Jun 11, 2026 Commissioners Court

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GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE DID IT A 9:04 AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ORDER.

[Reverend Eleanor L. Colvin of Westbury United Methodist Church in Houston introduced by the Commissioner of Precinct 4.]

INTRODUCED PIERS. >> IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE REVEREND ELEANOR L. COLVIN, THE SENIOR PASS THERE OF WESTBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. SHE MADE HISTORY AS BEING APPOINTED AS SENIOR PASS THERE OF WESTBURY AND SHE IS A FOURTH-GENERATION METHODIST AND SHE IS A HOUSTON NATIVE, A GRADUATE OF TEXAS A&M AND A MASTERS IN FINE ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND A MASTERS AT THE SEMINARY IN DC SHE LIVES OUT HER FAITH IN ACTION AND INSPIRES ACTIONS THOSE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. IT IS SO MOVING THAT YOUR CHURC IS CELEBRATING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OR LAST YEAR CELEBRATED ITS 70TH ANNIVERSARY AND IS OUR PRIVILEG TO PARTNER WITH YOU. THE PROCLAMATION AND DURING PRIDE MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WESTBERRY UMC CONTINUES T MODEL WHAT IT MEANS TO SHOW COMPASSION AND PEACE AND LOVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY AT COMMISSIONERS COURT AN FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF HARRIS COUNTY SO THANKS FOR BEING HISTORY MAKER AND IT IS MORE LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE AND JUST. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO BE HERE TODAY. LET US PRAY.

GOD OF LOVE, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE GIFT OF A NEW DAY GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE JOY OF BEING YOUR CHILDREN AND FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO PARTNER WITH YOU S THAT YOUR KINGDOM MIGHT COME ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN AND FO THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING YOU SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT COME TO KNOW LOVE OF GOD AND LOVE OF NEIGHBOR . WE SEEK YOU THIS DAY.

KRONOS WITH THE WISDOM FOR THE WORK OF THE DAY.

GIVE US THE INSIGHT TO KNOW WHE TO SPEAK AND TO KNOW WHEN TO BE SILENT AND HELP US TO LISTEN WELL, ADVOCATE WELL, GIVE US YOUR WISDOM FROM ON HIGH GOD OF JUSTICE, HAVE YOUR WAY IN THIS COURT, THIS DAY BOOT YOUR WORDS TEACHES US TO SEEK THE WELFARE OF THE CITY FOR IT IN ITS WELFARE WE WILL FIND OUR OWN PROSPERITY. HELP US TO SEEK WHAT IS BEST FO THE COUNTY. HELP US TO SEEK WHAT IS BEST FO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY AND THOSE WITH GREAT MEANS AND THOS PRESSED INTO THE MARGINS AND AL RESIDENTS IN BETWEEN, LORD GOD.

GOD OF JUSTICE, REMIND US THAT WE ARE INEXTRICABLY TIED TOGETHER IN A WEB OF MUTUALITY AND WHAT IMPACTS ONE, IMPACTS ANOTHER SO HELP US TO BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDEN THIS DAY.

WE HAVE AN AGENDA FOR THE DAY BUT WE ARE OPEN TO YOUR AGENDA.

MAY IT BE SO RESPECTFUL OF THE MANY NAMES BY WHICH PEOPLE PRAY TO YOU ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS THE

CHRIST, AMEN. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WELCOME .

WE WILL NOT RECITE THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLG 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 ALLEGIANCE O THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD,

ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> BEFORE WE GET STARTED I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE START OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP

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I HAVE ONE AT THE FAN FEST SO I IS A BIG DEAL AND WE ARE ALL WEARING OUR FIFA PINS. HITS A ONE ON LIFETIME EXPERIENCE. BILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WOULD DREAM TO BE IN THE POSITION WE ARE TO BE HOSTING WORLD CUP. COMMISSIONER ELLIS WILL BE JOINING VIRTUALLY. WE WILL HAVE A LUNCH RECESS BETWEEN 1-130 SINCE WE HAVE THI TIGHT OVERLAPPING TIMELINE AND I'VE REQUESTED A BREAK BETWEEN 3 -4 BECAUSE PEOPLE LOSE COURT

[Departments (Part 1 of 3)]

SO THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING THIS PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND YOU CAN IMAGINE HE IS VERY BUSY MANAGING HIS CURRENT ROLL IN TH FUTURE POINT SO. WERE AS HE'S BEEN NAMED THE 15 TH PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY, A DISTINGUISHED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING. HE'S A RESPECTED ECONOMIST AND SCHOLAR AND ACADEMIC LEADER, JONES GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND HAS LED SIGNIFICAN GROWTH IN BUSINESS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER HE EXPANDS ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION AND LEADERSHI IN THE PROGRAM AND FOSTERING STUDENTS TO LEAD IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. DURING HIS LEADERSHIP, PRICE BUSINESS EXPANDED ENROLLMENT AN INCREASED FACULTY STRENGTHEN TH DEVELOPMENT OF NEW STUDENT SUCCESS AND OPPORTUNITY.

HIS APPOINTMENT AS PRESIDENT OF WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY REFLECTS HIS EXCEPTIONAL RECORD, VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE AND BRINGS US GREAT PRIDE EVEN THOUGH WE LOSE YOU, BRINGS US GREAT PRIDE TO SEE YO AS THE PRESIDENT OF WAKE FOREST AND THEY ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU HERE TWO THAT END, I DO HEREBY DESIGNATE JUNE 11, 2026, BEING TODAY, AS DR. . RODRIGUEZ TODAY IN HARRIS COUNTY , TEXAS. CONGRATULATING HIM ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS THE 15TH PRESIDENT OF WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY AND EXTEND CAN SEE I CONGRATULATIONS.

>> I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. WE HAD WONDERFUL YEARS HERE IN TEXAS. I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S NO BETTE PLACE IN THE COUNTRY TO RAISE A FAMILY AND I CERTAINLY HAVE BEE PROUD OF THAT SO IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT I RECEIVED THI INCREDIBLE HONOR AND IS THE HONORABLE LIFE TIME.

I WILL JUST SAY FROM MY FAMILY, MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS MOVED TO HOUSTON IN 1915 AND THEN LEFT O NAVIGATION BOULEVARDS BOULEVARD SAID TO BE BACK HERE, IT'S BEEN A GREAT PRIVILEGE FOR ME SO I KEEP THE COUNTY IN THE CITY NEA AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THA YOU'VE GIVEN US.

WE GOT THE APPRECIATE AT. >> CONGRATULATIONS BIT IT MAKES US SO PROUD TO ACT OUT THAT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE FUTURE LEADERSHIP OF OUR NATION.

WAKE FOREST IS BLESSED TO HAVE YOUR VISION AND COMMITMENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE DECADES OF SEEING WHAT YOU HAVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SPEAKING OF STUDENTS, I KNOW WE HAVE MANY IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY SO I YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HANDS.

AND TO SO MANY. ALL THINK IT TO OUR STUDENTS AN EVERYONE ELSE WHOSE LIVES YOU HAVE TOUCHED.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO IF YOU -- I AM SO SORRY.

>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THIEVES DONE AND I REALLY WANT TO TAKE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO YOUR TRAJECTORY TO NOW BECOMING A

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I WILL JUST TELL YOU WHAT MY DA JUST TOLD ME.

CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. >> DEAN COME IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT, I'M HOPING WE CAN TAKE PICTURES WITH BOTH OF THE HONOREES. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

>> THE RESOLUTION IS ABOUT -- DO YOU WANT TO CALL HIM UP? COUNTY ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN US.

>> I SAY WE TAKE PICTURES WITH DEAN RODRIGUEZ AND WE BOTH RECOGNIZE HIM LATER. HE'S PROBABLY HARD AT WORK.

DRY NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK FOR THIS?

>> EXCUSE ME. TAKE PICTURES.

SO IF YOU WILL JUST HUMOR IS US HERE FOR A MINUTE.

[Appearances before court (Part 1 of 2)]

RECOGNIZING THE COMPLEXITIES OF KEEPING EVERYBODY INTO CORM TODAY, I THINK THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF ITEMS WE WOULD LIKE T LOOK AT FIRST AND I THINK IT HA BEEN MENTIONED 125 AND 418 WOUL BE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND 483 EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS SO I WHAT ASK THAT WE TAKE 125 AND 418 AND 483 AND HEAR THE SPEAKERS OF THOSE FIRST AND THE TAKE THOSE ITEMS AND OBVIOUSLY 125 WELL BE THE PRESENTATION BY FLOOD CONTROL AND 418 AND 43 WILL BE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TAKE THOSE BEFORE WE TAKE THE REMAINING SPEAKERS IN TODAY'S -- COMMISSIONER ELLIS IS ON VIRTUA AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON' LOSE HIM IN THE PROCESS.

>> SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TAKE ONLY THE SPEAKER FOR 125, 418, AND 483. WOULD HAVE TO TAKE 419 ALSO BE

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ALL IN FAVOR AND IT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PLEASE CALLING ANY SPEAKERS FOR ITEM

125 AND 418 OR 419 AND 483. >> SPEAKING ON ITEM FOR HUNDRED

83, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> DEPENDING ON THE ARTICLES I'VE BEEN READING. AT MY NAME IS MARY.

-- SPECK.

AND THE ARTICLES ARE SAYING ITE 12, ONLY ONE IS COMPLETED, YOU FIRE THE PERSON THAT WAS IN CHARGE WHEN YOU TOOK OVER AND I TOOK 18 MONTHS TO HIRE A NEW PERSON.

DID YOU NOT TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHAT ALL THESE THINGS ARE DUE AND NOT ARTICLE TWO DAY AGO YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO RECLASSIFY IT AND PUT IT UNDER SOMETHING DATED 2028.

THESE ARE 2027 FEBRUARY. YOUR SUCCESSION ENDS EVERY 21 O THE PERSON YOU HIRED IS FEBRILE AND YOU GAVE HER AN $80,000 RAISE LAST YEAR FOR NOT DOING HER JOB.

YOU ARE FEELING FAILING THE CITIZENS.

SEVEN YEARS AND ONE PROJECT DONE .

THANK YOU. 14 SESSIONS YOU MISSED.

14 SESSIONS YOU MISSED AND HE MISSED IT.

>> THANK YOU COMIC YOUR TIME IS OF.

>> YOU NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? >> THAT IS ALL, JUDGE.

>> SO IT IS 9:21. WILL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON

125, 418 AND 419 AND 483. >> 125 SHOULD BE DONE NOW.

>> I THOUGHT I SAID 125. >> BUT NOT TWO EXECUTIVE SESSION . IT SHOULD BE DONE NOW FOR PRESENTATION. SO WE WILL DO 125, THE PUBLIC

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GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT

HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. >> DR. PETERSON, I DON'T HAVE

THE PRESENTATION. >> GIVE US JUST A MOMENT.

WE WILL GET THAT OVER TO YOU. IN THE MEANTIME WE WILL GO AHEA AND START AND REALLY WELL WE AR GETTING THE PRESENTATION, I WIL JUST START WITH THE BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT, SO WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND ARE DELIVERING PROJECTS IN THIS WORK IS KEEPIN OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE AND WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT A SOLUTION THAT WILL DELIVER THE RESOLUTION OF THE CDBGR FUNDING.

IT REQUIRES A FULL COURT PRESS AND THE TEAM IS HERE WITH ME TODAY TO DEMONSTRATE THE COMMITMENT TO GET THIS WORK DON SO SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND HELP EVERYONE DECIDES TO GO ALONG WITH THAT BUT I WILL JUST BE TO THE ISSUES THAT WE WANT TO COVER . SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE TRANSMITTA THAT WE SUBMITTED IN COURT IS A MAP AND AN OUTLINE OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DOLLARS AND CERTAINLY THE PROGRAM IS A VERY COMPLEX PROGRAM AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT RULES AND REGULATIONS AND IT IS ADMINISTERED AND ADMINISTERED LOCALLY. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, DR AND MITIGATION. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THESE DOLLARS HAVE SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX REGULATIONS.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT W MEET ALL THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS

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PROGRESS IS HAPPENING. WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

PROJECTS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THIS LIGHT SHOWS YOU SOME O THE WORK THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SEVEN OUT OF THE 11 PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THREE MORE ARE MOVING TO CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THIS MONTH THAT WE HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT IS STILL AWAITING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE WE HAVE HAD TWO ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. AND THE GOAL OF WHAT WE'RE GOIN TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE PROTECTED.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXECUTING. IN LATE 2025, THE DISTRICT, THE GL LOW, WE SAT DOWN AND AGREED TO A STRATEGY FOR HOW WE NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD. WE KNEW THE MOST CRITICAL STUFF IN THE PROCESS WAS GETTING THES UNDER CONSTRUCTION SO WE SET A GOAL. WE SET A GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT ALL OF THE PROJECTS OUT BY THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR AND WE SET A GOAL TO GET ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED OU TO CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF JUNE AND THAT REQUIRED CELEBRATION AND MOVING FASTER THAN THE SCHEDULES SHOWED AND THE PROJECTS MOVED AND WE ARE O TRACK TO GET THIS DONE THE OTHE THING THAT THIS INCLUDED WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE WOULD BE GATHERING DATA AS A RESULT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GAINED FROM THE BIDS TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES WERE IN THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT WERE THE CONSTRAINTS.

DIFFICULT OF THE NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BAD ABOUT THAT . SO WE KNEW FROM BEGINNING THIS PROGRAM HAD CONSTRAINTS IN TERM OF VERY STRICT TIMELINE SO WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS THAT HAD TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE EXTEN OF THE CHANGES IN THOSE REGULATIONS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED AND YET WE HAVE CONTINUED TO STAY FOCUSED ON DELIVERING THIS ONE.

WE DID REALIZE AS PART OF PUTTING THESE PROJECTS OUT OF I THAT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THE MARKET WAS COMING IN LOWER THAN OUR ENGINEERS THOUGHT IT WOULD. THAT IS A GOOD THING.

THAT MEANS WE CAN DELIVER MORE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF HARRIS COUNTY WITH THE INFORMATION THA WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE JOEL'S STRONG RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE GLO TO PROBLEM SOLVE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WAS NOT ON THE TABLE PREVIOUSLY BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO AFFORD AND ACHIEVE MULTIPLE GOALS SO IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THE APPROACH THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT IS ONE THAT INVOLVES DIFFERENT STEPS.

WE KNOW WE HAVE TO PRESERVE THE PROJECTS AND WE KNOW WHO WANT T MAKE SURE TO DELIVER MORE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF HARRIS COUNTY AS A RESULT OF OUR PROJECT COMING IN LOWER THAN EXPECTED AND IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE ALSO ADDRESS THE POINT WHERE WE ARE AT. IN INVOLVES THREE DIFFERENT STEPS. PHRASING THE PROJECTS TO ADDRES THE CHALLENGES AND MOVING CERTAIN PROJECTS INTO DR TO LEVERAGE ALL THE DOLLARS WE CAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENT OF HARRIS COUNTY AND ACTIVELY MANAGE THE CAPACITY TO ENSURE W ARE USING AS MUCH OF THOSE DOLLARS AS POSSIBLE TO DELIVER FAIR AND SO SCOTT IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH VERY QUICKLY TH

DETAILS OF THIS PLAN. >> THANK YOU COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. WE ARE STILL HONORING THE PROMISE TO THE CONSTITUENTS OF HARRIS COUNTY.

THIS IS WHERE THE STRATEGY BECOMES SIMPLE.

WERE NOT CHANGING THE PROMISE T THE COMMUNITIES.

FOR CHANGING THE DELIVERY OF TH PROGRAM THE PROGRAM ARE GOING T

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THE KEY POINT IS THAT THE PROJECTS REMAIN SINGLE PROJECTS UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT AND WITH THE FUNDING SOURCE, CLEARL DEFINED PORTIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS.

NEXT SLIDE. THE MOST TANGIBLE EXAMPLE IS TH TRANSFER OF SOME PROJECTS, SEVE PROJECTS CURRENTLY MANAGED AND OPERATED BY HCB AND THOSE CAN B MOVED AND STILL MAINTAINED AND OPERATED BY FUNDING THEM OUT OF THE DR PROGRAM, WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE DR SPENDING AND GET UP BUT 125 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR HARRIS COUNTY THROUGH THE HCD PROGRAM.

NEXT, PLEASE. WE ALSO HAVE STRATEGIES TO MANAGE THE REMAINING FUNDS AND WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH GLO FROM TH VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM USING CONSTRUCTION INCENTIVES, THOSE TYPES OF INCENTIVES HAVE FEDERAL DOUBT, HOWEVER, WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE ACCELERATION STRATEGY.

FOR EXAMPLE, PAYING FOR ADDITIONAL CREWS TO SPEED UP PROJECTS ON ADDITIONAL PROJECTS OF LOOKING AT OTHER CELEBRATION METHODS. ONE OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED IS THE USE OF COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS IN THE BIDDING PROCESS WHERE WE CAN TAKE IN TIME OF COMPLETION IN THE AWARD CRITERIA. FROM LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF UPGRADING OUR FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM AND THIS WOULD BENEFIT ALL THE RESIDENTS OF HARRIS COUNTY BY MAKING THEM MORE RELIABLE AND MORE UP-TO-DATE IN THE SYSTEM.

WE HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL DRAINING PROJECTS AN THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL PROGRAM AND THE DR PROGRAM AND RECENTLY A POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL PLANNING STUDIES THA CAN BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM. SO HOW DOES THIS ALL BOOK WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING SOURCES? IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE --

>> I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND DISCUSSION.

>> MOTION BY KURT COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS EP ARE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

>> $322 MILLION. SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS ABOUT 105 OF THE EXISTING PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE FUNDED OUT OF THE DR PROGRAM PAID ABOU 23 MILLION ARE EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THAT WOULD BE PARTIAL FULLY FUNDED OUT OF THE DR PROGRAM. THE FULL SCOPE OF ALL THE DR PROJECTS WOULD BE COMPLETED, WERE JUST LOOKING AT TWO SOURCE OF FUNDING AND WE WOULD BE COMPLETING THESE CONTRACTS UNDE THE SAME CONTRACTORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THERE WOULD B NO STOPPING WORK AND REBIDDING THE CONTRACTS.

ABOUT $127 MILLION IN HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL FUNDING TH HIGHLINE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SEVEN PROJECTS, WHICH WITH THAT OPEN UP THAT SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ON THE HCD PROGRAM. ABOUT 40 MILLION IN ACCELERATIO STRATEGIES ON CONSTRUCTION AND THEN $27 MILLION THAT WERE LOOKING AT ON TRANSFERRING EITHER ADDITIONAL MID-PROJECTS OR ADDITIONAL PLANNING STUDIES ON THE FLOOD UPGRADES.

>> SO WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SOUGHT THIS PROPOSAL TO CONSIDE IS ONE THAT DOES REALLY FOCUS O THINGS THAT HAVE TO CHANGE. THIS A LOT THAT WON'T HAVE TO

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OF THE ACTION WE NEED TODAY IN COURT IS RELATED TO REALLY FOUR MOTIONS AND ONE IS WE DO NEED A PROVOST OF THE LIST SO WE CAN WORK -- AND WE NEED TO BE AUTHORIZED AN NEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS BOTH WITH HCD AS WELL AS YELLOW TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS WERE TALKING ABOUT EVER ASKING FOR DOUBLE AND TRIPLE ASSURANCE, APPROVAL THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS APPROACH. THIS APPROACH I HAVE TO STRESS WAS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE BUT REPENTED DEEP COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AN FREELY EXTENSIVELY OVER THE LAS SEVERAL YEARS OF THIS PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY ON THIS PLAN.

WE HAVE BEEN INVITING THEIR COMMITMENT THAT THIS PLAN WILL ADDRESS THE CDGR GUIDELINES. THEIR ARTWORK INTO THE OPERATIONAL STEPS TO GET THIS DONE SO TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND WE APPRECIATE THE COURT'S CONSIDERATION OF THESE MOMENTS THAT I BELIEVE WE WILL END WITH A REMINDER OF -- WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

WE HAVE A COPY OF THE DR LIST ADDITIONS ON THE NEXT LIST IS THE MIT LIST ADDITIONS I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH A REITERATIO OF EXACTLY WHAT THIS PLAN PROVIDES FOR THE COURT'S CONSIDERATION. THE PROPOSAL WILL MEET THE DR DEADLINE AND PRESERVE THE SCOPE OF THE WORK OF THE BENEFITS AND THEY WILL PROTECT THE FEDERAL INVESTMENT CREEKMORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DELIVER MORE FOR THE RESIDENCE.

AND WE ARE DELIVERING THE PROJECTS AND THIS PLAN WILL CONTINUE TO HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY SAFE FROM

FLOODING. >> I IMAGINE, COMMISSIONER ELLIS

, -- >> THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND CONGRATULATIONS ON WORKING TO GET US THIS PARTICULAR PLAN. ON THAT POINT, WE ALWAYS HAD ISSUES WITH HOW THIS BOND PROGRAM CAME TO BE PICKED THEY HAD MIXED FAILURES AND INEFFICIENCIES AND IT WAS NOT PUT TOGETHER AND WAS STOPPED TOGETHER IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, YET YOU HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO UNRAVEL THAT BIG BALL OF YARN.

AND WE JUST HAD SOME TORRENTIAL RAINS THIS WEEK AND YOU DO HOW

MANY OF WATER WE GOT? >> I DO NOT.

WHAT REALLY MATTERED WAS THE INTENSITY AND THE AMOUNT OF RAI AND YOU HAVE VERY INTENSE PERIODS OF RAINFALL.

YOUR. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

ANY STRUCTURES REPORTING FLOODING THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF?

>> NOT THAT WE ARE AWARE OF HIS. >> I AM THE BALUSTRADE BALUSTRADE OF FIVE COUNTIES AND I HAVE GOTTEN ZERO REPORTS OF ANY STRUCTURAL -- DON'T WORK THE FLIGHT CONTROL I DOING IS ABSOLUTELY WORKING. THE PRIME EXAMPLE WAS AFTER WORKING, IT IS MOST COMPARABLE EVENT IN TERMS OF WATER WAS A 2015 MEMORIAL DAY FLOOD WE HAD MORE THAN 3,000 STRUCTURES THAT FLOODED AND I THINK IT AROUND 12 .

SO THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IS ABSOLUTELY WORKING.

ALSO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR HER COLLABORATION WITH THE TEAM THIS PLAN IS NOT JUST AN IDEA THAT YOU HAVE AND

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AND THERE IS NO PERFECTION WHEN YOU'RE BRACING TO A FINISH LINE SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DONE TO HELP US GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AN A MEANINGFUL WAY IN WHICH THE OFFICE SUPPORTS BUT I WANT TO THANK DR. BELLINGHAM BECAUSE OF HER. G -- WE NEED SHOVELS WE DON'T NEED SCAPEGOAT SPEED WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE IN UNISON SO THERE' NO CONFUSION IN THE PUBLIC.

THESE RECENT CONVERSATIONS HAVE HAD MANY OF THOSE CALLS COME TO ME WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING BUT TH PROJECT AND I'VE COMMUNICATED WITH THEM AND NOTHING IS HAPPENING IN AN ADVERSE WAY.

MOVING FORWARD THE PLUG CONTROL DISTRICT IS WORKING AND PEOPLE AT THE HELM, I AGAIN WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU ARE DOING NOW ON THIS PARTICULA PLAN, ARE YOU CONFIDENT THE PLA

WILL MEET THAT DEADLINE. >> COMMISSIONER, BASED ON THE WORK WE HAVE DONE THIS FAR, JUST .

WE WILL HAVE TO BREAK SURE THAT WE GET OUR PHASING WHY DO WE ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THIS IS THE PATH FORWARD.

>> AND SO THESE CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE A GOING TO BE REAL CAREFUL. THEY WERE OUTSIDE LARGELY OUTSIDE OF THE CONTROL OF THE FLOOD DISTRICT.

AS I MENTIONED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, ALL OF THESE PLANS, SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO LED THE CAMPAIGN ON THIS LINE AND I ASK THEM THE QUESTION EARLY ON WHEN I GOT HERE.

I WANTED TO MAKE MORE SENSE OF THE FUNDING AND INVESTMENTS.

>> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> I WANTED TO MOVE TO OPEN UP THE BOND PROGRAM AT LEAST IN TH PRECINCT THAT IS $150 MILLION THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING TO BE USED JUST FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION. NOT A PROJECT.

I THINK THERE IS SOME 50 ODD HOUSES THAT REMAIN IN BENEFIT.

I WANTED TO MOVE THAT OVER TO PLACES THAT WILL SUPPORT MORE STRUCTURES AND KEEP MORE FAMILIES OUT OF HARMS WAY.

I LOST THAT VOTE BECAUSE THERE WAS A THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS -- THERE WERE COMPLIMENTS MADE ON THESE SPECIFIC POINTS.

ACCORDING TO THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER ON THIS BOND PROGRAM, THAT WAS NOT TRUE SO THEY HAD A OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE BETTER SENS OF THIS. WE HAVE SINCE FOUND THAT THERE IS AT LEAST, AT LEAST FOR ME, SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT FEASIBLE AS THEY WERE RECENTLY BECAUSE THERE IS NO SEPARATION OF WORK THE VILARDI BEEN DONE AND AS A RESULT, COMMUNITY LED PROJECT DEMONSTRATED OF RETENTION CAPACITY MADE THE BON PROGRAM OR PROJECT IN MY PRECINCT UNFEASIBLE.

SO ALL OF THESE THINGS AND THEY WERE LARGELY OUTSIDE THE PURVIE

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REAL NEIGHBORHOODS. >> -- AND WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE BE GOING INTO THOSE THAT FEEL FRUSTRATED TO THAT. THERE'S ALSO BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NOT FOLLOWING THE FRAMEWORK.

HAS ANY OF THAT BEEN ACCURATE T ANYTHING.

>> COMMISSIONER BUT I WOULD SAY IS I THINK AN ANSWER TO THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, I WOULD SAY WE HAVEN'T FOCUSED ON SOLVING PROBLEMS. THEY'VE BEEN LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS BUT ARE SIS NO CERTAIN PROJECTS -- WE ALSO REPRIORITIZE THE BOND

PROGRAM BASED ON THE FRAMEWORK. >> SO WE FOLLOWED IT.

WE FOLLOWED THE FRAMEWORK. MY ROLE HERE IS TO BE BULLISH O GETTING THE PROJECTS DONE AND HIS FOLKS HAVE HEARD ME SAY, I DON'T CARE HOW YOU GET THERE AS LONG AS WE GET THERE AND WE GET THERE WITHIN THE RULES THAT WER PROVIDED.

AND SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAV DONE AND UNLESS WEEK I WANT TO JUST SAY TO THE PUBLIC THAT ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION HAS CREATE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF ANXIETY AT THE WRONG TIME. WE ARE IN HURRICANE SEASON AND SO FOLKS ARE CONCERNED AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE SHOULD BE GETTING OUT OF YOUR WAY SO YOU CAN GET THE JOB DONE AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC IN THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD A LOT OF THINK THE DIRECTOR OF THE LAND OFFICE FOR HER SUPPORT. LET'S GET THE MONEY SPENT SO NONE OF IT HAS TO GO BACK AND THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE GOING FORWARD GIVES US A PATHWAY TO ACCOMPLISHING THAT.

THAT IS WHAT SHE WANTS AND THAT IS THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD WITH HER AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT AND ULTIMATELY THAT IS WHA THE RESIDENCE OF MY PRECINCT I BELIEVE HARRIS COUNTY WANTS TO SEE. AND THEY'LL ALLOW THEM TO TAKE THAT PATHWAY FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE FOCUSED ON RESULTS VERSUS BACKROOM DEALS ARE ANY POLITICS BUT IT IS THE RESIDENTS THAT AR AT RISK AND MONEY, REAL MONEY OUR MAKE SURE THERE WERE NOT

DOING ANYTHING -- >> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND ELLIS

. >> THINK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR COMING FORWARD WITH THIS SOLUTION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS OVER THESE YEARS.

TO MR. WILLIAMS AND ALL YOUR TEAM, WE APPRECIATE YOU SO VERY MUCH AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR COMMISSIONER DR. BUCKINGHAM PITCH SHE HAS BEEN FAIR COLLABORATIVE PARTNER AND ALL HER TEAM PRINTS I HAVE DEEP GRATITUDE.

THE REASON THIS MATTERS, FOR EVERYONE LISTING, SO IN 1937 HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT WAS CREATED.

HARRIS COUNTY, WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FLOODING.

HARRIS COUNTY, WE HAVE 23 WATERSHEDS.

HARRIS COUNTY WE HAVE 2,500 MILES OF CHANNELS THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF IN HARRIS COUNTY WOULD HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CAPITAL PROJECTS, NEW PROJECTS.

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CHANNEL. >> SO TODAY WHAT YOU ARE ASKING THE COURT TO IMPROVE IS A BOLD SOLUTION TO MAKE SURE WE MEET THAT DEADLINE AND DELIVER THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T SEND THE MONEY BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO I CALL THIS THE SWAP SOLUTION PLAN.

FOR SAKE OF EASE I WILL REFER T IT AS SUCH PERIODS OF THIS PLAN IS A SOLUTION AND IF WE DON'T GET ANY EXTENSIONS, WE WILL NOT GET AN EXTENSION, BUT THIS IS A FORKBALL, AGGRESSIVE PLAN THAT WE EXECUTED WITH URGENCY SO THA WE HIT THAT DEADLINE, WHICH, BY THE WAY, THE DEADLINE FOR THE DEER PROJECTS IS PEPPERED 28, 2027. IS THAT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE BY SWAPPING SOME PROJECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL RULES AND ALL REGULATIONS AND W DELIVER TO THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS

COUNTY WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD. >> WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE DR PROGRAM AND MAKING SURE WE CAN SPEND THOSE DOLLARS WITHIN THAT

PROGRAM ON THAT TIMELINE. >> THANK YOU.

AGAIN, COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM, THOSE PARTNERS WE HAVE TALKED T BEFORE HER LETTER AND AFTER HER LETTER AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND I AM 100% SURE W NEED SHOVELS AND NOT SCAPEGOATS.

THIS CAN BE DONE AS A TEAM TO PROTECT TEXAS.

BUT JUST FOR SAKE OF BEING CRYSTAL-CLEAR, AND I'VE GOTTEN IN MY COMMUNICATIONS ALSO, THE CLARITY, BUT FOR EVERYBODY SAKE COULD YOU PLEASE GOING TO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE RECENT COLLABORATION IN TERMS OF THE SWAP SOLUTION PLAN THAT WE ARE

DISCUSSING TODAY. >> THERE HAS BEEN COLLABORATION SINCE THE BEGINNING AND THEY'VE WORKED WITH SOMEONE CLOSELY COMING ON BOARD TO GET THESE DOLLARS.

THEY WERE A TREMENDOUS PARTNER IN TERMS OF HAVING -- TO MAKE SURE WE WORK TOGETHER T DRIVE THIS PROGRAM.

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE COMMUNICATIO LAYING OUT GOALS, ACCOUNTABILITY , IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DELIVER AND TARGETING THIS TIME TO BE COMING BACK TO THE TABLE WITH A SOLUTION AND A STRATEGY FOR HOW WE ARE GOING T COMPLETE THIS WORK AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE IS SOMETHING THAT IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTIES.

THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC WAY OF THINKING OF THINGS.

IN WE WILL PUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE SOLUTION ON THE TABLE BASED ON THE PARTS WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT NEITHER OF US PROBABLY WOULD'VE COME TO THE TABLE BUT WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY IT GOING FORWARD AND IT IS REALLY, REALL FULFILLING TO ME COME IN EXAMPL LOVE WE CAN DELIVER THIS ALLOW

ALSO JUST HAVE TO SAY -- >> CAN WE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE

TEN MINUTE RULE PERIOD. >> ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES.

>> I KNOW YOU DID NOT ASK THAT SPECIFICALLY BUT I THINK THAT HAS BEEN KEY TO MAKING SURE WE ARE THINKING THROUGH THE HOLISTIC SOLUTION, WHICH I THIN THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE IN PARTNERSHIP IS NOT HOLISTIC SOLUTION.

SO BUT I AM HEARING AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID TODAY, I HAVE READ E-MAILS ON THE CONVERSATION . THE GLO HAS COCREATED THIS SWAP SOLUTION AND HAS EVERY CONFIDENCE IF WE CONTINUE MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, THIS WILL BE --

>> IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES.

>> THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT YOU JUST ALLUDED TO. EVERY COURTS PATIENCE IS NOT A VIRTUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNOW THAT WHEN HURRICANE SEASON AND WE KNOW THAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE WAITED FOR THESE PROJECTS, SO M QUESTION AS I KNOW THE COURT HA TAKEN AND APPROVED SEVERAL ACTIONS TO HELP ACCELERATE AND SPEED UP THE WORK.

FOR EXAMPLE THE DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY AND FOR EXAMPLE, ALLOWING ALTERNATIVE PROCUREMEN METHODS THAT HAVE SEALED BID PROPOSALS WHICH YOU REFERENCED AND NOW THE PROJECTS WILL BE IN CONSTRUCTION AND I KNOW IN TERM OFF DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO

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>> I WOULD SAY WE HAVE DONE A LOT WITHIN THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO ADVANCE THIS PROGRA AND WE HAVE STOOD UP AND FOCUSE THE TEAM TO DELIVER THE PROGRAM AND DELIVER ALL OF THOSE WITH DELIBERATE RESOURCES. WE REALLY EMBEDDED THEM ALTOGETHER SO THAT THEY CAN MAK DECISIONS QUICKLY AND IF NOT GE CAUGHT UP IN DECISION PARALYSIS. WE HAVE ALSO MADE SURE THAT WE HAVE A BROAD DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY BUT THE DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY ALSO FITS WITHIN WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY THINKS IS APPROPRIATE AT TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

THAT WAS THE SAME THING AS FAR AS THE PURCHASING.

THAT WAS PROPERLY BOUNDED PERIODS OF THE SESSIONS AND THE INFORMATION THAT IS COMING TO COURT ARE WHAT SHOULD BE COMING TO COURT AND OTHER THINGS DON'T HAVE TO SEW TO YOUR POINT ABOUT CHANGE ORDERS, DO YOU BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE WORKIN ON WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE CA PROPERLY TRAIN. THE CLARITY THAT WE HAVE IS WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE DELEGATION IS BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THERE ARE OTHER CONVERSATIONS WE ARE HAVING WIT OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF DOING A SIMILAR THING ABOUT WE HAVE DONE WITH OUR TEA AND CERTAINLY PURCHASING IN ONE AREA WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITY EARLY IN OUR.

AGREEMENT STUFF SLOWED DURING THE EXECUTION BECAUSE OF CHANGE ORDERS AND LOTS OF DATA AND INFORMATION THAT WE ARE CHANGIN BETWEEN THE TEAMS, AND ALSO AT THAT CLOSE ALSO ALSO WE ARE IN CONVERSATION TO BRING TO COURT PLAN TO EMBED ADDITIONAL PURCHASING SUPPORT AND THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK WILL POTENTIALLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR US AND WE HAVE T HAVE A GREAT PARTNER IN WILLIAM AND I THINK THIS WILL EXTEND AN IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER.

>> SO I AM HEARING IS WE WILL BOTH CONTINUE TO MEET EVERY RUL AND REGULATION AND BE AGGRESSIV AND INNOVATION.

SO THAT IS WHY THE ENGAGEMENT I SO CRITICAL BECAUSE WE NEED A STRONG OASIS THAT WE MEET THAT DOCUMENT BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE ROLES OR REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET WITH THOSE DOLLARS AS WELL AND THAT IS NOT NEGOTIABLE I AM SMILING.

MISS ABERNETHY HAS BEEN SHAPING HER HEAD BECAUSE I KNOW HOW DEEPLY YOU'VE BEEN COLLABORATING .

UP AT THE END OF THE DAY HONESTLY, IT GOES BACK TO NEEDING A MOM AND I WAS SUPER PREGNANT WHEN HARVEY HIT MY WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS FLOODED AND I THOUGHT I WAS SO GRATEFUL MY HOME DIDN'T FLOOD BUT THERE WERE HOMES WERE FLOODED I WAS WORRIED I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER IN A BATHTUB BY THE GRACE OF GOD SHE STAYED INSIDE BN WAS BORN IN A HOSPITAL BUT THIS WEIGHS ON ME EVERY DAY AND NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT WESTER HARRIS COUNTY, WHICH WE HAVE TO A.M. YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AFTE HARVEY. AND EVERY DAY IT WAVES ON ME.

THERE IS NO ROOM AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE STEPPING ON THE GAS. THINK THANK YOU AS WELL.

SO IN CONCLUSION, WE WILL GET THIS PROJECT DONE FOR THE PEOPL OF HARRIS COUNTY. THAT IS THE PLAN THAT WE WILL ACCOMPLISH. THIS IS BUT WERE CALLING THOSE SWAP SOLUTION. THIS IS WHAT WE PUT TOLD THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY, IS THA CORRECT?

>> THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSIN AT THIS POINT.

UNDER DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR M COLLEAGUES.

WE WANT TO SUPPORT IN AWAY THAT DOESN'T CREATE MORE RED TAPE.

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GOD BLESS YOU. SHE KEEPS SNEEZING.

WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE. COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM AND HER TEAM -- WITH THAT I HAVE MOTIONS TO REA AND I WILL ABSOLUTELY BE SUPPORTING THE SOLUTIONS AND I APPRECIATE THE SOLUTIONS ORIENTED COMMITMENT TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY. WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER INTO IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PHASE OF THE PROJECTS.

IN WHAT WOULD DENNIS SOUNDS VER COMPLICATED.

SO I KNOW A BIT ABOUT GETTING THE JOB DONE.

PRECEDING 3 IS REALLY THE GATEWAY TO WATER COMING INTO HARRIS COUNTY FOR PROPERTIES 75 PLUS THE WATER COMES IN AND IS STRIKES FIRST BEFORE IT GOES IN OTHER AREAS.

I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS BUT I DO HAVE REMARKS BASED ON THE PLAN WILL TELL YOU THAT THE FRAMEWOR OF THIS PLAN IS PUT TOGETHER FOUR MONTHS AGO. AND TO HAVE IT COME THIS LATE I THAT DISCOURAGEMENT TO ME IS A CONCERN TO ME SO THE FRAMEWORK WAS PUT TOGETHER FOUR MONTHS AG WANTED TOOK THIS LONG TO GET HERE AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND AGAIN THE PARTNERSHIP OF MR. BUCKINGHAM HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AS SHE ISSUED A VERY TIMELY MANNER, A LETTER TO JUDGE HIDALGO EXPRESSING HER CONCERNS, I THINK .

WITH MUNICATION MEDICATION FROM MR. BUCKINGHAM THIS WEEK AND HERE MR. BUCKINGHAM'S CONCERN RELATED TO HARRIS COUNTY, FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND COMPLETING PROJECTS.

AND I QUOTE, DESPITE THE EXTENSIVE SUPPORT, HARRIS COUNT MISSED DEADLINES AND WE PRIORITIZE PROJECTS REPEATEDLY AND THAT IS A COMMUNICATION SUBMITTED INCOMPLETE AND INACCURATE DOCUMENTATION THAT FAILED TO GRANT REGULATIONS.

FAILED TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR CORRECTING PETROL PROCESSES BUT IF YOU REMEMBER I CAME TO COURT ON APRIL 16 ASKING FOR CERTAIN DATA RELATED TO THESE PROJECTS WHICH WAS PROVIDED TO KENT ON APRIL 30. I DIDN'T MAKE UP THAT DATA.

THAT IS WHAT THE GLO WAS ASKING FOR THAT THEY COULD NOT GET SO IT TOOK A ACTION TO GET DOWN THAT THE GLO WAS ASKING FOR.

COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM AND HER OFFICE POINTED OUT THE EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEE TURNOVER IN TERMS OF WHO IS WORKING WITH THE GLO, LOSS EXPERIENCE.

IN THE LAST ITEM THAT'S REFERENCED HAS FAILED TO ACHIEV TIMELY DESIGN, ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, PROCUREMENT, VENDOR CONTRACTING, AND CONSTRUCTION START.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SIGNIFICANT FUNDING PARTNER, THE GLO.

THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS BUT IN THE CONTEXT, WERE GOING INTO THE MOST COMPLICATED THINGS -- THE MOST COMPLICATED PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

WE BETTER BE ON OUR TOES AND WE BETTER BE ABLE TO NOT DO SIX THINGS THAT COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM MENTIONED IN HER LETTER ON MONDAY. THIS PLAN COME AGAIN, SHOULD HAVE STARTED THIS CONCEPT IN THIS DISCUSSION AND IT SHOULD'V STARTED MONTHS AGO AND I'M GOIN TO GO THROUGH A SUMMARY OF

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A PROJECTS COMING UNDER BUDGET, WHICH HAS STRUCK IN THE LAST FE MONTHS, THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING.

WERE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OU HOW TO SPEND THAT MONEY AND IDENTIFY MORE PROJECTS. AND LET ME GIVE A SHOUT OUT.

RAISED YOUR HAND, THANK YOU. BECAUSE OF THE SEVEN PROJECTS YOU KEPT ON SCHEDULE, FORFEIT THOSE SUBPROJECTS SEVEN PROJECTS , WE WOULD NOT HAVE A SOLUTION HERE BECAUSE WE ARE TRANSFERRING THOSE PROJECTS OVE TO EVEN MAKE THIS POSSIBLE SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ON SCHEDULE AND MAKING THAT PART HAPPENED. OF THE 325 MILLION THAT THEY PREPARE TO SPEND, THAT IS LESS THAN A THIRD.

SO WE ARE WORKING OUT ALL THOSE DETAILS AND IS HOLDING 67,000,040,000,000 ARE CHANGE ORDERS.

HOW DO I DO THAT MATH, THE TYPICAL CHANGE ORDER IS ROUGHLY 25% THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ROUGHLY 27 MILLION BITS OF RECORDING HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THAT CHANGE ORDER ISSUE AGAIN.

THESE ARE ALL ISSUES WE CAN WOR ON.

WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO COME UP WITH PROJECTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO AGAIN TURN OVER AND SHE'S GOING TO BE PACKED TASKS WITH DOING THE DIFFICULT THING OF TAKING PROJECTS AND BEING SURE THAT THEY CAN MEET HURT THAT PLAN, WHICH IS A YEAR AFTER THESE, SO MY POINT IN READING THROUGH THAT, WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE LEADERSHIP AND WE'VE GOT T HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU CAN TRUST I'M GLAD IT IS HERE NOW. I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH MR. BRIONES AND I NOTICED SHE'S GOT A COUPLE OF MOTIONS SPARED KNOW MOTION 1 I'M GOING TO BE OBLIGED TO.

SO I SUPPORT THE MOTION ON THE PLANET WE'VE GOT TO MOVE OVERPA OR I CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE BUILDING WITH A PLAN

THAT IS ON THE TABLE. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

BEHALF COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> THEN GOING SUPPORT BOTH MOTIONS. THIS WHAT A PARTICULAR THING THAT IS ALMOST A POLITICAL CAUSE , THE COUNTY ENGINEERING PARTICULARLY THIS WILL IMPACT SOME OF THE PROJECTS PRETTY CAN BE DONE BUT IT IS NOT THE EASIEST THING TO DO.

IT IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. IS GENERALLY A LINE OF STRINGS AND I THINK I MADE REFERENCE A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN I WAS ON CITY COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD HAVE COME IN AND EXPLAIN AND IT WAS ALWAYS A BIG CHALLENGE. I APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

I HAPPEN TO BE THE ONLY PERSON COME OUT WILL WE PUT THAT ON TH AGENDA. IT WAS A BIG DEAL.

AND ANY OF THE TO ZERO TO 54 COUNTIES IN TEXAS, HARRIS COUNT STEPPED UP, THE BOARD. AND THEY PUT $2.5 BILLION AND I WAS A LEAP OF FAITH. EVAN I WAS STILL INTO TEXAS, 2016 I HAD BEEN SWORN IN. YOUR PREDECESSOR CAME IN TO TAL

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YOU SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO ME SOME TIME AGO TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE. EVERYBODY WAS AGREEING ON COMMISSIONERS COURT WHAT AREAS YOU REPRESENTED AND TAKING CARE OF THE WEALTHIER NEIGHBORHOODS FIRST.

IT JUST MAKES SENSE SO ONE OF M STAFFERS REALLY CRAFTED A LITTL BIT OF LANGUAGE BUT A STAFFER I PARTICULAR, YOU ENDED UP TAKING WHAT YOU'VE GOT THERE. AND THEN YOU CRAFTED THAT LANGUAGE THAT WE CAME UP WITH S OUR FRAMEWORK WAS PART OF THE PROCESS WHEN THE PACKAGE WAS PU ON IN MY JUDGMENT IT WAS NOT FOLLOWED UNTIL WE REALLY DUG INTO IT.

WE HAD ASKED THE AUDITOR GO IN AND LOOK AT IT.

IT IS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD WAS NOT HAPPENING.

THE FIRST BIG CHANGE I REMEMBER MAKING.

AND WE GET IT. AND WE DID IT.

I'VE ARGUED AGAINST IT BUT WE KEPT MOVING FORWARD.

WE HAD A PRESENTATIONS THAT AT EVERYBODY SAYS THIS IS AS GOOD AS THE SLICE OF BREAD. I DO BELIEVE IN THIS PLAN.

I DO THINK IT COULD'VE BEEN DON ALONG TIME AGO.

IT IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE T GET IT DONE.

JUST ADDED TO THE MIX OF THAT DISCUSSION WAS.

AND THAT HAS TO GO TO VOTERS COUNTYWIDE.

THEY TRIED TO COME UP WITH THE PROCESS WHICH IS MORE INCLUSIVE AND THEY HAVE TRIED TO TRACK THEM.

BUT THAT IS BEHIND US NOW. AND THEY WANTED TO DO DIRECT ALLOCATIONS TO EVERY CITY AND COUNTY BECAUSE OF YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CALL BACK AND YOU WANT T BE PUT 50 STATES IN THE HUNDRED OR THOUSANDS AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND THAT IS GENERALLY NOT THE NORM. I DO THINK THAT WE'VE GOT TO MOVE DECISIVELY AND I DO THINK DECISIVELY THE ISSUES WOULD PROVIDE ACCURATE DATA EVEN TO THIS BODY AND I WILL CLOSE ON THIS COMMENT. THIS ISSUE WITH FLOOD CONTROL AND I COINED THE PHRASE I HAVE HEALTHY DISTRUST OF THE PROGRES BUT NORMALLY THOSE IF THAT IS SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY, I WILL SAY IT IN PRIVATE. I DON'T THINK THAT IS MY NATURE BUT BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT.

I HOPE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. IF I DON'T HAVE THE THREE VOTES ON THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT AND I HAVE STRESSED THIS TO ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS BUT IF SOMEBOD DOES JUST SAY YOU'VE GOT SOME GOOD POINTS, RODNEY, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THREE VOTES AND IF YOU'RE IN DOUBT ABOUT IT, JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. JUST MAKE IT CLEAR.

AND I THINK GOING FORWARD WE WOULD ALL BE BETTER SERVED IF W

TAKE THAT SAME APPROACH. >> THANK YOU.

LET ME MAKE MY COMMENTS HERE BEFORE WE CIRCLE BACK AROUND.

MY VERSES FOR COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

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>> PART OF THE PLAN HERE, WHICH I AGREE WITH PLAN.

ONE A PROJECT COMES IN UNDER BID , THAT LAYS SOME ROOM FOR SOME CHANGE ORDERS AND THIS PLA INVOLVES 40 MILLION OF CHANGE ORDER SO YOU NEED TO DEFINE WITHIN SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT, OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO AND DELIVER WITH THE GLO AND OTHERS.

BUT AGAIN CAN, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS ABLE TO PROCESS THAT COME, EXECUTE THAT MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A COMPLICATED PLAN TO EXECUTE.

SO FORGIVE ME IF I'M BEING DENS BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS SO THE FUNDS, IF THE COSTS COME UNDER THE ESTIMATES, THAT WOULD GO TO MAKING THE PROJECT EVEN BETTER OR OVER TO GO TO SOME PROJECTS ARE PORTICO TO SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE

PAUSED. >> I THINK IN GENERAL BUT I UNDERSTAND MORE TRYING TO FIND AS MANY AREAS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES WITHIN THE OWN GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS. IT IS INVESTMENTS, $40 MILLION WORTH OF INVESTMENTS ON FLOOD MITIGATION.

THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. WE WILL PICK EXACTLY WORK GOES.

>> BE AFFORDABLY AND DEDICATED TO ACCELERATION STRATEGIES AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAV ENOUGH MONEY TO COMPLETE THIS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLICATED AND WHEN WE ARE ACCELERATING AND GETTING TO CONSTRUCTION QUICKLY THERE ARE POTENTIAL RISKS AND S CHANGE ORDERS HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT COME UP IN CONSTRUCTION.

OKAY. OKAY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE DYNAMIC CIRCLE BACK BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT THIS MEANS THAT THINGS CAME UNDER BUDGET.

I WILL CIRCLE BACK. OTHER QUESTIONS.

WHAT I SPOKE TO COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM, MOVING THE FUNDS IS POSSIBLE IN LEGAL AND IT'S STIL A HUGE LIFT AND SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM YOU AND FROM PURCHASING FOLKS, WHY IS THAT A HUGE LIFT AND CAN WE SPEED THAT UP AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE I

LESS HUGE. >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

THE CHALLENGE WITH THESE DOLLAR IS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PROCESSES, AUDITS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED IN TERMS OF SPENDING THESE DOLLARS BUT IT IS A VERY COMPLEX PROGRA AND THE GLO HAS VERY TIGHT CONTROLS OVER HOW THEY OPERATE SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PROCESSES THEY HAVE LAID OUT THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH HUD, SO WE HAVE STEPS THAT WE HAVE T TAKEN THEY HAVE STEPS THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT WE HAVE TO BE SURE THAT ALL THE DOCUMENTATION IS I PLACE THAT IF AND WHEN AN AUDIT OCCURS WE ARE SOLID. THE COMPLEXITY IS SOMETHING THA CAN BE DONE. AND I THINK THE SHIFT IN OUR UNDERSTANDING IN THE POOLS THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE WAS REALLY BEING ABLE TO PHASE THAT PROJEC OR THAT WAS REALLY A KEY SO THA WILL TAKE SOME EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE DISCREETLY DEFINED THE PHASE OF WORK THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BECAUSE FRANKLY WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT WE DELIVER AND SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON THE TABLE AND THIS IS WHAT WE DELIVERED FOR THESE DOLLARS AND SO THAT WILL TAKE SOME ENGINEERING WORK AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONTRACTING MECHANISMS ARE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES AND WE HAVE ONE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND THAT WILL REDUCE THE PAPERWORK TREMENDOUSLY FOR US WE ONLY HAV TO HAVE ONE CONTRACT THAT FINDS TWO DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES FOR TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.

>> I AM NOT SURE. AND TRYING TO GET TO MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND THAT IS WHEN WE SWITCH THE SOURCES OF FUNDING, WE SWITCH THESE SOURCE OF FUNDING.

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SPECIFICALLY. >> I COULD START AND I WILL LET YOU FILL IN. SO BASICALLY THERE ARE DOLLARS ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM AND THERE IS JOURNAL ENTRIES AND DIFFERENT PIECES, DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE ON THE BACKSIDE TO FACILITATE THOSE CHANGES.

THAT IS MY QUESTION. SO YOU'VE GOT THE DOLLARS FROM THE OTHER PART OF THE MONEY, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?

>> SO EVERY PROJECT HAS A PROJECT CODE IN OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE FUNDED NUMBER THAT CORRESPONDS WHETHER IT IS DR, A BOND FUNDING AND ESSENTIALLY IT CREATES A NEW PROJECT CODE WITH NEW FUNDING CODE SO IT'S A TWO-STEP PROCESS AND ONE IS MOVING IT IN EXISTIN EXPENSES.

THE SECOND PART OF IT IS MOVING ALL PURCHASE ORDERS OR FUTURES PURCHASE ORDERS INTO THAT NEW PROJECT.

SO ON THE WHO DOES THE, CREATIN A PROJECT CODE AND MOVING EXPENSES AND MOVING PURCHASE ORDER SO WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE THREE STEPS. THOUGH IT'S BETWEEN THE AUDITOR AND MY OFFICE. SO I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS. HOW QUICKLY CAN YOU DO THIS AND IF IT IS NOT FAST, WHY, WHAT IS THE OBSTACLE.

>> IT IS GENERALLY NOT TIMELY AND IT IS NOT A HUGE LEFT.

DAYS AND WEEKS. >> A WEEK.

>> OKAY. THAT IS FOR STEP ONE.

IS THAT THE FUNDING CODES. >> I WOULD ASSUME THERE ARE

OTHER LAYERS OF APPROVAL. >> SO AUDITOR POST BUT THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AS WE LOOK TO MOV THE MAIN SOURCES FOR THESE PROJECTS TO MEET THE DEADLINES COMING TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE A DELAY AND SO BECAUSE OF MY -- IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS COMPLICATED. AND SO THE STEPS THAT WE JUST CAME UP WITH, YOU CREATE A NEW PROJECT CODE AND THEN YOU MOVE THINGS TO A NEW ACCOUNT NUMBER AND THEN YOU MOVE ALL PURCHASE ORDERS. DOES YOUR OFFICE HAVE A ROLL IN ANY OF THIS AND IF SO WHICH ONE AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO

ENSURE THAT. >> YES.

WE HAVE A ROLE IN WHAT YOU JUST LAID OUT.

SO YOU ARE GOING TO CREATE, THOSE CAN BE CREATED AND ONCE W HAVE ONCE WE HAVE THAT REQUEST SIGNED AND APPROVED, IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT LONG ONCE THE DOCUMENTS GET TO US BUT WOULD B RESPONSIBLE TO TAKE THE REQUESTED ACTION TO CREATE THE NEW ACCOUNTS AND ACTUALLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AGAIN IF THE FORMS THE PAPERWORK GETS DONE WITH THE APPROVALS, THERE IS APPROVAL BY THE DEPARTMENTS BUDGETS THAT AR AFFECTED, THE ACTUAL MECHANICS OF DOING THOSE TRANSFERS IS QUICK AND IT IS LIKE A DAY. SO TO PLAY A ROLE, IT DOES NOT TAKE AS LONG TO DO OUR PART, BU IT DOES REQUIRE EVERYTHING TO B DOCUMENTED AND REQUESTED IN A PROPER WAY.

THAT IS HOPEFUL. SALT FLOOD CONTROL, IS THAT PURCHASING, WHO DOES THAT. THAT WOULD BE PRIMARILY FLOOD CONTROL. IF THERE IS SOME PART OF THIS THAT IS IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, HOWDY THOSE HOUSING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL WORK WITH THE DEPARTMEN

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THINGS HAPPEN. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE LEGAL BUT HAV THAT AS WELL. SO JUST BETWEEN THE THREE OF YO GUYS, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THA WOULD HAVE TO HALFSTEP PROPER WORKFORCE WITH THE PROPER APPROVAL.

I WOULD TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE STARTED WORKING ON THIS AND WE HAD A CALL AND YOU ARE NOT ON THE CALL BUT YOUR STAFF ARE ON

THE CALL WITH MY FINANCE TEAM. >> I'M SORRY TO KEEP YOU.

MY COLLEAGUES HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.

CAN YOU GIVE ME AN ANSWER, HOW LONG.

A DAY, WEEK, MONTHS. >> VIA WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.

AND WE ARE ACTIVELY AS OF TODAY PUTTING A COMPREHENSIVE LIST TOGETHER TO SEND OVER TOOK THEM TO MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT.

>> SO THERE'S NOT A NUMBER THEY ARE.

I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMEBODY HERE , PERHAPS THEY ARE NOT HERE TO SPEAK BUT IS THERE ANY CHANCE , WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT WE ARE GOING OVER THE MAIN ISSUE HERE THAT HAS BEEN THE LADIES. AND SO RIGHT NOW THERE IS THIS IDEA OF SWITCHING THE FUNDING CODE SO THAT WE CAN MEET THAT THAT LINE SO WE ARE ON THE SAME PLAYING SURE THEY ARE.

AND IT IS NOT AS EASY AS SWITCHING A NUMBER ON THE COMPUTER PUTATIVE IS STILL A HUGE LEFT.

SO IT'S A CONCERN THAT WE WILL FIND NO DELAYS IN THAT HUGE LEF SO I'M ASKING THE DIFFERENT PARTIES WHAT EXACTLY OTHER BUREAUCRATIC STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT SWITCH.

SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY OF THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE CAN DO THAT PEACEFULLY BUT THE BULK OF THE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE WITHIN FLOOD CONTROL COUNTY ATTORNEY AND OUR HOUSING OFFICE BUT SO HOW LONG WOULD THIS TAKE.

AS SHE SAID IT DEPENDS ON THE GLO SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW LONG IT TAKES TO PUT TOGETHER A PROPER REQUEST WITH THE PROPER APPROVALS TO THAT SEND TO THE AUDITOR IN THE BUDGET OFFICE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> I'M SORRY.

IF YOU COULD AT THEM SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE.

>> I'M SO SOCIETY PAGES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ON THE RECORD, WOULD YOU MIND JOINING US AT TH MICROPHONE.

>> AND JUST STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

>> MY NAME IS GEORGINA WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.

I'M NOT THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION .

THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX PROGRAM. >> I WILL HAVE MY TEAM CHECK WITH YOU TO SEE IF THEY HAVE AN ESTIMATE AT ALL BY THE END OF TODAY THAT I CAN SORT OF WRAP M HEAD AROUND AND THE REASON I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS TO SET EXPECTATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I THINK THE WAY THIS IS PRESENTED IS IT IS GOOD BUT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY MORE SURPRISES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IS THERE AN EXTENT THAT YOU GUY CAN DO TO HELP US PUT IN THE BROWN IT AND THEN THE NEXT STEP FROM I'M DOING.

HOW CAN WE SPEED UP. OBVIOUSLY WE CANNOT SPEED THIS UP THAT IT'S IN THEIR PURVIEW BUT HOW CAN WE SPEED UP THE FLOOD CONTROL, COMMUNITY, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY PIECE BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE WORTH THE BULK THE WAIT WOULD BE.

>> I CANNOT SPEAK FOR THE COUNT ATTORNEY BUT THEY ARE PUTTING

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ARE THERE ANY OTHER STEPS AFTER THAT, DIRECTOR PETERSON.

WE HAVE MOVED ALL THE PURCHASE ORDERS.

REALLY I THINK THERE ARE KEYS I TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE PROPER CONTRACTING IN PLACE AND THAT ACTUALLY HAS TO HAPPEN IN SOME CASES BEFORE WE HAD FUNDIN SWITCHES.

IN THE GOOD NEWS IS WERE ALREAD WORKING ON IT AND COORDINATING WITH THE G YELLOW AND THIS CHANGE, THE STRATEGY AND PROCES IN THE APPROACH THAT HAS BEEN LAID OUT DOES NOT GOING TO BE DEPENDENT, THE EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THAT IS HAPPENING NOW PAY OR PROJECTS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THE PROJECTS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WE ARE MOVING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TO GET THESE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECES IN PLACE SO AFTER THE PROPER CONTRACTING

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE. >> AND THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS ARE NOT DEPENDENT COME IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, THIS HUGE LEFT OF SWITCHING THE CODES, YOU ARE SAYING THAT HAS NO BEARING ON HOW LONG THE PROJECT TAKES TO DELIVER.

I AM THINKING THROUGH YOUR QUESTION TO MAKE SURE GOING TO ANSWER IT FULLY, JUDGE. THE INTENT HERE I CAN JUMP IN THERE APPEAR TO THINK WHAT SHE' SAYING IS WE ARE CONTINUING BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION. IS THAT A ONE TIME, THE EXPENSES , WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE AUDITOR SO THAT THE BILL

CONTINUE TO GET PAID REGARDLESS. >> OR JUST BE MORE SPECIFIC, THERE'S 11 PROJECTS HERE, SIX THAT ARE REALLY AT RISK OF MISSING THE DEADLINE SO IF YOU PICK ONE OF THEM IN THAT PROJEC COME IF EVERYTHING STAYED THE SAME, THAT THE PROJECT WAS GOIN TO BE FINISHED NOW THAT WE ARE SWITCHING THE CODES, WILL IT BE DONE STILL IN ONE YEAR OR A YEA AND SIX MONTHS.

>> I CAN TELL YOU THE ACCOUNT CODES DOES NOT HAVE ANY BEARING BECAUSE OF THAT POINT IT IS MOVING THE EXPENSE TO THE

APPROPRIATE PLACE. >> SO BASICALLY YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO IT BEFORE THE DEADLINE, S BEFORE FEBRUARY.

ALL THE ACCOUNTS ARE TIED UP BY THEN.

>> SO I GUESS THAT IS THE QUESTION IS CAN WE MAKE SURE WE

CAN GET THAT DONE. >> THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A CHANCE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT.

>> COMMISSIONERS ELLIS, GARCIA, AND BRIONES.

ELLIS JUST SPOKE SO GARCIA AND BRIONES.

>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, FOR YOU RESPONSE AND THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED.

I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH ONE QUESTION.

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE ALON TIME AGO BY NOW.

WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT. >> WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PLAN AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING A LOCKSTEP WITH THE INTENT TO GET THESE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS INFORMATION THAT WE GAINED IN TERMS OF THAT WE PUT NOT HAV HAD UNTIL THIS MOMENT.

WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE SPLIT BETWEEN BOTH PROGRAMS. FINDING WAYS AND THAT OPTION AN THAT WAS ON THE TABLE.

THIS COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION ALS IS A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. JUST A BIT OF REFLECTION.

I WAS APPLYING FOR MONEY AND GRANTS AND THE CONSISTENT

[01:30:01]

THERE ARE STRINGS ATTACHED AND REQUIREMENTS.

A LOT OF TIMES WE DIDN'T GET TO HAVE FUN WITH PROGRAM BECAUSE W HAD SO MUCH TO DO ADMINISTRATIVELY.

AND RIGHT NOW ASIDE FROM GETTIN TO THAT CONSTRUCTION, THERE IS LOT OF DIGITAL THREES AND THERE'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE

REPORT. >> IF I COULD CLARIFY, I DID JUST GET SOME COMMUNICATION FRO OUR FUNDING PARTNERS AND I DO WANT TO CLARIFY ON THAT POINT SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO NEED T MAKE SURE. AND I KNOW I DID ARTICULATE THI JUST TO BE SUPER CLEAR. GOOD DEAL, THANK YOU.

AND, YES, IT IS A HUGE LEFT AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING WILLING TO EVEN MAKE THE EFFORT. SO IT IS THE HUGE LEFT SO WE DO NOTHING AND DOING NOTHING IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE SOY DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO TAKE O THE TASK AND THAT IS WHAT WE EXPECTED TO DO SO THANK YOU. SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME POINTS ABOUT MISSING DATA LINES ABOUT THE INCOMPLETE AND INACCURATE DOCUMENTATION THEN THE FAILED RESPONSE THE GLO REQUESTS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE, WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THOSE.

>> BUT OF THINGS I WOULD SAY, COMMISSIONER, IS SOME OF THESE ISSUES LIKE THE MISSED DEADLINES , THOSE HAVE BEEN SOLVED FOR WITH THIS APPROACH. WE HAVE TO PRAY TOWARD TIES THE PROJECT BUT WITH THIS APPROACH THAT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.

THE STAFFING CERTAINLY COME WE HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM FOR OUR PROGRAM. AND THAT SHE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE LEVELS OF STAFF AND CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ROBUST TEAM AND WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE THE -- THIS TEAM TURNOVER REFLECTS TURNOVER THAT IS OVERALL PRETTY THE OTHER THING AND JUST THE PROGRAM.

WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS HAPPENING AT A PROJECT LEVEL.

CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AT THE PROGRAM LEVEL FOR PROJECTS WE HAVE REGULATORY CONVERSATIONS HAPPY WE HAVE CLIENTS IN PURCHASING AN AUDITOR'S. SO ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY SPECIFI ISSUES THAT WE CAN PINPOINT WE TAKE PIN -- FEEDBACK LIKE THIS SERIOUSLY AN WE MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO GAPS BUT WE HAVE A DEDICATED COMPLIANCE TEAM WHO HAS FOCUSED

ON THESE ISSUES. >> GOOD DEAL.

>> LASTLY I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THIS WAS A POORLY CONSTRUCTED BOND PROGRAM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

IN THOSE STUDIES, NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OR VERY LITTLE AND PROBABLY WE SHOULD SAY THEIR LITTLE UNDERSTANDING.

THERE IS -- BUT BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS, IT TOOK ANOTHER YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.

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AND THEN RIGHT AWAY WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH RIGHT-OF-WAY POSITION WE WERE GOING TO ACQUIRE ENEMY JUST SAY YOU DON' ALWAYS -- AND THAT TAKES TIME, GENERALLY WHAT I HEAR, THE FIRST THING WE DO AT THE BEGINNING OF PROJECTS.

SO YOU'VE GOT TWO MAJOR TIME-CONSUMING STEPS TO TAKE BEFORE ANY OTHER MEANINGFUL WORK .

AND THEN COST ESTIMATES. WE DIDN'T KNOW REAL COST ESTIMATES FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS.

THANKFULLY RENEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE SOME IMPACT O THOSE. BUT AGAIN THINGS WE DID NOT KNO FULLY WHEN WE ENGAGED SO, WE STARTED WITH A TWO-YEAR HICCUP.

AND WE GOT EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO GIVE THAT CONFIDENCE AND THINGS THAT DON'T HAPPEN EASILY. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I WOULD G BACK TO THE LINES IN DR. BUCKINGHAM'S LETTER.

WE NEED SHOVELS, WE DON'T NEED SCAPEGOATS AND THIS IS NOT -- THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION.

BUT DON'T REALLY -- WE JUST CARE ABOUT PROTECTING PEOPLE. I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

WE COULD BE SITTING HERE MAKING EXCUSES WITH EARS ON THE CLOCK.

WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT RELITIGATING YEARS OF CHALLENGE AND PROBLEMS BUT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS HIGHLY COMPLICATED AND INCREDIBLY COMPLEX AND THIS IS HARD.

BUT WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT YOU DR. PETERSON COME AS YOU ARE NO SITTING HERE MAKING EXCUSES AND RELITIGATING THIS PAST.

YOU ARE HERE TODAY SAYING WE AR TAKING DECISIVE ACTION.

WE OWE IT TO THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY TO GET IT DONE AN I RESPECT THAT TREMENDOUSLY AND I THINK YOU FOR HOW COLLABORATIVE THEY HAVE BEEN PAID SO THINK YOU.

I HAVE TWO MOTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO LEAD -- READ. MOTION 1, I MOVE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CDBG-DR AND CDBG-MIT PROJECT LIST, AUTHORIZ THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO NEGOTIATE ANY AGREEMENTS NECESSARY TO ADVANCE PROJECTS.

TO AUTHORIZE THE TWO DEPARTMENT TO COORDINATE WITH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE ON CONTRACT AMENDMENTS, PROGRAM UPDATES, AN RELATED APPROVALS. AND DIRECT THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO IMPLEMENT THE PHASING FACING AND FUNDING

REALIGNMENT STRATEGY. >> DO YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THEM

SEPARATELY QUICK. >> I THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST VOTE

ON BOTH OF THEM. >> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

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APPROVAL. >> SO WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. ANY OPPOSE? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

AN IPO SAY ON THE POINT ABOUT THE GLO, I'VE GOT TO GIVE CREDI WHERE CREDIT IS DUE BUT COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND I WENT AND SAT WITH SECRETARY MARCIA FUDGE AND GOT A $750 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR HARRIS COUNTY SO THAT IS SAYING THE FUNDS DID NO ARRIVE UNTIL LATER IS THE ALTERNATIVE FAX AND OBVIOUSLY W WORKED WITH COMMISSIONER BUSCH TO HOLD BACK THE 300 MILLION BECAUSE OF COMMUNITY PROJECTS WERE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH SO THAT CAME BACK LATER AS FLOOD CONTROL AS PROMISED SO I THINK OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WORK A LOT BETTER BUT COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM AND WE WOULD'VE HAD TO DO THAT BUT IT IS ONE OF MY PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENTS TO BRING 750 MILLION HERE AND REALLY 350 MORE THAT WE HAD HELD BACK FOR FLOOD CONTROL, WHICH DID END UP ARRIVING THANKS TO COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM.

COMMISSIONER ELLIS -- COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> THEY DID A TREMENDOUS GIFT T ALL OF US.

>> 100%. IT WAS A SHARED EFFORT AND UNANIMOUS BIPARTISAN OUTREACH. IT HELPED US WELL ON

COMMISSIONERS COURT. >> WE WILL GO TO EXECUTIVE

SESSION. >> YES, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE FINA POINT PAPER WITH ALL OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF WHAT IT HAS TAKEN TO MANAGE THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE FLOOD CONTRO PURVIEW, ALL OF THE UNKNOWNS THAT WE KNOW NOW AND I DIDN'T KNOW THEN AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS, THE STRUCTURE OF HOW THIS BOND WAS PUT TOGETHER, THE IDEA OF HOW MANY CHANGES THIS PARTICULAR COURT HAS MADE, TO NOT FORGETTING THAT ASIDE FROM GLO, YOU HAVE RECEIVED BOTH ADDITIONAL STATE EARMARKS, WHIC BRINGS ALL WHOLE OTHER LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY IN ADDITION TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE EXISTING CDBG DOLLARS.

ALL OF THOSE DO NOT HAVE DR. PETERSON'S NAME ON AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR ADMINISTRATION AND THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

THEY HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE BUREAUCRACY OF WHAT IS TYPICAL BETWEEN FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND IT IS FRUSTRATION BY EXAMPLE OF THE FRUSTRATION BY PEOPLE SAY WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GET IT DONE. IT IS NOT THAT EASY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE THE POINT, YOU HAVE DELIVERED AND PUT TOGETHER A PLAN, HARD, HEAVY LEFT, WHATEVER . IT MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE WE AS FOR A PLAN YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PLAN FOR MONTHS AND IF THINGS WERE COPACETIC, AS THEY SAY MONTHS AGO, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN APPROVED AND WAS SET BECAUSE THERE COMPROMISES AND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BEEN AS THE THAT COULD NOT BE DONE SO I JUS WANT TO SAY THIS IS NOT ABOUT PERFORMANCE.

THIS IS ABOUT GOVERNMENTAL BUREAUCRACY AND ABSOLUTELY BETTER REFORM. THANK YOU.

>> I ACTUALLY DO HAVE ONE MORE THING, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER BUCKINGHAM'S. ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS HERE IS

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I KNOW THIS IS BASED ON CONVERSATIONS THAT THE GLO HAD WITH FLOOD CONTROL AND FLOOD CONTROL MUST BE END OF THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THEY COME TO MEETING TO ADDRESS THE COURT FOR EVERY MINOR CHANGE.

I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS ABOUT SO THAT WE CAN INDEED GET OUT OF THE WAY.

>> THAT IS NOT ANY INFORMATION THAT THE FLOOD CAN DRESS -- FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT WOULD'VE SHARED AND OUR JOB IS TO BRING INFORMATION AND WHEN WE NEED COURT ACTION, WE WORK WITH COUNTY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE TH COURT ACTIONS MADE AND WE BRING

IT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. >> BUT ARE WE DELAYING YOUR

ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION QUESTION. >> BE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS.

>> IS THE ANSWER YES, NO. SEE, THIS IS THE ISSUE I HAVE COME A DIRECTOR, WILL YOU PLEAS JUST ANSWER MY QUESTIONS THAT THERE ARE NO DELAYS. THERE ARE NO DELAYS.

16 GETS TO COURT, ARE YOU WAITING FOR IT TO GET THE COURT.

BY CAN'T YOU JUST SAY THERE ARE NO DELAYS BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE OF THEM ANYTHING THAT NEEDS COM IN A TIME SENSITIVE MANNER HAS IMPROVED AT BUSINESS COURT AND I'M NOT AWARE OF THE ITEMS ON CONTRACTS, ON CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN FLAGGED FOR REGULAR COURT, SO I KNOW THERE ARE VERY PROFESSIONAL OFFICE OR THEY WER NOT A PUT THIS IN THERE IF THEY'D NOT GOTTEN IT FROM SOMEWHERE. I'M NOT SAYING IT IS YOU BUT I JUST WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT THAT WE ARE NOT ASKING EVERY LITTLE THING, CERTAINLY I'M NOT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS PURCHASING, WHATEVER IT IS, THA GETS ADDRESSED AT A CONSISTENT PATH IN A COPACETIC MANNER SO I AM NOT SURE OF EXAMPLES FROM

[Executive Session]

THIS LETTER. >> SO IF YOU ARE OKAY, CAN BE ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. DIDN'T WE VOTE ALREADY? THANK YOU, DIRECTOR AND DEAN. DIDN'T LEAVE VOTE ALREADY? SO CAN WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON 125, 418, 419, AND 483 TO CONSULT WITH ATTORNEYS A WELL AS PERSONNEL MATTERS. IT IS 10:52 A.M.

>> YOU ARE NOT GOING ON 125, AR YOU?

IT ALREADY PASSED >> IT'S 12:04, WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL GO OVER THE ITEMS WE TOOK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL GO OVER THEM IN ORDER.

THE FIRST ONE THAT IS ITEM 418 -- I DID NOT RECEIVE THE LANGUAGE FOR THAT. I'LL GO GRAB -- WE ASKED TO CODIFY WHAT COMMISSIONER ELLIS HAD PRES

PRESENTED. >> IT SHOULD BE OPTION B -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY WANT TO GET THE WORKING GROUP OR STEERING COMMITTEE.

>> I SAID I WOULD DO THAT BUT THEN YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DRAFT SOMETHING, DO WE NEED TO WAIT OR DO YOU GUYS WANT ME TO

READ IT? >> I HAVE IT.

>> I KNOW YOU HAVE IT, I'M JUST ASKING ABOUT THE MOTION, WE ALL HAVE IT. THANK YOU.

I HAVE IT, THE QUESTION IS YOU GUYS SAID YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE ME A PARTICULAR MOTION, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY --

[01:50:03]

>> YOU CAN READ THE WHOLE THING OR YOU CAN JUST READ THE FIRST

PART. >> THE CHAIR: MOTION TO ESTABLISH A RELIANT PARKING NEGOTIATIONS GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE WORKING GROUP. THE RELIANT PARK STEERING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS AND ELEVATING KEY ISSUES RELATED TO RELIANT PARK FOR CONSIDERATION. THE STEERING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE COMPOSED OF COURT MEMBERS, CHIEF OF STAFF, OF PRECINCT ONE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AS A NONVOTING MEMBER PICK UP A CHAIR SHALL WORK WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND RELIANT PARK WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP KEY COUNTY GOALS AND POSITIONS TO BE APPROVED BY COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR ALL NEGOTIATION MATTERS AND SERVE AS LEAD NEGOTIATORS AND SET THE NEGOTIATION STRATEGY BASED ON THE DIRECTION PROVIDED BY COMMISSIONERS COURT.

THE LEAD NEGOTIATORS REPS AT THE COUNTY IN NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TENANTS AND SERVE AS THE MAIN POINT OF COUNTY STAFF CONTACT FOR THE EXECUTIVES OF RODEO.

ESCALATION TO COMMISSIONER COURT MATTERS FOR REQUIRING POLICY DIRECTION FOR MY FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS ARE MATERIAL CHANGES NEGOTIATION STRATEGY WILL BE ELEVATED TO COMMISSIONERS COURT TO THE SCHEDULED BRIEFINGS OR FORMAL AGENDA ITEMS. THE RELIANT PARK WORKING GROUP WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND IT SHALL BE COMPOSED OF RELEVANT COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND CONSULTANTS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH, PROVIDING RELEVANT INFORMATION, AND EVALUATING A DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO RELIANT PARK UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE AT COMMISSIONERS CO

COURT. >> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION AND STRESS THAT I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROCESS AND WE SHOULD USE THAT ON PROJECTS IN ALL COMMISSIONERS PRECINCTS.

AS THE COMMISSION HAPPENS TO REPRESENT RELIANT PARK AND PROUD

TO MAKE A MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> THE >> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IS

THERE ANYTHING -- >> I THINK THIS LOOKS FINE.

>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> THE CHAIR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 419, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT SETTLEMENT AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES. ANY OPPOSED?

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

>> NO ACTION? >> I THINK THAT WAS THE

UNDERSTANDING. >> THE CHAIR: NO ACTION ON

THAT ITEM? >> CORRECT.

>> THE CHAIR: ALL RIGHT, THAT IS 483.

LET'S MOVE ON -- OKAY. LET ME MOVE ON TO -- WE SHOULD

[Appearances before court (Part 2 of 2)]

>> ITEMS TO 29 AT 2:30 FOR, CHRISTOPHER RIVERA ITEMS TO 20 DIED IN 2:30 FOUR, YOU EACH HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RIVERA I WORK WITH THE TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT AND I'M HERE OPPOSED TO CONTRACTS FOR FORENSIC LOGIC CONTRACTS, ITEMS 229 INTO 34.

WE ALREADY HAD A CONTENTIOUS DEBATE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN REGARDS TO THIS, IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE COUNTY CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THESE SOFTWARE, TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT VIGILANT SOLUTIONS THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN PARTNERING WITH ICE SINCE 2018 TO FACILITATE OVER 1.5 BILLION DATA POINTS FOR THEM TO FACILITATE THEIR DEPORTATION EFFORTS. THERE IS OVER 9,200 I.C.E. AGENTS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO VIGILANT SOLUTIONS DATABASE.

IF YOU CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THEM YOU'RE EFFECTIVELY BUILDING OUT THE DATABASE FOR THEM TO FACILITATE THESE DEPORTATIONS.

INSTEAD OF FUNDING THIS, YOU SHOULD SUPPORT ITEM 481 TO SUPPORT LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND AT 4:30 THREE --

>> THANK YOU YOUR TIME IS UP. >> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU.

[01:55:05]

>> OH ONE ROCK ON ITEM 140, MAXIMILIAN DIAZ.

JASMINE GONZALES, ITEM 229 AND JAKE IMPLEMENTED SHOULD ITEM

328. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M FROM PRECINCT ONE. I'M AN INTERSEX ORGANIZER, I WANT Y'ALL TO VOTE YES TO ALL OF THE FIRST, FOURTH AND 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF EVERY RESIDENT OF HARRIS COUNTY AND THE WORLD CUP VISITORS AND THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS BY SAYING NO TO 229, NOTED 2:30 FOUR AND YES TO 433 TO SUPPORT ALL RESIDENTS

OF HARRIS COUNTY. >> MY NAME IS JASMINE GONZALES I WORK ON THE POLICY TEAM, WE ARE A LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES SURVIVORS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. AL P.R. CAMERAS DO NOT PREVENT VIOLENCE BUT WHAT WE SEE IN THE DO WAS ENABLE AND PERPETUATE VIOLENCE AGAINST SURVIVORS, IMMIGRANTS AND AGAINST ALL OF US. THE PRICE FOR SAFETY CANNOT BE CONTINGENT ON THE SEPARATION OF FAMILIES AND THE OPPRESSION OF ANOTHER GROUP OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.

VIGILANT SOLUTIONS ALLOWS FOR DATA COLLECTED FOR ONE PURPOSE TO BE EXPLOITED FOR A COMPLETELY UNRELATED UNACCOUNTABLE AND IMMORAL PURPOSE. DOES HARRIS COUNTY GIVE BIKES ACCESS TO THE SOLUTIONS DATABASE, IF ANYONE FROM DHS ASKS A CONSTABLE OR SHERIFF ACCESS FOR A DATABASE OR TO RUN THE LICENSE PLATE WILL HARRIS COUNTY COMPLY? WE DESERVE TO KNOW HOW OUR DATA IS BEING USED? I'M A RESIDENT OF PRECINCT 4 TO URGE THE COURT TO VOTE NO TO RENEW THE CONTRACT WITH VIGILANT SOLUTIONS.

PLEASE DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO MASS SURVEILLANCE DRAGNET THE TARGETS OUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, ON TUESDAY I WAS SET THE CONVENTION PORT AND THERE I RAN INTO A PUBLISHER. I HAVE THIS THING TO GIVE TO -- TODAY IS -- THE MONTH IS JUNE, ALSO KNOWN AS BLACK HISTORY MUSIC MONTH. IT'S PARTY TIME.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

[LAUGHTER] >> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> LET'S CELEBRATE. >> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.

♪ ♪ >> WE COULD KEEP IT ON IF IT BRINGS DOWN THE TEMPERATURE A LITTLE BIT.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, THAT WAS REALLY NICE.

>> NEXT IS JULIA ON ITEM 383, ITEM 4:30 THREE.

YOU EACH HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> I LIVE IN PRECINCT TWO AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM FOR 33.

AS A KID WHO HAD TO QUICKLY LEARN HOW TO INTERPRET AND TRANSLATE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS FOR MY PARENTS I WAS 25 YEARS AGO SUPPORT LIKE WHAT THE LANGUAGE ACCESS COORDINATOR

[02:00:02]

>> I AM THE HOUSTON POLICY MANAGER WITH THE JUSTICE CENTER I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE LANGUAGE ACCESS OFFICE AND THE VITAL WORK THEY DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

LANGUAGE ACCESS IS CRITICAL FOR SURVIVORS SAFETY AND HEALING FROM BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN COURT TO GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICES TO BEING INFORMED OF DISASTER OPERATIONS AND EVEN INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD ON THE ISSUES YOU CARE ABOUT.

ALL OF THESE THINGS HELP A SURVIVOR HEAL AND TO BUILD A LIFE OF DIGNITY. WE HAVE MADE GOOD PROGRESS IN INSURING INTERPRETATION IS AVAILABLE THAT STAFF KNOW HOW TO ACCESS IT AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS KNOW IT EXISTS. THERE IS STILL WORK TO DO ENSURING THE LANGUAGE ACCESS OFFICE REMAINS STAFFED AND IS ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS ITS GOALS MEANS WE CAN CONTINUE TO CLOSE GAPS. LANGUAGE ACCESS ISN'T OPTIONAL, ITS BASELINE TO MAKE SURE OUR OUR COUNTY PROGRAMS FUNCTION

EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. >> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> JULIA OR DONA ON ITEM 383. BRANDON MACK ON ITEM 481, YOU

EACH HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMIS COMMISSIONERS. I'M THE FOUNDER OF WE THE PEOPLE ORGANIZE, I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE RIVER OAKS DISTRICT CONSTABLE CONTRACT FOR 48. THIS IS NOT ANTI-POLICE.

THIS IS PRO-TAXPAYER, PRO-TRANSPARENCY AND PRO-PUBLIC SAFETY. BEFORE HARRIS COUNTY CREATES NINE DEDICATED LAW ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS FOR A PRIVATE LUXURY DISTRICT, PLEASE TABLE THIS ITEM TODAY AND GIVE THE PUBLIC MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE CONTRACT TO FULL COSTS AND LEGAL RISKS.

COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE NOT MALL COPS.

THEY CARRY PUBLIC AUTHORITY. IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, HARRIS COUNTY MAY BE PULLED INTO A LAWSUIT TWO COUNTY LAWYERS AND PUBLIC RESOURCES MAY BE USED TO DEFEND THE CASE AND A SWORN OFFICERS MAY RAISE LEGAL DEFENSES THAT PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS DO NOT HAVE. THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER THAN THE

POSTED CONTRACTED PRICE. >> THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> I LIVE IN PRECINCT ONE AND I PREVIOUSLY INTERNED AT THE TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE WHERE I SAW FIRSTHAND HOW CRITICAL LANGUAGE ACCESS IS. I WORKED WITH CLIENTS FOR THE MOMENTS OF REGISTRATION THROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE CASES.

I REMEMBER ONE CLIENT WHO SPOKE ONLY SPANISH SHE WAS ALWAYS GRATEFUL OUR TEAM COULD COMMUNICATE WITH HIM IN HIS NATIVE LANGUAGE AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT EVERY STAGE OF HIS CASE. MANY TIMES HE TOLD US HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO BE INFORMED AND HEARD SHOWING HOW IMPORTANT LANGUAGE ACCESS IS TO MAKING SURE THE SYSTEM TREATS ALL PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY. BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND COMMUNICATE IN THE LANGUAGE YOU FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IN IS ESSENTIAL ESPECIALLY IN SITUATIONS THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR FREEDOM, SAFETY, AND FUTURE. I HOPE THE STORIES AND EXPERIENCES OF THIS COMMUNITY STAY WITH YOU AS YOU CONSIDER CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

>> MY NAME IS BRANDON MACK, I'M SPEAKING AS CHAIR OF THE HARRIS COUNTY ALTA B TO IA COMMISSION.

PRESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL CAUCUS TO URGE AN UPDATE TO THE FACILITIES DESIGN MANUAL REQUIRING AT LEAST ONE SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOM AND ALL NEW CONSTRUCTED COUNTY FACILITIES.

THIS IS A PRACTICAL LOW COST STEPS THAT STRENGTHENS ACCESS, SAFETY, DIGNITY AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

FOR MANY TRANSGENDERED AND NONBINARY RESIDENTS, RESTROOM ACCESS CAN DETERMINE WHETHER A PUBLIC SPACE IS USABLE AT ALL.

SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOMS ALSO SUPPORT BROADER COMMUNITY NEEDS.

PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, CAREGIVERS ASSISTING SOMEONE OF A DIFFERENT GENDER, OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ALL BENEFIT FROM FLEXIBLE, PRIVATE FACILITIES.

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>> THANK YOU AND WELCOME. >> THANK YOU.

>> ITEM 481, MARIA GONZALES. YOU EACH HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> I MARIA GONZALES, I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, IT'S HAD SUCH A PROPOSAL FOR MANY YEARS NOW THAT ALL NEW CONSTRUCTIONS AND RENOVATED BUILDINGS NOW HAVE SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOMS. THIS IS REALLY VALUABLE. OF THE EASIEST, QUICKEST EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE YOU IS OUR SECURITY PERSONNEL CAN NOW HAVE SOME PRIVACY WHEN THEY NEED IT AND CAN TAKE THEIR EQUIPMENT OFF THEIR BODIES WHEN USING THE FACILITIES.

I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THE ROLLING EFFECTS, RIPPLE EFFECTS OF SUCH A SOLID PLAN, AND TO UPDATE THE DESIGN MANUAL TO ACQUIRE THIS IN ALL NEW BUILDINGS AND IF POSSIBLE

REBUILD BUILDINGS, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> I AM INTERSEX AND NONBINARY AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH RESTROOM THE STATE WANTS ME TO USE ANYMORE.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 481.

LAST SESSION HOUSE BILL 229 DEFINED MALE AND FEMALE AND STATE LAW IT SAID INTERSEX TEXANS MAY RECEIVE DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS UNDER STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.

THE BIGGEST FEDERAL ACCOMMODATION LOBBYING THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT. DURING THE SAME SESSION, SENATE BILL 8 PAST REGULATE AND SHARED RESTROOMS BY STATES DEFINED BY BUT IT DOES NOT OUTLAW SINGLE OCCUPANCY GENDER-NEUTRAL RESTROOMS AND RECOGNIZED THE DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS STILL MUST BE MADE TO PICK OUT AT A GENDER-NEUTRAL RESTROOMS AND COUNTY FACILITIES IS AN ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE AND IT KEEPS THE COUNTY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF BOTH LAWS.

I'M TIRED, Y'ALL I'M TIRED OF NOT FEELING SAFE IN A RESTROOM I'M TIRED OF NOT KNOWING WAS RESTROOM THE STATE WANTS ME IN.

ADDING THIS RESTROOMS GOING FORWARD PROTECTS THE COUNTY AND IT MAKES GENDER DIVERSE RESTAURANT MIKE RESIDENTS SAFE

AT HOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WEL

WELCOME. >> MY NAME IS JAKE MARKELL AND I'M JUST A DAD IN PRECINCT 2. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT ITEM 481 WHICH IS NOT ONLY NEEDED, IT'S SUCH A SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE WAY OF HAVING A GREAT, POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FACE OF BIZARRE, CRUEL, AND CAPRICIOUS STATE BATHROOMS LAWS THIS WILL NOT ONLY HELP ENSURE OUR TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX COMMUNITY'S HAVE SAFE BASE ACCOMMODATIONS IN HARRIS COUNTY SUPPORTED BUILDINGS WHICH IS PARAMOUNT, IT WILL ALSO BENEFIT A WIDE DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE INCLUDING PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS, ELDERS, AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I'M HERE AS A CISGENDERED MAN AND A FATHER OF US IS GENDER CHILD TO VOICE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX COMMITTEES IS CENTRAL TO ALL OF OUR SAFETY AND WELL-BEING.

I'M GRATEFUL AND PROUD TO HAVE A COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT ADVANCES PRAGMATIC, EASY AND HUGELY IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES

LIKE THIS, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE HARRIS COUNTY LTB TO Q IA COMMISSION, URGING THE COURT TO UPDATE THE BLUEPRINT REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOM IN EVERY NEW COUNTY FACILITY. THIS IS A SAFETY AND DIGNITY MEASURE FOR TRANSGENDER OR NONBINARY RESTAURANT THOUGH MIKE RESIDENTS RESTROOM ACCESS CAN DETERMINE WHETHER A PUBLIC BUILDING IS USABLE. ANOINTED APTITUDES BETWEEN CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND PERSONAL PRIVACY.

RESTROOMS SERVE PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, CAREGIVERS ASSISTING SOMEONE OF DIFFERENT GENDER, OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. AS A FATHER OF A 6-YEAR-OLD I KNOW WHAT THE VALUE OF A PRIVATE OPTION TO HELP FAMILIES FEEL SAFE, COMFORTABLE AND RESPECTED. I WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO SAY BABY GIRL CLOSE YOUR EYES. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT TO ADOPT AND ENSURE EVERY NEW COUNTY FACILITY REFLECTS SAFETY, DIGNITY AND EQUAL ACCESS

FOR ALL, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.

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ANY CERTIFICATE CHANGES THAT WILL AFFECT THINGS LIKE LAYOUT AND PLUMBING THAT WE STILL INCLUDE ADDING A SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOM BECAUSE THIS DOES HELP EVERYONE.

THE BILL WAS UNSPECIFIC AND ASKS THAT YOU ENFORCE THIS BATHROOM BILL BUT REALISTICALLY THE ONLY WAY TO CHECK PEOPLE'S INTERNAL SEX ORGANS IS WITH AN ULTRASOUND MACHINE OUTSIDE OF EVERY RESTROOM, THAT SOUNDS EXPENSIVE AND INVASIVE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THIS STEP INSTEAD AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FEEL SAFE OR GO TO THE RESTROOM AND ALL OF OUR COUNTY BUILDINGS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THEM AND WE USE THEM,

THANK YOU. >> NONAGENDA SPEAKER MICHELLE BLACKWELL, YOU EACH HAVE 1 MINUTES.

>> I AM HERE ASKING FOR THE COURT TO RESPECTFULLY CONSIDER AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE NONCONSENT TOWING FEE.

WE ARE FACING DRASTIC TIMES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR OPERATORS ARE THERE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

WE ARE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, OUT THERE IN DANGEROUS TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. WE INVEST IN SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, WE SPEND MONEY ON TRAINING AND WE ENSURE WE HAVE THE MOST PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS AND EMPLOYEES ON THE ROADWAYS.

IT BECOMES A GRUESOMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE TO ABSORB THE RISING OPERATIONAL COST WHILE DELIVERING THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT'S EXPECTED BY THE COUNTY.

OUR INDUSTRY IS FACING THE PAIN AND RISING COSTS BUT ALL CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES ARE FACING COME EVERYONE OF US IN THIS ROOM HAVE FELT THE PRICE THE GAS PUMP.

BUSINESSES ARE TELLING THE INCREASE IN WAGES THAT ARE NECESSARY. NOT TO MENTION EQUIPMENT.

>> CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD?

>> AMY MILSTEAD. >> THE CHAIR: WHICH ITEM IS

THIS ON AGAIN? >> 482.

>> THE CHAIR: THE ISSUE IS TO UPDATE THE FINES AND FEES? YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT FEES FOR YOUR INDUSTRY WILL CHANGE?

>> I DID GET MY POINT BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD A RATE INCREASE IN 15 YEARS FOR THE NONCONSENT TOWING AND ALL THE OTHER COSTS

HAVE GONE UP DRASTICALLY. >> THE CHAIR: WHAT WOULD YOU

LIKE TO SEE? >> WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RATE, REVIEW AND INCREASE THAT REFLECTS TODAY'S ECONOMY AND REALITY THAT WE ARE OPERATING IN.

>> THE CHAIR: THIS IS STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION, WE AREN'T VOTING ON AN ACTUAL RATE TODAY? IT'S A STUDY TO COME UP WITH THE

RATES AND RIGHT NOW -- >> I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO

CONSIDER AND PLEASE REVIEW. >> THE CHAIR: PERFECT I NEED TO INFORM MYSELF MORE, THAN THANK YOU.

>> MY NAME IS MS. BLACKWELL I LIVE IN PRECINCT 2, I'M A STAKEHOLDER ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE EARLY LEARNING COLEY NETWORK. I DID GET PERMISSION TO USE THE SLOGAN WHAT WE DID MATTER. IT WAS COMMUNITY DRIVEN, WE ARE GIVING PEOPLE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

WE ADDRESS CHILD CARE DESERTS. A LOT OF RESOURCES BENEFIT OF THE FAMILIES, THE CHILDREN, ALSO THE CHILDREN OF SPECIAL NEEDS, DAY CARE FACILITIES AND ANYONE BENEFITED WITH THE RESOURCES,

THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR: CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID AND WHEN THE PROGRAM WILL EXPIRE AND WHAT THAT WILL MEAN FOR YOUR COMMUNITY?

>> WHAT I DID WAS FOR INSTANCE I THOUGHT A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK WITHIN THE SCHOOLS FROM ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, I EVEN GOT CHANCE TO WORK IN A SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM FROM PRE-K TO MAC FIFTH GRADE TO.

I GOT TO USE ALTHOUGH EXPERIENCES HELPING TO MAKE DECISIONS WHEN THEY HAVE DIFFERENT BREAKOUT GROUPS.

THE GROUP I WAS IN DEALT WITH A LOT OF DIFFICULT TASKS, TRYING

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YOU WERE MENTIONING ABOUT WHEN THIS PROGRAM WILL END AND THE IMPACT -- WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE HERE THAT CAN SPEAK MORE ON THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO COME UP, I DON'T -- I'M ALWAYS TAUGHT IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAY SOMETHING -- IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING IF IT'S INCORRECT YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WHATEVER, BRING SOMEBODY TO THE PODIUM THAT WILL HELP YOU.

IF I CAN LOOK BACK AND CALL ON THEM TO COME FORTH THEY CAN

EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THIS. >> I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD -- END OF THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP HAS THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL. THAT'S FINE AND GOOD BUT THE FACT IS THAT PROGRAMS FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS AND FAMILIES AND PARENTS ARE ENDING. TO ME, IT IS NECESSARY THAT WE SHINE A LIGHT ON WHAT IS ENDING RATHER THAN GET DISTRACTED ON A DISCUSSION OF THIS IDEA FRANKLY OVERLAPS WITH WHAT WE HAD TO.

>> I'M SORRY THE REASON WHY YOU CAME HERE TODAY I WAS REFLECTING ON -- I WAS GIVING SOME REFLECTIONS ON WHAT I FELT DURING THE TIME I WAS ON THE PROGRAM, I WAS GIVING COMMENTS ON A REFLECTION OF WHAT I FELT. I WAS HAPPY TO BE HERE.

I KNOW I SCHEDULED THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE TO COME HERE AND TALK ON IT. THAT IS WHAT I WAS COMING HERE TO REFLECT ON. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE ANY FURTHER, I KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE HERE THAT REPRESENTS IT, THEY

CAN SPEAK MORE ON THIS. >> THE CHAIR: WOULD YOU MIND IF STATE YOUR NAME FOR YOUR RECORD, HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN YOU. THE REASON I ASK THIS I WAS VISITING WITH A COMMUNITY LEADER JUST YESTERDAY MAYBE TWO DAYS AGO. HE'S PART OF ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT IS TAKING PLACE AND HE TOLD ME THE MOMS ARE CRYING WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THE PROGRAM WOULD END. I NEED THAT TO BE FRONT AND CENTER. THE STORY SHOULDN'T BE WHERE THEIR KIDS HERE OR NOT -- THE STORY NEEDS TO BE YOU'RE TAKING EDUCATION AWAY FROM THOSE KIDS. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SPEAKING TO

THE PROGRAM -- SHE'S BEHIND YOU. >> I'M GOING TO LET HER COME UP HERE. I'M SORRY, I'M ALSO STATING THE REASON WHY I CAME HERE TODAY WAS JUST TO REFLECT ON WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THE PROGRAM. I CAME HERE TO MENTION ABOUT THE POSITIVE THINGS, WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. I'M JUST REITERATING AND MAKING IT STRAIGHT THAT THIS IS WHY I CAME HERE TODAY, I'M REFLECTING ON THE POSITIVITY. REFLECTING ON THE HARD WORK THAT WAS DONE DURING THE TIME I WAS ON HERE.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING POSITIVE. >> THE CHAIR: IT WAS HARD WORK, IT'S POSITIVE. MY DISAPPOINTMENT IS THAT SOMETHING POSITIVE IS BEING ALLOWED TO JUST END AND WE CAN STILL SAVE IT. THE POSITIVITY CAN CONTINUE.

>> I'M THE PROGRAM -- WITH A LOCAL ORGANIZATION FOR PRECINCT 2. WE ARE IN CHARGE ON THE CHILD CARE DESERTS IN THAT AREA WHICH IS -- I DIDN'T PREPARE ANYTHING I CAME HERE FOR MORAL SUPPORT FOR MS. BLACKWELL.

WE DID CREATE AN ADVISOR COMMITTEE THAT IS CONSISTENT FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SERVE TO INFORM THE DECISIONS AND INITIATIVES THAT WERE CREATED THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

ONE OF THEM BEING EMERGENCY AND TEMPORARY CARE WHICH IS COMING TO AN END THIS SUMMER. THERE ARE PARENTS WHO ARE PANICKING AT THE FACT THAT THE PROGRAM FUNDING IS RUNNING OUT IN THE PROGRAM IS COMING TO AN END.

IT IS SET TO END LATER THIS YEAR, NOVEMBER 2026 AND PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS, STAKEHOLDERS COME EVERYBODY'S ASKING WHAT'S THE PLAN, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE FUNDING IS RUNNING OUT.

IT'S VERY HARD FOR US TO SEE -- NOT HAVING AN ANSWER PREPARED FOR THESE FAMILIES NEED THIS EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND NOT JUST THAT BUT QUALITY CHILDHOOD CARE AND LIKE I MENTIONED THEY ARE IN CHILD CARE DESERTS. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AVAILABLE FOR THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT ARE IN

DESPERATE NEED. >> THE CHAIR: WOULD YOU SHARE

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>> WE DID TAKE OUT A NUMBER OF CHILDREN OUT OF THE WAIT-LIST AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE MONTHS -- WE PAID OFF THEIR CHILD CARE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE EMERGENCY, WHETHER FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH A TIME OF CRISIS WE WERE ABLE TO COVER CHILD CARE FOR THEM. IF A LOVED ONE DIED OR UNPLANNED

UNEMPLOYMENT. >> THANK DON'T ACT ON MY CAN.

>> THE CHAIR: THE ANSWER IS VALUES CAN ONLY TAKE YOU SO FAR.

THE VALUES TO SAY WE CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN, WE ARE PARENTS, THEREFORE WE CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN, THAT'S A VALUE.

BUT YOU NEED MONEY BEHIND THE VALUE.

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CITY -- THEY HAVE SPENT ALL THIS MONEY THEY COULDN'T AFFORD AND NOW THEY ARE HAVING TO CHARGE RESIDENCE A TRASH FEE -- WHAT HAPPENED AT THE COUNTY IS SOME MEMBERS HERE SPENT ALL THIS MONEY WE CAN'T AFFORD AND NOW THEY ARE FORCING AND REFUSED TO PUT THIS QUESTION ON THE BALLOTS, THAT'S REALLY THE BIGGEST SIN HERE, REFUSED TO LET THE VOTERS DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANTED EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE AND INSTEAD THEY ARE ENDING THE PROGRAMS. WHAT'S THE ANSWER? I KNOW FOLKS DON'T LIKE FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAME, BUT THAT'S IT. YOU CAN TRY TO CHANGE THE STORY INTO -- WHAT THEY CALL IT? A CENSURE OR SOMETHING BUT THE FACT THE MATTER IS -- HAD YOU AND I TALKED BEFORE, HAD ASKED HER TO COME HERE AND SPEAK? THIS IS NOT PREPARED TO.

IF YOU ARE HEARING FROM A REAL MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHO IS AGONIZING TRYING TO ANSWER WHY ARE THESE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS ENDING? THERE IS THIS PROPOSAL HERE.

LET'S TALK TO THE COMMUNITY, TALK TO THE ORGANIZATIONS, WE ALREADY TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT WAS THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

WE TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY AT ORGANIZATIONS YEARS AGO, LITERALLY YEARS AGO. LOOK: I THINK JUST LIKE THOSE KIDS THAT CAME, I SAID TO YOUR PARENTS WORK, ALL OF THEM RAISED THEIR HANDS. UP ONE OF THOSE PARENTS SUPPOSED TO DO? YOU CAN FOCUS ON I DIDN'T WANT THE KIDS HERE BUT THAT'S NOT IT. I INVITE YOU TO HELP ME SHINE A LIGHT ON THE FACT THAT IN EVERY COUNTRY, EARLY CHILDHOOD IS OBVIOUS. WHAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE EVEN DEBATE WHETHER IT'S GOOD, BAD, WE STUDIED THIS, IT COULD STILL GO ON THE BALLOT. WE CAN STILL ASK PEOPLE WHETHER THEY WANT TO CONTINUE THESE PROGRAMS INSTEAD OF JUST PULLING THE RUG FROM UNDER THESE PEOPLE. IT COSTS MORE MONEY, YOU CAN LOOK THIS UP AND I DID IT COST MORE MONEY TO SEND A KID TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THAT IT DOES TO PUT THEM THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. YOU KNOW THE FOLKS THAT VOTED AGAINST ASKING THE VOTERS, THEY PUT THEIR KIDS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. BUT THEY ARE CUTTING OTHER PEOPLE'S EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION WOULD ONLY NEED TO DO IS ASK THE BOATERS. THE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO END BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ASK THE VOTERS LAST YEAR, INCONCEIVABLE TO ME, IRRATIONAL. HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO JUST LET THE PEOPLE VOTE YES OR NO? PEOPLE WANT IT, WE DID A POLL.

YOU CAN STILL DO IT THIS YEAR IT MAY THEN YOU WILL TALK TO THE CHILDREN NEXT TIME THEY COME -- LESS TIME THEY DIDN'T EVEN DARE AGREE TO THEM. I'M SORRY, HEARING YOU SPEAK, IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND THAT'S WHAT BREAKS MY HEART FOR IT TO END AND EVEN MORE FOR THERE TO BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR SHINY NEW OBJECT OVER HERE ABOUT A NEW PROGRAM WHEN ALL OF THIS IS COLLAPSING. THANKS AND I HOPE FOLKS HERE I SEE A LOT OF FOLKS AND NODDING PLEASE HELP US DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS. IT'S TOTALLY IRRATIONAL,

THANK YOU. >> ITEM 433, NONAGENDA SPEAKERS -- GO TO HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> I'M PRESIDENT OF THE WINGATE FOREST VIEW HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION A COMMUNITY UP OVER THOUSAND HOMES IN THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY. OUR MAIN ROAD IS THE NORTH-SOUTH ROAD THAT RUNS BETWEEN WESTPARK AND WESTHEIMER USED BY MANY PEOPLE TO SHORTCUT CUT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER AND HOLDS TWO'S TOPSIDES. NONRESIDENT STREET THIS ROAD LIKE A RACETRACK OFTEN DRIVING MORE THAN 50 MILES PER HOUR AND IGNORING OUR STOP SIGNS. ONE STOP SIGN IS NEXT TO OUR PLAYGROUND AND POOL. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WE CALLED

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THE ARGUMENT IS THEY SLOW EMERGENCY VEHICLES BUT THE SPEEDERS ARE GOING TO STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE OR WORSE, A CHILD'S. I'M ASKING TO CONSIDER AN EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE AND INSTALL SPEED BUMPS TO THE STOP SIGNS IN OPEN AREAS TO HELP CONTROL TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> I WANT TO POINT OUT THE COUNTY NOW HAS A SPEED BUMP PROGRAM IT'S A MATTER OF REACHING OUT TO YOUR RESPECTIVE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE IF YOU LIVE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY -- WE DO NOT HAVE A PROGRAM.

I WORKED ON THAT FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS BUT WE NOW HAVE IT.

>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND COMMISSIONER BRIONES, THIS

IS YOURS. >> I'M A RESIDENT IN PRECINCT ONE HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM 433 FUNDING LIKE WHICH EXCESS OFFICE. AS A LANGUAGE RESEARCHER WORKING WITH MANY MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES, AND IMMIGRANTS MYSELF I KNOW HOW ACCESSING BASIC RIGHTS IS A DAILY STR STRUGGLE. MY FAMILY AND OTHER LANGUAGE MINORITY HAS COMMITTEES OFTEN EXPRESS MISCOMMUNICATION PLAY FEELING MISHEARD OR DISRESPECTED AND OVERALL INEFFECTIVE TO MEDICATION SERVICES. EVERY SEMESTER OF A CLASS THAT I TEACH I HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE TO MISS THE CLASS TO TRANSLATE OR INTERPRET FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A RELIABLE OR TRUSTWORTHY INTERPRETATION OR TRANSLATION AVAILABLE OR KNOW AI CAN DO THIS JOB PRECISELY WITH FULL CULTURAL NUANCES. STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE TO COMMIT THEIR TIME AND EFFECTIVE CARE AND SERVICES.

PLEASE CONTINUE FUNDING AND EXPANDING LANGUAGE ACCESS IN

HARRIS COUNTY. >> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON EMMETT DISTRICT 3.

I HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING TEXAS REGULATION 822 AND HARRIS COUNTY'S VARIATION OF THAT.

THERE'S BEEN LAWS THAT MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO HAVE DANGEROUS AND WILD ANIMALS AS THEY ARE QUOTED BUT I CAN'T FIND ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS RECORDS SHOWING THAT ANY OF THIS WAS ELECTED, VOTED ON BUT ANIMAL CONTROL SEEMS TO THINK THEY CAN CHANGE THE RULES TO FIT THEIR DIRECTIVE AND NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE PERMITS BUT THE STATE TEXAS ALLOWS.

LET'S ALL I HAVE. >> WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE FOLLOW UP

WITH YOU. >> UNINCORPORATED PRECINCT THREE. I'M WRITING TO ASK IF YOU WILL EXPLAIN IN DETAIL WHERE MY PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO. THEY ARE NOT VISIBLY BEING PUT BACK IN THE COMMUNITY TO WHICH I PAY.

I OWN PROPERTY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHOSE SEWERS AND STREETS ARE NOT MAINTAINED AT ALL BY THE COUNTY TO WHICH I PAY TAXES.

THE SEWERS DO NOT DRAIN, THE LEAF STANDING WATER FOR MANY DAYS. EVEN AFTER A MODERATE RAIN, THE WATER WILL BLOCK ACCESS TO RESIDENTS LEAVING THEM TO TREK THROUGH A CESSPOOL TO REACH THEIR DOOR.

THE HEALTH HAZARD THERE IS A REAL CONCERN.

I'VE PUT IN A CALL TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NO REPLY.

THE STREETS ALSO ARE NOT MAINTAINED.

MANY FILLED WITH POTHOLES THAT WILL VERY SOON BECOME UNDRIVABLE. THERE'S NO PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON THE STREETS, PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREETS --

>> THE CHAIR: GO AHEAD IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE.

SPEAK OF THIS PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREETS MAKES NOT ONLY DRIVING BETWEEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR LARGE VEHICLES BUT IT'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN AS KIDS PLAY AND PETS PLAY BETWEEN THE CARS AND RUN INTO THE STREETS.

I BELIEVE ROUTINE SEWER MAINTENANCE, STREET REPAVING AND STRATEGICALLY PLACED NO PARKING SIGNS WILL ALLEVIATE THESE ISSUES. I'M ASKING WHY ARE THESE ISSUES NOT BEING ADDRESSED? TAXES ARE DESIGNED TO SUSTAIN A COMMUNITY, NOT NEGLECT IT. THAT'S IT.

>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU, WE'LL VISIT WITH YOU.

>> NONAGENDA SPEAKERS QUINCY COLLINS, ERIC SANCHEZ, RAMESH

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KAPUR, AND RICHARD HYDE. >> MY NAME IS ERIC SANCHEZ.

IN NOVEMBER OF 2025 DETECTIVE JOHN PATRICK MORELLO RATED MY HOME WITH A DOZEN OFFICERS AFTER TRACKING MY VEHICLE USING FLOCK FOR 30 DAYS IN REGARDS TO FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON FROM 2023.

THEY BROKE MY DOOR DOWN AND POINTED RIFLES AT ME AND MY FAMILY INCLUDING CHILDREN. I WAS ARRESTED AND INTERROGATED BUT HE WASN'T INTERESTED IN THE ALLEGED CRIME HE WAS INTERESTED IN MY FACEBOOK POSTS REGARDING ATTORNEYS RUSTY HARDING AND A MURDER CONNECTED TO A FUNERAL HOME AND A DOZEN OTHER CASES I WROTE ARTICLES ON BEING MURDERERS FALSELY RULED AS SUICIDES BY THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER.

I WAS NO BUILD ON THE CHARGE BUT DETECTIVE MARELLA NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND THE COVER-UP OF ALL THIS FOOTAGE AND RECORDS NEEDS TO END OF THE CITIZENS ARE EXPECTED TO PUT THEIR TRUST IN THE PUBLIC. AND THE POLICE.

PLEASE SHOW THE PUBLIC IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.

THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU, WE'LL

VISIT WITH YOU. >> MY NAME IS QUINCY COLLINS, I AM THE FOUNDER OF FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES.

FOR 13 YEARS FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO ENSURING HARDWORKING FAMILIES HAVE FOOD ON THEIR TABLES DURING THE THANKSGIVING SEASON. WHAT BEGAN WITH HELPING JUST ONE FAMILY HAS GROWN INTO A COMMUNITY-WIDE MOVEMENT.

TODAY EVERY FAMILY WE SERVE RECEIVES A FULL WEEK OF GROCERIES INCLUDING A COMPLETE THANKSGIVING DINNER.

INCLUDING 35 GROCERY ITEMS SUCH AS 5 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF, 10 POUNDS OF CHICKEN LEG QUARTERS, 9-POUND TURKEY BREAST, 32-OUNCE BAG OF FROZEN FISH, PANTRY STAPLES LIKE CANNED GOODS, BREAD, PASTA, PASTA SAUCE.

ALL OF OUR FOOD COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR ALLOWING US TO MAXIMIZE EVERY DONATED DOLLAR.

LAST YEAR WE SERVED 1700 FAMILIES ACROSS EIGHT LOCATIONS DISTRIBUTING NEARLY 80 TONS OF FOOD.

THREE OF THOSE LOCATIONS WERE AND COMMISSIONER BRIONES' PRECINCT, ONE WAS IN COMMISSIONER ELLIS' PRECINCT.

>> YOUR TIME IS UP. >> THE CHAIR: GO AHEAD AND

CLOSE OUT YOUR CAP. >> ALONG THE WAY WE HAVE AN HONOR TO RECEIVE PROCLAMATIONS FROM THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE RAISED EMMA WE ARE LOOKING TO SERVE 5,000 FAMILIES IN 16 LOCATIONS INCLUDING FOUR AND COMMISSIONER -- FOUR IN THE COMMISSIONER BRIONES COMMISSIONER BRIONES' PRECINCT, ONE OF COMMISSIONER GARCIA, LS, AND RAMSEY. WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH 12 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ONE CHURCH ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. THREESOME I'M COMING HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE WE ARE RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND THE IMPACT WE HAVE OF THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO SOLICITING THE HELP OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SPEECH TO HELP US WITH RAISING FUNDING TO CONTINUE OUR GROWTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. >> RICHARD HYDE NORTHEAST CORNER BEAR CREEK VILLAGE, THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN AGAINST THE FLOODWAY TO GO ON REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD -- PLACED AT DRIVE MEASURING 16 FEET WIDE, EXITING INTO A 30-FOOT WIDE SWELL.

DESPITE MAJOR STORMS INCLUDING A JULY 20TH STORM, ELDER 2019, BEAR CREEK DRAINAGE PROJECT HAS NO MENTION OF FLOODGATES IN THE 50-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBORHOOD RESULTING IN PLANS TO -- AND CAUSING PERMANENT INCREASE IN NOISE FROM CLAY ROAD.

I ASKED THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CEASE DEPARTMENT CEASE AND DESIST PLANS BEHIND MILL HOLLAND DRIVE UNTIL THIS

MATTER CAN BE PROPERLY -- >> THE CHAIR: GO AHEAD.

>> I AM FOR FLOOD CONTROL I'M DEFINITELY FOR DR. TINA PETERSON'S WORK THAT SHE WANTS TO DO OVER IN THE GOLF COURSE, ABOUT 400 FEET AWAY. THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS

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HARVEY GOT US -- I HAVE 6 FEET OF WATER IN MY HOUSE.

I AM PRO-FLOOD CONTROL. I LOST EVERYTHING.

I TOOK EVERYTHING OUT OF THE HOUSE, EVERYTHING.

SHEET ROCK, PLUMBING, WIRE, AIR-CONDITIONING, LAMPS.

ALL MY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE AMAZON AND FROM NEW GUINEA, ALL LOST. I'M PRO FLOOD CONTROL, BUT THIS ISN'T IT. THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS.

>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU, WE'LL VISIT WITH YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> NONAGENDA SPEAKERS RUBY GARZA, CHRISTOPHER MCKI MCKINNEY, --

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS AND HONORABLE JUDGE. MY NAME IS DR. KAPUR I'M HERE TO REPORT A CRITICAL BREAKDOWN IN JUDICIAL INTEGRITY KEEPING WITH THE PUBLIC REST OR ACT ELECTRONIC RECORD-KEEPING.

IN OUR DIGITAL COURT SYSTEM, LITIGANTS CAN NO LONGER SEE A JUDGE'S PHYSICAL SIGNATURE, WE RELY ENTIRELY ON THE CLERKS ELECTRONIC -- THIS HAS CREATED A DANGEROUS POINT OF -- EMESIS AND DESIGNER, I WILL HELP NO CHARGE. THE CASE NUMBER IS 20201294 IN

DISTRICT COURT. >> THE CHAIR: GO AHEAD TO.

>> AS DOCUMENTED IN THE FILE THE HONORABLE JUDGE GRANTED MY MOTION TO REINSTATE MY CASE -- INSTEAD OF RECORDING THIS ACCURATELY, AND IT THAT COMPLETELY FALSIFIED RECORDS

DATING THE MOTION WAS DENIED. >> THE CHAIR: WE'LL VISIT WITH YOU. THANK YOU.

SPEAK OF THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINTS.

AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS A JUDGE'S ACTUAL RULING THE PUBLIC RECORD IS COMPROMISED.

I BROUGHT THIS SPECIAL EVIDENCE TO THE DISTRICT CLERK BUT NO CORRECTIVE ACTION OR INVESTIGATION.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN THE DIGITAL WORLD.

I'M ASKING THE COURT WHAT SAFEGUARDS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED TO ORDER THESE ENTRIES? AND HOW WILL WE ENSURE CLEAR --

>> THE CHAIR: I GET PEOPLE TO SLOW BIT OF TIME TO WRAP UP BUT WILL MAKE VISIT WITH YOU. I'M AFRAID I NEED TO ASK YOU TO TO GO AND VISIT WITH MY STAFF RIGHT NOW SO THEY CAN GET THE REST OF THE DETAILS. THANK YOU.

>> THEY'LL FIND YOU IN JUST A SECOND.

DIRECTOR. THEY ARE RIGHT THERE.

>> I'M THE TEXAS CHAPTER PRESIDENT AND WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE TIED UP USED IN WORKERS BEING LEFT BEHIND, HOUSTON BEING THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY OVER THE YEARS WE'VE SEEN OUR CITY TRANSFORM INTO A WORLD-CLASS TOURIST DESTINATION WITH MORE AND MORE MAJOR EVENTS COMING HERE BUT THE WORKERS ACROSS THE CITY THAT MAKE THESE EVENTS POSSIBLE OR LIVING CHECK TO CHECK WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS TO GET BY. WE KNOW THE COMPANIES CAN HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO PAY THE WORKERS WHAT THEY DESERVE, WE SEEN WORKERS, MEMBERS OF OUR UNION FIGHT OVER LAST YEAR AND GO ON STRIKE AND WIN RACES LIKE THEY NEVER HAVE BEFORE ACROSS THE AIRPORT, SETTING A NEW STANDARD FOR THE HOSPITALITY

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MANY OF THEM CONTINUE TO MAKE $12 OR LESS IN 2026, HOW CAN YOU SURVIVE AND PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY? USED IN WORKERS DESERVE BETTER AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION AND CALL ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE, THANK YOU.

>> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MY NAME IS RUBY GARZA ON A VENDOR AT SOME OF THE STADIUMS. I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE STADIUMS FOR OVER 20 YEARS ALREADY. 11 AND $12 DOES NOT HELP ME OUT AT ALL. I HAVE A GRANDSON THAT SHE IS AUTISTIC AND I HELP MY SON OUT A LOT.

THERE IS TIMES, THERE'S EVENTS IN ONE PLACE, AN EVENT IN ANOTHER PLACE AND WE CAN'T MAKE OUR ENDS MEET BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MEDICAL BILLS WITH MY GRANDSON.

I'M THERE TO HELP MAKING 11-$12 IS NOT MAKING IT TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR MEDICAL BILLS. I WOULD LIKE A LOT OF RESPECT AND DIGNITY FOR US TO GET MORE THAN 11-$12 AN HOUR.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING DOWN

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SPEAKING UP. >> THE CHAIR: I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS OR IS IS ONE OF THE ONES I CAN'T? IS IS NONAGENDA? I HAD BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS?

>> CHRISTOPHER MCKINNEY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS CHRIS FOR MCKINNEY, THAT'S MY WIFE, WE ARE RESIDENTS HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY, WE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS AND TRUE BELIEVERS AND POTENTIAL OF THE ASTRODOME, WE BELIEVE THE ASTRODOME DESERVES A FUTURE WHERE THE OF ITS HISTORY. I AM CURRENTLY WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING NOW DEVELOPING A PRIVATELY FUNDED CONCEPT THAT FOCUSES THE PRESERVATION AND STRUCTURE AT WHOLE SCALE WHILE CREATING LONG-TERM ECONOMIC VALUE FOR HARRIS COUNTY.

I KNOW THE FUTURE OF THE ASTRODOME IS GREATLY COMPLEX AND TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS. I'M HERE TO SIMPLY INTRODUCE MYSELF AND LET YOU KNOW THERE ARE CITIZENS HERE THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARDS PRIVATE SOLUTIONS, THANK YOU FOR

YOUR TIME. >> THE CHAIR: THANK YOU SO GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM FROM PRECINCT 2.

I'M ED TEACHER IN THE HOUSTON CHAPTER AND WE HAS AN ORGANIZATION BRING AWARENESS TO TWO TEENAGE DEPRIVATION.

SCHOOL STARTS AT THE SUMMER CLOCK HOUR.

IN TEXAS THE HOUSTON AREA HAS THE LARGEST CLUSTER OF EARLY START TIMES IN THE 7:00 HOUR. NOW IT IS SUMMERTIME.

STUDENTS STAY UP LATE AND RATHE WAKE UP LATE THE ARNO TERRACE NIGHT FOUL'S. MANY HAVE ACTIVITIES IN THE MORNINGS THAT THEIR PARENTS WAN THEM TO ATTEND LIKE SWIM PRACTICE. I'M HERE TO REQUEST COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE HIDALGO TO PROVIDE AWARENESS THROUGH EDUCATION FOR COMMUNITIES THAN PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP FOR OUR TEENAGERS FOR THEM TO SLEEP ADEQUATELY RATHER THAN POP AND ENERGY DRINK.

NOW THERE'S TOO MANY AVAILABLE OF THOSE ENERGY DRINKS AND TO BRING AWARENESS AND TO BRING AWARENESS TO INSTRUCTORS TO START NO EARLIER THAN 8:30 FOR THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND ACADEMICS AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU FOR STARTING COURT AT 9:00 A.M. AND NOT AT 7:15 AM.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

[Departments (Part 3 of 3)]

[02:45:02]

OKAY, COMMISSION OR ELLIS. >> WE ARE HONORED TO BE HONORIN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. I'M GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTIO THAT WAS READ BY THE OFFICER TEAMS BECAUSE IT IS POWERFUL WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE WAY YOU ADVANCE JUST AS FOR HARRIS COUNTY BIRD THIS IS RESOLUTION.

DURING THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AN GENERALLY 2020.

HE DEDICATED HIMSELF TO THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE ON BEHALF OF OF THE MORE THAN 5 MILLION RESIDENTS OF HARRIS COUNTY.

AND WHEREAS DURING HIS TENURE H SERVED AS BOTH THE DEPUTY COUNT ATTORNEY AND ASSISTANT ASSISTAN OVER FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY NOW CONGRESSMAN HE LED LEGAL STRATEGY ENDS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS AND HIGH-PROFILE LITIGATION FROM PUBLIC LAW, CHALLENGES TO COMPLEX, CORPORATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLACES, WHEREAS O JANUARY 8 MATT, 2026, HE WAS APPOINTED COUNTY ATTORNEY ANY UNANIMOUS VOTE BY COMMISSIONERS PAID AS COUNTY ATTORNEY HE MANAGE THE OFFICE OF OVER 300 ATTORNEYS AND STAFF WHO REPRESENT THE COUNTY AND ITS 60 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MORE THAN 18,000 EMPLOYEES IN ALL MATTERS WHILE MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS THE OFFICE HAS KNOWN.

AND, WHEREAS, AS COUNTY ATTORNEY , HE COMMITTED HIMSELF TO ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, PROTECTING WORKERS RIGHTS AND FIGHTING FOR OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS HE SECURED A SETTLEMENT THAT BROUGHT TWO CONCRETE PLANS INTO COMPLIANCE, RECOVERED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF PENALTIES DURING STATES AND COUNTIES AND CITIES CHALLENGING THE US ENVIRONMENTA PROTECTION AGENCY'S ATTEMPT TO WE SAID THAT 2009 ENGAGEMENT LINE WHICH SERVES AS THE LEGAL FOUNDATION FOR REGULATING GREENHOUSE GASES, SEEKING TO EXTEND COMMUNITY PETITIONS AND PERMIT.

AND WHEREAS, COUNTY ATTORNEY BONBON ACHIEVES SIGNIFICANT WIND 'S, DEPENDING HARRIS COUNTY 'S CONTRACTOR SAFETY RECORD POLICY TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND SAFETY OF HARRIS COUNTY WORKERS AND FIGHTING TO RESTART TEXAS IS HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS PROGRAM, REVERSING CHANGES THAT REMOVE MANY MINORITY WOMEN NEED FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 'S ATTEMPTS TO FORCE LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO TUR OVER SWEEPING PROSECUTORIAL THOSE PROSECUTORIAL DATA AND WEARS A STRONG DEFENDER OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES MY HE SUCCESSFULLY HAD EFFORTS TO END OF THE SERVICES HAD ENJOYED THE NATIONAL COALITION PROPOSING US CUSTOMS OPERATION METRO SEARCH AND WHEREAS HARRIS COUNTY COMMENDS HIM FOR HIS SERVICE, DEDICATION, AND LEADERSHIP AND RECOGNIZES THE PROFOUND AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS HE HAS MADE DURING HIS TENURE AS HARRI COUNTY ATTORNEY. NOW THERE FOR BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RESPECTFULLY HONORS JONATHAN BONBON AND THIS WAS A JOINT RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE -- AND COMMISSIONERS OFFICE AND MY OFFICE I WILL SAY YOU ARE LAWYER 'S LAWYER, ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT LAWYERS I'VE EVER MET AND YOU HAVE JUSTICE IN YOUR VEINS AND, BY THE WAY, HE IS ALWAYS A RENAISSANCE MAN PAID H PLAYS MUSIC AND IS A CHEF AND SPEAKS FRENCH FLUENTLY.

SOCCER, BAND, YOU CAN GO ON AND ON PREVIEW ARE REALLY AN AMBASSADOR. THANK YOU FOR MAKING HARRIS COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AN THE UNITED STATES A BETTER PLAC BECAUSE OF YOUR BRILLIANCE AND PUTTING THAT INTO ACTION FOR PEOPLE. FOR THAT WE HONOR YOU.

[APPLAUSE] WE WILL HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER

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GARCIA AND COMMISSIONER ELLIS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT RESOLUTIO I'M GOING TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT. WE JUST LEARNED THAT HE PLAYS FRENCH MUSIC SO WHAT IS THAT FAMOUS SONG.

THERE YOU GO, YOU KNEW THAT ONE. LESSON.

ALL IT THAT WAS SAID IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE AND I WILL REFLECT BACK, CONGRATULATIONS FOR HAVING BECOME THE COUNTY ATTORNEY BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS WERE PARTNERS OR COLLEAGUE WITH THE FIRM AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH AND TO JOIN HIM IN THIS ENDEAVOR.

YOU COULD'VE STAYED THERE AND MADE A TON MORE MONEY BUT YOU CHOSE PUBLIC SERVICE AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY GRATEFUL.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ABOUT WHETHER YOU ARE WITH YOUR KIDS ARE ON THE ROAD YOU BEEN TRAVELING SOMEWHERE, HE AND YOU NUMBER HAPPENS TO BE THE FUN THING THINKING ABOUT CALLING TO BE ALWAYS TRIM UP AND RETURN TH CALL AND YOU DID YOUR VERY BEST TO HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH ON BEHAL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR STAFF BECAUSE OF THOSE RESPECTIVE ISSUES SOMETIMES DO HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY.

JOHN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW EVERYONE OF OUR OFFICES SOMETIMES HAS OUR HAIR ON FIRE AND UNDOUBTABLY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IT'S OFFICE PROBABLY HAS AN ONGOING SPRINKLER IN THEIR BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A FIRE GOING ON BUT YOU'VE NEVER BEEN OUT OF SORTS WITHOUT TIME TO ANSWER QUESTION OR HAVE A CONVERSATION. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO MEET AND TALK AND YOU HAVE JUST CLICK THE EASY.

AND LET ME SAY THIS, COMING FRO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY MAYBE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.

YOU MAY HAVE HAD MORE ABILITY T PLAN YOUR LIFE FOR ESPECIALLY I TIMES OF DISASTER IN TIMES OF EMERGENCIES.

ISSUES THAT COME UP AND WERE IN LITIGATION WITH ANY ANYONE OF OUR RESPECTIVE ENTITIES, YOUR FAMILY HAS SUFFERED SO I JUST WANT TO SAY YOUR FAMILY THINK YOU FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF YOU AN I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE BECAUS IT IS A BIG ASK THAT YOU HAVE ACCEPTED WHEN CHRISTIAN INVITED YOU OVER. I CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH BETTER WE ARE BECAUSE OF YOUR PRESENCE HERE.

AND I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO KEEP YOU HERE.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> THANK YOU AGAIN PRODUCES A COMMON A COMMON THING. THAT'S IMPORTANT YOU DO ADDRESS THINGS IN A VERY BIPARTISAN DON'T MISUNDERSTAND THAT.

I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD CERTAINL BE END-OF-THE-YEAR.

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NEEDED FROM TIME TO TIME. >> COMMISSIONER LESLEY BRIONES.

>> I'M SO GLAD YOU DECIDED TO WALK AWAY FROM MAKING ALL THAT MONEY TO DO SOMETHING I THINK WAS REWARDING FOR YOU.

THIS HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WOR WITH.

COMMISSIONER BRIONES, THANK YOU JOHN, TO YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR AMAZING TEAM SO I THINK YOUR PHENOMENAL TEAM PAID CAN YOU ALSO STAND UP, PLEASE. WE APPRECIATE YOU TREMENDOUSLY.

[APPLAUSE] AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT IS TO BECOME I KNOW THERE'S VARIOU FOLKS WHO THINK YOU.

I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. WERE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING.

PLEASE GO AHEAD. WHAT IF I LEARN SOMETHING IMPORTANT. GO-AHEAD YOU ALL, GO AHEAD.

>> I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OU RIGHT NOW.

>> MY NAME IS JAMIE MCMAHON. OF COURSE THERE ARE SOMEBODY TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS EXTERNALLY WE ARE DOWN HERE TODAY ABOUT THE JOYS OF LIVING. IS AN INCREDIBLE LEADER AND BUILDER OF TEAMS AND BUILDER SYSTEMS ON THE OFFICE AND THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND ESTABLISHING THE CULTURE THAT I BASED ON INTEGRITY AND SERVICE AND COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE. YOU SEE THAT PLAYED OUT IN THE OFFICE BUT THAT LIVES AND BREATHES INSIDE THE OFFICE.

AND WE HAD OUR STAFF ACKNOWLEDGING HIM YESTERDAY AND WE WERE ALL INSPIRED BY REFLECTING ON A FOLKTALE AND MY COLLEAGUES DREW BEAUTIFUL METAPHORS TO THE STORY ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND CURIOSITY IN CULTIVATING LOVE AND EMPATHY FO EACH OTHER AND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT .

WAS SECRET AT THE END THE STORY IN THE SECRET THAT WAS REVEALED TO ALL OF US AND IT IS A VERY SIMPLE SECRET AND IS ONLY WITH HEART THAT CAN SEE RIGHTLY AND WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IS INVISIBLE TO THE EYE. PEOPLE'S HEARTS ARE ONE ON THEI SLEEVE. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] GOOD AFTERNOON.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH JOHN WHEN HE STARTED IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY IN MY ROLE A DIVISION DIRECTOR.

THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT STAND OUT FOR ME.

WHAT IS HIS SUPPORT FOR THE STAFF AND UNPARALLELED SUPPORT GETTING US A NEW BUILDING, RESOURCES TO MODERNIZE THE OFFICE, CREATING AN OFFICE THAT WAS SUPPORTIVE OF STAFF WHEN THEY HAD SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THEIR LIVES SUCH AS HAVING CHILDREN AND BEREAVEMENT. IT GAVE US A WONDERFUL MORALE AND A PLACE THAT WE WERE PROUD TO COME TO WORK.

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BECAUSE OF YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS O THE COURT, AND THE MANAGING COUNSEL FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO SERVE UNDERNEAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AS MY COUNT ATTORNEY AND HIS ASSISTANT.

HE LET THE OFFICE DURING A TIME OF TRANSITION AND CHANGE BUT UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE ON THE COMMITMEN REQUIRED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY.

WHAT I REMEMBER MOST IS HIS PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE THROUGHOUT HIS TIME. HE BROUGHT ENERGY, PASSION, DEDICATION, AND A STRONG COMMITTED SERVING COUNTY AND IT RESIDENTS BEEN HIS NEWS HE HAD THEM FOR WORK WAS EVIDENT AND HELPED MOVE THE OFFICE FORWARD. WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE COLLABORATIVE SOIRIT. YOUR COLLABORATION HAS SET A POSITIVE TONE IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK THAT'S ABOUT 110 PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE.

I WILL REPEAT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID IT I WILL JUST SAY IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO COM TO WORK AND ACTUALLY SMILE AND SO SOME PEOPLE SAY TIFFANY SMELLS OF THE TIME BUT I DON'T REALLY LIKE THIS MORNING I PASSED JOHN OUT OF THE STATE BA MEETING AND IT'S A GOOD FEELING TO BOOK FOR PEOPLE YOU LIKE.

AND I LIKE YOU. AND I LIKE THAT YOU JUST LIKE CHRISTIAN AND GENE FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT FOR US TO BE INNOVATIVE AND FOR US TO COME U WITH TRAININGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT AND YOU NEVER TELL ME KNOW AND YOU LISTEN AND I APPRECIATE IT AND I THINK YOU AND I KNOW YOU WILL GO ON TO DO GREAT THINGS. [APPLAUSE]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS , JUDGE.

JOHN HAS TRULY BEEN AS BETTY TRUSTED PARTNER BUT ESPECIALLY FOR IGA. HE WAS DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEY AND COUNTY ATTORNEY. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR IGA . THE BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES THAT COME ACROSS MY-SOMETIMES ARE SCARY BUT I KNOW THAT JOHN IS ALWAYS A PHONE CALL OR A TEXT O AN E-MAIL AWAY AND I APPRECIATE THAT OF MOST SUPPORT AND THE PARTNERSHIP OR YOU ARE GOING TO BE MISSED AND I DO KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS AND I HOPE YOU STAY IN CONTACT BUT I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF THE SUCCESSES AT IGA HAS ACCOMPLISHED WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP SO THANK YOU.

>> NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR.

>> THANK YOU. JOHN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THE AMOUNT -- PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY I WORK WITH WHEN THEY KNEW YOU WERE LEAVING.

I STILL REMEMBER I CAME HERE FOUR YEARS AGO KNOWING ABSOLUTELY ANYBODY IN TEXAS BEAUTY DON'T KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST AND WHO YOU CAN RELY ON. AND I REMEMBER MEETING YOU ON DAY ONE AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER BUT I REMEMBER BEING O THE PHONE WITH YOU AND ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS THANK GOD THERE IS A LETTER THAT UNDERSTANDS BATH.

WE ALMOST GOT THE BUDGET PASSED. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING FOR

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>> I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHETHE I COULD STILL SAY IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO COM UP.

THANK YOU. I LOVE WHAT EVERYBODY SAID.

YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL GOING.

PEOPLE FELT LIKE YOU AND YOU AR SMART AND EASY TO TALK TO.

TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THINGS A HUMAN AND NOT GET BOGGED DOWN I THE LEGAL LANGUAGE. WHENEVER I HAVE A QUESTION, I KNOW I CAN CALL YOU AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CLEAR RESPONSE YES, NO, I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS THE ANSWER.

OR THAT MATTERS A LOT JUST THE ATTITUDE AND OBVIOUSLY THE VALUES THAT YOU CARRY IT MEANS LOT AND I'M GOING TO GO WATCH THE PIANO PLAYING BEFORE I AGRE WITH THE RENAISSANCE COMMENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. EXPECT EVERYONE IS HUNGRY SO I WILL GO REAL QUICK IF I CAN FIN THIS ON MY PHONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION.

IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL. I UNDERSTOOD THE ASSIGNMENT.

AND MAKE SURE THE OFFICE KEPT RUNNING.

I THINK WE DID THAT BUT HONESTL THIS COUNTY HAS HAD MY HEART FO A LOT LONGER THAN THAT IT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HELPING BUILD SOMETHING, YOU HEARD FROM OUR FOLKS WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN DOING THAT WHEN CHRISTIAN ASKED ME TO COME OVERCOME A FEW THING ATTRACTED ME AND ONE IS I -- I HAD A LOT MORE IN PRIVATE PRACTICE OWED TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN A PLACE WHAT I COULD ACTUALLY SPEND MORE TIME WITH M FAMILY, WHICH I HAD BEEN, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS LESS STRESSFUL.

THAT WAS ONE PIECE OF THAT ON THE OTHER WAS TO HELP PROFESSIONALIZE THIS OFFICE. THERE ARE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE BUT I THINK THEY NEE AT THE RATE STRUCTURE AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO BORING AND LOOKING BACK TOOK WHAT WE ARE NOW AND I THINK WE HAVE REALLY ACHIEVED THAT AND W CAN HEAR FROM SOME OF THOSE FOLKS AT THE DAY.

AND THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING W WANTED TO ACHIEVE.

SO I AM REALLY PROUD OF THAT. I'VE BEEN REALLY LUCKY TO WORK ALONG SOME OF THE MOST DEDICATE PUBLIC SERVANTS.

SOME PEOPLE DO THINGS WE DON'T TALK ABOUT MUCH FOR YOU CAN'T PUT IT IN A PRESS RELEASE BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. SOME OF OUR PROTECTIVE WORK IS HEART HEART-WRENCHING BUT INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

OUR JOB IS TO COLLECT MONEY FOR THE COUNTY THAT HELPS THE COUNT RUN. KNOWING THE THINGS YOU SEE IN THE MEDIA BUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTY.

SO I LEAVE KNOWING THAT THIS OFFICE IS WELL PREPARED WITH THIS GROUP OF FOLKS TO CONTINUE LEADING THE WAY UNWELL STAFF AN WELL-POSITIONED. IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IS GOING TO HAVE A GREAT STAFF IN HER HAND.

ON THE LAST THING, I WAS THINKING SOMETHING OF A LESS GENERIC TO SAY AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO SOUND WEIRD COMING FRO ME, TALKING ABOUT DIVERSITY.

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW DAY VERSUS COUNTY IS.

ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY.

WHAT MAKES OUR DIVERSITY WORK I OUR OPENNESS PAGE YOU CAN BE A TENTH GENERATION TEXAN HERE OR YOU CAN BE A GUY WHO WAS DRAGGE FROM NEW YORK TO TEXAS AGAINST THEIR WILL BECAUSE THEIR WIFE GOT A JOB AT RICE UNIVERSITY. AND YOU WILL COME HERE AND YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK HARD AND PEOPLE WILL HELP YOU AND SUPPOR YOU AND YOU WILL ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS.

SO I THINK WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO DO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO -- I DON'T THINK I COULD'VE DONE THIS IN DALLAS, FOR EXAMPLE.

I'M REALLY GRATEFUL HERE. YOU ARE ALL INCREDIBLE PUBLIC

[03:10:01]

THOSE CONVERSATIONS MAY NOT BE PRIVILEGED ANYMORE SO BE CAREFU WHAT YOU TELL ME. OUT REALLY STAY IN TOUCH.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU.

[APPLAUSE] WHY DON'T WE TAKE A PICTURE REA QUICK, IF THAT IS OKAY. WE DO NEED TO GO THROUGH THE CONSENT BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH.

OR SHOULD WE DO THAT AND THEN D A PICTURE?

>> SO JUST VERY QUICKLY HERE, COLLEAGUES, ANY CORRECTIONS, ITEM 12 REQUEST NO ACTION. ITEM 137 NO ACTION AND 176 NO ACTION. 219, PERFORMANCE VERSUS VERSUS DETAILED IN NUMBER 25 THROUGH APRIL 27, 2026.

CAN RETRACE SIX THROUGH DECEMBER .

THIS MOVED. THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2026.

JUSTIFICATION FOR 0% PARTICIPATION GOAL EXEMPT IN TH LOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. 345, NO ACTION.

373 NO ACTION. 383 NO ACTION.

420 REMOVE PRECINCT RULE NUMBER THREE MET.

SO NOW IT READS A REQUEST FOR COMMISSIONERS PRECINCT 1 AND 2 AND 4 AND THEN FOR HUNDRED 36, SO IT NOW READS TWO REQUESTS BUDGET FOR APPROVAL AND PAPER FINDING FOR COUNTY ENGINEER ET CETERA ET CETERA. 437 REQUEST NO ACTION AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, LET'S BEGI WITH 367.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAT AND TIGHTER BEDFORD CREEK SECTION 5 BID THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED PLOT PRECINCT 4 PITT IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SINCE THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS OR DISCUSSION, I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING IT IS THEIR MOTION ON THIS ITEM?

>> MOTION. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRION Z. ALL IN FAVOR GOOD ANY OPPOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION PLO ENTITLED CREEK SECTION 6 TO PROCEED AT COMMISSIONERS COURT IN THE PUBLIC PLAT THREE -- THIS IS FOR ITEM 368 PITT IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK FORGET THIS ITEM. ITS RAINY DISCUSSION? TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. IS THEIR EMOTION?

>> MAKE A MOTION. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RAMSE AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. VINYL FINAL 1369.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAT OF EAGLES COVE AND HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED PLAT 232 POINTS 009 C-1. AS ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS, ANY DISCUSSION. I CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM .

MOTION BY ECONOMIC COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SO WERE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE DISCUSSION ITEMS SO ITEM 1 REMAINS DISCUSSION AND ITEM TWO -- ITEM 5?

>> 6? >> YES.

>> 7. >> YES MAC.

>> FORTY? >> 125 WE ALREADY DISCUSSED AND WE CHATTED ABOUT IT, SO THAT IS DONE.

140. THAT IS COMMISSIONER ELLIS'.

145. >> YES.

>> 151. HEALTHY IN HARRIS COUNTY.

WITH YOU LIKE TO JUST VOTE ON THOSE?

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>> YES. WE CAN JUST VOTE.

MOTION ON BOTH. ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR, MOTION CARRIES.

>> WE CAN DO 152 AS WELL. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA . ANY OPPOSED?

>> MOTION CARRIES 4-1 ON 152. 198.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> WE JUST NEED A VOTE.

I THINK THAT WE CAN -- ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 4-1.

THAT IS ITEM 196. SO IF THERE MOTION FOR ITEM 189?

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

ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED.

I THANK YOU FOR THAT ONE. IT IS WITHOUT ROW 24.

YOU'VE GOT IT. >> YES PIERCE OUT THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. IS THEIR MOTION FOR 124?

>> YES. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCI AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS .

ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES 4-1 PETE IS THER A MOTION FOR ITEM 200.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AS THEIR MOTION FOR ROW 74?

>> YOU DON'T WANT THIS ONE. >> ARE YOU SURE.

>> YOU WANT IT? >> PRECINCT 2 PULLED AT.

YOU JUST WANT TO DISCUSS IT? >> NO.

I WANT TO VOTE AGAINST IT. >> COMMISSIONER BY MC AND SECON BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS. ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES 4-1. AND THEN 215.

259. PRECINCT 3.

284, PRECINCT 2. 322.

YES. 330.

>> YES. >> 322.

>> YES. >> 322 OR 3?

>> EXCUSE ME, 332. >> 344.

370. >> YES.

>> 408. >> YES.

>> 418. >> YES.

>> 435. >> 449.

481. DO YOU WANT TO JUST VOTE ON THA ONE? NO.

>> 482. THAT WAS COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND GRACIE. AND THEN THESE ITEMS WERE NOT ADDED TO THE SPECIAL LIST. FOR 28 AND 424.

434. THOSE ARE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.

SO I WILL SAY I STILL AM RUNNIN DOWN SOME QUESTIONS ON 229 AND 234. THOSE OF THE ONES AT THE SPEAKE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. I WILL GET THOSE BACK IF THAT'S OKAY. SO LET ME DISCUSS AND GO OVER THE LIST ONE FINAL TIME. NO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, 1

AND 2 AND 5. >> CAN YOU ADD 4.

>> 4? OKAY.

ALRIGHT, I'VE 4 IS ON MW B DISPARITY STUDY.

4 IS NOW IN THERE. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ITEMS 1, 2 , 4, 5, 6, 7, 40, 140, 215, 229, 234, 259, 284, 322.

330, 332, 344, 370, 408, 415, 435, 449, 481, 482, AND 484.

>> AND ONE OTHER, 421. >> OKAY, 421.

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ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONSENT

AGENDA? >> MOTION.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

ALL IN FAVOR, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. SO, OKAY, SO WE WERE GOING TO TAKE A 30 MINUTE LUNCH SINCE TIME IS TIGHT.

DQ ONE TO BE BACK AT LIKE 2:15? SO WE WILL TAKE A PICTURE WITH JOHN AND WE WILL BE BACK.

WE HAD TWO FOOTBALL PLAYERS LAS YEAR AND AS SIMPLE WINNER AND VERY MEANINGFUL TO HELP THESE BIG STRONG GUYS.

IN FACT MY FRIENDS EX-HUSBAND JUST DIED AND HE WAS DEPRESSED AND WHATNOT SEEK HELP. THIS HAPPENS, WHICH IS WHY IT I IMPORTANT IF YOUR WORK AND YOUR FEELING ANXIOUS, WHATEVER THOSE MENTAL HEALTH RELATED, JUST CONTINUING ON AND POWERING THROUGH IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER.

EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO COME OUT AND SO THE IDEA IS IF THERE IS AN EMPLOYEE, THEY'RE HAVING REALLY HARD DAY, THIS MAY BE, THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THEIR LIFE THAT IS MAKING THEM SAD. MAYBE THERE HAVE BEEN IN THIS ISSUE THAT IS CAUSING THEM ANXIETY, WHATEVER IT IS, THEY CAN SAY TO THEIR COLLEAGUES, HEY , I'M FEELING REALLY ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND THE COLLEAGUE COULD SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, HERE'S WHAT I THINK AND HERE'S HOW I'M HANDLING IT JUST LIKE TODAY, I AM SO STUFFY AND SOMEBODY SAID IT IS ALLERGIES, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THIS. LIKE THAT.

INSTEAD OF SUFFERING IN SILENCE. SO LET'S SAY THE SOLUTION, SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO TAKE A HEALTH DAY.

NOT TWO GO INTO A FACILITY, BUT TO RESET AND MAKE SURE THAT I CAN POWER THROUGH, SO TO SPEAK AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT THAT WIL BE REALLY MEAN, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT PERFORMING AND MORE LIKELY THAN NOT COME ALL THE IDEA IS TO DO,

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AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN TOP PSYCHIATRY, MOORE OVER AT MENTA HEALTH AND THEN WE HAD DIFFEREN PEOPLE SO THEY ALL SAID THE WAY TO DO THIS IS TO HAVE AROUND THREE MENTAL HEALTH DAYS EACH YEAR AND I FOUND OUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DOES THIS END WE HAVE PROOF OF CONCEPT IN MANY DEPARTMENTS DEAL WITH TRAUMA, WHETHER YOU'RE WORKING WITH FOSTER KIDS OR WHETHER YOU'RE WORKING WITH VICTIMS OF DOMESTI VIOLENCE, WITH THE ELDERLY VETERANS. THAT STUFF IS HEAVY.

YOU MIGHT NEED A DAY JUST TO CLEAR YOUR MIND.

SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO PEOPLE. SO THAT IS THIS.

AND THE PROPOSAL IS NOT TO PASS ANYTHING, IT IS JUST TO ASK COUNTY ATTORNEY, ET CETERA TO DRAFT A POLICY AND THIS IS GOIN TO COME OUT DURING BUDGET. BOTTOM LINE, DOING NOTHING BECAUSE MORE THAN THOSE DOING SOMETHING MEANS MORE THAN DOING NOTHING. AND THIS TAKES AWAY THE STIGMA AS WELL. I AM NOT DOING RIGHT PEOPLE END UP DYING WHEN THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF THIS STUFF.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IT JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ARE WE DOING A FINANCIAL IMPACT. >> WE WILL DO A FINANCIAL IMPACT . THE CAUSE WILL LARGELY DEPEND O THROWS OR ARE WE DESIGNATING TW EXISTING DAYS.

IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL LEAD. ITS NEW.

AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NSP FLICK AT THE OPTION RIGHT NOW, WE ARE PURSUING OPTIONS.

SO THAT THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE SO IF YOU'RE ASKING TO TAKE A MENTAL HEALTH DAY, HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN BEING SICK LEAVE. IS THERE A POOL SOMEWHERE? THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS TO OUR BENEFIT PROBLEMS AND I THINK IT NEEDS GOOD CONTEXT FOR OUR COMPLETE PACKAG AND HOW IT COMPARES TO OTHERS T SOME DEGREE.

I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY ON THE TOP OF THE LIST AS BENEFITS.

JUST HOW ARE WE DEALING WITH IT NOW IN TERMS OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO TAKE TIME OFF SO THE ACTION TODAY IS SIMPLY IF WE HA AUGUST 6 AND WE COULD DISCUSS I IN JULY 15 AND THEN IT WOULD BE READY. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR

AUGUST 6. >> SURE.

OR CHANGE THE DATE TO AUGUST 6. I PROPOSE WE CHANGE IT TO AUGUS.

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AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD APPROACH.

THANK YOU. AND THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I CARE ABOUT. AND THERE IS STILL A STIGMA IN TYPES OF THIS. EMPLOYEES ONLY HAD I THINK IT WAS TWO PAID OPPORTUNITIES IN INSURANCE.

IN THE CONVERSATION I HAD MY STAFF AT THE TIME WAS AND THEY'RE AFRAID IT WILL GET BACK TO THE SHERIFF.

AND SO AND DO THEY TURN IT INTO PAID TIME OFF DESCRIPTION.

MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP FOLKS MAK BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE THOSE THAT TIME THAT WAY PEOPLE CANNOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT AS WELL. THIS IS I FEEL DIFFERENTLY VERSUS ILL. SO MAYBE I WOULD JUST ASK YOU T THINK ABOUT THAT OR JUST CHANGE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SICK LEAVE MAY BE MAY BE MORE SUPPORTIVE AND MORE HELPFUL.

>> WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT.

THAT THERE IS ANOTHER THING THA ACTUALLY MADE ME THINK OF, WHIC IS JUST LOOKING AT OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAN OUR OWN.

SO HERE THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE AND THEIR UTILIZATION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE HAS -- FROM 2068 IN 2023 TO 10,038 IN 2025 SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEED, WHICH IS TOTALLY LOGICAL BUT ALSO I THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS CAN REDUCE THE STIGMA, WHICH I THINK IS A GOAL IN AND OF ITSEL AND THEN ALSO, SO THERE IS MORE NORMALIZATION OF THE POLICY IN DALLAS HAS A MENTAL HEALTH LEAV AND THEN THEY HAD SICK LEAVE FO WELLNESS DAYS IN COOK COUNTY'S SICK LEAVE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, THINK THAT JUST TAKING A LOOK A THEM AND SEEING WHY DID YOU CREATE A SEPARATE DOCKET IS THA HELPING AND IS THAT HELPING WIT

THE STIGMA. >> I AGREE IF THINGS AREN'T GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THAT'S ONE THING.

I THINK IT WILL APPEAR AT OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO LOOK AT TH DATA. COMMISSIONER ELLIS?

>> I WAS GOING TO RAISE A CONCERN.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION , COMMISSIONER.

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

>> THAT IS CORRECT. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD, PRESENTED WITH THE CHANGE TO AUGUST 6.

THANKS FOR CLARIFYING. CELL THANKS FOR THAT.

AND THEN LET ME, SO WE DID NOT WANT TO DISCUSS ITEM ONE YET.

DO DUPONT TO DISCUSS ITEM TWO? >> DID I HEAR THAT?

>> THAT WAS PART OF IT. >> I THINK WERE DOING IT WHEN SHE COMES BACK I THINK. WHEN SHE COMES BACK, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE CALLING. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM TO MAKE A

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>> SO WHO IS PRESENTING THAT ONE .

THANK YOU. >> I GOT SLIDES BUT I WOULD HAV TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. I CAN JUST DO HIGHLIGHTS.

THIS PROPOSAL, OF COURSE IS THA COME ON BOARD, NOT ONLY STATUTORY, EACH OF YOU CARES DEEPLY ABOUT ENSURING ALL OF OU DEPARTMENTS COULD SO WE HAVE FO TO DEVELOP A PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE AND THIS WOULD HELP -- IN 2025 THROUGH OVER 680 PROJECTS LED BY OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. SORRY.

WHICH INCLUDED THE COUNTY OF ENGINEERING.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.

IT IS TO CREATE THAT? >> THIS IS TO CREATE A COMMITTEE . THERE IS A SEPARATE NUMBER 6 ON

A DESIGNATION. >> SO 2 GOES ALONG WITH 6 AND

THEY CAN BE TAKEN SEPARATELY. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE RIGHT ITEM. WE ARE ITEM TWO.

THANK YOU. HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. NEXT SLIDE.

SO CONSIDERING ALL THOSE PROJECTS IN 2025 AND LEFT FOR BILLION DOLLARS IT WAS SPENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR PROJECT TOTALS ARE MUCH, MUCH MORE, THI COMMITTEE, MAKE SURE WE STAY LASER FOCUSED AND WE WOULD TRY TO HAVE MORE CONSISTENT PROTOCOLS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE CONSTANT BUDGETING SCHEDULES HAD REDUCED BUREAUCRACY AND RED TAPE AND WE PUT LOOK AT OUR DELIVERY SPEED AND OF COURSE AN OVERALL RATING OF EXCELLENCE. NEXT SLIDE.

THESE WOULD BE THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT GETTING A BETTER FORM AND OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES.

EACH DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF AREAS WHERE THEY EXCEL AND HAVE IDEAS IN A STRATEGIC FORM IN PLACE FOR THAT.

AND THERE'S A DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT.

A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT. WE HAVE COURSE WANT TO KEEP FOCUSED ON THE FIRE ROLES. AND THAT WOULD BE THE DEPARTMEN HEADS AND THE THREE INFRASTRUCTURES THAT WE ARE REPORTING. AND THEN SENDING YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE LEAGUE. AT THE OTHER THING AFTER THAT SLIDE THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION RELATED COMMUNITIES AND WORKGROUPS AND THERE'S NO CLEAR WAY TO RECEIVE QUESTIONS FROM EACH EACH OF YOU. WHEN IS THE UPDATED ONE IS THAT COMING. BY THIS I THINK THEY WOULD ALLO A CLEAR PLACE TO POINT OUT A MAKING SURE IT IS PROPERLY ELEVATED TO THE COURT AS NEEDED AND THE DECISION-MAKING, SO THI WOULD NOT BE A DECISION-MAKING BODY, JUST TO HAVE MORE CLARITY TOGETHER BECAUSE SOMETIMES THER ARE TOPICS THAT ARE ACTUALLY RELATED. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS MY LAST SLIDE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ADMINISTRATOR FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING THIS SOME THOUGHT.

THIS IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND I DO BELIEVE BY HAVING THEM WORK TOGETHER THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO IMPROVE ON STANDARDIZATION I DON'T WANT TO BOTHER THEM RIGHT NOW BUT I DO WANT TO HAVE CONVERSATION TO ENSURE IT IS NOT CREATE MORE BUREAUCRACY AND IT IS ABSOLUTEL TO AFFECT THE EFFICIENCY AND MORE TIMELINESS SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE THINGS DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

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I'M GOING TO BE MAKING A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> ANY OTHERS? >> THOSE ARE THE MEMBERS OF THA

COMMITTEE. >> AND TWO QUESTIONS.

DOES ANY OTHER COUNTY DO IT. AND HAVE ANY OF THEM HAD ANY

CONCERNS ABOUT SLOWING DOWN? >> I WOULD SAY NOT IN THIS EXAC FORMAT. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT SET UP . AND THAT WILL SLOW DOWN WORK.

THAT IS NOT LIKE AND EVERY STEP OF THE WAY APPROVAL COMMITTEE.

I LIKE THE CONCEPT. I MIGHT BEYOND VACATION.

ON THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE WEBEX.

SO ARE THEY FAMILIAR WITH THAT? LOOSELY.

I WOULD SAY ON MY CHECK-IN AND MY CONVERSATION, NO ONE ASKED ESPECIALLY BUT ALL THE VARIOUS WORKERS AND COMMITTEES, THEY ALSO HAVE A LACK OF COORDINATIO BETWEEN THAT COMMITTEE.

>> I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING NEW. BUT WHAT I GET FROM THEM IS AS LONG AS IT IS THE PROCESS, THINGS MOVE ALONG FASTER AND PREVIOUSLY WAS ABOUT HOW MANY THEY COULD GENERATE OVER SOMETHING THAT OTHERS WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT BETTER COORDINATION.

>> I'LL PUT LIKE TO HOLD THIS ONE UNTIL I HEAR FROM SOMEBODY IN ENGINEERING. THERE HE IS THERE HE IS.

SORRY, MY CAMERA IS NOT WORKING. >> YOU ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

THIS COMMITTEE WILL HINDER OUR SPEED OF THE PROJECT.

I HAVE NOT SEEN THE PROPOSAL MYSELF.

TO MAKE IT SMOOTH THAT WAY PAID. >> I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET ON RECORD.

I DON'T WANT US TO GO DO WOOD AND THEN I HEAR FROM PEOPLE LATER. I THINK IT IS A GOOD ADMINISTRATIVE CARD. I SEE YOU DOING THAT MORE PERKS WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO THE LEFT HAND KNOWS WHAT

THE RIGHT HAND IS DOING. >> THANK YOU.

SO ARE WE MOVING ON THAT ONE? >> SORRY, COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> ANYTIME WE GET THE BROOME TO TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE COMMITTEE THAT NEEDS TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE THREE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE GROUPS, AN THEN YOU HAVE FOLKS IN CORE OFFICES, JUST COME UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

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>> ONE OFFICIAL PERSON. AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS PEOPL WAITING FOR THE NEXT INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETIN TO MEET BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION.

AS LONG AS THE COMMITTEE IS AS LONG AS I HAVEN'T BEEN AGENDA AND ARE PROVIDING FEEDBACK WERE NOT WAITING FOR THEM TO MAKE A DECISION, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS I FIND OUR CORE OFFICES, THE COURT OFFICES ARE WORKING WELL TOGETHER ON INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES SO THERE IS I WILL CALL IT AN AD HOC GROUP, IF YOU WILL.

IT COULD BE COUNTY ENGINEERING RELATED.

IT COULD BE AND AS WE TAUGHT BEFORE I MET INTERESTED IN DOIN A LOT OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND OUR PEOPLE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME DOING THAT. I THINK THERE IS GREAT BENEFIT AND WHEN THEY LEAVE THE MEETING THEY SHOULD SAY WE SOLVED THREE PROBLEMS TODAY, NOT I CAN'T BELIEVE WE JUST MET FOR TWO AND HAVE HOURS AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING.

YOU ARE MONITORING THAT MAKING SURE.

THE OTHER THING IS WE'VE GOT ITEMS 6 AND SO WE AS WE CONSIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD BE A COMPLEMENT OF THAT. THESE SHOULD NOT BE TWO SEPARAT IDEAS, AND NATION IT BE TWO SEPARATE FUNCTIONS AND THE CHIE INFRASTRUCTURE OFFICER SHOULD B WEIGHING IN ON THIS AS WELL WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INPUT FROM THAT SIDE OF IT ONCE WE GE THAT SET UP AND PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT BEFORE I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

I GET THE CONCEPT BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THAT I SEE A LISTING GENERAL JUST MY CONCERN IN GENERAL ABOU COMMITTEES, IF THEY ARE A GREAT RESOURCE COMMITTEE, GREAT.

IT IS A GREAT SOURCE. OUR FOLKS, I THINK I SPEAK FOR OUR COURT OFFICES IN THAT DEPARTMENT OR MAYBE WE ARE JUST WEANING OUT AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED THE BUDGET PROCESS.

SO JUST A GOOD IDEA, WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS COMPLIMENTS ITEMS 6 AND YOU'LL PROBABLY KNO BEFORE I.

>> I THINK THAT IS FINE. >> DID YOU WANT ME TO COMMENT O

THAT? >> ORIGINALLY I HAD THOSE TOGETHER BECAUSE I DID THINK IF IT AS A PAIR DESIGNATION.

WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH YOUR STAFF AND THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS SO I CHOSE TO DO THIS SEPARATELY.

AND AT LEAST MY FEEDBACK, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PART OF THAT CALL.

SO IS THE THOUGHT TO BRING IT BACK NOW I THINK BY VIRTUE OF THE BOY IT'S BEEN LAID OUT AS THE ADMINISTRATOR, I DON'T WANT THAT COMMITTEE RUN LIKE THIS COMMITTEE.

AN THE PRINCIPLES MEET AND THER IS SOME REFINEMENT AND THERE'S TWO OTHER ENTITIES. AND I THINK I THINK HAVING THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY SPEED ALONG THOSE PROJECTS.

AND MAKING SURE WILL HELP RESOLVE A LOT OF ISSUES IS ALL.

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WHAT MAKES SENSE TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATOR WITH SOME PLAN THAT DOES BOTH. AND THEY HAVE SOME CONSENSUS TO IT AND SELECT WHEN IT BROUGHT BACK A REMINDER, I JUST WANT TO HEAR IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE SOME HOT OLD HEARTBURN ABOUT IT. AND IN THE ADMINISTRATOR WOULD MEET WITH THEM AND HEAR THEM OUT , INCLUDING THE TWO DEPARTMENTS AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THEM.

AND YOU CAN BRING IN THAT BUSINESS COURT.

SO FOR NOW, NO ACTION. THAT IS THE DIRECTION AND THAT IS WHAT WE HEARD THE THREE OF THEM SAY.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD NOT BE DELAYED.

I UNDERSTAND. AND LOOKING TO ITEM 3, EXCUSE ME

, ITEM 4. >> THAT IS NOT ONE THAT I PULLED . I JUST WANT TO BE, ACCENT POLIC TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM THROUGH JUNE 20, JUNE 30, 2027.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE PUTTING AN AUNT --

AND END DATE ON THERE. >> SINCE THAT TIME YOU WILL HAV BEEN DOING VARIOUS EXTENSIONS AND UNDERSTANDING THE MIDDLE RIGHT NOW. AND SO FAR THE MOTION AND AND THEN YOU COULD DECIDE TO HAVE ANOTHER KIND OF A DATE IN THERE.

JUST MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF THAT WOULD BE

DEFENSIBLE IN COURT. >> OKAY.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A GOAL. IT IS A MANDATE BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY TURNING CONTRACTS DOW AND THEY ARE DETERMINED THAT THEY DON'T MEET. SO I GUESS THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS RELATED TO HOW WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL AND I'VE ONLY WORKED ON PROJECTS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEAR SO I GET IT AND I AM SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

AND SO WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS ON THE POLICY.

SO I COULD SEE GOING THROUGH JUNE 30, 2027, MAINLY FOR THE DISPARITY STUDY. MY SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE WITH CONCERNS RELATED TO HOW WE ARE CURRENTLY MANAGING THAT BECAUSE THERE IS JUDGMENT AND DISCERNMENT IN THAT AND I QUESTIONED THE JUDGMENT DISCERNMENT AND WHAT WE ARE

DOING. >> MAY BE SOME DAYS IT IS

IMPAIRED. >> ALL I WOULD MOVE FOR AN MAKE SURE THEY ARE BE REPAIRED FOR DISCERNMENT STICKS.

>> OF THAT IS ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 4-0, THAT IS ITEM FOUR. COLLEAGUES, I HAVE TO GO TO MY

COMMITMENT. >> THAT WAS PRESENTED?

>> SO I HAVE TO GO TO MY COMMITMENT.

SO COMMISSIONER, WE ARE ON ITEM FIVE.

>> COMMISSIONER, I MAY TRY TO DO IT FROM OVER HERE.

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SO LEAD US THROUGH IT. >> SO COMMISSIONER, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN ITEMS ARE BEING HELD FOR WHEN SHE IS BACK. I'M REQUESTING TO HOLD FOUR.

NUMBER 1 -- I WILL REQUEST THREE.

SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD PLEASE DO THE COURTESY --

>> JUST AS A REMINDER, IF THERE IS NOT THREE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, WE ARE JUST GOING TO TAKE -- WE'RE GOING TO LOSE CORAM.

SO I THINK -- WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, COMMISSIONER, WE WILL BE BACK AT

FOUR? >> SHE SAID SHE WILL BE BACK AT FOUR BUT THEN HIS LIVING AT FIVE WHICH SEEMS ODD.

>> IF WE TAKE A BREAK --

>> I THOUGHT THERE WAS AN HOUR BREAK.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING WE NEED TO GET MOVING ON THIS STUFF. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHE WAS GOING TO LEAVE FOR TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT. >> JUST IF YOU WOULD ALL MAKE SURE SOMEBODY CALLS ME TO LET ME KNOW AND I WILL HOP BACK ON WHEN SHE COMES BACK. YOU WANT TO SET A TIMER YOU WANT TO TRY FOR A TIME AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK --

>> WE ARE EFFECTIVELY OUT OF CORAM.

SO YOU ARE BEING CENSORED, COMMISSIONER.

[LAUGHTER] >> UNFORTUNATELY THE MEETING IS

NOW -- >> JUST CALL ME.

OBVIOUSLY WE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> THE MEETING IS CALLED AT 3:01.

>> AT 3:01 THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

WE ARE >> IT IS FOR 29:00, IT IS BACK IN SESSION. COMMISSIONER GARCIA, WHERE DID

WE LEAVE OFF? >> I THINK ITEM ONE, JUDGE.

>> WE WILL GO TO ITEM ONE. THAT IS -- GO AHEAD.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, JUSTICE INNOVATION AND THE OFFICER COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.

DO WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE.

WE WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THIS, GO AHEAD.

SO AS OF 63, THE POPULAR ASIAN WAS THOUSAND 800 AND 84.

OF NOTE ON THE SLIDE, THERE INDIVIDUALS IN CUSTODY OR 65 YEARS OLD AND THEY REALLY GOOD POINT IS THAT THERE WERE ONLY 167 PEOPLE WITH STAYS OVER 1000 DAYS WHICH IS DOWN 52 FROM DECEMBER 2025. SO WE ARE STILL HAVING MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON SOME OF THE BACKLOG.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION COMPARING 25 -- FISCAL YEAR 25 TO FISCAL YEAR '26. AND AT THE BOTTOM WE HAVE THE AVERAGE STAY WITH THE SAME COMPARISONS.

AS WE ALL HAVE BEEN NOTING AND ENJOYING THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO ENJOY THE DECREASES FROM 25 AND HAD AN INCREDIBLY STABLE JAIL POPULATION SO FAR IN 2026.

THAT IS BY WAY OF A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE CUSTODY AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY. THROUGH JUNE THIRD, WE WERE AT 141 DAYS IN CUSTODY WITH THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY IN JAIL WHICH IS OUTSTANDING. BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AS WE ARE IMPLEMENTING SB NINE, THAT MY TEAM HAD DONE SOME ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO STABILIZE THE JAIL POPULATION. AND WITH SB NINE BEING IN EFFECT AND HAVING AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF STALE WAS WHAT WE NEEDED TO HELP US STABILIZE THE JAIL POPULATION WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE THAT, THAT HAS BEEN GOOD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FELONY CASE BACKLOG.

IT CONTINUES TO DECREASE, IT IS DOWN 28% FROM DECEMBER, DOWN TO 600. IT IS ABOUT A 29 PERSON DECREASE. THERE ARE 128 PEOPLE WITH UNDISCLOSED CHARGES IN CUSTODY OVER 1000 DAYS.

THAT IS DOWN 57 FROM 10085 IN DECEMBER REPORT.

STILL REALLY GOOD WORK BY ALL THE COURTS, THERE ARE A FEW COURTS THAT YOU SEE AT THE TOP END OF THE SCALE THAT REALLY NEED TO TRY TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THOSE 1000 DAY CASES IN THE BACKLOG CASES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

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IT IS AN INCREASE IN INTAKES. YOU CAN SEE WE SPENT MOST OF 26 OVER BOOKINGS OVER 2025. THE BOTTOM PART OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU ARE LOOKING AT RELEASES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

RELEASES HAVE BEEN HIGHER IN SOME MONTHS THEN LAST YEAR, WHICH HAS BEEN GOOD. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY, PROBABLY EVERY SINGLE JAIL UPDATE I GIVE IS THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON MANAGING THE JAIL POPULATION AND REDUCING THE JAIL POPULATION, RELEASES MUST OUTPACE BOOKINGS. AND WE HAVE A NET OF RELEASES OVER BOOKINGS OF ONLY SEVEN SO FAR THIS YEAR OR THROUGH THIS POINT THIS YEAR. SO IT IS GETTING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE AS THE INTAKES GO UP. THE RELEASES ARE NOT KEEPING PACE WITH THE INCREASE IN INTAKES SO WE WILL WANT TO MONITOR THAT PRETTY CLOSELY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO HERE IS A NEW SLIDE. I'M CALLING THIS EMERGING TRENDS TO MONITOR. THE CAPACITY AT THE GPC IS 300.

SO WHEN WE START SEEING MONTHS LIKE MAY OR APRIL AND MAY OVER 300 FOR THE MONTHLY AVERAGE, IT KIND OF BECOMES CONCERNING.

SO I HAVE ADDED AT THE BOTTOM, A 30 DAY RUNNING AVERAGE OR YOU CAN SEE WE HAD DAYS AT 399. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE FLYING THAT CLOSE TO THE SUN IS WE RUN THE RISK OF CREATING SOME OPERATIONAL IMPACT TO THE JAIL AND THE JP C.

WHERE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CAPACITY, THEY ARE LIKELY MOVING INMATES TO HOUSING AREAS TO TURN AROUND AND MOVE THEM BACK VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. SO IT IS CREATING A LOT OF UNNECESSARY MOVEMENT. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES, IT WILL BE IMPERATIVE THAT ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESSES LIKE PROBABLE CAUSE HEARINGS, DETERMINATIONS AND ALL OF THE OTHER STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS OF THE JP C RUN LIKE CLOCKWORK.

WE CANNOT HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE HEARINGS BEING THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE HOURS BEHIND. IT WILL CAUSE CAPACITY ISSUES AT THE JP C. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE SLIDES.

THE GREEN REPRESENTS THE JAIL CASE BACKLOG AND YOU SEE THE STEADY DECREASE THAT REALLY TOOK A STEEP TURN DOWN SINCE JANUARY 2025. THAT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO CONTROLLING THE ADP -- THE REASON THIS IS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE SLIDES IS THE PERIOD BETWEEN ABOUT JANUARY 20252 REALLY OCTOBER OF 2025. MAYBE A LITTLE AFTER WAS THE SEPARATION BETWEEN DISPOSITIONS, TOTAL FELONY DISPOSITIONS AND NEW FILINGS. THAT SEPARATION IS WHY WE HAVE ENJOYED THE DRAMATIC DECREASES WE HAVE SEEN IN THE JAIL POPULATION. AND THAT SEPARATION IS STARTING TO NARROW OR THIN, AGAIN WITH THE INCREASE IS COMING UP, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE FELONY INTAKES THAT HAVE POTENTIAL STAYING POWER. WE WILL WANT TO MONITOR PRETTY CLOSELY, THAT WE ARE KEEPING DISPOSITIONS AND RELEASES OVER INTAKES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I WON'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME HERE, OTHER THAN THIS IS YOUR LOOK AT -- THIS COURT MADE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS IN REDUCING THE JAIL BACKLOG, IT PREDATES MY TENURE WITH HARRIS COUNTY. THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE MADE IN BOTH FELONY BOND CASES AND FELONY JAIL CASES.

ACROSS THAT TIME PERIOD. THE ORANGE LINE IS REPRESENTING THE BOND CASES. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT FELL DRAMATICALLY FASTER THAN IT DID THE JAIL CASES.

THE PIECE -- AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2025, WE CAN SEE A MARKED DECREASE IN JAIL CASES.

THAT IS WHERE WE STARTED ENJOYING THE RELIEF OF THE JAIL AND WE WILL WANT TO SEE THAT TREND CONTINUE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO TO WRAP UP, THIS MAY BE MY SHORTEST GENERAL UPDATE EVER. OVERALL, THINGS ARE WORKING LIKE WE WANTED THEM TO WORK IN THE JAIL.

WE HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS COLLABORATION AND GOOD-FAITH PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT HAS ALSO DUG IN AND ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES AND TRY TO FIND WAYS TO HELP US HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE JAIL POPULATION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE REDUCING OUTSOURCING AND REDUCE COST OF THE SYSTEM AND THAT HAS WORKED.

WE HAD GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,

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AND SO ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN POSSIBLE AS A RESULT OF THAT COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP. THE THINGS TO WATCH GOING FORWARD ARE GOING TO BE THE INTAKE INCREASES IN BOTH THE JAIL AND CRIMINAL COURT CASES. AND AGAIN, KEEPING AND I ON THINGS BEING AS EFFICIENT AS THEY CAN WITH THE GPC FOR THAT CAPACITY. BUT ALSO, THE DISPOSITIONS HAVE A CADENCE. THERE IS A FINITE RESOURCE AND DISTRICT COURTS. SO THOSE CASES HAVE A CADENCE AND AS INTAKES GO OUT, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY EXPECT THAT THE DISPOSITIONS ARE GOING TO FOLLOW.

WHAT WE WILL WANT TO WATCH FOR WILL BE THE CONVERSE OF WHAT WE SAW WITH THE DECREASE. WE SAW THE INCOME CITY AVERAGE OF THE STATE COME DOWN, WHICH PULLED THE AVERAGE DAILY JAIL POPULATION DOWN. GOING FORWARD, WE WANT TO WATCH THE ADP LEADING. SO WE WANT TO WATCH FOR THE AVERAGE DAILY JAIL POPULATION TO START CREEPING UP ON US.

IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING SO MANY NEW ENTRANTS INTO THE SYSTEM THAT SOME ARE FELONY LEVEL CASES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. JUDGE, YOU HAD ASKED IN FEBRUARY THAT WE BRING BACK MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES THAT WE EXPECTED TO SEE WHETHER THEY WERE FROM THE SEA JCC.

WE ADDED SOME THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. SOME OF THINGS BEING WORKED ON RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH IS HARD EXPANSION.

THIS WILL BE A BUDGET SUBMISSION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH.

IT IS A BUDGETS MISSION THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH THIS YEAR.

THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH PUBLIC DEFENDER PILOT THAT HAS BEEN SPEARHEADED OUT OF THE SYSTEM PROCESSING IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE THAT IS A LOW-COST NO-COST PILOT BEING DONE, THERE IS NOT A BUDGET SOLUTION FOR IT, IT IS BEING DONE INTERNALLY.

THIS PILOT IS MIMICKING ON THE DISTRICT COURT SIDE, WHAT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN IN THE COUNTY COURTS WITH ENSURING APPOINTMENTS TO THE PDO. IT IS AUTOMATED AND THERE IS AN ALGORITHM THAT HELPS IDENTIFY CASES THAT SHOULD BE APPOINTED AND IT WILL PRIORITIZE MENTAL HEALTH CASES.

AND THEN THE CIVIL COMMITMENT PATHWAYS, THE D.A.'S OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY ASTUTELY ON THAT.

WE ARE SEEING A LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE GETTING A CIVIL COMMITMENT RATHER THAN STAYING IN JAIL.

ON THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SIDE, THERE ARE THREE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, CONNECT AND PROTECT, ATTENTION CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT, THIS IS ADDITIONAL CLINICIANS TO EXPAND ON THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVING A GRANT TO START THIS PROGRAM, THEY HAVE SEEN SUCCESSES WITH IT. THIS ENSURES THAT CLINICIANS ARE GOING AND RESPONDING TO CALLS IN THE JAY SO THAT A CLINICIAN IS THERE TO TRY TO TALK FOLKS DOWN, SEE IF THEY ARE DECOMPENSATED AND, SEE IF WE NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

IT HAS BEEN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR RESOURCES TO EXPAND THAT. THEY MENTAL HEALTH CARE COORDINATION, THEY ARE ASKING FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS EVER COURT WATCHED, BUT THERE IS A GUY FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT RUNS FROM COURTROOM TO COURTROOM ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOR JUDGES AND FINDING RESOURCES WHEN THEY NEED TO GET SOMEBODY OUT, BUT THEY NEED RESOURCES WHEN THEY WANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY OUT IN BOND AND THEY NEED RESOURCES. HE IS CONNECTING,'S NAME IS GARY , HE IS A LEGEND IN THE COURTHOUSE.

HE IS GETTING THEM CONNECTED. THIS IS TO EXPAND ON THAT AND PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT AND EXPAND THE REACH.

IN THE LAST IS AN IDD IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT THEY ARE ASKING ONE CLINICIAN AND ONE CASE MANAGER.

>> IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION?

>> ALMOST DONE. >> QUESTIONED BY THE COMMISSIONER. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AND A? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

RODNEY, ARE YOU ON THERE? COMMISSIONER ELLIS? I GUESS IT IS 4-0. HE IS THERE, YES.

GO AHEAD. >> SO THESE PROGRAMS IN THE SHERIFF OFFICE SUBMISSION, AS THEY GOT PUT INTO THE BUDGET SOFTWARE, THEY WERE ROLLED UP IN ONE CASE MANAGEMENT REENTRY PROGRAM. SO IT IS A LITTLE HARD TO DISTINGUISH THESE. BUT IF AT ANY POINT, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE SPECIFICS ON THE COSTS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL OR TO BREAK THEM OUT, WE CAN DO THAT WITH THE BUDGET.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP OR IS THIS

FROM BEFORE? >> MUST BE AN OLD HAND.

>> OKAY, COMMISSIONER BRIONES AND THEN RAMSEY.

>> THANK YOU FOR THESE UPDATES. A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS.

FIRST, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY FACTORS WE SEE IN THE BOOKINGS WE ARE SEEING? AND THEN THE SB NINE IMPACT

SPECIFICALLY, IF ANY? >> LET ME PULL UP THE DASHBOARD

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REAL QUICK. >> AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS

FOR YOU, CHIEF, IF YOU WERE ON. >> COMMISSIONER, I THINK THE INTAKES -- SB-9 WOULD NECESSARILY HAVE AN INTAKE IMPACT, RIGHT? I THINK THE IMPACT WOULD HAVE MORE PEOPLE COMING TO JALON MOORE PEOPLE BEING ARRESTED AND BROUGHT TO JAIL. WHERE SB-9 IS HAVING AN IMPACT IS WE HAVE WATCH PRETTY CLOSELY, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RELEASED IN LESS THAN THREE DAYS.

SO ALMOST MY ENTIRE TIME HERE PRIOR TO SB-9, IT HAS BEEN RIGHT AROUND 61% OF EVERYBODY BOOKED INTO JAIL WAS RELEASED IN LESS THAN THREE DAYS. THAT PERCENTAGE HAS GONE DOWN TO, AS OF TODAY, 55.2%. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE FAST RELEASES, THOSE PEOPLE BEING RELEASED AT THE LAST BONDING OPPORTUNITY HAS DECLINED AFTER SB-9.

NOW WE ARE SEEING THAT SOME OF IT IS JUST A SLOWED PROCESS.

WE'RE SEEING IT PICK UP AND SOME OF THE OTHER DAYS, THREE AND 30 DAYS, THAT HAS BEEN AN INCREASE. IT IS JUST TAKING A LITTLE LONGER TO GET IT OUT. WE HAVE SEEN A MODEST INCREASE IN THE NUMBER THAT WERE ULTIMATELY DETAINED.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT SB-9 HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON PEOPLE COMING INTO THE SYSTEM, BUT IT HAS CHANGED HOW QUICKLY PEOPLE ARE

RELEASED. >> THANK YOU.

ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE APPROVED ADDITIONAL HEARING OFFICERS SO THAT WE COULD BE HAVING THE HEARINGS ON PARALLEL TRACKS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND DELIBERATE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HIRE AND/OR KEEP THE FOLKS THAT WE HIRE. SO ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT HAVING THE HEARINGS, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> WHAT ARE WE DOING TO FIX IT? BECAUSE WE ARE BURNING SO MUCH TIME ON THE CLOCK.

>> I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY COURTS EXPECT TO HAVE A REQUEST -- A BUDGET REQUEST EXPECTED TO RAISE THE SALARY OF THE OFFICERS SO THAT WE CAN CONVERT THE STAFF ATTORNEYS THAT WERE HIRED TO HEARING OFFICERS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO RUN BOTH OF THOSE COURTROOMS AT THE JP SEE. THAT WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR CAPACITY ISSUES. I UNDERSTAND, AND THE COUNTY COURT SINCE PROBABLY SPEAK BETTER TO THIS, BUT WE ARE HAVING ISSUES HIRING EXISTING OFFICER POSITIONS.

SO I THINK THAT SOME OF THAT HAS TO GET -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE A PRETTY BIG DISPARITIES BETWEEN WHAT THE HEARING OFFICERS MAKE AND EVEN WHAT AN ATTORNEY IN THE D.A.'S OFFICE THAT HAS SIMILAR EXPERIENCE TO WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE A HEARING OFFICER. AND THEN THE HEARING OFFICERS HAVE TO WORK 24/7 IN JAIL. SO I THINK THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME WORK ON THE HEARING OFFICER SALARIES.

>> AND PLEASE WORK TOGETHER, KNOW YOU WERE TALKING TO MR. WELLS BUT WE NEED TO SOLVE FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS IMPROVED A LONG TIME AGO. I HAVE MANY OTHER QUESTIONS BUT I WILL SAVE THEM FOR NEXT TIME, I'M ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE EMERGING ISSUES DOCKETS AND THE PROGRESS WE ARE HAVING THERE.

BUT VERY QUICKLY, IN TERMS, COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON OUTSOURCING AND WHEN WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE THE NEXT SET OF REDUCTIONS? THANK YOU.

>> IF CHIEF IS NOT ON, I CAN ANSWER THOSE.

SO THE PLAN FOR THIS YEAR IS A TOTAL OF 250.

THEIR JAILS IN THE PROCESS NEGOTIATING THE FIRST 100 TO COME BACK, THAT WAS THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS PUT ON THE CONTRACT VERY RECENTLY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WE EXPECT TO BRING BACK IN AND THIS YEAR IT WILL BE A TOTAL OF 250 THIS FISCAL YEAR. 100 IN AROUND JUNE AND ABOUT 150 IN DECEMBER. THERE IS A STAFF REQUEST SUBMITTED IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BUDGET TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE 150 IN DECEMBER. THEN IN CALENDAR YEAR 2027 THERE WILL BE ANOTHER 400 COMING BACK. IT WILL BE INTO BUCKETS.

IT WILL BE FROM SPRING TO SUMMER, 200, AND THEN AGAIN LATE IN THE CALENDAR YEAR, ANOTHER 200.

THAT WILL CLOSE THE CONTRACT IN LOUISIANA AND HAVE OUR OUTSOURCING CUT IN HALF. WE WILL THEN BE IN A HOLDING PATTERN AND BELIEVER -- EITHER NEED THE VARIANCE BACK OR THE CONSTRUCTION BEDS BACK ONLINE TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE OUTSOURCING.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY ON THE IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTION AND HOW THAT INTERPLAY IS. SO THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? >> , COMMISSIONER BRIONES ASKED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS. YOU ARE MONITORING MANY DIFFERENT PARAMETERS RELATED TO OUR JAIL POPULATION.

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AND EVEN IF WE GET THROUGH 2020, YOU SAY SEVEN, YOU BRING IN 400 BACK IN 2027. THAT WILL LEAVE HOW MANY

OUTSOURCED? >> IT WOULD CUT IT ALMOST IN HALF. IT WOULD BE JUST UNDER 600 STILL

UP. >> SO AS WE LOOK AT -- AND SOME OF THAT IS RELATED TO CONTINUED PUSHES IN TERMS OF A LOT OF THESE OTHER ISSUES. YOU REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE POINT TO SAY IN 2028, I THINK THAT WE CAN BE DONE.

>> I THINK WE WILL. IF THE CONSTRUCTION IS BACK ONLINE, I THINK WE WILL BE THERE.

>> SO IT LEADS TO BEING REALISTIC, WORKING AND TRYING TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS YOU CAN. THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT COULD HELP OR HURT IT. BUT 2028 WOULD BE A NUMBER -- THAT IS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER TO WORK FOR.

THAT IS GOOD. >> COMMISSIONER, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE JAIL AND DIRECTOR MILLS OFFICE IS KIND OF A CASH FLOW.

SO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE ARE BRINGING ON STAFF, WHERE WE ARE BRINGING BACK THE INMATES SO WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR PICTURE ON HOW MUCH OUTSOURCING IS GOING TO COST US OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

>> ONE ISSUE I CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON IS THIS STEP FORWARD.

WE'VE GOT A DATE OF JULY, AND WE WILL TALK AGAIN IN JULY AND THE TALK AGAIN IN AUGUST. BUT I THINK THAT US BEING AWARE THAT THE RENOVATIONS ARE GOING, THAT IS THE FIRST FLOOR REDO AND THEN I THINK THERE ARE FOUR OR FIVE MORE FORCE THAT WE DO.

AND I THINK JUST STAY ON TOP OF THOSE DETAILS IN TERMS OF WHAT IS BEING DONE. AND THE LAST THING, I WANT TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE, CHIEF, HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

HE HAS CREATED A GERIATRICS GROUP, AND MENTAL HEALTH GROUP.

SO WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT, HE HAS TAKEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES HE IS IN, HE IS MAKING IT BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE RESOURCES AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS GOING ON, HE IS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS JUST BY THE SEPARATION BY AGE AND BY MENTAL HEALTH. JUST A GREAT JOB.

JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE CHIEF.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> QUICK QUESTION. IN TERMS OF THE COURTS THAT HAVE THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF MORE THAN THOUSAND DAY BACKLOG, WHAT IS THE CONVERSATION WITH THOSE PARTICULAR JUDGES?

>> SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE AND SHE IS STARTING TO BRING MORE DATA TO ALL OF THE JUDGES.

WE HAVE HAD SOME JUDGES THAT HAVE REACHED OUT INDIVIDUALLY AND WORK WITH US. BUT I THINK SHE IS WORKING WITH THE FELONY BOARD AND THE JUDGES TO CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT AND LEVERAGE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN SOME OF THE COURTS THAT ARE MANAGING THEIR DOCKETS PRETTY WELL.

AND SEEING WHAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE COURTS THAT ARE -- THAT STILL HAVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BACKLOGS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THE SYSTEM PROCESS IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE WILL BRING UP -- AND THE JUDGES TALKED ABOUT IT, IS STARTING TO SET TARGETS ON WHAT WE THINK WILL BE APPROPRIATE AS ACTIVE CASES PENDING IN ANY COURT, THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT 150.

IF WE CAN GET ALL COURTS WITH THEIR ACTIVE PENDING SHOWCASES

TO BE A 150 OR LESS. >> ALL IN FAVOR? AND IMPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

GO AHEAD. >> IF WE COULD GET ALL COURTS TO HAVE 150 OR FEWER ACTIVE PENDING JAIL CASES, THAT WOULD REALLY GO A LONG WAY TO HELP MANAGE THE JAIL POPULATION AND REALLY KEEP US OUT OF BEING BACK IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE BACKLOG.

>> SO WHAT IS THE -- IS THERE HOPE THAT THE JUDGE CAN GET THEM

IN LINE? >> ABSOLUTELY.

SHE WILL BE A PART OF THE SYSTEM PROCESS IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE TO LEVERAGE THAT WORK. AND I THINK SHE IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB. THERE'S A LOT OF JUDGES THAT ARE TRYING TO IMPACT CHANGE ACROSS THE COURTS.

>> I WILL BE LOOKING FOR A VERY SPECIFIC CONVERSATION ON YOUR NEXT REPORT. ADDITIONALLY, OF THOSE -- REDO

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>> SHAMELESS PLUG ON THE JAIL POPULATION DASHBOARD, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 207 CAPITAL CASES.

AND THEY STRETCH ALONG MANY OF THE COURTS, BUT THE ONES YOU WOULD EXPECT, SOME OF THE COURTS AT THE HIGHER END HAVE THE HIGHER NUMBER OF PENDING CAPITAL CASES.

>> AND I'M GLAD I ASKED THAT QUESTION.

SO IN FAIRNESS, I WOULD SUGGEST A DIFFERENT WAY TO SEE THAT.

BECAUSE IT IS NOT FAIR TO THOSE JUDGES TO HAVE 1000 PLUS DAYS LISTED ON THEIR DOCKETS AND NOT KNOW THAT THEY ARE CAPITAL CASES. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO

UNDERSTAND. >> WE CAN HIGHLIGHT WITHIN THE 1000 DAY PENDING, THE NUMBER OF CAPITAL.

>> THANK YOU. >> I AGREE.

VERY BRIEFLY, I AGREE. IT WILL BE SO HELPFUL AND AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER RAMSEY ON HIS COMMENTS.

VERY QUICKLY, DIRECTOR MILLS, YOU HAVE JUST BEEN ONE OF THE MVPS OF HARRIS COUNTY. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS YOUR LAST TERM BEFORE YOU TRANSITION TO WORK AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IS

THAT CORRECT? >> YES, MA'AM,.

>> I'M HAPPIER STAYING IN THE HARRIS COUNTY FAMILY.

AND TO THIS NEXT REPORT THAT I KNOW WE ARE ALL EAGER TO HEAR ABOUT, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT METRICS.

ADMINISTRATOR, CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH US WILL BE PROVIDING

THE NEXT UPDATE? >> IT MIGHT BE A OUTSTANDING DATA TEAM THAT HELPS FEED INTO THIS REPORT WITH A LOT OF EXPERTISE, WE WILL HAVE THE DATA, WILL HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS AND SOME MANAGERS UNDER HER THAT HELP.

IT IS A TEAM EFFORT, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS BEEN THE FACE.

SO AS LONG AS I GET YOUR QUESTIONS, OVER YOU CAN GIVE ME SEVEN DAYS AND WE WILL HAVE ANSWERS.

>> THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY FAMILY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

WHAT IS THE NEXT ITEM? >> HOUSE SHOW NO ITEM ON ACTION

ONE. >> MAY I PLEASE CAST MY VOTE FOR THE ITEMS WHEN I WAS GONE AT THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CONFERENCE? FOR ITEMS FOUR AND 322, I VOTE YES.

THANK YOU. >> ITEM FIVE, COMMISSIONER?

>> ITEM FIVE WAS PULLED BY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

THIS IS THE REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH A PURCHASING OPTIMIZATION PROCUREMENT SPEED AND SERVICE PROJECT LED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND PURCHASING STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE FROM EACH OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC EQUITY AND HEALTH SERVICES AT COUNTY ENGINEER, THE TAX OFFICE AND COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE INPUT AND SUPPORT FOR PROJECT FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE REST.

>> COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ON THIS EARLIER IN THE WEEK. I WILL NOT GO INTO A LOT OF DETAILS. I WAS GOOD LITTLE NERVOUS WE ARE ABOUT TO HIRE CONSULTANTS, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND FIX EVERYTHING.

SO ONE, I THINK THE VERY DILIGENT ON WHO WE PICKED TO COME IN TO QUOTE, UNQUOTE HELP US.

OBVIOUSLY, CENTER IF THAT DIRECTOR, AS GAULD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, WHO YOU WANT TO HELP YOU, JUST BE SURE IT IS HELPFUL AND DOESN'T END UP CREATING MORE CONFUSION THAN WE HAD.

SO I'M ASSUMING YOU ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS?

>> YES COMMISSIONER, WE ARE ON BOARD.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICE TO FACILITATE.

IT IS SIGNED TO BE A SPRINT, USING LEAN SIX SIGMA PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES. SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR AND WE WILL HAVE A VERY FOCUSED CONSULTANT HELPING US WITH THAT.

>> THE HOUR OR SO YOU CAME TO OUR OFFICE TO GIVE US ON UPDATE ON WHERE YOU'RE HEADED WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP, IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.

IN AN EFFICIENT SPEED. >> APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU MISS WILLIAMS. NEXT ITEM IS?

>> OF WHERE WE VOTE? I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE WAITING

FOR THE JUDGE OR NOT. >> WE CAN RECONSIDER IT.

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? >> I MAKE A MOTION.

>> ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSE?

THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >> MARKER ABSENT UNTIL SHE COMES

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BACK. >> ITEM SIX, THIS IS THE

INFRASTRUCTURE OFFICER. >> I THINK WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, COMMISSIONER, WE WANT TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION.

SO NO ACTION ON THAT ONE. AND NEXT IS ITEM SEVEN.

ITEM SEVEN HAS BEEN CALLED BY COMMISSIONER BRIONES.

LOOKING FOR ACTION ON THE COUNTY CONTRACT CONTROL PROGRAM.

>> YES, I PULLED ITEM SEVEN TO ESSENTIALLY SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CROSS COUNTY DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION IN THE COLLABORATION WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, ARE CONSTABLES AS WELL AS OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, AND HOUSE BILL 26, PASSED IN 2025, IT ALLOWS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ENTER DIRECTLY INTO ANY CONTRACTS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION THAT BALANCES EVER DESIRE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY ACROSS HARRIS COUNTY, MAKING SURE WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE PAY PARITY THAT WE PASSED, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO CONTRACT PATROL SERVICES THAT IS AFFORDABLE.

SO WHAT THIS ESSENTIALLY DOES, THIS IS BASED ON MONTHS OF COLLABORATION AND AGREED-UPON FLOOR RATE RATE OF 60 5:30 FIVE AND FOR UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS, THEN THERE COULD BE A HARDSHIP EXEMPTION. AND I HAVE TWO MOTIONS THAT ESSENTIALLY -- AND I'M HAPPY TO READ THEM NOW, UNLESS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY FEEDBACK. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I APPRECIATE THAT IT GIVES QUITE A BIT OF POETIC LICENSE.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WORKING AS A TEAM.

SO WE HAVE THE COLLABORATION, THE FORESIGHT, THE PLANNING AND COMING UP WITH PROCESSES TOGETHER.

SO THE TWO MOTIONS ARE A MOTION AMENDED THE COUNTIES POLICY ALLOWING FOR 65% CONTRACTOR AND 35% COUNTY SPLIT CONTRACTS, THE MOTION REQUESTING THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, AND CONSULTATION WITH THE AND CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES RETURNED TO COURT WITH A PROPOSED PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, ALLOWING -- THIS IS THE HARDSHIP EXEMPTION, THE SIX DE40 CONTRACT PATROL AGREEMENT IN CASES WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MOTIONS, AND AN ECOSYSTEM THAT THERE WAS STILL BE THE 70 HAVE BEEN 30, A-20 AND THE 30%.

THAT WILL AND IT OESSENTIALLY OTHER ADOPTS THE FLOOR OF 650, 35, AS WELL AS HELPING TO CREATE A EXCEPTION FORUNDER SERVED NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO HELPED US REACH THE SOLUTION.

>> TWO MOTIONS IS THERE A SECOND?

>> THE SECOND HAS BEEN MADE. DISCUSSION.

I IN TEND TO VOTE FOR YOUR FIRST ITEM, COMMISSIONER.

I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SECOND MOTION.

MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE DO WANT TO HELP UNDERSERVED AREAS.

HOWEVER,IUN SERVED AREAS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE 60-40.

I WOULD JUST ASK FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO LOOK AT OTHER AND INCLUDE OTHER STRATEGIES IN ADDRESSING THOSEUNDER SERVED AREAS OUTSIDE OF A CONTRACT PROGRAM.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY ACCEPTED. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> COMMISSIONER. >> YES, SIR.

>> IF I MIGHT. I'M GOING TO VOTE NO AT THIS-POINT ON BOTH MOTION. UNTIL SOMETHING COMES BACK TO BENEFIT THE LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.

I JUST VOTE NO. AT THIS TIME.

>> JAMES D YOU VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT?

>> NO, THAT A ADDITIONAL STRATEGY BE CONCERNED FOR UNDERSERVED AREAS, OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT PROGRAM.

>> OKAY, I WILL ALLOW THAT TO THE END OF THE SECOND MOTION.

>> ALRIGHT, MOTION ON BOTH SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? >> COMMISSIONER ELLIS IS OPPOSED I WOULD ASSUME JUDGE HIDGO WOULD OPPOSE, IT WOULD BE, 3-2.

>> VOTE, UNTIL SHE COMES BACK. THAT MOTION WAS BY COMMISSIONER

BROWNIS. >> MADE BY ME.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> VOTED BY THE THREE OF US, 3- 1 UNTIL AMENDS OUR VOTES. THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 40, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. THIS IS PULLED BY COMMISSIONER BROWNIS. REQUEST TO PURCHASE A CERTAIN TRACK OF NEIGHBORHOOD PRICE FOR THE HARRIS FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR PUBLIC PROJECT KNOWN AS KEEGAN STORM WATER DETENTION BASIS PHASE THREE. I WON'T READ THE REST OF THE

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>> YES, I JUST, FLAGGED THIS ITEM TO COMMUNITY MY GRATITUDE TO FLOOD CONTROL, AND THE COMMUNITY.

THIS KEEGAN STORM WATER DETENTION BASIN IS IN THE HEART OF A LEAF. SO, IN THIS KEEGAN BAY OW OVER 1000 STRUCTURES FLOODED DURING HARVEY.

AND THE FIRST BASIN IS IN PROGRESS.

THIS WILL HELP IMPLEMENT THE SECOND AND THE THIRD BASIN COMPARTMENTS. THIS IS REALLY AMAZING.

JUST TO DRIVE HOME THE POINT, THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF THREE BASE THANES WILL BE SPREAD OVER 63 ACRES JUST HOW IN TENSE AND COMPLICATED AND VAST THESE PROJECTS ARE. EACH OF THE THREE BASIN ALSO HOLD 400 ACRE FEET OF WATER TO PUT IT IN A LAY PERSON'S TERM, EACH BASIN WILL HOLD 200 OLYMPIC-SIZED POOLS WORTH OF BATTER. THINK ABOUT THE PROTECTION THAT WILL OFFER OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY AND ALLOW US TO BUILD THE TWO ADDITIONAL CONTENTION BASIN. IN SUM THIS KEEGAN PROJECT WILL REDUCE THE FLOODING RISK FOR OVER 23,000 RESIDENTS AND OVER 500 STRUCTURES I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HARRIS FLOOD DISTRICT, FOR THEIR WORK DRIVING THIS PROGRESS PROTECTING OUR FAMILIES FROM FLOODING IS OUR TOP PRIORITY. AND WILL BE LASER FOCUSED.

AS SUCH I PROUDLY AND THANK YOUFULLY MOVE ITEM 40, AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ITEM, I HAVE 140, IS THAT CORRECT, JAKE? I THIS HAS BEEN PULLED BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE SELECTED CENSUS TRACK FOR NOMINATION OF OPPORTUNITY ZONE 2.0 FOR THE SD TRACKS.

EITHER SUPPORT DYNAMIC AREAS OF INVESTMENT OR SEEK TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT TO ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED COMMUNITIES.

AND AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT THE NOMINATION PACKET TO THE TEXAS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM FOR POTENTIALS DESIGNATION BY THE U.S. TREASURY.

COMMISSIONER ELLIS YOU'VE GOT A MOTION?

>> YEAH, A QUICK MOTION. I THINK I SENT AROUND TO DIRECT IGA TO WORK WITH DEEO TO ASSURE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN OPPORTUNITIES ZONE 2.0 FOR POTENTIALS SUBMISSION OF HARRIS CENSUS TRACK TO BE CONSIDERED. AT THE 625 BUSINESS COURT.

I MOVE IT WITH THAT FRIENDLY MIAMI.

YEAH. >> I'LL SECOND.

THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE? >> OPPOSED?

>> THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD.

THE THE MOTION THAT WAS SPOKEN WHAT WAS APPROVED?

>> CORRECT. >> THAT'S WHAT WHAT IS APPROVED

I'M SORRY. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. SO NEXT ITEM 215.

THAT IS THE ARPA GENERAL FUND. AND THIS HAS BEEN PULLED BY COMMISSIONER BRUNIS AND I. SO COMMISSIONER, THIS IS REQUEST BY THE OFFICE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION TO APPROVE REQUEST TO REALLOCATE THE TOTAL UP TO FIVE,624,299.21 IN FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

>> YES, I SECOND THAT. >> OKAY.

MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. AND, LET ME CHECK HERE.

I ALSO HAVE A MOTION TO DIRECT OMB TO INCLUDE IN THE PROPOSAL FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSISTANT FUND BY $900,FEW FOR 2027 AND AN ADDITIONAL $9 20,000 FOR 2028, USING 1.8 MILLION.

>> I SECOND THAT. >> TWO MISSION ADVISE BEEN MADE.

SECOND HAVE BEEN MADE. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> ALL 70 POSED?

>> MOTION IS CARRIED UNANIMOUS. >> NEED TO GET CLARIFICATION.

THE ITEM ITSELF WAS APPROVED? >> YES, AND THE SECOND MOTION TO

THE ITEM. >> SO IT WAS GASSER YAW.

YOU MADE THE SECOND BY THE COMMISSIONER BROWNIS.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM IS 229. THIS IS PULLED BY THE JUDGE.

WE'LL HOLD THAT ONE. 234 HAS ALSO BEEN HELD.

WE'LL PULL THAT FOR THE JUDGE. 259 IS PULLED BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL FOR A RENEWAL OPTION AND THE ORDER PERMITTING THE ASSIGNMENT OF A

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N WBE IS 14 SPOKEN 3%. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> IT IS STILL, SOME OF THIS IS RELATED TO GRANT.

I KNOW IT IS NO BUDGET IMPACT. BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING A COMMERCIAL PIEPER. WE JUST NEED TO VOTE.

>> COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ON THIS, PARTICULAR ITEM T REPRESENTS FOR ME, ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP IN BUILDING OUT THE ACCESS TO HEALTH PROGRAM IN PRECINCT 2 AS A HUB FOR COMMUNITY-BASED CARE AND SUPPORT.

AT THE NEWLY LAUNCHED CHANNEL COMPLEX, THE GUSTAVA, IT IS 284, I'M SORRY. YOU SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT ME ON THAT ONE. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY IT NEEDS A VOTE. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> 259, I WILL MOVE 259, AS PRESENTED AND HAPPY WE'RE MOVING THE SOLAR FOR ALL WORK FORWARD. IT IS CRITICAL TO HELP OUR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND CRITICAL TO COMMUNITY THE ENERGY TRANSITION SO, WE CAN CONTINUE DOMINATING AND MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT I MOVE AS PRESENTED.

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

OPPOSED? >> NO.

>> WHICH ITEM IS IT 259. >> YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

SO, I WILL SAY, I REQUESTED KINDLY OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE

HOLD 250, 240, AND 344. >> I DID?

>> IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT. >> YEAH.

>> SO LET'S GO TO 215, THEN. >> ALL RIGHT, 215-- REAL QUICKLY, JUDGE. FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION.

JAMES THERE'S A COUPLE OF VOTES THAT WE TOOK.

I INDICATED THAT JUDGE WOULD LIKELY VOTE AGAINST ONE.

AND WOULD VOTE AND SUPPORT ANOTHER.

COULD YOU GIVE HER THAT INFORMATION.

>> BUT SEE, YOU DIDN'T HOLD IT IS THE POINT.

SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO ITEM 215.

>> NO THESE ARE PRIOR TO 215. >> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT 215 RIGHT

NOW. >> ALL RIGHT SO, 215 THE SHIFTING OF ARPA FUNDS. IS THAT A RAMOS THING?

>> YES, JUDGE. THIS WAS A DIRECTIVE, A COURT MOTION THAT THE OCA DO THE ARPA WORK WITH EACH OF YOUR OFFICES.

THE INITIAL EFFORT WAS TO TRY TO FIND UP TO $10 MILLION OF REALLOCATION THAT WOULD HAVE MINIMAL OR ALMOST NO PROGRAMATTIC IMPACT. AS ARPA WINDS DOWN EACH MONTH THEY CHECK WITH EACH PROGRAM TO UNDERSTAND HOW WELL THEY'RE SPENDING IN EACH CATEGORY. WORKING EACH OF YOUR OFFICES THEY FOUND $5.6 MILLION, THAT WOULD HAVE MINIMAL OR ALMOST NO IMPACT THAT RECEIVED CONSENSUS. THAT IS WHAT THE PROPOSAL WAS FROM THE COURT FOR CONSIDERATION.

>> OKAY. COMMISSIONER ELIS?

>> SO, JUST TO MAKE SURE, I THINK WE DID VOTE ON THIS ONE.

SO YOU CAME UP WITH A CONSENSUS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE $5.6 MILLION

TO PUT TOWARDS THE DEFICIT? >> YES, PUT BACK IN THE GENERAL

FUND. >> AND SO, WHAT WE JUST DID A SECOND AGO, SO WE AGREE TO THE $5.6, BUT TOOK $1.6 OUT OF IT? WE EARMARKED $1.6 MILLION TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE?

>> YES. >> SO, SO THAT MEANS YOU REALLY END UP WITH $5.6 TOWARDS THE DEFICIT MINUS THE 1.8.

>> I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER, IT IS $900,000 FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> YES, SO MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE WE JUST DECIDE, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A MAJOR ISSUE. I'M FOR IT, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE, I DON'T THINK I CAUGHT IT. IT IS A LITTLE LATE WHERE I AM.

MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE, WE JUST DECIDE THAT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. BECAUSE IF WE HAD A CONSENSUS ON $5.6 MILLION TOWARDS THE DEFICIT, THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH. I WOULD BE FOR THE $900,000PY

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MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE WHEN WE GET TO IT IN THE BUDGET.

>> SO HAS 215 BEEN VOTED ON YES, OR NO?

>> BUT I JUST HEARD WE DIDN'T GO OVER IT.

SO JUST FOR THE RECORD. >> NO, I SAID I WANTED 2 15 I SAID 215. SO, BUT THE COMMISSIONER ELLIS I'M NOT CATCHING YOU. ARE YOU SAYING YOU WANT TO

CHANGE YOUR VOTE? >> YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE TO BRING THE ITEM BACK UP AND PREFER WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. I THINK THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP SORT OF THE IN THE POSITION THAT WE'RE AT.

JUST GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

I'M PRETTY SURE I WOULD BE FOR THE $900,000 ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. BUT WE WANT TO SEE WHAT ELSEWHERE WANT TO APPLY SOME OF IT TOWARD.

INSTEAD OF NOW. IF NOT, WHY DON'T WE DIVEY IT ALL UP? I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THE REST OF IT SOMEWHERE, IF WE WILL DO IT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. BUT THE MOTION I'M MAKING IS TO

BRING THAT BACK UP. >> MR. RAMOS, THIS GOES THROUGH

A COMMITTEE PROCESS, CORRECT? >> THE ARPA REALLOCATING.

THAT'S CORRECT. >> THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING

PROCESS? >> CORRECT, SINCE OUR COMMITTEE WAS FORMED. THEN, THIS, PARTICULAR WAS A DIRECT FROM COURT IN APRIL, I BELIEVE.

>> AND WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN OTHER VOTES ON REALLOCATING ARPA

CORRECT? >> YES,.

>> I STAND BEHIND MY INITIAL VOTE.

>> I WILL STAY WITH MY VOTE. >> I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE INITIAL VOTE. YOU KNOW I DID ASSUME THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE COLLEAGUES WOULD HAVE THE COURTESY TO WAIT FOR ME, AS REQUESTED. I'M JUST CATCHING UP HERE.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WAS A MOTION-- THERE'S BASICALLY A MOTION TO TAKE FUNDS FROM CERTAIN ARPA PROJECTS AND THEN GIVE THEM TO THE BUDGET?

>> ESSENTIALLY CLOSE THE DEFICIT.

>> TO CLOSE THE DEFICIT. >> RIGHT.

>> THAT WAS THE INITIAL MOTION, COMMISSIONER GASSER YAW MADE AND COMMISSIONER MADE THE SUBSEQUENT MOTION.

>> YEAH, SO OKAY. SO I SEE HERE.

HARRIS PUBLIC HEALTH SAID WE COULD RELEASE UP TO $35,000 WITHOUT EFFECTING PERFORMANCE. COOL.

I'M FOR THAT. LED SCREENING ADVERTISING AND CONFERENCE-RELATED COSTS. NO IMPACTS TO SERVICES.

FINE. ABAITMENT TO TRAVEL AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES. FINE.

FRANKLY I STILL THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AND THE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO DECIDE, WHETHER THEY WANTED TO CUT MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND BETTER TRAIN PERSONNEL, BUT FINE.

REPRODUCTIVE ACCESS FUN. NO IMPACT EXPECTED FOOD AND NUTRITION SURPLUS REMAINING AFTER A VENDOR CLOSE OUT. EARLY REACH I'M JUST KIND OF REALLY PUZZLED BY THAT I'LL COME BACK TO IT. THEN, SO THE PEOPLE WERE NOT IN FAVOR ELQN DISPARITY. ALLOCATED TO LONE STAR COLLEGE.

LONE STAR HAS DECLINED OKAY. HARRIS HUB EXPECTED SURPLUS, OKAY. RAPID EC SURVEY, EXPECTED SURPLUS OKAY. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CENTER, NO IMPACT. DETENTION OFFICERS NO IMPACT.

THAT'S FINE. PRE-TRIAL ANALYTICS NO IMPACT.

SO FINE. VOTER OUTREACH INFORM IMPACT SURPLUS FROM A CLOSED PROGRAM. FINE.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADMINISTRATION.

EQUIVALENT TO TWO POSITIONS IN ADMIN AND COMPLIANCE.

CONFIDENT WE CAN MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS ALL RIGHT.

SO I HAVE CONCERN ON TWO OF THESE.

DOMESTIC, TAKING MONEY FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TAKING MONEY FROM CHILDREN EDUCATION SLOTS.

SO I THINK ON THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MY MOTION WOULD BE TO ALLOCATE THE ENTIRETY OF THESE FUNDS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

TO INITIATIVES AROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NO MATTER WHERE IT IS.

>> YOU SAID, THE WHOLE. >> SECOND MOTION.

CAN YOU WALK THROUGH THE COURT ASKED TO FIND $10 MILLION.

THE ARPA COMMITTEE MET AND CAME BACK WITH $5.6.

IT IS APPROVING $5.6 TO MOVE TO GENERAL.

THE HISTORY, AND PLEASE ADD TO THIS.

THAT THE SHORT VERSION OF THE HISTORY IS THE THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN CENTER WAS NOT ABLE TO SPEND IS THE ARPA GRANT FUNDS.

SO THEY RETURNED THEM WHAT THE SECOND MOTION GASSER YAW READ IS TAKING THE GRANT FUNS NEVER USED AND PUTTING THEM IN THE HARRIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OCCURRED FATING COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY CAN DEPLOY THEM AND PUT THEM TO WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.

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HOUSTON AREA WOMEN CENTER CAME ON THEY WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR ARPA TEAM PMO AND THEIR SPENDING WAS NOT ABLE TO GET OFF THE GROUND AT THE SPEED NEATED TO MAKE THE STRICT DEADLINES.

THEY PRESENTED ABOUT THAT. THEY APOLOGIZED PERFUSELY THAT'S WHY THE $3.8 MILLION IS AVAILABLE.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY.

WHAT WAS IT REALLOCATED TO? THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION.

CLERK DO YOU WANT TO READ THE MOTION?

>> SO THE FIRST MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE ITEM, AS PRESENTED

FOR THE $5.6. >> I'M SORRY, WHAT YOU MEAN $5.6. I NEED COMPLETE SENTENCES JAMES,

BECAUSE I'M CATCHING UP HERE. >> SORRY, THE MOTION I HAVE WAS TO BASICALLY APPROVE ITEM 215 AS PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA.

>> APPROVE ITEM 215 AS PRESENTED.

WELL WHAT IS AS PRESENTED? >> AS PRESENTED WAS TO REALLOCATE $5,625,299 IN FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE F Y GENERAL 27

BUDGET. >> RIGHT THAT SORT OF GENERAL, BUT SPECIFICALLY THERE'S DARRENRIESY 3.8 MILLION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORTS. SO, I GET IT.

HAWK WAS NOT ABLE TO WORK ON THAT.

SO ALL OF THE $3.8 MILLION ARE GOING TO WHAT, EXACTLY?

>> WITH THAT MOTION IT WOULD JUST BE MONEY THAT YOU ALL COULD THEN MAKE PARTICULAR. BUT THAT IS JUST GOING INTO A BROAD BUCKET FOR F Y27. THAT WAS THE FIRST MOTION.

>> IF I MIGHT. >> COMMISSIONER, I'M SORRY, I'M TRYING TO CATCH UP HERE, TOO YOU'LL LET ME.

THEN WHAT WAS THE SECOND MOTION? >> THE SECOND MOTION WAS MOTION TO DIRECT OMB TO INCLUDE IN THE PROPOSED PHYSICAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSISTANCE FUND BY $900,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND ADDITIONAL $900,000. FOR 2028.

USING UP TO $1.8 MILLION IN ALLOCATED FUNDS.

>> NO, I'M NOT OKAY WITH THAT. BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING YOU WILL TAKE $3.8 MILLION FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE LESS THAN $2 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS, INSTEAD OF HAVING THIS AS A REOCCURRING EXPENSE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I BELIEVE THAT'S A REALLY, BIG ISSUE. AND THE FACT THAT ONE ORGANIZATION FOR WHATEVER REASON WASN'T ABLE TO SEE IT THROUGH.

I MEAN THERE'S SO MANY WORTHY ORGANIZATIONS IN HARRIS COUNTY THAT WORK TO SUPPORT MOSTLY WOMEN, WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. HARRIS COUNTY, FOX 26, OCTOBER 20, 2025. HARRIS COUNTY SHOWS DISTURBING RISE IN MURDERS TIED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT, FROM A JUST BASIC HUMAN AT THIS STANDPOINT. NO WAY.

I'M A NO ON THAT ONE. AND THEN, SO THE OTHER ONE IS TAKE WHAT IS THIS-- I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON THESE INDIVIDUALLY. I'M FOR SOME AND I'M AGAINST SOME. I DON'T THINK WE CAN JUST VOTE ON THEM IN BULK. SO CAN I PLEASE TAKE EACH OF THEM? SO I CAN EXPRESS MY VOTE?

>> SO I THINK WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE ITEM, SINCE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

AND. >> BUT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO RECONSIDER IT, THEN I DON'T GET TO VOTE THE WAY I VOTE.

I REQUESTED IT IS ON THE RECORD. I REQUESTED THAT THIS BE HELD.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT JUDGE. >> SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECORD MY VOTE AND MY VOTE IS NOT FOR OR AGAINST ALL OF THEM.

IT IS FOR SOME, AND AGAINST SOME.

SO HOW DO I DO THAT? >> I THINK UNFORTUNATELY THE WAY THE MOTION WAS VOTED ON WAS, ESSENTIALLY IN TOTEM.

SO IT IS EITHER YES, OR NO TO THAT CAN BE ADDED.

OR WE NEED TO RECONSIDER THE WHOLE ITEM SOME THAT NEEDS TO BE

A MOTION TO RECONSIDER IT. >> BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RECONSIDER IT. I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW GOING ON WITH THIS CLEARLY.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. NOT ONLY ARE WE TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD BUT NOT ALLOWING ME TO BE IN THE ROOM WHEN WE DO THAT AND ENHEARD MY REQUEST.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ALLOW ME TO VOTE NO ON TWO OF THESE?

AND YES, ON THE REST? >> YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION.

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YOU JUST NEED A SECOND. >> THERE'S AN A MOTION.

THERE'S NOT A SECOND. >> YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION,

JUDGE. >> I'M MAKING THE MOTION.

>> I'LL SECOND IT. >> OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO I'M TRYING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE NO ON TAKING MONEY FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO RECORD MY VOTE PER MY DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, THAT REPRESENTS ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF HARRISCO COUNTY.

SO ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> PART OF THE MONEY IS BEING REALLOCATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?

>> IT IS THE LITTLE PART. >> BUT I WANT TO VOTE.

>> IF YOU COULD BE MORE SPECIFIC THAT WOULD BE EASIER TO VOTE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO VOTE THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO

VOTE. >> I'LL VOTE, SO YOU CAN VOTE AND WE WILL MOVE ON. AND WITH--

AND YOU CAN VOTE. >> MOTION CARRIES FOR ME TO BE

ABLE TO VOTE, YES,. >> THANK YOU.

>> IT IS AGREED TO. >> SO THEN, LET'S MOVE TO, SO ACCESS HARRIS IS THERE A MOTION TO TAKE 246 FROM ACCESS HARRIS WITHOUT IMPACTING PROGRAM PERFORMANCE? JUST TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, IT IS NOT JUST SOME OF THEM.

SOME OF THEM THE WORK HASN'T BEEN DONE.

CAN YOU GIVE THE REASONS? I KNOW THE COMMITTEE SPENT

COUNTLESS HOURS. >> BUT MY REPRESENTATIVE VOTED NO. SO, EVERYONE CAN VOTE THEIR OWN WAY, BUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, UNFORTUNATELY HAVEN'T BEGUN SO, WITH THE ARPA DEADLINE, KNOW WE HAVING UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR WHAT IS VIABLE AND NOT VIABLE. COULD YOU POLICE GIVE US ACTUALLY FACTS TO MAKE ACTUALLY DECISIONS.

>> I'M OKAY, WITH ACCESS HARRIS, THEY DON'T NEED IT FINE, REALLOCATE IT. I'M OPPOSED TO REALLOCATING FUNDS THAT GO TO CHILDREN, AND GO TO BATTERED WOMEN.

THAT'S ALL. IRRESPECTIVE THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT IT WISE TO REALLOCATE, TO TAKE FUNDS FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS. MY STAFF AND I DO NOT.

THAT'S IT. IF YOU WANT HIM TO GO EVERY, SINGLE ONE WE CAN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS.

>> JUST, IN THE INTERESTS OF SAN AT THIS.

>> LIKE ■ME, I VOTEA LOT. I'M THE ONLY ONE VOTING NO.

AND I'M RECORDED. I SUPPORT EVERY ONE OF THE ONES LISTED HERE I THINK WE HAVE A MAJORITY SUPPORTING IT.

>> WE CAN RECORD YOUR VOTE TO OFFICIALLY BE ON RECORD.

BUT ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN APPROVED ALREADY.

SO YOU CAN RECORD YOUR VOTE, MUCH LIKE I DO EVERY MEETING ON THERE'S SOME OF THESE I DON'T AGREE WITH AND RECORD THE VOTE.

WHICH ONE ARE YOU NO. WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.

>> NO, BUT I THINK I HAVE A RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

IT IS A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT ITEM.

I MEAN, REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL OF OUR OFFICES VOTED TO GIVE OVER $140 MILLION TO INITIATIVES SUPPORTING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. SO I THINK THAT WAS-- WHEN WE MADE THAT PROMISE AND WE MADE THE PROMISE TO THEN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CONTINUE THEM, WE RENEGED ON THAT PROMISE LAST YEAR. WHEN WE DECIDED THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO TRUST THE VOTERS. AT THE MAY BE THE MAJORITY DIDN'T TRUST THE VOTERS AS MUCH AS I DID.

TO SEE IF THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY A PENNY MORE TO KEEP THESE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS GOING. YOU KNOW-- I FOR ONE HAPPYILLY LIVE WITH THE VERDICT OF THE VOTERS OF HARRIS COUNTY. BUT CERTAINLY IF WE'RE GOING TO DEFAULT ON THE PROMISE WE MADE, WHEN WE DECIDED TO SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS. LET US NOW ACCELERATE THE DAMAGE BY ENDING PROGRAMS, ONCE EARLIER THAN WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

SO THAT IS MY STATEMENT FOR THAT REASON, I VOTE NO ON ENDING THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM EARLIER, NATIONAL TEAMED TO NOT LETTING IT GO TO THE VOTERS. MOTION TO EXTEND DISCUSSION?

>> NOPE. >> AH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO BE

ABLE TO EXTEND DISCUSSION? >> SO PEOPLE, SO HOW AM I GOING TO RECORD THE VOTE, IF I CAN'T HAVE DISCUSSION.

>> LOOK I'LL SECOND TO EXTEND THE MOTION.

I WANT TO SAY ON SOME OF THESE FUNDS THE ISSUE IS, WE COULDN'T

SPEND IT TO MEET THE DEADLINE. >> RIGHT, THAT'S NOT THIS THOUGH. THAT'S NOT THIS.

>> YES, IT IS. >> I THINK IT IS.

>> IT IS. >> THAT'S WHY I SAID.

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>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS, ON THIS ONE --

>> I THINK THIS IS MONEY THAT OUR STAFF MEMBERS GOT TOGETHER.

THE MONEY HAS TO BE REALLOCATED BECAUSE WE COULDN'T MEET THE DEADLINE. WE WOULD APPLY IT TOWARDS THE DEFICIT WHAT WE DID, THEN WHAT WE DID EARLY YEAR WAS GO AND SAY, OKAY, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT IT ALL TOWARDS THE DEFICIT. THAT WAS A MOTION TO SAY, CARVE OUT X AMOUNT TO GO TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WHEN YOU WERE NOT IN THE THE ROOM, I SAID, I THINK I'M FOR THAT, BUT I PREFER WE DO IT, WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET PROCESS. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A DEFICIT, THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND THIS $500 MILLION IS ONLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR THE DEFICIT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

LOOK, THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN CENTER IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR ALL OF US F WE JUST DID IT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET

PROCESS. >> BUT YOU ALREADY VOTED YES, ON ALL OF THIS. AND DIDN'T GIVE ME A CHANCE TO VOTE. I THOUGHT JAMES, YOU SAID THAT THE PEOPLE VOTED FOR THIS ENTIRE REASSIGNMENT?

>> YES, MAM. >> HOW AM I TO BELIEVE WHAT COMES OUT OF HERE F IT IS LITERALLY, WE JUST HEARD THAT IT WAS VOTED. I'M HEARING NO, WE DIDN'T.

I SAID, YOU GUYS DIDN'T WAIT FOR ME.

YOU SAID YES, WE DID. SO YES, WE VOTED FOR IT.

COMMISSIONER IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WAIT, UNTIL THE BUDGET, WE WOULD HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN. AND THE MAJORITY WOULD HAVE TO VOTE NO. MAYBE I'M JUST REALLY NOT.

>> TO GET US OFF THE HERE THIS EVENING.

COLLEAGUES, I WOULD SUCCESSFUL GOALING, I THINK THE VOTES WILL BE THERE TO PUT INTO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

I WAS ASKING EARLIER AND DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES.

I SAID LET'S DO IT WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET PROCESS.

WHAT'S THE BUDGET MR. RAMOS, WHAT IS THE SHORTFALL.

>> $129 MILLION, COMMISSIONER. >> OUT OF $129 MILLION, I KNOW THAT'S A LEAP TO SAY WHERE WE GET SOMETHING TODAY.

TRUST ME, THAT'S $129 MILLION WE WILL HAVE TO CUT.

THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT TO CUT THAT DOWN TO $124 RIGHT NOW AND FIGURE IT OUT LATER OR CUT IT TO $120, YOU WANT TO LEAVE, $800,000 OFF OF THE TABLE RIGHT NOW? THAT'S REALLY THE CRUX AM I RIGHT MR. RAMOS OR NOT?

>> YES, SIR. >> JAMES FOR THE RECORD SO EVERYONE IS LEVEL SETTING COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE VOTES FOR THE FIRST MOTION ON 215, AND THE SECOND? THEN IF ANYONE WANTS TO VOTE DIFFERENTLY THEY CAN.

>> I SHOW. >> THEY RECORD THEIR OWN VOTE.

>> THE FIRST MOTION WAS 4-0. JUDGE YOU WERE ABSENT.

>> RIGHT, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING LET'S GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR.

>> AND THE SECOND MOTION WAS ALSO 4-0.

>> BUT GOING OVER IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING, IF I'M NOT ALLOWED TO

RECORD MY VOTE, JAMES. >> I NEED TO GO EVERY EACH ONE.

>> POINT OF ORDER, WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOT VOTED ON THE MOTION TO

EXTEND THE TIME. >> OKAY MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND

THE TIME. >> ALL RIGHT.

SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR OF TENSIONING THE TIME TO ALLOW DISCUSSION? ANY OPPOSED?

>> NO. >> YEAH.

I JUST, YOU KNOW. SO JUDGE, I THINK AT THIS STAGE, WHAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS YOU SAID.

GO THROUGH THOSE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AND THE BODY CAN VOTE ON EACH, INDIVIDUAL ITEM. THEN FOLLOWING THOSE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, THE MOTION THAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA MADE THAT COMMISSIONER BRINOA RELATED TO THE $900,000.

>> I'M NOT OKAY. WANT TO GO ITEM BY ITEM.

>> YOU CAN START ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. ON PUBLIC HEALTH THIS DOES NOT

IMPACT CURRENT PERFORMANCE? >> ARE WE? WE DIDN'T VOTE. WE VOTED NO TO EXTEND THE TIME.

>> I KNOW THIS IS A VOTE. I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING

THE VOTE NOW AS I UNDERSTAND IT? >> IT IS JUST SO FIDUCIARY NOT TO ALLOW THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE THAT REPRESENTS 5 MILLION PEOPLE TO SPEAK. IT IS FIDUCIARY.

IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME, YOU GUYS.

YOU KNOW. JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT. YOU REALIZE ALL OF THIS IS

RECORDED. >> OKAY, SO THEN SCREEN NOG IMPACTS TO SERVICES. SO I'M FOR THAT ONE.

LET ABAITMENT IT SAYS, REDUCTION TO TRAVEL AND TRAINING.

SOME MEDICAL SUPPLIES. I'M NOT FOR THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO REDUCE TRAVEL AND TRAINING AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES IT. SEEMS PRETTY IMPORTANT.

THEN, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FUND. NO EXPECTED IMPACT.

NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT PROGRAM PERFORMANCE.

I'M FOR THAT ONE. FOOD AND NUTRITION SURPLUS REMAINING, AFTER VENDOR CLOSE OUT. I'M FOR REALLOCATED THOSE FUNDS. EARLY REACH ON, THIS IMPACT TO

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SO I WOULD CALL ATTENTION TO THIS LATER.

THEN, ELQN. >> JUDGE IS THAT A YES, OR NO?

>> IT IS A, IT IS ABSOLUTELY A NO.

YOU'LL SEE THIS ISN'T GOING TO GO AWAY.

>> ELQN. MINIMAL IMPACT ON BUT WOULD REDUCE CHECK IN CONDUCTED BY CHILDREN.

I MEAN I THINK CHILDREN AT RISK, AS SOMEONE ABUSED AS A CHILD, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT. I DON'T WANT TO REALLOCATE CHECK IN WITH CHILDREN, WHO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED.

DISPARITY FUND EMPHASIS ON FUNDS THAT LONESTAR COLLEGE HAS DESIGN LOINED YES, WE REALLOCATE. HARRIS HUB AN EXPECTED SURPLUS, SO YES, I'M OKAY TO REALLOCATE THAT.

RAPID E SURVEY. THERE IS A SURPLUS.

SO YES, LIE REALLOCATE THAT. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CENTER.

NO IMPACT TO PERFORMANCE, SURE. WE'LL REALLOCATE THAT.

THE DETENTION OFFICER NO IMPACT. YES, TO REALLOCATING PRE-TRIAL ANALYTICS NO IMPACT SURPLUS. YES, TO REALLOCATING VOTER OUTREACH FROM A CLOSED PROGRAM. AGREE REALLOCATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CONFIDENT CAN MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS EQUIVALENT TO TWO POSITIONS IN ADMINISTRATION AND COMPLIANCE.

OKAY. WE'LL REALLOCATE THAT I THINK COMPLIANCE IS PRETTY IMPORTANT. AND ANOTHER SORT OF ADDING INJURY TO INSULT NO, PUN IN TENDED TO BATTERED WOMEN, THE PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM, IN PARTICULAR HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. BUT IT CAN BE $3.8 MILLION REALLOCATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

ONLY $1.8 IS REALLOCATED AND ONLY OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL YEARS. SO, TO CUT $3.8 TO $900,000 FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ABSOLUTELY NO WAY.

ABSOLUTELY NO WAY. THOSE ARE MY VOTES.

COMMISSIONER ELLIS YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.

>> JUDGE, JUST TO CLARIFY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

THOSE WERE INDIVIDUALS MOTIONS ON EACH ITEM.

SO, IT REALLY SHOULD BE MOTION TO THIS ALLOCATION, BECAUSE THE REST OF THE COURT MEMBERS WE DID A MOTION CONSIDERING EVERYONE

NEEDS TO REVOTE EFFECTIVELY. >> SO MOTION TO REALLOCATE?

>> NO, IF YOU CAN READ WHAT YOU JUST SAID ON EACH ONE.

>> I AM VOTING FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE.

AND SHE VOTED AGAINST SOME OF THOSE IT IS OUR RECORDED VOTE.

>> IT IS HARD TO TELL. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO READ FOR EACH ONE? WHAT WOULD YOU SAY FOR THE

ACCESS HARRIS ONE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> OKAY. >> ALL OF THEM, EXCEPT FOR THE SPECIFIC ONES YOU'RE VOTING AGAINST.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THE REALLOCATIONS, EXCEPT FOR ELQN, CHECK INS ON SEXUALLY ABUSED CHILDREN.

AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORTS FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVES SEVERELY REDUCING THAT.

AND THEN THE EARLY REACH CURTING CHILDREN'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS EARLIER THAN EVERYBODY WAS EXPECTING.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THEM, EXCEPT FOR THOSE THREE?

>> EXECUTIVE MOTION. >> SURE THAT, CAN BE MY MOTION.

>> I'LL SECOND IT. >> MAKE A MOTION SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLIS? ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> NO.

BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE DOLLARS ARE PARTS OF PROGRAMS THAT OTHERWISE ARE NOT GOING TO MEET THE SPENDING DEADLINES AND OUR ARPA COMMITTEE BE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS REVIEWING EACH PROGRAM I STAND BEHIND THE INITIAL 215, MOTION ONE AND TWO.

>> NO. I THINK WE'RE VOTING TO RECONSIDER. SO YOU'VE DELETED WHAT WE ALREADY DID. BUT THAT'S GONE.

>> WE'RE VOTING. >> SO YOUR NOT APPROVING ALL OF THE OTHER REALLOCATIONS? YOU JUST VOTED NONON REPRODUCTIVE

HEALTH, NUTRITION. >> POINT OF ORDER, JUDGE.

WE HAVE ALREADY CONSIDERED THE ITEM.

THE VOTE HAS BEEN TAKEN. CAN WE PLEASE TAKE ANOTHER ITEM.

>> COMMISSIONER GARCIA I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THERE A VOTE TO RECONSIDER ALL OF THE VOTES, IN ORDER TO DO THE INDIVIDUAL SOME THE MOTION WAS, THAT'S NOW ON THE TABLE.

THAT THE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT TWO PAST THINGS THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE JUDGE WOULD VOTE FOR SOME THEN THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE LEFT ARE THE ONES SHE WOULD NOT VOTE FOR.

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YOU COULD ALL APPROVE THOSE. AND THEN, AND THEN GO BACK.

>> AND THE REMAINER COULD BE VOTED ON IN WHICH SHE COULD RECORD A NO VOTE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> IF YOU WANT TO DO THE SAME BEFORE, YOU NEEDED TO VOTE YES.

OTHERWISE YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T WANT TO REALLOCATE ANYTHING. I'M FINE, THATZ WHAT COMMISSIONER ELLIS AND I WANT TO DO IT IN THE BUDGET.

OKAY, I'M A NO. SHE'S A NO, HE'S A NO.

SO WE DO NOT WANT TO REALLOCATE ANYTHING SO, THAT MOTION

CARRIES. >> WAS THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER.

>> IT WAS THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE WHOLE ITEM N WHICH IT WAS 4-1 VOTE SOME THE MOTION COME BACK.

SO SHE'S NOW, WE'RE NOW TAKING THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

SHE'S IDENTIFIED THE THREE THAT SHE WOULD SUPPORT AND THE TWO

SHE WOULD NOT. >> THE THREE, THE THREE THAT I

WOULD NOT SUPPORT AND THE NINE. >> AND BACK ON THE DOCKET BUT IT IS THE WAY YOU WANT TO STRUCTURES IT.

THE WAY YOU HAVE DONE IT IN THE THE PAST.

>> AND I MADE THAT CLEAR EARLIER.

THAT HER VOTE WOULD BE RECORDED. SO, DO WE HAVE HER LISTED AS A

VOTE EARLIER, JAMES? >> WHICH BECAUSE I PUT HER DOWN

VOTING THE WAY RODNY WOULD VOTE. >> NO, WE MADE IT CLEAR, THAT AT THE TIME THAT SHE WAS ABSENT, SHE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND

VOICE HER VOTE. >> I MEAN YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR ME, COMMISSIONER, AS MUCH AS YOU WISH I WEREN'T HERE.

I'M AFRAID I WAS ELECTED TWICE AND DON'T GET TO VOTE FOR ME.

RIGHT SO, WE BOTH, OUR VOTES WEIGH THE SAME.

AND I HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS.

SO I WAS MAKING A MOTION FOR ALL OF THESE, BUT TO REALLOCATE THE FUNDING FOR ALL OF THESE. EXCEPT FOR THE VISITS TO SEXUALLY CHILDREN SEXUALLY ABUSED CHILDREN.

THE CUTTING OF THE EARLIER CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS, EARLIER, AND THE REDUCTION IN MONEY FOR BATTERED WOMEN.

SO, IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE REALLOCATIONS TO THE GENERAL FUND, THEY SHOULD VOTE YES.

I WOULD LIKE FOR IT ALL TO GO TO BUDGET.

I WOULD VOTE NO. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO AGREE WITH ME. THAT'S FINE.

I FEEL VERY, I COMMIT TO LETTING YOU GUYS VOTE.

>> YES, COMMISSIONER. >> I THINK COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> AGAIN, THERE ARE, WHEN WE VOTE ON INSTEAD OF VOTING ON EVERY, ONE OF THESE, HISTORICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IS

PULLED ONE OR TWO OUT. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.

>> AND VOTED WHAT I'M SAYING IS I SUPPORT THE REALLOCATION AS STATE I'D SHOULD BE RECORDED AS A YES, ON ALL OF THESE.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE. YES, ON ALL OF THESE.

>> YES, SO COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> MY RECORDED VOTE.

>> DO I HAVE A SECOND. I MADE ANY MOTION ALREADY BEFORE. DO I NEED A SECOND AGAIN? OR DOES COMMISSIONER ELLIS SECOND?

>> I SECONDED IT BEFORE. SO WE'RE FINE.

SO ALL IN FAVOR WE'RE DOING WHAT YOU'VE SAID.

WE'RE SMART PEOPLE. IT IS NOT COMPLICATED.

>> COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. >> DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE VOTING FOR ALL OF THEM, BUT THE ONES THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.

AND YOU ARE VOTING YES, TO REALLOCATE ALL OF THEM, BUT THE ONES I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. AND PRESUMABLY ONCE THOSE THREE I'M CONCERN BESIDE YOU WILL VOTE YES, AND I WILL VOTE NOS.

SO RIGHT NOW I'VE MADE THE COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER ELLIS.

>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, JUDGE THIS IS A MOTION FOR ALL OF THE ITEMS

EXCEPT FOR THE LED ABAITMENT. >> NO.

EXCEPT FOR, EXCEPT FOR ELQN THAT CHECK IN CONDUCTED BY CHILDREN AT RISK. ON SEXUALLY ASSAULTED CHILDREN.

AND THEN, EARLY REACH, JUDGE, CAN YOU PLEASE REFER TO THEM

UNDER THE RCA. >> IT JUST SAYS EARLY REACH.

MY TABLE SAYS, THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM.

>> YES, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT?

>> WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW IT IS CALLED FOR THE KIDS WITH THE SEXUAL ASSAULT. THAT ONE IS CALLED ELQN.

THAT'S WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN HERE. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO CALL IT?

>> ANSWERING THAT, CAN I ASK A LEGAL QUESTION, PLEASE.

IF THIS MOTION BY MOTION, IF IT FAILS, THEN WE CAN JUST REURGE THE MOTIONS AS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED AND JUST VOTE FOR CLARITY SO, THAT THE RECORD IS CLEAR.

>> SURE, YOU CAN. I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE, THIS WAS GOING TO BE ON THE WAY WE NORMALLY DO FOR EXAMPLE TRAVEL AND TRAINING. WE VOTE ON THE ONES THAT, AND JUST IN ORDER FOR HER TO RECORD A NO VOTE.

>> IF SHE WANTS TO RECORD A NO VOTE.

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THESE WERE PROGRAMS THAT CANNOT MEET THE SPENDING DEADLINE AND THE MONEY WILL BE LOST E VIRUSUS REPURPOSING IT PROACTIVELY TO PUT IT TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF HARRIS COUNTY.

SO IT DOESN'T TO QUOTE UNQUOTE SAVE IS IT LOSE IT BECAUSE THEY ARE IDENTIFIED AS NOT ABLE TO BE COMPLETED SO LET'S BE SUPERCLEAR I WOULD RATHER BE CLEAR AND JUST VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTIONS TO

MAKE IT STRAIGHTFORWARD. >> UNDERSTOOD.

YOU CAN DO IT EITHER WAY YOU WANT TO DO IT TAKE IT THE WAY WE DO TRAVEL OR TRAINING OR AS YOU SUCCESSFUL GOALINGED.

IT IS YOUR CHOICE. >> SO, IF I MIGHT.

I'VE BEEN REAL QUIET. IF WE VOTE THE WAY THE JUDGE IS TROYING TO HAVE A VOTE. WE CAN LET HER RECORD HER VOTE.

WHEN WE GO BACK AND VOTE ARE WE AT RISK OF LOSING ANY OF THIS MONEY. I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE TO LOSE ANY MONEY. SO I THINK WE GET THERE, BUT WE

CAN MOVE ON. >> SO DO THE TEXAS TWO-STEP

COMMISSIONER. >> I SEE THE CONFUSION WE HAVE WITH JAMES. THE TABLE HE HAS NOWHERE ON THE TABLE DOES IT SAY ELQN. SO WHAT, WHERE IS THAT ONE ON

HIS TABLE? >> THAT WAS NOT, WHEN THE STEERING COMMITTEE CAME TO THEIR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS ELQN WAS

NOT ON THERE. >> I'M ONLY OPPOSED TO TWO.

THAT WAS THE CONFUSION. LET'S THEN, MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THESE REALLOCATIONS, EXCEPT FOR THE REALLOCATION CALLED EARLY REACH, WHICH WOULD END EARLY, CHILDREN, BABIES EDUCATION EARLY. AND, THE ONE CALLED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORTS, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE MONEY GOING TO WOMEN, WHO HAVE BEEN BEATEN. ALL IN FAVOR OF ALL OF THESE

OTHER ONES? >> I SECOND THAT.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE SAME PLACE EVERYONE IS

TRYING TO GET. >> WE ARE.

WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ALWAYS DO. >> LOOK.

I'M NOT MAKING THE MOTION. I'M ACTUALLY OPPOSED I THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE THROUGH THE BUDGET, COMMISSIONER ELLIS I'M WITH YOU. I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE DONE

TODAY. >> THAT WOULD GET THE WORK.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION YOU JUST STATED TO GET-GOING.

>> COMMISSIONER ELLIS MAKES THE MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF BUT

THOSE TWO. >> ALL BUT TWO?

IS THAT WHAT THE MOTION IS? >> YES.

>> YES. >> SO COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, CAN I

PUT YOU DOWN AS A SECOND? >> SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE.

>> AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SO GARCIA AND BRUNIS ARE YOU IN FAVOR?

>> PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, I THINK. >> THEY'RE NOT.

>> THE THING IT IS HIGHLY CONTRADICTORY.

IF YOU WERE TO CARVE OUT THE $3.8 MILLION, SO IT IS NOT TO REALLOCATE IT. BUT THEN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE KNOW THE $3.8 WE'RE REALLY ALLOCATING BECAUSE THE GRANT TEE COULD NOT DO THE WORK. IT IS CONTRADICT ARERY AND DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. I'M VOTE NO, BECAUSE I WANT TO VOTE ON CLEAR, SENSIBLE MOTIONS TO REALLOCATE THE MONEY NOT USED PER THE COUNTLESS HOURS OF ANALYSIS BY THE ARPA STEERING COMMITTEE AND I AM PREPARED TO VOTE AS BEFORE WITH REGARD TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BECAUSE THAT WE CAN PUT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY WITH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL, WHICH WORKS WITH OVER 15 MON PROFITS AND KEEP DOING THAT WORK, BECAUSE THE INITIAL GRANT TEE COULD NOT.

IN SUM, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE THE WAY SHE'S DOING IT.

I'M SORRY, IT IS NOT LIKE TRAVEL AND TRAINING IT IS NOT THAT

STRAIGHTFORWARD. >> I JUST DON'T KNOW WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE COMMISSIONER. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING BUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND CHILDCARE.

>> THE MOTION. >> THE ARPA MONEY IS MOVING TO THE GENERAL FUND. WE DON'T WANT TO REALLOCATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE ARPA GRANT TEE COULD NOT USE THE MONEY. SO WE WILL LOSE IT.

WE'RE MAKING A MOTION. >> SEE, WE CAN BE SMARTER THAN THAT. BECAUSE MY MOTION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WOULD TO BE ALLOCATE ALL OF THE $3.9 MILLION.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD ONLY KEEP $900,000 ONE YEAR AND $900,000 THE WHOLE YEAR. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD KEEP $3.8

MILLION IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. >> SO JUDGE THERE WAS A VOTE.

IT IS 3-2, IS THAT CORRECT? PASSES 3-2 IS THERE A MOTION.

>> TO APPROVE EVERYTHING BUT THOSE TWO.

>> IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE OTHER TWO ITEMS?

>> YES, PLEASE. >> I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THEM SEPARATELY, BECAUSE I HAVE A MOTION.

OKAY, FINE. >> COULD YOU READ OUT THE TWO?

>> SO THE FIRST, SO THE FIRST ITEM IS EARLY REACH ON MY TABLE AND JAMES' TABLE. SO IT IS THE MOTION TO TAKE OUT MONEY THAT THEY WILL SPEND TO HAVE THE CHILDCARE PROGRAMS END

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>> THAT'S TOO AMBIGUOUS OF A MOTION.

>> TO END THE PROGRAMS EARLY. >> MOTION DIES FOR LACK OF

SECOND. >> AND THEN, THERE IS, IS THERE A MOTION TO TAKE THE $3.8 MILLION FROM HAWK, AND ONLY REALLOCATE $900 MILLION THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? $900,000.

THAT MEANS THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

>> THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL MOTION MADE.

I WILL SECOND THAT. CORRECT, JAMES THAT WAS THE

ORIGINAL MOTION? >> I'M UNCLEAR WHAT THIS MOTION

IS AT THIS MOMENT. >> SO AM I.

JUDGE, JUST SO I'M CLEAR IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION OR THE, WHAT THE ARPA STEERING COMMITTEE AND OCA PRESENTED ARE LISTS.

YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED ALL, BUT TWO THAT YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF.

>> CORRECT. >> SO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THOSE

TWO. >> RIGHT.

>> WE DID. >> WE DID, RIGHT.

SO THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NO SECOND TO THE MOTION FOR THE FIRST ONE FINE.

FOR THE SECOND ONE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS A MOTION.

I BELIEVE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MADE THE MOTION, IF YOU DON'T

MIND SAYING IT AGAIN. >> IF I CAN READ THE MOTION, AS IT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER. THE MOTION IS TO DIRECT OMB TO INCLUDE IN THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSISTANCE FUND BY $900,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, AND AN ADDITIONAL $900,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028, USING UP TO $1.8 MILLION IN THE

REALLOCATED FUNDS. >> I WILL SECOND THAT.

>> THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL MOTION. >> OKAY.

SO, I HAVE, I HAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT VOICE ON THE PHONE.

IT IS ALICIA NEWSY WITH THE COORDINATING COUNCIL.

MY QUESTION IS CAN YOU USE ALL $3.8 MILLION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FUNDING OR ONLY CAPABLE OF USING $900,000 THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, FULL STOP. SO $2 MILLION DIVIDED OVER TWO YEARS? IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU WILL GIVEAWAY $1.8 MILLION IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FUNDING TO OTHER PROGRAMS? I'VE GOT YOU ON SPEAKER HERE AT COURT. MISS NEWSY.

>> JAY, I THINK WE'RE WAY OUT-OF-BOUNDS.

>> WELL, SHE. >> JUDGE, THERE'S A MOTION AND A

SECOND ON THIS ITEM. >> AND THE DISCUSSION IS THAT

ALICIA NEWSY CAN YOU HEAR ME. >> YES, I CAN.

SHE HAS BEEN ASKED WHETHER SHE COULD USE $3.8 MILLION IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FUNDING TOWARDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE KEPT AT $2 MILLION.

IN OTHER WORDS IS THERE A REASON YOU WANT ONLY NINE00,000 THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR AND SURRENDER THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE $3.8 MILLION THIS YEAR AND POSSIBLY FUTURE YEARS.

IS THERE NOT ENOUGH NEED? IS THERE NOT ENOUGH CAPACITY?

>> I THINK THERE IS JUDGE, FIRST WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY KIND OF ALLOCATION, WHATSOEVER. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS A LARGE SUM OF MONEY. OUR SYSTEM, OUR DV SYSTEM, IN GENERAL IS VERY MUCH IN NEED FOR WHATEVER CAN BE ALLOCATED TO THE SYSTEM OVERALL. AND TO OUR PROVIDERS AND OBVIOUSLY TO SURVIVORS. SO YOUR QUESTION OF THE $3.8, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN INSURE THAT WE BUILD PARTNERSHIPS AND USE. WE WILL DEFINITELY DO OUR BEST TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, FOR SURE. IT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.

FOR MANY OF OUR, FOR MANY OF OUR PARTNERS AND IN THE SYSTEM OF

LAW. >> THANK YOU.

OKAY WE'RE JUST MAKING A MOTION WHETHER TO KEEP THE $3 SPOKEN 8 MILLION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECTS OR ONLY KEEP $2 MILLION SPREAD ACROSS TWO FISCAL YEARS I DIB WANT TO FIGHT FOR THE $3.8 IF I WAS GOING TO HEAR FROM THE LEADERS IN THE FIELD.

YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE $3.8.

WE DON'T HAVE THE NEED OR CAPACITY.

>> JAY, ARE SPEAKERS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE VIDEO?

>> NO, UNLESS SHE'S NOT EMPLOYEE, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON. IT CAN BE A CALL IN.

BUT THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW THAT MADE BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND SECOND BY BRYANIS ON THE $900,000

ALLOCATION. >> ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE CUTTING MONEY THAT THESE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORGANIZATIONS CAN USE SOME THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

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>> AYE. >> AYE.

AYE. >> SO THE MOTION THAT WILL BE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES IS THE MOTION THAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA READ, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FINISH VOTING ON THAT POINTS OF ORDER.

THEN SUBSEQUENT MOTIONS CAN BE TAKEN, CORRECT.

BY THE WAY ALICIA NEWSY AND BARBIE, THANK YOU AND TALIYAH MORRIS AND TEAM. I KNOW THEY TALKED EXTENSIVELY WITH MY TEAM AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ARPA STEERING COMMITTEE.

THEY COMMITTED TO US FOR THE CAPACITY SUPPORT GRANT THAT, THE $1 SPOKEN 2, TO $1.9 IS WHAT THEY COULD CONFIDENTLY EXECUTE

ON. >> WE JUST HEARD FROM THE WOMAN HERSELF, I'M SORRY. PLEASE VOTE ON REDUCING THE

FUND. >> WE ALREADY DID.

THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO IN FAVOR. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY ARESY ARE

YOU IN FAVOR? >> OKAY I AM OPPOSED TO REDUCING DOMESTIC FUNDING COMMISSIONER ELLIS?

>> I WILL VOTE NO. BECAUSE I PREFER WE DO IT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE SHOULD NOT LOOK AT $127 MILLION SHORTFALL I PREFER, AS I SAID EARLIER I DIDN'T VOTE THAT WAY. JUST DO IT IN THE BUDGET

PROCESS, I VOTE NO. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE AMMUNITION GUYS. ALL RIGHT LET'S THAT.

LET'S GO ON THE NEXT ITEM. >> WE STILL NEED TO DO THE TWO

ITEMS REMOVED. >> WE JUST DID THAT.

>> NO, WE DID NOT DO THE TWO. YOU DID THE MOTION TO REALLOCATE, YOU. THE TWO REMAINING.

>> THE MOTION TO DEFINE THE TWO. >> EARLY REACH.

>> YOU'VE ALLOCATED THE $900,000.

YOU HAVE PASSED ON. YOU'VE DONE IT FOR THE THREE OR FOUR OF THE ITEMS YOU VOTED YES. THIS IS THE ONES THAT REMAIN.

>> DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. >> TO REALLOCATE.

SECOND. >> I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE JUST

VOTED? >> WHAT DID WE VOTE ON? WE VOTED ON REALLOCATING TO THE GENERAL FUND IT WAS NO ON ONE AND YES, ON THE OTHER. IF IT WAS NOT THAT, THEN WHAT

WERE WE VOTING ON ADMINISTER? >> IT IS NOT THIS HARD.

>> THE ONE YOU WENT THREE IS ALL OF THEM AND REMOVED TWO.

>> NOW THE NEXT ONE WAS A MOTION.

>> NO, NO IF YOU GO BACK TO JAMES WE DID ALL OF THEM AND REMOVED TWO. ONE WAS EARLY REACH.

ONE WAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORTS.

WE GOT TO EARLY REACH. WE TOOK A VOTE ON THAT

DID WE NOT? >> SO THE THE FIRST VOTE IS ALL OF THEM, EXCEPT FOR EARLY REACH AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

>> WE TOOK ANOTHER VOTE, AND ANOTHER VOTE.

WE HAVE THREE VOTES. >> THE EARLY, THE EARLY REACH

DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. >> AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORTS? >> THE NEXT MOTION I HAVE IS COMMISSIONER GARCIA MAKING HIS MOTION, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRYANIS AND IT PASSED 3-2 WITH US, GUYS, I KNOW COMMISSIONER I KNOW, YOU WENT TO STANFORD. BUT COME ON.

>> NOT LIKE THAT. I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THIS

ITEM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MISS BRASHER AND NEWSY FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING BATON AND EXECUTE ONLY THIS INVESTMENT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THOSE BEING VICTIMIZED THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A FEW MORE ITEMS TO VOTE

ON. >> YES.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

>> JUDGE, 229 IS THE NEXT ITEM. >> ALL RIGHT, 229.

SO 229 IS COMPETITIVE BID FOR VIGILANT SOLUTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION ON 229? WHO PULLED THAT ONE?

>> I DID COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WAS AGAINST IT.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE TO EXPLORE IT.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> SECOND.

>> SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED THE SAME THING I WILL ABSTAIN.

THE MOTION CARRIES, 4-0. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN SO HE SAID 4-1. WHAT IS THE FINAL VOTE?

>> THE FINAL WILL BE 4 YES,S, ZERO NO, ONE ABSTENTION.

>> OKAY, GOT IT. 234.

>> 234. >> ALRIGHT, 234.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA MAKES A MOTION.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. ALL IN FAVOR.

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED?

>> I AM ABSTAIN FOR THE SAME REASONS.

MOTION CARRIES, 4-0,-1. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, 259. OKAY, 284.

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THAT IS FLAGGED BY PRECINCT 2. >> OKAY THIS ITEM REPRESENTS ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP IN BUILDING OUT THE CAPACITY AT ACCESS TO HEALTH PROGRAM IN PRECINCT 2 AS A HUB FOR COMMUNITY-BASED CARE AND SUPPORT AT THE NEWLY LAUNCHED CHANNEL POD COMPLEX. GUST AFTERRA PEARL WOMEN OUTREACH WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON SURVIVORSHIP. THESE ARE CRITICAL SERVICES THAT CAN HAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. BY GREATING INTO THE WELLNESS POD COMPLEX. WE CREATING A STRONGER CONT UM OF CARE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS SUPPORT AND A TRUSTED AND COMMUNITY-BASE BASED SETTING AND BE CONNECTED TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WHEN NEEDED THIS PARTNERSHIP ALSO COMPLIMENTS THE DEPLOYMENT OF HEART, FROM THE CHANNEL VIEW CAMPUS.

THE COLLOCATION OF THESE SERVICES CREATES A NATURAL REFERRAL PATHWAY. INSURING INDIVIDUALS, WHO COME INTO CONTACT WITH HEART, CAN BE CHECKED WITH SPECIALIZED SUPPORT, WHILE CLIENTS RECEIVING SERVICES THROUGH GUSTAFFA PEARL CAN BE LINKED TO OTHER COUNTY ROW SOURCES AS APPROPRIATE OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE BUILDING A MODEL THAT BRINGS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE.

MAKING CARE MORE ACCESSIBLE BETTER COORDINATED FOR THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AND ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO DIRECTOR BARTON AND THE ENTIRE HARRIS PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM.

AS THIS VENDOR WAS A PREVIOUS PARTNANT THEIR CAPACITY STRENGTHENING PROGRAM. THIS ITEM MAKES IT EVIDENT THAT WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE INVESTED THE RETURN IS GREATER FOR ALL.

I MOVE ON THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BROWNIS ALL IN FAVOR?

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> NO.

MOTION CARRIES, 4-1 IN FAVOR. CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 330. HAVE WE GONE THROUGH THAT ONE ALREADY? PRECINCT 4 ASKED FOR US TO WAIT FOR HER. APRIL 16 DIRECT US TO REDUCE STRENGTHEN SUPPORT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROVIDERS FOR FAMILIES

IN HARRIS COUNTY. >> SO THAT ONE, COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS THE 330 AND 344. DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST.

>> SURE. THANK YOU.

THIS IS ITEM FOLLOWS UP ON THE APRIL 16 ACTION THIS COURT TOOK TO STRENGTHEN THE HARRIS COUNTY EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM.

WE NOW HAVE INITIAL REPORTS BACK ON CHILDCARE PROVIDER NAVIGATION, FAMILY OUTREACH AND PROVIDER BUSINESS SUPPORT.

THE REPORT SHOWS THE SAME, BASIC ISSUE FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES HARRIS COUNTY HAS RESOURCES BUT FAMILY AND PROVIDERS STILL HAVE TO NAVIGATE TOO MANY DISCONNECTED SYSTEMS. ON THE PROVIDER SIDE, THE PROCESS MAP GIVES US A PRACTICE TOOL TO HELP CHILDCARE PROVIDERS UNDERSTAND CHILDHOOD COUNTY COMMITTING. INSPECTIONS AND COMMON DELAYS.

ON FAMILY OUTREACH OCA IDENTIFIED CLEAR NEXT STEPS A CENTRALIZED EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE HUB.

BER USE OF 211, AND 311 EMPLOYEE THOSE SERVICES.

AS WELL AS EMPLOYEE OUTREACH THROUGH HR IT, AND A STANDING INTERNAL COORDINATION WORK GROUP ON PROVIDER SUPPORT DEO HAS OWLED A BUSINESS ACCELERATOR MODEL AND STAY OPEN.

MY ASK THAT WE KEEP MOVING ON THE NEXT STEPS I HAVE THE FOLLOWING MOTIONS TO KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OCA AND DEO FOR THEIR COLLABORATION AND THEIR INSIGHT TO HELP THIS PROGRAM MOVE FORWARD.

ESPECIALLY ON THE BUSINESS ACCELERATOR SIDE.

I ALSO WANT TO THINK COMMISSIONER FOR THE WORK BEING DONE EVERYONE IS SPENDING MANY HOURS TO COME ONE THESE VIABLE SOLUTIONS TO HELP US REALLY MOVE FORWARD AND BRING THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY IN A VERY STRUCTURED, PLANNED STUDIED AND PROGRAM MATIC WAY TO HAVE MAXIMUM IMPACT AND MAXIMUM SUCCESS.

SO MY FIRST MOTION IS TO DIRECT DEO TO WORK WITH PRECINCTS 2 AND 4 TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE U OF H, URE TO IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES AND COMPONENTS TO A CHILDHOOD BUSINESS ACCESSRATOR WITH PROVIDING QUARTERLY UPDATES WITH THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION BY DECEMBER 17. THANK YOU AGAIN.

THAT'S MY FIRST MOTION. COORDINATE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS

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AND ON THIS LET ME JUST ADD THIS ADMINISTER.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE MAKE IN RELATIVE DEPARTMENTS IT IS NEVER EXPRESSED THAT PURCHASING BEING THOUGHT OF AS WE SAY ALL RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS THAT PURCHASING ALWAYS BE INCLUDED BASED ON CONVERSATION WITH MISS WILLIAMS IT IS A CRITICAL CONVERSATION WE HAVE I WANT TO SAY THAT THOSE ARE MY TWO MOTIONS TO HELP US MOVE FORWARD.

I SECOND YOUR MOTIONS AND HAVE TWO, ADDITIONAL ONES TO ADD.

THANK YOU, AGAIN. FIRST OF ALL COMMISSIONER YOU ASK YOUR TEAM ARE PHENOMENAL TO WORK WITH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. I THINK ALL OF THE COURT MEMBERS, AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL IN UNANIMOUSLY WE HAVE BY PART SALJU SAN SUPPORT FOR A PACKAGE OF ITEMS AIMED AT REDUCING BARRIERS FOR FAMILY AND PROVIDESSERS.

BY FINDING WAYS TO ALREADY USE AS WE HE LOCAL PROGRESS AS WE PREPARE FOR THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO WE LAUNCHED THE HARRIS COALITION WITH PUBLIC-PRIVATE AND PHILANTHROPIC AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN JANUARY.

THEY HAVE BEEN REGULARLY AND MAKING MARKED PROGRESS IN IDENTIFYING ACTIONS. SPECIFICALLY IN APRIL WITH THE COURT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED I'M SO THANKFUL TO ADMINISTRATOR CARTER A PHENOMENAL QUARTERBACK WORKING AND COORDINATING WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS REALLY LOOKING FOR CHALLENGES IN THE PERMITTING AND INSPECTION PROCESS.

WE HAVE SO MANY ENTRY POINTS FOR FAMILY AND PROVIDERS HOW CAN WE HARNESS TO PROVIDE CLEAR, CONCISE INFORMATION TO NAVIGATE CURRENT RESOURCES? AS WELL AS PRECINCT 2, AND PRECINCT 4, WE'RE USING OUR OWN DOLLARS.

WE ALREADY DO BUSINESS ACCELERATORS.

NOW PARTSNERRING WITH U OF H WE WILL DO BUSINESS ACCELERATORS FOCUSED ON ON THE PROVIDERS AND WORKING IGA AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HARRIS COUNTY PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A BIPARTISAN PATHWAY AND ASKS FOR THIS STATE. SO, I HAVE A FEW, QUICK QUESTIONS. SO I'LL READ MY MOTIONS AND THEN I WILL ASK ADMINISTER CARTER SOME QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME REALLY EXCITING PROGRESS. AGAIN I APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE KNOW THERE'S OVER 90,000 KIDS IN TEXAS ON THE WAITING LIST WE NEED TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE AND HIGH QUALE.

WE'RE TAKING LOCAL SOLUTIONS, AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK UP THE PLAN.

SO MY MOTIONS TO COMPLIMENT THE TWO THAT I SECOND OF COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS MOVE THAT OCA FINALIZE AND POST THE OCA DRAFTED PROVIDER GUIDE THAT EXPLAINS COUNTY PERMITTING.

FIRE REVIEW INSPECTIONS AND COMMON DELAYS SO IT IS CLEAR WHEN NAVIGATING THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

AND TWO, MOVE THAT OCA COORDINATE COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO BETTER CONNECT FAMILIES WITH AVAILABLABLE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE RESOURCES USING EXISTING COUNTY

TOUCH POINTS. >> SECOND.

AND SO ADMINISTER CARTER COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE INITIAL FINDINGS YOU HAVE WORKED ON IN COORDINATION WITH

ALL OF OUR FABULOUS DEPARTMENTS? >> SURE, THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE COURT FOR YOUR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT AND DEPARTMENTS TOOK THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. ON THE ENTRY POINTS TO POTENTIALLY NEW OR EXPANDING CHILDCARE PERMITTING I WANT TO THANK ENGINEERING AND FIRE MARSHAL OFFICE, CHIEF CHRISTENSEN AND PUBLIC HEALTH, FOR REALLY DEVELOPING A TEMPLATE TO LEAD TO YOUR GUIDEBOOK. THERE ARE VARIOUS LICENSING FEES RANGING FROM $300 TO, $800. WE WILL HAVE THAT LISTED OUT IN KIND OF A JOB-AID FORMAT WITH VISUALS TO HELP THOSE SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR CAPACITY.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO A SURVEY. WE HAD 16 DEPARTMENTS THAT RESPONDED, RANGING FROM, OF COURSE, THE FIRE MARSHAL.

VETERAN SERVICES AND OF COURSE OUR GREAT LIBRARY, OUR SHERIFF, PUBLIC HEALTH. YOU THINGS YOU WOULDN'T THINK OF AND PRE-TRIAL COMMUNITY SERVICE THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAY HAVE AMONG CHILDREN. WE TOUCH OVER 300,000 NOT TOUCH THEM, BUT HAVE INTERACTIONS WITH THOSE FAMILIES WITH OVER 300,000 CHILDREN ZERO TO FIVE. WHETHER IT IS ACTUALLY COMING INTO THE LIBRARY, OR ENGAGING WITH THEIR PARENTS.

BUT THEY SPOKE A LOT OF THE SILOS.

SO, I THINK THIS EFFORTS, WHICH YOU ALL UNDERSTAND WILL HELP US

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YOU HAVE A LONG REPORT SOME MAY READ AND CAN SHARE WITH STAKEHOLDERS IDEAS ANDDITION TO THE MOTIONS INCLUDE REPOSITORY, A WEBSITE TO INSURE WE'RE CATALOGUING AREAS THAT FAMILIES CAN ACCESS OF COUNTY PROGRAMS. OF COURSE, A QUARTERLY MEETING, TO MAKE SURE AND CREATE A SPACE OPTIONAL.

COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, BUT WANT TO GET OUR DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER.

AND SOME HAVE ALREADY STARTED. WHAT THEY PUT IN THE PACKETS, HOW THEY COMMUNITY. JUST THAT SPARK THAT YOU ALL GAVE. THEY ALREADY STARTED TO EXECUTE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEAD SHERI ADMINISTER CARTER AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS HARNESSING CURRENT RESOURCES TO MAKE IT EASIER, CLEARER AND HELP NAVIGATE.

THANK YOU. AS SUCH I SECOND COMMISSIONER GARCIA. THANK YOU FOR SECONDING MINE.

>> OKAY, SO DO YOU GUYS WANT TO VOTE FOR THEM ALL AT THE SAME

TIME? >> YES.

>> OKAY SINCE YOU GUYS, WHO WOULD YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE MADE ALL OF THE MOTIONS? AND THE SECOND? IN THAT CASE, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THEM SEPARATELY.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IT? >> WOULD YOU LIKE US TO REREAD

THEM? >> OKAY.

COMMISSIONER WOULD YOU LIKE TO TO GO PLEASE.

>> MY TWO MOTIONS ARE, DIRECT THE EO TO WORK WITH PRECINCT 2 AND 4 TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE U OF H AND SURE AND SURE PLUS PILOT PROGRAMS TO IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES AND COMPONENTS TO INFORM A COUNTY-LED CHILDCARE BUSINESS ACCELERATOR. DEO PROVIDING QUARTERLY UPDATES WITH OC, AND COURT OFFICES WITH A DRAFT RECOMMENDATION TO COMMISSIONERS COURT BY DECEMBER 17. THAT'S THE FIRST MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> THE SECOND MOTION IS, MOVE THAT OCA COORDINATE ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTSES AND TRANSMIT A STATUS UPDATE TO COURT BY SEPTEMBER 17.

>> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT SO, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON THOSE TWO. ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS EARLY CHILDHOOD PROPOSAL IS INNOCUOUS, IF REPETITIVE ADDITION TO HARRIS COUNTY EARLY EDUCATION WORK IT DOES NO HARM BUT PROPOSES INITIATIVES THAT ALREADY EXIST AND DOES NOT ALLOCATE ANY SIGNIFICANT FUNDING TO CONTINUE THOSE INITIATIVES. TO BE CLEAR, THE PROPOSAL LAST AUGUST WAS TO LET THE PUBLIC DECIDE, UP OR DOWN, WHETHER THEY, THE PUBLIC WOULD SUPPORT A PENNY TAX TO CONTINUE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS. I HAVE RECORDS HERE FROM TALKING TRANSITION IN 2019. THE PARTNERS WE WORKED WITH BACK EIGHT YEARS AGO, SO YOU KNOW WE ALREADY DID THAT.

HAVE BEEN DOING THAT HAVE SPENT MONEY ON THAT IN FACT WE'RE AT A DEFICIT. I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO REPEAT WORK WE HAVE ALREADY DONE.

WE HAVE CATHOLIC CHARITY CLASSIC CENTER FOR UNIT URBANISM AND HOUSTON, GOOD GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FIRST THREE YEARS TEXTS ANYWAY, WHAT YOU HAVE AND MORE. WE DID THAT IN 2019.

SO CREATED EARLY CHILDHOOD BUSINESS EARLY OUTREACH INCLUDE ACQUELLEN DEVELOPMENT FOR PROVIDERS AND CONDUCT, REVIEW AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAM LINE REQUIREMENTS AND REDUCE DELAYS AND POTENTIALLY LOWER COST.

THE COALITION ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE LEAVES OUT RESPECTIVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INTERESTED IN LEADING SIMILAR EFFORTS THEN BETTER CONNECT FAMILIES WITH CHILDCARE BY IDENTIFYING GAPS IN OUTREACH IN AWARENESS OF CHILDCARE.

THE FACT IS HARRIS COUNTY OUTREACH PROGRAM IDENTIFIED GAPS AND DEVELOPED A PLAN YEARS AGO IT DIRECTLY CONNECTS FAMILIES TO CARE BY OFFERING ADDITIONAL CHILDCARE SLOTS TO THE COMMUNITY. EARLY LEARNING QUALITY NETWORK DOES THAT TOO. NUMBER FOUR, CREATE A PLAN TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE LEVEL I'LL DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUE AT THE LEGISLATURE FOR DECADES. BUT STATE CURRENTLY DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY REPRESENTATIVE FROM HARRIS COUNTY ON THE GOVERNOR TAX FORCE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE.

ANY INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN MIN MULL WITH ONLY $100 MILLION TO THE WHOLE STATE. THAT'S WHY YEARS THE AGO THE COURT DECIDED TO ALLOCATE $150 MILLION TO EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM WITH THE TAKING THE PROPOSAL TO THE VOTERS WE HAVE BEEN WAITING ON COLLEAGUES TO THE STATE WOULD GIVE US MONEY AND HARRIS COUNTY 16 ZIP CODES ARE CONSIDERED DESERTS AND THREE TIMES GATER THAN THE SUPPLY OF WORKING FAMILIES ACCORDING TO THE 2023 FOR AIRLINELY EDUCATION RESEARCH I WILL SUPPORT THIS.

FRANKLY I THINK IT IS NOT A GOOD USE OF RESOURCES AND WE SHOULD

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AND LETTING PEOPLE DECIDE WHETHER A PENNY IS TOO MUCH FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE.

ANYWAY COMMISSIONER ELLIS HOW DO YOU VOTE?

>> YES. >> OKAY I'M IN FAVOR. SO MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY I

GUESS WE HAVE TWO MORE MOTIONS. >> WE HAVE TWO MORE MOTIONS.

MOTION THAT OCA FINALLYIZE AND POST THE OCA DRAFTED SIMPLE PROVIDER GUIDE. THAT EXPLAINS COUNTY PERMITTING FIRE REVIEW INSPECTIONS AND COMMON DELAYS.

>> THE FOURTH AND FINAL MOTION MOVE THAT OCA COORDINATE COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO BETTER CONNECT TO FAMILIES WITH AVAILABLE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CARE RESOURCES. USING EXISTING COUNTY TOUCH

POINTS. >> SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT. TWO MOTIONS BY COMMISSIONER

BRYANES ALL IN FAVOR. >> ANY IN FAVOR IN OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT LET'S MOVE ON TO 332.

MY COMMENTS ON THE FIRST AND THE SECOND ONE TOO.

>> TAKE WE'RE TAKING AN IMPORTANT STOP BRING MORE INVESTMENT AND RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES BY ENTERING INTO FOUR, NEW AGREEMENT WAS THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO PARTICIPATE.

>> TO REGROWTH AND REINVEST BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY'RE GENERATED FOR RESIDENTS MEANS IMPROVEMENTS THEY CAN SEE AND USE EVERY DAY. BETTER ROADS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, PARKS, AND OTHER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS SAFER AND MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES.

THESE AGREEMENTS ALSO HELP ATTRACT PRIVATE INVESTMENT, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES CREATE JOBS.

WHILE INSURING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS KEEP PACE WITH GROWTH. BY WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WE CAN STRETCH TAXPAYER DOLLARS DURING AND DELIVER PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FAMILIES ACROSS PRECINCT 2. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OFFICE AND OMB FOR THE HARD WORK ON THESE AGREEMENTS AND OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR THEIR COMMITMENT IN MAKING STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS THAT WILL CREATE LASTING BENEFITS FOR RESIDENTS FOR YEARS TO COME.

I MOVE ON THESE ITEMS, AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND BRYAN NECESSARY ALL IN BRIONESS.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER.

NOW WE'RE MOVING TO 370 FLAGGED BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

AM I MAKING A MISTAKE HERE? >> IT IS 370.

JUST LOOKING AT THIS IS A TRANSMITTAL BY THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTER ON CHANGES IN PRE-TRIAL OUTCOMES UNDER REFORM AND PANDEMIC CONDITIONS. I THINK THERE'S BEEN RECENT INCIDENTS, INCLUDING THE REALED TO ANCHOR MONITORING.

AND JUST A COMMENT. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DEAL WITH IT TONIGHT. BUT CAN ADMINISTER IF YOU COULD GET AN UPDATE ON THAT WHOLE PROGRAM OF OUR ANKLE MONITORING PROGRAM. I KNOW THAT WE HAD FUNDING ISSUES BEFORE. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE, ON THE NUMBER OF ANKLE MONITORS OUT THERE.

ARE THEY BEING MONITORED? WHAT ARE THE ISSUE THERE'S?

>> I DON'T WANT TO PORTRAY SOMETHING TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING, WHEN IN FACT NO ONE IS MONITORING THOSE ISSUES. JUST TRANSMITTAL REMINDED ME THAT ISSUE IS OUT THERE. IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AND GIVE US A BIT OR JUST UPDATE ME AT SOME-POINT.

>> UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. >> IS THERE A MOTION ON THAT

ONE? >> TRANSMITTAL NOTE.

>> ALL RIGHT H08, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> YES, I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE UPCOMING STREET IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE BEAUMONT PLACE SUBDIVISION.

THIS PROJECT IS PART OF THE PRECINCT 2 BETTER STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING DRIVABILITY AND CREATING A SAFER DRIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

THROUGH THIS EFFORT, WE WILL REPAIR APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES OF THE DETERIORATED ROADWAY ACROSS 25 STREETS.

REPRESENTING A $5 SPOKEN 5 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. CONSTRUCTION IS SET TO BEGIN IN AUGUST AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN ONE YEAR.

SAFE, RELIABLE ROADS SHOULD BE A GIVEN IN EVERY COMMUNITY.

RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IMPASSABLE STREETS OR DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLES. JUST TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE REPAIR MOVE FORWARD AS

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IT IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE AND INSURE OUR COMMUNITIES CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD IN A POSITIVE MANNER.

I WANT TO THANK MY ENGINEERING TEAM, FAULTINO BYRON AND EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AS WELL.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO.

THIS ITEM WILL JUSTEP US DO EVEN MORE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS TRANSMITTAL.

NO ACTION. >> SO WE ACCEPT THE TRANSMITTAL.

>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO 415 BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> JUST A QUICK COMMENT. I NOTICE THIS ON THE AGENDA.

I'M NOT SURE WHY IT IS ON THE AGENDA.

BUT IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE HARRIS GALVESTON DISTRICT AT 10:00 AM ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE TEN, YESTERDAY.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASON FOR PUTTING A NOTICE THE DAY AFTER. IS THERE SOME LEGAL REASON WHY THEY SEND THAT TO THE COMMISSIONER COURT?

AND WE POSTIT ON OUR AGENDA? >> I'M NOT SURE.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.

>> JUST LOOK AT THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THEIR EXPECTATION, IN TERMS OF SATISFYING SOME RULE, IN

TERMS OF THEM HAVING TO POST IT. >> UNDERSTOOD, THANK YOU, SIR.

>> SO, NO ACTION ON THAT, CORRECT?

>> NO ACTION. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 421 FLAGGED BY COMMISSIONER

RAMSEY. >> JUST NEED TO VOTE.

>> SO MOVED. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONESS. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

ALL IN FAVOR AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? NO.

MOTION CARRIES, 4-1. >> 435, COMMISSION RAMSEY.

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>> WE JUST NEED TO EXTEND THE VOTE.

>> SO MOVED. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONESS AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? NO, THE MOTION CARRIES, 4-1, 449 COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

>> YES, ON THIS ITEM, YOU KNOW I HAVE SUPPORTED OUR CONSTABLES AND RESPECTIVE WORK. THAT SUPPORT WAS BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IN RETURN, WE WOULD PURSUE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND COST-SAVING MEASURES THAT WOULD BENEFIT HARRIS COUNTY TAXPAYERS. TWO, KEY AREAS WERE IDENTIFIED AS OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE THOSE EFFICIENCIES.

THE CONSOLIDATION OF PROPERTY ROOM OPERATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF DISPATCH SERVICES I WANT TO COMMEND THE CONSTABLES FOR THEIR WORK ON THE PROPERTY ROOM INITIATIVE.

MOST OFFICER ADVISE ALREADY ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND THE REMAINING OFFICES HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT GOAL.

I APPRECIATE, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION.

AND COMMITMENT SHOWN BY EVERYONE INVOLVED.

UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NOT ACHIEVED THE SAME PROGRESS WITH THE DISPATCH CONSOLIDATION INITIATIVE SIDE OF THINGS.

MANY OF THE CONSTABLE ADVISE TOURED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE STATE-OF-THE ART DISPATCH CENTER AND HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND, THE TECHNOLOGY, STAFF AND CAPABLE AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES IT PROVIDES AND CAN PROVIDE. THE FAST ANALYSIS WAS DESIGNED WITH THE CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL DISPATCH OPERATIONS AND HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT A CONSOLIDATED MODEL. GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT ALREADY MADE BY HARRIS TAXPAYERS I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DONT MAXIMIZE ITS USE, BEFORE INVESTING IN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC DOLLARS AND COUPE KATETIVE SERVICES AND SYSTEMS AND FACILITIES AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE ASKING TAX PAYERS TO SUPPORT CRITICAL COUNTY SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IT IS DIFFICULT TO JUST FUNDING A SEPARATE DISPATCH REQUEST WHEN A VIABLE EXISTING ALTERNATIVE IS ALREADY AVAILABLE.

SO FOR THOSE REASONS, WHILE I APPRECIATE THEIR WORK ON THIS, PARTICULAR ITEM, BECAUSE OF CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD.

I AM UNABLE TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.

>> IS THERE A MOTION FOR 449? >> YES, I WOULD MOVE AS PRESENTED I TOO, COMMISSIONER GARCIA I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR COORDINATED, CENTRALIZED EMERGENCY DISPATCH SYSTEM.

AND WE KNOW REALISTICALLY THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY SEVERAL YEARS OF CONTINUING WORKING GROUP TO GET THERE I REALLY HOPE EVERYONE COLLABORATION CONTINUES.

IN THE MEANTIME, SO CONSTABLE HERMAN IS ONE OF MY CONSTABLE PARTNERS. HIS OFFICE AND TEAM IS THE LARGEST CONSTABLE OFFICE IN THE COUNTRY.

AND THEY ANSWER OVER 600,000 CALLS, 9-1-1 CALLS DIRECTLY AND ROLLED OVER FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THIS WORK BASICALLY IT IS CONSTRUCTION WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED. AND SO THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME COMING TO COURT FOR CIP FUNDING TO THE DEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE

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DIRECTOR CONFIRM THAT. >> I CAN ONLY CONFIRM FOR WHILE

I HAVE BEEN HERE. >> SO, HE IS CONSTABLE HERMAN HAS ALREADY MADE INVESTMENTS THIS WORK IS ONGOING IT IS A VERY CRAMPED ROOM. BASICALLY THIS WOULD BREAKDOWN A WALL AND CREATE A LARGER SPACE SO, THEY CAN ANSWER MORE CALLS AND HOPEFULLY MORE ROLLOVER FROM THE SHERIFF.

I WILL SUPPORT IT AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THE VOTES.

I WILL MOVE ITEM 449, AS PRESENTED.

>> I'M GOING TO SECOND. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR GOING OUT TO THE SITE. SOMETIMES THESE 400 ITEMS WE DON'T REALLY GET TO PUT OUR EYES ON IT.

THANK YOU I'LL BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT IS.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIONESS.

SECOND BY RAMSEY. ALL IN FAVOR.

OPPOSE? I'M IN FAVOR THE MOTION CARRIES 4- 1. 481 COMMISSIONER GARCIA. THIS IS THE LGPQ COMMISSION.

YOU KNOW OUR OWN COMMISSION ON LG LGBTQ+ BROUGHT THIS THIS ITEM IN PARTICULAR. I WAS PROUD TO PUT IT ON THE COURT AGENDA. THEY BROUGHT IT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FEAR OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE USING PUBLIC RESTROOMS. THERE'S NO ONE THE FEAR HAS IMPACTED MORE THAN TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.

THE SIMPLE ACT OF USING A PUBLIC RESTROOM CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR A TRANSGENDER PERSON. OR AT THE VERY LEAST INDUCE EXTREME ANXIETY. A SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOM CAN RELIEVE THAT ANXIETY IT. ISN'T JUST A GOOD CHANGE FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. THESE RESTROOMS ARE GOOD FOR PARENTS OF SMALL CHILDREN. THEY ARE GOOD FOR PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES BY ADOPTING THIS TODAY, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A HARRIS COUNTY THAT WILL BE MORE WELCOMING TO ALL PEOPLE. SO, I'M EXCITED TO MOVE ON THIS ITEM. THIS ITEM MOTION IS TO DIRECT THE OFFICE OF COUNTY ENGINEERING TO INCLUDE IN THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE FACILITY DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS, A SPECIFICATION THAT ALL NEW HARRIS COUNTY FACILITY ALSO INCLUDE ONE, SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOM AND THAT IN FAMILY OUTREACHES WITH A PUBLIC-FACING ASPECT, THE SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOM WILL BE IN A PUBLIC AREA. AND, MOTION TO DIRECT THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER TO MAKE BEST EFFORTS TO INCLUDE THE ABOVE SPECIFICATION IN NEW CONSTRUCTION.

THAT IS DEVELOPED PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF THE NEXT UPDATE OF THE FAST ANALYSIS DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS.

>> SECOND. >> THOSE ARE MY TWO MOTIONS AND WANT TO THANK OUR COMMISSION FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK AND MY

COMMISSION, IN PARTICULAR. >> YES.

I PROUDLY SECOND IT COMMISSIONER.

I TOO THANK OUR LGBTQ+ COMMISSION.

WE WERE PROUD TO START THE FIRST HARRIS LGBTQ+ COMMISSION THREE YEARS AGO AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORWARD ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE HARRIS COUNTY A MORE FAIR, INCLUSIVE RESPECTFUL PLACE. NOT ONLY WILL THE SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOMS REMEMBER MINUTES OF OUR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY AND AS COMMISSIONER GARCIA SAID. IT WILL HELP, I KNOW AS A PARENT OF THREE, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE DIAPERS OR HAVING SOME INTERESTING MOMENTS WITH SICK KIDS, IT IS REALLY HELPFUL, CAREGIVERS EXISTING FAMILY MEMBERS.

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES I KNOW I'M HAVING TROUBLE SOMETIMES WITH THE WALKER. SO I JUST THINK AGAIN IT CONTINUES TO ADVANCE OUR COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS AND INCLUSION. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR COMMISSION. AND THANK YOU TO DR. ROMAN I SEE YOU HERE. YOU SEEM EXCITED IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? IF NOT WE'RE HAPPY TO VOTE.

>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. WE WILL IMPLEMENT AS DIRECTED.

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

>> DRUG USERS FOR YOUR WORK. >> SO WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIONESS, ALL IN

FAVOR ANY OPPOSED NO. >> MOTION CARRIES 4- 1 THANK YOU COLLEAGUES DR. ROMAN AND YOUR TEAM EVERYONE AND INVOLVED.

>> MOVING ON TO 484. COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> 482 WAS ALSO ON THE LIST. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS 482.

>> 482 IS OVER THE PAST, SEVERAL MONTHS I RECEIVED NUMEROUS CONCERNS FROM TOWING OPERATEOS, REGARDING HARRIS COUNTY NON-CONSENT TOWING FEES. UPON REVIEW I LEARNED THESE FEES HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED IN APPROXIMATELY 16 YEARS.

DURING THAT TIME, THE TOWING INDUSTRY HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES IN OPERATING COSTS, INCLUDING FUEL PRICES, EQUIPMENT EXPENSES AND INSURANCE COSTS, AND LABOR, AND BROADER INFLATIONARY PRESSURES. WHILE COMMISSIONER COURT RECENT LIVED A COUNTY WIDE FEE REVIEW POLICY IN FEBRUARY.

NONCONTENT TOWING FEES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS,

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>> WE CAN COME BACK WITH THE POLICY.

IT WILL TAKE US A LITTLE BIT TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK OF UPDATE COMING WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS IN PARTICULAR, MY STAFF FROM HSO HAS ALREADY COORDINATED AND READY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT MUCH FASTER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER

ONES. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND MY TEAM ROBERTO VILLA FRANKA IN PARTICULAR, FOR CATCHING THIS AND I WANT TO THANK THE TOWING INDUSTRY.

LOOK, WHENEVER YOU HAVE A CRASH ON A FREEWAY, YOU WANT A TOW TRUCK THERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. AND THIS HAS ME REFLECTING ON MY TIME ON CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE CREATED THE SAFE CLEAR PROGRAM.

A PROGRAM THAT HAS ACTUALLY REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY THE SECONDARY CRASHES. MAKING OUR ROADWAYS SAFER FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. AND THEN, YOU KNOW THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS THE MOTOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

I WANT TO THANK THOSE DEPUTIES. THEY'RE OUT THERE IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS. WHEN IT IS FREEZING, WHEN IT IS HOT, AND SIZZLING, AND WHEN IT IS RAINING.

THOSE GUYS ARE OUT THERE HELPING PEOPLE GET A GALLON OF GAS TO HELP THEM GET MOVING OR CHANGING A FLAT TIRE.

YOU KNOW THEY'RE JUST OUT THERE DOING SOME VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO VERY DANGEROUS WORK. SO, I WANT TO COMMEND THEM FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND KEEPING OUR ROADWAYS SAFE.

BUT OVERALL I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT RAISING OF THE FEES. BUT RATHER THE CREATION OF A POLICY. I MOVE ON THE ITEM.

AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIONESS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> FINAL COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> THE WORK SITE POLICY IS SCHEDULED TO GO INTO EFFECT JULY ONE. I KNOW THAT IT IS PHASED.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED WITH IT. I SEE SOME OUR FOLKS HERE AT THE DEO AND OTHERS. WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO A LOT OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT RELATED TO IT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. THIS EFFECTS A LOT OF TRAINING FROM HARRIS FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO DR. RAMMAN'S GROUP AS WELL. IS JULY ONE STILL A REALISTIC DATE FOR IMPLEMENTATION? SHOULD WE CONSIDER A MORE PHASE AD APPROACH? SO JUST AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRAM, WITHOUT A LOT OF DETAIL.

AND YOU MAY NEED TO TAKE TIME TO REALLY, SEE WHERE WE ARE, BUT IT IS SCHEDULED TO GO INTO EFFECT JULY ONE.

SO SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON JULY ONE.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT THE DEAF NEXT OF THAT SOMETHING

IS. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MARK PEARLA LEADING THAT EFFORT

TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF SUMMARY. >> YES, JUST FOR AN UPDATE FOR JULY ONE WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING READY TIME IMPLEMENT WORK SITE SAFETY POLICY WE'RE WORKING ON A LONG-TERM SOLUTION IN PROCUREMENT. SHORT-TERM SOLUTION WE ALREADY HAVE THAT IN PLACE ALREADY. AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO COST THE COUNTY ANY MONEY, BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

WE HAVE ONGOING MEETINGS WITH ALL INFRASTRUCTURE LEADERSHIP.

WE HAVE ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION MEETINGS THAT ARE STILL ONGOING.

WE ALSO USING OUR CONSULTANT. WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE FINAL PHASES OF COMPLETING THE WORK BLOWS THE SOPS AND THE SAFETY MONITOR FORMS. AND THE SAFETY INSPECTION FORMS. THOSE ARE BEEN COMPLETED. THOSE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY INFRASTRUCTURE LEADERSHIP. THEY ARE ALIGN AND IN AGREEMENT

REGARDING THOSE PROCESS AS TO. >> IF YOU COULD PROVIDE OUR OFFICES JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY IN WRITING OF WHERE WE, WHAT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED ON JULY ONE? AND I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE A FEW OTHER THING WE HAVE TO DO ON JULY 1 BUT PUTTING THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.

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>> SURE I'LL GIVE YOU THE FULL RUN DOWN FOR JULY ONE THE IMPLEMENT OF THE WORK SAFETY POLICY THAT THE OPERATION BEGINS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR THERE WILL BE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS SLIGHTED IN JULY COURT.

THOSE WILL BE DONE IN THE ANNUAL REVIEW THAT HAPPENS AUGUST SIX.

THOSE ARE THE PENDING CONTINGENCIES WE HAVE.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU. >> I TOO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. WE WANTED BEST SUPPORT SO YOUR BEST POSITION FOR SUCCESS IN IMPLEMENTATION.

WE KNOW IT IS ANOTHER HARRIS COUNTY TEAM EFFORT BETWEEN THE KEY ENGINEERING GROUP. YOUR GROUP AND BEYOND PLEASE CLEARLY COMMUNITY THE UPDATES AND PROGRESS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT. THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS, WORKERS ASK TEAM MEMBERS AND CONTRACTORS IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE. THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE FRONT LEANS. WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM.

>> NO ACTION. >> NO ACTION.

ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, IT IS 6:33 COMMISSIONS COURT IS NOW

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