Mar 22, 2023 Board of Directors Meeting

[1. Meeting called to Order The AACOG Board of Directors is meeting in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code (Open Meetings Act). As such, the Board of Directors reserves the right to retire into executive session concerning any of the items listed on this Agenda whenever it is considered necessary and legally justified under the Texas Open Meetings Act.]

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IT WAS THAT TIME.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE ALAMO MOORE AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S REGULAR, UH, SCHEDULED MONTHLY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22ND, 2023.

LET'S CALL US MEETING TO ORDER.

SUSIE, DO YOU HAVE A ROLL CALL? YES, SIR, I DO.

THANK YOU.

WITH LAUREN JUDGE TEAL.

HERE, JUDGE KELLY.

HERE.

COUNCILMAN BLAKEY.

I'M FILLING IN FOR COUNCILMAN BLAKEY.

LAWRENCE BRADLEY.

ALTON.

COUNCILMAN BRAVO HERE.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

HERE.

JUDGE CAMACHO.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER BLAKE FLORES.

HERE.

MAYORS HERE, JUDGE.

CO.

COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE FOR ALTERNATE FOR CO.

MAYOR DA.

ON HERE.

MAYOR DENNIS.

HERE, JUDGE EVANS.

HERE.

MAYOR AGNER.

COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA.

JEAN RODRIGUEZ HERE FOR HER.

ASK LOCKER.

HERE.

JUDGE HEADON.

JUDGE JONES.

HERE.

JUDGE CROK.

HERE.

JUDGE PITCHER.

HERE.

MS. LEWIS.

HERE.

JUDGE LEWIS.

HERE.

SENATOR MENENDEZ.

COMMISSIONER MOOD.

HERE.

REPRESENTATIVE MURRAY KELLY EARLY FOR REPRESENTATIVE MER.

COUNCIL.

MAYOR SCHROEDER.

HERE.

LARSON.

HERE.

MR. VASQUEZ.

MR. VALVIA? HERE.

JUDGE WHITSON.

HERE.

MAYOR WILLIAMS. HERE.

REPRESENTATIVE GUILLEN HOFFMAN.

HERE.

REPRESENTATIVE TEMPLE ZINI.

WE HAVE A FORUM.

THANK YOU.

SUSIE.

WE COULD HAVE PLEDGE.

PLEDGE YOU.

REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION, GOD INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY.

JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR.

I PLEDGE ALLEGION TO BE TEXAS.

ONE GOD INVISIBLE.

I ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST BY ANY MEMBER? BOARD MEMBER ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA? HEARING NONE.

MOVING

[6. San Antonio River Authority-Predictive Model for Flooding - Derek Boese, General Manager]

MR. BAY? YES, SIR.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, GOOD MORNING ALL.

UH, I'M DEREK BAYES.

I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SAN ANTONIO MINORITY.

HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE NUMBER OF YOU, UH, INDIVIDUALLY ON DIFFERENT TOPICS, BUT I WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE TO THAT ONE.

THERE WE GO.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

IN MY SYSTEM, IT'S RED WHEN IT'S ON, UH, IN MY DEFENSE, I'M DEREK BAYES ON THE GM OF THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY DEPOSITION SINCE 21, I'VE MET WITH A NUMBER OF YOU ON DIFFERENT TOPICS OR WORKED WITH, UH, YOUR AGENCIES ON DIFFERENT THINGS.

UM, BUT LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON MYSELF, FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH ME, I'VE BEEN IN THE ROLE SINCE 2021.

UH, I'VE, IN MY PREVIOUS PREVIOUS LIFE, I WAS A CORPS OF ENGINEER OFFICER FOR 11 PLUS YEARS, ACTIVE DUTY TOURS IN IRAQ AND KUWAIT.

WORKED FOR NATIONAL ENGINEERING FIRMS. UH, I'VE SPENT THE LAST 15 YEARS PRIOR TO MOVING HERE IN NEW ORLEANS WHERE I RAN THE HURRICANE DEFENSE SYSTEM FOR THE CITY FOR THE LAST FOUR OF THOSE, UH, ENGINEER, UH, FROM RICE AND ALSO AN ATTORNEY LICENSE IN LOUISIANA.

SO, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO INTRO, INTRO, UH, TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT TODAY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE IS, UH, THE REGION 12 FLOOD PLANNING UPDATE.

UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY FAMILIAR WITH IT, UH, THE STATE LEGISLATURE, UM, PASSED THE LAW A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BASICALLY ESTABLISHING THE REQUIREMENT TO DO FLOOD PLANNING ON A REGIONAL LEVEL STATEWIDE, UH, IN THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER.

THE RIVER AUTHORITY IS THE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ENTITY THAT HANDLES, UH, THAT REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING.

IT INCLUDES, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, A WHOLE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COUNTIES, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THAT IN THAT RIVER BASIN.

AND A MAP IS ALWAYS EASIER TO SEE.

BUT THERE IS, UH, WHAT OUR JURISDICTION IS FROM A REGIONAL 12 REGION, 12, UH, AREA.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, REPRESENTATIVES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED AND BEEN SELECTED

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A NUMBER, THE LIST IS ON THE SCREEN.

I'M CURRENTLY ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE REGION 12 ENTITY.

WE HAVE SAWS.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INTEREST GROUPS ALSO.

OH, I CAN LEAVE THAT UP FOR A SECOND.

SORRY.

I WOULD SAY THE PRESENTATIONS ALSO IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS TOO ARE ON YOUR, UH, SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AT REGION 12 FOR ABOUT THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF IS A REGIONAL FLOOD PLAN.

UH, THAT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

WE SUBMITTED A DRAFT PLAN, UH, IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AFTER PUBLIC MEETINGS, INPUT STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH TO, UM, CITIES, COUNTIES, SMALL MUNICIPALITIES, INTEREST GROUPS, UH, EVERYBODY THAT WE COULD THINK OF TO SAY, DO YOU HAVE A FLOODING PROBLEM? WHAT DATA DO YOU HAVE? WHAT PLANS DO YOU HAVE? AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS EXTENSIVE GATHERING EFFORT TO PUT IT INTO ONE DOCUMENT.

WE HAVE A REGIONAL FLOOD PLAN.

THE FINAL IS A, IS DUE TO THE STATE, UH, IN JULY.

WE ANTICIPATE APPROVED VOTING ON THAT FOR APPROVAL AT THE REGION 12 BOARD, UH, IN JUNE.

AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER, THE STATE WILL SUBMIT THAT TO THE LEGISLATURE AS OF RIGHT NOW.

UH, BEFORE I JUMP TO THE NEXT TOPIC, UH, SAN THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER BASIN HAD ROUGHLY A BILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS OF PROJECTS, UH, IN THAT DRAFT PLAN.

UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO BRIEF Y'ALL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ENTITIES WITHIN YOUR AREA OR WHAT YOUR STAFF MAY HAVE SUBMITTED.

WE CAN PROVIDE ALL THAT.

WE ARE STILL GETTING, UM, SOME PROJECT SUBMITTED, WHETHER IT'S A PLANNING EFFORT, UM, OR JUST, HEY, WE HAVE A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS SOME SORT OF STUDY IN THE FUTURE.

OR AN ACTUAL PROJECT WHERE AN ENGINEERING FIRM OR OUR, UM, ENGINEERING STAFF HAVE DONE WORK AND SAID, HEY, HERE'S THE COST BENEFIT RATIO.

HERE ARE THE ISSUES.

UM, WE'VE SEEN EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, ELEVATING BRIDGES, ELIMINATING LOW WATER CROSSINGS, UM, ELEVATING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU NAME IT.

UH, THERE'S A VARIETY OF POTENTIAL PLANS THAT ARE ALL NOT, THE REGION HAS NOT DEVELOPED THOSE, THOSE ARE ALL DEVELOPED FROM EITHER ENTITIES, CITIES, COUNTIES, WHOEVER.

UM, AND THEN WE ARE GATHERING THEM AT THIS POINT WITH THE GOAL, UH, THAT THE LEGISLATURE WILL PUT FUNDING INTO THEIR BUDGET THIS YEAR FOR SOME OF THAT FLOOD PLANNING EFFORT.

UH, WE'RE THE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HU THE HOUSTON AREA IS THE BIGGEST ONE THAT HAS SUBMITTED MONEY SO FAR.

WE ARE IN TERMS OF DOLLARS THAT THEIR, THEIR PLAN IS COVERING, IT'S 27 BILLION, I THINK.

UM, BUT WE ARE AT THE TOP OR CLOSE TO THE TOP IN THAT AREA.

WE HAVE SOME BIG PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED.

SO WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE LOOKING GOOD COMPARED TO OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN THE STATE.

I'LL BRAG ON MY AGENCY A LITTLE BIT.

PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THE R SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY FOR YEARS HAS DONE EXTENSIVE FLOODPLAIN MAPPING MODELING.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE ALL OF THAT DATA IN ADDITION TO A VARIETY OF OTHER PIECES OF DATA TO REALLY MAKE A GOOD PLAN GOING FORWARD.

UH, AND THAT LEADS ME TO FLOODPLAIN MAPPING UPDATES.

SO WE ARE, UH, THE FLOODPLAIN MAPPING AGENT ON BEHALF OF FEMA, UH, FOR THIS PART OF THE REGION.

UH, THERE'S ONLY, UH, HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL IS THE ONLY OTHER ENTITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT DOES THAT.

AND VERY FEW ACTUALLY, UH, HAVE THE, THAT FEMA HAS THE CONFIDENCE IN NATIONWIDE TO DO THAT.

SO WE ARE ONE OF THOSE RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE, AS YOU SEE ON THIS, ON THE MAP OR IN YOUR PACKETS, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY ROLLING OUT FLOODPLAIN MAPS, UPDATED MAPS FOR THE AREAS IN THE YELLOW UP THERE.

THE GREEN WILL BE ROLLING OUT, UH, THIS EARLIER OR EARLY 2023.

AND, UH, THE BLUE, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING DOWNSTREAM.

UH, IT SAYS END OF 2023.

IT'S LIKELY EARLY 2024.

BUT THOSE, WE ARE GOING THROUGH AND UPDATING ALL OF OUR MAPS AND PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF UPDATED RAINFALL DATA THAT HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR YEARS AND IN REALLY DECADES.

UH, AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, UM, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH BRIEFED ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, STAFF FOR DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, FOR BEAR COUNTY OR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MUNICIPALITY MAY BE IMPACTED BY THESE.

UH, WE ARE ALMOST DONE WITH OUR, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS AND OPEN HOUSES.

WE'VE DONE THEM, WE HAVE 13 TOTAL THAT WE'VE SCHEDULED.

WE ARE 11, 11 DOWN TWO TO GO.

UH, SO WE'RE ALMOST

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ONCE WE GET THROUGH THOSE, THAT INITIAL ROLLOUT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.

UH, WE, IF, IF THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, IF THERE IS A CITY, UM, WHOEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT REQUESTS A SPECIFIC PUBLIC MEETING FOR THEIR IMPACTED AREA, WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH Y'ALL AND, UH, SET THAT UP FOR YOU.

NOW, I WILL ALSO SAY THESE ARE DRAFT MAPS.

SO WE ARE FAR EARLY IN THE SCHEDULE.

WE, UH, THESE WILL NOT GO TO FEMA.

UM, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THEM BEING APPROVED BY FEMA FOR ANOTHER 18 TO 24 MONTHS.

AND THERE IS A FULL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT FEMA DOES IN AN APPEALS PROCESS IF SOMEBODY BELIEVES THAT THERE IS SOMETHING INCORRECT.

BUT WE BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IF THERE ARE CHANGES.

THIS IS, UH, WHAT WE CALL ATLAS 14 IS WHEN, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOAH, UH, RELEASED UPDATED RAINFALL DATA, UH, IN 2014 IS WHEN THAT CAME OUT.

UH, BUT THIS IS NOW INCORPORATING ALL OF THAT INTO OUR MODELING.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS, UH, THE UPPER PART OF THE BASIN IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE PREVIOUS RAINFALL DATA SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, NINE TO 10 INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.

THE NEW MAPS ARE SHOWING 11, 12, 13 INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME POTENTIAL FOR FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.

THE IMPACTS ARE NOT AS GREAT FROM THE NEW RAINFALL DATA AS YOU GET DOWN INTO THE LOWER PART OF THE BASIN.

UM, BUT YOU'RE STILL LOOKING IN THE, YOU KNOW, 12, 13, 14 INCHES.

UH, SOME CHANGES, BUT NOT AS MANY.

UH, WE, AS I'VE SAID, WE DID 13 OR HALF, 13 OPEN HOUSES SCHEDULED.

WE DID ONE LAST NIGHT.

AND THEN, UH, TWO MORE TO GO.

THE LAST ONE IS ACTUALLY RESCHEDULED DUE TO THE, UH, ICE STORM EARLIER THIS YEAR.

SO ONCE WE GET THROUGH THOSE IN EARLY APRIL, UH, IF YOUR, UH, AGENCIES OR ENTITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT HAVE MORE QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE YOUR OWN PARTICULAR MEETINGS, WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THOSE, UH, WITH Y'ALL.

ALSO, ANY CITIZEN, UM, CAN GO ONLINE TO SEE OUR DRAFT FLOODPLAIN MAPS.

THE LINK IS THERE.

UM, AT OUR OPEN HOUSES, WE HAVE ENGINEERING STAFF THAT CAN SIT DOWN WITH A CITIZEN AND PULL UP AN ADDRESS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY AND WHAT MAY HAVE CHANGED.

UM, BUT YOU CAN ALSO GO ON ANY TIME AND PULL UP YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN, UM, HOUSE OR YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE OR YOUR PARENTS OR WHOEVER YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN AND SEE IF THERE IS A CHANGE.

I WILL SAY, BROADLY SPEAKING, WE DID NOT SEE A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES IN THE AGGREGATE.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE A FEW AREAS THAT WE SAW SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

UM, THE BIGGEST ONE BEING CONCEPTUAL ON CREEK, WHICH IS DOWN SORT OF SOUTHWEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO IN, UH, IN BEAR COUNTY AREA.

UM, BUT THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE.

THERE ARE SOME CHANGES ON A MUCH MORE INDIVIDUAL BASIS OR A VERY SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD BASIS.

AND WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE TIME TO ADDRESS Y'ALL TODAY AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND IF I CAN'T ANSWER, I'LL GET BACK WITH Y'ALL AFTER THIS.

YES, MA'AM.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE PART OF, UH, SOUTHWEST BURKE COUNTY YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IS OBVIOUSLY IN MY PRECINCT.

YES, MA'AM.

SO HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY KIND OF COMMUNITY, UM, CONCERNS COMING TO YOUR OFFICE FROM THAT COMMUNITY? I'M SORRY, MA'AM, CONCERNS COMING TO YOUR OFFICE FROM THAT YET? I MEAN, NOT CONCERNS.

I MEAN, WE ARE, WE'RE TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, THE, YOUR OFFICE AND UM, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S OFFICE ABOUT THOSE AREAS.

WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A, A PROBLEM BASED ON THE NEW MAPS.

UH, CITY AND COUNTY STAFF ARE VERY AWARE AND I KNOW HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, I'M WONDERING IF ANYONE'S COME TO YOUR OFFICE DIRECTLY TALKING ABOUT THAT.

ANY CONSTITUENTS? NO, WE HAVE NOT AT ANY CONSTITUENTS.

WE HAD A MEETING IN D FIVE, UH, LAST NIGHT.

UM, WE HAD ABOUT 15 TO 20 PEOPLE.

WE WERE ANTICIPATING MORE BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN THAT, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

SO IT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING.

WE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, UM, THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE PUT OUT DOOR HANGERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE DID NOT SEE A VERY LARGE TURNOUT.

AND THE RESPONSE WAS, UM, PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THE INFORMATION ON THEIR HOUSE.

UM, BUT NOBODY SEEMED UPSET AT THAT PARTICULAR MEETING.

I MEAN, SOME OTHER MEETINGS WE'VE HAD SOME FOLKS THAT ARE UPSET, WHETHER IT'S AT THE MAPPING ITSELF OR MAYBE A BIGGER ISSUE THAT, UM, DEVELOPMENT, I WOULD SAY IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN FRUSTRATIONS AND HOW THAT HAS CHANGES THE, CHANGED THE FLOODPLAIN.

BUT LAST NIGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY POLITE AND RESPECTFUL AND APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM.

YES, SIR.

YOU TOUCHED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, DID IN THE STUDY, DID YOU TAKE IN, IN, UH, CONSIDERATION THE, UH, UH, LIKE SMALL CITIES THAT HAVE A BIG E T J AND A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON? WE, WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE, UM, THERE

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IF, IF WE HAD INFORMATION ON DEVELOPMENT, THEN YES, WE TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND JUST TO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A CITY OR, UM, A COUNTY, WHOEVER, UH, HAD A DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT HAS, THAT HAD GONE IN, THEN WE TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS IN THE PROCESS.

UM, IF IT'S IN CONSTRUCTION, WE TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT DEPENDING ON WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO FINISH.

IF IT'S STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASE, UM, PROBABLY NOT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 18 TO 24 MONTHS.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION, WE'RE HAPPY TO GET WITH YOU ON THAT.

WE JUST HAVE, UH, IN MARION, WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, 9,500 HOMES COMING IN THE NEXT, UH, UH, WITH EIGHT TO 10 YEARS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON OUT THERE.

SO YES, SIR, EVERY, EVERYWHERE.

AND WE ARE SEEING THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE IN THE MAPS.

UM, THE MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND TRAFFIC AND ROADS AND EVERYTHING DOES, UM, DOES ADD TO POTENTIAL FLOODING ISSUES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

SO I'M DARREN SCHRODER, MAYOR OF CASTROVILLE.

MM-HMM.

COUNTY.

UM, WE'RE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED WITH THIS.

WE ARE SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY A RIVER AND ONE SIDE BY HILL.

UM, AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED $80 MILLION WORTH OF FIRM WATER DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

WE'VE GOT A MASSIVE PROBLEMS THAT ARE, THEY'RE, THAT ARE LEGACY PROBLEMS, BUT ALSO THAT WHOLE AREA OF, UM, EASTERN MEDINA, COUNTY, WESTERN, BE COUNTY, ALL OF THOSE FEED INTO THE SANGO CREEKS AND INTO THE, UH, MEINA, THE MEDINA.

UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT.

IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN ENGAGE WITH YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WE DO IN TERMS OF RULES FOR, UH, STORM WATER OR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING? YEAH, I, SIR.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, I CAN GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT IN, IN BEX COUNTY, BUT, UH, IN BERNIE, WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THEM A, A COUPLE YEARS AGO TO HELP DEVELOP SOME DRAFT, UH, CODES OR ORDINANCES, UH, TO HELP TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MANAGE DEVELOPMENT.

I, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT IS I LOOK FOR, I I'VE BEEN IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND I'VE BEEN IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

I APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES TO MAKE A PROFIT AND, AND THE ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT COMES IN.

BUT I LOOK FOR SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL.

AND I THINK THERE'S, IT'S HARD TO FIND THAT BALANCE, BUT I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE.

UM, SO WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH, UH, YOUR STAFF ON, IT MAY BE POTENTIAL GRANT FUNDING SOURCES OR WHAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH STATE PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO JUST, UM, PLANNING IN GENERAL, WHETHER IT'S ORDINANCES OR OTHER ACTIVITIES.

BUT YES, SIR, WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT.

THE WORK THAT YOU DID IN 2017 WAS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, JUDGE EVANS, I'M LOOKING AT THE FLOODPLAIN STUDY AREAS.

ARE YOU GONNA GO FURTHER WEST TO PICK UP MEDINA IN BANDERA COUNTY, OR HAVE YOU ALREADY DONE IT? UM, IT DEPENDS ON WHERE IT FALLS IN THE, IN THE RIVER BASIN, BECAUSE IT'S BROKEN BY RIVER BASIN.

SO MEDINA RIVERS IS THE MEDINA RIVER SHOULD BE PART OF THAT.

AND IT'S, THERE WE GO.

SO THAT SHOULD BE COMING OUT.

I THINK IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, SIR, UM, YOU GO OUTSIDE BE COUNTY, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU GO INTO KINDLE.

I DON'T SEE MEDINA EXCEPT A LITTLE BIT, WE DON'T GO TO MEDINA AT ALL.

A LITTLE CORNER.

YEAH, JUST A, WE ONLY GO TO MEDINA FERRY A VERY SMALL PORTION.

IT'S MOSTLY BEAR.

WE, IF YOU, WE CAN SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND SAY, THIS IS WHERE THE MAPS ARE FOR YOUR PARTICULAR MAP, THE MAP YOU SHOWED.

SO MY COUNTY TO BE IN THE, BUT DEPENDING ON HOW THE STATE DREW THE BOUNDARY TOO.

ALL RIGHT.

JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.

YES.

IN RESPECT TO THE FUNDING, DID YOU SET PRIORITY, DID YOU SET A PRIORITY AND OVER PERIOD OF TIME? UH, NO.

SO WE, WE AT THE REGION 12 GROUP ARE NOT SETTING PRIORITIES.

SO WHAT WE ARE DOING AT THIS POINT IS CONSOLIDATING EVERYTHING, UH, AND PUTTING IT INTO THE FORMAT THAT TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WANTS.

THEY HAVE, UM, PUT TOGETHER DRAFT RANKING CRITERIA.

UM, IT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION AND, AND COMMENT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS, BUT WE WILL NOT BE RANKING PROJECTS, AT LEAST NOT IN THIS CYCLE.

NOR DO WE HAVE, WE'VE BEEN TOLD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.

RIGHT NOW WOULD BE BASED ON WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD'S RANKING, UH, CRITERIA.

SO THEY'LL PUT EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN IN FROM THE STATE INTO THEIR, YOU KNOW, BIG SPREADSHEET MACHINE AND OUT WILL POP THE RANKINGS.

SORRY, FOLLOW UP MEDINA COUNTY.

UM, JUST FOLLOW UP TO BILL.

SO I WAS ONLINE LOOKING AND I SEE MAPPING THAT GOES THROUGH MEDINA COUNTY AND ERIC COUNTY.

IS THAT OLD DATA OR IS THIS NEW DATA? SO

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SO WHERE WE CAN, WE WILL SPEND SOME FUNDING TO UPDATE THE MAPPING THE WATERSHED.

THAT INCLUDES, THAT WILL FLOW INTO OUR JURISDICTION.

BUT THAT AREA OUTSIDE, WE HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY AND FEMA IS IN CHARGE OF UPDATING THOSE MAPS.

THE STATE OF TEXAS IS LOOKING TO UPDATE ALL FLOODPLAIN MAPS WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WORKING WITH FEMA ON THAT.

SO THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS REALLY LEADING SOME OF THAT CHARGE.

BUT WHERE IT IS CLEARLY WITHIN OUR WATERSHED THAT'S FLOWING THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER WATERSHED AND OUR COUNTY JURISDICTION, THOSE ARE THE MAPS THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? AND WE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU OFF TIME AS WELL.

THANK, GET MORE SPECIFICS.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION FOR MR. BASS? HEARING NONE.

WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO, UH, AND THANK YOU MR. BASSES.

UH, THANK YOU SIR.

MOVE ALONG TO THE EXECUTIVE

[7. Monthly Report - Diane Rath A. Staffing Updates B. Program Status and Operational Updates Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) Alamo Regional Transit (ART) External Affairs & Communications Intellectual & Developmental Disability Services (IDDS) Military and Veterans Affairs Natural Resources Public Safety Regional Services Environmental Conservation Weatherization Assistance Program C. Organizational Updates Building Update General Administration Policy Review Chief Financial Officer General Counsel]

IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE.

IT JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT A PICTURE DOES.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF PROPS I WANNA SHOW YOU BEFORE I GET INTO MY REPORT.

UH, WE HAVE OUR FIESTA METALS, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, BE SURE YOU TAKE YOURS.

BY THE TIME WE MEET AGAIN IN APRIL, IT'S SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

SO WE WANTED Y'ALL TO HAVE IT AHEAD OF TIME AND I REALLY HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STAFF CUZ WE DO OUR DESIGNS IN-HOUSE.

SO LIZZIE DOES A SUPER JOB AND UH, THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE.

I ALSO WANNA BRAG CUZ UH, LAST WEEK, UH, I WAS AT, OR TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS AT THE ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE COMMUNITIES AND WHEN WE HAD OUR CONGRESSIONAL BREAKFAST, AND I REALLY HAVE TO APPRECIATE BOTH, UH, CONGRESSMAN CUE AND CONGRESSMAN GONZALEZ'S STAFF FOR JOINING US FOR THAT MEETING.

SO AT THAT MEETING WHEN THEY ROLLED OUT SOME OF THE MAJOR INITIATIVES OF ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE COMMUNITIES AND I SERVE ON THE BOARD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HERE WHEN THEY ROLLED OUT THE WHOLE POLICY PAPER FOR THE I GSA, THERE WE WERE.

SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT WEREN'T HERE AT THAT TIME, FIVE YEARS AGO, UH, JBS A IN SAN ANTONIO AND, UH, ACOG EXECUTED THE FIRST INTERGOVERNMENTAL, UH, SUPPORT AGREEMENT IN THE AIR FORCE.

UH, WE WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE CHIEF OF THE AIR FORCE LAST YEAR, ONE OF THREE COMMUNITIES FOR THAT ENDEAVOR.

AND UH, SO THERE WAS GENERAL LINDERMAN AND ME SIGNED IT.

SO IT WAS SURPRISED WHEN I LOOKED DOWN.

AND THERE WE ARE LOOKING BACK AT US, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REINFORCE THE WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH JBS.

A SO THANK YOU SO MUCH BRIAN, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A MODEL AND WHENEVER WE GO AND BRIAN WAS AT THE, THE SAME CONFERENCE WE WERE, WHENEVER WE GO SOMEPLACE, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS, I THINK, IMPRESSED AND HOLD US UP AS A COMMUNITY AND AN INSTALLATION THAT REALLY ARE VERY CLOSELY INTEGRATED AND WORKED TOGETHER.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, BUT I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP CUZ WE LEAVE WITH A REAL BIG HEAD.

IT, IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

WE, WE GET TONS OF QUESTIONS FROM OTHER INSTALLATIONS ON HOW WE'RE DOING IT SO WELL HERE.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK AND THE PARTNERSHIPS WE'VE GOT HERE.

IT IS.

BUT YOU, I THINK FOR THOSE OF US THAT LIVE IT EVERY DAY, WHERE WE ALWAYS HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN SO INTEGRATED AND ALSO SINCE J B S A IS IN THREE COUNTIES, UH, PEOPLE DON'T APPRECIATE THAT IT'S IN BEAR AND GUADALUPE AND COME OUT AND THEN BORDERS KINDLES.

SO WITH THAT EXPANSIVE REACH, IT REALLY DOES TAKE A LOT OF HARD WORK FROM ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND FROM THE BASE TO REALLY MAINTAIN THAT RELATIONSHIP.

BUT IT'S, UH, I THINK WHEN WE LIVE IT EVERY DAY, SOMETIMES WE DON'T APPRECIATE IT TILL WE GO SOMEPLACE AND EVERYONE IS KIND OF AMAZED.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU CUZ IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY NEAT.

SO IT'S BEEN A, IT'S A VERY BUSY WEEK AND I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE.

I HAVE TO REALLY BRAG ON AGING AND REALLY THANK WILL AND HIS TEAM FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR CPR AND WE DON'T DO A REPORT THIS TIME, IT'LL BE NEXT TIME YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, BEAR AGING HAS SUCCESSFULLY MET ALL OF THEIR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

IT'S REALLY THE FIRST TIME SINCE COVID THAT THEY'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE EVERYTHING IN OUR CONTRACT.

AND SO I THINK IT IS A REALLY GOOD INDICATION, INDICATOR OF HOW THE WORLD IS FUNCTIONING, HOW THEY'RE, THAT STAFF IS PERFORMING AND, UH,

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UH, ART IS CURRENTLY WORKING, UH, WITH TECH DOT ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE PILOT PROGRAM IN SEGUI.

MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT SEGUI IN SEGUI, WE RUN A SCHEDULED ROUTE DOWNTOWN AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, UH, ROUTE IN DOWNTOWN SEGUI.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON WHAT HAPPENS AND WE WILL TAKE THAT PROJECT TO SEGUIN TO THE CITY, UH, IF, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO SUCCEED FUNDING FOR THEIR APPROVAL AND INFORMATION.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH BOTH THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION AND TECH DOT AND THE CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS ON THE NEW CENSUS DESIGNATION FOR NEW BRAUNFELS.

WHEN THE CENSUS CAME OUT, IT SHOULD HAVE COME OUT LAST JUNE WITH THIS INFORMATION.

IT CAME OUT DECEMBER 29TH.

NOTHING LIKE BURYING AT 29TH.

UM, BUT IT REALLY INDICATED THAT NEW BRAUNFELS IS, IS IN ITS OWN SEPARATE URBANIZED AREA.

IT'S NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE VIA AREA.

SO IT'S ITS OWN SMALL URBAN AREA.

IT HAS THAT DESIGNATION.

AND WHEN I WAS AT, WHEN MAYOR DENNIS AND I WERE AT THE ASSOCIATION, I MEAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL COUNCILS AND WE WERE IN THE CENSUS BREAKOUT, ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE COMES UP OUR MAP FROM, UH, BERNIE AND THERE AND UM, AND NEW BRAUNFELS AND THERE WE ARE ON THE MAP FOR WESTERN, UH, BEAR COUNTIES.

SO WE HAD A LOT OF CENSUS THAT I DON'T THINK WE APPRECIATED THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED AND IMPACTED THIS COMMUNITY.

UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES IS NEW BRAUNFELS, WHERE IT IS ITS OWN SMALL URBANIZED AREA.

SO WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL OF THE FUNDERS.

UH, AND NEW BROTHELS IS THEY DECIDE HOW THEY MOVE FORWARD.

IT IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE THEIR OWN MPO OR TO REMAIN IN AMPO.

IT AFFECTS THEIR ABILITY ON HOW THEY'RE GONNA MANAGE, UH, THEIR URBAN TRANSIT AREA.

SO, UH, SEAN'S REALLY BUSY WITH ALL OF THAT.

UH, IT IS, UH, UH, I D D AWARENESS MONTH IN MARCH.

AND THEN IN MAY IT'S OLDER AMERICANS MONTH.

SO EXTERNAL AFFAIRS IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY ON HIGHLIGHTING MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES WITH THOSE TWO SPECIAL POPULATIONS.

THEY'RE ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH AGING TO PRODUCE A VIDEO THAT WE CAN USE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS HIGHLIGHTING THE UPCOMING CHANGES IN MEDICARE.

UH, I HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH, THIS WEEK, THE END OF, UH, THIS TOMORROW, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IS A TEXAS LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE SCHEDULED, UH, BY OR HOSTED BY THE NEW BRAUNFELS CHAMBER.

IT IS THE 57TH ONE.

I AM EXTREMELY HONORED TO BE, UH, CHAIRING IT, BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY THEY'RE GONNA BE HONORING NELSON WOLF IS TEXAN OF THE YEAR.

SO I THINK IT'S VERY EXCITING AND IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, UH, GETTING MORE INFORMATION, JUST LET ME KNOW CUZ THAT RECEPTION HONORING HIM IS TOMORROW NIGHT.

UM, WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF UPCOMING MEETINGS, NATURAL RESOURCES.

WE'LL BE HAVING A, UH, CLEAN CITY STAKEHOLDER MEETING MARCH 28TH.

AND THEY'RE GONNA REALLY INTRODUCE OUR NEW SECCO FUNDED REGIONAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND DISCUSS WAYS THAT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENTS CAN ACHIEVE OP UH, AND SAVE ON OPERATING COST.

UH, WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A LOT OF EARTH DAY EVENTS.

WE WERE OUT AT ONE EARLIER THIS MONTH.

WE'RE GONNA BE AT SAN ANTONIO CONVERSE ON APRIL 22ND AND SINE APRIL 29TH.

AND WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEMONSTRATIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE EARTH DAYS.

ALSO, UH, WE HAVE A PACE WORKSHOP SCHEDULED ON MAY 4TH FOR THOSE CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT HAVE NOT ADOPTED PACE.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PROJECTS CLOSE, UH, THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

WE'VE CLOSED A SMALL ONE FOR 1.5 MILLION.

WE'VE CLOSED A LARGE ONE FOR 28 MILLION.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, AND I'M GONNA BRAG ON CASTORVILLE, UH, THEY REALLY ARE USING CASTORVILLE AS A MODEL FOR HISTORIC, UH, RENOVATION.

HOW PACE CAN BE A VERY VALUABLE TOOL IN RESTORING HISTORIC STRUCTURES.

CUZ AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A 28,000,001, THEY'RE DOING $450,000 ONES.

SO WE ARE DOING FIVE, UH, BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN CASTORVILLE TO REALLY PRESERVE THE HISTORIC CHARACTER.

SO THEY THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST MODELS ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW WITH THAT, UM, A LOT OF REGIONAL SERVICES WORKSHOPS COMING UP.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, THE SAIDS COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL 4TH IF ANYBODY HAS STAFF, CUZ I KNOW WE SENT THE JUDGES A LIST OF THOSE COMMITTEES THAT REALLY HAVE VACANCIES.

BUT IF ANY OF OUR CITIES, ANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, ANYBODY HAS SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM CUZ THIS WILL, UH, SERVE AS THE ROADMAP FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND IT REALLY IS THE FOUNDATION OF MANY OF PARTICULARLY, UM, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ED'S GRANT FUNDS AS THAT SAID.

SO REALLY LOOKING AT THAT, UH, WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE

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UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NEW ELECTED OFFICIAL'S WORKSHOP ON FRIDAY THE 23RD, AND THEN A PLANNING AND ZONING WORKSHOP ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 4TH, AND THEN A BROWNFIELD'S WORKSHOP FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND.

THOSE ARE ALL REALLY USUALLY WELL ATTENDED.

UM, I THINK IT'S TIME WHERE PEOPLE ARE REALLY OUT AND ABOUT.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING PEOPLE AND WE WILL KEEP SENDING OUT REMINDERS OF THAT INFORMATION.

AND IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, INFORMATION, JUST LET US KNOW.

WE ALSO ARE HAVING THE RESOURCE RECOVERY MEETING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29TH.

AND THAT ILLEGAL DUMPING WORKSHOP, WHICH WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ILLEGAL DUMPING IS FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH.

UM, WE REALLY, WE ARE CLOSING OUT OUR GRANT FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION THAT FINANCED THE TEXAS VETERANS NETWORK THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT GRANT IS CLOSING OUT AND WE HAVE REALLY EXCEEDED ALL OF OUR BENCHMARKS.

UH, WE HAD OUR CLOSEOUT CALL YESTERDAY, AND I'M VERY PROUD, UH, OF HOW WE BLEW THE LID OFF SOME OF THOSE TARGETS.

WE HAVE 211 PARTNERS IN THAT GRANT THAT COOPERATE WITH US.

WE HAVE SERVED, UH, 17,227 VETERANS, UH, VERSUS WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SERVE 348.

SO, UH, REALLY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB BY THAT TEAM.

SO I HAVE TO REALLY THANK THEM.

WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO WHERE, AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE ARE SELF-FUNDING OUT OF OUR, OUR EARNED PROGRAM INCOME FROM THE VETERANS DIRECTED CARE PROGRAM WILL BE FUNDING THE CONTINUATION OF THE ALAMO VETERANS NETWORK.

SO WE'LL BE DOING SOME BRANDING CHANGES AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AGGRESSIVELY MEETING WITH STAFF, PARTICULARLY IN THE COUNTIES WITH YOUR, UH, VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS.

WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THEM.

AND, UH, OH, AND, UH, JUDGE, I HAVE TO SAY, UH, I USED, UH, UH, Y'ALL AS A, A MODEL FOR, UH, IN CASTROVILLE WITH THE MEDINA, UH, VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE FOR A COUPLE OF COUNTIES THAT HAVE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR PROGRAM.

AND SO I DID SAY THAT ATASCOSA MIGHT BE CALLING MEDINA TO GET SOME TIPS.

SO JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I DID.

SO, UH, BUT HE DOES SUCH A GOOD, REEN DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB, SO, UH, I DID WANT Y'ALL TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM TOO.

UM, ON WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE, DOE HAS FINALLY APPROVED THE STATE'S PRIORITY LIST.

SO WE'RE BEGINNING TO WORK ON THE LIE HEAT 23 CONTRACTS, AND WE REALLY WELCOME ANY REFERRALS THAT WE CAN GET FOR THE WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

I HAVE TO REALLY THANK SOME OF, UM, JUDGE TEAL'S STAFF CUZ THEY REALLY HELPED US IDENTIFY SOME HOMES THAT NEEDED A LOT OF ASSISTANCE DOWN THERE.

AND, UH, THEY, THEY, I, I HAVE TO THANK Y'ALL AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING WE HAVE FROM VETERANS DIRECTED CARE.

WE WERE ABLE TO PUT A NEW ROOF ON A VETERAN, UH, WIDOW OF A VETERAN IN HON.

THAT WAS A, A TRAGIC CASE.

SO, UH, THE GOOD THAT'S BEING DONE FROM THE PROGRAMS Y'ALL HAVE IS VERY SIGNIFICANT, UH, ON OUR BUILDING.

WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT THE REPAIR WORK CLO CAUSED BY THE FLOOD THAT WE HAD FROM THE FREEZE IN THE STAIRWELLS IS ALL DONE.

AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, WE'VE BEEN REIMBURSED FOR, UH, THOSE FUNDS.

SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT HAPPENING.

AND WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO REFURBISH THE COMMON HALLWAYS AND A COUPLE OF THE SUITES THAT HAD DAMAGE.

SO ALL THAT WAS COVERED BY IN, UH, UM, INSURANCE AND THAT'S ALL BEEN, UH, IMPROVED.

NOW, WE ALSO ARE CONTINUING WITH OUR TENANT CONSTRUCTION WORK IN SUITES THREE HUNDRED AND TWO FORTY FIVE AND HAVE TWO VERY HIGH QUALITY TENANTS THAT ARE, WILL BE MOVING INTO THAT AREA.

UM, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD FOR ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR THAT KNOW OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND THEIR, UM, LEVEL TWO HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.

THEY'RE OUT ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND WHAT USED TO BE THE DRIVE-THROUGH BANK THAT NOW HAS THE PARKING PLACES FOR OUR TWO CHARGING STATIONS, AND THEY'RE ALREADY UP ON THOSE MAPS WHEN YOU GO LOOK AT THE MAPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR WHERE THERE'S CHARGING STATIONS, OUR TWO ARE ALREADY THERE.

SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PLEASED ABOUT THAT.

AND, UH, IT IS FREE.

SO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO DO THAT, PLEASE DO IT.

WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M COM FINISHED UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RATH, MR. CHAIR? YES.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, DIANE, BUT ON THE OLDER AMERICANS, UH, THAT MONTH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO RESOLUTIONS IF YOU'RE CAN AND INVITE YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY OUT.

THEY JUST LOVE THAT AND THEY NEED SOME FREE COOKIES AND COFFEE.

THEY LOVE IT.

THANK, THANK YOU.

AND SO THAT'S ME.

THAT'S A GREAT, IT'S A GREAT REMINDER.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE?

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UH, SILVER-HAIRED LEGISLATORS VISITED THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT YESTERDAY AND REMINDED US THAT A LOT OF OVER IN PERRY COUNTY ALONE, 400,000, UH, FOLKS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR MEDICAID, MEDICARE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO RE-ENROLL.

AND SO I THINK, UH, WE, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET IN THAT KNOWLEDGE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO ALL THE, ALL THE COUNTIES REPRESENTED HERE TODAY, UH, THEY MAY WANT TO JUST ENCOURAGE THEIR FOLKS, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AND, UH, DO FAIRS AND THINGS TO GET THOSE FOLKS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT A BURDEN ON YOUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, MOVING ALONG TO THE CONSENT

[ Consent Agenda The consent agenda consists of items considered being of a routine nature and contains items recommended for approval by the Executive Committee or by the Board Chair and the minutes from previous Board of Directors meetings. These items will be enacted in one motion, or any member of the Board may request that items be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately for purposes of discussion and voting.]

IT'S, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT THROUGH 13.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

ALL RIGHT.

GOT A MOTION BY CO UM, JUDGE EVANS.

SECOND.

SECOND WHO SECOND? A, UH, JUDGE KUCHER.

UH, JUDGE KUTCHER.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO

[14. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to execute a contract for consulting services for support of the Intergovernmental Support Agreement (IGSA) and other programs with Joint Base San Antonio and the ROTHR project in McMullen County in the approximate amount of $68,000. – Cliff Herberg]

MR. HERBERG, UH, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, JUDGE, I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT EASY ON YOU.

I DIDN'T SPELL ALL THAT OUT, SO YOU COULD JUST SAY ROTHER, BUT YOU WENT AHEAD AND DID IT.

WELL, I, I, UH, I, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD MY ACRONYM SPEECH CLIFF, YOU NEED TO HEAR IT.

IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN A JAR FOR EVERY ACRONYM THAT YOU .

THERE YOU GO.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

SO I'M GONNA, THERE, I'M GONNA CLAIM THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT, THAT DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ON THAT.

THAT'S, WELL, GOOD MORNING MEMBERS.

UH, AS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEWER MEMBERS, AS YOU MAY KNOW, I'M YOUR GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE AGENCY, BUT I ALSO HAVE OVERSIGHT OF OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M PRESENTING THIS ITEM.

AND AS DIANE MENTIONED, UM, OR, WELL, I MIGHT MENTIONED IT UNTIL THIS YEAR, I WAS, HAD OVERSIGHT OF IT.

SO SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT.

AND I WILL JUST SAY, ONCE AGAIN, THANK MERCIFUL GOD AND DIANE WRATH THAT I DO NOT HAVE OVERSIGHT OF IT ANYMORE.

AND THANK YOU, JACOB, FOR TAKING IT OVER.

UH, I'LL, I'LL, UH, I WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO JACOB FOR TAKING OVER .

UM, BUT, UH, AS DIANE MENTIONED EARLIER IN HER PRESENTATION, UH, WE HAVE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND BLANKET I GSA WITH JOINT BASED SAN ANTONIO.

AND IN IMPLEMENTING THAT PROJECT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AS DIANE MENTIONED FIVE YEARS AGO, WE RETAINED THE SERVICES OF STEVE BONNER, WHO HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT CONSULTANT AND HELPING US NAVIGATE THIS PROCESS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU ALL OF THE THINGS THAT IT WOULD TAKE ME A LONG TIME TO TELL YOU ALL THE THINGS THAT STEVE DOES.

BUT BASICALLY WHAT I TELL EVERYBODY IS STEVE IS OUR TRANSLATOR.

HE TRANSLATES MILITARY TO CIVILIAN AND CIVILIAN TO MILITARY.

AND SO HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US IMPLEMENT THE I GSA AND WHAT IT DOES, UM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENT FOR OUR NEW NEWER MEMBERS ALLOWS ACOG AND ITS MEMBER GOVERNMENTS TO CONTRACT WITH JBS A IN A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER, IN A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO JBS A.

AND IT ALLOWS OUR MEMBER OF GOVERNMENTS TO EXPAND THEIR CAPABILITIES AND AT THE SAME TIME, SAVES JBS A MONEY, IDEALLY, IF EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL, SAVES THEM IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

THE FIRST PROJECT WAS DEMOLITION OF SOME HOMES, UH, THAT WAS IN THE FLIGHT PATH AT UNIVERSAL CITY.

AND, UH, MAYOR WILLIAMS AND HIS TEAM WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN, UH, GETTING THAT PROJECT DONE.

UH, AND WITH THEIR SUPPORT, IT WAS ABLE, I BELIEVE DIANE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER BETTER THAN I, I THINK THERE WAS A 42% SAVINGS TO JBSA IN THAT, IN THAT PROCESS.

UH, SHERTZ EMS NOW PROVIDES EMS SERVICES TO JBSA RANDOLPH.

SO IT ALLOWS RANDOLPH TO INCREASE THEIR CAPABILITIES, TRAIN THEIR STAFF, KEEP THEM BUSY, UH, PURCHASE A NEW AMBULANCE, UH, AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDE LOWER COST SERVICES TO JBS A.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE I GSA DOES.

UH, AND ALONG THAT LINE, STEVE BONNER'S CONTRACT HAS COME UP FOR PROCUREMENT.

WE'VE ISSUED AN RFP, AND, UH, MR. BONNER WAS THE SOLE RESPONDENT, UH, WHICH IS, UH, I THINK WE ANTICIPATED BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SO LONG.

UH, AND SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO RENEW HIS CONTRACT AS, UM, UH, JUDGE TEAL MENTIONED.

IT ALSO INCLUDES THE ROTHER PROJECT, THE RELOCATED RELOCATABLE OVER THE HORIZON RADAR, UH, WHICH IS IN MCMULLEN COUNTY, AND ALSO ACCESSED BY DUVAL COUNTY, IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, THROUGH A 13 MILE ROAD THAT IS NOT, UH, PARTICULARLY ACCESSIBLE.

AND SO MR. BONNER

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AND SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPANSION OF HIS DUTIES, UH, BUT LONG, THE SHORT OF IT IS THE CONTRACT IS FOR 328 HOURS OF SERVICE DELIVERABLES.

UH, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM UNDER THE CONTRACT FOR AN 18 MONTH PERIOD AND THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $68,000.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE GLAD TO ANSWER 'EM FOR YOU.

SET MOTION BY MAYOR WILLIAMS, SECOND BY, UH, MAYOR TREDS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER 15,

[15. Consider and act upon the recommendation to ratify the Executive Director's acceptance of funding from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in an estimated amount of $260,000.00 to enhance eligibility determinations and address backlogs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This item does require a budget amendment - Virginia Charles]

THIS ITEM DOES REQUIRE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

MS. CHARLES.

GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I AM VIRGINIA CHARLES, DIRECTOR OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES.

ACOG SERVICES THE LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN BEXAR COUNTY, AND PROVIDES ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION ACTIVITIES TO FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF NECESSARY SERVICES FOR PERSONS ENROLLING INTO THE I D D SERVICE SYSTEM.

IN THAT ROLE, OUR I D D SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES ONSITE ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE VARIOUS DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS SUCH AS A CLINICAL INTERVIEW, IQ ASSESSMENT, AND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT.

THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT THIS ACTIVITIES WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, AND THIS HAPPENED STATEWIDE BECAUSE IQ ASSESSMENTS ARE ONLY CLINICALLY VALID WHEN THEY ARE DONE IN PERSON, THE CONTRACT FUNDS WILL ALLOW ACOG TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE THE WAIT LIST THAT WAS WORSENED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THE PROJECTED HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FUNDING WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ACOG 2023 BUDGET AND WILL THEREFORE REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

RATIFICATION OF THIS ITEM IS NECESSARY DUE TO A TIMING ISSUE BECAUSE ACOG RECEIVED NOTICE FROM H S C ON MARCH 6TH AND REQUIRED A B AN AMENDMENT SIGNED TO OBLIGATE THIS, AN IMMEDIATE TURNAROUND TO OBLIGATE THE FUNDS STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL TO RATIFY THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN THE AMOUNT OF 255,000.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? APPROVE APPROVAL? ALL RIGHT, GOT, GOT APPROVE.

UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, TALKING ABOUT JUDGE EVANS.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. CHARLES.

ITEM NUMBER 16, 20 22.

[16. 2022 Customer Satisfaction Survey Report. - Miguel Segura]

MIGUEL, MORNING CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AGAIN, SK, YOU'RE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

BEFORE I START, I DID JUST WANT TO ECHO MAYOR DENNIS AND, UH, COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S STATEMENT ON THE, UH, MEDICAID WAIVERS.

IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

WE ACTUALLY HAD CASE A 12 OUT HERE YESTERDAY WORKING WITH OUR BENEFITS COUNSELORS TO DO A STORY ON IT.

UH, SHORT OF IT IS, UH, MEDICAID PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN AUTO ENROLLED IN MEDICAID SINCE THE PANDEMIC, UH, THAT WILL BE ENDING.

THEIR COVERAGE WILL BE ENDING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND IF THEY DON'T REGISTER BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH, THEY WILL LOSE COVERAGE, WHICH MEANS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS TO THEIR, UH, BENEFITS.

SNAP NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IS GONNA BE A HUGE IMPACT.

SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY EVENTS COMING UP FROM TODAY MOVING FORWARD, PLEASE CONNECT THEM WITH US.

WE HAVE CERTIFIED BENEFITS COUNSELORS ON STAFF THAT COULD HELP THEM WALK THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

WE DO HAVE A BENEFITS ENROLLMENT CENTER HERE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF YOUR RESIDENTS.

WE'RE ONLY ONE OF FOUR BENEFITS ENROLLMENT CENTERS IN THE STATE.

SO AGAIN, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, VERY URGENT.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR PART TO, TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH HHS.