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[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.]
A QUORUM.IF YOU DON'T WORK OUT, WE ALL GO.
AND THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY PRACTICE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.
BOARD MEMBERS SERVED BEING HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SACRIFICE OF BEING HERE TODAY.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR, OUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE HERE, AND OUR VISITORS.
AND SO ANYWAY, WE WILL GO ON AND CALL THE MEETING TO, OR THIS TIME IT'S 10 0 5.
I TODAY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3RD, 2025.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
NOW, MAYOR DENNIS, HERE, JUDGE HEKE.
COMMISSIONER CARPENTER? YES, MA'AM.
PRESENT JUDGE COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE FOR JUDGE, CO.
I'LL STAND FOR SENATOR MENENDEZ.
WOULD YOU LIKE SEE? LET'S COUNT REAL QUICK.
SUCH AN ISSUE WITH COURT HEAD IS THE ONE THAT Y'ALL ARE MISSING.
I THINK WE NEED A CLAP WAY THAT, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA STAND UP.
WE STAND STAND PUT TOGETHER MY MENTAL HEALTH TRANSPORT TEAM YET YOU HAVE NO.
BUT I MEAN, WE COULD, ALL OF US WOULD JOIN IN.
WELL, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY PAPERWORK YET.
YOU GONNA SEND ME SOME? I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I, I WANT GET, I WANT, I WANT DISCUSS IT MORE AND SEE WHAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, I THINK YOU CAN FILL A HELL OF A GAS.
WE HAVE A-L-E-P-C MEETING AT YOUR CAN CALL IN.
WE DON'T HAVE, CAN'T SAID MENTAL.
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TAKE THAT MONEY FROM THE ME'S OFFICE AND WE'LL GO TO CONTINUE OUR MEETING BEFORE WE STAND TO DO THE, UH, AND THE TEXAS TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING IN OUR STATE.AND I, I JUST, I JUST CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE THE LOSSES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO LEND OUR HEARTS AND THOUGHTS TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.
AND IF WE COULD TAKE A MOMENT FOR THAT, PLEASE.
I WOULD APPRECIATE CONVERSATION.
WE'LL STAND FOR THE ALL IFIED FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG BY ALLEGIANCE.
TEXAS, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
ONE AN INDIVISIBLE HAS NOT PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, ITEM BOARD AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT TO THE BOARD AS A REPRESEN ISSUES OR ITEMS OF CONCERN THAT WE KNOW BOARD DIRECTORS DELIBERATION OR ACTION ON THESE COMMENTS? TIME LOUD, UH, AT IS AT MY DISCRETION.
AND CERTAINLY IF, IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS SHARED.
SO NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
ARE THERE ANY DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SITTING THERE? NONE.
[6. Incoming Board Member - Chair Dennis Commissioner Mario Martinez, Frio County Outgoing Board Member - Chair Dennis Darrin Schroeder, Former Mayor, City of Castroville, Representing Area Cities Group A]
ON TO ITEM ITEM SIX.AND, UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME AT THIS TIME OUR INCOMING BOARD MEMBER, A COMMISSIONER, MARIO MARTINEZ FROM RIO COUNTY.
WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU, COMMISSIONER.
WE'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
WELL, I WAS, I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS, BUT, UH, AGAIN, MY NAME'S MARIO MARTINEZ.
UM, I'M, I'M BEEN IN OFFICE FOR THREE YEARS AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AND NOW I'M THE PRESIDING JUDGE.
WELL, NOT PRESIDING JUDGE, BUT, UH, INTERIM, INTERIM.
I, I CALL IT A SUPERVISOR OVER THE COUNTY.
SO, UH, IT, IT'S BEEN INTERESTING.
ONE WEEK I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION AND IT'S, IT TAKES A TOLL.
SO I GIVE CREDIT TO ALL THESE JUDGES THAT DONE THIS DAY TO DAY.
UM, AND I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE AND THEN CONTINUE WHAT, WHAT, UH, OR COUNTY JUDGE HAS DONE.
AND, AND, UH, LIKE I KEEP SAYING, WE'RE GONNA KEEP RUNNING JUST HOW SHE'S BEEN DOING.
AND HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE THE WORK.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, YOUR, YOUR, UH, PARTICIPATION ON THIS BOARD.
IT'S A REALLY GREAT BOARD AND YOU'VE GOT LOTS OF GREAT LEADERS AROUND HERE THAT HAVE DONE THIS WORK FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, WE WERE HOPING THAT, UM, FORMER MAYOR, UH, DARREN SCHROER WAS GONNA BE HERE, BUT I DON'T SEE HIM, UH, 'CAUSE WE, WE WANTED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO HIM FOR A SERVICE TO THE SPORT, BUT WE'LL TRY PERHAPS TO GET THAT DONE AT A LATER DATE.
[7. Five Year State Flood Planning Process - Brian S. Mast, Deputy Director, Government Affairs, San Antonio River Authority and Ron Branyon, Technical Consultant Project Manager, HDR, Inc. ]
DOWN TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS THE FIVE YEAR STATE PLANNING PROCESS.UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, FRANK RIGHT HERE.
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.
UM, AND I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM.
I'M RON BRANDON WITH HDR ENGINEERING.
BRIAN HAD OTHER COMMITMENTS TODAY, BUT, UH, KENDALL HAYES WITH THE, UH, RIVER AUTHORITIES WITH US TODAY, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, THIS, UH, PRESENTATION ON FLOODING TODAY WASN'T IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT FLOODS.
IT WAS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ON THE AGENDA FOR SOME TIME TO GET THE, GET THE WORD OUT.
UM, AND THIS IS, IT IS A BIT DIFFERENT TO SIT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
UH, FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING ON THE STATE FLOOD PLAN, WE'VE DEALT WITH EXTREME DROUGHT, AND IT'S WITH HEAVY HEART THAT WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH THE TRAGEDIES THAT'S HAPPENED IN CENTRAL TEXAS, THROUGHOUT.
AND SO IT IS A TIMELY PRESENTATION.
UM, AND, UM, DEFINITELY PEOPLE ARE LISTENING TO OUR MESSAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE, MORE AS WE TRY TO GET IT OUT.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS TODAY.
THE, SO THE, A LITTLE BIT OF THE
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OVERVIEW OF THE STATE FLOOD PLAN, UM, IT'S IN 2019, THE LEGISLATURE, UM, UH, ASSIGNED THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO ADMINISTER, UM, THE STATE FLOOD PLANNING PROCESS.IT WAS REALLY IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE HARVEY AND THE DEVASTATION THAT CAME THERE.
AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, IT WAS DECIDED THAT FLOODING COULDN'T BE FIXED OR COMPLETELY CONTROLLED, YOU KNOW, IN A MICRO LEVEL.
IT NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT IN, IN A REGIONAL PLAN.
AND SO THEY SPLIT THE STATE INTO 15 DIFFERENT REGIONS.
UM, AND WE COMPLETED THE FIRST STATE PLAN, UH, IN 2024.
UH, AND IT WAS ROLLED UP AND IT'S A, UH, IT'S A FIVE YEAR CYCLE.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE SECOND CYCLE OF THE STATE FLOOD PLAN.
SO, UM, HERE'S THE REGIONS KIND OF THAT I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU SEE THE ACOG BOUNDARY HERE.
UM, AND, UH, THERE'S, UH, THREE DIFFERENT PLANNING REGIONS THAT, UM, CONTROL, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR AREAS.
THE GUADALUPE, UH, RIVER BASIN, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER BASIN, AND THE OASIS RIVER BASIN.
SO, UM, THAT COVERS ALL OF THE COUNTIES THAT, UH, ARE REPRESENTED IN THE, IN THE COG.
AND SO, UM, REGION 11 IS, UH, ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE, UM, THE PLANNING AGENCY IS THE GUADALUPE RIVER AUTHORITY.
UH, REGION 12 IS, UM, SUPPORTED BY THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.
AND REGION 13 IS THE OASIS RIVER AUTHORITY.
SO, UM, AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS, SO JUST SO YOU KNOW WHICH REGION YOU'RE IN, UM, AND WHAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING, I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING REGION REGION 12, UM, AS I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER IN, IN LEADING THAT, UM, LEADING THAT EFFORT, UM, HDR IS ALSO LEADING THE OASIS BASIN AND FREESON NICHOLS IS LEADING, UH, THE GUADALUPE BASIN.
UM, A LITTLE BIT ON THE SCHEDULE, KIND OF, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STATE FLOOD PLAN.
UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS THE WAY THAT THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS GOING TO DIVVY OUT THE FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE STATE OR, UH, ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE STATE.
AND SO, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE MONEY FOR PROJECTS, UH, AND STUDIES, YOU HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STATE FLOOD PLAN SIMILAR TO THE STATE WATER PLAN THAT YOU'VE, UH, ALL BEEN A PART OF FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, AND SO IT, IT, THE, THE FIRST, THE FIRST PRIORITIES WERE TO IDENTIFY RISK, UH, AND TO QUANTIFY THOSE RISKS AND HOW DO WE MITIGATE THOSE RISKS.
AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU TAKE IT BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE, THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE, UM, BEING ENCOURAGED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO ONE OF ONE OF THE PLANNING GROUP REGIONS, WHICHEVER ONE THAT IS REPRESENTED.
UH, WE'VE MADE CONTACT WITH ALMOST ALL THE COMMUNITIES.
SOME ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME WE'VE HAD GOOD RESPONSE, SOME WE'VE, WE'VE HAD.
BUT, UH, I THINK WHEN YOU TAKE IT BACK, YOU'LL GET A ANSWER PRETTY QUICK WHETHER OR NOT THEY, THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF IT, BUT, UH, WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO BE A PART OF IT AND TO TALK TO US AND SIT DOWN AND, AND, AND HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION.
UM, AND SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE COLLECTING ALL THE FLOOD HAZARD INFORMATION, GETTING, MAKING SURE ALL THE FLOOD MAPS ARE UP TO DATE.
UM, WE ARE, UH, THE TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM IS DUE, UM, HERE TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE.
UM, AND THEN THE DRAFT PLAN AND FINAL PLANS ARE DUE IN 2027 AND 2028, AND IT'S ROLLED UP INTO THE STATE FLOOD PLAN IN 2029, AND IT BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR FIFTH FUNDING AT THAT TIME.
UM, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE'RE HERE.
IT'S JUST A, JUST A PLEA TO SAY, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION SEE THIS, SEE THIS PRESENTATION, OR HEAR YOUR MESSAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO, TO THEIR REGIONS.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, ALL OF THESE PLANNING PROCESSES HAVE ACRONYMS AND, UM, AND, AND THERE'S THREE THAT ARE IMPORTANT HERE.
IT'S, AND WE CALL THEM FM XS, THEY'RE FMPS FM AND FMSS FMPS ARE ACTUALLY PROJECTS.
THOSE ARE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS THAT ARE READY FOR CONSTRUCTION, LOOKING FOR CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS IN ORDER TO PUT THOSE IN THE GROUND.
UH, FLOOD MANAGEMENT EVALUATIONS ARE THOSE PROJECTS THAT MAYBE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION TO GET THE FUNDING OR A DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN OR A STUDY TO EVALUATE WHAT PROJECTS ARE BEST FOR YOU.
AND THEN FLOOD MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES INCLUDE THOSE THAT ARE POLICY EDUCATION, UM, AND, AND, AND DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT MESSAGING TO GET THAT OUT.
SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THAT FIFTH BUCKET.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE FIFTH FUND WAS CREATED BY THE 86 LEGISLATURE IN 2019.
UM, THE ORIGINAL FUNDING WAS 770 MILLION.
UM, A LOT OF PROJECTS CAME OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, IN THE, IN THE 2023 WAS 624 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED.
UM, AND, UM, THE, THIS LATEST CYCLE, THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UH, ANTICIPATES UTILIZING 375 MILLION, UH, DURING THIS ACTIVE TWO YEAR CYCLE.
SO, UM, A LOT OF PROJECTS OUT THERE.
THERE WAS, UH, I THINK STATEWIDE, THERE WAS, UH, OVER $30 BILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS IDENTIFIED.
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NEED IS GREAT WITHIN TEXAS, AS WE ALL ARE AWARE.SO, UM, UM, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, AND RANKING THESE IS, HAS BEEN A TOUGH TASK FOR THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND, UM, WE ASK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, THEY CONTINUE TO HEAR YOUR VOICE AS WELL, UM, THAT WE, THAT MORE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING IS NEEDED.
UM, SO, SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH DAY, UH, OUTREACH.
UM, WE, UM, WE'RE COLLECTING DATA RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE, WE KNOW WHERE ALL THE FLOODING ISSUES ARE.
UM, WE'RE COLLECTING PROJECTS, UH, AND, AND JUST TRYING TO GET THE NEEDS OF EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES, UM, UH, TRYING TO GET THAT WRAPPED UP, UM, THIS SUMMER.
AND THEN, UH, PROCEED INTO, UM, ACTUALLY COLLECTING MORE PROJECTS AND, AND GOING ON INTO THE AGENDA.
BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS OUTREACH, UH, OUTREACH MODE FOR COLLECTING DATA FOR SOME TIME.
SO MOST OF YOUR COMMUNITIES SHOULD HAVE HEARD FROM US.
UM, JUST WANT AGAIN, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THE MESSAGE BACK.
UM, AND I'D BE AT, UH, REMISS IF I DIDN'T TO TALK ABOUT THE RECENT FLOODINGS.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS MAKE SURE THAT IF Y'ALL HAVE PHOTOS, STATISTICS, UM, NEW PROBLEM AREAS THAT, THAT WERE MADE IDENTIFIED OR THAT WE'RE, WE'RE MADE AWARE OF THOSE, UM, AND THEN ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING, HAPPENING IN THE SPECIAL SESSION.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THINGS ARE GONNA COME OUT, UM, AND, AND DIFFERENT, UM, UH, WITH FLOOD WARNING SYSTEMS WITH THE, THE WAY WE'RE GETTING OUT, UH, THE, THE MESSAGING WARNING MESSAGES.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ANYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT, THAT WE NEED TO, TO INCLUDE? UH, AN AN EXAMPLE IS, IS, UH, WE'RE CALCULATING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR THE NUMBER OF RV PARKS WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN, UH, WHICH WASN'T, WHICH WE HADN'T DONE PREVIOUSLY, UH, IN, IN, AND THAT'S A BIG, UH, A BIG, UM, EYE-OPENER IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
UH, SO HERE'S SOME LINKS FOR Y'ALL.
UH, HERE'S THE DIFFERENT REGIONS.
UM, IF, IF YOU'RE IN REGION 12, IF YOU'RE IN, IF YOU'RE IN THE REGION THAT I'M IN, WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING, AUGUST 12TH AT THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY OFFICES.
PLEASE JOIN US, UH, WHEN YOU, THERE'S A VIRTUAL OPTION OR IN PERSON.
UH, THERE'S, UH, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION ON THE STATE FLOOD PLAN VIEWER, UH, AND THE LIST.
AND YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE FIFTH FUNDING.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, WHAT'S THAT? I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF, IF THERE ARE, IS OUR RIVER AUTHORITY, ARE THEY WORKING WITH YOU? THE BAYARD COUNTY RIVER AUTHORITY? WE'VE, SO THEY'RE ACTIVELY, UH, IN CONTACT WITH DAVE? YES.
ON DO THEY USE SOMETHING CALLED, UH, THE FLASH? SO MY QUESTION, I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL EXPERT IN ANY OF THIS, BUT HAVING THIS DATA AND HAVING THIS PLAN, WAS IT HELPFUL IN ANY WAY TO THOSE THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE FLOOD IN SOME CASES, ONE, ONE AND HALF INCHES? SO THE MAIN OBJECTIVE PLAN IS TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS.
I THINK IT BROUGHT TO LIGHT PROBABLY AREAS, UM, THAT HAD PROBLEM, THAT HAD PROBLEMS PREVIOUSLY.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S BROUGHT FLOODING TO LIGHT AND, AND MADE PEOPLE START PLANNING A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR IT.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WERE ANY PROJECTS IN PLACE AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE WE WERE SO EARLY IN THE PROCESS THAT WE CAN SAY MITIGATED ANYTHING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THOSE PROJECTS IN THE GROUND FROM, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE STATE, WHEREVER IT MAY BE TO SAVE LIVES.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE EARLY TO SAY WE HAD PROJECTS, BUT I THINK, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I HOPE THAT WE'RE DOING IS AS WE'RE MEETING WITH THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND RIVER AUTHORITIES, WE'RE MAKING THEM THINK THE AREAS THAT THEY HAVE CONCERNS ON AND, AND TALKING ABOUT THEIR FLOOD RESPONSE ABOUT RESPONSE AND WHAT STRATEGIES.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR BEING ANSWER CHAIRWOMAN.
HOW ARE THE REGIONS CREATED? UM, THE REGIONS WERE CREATED, CREATED REALLY BASED ON THE, UH, ON THE RIVER OF THE RIVER BASINS.
SO THE RIVERS ARE THE BOUNDARIES, THE ADDED BOUNDARIES, YES.
OH, DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT WHETHER THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND IS GONNA BE THE AVENUE WHERE THE, THE STATE LEDGE INJECTS THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS? OR DO THEY PLAN TO CREATE NEW STRUCTURES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THOSE FUNDS OUT? ALL THE LEGISLATIVE FUNDS THAT ARE BEING DRIVEN FOR, UH, FLOOD PLANNING THROUGH IT IS GOING THROUGH THE BOARD AND YOU HAVE, UH, IN THE STATE FLOOD PLANNING QUALIFY FOR THE FUNDS.
SPECIAL SESSION, ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT, SPECIAL SESSION.
UM, AND, AND, AND IN RESPONSE TO THE, THE LATEST, UH, FLOOD, FLOOD FORECAST, FASTER YOU, BUT THAT COULD BE DIFFERENT.
AND WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER AVENUE, AVENUE, THE GO AND ON ALL THE OTHER YOU AND, AND SO, AND, AND THAT WOULDN'T GO THROUGH FIFTH YOU.
AND JUST TO FOLLOW ON QUESTION, ARE WE ENGAGING IN, IN THE
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STATE LEDGE AT ALL IN TERMS OF, UH, ASKS AND, AND PROVIDING SOME OF THE DATA AND, AND FEEDBACK FROM, UH, THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER TIME? OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT, AT KERRVILLE AND, AND WHAT JUST RECENTLY HAPPENED, BUT IS THERE A MECHANISM FOR US TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND, AND KIND OF WEIGH IN, UH, WHILE DURING THE SPECIAL SESSION AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GONNA DISTRIBUTE THESE FUNDS? SO THE, UM, EX THE PROJECT MANAGER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE, UH, STATE FLOOD PLANS, UH, RING ZOOM AND THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, SHE'S VERY INVOLVED IN THE SPECIAL SESSIONS AND SHE HAS ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AT HER DISPOSAL.SO WE DO KNOW THAT, THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE WEIGHING IN, UM, WITH, WITH THOSE STATISTICS, ANYTHING THEY NEED BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT.
AND THROUGH, THROUGH THE, THROUGH OUR PROCESS, UM, WE'VE, UH, ONE OF THE CHAPTER CHAPTERS IN THE STATE FLOOD PLAN IS, UM, WE ARE, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO, UH, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO, UH, WE'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS THE LAST ROUND, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA GIVE PLENTY MORE RECOMMENDATIONS THIS ROUND AFTER, UM, ALL OF THE RESET.
ALSO, I KNOW THAT ALL RIVER AUTHORITIES IN THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
WITH THE SPECIAL SESSION, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, WE'RE SENDING, UH, FLOOD WARNING ENGAGING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE LEGISLATURE AND WORKING CLOSELY.
WE HAVE, UM, SENATORS, MENENDEZ AND HURST ARE BOTH ON THE JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW DISASTERS AND FLOODING.
AND SO WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING THAT DATA TO THE TABLE AS WELL.
UH, MR. HEIM, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANNA SHARE? NO, I WAS JUST, OH, I'M SORRY.
I THINK THEY ARE THERE TESTIFYING NOW IS WHAT MR.
WELL, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR, YES, SIR.
I'M THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR CENTER MEN'S OFFICE.
SO YEAH, SO THE CHAIR OF THIS, THE, THAT MEETING IS CURRENTLY GOING ON AS WE SPEAK.
IT'S NOT ON MY COMPUTER AT THE OFFICE, RIGHT.
AS SOON AS I GET BACK AND I GET, JUST START WHERE I LEFT OFF, BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE NEXT, THE NEXT MEETING IS NOT GONNA BE AN OFFICE TO BE THERE IN CURVILLE.
SO THAT'S JUST GONNA BE RIGHT NOW FOR TODAY'S TESTIMONIES AND STUFF.
NORMALLY DURING THE LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW, TESTIMONY'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ANYONE CAN COME IN, SIGN UP AND EVERYTHING.
BUT DUE TO THE NATURE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE INVITE ONLY FOR TESTIMONIES AND STUFF.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SMALLER POOL, SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN HOW THE MEETINGS WILL BE HANDLED, BUT FOR JUST FOR SAKE OF TIME AND EVERYTHING, THEY'VE LIMITED TO LIKE, JUST CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMING IN.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE ARE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WATCHING AND EVERYTHING.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS CARDS ON ME.
I JUST GAVE MY LAST ONES, THAT'S MY EVENT.
BUT TO STOP ME AFTER THE MEETING, I'M MORE GLAD TO SHARE MY CONTACT INFORMATION WITH Y'ALL.
AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, SENATOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
I DID HAVE A, A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, PROJECT SCORING.
DOES THE STATE'S PROJECT SCORING GIVE ANY INCENTIVE TO COUNTIES THAT, IN THAT UTILIZE THEIR FLOOD CONTROL TAX? NO.
UM, THAT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE SUPREME MECHANISMS, UM, THAT, BUT IT WILL BE OPEN FOR THE, THE SCORING WAY THEY DO.
THEIR SCORING WAS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THAT IS ONE, IT, IT WILL BE REOPENED AGAIN THIS, THIS CYCLE.
AND SO, UM, I'LL ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, MAKE THAT COMMENT.
BUT NO, AT THIS TIME, UH, THE BIGGEST, BIGGEST SCORING FACTORS ARE, ARE DEFINITELY THE STRUCTURES AND LIVES IMPACTED.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG, YEAH, MY, MY THOUGHT IS JUST LEVERAGE AND THE AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS TO GET BUILT IN A LOT OF TEXAS.
UH, AND I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, I WATCHED THE NEWS WHERE THERE WAS SOME PROTESTS OVER THE KIRK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DISCUSSING FLOOD CONTROL.
AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT EVERY COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT.
UM, PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT POLITICS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE, BE RESPONSIVE TO.
BUT I CAN SAY IN MY MOST CONSERVATIVE AREAS IN THIS AREA OF DISTRICT 10, UH, AS I GO NORTHEAST, UH, NACODOCHES ROAD, WHEN I ASK MY CONSTITUENTS, UH, IN MY MOST CONSERVATIVE PRECINCTS, UH, IF WE HAD TO RAISE THE FLOOD CONTROL TAX, WOULD YOU BE FOR IT? THEY'RE FOR IT BECAUSE THEY TRAVEL PARA VIAL AND THEY HAVE ALMOST BEEN TAKEN IN FLOOD IN CIRCUMSTANCES.
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THE DAM BROKE, THERE WAS A LOT OF, HOW DO WE PAY FOR 135 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT WAS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE.AND I SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND I SAID, ARE YOU USING YOUR FLOOD CONTROL TAX BECAUSE THAT CAN HELP YOU.
UM, THESE KINDS OF, UH, PROJECTS CAN CREATE A LOT OF JOBS, UH, AS WELL AS SAVE A LOT OF LIVES IN BEX COUNTY.
WE INVESTED, UH, IN 54 PROJECTS BETWEEN 2007 AND 2017 WHERE WE HAD LOSS OF LIFE.
AND UP UNTIL I THINK THIS YEAR, WE HAVE HAD NO LOSS OF LIFE IN ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE FUNDED OVER THAT DECADE.
UM, THE EXCEPTION IS OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
SO WE HAD BEEN A PARTICIPANT IN THIS PROJECT, AND, AND THE COUNTY MANAGER HAD TOLD ME, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A CHURCH, A LUTHERAN CHURCH DOWN THE STREET WHO HAD REQUESTED THAT WE DOWNGRADE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED.
AND IT WAS PROBABLY RELATED TO, UH, NOT WANTING DISRUPTION, UM, FROM TRAFFIC BEING ABLE TO GET TO THEIR CHURCH.
BUT I THINK IN HINDSIGHT, WE'RE ALL FACED WITH, UH, KNOWLEDGE THAT THESE STORMS ARE COMING IN THE HISTORIC WAYS.
AND WE'VE, WE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT COULD HAVE DEALT WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT HAPPENED.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU PRETTY MUCH ARE GONNA BE OVERWHELMED.
UH, BUT THEY CERTAINLY CAN MITIGATE FOR THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR, UM, WE, WE HAVE AN ISSUE WHERE THE CONCRETE IS MOVING THE WATER SO FAST, UH, AND A LACK OF RETENTION DETENTION, CITY POLICY THAT HAS ALLOWED, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO FOREGO RETENTION AND DETENTION IN THE REGION, UM, IS A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE THINGS THAT YOU SAW NEXT DOOR HERE.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO, UH, BE SMART ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE LIVES ARE, ARE VERY MUCH AT STAKE.
AND I, I JUST WANT TO OFFER MYSELF TO ANY OF MY FELLOW COG MEMBERS, UH, AT LESS YOU THINK I'M A TAX AND SPEND LIBERAL, I VOTED FOR MORE TAX CUTS AS A COMMISSIONER THAN ANYBODY ON THE BEXAR COUNTY BALLOT.
UM, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE YOU CAN DO BOTH.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN CUT TAXES AND INVEST IN YOUR FLOOD CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP OPEN UP OUR, OUR COUNTY, UH, HISTORY WITH RESPECT TO USING OUR FLOOD CONTROL TAXES, SAVE LIVES.
JUDGE, THIS REGION 12 CURRENT, THE MAPPING OF, HOW OLD IS IT, WHAT'S THE QUALITY OF IT AS FAR AS THE FLOOD MAPPING AND HOW THAT RELATES TO FEMA MAPS? SO FOR, FOR REGION, REGION 12, SAN ANTONIO REGION ON A GREAT JOB AS, AS A C CT P CONTRACTING TECHNICAL PARTS.
AND, UM, THEY'VE, THEY'RE RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF UPDATING THEIR MAPS THAT SHOULD BE BRAND NEW MAPS, UH, EFFECTIVE IN 20 27, 28, UH, TIMEFRAME.
AND SO WE ARE USING, USING THAT DATA, WHILE IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE PUBLIC, WE ARE USING IT AS AVAILABLE.
AND, AND WHO'S, WHO DID THAT? THE RIVER SANTA TURNER.
IS, SO IS THAT, UM, AVAILABLE TO US FOR MEDINA COUNTY? UH, I, I THINK IT'S, WAS IT THE ENTIRETY OF REGION 12? NO, IT'S, IT IS MAINLY FOR BEAR COUNTY.
THAT'S EVERYTHING ABOVE BEXAR COUNTY.
SO NEW AIS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING ONE FOR THE ENTIRE, THEY'RE DOING ONE FOR THE, OF THE REGION.
SO, UM, I MEAN THAT'S A, THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR US, THAT THE HIGHEST GROWTH AREA IN OUR COUNTY IS RIGHT IN THE AREA.
WE DON'T HAVE, HAVE THIS INTO THE POINT OF FIGURING RETENTION AND ALL THE THINGS WE NEED TO BE DOING IN OUR COUNTY RIGHT NOW.
WITHOUT THAT DATA, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT.
UM, THE RIVER AUTHORITY HAS COMPLETED THE STUDY FOR BEAR COUNTY, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE WILSON CARNES AND GOLIA NOW.
WE WERE STARTING UPSTREAM AND MOVING DOWNSTREAM, WE ONLY HAVE THAT FOUR COUNTY JURISDICTION, UM, AS GIVEN TO US BY THE STATE.
AND SO WE'RE DOING THE FLOODPLAIN MAPPING FOR FEMA IN THIS AREA.
AND I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO, UM, DRAWING THE FLOODPLAIN MAPS THEMSELVES FOR OUTSIDE OF THOSE FOUR COUNTIES.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S, WE'RE MOVING DOWNSTREAM WITH THAT DATA.
REGION 12 IS MORE THAN JUST THOSE FOUR COUNTIES.
BUT MEDINA COUNTY IS PART OF PORTION OF THAT, THAT, AND WE ARE THE UPSTREAM OF IT, BUT I THOUGHT WE SAID MEDINA'S NOT BEEN MAPPED.
AND SO THE, OUR SO IS JURISDICTION AS THE RIVER AUTHORITY.
WE'VE BEEN, THE RIVER AUTHORITY ONLY COVERS THE FOUR COUNTIES THAT I MENTIONED, REGION 12.
WHILE THE RIVER AUTHORITY SERVES AS THE SPONSOR FOR THE SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING GROUP, WE DON'T HAVE
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AUTHORITY OF THE ENTIRE REGION.THAT'S WHY BANDERA COUNTY, DAVE MOCK IS INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OUTSIDE OF OUR FOUR COUNTY JURISDICTION.
WE SERVE AS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THIS REGION.
SO WHEN RON PRESENTED THOSE THREE RIVER AUTHORITIES, THOSE WHO HELPS RUN THE MEETINGS AND SERVES AS SPONSOR FOR THE STATE'S PLANNING IN OUR REGION, WE DON'T HAVE OUTSIDE EXTRA CHURCH JURISDICTIONAL CONTROL.
THE OTHER THING, JUDGE, IS THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AVAILABLE.
UM, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE BLE MAPPING.
UM, ALL OF THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE AND THEY HAVE FUTURE, UM, FUTURE 500 HERE AVAILABLE THROUGH THEIR FATHOM DATA.
UH, SO THEY, THEY'VE MADE, MADE FLOODS AVAILABLE, UH, THAT WERE ALL RELATIVELY NEW WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, UH, AVAILABLE FOR ALL REGIONS.
IT IT IS JUST A LEVEL OF DETAIL, DETAIL THAT EACH ONE OF THEM GOES INTO.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES.
THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
THAT, THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE IS, IS, I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS THE AL ALMOST GOLF COURSE, UM, NORTH OF BASSEY ROAD.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THE SOCIAL WORKER.
SO, UM, IN 1981, HENRY CISNEROS, I IS A YOUNG CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, I TOLD HENRY THAT WE HAD FLOODING ISSUES ON THE NORTH SIDE.
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME TILL WE TOOK A WALK AND HE GOT HIS SHOES AND HIS PANTS WET.
THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AND AS WE GROW, UH, AND WE DO MORE CONSTRUCTION, A LOT OF TIMES THAT, UM, MOVES THE DIFFERENT FLOODING AREAS.
UM, BANDERA AND FOUR 10 IS, IS A, IS A GOOD, UH, GOOD ONE TO LOOK AT.
AND SO, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE GROWTH PATTERN, BUT IT ALSO A WEATHER ISSUE.
YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES IN THE HILL COUNTRY WITH THE HURRICANES COMING OFF THE TEXAS COAST, LOOK WHAT HAPPENED IN BANDERA COUNTY.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR INPUT AND UH, THANK YOU.
I KNOW, BUT ARE YOU WITH THEM TWO? YES.
I'M PART OF THE TECHNICAL GROUP.
[8. Executive Director’s Monthly Report - Cliff Herberg A. Upcoming Events B. Staffing Updates C. Program Status and Operational Updates D. Organizational and General Administration Updates]
OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND MR. YOU CAN HERE.GOOD MORNING CHAIR DENNIS, MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
I HAVE JUST A ONE QUICK, UH, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT ON SOME UPDATE UPDATES AND SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS ACOG'S, UM, EFFORTS TO, UH, UH, ASSIST IN THE DISASTER RECOVERY UP IN, UH, THE AFFECTED AREAS, PARTICULARLY HER COUNTY THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING.
BUT LEMME FIRST GO TO OUR PROGRAM STATUS AND UPDATES.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF INFORMATION ITEMS. I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR, OUR MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS GROUP CONTINUES TO ENHANCE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMO, WITH THE PARTY, WITH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.
UH, AND OUR A VN STAFF ARE NOW TABLING AT THE NORTHWEST SAN ANTONIO VA CLINIC EVERY THURSDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AND THIS INITIATIVE ENHANCES OUR VETERANS ENGAGEMENTS, PROVIDES A PLATFORM TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION, UH, TO OUR VETERANS.
AND THIS IS ALL HANDLED BY OUR AV N STAFF.
UH, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO CONDUCT INTAKE ASSESSMENTS FOR VETERANS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ACOG SERVICES, UH, ON A REGIONAL SERVICES NOTE THAT DOES AFFECT THE AREAS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS MOST RECENT FLOODING.
UH, THE EDA, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR OUR FY 2025 EDA TO DISASTER SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR AREAS THAT HAVE, UH, BEEN DECLARED DISASTERS UNDER A PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION.
AND I WANNA STRESS THIS IS ONLY FOR EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN FY 23 AND FY 24.
SO THIS FUNDING ADDRESSES THOSE ISSUES.
WE EXPECT, OF COURSE, MORE, UH, FUNDING TO RESULT AS A, UM, UH, UH, RESULT OF THE MOST RECENT FLOODING.
SO THIS IS ONLY FOR AREAS THAT WERE DECLARED DISASTERS IN 23 AND 24 THAT AFFECTS FIVE COUNTIES IN THE ACOG REGION.
AND THOSE ARE KOMAL, GILLESPIE, GUADALUPE, KENDALL AND KERR.
UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, CLAUDIA MORA DID A WEBINAR ON THIS AND
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INVITED THE AFFECTED COUNTIES.AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IS OUT THERE.
UH, AND IT IS, I I TALKED TO THE EDA ADMINISTRATOR AND HE WAS SAYING THAT THIS IS A BILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS ALLOCATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UH, AND THAT MONEY'S OUT THERE AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT TIME ALLOWED TO SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT.
SO YOU HAVE, THERE IS NO TIGHT TIME DEADLINE.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT, IF YOU'RE IN ONE OF THESE AFFECTED COUNTIES, UH, BE SURE AND LOOK INTO THAT AND, UH, SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST FOR FUNDING.
UM, ALSO REGIONAL SERVICES IS UPDATING OUR USER LIST FOR GRANT FINDER.
ACOG HAS 50 LICENSES FOR GRANT FINDER, THAT IS FOR YOUR USE.
WE SPEND THE MONEY, UH, AS A SERVICE AND BENEFIT TO YOU.
SO IF YOU NEED A GRANT FINDER LICENSE OR NEED TO UPDATE, UH, YOUR, YOUR GRANT FINDER, UH, CONTACT OR REPRESENTATIVE, PLEASE LET US KNOW, AND CLAUDIA WILL BE GLAD TO ASSESS, UH, UH, ASSIST WITH THAT.
UH, AS ALWAYS, OUR WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS NEEDING HOMES.
SO IF ANY OF YOU, UH, HAVE ANYONE THAT IS AN APPLICANT OF A UM, INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CALL US AND LET US KNOW.
WE WILL BE GLAD TO TAKE THEIR APPLICATION, AND IT PARTICULARLY AFFECTS LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND DISABLED VETERANS.
UM, ON A, UH, BUILDING UPDATE, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN QUITE A WHILE, WE HAVE A NEW TENANT TO THE BUILDING WHO JUST EXECUTED A 63 MONTH LEASE FOR 2,695 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THEY MOVED IN ON JULY 15TH, AND THEY ARE A GREAT PARTNER TO HAVE IN THE BUILDING GIVEN OUR SERVICES, AND THEY ARE EVERY CARE HOSPICE SERVICES.
AND SO VERY PLEASED TO HAVE A NEW TENANT IN THE BUILDING.
I WANTED TO SPEND JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO UPDATE YOU AND LET YOU KNOW ABOUT ACOG'S HILL COUNTRY RELIEF EFFORTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, ACOG IS TRADITIONALLY NOT A FIRST RESPONDER.
WE'RE A SUPPORT GROUP TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND TO THE COMMUNITIES, OUR MEMBERS.
UM, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE DIRECT SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDED TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND VICTIMS. AND IN MY 10 YEARS HERE AT ACOG, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN THIS INITIATIVE.
AND I'M EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THE, OUR STAFF AND, AND THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT THEY DEMONSTRATED TO THIS EFFORT.
AS I THINK ALL OF US HAVE, I THINK EVERYBODY'S HEART HAS GONE OUT TO THAT REGION, IS TREMENDOUSLY AFFECTED BY IT.
UM, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID.
YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE, UH, DONATIONS THAT WE MADE TO THE VARIOUS, UH, COMMUNITIES UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.
BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR 9 1 1 STAFF.
UH, MARCELLA MEDINA, SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THIS FROM FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON JULY THE FOURTH, UH, HELPING TO COORDINATE RE RESOURCES WITH STRAC.
UH, SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH CHAIRMAN HAS LOCKER, WHO CALLED, ACTUALLY I BELIEVE, CALLED MARCELLA.
HE WAS INVOLVED OFFERING SERVICES AT US FROM THE UHS AS WELL AS, UH, BARE MET.
AND, UH, HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH HER THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
MARCELLA AND HER TEAM, UM, WERE INVOLVED.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEIR PICTURES UP THERE, UH, PROVIDING THE DIRECT RELIEF EFFORTS.
UH, AND MARCELLA WAS INVOLVED.
AND, AND IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD TO RUN A REPORT ON THE FLY, YOU KNOW THAT SCRUBBING DATA IS NOT EASY.
BUT AT THE REQUEST OF KERR COUNTY WHO WAS ACTING AT THE REQUEST OF, UH, THE FBI, SHE WORKED LONG AND HARD TO PRODUCE REPORTS ON NINE ONE ONE CALL DATA.
AND THAT JUST WAS THE BEGINNING OF, OF THE, OF THE, UM, THEIR EFFORTS.
UM, IN ASSOCIATION WITH, OR I SHOULD SAY AT THE SUGGESTION OF MY FRIEND JENNY LEWIS AT TARC, SHE SUGGESTED THAT WE SET UP A AMAZON WISHLIST.
WE WERE LOOKING AT A WAY TO ATTRACT DONATIONS.
AND SO, UH, WE PUT OUT SOME PRESS RELEASES, COLLECTED AN AMAZON WISH LIST AFTER CONTACTING THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES ON WHAT THEY NEEDED.
AND, UM, WE HAD A TREMENDOUS RESPONSE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE HAD PEOPLE FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
A LITTLE GIRL DONATED HER AMAZON BIRTHDAY GIFT CARDS, UH, TO THE EFFORT.
SHE SAID THAT'S WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO WITH HER BIRTHDAY MONEY, ALL THE WAY FROM, UH, SAN DIEGO TO BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE HAD, UH, 854 AT LAST COUNT DONATIONS.
AND I WANT TO STRESS, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 854 DONATIONS, EVERY ONE OF THOSE IS A CASE OF SOMETHING.
SO A TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, CASES OF EVERYTHING FROM WATER TO, UH, FOOD SNACKS TO ENERGY BARS, TO GLOVES TO, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THEY, THEY NEED, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THINGS THAT WE HAD DIRECT REQUESTS FOR WAS EVERYTHING FROM MOSQUITO REPELLENT AND SUNSCREEN FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
UH, THEY NEEDED WOOL GLOVES, I MEAN, PARDON ME, WOOL SOCKS BECAUSE THE, UH, COTTON SOCKS WERE, WERE, UM, GETTING INUNDATED WITH WATER, OF COURSE, AND BEGINNING TO, UM, REALLY WEREN'T HELPING REPEL THE WATER.
AND SO WHILE THESE SUPPLIES WERE COMING IN, ACOG PROVIDED AN EXCESS
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OF, UH, WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR THESE TO COME IN FROM AMAZON.AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT TAKES TWO OR THREE DAYS FOR THINGS TO START ARRIVING.
UH, ACOG PROVIDED AN EXCESS OF $10,000 WORTH OF DIRECT DONATIONS TO THE COMMUNITIES.
UH, WE PROVIDED SIX CHAINSAWS AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE NEEDED THAT WERE DESPERATELY NEEDED BY THE, BY THE FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS.
UH, WE, WE SUBMITTED SIX CHAINSAWS WHILE MARCELLA WAS DOING SOME OF THAT, UM, SCROUNGING AROUND TO FIND SUPPLIES THAT WERE TIGHTLY, THAT WERE, UH, QUICKLY GETTING GRABBED UP BY EVERYBODY THAT NEEDED THEM.
UH, SHE WENT TO, AND I THINK IT'S HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS GROUP, SHE WENT TO TELUS EQUIPMENT COMPANY, T-E-L-S-T-E-L-L-U-S, THAT HAS MANY, UM, SMALL OUTFIT EQUIPMENT STORES IN THE REGION.
AND WELL, SHE WAS THERE, TELUS HEARD WHAT SHE WAS DOING, THEY DONATED TO CHAINSAWS.
SO TWO VERY EXPENSIVE, HIGH, HIGH POWERED CHAINSAWS TO THE EFFORT.
AND I'M PROUD TO SAY ONE OF OUR ACOG TEAMS, UH, CAREGIVER GROUPS DONATED TO A CHAINSAW.
SO ACOG WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING, UH, NINE CHAINSAWS TO THE EFFORT THAT FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, IN THE RECOVERY EFFORTS.
UM, ALSO AS, AND I NEED TO STRESS TOO, I THINK I WAS TELLING MAYOR DENNIS EARLIER THIS MORNING, ACOG DOESN'T HAVE A PICKUP TRUCK.
SO WE HAVE 854 CASES OF VARIOUS ITEMS PILED UP, AND WE DON'T HAVE EVEN A STORAGE ROOM BIG ENOUGH TO EQUIP THAT.
WE HAD SUPPLIES LINED UP AGAINST THE WALLS AND WE WERE USING THE, UH, ACADEMY VEHICLE TO DELIVER SUPPLIES.
BUT I WANT TO THANK SO MANY OF OUR PEOPLE THAT USE THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES TO MAKE RUNS UP TO, UH, THE VARIOUS AREAS.
WE WERE IN KERR, UH, WE WERE IN SISTER DALE COMFORT, INGRAM HUNT, UH, UM, TONS OF DELIVERIES TO VARIOUS NONPROFITS.
THERE'S A RANCH, A COVAL RANCH, I BELIEVE, UH, NEAR COMFORT AND SISTER DALE THAT WAS PROVIDING HOUSING TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND, UM, THE CADAVER DOGS.
SO WE DELIVERED EVERYTHING FROM PET FOOD TO, UM, TO, UH, THE OTHER SUPPLIES I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
AND FINALLY, UM, IN AN EFFORT TO HELP AS WELL, THERE WAS A BLOOD CALL, UH, FROM THE SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD BANK, SOUTH TEXAS TISSUE CENTER.
AND, UH, WE SPONSORED EMERGENCY BLOOD DRIVE.
UM, STARTED THAT ON A TUESDAY AND HAD THE DRIVE ON FRIDAY.
AND IT WAS ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL DRIVES EVER.
WE COLLECTED 32, UH, PARTICIPANTS, 32 PINTS OF BLOOD.
AND, UH, ACCORDING TO THE, TO THE BLOOD BANK, THAT RESULTS IN 96 LIVES IMPACTED BY THE DONATION.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS, AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, UH, ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERS AND ON BEHALF OF ACOG TO, UH, SUPPORT THE EFFORT TO HELP ALL OF OUR FRIENDS, THE OTHER DISASTER RELATED COUNTIES.
AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION IN MY WRITTEN REPORT ON WHAT WE DID, BUT, UH, THAT'S JUST A, A MINUTE, UH, BE GLAD, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
CLIFF, IF I CAN, UH, AS A COMMISSIONER OF ATASCOSA COUNTY, BEING A MEMBER OF THE COG, I WANNA OFFER OUR SERVICES FROM OUR LOW BOY TRUCKS TO OUR FLATBED DUALLY TRUCKS.
IF Y'ALL NEED 'EM FOR ANY OF THAT, WE ARE A PART OF THE COG AND WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HONORED TO HELP.
SO, UH, JUST GIMME A CALL, YOU GOT MY NUMBER, AND, UH, WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN FROM THE SOUTH END OF ALL OF THIS TO THE NORTH END, WHATEVER WE NEED.
DON'T, DON'T GO RENTING TRUCKS OR NOTHING.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MUCH.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL HEAR IS, UH, IS AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, EDA REACHED OUT TO US, UH, ABOUT THIS FUNDING AND OPPORTUNITY, AND CLAUDIA IS GONNA HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO HOPEFULLY ADDRESS SOME OF THIS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IS YOU ARE ALL AWARE OF, JUST IN THE 10 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE HAD TWO OR THREE HURRICANES THAT HAVE HIT THIS REGION.
WE'VE HAD SOUTHERN SPRINGS, WE'VE HAD A NEW VALVE, WE HAD THE FIRES UP IN THE PANHANDLE, WE'VE HAD THIS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FLOODING.
UM, THESE, THESE EMERGENCY JUST SEEM TO CONTINUE TO PILE UP.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ITEM ON THE EVENT TO HELP US ADDRESS THAT, THAT YOU'LL SEE.
IT'S THE LAST ITEM WANT AGENDA.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE KIND OFFER.
WHEN YOU HAVE A PICKUP TRUCK, SO ANYTHING WOULD HELP US.
SO ANY OTHER, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BE GLAD TO ANSWER 'EM.
IF NOT, THAT INCLUDES IN OUR REPORT.
JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO, UH, MARCELLA AND HER TEAM.
I KNOW YOU HAVE WORKED VERY HARD AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE SO THAT WE CAN SAY, I KNOW THANK YOU ISN'T ENOUGH.
BUT SINCERELY, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND MADAM CHAIRMAN, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALSO POINT OUT, I TALKED ABOUT OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM, BUT ACTUALLY THIS WAS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK, UH, INVOLVEMENT BY EVERY, EVERY ASPECT OF ACON.
OUR VETERANS CAME IN TO HELP LOAD THE TRUCKS.
OUR VETERANS NETWORK WERE PEOPLE, OUR CAREGIVERS, ALL OF THEM CAME IN TO, UH, BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.
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I WANT, I WANT TO MENTION THEM AS WELL.IS THERE ANY CASE OF THE TEAM? AND I THINK THAT RANDY, THESE DIFFICULT TIMES IS WHEN REALLY WE SAY THAT WORD ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN PEOPLE REALLY COME TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, FOR THOSE WHO REALLY NEED IT, IT'S JUST A JUST REMARKABLE FEELING.
MAKES ME FEEL VERY HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS GROUP.
I, NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR, UH, VIS, OH NO, UH, CONSENT
[9. 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.]
AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS OF WHICH ARE A THROUGH D THAT ANY MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANY ITEM, THESE PEOPLE ALL WELL, WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA.
YOU'LL HAVE TO HELP ME WITH THAT.
YOU MAYOR RILEY? I APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? YEAH.
UM, DID YOU GET THAT, NATALIE? YES, MA'AM.
ANY QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? ALL IN FAVOR WITH AYE.
HAVE IT IN THE MOTION CARRIES.
[10. Consider and act upon the recommendation to approve the 2nd Quarter 2025 financial report - Julio Elizondo. A. Dashboard B. Balance Sheet C. Revenue and Expenditures D. Administrative Budgets E. Quarterly Investment Report]
ITEM 10, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2025 FINANCIAL REPORT.GOOD MORNING MAD CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS WHO YOU UNDER I, YOUR CHIEF OFFICER.
AND BEFORE I BEGIN MY PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OR INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
HALEY HINES IS OUR BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR AND SHE'LL BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ON MINE, UH, THE BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AND YAAH JORDAN IS OUR IN NEW INTERNAL AUDITOR.
AND SO SHE, UH, HAS BEEN WITH ACOG FOR A COUPLE YEARS WORKING AS A GRANT ACCOUNTANT OVER THE IDD PROGRAM, ONE OF OUR LARGEST PROGRAMS HERE.
AND SHE DOES BRING PREVIOUS AUDIT EXPERIENCE, SO I THINK SHE'LL, SHE'LL BE A GREAT FIT AND, UM, GET, GET ROLLING RIGHT INTO THAT.
SO TODAY I'LL BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIALS.
I DO WANT TO OUTLINE THAT WE HAVE REVAMPED THE FINANCIAL DASHBOARD AND HOPEFULLY, UH, ONCE I GO OVER THAT, YOU'LL BE PLEASED WITH THAT.
WE'LL GO OVER OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BOTH THE BALANCE SHEET, THE STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS AND ALL THE ACCOUNTS WITHIN THOSE.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL DASHBOARD AT THE END OF JUNE.
UM, THIS, THIS NEW AND IMPROVED DASHBOARD, UH, WAS CREATED BY HAILEY.
I, I TASKED HAILEY WITH HALEY AND HER STAFF WITH CREATING THIS AND, AND UPDATING THIS.
SO IF YOU ALL RECALL FOR SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, UM, AS LONG AS 2018.
2018 WAS WHEN WE FIRST INTRODUCED THE FINANCIAL DASHBOARD TO GIVE YOU ALL A VISUALIZATION OF THE, YOU KNOW, PUT THE, PUT THE NUMBERS IN A DIFFERENT RETROSPECTIVE, IF YOU WILL.
SO, UH, THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR, FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
AND SO I, I KIND OF WANTED TO UPDATE THIS AND BRING YOU A NEW LIGHT TO IT.
THE ONE METRIC THAT WE DID KEEP IS THE TOP LEFT CORNER, THE PERCENTAGE EARNED IN SPENT, UH, AT THE END OF JUNE.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE AT 45%, UM, SPENT ON THE YEAR.
UH, TYPICALLY MID-YEAR YOU DO WANT TO BE 50% SPENT.
WE DO HAVE VARIANCES FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT, WHICH I WILL GET TO AND WE WILL NEED BUDGET MODIFICATIONS TO CORRECT THOSE AS WELL.
THE MIDDLE METRIC THERE IS THE AGENCY, IT'S A SPEEDOMETER.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS THE LEFT, JUST GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT, UH, VIEWPOINT.
AGAIN, 45% SPIN AT THE END OF JUNE.
THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS OUR YEAR TO DATE NET POSITION.
NOW WHAT THIS IS, IS IT GIVES YOU TOTAL REVENUES, TOTAL EXPENDITURES AT THE END OF JUNE, AND THEN THE NET POSITION.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
YOU CAN SEE THERE WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS LISTED FROM MVA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO REVENUE REGIONAL SERVICES.
AND THEN BOTTOM TO THAT IS OUR ANNUAL BUDGET OF NET POSITION.
SO THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, UH, YOU'VE GOT OUR ACTUALS UP TOP AND YOU'VE GOT OUR BUDGETED FIGURES WHERE WE HAD SAID WE WERE GONNA END, UH, OR END THE YEAR.
SO YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, UH, MBAS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, PROJECTED WHEN WE CREATED THEIR BUDGET FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
THAT NUMBER HAS NOW SURPASSED THAT FOR GOOD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD, GOOD TOPIC.
UH, SO WE WILL NEED A BUDGET MODIFICATION TO CORRECT THAT BUDGET.
UH, IN THE MIDDLE THERE YOU'VE GOT WHAT WE CALL A TREE MAP.
THIS GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT, JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF EACH DEPARTMENT AS OPPO.
UM, WITH DIRECT, YOU KNOW, CORRELATION TO HOW BIG OUR SIZE OF OUR AGENCY IS.
SO YOU CAN SEE MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS IS THE LARGEST.
AND THEN DOWN TO THE VERY, UH, SMALLEST IS THE VERY SLIGHT GREEN, WHICH IS REGIONAL SERVICES.
UH, TO THE LEFT OF THAT, WE GOT OUR EXPENDITURE VARIANCE YEAR TO DATE BY PROGRAM.
THIS IS MUCH LIKE THE WATERFALL METRIC THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
IT KIND OF OUTLINES THE VARIANCES BY PROGRAM.
THE RED IS UNDER BUDGET, THE GREEN IS OVER BUDGET.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE WE ARE $1.1 MILLION UNDER AND BARE.
UH, ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, WE'RE AT 739,000 ABOVE BUDGET FOR MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS.
THERE ARE REASONS FOR THAT AND I WILL GET TO THOSE WHEN I GET TO THE EXPLANATIONS HERE PRETTY SOON.
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IS AN AGING REPORT AND MUCH LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST, WE GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE AT THAT TIME AND PERIOD COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS MONTHS, AS WAS THE END FOR THE, THE PREVIOUS YEARS.SO YOU CAN SEE THERE WE'RE AT ABOUT 6.6 MILLION AT THE END OF JUNE.
NOW BECAUSE OF HOW FAST WE CLOSE OUR BOOKS FOR QUARTER END, HOW FAST THE DEADLINES OR HOW QUICK THOSE DEADLINES ARE, THERE WAS AN INVOICE FOR MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, WHICH IS A LA ONE OF OUR LARGEST PROGRAMS THAT IS MISSING.
IT IS REPRESENTED IN FINANCIALS, BUT UNDER THE ACCRUAL BASIS.
SO IT'S NOT AGED HERE ON THE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, THAT DOES REPRESENT ABOUT 2.3 MILLION.
AND SO WHEN YOU ADD THAT TO THE 6.6, IT GIVES YOU AROUND THAT $10 MILLION CLOSE TO THAT $10 MILLION RANGE WHERE WE TYPICALLY SIT AT.
AND SO THAT 18% OVER 90 REALLY IS MORE ALONG MORE, REALLY MORE ABOUT 12%.
AND YOU WANNA BE WITHIN THAT EIGHT TO 12% OVER 90.
ANYTHING ABOVE THAT IS KIND OF MUDDY WATER AND YOU START GETTING INTO TROUBLE.
BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT LOW, LOW PERCENTAGE, WE HAVE HAD AN INFLUX IN CASH, WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO INVEST AND, AND GET MONEY BACK.
SO WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
THE MIDDLE, UH, BOTTOM IS THE ACCOUNT, CO EIGHT BY, IT'S THE AGING REPORT, BUT BROKEN DOWN BY DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT CURRENT 30 DAYS, 60 DAYS, AND ANYTHING OVER 90 PLUS DAYS.
UH, THE TWO BIGGEST, UH, OVER 90 OR IDD AND ART.
AND I'LL GET TO THOSE REASONS IN THE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE UPDATE HERE SHORTLY.
CASH AND CASH AND INVESTMENTS, MY PERSONAL FAVORITE, UH, WE HAVE 10 POINT, A LITTLE OVER $10 MILLION AT THE END OF JUNE, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT 3 MILLION MORE THAN WE WERE, UH, THE MONTH BEFORE.
UM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS SITTING IN OUR, UH, LOAN STAR INVESTMENT ACCOUNT, WHICH IS PAYING ABOUT 4.3% AT THE END OF, AT THE END OF JUNE.
OUR BALANCE SHEET AT THE END OF JUNE IS AROUND $50 MILLION, UP ABOUT 4 MILLION HIGHER THAN WE WERE A YEAR AGO TODAY.
AND SO AGAIN, UH, GREAT STORY THERE.
GREAT FINANCIAL POSITION TO BE IN FUND BALANCE, BOTH UNRESTRICTED, UNRESTRICTED, IT'S A SUMMARIZED VIEW, BROKEN DOWN BY DEPARTMENT.
GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW BIG OUR FUND BALANCE IS.
UH, AT THE END OF JUNE, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 14, A LITTLE OVER $14 MILLION, UH, SEVERAL MILLION HIGHER THAN WE WERE A YEAR AGO TODAY.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, UH, SITTING AT 8.3 MILLION IN UNRESTRICTED CASH AND INVESTMENTS.
AGAIN, 10.2 VERSUS THE 6 MILLION WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, AS I MENTIONED, UH, EARLIER, THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE CURRENT, WHICH IS, UH, UH, WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AT.
UM, THERE IS ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WAITING ON TEXT.TO REVIEW THAT OVER 90 IS 252,000.
THERE ARE GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS.
ONCE THEY REVIEW, THEY DO PAY QUICKLY VERY QUICKLY.
AND SO WE TYPICALLY RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS WITHIN SEVEN DAYS.
SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST SITTING IN THEIR, IN THEIR, UH, IN THEIR LAP IF YOU WILL BE WAITING TO BE REVIEWED.
THE OTHER OVER 90 LARGE OVER 90 BALANCE THAT WE HAVE IS THE, UM, MERA MEDICAID ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING MAC, WHICH IS ALREADY BEEN BILLED.
IT'S JUST WA A WADING APPROVAL FROM, UH, HH S'S END.
AND SO THAT TYPICALLY, UH, TAKES SOME TIME FOR THEM TO REVIEW OUR INVESTMENT SUMMARY.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT ACT AT THE END OF JUNE.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, YOU'VE GOT ALL OUR, ALL, ALL OF OUR, UH, ACCOUNTS HERE, BOTH IN THE INVESTMENT SIDE, UH, SITTING WITH OUR INVESTMENT POOLS AS WELL AS OUR CDS WITH SHIRTS.
UM, AND AT THE END OF JUNE, WE HAVE EARNED ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN INTEREST STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, CURRENTLY $2.3 MILLION OVER, UH, EXPENDITURE, OUR NET POSITIONS ABOUT 2.3 VERSUS BUDGET, WHICH IS WHY WE NEED A BUDGET MODIFICATION TO CORRECT SOME OF THESE BUDGETS.
ALAMO AGING IS CURRENTLY 214,000 BELOW BUDGET, AS I HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, DUE TO THAT FEDERAL, UM, PAUSE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THOSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
WE DID HAVE A PAUSE AND SPINNING FROM, UH, APRIL TO MID-MAY, UH, PROGRAM WILL NEED A BUDGET MODIFICATION TO CORRECT THAT ACOG BUDGET.
THOSE FUNDS HAVEN'T BEEN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, UH, THEY HAVEN'T GONE AWAY.
THEY'RE JUST BEING, UH, MOVED TO A FUTURE, FUTURE PERIOD.
BEAR AGING IS 1.1 MILLION BELOW BUDGET.
IN ADDITION TO THAT PROGRAM DID RECEIVE MORE FUNDS, UM, IN THEIR CAREGIVER SUPPORT AS WELL AS ACCESS SERVICES, BUT THEY DID RECEIVE LESS FUNDS IN HOME DELIVERED MEALS.
UM, BECAUSE OF THESE WE'LL NEED A BUDGET MODIFICATION, UH, TO, TO CORRECT THE BUDGET.
ART IS CURRENTLY 529,000 ABOVE BUDGET.
UH, THE SERVICE EXPANSION PROJECT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE FY 25 BUDGET.
IN ADDITION, UH, THEY DID CHANGE THEIR METHODOLOGY FOR REVENUE RECOGNITION.
THIS WAS TO MAXIMIZE THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS.
AGAIN, FOR THOSE REASONS, THEY WILL NEED A, A MODIFICATION TO CORRECT THAT BUDGET.
MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS IS CURRENTLY $1.4 MILLION ABOVE BUDGET.
UH, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER EARLIER THIS YEAR, I MENTIONED AT THE TAIL END OF
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LAST YEAR, UH, THE CASE MIX FOR VETERANS, THE WAY THAT VETERANS, UH, WE TREAT VETERANS HAS, HAS CHANGED.AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, IT'S BEEN CAUSING A VARIANCE ALL YEAR.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT TO THE, AND IT'S NOT, IT WASN'T A BAD THING.
IT WAS JUST MORE, MORE THAN MORE FUNDS THAT WERE RECEIVING.
AND SO ONCE THE BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED LAST OCTOBER, WE RECEIVED WORD OF THAT.
UH, SO A BUDGET MODIFICATION WILL BE NEEDED TO CORRECT THIS BUDGET.
IDD IS CURRENTLY AT $145,000 DEFICIT.
UM, 218,000 OF THAT IS DUE TO MEDICAID WRITE-OFFS.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE WORD THAT WE WERE RECEIVING RECOUPMENTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY DENIED AND WRITTEN OFF FROM HHS IN THE TUNE OF 200,000.
UH, AS OF JUNE, WE RECEIVED 62,000 OF THAT.
SO WE STILL HAVE 140,000 THAT'S COMING IN THE PIPELINE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, WE WERE NOTIFIED OF AN ISSUE, A STATEWIDE ISSUE WITH A MEDICAID ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING, UH, WHICH WE, WHICH WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DEFICIT OF 112,000.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS A TIME STUDY IS DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR ALL LITS.
AND, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGER LITS, ALL THE LARGER LITTERS TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY SEND IN THEIR DATA.
AND WHAT THE, WHAT, WHAT HHS NOTICED WAS THE, SOME OF THE SMALLER LIT WEREN'T, WEREN'T SENDING IN THAT DATA BECAUSE OF THAT, THE, THE TIME SPENT WITHIN MEDICAID, THAT PERCENTAGE WAS LOWER.
SO TYPICALLY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UH, TYPICALLY IN IN THE LAST SEVERAL QUARTERS, WE WERE RECEIVING ABOUT 15 TO 17% OF THOSE EXPENSES BACK.
AND, AND IN THAT LAST QUARTER IT WAS DOWN TO 10%.
SO, UH, THIS IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY IDENTIFYING WAYS TO MITIGATE THIS LOSS, BUT THIS WAS NOT ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WILL NEED A BUDGET MODIFICATION TO CORRECT THE BUDGET AND HALEY WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH THAT DEFICIT WILL BE TO, TO END THE YEAR.
WHAT WE'RE FORECASTING, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE BOARD? SO THEY KNOW WE ARE, THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX IDD BUILDING AND ALL OF IT, IT'S ALL VERY COMPLEX.
BUT THIS, UH, MAC FUNDING THIS, THIS DEFICIT THAT WE RECEIVED, 112,000 IS, UH, DIRECTLY OPPOSITE WHAT WE EXPECTED.
WE EXPECTED AT A IS ABOUT 40, I THINK THEY BUDGETED FOR ABOUT A 40, 35 TO $40,000 GAIN.
SO WHEN WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY ACTUALLY GOT THE DATA, IT WAS 112,000 DEFICIT.
SO 150 K, YOU KNOW, NET EFFECT IF YOU WILL, RIGHT? AND YOU SHOCK TO OUR SYSTEM AND WHERE THE MERCY OF HOW THESE OTHER LITTA PUT IN THEIR DATA.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE AND, AND, UH, APPARENTLY ALL THE LARGE LITS THAT DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF TRACKING THEIR TIME ON THIS TIME STUDY, UH, ARE AT THE MERCY OF THE SMALLER LITS WHO DON'T REALLY SUFFER A HUGE IMPACT.
THEY HAVE THAT SMALL, SMALL BUDGETS, UM, DON'T NECESSARILY INPUT THEIR DATA THAT SKEWED THE WHOLE EQUATION.
AND WE GOT A NOTICE OF A DEFICIT OF $112,000 IN WHAT THEY PAY IS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR SERVICES THAT WE RENDER TO MEDICAID PATIENTS.
AM I SAYING ALL THAT? THAT IS ALL CORRECT, SIR.
AND SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT THAT WE'RE INFORMED.
UH, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE'RE INFORMED THAT THE STATE INTENDS TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE TO ALL THE LIT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY INPUT THEIR DATA CORRECTLY AND TIMELY.
AND SO THIS IS $112,000 DEFICIT PER QUARTER.
SO WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT NEXT QUARTER WILL BE LIKE, WHETHER WE'LL BE ON TARGET OR WHETHER WE'RE GONNA SUFFER ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UH, I THINK, AT LEAST FOR ME, I'M ONE NEEDLE.
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST.
WE DID HAVE, UH, A RIFF OF A PHYSICIAN AS A RESULT OF THIS TO TRY TO GET THE, UH, THE BUDGET BACK IN ALIGNMENT.
WE HAVE, UH, AT THE TIME WE HAVE FOUR PSYCHOLOGISTS ON STAFF TO ONE OF THOSE PHYSICIANS.
WE ASKED FOR 20 TO, UH, IN ANTICIPATION, ONE OF THE MEDICAID CUTS THAT ARE COMING, AS WELL AS, UH, DOING IT EARLY NOW BECAUSE OF THIS $112,000 DEFICIT.
SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A, A VERY FLUID SITUATION.
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE HOW THE CHIPS ARE GONNA LAND AS THE YEAR COMES TO AN END, THE LAST QUARTER.
SO DID I SAY ALL OF THAT RIGHT? YEAH.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD,
YOU, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY IS CURRENTLY 354,000 BELOW BUDGET.
WE DID MENTION, MENTION THAT THE TARGET RANGE PLANNING GRANT, UH, WE DID NOT SECURE THE LAND FOR THAT GRANT, THEREFORE, WE NEED TO, UM, TAKE IT OUTTA THE BUDGET.
IF NOT, WE'LL CONTINUE EXPLAINING THAT VARIANCE.
UM, SO THAT'LL BE IN HALEY'S PRESENTATION TODAY.
AND LAST ON THE PROGRAM SIDE IS, UH, WEATHERIZATION, CURRENTLY 337,000 BELOW BUDGET.
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MAJORITY OF THIS IS DUE TO THE D-O-E-B-I-L PROGRAM OR GRANT, IF, IF YOU WILL.THE PROGRAM HAS THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR TO EXPEND THESE FUNDS.
THEY DO FULLY ANTICIPATE SPENDING THESE FUNDS.
UH, WHAT OCCURRED WAS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE FUNDS WERE PLACED IN FY 25.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, NOW REALIZING THAT WILL NOT OCCUR AT THE TAIL END OF THIS YEAR.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE DEFERRED TO NEXT YEAR.
AND ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, WE ARE AT 2% BELOW BUDGET.
UM, WE DO HAVE ONE MODIFICATION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WHICH IS AGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.
UH, AND HALEY WILL EXPLAIN IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, UH, TO, TO WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION THOUGH, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT ME TO HAVE.
THANKFUL WE, THIS CAN'T ON THE DASHBOARD.
CAN WE MAKE, NOT MAKE THE PRINT ANY SMALLER?
AND I TRY TO GET A POLYGRAPH IN THERE.
I LOVE THE PIE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, ON THE AGING, UH, CONVERSATION, WHAT WAS EXPECTED AND WHAT WAS RECEIVED, SO I WILL DEFER TO WILL IGN, UM, WHAT WAS EXPECTED.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT, THAT LINK THIS UP IN NUANCE.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS YOU ALL KNOW WITH THE HOW, THE EIGHT, HOW C**K WE TRACK OUR BUDGET BASED OFF OUR CALENDAR YEAR, THE STATE DOES NOT.
SO, AS WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER OUR INITIAL CALCULATIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, UH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FUNDING FUNDING CENTERS WHERE WE, WE ANTICIPATED, I ANTICIPATED WE WERE RECEIVED MORE AND WE DIDN'T.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S THE FIRST CALCULATION THAT CAUSES US TO HAVE TO, UH, TO MAKE THIS MODIFICATION TO, UH, BUT I JUST WANT TO ADD CONTEXT.
IS IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL HOLDUP OF THOSE FUNDS OR NO? UH, TO, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, NO.
PART OF THAT, WE DID GO THROUGH THAT PAUSE, BUT THAT PAUSE WAS CAUSED, IF YOU CAN RECALL, THAT WAS THE STRATEGY THAT HHSC WAS PROPOSING, THAT WE WERE SO, SO AGAINST BECAUSE OUR CONCERN WAS WE WERE GONNA LOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
SO THEY SHIFTED AWAY COMPLETELY FOR THAT FROM THAT, AND THEY DECIDED TO FUND US FULLY FOR FY 2024, AND THEN 75% OF FY 25.
HOWEVER, UM, WE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES IN PLACE WHERE WE'RE WORKING TO MITIGATE THAT.
AS JULIO MENTIONED, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN HOME DELIVERED MEALS, AND WE DID SEE A DECREASE IN, I'M SORRY.
WE ALSO SAW OUR INCREASE IN CAREGIVER SUPPORT.
SO, UH, WE, IT, IT WORKS IN THE AGGREGATE WHERE WE'RE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MITIGATE THAT AND BALANCE.
SO, I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT I HEARD WE HAD A, A DECREASE IN DELIVERED MEALS, HOME DELIVERED.
THERE WAS A SLIGHT DECREASE IN HOME DELIVERED MEALS.
THAT, SO WHEN YOU SAY DECREASE, HOW, HOW MANY SENIORS LESS IT IS IT, WHAT IT DOES DO IS, IS BRITTANY BACK THERE? COULD, CAN YOU GIMME WHAT THAT DECREASED AMOUNT IS? WELL, WHILE SHE, WHILE SHE GETS THAT INFORMATION.
UM, AND BY THE WAY, HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHICH, UH, TO SENIORS TO SERVE? WHICH, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WE, WE, WE DON'T MAKE, WE'RE NOT IN ANY POSITION TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT SENIORS GET SERVED AND WHICH DON'T.
UH, NATURALLY WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SENIOR CENTERS, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH BEXAR COUNTY, WHO IS OUR, ONE OF OUR LARGEST PROVIDERS, UH, UH, WITHIN THE COUNTY.
SO WE DON'T MAKE THAT DECISION.
WE HAVE A, A CONTRACT THAT'S FIXED AND APPROVED, THEN WE MEET THOSE CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS.
SO FROM THE COUNTY'S PER PERSPECTIVE, THE SAME AMOUNT OF PERSONNEL, UH, BASED OFF THE CONTRACT THAT ACOG HAS WITH, WITH THE CITY, NO ONE HAS LOST ANY MEALS.
SO THAT THAT CONTRACT IS ESTABLISHED AND THOSE FUNDINGS ARE ALLOCATED AS PER, UH, THE CITY PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR BUDGET.
SO IS A CUT COME IN STAFF THEN OR SOME OTHER WAY? CAN I, CAN I ADD TO SOME OF THIS? AND YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WILL WILL'S EDUCATED ME A LOT ON THIS, BUT IT'S, HE VERY TECHNICAL, SO HE HAS TO DUMB IT DOWN FOR ME.
SO, UH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN, IF I CAN, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE NO, NO, NO, IT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY COMPLEX, BUT WILL IS CORRECT WHEN HE SAYS WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET OUR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
OKAY, WELL THAT MEANS WHEN WE'VE DONE IS WE MADE THE CONTRACT SMALLER.
IN WHAT WAY? THERE'S A CUT RIGHT THERE.
AND SO THERE'S LESS SURFACE DELIVERY, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH OUR VENDORS.
WE'VE MADE THOSE CONTRACTS SMALLER.
SO, SO, SO THEN YOU ARE WONDERING, IS THERE A CUT? YES, THERE'S A CUT BECAUSE
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THE CONTRACT IS SMALLER, WE GET TO SAY, OR THE, OR THE STATE GETS TO SAY THAT WE'VE MET CONTRACT DELIVERABLE.BUT THERE'S A SERVICE REDUCTION.
AND TYPICALLY THAT HAPPENS, AS HE SAID, BECAUSE OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
AT THE END OF OUR CALENDAR YEAR, YOU WE'LL GET A HUGE INFLUX OF MONEY FROM THE STATE CAN'T BE SPENT IN SUFFICIENT TIME FOR OUR COUNTER YEAR.
THOSE ARE CALLED CARRYOVER FUNDS.
SO NOW THOSE CARRYOVER FUNDS ARE GONNA BE SMALLER MM-HMM
AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THE CUT, WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DOLE OUT MORE MONEY, EVEN IN ACCESS IN OUR CONTRACT DELIVERY BILLS GETS REDUCED.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE SERVICE DELIVERY INCOME.
SO, SO THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE MEALS, RIGHT.
SO, SO IN TERMS OF THE, SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE MORE MONEY GOING IN TO MEET THAT EXTRA NEED.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M, THAT'S THE MEAT.
AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? WELL, YES, IT'S ABOUT NEED, BUT THE CONTRACT THAT I HAVE WITH BEAR COUNTY, BASED OFF OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED IN YOUR BUDGET, WE ARE ABLE TO MEET THOSE CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS.
AND MY, MY CONCERN, YOU KNOW, IS BEAR COUNTY, BUT IT'S ALSO THESE OTHER RURAL COUNTIES WHERE ACOG SERVICES ARE VERY, THE CHALLENGE IS UNIQUELY DIFFERENT.
AND WE ARE IN, UM, IT'S A A A LOT SMALLER IN REGARDS TO FUNDING THERE.
UH, WE ARE MUCH BETTER POSTURED BASED OFF OF THE, THE DEMAND THERE.
SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND, I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY LESS SENIORS ARE SERVED.
LIKE THEY WON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING CONTRACT SO MUCH ARE NO LESS SENIOR BEING SERVED.
ALL SENIORS ARE BEING SERVED THAT WERE BEING SERVED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, JUST BASED ON HOW WE DID OUR BUDGETS.
AND SO WE, BECAUSE THE CARRYOVER GOT IT.
AND, AND THE KEY THING IS THE CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS WILL BE FULFILLED TOO.
WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS ALL THE TIME ABOUT, WE'RE SEEING INCREASED NEEDS, WE'RE SEEING INCREASED NEEDS IN THE RURAL AREA.
WE'RE SEEING INCREASED NEEDS WITHIN, UH, BEXAR COUNTY.
SO THE CHALLENGE IS ONCE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE IDENTIFIED, HOW CAN THE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS BE FED? SO FOR ME TO GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER, THAT, THAT IS A NUMBER, I DON'T KNOW.
AND I THINK PART OF THE UNKNOWN, AND YOU CORRECT ME AGAIN IF I'M WRONG, WILL, IS WITH THAT REDUCTION OF THAT CARRYOVER FINDING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT ON 26, CORRECT.
THAT IS A, THE RUB IS GONNA 26, WE'RE MAKING IT NOW IN 25, BUT WITH THAT DECREASE IN CARRYOVER FUNDING THAT EVERYBODY RELIES ON, WHAT'S THE IMPACT IN 26? UNDERSTOOD.
I WANNA MOVE ON TO IDD AND, UH, THE IMPACTS OF THE MEDICAID PATIENTS.
WHAT SERVICES SPECIFICALLY, UH, ARE REDUCED? I'M GONNA DEFER TO MORE RELATED QUESTION PSYCHOLOGY.
SO THE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO MEDICAID ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING, WHICH IS ONE OF MULTIPLE FUNDING STREAMS THAT COME INTO SUPPORT THE LOCAL IBD AUTHORITY, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT OUR FEE FOR SERVICE TARGET CASE MANAGEMENT OR SERVICE COORDINATION REIMBURSEMENTS.
UH, MEDICAID ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING IS ABOUT SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED, UH, SORT OF ON BEHALF OF THE STATE, RIGHT, TO HELP ADMINISTER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
SO IT'S ABOUT FRONT DOOR ACTIVITIES TO EDUCATE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT MEDICAID TO HELP THEM APPLY FOR MEDICAID SERVICES OR OTHERWISE ACCESS MEDICAID SERVICES.
UM, SO IT'S NOT A, UH, A REDUCTION IN SERVICES AS FAR AS, UM, THE OVERALL LIT OF CONTRACT AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO SERVE.
BUT IT IS A REDUCTION IN OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.
IT'S A REDUCTION IN OUR FRONT DOOR ACTIVITIES.
UM, MOST OF THOSE MEDICAID ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING DOLLARS ARE USED TO SUPPORT OUR FRONT DOOR AND SPECIFICALLY THE PSYCHOLOGISTS AND THE INTAKE WORKERS THAT DO, UH, THE, THE INTAKE PROCESS AND THE DETERMINATIONS OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
UM, SO THAT'S THE, THE ONE STAFF PIS POSITION THAT CLIFF MENTIONED HAPPENS IS TAKING PLACE IN THAT INTAKE UNIT.
AND THE LAST QUESTION ON THE 2% BELOW ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, IS THAT, UH, BEING HANDLED BY HOLDING POSITIONS IN A FREEZE OR, UH, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE IMPACT? UH, IT'S A COUPLE.
IT'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT FACTORS.
AND AGAIN, I DIDN'T GO EACH ONE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE FINANCIAL ADVOCATE BECAUSE THE OTHERS, I COULDN'T ANSWER
BUT, UH, SO ITS, IT IS THE WAY THE BUDGETS ARE BUILT, IT'S BUILT WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA, UM, BRING ON NEW STAFF OR, OR FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
FOR ONE OF THOSE SPECIFICALLY.
I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT PROCUREMENTS AT SAVINGS IN THEIR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY HAD IDENTIFI OR THEY BUDGETED AN ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER AND THEY DIDN'T FILL THAT POSITION.
SO AGAIN, IT JUST HAD TO DO WITH, UH, DIFFERENT FACTORS IN EACH, EACH ONE OF THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS.
MOSTLY IT HAS TO DO WITH STAFFING, THOUGH.
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YOU.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU.
AND WE'LL GO ONTO THE NEXT, I THINK WE NEED TO APPROVE, APPROVE THE TIME.
OH, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR, PARDON? OUR FINANCIALS.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION PLEASE? I THANK YOU, JUDGE.
I'LL SECOND JUDGE EVANS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO SESSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR WITH AYE.
HAVE THE MOTION CARRIES? THANK YOU.
WELL, HALEY, UM, I HEAR IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME PRESENTING TO US.
WE'RE REALLY, YOU LOOK MEANER THAN WE REALLY ARE.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR, UH, TO YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ORGANIZATION, AND WE'RE READY FOR YOUR RECORD.
[11. Consider and act upon the recommendation to approve the 2025 AACOG Budget Modifications - Haleigh Hines.]
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.MY NAME IS HAY HINES AND I'M THE BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR HERE.
THE ITEM I'M BRINGING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET MODIFICATIONS.
HERE'S AN OUTLINE OF WHAT WILL BE COVERED, WHICH INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF ACOG'S BUDGET.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET MODIFICATIONS SUMMARIZED, THEN BROKEN OUT BY PROGRAM, FOLLOWED BY ANY QUESTIONS.
ACOG'S OVERVIEW INCLUDES THE 2025 BOARD APPROVED BUDGET FROM DECEMBER, I'M SORRY, FROM OCTOBER WITH TOTAL REVENUES OF 94.7 MILLION TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT EXPENDITURES OF 99.1 MILLION RECOVERIES AND ADMIN, AND IT OF 5.5 MILLION FOR A TOTAL NET REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES OF 1.1 MILLION.
NEXT, WE ADDED OUR BOARD APPROVED AMENDMENTS THROUGH JUNE OF 2025 AND THE AMOUNT OF 160,000, WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR TOTAL CURRENT BUDGET OF $99.3 MILLION.
THIS SLIDE INCLUDES THE BOARD APPROVED BUDGET AND THE APPROVED AMENDMENTS AS WE JUST REVIEWED IN THE LAST SLIDE.
WITH THE ADDITION OF THE 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET MODIFICATIONS, WE'RE PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN REVENUE OF 4.9 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES OF 2.7 MILLION, A DECREASE IN RECOVERIES OF 82,000 AND A NET INCREASE OF 2.1 MILLION WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET MODIFICATIONS.
THIS WILL BRING OUR CURRENT BUDGET TO $101.9 MILLION FOR A, IN ADDITION TO FUND BALANCE OF 3.2 MILLION.
HERE'S A SUMMARIZED VIEW OF OUR BUDGET MODIFICATIONS BY PROGRAM.
IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'LL REVIEW EACH PROGRAM AND PROVIDE EXPLANATIONS.
MANY PROGRAMS MODIFICATIONS ARE BASED ON THE FISCAL YEAR FY 25 FORECAST, AND THIS CONSISTS OF ACTUALS FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE AND AN UPDATED BUDGET FROM JULY THROUGH DECEMBER.
THESE UPDATED BUDGET AMOUNTS ARE BASED ON THE TIMING OF WHEN FUNDS WILL BE SPENT, AND IN SOME CASES, GRANT SPENDING HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO 2026, RESULTING IN A DECREASE FOR THE YEAR.
STARTING WITH ALAMO AGING, WE'RE PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OF 1 MILLION.
THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO, UM, HOME DELIVERED MEALS AND OUR MATCH BUDGET BASED ON THE FY 25 FORECAST.
THIS INCREASE ALSO INCLUDES, UM, THE PROJECTED FY 26 FUNDS FOR BEAR AGING.
WE'RE PROPOSING A DECREASE IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OF 904,000.
THIS IS DUE TO A BRIEF PAUSE IN SERVICES AND UPDATED PROJECTIONS THAT ALIGN WITH ACTUAL USAGE.
WE ALSO DECREASE THE MATCH BUDGET BASED ON THE FY 25 FORECAST WHILE INCREASING THE PROGRAM GRANT YEAR FY 26 PROJECTED FUNDS AND CAREGIVER AND ACCESS SERVICES FOR ART, WE'RE PROPOSING A DECREASE IN REVENUES OF 271,000 AND EXPENDITURES OF 595,000 FOR A NET INCREASE OF 324,000.
WE REDUCE THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR BUSES AFTER RECEIVING A MORE ACCURATE PURCHASING TIMELINE.
AND WE PUSHED SOME OF THIS BUDGET TO 2026.
WE ALSO ADDED A NEW SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE SERVICE EXPANSION PROJECT, SEP RESULTING IN AN INCREASE TO THE BOTTOM LINE FOR MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS.
WE'RE PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN REVENUE OF 3.6 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES OF 2.4 MILLION FOR A NET INCREASE OF 1.2 MILLION FOR FUND 46 0 1 VETERANS DIRECTED.
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AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE BUDGET BASED ON THE UPDATED CLIENT CASE MIX FOR FUND 1202, OUR MILITARY INSTALLATION RESILIENCE REVIEW, MERE GRANT.WE, UH, SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH MCMULLEN COUNTY FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
THIS IS STRICTLY PASSED THROUGH AND WE WILL NOT COLLECT ANY INDIRECT FOR THE OTHER FUNDS.
WE WERE AWARDED WITH FY 26 RIDES FOR TEXAS HEROES FUNDING, WHICH BEGINS IN JULY.
WE ALSO MADE AN ADJUSTMENT TO OUR PREVIOUS YEAR'S MERE BUDGET BASED ON THE GRANT YEAR CLOSEOUT, AND WE ALSO ADDED A BUDGET FOR INTEREST EARN BASED ON THE FY 25 FORECAST.
WE'RE PROPOSING A DECREASE IN REVENUES OF 100,000, AN INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES OF 21,000 FOR AN OVERALL NET DECREASE OF 121,000.
WE MADE BUDGET CORRECTIONS BASED ON THE FY 25 FORECAST.
THIS INCLUDES RECOUPMENT FROM MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS FROM PRIOR YEARS, AND AS JULIO MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION, AN ADJUSTMENT FOR THE MEDICAID ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING MAC REIMBURSEMENT EXPECTED THIS MONTH FOR FUND 38 0 1, OUR MULTI ASSISTANCE CENTER, MAC AT MORGAN'S WONDERLAND.
GRANT, THE BUDGET HAS BEEN REMOVED AS THE GRANT WAS NOT RENEWED FOR FY 25 FOR THE OTHER FUNDS.
WE DECREASED THE APPRENTICESHIP PILOT BUDGET TO ALIGN WITH GRANT SPENDING.
WE ALSO INCREASED THE BEXAR COUNTY ARPA BUDGET BASED ON THE FY 25 FORECAST FOR NATURAL RESOURCES.
WE'RE PROPOSING A DECREASE IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OF 105,000 FOR FUND 44 0 1.
OUR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DOE CLEAN CITIES GRANT OUR FY 26 FUNDING BEGINNING IN APRIL.
UM, WE HAVE REMOVED THIS BUDGET AS WE'RE AWAITING CONFIRMATION THAT THE CONTRACT WILL BE CONTINUING FOR FUND 44 0 5 DOE'S GTI ENERGY HOUSTON TO LOS ANGELES GRANT.
WE REMOVE THE BUDGET DUE TO AN INDEFINITE PAUSE IN FUNDING THIS GRANT AND THE CLEAN CITIES GRANT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY RECENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHANGES FOR FUND 1522 MPO.
THIS BUDGET HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO ALIGN WITH THE FY 25 FORECAST FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE'RE PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OF 1.2 MILLION FOR FUND 37 0 6.
OUR COPS GRANT THE BUDGET IS INCREASING BASED ON THE, THE FY 25 FORECAST FOR FUND 37 0 3.
OUR SIRI GRANT, THE REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT BUDGET IS DECREASING BASED ON THE FY 25 FORECAST, AND WE'RE SHIFTING SOME OF THESE FUNDS TO NEXT YEAR FOR THE OTHER FUNDS.
WE REMOVED THE BUDGET FOR TARGET RANGE AS WE CANNOT SECURE THE LAND.
WE ALSO ADDED A BUDGET FOR A PORTION OF THE UNSPENT CSEC FUNDS FROM FY 23 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
WE'RE PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OF 75,000.
THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO CARRYOVER FUNDS FROM 2024.
WE'RE PROPOSING A DECREASE IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OF 333,000 PER FUND.
1423 ARE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW BIL GRANT.
WE'RE DECREASING THIS BASED ON THE FY 25 FORECAST.
THIS GRANT ENDS IN JUNE OF 2026.
SO THE BUDGET HAS BEEN ADJUSTED BASED ON THIS TIMELINE FOR FUND 1429 LIHEAP.
WHEN WE BUILT THE BUDGET IN OCTOBER, WE USED THE 2024 CONTRACT.
WHEN WE RECEIVED THE 2025 CONTRACT, WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL 400,000 IN GRANT FUNDING.
SO THAT HAS BEEN ADDED FOR THE OTHER FUNDS.
T-D-H-C-A HAS NOTIFIED US THAT DOE FUNDING FOR FY 26 BEGINNING IN JULY HAS BEEN DELAYED ABOUT THREE TO SIX MONTHS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE AWARDED HOMES FOR TEXAS HEROES FUNDING FOR FY 26, WHICH BEGINS IN JULY.
AND THAT HAS BEEN ADDED HERE FOR OUR ADMIN.
INDIRECT, WE'RE PROPOSING A NET CHANGE OF ZERO.
THE AGENCY MANAGEMENT BUDGET HAS BEEN INCREASED BASED ON FEDERAL GUIDANCE FOR THE SALARY CAP.
I'LL DISCUSS THE SALARY CAP IN MORE DETAIL WHEN WE REVIEW THE GENERAL FUND MODIFICATION.
THE PUBLIC RELATIONS BUDGET HAS BEEN DECREASED BASED ON THE FY 25 FORECAST, AND THE FUNDS FROM PUBLIC RELATIONS WILL BE USED TO COVER THE OVERAGE AND AGENCY MANAGEMENT.
FOR ACOG COMPLEX, WE'RE PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN REVENUES
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OF 685,000 IN EXPENDITURES OF 43,000 FOR A NET INCREASE OF 642,000.THIS INCREASE IS DUE TO THE ADDITION OF THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE CA LOAN, WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
THIS IS TO PREPARE OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YEAR END GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIALS WITH GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIALS.
WE MUST PRESENT THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AS IT OCCURS.
THE EXPENSES RELATED TO CCO WERE ACCOUNTED FOR IN FY 24, AND THE REVENUE WAS ACCOUNTED FOR THIS YEAR.
AS WE RECEIVE PAYMENTS FROM CCO, THE $43,000 INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES IS FOR COMMISSIONS FROM THE TENANT RENEWALS IN THE BUILDING.
FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN REVENUE OF 67,000, A DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES OF 60,000 FOR A NET OVERALL INCREASE OF 127,000.
THE INCREASED REVENUES IS DUE TO PACE AND A CORRECTION TO THE SHIRTS EMS BUDGET.
THE DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES IS DUE TO THE CAP ON SALARIES AS MENTIONED FOR THE AGENCY MANAGEMENT BUDGET MODIFICATION, FEDERAL GUIDANCE PROHIBITS SALARIES ABOVE 235,000 FROM BEING CHARGED TO A GRANT.
SALARIES AND EXCESS OF THIS AMOUNT MUST BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
LAST YEAR, WE USED THE PREVIOUS SALARY CAP GUIDANCE OF 196,000, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN INCREASED.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME.
I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ANY RESPECTFULLY, RESPECTFULLY, REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET MODIFICATIONS TO THE 2025 BUDGET FOR APPROVAL.
UH, CLIFF, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE COPS, UH, THING ON PUBLIC SAFETY? THAT'S THE, THE RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET.
I, THAT'S THAT RADIO INTEROPERABILITY PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, FEDERAL FUNDS FROM, UH, REPRESENTATIVE GONZALEZ'S REQUEST TO CONGRESS.
AND SO I BELIEVE IT'S WHERE'S MARCELLO? 1.4 MILLION? UH, COPS.
THE, THE ENTIRE, THE ENTIRE UH, REQUEST WAS THE 4.5.
BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE, UH, WERE WORKING WITH, UH, MOTOROLA AND RECEIVED A TIMELINE OF HOW MUCH WAS REALLY GONNA BE RECEIVED AND INVOICED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR VERSUS WHAT'S GONNA BE RECEIVED AND INVOICED FOR THE FIRST PART IN 26.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE UTILIZED FOR THESE NUMBERS.
ALRIGHT, TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER.
TELL THIS GROUP WHAT THIS ACTUALLY DOES.
SO, SO THIS, THIS GRANT IS, UH, REALLY PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE TO TOWERS UPGRADING EXISTING TOWERS, UH, FOR RADIO EQUIPMENT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO THAT WAY IT WILL, UH, INCREASE THEIR ABILITY TO GO ACROSS KRAFT COUNTY LINES.
AND, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE RADIOS ACROSS COUNTY LINES AND, UH, DEVELOP A REALLY, A REGION-WIDE SYSTEM FOR FIRST RESPONDERS TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR CHANNELS AND OPERATE, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVELY, UH, WITHIN THEIR JOBS TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.
SO IT'S REALLY EXPANDING THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, TONS OF, UH, UH, SYSTEMS IN PLACE, BUT REALLY JELLING 'EM ALL TOGETHER.
UH, WE DO HAVE OUR, UM, OUR REPACK DOES HAVE AN INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATION SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS A, MEASURING THE GAPS, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE STATE TO KIND OF MEASURE THE GAPS AS WELL.
SO WE'VE, OUR, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A FIRM HANDLE ON WHERE THOSE NEEDS ARE.
AND SO THIS FUNDING REALLY HELPS US KIND OF FILL THOSE GAPS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS.
SO ROBERT IS WORKING ON THIS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT I'M SITTING HERE WATCHING THE THING IN AUSTIN.
I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE WATCHING THIS ALSO.
UH, BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ALSO AND GOING AFTER NIM KIT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE COMMUNICATIONS ASPECT, WHY WASN'T HAPPENING IN KERRVILLE BARE METRO, UM, WHICH I KNOW A TINY LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, IS WORKING WITH, UM, ACOG AND, UM, WE ARE LOOKING, WORKING WITH TEXAS DPS TO PUT UP A 250
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FOOT TOWER AT BARE METRO TO HELP, UH, IN THIS PROCESS.IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE A FAIR ASSESSMENT? YES.
YES, BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM DOES, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH T STOCK AND IT DOES, UM, CONNECT TO THE DPS AND THE GATOR SYSTEM, THE, THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA.
SO IT IS CONNECTING ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM SOUTH TEXAS AND THROUGH OUR, THROUGH OUR REGION ALL THE WAY UP TO AUSTIN.
SO IT IS CONNECTED TO THE DPS CORRIDOR? YEAH.
SO IT IS, IT IS LINKING ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
ROBERT AND MARCELLA ARE DOING AN, AND CLIFF AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON THIS.
BUT THIS IS MY PEOPLE THAT ARE TEXTING ME NONSTOP ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW DURING THESE HEARINGS.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAS COME UP, BUT I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE MORE TIME.
UH, BUT I WANTED THIS TO BE PUT ON THE TABLE SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM AND THOSE SEASONED VETERANS SITTING ACROSS FROM ME, UH, KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO.
BUT, UH, I WILL ASSURE YOU THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, IN MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN TALK TO PEOPLE.
AND WE'VE GOT ADEQUATE TOWERS TO DO IT STATEWIDE.
I MEAN, IT, IT, IT'S REALLY AN INCREDIBLE CARDS HAVE JUMPED ON IT WITH THE GATORS AND TDOT.
UH, SO THIS IS THIS FILL SOME OF THOSE GAPS FOR, FOR OTHERS.
AND WE, AND, AND OUR ROLE REALLY IS, IS IS PURCHASING THE EQUIPMENT, TDOT INSTALLING IT.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY BEEN ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, WHERE WE'RE AS ACOG AND, AND WITH THE BOARD APPROVAL AND, AND ACCEPTING THIS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING US TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDS, PURCHASING THE EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE ENSURING, UH, ON THE TIMELINE THAT MOTOROLA, YOU KNOW, IS RECEIVING IT AND TEXTILE IS INSTALLING IT AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALL THE SYSTEMS ARE LIGHTING UP IN PLACE AND IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD SYSTEM ONCE IT'S ALL OPERATIONAL.
AND, AND, AND THE OTHER THING TO GO ALONG WITH THIS, THIS IS, AND I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES, THIS IS NOT HAS LOCKER SANDBOX.
UH, WE HAVE TEXAS DPS AS BACKUP RADIO SYSTEM.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A TWO TWO-WAY RADIO.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THEIR ENTIRE CABINETS IN AT CORY RUN, JUST LIKE WE DO.
BACKING UP THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ALSO.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR US.
AND THAT OFFER GOES TO ANYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT A BACKUP.
WE'VE GOT A PRETTY SECURE BACKUP OPERATION.
UH, MARCELA, UH, ANYONE ELSE? ANY DISCUSSION? WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND TO ACCEPT THE MODIFICATION, THE BUDGET MODIFICATION.
AND SETTLE ALL FAVOR WITH A AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
THAT WILL TAKE US NOW TO, UM, ITEM 12, WHICH
[12. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to accept funding from Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Centers in the approximate amount of $108,000 for crisis respite services. This item will require a budget amendment - Virginia Charles.]
IS CONSIDER AN ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE WHOLE COUNTRY MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY CENTERS IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CRISIS RESPITE SERVICES.THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
MISS VIRGINIA, CHARLES, GOOD MORNING CHAIR DENNIS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M VIRGINIA CHARLES, SENIOR DIRECTOR OVER INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES.
LOCAL, INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITIES PROVIDE COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD AND ONE OF THE REQUIRED SERVICES IS CRISIS RESPITE.
CRISIS RESPITE PROVIDES SHORT-TERM THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE STAFF ARE ON SITE OFFERING 24 HOUR CARE AND SUPERVISION FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A CRISIS THAT CANNOT BE MANAGED IN A LESSER INTENSIVE SETTING.
ACOG'S CRISIS RESPITE HOME IS CALLED SERENITY HOUSE.
HILL COUNTRY MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY CENTERS REACHED OUT TO ACOG TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF COLLABORATION TO PROVIDE CRISIS RESPITE BECAUSE THE FUNDING THEY RECEIVE IS INSUFFICIENT TO COVER THE OPERATIONAL COST OF A 24 HOUR FACILITY.
THEREFORE, ACOG SERENITY HOUSE HAS THE CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE ONE ADDITIONAL BED DESIGNATED FOR THEIR USE.
THIS ITEM REQUIRES A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND I RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT THIS FUNDING.
I THANK YOU, MR. ANY QUESTIONS? SO TERMS ON NINE.
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ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.ANY OPPOSED? I THINK AYES HAVE IT.
[13. Consider and act on the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to amend the existing contract with The Wood Group for crisis respite services, increasing annual funding by an amount not to exceed $90,000. This item will require a budget amendment - Virginia Charles.]
CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO AMEND THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THE WOOD GROUP FOR CRISIS RESPITE SERVICES, INCREASING ANNUAL FUNDING BY AN AMOUNT THAT NOT TO EXCEED $90,000.THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT.
AND SEEKS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE WOOD GROUP TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL CRISIS RESPITE BED.
ACOG, AS THE LOCAL INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY PROVIDES IDD SERVICES TO INCLUDE THE CRISIS RESPITE.
ACOG HAS ENTERED INTO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THE WOOD GROUP TO DELIVER OUR CRISIS RESPITE SERVICES.
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT IS VALUED AT $450,000.
THE WOOD GROUP OPERATES OUR SERENITY HOUSE, WHICH IS A SIX BED HOME THAT OPERATES 24 HOUR CARE AND SUPERVISION TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN CRISIS.
AND WE PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS THOSE CRISIS NEEDS.
THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD BE USED TO ADD ONE BED THAT WILL BE DESIGNATED TO SUPPORT THE REFERRALS FROM HILL COUNTRY MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY CENTERS.
THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT AND I RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO AMEND THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THE WOOD GROUP TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL CRISIS RESPITE BED.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THANK YOU MR. YS.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? MOTION WE APPROVE.
PLEASE DO NOT SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
OPPOSED? CARRIE THAT CONSIDER AND
[14. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to accept Performance Contract funding for Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services from Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC) in the approximate amount of $19,600,000. This item will not require a budget amendment - Virginia Charles.]
ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT PERFORMANCE CONTRACT FUNDING FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY IDD SERVICES FROM THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF 19,000,600, THIS ITEM WILL NOT REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT JOBS.ACOG STARTS AS THE LOCAL AUTHORITY PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN BEXAR COUNTY.
AND IN THAT ROLE, OUR IDD SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES INTAKE AND ELIGIBILITY CASE MANAGEMENT AND HABILITATION COORDINATION ACTIVITIES THAT ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD WHO LIVE IN BEXAR COUNTY RECEIVE NECESSARY AND QUALITY SERVICES.
THESE CASE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE FUNDED THROUGH MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT REVENUES.
THE CONTRACT FUNDS WILL ALLOW ACOG TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY NET SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN BEXAR COUNTY THAT ARE LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOME, THEIR FAMILY HOMES, GROUP HOMES, AND IN NURSING FACILITIES.
THE PROJECTED HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION PERFORMANCE CONTRACT FUNDING WAS INCLUDED IN THE ACOG BUDGET.
THEREFORE, THERE IS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT AND THIS ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM HHSC IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF 19,600,000 TO BE DISTRIBUTED OVER TO BY ANYA.
I'LL ENTERTAIN YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, MR. CHARLES, ANY QUESTIONS, SIR, ON THIS ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION? PLEASE MOVE APPROVAL.
I MR. I MEAN, COMMISSIONER MOOD.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE SECOND? UH, COMMISSIONER MOODY.
ALRIGHT, UH, WITH THAT WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE.
[15. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to submit an application and accept funding for the development of the AACOG Disaster Recovery and Resilience Center and Program in the approximate amount of $2.9 million from the FY2025 EDA Disaster Supplemental Grant Program. This item will require a budget amendment - Claudia Mora.]
WHICH IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND SET UP FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACOG DISASTER RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE CENTERS AND PROGRAM IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF 2.9 MILLION FROM THE TWO FY 2025 EDA DISASTER SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT PROGRAM.THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
MS. MOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? SORRY.
LEMME YES, WE'RE STILL MORNING, RIGHT, JUDGE.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR DENNIS AND BOARD MEMBERS THE, UH, REGIONAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR HERE AT ACOG.
THIS AGENDA ITEM FEATURES A FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR
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THE ALAMO REGION.LAST MONTH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION RELEASED A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, ALSO KNOWN AS NOFO FOR THE FY 2025 EDA DISASTER RECOVERY.
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL COMES FROM ED'S ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
APPROXIMATELY $1.5 BILLION IS AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE AWARDS MADE UNDER THIS NOFA WILL HELP COMMUNITIES AND REGIONS DEVISE AND IMPLEMENT LONG-TERM ECONOMIC RECOVERY STRATEGIES THROUGH A VARIETY OF NON-CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN AREAS WHERE A PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION OF A MAJOR DISASTER WAS ISSUED DUE TO HURRICANES, WILDFIRES, SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING, TORNADOES AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS OCCURRING IN CALENDAR YEARS 2023 AND 2024.
THERE ARE TWO PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATIONS OF MAJOR DISASTERS THAT IMPACTED THE ALAMO REGION.
D 4 75 DISASTER RESPONSE AND DECLARATION FOR THE TEXAS SEVERE WINTER STORM, WHICH OCCURRED JANUARY 30TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 2ND, 2023.
IMPACTED FOUR OF OUR COUNTIES.
AND THOSE FOUR COUNTIES ARE KOMAL GILLESPIE, KENDALL, AND KERR.
DEAR EXCUSE ME, DEAR, I'M HAVING TROUBLE.
D 47 81 DISASTER RESPONSE AND DECLARATION FOR THE TEXAS SEVERE STORMS. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING, WHICH OCCURRED APRIL 26TH THROUGH JUNE 5TH, 2024, IMPACTED ONE COUNTY AND THAT'S GUADALUPE COUNTY.
AFTER THE JUNE, UH, ACOG BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, WE HELD A BRIEFING SESSION ON THE NOFO AND INVITED OUR MEMBER GOVERNMENTS IN THOSE FIVE IMPACTED COUNTIES.
ATTENDEES WERE PROVIDED COPIES OF THE NOFO, AS WELL AS COPIES OF THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, HIGHLIGHTING IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE NOFO.
AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR THE ALAMO REGION, ACOG IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING UNDER THIS NOFO.
THE ACOG DISASTER RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE CENTER AND PROGRAM IS THE PROPOSED PROJECT FOR RESPONDING TO AND PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE FIVE IMPACTED COUNTIES.
THE PROJECT IS COMPOSED OF FOUR PARTS.
THE FIRST PART IS CREATING AND HIRING A DISASTER RECOVERY COORDINATOR TO OVERSEE THE PROGRAM OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.
THE SECOND PART INVOLVES REPURPOSING THE DRIVE-THRU BANK AREA AND PARKING LOT BETWEEN THE ACOG TOWER AND THE PLAZA.
AND ON YOUR SCREEN YOU'LL SEE, UH, A PHOTO OF THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE REPURPOSING WORK INCLUDES THE ENCLOSURE OF A PORTION OF THE DRIVE LANES TO CREATE A CLIMATE CONTROLLED AREA FOR STORAGE OF PERISHABLE ITEMS, EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES FOR DISASTER RESPONSE.
PART OF THE AREA WILL SERVE AS THE DISASTER RECOVERY COORDINATOR'S OFFICE.
THE CONCRETE ISLANDS WOULD BE PART OF THE PRO, UH, WOULD BE REMOVED AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO COMPLETE THE AREA.
GARAGE DOORS WILL BE ADDED TO THE NEWLY ENCLOSED AREA.
UTILITIES WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE PROPERTY AND A SECURITY FENCE WILL SURROUND THE PERIMETER.
THE THIRD PART OF THE PROJECT IS THE PURCHASE OF TWO TRUCKS, A FLATBED TRAILER AND AN ENCLOSED TRAILER TO TRANSPORT SUPPLIES AND TOOLS TO DISASTER IMPACTED AREAS IN THE ALAMO REGION.
IN ADDITION TO THE TRUCKS AND TRAILERS, WE WILL PURCHASE A TRUCK FOR THE COORDINATOR TO USE TO TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT SUPPLIES AND STAFF TO THE DISASTER IMPACTED AREAS.
FINALLY, THE FOURTH PART OF THE PROJECT IS THE REQUEST FOR $1 MILLION TO ESTABLISH THE ACOG REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES LOAN OPPORTUNITIES TO SMALL BUSINESSES TO MAKE REPAIRS AND RESUME OPERATIONS AFTER DISASTERS.
THE GRANT REQUEST IS FOR $2.9 MILLION UNDER THE NOFO, A 20% MATCH IS REQUIRED.
ACOG WILL PROVIDE A MATCH FOR $600,000.
THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $320,000 USED TO PURCHASE THE PARKING LOT MAY BE USED AS A PORTION OF THE MATCH.
THIS ITEM WOULD REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE FY 2025 BUDGET.
UH, SOME ADDED INFORMATION REGARDING THIS NOFO, UH, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF US OF BEING SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING GRANT FUNDING IS, IS THAT WE ANTICIPATE SEPARATING THE DISASTER RECOVERY COORDINATOR POSITION FROM THE OTHER PARTS OF THE PROJECT, AND THEN SUBMITTING TWO SEPARATE APPLICATIONS.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE POSITION TO BE CONSIDERED AND PROCESSED BY THE END OF OF SEPTEMBER.
ASSUMING THE APPLICATION FOR THE DISASTER RECOVERY COORDINATOR GETS APPROVED BY OCTOBER, WE WOULD FILL THE POSITION IMMEDIATELY, IMMEDIATELY AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM.
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WE WOULD ALSO COMPLETE A MORE COMPETITIVE APPLICATION FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION TO IMPLEMENT THE, THE PROGRAM AND ALSO TO, UH, HAVE, UH, TO THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM.AS PART OF THAT SECOND REQUEST.
PHASE ONE WOULD BE THE CREATION OF THE DISASTER RECOVERY COORDINATOR, AND PHASE TWO WOULD INCLUDE THE REFURBISHING OF THE PARKING LOT PURCHASING EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES, AND ESTABLISHING THE RF PROGRAM.
THE BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR PHASE ONE IS $836,000.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS AGENDA ITEM.
UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT CLAUDIA'S TALKING ABOUT.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN MY REPORT, UM, EEA REACHED OUT TO US ABOUT THESE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO THERE, I THINK, I SENSE, I SENSE THAT EAGERNESS TO HELP FUND, AT THE VERY LEAST, THE DISASTER COORDINATOR POSITION FOR THREE YEARS.
AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES ALL THE SUPPORT STAFF, THE, THE, UH, READ ALL THE EQUIPMENT, THE COMPUTER AND CELL PHONES AND SO ON.
SO THAT REPRESENTS THE 800 AND $836,000 PORTION.
UM, THIS SECOND PART IS PART OF A, THEY CALL IT IMPLEMENTATION GRANT PRO, UH, REQUEST.
AND SO, UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IF WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN IMPLEMENTING THIS AS A DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM AND RESILIENCE HUB, UH, IT ALSO WOULD BE DUAL PURPOSE FOR US.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ALSO USE IT AS A PERMIT SITE TO, I TOLD YOU, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A BAY DOOR.
WE DON'T HAVE A, A, A, UH, PICKUP TRUCK.
AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO, UM, TO ACCEPT DELIVERIES FROM OUR, OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, CREATE A SPACE THAT'S BOTH CLIMATE CONTROLLED FOR PERISHABLE ITEMS, AS WELL AS HOUSE OTHER EQUIPMENT AND STUFF THAT WE HAVE BOTH, OF COURSE, HERE AT ACOG ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
AS WELL AS, UH, RESPONDING TO, UH, DISASTERS.
LIKEWISE, WE'RE, WE'RE REQUESTING FUNDS TO BRING UTILITIES TO THE PROPERTY.
AND AS YOU'LL RECALL, WHEN WE PURCHASED THIS ROUGHLY ACRE OF LAND, IT'S JUST SHY OF AN ACRE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS AN IDEA THAT IT COULD BE DEVELOPED FOR FUTURE PURPOSES.
AND IF WE BRING UTILITIES TO IT, THAT'S JUST MORE TO THE GOOD FOR THAT PURPOSE.
UM, POSITIONING, POSITIONING IT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THE, I WANT TO BRING UP THE POINT ABOUT THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
UH, YOU'LL RECALL WE ADDRESSED THAT IN THE, IN THE PAST WE HAVE BEEN SEEKING FUNDING TO CREATE A REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
UM, AND I TOLD YOU I'D BRING THAT TO YOU IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CREATE IT, OR WE'RE GONNA REQUEST FUNDING HERE AND SEE IF WE COULD CREATE A SMALL FUND FOR, AS CLAUDIA SAID, RESPONDING TO DISASTERS.
BUT AS WELL, UH, AS PROVIDING SMALL LOANS TO OUR REGIONS SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, FOR FUTURE GROWTH FOR THEM.
UH, AS THEY WOULD, THE IDEA WOULD BE TO PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY SKILLED IN THAT AREA.
UH, AS YOU RECALL, WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM LIFT FUND, UH, LIFT FUND.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DO ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO WE WOULD PARTNER WITH THEM, THEY WOULD MANAGE IT ADMINISTERED.
WE WOULD, WE WOULD BASICALLY PROMOTE IT AND, UM, IT WOULD BE WITH FUNDS FROM THIS OR FROM SOME OTHER SOURCE PLUS THE MATCH THEY, UH, WOULD PROVIDE.
SO THAT'S SORT OF THE LONG TERM GOAL OF THE PROJECT.
AS I SAID, I'M ENCOURAGED BY OUR CONVERSATIONS FROM E-D-A-E-D-A ABOUT THE POSITION OR THE COORDINATOR AND THE SUPPORT THAT'S NECESSARY.
WHETHER WE GET ALL, SOME OR NONE OF THIS REMAINS, THE OTHER SUB REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
AND AS CLAUDIA SAID, WE'LL BREAK IT UP INTO PHASES AND SEE WHAT WE CAN, WHAT WE CAN GET AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO.
BUT, SO JUST WANNA GIVE YOU SORT OF A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF THIS WOULD BE REALLY A MULTI-USE FACILITY FOR ACOG IN ADDITION TO DISASTER RESPONSE.
AND IF I, I MAY ADD, WELL, WELL, THE, UH, THE NOFO IDENTIFIES, UH, THE, THE AREAS BEING IMPACTED AS BEING ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.
UH, WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
SO WE START OFF WITH FIVE, FIVE COUNTIES.
WE GROW TO THE 13 COUNTY REGION, AND MAYBE ONE DAY INCOME BECOMES A CENTRAL, CENTRAL HUB, UH, FOR DISASTER RECOVERY ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR OUR, FOR THE STATE.
AND, UH, HAVING, UH, THIS TYPE OF OPERATIONS IN AN AREA OF LIKE OURS IS IMPORTANT.
I ALWAYS TELL, TELL PEOPLE EVERY TIME IT RAINS IN THE ALAMO REGION SOMEPLACE, PLUS FORTUNATELY OR UNFOR, UNFORTUNATELY NOT TO THE EXTENT
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THAT, UH, WE SAW, UH, OVER THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND.BUT SOME OF THE SAME ROADS WASH OUT.
SOME OF THE SAME ROADS ARE COVERED WITH WATER FOR DAYS ON END.
AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO SUPPORT OUR MEMBER GOVERNMENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES UP IN THOSE AREAS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, READY TO GO AND AROUND D GROUND.
SO, UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS TO CREATE SOMETHING HAS, IT HAS TO START SOMEWHERE.
AND I THINK THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
AND BEING AS CLOSE AT BEING ENCOURAGED BY THE EA, UH, REGIONAL OFFICE, UH, IS A GOOD, I THINK IS A GOOD SIGN.
IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE, BUT IT, IT DOES SOUND SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE.
AND I, UH, JUMPING AT THAT OPPORTUNITY AND GETTING THIS IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UH, IS TO OUR BENEFIT.
AND MAY I HAVE ONE MORE THING? THIS, THIS WILL COMPLEMENT, I BELIEVE, UH, A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE HAD RECENTLY.
NOTHING'S TAKEN PLACE YET, BUT
ONE OF OUR LARGER BACK HERE, I'M SORRY, SETS THE DIRECTIONS OFF THIS CONFERENCE ROOM BACK HERE, UH, TO, UH, DEVELOP THAT AS A TEMPORARY, UH, UH, TEMPORARY ON ONSITE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER FOR IT, FOR THE REGION AND THE EVENT OF A DISASTER.
AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS UPGRADE THAT ROOM WITH MORE, UH, ENHANCED, UM, WELL GENERATOR CAPABILITY.
THEY'RE GONNA CONNECT OUR GENERATOR TO THAT.
THEY'LL ENHANCE IT WITH HIGHER POWERED ROUTERS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO, UH, HAVE BASICALLY A COMMAND CENTER IN THAT ROOM AND THE HEAD OF EMERGENCY.
SO TEMPORARY COMMAND OR OPERATIONS CENTER IS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
AND, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND SAID WE'D BE GLAD TO SUPPORT THEM IN THAT EFFORT.
SO I THINK THIS WILL ENHANCED THAT OPERATION AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT AND I, I THINK IT'S GREAT AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE FORWARD THINKING AND, AND, UH, ESTABLISHING THIS FOR, UH, THE REGION.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE SO IMPORTANT TO TIE IN WITH, UH, WITH ALL THE OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST RESPONDERS AND, UH, DISASTER RECOVERY EFFORTS.
YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEXAR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
I KNOW THEY GOT THE CALL EARLY ON.
THE, UH, THE FLOODING, UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IS IT 11 OR 12 ESDS IN BEXAR COUNTY? THERE'S THERE'S A LOT.
SEVERAL OF THEM WERE ALSO CALLED IN.
UM, BUT, BUT TYING IN WITH, WITH THOSE OTHER, UH, DISASTER EFFORTS AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, RIGHT, ALSO THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND THE RESOURCES THEY CAN PROVIDE, I THINK WILL BE THIS, THIS VERY SMALL DISASTER, UH, ADMINISTRATOR CAN HAVE AN OUTSIZED IMPACT BY JUST HELPING CONNECT THE DOTS AND CONNECT THE VARIOUS COUNTY EFFORTS AS WELL.
AND THAT'S A GREAT OBSERVATION.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT POSITION VISIONS AND THE JOB DESCRIPTION THAT WE'VE CREATED.
AND AS, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE SPONSOR OF THE REPACK FOR REGIONAL, UH, URGENCY PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO WE CURRENTLY WORK WITH ALL OF THE, UH, UH, EMCS.
WE WORK WITH THEM AND COORDINATE WITH THEM TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.
BUT THIS POSITION WOULD BE MORE OF A FORMALISM FORMALIZED PROCESS, A MORE OF A OVERALL OVERARCHING COORDINATOR TYPE THING THAT WOULD BE IN THERE AT LEAST ON BEHALF OF ACOG AND THE, UH, THE REGION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S COMMUNICATING WELL AND BUILDING ALL OF COMBINED FUNCTIONS.
BASICALLY A COHESIVE RESPONSE.
I MEAN, YOU GET IT RIGHT ON WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, THERE'S A PLACE I GO TO CALLED FRONTIER BURGER OCCASIONALLY, AND RIGHT ACROSS THE THANK YOU.
AND RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS A MOTOR BANK, UH, THAT I JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE SOLD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND THEY HAVE TAKEN THAT MOTOR BANK AND MADE IT THEIR OFFICE.
IT'S A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB ON IT.
AND PART OF THAT IS THAT THE CITY WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO INCREASE ANY MORE THAN THE ROOF LINE.
UM, AND ALSO THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT GOING BACK AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU STAYED WITHIN THE CODES WHEN THAT WAS BUILT, UH, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE, THAT
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WOULD BE FANTASTIC.AS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'RE EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.
JUST GOT THIS CALL FROM EDAA COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BUT I AM AWARE OF SOME OF THOSE CODE ISSUES HAVING RUN INTO THEM IN THE PAST.
AND AT THIS POINT, THE PLAN IS REALLY JUST TO ENCLOSE IT WITHIN YEAH.
THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT AND, UM, AND REALLY DO, I DON'T WANT TO SAY A TEMPORARY ENCLOSURE, BUT MY POINT IS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ROCK OR STONE OR SOMETHING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING TO FILL IN THOSE GAPS, MAKE IT WEATHERPROOF BECAUSE IN THE EVENT THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN A LONG TERM PLAN, THIS WOULD VERY WELL MAYBE TORN DOWN IN THE FUTURE TO BUILD SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER.
IF YOU TIE IT TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, I IMAGINE SOME OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE, UH, NOT NECESSARILY LIFTED THE GOAL, I WOULD HOPE.
BUT I THINK, BUT THE POINT IS, IS THIS IS JUST SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, A AL STEP TOWARD THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF DEVELOPING THAT PROPERTY FOR WHATEVER THE APPROPRIATE USE IS.
SO, LIKE I SAY, IT'S A RELATIVELY MODEST ENCLOSURE IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SOME GARAGE DOOR PAY DOORS TO GET ACCESS FOR OFFLOADING OUR PROCUREMENT SUPPLIES AS WELL AS THE TRAILERS.
AND I MEANT, I, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED AS YOU KNOW, UM, OUR WEATHERIZATION PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT AND CURRENTLY THEY HAVE TO OFFLOAD THAT EACH AND EVERY NIGHT OUT OF THEIR TRUCKS AND PUT IT INTO THE DOORS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SECURE STORAGE AREA.
AND SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MULTIPURPOSE THIS, UH, TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL AS WELL.
SO IT'S ALL PART OF SORT OF A, A PLAN TO, UH, BENEFIT REALLY ACOG'S THE REGION AS WELL AS ACOG'S OPERATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE PROGRAMS. MR. HERBERG IS, IS THERE ANOTHER COG OR COGS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE ALREADY EMBARKED ON A SIMILAR, UH, EFFORT THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM? OR ARE WE BLAZING A NEW TRAIL HERE? I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF 'EM HAVE, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK AND SEE ON, AND AS TO THE DEGREE OF THEIR RESPONSIVENESS.
I KNOW THAT THEY DO TYPICALLY THE SAME THING THAT WE HAVE DONE AS FAR AS OUTREACH AND SUPPORT AND RESOURCE COORDINATION.
BUT WHETHER THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD, IS AN ACTUAL DIRECT RESPONSE, I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO BEFORE I CAN ANSWER, DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT.
'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE PROBABLY THEY DON'T, WE'RE BLAZING THE NEW TRAIL.
JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COPY THAT SOMEONE'S ALREADY STEPPED INTO, YOU KNOW, A HOLE OR TWO AND MADE MISTAKES AND OR IF WE'RE THE DISASTER LEARN, THE COORDINATOR POSITION IS ACTUALLY ONE THAT EXISTED IN THE PAST HERE AND THE FUNDING ENDED FOR IT.
SO THAT'S NOT NEW TRAILBLAZING.
AND EACH AND EVERY COG DOES RESPOND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITHIN THEIR CAPABILITIES AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY DISPATCH RIGHT AT THE SCENE.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'D HAVE TO FIND OUT.
WE COULD MAYBE EVEN REACH OUT TO THE NATIONAL ABSOLUTELY.
THE COUNTRY TO SEE IF THEY, UM, AS IF I MIGHT, I MIGHT, IF I MAY ADD THE AUSTIN, THE EBA AUSTIN REGION, UH, NOT ONLY INCLUDES TEXAS, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, AND NEW MEXICO.
AND I KNOW, UH, BASED ON A CONVERSATION WE HAD YESTERDAY THAT, UH, OKLAHOMA AND LOUISIANA, UH, SOME OF THEIR CALLS WILL BE SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING UNDER THIS NOFO AND, UH, OKLAHOMA HAS, UH, IS PART OF, UH, TORNADO ALLEY.
AND, UH, AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY EVERY TIME IT RAINS LOUISIANA IMPACTED SOME WAY.
SO FOR SURE THERE, THOSE WOULD BE TWO STATES, UH, THAT WE COULD LOOK TOWARDS, AS YOU SAID, ASKING NATIONALLY OF, OF, OF YOUR COLLEAGUES.
UH, BUT DEFINITELY WE CHECK INTO OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES IN OKLAHOMA AND LOUISIANA.
AND AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT TO STRESS, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A A TOP TIER FIRST RESPONDER RESPONSE.
WE'RE REALLY, WE WOULD BE, AS I MENTIONED, UH, ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND GET THINGS TO THEM THAT THEY NEED AS THEY NEED THEM.
WE'RE ONLY TALKING A COUPLE OF TRUCKS AND TRAILERS.
SO AT THIS POINT IT'S BABY STEPS, BUT, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY IT COULD GROW.
AND LIKE I SAY, WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING THIS PROPERTY IN THE LONG TERM.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT WOULD ALWAYS BE A DISASTER RESPONSE CENTER.
IT WOULD BE WHATEVER THE BOARD DETERMINES, UH, FUTURE GROWTH OF ACOM NEEDS, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ITS FUTURE PURPOSES.
SO AS I SAID, IT'S JUST REALLY KIND OF A, A OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THIS SITE AND MAKE IT READY FOR WHATEVER WE PLAN IN THE LONG TERM.
WELL CLAUDIA, I THINK YOU SAID IT BEST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MOVE APPROVAL? THAT A MOTION BY, UM, MR. OCKER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE.
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THE AYES HAVE IT.[16. Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at AACOG.]
WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 16, WHICH IS OUR NEXT MEETING IS, UH, WEDNESDAY, UH, AUGUST THE 27, 20 25 AT 10:00 AM BUT BEFORE I GO, I KNOW WE HAVE A, A COUPLE OF, UH, INTERNS WITH US.WOULD YOU INTRODUCE THE QUIGLEY? SURE.
UH, TABITHA, WOULD YOU WANNA DO THAT? AND TAB, IF YOU WOULD JUST TELL US WHO YOU HAVE WITH US AT THE TIME? YOU HAVE A WHOLE NEW GROUP? YES, WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS JOIN.
THIS IS THE FINAL OF OUR PROGRAM, OF OUR INTERNSHIP COUNTY.
UH, JOINING ME TODAY, I HAVE ADRIANA REPRESENTING AND JOHN DELGADO REPRESENTING YOUR ALRIGHT, LA JOIN A PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE LEARNED A LOT AND WILL WANNA BE PUBLIC SERVANT.
OH, WITH THAT, UH, IT IS 12 A NO.