Oct 31, 2023 Commissioners Court

>>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: JUDGE, JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT I'M HERE.

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>>JUDGE HIDALGO: GREAT, COMMISSIONER.

WONDERFUL, SO, GOOD MORNING. IT IS 10:067.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE OCTOBER 31 MEETING OF HARRIS COUNTY

[Pastor Sara Vargas of Union Houston Church in Houston.]

MUCH. WHOO.

I WILL START WITH A PRAYER. COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

YOU ARE MUTED. I THINK YOU ARE SAYING -- YOU

ARE GOING TO PASS IT TO ME? >>JUDGE HIDALGO: YES, IT IS.

READING LIPS. THANK YOU.

JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER ELLIS. YES, TODAY WE HAVE A NATIVE, A PASTOR IN PRECINCT 4 IN THE EAST PART OF SPRING BRANCH.

PASTOR SARA VARGAS, THE LEAD PASTOR OF UNION HOUSTON CHURCH.

AND HER HUSBAND REVEREND ROD IS HERE.

MARRIED 28 YEARS. FOUR KIDS.

ONE GRANDDAUGHTER NAMED MIA. AND THIS CHURCH IMPRESSES ME FOR SO MANY REASONS ONE IS PARTICULAR FOCUS ON WOMEN AND THE WOMEN'S MINISTRY AND GUIDING THEM INTO THE WALL MINISTRY AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR SON.

I KNOW HE SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE AND HE SERVES IN THE KATY POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND KATY IS IN PRECINCT 4.

I LOVE THE INTERCONNECTIONS. THANK YOU.

AND WE TALKED EARLIER WHAT YOU DO FOR THE YOUTH AND GETTING THEM ON A PATH TO FIND THEIR TRUTH AND PURPOSE.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO IN PRECINCT 4 AND BEYOND.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, PASTOR SARA VARGAS.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. IT IS TRULY AN HONOR.

LET'S BOW OUR HEADS AND PRAY. SO HEAVENLY FATHER, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST -- I JUST ASK THAT YOU BE WITH EVERY SINGLE PERSON, DEAR LORD. I SPECIFICALLY ASK THAT YOU PRAY A BLESSING OVER JUDGE HIDALGO, THE COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE HERE THAT REPRESENT THE GOVERNMENT, FATHER FATHER GOD.

THAT NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST THEM WILL PROSPER, FATHER GOD.

YOU GIVE THEM THE WISDOM TO CARRY OUT THE GOALS THAT NEED TO BE MET HERE, FATHER GOD. YOU GIVE THEM SOUND MIND, FATHER GOD. NO NEGATIVE THOUGHTS COME IN FATHER GOD, THAT I ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO PUT THEM ON THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. YOU GIVE THEM HUMILITY TO SERVE WELL, FATHER GOD. THEY CONTINUE TO DO THEIR JOBS WELL, FATHER GOD. YOU HAVE APPOINTED AND ANOINTED EACH ONE OF THEM FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS, FATHER GOD.

I BELIEVE THIS IS THE TIME YOU ARE RISING UP THE CHURCH.

YOU ARE RISING UP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, FATHER GOD IN UNITY TO QUACK HAND IN HAND, FATHER GOD.

I PRAY FOR THE AMAZING CITY OF HOUSTON, FATHER GOD.

TO FIND THEM IN LOVE, PEACE AND UNITY, FATHER GOD.

CALLING EACH ONE OF US AS A DUTY TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS WELL, FATHER GOD. TO LIFT EACH OTHER UP WELL, FATHER GOD. I PRAY FOR OUR NATION, FATHER GOD, THAT YOU JUST HAVE YOUR HAND UPON US WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE WORLD, LORD.

THAT YOU BE IN THE FOREFRONT, FATHER GOD.

WE SPEAK WISDOM OVER LEADERS, FATHER GOD.

THAT YOU GIVE EVERYONE THE CONFIDENCE THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY, FATHER GOD. I ASK THAT YOU BE IN THIS MEETING, FATHER GOD. JUST GO FORTH THAT EVERYBODY WHO SPEAKS, FATHER GOD HAS CONFIDENCE IN WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, FATHER GOD. AND THAT YOU ARE -- YOUR WISDOM COMES THROUGH IN EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE HERE, LORD.

I JUST THANK YOU, FATHER GOD, THAT SPECIFICALLY TODAY -- I ASK FOR PROTECTION OVER EVERYONE, FATHER GOD.

AND THAT YOUR LIGHT TRULY DOES SHINE IN THE DARKNESS, GOD.

AND YOU BE WITH EVERYONE, FATHER GOD.

BRING A CALMNESS TO THIS ROOM. BRING ORDER.

YOU ARE A GOD OF ORDER AND I ASK YOU TO BE IN THE MIDST OF EVERY CONVERSATION, EVERYTHING THAT IS SPOKEN HERE, FATHER GOD, THAT IT BE DONE IN HONOR AND LOVE. IN JESUS'S NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: AMEN. >> AMEN.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU, MISS VARGAS.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.

WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, UNDER GOD, ONE AND

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AND THEN DO THE REST OF THE ITEMS. BUT I WANT TO TAKE THE SPEAKERS, COMMISSIONER ELLIS, IF YOU DON'T

MIND BEFORE WE TAKE ANY ITEMS. >>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: SURE, JUDGE. THANK YOU AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR ACCOMMODATING ME. I AM AWAKE, BUT IF NOT, WAKE ME

UP. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE RESOLUTIONS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OUT OF ORDER. I DON'T SEE FOR COMMISSIONER ELLIS OR COMMISSIONER GARCIA. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>>COMMISSIONER RAMSEY: ALWAYS GOOD, FOLKS, TO RECOGNIZE FOLKS, WHO LEFT A SIGNIFICANT FOOTPRINT.

I WILL SIMPLY GET TO THE REST LOUIS RELATED TO DON STRICTIN.

RECOGNIZE THE HONORABLE DONE STRICTIN IN HARRIS COUNTY.

DON STRICTIN SERVED AND PROMOTED FIRST ATTENDANT.

ASSISTANT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND WORKED IN THAT CAPACITY AS THE LONGEST SERVING ASSISTANT IN THE HISTORY OF THE OFFICE FROM 1987 TO 1999. WHEREAS DON STRICTLIN APPOINTED JUDGE BY GOVERNOR GEORGE W. BUSH AND HIS TIME ON THE BENCH RENOWNED FOR COURT ROOM DECORUM, DEMEANOR AND APPRECIATED BY BOTH SIDES OF THE BAR FOR WISDOM AND DEDICATION TO FOLLOW THE LAW.

HIS LIFE AND REPUTATION HAVE RAISED A STANDARD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN TEXAS AND SERVES AS AN OUTSTANDING ROLE MODEL FOR ALL. DON STRICTLIN'S INFLUENCE THROUGHOUT HARRIS COUNTY AS HE SERVES HIS NEW COMMUNITY IN ST.

GEORGE, UAW. OCTOBER 22, 2023, AT HIS HOME IN UAW, HE QUIETLY TRANSITIONED FROM IN LIFE TO THE NEXT.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZE THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS OF

THE HONORABLE DON STRICTLIN. >> I WILL SECOND THAT BECAUSE I DID KNOW THE JUDGE AND WORKED WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. HIS WIFE ALSO WAS VICE PRESIDENT, I THINK, OF FIRST CITY BANK.

GOT TO KNOW HER WHEN I TOOK OUT A CAR LOAN.

AND -- BUT, EVERYTHING THAT YOU READ JUST -- JUST SPEAKS INCREDIBLY WELL. AND FOR SOMEONE WHO WORKED WITH THEN DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN HOLMES.

DON WAS THE LEVEL-HEADED GUY ALONG WITH JERRY WILSON.

ALONG WITH JUDGE POE. ALONG WITH RUSTY.

AND SO, I -- I SECOND THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY

FAMILY HERE, BUT AGAIN -- >> COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE DEBBY

STRICTLIN ON THE LINE. >> OKAY.

>> HELLO. HELLO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M HERE.

I AM IN UAW. >> OKAY, DEBBY, GOOD TO HEAR

FROM YOU. >> THANK YOU SO AS MUCH, COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. AND I KNOW DON IS TOTALLY HONORED. I KNOW HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING -- WORKING THERE IN THAT COURT ROOM.

AND WORKING WITH MANY OF YOU. AND I KNOW HE IS VERY, VERY HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS. AND MY PRIVILEGE TO ACCEPT IT ON HIS BEHALF. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, DEBBY. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND LOOK FORWARDS TO ENCOURAGING WEEKS IN THE COMING WEEKS.

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

>>COMMISSIONER GARCIA: THIS IS COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

I REMEMBER YOU BOTH BUT I REMEMBER DON INCREDIBLY AS WELL.

AND WE -- WE HAVE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN PRAYER.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, WE

APPRECIATE IT. >>COMMISSIONER BRIONES: DEBBY, THIS IS COMMISSIONER BRIONES AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS SERVICE

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: MR. STRISHGLEN, SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING

US THIS MORNING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT IS A VERY, VIS -- A HUGE PRIVILEGE AND I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. I WISH I HAD BETTER WORDS TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE, BUT THANK YOU.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU. >>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: IF I MIGHT. THIS IS RODNEY ELLIS.

MISS STRICTLIN, IF YOU EVER NEED US, CALL ANY OF US.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS, THANK YOU. IT MEANS A WORLD TO ME AND WITH

DON, I KNOW, THANK YOU. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: WE HAVE A CORRECTION ON THE ITEM. WE WILL MAKE A CORRECTION.

VOTE ON IT. IT SHOULD RE READ S-T-R-I-C-K-L-I-N. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE

RESOLUTION WITH THE UPDATE. >>COMMISSIONER RAMSEY: MAKE A

MOTION. >>COMMISSIONER GARCIA: SECOND.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> JUDGE, JUST -- JUST A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.

A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS THAT DIDN'T GET TO MAKE IT ON TO THE LIST AND I WANT TO ADD THEM FOR THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR NONAGENDA ITEM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD FLOYDS MENDEZ HERE AND DOE MINING GA UELVEA WHO IS HERE.

NONAGENDA ITEMS. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>>COMMISSIONER RAMSEY: THE SECOND REGULARS LOUIS IS A REALLY A CELEBRATION OF NOT ONLY THE RED CROSS BUT THE GOOD WORK IT DOES IN RESULT OF A PRETTY AMAZING EVENING.

I WILL GIVE YOU THE STORY AS WAS GIVEN TO ME, WHEREAS JUNE 27, 2023. A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY NEARLY TOOK A DARK TURN FOR A FAMILY ENJOYING THEMSELVES AT THE BRECKENRIDGE COMMUNITY POOL IN SPRING, TEXAS. WHEREAS, KYLIE FERNANDEZ AND DIANA CHAVEZ WERE MINUTES FROM LEAVING THE POOL WHEN THEY NOTICED A LITTLE BOY UNDER WATER AND MOTIONLESS.

WHEREAS, WITHOUT SKIPPING A BEAT, THEY PARTICULARLY GRABBED THE LITTLE BOY WHO HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO TURN BLUE FROM THE WATER. BROUGHT HIM TO THE POOL DECK WHERE THEIR FATHER WILLIAM, IMMEDIATELY BEGAN CPR.

THEIR SWIFT AND COURAGEOUS ACTIONS RESUSCITATED THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY AND SAVED HIS LIFE FROM BECOMING A HEART-WRENCHING DROWNING STATISTIC.

AGAIN, A CELEBRATION OF NOT ONLY THE RESPONSE OF PEOPLE THAT -- THAT ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING WITH WHAT THEY LEARN, BUT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. I THINK WE HAVE THE ARIAS FAMILY HERE. I THINK WE HAVE MR. BLAKE OF THE RED CROSS. SO IF THE ARIAS FAMILY CAN COME

UP AND ACKNOWLEDGE -- >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, YOUR HONOR. IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR QUICK THINKING, THE RED CROSS PRESENT KALEY, DIANA AND WILLIAM WITH THE EXTRAORDINARY PERSONAL ACTION AWARD.

THIS HONOR IS BESTOWED ON NOSE WHO HAVE NOT HAVE HAVE FORMAL RED CROSS PERFORMS MOMENTS OF HEROISM.

AND CPR TRAINING CAN CAN HELP PEOPLE BECOME HEROES AND SAVE LIVES. WE KINDLY ASK KALEY, DIANA, GUADELUPE. LUPE, THEIR MOTHER TO STEP FORWARD. WILLIAM WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND.

HE HAD TO WORK TODAY AND SHE WILL BE ACCEPTING THE AWARD.

WE EXTEND OUR HEART. FELT GRATITUDE FOR ACTIONS THAT SAVED A PRECIOUS LEAVE. THEY EXEMPT FRIED THE TRUE SPIRIT OF HEROISM. THANKS FOR THE COURT FOR HONORING THEM TODAY. NOW THE REWARD -- AWARD.

THIS IS FOR WILLIAM. BEAUTIFUL CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO. AND THERE IS A PIN.

HERE YOU GO. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT JOB.

>> THANK YOU. >>JUDGE HIDALGO:

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HAVE YOU THERE. >> JUDGE, WOULD THEY LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? THEY LOOK LIKE THEY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. THEY DO.

>> YOU ARE REAL-LIFE HEROES. THAT IS AMAZING.

THANK YOU FOR SAVING -- >> THANK YOU AND I AM HAPPY WE GOT TO SAVE A LIFE BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN, AND NOTHING HAPPENED THIS TIME. HE IS ALL RIGHT.

I WANTED TO THANK, LIKE, JUST -- I FEEL LIKE IF NOBODY WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT KID, LIKE -- ANYBODY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HE WAS JUST KIDDING. I DID AT FIRST.

BUT THEN WHENEVER YOU FINALLY REALIZE HE WAS THERE FOR A WHILE, IT JUST MADE ME THINK OF ME AND MY LITTLE BROTHER.

WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE IF THAT WAS MY SIBLING.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS.

>> WELL SAID. THANK YOU.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MR. BLAKE, FOR

TALL YOUR WORK AS WELL. >> ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND, WILLIAM, WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.

WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE A HAPPY ENDING AND THAT THEY ASSISTED.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU. >> JUDGE, IF I CAN, JUST AS A POINT TO ALL OF US, BUT TO THESE YOUNG LADIES IN PARTICULAR.

A FRIENDS OF MINUTES POSTED A -- I THINK IT WAS A CINCO DE MAYO GET TOGETHER IN HIS HOME. HE HAS A POOL.

THE FIRE CHIEF -- THE FIRE CHIEF WAS ATTENDING.

THEY GET-TOGETHERS AND HE NOTICED ONE OF THE KIDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL, JUST LIKE THIS YOUNG LADY DESCRIBED.

AS THEY WERE TALKING, ALL OF THE A SUDDEN THE CHIEF DIGS APPEARS AND DIVING INTO THE POOL. TURNS OUT THE KID BASS PLAYING, BUT JUST ONE OF THOSE REACTIONS THAT WE ALL OUGHT TO HAVE REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE. FULL UNIFORM.

CHIEF DIVES INTO THE POOL. IS IT NOT MAKE THE NEWS MEDIA AND EXEMPLIFIES WHAT IF IT WASN'T SOMEONE PLAYING.

AND THANKFULLY THAT CHILD IS STILL WITH US.

SO THANK YOU, LADIES. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BRIONES. >>COMMISSIONER BRIONES: YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I HAVE TO THANK YOU AS A MOM OF THREE LITTLE KIDS, ONE OF MY BIGGEST FEARS IS THAT MY KIDS WILL DROWN.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HEROES AND STEPPING UP ANDING A GOOD NEIGHBOR. AND YOU INSPIRE ME.

AND YOU INSPIRE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SO OUR RESOLUTION FOR PRECINCT 4 -- I AM SURE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM HAVE PROUDLY ATTENDED THE RODEO.

GIVES ME GREAT, GREAT HONOR TO HONOR PAT MANN PHILLIPS, THE FIRST WOMAN EVER TO SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO.

>> CHAIR PHILLIPS, OUR RODEO ESTABLISHED IN 193, 91 YEARS AGO AND EACH YEAR IT ATTRACTS TWO MILLION PEOPLE TO OUR ENERGY PARK AND RECOGNIZE RYAN WALSH TO COME AND JOIN US HERE.

LEADS OUR EFFORTS HERE. AND AS A FORMER TEACHER AND AS A MOM, I JUST LOVE THAT THE RODEO EACH YEAR AWARDS OVER 800 SCHOLARSHIPS WORTH OVER $14 MILLION.

AND THEY HAVE PRESENTED OVER 20,000 SCHOLARSHIPS VALUED AT $275 MILLION SINCE 1957. MOREOVER, IN TERMS OF YOUTH PROGRAMMING GENERALLY AND A COMMITMENT TO THE YOUTH, THEY HAVE COMMITTED OVER $575 MILLION SINCE 1932.

IT'S AMAZING. AND I AM PARTICULARLY JUST GREATSFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE RODEO HAS COME THE LAST 91 YEARS AND I AM ENERGIZED BY NOW WE HAVE SOURCE FIRST WOMAN EVER TO SERVE AS THE HELM WHAT SHE WILL DO.

SHE AS A THREE-YEAR TENURE THAT WILL BEGIN WITH THE 2024 RODEO.

BECAME A LIFE MEMBER OF THE RODEO IN 2001 AND EXTENSIVE VOLUNTEER WORK WITH THE RODEO. AND SHE AND I TALKED VARIOUS TIMES AND THE REASON I AM SO EXCITED BECAUSE WHEN HER SERVING AS THE HOME OF THE RODEO. THE WORLD'S LARGEST RODEO IS NOT ONLY AN AMAZING FEAT FOR OUR REGION, BUT AN AMAZING FEATS FOR ALL WOMEN. AND I AM JUST SO HONORED TO HONOR YOU TODAY AND CELEBRATE YOUR HISTORIC ELECTION.

SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

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COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

COMMISSIONER ELLIS. IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, JUDGE HIDALGO. I AM TRULY HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION, BUT I ACCEPT IT ON BEHALF OF OUR 50,000 LIFE MEMBERS OF THE SHOW. AND OUR 35,000 HARD-WORKING, DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS. AN AMAZING TALENTED STAFF.

ALL OF OUR GENEROUS DONORS AND SPONSORS AND ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO SHARE IN THE MISSION OF THE SHOW.

IT IS TRULY A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN THE ROLE OF CHAIRMAN FOR THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO.

AS YOU SAID, THE FIRST OF THREE YEARS.

I AM A ROOKIE. BUT THE -- WITH THE COMMUNITY'S UNWAVERING SUPPORT OVER THE LAST 92 YEARS, THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE ANNUAL EVENT THAT PRINCIPLES THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE COUNTY ALL TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

EACH YEAR THE RODEO WELCOMES 2.4 MILLION VISITORS TO NRG PARK.

AND $227 MILLION OF TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA. AS COMMISSIONER BRIONES POINTED OUT SINCE OUR BEGINNING, THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK AND RODEO GIVEN MONEY TO EDUCATION. WE CALL NRG PARK OUR HOME FOR 66 YEARS THE ORIGINAL AND LONGEST TENURE AT THE PARK AND LOOKING TO BUILD ON OUR STRONG HISTORY WITH HARRIS COUNTY.

WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU TO MAKE NRG PARK A WORLD-CLASS DESIGNATION FOR THE NEXT 66 YEARS AND BEYOND.

WE ARE GEARING UP TO CELEBRATE OUR 2024 SHOW.

THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FEBRUARY 27 AND GOES THROUGH MARCH 14.

THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO CHRIS BOWMAN HERE TODAY AND ALL OF OUR SUPPORTING STAKEHOLDERS. I WANT TO INVITES YOU ALL TO COME OUT AND ENJOY, CELEBRATE THE SHOW THAT -- THAT THE -- THAT WE ALL LOVE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AND LET'SRY DEE YO. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: CONGRATU CONGRATULATIONS.

>> OF COURSE IT IS HALLOWEEN AND WE DID BRING TREATS.

NOBODY TOLD ME. I WOULD HAVE DRESSED APPROPRIATELY. THANK YOU ALL.

>>COMMISSIONER BRIONES: WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY DECADES OF PARTNERSHIPS AND THIS IS GREATS FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THE HUGE WORLD -CLASS

DESIGNATION. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: COMMISSIONER

GARCIA. >>COMMISSIONER GARCIA: PAT, MADAM CHAIR, LET ME JUST SAY, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DESERVED. NO ONE AS SENDS TO THAT POINT EA EASILY SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE WORK YOU PUT IN. AS A FORMER COMMITTEE MEMBER, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO IT. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >>COMMISSIONER GARCIA: CHRIS, THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON THE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT THE RODEO HAVE GIVEN.

I RECENTLY VISITED WITH THE CHANCELLOR AT U OF H.

AND LOOKING FORWARDS TO SEEING HOW THINGS WORK OUT.

>> THANK YOU. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: MADAM CLEAR AND MR. PRESIDENT AND IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU FOR THESE TREATS. THIS IS WONDERFUL.

I HAVE THE HALLOWEEN -- >> MY STAFF WILL KEEP MINE.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: I KNOW, SERIOUSLY.

OH, BUT -- SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE THE FIRST WOMAN OF SOMETHING, ALL EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT.

AND IT IS A BIG DEAL, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT DURING YOUR TENURE AND I HOPE TO BE A PART OF THAT AND EXCITED TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.

Y'ALL ARE HAVING TOO MUCH FUN OVER THERE.

>> IT'S WHAT IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT. IT IS THE RODEO, ALL ABOUT HAVING FUN. THANK YOU, JUDGE.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: CONGRATULATIONS.

AND SO EXCITED TO WORK IT WITH YOU.

AND SO EXCITING TIMES FOR NRG. >> GOOD TIMES AHEAD.

>>COMMISSIONER GARCIA: RYAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> APPRECIATE EIGHTIES IT. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU, CHRIS. COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

>>COMMISSIONER BRIONES: YES, PLEASE, THANK YOU.

JUDGE, IF WE CAN CALL UP JUDGE MONICA SINGH RELATING TO ITEM

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12. >> THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.

IRONICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EVICTION DOCKET THAT HIGHLIGHTS OUR EXTREME NEED OF A EVICTION DOCKET IN THE COURTS.

I AM ONE OF CIVIL COURT JUDGES THAT SUPPORT 16 APPEAL JUDGES.

WHEN SOMEONE APPEALS, IT COMES TO ONE OF OUR COURTS.

BY WAY OF SUPPORTING THOSE JP COURTS, YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH VOLUME AND INCREASE IN THAT. RECEIVING 20 EVICTIONS PER WEEK AND LAST WEEK WE RECEIVED 100 IN OUR COURTS.

THAT MAKES IT TO WHERE -- WHEN WE ARE HEARING THOSE CASES.

WE USED TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THEM WITHIN 20 DAYS AND THE BACKLOG COMES TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY HEAR IT EVERY 60 DAYS.

WITH THAT, NOBODY IS A WINNER. NEITHER IS THE TENANT IN LIMBO OR THE LANDLORD THAT IS CLAIMING THEY HAVE LOST RENT.

WITH THAT I THINK THE STATISTICS ARE THERE FOR THE NEED OF AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE TO HELP US WITH THIS.

I WANTED TO COMMEND. >>COMMISSIONER BRIONES:'S OFFICE FOR TAKING ON THIS AND DELVING DEEP INTO THE STATISTICS --

>>CLERK: THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> -- SPECIFICALLY MISS RHONDA AND MISS FEATHERSTONE WHO TOOK THE TIME OUT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING AND COME TO OUR DOCKETS AND SEE HOW WE CAN CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF HARRIS

COUNTY WITH THIS. >> GOOD DEAL.

JUDGE? >>JUDGE HIDALGO: YES, THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BRIONES FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

THANK YOU, JUDGE, ON YOUR LEADERSHIP.

WHEN THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, I WAS THE FIRST TO CALL FOR A MORE FOR ARE YUM ON EVICTIONS AND GLAD WE ARE CONTINUING TO KEEP A FOCUS ON THIS. THE CRISIS OF WHAT THE PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SIDES AND HOUSING HAS NOT YET SUBSIDED. AND SOME I AM EXCITED TO SEE THIS ITEM. I WOULD ASK THAT MAYBE A CONVERSATION WITH JUSTICE OF THE PEACE LO SGLFSHGSANO AND DUBLEY, BECAUSE THEY ACHEEFDZ A GRANT TO DO SOME OF THE SIMILAR WORK.

THERE COULD BE SOME COORDINATION --

>> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE GREATS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE JP JUDGES AS WELL BY VICH SUE OF RUNNING TOGETHER.

WE DO HOPE TO INTEND TO CONTINUE SOME SORT OF A DIALOGUE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL EFFICIENT WITH OUR ENDS GOAL OF MAKING SURE

EVERYBODY IS HAPPY. >> ON THE EVE OF DUWALI.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR ALLOWING US TO TAKE THIS UP SO YOU CAN RUSH BACK TO HUNDREDS MUCH CASES. JUDGE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BEING AN ADDS VO CAT FOR JUSTICE IN OUR COUNTRY.

SOMETHING NEAR AND NEAR TO MY HEARTS HAVING BEEN IN THE COURT.

EVERYBODY HERE. THERE ARE 16 JPS AND ALL EVICTION APPEALS GO TO FOUR COURTS.

NOT JUST THE PANDEMIC BUT WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE UPTICK AND TO HAVE THIS SUBSTANTIAL DOUBLING OF CASES.

IT HURTS OUR TENANTS. IT HURTS LANDLORDS.

AND FOR THE THOUSANDRS OF OTHER CASES IN THEIR COURTS, IT DELAYS JUSTICE FOR THEM TOO. SO THIS IS A WIN ON SO MANY FRONTS. AND IN ARPA PROPOSAL.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO POOIDZ AND THE FEDERALED A MFRGS WILL PAY FOR AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE TO HELP MOVE THOSE CASES ALONG AS WELL AS THE COURT COORDINATOR AND ALL OF THE ARPA COMMITTEE AND PARTON AND ALL OF THE COURTS TEAMS AND EVERYTHING THEY VEFDZ FOR YEARS ON THIS EVIJS FRONT. THAT WILL HELP COMPLEMENT AND MOVE THESE CASE ALONG. THANK YOU FOR BEING AT THE HELM.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. FEBRUARY, IT HELPS THAT UNITED STATES A DEEP UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS HANG WITHIN THE COURT SYSTEM AND HOW IT HELPS US MOVE FORWARD.

AGAIN, ONLY JUST FOUR OF OUR CIVIL COURTS JUDGES.

WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE CONSIDERING THAT TODAY.

>>COMMISSIONER BRIONES: WITH THAT, ITEM 12, I MOVE AS

PRESENTED. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED?

COMMISSIONER ELLIS? >>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: I AM FOR

IT. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY SPA THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU

JUDGE SINGH. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE SOME PICTURES.

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[Appearances before court]

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR SPEAKS, TIFFANY.

>>CLERK: YES, MA'AM. FIRST IS SPEAKER FOUR, AVIS CHASEN SPEAKING OF COVID-19. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE HIDALGO, MEMBERS OF HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. AVIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PLATEN USA. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT COMMISSIONER'S BRIONES'S DISTRICT OR PRECINCT.

WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12 WITH EVICTIONS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH.

A DESPERATE NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF HOUSING TO PROVIDE HOUSING THEY CAN ATTAIN AND SUSTAIN. AT A HIGH QUALITY.

THIS LOCATION AT THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF PARK ROAD AND A AREA WITH ACCESS TO RETAIL, JOBS IN THE ENERGY CORRIDOR AND HOUSTON METHODIST WEST. WE WILL REACH OUT TO YOUR OFFICE TO GET THIS DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED.

I WANT TO MENTION SAM BORDERS AND HIS TEAM.

THEY HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC HELPING US GET THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE ARPA FUNDING. SO THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >>CLERK: NEXT IS SPEAKER SEVEN, CORTEZ SPEAKING ON ITEM 302 UNDER PURCHASING.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE -- VOTE NO ON 302 AND WHY? TIME IS UP.

THERE ARE NO BIRDS ON MARS. THERE ARE NO BIRDS ON THE, MOON AND JAILS ON BOTH. WE ARE ABANDONED WHEN WE CROSS THE PROCESSION. WE ARE FORSAKEN WHEN THEY BUS US FROM OUR HOMES. WE ARE ABUSED AND SUNSHINE DEPRIVED. WE WITHER AND HEARTS WITHER AWAY. BUT THIS COUNTY CAN DO THIS.

WE CAN BE A MODEL FOR THE WORLD AND BEYOND.

IF WE WANT TO REACH BEYOND, WE HAVE TO ACT BEYOND.

WE NEED CARE ROAR NOT CAGES. WE ARE FUTURE ANCESTORS.

FUTURE ANCESTORS, 111 YEARS FROM NOW.

WILL WE BE REMEMBERED AS A BLESSING OR A CURSE TO OUR DESCENDENTS, GENETIC, YOU WON'T BE THERE.

I WON'T BE HERE, BUT THEY WILL BE HERE.

THANK YOU. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU.

>>CLERK: NEXT IS BARBARA SPEAKING ON ITEM 53 UNDER TRANSMITTALS. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> GOOD MORNING. I AM SPEAKING OF THE UPDATE THAT OSTENSIBLY SHOW OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT TO KEEP THE CLIMATE FROM CHANGING. EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THAT REDUCING OUR CARBON EMISSIONS IS GOING TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING, THERE ARE ITEMS ON THIS THAT ONLY DO ONE THING.

THAT IS TO SPEND OUR MONEY. SEEKING LEED GOLD CERTIFICATION ON A YOU? BUILDING IS A CRAZY WASTE OF DOLLARS.

YOU NEED TO BE ENERGY CERTIFIED INSTEAD OF BEING CARBON NEUTRAL.

THE MATERIALS FOR THESE PROJECTS COME HAVE STRIP-MINING, RARE MINERALS IN THIRD-WORD LOCATIONS.

YOU DON'T SEE IT, BUT IT IS HAPPENING.

THIS IS TERRIBLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND WILL DO NOTHING TO CHANGE THE CLIMATE. AND YOU WILL ONE DAY BE STUCK WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DISPOSE OF THESE.

THEY WILL NEVER DECOMPOSE. THANK YOU.

>>. >> THANK YOU, BARBARA.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU. >> >> ONE

MORE -- >>JUDGE HIDALGO: COMMISSIONER ELLIS IS AWAY. HE IS ON THE ZOOM.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>CLERK: BOB SPEAKING ON ITEM 14 UNDER SUNLEMENTAL ITEMS. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> MY NAME IS BOB REHACK. ITEM 14 THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS THROUGH THE ROADS AND PARKS BOND.

BEFORE THE ELECTION, THIS COURT VOTED TO ALLOCATE A MINIMUM OF $220 MILLION TO EACH PRECINCT. THE COUNTY THEN TRUMPETED THAT ON ITS WEB SITE. AND AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE ELECTION, THAT ALL CHANGED.

NOW PRECINCT 3 GETS $32 MILLION LESS THAN THE MINIMUM AND OTHER CENTENNIALS GET UP TODAY 70 MILLION MORE.

PRECINCT 3 HAS 47% OF THE COUNTY'S ROADS.

AND 35% OF ITS PARKS. BUT FORGET ABOUT FAIRNESS, THE FTC CALLS THIS BAIT AND SWITCH.

IN A COMMERCIAL CONTEXT PROMISING SOMETHING YOU DON'T DELIVER IS CALLED GARAGE LENT. I EXPECTED BETTER OF THE COUNTY'S HIGHEST ELECTED OFFICIALS.

PLEASE DELIVER -- >>CLERK: THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS

UP. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, BOB. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU.

>>CLERK: JIM ROBINSON SPEAKING ON ITEM 14.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>>. >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS JIM ROBINSON. PRIOR TO THE 2022 BONDS ISSUE, A PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD AND I ATTENDED THE MEETING AND RECEIVED A DOCUMENTS FROM THAT MEETING THAT PROVIDED DETAILS OF THE BOND ISSUE. ITEM IN THIS CLEARLY STATES ITS REMAINING $1.1 BILLION IN BOND FUNDS WILL BE SPENT IN THE FOR HARRIS COUNTY FOR TRANSPORTATION, PARKS AND TRAIL PROJECTS WITH AT THAT TIME LEAST $220 MILLION TO BE SPENT IN EACH PRECINCT. CURRENTLY PRECINCT 1 IS RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY $270 MILLION WHICH IS $50 MILLION OVER THE $220 MILLION. PRECINCT 2 IS RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY $293 MILLION. PRECINCT 3 RECEIVED $188 MILLION, WHICH IS $32 MILLION UNDER THE $220 MILLION.

PRECINCT 4 SEEDS OF $239 MILLION, WHICH IS $19 MILLION OVER TO THE $220 MILLION. THIS RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS OF THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE SADLY THE HONESTY --

>>CLERK: THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> THANK YOU, JIM. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU.

>>CLERK: NEXT IS NONAGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER 1, CARLINA FARRIS. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> ARE YOUY, GOOD MORNING, I AM CARLINA.

I AM A PRACTICING ATTORNEY. I AM AN IMMIGRANT.

I AM PASSIONATE OF EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE.

I WANT TO BRING SOMETHING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

I WAS TALKING TO JUDGE BRIONES ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE STARTED.

OFF CRISIS IN YOUR COUNTY. I PRACTICE FAMILY LAW PRIMARILY.

AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF FLY CLIENTS THAT DOES NOT DOMINATE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SPENDS THOUSANDS -- THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE THAN THE ANGLO SPEAKERS JUST TO HAVE FIVE MINUTES IN COURT. DO YOU KNOW OUCH INTERPRETERS CHARGE? $150 AN HOUR, TWO-HOUR MINIMUM.

THEY WILL CHARGE YOU MILEAGE. IF YOU DON'T PAY, YOU DON'T GET YOUR DAY IN COURT. SPANISH SPEAKERS CAN HAVE THEIR CASES RESET FOR OVER A YEAR IF THAT INTERPRETER IS NOT THERE AND AVAILABLE WHEN THE JUDGE CALLS THEIR CASE.

IN A COUNTY THIS DIVERSE WITH AS MANY LANGUAGES AS WE HAVE, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE INTERPRETERS

AVAILABLE? >>CLERK: THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS

UP. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU.

>>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: JUDGE. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: REMEMBER IT IS

A NONAGENDA RELATED ITEM. >>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM UP.

WE HAVE TAKEN ACTION ON THIS. I AM VERY PROUD WE ARE TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS. THANK YOU.

>> BOARDMAN COUNTY GOT SUED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NOT HAVING THESE SERVICES. I PAY TAXES.

I DON'T WANT US TO GET SUED. LET'S FIX IT.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

>>CLERK: NEXT IS NONAGENDA SPEAK NUMBER 2, WALTZER PRATARA.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> YES, MY NAME IS WAL WALTER PRATARAM A. AND INTRODUCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF HARRIS COUNTY WHEN

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THIS TIME I WANT TO POINT OUT FALSE AND MISLEADING INFORMATION PLACED ON THE MY MEDICAL RECORD BY RANDI U. LOWE THAT CAUSED A MAJOR DELAY IN TREATMENT AND DAMAGE TO MY LEFT ARM.

AT THIS TIME, BEING A RESIDENT AT BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.

MADE MANY UNPROVOKED AMOUNTS. AND WAS NOT SUPERVISED AS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN. IT TOOK ME COMING TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A WHILE AGO TO HAVE THIS PHYSICIAN TO ACTUALLY EXAMINE MY ARM THAT LED TO SURGERY PERFORMED TO CORRECT THE DAMAGE DR. LOL MISSED IN HIS HAYES.

WITH DOCTORS LIKE DR. RA RANDY LOWE.

I CAN SEE WHY THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE HOSPITAL.

I WANT TO PUT THIS INTO THE RECORD.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU. >>CLERK: NEXT IS NONAGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER FOUR RAY FIELD. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE.

MY NAME IS RAY K57 FIELD. WITH THE NEW ELECTED OFFICIAL TO COME IN. I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET COMMISSIONER RAMSEY WHEN HE WAS AT BAYLOR PARK.

I AM PART OF A CERT PROGRAM, A VITAL PART TO CREATE VOLUNTEERS TO SAVE LIVES IN THIS COMMUNITY. I CAME HERE BECAUSE I WAS TOLD BACK IN AUGUST THEY ARE -- THEY DIDN'T WANT MY CERT PROGRAM AT THE CENTER. I AM PART OF HARRIS COUNTY.

I WENT TO A&M WITH 2010, A STRATEGIC PERSON IN HARRIS COUNTY STAFF THAT GOT OUR MASTER CERTIFICATION ON THIS.

WE SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES. WE DON'T GET PAID BY ANYBODY.

I HAVE A FOUNDATION AND CORPORATION AND I RUN THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. ALL I ASK THAT YOU GO BACK SUPPORT THE CERT PROGRAM AND INVEST IN IT, BECAUSE IT COSTS THE COUNTY NOTHING. A FEDERAL HAVING WHERE THE COUNTY RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS FROM IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE YOUR VOLUNTEERISM. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU.

>>CLERK: NEXT IS JA JACOB CLEMENTICH.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> I GOT THIS BASEBALL AUTOGRAPHED BY JIM CRANE. IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT.

YOU CAN SEE IT. THIS IS AT RING OF HONOR OF THE HARRIS COUNTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE ACSCC.

WITH LANEAR AND HERNANDEZ AND ALL OTHERS.

NOW WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THIS.

WELL -- AT THE LAST GAME MADDOX AND HE WAS REPRESENTED BY TONY BUSBY. I WANT TO MENTION TOM BUSBY AT THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.

NOW I CAN PLAY MUSIC FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO HEAR IT.

>> THANK YOU. >>CLERK: NEXT -- NEXT IS

NONAGENDA -- >> YOU WANT CANDY.

I HAVE CANDY IN MY BAG. MY HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT

GAME. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU.

>> BAG. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: YOUR TIME IS OFF. LET'S LET TIFFANY CONTINUE.

THANK YOU AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN. >>CLERK: NEXT IS MARTHA CRUZ

USING THE INTERPRETER. >> COMMISSIONER 109.

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WE BLESS THE COURTS, THE PRE PRECINCT, THE PRESIDENT, ALL THE UNITED STATES AND ALL THE NATIONS. THANK YOU.

BLESSINGS. >> FRACIAS.

>>CLERK: NEXT IS ALEXI SWARSKI. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> I AM CONCERNED OF THE IRRESPONSIBLE WAYS THAT HARRIS COUNTY FUNDS BEING SPENT. WHY ISN'T THE PRECINCT I LIVE IN PRECINCT 3 RECEIVING SHARE OF ROAD FUNDS.

OF ALL THE FOUR PRECINCTS, THE LEAST AMOUNTS OF ROADS IN PRESIDENT CITY OF HOUSTON LIMITS.

THE CITY OF HOUSTON HELPS PAY FOR THE ROADS AND WE NEED MORE ROAD FUNDS AND OUR EQUITABLE SHARE FOR PARKS AS WELL.

WE THUD NOT BE SPENDING TAX MONEY FOR SPENDING $50 MILLION TO PLANT TREES. WE NEED NOR POLICEMAN, NOT TREES. OUR UNIVERSITY BASIC INCOME PROGRAM HIRING ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS AND KEEPING DANGEROUS CRIMINALS ARE A PETSER PLAN THAN HAVING SENSE TO HIDES BEHIND AND MORE POLICEMEN ARE WHAT IS NEEDED.

I AM CONCERNED OF RECENT DEATH OF TACO TRUCK WHO LEFT A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN TO GROW UP WITHOUT A FATHER.

SO MANY OTHER ORDERS PRESENTED WITHOUT RELEASING DANGEROUS CRIMINALS FROM JAIL. I AM ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT UNNECESSARY DEATHS IN HARRIS COUNTY JAIL.

>>CLERK: YOUR IS UP. NEXT IS SHARONA CAN SMITH.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. SMITH. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> I'M HERE BECAUSE I AM VERY CONCERNED OF THE WAY OUR COUNTY HAS BEEN RAN. I HAVE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST SHOWING A CASE THAT WAS NEVER PAID FOR AND PROSECUTED BY A JUDGE. I HAVE MY HOUSE THAT WAS SOLD FOR A TAX SALE DEED AND THEY SAID IT WAS A PHANTOM HOA THEY USED TO PROCESS. THEN WE HAVE EMINENT DOMAIN.

I WANT TO KNOW, COMMISSIONERS, WHAT IS IT? WHAT SELL MY HOUSE FOR. AND SAY PARK ROAD AND GREEN HOUSE HAVE A HUGE EVICTION -- EYE MISS COVERY, I AM A MPP, MASTER PUBLIC POLICY AND MASTER IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP. FROM MY RESEARCH THAT I FOUND OUT THAT IT THE BUILDER SCREWED US OVER AND YOU ARE COMING TO FORECLOSE ON OUR HOUSES. I WANT AN INVESTIGATION.

YOU HAVE CLERKS AND PRECINCTS THAT ARE DOING EVICTIONS THAT SHOULD NOT BE IN OUR COMMUNITY EVICTING US WHEN WE ARE IN PRECINCT 4 -- PRECINCT 5 INSTEAD OF PRECINCT 4 TO PULL US OUT OF OUR HOUSES AS 40E78OWNERS. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON

HERE. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU.

>>CLERK: LAURA ALMIDINES. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> GOOD MORNING. I AM JUST HERE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES OF ONE OF OUR FALLEN DEPUTIES.

RAMON GUTIERREZ. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO ABOUT. ONE OF THE SISTERS IS IT GOING TO SPEAK, BUT I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR CONTINUED REPORT ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND, ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE

CONTINUED SUPPORT. >> YOU MIGHT SEE ME MORE OFTEN BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO DO A LOT MORE TO KEEP OUR OFFICERS' MEMORIES ALIVE. NOT JUST MY HUSBAND, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WILL BE MORE.

AND I DO NOT WANT THE FAMILY TO THINK THEY HAVE OPINION FORGOTTEN. SO I'M HERE JUST TO SUPPORT

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HUSBAND. >> THANK YOU.

>> MY NAME IS DOMINGA, AND THIS IS MY BROTHER.

HIS ENDS OF WATCH JANUARY 24, 2022.

I APOLOGIZE. WE ARE ASKING IF WE CAN GET A SIGN WHERE MY BROTHER WAS KILLED ON TIDWELL.

WE ARE COMING HERE. IF YOU CAN GUIDE ME AND HELP US.

LIKE SHE SAID, HER HUSBAND DIED TWO MONTHS AFTER MY BROTHER.

AND MY BROTHER WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER.

AND -- AND I THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SERVICE AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA. I KNEW YOU WERE A SHERIFF AND WHEN YOU PUT THAT BADGE ON, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING HOME OR NOT. I APOLOGIZE.

>> NO, NO NEED. AND MY BROTHER MY ONLY BROTHER.

WE HAVE FIVE SISTERS. AND HE WAS THE BABY BROTHER.

I ASK YOU IF YOU CAN HAVE GUIDANCE FOR SIGN FOR HIS

MEMORY. >> WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

I WILL GET WITH YOU. IF SOMEONE FROM OFFICE CAN GET WITH YOU, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY TAKE CARE OF IT.

LET ME JUST SAY TO YOU AND TO -- TO ALL OF YOU, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN MOTTO IS THE REAL THING. WE WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT.

THAT YOUR FAMILIES KNOW THAT. THAT GRANDCHILDREN KNOW THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND SHARING THIS AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS MEMORY IS ALWAYS

HONORED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE YOU AND I KNOW I REMEMBER TALKING TO YOU OF THE ADVOCACY YOU WANTED TO DO. I HOPE THAT IT IS HELPING YOU FIND SOME PEACE. AND ANYWAY, YEAH, YOU CAN COUNT ON US. NICE TO SEE YOU.

MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL. SO SORRY FOR THE FAMILY'S LOSS.

>> MAY I SAY SOMETHING. I AM GLAD AND THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE HELP, LIKE I SAID THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS NAMED AFTER HIM. AND WE ARE WORKING -- I AM SORRY -- FUND RAISING FOR THE HIGHWAY SIGNAGE THAT WAS APPROVED FROM THE BELTWAY TO 59. SO THAT IS OUR NEXT STEP.

BUT, LIKE I SAID, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THEM.

I DON'T WANT TO EVER -- I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH AND UNFORTUNATELY IT WILL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T WANT NONE OF OUR OFFICERS RETIRED OFFICERS TO BE FORGOTTEN, EVER. IF IT IS A LITTLE SOMETHING ON MY BEHALF THAT I CAN DO FOR ANY OF THESE OFFICERS, DEPUTIES BELIEVE ME, I WILL BE KNOCKING ON PEOPLE'S DOORS SO THEIR HIS MEMORY STAYS ALIVE AND NOT FOR THE GOTTEN.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: MY LOVE GOES OUT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

>> KARLA, IF YOU RARZ YOUR HANDS.

SHE WILL MAKE SURE TO GET WITH YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU. >>CLERK: JUDGE, THOSE ARE ALL

THE SPEAKERS. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: OKAY, GREAT.

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>>JUDGE HIDALGO: WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. MY BEST GUESS OF WHAT IN COURT, WHAT ITEMS WILL YIELD MORE OF A DISCUSSION, A LONGER DISCUSSION. AND WE MAY NEED A TIE-BREAKING VOTE, BUT I THINK, YES, COMMISSIONER, WE WILL HAVE TO CALL IF YOU WE END UP IN A 2-2 SCENARIO LATER BECAUSE I CAN'T

KNOW FOR SURE. >>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COLLEAGUES. I WILL TRY TO LISTEN.

I MAY STOP TO AT LEAST GO HAVE DINNER AND COME BACK, BUT I WILL TRY -- I WILL TRY TO PUT IT ON LISTEN IF I CAN WITHOUT SEEING

ME WHEN I GO EAT. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: OKAY.

SO HERE ARE THE TWO ITEMS COLLEAGUES AND LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHERS WE NEED TO DISCUSS WITH COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

ITEM 15 ON STRATEGIC PLANNING AND 398 ON THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO FLAG THE BOND -- THE ROAD BOND ITEM BUT I AM 23409

SURE PROPOSE -- >> APPRECIATE THE ROAD BOND.

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>>JUDGE HIDALGO: THOSE THREE, 15, 398, AND 418. PROPOSE --

>> APPRECIATE THE ROAD BOND. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THOSE THREE, 15, 398, AND 418. SO WHY DON'T WE START -- I AM TEMPTED TO START WITH THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ONE.

SO WHY DON'T WE START WITH THAT. START WITH 398.

YES, GO AHEAD, JOHN. >> JUDGE, WANT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED AT THE

SAME TIME? >> I THINK THAT IS IS A GOOD IDEA. THEN I CAN GO BACK AND GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE AGENDA. BUT I DON'T WANT US TO GET LOST WITH THESE THAT WE HAVE TO PULL OUT.

LET ME READ THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. DOES ANYONE NEED TO DISCUSS EXECUTIVE ITEM 392? AN APPOINTMENT BY APPOINTMENT TO HOUSING FINANCE BOARD.

393, HARRIS COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSION.

394, FRIENDS OF COUNTY PETS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

395, COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER BOARD.

396, CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT ON THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TEXAS CUC.

397 -- THOSE ARE NOT EASY TO DO THAT.

SO THAT IS GREAT. VERY GOOD FOR THE COUNTY.

397 IS DISCUSSION ON NATIONAL SECURITY TRENDS AND ITS IMPACT

ON COUNTY SECURITY PLANNING. >> YES, BUT WE HAVE OUTSIDE PRESENTERS, AND LET ME SEE IF THEY ARE READY AND COMING THIS

AFTERNOON. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: PERFECT.

398 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WHAT ABOUT 399, THE SETTLEMENT? >> ONLY IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

I DID NOT. >> I WOULD ADD ITEM 30, THERE

MIGHT BE SOME DISCUSSION THERE. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: LET ME FINISH GOING THROUGH THESE. 400.

>> NOT FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, JUST FOR COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: GOT IT. 4 00 IS AN AGREEMENT FOR

CONSULTANT. >> IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> 401 EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR COUNTY WORKER AS SOON AS I WANT

TO MAKE BRIEF COMMENTS. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: 402.

REQUEST FOR NO ACTION. WE WILL NOT TAKE IT TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. ITEMS TO PRIORITIZE GIVEN COMMISSIONER ELLIS. LET ME LOOK AT ITEM 30.

THAT IS A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DISCUSS LAST WEEK, LAST COURT. SO, SURE, WE CAN -- WE CAN PUT THAT ONE ON THERE. SO 15, 30, 398 AND 418.

SO SOUNDS LIKE WE ONLY HAVE TWO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, ADMINISTRATOR RAMIREZ. IF THE OUTSIDE PRESENTER ARE

BACK -- >> YES, I AM CHECKING ON THAT.

>>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: IF WE -- THIS IS RODNEY.

IF WE CAN, I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I KNOW IT IS PRETTY LONG. IF WE DO THAT EARLIER AT LEAST ITEMS -- PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHAT IS ON IT AND OFF.

I COULD VOTE ON IT. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: OKAY, GREAT.

SO YOU WANT TO DO THAT NOW? WE CAN DO THAT NOW.

>>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: IF WE CAN.

IF THAT IS OKAY WITH ALL. >> I KNOW IT IS A TRANSMITTAL.

BUT IT IS ITEM -- HOLD ON A SECOND.

355. WOULD LIKE TO TAKE NO

APPLICATION ON THAT ONE. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: NO ACTION ON 355. WELL, A TRANSMITTAL.

WE CAN JUST ACCEPT THE TRANSMITTAL.

WHAT DO WE DO -- BASICALLY NOT ACCEPT IT AND THEY WILL HAVE TO PRESENTATION IT BACK ANOTHER TIME, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE

SAYING? >> WE CAN PUT NO ACTION IF YOU

TWO LIKE FOR 355. >>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: COMMISSIONER GARCIA, DO YOU MIND IF THEY BRING IT BACK NEXT COURT. I KNOW IT WAS AN ITEM I PUT ON

THE AGENDA. >> I OPPONENT TO MIN-- DON'T MI IT COMING BACK WITH MORE ENGAGEMENT.

LIKE A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SHERIFF AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I THINK IT IS JUST NOT COMPLETE. >> AGREED.

>>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: OKAY. IF NOT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT IS A TRANSMITTAL AT SOME POINT BECAUSE SO LONG AFTER HIS FUNERAL. I GUESS I CAN JUST PLACE AN ITEM

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>>JUDGE HIDALGO: MAYBE IN THE MEANTIME, WHO IS LEADING THIS

ONE IS OCA OR. >> YES, MA'AM, OCA.

>> PERHAPS -- I DON'T KNOW IF HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY.

VISITING WITH GARCIA, BRIONES, AND RAMSEY, TO SEE IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN?

>> THERE WERE SOME MISSTEPS ON OUR STAFF'S PART WE DIDN'T GIVE PEOPLE THE HEADS-UP IT WAS COMING BACK ON OUR END.

WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO PEOPLE. WALK THEM THROUGH WHAT WE ARE PLANNING AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

PREPARING IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

IF THEY ARE PREPARED TO BE HERE AS WELL.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: A CHALLENGING TOPIC, BUT I WOULD WRATHER BE A DISAGREEMENT AND THE MERIT INSTEAD OF WHO TALKED TO ROOM.

IF WE CAN CHECK THOSE OFF BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT COURT,

WE CAN DISCUSS THE MEAT OF IT. >> JUDGE, LOOK, THE -- -- I -- I AM OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSION. I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION QUITE SOME TIME. THE ISSUE IS NOT FOR ME TO DECIDE WHETHER ANYBODY HAS SPOKEN TO ME.

I AM NOT A TRUE STAKEHOLDER TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE LAW ENFORCEMENTS.

THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE THE FAMILIES WE JUST HEARD FROM THOSE ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN ENGAGED.

IT WAS MENTIONED LAST TIME AND I DON'T KNOW IF I AM MISSING UP ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO IT'S TO GO DO THE HARD WORK.

AND GET -- RESPECT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.

NOT ME. I AM JUST -- I AM JUST SAYING THAT -- THIS ITEM FOR ME TO SIT HERE AND ACCEPT IT OR NOT IS NOT

COMPLETE. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: I HEAR YOU.

THAT IS WHAT I MEANT, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

OF WHAT STAKEHOLDERS. >> THE SHERIFF HAS NOT BEEN TALKED WITH. I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE ACTION AND LEAD IN THE NATION IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE NEED THE LEAD STAKEHOLDERS TO BE ENGAGED.

I WON'T WANT TO REHASH BUT CAN'T WAIT TO DIVE INTO IT MORE FULLY.

>>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: IF I MIGHT.

I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. IT WILL BE THREE YEARS SOON.

NOTHING THAT AT THIS THOUGHT WE WOULD DO WHEN WE PASSED ITEMS UNANIMOUSLY. SO SOMEBODY WANT TO TALK.

THE VICTIMS LIKE GEORGE FLOYD WHO WAS IN OUR ON TOWN BUT MINNEAPOLIS TO HAVE A FOOT ON HIS NECK.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T DELAY IT FOREVER.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AND TALK TO THE STAKEHOLDERS. HAVEN'T HAPPENED AND UNFORTUNATE AND SEE WHERE WE STAND AT THE NEXT COURT.

BUT I HEAR YOU, COMMISSIONER ELLIS AS WELL.

NO ACTION ON THAT ONE. WHICH ALREADY DID THE CORRECTION FOR ITEM 2 TO PROPERLY SPELL MR. STRICKLIN'S NAME.

NO ACTION ON ITEM 16 AND NO ACTION ON ITEM 19.

AND LET'S SEE. NO ACTION ON 198.

THE SHERIFF HAVE REQUESTED NO ACT

ACTION. >> IF YOU WERE NOT GOING TO TAKE ACTION ON 16, THE COMPLEMENTARY ITEM TO THAT IS 414.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: YES, RIGHT. THOSE ARE THE JAY WEBB ONES.

GOOD THAT THEY ARE DISCUSSING AND TRYING TO LAND A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION. I AM GOING IN ORDER.

SO 34 /* 3 -- 3. YOU SAY AFTER 198.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: 198 IS NO ACTION BY PRESIDENT SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND 3:13 IS NO ACTION, UNIVERSAL SERVICE. REQUEST NO ACTION.

345, PRECINCT 4 SAID NO ACTION ON AN AGREEMENT AMENDMENT.

402, REQUESTED NO ACTION. 414, THAT IS THE ONE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, CORRECT. NO ACTION ON THE -- ON THE IJTC.

A AND THAT'S IT.

THOSE ARE THE DIRECTIONS. ANYTHING ELSE ON DIRECTIONS?

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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397 AND 398. AS FAR AS THE REGULAR AGENDA, LET'S TALK ABOUT REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. DO FOLKS STILL NEED TO DISCUSS ITEM 5, FLAGGED BY COMMISSIONER

RAMSEY? >> YES.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: ITEM 6? >> YES.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: ITEM 9, FLAGGED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> YES. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: ITEM 11.

>> THAT CAN GO BACK ON CONSENT. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: PUTTING ITEM 11 BACK ON CONSENT. WHAT ABOUT ITEM 12.

WE DID THAT ALREADY. IT ALREADY PASSED.

WHAT ABOUT ITEM -- ITEM 15, WE ALREADY FLAGGED FOR DISCUSSION.

THE STRAW TJ TICK PROCESS. ITEM 16 IS NOW NO ACTION.

ITEM 20 FLAGGED BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY POSITIONS.

ITEM 30, IT FLAGGED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT ONE AS SUGGESTED BY DIRECTOR RAMOS.

ITEM 65, BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. A COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM.

ITEM 101, FLAGGED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA AS WELL.

IT'S ABOUT STREET LIGHTS. >> YES.

>> ITEM 107, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, DENVER PARK

IMPROVEMENTS. >> YES.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: ITEM 110, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> YES. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: 147, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. CDGRR.

AGREEMENT WITH THE GLO. >> YES.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: 148. >> SAME.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: 165. >> TAKE 147, 148 AND 228

TOGETHER. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: 147, 148 AND 228 TOGETHER. TAKE THOSE TOGETHER.

165, ANYTHING ON THE HARRIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

>> YES. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: OKAY, 262?

>> YES. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: 315? EAST HARRIS COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITY HUB IN

PRECINCT 2. >> 315, YES.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: 350. 353.

PRECINCT 4. 355, THAT IS THE ONE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BRING BACK NEXT COURT. 406.

COUNTY LIBRARY GRANT. EXPAND -- CITIZEN SMIP SERVICE

PROGRAM. >> YES.

>> 414, NO ACTION. 415, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY FLAGGED

IT. >> YES.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: BOARD AND PARK FUNDS WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS.

419 -- I HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT AS WELL.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IT AS WELL.

420, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >>COMMISSIONER RAMSEY: YES.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: 422, NO ACTION 4 2 WI-- 422 ON THE CONSENT AGE

>>COMMISSIONER BRIONES: THANK YOU,

YOU. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: JUDGE ITEMS TO FOR DISCUSSION, 397, 398. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 5, 6, 9, 15, 20, 30 -- I WILL SLOW DOWN -- 65, 101, 107, 110, 147, 148, 165, 228, 262, 315, 350, 353, 406, 415, 418, 419 AND 420.

AIM MISSING ANYTHING. >> NO, JUDGE, FOR CONFIRMATION THE APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOVED BACK TO CONSENT ARE

APPROVED AS PRESENTED? >>JUDGE HIDALGO: CORRECT.

IS THERE A MOTION OF ALL ITEMS WITH WHAT WAS ALREADY VOTED ON AND EYE STEMS JUST LISTED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

[Executive Session]

OPPOSED? LET'S START BY GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM 398 AND POSSIBLY ON THE SECURITY ITEM. IT IS 11:32 AND GOING TO

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EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> THE SECURITY FOLKS WILL NOT

BE HERE UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. >> PLEASE CONFIRM WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO EXECUTIVE ITEM SESSIONS.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: ONLY ON ITEMS .

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: SO 12:31 P.M. WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND WE DO HAVE A -- A MOTION COMING BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM 398.

AND SO THE MOTION IS FOR DEANNA RAMIREZ TO BE APPOINTED TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR POSITION. IS THAT APPROPRIATE?

>> YES, THAT IS FINE. >> SISECOND.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: A MOTION FROM COMMISONER GARCIA.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES 4-1.

>>COMMISSIONER BRIONES: NO. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> DEANNA RAMIREZ, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. LAST SIX MONTHS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HARDEST JOB I EVER HAVE AND THE ONE WITH THE GREAT IRS IMPACT I EVER HAD IN GOVERNMENT.

I AM VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: THANK YOU,

CONGRATULATIONS. >> YOUR MOM WILL BE PROUD.

>> CALL HER AT THE LUNCH BREAK. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA WHEN THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE.

>> AFTER THE LUNCHBREAK AT 2:00. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: BETTER TAKE

[Departments ( Part 3 of 4 )]

WE WILL BOUNCE BACK AFTER THE LUNCH BREAK.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE THE ITEMS. I AM GOING TO TAKE THEM IN ORDER -- NUMERICAL ORDER. ITEM 15 IS STRATEGIC PLANNING.

START WITH THAT ONE. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND MEMBERS OF COURT. WE HAVE A QUICK SLIDE PRESENTATION ON THIS. JUST TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE -- THE PROPOSALS AND HOW WE CAME TO THIS POINT.

AND SO, PART OF -- WE WILL WAIT UNTIL WE GET -- THE SLIDE -- BUT YOUR OFFICES SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A COPY OF IT THIS MORNING.

AND I APOLOGIZE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING LATE LAST NIGHT TO TRY TO GET IT RIGHT. SIX DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DISCUSSION TODAY ON THE AGENDA, ON COUNTYWIDE PROCESS.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. BASICALLY WANTED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF LEVEL SETTING AND LET THE COMMISSIONERS COURT KNOW HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHY WE ARE PROPOSING A COUNTYWIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. BACK IN 2019, WE HAD TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

AND THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AT THE TIME REQUESTED A COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONAL REVIEW. SO WE GOT THIRD PARTY ASSESSMENT OF COUNTY OPERATIONS. GOT A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND EVEN SOME -- JUST SUGGESTIONS AS PART OF THAT PLAN.

THE OPERATIONAL REVIEW DID NOT PROVIDE A STRATEGIC PLAN AS PART OF ITS ASSESSMENT, BUT ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WE DEVELOPED A COUNTYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN.

THAT WAS IN 2019 AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T STARTED IT YET.

NEXT SLIDE. AND SO, AS PART OF -- AT THE CONCLUSION OR NEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THAT OPERATIONAL REVIEW, WE HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK DRAFTING AND REVIEW PROCESSES.

COMMISSIONERS COURT HAD VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT IN 2020.

AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT AND GOAL, STATEMENTS AND PRIORITY OUTCOMES. EIGHT GOAL LISTED HERE.

EIGHT PILLARS AND 26 PRIORITY OUTCOMES UNDER THE EIGHT GOAL AREAS. AND IF YOU NOTE, LIKE UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH ITEM. THE VERY BOTTOM ONE, REDUCE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19. WE WERE DOING THIS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID -- OF THE COVID PANDEMIC.

SO A LOT OF THE TO FOCUS OF THE COUNTY AT THE TIME MANAGING THROUGH THAT -- THAT EMERGENCY AND SPENDING THE CARES ACT AND ARPA DOLLARS APPROAPAPPROPRIATE NEXT SLIDE.

2019 TO 2020, MORE CHANGES ON COMMISSIONERS COURT BOTH IN 2021 AND 202 NOW WITH THAT COVID EMERGENCY BEHIND US AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT REPORT TO OCA.

ALL OF THESE POSITIONS ARE KILLED.

WE HAVE GREAT TALENT LEADING ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS.

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AND TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENTS WITH FEAR PRIORITIES TO DELIVER ON. WE THINK THAT THAT -- THAT WILL HELP EVERYBODY REALLY ALIGN ALONG THE PRIORITIES AND ALIGN THE BUDGET. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT -- THAT WE REACH DOWN TO ALL LEVELS OF EMPLOYEES AND MANAGEMENT SO THAT WE CAN GET THEIR BUY-IN ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHERE THEY FIT AND WHAT THEY ARE WORKING TOWARD IN THEIR DAILY JOBS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THE ESSENTIAL STAKEHOLDERS.

YOUR LEADERSHIP IS MISSION CRITICAL.

THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. IF WE HAVE YOUR -- YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE, THEN WE CAN GET THIS DONE.

WE ALSO NEED THE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP AND STAFF INPUT.

BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTING YOUR -- YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES AND WE NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT IN VERY DIFFERENT MODES SO IT IS AS EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE AND HAVE FROM EVERYBODY WHO HAS AN OPINION ON IN.

IF THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH US, WE CAN OBTAIN THIS.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS A ONE AND DONE ON 9 INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CONSISTENT AND VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND THEN AS WE ARE IMPLEMENTING AND GOING BACK AND DOING THE FEEDBACK LOOP SO WE CAN KEEP MOVING FORWARD, THEN WE -- WE HAVE THAT -- THAT ABILITY TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED AND WALLED-IN, UPDATING AND REVISING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE DID HAVE A -- A QUICK SURVEYED OF -- OF OOUR DEPARTMET HEADS OF SOME INPUT ON THE COUNTYWIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.

AND AS YOU CAN EXPECT, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WERE LIKE -- WE ARE IN AND WE NEED FOR THEM TO BE MEANINGFUL AND PART OF THE PROCESS THAT MAKES ABSOLUTE SENSE TO US.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE FOCUSED AND HAVE ONE TO THREE MEASURABLE TARGETS FOR PRIORITY. THAT IT WASN'T JUST THIS HUGE NUMBER OF KPIS WE ARE REPORTING ON.

WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE HIGH LEVEL MULTIDISCIPLINARY, MULTIDEPARTMENT OUTCOMES THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WANTS. THEN THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SMART GOALS, REALISTIC AND BOUND.

THOSE ARE CRITICAL AND THOSE ARE -- THOSE ARE BASIC BEST PRACTICES IN STRATEGIC PLANNING. NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO FOR A STRATEGIC -- FOR A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT WE NEED IS TO -- TO REVIEW THE MISSION AND VISION THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HAVE ALREADY APPROVED AND SEE THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY TWEAKS TO IT. HAVE SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES OR VALUE STATEMENTS. WE GET INTO THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES WHERE WE ARE REALLY GETTING INTO WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING AND WE NEED THEIR INPUT AND FEEDBACK.

WE NEED MEANINGFUL PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT TAKES ITERATION.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS RESEARCH TO GET TO THIS POINT. AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND LEADING INDICATORS VERSUS LAGGING INDICATORS AND WE NEED TO BE SMART WHAT OUR LEADING INDICATORS ARE TO TRACK OUR PROGRESS APPROPRIATELY. THE END GOAL IS -- YOU KNOW, THAT YOUR BUDGET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS RENEXT YOUR PRIORITIES AND EVERYBODY IS ALIGNED. IT WILL MAKE DANIEL'S LIFE A LOT EASIER. IT WILL MAKE ALL OF OUR LIVES EASIER AND KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.

WHERE IT IS BEING SPENT. WE NEED ABSOLUTE COLLABORATION AND ALIGNMENT AMONG ALL THE LEVELS OF THE COUNTY, AND OUR COUNTY STAKEHOLDERS. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE REALLY DRIVING ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND THAT ALSO WILL COME THROUGH AND BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE.

VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED PROCESS THAT WE WILL HAVE A STRATEGIC COMMITTEE THAT IS COMPRISED OF COURT OFFICE REPRESENTATIVES THAT SEEM TO BE WORK FOR ARPA AND A REALLY GOOD WAY TO KEEP EVERYBODY INFORMED. WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE AN OBJECTIVE THIRD-PARTY FACILITATORSER.

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AGAIN, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, VARIOUS METHODS FOR COLLECTING FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS WHETHER IT BE TOWN HALLS OR ONLINE SURVEYS, FOCUS GROUPS. WE ARE OPEN TO ALL OF THAT.

WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT -- WHAT COMBINED OF COMBINATION FOR THOSE TYPES OF FEEDBACK SESSIONS WILL LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN PLAN -- THE PLAN WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE IMPLEMENTATION STRAT DECEMBER AND THE TRACKING MECHANISMS, AGAIN HOLDING US ALL ACCOUNTABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN STRAT DECEMBER AND GET THEM DONE. FINALLY OCA PROVIDE THE OVERALL SUPPORT FOR THE PROCESS TO ENSURE PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION AND LIMIT UNNECESSARY INTERRUPTIONS TO OPERATIONS AND, AGAIN, EVERY -- EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR REGULAR DAY JOB.

REGULAR DUTIES THAT THEY HAVE TO -- THEY HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO.

AND WE WANT TOP MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE FEEDBACK, BUT ALSO WE ARE NOT HINDERING THE EVERY DAY WORK.

WE NEED TO FIND THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN THE TWO.

NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE IS A PROPOSED TIMELINE.

WE ARE THINKING TWO PHASES. PHASE ONE STARTS TODAY WITH INITIAL DISCUSSIONS TO DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AT THE DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEETING.

WE STARTED THAT WITH THE FIRST FEW DEPARTMENTS WE HAD MEETINGS WITH AND FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS FROM DECEMBER THROUGH MARCH THAT INCLUDE VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

HOW THEY WARRANT TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK TO US.

AND THEN WE WILL DO THE -- THE DRAFTING OF THE STRAW TJ TICK PLANNING WORK PRODUCT. REALLY GETTING HEAVY INTO THAT IN THE MARCH, APRIL TIME FRAME AND APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY WIDE PLAN IN APRIL WHEN THE BUDGET PROCESS STARTS FOR 2025.

ONE OF THE THING I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE ARE ENSURING QUALITY INPUT FROM THE DEPARTMENTS, AND NOT BEING A HINDRANCE TO THEIR REGULAR DAILY WORK NEXT SLIDE.

IN PHASE TWO FROM APRIL OF NEXT YEAR THROUGH THE END OF NEXT YEAR IN DECEMBER, WE WILL REALLY DIG INTO THE DEPARTMENTAL SIDE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS HAVE STRATEGIC PLANS IN PLACE. WE WILL START WITH THOSE.

SOME ARE AHEAD OF THE CURVE. ONES TO HELP WITH TECH CAL A-- TECHNICAL. AND GO THROUGH THE COUNTY PROCESS WHICH IS GUIDED IN PART BY THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN AND FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.

MAKE SURE WE ARE UPDATING HOW THEY WORK WITH THEIR BUDGETS.

AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR BASE BUDGETS.

AND SO WE WOULD HAVE KIND OF THE TWO-PHASED APPROACH WILL END IN DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. QUITE THE SPRINT THROUGHOUT -- STARTING TODAY ALL THROUGH NEXT DECEMBER.

THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DELIVERABLES THAT YOU WILL BE SEEING OVER THE NEXT 14 MONTHS.

AND LAST SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE PROPOSAL IN THE BACK-UP ON THE RCA, YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS FOR HOW WE CAN DO THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. OUR PROPOSAL IS OPTION ONE WHERE THE COURT DIRECTS OCA TO WORK WITH A STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE THAT YOU ALL NAME ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO, AND WE TO THIS AS A TWO-PHASED STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT SUBSTANTIALLY INVOLVES THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MEMBERS AND DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP AND STAFF AND WE HAVE THREE BULLETS THAT TALK ABOUT THE TWO PHASES. AND WE WILL COME BACK ON THE DECEMBER 5 WITH -- HOPEFULLY IF YOU APPROVE IT, THIRD PARTY ASSISTANCE AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STAFF ON SCOPE OF WORK. WE ARE DEEP IN PRESIDENT WEEDS ON IT. KEEP CONTINUING TO REFINE THAT SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD SCOPE OF WORK AND WE GET THE DELIVERABLES THAT WE NEED AND HOPING THAT WILL GO THROUGH THE VENDOR POOL PROCESS STARTING IN NOVEMBER.

AND WE WILL BE READY TO LOOK AT A CONTRACT IN DECEMBER.

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>>JUDGE HIDALGO: COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>>COMMISSIONER GARCIA: THANK YOU, JUDGE.

MADAM ADMINISTRATOR,U, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND AS WE TALKED A BIT AND I KNOW I HAD A CONSERVATION WITH MR. RAMOS AS WELL AND I AM GLAD YOU TOUCHED ON IT.

THE BUDGET IS THE GUIDING INSTRUMENT, IF YOU WILL.

WE WILL EVALUATE OUR OR DETERMINE AS WE MAKE OUR INVESTMENTS, YOU HAVE ABOUT I THINK THAT THE BUDGET IS THE BEST WAY TO GUIDE THE DEPARTMENT.

BECAUSE WE ARE ULTIMATELY FUNDING HIM AND PRESUMABLY BY FUNDING THEM, WE ARE TELLING THEM, THESE ARE OUR -- OUR VALUES. ; HOWEVER, I DO NOT YET THINK THAT DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS KNOW HOW TO TAKE OUROA GLS -- OUR RESPECTIVE GOALS WHICH IS JUSTICE AND SAFETY.

YOU KNOW,T I AM NO SURE WHERE THEY ARE AT IN HERE. TH BUT I INK IT ISO IMPORTANT T ELEVATE THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP BECAUSE I REALLY DO BELIEVE THERE CAN BE SINK CROW THIS TEE BETWEEN OCA, BUDGET AND DIRECTORS SO THAT WE ULTIMATELY KNOW THAT WE CAN THEN MASSAGE IT OR REDEFINE IT IF WE NECESSARY. BUT I THINK HAVE TO ELEVATE ALLCA OF OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTO BEUSE I REALLY GET THE SENSE THAT EVERYBODY SOMEBODY GOING LIKE MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

FORGET FIVE THAT ARE HERE. GOING IN MANY DIRECTIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SELF-INTERPRETING THOSE VALUES AND FIGURING OUT, HOW DO THEY FIT INTO OUR BUDGET. ONE CONVERSATION AND NOT TO PUT MR. RAMOS UNDER THE BUS, BUT THE IDEA OF WHETHER WE HAVE TOO MANY VALUES AND CAN WE ULTIMATELY SET OUR NORTH STAR.

LIKE TO USE NORTH STAR IN YOUR COMMENTARY.

A COMMENT WE WERE HAVING YESTERDAY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A NORTH STAR YET AND I THINK WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

AND I WOULD TRAILLY HOPE THAT IF YOU LOCK THE DIRECTORS IN THE ROOM. DON'T LET ANYBODY OUT FOR FOOD, WATER OR AIR, IF WE WERE TO DEFINE THAT NORTH STAR, WE WOULD KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE. BUT IT HAS TO BE A NORTH STAR.

REGARDLESS OF THE HEADLINE, WHETHER IT'S -- ISRAEL OR SOMETHING ELSE, THAT IT DOESN'T YET CHANGE THE NEXT DAY AND MAKE BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET TO FUND A NORTH STORE. NEW PRIORITY.

THAT TATE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM, I THINK.

WE ARE SO IDEALISTIC WE ARE CHASING SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT I THINK THE -- THE WORKING TO DEFINE THAT NORTH STAR IS CRITICAL TO THIS TO THE PROCESS OF THIS SUCCESS. AND ULTIMATELY, WE ARE CHARGING -- WE ARE NOT DOING THE WORK. THE DIRECTORS ARE.

SO WE ARE CHARGING THEM WITH MAKING SURE WE ARE TAKING STEPS TOWARD THAT NORTH STAR. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT IS CRITICAL TO WORK TO ELEVATE THEM IN THE PROCESS.

ASSIGN THEM TO THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE THAT YOU ARE DEFINING AND LET'S HEAR FROM OUR GOVERNMENT COLLECTIVELY.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAVE A GOVERNMENT APPROACH.

IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE ADOPT THE SAME TYPE OF PHILOSOPHY HERE.

>> THANK YOU. >>JUDGE HIDALGO: COMMISSIONER

SRAM SEE. >>COMMISSIONER RAMSEY: STRATEGIC PLANS ARE IMPORTANT AS WE DISCUSSED, ADMINISTRATOR.

I APPRECIATE -- APPRECIATE THE PROCESS YOU PUT ON THE TABLE.

I THINK THE KEY PART OF ANY PLAN ACTIVITY THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN WILL BE THAT THIRD PARTY. SOME ARE VERY, VERY GOOD AND SOME ARE VERY ROAR VERY BAD. WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU AND WE DO GET THAT TYPE OF PERSON THAT CAN TAKE A VERY WELL INTENDED EIGHT PILLARS. AND AS COMMISSIONER GARCIA JUST REFERENCED. MAKES SENSE WITHIN 9 CONTEXT OF

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IT IS DIFFERENT THAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

SO BEING ABLE TO TAKE WHAT IS BEING SAID THERE AND MAKE IT PROACTIVE, FOR A BETTER WORD PRAGMATICND A REAL, THAT WILL BE BETWEEN YOU AND THE THIRD PARTY. I THINK THE PUBLIC -- THE EIGHT PILLARS THAT WE CAME UP WITH OR WAS DEVELOPED EARLY ON IF, AS YOU REVISIT THOSE. YOU REFER TO AS TWEAKING IT.

MAKE SURE THAT, ONE, IT DOES REPRESENT THIS COURT.

THE FIVE OF US, BUT IT ALSO REPRESENTS THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE CAN SIT HERE IN A NICE BUBBLE AND VACUUM AND HAVE ALL KINDS OF OPINIONS. WHEN WE DON'T GET REALLY GOOD INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC ON WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO MAKES NO SENSE TO THE PUBLIC AND TRANSPARENCY AND THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT I THINK IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT.

A VERY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE. APRIL 2024 AND LOOKING AT DIRECTOR RAMOS AS WE CONSIDER THE BUDGET AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

AND IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE $10 A MONTH PER PERSON TO $40-PER-MONTH PER PERSON. THEY HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHEN -- I MEAN, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION THIS WEEK.

AND YOU SAID, WELL, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER.

AND THE NUMBER WAS -- WELL, COMMISSIONER, ABOUT 10 HOURS PER PERSON INVOLVED WELL, YOU LAID OUT A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE AND SCOPE. WHAT TIME -- HOW MUCH TIME OUR PEOPLE. YOU ARE DEALING WITH ATTITUDE.

AND YOU NEED TO PROVIDE THE INPUT.

AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE SCOPE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER LOOKING FORWARD WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

>>COMMISSIONER BRIONES: THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. EVERYTHING THAT YOU CONTINUE TO LEAVE FOR HARRIS COUNTY. I'M SO ENERGIZED AND APPRECIATE 1998 YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I SHARE MANY OF THE SEDIMENTS IN TERMS OF HOW CRITICAL THIS IS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT TO DEFINE WHAT WE ARE DOING, HOW WE ACCOMPLISH AND MEASURE WITH TRANSPARENCY OF THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY.

AND I AM ENERGIZED THAT WE ARE DOING THIS.

AND I ASK THAT, PLEASE, BE VERY CLEAR, FOCUSED, ACTIONABLE AND MEASURABLE SO THAT WE -- IF YOU ARE RUNNING AT 26 OUTCOMES, THEN I ARGUE YOU MAY NOT BE RUN ITTING AT ANY.

SO REALLY PRIORITIZING WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN AND DELIVER AS THE COUNTY. HOW WE ARE MEASURING THAT AND I AGREE, ULTIMATE OF THE -- AND I COMMEND YOU ON HOW DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN AND WE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE.

AND HOW THEY CAN HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE, BUT I PLEASE ASK THAT IT NOT BE ONE OF THOSE INSANE REPORTS THAT SITS ON THE SHELF AND NO ONE CAN PUT IT INTO ACTION.

IN SOME, THANK YOU. I AM OWNER COMPRISED AND I WANT THIS TO BE ACTIONABLE AND TAKING THIS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD ON GOOD GOVERNMENT. I APPRECIATE YOU AND HONOR TO MOVE APPROVAL OF OPTION ONE AS PRESENTED.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: YES, COMMISSIONER.

>>COMMISSIONER ELLIS: I'M PROUD TO SECOND IT.

>>JUDGE HIDALGO: WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ONLY THING TO SAYS IT NECESSARY AND ENERGIZED AND THRILLED AND HAVE THE SPECIFIC METRICS AND TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH OUR PROGRESS BECAUSE I AM KIMSKEPPING THROUGH SOME O THE EXAMPLES.

AND THEY ARE REALLY GOOD. WHERE THEY FALL SHORT, THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. IT WILL BE GOOD TO SEE WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T AND FIVE VOT ACCORDINGLY.

AMIDST THE PANDEMIC AND EVERYTHING.

IT IS TIEXCING. A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES. A SECONDMM FROM COISSIONER ELLIS ON OPTION ONE. IS THAT ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS NEED. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY FOR THE COUNTY'S FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ME SO IT IS LUNCHTI JUST ABOUT. I RECOMMEND WE TAKE THE HOUR

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MINUTES. >> I WAS HAVING TROUBLE ON

MUTING IT. >> WE DID ITEM 15 WERE GOING ON

TO ITEM 30. >> IT IS 204 AND THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IS BACK IN SESSION.

WERE GOING TO ITEM 30 WHICH IS THE HEALTH POD PROGRAM I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST COURT AND SOME THINGS COMING BACK.

>> THIS IS JUST A FOLLOW-UP TO COURT ACTION AT THE LAST COURT MEETINGND AHI TS BUILDS ON THE $2 MILLION IN THE BASEUD BGET WHICH WASOT VEDN OAS PART OF THEUD BGETME ANDMENT FOR LACK OF ERBETT DESCRIPTION THIS AAT GRE 4.4 MILLION TOLI PUBCH HEALTFOR

1.1 MILLION FORNC PRECIT PACIFIC HEALTH PROGRAMMING.>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTSON OR QUESTIS.

YOU.DO, THANK >> LET'S FIRST BEGIN WITHST WE JU SET A BUDGET, WE HAVE A BUDGETN PROCESS WHETHE DEPARTMENTS COME TORO US WE HAVE AHE YEAR BUDGET COST UNDER PROCESS PROCESS 2 MILLION.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FAR IN FEWE BETWEEN, HERE WARE COMING WE PASSED ONFTER TO PASS THE BUDGET INCLUDINGNT E SUPPLEMEAL. THE RATIONALE I WAS CUTE BY SURPRISING PEOPL GAVE THAT RATIONALE ABOUTHE THE PRECINCT T HEALTH PODS.T ADMIT NOTHING BU TRANSPARENTSS.

DURING THE COMMIIONERS COURT IN APRIL OF 2020 I SPECIFIED IN THE LONG-TERM, HOPEFULLY WE SHIFT OURIN CRISIS AND PUT THEM TO A PUBLIC HEALTHE RESOURCE SO WE CAN HAVTHE GREATER ACCESS.

THERE'S GOING TO GREATER TRANSCRIPT AT THIS POINT.

THIS ITEM GREW OUT OFAW THE FACT THAT DOCTOR SH AND I BEFORE HE LEFT I STARTED TO BUY THESE IN 2019.

ABOUT HOW THE I HEALTH DEPARTMET WOULD STEPN, HE AGREED.

DURING THAT POINT IN APRIL 2022 THISED COMMISSIONER CAGLE SAID I WANT TO EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALL PRECINCTS AND ANIMATED FROM THE AMENDMENT AND I A ADDED OWN MONEY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH SQUA QUADRANT.

>> THIS WAS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CAGLE AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.S UTILIZING THE CURRENT ALLOCATIONTO BUILD OUT A PLAN AS SUCH WAS NOT AGREED UPON BY COURT PREVIOUSLY IF WE DECIDED THE UPDATED METHOD BY UTILIZINGR THESE FUNDS I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED F USING MY PRECINCT BUDGET TO PAY FOR THESEMA PODS. ADDITIONALLY, I SPECIFIED MY RERKS DURING JANUARY THE FOURTH AT 2022, IT WAS ON COURT ITEM 226 THAT I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR ROBINSON BECAUSESE NOW THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS THE RVICE PROVIDER IN THESE PODS. IS THE SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE PODS. THE MOTION WAS MADE AFTER THESE REMARKS WERE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. EVERYONE YOU KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE PUBLIC HEALTH WAS SERVICING THE PODS THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY ISSUE. EVERYTHING WAS TRANSPARENT.

NOBODY WENT BEHIND ANYBODY'S BACK THE RECEIPTS ARE RIGHT IN THE COURTS TRANSCRIPT, WHY ARE WE HERE WHY ARE WE CONSIDERING CHANGING OUR BUDGET WHEN THIS REQUEST COULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, BECAUSE MEMBERS OF THIS COURT KNEW ABOUT THIS DURING THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE SAYING TO DEPARTMENTS NOW BECOME TO US

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YOU. >> I MOVE THE ITEM.

>> NTHERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO APOLOGIZE SO I'M STILL OPE TO

IT. >> COMMISSIONER, I THANKS YOU MIGHT BE MISINTERPRETING SOME ITEM THAT WA ON THE AGENDA.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK BARBARA ROBINSON AND MR. BRIONES WHAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PROCESS, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT I WAS TOLD WHAT HE HAD DIRECTOR

ROBINSON. >> FOR CLARIFICATION ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

>> I THINK I HEARD COMMISSIONER GARCIA SAY THAT DOCTOR SHAW

INSTRUCTED YOU. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID I TALKED TO DOCTOR SHAW ABOUT THE LONG-TERM VISION OF HOW THESE PODS WOULD OPERATE AND THEY SAID THE PUBLIC ALL DEPARTMENT SHOULD OPERATE THEM I FOLLOWED UP WITH DIRECTOR ROBINSON WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THE SERVICE MODEL FOR THE PODS IN HER EXISTING BUDGET.

>> THERE WAS A FACTUAL QUESTION AT THE LAST COURT THAT NEVER GOT ANSWERED, I GET YOU WHERE THE TRANSCRIPT COMMISSIONER AND I SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND I'LL TELL YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE HOW I INTERPRETED THIS, OF THE TAIL END OF THE TRANSCRIPT FROM APRIS COMMISSIONER CAGLE WANTED TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITY TO ALL PRECINCTS, AND ALL PUTTING ON ITS OWN MONEY, CAGLE SAID THAT WAS GOOD AND I SAID GREAT, WE PASSED IT.

I'M NEITHER HERE NOR THERE ON THE PODS.

THAT'S KIND OF THE SENTENCE THAT I GET FROM.

THE DISCUSSION AMONGST YOU ALL, IT'S KIND OF LIKE IF COMMISSIONER RAMSEY WANTS TO INVEST IN A PARTICULAR ROAD OR PARTICULAR INITIATIVE AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA WANTS TO INVEST IN THESE PODS AND HOW I READ IN THESE 2020 DISCUSSION, THE NOTE THAT YOU POINT OUT ON JANUARY 24, I WANT TO THINK DIRECTOR ROBINSON BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HEALTH IS A SERVICE PROVIDER. I DID NOT HEAR THAT THIS IS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, WHAT I THOUGHT YOU MEANT IS THAT THEY ARE STILL YOUR PODS BUT PUBLIC HEALTH IS HELPING YOU FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR ALL THE COUNTY. I WAS NOT HERE FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR, MY FACTUAL QUESTION THAT I STILL HAVE AND I DON'T KNOW IF BRIONES HAS THIS, I'M ASKING MY STAFF TO PULL IT, IF I'M HEARING CORRECTLY LAST MEETING IN THIS MEETING SOME OF US THOUGHT THAT IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT WE WERE TAKING DIRECTOR ROBINSON SURPLUS AND INVESTING IN PODS AS OPPOSED TO INVESTING IN MATERNAL MORTALITY. SOME OF US THINK THAT WAS NOT CLEAR, SURE, SHE WAS WORKING ON IT BUT IT WAS MORE CONVERSATION BETWEEN COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND DIRECTOR ROBINSON AND NOT SOMETHING THE COURT VOTED ON, THE COURT VOTED ON A BIG-BUDGET

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>> OF THE COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND COMMISSIONER ELLIS ARE BOTH CORRECT IN THEIR ASSESSMENTS TO MOVE THE PODS SPENDING IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH, I THINK THERE WAS A PUBLIC SPENDING WAS INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT COURT OFFICES.

AND BY COMMISSIONER COURT ELLIS FROM COMMISSIONER GARCIAS PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND INTO THE REST OF THE GENERAL FUND BUT ALSO IF THERE WAS COURT ACTION ON THE PURCHASE TO CONTINUE MAINTENANCE ET CETERA OF THE PODS.

>> JUDGE, IF I MIGHT, JUST TO MAKE SURE I AM CLEAR I NEVER TOOK A MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CAGLE IN 20 WHATEVER IT WAS TO MEAN THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS GOING TO PICK UP THE TAIL. I DID NOT TAKE SOME COMMENT MADE BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD PICK IT UP.

IF SO, IF THAT WAS A MOTION I WOULD'VE SAID AND I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN FOR BOATS TO DO IT, WE GIVE IT TO EVERYBODY.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN THIS MONEY WAS TAKEN FROM UNUSED FUNDS AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT THOSE MONIES WOULD HAVE GONE TO DEAL WITH HEALTH ISSUES AND ALL OF OUR PRECINCTS HOPEFULLY IN COMPARABLE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE UNDERSTOOD

IT BETTER THAN ME. >> AGAIN I'LL JUST READ THE TRANSCRIPT, COMMISSIONER CAGLE SAYS I WANTED TO EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALL PRECINCTS, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WAS MADE ADDING CR CONDITIONAL PRECINCT PUTTING IN ITS OWN MONEY FOR THE

DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH PROJECTS. >> COMMISSIONER HOW DO YOU READ

THAT LANGUAGE. >> THE AMENDMENT WAS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CAGLE AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

YOU VOTED ON THIS. >> WHAT I'M SAYING YOU MIGHT BE MISSING THIS THAT LANGUAGE DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO PAY FOR OPERATING PODS IN YOUR PRECINCT.

I THINK THE INTENT OF THE MOTION WAS IF OTHER PRECINCTS WANT TO BUY THESE I WANT TO BUY THEM AS WELL.

WE MADE LAST I WAS TOLD BY DOCTOR SHAW WHEN I RAISE THE ISSUE, SHOULD I BUY THEM OUT OF MY BUDGET THAT HE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS THE BEST USE OF THE FUNDS.

>> SENATOR I THINK THE HANGUP, CLEARLY THERE'S A MISCOMMUNICATION SUMMER, I THINK THE HANGUP FROM BOTH SIDES IS FOR COMMISSIONER GARCIA IF WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IF WE MAKE THIS INVESTMENT OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET CYCLE WE SET A BAD PRECEDENT THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING COMMISSIONER GARCIA SAY WHAT I'M HEARING COMMISSIONER ELLIS SAY IS WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED WHICH YOU THINK COMMISSIONER GARCIA MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH DIRECTOR ROBINSON HE THOUGHT WE ALL KNEW ABOUT IT, CERTAINLY I WAS NOT HERE AND YOU WERE NOT AWARE OF IT, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER FOLKS IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DID NOT SEE IT THE WAY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SEES IT, TO YOU THAT'S ABOUT PRECEDENT BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE ONE OF US CAN GO TO A DEPARTMENT AND SAY AYE WANT YOU TO USE YOUR SURPLUS ON THIS PROJECT THAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT.

>> DIRECTOR ROBINSON WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.

A BIT ABOUT HER CHIPPING. >> IN TERMS OF CLARIFYING THE PROCESS OF COURSE IT WAS NOT HERE IN 2020, AND 2020 WHEN I SPOKE WITH COMMISSIONER GARCIA STAFF THAT THERE WAS SOME AGREEMENT THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF COVERING THE COST FOR OPERATING THE PODS INTO THE FUTURE. AT THAT TIME I INDICATED WE DIDN'T HAVE A BUDGET APPROPRIATION TO FUND THAT AND SPOKE WITH AT THE TIME THE ACCOUNTING MINISTER AT THE TIME

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THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE FACTS PLAYED OUT, I CANNOT SPEAK TO WHAT WAS AGREED TO PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL IN THE COUNTY. I WANTED TO CLARIFY THE TIMING OF WHEN THE FUNDS ARE REDIRECTED OUT OF MY BUDGET TO COVER THE

COST. >> DO NOT TAKE IT OUT OF YOUR BUDGET THERE STILL IN YOUR BUDGET BUT THERE TAKEN ON THE

PROGRAM. >> HAVING THAT FUNDING APPROPRIATED TO COVER THE COST, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.

>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION. >> YES COMMISSIONER.

>> IF THESE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN USED FOR THE PODS WHEREWITH THEY

HAVE GONE. >> THERE WOULD BE A ROLLOVER.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN A REQUEST TO USE IT FOR OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES USE OF USE OF PUBLIC OF PROGRAMMING.

>> IDEALLY THAT WOULD COME AS A ROLLOVER REQUEST, THE REQUEST THAT THE USER SURPLUS FOR THE PODS, DID THAT HAPPEN.

>> WE HAD A TRANSITION WITH VERY AND WE HAD A TRANSITION WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I JUST THINK THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION TO YOUR CONCERN WE CAN ALL SEE HOW WEIRD AND CONFUSING THIS IS AND WILL BE ABLE TO SET IT APART FROM OTHER SITUATIONS.

NOT HAVING A BAD PRECEDENT. >> MOST OF US WERE UNAWARE THIS WAS A BUDGET ITEM NOT TO SAY THAT YOU MEANT TO DO IT THAT

WAY. >> THAT IS MY POINT, THIS IS BEEN ON THE RECORD WITH YOU AND COMMISSIONER ELLIS USE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AS A THEME FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WHICH I TAKE SUBJECT TO COMMENTS ON THE RECORD.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID AND SO THAT IS MY POINT, HOW THE MECHANICS OF FUNDING OCCURRED UP TO THE BUDGET OFFICE, UP TO THE OC OFFICE OR THE DIRECTOR BUT THE POINT BEING IT WAS IN THE BUDGET, THE POINT BEING I TALKED ABOUT IT, I RAISED IT THERE WAS MOTIONS MADE ON IT AND SAID THE ISSUE OF TRANSPARENCY IS WHAT

I'M FIGHTING FOR. >> YOU SEE HOW THE MOTIONS WERE

ABOUT ALL OF US. >> WHAT YOU SAW OR DIDN'T SEE IT, I TRIED TO READ THE BUDGET I WORK WITH MY STAFF ON ITEMS, MY

POINT IS TRANSPARENT HEALTH. >> I WAS CLEARLY NOT HERE IN THE PAST. I UNDERSTANDOT BH OF YOUR ADVANTAGE POINTS, IPP ARECIATE SEE THIS, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ITND A I KNOW YOU'RE COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY, I KNOW WE ALL ARE INWARD COMMITTED TO PUBLIC HEALTH, THE WAY I SEE I IT, KNOW WE ALL WANT OURCI PRENCTS TO GET WHATS IR FAIANDL WE ALWANT TO ADVANCE PUBLIC HEALTHE IN THCO UNTY WERE LOOKING AT WHERE WEAR E NOWST I UNDERAND HOW ALL SITES CAN BETE FRUSTRAD.

WHERE WE ARE NOW I DON'T COMFORTABLE TAKING HALF OF OURBU UNDGETEDS. RESERVE WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO I LOVE MYE FAIR SHAR FOR PRECINCTTW 41, O, THREE, FOUR AND THE OFFICE AND TAKINGD HER BUDGETEES RESERV GIVES ME A LOT OF N CONSTERNATIOI WOULD LOVE TOIT WORK WH PUBLIC HEALTH AND ESDIRECTOR BRION ANDRA ADMINISTTORRW AS THEY GO FOARD THE NEEDSHE DATA IN WE COULDPRECINCT HOW BE MORE STRATEGIC WITH MAKING SURE THE ENTIRE COUNTYTO IS GOIG SPARE ALLOCATION, GOING BACK ANDHA WHAT CAGLE MAY VE MEANT OR LOVE READING I TRANSCRIPTS AS A FORMER JUDGE, WHERE ARE WE NOW WHERE IS ON THA GO FORWARD TO KE HALF OF THET RESERVES IS NOTHE MOST PRUDENTHA DECISION AND TT WAS YOUR D RECOMMENDATIONIRECTOR BRIONES NOT TO TAKE HALFES OF THE

RESERV, IS THAT CORRECT. >> WERE AT APL ROCK AND A HARD ACE HERE COMMISSIONER BUT THE COURT TOOK ACTION TO PUT THE SUPPLEMENTALIT ON, AT THIS POINT IS YOUR DECISION.U WHAT I CAN TELL YO PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING $4.4 MILLION AND FACTOR THAT INTO OUR QUARTERLY PROJECTION BUT I DO THINK IT I AGREE WITH JUDGE ROBINSON, I THINK THAT'S BEEN A PRACTICE HERE AND IS IN MY ROLEL THE NEW PROGRAM COMES WE JUST PAY FOR IT AND WILL FIGURE IT OUT LATER AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I BELIEVE WEE HAVE A TRANSPARENCY IN THBUDGET THAT DID NOT EXIST AT YOUR HALF AGO AND IT CERTAINLY DID NOT EXISTIT IN 2020 WE HAVE CONTROLS WH ITEMS COMING TO COURT AND I

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>> UNFUNDED MANDATE I'M WI YOU WE NEED FUNDED MANDATES AND I ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PRECINCT FOR WHICH I'MFO ALWAYS LOVING YU WANT DIRECTOR R MOST.

THAT BEING SAID I THINK THE SHIP DID SAIL IN THE FACT THAT WE ONLY HAVE $5 MILLION FOR HARRIS COUNTY THE THIRD LARGEST COUNTY IN THEHE COUNTRY I WAS HOPING I WOULD LOVE T 1.1 PRECINCT FOUR I WAS HOPINGE THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER FUND WHERE WCOULD FUND THIS FROM BUT SEE THAT WE ONLY HAVE FIVE, I DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S A PRUDENT DECISION TO TAKE HALF OF THAT AND I WOULD LOVE TO PLAN FOR 2025 TO SEE HOW THERE COULD BE AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION INVESTED A PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE PRECINCTS, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS NOW BUT I WOULD VERY MUCH SUPPORT IT

PHILOSOPHICALLY GOING FORWARD. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND

COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ON SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ITEMS AND HOW TROUBLING AND PROBLEMS ON THAT IS IT'S BETTER WHEN WE CAN BAKE IT INTO THE BUDGET GOING FORWARD I WOULD AGREE TAKING HALF OF OUR MONEY AND DOING THIS.

CLEARLY WE DO HAVE HEALTH INITIATIVES AND CONCERNS WITHIN THE PRECINCT I KNOW THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY THERE BUT I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO THE BUDGETING

PROCESS. >> GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER ALICE.

>> I DO WANT TO ASK DIRECTOR BRIONES AND ALSO BARBIE ROBINSON, IS THE MONEY FOR THE PODS FOR PRECINCT TO ONGOING AND THE BUDGET EVER? I THINK THE TERM THAT I USED IN LAST COURSE IT WAS BEING BAKED IN, ZAPPING BAKED AND FOREVER SO THAT MEANS ONE PRECINCT CONSIDER ADDITIONAL 1.2 MILLION THAT THE OTHER PRECINCTS ARE PARTICULARLY HAS THE SAME ISSUES IN TERMS OF HEALTH DISPARITIES AS COMMISSIONER GARCIA, IS THAT THE

CASE. >> I THINK THE WAY TO ANSWER THAT THERE'S NEVER COURT ACTION TO BUILD THIS INTO THE BASE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WILL NEVER FILTER OTHER POSITIONS WHICH WERE ALLOCATED FOR THE WHOLE SUITE OF SERVICES THEN

THIS WOULD NOT BE IN THERE. >> THAT WOULD MEAN ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NEVER ABOUT BECAUSE THE 1.2 MILLION WAS PLACED THERE ONE TIME. THE 1.2 MILLION OR WHATEVER IS NOT SPENT PUBLIC HEALTH WILL ALWAYS GO TO THE PODS AND

PRECINCTS. >> IF I FOLLOW I THINK THAT IS

THIS FAIR STATEMENT. >> I'M ASKING 19 WHERE IN THE

BUDGET WAS A 1.2 MILLION. >> LET ME JUST FINISH MY QUESTION, IS NOT ON HERE BECAUSE IT WAS A SURPLUS.

MY QUESTION IS FINE, THE SURPLUS IS A ROLLOVER, THE ROLLOVER THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO APPLY WHAT THEY WANT TO USE IT FOR.

>> IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, THEY CAN USE THEIR SURPLUS OR OTHER ITEMS, FOR EXAMPLE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORKED OUT SENSE AND OF ROLLOVER WHEN THEY HAD LABOR VACANCY SAVINGS THEY TRANSFER THEM TO THE NONLABOR SIDE AND PURCHASER VEHICLES OR

ANY OTHER ONE-TIME ITEMS. >> YOU SAID ONE-TIME ITEMS, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY HEARING FROM EVERYONE THERE IS NOT A WILL TO MAKE EVERY OTHER PRECINCT ANYMORE, MOVE ON FROM THAT, CAN IT BE A ONE-TIME THING OR ALTERNATIVELY CAN IT SERVE AS EVERY SINGLE PRECINCT EQUALLY, WE ALL DID IT REVIEW THIS PROGRAM WILL HAPPEN. I DON'T HAVE A.INSIGHT BECAUSE OF THE COMMISSIONERS PERIODS UP TO YOU GUYS YOU LIKE AS MUCH TO MAKE IT A BAKED INTO AND GET YOUR GOING TO SPEND YOUR CHUNK

OF 1.2 MILLION EVERY YEAR. >> WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THERE WAS $2 MILLION BUILT-IN TO DEVELOP THESE TYPES OF PRECINCT SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT DIRECTOR ROBINSON OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM CAN DRAW DOWN TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM, WORK WITH THE PRECINCTS ON WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE AND COME BACK WITH THE BUDGET SO IT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT IN EACH PRECINCT AND MATERNAL HEALTH AND PRECINCT ONE AND IT MIGHT BE ELDER OR VETERAN

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>> CLARIFYING WHATEVER'S IN THEIR BUDGET.

>> A 40% VACANCY RATE LAST YEAR AND DUE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR OFFICER MR. JAMES DINKINS AND OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, WE WORKED HARD AND WE REDUCED OUR VACANCY RATE TO 20% AND STEADILY BEING REDUCED AS WE HIRE AND RETAIN QUALIFIED STAFF, AS THE RATE GOES DOWN THERE IS NOT A SURPLUS FOR OFFICE TO DRAW ON I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE RECORD FOR YOU ALL TO

CONTEMPLATE THATT . >> TO TRIANGULATE WHAT DOCTOR ROBINSON JUSSAID IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID, CAN YOU RECONCILE

THAT. >> ABOVE AND BEYOND DIRECTOR ROBINSON SPACE BUDGET THERE WAS 22 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR THE

PRECINCTS SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. >> INDEPENDENT OF THE PODS WAS A WHOLE OTHER THING, MY RECOMMENDATION I BELIEVE DIRECTOR ROBINSON YOU PUT AN ITEM ON THE LAST COURT WITH A TIMEFRAME OF WHEN YOU WOULD COME BACK TO THE PRECINCTS DIRECTOR ROBINSON ON THE TIMELINE WE COULD COME BACK AND SAY WHAT THEY WORKED WITH YOU AND YOU SIGNED UP ON THE PROGRAM AND YOU'RE INTERESTED IN YOUR PRECINCTS, WE COULD DO UP COST ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD REALLY COST TO IMPLEMENT IT.

AND HAVE A BUILT-IN TIME FOR THE 25 FISCAL YEAR.

>> THE QUESTION REMAINS WHAT ABOUT THE CURRENT 1.2 MILLION.

>> WHAT OF THE 1.1 MILLION THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING TO THE PODS I'M JUST LOOKING AT SOME SNAGS ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THIS CONTINUING, I GUESS UNTIL THE 1.1 RUNS OUT BUT FOR IT TO BE DONE IN EVERY PRECINCT SO THERE COULD BE AN ELEMENT OF FAIRNESS.

>> WE COULD COME BACK WITH HOW MUCH WE SPENT ON THE PODS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AND AGAIN, IN CONCERT WITH THE PROGRAMS FOR THE OTHER THREE PRECINCTS GIVEN ESTIMATE AND GIVEN RECOMMENDATION FOR SUPPLEMENTAL AT THAT POINT WERE NOT.

>> AT THAT POINT WE MIGHT SHIFT THE 1.1 IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING

MIX THAT WITH THE 2 MILLION. >> CORRECT IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT COULD CONSIDER ALL THE PROGRAMS TOGETHER.

>> BASICALLY NO ACTION RIGHT NOW.

>> I BELIEVE WE CONTINUE ON THE PATH WHICH IS WHAT I HEAR COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND COMMISSIONER BRIONES MOVE FORWARD DEVELOPING THE PROGRAMS AND WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WERE READY TO START IMPLEMENTING COME BACK TO COURT AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON HOW MUCH WE SPENT ON THE HEALTH PODS YEAR TO DATE AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMMING AND THE OTHER THREE PRECINCTS.

>> TO BE CLEAR WE HAVE 3.1 MILLION TOTAL FOR PRECINCT PROJECTS, HOW MUCH IS GOING TO GO TO PODS AND HOW MUCH IS GOING TO GO TO OTHER THINGS GOING FORWARD.

UNDERSTANDING THE 1.1 DIRECTOR ROBINSON TO WHAT YOU SAID IS NOT NECESSARILY A PERMANENT AMOUNT BECAUSE YOUR VACANCIES MIGHT BE

FILLED. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT, NUMBER ONE PLEASE DON'T KICK TERESA'S AS A PRECINCT PROGRAM, 40% OF THE USERS ARE NOT FROM PRECINCT TO. WERE YOU TO CHARACTERIZE THIS AS A PRECINCT TO PROGRAM THEN WE WILL START ASKING FOR ZIP CODES AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WERE INTENDED TO DO.

SECONDLY I'M ALL ABOUT INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

I'M WORKING ON THIS SINCE DAY ONE SO I'M GLAD OTHERS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO IT. BUT AS WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGET IT IS ABOUT INCREASING SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED IN THESE PODS ARE

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IF THERE'S AN ITEM AS I SAID LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE WHEN COMMISSIONER CAGLE MADE THE AMENDMENT WE ARE GOING TO WORK TO EXPAND HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND UTILIZE PODS THAT IS FOR US TO DECIDE AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

BUT I CANNOT HELP BUT I BELIEVE IN THE SUNDAY ONE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE NUMBER WHAT IS HAPPENING CHARACTERIZE AS A PRECINCT TO ONLY PROGRAM, 40% OF THE CONSTITUENTS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THEM ARE NOT PRECINCT TO CONSTITUENTS.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT.

>> COMMISSIONER RAMOSE. >> COMMISSIONER RAMOSE AND THE

COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> THANK YOU FOR INNOVATING AND HAVING THIS FOR THE COUNTY. YOU AND ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT WHATEVER THE DATA MAY SHOW IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE IN THE GEOGRAPHIC REGION THAT IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COUNTY BECAUSE I AGREE THE MORE WE SEE THIS AS AN INTEGRATED COUNTY, THE BETTER OFF WE WILL ALL BE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THE PLAN FOR 2025 SO THIS COULD

BE PART OF OUR PROCESS. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> I WILL MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS, I'M SORRY I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, I WANT TO STRESS THIS IS ABOUT ALL OF US REPRESENTING OUR CONST CONSTITUENTS, IT JUST SO HAPPENS COMMISSIONER GARCIA MY CONSTITUENTS AND YOURS HAVE A LOT IN COMMON AND JUST AS I WOULD NOT TAKE THE PARKS THAT I OPERATE AND RUN ZIP CODES AND SAY PEOPLE CAN COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTY OR ANYWHERE ELSE NONE OF US DO THAT, HERE'S THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE, MAYBE TO THE BUREAUCRACY A ROLE IN IT.

I WAS TOLD THAT TWO OF THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE TODAY ON THE STAFF DID NOT WANT TO DO THIS BUT THEY WERE TOLD BY MR. BARRY THAT THEY HAD TO DO IT, IF ANYWAY YOU ARE OFFENDED YOU SHOULD BE BY ME, MY COMMENTS, MY DISAGREEMENT WAS NOT OVER THE MEASLY $1.2 MILLION AS SIGNIFICANT AS THAT MAY BE IT WAS TO MAKE THE POINT IF THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE THAT IF DEPARTMENTS REACT TO ANYONE OF US OUT OF FEAR OR BECAUSE THEY THINK IN SOME WAY THEY WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON SOMETHING ALSO THEY WANT, I THINK THAT CREATES A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT.

AS MUCH AS I WOULD HATE TO PLAGUE THIS PROCESS THAT WAY IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES I WOULD DO IT, I THINK THE LANGUAGE YOU READ FROM CAGLE'S MOTION YOU READ SOMETHING INTO IT THAT I DID NOT READ INTO IT AND I DON'T THINK THE OTHERS, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN GO ASK RIGHT NOW KNOWING HIM HE WOULD HAVE SAID I WOULD MAKE SURE WE DO THIS IN EACH PRECINCT AND SOMEHOW FOR THIS TO END UP BEING AS SENSELESS AS I WAS TOLD BAKED INTO THE BUDGET AS AN ONGOING BASIS IT WAS NOT THE $1.2 MILLION IT WAS THE PROCESS, IMAGINE HOW THIS WORKS AND FOR ME I THINK WE ALL COMMITTED TO CHANGING THE WAY THIS COUNTY USED TO OPERATE IN THE PAST, ARE YOU COMMITTED TO THAT I THINK ALL FIVE OF US ARE AND WHETHER IT WAS A BR CHRISSY THE DID IT WHEN NOBODY STOOD UP AND SAID IT, THIS WAS NOT VOTED ON. I KNOW MR. BRAHMA'S KNOW IT WAS NOT VOTED ON AND I'M TOLD HE TOLD MR. BARRY I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. IF IT COMES TO THE TABLE AND WAS VOTED ON THAT WAY THAT'S POINT-BLANK, I JUST DON'T WANT ANYONE OF US, ME, YOU,UD JGE HIDALGO,OM CMISSIONER BRIONES OR

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LAST TIME I WANT THIS DEPARTMENT HEADS TOW KNOIF THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE PLAYING I CAN PLAY IT THAT WAY AND I'T DONNK THI THATA IS GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR ANY OF .ND WITH THAT I REST MY CASE

>> SO N WE DOO ACTION TODAY, WE WILL BRINGCK IT BA COMMISSIONER GARCIATH I HEAR AT THE POD SERVE WHOEVER SHOWS UP ANDNO YOU'RE T ZIP CODE IN THEMOW WITH KNING W THATERE STILL GOING TO HAVE TOAN SEE D IT FALLS WITHIN THEIN PRECCT PROJECT.

IT'S WITHIN THE BUCKET THAT BRIONES WANTS TO BRING BACK O.

>>NLY THING ALL AS THE ECONOMICS OF THE PROGRAM AND HIS BEENSI SERVED BE CONDERED AS WELL, 40% ARE NOT FROM PRECINCTI

TO, TECHCALLY I'M ONLY GETTING 60% OF THE>> MONEY.

IT IS A PRECINCT TO PROGRAMIS. >> IT A COUNTYWIDE PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM T. MEMBERS OFHE COMMISSIONERSF COURT ON BEHALOF THE BUREAUCRACY AND COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME WE SHOULD'VE COME TO W COURT I THINK ITOULD'VE BEEN SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT DID NOT OCCUR. MY FAULT ALL OWN MY F PORTION AD ASKINGOR TO COME TO COURT. I DO BELIEVE FUNDAMENTALLY WE HAVEOF SOLVED THE VAST MAJORITY THE PROBLEMS OF THE POLICIES THIS COURT HASDA ENACTED IN THE STANRDS OF THIS COURT IS RAISING AROUND FINANCIALOL ISSUS IN THE COURT PICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED FOR THE T NEXT TIME SOMETHING LIKEHIS IF IT H WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN WEAVE THE POLICIESTO IN PLACE AND WILL COE COURTA AND DELIBERATE AND MAKE E DECISION IN THE CONTEXT OF TH

OVERALL COUNTY SPENDING. >> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU ARE ADMINISTRATIVE, RAMIREZ THAT YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO ADD TO OUR POLICY. THERE ARE PLENTY OF THINGS THAT THE FIVE OF US COULD DISAGREE ON I JUST DON'T THINK OUR BUREAUCRACY TO ADD THINGSSA TO E PLATE THAT WE COULD DIGREE ON.

WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU RAMIREZ THINK WE OUGHT ADD

SO WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. >> YES, SIR, WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE DID RECENTLY WAS A NEW FISCAL REVIEW FORM AND PROCESS FOR ADD-ON REQUEST THERE WAS ALSO A CONVERSATION IN COURT, LAST COURT OF THE PREVIOUS ONE SEEN IF WE COULD EXPAND IT WHEN FOLKS ARE ASKING TO USE THEIR EXISTINT BUDGET AND THE OFFICE OF REPORT DIRELY TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR A NEW PROGRAM THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HASN'T HAD ANY VIEW ON OR ANY ACTION ON WERE LOOKING AT THAT AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM NOW ON WE WILL HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY IN PLACE. WHEN IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT THE COURT WAS VOTING ON OR NOT VOTED ON IN THE PAST WE CANNOT CHANGE THAT, GOING FORWARD IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMETHING WERE GOING TO ASK YOU TO BRING IT BACK TO COURT AND WERE GOING TO ASK YOU IS THIS WHAT YOU MET AND WILL LAST FOR CLARITY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT MISUNDERSTANDING TO FESTER IN TO HAVE THE COURT MEMBERS FEEL LIKE THERE'S A UNFAIRNESS AND THINGS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. WE WANT TO AVOID THAT AND PLAY BY THE SAME RULES, WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ALL WITH MORE INFORMATION AND WE WILL TALK TO YOU WHILE IN MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH ONE OF YOU STANDS AND WE WANT TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE

MISUNDERSTANDINGS AGAIN. >> ON THE NEXT BUDGET.

>> IN TERMS OF THE TRANSPARENCY, I'M ALL FOR THAT.

MY POINT, ADRIENNE GARCIA WAS TRANSPARENT, HOWEVER, WAS HEARD, NOT HER, THIS INDIVIDUAL. AND HE WAS OPERATING.

THE POINT OF ADRIENNE GARCIA BEING TRANSPARENT WAS NOT THE

CASE. >> I REST MY CASE.

COMMISSIONER ELLIS ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A REVENUE ITEMS SOMETIMES THE POLICIES THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES THAT MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT WITH THE REVENUE THAT DON'T INCLUDE SUPPLEMENTAL I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THOSE TO THE POLICY IN THE FUTURE SO WERE ALL THE SAME P PAGE.

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>> IT WAS INSTITUTIONALIZED. >> IT WAS AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION, IT WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION AND EVERYBODY IS OFTEN A GOOD FAITH, NO ACTION WILL BRING YOU BACK AND THINK YOU ALSO MUCH, LET'S MOVE ON TO AUTUMN FOR 18 THE ROAD AND PARK

FUNDS. >> IT SEEMS LIKE SOME COURT THINGS WOULD GET INTO A TREND OF DISCUSSIONS THIS ONE IS WHAT I'M GOING TO PUT IN THE CATEGORY OF CONFUSION I MAY EVEN GET INTO THE TERM TRANSPARENCY BUT LET ME GET A LITTLE BIT OF FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE FACTS AND WE CAN AGREE TO DO WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THE 2022 RODEN PARK VONS ARGUS.

ON AUGUST THE SECOND 2022 VOTERS WERE TOLD EACH PRECINCT COMMISSIONER PRECINCT WOULD RECEIVE 220 MILLION, JUDGE YOU MADE THE OFFICIAL MOTION AND I MIGHT ADD WITH SOME DEGREE OF PASSION YOU SAID THESE BOND FUNDS WILL BE SPENT ACCORDING TO MAX FUNDS TO THE GREATEST MEANS AND I'M QUOTING WITH 1,220,000,000 BEING SPENT IN EACH PRECINCT, 100 MILLION TO BE SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. SO WE VOTED.

>> YOU VOTED AGAINST IT AS RECORDING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH 2022 HARRIS COUNTY VOTERS APPROVED THE BONDS AND ON AUGUST THE EIGHTH 2023, THIS WAS A MEETING YOU WERE NOT AT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT VOTED 3 - 1 AGAIN IN OPPOSITION TO APPROVE THE FINAL POLICY THAT CHANGES HOW MUCH PRECINCT RECEIVES. HERE IS THE NUMBER, IT WAS A HIGH CALLING JUDGE BEING SURE EACH PRECINCT WAS BEING TREATED FAIRLY, THAT WAS REALLY MY CONCERN BACK IN 2022.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS RATHER THAN THE 220 PRECINCT THREE IS AT 187, 187,000,032,000,000 LESS PRECINCT FOR HIS 239, 19 MILLION MORE THAN THE PROMISE OF 220. PRECINCT TWO, 390 MILLION.

73 MILLION OR SO IN PRECINCT ONE, 269 MILLION ROUGHLY 49 MILLION MORE. I THINK THE POINT EVEN AS WE SPEAK RECENTLY THE PRESENTATION HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY FOLKS RELATED TO THAT WE HAD A REALLY GOOD BOND ISSUE IN 2022 AND WE DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY THE SAYING AMONG SOME PRECINCTS, AT LEAST LET'S GET THAT RIGHT TRADE WE DID NOT DO THAT.

I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, IT WOULD CERTAINLY WOULD BE IN THE CATEGORY OF FAIR TO DO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO BEFORE THE BOND ELECTION AND SIMPLY LOOK AT 220 MILLION.

THE MOTION I WOULD MAKE TODAY THAT THE BUDGET OFFICE CREATE A FORM THAT PROVIDES EACH PRECINCT WITH A MINIMUM OF 220 MILLION AS PROMISED BEFORE THE BOND ELECTION.

JUDGE I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

>> THINK YOU. >> TO SOMEONE HAVE SOMETHING TO

ADD A. >> I'M TRYING TO REFRESH MY MEMORY ABOUT WHEN THIS WAS VOTED ON IN JANUARY 2023.

>> THERE WAS A FORM DEVELOPED BASED ON SOCIAL BOND BUILDING IT WAS A WHOLE DISCUSSION ON USING 75% ZIP CODE OR 50% SOCIAL ZIP CODE I PROVIDED ALTERNATIVE IN CONSIDERING 50% WHICH WOULD'VE GOT IS A LOT CLOSER TO THE 220 FAIRNESS.

AND CERTAINLY AS WE COMMUNICATE THIS GOING FORWARD AND I WOULD THINK IT IS WORTHY CONSID CONSIDERATION, I KNOW YOU WERE NOT HERE WOULD BE VOTED ON IT BUT CERTAINLY I KNOW YOU BEEN

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CERTAINLY BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE TELL VOTERS PRIOR TO THE BOND ELECTION WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BOND ELECTION RIGHT NOW AND I HOPE PEOPLE CAN TRUST US TO DO IN 2024 WHAT WERE VOTED ON IN 2023 IN TERMS OF POSSIBILITY.

>> AS COMMISSIONER. I AGREE FUNDAMENTALLY WE NEED TO DELIVER ON WHAT WE SAY AND WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT.

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ONE COULD POTENTIALLY BE IN NORTHWESTERN AND ONE IN SOUTHWESTERN WITH REGARD TO THIS RATHER THAN THE 220, IT WAS A 175 EQUAL SPLIT THAT WE DID FOR THE POOR PRECINCTS PLUS SBI 475 AND I HAVE 24%, 25% SO I'M IN A UNIQUE SITUATION AND I SEE 19% IS NOT THE 25 SO I EMPATHIZE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR BRIGADE THIS UP AGAIN THAT BEING SAID I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM PRECINCTS ONE AND TWO SINCE ONE HAS 27% IN TWO HAS 30 I DON'T KNOW TO THE POINT WE DELIVER WHAT WE SAY YOU MAY HAVE COMMITTED TO PROJECTS BASED ON WHAT WAS APPROVED IN JANUARY OF 2023 AND WE FIND YOURSELVES IN THE SAME FUNDAMENTAL CONFLICT ABOUT CONSISTENCY.

I'M IN A SIMILAR POSITION IN EITHER FRAMEWORK.

>> IN TERMS OF PRECINCT TO I WILL SAY OUR PROJECTS ARE ALREADY COMMITTED AND RIVER PROJECT PARTNERSHIP COMMITMENTS ALREADY OUT SO THE FUNDING IS ALREADY ALLOCATED.

THE ISSUE WHICH I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LEVERAGING EQUITY OTHERWISE IT WOULD NOT HAVE A 30%. THE PRECINCT TO NEEDS IT, WERE DOWN TO THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE BY HARRIS COUNTY.

I AM OPEN TO SEEING ANOTHER WAY OF GETTING THERE IN THE FLOODING REGARDLESS OF ITS DOWNSTREAM OR WHATEVER, RIGHT NOW THE ALLOCATION THAT I'VE GOT MY GUYS HAVE EARLY LET THAT OUT THE

DOOR. >> MY CONCERN WE WOULD RECTIFY FURTHER EXACERBATED AND I AGREE ON A GO FORWARD COMMISSIONER

ELLIS. >> WE ALREADY COMMITTED OUR FUNDS. I AM STRONGLY COMMITTED TO SBI.

HISTORICALLY, CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED, WHETHER THIS IS ROAD MONEY WITH FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS. WE DISCUSSED IT QUITE A BIT, I'M NOT THERE. I'M SURE I PULLED IT OUT WE CAN RUN THROUGH. EQUITY MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE COUNTY AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THOSE AREAS FOR WHATEVER REASON EVEN WITH THE TOLL ROAD, THAT WAS NO RHYME OR REASON, AT LEAST WE WERE THOUGHTFUL COMING UP WITH A PROCESS AND SBI SPLITTING PART OF IT EQUALLY BETWEEN ALL FOUR, THE SBI COMPONENT IS IMPORTANT AND I WOULD SAY THIS TO YOU, MOST OF US HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SENSE OF WHO VOTES ON THE BOND ISSUES AND OFTEN TIMES IS BEEN THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ALWAYS GOTTEN A LEASE AND NEVER REALLY GOT THEIR FAIR SHARE.

IN MY JUDGMENT YOU SHOULD NOT START AT ANY ONE POINT IN HISTORY WHERE IT MAY BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO WHO'S IN THE OFFICE AT THAT TIME YET TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE HISTORICALLY. IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE I CERTAINLY DID SHARE A FEW OF THEM WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS WHEN THE MAP WAS DRAWN UP BUT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR FAR SO LONG, RIGHT NOW THE BULK OF THEM ONE AND TWO I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REVERSE THE TREND AND IF I WERE IN A PRECINCT THAT I GOT MORE HISTORICALLY I HOPE I WOULD BE A

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COMPONENT. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> AGAIN COMMISSIONER I THANK YOU HEARD ME, I WILL SAY IT AGAIN I WAS A STRONG PROPONENT OF SBI, YOU WERE 75% AND I WAS AT 50%. YOU DO NOT HEAR ME SAY AYE DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO AN SBI WAY BUT ALSO WHAT YOU SHOULD HEAR I SAID WE MADE A PROMISE TO THE. A PROMISE NOT KEPT, THAT'S MY POINT. HERE IS WHERE SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOOD TO BE HURT BARRETT STATION FOR EXAMPLE WHO I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH, THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISED FOR DECADES TO DO CERTAIN THINGS LIKE EXXON TREND I HAS A REALLY CLEAR THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN A REAL GAME CHANGER IF WE HAD ANOTHER 20 OR $30 MILLION WE GOT SHORTED ON THIS PARTICULAR BOND ISSUE, THERE IS UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS IN EVERY PART OF THE COUNTY NOT JUST IN ONE PART OF THE COUNTY, I WANT TO BE SURE THE RECORD WAS CLEAR THAT A PROMISE WAS, THE MOTION MADE BY JUDGE PHIL LAGO AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS TO DO 220 BY PRECINCT, THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED, I AM ON THE RECORD WITH THE NEWS MEDIA AND EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU MADE A

PROMISE, YOU DID NOT KEEP IT. >> WAS THIS ITEM YOU VOTED

AGAINST. >> IS THE ITEM THAT YOU SECO D

COSENDED. >> ALSO YOU VOTED AGAINST IT.

>> Y IEST WASLE CART THATHERE WAS NOTLE A CAR PLAN ON WHERE THE MONEY G WASOING TO BE SPENT. YOU REASSURED THE COURTSA HE ID DON'T WORRYUT ABOT IES, I GUS MY FEARSRE WERE ALIZED I SHOULD'VE BEEN MORERN CONCEED T IN 2022HAT I CLEARLY WAS.

>> I SEEM TOR REMEMBEY I WAS VER FIRM ON THE 220. T OVERHE YEARS WE DID HISTORICAL STUFFAY I THINK W BACK WHENWA THERE S A STUDY AND ANALYSIS ANDAC THIS GOES BK TO LOOK AT A MORE A CENTRALIZEDPPROACH, THAT'S REALLY THE PROBLEMPR EVEY ECINCT HAD THE GOOD ARGUMENTY FOR WHTHEY NEED MORE FUNDING THAN THE THEY'RE ALLD VALID, WE SAIT HOW ABOUSOMEBODY LOOKS ALL OF IT AND WETR CAN REALLY BE SATEGIC, THAT NUMBER REALLY NEVER. CAME BACK EVER SINCEKE THEN WE HAVE TAN THEUT TACK OF LET'S P IT 25, 25, 25.MY I KNOW WHAT COLLEAGUES ARE THINKING THAT LONGEST WITH ME, THAT IS BEFORER COMMISSIONER GCIA AND I GOT HERE IT SURELY WAS NOT 25,RM 25 AND THE FOULA WAS NOT TRANSPARENT WOULD WANT TO MENTIONLL COMMISSIONER AISON AND GARCIA.

I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHY WEFF ENDED UP WITH A DIERENT NUMBER THIS JANUARY. IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT OVERHEAD

COST THAT WERE UNFORESEEN. >> OF FORMULA WAS DEVELOPED I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DEVELOPING A FORM OR SAYING THATVE HAVE A DEBATE AND CONRSATION SHOULD BE 75% ZIP CODE SBI OR 50% ZIP CODE SBI BUT TO MAKE US PROMISEE OF 220 MILLION TO EACH PCINCT AND NOT EVEN COME CLOSE, IT IS INTERESTING WHICH PRECINCT IT WAS DECIDED UPON THAT WOULD NOT GET ITS QUOTE FAIR SHARE THAT

WAS PROMISED. >> I HAVE A QUOTE FROM YOU INY THE COURT COMMISSIONER RAMSE SAYING YOU WERE FINE WITH 18.9 BECAUSE IS PROBABLY AS CLOSE AS WERE GOING TO GET.

WHAT I HAVE HERE AND MAYBE ROMOS CAN JUMP IN.

WE APPROVED 220 TO EACH PRECINCT AND THE REMAINING BALANCE ACCORDING TO SBIT BECAUSE WE HAE NOT THOUGHT ABOU THEIR OVERHEAD COST OFUG 110 MILLION, LITERALLY NOBODY THOHT ABOUT IT, I ASKED MY TEAM TO GO BACK IN THE NOTES AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAD THAT ANYWHERE AND HIT ITY OR WHATEVR BUT IT'S NOT ANYWHERE, BTHE TIME JANUARY ROLLED AROUND THE BUDGET FOLKS OR WHOEVER CAME BACK AND SAID WE HAVE TO SHAVE 110 OFF THE TOP SO WE CHANGED IT FROM 220 TO 175 GIVEAWAY SHAVE 110 OFF THE TOP, 175 MINIMUM FOR EACH PRECINCT AND THE REST ACCORDING TO SBI, YOUR SBI

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NUMBERS ARE LOWER. >> 75%.

>> BASED ON 75%, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD SAID BACK IN AUGUST 2022 WE SAID THE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY OF INDEX GREATER THAN 75.

BUT WE HAD NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT OVERHEAD COST.

I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER WHY. >> JUDGE, YOU ARE CORRECT.

I BELIEVE IN JANUARY, THE FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER OF THE NEW CONSTITUTED BODY CAME BACK AND CHANGE THE FORMULA TO CARVE OFF 110% OFF OF THE 900 MILLION FOR ROADS AND PARKS TO ALLOCATE TO THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND PRECINCT TO PUT UP A MOTION TO A LITTLE OVER 70% WHICH IS A 175 NUMBER PLUS AND THE REMAINDER WHICH IS 29.8% GIVE OR TAKE TOWARDS SBI AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY

AND NOT PAST 4 - 0. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AYE DON'T REMEMBER VOTING ON THIS.

BECAUSE I AM WITH YOU I LIKE TO FOLLOW WHAT WE PROMISED, I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE VOTES FOR THAT PERIOD IS THE 20%, I VOTE WITH THE MAJORITY ON THIS IF THIS IS THE CASE, WHEN WE SAID 220, 220 MILLION WAS THAT 70% OF THE PACKAGE JUST LIKE 175 IS 70% OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE AFTER YOU TAKE OFF THE

110? >> I BELIEVE SO.

WHEN WE ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED IT WE DID NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING

FROM INITIATING COST. >> I THINK WE COULD GO ROUND AND ROUND ON THIS ONE LET'S HAVE ABOUT.

>> WHERE I'M REALLY AT, WE ALL HAVE WONDERFUL PROJECTS HERE IN THEIR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMES OVER IN THE REALLY HAPPY THAT WE DID THIS PARK BUT WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE LOOK TO ALL THE PARKS. BUT I GOTTA GET TWO MORE VOTES FOR THAT. I THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS AND I'M JUST GOING TO ABSTAIN AGAIN.

I'VE SAID MY PIECE BEFORE AND I WOULD JUST BE REPEATING MYSELF.

>> IF I MIGHT, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND IT.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, DID YOU WANT TO VOTE ON IT?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT I GOT A SECOND.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> JUDGE, IF I COULD, I WANT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT I WORKED AT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM BUT I DO WANT TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT ENGINEERING DID BRING TO US A HARTFORD ROAD ACROSS THE COUNTY. AND THE ROADS MAKE A BIG PART OF CONSTITUENT AND A BIG PORTION OF OUR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR IT.

ENGINEERING WORKED TO CONSTRUCT A PILOT PROJECT AND MAY BE LEAVING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TO A SIDE, THE IDEA OF MOVING FORWARD THE CORPORATE ROAD PILOT PROJECT AND LEARNING FROM IT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT WE DON'T HAVE, A DATABASE OF THE ROADS, LEGAL HAS TO DO SOME WORK ON WHETHER THEY FIT INTO THE TOTAL CONSTRAINTS OF WHAT IS MORE FORD ROAD AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN IT. I KNOW COMMISSIONER RAMSEY LIKE ALL OF US IS TRYING TO DEAL WITH THOSE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT COME INTO VARIOUS FORMS. I BET YOU THAT THE ROADS ARE A BIG PART OF WHAT YOU'RE GETTING CALLS ON.

I WOULD JUST ASK THAT COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, I DON'T WANT TO VOTE AGAINST YOUR ITEM BUT I WOULD ASK MAYBE THEY RECOMMENDED NO ACTION AND THEN ASK ENGINEERING TO BRING BACK THE PILOT PROJECT AND SEE HOW WE CAN FUND THAT EVENLY BECAUSE WE ARE ALL GOING TO LEARN FROM IT AND FIGURED OUT.

AND THEN GO FROM THERE AND SEE IF THAT BRINGS US ANY EPIPHONE'S

ON HOW TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. >> COMMISSIONER I APPRECIATE YOU

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I THINK WHAT I'M PROVIDING TODAY IS CONTEXT FOR MAYBE A BROADER DISCUSSION ON HAWKEN ROAD. I PROBABLY HAVE AS MANY OF THOSE AS ANYBODY IN THE COUNTY. LET ME DO THAT.

>> A DEAL. THANK YOU.

>> WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS.

ONGOING CHALLENGE, THANK YOU GUYS.

>> JUDGE DO YOU ALL NEED ME ON ANYTHING ELSE?

>> THE JAIL OPERATION I THINK HE WANTED TO DISCUSS COMMISSIONER ALICE, THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. WE ALSO HAVE THE SECURITY UP

UPDATE. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR COMMISSIONER ALICE TO BE IN ON THAT.

>> IS THAT A VOTE ON THE SECURITY UPDATE.

>> IT'S JUST A BRIEFING. >> LET'S DO THE JAIL, THAT IS ABOUT. AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITHOUT YOU COMMISSIONER AND WE WILL CALL YOU.

>> IF SOMEBODY CALLS ME I'M IN AFRICA, I NEED 15 MINUTES TO GET

[Emergency/Supplemental items ( Part 1 of 2)]

BACK TO WI-FI. >> ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO 419 JAIL OPERATIONS. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS JUDGE.

I DON'T WANT TO MISS A COURT MEETING THAT WE DON'T AT LEAST BRING UP, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A 40 MINUTE DISCUSSION ON THE JAIL. COMMISSIONER GARCIA COULD WRITE A BOOK ON THE TOPIC BUT I DO THINK THE COURT IS OWED AN UPDATE ON WHEN THE JAIL STANDARDS REPORT IS DUE TO US, WERE ANXIOUS ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'M PERSONALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN HAVE ART BUT MONEY ON THAT MIGHT HELP MITIGATE A VIEW OF THE JAIL STANDARD ISSUES SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD 15 INMATE DEATHS AND THE JAIL, LAST YEAR THERE WERE 27.

THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE HIGH-PROFILE ATTACKS ON JAIL STAFF ON AUGUST 2, 2023. THERE WERE 1200 INMATES OUTSOURCED TO OTHER LOCATIONS. IT'S INTERESTING IN TALKING TO THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE HAD TO MAKE THAT JOURNEY AND VISIT, FRIENDS, RELATIVES AND OTHER PARTS, WHETHER LOUISIANA OR WEST TEXAS, HERE'S A SAD COMMENTARY. SOME OF THEM HAVE SAID DON'T SEND ME BACK TO HARRIS COUNTY. I FEEL SAFER, I'VE BEEN BETTER SAFE AND WEST TEXAS OR LOUISIANA DAN I WOULD BE BACK IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE NOT TOLERABLE.

SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM THERE. WE ARE DOWN TO OUR LAST MILLION AND R BUT MONEY. I BRING THIS UP AGAIN AS A DISCUSSION ITEM. I DID NOT REALLY IDENTIFY POSSIBLE ACTION ON THIS ONE. IT WAS SIMPLY MET TO REMIND US, WE REACHED OUT TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AGAIN I KNOW THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REPORT. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S MANAGING THAT REPORT AND WHO HAS A DEADLINE FOR THAT REPORT, WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN THAT REPORT IS GOING TO BE HERE BECAUSE WE NEED THE DETAILS IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT WE CAN

TAKE. >> YES COMMISSIONER, I SHARE YOUR SENSE OF URGENCY FOR OTHER REASONS YOU JUST STATED.

I SEE DOCTOR RAMAN HERE, DOCTOR RAMAN CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE PLEASE ON THE STUDY AND I KNOW KPMG STAFFING STUDIES AND OPERATIONAL STRUCTURAL STUDY THAT IS SEPARATE.

CAN YOU UPDATE US PLEASE. >> REALLY QUICKLY WHILE HE'S GETTING THAT SORTED OUT, THAT IS ACTUALLY FOR THE SHERIFF PATROL DETAINED STUDY FOR THE JAIL AND I BELIEVE I SHOULD BE NEARING

ITS FINAL COMPLETION. >> DO WE HAVE A DATE.

>> I CONCORDANT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I HAVE NOT SEEN A DRAFT YET BUT I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A

WHILE. >> JUDGE MEMBERS OF THE COURT, COUNTY ENGINEER, THE STUDY WE ARE DOING WITH OUR CONSULTANT ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION IN JAIL AND ALSO THE OVERALL HOW TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION FOR THE LONG TIME BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FACILITIES ARE 20 OR 40 YEARS OLD. WE HAVE OUR DRAFT REPORT ON SOME

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>> DOCTOR, ARE THERE TWO REPORTS OR A JAIL STANDARD, IS THIS THE SAME ONE? IS THERE ONE REPORT.

>> THE JAIL STANDARD IS NOT THE ONE THAT WE ARE DOING WE ARE

DOING A JAIL INFRASTRUCTURE. >> YOU WILL MARRY THOSE UP? IS THAT RIGHT, AT SOME POINT? SMACK IS THERE OTHER STUDY.

>> THERE WAS A STUDY WHICH WAS A STAFFING STUDY WHICH WAS PART OF THE SALARY STUDY THAT WAS DONE AND IMPLEMENTED IN THIS PAST BUDGET YEAR, WE ARE COORDINATING AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT SOME OF THE STAFFING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER GARCIA KNOWS THIS FACILITY REQUIRES A LOT MORE BODIES THAN OTHER MORE MODERN FACILITIES, WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WERE BEST IN CLASS AND WERE GOING TO MARRY WHAT IS MOST EFFICIENT FROM A STAFFING STANDPOINT AND WHAT REFLEXIVE POPULATION IN THE JAIL AND WHAT REFLECTS THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR COUNTY AND HOW IT'S GROWING AND CHANGING WITH WHAT THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION FOR WHAT A

FACILITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE. >> THANK YOU.

>> ON THIS ONE, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT WE LISTED SOME OF THE STUDIES, DON'T FORGET TO JAM MY STUDY I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHERS I'M MISSING WITH ENDLESS CONVERSATIONS AT THE DAIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I AM GLAD THAT WERE WORKING ON THE FACILITY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, THANK YOU, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IT WILL BE 80% OF THE INMATES HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS, PROBABLY IN UNDERCOUNT, WE KNOW THIS IS A HUGE PERCENTAGE CIRCLE RIGHT BACK SO IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT HOW WE CAN MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT WERE GOING TO HAVE THEIR BUT CAN WE ACHIEVE BETTER OUTCOMES, RIGHT NOW THE WAY THE JAIL WORKS IS NOT TOUGH ON CRIME IS INEFFECTIVE AND ULTIMATELY DOES NOT GET RID OF THE PROBLEM, THAT IS A FACILITIES PIECE.

HOWEVER, WE FIGURE THAT OUT, I'M GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE, JUST BUILDING SOMETHING TAKES A LONG TIME.

FOR ME THERE ARE 15 DOZEN IN THE JAIL THIS YEAR AND YOU AND SAY 1600 GENTLEMEN THAT DIED AT THE JAIL OR MEDICAL CRISIS AT THE JAIL AND DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. THAT IS JUST THIS YEAR END THE YEAR IS NOT OVER. THAT IS THE CURRENT EMERGENCY THAT FALLS RIGHT AT THE SAME, PROBABLY IN MY MIND A HIGHER LEVEL THAN THE FACILITY QUESTION AND REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ACTION.

OPPRESS THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN MY TEAM ABOUT THIS OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS AT THIS POINT AND WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE SAID WHERE IS THE RUB, THERE WAS A MOTION IN JANUARY COLLEAGUES, I CANNOT REMEMBER WHO MADE IT, I HAVE IT IN HERE AND IT SAID THEY NEED TO COME BACK JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND WE NEED THAT OUT DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK AND TELL US WHY THE CASEAC BKLOG IS DOWN WITH ALL THEDD AITIONAL JUDGES BUT THEAI JL POPULATION ISTI SLL UPE , THSOLUTION TO THE JAIL LAPOPUTION IS NOT THE COURT BACKLOG, WHAT ISAL IT L, THAT HAS STILL R NOTETURNED. MYIO POSITN T GIVENHE LITERAL LIFE-AND-DEATH SITUATIONIS THAT TAKING PLACE ON OUR WATCH WE CANNOT CONTROLE WHAT TH SHERIFF DOES WITH THE, DA DOES THE SHERIFF CAN'T CONTROL WHO LANDSDO AT HIS ORSTEP.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S COMPLICATED. NBUT GIVE THE DATA THAT WE HAVEN'T GIVEN WHATND WE KNOW A HAVE THE REPORT THAT WE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? LET'S MAKE OUR BEST GUESAS ANDRO FOIT. WE CANNOT BE SITTING HEREG WAITINON ANOTHER REPORT TO BE PRODUCE.D I WOULLIKE TO MAKE TWO MOTIO MOTIONS, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND THEM HERE,S THE FIRST ONE I TO DIRECT OCAIN TO HAVE A STANDG

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OBVIOUSLY WE'VE VESTED AT THISLL POINT OVER $120 MIION OF ARPA FUNDS IN THE SHERIFFRK AND HIS TEAM HAVE WOED REALLYN HARD, BUT $30 MILLIOWITHIN THE GENERAL WORK BUT IT'S JUST NOT PANNING OUT AND WE'VE GOT TO DO

SOMETHING,OR LIKE NOW. >> JUDGE F YOUR SECOND MOTION WE MADE IT ADJUSTMENT OF T 12% R THE OFFICERS ANDHENS SUPERVISORS AND THE CAPTAI, THE FIRST RETENTION BONUS IS GOING OUT NEXT WEDNESDAY AND ARE SOMETHING SUPER UNFORESEEN.

ON THE COMP SIDE, MY FEELING WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO MORE WORK BUT MY FEELING WE SHOULD LET THINGS SETTLE BECAUSERA 12% I BELIEVE S THE LARGEST CE THE COUNTY HAS EVER GIVEN ANYBODY.

>> THE ISSUE WAS AT SOMETI POINT AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ME OVER TO SOMETHING ELSE,AC IF YOU DON'T FIND ANYTHING COME BKAT IN SAY THAT, WE HUNTED LITIGATED THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THAT SHERIFF AND BARRY HAD COME BACK AT SOME POINT THAT WES NOT JUST THE MONETARY NEED TO HAVE A CAREER LADDER INTO ONE AND SO FORTH. I PERSONALLY SAT DOWN WITH GIGI AND BARRY AND LOOKED AT IT AND THAT WAS A YEAR AGO.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO YOUR FIRST MOTION TO DIRECT TO HAVE A STANDING QUARTERLY ITEM I THINKO DOING IT IN QUARTERS GIVES EVERYBODY OM TO COLLECT THE DATA OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING MUCH MORE EXCITING TO REPORT, AND JUST TO KNOW TO HAVE THE TIMEFRAME TO DO IT THAT WOULD BE MYR ONLY REQUEST.

>> I APPRECIATE IT COMMISSIONE AND I'LL TELL YOU WE HAD AN ITEM BEFORE, WE HAD ASKED THEM TO DO IT QUARTERLY AND GUESS HOW MANY QUARTERLIES THEY CAME BACK ON, NONE.

WHAT I WOULD ASK, I SEE YOUR HAND COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

I'LL PUT YOU ON NEXT. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST OBVIOUSLY ANYONE OF US CAN PUT ON THE AGENDA COMMISSIONER GARCIA, I'M ALRIGHT WITH IT IF YOU ALL ARE.

I'M ALSO BELOW THE EQUATOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO TIP OUT HERE IN A

MINUTE. >> HERE'S A MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY DECEMBER 2021 WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY THIS IS HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE EVERY THREE MONTHS FOR MONITOR AND SAFETY OF DETAINEES, WE PASSED THAT. ACCORDING TO THE NOTES MY STAFF PREPARED. LET'S TRY, I KNOW IT'S AN

INTRACTABLE THING. >> YES COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

>> DOCTOR, I KNOW HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF ON THE HERE'S HEALTH PIECE, IT'S A GREAT CONCERN TO ME AND FACES DIRECTLY INTO THESE ITEMS. MAKING SURE OCA GETS THE UPDATES FROM HERE IS HEALTH ON THE JAIL MEDICAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE

BEING MADE. >> JUST ON HAVING A STANDING ITEM, IT COULD BE A STANDING ITEM FOR IGA ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WHEN THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT WOULD BASICALLY COME TO THE COURT AND SAY WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THIS MEETING BUT IT IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE IF WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND NEED YOU ALL TO TAKE ACTION OR KNOW THE LATEST UPDATE ON SOMETHING.

WE ARE GOOD WITH HAVING IT ON AS A STANDING ITEM BECAUSE THIS IS

REALLY CRITICAL RIGHT NOW. >> I'M NOT SURE I WOULD COMPARE IT TO IGA, WE REALLY HAVE UPDATES ON THAT.

I SEE IT AS ALMOST OF A COVID HINK ABOUT IT 15 PEOPLE OR 16 HAVE DIED THIS YEAR R SO FAR, LAST YEAR 20 SOMETHIN, REPORTERS KNOW BETTEIMTHAN I DO, THE YEAR BEFORE THAT HOW MANY MORE, AGINE IF THERE WAS A TORNADO THAT CAME THROUGH EVERY YEAR AND KILLED 15, 20 THAN 15 THEN 20, SURELY WE WILL BE TACKLING IT RIGHT NOW. WHAT I WANT TO BE CLEAR IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, WHOSE DOORSTEP IS IT ON OR DOORSTEPS SO WHAT IS IT AND NEXT TIME 70 DIES I CAN SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DID ALL OF THIS AND WE NEED X ELECTED OFFICIAL OR OFFICIALS TO DO WHY, YOU GUYS OUT TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT

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OF IT. >> DEFINITELY AS WERE TRANSITIONING OCAL TO BE MUCH MORE SERVICE ORIENTED AND TECHNICAASSISTANCE. WE WOULD LIKE TO WORKE WITH THE INDEPENDENTLY OFFICIALS AND PROVIDTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HELP THEM OUT WITH A PROCESS OR BUDGET OR PROCEDURES TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE FACING AS WELL SO WE CAN HELP THEM GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF IMPRO

IMPROVEMENT. >> YES COMSSIONER GARCIA.

>> ONE MORE THING I WOULD ASK YOU TO SEE IF YOU CAN INCORPORATE INTO YOUR REPORTS OR YOUR STUDY OF THIS.

IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME PART OF THAT CHAPTER THAT COMMISSIONER RAMSEY WAS TALKING ABOUT, I REMEMBER THAT WE HAD HIT AROUND 2010 I THINK IT WAS WE HAD HIT CAPACITY IN THE INMATE PROCESS, ET CETERA. SO I DELAYED THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TRANSPORT OF INMATES AT THE TIME THEY STILL HAD THE CITY JAIL. AND WHICH THEY WERE NOT HAPPY TO HAVE HAPPEN. BECAUSE EVERY DAY IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY THEY WERE TRANSFERRING ABOUT 150, 200 INMATES TO THE COUNTY JAIL AT DAY. WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD IT BECAME A PROBLEM FOR THE CITY AND THEIR ABILITY TO HOLD PEOPLE, AS A RESULT THEY ENDED UP RELEASING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE PRIMARILY BEING HELD ON CLASS C OFFENSES. NONVIOLENT OFFENSES.

YOU WILL NEED TO GOOGLE THE CHRONICLE BECAUSE THERE WAS SUPPORT ON THAT. BUT TO USE THAT KIND OF DATA TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH OF OUR JAIL POPULATION SHOULD BE PART OF OUR JAIL POPULATION AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY CONVERSATION THAT WE CAN HAVE WITH MAYOR TURNER AND TO SEE IF IT'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN AFFECT THERE. I KNOW THAT I WORKED WITH MR. ROMOS TO TRY TO PUT A JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM IN THE INTAKE TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING TO A CERTAIN DEGREE BUT THAT SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OR A LITTLE LESS. LOOKING AT THAT DATA AS WELL HOW MUCH OF THE DIVERSION PROGRAM IS DETERRING PEOPLE FROM COMING

INTO THE JAIL SYSTEM. >> DO WE STILL HAVE THAT OPTION?

>> NO. >> THE DIVERSION PROGRAM HAS BEEN DONE AS AN OVERTIME PROGRAM SO I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT STILL

CONTINUED OR NOT. >> I'M SORRY I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER ELLIS QUESTION WAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

>> NOW THERE DIRECT JAILING TO US BUT THE POINT STILL REMAINS THE SAME ARE THEY SENDING TO US A POPULATION THAT IF YOU REVERSE THE CLOCK BACK TO 2010, WOULD WE NOT HAVE TAKEN SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE GETTING TODAY?

>> THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY DID LIKE THAT DURING COVID FOR A

BIT. >> THEY STOPPED ARRESTING PEOPLE, THEY WERE GIVEN CITATIONS AND TAKING REPORTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE BACKLOG, THEY STARTED FILING THE WARRANTS

VERSUS TAKING THEM INTO CUSTODY. >> ANYWAY, YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR

WORK CUT OUT. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ME SECONDED BUT SPEAKING OF INVESTMENTS THAT JP SEE IN THE ADDITIONAL HEARING OFFICERS THAT WERE A PART OF THE BUDGET THAT GOT PASSED, I'M EAGER TO SEE HOPEFULLY RELAUNCHING THEM SOON SO WE CAN HAVE A CONCURRENT HEARINGS GOING ON SO I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE GREAT PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE IN ALL THE STUDY RESULTS AS WELL. THANK YOU.

>> A MOTION AND THE SECOND, DID YOU GUYS GET IT.

>> IF YOU CAN REPEAT IT UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO GO BASED ON THE E-MAIL YOUR TEAM SET OUT EAR EARLIER.

>> A JAIL ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR UPDATES AND ACTION TO ENSURE EXPEDITIOUS PROJECTS ON IMPROVING THE JAIL CONDITIONS AND REDUCING THE JAIL POPULATION AND DIRECT ASSOCIATE TO WORK WITH HRM AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ANALYZE THE PAY SCALE OFFICERS TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE SKILL TO IMPROVE RETENTION RENEWING THE STUDIES ARE REALLY RELATED TO THIS MATTER.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, THERE IS A SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR. >> ANY OPPOSED.

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>> THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THIS SO SERIOUSLY.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS WE WILL CALL YOU.

>> A. >> COMMISSIONER GARCIA THEY STOLE YOUR GUN WHEN YOU'RE HERE BUT I'M LOOKING.

>> IN MY TIRES. >> ON MY GOD.

>> GIVE ME 15 MINUTES IF YOU NEED ME BACK.

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>> OKAY THANK YOU. >> ADMINISTRATOR, CAN WE CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA OR DOES THE SECURITY UPDATE NEED TO

HAPPEN NOW? >> I THINK THERE ARE EXTERNAL FOLKS FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION THAT WERE WAITING IT WOULD BE NICE TO DO THAT AND LET THEM HEAD OUT.

>> THAT IS THE ONLY OTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM THAT WE HAVE. I THINK WE MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF IT. IT IS 3:24 P.M.

IF COLLEAGUES ARE OKAY WITH IT, WORKING TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM, ADMINISTRATOR WHAT IS ITEM NUMBER. MY GOSH OKY

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LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA. >> JUDGE, ANY ACTION.

>> NO ACTION LUCINDA, MY GOSH, IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE LUCINDA DID THAT BUT IT'S DEEP IN MY PSYCHE.

THAT WAS 397, NO ACTION, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> BACK TO THE TOP, THAT'S RIGHT. ITEM FIVE,RP AAUN FDS.

>> WE ARE AGAIN USINGRP AADS N FUNDS, WHAT IS THE COST OFS THI

.NE COSTAC IMPT >> THERE IS. SHANE

>> THIS IS F SHANEOR THE ROP IS $2.2 MILLION.

>> IS $2 MILLION STUDY HAVE ANYE' IDEA, WRE GOING TO DT A UDY AND MAKEAT RECOMMENDIONSOW ON H WE SHOULD DEAL WITH THEDA STANRDIZATIONIS PACK BUT SUCH AS THATE DO WE HAVANY IDEA WHAT THE NUMBER MAY O BE IN TERMSF FOUND.LING WHATEVER IS

>> IT WOULD NOT SHOCK ME TO BE 80 TO 100 MILLION.WI

>> WE LL DEAL WITH THE 80 TON 100 MILLIOINBU NEXT YEAR'S

DGET. >> WE NEED TO BREAK IT ACR.OSS

MULTIPLE >> YOU DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT B

IN THIS YEAR'SUDGET. >> NO.

>> WHATEVER THE STUDY TELLS US,O THIS IS GOING RWARD IN FUTURE BUDGET CYCLES, NOT THIS BUDGET CYCLE.

>> YES,T' SIR. >> THAS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.

>> ARE WE OKAY TO VOTE ON IT? IS THERE A MOTION? BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. IS THERE AD SECOND?

>> SECONBYDI COMMISSIONER BRANS.

>> ALL IN FAVOR. >> ANY OPPOSED?

>> I'M INCA FAVOR OF THE MOTION RRIED 3 - 1.

I DO NEED TO SAY WHAT WE WERE IE THERE I RECEIVED A PA FROM COUNTY EMPLOYEES THAT WE RELATIVELY SOON FOR HALLOWEEN,

ITEM 6, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> AGAIN, THIS IS 293 -- A $298,913. IS THAT TODMINISTER THE

PROGRAM? >> NO, THIS IS TO PROVIDEDE SUPPORT SERVICES WHICH INCLUS CASE MANAGEMENT FOR 19 INDIVIDUALS SENIORS WHO WILL BE LIVING IN THE HOUSINGNG COMPLEX.

>> SO THIS IS COMI OUT OF THE 29 HALF IN A BILLION-DOLLAR

ALLOCATION. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> THE 29 AND A HALF MILLION, THAT SUPPORTS MORE THAN 19

TPEOPLE. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>>HIS IS A VERY SMALL COMPONENT OF THE 29 MILLION THAT STARTED IN EARLY 2022. SO THIS PROJECT JUST DID NOT GET COMPLETED IN THE ORIGINAL TIME, NOW THAT IT IS DONE THE

SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WILL START. >> THINK YOU.

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>> IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEM 6? >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER

GARCIA, IS THERE A SECOND. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR. >> MOTION CARRIES 4 - 0.

ITEM 9, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> YES JUDGE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM PRECINCT TWO AND HERE'S COUNTY RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO FACE THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN A REGION AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO USE EVERY TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX TO CREATE AND PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, UTILIZING 9 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDS THIS ITEM WILL ALLOW CSC TO ACQUIRE 14.5 ACRES OF THE MEADOWBROOK APARTMENT COMPLEX, SOUTH OF THE ORLEANS AREA WHICH WILL BE REHABILITATED TO ENSURE 100% OF THE 220 EXISTING UNITS REMAIN AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES AT OR BELOW THE 60% AREA MEDIA INCOME.

THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION REHAB COMPLETION DATE IS NOVEMBER 30 OF 25. ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1998 THESE UNITS WILL RECEIVE A MUCH NEEDED UPDATE TO ENSURE ALL RESIDENTS OF THIS A AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING WILL REMAIN IN SAFE AFFORDABLE SECURE PLACE TO CALL HOME FOR MANY MORE DECADES. I'M PROUD TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF HOW PRECINCT TWO AND HARRIS COUNTY ARE HELPING HER BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES REVIVE TO THRIVE AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT THE HARMFUL DISPLACEMENT THAT SO OFTEN HAPPENS WITH ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION ALSO KNOWN AS GENTRIFICATION. TO THAT END I'VE SEEN ON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT OF AN OLD UNIT THAT WAS FLOODED ABOVE THE GOOSE POINT AREA THAT HAS CAUSED AN INCREDIBLE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN. WE DON'T NEED TO LET THESE UNITS GET TO THAT CONDITION. I AM EXCITED TO MOVE ON AS

PRESENTED. >> THANK YOU, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES, ALL IN

FAVOR, MOTION CARRIES 4 - 0. >> ITEM 20 COMMISSIONER.

>> ON THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY.

>> WE JUST NEED A VOTE. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER THBRIONES.

>> ALL IN FAVOR, THE MOTION CARRIES E - 1.

65 MISSION GARCIA, THAT IS NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE

PROGRAM. >> YES.

>> I'M EXCITED TO MOVE ON THIS ITEM.

THE RECERTIFICATION OF ACTIVITY WILL ENABLE THE COUNTY TO UPHOLD ITS POSITIVE RATING AND MAINTAIN A FAVORABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH FEMA. HARRIS COUNTY HIGHER STANDARDS FOR FLOOD MITIGATION AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE RESULTED IN FAVORABLE CREDIT RATINGS FROM THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, THESE EFFORTS HAVE HAD A DIRECT POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR RESIDENTS BY LEADING TO REDUCE FLOOD INSURANCE RATES THROUGH THETA IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE ELEVATED CONSTRUCTION SNDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS OUR GOALS ENCOMPASS MINIMIZING AND PREVENTING FLOOD RELATEDD DAMAGE TO INSURABLE PROPERTIES, REINFORCING AN ENHANCING THE INSURANCE OF THE NFIB PROGRAM, NURTURING A HOLISTIC APPROACH THROUGH FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND REDUCE FLOOD INSURANCE RATES. I AM EXCITED TO MOVE ON THIS ITEM JUDGE, AS IS PRESENTED FROM A STANDPOINT WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WE IMPLEMENTED THE SAFE CLEAR PROGRAM AND HAD A LOT OF CONTROVERSY BUT THE REALITY OF SAFE CLEAR IT REDUCES SECONDARY INCIDENTS ON THE FREEWAY BY AN AVERAGE OF 25 - 30% OF WHICH IT ENABLED THE AUDIBLE INSURANCE INDUSTRY NOT TO AGGRESSIVELY INCREASE OUR INSURANCE. WERE DOING THE SAME THING WITH FLOOD INSURANCE HERE. I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR PETERSON AND DOCTOR RAMAN AND ROBERTO TREVINO ALONG WITH OUR RESPECTIVE OFFICE ENGINEERS BECAUSE THE WORK COLLECTIVELY BEING DONE ON DRAINAGE AND ON FLOOD MITIGATION AND ON THE FLOODWAY'S AND DETENTION RETENTION POND INTO US COLLECTIVELY FOR ADOPTING, ALL OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER ARE ENABLING US TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP FLOOD INSURANCE AFFORDABLE.

>> LET ME SECOND THOUGHT COMMISSIONER.

IF YOU HAVE YOUR INSURANCE BILLS LIGHTLY TO PROTECT THE

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WHATEVER WE CAN DO WE NEED TO. >> AGREED.

>> EMOTIONAL BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY RAMSEY ON 65.

>> ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED. >> MOTION CARRIES 4 - 0.

ITEM ONE-ON-ONE COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THIS IS ANOTHER PRECINCT TO REVIVE FOR DRIVE INITIATIVE.

I WANT TO BEGIN BY COMPLEMENTING AND THANKING THE COMMUNITY.

WE OFTEN TELL FOLKS THAT WE ARE LISTENING BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WELL WE LISTEN IN A PARTICULARLY I WANT TO THANK SEVERAL PEOPLE BUT THE ONE AT THE TIP OF THE SPHERE IS LINDA BARTEL, LINDA IF YOU WERE LISTENING, THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WILL ALLOW FOR US TO ANNOUNCE THE DISUTILITY AGREEMENT WITH CENTERPOINT IS TO PROVIDE LIGHTING AND VISIBILITY ON THE CROSSING NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE HIGHLANDS THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR RESIDENTS AND LINDA WAS LEADING THE CHARGE TO MAKE THE ROADWAYS SAFER FOR VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS AND ULTIMATELY THIS WILL ALLOW FOR US TO WORK WITH CENTERPOINT TO PROVIDE 19 LED PICTURES ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE COMMUNITY ONE-SIDED HOA BUT IT DISBANDED YEARS AGO WITHIN THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WITH CENTERPOINT ENERGY WAS CANCELED AND THE LIGHTS WERE TURNED OFF.

THIS AGREEMENT WILL UPDATE AND PROVIDE FOR UPDATE LIGHTS TO 45 WATTS, LED AND PAY FOR THE MONTHLY BILL.

AGAIN THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY, LINDA BARTEL, THANK YOU, YOU WERE A BIG VOICE FOR THE FOLKS OUT THERE BUT I AM EXCITED AND I WANT TO THANK CENTERPOINT FOR THE COLLABORATION AND THEY MADE THIS SO MUCH EASIER TO SEE HAPPEN.

I MOVE ON THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA

ITEM ONE-ON-ONE. >> ALL IN FAVOR?

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> THE MOTION CARRIES 4 - 0.

ITEM 107, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> SIMILARLY I WANT TO THANK MAYOR TURNER FOR HIS SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM BUT I WANT TO THANK PARTNERS INCLUDING THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORK OF THIS PROGRAM THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WOULD INCLUDE ADDING A CONCESSION STAND AND REPLACING THE ASPHALT WITH THE CONCRETE TRAIL, REPLACING THE EXISTING WEST PARKING LOT, ADDING ACCESSIBLE SURFACE INTO THE PLAGUE ON AREA, ADDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SECURITY SYSTEMS AND ADDING BENCHES AND SOLAR LIGHTING ALONG THE TRAIL.

ALL OF THIS JUAN HERNANDEZ THE RETIRED FIREMAN IF YOU HERE, THIS IS ALL FOR HARBOR AND IS ALWAYS SAYING DON'T FORGET

DENVER HARBOR. >> I'M GOING TO BE THERE

TOMORROW. >> THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL TOTAL 1.6 MILLION AND ARE ALIGNED WITH MY REVIVE TO THRIVE STANDARDS AND IS PROVIDING ALL THE AMENITIES I MENTIONED.

BUT THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN PARALLEL WITH THE 2 MILLION THAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE THAT WAS ABLE TO SECURE PROVIDING FOR A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF 3.6 MILLION AND I'M EXCITED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING INSIDE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND PARTICULARLY IN THE DENVER HARBOR COMMUNITY. ANOTHER EXAMPLE REVIVE TO THRIVE, BUT I'M EXCITED TO MOVE ON THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED IN

DENVER HARBOR. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, ITEM 107, ALL IN FAVOR.

>> ANY OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES 4 - 0.

>> ITEM 110, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> JUDGE DOWN THE STREET FROM OUR BUILDING IS THE JAMES BUTTE PARK, IT HAS BEEN LONG NEGLECTED AND I AM EXCITED THAT WE ARE FINALLY GETTING TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A TRANSFORMATIVE UPGRADE BUT IS BEGINNING WITH THE MASTER PLAN.

OUR REVIVE TO THRIVE LEADERS IN PRECINCT TWO ARE WORKING OUT THE PROCESS AT JAMES BUTTE PARK IS IN THE CROSSTOWN HISTORIC SITE ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS, THE HISTORY GOES BACK ALMOST 200 YEARS AND LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN BANKS RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN AND I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE JAMES BUTTE PARK RICH

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WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE AND ENJOY SOME REST AND RELAXATION.

I MOVE ON THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY BRIONES ON 110.

>> ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 4 - 0.

THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO CBG FUNDING, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE ON THIS ONE I FIRST WANT TO THANK THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM FOR HER PARTNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP AND CONFIDENCE IN HARRIS COUNTY.

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY THANK YOU TO DOCTOR PETERSON BECAUSE SHE IS REALLY THE ONE THAT WE PUT THE WORK OF GAINING THE TRUST OF THE JELL-O FOR HARRIS COUNTY AND SHE IN HER TEAM HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WHICH IS ALLOWING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. THIS MOTION THAT I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CDBG CONTRACT IN THE CDBG CONTRACT BETWEEN HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND THE TEXAS GENERAL LEE AND OFFICE, CONCURRENTLY I WILL ALSO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CDBG CONTRACT BETWEEN COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION AND THE GL LOW AND I FURTHER DIRECT THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO REQUEST AN EXTENSION OF CONTRACT TIME FOR BOTH CONTRACTS FROM THE JELL-O TO ENTER FUNDS CAN BE SPENT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THAT EXTENSION WILL ALLOW US THE TIME NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THIS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ANY OF OUR MONEY BACK.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT. >> A MOTION ON ALL OF THOSE, DID

YOU GUYS CATCH IT. >> YES THE MOTIONS GOING TO BE

FOR ALL THREE ITEMS. >> THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> ALL IN FAVOR. >> I ECHO WHOLEHEARTEDLY, THEY HAVE COME TO EVERY TOWN HALL THAT WE HAVE HAD, THEY ARE EMBEDDING THEMSELVES, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS RESTARTING OPPORTUNITY AND I'M SO ENERGIZED AND GRATEFUL.

>> ALL IN FAVOR ANY OPPOSED? >> THE MOTION CARRIES 4 - 0.

THANK YOU WELL. >> THAT'S AN EXAMPLE HOW THE GOVERNMENT CAN WORK WITH AUSTIN P PEOPLE TRY THE BOSTON THEY

JUST DON'T SPEND THE TIME ON IT. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE. 165 COMMISSIONER RAMSEY THIS IS

THE IGA ITEM. >> QUICKLY AND UPDATE THERE IS A HOUSE BILL 153 RELATED TO WATER COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY. THE BILL HB 153 IS REFERRED TO DON'T FLOOD YOUR NEIGHBOR RURAL, IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY ONE DEVELOPMENT BUT IT IS SPECIFIC TO NOT HAVING THE DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS THAT WE ARE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR LEGISLATIVE VOTEHO SULD BE FOLLOWINGND A HOPEFULLY THE HOUSE BILLIL WLAS PS AND WILL BE A BIT MORE PROTECTIVE ANDE' HERS COUNTY.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE TH HOUSE BILL 153 IS MAKING

ITS WAYOU THRGH THE PROCESS. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONERY RA E

RAMSEY. >> IS THAT A NO ACTION.

.> IONO ACTN >> WEIRD HE TOOK'S 228 LET MOVE

ON TO 262,IO COMMISSNER RAMSEY. >> THESE ARE VARIOUSS RENEWAL>>.

I'M SORRY WHICH ONE. 2 >>62.

>> WE JUSTT. NEED ABOU S >>O

>> MOTION BYR COMMISSIONE GA GARCIA.

>> COMMISSIONER BROWN IS DHAO YU VE A SECOND.

>> A SECOND BYR COMMISSIONE IN FAVOR. 262, ALL

>> ANY OPPOSED?VO 3 - 1. FAR MOTION CARRIES

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>> NE315, COMMISSIOR>> GARCIA. YES JUDGE, I AM THRILLED THATNG THE UPCOMI CONSTRUCTION OF THE EAST HARRISRE COUNTY HEALTHCA AND SOCIAL SERVICES HUBG. IS HAPPENIN THIS M VISION WAS SET INOTION BACK IN MARCH OF 2021 AND WE ARE NOW TAKING T TANGIBLERE STEPS TOWARDS ALIZINGRA IT.

IN COLLABOTION WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTY THE HARRIS COUNT, SHERIFF'S OFFICETHE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING PART UNDERNC DEPARTMENT PRECIT TWO IS DEDICATED TO BRIGADE A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES TO THE NORTH CHANNEL AREA.

THE MULTIFACETED FACILITY WILL, ENCOMPASS HEALTHCARESOCIAL SERVICES, HOUSINGE NAVIGATION, WORKFORC DEVELOPING RESOURCES, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTRT, PERSONAL GROWTH OPPOUNITIESHE KAMALA HARRIS COUNTY SRIFF'S OFFICE HOMELESS OUTREACH INITIATIVES AND COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORTSHE, THE EAST HARRIS COUNTY ALTHCARE ANDIN SOCIAL SERVICE HUB CONTAS 10650 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING AREA IT WILL PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE INRM IMPACTING THE SOCIAL DETEINANTS OF HEALTHNT AND ADDRESSING THE FUNDAMEAL HEALTHCARE NEEDS FOR ALL RESIDENTS APPEARSCL COUNTY. THE FACILITY WILL INUDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES, WELLNESS SCREENINGS,, PRODUCT DISEASE MANAGEMENT DENTAL CARE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING, WOMEN'S WELLNESS SERVICES ANDAR IMMUNIZATIONS.

BEYOND HEALTHCE, THE HUB WILL ESSENTIALS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS ACCESS TO FOOD, CLOTHING AND SHOWER FACILITIES THIS PROJECT IS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STRIVE FORWARD IN BRINGING OUR REVIVE TO THRIVE INITIATIVE INTI REALIZATION. I'M VERY EXCITED, WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR WORK IN MAKING THISG. HAPPEN AND WORKING ON THIS FOR SO LON AND PARTICULARLY IT WAS WHEN REESE 80 SANCHEZ AT MY OFFICE WAS LEADING THE CHARGE ON THISESSNESS AND WE CALL BABY BECAUSE SHE WORKED AT IT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. WILL MOVE ONWE

THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. >> MOTIO SN BY COMMISSIONER GARA

ON 315. >>ECOND BY>> COMMISSIONER BRIONES ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES 4 - 0, LET'S MOVE ON TO 350, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THINK YOU. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE VIOLENCE REDUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CORRELATING COUNSEL AND IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO THANK VERONICA JAMES FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS REPORT IN THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE EFFORTS. I KNOW COMMISSIONER BRIONES YOU ARE WORKING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVES AS WELL.

I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU ON THIS IN THIS IN PART EMBODIES SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING AND WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE POINT ON THIS INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC AND PARTNER VIOLENCE HAVE SKYROCKETED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND IT IS CONCERNING REGARDLESS OF ALL VIOLENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE BUT THE TRADITIONAL VIOLENT CRIME, AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND MURDER ARE OUTPACED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT IS HORRIBLE TO KNOW AND SEE HAPPENING AND THAT'S WHY THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON THIS AND EVEN WORSE ONLY 10 - 25% OF THE SURVIVORS SEEK VICTIM SERVICES. WE MUST DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE VICTIMS FEEL SAFE, SPEAKING WITH LAW-ENFORCEMENT AND GO EVEN FURTHER TO PROVIDE HOLISTIC SERVICES TO SURVIVORS. THIS REPORT PROVIDES KEY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO DURING THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE WHILE KEEPING IN MIND WHAT IS BEST FOR ONE SURVIVOR OF FAMILY VIOLENCE MAY NOT BE THE BEST FOR ANOTHER, ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME FROM THIS REPORT IS SOLIDIFIES THE ASSISTANCE FUND INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

I KNOW MR. ROBERT IS EXCITED TO HEAR THAT ONE.

BUT THE REALITY IS THE FUNDS THAT WE PROVIDED OUT OF ARPA INTO THIS FUND HAVE BEEN WELL USED AND THOSE ON THE FRONT LINE OF SERVICING THE VICTIMS HAVE FOUND THOSE RESOURCES TO BE INVALUABLE TO HELPING HOLISTICALLY THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE SUPPORT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND

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BUT TO THAT END I AM EXCITED TO MOVE, THIS IS A JUDGMENTAL

THING. >> IS A TRANSMITTAL.

I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR JAMES FOR HER WORK, THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE TIME AND CONTRIBUTION AS WELL AND I KNOW THIS WILL HELP TO COMPLEMENT THE WORK THAT I KNOW COMMISSIONER IR

WORKING ON AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSION AND THANK YOU TO THE JC ACC WE KNOW. COUNTY LEADS STATE AND PARTNER BY HOMICIDES AND WE LEAVE THE STATE AND TERNARY RATES AND SHELTERS AND I'M SOAT GRATEFUL R ALL THE BELLS UNDERINVESTMENT TH THE COURT HAS DONE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AND THE GENERAL BUDGET BUT IN THE MEANTIME I KNOW ALL OF OURRP OFFICES ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON AN ADDITIONAL AA INVESTMENT THAT I HOPE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS AND IMPACT ON FAMILIES AND MULTI GENERATIONAL AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO BE DONE.

I ALWAYS WANT HARRIS COUNTY TO LEAD FOR THE GOOD THINGS BUT THIS IS A TRAGEDY. I AM EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS BUT REALLY IT IS MY VOICE. THANK YOU I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ALL THE OFFICES MOVING FORWARD.

>> THANK YOU. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD ADVOCATES ON THIS TOPIC LAST COURT AND THEY MENTIONED SOMETHING TO ME AND REMIND ME EVERY DAY AND MENTAL HEALTH ARE HIS LACK OF INFORMATION AND ON THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUE IS PEOPLE'S LACK OF UNDERSTANDING THAT IS NOT JUST PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, CAN BE EMOTIONAL, COULD BE FINANCIAL, COULD BE RELIGIOUS IN ANY WAY I KNOW REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR OFFICER IN THIS COMMITTEE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE COOKING UP SO I'M GOING TO PUT IT OUT TO THE WORLD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, AND REALLY READ WHAT I AND WHAT THE LEADERS SAID LAST

READ. >> AND HER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY SOME OF THE DATA SHOWS IT'S AS MUCH AS 50% OF WOMEN BEING

VICTIMIZED. >> I BELIEVE IT.

>> UNREPORTED. >> THANK YOU.

WE WILL ACCEPT THAT TRANSMITTAL AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR LEAD ON THIS. 353 COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

>> DIRECTOR LYNN I WAS HOPING YOU COULD PROVIDE A VERY, VERY BRIEF UPDATE AND TO CUT TO THE CHASE, I KNOW THIS IS A TRANSMITTAL SO NO MOTION CAN BE MADE BUT WHAT I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN IS SEEN IF THE SUSTAINABILITY TEAM CAN WORK WITH OMB, THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, ENGINEERING UNIVERSAL SERVICES AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT OFFICE TO COME BACK TO COURT WITH THE PLAN AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR CAPTURING AND TRACKING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY SAVINGS.

I KNOW THE COURT BEFORE I GOT HERE APPROVE THE POSITION BUT NOW WE NEED SOP'S SO WE CAN BE TRACKING AND REPORTING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS OF THE PROGRESS BEING MADE.

THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE THAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN I KNOW I CANNOT MAKE A MOTION BUT IF THE COURT CAN DIRECT THAT IF POSSIBLE I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE PROGRESS.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER I COMPLETELY CONCUR WITH YOU AND I AGREE THIS IS ALL IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE G I WANTO MAKE SURE THE EMPHASIS ON ALL GOVERNMENT APPROACH THE AND WE HAVE EVERY DEPARTMENT AND WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THE STRATEGIC PLAN AGAIN NORTHSTAR, THE SUSTAINABILITY BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THE JAIL POPULATION

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JUST LIKE YOU COMMISSIONER BRIONES I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR LYNN FOR HER WORK INCREASINGLY IN MY OFFICE FOR HER WORK ON THIS AS WELL BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP ALL GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE SUSTAINABILITY.

>> DIRECTOR LYNN CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US A THREE MINUTE QUICK UPDATE WILL GET MORE UPDATES SOON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. >> DEFINITELY I GIVE YOU THE HIGH LEVEL UPDATES FROM THE TRANSMITTAL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE LISA LYNN DIRECTOR SUSTAINABILITY OF A COUNTY ADMINISTRATION THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR ALLOWING ME TIME TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL UPDATE ON WHAT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF ADVANCING THE CLIMATE PRODUCTION PLAN, AS YOU RECALL THE PLAN COVERS THREE FOCUS AREAS, BUILDING AND ENERGY, PROCUREMENT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT. WE'VE REALLY BEEN FOCUSING ON THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, THE LOW COST, NO COST MEASURES.

WERE STARTING TO SEE SOME REALLY GOOD METRICS COMING OUT OF SOME OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY WORK WITH RETRO COMMISSIONER PROGRAMS THAT GLENN HAS BEEN WORKING ON WITH GREG BETHEL AND IN THE INGENUITY TEAM, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AS WE MOVE TOWARDS OUR ANNUAL CAP UPDATE AND JANUARY AND FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR SO YOU WILL ACTUALLY GET MORE OF THE QUALITATIVE PLUS QUANTITATIVE METRICS TO HELP US SHOW THE IMPACT OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

>> DIRECTOR LYNN, THE REQUEST THAT I NAMED WOULD YOU PLEASE BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT IN THE PROGRESS.

>> YES WE WILL DO THAT FOR SURE. >> I THINK THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY SAVINGS ARE SOME OF THE GREAT LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE SHOULD BE TRACKING. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR. FOR THIS.

I AM EAGER TO SEE WHERE YOU TAKE THIS.

I KNOW IT'S IN THE NEW STAGES AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY

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IT'S A TRANSMITTAL AND WILL ACCEPT THE TRANSMITTAL.

LET'S MOVE ON TO 406, COMMISSIONER GARCIA HOUSTON

GRANT FUNDS. >> I JUST WANT TO FIRST THANK THE HOUSTON ENDOWMENT FOR PROVIDING THE 3.5 MILLION OTHER GRANT TO EXPAND SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

THIS GENEROUS GRANT WILL HELP US EXPAND THE LIBRARY'S CAPACITY TO PROVIDE THESE CLASSES IN SUPPORT FOR RESIDENTS TO PASS THE NATURALIZATION TEST. EVEN MORE THESE CLASSES ARE OFFERED FOR FREE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM. ASSISTING RESIDENTS IN THE NATURALIZATION PROCESS HAS NUMEROUS BENEFITS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIES, THEY PAY TAXES, START BUSINESSES AND PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKFORCE WHICH ULTIMATELY BENEFITS OVERALL ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THE COUNTY.

NATURALIZATION CAN HELP KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER WHEN ONE MEMBER OF A FAMILY BECOMES A CITIZEN IT CAN OFTEN EXPEDITE THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS FOR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS LEADING TO STRONGER FAMILY BONDS AND SUPPORT NETWORKS.

AFTER BECOMING NATURALIZED FOLKS ARE MORE LIKELY TO COOPERATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A STAKE IN THE SOCIETY. THIS ENHANCES PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOSTERS TRUST BETWEEN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND AUTHORITIES.

THIS FUNDING IS A WISE INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTY AND SO AGAIN ED MILTON I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AT THE LIBRARY THANK YOU FOR REPORTING THIS AND HAVING DONE ALREADY. THIS WILL HELP US EXPAND THE SERVICES. I THINK I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS I'VE EVER DONE WAS TO HAVE TAUGHT CITIZENSHIP CLASSES FOR FIVE YEARS BACK WHEN I WAS A YOUNG

SLIM BETTER LOOKING POLICEMAN. >> YOU HAD NOT MENTIONED THAT

ONE BEFORE. >> I DID.

>> THAT'S AMAZING. >> I STILL STAY IN TOUCH WITH SOME OF MY OLD STUDENTS. IT WAS VERY ENRICHING THINGS

THAT I'VE DONE OVER MY TIME. >> THAT IS BEAUTIFUL, IS THERE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY BRIONES.

>> ALL IN FAVOR, HE OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES 4 - 0 I AM IN FAVOR AND THIS IS INCREDIBLE. CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. MELTON OF THE LIBRARY TEAM. 415 COMMISSIONER RAMSEY IT IS ON

AN APPLICATION FOR GRANTS. >> SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER

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GARCIA. >> SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES ON ITEM 415, ALL IN FAVOR.

>> NY OPPOSE? >> NO.

>> SHE IS IN FAVOR I TAKE IT. I AM ALSO IN FAVOR, THE MOTION

CARRIES 3 - 1. >> JUDGE CAN I PLEASE GO BACK TO 401 IT WAS ON CONSENT BUT I WANT TO MAKE BRIEF COMMENTS.

PRECINCT FOUR DID NOT HAVE AN APPOINTEE TO THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS BOARD, THANK YOU FOR CREATING A AND 2021 THIS IS AN AREA THAT I HOPE. SCOTTY CONTINUES TO LEAD ESPECIALLY GIVEN STATE DYNAMICS AND HOW WERE PROTECTED ADVANCING WORKERS RIGHTS IN RICK C IS OUR NOMINEE THANK YOU FOR THE BOTH EARLIER TODAY, SHE IS AN ORGANIZER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADE SHE'S AN IMMIGRANT FROM HONDURAS AND SHE'S BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES IN HER WORK.

I AM EXCITED TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FILL THE SEAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO US CONTINUING TO GET THERE ACTIONABLE IDEAS ANDON CTINUE CHAMPIONINGOR WKER SAFETY AND WORKERRO PTECTION.

>> GREAT. >> THANKOU Y.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THE FINALM ITE IS 20, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY ON

ANTI-SEMITISM. >> QUICKLY I CAN BE T RIGHTO NOT MENTION AT THREA TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY THE SURPRISEST TERRORI ATTACK ON ISRAEL ON OCTOBER THEO SEND -- SEVENTH WAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF JEWISH MURDERED IN ONE T DAY SINCEHECA HOLOUST. IT IS A SOBERING TIME I KNOW ITWHERE COMMUNIES ARE UNDER HOUSTONI KNOW TODAY A MAN WAS ARRESTED ACCUSED OF KILLINGONLINE ABOUT JEWISH PEOPLE, THIS IS ACCORDING TO THEST FBI.

JU BE VIGILANT,PR ALERT, AYERFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY ANDE ENCOURAGTHEM WHEN WE CAN'TT THEY ARE ASEVERE ATTACKOI AT

THIS PNT. >> THANK YOU IT IS A VERY TRAGIC TIME AND I J FEEL FOR OUREWISH COMMUNITIES IN ANTI-SEMITISMNA DISPROPORTIOTELY IS ALWAYS A TERRIBLE FORM OF HATE T, BUT NOW MOREHAN EVER.

I WAS READING THE NEWS YESTERDAY ABOUTE A WOMAN THAT VISITED TH SITE WHERE EX-HUSBAND WERE DUCTED BY. HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7 HER MOTHER IN THESE WEREHE FOUND DEAD ALSO, TSE ARE THE STORIES BUTDG I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEE WHAT IS BEEN PINGING MY PHONE TODAY, THE UNITED NATIONS SAYING THAT THE ARE FACING IN T GAZA IS REALLY HARDO CONVEY, THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, ET CETERA.NF OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NO ILUENCE OVER ANY OF THIS BUT MY HEART REALLY GOES OUT TO WHETHER IT BE THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES HERE, ANY ISRAELIS IN OUR COUNTY ASIT WELL AS HER MUSLIM COMMUNY SAIDED FOLKS WITH A HISTORY OR TI TO THE REGION.

IT IS A REALLY TOUGH TIME IN THE HEAVY TIME FOR EVERYONEGI.

I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDNG THIS COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> ME TO THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HARRIS COUNTYT WE CONTINE TO IGNITE AND SUPPOREACHF OTHER BECAUSE HATE AGAINST ANY OOUR GROUPS IS HATE AGAINST ALL OF US PRAY FOR PEACE FOR THE WOMEN OF PALESTINE. IN THE MEANTIME IS HARRISAD COUY HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO LE WITH LOVE AND MAKE SURE WERE ALWAYS OPERATING WITH IMMUNITY AND RESPECT FOR EVERYBODY.

>> I ABSOLUTELY WITH ALL THIS FINTECH.

TO MAKE A POINT THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH OUR PARKS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAYS FOR US TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY KIDS. IF WE CAN GET KIDS TO BE INTRODUCED TO EACH OTHER EARLY ON THAT I BELIEVE LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT.

IT IS BUILT ON WHAT THEY SEE IN COMMON WITH EACH OTHER RATHER THAN WHAT MAY BE DIFFERENT. I THINK THOSE KIND OF WILL SEVEE OVER HATE THAT MAY BE CIRCULATING IN OUR SOCIETY.

BUT A GET HAVING VISITED ISRAEL A NUMBER OF TIMES IT PAINS ME TO SEE THEM UNDER ATTACK AND MY MANY FRIENDS HERE WHO ARE MUSLIM

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>> THANK YOU, NO ACTION ON THAT ONE COMMISSIONER.

ANYTHING THAT I MISSED FOLKS? >> THANK YOU, I HOPE FOLKS CAN HAVE A GOOD EVENING, TAKE A LITTLE BREAK FROM ALL OF THAT.

HAPPY

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.