Dec 19, 2023 Commissioners Court

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>> GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO KOHT DECEMBER 19, 2023 MEETING OF THE

HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT IN ORDER. >> ON THE WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS BE THE WANT GENERAL REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE ABLE TO SPEAK ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE AT THE DAIS, EITHER SPEAKING HERE OR OBVIOUSLY BEHIND THE HORSESHOE AND THAT NON-AGENDA -- WHEN ITEMS ARE NOT AGENDA RELATED, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COURT TO

ENGAGE WITH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ALICE,.

>> I THINK IT IS ME. >> OKAY. >> YEAH.

[Minister Roxanne Worsham of Hope and Glory Ministries in Houston.]

SHE IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND HAS AN EQUAL NUMBER OF OLDER SIBLINGS AND YOUNGER SIBLINGS WHICH IS KIND OF COOL ACTUALLY. SHE HAD QUITE THE EXTANT AT SOME POINTS AND CONSIDERS THAT RATHER A MIRACLE AND PIVOTAL IN HER LIFE AND CERTAINLY IN HER JOURNEY OF FAITH AND I LOVE STORIES LIKE THAT. WHERE YOU TAKE SOMETHING REALLY BAD AND MAKE SOMETHING REALLY GOOD. AT HER HUSBAND, MILES, THEY WERE TRAVELING SPENDING TIME WITH EXTENDED FAMILY, SPORTING EVENTS. GREATEST TREASURES OF SOME ROB.

I GOT A SON NAMED ROB AND YET, HE IS A TREASURE, TOO. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING, Y'ALL

ARE MEMBERS AT LAKEWOOD. AND THE THINGS THAT GO ON THERE. >> THANK YOU, ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. IT IS QUITE AN HONOR. LET US PRAY.

WHICH IS COME IN THE PARABLE NAME OF JESUS AND YOU SAID THAT WE ARE TOGETHER IN THAT NAME.

YOU WERE HERE WITH US SO WE WELCOME YOUR PRESENCE.

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, THE LORD, WE NEED YOU.

WE NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER, FATHER.

SO WE HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE YOU, GOD.

I THANK YOU FOR EVERY SINGLE ELECTED OFFICIAL, EVERY SINGLE SERVANT LEADER YOU HAVE PLACED IN THIS COURT.

GOD WHO ARE HERE FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF HUMANKIND.

LORD THE THING NOT ONLY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS BUT THEY MAKE GODLY DECISIONS. PRAY THAT THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON WITH PAUL UPON THIS COURT, THAT LORD THEY WOULD BE UNITED.

LORD, FOR THE COMMON GOOD, FATHER, YOU SAID THAT WHERE THERE'S UNITY, YOU COMMAND A BLESSING.

FATHER, YOUR WORD ALSO REMINDS US IN SECOND CHRONICLES THAT SAID THAT IF YOUR PEOPLE ARE CALLED BY YOUR NAME AND WOULD JUST HUMBLE OURSELVES AND IF WE WOULD PRAY, IF HE WOULD SEEK YOUR FACE, IF HE WOULD TURN FOR FROM OUR WAYS, ARGENTA, AND SEEK YOUR FACE SO THAT YOU WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND YOU WILL HEAR OUR LAND. SO FAR THERE WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMISES THAT COME TRUE. FATHER I SPEAK BLESSINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS OVER EVERY SINGLE PERSON WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. FATHER THAT THEY WOULD FIND FAVOR WITH MEN EVEN AS THEY FOUND FAVOR WITH YOU AND THAT YOUR SPIRIT WHICH IS BASED UPON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

FATHER WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE FOR US.

MORE THAN ANYTHING, LORD, WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, LORD, THAT WE LOVE YOU. AND WE ARE SO BLESSED TO BE YOUR DAUGHTERS AND IN YOUR SONS AND IT IS IN THE MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY. AMEN.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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

I PLEDGE OFLL AEGIANCEEX TAS, TEXAS, ONETA STE UNDER GOD, ONE

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ANIT IS NOW A MAJOR ARTS COMPANY IN HOUSTON.

IT IS USED IN'S THEN YOU. IN 1970, THE SEE IFEA USED AND CRTED THE MILITARY TOAR ADVISORY BOD AS AGE NONPROFIT TO MANA FUNDS OR PRODUCTIONS AT MILLER.Y AND THE ADVISO BOARD ALSO OFFERS THAT MILLER PRESENT PROVIDE HOUSTON -CAUDIENCES WITH WORLDLASS PERFORMANCES BEYONTHOSE AVAILABLE FROM HOUSTON'ND IS PERFORMING A CULTURAL ARTS COMMUNITIESER. TODAY, AT MILL OUTDOOR THEATRE IS THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING OUTDOOR THEATER THAT IS ALWAYS FREE TOIF THE COMMUNITY.

ANNUAL PLANS PRESENTS STATEMENTS SEASON OF MORE THAN 100 FREE PERFORMANCES ANDOO FILS AT MILLER OUTDR THEATRE IN HARMON PARK. DRAWING MORE THAN 200,000 HOUSTON RESIDENTS AND VISITORS PERFORMANCES AT MILLER OUR FAMILY FAMILY AND RANGE FROD CLASSICAL MUSIC JAZZ WOR MUSIC, DANCE, SHAKESPEARE, CELEBRATIONS, LIKE JUNETEENTH FOURTH OF JULY. RESOLVE THERE HEREBY EXTEND HIS OUCONGRATULATIONS TO MILLER TDOOR THEATRE IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, INOF RECOGNITIONF 100 YEARS PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES FOR THE CULTURAL ENRICHMENT OF HOUSTON'S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FREE AND ACCESSIBLEN TO THOSE WHO VISIT AND LIVE I THE COUNTY.

AND I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE -- WELCOME AND YOU HAVE BEEN DRIVING ALL THIS FOR 15 YEARS. AND ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN TO MILLER KNOWS IT IS TRULY A GEM AND ANYONE WHO HAS NOT BEEN, YOU ARE MISSING OUT AND I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US SOON.

BUT YOU REALLY, I MEAN, IT IS INCREDIBLE.

IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE. SO ON BEHALF OF HARRIS COUNTY, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MILLER FAMILY ON YOUR SENT TO YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR Y YOR INCREDIBLE WORK.

>> THANKOU SO MUCH, JUDGE. AND I AM ACTUALLY RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WORLD AND ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.

MILLER LAST 15 AT OUTDOOR THEATRE HAS BEEN THE JOB OF A LIFETIME. BEING ABLE TO PERFORMING CULTURAL ARTS, OF EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES TO EVERYONE HERE, TOTALLY FREE OF CHARGE. THAT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL GIFT.

WE ARE SO LUCKY TO LIVE IN HOUSTON.

WE ARE LOOKING TO WORK IN BEAUTIFUL HERMAN PARK.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO WELCOME 200,000 OR MORE TO THAT FACILITY EACH YEAR. PLUS ANOTHER 180,000 WHO WATCH THE LIVESTREAMS. BRINGING THE ART TO EVERYONEOE.

FREE OF CHARGE. NOBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTRY DS THAT BUT THE DOORS AT THE SCALE THAT WE DO HERE.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU ALL OUT OF MILLER NEXT YEAR.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS RESOLUTION? LET ME MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ONE. AND THAT IS A CONGRATULATIONS TO CASEWORKER WHO IS THE OWNER OF BACK DOOR SORT HOMEPLACE.

IT CONGRATULATES THE FAMILY AND RECEIVING A COMMISSION FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FAMILY LAND HERITAGE PROGRAM.

OVER 100 YEARS AGO, 9022, MAGGIE DAVIS MAN JUST 320 ACRES OF LAND IN HARRIS COUNTY THROUGH THE FEDERAL LAND BANK.

WITH HER HUSBAND, RICHARD, HE IS A GREAT'S SWINE AND HARVESTED PEANUTS AND TOGETHER THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN.

SHE ACQUIRED THE LAND DURING A TIME WHEN WOMEN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE UP CREDIT. ABLE TO PURCHASE THE LAND WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNERS COULD NO LONGER PAY.

IN 1940, A DEVASTATING TORNADO DESTROYED THE FAMILY'S HOME, TOOK HER HUSBAND'S AND LEFT MAGGIE SEVERELY INJURED.

THE FAMILY LAND WENT ON TO BE OWNED BY THE LEAGUE D'AGATA, JESSIE J, FOLLOWED BY MILTON RICHARD BACK DOOR WHO ACQUIRED 10.7 ACRES TO THE HARVEST RICE AND RAISE CATTLE AND THEN CAME BACK DOOR SORT WHO ACQUIRED 20 ACRES FOR HAY PRODUCTION.

OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF ECO SURGERY RECENTLY CURRENT OWNER

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WHICH RECOGNIZES TEXAS FAMILIES WHO HAVE OWN AND MAINTAIN A CONTINUOUS ART OR CULTURAL OPERATION FOR 100 YEARS OR MORE.

THIS HERITAGE PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FARM AND RANCH INDUSTRY WHERE THE LEGACY OF THE HOMEPLACE BRINGS ATTENTION TO WOMEN-OWNED BRANCHES -- BRANCHES.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HOMEPLACE IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR RECEIVING RECOGNITION FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S FAMILY LAND HERITAGE PROGRAM AND EDUCATING OTHERS ON THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN SOCIETY AND OUR ECONOMY.

A CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE HARRIS COUNTY COURT AS WELL.

MY NAME IS KAY BACK DOOR SORT. 100 YEARS AGO, MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER PURCHASED 320 ACRES IN HARRIS COUNTY FOR HER FAMILY'S HOMESTEAD. THAT IS NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF CITY OF KATY. TODAY MY HUSBAND AND I AT HOMESTEAD, PART OF THE PROPERTY. LAST MONTH, OUR PLACE WAS AWARDED THE FAMILY LAND HERITAGE AWARD.

THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN AUSTIN.

IT WAS -- OURS WAS THE ONLY AWARD FOR HARRIS COUNTY.

SO REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD ARE THAT THEY FORMER RANCH REMAIN IN CONTINUOUS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND IS OWNED BY THE FAMILY FOR 100 OR 150 YEARS.

IN ADDITION FOR US, IS THAT EXCEPT FOR 9 YEARS, THAT THIS SAME PROPERTY HAS BEEN OWNED BY EQUIPMENT.

>> THANK YOU, A MAN. YOUR TIME IS OUT.

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IN THIS COURT TO REMIND THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE IN OUR LIVES.

THE WORK OF OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS PROVIDES WORKS WITH, JOE'S FOOD, CLOTHING, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PRODUCTS.

WITHOUT IT, WE -- SO THE WORLD WOULD BE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONDITION TODAY AND FOR TODAY'S

RESOLUTION. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> MA'AM, COMMISSIONER,. >> IF YOU COULD PRINTABLE THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU. >> IT IS SUCH AN HONOR FOR YOUR FAMILY AND FOR HARRIS COUNTY AND I'M JUST SO HONORED THAT YOUR LAND IS IN PRECINCT FOUR AND I ALSO LOVE WORKING WITH ONE OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, AND IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO WORK ALONGSIDE HIM AND PROUD MOTHER OF THREE LITTLE GIRLS, ESPECIALLY JUST ENERGIZING TO KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN RUN BY 100 YEARS GENERATIONAL WOMEN EVEN BEFORE THE 1967 PROPERTY ACT.

SO THIS IS REMARKABLE ON SO MANY LEVELS AND IT IS JUST AN HONOR TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND CONGRATULATIONS.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ELLIS, I DON'T HAVE

-- COMMISSIONER GARCIA? >> THANK YOU.

EXCUSE ME. I HAVE GOT -- TOM IS TRYING TO PAGE ME HERE.

WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, TURN IT OFF.

>> WELL, UNPLUGGED IT. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND I'VE GOT A VERY SPECIAL RESOLUTION TO PRESENT. AND IT IS WITH A BIT OF A HEAVY HEART. BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE COMPANY OF INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, IT IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE PHYSICALLY NOT HERE WITH US ANYMORE.

HOWEVER, THEY DO LEAVE INDELIBLE MARKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR HISTORY, AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT, IN AN OPPORTUNITY COMES TO A LOT OF US. BUT WE NEVER OFTEN THINK ABOUT WHAT SACRIFICE CREATED THAT OPPORTUNITY.

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AND SO FOR YOUNGER GENERATION, WE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WERE SOME PIONEERS, SOME SIGNS THAT LED THE WAY.

AND SOME OF THOSE GIANTS HAD INTERESTING HERITAGE.

AND ENJOY A GOOD CIVIL -- GOOD CIGAR.

AND SO I HAVE THE FAMILY HERE. AND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR WAY UP, LET ME READ THIS RESOLUTION SO PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND, THE GIANT IS THAT I'M SPEAKING OF. FROM UNSEE ARRAYS JUNIOR WAS BORN IN 1939 IN A SMALL VILLAGE OF -- IN NORTH MEXICO.

BEGINNING THE PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AT AN EARLY AGE, HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES BY HIS PARENTS AS A YOUNG BOY TO PICK COTTON, CORN, IN A VARIETY OF OTHER CROPS ALONGSIDE HIS FATHER. THE FAMILY LABOR MIGRATED THROUGHOUT TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, MIDWEST, WHEREVER ELSE WORK CAN BE DONE. RECOGNIZING HIS GREATEST POTENTIAL, FRUMENCIO'S MOTHER TAUGHT HIM A DEEP LOVE FOR LEARNING AND TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF EDUCATION.

HE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHERE HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, JENNY BELOW. AT AN EARLY AGE OF 18, WOW, THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN TOO OFTEN. THEY MARRIED.

AND STARTED THEIR LIFE TOGETHER. WITH THE SUPPORT OF JAMIE, AND LET ME JUST SAY, WITH THE SUPPORT OF JAMIE, YOU RARELY EVER SAW TWO PEAS IN A PART GET SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER.

THEY WERE THERE. ALWAYS.

WHETHER AT HOME, IN THE OFFICE, AT EVENTS, DEMOCRAT EVENTS, WHEREVER IT WAS, THERE WAS THE TWO PHENOMENAL PEOPLE AND COUPLE TOGETHER. WITH THE SUPPORT OF JAMIE, HARD WORK, AND DETERMINATION, FRUMENCIO ATTENDED COLLEGE IN CHICAGO AND LATER GRADUATED FROM THURGOOD MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW IN THE HOUSTON REGION AND BE BEYOND.

AMONG COUNTLESS HIGHLIGHTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM HIS LONG SCORING -- STOREY LEGAL CAREER, FRUMENCIO MOST NOTABLY FILED GROUNDBREAKING REDISTRICTING LEGISLATION WHERE LITIGATION WHERE HE SUCCESSFULLY SUED THE CITY OF HOUSTON OVER REDISTRICTING PLANS THAT RESULTED IN A 1979 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SETTLEMENT DECISION WHICH ULTIMATELY CREATED THE SINGLE-MEMBER CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT EXISTS TO THIS DAY. AND FRUMENCIO HE WORKED AS LEAD ATTORNEY IN MAJOR CASES LIKE THE STATE OF HOUSTON, PASADENA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF PASADENA AND MANY MORE. FRUMENCIO HAS BEEN AWARDED OUTSTANDING LAWYER FOR 1992 BY THE MEXICAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FOR TEXAS. RECOGNIZED AS AGGREGATE OF THE YEAR FOR HISPANIC WOMEN BY THE HISPANIC WOMEN LEADERSHIP AMONG HIS MANY HONORS. FRUMENCIO WAS A COMMUNITY LEADER WITH A TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HISPANIC REPRESENTATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

HE WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, MANY PAST AND CURRENT ACTIVISTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.

FRUMENCIO WAS A TRUE LEADER WITH A BRILLIANT MIND AND A GENEROUS HEART. AND A LOVE FOR THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE IN AND OUT OF THE COURTROOM.

FRUMENCIO REYES JUNIOR IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF, WOW, 66 YEARS. WOW.

AND I KNOW THAT HE STRUGGLED WITH -- BUT JAMIE, THERE'S NO DOUBT HIS LOVE FOR YOU IS WHAT KEPT HIM ON THIS EARTH AS LONG

AS HE DID. >> THANK YOU.

>> AND HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JAMIE, HIS DOCTORS, ANGEL ETA. THERE YOU GO.

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THERE YOU GO, DONNA AND HER HUSBAND, PAUL.

BROTHER REYES AND SISTER. GRANGRANDCHILDREN, THOMAS, FRANCISCO, CARSON CASTEEL, BIANCA, FRANCISCA MENDEZ.

GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. MIRIAM AND CASTILLO.

LET ME JUST SAY TO YOU THAT I AM ONE OF THOSE PRODUCTS THAT FRUMENCIO HELPED TO CREATE. GOD BLESS YOU.

AND WE HONOR YOU TODAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT FRUMENCIO MADE TO THIS COUNTY. HE WAS JUST BORN WITH POLITICS IN HIS DNA. HE CANNOT HELP BUT GET INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THINGS. AND IT WAS THE LOVE OF OUR LIFE THAT WE CREATED OUR DAUGHTER. AND NOW ALL THE GRANDCHILDREN YOU MENTIONED. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I STOOD HERE AS COMMISSIONERS COURT TO -- PERSONAL DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME. HERE I AM THANKING YOU FOR ALL THE RECOGNITION OF FRUMENCIO AND I'M SURE HE IS IN HEAVEN TO NEGOTIATION WITH ST. PETER AND TRYING TO CHANGE THE LAW THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SOUND. I'M SURE HES. I THANK YOUO SMUCH. SCOTTLA BSI.

PROBABLYAY SING THAT. >> JB.

>> HE IS PROBABLY SAYING HEAVEN NEEDS SOME SINGLETR DISICTS.

>> WELL. GOD BLESS YOU PRACTICE AND THE KIDSR DONNEAND HE MOTHER, WOULO U LIKE TO COME UP?

>> THANK YOU. >> GOD BLESS YOU.AN

THKS.>> THANK YOU FOR THAT IS HONOR D.

MYAD B WAS A DADUT HELPED SO MUCH IN POLITICS AND THE COMMUNITY AND IT WAS A LONGT ZELDAS.THE BUT HE FOUGHT. EARTH.UGHT TO BHERE ON SO I'M SURE HE IS AT PEACE IN HEAVEN.

THANK YOU. >> THANK>> YOU.

THANK YOUNG FOR RECOGNIZIYO US. BUT U ARE WELCOME.

IT IS AN HONOR.S GOD BLES>> YOU.

MRS. REYES AND ALL OF THE REYES FAMILY, THANKAR YOU FOR SHING YOUR HUSBAND AND YOUR DADAT AND YOUR GRANDFHER WITH THIS COMMITTEE. A MAN, BUTSE HE TOOK UP ON WHO SHOULDERS WE STAND, THAT THAT HUSBAND, GRANDFATHER. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL.U MRS. REYES, YOTO AND MR. REYES OK ME UNDER YOUR WING ATRS ABOUT FIVE YEAYS AGO AND I WILL ALWA CARRY YOUR ADVICE AND MY HEART ANDAT THE FACT THAT THREE LINOSS CAN BE AROUND THHA SIZE WOULD NOT VE BEEN POSSIBLE BUTD FOR MR. REYES AN HIS ADVOCACY ON THE FEARGAL. AND SO WE ARE ALL DEEPLY GRATEFUL AND I KNOWON HIS LEGACY LIVES THROUGH YOUR FAMILY AND L THROUGH EVERYONE WHOSEIVES HE TOUCHED.

SOD MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ANMY DEEPEST GRATITUDE.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS? >> CHENEY AND DONNA, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT HEAD OUT, I KNOW HOWTH DIFFICULT IT WAS ALL OSE YEARS BEING IN THE BACKGROUND.

WALL FRUMENCIO WAS OUT, FOR QUITE A BIT IT.

I THINK I'VE W MET HIM PROBABLY WHEN IAS WORKING FOR HER AS AN INTERN MYSELF. AND, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER REFERENCE TO THATE HAIRDO FROM TIME TO TIME HWOULD TELL ME HOW HE FIT RIGHT IN THE TSU LAW SCHOOL EARLY ON WITH THOSE FOLKS HE HAD. AFROS.

HE HAD WHEN THAT COULD SPEAK FLUENT SPANISH.

BUT HE WAS -- AND I KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS FOR YOU AND THE FAMILY, WHILE HE STRUGGLED WITH HIS HEALTH ISSUES AND YOU JUST

HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL SPOUSE. >> HE ALWAYS USED TO SAY WHEN THEY ASKED HIM HOW DID YOU GET THAT HAIR? HE SAID, I WENT TO TSU AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

SIGNIFICANCE OF CORRELATION POLITICS OBVIOUSLY.

>> HE DID. >> AND IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO PUT TOGETHER THAT BEAUTIFUL.IN BUT THANK YOU AND I'M SURE WORKG WITH COMMISSIONER GARCIA TAKING THE LEAD OF MY COLLEAGUES AND WHEN YOU HELP BECAUSE YOUR FINGER IS ON EVERYTHING.LA

>> AND WE BOTH WORE THE PANTS.

FINDM SURE WE WILL SOMETHING APPROPRIATE TO HONOR HIM AND I'M SURE WE WILL BE SUPPORTIVE TO MAKING SOMETHING THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN LEARN.

>> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU TODAY. YOU ALWAYS WHETHER WHEN YOU -- YOUR ACTIVE AS HE WAS IN PUBLIC LIFE, WITH THE LEGACY HE IS AND I CAN SEE THEIR LEGACY AND YOUR CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AND YOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. THERE'S NO GREATER GIFT THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO A COMMUNITY THAT -- THAN A FAMILY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

AND I REMEMBER WALKING INTOTH FRUMENCIO'S OFFICE AND YOU WERE THERE. I INK I WAS 26 AT THE TIME.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN 2017. AND, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITY LEADERS, UNIT, THE ACTIVISTS, THEY WERE WITH ME.

BUT REALLY SENIOR LEADERS, THEY JUST KIND OF LOOKED ME UP AND DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, OKAY. GOOD LUCK.

AND FRUMENCIO AND YOU WERE BOTH SO ENCOURAGING T.

AND SO KIND AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT I WAS TRYINGO DO AND IT MEANT A LOT. IT MEANT A LOT, I THINK PROBABLY THE ONLY ONES THAT HAD THAT ATTITUDE.

SO I WANT TO JUST APPRECIATE THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN IT FOR SO LONG, YOU STILL SOMEHOW MANAGED TO KEEP THAT FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND IT MEANT A LOT TO ME.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SHARING FRUMENCIO.

>> IF I COULD JUST CLOSE WITH A FINAL WORD FROM MY STAFF.

WE, FRANCISCO IS ONE OF OUR KEY POLICY ADVISERS.

BUT HE HAS ALSO GRANSON TO FRUMENCIO AND CARRIES THE NAME

FRUMENCIO. >> GOOD MORNING.

IT IS PERHAPS MY TIMELY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY. IT HAS BEEN ALL THAT BEING ON THIS SIDE OF THE PROBLEM. BUT THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT, MY GRANDFATHER, FRUMENCIO REYES. YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME AS ONE OF THE FOLKS WHO SOMETIMES SITS BEHIND COMMISSIONER GARCIA ENCORE SUPER-APPS AS A VETERAN SERVICES WERE LINKED UP WITH A BIG DREAMER. BUT I AM ONLY FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DREAM. THESE DAYS BECAUSE THE LARGER-THAN-LIFE LEGACY MY GRANDFATHER LEFT THROUGHOUT HIS ACCOMPLISHED LEGAL CAREERS AS MENTORSHIP FOR SO MANY.

ARE FRIENDLY AND SO MUCH MORE. DESPITE HIS HUMBLE, ORIGINS FROM A TINY VILLAGE IN NORTHERN MEXICO FRUMENCIO THROUGH OUR WORK, HISEV WIFE, 66 YEARS, GRANDMOTHER JAMIE ABLE TO ACHIE THE AMERICAN DREAM. HOUSE, TWO DAUGHTERS, SIX GRANDCHILDREN, THEIR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, SUCCESSFUL LOCKER ROOM, THIS AND THE HOUSTON ILLEGAL HISPANIC AND POLITICAL COMMUNITIES, I COULD GO ON.

BUT THANK YOU. DESPITE ALL THAT, MY GRANDFATHER WAS ALSO INCREDIBLY GENEROUS AND WIRELESSLY FUNNY.

AND WILL FOREVER BE MY INSPIRATION AND NORTH STAR.

MY FAMILY AND I ARE HIS LEAVING A LEGACY.

ORGANIZE HIS LEGACY EXTENDS FAR BEYOND TO INCLUDE SO MUCH MORE INCLUDING THE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. LASTLY, FRUMENCIO IS A CHAMPION OF THE DOWNTRODDEN AND THROUGHOUT HIS TIME AS TENACIOUS AND THOROUGH ATTORNEY MOST NOTABLE FOR A CRIMINAL DEFENSE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ON BEHALF OF MY GRANDFATHER, MY GRANDMOTHER AND FAMILY, TO CONSIDER NAMING SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT IN HIS NAME, PERHAPS A CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE.

DO IT HERE, BUT IF YOU SEE ME AROUND, IF YOU SEE -- MY FAMILY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR STORIES THAT YOU HAVE OF HIM.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I ENJOYED MOST COULD HEARING SO MANY OF HIS STORIES THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. SO DON'T HOLD BACK IF YOU HAVE ANY. THANK YOU.

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

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> ACTIONS ARE WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT.

AND WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY. IT WENT VERY WELL.

AND I WOULD THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE PERSON THAT HAS JUST BEEN ELECTED AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND ON DECEMBER THE NINTH, 2023, THE RESIDENTS OF HOUSTON MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD WITH A LOOK AT THE HONORABLE JOHN WHITMIRE TO SERVE AS OUR NEW MAYOR AND WERE AS HARRIS COUNTY CONGRATULATES MAYOR-ELECT WHITMIRE TO HIS EXTRAORDINARY 6436% WIN AND LOOKS FORWARD TO PARTNERING IN THE NEAR FUTURE BURGERS HARRIS COUNTY SUPPORTS SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS INVESTING IN REPAIRING STREETS, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, BRINGING BASIC CITY SERVICES BACK UP TO STANDARD, RESTORING THE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN BASIC CITY SERVICES. AND WHERE'S HARRIS COUNTY IS THE THIRD LARGEST COUNTY IN THE U.S. AND HOME TO THE NATION'S FOURTH-LARGEST CITY. IT IS CLEAR, THE COUNTY AND CITY COULD AND SHOULD PARTNER AND I THINK EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS ISSUES. SO WE RECOGNIZE HIS WIN AND

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[Appearances before court (Part 1 of 3 )]

>> I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE SPEAKERS.

>> YES, THE FIRST IS A PRETENSE IN.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> BARBARA NATANSON, ENGINEER AND AUTHOR. WHEN A CITY SHOULD NOT BE A PARTISAN ISSUE. BASICALLY THE MAYOR NEEDS TO KEEP THE CITIZENS SAFE AND MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR FUTURE MAYOR WHITMIRE PROPHETS PROMISED TO DO SO. I HOPE WE NEVER AGAIN HEAR CALLS FROM PUBLIC OFFICIALS HERE TO DEFEND THE POLICE -- DEFINED THE POLICE. IT SHOULD BE A NOT READY TO SAY AS A FUTURE WHERE MADE OF OUR DIDN'T NEED THE WILL OF THE VOTERS AND USE THE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY WERE INTENDED. WE WILL SPEND MONEY ON STREETS AND DRAINAGE. THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS BEEN SPENDING MONEY ON A SPECIAL INTEREST AND MORE MONEY THAN IT TAKES IN. MORE THAN 600 MILLION IN FEDERAL COVID-19 RELIEF DEFENDANT HAS SAVED THE TRAINER ADMINISTRATION FROM BUDGET FOR SHORTFALLS. WHITMIRE HAS SAID WE NEED TO LOOK AT CONSOLIDATING SOME OF THE CITY'S DEPARTMENTS AND COMBINING SERVICES WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.

IF THESE LONG-TERM STRUCTURAL CHANGES ARE FACED HEAD ON, THEN WE AVOID FALLING OF A FISCAL CLIFF.

COULD LOOK TO FUTURE MAYOR WHITMIRE.

WE ARE COUNTING ON IT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS LEXI GORSKIE.

>> GO AHEAD, TIFFANY. WE DID NOT HEAR IT.

>> NEXT IS LEXI GORSKIE. >> JOHN WHITMIRE HAS BEEN MY STATE SENATOR FOR A LONG TIME. I GO TO THE CAPITAL THIS IS A PETITION, I SOMETIMES STOP BY HIS OFFICE.

EVEN THOUGH I'M IN OPPOSITE POLITICAL PARTY AS SENATOR WHITMIRE, I'M ALWAYS TREATED WITH RESPECT AND I ENJOY DISCUSSING BILLS WITH HIS STAFF. I HAVE TO PART IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE HEARING SENATOR WHITMIRE HELD AS CHAIRMAN OF THE TEXAS SENATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE.

I HAVE TO FORM THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF MORE CRIME IN HOUSTON, AS SHOWN BY CUTTING FUNDS FOR THE DOORS THAT YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED WITH SENATOR WHITMIRE'S PERFORMANCE AS THAT MAN IS AN EXCELLENT JOB RUNNING THE TEXAS SENATE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AS MAYOR BY MAKING USE OF THE SAFER PLACE TO LIVE.

SENATOR WHITMIRE CARES ABOUT THE SAFETY OF TEXAS CITIZENS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SENATOR WHITMIRE BECOMING MAYOR OF HOUSTON ON JANUARY 2ND. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> AND JACOB. >> DIG.

-- AND JACOB. >> DIG.

>> I HAVE BEEN -- RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE BY JUDGE LENA.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND THAT IS I WANT TO SAY THIS.

I INVESTED IN THE -- ON SEPTEMBER THE 26TH OF 23, 2023, AND IT IS NOT HIS CAMPAIGN LITERATURE WAR SENT TO MY HOME.

HE PUT, TO JACOB, A PROUD FATHER AND THAT HE SIGNED IT.

SO I AM A PROUD VOTER AND I CAN PROUDLY SAY I VOTED FOR HIM.

>> THANK YOU. >> WOULD ALSO WANT TO SAY IS RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE BY THE COUNTY JUDGE.

AND AS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THE FESTIVAL TO THE OUTDOOR

THEATER, RECOGNIZING -- >> THANK YOU.

BUT THINK TIME IS UP. >> THANK YOU.

>> THAT IS ALL FOR THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> THANK YOU.

>> MR. RAMSEY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION.

CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR WHITMIRE.

I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH HIM.

I THINK THE MORE WE CAN UNITE, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE OTHER 33 CITIES, THE BETTER WE CAN SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO I REALLY HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, BACK IN MY PHILANTHROPY DAYS AND WHEN I WAS A JUDGE AND I SHARE HIS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND I LOOK

FORWARD TO WHAT IS TO COME. >> COMMISSIONER CLARKE.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU AS WELL FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. LOOK, WE SHARE A LOT OF

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AND THEN WHEN IT WAS OUR TURN TO COME OVER HERE, IT WAS JAMAL BRITT AND HE GRACIOUSLY GAVE ME A RIDE TO THE CHAIR.

BUT A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS ONE BACK TO THE ROOM BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE, WE DON'T NEED TO BE CLOSE TO THE CITY FOLKS.

SO I HAVE SEEN THE TRANSITION AND I THINK HAVING FOLKS WHO COME FROM CITY COUNCIL UNDERSTANDING THAT GOVERNMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAS GOTTEN A LOT BETTER THAN WE HAVE EVER HAD BEFORE.

SO I, TOO, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE MAYOR-ELECT.

MAYOR-ELECT WHITMIRE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO FURTHER PROVIDE SERVICES TO CITY RESIDENTS, CITY RESIDENTS DO PAY COUNTY TAXES.

BUT WE DO NEED TO FIND WAYS TO STREAMLINE THOSE PROCESSES.

THERE'S A LOT OF HESITATION FOR WHY WE CAN DO MORE OR WON'T DO MORE. AND IT IS REALLY BECAUSE OF THE BUREAUCRACY THAT HAS BEEN CREATED OVER THERE, OVER THE YEARS. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING MY PERSPECTIVE THAT I GAINED OVER THE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE COURT TO SEEING HOW WE CAN MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

BUT ALREADY HAVING A FEW SUCCESSES SO TO SPEAK WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THE PARK THAT YOU REACQUIRED.

I HAVE THE MEMORIAL PARK. AND I WANT TO FURTHER THE REVIVE TO TRI-FAITH INITIATIVE IN CITY NEIGHBORHOODS SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING TO WORK, YOU KNOW, MORE AGGRESSIVELY. BUT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION. SO I AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO

MAYOR-ELECT WHITMIRE. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS?

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, FOR THE RESOLUTION.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT. AND JUST AS IT WAS IMPORTANT AS OUR LAST MEETING, WE HONOR THE OUTGOING MAYOR.

WE HONOR THE INCOMING MAYOR AS THE MEMBER OF THIS BODY THAT THE COMMISSIONER IS NOT TO JUDGE THAT REPRESENTS THE BOARD THE SIDE OR ANYONE ELSE. I'M PROUD THAT WE PUT AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE PROJECT IN THE CITY.

AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD.

IN THE PAST, THE COUNTY DID NOT DO VERY MUCH OF THAT.

I'M GLAD NOW, WE GO OVER TO THE PORT AND I'M GLAD THEY ARE MOVING CLOSER IN. SO WE DON'T HAVE IT -- HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE A MEETING AND MARATHON LIKE THE ONE WE HAD WHERE WE PARKED THE CHAIR THAT -- BUT I'M SURE WE WILL GET BETTER. BUT THERE'S A TIME TO CAMPAIGN.

AND THEN THERE'S A TIME TO GOVERN.

AND COMING OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE, UNACCUSTOMED TO.

AND YOU WOULDN'T THINK YOU WANT TO BE THE MAYOR, BUT WHEN IT IS OVER WITH, YOU HAVE TO GOVERN. AND I THINK WE ALL HAVEO TWORK TOGETHER. IT ISOU TGH ISSUES THATE WHAVE TO FIGURE OUTF IWE'RE GOING TO COMBINE SOMEER SVICES, HOW WE BOTH PUT MONEY IN. AND THERE IS ALWAYS THE CHAP CHALLENGE. IT ISIE EASR SAID THANE DON.

AS AN EXAMPLE THATNG THIS GET TALKED ABOUT FORON A LG TIME.

WHOSE GOVERNING STRUCTURE IS THE ST? MAYBE THEIR STRUCTURE IS THEBE ST.

BUT WETO HAVE PUTRE IN MO MONEY HOWK AND TE THINKING ABOUT WE COVERED WHICH MEANS WE ALSO FIGURE OUT HOW WE SHARE POWERD ANPUT IN RESOURCES.T YOUR PROUDT TO SUPPOR RESOLUTION. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU,NE COMMISSIOR ELLIS.

AND THUS, AB. CRIME LAM ANIMAL SHELTER, FLOODING, HAVE NOT HAD A CLOSEP RELATIONSHI WITH -- SOIO CONGRATULATNS TOCO

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COMMISSIER BRIONES? >> THANK I YOU.

SO HAVE TWOOD RESOLUTIONS TAY.AL FIRST, WE L HAVE THE HONOR OFG CELEBRATIN O BARBARA QUATTRON HER 80TH BIRTHDAY AND HER 80 YEARS OF INTENSE POSITIVE IMPACT ON ANYONEME AND EVERYONE WHO ET HER. ANI WILLON READ THE RESOLUTI.

IE JUST WANTED FROM THEA BOTTOMF MY HRT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DOEN TO FIGT FOR VIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,S OVER 10,000 PLUTREES YOU HAVE PLANTED, OVER 200 DOGS THAT YOU JUST ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO NURTURE OTHERS, AND

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UR PASSION. AND MOST 20-YEAR-OLDS I KNOW DON'T HAVE THE VITALITY ANDU HIS TENACITY THAT YON DO AND IT IS JUST A HONOR TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE YOU, SPEAKING OF GIANTS, YOU ARE A GIANT IND OUR COMMUNITY.

ANI REFERRED TO YOU AS THE HONORARY MAYOR OF IT.

SO THANKOU YOU. THANK YOU, THANK Y.

AND I KNOW YOU ARE HERE WITH YOUR SON AND I KNOW FERNANDES, THE BEARS ASSISTANCE OFFICE, IS HERE.

SHOWED DUNCAN, FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF,I TIFFANY THOMAS, SO I, O KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TOTE SPEAK.

BUT I JUST WAND TO SAY THANK YOU.

IT REALLY IS EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, YOU HAVE DONE.

RAWHEREAS DONE. WHEREAS, BARBA ANN QUATTRO WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 5TH, 1943 AND RAISED IN DAVIS, WEST VIRGINIA, SHE HAS ALWAYS LED A LIFE OF SERVICE FROM -- FOR HERNG CHURCH IN HER 20S TO VOLUNTEERI AT AN OVERSEAS NAVAL BASE IN HER 40S AND IN 1979, WE HAD THE FORTUNE OF BARBARA MOVING TO THE ELITE COMMUNITY AS A SINGLE MOTHER WITH HER TWOAN CHILDREN, BRAD AND STEPHANIE. D I KNOW BRAD IS HERE, TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US,NG BRA. BRAD AND STEPHANIE LATER EARNI A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM THED UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN AN A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM THEN HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY WHILE WORKING AND VOLUNTEERING DEEPLY IN HER COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS, UPON THE BIRTH OF HER GRANDCHILDREN, KELLY KATHERINE AND ELIZABETH, BARBARA SPEARHEADED A DEDICATED EFFORT TO BUILD A WELCOMING COMMITTEE FOR ALL ELITE RESIDENTS, BECOMING A FIERCE ADVOCATE AT A RECOGNIZED LEADER AND WHERE AS BARBARA HAS CHAMPIONED ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES, PLANTING OVER 10,000 TREES ANDSI IMMEASURABLE SEEDLINGS, RESIDENTS AND VITORS ALIKE CAN SEE THE TREES FOR GENERATIONS OF HER FAMILY HAVE PLANTED AND FOR GENERATIONS ALL FAMILIES WILL GET TO ENJOY. LONG WILL CHRIS DRIVE, SPANNING FROM BEL AIR DRIVE TO THIS AND THAT, WITHIN HARBIN PARK AND ALL ACROSS A LEAF AND YOU CONTINUE TONT WORK WITH FELLOW VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PLA AND CARE FOR TREES.

I KNOW MY THREE DAUGHTERS STILL TUCKED BY THE TIME THAT WE PLANTED TREES WITH YOU AND I LOVED THE FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER, THE HUNDREDS OF HIGH SCHOOL FOLLOWING EVERY WORD AND JUST LEARNING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT WHERE IS BARBARA, INSPIRED BY THE LOVE OF HER FOSTER DOGS, HAS FOSTERED OVER 200 DOGS AND ACTIVELY VOLUNTEERS WITH CANINE ANGELS.

IF ANY OF YOU WANT A PET FOR THE HOLIDAYS, PLEASE TALK TO BARBARA AFTER THIS. A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT ANY AIMS TO FIND HOMES FOR PETS ALL OVER HOUSTON.

AND WHERE IS BARBARA'S LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE ELITE COUNSEL -- A LEAF COUNSEL HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE NEEDS OF HER COMMUNITY.

AND YOUR EFFORTS HAVE LED TO NUMEROUS IMPACTFUL PROJECTS INCLUDING ADVOCATING FOR DECADES FOR NOW ARE BEAUTIFUL ALIEF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND THE PARTNERSHIP FOR EXAMPLE WITH WHERE WE ARE WORKING ON A LEAF'S LINEAR SERVICE AND THE OTHER ALIEF WORK WE HAVE GOING ON AND SAVING PUBLIC SPACES, YOUN HAVE INCREASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVISM IOUR COMMUNITY AND JUST CREATED A DESIRABLE BUSINESS FOR FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES TO REALLY STIMULATE THE ELITE BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ECONOMY. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR RELENTLESS COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RESPECTFULLY HONORS BARBARA QUATTRO FOR HER DECADES OF SERVICE TO ALIEF AND HARRIS COUNTY AND WISHES HER A

MEMORABLE 80TH BIRTHDAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I HAD A NEIGHBOR THAT SAID A WOMAN THAT WOULD TELL HER AGE WOULD TELL ANYTHING.

AND I'M ABOUT TO TELL ANYTHING.

I'M MOSTLY SURPRISED AT BEING 80.

IT JUST KIND OF WHEN SNEAKING UP ON ME.

I STILL HAVE A 20-YEAR PLAN WHICH MEANS I WILL HAVE TO GET UP THERE WITH MY WALKER, I GUESS.

WHATEVER. WHATEVER IT TAKES.

EARLIER TODAY, COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE SAID WHAT ADVICE CAN YOU GIVE TO YOUNG PEOPLE? LEFT GOES BY QUICKLY.

IVANKOVIC NOW THAT THERE'S AN OLD WOMAN CHASING ME AROUND IN

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SO IF I HAD THAT ADVICE, ENJOY EVERY DAY.

EAT DESSERT FIRST. AND IF YOU CAN, DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER.

>> OH, YEAH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT. >> BARBARA.

JUDGE, COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS YOUNG LADY. BARBARA, I DON'T KNOW, IF HONORARY MARY IS APPROPRIATE. IT IS FOR LIKE GOVERNOR.

>> DICTATOR MAYBE. >> BUT I WILL JUST TELL YOU EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID. I REMEMBER WORKING WITH YOU BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

AND WE WERE HAVING CHALLENGES. AND YOU WERE JUST ONE OF THE MOST COMMITTED PEOPLE TO FINDING SOLUTIONS, CREATING OPPORTUNITY, AND ENSURING THAT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE WERE NOT LOOKED AT AS IF THEY WERE A PART OF THE PROBLEM. SO I JUST TELL YOU THAT I JUST APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH AND I HAVE FOND MEMORIES BACK THEN.

YOU ALWAYS, WHEN YOU WERE IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WHEN I WAS ABOUT YOU, AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY THAT WE PLANTED THE TREES. APPARENTLY DID NOT PLANT ALL OF THOSE. IT WAS ALIEF KIDS.

I BELIEVE IN CHILD LABOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> BARBARA.

>> BARBARA. >> BARBARA.

>> YOU DON'T GET TO WALK OFF YEAH, BARBARA.

GO AHEAD. >> HERE I HAVE BROUGHT ME.

>> I AM OLD. >> I KNOW HOW WELL YOU CAN SEE AND I SAW YOU PLANT TREES THIS WEEKEND.

IT WAS A DELIGHT TO REPRESENT YOU WHEN I WAS JUST A SENATOR FOR 26, 27 YEARS. YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM CALLING UP IF YOU HAD A PROBLEM. AND JUST HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT ME WEARING THIS SPANDEX.

>> DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ME WEARING MY VEST.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> THANK YOU.

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>> I THINK YOU HAVE ANOTHER RESOLUTION.

>> THANK YOU. TIFFANY, I THINK WE HAVE A

COUPLE OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS. >> IT IS, MA'AM.

WE HAVE DUNCAN. >> GOOD DAY.

THIS TEAM MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AN AUDIENCE, MY NAME IS DUNCAN. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING ABOUT THE REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL BARBARA QUATTRO AS WE CELEBRATE HER 80TH BIRTHDAY. BARBARA FONDLY KNOWN AS NOT JUST EIGHT PHENOMENAL WOMAN. SHE IS A BIG CAN OF RESILIENCE AND SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY. DURING MY TENURE, I HAD THE HONOR OF KNOWING BARBARA CLOSELY.

AIRBORNE 43 SHARE STORIES AND EXPERIENCES HAVE GIVEN ME A DEEP INSIGHT INTO HER EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.

HER LIFE IS A TESTAMENT TO OVERCOMING CHALLENGES WITH GRACE AND TENACITY. SHE IS MOTIVATED ME TO BE A BETTER WOMAN, FAMILY MEMBER, A LEADER, A PUBLIC SERVANT, AND FRIEND. HER COMMITMENT TO SERVICE IS UNPARALLELED AND IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE ANYONE LIVING WITH AS MUCH PASSION AS BQ, WHETHER IT IS LEADING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SCOUTING FOR YOUTH LEADERS ARE FOSTERING 70 DOGS, SO MANY DOGS.

BARBARA'S ACTIONS SPEAK VALUES TO HER DEDICATION.

>> THANK YOU, A MEMBER. YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> OKAY. HER EFFORTS IN APPLYING FOR COMMUNITY AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE EXEMPLIFIED HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES BETTERMENT ABOVE ALL, SHE HAS TAUGHT ME TO WORK THAT WE DO IS NOT FOR JUST TODAY BUT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. SHE IS SIMPLY A GOOD TIME AND AN ADMISSION OF HER ON THEY WENT HOME TO FOSTER PEACE WITHIN THE HOME JUST LIKE BARBARA QUATTRO OWNS A WIND CHIME IN HER HOME.

AS WE CELEBRATE BARBARA, LET'S RECOGNIZED JUST NOT FOR HER AGE BUT FOR THE IMMEASURABLE IMPACT THAT SHE HAS MADE.

HERC.

POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BARBARA. YOUR LEGACY IS A GUIDING LIGHT

FOR US ALL. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS VERONICA HERNANDEZ. >> GOOD MORNING.

IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

A JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS HAD TWO COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND NOW COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT, AND WORKING IN THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS AND HAVING BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, I TELL EVERYBODY THAT IT IS NOT ONLY GOING TO THE MEETINGS BUT ALSO BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THOSE FRIENDSHIPS.

SO MS. BARBARA QUATTRO, FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS I'VE KNOWN HER,

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COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU.

YOUR TIME IS UP. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, BARBARA, FOR ALL YOU DO AND WILL CONTINUE TOGETHER WORKING FOR THIS GREATER HOUSTON AREA.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN, BARBARA. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOU INSPIRE US AND CHEERS TO THE NEXT 80. SO MY SECOND AND FINAL

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THIS ONE IS FIGURATIVE AND AS I AM ABOUT TO BEGIN, WE ARE GOING TO BE HONORING THE HOBBY SCHOOL AND THE CHIP PROGRAM SO IF EVERYONE CAN COME UP AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE MY PARENTS -- MY PARENTS ARE BOTH HERE.

MY MOM AND DAD, RETIRED EDUCATORS, DECADES OF SERVICE AND EDUCATION. THANK YOU FOR PLANTING THOSE SEATS AND I'M HAPPY THAT MY TEAM AND I AND THE VARIOUS OFFICES ACROSS HARRIS COUNTY GET TO CONTINUE PLANTING SEEDS.

SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR THE 27TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHIP PROGRAM, WHICH STANDS FOR THE CIVIC HOUSTON INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE H HERE. AND I PERSONALLY AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ROCKSTAR INTERNS, ONES THAT WE HAVE HIRED AND THEN WE HAVE A BIG ALUMNI GROUP. SO FOR ALL OF THE PRECINCTS FOR INTERNS AND ALUMNI FROM THIS PROGRAM, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR PLANTING THE SEEDS OF SERVICE.

AND SO THANK YOU IN PARTICULAR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

I WILL SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

THIS PROGRAM START IN 1996. THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON HOBBY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS HAS INTRODUCED OVER 1,700 1,700 1,70 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL IS INSERTED THROUGH THE CHIP PROGRAM.

WERE AS CHIP INTEGRATES CLASSROOM LEARNING WITH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE PLACING STUDENTS IN LOCAL, STAY, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN THE HOUSTON REGION AS WELL AS IN AREA NONPROFITS AND ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS. WHEREAS CHIP BEGAN UNDER THE VISION AND LEADERSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON PROFESSOR OF EMERITUS AND HOBBY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW RICHARD MURRAY. AND FORMER UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER BELSON.

PERMISSION DRIVEN STUDENTS TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT ATTAIN VALUABLE SKILLS AND WORK EXPERIENCE AND DEVELOP BENEFICIAL CONNECTIONS FOR THEIR FUTURE CAREERS.

THE STUDENTS IN CHIP AGAIN POLICY AND CONSTITUENT SERVICES EXPERIENCE AND THE FALL 2023 COHORT IS THE LARGEST IN THE PROGRAM'S HISTORY AND AGAIN, I CREDITED YOUR LEADERSHIP.

SO THANK YOU. AND IN ADDITION TO THEIR INTERNSHIP PLACEMENTS, THESE 52 STUDENTS CONTRIBUTED OVER 500 VOLUNTEER HOURS ON VOTING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS RELATED TO HOUSTON ELECTIONS. AND PRECINCT FOUR AGAIN IT WAS SO THANKFUL TO HOST A STUDENT FROM CHIP, FALL 2023 COHORT, I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE. UP AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUR INCREDIBLE CHIP INTERN, YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SUCH A WONDERFUL TEAM. I HONESTLY THINK WE WOULD LEARN MORE FROM YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TEACH.

BUT I'M SO THANKFUL FOR YOU. AND I WAS ALSO VERY HAPPY THAT ARIANNA IS TRAVELING TODAY. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE HER PERMANENTLY UPON GRADUATION AND ALLEN RODRIGUEZ, TREVOR AND ALI, WE HAVE VARIOUS STUDENTS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND SO TALKED ABOUT PLANTING SEEDS.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR YOUTH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE CONTINUED POWER TO THOSE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE ON OUR COMMITTEE. WITH THAT, I KNOW WE HAVE VARIOUS SPEAKERS WHO WANT TO SHARE THEIR TESTIMONIES.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, AND GOOD MORNING, I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY TO LEND NOTABLE RECOGNITION TO A PROGRAM SUCH AS THIS.

OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WHICH IS PROBABLY KNOWN AS CHIP BUT MANY OF US IN SHORT. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOU, COMMISSIONER BRIONES FOR THIS CONDITION A AND A PROGRAM THAT PLAYS SUCH A PIVOTAL ROLE IN SHAPING OUR NEXT GENERATION OF

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PUT THE PROGRAM IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE HOBBY SCHOOL COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS AND CHANGEMAKERS. AND BY DOING THAT, WE PROVIDE STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THE INNER WORKINGS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHIP NOT ONLY EDUCATES BUT IT INSPIRES A CIVIC DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS MORE THAN AN INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY. IT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE THAT EQUIPS COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO MAKE THOSE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HARRIS COUNTY AND WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT OUROM CMUNITYAR PTNERS. YOUNO KW, CHIP, ARE ENDURING LEGACY ISPA IN RT TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSH SUCAS THE OFFICE OFMI COMSSIONER BRIONES WHO INVEST THEIR TIME ANDIR THE ENERGY INTO NURTURING THE POTENTIAL OFST EACH UDENT.

SO ITCA IS BEUSE OF YOUR COMMITMENT AND CONTINUERT SUPPO HETHAT T HOBBY SCHOOLHI AND CP WERE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING AND ALLOWS OUR T PROGRAMO REALLY SHINE AND AS WELL AS OURUD

STENTS. SO WE THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU AND I WANTK TO THAN ARYOU IN PTICULAR.U YOI THINK IN THE CATALYSTTA TO KE HIS PROGRAM TOTS NEW HEIGH AND SO WE HAVE OUR CHIP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU,N. MISS RUTTLE >> YEAH.

AND I. APPRECIATED THANK YOU.

>> MA'AM, COULDST YOU PLEASE ATE RECORD?ME FOR TH

>> MY NAME IS JUST CAROLAN. >> THANK YOUOO.

>> GDE, MORNING, JUDGON COMMISSIERS, TO ENSURETY HERE, COUN CLERK. THE CLERK'S OFFICECO HAS BEEN LLABORATINGUN WITH THE IVERSITY OF HOUSTONOL HOBBY SCHO OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR SEVERAL YEARSSI NOW.

AND NCE I'VEE BEEN CLICKED, WD HAVE POSTER 8 INCHES.

FOTHESE HAVETE BEEN CHIP INRNS.

COMPREHENSIVE THAT INTERNSNSURE GETS A HOLISTICAT VIEW OF OPERIONS WITHIN A GOVERNMENTSO SETTING. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY I BROADENING OURNTERNS IN MANYLE VARIOUS COUNTY CRK DEPARTMENTS COMMUNICATIONS, FINANCE PROBATES, SEVERAL COURTS, PERSONALTY RECORDS, PROPER AND PUBLIC RECORDS SO I GENERALLY BELIEVE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOBBYTE SCHOOL'S CHIP INRNSHIP PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND BENEFICIAL NOTEB ONLY TO THE SCUTTLUTT IS. THE CLERK'S OFFICE THE SCHOOL HAS PROVIDEDO QUALITY INTERNS WH HAVE EXPRESSEDER THAT THEY ARE EXPIENCE HAS HELPED THEM DECIDE WHAT PATH TO TAKE IT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELPRS DEVELOP FUTURE LEADET AND CONTINUED SUPPORIN TWO PROGRAMS S OFFERED BY THE HOBBYCHOOL AND I NOTICE, IF YOU COUNTY CLERK IN THAT GROUP SUBURB.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.D >> THANK YOU, JUDGE ANIN COMMISSIONERS, FOR ALLOWG ME TO SPEAK WITH YOU GUYS TODAY AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS.ND MY NAME IS CAMILLA REYES A I AM AHO THIRD-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE NORS STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY. AND A MEMBER OF THE CIVIC HOUSTON INTERNSHIP PROGRAM'S FALL 2023 COHORT.

THE IMPACT OF CHIP IS PROFOUND AND WORTHY OF CELEBRATION.

AND IT IS MY HONOR TO BE HERE IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED LEGACY THAT IS FELT ACROSS ALL OF HARRIS COUNTY AND THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA. ON BEHALF OF ALL CHIP ALUMNI, PLEASE ACCEPT MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR CHIP AND ENDORSING THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY IT , PROVIDES FOR STUDENTS LIKE ME, CHIPI WAS PLEASED WITH THE INCREDIBLE DEPUTYTH CHIEF OF STF TRACY BERTRAM AND E REMARKABLE TEAM AT THE OFFICE OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.

THEIR ATTENTION AND CARE HAVE BEEN THE ACCELERATING FORCE THAT HAS HELPED ME ACHIEVE LIFELONG CAREER GOALS AND DREAMS IN THE MONTHS.A COUPLE OF AND TRACIE POTTS' GENUINE INTEREST IN MY FUTURE HAS BEEN THAT MUCH MORE ATTAINABLE FOR ME, A GESTURE I WILL CHERISH FOREVER.

BY THE WAY, TO MITCHELL CREASEY WAS ALSO A CHIP ALUMNI?

>> THANK YOU, MAN. YOUR TIMENT IS UP.

>> AS A RESULT OF HER MEORSHIP, I AM LEAVING THE COUNTY WITH A RENEWED PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND TAKING IT WITH ME AS I HEAD TO OUR NATION'S CAPITAL WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S HOBBY SCHOOL, MCKINLEY-LYNCH FELLOWS PROGRAM.

THIS UPCOMING SPRING SEMESTER. I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND USE THANK YOU TO MR. NICK CROSS AND MISS JESSICA FOR SPEARHEADING THE SUCCESS OF CHIP AND FOR DTHEIR RESTLESS WORK TO TRANSFOM OUR CAREERS AN THE FUTURE OF HARRIS COUNTY.

THANK YOU. MAKE US PROUD.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU ANDAD AGAIN, DIRECTOR RON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEERSHIP IN TAKING THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND THUS,G MANY HARS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WERE LISTENINTO THE MEETING TODAY.

SO I'M SURE THE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INTERNS WILL BE RISING SUBSTANTIALLY. BUT THIS REALLY IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT, PLANTING SEEDS. AND SO THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. >> YEAH.

GOOD JOB. >> MAKE US PROUD.

AND BY THE WAY, WE ARE VERY INTERESTED PLACING PICTURES DRAWING IT OUT OF THERE. SAYING IT FOR THAT.

BUT I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CARLA.

THANK YOU. SO THAT IS IT FOR THE RESOLUTION. ENTERS A REMINDER FOR THE ARTERIES, WE WOULD RECEIVE YOUR RESOLUTION BECAUSE THE CLERK HAS TO SIGN THEM. YOU WILL GET THERE EVENTUALLY.

SO LET'S TAKE SOME PICTURES.

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>> OKAY, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF SPEAKERS.

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SPEAKERS. >> YES, MA'AM.

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YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU ALL. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR IN THE HOUSTON'S OF THE TEXAS HOUSE THE FOCUS IS -- AND I COME TO EXPRESS MY IMMENSE SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 21. TWO MIDTERMS THE PROFESSIONAL WORK I HAVE TO TELL TENANTS KNOW, SORRY, THERE'S NOWHERE FOR ME TO DIRECT YOU TO. HOWEVER LEAGUE LEGAL AID PROVIDERS HAVE SERVED AS A CONSISTENTLY RELIABLE RESOURCE FOR DIRECT THEM TOWARDS IN A WORLD WHERE THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY NOTES FOR THOSE FACING EVICTION, LEGAL AID PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAY YES. YES, I WILL TAKE YOUR CASE.

YES, I WILL WORK WITH YOUR LANDLORD TO ACCEPT RED RELEASE.

YES, I WILL NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SO YOU MAKE STATEHOUSE LONGER AND ALL THOSE YESES, THERE REMAINS ANOTHER YES. YES OUR LEGAL AID PROVIDERS REQUIRE MORE FIGHTING. AND SO THAT IS WHY I COME IN EVERY DAY TO URGE YOU COMMISSIONERS TO ALL THE TENANTS THAT ARE REALLY HOLDING THE TIME OF THEIR IMMENSELY TO SAY YES FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR LEGAL AID.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS SPICHER 16, JULIA IS SPEAKING ON ITEM 21.

YOU HAVE MINUTE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

I AM THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR. I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE ELECTION CRISIS IN HARRIS COUNTY SINCE THE START OF THE POLEMIC AND I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF IMPROPER EVICTIONS COMPOUNDED.

AND WHAT WE HAVE HAD SOME MONUMENTAL PROGRESS THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE. WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO WITH HOUSING STABILITY. INTO THE COURTROOM OPERATIONS AND THIS INCLUDES A EXPLOITED AND PRODUCTIVE CONNECTION TO LEGAL GROUPS PRETRIAL MEDIATION AND A PERMANENT RENTAL RELIEF FUND. AS OF TODAY 77,000 EVICTIONS HAVE BEEN FILED IN THIS YEAR ALONE.

CURRENTLY LEGAL ASSISTANCE IS NOT AVAILABLE AT ALL 16 COURTHOUSES. THE FUNDING ALLOCATED TODAY WILL HELP TWO TO 5,000 TENANTS. WE MUST ENSURE THAT EACH TENANT HAS THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL AND CONTINUED TO EXPAND THE INITIATIVE IS THE PRIMARY SOLUTION.

WE EMPLOYED TO YOU TO EXPLORE OTHER CREATIVE AND EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS THAT DOVETAIL TO SUPPORT REGIONAL HOUSING STABILITY IN THE REGION. TEXAS HOUSES IS AVAILABLE TO HIM. THANK YOU AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

>> NEXT IS SPICHER 18, CARMEN YVONNE, SPEAKING ON ITEM 21.

SHE WILL BE USING THE INTERPRETER.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS CARMEN AND I AM FROM TEXANS HAUSER'S.

I AM HERE TO ASK FOR FUNDING FOR LEGAL AID TO PROTECT TENANTS THAT ARE UNDERGOING AN EVICTION PROCESS.

AND THAT A ONLY TO PROTECT U.S. CITIZENS BUT ALSO TO ALL IMMIGRANTS. BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE

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GOOD JOB TO THE TEAM. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS SPEAKER NUMBER 19, THE COUNTY TREASURER SPEAKING ON ITEM 231 UNDER PRESSURE. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER STAN AND JUDGE.

I'M COUNTY TREASURER. I WOULD PREFER NOT TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, AS RECOMMENDATION OF THE BUDGET OFFICE, I WAS ASKED TO COME AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM BECAUSE IN AUGUST HERE'S COUNTY TREASURER AND THE DISTRICT COURT HARRIS COUNTY AS A WHOLE MOVED TO THIS PROCESS OF CHECK, DOING CARDS INSTEAD OF CHECKS. BUT IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE COMMISSIONER ELLIS, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, AND MR. BRIONES AND OF COURSE, THE JUDGE, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GO TO SOME RESOLUTION AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THIS BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THE TREASURER'S OFFICE WAS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS. HOWEVER, THIS IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE AND SO WE COLLECTIVELY NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THIS. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME TO SOME RESOLUTION. I'M ASKING FOR 290000 FOR 2024.

>> THANK YOU. >> TO CONTINUE THIS PROCESS TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS. BUT I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH YOUR OFFICES AND LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL AND MAKE THE TREASURER'S OFFICE SUCCESSFUL AS

WELL AS HARRIS COUNTY. >> THANK YOU, TREASURE.

AND OUT OF RESPECT FOR YOUR TIME, I KNOW, I THINK COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, YOU FIND THIS ITEM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

SO WHAT WE, IT IS QUITE BRIEF AND SELF-EXPLANATORY.

I THINK WE CAN THIS, IT VERY BRIEFLY, TREASURER.

SO YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR DUTIES.

>> OKAY. YOU, THE QUESTION I HAD, I GUESS, DANIEL, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS INITIATIVE COMING OUT OF DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE. IT IS BEING PAID FOR BY THE TREASURER. I GET THAT PART.

BUT WHY IS IT THIS IS NOT IN THE DISTRICT CLERK'S BUDGET INSTEAD OF A BURDEN ON THE TREASURER'S OFFICE CUTS WHICH I WOULD NOT THINK SHE WOULD BUDGET FOR IT. WHY IS NOW THE RESPONSIBILITY OF

THE TREASURER NOT AS A CLERK. >> TAKING A STEP BACK, I THINK THE ISSUE IS THIS WAS -- THE PROGRAM WAS NEVER BUDGETED FOR -- WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED UNDER OUR PRIOR TREASURER, THE IDEA WAS WE WOULD CHARGE THE ISSUER AND THAT WAS THE LAST WE HEARD OF IT UNTIL THE CONTRACT OUTSIDE AND WE STARTED DRAWING DOWN, WHICH IS WHAT THE TREASURER AT A DEFICIT, WHETHER IT IS, I BELIEVE, THAT REASON IT IS THERE IS INITIALLY THE TREASURER'S OFFICE HANDLED AND MANAGED THE CONTRACTS OR SORRY, BEEN ISSUING THE CHECKS AND SO IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO ISSUE THE -- WHETHER IT IS BUDGET IN THE DISTRICT CLERK'S BUDGET OR BUDGETED IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, IT IS NOT REALLY -- THAT IS A SECONDARY ISSUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS WAS NEVER BUDGETED FOR.

>> THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE PROGRAM, WHEN WE STARTED THE TREASURER'S OFFICE HAD TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF OUR POSTAGE AND PAY THIS DOLLAR 75. AND WE NEED TO PUT THAT BACK IN

OUR POSTAGE. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS, COMMISSIONER BRIONES. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT. MR. RAMOS AND IF NOT, MS. RAMIREZ, BEFORE I GO TO THE GREATER TREASURER, AND THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL ASKED TO DO? IS IT SOMETHING ONE OF US CAME UP FOR? AND HOW WILL WE BE IN A POSITION WHERE ASSUMING WE VOTED TO DO IT, WE VOTED TO DO IT BUT WERE WE NOT TOLD DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY IS -- NOT SO MUCH FOR THIS, BUT JUST SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I WOULD LIKEO TKNOW, YOUNO KW, IAV HE A LOT OF BRIGHTDE IAS. I HOPE SOMEBODY WOULD TELL ME IF HAI VE A BRIGHTDE IA THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT.

>> SO GENTLY THIS IS AN INITIATIVE BECAUSE WHAT WE DO -- WE SEE ITM FROTHE DEPARTMENT. WE I SEETM FROTHE ELECTED,TY

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THEY WANT NEW DOLLARSHE AND TY WANT THEMEF NOW BORERO THE PGRAR STTS. UNWE WERE AWARE THAT THIS, THAT, ONE,E THAT THDECISION WAS MADET THATHE COUNTY WITH BE PAYING FOR THE, DOLLAR 75THE ISSUE THE CARDS.

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S THAT THIS WANOT BUDGETED.YO >> SO U FELT THE CARD COMPANYG

WAS GOINTO>> PAY? THE ORIGINAL IDEA WOULD T BE THATHE -- THIS IS,PR I HAVE IOR W TREASURER, ITOULD BE TO PERSON, THETH PERSON GETTING EIL PAY WOULD STL BE

SOMEBODY UTILIZING A CHECK CASH. >> HEYEAH.

>> T. JURORS, I'M SORRY >> T,SO BASICALLY, RIGH THE IDEA, THE POLICY IDEAS WERE GOING FROM CHECKS TO JURORS WHICH MANAGERS DO NOT CATCH ANDH THAT YOU HAVE ESEEC OUTSTANDING CHKS FOR 60 DAYS, 90LO DAYS. IT IS A T OF THE BACK END.HERE WE WOULD GO TO THE JURY.AT CARD. SIGNURE WOULD GET A CARD THAT THEN THEY COULDER USE. IT IS EASI FOR THE JURORSG INSTEAD OF HAVINA CHECK. SO THAT WAS THE IDEA.

WE WENT THROUGH THES. CONTRACTIG PROCES AND WE GOT OF THEIN CONTRACT. THE ORIGAL IDEA FROM THE PRIOR TREASURER WAS THAT THE DOLLAR 75 SERVICE CHARGE FROM THE CARDTT ISSUER WOULD BE ADMIED OUT OF THE PAY FOR THE JURY.

NOW THAT WE HAVE THE NEWRE TREASURE TO THE TREASUR SAID,

I DON'T WANT THE JURY TORE HAVE- >> THE NEW TASURER DID NOT SAY

THAT. >> OKAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CONTRACT. BUT NOW ITOF TURNS OUT THAT INSTEAD THEE JUROR HAVING TO NET OUT TH DOUGH SHOULD BE CHARGED A DOLLAR 75, NOW WE AREO SAYING THAT THE COUNTY IS ING TO PAY FOR THE DOLLAR 75. SO THAT THE JURORS MAY HOLDG CONSIDERING THAT WHERE TRYIN TO KEEP GET OUR JURY PANELS TO MORE DIVERSE AND ACTUALLY FOLKS TO COME AND REPORT TO SERVE ON JURY

PANELS. >> THE DECISION WAS MADE IN JANUARY WHEN THE NEW TREASURER WAS COMING IN BY THE COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AND SO THE NEW TREASURER WAS UNAWARERY.

>> OKAY. >> I'M NOT TING TO POINT

FINGERS. >> 290.

>> WHERE WITH THIS MONEY COME FROM?

>> THIS WOULD COME OUT OF AN BUDGET AND RESERVES.

>> OKAY. >> AT THIS PARK, WE ARE DOING OUR FIRST QUARTER PROJECTIONS. WILL BE PRESENTING MORE AT THE END OF JANUARY. WHERE WE ARE COUNTYWIDE, BUT AT THIS POINT, WE BELIEVE WE ARE ON A DEFICIT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL OUTSOURCING AS WELL AS AN OVERAGE IN FROM LAST YEAR.

THIS WOULD ACTUALLY COME OUT OF OUR CASH RESERVES, TOMORROW FUND BALANCE. BUT HOW MUCH IS IT?

>> IT DEPENDS ON THE DAY WE RANGE FROM 300 MILLION AT ANY POINT UP UNTIL 1.8 BILLION, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON.

>> SUGGEST TWO BASIC CONCERNS I WOULD RAISE FOR US.

ONE WOULD BE, HOW DID WE GET HERE? $290,000 WON'T BREAK THE BANK, I HOPE.

BUT IF IT WAS 290 MILLIJOULES, I MILLIJOULES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, MAN, WOULD, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE GOT 17,000 PEOPLE FOR THE COUNTY.

SO ANY ONE OF US, IF WE HAVE AN IDEA, WHAT WOULD YOU NEED FOR PROCEDURES IN PLACE. SO A DEPARTMENT HEAD, A CONSTITUENTS, YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID, ONE OF THE FIVE OF US HAS AN IDEA, IT OUGHT TO BE PAID FOR.

WE CAN JUST GO AROUND PASSING STUFF.

DID NOT FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT.

THAT IS NUMBER ONE. AND THE NUMBER TWO, JUST IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET A CLEAR ANSWER ON, I HATE WHEN I'M GONE OR RIGHTLY FALL OVER DEAD, YOU KNOW, AND THAT EVERYTHING, IT WAS ALREADY 10. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THE PERSON WAS GONE. JUST KIND OF KNOWING HOW WE GOT HERE AND THEN PUT SOME PROCEDURES IN PLACE SO WE DON'T

GET HERE AGAIN. >> AND ANADOR.

>> IT IS -- >> EXACTLY.

SO POLICY WISE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS A GOOD MOVE THAT WE FIND IT. THE FACT THAT WE DID NOT CATCH IT UNTIL THIS LATE DATED AFTER THE CONTRACT SIGNED, THAT IS THE PROBLEM. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL DIG IN AND FIGURE OUT ALL OF THE INS AND OUTS AND WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW THIS CHANGED. AND WHEN.

AND, KIND OF HOW THE DECISION WAS MADE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YEAH. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE HAVING ACTUAL BUDGET RULES THAT CAN BE ADOPTED WHEN THERE ADOPTS ITS BUDGET. AND THAT CAN HELP US GUIDE HOW THINGS ARE PROVIDED, HOW THINGS GET PURCHASING HOW THINGS HAPPEN IN A MUCH CLEARER WAY SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS AND ESPECIALLY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT KNOWS AND WE AVOID THESE KINDS OF

HICCUPS IN THE FUTURE. >> AND I WILL SAY THAT WE HOPE

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IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THERE'S A POLICY DECISION MADE THAT DID NOT COME TO THE COURT, DID NOT AND DID NOT FLOW THROUGH OUR

BUDGET PROCESSING. >> THAT WAS IT.

>> [INAUDIBLE] THE DECISION. >> ARE WITH THE DEFER TO THE TREASURER ON THAT BECAUSE WE WERE NOT INVOLVED.

>> SHE JUST SAID -- >> THEY WERE MADE BEFORE I BECAME TREASURER AND THEN THEY WERE IMPLEMENTED IN JANUARY WHEN I WAS THEN SWORN IN. AND SO THEREFORE --

>> THE FIRST CARD TO NOT GO OUT UNTIL --

>> UNTIL AUGUST. >> COMMISSIONER BRIONES AND THEN

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> SO I SEE IT IN TWO WAYS, WHICH COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND ADMINISTRATOR FLIGHT, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, DR. WYATT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR TREASURE.

THANK YOU FOR FLANKING THIS. I VERY MUCH A PRE--- A GREEK PHILOSOPHICALLY THROUGH A POLICY PERSPECTIVE THIS SHOULD NOT FALL ON THE JURORS. HARRIS COUNTY NEEDS TO OWN UP AND PAID THE 175 AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE BUDGET TO PAY THAT SO THAT IT WON'T FALL ON THE LAPS OF OUR JURORS. SO VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS.

AND I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR TO CONTINUING TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT OFFICES, PROCUREMENT, AS WE SIGN CONTRACTS, BUDGET IMPACT, SO THAT WE ARE TIGHTENING IT SO WE DON'T HAVE THESE SURPRISES BECAUSE NONE OF US WANT THESE SURPRISES AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS WE GO FORWARD.

SO I THINK WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT ON A GO FORWARD, WE WANT TO KEEP MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AND IN THE MEANTIME, YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEPLETE YOUR POSTAGE BUDGET AND YOU SHOULD NOT -- WE SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING THIS ON THE BACKS OF JURORS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH JURY TURNOUT AND IN TERMS OF DIVERSIFICATION. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME EXPLAIN THIS, DR. WYATT. AND I'M VERY MUCH A SUPPORTIVE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PARTNERS ON GOING FORWARD.

>> JUST TRYING TO GET MY NUMBERS RIGHT.

SINCE MARCH OF 2022, WE HAVE, THEY CALL IT STILL CHECKS, CHECKS AND CASH, TOTALS $407,562.

AS EARLY AS -- AS LATE AS 103123, REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF SURGERY CHECKS, JUNE 30, TRANSFER 142,248.

WHERE DID THAT MONEY GO? SO IT SEEMS LIKE SINCE MARCH OF LAST YEAR, BECAUSE CHECKS WERE NOT CASHED, THERE'S OVER $40$400,000. WHERE IS THAT MONEY?

>> THAT MONEY GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND.

IT GOES BACK TO THE GENERAL UCFUND.

>> SO IT WOULD SEEM IF YOU HAVE THAT MH MONEY, WE HAD $402,000 GO BACK TO THE GEN GENERAL FUND. THAT WOULD SUIT LIKE THATNI WOUD MORE THAN PAY FOR ANYTHING THAT IS HAPPENG IN OUR RELATED TO THESE CARTS. WE FACTORED THAT INTO OUR BUDGET SO THAT THE 2.4 BILLION TO THE COURT ADOPTED FACTORS IN GETTING SOME OF IT OUT. WANTED TO KEEP IN MIND MOVING FORWARD, THAT WON'T BE THE PROCESS ANYMORE BECAUSE WE HAVE

THAT. >> NO, WON'T BE.

WE GOT AWAY FROM THE STALE CHECK PROCESS AND WHEN TO THE CAR PROCESS FOR THIS REASON. SO YOU GOT A PART OF $407,000.

YOU HAVE WINDFALL PULL OUT MANNER FROM THE SKY FELL IN AT $400,000. THAT SHOULD MORE THAN TAKE CARE

OF THIS MORNING. >> I DON'T THINK THE ISSUE IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. THE ISSUE IS PROCESS.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE, WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY A YEAR-LONG BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE ASKED THE DEPARTMENT, WHAT ARE YOU CHANGING IN POLICY? AND IT IS NOT FOR ME.

YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET DIRECTOR, IT IS YOUR MONEY.

IT IS THE MANY THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INTERESTED.

>> SO YOU ARE SAYING THE DISTRICT CLERK DID NOT

COMMUNICATE THE POLICY. >> NOBODY COMMUNICATED.

>> THE RESPONSIBILITY IN MIND SINCE THE JURORS COME UP THROUGH HER, THAT WOULD BE IN THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE.

>> ARE WITH DEFER ARE WITH THE OR FURTHER JOSHUA CLARKE, IF SHE

IS ON. >> WELL, LET ME JUST PUT IT THIS WAY. I DON'T THINK IT IS IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE. SO AT SOME POINT BETWEEN YOUR OFFICE AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE IN TERMS OF WHO APPROVED THE POLICY TO ISSUE CARDS TO JURORS. I AGREE.

I AGREE WITH WHAT MR. BRIONES HAS SAID.

THAT WE OUGHT TO DO THIS. IT IS A GOOD IDEA CLEARLY, PEOPLE ARE NOT CASHING THEIR CHECKS TO THE TUNE OF $407,000.

SO IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. BUT CLEANING UP THE PROCESS IS I THINK INCREDIBLE. IT IS INTERESTING THAT WE DON'T KNOW ANYMORE THAT WE DO RIGHT NOW.

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I FIND THAT DISTURBING ACTUALLY. >> SO, AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER ELLIS, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.

SO LET ME JUST BRIEFLY. I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THE JURORS NEED TO GET THE MONEY AND SO IT IS A GOOD PILOT DECISION, WHICHEVER COMMITTEE MADE IT. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE POINTS.

FIRST IS I WOULD WANT FOR YOU GUYS TO COME BACK IF NEED BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME IN JANUARY, TO EXPLAIN HOW WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

ON DEPARTMENT OF MISTAKES, EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT CLERK, I DOUBT SHE WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT HOW SHE WAS GOING TO GET THIS MONEY PASSED ALL OF US.

SOMEBODY, AND IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT SUMMER.

BUT THE POINT IS THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED THAT DOES NOT MATCH WITH THE BUDGETARY APPROPRIATIONS AND THAT CAN'T HAPPEN. AND SO IF THAT IS HAPPENING, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT HAPPEN AND IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY COME AND SAY, HEY, THERE WAS A MISTAKE.

WE NEED MORE MONEY AND WE NEED TO STOP DOING THIS BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT IS MORE AND SOMETIMES IT IS LESS.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE OUT HERE TODAY.

BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GUYS DO SOME FORENSICS ON THIS FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. THE SECOND POINT IS THIS, NO FOR MY STAFF, YOU KNOW, CORRECTLY IF WE THE JURORS ARE GETTING, THERE IS A $30 A DAY, IS THAT WOULD --

>> $20 THE FIRST GAME AND I THINK IT IT IS 48 AFTER.

>> OKAY. >> IT HAS GONE UP FROM THE SIX

DOLLARS TO $20 THE FIRST DAY. >> I JUST WANT TO JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT. DID HE SAY STARTING IN AUGUST.

DID I MISS THAT? >> YEAH.

>> BECAUSE WE HAD HAD A CONVERSATION.

ON THE BRIDGES HAS BEEN PUSHING THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND WE SO THAT WANTED TO DO, WELL, IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT PAGERS MORE ACTUALLY GETS THIS ACTUALLY HELPS US DIVERSIFY OUR JURY POOL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. I'M WONDERING NOW THAT WE ARE PAYING MORE, IF YOU GUYS HAVE IT, WHETHER IT IS IN THERE'S OFFICE OR THE TREASURER''S OFFIE OR, YOU KNOW, THE CENTRALIZED PART OF OUR BUREAUCRACY TO SAY YOU KNOW, IS -- MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY IS ASKING, DOES INCREASED FUNDING HELP? AND IF WE INCREASE IT FROM 30 TO 100 OR WHATEVER, EITHER, PER HOUR, WOULD THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

BUT THANK YOU. >> IT IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, THE CLERK DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG.

IT IS JUST A MATTER OF THE PROCESS OF AS DANIEL SAID OF FIGURING OUT WHERE DID WE PAY FOR THIS BASED UPON THE CONTRACT. SO SHE DID NOT DO ANYTHING

WRONG. >> NO, IT IS AN IMPORTANT SITUATION. I MAY MEASURING BARS GOT CROSSED SOMEWHERE. BUT THE POINT IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH WHERE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

AND IF IT DOES HAPPEN, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPEN.

AND COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> LOOK, I'M GOING TO VOTE.

BUT FIRST, I WAS WONDERING, THE CONCERN WHEN IT WAS.

I'M GLAD YOU DID PULL IT BECAUSE IT BRINGS UP A BROADER ISSUE.

SO WHAT I WANT TO ASK IS THAT THE THE AUDIT GET INVOLVED TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT DID HAPPEN.

BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES BEFORE.

THIS IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY. BUT WE COULD END UP IN A HICCUP OF PREDICAMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE TABLE AND WE ALL SEE WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED.

WE GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE AT SOME POINTS TO A LARGER, BUT SOMEHOW OVERLOOKED FOR THE AUDITOR TO BE INVOLVED IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT DID HAPPEN? SO WE DON'T DO IT AGAIN AND IT COULD BE CONSIDERED A WARNING AND ASK FOR SOME REPORT DOWN THE ROAD ON IF THIS DOES HELP US WITH DIVERSITY, BECAUSE IF IT DOES, I WANT TO KNOW.

AND I WANT TO JUST WAIT UNTIL ONE OF US IS NOT HERE.

THEN WE BLAME IT ON WHOEVER CAME UP WITH IT.

THAT THEY MAY BE -- MAY HAVE RETIRED BY THEN.

SO INVOLVED IN THE AUDIT. MY STAFF WILL HELP CRAFT SOME LANGUAGE THAT IS TO MAKE SURE WE GET OFF OF THAT.

BUT THANK YOU. >> YES, I HOPE THE DATA IS BEING TRACKED VERY CAREFULLY. AFTER IT IS ON THE JURORS DIVERSITY. I SHARE THAT COMMITMENT.

WE NEED OUR JURY PANELS TO REFLECT THE COMMUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING AS WE SEE WHAT CHANGES AND WHAT IMPACT HAS HAD OR NOT HAS. BUT MY QUESTION IS JUST ONE TO GO FORWARD. SO IF THIS IS PASSED AND WE HAVE THESE CARS COUNTIES PAYING THE 175, I KNOW THERE'S A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE JUROR TO USE THIS CARD.

IF I MAJOR, I DON'T USE MY CARD, AND THAT WHEN HE REVERTS BACK TO THE EARLIER QUESTION, IS THAT MANY GOING TO MANY GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND OR IS IT KEPT WITHIN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE CONTRACT FOR FUTURE CARDS? PURPOSE.

AND THAT WAS THE PART OF THE COMPENSATION THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY IN OUR MEETING. IS IF THEY SPENT PART OF THE CAR, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REST OF IT? THEY DON'T SPEND ANY OF THE CARDS, WHAT HAPPENS TO IT? AND THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THAT REGARD AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE THE CARDS ARE OLYMPIC DIFFERENT THAN THE CHECKS, THE CHECKS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE

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AND THE -- I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL DIVERSIFIED THEIR EYE AS A GREAT PROGRAM. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THERE DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG BECAUSE I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR HER. BUT THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO GOING TO SHOW UP FOR JURY DUTY BECAUSE THE PAY IS GOING TO BE MORE. MY NIECE IS LESS LIKELY TO SHOW UP FOR JURY DUTY BUT MY MOTHER IS MORE LIKELY TO SHOW UP.

BUT WITH A CARD, MY KNEES WILL COME VERSUS A CHECK BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT JUST YET.

AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF RESEARCH AND A LOT OF STATS AND WE GOT TO THIS PARTICULAR CROSSROADS BECAUSE I ASKED FOR THE STATS. I WANTED TO KNOW, HOW MANY JURORS HAVE WE HAD? HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP? HOW MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT? HOW MANY CHECKS WERE NOT CASHED.

AND SOME -- WE HAD SOME OF THE ANSWERS.

AND WE DID NOT HAVE SOME OF THE ANSWERS.

BUT ENDS -- IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH THE CARS AND SO THE GOOD PART IS WHERE THE BEGINNING OF THIS, SO WE CAN START TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE FOUR THE STATS MOVING FORWARD.

>> OKAY, SO IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ONE?

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS? >> SORRY.

-- SECOND TO EXPECT AS PRESENTED, ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THAT IS ON ITEM 231 UNDER

TREASURER. >> THANK YOU.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, ANDNJ EOYOU YR CALENDARS.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANTHK YOU.

>> ICQUKRT STA. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE C USEARDS FOR IS THEID COV, WHATDI WE D THE $100,E COM Y GETOUR VACCINE.

IOM BET SEBODY ALREADY FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU L DO ISEFT OVER

MONEY. >> IT GETS HELD INW, ESCRO THE ISSUE BEING WHEN IT ISCK A CHE, YOUASSI ON OUR DE AND SO KNOW THAT IT GOES TO THOSE WE SET CASHEDOU SOME AMNT ON A REGULAR BASISTO. THAT.

--AND NO >> AND -- T

>>HE OPTION OFHE GETTING T CHECK IF THEY SO DESIRE.

I'M T JUST SAYINGO COMMISSIONERQ BRIONES'UESTION, WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE AND IT SUSPECT THA WE HAVEE ALREADY COM UP WITH ANSWERS THAT APPLY TO THIS SITUATION.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUNT YOU GUYS GUYS IN THAT DIRECTION IBECAUSE I KNOWT IS BEFORE SOME OF Y'ALL WERE T HER.

>>HANK YOU. K >> LET'SEEP GOING WITH THIS

BECAUSE. >> NEXT T IS KNOWLEDGE INHIS NEPICTURE NUMBER O. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> MY NAME ISLI WALTER. I WOULD KE TO CONTINUE TO BLINTRODUCE THE GENERAL PUIC OF HARRIS COUNTY ON WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN USING HEALTH FACILITIES. AS A REPORTED, TO HARRIS HITTERS HEALTH, INCIDENT HAD BEEN TAUGHT CONCERNING RESIDENT DOCTORATES ARE SAFER ANDOR HER PROFESSOR AT BAYL COLLEGE OF MEDICINE DERMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT DR. SERVICE YOU AS RECORDED DR. SEYFERT NEVER PHYSICALLY EXAMINE ME BUTIS DID INDICATE A MEDICAL SUE THAT SHE FAILED TO NOTE INNO MY CHART.

ADDITIONALLY, TIME DID I EVER HAVE ANY INTERACTION WITH D DR. FEW EITHER IN THE HALLWAY OR THE EXAMINING ROOM.

HOWEVER,, WITHIN MY MEDICAL REPORT DR. HUGH NOTED SHE HAD EXAMINED ME. SO I'VE STATED BEFORE THAT THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE AT BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE SENIOR STAFF AND RESIDENTS BEING SLOPPY WITH RECORD-KEEPING OR THE CASE OF DR. HUGH, IN MY VIEW, DELIVERED CASE OF FRAUD AND MEDICAL RECORDS. YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> IN THEO RECORD PLEASE? >> THANK YOU S MUCH.

WE WILL RECEIVE IT IF YOU PASSED IT OVER TO ME.

THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS NONE AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER TWO THAT SHARON YES IN. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> SHE IS MAKING HER WAY. >> OVER HERE.

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>> GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU?

>> GOOD MORNING. GREAT.

>> I WAS HERE A YEAR AGO AT THIS -- OH, NAME IS SHARON.

AND I WAS HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO ABOUT THE SAME EXACT TIME.

AND I'M HERE TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION AS I WAS A YEAR AGO.

A YEAR AGO, WHEN I WAS HERE, I ASKED FOR THE BONDS.

THE -- LET'S SEE. I ASKED FOR THE BONDS.

I ASKED FOR YOU GUYS OVER OFFICE, I ASKED FOR YOU GUYSCO BRIBERY STATEMENT FOR NOT ONLY THE COMMISSIONERS URT BUT FOR THE JUDGES IN THE JUDICIAL COURTS OF HARRIS COUNTY.

AND THAT WAS A YEAR AGO. AND HERE I AM A YEAR LATER.

AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A BOND. I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE OATH OF OFFICE. AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A BRIBERY STATEMENT FOR NONE OF THE JUDGES, IGNORE YOU SALES HERE IN THE HARRIS COUNTY JUDICIAL COURT.

SO I NEED TO KNOW HOW CAN I GET THESE BONDS A YEAR LATER? HOW CAN I GET THESE OATH OF OFFICE A YEAR LATER? THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> -- STATEMENTS A YEAR LATER AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHERE

THEY ARE. >> MAMA, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> HERE IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL THING.

>> WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW-UP —-DASH I'M HAVING SOMEONE WALK OUTAGES NOT TO CHAT WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE SHE GETS YOU AND GET YOU WHAT YOU NEED. THANK YOU.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. >> NEXT IS NONE AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER THREE, STANDING ROCK MARK MAXWELL.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> HI.

I WILL BE BRIEF BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HARRIS COUNTY PERETS.

I HAVE BEEN AN AVID ANIMAL LOVER AND I APPRECIATE THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY BUT THE SPEAKER FROM PEERS HEALTH TAKES THREE FOURTHS OR MORE OF THE MEETING TIME.

VERY LITTLE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR OPINIONS, THEIR CONCERNS, IT IS JUST NOT A VERY GOOD WAY TO HEAR FROM YOUR COUNTY FROM YOUR CITIZENS. NUMBER TWO, I WOULD LOVE IT IF HE COULD TAKE SOME OF OUR FUNDING AND HAVE SIGNAGE AT ALL OF THAT HAIRS PARKS ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT HAVE DOG PARKS THAT HAVE A QR CODE. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN ADOPT.

THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FOSTER. THIS IS HOW YOU CAN GET TO HARRIS COUNTY PETS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTY, IT IS A HUGE COUNTY. THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS AT.

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WE HAVE A COUNTY SCHULTERBRANDT WE WOULD GET A LOT MORE ANIMALS OUT IF WE HAD THAT.

I THINK IT WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF THROUGH THESE --

>> YOUR TIME IS UP. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> THANK YOU. THOSE ARE TWO GREAT IDEAS BUT I AGREE WITH YOU. I CALL THEM THE FIRST ROUND OF PUBLIC MEETINGS RELATED TO THE FACT WAS HEAVILY STACKED.

SO THE NEXT ROUND WILL BE -- >> THANK YOU.

>> -- A LOT MORE. THE QR CODE, WHAT A GREAT IDEA.

>> I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT. KANEISHA DEAS? IT IS ONE FOR EACH. IT IS JUST MIGHT KNOW.

>> AND HOW TO REACH ME IF YOU NEED MORE IDEAS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS NONE AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER FOUR, CHERYL GRAVES.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

CHERYL GRAVES. I'M HERE ON THE -- I LEFT MY GLASSES IN MY NATURALIST.

SO -- >> WE WILL CATCH YOU ON THE

LIVESTREAM. >> OKAY.

I AM HERE SAME RESOLUTION, JUST THE TRAFFIC ON MESA DRIVE.

THAT NOVEMBER, LAST MONTH, IT WAS OUT ON THE NEWS WHERE ON MESA DRIVE, THE TWO VEHICLES HIT THE TELEPHONE POLE, KNOCKED MY POWER OUT. OKAY? THE MONTH BEFORE THAT, A TRUCK RUN THE TRAIN TRACK AND THE DRIVER WAS KILLED. OKAY? THESE ARE THE ISSUES I AM HAVING TO DEAL WITH.

YOU ALL. AND LAST YEAR, MY NOSE BLED FOR 4 DAYS. I HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. I'M ASKING FOR SOME HELP.

IN 2004, I WENT TO AUSTIN FOR THE --

>> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> I WILL HAVE SOMEBODY CALL YOU.

>> PLEASE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS NONE AGENDA SPEAKER

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>> ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS SHANNON PAGE FROM THE OAKLEAF SUBDIVISION. MY REQUEST IS SIMPLE.

RESTORE MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND TAKE THEIR FAMILIES.

TEXANS RECEIVED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR IMPROVED INTERNET TARGETING ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED DISABLED AND RURAL AREAS AND IRONICALLY THAT MONEY WAS USED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FAMILIES IN MY NEIGH NEIGHBORHO. AMANDA HILL PLANERT IS A ESTABLISHED DIVERSE RANKING NEIGHBORHOOD.

LAST AUGUST IT TOOK A WRECKING BALL BY E.T. FIBER AND YOU ALL ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN BY PROCESSING THE PERMIT.

WE HAD 27 WATER MAIN BREAKS. TWO SEWER LINE SPLIT.

100 LAWNS LEFT IN DISARRAY. A BOARD MEMBER, FATHER OF TWO THAT GREW UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MY OWN SON HAD A GUN AIMED AT HIM BY A SUBCONTRACTOR FOR DOCUMENTING THE DAMAGES WITH HIS PHONE. I WAS INTERVIEWED BY 13 NEWS AND THEY PROMISED TO RESTORE EVERYTHING.

THEY OFFERED AMENITIES THAT I WILL COMPARE TO GIFTGIVING CHILDREN'S GIFT AT CHRISTMAS, AND THE OTHER 364 DAYS.

>> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> IS A FIBROUS LEFT MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS HOT AND DRY.

>> THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> SHINE IN, THANK YOU. YOU ARE IDENTIFYING A BIG ISSUE.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS SEEING THIS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS SINCE THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THE LAW. WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW-UP SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING BECAUSE IT IS NOT UNIQUE. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER

HARRIS COUNTY. >> WE HAD INTERNET AND WE GAVE THE PERMIT TO A NEW COMPANY, SOMETHING WE ALREADY HAVE.

YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF MY NEIGHBORS.

AND MANY OF THE WORK -- COME UP WITH A SOLUTION SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO MORE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THE NEW SET IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. IT IS NOT JUST OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS NONE AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER SIX, JENNIFER HOW DO YOU. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> ALL OF THE DOCUMENTATIONS SO YOU ALL CAN HAVE THAT.

BECAUSE YOU CAN GO IN AND I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE, E-MAILS THAT I HAVE SENT THAT HALF OF THIS TO YOUR PEOPLE AND IT IS VERY THOROUGH WITH FEATURES OF THEIR NEIGHBORS.

I HAVE A GENTLEMAN WHO CANNOT MOW HIS LAWN BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] AND HE HAS A DISABILITY AND -- THE VETERAN AND HE CAN'T BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE BLOCKED THIS SINGLE FLAT.

OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS JENNIFER HIEB DIAA.

ARE LIVE IN THE CORNER OF LEE STREETS IN THE NEAR NORTH SIDE.

I'M ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AIRLINES HOUSTON.

I COME TODAY TO INTRODUCE A LETTER REGARDING THE HARDY DOWNTOWN CONNECTOR THAT WILL ASK YOU TO PAUSE FUNDING DECISIONS ON THIS PROJECT FOR TWO PRIMARY REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, THIS PROJECT IS BASED ON TRAFFIC VOLUME PROJECTION TO. THERE ARE TWO DECADES OLD.

COMMITTEES HAVE CHANGED TOO MUCH IN THE TIME TO INVEST IN A FOUR LANE PARTIALLY ELEVATED HIGHWAY WITHOUT THE DATA.

WE ASKED FOR A PAUSE INTO THE CORRIDOR CAN BE RESTUDIED.

WE ALSO ASKED FOR A POSITIVE ALLOW TIME TO CONNECT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE THE FOR THE HYBLA IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE MEETINGS HOCEVAR HAVE BEEN ABOUT MEDICATIONS TO THE HIGHWAY AND NOT ABOUT THE NEED FOR THE HIGHWAY ITSELF.

SADLY, NO AMOUNT OF THREE MITIGATION WILL MAKE THIS PROJECT NET ZERO. INSTEAD, I BELIEVE THIS CORREDOR IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A TRULY TRANSFORMATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND I HOPE YOU WILL SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY. I WILL SEND MY LETTER TODAY,

AFTER TODAY'S MEETINGS. >> THANK YOU.

YOUR TIME IS UP. >> THANK YOU.

>> DID YOU SAY 20 YEARS OLD? >> THE DATA ON WHICH THE PARTY DOWN TO THE CHARACTER PROJECT IS BASED ON IS A 20-YEAR-OLD STUDY

OF THE HARDY CORREDOR. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS NONE AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER SEVEN, TERRIE CHAN.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> MY NAME IS TERRY CHEN AND I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. FOR CONTACTS ON THE LETTER, AS OF DECEMBER 18, AT LEAST 99 JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND TARGETED BY ISRAEL SINCE OCTOBE. TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, AS A LONG-TIME HOUSTONIAN, I CALL ON THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT TO DEMAND A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA.

FOR FOUR YEARS, I WAS A JOURNALIST IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE EVERYDAY ABUSE AGAINST PALESTINIANS I DOCUMENTED WAS HORRIFYING. THAT THE SITUATION HAS ESCALATED TO A FULL SCHEDULE AND DECIDE AGAINST PALESTINIANS IS SADLY NOT SURPRISING. CURRENTLY I HAVE A COLIC TRAPPED IN GAZA WHO IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING GINNIS LEFT.

PUBLIC HE IS SENDING PLEAS FOR HELP AND YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO HIS PLEASE. THIS ATROCITY CAN ONLY HAPPEN WITH THE COMPLICITY OF THE U.S. AND AS A GOVERNING BODY OF MAJOR

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I ASKED, OF WHAT BENEFIT IS YOUR SALADS? THIS LETTER WAS SENT TO YOU ALRIGHT JOURNALIST ON NOVEMBER.

>> THANK YOU. >> AND I HAVE 15 SECONDS? THIS WAS SENT TO YOU WILL ON NOVEMBER 14TH AND I WONDERED YOU ALL THINK IS CALLING IS STILL ALIVE? EVERY DAY COUNTS. PLEASE DON'T WAIT ANY LONGER.

TO MAKE A JOINT STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE AND WORK TOWARDS A PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE.

BALANCE OF FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS ARE PUTTING THIS DISPROPORTIONATE MILITARY CAMPAIGN.

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE CRIES OF US AS A COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS NONE AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER EIGHT. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS -- I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE SENIOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZER.

COMMISSIONER BRIONES, THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING WITH OTHERS.

EVEN SO BRIEFLY, WHAT WE ARE AFFORDING AS THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUR TEXAS DELEGATION, WHETHER YOU'RE AT THE CITY LEVEL, WHETHER AT THE CONGRESSIONAL EFFORT, WHETHER AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, WE ARE NOT SEEN OUR COMMUNITIES IS A JOINT EITHER A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT A RESOLUTION OR SOME SORT OF EQUITABLE SOURCE AND REALLY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

THERE IS A LOT OF FUNDING GOING INTO PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY GROUPS FROM LOBBYIST GROUPS INTO NONPROFITS AND FAITH GROUPS BUT NOT A LOT FOR THE LATTER. SO I ASKED YOU TO REALLY LOOK WITHIN TO SEE IF YOU CAN CONTINUE WORKING WITH US AND OUR COALITION PARTNERS TO PUT OUT A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT TO PUT OUT A CEASE-FIRE, CALL UPON AND USE YOUR INFLUENCE TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO CREATE CHANGE AND

ASKED, WHAT CAN I HAVE -- >> THANK YOU.

YOUR TIME IS UP. >> 15 SECONDS? WE ARE ON A SANDY THREE-DAY DISPROPORTIONATE USE OF MILITARY CAMPAIGNS RIGHT NOW. FROM THE IDF.

I JUST. I JUST WANT TO POINTS OUT THAT IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THIS IS NOT JUST IMPACTING PEOPLE FROM OCCUPIED PALESTINE. THIS IS ALSO IMPACTING PEOPLE IN ISRAEL THEMSELVES. AND ALSO IN THE SYRIAN GOLAN HEIGHTS AND SOUTHERN LEBANON. SO LARGE ETHNIC GROUPS ARE BEING -- ARE NOT BEING INCLUDED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AND IT IS MISSING FROM THE GLOBAL CONTEXT AND I DO URGE YOU TO STRONGLY CONSIDER WORKING THROUGH A MORE THE ESCALATED SOLUTION FOR A LOT -- LONG-TERM PEACEFUL RESOLUTION FOR A PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE BUT IN THE INTERIM AND IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> NEXT IS NONE AGENDA SPEAKER NUMBER NINE, GLENN JENKINSON. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M GLENN JENKINSON.

AND I'M -- THANK YOU FOR FILLING WAS PAIRED TO OUR LORD.

AND I WANTED TO -- ALSO APPRECIATE HARRIS COUNTY AND THE PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR BEING HERE IS WE ARE ASKING TO HIM A PART OF THE BAYOU COMMUNITY GROUP WHICH REPRESENTS PEOPLE ALONG THE BAYOU. THAT IS 22,000 VOTERS.

AND WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN DOING IS ASKING FOR HARRIS COUNTY TO DESIGNATE THE BAYOU AS A PROTECTED NATURAL HABITAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT.

THE -- AND ALSO I WANTED TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THE HORSEMAN BAYOU EXPANSION HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CANCELED ACCORDING TO A CALL THAT I GOT FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT THIS MORNING. THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS, VERY HAPPYBO AUT THAT. AND I WANTED TOEN MTIONHA TT THATS INOTOI GNG -- NOT DOING THAT PROJECT WILLOT N INCREASE THE CHANCE OF FLOODINGED BAS ON UPDATES.

>> THANK YOU. YOUR TIMEUP IS .

>> AND I HAVE REASONS. >> THANKSI YOU, R.

YOUR TIME IS UP.IF YOU CANUP WRAP REALLY QUICK.

>> THANK YOU. ONE OF THEM IS'S THERE STATE ENTER WITHDM THE LANARKS THREE OF THOSETE ARE PROCTED.

AND WE ALSO HAVE -- IT IS DEEMED UNITED STATES WATERWAY AND ATR CONSUCTION PROJECT, CAUSEUT POLLIOND THAT WOULEXCEEDTI REGULAONS. AND IF THE BAYOU IS DAMAGED, IT ISR GOING TO LOWETHE PROPERTY VALUES OF HI END HOMES AND THAT IS GOING TO DRIVE TOFHE PRE ALL HOMESAN DOWN.

THK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> H,SIR? >> O YEAH.

THANKS. >> NEXT ISER NONE AGENDA SPEAK

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>>HANKIS YOU. MY NAME BILLIF RICHARD.

MY WE AND I ARE HERE S TODAY TO MAKEURE THAT OURE OPINION AND TH OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OFOP OR COMMUNITY'S INION ISTH IN AGREEMENT WI US. THAT IT IS PART OFRD THE PUBLIC RECO. WE ARE HOMEOWNERSAN ON HORSEPEN BAYOU D CLEARLY AND WE WERESO FLOODED.

AND WE WOULD NATURALLY BE INTERESTED IN ANYTS FLOOD CONTRL PROJEC. AS WE GOT INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, HOW HOWEVER,E ARE VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT. WE APPRECIATEEL THAT IT HAS BEEN CANCED. MY CONCERN IS THAT IT IS NOTAN CANCELED MAYBE ON A PERMENT BASIS BUT RATHER WORK STOPPAGE.

I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT BECT TE CASE.

THIS PROJE IS NOTR NECESSARY. THERE ARE OTHEHA MITIGATION PROJECTS THAT VE BEEN COMPLETED IN OUR COMMUNITY NOW.

18 HOLE PLOT COURSE HAS BEENNK TURNED INTO --

>> THA YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS NONE AGENDA SPEAKER 11, JESSE NIEMANN. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> MY NAME IS JESSE NAME IN. BILL IS ACTUALLY A NEIGHBOR OF MINE AND I'M HERE TO REITERATE WHAT THEY SAID AND HOPE THAT HOPEFULLY THAT THE HORSEPEN BAYOPROJECT WOULD BE PERMANENTLY CANCELED. WHEN I GOTRO INVOLVED, I DID NOT WANT TO JOIN A GUP THAT WAS JUST EMOTIONAL.

BUT AS I PARTICIPATED, I FOUND OUT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH AND AS I LOOKED AT IT, THE OPPOSITION IS NOT EMOTIONAL. IT WAS OBJECTIVE.

AND SO I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO SPEND TAXPAYER MONEY AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT ON A COST BENEFIT BASIS, I DON'T THINK IT IS JUSTIFIED TO SPEND IT ON THAT PROJECT.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT MONEY CAN BE REDIRECTED AND USED MORE EFFECTIVELY AND HELP MITIGATE FLOODING IN OUR WHOLE AREAS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

JUDGE, IF I COULD, THIS IS A NON-AGENDA ITEMS, SO I CANNOT SPEAK DIRECTLY TO IT. BUT I WILL JUST SAY THAT MY STAFF WILL TOUCH BASE WITH YOU AND THE FACT THAT THE CHAMBER AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT THE PROCESS WORKED OUT.

WE LISTEN TO HERD AND A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE.

SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> JUDGE, THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS.

[Departments (Part 4 of 4)]

>> GREAT. TAKE YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS.

AND LET'S GO OVER ANY CORRECTIONS.

LET'S SEE. SO ON PAGE TWO, ITEM TWO, WE CRACKED FAMILY AFTER AGRICULTURE'S AND REMOVE LAND BEFORE PROGRAM. SO AS A FAMILY LAND HERITAGE.

ON ITEM 18, REMOVE MWD CONTRACTED GOAL TO PRESENT.

ITEM 24, NO ACTION. I KNOW WE ALL REVIEWED THE OUUPDATES FROM DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATIVE PREMIERES AND Y WILL HAVE A FULLER UPDATES ON JANUARY ON THE JAIL.

ITEM 95, IT IS A QUARTER STUDY. COUNTY ENGINEER REQUESTED NO ACTION. ITEM 149, SAM HOUSTON TOLLWAY, HECTOR IS REQUESTING NO ACTION. ITEM 152 ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, NO ACTION. 155, A CARD FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICES, THE U.S. HAS REQUESTED NO ACTION.

ITEM 185, WITH NEED TO CORRECT 1307 BAKER STREET JAIL TO WOMEN IMPAIRMENTS, WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT CENTER.

LET ME JUST PUT A PLUG FOR WOMEN IMPAIRMENTS CENTER JAIL.

I MEAN, IT IS A JAIL. IN THE FUTURE.

191, REMOVE, APPROVAL AND. REMOVE THE WORDS APPROVAL AND.

225, THAT IS ON THE FAMILY INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS HAVE REQUESTED NO ACTION.

>> 225? >> 225 ON PAGE 28.

297. DIMA CONSULTANT FOR HARD.

CORRECTION CHANGE. JANUARY 10TH 2023, JANUARY 23 AND 4 TO JANUARY 20TH, 2025, JANUARY 9TH, 2025.

ON ITEM 327 ON PAGE 42, PRECINCT FOUR PRESENTS NO ACTION.

ITEM 354, PAGE 45, NO ACTION. THAT IS THE BILINGUAL PAY.

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ONE SECOND. >> NO ACTION.

>> 354. >> NOTHING ON MY END, JUDGE.

>> OKAY. HERE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE IDENTIFIED FOR DISCUSSION. EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE NEED TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM 349 APPOINTING

NEGATIVE DOES THE LGBTQ -- >> NO.

>> WHAT ABOUT ITEM 350 NEEDS REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE HARRIS

COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. >> NO.

>> ALL RIGHT. 351.

>> NO. >> SHIP CHANNEL SECURITY DISTRICT. 352?

>> NO. BUT GOOD JOB.

>> OH, YEAH, THAT IS WONDERFUL. GOOD MOVE.

353. COUNTY ATTORNEY?

>> NO. >> NO, NOT UNLESS THERE IS ANY

QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS, FOLKS, ON THIS

AGREEMENT? >> NO.

>> OKAY. SO NONE OF THESE ITEMS ARE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. HERE IS THE REGULAR AGENDA.

ITEM EIGHT. THAT IS FLAGGED BY PRECINCT THREE. ITEM 10, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> YES. >> WHAT ABOUT ITEM 14? IT IS AN AGREEMENT WITH CHILDREN AT RISK?

>> HE HAS. >> ITEM 15.

ALSO COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. THIS IS DEL FOR EARLY LEARNING QUALITY NETWORK. ITEM 16 PRECINCT THREE, IN AGREEMENT WITH VN TEAMWORK ON OCA --

>> YES. >> OKAY.

>> ITEM 18, PRECINCT THREE. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO

AGREEMENT WITH BAKER RIPLEY. >> YES.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, 1719. >> OKAY.

1719 AND 20, YOU SAID? OKAY.

LET ME JUST ADD THEM TO THE LIST WILL QUICK.

SO WE HAVE 17, 19, AND 20. AND THOSE ARE ALSO ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD IMPACT. 19 AND 20.

26. THIS IS CONTRACT AWARD FOR THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. WHAT ABOUT 34? TAX YEAR HOUSING EXEMPTION CAP. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY?

ITEM 36 ON PAGE SIX. >> I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, IS YOUR MIC ON.

>> YES.

>> 34, YES. 36, IT IS A SUBTLE WORD FOR TO

BCG. >> YES.

>> 75, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH CENTE CENTERPOINT. 76.

>> YES. >> STREET LIGHTS.

153, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, HOLIDAY LUNCHEON?

>> YES. >> 164, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY,

CHARITY CARE SPECIAL REVENUE. >> HAS.

>> 165, MAN, YOU WILL -- >> REAL QUICK, ANYBODY --

>> 165, THREE PHYSICIANS. >> YES.

>> OKAY. 166, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> YES. >> 167.

>> YES. >> 231, WE ALREADY PASSED INCLUDING BEYOND THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THAT IS THE TREASURES ITEM. 266, THE LEGAL SERVICES ITEM.

>> YES. >> 268.

THIS IS ALSO LEGAL SERVICES. >> YES.

>> RELATED? >> 297 IS DEMA CONSULTING FOR

HARD. >> YES.

>> 311. AN AMENDMENT TO THE GULF COAST

RAIL DISTRICT ORDINANCE. >> HAS.

>> 329, COMMISSIONER BRIONES, THIS IS --

>> YES. >> OKAY.

>> FOOD INSECURE PEOPLE. >> 330, COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

>> YES. >> 354, WE SAID NO ACTION.

AND THAT WILL COME BACK 355. THE HEALTH STRATEGY.

360. COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> THEY HAVE. >> 361, COMMISSIONER GARCIA? 363. COMMISSIONER GARCIA? 364. TWO AND THREE.

SL FRS. >> IF I COULD ADD TO 360S TO

AS WELL. >> OKAY, JUST A MOMENT.

>> JUDGE, IF I COULD ADD, 177. >> JUST A SEC.

LET ME GET THROUGH WITH C362. SO 362 IS ON EXPANDING HARRIS

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COMMISSIONER GARCIA? >> I GOT ITEMS 177, 203, ON 203, IT WOULD BE ITEM 21. AND 338.

>> OKAY. SO 177 IS SIX DEPUTY POSITIONS ON A LEGAL -- ILLEGAL DUMPING. SO I'M ADDING THAT TO THE LIST.

AND YOU SAID TO ZERO THREE? >> ITEM 21.

>> 203. ITEM 21.

SO THAT IS TRAVEL AND TRAINING. AND 21 IS -- IS THIS A CONSULT?

>> I BELIEVE SO, YEAH. >> OKAY.

AND THEN -- AND THEN -- >> AND THEN 338.

>> 338. AND IN 338 IS 4 FOR THE STRATEGIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

SO INCLUDING 338. ALL RIGHT.

SO HERE WE GO ON THE DISCUSSION ITEMS.

>> IF I COULD ADD, 199, 228. AS WELL.

>> YEAH, ONE SECOND. YOU SAID 199?

>> YES. >> WHEN 99, APPROVAL OF TWO PHYSICIANS USING THE FUNDS. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WAS WHICH

ONE, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> 228.

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>> FOR PROVOST OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, HOUSTON. 299,000.

TO EVALUATE SURVEY DATA. IS THIS DATA CONFIDENTIAL?

>> REGGIE ROBINSON, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU IF YOU ARE ON.

>> SORRY. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COOK COUNTY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HARRIS COUNTY PUBLICEA HLTH.

THISS IPROBABLY CONFIDENTIAL DATA AS IT PROBABLYAS H P.H.I., PROTECTEDEA HLTH INFORMATION, RELATIVE TO SOME OF THE WORK THAT WEE HAVDONE. BUT ITS IO ALSREALLYLO TO OK AT THE IMPACT OF OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERIT ACTIVIESHE FOR T COVID RESPONSE AND AS PART OFE THGRANT, WE ARE REQUIRED TOHA VE AN EVALUATOR OF THEPR OGRAMMING AND YOU GUYS

APPROVED THE GRANT BACK IN 2021. >> OF WANT TO MAKEE SURE THDATA ISNT CONFIDEIAL AND ANYTIME YOU ISCOLLECT TH TYPE, IT CAN BE F USEDOR ANY P NUMBER OFURPOSESCL AND EARLY, I WOULD HOPE WE WOULD HAVE A VERY CLEAR POLICYEA ON RELSING SUCHAN DATA.

D I WILL SENDTH YOUR WORK TO E COUNTY'S ATTORNEYE OFFICE TO MAK

SURE THAT IS SECUREES. >> Y, JUST AS PUBLIC HEALTH ISN UNIQUE I THAT WAY, THAT WE DO HAVEMA PROTECTED INFORTION.

THIS IS WHY WE HAVE COMPLIANCE POLICIES ANDUS PROCEDURES BECAE WE ARE HIGHLY REGULATED OUTFITT OR DEPARTMENTHAT WESA ENSURE THE FETY AND PROTECTION OF PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION.T

>> YOU WANTO HOLD IT? I SECOND.

I HOLD IT. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS ON T ITEM EIGHT. ISHERE A SECOND? I WILL A SECOND IT. ALL IN. FAVOR?

>> AYE >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> NO.

>> JUDGE, I'M SORRY, YOU SECOND THAT MOTION?

>> YES. AND ALICE MADE THE MOTIONY..

COMMISSIONER RAMSE >> SO THIS IS A ARPA FUNDED PROJECT WITHSE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RVICES ABOUT MEN, BEFORE POSITIONS. AGAIN, WE HAVE G -- WE ARE ASSUMING WE'REOING TO ENDRP THE POSITIONS WHEN THE AA MONEY Y

FOR RUNS OUT? >>ES.

>> AGAIN, WE ARE CLEARLY IDENTIFYING THOSE.

AND IIT BELIEVE OUR OFFICE TRANSMS THE LIST MONTHLY OR

SOMEWHAT MONTHLY. >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE?

>> MOTION ON ITEM 10 BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

SECOND? >> WHICH ONE IS THAT?

>> ITEM 10. IT IS FOR --

>> THE HOUSING. >> I WILL SECOND.

>> OKAY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 14. >> SO WE ARE MOVING THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THE AMENDMENT TO THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE CHILDREN AT RISK. AND MOVE IN THAT FROM THE OFFICE OFHE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY. WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THATAR

MOVE? >> OKAY COMMISSIONER CRE THIS WAS PART OF THE REORGED PLAN THT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROV

A FEW MONTHS AGO. >> HERE WE ARE?

>> YES, IT WAS PART OF THE REORG.

SO ALL THE EARLY CHILDHOOD, BECAUSE IT IS -- WE WANT TO MOVE INTO A DEPARTMENT ANDAN THAT FOCUSES IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS D NOT ON OCA THAT IS REMOVED TO A SERVICE MODEL.

THAT IS ALL OF THESE. >> THANK YOU.

>> IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 14? >> MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> NO.

>> IN FAVOR MOTION CARRIES, 4-1. ITEM 15, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> AND JUDGE, I HAVE THE SAME TYPE A QUESTION ON 15, 16, AND

17. >> OKAY.

>> AND -- >> OKAY.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES, 4-1. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 19.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> I'M SORRY.

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I MEANT TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL. >> IS THERE A MOTION?

>> 19 AND 20. >> 19 AND 20?

>> YES. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ALL OPPOSED? >> NO.

BUT I'M IN FAVOR, MOTION CARRIES, 4-1.

ITEM 26. >> YES.

THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH ERNST AND YOUNG FUNDING, ABOUT 1.2 MILLION AND CHANGE. DEVELOPMENT OF FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. 'S BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP IS UP

TO THIS? >> NO, SIR.

>> SO THIS IS -- ORDER TO HARRIS COUNTY -- LOOK AT THE HARRIS COUNTY MISSION STATEMENT. CLARIFY THE GOALS TO GUIDE HARRIS COUNTY GOING FORWARD. TIES TO DEFINED GOALS, CREATE COUNTYWIDE, I NOTICED THAT THE RECENT PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE RELATED TO THIS COMES OUT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CITY OF BALTIMORE, CITY OF DETROIT, CITY OF CHICAGO, ARE NOT SURE WE NEED TO BE DOING THINGS HERE ARE THE WAY THEY DO THEM THERE.

I DON'T THINK THAT IS ANY GREAT STANDARD TO FOLLOW.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE ROBUST EXPERIENCE, SOMETHING THAT MAY RELATE MORE TO HARRIS COUNTY THAN THOSE DOING.

SO THAT WILL BE MY CONCERN WITH IT.

>> I'M FOR IT. >> YES, COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE COUNTY. I HAVE HEARD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR THIS.

WHAT IS THE INTENDED TIMELINE OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS?

>> SO THE KIND OF THE FIRST PHASE OF HIGH-LEVEL GOALS, MISSION, VISION, EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN GET TO HOPEFULLY INFORM THE NEXT BUDGET PROCESS WOULD BE DONE BY MID APRIL.

AND THEN WE WOULD GO ON TO THE NEXT PHASE, WHERE WE ARE REALLY DIGGING IN WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. SO BY THE END OF THE YEAR SO IT WILL BE ALL OF THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR PROCESS.

>> GOTCHA. I WOULD JUST CAUTION THAT EVEN IF WE DO THIS, A BUDGET CYCLE, WHICH IS, WHICH THAT IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST AT THE FINISHING POINTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL.

AND JUST FOR THAT BODY, IT HAS TAKEN IS QUITE SOME TIME TO GET THROUGH. SO I WOULD JUST SAY THEY'RE ONRI THE SIDE OF CAUTION BECAUSE WE GOT TO GET THIS GHT AND SO IF WE BRING IT IN TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ITEM IN THE NEAR BUDGET, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE PUT THIS TOGETHER AND DON'T TRY TO RUSH THESE CONSULTING'S TO GET THE CONCLUSION WITHOUT BEING VERY, VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE PROCESS.

THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY BUILD SOMETHING GOOD FOR US. AND SO I'M GLAD IT IS ON THE AGENDA. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING VERY CAREFUL NOT TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE WITHOUT A FINISHED PRODUCT.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY?

>> THANK YOU. SO ADMINISTRATIVE, THANK YOU FOR GETTING STARTED WITH THIS.LE WE NEED A STRATEGIC PLAN AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ADERSHIP ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THE BUDGET FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

SO SIMILARLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLAN TO POST THIS ONE AND THE BUDGET ONE, WHICH I HAD A QUICK QUESTION IN A SECOND, NOT ONLY IS IT STRATEGIC AND HOLISTIC AND IT REALLY IS DATA-DRIVEN, BUT TO ME, IS LIKE, HOW WILL WE PUT THIS INTO ACTION? BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE NEED IS ANOTHER REPORT. SO I WANTED TO MAKE IT AS ACTIONABLE RANTED AND AS SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND TIMELINE IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN THE INTERSECTION OF THE BUDG BUDGETARY PLAN.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR JUST DRILLING DOWN ON THE ACTION ORIENTED NESTS BECAUSE I KNOW, I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ALL EAGER FOR, HOW'D WE'VE PUT THIS INTO ACTION.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? AND THEN MY QUESTION TO YOU, I KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER RADUNZ, 36 IN A SECOND FOR THE FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, SO MY QUESTION IS FOR BOTH OF YOU, HOW DOES I KNOW THERE WILL BE -- THEY WILL BE WORKING IN PARAN PARALLEL.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PLAN TO WORK TOGETHER ON THESE TWO VERY

IMPORTANT THINGS? >> SURE.

THE WAY WE STRUCTURE THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND THE TIMELINES GET A LITTLE MIXED TOGETHER, IT IS REALLY THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS A MANUAL OF OPTIONS AND WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN FRAMEWORK.

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BUT WE MIGHT HAVE A -- AN OUTCOME THAT IS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. CLEARLY WE WOULD RATE THEM REALLY LOW BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE -- SO IT IS DEVELOPING SOME OF THE BASELINE DATA THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE LIKE HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND COMPARED TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS BECAUSE HERE'S THAT IS A VERY UNIQUE DECENTRALIZED STRUCTURE.

AND THEN ALSO FOR THE BEST PRACTICES AND BEST PRACTICES AND WE WILL RANK, YOU KNOW, THE OPTIONS THAT COME OUT OF THIS BASED ON THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO SAY, THIS HAS HIGHER ALIGNMENT, HIGH-IMPACT, HERE'S OUR PRIORITY.

HERE ARE ITEMS THAT WE ARE REALLY GOING TO HOLD AND RESERVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T REFLECT OUR VALUES BUT ARE SOURCES OF MONEY.

THERE'S A RECESSION OR AN EMERGENCY OF SUBTYPE.

>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. >> YES, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIC PLAN INFORMS THE BUDGET AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE USED TO JOKE AROUND AND CALL IT THOSE KINDS OF PLANS THAT DON'T GET LOOKED AT AS TELFORT AND THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ACTIONABLE ITEM.

IT IS GOING TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT AND IT IS GOING TO BE UPDATED AS WE MAKE CHANGES, AS THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MAKES DECISIONS GOING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO ITERATE IT AND IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE A ROLLING STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE AND WE NEED TO STAY UP WITH THE LATEST CHANGES.

>> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> YOU, I WOULD SAY I THINK PLANNING IS A GOOD THING. YOU NEED PEOPLE ON BOARD THAT REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT HARRIS COUNTY AND WHAT WE DO.

AND JUST BECAUSE HARRIS COUNTY DOES NOT DO SOMETHING DOES NOT MAKE IT BACK. JUST BECAUSE L.A. DOES SOMETHING DOES NOT MAKE IT. SO HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE OPERATE THE WAY WE DO, I HAVE NOT BEEN IMPRESSED TOO MUCH IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WITH THE PLANNING EXERCISES DONE BY CONSULTANTS WHO NEVER TALK TO US.

AND THERE WAS ONE CONSULTANT. AND WE DID ALL THE WORK.

AND THE CONSULTANT DID VERY LITTLE.

BUT THEY GOT PAID A LOT. SO I WOULD HOPE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT DOES REPRESENT TRUE BEST PRACTICES BASED ON WHAT MAKES SENSE HERE AND AGAIN, I WOULD SIMPLY POINTS OUT THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PEOPLE DOING THIS DOES NOT LEND ITSELF WITH -- TO AND HERE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS MADE HARRIS COUNTY SUCCESSFUL.

>> YES, COMMISSIONER ELLIS. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, OF

CAMPUS RETREAT AS WELL? >> YES, SIR.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS NOT JUST EITHER OCA STAFF OR YOUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, GOING OFF INTO A ROOM WITH THE CONSULTANT TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.

WE ARE ACTUALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE YOUR VOICES AND YOUR IDEAS. YOU KNOW, FRONT AND CENTER, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR PLAN FOR HARRIS COUNTY.

SO WE ARE PLANNING A RETREAT. WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOUR SCHEDULERS. WE'RE ALSO THINKING OF HOW WE CAN COME BACK TO COURT, WHETHER IT IS THAT WE ADD AN ITEM ON A BUSINESS COURT DATE SO THAT IT IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL DEBT BUT WE NEED YOUR INPUT AND YOUR STRATEGIC THINKING TO INFORM THIS, OTHERWISE, IT IS JUST ONE OF THOSE STAFF PLANS.

AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THE TIME INTO IT.

IT TOOK ABOUT FOUR HOURS, RIGHT? >> YES, SIR.

>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE TIME WITH YOU I EXPECT IT

WILL BE FACILITATED, NOT BY US. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO POST IT.

>> WE WILL HAVE TO POST IT. ANOTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE DONE THIS. AND YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT UPFRONT AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, IN WHAT I HAVE SEEN AND TALKED TO SOME OTHER COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS AROUND THE COUNTRY IS AT FIRST, YOU MIGHT HAVE THE FIRST HOUR OR SO. YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GENERAL PUBLICS THERE WATCHING AND LISTENING AND BUT AFTER A WHILE, PEOPLE GET BORED WITH THE DISCUSSION.

YEAH, JUST, YOU ARE REALLY GETTING INTO THE NITTY-GRITTY OF

WHAT POLICIES AND -- >> THEY KIND OF BRAINSTORM DURING THIS YEARS AGO. WE WERE LIKE, SOMEONE IS GOING

TO GET US TO DO THIS. >> YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THAT. OTHERWISE, WE KEEP DOING EVERYTHING ON AN AD HOC BASIS. AND IF EVERYTHING IS A PRIORITY,

AND NOTHING IS. >> THEY DID AN ENTRAPMENT.

>> YES. >> I WAS JUST AT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S MEETING. IT IS ALWAYS SO PRODUCTIVE.

WE WAIT FOR THE REPORT BACK ON THESE.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED IS I LEARNED ORANGE COUNTY

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FORMER SHERIFF, YOU MUST KNOW THE COMMISSION.

I FORGOT THE COMMISSIONER'S -- THE EXECUTIVE.

YOU KNOW, COOK COUNTY FOR ALL ITS PROBLEMS, IT HAS REDUCED THEIR JAIL POPULATION ALSO DRAMATICALLY.

SHE SAID IT TOOK 10 YEARS. BUT IT WAS MOSTLY, IN THE, -- THEY HAVE ALMOST DONE STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO THIS. AND THEN, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? OF HIS LINCOLN COUNTY, SO I BRING THIS UP TO SAY SOME OF THESE COUNTIES, IT MAY NOT BE COMMISSIONER RAMSEY THAT EVERYTHING THEY DO IS NECESSARILY BETTER. BUT THERE ARE PLACES IN WHICH THEY FIGURED IT OUT. AND THOSE COME TO MIND.

AND THEN THEY REALLY LOOKED TO US AS -- BUT ON A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES, REALLY, THEY ARE JUST EONS AHEAD.

AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE TALKING TO YOUR COUNTERPARTS IN THESE COUNTIES. BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT A PLUG OUT FOR THAT AS WELL AND THINK ABOUT THAT.

>> THE ITEM. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED?

>> NO. >> 4-1.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 44, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY?

>> AT SOME POINTS, WE HAD THIS TAX, THIS HOUSING EXEMPTION CAP.

AND IT WAS AT 1.5 MILLION, I THINK.

AND WE GOT HOW MUCH RESPONSE. >> I BELIEVE IT WAS 37,000.

>> SO IT WAS -- WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS RELATED TO MARKETING IT TO JUST IGNORE ABOUT IT.

>> AND I THINK IT IS A BIT OF A COMBINATION OF -- EVERYONE EXPECTED TO APPLY DID APPLY. I BELIEVE THE DIRECTOR A COUNSELOR CAN SPEAK TO THE STAFF'S EFFORTS TO SPREAD THE WORD. SO THAT WE DO ALSO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INVESTMENT BEEN DONE IN THE AFFORDABLE, NOT JUST BY THE COUNTY, BUT BY THE CITY. OUR PARTNER CITY IS SO OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS CONTINUES TO GROW. WANTING, THE REASON IT IS COMING OUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST PASSED THIS, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY, OR THAT WE APPROVED THE EXCEPTIONS. THE REASON IS TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY THE COURT ADOPTED IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET THESE APPLICATIONS IN IN TIME AND HAS NO IMPACT ON OUR OVERALL TAX RATE. AND SO WE'RE JUST BEING PROACTIVE. WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE POLICY AND WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH H CAD SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE IMPACT. WE CAN TAKE AWAY THE IMPACT OF THIS ON OUR OVERALL TAX, OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

AND SPENT. >> YOU KNOW THE ADMINISTRATIVE

COST? >> I BELIEVE DR. ACOSTA, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK IN, I KNOW MY STAFF SPENT SOME AMOUNT OF TIME AND DIRECTOR CAUSES HAS TWO FOLKS THAT HAVE WORKED ON IT.

HAS. SO OUR MULTIFAMILY TEAM, A COUPLE OF MEMBERS AREEL HPINGS U TOEV RIEW IT.

MY DEPUTYEF CHI OFFF STA IS THE ONE PRIMARILY SHEPHERDING IT.

PURPOSELY ASKED. IT HAS TAKEN TIME TORN LEA AND GET THESS PROCE. GOING BUTIS ADMINTRATIVELY, ITOT HAS N BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY BURDEN. WE HAVEAB BEEN LESO TO ABRB

>> THANK YOU. . APPRECIATE IT

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS? >> SO WHAT WILLNE BE THE TSU RELTS? GIVE ME AF SENSE OHOW THE

WORK?S WILL >> SURE.

IF WE AREET ABLE TO G THIS BEFORE HS CAD ISSUETHEIRMA ESTITES, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING ISON THE EXCEPTIS GOHE INTO TY ARE NOT PART OF THEAR PULMONY ESTIMATES AND THERE'ST NO IMPACTO OUR TAX RATES. LET'S A SAY THE VOTERPPROVED RATE INCREASES THE TAX BY 100 MILLION.

WE DON'T HAVETH TO DEDUCT ANYING FORON THESE EXCEPTIS.PT THESE EXEMIONS GET SWEPT ACROSS THE OTHER PAIRS IN THEMI SYSTEM, SILAR TO THE HOMESTEADTH EXEMPTION ERE ADOPTS ET TCETERA. BUA THAT IS ONE ARETHAT WE ARE GOING TO TURN OVER TO THEUL FIVE-YEAR CONSTANTS.

WE FOUNDON OUT THAT WE HAVE EMI HUNDREDS OF LLIONS OF DOLLARS INAR ASSUMPTIONS THAT E COMING IN AFTER EACH H CAD RELEASESES THEIR CLEARLY TIMATESYI AND WE ARE TRNG TO FIGUREIZ OUT WHO AUTHORES THE EXEMPTIONS, WHAT ARE THE TIMELINES?IN CAN WE GET THEM EARLIER SO THAT WET DON'T HAVE IT, SO THA IS SOMETHING THAT WHICH IS RECOGNIZED JUST HOW THE SCOPE OF IT. AND TRYING TOTI FIGURE OUT A SOLUON TOWARDS IT. AND AGAIN, THE REASON WE LOWERED IT, IT IS JUST WE WANTED TO BE REALISTIC.

IS NOT A HARD CAP. AND OUR HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE MOREOF THAN $500,000 WOH APPLICATIONS.

IF THAT IS THENG CASE, WE WILL E COMI BACK TO COURT TO ASK FOR TO RAISE THE CAP UP TO WHATEVER THE DEMAND IS.

>> THANK YOU. >> IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS? SECOND BYL COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

ALIN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSE?

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WE MOVE ON TO 36, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> JUSTIN ABOLDT . >> YES.

>> I WANTO MAKE A POINT FOR WHAT I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS FINANCIAL PLAN, I AGREE IN THE REDIRECTION. AND IT SHOULD REFLECT OUR PRIORITIES. WANT TO MAKE SURE WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ON THE RECORD. I KNOW SOME PLACES, WHEN THIS HAS BEEN DONE, IT HAS BEEN WAY TO ESSENTIALLY BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF EMPLOYEES SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE HAVE ALL TALKED ABOUT IT.

PUT SOMETHING ON THE NEXT FOUR OR JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST I GO ON RECORD, MAKE A POINT AND I DON'T SUPPORT BALANCING THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.

OUR RETIREES, INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL COST-SHARING TO EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES OVER HEALTH BENEFITS.

A WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CLEAR.

I WANT TO, BENEFIT COVERAGEMA INCLUDING MEDICAL COVERAGE OF PHARCY BENEFITS. AND THE YOUNGER ONES GET TO WHAT YOU ARE APPROACHING 70, YOU REALIZE EMPLOYING -- HOW IMPORTANT HEALTH CARE IS. I'M DOING MY PART AND RIDING HIS BIKE, AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T END UP TRYING TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET WITH THIS ONE HERE, 5 NEWS. I'M SURE THERE'S NO INTEND.

I KNOW I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE. PEOPLE CAN AGREE WITH IT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT BACK DOORS. SUA WANT TO MAKE SURE ABSOLUTELY

CLEAR. >> AND ASSURE THAT COMMITMENT

WHOLEHEARTEDLY. >> AND MY COMMITMENT, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN THAT WILL NOT GO TO THE BUDGET PROCESS, IT WILL NOT GO THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN FRAMEWORK. THIS IS NOT, WE HAVE A BUDGET PROCESS AND THEN WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

IT JUST REALLY MY GOAL IS TO HAVE THE OPTIONS WITH WHERE YOU ALL SAY, DANIEL, GO FIVE TO 50 MILLION AND GET TO THOSE WITHIN TWO YEARS. THAT WE HAVE THE OPTIONS AND IT IS NOT JUST NICKEL AND DINING DEPARTMENTS ORRE EMPLOYER'S.

>> AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SU THAT IT DID NOT COME UP WHERE WE PUT THE POSITION WITH SOMEBODY SAYING WE COULD GET THIS. IF YOU CUT THESE BENEFITS.

SAYING, I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH OTHERS MIGHT.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ON THE RECORD SO THAT YOU COULD HOLD MY SUCCESSOR TO IT, AT ONE POINT, THAT WAS A VOTE THAT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN HERE. THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS ON ITEM 36. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED?

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

A MOTION CARRIES, 4-1. ITEM 75, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> THANK YOU. ON THESE ITEMS, 75 AND 76, IT IS JUST EXCITING USE FOR THE WORLD WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND I JUST WANTED TO AMPLIFY THE FACT THAT THE INPUT THAT RESIDENTS HAVE GET THEM TO US THROUGH OUR WORK AT RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE PLANS IS COME TO LIFE. THEY PROVIDED US A PERSPECTIVE ON SOME SAFETY CONCERNS THAT MANY AREAS AND THEIR NEIGHBOR HAD REPORTEDLY LIT AREAS. AND SO WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE UTILITY AGREEMENTS WITH CENTERPOINT, 10-YEAR STREETLIGHTS THE CORNERS OF BURLESON STREET AND REMOTE.

THAT WILL HELP ADDRESS THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

THIS MARKS THE FIRST PHASE OF OUR INITIATIVE BUILDING ON THIS, WE ARE TRANSFORMING THE WEEKEND PARCEL WITH THE VIBRANT POCKET PARK WITH CONSTRUCTION SLATED TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE HELPING TO GIVE RIVARD TO THRIVE A LOT OF EMBODIMENT IF YOU WILL. PUT ON THE POCKET PART, I WAS AT ONE OF THEIR H.O.A. MEETINGS AND THEY WERE EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS OF WHAT THEY WERE LIVING WITH.

AND, IN THERE AND WE GO THROUGH THESE MEETINGS.

WE HEAR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RAISE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

BUT IN THAT MEETING, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SAID IN THE CONCERN WAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD CONGREGATE IN THIS AREA.

IT WAS A DEAD END. AND, EITHER, THAT THEY WOULD GO OUT THERE AND SMOKE THEIR ORGANIC HERBS AND SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO LET THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE KNOW AND BRING ATTENTION TO THIS AND A WOMAN THERE, A MEETING SAYS, I HAVE WRITTEN ON MY PHONE AND THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, I CAN SEE THEM. THEY ARE THERE.

AND SO I SAID, OKAY, SO THE OLD POPO IN ME CAME OUT AND SO WE DROVE OVER THERE, SURE ENOUGH, SOME YOUNGSTERS WERE THERE TRYING TO GET TO THAT LEVEL OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND SO WE GOT THEM ON THEIR WAY. BUT CREATING THIS POCKET CARD WILL ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD

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>> 75 AND 76, COMMISSION OR JUST 75?

>> 75 AND 76. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

153, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> AND AGAIN, I THINK HOLIDAY LODGES ARE GREAT. WE PUT TOGETHER IN OUR GROUP.

BUT I JUST OFFER IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE 10 COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE THESE KIND OF EVENTS.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OFF-SITE.

SO JUST NOTE THAT AT LEAST THE PRECINCT THREE, WE GOTTEN BIG RED PLACES TO HAVE LUNCH IS GOING FORWARD.

>> YES, COMMISSIONER ELLIS? >> I'M PROUD TO MAKE A MOTION AND I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR -- WE HAD ONE.

WE DID DOWNTOWN AND WITH 3,000 SENIORS IN THERE.

AND I PLAN TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

IS WAS IN 30TH, COMMISSIONER. OUT IN NRG AND I WORK FOLKS TO COME DOWNTOWN AND SEE SOME OF THOSE MURALS.

SIMILAR TO THE MUCH WALKING. BUT IT WAS A GREAT DEAL AND IT WAS GOOD FOR THEIR MORALE COMING OUT OF COVID AND THE MORALE OF MY STAFF. WOULD DO IT IN -- THEY HAD TO SERVE THEM. WHICH MAN THEY HAD TO SHUT THEM.

YOU ALL SHUT DOWN SO THE OPERATIONS GIVE US BUSES.

AND I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING. WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO GO BACK INTO THE OFFICE, IT IS A CHALLENGE, SO I THINK WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO JUST KIND OF HELP US ALL GET BACK INTO BEING AROUND ONE ANOTHER.

>> IT IS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE TO LEASE THE SPACE.

>> I MAKE A MOTION. >> VERY BRIEFLY, I CANNOT AGREE MORE WITH THE NEED FOR THE UP EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION EVENTS AND EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR HOW HARD EVERYONE WORKS HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY. AND I, 22, WHEN I SAW THIS, I ASKED MY TEAM TO REACH OUT TO VEO AND ANY AND ALL DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE 10 COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PRECINCT FOUR AND YOU HAVE AN OPEN, OPEN INVITATION TO OUR PARKS, TOO.

SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE THEM ANYTIME.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS MADE A MOTION ON 153, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRANNIS. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 164, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> DANIEL. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE CHARITY

CARE SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT? >> YES, SIR.

LET ME JUST PULL UP MY NOTES. >> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF IT IS INITIATIVE THAT IS LEGISLATIVELY CREATIVE, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO UNDERSTAND IT A BIT.

BUT IT IS PROBABLY NOT THE ONLY TIME YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO US WITH THIS USING THIS PARTICULAR ACCOUNT.

>> SURE. AND I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR ROBERTSON IN HER EFFORTS. WE DID THE PCN PROCESS.

I KNOW IT WAS A HUGE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR EVERYONE. I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW THAT WE ARE IN A BETTER PLACE AND CAN MANAGE THE BUDGET A LOT BETTER NOW THAT IT HAS BEEN TO. PHS REALLY TOOK THE LEAD NOT ONLY WENT TO THE EXERCISE BUT REALLY DID THE WORK TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROVIDING SOURCES AND MAKE SURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL WAS ASSIGNED TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCE.

SO IT WAS ACTUALLY A SAVINGS ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE.

THE CHARITY CARE FOR AND JUST READING FROM THE DEFINITION, I CAN AS DIRECTOR ROBERTSON TO JUMP IN IF I MISSED ANYTHING PICTURE THERE IS A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE THAT IS REPLACING THE S R.I.P. POWERHOUSE RECEIVES THE FRONT PHONE THE STATE HHS

DEPARTMENT. >> SO THESE ARE NEW REVENUE

FUNDS COMING IN. >> I BELIEVE THEY WERE PLACED IN THE EXISTING FUND. LIKE, LEGISLATIVE.

>> ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO TRANSFER OUT OF GENERAL FUND'S GREAT. JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT

THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS. >> IF I MAY, SIR, THERE WAS AN 1115 WAIVER MEDICAID PROGRAM CALLED DISTRICT THAT PROVIDED FUNDING TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, HEALTH DISTRICTS, THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO FUND UNCOMPENSATED CARE RELATED TO LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IN NEED OF SERVICES THAT CANNOT PAY FOR THAT WAIVER WAS A FIVE-YEAR WAIVER.

AND IT WAS SIGNED. AND THE NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS FOR THIS CHARITY CARE PROGRAM WHICH IS A SEVEN-YEAR PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO GET REIMBURSED FOR SERVICES THAT WE ARE NOT PAID FOR THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND WE PROVIDED A DETAILED, ROBUST ANALYSIS OF THOSE SERVICES WE PROVIDED TO THE STATE.

AND WE RECEIVED THE FIRST TRANCHE OF MONEY OR THE

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AND SO OUR EFFORT WAS TO PIN FOR THOSE SERVICES RELATED TO THOSE UNCOMPENSATED BECAUSE LIKE DENTAL SERVICES, ET CETERA, TRANSFER THOSE COSTS INTO CHARITY CARE TO OBSERVE THOSE

COSTS. >> DIRECTOR KUDLOW GOOD JOB OF GETTING ON TOP OF THAT, APPLYING FOR THOSE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET IT UNLESS YOU ASK FOR IT. IS THAT RIGHT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> OKAY, I MAKE A MOTION TO

PASS. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS. THIS IS ON 164.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

BY ANY OPPOSED? >> THAT IS 160.

>> 160? >> 164.

>> RIGHT. >> OKAY.

>> YES. I'M IN FAVOR.

THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 165.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> TRANSFERRING FOUR POSITIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

AGAIN, SAME QUESTION. DANIEL, WHAT IS THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND? IS BACK ON THAT ONE, I WILL

DEFER TO THE DIRECTOR ROBERTSON. >> SO IT IS NOT THE CHARITY

FUND? >> IT IS A SEPARATE FUND.

>> FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH, THEIR ACTUAL SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDED THAT WE ACTUALLY CHARGE THE PUBLIC FOR.

AND SO OUR GOAL WAS TO ACTUALLY ALIGN THE SOURCE OF PAIN FOR THOSE POSITIONS TO THE SOURCE WHERE THAT CAN OFFICE.

THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IS FOR THOSE SERVICES THAT WE CHARGE THE PUBLIC AND SO FOR 3 OF THOSE PHYSICIANS, I BELIEVE THERE ARE A TOTAL OF FOUR. THREE OF THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE THOSE INDIVIDUAL CHARGES AGAINST THE SPECIAL REVENUE AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE WORK THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING AND THE REVENUE THAT COMES BACK IN FROM THE PUBLIC AT THE ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS WHICH IS RELATED TO OUR PUBLIC SYSTEM INSPECTIONS WITHIN THE MOVE TO GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THAT POSITION. BUT IT IS REALLY AS WE SAW OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SEVERAL WATER ISSUES THAT WANTED

US TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND. >> I MAKE A MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RA RAMSEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> JUDGE? IT IS 1:00.

>> OH, YES. OKAY.

WE CAN TAKE A BREAK. >> I KIND OF WANT TO DO --

>> I KIND OF -- >> CAN WE?

>> YEAH. >> YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO.

IT IS A -- THE MAJORITY OF THE COURT.

>> IF SOMEBODY CAN GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

>> THE END OF YEAR. NO RESOLUTION IMPLEMENTING THAT.

>> YEAH. >> OKAY, GREAT.

>> SO IT IS 1:00. AND WE WILL BER WITH HEHUSBAND.

SO SHELL WILL TE YOU ONCE SHE IO .E

>> OKAY. IT IS 2:IS13, COMMSIONERS COURT INIS BACK . SESSION SO LET'SIN KEEP GOG WHERE WE

LEFT OFF.D ANTHAT WAS -->>

166? >> ALL RIGHT.

YES. 166.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? Q >>UICKLY, THIS IS THE TOHE APPROVE TR TRANSFEOF TWO POSITIONS FROM A GRANT THEUN GENERAL FDY . WHIS I THOUGHT THAT ONCEAN A GRT FUND POSITION WAS OVER, IT WAS OVER.

NOW WE - ARE GOING- WE ARE T BRINGING IBACK IN. I

>> WILL DEFER TO DIRECTOR ROBINSON.

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>> YEAH. >> OKAY.

SO WHENIO 77, THAT IS COMMISSNER GARCIA.

I BELIEVE. >> YEAH.,

>> THANK YOUGO JUDGE. AND I T A QUESTION FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. ARE F THESE FEDERAL GRANTUNDS AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 120.002, AND FOUR OF THE

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE? >> YES.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU.S MOVE ON TIME A PRESENTED. C

>> MOTION BYOMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS. ALLYE IN FAVOR?

>> A. >> ANY OPPOSE? NITHE MOTION CARRIES UNAMOUSLY ON 177.T 199. I CAN' REMEMBER.

IT IS TOLL ROAD FUNDS.AN >> YES.

D QUICKLY, I'M DOING THISSH SO WE CAN PUBLI AND GET THIS ON THESI RECORD. THESE POTIONS AREEC DIRTLY RELATED TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE HARRIS COUNTYTI TOLL ROAD

COLLECNG FEES, FINES. >> SO LET ME EXPLAIN. THE ADMINISTRATIVESO TOLL ROAD N HIS URCES SLIGHTLY SO IT IS ACTUALLY THEOL BOND FOR TOLL VIATORSAD AS PART OF THE MINISTRATIVE PROCESS BY WHICH WEND COLLECT IT. THE FU IS LIMITED.

IT CAN BE ONLY BE SPENT ON COUNTY ATTORNEY PERSONNEL TO

SUPPLEMENT THAT. W >> THE REFERENCEAS HARRIS COUNTY TO THEEM CIVIL JUSTICE SYST.

>> I WAS TALKED ABOUT 199, I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE.AT >> OKAY.

TH IS BACK UP ON THAT. >> YEAH.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> A MOTION AND A SECOND. ON 199.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 203.

COMMISSIONER? >> THAT WILL BE -- IS BACK ON I THIS ONE, JUDGE, AND GUESS TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE

A UNIVERSAL POLICY? >>

>> POLICY, IS.E POLICY? >> WE DO NOT HAVE A UNIVERSAL

DRUG POLICY. >> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, IN THERE OR WE ARE ABOUT TO HAVEF A BUT I THINK STATES OFRONT LINE ROUND. ANDWO I'M VERY CONCERNED.

I RKED ON THIS POINT I WAS IN OFFICE.

AND I'M SURPRISED THAT WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED A POLICY YET.

SO I'M NOT SURETA HOW TO -- >> I WILL KE THAT AS L -- COMMISSIONER WOULDIKE US TO WORK ON THAT.

WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. >> WHICH NUMBER IS THAT?

>> ITEM 221.OU >> OKAY.

SO ARE Y GOING TO MOVE IT? OKAY, SO WE ARE HOLDING NO

ELECTION ON THATG ONE? >> IS THERE GOINTO BEN ALSO A MOTION FOR ACTIO ITEM 201, I MEAN, 203, I'M SORRY, FOR THE

REST OF THE --TH >> ABSOLUTELY EXPECTS E MOTION FOR ALL THE DOORS EXCEPT FORCO ITEM 21.

MOTION BY MMISSIONER ELLIS, ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSE?

>> QUICK QUESTION. >> YES.

>> HOW LONG DO YOUTO THINK IT WOULD TAKE US COME UP WITH ONE AND MAKE THE LEGAL -- DO WE HAVE THE POWER? DO WE THOSE WHO CONTROLS THE POLICY?

>> I THINK YEAH, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT L CONSTRAINED.

WE WILL BE AITTLE BIT CONSTRAINT ON THAT.

WE WOULD NEEDA FOLKS AND OTHER. THERE'S POLICY IN ORDER TO GET CLEARANCE TO, AS A NOTE COMMISSIONER GARCIA KNOWS WELL, THE POLICY WHICH WHICH YOU CAN GET A POLICY TO DO THAT.

WHICH IS WHAT WE ASSISTNG INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS FROM DOI.

WE DON'T HAVE A COUNTYWIDE POLICY AS SUCH.

THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO RELIEVE THE ENTITIES THAT WOULD COME TO PLAY WOULD BE SHERIFF, ET CE CETERA, FIRE MARSHAL.

SO WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND WE ARE HAPPY TOHA DO THAT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WT THE TIMEFRAME WOULDUL BE.

>> ALL RIGHT. COD YOU GIVE US SOME SENSE? I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE ONE, FIND SOME WAY TO

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OKAY. >> THANK YOU.

>> 228, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> I JUST MADE THE FULL BOSTON SOVEREIGN GROUP OUT. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THIS EXCEPT FOR THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP OF 784,000, 820

WHITE DOLLARS AND 48 CENTS.IO >> SECOND.

>> COMMISSNER BRIER COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE CONSULTING GROUP? OR WE SHOULD MOVE TO PROCEED?

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANYOT OPPOSE? >> NO.

>> THE MION CARRIES 4-1. NEXT.

266, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> THIS IS A RESOURCE HOTLINE,

IMMIGRANT RESOURCE HOTLINE. >> SO I MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> NO.

>> THE MOTION CARRIES. >> I'M SORRY, WHAT ITEM WAS IT?

>> 266. >> AND ALSO ONE QUICK QUESTION.

I'M SORRY. I'M HAVING TO GO BACK.

JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MADE AN ACTUAL MOTION AT THE END, THAT IT WAS A UNANIMOUS 5-0 FOR ALL OF THEM EXCEPT I 21 WHICH

WAS NO ACTION? >> RIGHT.

DO YOU NEED ME TO DO IT AGAIN? OKAY.

268. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY?

>> I NEED A VOTE. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSE? >> NO.

>> THE MOTION CARRIES 4-1 TO 297.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> THE QUESTION HERE RELATES TO AN AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT WITH DIMA.

IT LOOKS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN SCOPE.

IT ISE. EXPANDING THE SCOPE IT APPEARS TO M IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ASKING DIMA TO TAKE ON MUCH MORE RESPONSIBILITIES. IT APPEARS TO ME, DIRECTOR, THAT ESSENTIALLY DEMA WOULD BEVE RUNNING THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATILY? IS THAT CORRECT?

>> WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THE CONTRACTOR IN MUCH THE SAMEAY THAT WE DO FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT OF ALL THE OTHER VENDORS THAT WE UTILIZE.

WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. AND SO PART OF WHAT WE NEEDED BECAUSE OUR FIRST CONTRACT DID NOT SPEAK TO FOR EXAMPLE SOME OF THE DATA COLLECTION AND THE TIMING OF THE DATA COLLECTION, WESI WANTED TO TIGHTEN UP SOME F THOSE POTIONS SO THAT WE COULD GET DATA IN OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION IN A MORE TIMELY WAY. SO THE SCOPE IN THE HEART OF THE CONTRACT IS FOR THEM TO BE THE SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE PARK SERVICES. SO ALSO -- SORRY, SIR, GO AHEAD.

>> GO AHEAD. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY.D WHAT TYPICALLY GOES TO WHICH WE DINOT HAVE IN THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT IS THE NOTION THAT YOH PROVIDE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIT AS WELL TO MAKE SURE TO MAKEOLLECT THE DATA, SURE THAT THEIR INVOICES ARE SUBMITTED TIMELY, ET CETERA, AND

THINGS OF THAT NATURE. >> YEAH, I JUST IN REVIEW OF THEIR ORIGINAL CONTRACT, IT LOOKED LIKE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SCOPE. MAYBE EVEN MORE TO GO BACK OUT FROM PROPOSALS. BUT THAT IS JUST MY THOUGHT ON IT. AND I KNOW DEMA, THEY ESTABLISHED, THEY WERE REGISTERED IN TEXAS, WAS NOT REGISTERED IN TEXAS UNTIL 2022 IN TERMS OF DOING BUSINESS.

BUT WE BROUGHT THEM IN IN 2021. AND PART OF IT WAS ON THIS.

I KNOW YOU HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THEM IN CALIFORNIA.

AND BROUGHT THAT, I GUESS THAT WAS PART OF THE, PART OF THE REASONS IN TERMS OF EXPERIENCE AND DEALING WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. BUT IT DID DID NOT KNOW.

>> CAN I CLARIFY, SIR? WHEN DEMA CAME TO HARRIS COUNTY, IT WAS UNDER URGENT SITUATION TO HELP US OPERATE THE PARTS BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS VENDOR FOR THE PARTS WAS NO LONGER A VIABLE CHOICE FOR US. SO THEIR ORIGINAL SCOPE OF BUSINESS WAS UNDER EMERGENCY AUTHORITY TO BRING THEM INTO OPERATE THE PARTS TO PROVIDE COVER VACOVID VACCINATIONS.

AND SO THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL -- THAT WAS A SEPARATE AGREEMENT.

IN TERMS OF THE DEMA CONTRACT, THROUGH AONE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS THROUGH PURCHASING AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE PROCESS. BUT DWIGHT CAN SPEAK TO IT.

>> OKAY, BUT YOU WERE A PART OF THE SELECTION.

>> I PARTICIPATED ON PART OF THE PANEL AND RECUSED MYSELF AS IT

RELATED TO THIS INDUCTION. >> WILL, THERE'S A -- I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH OF A QUESTION. I THINK THERE IS -- FROM WHAT

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>> JUDGE? >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS?

>> I JUST WANT TO ASK DWIGHT OF, DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH

THIS CONTRACT? >> YOU COULD SPEAK FIRST TO THE EXPANSION. COMMISSIONER, AND JUDGE, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DID THIS, WE HAD THE ORIGINAL SCOPE TO EXPAND THIS TO ADDITIONAL SERVICES. AND THAT WAS WRITTEN INTO THE ORIGINAL SCOPE. AND THAT SCOPE IS ATTACHED TO THIS AS THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT. SO WHILE THE ORIGINAL FIRST PHASE IF YOU WILL, THE FIRST YEAR OR TWO OF WORK ONLY INCORPORATED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRAINING AND EXPANSION, THERE WAS THE OPTION IN THESE CONTRACTS TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL WORK TO BE DONE.VE SO FROM THE ABATEMENT STANDPOINT, I DON'T HA AN ISSUE WITH THE ADDITIONAL WORK BECAUSE WE ORIGINALLY WROTE THAT WORK IN.

SO AGAIN, FROM THE STANDPOINT, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS FROM, YOU KNOW, THE FORMULA AND FROM THE 1.5, IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE, THEN YES, YOU ARE COR CORRECT, WE COULD EXPAND IT UP ON MORE IN 2025.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I WANTED TO REVIEW THE SCOPE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ADDITIONAL SERVICES WERE ALLOWED

IN THE CONTRACT ITSELF. >> AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY.

>> WITH CONTINUING TO WORK WITH DEMA?

>> I DON'T BECAUSE WHAT IS BEING TAKEN PLACE IN OTHER COUNTIES RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH DETAIL ABOUT IT AND ANY CONCERNS ON THAT. I ASSUME THEY HAVE USED IT TO AUDIT ONE OR TWO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT THERE'S

ISSUES WITH THEM HERE. >> COMMISSIONER?

>> THANK YOU. SO MY QUESTION, DIRECTOR ROBINSON AND PERHAPS AUDITOR POSTS, COULD YOU JUST TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS EACH INVOICE, WHAT PROCESS IT GOES THROUGH FOR APPROVAL AND PAY PAYMENT?

>> I WILL DEFER TO AUDITOR POST. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO A REVIEW INTERNALLY OF THE CLAIMS TO CHECK THEM AGAINST THE SPOKEN WORD THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

AND IN THE AUDITOR HAS THE FINAL DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT IT IN FACT ACTUALLY MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS.

BUT I WILL GO TO THE -- DEFER TO MR. POST.

>> YEAH, LET ME JUST KIND OF GIVE SORT OF A HIGH-LEVEL WHAT HAPPENS WITH ALL OUR CONTRACTS, WITH ALL OUR VENDOR INVOICES.

THE INVOICES ARE ROUTED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS.

SO IN THIS CASE, THAT WOULD BE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOES WHAT WE CALL IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE RECEIVING. AND WHAT THEY ARE BASICALLY SAYING IS WE GOT THE SERVICES. IT IS OKAY TO PAY FOR THEM.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE INVOICE OR WITH THE CONTRACT. WHEN TO THE DEPARTMENT DOES THE RECEIVING, THAT IT COMES TO THE OTTER'S OFFICE.

AND WE HAVE TO APPROVE THAT DISBURSEMENT.

AND WE LOOK FOR, IS THERE BUDGET ON THE P.O.

WE ALSO GO BACK AND WE READ THE CONTRACT TO SEE IF THE INVOICE IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT.

AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THEM, WE APPROVED IT.

THEN WE PUT IT ON COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES THE SECOND APPROVAL AND WE HAVE THAT AGENDA ITEM EVERY COURT. THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT THE AUDITOR HAS LOOKED AT AND HAS APPROVED AND NOW COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVES THEM. AFTER A COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVAL, THEN THE DISPERSING IS DONE BY THE TREASURER.

SO WITH THIS DEMA, IT FOLLOWS THE SAME ROUTING.

AND WE LOOK AT IT IN THE SAME WAY.

I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES THAT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE HAS HAD IN APPROVING THE DEMA INVOICES.

>> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION.

THANK YOU, AUDITOR POST. >> YES, COMMISSIONER ELLIS? I THINK I'LL JUST MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR SINCE ISSUES HAVE BEEN RAISED. LEGAL DEPARTMENT, DO YOU HAVE

ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CONTRACT? >> NO.

>> I THINK I HEARD [INAUDIBLE] I HEARD AUDITOR TO SAY THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS. DIRECTOR ROBINSON, DO YOU HAVE

ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT? >> WE DO NOT.

>> OKAY, I MAKE A MOTION. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> EYE.

>> ANY OPPOSE? >> NO.

>> THE MOTION CARRIES 401 ON 297.

311, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> ON THE GULF COAST, CHANGES.

>> THAT IS ME. >> OR PRECIPITATED.

>> THE THIS IS A REPORT I RECEIVED HERE.

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AND I HAVE HERE THAT THEY PULLED IT DOWN LAST YEAR BECAUSE THEY SAID ACTUALLY WE ARE NOT TOTALLY DONE.

THEY SAID IT WAS ON THE AGENDA BUT THEN THEY SAID NO ACTION BECAUSE THEY NEED MORE TIME TO FINALIZE THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY NEEDED TIME TO GET APPROVAL OF THE BOARD AND TO NEGOTIATE THE FEE STRUCTURE FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIP.

AND SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS ONE DOES IS IT.

'S REPRESENTATIVE FROM METRO AS A VOTING MEMBER OF THE GULF COAST RAIL DISTRICT WHICH BEFORE THERE WERE JUST OBSERVER.

AND THEN WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS HERE.

I KNOW CARA LEWIS IS ONE. I THINK SHE MIGHT BE JOINED WITH THE CITY AND WE HAVE THREE OTHER ONES.

>> AND THAT WOULD BE AT DESIGNATED APPOINTED THROUGH THE BOARD CURRENT STATUS THAT ONLY ALLOWS FOR THE CHAIR? SO THE -- IT COULD BE ANYONE FROM THE RAIL DISTRICT BOARD? I THINK THAT IS A CHANGE. IT USED TO JUST BE THE CHAIRMAN.

THIS CHANGE, YOU CAN A POINT ANYONE ON HERE.

AND THEN THEY REFERRED TO A TOOLBOX RELATED TO ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

OF ARE NOT REALLY CONSIDERED BUS RAPID TRANSIT A ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY. I JUST DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE

TIMING OF THIS. >> IF YOU WILL, I'M CATHERINE PARKER. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE GULF COAST RAIL DISTRICT. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME?

>> YES, THANK YOU. >> SO AS THE JUDGE SAID, THESE ARE FROM BEFORE. THESE ARE JUST A FEW UPDATES THAT WE ARE MAKING TO THE CONCURRENT ORDINANCE ANY TERMS THERE'S A CHANGE TO THE RAIL DISTRICT ORDINANCE.

WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE MEMBER ENTITIES AND SHE STATED METRO NEEDED MORE TIME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE BOARD BOARD.

THEY APPROVED IT AT THEUL NOVEMR BOARD MEETING VIA RESOLUTION.

IT SHOD BE A PART OF THEIR PACKET AS WELL.

BUT THERE ARE FOUR UPDATES. ONE, THEY WILL BECOME A FULL VOTING MEMBER. THE SECOND IS IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION 87. WE WENT TO CHANGE BASICALLY OUR TOOLBOX, IF YOU WILL, BEFORE WE WERE SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH JUST FREIGHT AND FREIGHT RAIL. SO THIS ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, POSSIBLY BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

IT DID NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY BEFORE.

AND THEN THE LAST TWO UPDATES, REALLY KIND OF JUST CLEANING UP THE COST AND TRANSIT DISTRICT IS NOT REFERRED TO AS GULF COAST TRANSIT DISTRICT AND THEY HAVE THE SPOT AND AS YOU STATED BEFORE, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, YES, BEFORE THE WAY WE WERE SET UP ONLY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PORT OF HOUSTON, SIT ON THE BOARD.

THIS ALLOWS FOR AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE MEETING AND PART OF THE

REAL DISTRICT. >> GOOD JOB.

>> DO WE NEED A MOTION ON IT? >> YES, WE NEED TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED?

THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU.

>> 329. COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

>> THANK YOU. IF HE COULD PLEASE, I WILL DISCUSS 292 -- 329 AND 330 TOGETHER.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COMMON MARKET TEXAS WITH THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR AND I KNOW IT IS ALREADY IN OTHER P6 BUT I'M EXCITED FOR IT TO COME TO PRECINCT FOUR.

TWO OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS WILL BE GETTING 70 BOXES OF HEALTHY FOOD, FRUITS, VEGETABLES, FROM LOCAL FARMERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNED FAMILY OWNED FARMS WHO HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY DISADVANTAGED FORMS. SO IT IS HELPING THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES CONNECT WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE WITH HEALTHY FOOD AND I'M JUST REALLY THANKFUL BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS THIS FANTASTIC FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PREVENTATIVE STANDPOINT SO WE CAN ENCOURAGE HEALTHY EATING. BUT IT IS ALSO HELPING LOCAL FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE REGION.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS A WIN-WIN AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMON MARKET TEXAS AND LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THESE PARTNERSHIPS AS WE ALL SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY.

SO I MOVE ON 3 329 AS PRESENTED. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THE MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 338, COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> YES, THANK YOU, JUDGE. ON 338, FIRST, I WANT TO SIMILARLY CONGRATULATE DIRECTOR CAUSES FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND I AM EXCITED THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. AND JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS

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ONE IS THE -- WHAT DO YOU NEED TO FULLY SEE THIS PLAN TO BE ACTIONABLE? WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU NEED? HOW CAN WE HELP? I'M GLAD YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP THIS. YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND APPRECIATE THE COUNTY, SEVERAL TIMES AND WE SAW A VERY, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SEE THIS AS ACTISACTIONABLE?

>> WE WILL BE LOOKING FIRST OF ALL TO EACH OF THE OFFICE COMMISSIONERS COURT OFFICE STAFF TO WORK WITH US.

WE HAVE APPLIED FOR RESOURCES 300 TO HELP US GET THE PLAN SET UP AND UP AND RUNNING. SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL RECEIVE THOSE RESOURCES. IF NOT, I WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU TO PROPOSE SOME WAYS AND MORE SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE WILL NEED. SO FOR NOW, HOPEFULLY IT IS NOT ANY FINANCIAL RESOURCES YET. AND SO WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU ON THAT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.

WE HOPE. REPLIED TO US BY THEN.

IN THE MEANTIME, YES, WE WILL BE WORKING TO SHAPE UP AND IDENTIFY STAKEHOLDERS. AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE STAKEHOLDERS AT MANY LEVELS AS WE KNOW IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT. AINA, I KNOW THAT IS A BIG PRIORITY FOR YOU AND FOR ALL OF US.

AND CLARIFYING WHERE WE ARE SINCE MY HOME IS HERE, STUDY.

FOUND THE NUMBER, THE NEED. BUT HAS PROGRESSED SINCE THEN AND HOW DO WE BUILD THE RIGHT DASHBOARD TO KEEP US ON TRACK WITH GROUP ACTIONS AND NOT JUST CONCEPTS?

>> GOOD DEAL. AND SO JUST, PLEASE, DO NOT HESITATE TO COME TO US WITH WHAT YOU MAY NEED TO FULLY SEE US AND BE ABLE TO HELP YOU IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN.

AND THEN MY STAFF MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A MENTION OF A

DASHBOARD IN THIS PLAN? >> YEAH, YES.

>> , SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

HOWEVER, I LIKE HOW WE LIKE HOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN TO BE TIED TO THE BUDGET.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO VISIT WITH DR. SEND YOU.

UNIVERSAL SERVICES TO SEE HOW PROCESS WISE THAT YOU CAN CREATE A STRATEGIC PLAN. IN OTHER WORDS, LET'S SAY YOU'VE GOT FIVE DIFFERENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS MOVING IN SOME REGARD. THE DASHBOARD, THE WAY I SEE IT, CAN HELP US MEASURE THE PROJECT -- HOW PROJECT A IS MOVING, HOW PRODUCT B IS MOVING, AND THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF SEE IT WHICH REGULATED THROUGH YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US AND HELP YOU THAT IF YOU FIND ANY CHOKE POINTS OR SOMETHING TO SLOW SOMETHING DOWN, AND I THINK IT WOULD GIVE US A GOOD VISUAL TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE COMING ALONG. AND THEN PLUS, IT HELPS US WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS TO BE ABLE TO SAY, IT IS ALMOST IN LINE.

IT IS SIX MONTHS AWAY. WE ARE STILL A YEAR OUT OR WE HAVE NOT FINISHED DOING ENVIRONMENTAL OR SOMETHING TO THE NATURE. SO GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT.

>> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. I KNOW ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT HAD BEEN SUGGESTED TO US IS IT IS REALLY DEVELOPING THIS AS OPEN PLAN. SO THAT WE ARE ALL ABLE TO HAVE EYES ON THE PROGRESS. AND SO THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.

THANK YOU. I WILL BE GETTING WITH SIDHU AND THE ENGINEERING WITH PERMITTING AND THERE'S A LOT OF DATA HERE.

SO WE CAN BUILD UPON IT. >> WONDERFUL.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> I'M SORRY. THIS IS A TRANSMISSIBLE?

>> OKAY. AND I DON'T --

>> WE ACCEPT IT. >> SO JUST ACCEPT?

>> OKAY. AND THEN THAT IS 338.

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BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY THE FUNDING FOR PRECINCT THREE. SO WHAT ADDITIONALRE FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC INITIATIVES IN PRECINCT THE IS THERE.

>> IF I MAY, COMMISSIONER, I WANT TO JUST PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE DIRECTOR OF

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TO IDENTIFY HEALTH SERVICE EXPANSION RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE HAVE REVIEWED EXISTING REPORTS AND DATA SUCH AS THE HEALTHNG PRECINCT REPORTS.

HEALTH DISPARITIES AND LEADI CAUSES OF DEATH REPORTS.

THOSE COURT REPORTS WERE PUBLISHED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. ENTERED ON NOVEMBER 15, WE MET WITH STAFF FROM PRECINCT ONE, THREE, AND FOUR TO SHARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE TYPES OF PROGRAM NEEDS AND IDEAS. AND BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK, THE DEPARTMENT, WE RECEIVED FROM THE PRECINCT, WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE AN INTEGRATED MOBILE HEALTH STRATEGY WHERE OUR MOBILE UNITS WOULD GO OUT AND PROVIDE MEDICAL CLINICAL, I MEAN, MEDICAL, DENTAL, ANIMAL, AND FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES OUT IN THE THREE PRECINCTS.

AND GET SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY REALLY WAS NOT A LOT FOR US TO LAUNCH REALLY.

SEPARATE PROGRAMS. AND I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THERE IS A DESIRE TO CONTINUE REFINING THE PROGRAMMATIC RECOMMENDATIONS. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSALS.

IN TERMS OF THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET, I WILL DEFER TO DR. RAMOS IS THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO HIM REGARDING THE FUNDING. SO -- BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU THE PROGRAMMATIC UPDATE.

>> I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHATT COULD BE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ONCE WE MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, I MEAN, YOU HAVE GOT YOUR INPUT. YOU PUT IN THE ISSUES, IT LOOKS THAT THE THAT, WITH THE PRECINCT THREE.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT MONIES WOULD BE SPENT IN PRECINCT THREE FOR WHAT PURPOSE.

>> I WILL DEFER. >> YEAH.

>> GO AHEAD, AND THEN COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING BACKWARDS FROM CREATING $1.1 MILLION PROGRAMS IN EACH OF THE FOUR PRECINCTS.

>> OKAY, SO AT SOME POINTS, WE WILL BE BRIEFED ON HOW THAT MONEY WILL BE SPENT IN THAT PRECINCT?

>> SO I BELIEVE IT IS BACK UP. 'S, A PROJECT PLAN AND INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS. BUT THE OVERALL IS WE HAVE WORK BACKWARDS ON 1.1 MILLION IN EACH OF THE FOUR PRECINCTS.

>> SO AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS YOU COULD SPEND MONEY ON. AND SH SH CERTAINLY, DIRECTOR RN HAS SUGGESTED SOME CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN PRECINCT THREE. BUT AT SOME POINTS, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT IN PRECINCT

THREE FOR WHAT PURPOSE? >> 1.1 MILLION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND WE WILL FIGURE OUT LATER

WHERE. >> SO SIR, I WAS JUST MENTIONING THAT IT WOULD BE BREAKING OUR MOBILE UNITS, OUR MOBILE VILLAGE AND INTEGRATED MOBILE STRATEGY TO LOCATIONS THAT YOU IN YOUR TEAM WOULD IDENTIFY TO PROVIDE DENTAL SERVICES, OR MEDICAL SERVICES, OUR ANIMAL SERVICES, FOR THE VARIOUS POPULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WHETHER THAT IS SENIORS, OR OTHER POPULATIONS WITHIN GIVEN PRECINCT WHERE YOU ALL HAVE IDENTIFIED OR WE HAVE IDENTIFIED UNMET NEED.

AND SO TO THAT, WE WILL PROVIDE THE KINDS OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN ERROR. AND MORTAR PUT INTO OUR MOBILE UNITS IN WAYS THAT WE HAVE DONE IT IN WITH THE MOBILE UNITS WE CURRENTLY HAVE. BUT WE WOULD BRING THE WHAT WE CALL THE VILLAGE OF SERVICES, ALL OF THEM OUT AT ONCE TO BEAR RIGHT ANNOUNCING AN ADVERTISING THAT IN YOUR PRESENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUR STAFF, TO GET FOLKS OUT TO HAVE APPOINTMENTS FOR DENTAL SERVICES FOR EXAMPLE OR FOR WELLNESS CHECKS OR IMMUNIZATIONS OR TO ADOPT A PET ET CETERA.

>> AGAIN -- >> SO YOU HAVE --

>> YEAH. I HAVE GOT THAT IN TERMS OF YOU HAVE GOT PARTICULAR OPTIONS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE CAN.

WHEN WE KNOW MORE SPECIFICS IN TERMS OF WHERE WERE GOING TO BE IN THE PRECINCT, WE JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT.

>> YES. WE WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT AND LIKE WHAT WE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU BEFORE ABOUT ANIMAL SERVICES. WE WOULD IDENTIFY PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU, TRY TO COME TO THIS COMMUNITY CENTER OR TO THIS PARK AND WE WOULD, IN A CURRENT MARKET IT AND ADVERTISE IT AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON HOW TO DO THAT AS WELL AS ASK THAT YOU GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF YOUR EENGAGEMENT TEAM ALSO REPORT WHATEVER MESSAGES THAT W ARE PUTTING OUT TO GIVE FOLKS TO

ENGAGE. >> OKAY, SO IT MAY END UP BEING MORE OF ONE KIND OF ISSUE THEN THE OTHER, BUT WE CAN WORK THAT I EXPECT IS, I THINK THE OPERATIONAL -- OPERATIONALIZING OF IT IS THE DETAIL THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH AND JUST IN TERMS OF FOR EXAMPLE LIKE ELIGIBILITY, THAT DOES NOT CHANGE. OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAMS ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAMS. WHICH IS BRINGING THEM OUT INTO THE B COMMUNITY, WHERE, YOU KNO, PUBLISHING THAT HAVE NOTEEN SERVED, WHERE IT IS DIFFICULT TO REACH THEM, OR JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE A MORE CONVENIENT OPTION

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>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS?

>> SO I WANT TO GET SOME SENSE, MR. RAMOS.

OF THESE $2 MILLION THAT IS ALLOCATED, TO EXPAND HEALTH PROGRAMMING IN PRECINCT ONE, THREE, AND FOUR, THAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ITEM ON THAT.

I THINK I READ TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

>> SO THERE'S -- SO WE WORKED WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE PROJECT PLAN THAT WE REVIEWED, THERE'S ALREADY A PROGRAM IN EXISTENCE. AND SO AGAIN, WE WERE WORKING BACKWARDS WITH 1.1 MILLION FOR EACH PRECINCT.

SO A TOTAL OF 4.4. FOR THE EXPANSION TO PRECINCT ONE, THREE, AND FOUR, THE PROJECT PLAN THAT WE THOUGHT, WE ESTIMATED ABOUT 1.5 BILLION IS NEEDED IF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES WAS APPROVED TODAY. AND SO THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL 600,000 WHICH IS WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS.

>> SO AS I RECALL, DECIDED, WHEN THIS CAME UP, COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAD A GREAT PROGRAM UPON US.

AND OUT OF UNSPENT SALARIES -- >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> -- IN HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS DIRECTED THROUGH THE FUND THE HEALTH PODS IN THE PRECINCT.

ANYBODY CAN GO TO THEM. I GET THAT.

ABOUT THE NUMBERS. HE HAS PULL THEM UP AS WELL, TO SEE WHO GOES. BUT WHEN THE BUDGET CAME UP, I THOUGHT, UNLESS SOLIDITY IS SETTING IN, I MADE A MOTION ABOUT $2 MILLION BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT WAS ALL I HAD.

I KNEW I WAS TRYING TO GET 1.1 FOR THE OTHER THREE PRECINCTS.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> BECAUSE PRECINCT TWO'S MONEY WAS THERE. SO THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. IS THIS GOING TO, ONE, THREE, AND FOUR? OR IS IT GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE?

>> NO. IT IS WON THAT -- IT IS A START UP COST. SO --

>> SO THAT MEANS THAT ONE, THREE, AND FOUR SPLIT IS

$2 MILLION. >> SO COMMISSIONER CARTER THERE'S -- PART OF THE PLAN WAS TO MAKE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

WHOLE TO BUDGET FOR -- >> NO, AT LEAST -- EXPECTED

TOTAL COST -- >> I PULLED THE RECORD.

WHEN I MADE THE MOTION, GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET, I WAS TRYING TO MAKE ONE, THREE, AND FOUR HOLE.

WE DID NOT HAVE $3.3 MILLION. IT WAS 2 MILLION.

AND THE THOUGHT WAS, IT HAS TO START UP BECAUSE COMMISSIONER GARCIA PUT UP THE START OF MONEY.

AND WHATEVER IT IS, IF IT IS THESE MOBILE PODS OR EACH OF US WANT TO GO BUY STATIONARY PODS, AS HE DID, OUR BUDGETS, WE WOULD

DO THAT. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> SO OUT OF THESE TWO MILLIONS TODAY, HOW MUCH OF THIS IS GOING TO PRECINCT ONE? THIS MONEY, IT IS RIGHT NOW WHEN HE. HOW MUCH OF THIS IS GOING TO

PRECINCT ONE, THREE, AND FOUR? >> SO IF ISRAEL PIMENTAL WERE APPROVED, 600,000, IT WOULD BE 1.5 MILLION.

AND THAT IS THE CASH THAT WE HAVE TO EXPECT IT WOULD GO TO

EACH OF THESE. >> AS IN TO START FISCAL YEAR 25, WILL BE 1.1 MILLION PLUS WHATEVER INFLATION THERE IS.

OR -- >> CAN YOU START FROM ONE?

>> SURE. >> SO INITIALLY, COMMISSIONER GARCIA LAUNCHED A PROGRAM WITH HOW MUCH WAS -- DID THAT COST?

>> IT IS A $1.1 MILLION PROGRAM. SO THE IDEA --

>> OPERATIONAL? >> SO 1.1 MILLION.

THAT WAS COMING OUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

>> YES. >> OKAY.

AND WE MET LAST WEEK. AND THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT DO WE DO 4.4? SO MULTIPOINT THAT 1.1 BY FOUR AND EVERYONE HAS THE EXACT SAME PROGRAM.

>> UP. AND THE COLTS SAID, WELL, SO I DON'T REALLY WANT THE PARTS PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT 11 AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA, RIGHT, IS THAT WHERE WE LANDED. I GUESS --

>> SO THERE'S THE $2 MILLION PLACEHOLDER.

>> YOU HAVE NOT INTRODUCED THAT YET.

>> OKAY. >> WE ARE AT 1.1.

>> $1.1 MILLION PROGRAM THAT WAS NOT BUDGETED.

IT WAS BEING PAID FOR OUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THEY CAN SEE

SAVINGS. >> RIGHT.

>> DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, THERE WAS A MOTION TO ADD TOO MANY MILLER THOSE TO PUBLIC HEALTH WITH THE IDEA THAT PUBLIC HEALTH WOULD GO AND ME WITH THE COMMISSION'S OFFICES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PROGRAMMING.

AND IT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT FROM EACH -- FOR EACH DIFFERENT

OFFICE. >> RECOMMENDATIONS, WITH THE

TUBULIN FOR THE OTHER PRECINCTS? >> CORRECT.

>> BECAUSE THAT IS WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION, JUDGE.

OUT OF THIS MONEY, IS THIS 2 MILLION BETWEEN --

>> THAT IS EITHER FROM THE LAST COURT.

SO WHEN THE TUBULIN WE DISCUSSED LAST COURT --

>> THE 2 MILLION WAS ADOPTED. >> THAT WAS MONTHS AGO.

>> YES. >> THE 2 MILLION.

>> YES. >> SO IF YOU WANT THE ARGUMENT'S

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AND THERE WAS ALSO THE DESIRE TO MAKE PUBLIC HEALTH --

>> YOUR MIC IS SO -- >> THANK YOU.

>> 2 MILLION AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET APART FROM THE

UNFILTERED VACANCIES. >> CORRECT, IT IS, TWO

ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS. >> OKAY.

>> AND THEIR BUDGET'S SO LET'S JUST FOR ARGUMENT'S SAKE, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES WHOLE --

>> 12 -- >> IS AND THAT.

>> NO, BECAUSE WE DID NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT THEY WERE NOT A

FULL. >> I THINK THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO THINK OF IT IS IF WE ARE A QUARTER THROUGH THE YEAR ALREADY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND $3.3 MILLION ON A

PROGRAMMING. >> BUT YOU CAN OFFER THE SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU DO. I MEAN, I ASSURE YOU CAN SPEND $2 MILLION IN ONE, THREE, AND FOUR IN TERMS OF THAT.

IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE WHAT DIRECTOR ROBINSON WANTS TO DO.

BUT YOU CAN GO OPERATE SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM MY PRECINCT.

>> BUT -- SO WHEN YOU THREW 2 MILLION FOR THE PARTED, I WAS NOT HERE. WHAT WAS TO 2 MILLION FOR

EXACTLY? >> THAT WAS TO EXPAND THE

PROGRAM. >> OTHER PRECINCTS?

>> TO EXPAND THE PARTS TO THE OTHER PRECINCTS.

>> AND THEN WE HAD THE FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION THAT WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE PUBLIC HEALTH HOLD. THEY WERE EATING 1.1 MILLION.

>> BUT I THOUGHT WE DID NOT WANT TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM, THE PARTS TO ALL THE -- BACKSIDE. AGAIN, THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS

IS GOING TO BE 4.4 MILLION. >> I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE FOR YOU TO GET THERE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

SO CAN YOU JUST -- SO YOU STARTED WITH 1.1 MILLION THAT WAS COMMISSIONER GARCIA'S PROGRAM.

BUT IT WAS PAID FOR OUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

>> YES. >> THAT HAPPENED A WHILE AGO BUT THEN DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, THAT WAS APPROVED.

>> WE ADDED 2 MILLION. >> WERE FOR WHAT EXACTLY?

>> TO EXPAND, TO CREATE PRECINCT-BASED COMMUNITY HEALTH,

HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE IT. >> SO IT WAS NOT FOR THE PARTS.

IT WAS FOR PRECINCT BASED COMMUNITY HEALTH?

>> YES. >> SO IT WAS TUBULIN FOR PRECINCT-BASED COMMUNITY HEALTH. AND THEN LAST COURT, WE CAME BACK AND TALKED ABOUT IT AND I THINK WE SAID, OKAY, WELL, COMMISSIONER GARCIA GETS 1.1. AND EVERYBODY ELSE GETS TO MILLION FOR THE THREE OF THEM. SO WHY DON'T WE INCREASE IT AND MAKE IT TO WHERE 1.1 PLUS TWO IS 3.1 AND LETS TRAN10 3.1 INTO THE

FOUR-POINT >> IF THAT IS THE COURT'S IDEA, THAT WE CAN DO THAT. BUT -- SO I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO THINK OF IT IS THERE'S A $1.1 MILLION PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, THE PARTS. WE REVIEWED THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, THE TOTAL COST OF THAT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR IS 1.5. IF IT HAD BEEN TO MILLION OR 2.4 MILLION, WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THAT EQUAL AMOUNT.

SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THERE'S ONE WORD THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING SPENT. YOU KNOW, OUT BY -- EXPECTED THAT 15 IS COMING FROM BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S JUST 1.1.

AND THEN WHERE DID YOU INTRODUCE 1.5?

>> SO 15 IS THE COST FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS. THAT IS WHAT THEY TOLD US THEY WERE GOING TO SPEND FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR STARTING UP THE PROGRAMS IN ONE, THREE, AND FOUR. SPECKS OF THIS IS NOT THE PART PROGRAM. THIS IS JUST --

>> THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT --

>> SO THIS IS AFTER LAST QUARTER.

>> CORRECT. >> SO JUDGE.

>> I ALMOST -- >> HERE IS WHAT I THINK IS

HAPPENING. >> NOT PREPARED.

>> BUT HERE'S WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING.

I THINK THAT, COMMISSIONER SAY YOU WOULD HAVE NOT KNOWN BECAUSE THE OR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. A WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CLEAR. SO HIS PROGRAM WAS VOTED, HE BOUGHT PARTS. AND THEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF SALARIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SPENT. THEY WERE GOING TO SPEND IT AT SOME POINTS. BUT THEY OPERATE THE PARTS.

SO THEY DID. AND THEN WHEN IT CAME TO DAYLIGHT, I WAS THE ONE WHO RAISED THE ISSUE.

IT IS GOOD. IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM.

I THINK HE HAS EVEN GONE TO GET FEDERAL MONEY.

ANYTHING TO GET MORE PARTS FROM CONGRESSWOMAN GARCIA AND HE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPERATE THOSE IDEAS BUDGET A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENT. SO WHAT I DID WAS SAY, IT IS SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM. BUT BECAUSE WE DID NOT VOTE ON IT, WE DON'T -- HE FEELS GOOD ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

WE DID NOT VOTE ON IT HERE. HE MADE THE REQUEST.

AND I SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT, TOO.

AND I WOULD SAY, I WAS TOLD THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL MONEY.

SO THEN THIS COURT VOTED FOR 2 MILLION BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOT 3.3. I WAS JUST TRYING TO SAY, OKAY, THEY HAVE ALL HEALTH ISSUES. MAYBE NOT THE SAME IN THEIR PRECINCT. BUT THE HEALTHIEST, DIABETES,

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WHERE WHEN GOING TO THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THOSE UNFUNDED POSITIONS NOW SOMEBODY WANTS TO FUND THEM TO GO TO SHALL WE SAY HEALTHCARE OR PRESENT TWO, THREE, ONE, FOR ALL OF THEM, HEALTHCARE COUNTYWIDE. BUT I'M JUST SAYING IF WE DUG A HOLE AND WE GOT INTO IT, WE ARE TO JUST BE UPFRONT ABOUT IT.

I JUST DON'T LIKE HAVING TO DIG THROUGH THE STUFF.

>> WE JUST DO IT NEXT YEAR AND THAT YOU GUYS PREPARE A CLEAR, YOU KNOW, IN IN HIS CAREER, THE MANY STARTED IN HERE IS WHERE IT IS NOW. BUT IF WE DO, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THIS MONEY IS GOING TO PAY FOR A HOLE THAT WAS ALREADY THERE, HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ONE, THREE, AND FOUR PARTS.

AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW I WOULD VOTE BECAUSE I THINK I WOULD VOTE FOR IT. I THINK BASED ON WHAT I REMEMBER FROM THE LAST COURT. AT THIS POINT.

I CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF IT AND WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE UNTIL CHRISTMAS EVE IF WE ARE TRYING TO -- YEAH.

>> SO I AGREE WITH YOU. ARE NOT READY TO VOTE TODAY BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME GAPS AND INFORMATION.

AND I WANT TO BETTER TRIANGULATE WITH THE BUDGET DIRECTOR AND I'M ALSO SEEING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH WITH THE RECORD OF THE COURT, PRIMARILY, I AGREE, WE SHOULD BE AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COUNTY BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY.

AND I THINK THERE'S AN INHERENT LACK OF CLARITY AROUND THIS, THESE NEW APPROPRIATIONS, NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL 600, THAT IS COMING OUT AS A SUPPLEMENTAL FROM OUR VERY LIMITED REMAINING RESERVES, VERY LIMITED.

AT AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS PHYSICALLY PERMANENT -- PRUDENT.

WE HAVE SUCH A VARIETY OF PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES A AND I WANTO SEE THE SIX COHORT OF AXIS START.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE TO WANT TO FURTHER STRETCH OURSELVES TO AND WITHOUT EXECUTING WITH EXCELLENCE ON WHAT WE ARE DOING. MOREOVER, THIS PLAN THIS PRECINCT SPECIFIC, LOOKING AT PRECINCT FOUR, WE'RE NOT GETTING A FAIR SHARE BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE PRESENTED.

AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS A VERY NUANCED DATA-DRIVEN PRECINCT SPECIFIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATION. SO I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE INTO THE DATA, DO SOMETHING THAT IS TAILORED FOR THE PRECINCTS, BUT THE WAY COMMISSIONERS GARCIAS AND EVERYONE'S INVITED ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTY, BUT TO I DON'T THINK IT IS PRUDENT IF WE ARE HAVING SO LITTLE MONEY, SO FEW DOLLARS IN THE REMAINING RESERVES TO FURTHER APPROPRIATE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE A MYRIAD OF QUESTIONS ON.

I JUST THINK IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE.

THAT BEING SAID, I DO BELIEVE WE ALL NEED OUR FAIR SHARE AND EVERYONE NEEDS ACCESS AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL WORKING ON THIS. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR IT TO TRULY BE FAIR AND SUSTAINABLE FOR ASIS PHYSICAL STANDPOINT.

SPECKS A JUDGE, I DO WANT TO SAY, I THINK I HAVE MADE THE POINT. NOW, WHAT GETS A LITTLE DECEPTIVE WOULD BE WHEN I COME IN AND I GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS WITH MY COLLEAGUES. AND THEN AN EARMARKED 2 MILLION IN THE BUDGET. TRYING TO GO GIVE THE OTHER PRECINCTS THE 1.1. WE DID NOT HAVE 3.3.

SO I JUST PUT YOUR MARK ON THE TWO.

THEN WE COME BACK WITH SOMETHING.

ONCE I FIGURE IT OUT. WE TAKE IN THE TWO, TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR THE HOLE THAT WAS DOUG AND WAS DISCOVERED INADVERTENTLY ANYWAY. SO I'M JUST SAYING WE SHOULD NOT OPERATE THAT WAY BECAUSE AT LEAST FOR ME, THIS JUST CREATES, YOU KNOW, A POSITION WHERE IT IS JUST HARD FOR ME TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE, JUST, YOU KNOW, I IN A, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MICROMANAGE OTHER FOLKS' DEPARTMENTS.

BUT IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE I KIND OF HAVE TO BECAUSE I'M SITTING HERE THINKING I'M VOTING ON SOMETHING TO GO TO A PROGRAM, EVEN IF IT IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, I'M THINKING I WOULD LIKE THIS LET THAT GO.

WHAT I'M THINKING IS ESSENTIALLY BEING SPLIT BETWEEN ONE, THREE, AND FOUR. AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS.

THIS IS MAKING UP FOR THE HOLE THAT IS TAKING FROM RESERVES AT SOME POINTS, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT.

COMMISSIONER, AND I APOLOGIZE IF THIS -- WE'D MET WITH YOUR STAFF. WE BRIEFED WITH THEM.

AND I APOLOGIZE THAT WE WERE NOT CLEAR.

THE 2.6 MILLION IS OUR ATTEMPT TO GET THESE PROGRAMS STARTED AS

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AND THAT IS WHAT WE RECOMMENDED MOVING FORWARD WHILE ALSO MAKING THEM WHOLE, WHICH I BELIEVE AT THE LAST COURT WAS PART OF THE DIRECTION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME FOR THE ITEM.

>> SO OF THIS TO MAN, THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE 2 MILLION. WHICH IS A 2 MILLION I THOUGHT I PUT IN THERE, THERE HAVE PARITY FOR THE OTHER THREE.

>> AND COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC HEALTH CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE IT OUT OF ITS VACANCIES. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WHAT ITS VACANCY SAVINGS. I KNOW THAT IS NOT WHAT HARVEY IS NOT WHAT HARVEY WANTS. I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE DIRECTION I GOT FROM COMMISSIONERS COURT. IF WE HAVE -- IF SHE HAD SAID SHE NEEDED THE 3.1 MILLION, WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING WHATEVER

THAT AMOUNT IS. >> PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS WHEN IT WAS COMING OUT.

>> THE IDEA WAS AND THESE WERE MY WORDS VERBATIM.

PUBLIC HEALTH, PUTTING CREATIVE PROGRAM OVERNIGHT.

PUTTING IN PRIMITIVE PROGRAM OVERNIGHT.

ANSWER THAT IS WHERE WE SAID, HEY, LET'S PUT A PLACEHOLDER ON THERE SO AS WHAT IT NEED TO COME OUT OF RESERVES IF WE DO NOT HAVE TO IT INTO BEING A FULLY IMPLEMENTED, YOU KNOW, IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, THEN WE WILL BE OVER THE $2 MILLION BUDGET. BUT THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO GET EVERYBODY TO $1.1 MILLION. SO TOTAL IT.

>> WE DON'T VOTE ON THIS TODAY, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE $1.1 BILLION HOLE THAT IS IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

>> WELL, THEY ARE CONTINUING TO SPEND THAT MONEY UNTIL EITHER THEY OR WHOEVER TAKES ACTION TO END THE HEALTH PART PROGRAM, THEY ARE CONTINUING TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS TODAY THAT IS COMING OUT OF THEIR VACANCY SAVINGS.

>> SO I THINK I'M HEARING, SO THAT IS 2 MILLION.

THAT IS 1.1 MILLION TO PUSH. >> OR IT CAN COME OUT.

THERE'S SOME ARE GIVING IT SOMEWHERE IN THE 2 MILLION TO $3 MILLION RIVER SURPLUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

>> CAN WE TAKE NO ACTION TODAY AND THEN IN THE NEW YEAR, THE FUNDS, WE CAN PUT THEM BACK INTO THEIR VACANCY SAVINGS.

BUT THERE'S AT LEAST TWO OF US THAT ARE NOT READY TO TAKE ACTION. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE FOLKS -- SO WHY DON'T WE JUST, THERE YOU GO. SO UNANIMOUS NO ACTION.

AND WE WILL MAKE BARBIE HOLE EVENTUALLY.

THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR.

CCAN I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION, WHT YOU USE THE TERM YOU ARE TAKING OUT OF THE VACANCY FUNDS. IS THAT THE STANDARD POLICY FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS WHEN THEY HAVE VACANCIES, IF THEY NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON BUYING VEHICLES OR OTHER THINGS, THEY COULD TAKE IT OUT OR VACANCY? IT IS AN ACCEPTED POLICY?

>> SO THERE'S A PROCESS BY WHICH THEY WERE IN THE BUDGET OFFICE TO TRANSFER LABEL AND NONLABOR. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WE WORK --

>> I EXPECT I JUST WANT -- >> WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. >> AND IT IS THE --

>> IF I MAY MAKE A REQUIRES, I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THIS POSITION IN THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS BECAUSE IT IS THE QUESTION OF HOW DID THE MONEY CAME TO EXIST CREATED THIS? SO ARE NOT COMFORTABLE SHIFTING MONEY FROM ANOTHER POT OF MONEY TO I HAVE NOT SPENT YET WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY AND THE DIRECTION OF THE COURT. SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL SO THAT ARE NOT IN FOUR MONTHS WHEN YOU ARE ASKING ME, WHAT DID I SPEND THIS BUCKET OF MONEY ON, THAT IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT AUTHORIZE OR APPROPRIATE. SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET A CLEAR DIRECTION ON HOW MONEY IS SPENT FROM WHAT BUCKET WHEN AND

HOW? >> SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, HOW MUCH IS MONEY, WELL, HOW FUNGIBLE IS THIS MONEY? TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS JUST MOVE IT AROUND LIKE THAT WITHOUT IT

COMING BACK HERE? >> SO WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO SPEND.

NOW, WE REPORT ON IT, TO THE PROJECTIONS AND WE LOOK AT IT.

BUT ONCE THE DEPARTMENT HAS APPROPRIATED MONEY, THERE IS A FLEXIBILITY BETWEEN PROGRAMS. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO GET TO THE POINT RECORDS, COURT RULES WORK WITH THAT DOES COME BACK TO THE COURT. BUT WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET? I KNOW, BUT THIS ISSUE CAME UP. WE DISCUSSED IT THE FIRST TIME.

I ASKED THE END. VANNUCCHI IS DEALING WITH HEALTH ISSUES. BUT THEY CAME UP WITH SOME WAY SO WE DON'T END UP IN THIS POSITION AGAIN.

EACH ONE OF US WOULD BE GOING TO THE DEPARTMENTS SAYING MOVE THIS

MONEY SOMEPLACE. >> I SAY.

>> IF THAT IS THE WAY IT WORKS. >> AND WE ADOPTED COURT RULES WORK WITH THE PHYSICAL REVIEW CAME TO.

SO THAT WE CAN CATCH IT. >> THIS WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT IT COMING BACK TO US IN THE FUTURE? IF THEY WANT TO UTILIZE, WE LOOK AT IT AT THE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS, HOW ABOUT THIS.

IT IS NOT GOING TO PUT THEM IN THE RED.

>> SO THEY CAN MOVE IT AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT PUT THEM IN THE RED? THAT IS CORRECT.

>> SHE SAID IN THE RED. SO WE DID NOT HAVE A POLICY THEN. YOU ALL DID NOT KNOW AT SOME POINTS OF THE DEPARTMENT WOULD END UP IN THE RED.

>> I DISAGREE THAT SHE IS IN THE RED.

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>> I'M IN THE RED AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET CODE AND BUDGET ITEM. IT HAS NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS ROLE THAT I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GO TO A DIFFERENT BUDGET CODE WHERE THERE IS I'M BEHIND IN THEIR SALARIES, RIGHT? I HAVE NOT HIRED AND TAKE THAT MONEY AND THEN TRANSFER IT TO SOMETHING ELSE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS THE COURT'S AUTHORITY THAT TELLS ME WHICH BUCKET IS PUTTING IS APPROPRIATED IN AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND IF THAT IS NOT THE CASE, THEN I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE A POLICY THAT CLEARLY ARTICULATES TO MYSELF AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS BECAUSE I THINK PART OF THIS CHALLENGE IS THAT NOTION OF MOVING MONEY AROUND WITHOUT THE DIRECTION OR THE AUTHORITY FROM

THE COURT. >> CAN YOU MOVE IT AROUND?

>> YES, WE WILL, AGAIN, WE LOOK AT IT, THERE'S NO RULES SAYING THAT THERE CAN'T BE TRANSFERS BETWEEN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

TODAY. >> JUDGE, JUDGE, SPEAKING OF RULES, IF YOU WERE EVER APPROXIMATELY AROUND 10 MINUTES, SPENT ON THIS, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TALKING, WE CAN.

BUT I KNOW YOU ASKED TO MOVE ON ALREADY.

>> THANK YOU. >> I AGREE.

WE SHOULD BE THERE. >> HOW WOULD THAT --

>> THAT IS SOMETHING. >> HAVING ANYTHING TO SAY TODAY.

>> RIGHT. LITERALLY.

YEAH, LET'S BRING THE RULE AND DIRECTOR ROBINSON, ROBBERS CAN WORK WITH YOU AND THEN THE NEXT TIME, HOPEFULLY WE WILL ALL UNDERSTAND HOW THE NUMBERS ADD UP.

THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.

NO ACTION ON 365. 360, COMMISSIONER GARCIA?

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. ON 360 AND 361, THESE ARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE -- WITH HOUSTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AND THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE REGION.

AND EXCITED ABOUT THESE ITEMS. THEY ARE HELPING TO GROW THE ECONOMY, ADDRESSED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION PRIORITIES TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES TO THE REGION AND TO THE COUNTY AND TO THE PRECINCT, HELPING TO CREATE JOB CREATION AND RETENTION AND HELP TO DEVELOP PUBLIC POLICY TO SUPPORT THE REGION, ADDRESS OUR TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, WHETHER IT IS PRODUCT OR PEOPLE.

ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND SO, IN HER, JUST ALONE, THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE AS AN EXAMPLE HAS HAD FIVE PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS TOTALING 1 BILLION IN NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT CREATING OVER 318 NEW JOBS. SO JUST EXCITED AND THE FACT THAT THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE WAS A PARTNER IN OUR STEP UP INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS AND SO THESE ARE JUST EXCITING INITIATIVES AND I MOVE ON THE ITEMS AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER

GARCIA, ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSE?

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>> NOT THIS CONVERSATION BUT I WILL.

SO HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT'S FUNDING THROUGH OUR.

$497,358 TO GO TO THREE ADDITIONAL SITES.

AND THAT INCLUDES MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HEALTH CENTER PRECINCT ONE. HARRIS HEALTH.

IT IS IDENTIFIES THREE PRECINCTS AND PRECINCTS THREE HAS NOT BEEN -- IS NOT ON THE LIST TO HAVE COME IN, THE HEALTH CENTER AND TWO, THE HEALTH CENTER FOUR. WHY WOULD WE DO THE THREE AND

NOT ALL FOUR PRECINCTS? >> DR. PEREZ A?

>> WE GOT TO MOTLOP IN THIS TWO OR THREE GREAT HEALTH CENTER INITIATIVES WE HAVE WITHIN THE PRECINCT FOR UNDERSERVED AREAS.

I WOULD ASK IF WE CAN GET DR. FORSTER, WE SHOULD AT LEAST ASK THAT QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE PRECINCTS.

>> IS THERE SOMEONE ON THE LINE? >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC ANSWER BUT I WILL FIND THAT OUT AND GET IT

BACK TO YOU. >> OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN MOVE ON IT.

>> DO YOU HAVE -- ARE THEY HARRIS HEALTH FACILITIES?

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>> THE MONEY. >> I KI KNOW BUT I'M JUST SAYIN, I'M ASSUMING THEY ARE DOING IT. I'M DISCUSSING.

BUT AT LEAST, A MAN, LOOK, I DON'T MIND TO HAVE ONE.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO HOLD IT UP IF THEY NEED IT.

>> I'M JUST SAYING IT IS ONE AND THREE AND NOT.

>> I'M SAYING, TO HAVE A HARRIS HEALTH FACILITY OUT IN YOUR PRECINCT? I'M ASSUMING THEY ARE PUTTING

THEM WHEREVER. >> WE HAVE -- IT IS MUCH LIKE THE HEALTH CENTER AND PRECINCT FOUR AND SOME OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE DON'T HAVE. NO, THAT IS THE OLD POINT OF HAVING THE BONCZEK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE OUT THERE.

>> WHAT I'M SAYING, IT LOOKS LIKE, AND WE CAN -- BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE IN HARRIS HEALTH FACILITIES, WHICH SHOULD BE, A MAN, I DON'T KNOW THE ONES I THINK ABOUT HAVE BEEN TOUGH.

LBJ, WHATEVER. MADE REFERENCE TO.

THEY ARE THEIR FACILITIES. I DON'T KNOW -- THEY TAKE PROPERTY OR MONEY TO GO OPEN IN SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THEIR FACILITY? BUT IT IS ARPA MONEY DEALING WITH HEALTH SERVICES IN EACH PRECINCT EXCEPT TORI.

AND IT IS BEING USED FOR THEIR FACILITIES.

>> OKAY. >> BUT IT IS ARPA MONEY WHERE

YOU HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. >> SO HERE IS WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST. I JUST DON'T KNOW IT IS THE END OF THE YEAR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T STOP SOMETHING THEY ARE DOING. I'M PREPARED TO MOVE IT.

WE OUGHT TO TAKE A BREAK AND ASK HIM.

LET'S SEE IF THERE'S A REASON. BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO PUT OFF SOME SERVICES FOR NURSES TO SOME OF THESE CENTERS BECAUSE THEY

DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING. >> AND OUR DOOR.

>> WAS GOING TO SAY IF SOMEONE COULD TRY REACHING HIM AND WE

WILL PUT THIS AT THE END. >> SOMEBODY ON THIS TEAM, YEAH.

MAYBE KEEP. WILL COME BACK TO THIS.

>> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT, 363, COMMISSIONER

GARCIA. >> YES, ON THIS ITEM, JUDGE, SORT OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS GOING TO PROVIDE FOR GASTROENTEROLOGY SUPPORT. THERE'S OVER 3,000 FOLKS THAT ARE ON A WAITING LIST FOR COLONOSCOPIES.

AND THIS LAB WILL ESPECIALLY BENEFIT OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AS THEY ARE 20% MORE LIKELY TO GET CORE LECTOR CANCER AND 4% 40% MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM IT.

DUE TO THIS LAB, WE WILL TAKE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COLORECTAL CANCER DIAGNOSIS THROUGH THE PREVENTION AND TO REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF THE CANCER DIAGNOSES. LASTLY, THE LAB IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE AS THE HITTERS CENTER LIES DIRECTLY ON A BUS ROUTE WHICH USES TRANSPORTATION BURDENS AND SOME -- THAT SOME OF THE PATIENTS MAY HAVE. JUST EXCITED ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, IS ONE THAT HAS AMONGST THE HIGHEST RATES OF CANCER IN THE COUNTY AND MY PRECINCT, THIS, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT IN TERMS OF JUST HOW WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THAT CURVE AND DEALING WITH CANCER IN OUR UNDERSERVED AREAS.

I MOVE ON THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. MEXICAN.

>> MOTION IN SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR DOING THIS. 364.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND IT IS LIKE WE ARE SPLITTING THIS EVENLY BETWEEN THE FOUR PRECINCTS.

DEALING WITH COMMUNITY CENTERS, COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROJECTS WITHIN EACH PRECINCT.

AND AGAIN, IT IS TARGETED TO REDUCE CRIME, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, EXPAND HEALTHCARE, GREAT INITIATIVE, R.

RELATED AND EVEN SPLIT BETWEEN THE FOUR PRECINCTS, AND A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SOME GOOD THINGS WITHIN THE PRECINCT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO PASS.

>> SECOND EXPECT SECOND. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE SELECTION WILL BE DONE. CAN BE TO A MOTION THAT THE PROJECTS ARE SELECTED VIA COMMITTEE AND, IN A, WHOEVER PARTICIPATES IN IT AND THIS MAY ALREADY BE ON THERE, BUT

THERE'S. >> YEAH, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY HAD SOME EQUITY GUIDELINES WITHOUT.

>> BUT, LIKE, WHO CHOOSES WHO GETS THE 5 MILLION.

>> SO IF THEY HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MANAGING THE PROCESS SO WE WILL BE ISSUING RFP AND WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE THE STRUCTURE THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS FOR EACH OF THE PRECINCTS. SO IT WOULD INCLUDE HAVING OF COURSE, A PROCESS HAVING ENGINEERING ALSO WEIGHED IN ON THE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS, OUR FINANCE TEAM REVIEWING FOR FINANCIAL FIT, AND THEY WILL BE SCORING ON THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK.

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AND ONE SEES THE STAFF FOR ELIGIBILITY IN THOSE TYPICAL

PROPONENTS. >> SO TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THIS. SO TO REVIEW, WILL THERE BE ONE

REVIEW COMMITTEE PER PRECINCT? >> PER PRECINCT FOR YEARS, A

DIFFERENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. >> AND EACH REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS HOW MANY MEMBERS? AND WHO ARE THE MEMBERS?

>> THEY WILL INCLUDE TWO PRECINCTS STAFF THAT ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT PARTICULAR PRECINCT THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING

THOSE PARTICULAR APPLICATIONS. >> SO YOU MEAN, SO, LIKE, FOR COMMISSIONER ELLIS JUST BECAUSE HE IS FIRST ON THE DAIS, SO YOU WERE LOOKING AT HIS PRECINCT TO HIS COMMITTEE WILL BE MADE UP BY TWO STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT IN PRECINCT ONE?

IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? >> THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT IS CORRECT. >> AND THEN THERE WILL BE -- YOU SAY THE COMMITTEE WILL INCLUDE -- SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE GIVING ME A COMPLETE LIST. SO IT WILL BE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM A PRECINCT THAT IS NOT THE PRECINCT RECEIVING THE FUNDS AND THEN WHO ELSE?

FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, CSD. >> AND ONE FROM CST.

SO A THREE-MEMBER COMMITTEE? >> YES.

IN THAT WE WILL HAVE INPUT AND SCORING COMPONENTS FROM EEO RELATED TO THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

ENGINEERING WILL BE PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE COMMITTEE.

BUT THEY WILL BE -- BACK BUT IF A DIFFERENT PRECINCT.

LET ME MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY MY CONCERN WAS WE ARE SPLITTING MONEY FOUR WAYS AND I'M GLAD WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS WITH OUR BUDGET, SPLITTING IT FOUR WAYS, GIVING INTO OUR FAVORITE NONPROFITS, RIGHT? SO IF -- SO WE ARE NOT DOING THAT.

SO BECAUSE YOU ARE HAVING SOMEBODY, ONE PERSON, ONE COMMISSIONER'S PRECINCT SELECT PROJECT, ONE COMMISSIONER STAFF SELECT PROJECTS FOR A DIFFERENT COMMISSIONER'S PRECINCT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? BECAUSE THE GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN FLESHED OUT AND DEFINED AND SO WE ARE FOLLOWING THE OBJECTIVE OF THE FUNDS WHEN IT WAS CREATED AND SO THE GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN AGREED UPON SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME -- YES, CONTINUITY AND CONSISTENCY IN HOW WE GRADE THE PROJECTS AND THE PROJECTS ARE

RECOMMENDED AND CHOSEN. >> SO SORRY.

SO HOW DOES THAT -- SO THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, THOUGH, IS YES? SO YOU ARE HAVING ONE COMMISSIONER STAFF SELECT A DIFFERENT COMMISSIONER'S

PROJECTS, YES OR NO? >> TWO.

TWO. >> I MEAN, I STILL -- I THINK IF WE ARE DOING THAT, IT WILL NOT HAVE A CENTRALIZED COMMITTEE AND THEN -- AND MORE NOT HAVE A COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM? AND LOOK, OBVIOUSLY, THIS PROJECT HAS THE VOTES AND IT HAS THE COMMITTEE, I THINK MY STAFF ABSTAINED AND I THINK IT IS GOOD TO HAVE EXPERIMENTATION. BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TOO MUCH OF IT IN HARRIS COUNTY, ESPECIALLY COMING BACK FROM THIS COUNTY EXECUTIVE MEETING. WE ARE SO BEHIND THE TIMES.

LIKE, WE HAVE ONE PERSON MOW THE GRASS IN ONE PRECINCT AND A DIFFERENT PRECINCT, A DIFFERENT GROUP MOWS THE LAWN AND THEN ONE PRECINCT 60 OF THE PRECINCT'S PERSON AND THEN ONE PRECINCT HAS NICER BUILDING AND THE OTHER PRECINCT FIXES THE LIBRARY.

YOU KNOW? IT IS JUST RIDICULOUS AND IT IS VERY ANTIQUATED AND I'M AFRAID THIS IS MORE OF THAT AND EVEN IF YOU ARE HAVING ONE, A MAN, ALL RIGHT, WE KNOW THAT THE COMMISSIONERS CAN HAND A PROJECT TO ANYBODY NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE DONATED THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN AND THEY CAN JUST SAY TO THE COLLEAGUE. SO AND SO.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PLUS I'M PART OF OUR, TOO, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY HAVE A SEAT ON DISTRIBUTING THESE FUNDS BUT SEEING AS I HAVE THE VOTES ARE THERE, I WILL ABSTAIN BUT I THINK WE ARE JUST PLAYING INSIDE OF A LOSS OF WATER BY SAYING I'M GOING TO IMPROVE MY APARTMENT.

WHAT ABOUT EVERYBODYLS EE'S PARKS? WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERON NPROFITS? I'M OKAY WITHVE ERYBODY HAVING THEIR NAME ON THEIR BUILDINGS AND THEUS BESND A TO LEAD INNOVATION, BUT, IEA MN, IT IS GOING BACK IN TIME WHEN IAL TK ABOUT HARRIS COUNTYOM CPARED TO THE OTHER COUNTIES AROUND THE COUNTRYND A IHI TNK IT IS EMBARRASSING.

>> AND CAN YOUHA SRE MOREBO AUT THE RATIONALE INER TMSF OTHE COMPOSITION? WHYOT N HAVE A MEMBER FROMAC EH OF THE FIVE OFFICESN IADDITION TO YOUND A/OR A MEMBER OF YOUR TEAM? WHAT WASHE T RATIONALE?

>> INK THIT PAROF IT ISTO AS TRYINGO TP KEETHEBJ OECTIVITY.

SO THAT WE DOOT NE HAVA MEMBER OFHAT PRECINCT, YOU KNOW,

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AND ITA IS TIMEEN INTSIVE PROCESS TOIE REVW THESE APPLICATIONS AND SO WE ARE TRYINGKE TO EPTO IT ABE NUMR OF PEOPLE THAT WE CAN'TAG MANE AND THAT WE CAN.

>> THEIR TIME TO BE COMMITTEDO T DOING THIS S ANDO WE ARE TRYING TO -- YES, SOVE WE HA FOUR DIFFERENTTT COMMIEES FOROF EACHH E PRECINCTS AND SO EACH OF THE COMMITTEEJU WILL ST NOT INCLUDE ERA MEMBE OF THN PERSOTHAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OFCO THAT MMI

COMMITTEE, OF THAT PRECINCT. >> DOES ITBA COME CK TORE US HE? AT THE TABLE TOTH HAVE E VOTE ON

>> I DON'T KNOW >> IT IS

>> SO IT WILLBA COME CK -- WILL HAVE TO COME BACK.

>> YEAH.IT D. SHOUL

>> SO DON'T EXPECT WE WILL BRINB .TACK TO YOU

>> PROJECTS MAY BE COMMUNITYCI FALITIES A INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INC PUBLIS SERVICE ANDNCREASEON OPERATIAL CAPACITY, NONPROFIT ORGANITIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. PROGRAM PROJECT OUTCOMES MAY INCLUDE BU NOLIMITED TOTH REDUCE E NUMBER OF RESIDENTSNC EXPERIEING HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING ANDCU SERITY, FOODIT INSECURY,PA EXND ACCESS TORA BEHAVIOL HEALTHS SUPPORT A, EXPANDCCESS TOAR HEALTHCE AND/OR REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME,VI DOMESTIC OLENCE OR TRYINGIN TO ABUSE CLUDING FAITH-BASEDIO ORGANIZATNS AND DELIVERTO SERVICES LOW-INCOMELI FAMIES OR GROUPS THAT WERERO DISPPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BYPA THE NDEMIC.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS WELLGH THOUT OUT TO BE.

I AMBO WORRIED AUTAL THE MINIM CONTRACT AMOUNT CAN BE FUNDED I0 500,0 AND THE MAX IS 4.940 -- 0 -- G I KNOW WEOT A TIMETABLE TO SPEND THIS SO WHATG.

POINTSME WE DO AT SO WHEN YOU GOT TOIG PULL THE TRGER AND COMEWE BACK AND NEEDKE TO MA SUREMI ALL THE 20 LLION IS SPENTND BEFORE WE E UP LOSING BE PARTND SO THAT WILL OF THE JUDGMENTEC OF THE PROJT MAKING READY THEY ARE WE THE DECISION ABOUT WHETHEROO WE CHSE THEM OR NOT. AND --TH ASPECTS OF E QUICK WAY TOWO GET IT OUT ULD BEKN, YOU OW, I KNOW THATE THERE'S SOM LARGE PROJECTSNC IN MY PRECIT AS AN ALL OF OUR IT IS A WORD THAT MY MENTIONED TOON ME. BUT THEIS OTHER HAND, DCUSS E SOME OF THESSMALL BUT NOT FORA PROFIT TT STRUGGLE ANDKE NEVER MA IT AND I DON'T WANTTH ALL OF COME FOR. TO BUT AHA LOT OF THEM TT WOULD NOT RAISE MONEY THE WAY MORE ESTABLISHED- NUMBER FIVE - NOT FOR PROFITST ARE.

BUI AM T WORRIED ABOUTHE AND AT SOME POINTS, YOUCK COME BA AND WE DECIDED PUT K IT, LIKE, YOUNOW, YOU COULDHE PUT THIS IN TNE HOMELESSSS. THATE PLACE IS WHER TO RUN OUT OF MONEY. AND YOUIL COULD GO TO FACITIES BECAUSEIS WHEN THE MONEY -- GON, HAVE THEEAST YOU FACILITIES.IT YOU KNOW, IS TO TRY TOY RAISE MONEFOR THOSE GROUPS. BUT DON'TTI LET THAT CLOCK CK AND THEN AT SOME POINTS, RELEASE MONEY.

I KNOW I STRESSED THATL TO YOU ALBUT I WANT TO STRESS IT AS

WELL. >> YES.

>> OKAY. I MOVE IT.

>> I MAKE A>> MOTION. MOTION BY RAMSEY.SIONER ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSE? OH, I'MIN A POST. APPROPRIATE. AN

THE MOTION CARRIES 401. S >> OKAY,O THAT ISWS 364.

ANY NE FROM DR. CORSER? >> JUDGE?

>> YEAH. >> I BELIEVE MEGAN TRADER IS ON FOR HARRIS HEALTH. HGS AND MISSYO TO.

I THINK U CAN SPEAK TO THIS. WE ARE A -- 362, WHICH IS 497,000 FORD HARRIS HEALTH FOO PHARMACIES.

>> YES, GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM THE INITIATIVECE FOR SURGIL NTER AS WELL AS THE GI CENTERO IN REGARDS TCOMMISSIONER RAMSEY'SO QUESTIONS, I WILL D MY BEST TO ANSWER IT.

ITE IS -- AS WE CONTINU TO DEVELOPNE THE PROGRAM, WE DO ED TO ASSESSMENT WITHIN THE AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM MY COLLEAGUES, ASSESSMENT, WE CONTINUE TO REVIEWSI WITHIN COMMISONER RAMSEY'S DISTRICT,IO WITHIN COMMISSNER RAMSEY'S PRECINCT TO BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE SERVICES TO HIM. THIS REQUEST OUR OTHER DISTRICTS IN THEAN CURRENT STATE D THAT ISIN WHERE THIS FIGHTG IS, IS TO HELP THOSE PRECINCT AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW WE WOULD NEED WITHIN THE ENTIRE COUNTY WHICH WILL INCLUDE PELVIS AREA.R RAMSEY

>> IT JUST SEEMS ON TO YOU ARE DISTRIBUTING THE FUNDS BETWEEN

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>> YES, SIR. I APPRECIATE WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM THEPE ANALYSIS THATE RFORMED MY UNDERSTANDING IS WITH HIGHEST NEEDS FIRSTNG AND WITH THE FUNDI THAT WE HAD AND SO THE THREE AREAS THAT WE HAVEX ALLOCATED, WE ARE ECUTING ONAN THOSE FIRST. D WE, AGAIN, CONTINUE TO REVIEW THIS ON A REGULARIN BASIS AND AS FIGHTG IS AVAILABLE, WITHIN NEW TO THE NEXT HIGHEST NEEDS.

>> RIGHT. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU START WITH PUTTING IT IN THE THREE. AND I ONLY IMAGINE THE FINAL FOUR I'M NOT ACCEPTING YOUR EXPLANATION.

I DON'T THINK YOU REALLY KNOW IN TERMS OF HOW THE MONEY WAS EXACTLYGI DESCRIBED. YOU CAN VE METE NUMBERS.

YOU DON'T LL ME HOW STORYLINES HEALTH COMPARES TO MARTIN LUTHER KING OR ANY OF THE OTHERS THAT WERE SELECTED.

I MEAN, IT IS JUST SO OBVIOUS THAT YOU PICK THREEN' PRECINCTS AND YOU DOT PUT ANYTHING IN PRECINCT THREE.'M

>> YES. >> I SORRY I ASKED SO MANY QUESTIONS TO THE BOND ISSUE. IT MUST BE PAYBACK TIME.

>> I DO WANT TO ASKR.. >> 'S, COMMISSIONE

>> I DID NOT GET YOUR NAME. >> MATTHEWN READER.

>> IS THIS OA TIME TABLE? BECAUSE IF THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT YOU WANT TO ASK, I'M FORY IT.

I HEARD YOU SA YOU WENT TO THE AREAS WHEREED THAT IS THE HIGHET NE FIRST. IS THIS ON A TIME TABLE? DOES ITRA DELAY AWARDING ANY CONTCTS OR SERVICES IN THESE

AREAS THAT YOU HAVE CITED? >> SO THE -- YES, IT WOULD DELAY SOME SERVICES. I CAN'T SAY IF IT WOULD DELAY ALL SERVICES. I DO KNOW THAT FOR THE FIGHTING WOULD HELP MOVE THIS PROJECTMM FORWARD.

>> SO COISSIONER CARTER I'M PREPARED TO MOVE IT.

BUT TO SAY THAT, IN OR, IF YOU WANT TO PUTOR SOMETHING ON THE

AGENDA F THE NEXT COURT. >> THE 32 MILLION ON THE BOND.

IT MAY BE LOOKED AT 32 MILLION ON THE BOND.

>> YEAH. YEAH.

I MOVE IT. >> CAN I JUST ASKED A QUICK QUESTION? JUST TO CLARIFY, WERE THERE DOORS ARE THERE HARRIS HEALTH SITES IN PRECINCT THREE?

>> YES. >> YES, CORRECT.

>> YES. AND MUERTOS ANALYZED AS PART OF

THIS COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS?HA >> UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T VE

INFORMATION ON THAT. >> SEESI THOSE NUMBERS.

>> YES, R. WE WILL GET TO YOU.

>> THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION RIGHTBA THERE.

>> COULD YOU COME CK WITH IT? >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

>> WHAT IS HIS NAME? >> WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

>> DEMATTHEW REEDER. >> MR. REER, CAN YOU ALL COME BACK WITH IT WITH A CLEAR EXPLANATION FOR HOW YOU ALWAYS

LOOK AT THE SITES? >> YES, WE CAN.

ANYES, WE CAN. >> DOES IT HARM YTHING? THAT IS WHY I WAS ASKING EARLIER.

WHAT HARM IS THAT FOR DELAYING IT FOR 3 WEEKS?

>> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, FOR MYY, COLLEAGUES, IF THERE'S A DELA THERE COULD BE A DELAY IN PROVIDING THOSE FOODS FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES TO THE FOLKS IN THOSE AREAS IS MY

UNDERSTANDING. >> THE REASON WHY I WOULD HATE TO DELAY IT, I MEAN, WE HAVE IT TOQU THE HOLIDAYS.

YOU HAVE BROKEN ESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK.

BUT YOU COULD APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL MONEY, BY THE WAY, IF IT MEETS THE METRICS. EVEN IF MY VISION WAS NOTWI IN .

>> I HAVE A PROBLEM TH YOU IN I FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE.

ITS NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND JUST SAYING CAN BE

APPROPRIATE. >> IT IS HARRIS HEALTH.

IS THAT WHERE THIS CAME FROM? >> PRECINCT.

IT DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT TO DO IT ON ALL BUT ONE PRECINCT SO WHY DON'T WE APPROVE IT AND THEN COWHETHER IT IS THROUGH OUR OPEA

MMITTEE OR THROUGH THEM -- >> I WILL HAVE THE AGENDA ITEM FIRST JANUARY. FIRST MEETING JANUARY.

AND WE WILL SEE WHAT KIND OF SPORT IT IS.

>> AND THIS IS THE SOONERS COMMITTEE, NOT AS.

OKAY. >> AND THIS AMOUNT, HOW MUCH

ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS THERE?TH >> 49.

>> CAN YOU REPEAT E AMOUNT? >> 497.

>> 497. AND THAT FOR 97, IS IT DIVIDED

BY THREE OR -- >> YES.

>> YES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT IS DIVIDED BY THREE.

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>> YES, PERMISSION. >> I THINK THAT IS FAIR TO SAY TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND NO WAY DO I WANT TO DISMISS THOSE. BUT I THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND GOING INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, I DON'T WANT TO LEAD.

>> LET'S DON'T MOVE IT. IS THERE A MOTION ON 260 -- MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTIONSS CARRIES 4-TO. WE HAVE TWO EXECUTIVE SEION ITEMS WHICH WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS OUT HERE.

349. >> JUDGE, YOU SAID QUARTER TO

TWO. >> AMENDMENT 4-1.

>> THANK YOU. >> SESSION ITEMS BOTH ARE

PRECINCT FOUR. >> YES.

FIRST OF ALL, ON 349, THAT IS LGBTQIA+ HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSION. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES AND YOUR TEAM MEMBERS FOR THEIR COLORS PARTNERSHIP.

MR. DANIEL SANTAMARIA HAS BEEN A FABULOUS ADDITION BRINGING NEW IDEAS AND ENERGY TO COMMISSIONS. THANK YOU MR. UP TO MY MEYER AND ANWAR PRECINCT 14 PRECINCT 14, THANK YOU FORNG YOUR PARTNERSHI.

THE FIRST OFFICIAL MEETI IS JANUARY 16, 2024.

THERE WAS AN UNOFFICIAL FIRSTS MEETING AND THE METROCENTER WHICH WAPOSTED ET CETERA, THANK YOU, MR. CENTENARIO FOR YOUR HELP. AS WE KNOW WITHIN THE BYLAWS, THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO SELECT TWO AT-LARGE MEMBERS AND SO TODAY'S 349 WAS THE BOARD MEMBERS TRYING TO ROUND OUT SO, THE BOARD IS AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE SO THERE WAS LOCKING OF TRANSGENDER REPRESENTATION AND SO ALL OF OUR PROSPECTIVE BOARD MEMBERS SELECTED THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS AND THEY WILL REALLY ADD GREAT PERSPECTIVE SO I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING BUT I HOPE I WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN CONGRATULATE MEGAN FAIRBANKS TO POSITION 10 AS WELL AS TIMING STYLES TO POSITION 11 AND A BIT BRIEFLY ABOUT EACH ONE, MEGAN FAIRBANKS IS THE FOUNDER OF THE TRENDS IN GENDER HOUSTON AND A BOARD MEMBER OF THE CHANCE TO FOUNDATION OF AMERICA MEGAN IS THE EQUALITY TEXAS MONICA ROBERTS TRANSGENDER ACTIVISTS OF THE YEAR AND RECOGNIZED AS THE 2023 MOST VALUABLE FEMALE TR TRANS-COMMUNITY CULTURE AND DIAMOND STATUS IS THE DIRECTOR OF -- AND THE BOARD MEMBER OF BOTH THE TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER AND THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT AND TIME IT IS A LONGTIME ACTIVIST AND IN 1999, SHE WON A FEDERAL LAWSUIT THAT AFFIRMED HER RIGHT TO AUTHENTICALLY PRESENT HERSELF AT PROM.

SO THIS IS JUST TWO YEARS OF ACTIVISM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING AN DIAMOND JOINING REST OF THE BOARD AND ALL OF THEM ARE VERY EXCITED, ENERGIZED AND THANKFUL AT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN EMPHASIZING AS WE REALLY WANT ACTIONABLE AGAIN, ACTIONABLE IDEAS THAT HARRIS COUNTY CAN HOPE WE CAN IMPLEMENT BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL WANT HARRIS COUNTY TO BE A BEGINNING OF EQUALITY AND INCLUSION, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CLIMATE OF THE TEXAS NATIONALLY. SO I THINK Y'ALL'S TEAMS FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND I MOVE ON 349 AS PRESENTED.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY ON 349. AND FINALLY, 352.

>> THANK YOU. SO MY FINAL ITEM IS 352 WITH THE SAFE SCHOOLS COMMISSION AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL BECAUSE COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, IT WAS YOUR ITEMS THAT IN 2022, THE COURT THEN PASSED THE SAFE SCHOOLS COMMISSION AND THAT COMMISSION THE ALL POINT MOVED QUICKLY. THEY CAME WITH RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS I BELIEVE IT IS A PRIME OPPORTUNITY NOW TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FERMENTED. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WAS A GREAT REPORT BUT THEN THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF IMPLEMENTATION AND AS WE, IN THE SPRING APPROACHED THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF A BOND OR, UNDERNO THAT ALL OF US AROUND THE STIES ARE COMMITTED T ON OUR WATCH FOR -- WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THAT TO THE GREATEST DEGREE POSSIBLE HAPPEN HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY AND AS A MOM AND FORMER TEACHER, I AM SO PROUD TO HAVE HOLLY MARIA FLYNN, SAY, A FELLOW MARK FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND FORMER TEACHER, JUST A WONDERFUL PUBLIC SERVANT WHO IS WILLING TO SERVE AND I THINK WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP AND I KNOW OUR FIRE MARSHAL, LOREN CHRISTIANSON IS FIRED UP ABOUT THIS.

AND SO I HOPE THAT AS WE APPROACH 2024, WE CAN MAKE THIS

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PRESENTED. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSE? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> JUDGE? >> YES.

>> THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO BRING 364 BACK UP.

>> I NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION. I MISSPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE SCORING COMMITTEE BOARD, EACH OF THE PRECINCTS.

IT WILL INCLUDE A MEMBER, A STAFF MEMBER OF THAT PRECINCT AS ONE OF THE TWO. AND THEN THE THIRD WOULD BE A COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBER.

SO I WAS WRONG ON THAT. >> SEE? AND THAT IS WHAT I FEEL IS EVEN WORSE.

IT JUST SET IT UP FOR EVERYONE TO GIVE MONEY TO THEIR BEST BUDDY NONPROFIT. IT IS JUST NOT RIGHT.

>> JUDGE, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, NO PROCESS IS EMPIRICAL.

I THINK HAL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

WE BUILT IN EQUITY GUIDELINES AND WE CAN'T GIVE THESE PROJECTS TO ROLLOUTS TO IMPLEMENT AND SO I THINK THERE'S JUST GOING TO BE SOME THAT FOLKS, THERE'S NOBODY AT THIS TABLE THAT REPRESENTS PASCAL. AND SO I HAVE A GREAT DEGREE OF FAITH IN EACH ONE OF US. AND JUST BELIEVE THAT HAL HEARS THE VALUES. AND GIVES THEM CHARGES AND THEY WORK TO PUT THESE PROGRAMS TOGETHER AND EXECUTE THEM AS WELL AS POSSIBLE. I'M NOT -- IF ANYBODY, THIS TABLE, I'M PROBABLY THE BEST ONE TO BE CYNICAL ABOUT COUNTY GOVERNMENT. BECAUSE OF THE THINGS I WENT THROUGH WHEN I WAS SURE. BUT I'M NOT.

I'M NOT TODAY. AND SO I HAVE FAITH THAT WHAT THE FRAMEWORK THAT AL HAS PUT IN FAITH.

I HAVE FAITH IN MY COLLEAGUES AND STAFF THAT WILL BE IN THE ROOM ON THINGS. AND UNTIL ONE OF THEM SHOWS ME THEY CAN BE TRUSTED, THAT IS WHEN I WILL -- WE LITERALLY, 80% OF CONDITIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE GUYS COME FROM THE POOL BUILDERS THAT THEY CAN CONTRACTS TO.

SO YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO TO YOUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE NONPROFITS? I MEAN, IT IS -- WHAT WE WERE GOOD AT, AND THAT IS FROM THE LAST COURT.

AND WE DO STILL HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE MOWING LAWNS,

FOUR DIFFERENT PARKS DIRECTORS. >> AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

THAT IS NOT ACCURATE TO EXPECT IT IS ACCURATE.

>> IT IS A MISREPRESENTATION WE HAVE OVER 400 EMPLOYEES IN PRECINCT THREE. THEY ARE MOWING 60 --

>> OF YOUR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

I KNOW WE ARE WERE GOING TO IN THAT YEAR ON A NOTE OF RESPECT AND COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE. THIS WILL BE AN RSV.

ALL NONPROFITS AND HARRIS COUNTY ARE WELCOME TO ABIDE.

>> WHY CAN'T THERE BE A CENTRALIZED PART?

>> I HEAR YOU. >> WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE PER PRECINCT? EVERYTHING ON OUR PART, WE DO IT CENTRALIZED. SO WHY IS IT THAT THERE HAS TO BE -- I'M OKAY WITH GIVING THIS NONPROFITS.

LET'S HAVE A CENTRALIZED RFP LIKE WE DO WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY NONPROFITS BY GIVING THEM MONEY, FINE. BUT AT LEAST BE CLEAR WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE DO EVERYONE DESIGNS THEIR PARK. YOU CELEBRATE YOUR PARK.

I VISIT PARKS THAT ARE NOT WELL DONE BECAUSE WE ARE SO BEHIND THE TIMES. I VISIT COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT ARE NOT WHILDEN BECAUSE WE ARE SO BEHIND THE PARKS.

BEHIND THE TIMES. THE ROADS, THE STAFF.

WE ARE JUST PLAYING MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH STAFF.

IT IS EMBARRASSING AND NOW WE COULD WHY, THAO, CAN THIS BE A CENTRALIZED COMMITTEE WHERE EVERYONE APPLIES AND WE HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE PER OFFICE, TO ME, GIVEN THAT 80% OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS COME FROM CONTRACTORS THAT GET CONTRACT WITHOUT AN RFP AND GIVEN THAT THIS IS NOT USUALLY OUR PROGRAM ARE HANDLED IN A CENTRALIZED MANNER FOR ARPA.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT REASON THERE IS TO SPEND THIS MONEY ACROSS PRECINCTS OTHER THAN DOING FAVORS TO PEOPLE AND I HAVE BEEN VERY PROUD TO BRAG ON HOW HARRIS COUNTY HAS HANDLED ITS ARPA MONEY BECAUSE WE DON'T DO IT IN THE WAY THAT WE DO CONTRACTS. LET ME JUST GIVE IT TO YOU AND THEN YOU CAN GIVE ME A CHECK. WE DON'T DO IT THAT WAY.

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SO WHY -- >> WE DON'T DO IT THAT WAY.

WE DON'T DO IT THAT WAY. AND SO --

>> A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS COME FROM PEOPLE YOU GIVE UNILATERAL CONTRACTS TO.

>> ON THE NONPROFITS, WE ARE TRYING TO HELP.

THANK YOU TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR THIS FUNDING.

THEY WILL APPLY. AND I SHARE YOUR FAITH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, AND WITH THAT, I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE INTO 2024 DURING OUR ABSOLUTE BEST FOR THE PEOPLE OF

HARRIS COUNTY. >> IT IS SAYING WE CELEBRATE AND GIVE US. IT IS EMBARRASSING.

WHITE IS IN IT IT A CENTRALIZED COMMITTING? THERE'S ALWAYS CENTRALIZED COMMITTEE.

IT MAKES NO SENSE, IF YOU GUYS. >> I THINK IN THIS CASE, IT IS THAT THE PRECINCTS STAFF, THEY ARE FAMILIAR.

WITH THE NOT FOR PROFITS THAT ARE LOCATED IN THEIR AREAS AND

YES, WE ARE TRYING TO DO -- >> SO THEY CAN BE PART OF THE COMMITTEE AND INFORM THAT TO THE CENTRALIZED COMMITTEE.

WE COULD MAKE THAT SAME DISH AT THIS POINT, THEN LET'S JUST SPLIT THE REST OF THE ARPA FUNDING.

I MEAN, IF THAT IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO IT, BECAUSE IF ANYBODY CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT THE PRESENT IS MORE FAMILIAR, THEN WE ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE PARKS/CAMPAIGN DONORS. THEY ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE.

MEDIA CENTERS. WITH THEIR ROLES, WITH THEIR BIKE LANES AND THAT IS WHY OUR COUNTY, IF YOU CROSS THE BOUNDARIES, INTO ONE PRECINCT VERSUS ANOTHER, IT IS NOT CONSISTENT. IT IS NOT MODERN AND I REALLY THOUGHT THAT WE JUST INTO THE BRING ANOTHER YOUNG -- I THOUGHT MODERNIST PERSON WITH BRING CHANGE AND IS THAT WE ARE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING AS BEFORE WHICH IS SPLITTING THINGS UP RIGHT PRECINCT AND JUST GIVING THINGS TO OUR BUDDIES AND THAT JUST IS NOT RIGHT FOR THE THIRD-LARGEST COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A POINT OF ORDER AND THE -- WE GOT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

I MOVE ON THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. >> I THINK WE FINISHED IT.

>> LET ME SUGGEST, I THINK IT IS SUCH A GOOD YEAR AND I'M LOOKING

FORWARD TO THAT. >> IT WOULD BE A LOT BETTER IF

WE GOT WITH THE TERMS. >> LET'S PUT THIS ITEM ON THE

AGENDA. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> A MOTION? >> CAN WE ADJOURN?

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> HAPPY HOL

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.