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COMMISSIONER. IT IS 10:21 AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MAY 25TH, 2021 MEETING OF THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO ORDER.

[Retired Pastor Peter Leong of Southwest Chinese Baptist Church in Stafford.]

>> GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO LET OUR COMMISSIONER OF PRECINCT 3 INTRODUCE OUR PASTOR WHO WILL DO OUR INVOCATION TODAY.

IN ADDITION TO HAVING DONE WORK IN PRECINCT 3 WE WERE JUST ABLE TO FIND OUT THAT OUR COLLEAGUE IS AN ON GOING -- THEY HAVE ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR MINISTER TODAY WHICH IS KIND OF EXCITING. I WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THE

INTRODUCTION, JUDGE. >> IT IS GREAT WE HAVE PASTOR PETER LEONG WITH US THIS MORNING.

IT IS IMPORTANT RECOGNIZING THE GREAT LEADERSHIP THAT OUR -- THAT THIS FELLOWSHIP PROVIDES IN AMERICA.

HAVING WORKED WITH THIS PARTICULAR GROUP FOR THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS I HAVE BEEN TO BEIJING.

I HAVE BEEN TO THAILAND. I HAVE BEEN TO MANY PARTS IN ASIA WITH THE GROUP AS WE TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THOSE COUNTRIES. SO THE CHINESE BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP IS A GROUP OF OVER 300 CHURCHES.

MANY OF WHICH ARE IN THE HOUSTON AREA.

WE RECENTLY COMPLETED A MASTER OF DIVINITY AND YOU CAN GET THAT IN MANDARIN. MANDARIN IS NOW A WAY YOU CAN TAKE THE COMPLETE UNDERGRADUATE THERE IN MANDARIN. GLAD TO HAVE PASTOR LEONG WITH US. HE IS A RETIRED PASTOR OF THE SOUTHWEST CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH.

HE SERVED IN HONG KONG AND IN 1985 HE WAS INVITED TO BE PASTOR AT THE SOUTHWEST CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH.

THAT IS THE WEST BURR RE-- WESTBURY BAPTIST CHURCH IN PRECINCT 3. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECADES OF SERVICE. KINGDOM SERVICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU OPENING US UP WITH PRAYER THIS

MORNING. >> THANK YOU.

LET US PRAY. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN HALLOWED BY YOUR NAME, YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. I AM PRAYING FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMUNITY COURT MEETING RIGHT NOW.

ALL MIGHTY GOD I ASK YOU TO GIVE OUR COMMISSIONERS THE WISDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE A DECISION OVER ALMOST 300 ITEMS OF BUSINESS RELATED TO OUR COUNTY AND TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COUNTY.

LORD GIVE US PEACE AND HARMONY EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC. BY GEE -- BY JESUS CHRIST ARE YOU OUR SHEPHERD. WE THANK YOU, LORD.

WE PRAY FOR OUR -- KEEP US SAFE.

WE LOVE ALL OUR OFFICIAL PERSONNEL.

THEY ARE HELPING US HAVE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.

FATHER, LET US NOT IN TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. HELP US RESPECT AND LOVE EACH OTHER IN OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.

IN GOD WE TRUST. WE BELIEVE WE CAN ACCOMPLISH BY YOUR LOVE. ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN

JESUS NAME AMEN. >> THANK YOU, PASTOR.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, PASTOR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. >> THANK YOU.

>> WE HAVE A FEW RESOLUTIONS THIS MORNING, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT I WANT TO BRIEFLY TAKE NOTE OF A VERY IMPORTANT

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OBSERVANCE AND THAT IS THE FACT THAT A YEAR AGO TODAY A BLACK MAN NAMED GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED IN INDIANAPOLIS -- IN MINNEAPOLIS. GEORGE FLOYD WHO GREW UP HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY. THAT MURDER, THAT DEATH SET OFF A WAVE OF RECOGNITION AND A WAVE OF ACTIVISM AROUND

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SHORT FALLINGS AND SHORT COMINGS WHEN IT COMES TO RACE AND WHEN IT COMES TO CIVIL RIGHTS.

HIS NEIGHBORS, HIS FRIENDS, HIS FAMILY, BUT US AS HIS COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR WILL NOT FORGET WHAT HIS DEATH REPRESENTS. AT THE LAST COMMISSIONER'S COURT TWO WEEKS AGO WE UNANIMOUSLY -- DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, PASSED A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A POSTHUMOUS PARDON OF MR. FLOYD IN A CASE WHERE THE OFFICER WHOSE STATEMENTS LEAD TO HIS CONVICTION HAS BEEN TAINTED.

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF SPIRIT AND BIPARTISAN SHIP WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON TO TACKLE THIS HUGE CHALLENGE AND THE SEW MANY CHALLENGES WE HAVE AROUND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND GENERALLY AROUND JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY.

WE ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

WE ARE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

THERE IS A COMMITMENT BORN OF THE RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE TO DO JUSTICE TO HIS MEMORY AND THE MOVEMENT HIS MEMORY INSPIRED. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER MR. FLOYD AND ACKNOWLEDGE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MOBILIZED AROUND HIS MEMORY.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND THEN COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND THANK YOU FOR PAUSING US AS WE DO OUR WORK TO REFLECT ON IN VERY TRAGIC PART OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY NOW. NOT JUST MINNEAPOLIS, BUT IT HAS BECOME OUR NATION'S -- PART OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY, AND IT EVEN TOUCHED OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

SO FOR THE FLOYD FAMILY, WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. I WAS WITH THEM THIS WEEKEND AS THE STONE FAMILY HAD A PLACE OF REFLECTION, DEDICATION AND PRAYER TO THE COMMUNITY AND NOT ONLY IN GEORGE'S HONOR, BUT IN THE HONOR OF EDUCATORS FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY. ALSO, JUDGE, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AS WE REFLECT ON THIS ANNIVERSARY THAT WE DON'T FORGET THE WORK THAT WE ALL -- COMMISSIONER ELLIS IN PARTICULAR, SET IN MOTION WITH THE REFORM POLICIES THAT MAKES SENSE, BODY CAM INITIATIVES, THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT.

THE USE OF FORCE POLICY. ALL OF THESE THINGS, I THINK ARE IMPORTANT SINCE GEORGE WAS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, THEN WE SHOULD BE THE ONES TO CONTINUE TO BE THE LEADERS AND STRIVING TO BRING THE BEST POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE COULD HAVE BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR.

THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR PAUSING US.

I THINK IT IS APROPOS. THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS? >> JUDGE, I JUST WANT TO ECHO YOUR COMMENTS AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA'S.

I THINK ALL OF US ON COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE DEATH OF MR. FLOYD.

AND BECAUSE THIS IS HIS HOMETOWN, I JUST THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT ON THIS FIRST ANNIVERSARY NOT ONLY DO WE REFLECT, BUT WE QUANTIFY.

FOR WHATEVER REASON THIS DEATH RESONATED MORE THAN MANY OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND IT HAS SUSTAINED THE WORLD'S ATTENTION FOR MUCH LONGER THAN MANY OF THE OTHERS. IT IS INTERESTING.

MAYBE BECAUSE IT WAS SO VISUAL. THE VIDEO GOT OUT AND WE COULD SEE IT, THANKS TO THE YOUNG PERSON WHO RECORDED IT BY THE WAY. COMMISSIONER GARCIA, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE REFORMS AND OTHERS ADDED. ALONG THE WAY, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO REALLY PROTECT AND TO PRESERVE MR. FLOYD MEMORY WOULD BE TO ALWAYS ASK THOSE HARD QUESTIONS AND RAISE THE ISSUES WHETHER IT IS WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE COMPLYING ABOUT OUR MWBE POLICIES. WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY GUIDELINES WHEN IT COMES TO FLOODING AND A WHOLE OTHER HOST OF ISSUE THAT'S HAVE COME UP AND FOR A LONGTIME I THINK MANY PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT WOULD JUST SLIDE THOSE UNDER THE RUG. I AM GLAD THAT WE DID HAVE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT ON THE RESOLUTION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I THINK THAT SAID A LOT AND I HOPE MOVING FORWARD WE CAN DO THAT.

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WE MAY NOT. WE MAY HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO AGREE TO DISAGREE. HERE IN THE DEEP SOUTH, IT MAY BE A PROBLEM AND I HOPE WE WILL DO OUR PART ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL ON THE STATE LEVEL TO MAKE THE CASE THAT WE WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.

I WELL -- I WILL JUST CLOSE BY SAYING IT IS INTERESTING EQUITY AND REFORM ARE BOTH SIX-LETTER WORDS.

WE OUGHT TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE MEANING BEYOND THE SIX LETTERS IN BOTH THOUGHT WORDS.

THANK YOU, JUDGE" FOR BRINGING IT UP.

>> COMMISSIONER KAY -- COMMISSIONER CAGLE AND THEN

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR THE REFERENCE TO WHERE WE ARE STRIVING TO WORK TOGETHER TO SERVE ALL OF THOSE OF US IN THIS COMMUNITY.

IN THAT SPIRIT I WAS INVITED TO THE DEDICATION OF THE PARK THIS LAST WEEKEND. UNFORTUNATELY THE INVITATION GOT TO ME AS THE WEEKEND HAD ALREADY STARTED AND I WASN'T ABLE TO CHANGE MY PLANS TO BE THERE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA GAVE A GREAT SPEECH AND WE ADD CONGRESS PERSON THERE THAT ALSO GAVE A GREAT SPEECH.

ACROSS FROM YATES HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS THERE AT YATES HIGH SCHOOL ALMOST A YEAR AGO FOR SOME THINS -- THINGS THAT WERE THERE. MAYBE IT IS THE JUDGE STILL IN ME BANGING THE GAVEL OVER TRIALS AND APPROACH EVERY CASE WITH JUSTICE AND JUSTICE NEEDS TO BE THERE AND JUSTICE NEEDS TO BE SWIFT. JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED AND IT IS FOR OLOGY OF US AND -- FOR ALL OF US AND NOT JUST A FEW. THERE ARE GREAT PRINCIPALS WE CAN AGREE ON. WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON HOW WE CAN GET TO THE PRINCIPALS, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.

AS LONG AS WE ARE STRIVING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE FEELS SAFE AND SECURE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND REDUCE THE ANIMOSITY AMONG US WHERE WE CAN.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OPENING WITH THIS THOUGHT AND ON THIS DAY. SORRY I WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN YOU OUT THERE, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU MADE A GOOD SPEECH. THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> JUDGE, THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER THAT WE HAVE A HIGHER CALLING.

I GET THAT REMINDER EVERY SUNDAY, BUT IT IS GOOD TO GET IT ON TUESDAY AS WELL. WE PARTNERED WITH BISHOP DIXON AND HIS CHURCH SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND WE CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP. THAT'S A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP THAT RECOGNIZES THAT THERE IS A TALE OF TWO CITIES HERE.

THERE IS ONE AREA THAT LIVES ONE WAY AND ANOTHER AREA THAT LIVES ANOTHER LIFE. HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY, WE NEED TO HAVE THE SAME PROTECTIONS WHETHER IT IS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WHETHER IT IS CRIME AND WHETHER IT IS THERE SHOULDN'T BE A TALE OF TWO CITIES, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS. YOUR REMINDER TO US THAT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO EVERYTHING WE KNOW TO DO BOTH IN GOVERNMENT, AND IN COMMUNITY AND THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY I THINK WILL HAVE A BIG ROLE GOING FORWARD IN BEING SURE WE HAVE ADDRESSED THESE ISSUES.

THANK YOU FORGETTING US STARTED OUT WITH A HIGHER

CALLING, JUDGE. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

I DON'T HAVE ANY RESOLUTIONS OUT OF ORDER THIS MORNING.

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COMMISSIONER GARCIA, YOUR RESOLUTION ITEM 259.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. IN THE SAME VEIN THAT WE ARE LIFTING UP THE FLOYD FAMILY, THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT UP THE LIFE OF YET ANOTHER GREAT AMERICAN. THAT IS ASTRONAUT MICHAEL COLLINS. FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THAT NAME LET ME JUST PROVIDE A COUPLE OF TIDBITS FOR YOU. FIRST HE ORBITED THE MOON DURING THE WORLD'S FIRST LUNAR LANDING MISSION IN 1969.

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AS THE COMMAND MODULE PILOT FOR NASA'S MISSION, THEY CIRCLED THE MOON WHILE NEIL ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALL -- BUZZ ALDRIN TOUCHED DOWN AT TRANQUILITY BASE ON JULY 20TH, 1969. WHEN THE TWO CREWMATES RETURNED FROM THE SERVICE, COLLINS WAS IN THE UNIQUE POSITION TO CAPTURE A PHOTO OF ALL HUMANITY.

THERE WAS EVERYONE ELSE ON EARTH IN THE DISTANCE.

I WILL JUST SAY THAT IT IS A PARTICULAR HONOR AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PRIVILEGE THAT I GET TO READ THIS BECAUSE NASA IS A PROUD AND BEAUTIFUL GEM OF ALL OF HARRIS COUNTY, BUT IN PARTICULAR PRECINCT 2. THIS REGULARS -- THIS RESOLUTION REFLECTS THE LIFE OF ONE DEDICATED TO GREATNESS AND HUMANITY AND TO SCIENCE AND TO OUR COUNTRY AND IT HAS SERVED AS NEIL ARMSTRONG HAS AND BUZZ ALDRIN HAS.

MICHAEL COLLINS TOO WAS AN INSPIRATION TO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE AND FUTURE NASA EMPLOYEES, BUT ESPECIALLY TO FUTURE ASTRONAUTS. AND SO THIS RESOLUTION WHEREAS ON APRIL 20TH, 2021 RETIRED NASA ASTRONAUT MICHAEL COLLINS WHO ORBITED THE MOON HAD THE WORLD'S FIRST LUNAR LANDING AND DIED AT THE AGE OF 90.

AND WHEREAS HIS FAMILY SHARED THAT IT WAS HIS WISH TO CELEBRATE, NOT MOURN, HIS LIFE.

AMEN. AND THEY RECALLED HIS SHARP WIT AND HIS QUIET SENSE OF PURPOSE, HIS WISE PERSPECTIVE GAINED FROM LOOKING BACK AT EARTH FROM THE VANTAGE OF SPACE AND IN GAZING ACROSS CALM WATERS FROM THE DECK OF HIS FISHING BOAT. AND WHEREAS AN ACCOMPLISHED PILOT AND ASTRONAUT AND HIS LEGACY WILL ALWAYS BE AS ONE OF THE LEADERS WHO TOOK AMERICA'S FIRST STEPS INTO THE COSMOS. AND WHEREAS AS THE COMMAND MODULE PILOT OF NASA'S APOLO 11 MISSION, HE CIRCLED THE MOON WHILE NEIL ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALDRIN TOUCHED DOWN ON JULY 20TH, 1969. WHEN THE TWO CREW MATES RETURNED TO SURFACE HE WAS IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO CAPTURE THE PHOTO OF ALL HUMANITY AND IT IS OFF IN THE DISTANCE.

AND WHEREAS COLLINS WAS APPOINTED TO THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT. WHERE HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN 1952 AND IN HIS EARLY CAREER AS AN AIR FORCE PILOT HE FLEW FIGHTER JETS AND THE SUPERSONIC JETS A MEMBER OF THE THIRD GROUP OF ASTRONAUTS SELECTED IN 1963.

COLLINS' PATH BEGAN THE THREE-DAY FLIGHT IN EARTH'S ORBIT. THEN HE PILOTED THE GEMINI WITH TWO SPACEWALKS AND IN 1969 PILOTED THE APOLO 11 MISSION. AND WHEREAS AFTER RETIRING FROM NASA IN 1970 COLLINS SERVED AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC UH -- AFFAIRS IN THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION AND LATER BECAME THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM. THAT'S A PRETTY COOL MUSEUM.

I HAVE VISITED IT SEVERAL TIMES.

AND WHILE COLLINS RECEIVED MANY HONORS INCLUDING THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM AND THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL AND INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME AND THE NATIONAL I HAVE A -- NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAME. A STATUE OF COLLINS' STANCE AT NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS MICHAEL APPEARED IN FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES AND HAD BEEN

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PORTRAYED IN VARIOUS FILMS. AND WHEREAS MICHAEL IS SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER, TWO DAUGHTERS AND SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, BE IT RESOLVED THAT HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HERE BY HONORS THE LIFE AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MR. MICHAEL COLLINS.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE HIS DAUGHTER, ANNE COLLINS STAR, FROM FLORIDA. I THINK WE MIGHT ALSO BE JOINED BY HER SON. OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE MICHAEL'S GRAND -- GRANDSON. ANNE, ARE YOU THERE?

>> YES, I AM. HELLO.

>> HI. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY SON WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN THIS MORNING SO IT IS JUST ME.

>> YOU'RE WHAT WE WHETHER HOPING TO HAVE.

>> THANK YOU. I DID WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON MY FATHER'S BEHALF IF THAT IS OKAY.

>> YES, PLEASE. >> MY SISTER, KATE, AND I ACCEPT THIS HONOR ON BEHALF OF OUR FATHER, MICHAEL COLLINS.

WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HELPED MAKE DAD'S NASA ACHIEVEMENTS POSSIBLE. DAD ALWAYS CONSIDERED HIMSELF LUCKY. HE OFTEN SAID "WRITE LUCKY ON MY TOMBSTONE." AS MUCH AS HE IS AN AVID EXPLORER HE ENJOYED RETURNING HOME.

DAD WAS FORTUNATE TO CALL MANY PLACES HOME AND HOUSTON WAS ALWAYS HIGH ON HIS LIST. OUR FAMILY HAS HAD SO MANY HAPPY MEMORIES OF LIVING IN NASA BAY AND -- NASSAU BAY AND GALVESTON BEACH. HE THOSE LIVING IN HOUSTON WAS LUCKY INDEED. LUCKY TO BE PART OF NASA AND LUCKY IN HIS CAREER AND PERSONAL LIFE.

KUDOS FOR YOU, HARRIS COUNTY FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR YOUR CITIZENS AND THE SUPPORT OF THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AND FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO CALL HARRIS COUNTY HOME, DAD WOULD WISH YOU THE SAME LUCK HE FELT THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.

THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR TODAY.

>> AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

JUST REAL QUICKLY, WHAT WAS YOUR -- WHAT WAS THE -- I AM NOT SURE IF THERE IS ONE STORY, BUT ANY MEMORIES THAT YOUR DAD REALLY REFLECTED ON REGARDING HIS EXPERIENCES IN SPACE THAT HE WOULD JUST WANT TO SHARE ALL THE TIME?

>> WHEN WE WERE KIDS AND HE HAD WRITTEN HIS BOOK "CARRYING THE FIRE" WE WERE TEENAGERS. WE WOULD ASK HIM QUESTIONS AND HE WOULD OFTEN REPLY "READ MY BOOK." HE DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE IT EASY FOR US.

HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY "READ MY BOOK." BUT THEN IN HIS LATER YEARS WHAT HE MOST -- WHAT HE MOST SETTLED ON WAS -- HE MADE A COMMENT ABOARD APOLO 11 WHEN HE HAD A QUIET MOMENT. HE TOOK A LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND IT TOOK AWHILE TO FIND IT AND HE SAID, HOUSTON, I HAVE THE WORLD IN MY WINDOW. THAT'S HIS CATCH PHRASE.

THE WORLD IN DAD'S WINDOW WAS NOTHING BUT POSITIVE AND WONDERFUL. HE WAS THE MOST POSITIVE, PERSONABLE, FUN PERSON YOU COULD HAVE KNOWN, BUT HE HAD THIS LITTLE ITCH ABOUT THE WAY WE HUMANS ARE TREATING THE EARTH. THIS IS KNOWN AS THE OVERVIEW EFFECT FROM ASTRONAUTS. THE FACT HE HAD SEEN THE EARTH SO FAR AWAY IN 1969 AND LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE ON THE PRISTINE BEACHES HE WAS VERY TROUBLED WITH WHERE EBBING LOGICALLY -- ECOLOGICALLY OUR EARTH IS GOING.

THE POLLUTIONS IN THE OCEANS AND MANY OTHER CONCERNS.

SO THOSE WERE THE CONCERNS AND HE DID TALK A LOT ABOUT IT IN

HIS LATER YEARS. >> MS. COLLINS-STAR PLEASE HANG ON THE LINE WHILE OUR COMMISSIONERS MAKE SOME COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER CAGLE?

>> ANNE, YOU AND I MAY HAVE MET WHEN WE WERE LITTLE.

MY DAD WAS NOT AN ASTRONAUT, BUT HE WAS ONE OF THE GUYS WITH THE POCKET PROTECTORS AND THE SLIDE RULES AND THE PENCILS -- THE FOUR AND FIVE DIFFERENT COLORED PENCILS.

>> Y EP. >> HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ESTES MODEL CLUB. WE WOULD GET OUT THERE AND FIRE OFF THE ROCKETS. THE COLLINS NAME IS A HOUSEHOLD NAME TO ME. DID WE PLAY WITH THE MODEL ROCKETS TOGETHER WHEN WE WERE KIDS?

WERE YOU PART OF THAT CLUB? >> YOU KNOW WHAT -- YOU KNOW WHAT? A REPRESENTATIVE FROM YOUR OFFICE LEFT ME A VOICEMAIL AND YOUR RECOLLECTION IS IT WAS

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THE EARLY 70S, LIKE 72 OR 73.

>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, YES, IN THE EARLY 70S.

>> OKAY. SO WE ACTUALLY LEFT NASSAU BAY IN THE 70S WHEN MY DAD WAS POSTED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SO I DOUBT IT WAS US AND YOU ARE PROBABLY YOUNGER THAN I AM.

>> I AM A MERE 60. JUDGE HIDALGO AND I ARE THE

YOUNGEST IN COURT. >> THERE YOU GO.

WE ARE THE SAME AGE. I DON'T THINK IT WAS ME OR MY SISTER BECAUSE OF THE TIMING. WE LEFT IN 1970 TO GO TO DC.

BUT IN PART OF THAT, WE HAVE SUCH FOND MEMORIES OF OUR NASA -- NASSAU NEIGHBORHOOD AND BIKING AROUND.

WE WERE WARNED SIGNIFICANTLY BY MY MOTHER YOU DON'T GO BY THE BAYOU AND THE LAKE BECAUSE IT IS FULL OF SNAKES AND THINGS. WE JUST HAD SO MUCH FUN.

>> THE LESSON I LEARNED FROM PLAYING WITH THE ASTRONAUT KIDS IS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE OUR HEROS THEY HAD KIDS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, THEY WERE ORDINARY PEOPLE THAT DID EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. AND THAT WAS INSPIRING FOR ME TO WANT TO BE AN ORDINARY PERSON THAT PERHAPS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.

THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE OF YOUR DAD AND WHAT HE DID FOR US. JUDGE, I PROUDLY SECOND THE

MOTION OF PRECINCT 2. >> THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR DAD WITH US.

I REMEMBER WHEN THEY MADE THAT TRIP TO THE MOON, BEING A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND BEING A BIG ASTROS FAN, NASSAU AND ASTROS FAN AND THERE WAS SO MUCH OPTIMISM.

I THINK THAT COMES FROM OUR LEADERS.

WE DESPERATELY NEED LEADERS LIKE YOUR DAD TODAY.

SO TO REMEMBER HIM AND REMEMBER THE WAY HE WAS AND ENCOURAGE US TO BE THAT WAY IS A GOOD MOMENT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU CAPTURED A LOT OF WHATMENT -- WHAT MEANT A LOT TO DAD. HE WAS ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND LIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, HE CONSIDERED HIMSELF AN ORDINARY PERSON.

HERO WAS A BAD WORD TO HIM. HE SAID WE HAVE JOBS TO DO AND

WE DID THEM WELL. >> THIS IS LENA HIDALGO, COUNTY JUDGE. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US YOUR FATHER'S MEMORY.

SOME JOY AND GOOD NEWS. THERE IS A BIT OF A AWAKEN IN EVERYTHING AS WE BEGIN TO MOVE BEYOND COVID AND IT IS THE CLOSING OF A CHAPTER, YOUR FATHER'S PASSING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS A REMINDER ABOUT OUR COUNTRY AND ABOUT HUMANITY. WHAT A JOY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, HARRIS COUNTY, FOR ALL YOU DO.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARCIA? ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS OR SHOULD WE MOVE TO THE NEXT

RESOLUTION? >> NOT ON THIS ITEM.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, I HAVE A NOTE ON YOUR ITEM 260. ARE YOU TAKING THAT ONE OUT OF

ORDER? >> LATER TODAY BECAUSE WE NEED A SPEAKER THAT ISN'T AVAILABLE UNTIL ABOUT 2:00.

>> GOT IT. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY?

>> YES. WE ARE GOING TO AGAIN RECOGNIZE A GIANT, A LEADER IN THE AREA.

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, BUT ALIKE IN MANY WAYS.

WE ARE GOING TO TALK A MINUTE ABOUT A GIANT IN THE FIELD OF GIATRIC MEDICINE AND THE RECENT PASSING OF INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED GERATICIAN DR. CARAMEL BITONDO DYER. IT STARTED WHEN SHE WAS A NURSING ASSISTANT IN THE LONG-TERM FACILITY.

MS. DYER DEDICATED HER CAREER TO PROTECTING AND SERVING

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SEEN -- SENIOR CITIZENS. SHE HAD A PASSION FROM WHICH SHE NEVER WAVERED AND A PIONEERING STREAK THAT LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAR -- OF GERIATRIC PROGRAM THAT'S ARE A BLUEPRINT FOR ELDER CARE TODAY.

WHEREAS PART OF HER DISTINGUISHED CAREER WITH THE HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM DR. DYER WAS THE DIRECTOR OF GERIATRIC PROGRAMS AT HOSPITALS IN 1993 TO 2006 AND CHIEF OF JAR -- GERIATRIC AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE AT LBJ HOSPITAL.

WAS CHIEF OF STAFF AT LBJ HOSPITAL 2012 TO 2017.

WHEREAS HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE YEARS INCLUDED ONE AT HARRIS HEALTH.

THEY HAD A GERIATRIC UNIT THAT INCLUDED IN-PATIENT UNITS AND A CONSULTATION SERVICE AND SKILLED NURSING UNIT AND OUTPATIENT CLINIC AND HOUSE CALL PROGRAM.

SHE FOUNDED THE TEXAS ELDER ABUSE AND MISTREATMENT INSTITUTE CALLED TEAM IN 1995 TO MITIGATE THE GROWING TIDE OF ELDER MISTREATMENT IN HARRIS COUNTY.

SHE LEAD THE TEAM THAT DEVELOPED SENIORS WITHOUT FAMILY TRIAGE SYSTEM WHICH IS AN APPROACH THAT ELDER CARE IN DISASTERS DEVELOPED DURING THE HARRIS HEALTH KAW -- KATRINA HOSPITAL. WHEREAS DR. DYER ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF HARRIS COUNTY'S RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS, FORMERLY HARRIS COUNTY PROTECT -- FORMING HARRIS COUNTY PROTECTIVE SERVICES.

SHE BEGAN SERVICING THE BOARD'S GUARDIANSHIP COMMITTEE. HER LEGACY WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HARRIS COUNTY SENIOR JUSTICE ASSESSMENT CENTER THAT SHE FIRST APPROACHED IN 2015.

HER VISION WAS A CENTER THAT WOULD BECOME A MODEL OF COLLABORATIVE AND MULTIPLE AGENCIES SERVING THE VULNERABLE AGED AND DISABLED AND AT RISK POPULATIONS THROUGH ASSESSMENTS AND INNOVATION -- INGNAW VISION IT BECAME A REALITY IN APRIL OF 2017 AND DEDICATED TO SERVING SENIOR AND VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT THROUGH THE COLLABORATION OF EXPERTS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE, SOCIAL SERVICES, PROTECTIVE SERVICES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. THEY SERVED 960 CLIENTS TODAY AND PAVING THE WAY THIS SEN -- CENTER IS A FIRST OF A KIND IN TEXAS. BE IT RESOLVED HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHICH IS TO REMEMBER AND RECOGNIZE DR. CARAMEL BITONDO DYER AND HER PHENOMENAL WORK IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE AND FOR HAVING A TRUE CHAMPION IN THE PROTECTION OF SENIOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KAY GEL.

COMMISSIONER CAGLE. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, I KNOW

YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE. >> YES.

IT IS ALWAYS SAD TO PAUSE AND REMEMBER SOMEONE WHO WAS KILLED OR MURDERED, BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT AND TRAIK -- AND TAKE A MINUTE AND REMEMBER GUY ANTHONY OLE 11 -- OLIN ALLEN. HE WAS KILLED TALKING IN THE PARKING LOT OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED AS THE SHOOTING -- SHOOTER.

AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD SIX FELONY CONVICTIONS AND WAS OUT OF JAIL ON THREE FELONY BONDS AND PRIOR TO THE SHOOTING WAS ARRESTED ON THREE FELONY WARRANTS FOR BUILDING AND ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND FELONY POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR WHICH HE AGAIN GRANTED BOND BEFORE BEING ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.

WHEREAS AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION TWO ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS WERE IDENTIFIED AND ONE WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON OF MR. ALLEN AND LIKEWISE GIVEN BOND FOR BOTH CASES AND ALSO ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR HIS ROLE AND OUT ON TWO FELONY BONDS FOR POSSESSION TO INTENT AND MANUFACTURE AND THE POSSESSION OF A WEAPON. GUY ANTHONY WAS LOVING AND CARING TO HIS PARENTS AND TO HIS TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS AND TO NUMEROUS AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, BUT ESPECIALLY HIS SON, GUY ANTHONY ALLEN, JUNIOR

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AND HIS DAUGHTER, KYLAH. GUY WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 1990 IN MISSISSIPPI AND WAS A GRADUATE OF NEXT SUCCESS -- NEXUS ADAMS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MOVED TO HOUSTON AT THE AGE OF 23 AND WORKED FOR SEVERAL COMPANIES AS A DECK HAND. HIS DESIRE TO FURTHER HIS CAREER LEAD HIM TO BECOME A LICENSED TANKERMAN WORKING FOR GULF STORE INDUSTRIES. HIS DELICIOUS MEALS HE PREPARED WILL BE MISSED AND DESCRIBED AS HAVING A HEART OF GOAL GUY ANTHONY WAS ONLY 29 YEARS OLD WHEN HIS EARTHLY HEART WAS QUIETED. HE NOW SERVES THE LORD AND SAVIOR IN HEAVEN AS HE DID ON EARTH AS HE WAS BAPTIZED ON EARTH. AND BE IT RESOLVED HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF GUY ANTHONY OWEN ALLEN AND RESOLVE THAT CHANGES MUST BE TAKEN TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS.

I THINK HIS SON, JUDGE, IS HERE TO SPEAK AS WELL.

>> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. I'M SORRY IF I SPOKE OUT OF TURN. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND COMMISSIONER CAGLE AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND JUDGE HIDALGO IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY BELOVED BROTHER, GUY ANTHONY OWEN ALLEN.

I NEVER KNEW I WOULD SPEAK TO HIGHLY APPRECIATED ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THIS NOTE, BUT I KNOW GOD IS DOING SOMETHING AND I KNEW SOME GOOD WOULD COME OUT OF THIS.

MY NAME IS JASON ALLEN. I AM FROM NEXUS, MISSISSIPPI.

I MOVED HERE IN 2008. NO FRIENDS AND NO FAMILY.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE IN THE CITY.

I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY AND I KNEW GOD HAD TO BE HERE. I HAD MORE IN A SMALL TOWN AND I WANTED TO ESCAPE AND MOVE TO THE CITY AND CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR MY FAMILY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

LATER ON MY BE -- BELOVED BROTHER MOVED IN 2010 TO FOLLOW ME. IT WAS SOMEBODY WITH INTEGRITY AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT LIFE. HE CAME OUT HERE IN 2010 WITH VISIONS AND ASPIRATIONS OF HIS OWN AND UNFORTUNATELY I NEVER THOUGHT IN MY WILDEST DREAMS THAT MY YOUNGER BROTHER WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY FROM ME BY A SENSELESS INDIVIDUAL WITH NO REMORSE TO LIFE. IT WAS THE MOST DEVASTATING THING I EVER HAD TO FACE IN MY LIFE.

BUT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, GOD IS GOOD.

I WANT TO BE A BEACON OF LIGHT FOR OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

THIS DON'T ONLY AFFECT THE FAMILY.

HE HAD FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS AND HE HAD TWO GREAT KIDS.

HE HAD YOUNGER SISTER THAT'S LOOKED UP TO HIM.

IN 2016 I STARTED MY FIRST COMPANY AND AFTER MANY YEARS OF JUST NOT HAVING MUCH AND WORKING A TEMP SERVICE AND TRYING TO FIND MY WAY IN A NEW CITY WITH MEETING PEOPLE AND TRYING TO ADAPT. IN 2016 I STARTED MY FIRST COMPANY AND IT WAS TOUGH, BUT I STUCK IT THROUGH LIKE I ALWAYS DO. I HAD ASPIRATIONS AND BIG DREAMS OF MY BROTHER WORKING ALONGSIDE ME AND BUILDING A DYNASTY AND JUST BUILDING SOMETHING GREAT FOR OUR FAMILY.

I'M -- UNFORTUNATELY THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM ME.

ALL I I CAN DO IS MERELY WEAR THE SHOES OF MY BROTHER'S TO REMEMBER HIM WITH. I KNOW GREAT THINGS HAVE COME TO US. I WANT TO THANK HARRIS COUNTY AND THANK EVERYONE BRINGING ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER WE HAVE HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY WITH BOND REFORM AND INDIVIDUALS GETTING OUT ON THREE, FOUR, FIVE DIFFERENT FELONY BONDS AND THEY CONTINUOUSLY GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD UP AND THEY TEAR IT DOWN WITH THEIR SENSELESS CRIMES.

THE INDIVIDUAL THAT KILLED MY BROTHER, EVEN AFTER HE KILLED MY BROTHER AND MURDERED MY BROTHER BROTHER IN AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY ANOTHER JUDGE LET HIM OUT ON BOND ON

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THAT CHARGE. THAT WAS A SLAP IN THE FACE MY PARENTS #-D -- HAD TO LIVE IN THE MISERY OF SOMEBODY COMING TO HURT THEM. I WANT TO CLOSE BY THANKING ALL OF YOU COMMISSIONERS, THE JUDGES, EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTED BOND REFORM AND SUPPORTING THE LEGISLATION TO STOP THESE SENSE -- SENSELESS CRIME NO MATTER WHAT COMMUNITY AND NO MATTER WHAT RACE. ONE LIFE IS TOO MANY TO BE GONE BEHIND INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOULD NOT BE BACK OUT ON THE STREETS. I CLOSE WITH A THANK YOU SO

MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING. AS A SMALL-TOWN GUY THAT CAME TO THE BIG CITY, DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAM.

GOD'S GOT SOMETHING PLANNED. >> AMEN.

AMEN. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> AND JUDGE, I PROUDLY SECOND THE MOTION.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA? >> THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR APPEARING HERE BEFORE US AND WANTED TO THANK YOU AND KEEP -- THAT MY FAMILY WILL BE KEEPING YOU AND YOURS IN OUR PRAYERS.

THANK YOU. >> AMEN.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR BROTHER'S MEMORY.

IT IS A TRAGEDY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. >> COMMISSIONER --

>> SHOULD WE VOTE ON IT NOW, JUDGE?

>> WE CAN JUST VOTE ON EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.

>> COMMISSIONER CAGLE, GO AHEAD.

>> YOUR HONOR -- >> YES?

>> ARE YOU READY FOR ME, JUDGE?

>> YES. >> WE HAVE A RESOLUTION.

THIS NEXT WEEKS -- WEEKEND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WE ARE COMING INTO AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A RESOLUTION AND AN HONOR FOR WHAT WE WILL BE CELEBRATING.

WHEREAS WITH THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN 1949 PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN CALLED FOR A SINGLE HOLIDAY WHERE AMERICANS COULD GIVE THANKS TO THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY.

THEREFORE ARMED FORCES DAY WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF MAY. WHAT BEGAN AS ADORNING THE GRAVES OF CIVIL WAR DEAD WITH SPRINGTIME FLOWERS IN THE MEMORY OF THE MOST DEADLY WAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY, MEMORIAL DAY HAS HELD A PROMINENT PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY SINCE LONG BEFORE IT WAS DECLARED A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN 1971.

WHEREAS THE AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST OF THE 1940S SAID "THIS WILL REMAIN THE LAND OF THE FREE ONLY AS LONG AS IT IS THE HOME OF THE BRAVE." AND WHERE CONTEMPORARY AUTHOR AND THE RIDER SOCIETY OF AMERICA CLAUDIA PEMBETON SAYS AMERICA WITHOUT HER SOLDIERS IS LIKE GOD WITHOUT HER ANGELS. BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE PAY TRIBUTE TO ARMED FORCES A AS -- AS WE COMMEMORATE ARMED FORCES DAY AND MEMORIAL DAY 2021.

>> SECOND. >> AND JUDGE -- AND JUDGE, THERE IS AN OLD ADAGE IN OUR FAMILY THAT ON VETERAN'S DAY YOU THANK A VETERAN FOR THEIR SERVICE.

ON MEMORIAL DAY YOU DON'T NECESSARILY THANK A LIVING VETERAN FOR THEIR SERVICE. WHAT YOU DO IS IF YOU FIND SOMEONE YOU THANK THEM FOR THE FRIEND OF THEIRS THAT DID NOT COME BACK. MEMORIAL DAY IS THE DAY DAY TO REMEMBER THOSE THAT DID NOT COME BACK VERSUS VETERAN'S DAY WHEN WE CELEBRATE THOSE WHO DID FIGHT FOR US AND DID MAKE

IT BACK. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CAGLE. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES. COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CAGLE FOR PRESENTING THIS RESOLUTION.

I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK OF MY STAFF.

WE HAVE MANY VETERANS AS A PART OF THE TEAM AND GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THEY DO. I DO WANT TO LET PRECINCT 2 CONSTITUENTS KNOW THAT IN HONOR OF A FORMER VETERAN, BUT ALSO A FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF PRECINCT 2, IT IS THEIR -- IT IS OUR VETERANS SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE THERE TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS.

I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU ARE FROM.

IF YOU CAN'T FIND HELP ELSEWHERE WE ARE HAPPY TO SERVE YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY. I HAVE MANY VETERANS ON MY

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WIFE'S SIDE SHE WAS A PART OF THE FAMILY AND ALWAYS REMEMBERING A HERO, A CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WHO HAD HIS OWN MOMENT OF BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER WHEN HE WAS CHASED OUT OF THE LOCAL -- A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH OF HARRIS COUNTY WHERE HE WAS CHASED OUT OF A LOCAL EAT -- EATERY BECAUSE MEXICANS AND THE DOGS WERE NOT ALLOWED EVEN THOUGH HE WAS IN UNIFORM.

ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO SERVED, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, MY WIFE'S BROTHER, I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.

FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T COME BACK, THERE IS ALWAYS AN EMPTY CHAIR AT THE TABLE OF THOSE FAMILIES.

THAT'S WHY I WORK HARD OUT OF ALL OF THE EVENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE POW/MIA EVENTS. THEIR CEREMONIES ARE TOUCHING AND MOVING AND POWERFUL BECAUSE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THAT PARTICULAR CEREMONY AND HOW IT PLAYS INTO THE REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR COMRADES WHO ARE MISSING OR WHO DIED IN ACTION. BUT OVERALL THEY DID NOT COME BACK. AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WAS LOOKING TO ENLIST IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

I WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WAS ON TRACK TO JOIN OR BE A PART OF THE WARRANT OFFICER FLIGHT PROGRAM WHICH WAS TO ESSENTIALLY FLY HELICOPTERS.

JUST AS I WAS LOCKING THE DOOR TO MY HOME THE PHONE RANG AND I CAN HEAR IT RING. I THINK, I BETTER ANSWER IT.

IT WAS THE HPD RECRUITER. I REMEMBER ASKING MY DAD, WHAT DO I DO? HPD HAS ACCEPTED ME.

I HAVE MY CONTRACT TO SIGN AT THE ARMY RECRUITMENT OFFICE.

WHAT DO I DO? MY FATHER SAID IF WE ARE AT WAR, YOU GO. AND I SAID, WELL WE ARE NOT AT WAR RIGHT NOW. HE SAID, THEN STAY.

BUT IT HAD GOT THAT CLOSE AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PERSONAL REGRET THAT I DID NOT GET TO SERVE OUR NATION.

I HOPE I HAVE DONE OUR VETERANS HONOR BY SERVING THEM IN THE WAYS I HAVE. AGAIN, TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS,

GOD LOVE YOU. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS?

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CAGLE AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA I WANTED TO THANK YOU ON YOUR WORK FOR REVAMPING OUR COUNTY VETERANS DEPARTMENT.

A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERACTING WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. I THINK AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO ARMED FORCES MEMORIAL DAY, AND WE STARTED OFF AS LOOKING AT INEQUITIES CREATED IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.

IN PART VETERANS HAD A DISPROPORTIONAL IMPACT.

HE DUG UP THE STUFF ON MY DAD.

MY DAD DIDN'T TALK MUCH WHEN MY MOTHER WAS AROUND.

HE DIDN'T TELL US ABOUT IT. IT WAS AN ALL BLACK ARMED SERVICES GROUP. THEY WERE ENGINEERS.

HERE IS A GUY WITH AN 8TH GRADE EDUCATION CLEARING OUT LAND FOR RUNWAYS SO THAT AMERICAN SOLDIERS COULD GO INTO JAPAN TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY.

AND THEN COME BACK AND THEN THE I -- THE GI BILL THE ONLY PLACE YOU COULD GET A HOME WAS A SINGLE-GATED COMMUNITY.

IT WAS THE SAME FOR BLACKS AND HISPANIC.

IT CREATED THE MIDDLE CLASS, THE FIRST ONE IN AMERICA.

YOU COULD GO TO COLLEGE, BUT IF YOU WERE BLACK OR BROWN YOU HAD TO GO TO A COLLEGE THAT WOULD TAKE YOU AND THERE WEREN'T MANY. IT IS INTERESTING AS I WATCH TODAY'S COURT MEETING STARTING OFF TALKING ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD AND THEN THE INEQUITY. WE GET TO THIS RESOLUTION OF ARMED SERVICES AND TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE WORK WE HAVE TO DO. THANK YOU BOTH.

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APPRECIATE IT. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> YES, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CAGLE.

IT IS GOOD TO CAUSE AND REMEMBER.

I REMEMBER MY GENERATION, VIETNAM.

SADLY THOUSANDS OF MY CONTEMPORARIES' NAMES ARE ON ON THE WALL. IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN -- IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO. THOSE ARE LEADERS WE LOST.

SOMEONE REFLECTED IF THOSE LEADERS HAD NOT DIED WOULD WE BE A BETTER PLACE IN AMERICA TODAY? MY ANSWER IS YES WE WOULD. IT IS GOOD TO REMEMBER THOSE AMONG US. AND A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN CAME OUT OF SMALL TOWNS.

WHEN THE DRAFT BOARD OPENED UP AND THEY WOULD DRAW YOUR NAME AND A DATE AND YOUR BIRTHDAY AND A NUMBER, THEN YOU WERE DRAFTED. THERE WAS NO IF, ANDS OR BUTS ABOUT IT. A LARGE NUMBER OF THE 70,000 ON THAT WALL ARE FROM SMALL TOWNS LIKE CROCKETT AND OTHER PLACES. I REMEMBER THEM.

I REMEMBER WHAT THEY DID AND THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS OUT HERE.

I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO MEMORIAL DAY.

IT GIVES US A SENSE OF PURPOSE.

>> COMMISSIONER CAGLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE OUR RESOLUTIONS OUT OF ORDER. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SPEAKERS. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THIS MORNING. GO AHEAD, LUCINDA.

>> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE ON TO

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THE OTHER OUT OF ORDER ITEMS WHICH IS 283, 286, 288 AND 280 SO WE HAVE THOSE SPEAKERS LINED UP FIRST.

>> THAT WORKS. THOSE ARE THE ITEMS RELATED TO THE GLO ANNOUNCEMENT EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY WOULD EACH RECEIVE ZERO DOLLARS FROM THE HARVEY MITIGATION FUND. IT IS A BE WILLED -- BE WILLEDDERRING POSITION TO SAY THE LYSE -- THE LEAST.

WE ARE ALL AGAINST THE OUTCOME.

I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SECRETARY FUDGE YESTERDAY. IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION. SHE UNDERSTANDS OIR -- OUR NEEDS. SHE UNDERSTANDS OUR EXPECTATIONS AND THE FACT THAT WE NEED THESE FUNDS NOT JUST TO REBUILD, BUT TO MITIGATE. HAVE I BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MAYOR TURNER AND WE WILL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GLO. WHAT I AM ASKING IS CERTAINTY AS TO THE SECOND TRAUNCH OF FUNDING.

GRATEFUL FOUR OF OUR CITIES RECEIVED $90 BILLION TOTAL, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT UNITED FOR THOSE DOLLARS.

COMMISSIONER CAGLE AND THEN COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> JUDGE, I HAD INITIALLY WANTED TO CIRCULATE -- I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL COMMISSIONER'S COURT BEGAN, AN ADDENDUM TO THE LETTER THAT I THINK THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS SIGNED AND WE WILL BE PROPOSING.

THAT UH DEN -- THAT ADDENDUM THEY NEED TOMORROW.

THE ADDENDUM WAS WE REQUEST YOU IF A LETTER TO THE COMMISSIONER SUPPORT EFFORTS BY HARRIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO RECEIVE FUTURE MITIGATION AND RELATED FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM HUD RATHER THAN PAST METHODOLOGIES.

I THINK MR. E YER IS ON THE -- MR. EYER IS ON THE LINE.

THE THOUGHT WAS MAYBE WE DON'T INCLUDE THIS IN THE LETTER AS INITIALLY PROPOSED, BUT IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR ADOPTING OF A STAND ASIDE COMMENT THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THEM -- AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER BUSH AND HE SAID HE WOULD NOT OPPOSE SEEKING DIRECT ALLOCATION OF THESE FUNDS SO THAT THEY WOULD PASS THROUGH DIRECTLY TO US SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GLO PROCESS.

WITH THAT COMMITMENT OF HIM NOT OPPOSING IT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SECRETARY FUDGE, BUT I DO

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THINK THAT LANGUAGE COULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN ADOPT AS A SEPARATE LETTER SO THAT WE DON'T COMPLICATE THE LETTER THAT I THINK WE ARE SENDING JOINTLY WITH THE CITY OF

HOUSTON. >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, COMMISSIONER CAGLE. THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL, OF THE CON -- COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED THE LETTER SO MAKING EDITS WILL SEND US INTO MORE ROUNDS AND TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE A MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION THAT HARRIS COUNTY WILL RECEIVE FUTURE FUNDING FROM HUD. I WILL SAY IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SECRETARY IT SEEMS LIKE THE TERMINOLOGY AND DIRECT ALLOCATION WILL NOT APPLY FOR THE SECOND BILLION.

IT IS FUTURE FUNDING AS THE LANGUAGE STATES.

IN THIS CASE IF THE SECRETARY AND THE GLO WERE ABLE TO GIVE AS YOU CERTAINTY IT WOULD BE A CARVE OUT OF SORTS.

THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DISPERSED BY THE STATE.

BY DEFINITION THEY WOULD NOW NOT GO DIRECTLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE LOCALITY.

EITHER WAY I THINK YOUR IDEA IS A GOOD ONE.

MY PROPOSAL IS UNDER MY ITEM 283 THAT COMMISSIONER'S COURT ADD ITSELF AS A SIGNATORY ON THAT LETTER TO THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE THAT OPPOSED -- THAT OPPOSES THE DECISION TO AWARD HARRIS COUNTY AND FLOOD CONTROL.

AND WE HAVE 286 BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND ITEM 288 BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. IT IS A RESOLUTION AS WELL THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AND INCORPORATES FEEDBACK FROM COMMISSIONER CAGLE AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR BROAD DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND THEN COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> YEAH, JUST TO FOLLOW-UP ON COMMISSIONER CAGLE'S COMMENTS, I HAD NO LESS THAN THREE MEETINGS WITH GLO.

THEY HAVE AFFIRMED AND THIS IS ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. IF HUD SAYS IT IS FINE, THEY DON'T MIND AND WILL DO A DIRECT ALLOCATION OF THEY RECOGNIZE THE FUNDS THAT ARE, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, UNDER GLO.

THEY JUST NEED AN APPROVAL FROM HUD TO DO THAT.

IT IS SAID WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE LAST FEW DAYS SINCE THURSDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS , GLO POINTING THE FINGER AT HUD AND HUD POINTING THE FINGER AT GLO.

I AM TIRED OF FINGER-POINTING.

I NEED SOMEONE TO STEP UP AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

I THINK CONGRESSIONAL INTENT -- I AM NO ATTORNEY, BUT I AM AN ENGINEER THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH MANY FUNDING ISSUES OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS.

THE CONGRESSIONAL INTENT SPENT ON FLOOD MITIGATION.

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE ISSUE REFERENCED IN THEIR 9 -- IN THEIR 9 PARAMETERS THAT REFERENCE DISASTER.

NOTHING. THE DETAILS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CONGRESSIONAL INTENT WAS. WE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS OVER THE LAST WEEK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. IT IS THE LEGISLATURE AND THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO IN AUSTIN. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THEY HAVE IS NOT ANYTHING THEY ARE VOTING ON IN AUSTIN.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THERE IS FLOODED PEOPLE IN HARRIS COUNTY THAT IS NOT GETTING ANY HELP.

FOR THEM TO SIT THERE AND SAY NOTHING IS UNACCEPTABLE.

I THINK WE NOT ONLY GET THESE COMMITMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THOSE CALLS AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER ELLIS HAS ENGAGED AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAS AS WELL.

ALL FIVE OF US ARE UNITED AND THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS POLITICAL.

MAYBE HOW WE GOT HERE IS POLITICAL, BUT HOW WE ARE GONNA GET OUT OF THIS WILL NOT BE POLITICAL.

IT WILL BE CLEAR AND DIRECT ALLOCATION TO HARRIS COUNTY AND A BILLION DOLLARS IS MY MINIMUM EXPECTATION.

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WHEN THEY SET UP A BILLION DOLLARS FOR MITIGATION AND WE KNOW 50% OF THE DAMAGE WAS IN HARRIS COUNTY YOU CAN EASILY SAY OUR EXPECTATION OUGHT TO BE $2 BILLION.

WE ARE WILLING TO SETTLE FOR A BILLION.

THAT'S IN HARRIS COUNTY. IF THE CITY JOINS IN IT WILL HAVE TO BE A BILLION AND A HALF AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE A BUGGER NUMBER. I THINK IT IS CLEAR WE COMMUNICATE THE EXPECTATIONS. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THE ROAD, THE GLO ROAD, THAT CLEARLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

I'VE SAID IT AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN TRYING TO MANAGE THE FUNDS. WE KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS WERE IN HARRIS COUNTY. WE DEALT WITH DISASTER FUNDS FOR DECADES. CLEARLY WE CAN HELP THEM.

WE WANT TO HELP THEM. THAT'S WHAT I TOLD THE GLO AND THAT'S WHAT I TOLD THE FOLKS THAT HAVE INFLUENCE AND I THINK KEEPING THE CONVERSATION GOING IN AUSTIN YOU ALL NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE WASHINGTON SIDE.

WE WILL WORK ON THE AUSTIN SIDE.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND THEN COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. >> IT IS OUR BUDGET FOLKS.

THEY SEE WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED THE LAST FEW DAYS AND IT COULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO SIGN THE LETTER THAT THE CITY IS SENDING UP. YOU CAN ADD IT TO COMMISSIONER GARCIA'S I DO THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.

THIS IS BUDGET ACT OF 2018. IT IS RECOVERY NATIONWIDE.

OBVIOUSLY BEING HARVEY AND YOU HAD FIRES AND SOME OTHER ISSUES CAME UP AND THAT'S HOW IT GOT UP TO A TOTAL NATIONWIDE AMOUNT OF $28 BILLION.

AS I RECALL, IT HAS BEEN FAIRLY RARE THAT THE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN INTO THE LEGISLATION WITH A DIRECT ALLOCATION. I CAN SEE NUMBER ONE THAT STOOD OUT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IT WAS SMALL COUNTIES, BUT IT IS THE CITIES THAT OFTENTIMES THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE DIRECT ALLOCATIONS. THEY MAKE A BIT MORE NOISE.

I AM NOT SAYING THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE DIRECT ALLOCATIONS FROM THIS KIND OF FUNDING. I STALKED -- I TALKED TO THE PERSON AT HUD WHEN THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE AND IT WAS KIND OF A GENTLE PERSON'S AGREEMENT WHEN WE GOT THE ALLOCATION FOR HOUSING. WE ALL KNOW HIM.

HE WAS IN HOUSTON FOR AWHILE THAT THEY DID WRITE INTO THE STATE ACTION PLAN AND THEY SAID YOU SHOULD TAKE IT OUT AND HE FIGURED, JUST LET IT GO.

MY POINT IS GENERALLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

HE DID TELL ME -- HERE IS THE PUSH BACK HE GOT -- AND HE UNDERSTOOD THE ISSUE. WE AGREE TO DEAL WITH 50 STATES AND DEALING WITH ALL OF THE CITIES AND THE COUNTIES.

I AGREE WITH THE POINT, BUT I'M GIVING YOU THE OTHER SIDE. I KNOW, JUDGE, FROM YOUR CONVERSATION AND UNILATERALLY REQUIRE THAT.

THIS IS MONEY CONGRESS PROP -- APPROPRIATED IN 2018 UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. I TEND TO -- I TEND TO AGREE WITH THE APPROACH. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO

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ANYTHING IS VERY VOCAL AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN AGREE IN A RESPECTFUL WAY. IT IS THE WAY WE CAN GET TO WHERE THEY ARE SAYING THEY DON'T MIND US BEING.

BUT EVEN IF IT IS ONLY A BILLION LEFT AND THAT'S NOT CLEAR THAT THERE IS A BILLION DOLLARS -- A BILLION LEFT.

HOW CAN WE NOT KNOW IF IT IS THEIR MONEY OR OUR MONEY? IT IS THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT COMES FROM THE TAXPAYER NATIONWIDE. THERE ARE JUST SO UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THERE. I THINK, JUDGE, YOUR CALL WAS VERY HELPFUL AND THE MAYOR'S CALL IS HELPFUL.

I WENT TO WASHINGTON LAST WEEK, TOTALLY COINCIDENTAL AND CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN WHO I KNOW WE HAVE ALL BEEN TALKING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND HE INVITED ME TO SPEAK TO A SUBCOMMITTEE HE IS ON MAYBE THREE WEEKS AGO.

IT WAS A THURSDAY REQUEST FOR A HEARING ON MONDAY.

IT WAS NO FUN. IT IS FINANCIAL SERVICES.

CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS AND FORMER MAYOR CLEAVER OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, IF -- IT WAS HIS SUBCOMMITTEE.

CONGRESSMAN GREEN WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE COST BENEFIT RATIO ISSUE AND I STRETCHED IT A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN GET INTO THE GLO ISSUE AS WELL AND THE IMPACT IT HAS HAD.

THEY HAD A ROLL CALL OR THE NEWSPAPER THEY READ IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SO WE WILL SEND IT TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEY AGREED TO DO A MEETING THAT WOULD BE VIRTUAL AND THEY DECIDED TO DO IT IN PERSON.

I WENT OUT AND TALKED TO MS. RODRIGUEZ.

I AM NOT SURE THAT SHE IS FAMILIAR.

A BIG ADMIRER OF YOURS. SHE IS SEIZURE -- SHE IS CEASAR CHAVEZ'S GRANDDAUGHTER.

I GET THERE AND I CAN SEE CONGRESS PERSON GREENE, SHEILA JACKSON LEE, SILVIA GARCIA AND LIZZIE FLETCHER.

I JUST VISITED WITH A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE AND DID DO A PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.

COULD NOT TALK ABOUT OFFICIAL BUSINESS BECAUSE HE WAS IN A PRIVATE CAPACITY. WHAT I GOT FROM THEM WHEN I WAS THERE EARLY LAST WEEK WAS THEY WERE ALL SUPPORT -- SUPPORTIVE. IT WAS COINCIDENTAL.

THEY ALL SIGNED A LETTER. I SAW A TWEET.

IF THERE IS ONLY A BILLION LEFT I AM GLAD THE COUNTY GOT 90 MILLION. I THINK PASADENA GOLITA PARK AND THE OTHER COMMUNITY BAY TOWN, OUGHT TO GET MORE THAN THAT. I THINK YOU OUGHT TO GIVE HUD SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN LATCH ON TO TO HELP US.

JUDGE, I KNOW FROM THE MAYOR'S CONVERSATION THAT HE GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT WE NEED TO ASK WHAT WE WANT AND BE VOCAL ABOUT IT. THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO.

I INCLUDED A LEGAL CHALLENGE. GLO WANTS TO GIVE US A DIRECT ALLOCATION AND GO AND SAY IT. THEY HAVE TO AMEND THEIR ACTION PLAN FOR US TO DO THAT.

I DON'T THINK IT IS THAT CLEAR FROM A CALL OR TWO I WAS ON.

I THINK IT IS A CHALLENGE WHETHER IT IS A LEGAL CHALLENGE SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, WE RUN THE CHANCE OF GETTING THAT 90 MILLION THAT WENT GO -- WENT TO THE GREAT CITIES IN OUR COUNTIES AND MORE.

THE METRICS IS WHAT WOO FLAWED IN A BIG -- WHAT WERE FLAWED IN A BIG WAY. THEY SEEMED TO BE DESIGNED THAT IF YOU REPRESENT AT LEAST FIVE MILLION PEOPLE THE DECK WAS STACKED AGAINST US. I DON'T TAKE THE POSITION THAT WE SHOULD FORGET ABOUT THIS AND IF THERE IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND WHAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THAT.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO MAKE NOISE AND WHETHER WE WIN IT OR NOT, I THINK IT HELPS MAKE THE CASE FOR THIS COUNTY AND OTHER COUNTIES, BOY THE WAY, TO GET MORE DIRECT ALLOCATIONS WRITTEN INTO THE LAW AS HAS BEEN THE CASE IN SOME CITIES.

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AND IT MEANS THAT WE OUGHT TO BEEF UP AND YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

OF COURSE WHEN WE LOSE SOMETHING EVERYTHING -- EVERYBODY IS GIVING US ADVICE ON WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE.

WE WANT PREEMPTIVE STUFF, BUT I KNOW I ASKED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.

COMMISSIONERS CAGLE AND RAMSEY , OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THE GLO AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE MUCH CHOICE.

I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE MUCH CHOICE BUT TO BE VOCAL TO GET HUD TO DO THAT ON OLD MONEY, MIGHT I ADD, THAT IS COMING OUT ALMOST FOUR YEARS LATER BECAUSE THIS IS 2018 MONEY.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA? >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

FIRST LET ME JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THE SECRETARY FORGETTING CLARITY AND TO VOCALIZE THE OUTCRY WE HAVE HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY.

BUT LET ME JUST BE CLEAR AND I REALLY APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER RAMSEY'S COMMENTS. THEY WERE VERY FORCEFUL AND VERY DIRECT. I COMPLETELY AGREE.

IF I CAN ADD SOME HOT SAUCE TO T LET ME JUST SAY THAT IT IS NOW INCREDIBLY CLEAR THAT THE STATES WANTS TO ACTIVELY DO IT AND WE CAN'T JUST SIT BY. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE UNITY IN THIS. I AM SPEAKING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SIDE OF THE COUNTY.

OBVIOUSLY FAMILIES ACROSS HARRIS COUNTY WERE DEVASTATED. IT WAS SPECIFICALLY IN PART.

ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE MONEY WAS PUT TOGETHER MAINLY BECAUSE HARRIS COUNTY TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE OF THAT PARTICULAR STORM.

AND THEN HE GAVE IT TO THE STATE TO BE DISPERSED.

OBVIOUSLY WE ARE RECOGNIZING AND HAVE RECOGNIZED A LINE, A DIRECT ALLOCATION THAT IS ALWAYS BETTER BECAUSE THE GLO AND COMMISSIONER BUSH STUCK WITH IT.

THIS STUCK WITH IT. EVEN THOUGH I UNDERSTAND STEVE CASTELLO WORKED TO ADDRESS THIS A YEAR AGO AND I UNDERSTAND THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THIS THEY STILL STUCK WITH IT.

AND FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE, GETTING THE GLO TO EMBED THEMSELVES WITH US OR OUR HOUSING SIDE, THE MANY CONVERSATIONS THAT THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT SAYS THEY HAVE WITH THE GLO AS A MATTER OF COURSE, FOR COMMISSIONER BUSH TO SCREW HIS FAMILY'S HOMETOWN IS JUST UNCONSCIONABLE. AND SO EAST HARRIS COUNTY, PASADENA AND GO LENA PARK GOT 90 MILLION, BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. COMMISSIONER ELLIS, YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY DESERVE MORE.

THEY NEED MORE. PASADENA IS OBVIOUSLY A HOMETOWN TO A LOT OF THE REFINERY INDUSTRY, AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT THAT INDUSTRY. YOU CAN'T PROTECT IT IF YOU ARE NOT GETTING THE RESOURCES TO DO IT.

ALTHOUGH I AM NOT A FAN OF THE PAUSE OF THE ALLOCATION, I THINK THE CITY NEEDS THE RESOURCES.

I HAVE BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM THE CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY NEED DRAINAGE AND FLOOD MITIGATION EFFORTS YESTER YEAR. I AM NOT A FAN OF THE PAUSE APPROACH. WE NEED TO GIVE THE COMMISSIONER A SET OF GLASSES AND MAYBE EVEN SHAKE HIM AND

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WAKE HIM UP TO A BETTER ENGINEERING APPROACH LIKE COMMISSIONER RAMSEY'S. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT HARRIS COUNTY BE VERY LOUD AND VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

THEY HAD MANY COMMUNITIES TO SIT DOWN AND SPEAK TO THIS AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO. INSTEAD THEY LET THIS TRAIN FALL OFF THE TRACKS. THEY KNEW THE TRACKS ARE NOT GOING TO SUSTAIN THIS TRAIN AT THE END OF THE JOURNEY AND THEY LET IT HAPPEN. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMISSIONER BUSH, ALTHOUGH I THINK HIGHLY OF HIM AS A PERSON, HAS FAILED HARRIS

COUNTY WITH THE GLO. >> COMMISSIONER CAGLE, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? I AM NOT SURE IF I SAW YOUR

HAND. >> IN A MINUTE WE ARE ABOUT TO GO TO THE SPEAKERS. I NOTED THAT ABOUT AT LEAST 10 OF THE SPEAKERS IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT CYPRESS CREEK. I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO CLARIFY THAT MOST OF THE GLO FUNDS WERE HUD FUNDING. MOST OF THOSE FUNDS UNDER OUR APPLICATION WERE FOR THE SAN JACINTO WATER SHED FOR THE HALLS BAYOU AND GREENS BAYOU. ALL OF THESE FUNDS ARE INTER -- INTER-CONNECTED. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR ONE AREA IT CAN IMPACT ANOTHER AREA.

IT IS NOT PART OF THE BOND ITSELF.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE FOR MANY OF THE SPEAKERS UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK A NUMBER OF THEM ALSO MAY HAVE READ SOMETHING OR HEARD WHERE THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT FLOOD CONTROL IS FULFILLING THE OBLIGATION ON CYPRESS CREEK. I DIRECT A NUMBER OF THEM TO ACTUALLY GO TO THE WEBSITE SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THE CURRENT EVENTS AND SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY SPEAKERS WANTING TO TALK ABOUT CYPRESS CREEK, I THINK IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE AT SOME POINT FOR US TO BASICALLY INDICATE THAT WE HAVE GOT OUR ON GOING EFFORTS AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AND THE BOND BEING IMPLEMENTED WITH REGARD TO THE CYPRESS CREEK WATER SHED. MUCH OF THE GLO UNDER IFING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT -- FUNDING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS HUD FUNDING THAT ADDRESSES -- AND THERE MAY BE AND I WILL HAVE RUST TALK ABOUT IT -- HAVE RUSS TALK ABOUT T BUT THEY ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THE GLO DECISION.

THAT'S IMPACTING SAN JACINTO AND HALLS AND GREENS IN THE BULK OF THE DISCUSSION. BUT ALL OF THE CREEKS ARE INTER-CONNECTED. IT IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER WHAT WATER SHED ARE YOU ON THAT WE ARE KEEPING THE WATER FLOWING WHEREVER WE ARE IN THE COUNTY.

>> RIGHT. FOR THOSE SPEAKERS AND IF QUESTIONS COME UP WE CAN CALL ON RUSS LATE OTHER.

ESSENTIALLY THE BOND PROJECTS ARE LAID OUT.

THEY COULD BE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN AND THAT'S NOT CHANGING.

THE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT ON CYPRESS CREEK COME FROM THE BOND AND NOT FROM THIS FEDERAL FUNDING.

THE PROJECTS WE EARMARKED FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDING ARE IN OTHER WATER SHEDS. THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT RECEIVING THIS FUNDING IMPACTS ALL OF US.

I HOPE COMMISSIONER CAGLE BETWEEN YOUR COMMENTS AND MINE WE HAVE CLARIFIED IT FOR SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES.

ON A MACRO STANDPOINT THE BOND AMOUNT AND THE FEDERAL FUNDS -- IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T FUND WHEN WE DO ALL OF THE PROJECTS, AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A LARGER ALLOCATION TOWARD FLOOD CONTROL. BUT THIS CERTAINLY WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AND IT ALREADY HAS FOR EXAMPLE THE BRAISE BAYOU. COMMISSIONER ELLIS -- AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE SPEAKERS.

PERHAPS HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND THEN WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THE SPEAKERS. IF THERE ARE MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR QUESTIONS WE CAN CALL UP THE -- WE CAN CALL UP RUSS OR WHOMEVER. WE DO HAVE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE

SIGNED UP. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY IT WOULD BE GOOD AT SOME POINT TO HEAR FROM RUSS.

OBVIOUSLY A BILLION DOLLAR HOLE AND THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WAS ANTICIPATING A BILLION DOLLARS. AND IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

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SEPARATE CITIES AND IF THE WATER IS COMING -- AS COMMISSIONER GARCIA SAID ONE PART OF HARRIS COUNTY 90 MILLION WON'T HELP. WHETHER IT IS BEFORE OR AFTER THE SPEAKERS WE NEED TO GET A SENSE FROM RUSS AND THE BUDGET OFFICE BECAUSE A BILLION DOLLAR HOLD WILL IMPACT CYPRESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT MEANS WHERE GREENS, HALLS, SIMMS AND OTHERS WERE NOT GETTING FUNDING IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS MONEY COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE CDBG MITIGATION MONEY.

THEY WILL PUT IT AT THE BACK OF THE BUS AND FOLLOW THE PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK WE VOTED FOR AND WE HAVE TO SOMEHOW MAKE UP FOR WHAT WE DID AND WITH SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING RELATED TO MITT GRACIOUS EFFORTS.

THEY ARE INTERCONNECTED AND IT WILL IMPACT EVERY WATER SHED.

>> LUCINDA, LET'S TAKE UP THESE SPEAKERS RELATED TO THE

HARVEY RECOVERY FUNDS. >> YES, MA'AM.

DEBBIE MANDELL SOFCA, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> YES. I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME TALK TODAY. I SPOKE IN 2019 AND Y'ALL DIRECTED SOME ENGINEERS TO ACTUALLY SPEAK WITH ME.

I PROVED MY POINT ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERS AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAVE BEEN FLOODING AND YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF THIS. I PROVED THAT, AND NOW IT IS GETTING WORSE. NOW I WANT TO HELP YOU FIX.

IT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HELP YOU FIX IT.

NOTHING WAS DONE SINCE I TALKED AND PROVED MY POINT.

WHAT THE ENGINEER -- ENGINEERS ARE DOING AND WHAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE DOING BECAUSE THE CORE OF ENGINEERS FROZE THE WATER DOWN. AND NOW THE WATER IS AT A 9-FOOT LEVEL ALL THE TIME. SO ANY BIT OF RAIN WHEN THEY RELEASE IT WILL CAUSE A PROBLEM DOWN -- DOWNSTREAM.

AND YOU HAVE NOT FIXED ANYTHING.

TEX-DOT WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE 290 PROJECT AFTER I DISCOVERED A FEW MONTHS AGO WHAT HE DID AND THEIR RETENTION IS IT DOESN'T HOLD WATER.

THEY ACTUALLY TYPED IT UP FROM THE NORTH.

AND THEN IT TAKES IT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE OTHER KNOCK -- NEIGHBORHOODS DOWN -- DOWNSTREAM.

NO ONE MOWS THE RETENTION ANYMORE.

BUT THERE IS A PIPE LAYING DIAGONALLY TO THE OTHER SIDE AND A HUGE CULVERT WAS PUT IN TO PUT THE WATER SOMEWHERE ELSE. UP NORTH OF THIS RETENTION IS A FLOOD WAY. I TALKED ABOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MAJOR -- THAT YOUR ENGINEERS ALLOWED TO BUILD UP FOUR AND A HALF FEET. HALLOWEEN RAIN WAS JUST HALLOWEEN RAIN. BUT IT FLOODED US AND WE HAD TO SPEND $3.8 MILLION TO FIX IT AND THEN THE DEVELOPER DOWNSTREAM THAT WAS A NEW DEVELOPMENT HAD TO BUILD THEIR PROPERTY UP. SO THE ORIGINAL NEIGHBORS ARE SCREWED. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, NO ONE DID ANYTHING ABOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY BUILT IT UP AT HIGHWAY 6. WHERE DOES IT GO? IT GOES THROUGH BEAR CREEK, BUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON BUILT UP A DAM WHERE THEY ANNEXED IT.

LESS THE CORE HAVING TO DO SOMETHING AT THAT END, IF YOU ARE A PERSONAL INDIVIDUAL THAT BOUGHT LAND AND THAT HAD A CREEK RUNNING THROUGH IT, YOU COULD NOT ZAP --

>> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OF COURSE.

>> PAUL WITH SIDE CREEK STOP THE FLOODING.COM.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING.

I AM WITH SIDE CREEK STOP THE FLOODING.

IT IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION TRYING TO ADDRESS THE CONTINUE -- CONTINUAL FLOODING.

SINCE 2001 WE HAVE HAD SEVEN CATASTROPHIC FLOODS.

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SEVEN. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO MONEY FOR FLOODWATER LEVEL REDUCTION.

THAT IS CORRECT. NO MONEY.

NOT HUD MONEY AND NOT CBD AND GLT AND WHATEVER IT IS.

WE LOST 10,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN HARVEY AND THE YEAR BEFORE WE HAD 2,000 HOMES DAMAGED THERE IS NO PLAN IN PRECINCT 4 TO ADDRESS THIS REPETITIVE FLOODING AND NO MONIES TO PAY FOR IT ALONG CYPRESS CREEK.

THE MICHAEL BAKER STUDY STATED THAT WE NEEDED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION ALONG CYPRESS CREEK AND 26,000 ACRE FEET OF DETENTION. 26,000.

THAT'S FOUR SQUARE MILES. YET THERE IS CURRENTLY NO MONEY. NOT HUD MOUNTY AND NOT COUNTY MONEY AND NOT BOND MONEY TO PAY FOR DETENTION.

NOR ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO ATTEND CYPRESS CREEK.

WE ARE WASTING FLOOD LANDS. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS FOUR FEET OR THREE FEET WE NEED TO MAKE IT BETTER.

THEY ARE WHERE 340,000 PEOPLE AND THAT IS THE POPULATION THEY RECEIVED 411 MILLION IN FLOOD MONIES FROM FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS. AND IT IS 496 MILLION AND 465 MILLION AND CYPRESS CREEK GOT A TOTAL OF 14 MILLION.

14MILLION DURING THAT TIME. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? IT IS NEGLIGENCE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER IN PRECINCT 4.

JUDGE LENA, WHERE IS THE TRANSPARENCY 1234* WHO IS PICKING THE WINNERS AND THE LOSERS IN THE FLOOD MONEY DISTRIBUTION. THE LARGEST WATER SHED GETS 14 MILLION. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? WE ARE IN THE BACK OF THE BUS, RODNEY.

WE HAVE 14. AT LEAST GREEN HAS 160 MILLION. IT IS BAD GOVERNMENT AND IT MUST STOP. THE GOVERNMENT MUST HELP THE PEOPLE AND NOT THE BUILDERS. HARRIS COUNTY IS BROKEN WHEN IT COMES TO CYPRESS CREEK. PLEASE HELP US FIX.

IT I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT. >> I AM A RESIDENT OF PRECINCT 4 IT IS BUSINESS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.

PEOPLE OF NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY, UNINCORP PRETTY -- UNINCORPORATED NORTH -- DASH NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY AND THEY GOT NOTHING DONE TO REDUCE THE FLOODWATER REDUCTION LEVEL. LET ME REPEAT THAT.

CYPRESS CREEK, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO REDUCE THE FLOODWATER REDUCTION LEVEL. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? ARE WE JUST TO BE DISRESPECTED? THE WATER KNOWS NO ECONOMIC OR HUMAN CONDITIONS. IT COMES FOR EVERYONE.

IT RUINS PEOPLE'S LIVES. IT RUINS SCHOOLS.

AND IT RUINS THE TAXPAYER BASE.

YOU HAVE TO HELP US. I A YOU -- I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND THE JOB YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT WE NEED HELP. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> MICHELLE WITH BAYOU CITY WATER KEEPER. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> HI, EVERYONE. I AM THE WATER SHED SPECIALIST FOR BAYOU CITY WATER KEEPER. IT IS A LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT USES SCIENCE, LAW AND POLICY TO PROTECT THE WATERWAYS AND PRESERVE THE WET LANDS FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN HARRIS COUNTY AND ACROSS THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA.

OUR ORGANIZATION PREVIOUSLY HAS TO CALL FOR EQUITY AND EACH OF THESE SOLUTIONS IN THE FLOOD BOND PROCESS.

WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK THAT THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE DENIED NEARLY $1 BILLION IN FUNDING REQUESTED BY HARRIS COUNTY FOR VITAL FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECTS. THE BULK OF THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANE HARVEY WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE COUNTY.

AFTER HARVEY HARRIS COUNTY VOTERS UNDER COMMISSIONER'S COURT REPEATEDLY AFFIRMED THE COMMITMENT IN THE DISASTER RECOVERY PROCESS. IT LASS COME TO MEAN THAT THE FLOOD PROTECTIONS WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR THOSE WHO SUFFERED THE MOST HUMAN IMPACT FROM FLOODING.

EARLIER THIS YEAR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ANNOUNCED

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A $1.4 BILLION SHORT FALL THAT LEFT THE EXACT COMMUNITIES.

PARTICULARLY IN THE GREENS AND -- GREENS BAYOU.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE SHOULD GIVE US ALL MAJOR ANXIETY, BUT ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITIES WHO NEED FLOOD PROTECTION THE MOST.

AND IT NEEDS FLOOD PROTECTION RIGHT NOW.

WE CALL ON COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO CLOSE THESE MAJOR FUNDING GAPS IN A WAY AND IT GIVES THEM THE LONG-TERM RESILIENCE IT NEEDS AND DESERVES.

THERE ARE DIRECT ALLOCATIONS AND CRITERIA AND THIS COUNTY AND IT IS ALL OTHER AVAILABLE ACTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

>> GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> JUDGE, THANK YOU. LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP. YOU ARE PRECISELY THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT WE NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH.

SO IF I CAN ASK YOU TO FOCUS SOME OF YOUR ENERGY TO THE GLO AND TO COMMISSIONER BUSH, PLEASE DO SO.

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CREDIBILITY TO HAVE -- TO HELP GET THEIR ATTENTION IN AUSTIN.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL BE DOING THAT.

THANK YOU. >> DAVID WITH CYPRESS CREEK EMS. GO AHEAD.

>> THIS IS DAVID BILLINGS. I AM A PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I HAVE BEEN OUT HERE SINCE 1984 IN NORTHWEST HOUSTON.

I UNDERSTAND -- I KNOW WE LOST SOME NATIONAL FUNDING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME THINGS LOCALLY THAT HAVE BEEN CANCELED OR SOMETHING I HAVE HEARD. THERE IS A LOT OF UPROAR GOING ON BECAUSE OF CYPRESS CREEK BEING ELIMINATED AND THE SPENDING OF $11 MILLION ON MONEY WE HAD COVERED WITH THE CYPRESS CREEK EMS. WE DON'T WANT THE SAME THING WITH THE FLOODING SITUATION AND WE WANT TO SPEAK UP AND I REALLY THINK WE ALL NEED SOMETHING OUT HERE IN THE CYPRESS CREEK AREA AND NORTHWEST HOUSTON TO HELP US WITH THE FLOODING SITUATIONS TO ELIMINATE MAYBE THE MAJOR PART AND YOU CAN'T STOP MOTHER NATURE, I KNOW, BUT WE COULD HELP IT. ANYWAY, THAT'S MY PEACE AND I

APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> KYLE REYNOLDS WITH STILLW

PA TER -- STILLWATER RENTALS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THE CONCERNS WITH A LACK OF FUNDING AND THE OVERALL PLAN FOR SIGH TRUSS CREEK FLOOD MITIGATION.

AS A CITIZEN AND AS A HOMEOWNER AND A BOARD MEMBER OF THE STILLWATER VILLAGE HOA, I FIND IT INCREDULOUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE AND NEGLIGENT. ON A PERSONAL LEVEL I HAVE LIVED IN STILLWATER VILLAGE FOR 12 YEARS AND WE INTER -- WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY. AND ME PERSONALLY.

I HAVE WATCHED THE WATER CREEP UP INTO MY YARD HIGHER AND -- HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER EVERY YEAR.

AND YET THERE IS NO PLAN. THERE IS NO FUNDING.

SO AT THE END IT IS INCREDULOUS THAT THIS CAN OCCUR IN THIS DAY AND AGE. THIS HUGE COUNTY AND IN THIS GREAT STATE. I DO THINK SOME OF THE PROBLEMS IN CYPRESS AND SOUTH OF HUFFMEISTER AND NORTH OF 290, WE FALL INTO THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THERE WAS A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO US THAT BUTS UP TO STILLWATER VILLAGE. I CALL THEM DIRT COWBOYS.

THEY KNOCKED EVERY TREE DOWN FOR A 10-ACRE HORSE FARM.

THEY WERE THROWING DIRT AROUND AND RAISING THE PROPERTY LEVEL.

I AM MAKING FRANTIC PHONE CALLS.

I WANT TO GIVE THEM KUDOS. THEY CAME OUT IMMEDIATELY AND THEY HAD NO PERMITS TO OPERATE. ZERO PERMITS TO OPERATE.

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THEY WERE DIRT COWBOYS. THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF A BALANCE BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SAFETY AS FAR AS FLOODING AND AS FAR AS OUR WAY OF LIFE AND COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN HAVE BOTH. I HAVE SEEN IT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE STATE.

AGAIN, WE NEED FUNDING. WE NEED A CLEAR, CONCISE PLAN AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT EXPANDING OR ENACTING SOME SORT OF RESTRICTIONS.

WE HAVE RESTRICTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS, BUT NOT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND IT WOULD GO WITH ANOTHER PART OF THE PLAN TO MAKE A FLOODING DISASTER THAT IS OCCURRING EVERY YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MR. REYNOLDS, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.

THIS IS TOM RAMSEY, COMMISSIONER OF PRECINCT 3.

WE ARE LOOKING AT A DETENTION ON CYPRESS CREEK.

THERE IS ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE FOR THE 2018 BOND.

JUST KNOW THERE IS ACTIVE -- ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE.

>> MR. REYNOLDS, HANG ON A MINUTE.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> MR. REYNOLDS, THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP. IF I CAN GIVE UH NUMBER, 5 QUUN 2 -- 512-563-5001. THAT'S TO THE GLO AND IT WOULD HELP US A GREAT DEAL IF YOU WOULD MAKE A CALL UP THERE AND

EXPRESS YOUR COMMENTS. >> I CERTAINLY WILL.

THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> LARRY SHAW.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> YOUR HONOR?

>> HANG ON A SECOND. >> HELLO?

>> MR. SHAW, HANG ON JUST A MINUTE.

YES, COMMISSIONER CAGLE. >> YOUR HONOR I WAS GOING TO WAIT -- TO SPEAK UNTIL ALL THE SPEAKERS SPOKE, BUT SINCE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES JUMPED IN THERE ARE WORDS "NO PLAN" AND" NO FUNDING" FOR CYPRESS CREEK.

IF YOU GO TO THE PUBLISHED WEBSITE YOU WILL NOTE 12 PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED OF IN THE 2018 BOND.

ALL 12 ARE INITIATED, ENACTED AND COMPLETED OF THOSE PLANS IN THE BOND. THERE ARE 300 ADDITIONAL ACRES AND SOME IS FOR DETENTION TO BE PUT INTO AND SOME OF WHICH WILL BE AS WAS REFERENCED, THE PARKLAND TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO WHEN IT OVER FLOWS. AMONG THE PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, WHEN PEOPLE -- IT IRRITATES ME WHEN PEOPLE SAY NO PLAN AND NO FUNDING AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. I NEED TO MEET WITH PEOPLE WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION DOZERS ARE GOING ON.

I WANT TO DENY THE EXISTENCE OF REALITY -- REALITY.

TC STORM WATER DETENTION BAY TIN IS UNDERWAY AND UNDER PROGRESS. PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISE AND THE DIRT FROM THE STUFF BEING HAULED OUT OF THERE. WE HAVE THE EASTSIDE AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE TC BOULEVARD.

WE HAVE THE TRIBUTARY PLAN THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND WE HAVE THE STORM WORE DETENTION AND WE HAVE THE DETENTION AT MERCER ARBOR RE-- O -- ARBORETUM.

THE CHAMPION STORM WATER DETENTION BASIN, THAT HAS BEEN HELD UP. WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE OUR PARTNER, WE ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS TO WORK THAT OUT. THAT'S WHERE THE COUNTY SPENT OVER $11.5 MILLION TO ACQUIRE PART OF THE RAVENEL COUNTRY CLUB. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH WITH THE PUD TO COME UP WITH A MAJOR PROJECT.

GRANTED THAT IS NOT DONE YET, BUT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND A MAJOR INVESTMENT THAT COULD IMPACT 2500 HOMES IN THE AREA. WE HAVE F23, F24 AND F22 UNDERWAY. I JUST ASK PEOPLE WHEN YOU HEAR SOMEONE SAY NOTHING AND NO MONEY TO JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE AND READ IT FOR YOURSELF.

SORRY, JUDGE. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

GO AHEAD, MR. SHAW. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.

I HARD WHAT -- I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE WORK GOING ON, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE DETENTION PONDS.

THEY FILL UP QUICKLY. THAT'S FROM SURFACE RUNOFF AND

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NOT TO PREVENT FLOODING. IN MY OPINION, I THINK THAT THE ENGINEERS WILL BEAR ME OUT ON THAT.

CYPRESS CREEK AT CYPRESS WOOD DRIVE, IF ANYBODY TAKES THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE BY, WITH AN INSIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IT GETS A FEW FEET UNDER THE BRIDGE.

THAT TELLS ME SOMETHING IS DAMNING IT UP DOWNSTREAM.

NOT MIND THE SAND MINDS UP STREAM.

THE SAND HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE BECAUSE RAVENEL HAULED MANY TRUCKLOADS OF SAND OUT OF THEIR FACILITY.

I WISH WE COULD LOOK AT CYPRESS CREEK AND IF WE CAN IMPROVE THE FLOW AT CYPRESS CREEK THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPROVE THE FLOODING SITUATION.

YOU ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN PAYMENT OF TIME AND LIKE WITH HAIR VERY THERE IS NO WAY IT WILL PREVENT THE FLOODING OVERALL. THREE HOMES DID NOT FLOOD.

AND WE HAVE ONE OF THEM. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT HERE WE STAND AGAIN AND CYPRESS CREEK LOOKS LIKE IT IS NOT GOING WELL. WE WILL GET FLOODED NEXT TIME. THAT'S MY CONCERN.

I THINK WE CAN IMPROVE THE FLOW OF CYPRESS CREEK AND HELP THE DETENTION PONDS. THEY DO FILL UP AND THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME THEY ARE EFFECTIVE AND AFTER THAT THEY HAVE NO ABILITY TO PREVENT FLOODING.

THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. >> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> FOR -- TORIA JACKSON.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. VICTORIA JACKSON.

JUDGE WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT SPEAKER.

>> OKAY. >> RUSSELL PARKER, GO AHEAD,

PLEASE. >> YES.

MY NAME IS RUSSELL PARKER AND I HAVE LIVED IN THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.

IN THAT TIME I HAVE WATCHED MY SUBDIVISION FLOOD TWICE.

2500 HOMES WERE FLOODED. MY GOOD FRIEND IN THE SUBDIVISION AT FOUR INCHES OF WATER AND WAS ABLE TO REBUILD. THE SECOND TIME I WALKED IN WITH HIM INTO HIS HOME AND IT LOOKED LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF.

I'M TIRED OF THIS. WE HAVE TO GET SOMETHING ROLLING QUICKER THAN WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE NEED A PLAN FOR SOMEONE TO FIND AND USE THESE MATCHING FUNDS THAT DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PLANS TO GO OUT WITH THE MUD DISTRICTS AND THE OTHER DISTRICTS AND GET THEM TO USE SOME OF THEIR MONEY TO HELP BUILD THESE DETENTION PONDS AND GET FUNDING THAT CAN BE MATCHED.

I JUST THINK WE NEED A BETTER PLAN AND WE NEED TO GET ACTION AND NOT JUST PLANS AND STUDIES.

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

>> THANK YOU. >> PONIAS GARZA.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

ACTUALLY, IT IS STILL GOOD MORNING.

I AM CONNIE EAST STAR -- CONNIE ESPARZA.

I AM A RESIDENT AND HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CASTLE WOOD FOR THE PAST 41 YEARS. I BUILT THIS HOME IN 1979.

I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I WILL BE ADDRESSING FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] SIDE OF WHAT FLOODS.

JUST SPEAKING OF THIS MAKES ME ANXIOUS AND EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL. SIMPLY BECAUSE I FLOODED THREE TIMES IN THE 41 TIMES I HAVE LIVED HERE.

THREE TIMES IN 41 YEARS AND YET WE WERE TOLD WE WERE IN A 500-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN. I WANT TO -- AT THAT TIME I WAS YOUNGER AND I WAS ABLE TO -- THE FIRST TIME WAS

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TROPICAL STORM ALLISON. YOU NEVER FORGET THOSE DATES.

JUNE 9TH. I WAS A YOUNGER WOMAN AND WAS ABLE TO BRING DOWN THE WALLS MYSELF.

SINCE THEN, IN HARVEY I COULDN'T DO THAT.

I WAS MUCH OLDER. I AM IN MY 70S AND CAN'T DO IT. I ALREADY TOLD MY DAUGHTER IF ANYTHING HAPPENS WHICH EVERY DAY I WAS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL TO THE POINT WE CAN'T SLEEP.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE A DETENTION BASIN.

THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED DECEMBER 29TH.

I SIT ON THE BOARD AND THERE IS NOTHING HERE TO -- AND I AM JUST HERE TO PLEAD WITH YOU AND TO LOOK AT THE FORMULA.

IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE GEORGE FLOYD ANNIVERSARY AND WE SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER. WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES MATTER? WE MATTER.

WE MATTER BECAUSE WE GO THROUGH THIS EVERY TIME.

LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU ONE NIGHT OF LIVING IN THE WATER.

I STAYED IN MY HOME AND I HAD 18 INCHES OF WATER IN MY HOME. YOU ARE SO TRAUMATIZED THAT WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS YOU IT IS LIVABLE AND WE ARE SO IN SHOCK IT HAPPENS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU SAY YES AND I DID.

BY THE TIME I WANTED TO RETRACT MY STATEMENT AND SAY THIS IS NOT LIVABLE, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.

I COULDN'T GO TO A HOTEL. I HAD TO LIVE HERE ALL DURING THE TIME. WE SPENT THREE DAYS IN A GARAGE WHILE OUR HOME WAS BEING BUILT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA, GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. CONNIE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY. YOUR VOICE AND YOUR UNFORTUNATE MEMORIES ARE HARD TO HEAR.

I WOULD LIKE FOR TO YOU PUT A CALL INTO COMMISSIONER BUSH.

IT IS 512-463-5001. I WOULD ASK YOU SHARE THAT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AND ASK THEM TO CALL THEM UNTIL THEY CAN GET ANSWERS AND RESPONSES TO YOUR CONCERNS AND THE TRAUMA THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE CAUSED.

FAMILY HAVE GONE THROUGH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

LEADERSHIP. >> THIS IS RODNEY ELLIS.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO COMMISSIONER GARCIA, WE WILL FOLLOW-UP AND WE NEED TO MAKE SOME NOISE.

YOU CERTAINLY KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE.

YOU HAVE BEEN THERE 41 YEARS SO WE WANT TO GET UH GAUGE.

I THINK YOU NEED TO PROTEST THIS ACTION AS MUCH AS WE CAN. WE NEED HUD TO FOLLOW-UP WITH

THIS THIS. >> THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

>> KENNETH WITH SUN BELT BUSINESS WORKERS.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.

I AM A BUSINESS BROKER OPERATING IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA AND MY WIFE MANAGES A REAL ESTATE OFFICE IN SPRING WITH ABOUT 170 AGENTS.

WE HAVE COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THIS TIME NO FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO ADDRESS FUNDING ALONG THE CYPRESS CREEK FLOOD WAY.

I THINK WE HAVE HAD SEVEN FLOODS SINCE 2001 ON CYPRESS CREEK. KWR-78 -- I AM TOLD WE NEED 26,000 OF DETENTION IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THIS.

BUT A THIS TIME THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR ANY OF IT.

I FIND THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

I'M SAYING WE HAVE SEEN A REAL IMPACT ON OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING ALONG CYPRESS CREEK.

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I HOPE THE COMMISSIONERS WILL FIND A WAY TO GET AT LEAST SOME FUNDING FOR THE CYPRESS CREEK AREA IN ORDER TO AT LEAST BEGIN MITIGATING THESE FLOODS.

THANK YOU. >> YOUR HONOR?

>> YES, COMMISSIONER CAGLE AND THEN COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> SIR, WE WILL FORWARD TO YOUR OFFICE SOME INFORMATION FROM FLOOD CONTROL ABOUT THE 12 PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER WAY AND/OR COMPLETED ON CYPRESS CREEK.

>> I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. >> WE WILL FORWARD THAT TO YOU DIRECTLY SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT.

OF COURSE, THERE IS MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THERE IS WORK UNDER -- UNDERWAY AND MORE COMING.

THIS IS WHERE THE CONFUSION IS GLO DEALS WITH HUD DEPARTMENT AND CDBG FUNDS AND THAT'S A LOT OF INITIALS, BUT IT IS A SET OF FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT ARE ADDRESSED TO THREE OTHER WATER SHEDS OTHER THAN CYPRESS CREEK.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE CONFUSION IS.

OUT OF OUR BOND IN 2018 THERE ARE 12 PROJECTS SPECIFIED IN THE BOND AND WE WILL FORWARD TO YOU WHERE THOSE ARE IN THE

PROGRESS. >> ARE ANY OF THEM ON CYPRESS

CREEK? >> 12 PROJECTS ON CYPRESS CREEK. AND WE HAVE ACQUIRED A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES FOR PASSIVE DETENTION AND ACQUIRED SOME OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE -- THAT WE ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGE OF ACTIVE DETENTION AND ONE OF THE EARLIER SPEAKERS TOUCHED ON THIS WHICH WAS WE HAVE SOME FUNDS READY FOR PARTNERS WITH OUR MUD DISTRICTS AND THE PUD DISTRICTS AND WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING PARTNERS WITH THEM AS WELL ALONG CYPRESS CREEK. WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO

YOU IN A LITTLE BIT, SIR. >> I WOULD APPRECIATE.

IT YOU HAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS I BELIEVE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> HOLD ON, SIR. PLEASE DON'T HANG UP YET.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> LET ME JUST ASK YOU TO COPY A PHONE NUMBER DOWN IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH, PLEASE.

>> SURE. GO AHEAD.

>> 512--- >> 512.

>> 463. >> 463.

>> 5001. >> 5001.

>> YES, SIR. THAT IS THE G LRK O OFFICE.

THAT'S THE GLO OFFICE AND I ASK YOU TO GIVE THEM A CALL TO HELP US OUT ON THE AREA THAT'S WE ARE UNDER FUNDED.

>> I WILL DO SO. THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU. >> ALEX RIOS, GO AHEAD,

PLEASE. >> YES.

GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND JUDGE HIDALGO FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

PIE NAME IS ALEX RIOS, RETIRED AND VIETNAM VETERAN.

I LIVE IN THE EAST ALDING AREA.

I AM COMPLETELY DISAPPOINTED THAT HARRIS COUNTY WILL NOT BE RECEIVING ANY FUNDING FOR FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS.

AS A CASTLE WOOD RESIDENT I HAVE BEEN UNDER WATER FOR -- FROM HARVEY AND UH MEDICAL DO.

AND AMELDA. AS A SENIOR ON A FIXED INCOME BUDGET I DON'T THINK I CAN STAND ANOTHER FLOODING.

NO FUNDS FOR FLOODING MITIGATION IS A SURE RECIPE FOR HARDSHIP AND DEATH FOR A LOT OF US SENIORS.

I AM REQUESTING THE COUNTY ASK FOR DIRECT ALLOCATIONS FROM HUD FOR HARRIS COUNTY AND RECEIVE THE FAIR SHARE OF THE FUNDS. AS A SENIOR WE NEED THE RESOURCES AND ASSURANCE THAT WE WILL GET HELP SHOULD WE GET ANY FLOODING DURING THIS SEASON OF HURRICANES THAT IS COMING CLOSE UPON US. THANK YOU, AND KEEP UP THE

GOOD WORK. >> SIR, ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

MR. RIOS, THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO SPEAK TODAY.

YOUR VOICE AND YOUR CONCERNS ARE SO IMPORTANT.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COPY A PHONE NUMBER DOWN IF YOU HAVE

SOMETHING TO WRITE IT. >> OKAY.

>> AREA CODE 512. >> 512.

>> 463. >> 463.

>> 5001. >> 5001.

>> YES, SIR. THAT IS TO THE OFFICE OF THE

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GLO. PLEASE TAKE TIME TO GIVE THEM A CALL AND ASK THEM TO RESPECT AND RECOGNIZE HARRIS COUNTY AND PRECINCT 2 IN PARTICULAR FOR THE UNDER FUNDING THEY

HAVE PARTICIPATED IN. >> OKAY.

I SURE WILL. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> LOPEZ.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> YES, GOOD MORNING.

I AM JULIO LOPEZ AND I LIVE IN THE CLOVER LEAF AREA.

I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FLOODING SINCE I MOVE OUT HERE. MANY PEOPLE KEEP PAYING FOR IT. WE HAVE GOOD SCHOOLS AND GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT. MY KIDS ARE GOING -- MY OLDEST IS GOING TO COLLEGE ON GOOD GRADES.

MY BIGGEST THING IS I HAVE GONE THROUGH THREE FLOODS IN MY HOUSE SINCE MY KIDS WERE YOUNG.

36 INCHES OUTSIDE AND 4 INCHES INSIDE WITH WATER PUMPS AND ELECTRICAL. PICTURE A 10-YEAR-OLD KID INSIDE THAT HOUSE AND SEEING THE WATER RISING.

HOPING THE ELECTRIC DON'T GO OFF, WHICH IT DID.

I LIVE CHECK BY CHECK. I DON'T HAVE A WAY THAT I CAN GO TO A HOTEL AND SPEND THE NIGHT WITH THEM OVER THERE.

IT HURTS ME. HAVE I BEEN TRYING TO GET MY SITUATION FIXED, AND I CAME TO FIND OUTLAST YEAR THAT THIS FUNDING THAT WAS COMING WAS GOING TO BE A BIG HELP.

AND NOW THAT I FIND FIND OUT IT IS NOT, I AM NOT ABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW MAD I AM. WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS WE ARE NOT GOING TO LOOK TO THE PAST, WE WILL LOOK TO THE FUTURE, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PAST TO KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR THE FUTURE. THE PERSON THAT SAID THAT [INAUDIBLE] BY MY FAMILY AND MY HAND AND MY DOING AND I I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH I WILL STICK WITH, WE WILL GET THE MONEY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

THEY NEED PROOF? JUST COME AND ASK US WHEN WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOUSES ON INFLATABLE MATTRESSES. THAT'S THE PROOF THEY NEED, THEN PUT IT ON TV AGAIN. THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT? PROVE IT TO THEM. I THANK YOU ALL FOR TRYING TO FIGHT FOR US ON THIS MATTER. IT IS ALL INTERCONNECTED AND IT WILL AFFECT ALL OF US. IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN DO, YOU CAN COUNT ON US AND MY FAMILY TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU. >> SIR, ONE MOMENT.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ARE YOU ON MUTE,

COMMISSIONER. >> MR. LOPEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING TODAY. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US THE DAMAGE THAT MANY FAMILIES ACROSS HARRIS COUNTY, BUT PRECINCT 2 IN PARTICULAR SUFFERED THROUGH.

I ASK YOU TO ALSO WRITE THIS PHONE NUMBER DOWN PLEASE.

512-463-5001. THAT IS THE NUMBER -- YES, SIR. THAT IS THE NUMBER TO THE GLO OFFICE AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO CALL THEM AND SHARE THESE REMARKS AS WELL TO REMIND THEM AND I THINK YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT. I WILL GET WITH MY OFFICE TO SEE ABOUT PUTTING UP A VIDEO. I GUESS THE GLO WAS LOOKING SOMEWHERE ELSE AND IS NOT WREN -- NOT REMEMBERING THE FLOODING. GOD BLESS YOU AND APPRECIATE

YOU SPEAKING UP. >> MR. LOPEZ, PLEASE STAY ON

THE LINE. >> ACTUALLY, JUDGE, I DON'T NEED MR. LOPEZ, BUT COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS DOING A GREAT JOB DIVING THAT PHONE NUMBER IT ALL OF OUR CALLERS.

CAN WE ASK LUCINDA TO SEND THAT UP TO EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED UP. I THINK 67 PEOPLE SIGNED UP ON THESE RESPECTIVE ISSUES. OF THE FOUR GLO ISSUES COMBINED AND MAYBE WE CAN ASK HER TO GO AHEAD AND FORWARD THAT NUMBER TO ALL OF THOSE 67 CALLERS.

NOT THAT WE SHOULDN'T -- I'M NOT TELLING COMMISSIONER GARCIA TO STOP WHAT HE IS DOING, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT , BUT TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION DIRECT -- DIRECTLY.

>> AND MAYBE IF SHE WAITS UNTIL LATER IT WILL GIVE TALKING POINTS, INCLUDE THE LETTER THAT WE WILL APPROVE IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY APPROVED THAT.

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>> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE HAVE NOT VOTED ON IT YET.

ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT, LUCI IDA.

>> I CAN DO THAT IF YOU CAN FORWARD ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO

SEND. >> GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU. CHARLENE LARGE -- MARGE.

>> I LIVE IN PRECINCT 4. MY HOME WAS DESTROYED COME PLEA -- COMPLETELY BY HARVEY AND THEN AMELDA.

IT CAME THREE INCHES FROM THE CEILING.

WE ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THAT.

MY SON'S HOME WAS DESTROYED AT THE SAME TIME.

I QUO -- I WOULD LIKE TO INTERJECT THAT EVEN THROUGH THAT OUR PROPERTY TAXES TRIPLE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY EXCEPT WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO PREVENT OUR HOMES TO BE DESTROYED. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE.

MY SON IS NOT THE ONLY ONE. PERHAPS THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD BE HELPED BY FLOOD CONTROL.

>> MA'AM, STAY ON THE LINE FOR A SECOND, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA, GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING UP OUR THOUGHTS WE MAIN WITH YOU AND OUR EFFORTS ARE CONTINUOUS TO MITIGATE THE FLOODING OCCURRING AROUND THE AREA ESPECIALLY ON DAYS LIKE TODAY. I DO WANT TO ASK YOUR HELP AS WELL TO CALL THE GLO. THAT NUMBER IS 512-463-5001.

512-463-5001. PLEASE CALL THE GLO AND REMIND THEM WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR NEIGHBORS WENT THROUGH DURING HURRICANE HARVEY AND I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CALL US TODAY.

>> THANK YOU. >> IT IS 12:03 AND WE PROMISED A BREAK EVERY TWO HOURS. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS ON THE LINE, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE AND THE STAFF LET'S TAKE A REAL QUICK 10-MINUTE BREAK UNTIL 12:15 AND WE WILL COME BACK AND CONTINUE. MORE PERSON.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS HERE. IT IS 12:17 AND COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS BACK IN SESSION. LET'S CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM

THE SPEAKERS, LUCINDA. >> RICK MARTINEZ, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. SCHWA HELLO --

>> HELLO, COMMISSIONERS. I AM PASTOR RICK MARTINEZ FROM BETHEL CHURCH AND WE SERVE THE EASTAL -- EAST ALDINE.

OUR CHURCH FLOODED IN IKE AND HARVEY AND AMELDA.

I WOULD LIKE YOU -- LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING OF THE LACK OF FUNDING. I KNOW I AM NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING YOU DON'T KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE VULNERABILITY THAT LOOKS AT THE NEGATIVE AFFECTS ON COMMUNITIES CAUSED BY EXTERNAL STRESSES THE COMMUNITY I SERVE ACCORDING TO THE CDC'S OWN MEASURING SCALE IS THAT THE -- IS AT THE MOST VULNERABLE LEVEL INDICATING THAT IF ANYBODY IN THE AREA NEEDS THE ALLOCATED FUNDING IT IS OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A POLITICAL VENDETTA FROM THE REPUBLICANS AND THE GLO AS A PUNISHMENT TO JUDGE HIDALGO AND MAYOR TURNY. TURNER.

I VOTED FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WITH THE EX -- EXCEPTION OF ADRIAN GARCIA. I VOYTED SINCE I WAS 18 AND -- I VOTED SENSE -- SINCE I WAS 18.

IT IS DISGUSTING THAT THEY ARE HOLDING THIS MONEY HOSTAGE OVER A POLITICAL PILLOW FIGHT.

I AM ASTONISHED A MAN WITH A LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CANNOT OR LET ME REPHRASE THAT WILL NOT DO THE SIMPLE MATH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE.

HURRICANE HARVEY SPARKED FLOODING AND CAUSED $125 BILLION IN DAMAGE AND WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE DISASTERS IN U.S. HISTORY. 300,000 HARRIS COUNTIES -- HARRIS COUNTY STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED.

36 NEIGHBORS PERISHED IN THE COUNTY AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GLO AND THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TO THE SUM OF THOSE

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PARKS EQUALS ZERO. IT MAKES NO LOGICAL SENSE.

ALL OF THE DAMAGE AND STRUCTURES IMPACTED AND THE AMOUNT OF AID WE RECEIVED IS ZERO.

THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN BECAUSE THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY ARE BEING USED AS POLITICAL PAWNS. I INVITE YOU, AS I CLOSE, I INVITE THE GLO TO SWING BY AND COME AFTER THE AFTERMATH OF THE NEXT STORM AS WE ARE CRYING AND PULLING OUT CAR NET AND CABINETS AND FLOR -- FLOORING AND SHEETROCK AND IRREPLACEABLE FAMILY MOMENTOS AND PLACING THEM TO THE ROAD FOR ON -- ONLOOKERS TAKE PICTURES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT IS BECAUSE NOT A DIME WAS SPENT TO IMPROVE OUR DRAINAGE

SYSTEMS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> LET ME -- GIVE ME A MINUTE BEFORE YOU HOP OFF. COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAS A NOTE FOR YOU. YOU CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP US IN OUR -- KEEP US AND OUR NEIGHBORS IN YOUR PRAYERS ON A REGULAR BASIS. I ASK YOU AS WELL TO COPY THIS NUMBER DOWN. 512-463-5001.

THAT IS THE GLO LAND OFFICE NUMBER.

AND WE COULD USE YOUR HELP BY GETTING THE GLO TO REMEMBER WHERE HARRIS COUNTY IS AT AND THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN HARRIS COUNTY. PASTOR, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR

YOUR PRAYERS. >> PASTOR COMMISSIONER CAGLE

HAS A COMMENT AS WELL. >> PASTOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AND THIS IS AN ISSUE ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT ARE ON THE PAGE WITH AS A MIXTURE OF REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AND THEY ARE ON THE CURB WAITING FOR IT TO BE MOVED.

IT IS NOT FROM AN ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE, BUT A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE TWO FEET OF WATER OR A LITTLE UNDER TWO FEET OF WATER IN YOUR HOME.

THANK YOU, PASTOR. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. >> I AM STEPH ME MARGE AND IT IS AN EMOTIONAL THING TO GO THROUGH AND YOU HAVE BABIES AND COME HOME TO NOTHING. WE WERE ON VACATION DURING HARVEY AND FIRST OF ALL HARVEY AND ALL OF THE WATER WAS OVER THE ROOF DURING HARVEY IT WAS HALF AN INCH FROM OVER THE ROOF AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD.

WE ALL NEED THIS. SORRY I'M NERVOUS.

I'M A NERVOUS WRECK BECAUSE I'M EMOTIONAL AS WELL.

LOSING EVERYTHING AND THEN THEY ARE NOT HELPING US.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARCIA, GO

AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, MS. LARGE.

THANK YOU AND FOR YOUR FAMILY TO TAKE THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY. TRUST ME, WE HEAR LOUD AND CLEAR THAT EMOTION IN YOUR VOICE AND OBVIOUSLY FROM THE TRAUMA THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MAY HAVE GONE THROUGH DURING HURRICANE HARVEY. YOU ARE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND VISITING WITH NEIGHBORS WHO JUST FINISHED REMODELING FROM HURRICANE HARVEY JUST TO BE FLOODED AGAIN WITH TROPICAL

TROPICAL STORM IMELDA. >> WE STILL HAVE NO HOME.

>> YEAH. AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FROM DAY ONE. I AM LOST TO TRAY TO EXPLAIN WHY THE GLO GAVE HARRIS COUNTY AND HOUSTON ZERO DOLLARS.

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THERE ARE SO MANY LIKE YOU WHO SUFFERED AND WHO HAD DAMAGE AND WHO ARE CURRENTLY STILL DISPLACED IF YOU WOULD COPY THE NUMBER FROM YOUR FAMILY MEMBER THAT CALLED EARLIER THE 512-463-5001 AND THAT IS THE GLO OFFICE.

AND THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOUR FAMILY.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CALLING. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING. >> KENNETH SUD.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> HELLO.

THIS IS KENNETH SUGGS. I AM A LIFE LONG RESIDENT AND LIVED ALL MY LIFE. I AM NEARLY 60 YEARS OLD.

IT HAS BEEN FLOODING IN THAT AREA SINCE I WAS 10 YEARS OLD. FAMILIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED A NUMBER OF TIMES. LOTS OF MY FRIENDS WERE AFFECTED. I KNOW IT FLOODS AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WATER. HAVE I BEEN IN CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION AND REBUILDING IT IS 50 TO 60 HOUSES FROM TWO FEET TO SIX FEET.

UNFORTUNATELY THE WATER DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE WHETHER IT IS REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT WHEN IT FLOWS THROUGH THE HOUSE. WE NEED THE MONEY BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILT AT THE FLOOD PLAINS AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.

THEY GOT OUT AND COULD NEVER AFFORD TO BUY A HOUSE AGAIN.

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO GET OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN. THE GOVERNMENT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY FROM US AND IT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN BACK TO US.

HARRIS COUNTY VOTES DEMOCRAT AND THERE IS A FLAT OUT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

>> JONATHON ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE?

>> KENNETH? >> I'M SORRY, KENNETH.

>> I KNOW ADRIAN GARCIA. >> LISTEN, MAN, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTE LEER RIGHT.

AS -- YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

AS COMMISSIONER CAGLE SAID, IT IS MOLDED INTO ONE ON THIS ISSUE AND ON THIS CORE. WE ARE ALL FRUSTRATED.

THE GLO HAS FAILED TO BE PRACTICAL AND REASONABLE AND RIGHT IN THIS MATTER. SO, KENNETH, IF YOU WILL DO ME A FAVOR AND CALL THE GLO AND ASK YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO DO SO AS WELL AT 512-463-500. THEY NEED TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THOSE WHO WERE MOST ADVERSELY AFFECTED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, KENNETH, FOR TAKING TIME AND THANK YOU

FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. >> HAVE A GOOD DAY.

>> YOU TOO, BROTHER. THANK YOU, MAN.

>> BECCA RAYNA. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> THIS IS REBECCA RAYNA. THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK. WE WANT TO VOICE OUR SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOCATE DIRECTLY THE CDBG AND MIT FUNDS APPROVED IF THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT TO HARRIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

IT IS UNFAIR AND UNACCEPTABLE THAT OUR AREA SPENT 1 TRILLION GALLONS OF RAIN DURING HURRICANE HARVEY TO THE POINT WHERE MOST COUNTIES WERE UNABLE TO REACH ON YOU FAMILIES AND BEING ISOLATED FOR DAYS.

THOUSANDS OF OTHERS FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES TO SEEK SHELTER DUE TO THE FLOODWATERS COMING INSIDE.

OUR AREA LEFT OUT OF THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO ALLOW AND ENSURE THOUSANDS WILL BE SAFE.

AND THE NORTH SIDE THAT HAS BAYOUS IN BETWEEN US, WE NEED

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HELP NOW. NOT IN THE UNFORESEEN FUTURE.

EVEN A SUDDEN DOWNPOUR STRANDED WITH NO CHOICE, BUT TO SIT AND WAIT IT OUT. IF WE ARE LUCKY, NOT HAVING OUR CARDS FLOODED OUT. THESE EVENTS ARE HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY AND WE NEED THE HELP THAT THE $915 MILLION THAT THE COUNTY SUBMITTED WILL GIVE US.

WE NEED THAT WRY LEAVE AND ANDAL -- AND ALLOCATED ZERO FUNDS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST.

WE APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND THE COUNTY JUDGE AND THE OTHERS TO MAKE SURE WE RECEIVE THE FUNDS FOR SAFETY OF PROPERTY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO

SPEAK TODAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> REBECCA -- JUDGE, THANK YOU.

REBECCA, ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE?

>> YES, SIR. >> GREAT.

REBECCA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

OBVIOUSLY I REMEMBER YOU HAVING TO DO YOUR OWN SHARE.

IF YOU WILL ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO CALL THE GLO AND MAKE THEM HEAR THE STORIES THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE GONE THROUGH AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

LOOK, WE HAVE A FRAGILE ECONOMY ON ANY GIVEN DAY.

WHEN BUSINESSES FLOOD IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT OR MUCH MORE LIKELY THEY WILL HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS MORE PERMANENTLY. I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME AND THE OTHERS IN CONNECTING WITH THE GLO AND HEARING FROM YOU DIRECTLY. THANK YOU.

>> WE WILL DO THAT, COMMISSIONER.

>> THANK YOU. >> HABID WITH AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> THIS IS MUHAMMAD AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER IN THE BAY AREA.

WE WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE FOLK AFTER THE AFTERMATH OF HARVEY. OUR CHAPTER AND THE MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE AND COUNT LITERALLY DOZENS OF HOMEOWNERS IN THE CLEAR LAKE AREA WHO WERE IMPACTED BY THE FLOODING CAUSED BY HARVEY. I STRONGLY URGE THE STATE RELEASE WHAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE FLOOD MITIGATION EFFORTS IN PRECINCT 2 AND THE CLEAR LAKE AREA.

THEY WERE BADLY NEEDED BEFORE.

AND WE WILL HAVE A LOT MORE FLOODING FROM THE STORMS AND THE HURRICANES. EXCISION -- COMMISSIONER GAY ARE SEE YAW, IS WORKING ON AND E

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE FUNDS THAT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE TO MITIGATE FLOODING IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MUHAMMAD, ARE YOU STILL THERE?

>> YEAH. I'M STILL HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO SHARE YOUR CONCERNS.

I ASK YOU AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE THIRD LAKE AREA TO PLEASE CALL THE GLO OFFICE AT 512 HFER 463 -- 512-463-5001. LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN. MAYBE THEY WILL PAY ATTENTION TO YOU. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU. WE'LL DO THAT.

>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. >> GUADELOUPE JIMENEZ, GO

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AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I LIVE IN S HER -- SHERWOOD PLACE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA FOR PRESENTING THIS PROPOSAL TO BYPASS THE LAW OFFICE AND ASKING FOR REMEDY FROM HUD.

OUR FLOOD MITIGATION PROGRAMS ARE AT RISK.

THIS ACTION ON THE PART OF THE G LRK O AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY IS NOT FAIR. FLOODING EVERYTHING ON MY PROPERTY HAVING FLOODWATERS ENTER MY HOME AND MY GARAGE AND DAMAGED MY HOME AND APPLIANCES.

I AM AN ELDERLY SING -- SINGLE WOMAN WHO HAD FLOOD DAMAGE AND STILL TRYING TO OVERCOME THE DAMAGE HARVEY PRESENTED.

EVERY TIME IT RAINS OUR LIVES WILL BE TORN AGAIN DUE TO FLOODING. GLO HAS THE RESOURCES AND WE NEED IT. I AM NOT A POLITICAL PERSON.

I TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF ISSUES.

WHAT MAKES ME MAD IS THE STATE OF TEXAS DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THE IMPACT IT PLACES ON HARRIS COUNTY.

WE DESERVE BETTER. I DESERVE BETTER REPRESENTATION BY THE STATE. AND THANK YOU, ADRIAN GARCIA FOR KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THE BALL.

ASK HUD TO SEND THE NEEDED HARVEY RELIEF DIRECTLY TO HARRIS COUNTY FOR CONTINUED RECOVERY.

TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE GLO, I VOTE AND I WILL NOT FORGET YOUR DREADFUL ACTIONS AGAINST ME AND MY COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. GUADELOUPE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME TO SPEAK. I AM ASKING EVERYONE TO PLEASE CALL THE GLO TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AS YOU DID TODAY.

THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU. 512 --

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> 512-463-5001.

THANK YOU, GO -- THANK YOU GUADELOUPE.

I APPRECIATE YOU. >> I APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. >> TAKE CARE.

>> BILL KELLAN. >> I AM BILL KELLAN, A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF HARRIS COUNTY AND HAVE LIVED IN THE SPRING CYPRESS AREA FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER BEFORE HARVEY AND AFTER HARVEY AND SIMULATED WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS WHERE WE HAVE GUTTED HOMES AND WE HAVE GONE BACK THIS ANDY -- AND REBUILT THE HOMES THAT HAVE FLOODED AND HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. WE ARE JUST VOLUNTEERS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IS PEOPLE HAVE ASKED US HOW DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE HOMES THAT HAVE FLOODED? BASICALLY THE MAP WE USED IS CYPRESS CREEK.

CYPRESS CREEK IS ONE OF THE WATER -- WATER SHEDS THAT IS CRITICAL TO THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE MONEY IS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR FLOOD MITIGATION AND FLOOD CONTROL IN CYPRESS CREEK HAS BEEN WHOAFULLY INADEQUATE.

MUCH LIKE THE GLO THAT THE OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT. AND WE ARE CERTAINLY WANTING THE GLO TO OPEN THEIR EYES AND GETS A GET HELP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. PARTICULARLY WITH CYPRESS CREEK WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SAME THING.

WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ASSIMILATED PLAN OR EXACT FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR WHAT A STUDY HAS SHOWN SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT IT WOULD TAKE 26 DETENTION PONDS ALONG SIGH RES CREEK TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. ONE OF THE REASONS I AM CALLING IS TO CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THE JUDGE IN TRYING TO GET THE GLO TO DO WHAT IS NEEDED, BUT ALSO ASK YOU TO SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THE CYPRESS CREEK AREA AND AREAS EAST AND WEST OF THAT TO GET US THE KIND OF MONEY THAT IT WILL TAKE TO TAKE CARE OF THE FLOODING. THE AREA HAS FLOODED AND IT

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WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD WITH NOTHING BEING DONE.

WE NEED YOUR HELP AND CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WOULD COME OUR WAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS

IF YOU HAVE ANY. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA, GO

AHEAD. >> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.

AS I AM ASKING EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF WHERE IN HARRIS COUNTY YOU RESIDE, THE GLO MUST HEAR FROM YOU DIRECTLY.

IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO CALL 512-463-5001 AND CALL UNTIL YOU GET AN ANSWER, BUT LET THEM HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID AND TO -- WHAT YOU SAID TO US, BUT THEY NEED TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU AGAIN, BILL, FOR

TAKING THE TIME TO CALL US. >> THANK YOU AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS.

BYE-BYE. >> RUEBEN SALAZAR.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I AM A MEMBER OF THE [INAUDIBLE] SUBDIVISION. I WAS HERE SINCE I WAS BORN SO ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW. I WANT TO EXPRESS THE CONCERN OF THE FLOODING IN MY COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY WILL NOT RECEIVE FUND FORGET FLOOD MITT GRACIOUS PROJECTS. MITIGATION PROJECT.

I AM DISAPPOINTED AND WANT TO MAKE SURE HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY IS SAFE. I REQUEST THE COUNTY ASK FOR DIRECT ALLOCATION FROM HUD SO HARRIS COUNTY CAN RECEIVE WHAT IT SHOULD. HARRIS COUNTY EXPERIENCED 40% OF THE REPORTED DAMAGE DURING HURRICANE HARVEY.

PERSONALLY MY NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODS QUITE A BIT AND SPOKE TO MANY RESIDENTS AND THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE TRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCE. I INVITE ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY JUDGE TO NOT SURVEY THE MAIN AVENUES, BUT THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT GO UNDER WATER WHEN IT RAINS A LOT. EVERY TIME IT RAINS FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES THE STREETS ARE UNPASSABLE.

THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT UNATTEND -- UNATTENDED FOR YEARS. THE DITCHES ARE EVEN IN OUR FRONT YARDS. WHEN THE STREETS FLOOD SO DOES THE FRONT YARDS AND I KNOW THE COUNTY JUDGE LIGHTS -- LIKES TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR HOMES -- JUDGE HIDALGO, WHEN THE WATER FLOODS OUR HOME, THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR DITCHES EXCAVATED SINCE 2000 THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE WE ARE EXPERIENCING. THE FACT THAT WE RECEIVED WATER IN OUR HOMES FROM HARVEY AND AMELDA, MEANS WE CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER. I HOPE HARRIS COUNTY DOES THE RIGHT THING AND DEMANDS THAT WE RECEIVE OUR FAIR SHARE OF FUNDS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. RUEBEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME TO CALL AND SHARING YOUR CONCERNS AND EXPERIENCES. I NEED TO YOU CALL.

GLO. AS YOU -- IF YOU CAN TAKE THE TIME TO CALL THEM LIKE YOU CALLED US MAYBE THEY WILL LISTEN TO US. 522-463-5001.

SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW THAT WERE ALSO VICTIMS OF THE FLOODING.

AND REMIND THEM THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE WORKING TO MAINTAIN THE DITCH THAT'S YOU TALKED ABOUT, PRECINCT 2 HAS ONLY BEEN ABLE TO DO 400,000 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE.

LAST YEAR WE GOT TO A 1 MILLION 200,000 AND WE ARE ON TRACK TO DO THAT THIS YEAR AND MAYBE MORE, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT OURSELVES AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE NEED SO MUCH MORE WORK ESPECIALLY ALONG HALLS AND GREEN.

YOUR VOICE WILL HOPEFULLY GET US TO REMIND THE G LRK O WHERE -- GLO WHERE HARRIS CONY -- COUNTY IS AT.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I WILL.

>> THANK YOU. >> KAREN STRAIGHT.

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GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS MEETING.

I LIVE ON [INAUDIBLE] AND I WENT THROUGH HARVEY.

THAT WATER HAD TO COME UP 21 FEET TO PUT 18 INCHES IN MY HOME. WE JUST WENT THROUGH SEVEN DAYS OF WONDERING IF IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

IT DID AFFECT ME WORSE THAN IME -- IMELDA.

EVERYTHING I LOST WAS NOT INSURED.

IT WAS OVER $35,000 AND AS A SINGLE WOMAN WHO WORKS TO MAKE A LIFE FOR HERSELF AND HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN IT IS DEVASTATING. REALLY AND TRULY THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. MY COMMUNITY HAS THEIR PAGE ON FACEBOOK AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW HIGH IS THE WATER GONNA GET? WE HAVE JUST NOW STARTED AND WE GOT A GRANT AND WE HAVE ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD DONE. IT IS COMING APART BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE DITCHES YET. IT IS BETTER THAN NOTHING AND IT IS STARTING TO ERODE BECAUSE OF THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM. WHATEVER I CAN DO AND THE PROPERTY I WORKED FOR TO PAY FOR TO HAND DOWN TO MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, WHATEVER IT IS I CAN DO AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAS A

COMMENT FOR YOU. >> KAREN, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN TODAY AND I SCANDAL -- AND I CAN TELL THE PAIN THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES WENT THROUGH IS STILL FRESH AND LET ME OFFER A POINT OF CLARITY.

IT IS THE STATE GOVERNMENT THAT HAS FORGOTTEN US.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE THE STATE OVER $4 BILLION TO DISPERSE PRIMARILY INTO HARRIS COUNTY AND IN OTHER PLACES AFFECTED BY HURRICANE HARVEY, BUT WITHOUT A DOUBT HARRIS COUNTY RECEIVED THE LION'S SHARE OF THE DAMAGE LIKE YOU REMEMBER. SO I NEED YOU TO CALL GLO.

THAT'S THE STATE OFFICE THAT THINKS THE MONEY BELONGS TO THEM PERSONALLY. THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT IN THEIR BACK POCKET. SO I ASK YOU TO CALL 512-463-50.

SHARE THAT NUMBER WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT HARRIS COUNTY NEEDS AND DESERVES THE MONEY SO WE CAN KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES FROM EVER FLOODING AGAIN. THANK YOU, AGAIN, KAREN, FOR TAKING THE TIME. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT BECAUSE I WAS THINKING IT WAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT IS SO MUCH MORE UPSETTING TO THINK THAT MY STATE WITHHELD THAT MONEY FROM US.

>> COMMISSIONER BUSH IS LEADING -- I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS LEADING, BUT HE IS IN CHARGE OF THAT OFFICE.

PLEASE CALL THEM AND REMIND THEM WHERE HARRIS COUNTY IS AT

AND WHAT WE WENT THROUGH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> HELLO, THIS IS DEBBIE

GARDITICK. >> INTERESTINGLY STRAIGHT IS ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS AND I LIVE IN THE PLANTATION HILLS SUBDIVISION AND BECAME AWARE FROM THE NEWS ABOUT THE ZERO DOLLARS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDING.

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AS COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS AWARE WE DO HAVE A ROAD PROJECT GOING ON OUT HERE IN OUR SUBDIVISION, AND IT WAS WITH THE CONCERTED WORK WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING.

WE DO HAVE DITCH IMPROVEMENT AND IT IS A BLESSING.

THAT PROJECT HAS BROUGHT EMERGENCY SERVICES BACK TO OUR SUBDIVISION. WE HAD AMBULANCE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD NOT GO DOWN THE STREET TO HELP PEOPLE AND IT HAPPENED TIME AFTER TIME.

THEY WERE WALKING IN THERE AND DOING WHAT THEY COULD TO HELP THESE ELDERLY RESIDENTS. WE ARE PAST THAT AND HAVE OUR SCHOOL BUSES BACK HERE. WE HAVE OUR MAIL SERVICE BACK IN HERE. BUT WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE ON GOING PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN I THINK APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. WRY DON'T -- WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE FUNDING. WE GOT THAT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

I AGREES THAT IS A HUD PROGRAM.

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE ROAD WORK OUT IN PLANTATION HILLS. ON TOP OF THAT THERE WAS WORK ON THE FLOOD GATE IN LAKE HOUSTON AND I AM CONCERNED THAT WITH THAT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON THE FLOOD PROJECT? I KNOW WORK WAS DONE ON THAT TO GAIN PROPERTY RIGHTS TO UH -- TO ASSIST IN THE FLOODING ON THIS TIED OF TOWN. THIS SIDE OF TOWN.

THAT'S MY CONCERN AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT THE CITIZENS TO CALL THE GLO, BUT I ALSO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO START TRYING TO BUILD IN BRIDGES WITH THESE OAR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL OFFICIALS WITH HUD OR THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND ANY OTHER AUTHORITY TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A DIRE NEED IN HARRIS COUNTY AND WE SHOULDN'T GET THE SHORTENED OF THE STICK.

IF THIS IS THE FIRST ROUND WHAT STEPS ARE Y'ALL TAKING TO MAKE SURE WHERE WE WILL BE IN THE NEXT ROUND.

I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE MY CONCERN.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT TO MENTION THE TWO ROUNDS.

PART OF THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE SECRETARY AND THE GLO IS TO SAY THAT WE NEED CERTAINTY WE ARE GETTING FUNDS FROM THE SECOND ROUND. WE DON'T WANT TO REVISE CRITERIA AND NOT KNOWING IF WE ARE RECEIVING FUNDING.

WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA, DID YOU WANT TO SHARE THE PHONE NUMBER

WITH HER AS WELL? >> DEBBIE, THANK YOU FOR CALLING. JUST AS THE JUDGE JUST TOUCH OWED WE HAVE WORKED HARD AND RESPECTFULLY MAYBE EVEN BETTER THAN THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO WORK WITH THE G LRK O.

WE -- GLO. WE INVITED THEM IN AND LET THEM WORK WITH OUR STAFF AND THAT'S WHAT IS FRUSTRATING, DEBBIE. WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO CREATE OPEN LINES OF COMMUNE -- COMMUNICATION.

THE GLO COULD HAVE VISITED WITH US AND EXPRESSED CONCERNS.

THEY CHOSE NOT TO. THEY CHOSE TO WAIT UNTIL THIS TIME TO JUST DROP THE CURTAIN ON US.

THEY JUST SAID WE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.

I WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT WE WORKED HARD WITH THEM.

IF YOU CALL THEM AND ASK THEM TO JUSTIFY WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR APPLICATION. WE ASKED FOR CLARITY, BUT THEY ARE NOT BEING VERY TRANSPARENT.

MAYBE THEY WILL DO SO WITH YOU.

THANK YOU, DEBBIE. >> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL MAKE THE CALL.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> TORRES. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM JILL TORRES AND I LIVE IN GOLENA PARK. I AM GREATLY DISAPPOINTED OUR STATE IS CHOOSING NOT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SAFE WHEN THE NEXT STORM HITS. I AM REQUESTING THE COUNTY ASK FOR DIRECT ALLOCATION FROM THE HOTSING AND URBAN -- THE

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HOUSING AND URBAN DAFL -- DEVELOPMENT SO WE RE-- RECEIVE OUR FAIR SHARE. I FLOODED IN IKE HARVEY AND IMELDA. THEY DENIED MY CLAIM BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY ONE WOULD GOT DAMAGE.

DURING THIS RAINWATER CAME IN MY HOUSE TWO TIMES.

I AM A SINGLE MOTHER TO TWO KIDS AND LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. IT IS SCARY TO SEE MY KIDS WORRY EVERY TIME IT RAINS THAT WE WILL LOSE EVERYTHING AGAIN. I MEAN, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT HELP THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAS A PHONE NUMBER FOR YOU JOOVMENT

I THANK YOU, GELDA. >> GALENA PARK DID GET SOME MONEY AND FOR THAT I AM GRATEFUL.

IT IS NOT ENOUGH. I WORKED CLOSELY WITH MAYOR MOYA AND RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES YOU HAVE IN GALENA PARK. SHE IS ONE OF YOUR STRONGEST CHAMPIONS AND ADVOCATES. THE RESOURCE RESOURCES ARE NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH AND SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE GLO AT 512-463-5001. LET THEM KNOW GALENA PARK IS GRATEFUL, BUT IF WE WERE TO GET FUNDING IN OTHER AREAS IT WOULD TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF GALENA PARK AND WE NEED FUNDING FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTY.

GALENA PARK CAN'T DO IT ITSELF.

AND IF THERE IS NO MONEY ALLOCATED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTY THE MONEY GALENA PARK HAS GOTTEN WILL NOT DO THE JOB. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE MONEY,

BUT WE NEED MORE. >> THANK YOU.

>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> YES, GOOD AFTERNOON.

AND THERE IS FIVE FEET OF WATER AND WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF OUR HOUSE OF FUTURE FLOOD MITIGATION THAT WE DISCUSSED.

AND WE DISCUSSED WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WE ATTENDED TWO OF THE AND NOW HERE WE ARE AND LOTS OF STUDIES WERE DONE AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING DONE.

WE CAN SEE THE STREETS FLOODED IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.

EVERY TIME IT RAINS WE ARE ON EDGE.

AND IT IS BY HARRIS COUNTY TO FUND THE FLOODING AND HE SAYS WE HOPEFULLY WILL GET SOMETHING IN THE NEXT ROUND OF FUNDING. MY QUESTION IS WE HAVE SEEN SO MUCH ABOUT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE SINCE HARVEY. THE QUESTION IS WHY ARE YOU APPROVING THE PERMIT. IT IS MAKING THE SITUATION WORSE AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO MITIGATE THE FLOOD.

IN MY MIND IT SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER.

NO MITIGATION HAS TAKEN PLACE.

AND THE HOMES BEING BUILT IN THE AREA AND NO FLOOD MITIGATION DONE. IT IS THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND WE ARE LOOKING LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. IS THERE NO WAY TO WAIT FOR FEDERAL FUNDING AND START PUTTING HOLES IN THE GROUND

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WITH LOCAL MONEY? THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.

>> GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER CAGLE AND THEN COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. THIS IS JACK CAGLE AND I PROBABLY MET YOU AT THE MEETING.

>> YES. >> WE HAD OTHER FOLKS THERE YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT THE FLOOD CONTROL DEPARTMENT NOW OWNS THAT VERY BUILDING AND THE 27-ACRE THERE'S AND WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THE UTILITY DISTRICT IN THE AREA TO TRY TO INCORPORATE HUNDREDS OF ACRES TO GO WITH THE 27 ACRES AND TO GO WITH THE FACILITY TO DO A MAJOR DETENTION PROJECT.

WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN, BUT IT HAS BEEN WIDENED AND CLEARED OUT TO PROVIDE WHICH FLOWS INTO -- AND IF YOU ARE INTO THE WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS YOU KNOW WHAT IS IT, AND GOING EAST THERE IS TC GESTURE. THEY ARE GOING IN ON BOTH SIDES OF TC GESTURE. ONE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS WE TALK ABOUT AND THE OTHER IS IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS BEING WORKED ON AS WE SPEAK.

SOMEONE FROM MY OFFICE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU.

SOMETIMES WE GET THINGS IF THE MAIL THAT SAYS NOTHING IS BEING DONE AND A LOT OF TIMES IT IS BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO SEE THEM. THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE INCLUDING THE BUILDING YOU HAD THE MEETING IN. WE AREY -- WE ARE TURNING IT INTO A FACILITY THAT CAN IMPACT 1200 HOMES.

>> IT IS FLOODING NOW WITH LESS INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE.

WE KNOW THINGS ARE BEING DONE, BUT THE SITUATION IS NOT BETTER. IT SEEMS TO BE WORST.

WHAT ABOUT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION?

>> WE AS A COUNTY HAVE INSTITUTED A REQUIREMENT THAT ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS TO COMPLY WITH ATLAS 14 WHICH IS STRICTER STANDARDS, BUT WE CANNOT STOP PRIVATE OWNERS FROM DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

THERE WAS AN EFFORT FOR A PROPERTY, BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ACQUIRE THAT. THAT IS PRIVATELY OWNED.

THEY DID HAVE TO COMPLY, BUT WE CANNOT STOP PRIVATE OWNERS FROM DOING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHAT THEY WISH.

WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE STRONGEST REQUIREMENTS IN THE STATE. IT IS ATLAS 14 COMPLIANCE.

OUR OFFICE WILL REACH OUT AND TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THIS.

>> I APPRECIATE IT. >> ONE MINUTE.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA WILL SHARE A PHONE NUMBER WITH YOU.

>> LILIANA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING IN TODAY. YOU WILL DO A GREAT SERVICE BY LENDING YOUR VOICE AND CALLING THE GLO.

IF YOU WILL BE CALL 502-463- 5001 LET KNOW -- LET THEM KNOW WHERE HARRIS COUNTY IS AT, SOUTH OF DALLAS.

MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS AT, BUT YOUR VOICE WILL HELP ENSURE THAT HARRIS COUNTY IS NOT FORGOTTEN AGAIN.

THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.

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

>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS COULD I STAPLETON AND I AM LIVING IN PRE SIN -- PRECINCT 4 AND I WILL SHARE SOME QUICK THOUGHTS WITH YOU. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH SEVEN FLOODS SINCE 2001 THAT IS BECAUSE OF NOT RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. I ALSO THINK NO PLANS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. I THINK 26,000 ACRES OF DETENTION IS NOT FUNDED AND IT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE

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GOVERNMENT. I ALSO THINK IN 2018, THE FLOOD BOND GAVE US NO MONEY TO LOWER FLOODWATER LEVELS.

IT IS JUST NOT RESPONSIBLE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER

GARCIA. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. I AGREE.

ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF GOVERNMENT AND THE GLO OFFICE SPECIFICALLY. IF YOU CAN CALL 512-463- 5001 AND REMIND THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT THEY NEED TO PROVIDE GOOD GOVERNMENT TO ITS RESIDENTS IN HARRIS COUNTY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

HAVE A HAPPY DAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> JOHN COZART WITH RD MARKETING GROUP.

GO AHEAD, SIR. >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

I CONCUR WITH THE LADY JUST ON THE PHONE.

THIS IS ALMOST RIDICULOUS WHERE THE GLO AND THE HUD PEOPLE KIND OF FORGET WHO WE ARE IN THIS AREA.

AND EVERYBODY IN THE AREA. BEING A RESIDENT OF THE CYPRESS CREEK AREA AND THE NEED FOR MORE FUNDING TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO HAVE DONE AND IN NORTHERN HARRIS COUNTY AS WELL AS THE OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY. WHAT THIS MONEY NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO US, WE NEED TO USE IT PROPERLY AND INITIATE THINGS TO BE DONE NOW. WE NEED TO SURVIVE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT SEEM TO BE HAPPENING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THE INITIATIVE THAT YOU ALL DO TO PUT FORWARD WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THIS IS JACK CAGLE, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN AND OUR OFFICE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW A FEW THINGS WE ARE DOING ON THE COUNTY SIDE ALONG CYPRESS CREEK.

THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF.

>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING. >> DORIS BROWN, GO AHEAD,

PLEASE. >> YES.

MY NAME IS DORIS BROWN. I LIVE IN THE SCENIC NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN. WE HAD A BOND IN 2018 THAT CALLED FOR EQUITY. THERE WAS NO EQUITY BECAUSE GREENS BIO AND -- GREENS BAYOU AND HALLS BAYOU ARE STILL OUT THERE. ON TOP OF THAT WE HAVE WATCHED OUR HOMES GO UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.

WE WONDER WHY NOT ANY OF THAT MONEY IS NOT BEING USED TO PLUG THE GAP. WE ARE TIRED OF HAVING A CONCRETE JUNGLE. WE HAVE PEOPLE BEING FLEDDED OVER AND OVER REPETITIVELY AND IT IS NOT ON THEM.

IT IS THE PEOPLE WE HAVE ELECTED.

I KNOW JUDGE HIDALGO WAS NOT THERE IN 2018.

MR. ELLIS, YOU PUT THE CLAUSE IN THAT HARRIS COUNTY CHOSE TO IGNORE. WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM? HE IS TALKING ABOUT JUNE 3RD , JUNE 3RD, WELL I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.

EVERYBODY KEEPS TELLING US THE THINGS BEING DONE THAT WE CANNOT SEE. WELL WHAT WE SEE IS WE ARE STILL FLOODING. OUR LIVES ARE STILL IN CHAOS.

WE ARE TIRED OF THIS. THIS IS JUST REPETITIVE OVER AND OVER AND OVER WE ARE JUST TIRED OF THIS.

I COULDN'T LEAVE MY HOUSE. IT WAS IN MY HOUSE AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS JUST TOO MUCH.

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THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING. THEY ARE NOT DOING JAB.

THEY ARE NOT DOING JACK. I AM JUST DISAPPOINTED AT THIS

POINT. >> THANK YOU, MS. BROWN.

THIS IS RODNEY ELLIS. WE HEAR YOU AND WE WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU. WE WANT YOU TO TAKE THE PASSION TO A FEW OTHER FOLKS AND WE WILL GIVE UH LIST OF

PEOPLE TO CALL. >> I CAN DO THAT.

>> I KNOW IT. >> THANK YOU, MS. BROWN.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I AM DARING -- DERRICK ST. JOHN AND CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION THAT IS ON THE COURT AGENDA TODAY.

I AM A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF HARRIS COUNTY AND PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED A DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF FLOODING DURING HURRICANE HARVEY. I ASSISTED MY PARENTS AND WE HAVE REBUILT OUR HOMES. I AM A LICENSED ENGINEER AND MY AREA OF EXPERTISE STRETCH OUR COMMUNITY'S LIMITED RESOURCE AND DOLLARS. THE NEED TO INCREASE OUR RESILIENCY TO FLOODING IS WELL ESTABLISHED.

THE RISK OF INADEQUATE ACTION IS DRIIVE BY -- DRIVEN BY A LACK OF FUNDING IS SIGNIFICANT.

HURRICANE HARVEY DEVASTATED THE TEXAS GULF COAST.

NO -- NOWHERE WAS MORE DEVASTATING.

50 DEATHS AND NEAR -- NEARLY HALF OF THE TOTAL DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF 125 BILLION IN HARRIS COUNTY.

WE KNOW THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OUT REACH TO IMPROVE OUR COUNTY AND WE APPRECIATE IT. I COMMEND THIS COURT FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE EFFORT.

PASSING THE RESILIENCY BOND WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT MAKES EFFECTIVE USE OF THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO THEM.

THEY RAMPED UP PROJECT DELIVERY UPWARDS OF 10 FOLD FROM THE PRE-HARVEY DAYS TO TODAY.

THEY DEMONSTRATED THEIR DISTINCT ABILITY TO EXECUTE PARTNERSHIP FUNDING WITH MULTIPLE STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING A LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS.

WHILE I WANT TO AWARD -- TO CONGRATULATE SOME, THE LACK OF MONEY TO GLO AND HUD FUNDS IS DISAPPOINTING.

BASED ON POPULATION UNFAIRLY SKEWS THE EVALUATION RESULTS.

IT SHOULD FOCUS ON METRICS APPLICABLE TO THE SITUATION.

WE KNOW HARRIS COUNTY WAS THE HARDEST HIT AND THE ABILITY TO PUT THEM TO WORK EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.

IN CLOSING HARRIS COUNTY NEEDS IT TO STRENGTHEN OUR RESILIENCY TO FLOODING AND I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION FOR

TODAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

GO AHEAD. DON'T HANG UP.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND THEN GARCIA.

>> DERRICK, GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

TELL YOUR FAMILY I ASKED ABOUT THEM.

APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN. GET YOUR FAMILY AND EVERIEN GYP NEAR AND -- EVERY ENGINEER TO CALL THE NUMBER MR. GARCIA IS GIVING OUT. GIVE IT OUT 100 TIMES TO YOUR EMAIL LIST. 512-463-5001.

YOU BE REAL CLEAR WITH THEM, DERRICK.

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

DON'T HOLD ANY PUNCHES. DON'T BE NICE.

JUST CALL DOWN THERE AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

>> YES, SIR. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND

THEN COMMISSIONER CAGLE. >> DERRICK, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING TIME TO SHARE YOUR VOICE.

YOU PROVIDED SOME VERY, VERY IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP FROM THE

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ENGINEERING COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR REC COG -- RECOGNIZING THAT THEY NEED THE RESORTSES -- RESOURCES THEY GOT, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH THE TOTALITY OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

EVERY ASPECT OF HARRIS COUNTY NEEDS THE RESOURCES AND IT MAKES NO SENSE TO GIVE THOSE COMMUNITIES FUNDING WITHOUT THE OUR APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED.

IT RENDERS THE INVESTMENT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES VIRTUALLY USELESS IF NOT SUPPORTED BY THE COUNTY.

WE NEED YOUR HELP AND LINEUP THE ENGINEERS AS COMMISSIONER RAMSEY ELUDED TO. THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER CAGLE. >> JUDGE, I HAVE A BIT OF ENCOURAGING NEWS. I HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER SENT BY THE LOGHT LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION OF HARRIS COUNTY.

22 MEMBERS OF THE STATE HOUSE HAVE ALL SENT THEIR LETTER TO COMMISSIONER BUSH PRETTY MUCH ECHOING WHAT WE WILL BE VOTING ON. WE HAVE SIGNATURES AND REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS A TERRIBLE DECISION AND NEEDS TO BE REVERSED AND/OR CORRECTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

I WANT TO COMMEND THE BIPARTISAN SAW PROTEI OF THE LOCAL DELEGATION -- APPROACH OF THE LOCAL LEGAL GAGES TO MAKE SURE WE GET FAIR TREATMENT WITH REGARDS TO THE THESE FUNDS INTENDED TO BE DECEMBER SINNED -- TO BE DECEMBER CONTINUED FOR HARRIS AND HOUSTON AND WERE NOT.

>> THAT'S GREAT NEWS. >> GO AHEAD, LR UCI -- LU

CINDA. >>

>> KATHERINE COLBERT, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

I AM KATHERINE COLBERT AND I AM A RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN PRECINCT 1 IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.

I AM HERE IN REGARDS -- IN REGARDS TO THE GLO AND AWARDING FUNDS. I WAS ON THE CALL WHERE YOU DESCRIBED THE CALCULATION THAT'S WAS USED TO DETERMINE THE FUNDING AND I AGREE THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GLO IS PUNISHING THE URBAN AREAS. AS COMMISSIONER RAMSEY SAID THERE IS A LOT OF FINGER-POINTING.

WE NEED THE MONEY TO RECOVER FROM PREVENT SIMILAR SITUATIONS FOR THE NEXT STORM.

THERE WILL BE MORE STORMS. I SUPPORT THE DEMANDING OF THE RE REVISED REQUEST FOR FUNDS. THE DELAY IN FUNDING ISST COULDING LIVES AND HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

HAVE I BEEN WORKING WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IN THE HALLS AND GREENS BAYOU WATER SHED.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW THOSE PEOPLE ARE FEELING AFTER YET ANOTHER ROUND OF PROMISES ARE NOT GOING TO GET FUNDY.

GET FUNDED. PLEASE GO BACK AND FIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO THRIVE. COMMISSIONER GARCIA, I HAVE THE NUMBER AND IT HAS BEEN SHARED WITHIN OUR GROUP AND WE

ARE ALL -- >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> GLADYS, GO AHEAD. >> I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE 440 AREA HAS NOT RECEIVED 1 CENT OF THE GLO FUNDING FOR DAMAGED HOUSING AND WE ALSO APPLIED FOR HARRIS COUNTY FOR THIS FUNDING. ALL I RECEIVED WAS A CAMPAIGN LETTER FROM ADRIAN GARCIA AND LOTS OF EMAILS ABOUT RE-ELECTING HIM. I AM SCERN -- I AM CONCERNED THAT I AM PROMPTED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT THAT BECAUSE WE ARE IN HOUSTON WE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THE FUNDING. IT IS LIKE BEING TAXED WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. IN THE FIFTH WARD THERE ARE PARKS DONE BY HARRIS COUNTY. ONE OTHER CONCERN IS HOW

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FUNDING IS ADAMANT ABOUT FIGHTING GLO AND FUNDING OTHER AREAS WITH THE TAX DOLLARS, WELL THAT'S HOW WE FEEL.

HOW THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT -- HOW THE FUNDING IS GOING TO OTHER PLACES AND SKIP US. AND THEN AS WHAT IS NEEDED IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON -- ADDRESSING IS NEEDED OVER THERE, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.

WHO IN THE WORLD INVESTIGATES THE TAX COLLECTOR AND ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND OPERATIONS? IT IS A GREAT DEAL OF CORRUPTION AND INJUS -- AND INJUSTICE GOING ON. CAN SOMEBODY ANSWER THAT FOR

ME? >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> GLADYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR STRONG AND POWERFUL VOICE. I DON'T LIKE THAT YOU DON'T LIVE IN MY PRECINCT. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING YOUR VOICE AND IF YOU WOULD, CALL THE G LRK O.

THEY NEED -- CALL THE GLO. THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.

>> THEY DO. THEY HEAR FROM ME QUITE

OFTEN. >> GLADYS, RODNEY ELLIS AND ALWAYS GLAD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.

>> IS THAT RODNEY? >> I DO MY WORK AND I DO MY BEST. I WILL MAKE SURE SOMEBODY

CALLS YOU. >> ALL RIGHT THEN.

APPRECIATE IT. >> ANSWER THE PHONE.

ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN AT THE CALL.

DON'T HANG UP ON THEM. >> NO, NO, NO.

MY PHONE IS TRIGGERED WHERE IF YOUR NAME IS UNIDENTIFIED IT IS KNOWN TO MAGNETIZE IT UNTIL IT IS ANSWERED.

YOU JUST NEED TO CALL. >> I WILL CALL FROM THE OFFICE

SO YOU CAN SEE MY NAME. >> BYE.

>> JUDGE, DID YOU WANT ME TO DISPLAY THE NUMBER AND SHARE

MY SCREEN? >> SURE, YES, FOR THE FOLKS CALLING FROM A COMPUTER THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

BEAR WITH ME FOR A SECOND WHILE I DO THAT.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> MAYOR JERRY MUTON. >> IT IS AN HONOR TO ADDRESS COMMISSIONER'S COURT. I AM CALLING TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ABOUT BLOCK GRANTS TO MITIGATE DRAINAGE. THE CITY OF DEER PARK HAD IN EXCESS OF 50 INCHES OF RAIN DURING HARVEY WE HAVE SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING THAT OCCURRED AND ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD DISTRICT. I AS A MAYOR IN PRE -- PRECINCT 2 IS CALLING TO SUPPORT YOU AS YOU PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION. IT IS DISTURBING AND DISAPPOINTING THAT WE HAVE A BIPARTISAN BILL PASSED BY CONGRESS TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION AND IT IS NOT BEING ADEQUATELY DISTRIBUTED TO THE AREAS OF NEED.

I KNOW WE RECEIVED SOME ASPECT OF THIS, BUT WE HAVE SHOVEL-REAY PROJECTS WE HAD TO PUT ON HOLD.

WE ALL NEED TO RAISE OUR VOICE TO MAKE SURE IT IS DISTRIBUTED EVENLY AND THANK YOU FORGIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS

COMMISSIONER'S COURT. >> MAYOR MUTON THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. PLEASE REFER YOUR CITY TO CALL THE G LRK O. GLO.

THE NUMBER IS 512-463-5001. GALENA WAS SUPPORTED AND PASADENA AND BAY TOWN, THE WHOLE CORRIDOR.

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THE REALITY IS THE REST OF THE COUNTY NEEDS FUNDING SO YOUR CITIES WILL BE MUCH MORE RESILIENT.

THE FUNDING FROM PRE SINK 2 -- FROM PRECINCT 2 IS HELPING ABOUT 500 HOMES IN YOUR CITY. THAT'S A GOOD START, BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE AND GLO DEFINITELY NEEDS TO DO ITS PART. THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO SHARE YOUR VOICE AND ASK YOUR CITY TO CALL THE GLO'S

OFFICE. >> WILL DO, COMMISSIONER.

>> MAYOR MUTON, TOM RAMSEY. A QUICK COMMENT.

I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER PATTERSON IN DEER PARK.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF HE COULD GET THE WORD OUT TO THE 33 CITIES IN HARRIS COUNTY TO ENGAGE IMMEDIATELY.

YOU HAVE THE NUMBER COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAS GN

GIVING OUT. >> YES, SIR.

>> IF YOU CAN GET COUNCILMEMBER PEATER -- PATTERSON TO MAKE THE CALL THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> CONSIDER IT DONE, SIR. >> MAYOR, ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU. IT ALWAYS ENDS UP BEING BAD NEWS, BUT IT IS GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

>> JUDGE DASH -- DASH THIS IS RODRIGUEZ KNEE EL -- THIS IS RODNEY ELLIS. IT IS ALL IN THE GLO'S COURT.

WHETHER WE PROTEST THIS OR WHETHER WE WERE TO PERSUADE HUD TO GO BACK AND DO A DIRECT ALLOCATION TO ANY CITY OR COUNTY THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REGISTER PROCESS THAT MAY EVEN BE MORE TIME-COMSUMING AND IT IS SOMETHING WE COULD REVERSE AND MAKE MORE EQUITABLE.

I SAW A NOTE THAT THE GLO GAVE THEMSELVES ABOUT 300 MILLION IN ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. THAT'S MORE MONEY THAN ANYBODY GOT IN HARRIS COUNTY BY THE WAY.

I THINK THERE IS 500 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE CAUSE -- TO THE COG. SO MUCH OF THIS IS IN GLO'S BALLPARK TO SOLVE IT OR WE WILL END UP IN A PRO TRACTED FIGHT THAT SLOWS DOWN PROJECTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THIS IS RODNEY ELLIS, BY THE

WAY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU. >> VERONICA SANCHEZ.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS VERONICA SANCHEZ AND I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER FOR 35 YEARS.

I AM NOT ONLY DISAPPOINTED, BUT OUT RIGHT UPSET THAT OUR STATE IS CHOOSING NOT TO MAKE SURE HARRIS COUNTY IS SAFE WHEN THE NEXT STORM HITS. THESE DAY -- THESE DAYS IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT WE ARE NOT RECEIVING ANY FUNDS.

I WANT TO REQUEST A DIRECT ALLOCATION SO THEY RECEIVE THEIR FAIR SHARE SINCE WE RECEIVED 40% OF THE REPORTED DAMAGE. HAIR SCREE -- HARVEY WAS NOT A ONE-TIME DEVASTATION. IT CAUSED FEAR FOR MY FAMILY AND FOR MYSELF SINCE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT STORM WILL FLOOD US AGAIN. MY HOME HAS GONE THROUGH ALLISON AND HARVEY AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING IS THE ONLY THING WE THINK ABOUT WHEN IT RAINS.

EVERYTHING MY GRAND PARENTS ANSWER -- OWNED WAS DESTROYED AND THERE IS A FEELING THIS WILL NEVER BE OVER.

HARRIS COUNTY NEEDS FUNDS FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.

>> PLEASE STAY ON THE LINE ONE MINUTE.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU.

VEER RON COW -- VERONICA, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CALL IN AND SHARE YOUR CONCERNS.

I KNOW THE DAMAGE YOUR AREA HAS TAKEN ON IN YEARS PAST.

ESPECIALLY WITH HARVEY. IT IS CRAZY THE GLO THINKS IT IS GOOD BUSINESS TO NOT FUND AN AREA LIKE THAT IN HARRIS COUNTY. WRITE THIS NUMBER DOWN.

512-463-5001 AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.

IT IS NEAR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

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REMIND THEM THAT WE NEED TO GET OUR FAIR SHARE OF THAT MONEY SO WE CAN PROTECT YOUR COMMUNITIES AND YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR BUSINESSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CALL AND PLEASE SHARE THAT NUMBER WITH YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU. >> MARK SOLANO.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU.

THIS IS MARK SOLANO. OUR ORGANIZATION IS A NONPROFIT MADE UP OF PARTNERS, STAKEHOLDERS DEDICATED TO THE POST HARVEY SOLUTION. I SERVED AS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT NRG AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY.

I SAW IT UP CLOSE. I DON'T NEED TO SEE THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE WHO EVACUATED NOT KNOWING IF THEIR HOMES OR PETS WOULD BE THERE WHEN THE STORM CLEARED.

I AM CALLING TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS SO PEOPLE LISTENING CAN GET A LEVEL SET AT WHAT IS GOING ON.

WE ARE EFFORTS -- WE ARE SUPPORT SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS WHY -- TO FIND A REMEDY AND OUR ORGANIZATION IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF FINDING A COMMON DIALOGUE TO FIND OUT WHAT WENT WRONG. WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OUR SERVICES TO HOLD MEETINGS TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.

WE ARE THANKFUL YOU ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT. OUR MEMBERS WANT TO KNOW WE UNDERSTAND THE CITY AND THE COUNTY EACH APPLIED SEPARATELY FOR FUNDING. WAS THERE A STRATEGY BEHIND THAT? IT JUST MEANT GREATER COMPETITION FOR THE SAME POT OF MONEY.

WE JUST WANT AN ANSWER AND CLARITY THERE.

WERE THEY AWARE OF THE MANY THINGS IN STORE? WE NEED THAT SCORE BEFORE WE CAN FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.

AT THIS POINT WE ARE PAST POINTING FINGERS.

WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE RIGHT NOW IN OR TO MAKE THE PROJECT APPLICATION MORE COMPETITIVE.

BEFORE I JUMP OFF I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING PRO ACTIVE AND THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

WE HOPE TO HAVE MORE OF THESE AND MAYBE CAN HAVE MEETINGS IN-PERSON. THANK YOU SO MUCH OF.

>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CALL AND I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS. YOU HEARD 3450E AND I NEED YOU -- YOU HEARD ME AND I NEED YOU TO ASK YOUR MEMBERS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO CALL 512-463-5001 AND ASK THE GLO THOSE THINGS. WE NEED CLARITY.

THERE IS NO WAY ANY OF US UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CAME TO BE. YOU WOULD HELP BY ALSO PUTTING THOSE QUESTIONS TO THE GLO AND CHALLENGING THEM TO PROVIDE THE JUSTIFICATION OF WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT.

JUDGE, TO MARK'S P POIT, ONE THING I WANTED TO DO QUA TO ASK -- TO DO WAS TO GIVE RUSS TO GIVE AS YOU SPEAKER AND SINCE WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS TO GO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND TO ASK RUSS TO GIVE US A BRIEFING ON HIS PERSPECTIVE. I AM NOT SURE IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO NOW OR IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT.

MARK REMINDED ME I WANTED TO DO THAT BEFORE THE SPEAKERS STARTED SO WE CAN GET FURTHER INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP THOSE LISTENING TO TODAY'S MEETING.

>> I THINK WE CAN. I WILL NOTE WE STILL HAVE 40 SPEAKERS AND WE ARE ABOUT TO HIT 2:00 AND WE WOULD BREAK FOR LUNCH. LET'S DO THAT AND THEN WE CAN TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THE SPEAKERS FASTER.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER KAY GEL.

IMASH -- COMMISSIONER CAGEL. >> NOT ONLY DID WE HIRE ONE OR

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TWO, BUT WE HIRED THREE PROFESSIONALS.

A COUPLE ARE NATIONAL PROFESSIONALS.

IN TERMS OF US DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE OF FILLING OUT THE FORMS, WE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN ON A NAPKIN.

WE HIRED NATIONALLY KNOWN PROFESSIONALS TO ASSIST US AND FOR ALL OF US TO BE SURPRISED BY THIS RESULT TO ME IS A BIG SHOCKER. AS A GENERAL RULE WHEN YOU ARE PAYING THE BEST KNOWN PROFESSIONALS IN THE COUNTRY TO HELP YOU OUT, NORMALLY YOU WILL HAVE A GOOD APPLICATION.

OR AT PLEAS GIVE US THE COURTESY -- OR AT LEAST GIVE US THE COURTESY OF LETTING US KNOW YOU ARE CHANGING THE RULES AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> WHY DON'T WE HAVE BUDGET -- IF BUDGET CAN GIVE US A BRIEF SUMMARY THAT WE SHOULD KNOW AND THEN RUSS AND THEN CONTINUE ON WITH THE SPEAKERS.

WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AT 2:00 AND VOTE ON THE MOTION.

GO AHEAD, DAVE. >> I TRUST RUSS POPPY WILL FILL IN ANYTHING I MISS. I THINK YOU USED THE WORDS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROCESS OF CHOOSING PROG JICTS, THE -- PROJECTS THE DECK WAS STACKED AGAINST HARRIS COUNTY.

THERE WAS A PRETTY BIG PENALTY IF YOU HAD URBAN AREAS YOU LOST POINTS. THERE WAS ANOTHER FACTOR THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER WELL -- WEALTHY PARTS OF TOWN -- EVEN PROJECTS THAT WOULD HELP LOW PROPERTY VALUES WERE AFFECTED. WE STARTED ABOUT 18 POINTS IN THE HOLE OUT OF 100. WE ARE CONVINCED THAT IF THOSE FACTORS WEREN'T THERE WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN SOME APPLICATIONS. THAT GOES TO THE METRICS AND THE PROCESS, BUT I THINK IT IS WORTH SAYING WE HAVE DONE THE INITIAL REVIEW AND I THINK THE RESULTS ARE BOTH IN -- INEQUITABLE AND INEFFICIENT. IT IS INEQUITABLE BECAUSE NO JURISDICTIONS GOT A DOLLAR. DESPITE THE FACT THAT 80% OF TEXANS LIVE IN A COUNTY MORE THAN 160,000 PEOPLE AND MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN 160,000 PEOPLE.

AND MOREOVER EVEN AS FAR AS EFFICIENCY IT HAD A BETTER COST PER BENEFIT RATIO THAN WERE AWARDED.

MOREOVER WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL BENEFICIARIES.

ALL OF THE PROJECTS GOT OVER A BILLION DOLLARS.

CERTAINLY WE HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF FOLKS IT WAS A LIVED EXPERIENCE. I TRY TO BE A STEWARD OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND I THINK FOLKS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL SHOULD BE CONCERNED THAT THE RESULTS WERE INEBBING WIT --EN I CAN WET -- INEQUITABLE.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO FIGURE OUT IT WAS INEQUITABLE AND

INY -- AND INEFFICIENT. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS?

>> DAVE, DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS LEFT AT GLO? THE INITIAL AMOUNT WAS -- IS THERE 1 BILLION LEFT OR DO WE KNOW?

>> IT IS HURRICANE HARVEY MITIGATION FUNDS.

THERE IS OVER A BILLION LEFT. THERE ARE OTHER FUNDS AVAILABLE. I HAVE PERFECT CLARITY.

>> HE MAY JUMP IF HE KNOWS THAT.

IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS I CALL ONE OF THE EXPERTS THAT HAD GIVEN PRO BONO ADVICE. IN TERMS OF WHERE WE GO FROM HERE IT WAS SPLAIFN -- IT WAS EXPLAINED IF HUD WAS GOING TO

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A -- AN ALLOCATION THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PRO TRACTED ALLOCATION THROUGH THE REGISTER.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK MAYBE WE CAN WAIT UNTIL EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE IT COULD BE A LEGAL ISSUE.

OR IF WE FOUND A PROTEST TO THE CRITERIA IT WILL SHOW INEQUITY. YOU CANNOT DIS -- DISCRIMINATE. IF YOU CAN GIVE US SOME I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE LISTENERS.

>> JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POSSIBLE AVENUES HERE. ONE COULD BE TO PROVIDE A DIRECT ALLOCATION TO THE COUNTY, ANOTHER IS TO MAKE RECIPIENTS OF THE FUND. NEITHER HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT THERE #R* PATHS TO DO IT. ONE OTHER THOUGHT AND I INVITE RUSS TO JUMP IN. THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THE ALLOCATIONS. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT WILL WORK, BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL.

I THINK WE GOT AN INEQUITABLE RESULT.

>> YOUR OFFICE IS DOING A STUDY AND I AM TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE GET -- IF WE HAVE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PUBLIC AND WE CAN SUBMIT TO HID -- HUD TOO TO PUT PRESSURE ON. EVEN IF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WALK AWAY FROM A HALF A BILLION EACH.

WE PUT IN THE REQUEST FOR MORE THAN THE CITY DID.

TO WALK AWAY FROM THAT BE NEED A CLEAR UNDERRING THAT THEY L GOING TO DO SOMETHING. IF WE WANT TO DIRECT ALLOCATION AND WE CAN ASK LEGAL, BUT IT DELAYS IT MORE AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH THE DIRECT ALLOCATION PROCESS IF YOU FILE A PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

THE QUIG -- THE QUICKEST ROUTE FOR EVERYBODY IS TO MAKE A COMMITMENT IN WRITING SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

WE ARE TAKING A HIT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE

GOING TO GET. >> WE ARE ALL LEARNING.

I AM NOT A HUD EXPERT, BUT THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY WHAT I KNOW. THERE ARE MULTIPLE POSSIBLE WAYS. TO GET OUT THERE AND THEY WILL GIVE US AS A DIRECT ALLOCATION THAT AT A MINIMUM.

>> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> AS YOU GO THROUGH AND COLLECT THE INFORMATION ON EXPACT -- ON EXACTLY WHO THEY GAVE THAT MONEY TO IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK THE HUD -- EXCUSE ME. I THINK THE HUD AUDIT OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WILL BE AN IMPORTANT STEP.

I DON'T THINK MANY OF THESE AWARDS LOOK AT CONGRESSIONAL INTENT. IF YOU LOOK AT CON GREPTIONAL INTENT -- CONGRESSIONAL INTENT NONE OF IT RELATES TO THAT.

EVEN THOUGH H -- HUD PARTICIPATED THEY WERE NOT INVOLVED. THE OTHER THING WHEN ENTITIES LIKE. -- LIKE HGAC WERE GIVEN 500 MILLION.

DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN 500 MILLION DOLLARS THEY L AS -- THEY ARE AS

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DYSFUNCTIONAL AS THE GLO. IT WOULD BE LIKE KATRINA HITTING NEW ORLEANS AND THEN GIVING THE MONEY TO BAT TON -- BATON ROUGE. IT DOES PRESIDENT MAKE SENSE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THE NUMBERS SO WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS. I THINK AMENDING THE PLAN, THE PEOPLE WHO CAME UP WITH THE CRITERIA SAY IF YOU WANT US TO AMEND THE NEXT ROUND WE CAN DO THAT.

WE CAN MODIFY THE FLAN. THE PLAN.

WHATEVER WAY WE CAN GET THE BILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO HARRIS COUNTY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE THAT, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW OUR OPTIONS BEFORE WE

START GOING DOWN THAT ROAD. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. I WAS COMING TO THE SAME CONCLUSION THAT COMMISSIONER RAMSEY WAS JUST TOUCHING ON.

HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS AND THAT'S NOT THE REALITY. THE GLO WAS REVERSING THE FUNDING IRRESPECTIVE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

I THINK THE GLO WAS BEING INCREDIBLY GNAW -- NEFARIOUS.

THEY SHOULD HAVE TOLD US A LONGTIME AGO -- I MEAN, $9 BILLION OF APPLICATIONS WAS NOWHERE NEAR WHAT WE COULD HAVE EXPECTED TO BE FUNDED. AND THEN TO MOVE FORWARD AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS IF THE STATE, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A TICKER TAPE ABOUT HOW THE MONEY WAS LEAVING THE STATE COFFERS OR BEING PROF OPERATED.

-- APPROPRIATED SO WE CAN KNOW ALL ALONG WHAT IT WOULD BE THAT WE ARE COMPETING FOR. THE NEWS IS GETTING WORSE BY

THE DAY. >> RUSS, DID YOU HAVE

SOMETHING TO ADD? >> YES, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS RUSS POPPY.

KIND OF IN LINE WITH THIS ZAGS -- DISCUSSION AND WHAT ABOUT BERRY SAID, WE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE SCORING CRITERIA THAT WAS USED THAT HAS NO BEARING ON THE PROJECT QUH IS THE PER CAPITA MARKET VALUE AND HOW THE GLO APPLIED THE SOCIAL VOL BETTER BUILT INDICESES.

AS WELL AS PROJECT IMPACT WHICH IS DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST THE LARGELY POPULATED ENTITIES.

IF YOU TAKE THOSE FACTORS INTO CONSIDERATION THAT IS ALMOST 23 POINTS NOW OFF THE TOP. THAT WE COULD NOT ATTEND AT HARRIS COUNTY OR HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL OR APPLICATIONS. OUR PERFECT SCORE OF 82 THE AVERAGE OTHER SCORES WERE 83. WE STARTED OFF ON LOW FOOTING TO TRY TO GET COMPETITIVENESS FOR CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING.

WE REACHED OUT TO GLO AND ASKED FOR A FOLLOW-UP MEETING. THEY OFFERED TO MEET UP WITH

THEM. >> JUST A NOTE FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BEFORE YOU CONTINUE.

AND ALSO FOR THE MEMBERS OF COURT.

ON THE STRATEGIC DETAILS AS TO THE CALLS AND WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS, WE OUGHT TO SAVE THAT FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

BE MINDFUL OF THAT, RUSS. >> THAT'S GOOD ADVICE.

WE MET WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO COME UP WITH THE COLLABORATED ASK. WE UH -- APPLIED FOR 900 MILLION AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON 475 MILLION, 476 MILLION. THAT'S THE COORDINATED

EFFORTS. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND

THEN COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

RUSS, THANK YOU FOR COMING BEFORE US AND SHARING A FEW THOUGHTS. FOR THE READERS -- FOR THE LIS -- LISTENERS' SAKE AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY TOUCHED ON IT, THE GLO SAID OUR APPLICATIONS WERE DEFICIENT.

COMMISSIONER KAY GEL TOUCHED -- COMMISSIONER CAGEL

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SAID WE HIRED SOME OF THE TOP FIRMS IN THE COUNTRY.

AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE GLO ABOUT OUR APPLICATIONS BEING DEFICIENT? SECONDLY, WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THE WORK OF THE FIRMS WE HIRED TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATIONS AND THAT THE GLO IS SAYING BY VIRTUE OF THEM SAYING TO US THAT OUR APPLICATIONS ARE DE -- DEFICIENT.

WERE THEY THIRD RATE? AND JUST BY WHAT YOU SAID HOUSTON APPLIED FOR 476 MILLION.

WE APPLIED FOR 900 MILLION IT SEEMS LIKE HOUSTON KNEW THE CAP AVAILABLE WAS 500 MILLION.

DID WE MAKE A STRATEGIC ERROR IF THE MAX CAP WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 500 MILLION. IF YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

>> THAT'S ONE OF THE POINTS OF CLARIFICATIONS WE WOULD LIKE TO GET. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION CORRECTLY.

THE ONLY THING WE CAN COME TO THE CONCLUSION THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PROJECT BENEFICIARIES.

THAT'S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HELPED BY THE PROG -- PROJECT. INSTEAD OF JUST LOOKING AT WHAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE PROJECT THERE IS SOFTWARE THAT IS USED. WE USE THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE WATER SHED IN WHICH THE PROJECTS WERE LOCATED.

THIS WAS AN EFFORT TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES.

I WAS ABLE TO LOOK INTO THAT AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS WE CONFIRMED. THEY WENT OUT AND APPLIED FOR THE RFQ'S. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IT WAS A DIVIDE AND CONQUER. EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CONSULTANT TEAMS HAD APPLICATIONS THEY WERE WORKING ON THEMSELVES AND AN OVER ARCHING EFFORT TO HELP US CALCULATE THE BENEFICIARIES. FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THE STAFF WORKED WITH US CLOSELY AND THEY DID A LOT OF WORK IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. WHEN THEY OPENED THE APPLICATION WINDOW WE NEEDED TO DO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE FIRM'S CAPABILITIES WERE THERE TO GET THEM SUBMITTED BY THE OCTOBER TIME FRAME. AND THE LAST QUESTION IS THE APPLYING OF 900 MILLION. THAT'S SPLIT BETWEEN HARRIS COUNTY AND HAIR RS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.

FLOOD CONTROL WAS 400 AND HARRIS COUNTY WAS 419.

AND AS WE DISCUSSED HOUSTON 476.

IF YOU LOOK INDIVIDUALLY WE ARE NECK AND NECK WITH OVERALL

STRATEGY. >> AND THEY ARE REALLY CHALLENGING YOUR LEADERSHIP. THEY SAY HARRIS COUNTY WOULD

NEVER GET AWARDED. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BASIS FOR THEIR COMMENTS. WE DON'T SCR A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE GLO. WE HAVE A GOOD REPORT FROM THEM AND OTHER REPORTS FROM OTHER FEDERAL INTAU TEES.

I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER, BUT I NEED TO

LEARN MORE FROM THE GLO. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND THEN

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

IT 342 MILLION, I ASSUME IT IS 342 MILLION OUT OF THE 4 FOIN

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2 -- 4.2 BILLION THE FEDS GAVE US FOR THIS DISASTER?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND ON CONSULTANTS. THEY HAD 342 MILLION PLUS WHAT THEY GOT FROM THE STATE. WE ANTICIPATED THAT QUESTION AND WE ARE PUTTING THE FINANCIAL BACKING.

WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. I WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH THAT

NUMBER. >> AND JUST MAKING A POINT, BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT IN LINE OF COMMISSIONER GARCIA'S QUESTION, WHAT EXPERIENCE AS THE GLO HAD THEY -- HAS THE G LRK O HAD? WHAT EXPERIENCE HAVE THEY HAD FLOODED PROJECTS. IS IT IN THAT ARENA?

>> WITH HUD AND TRICKLING DOWN TO THE GLO, THE MITIGATION FUNDS ARE A FAIRLY NEW PROGRAM FOR HUD AND GLO.

>> IT WILL COME UP IN STRATEGY.

I DON'T THINK FOR MY YEARS IN GOVERNMENT THERE HAS BEEN A BEACH CLEAN UP. AND EVEN WITH THESE BOXES, EVEN IF WE GOT THE POINTS, WOULD IS IT HAVE MADE IT

DIFFERENCE? >> I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT WOULD BE SUBJECTIVE TO

ANTICIPATE OR GIVE AN ANSWER. >> AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS POINT. WHEN I READ YOUR MEMO 500 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR COGS.

I GUESS THAT IS STATEWIDE. WHATEVER COGS IS AT.

I THINK THIS IS FROM YOU. >> YES.

AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY.

THAT IS FOR STATEWIDE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT.

OUT OF THE 500 MILLION, HGAC WASSAL -- ALLOCATED.

IT IS HALF. >> OUT OF THE $4 PONE 2 BILLION -- $4.2 BILLION POT AS IT RELATES TO HARVEY OR ANY OTHER DISASTERS THERE IS 500 MILLION TO COGS AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. YOU RAISE THE QUESTION HAS

THAT MONEY GONE OUT? >> CORRECT AND THAT IS PART OF THE STRATEGY DISCUSSION WE NEED TO VVMENT.

>> THANK YOU. I WILL SAVE MY QUESTIONS FOR

THE STRATEGY SESSION. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I VED HA THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE GLO STAFF THAT CAME UP WITH THE METRICS.

I BROUGHT MY 45 YEARS OF ENGINEERING PROJECTS AND GRANT FUNDING RELATED TO OTHER AREAS.

THE GLO IS INCOMPETENT AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I CAN SAY THAT WITH GREAT SPECIFICITY AND NOT ONLY WITH HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THE CRY -- CRY TEAR YEW, BUT THEY COOPERATE DEFEND THE CRITERIA. WHEN I QUESTIONED THEM I ASKED THEM WHY DID YOU GIVE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL BELOW AVERAGE RATING? THEY SAID WE NEVER WORKED WITH THE HEIRESS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND WE HAD TO CHECK AROUND. THERE ARE TWO AGENCY THAT'S KNOW MORE ABOUT FLOOD MITIGATION FUNDS THAN ANY OTHER IN THE COUNTRY. ONE IS CORE OF ENGINEERS AND ONE IS FEE -- FEMA. FEMA AWARDED TWO FLOOD AGENCIES CONTRACTS IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY COULD ONLY PICK TWO. HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT WAS ONE OF THE TWO AGENCIES THEY CONSIDER FROM ORDINARY. WHAT I AM TELLING YOU AND WHAT

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WHAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND IS THE GLO DID NOT KNOW AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THEY ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THEY HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN. THEY ARE NOT GOOD AT IT.

IT IS NOT JUST THE METRICS. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE METRIC THAT WOULD REFERENCE DISASTER.

ONE OF THE CALLS SAID IT ALL. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN HARVEY. WE HAVE TO LOOK IN THE PAST.

WHAT THE GLO IS TRYING TO COME UP WITH AND THIS IS EXTREMELY GOOFY, WE WANT TO LOOK TO A FUTURE POINT AND WE WANT TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE. NO.

THESE WERE FLOOD MITIGATION FUNDS INTENT WAS IT SHOULD GO TO THOSE IMPACTED BY HARVEY. WE HAD THE BLUE RIBBON CONSULTANTS. WE HAD THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY AGENCY, FLOOD CONTROL. AND THEY GRADED US BELLY -- -- US BELOW AVERAGE. THAT WILL FACTOR IN.

WHEN YOU ARE INCOMPETENT I ASSUME YOU WILL FIX IT IN AN INCOMPETENT WAY. OUR STRATEGIES WILL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT. THEY WERE DOING THINGS WITH PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> I WON'T BE LABOR THIS ANY LONGER, BUT COMMISSIONER RAMSEY I APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS

AND YOUR TONE. >> RUSS I JUST THINK WE SHOULD GET A TRANSCRIPT OF MR. RAMSEY'S REMARKS.

THEY WERE CHALLENGING MY WORK AND THE WORK OF MY TEAM AND I WOULD BE IN THEIR FACE FLAT FOOTED DEFENDING MY WORK.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> JUDGE, I WAS JUST -- ONE LAST QUICK POINT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DISASTERS YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT ARE NATURAL.

RUSS, DID THEY INCLUDE ANYTHING IN THE METRICS FOR A JURISDICTION THAT WENT TO ITS VOTERS AND COME UP WITH -- COMMISSIONER CAGLE, YOU POINTED OUT IT WAS A BILLION DOLLARS -- NO IT IS DEN BILLION PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

IN THIS STATE AGENCY ADMINISTERED THIS SETTLEMENT THE GOVERNMENT THAT LIMITS WHAT WE CAN SPEND WITHOUT GOING TO THE VOTERS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WILL GIVE CREDIT FOR PUTTING $2.5 BILLION ON THE TABLE.

ANYTHING IN THE CRITERIA? >> OUT OF A POSSIBLE 105 POINTS YOU GOT FIVE POINTS IF YOU HAD LOCAL MATCH MONIES YOU

QUA PUT TOWARD THE GLO. >> QUHA ABOUT THE OTHER CATEGORIES? FIVE POINTS?

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS, THAT IS THE QUESTION.

THAT'S THE GREAT QUESTION. ANY APPLICATION I HAVE SUBMITTED TO ANY AGENCIES FOR 45 YEARS, THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION ASKED IS LEVERAGE MONEY.

IF YOU CAN BRING LEVERAGE MONEY TO THE TABLE YOU GET LOTS OF POINTS. WE ONLY GOT FIVE? THAT WAS THE LOWEST POINTS YOU CAN GET FOR ANYTHING.

THEY CREDITED FIVE POINTS? WE SHOUGH -- WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN 50 POINTS. SOME OF THESE CITIES SUBMITTED AND THESE COUNTIES SUBMITTED AND THEY DON'T HAVE TWO NICKELS TO RUB TOGETHER OF I GET IT.

WE HAVE 2.5 WE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.

>> I THINK IT WAS MR. CASTELLO THAT WAS TOLD -- IN HOUSTON,

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HARRIS COUNTY YOU CAN COME UP WITH MONEY.

HIS RESPONSE IS WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU WERE A STATE ENTITY AND THE STATE RESTRICTS OUR ABILITY. AND THEN YOU PENALIZE IT? I WILL REST MY CASE UNTIL WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>> THANK YOU, RUSS AND DAVE. LET'S HEAR FROM SOME OF THE SPEAKERS AND LET'S TAKE A BREAK HERE IN 15 MINUTES.

>> CHAD BURKE WITH ECONOMIC HOUSTON.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE HIDALGO. I AM PRESIDENT OF THE ECONOMIC HOUSTON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

WE SERVE THE SHIP CHANNEL AND 11 HARRIS COUNTY CITIES THAT SURROUND THE CHANNEL LOCATED IN PRECINCT 2.

I WOULD LIKE TO ILLUSTRATE THE SCOPE OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SHIP CHANNEL AND HOW THE FLOOD MITIGATION DOLLARS IMPACT US.

IT IS HOME TO THE LARLEST -- LARGEST PET TROUGH CHEMICAL PROJECT. AND IT IS THE NUMBER ONE EXPORTING PORT AND THE NATION'S BUSIEST PORT IN TERMS OF LARGE VESSEL MOVEMENT AND IT IS THE NUMBER ONE PORT IN TERMS OF ENERGY. 339BILLION EQUATES TO 20% OF THE STATE'S GDP. OVER 110 BILLION HAS BEEN DONATED. WHAT IT DOES IS PUTS HOUSTON IN POSITION WHEN MAKING THE PETRO CHEMICAL PRODUCTS.

THEY IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE NOT JUST FOR US, BUT AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE FIGHTING TO BRING CAPITAL INTO THE COUNTY THAT CREATES HIGH-PAYING JOBS FOR THE CITIZENS. 106,000 AVERAGE SALARY THAT TAKES A TWO-YEAR DEGREE TO GET TO.

COMPETITION THAT INCLUDES MEXICO, SINGAPORE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND CHINA USE OUR FLOODING ISSUES AGAINST US TO DRIVE OUR ECONOMY. AS A GATHERING POINT FOR MOST OF THE WATER SHED THAT RUNS THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY, THE PORT REGION BEARS THE BRUNT. IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE FLOOD MITIGATION WE PUT OURSELVES AT A DISADVANTAGE WHEN COMPETING GLOBALLY AND TRYING TO LAND THESE JOBS THAT WROTE OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

I WANT TO SAY WE AT THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE APPLAUD THE COMMISSION FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND FIGHTING FOR THE MONEY. WE SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT TALKING TO THE GLO TO DIRECTLY FUND HARRIS COUNTY SO WE CAN KEEP A VITAL PART OF THE STATE'S ECONOMY GROWING.

THAT'S THE COMMENTS I HAVE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND WE APPRECIATE YOU WORKING

TOGETHER FOR US ON THIS. >> HI, CHAD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR VOICE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT.

WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT THAT YOU CAN SET YOUR CLOCK BY FOR FLOODING. IT DISCOURAGES BUSINESSES FROM RELOCATING HERE AND ENCOURAGES BUSINESSES TO CONSIDER RELOCATING OUT OF HERE WHEN IT HAPPENS.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE POINT.

IT IS CRITICAL. CHAD, YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS IN AUSTIN AND I ASK YOU TO TOUCH BASE WITH THE GLO AND GET THEM TO WAKE UP AND RECOGNIZE IF THEY DON'T INVEST IF HARRIS COUNTY THEY WILL HURT TEXAS BUSINESSES.

THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY.

COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH WHAT YOU SAID.

>> THANK YOU, CHUCK. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

>> MIKE WITH FLOOD MITIGATION.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL DOCK. THIS IS INFORMATION SHARING AT

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WORK WITH 34 DIRECTORS AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND DISTRICTS EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 6 AND WE HAVE ONE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES ANOTHER DOZEN WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 6.

I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH A BRIEF SUMMARY OF ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE RESERVOIRS THAT WE HAVE HERE OF THE RESERVOIRS. IF I HAVE TIME I WILL LINK THE SAFETY CONCERNS TO THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT 'S $2.5 BILLION BOND ISSUE WITH REGARD TO THE UNDER-FUNDED PROJECT IN THE UPPER CYPRESS CREEK AND ADDIX WATER SHED AND I WOULD LSES -- ALSO LIKE TO LINK THESE SAFETY CONCERNS TO THE FLOOD THREAT TO THE ADDIX RESERVOIR FLOOD COMMUNITIES.

COMMISSIONER CAGEL AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY ARE BOTH FAMILIAR ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.

THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WHAT IS THE CORE'S CONCERN FOR THE RESERVOIR AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THOSE AREAS. THE FOLLOWING FOUR -- FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY THAT ADDIX AND BARKER RESERVOIRS ARE TWO OF THE SIX MOST DANGEROUS CORE RESERVOIRS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE CORE HAS CURRENT SAFETY CONCERN THAT'S COULD LEAD TO MASSIVE LEVY FAILURE RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC DOWNSTREAM, LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE THE -- THE CORE MINIMIZES SUCH A FAILURE AND I WILL QUOTE, LIMITING THE RESERVOIR POOL RATE OF RISE, UNQUOTE AND THEY LIMIT HOW FAST THE WATER CAN RISE DURING A FLOODING EVENT OR MAJOR WATER EVENT BY MAIN -- MAINTAINING THE FLOW RESPHRICTED -- THE FLOW RESTRIBLGHTED AREA -- FLOW RESTRICTED AREAS.

YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY CAN DO SOME WORK ON THE CHANNELS. , BUT THE CORE ONLY PERMITS

-- >> THANK YOU.

I HAVE TO STOP YOU BECAUSE YOUR TIME IS UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> REGINA DUNCAN WITH HARRIS COUNTY WC AND ID37. ID36.

GO AHEAD. >> THIS IS REGINA DUNCAN.

I AM THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR HARRIS COUNTY WICD36.

WE SERVICE THE AREA. I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES WITH HARVEY. SEVERAL HOMES RECEIVED WATER.

THE DITCHES OVER FLOW -- OVER FLOWED AND WE HAD PICTURES OF THAT. WE AS A WATER DISTRICT WERE ABLE TO ACCEPT SUPPLEMENT HEAVY TRASH AND ANY DEBRIS THEY HAD TO REPLACE. I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE OF WHAT CLOVER LEAF RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARCIA FOR BRINGING IT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION AND SHARING WHAT HAPPENED DURING HARVEY.

>> JUDGE? >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SPEAKING.

CLOVER LEAF, GOD BLESS YOU. YOU LOST NOT ONLY HOMES THAT WERE DAMAGED BUT YOU LOST YOUR HOSPITAL THANKS TO HURRICANE

HARVEY. >> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> IT JUST COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM THANK YOU FOR CALLING AND SPEAKING UP. CALL THE GLO.

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>> WILL DO. ABSOLUTELY, YES, SIR.

HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE. REBECCA? JUDGE I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

>> THANK YOU. FRED?

>> I LIVED IN HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY FOR OVER FOUR YEARS.

MY HOME HAS FLOODED THREE TIMES.

IN 2001, 2015 DURING A RAIN STORM AND 2017 DURING HARVEY.

ON ALL THREE OCCASIONS I HAVE TAKEN AT LEAST THREE INCHES.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT IS PERSISTENT WHEN THEY TIED THE DITCH OF B1040302.1 AND 1A INTO THE CHANNEL ADDED AN EXTRA THOUSAND ACRES WATER RUNOFF INTO THE DITCH WITHOUT WIDENING THE DITCH DOWNSTREAM.

THAT IS WHY I CONTINUE TO FLOOD.

THERE IS A DETENTION FLOOD THAT IS PUT IN SO IT DOESN'T FLOOD EVERYONE DOWNSTREAM. I FORWARDED THE INFORMATION FROM A PREVIOUS DEPOSITION ON HOW THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. IN ANY CASE I RECENTLY SENT AN EMAIL JUST GETTING TREES ELIMINATED FROM THE DITCH OF A107-03 THAT ARE 20 INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND 50 FEET TALL AND GROWING IN THE CHANNEL ITSELF.

I CAN'T GET ANYONE TO REMOVE THEM.

I AM REASONABLY SURE THAT DOES NOT PRO NOTE -- PROMOTE GOOD DRAINAGE HAVING TREES IN THE CHANNEL ITSELF.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER

GARCIA. >> THANK YOU, FRED.

THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP AND I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH JEREMY AND DON'T FOR -- FORGET TO CALL THE GLO.

>> I WILL CALL THE G LRK O. -- THE GLO.

>> THANK YOU. >> REBECCA CORNELL.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US JOIN YOUR MEETING.

I'M SORRY MY HUSBAND COULDN'T BE HERE.

HE HAD A LOT TO SAY. WE HAVE BEEN LIFETIME RESIDENTS HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY AND LIVE IN PRECINCT 2. WE EXPERIENCED EVERY FLOOD, TOO MANY TO KEEP COUNT OF. WE ARE IN OUR 60S NOW AND WORKED HARD TO OWN OUR OWN BUSINESS THAT WE WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK OF. THE LAST FLOOD ALMOST MADE US LOSE OUR AMERICAN DREAM. QUAY -- WE CLEANED UP OUR HOME SO MANY TIMES IT HAS BECOME A NIGHTMARE.

WE HAVE SEEN SOME REAL IMPROVEMENTS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER, MR. ADRIAN GARCIA, THAT IS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE SEEN THE DITCHES DUG OUT AND CLEANED.

WE HAVE SEEN BRUSH CUT BACK AND THE LAKE IS BEING DREDGED AND DRAINAGE HAS BEEN HAPPENING.

AS WE KNOW THIS TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO COMPLETE WHAT HAS BEEN STARTED. WE CAN'T REDUCE THE LOSS OF FLOODING IF WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT.

I AM HOPING THERE -- MR. ABBOTT WILL POIR THIS.

WILL MIRROR THIS. I ALWAYS SUPPORTED IT, BUT I THINK IT IS A BAD DECISION TO LEAVE HARRIS COUNTY IN THE

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WATER BEGGED GOVERNOR ABBOTT NOT TO HAVE IT FALL ON DEAF EARS. MR. GARCIA IS WORKING ON THIS HARD. IF THERE IS ANYWAY WE ASK MR. ABBOTT HO TEP US -- TO HELP US WHILE WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT QUA DO THE IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO HELP -- THE WATER WONDER LAND HAS BEEN HELPFUL. BUT WE REALLY NEED THE FUNDING. THE LAKE HAS A CHANNEL THAT RUNS INTO THE RIVER AND THERE IS A BIG STAND SASH SASH SANDBAR. WE FEEL IF HE GETS THE MONEY HE WILL HAVE A THE SANDBAR REMOVED IT WILL BE A WIDER AREA INSTEAD OF COMING UP TO THE PROPERTY THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. I HOPE MR. GARCIA GETS THE FUNDS FOR THE HELP. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. REBECCA, BEFORE YOU GO.

GOD WILL YOU YOU ARE -- GOD LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PAIN.

YOU HOSPITAL HAVE TO RAY POD DEL -- REMODEL YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT.

THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. IF IT DOESN'T ARRIVE AND COMPARE THEM TO THE WORK I AM DOING IT WON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO GO, BUT BACK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CREATE A BETTER PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING MY TEAM. WE ARE GOING TO DO MORE THIS YEAR. IT DOES PRESIDENT -- IT DOES NOT HAPPEN BY ITSELF. YOUR VOICE, IF YOU WILL CALL THE G LRK O -- GLO, LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE NEED AND WHY WE NEED IT AND FAMILIES LIKE YOU HAVE STRUGGLED LONG ENOUGH.

IT IS TIME FOR THE GLO -- AS A MATTER OF CLARITY.

GOVERNOR ABBOTT CAN INFLUENCE THE GLO, BUT REALLY IT IS THE GLO AND OTHER INDEPENDENTLY ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT HAS FULL AUTHORITY ON THIS PANEL RIGHT NOW.

I WILL TELL YOU TO GET UH -- UH HOLD OF COMMISSIONER BUSH.

THANK YOU, REBECCA. >> THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA.

>> SO WE ARE AT THE TWO-HOUR MARK AGAIN.

LET'S TAKE A 35-MINUTE LUNCH AND COME BACK AT 3:00 AND

CONTINUE WITH THE SPEAKERS. COM? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE.

>> IT IS 3:02 AND COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS BACK IN SESSION. LET'S CONTINUE HEARING FROM

THE SPEAKERS, LUCINDA. >> COMMISSIONER CAGLE, YOU ARE UNMUTED. SANJAY -- I AM GOING TO MISS PRO -- PRONOUNCE THIS, RA -- RAMHABATAN.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

I AM A MEMBER OF PRECINCT 3. I LIVE LESS THAN A THOUSAND YARDS FROM THE DISCHARGES FROM THE ADDICKS AND BARKER BUFFALO BAYOU. MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE NO DESIRE TO GO THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED DURING HARVEY AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY -- FOR THE CHANCE TO COMMENT ON WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK. TODAY WE ARE JUST A WEEK AWAY FROM THE OFFICIAL START TO HURRICANE SEASON, THE 2021 EDITION AND ALMOST FOUR YEARS SINCE HERE NATURE WREAKS HAVOC ON HARRIS COUNTY. WE ALL KNOW FLOOD PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE NOT TIP AND -- CHEAP AND THEY TAKE TIME TO COME TO FRUITION.

THE LOCAL BOND MEASURES BAIL OUT EVENTS.

WE NEED THE HELP AND THEY KNOW THAT AS WELL.

THE CITIZENS OF HARRIS COUNTY HAVE DONE OUR PART WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE BOND MEASURE. IT PUTS US IN CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. FOR US NOT TO GET FUNDING IS A

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SLAP IN THE FACE. MOTHER NATURE HAS BEEN KIND IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN THAT WE HAVE DODGED THE BIG HURRICANES. THE RAIN EVENTS THIS PAST WEEK AND THE PRIOR THREE YEARS IS AN INDICATION THAT IT NO LONGER TAKES A HURRICANE TO ADVERSELY IMPACT THE CITIZENS OF HARRIS COUNTY. WHEN IT COMES TO FLOOD PROTECTION, WE NO LONGER HAVE THE LUXURY OF TIME TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLICATIONS AND WAITING WOULD BE LIKE PLAYING WITH FIRE. IN THIS CASE WATER.

LOTS AND LOTS OF WATER. A DIRECT ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL DOLLARS MAY BE OUR ONLY OPTION AT THIS TIME AND I HOPE THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WORKING TOGETHER IN A CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION CAN CONVINCE HUD TO DO SO.

THIS IS NOT JUST THE FLOOD PROTECTION.

ESPECIALLY BOUNCING BACK FROM THE PANDEMIC.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AS TEXAS GOES, SO GOES THE NATION. AS HOUSTON GOES, SO GOES TEXAS. THE NEED IS TREMENDOUS AND IT IS -- AND THE TIME IS NOW FOR HARRIS COUNTY TO WORK TOWARD THE MUCH-NEEDED FUNDING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ALL

HARRIS COUNTY. >> SANJAY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.

PLEASE LET YOUR COLLEAGUES KNOW TO PLEASE CALL THE GLO

OFFICE. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> HE IS MY BIKE RIDING BUDDY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER KAY GEL AND THEN COMMISSION -- COMMISSIONER CAGEL AND THEN COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> HE IS BIKE RIDING BUDDY FOR ONE AND A CRICKET PLAYING BUDDY FOR ANOTHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YOU ARE SPOT ON.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CAGEL.

>> SANJAY, WE HEAR YOU. YOU ARE A GOOD VOICE, A GREAT VOICE FOR PRECINCT 3. YOU ARE IN A STRATEGIC LOCATION TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA SAID.

YOU LET EVERYBODY KNOW. YOU MAKE THE PHONE CALLS AND YOU BE REAL CLEAR WITH THEM. AND BY THE WAY, HOW IS YOUR

MOM? >> MY MOM IS THANKFULLY SPENDING THE PAN DAP MICK DAYS -- PANDEMIC DAYS WITH ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN.

>> TELL HER I ASKED ABOUT HER.

>> YES, SIR. >> I WANTED MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN BIKE RIDING WITH HIM AND YOU KNOW I ABOUT BUTCHER HIS NAME. THERE ARE THE FOUR-LEGGED ANIMALS -- WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WERE RUNNING THROUGH THE STREETS? WERE THEY LONG HORNS?

>> THE CLOSEST WOULD BE THE LONG HORNS.

THERE WERE COWS AND BULL THAT'S ARE CONSIDERED SACRED

THERE. >> EVEN WHEN YOU ARE ON A

BICYCLE THEY DIDN'T TOUCH US. >> THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT

OF WAY. >> THEY KNOW THEY RULE THERE.

THEY ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT A BIKE, TRUCK OR TRAIN.

NOTHING. THEY ARE VERY, VERY

RESPECTED. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> REBECCA CELL, GO AHEAD,

PLEASE. >> CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY?

>> YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> MY NAME IS BECKY CELL. I AM REQUESTING YOUR HELP AND CALLING IN TODAY TO REPEAT THE MESSAGE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THE REMAINING FLOOD BOND IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE EQUITY PROVISION WE ALL FOUGHT FOR.

THIS LACK OF FUNDING IS LIKE A CATASTROPHE.

IT IS NO EXCUSE FOR HAVING THESE PROJECTS FUNDED.

9 MONEY THAT -- THE MONEY NEEDS TO BE REALLOCATED IMMEDIATELY SO THERE IS NO GAP IN THE MOST LOW INCOME AREA THAT'S HAVE THE LEAST AREA OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

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I JUST CAME FROM SOMEONE'S HOUSE THAT FLOODED YESTERDAY.

WE ARE NOT EVEN IN HURRICANE SEASON AND IT WASN'T EVEN A NAMED STORM. THEY ALREADY ARE EXPERTS AT RAISING THEIR COUCHES TO FLOATING CHAIRS WHEN IT RAINS. THAT'S THE REALITY EVERYONE IS LIVING UNDER. THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN WAY MORE SERIOUSLY THAN IT IS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN THE MEANTIME WHILE WE FIGHT TO CLOSE THIS GAP AND ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE IMPLEMENTED, EVEN IF THEY WERE IMPLEMENTED COMPLETE -- COMPLETELY AND SUCCESSFULLY THERE IS GOING TO BE FLOODING AND HARRIS COUNTY NEEDS TO INVEST IN HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP THE WATERS FROM BEING FLOODED AND A REAL PLAN FOR WHEN IT FLOODS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

YES, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

REBECCA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS AND SHARING YOUR VOICE.

CALL THE GLO OFFICE 512-463-001. LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU ARE STRUGGLING THROUGH. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE TO KNOW WE DOBILITY -- WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU.

CALL THE GLO. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER NEEDS AN INTERPRETER. I AM GOING TO UNMUTE THE

INTERPRETER. >> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. INTERPRETER, YOU ARE UNMUTED.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANIL KAW -- ANIL KAPUR.

>> KAPUR.

>> I AM A MEMBER OF THE NORTHEAST SACKS -- NORTHEAST

ACTION PLAN. >>

>> I WILL BE READING A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF MRS. VERONICA MEDINA.

>> RES DEBT -- RESIDENT OF PRECINCT 1 IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON.

>> TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I VERONICA MEDINA WAS FLOODED AT 2611 BELL MOPT PLACE, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77049.

WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I NEED HELP SO MY HOME IS NOT FLOODED EVERY TIME IT RAINS.

>> YESTERDAY WAS THE FOURTH TIME THAT WATER ENTERED INTO MY HOUSE. EVERY DITCH IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS OVER FLOWING WITH WATER.

>> MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO THE NORTHEAST ACTION COLLECTIVE GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR IN COURT WITH MRS. LENA HIDALG AND MR. RODNEY EL -- ELLIS.

THEY PROMISED TO SEND SOMEBODY TO HELP CLEAN UP MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY HAVE NOT KEPT THEIR WORD.

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AND THEY NEVER CAME BACK TO DO MAINTENANCE OR DO FOLLOW-UP.

BECAUSE OF THE DITCHES, THEY ARE OLD AND THE WATER DOES NOT FLOW THE WAY IT SHOULD.

>> I KNOW THAT THE HEAVY RAINS WE HAVE JUST HAD ARE NOT CONSIDERED A STORM. THERE IS NO NAISM -- NAME AND NO MONEY FOR THOSE AFFECTED. PRPK SPEAKING SPANISH YOUR HELP. EVERY TIME IT RAINS MY FAMILY AND I FEAR WE MIGHT LOSE EVERYTHING WE HAVE AND WE SACRIFICED OURSELVES FOR.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

I WILL HAVE SOMEBODY FOLLOW-UP AND SEE IF WE CAN BE HELPFUL.

>> THANK YOU. WE WILL BE IN TOUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, INTERPRETER.

>> LUCINDA, THERE WAS A SPEAKER WE WERE WAITING ON FOR

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ITEM 260. IT IS A RESOLUTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. WE COULDN'T TAKE IT AT THE BEGINNING BECAUSE THE SPEAKER WASN'T AVAILABLE.

DO WE HAVE THEM ON THE LINE? >> WE DO NOT, BUT WE CAN CALL

HOME. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE

RESOLUTION RIGHT NOW? >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING THE SPEAKER.

THIS RESOLUTION IS TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO COMMEND THE GOOD NEIGHBORS WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE NEXON MOBILE IS ONE OF THOSE.

THEY ARE DOING A GREAT DEAL OF WORK IN THE REFINERY AND IT IS A -- IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE CRITICIZED THOSE WHO HAVE NOT PLAYED BY THE RULES, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO ARE HELPING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER AND HEALTHIER AND MUCH MORE RESILIENT.

THIS RESOLUTION PRECISELY SPEAKS TO THAT POINT.

IT READS, WHEREAS CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE IS A TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS OF CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM POWER PLANTS OR INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.

THE STORAGE OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE IN UNDERGROUND GEOLOGICAL FORMATION, AND WHEREAS TEXAS IS HOME TO TWO-THIRDS OF ALL CO2 PIPELINES IN THE UNITED STATES AND LEADS THE COUNTRY IN ZO -- CO2 EMISSIONS FROM BOTH INDUSTRIAL AND POWER GENERATION SOURCES.

AND WHEREAS THERE IS CONSENSUS AMONG INDUSTRY, BANKS, INVESTORS, GOVERNMENT, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE WORLD THAT WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND WHEREAS, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE INITIATIVE THAT ALONE WILL ACHIEVE THE NET ZERO GOAL.

BUT RATHER SIS -- SUCCESS WILL RUER A BROAD -- WILL REQUIRE A BROAD BASE AND WORK ACROSS SECTORS TO ACHIEVE BOTH IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM EMISSIONS GOALS.

AND THERE IS SIGNIFICANT VALUE IN THE TRANSITION TO NET ZERO WHEN INCLUDED IN THE BROAD-RANGING PORTFOLIO OF EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS STRATEGIES.

AND WHEREAS TEXAS IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO BE A LEADER ON THIS INITIATIVE BECAUSE OF OUR SIGNIFICANT GEOLOGIC STORAGE COUPLED WITH A WIDE TALENT POOL WELL-VERSED IN THE OPERATIONAL AND TECHNICAL DEMANDS OF THE SUB SERVICE AND WHEREAS EXON MOBILE SAYS IT INTENDS TO LEVERAGE THIS COMMISSION BY COMMITTING T DEVELOP A $100 BILLION CARBON CAPTURE IN STORAGE TO CAPTURE HARRIS COUNTY'S INDUSTRIAL

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AREA ALONG THE SHIP CHANNEL. AND THAT'S WHY I AM SO PROUD FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO BE A PARTNER AND A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

IT BRINGS A GREAT DEAL OF RELIEF TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT ALSO RESIDES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND DEMONSTRATES THE PARTNERSHIP AND OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CLEANER AND HEALTHIER FOR EVERYBODY CONCERNED.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT COMMANDS EXXON MOBILE'S COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION IN HARRIS COUNTY AND TO PROVE THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR THE WORLD TO USE TO MEET OUR CLIMATE GOALS.

THANK YOU, YAG -- THANK YOU, JUDGE.

>> I APPRECIATE WHAT EXXON MOBILE IS DOING ABOUT THIS.

WE DID TRY TO COMMUNICATE OUR STAFF DID WITH COMMISSIONER GARCIA'S STAFF ON CHANGES AND A LITTLE OF THE LANGUAGE.

I THINK THERE IS A CONFLICT ON TERMINOLOGY RIGHT THERE.

I AM IN FAVOR OF THE STORAGE PROGRAMMING, BUT I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THE RESOLUTION AS WORDED.

I THINK YOU GOT OUR PROPOSED CHANGES AND YOU LIKED IT THE WAY IT WAS. I WILL RESPECTFULLY VOTE NO ON IT. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE

DOING ON THIS. >> LET'S VOTE ON THIS MOTION AND THEN CONTINUE WITH THE SPEAKERS.

IT IS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> JUDGE, I'M SORRY. I DO HAVE HIM ON THE LINE.

>> ERIC OSWALD WITH EXXON MOBILE.

>> I AM A VICE PRESIDENT WITH EXXON MOBILE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER WITH THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE CONCEPT PROPOSAL FOR THE MAJOR CARBON PROJECT IN HOUSTON. THIS PROJECT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOALS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA. WE LOOK FORWARD TO DIALOGUE WITH LAWMAKERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS AND CONCERNS. THEY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE FOR DECADES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE LEADERSHIP CONTINUING FOR MANY DECADES TO COME THROUGH PROJECTS LIKE THE ONE YOU HAVE GENERAL -- GENEROUSLY RECOGNIZED TODAY.

THANK YOU AGAIN. >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY. PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT WE JUST ARE SO PROUD OF EXXON MOBILE'S LEADERSHIP AND EXAMPLE AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE

DOING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR FRIENDS FROM EXXON MOBILE FOE I UH -- I APPLAUD THE PROGRAM.

, BUT THERE ARE LANGUAGE ISSUES WE COULDN'T WORK OUT.

>> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

>> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA ON ITEM 260.

A RESOLUTION AROUND CARBON CAPTURE INITIATIVES AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> I. >> I.

ANY OPPOSED? >> NO.

>> NO. >> MOTION CARRIES 3-2.

I AM IN FAVOR. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER

GARCIA. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING FLEXIBLE.

THIS IS ONE THAT JUST GOT MIXED UP AT THE BEGINNING GO

[Emergency/supplemental items (Part 2 of 4)]

AHEAD. >> AUGUSTUS, GO AHEAD,

PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, LUCINDA, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY AND YOU HAVE HAD A LOT OF SPEAKERS ON THE ISSUE.

I ALSO KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH GOOD WORK AND A LOT GOES UNSEEN AND UNAPPRECIATED IN THE PRECINCTS AND THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. HOUSTON STRONGER, THE ORGANIZATION I CHAIR HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE

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COMMISSIONER'S OUTER -- THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

AND THEY ADVOCATED FOR THE 2018 BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT AND THEY ARE COMING TO THE GLO. IT WAS IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND WE ADVOCATED FOR CHANGES TO THE STATE RULES. A LOT OF THE CHANGES WE ADVOCATED FOR WERE NOT ACCEPTED.

WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED AND IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT HARRIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON WOULD GET ZERO DOLLARS. WE ASK THEM TO FOCUS ON THE FUNDS WE CAN FIGHT FOR AND GET AND THAT CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDS THAT A DIRECT ALLOCATION FROM HUD IS POSSIBLE.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT INCLUDES DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR FLOOD CONTROL AND THE COURT COULD LOOK AT SPENDING SOME OF THE DOLLARS OF ALLOCATION AND WE THINK THE STATE SHOULD MAKE SURE IT INCLUDES THE ALLOCATION FROM THE ACT AND PUT THE FUNDS TOWARD FLOOD CONTROL.

AT ANY RATE WE WANT TO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE.

OUR ESTIMATE IS THAT HARRIS COUNTY NEEDS MONEY FOR FLOOD CONTROL AND WE HAVE ONLY GOTTEN ABOUT $4 BILLION FROM VARIOUS ENTITIES TO THE COUNTY.

AND THAT IS THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE.

WE DO APPLAUD THE EFFORTS TO GET IT DONE.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE THE FOLKS AND WE WANT TO SEE THE PROJECTS GO FORWARD AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON

FLOOD CONTROL. >> THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. BE SURE THAT YOU GET THE WORD OUT TO AWBD. COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAS BEEN

SHARING THE NUMBER 512--- >> 463-5001.

>> THAT'S IT. I HOPE YOU WROTE THAT DOWN.

YOU GOT SEVERAL HUNDRED BUDS SO GET THE WORD OUT TO THEM AND APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH HOUSTON STRONGER AS WELL. THANK YOU.

>> I SECOND THAT. THANK YOU, AUGGIE.

>> MARIANNE WITH KD CONSERVE VEN SEE.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE HIDALGO AND COMMISSIONERS CAGLE, ELLIS, AND RAMSEY.

IT IS A NONPROFIT LAND TRUST PROTESTING THE COASTAL NUMBERS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. OF THE NEARLY 25,000 ACRES 18,000 ACRES ARE LOCATED IN WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY AND EASTERN WALLER COUNTY. VERY IMPORTANT IS THE PRAYER'S -- THE PRAIRIE'S ABILITY TO SLOW DOWN AND STORE WATER WHICH WILL REDUCE FLOOD FLOODWATERS TO MORE MANAGEABLE LEVELS. I AM A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY FLOOD MITIGATION -- CONSERVATION FLOOD MITIGATION GROUP AND THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMUNITY FLOOD RESILIENCE TASK FORCE. I LIVE IN PRECINCT ONE AND I AM NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DAMAGE THAT HURRICANE CARVEY -- HURRICANE HARVEY CAUSED BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HEARD THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND COUNTY AND CITY LEADERS BOTH ELECTED -- SO SORRY.

BOTH ELECTED AND APPOINTED FOR THE ADMIRABLE JOB IN SEEKING FUNDING FROM MANY SOURCES TO REPAIR DAMAGES.

BUT ALSO TO UNDERTAKE THE PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE FLOOD RIVING AND CREATE A -- FLOOD RISK AND CREATE A REVEN -- REGION FOR THOSE WHO CALL HOUSTON HOME.

IT IS IMPORTANT -- THIS WEATHER HAS MY ASTHMA.

I'M SORRY. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS RECOGNIZE THE CRITICAL NEED FOR FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

BOTH NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENGINEERS SOLUTIONS IN HARRIS COUNTY AND THE STATES MOST POPULOUS COUNTY.

WE EMPHATIC LISA PORT THE COUNTY'S EFFORTS TO SECURE ALL LONG OVERDUE SUPPORT FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND HOPES

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HARRIS COUNTY WILL PURSUIT A JUST AND EQUITABLE ALLEGATION THAT SUFFERED THE MOST CATASTROPHIC FLOODING FROM HURRICANE HARVEY IN 2017. THE DELAY IS UNCONSCIONABLE.

AND WE DEFINITELY ASK OUR ADVOCATES TO CALL THE GENERAL

LAND OFFICE AS WELL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TAKE CARE OF THAT COUGH. COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND THEN

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> I JUST WANTED TO THANK MARIANNE. SHE IS A GREAT COMMUNITY LEADER. YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT HAS -- THAT ASTHMA. THANK YOU, RODNEY -- OR COMMISSIONER ELLIS. RODNEY IS NOT OFFICIAL.

>> RODNEY IS FINE. >> MARIANNE, TOM RAMSEY.

APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO IN PRECINCT 3.

GREATLY VALUE THE CONSERVE -- CONSERVE VEN SEE.

THIS IS A PART OF OUR STRATEGY GOING FORWARD AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

>> THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO GET MORE NATURE-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE IN HARRIS COUNTY TO MAKE IT MORE RESILIENT.

>> THANK YOU, MARIANNE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT LAST LITTLE COMMENT YOU JUST MADE.

LET'S BUILD IT TOGETHER. >> WE WILL GET SOMETHING

DONE. >> THANK YOU.

CAN YOU. >> STEPHEN GILBRETH.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I AM A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITH LOCK WOOD ANDREWS AND I LIVE IN HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 3. I WILL BE BRIEF.

I JUST WANTED TO CALL IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 288 WHICH IS THE PRECINCT 2 RESOLUTION.

ADDRESSING THE LACK OF FUNDING FROM THE GLO AND FUTURE FUNDING PROCESS CHANGES TO BETTER GET THE FUNDS DOWN TO US. WE WORK EVERY DAY TO IMPROVE FLOOD MITIGATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

SPECIFICALLY A LOT OF WORK ON THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREA. THAT AREA WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE CDGB FUNDS. THAT IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THAT. AND IF COMMISSIONER RAMSEY SAYS THE INTENT OF THE FUNDS COMING DOWN TO SERVE AREAS LIKE THAT AND THE LARGE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WERE IMPACTED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY REGION. AS WE APPROACH HURRICANE SEASON WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF CATASTROPHIC EVENTS.

AS AN ENGINEER WE WORK WITH THE FLOOD WON TROLL TO EQUAL -- TO QUANTIFY THE BENEFITS AND PROJECT THAT'S CAN BE PUT IN PLACE TO BENEFIT THE CITIZENS.

A LOT WAS TALKED ABOUT FUNDING, BUT HOW CAN WE ACCELERATE THESE PROJECTS AND GET THEM DONE QUICKER? FUNDING IS A BIG PART OF THAT, BUT FUNDING IS A PART OF IT IN THAT THESE PROJECTS THE SOONER THEY CAN GET BUILT, THE SOONER THEY WILL BENEFIT THE FOLKS IN THESE DIFFERENT WATER SHEDS.

WE ARE TALKING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION AND ANYTHING THE COUNTY CAN DO TO STREAM LINE THE FUNDS DOWN TO THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. STEPHEN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.

YOUR VOICE AND YOUR PERSPECTIVE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND RESPECTED. I DO I DO HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION, STEPHEN. THE GLO HAS INDICATED THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIRMS THAT RUSS MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE HIRED TO HELP US WITH THESE APPLICATIONS.

GLO SAID YOUR APPLICATIONS ARE DEFICIENT.

AND IT IS IN OUR NAME. YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> THERE IS A LOT OF DETAIL TO IT, COMMISSIONER, BUT I THINK WE STARTED OFF VERY HANDICAPPED IN THE SYSTEM.

>> WE LOST YOU THERE, STEPHEN.

>> I THOUGHT THE COMMISSIONER WAS TALKING TO ME.

THAT WAS MY FAULT. I THINK WHAT RUSS WAS SAYING IS I THINK THE COUNTY STARTED OFF BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND

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HANDICAPPED IN THE SCORING SYSTEM.

WE WILL FIND OUT MORE WHEN WE TALK TO THE GLO MORE ABOUT THIS AND CERTAINLY WANT TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.

I DEFINITELY THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE WEIGHTED AGAINST A VERY LARGE CITY AND A VERY LARGE COUNTY.

I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE INFORMATION OF THE COMMUNITIES UP AND DOWN THE STATE AND I THINK WE MAY SEE SOME OF THAT IN THE LARGER CITIES AND COUNTIES.

RIGHT NOW I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE DEFICIENCY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY THINK IS DEFICIENT.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE THEY DID NOT LOOK AT A DRAFT OF THIS AND PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK. IT WAS SUBMITTED IS WHAT I WAS

TOLD. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK NEXT IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE CONTACTED AS THE AUTHOR OF THE APPLICATIONS ON QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD OR ANY CLARITY THEY WERE SEEKING OR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF THEY CALLED FOR A PARTICULAR WAY AND WHAT SCIENCE APPROACHES YOU MAY HAVE TAKEN.

ANY OF THAT EVER HAPPEN? >> NO.

WE HAVE NOT AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THAT.

>> ONE MOMENT. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND THEN

COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN.

>> WE WILL HEAR MORE AS WE GET BACK TO GLO.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CANDID RESPONSE.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN 40 PLUS YEARS. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN AT IT A NUMBER OF YEARS. ANYTHING COLLECTIVELY YOU CAN BRING TO THE TABLE AND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT.

>> I ASSUME YOU MIGHT CONSULT WITH OTHER ENTITIES AS WELL.

AND IF SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO ALSO DO A COMPARISON OF WHATEVER WE SUBMITTED TO WHAT OTHERS SUBMITTED.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AND SEE IF THEY ARE APPLIED TO THE SAME STANDARD AND TO EVERYONE ELSE.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANDREA FRENCH WITH TAG HOUSTON REGION.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON JUDGE HIDALGO. THIS IS ANDREA FRENCH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR TAG. TAG REPRESENTS EIGHT COUNTIES AND 140 MEMBER COMPANIES CITY AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCY PARTNERS IN THE HOUSTON REGION.

IT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT AT OUR OVERALL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE MEMBERS TO CONDEMN THE DECISION OF THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO DE NIGHT HARRIS COUNTY FEDERAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUNDS INTENDED TO SAVE LIVES AND PROTECT HOMES FROM DEVASTATION. ADDITIONALLY WE ARE CALLING ON IS GLO TO CHANGE THE SCORING CRITERIA FOR THE DISPERSE MENTS OF FUNDS. WE JOIN HARRIS COUNTY AND OUR FELLOW COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ASKING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO RECONSTITUTE FURTHER ALOE -- 58 LOCATION OF FUNDS AS DIRECT ALLOCATION IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. TAG IS COMMITTED TO THE NEXT STEP AND THIS CLEAR MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THE FUNDS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND I APPLAUSE THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE ISSUE FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT SESSION. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING.

>> THANK YOU. >> RON COWELL, COUNCILMAN FOR CITY OF TAYLOR LAKE. GO AHEAD.

>> HI. HELLO, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I WILL BE VERY BRIEF AND A LOT OF PEOPLE COVERED THE TOPIC. I JUST WANTED TO THROW IN HOW OUR SUPPORT AND YOUR EFFORTS TO AUDIT THE GLO'S FUNDING.

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT SOMEHOW THEY CAME UP WITH A SYSTEM TO ALLOCATE FUNDING AND SOMEHOW MANAGED TO PROVIDE ZERO FEDERAL FUNDS TO HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY.

THAT FORMULA NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED AND WE NEED TO FIX THOSE FAULTS. I WAS FLOODED DURING HURRICANE IKE. I ESCAPED IT TWO INCHES FROM HARVEY. MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ARE

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UNDERGOING REPAIRS. ANYTHING WE CAN DO OUR IF I HAS PASSED RESOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING OF HURRICANE AND FLOOD PROTECTION AND WHAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF MORE EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION AND PROTECTION RATHER THAN ON RECOVERY.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PUSH A A MORE PRO ACTIVE STANCE WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT. I WILL BE QUIET AND THANK YOU

VERY MUCH. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU HAVE DONE BOTH.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS.

WE APPRECIATE IT. CONTINUE TO WORK ALONGSIDE US

SO WE CAN GET THE RESOURCES. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

>> YES. >> REALITY ASSOCIATES, GO

AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON JUDGE HIDALGO AND COMMISSIONERS. HOW IS EVERYONE DOING THIS AFTERNOON? I LIVE IN THE CASTLE WOOD SUBDIVISION AND HAVE FLOODED MORE THAN TWO TIMES WITH HURRICANE IKE AND HARVEY. IT WAS VERY STRESSFUL.

WHEN IT RAINS THERE IS A FEELING OF ANXIETY AND FEAR THAT MY PROPERTY WILL FLOOD AGAIN.

THEY HAD HOPEFUL EXPECTATIONS WHEN THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTING THE DETENTION BAY SIS TO CONTROL THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY WANT TO SEE IT WOULDN'T WITH THE NEXT PHASES TO COMPLETION WHICH I UNDERSTAND WILL TAKE ANOTHER FEW YEARS.

THE CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASIN IS VITAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NEW SCHOOLS BUILT THERE, TWO OF THEM AND SURROUNDING THE AREAS OF -- THE AREAS.

A GREAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND EFFORT PLANNING OVER OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WERE ALLOCATED TO SECURE THE HOMES IN OUR AREA. IT WOULD BE UN-- UNWISE AND A WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO CONTINUE THE APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASIN. I LIVE IN CASTLE WOOD AND I AM THE CLOSEST STREET TO THE PROPOSED BASIN.

EVERY TIME IT RAINS I AM TERRIFIED AND SO ARE THE NEIGHBORS ON MY STREETS. ANYTHING WE CAN DO WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK

TODAY. >> APPRECIATE YOU.

>> LAKE SHADOWS SUBDIVISION. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> I HAVE LIVED IN THIS SUBDIVISION FOR 29 YEARS AND IN THE SAME LOCATION. WE NEVER HAD PROBLEM WITH THIS SUBDIVISION FLOODING UNTIL IKE.

THE COUNTY CAME IN IN 2009 AND 2010 AND DID SOME DIGGING IN THE DITCHES AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAD ISSUES.

THEN THEY CAME BACK IN MARCH OF 2019 AND SAID THEY WERE FIXING THE FLOOD CONTROL THAT WAS MARCH OF 2019 AND IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019, 9 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AND EVERY HOUSE ON MY STREET FLOODED. WE HAVE NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE. NOW EVERY TIME IT RAINS IT BACKS UP IN EVERYBODY'S YARD AND IT TRIES TO FLOOD.

ALL OF THE HOUSES ON MY STREET KEEP GETTING FLOODED AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED.

WHOEVER DID THE ENGINEER -- ENGINEERING IT IS WRONG.

IF IT IS THE WATER BOARD'S PROBLEM, ADDRESS THE WATER BOARD AND HAVE THEM DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO CLEAN OUT THE DITCHES. SOMETHING NEEDS TO GIVE.

WE ARE BASKET CASES EVERY TIME IT RAINS HARD.

I TOOK PICTURES OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND I REALLY NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD BE GLAD TO SHOW YOU WHAT I AM LOOKING AT.

WE JUST NEED SOME HELP OUT HERE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, LINDA.

WE'RE ON IT. THANK YOU.

>> BECK -- BECKA LAWRENCE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

I LIVED IN HUFFMAN FOR -- SINCE EARLY 70S.

I WAS ON SOME PROPERTY DOWN OFF OF THIRD STREET AND 2100 FOR 34 YEARS. MY HOUSE FLOODED TWICE.

I DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE. I GOT NO ASSISTANCE WHATSOEVER AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF DRAINAGE.

IT WAS IMPROPER DRAINAGE. I LIVED THERE ALL THOSE YEARS AND NEVER HAD A FLOOD UNTIL HARVEY.

AND THEN AMELDA CAME. THE WATER DIDN'T GET IN HIGH HOUSE. IT RECEDED, BUT THEN THAT NIGHT IT CAME BACK UP AGAIN. THAT TELLS ME IT IS A DRAINAGE ISSUE WITH THE COUNTY. I SOLD THAT PROPERTY SINCE AND NOW I LIVE ON LUCIOUS BAYOU. THIS HOUSE HAS NEVER FLOODED AND I AM HERE ON THE WATER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND AT ALL.

AT ANY RATE, I HOPE YOU CAN HELP THE PEOPLE THAT NOW LIVE IN MY HOUSE. HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. IT IS DEVASTATING.

I AM A SENIOR AND RETIRED. AND I I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX MY HOUSE THE SECOND TIME.

I HAD TO BORROW IT FROM A RELATIVE.

I FEEL SORRY FOR WHO LIVES DOWN THIRD STREET NOWADAYS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, REBECCA.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> KELLY MARTIN, GO AHEAD

PLEASE. >> I AM KELLY MARTIN AND I LIVE IN LAKE SHADOWS IN CROSBY , TEXAS.

WE MOVED HERE IN 2002. ALMOST FLOODED DURING HARVEY AND MY WHOLE HOUSE FLOODED DURING AMELDA.

WE HAD ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE IN THE SUBDIVISION FOR MANY YEARS. WE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AND HOPED THE WATER WOULD PASS. YESTERDAY WE HAD FOUR AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN AND IT WAS RIGHT UP TO THE STEPS TO GET INTO MY HOUSE. AND IT WAS ALL THE WAY INTO MY GARAGE. JUST HOPING SOMEBODY CAN COME OUT HERE AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.

HOPEFULLY -- THANKFULLY I DID HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE AND HAD TO MOVE MY HOUSE OUT IN A WEEKEND.

I WAS IN THIS PLACE UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS.

THAT'S ALL. >> AMANDA, SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU TO GET MORE DETAILS TO SEE

WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP. >> THANK YOU.

BERTA NELSON, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THIS. I LIVE IN CROSBY AND THE WHOLE LANDSCAPING IS CHANGING, OF COURSE, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION ON 2100. WE HAVE HAD 17 INCHES SINCE LAST MONDAY. DITCHES ARE CONTINUOUSLY FULL. THE GULLY IS RUNNING AS FAST AS WE CAN. WE TRY TO KEEP THEM AS CLEAN AS WE CAN. THEY HAVE COME OUT AND THEY ARE DUG THE DITCHES. I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THAT WAS ENOUGH. EVERYTHING FROM THE END OF THE ROAD COMES DOWN TO OUR WAY, BUT THERE WERE FOUR OF US THAT FLOODED DURING AMELDA AND THEN HAD TO MOVE COMPLETELY OUT AND REPAIR THE HOME AND MOVE -- MOVED BACK IN.

WE WERE DISPLACED FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

I KNOW EVERYTHING IS CHANGING AND WITH THE FLOODING OUR LANDSCAPING HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY.

MY HUSBAND HAS BUT IN LOTS OF DRAINS TO HELP WITH THE FLOODING ISSUE. THAT HAS HELPED SOME, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN CLEAN OUT THE GULLY A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

>> THANK YOU. >> ROBERTA, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH AND WE WILL BE IN TOUCH.

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>> IT IS PTSD EVERY TIME IT RAINS.

>> I COMPLETELY GET IT. THAT'S WHY I AM FRUSTRATED WE DIDN'T GET THIS MONEY LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE.

>> YOU AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME, ROBERTA. GOD BLESS.

>> STEPHANIE THOMAS, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS STEPHANIE THOMAS WITH PUBLIC CITIZEN. I COME TO YOU TODAY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS WITH A LOT OF SADNESS BECAUSE THE HOUSTON AREA, HARRIS COUNTY KEEPS GETTING POUNDED TIME AND TIME AGAIN BY THESE TREACHEROUS STORMS AND BY INTENSE FLOODING AND OUR STATE IS NOT PROVIDING HARRIS COUNTY WITH THE RESOURCES IT IS WHAT THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF HARRIS COUNTY RESIDENTS. I JUST HEARD SO MANY NUMEROUS STORIES ABOUT MY FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES WHO HAVE BEEN FLOODED AND HAD TO REBUILD AND PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL REBUILDING AFTER HARVEY AND TO BUILD BACK FROM HARVEY.

AND HERE WE ARE NEARLY FOUR YEARS AFTER THIS STORM AND CONTINUING WITH THESE SEVERE RAINFALL EVENTS.

TODAY I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORTH BY COMMISSIONER ADRIAN GARCIA.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT HARRIS COUNTY RESIDENTS AND TAKING ACTION ON A FEDERAL LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO SECURE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING.

AND I WANT HARRIS COUNTY TO LOOK INTO WHAT THE GLO WAS DOING AND WHAT THEIR FUNDING FORMULA WAS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND HAVE FULL TRANSPARENCY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK TO PROTECT HARRIS COUNTY FROM FLOODING. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING. >> GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM A RESIDENT OF EAST ALDING. I AM A CO-FOUNDER OF TRANSPORTATION -- TRANSFORMATION.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE STORY OF MY NEIGHBORS. 77093 AND 77039, OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPACTED THROUGH MANY YEARS.

EVEN TODAY MY STREET IS FLOODED.

MY STREET FLOODS EVERY TIME IT RAINS.

THERE ARE MANDATORY BUYOUTS IN THE COMMUNITY ALREADY.

MY NEIGHBORING BAYOU HAS BEEN DENIED MANY FUNDS MANY TIMES.

AND IT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING TO HEAR THAT THE STATE IS NOT FLOODING I ASK JUDGE HIDALGO TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION THAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAS PRESENTED BECAUSE WE CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS. I WORK IN THE ENERGY CORRIDOR AND DURING AMELDA IT TOOK EIGHT HOURS TO GET HOME.

IT IS AGGRAVATING TO SEE COMMUNITIES WITH BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS CONTINUOUSLY IGNORED AND NOT SUPPORTED.

IT IS TOUGH TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE IF THESE AREAS.

IT IS TOUGH TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE WHEN IT RAINS WE CAN'T EVEN GO TO WORK. I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER GARCIA TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE AWARDED FUNDS FROM THE STATE ARE DESERVING, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE IF WE LOOK AT COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE, THEN PERHAPS WE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

PLEASE REQUEST THE FORMULA. PLEASE REQUEST ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY.

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I ALREADY MADE A CALL TO THE GLO REQUESTING THE SAME INFORMATION. I THANK YOU, EVERYONE AND I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR US.

WE NEED YOUR HELP. WE CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS.

THANK YOU. >> SHIRLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WEIGHING IN. I APPRECIATE IT.

I CAN HEAR THE PASSION IN YOUR VOICE.

THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF FLOODING.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE GLO.

ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO AND OTHERS.

WE HAVE TO WAKE THEM UP. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> JUDGE, THOSE ARE THE SPEAKERS ON THOSE ITEMS. WE DO HAVE THE OTHER SPEAKERS ALREADY LINED UP.

>> YES. LET'S FINISH THE SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM.

MARK RODRIGUEZ, GO AHEAD, PLEASE, SIR.

>> YES. MY NAME IS MARK RODRIGUEZ.

FIRST I WANT TO THANK JUDGE HIDALGO AND ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS ANDY -- AND ESPECIALLY ADRIAN GARCIA.

I WANT TO BRING UP AN ISSUE I AM NOT SURE THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. I HAVE TWO BUSINESSES.

I HAVE APARTMENTS IN PRECINCT 6.

ON THE EVICTION PART, WHEN YOU CALL PRECINCT 6 TODAY AND ASK THEM, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU, YOU SAY WHEN CAN I FILE? THE LADY ON THE COURT SAYS, WELL, RIGHT NOW WE ARE BARELY HEARING CASES FROM JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. I SAID WHAT KIND OF COURT DATE WILL I GET? SHE SAID I'M SORRY.

WE ARE NOT GETTING COURT DATES RIGHT NOW.

SO THEN I CALL THE OTHER JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND ASK THE SAME QUESTION. AND SHE SAYS, WELL, FIRST OF YOU HAVE GIVE THEM A 30-DAY NOTICE.

AND THEN FROM THERE THEY WILL GET TWO OR THREE MONTHS BEFORE THEY GO TO COURT. AND THEN IT IS WHAT THE JUDGE DECIDES. LET'S LOOK AT IT IN THE LANDLORD'S POINT OF VIEW. THAT'S SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS OF BACK RENT. THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, IT MIGHT WORK FOR THESE BIG COMPANIES, BUT FOR A LOT OF THE SMALL PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE RENTAL PROPERTIES, IT AIN'T THAT EASY. A LOT OF MY TENANTS GET DISCOURAGED FOR EVEN FILING. I HAVE NOT GOT ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL, STATE FOR MY COUNTIES.

HARRIS COUNTY STILL WANTS TO HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE TO PAY MY TAXES ON TIME. AND THEY ARE STILL CHARGING US LATE FREE -- LATE FEES AND PENALTIES.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. ALSO WITH THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, I HAVE SEVERAL TENANTS WHERE THEY LIVE ALL BILLS PAID. PART OF THE THING IS THEY HAVE TO SHOW A BILL IN THEIR NAME. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE APARTMENTS WHERE ALL BILLS ARE PAID.

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO WAKE THEM UP.

HARRIS COUNTY GETS FEDERAL HELP, BUT I AM NOT GETTING NO HELP AND WE NEED HELP -- YOU KNOW, I WANT SOMEBODY TO LET ME KNOW HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PAY OUR TAXES WHEN SOME TENANTS OWE US THREE OR FOUR MONTHS BACK RENT.

AND NOW TO EVICT THEM IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. THAT'S EIGHT, 9 MONTHS OF RENT THEY WILL OWE US. WE CANNOT -- WE STILL HAVE TO PAY REPAIRS AND I HAVE TO PAY MY TAXES AND ALL OF THE OTHER MAINTENANCE THAT GOES WITH THE RENTAL PROPERTIES I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO CALL ME BACK AND LET ME KNOW HOW CAN THEY

HELP. >> THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> MARK THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

I APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING ON THIS.

THERE IS LITTLE I CAN SAY DIRECTLY RIGHT NOW, BUT I WILL ASK SOMEONE IN OUR BUDGET OFFICE THAT IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THESE PROGRAMS, AND I WANT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE SHORT COMINGS ARE. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING OUT ON

THIS TODAY. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU, JUDGE. APPRECIATE THE EFFORT YOU ALL

PUT. >> THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

>> THANKS, COMMISSIONERS. >> KATHERINE BUYERS -- KATHERINE BYERS WITH THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY ON A VITAL TOOL AND ADDRESSING STUDENT SECURITY DURING COVID AND THAT IS THE HARRIS COUNTY LABOR AGREEMENT. OVER THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN YOUR PRECINCT HAVE RESPONDED TO A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN

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NEED. THE RESPONSE WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HARRIS COUNTY LABOR AGREEMENT WITH THE FOOD BANK.

THE AGREEMENT HAS MEANT A GREAT DEAL TO THE OVER 200 PEOPLE WHO ARE TEMPORARILY WORKING IN PLACES LIKE WAREHOUSES AND KIDS CAFE PROGRAMS TO GET FOOD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. THE LABOR AGREEMENT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN EXTENDED BASED ON CONTINUING HIGH LEVELS OF COMMUNITY NEED AND WE ARE ASKING FOR FURTHER EXTENSION TODAY AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NEED AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR REDUCING FOOD INSECURITY IN THE FUTURE.

WE MAKE THIS REQUEST WHILE ALSO WORKING ON POLICY CHANGE AND APPROPRIATIONS ON OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

WE RECOGNIZE THE MULTITUDE OF PARTNERS AND SOLUTION THAT'S WERE BROUGHT TO BEAR -- THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO BEAR TO CONTINUE THE WELL BEING OF ALL HARRIS COUNTY RESIDENTS.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE SO FAR. I THOROUGHLY ENJOY WORKING WITH ALL OF YOUR OFFICES AND YOUR STAFF IN ORDER TO STRATEGICALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF HARRIS COUNTY RESIDENTS.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> JUDGE, I WANTED TO THANK HER AND I PLAN TO MAKE A MOTION BEFORE WE GET TO THAT ITEM.

I THINK IT WILL HAVE YOUR SUPPORT.

IT IS ONLY U.N PRECINCT 1 BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED EVERYBODY JUMPED IN. IT IS EDS TO KEEP -- IT IS EASY TO KEEP ROLLING THAT CONTRACT OVER.

I KNOW A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS ARE ON THIS ITEM AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WE CAN SEE THE

PROBLEM. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING.

>> HARVEY BRASHEAR. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR LISTENING TODAY.

I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL.

BY NOW WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF HOW COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS CHANGED OUR WORLD AND WE ARE EQUALLY UH -- AWARE HOW THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD LEADS OUR LEADERS TO TAKING STEPS TO MAKE SURE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS AT THE FOREFRONT.

I SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT'S WORK TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND MAXIMIZE RESOURCES ACROSS THE COUNTY. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERSECTS ALL OF THE SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES FACING THE COUNTY.

THE FINANCIAL COST CAN BE OVER $17 MILLION.

THAT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE EMOTIONAL COST OF LOSING A WIFE, MOTHER, SISTER, AUNT, GRANDMOTHER AND A FRIEND.

RECENTLY YOU MADE THE UNANIMOUS DECISION TO INITIATE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSISTANT FUND.

IT HAS PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO 1600 FAMILIES.

IT IS A PROVEN COST EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION FOR FAMILIES.

THE SYSTEMS ARE BACKLOGGED AND NOT MOVING.

HOWEVER THIS IS NOT NEW LEARNING.

WE FAILED TO KEEP UP WITH THE EVER-CHANGING AND THE EVER-GROWING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

BY USING RESEARCH AND SUPPORT -- BY USING RESEARCH TO SUPPORT CHANGE THE JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING EVIDENCE FOR HOW TO ALIGN RESOURCES AND STAFF WITHIN THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE AND PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT PUSHES OUR SYSTEM TO THINK DIFFERENTLY. IT CENTERS DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN OUR WORK AND PREVENTS A VICTIM-CENTERED STANDPOINT. THE FELLOWSHIP BETWEEN JAD AND HBBCD IS LOOKING AT THINGS THAT INCLUDE INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ADDRESS WAYS TO USE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROVIDING TRAINING TO WHEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS PRESENT AND SUPPORTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RE-- RESPONSES THAT TRY YOJ THOSE AT THE HIGHEST -- TRIAGE THOSE AT THE HIGHEST RISK AND MEETING BOTH THE BACKLOG AND THE GROWING CASE LIST. IT SUPPORTS SYSTEMIC CHANGE

AND. >> WHEN WE HEAR THE REPORT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE MAKING A SPECIFIC ASK.

BUT I AM HOPING WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT.

THIS IS JUST TO GIVE US THE UPDATE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO DO. HOPEFULLY WE ARE A COUPLE MONTHS AWAY FROM THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE WILL FIND OUT LATER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

>> THANK YOU. THIS IS COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK.

AND THANK YOU FOR FIGHT -- FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE RING AGREEMENT. GLAD THAT CAME THROUGH IN THE

END. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE HIDALGO.

>> NICHOLAS LITTLE WITH THE NAACP.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE HIDALGO AND I BRING YOU GREETINGS AND I AM WITH THE BRANCH OF THE NAACP AND SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS AROUND HARRIS COUNTY.

TODAY I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT -- I WANT TO GIVE MY SUPPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND TALK ABOUT THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.

THIS SHOULD NOT JUST BE THE FIRST STEP TO INCREASE JUSTICE FOR ALL IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM. ALL PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RACE, RELIGION AND GENDER AND HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS AND QUALITY COUNSEL. WE FACE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES FOR UNJUST CONVICTION AND UNNECESSARY JAIL TIME AND DISPROPORTIONATE JAILING OF PEOPLE AND ACCURATE RESULTS. I KNOW THEY FAVOR THE COUNCIL FOR THE INDIGENT DEFENDANTS. THEY SHOW THAT PRIVATE -- SORRY. ONE SECOND.

THERE WE GO. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

IT ALSO SHOWS THAT THE COUNCIL APPOINTS 91% -- THEY ARE APPOINTING TO 91 CASES AND IT IS GIVEN TO THE PDO.

UNDER THE JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION IT SHOWS THAT THE ATTORNEY MADE AS MUCH AS THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS OFF THE APPOINTMENT. I AM JUST ASKING AS A BRANCH MEMBER AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND AS AN ACTIVIST THAT COMMISSIONER'S COURT TAKES CONSIDERATION LOOKING AT THIS AND GIVE IT THE ATTENTION IT NEEDS SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT THERE IS EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW AND EVERYONE IS REPRESENTED EQUALLY IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU CONTINUE TO DO FOR OUR COUNTY.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS? >> IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY, MR. LITTLE. THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE. WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> AND I AM ON THE SKEED -- SCHEDULE TODAY.

, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM RELATED TO ESTABLISHING A LAKE OF POND IN THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM ALEXANDER LAWSON. IT IS TO REMAIN IN THE DETENTION FACILITY IN HONOR OF THE ICONIC REVEREND LAWSON AND THE FOUNDER OF THE WILLIAM AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.

JOND THAT, THERE -- BEYOND THAT THERE IS JUST NO WAY TO DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF THE INFLUENCE THAT THEY HAVE HAD ON OUR TOTAL COMMUNITY. IT SERVES AS A SPEAKER AND A PROMOTE -- PROPONENT AND HIS SERVICE FOR THE POOR AND THE INDIGENT AND BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES HAS BEEN STELLAR AND COMPLETELY INCOMPARABLE.

THERE IS NO SINGLE PERSON IN OUREST STATION -- IN OUR ESTIMATION THAT REALLY COMPARES TO HIS LEGACY IN TERMS OF BUILDING BRIDGES AND THE CALLS OF JUSTICE FOR ALL I'M STANDING AT THE PORT OF THAT FACILITY, 93 YEARS OLD AND HIS MIND IS AS LUCID AS IT HAS EVER BEEN, AND HE'S STILL SPEAKING ON BEHALF. CHILDREN FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. SOMEBODY WOULD COME BACK AND SAY WHO WAS WILLIAM ALEXAND LAWSON? THE NEXT 7 OR THE NEXT CEASAR CHAVEZ. SOME YOUTH TO TAKE IT UPON HIM OR HERSELF TO MAKE IT BETTER. I STAND WITH THIS PROPOSAL SI

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STOOD ON THAT GROUND ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER ELLIS, AND HIS EYES LIT UP. I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM SO MOVED, SO TOUCHED AND SO HUMBLED BY THE NOTION THAT HE COULD HAVE AYE FACILITY NAMED IN HIS HONOR, AND I KNOW THAT NO ONE HERE WOULD WANT TO LET HIM DOWN. HE NEEDS TO EXPERIENCE THIS AND ENJOY IT, AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ELLIS, AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

EACH OF YOU, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

>> BISHOP, I'M GOING TO TAKE PRIDE IN SECONDING THAT MOTION.

BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE HAVE TO GET THAT DONE.

>> DIXIE PARK, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT NAME IN JUNE, AND YOU WENT OUT AND WE LOOKED AT THAT, AND WE WENT TO THIS DETENTION BASIN. CLOSER TO SUNNY SIDE RIGHT THERE. IT WOULD MAKE SENSE BECAUSE OF THE WORK THEY DID TOGETHER. IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND WE PUT THOSE PICTURES UP. HE WAS TRYING TO WALK.

THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON IT, AND LOOK, YOU SIGNED UP WITH TWO ITEMS, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK ON IT, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO ORGANIZE AS ONLY YOU CAN DO, A BIRACIAL BIPARTISAN GROUP OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS THIS WEEK TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GOO ACTION, AND I WANT THEM TO FEEL THAT HEAT.

WE DON'T WANT SOME OF OUR MONEY, WE WANT ALL OF OUR MONEY.

WE WANT IT NOW, AND YOU GET READY, YOU SIGN UP ON TWO ITEMS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK ON THE OTHER ONE.

5:00, 4:15. SO GET READY.

>> BISHOP ELLIS, I SUPPORT THAT.

>> THIS IS KEGAL AND I HEARD THAT.

>> WE APPRECIATE IT. >> BISHOP TOM RANGER HERE, AND

WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TOM WRANGLE AND APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU, AND LET ME SAY THAT WE HAVE GOT TO KEEP PUSHING TOGETHER. AND YOU NO, WE LIVE IN A TIME OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND IF WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER THE WAY WE'RE DOING, WE'LL LEAVE A LEGACY THAT ONE DAY SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE GLAD WE SHOWED UP AS WELL.

BUT I'M HONORED TO WORK WITH YOU, AND COMMISSIONER ELLIS, I'LL TAKE UP THAT CHALLENGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ORGANIZE IT.

BECAUSE WE NEED THOSE IMMEDIATELY.

AND LOOKING FORWARD. I HOPE THAT ALL OF US CAN CELEBRATE THE DEDICATION OF THE WILLIAM A. LAWSON LINCOLN PARK FACILITY WHILE HE'S HERE, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO BE THERE FOR THAT GRANDIOSE AND SACRED MOMENT.

SO THANK YOU. >> IT WAS A FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT. BISHOP, IF WE GET THIS MONEY, YOU NEED TO CALL ED YOUNG AND JOEL OLSTEIN, AND GET TOM RAMSY ACTIVE, WOULD YOU? AND LET'S GET TOGETHER TO GET THIS MONEY IN, AND IT WILL HELP SPEED UP THIS DETENTION BASIN, WHICH IS NO LONGER A BASIN. NOT A RETENTION BASIN.

>> BISHOP, WE MADE BAD TIES WITH A FEW PEOPLE WITH THAT.

>> MAYBE THAT WILL WORK, BECAUSE WE NEED -- WE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS

TO BAPTIZE AROUND HERE. >> WE REALLY DO.

>> THANK YOU, BISHOP. >> YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALLOWING US

TO HAVE THE EXTRA TIME. >> WE HAVE A CHOICE, JUDGE.

>> MOLLY COOK. TEXT DON'T I-45, GO AHEAD,

PLEASE. >> HEY THERE, CAN Y'ALL HEAR

ME? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> OKAY, THIS IS MALL MOLLY COOK RN HERE, AND I WANTED TO AS ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ON THE I-45 EXPANSION FIGHT AND SHOUT OUT TO COMMISSIONER GARCIA FOR

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SPEARHEADING THIS EFFORT TO MAKE THE NPO MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE DIVERSE TIF THE PEOPLE ITS SERVING.

I WANTED TO CALL TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE BEING HARASSED BY A GROUP CALLED DELL RICHARDSON AND CERTAINTY, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A SUBCONTRACTOR OF TEXT GOT.

AND IT'S MY BELIEF THAT THEY ARE ALLOWING THEM TO DO ANYTHING THAT FORMS A CONTRACT. AND THIS IS STILL UNDER ACQUISITION. AND IT'S A CONCERN THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE HARASSED OR BEING ASKED TO MOVE AND NOT BEING FULLY INFORMED OF THEIR RIGHTS OR HOW LONG THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOME. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF ONE PERSON IS DISPLACED AND THE PROJECT IS STOPPED OR ALTERED, THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE. FOR AN INBE JUNCTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT COULD SAVE PEOPLE'S HOMES, I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. >> ANCHOR: MOLLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING OUT. IT IS CONCERNING.

THANK YOU. >> YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT -- ATTORNEY MENAFEE SENT A LETTER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONFIRM THAT THE ACTIONS THAT TEXDOT ARE TAKING ARE APPROPRIATE WITHIN THEIR PRESERVATIONS AND WE'RE WAITING

TO HEAR BACK ON THAT. >> AND JUST STATE REPRESENTATIVE PENNY SHAW HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TEXT DON'T THAT WAS ILLUMINATING AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER, BUT SHE'S WORKING ON THAT TOO.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> BETHANY SAMS WITH PURE

JUSTICE, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER ELLIS, THIS IS TIFFANY SAMS WITH PURE JUSTICE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE STUDY THAT YOU HAVE COMMISSIONED ON THE EXPANSION OF T PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT EXPANSION AND GATHER MORE INFORMATION.

AS YOU KNOW, THE HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE HAS A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS OVERSIGHT AND 91% OF CASES ARE APPOINTED TO A PRIVATE ATTORNEY, AND WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT SHOWS THAT PUBLIC DEFENDERS ARE BETTER ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT AND QUALITY TO INDIGENT DEFENDANTS THAN PRIVATE ATTORNEYS.

ONE THING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO CONTINUE WITH THE INVESTMENT IN A COMPREHENSIVE INDIGENT DEFENSE SYSTEM, IT'S FAIR, IT'S MORE EQUITABLE AND THE WAY FOR US TO CYCLE IN THE MASS INCARCERATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE UNTIL NOW, AND BEGINNING THE COMMISSION IS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE DATA POINTS THAT WE NEED. THANK YOU.

I'M DONE. >> YES.

THIS IS ROD, AND THANK YOU. MY POINT, AFTER THE FUNERAL, WE VOTED AND MADE A COMMITMENT TO GET OUR PD OFFICE UP TO 50 PERFECTION OF THE CASES AND WE'LL FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE ON THAT, AND WE DO NEED A HOLISTIC APPROACH.

I'M HOPING THAT HE WILL EXPAND THE STUDY IS THAT WE DID WITH THE INDIGENT FENCE SYSTEM, NOT JUST TO LOOK AT MISDEMEANOR CASES BUT FELON CASES, SO I'M GOING TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL RALLY AROUND THAT.

WE MADE A COMMITMENT FOR TWO YEARS, 50% OF THE CASES, WE DID THAT ON THE EVENING OF THE FUNERAL.

AND I AM GOING TO PUSH FOR THAT SUPPORT.

TO GET ANY MEANS NECESSARY, AS THE FAMOUS ORRATOR ONCE SAID.

>> WE'LL BE THERE FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED.

>> THANK YOU. >> LORE ETA BROWN WITH ORFJS.

>> HELLO, MY ANYMORE IS COLETTA BROWN, THE PRESIDENT FOR THE

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JUSTICE SYSTEM. AND I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR THE STUDY OF THE INVESTMENT AND THE EXPANSION OF THE HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.

ESPECIALLY AFTER THE DEAT OF GEORGE FLOYD.

WE STAND WITH THE COUNTY, BLACK PEOPLE ARE 49% OF THE POPULATION DETAINED IN HARRIS COUNTY JAIL. AND WE KNOW THE PRIVATE LAW FIRMS ARE MORE WITH JUDGES AND WE ARE ASKING TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE PROMISE, NOT JUST TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, BUT AS YOU STATED, COMMISSIONER ELLIS, TO GO DEEPER, TO NOT ONLY INCLUDE MISDEMEANORS, BUT ALSO TO EXPAND TO FELONY CASES. POOR PEOPLE ARE GETTING HIT THE HARDEST AND IT'S TIME FOR THAT TO STOP.

AND OUR PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICES HAVE REALLY GOOD ATTORNEYS THERE, AND WE NEED TO START UTILIZING THEM.

TY STAND WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER ELLIS, AND I STAND WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S SUPPORT AND I STAND WITH THE ORGANIZATION, AND WE'RE READY TO RALLY AND DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY.

WE'RE WAITING ON OUR ACTION ORDERS.

THANK YOU. >> TY, MA'AM.

>> KING, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MR. ROBERT FORD. I THINK YOU REQUESTED THAT YOU REACH OUT TO ME. AND I HAVE, HOWEVER, BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DR. DONALD STRICKLAND, WHO WORKS WITH -- AND I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE FROM AN EMAIL THAT I SENT TO HIM AROUND LATE THIS MORNING. MAYBE 11:30.

AND MY QUESTION TO HIM IS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING MY PAYMENT SO THE ZERO .285 ACRES OF LAND, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 2,2432,243 OF MY PROPERTY. I'M ASKING $25 PER SQUARE FOOT.

AS I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, I NEVER AGREED TO SELL MY PROPERTY. I ACCEPTED A SPONSORSHIP IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,000 TO DO AN EVENT.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, THEY TOOK THAT DONATION ON A TEXT TEXT HOME EQUITY SECURITY INSTRUMENT.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, IT WAS EVER ATTACHED TO MY HOME BECAUSE IT WAS NOT CREATED UNDER THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE.

AND THE PROPERTY WINDOWS ALSO OVER AN ACRE OF LAND AND IT DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW DURING THAT TIME.

THE AMENDED LAW TO INCLUDE URBAN HOMESTEADS LIKE MINE, OVER AN ACRE TO THE NOVEMBER 2ND, 1999, AND THE LAST DON'T I ASSIGNED WAS IN SEPTEMBER OF 1999.

SO THEREFORE, THERE WERE NO GROUNDS FOR FORECLOSURE OR FORCED SALE. I APPRECIATE WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE TO THIS MATTER, I RECENTLY RECEIVED MY MINORITY WOMEN'S BUSINESS CERTIFICATE FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT'S REQUIRED.

I HAD TO PAY MY PEOPLE FOR HELPING ME DO THIS WORK TO HELP THE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE A CALL BACK OR SOME SORT OF MEETING SET UP FACE-TO-FACE SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH TRYING TO HELP NOT ONLY MY FAMILY HEAL, BUT THE CITY AND WANT FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THEM.

I ENJOY WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES, AND I HAVE I THINK A VERY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION, SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATION MATERIALS FOR THE FAMILIES THAT HELP THE CHILDREN LEARN. SO I NEED MY TIME.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WHO CAN I EXPECT TO GET IN

CONTACT WITH ME? >> SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE IN TOUCH WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ALREADY.

ROBERT IS NO LONGER WITH THE COUNTY, BUT MR. MENEFEE'S OFFICE WILL GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE RIGHT FOLKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> R. MICHAEL LEE, GO AHEAD,

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PLEASE. >> I RESPOND IN 17 PAGES OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM THAT FAILS TO PROTECT IT'S SENIORS. IT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF A SENIOR PROTECTING HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND HIS HOME.

IT EXTORTS $30,000 TO PAY FOR ENGINEERING FOR FLOOD CONTROL'S PLAN AND SAVE THE COUNTY $50,000.

WHY SHOULD MOVING ON ARDMORE, A RESIDENTIAL STREET, THAT'S ONLY TWO BLOCKS LONG, A TWO-YEAR BATTLE? YOU'LL FIND THE ANTAGONIST, A PROJECT MANAGER AND HIS SUPERVISOR, SOME MOTIVATED BY RETALIATION CODE BY BIGOTRY, ALLOWING THIS TO DRAG OUT FOR TWO YEARS.

THE ACCOMPLISHMENT, JEOPARDIZING A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE.

I ASK YOU TO THE SAGA I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING ON TV TONIGHT.

KPRC. >> MICHELLE LEVI, TAX SERVICE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

I WANTED TO FIRST THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY MYSELF.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO THANK YOU FOR THE EXTENSION ON THE HARRIS COUNTY GUYOUT PROGRAM. I AM A CERTIFIED WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS AND I'M A SUBCONTRACTOR TO TECHNO TECH ON THE HARRIS COUNTY PROJECT. I WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT EXTENSION. AS A RESULT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS A SUBCONTRACTOR, WE'RE ABLE TO REMAIN WORKING THROUGHOUT 2020 BECAUSE OF THE WORK AND THE IMPACT OF IS THIS PROJECT. AND ALSO OUT OF THAT, WE EMPLOY SIX NEW FULL-TIME STAFF SO WE CAN MEET THE DEMAND OF THE PROJECT AND MEET ALL OF THE CURRENT DEADLINES.

I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND KNOW THAT YOUR VOTES WERE APPRECIATED AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> LISA CARRUTHERS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THIS IS LISA CARRUTHERS WITH THE HARRIS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S AFTER SCHOOL CASE FOR KIDS.

I'M JUST CALLING IN TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE COUNTY CONTEXTS, YOUTH SUMMER INITIATIVE THAT YOU PUT INTO PLACE WITH THE COURT AGENDAS AGO.

WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE RECEIVED OVER 117 APPLICATIONS FROM ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS EACH OF THE FOUR PRECINCTS.

THIS SUMMER WILL BE FULL OF ACTIVITIES WITH PROVIDERS READING, PLAYING GUITAR, PROVIDING INITIATIVES TO KIDS WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS, COLLEGE AND CAREER, STEM ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

WE DID RECEIVE AN AVERAGE REQUEST OF ABOUT $16,000 PER APPLICATION FOR THE SUMMER, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED WAS OVER $1.9 MILLION. WE WEREN'T SURE WHEN WE SPEAK TO YOU INITIALLY ABOUT HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WE WOULD RECEIVE AS WE NEVER PROVIDED SOME FUNDING UNTIL YOU STEPPED IN, AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED THAT WE DID INDEED GET SO MANY APPLICANTS, AND WE'LL BE MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, AND WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT PROJECT.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROGRAM. ARE Y'ALL GOING TO DO YOUR

SUMMER WORKSHOP THIS SUMMER? >> THE SUMMER --

>> FOR DEBATE? >> OH, YES.

SUMMER DEBATE CAMP IS IN EFFECT, AND WE ARE PLANNING IT RIGHT NOW. WE'LL HAVE A WEEK-LONG SUMMER CAMP THIS YEAR. AND ONE OF OUR STUDENTS HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO A PRESTIGIOUS MONTH-LONG SUMMER CAMP AS WELL.

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>> PLEASE LET MY OFFICE KNOW WHEN THE AARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE. EVERY NOW AND THEN, THE OLD DEBATE COACH IS ALLOWED TO COME TEACH SOME OF THE NEXT

GENERATION. >> WE'LL DO THAT.

>> THANK YOU, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS?

>> THOSE ARE ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.

>> OKAY. JUST TO CONFIRM, AND WE SHOULD TAKE THESE GLO ITEMS FIRST TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE GET TO THE REST OF THE AGENDA. SO LET'S JUST WORK THROUGH THE

DISCUSSION ITEMS REAL QUICK. >> YOUR HONOR, BEFORE YOU GO TOO FAR WITH THOSE, I NOTICE THAT COMMISSIONER ELLIS POPPED OFF FOR A SECOND. BUT I DID WANT TO -- THE COMMENTS THAT BISHOP DIXON RAISED EARLIER, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH COMMISSIONER ELLIS ABOUT ANOTHER MINISTER IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTEP BOUNDARIES, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DOING SOMETHING WITH JOHNSON AT SOME POINT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME OR NOT, AND I'LL SHOW YOU HIS PICTURE.

MY STAFF WILL REACH OUT TO HIS STAFF.

>> WHEN HE GETS BACK, I'LL GO OVER THE ITEMS THAT NEED

CORRECTIONS WHEN I SEND IT. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> I HAVE HERE, ITEM 143 ON PAGE 16, THE ORDER OF WORDS SHOULD BE SWITCHED SO IT SAYS, IT SHOULD READ, HARRIS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE TO ASSESS BEST PRACTICES.

ITEM 223 ON PAGE 26. THE END DATE FOR THE AGREEMENT SHOULD BE MAY 24TH, 2022 INSTEAD OF MAY 24TH.

SO CHANGE THE 4 TO MAY 4TH 2022.

ITEM 274. DOES NOT NEED TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO PLEASE STRIKE THE WORDS, FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'LL TAKE THAT ITEM AS A REGULAR ITEM.

THAT SHOULD BE IT FOR THE CORRECTIONS.

>> EXCUSE ME, THIS IS LUCINDA. I ALSO SHOW ITEM NUMBER 3 ON PAGE 2. FOR GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF

$915,000,000.508128. >> CORRECT, IT SHOULD BE 9 -- OKAY, EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS WOULD JUST BE THE GLO ITEM.

[Executive Session]

AND THERE WAS A REQUEST BY THE SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION I-275 FOR A DIRECTOR'S POSITION, DOES ANYBODY NEED TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THAT ONE? EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM 277.

TO CONSIDER INCREASING THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR 11 IS 1?

>> I DON'T NEED TO, OTHER MEMBERS, DID MR. BEHR WANT US TO

GO IN THERE? >> JUDGING FROM THAT, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GOOD. IF IF YOU TO DISCUSS IT --

>> I DON'T NEED TO. >> WE'LL MOVE ON IT WITH THE REST OF THE ITEMS. ITEMS 280 AND 283.

>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I WAS A LITTLE SLOWER ON MY PAGE TURNING. BACK ON THE GLO, WE'RE GOING BACK IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON A VERY LIMITED ITEM WITH REGARD TO POSSIBLE LITIGATION STRATEGIES. WE'RE NOT GOING BACK THERE FOR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS, RIGHT?

>> FOR THE CGB FUNDS? >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM TODAY, WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING BACK ON, SO THE RECORD IS REAL CLEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BACK JUST FOR WHAT'S APPROPRIATE.

>> YES, SO I PROPOSE THAT WE GO BACK TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS 280 AND 283, AND THERE'S A STRATEGIC QUESTION THAT I NEED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU. IT TEN JENGLY RELATES TO THE LEGAL POSITION, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.

>> ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? >> SO JAY, IS THAT BROAD

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ENOUGH? WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT?

>> YES, THE ITEMS ARE STYLED SUCH THAT RELATED TO THAT, AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO --

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND I WILL ZO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT, IN THE CONFINES AND THE LEGAL PARAMETERS THAT THE COUNTY HAS PUT AROUND.

>> SO MUCH OF THIS IS PUBLIC DISCUSSION, AND THERE'S THAT SLIVER THAT WE NEED THE EXECUTIVE DECISION ON.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON THE EDGE OF THE SLIVER.

>> SO ITEMS 280 AND 283 ARE THE ONES THAT WILL GO TO EXECUTIVE

SESSION? >> 280 AND 283, 286 ISSUES THAT I LAID OUT? LEGAL ACTION, DOES THAT INCLUDE THAT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT.

>> COMMISSIONER, 286 WAS THE ITEM THAT I WAS REFERRING TO THAT GIVES YOU THE ITEMS THAT I REFERRED TO.

>> THE DISCUSSION ITEMS, COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> OKAY. >> OKAY, SO HERE'S THE ITEMS THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR DISCUSSION.

ITEM 4, TO ACCEPT $28 MILLION FOR THE EMERGENCY RENTEL ASSISTANCE. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, DO YOU

STILL NEED THAT ONE? >> I THINK NOT.

>> OKAY, SO WE'LL PASS THAT WITH THE REST OF THE AGENDA.

TRANSMITTAL, BY BUDGET MANAGEMENT.

DO WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT? ITEM.

>> I WAS JUST CURIOUS. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IT.

>> OKAY, SO WE'LL PULL ITEM 7. ITEM 13 IS THE BROAD COVID DISCUSSION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO COVER THAT ONE.

ITEM 32, AGREEMENT WITH GREATER NORTH SIDE MANAGEMENT,

COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> I WOULD, JUDGE.

>> OKAY, ITEM OF, APPROVAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING.

IN THIS ITEM 82, ON A FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT PROJECT FOR

CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT. >> OKAY.

>> ITEM 95, APPROVE PAPER FUNDING FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICES FOR THE RELEASE PROJECT. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY?

>> YES. >> ITEM 114, REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PURCHASE GIFT CARDS FOR

PREVENTION. >> YES.

>> ITEM 122, AGREEMENT WITH THE HOPE CLINIC.

>> I DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS IT. >> OKAY.

>> ITEM 129. >> WHAT I WANTED TO DO ON THAT IS A THANK YOU, CHRISTINE, CANINES FOR COPS, YOU ROCK, AND A DONATION OF ANOTHER POLICE DOG IN OUR COMMUNITY AND JUDGE, WE

CAN TAKE IT OFF THE LIST NOW. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRATITUDE.

ITEM 156, ASSOCIATE JUDGES, ITEM 168, AN APPLICATION FOR $30,000 IN GRANT FUNDS, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

158. 176, A PROJECT SCHEDULED FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> ITEM 188, A RENEWAL OPTION WITH ENGINEERING. THAT'S ALSO YOURS, COMMISSIONER

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GARCIA. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> ITEM 196. >> NO, MA'AM.

WE'RE GOOD ON THAT ONE. >> ITEM 249, COMMISSIONER

RAMSEY, THAT'S THE CONTRACT. >> YES, I DO.

>> ITEM 257, COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REGARDING THE HARRIS COUNTY PARTICIPATION HGSC. ITEM 258, AN UPDATE FROM THE JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT ON THE COMMISSIONER COURT PASSAGE 2020. AND HARVIN CAPTURE, WE DISCUSSED, THAT WAS ITEM 260. ITEM 284, THAT'S MY ITEM, I DO WANT TO DISCUSS IT, AND WE CAN ADDRESS THE CASE BACKLOGS.

ITEM -- >> SO JUDGE, I SKIPPED ONE.

277, WE HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC ON THE AMOUNT.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE INCREASE IS.

277. THAT'S THE BUILDING.

>> OKAY. >> SO I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A MOTION INCLUDED. I GUESS -- WE CAN DO IT QUICK, I JUST HAVE TO MENTION THAT THE INCREASE IS 29.6.

>> OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO PUT -- >> 277.

>> PUT IT BACK. AND THEN LET ME SEE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ITEM 280.

ITEM 280 IS THE REQUEST BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AROUND THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. AND WE'RE TAKING THAT ONE ON EXECUTIVE SESSION. JUST ONE SECOND.

OKAY. SO I'M JUST -- OKAY, SO THERE'S 280. WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON 280. AND THEN THERE'S ITEM 283.

WHICH WE'LL ALSO PULL OUT FOR DISCUSSION JUST IN CASE.

AND AND THEN COMMISSIONER ELLIS, YOU HAD YOUR GLO ITEM AS WELL THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND HOLD?

>> YES, AND THE PART ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL ACTION WOULD BE EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND THE REST WE TALKED ABOUT ANYWAY.

>> OKAY, SO -- SO WE HAVE 283, 286, AND 288.

DID YOU GET THAT? 288, 283, 286, 288.

>> YES, THOSE ARE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>> NO, THOSE ARE -- THOSE WILL HAVE -- THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION LISTED ON THEM.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> SO JUDGE, UNDER MY ITEM.

ON THE PART ABOUT LEGAL ACTION ON THIS ADMINISTRATIVE, THAT PART WOULD BE EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WANT EXECUTIVE SESSION ON

THAT. >> SURE, CAN WE DO THAT? I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS -- THE ITEMS ARE SO BROAD, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE. EITHER WAY.

>> I'M FINE, JUDGE. I THINK AS A GENERAL RULE, YOU CAN -- I MEAN, I'VE ALREADY BEEN IN THAT, YOU CAN DISCUSS THE GLO ITEMS IN OPEN COURT AND THOSE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS, IT'S WHAT WE'RE LIMITED TO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT, IT PRECLUDES US HAVE ADDRESSING SOMETHING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF IT'S AN OPEN DISCUSS, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE AND CONTRACTUAL RELATED MATTERS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>> OKAY, SO WE SAID -- WE WILL DISCUSS ITEM 277, AND ITEM 280,

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BUT WE'LL TAKE THAT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE'LL DISCUSS ITEM 284, WE'LL TAKE THAT ONE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND ITEM 286, THEY'RE ALL OVERLAPPING AND WE'LL TAKE THAT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND ITEM 288, WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT'S JUST A RENT SOLUTION.

THEN WE HAVE -- >> JUDGE, I'M SORRY, AND YOU MAY BE GETTING IT TOO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, 291 IS LISTED AS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM.

>> RIGHT. RIGHT NOW, I'M AT 289, WHICH IS -- WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS, ITEM 289, MARCELO, IS FOR DISCUSSION ON COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN PERSON.

WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS IT IF FOLKS ARE OKAY WITH IT.

>> ITEM 290, YOU ALL KNOW WE HAD INITIALLY POSTED IT TO STOP THE REQUIREMENT OF PROVISIONS FOR VISITORS IS WHAT IT IS, BUT AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATION, WE HAD TO POST IT SORT OF VAGUE SOUNING BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS, AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT, AND ITEM 281, THAT WAS A COUNTY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION. SO NO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM 281. AND ITEM 292, COMMISSIONER

RAMSEY -- >> IT'S ALL TIED UP IN THE REST

OF IT. >> OKAY, SO WE'LL KEEP 292.

SO DO YOU NEED CLARIFICATION MARCELO? I KNOW THAT IT GOT CONFUSING WITH THE ITEMS.

>> IF YOU DON'T MIND. >> SO I'M GOING TO READ THE ONES THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING. ITEMS 7, 13, 32, 67, 82, 95, 114, 156, 157, 168, 176, 188, 249, 257, 258.

280, 283, 277. IT 84.

286, 288. 289, 190, 191, AND 292.

>> THANK YOU. >> OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION FOR ALL THE ITEMS -- ON THE AGENDA, 1 -- ALL THE WAY THROUGH 292 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE ITEMS ALREADY VOTED ON, AND THE DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT WE JUST PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SO WE'RE 10 MINUTES FROM BREAK AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE GLO ITEMS BECAUSE THEY'RE TIME SENSITIVE.

SO I WOULD REQUEST -- AND IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ANYWAY -- IT WAS JUST THE GLO ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO ON EXECUTIVE

SESSION ANYWAY. >> DID WE VOTE ON THAT GLO

LETTER? >> NO, WE HAVEN'T.

I FIGURED WE COULD VOTE ON IT WHEN WE COME BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO THERE'S -- WE'LL TAKE A BREAK, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND DISCUSS ITEMS 280, 283, AND 286, WHICH ARE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS RELATED TO THE GLO. DOES THAT WORK FOR FOLKS? SO WE'LL MEET YOU ALL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:00 SO WE CAN TAKE OUR BREAK. THANK YOU.

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