Feb 26, 2021 Commissioners Court

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AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS FEBRUARY 26, 2021 MEETING OF

[Opening Prayer by Pastor Dr. Max A. Miller, Jr., MTh, D.D. of Mount Hebron Missionary Baptist Church in Houston.]

COMMISSIONER CAGLE. >> GOOD MORNING YOUR HONOR, WE ARE PRIVILEGED TODAY TO HAVE MAX A. MILLER JR. THAT IS THE PASTOR FOR DOZEN OF YEARS AT MOUNT HEBRON MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, DR. MAX GRADUATED FROM MILLBY AND WE USED TO DEBATE THEM AND HAVE A RIVALRY WITH THEM.

AND I AM TOUCH OLDER. AND TWO BACHELOR'S DEGREES AND MASTER'S IN THEOLOGY AND TWO DOCTORATES, HE'S AN ACTIVE CIVIC LEADER SERVING ON SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD CIVIC CLUBS ALONG WITH A COMMISSIONER FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.

HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAPTIST MINISTER'S ASSOCIATION OF HOUSTON AND VICINITY, I LOVE THAT VICINITY PART OF IT WORKING WITH INCORPORATED AND UNINCORPORATED AND MARRIED TO HIS WIFE, RHONDA. HAS A SON AND TWO DAUGHTERS AND YOUR HONOR I AM PLEASED THAT HE'S DOING OUR INVOCATION ON THIS, THE LAST OF OUR COMMISSIONER COURT SESSIONS AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND WE GOT A COUPLE OF RESOLUTIONS THAT WILL COME UP AS TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND PICK THEM UP ON MONDAY, WHICH WILL BE IN MARCH.

WE MIGHT BE A SLIGHT SKEW OFF BUT I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE RESOLUTIONS. AND DR. MAX PLEASE LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION AT THIS TIME, SIR.

>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, AND TO THE REST OF COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, THANK GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

LORD, HOW WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND YOUR MERCY.

WE CALL YOU ON BECAUSE YOU'RE OUR GOD.

AND THEN MASTER WE CALL ON YOU AGAIN BECAUSE WE ARE YOUR CHILDREN AND MOSTLY WE CALL YOU ON BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR FATHER.

AND WE REALIZE AND RECOGNIZE IN A TIME LIKE THIS, IF WE EVER NEEDED YOU BEFORE, WE SURE DO NEED YOU NOW.

YOU HAVE BEEN A GOD OF [INAUDIBLE] AND A GOD ALL BY YOURSELF WHEN WE NEED YOU THE MOST.

AND LORD WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER AND STILL ALIVE AND ON THIS SIDE OF THE GROUND.

AND MASTER I ASK THAT YOU BLESS, LEAD AND GUIDE OUR COUNTY JUDGE, THAT YOU LEAD AND GUIDE OUR COMMISSIONERS.

THAT YOU PROTECT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY TOUCH. EVERYTHING THAT THEY DESIRE.

AND MASTER, THEY CALL ON YOU FIRST.

TOUCH ALL OF THE CONSTITUENTS IN THESE VARIOUS AREAS IN THE DISTRICT. AND THEN LORD TOUCH THE PRAYER, BECAUSE I STAND IN NEED OF PRAYER AS WELL.

GUIDE THIS MEETING AND MAKE IT BE WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE IT TO BE.

HAVE US TO LISTEN TO YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW BECAUSE WE REALIZE THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN ARE ORDERED BY YOU, LORD. SO TAKE OUR LEADERSHIP AND PLACE THEM IN THE REALM OF SPIRITUALITY AND WE ALL KNOW IT IS NOT ABOUT US. BUT IT'S ALL BUT.

WE ASK THESE PRAYERS WHILE WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PLENTIFUL BLESSINGS AND EVEN THE BLESSING OF MAKING IT THROUGH THIS BLIZZARDRY OF LAST WEEK. WE ASK IT ALL IN THE WATCHFUL, WONDERFUL NAME OF JESUS AND FOR HIS SAKE, AMEN.

>> AMEN PASTOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> DR. MILLER, GOOD TO TALK TO YOU EARLIER THIS WEEK AND YOU DO A LOT OF WORK ALL AROUND THE COUNTY AND WE KNOW YOUR BASIS ON SUNNY SIDE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING AND HELP THOSE AROUND THE CORNER FROM YOUR CHURCH.

>> DR. MILLER, TOM RAMSEY HERE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP, GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. >> AND DOC, THIS IS CAGLE.

THANKS FOR THAT REMEMBRANCE OF I KNOW IT'S A SONG AND VERSE, BUT

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THANK YOU DR. MILLER. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. MILLER. >> THANK YOU JUDGE.

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IT'S CRAZY TIMES, WE HAVE TO MOVE THE MEETING ONCE BECAUSE OUR STAFF DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT INTERNET AND JUST THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THE ITEMS AND THE BUILDINGS WERE NOT ACCESSIBLE. AND THEN YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HOST THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HOPEFULLY MAKE CLEAR OUR REGIONS AND OUR COUNTY'S PRIORITIES TODAY.

FOR THAT REASON WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THE ITEMS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO PASS TODAY, THERE IS ABOUT NINE OR 10 OF THEM.

WE'VE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY THE ITEMS THAT ARE URGENT TO ENSURE THERE IS NO LAPSE IN COUNTY SERVICES OR PROCESSES. AND WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR US TO RECESS AT 10:30 SO THAT I'M ABLE TO GET, TO GREET THE PRESIDENT.

I KNOW THAT ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF COURT ARE ALSO BE INCLUDED.

THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR HE WANTS US TO BE A BIPARTISAN CONVERSATION. AND SO I BELIEVE I'LL JOIN YOU ALL LATER TODAY AT NRG IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

BUT I KNOW THAT THINGS ARE IN FLUX AND THEY HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH YOUR OFFICES DIRECTLY. AND WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR FEDERAL AND OUR STATE PARTNERS AND OUR LEADERS IN OUR AREA THAT WE HAVE ASKS READY FOR THE PRESIDENT.

YES, COMMISSIONER CAGLE. >> JUDGE, I WASN'T TRYING TO INTERRUPT YOUR COMMENTS. I WANTED TO AT THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR COMMENTS SAY I'VE REVIEWED 1, 6, 50, 198, 105 AND 174.

THE LAST ITEM IS BASED ON THE STORM AND BASED ON THAT TR TRUNCATED AND I DON'T NEED UNDERSTANDING AND I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMISSIONER ELLIS WANTS TO DO IN PRECINCT I WOULD MOVE 1, 6, 98, 178, 105, 119 AND 174 TO MOVE STRAIGHT INTO THE ITEM AND

MOVE INTO DISCUSSION. >> I SECOND AND ALL THE ITEMS

INCLUDING MINE. >> I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS ON 196 AND VOTE ON THAT COMMISSIONER CAGLE SUGGESTED.

>> JUDGE. >> YES.

>> TO GET CLARIFICATION ON ITEM 6, WHAT ACTION IS BEING REQUESTED? IS THE ACTION REGARDING PRECINCT 1'S PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT OF EVICTION LEGAL AID DRIVE THROUGH? YES.

>> OKAY. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CAGLE ON ITEMS 1, 6, 50, 97, 98, 105 AND 119 AND 174 AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

IN FAVOR. >> AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND MOVING TO ITEM 326, THAT'S A BROAD DISCUSSION ON THE WINTER STORM AND WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS.

LUCINDA CALL THEM UP PLEASE. >> YES, MA'AM.

JACOB CLEMTECH, TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE.

>> YES, I HAVE SOMETHING TO ASK TOM RAMSEY, PRECINCT COMMISSIONER 3, I WANT TO KNOW IF HE HAS RELATIVES NAMED -- TOM, I MEAN WHAT IT IS I AM LOOKING FOR -- HERE IT IS, PAULINE AND MARK RAMSEY AND ALSO FOR COMMISSIONER ELLIS I SAID HE'S NUMBER ONE, HE'S NUMBER ONE DURING THE [INAUDIBLE]

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AND THINGS NEED TO BE DONE. HE COULD SAY, HEY JAKE AND CUT DOWN ON INK AND [INAUDIBLE] THE NOTE AND COULD HAVE SAID THANKS, INSTEAD OF THANK YOU. AND WHILE DID IN PENMANSHIP AND THAT WOULD SAVE INK ALSO AND THAT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY AND COULD SAY FRIENDS BECAUSE SINCERELY BECAUSE FRIENDS IS SHORTER THAN SINCERELY AND IT'S AN ACCEPTABLE WAY TO CLOSE THE LETTER.

I THINK HE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE CONSERVATIVE, JACK.

NOW -- I'LL WORK ON THAT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JACK. AND YOU WONDER WHY LORD ALMIGHTY HELP US TO HEAVEN. BUT OF COURSE YOU KNOW I WANT WENT TO A LIBERAL UNIVERSITY AND I GOT A LIBERAL DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY, HEY I'M THE MOST LIBERAL GUY YOU CAN GET.

AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA Y'ALL STILL LISTENING? I GUESS NOT.

AND LINA AND GARCIA AND RODNEY ELLIS AND TOM RAMSEY AND JACK CAGLE, THE BEST FOR LIFE FOR REPUBLICANS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT [BELL] TOM RAMSEY

[INAUDIBLE]. >> JACOB THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME, I LOVE TALKING --

>> OLIVIA RIVERS, THE BRIDGE. >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

I AM NOT HERE TO DICTATE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN HARRIS COUNTY, I AM NOT AN EXPERT IN ELECTRICITY SERVICES BUT I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE, OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TO SHARE HOW WE WERE IMPACTED.

AND SERVED FOR THE CEO AS BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATERS AND OUR DESTINY CHILDCARE CENTER WAS DAMAGED IN LAST WEEK'S WINTER STORM, THAT RESULTED IN BURSTING OF PIPES AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO 70% OF OUR BUILDING. AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA FOR COMING OUT AND TOURING THIS WEEK.

BUT OUR CENTER IS NOT JUST A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DROP CHILDREN BUT WE LOST A SAFE HAVEN FOR THE VULNERABLE POPULATION AND A PLACE WHERE OUR FAMILIES LEARN AND GROW, AND OUR FAMILIES LOST A PLACE OF SECURITY WHERE THEIR CHILDREN ARE LOVED AND FED AND THIS SPACE IS NO LONGER THERE AND OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN.

WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES THE BEST CHANCE TO THRIVE AND WHAT DESTINY CHILDCARE PROVIDED.

WE ARE IN A UNIQUE PREDICAMENT, WE ARE BATTLING THE PANDEMIC OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND NOW WRAPPED IN A DISASTER.

SURVIVORS THAT ARE FLEEING DANGEROUS SITUATIONS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SHELTER TO HAVE SUSTAINED POWER AND RUNNING WATER. OUR NONPROFITS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WONDER WHERE WE RELOCATE CHILDREN WHEN THE BUILDING IS TOO COLD TO BE INHABITABLE, AND WE LOST REFRIGERATOR AND IMAGINE THE DEVASTATION OF FOOD TO FEED 100 A DAY.

AND AGAIN I AM NOT AN ENERGY EXPERT BUT AN ADVOCATE FOR

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THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. OLIVIA IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU THE OTHER DAY, I WISH IT WAS UNDER BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT TO SPEAK TODAY AND ALSO THANK YOU MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR ALL YOU DO FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND FOR THOSE BABIES.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE DOESN'T CONTINUE, BECAUSE YOUR WORK THERE WITH THOSE CHILDREN ARE SO CRITICAL TO THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. >> THANKS COMMISSIONER.

>> YOUR HONOR, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS ENTITY TO HAVE THIS PLATFORM TODAY AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR GOING BY THERE.

JUDGE, BEFORE I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MOVING INTO PUBLIC SERVICE, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH AND REPRESENTING A NUMBER OF WOMEN AND MOTHERS AND INDIRECTLY THEN THE CHILDREN THAT WERE IN THE BRIDGE. AND THOSE YOUTHFUL DAYS OF MINE, I WAS 6'4" AND QUITE FIT, I WAS A POPULAR CANDIDATE AT TIMES FOR THOSE PARTICULARLY NASTY GENTLEMEN THAT NEEDED TO HAVE SOMEONE THERE THAT THEY KNEW THEY COULD NOT PUSH AROUND.

AND THIS ENTITY HAS BEEN SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES FOR A LONG AND BLESSED TIME. AND SO COMMISSIONER GARCIA, IF ANYTHING YOU NEED FROM PRECINCT 4 TO ASSIST THEM TO GET BACK ON

THEIR FEET, LET US KNOW. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS LUCINDA ON

THIS ITEM? >> NO, MA'AM.

>> OKAY. SO LET'S MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION THEN ON ITEM 326. COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE TRYING TO GET THESE BUTTONS STRAIGHT.

ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM I WANT TO START THE CONVERSATION BY PROPOSING A MOTION, AND THAT MOTION WOULD BE TO MOVE TO PLACE ONE, REMOVE DEBRIS SITE IN EACH PRECINCT WITH HIGH PROVISION RATE WITH MEB CONTRACTORS WITH A COST OF NOT EXCEEDING 150,000 AND ALLOCATE 100,000 TO EACH PRECINCT TO REMOVE DEBRIS BY

REQUEST. >> SECOND.

>> COMMISSIONER. >> I WANT TO ASK IF UNDER THE MOTION IT'S PERMISSIVE FOR EACH COMMISSIONER TO PICK IT UP AND RECEIVE IT WHETHER INCORPORATED AND UNINCORPORATED.

>> YEAH, I THINK BY VIRTUE OF THE MOTION THAT IT BE ASSIGNED TO YOUR PRECINCT. UNDER OUR RESPECTIVE OVERSIGHT IT SHOULD BE UTILIZED AS YOU SEE FIT.

>> OKAY. AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET THE NBBE GOAL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WITH PURCHASING AND SHOULD THAT BE A PROBLEM AND I ASSUME IT IS NOT AND THIS IS ONE AREA THAT IS EASY. ARE WE DOING THIS EXISTING CONTRACT AND RFP ISSUE OR HOW DOES IS IT WORK?

>> COMMISSIONER WE PULLED A CONTRACTOR AND THEY DO THE OVERSIGHT AND REACHED OUT TO SIX SMALL FIRMS. THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK WILL GO TO THE MWEB'S WE IDENTIFIED SIX OF THEM AND ALL CERTIFIED AND LOOK TAT THE BUSINESSES AND TO INCREASE. AND THIS IS THE BEST TO REIMBURSE DOWN THE ROAD USING THESE CONTRACTORS.

AND THE VENDORS TO SUB OUT AND WE VERIFY ALL FIRMS THEY ARE

CURRENTLY CERTIFIED. >> COMMISSIONER DO YOU THINK UNDER THE LAW DO WE NEED TO PLUG FROM A NUMBER? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE, LEGALLY CAN WE DO THAT, WHAT GIVES YOU

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>> I'M GOING TO SHOOT FOR WHATEVER NUMBER WE SET BUT REFER

TO MR. MINAMIN. >> TO BE SURE AND WE DID DISPARITY STUDY AND EACH PRECINCT FIGURE IT OUT OR A

MASTER THING? >> I THINK NEED TO KEEP IT UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT AND USE AS MANY AS WE CAN AND SET A QUOTA.

>> NOT A QUOTA, THAT THE GET US IN TROUBLE.

>> AND IF THE VENDORS USE A LARGE NUMBER OF MWMB'S.

>> THIS IS OUR 30% GOAL? >> THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN OUR 30% GOAL, COMMISSIONER, THE WORK IS HIGHER THAN THAT.

THE VENDOR PROVIDED THAT AND WE ARE ABOVE THAT FEE AND THEY PROVIDED. AND CAN'T DICTATE IT.

>> MAKE SURE THAT YOU RUN IT BY MR. MINAFY AND THIS IS AN AREA BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS IN DISPARITY STUDY IS SO LOW AND CLEARLY THIS IS ONE. DOWN THE ROAD WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW ONE MWBE GOAL THROUGH RFP PROCESS.

>> EXACTLY, I DID RUN THIS BY MRS. HOLT.

AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH HER A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT THIS.

AND WE PROVIDED HER WITH A PLAN AND SHE SAID THAT THE PLAN LOOKED REASONABLE. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T EXPECT IT A LEVEL ABOVE THE 30% OR GET IN TROUBLE.

>> GOING FORWARD, I KNOW IF YOU WENT THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS THE TRASH WOULD BE ENDED UP DISCARDED.

BUT AN AREA AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT HOUSTON CONTRACTORS ARE IN SUPPORT OF MWBE COUNTING THEIR MWBE STATUS WHEN THEY ARE

A PRIME AND CERTIFIED AS MWBE. >> COMMISSIONER WE ARE LOOKING AT REBIDDING THE DEBRIS CONTRACT AND SEVERAL OF THEM WITH THAT PROCESS, AND ASKED THE QUESTION IF YOU ARE A PRIME OR SUB, AND THEN WE IDENTIFY THOSE AS WELL. WE JUST DID ONE FOR THE FLOOD

CONTROL. >> AND THE LAST POINT, I KNOW WE ARE ON A SCHEDULE, I'LL WAIT ON MONDAY TO BRING IT UP, COMMISSIONER, IF BROAD ENOUGH TO BRING UP ON MONDAY.

WHY I WANT INCORPORATED AND UNINCORPORATED AND THE MUDS OPT NOT TO PICK UP THE TRASH AND ONE TELLING ME WHAT A PROBLEM IT

WAS. >> I HAVE VISITED WITH MANY OF OUR UNINCORPORATED MUDS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS COMMISSIONER AND WE ARE TAKING CALLS PRECINCT FREE AND PICKED THEM UP AND DOCUMENT. WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT MANY AT THIS POINT. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EVENTS I THINK WILL SPREAD OVER TIME, AS PEOPLE CLEAN UP AND OUT.

THIS WILL DEVELOP. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GARCIA FOR GETTING THIS ON THERE. THIS GIVES US ACCESS AND WORK THROUGH THE WRIGHT PROCESS THAT WE CROSS OUR T'S AND DOT OUR I'S AND GOOD TO HAVE OPTIONS AND I THINK WE NEED IT AND SINCE 75% OF PRECINCT 3 IS UNINCORPORATED AND KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.

>> JUDGE, WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE COUNTY AND PROCESS AND JOHN CAN TALK ABOUT THIS, HE ASSISTED US, HIS OFFICE DID.

AFTER HARVEY WE HAD OUR FIRST SELF-HELP CENTER THAT WE HAVE IN PRECINCT 4 AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING LAST SATURDAY -- ACTUALLY LAST FRIDAY, A WEEK AGO AND WE HAVE HAD A STEADY STREAM OF 50 OR MORE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS WAS ENOUGH TO LOAD IN THE PICK-UP TRUCK AND HAUL IT, IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO SEE PEOPLE AND TIMES MANY OF OUR FAITH BASED PARTNERS AND CHURCHES AND OTHER GROUPS ARE UTILIZING OUR CENTER. WE HAD TO GET APPROVAL OF CCAQ THAT CAME OUT LAST SATURDAY AND I MET THEM SO THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE. AND ALSO A PLACE TO HAND OUT WATER, BOTH THE BOTTLED WATER AS WELL AS THE TOILET WATER, WHICH YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN CONTAINER FOR THAT.

OUR SELF-HELP CENTER THAT CAN BE A PART OF WHAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS ENVISIONING HERE CAN BE HELPFUL TO THE QUESTION THAT COMMISSIONER ELLIS. WE ASK THAT YOU ARE A COUNTY

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WE DON'T CONTRACTORS TO CHARGE A CITIZEN, A RESIDENT MONEY TO HAUL IT OFF AND PUT IT INTO THE QUOTE UNQUOTE FREE COUNTY REPOSITORY AND THEN THEY'RE RIPPING OFF THAT CITIZEN, THAT RESIDENT, THAT INDIVIDUAL. WE DON'T ALLOW IT TO BE OPEN FOR CONTRACTORS BUT FOR VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS AND CHURCHES AND OTHER GROUPS HELPING OTHERS. WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND THAT BUSINESS WILL RISE AS THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE COMING OUT TO APPROVE THE REPAIRS IN MANY PLACES.

AND IF COLLEAGUES WANT TO SEE HOW THAT OPERATES WE HAVE INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE AND WE ARE INNOVATORS AND BEST PRACTICES AND WE ARE PARTNERS PRECINCTS.

>> TO CLARIFY DWIGHT, THIS IS EXISTING CONTRACT TO GET REIMBURSED AND PUT US IN GOOD POSITION AND A 100,000 FOR THE GAP THERE THAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA FILLED.

>> THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH DEBRIS REMOVAL CONTRACT AND THEY ARE GOING TO SUB OUT SOME WORK. SOME OF THE LINE ITEMS WE HAVE TO ADD IN TO MONITOR THE SITE. BUT DEBRIS MONITOR IS TAKING THEIR CURRENT CONTRACTOR TOO. WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO DOCUMENT EVERYTHING AND GET OUR MONEY BACK, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE BUT OUR BEST OPTION IF WE MEET A THRESHOLD.

AND THE OTHER QUESTION DO WE CUT A ONE-TIME PPO OR EACH PRECINCT CUT THEIR OWN TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AS WELL.

HOW DO WE WANT TO FUND IT? >> I THINK IT NEEDS TO COME OUT OF ONE FUND SO WE CAN TRACK IT EFFECTIVELY.

I WOULD DEFER TO MR. BARRY IF HE CONCURS AND THEN DETERMINE THAT

IT COMES OUT OF THE PIC. >> OKAY.

>> HEY, THIS IS DAVE, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?

>> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> WE CAN TRACK IT FOR POTENTIAL FEMA REIMBURSEMENT EITHER WAY. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE EXISTING DECLARATION WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSABLE AND POTENTIALLY BECOME REIMBURSABLE. THAT'S FINE WHETHER OUT OF REIMBURSEMENTS OR THE PIP AND WHETHER IN THE BUDGET OR CONTRIBUTION TO RESPONSE OR YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE FUNDING IT.

THAT'S A CORE DECISION. THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT AND FUNDING SOURCE WE CAN DISENTANGLE THOSE.

>> GOOD DEAL. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT COME

FROM THE PIP. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK WHERE WE'RE ON THE PIC MR. BARRY, AND WE ALWAYS PREFER AND I GENERALLY PREFER IT NOT COME FROM MY BUDGET. IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REIMBURSED, WHERE WE ARE ON THE PIC.

WE ARE GOING INTO HURRICANE SEASON AND I BELIEVE IN THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, WE HAD A RECORD COLD EVENT AND MAY HAVE A RECORD STORM EVENT AGAIN, WHERE WE'RE ON THE PIC.

>> WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL THE FISCAL YEAR '20 EXPENDITURES AND OUR BEST ESTIMATE 130-140 MILLION RANGE COMPARED TO THE MARCH OF LAST

YEAR. >> WHERE WERE WE AGAIN?

>> ABOUT 130-140 MILLION OF INITIAL BALANCE OF 260.

>> WE WERE AT 260 AND NOW DOWN TO 130.

>> TO GET THAT DIFFERENCE REIMBURSED.

BUT NOT SOON. I MEAN THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL ITEM AND I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING AND WE ARE IN SPOTS ON DEMAND INCLUDING COVID AND HURRICANE SEASON AND [INAUDIBLE]. IT'S A COMMISSIONER'S COURT

CALL. >> COMMISSIONER IT'S WHAT THE COURT DECIDES. IF WE END UP IN A HOLE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHATEVER BUCKET WE CAN GET THROUGH IF THE HURRICANES HIT US AGAIN. AND THAT WOULD MEAN GOING TO OUR PRECINCTS, ROLLOVERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THIS IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS BUT NEVER IS.

EACH TIME WE HAVE TAKE SOME WE GET REIMBURSE.

IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM AND I APPLAUD YOU.

AND WHAT THE COURT DECIDES, AND IF WE WERE AT 260 AND DOWN TO

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE, PLEASE TELL ME WE WON'T HAVE

EARTH QUAKES NEXT. >> DON'T SAY IT COMMISSIONER.

BITE YOUR TONGUE COMMISSIONER. FOR THE TIME BEING TO CENTRALIZE IT AND TAKE IT OUT OF THE PIC AND GO FROM THERE.

AND I THINK WE CAN REVISIT DEPENDING ON THE PRECINCT

PERFORMANCES. >> JAMES, AS FAR AS THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER MADE THE MOTION TO REMOVE DEBRIS FOR EACH PRECINCT AND NOT TO EXCEED 135,000 AND ALLOCATE 100,000 AND TACK ON THAT THE FUNDING COME OUT OF PIC FUND, THAT DO IT?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY, THAT'S THE MOTION BY

COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> SECOND.

>> CORRECTION. >> SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER

ELLIS. >> ALL IN FAVOR.

>> AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THIS ITEM REMAINS FOR MONDAY, TO THE EXTENT THERE ARE OTHER DISCUSSIONS WE NEED TO HAVE ON THIS STORM, WE CAN GET TO THOSE ON MONDAY. WE PASSED EVERYTHING.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE COUNTY STAFF.

>> JUDGE, I AM GLAD YOU'RE GOING, IT'S IMPORTANT.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, IT'S NOT INCONVENIENCE FOR ANY OF US, WE ARE GLAD THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WHATEVER PARTY IS HERE AND YOU OUGHT TO BE THERE.

CONGRATULATIONS. I HOPE THEY REALIZED WHAT A BIG DEAL YOU ARE AND WE DO AND TIME MAGAZINE DOES.

>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE YOU SOON AND THANK YOU TO ALL EMPLOYEES FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

>> DO WE RECESS OR ADJOURN? >> WE RECESS, THIS MEETING OF COMMISSIONER COURT IS 10:32 A.M. AND NOW IN RECESS.

AND CONTINUE MONDAY. >> JUDGE, I'LL SEE YOU ON MONDAY AND GOT THE CALL AND I HAD MADE ARRANGEMENTS BUT SEE YOU ON

MONDAY. >> TOM, I WILL REPRESENT YOU.

>> THANK YOU SIR. >> GIVE ONE OF THOSE BUTTONS OR

RAMSEY SHIRTS. >> SO YOU KNOW COMMISSIONER, THEY HAVE CHANGED THE PLAN UP ON ALL OF US, WE JUST LEARNED THIS

MORNING THE FINAL ITINERARY. >> LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. IT IS 1:02 P.M AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECONVENE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FROM RECESS. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY I BELIEVE

YOU'RE GOING SAY A FEW WORDS TO START US OFF. >> YES, THANK YOU, JUDGE.

PEEL WE'LL PRAY HERE. OUR, FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER, EVEN THOUGH IT IS VIRTUALLY, ALLOWING US TO GATHER AND CONSIDERING GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HARRIS COUNTY. STIR US UP TO SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE AND SEEK YOUR WISDOM AS WE GO THROUGH THE DIFFICULT TASK SOME DAYS BUT THE ENCOURAGING TASKS OF MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR THOSE FOLKS IN HARRIS COUNTY. PLEASE BE WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH THE AGENDA.

HELP US TO BRING A SENSE OF PURPOSE, A SENSE OF DIRECTION. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD BE WITHIN YOUR WILL. NOW GIVE US YOUR SENSE OF PURPOSE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU HAVE IN STORE FOR US. THESE THINGS WE ASK IN THE NAME

OF JESUS. AMEN. >> AMEN.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE, AGAIN, FOR HELPING US HOST THE PRESIDENT, THE GOVERNOR AND SENATOR CORNYN AS WELL AS YOU OVER THERE ON ENERGY ON FRIDAY, IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL VISIT FOR OUR COUNTY. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF HELP, YES, COMMISSIONER

ELLIS. >> YOU OPPONENT US VERY WELL AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IS WHY WE HAVE FEDERAL MONEY, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD IT TO. THANK YOU, YOU DID A MASTERFUL

JOB. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. SO WE ON FRIDAY TOOK UP THE

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WITH COMMISIONER GARCIA. >> I, TOO, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US.

IT WAS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TO HEAR THE PRESIDENT'S CONVERSATIONS.

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU WITH THE GOVERNOR AND THE PRESIDENT OVER AT TRENT-STAR AND I JUST WANT TO TELL PEOPLE HOW I WITNESSED THAT AS THE PRESIDENT WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE WAY OUR COUNTY JUDGE GRABBED HIM ONE MORE TIME AND ADVOCATED FOR OUR COUNTY. SO JUDGE, WAY TO GO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. THE RESOLUTION THAT I HAVE, COLLEAGUES IS ONE THAT COMMEMORATES YET ONE MORE LIFE LOST TO COVID FOR FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THIBLE TO RECOGNIZE THE FAMILIES I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION THE FAMILY IS OBVIOUSLY STRUGGLING WITH THIS AS WE KNOW SO MANY ARE AND THE FACT THAT THIS PARTICULAR BROCK CLAM MITIGATION OR RESOLUTION IS TO COMMEMORATE NOT ONLY SOMEONE WHO SERVED OUR NATION, BUT OUR COUNTY AND THE CITY OF PASADENA AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

SO THIS RESOLUTION READS "WHEREAS AS A DIFFICULT BATTLE WITH COVID-19, BELOVED FRIEND, POLICE DETECTIVE AND MILITARY VETERAN, PEDRO PETE MEJIA JR. PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 6TH OF 2021. AND WHEREAS BORN AND RAISED IN PASADENA, TEXAS.

PETE GRADUATED FROM SOUTH HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOR 20 YEARS, RETIRING IN 2014 WITH AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE. DEPLOYED TO IRAQ ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND RISING TO THE RANK OF FIRST SERGEANT, PETE WAS AWARDED NUMEROUS CERTIFICATION, ACCOMMODATIONS ACCOMMODATIONS AND MEDALS FOR OUTSTANDING MILITARY SERVICE.

WHEREAS UPON RETIRING, RETURNING HOME TO PASADENA, PETE EMBARKED ON A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE PASADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT, BEGINNING IN 2005 PETE SERVED ADDRESS A UNIFORM PATROLMAN ON THE DWI TASK FORCE AS AN INVESTIGATOR IN THE NARCOTICS DIVISION WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS TEND NEURPETE DISPLAYED THE HIGHEST STANDARD IN PROFESSIONALISM AND WAS KNOWN FOR THE HIGH QUALITY OF HIS WORK. AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO HELP OTHERS. AND WHEREAS HIS FRIENDLY AND POLITE BEARING INSPIRED EVERYONE AROUND HIM AND HIS WORK ETHIC AND LEADERSHIP SHOWED GREAT COMPASSION FOR THE COMMUNITY HE FAITHFULLY AND SELFLESSLY SERVED. WHEREAS IN ADDITION TO HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, PETE COACHED YOUTH FOOTBALL WITH THE PASADENA BEARS AND PARTICIPATED WITH TEXAS INTERCITY FOOTBALL, INC. THOSE WHO KNEW PETE WELL KNEW OF HIS LOVE FOR THE SPORT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

I WILL LET THAT ONE GO UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND FOR ALL THINGS FOOTBALL SO NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT I HEREBY HONOR THE LIFE OF DETECTIVE PEDRO PETE MEJIA JR. AND HIS SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. I'M NOT SURE IF HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN ABLE TO JOIN US BUT THIS RESOLUTION ALSO COMES WITH PRAYERS, CONDOLENCES AND KNOWING THAT PETE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN TO HIS FAMILY IMELDA AND DANNY MEJIA. LUCINDA I'M NOT SURE IF THE

FAMILY WAS ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY. >> EACH ON A SEPARATE LINE.

>> BEAUTIFUL. >> MR. MEJIA, DANNY, MEJIA. >> YES, GOOD AFTERNOON JUDGE HIDALGO, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, THE MEJIA FAMILY. MY BROTHER, MY MOTHER AND

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A TRUE FAMILY HERO AND WILL BE MISSED BY MANY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND HIS BLUE FAMILY.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO THE MAYOR JEFF WAGNER, THE MAYOR OF PASADENA JEFF WAGNER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JONATHAN BRUGGER, NARCOTIC DIVISION TEAM, JULIE SHIRLEY AND MANY OTHERS FOR THE TIMELY EFFORTS IN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT DURING OUR TIME OF NEED.

MY BROTHER'S LIFE, SADLY WAS TAKEN BY COVID-19 VIRUS AND IT LEFT A HOLE IN OUR HEARTS.

AND THIS DAY OF RESOLUTION WILL NOT ONLY BE A DAY TO HONOR PETE MEJIA BUT A DAY OF REFLECTION AND CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE. ONCE AGAIN, WE DO THANK YOU. FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART.

>> GOD BLESS YOU, DANNY. AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

>> THANK YOU. >> MELDA MEJIA GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >>> I'M EXTREMELY GRADEFUL TO COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND THE COURT BY HONORING THE LIFE OF PETE BY DECLARING PEDRO MEJIA DAY. ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, OUR DAUGHTERS TAYLOR AND JULIANA WE'RE PROUDLY OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS LOSS OF IN OUR LIFE AND WE ARE DEEPLY SADDENED OVER THIS UNEXPECTED DEPARTURE.

WE ARE HEARTBROKEN KNOWING THAT HE LEFT US TOO SOON AND THIS HURT WE HAVE IN OUR HEART WILL TAKE A LIFETIME TO HEAL. HOWEVER I'M VERY BLESSED AND GRATEFUL TO GRANTING ME 18 YEARS OF MARRIAGE WITH HIM. HE WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND FOR THE BLESSINGS OF HAVING OUR TWO DAUGHTERS, BUILDING A WONDERFUL FAMILY. HE WAS AN AMAZING, LOVING, WONDERFUL FATHER AND HUSBAND. HIM BEING IN THE MILITARY AND BEING IN THREE COMBAT ZONES IN THE GULF WAR IN 1991, IRAQ IN 2003 AND 2009, ACHIEVING MANY MEDALSES AWARDS AND BABBLINGS OF EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER IN THE ARMY ALSO PROMOTING THROUGH THE ARTIE MURPHY BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE OF HIS PERSEVERANCE, PASSION, INTELLECT AND LEADERSHIP TRAIT, HE DID RETIRE IN 2014 AS A FIRST SERGEANT AFTER SERVING 22 YEARS OF SERVICE.

THEN APPLYING, OF COURSE, USING THOSE EXPERIENCES IN THE PASADENA DEPARTMENT WHERE HE EGRADUATED IN THE CLASS OF 57. WAS IN DWI FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN FINALLY IN THE NARCOTICS DIVISION. OVERALL I EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO THE PASADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME THROUGH WELL, TO RECALL GRANADO, ALEX DURAN, TO THEIR FAMILIES AND EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT, ALL OF HIS FRIENDS THAT HAVE KNOWN HIM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AS HE DID SERVE THE PASADENA DEPARTMENT FOR 16 YEARS.

OVERALL, PETE CHERISHED HIS FAMILY BROTHERHOOD AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT HE MADE THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. AND YET HE DIDN'T CHEER FOR AMERICA'S TEAM THE DALLAS COW BYES WHICH MAKE ME DALAS COWBOY FAMILY AS WELL BECAUSE DAUGHTER WERE DALLAS FIRST, NOBODY ELSE.

OVERALL WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE AND GOING TO MISS HIM SO VERY MUCH.

AND AGAIN, WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE HONORING HIM.

HE WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND IT WOULD BE PEDRO MEJIA DAY. THANK YOU.

>> MRS. MEJIA GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND SHARING THAT INSIGHT WITH US AND JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE GRIEVING WITH YOU AND PETE SERVED OUR NATION AND OUR COUNTY IN THE CITY OF PASADENA INCREDIBLY WELL WITH MUCH DISTINCTION. SO PLEASE, LET YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR DAUGHTERS KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING FORGET PETE AND THIS IS JUST OUR EFFORT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM AND TO ALL YOUR FAMILY FOR SUPPORT OF HIS SERVICE TO SO MANY OTHER.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. >> FOR SHARING HIM WITH US, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAMILY FOR

YOUR SERVICE AND IT IS JUST AN HONOR TO TO HONOR HIM. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

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>> MS. MEJIA DO YOU THINK NOW IN HEAVEN MIGHT CHEER FOR THE TEXANS?

[LAUGHTER] >> NO, I THINK HE WAS GUN-HO DALLAS FAN.

NOT EVEN A TINY BATE BIT. IT WOULD BE HOPEFUL, BUT I DON'T THINK SO.

[LAUGHTER] >> GOD BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION.

IT IS RELATED TO THE THE POW -- POWER GRID. I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD TAKE

THE OTHER CEREMONIAL RESOLUTIONS AND MAYBE COME BACK TO THAT ONE. >> THAT'S FINE.

>>> SO THAT WOULD THEN TAKE US TO. >> I'M SORRY, JUDGE.

>> YES, LUCINDA. >>> WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THE OFFICIALS ON THE LINE FOR ITEM 347. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT UP NOW,

SORRY. >> I'M GOOD WITH IT EITHER WAY, JUDGE, BUT SINCE WE HAVE THEM ON

THE LINE PROBABLY GOOD TO GO AHEAD -- >> YEAH, SORRY, I THINK THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION. LET'S TAKE THAT ONE UP. GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE WHEN I PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD LOOKED AT THE MAP OF ERCOT AND SAW THAT LIBERTY COUNTY THAT IS NEXT DOOR TO US WAS OUT OF ERCOT'S GRID.

I READ ABOUT HOW AREAS OUTSIDE OF ERCOT INCLUDING EAST TEXAS, THE PAN HANDLE AND EL PASO DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANYWHERE NEAR THE MAG ATTITUDE OF THE POWER LOSS THAT WE DID.

SO OBVIOUSLY THE QUESTION NATURALLY ROLLS THAT DO WE AS HARRIS COUNTY HAVE THE POWER TO MOVE HARRIS COUNTY INTO A GRID THAT ACTUALLY WORK? IS THAT EVEN AN OPTION WE CAN CONSIDER? AND SO MY ITEM WAS SIMPLY FOR US TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES COULD BE FOR HARRIS COUNTY, OUR CITIZENS AND OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS. AND -- BUT I DO UNDERSTAND MR. MENEFEE THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IS HAS DONE SOME LOOKING INTO THIS, CAN YOU SHARE WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED MR. MENEFEE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. WE HAVE NOT YET LOOKED INTO THIS ISSUE.

WE WERE, YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATING THAT THIS ITEM WAS GOING BE DISCUSSED AND WITH WOULD HAVE BETTER GUIDANCE FOR WHERE WE WERE HEADED, PRESIDENT CAME TO DOWN AND THAT BECAME WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO THIS TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO THE COURT AT ANOTHER MEETING.

>> GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU. I'LL BE VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THOSE FINDINGS. BUT IN TALKING TO OTHERS, JUDGE, IT APPEARS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE OUT OF THE TEXAS GRID. IT SOUNDS LIKE MOVING OUT OF THE GRID IS NOT LIKELY TO BE AN OPTION BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE STATE HAS BUILT OUR ELECTRIC SYSTEM. I'M NOT SURE NOR WAS I EVER SURE THAT MOVING HARRIS COUNTY OUT OF THE TEXAS GRID WOULD BE THE BEST OPTION AVAILABLE TO US. HOWEVER, I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE SITUATION THAT THE STATE HAS PUT US IN. BY CREATING A STATE GRID, THE STATE TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THAT GRID AND TAKE EVERY FEASIBLE -- OR SUPPOSEDLY TAKE ON EVERY FEASIBLE MEASURE TO ENSURE IT LASTS AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE IN AND OUR SCIENTISTS CAN TELL US TO ANTICIPATE. AND WITHOUT A DOUBT THE STATE FAILED AT THAT. WE KNEW WE COULD HAVE WEATHER LIKE WHAT WE EXPERIENCED LAST WEEK BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. WE EXPERIENCED FREEZING TEMPERATURES THAT CAUSED BLACKOUTS IN 1989. WE EXPERIENCED THEM AGAIN IN 2011. AFTER 2011, THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION PRODISUSED A REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. IT SAID IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT IF WE DO NOT WINTERIZE OUR EQUIPMENT, WE WOULD EXPERIENCE THIS AGAIN. IN THE TEN YEARS THAT HAVE PASSED SINCE, THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS WHICH IS ENTIRELY APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE RAILROAD COMMISSION WHICH ARE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS HAVE FAILED

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SO MR. BERRY, CAN YOU DISCUSS HERE WHAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER THIS WEEK?

>> HAPPY TO DO THAT, COMMISSIONER. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?

>> YES, SIR. >> GREAT. SO I THINK, AS YOU KNOW THE THERE IS AN ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TEXAS GRID WHETHER IT SHOULD REMAIN IN THE MEANTIME, WHETHER PARTS OF TEXAS MAY JOIN NEIGHBORING THREADS. WHILE THAT IS GOING ON, I SHARED WITH YOU A COUPLE MORE SPECIFIC AND TANGIBLE REFORMS THAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK OTHERS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE POWER SECTOR WOULD AGREE. ONE OF THEM IS TO HAVE WINTER RELIABILITY STANDARDS. ABOUT FUEL SUPPLY, ABOUT IMPRELIMINARIATION THAT ARE MANDATORY, ENFORCEABLE AND BACKED BY INSPECTION SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DOABLE.

I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SUPPORT FOR IT. THAT COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND THE SECOND THING IS INVESTING MORE IN THE TRANSMISSION LINKS INCLUDING TEXAS, ERCOT, AND NEIGHBORING GRIDS.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH POWER THAT CAN BE BROUGHT IN AND IF THOSE POINTS HAVE BEEN STRONGER WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN POWER FROM NEIGHBORING STATES DURING THE CRISIS. IT MIGHT NOT HAVE ELIMINATED THE PROBLEM BUT SURE WOULD HAVE HELPED. IF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE EVER IN SUCH A PINCH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP THEM AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WHILE THIS LONGER CONVERSATION DEVELOP, COMMISSIONER, THAT I THINK WOULD MAKE A GOOD DEAL OF SENSE FOR US AND OTHERS TO

ADVOCATE FOR THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> GOOD DEAL.

MR. BERRY, THANK YOU AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU WITH NOT ONLY YOUR FINANCIAL BACKGROUND, BUT NOW YOUR ENERGY BACKGROUND AS WELL. AND SO JUDGE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A MOTION THAT COURT AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT HARRIS COUNTY IN THE PUC DOCTORS ON MATTERS THAT MAY IMPROVE TIES WITH THE EASTERN INTERCONNECT TO HARRIS COUNTY'S GRIDS. FINALLY, CONGRESS HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FAILURES THE STATE GRID EXPERIENCED. AND OUR TRUST IN THE STATE, OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN SHATTERED AT THIS POINT. BEFORE I READ THE RESOLUTION, THOUGH, AND I MAKE THAT MOTION SO THAT IS ON THE TABLE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

I DO WANT TO SAY THIS AND -- LOOK, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS WILL TAKE US.

I HOPE IT WILL TAKE US TO A BETTER PLACE, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF WE STAY QUIET, NOTHING CHANGES.

AND I THINK WE'VE STAYED QUIET LONG ENOUGH. AND THE REASON I'M PROPOSING THIS AND THE REASON I HAVE SOME TONE ABOUT ME, IF YOU WILL, IS BECAUSE, LOOK, FOLKS, PEOPLE DIED. AT THE ENDS OF THE DAY, EVERYTHING ELSE ASIDE, PEOPLE DIED. AND THERE WAS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT MORE COULD HAVE DIED HAD OTHER THINGS FALLEN PREY TO THIS FREEZE. DEATH OCCURRED THAT WERE PREVENTIBLE. AND FOR THOSE THAT SUFFERED, IT WAS A ORIBLE WAY TO GO.

AND HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS FREEZE.

A VIETNAM VETERAN RAN OUT OF OXYGEN. A YOUNG CHILD DIED OF

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AND THEN WHEN YOU DO IT UNDER THE LEAST OF THE MOST PREFERRABLE CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE A WINTER FREEZE COMING IT BECOMES MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. SO WE'RE SO FORTUNATE THAT OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS WITHIN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY WERE AS EFFECTIVE AS THEY WERE NOT TO HAVE OTHER THINGS GO HORRIBLY WRONG T. THE STATE FAILED TO COMMUNICATE WHAT WAS COMING DESPITE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SPACE CITY WEATHER SAYING WELL IN ADVANCE WHAT WE WERE IN FOR. WHY THIS IS ON THE TABLE IS OBVIOUSLY, LOOK, I REPRESENT AMONGST THE HARDEST WORKING HUMBLEST PEOPLE IN HARRIS COUNTY.

LOW EST MEDIAN INCOME. LOWESTHOME OWNERSHIP RATE. LOWEST FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WITH HEALTH INSURANCE, HIGHEST NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH CANCER.

I'M NOT GOING STAY QUIET WHEN THEY ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DOING A LOT TO CLEAN UP A LOT OF MESS, JUDGE. WE SHOULDN'T BE CLEANING UP THE STATE'S MESS AS WELL. AND SO -- AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SEEN THE NUMBER OF RESIGNATIONS FROM THE PUC. A NUMBER OF THOSE COMING FROM GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S LIST AND FROM THE OFFICE OF ERCOT THAT IS EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNOR. AND SO THE CRONYISM HAS CREATED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF CATASTROPHE AND WE NEED TO END THAT.

AND SO LOOK, ATTENDS OF THE DAY I'M JUST TRYING TO REVERDICT TO MY LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND.

I WANT AN INVESTIGATION. I WANT ANSWERS. I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. I WANT TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GO TO GET TO A BETTER PLACE FOR RESILIENCY. AND THAT IS WHY I AM PROPOSING THIS RESOLUTION THAT READS: "WHEREAS A FREEZING WEATHER EVENT COMMONLY CALLED WINTER STORM URI MOVED THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY IN FEBRUARY OF 2021, DROPPING TRANSFERS BELOW FREEZING EARLY FEBRUARY 15TH AND MAINTAINING NEAR FREEZING OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND WHEREAS POWER OUT ANXIOUS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE STATE AS A RESULT, CAUSING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO LOSE ELECTRICITY WHICH RESULTED IN MANY LOSING HEAT WHILE TEMPERATURES DROPPED WELL BELOW FREEZING, AND DIRECTLY CAUSING MORE THAN 50 DEATHS IN HARRIS COUNTY AREA THAT ARE KNOWN KNOWN AT THIS TIME OF THE RESOLUTION AND WHEREAS IN FEBRUARY 2011 FREEZING TEMPERATURES ALSO CAUSED BLACKOUTS, RESULTING IN A REPORT FROM THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION IN THE NORTH AMERICA ELECTRIC RELIABILITY CORPORATION THAT EXPRESSED WINTERIZATION PROCEDURES WERE EITHER INADEQUATE OR NOT ADEQUATELY FOLLOWED AND EXPRESSED STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS TO TAKE ACTION TO WINTERIZE FACILITYS; AND

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WHEREAS THE PUCT CHAIR DEANNE WALKER AT LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS SINCE THE DISASTER TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MASSIVE TOBACCO BLACKOUTS BLAME -- MASSIVE BLACKOUTS ERCOT INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR OVER WHICH PUCT HAS COMPLETE OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY; AND WHEREAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT WHO APPOINTED WALKER, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF HIS AND ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS HAS SIMILARLY BLAMED ERCOT AND SOUGHT TO DEFLECT BLAME FROM HIS APPOINTEES AND THEREBY HIMSELF; AND WHEREAS THE CHAIR OF THE TEXAS RAIL ROAD COMMISSION CHRISTIE CRADET REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AT LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS DESPITE THE FACT THAT FROZEN PIPELINES CAUSED POWER FAILURES AND WHEREAS U.S. HOUSE AND ENERGY COMMERCE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED IT HAS PLANNED AN INQUIRY INTO THE DISASTER IT RESOLVED THE HARRIS COUNTY COURT SUPPORTS INQUIRY BY FEDERAL ENTITIES INTO DELETE S INCLUDING CONGRESS FEDERAL REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ANY OTHER AGENCY THAT MAY SHED FURTHER LIGHT ON WHO IS AT FAULT FOR MASSIVE POWER FAILURES, WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS WERE NOT HEEDED AND WHAT COULD BE DONE TO PREVENT SIMILAR FAILURES IN THE FUTURE.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT CALLS FOR THE ENTIRE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS TO RESIGN AND FOR GOVERNOR ABBOTT TO REPLACE THE MEMBERS WITH DEDICATED AND EXPERIENCED INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN LEAD THE AGENCY OUT OF THIS CURRENT STATE OF FAILURE, THAT IS MY RESOLUTION THAT I'M PROPOSING. SO I'VE GOT THAT MOTION THAT

COMMISSIONER ELLIS HAS SECONDED AND THIS RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU, I THINK YOU HAVE GOOD CAUSE TO BE UPSET, I THINK ALL OF US ARE AND I THINK ABOUT THE CALLS ALL OF US ARE GETTING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD FROM LIKE A RAIN EVENT TO NOW POINT OF STORM, WE'RE HEADED INTO HURRICANE SEASON. I IN ADDITION TO SECONDING YOUR MOTION I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THE ISSUE HERE IS MORE SO ABOUT POLICIES AS OPPOSED TO JUST PERSONNEL OR PERSONALITIES.

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BUT IT IS GOING TO CALL FOR A MASSIVE INVESTMENT. AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE PAID FOR.

SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY FOR IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. BUT WITH THAT I'M PROUD TO

SECOND YOUR RESOLUTION. >> DIMINISHNER CAGLE. >> THERE ARE TWO -- COMMISSIONER

CAGLE. >> THERE ARE TWO ITEMS BEFORE US ONE THE RESOLUTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAVING THE COUNTY REPRESENT US TO FIND OUT WAYS WE CAN ADDITIONALLY TAP INTO OTHER GRIDS. IN THIS DISCUSSION MONTGOMERY COUNTY WAS ON ANOTHER GRID AND THEY ENDED UP HAVING MORE DELAYS THAN WE DID. SO NOT ALL THE TIME GOING TO ANOTHER SYSTEM SOLVES THE PROBLEMS THAT WE SAW. I THINK COMMISSIONER ELLIS IS CORRECT, THAT WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED. HOWEVER, AS I READ THIS RESOLUTION WHICH WE RECEIVED TOOT AT 10:45, THERE IS A LOT OF SUBTLE PARTCIANSHIP, WE'RE CRIT SIDING THE GOVERNOR, WE'RE CRITICIZING OFFICIALS, ALL HAPPEN TO BE REPUBLICAN ONES, MANY HANDS THAT WENT INTO THIS FAILURE. AND SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. IN FACT, I HAVE, YOUR HONOR, A PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT I QUICKLY DICTATED AND SENT AROUND WHICH DEALS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTLY.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD DO AT THIS TIME IS I WOULD MOVE FOR A SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD BE THE ONE I FORWARD AND I'LL READ IT NOW. AND IF THERE IS A SECOND, WE COULD DISCUSS THAT. AND THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION WOULD BE VOTED UP OR VOTED DOWN ACCORDING TO PARLIMENTARY PROCEDURE. JUDGE, MAY I MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE

MOTION AT THIS TIME. >>> GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. >> WHEREAS A FREEZING WEATHER EVENT COMMONLY CALLED WINTER STORM URI MOVED THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY ON FEBRUARY 2021, DROPPING TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING EARLY ON FEBRUARY 15TH IN AND MAINTAINING NEAR FREEZING OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR THREE DAYS; AND WHEREAS POWER OUTS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE STATE CAUSING,000 TO LOSE POWER WHILE TEMPERATURES DROPPED BELOW FREEZING AND DIRECTLY CAUSING MORE THAN 50 DEATHS IN THE HARRIS COUNTY AREA BETTER MONEY AT THE TIME OF THIS RESOLUTION, WHEREAS THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE QUICKLY CONVENED AND HELPED PUBLIC HEARS TO REMEDY THE ISSUES EXPOSED BY WINTER STORM URI WHEREAS GOVERNOR ABBOTT CALLED FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF ERCOT'S PREPARATION IN RESPONSE TO WINTER STORM URI WHEREAS GOVERNOR ABBOTT CALLED UPON THE LEGISLATURE TO WEATHERIZE, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT SUPPORT THE PRO ACTIVE EFFORTS TO FIND MEANINGFUL SOLUTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE DELETE S HARRIS COUNTY.

>> I WOULD SECOND THAT, JUDGE. >> THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION ON THE TABLE, SECOND.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> LET ME ADD, IF I COULD QUICKLY, JUDGE.

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GARCIA'S PASSION IN TERMS OF SOMEBODY IS GOING BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND AS AN ENGINEER WITH 40+ YEARS EXPERIENCE, I WANT ALL THE INFORMATION BEFORE I GO AND DIE AND SHOOT SOMEBODY. I KANG UNDERSTAND GOING TO LOCK SOMEBODY UP YESTERDAY, BECAUSE I WAS IN FAR TOO MANY HOMES THIS WEEK.

AND IT WAS SAD, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR US TO LIVE IN THIS MANNER.

WE CAN DO BETTER. I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST TEN YEARS US TURN DOWN A DELETE S ANOTHER, IN ADDITION TO A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOWN IN BAY CITY. WE CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT.

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I THINK THE THREE, THOSE THREE, IF WE GET OUR HEADS TOGETHER INDEPENDENT OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN AUSTIN, BUT IF WE LEADERS, WE LOCAL LEADERS WHO WE ARE THE LAST PEOPLE TO BE ASKED ANYTHING, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE SHOULD BE OUT THERE ON FRONT WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN AUSTIN AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN DALLAS AND SAN ANTONIO AND FT. WORTH.

AND LET'S GET SOME ANSWERS. BUZZ I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DETAILS.

AND WHEN WE FINDS THEM BELIEVE ME I'M GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT HOLDING PEOPLE TO ACCOUNT. I THINK WE DO NEED TO GET AND SEE WHAT IS BEING SAID.

AND THEN LET'S LOCK ARMS WITH THOSE OTHER LOCAL ENTITIES IN OUR STATE TO GET SOLUTIONS.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND COMMISSIONER CAGLE I APPRECIATE YOUR SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING IN MY PASSION, IF YOU WILL. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE MOTION. I WOULD BE INCLINED TO SUPPORT IT, BUT THE CHALLENGE WITH IT IS FIRST OF ALL, THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THREE THINGS, ENERGY, WATER AND TELL CE -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS. ALL THREE FAILED.

AND FAILED AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME. ADDITIONALLY, LOOK, I THINK THE GOVERNOR IS IS A GOOD PERSON. MAYBE A LITTLE LIGHT IN THE LEADERSHIP CATEGORY, BECAUSE HE PROMISED THIS ACTION IN 2013. HE ACTUALLY PROMISED THIS ACTION IN 2011 AS A THEN-ATTORNEY GENERAL TO LOOK INTO HOW WE WOULD NEVER HAVE THE POWER FAILURES THAT WE HAD DURING ANOTHER FREEZE. AND THEN PROMISED THIS ACTION ON EXPLOSIONS IN 2013.

AND PROMISED THIS ACTION FROM THE EXPLOSIONS OF LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE GOTTEN NOTHING.

AND AGAIN, I'M LOOKING OUT FOR HARRIS COUNTY. I'M LOOKING OUT FOR PRECINCT 2.

AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE STATE HEARS THE FACT THAT COMMISSIONER SUPPORT STANDS TO -- STANDS WITH OUR CITIZENS, OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, OUR INDUSTRY TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO YET ONCE AGAIN REMAIN UNPROTECTED AS A RESULT OF STATE ENACTION. AND THAT IS WHY, UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT SUPPORT THE MOTION.

>> COMMISSIONER CAGLE. >> YOUR HONOR, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THE ISSUE WE MAY NEED TO ADDRESS BEFORE WE VOTE ON EITHER MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR ON THE UNDERLYING MOTION, BUT BEFORE WE LISTEN TO THE SPEAKERS, IF WE HAVE IN -- WE DO -- I DO WANT TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO COMMISSIONER'S GARCIA'S FIRST MOTION WHICH WAS AROUND WHICH TALKED OBTAIN THAT WORDS EASTERN INTERCONNECT. AND I WOULD SUBSTITUTE "ALL OTHER GRIDS" BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER GRIDS LIKE THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY GRIDS AROUND US THAT WE MAY WANT TO TAP INTO AND I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT THAT INTERCONNECTIVITY WHICH AS MR. BERRY SHARED EARLIER, SOMETIMES WE COULD BE THE PROVIDER AND SOMETIMES WE COULD BE THE BENEFACTOR OF THAT INTERCONNECTIVITY. AND I WOULD DO HAVE THAT OPENED UP TO OTHER GRIDS AS OPPOSED TO THE EASTERN GRID AND I'LL SUBMIT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

>> I'LL ACCEPT IT. >> ON THE LINE FOR THIS ITEM? >> CITY OF BAYTOWN, GO AHEAD,

SIR. A MAYOR? >> CAN YOU HAR ME OKAY?

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>> YES, SIR, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT. I AM BRANDON CAPTILLO CITY OF BAYTOWN, I OBVIOUSLY OVERHEARD OF THE DISCUSSION. AND I THINK THAT IT IS CLEAR TO SEE THAT AT LEAST FROM A COUNTY PER SPECTIVE WE CERTAINLY HAVE BUILT A CONSENSUS THAT SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE TO BETTER MANAGE OUR STATE SONA WE DO NOT RUN INTO THIS TYPE OF SITUATION AGAIN.

IF WE WANT A BETTER OUTCOME AND DIFFERENT OUTCOME, CERTAINLY NO STONE SHOULD GO UNTURNED IN TRYING TO DISCOVER HOW HARRIS COUNTY CERTAINLY WITH THE INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE, CERTAINLY WITH THE LOSS OF LIFE AND CERTAINLY WITH THE OIL AND GAS PRESENCE WE HAVE IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVING FORWARD THAT WE MITIGATE THIS RISK AND TRY TO ELIMINATE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I DO WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON OUR EXPERIENCE HERE IN BAY TOWN REGARDING LOSS OF POWER AT OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT. I THINK OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT ALONG WITH 600 OTHERS ACROSS THE STATE WITH THE LOSS OF POWER FROM THE TEXAS GRID -- ALTHOUGH WE MAY HAVE AND IN SOME NOT EVERY TREATMENT PLANT HAS A BACKUP GENERATORS -- WE DO.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY THESE EXTREME TEMPERATURES HAD CAUSED SOME POSSIBLE MECHANICAL FAILURE FOR EITHER SWITCH DEVICES TO TAKE PLACE AND OTHER MEANS THAT RESULTED IN THE LOSSABLE TO PRODUCE FRESH WATER TO OUR CITIZENS AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE IN THAT PAST WEEK. MANY OF WHAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED PROBABLY THROUGHOUT THE HOUSTON AREA, EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE CITY OF BAY TOWN ALL EXPERIENCED EITHER A LOSS OF WATER, A LOSS OF ELECTRICITY, NO ONE WENT UNSCATHED WITH THIS. BUT OUR EXPERIENCES WERE MINIMUM COMPARED TO WHEN WE HERE DIALYSIS CENTERS UNABLE TO TREAT INDIVIDUALS, HOSPITALS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SURGERIES AND OTHER ASPECTS, IT IS VERY, VERY TROUBLING AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK AND LET YOU KNOW AT LEAST FROM THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S PERSPECTIVE WITH OUR PETRO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY PARTNER, THESE UNPLANNED OUTAGES, THEY ARE NEVER ARE THEY GOOD, THEY'RE VERY DANGEROUS. AND SO IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO ONE, SHUT DOWN AND GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. IT IS NOT THE CERTAINLY NOT THE PREFERRED METHOD TO DO THAT. AND EVEN BRINGING THEM BACK UP, IT IS CERTAINLY NOT PRUDENT IN WHAT WE WANT TO RED LIGHT PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AND CERTAINLY PROTECT THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT WHAT I WILL ASK IS THAT AS WE GO AND PURSUE WAYS THAT HARRIS COUNTY CAN BETTER PREPARE AND MITIGATE THAT RISK, THAT WHEN IT COMES TO CRITICAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN & PARTICULARLY WATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND HOSPITALS AND OTHERS AS SUCH, THAT THE TEXAS GRID AND THOSE THAT WILL MANAGE AND CONTROL IT TRULY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT WHEN YOU TAKE THESE FACILITIES OFFLINE, YOU'RE NOT JUST TAKING A BUILDING OFFLINE, YOU'RE IMPACTING IN THE CASE OF BAY TOWN, OUR CITY LIMITS PROBABLY

HOUSE AROUND 90,000. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> LET ME STOP YOU UNLESS THE COMMISSIONERS WANT QUESTIONS OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO DO THIS WITH EVERY SPEAKER.

>> YES, MAYOR,. >> YEP, I CAN WRAP UP. >> SO I JUST URGE YOU, I URGE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO TAKE A VERY MEASURED APPROACH. WE ARE VERY EARLY INTO THIS PROCESS. BUT I WOULD OBVIOUSLY ASK Y'ALL TO SUPPORT A WAY TO BETTER

PREPARE HARRIS COUNTY WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. >> WONDERFUL, MAYOR, THANK YOU

SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE. >> GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> THIS IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE -- CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> HI, GENE. >> HEY THIS IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE GENE LEWIS, I'M ACTUALLY IN AUSTIN PLAYING HOOKY FROM APPROPRIATIONS RIGHT NOW LISTENING ONTO THIS MOTION AND THIS ITEM. YOU KNOW, I WILL BE CARRYING A BILL.

WE'RE HAVING IT DRAFTED RIGHT NOW TO REQUEST A STUDY INTO THE EFFICACY AND ABILITY OF HARRIS COUNTY TO BOTH EITHER CONNECT TO ANOTHER GRID OR SWITCH OVER TO THE MISO GRID IN ITSELF.

I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OR BAD IDEA OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.

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TIME SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. >>> GENE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OR REPRESENTATIVE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN AND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF NOT JUST HARRIS COUNTY BUT TEXAS TO MOVE INTO A BETTER DIRECTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, MY FRIEND. >> MR. REPRESENTATIVE?

YES. >> THIS IS IS TOM RAMSEY. >> HOW ARE YOU.

>>> GOOD, I APPRECIATE YOUR CALL IN, THAT MEANS A LOT THAT YOU WOULD TAKE TIME TO CALL IN WITH US. WOULD YOU -- HAVE YOU HEARD INPUT FROM FOLKS FROM THE DALLAS-FT. WORTH, SAN ANTONIO AREA? BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL KIND OF IN THE SAME INADEQUATE BOAT AND I THINK THAT TRIANGLE, THAT POWER TRIANGLE WOULD BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT. WE'RE ALL -- WE ALL NEED THIS FIXED AND WHERE IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO SIT HERE AS WE'VE BEEN DOING SO I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INSIGHT AND INPUT FROM THOSE LEGISLATORS FROM THOSE OTHER -- FROM OUR OTHER TRIANGLE PARTNERS UP THERE.

IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING, I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING BACK WITH US.

>> WE'LL DO. AND ABSOLUTELY, AND I UNDERSTAND THE ASSIGNMENT, BUT AS I ALWAYS TELL MY CONSTITUENT, ALL I CAN DO IS LOOK AFTER MY DISTRICT FIRST AND PROTECT MY DISTRICT FIRST. IF OTHER MEMBERS FROM THIS AREA IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING IN ON THIS WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ADD THEM TO THE BILL AND MAYBE TAKE A BILL TO LOOK AT THE CITIES CAN DO SOMETHING JOINTLY. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW OUR INTENT IS TO LOOK AT HARRIS COUNTY.

>> MR. MORE ELLIS. >> THIS IS RODNEY ELLIS. I SAW IT WAS DIFFICULT TO USE THE PHRASE "CLIMATE CHANGE" ON THE SENATE SIDE. I HOPE YOU BRING IT UP ON THE HOUSE SIDE AS DIPLOMAT MAGICALLY AS YOU CAN, BECAUSE SO MUCH IS U CAN BECAUSE SO MUCH IS A RELIABLE ON LACK OF SCIENCE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DIAL WILL.

>> IF I COULD SAY ONE LAST THING I NEED TO HEAD BACK TO MY COMMITTEE.

I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN JUDGE HIDALGO, HARRIS COUNTY REALLY DID AS GOOD AS ANYONE COULD WANT DURING THIS CRIES EXIST I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN READING ABOUT THIS I THINK THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE HAD A WONDERFUL ARTICLE BY DEXONHEIMER IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR ANYONE DISCUSSING WHAT IS HAPPENING AND I APPRECIATE IT. AND I APOLOGIZE IT I HAVE TO RUN BACK TO COMMITTEE.

>> THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GOOD LUCK OVER THERE.

ANY OTHER SPEAKER, LUCINDA. >>> MARKMAN WITH HARVEST CLEAR LAKE, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> HI, I HOPE EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME. >> YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.

>> I MAY BE BRING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO THE TABLE.

MY NAME IS STEPHANIE MARKMAN I RUN AN ASSISTED LIVING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING AND WEBSTER TEXAS AND BECAUSE OF THIS STORM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY LOST OUR WHOLE BUILDING OF INDEPENDENT LIVING WHICH WE ARE NOW HAVING MOVEOUT BUSINESS ARE GOING TO OUR COMPETITION.

IT IS MORE THAN JUST THE IMMEDIATE LOSSES HAPPENING. TO US IT IS THE FUTURE LOSS AND

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I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WE DO APPRECIATE MR. GARCIA'S OFFICE BECAUSE THEY WERE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT CALLED AND CHECKED ON US AND ACTUALLY HELPED US GET WATER.

WE WERE WITHOUT WATER AND I HAVE 122 PEOPLE I HAD TO WORRY ABOUT WHILE THE POWER AND WATER WERE OFF. SO. I WISH THERE WAS MORE THAT I COULD ANSWER, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS VERY CONCERNING TO OUR BUSINESS AND ALSO THE LIVES AND STRUGGLES WITH THESE PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH WITHOUT POWER AND WE WENT WITHOUT TOILETS AND BASICALLY HAD TO GET OUR OWN WATER TO FLUSH EVEN TOILETS SO ON THE COMMON LEVEL, IT IS VERY,

VERY TOUGH FOR PEOPLE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL THAT IS BEING DONE AND LOOKED INTO TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO THROUGH THIS CRISIS AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR

RESIDENTS. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. >> IF IT WASN'T FOR MY EXCELLENT TEAM, I CAN TELL YOU, IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE. BUT I HAVE A GREAT TEAM HERE.

IT SHOWS THE WILLINGNESS AND HEART OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY GAVE. AND OUR VENDORS DELIVERED WATER

TO US. THAT WAS AMAZING. >> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> STEPHANIE THOMAS, GO AHEAD MS. THOMAS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE THOMAS AND I WORK WITH PUBLIC COMPANIES WE ARE A NATIONAL PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATION. AND I'M VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TODAY AND THE COMMENT AND IMPORTANT DISCUSSION I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO I THINK WE DO NEED TO RECOGNIZE AS COMMISSIONER ELLIS MENTIONED THAT THIS EVENT IS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE THIS IS A CLIMATE DISASTER BEING CAUSE BY RAPID WARMING IN THE ARCTIC AND THAT IS CREATING THE LARGE DISRUPTIONS IN THE JET STREAM AND THESE POLAR VORTEX TYPES OF HAVE END -- EVENTS. IT SEEMS TANTAM THAT WE NEED TO -- TANTAMOUNT WE NEED TO PREPARE OUR REGION FOR ALL KINDS OF WEATHER EVENTS. IT IS LIKELY FOR US TO EXPERIENCE COLD, IT IS REALLY UNCLEAR WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS WHEN WE HAVE THESE REALLY ERRATIC WEATHER PATTERNS. AND AS COMMISSIONER GARCIA WAS TALKING OBTAIN EARLIER THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED HERE. IN 2011 THERE WAS A DRASTIC COLD EVENT AND A ROBBED CAME OUT OF THAT THAT HIGHLIGHTED THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN.

NOW PLACES LIKE EL PASO FAIRED PRETTY WELL DURING THE STORM BECAUSE THEY FOLLOWED THE GUIDANCE THAT THE FIRST DOCUMENT PROVIDED. THEY WEATHERIZED.

AND SO THAT SEEMS TO BE A BIG WAY TEXAS HAS FAILED THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS AND THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY. IT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHEN DISASTERS HAPPEN -- WELL, LET ME BACK UP JUST ONE SECOND. EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE SAVES $6 DOWN THE LINE. AND I THINK WE'LL SEE THAT WHEN THE MEMBERS ARE -- THE NUMBERS ARE TOTALLY TALLIED UP AFTER THIS EVENT. THAT PREVENTION -- A POUND OF PREVENTION -- AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH AN OUNCE OF CURE.

AND I APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION THAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE GRID, WHAT IS THE BEST APPROACH? CAN WE CONNECT TO THE EASTERN INTERCONNECT? I DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE AS WE ARE ABLE TO DRY DELETE S DRAW POWER FROM THE GRID THERE, WOULD WE THEN DURING INTENSE SUMMER HEAT NEED TO GIVE UP SOME OF OUR POWER AND EXPERIENCE ROLLING BLACKOUTS THEN? THAT IS CERTAINLY A QUESTION THAT NEEDS BE LOOKED AT REALLY CAREFULLY I THINK THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF PROVIDING RESILIENCY FOR OUR AREA NOT JUST POWER PLANT LEVEL BUT WEATHERIZATION OF HOMES, OF OUR LOW-INCOME HOMES, THE HOMES OF ELDERLY AND OTHER VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

BECAUSE THAT CAN SAVE ELECTRONS AND REDUCE COSTS FOR HOME OWNERS AND I THINK OVERALL A REALLY GOOD THING FOR RESILIENCE. THE OTHER THING IS LOOKING AT COMBINING SOLAR POWER AND

BATTERY STORAGE AND -- PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

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>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. >> GO AHEAD MANY VALDEZ. >> HI, THIS IS FRANCIS VALDEZ.

I'M A CONSTITUENT OF COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF.

MY GRANDMOTHER LUCIA VALDEZ WAS BORN IN PORT DAVIS, TEXAS ON HAV 19TH, 1924.

SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS MA MA LUCY. ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2021 MAMA LUCY'S HOME LOST POWER AROUND 6 A.M. IN THE MORNING. SHE SPENT ABOUT 30 HOURS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND SPENT 30 HOURS WITHOUT POWER BEFORE DYING. MAMA LUCY WAS ELDERLY AND FRAGILE BUT WAS NOT IN THE HOSPITAL. MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TOLD OUR FAMILY THAT IT IS REASONABLE THAT THE STRESS MAMA LUCY ENDURED LIVING IN FRIGID TEMPERATURES IN THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT SHE DID LED TO MAMA LUCY'S DEATH.

BECAUSE OF COVID, THE LAST TIME OUR FAMILY WAS ABLE TO GATHER TOGETHER INDOORS WAS FOR MAMA LUCY'S 96TH BIRTHDAY ON MARCH 9TH, 2020. TWO WEEKS AGO WE STARTED TO SEE A LIGHT ATTEND OF THIS LONG YEAR WHEN MAMA LUCY RECEIVED HER SECOND COVID VACCINE.

WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT ONCE AGAIN BE ABLE TO SAFELY GATHER THE FAMILY.

HOWEVER, BEFORE WE COULD ENDS OUR YEAR OF WAITING, WE LOST OUR BELOVED MAMA LUCY.

TEXAS' LAWMAKERS FOR YEARS HAVE IGNORED WARNINGS OF THE VULNERABILITY OF OUR POWER GRID AND PEOPLE HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF THEIR DECISIONS AND ENACTION. TODAY I CALL ON COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED, NOT ONLY FROM HYPOTHERMIA BUT ALSO THOSE WHO HAVE DIED FROM OTHER CAUSES, LIKE THOSE ASSOCIATEDDED WITH THE STRESS OF THE EXTREME WEATHER AND LACK OF ELECTRICITY. TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR CHANGES THAT ENSURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN AND TO DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO MAKE LOCAL CHANGES TO ENSURE THAT HARRIS COUNTY RESIDENT DOS NOT HAVE TO SUFFER LIKE THIS AGAIN.

THIS COULD INCLUDE IDENTIFYING WHERE VULNERABLE PEOPLE LIVE IN OUR COUNTY SO THEIR NEEDS ARE PRIORITIZED DURING DISASTERS, INCLUDING THEIR NEEDS FOR ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER SERVICES. THE SUFFERING THAT MY FAMILY AND SO MANY TEXANS ARE GOING THROUGH TODAY WAS COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE. TEXAS MUST CHANGE ITS POLICIES NOW SO THAT AN EVENT SUCH AS THAT HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. THE VALDEZ FAMILY HAS DEVOTED GENERATIONS OF ENERGY AND WORK TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR HOME STATE OF TEXAS.

IT WAS DISGRATIONFUL DECISION THE LEADERS OF OUR STATE HAVE CAUSED DEATH OF TOO MANY TEXANS.

AND THE TIME FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TIME FOR CHANGE IS NOW. >> FRANCIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I AM -- I JUST WANT TO EXTENDS MY PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES TO YOUR FAMILY FOR YOUR LOSS, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THIS HORRIBLE FREEZE THAT WE GOT.

AND, YOU KNOW, 97, 96 IS AN INCREDIBLE LIFE, BUT NO ONE, NO ONE DESERVES TO GO LIKE THIS.

GOD BLESS YOU AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU. >> MARY -- I'M VERY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THOSE WERE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT WE COULD REACH.

>>> THANK YOU. SO LET'S START WITH THE MOTION MR. GARCIA PRESENTED.

THE. >> JUDGE, JUDGE, I THINK THE MOTIONS ARE THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT COMMISSIONER CAGLE SUBMITTED HAS TO BE VOTED ON FIRST.

>> SEE, WE DON'T HAVE AN ADOPTIVE FORMAL RULES IS THE THING.

SO CAN I JUST GO IN THE ORDER -- YES, COMMISSIONER CAGLE YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

>> I HAVE A MINOR DISAGREEMENT WITH THE PARLIMENTARY PROCEDURE WITH J.

JUST MINOR. THE FIRST MOTION PRESENTED IS THE ONE WE SHOULD VOTE ON FIRST,

WHICH WAS THE ONE THAT HAS ACCEPTED THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >>> IF PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED, YOU CAN ASK ME QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST THINK IF WE START SPENDING TIME ON THIS PROCEDURE AND THAT

PROCEDURE, YOU KNOW, IT SERVED US QUITE WELL JUST TO BE. >> THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE.

>> SO LET -- AND I'M HAPPY TO CLARIFY IF FOLKS ARE CONFUSED BUT I THINK EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND WHEN I SAY COMMISSIONER GARCIA LAID OUT A MOTION, THE MOTION THAT COURT

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FAVOR OF THAT NOTION AYE. >>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSE?

>> MOTION AREAS UNANIMOUSLY. THEN COMMISSIONER CAGLE HAD PROVIDED A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON

THE. >> RESOLUTION. >> THE RESOLUTION.

SO COMMISSIONER CAGLE PRESENTED HIS RESOLUTION. WE ALL HAVE IT.

HE READ IT OUT. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY SECONDED THAT MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER CAGLE'S RESOLUTION. >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> OPPOSE? >> NO.

>> I'M OPPOSED AS WELL SO THAT MOTION FAILS. NOW WE TAKE UP COMMISSIONER GARCIA'S RESOLUTION, THE LONGER RESOLUTION THAT HE READ. THAT WAS SECONDED BY

COMMISSIONER ELLIS. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> OPPOSE? >> NO.

>> I'LL VOTE IN FAVOR, DIMINISH IN'S GARCIA RESOLUTION PASSES 3-2.

>> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE SOME OTHER RESOLUTIONS.

AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP AND TO OTHER SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO. AND I THINK WE CAN'T GET DISTRACTED WITH JUST KEEPING IT AT ERCOT. RIGHT? WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT HIGHER LEVEL POLICY, OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. BECAUSE THE SAME PEOPLE WE'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT, THE INADEQUACY OF THE SYSTEM 10 YEARS AGO, THE PROBLEM IS WE'VE GOT TO MOVE BEYOND THE COMPLAINING INTO THE CHANGES. AND I THINK THAT HIGHLIGHTING WHERE THE CHANGES NEED TO COME FROM AND THAT IS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS IS NECESSARY FOR US MOVING FORWARD.

AND THAT IS WHY I THINK YOUR MOTION IS IMPORTANT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. >> OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM WILL PLAY A ROLE IN MAYBE OTHER THINGS LATER COMING DOWN THE ROAD.

IF WE DON'T JOIN A FEDERAL GRID WE TOUGHT HAVE LEGISLATION COMPARABLE TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL AT THE VERY LEAST ON THE STATE LEVEL. AND THERE WILL BE LEGISLATION

MOVING DOWN THE PROCESS THAT WE CAN WEIGH IN ON. >> SO I BELIEVE THOSE WERE YOUR RESOLUTIONS COMMISSIONER GARCIA. WE MOVE ONTO COMMISSIONER RAMSEY'S RESOLUTION.

>> JUDGE, AND WE HAVE TO BE FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS. WE NEED TO IDENTIFY OUR PROBLEMSP. AND WORKING THROUGH SOLUTIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THAT. SO I THINK THE FIRST ONE I'VE GOT IS RELATED ENGINEERS WEEK. IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHY THIS PERIOD OF TIME IS ENGINEER'S WEEK. IT IS GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.

AND WE CONSIDER GEORGE AS OUR FIRST ENGINEER IN THE COUNTRY. AND WE ALWAYS CELEBRATE IT THAT WAY. I'M VERY PLEASED THAT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A GOOD GROUP OF FOLKS LIKE THIS. I THINK WE HAVE SOME CALLS LATER THAT ARE CALLING IN FROM ACEC, ACST, PSCT. REALLY TEXAS IS THE CENTER OF THE ENGINEERING UNIVERSE.

AND I'M GLAD TO RECOGNIZE IT. I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE HISTORY THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AWARE, WHEREAS THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21 THROUGH FEBRUARY 27, 2021 IS RECOGNIZED AS ENGINEERS WEEK AND IN MARCH OF 1937 THE THIRD DEADLIEST DISASTER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TOOK PLACE AT THE LOND SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF NEW LONDON, WHERE RUSS COUNTY, TEXAS, A FAULTY GAS CONNECTION CAUSED SCHOOL TO EXPLODE KILLING MOST, ALMOST 300 PEOPLE, 90% OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE CHILDREN. AND EMERGENCY SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE WAS CONVENED TO RESULTED IN THE ENGINEERING REGISTRATION ACT NOW KNOWN AS THE TEXAS ENGINEERING PRACTICE ACT BEING ENACTED WHICH PROHIBITERS ANY -- PROHIBITS ANY PERSON OR OFFERING TO PRACTICE AS AN ENGINEER UNLESS LICENSED BY THE TEXAS BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.

SO YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY JOHN BLUNT'S JOB IS SO IMPORTANT TO PROPERLY VET ENGINEERING FIRMS TO BE SURE THAT ONLY QUALIFIED FIRMS WORK FOR THE COUNTY THIS IS IT.

BECOME A PROFESSIONAL INCOME NEAR, PE USING MUST EARN A 4-YEAR DEGREE IN ENGINEERING FROM ACCREDITED ENGINEERING PROGRAM. PASS A FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGINEERING EXAM, COMPLETE FOUR YEARS PROGRESSIVE ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE, UNDER A PE AND PASS PRINCIPALS AND PRACTICE OF PE EXAM AFTER WHICH AT P. CONTINUOUSLY DEMONSTRATE

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FELLOW MAN. >> JUDGE. >> SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CAGLE.

>> YES. >> I PROUDABLY SECOND THE MOTION.

AND I ALSO DO SO IN NAME AND IN HONOR OF MY FATHER WHO IS A P. E.

AND I ALSO DO IT IN HONOR OF OUR NEWEST COLLEAGUE, OUR JUNIOR COLLEAGUE ON COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHO IS A PE HIMSELF. AND SO I PROUDABLY SECOND THE MOTION.

AND I SAW COMMISSIONER GARCIA PUTTING HIS NUMBER 2 UP. BUT I ALREADY HAD MY SIGN FOR SECOND UP BEFORE HE DID. AND I AM GLAD TO SEE HE WOULD THIRD THE MOTION.

>>> MR. GARCIA. >>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND I, TOO, WANT TO ADD TO THE LIST THAT COMMISSIONER CAGLE IS INCLUDING. MY BROTHER IN LAW -- BROTHER-IN-LAW, RETIRED ARMY CORE OF ENGINEER, COMMANDER LIEUTENANTER -- LIEUTENANT COLONEL CORPS OF ENGINEER, MY OTHER BROTHER-IN-LAW DR. BARRERA WHO WE'VE HONORED, CURRENTLY A PROFESSIONOR AT JONES COLLEGE AT RICE UNIVERSITY.

AND I THINK COMMISSIONER'S KAIGLE IS SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH.

AND YOU KNOW, SO MANY OTHERS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IF NOT FOR A QUOTE THEY REMEMBER HEARING IN THE MOVIE "LINCOLN" WHICH IT TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT ENGINEERING ALSO GIVES A MECHANICAL DEFINITION TO EQUALITY. THAT ENGINEERING THAT THINGS MUST BE EQUAL TO THEMSELVES TO BE EQUAL TO AND SIMILARLY, PEOPLE HAVE TO BE EQUAL TO EACH OTHER SO THAT THE LAW CAN FIND THAT EQUALITY AS WELL. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ADD MY

FAMILY INTO THAT LIST OF DISTINGUISHED ENGINEERS. >> LUCINDA DO WE HAVE OTHER

SPEAKERS FOR THIS RESOLUTION? >> DAVID HAGGI WITH ACUC HOUSTON, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FROM ACC HOUSTON AND PERSONALLY ALL THE WORK YOU'VE HAD TO DO. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEK WE'RE HAVING APHISTORIC EVEN YOU'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND THE WORK OF ALL THE STAFF. JUST LIKE YOU HEAR AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, INFRASTRUCTURE -- BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE CREATES JOBS, A HEALTHY ECONOMY, A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CITIZENS NOW. AND IT WILL ALSO DO THAT FOR THE MILLIONS OF NEW TEXANS ON THEIR WAY TO HARRIS COUNTY THAT THIS POPULATION IS GROW -- THIS REGION'S POP HEIRLATION -- POPULATION IS GROWING RAPIDLY. THANKFULLY IN THIS COUNTY OUR VOTERS ARE APPROVED INITIATIVES CONFIRMING THE IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.

WHETHER THE SLED BONDS, HOUSTON FORWARD THE METRO MOVING FORWARD PLAN.

PEOPLE RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND GOD WILLING ONE DAY WE GO BACK TO NORMALITY OR WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT, KEEP CREATING THE JOBS, CREATE A HEALTHY ECONOMY AND A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE, AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE MILLIONS

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AGAIN, THANKS A LOT. >> THANK YOU, DAVID. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> JUNIOR REDDISH, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> YES, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER RAM DITHE -- RAMSEY THIS IS JR REDDISH. WANT TO PUT A FLUKING HERE, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR FIFTHTH -- 50TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR PROVIDING ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. I AM THE STATE DELEGATE, STATE OF TEXAS DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.

WE ARE WELL REPRESENTED IN TEXAS TO NSPE. LAST WEEK WAS A BUSY WEEK FOR NSPE AS IT WAS THE WEEK ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF ENGINEERS TO OUR COUNTRY. JUST A LITTLE HISTORICAL DATA POINED FOR YOU ALL.

E-WEEK WAS SPLISHED IN 1951 -- ESTABLISHED IN 1951 TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTION TO ENGINEERS ACROSS OUR GREAT COUNTRY. THIS YEAR'S THEME FOR ENGINEERS WEEK WAS IMAGINING TOMORROW WHICH IS VERY APPROPRIATE GIVE TEN TIMES WE HAVE ALL LIVED HERE IN 2020 AND MOVING INTO 2021 WITH THIS MOST RECENT STORM. OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

AND THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT WITH OUR NEW. -- NEW PRESIDENT WHO IN FACT IS A MEMBER OF TSPE HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TRISH HATLEY. I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND THE COURT FOR THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF THIS RESOLUTION. ENGINEERS HAVE A LOT TO DO OBVIOUSLY WITH THIS LAST HOUR OF DISCUSSION YOU'VE ALL HAD THERE ON THE COURT ABOUT OUR POWER GRID. ENGINEERS WILL PLAY A BIG FELLOW THAT.

AND AGAIN, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND RECOGNITION AND WANT TO WISH YOU, THE COURT, MAY GOD BLESS THE COURT, THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JR.

>> MOTIONS ON THAT ANNIVERSARY. >> ALBERT CHANG WITH TEXAS BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS GO

AHEAD, PLEASE. >>> HELLO THIS ALBERT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND COURT MEMBERS IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE REMARKS ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. I AM NOT AN ENGINEER.

ASERVE AS A PUBLIC MEMBER ON THE BOARD. PERSONALLY BENEFITED FROM THE GREAT LIFE THAT ENGINEERING CAREER CAN PROVIDE. MY FATHER WAS A CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL PE WHO WORKED HIS ENTIRE CAREER BUILDING AND DESYNC REFINERIES IN THE PETRO CHEMICAL COMPLEX. HE WAS BORN IN CHINA AND FLED TO HONG KONG AND DIME HOUSTON TO STUDY ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. WHILE HE WAS THERE HE LIVED AND WORKED AND MR. WONG'S NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE ON AL LEASIAN ON THE NEAR NORTH SIDE, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. THAT IS WHERE HE MET MY MOM. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENGINEERS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, PES. ENGINEERS WHO RECEIVED THEIR LICENSE BY THE STATE BY ACHIEVING CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL MILESTONES AND LEARN THEIR DEGREE FROM ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY, TRAINED AND WORKED UNDER PE AND PERFORMED CERTAIN LEVELS OF WORK EXPERIENCE AND PASS SPECIFIC EXAMINATIONS. PE REPRESENTS THE MOST QUALIFIED AND ETHICALLY QUALIFIED IN THEIR PROFESSION. THE BOARD'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS. AT OUR QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK I ASKED OUR CHAIRMAN, OUR BOARD AND TO WORK WITH WAYS TO WORK THE GOVERNOR, THE STATE AND WORK AT RESOLVING THE CRISIS WE JUST EXPERIENCED WITH EXTREME COLD WEATHER EVENT.

NO PROFESSION IS BETTER QUALIFIED TO ENSURE THE RELIABILITY AND SAFETY OF OUR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND POWER GENERATION. START WITH THOSE THAT BIND ENERGY, PETROLEUM ENGINEER, NUCLEAR ENGINEER, MINING ENGINEERS AND MOVE TO THOSE THAT BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS, CIVIL ENGINEER, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, MECHANICAL ENERGY NEXT INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. AND THOSE THAT RUN AND MAINTAIN THE SYSTEMS AND SAFETY, CONTROL SYSTEM ENGINEER, SOFTWARE ENGINEER, FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERS. FINALLY, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND

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PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS WILL NOT ONLY DO THE BEST JOB BUT DO IT WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IN MIND. I DO HAVE TO MENTION OUR LANDS SURVEYOR, OUR TWO BOARDS LAST SESSION AND AS COMMISSIONER RAMSEY MENTIONED NATIONAL ENGINEERING WEEK IS ALWAYS CELEBRATED THE WEEK IN FEBRUARY THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.

GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS A SURVEYOR ALONG WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FELLOW COUNTY EMPLOYEES, FLOOD CONTROL AND AT THE TOLL ROAD 40. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ALBERT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLING IN. AND WAS YOUR FAMILY RESIDENTS

OVER IN LYNDELL PARK? >> MY MOM GREW UP ON TERRY STREET.

>> BEAUTIFUL. >> YES, SIR. >> SHE IS A REAL NORTHSIDER.

THANK YOU. >> YES, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT, TAKE CARE.

>> THANK YOU. >> JUDGE, THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS WE COULD REACH.

>> THANK YOU, LUCINDA. >>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> SO THAT WAS COMMISSIONER RAMSEY'S ITEM. I KNOW THERE WAS A MOTION AND SECOND SO WHY DON'T WE JUST GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY MADE THE MOTION, MR. CAGLE MADE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY YOU HAVE

ANOTHER. >> I THINK THIS RESOLUTION WE COULD SAY ABOUT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN HARRIS COUNTY, BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE WE GOT RECOGNIZED THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE ON THE FRONT LINES DURING THIS STORM EVENT. AND THE RESOLUTION READS WHEREAS COMMENCING ON THE EVENING OF SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13TH, 2021 AT 24-HOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS BEGAN IN PRECINCT 3 RODEN BRIDGE DEPARTMENT AND CONCLUDED ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18TH, 2021 AT 4:30 P.M. IN RESPONSE TO OUR WINTER STORM EVENT; AND WHEREAS DURING THIS TIME THE SHIFTS WENT FROM 10 HOURS TO 12 HOURS ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, WITH FOUR CREWS BEING DIVIDED EQUALLY BETWEEN THE WEST SIDE AND HAWKLEY SERVICE CAMP, APPROXIMATELY 30 WORKERS LEFT THEIR OWN FAMILY, SLEPT AT THE CAMPS, WORKED TIRELESSLY. THESE EMPLOYEES MANAGED 25 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT INCLUDED SPREADER TRUCKS, DUMP TRUCK, GRADEALLS AND DUMP TRUCKS DURING EACH SHIFT AND WHEREAS THESE CREWS WORKED AT GREAT PERIL DURING AN INCREASING ICY CONDITIONS, LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY AS WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUED TO DETERIORATED TO PLACE CHAT ROCK ON 250 BRIDGES AT AMERICAS AND ALONG THE 2,000 MILES OF ME SING 3, MAINTAINED ROADWAYS TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR TRACTION ON THE ICY INFRASTRUCTURE ENABLING EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO CONTINUE TO SERVICE THESE DELETE S THOSE IN NEED AND CITIZENS NEEDING TO TRAVEL SAFELY. THEN THEY WENT BACK AND REAPPLIED AS NEEDED DURING THE STORM. WHEREAS THE PRECINCT BUILDING MAINTENANCE STAFF WORKED ENDLESSLY ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20TH.

AND SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21ST TO REPAIR DAMAGE TO LINES ALLOWING OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS SENIOR SENIOR CENTERS AND PARKS TO REOPEN ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 21ST.

WE WERE AT A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY LAST FRIDAY. MOST OF THE DAY WE WERE USING OUR PUMPER TRUCKS. WE PUT HASH LEVELS AND PUMPED WATER UP THERE, GAVE PEOPLE A BUCKET SO THEY COULD FLUSH THEIR TOILETS. THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, OUR EMPLOYEES WERE JUST THERE PROVIDING HELP DURING THE WARMING CENTERS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS OUR EMPLOYEES WERE THERE FRONT LINE. THESE PRESING THREE MAINTENANCE STAFF WORKED ENDLESSLY AS I SAID, WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF THE PRECINCT PARKS DEPARTMENT PREPARED THE PARK, EQUIPMENT TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE FROM THE EVENT, RELOCATED SHELTERED ANIMALS FROM BEAR CREEK, PIONEERIES PARK ZOO PRIOR TO THE EVENT AND PROVIDED CONTINUED CARE DURING.

AFTER THE EVENT THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING NONPOTTABLE WATER AT FIVE LOCATIONS. NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT WISHES TO EXTAND THANKS TO ALL STAFF WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND DURING THIS TIME OF

CRISIS. >> SECOND ON THIS COMMISSIONER -- I BEAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS A SECOND TIME EARLIER. AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS PROBABLY GOING JOIN IN WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO AND SAY THANK YOU TO FOLKS IN PRECINCT 3.

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AND JUDGE, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOUTOUT, TOO, I HAD A VERY IMPORTANT JOB DURING THE STORM OF RIDING BEHIND IN MY VEHICLE THE LIGHTS ON SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD NOT TAILGATE. AND SOMETIMES CRASH INTO THE BACK OF OUR GUYS LAYING DOWN THE TRACK, LAYING DOWN ROCK. AND I KNOW JUDGE, THAT I MADE A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING AND YOU ALWAYS TOOK MY PHONE CALLS WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO GET DATA WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE STORM AND WHATNOT. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE CREWS AT THE OEM BEING AVAILABLE FOR US SO WE KNEW WHETHER OR NOT ON ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT WHETHER WE SHOULD RUN ANOTHER ROUND OUT OR WAIT FOR A PARTICULAR SQUALL TO PASS THROUGH.

AND YOU TOLD US, GO HOME, WAIT FOR THE SQUALL. AND THEN WE CAME BACK ON THE BACKSIDE OF IT AGAIN. AND SO WE HOOTED WITH THE OWLS AND WE CROWED WITH THE ROOSTERS ALL DURING THAT WEEK. AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME. AND WE RAN 24/7.

OUR ENCORE AND TRANSPORTATION FOLKS IN PRECINCT 4 ALSO VOLUNTEERED TO DO OUR WARMING CENTERS, TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE FOLKS AND THEN WE ALSO RELOCATED SOME OF THEM BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR PEW WERE IN THE WARMING CENTERS OVER AT MATTRESS MACKS GROUP AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO GALLERY FURNITURE. AND OUR RECOVERY PHASE 8,000 OF NONPOTTABLE WATER, THAT IS POTTY WATER, WE USED OUR TRUCKS THAT NORMALLY WE USE TO REPAIR OUR ROADS WITH, THE MUD JACK ROADS AND PUT NON-POTABLE WATER IN THEM AND PUT THEM IN STATIONS AND DELIVERED THOSE BECAUSE FOLKS WOULD USE THE BOTTLE WATER TO DRINK AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO USE THEIR PRECIOUS BOTTLED WATER TO FLUSH THEIR TOILETS. AND I THINK PRECINCT 3'S CREWS STARTED USING THEIR IRRIGATION TRUCKS LIKE WE WERE USING OUR MUD JACK TRUCKS THAT WERE THROUGHOUT TO DELIVER THE NON-POTABLE WATER AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OVER 3,000 CARS THROUGH OUR DRIVE-OUTS AND HAD 60 PALATES AND COOPERATED WITH THE CITY OF HUGHESSTON IN DELIVERING PALATES TO THE CHURCH WITHOUT WALLS. I KNEW ANY THE HOLD DAYS BEFORE DR. WEST WAS A DOLLAR, AND IT WAS BLUE COLLAR BACK IN THE DAY, WE HAD PALLETS WE DELIVERED OUT THERE, LEVY PARK, CARVERDALE COMMUNITY CENTER. PRECINCT 3, MET CHURCH, CHURCH WITHOUT WALLS, THE CIVIC CENTER, BARBARA BUSH LIBRARY, BOROUGHS PARK, ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE PARK, I KNOW, JUDGE.

AND WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF BOTTLED WATER WE HANDED OUT AT WHAT HAS BECOME A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT WHICH SOUR SELF-HELP CENTER FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DEBRIS THEY NEED TO HAUL OFF AND GET OUT OF THE FRONT OF YOUR JARRED GET A FRIEND WITH A TRAILER AND WE'VE BEEN HANDING OUT WATER AS WELL AS NONPOTTABLE WATER THERE. WE'VE BEEN AT HERITAGE ESTATES AND MANY ELDERLY WHO COULD JUST NOT GET OUT AND WE WENT TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO DO THAT.

I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF AND OUR EVENT STAFF FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT IS THERE AND THE CORROBORATION AND COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THIS PROJECT.

THERE WERE NEEDS AND STAFF, OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES STOOD READY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

AND THEREFORE, I GLADLY JOIN AND SECOND AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS THIRDING AGAIN COMMISSIONER RAMSEY'S RESOLUTION. AND I DO SO IN HONOR OF PRECINCT

4 HAS ALSO DONE DURING THIS CRISES. >> COMMERCIALNER GARCIA.

>>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND I DO WANT TO ADD MY REMARKS ABOUT ON BEHALF OF MY STAFF.

I'M SO PROUD OF THEM, JUDGE, THEY DID SOME MIRACULOUS THINGS AT THE 11TH HOUR.

THEY JUST GOT IT DONE. I JUST -- THERE ARE JUST SO MANY THAT I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO NAME THEM ALL. BUT THERE WILL BE SOME SPECIAL FOLKS THAT WILL STAND OUT AND I WILL BE BRINGING THAT NEXT MEETING. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BIG SHOUTOUT, JUDGE YOU, YOU KNOW YOU'RE DATA-DRIVEN. YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO ALL THE DETAILS. YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS BEING A CATEGORY-5, EQUILT TO A CATEGORY-5 HURRICANE IS WHAT GOT OUR FOLKS TO REALLY WORK HARD AND GET SOME THINGS DONE.

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AND LIKE SO MANY OTHERS YOU MAY NOT HAVE HAD A SHOVEL IN YOUR HAND AND MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DRIVING ONE OF THE BIG TRUCKS, BUT YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN, JUDGE, BECAUSE YOU HELPED US GET THROUGH THIS DISASTER A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WE WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE, IF NOT FOR YOUR MAKING SURE WE WERE UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS COMING OUR WAY.

BUT TO ALL OF THOSE EMPLOYEES AND I'VE GOT A GUY THAT JUST RETIRED AFTER 34 YEARS.

HE HE WILL BE ONE OF THE FOLKS I RECOGNIZE IN THE COMING MEETING WHO HE ALONG WITH HIS COLLEAGUES DID SOME MIRACULOUS THINGS. BUT FOR HIM TO END HIS CAREER WITH COUNTY AFTER 34 YEARS, DIDN'T KNOW HE WOULD BE PULLING THE PLUG, BUT HE DID ALL OF THIS WHILE CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS. AND SO TO ALL OF OUR STAFF WHETHER PRECINCT 3, 4, 1 OR 2, OR IN OEM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.

MANY OF YOU HAD DAMAGE IN YOUR OWN HOMES BUT SHOWED UP TO TAKE CARE OF THE CITIZENS OF HARRIS COUNTY. PLEASE KNOW THAT IS NOT LOST ON ANYBODY.

AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING AROUND-THE-CLOCK. THANK YOU FOR ENDURING THE, YOU KNOW, INCREDIBLY HORRIBLE CONDITIONS, BUT YOU DID IT & IN INCREDIBLE FASHION AND THE CITIZENS OF HARRIS COUNTY APPLAUD YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> AGENDA AT SOME POINT, BUT COMMISSIONER RAMSEY I WANT TO ECHO YOUR COMMENTS AND EVERYBODY'S. WHEN YOUR STAFF IS NOT OVER WITH, THE LARGEST IN HOUSTON IS IN YOUR PRECINCT MR. RAMSEY AND THEY DECIDED TO DO A POP-UP, THE BEST OF INTENTIONS AND I THINK I GOT THE WORD LATE SATURDAY AND THEN THE MAYOR CALLED ME WONDERING COULD I GET STAFF OUT THERE -- COULD HE GET STAFF OUT THERE AND I THINK HE SAID OBTAIN 1,000 PEOPLE. SO WE HAD TO CALL SOMEBODY THAT WORKS FOR US AND LIVES IN HUMBLE. SO OUR STAFFS ARE ALL STILL DOING IT.

COMMISSIONER, I WANT TO SAY THAT ANALOGY, LET'S HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER APPROPRIATE METAPHOR FOR HURRICANE. BUT CATEGORY-5 WAS A GOOD ONE.

AND DESPITE SOME FOLKS THAT WERE GRUMBLING OVER IT, IT WAS A PERFECT ANALOGY AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE SO PROPHETIC. YOU KEEP THINKING OF THE NEXT ONE IF WE HAVE A CRIESIS TO GET

PEOPLE REALLY PREPARED. THANK YOU. >> FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND I COLLECT EVERYONE'S APPRECIATION. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY MADE THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER CAGLE

SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> OPPOSED? >> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> JUDGE. >> YES. >> THAT MOTION WAS TO APPROVE

THE RESOLUTION AS READ, CREEK? >> -- CORRECT? >> YES, JAMES, THAT WAS ITEM 349. COMMISSIONER CAGLE, YOUR RESOLUTION?

>> YES, YOUR HONOR WE HAVE A COUPLE OF RESOLUTIONS IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH WHICH IS WHEN WE STARTED OUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT SESSION AND WE'VE KIND OF CARRIED PASSED THE TOUCH, BUT WE'RE STILL -- WE STARTED THERE SO IT IS STILL COUNTS.

AND THE ONE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS DEALS WITH A MODERN INDIVIDUAL THAT WE KANG ALL BE PROUD OF AND THEY REPRESENT US HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY ON OUR HARRIS HEALTH BOARD AND IF OTHER RESOLUTION IS WILL HAVE ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE, BUT FOR THOSE THAT LOVE BASEBALL WILL MAKE THEM VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH REGARD TO THE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH REGARD TO THAT. THE FIRST RESOLUTION AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SPEAKERS THAT ARE WAITING TO TALK ON IT, YOUR HONOR. IS IN HONOR DR. JOHNSON, UMD JOHNSON AND I CAN SAY A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT DR. JOHNSON. I FIRST MET HIM OUT THERE WHERE WE WERE JUST WORKING ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, JUDGE, YOU BEING SOMEONE THAT WENT TO

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SO INNING THE OUR COVID CRISES, HE HAS BEEN A GREAT INNOVATIVE DELETE SER AND MUCH OF HIS INNOVATIONS HAVE SAVED LIVES ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME: WHEREAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH ORIGINATED IN 1926 WHEN DR. CARTER G. WOODSON SET ASIDE A SPECIAL PERIOD TO RECOGNIZE THE HERITAGE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND WHEREAS DR. UND JOHNSON IS TODAY A LEADING SCHOLAR, SCIENTIST AND PRACTITIONER OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND DANCE CANCER MEDICINE IN HARRIS COUNTY WHEREAS DR. JOHNSON ACHIEVED HIS DEGREE FROM RICE'S UNIVERSITY. AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY WAS THE KILLER CLASS, AND HE SURVIVED THAT AND ACTUALLY MAJORED IN IT AND GOT HIS MD AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH GALVESTON, COMPLETED HIS INTERNAL RESIDENCY AND ININTERNSHIP AT CENTER OF HEALTH SCIENCE HOUSTON AND COMPLETED AT MD HANDSSEN CANCER CENTER. WHEREAS HE TRAINED AT HERMAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, ST. LUC'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. WHEREAS JOHNSON SERVED ON BORDER OF RICE UNIVERSITY AS FEDERAL AVIATION MEDICAL EXAMINER -- HE'S A PILOT, DUNG.

>> MEMBER OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM, A CHAIRMAN OF THE HCA HOUSTON ASK WHERE DR. JOHNSON IS PIONEERING EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS INCLUDING LIFE-SAVING MESIS NATIONAL COMBINATIONS AND JUDGE, YOU'RE LOOK AT ONE OF TWO PEOPLE IN IF CAGLE HOUSE HELD TO BRING BENEFITED FROM HIS PROCEDURES WHEREAS ON AUGUST 7TH, 2020 AT EDDIE BERN NIECE JOHNSON, DR. JOHNSON PARTICIPATED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK TALK US VIRTUAL TOWN HALL CALLED THE ROLE OF BLACK SCIENTISTS IN COVID-19 AND A TIRELESS EFFORT TO BATTLE COVID-19.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE HEREBY RECOGNIZES. FOR HIS MYRIAD OF PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXEMPT LAURIE PUBLIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN A MOMENT OF NATIONAL CRISES.

AND JUDGE, WE GOT A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS. >> LUCINDA, GO AHEAD.

>> DR. JOHNSON. >> SPAINING. >> CONGRESSIONAL --

>> GO AHEAD, SIR. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? >> YES, SIR, WE CAN HEAR YOUR

SPEAKER IN THE BACKGROUND IF YOU COULD TURN IT DOWN FOR US. >> OKAY.

YES, JUDGE HIDALGO, COMMISSIONER ELLIS, COMMISSIONER GARCIA CHAIR GARCIA AND COMMISIONER RAMSEY, JUDGE CAGLE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M VERY HUMBLED BY THIS WRECK MISSION. I MUST TELL YOU THAT THAT THE REGIMENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS BORN OUT OF THE LOVE OF MY DAUGHTER. CAME HOME AND BASICALLY SAID SHE WAS UNABLE TO SMELL OR TASTE. AND THAT WAS JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.

AND THE SCIENTISTS IN ME AND LOVE OF MY DAUGHTER FORCE MEDTO DEVELOP THIS COMBINATION USING EXISTING MEDICATIONS THAT WE HAD ON THE SHELF. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT AND I SAW WHERE IT LED, SUBSEQUENTLY TO THAT MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS APPROACHED ME REGARDING THEIR CURRENT CONDITION, WERE ABLE TO USE THAT. WE SAW THE RESULTS AND I MUST TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IT IS APPROACHING SEVERAL HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS RANGING IN AGE FROM 16 TO 96. AND I COULD SAY WITH CERTAINTY RIGHT NOW THAT NO ONE HAS DIED.

AND THE OBJECTIVE OF THE EXERCISE WAS TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.

WE DIDN'T SAY WE WERE CURING IT BUT TRYING TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET TO THE HOSPITAL THINGS GET OUT OF CONTROL. AND YOU KNOW THE RESULTS.

WE HAVE OVER 500,000 SOULS LOST AT THIS POINT. DURING THE COURSE OF THIS TIME, I DEVELOPED WHAT IS CALLED THE JOHNSON STAGING SYSTEM. THE STAGING SYSTEM GOING FROM ZERO TO 4 JUST LIKE IN CANCER. WHEN YOU GET TO STAGE 4 JUST LIKE IN CANCER, YOU'VE GET A LOT OF TROUBLE THERE, STATE ZERO, THE INDIVIDUALS ARE COVID POSITIVE BUT THEY HAVE NO SYMPTOMS. AND SO STATES -- STAGE 1 WOULD BE ONE TO THREE SYMPTOMS. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO STAGE 3 YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH, EXERTION, CHEST TIGHTNESS. WHEN YOU GET TO STAGE 4, YOU'RE SYMPTOMATIC, HYPOSSIC AND A LOT

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IT IS OUR DRUG COMBINATION IS CALLED CRRM O-REMEMBER SYSTEM I-A-D.

>> I HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND GET THIS STARTED. YOU KNOW, C JUDGE CAGLE MENTIONED YOU KNOW BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I MUST TELL YOU THIS IS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE BEST PHYSICIANS IN TOWN THAT HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN ELVEILING ME.

WHETHER WILLIS JAMES, OR MD ANDERSON OR TOPHILL AT RICE UNIVERSITY, WHETHER PERRY WESTON

WAY BACK WHEN. >> ALL OF THESE PEOPLE PLAYED A ROLE IN MY DEVELOPMENT.

SO I'M HERE TODAY A PRODUCT OF EDUCATING YOURSELF AND BEING AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND I MUST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALSO ON HARRIS HEALTH BOARD, BECAUSE THAT HAS TAUGHT ME AN AWFUL LOT. IT IS PRICELESS. THE THINGS THAT WE SEE AS WE TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN HARRIS SOUNDTY -- COUNTY.

I SINCERELY HOPE WHEN WE LAUNCH THIS WE CAN HAVE MORE DATA AND MORE SCIENCE TO SAY THIS IS EFFECTIVE AND WE CAN USE THIS TO TREAT OUR RESIDENTS. I MUST ADD SOMETHING ELSE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HARRIS HEALTH AND THE COST OF THING, REMDESIVIR WHICH IS AN IV IN-PATIENT DRUG FOSTS ABOUT $4,000 FOR A SEVEN-DAY TREATMENT.

MY ESTIMATE IS FROM WHAT WE'RE USING THE COST OF THIS IS ABOUT $150.

AND SO IF WE CAN GET THIS TO WHERE THE SCIENCE CAN THOUGH THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS WHEN WE DO THIS, IT IS GOING BE AFFORDABLE. AND I'M VERY HOPEFUL FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR. IT IS NOT A CURE, BUT I MUST TELL YOU, I'VE SEEN SOME THINGS THAT SURPRISED ME. AND SO I, AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS CAGLE, JUDGE HIDALGO, COMMISSIONER ELITCH AND COMMERCIALNER RAMSEY, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING ME

FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU DR. JOHNSON,

CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MIEB.

>> FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU DON'T DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE SUBJECT TO SPEAK. I'LL BE BRIEF AS A HEALER, EDUCATESSOR AND TEACHER, AS A SCIENTIST, AS A AS YOU JUST HEARD AND A LIFE LONG LEARNER, I THINK DR. JOHNSON HAS PROVEN HIMSELF AS AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR THIS RECOGNITION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I'M HONORED TO BE SERVING IN HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE DR. JOHNSON HAS A BOARD MEMBER. MY GREATEST HONOR, I THINK THAT ONE THING I'M GOING RECOGNIZE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU JUST HEARD, IS HIM EXEMPLIFYING SERVANT LEADER. AND THE BEST WAY I DESCRIBE THAT IS TWO THING, ONE, ALWAYS GIVING PEOPLE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. AND ALSO WHEN YOU SEE THE NEED, FILL THE NEED.

AND HE FILLS THIS TO A T. WHAT HE'S DONE WITH REGARD TO COMING UP WITH TREATMENT FOR COVID-19 AFTER HIS DAUGHTER FELL ILL SPEAKS VOLUME. AGAIN, I'M HONORED.

I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR AND LEARNED QUITE A BIT FROM MR. JOHNSON AND LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE FROM HIM AND VERY, VERY PROUD. AND I'D BE AMISS NOT TO MENTION THAT WE'RE BOTH PRODUCTS OF THE UT INTERNAL MEDICINE PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE.

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>> THREW. >> CAROL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, GO AHEAD PLEASE.

>> OH, YES, HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOONS JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS KIM MUNDAY AND I'M SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD IN HONOR OF DR. JOHNSON.

AND I'M HONORED TO BE ASKED TO DO SO AS IT IS ALWAYS HARD TO GO THIRD IF NOT REPEAT WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPEATED BUT IT BEARS DISCUSSION. DR. JOHNSON IS A TRUE RENAISSANCE MAN. HE IS A PHYSICIAN. SHE A PROFESSOR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND REASON PEOPLE DO NOT GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL IS BECAUSE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.

AND I WAS ONE OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ALMOST DIDN'T MAKET. HE IS A TEACHER AND PUBLISHED AUTHOR AND SERVES OUR COUNTRY AS FEDERAL MEDICAL EXAMINER AND HOLDS MANY POSTS INCLUDING OUR OWN HERE AT HARRIS COUNTY HEALTH SINCE 2016 HE'S BEEN CHAIR OF AMBULATORY SURGERY BOARD AND BUILT THAT AM BUT LARORY SERVICE CENTER TODAY. AND IMPORTANCE OF HAVING NURSES AND RETAINING NURSES. AND HE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADING AND PARTICIPATING OUR NEW DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM THAT DR. CORESUCH SPOKE OF.

I KNOW WHEN I SPOKE TO DR. JOHNSON DURING THE PANDEMIC HE WAS IN A DIFFERENT CITY HELPING OTHERS, INTUBE BAITING INTORKSD PUTTING A TUBE DOWN ONE'S THROAT TO HELP THEM BREATHE WHEN THEY CAN'T BREATHE. HE WAS SPREADING THE MESSAGE AND THE WORD.

I THINK AT ONE POINT I TALKED TO JIMMY HE HAD NOT BEEN HOME IN 180 DAYS TO SLEEP IN HIS OWN BED. HE'S A TRUE SERVANT LEADER AND A BRILLIANT NAN I CONSIDER MY FRIEND AND I'M SO HAPPY HE'S RECEIVING THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU.

>> DEB BY RIDDLE, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT IS REALLY AN HONOR TO BE SPEAKING REGARDING OUR FAMILY DOCTOR AND OUR FAMILY FRIEND.

HE'S ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT I'M GOING TO SAY A COUPLE OF THING THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN SAID.

HE DID RECEIVE HIS P H. D. FROM RICE. BUT IT WAS DR. MICHAEL DEBAKEY WHO ENCOURAGED HIM TO GO ONTO MEDICAL SCHOOL. AND DELETE S AND I KNOW THAT DR. DEBAKEY MADE A VERY GOOD DIVISION THAT ENCOURAGEMENT HE SITS ON THE BOARD OF HCA, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF HCA TOM BALL. AND HE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE WITH THIS COVID VIRUS OF SAVING WELL OVER 300 OF HIS OWN PATIENTS. AND MORE THAN LIKELY, MORE THAN THAT WITH PATIENTS ACROSS THE NATION WITH THE ADVICE HE IS GIVING UNDER OTHER DOCTORS.

HIS ADVICE HAS BEEN SOUGHT BY DOCTORS FROM CALIFORNIA FROM COAST TO COAST.

AND THAT IS MAJOR. THAT IS MAJOR. HIS CONTRIBUTION REGARDING THIS COVID VIRUS WITH OTHER DOCTORS HAS BEEN MAJOR. A SEENIOR FACILITY THAT HAS -- A SENIOR DELETE SIOR FACILITY THAT HAS FACILITIES IN OTHER STATES AS WELL AS TEXAS HAS ASKED FOR HIS ADVICE. AND HE HAS GIVEN ADVICE. DR. JOHNSON, HAS NOT LOST ONE PATIENT TO THIS COVID, WHICH I FIND ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. SO IT IS TRULY MY HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SAY JUST A FEW WORDS REGARDING MY FRIEND AND MY DOCTOR AND OUR FAMILY FRIEND AND FAMILY DOCTOR WHO TOOK CARE OF EACH ONE OF US. EVERYONE IN OUR FAMILY GOT COVID AND DR. JOHNSON WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN TREATING THAT. SO I TRULY APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER CAGLE, COMMISSIONER ELLIS WHO HE WAS ON THE SENATE SIDE AND I WAS ON THE HOUSE SIDE FOR QUITE A WHILE IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND OUR COUNTY JUDGE AS WELL.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER CAGLE LOVES MYTHOLOGY, BUT I MUST SAY THAT DR. JOHNSON WOULD SEEM ALMOST LIKE A MYTHOLOGICAL PERSON WITH ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT HE'S NOT MYTH LOGICAL.

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WE HAD A BOARD MEETING FOR HCA TOM BALL REGIONAL THE OTHER DAY AND NOT ONE WORD OF ALL HE'S DONE REGARDING THIS COVID VIRUS WAS BROUGHT UP UNTIL I BROUGHT IT UP.

AND HIS HUMILITY, HE WAS NOT REAL HAPPY WITH ME FOR BRINGING IT UP.

BUT I INSISTED ON IT. >> THANK YOU. >> MY ON HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SAY

THESE WORDS REGARDING HIM AND I THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE AND I HOPE YOU AND MIKE IS DOING ALREADY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS ABOUT THE DOCTOR. HE IS AN OUTSTANDING PERSON.

BUT GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> REPRESENTATIVE, APPRECIATE

YOU AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. >> MORRELL DELETE SIALES, GO AHEAD MARKS PLEASE.

>>> JUDGE, COMMISSIONER, I APPRECIATE THE COURT'S RECOGNITION OF MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUE ON THE HARRIS HEALTH BOARD OF TRUSTEES DR. JOHNSON. THE RESOLUTION SAYS IT ALL.

DR. JOHNSON IS A VERY ACCOMPLISHED PERSON AND A P H. D., MB, A PILOT, A SCIENTIST, A FATHER, AND LINDA'S FRIEND. THANK YOU FOR SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR TOO OFTEN NEGLECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS WHO ENRICH AMERICA AND MAKE A BETTER SOCIETY FOR ALL. AND WE HOPE THAT THIS RECOGNITION WILL MOTIVATE OTHERS TO RISE TO THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL AS WELL. GOD LESS AND CONGRATS AGAIN TO

MY BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER DR. EWAN JOHNSON. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> WILLIS DOMALOS, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >>> JUDGE ASK AND COMMISSIONERS THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT DR. JOHNSON. FORGIVE ME IF I GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL. FOR OVER A MONTH NOW I WAS STRICT WENT COVID AND HAD DOUBLE PNEUMONIA. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I NEVER MET DR. JOHNSON BEFORE THIS TIME. AND I HAD HEARD ABOUT HIM BUT HE STAYED -- HE CALLED ME ALMOST DAILY, CHECKED IN AND REASSURED MY WIFE. AND AT THE TIME WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO EXPIRE AND THE DOCKS AT THE HOSPITAL THOUGHT I WAS.

DR. JOHNSON WITH THE STRENGTH OF -- I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT KNOW WHERE HE GETS IT FROM, CALLED MY FAMILY TO REASSURE THEM THAT HE HAD NOT LOST ONE PATIENT AND HE WAS NOT GOING TO BEGIN WITH ME.

I HAD SEEN MANY THINGS IN MY LONG, LONG CAREER. AND I HAD NEVER BEEN AFRAID OF DYING UNTIL I WAS STRICKEN WITH COVID. AND DR. JOHNSON KNEW THAT AND HE CALLED US, AGAIN, DAILY TO REASSURE US. HE CHECKED ON MY CONDITION.

HE CHECKED ON MY WIFE. HE ASKED ABOUT MY GRAND CAUGHTER.

ALL THE THINGS HE KNEW WAS IMPORTANT TO ME. THE GREATEST THING I COULD SAY ABOUT DR. JOHNSON OTHER THAN WHAT A FANTASTIC PHYSICIAN HE IS, HE IS HE A HUMANITARIAN.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW HE WAS GETTING RECOGNIZED FOR AND HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT SOME THINGS ABOUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BEING A BLACK DOCTOR AND, I SAID I'M ASIAN HE DOESN'T HAVE THE COLOR SPECTRUM. HE LOOKS AT PEOPLE. AND THAT TAKES A GREAT, GREAT PERSON TO JUST LOOK AT TAKING CARE OF THE BASIC NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND THE VALUE OF LIFE AND JUST TO HEAR HIM SPEAK AND THE SPIRITUAL PRESENCE THAT HE HAS -- I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH.

HE SAVED MY LIFE AND HE SAVED MY FAMILY AND GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS MAN, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW ME. I WAS A STRANGER AND HE TREATED ME LIKE I WAS HIS NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR, A LIFELONG FRIENDS AND I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO HIM AND TO ALL OF YOU TO

RECOGNIZING HIM. GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU AGAIN. >> THANK YOU.

>> LORI ALFORD, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >>> HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF INCREDIBLE DR. JOHNSON.

LAST YEAR AVANTE A NATIONAL SENIOR COMPANY HAS WORKED WITH DR. JOHNSON.

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WE ACCREDITED THIS TO DR. JOHNSON HIS LEADERSHIP, GUIDANCE AND MEDICAL DIRECTION AND OVERSIGHT. WITHOUT HIM OUR COVID RESPONSE AND SUCCESS WOULD LOOK VERY DIFFERENT. MARTIN LUTHER KING ONCE SAID, THE ULTIMATE MEASURE OF A MAN IS NOT WHERE HE STANDS IN MOMENTS OF COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE, BUT WHERE HE STANDS AT TIME OF CHALLENGE AND CONTROVERSY. DR. JOHNSON'S MEASURE IS OFF THE CHARTS, IN MY BOOKS.

SO THANK YOU DR. JOHNSON FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE, ALL YOU'RE DOING AND YOU WILL DO FOR OUR CITY, STATE AND NATION. AND THANK YOU FOR HONORING HIM TODAY.

>> THANK YOU. >> DARRYL KING, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU. DR. JOHNSON YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW IS A TEACHER WHO WENT BACK TO SCHOOL, BY THE WAY. DR. JOHNSON IS AN INCREDIBLE SCIENTIST.

DOCTOR, PIONEER, FATHER AND AS I MENTIONED A TEACHER. I WITNESSED HIS TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. MY SENSE OF PRIDE WAS IN REALIZING THAT I WAS ACTUALLY WATCHING HISTORY TAKING PLACE. OUR LOCAL CHAMPION AND HERO WAS IN FACT ON THE CUTTING EDGE SOLUTION, AS THE SOLUTION-ORIENTED PHYSICIAN THAT HE IS, HIS DONE OUGHTER CALLED AND SAID, DAD I'M NOT FEELING WELL.

AND HE GOT BUSY. AND HE CREATED THE FORMULA AND TREATED HIS DOCTOR WITH IT FIRST. THE STORY OF HIS DAUGHTER'S SICKNESS IS AN INCREDIBLE TESTIMONY. WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AFFECT ON THIS TRAGIC COVID-19 VIRUS. HE TREATED MY DAUGHTER AND TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY AND IT'S TRUE, HE CALLED EVERY DAY AND CHECKED ON HIM. I HAVE A DAUGHTER WITH LUPUS.

HE TREATED HER BASED ON WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT HER REQUIREMENTS AND COVID-19 AND THAT I WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT. HE TREATED SOME FRIENDS AND COWORKERS.

I KNOW ABOUT THE 300 PEOPLE THAT HE TREATED THAT SURVIVED BECAUSE I HEARD A GOOD DEAL OF THEM.

SOME WERE IN THEIR LATE-80SAND SURVIVED. HE'S ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE RAPID RESPONSE WITH REGARD TO COVID. MOST OF THE OTHER HAVE BEEN SPOKEN TO AND I WON'T REPEAT THAT. HIS LIFE'S JOURNEY, HIS DEDICATION, HIS PREPARATION HAS BURDEN OF PROOF BENEFITED US GREATLY.

IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT WE JUST CELEBRATED BLACK HISTORY MONTH. HE'S AN INCREDIBLE ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THIS COUNTRY HE'S BRILLIANT. HE'S AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN, BUT HE'S ALSO A HUMBLE MAN AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE HIM AS A PERSONAL FRIEND.

WE'RE ALL INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE ON OUR BEHALF AND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU

ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY. THANK YOU. >> MR. KING WHO JUST SPOKE IS ALSO A CREDIT TO OUR COMMUNITY IN HIS OWN RIGHTS AND SERVES HARRIS COUNTY ON THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS BOARD FOR US HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY AND IS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WHEN HE SPEAKS, HE SPEAKS

WITH AUTHORITY. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU MR. KING.

>> GUERRERO, GO AHEAD PLEASE. >>> HI, MY NAME IS EF 49 GUERRERO I'M ON -- EFRAIN AND WHEN COVID CAME AROUND I SAID I HAVE TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY SO I BECAME A BOARD MEMBER AND SO I KNEW WE HAD A HARD ROAD AHEAD OF TRYING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL, BUT IN MY MIND I FELT IT WAS GOING TO BE A NEW NORMAL AND SO I'M HONORED TO BE WORKING WITH OUR BOARD HERE, BUT DR. JOHNSON WE'RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH FROM JOHNSON AT ALL.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY IS NOW THAT I'M ON THE BOARD, I'M IN TUNE WITH THINGS A THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY IN REGARDS TO COVID AND WORKING WITH THE INDIGENT.

I DIDN'T NOTICE IT BECAUSE I WASN'T INVOLVED. IT WAS KIND OF LIKE DRIVING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD IN HOUSTON YOU NEVER SEE HOUSE FOR SALE SIGN UNTIL THE MOMENT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A HOUSE, THERE EVERYWHERE. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH ME WITH DR. JOHNSON. I SAW ONE OF HIS BILLBOARDS ON THE HIGHWAY AND I THINK

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HE'S 100% SUCCESS RATE WITH COVID PATIENTS. AND THE REMARKABLE THING ABOUT IS THIS WAS DONE THROUGH TELEMEDICINE. THESE GUYS NEVER MADE IT TO THE HOSPITAL AND I'M SORRY FOLK WHO ARE GETTING A LITTLE EXCITED. BUT HE GAVE MINORITIES HERE IN CORPUS CRISTI HERE A SENSE OF HOPE AND SECURITY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LACK OF ATTENTION TO MINORITIES IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM. AND DR. JOHN SORNTION I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND HONORED TO TELL THESE FINE PEOPLE THESE FACTUAL OBSERVATIONS OF MINE,

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> JUDGE, THOSE WERE ALL THE SPEAKER WE COULD REACH.

>>> YES, GREAT, THANK YOU. LET'S MAKE A MOTION ON THIS COMMISSIONER CAGLE YOU HAVE A

MOTION? >> I MOVE, YOUR HONOR THE RESOLUTION.

>> SECOND. >> JUDGE, YOU WERE MUTED. >> ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSE?

>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CAGLE FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION.

I KNOW WE'RE AT THE TWO-HOUR MARK SO I PROPOSE WE TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK WITH THE REST OF THE RESOLUTIONS UNLESS FOLKS WANT TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE RESOLUTIONS ARE DONE?

>> WHAT TIME ARE WE COMING BACK, JUDGE? >> 3:15.

>> IT IS 3:01, W YOU, CONSUMERN. >> GOOD. >> I SEE WE HAVE A QUORUM, 3:16,

COMMISSIONER CAGLE YOU HAD ANOTHER TWO MORE RESOLUTIONS. >> I HAVE TWO MORE, JUDGE.

ONE IS ABOUT CROWD SOURCE WHICH AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE DAY AND BOATS RESCUING NEIGHBORS AND MEMORIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE HARVEY MAR MARCHETI WORKED FROM A LEAKY OFFICE AND SIX HOURS BUILT OF WEB-BASSED APP TO GO VIRAL AND HELP SAVE THOUSANDS OF TEXANS.

CROWD SOURCE RESCUE WAS BORN AND INFUSES MAPPING TO PAIR CITIZEN RESCUERS REQUEST DISTRESS CALLS ORGANIZING VOLUNTEER ARMIES WHERE THEY'RE MOST NEEDED. TODAY THEY APPLIED TO DELIVER FOOD TO HOME-BOUND SENIOR ADULTS TO THE COVID. AND THIS INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT HAS SAVED OUNTLESS LIVES AS A RESULT. AND MATT WHO WE'LL BE HEARING FROM IN A SECOND HERE HAVE BEEN NAMED POINTSTS OF LIGHT AWARD WINNER AND MOSTN KNOWVATIVE PEOPLE BY TEXAS MONTHLY MAGAZINE. AND SO JUDGE, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH OUR ENCORE PROGRAM, SENIOR ADULT PROGRAMS AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR COLLABORATION IN WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR, HARRIS COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER WHILE RALLYING TOGETHER THE FORCES OF THE PRIVATE SECOND OR TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR SENIORS AND OTHER CITIZENS THAT ARE WORKING TO HAVE MEALS AND OTHER THINGS THAT NEED THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED IN THAT DIRECTION. WITHOUT FURTHER AWE DUE, JUDGE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION WHEREAS HOUSTON-BASED NONPROFIT THAT USES NEXT GENERATION TECHNOLOGY THAT.

AND WHEREAS CROWD SOURCE RESCUE GOT ITS START IN LEAKY OF NICE WEST HOUSTON DURING THE THROWS OF HURRICANE HARVEY BETTER ORGANIZE FOR THEIR CHURCH THREE FRIENDS CREATED WEBSITE OCONNECTING PEOPLE W NEEDING ASSISTANCE WITH BOATERS AND AFTER HURRICANES HAR I HAVE AND MARIA RAVAGED PUERTO RICO THE WEBSITE WAS AGAIN USED TO COORDINATE RESPONSE EFFORTS REALIZING THERE WAS A CONSISTENT NEED TO. WHEREAS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BROUGHT ABOUT NEW NEEDS AND NEW CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRED NEW INNOVATIONS RATHER THAN COORDINATING SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS COORDINATED INTO SHIFTING INTO MEAL DELIVERY TO ENSURE MOST VULNERABLE WERE PROTECTED DURING THIS UNPRESS TENTED TIME OF UNCERTAINTY.

TODAY CROWD SOURCE RESCUE HELP SERVE MORE THAN 700,000 MEALS IS VIA TWO 2050 VOLUNTEER DELIVERY

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DRIVERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REGULARLY 11703 ADDRESS ENSURING THAT 467 ADULTS 2,927 SENIOR CITIZENS AND 1,516 CHILDREN HAVE FULL BELLIES BELLIES AND FULL H. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT HONORS THE & RECOGNIZES CROWD SOURCE RESCUE FOR SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE GREAT PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY AND BEYOND DURING DIFFICULT TIMES AND CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES, USING TECHNOLOGY TO FILL THE GAP BETWEEN THOSE WITH NEEDS AND THOSE WHO CAN

MEET THEM. >> I SECOND IT. IF IT HASN'T BEEN SECONDED.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS GOT THE SECOND ON THIS ONE,. THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH ALL OF US AND THEY'RE A TREMENDOUS ORGANIZATION. WE ALL APPRECIATE THEM.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAS NOT GOTTEN TO SECOND ANYTHING YET, AND I BET THE.

>> HE CAN SECONDITY GARCIA WHY DON'T YOU SECOND MY NEXT RESOLUTION NOW BEFORE WE READITY

AND SECOND THE AGENDA IF WE GET TO IT TODAY. >> RIGHT.

>> SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? >> MARCHETI WITH CROWD SOURCE RESCUE, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>>> HI THIS IS MATH THROUGH MARCHETI. THAT WAS AMAZING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS COMMISSIONER KAIGLE AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TOKES TEND OUR DEEP HEARTFELT THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT COMMISSIONER CAGLE OFFICES AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND COMMISSIONER ELLIS' OFFICE HAS GIVEN US. YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO WORK WITH PARTICULARLY DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC AND NOW POST-FREEZE WHERE WE'RE DOING MUCH OF THE SAME ALTHOUGH IT IS TEN TIMES MORE NOW. AGAIN.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE IT WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD, PARTICULARLY THE LAST TWO WEEKS. AND WE ARE JUST HONORED TO BE IN THE POSITION TO HELP AND PARTICULARLY FROM OUR HOME CITY IN HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY.

>> JUDGE, I THINK I HEARD HIM SAY THAT HE WAS DOING SOME WORK IN PRECINCT 2.

IF THAT IS SO I WOULD ACCEPT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ADDING PRECINCT 2 TO THE RESOLUTION.

>> I HOPE YOU JUST ADD ALL PRECINCT. I DON'T THINK YOU OR I ARE RESTRICTED WHEN WE DELIVER, WE DON'T RESTRICT IT TO OUR PRECINCT.

BUT MATTHEW THANK YOU. >>> THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS PARTNERING WITH HAIR I COUNTY

PRECINCT -- HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCTS WHICH PROVIDED DRIVER. >> YES, THAT'S GOOD.

>> I DON'T WANT -- WE'VE WORKED WITH EVERYBODY. >> ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU OPEN DOORS, WE WANT TO DO IT AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE'RE JUST LUCKY THAT YOU'RE BASED HERE. BUT THE MODEL IS JUST REALLY SO IMPORTANT AND SHOWS HOW USING TECHNOLOGY AND BRIGHT MINDS CAN REALLY CHANGE THE WORLD. BUT THANK YOU.

>> WELL, I THINK THE BEST THICK HA HAPPENED TO US WAS HAPPENING TO BE BORN HERE RIGHT IN HOUSTON. I THINK GREAT IDEAS CAN START HERE AND THEY CAN FLOURISH.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. YOU'VE BEEN A WELCOME EDITION OF

WAYS TO GET HELP TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. >> THANK YOU ALL.

>> AND TEAM'S EFFORT AND CREATIVITY. >> JUDGE, OUR NEXT RESOLUTION WE HAD ATTEMPTED TO GET GATOR, CLINTON JONES ON THE LINE. LUCINDA, WERE YOU ABLE TO GET CONNECTED WITH HIM? JUDGE, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT GATOR, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE. YOU GUYS GOT TO KNOW ABOUT HIM. HIS NAME IS CLINTON JOPG JOHNS BUT HE EARNED HIS NICKNAME GATOR FOR APPROACHING TOUGH SITUATIONS WITH A TOUGH HIDE.

HE PLAYED COLLEGE BASEBALL FOR PRAIRIE VIEW IN 1968. HE JOINED THE INDIANAPOLIS CLOWNS IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES. HE WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF HISTORIC NATIONAL MEIG GROW LEAGUES AND FOR 40 YEARS SERVED AS A YOUTH COACH FOR COMMUNITY BASEBALL ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVED FELLOWSHIP AS A MINISTER IN LITTLE YORK. HE RETIRED HIS 15-YEAR PASTORAL DUTIES WORKS STILL WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AND STILL A TEAM PLAYER.

HE IS STILL TOUGH AND HE IS STILL COMMITTED TO SERVICE AND BECAUSE HE WAS ONE OF THESE

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AND A FEW OTHER FOLKS. IF YOU ARE A BASEBALL FAN YOU WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION WHICH I'LL NOW READ: WHEREAS TODAY WE'VE ENTERED INTO A NEW CHAPTER OF INTEGRATED BASEBALL FOLLOWING YEARS OF NEGLECT THAT ROBBED THE SPORT OF ITS RICH AND DIVERSE HISTORY AND WHEREAS THIS PAST DECEMBER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED 16 TEAMS FROM THE THEN-NAMED NEGRO LEAGUES AS OFFICIAL MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS AND RECLASSIFIED THEIR PLAYERS TO MAJOR LEAGUE STATUS AFTER MAKING SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO RECOVER THE STATISTICS OF THEIR GAMES PLAYED A CENTURY AGO. SO NOW INCLUDE THEM IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RECORDS.

AND WHEREAS HOUSTON WAS A PART OF THE NEGRO LEAGUES HISTORY AS HOME OF THE HOUSTON EAGLES THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN THE CHUMP NEWARK EAGLES LEADING UP TO THE TIME OF JACKIE ROBINSON BREAKING THE MAJOR LEAGUE COLOR BARRIER IN 1947. AND WHEREAS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND ITS TEAMS PLAN TO USE BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO REVEAL AND HONOR THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF THE NEGRO LEAGUES BY PARTNERING WITH THE NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM AND JOSH GIBSON FOUNDATION NAMED AFTER THE GREATEST CATCHER TO PLAY THE GAME AND APPROPRIATELY NAMED THE BLACK BABE RUTH. AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT HEREBY SUPPORTS THESE STEPS BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND ENCOURAGE THE WORK OF ENCOVERS ITS HISTORY AND RECOVER THE COMMISSIONER TIPS ITS CAP TO THE HOUSTON EAGLES AND THENIQUE GROW -- NEGRO LEAGUES AND ORDERED THIS BE INCLUDED ON A RESOLUTION.

AND CLINTON JOHNS, GATOR, WE TIP OUR HAT TO HIM AS. WE HE IS NOT MENTIONED THE RESOLUTION BUT WE'RE EXCITE FOR HIM TO ATTEMPT TO RECEIVE IT. I'M NOT EXACTLY HOW OLD HE IS

BUT HE IS AT LEAST OVER THE AGE OF 40. >> I THINK COMMISSIONER GARCIA

ALREADY SECONDED THIS ONE. >> ALREADY WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSE? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> JUDGE, FOR CLARIFICATION WAS

FOR ITEM 338 AND 331 OR? 338? >> JUST 338, JAMES.

THE OTHER ONE WE DIDN'T VOTE ON, BUT WE'LL VOTE WITH THE REST OF THE AGENDA.

>> THANK YOU. >> LET'S TAKE OFF THE REMAINING SPEAKERS BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO THE AGENDA. LIEU 16 DISA, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE.

>> DOM NICK MAZAK, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> YES, SIR. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, SIR, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> OKAY. START THE CLOCK. OKAY, I WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK BECAUSE I'VE GOT LOTS I'M GOING TO SAY WHAT I FEEL. NUMBER ONE, THE COMMENTS THIS MORNING OR RIGHT WHEN YOU STARTED ABOUT ERCOT, I REALLY ENJOYED THAT.

THAT WAS A REAL ROBUST DISCUSSION AND BOTH SIDES WERE TRYING TO GET A GOOD RESOLUTION GOING. AND I DELETE S IT SHOWS HOW THE GREAT AMERICAN EXPERIMENT WORKS.

THE FORMER METRO SHERIFF GILL BEDDER GARCIA SAYS DEMOCRACY IS MESSY, BUT I GOT SOMETHING DONE, THAT'S GOOD. SPEAKING OF WHICH, AND Y'ALL GAVE A SHOUTOUT TO A GROUP THAT WAS HELPING THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER COORDINATION BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE RESOURCES THAT PEOPLE CAN GET IN TERMS OF CASES OF DISASTER.

NOW URI WAS A WINTER STORM. WE'RE NOT UP TO THAT. BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED LIKE FOR INSTANCE, AN EXAMPLE, CHILD DOWN THE STREET HERE, OPENED UP HIS FURNITURE STORE AS A WARMING CENTER AND HE HAD GENERATORS. I THINK THE COUNTY NEEDS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE GOVERNMENT FACILITIES, NON-GOVERNMENT FACILITIES, CITIZENS OF BELIEF, ET CETERA.

WHO HAS GENERATOR? WHO CAN DO WHAT? BECAUSE SPECIFICALLY WITH A HURRICANE, POSSIBLE FLOODING AND WITH URI WITH AN ICE STORM, YOU NEED TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF HARM'S WAY BEFORE THE STORM GETS HERE. ALSO, TWO, EVERYBODY IS BEING SENT IN THE DISASTER TO THE GRB.

AND MAYBE THAT IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THAT. I THOUGHT GRB WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

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I THINK WE NEED MAYBE MORE PLACES, WARMING CENTERS THAT HAVE ALTERNATORS OR GENERATEDDORS CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE AS FAR OR WE DON'T HAVE TO USE METRO OR SOME OTHER VEHICLES TO GET PEOPLE TO A SAFE PLACE.

AND I THINK TWO, GARCIA, COMMISSIONER GARCIA HE SAID SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT THAT IS NOT BEING MENTIONED. OUR CELL SYSTEM WENT DOWN, OUR CELL SYSTEM WENT DOWN.

FORTUNATELY, I'M A HAND RADIO OPERATOR, I COULD TALK TO MY HANDS ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT HAMS THEY WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE A SCANNER TO LISTEN TO THE WEATHER FORECAST, ET CETERA. FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, WE NEED AT LEAST THREEG UP AT ALL TIMES.

PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO DO A BINGE WATCHING OF EVERY EPISODE OF DOWNTOWN ABBEY DURING THE STORM BUT YOU NEED BASE INFORMATION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE DIRECT DECISIONS ANDSTAY THEN THEY'LL STAY HOME. OKAY, I KNOW I'M OVER, THANK YOU, MA'AM.

>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> YES I WAS ON WANTING TO SPEAK ON THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ALAINNA MARX TO THE HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT. AND I KNOW THAT MS. MARX WAS ACQUAINTED WITH THE FACT THAT HARRIS COUNTY WAS ILLEGALLY NOT FOLLOWING ENKOLLA FOR MENTAL HEALTH DETAKENEES WHO ACTUALLY HAD A -- DETAINEES WHO MAD A MEDICAL CRISIS NOT A MENT ALT HEALTH CHRIST EXIST AS A RESULT OF THAT PEOPLE'S CIVIL RIGHTS WERE EXTREMELY VIOLENTED -- VIOLATED. I KNOW THAT I GOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.

MY INJURIES REMAIN AND IT IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE. AND THERE WAS A COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM. FOUR MAJOR INSTITUTIONS SERIOUSLY LIED AND FALSIFIED GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND EVERYBODY AGREES. THAT IS SO CORRUPT.

THAT IS FASCISM, IT IS CLEAR FASCISM. AND I'M JUST APPALLED.

I'M JUST APPALLED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> SHEILA BRUNO, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS SHEILA BRUNO.

I'M THE FOUNDER OF A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHING LIFE AFTER PRISON TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF INCARCERATION AND ITS BURDEN ON FAMILIES AND SOCIETY.

IN 2014 I MARRIED A MAN WHO HAD BEEN INCARCERATED FOR OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY.

WITHIN THREE YEARS OF OUR MARRIAGE, I WASHED A KIND, CARING SUPPORT HUSBAND TRANSITION INTO SOMEONE I DID NOT RECOGNIZE. HE STOPPED TREATING ME LIKE A SOULMATE AND BEGAN TREATING ME LIKE A CELLMATE. HE WAS MEAN, AGGRESSIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL PAIN. HIS EMOTIONS FLATLINE BED LEAVING ME WITH A PUNCTURED HEART AND THE DEEPEST OF DEPRESSION.

MY HUSBAND'S MENTAL WELLNESS WAS SORELY AFFECTED BY THE PRISON JOURNEY AND PRISON STRIPS YOU OF YOUR THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHEN DUTIES OF BEING A HUSS, PROVIDER, OVERTOOK HIS MENT FACULTY, HIS MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES INTRUPPED OUR LIVES AND WE SEPARATED SEVERAL TIMES AND NEAR DIVORCE AND STRUGGLED WITH THE CHANCE OF REENTERING RELATIONSHIPS IN 2019 I PUBLISHED A BOOK CALLED "LIFE AFTER PRISON" AND DONATED A COPY TO EVERY PRISON IN THE UNITED STATES AND SO FAR I'VE COMPLETED EIGHT STATES. THE GREATEST JOY THAT I RECEIVED IS LETTERS FROM THE GUYS ON THE INSIDE THANKING ME FOR WRITING MY BOOK, ONE SAYING, YOU KNOW, NOW I KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME. OTHERS HAVE RECOMMENDED MY BOOK TO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL BATTLES THAT COMES WITH A PRISON SENTENCE AND TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THEY WILL STRUGGLE. AFTER READING MY BOOK AN EXPERT ON SUICIDE IN JAILS, PRISONS AND JUVENILE JUSTICE, SHE SENT ME A MESSAGE AND SAID WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUR BOOK AND YOUR MESSAGE ARE GOING HAVE AN IMPACT FOR DECADES TO COME. YOU DISCUSS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES IN THE WAY THE PUBLIC WILL READ ABOUT THEM, UNDERSTAND AND BEGIN TO CARE.

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IN 2019 TWO OF MY GROUP MEMBERS WERE MURDERED BY THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THEIR RELEASE. RECENTLY I WAS CONTACTED BY TWO FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS INQUIRING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS BECAUSE THEIR STRUGGLES WERE INTENSE.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF INCARCERATION IS SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD.

AND BY AND LARGE WE AS A SOCIETY ARE NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO IT.

WE KNOW THAT PRISON MUST AFFECT PEOPLE BEYOND THE TIME IT TAKES FROM THEIR LIVES, BUT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE FAR MORE SERIOUS THAN MOST OF US PROBABLY REALIZE.

PLEASE HELP ME HELP THEM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU.

>> JOSEPH JENNINGS, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> HELLO.

MY NAME IS JOE JENNINGS, RESIDENT OF HOUSTON AND 40-YEAR COLLABORATOR OF ECONOMISTS.

JUST DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN DIRECTED THE UNITED STATES TO REJOIN THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORDS, THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM CONVENED IN SWITZERLANDS TO DECLARE A GREEN NEW DEAL FOR THE WORLD. BUT IT IS NOT THE LOSS OF THE POLAR ICE CAPS THESE BILLIONAIRES AND FINANCIAL WAS ARSED FEAR, BUT THEIR SNOW CASTLE OF FINANCIAL SPECULATION OVER A QUAD DRILLIAN AND THAT ARE SOON MELTING DOWN. AND TO SAVE IT BY LOOTING TRILLIONS OUT OF CARBON-BASED ARMS AND INDUSTRIES THE WORLD OVER FOR A SPECULATIVE SWINDLE THEY CALL GREEN FINANCE, ORGANIZED FROM THE CITY OF LONDON FINANCIAL HUB.

THE SEAT OF THE OLD BRITISH EMPIRE. TWO MAINPLAYS WERE CROWN PRINCE CHARLES OF THE HOUSE OF WINSOR. BLACK ROCK WHICH MANAGES SOME $8 TRILLION IN ASSETS IS CHOKING OFF CREDIT FOR COAL PLANTS EVERYWHERE INCLUDING IN AFRICA, BUT STILL GETS 80% OF ITS POWER FROM COAL. BLACK LOCK FORCED THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATION TO CANCEL ITS TIBETSY ELECTRICAL PROJECT AND ABANDONING NUCLEAR ENERGY PROJECT.

FACING SHORTAGES OF ELECTRICITY AND FOOD AND NOW WITH MOUNTING MUTANT SPREADING OF COVID VIRE U, AFRICA WILL SEE ITS LIGHTS GO OFF AND ITS PEOPLE DIE. THIS GREEN NEW DEAL A DAGAR AT THE HEART OF TEXAS, USA AND THE WORLD. IT IS A AGENDA FOR DARK AGES AND DEPOPULATION. BUT THE HOUSE OF WINSOR COULD CARE LESS.

THE QUEEN IS GETTING A $16 BILLION KICKBACK FROM OFFSHORE WINDLE MILL CONCESSIONS WHILE THE WORLD IS PUT UNDER, SINCE CHINA AND RUSSIA WILL NOT SUBJECT TO THE SUICIDE PACT.

U.S. MILITARY CAN READ LEAD US TO A CERTAIN NUCLEAR WAR. IN FEBRUARY EIR RELEASED A SPECIAL REPORT CALLED "THE GREAT LEAP BACKYARD" AND EXPOSES THE GREAT NEW DEAL TO EMPOWER AND EDUCATE NATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS TO BREAK WITH THIS COOL -- KILLER, MURDEROUS REAG.

WE WILL SOON DELIVER THIS REPORT INTO THE HANDS OF COMMISSIONERS AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO ACT UPON IT. HARRIS COUNTY SHOULD BE THE FIRST TO BREAK FROM THE GREEN

NEW DEAL, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>>> YES, MY NAME IS JOEL OLDASHAWN AND I EDGER HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO DEMAND THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE REREGULATE ELECTRICITY SERVICE IN THIS TASTE STATE.

WE HAVE HAD A DISASTROUS, INCOMPETENT DEREGULATION FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

IF WE HAVE LEARNED NOTHING FROM ENRON, LET'S TAKE LESSONS OF WHAT HAPPENED IN TEXAS DURING THE TEXAS FREEZE TO RE-REGULATE. TWO, WE HAVE BUILT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS 10,700 WIND MILLS AND SPENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CONNECT THEM WITH MAJOR CITIES, WITH TRANSMISSION LINES NOW

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3, WE HAVE TO REVERSE THE MISTAKE OF BELIEVING THIS VIDEO TOO AND CULT SCIENCE THAT CO2 IS THE THERMOSTATS FOR THE GLOBAL CLIMATE. IT IS AN -- AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER THAT WORKED ON DESIGNED INFRADETECTION AND TARGETING SYSTEMS FOR FIGHTER BOMBS DELETE SERS THROUGHOUT THE 80 -- FIGHTER BOMBERS THROUGHOUT THE '80S I CAN TELL YOU THE DETERMINANT RAIN-TO STARTING WAS WATER VAPOR IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THAT'S RIGHT, H20.

WATER VAPOR IS THE KEY GREENHOUSE GAS, NOT CO2. 95% OF THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT IS FROM WATER VAPOR. AND IF I MAY REFERENCE JUST ONE OF THE MORE THAN 40 VICTIMS OF THE TEXAS FREEZE AND THIS INSANITY OF DE-REGULATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, 11-YEAR-OLD HONDURAN IMGRANTER WAS WHO SAW HIS FIRST SNOWFALL AND HIS LAST, WHO FROZE TO DEATH IN HIS FAMILY'S MOBILE HOME. HE NEVER GOT TO SEE PERSEVERANCE TOUCH DOWN ON MARS.

HE WILL NEVER GET TO SEE THE FIRST WOMAN AND THE NEXT MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON.

IN 1969 I WAS A 10-YEAR-OLD IMMIGRANT FROM HAITI WHO SAW NEIL ARMSTRONG'S FIRST SMALL

STEP AND GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND. >> THANK YOU. >> ROBIN SANTOS, PLEASE.

>> I THINK OF MYSELF AS A DECENT CITIZEN WITH NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND BELIEVING THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPROACH ANY PUBLIC SERVANT, THIS IS NOT WHAT I EXPERIENCED LAST WEEKEND WHEN MY STREET WAS BLOCKED OFF DUE TO A FIRE. BECAUSE I AM DISABLED WAS A METRO LINK VEHICLE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ASK A FIREMAN WHEN THE STREET WOULD BE CLEARED SINCE I COULDN'T WALK TO MY HOUSE CARRYING MY BAG. THE OFFICER PRESENT WAS MORE HARMFUL THAN HELPFUL BY NOT ALLOWING THE FIREMEN TO RESPOND INSTEAD OF HER SHOWING HER INTEREST, INSENSE SENSITIVITY AND ACCOMMODATION WITH METRO LIFT.

THE FIREMAN STANDING NEXT TO THE CARDIFF FUSED THE SITUATION BY STEPPING AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE A FEW STEPS AND DRASTICKING MY ATTENTION TO HIM. AFTER GETTING MY FROM THE CAR I ENGAGED IN A COSTER WITH THE SAME OFFICER ON THE SIDEWALK AND EXPRESSED MY FRUSTRATION OF HOW THE OFFICER STREET TREAT MEDAND TALKED TO ME. HE APOLOGIZED AND EXPRESSED HIS WILLINGNESS TO HELP ME. THE FEMALE OFFICER GOT OUT OF HER CAR AND DEMAND I MOVE WHERE I WAS STANDING COMMUNICATING WITH THE FIREARM. BECAUSE OF HER TONE I ASKED IF SHE IS GOING TO HARASS ME ON MY OWN STREET. SHE ANNOUNCED SHE WAS ABOUT TO PUT ME MANY HANDCUFFS AND PUT ME IN THE BACK OF HER CAR IF I DIDN'T STOP WITH THE THREATENING TONE. I SAID ARE YOU GOING PUT IN HOFF HANDCUFFS IF I LIVE ON THIS STREET. SHE WAVED ME ON AND WALKED ON. WHILE THE ISSUE WAS HAPPENING A HISPANIC WOMB WALKED BY ME, PASSED THE SHERIFF NEAR THE FIRE LOCATION, ALTHOUGH SHE HANDLED ME ROUGHLY, SHE WENT OVER AND SPOKE GENTLY AND CALMLY TO THE HIS SPANNIC WOMAN AND SHE NEVER TOLD ME TO SALE BACK. I CALLED 911 -- WAIT A SEC -- I CALLED 911 TO REPORT THE INCIDENT AND I TRUSTED WHAT THE OFFICER COULD DO NEXT. HER BADGE SHOULDN'T MAKE HER A BULL FLY A SITUATION SINCE I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET TO MY HOME. I RECORDED FROM MY PHONE WHAT OCCURRED AND APPEARS THE OFFICER IS HOLDING HER PHONE RECORDING, TOO.

HER SUPERVISOR CALL MEDAND SPOKE ON TEAMING DEEMING HER ACTIONS RIGHT AND SUPPORTED HER WITHOUT FACT-FINDING SINCE SHE WAS A AN OFFICER FOUR YEARS WITHOUT COMPLAINT.

>>> WHEN I MEDICINED SHE IS GIVING HIM THE BOTH OF THE DOUBT, BOTH OF US WERE NORTH.

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WITH BADGES TO ABUSE THEIR POWER. >>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOUR TIME IS UP. >> RID THAT HUGHLER, GO AHEAD MANAGE HUGHLER.

>>> THANK YOU TO WHOMEVER MADE THE DECISION TO HONOR MY REQUEST TO IMPROVE THE WAY THAT COUR MEMBERS IDENTIFY AGENDA ITEMS. WHEN I SAW THE NEW FORMAT AT THE LAST JANUARY COURT SESSION, I WAS DELIGHTED, BUT I CONTINUED TO URGE THE COURT MEMBERS TO CLEARLY STATE THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER AND THE PAGE AS IT NOT ONLY CAN THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT KNOW WHAT IS BEING ADDRESSED, BUT ALL OF THE CITIZENS NOW ON ZOOM ALSO WILL KNOW.

THANK YOU, TOO FOR LISTENING WHEN WE WERE MEETING IN THE COURTROOM.

AND I RELATED MY CONCERN ABOUT THE LOCKED DOOR IN PRESTON STREET WHICH PUT ALL WOMEN LIVING BY THE -- LEAVING BY THE OTHER DOOR IN JEOPARDY. THAT, TOO WAS ADDRESSED AT THE NEXT MEETING AS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE POOR QUALITY AND USE OF MICROPHONE.

SO WHOMEVER LISTENS AND ACTS ON THOSE ISSUE, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CAGLE WAS CORRECT TODAY IN REGARDING SMOKES. IN AN EFFORT TO PROPERLY PROCEED ON MOTIONS IN THE FUTURE, MAY I RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THE COURT BECOME FAMILIAR WITH ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER USED BY GOVERNMENT ENTITY, PUBLIC COMPANIES IN ADDITION TO COMMUNITY GROUP, ASSOCIATIONS AND ANY GROUP THAT WANTS TO RUN MEETINGS PROPERLY. ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO MEET WITH A PROFESSIONAL PARLIAMENT ARYAN THAT COULD PROVIDE GOOD COUNCIL AND PROBABLY A CHEAT

SHEET OF SORTS, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> AND FOR THANKING US.

>> THANK YOU. >> JUDGE, THOSE WERE ALL THE SPEAKERS.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU LUCINDA. LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO THE AGENDA STARTING WITH.

>> JUDGE. >> YES, GO AHEAD. >>> SINCE WE'RE DOING THE AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WE REVIEW THE AGENDA. I THINK THE OTHER OFFICERS HAVE AS ALL AND ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 322 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 120 WHICH IS WITH THE DA'S OFFICE AND I WOULD VOTE NO ON THAT ITEM AND DISCUSSION ON 136, WHICH I MOVE FOR IT, BUT THAT IS A CANINE FOR COX DEAL AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO CANINE FOR COPS FOR THAT AGENDA ITEM AND THE WHAT THEY'RE PROVIDING FOR RESIDENTS OF HARRIS COUNTY. AND I THINK WE MAY WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON ITEM 150. I MOVE 1 THROUGH 322 THAT GETS US TO THE COURT MEMBER AGENDA AND EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 120 WHICH I'LL VOTE NO ON AND ITEM

150 WHICH WE NEED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON. >> I'M FINE WITH THAT BUT I DO CARE TO PRESENT AN ITEM AND WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON 123. WE'RE GOING ACCEPT IT, WE COULD PASS ALL OF THOSE IF THAT IS OKAY BUT THE OTHER TWO ITEMS I WANT TO GO BACK TO THEM TO

DISCUSS THEM. WE CAN PASS THEM OFF, THAT SOCK. >> COMMISSIONER GASSER.

>>> I'M FINE -- GARCIA. >>> I AM FINE WITH IT ALTHOUGH I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM 122, IF COULD JUST PULL THAT ONE OUT OF THAT LIST, I WOULD BE GOOD WITH IT.

BUT I DO WANT TO SPEAK ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS WHICH WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER 4 AND THEN 350.

THEY'RE BASICALLY THE SAME ITEM, BUT. >> IF I MIGHT, COMMISSIONERS.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF SOME VERSION OF A CONSENT AGENDA AND I COULD GO BACK AND BRING UP THOSE ITEMS I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT. BUT IF IT EPHAS US EXPEDITE THE TIME I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING

TO DO. >> A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT NEED CORRECTIONS.

LET ME GO OVER THE CORRECTIONS REAL QUICK AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE WHICH ONES WE'RE PULLING

OUT AND WHICH ONES WE'RE VOTING ON. >> FOR CLARIFICATION.

>> YEAH. >>> FOR CLARIFICATION, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, DID YOU WANT TO PULL 122 OUT OF THE LIST OR JUST TALK ABOUT SIT INGY WANT TO PULL 122 OUT OF YOUR LIST BUT

I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT ITEMS 4 AND 350. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

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>> AND JUDGE, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT 327. >> UH-HUH.

>> THAT IS PASSING 322. >> IP ONLY MOVE THROUGH 322. >> OKAY.

>> OKAY. SO LET ME JUST COMMISSIONER CAGLE ONLY MOVED TO 322 WHICH MEANS YOU'RE NOT GETTING TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ITEMS BASICALLY IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

>> AND EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> WHICH I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY DO THE SAME THING WITH THEM, I JUST FELT LIKE EVERYBODY LIKES TO MAKE A MOTION ON THEIR OWN AGENDA SECTION AND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WE MAY OR MAY NOT NEED TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ON.

>> SO SON O1 THROUGH 322, LET ME GO OVER CORRECTIONS REAL QUICK. ON ITEM 13H3 WE NEED TO CHANGE

BAYOU TO BOYS B-O-Y-C-E. >> ON ITEM 4 ON MAJOR ELEVEN WE HAVE TO REPLACE NO CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT AMOUNT WITH "AN ADDITION OF 49,755 DOLLARS AND 52 CENTS TO THE CONTRACT AMOUNT.

>> AND ITEM 155 REQUESTS NO ACTION ON COUNTY TRIBAL ACTION 138.

THAT IS THE TRIBAL AND TRAINING ITEM. AND JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW THAT BUDGET IS WORKING TO TRY DOWN THE DIRECTLY IN THE AGENDA THEY KNOW TO DO THAT.

>> ON ITEM 273 UNDER PURCHASING THE NUMBER IS WRONG SO THAT THE NUMBER FOR THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW IT IS 14102MF0701. AND IT SHOULD READ 14102MF07C01. SO ADD A C THERE.

ON ITEM 275, WE NEED TO REPLACE THE NUMBER $221,160 WITH $261,300.

ON ITEM 76 WE HAVE TO REPLACE PERSONAL WITH PROFESSIONAL. AND PURCHASING HAD SOME ISSUES SUBMITTING THE ITEMS BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. SO THEY ASKED FOR SOME UNDERSTANDING HERE IN ALL THEIR CHANGES. ITEM 304 IS A DUPLICATE ITEM OF 293. SO PURCHASING REQUESTS THAT NO ACTION BE TAKEN ON 304 SAME WITH ITEM 305, PURCHASING REQUESTS NO ACTION. PURCHASING REQUESTS NO ACTION ON 306. NO ACTION ON 307 NO ACTION ON 309.

NO ACTION ON 310. AND NO ACTION ON 316 SO THOSE ARE THE EDITS.

WE WILL DISCUSS ITEMS 4, 120, 122, 123, AND 150. AND OTHER THAN THAT EXCEPT FOR THOSE ITEMS THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 322 BY COMMISSIONER CAGLE.

>> THAT EXCLUDES THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON, CORRECT?

>> EXCLUDING ANY ITEMS PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON AND EXCLUEDING ITEMS 4, 120, 122,

123 AND 150. >> SO WHICH HAVE A MOTION BY DIMINISH HER KAIGLE AND SECOND

BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS, ALL IN FAVOR. >>> AYE.

>>> ANY OPPOSE? >> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SO LET'S GO TO ITEM 4.

>> JUDGE, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, BUT FOR ITEM 5 THAT WAS THE BROAD COVID ACTION NO NO ACTION AT

THIS MOMENT. >>> NO ACTION AT THIS MOMENT. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM 4, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. ITEM 4, I WON'T SPEAK TO THE ITEM AS PRESENTED, BUT SIMPLY TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE I CAME IN TO THIS ROLE IN RECOGNIZING HOW PRECINCT 2 HAS MANY AREAS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED AS BEING MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 2019

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WE NAMED OUR ALBERT SMARTPODS ACCESS TO HEALTH SMARTPODS, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO THIS WAS ALL PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. AND THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IN WHICH THEY ARE STILL A PARTNER IS TO HELP PROVIDE VARIOUS ELNESS -- WELL INSURANCE DELETE SNESS -- WELLNESS INITIATIVES THROUGH THEM, PLACING THE SMARTPARDONS IN AREAS THROUGHOUT PRECINCT 2 WHERE THEY COULD BE WELL-UTILIZED AND GIVE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY WHO HAS TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES AND WOULD FIND IT MORE DIFFICULT TO TRY TO NAVIGATE THEIR WAY OVER TO BEN TAUB OR LBJ OR ONE OF THE OTHER FACILITIES THAT THEY WOULD NEED LIKE MD ANDERSEN. SO WE INVESTED IN IT. THE PANDEMIC HIT US.

IT HAS NOW BECOME, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR PRIMARY TESTING SITES IN THE ALDEN COMMUNITY WE'RE NOW OPENED UP OUR PASADENA LOCATION AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK OF BEING DONE UNITEDDED HEALTH PARTNERS OF WHICH ITEM 4 SPEAKS TO IS PROVIDING TESTING TO THOUSANDS HAS ALREADY DONE TESTING FOR THOUSANDS FOR THE COVID-19 VIRUS. BUT, I WILL TELL YOU, JUDGE THAT I APPLAUD YOU, CELEBRATE YOU FOR BEING RECOGNIZED IN "TIME" MAGAZINE.

INCREDIBLE DISTINCTION. AND I HOPE THIS SMARTPOD WILL FIND GOOD COMPANY ALONGSIDE YOU BECAUSE I AM JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT EVERY YEAR AMERICAN CITY AND COUNTY MAGAZINE GIVINGS ITS CROWN COMMUNITIES AWARD TO MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPLEMENTED INNOVATIVE AND IMPACTFUL PROJECTS OVER THE PROCEEDING 18 MONTHS. THE PROJECTS ARE DIVERSE IN NEARLY ALL ASPECTS AND THEY REPRESENT A WIDE ARRAY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISCIPLINES AND COMPETITION LIKE IN YOUR CATEGORY, JUDGE, AM MONCKS THE NOMINEES IS VERY, VERY TOUGH. AND THIS YEAR OBVIOUSLY THE COMPETITION WAS NO DIFFERENT. BUT I AM EXCITED THE AMERICAN CITY AND COUNTIES 2020 CROWN COMMUNITIES AWARD GOES TO ACCESS TO HEALTH SMARTPODS OF PRECINCT 2.

I WANTED TO ADD THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE THESE -- THIS TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW DAMAGE EVALUATES ARE COOL AND ALL BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, DO DIFFERENT THINGS TO OUR LIVES BUT THIS TECHNOLOGY DOESN'T WORK IF OPPORTUNITY HAVE THE HUMAN BEINGS INSIDE OF IT MAKING GOOD USE OF THAT TECHNOLOGY. I'M PROUD. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY STAFF

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I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT THIS AWARD ON BEHALF OF MY STAFF WHO THROUGH THEIR TIRELESS WORK STOOD THESE SMARTPODS UP. GOT THEM INSTALLED FIRST OVER AT JAMES JARVID AND WORKED THROUGH THANK YOU PROCESS OF GETTING THE APPROVAL TO DO ALL THAT AND I WANT TO APPLAUD THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, EVERYONE THAT WORKED WITH US TO MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN. SO THIS AWARD IS SPECIAL TO ME FOR THE REASONS I'VE STATED BUT IT IS SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE IT IS BEING SEEN FOR WHAT I THOUGHT IT COULD DO AND THAT IS TO GIVE THE HARD WORKING, HUMBLE PEOPLE OF PRECINCT 2 THE RESPECTFUL WAY TO GET NOT JUST ACCESS TO HEALTH, BUT QUALITY ACCESS TO HEALTH AND SO ON BEHALF OF ALL OF MY TEAM AND THE COUNTY, I AM JUST SO EXCITED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE YOU SAY THAT RIGHT, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS SO COOL, THE AMERICAN CITY AND COUNTIES 2020 CROWN COMMUNITY AWARDS. I WAS OVER THE TOP, I WAS EXCITED TO SEE YOUR AWARD, JUDGE

THIS ONE IS A CLOSE, CLOSE SECOND TO YOU. >>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AS WELL. I WANT TO COMMEND COMMISSIONER CAGLE, SINCE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS AGENDA, I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA, PUT YOU UP NEXT WEEKEND HONORING THE JUDGE, VOICE MEANS MORE TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE OUT RATHER THAN WHEN YOU'RE IN. YOU CAN'T TAKE THEM HOME, YOUR KIDS WILL THROW DART AT THEM.

BUT NO, IT IS A GOOD THING AND I HOPE, SERIOUSLY SOMETIMES RESOLUTIONS MEAN SO MUCH TO A PERSON GETTING THEM THOSE GIVING THEM SOMETIMES WE WANT TO GET ON TO THE AGENDA BUT I DO LIKE THIS IDEA OF AN CONSENT AGENDA. MAYBE WE OUGHT TO TAKE A SECOND DATE SO THAT IF WE HAVE 30 PEOPLE SIGNED UP WHEN I GIVE YOU AN AWARD THE REST WON'T GET MAD AT ME.

IT IS AN HONOR AND WE MY REPLICATE IT OR SOME VERSION OF IT FOR MY PRECINCT WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM YOURS, BUT YOU TOOK IT OUT OF YOUR BUDGET TO DO IT AND IT WAS A BIG DEAL AND I'M GLAD YOU DID IT. I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR IT.

AND JUDGE, I'M GLAD YOU'RE BEING RECOGNIZED. YOU KNOW ANYTHING, YOU LOOK UP AND YOU'LL BE AS OLD AS I AM. IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER 50 YEARS TO GET HERE.

>> RODNEY, HERE IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION, SHE WILL ALWAYS BE YOUNGER THAN YOU.

>> LET ME ECHO, CONGRATULATION, JUDGE ON THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. THAT BRINGS HONOR NOT ONLY TO YOU BUT HARRIS COUNTY AND FOLKS HERE AND TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

THESE KINDS OF AWARDS ARE SET UP AND PEOPLE THINK THEY DON'T MATTER, THEY REALLY DO MATTER, BECAUSE IT DOES BRING WRECK MISSION TO THE COUNTY. THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT THIS TYPE OF THING, NORTH BE CREATIVE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE RESOURCES TO BE CREATIVE.

AND THE FACT THAT HARRIS COUNTY HAS MANAGED ITS AFFAIRS TO THE POIN AT THIS WE HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT REALLY GOOD IDEAS, I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT.

BECAUSE NOT EVERY COUNTY THAT I'M AWARE OF IS ABLE TO DO THESE SORTS OF THINGS, SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE, CREATIVITY AND TWO, THE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS SUCH IS A SNEED IS GREAT,

CONGRATULATIONS, THAT IS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. >> THANK YOU.

>>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA, COMMISSIONER CAGLE HAS A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO YOU AND TO YOUR STAFF AND A SECOND FOR THE MOTION ON ITEM 4.

ALL IN FAVOR IS. >> AYE. >>> AYE.

>>> NO OPPOSITION, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >>> THAT WAS COMMERCIALNER CAGLE

SECOND, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS ITEM -- OH THERE IS ACTUALLY ANOTHER ONE, JAMES, THAT WE VOTED ON, BUT THEY ACTUALLY REQUESTED NO

ACTION WAS STEM 76 A FLOOD CONTROL ACTION. >> AND ON THE MAIN VOTE THAT YOU

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IT WAS MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KAIGLE AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS FOR ITEMS 1 THROUGH 322 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 4, 120, 122, 123 AND 150 AND THOSE ALREADY VOTED ON.

>> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. #.

>> SO NEXT IS ITEM 120 AND THAT WOULD BE THE BUDGET REQUEST. YES.

>> THIS IS ONE WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR NEW POSITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH BUDGET REQUESTS.

AND AMONG THE ITEMS ARE 46 REQUESTED POSITIONS FOR THE ELECTION STRAITER.

22 WERE IN OUR BUDGET HEARINGS. THE OTHER ARE IN ADDITION TO THAT.

BUT UNTIL WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ON THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST ALL OF

THOSE ITEMS AT THIS TIME. >> I MOVE THAT ITEM, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CAGLE.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> NO. >> NO. >> I'M IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES 3-2. >> NEXT IS ITEM 122. >> ITEM WE JUST VOTED ON.

IT IS BROAD ENOUGH FOR ME TO ASK THE QUESTION HOW ARE WE COMING ON THE ISSUE OF THOSE BEING ABLE TO USE REGISTERED PEOPLE TO VOTE AT THE VARIOUS OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

IS THIS BROAD ENOUGH OR DO I NEED TO POST AN ITEM FOR THAT. >> YOU NEED TO POST AN ITEM ON

THAT. >> OKAY. >> I DON'T THINK.

>> POST SOMETHING, YOU KNOW THE ISSUE, I'LL POST SOMETHING. YOU CAN FOR NEXT WEEK.

>> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> MOVE ONTO 122.

AND THAT IS ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. >> ON ITEM -- 122, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD REGARDING ERCOT AND THE ASPECT OF YOU KNOW, SEARCHING FOR OUR OPTIONS FOR HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY, EARLIER REPRESENTATIVE CALLED IN AND SPOKE ABOUT A BILL HE IS FILING TO STUDY THE EFFICACY ANDABLE OF HARRIS COUNTY TO CONNECT WITH ANOTHER GRID. I WOULD LIKE THE MOVE WE AMEND THE PLATFORM TO ADD ADD TO THE PLATFORM THAT HARRIS COUNTY SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WILL INCREASE OPPOSITIONS FOR THE COUNTY TO IMPROVE ENERGY RESILIENCY.

>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER CAGLE.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE J IS OKAY WITH A SPECIFIC PLATFORM ON THIS AGENDA ITEM AT THIS TIME.

>>>. >> I THINK THE ITEM IS BROAD ENOUGH TO DO THAT.

>> HARRIS COUNTY SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE OPTIONS FOR THE COUNTY TO

IMPROVE ENERGY RESILIENCY. >> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> THANK YOU.

>> I'VE GOT THAT MOTION. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IS THE ONLY THING BEING APPROVED ON

THIS ITEM, CORRECT? >> MOTION COMMISSIONER GARCIA, THE SECOND WAS BY COMMISSIONER

CAGLE. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> OPPOSE? >> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS. MR. REED.

>> YES, SIR, HE IS. >> MR. REED, I JUST WANT TO GET A SENSE OF HOW WE'RE DOING.

I KNOW THE DEADLINE IS COMING UP TO PUT BILLS IN SOON ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN OUR AGENDA THAT WE KNOW ABOUT, HAVE WE FOUND SPONSORS FOR MOST OF THEM? ARE YOU MAKING PROGRESS? IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO? YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN THROUGH EVERY BILL.

I KNOW THE DEADLINE IS COMING UP. IS IN A COUPLE OF WEEK?

>> YES, SIR THIS IS INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR.

THE DEADLINE IS ON MARCH 12TH AND THEN AFTER THAT, 69 DAYS UNTIL HOUSE BILLS NEED TO

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THERE ARE A COUPLE I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO Y'ALL ON TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE PROPERLY.

>> IF YOU WOULD, I KNOW I CALLED CHAIRWOMAN THOMPSON. I THINK THAT IS WHO I CALLED -- OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE SHE WANTED SOMEONE TO CARRY OUR ETHICS, ALLOW REGISTRATION BILL WHICH HAS BEEN NONCONTROVERSIAL. A NUMBER OF COUNTIES HAVE DONE IT.

AND I DID SUGGEST THEY GET A BIPARTISAN, YOU KNOW, SO SHE'S A DELETE S D I'M AN R.

ANY BILLS IN PARTICULAR? >> YES, THE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BILL REALLY WANT TO GET

THAT GOING. AND ONE OTHER BILL. >> WELL, OUT OF A KNOWN ISSUE OF EQUITY IN TERMS OF TAX COLLECTION IS THAT FOUND A SPONSOR YET? I MEAN, IN OTHER WORDS -- THE COUNTY ON THE SAME TERM AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES.

>> THAT IS THE OTHER ONE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A HOME FOR. >> AND I HOPE YOU'RE JUST ASKING ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS IF WE CAN HELP SOMEONE IN OUR DELEGATION SOMEONE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE. AND THAT MAY BE SOMEWHERE BROAD ENOUGH CAPTION IT COULD BE ADDED TO. BUT I CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE PROGRESS.

AND I KNOW, JUDGE, IN THE PAST, I THINK THE TRADITION WAS, BEFORE I CAME WE ONLY TOOK A POSITION ON A BILL IF THE ENTIRE COURT AGREED. WAS THAT RIGHT MR. REED, DO YOU

REMEMBER? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> SO WHEN I GOT HERE AND DISAGREED ON ONE, THEY CHANGED THE POLICY. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DIG INTO THIS ONE. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM OUR TIME DURING SESSION ON PASSING RESOLUTIONS, BUT, BECAUSE THINGS MOVE SO FAST IN AUSTIN AND A RULE WAS CHANGED.

WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE EARE NIMBLE ENOUGH TO GIVE SOME INPUT IF IT HELPS OR IF IT HURTS FOR THAT MATTER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ATTENTIVE TO WHAT GOES ON FROM TIME TO TIME. THEY MAY ASK WHAT DOES THE LARGEST COUNTY LARGER THAN 25 OF

THOSE STATES THINK ON THE ISSUE. >> AND JUDGE AND MEMBERS, DID WANT TO POINT OUT AGENDA AND PLATFORM ARE THE AGENDA TO BE PASSED AND REALLY APPRECIATE IF WE CAN PASS THAT, SO.

>> DO YOU NEED US TO DO THAT? THAT'S COMING LATER? >> IT IS ON THIS ITEM, I

BELIEVE. >> OKAY. >> WE'RE GOING PASS IT.

I'M FOR IT. >> AND ONE MORE ITEM ON THE ARCHIVE -- ERCOT ISSUE, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE ON THAT. STAFF HAS BEEN ALL OVER THAT. IN KEEPING WITH OUR GLOBAL MANDATE THERE ARE GLOBAL ACTORS LOOKING TO HURT OUR GRID IN TERMS OF CYBER-SECURITY.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS ADDRESSED AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY IT GETS KNOCKED DOWN

WITH THE CYBER-SECURITY ACT THAT IS AS DEVASTATING. >> SO JUDGE,LY MAKE A MOTION THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO MOVE THIS ITEM SO YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA A.

THAT IS YOUR REQUEST, RIGHT MR. REED? >> YES, SIR.

>> DOES THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA HAVE THE ITEMS OF THE REPORT IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR?

>> T IT HAS THE PRINCIPLES THE COURT HAS PASSED ARE IN THE AGENDA.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA'S ITEM WE HAD NOT VOTED ON THE ITEM. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> AND YOU SAID, I ASKED IF IT HAS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PENTA AND YOU SAID IT HAS THE PRINCIPLES THE COURT PASSED. ARE YOU TALKING OF THE SAME THING.

THE COURT HAD PASSED SOME PRINCIPLES JUST LIKE PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.

BUT WE HAD ALSO IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT HAD TO BE MADE ON

ENVIRONMENT IS THAT INCLUDED? >> IT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED.

BUT THOSE ITEMS ARE COVERED UNDER THOSE GENERAL PRINCIPLES. >> SO JUST, THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING, WE HAVE TO BE NIMBLE ENOUGH BECAUSE THE RULE USED TO BE UNLESS SOMEBODY OBJECTED, THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE TEAM COULD TAKE A POSITION. AND THEN I THINK THE ITEM IF MY MIND IS CORRECT, IF I REMEMBER IT IT WAS ON THE ISSUE OF THE TRAUMA FEE WHERE WE WERE PUTTING

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THAT MEANS IN ADDITION TO THE BROAD PRINCIPLES WHICH SOMETIMES ARE BROAD ENOUGH TO SAY YES AND NO ON A BILL. SOMETIMES YOU WON'T KNOW. IS THAT A FAIR COMMENT MR. REED? YOU JUST HAVE TO COME TO US ANDING AND WE HAVE TO DO IT IN PUBLIC BECAUSE WE VIOLATE OPEN

MEETINGS IF WE DO IT ANY OTHER WAY. >>> ABSOLUTELY AND I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR STAFF AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THINGS IN

KEEPING WITH WHAT Y'ALL WANT PRESIDENT DONE. >>> SO ASAGE EXAMPLE JUDGE, I READ ABOUT A BILL I'M NOT SURE THIS BROAD LANGUAGE GIVES INDER SHOP A POSITION ON IT.

WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A RUSH MEETING OR DO SOMETHING TO TAKE A POSITION IS THAT A DECENT

ANALOGY OR AM I OFF-BASE? >> I THINK THAT ONE UNDER GOVERNMENTS AND UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH, THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE COURT IS IN KEEPING WITH THOSE AND TAKE POSITION QUICKLY SO THAT COURT WOULDN'T HAVE TO

COME COME BACK AND GET AN OPINION OBTHAT -- ON THAT. >> COMMISSIONER CAGLE.

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IN RESPONDING TO SOMETHING MY COMMISSIONER ELLIS JUST MENTIONED, MY RECOLLECTION OF THE CHANGING OF THE RULE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

IT WASN'T A ISSUE, IT WAS A BUNCH OF LITTLE THINGS THAT KIND OF PILED UP AND I THINK THERE WAS DISAGREEMENT. AND SO FROM THAT POINT ON THAT THE WILL OF THE BODY WAS, IF WE'RE NOT UNANIMOUS, WE'LL JUST SAY WE'RE NOT UNANIMOUS THIS IS A 4-1 VOTE FOR 3-2 VOTE.

AND THEN OUR REPRESENTATIVES AS THEY ARE INDUSTRYING TO GET THOSE BILLS PASSED THAT HELP US IN HARRIS COUNTY CAN SAY WHETHER IT HAS THE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT OR PARTIAL SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT ONE BILL THE COMMISSIONER ELLIS TALKED ABOUT. THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE LAST ONE. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF THAT HIS TEAM WAS OBJECTING TO AND THAT IS WHY THE RULE GOT CHANGE SOD THAT WHERE THERE WERE ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTY THAT WE HAD ONE VOICE THAT SAID NO ON THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GO FORTH WITH. AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THAT WAY. THERE MAY BE ISSUES THAT WERE 3-2 ON OR 4-1 OR 5-0 ON.

AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE VOTE ON THOSE THINGS THAT IT DOES PROVIDE SOME INDICATION TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS WHETHER WE ARE UNANIMOUS IN WHETHER SOMETHING IS STRONG OR WHETHER WE'RE NOT. AND I'M OKAY WITH THE NEW RULE. IT IS NOT THAT NEW ANYMORE, IT IS I GUESS, FIVE YEARS OLD NOW. BUT, MY RECOLLECTION OF HOW IT CAME TO PASS WAS JUST A LITTLE

BIT DIFFERENT. >> TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW.

THE ONE WHERE THE MOTION WAS MADE WAS THE TRAUMA CARE BILL. OBVIOUSLY EACH COMMISSIONER, WE EACH HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE UP THERE. FROM TIME TO TIMELY HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE A CARD IN AND SEE WHAT PRECINCT 1'S POSITION IS OR CALL SOMEONE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY IF IT IS SOMETHING LIKE MEDICAID EXPANSION, WELL, INFORMS UNANIMOUS.

IT CARRIED A BIT MORE WEIGHT BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS AND ON THE ISSUE OF ELECTED FEE, THAT MAY BE THE ISSUE WHERE ON YOUR SIDE OF THE AISLE SOMEBODY MIGHT GET HEARTBURN, I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH HIS

AGENDA SO THEY CAN DO SOMETHING. >> I THINK I MOVED EARLIER AND WE PULLED IT OUT.

SO WE NEED TO PUT IT BACK IN AGAIN AND VOTE. >>> WE ADDED COMMISSIONER'S GARCIA AND I WAS MAKING A MOTION FOR THE BROADER AGENDAD DELETE S ITEM TO APPROVAL DELETE S PROVE.

>>> AND I'LL -- COMMISSIONER GARCIA ARE YOU WANTING TO DO THE HONORS OF SECONDING COMMISSIONER

ELLIS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN CUT OUT OF THAT SO MUCH? >> SECOND IT.

>> THE MOTION TO MOVE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND AGENDA. >> BECAUSE WE ALREADY VOTED ON THE AGENDA ADDITION TO IT, SO JUST TO MOVE THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.

AND WE CAN MAKE ADDITIONS TO IT, CORRECT? ALL RIGHT SO THERE IS A MOTION

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>> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE.

>> ?OAPS MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, ENDER IN YOUR -- AND

YOUR TEAM. THAT IS 122. >>> THE NEXT ITEM WAS 123.

COMMISSIONER'S COURT ANALYSIS OFFICE TRANSMITTAL IN THE CLIMB ACTION PLANS.

>> I'M FOR THAT ONE SO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ANALYST'S OFFICE DID A GREAT JOB, CERTAINLY TIMELY. HAD NO IDEA THIS WOULD COME FORWARD AT THIS TIMING BUT IN ADDITION TO ACCEPTING THE REPORT WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE WILL DO, THAT OFFICE IS ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY ISSUES IN TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN HARRIS COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PROTECTED FROM FLOODING, FREEZING, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.

ALSO, THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ENGAGE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

HERE IS THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM IT IN MY JUDGMENT, THEY'RE SUGGESTING SUGGESTING THAT WE CREATE A SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER TO PRIORITIZE CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND EITHER I, YOU, JUDGE OR SOMEONE AT SOME POINT ASSUMING THIS OFFICE CONTINUES TO TALK TO OTHER DEPARTMENTSUTH TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH A PLAN TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES MORE RESILIENT.

I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME. AND AFTER THAT WINTER EVENT, AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, I THINK IT IS MORE IMPERATIVE WE DO SOMETHING.

SO I'M SURE THAT STAFFS ARE TALKING, DEPARTMENTS ARE TALKING, BUT I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT IT WHEN YOU TRANSMIT YOUR REPORT AND NOT SAY THEY LOOKED AT BEST PRACTICES FOR US.

THAT IS WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO COUNTY IN TEXAS HAS COME INTO PLAY.

CITIES HAVE. I DON'T THINK ANY COUNTIES IN TEXAS HAVE DONE IT.

AND I'M ASSUMING A LOT OF THEM ARE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW. SO I'M JUST HOPING SOMETIME SOON. -- AND JUDGE I'LL SAY IT PUBLICLY, TALK TO YOUR STAFF ABOUT IT. SO ONE SHOULD PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA AND THEN HAVE A DISOWTIONFY FIGURE OUT WHERE THE RESILIENCY OFFICE OUGHT TO BE WHETHER YOUR OFFICE, SOME OTHER

OFFICE OR STAND-RAL LOAN, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE ON. >> COMMISSIONER CAGLE AND

COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >>> I THINK WE CAN TALK GOING FORWARD CERTAINLY, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF DETAILS. THIS IS A PRETTY BROAD SET OF PAIR METERS THAT WE WOULD -- PARAMETERS THAT WE WOULD GET INTO SO WHETHER IT IS RELATED TO POWER, RELATED TO WATER, RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE, RELATED TO EQUITY. ALL THOSE KINDS OF DETAILS, POLLUTION, I'VE DEALT WITH POLLUTION STANDARDS FOR DECADES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR GOALS ARE IN TERMS OF ACHIEVING RESILIENCY WOULD BE A PART OF THAT AND WHETHER THAT NEEDS TO BE SET UP AS A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT OR SET UP WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SEVERAL, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT GOING FORWARD. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE NEED HAVE THE NEXT CONVERSATION.

>> COMMISSIONER, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO -- SOMEBODY SOMEBODY DO ALL THIS RESEARCH AND WE ACCEPTED IT IT SITS THERE, SO I DIDN'T WANT IT TO PASS BY. OBVIOUSLY ANY ONE OF US COULD PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA AND HAVE DISCUSSION ON IT BUT I WANTED OPEOPLE TO DIGEST IT AND I'M SURE THE POLICY FOLKS THAT HELPED ME AND DEVELOP A CONSENSUS OF ALL FIVE OF US OR

IF NOT AT LEAST. >> YOUR HONOR, I GOT A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS ONE IS A TRANSMITTAL OF A REPORT WHICH I'M 59 THAT, NO ACTION TO ATTEND TO TODAY.

IN PART, THIS HAS SOME ACTION ITEMS THAT I WOULD WANT US TO DIG INTO WITH REGARD TO EXPENSE AND ADMINISTRATION AND COST THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DELVE INTO IN A DIFFERENT DATE IN TERMS OF REGULATIONS AND NUMBER THREE I WANT TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS LANGUAGE.

I KNOW THAT WE DON'T CALL IT GLOBAL WARMING ANYMORE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN CHILLY IN THE GLOBAL WARMING AREA. NOW WE HAVE CLIMATE CHANGE AND AS A HISTORIAN AS ONE OF MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES AND SOUTH MAIN, WE HAVE A PLACE CALLED GREENLAND CALLED GREENLAND BECAUSE IT USED TO BE GREEN. YOU MAY REMEMBER BACK IN THE PAN GEEIA DAYS WE HAD -- PANGEA DAYS

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WE USE HAVE HAD POLAR BEARS AND BEFORE POLAR BEARS WE USE TO HAVE WOOLLY MAMMOTHS.

SOME WOULD SAY THE CLIMATE CHANGE WHAT LOST OUT THE LOST CIVILIZATION OF ATLANTIS.

OUR GLOBE IF YOU GO AND YOU TOUR EUROPE, YOU LOOK AT PORTS THAT USED TO BE RIGHT THERE ON THE SEA AND NOW IS A TWO TO 3-MILE HIKE TO GET INTO THOSE 18 GENTLECITIES AND I KNOW THAT AROUND THE CORNER OVER HERE SOMEONE HAS TOURED ALL OF THOSE LITTLE PORTS.

AND SO CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HISTORICAL THING THAT OUR PLANET HAS BEEN DOING WITH.

A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH REGARD TO. THAT WE HAD MASSIVE CLIMATE CHANGE WHEN THE BUFFALO WERE WIPED OUT WHICH USED TO HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEM THAN WE HAVE NOW. I AGREE CLIMATE CHANGE OCCURS. I NOT SURE I WANT TO GET INTO THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE ADOPTING A WHOLE SALE SET OF PHILOSOPHIES THAT HAS PERHAPS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER ON A LOT OF THINGS.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE ARMOR UP VERSUS STORMS? HOW DO WE PREPARE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING BE FLOODED? HOW TO PREPARE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT FROZEN? HOW TO PREPARE AGAINST SOLAR FLAIRS THAT MAY COME? HOW TO PREPARE AGAINST THE OTHER DISASTERS. I THINK THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT THE FIVE OF US CAN AGREE ON. I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT THERE A LITTLE FLAG THAT IF YOU WANT TO COUCH IT IN CONTROVERSIAL LANGUAGE THAT SOMETIMES THAT CAN HINDER THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY COMING UP WITH REAL SOLUTIONS THAT WE COULD ALL BE IN AGREEMENT IN.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE THAT LITTLE FLAG TO WATCH OUR LANGUAGE AND TRY TO MAKE SURE WE COME UP WITH

ACTIONS AND DEEDS TO ALL COOPERATE TOGETHER IN. >> JUDGE IF I MIGHT.

>> YEAH. YOU HAD A COMMENT. >> OH, WAIT.

>> I, TOO WANT TO COMMAND INDICATETY AND HER TEAM -- KATIE HE & HER TEAM AND THE ANALYST'S OFFICE WORK ON THIS OFFICE. COMMISSIONER ELLIS, THIS HAS SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. SO IT IS GOOD TO SEE THIS.

AND YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE STORM WE JUST HAD WITH URI AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE IN THE SUMMER. AND WHO KNOWS WHAT WE'RE GOING BE UP AGAINST AT THAT TIME. AND SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE, BUT IT IS ALSO ONE WE NEED TO HAVE IN TERMS OF HOW TO ENSURE THAT OUR OPERATIONS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET TO A CLEANER FLEET AS JUST ONE PARTICULAR AREA OF SUCCESS FOR US? SO I APPLAUD THIS AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION.

THERE IS GOING BE BENEFITS BY OUR WORK ON THIS. AND LOOK, WHEN I FIRST TALKED ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY, IT WASN'T BECAUSE I PERSONALLY AM A FAN OF IT, BUT IT IS BECAUSE THE MARKET IS BEING DRIVEN BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEMANDING CLEANER OPTIONS.

AND SO BY THE SAME TOKEN THE ANALYST'S OFFICE IS PROVIDING US GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS HERE AND GOOD FOOD FOR THOUGHT. AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND MAKE A COMMITMENT TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT TO THIS CONVERSATION.

>> SO JUDGE, JUST IN CLOSING I WANT TO MAKE A CORRECTION. TRAVIS COUNTY ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A PLAN. THEY ADOPTED IT IN 2020. IT IS CALLED CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. AND FOCUSED ON THREE AREAS IN PARTICULAR.

MY OFFICE SENT A LETTER AND ASKED TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

MY STAFF WORKED UP SOMETHING BUT I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A CONSENSEUS.

SO -- CONSENSUS. THREE BASIC AREAS, ENGAGE IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY MOST AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, FOCUSING ON RESILIENCY AND ADOPTING THE CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPTS TO -- ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AS WELL AS REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

THE THIRD ONE WHICH I WAS MAKING REFERENCE TO WHICH OUT TO BE EASY TO DO.

THAT IS CREATING SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE OR OFFICER TO PRIORITIZE CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY. AND I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT HAVE CONSENSUS, BUT I THINK IT IS PORIMPORTANT TO NOT CONTINUE TO DO -- I THINK IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO NOT CONTINUE TO DO

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BUT SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST KIND OF LAYING THE MARKET DOWN AND HOPING THAT OUR STAFFS CAN COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS. DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T CHANGE IT. IT OPPORTUNITY HAVE TO BE PERFECT -- IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT. TELL YOU MOST THING WE DO ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE BIG WEATHER EVENT WE BE TALKING ABOUT OF 2021 WILL BE A SNOW STORM IN HOUSTON? SO I FOR ONE, AT LEAST, AND I DO WANT CONSENSUS BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE IN MIND SET A TARGET WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS BEFORE WE GO INTO HURRICANE SEASON. AND THE ENERGY CAPITOL OF THE WORLD, WE OUGHT TO STOP SAYING THAT IF WE DON'T AT LEAST COME UP WITH SOMETHING WE DO.

OUR CITY HAS DONE SOMETHING. MAY NOT BE PERFECT BUT SHOWING LEADERSHIP AND WE SHOULD DO IT AS WELL. I'M HOPING IT WILL PASS BY 5, BE NOT I HOPE SOMETHING WILL PASS.

IF NOT, SOMEBODY I HOPE SOMEBODY PUTS SOMETHING UP AND VOTE IT DOWN SO AT LEAST WE CAN SAY

SOMEBODY TRIED. THANK YOU. >> SO THE TRANSMITTAL OF WE

DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON IT, CORRECT? >> WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE.

>> THANK YOU TO MS. SHORT'S OFFICE FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

>> NO ACTION, JUDGE. >> THANK YOU, JAMES. >> THE NEXT ONE WAS ITEM 150 AND

THAT IS UNDER THE. >> IF I COULD INTERRUPT YOU, BRIEFLY ON 129 THERE WAS FAILURE TO HAVE A BACK FRUP JOHN ROSENTHAL AND HE -- BACKUP FROM JOHN ROSEN ALL THIS.

AND FROM THE BACKUP HE JUST PUBLISHED AND HE JUST SENT US A NEW COPY OF THE LETTER, WE HAVE HIS LOADER ON FILE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAS NOW BEEN SUBMITTED WITH REGARD TO THAT ITEM, TO FLESH OUT THE BACKUP THAT WAS THERE. THAT IS THE STATE'S REP'S

LETTER. >> NOTED. >> WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON IT.

I JAWS WANTED TO MAKE -- I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD THAT LETTER AND OUR BACK SUP NOW

IN PLACE. >> GREAT. SO MOVING ONTO 150 UNDER JUSTICE

ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT. YES, COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> I WANTED TO PULL THAT ITEM BECAUSE WE ASKED JAN TO DO A REPORT AND ANALYSIS REGARDING CRIME STATISTIC, REFORM AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION. AND I'M TOLD IT WAS DR. CULLEN WHO IS A P H. D. FROM CORN WHOLE JOINED LAST FALL AS A JUSTICE RESEARCH POLICY ANALYST AND HE WAS THE FIRST AUTHOR ON CRIME TRENDS AND THE COMPLEMENTARY REPORT HE'S PREPARED A SHORT POWER POINT PRESENTATION.

IT TAKES SIX MINUTES AND I HAD HIM GO THROUGH WITH IT THE MAYOR.

AND I JUST WANTED HIM, IF HE'S ABLE TO CHIME IN WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, I GUESS WE HAVE TO SHARE THAT REPORT WITH US. I DIDN'T WANT US TO JUST ACCEPT THIS AS I DIDN'T WANT US TO ACCEPT THE PREVIOUS ONE ON CLIMATE ISSUES WITHOUT PAUSING AT LEAST TO LOOK AT IT SO I'D

LIKE TO BRING HIM UP, IF THAT IS OKAY. >> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND

PROMOTE HIM TO A PANELIST. >> TIMES I BUTCHERED HIS NAME, JUDGE, I DID THE BEST I COULD.

I SAID SHEPRON, DID I GET IT RIGHT? >> YOU GOT IT TRACTLY RIGHT.

>> I WAS JUST GOING SAY DOCTOR SO I GOT IT RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. SHEPRON, I

MADE YOU A PRESENTER IF YOU COULD PLEASE SHARE YOUR SCREEN. >> CAN YOU ALL SEE MY SCREEN

OKAY? >> YES, SIR, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

THIS PRESENTATION PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE MEMO SUBMITTED BY THE JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT THEY THAT PROVIDES EVIDENCE AGAINST A LINK BETWEEN VIOLENT CRIME AND MISDEMEANOR BAIL REFORM IN HARRIS COUNTY. BUT FIRST, A QUICK LOOK INTO THE TRENDS IN VIOLENT CRIMES THAT MOTIVATE THESE ANALYST. IN -- ANALYSISISES ASSAULTS HAVE INCREASED SINCE 2015 AS PART OF A LONG-TERM ESSENTIALLY LINEAR TREND.

RAPES HAVE DECLINED, ESSENTIALLY THE SAME WAY. HOMICIDES ON THE OTHER HAND

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THE SAME IS BROADLY TRUE FOR ROBBERIES. THAT SHARP INCREASE IN HOMICIDES IS PART OF A NATIONAL LEVEL THREATENED STRUCK MAJOR U.S. CITIES IN 2020 THIS TREND SHOWS THAT HARRIS COUNTY'S EXPERIENCE WITH VIOLENT CRIME IS NOT UNIQUE.

THESE INCREASES HAVE LOOKED SIMILARLY ACROSS THE U.S. BECAUSE THEY EMERGE FROM A SHARED NATIONAL CONTEXT THAT IS UNIQUE TO 2020 AND 2021. IN PARTICULAR, SOCIOECONOMIC PRESSURES FELT ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE CAUSING CRIME TO RISE IN THE U.S., RESIDENTERS OF THESE MAJOR CITIES FACE JOB LOSS, EVICTIONS, LOST INCOME AND INCREASED DANGER ON THE JOB AND MOST PRESSURES DRIVE VIOLENT CRIME. THOSE PRESSURES ARE FELT HARDEST IN WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR LIKE THOSE IN HARRIS COUNTY.

PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ARE STRONGEST AS THEY'VE EVER BEEN AND THEY'VE HAD ADDITIONAL EFFECTS ON OUR COMMUNITY, GRIEVE, STRESS AND ISOLATION CAUSE BY THE PANDEMIC MAY ALSO BE CAUSING NOTED INCREASES IN ROAD RAGE AND FAMILY VIOLENCE.

EACH OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS ARE PRESSURES IS BEING STUDDED BY JAD AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR STUDYING THEM IN COMING MONTHS WHEN YOU EXAM THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, CLOSE TIES BETWEEN ECONOMIC PRESSURES AND VIOLENT CRIME IS CLEAR. THESE FIGURES SHOW THE CENSUS TRACKS IN HARRIS COUNTY WITH HIGHEST PERCENT OF POVERTY ON THE LEFT WITH THE AREAS WITH THE MOST AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS IN 2019 AND 2020 ON THE RIGHT. WE ALSO KNOW THE COMMUNITIES THE MOST ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE ARE BY FAR THE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE PANDEMIC THIS SHOWS THAT THE MOST DEPRIVED RESIDENTS IN HARRIS COUNTY ARE ALSO AT THE GREATEST RICK OF PERPETRATING VIOLENCE THIS RELATIONSHIP OPERATES THE SAME WAY IN LOS ANGELES.

THESE MAPPINGS SHOW US HOW TIGHT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC PRESSURE AND VIOLENCE IS. THOSE PRESSURES CANNOT, OF COURSE, EXCLUSIVELY EXPLAIN RECENT INCREASES IN VIOLENCE. HOWEVER, SOME SPECULATED THAT INCREASES IN VIOLENT CRIME ARE OCCURRING BECAUSE OF RECENT CHANGES IN MISDEMEANOR BAIL POLICY.

HERE WE ASK IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF SUCH A LINK. AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, THERE IS NO CLEAR EVIDENCE TO LINK MISDEMEANOR BAIL REFORM TO INCEASED VIOLENCE.

THERE ARE THREE WAYS OF TELLING THAT IS THE CASE. EASY WAY TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE WHO, THE WHEN AND THE WHEREOF THAT THEORY ARE WRONG. THE WHO IS WRONG BECAUSE BAIL REFORM SPECIFICALLY THE O'DONNEL CONSENT DECREE HAVING HAVING THE CHANGED HOW HARRIS COUNTY TREAT THE LOWEST LEVEL NON-VIOLENT OFFENSES. BY DEFINITION EXCLUDED FROM THOSE PROVISIONS. SECONDLY, THE WHEN IS WRONG. WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE DAT FA ON MONTHLY MURDERS, BAIL POLICY AND COVID CASES IN HARRIS COUNTY AS WELL AS THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE HOUSTON METRO AREA. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE EFFECTED POLICY, COVID-19 RECEIVED FURTHER EVIDENCE OF WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW.

INCREASES IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE PREDICT MURDERS THE NEXT MONTH.

INCREASES IN COVID CASES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASES IN MURDERS THE NEXT MONTH.

AND REDUCED USE OF SECURED BONDS, THE BIGGEST CONSEQUENCE OF BAIL REFORM IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED MURDERS THAT MONTH. WHILE THESE ARE ONLY PRELIMINARY ANALYSES THEY DEMONSTRATE THEY TENSE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIOECONOMIC PRESSURE. FINALLY, THE WHERE IS WRONG.

WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE THE INCREASES IN HOMICIDES WE SHOWED YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BAIL REFORM ON THE OTHER HAND HAS NOT. COMMUNITIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCREASES IN HOMICIDE HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED BAIL REFORM THIS IS FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT BAIL REFORM AND INCREASES IN VIOLENCE ARE NOT LINKED. THE FACT THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BAIL REFORM AND CRIME INCREASES IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY. AS WE ALL KNOW, ANY INCREASE IN VIOLENCE REQUIRES A STRONG RESPONSE. JAD IS IN THE PROCESS OF THE DEVELOPING RESPONSES WITHOUT DEVELOPING PUNITIVE INSTITUTIONS.

SO ARE VIOLATION, INTERRUPTION AND TRAIN AND MOBILIZE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONNECT THOSE AT THE GREATEST RICK OF EXPERIENCE OR PERPETRATING VIOLENCE. NEXT, JAB IS DEVELOPING A UV MODEL POLICY TO ENSURE IMMIGRATION STATUS DOES NOTBRE VENT THEM FROM QUALIFY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS OF VIOLENT CRIME. THIRD, JAD IS WORKING ON A BROADER SET OF POLICY ISSUES TO ADDRESS THE SOURCES OF VIOLENCE WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THIS PRESENTATION. FOURTH, JAD IS PRODUCING A MEMO REGARDING FAMILY VIOLENCE.

JAD WILL CONTINUE TO RESEARCH OUTLINED HERE AND ENSURE THE PUBLIC CAN STAY INFORMED

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>> JUDGE. >> I BELIEVE THE JUDGE IS HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES.

>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU MR. SHEPRON. AND I THINK WHEN THE OTHER REPORTS COME OUT, I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING THIS DOWN. I THINK I HAD YOU ON A ZOOM ONCE, OR MAYBE BOTH TIMES ON A SUNDAY WHEN I DID A QUAL THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

BUT IT IS GOOD WHEN THERE IS A VISUAL YOU CAN GET IT DOWN QUICK ENOUGH WHEN WE CAN GO THROUGH IT. ARE YOU HAVING ANY PROBLEMS COLLECTING ANY OF THE DATA THAT YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH THE NEXT ITERATION OF THIS REPORT AS YOU DIG DEEPER?

>> NO, I WOULD SAY THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE DATA PROBLEMS PREVENTING US FROM EXPANDING ON THIS REPORT. AS I'M SURE EVERYONE ON COURT KNOWS, JAD IS ALWAYS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GATHER, ANALYZE AND PUBLICIZE MORE DATA. SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO SPEAK

BEYOND THE CONTEXT OF THIS MEMO. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> SO JUDGE IS HAVING ISSUES.

I'M GOING TO JUMP IN HERE. I HAVE FIVE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE PULLED BOILED DOWN FROM THE MANY, MANY. JUDGE, YOU MIND IF I RUN FORWARD WITH WHY FIVE QUESTIONS.

>> NO, IT WAS GET SO INTERESTING AND THE COMPUTER COMPLETELY -- SO ANYWAY, GO AHEADSH

COMMISSIONER CAGLE. >> THE FIRST QUESTION DEALS WITH YOUR PAGE 7 STATEMENT ABOUT THE DISPROPORTIONATE CONCENTRATION OF WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

AND I THINK THAT YOU ALSO PUT UP ANOTHER LITTLE CHART EARLIER. AND IN ESSENCE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THE VICTIMS OVER CRIME ARE DISPROPORTIONATE AS TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR; IS THAT CORRECT? AM I UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOUR STATEMENT IS?

>>> WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PRECISELY LOCATE PARTIALLY DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS AND PARTIALLY DUE TO THE OVERALL AVAILABILITY OF DATA THAT JAD HAS.

THE ADDRESSES OF VICTIMS IN THESE CRIMES, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IS A REASONABLE INFERENCE

GIVEN WHAT WE HAVE. >> SO THERE IS A DESPAIRAT IMPACT OF CRIME -- PAIRAT DESPERATE OF CRIMES OR INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE ECONOMIC MEANS THAT OTHERS DO? IN OTHER WORDS, THE POOR AMONGST US ARE THE MOST IMPACTED BY CRIME.

AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT COULD LEAST AFFORD TO BE BACKED BY CRIME, FAIR STATEMENT?

>> YES, SIR. >> OKAY MY SECOND QUESTION GOES TO A CHART IN YOUR ORIGINAL DOCUMENT PAGE 9 IN ASSAULTS, I THINK YOU SAID THEY HAVE RISEN SLIGHTLY.

BUT YOUR CHART SHOWS THEY HAVE DOUBLED SINCE 2017. I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD CATEGORY -- CATEGORIZE THAT IF YOU'VE DOUBLED IN A PR OFFED -- PERIOD OF SEE THERE 1/2 YEARS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU CHOSE TO SAY "SLIGHT" WHEN THAT IS A DOUBLING, BUT -- AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IS PROBABLY MORE OF A STATEMENT ON MY PART THAN A QUESTION ON YOUR PARTCH DOUBLING IS NOT NECESSARILY A SLIGHT. I THINK THAT IS A GREATER IMPACT, ESPECIALLY FROM YOUR FIRST POIN AT THIS THE PEOPLE THAT MOST IMPACTED BY THOSE WILL BE THE POOR AND THOSE LEAST ABLE TO BE ASSAULTED. MY THIRD QUESTION, GOES TO YOUR U-VISA VICTIMS. THERE IS A SECTION IN YOUR REPORT, BUT CAN YOU TELL US HOW MANY U-VISA VICTIMS WE HAVE?

>> WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF THE VICTIM? >> I'M SORRY, SIR, I'M NOT ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I'M NOT WORKING AS CLOSELY ON THAT PROJECT AS I AM WITH THE ANALYSIS OF CRIME AND BAIL THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE JAD WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO YOU IN RELATIVELY SHORT ORDER.

>> I MY FOURTH QUESTION IS, IS THERE A REASON WHY THE MAKEUP OF THE JAD AND THE THE MEMBER OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE THERE ARE NONE OF OUR VICTIM ADVOCACY GROUPS WITHIN THE GROUP THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH TO COME UP WITH THIS REPORT, IS THERE SOME OPERATIONAL REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE VICTIM ADVOCACY GROUPS THERE? MANY TIMES THEY CAN PROVIDE INSIGHT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO AGREE WITH THEM ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY CAN

PROVIDE VERY IMPORTANT INSIGHT. >> THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THIS REPORT ARE EXCLUSIVELY HOUSED WITHIN THE JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT. I WOULD SAY ON OUR TEAM WE HAVE

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>> AND MY LAST POINT, MY FIFTH POINT IS ONE OF MORE OF AN OBSERVATION.

IN YOUR COMMENTS AND REGULARLY WITHIN YOUR REPORT YOU TALK ABOUT BAIL REFORM AS A BROAD PARAMETER. YOUR REPORT IN OTHER LOCATIONS IS REAL CLEAR THAT YOU ARE JUST TALKING OBTAIN MISDEMEANOR, NONVIOLENT BELL REFORM. AND WHEN THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE BROADER SITUATION -- I MEAN WE'VE NOW HAD ALMOST 100 MURDERS IN HARRIS COUNTY, MOST OF WHOM WHO WERE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY, PERSONS OF COLOR I THINK IS THE PHRASE THAT YOU USE, OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY, THERE ARE OTHER TERMS WE COULD USE.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FELONY, A LOT OF THE DATA THAT IS THERE WITH REGARD TO THE INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME IS NOT AT ALL REFLECTED IN WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO UTILIZE IN YOUR REPORT HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MISDEMEANOR CRIME AS TO MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES NOT AS TO FELONY OFFENSES. THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS. HAVE I MISSTATED THAT?

>> I AM NOT SURE THAT YOU'VE MISSTATED IT, SIR. I WOULD SAY THIS MEMO DISCUSSES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MISDEMEANOR BAIL REFORM AND VIOLENT CRIME IN HARRIS COUNTY.

AS FAR AS WE'RE AWARE THERE HAS BEEN NO SYSTEMATIC OVERHAUL OF FELONY BAIL WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY. WHILE THE OFFENSES WE DISCUSS HERE CERTAINLY ARE VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSES. THOSE ARE NOT THE OFFENSES OF WHICH PRETRIAL OR BAIL POLICY

CHANGE BETWEEN SAY 2016 AND 2019. >> AND I'LL WRAP UP JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I WAS A COMMISSIONER I WAS A JUDGE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE IN JAIL JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE POOR.

NOBODY SHOULD BE DENIED JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE POOR. BUT IF SOMEONE IS A THREAT TO OUR SOCIETY, THEY SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED AS A THREAT TO OUR SOCIETY FOR EITHER THE INABILITY JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE POOR. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE BEGAN IF WHOLE SEARCH FOR THE HONORED TOOL AND GOT SUED BEFORE WE -- BEFORE IT GOT IMPLEMENTED WAS THAT SO WE COULD IN ESSENCE COME UP WITH A BETTER WAY OF DOING A RISK ASSESSMENT. AND SO THAT EVERYONE IS TREATED THE SAME WHETHER YOU ARE POOR OR WHETHER YOU ARE RICH, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF COMMITTING CRIME ARE INDEED SAFE AND DON'T HAVE A LONG HISTORY WE OURSELVES HAD A NUMBER OF TRAGIC CASES WERE THE JUDGES WEREN'T GIVE TEN DATA TO SHOW SOMEONE THEY RELEASED OUT ON BAIL WITH SOMEONE THAT HAD A LONG HISTORY OF HURTING THEIR NEIGHBORS.

AND I'M A FIRM BELIEVER JUDGE SHOULD HAVE ALL TOOLS AT THEIR HANDS INCLUDING WHO IS LIKELY TO HURT THEIR NEIGHBORS AND WHO IS NOT LIKELY TO HURT THEIR NEIGHBORS.

THAT LAST BIT WAS GRATUITOUS IN TERMS OF WHAT MY OPINION IS. >> AGE AN ENGINEER WITH DISTRICT 4 IS FULL OF DATA AND I APPRECIATE IF FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN GREAT EFFORT PUT FORTH TO CREATE DATA. ALSO APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACT THERE HAS BEEN AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS. I WOULD TELL YOU WE HAVE DATA IN PRECINCT 3 OF HARRIS COUNTY THAT WOULD, I THINK IT DOCUMENTS, I THINK WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, MURDERS ARE UP 41% AND PRECINCT 3 OF HARRIS COUNTY AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, THIS LAST YEAR WERE UP 77% IN PRECINCT 3.

AND RAPES ARE UP 150% IN PRECINCT 3. WE NEED TO GET ALL THE DATA IN THERE, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS A PROBLEM THIS IS.

SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SOME IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS. I SEE SOME LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS

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MANY OF OUR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. >> THANK YOU,.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR. ONE THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON PAGE 4 OF THE MEMO AND I DROPPED OFF KIND OF THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PRESENTATION, SO YOU MAY HAVE COVERED THIS. YOU HAVE A BULLET THERE THAT SAYS THE BONDS THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY TIED TO INCREASING CRIME, FELONY BONDS HAVE NOT BECOME DRASTICALLY MORE COMMON SINCE 2018. IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW FELONY BONDS COUGH CAUSED AN INCREASE IN CRIME IN PAST SEVERAL YEARS WHEN POLICY AND PRACTICE ON FELONY BONDS DID NOT CHANGE.

BUT INCREASED USE OF PERSONAL BONDS HAVE BEEN CONFINED TO MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES.

CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? AND AGAIN, YOU MAY HAVE COVERED

IT ALREADY. I'M SORRY IF I MISSED IT. >> NOT EXACTLY.

I WOULD SAY THAT MAYBE A MORE CONCRETE WAY OF GETTING AT THE QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED IS THAT CRIME HAS INCREASED IN 2020, VIOLENT CRIME HAS INCREASED IN 2020.

AND YET THE FELONY BONDS THAT ARE OCCASIONALLY LINKED TO THE INCREASES IN CRIME THAT WE SEE DISCUSSED IN THE PRESS HAVE REMAINED ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED. SECURE BONDS ISSUED TO DEFENDANTS REMAIN ROUGHLY FLAT FROM 2015 TO THE PRESENT. THE BONDS UNDER WHICH POLICY HAS CHANGED ARE MISDEMEANOR PERSONAL AND MISDEMEANOR GENERAL ORDER BONDS, USAGE OF WHICH STRONGLY INCREASED IN ESPECIALLY 2019. IT IS DIFFICULT -- IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVE A NEGATIVE.

BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT BONDS THAT REMAIN FLAT THAT DIDN'T CHANGE THIS A PERIOD OF TIME -- CHANGE IN A PERIOD OF TIME DIDN'T CAUSE AN INCREASE IN CRIME.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JUDGE? >> YEAH AND I JUST THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROBLEM. THERE IS A PROBLEM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE CORE OF IT WAS NOT HAVING DEALT WITH COVID FROM THE BEGINNING AS OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE DONE, SO REALLY THAT IS THE CORE OF IT, BUT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS THAT THERE ARE THESE MASSIVE ECONOMIC ISSUES AND THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE GO AWAY BECAUSE COVID CONTINUES TO AN ISSUE, THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO GET VACCINATED AND CONTINUE WITH THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT EXACERBATE THE COVID ISSUE. BUT THERE IS THIS CRIME ISSUE THAT HAS ARISEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND I JUST THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO FOCUS ON THE REAL SOURCES SO THAT WE CAN GET AT THE REAL SOLUTIONS AND I THINK IT IS VERY VALUABLE FOR YOU TO HAVE SHED LIGHT ON THE STRAW MAN THAT IS BEGINNING TO POP UP ON THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS THAT THE INCREASES IN CRIME IS DUE TO A FELONY BAIL REFORM THAT IN FACT HAS NEVER EVEN TAKEN PLACE. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING FROM ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER FOR THERE TO ACTUALLY BE A SOLUTION TO THE CRIME SITUATION, IS TO TACKLE IT HEAD ON FOR WHAT HAS CAUSED IT RATHER THAN GET CAUGHT UP ON FALSE REASONS. AND I HOPE THAT THE MEDIA WILL READ THIS REPORT AS WELL.

THEY SURELY ARE PLAYING A PART IN TRYING TO INSINUATE THAT THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE IN CRIME IS FELONY BAIL REFORM WHEN THERE HAS BEEN NO FELONY BAIL REFORM. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES IN PRACTICES WHEN IT COMES TO FELONY BAIL REFORM. ONE QUESTION PICKING UP JUST

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TO PRISON TO JUDGE. >> YES, OF COURSE EVERYONE AT JAD AGREES HAVING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF INFORMATION FOR JUDGES TO HAVE IS OBVIOUSLY THE IDEAL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE IN THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS OF LOOKING INTO AND HOPE TO HAVE MORE TO REPORT BACK TO ALL OF THE NUMBER MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONER COURTS J AND WHEN YOU TALK OBTAIN HARRIS COUNTY DO

YOU INUNINCORPORATED OR CITY OF HOUSTON? >> INCLUDING THE CITY OF

HOUSTON. >> OKAY. AND IT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT, I THINK AND THEN THE SOLUTIONS THAT YOU BRING UP -- PERHAPS THIS IS A QUESTION FOR JIM, DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE AS TO THE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED? I KNOW SOME OF THEM, YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY WORKING ON WHICH IS JUST FABULOUS.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THE FOCUS THERE RATHER THAN SOMETHING THAT IS NOT HAPPENING, BUT WHAT KIND OF TIMELINES CAN YOU OFFER US JIM OR DR. SHEPRON.

>> JIM, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TAKE THIS? >> ON THE TIMELINE, I'M HAPPY TO

DEFER. >> OKAY. SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS THERE IS A REAL MIXTURE, RIGHT. SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED ARE VERY VERY TENTATIVE AND LIKELY WOULD NOT OR COULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED. OTHERS WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS A RELATIVELY SOON TIMELINE THE HOP-VASED VIOLENCE PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR ARE WORKING TOWARDS A JUNE SORT OF QUOTE/UNQUOTE JUNE TIMELINE WHERE PARTIES WILL HAVE A UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO GET THESE PROGRAMS OFF THE GROUND AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT THEM. THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT DELETE S WITH WHICH I'VE WORKED MOST CLOSELY. THE REST THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JAD WILL BE PROVIDING UPDATES ON AND I BELIEVE WITH THE REST OF MY TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU

MORE CONCRETE DATES MOVING FORWARD. >> I THINK IT IS SO VALUABLE.

WE HAVE TO KEEP AT IT, OBVIOUSLY WE PUT A LOT AND MADE MANY INVESTMENTS ON JUSTICE SYSTEM AND INTERVENTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY TIED TO TACKLE CRIME ISSUES BEFORE THERE WAS AN INCREASE SINCE WE GOT HERE. BUT YOU CERTAINLY HAVE MY COMMITMENT TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS THAT ACTUALLY GET AT THE PROBLEM, RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS VERY HARD TO DEAL WITH THESE BROADER SORT OF SOCIOECONOMIC ALMOST JUST NATIONAL IN SCALE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE FACING.

I THINK IT BEHOOVES US TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE AND INVEST IN SOLUTIONS THAT ACTUALLY GET AT THE CAUSE AND RECOGNIZE MISDEMEANOR BILL REFORM AS THIS IS THE SECOND OUTSIDE EXPERT THAT EVALUATES AND FOUND NO TIE BETWEEN MISDEMEANOR BAIL REFORM AND AN INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME AND IN FACT, THERE IS NO WAY TO POIN TOT FELONY BAILRY FORM BECAUSE THE FELONY BAIL PRACTICES HAVE NOT CHANGED SO I APPRECIATE YOU SHEDDING LIGHT ON THAT.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND THEN COMMISSIONER CAGLE. >> JUDGE, AND I JUST TOO WANT TO ADD MY APPRECIATE OR AT LEAST THE STUDY OF ALL OF THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT AS YOU MENTIONED THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THE STRAW MEN ARE AT. THERE IS -- IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS IN TRYING TO CO-RELATE WITH IT AREAS AND BY DOES THIS TEND TO SHOW UP MOSTLY INSIDE THE CITY OF HOUSTON? AND IN OTHER PLACES? BUT I THINK ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES THAT THE RESEARCHERS IN THIS REGARD HAVE IS ALSO FINDING WAYS TO ATTRIBUTE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING BY VIRTUE OF DONE.

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ONE THING WE HAVEN'T TALKED A WHOLE LOT ABOUT ALTHOUGH WE TALK ABOUT BAIL REFORM, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAME IN AS SHERIFF IN 2009 THE COUNTY -- I MEAN WE HAD THE MOST RESTRICTIVE JAIL POLICIES. WE HAD AN OVERCROWDED JAIL. WE HAD 12,000 PEOPLE ATTRIBUTED TO THE COUNTY JAIL POPULATION. A COUPLE THOUSAND OF THEM WERE SHIPPED OFF TO LOUISIANA AT A TUNE TO $20 MILLION PER YEAR WE HAD ALREADY DONE, THAT SO $60 MILLION WE SPENT ON PRIVATE JAILS AND YET WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE RATE OF PROPERTY CRIME AND SO, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE JACK DROP LOOKS LIKE, I THINK THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE INVESTMENT IN OUR SYSTEMS HAS REALLY CONTRIBUTED TO A BETTER PLACE.

NOW WILL IT EVER BE PERFECT? ABSOLUTELY NOT. I KNOW IT WE JUST ONTO EVER GET THERE, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN IMPROVEMENTS MADE AND WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A GOOD WAY TO TELL THAT STORY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WE FORGET THE PAST THAT WE WERE STUFFING PEOPLE IN THIS KIND OF JAIL WITH THE CRIME RATES, MURDER RATES WERE STILL VERY HIGH.

AND SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO USE A BACKDROP TO BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE

AT TODAY. THANK YOU. >> JUDGE.

I HAVE AN EXCLAMATION MARK AND ASTERISK AND THE EXCLAMATION MARK IS THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT CONCERN THAT WE SHARE, THE JUDGES MAKING THE DECISIONS OF WHO IS APPROPRIATE TO BE PUT BACK TO THEIR NEIGHBORS HAVE ALL THE DATA IN FRONT OF THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T INTENTIONALLY COMPOUND THE PROBLEMS OF PUTTING PEOPLE WHO ARE ANGRY OR OTHER ISSUES BACK OUT TO HARM NEIGHBORS. JUDGES NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE WHOLE PACKAGE. SOMETIMES THAT MEANS THEY GET DIVERTED THROUGH THE MENTAL HEALTH PROCESS IF SOMETIMES THEY'LL BE DIVERTED IN OTHER ZONES BUT PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE HURRING THEIR NEIGHBORS. NUMBER TWO THIS IS THE ASTERISK. EARLIER YOU SAID THERE WAS NO

BAIL REFORM IN HARRIS COUNTY. >> NO FELONY BAIL REFORM. SLAPPED BY JUDGE ROSENTHAL EVERY TIME WE SHOW UP IN COURT BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN NO FELONY BAIL REFORM.

>> AND THAT PHRASE "NO FELONY BAIL REFORM" IS THE ONE I WOULD PUT AN ASTERISKS ON.

WE'VE HAD ELECTIONS AND WHEREAS AND I THINK IT WAS THE CHRONIC THAT RECENTLY REPORTED WHEREAS USED TO BE MOST OF THE JUDGES CAME OUT OF THE DA'S OFFICE NOW MOST OF OUR JUDGES COME OUT OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE OR DEFENSE BAR. AND THAT IN OUR LAST ROUND OF ELECTION WE HAVE HAD, THE PEOPLE VOTE ON THE TYPE OF BAIL SYSTEMS THAT THEY WANT FOR THEIR FELONY JUDGES. AND I WOULD CONTENT THAT -- AND THIS IS A BETTER FORM OF BAIL REFORM THAN LEGISLATIVE BAIL REFORM BUT THE PEOPLE DECIDE WHO IT IS THEY WANT TO SEE MAKING THEIR DECISION, LET'S GIVE THE JUDGES AND DATA THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE, BUT THOSE JUDGES ARE ONES MAKING BAIL DECISIONS IS AND YOU CAN TALK IT IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION OR NEGATIVE DIRECTION BUT WE HAVE HAD BAIL REFORM, A DIFFERENT SET OF PEOPLE MAKING THESE DECISIONS NOW THAN WE USED TO HAVE TWO YEARS AGO. AND SO THE BALLOT BOXES HAVE BEEN A FORM OF BAIL REFORM IN OUR COUNTRY I -- COUNTY, THAT WOULD BE MY ASTERISK.

>> THAT'S WHY I HAD THE PROFESSOR CLARIFY HERE BECAUSES THERE THERE HAS BEEN A

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ON THE FELONY SIDE THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN PEOPLE SITTING ON THE BENCH BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MEASURABLE CHANGE IN THE OUTCOME. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND THEY DO THE EXACT SAME THING. THAT IS WHY I WANTED THE PROFESSOR TO CLARIFY. PERHAPS I'LL CHECK AGAIN, BUT PROFESSOR, HAS THERE BEEN A MEASURABLE SUBSTANTIVE INCREASE IN THE USE OF UNSECURED BONDS O GENERAL ORDERED BONDS ON THE FELONY SIDE? IN OTHER WORDS, WITH THE NEW CROP OF JUDGES, HAS THERE BEEN A

CHANGE? >> ANY CHANGE THAT COULD HAVE OCCURRED BY A COUPLE MORE OF OUR A COUPLE LESS JUDGES OF DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES OR PARTNERSHIPS ENTERING THE BENCH HAS MASSIVELY BEEN DROWN OUT BY SYSTEMIC POLICY CHANGES THAT CAME ABOUT BEGINS THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT DECREE, BOTH OF WHICH WERE EXCLUES FLY CONCENTRATED ON THESE LOW-LEVEL MISDEMEANORS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE CAN, TO SOME EXTENT, PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE OF THE INFLUENCE OF AGGREGATE LOCAL BAIL POLICIES, MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY AND THAT IS THAT WHEN SLIDE I SHOWED YOU ALL THAT FOUND THAT DECREASED USE OF SECURED BONDS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A REDUCTION IN MONTHLY COUNTS OF MURDERS THE NEXT MONTH. THAT IS THE CLOSEST WE CAN AT THIS POINT GET TO GETTING A SENSE OF OVERALL BAIL POLICY RELATES TO CRIME TRENDS. BUT BEYOND THAT, I CAN'T PROVIDE ANY OTHER ANSWERS. AND I HAVE THE NOTE ON THE REPORT THAT FELONY BONDS HAVE NOT BECOME DRASTICALLY MORE COMMON SINCE 2018. POLICY AND PRACTICE AROUND FELONY BONDS DID NOT CHANGE. SO IF IT HAD COMMISSIONER, CAGLE, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE FACING THE LAWSUITS WE'RE FACING IN FEDERAL COURTS AND CERTAINLY THE PROFESSOR WOULD HAVE FOUND A CHANGE. AND THE REASON I'M HANGING MY HAT ON THIS IS BECAUSE SO LONG AS WE CONTINUE FEEDING THE STRAW MAN WE'LL NOT GET TO THE SOLUTION OF THE INCRAZING CRIME IN THE COUNTY, BECAUSE IT WASN'T, HAS THERE BEEN AN INCREASING IN CRIME IN SEATTLE AND LAS VEGAS AND WHATEVER. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW, THE SAME SWITCH OVER WE HAD.

SEATTLE HAS BEEN DEMOCRATIC FOREVER. IT IS NOT THAT.

AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THE DATA BUT I'M SAYING THERE FOR WHOEVER IS LISTENING PARTICULARLY WHICHEVER MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, WE'RE DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE PRETEND THE CAUSE OF CRIME IS SOMETHING IT IS NOT. AND I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE WHAT I WANT TO SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE SITUATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO POINT AT THE CAUSE FOR WHAT IT IS BUT I'LL STOP THERE.

I'M NOT ARGUING WITH YOU, I'M JUST MAKING A BROADER POIN. >> TONY: IN PART OF THAT, JUDGE, AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAD FELONY PR BONDS A FEW YEARS AGO.

THAT FELONY PR BONDS IS A RELATIVELY NEW EDITION INTO OUR SYSTEM.

AND SO WHEN WE SAY THAT WE'VE NOT HAD A CHANGE IN OUR POLICY WHEN WE USED TO NOT HAVE FELONY PR BONDS NOW WE DO HAVE FELONY PR BONDS, THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS THAT ASTERISK I SAID EARLIER THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN POLICY AND SO YOU KNOW I WOULD INVITE TO TAKE UP THIS CONVERSATION WITH PERHAPS MY STAFF AND THE PROFESSOR A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT I WOULD SAY THE ABOUT SENSE OF PR BONDS AND NOW EXISTENCE OF FELONY PR BONDS IS A CHANGE.

>> COMMISSIONER CAGLE. >> PUT IT ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA AND MAYBE SOME JUDGES CAN'T TALK ABOUT INDICATIONS IN THEIR COURT. WE'VE HAD THEM BEFORE THE PR BONDS FOR FELONIES BEFORE THATD. IT IS A GOOD DISCUSSION. THE DATA IS IMPORTANT, BUT

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>> AND THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. I AGREE. >> BUT I JUST WANT TO STRESS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION MANY TIMES BEFORE, WE ALL SAY WE DON'T THINK SOMEBODY TOUGHT BE HELPED JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY, BUT THAT WHAT WE WERE DOING, ON THE MISDEMEANOR SIDE. WE SEE WHAT THE FACTS ARE WHENEVER THE COURT DOES ITS DISCOVERY ON THE FELONY SIDE. AND I'M ASSUMING IS THE CASE AS WELL, BUT I DON'T KNOW BUT I DO WANT TO ASK JAD ARE COW COMPILING DATA ON FELONY CASES AS WELL?

OR ARE YOU DOING, THAT DOCTOR. >> YES, WE ARE. >> AND AT SOME POINT YOU COME BACK US TO WITH A BREAKDOWN ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THAT REGARD AS WELL SO WE KNOW WHO IS PAYING TO GET OUT OR GET TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE AMOUNT OF BOND HAS GONE UP, GONE DOWN.

YOU GET THAT GRANULAR TO DISCUSS APPLES AND APPLE? >> YES.

>> ON YOUR NEXT STEPS YOU LAID OUT THE JUDGE WAS HEADED TO THIS RESPONSES TO VIOLENT CRIME, YOUR FIRST LINE THAT SAYS, THERE OUGHT TO BE A STRONG RESPONSE. YOU TALKED OBTAIN VIOLENT

INTERRUPTION WHAT ABOUT THE U-VISA VIOLATION OF POLICY. >>> I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I REST ASSURED THERE WAS SOMEONE ON OUR TEAM THAT COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION BEFORE THE THOAFNED WEEK.

>>> AND IN FACT THOSE FOUR ITEMS LISTED, THEM MORE ADDRESSING FAMILY VIOLENCE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN TERMS OF DATA ANALYSIS, RESEARCH, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO GIVE YOU SO YOU CAN COME BACK AND AT LEAST MAKE SURE WE HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION AND LET THE CHIPS

FALL. >> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO OFF THE

TOP OF MY HEAD. >> ARE YOU THERE, JIM? >> I AM, COMMISSIONER.

ONE THING THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO PUBLICATION, I JUST GOT THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COURT TASKED ME WITH EARLY ON IN MY TENURE DEALING WITH THE VICTIMIZATION IN HARRIS COUNTY. AND WHAT WE LOOKED AT THERE, WHAT DO THEIR CONSERVATIVE STATE STAKE AND WHAT PUBLIC DATA AVAILABLE, NOT AVAILABLE TO HELP DESCRIBE VICTIMIZATION IN HARRIS COUNTY AND HOW ARE VICTIM SERVICES SUPPORTED AND FUNDED IN HARRIS COUNTY.

WE'VE INTERVIEWED WITH DR. JAMES' TEAM AND INTERNATIONALLY RESPECTED CONSULTANTLE THEY VISITED WITH 30 DIFFERENT VICTIM GROUPS INCLUDING THE DA'S OFFICE AND OTHERS AND THAT VICTIMS' GAPAG ASSESSMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE READY THE NEXT QUARTER I'M ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE READY. AND THIS TIES INTO DRIVING REALLY BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME MEANINGFUL SUPPORT TO THE WHOLE SYSTEM.

>> AND WHERE ARE WE COMING UP ON THE DISPARITY IN TERMS OF OUR PRACTICES IN THE COUNTY? I DON'T KNOW IF RFP HAS DONE OUT. ARE YOU DOING AN ANALYSIS OR

WHAT? >> SHE IS THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN MY LEAD ON THAT WORKING WITH BRANDY, I KNOW A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE. I DON'T KNOW THE TIMELINE.

COLLIN AND I CAN CIRCLE BACK WITH WHAT THE TIMELINE IS ON THE DISPARITIES.

>> THIS IS COMMISSIONERS I'M HERE. THERE IS A COUPLE OF EXCITING PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON. IF IT IS OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST KIND OF TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE HOPING TOTELL PROVIDE TO YOU. THE FIRST ONE ON THE U-VISAS, YOU'RE GOING LOVE THIS.

YOU'RE GOING LOVE THIS. IT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LEGAL LEVEL. WE'RE WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BEST PRACTICES.

WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE GOING SUBMIT THAT PARTICULAR DOCUMENT TO YOU, IF NOT NEXT COURT, THE FOLLOWING COURT. AND YOU ASKED WHAT IT IS THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP US MAKE THESE SOLUTIONS COME ALIVE. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO NEED YOUR CONNECT SUHIONS AT THE FEDERAL -- CONNECTIONS AFTER THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AFTER TAKING A LOOK AT THE MEMO WE HOPE YOU CAN PROVIDE A LETTER OR A REQUEST FROM THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION TO TO BE ABLE TO

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WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE OTHER PIECE IS WHAT OUR DIRECTOR JIM BAKEY ARTICULATED REGARDING THE ASSESSMENT. THERE IS WILL BE A SECOND PART OF IF ASSESSMENT.

OKAY, WE'RE GOING HAVE AN ASSESSMENT BUT YOU NEED VIABLE SOLUTIONS TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE SURVIVORS OF CRIME. THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT HAS TWO SPECIFIC APPROACHES, ONE IS GOING BE THE ASSESSMENT WHICH IS THE MOTION COMMISSIONER ELLIS GAVE US IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THE SECOND ONE WILL BE A FULL REPORT ON THE VIABILITY OF SOME OF THOSE SOLUTIONS.

AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH AS MANY SURVIVORS OF CRIME ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE THE PERSPECTIVES OF SURVIVORS OF CRIME IN TERMS OF THEIR NEEDS.

OFTENTIMES THEIR VOICES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT SOLUTIONS ARE.

THAT WILL BE A SECOND APPROACH TO THE REPORT. THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WHICH YOU MENTIONED IS THE RACIAL AND ETHNICS DISPARITY REPORTS.

I CAN'T SAY A LOT. JUST KNOW THAT PURCHASING WE HAVE AN RFP.

WE'VE GOTTEN SOME WHAT WE BELIEVE SOME STRONG APPLICANTS FOR THAT PARTICULAR REPORT AND THERE WILL BE A SELECTION BASED ON EITHER A STRICT CRITERIA. JUST AS A REMIND THEY ARE ROAR HAS THREE PHASES ONE IS THE EXTENT OF THE DISPARITIES EXIST, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

NUMBER TWO IS ONE OF THE -- WHAT ARE THE CAUSATIONS? WE'RE LOOKING ARREST TO DISPOSITION. AND MOST CRITICAL OF THAT REPORT IS WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS? AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP TRACK VIA DATA AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THOSE SOLUTIONS ARE APPLIED.

IT IS A BIG LIFT BUT WE BELIEVE THAT ONCE THAT REPORT IS FINALIZED IT WILL BECOME THE FOUNDATION THE RESOURCE NECESSARY FOR PRACTITIONERS TO ADDRESS PLACES WHERE THERE ARE ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. THE OTHER DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WE'RE REGION EXCITED ABOUT IS WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON FAMILY VIOLENCE TO THE FAMILIES? TO THE COMMUNITY? TO THE TRAUMA IT CAUSES AND WHAT IS THE SOLUTION. WHAT ARE T VIABLE SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO FOR THAT.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PIECES OFWORK WE'RE WORKING ON. WHEN YOU ASK WHAT IS SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU NEED. WE DEFINITELY ARE NOT EVERYBODY IS RESPONDING TO OUR REQUEST AS QUICKLY AS WE WOULD LIKE. AND DEFINITELY E-MAILING AND ASKING.

AND WE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF COMPONENTS IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING.

AT SOME POINT IF THERE ARE MISSING PIECES OF INFORMATION WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IT IN THAT REPORT. BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR US TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS, WE HAVE GOT TO IDENTIFY WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING DONE IN HARRIS COUNTY. AND SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US THOSE SOLUTIONS AND WE WANT TO WRAP UP A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS AND GIVE YOU THE FEEDBACK. IF THAT HELPS, IF THAT HELPS. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO PARTNER WITH ALL OF YOUR OFFICES. I CAN TELL YOU WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY REACHING OUT TO ALL OF YOU AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND GETTING YOUR PERSPECTIVE. IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP HEAL COMMUNITIES AND SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY COME UP AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO ASSIST THEM. SO I'M JUST REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE DISCUSSION TODAY AND GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PATIENTS AND FOR CONTINUING TO ASK US WHAT ELSE WE NEED. WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.

>>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT I HATE TO TAKE TIME BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.

AND COMMISSIONER CAGLE I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE JUDGES BEING ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. I DO KNOW FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF OUR STATE PARTNERS, THE LEGISLATION ON BAIL ISSUES ON A STATE LEVEL WILL TAKE THEM AWAY FROM YOU, AND WE'VE GET A BIG TO PULL OUT THE CHECKBOOK BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE THE SPENDING WE DO TODAY LOOK MINOR COMPARED TO OF WHAT WE'LL ENDS UP HAVING TO SPEND. THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR YOUR

PATIENCE. >>> AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. I, AGAIN, JIM AND COLLIN AND

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HAS THERE BEEN A FELONY BAIL REFORM ON THE AGENDA? HAVE WE VOTED ON ANYTHING

REGULATED TO FELONY BAIL REFORM? >> COMMISSIONER, THIS IS JIM. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO.

>> THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT. AND SO YOU KNOW AS COMMISSIONER CAGLE MAKES REFERENCE TO A POLICY THAT IS HAPPENING NOW, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT POLICY, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A POLICY I VOTED ON. IT IS NOT A POLICY VOTED FOR OR AGAINST AND I THINK AS A FORMER JUDGE, YOU DON'T WANT THIS COURT TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO. SO I THINK FOLKS ARE MAKING THEIR DECISIONS FOR THIS BODY HAS NOT VOTED ON ANY FELONY BAIL RELATED POLICY.

I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARITY ON THAT JUST TO BE CLEAR. THANK YOU.

>> YEAH, WE, THE DATA I REFERENCED EARLIER ON THE CRIMES, IN PRECINCT 3, DO I GET THAT TO JIM? BECAUSE THAT DATA IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS IN THIS REPORT. SO THERE IS A DISCONNECT. AND WE NEED TO GET THE DATA RIGHT IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THE SOLUTIONS RIGHT. SO IS THAT FOR JIM?

DO WE SEND THAT INFORMATION TO JIM? >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY WE'RE WORKING WITH ROGER BRIDGEWATER ON YOUR TEAM AND WE WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION.

>> AND JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION RELATED TO WHAT THE COURT DID OR DIDN'T DO.

I WASN'T ON IT. BUT WERE THERE FOLKS RELEASED UNDER THE DISASTER ORDER BOND?

>> THERE WERE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I THINK THERE WERE 11.

>> OKAY. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK DONE ON THIS.

AND IT IS GOING BE HARD. IT SNOT GOING TO BE EASY BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING IT IN A THOROUGH WAY AND I THEY IS THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DELETE S

JIM. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> YES, JAMES.

>> IS THERE ACTION ON THIS ITEM, 150. >> NO ACTION, JAMES.

>>> THOSE WERE THE ITEMS WE PULLED. BEFORE WE GET TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER CAGLE HAS A COMMITMENT AT 6. WE CAN TAKE A QUICK BREAK TO 5:30? KEEP GOING? KEEP GOING. SO YES.

>> I NEED A 15-MINUTE BREAK, PLEASE, IT HAS BEEN TWO HOURS. OR A FIVE-MINUTERE BAK.

>> LET'S JUST BREAK UNTIL 5:30. IT IS 5:22, WE'LL BE BACK AT 5:30.

>> ALL RIGHT IT IS 5:31, COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS BACK IN SESSION.

UNDER COUNTY JUDGE I HAVE A RESOLUTION, I HAVE A O'RYAN WHITE AGREEMENT, ANOTHER RESOLUTION, COMMEMORATING RETIREMENT, THE BROAD WINTER STORM ITEM I KNOW WE ALREADY DID THE DEBRIS CONTRACT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT FOLKS WANT TO DISCUSS UNDER 326?

>> JUDGE, I HAVE A BROAD ITEM. I KNOW THAT PURCELL COULDN'T SIGN UP BECAUSE WE WERE CONTINUING THE COURT BUT I THINK HE'S GOING TO COME NEXT WEEK. I SAW THE OP-ED SHE DID TALKING ABOUT DISPARITIES THAT HAVE COME AS A RESULT OF OUR THE WAY FEDERAL MONEY IS GIVEN TO US AND EMPHASIS PERCENTED THROUGH FEMA. I HOPE WE TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK.

IN PARTICULAR TALKED ABOUT RICE, A UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH STUDY THAT FOUND BETWEEN 1999 AND 2013 AS A RESULT OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN HOUSTON, WE INCREASED THE RACIAL WAGE GAP BUT $87,000.

I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO COME TALK NEXT WEEK. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE

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BIT NEXT WEEK. >> I THINK YOU SAID MY NAME BUT YOU WERE MUTED.

>> I DID, COMMISSIONER KAIGLE AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> ARE WE ON 327 OR THE GENERAL

ITEM. >> WE'RE STILL ON THE GENERAL ITEM.

>> MY QUESTION IS ON 327, THE NEXT ONE. >> MR. RAMSEY.

>> SAME. >> OKAY. WELL, SUFFICE IT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL RECOVERING FROM THIS WINTER WEATHER, BUT I THINK WE'VE SAID A LOT AND WE

CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE STUFF AND THE WORK THAT CONTINUE. >> I UNDERSTAND, JUDGE, THE PILOT IN PRECINCT 4 THAT WE USED AFTER HARVEY ON THE SELF-HELP CENTER IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMING INTO SOME OF THE OTHER PRECINCT? I KNOW THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN VERY GRATEFUL THEY CAN COME AND HAVE A PLACE TO TAKE THEIR STUFF AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT AND/OR FIGHT WITH THE REGULAR PICKUP DELIVERY IS THERE OR NOT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT HAS BEEN A -- CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN PRECINCT 4 AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN OTHER PRECINCTS BUT HOPE IT IS AS SUCCESSFUL THERE AS IT IS IN 4.

>> AND ALSO ABOUT THE WINTER STORM RELIEF FUND WE SET IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY THE DOING VERY WELL. WE'VE RAISED OVER $7 MILLION. AND THAT IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO BE DISPERSED AS YOU ALL KNOW THIS WEEK TO ABOUT 1.5 MILLION HAS BEGUN BEING DISPERSED WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR AID BUT HAVE ISSUES. THAT WILL CONTINUE, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB THE UNITED WAY IN THE GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND, OF COURSE, YOUR REPRESENTATIVES OF GETTING THOSE

FUNDS OUT THE DOOR. >> WE'VE SET UP IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, JUDGE, SOME FOLKS TO HELP WITH THE FEMA APPLICATION. WE DON'T KNOW THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BUT IT IS TREMENDOUS THE NUMBER OF FOLKS. WE DID SET UP THE DEBRIS A COMMISSIONER CAGLE REFERRED TO AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA SET UP IN THEIR LAST MEETING WE'RE UP TO 100, LAST WEEK AT THIS TIME IT WAS 6. THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT

ARE JUST NOW DEALING WITH. >> LET'S MOVE ONTO 327. COMMISSIONER CAGLE YOU HAD A

COMMENT ON THAT? >> YES, YOUR HONOR. I'M GOING TO START WITH A SMALL STORY. I USED TO HAVE ARGUMENTS WITH A NUMBER OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, STILL HAVE THEM OCCASIONALLY WITH ONE, BUT I'M BEATING INTO DELETE S HIM INTO LISTENING TO ME NOW. WHEN YOU GO THROUGH PRE60 SING 4 AND I -- PRECINCT 4 AND I THINK THE SAME THING IS TRUE IN 3 AND 2, THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS ANNEXED ALL OF THE BUSINESSES ALONG THE ROAD. AND THEY COLLECT THEIR SALES TAX OFF OF THOSE BUSINESSES.

BUT THEY DO NOT ANNEX THE ROOFTOPS OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT NEXT TO THE BUSINESSES. AND SO YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE UNINCORPORATED HARRIS COUNTY WHO WHENEVER THEY WANT TO BUY GROCERIES OR WANT TO BUY CLOTHES OR SUPPLIES OR LUMBER OR WE WHATEVER IT IS THEY WANT TO BUY, THEY PAY A CITY SALES TAX AND DON'T GET CITY SERVICES BECAUSE THE CITY STRATEGICALLY ANNEXED WHAT THEY COULD MAKE MONEY OFF OF AND NOT OFF OF THE PEOPLE THEY WOULD HAVE TO RENTER SERVICES TO IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND YOU CAN GET -- YOU CAN SEE THEM IN A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICES WERE YOU CAN SEE THE FUNNY SPRINKLELY RED LINES THAT GO THROUGH THE UNINCORPORATED AND THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON THERE. IN THIS STUDY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE I'VE HEARD MY COLLEAGUE SAY LET'S NOT PUT SOME STUFF, LET'S PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS PROVIDED AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE IN THAT STUDY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT. I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS OFF THE TOO MANY OF MY HEAD THAT RAN THROUGH ME. ONE IS OUR SHERIFF, WHICH WE PROVIDE SHERIFF SERVICES FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND OUR CONSTABLES. WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE INCLUDED BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE WITHIN THE CITY VERSEST NOT THE CITY.

THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDE. THE COUNTY JAIL WHAT IS THE MAKEUP OF THE POPULATION OF THE COUNTY JAIL, CITY VERSUS NOT CITY. AND THAT IS A BENEFIT THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING IN THE CITY FROM A COUNTY SUPPLY. THAT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO FORENSIC SCIENCES AND WHAT WE DO THROUGH THE FORENSIC SCIENCES WHICH I USED TO WANT TO CALL THE SCOTLAND YARD OF THE WORLD BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK TO US AS THE BEST PRACTICES IN OUR FORENSIC SCIENCES AND HOW IT IS NOT TIED TO POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT INDEPENDENT SCIENCE SO THAT WHEN THEY GO INTO THE COURTROOM THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT WORK.

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BUT IF WE'RE GOING BE DOING THIS STUDY, WE NEED TO PUT EVERYTHING THAT IS ON THE TABLE.

HOUR DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DOES A WHOLE LOT OF WORK AND NOT ALL OF THAT IS UNINCORPORATED, MOST OF THEIR WORK IS ACTUALLY WITHIN ONE OF OUR CITIES.

AND SO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS INTO THAT MIX AND THEN WE HAVE PARKS.

AND I KNOW IN PRECINCT 4 WE PROBABLY HAVE MORE PARKS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF UNINCORPORATED THAN OUTSIDE BUT PROBABLY RELATIVE TO WHAT THE PRECINCT POPULATION IS.

BUT A LOT OF OUR PARKS ARE WITHIN A CITY. AND IN FACT, OUR NEW ONE WHICH IS A GREAT ONE WE'RE COOPERATING WITH IS ALABONSON WHERE THE CITY RENTS THE PROP -- PROPERTY FOR 30 YEARS, BUILDING THE FACILITIES OUT AND WORKING WITH QATAR AND IN FACT, I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND I ARE BOTH WORKING WITH REGARD TO SOCCER FIELDS AND OTHER STUFF.

THAT IS A COLLABORATION BUT THAT IS BEING SPENT IN THE CITY LIMITS SPRING BRANCH AND OTHER AREAS, OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE MANY TIMES WITHIN THE CITY. OUR COMMUNITY CENTER IS WITHIN THE CITY. AND SO I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS STUDY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T JUST LOOK AT ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE AND THEN SAY, OH, THERE IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AREN'T GETTING THEIR FAIR SHARE WHEN PERHAPS WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE PROVIDING THE LION'S SHARE ACROSS MULTIPLE AREAS THAT ARE THERE INCLUDING I WOULD INCLUDE OUR OTHER BUDGETS WITH REGARD TO FLOOD CONTROL, ALTHOUGH MANY TIMES WE NEED FOR THOSE TO BE OUT AND SOME OF THOSE NEED TO BE FURTHER OUT BECAUSE FOR FROM MY PER SPECK IF I HAVE THE WATER IS FLOWING THROUGH PRECINCT 3 TO COME INTO PRECINCT 4 I WOULD MUCH RATHER ARE THE PROJ JEACT IN PRESING 3 SO I DON'T GET FLOOD. THE GUY AT THE BORDER HE CARES ABOUT EVERYBODY, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE NEEDS TO -- HE'S NOT GOING BE UPSET IF THE PROJECT IS DOWNSTREAM WHERE IT DOESN'T HELP HIM. HE'S WANTING TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING UPSTREAM FROM HIM TO MICK SURE TO KEEP THE WATER FROM HITTING HIM THAT IS MEAN I NEED TO COOPERATE WITH PRECINCT 3 FOR THAT BENEFIT. WHEN WE DO THE ANALYSIS OF FLOOD CONTROL PART OF THAT ANALYSIS WILL BE WHO BENEFITS FROM A PROJECT, BECAUSE IT IS NOT ALWAYS JUST THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT AROUND THAT LITTLE DOLLOP. SOMETIMES THAT BENEFIT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PORT. BECAUSE BECAUSE THAT DROP OF WATER HELPS SAVE THE PERSON AT THE BOTTOM OF PRECINCT 2 AND THAT LET'S HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER RAMSSY AND COMMISSIONER ELGIST SAME LINE, JUDGE THIS IS A GREAT YES QUESTION.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE ASKING THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE I'VE ONLY ASKED IT FOR 40 YEARS, BECAUSE IT ISN'T CLEAR WHAT THE CITY DOES AND SOME DAYS WHAT THE COUNTY, THIS IS WHAT I KNOW, THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS COLLECTING A SALES TAX TAIL WAY OUT INTO FT. BEN COUNTY FROM THE UNINCORPS RATED AREA. BEST I CAN FELL THEY'RE DOING LITTLE OR NOTHING IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, BUT THEY'RE GAINING ALL OF THIS SALES TAX FROM AN AREA THAT THEY DON DO ANY FRAWR, THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF ANY OF THE DETAILS I WAS IF I HAVE IN THE REBUILD HISTORY -- HOUSTON INITIATIVE WHERE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE MONEY AND ACTUALLY BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET THROUGH THE BAYOUS. THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION, I HOPE THE KINDER INSTITUTE JUST INCLUDES EVERYTHING IN THERE SO THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE CITY PROBABLY IS GOING NEED

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GOOD QUESTION. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> LOOK, I'M FOR THE STUDIES THE STATE MAKES THAT EKE, NOT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. MAYBE I SUPPORT DEPENDING ON WHERE IT WENT. I DO REMEMBER BEING TOLD WHEN I GOT HERE AT ONE POIN IT IT WAS AT THE RURAL, SAY YOU GET LESS MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE JAIL FOR YOU AND HARRIS HEALTH IS FOR YOU. AND MY ATTITUDE WAS, WELL, KEEP THE JAIL.

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO STOP USING IT. WE'LL LET YOUR CONSTITUENTS USE THAT INSTEAD OF MINE. BUT THERE OUGHT TO BE SOME EQUITY THERE.

I GET IT, I UNDERSTAND. WE HAVE TO OPERATE WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION BUT WE DON'T GET ANY MONEY FROM THE SUPER BOWL, BECAUSE WE GET VERY IT WILL FEDERAL THE HOTEL TAX.

BUT NONE OF WOULD BE HERE, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, TO ALL OF OUR GREAT SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES.

AND IT IS NOT THEM AGAINST US, OR US AGAINST THEM BUT THE CROWN JEWEL IS THE SEED TO THE COUNTY.

IT IS THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND NONE OF US CAN AFFORD TO LET IT FALL APART SO WITH THAT SAID, I DON'T MIND APPROVING IT TODAY, I KNOW MR. BERRY IS GOING MEET WITH THE FOLKS AT KINDER.

I MADE THE COMMENT TO HIM, FOR THE STUD I DO HAVE CREDIBILITY YOU NEED MORE THAN PRECINCT ONE TO BE PAYING FOR IT. THE COUNTY WOULD NEED TO PARTICIPATE AND JUDGE, I COMMEND YOU OF MOVING FORWARD. IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU -- THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU I SENT THEM OVER THERE. I FIGURED THE COUNTY SHOULD DO IT TO GO TO YOUR OFFICE TO MAKE THEIR CASE, SO THAT IT IS CREDIBLE YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING OR HAVE SOME REASON FOR PULLING OUT. I FIRST NOTICED FLOOD CONTROL WAS PULLING OUT.

AND YOU KNOW, A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN COUNT THEIR FEDERAL MONEY AND OUR FEDERAL MONEY. THAT IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE. LIKE CSD, WE GET CDBG MONEY, THEY GET CDBG MONEY. WE DON'T COUNT. THAT I'M TALKING OBTAIN MONEY WE HAVE TO PUT UP AND THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. I'M PREPARED TO VOTE FOR IT.

BUT I THINK THEY OUGHT TO ADD THAT BECAUSE THEY WANT THE STUDY TO MEAN SOMETHING AND NOT JUST

BE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT WE ACCEPT AND PUT ON THE SHELF. >> DO YOU HAVE NOTWITHSTANDING ADD? I ECHO EVERYTHING MY COLLEAGUES SAID.

>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 A.M.' DELETE S I THINK THE TENSION HERE IS TO DO AN ACADEMIC STUDY, SO WE MAY HEAR SOME PUSHBACK IF WE CAN'T PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM COMMISSIONERS COURT IS A DESIRE TO BE MORE EXPANSIVE WHERE WE'RE LOOK AT AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED I WILL DELIVER THAT MESSAGE TOMORROW MORNING.

LOOK TO BE MORE EXPANSIVE. IT MAY BE MORE SCOPE WITH MORE MONEY AND REQUIRE ADDITIONAL NEGOTIATION, BUT IF WE WANT IT DONE RIGHT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD PUSH TO GET IT DONE RIGHT

EVEN IF IT COSTS MORE MONEY TO GET IT DONE RIGHT. >> VOTE ON THIS POINT NOW? OR JUST DO IT NEXT TUESDAY AFTER YOUR DISCUSSION? I'M JUST ASKING, WHAT HELPS TO

MAKE THE CASE? >> I DON'T SEE ANY -- JUDGE IF THERE IS SOMEONE IN YOUR OFFICE FEELS DIFFERENTLIES I DON'T SEE AN ITS XHU WHY WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY AND HAVE A COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS THE FOLKS AT KINDER IS THIS REALLY A COMPREHENSIVE SCOPE THIS IS GOOD BECAUSE I HAVE MY MARCHING ORDERS NOW WE WANT TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN DOING IT PIECEMEAL. LET'S HAVE THAT HAPPEN BEFORE WE

WRITE THE CHECK. >> ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT?

>> I'M FINE WITH THAT. AND I YOU KNOW, IT IS A USEFUL QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER

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IT IS A SENSITIVE QUESTION AND SO IT HAS TO BE DONE RIGHT. AND I THINK ALL OF US, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS YOU KNOW, WHY DIDN'T YOU INCLUDE THIS AND DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU WANTING TO TAKE MORE TIME WITH IT AND WE COULD JUST TAKE TO NO ACTION THEN IF EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH THAT NO ACTION AT THIS POIN AND COME BACK TO IT. AND THEN, I BELIEVE THAT IS MY LAST ITEM.

COMMISSIONER ELLIS. YOU'RE ON MUTE COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> YEAH, I THINK I HAD THIS MOTION I HAD EARLIER. >>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> I HAD MY APPOINTMENT, JUDGE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, I HAVE BRANDON ON ONE BOARD AND ELAINA MARKS. I JUST MOVE THOSE.

>> I DON'T NEED TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, JUDGE. I'LL SECOND.

IN FACT, I I DON'T THINK I REALLY NEED TO GO TO ANY OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS UNLESS

THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WANTED TO TALK TO US ON SOMETHING. >> SO 339 IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE SUBSIDENCE, DOES ANYONE NEED TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THAT, 340, REAPPOINTMENT OF ELENA MARKS, ANY APPOINTMENT WITH THAT? HEARING NONE, 341, A REAPPOINTMENT TO HARRIS COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

>> I HEARD OF THIS GUY. YEAH, 342? CONFIDENTIAL TRUST INFORMATION

DO WE NEED TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THAT ONE? >> 343, THE POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF NEW LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY. I KNOW WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES I WOULD ASK WE TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM THAT WAY THE NEW DIRECTOR COULD HAVE A SIGH SAY ON IT AND I KNOW EVERYONE

HAS BEEN DOING THEIR INTERVIEWS. >> I'M MOVING ON MY ITEMS. I.

>> I JUST WANT TO GET THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE COMMISSIONER ELLIS HAS TO LEAVE.

AND WHAT ABOUT 344, COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO ERCOT?

THAT SOUNDS LIKE. >> YES, JUDGE, YEAH,. >> SESSION ITEM JUDGE JRKS 345

REGARDING PRICE GOUGING? >> THAT'S JUST AN UPDATE ON ACTIONS WE TOOK REGARDING PRICE

GOUGING, THAT COULD BE INCREDIBLY BRIEF. >>> OKAY, SO PERHAPS WHAT WE CAN DO IS, COMMISSIONER IF YOU'D LIKE, WE COULD GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION -- I MEAN I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONERS KAIGLE AND RAMSEY HAD A LATE START AND THEY HA V AN EARLY END AND THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF THE STORM. I'M JUST TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE.

PERHAPS WE COULD GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW. >> JUDGE, LET ME MOVE OFFEND ALL

THOSE ITEMS EXCEPT THE TWO FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> OKAY, JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR WITH JAMES, WE'RE ABOUT TO MAKE A MOTION ON ITEMS 323 THROUGH 350 AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM 344. AND EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM 345. AND THOSE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KAIGLE AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS. ALL IN FAVOR.

>> AYE. >>> AYE. >>> JUDGE ARE YOU TAKING BACK

3 -- WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON 347, RIGHT? >> YES, WE'RE ABOUT -- YES, SO

IT IS. >> WE VOTED ON THAT, THE ONLY TWO ARE 344 AND 345?

>> JUDGE THE. >> MOTION. >>> JUDGE, BEFORE WE GO TO

EXECUTIVE SESSION, JAMES ASKED ON 122. >> CAN WE PAUSE FOR A SECOND SO I CAN GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT IS BEING VOTED ON. I'M SORRY.

>> JUDGE, IF IT WOULD BE EASIER, YOU'RE SAYING THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS FROM ITEM 323 TO 350, EXCEPT 344 AND 345 WHICH ARE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>> ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON. >> YES, MA'AM. >> THAT WAS BY COMMISSIONER

KAIGLE AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> YEAH.

AND THEN J, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION. >> YES JAMS SAID HE HAD CONCERNS

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>>> OIL MAKE THAT MOTION. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ANY ?OAPS MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

IN THAT CASE WE'RE ABOUT TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEMS -- EXCUSE ME, WE NEED TO VOTE.

[Executive Session]

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> OPPOSE?

>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SO WE ARE NOW ABOUT TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEMS 344 ON ERCOT AND 345 ON PRICE GOUGING. IF FOLKS HAVE THEIR CALL LINES INFORMATION? ALL RIGHT, 5:54 AND WE'RE BREAKING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THOSE TWO ITEMS TO CONSULT WITH OUR ATTORNEY.

>> AT 6:08 PM AND WE ARE BACK IN SESSION.

>> YOU HAVEN'T COMMENTED ON OUR SET UP IN HERE, DON'T WE LOOK GOOD?

>> JUDGE, YOU LOOK GOOD. >> THANK YOU.

SO ITEM 344 THAT ONE WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM THAT'S BEING PRESENTED.

[Emergency/supplemental items]

>> IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>>. [LAUGHTER] ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

>> IT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SO MY COUP MADE THE MOTION? SUMMIT COMMISSIONER RAMSEY MADE THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA MADE THE SECOND.

>> THANK YOU. >> ITEM 345 NO ACTION.

CORRECT? SO THAT WOULD COVER ALL OF THE ITEMS.

IN MY MISSING ANYTHING JAMES? >> I THINK YOU CAUGHT.

[INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU. >> COUNTY ATTORNEYS THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON BOTH OF THESE ITEMS.

>> I AM FINE WITH THE REST OF THE AGENDA.

>> WE VOTED ON EVERYTHING SO I THINK WE ARE GOOD. IT'S 6:10 PM AND

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