LETTER OF CREDIT FOR STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PHASE 2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $266,120.

>> WELL MOTION IN THE SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

>> JONES, INGLES B, COMMISSIONER SMITH, JUDGE. >> YES.

[27. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between Hays County and Texas State University to be performed by the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment related to the 2020 Hays County Feral Hog Program. JONES/T.CRUMLEY]

>> PLEASE OPEN 27. >> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AND IN OUR LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE PERFORMED BY THE MEADOWS CENTER FOR WATER AND ENVIRONMENT

>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS?

>> THIS IS FOR TEXAS STATE MEADOWS CENTER TO PERFORM AND THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER OUR

PROGRAM. THE $7500. >> I THINK THEY ARE OBLIGATED

TO SAM SORRY THAT HE IS NOT HERE TO COMMENT. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

>> COMMISSIONER JONES AND SHALL. >> COMMISSIONER INGLES

[28. Discussion regarding the formation of a new Parks and Open Space Advisory Board (POSAB) and the appointment of members to the Board. SHELL/INGALSBE]

INGALSBE. >> PLEASE OPEN NUMBER 28. >> DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FORMATION OF A NEW ADVISORY BOARD IN THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE BOARD.

>> I BELIEVE IT WAS OCTOBER 2019 WHEN COMMISSIONER INGALSBE BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO THE COURT TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE OPTIONS FOR RECONVENING OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE ADVISORY BOARD.

I THINK WE DISCUSSED BRINGING BACK AN APPOINTMENT WHICH I HAD ONE APPOINTMENT READY AND I'VE ALSO HEARD OF SOME WISHING TO HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS FOR A BOARD MEMBER WHICH I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH AND CAN EASILY FIND ANOTHER ONE TO REPRESENT PRECINCT 3. I'VE HAD OTHER PEOPLE REACH OUT AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WERE WILLING TO SERVE.

WE DID HAVE A MASTER PLAN DONE IN 2012 AND THERE WAS A LINK IN THE AGENDA ITEM.

IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE. >> AND SO ANYBODY CAN REVIEW THAT AND SEE WHAT WAS DONE IN 2012 AND SEE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THE FORMER BOARD AS WELL WHICH RESULTED IN A PARKS BOND WHICH WE HAVE A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS ACROSS ACCOUNTING WITHOUT WIND.

PEOPLE RE ENJOYING THOSE. WE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESSES IN THE IDEA THIS BOARD WOULD BE TO RECONVENING AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 2012 MASTER PLAN AND SEE WHAT HAS BEEN CREATED SINCE IN AN UPDATE THAT PLAN AND THEN ALSO ADVISE AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE COURT ON WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND FOLLOW THAT PLAN WHICH INVOLVES BOTH OPEN SPACE

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PROJECTS AND RECREATIONAL PARK PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY. OUR COUNTY HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE I PRIOR PARKS BOND AND SINCE I 2012 MASTER PLAN AND SO I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF IDEAS AND DEMAND FOR NEW PROJECTS. THE COUNTY HAS RECENTLY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT TO BE PRESERVED AND SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW THAT I THINK THIS BOARD COULD HELP US AND WE COULD GET SOME INPUT.

MY IDEA IS IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC MEETING THAT WOULD BE HELD AND WE WOULD INVITE OUR CITIES AND OTHER ENTITIES ACROSS ACCOUNTING TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL AND BRING THEIR IDEAS TO SEE HOW THE COUNTY CAN MOVE FORWARD FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THAT MASTER PLAN AND MAKE SURE WE KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTY FOR OPEN SPACE AND PARKS AND RECREATION.

>> THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL. I HAD SOME COMMENTS BUT I CAN WAIT.

>> PLEASE DO. >> MY HOPE IS WE HAD A FEW FORMATIONS OF COMMITTEES IN THE PAST AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THEM AND I CONVEYED AN INTEREST IN THIS ONE COMING BACK ONLINE AND I APPRECIATE IT IS HAPPENING. MY HOPE IS I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE PREVIOUS BODIES WE HAVE CREATED THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO APPOINT OR SELECT, VOTE IN THEIR LEADERSHIP AND HAVE THE MEETINGS BE PUBLIC AND POSTED AND IT COULD BE EXEMPT OF US. I AM INTERESTED IN THE COMMUNITY INPUT WHICH IS WHAT THIS SOUNDS LIKE TO ME. AND I HAVE ALSO SENSE THE WORD GO, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN CREATING AND I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, CREATING A COUNTYWIDE FOOTPRINT VISION AS WELL SPECIFICALLY WITH MY BACKGROUND AS A FORMER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER.

I KNOW VERY WELL WE CANNOT DICTATE USE TO SOMEONE COMING TO INVEST IN OUR COUNTY.

HOWEVER I BELIEVE IT IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US FOR THOSE WILLING TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE AS A COUNTY AS A WHOLE SEE THE EVOLUTION, IDEAL I COULD SAY, IDEAL EVOLUTION OF OUR COUNTY'S FOOTPRINT WHICH OF THIS IS IN LINE WITH THAT. AND SO MY ASK IS THAT WE THEN SOME OF THAT BROAD STROKE THOUGHT PROCESS WHICH IS OVERLAYING WHAT WE ARE DOING BUT TO HAVE THAT IS ONE OF THE BULLETS SO WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR ANYTHING ELSE AND THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES. THERE ARE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT CANNOT HANDLE THE DENSITY. THERE ARE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN.

I FEEL LIKE IF WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO POTENTIAL FUTURE USES THAT IT WOULD BE A NICE THING FOR THEM TO SEE AND I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEAVE IT IN WITH THAT. IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A HARD REACH TO ME IN IT THAT'S WHY

ASKED FOR IT. >> I THINK THAT MASTER PLAN WOULD FOLD NICELY AND WHAT YOUR VISION IS AND I THINK IT HAS A BIG PART TO PLAY IN THE FUTURE THIS COUNTY.

IDENTIFYING WHERE WE BELIEVE THE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR PARKS OR PRESERVES AND HOW THAT RELATES TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WHETHER IT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO COUNTY ROADS, TRAILS, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT ALTOGETHER AND I THINK THAT IS

A TASK THAT THIS BOARD COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH. >> THANK YOU.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY. IT IS AMAZING IT HAS ALREADY BEEN EIGHT YEARS THAT WE HAVE DONE OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO UPDATING THAT AND I SPOKE WITH THE OFFICE.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE HAVE AREAS, IN OUR COUNTY THAT PROPERTY OWNERS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THEIR PROPERTY AND SO I THINK WORKING WITH ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE WILLING TO DO THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE PRESERVED AND PROTECTED AND SO ONLY HAVE ONE NAME FOR TODAY. BUT CERTAINLY WILLING AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS

BOARD OR COMMISSION. I'M NOT SURE CALLING IT. >> PARKS AND OPEN SPACE

ADVISORY. >> I GUESS THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.

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WHEN IT WAS A CREATED, IT WAS GOING TO BE A COMMISSION SO I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD CHANGE

THE NAME. >> I LIKE THE IDEA. >> I THINK THAT IS FINE.

IGHT BEING CONSISTENT IS A GOOD IDEA.

THEY CAN HELP US GET THEM ORGANIZED AND START WITH TO GET THE NAMES AND COLLECTING THE NAMES. WE CAN MENTION THEM VERBALLY SO THAT ON THE RECORD SO WE CAN ALL COMMUNICATE SO SHE CAN GET THAT LIST TOGETHER. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM THAT IS RELATED TO THIS LATER ON AND I THINK WE CAN START GETTING THINGS ORGANIZED AND I

WILL LET ANYBODY MAKE OTHER COMMENTS AND PUT OUR NAMES. >> THE ONE COMMENT I WOULD HAVE IS TWOFOLD. THE FIRST IS, AS FAR AS STAFF, UNDERSTAND SHE NEEDS TO BE THE PERSON THERE BUT I WILL ALSO NOT WANT TO DO SOME ADVISORY DEPARTMENTS.

MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR FOLKS IN CONSERVATION AS WELL AND HAVING THEM BE A PART OF THESE MEETINGS AND DISCUSSION WOULD BE GREAT. THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS SINCE IT IS SUCH A, I LOOK AT THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND GOING BACK TO THAT MASTER PLAN, IT IS HARD TO DEAL THAT DOWN INTO ONE SET OF EXPERTISE FOR ONE PERSON AND SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF HAVING TWO APPOINTMENTS AND I ACTUALLY DO HAVE TWO NAMES TODAY WITH TWO VERY DIVERSE SETS OF BACKGROUNDS. ONE IN CONSERVATION ONE OF PARKS.

IT IS FOR THAT REASON THAT I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD TO.

>> I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONER BRING UP THE STAFF.

EVEN OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN FUNDING WILL BE A MAJOR ISSUE.

WHEN IN DOUBT HAVE COME UP WITH OPPORTUNITIES BUT AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO START PUTTING THAT TOGETHER OF HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR FUNDS THROUGH GRANTS AND OTHER FINANCING METHODS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT INVOLVED AND ALSO TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE SURE THINGS INVOLVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ARE CONSIDERED AT THE TIME.

>> WHICH TRANSPORTATION GRANTS AND ANYONE ELSE THAT SHOWS UP THAT IS A COUNTY EMPLOYEE, MY HOPE IS THAT THEY FEEL SOME TECHNICAL COMPONENT. I HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN OUR LEADERSHIP BUT I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN FROM MY VANTAGE POINT TO ENSURE THAT THE ESSENCE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS IS WHAT IS PUT OUT THERE AND THEN THE TECHNICAL DIRECTION COULD BE PROVIDED BY THAT OFFICE AND I THINK IT IS A WONDERFUL THING

TO REMIND FOLKS. >> I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE.

I WILL USE THE EXAMPLE. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FOLKS HERE FROM DRIFTWOOD.

BUT ON SATURDAY OR THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK THERE WAS A MEETING OF DRIFTWOOD WITH STAKEHOLDERS PIN THAT AREA SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE THAT AREA SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW THEY WANT THAT AREA TO BE DEVELOPED OR HOW THEY WANT TO SEE THE SERVICES EXPANDED AND ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WE TALKED ABOUT IN COURT ADOPTED BACK IN 2016, THE 150 CHARACTER PLAN AND PART OF THAT PLAN, THERE WAS IN TOTAL EIGHT ROUNDABOUTS IN DIFFERENT ROADWAYS THERE, 32, 18, 26, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE STARTING TO GO IN.

THERE IS THE ONE THAT MAX 57. BUT JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND IT MEETS THE TECHNICAL NEEDS, WE LOOKED AT AND I DISCUSS WITH THEM THE FACT THAT IF WE DO SOMETHING RELATIVE TO TRANSPORTATION ON THESE ROUNDABOUTS, THERE IS NO REASON THAT THESE ROUNDABOUTS CANNOT BE SERVE SOME OTHER PURPOSE. IN OTHER WORDS COULD THEY BE A PARTNER. COULD THEY BE A PLACE IN THERE LOOKING AT HISTORICAL MARKERS UP AND DOWN. 150 RELATIVE TO THE TRAVIS TRAIL WHICH WOULD BE IMPROVED AND ENDORSED HERE. AS A LOOK AT THIS PROJECT, IS THERE A WAY THAT THEY FIT INTO TWO BOXES. ARE THEY ON THE CONSERVATION PARKSIDE TO GET SOME OF THAT GREEN SPACE AND OPEN SPACE TO OUR COMMUNITY. DO THEY MEET THE TRAFFIC NEEDS THAT WE HAVE AS WELL AND I THINK IF THERE IS SOME INGENUITY OF THOUGHT PROCESS GOING ON ESPECIALLY WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION AND FOLKS AS FAR AS HOW WE COULD USE THOSE.

>> IT IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT. >> PUT A MONUMENT ON ONE OF THE ROUNDABOUTS. ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE

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CALL THE VOTE. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION AND I WILL LEAVE IT EMPTY FOR PEOPLE TO PLACE THEIR MEMBERS IN THE RECORD AND IF WE DON'T HAVE TO RIGHT NOW, WE COMPOSE THIS BACK IN A COUPLE WEEKS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE FINAL MEMBERS APPOINTED.

MY MOTION WOULD BE THAT HAYS COUNTY REFORM A PARKS AND OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMISSION SO I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THAT FROM BOARD TO COMMISSION. I JUST LOOKED THAT UP TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T MEAN SOMETHING NEGATIVE AND I SEE THEY CALL IT THAT.

IN MY APPOINTEE FOR TODAY IS SCOTT WADE AND HIS LAST NAME IS SPELLED W A Y.

>> BEFORE YOU GET TOO FAR, TO INCLUDE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OTHER PIECES I DISCUSSED.

>> AND TO INCLUDE SO THAT THE WORK OF THIS COMMISSION CAN BE FOLDED INTO SOME LARGER MASTER POINTING TASK INVOLVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY BOTH THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE AND

PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. >> A SECOND. >> NO SIR.

>> DO YOU WANT TO NAME YEARS COMMISSIONER? >> BY TWO APPOINTMENTS ARE KC MOCK. HE IS WELL-KNOWN IN THE COUNTY. I BELIEVE HE WAS A FORMER COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT OR WORK FOR EXTENSION AT ONE POINT. AND THEN SCOTT HEY WHO IS A FORMER PRESIDENT FOR THE USE OF THE SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND HAS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT

THE NEEDS REALLY WORK WITH THE NUMBERS. >> SCOTT WAS THE SAME.

>> WITH KC HAVE A CHANCE OF LESS PEOPLE KNOWING IN THE COUNTY.

>> THUS ONLY ONE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JIM CAMP.

HE WAS ON THE PREVIOUS BOARD AND WAS ACTIVE AND HAS BEEN A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF HAYS COUNTY AND ALSO CATHERINE NICHOLS. SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR PRESERVE AND GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF. I LIKE TO NOMINATE THOSE TWO.

>> BLANCO LOYA. SHE HAS SERVED ON THE SAN MARCUS COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT HAS FORCE AND ALSO THE SAN MARCUS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

SHE IS A FORMER TEACHER AND IS NOW A LECTURER AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. I WAS NOT SURE IF WE ARE GOING TO BE AGREEABLE TO ADDING SOME OF THAT MASTER PLAN LANGUAGE IS GOING TO DETERMINE WHO I WAS GONNA RECOMMEND AND SO I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE MY TWO BUT I WILL BRING THEM SHORTLY.

I DID NOT KNOW WHERE THIS WAS GOING TO GO. WE CAN BRING THIS BACK IN A

COUPLE WEEKS AGO AS A CHANCE. >> WE HAVE NEXT WEEK. >> WE WILL SHOOT FOR THE 18TH.

I'LL TRY TO MAKE TRY MY SECOND APPOINTMENT. >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.

>> COMMISSIONER JONES. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHALL. >> YES COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.

[29. Discussion and possible action to accept the resignation of Ray Whisenant and the appointment of Walt Smith to the Board of Directors of the West Travis County Public Utility Agency (the “WTCPUA”). SHELL]

>> YES. >> JUDGE. >> YES.

>> PLEASE OPEN 29. >> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO DISCUSS THE RESIGNATION OF RATE WAS NET AND THE APPOINTMENT OF WALT SMITH TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

THE WEST TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY. >> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

>> WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE FORMER COMMISSIONER TO HIS SERVICE.

HE WAS AROUND WHEN THAT AGENCY WAS CREATED. AND NOW HE WILL TAKE ON THOSE

ROLES. >> I WANT TO THANK ALL FOR THE POSITION.

I HAVE BEEN PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WORK SINCE I WAS ELECTED CALLED FOR POSSIBLY TRYING TO GO TO THIS BOARD EARLY ON AND AFTER BEING ELECTED BUT THEY JUST WENT THROUGH THEIR FINAL FUNDING ROUNDS AND AFTER SPEAKING TO SOME OF THE FOLKS I WAS CONCERNED IT MIGHT IMPACT -- AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FORMER COMMISSIONER STEPPING UP AND STAYING IN PLACE AND HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROCESS.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> >> COMMISSIONER JONES.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.

>> JUDGE. >> YES.

[30. Discussion and possible action to award contracts for IFB 2020-B04 Concrete to Lauren Concrete, Inc. and Brauntex Materials, Inc. BECERRA/BORCHERDING]

>> COMMISSIONER PLEASE OPEN 30. PLEASE OPEN -- DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TOWARD

CONTRACTS FOR IFB CONCRETE ALARM CONCRETE INC. >> ANY COMMENTS?

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>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SCHELL, COMMISSIONER INGALSBE,

COMMISSIONER SMITH, >> AND THE SUN IS COMING OUT. PLEASE OPEN 31.

[31. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Hays County Veteran Service Office and the Austin Vet Center to provide Counseling services to Veterans at the Hays County Courthouse. INGALSBE/PRATHER]

>> DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE HAYS COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE AND THE AUSTIN VET CENTER TO PROVIDE COUNSELING SERVICES TO VETERANS AT THE HAYS COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

>> PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE. I APPRECIATE PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. IN AN ONGOING EFFORT TO EXPAND SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND MAXIMIZE PARTNERSHIPS, THIS MEMORANDUM IS WILL PUT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS IN THE AUSTIN VET CENTER. THEY WOULD BE HERE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SAMARITAN CENTER TO HAVE ALMOST THIS EXACTLY THE SAME SO THEY

CAN BE OFFSETTING. >> IT WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AND IT WILL EXPAND OUR SCOPE OF CAPABILITIES.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT JUST TELL HIM HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO.

I KNOW YOUR STAFF IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ALWAYS LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND TRY TO PARTNER WITH OTHER FOLKS IS COMMENDABLE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I JUST KNOW THAT HAVING THIS ON-SITE COUNSELING PROGRAM WILL BE A GREAT ASSET TO OUR VETERANS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

>> I WILL MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE JUDGE TO OPEN THE HAYS COUNTY MEMORANDUM.

TO PROVIDE COUNSELING SERVICES. >> SECOND. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION IN TWO

SECONDS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. >> WE HAD THE BEST VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THIS. MR. PRATER HAS DONE SO MUCH WITH THAT OFFICE AND HE DOES NOT STOP AND HE FINDS WAYS TO IMPROVE SERVICE AND I'M CONFIDENT WHERE AT THE TOP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE

SERVICES TO OUR VETERANS. >> THANK YOU SIR FOR ALL YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.

>> JONES. >> YES. >> INGALSBE.

[32. Discussion and possible action to approve award of RFP 2020-P02 Countywide Janitorial Services to PBS of Texas and authorize the County Judge to execute a contract. BECERRA/T.CRUMLEY]

>> YES. >> PLEASE OPEN 32. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION 0 TWO COUNTYWIDE JANITORIAL SERVICES TO PBS OF

TEXAS AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT. >> SO MOVED.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND. ANY COMMENTS.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. >> IT HAS BEEN A PROCESS.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> SMITH. >> YES.

>> JONES. >> COMMISSIONER SCHELL. >> WE'VE ALREADY DONE 33 SO

[34. Discussion and possible action to authorize the County Judge to execute a Consulting Services Agreement between Hays County and Water PR, LLC, related to the identification of parks and open space projects for Hays County; and to authorize an exemption pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Sec.262.024(a)(4). SHELL/INGALSBE]

PLEASE OPEN 34. >> DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE A CONSULTING SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY AND WATER PR LLC RELATED TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS FOR HAYS COUNTY AND AUTHORIZE AN EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 262.024 (A) (FOUR).

>> WE HAVE FORMER COMMISSIONER KAREN FORD HERE. THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO AN ITEM WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED REGARDING THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMISSION.

I FELT THAT SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE WE NEEDED EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP TO ORGANIZE AND GET EVERYTHING ON TRACK. COMMISSIONER FORD REPRESENTING HER COMPANY WAS INVOLVED IN PRIOR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE EFFORTS. I THINK IT WILL WORK WELL WITH SOME OF THE IDEAS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER WITH OUR EXPERTISE. I WILL LET HER EXPLAIN WHAT HER VISION IS OF HOW SHE WAS GOING TO DO THIS IF THE COURT WERE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AND I KNOW I'M READY TO GET STARTED AND I'M SURE ALL OF OUR APPOINTEES WE JUST APPOINTED A READY TO

GET STARTED. >> THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE COURT. WE WOULD BE SO HONORED AND PLEASED TO BE PART OF THIS

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PROCESS AGAIN. AND RECOGNIZE THE VISION YOU GUYS HAVE GOING FORWARD WITH TAKING OUR COUNTY TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF PROTECTING OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACES FOR THE FUTURE.

OUR PLAN AND WE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT AND DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AND TALKING WITH COMMISSIONER SCHELL AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF HOW TO CARRY THIS FORWARD. OUR ROLE WOULD BE SIMPLY TO HELP IN ORGANIZE AND MANAGE AND FACILITATE A CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK AND TO BRING PEOPLE TO THEM TO EDUCATE THEM. WE HAD THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD EARLY ON BRING FOLKS FROM THE COUNTY'S TREASURER'S OFFICE AND AUDITORS OFFICE TO LET THE COMMITTEE KNOW WHAT IS THE BONDING CAPACITY OF THE COUNTY, HOW FAR CAN WE EXPLORE GOING WITH THE NEED FOR OPEN SPACE AND PARTS PROJECT TO BRING PARKS INTO THIS PROCESS. VERY OPEN PROCESS THROUGHOUT MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND DIFFERENT PLACES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM CITIZENS WHO ARE INTERESTED AND TO HOPEFULLY COME BACK TO THE COURT AFTER WE LOOK IN HERE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING TO THE COURT AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN JULY THAT

WOULD MOVE TOWARD AN OPEN SPACE BOND TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER. >> ON A HER THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WEAVING IN SOME OF THIS COUNTYWIDE VISIONING IN ADDITION AND SO IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HAVE THE MOTIONS SPOKEN THAT WAY IN THE DIRECTION OF CONVERSATION ON THE RECORD ABOUT THINGS WERE OPEN TO ACCOMPLISH. ONE GREAT SOURCE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A LOT OF WORK ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE NO MATTER WHAT. I'M NOT TRYING TO DIMINISH HER WORK.

BUT JUDGE ECKHART FOR EXAMPLE SHARED WITH ME THE OVERLAYING OF THE WORK BEING DONE AND THAT HAD BEEN DONE TO ESTABLISH THIS VISIONING PIECE I SEMI-ASK IS TO NOT LEAVE THAT PIECE OUT (I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART AS A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE TAKES SHAPE AND I WOULD JUST SEND

THAT GENTLE REMINDER. >> I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR AND I TOTALLY AGREE THERE IS A PLACE FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THAT ASPECT OF THAT. I THINK THE VISIONING FOR THE PLANNING AND VISION FOR THE COUNTY IN THE FUTURE WILL GO BEYOND THIS COMMISSION BUT CERTAINLY CAN. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT.

>> JUST SOME BROAD STROKES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> JUDGE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT FORMER COMMISSIONER FORD IS A GREAT FIT.

YOUR PASSION FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR LAND IS GOING TO BENEFIT THIS COMMITTEE AND SO THANK YOU KAREN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME BACK AND SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.