RESOLUTIONS

[A. Approve and adopt a resolution declaring June 19, 2024, as “Juneteenth,” in El Paso County, Texas. David Stout, Commissioner, Precinct 2, 915-546-2111]

YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN FROM THIS RESOLUTION, IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME THAT THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, SECEDED NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE TO, UNFORTUNATELY, KEEP SLAVERY, FIRST FROM MEXICO, WHICH ABOLISHED SLAVERY, WELL BEFORE THE US, AND THEN FROM THE UNITED STATES AS PART OF THE CONFEDERACY, WHILE THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM, IT CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT HOW THAT CONTEXT SHAPES OUR MODERN TIMES. BUT, WE KNOW THAT KNOWLEDGE REIGNS SUPREME AND WILL KEEP, EDUCATING, KEEP TRYING TO CHANGE HEARTS AND MINDS. AND UNTIL WE STAMP OUT RACIAL PREJUDICE AND HATE, UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S THE COMMUNITY OF EL PASO OR THE STATE OF TEXAS OR OUR COUNTRY, OR, YOU KNOW, THIS LITTLE BLUE MARBLE THAT WE LIVE ON IN SPACE. SO THANK YOU TO THE BLACK EL PASO VOICE AND TO EVERYONE HERE WHO KEEPS KNOWLEDGE ALIVE AND WORKS TO UPLIFT THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN EL PASO AND IN SO DOING, PARTICIPATES IN, LIFTING, ALL OF EL PASO, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, READ THE RESOLUTION AND THEN, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR GUESTS, NEED TO PULL UP THE RESOLUTION REAL QUICKLY.

JUST GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. SORRY.

WELL, I'M HAVING TROUBLE PULLING IT UP. SORRY GIVE ME ONE MORE MOMENT.

OKAY, WE GOT IT. SORRY ABOUT THE WAIT. Y'ALL OKAY? THE RESOLUTION STATES. WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, PEOPLE OF TEXAS FIRST LEARNED THAT ALL SLAVES IN THE FORMER CONFEDERACY HAD BEEN FREED TWO YEARS AFTER PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TO THE REBELLION. STATES. AND WHEREAS NEARLY 250,000 FORMER SLAVES IN TEXAS WERE TO BE GIVEN ABSOLUTE EQUALITY IN THEIR PERSONAL AND PROPERTY RIGHTS FOLLOWING THE READING OF GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE DELIVERED BY UNION GENERAL GORDON GRANGER IN GALVESTON FOLLOWING THE END OF THE

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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. AND WHEREAS ON JANUARY 1ST, 1980, JUNETEENTH BECAME A OFFICIAL STATE HOLIDAY IN TEXAS. THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF AL EDWARDS, A BLACK AMERICAN STATE LEGISLATOR, THE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF THIS BILL MARKED JUNETEENTH AS THE FIRST EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION GRANTED OFFICIAL STATE RECOGNITION. AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH, ALSO CALLED FREEDOM DAY OR EMANCIPATION DAY, REMAINS THE MOST POPULAR AND WIDELY RECOGNIZED ANNUAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH STANDS AS A POIGNANT REMINDER OF THE ATROCITIES ENDURED BY BLACK AMERICANS, IT SIMULTANEOUSLY COMMEMORATES THE FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS SURMOUNTED IN THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF FULL CIVIL RIGHTS, VOTING RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE , WHILE HONORING THE MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF MILLIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INITIATIVES SUCH AS JUNETEENTH, EL PASO, BLACK EL PASO VOICE, MCCALL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, ORO TEMPLE, NINE ORO, COURT NUMBER 20, EL PASO, HOLY ROYAL ARCH MASONS, NUMBER 90, AMPLIFY EL PASO AND THE BLACK ROUND TABLE EXIST TO PROPERLY HONOR, OBSERVE, AND PRESERVE BLACK CULTURE, HERITAGE, AND HISTORY IN EL PASO AND OTHER AREAS OF THE SOUTHWEST. AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH, EL PASO INVITES ALL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO JOIN IN THE INITIATIVES TO CELEBRATE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT JUNETEENTH, AND WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL JUNETEENTH THEME IS THE TRUTH, AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT JUNE 19TH, BE RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED AS JUNETEENTH IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS, SIGNED THIS 17TH DAY OF JUNE 2024. THE HONORABLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STOUT, SECOND BY JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE VOTING IS OPEN. AND I STILL CAN'T GET MY VOTING OPEN. SO OF COURSE I. COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR CAMERA FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? YEAH. SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HERE TRYING TO DO THIS ON MY PHONE, I DON'T HAVE MY, MY VOTING APP OPEN, SO, I VOTE I, OF COURSE, MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. WELL, WELCOME. THANK YOU. WELCOME, Y'ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SORRY ABOUT THE, DELAYED IN PULLING THAT UP. WELCOME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MONICA TUCKER. I'M THE FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER OF BLACK EL PASO VOICE AND AMPLIFY, EL PASO AND JUNETEENTH, EL PASO. AND WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE MISTER CHARLES SMITH, WHO IS THE OWNER OF GENTLEMAN'S BOUTIQUE, AND MISTER RYAN ADAMS, WHO WILL ALSO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT JUNETEENTH, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SAMANIEGO AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS RYAN ADAMS. I HOST A PODCAST ON BLACK EL PASO VOICE CALLED BEWARE OF THE DAY WHERE BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS FROM JANUARY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST. I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER STOUT FOR THAT OUTSTANDING HISTORY LESSON. HE'S WELCOME ON MY PODCAST AT ANY TIME, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RYAN CHARLES. HELLO, EVERYONE.

WELCOME. OF COURSE. MY NAME IS CHARLES SMITH, OWNER OF GENTLEMAN BOUTIQUE BYEGONE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, ESPECIALLY FOR A YOUNG GENTLEMAN LIKE ME, IT'S AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE, A MONTH WITH FAMILY. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD OUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, IT WAS AMAZING JUST TO SEE EVERYBODY CULTURALLY COMING TOGETHER, WE WASN'T THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A FIGHT. NEWS SHOOTING? NO, BUT WE WAS COMING TO CELEBRATE. AND I THINK THIS IS A BIG, YOU KNOW, TO EMBARK ON, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF EL PASO. SO I THANK YOU, I TRULY DO. THANK YOU. AND WE'D LIKE TO DEFINITELY THANK, COMMISSIONER STOUT, WHO IS ALWAYS THERE FOR US, IN THE COMMUNITY, WE THANK COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR THIS RESOLUTION. AND LIKE WE MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT EDUCATION, EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT JUNETEENTH IS, THIS YEAR, THE CITY JOINED US IN CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH ON SATURDAY. AND, LIKE THEY MENTIONED, WE HAD VARIOUS CULTURES THERE REPRESENTING WE WERE ABLE TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHY WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AND TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS HISTORY. IT'S BLACK HISTORY, BUT OVERALL IT'S AMERICAN HISTORY. AND THAT'S WHERE THE EDUCATION BEGINS IN THE COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY EACH YEAR SO FAR, WHEN THE CITY OR ANYONE IN A GOVERNMENT ENTITY SHARES ANYTHING ABOUT JUNETEENTH, THE SOME IN THE COMMUNITY DO COME OUT AND THEY COMMENT AND THEY SAY THAT IT'S NOT WORTH IT. SO

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THAT JUST SHOWS US THAT THERE'S MORE EDUCATION THAT IS NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO WHY WE CELEBRATE THIS FREEDOM DAY AND JUNETEENTH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE END OF SLAVERY. BUT AGAIN, THE EDUCATION CONTINUES. I'M A PART OF THE NATIONAL JUNETEENTH, FOUNDATION. THOSE WHO CHAMPIONED TO MAKE THIS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY AND RECOGNIZING IT. AND OUR COLORS ARE RED, WHITE AND BLUE BECAUSE WE'RE AMERICAN, SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE THE RED, GREEN AND BLACK REPRESENTING OF AFRICA. AND YES, WE ARE OF AFRICAN DESCENT, BUT WE'RE AMERICANS, AND WE HAVE TO REPRESENT THAT. AND FOR OUR ANCESTORS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE FLAG, THAT'S WHY OUR COLORS ARE RED, WHITE AND BLUE. SO IT BEGINS WITH EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY ON THAT ALSO. SO WE HAVE TAKEN EXTRA STEPS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR PUBLICATIONS. AND ONE IS AMPLIFY EL PASO. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE EACH OF YOU A COPY OF OUR INAUGURAL, PUBLICATION FOR AMPLIFY. EL PASO IS PUBLISHED TWICE EVERY TWO MONTHS, BUT IT IDENTIFIES THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WE BELIEVE THEIR VOICES SHOULD BE AMPLIFIED. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE TO GIVE YOU ALL A COPY AND IN ADDITION TO OUR PUBLICATIONS, WE HAVE PODCASTS AND WE HAVE OTHER INITIATIVES WHERE WE WANT TO AMPLIFY OUR VOICES. THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE HERE TODAY WHO WILL BE GETTING A RESOLUTION, AND IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE AIM TO FIGHT FOR. AND THAT INCLUDES DOCTOR ALESSANDRO HAMILTON, FC KNIGHTS, THE FIRST PERSON FROM EL PASO TO GO PLATINUM AS AN ARTIST. SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF VOICES WE WANT TO AMPLIFY. AND HE HAS AN INITIATIVE TO, THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT ALSO. SO THAT'S HOW WE CONTINUE JUNETEENTH. JUNETEENTH DOESN'T END THE NEXT DAY. IT CONTINUES. AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE WHAT WE'RE DOING ON JUNETEENTH CALLED, THE STATE OF BLACK EL PASO. WE WANT THE WE WANT TO INVITE YOU AS COMMISSIONERS AND THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND HERE IN EL PASO, SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR EXISTENCE. SO I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS RESOLUTION. WELL, MONICA RAY AND CHARLES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT, BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE, OUR CULTURES AND BLACK HERITAGE AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMPANIES COME HERE AND THEY TELL US THAT THEY CAN'T GET OVER THE PEOPLE. THEY KEEP SAYING THE PEOPLE THEY DON'T COME FOR THE MOUNTAINS, THEY COME TO SEE THEM, BUT THEY LEAVE. RIGHT? BUT THEY COME HERE AND THEY WANT TO DO BUSINESS. AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WHATEVER WE ARE DOING RIGHT. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BY ITSELF. AND THE UNIQUENESS COMES WITH THESE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, THE WAY WE COME TOGETHER, THE UNITY THAT WE HAVE, HOW WE WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING OUR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WALMART TRAGEDY AND HOW WE CAME TOGETHER, HOW WE CREATED A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HAPPEN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BY ITSELF. AND I THINK THIS IDEA OF THE EDUCATION AND LETTING US KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHY WE ARE THIS UNIQUE, I KEEP SAYING WE'RE THE LAST STRONGHOLD OF HUMANITY ORGANISM HERE IN EL PASO THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST COMMUNITIES CAN'T EVEN GET CLOSE TO THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE DO HERE, AND I'VE SAID OVER AND OVER, IF WE DROP OUR GUARD, THAT GIVES A RIGHT FOR ANYBODY IN THE IN THE BORDER STATES TO BE LESS OR, YOU KNOW, BE LESS OF WHAT WE ARE. SO WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO CONTINUE THIS RELATIONSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY, THIS EMBRACEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, OF BEING TOGETHER AND THE DIVERSITIES AND HOW DIVERSITIES CAN COME TOGETHER. AND I THINK YOU, THE THREE OF YOU AND MOST OF THE BLACK ORGANIZATIONS, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WE GIVE THEM ENOUGH CREDIT BECAUSE I THINK YOU DO MORE FOR US TO DO THAT, AND WE NEED TO RECIPROCATE AND BE PART OF THAT UNITY. SO WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S UNIQUE BECAUSE OF YOURSELVES. AND ALSO THE NEXT RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE, IT SHOWS A UNIQUENESS OF WHO WE ARE. SO WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY, COMMISSIONER STOUT. BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE, THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT HAVE JOINED US THIS MORNING AND HELPING US TO, TO EDUCATE, OUR COMMUNITY AND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THIS AND MANY OTHER ISSUES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE. OH, WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

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ITEM FIVE BE APPROVED. ADOPT A RESOLUTION COMMENDING ARTISTS, PHILANTHROPISTS CHRISTIAN HIP HOP ARTIST, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, ACTOR, AND THREE TIME BEST SELLING AUTHOR, DOCTOR

[B. Approve and adopt a resolution commending artist, philanthropist, Christian hip-hop artist, motivational speaker, actor, and three-time best-selling author Dr. Aulsondro L. Hamilton for his contributions to education and cultural enrichment in El Paso David Stout, Commissioner, Precinct 2, 915-546-2111]

ALEJANDRO AL HAMILTON FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT IN EL PASO.

COMMISSIONER UP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUDGE, I ALSO HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO READ THIS RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD. AND, FRANKLY, I'M A BIT, AT A LOSS FOR WORDS HERE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I DID NOT KNOW DOCTOR HAMILTON UNTIL MY OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY, MISS LOGAN AND WE READ THE MATERIALS WE WERE AMAZED AT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

WE LOVE TO CELEBRATE EL PASO IN EVERY WAY, INCLUDING WITH OUR RESOLUTIONS, AND TO LEARN ABOUT AN EL PASO WHO HAS ACHIEVED, SUCH HEIGHTS. AND THEN TO KNOW THAT HE WANTS TO BRING HIS GIFTS BACK HOME. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST REMARKABLE, AND SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THAT RESOLUTION AND, THEN WE CAN SAY, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW NOW YOU KNOW, AND AFTER THE RESOLUTION, WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR GUESTS AND, AND HOPEFULLY TAKE A TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE, AND, DOCTOR, I THINK I SEE, UP AT THE UP AT THE PODIUM. YES, OKAY. THE RESOLUTION READS, WHEREAS DOCTOR ALEJANDRO EL HAMILTON, PARTIALLY KNOWN AS EMCEE N.I.C.E. AN ESTEEMED AND MULTIFACETED INDIVIDUAL, HAS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS AN ARTIST, PHILANTHROPIST, CHRISTIAN HIP HOP ARTIST, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, ACTOR, AND THREE TIME BEST SELLING AUTHOR DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL TALENT AND DEDICATION THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. AND WHEREAS DOCTOR HAMILTON HOLDS THE PRESTIGIOUS DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST ARTIST FROM EL PASO TO ACHIEVE QUADRUPLE PLATINUM STATUS, A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT THAT UNDERSCORES HIS DEEP ROOTED LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR HIS HOMETOWN, WHICH SERVES AS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR HIS MUSIC. AND WHEREAS, IN 2023, DOCTOR HAMILTON WAS APPOINTED AS VICE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY, FURTHER SHOWCASING HIS COMMITMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP IN ACADEMIA. AND WHEREAS, DOCTOR HAMILTON'S VISIONARY PLANS TO ESTABLISH A STATE OF THE ART PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL IN EL PASO, TEXAS CATERING TO STUDENTS FROM GRADES K THROUGH 12, REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT ENDEAVOR TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION AND INSPIRE YOUTH THROUGH THE ARTS, WHILE ENSURING SELF-FUNDING TO ALLEVIATE ANY FINANCIAL BURDEN ON TAXPAYERS. AND WHEREAS DOCTOR HAMILTON'S MUSICAL ARTIFACTS WILL BE SHOWCASED IN THE ESTEEMED EXHIBITION MUSICA SIN FRONTERAS 20TH CENTURY TO NOW AT THE EL PASO MUSEUM OF HISTORY, HIGHLIGHTING HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS AS ONE OF THE ESTEEMED ARTISTS FROM EL PASO, TEXAS, AND WHEREAS, DOCTOR HAMILTON'S DEEP ROOTED CONNECTION TO EL PASO IS EVIDENT IN HIS DECISION TO ESTABLISH THE SCHOOL IN THE CITY WHERE HE GREW UP AND ATTENDED ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, INCLUDING RUSK ELEMENTARY, TRAVIS ELEMENTARY, LOGAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, BASSETT JUNIOR HIGH, CANYON HILLS JUNIOR HIGH, IRVING

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HIGH SCHOOL, AND AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL. AND WHEREAS DOCTOR HAMILTON'S COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORMING EL PASO INTO A DESTINATION LOCATION FOR EDUCATION IS FURTHER EXEMPLIFIED BY HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THE EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE THROUGH HIS BOOK TITLED 50 SHADES OF LOVE, L.O.V.E. LEARNING OUR VARIOUS EMOTIONS WITH A VISION TO ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS DOCTOR HAMILTON'S OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AS EMCEE, NICE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BOTH NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY, INCLUDING RESOLUTIONS FROM SENIORS, SORRY, SENATOR CESAR BLANCO, MAYOR EMMA SHARIF OF COMPTON, CALIFORNIA, AND A CITATION FROM MAYOR ERIC ADAMS OF NEW YORK, AS WELL AS A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND HIS RECEIPT OF AN HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE IN MUSIC, WITH THE SECOND ONE FORTHCOMING IN HUMANITARIAN ISM. AND WHEREAS, DOCTOR HAMILTON'S ENDEAVORS TO ESTABLISH A STATE OF THE ART PERFORMANCE ART SCHOOL AND HIS DEDICATION TO EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION WILL NOT ONLY HONOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS BUT ALSO BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF EL PASO THROUGH JOB CREATION AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT, THAT THIS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGMENT COMMENDS DOCTOR ALEJANDRO EL HAMILTON FOR HIS REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT IN EL PASO, TEXAS, AND EXPRESSES ITS SUPPORT FOR VISIONARY INITIATIVES AIMED AT INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS AND FOSTERING A VIBRANT CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE IN THIS CITY. SIGNED THIS 17TH DAY OF JUNE 2024, THE HONORABLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STOUT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LEON. THE VOTING IS OPEN. AND AGAIN, I CAN'T GET MY VOTING APP UP. AND OF COURSE I'LL VOTE. I MOTION CARRIES. DOCTOR HAMILTON THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER STOUT, I APPRECIATE YOU, FOR GIVING ME THE HISTORY LESSON ON MYSELF. SO THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND, THE COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, BEING FINALLY BEING RECOGNIZED IN A CITY WHERE I REALLY SPENT MY LIFE, ALTHOUGH I WAS BORN IN LOS ANGELES, I WAS CHUCO RAISED, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN THE NORTHEAST AND, AND I WAS CULTIVATED HERE, BUT NOT REALLY ABLE TO ELABORATE ON THAT CULTIVATION. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M JUST GIVING YOU I'M ONE OF THEM DUDES THAT'S LIKE A, I GUESS, GAP BRIDGE, RIGHT? I'M AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO, RIGHT. SO IT WAS IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING GROWING UP WHERE YOU HAD THE YOU KNOW, WHEN I GREW UP IN THE 80S AND THE 90S, IT WAS LIKE BLACK AND BROWN WAS A REAL PROBLEM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND SO FOR ME, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THEM THINGS WHERE I NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN, YOU KNOW, SOLVE THE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO BRIDGE THE GAP. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DID, I STARTED IN MUSIC WITH THE FIRST LATIN RAP GROUP IN THE HISTORY OF RAP MUSIC TO HIT THE BILLBOARD CHARTS, CALLED THE LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN. RIGHT? AND THEN WE ULTIMATELY ENDED UP PUTTING OUT THE GREATEST HITS IN THE 90S. AND THEN I REINVENTED MYSELF WHERE I BECAME A MULTI PLATINUM PRODUCER, WHERE I PRODUCED ARTISTS LIKE TUPAC AND NAS. THEN I WENT ON THE, AND NOT ONLY THAT, I CREATED THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ANIMATED MUSIC FEATURE THAT WAS ON NETFLIX. IT WAS THE FIRST FOR NETFLIX, AND WE OPENED UP THE DOORS, YOU KNOW , FOR THAT. AND THEN NOW ON AMAZON PRIME AND APPLE TV. AND SO NOW, BUT THEN NOT TO MENTION I DID EIGHT MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACKS, ONE ON ONE, AN OSCAR MOVIE CALLED CRASH. SO I'M ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH OSCAR. I DID THE THEME SONG FOR THE NBA IN 2010, TURNED AROUND AND, GOD WAS LIKE, I NEED YOU TO TAKE YOUR TALENTS BACK TO CHRISTIAN RAP. AND I WAS LIKE, FOR REAL, LORD, I'M ABOUT TO GET THE MAYBACH AND, YOU KNOW, I'M ABOUT TO GET THE MANSION, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHY I GOT TO GO NOW, YOU KNOW? AND SO I WAS OBEDIENT. BUT END UP COMING IN TO GOSPEL AND BECOMING ONE OF THE FIRST INDEPENDENT ARTISTS TO DO SIX NUMBER ONE RECORDS ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS, INCLUDING THE NUMBER ONE GOSPEL ALBUM, RIGHT, THIS IS ME BEING FROM EL PASO.

AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT, THIS IS ME PAVING THE ROAD FOR WHAT IS ABOUT TO COME TO EL PASO. SO ULTIMATELY, WHEN I GOT INTO GOSPEL IN CHRISTIAN, YOU KNOW, GOSPEL WASN'T, WASN'T PRIVY TO CHRISTIAN RAP, LIKE, THEY DIDN'T REALLY IT WASN'T THE THING THEY WAS CHECKING FOR. SO I HELPED OPEN THE DOORS AND USHER, YOU KNOW, NEW WAYS WHERE I HELPED CREATE THE FIRST, FAITH BASED HIP HOP RADIO STATION IN THE WORLD WITH 2 MILLION LISTENERS A MONTH. AND WE BECAME THE FIRST STATION IN THE HISTORY OF GOSPEL TO WIN A STELLAR AWARD, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE GRAMMYS, YOU KNOW, IN GOSPEL. SO SO I TAKE ALL THAT KNOWLEDGE AND I TAKE ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE

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LEARNED AND I'M SAYING, OKAY, I WATCHED KHALID COME, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY. AND THEN I SEEN EVANDER GRIMM AND I SEEN ELIA ESPARZA ON AMERICAN IDOL, AND I WAS LIKE, THESE ARE ALL CHUCO PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND SO THE THING IS, THEY HAD TO GO OUT IN ORDER TO, TO ELEVATE. SO FOR ME, IT'S LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO KEEP THAT HERE, CULTIVATE IT HERE SO THAT THEY BE PREPARED WHEN THEY GO OUT AND SO WHAT I DECIDED TO DO WAS, IF I CAN INTRODUCE MY PUBLICIST, DOCTOR KAREN LESLIE LOGAN FROM UPSCALE PR MEDIA, AND THEN I'M ALSO REPRESENTED BY MY, MY, MY, MY, MY FIRST, THE FIRST LADY OF MY CHURCH, NORTHEAST BIBLE RESTORATION, FIRST LADY, SABRINA SINEGAL IS IN THE BUILDING. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS BUILD A STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF STATE FUNDING, SO THAT THESE PROGRAMS DON'T GET SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ULTIMATELY ENDS UP HAPPENING. THE STATE RUNS OUT OF FUNDING, PROGRAMS GET SHUT DOWN. NOW THE KIDS HAVE TO RETURN TO THE STREETS, AND THEN WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. IT'S A 5050 CHANCE. SOME MAKE IT, SOME DON'T. SO FOR THIS, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, IS CREATE A K-12 RIGHT IN THAT K-12, THE KIDS THAT ARE COMING IN WILL START A SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT K. SO WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'LL ALREADY HAVE COLLEGE PAID FOR, RIGHT? OR IF THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE AND THEY WANT TO GO TO TRADE SCHOOLS, WE'LL HAVE THE TRADE SCHOOL PAY FOR. OR IF THEY TAKE THE BUSINESS ECONOMICS IN THE COURSES IN IN THERE, WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY PASS THAT IF THEY WANT TO START A BUSINESS, WE'LL GIVE THEM THE START UP MONEY FOR THEIR BUSINESS. I WANT KIDS TO WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND IF WE CAN CULTIVATE IT HERE, BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF TALENT , RIGHT? AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH NO NATURAL DISASTERS, BY THE WAY. SO THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING, RIGHT? THEN I BELIEVE WE CAN CHANGE THE MINDS AND CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THE TRAJECTORY OF THOSE THAT ARE COMING OUT. YOU WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, DOCTOR LOGAN. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR GIVING HIM THE RESOLUTION AND THE THINGS THAT HE'S GOING TO BE BUILDING WITH THE K THROUGH 12 PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND IT'S GOING TO REALLY CHANGE THE LIVES OF THE COMMUNITY OF EL PASO, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO CREATE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND GIVE STUDENTS A RESOURCE FOR FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE CITIZENS OF EL PASO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE MORE THING. SURE EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE EL PASO MADE. SO EVEN LIKE I'M MEETING WITH ARCHITECTS THAT ARE HERE, EVEN THOUGH I MET WITH SOME OF THE MAJOR ART ARCHITECTS LIKE GENSLER AND WHATEVER. BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH MY MAN. PURCELL IS HERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO EVERYTHING I WANT TO DO IS GOING TO BE FROM HERE. SO THAT WAY WE CAN DRIVE THE EXCITEMENT. DOCTOR HAMILTON, WHAT A TREMENDOUS VISION. IT'S JUST, KHALID. WHO WHO? AFTER I HEAR THAT, I WAS GOING TO SAY DOCTOR HAMILTON. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE? BUT ABOUT THREE QUARTERS YOU WEREN'T BORN. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT. BUT NO, NO, THIS IS AMAZING. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, EL PASO, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KEEP SAYING WE HAVE THESE DIFFERENT NARRATIVES AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE TO FIGHT WHO WE ARE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE AND NOT WHO THEY THINK WE ARE CONSTANTLY. AND SO WHEN SOMEONE LIKE YOURSELF COMES BACK AND GIVES TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU PUT US BACK ON THE MAP. BUT YOU PUT US BACK THE WAY WE SHOULD BE. AND THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, IT'S ALMOST FRUSTRATING HOW WE FIGHT AND FIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE US DIFFERENT. AND THEN NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE LIKE YOURSELF SPEAKS FOR US, IT CREATES THAT CREDIBILITY, THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE US IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. AND SO WE THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPIER WHEN SOMEBODY COMES BACK AND NOTHING MAKES ME SAD OR WHEN SOMEBODY LEAVES. EL PASO AND YOU'RE DOING BOTH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE. BUT ALSO MAYBE KEEP MORE OF OUR YOUNG ADULTS, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP LOSING THEM. THEY GO TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AND DO AMAZING THINGS JUST LIKE YOURSELF. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND DOCTOR LOGAN, THANK YOU AS WELL. AND EVERYONE, COMMISSIONER, TREMENDOUS, RESOLUTION. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE PUTTING US ON THE MAP AND, WE'LL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENHANCE THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR HAMILTON. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STOUT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR HAMILTON, WHAT AN ILLUSTRIOUS, BACKGROUND YOU HAVE. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO SHINE, MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. SO, SO, SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU TODAY AND, HOPEFULLY GET TO

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WORK WITH YOU AND MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU .

ITEM FIVE C APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING EL PASO EXECUTIVE FORUM DAY IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS. COMMISSIONER OLGUIN, YOU JUDGE, IT IS MY HONOR TO READ THIS RESOLUTION

[C. Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing ”El Paso Executive Forum Day", in El Paso County, Texas. Iliana Holguin, Commissioner, Precinct 3, 915-546-2144]

INTO THE RECORD. THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION LED BY AMAZING WOMEN WHO DO SO MUCH WONDERFUL WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY, LAILA, THANK YOU FOR GATHERING ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN WITH US HERE TODAY. HERE'S THE RESOLUTION. WHEREAS EXECUTIVE FORUM WAS INCORPORATED IN JULY 1984 BY FIVE FOUNDERS AND TO DATE HAS 136 MEMBERS. AND WHEREAS EXECUTIVE FORUM IS A NETWORK OF PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS PERSONS DEDICATED TO THE ECONOMIC, CIVIC AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE EL PASO METROPOLITAN AREA. AND WHEREAS EXECUTIVE FORUM PROMOTES THE EXPANSION OF PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP AND WHEREAS EXECUTIVE FORUM ENHANCES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EL PASO'S LEADERS THROUGH PROGRAMS OF LEADERSHIP, HUMAN RELATIONS, TRAINING, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS, AND WHEREAS, EXECUTIVE FORUM ENCOURAGES AND SUPPORTS CAREER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES OF EL PASO'S YOUTH AND WHEREAS EXECUTIVE FORUM IS AN ORGANIZATION OF DYNAMIC LEADERS DEDICATED TO THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN WHO WORK TO IMPACT THE ECONOMIC, CIVIC AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF THIS REGION. AND WHEREAS EXECUTIVE FORUM IS AN ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN WORKING FOR WOMEN, AND WHEREAS EXECUTIVE FORUM IS CELEBRATING ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY WITH 136 MEMBERS STRONG, AND WHEREAS ITS MEMBERS HAVE INCLUDED PROFESSIONAL EXECUTIVES INCLUDING BUSINESS OWNERS, CEOS, EDUCATORS, DOCTORS , PILOTS, JUDGES, ELECTED OFFICIALS INCLUDING EL PASO'S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR, ATTORNEYS, HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICERS, CITY AND COUNTY MANAGERS, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, ADMINISTRATORS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, NONPROFIT LEADERS, APPRAISERS, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, AND NUMEROUS OTHER ESTEEMED WOMEN LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND NOW, THEREFORE, THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THIS DAY, JUNE 17TH, 2024, AS EL PASO EXECUTIVE FORUM DAY, IN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION THEREOF, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY AFFIXES THEIR SIGNATURES ON THE 17TH DAY OF JUNE 2024. CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER OLGUIN. SECOND BY JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE VOTING IS OPEN. COMMISSIONER STOUT. MOTION CARRIES. LAYLA. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR. I'M LAYLA MELENDEZ, THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENT OF EXECUTIVE FORUM. THIS YEAR, WE EXCITEDLY CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF EXECUTIVE FORUM. IT'S A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FORMED IN 1984 BY WOMEN EXECUTIVES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS , DEDICATED TO THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN. TODAY, WE HAVE OVER 130 MEMBERS THAT INCLUDE CURRENT AND FORMER EXECUTIVES, INCLUDING OUR FOUNDER, CATHERINE BRENNAN, A LIFELONG ART AND CIVIC ADVOCATE, FORMER EL PASO MAYOR SUZI AZAR, FORMER CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JOYCE WILSON, AND DEBBIE HAMLIN. OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BETSY KELLER, EL PASO ELECTRIC CEO KELLY TOMLIN, FORMER JUDGE KATIE

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SHIELD, WHO WAS THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO THE BENCH IN EL PASO, EL PASO, INC. EDITOR, SECRET WEAR IT TEXAS TECH LEADERS URSULA CRIPPA AND STEPHANIE WOODS AND MANY BUSINESS OWNERS AND LEADERS INCLUDING PATTY HOLLAND BRANCH, SUSAN EISEN, ALANA PADACA, LORRAINE HEWITT, MARINA MONSIVAIS, CINDY, MRS. HENRY, AND SEVERAL NONPROFIT CEOS INCLUDING TRACY YELLEN, SUSAN GOODELL, LAURA PONCE, LISA SALCEDO, AND ALSO MELISSA CARRILLO FROM THE EL PASO COUNTY WHO SERVES ON OUR BOARD THIS YEAR. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MS. BETSY KELLER, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. BETSY SERVED AS PRESIDENT LAST YEAR AND SET THE BAR VERY HIGH FOR LEADERSHIP.

SHE HAS REMAINED A GREAT MENTOR AND FRIEND TO ME AND TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE FORUM. BETSY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT EXECUTIVE FORM IS BECAUSE AS BUSY AS SHE IS AT WORK AND IN HER LIFE AND ALL OF US, ALL AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR OTHER MEMBERS, ARE WE COME TOGETHER AT EXECUTIVE FORUM TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. EXECUTIVE FORUM PROVIDES A SUPPORTIVE PLACE FOR WOMEN IN FORMAL LEADERSHIP ROLES TO SHARE EXPERIENCES, LEVERAGE THEIR EXPERTISE AND AMPLIFY THEIR INFLUENCE. TODAY, THERE ARE SEVERAL MEMBERS HERE TODAY AND I INVITE SOME OF THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS OR INTRODUCE THEMSELVES ABOUT EXECUTIVE FORM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LEILA. YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT BITSY'S THERE TRIPLETS. THERE'S THREE OF THEM.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW SHE DOES THIS. GOOD MORNING, ELSA BORREGO FROM EL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS MELISSA CARRILLO, I PROUDLY SERVE THE COUNTY OF EL PASO. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE FORUM NOW FOR JUST A FEW YEARS, BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT I GET FROM THESE WOMEN. IT TRULY IS REMARKABLE. GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS SUSAN GOODELL AND I'M WITH EL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER FOOD BANK. AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE FORUM AND PROUD TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. THANK YOU SUSAN. THE JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AND BE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY. I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT I WORK FOR A COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT IS EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF US BEING INVOLVED. I ALSO WANT TO THANK LILA FOR THOSE KIND WORDS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I GET SO MUCH OUT OF EXECUTIVE FORUM. THE BENEFIT OF NOW KNOWING THESE PEOPLE ON A MORE INDIVIDUAL BASIS SO THAT WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE OR WE NEED HELP WITH SOMETHING, I CAN EASILY I'M GOING TO CALL MICAH SHAW AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, MAYBE, OR AT PASO DEL NORTE FOUNDATION. THEY CAN HELP US WITH THIS. OR BEING ABLE TO CALL SUSAN GOODELL AND SAY, WE HAVE AN ISSUE AND WE NEED FOOD. YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE MADE THROUGH EXECUTIVE FORUM ARE INVALUABLE. AND THEN ALSO, I AM ALWAYS PROUD. AND SOMETHING ELSE I GET FROM THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IS THE ABILITY TO INTRODUCE OTHER COUNTY LEADERS TO PARTICIPATE IN EXECUTIVE FORUM AND GET THESE SAME OPPORTUNITIES. I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SUPPORT FROM THE COURT AND FROM MY PEERS AND FRIENDS THROUGH EXECUTIVE FORUM. BETSY, YOU WERE VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU, SHE USED IT. WE ALLOW HER. ARE YOU SERIOUS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. WELCOME, JUDGE. GOOD MORNING.

COMMISSIONERS COURT. MY NAME IS SOLEDAD BOSCO. I WORK FOR USI INSURANCE SERVICES, AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A 20 YEAR MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE FORUM. THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR THIS GREAT HONOR FOR EXECUTIVE FORUM. MY NAME IS SUZIE COLLINS. I'M GENERAL COUNSEL WITH EL PASO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND EXECUTIVE FORUM IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WOMEN HELPING WOMEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, I'VE BEEN IN EXECUTIVE FORUM, BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT 7 OR 8 YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT PART OF THE EXCITEMENT IS THE DIVERSITY IN BACKGROUNDS AND THE INCLUSION OF PUBLIC SERVANTS IN, IN KNOWING THAT THERE'S A FEMALE LEADERSHIP WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT. AND WHILE I DON'T SIT IN A CHAIR WHERE WE ENGAGE IN POLICY MAKING, I CAN TELL YOU JUST AS A PURE PUBLIC SERVANT THAT COMES TO WORK TO SEE THE PEOPLE OF EL PASO AND HAVE THEM IN THE COURTROOMS, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS, THIS ORGANIZATION AND HAVE THAT LEADERSHIP BEHIND ME, BECAUSE IT DOES TEACH US ABOUT THE WORLD.

IT TEACHES US ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT AS A TOOL FOR ME AS A JUDGE UPSTAIRS, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S INVALUABLE. SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR RECOGNITION OF THIS

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ORGANIZATION. 40 YEARS OF STANDING TOGETHER, OF SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, HELPING EACH OTHER, JUST HOLDING EACH OTHER UP, HAS BEEN A GREAT FEAT. NOT TOO MANY ORGANIZATIONS CAN CAN CLAIM THAT SORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENT OF 40 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, JUDGE PEREZ. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU AS WELL. AND I'VE GOT TO BE MORE INTERACTIVE WITH YOU THIS LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT JUST AMAZING WHAT SHE DOES WITH THE COUNCIL OF JUDGES, IT'S JUST BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION AND YOUR COMMITMENT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. I'M MICAH SHORT. I'M WITH THE PASO DEL NORTE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AND IT HAS BEEN I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO BE A MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE FORUM FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, AND IT TRULY IS, SO REWARDING AND SO BENEFICIAL TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE AND WORK ALONGSIDE SUCH PHENOMENAL WOMEN THAT ARE INVOLVED IN EXECUTIVE FORUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP IS VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU. THE CIRCLE OF SUPPORT AND MENTORSHIP OF EXECUTIVE FORUM ALLOWS US TO REFUEL AND RE-ENERGIZE EVERY TIME WE ARE TOGETHER, KNOWING WE HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACKS AS WE CONTINUE TO LEAD AND MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE FOR EL PASO. I'M SO PROUD OF EXECUTIVE FORUM AND TRULY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY. THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SORT OF LIKEN YOU TO DOCTOR HAMILTON, MOST OF US, WE KNOW YOU, BUT WE NEED TO MORE KNOW MORE OF YOU BECAUSE THIS IS A TREMENDOUS FORUM. AND JUST LIKE DOCTOR HAMILTON AND I'M WONDERING, HOW DID WE NOT KNOW MORE AND THE SAME THING FOR EACH ONE OF YOU? I MEAN, I KNOW YOU MOST OF YOU, ALL OF YOU. I KNOW YOU VERY WELL. CONSIDER YOU FRIENDS AND, BUT I THINK MORE WOMEN NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DO. THIS WOULD BE JUST JUST AN ENCOURAGING MOMENT OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN IN EACH ONE OF YOU. AND MORE OF THE YOUNG, OUR YOUNG FEMALES, UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DO WOULD BE JUST TREMENDOUS. SO I KNOW WHO I CAN PASS IT TO. COMMISSIONER OLGUIN, JUDGE. NOW, THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO TO HELP LIFT UP WOMEN HERE IN EL PASO. I KNOW SOMETIMES, WOMEN FEEL THAT THEY'RE ALONE DOING THINGS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT THAT THEY MAY NEED, BUT IT'S WONDERFUL TO KNOW THAT AN ORGANIZATION EXISTS HERE IN EL PASO WHO MAKES SURE THAT WOMEN ARE NEVER ALONE, THAT WE'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR EACH OTHER, THAT WE'RE ALWAYS THERE TO LIFT EACH OTHER UP. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION ON YOUR BEHALF. AND CONGRATULATIONS. CAN WE NOMINATE, I'M JUST.

MILES. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. COME ON. THANK YOU. I WANT TO KNOW WHO ALL COMES. GREAT NICE BIG SMILE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU

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VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. IT'S. ACTUALLY GOT A I GOT A SHOW. OH. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH. YEAH.

DEPENDENT IT'S GOING PRETTY FAST. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MISS ELIZABETH CRAWFORD. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

GOOD MORNING. ELIZABETH. GOOD MORNING SIR. AS OUR NATION AND OUR WORLD THIS MONTH FOCUS ON PRIDE, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE SECOND, A MAN KNOWN THROUGH HISTORY, A MAN KNOWN BY THE ACCOUNT IN THE BIBLE. MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON, THE FAMED HANGING GARDENS, THE KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE SECOND, WHO WAS KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR IN 586 BC, HE CONQUERED JUDAH, DESTROYED JERUSALEM, WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD. HE DESTROYED THE TEMPLE, ORDERED THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. GOD IN MERCY USED THE CAPTIVE DANIEL TO SPEAK TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR ABOUT THE LIVING GOD. HE USED DANIEL AND HIS FRIEND SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO WHO REFUSED TO BOW TO THE KING. WHEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS LIFTED UP IN PRIDE, GOD HUMBLED NEBUCHADNEZZAR. HE SPENT MONTHS LIVING IN INSANITY LIKE AN ANIMAL IN MERCY, THE LORD RESTORED NEBUCHADNEZZAR. THESE ARE HIS WORDS. UPON RESTORATION FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL. AND AT THE END OF THE DAYS I, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, LIFTED UP MY EYES TO HEAVEN AND MY UNDERSTANDING RETURNED TO ME, AND I BLESSED THE MOST HIGH, AND I PRAISE AND HONORED HIM WHO LIVES FOREVER. WHO'S DOMINION IS AN EVERLASTING DOMINION, AND HIS KINGDOM IS FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, AND ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH ARE REPUTED AS NOTHING. AND HE DOES ACCORDING TO HIS WILL IN THE ARMY OF HEAVEN AND AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH. AND NONE CAN RESTRAIN HIS HAND, OR SAY TO HIM, WHAT DOEST THOU? AT THE SAME TIME MY REASON RETURNED TO ME, AND FOR THE GLORY OF MY KINGDOM, MY HONOR AND BRIGHTNESS RETURN TO ME AND MY COUNSELORS.

AND MY LORD SOUGHT UNTO ME, AND I WAS ESTABLISHED IN MY KINGDOM. AND EXCELLENT MAJESTY WAS ADDED TO ME. NOW I, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, PRAISE AND EXTOLL AND HONOR THE KING OF HEAVEN, ALL OF WHOSE WORKS ARE TRUTH AND HIS WAYS, JUDGMENT, AND THOSE THAT WALK IN PRIDE. HE IS ABLE TO ABASE.

THESE ARE THE WORDS OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR, THE KING WHO HAD CONQUERED GOD'S PEOPLE. THE JEWS , WHO WAS HUMBLED AND THEN BLESSED BY GOD IN GOD'S MERCY. AS OUR WORLD CELEBRATES PRIDE THIS MONTH, THERE IS NO ONE IN WHOM WE ARE TO TAKE. THERE IS ONE IN WHOM WE ARE TO TAKE PRIDE IN, ONE WHOSE POWER MERITS BEING PROUD OF. THERE'S ONE MESSAGE THAT IS CONSISTENTLY AWESOME TO BREAK HUMAN PRIDE. THAT IS A MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL WE'RE TOLD IN ROMANS CHAPTER ONE. FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST FOR THAT THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION, TO EVERYONE THAT BELIEVES TO THE JEW FIRST, AND ALSO TO THE GREEK, TO THE GENTILE. FOR THEREIN IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD REVEALED FROM FAITH TO FAITH. AS IT IS WRITTEN, THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH THAT IS, THE ONE IN WHOM WE ARE TO TAKE PRIDE. A SAVIOR WHO IS BOTH JUST AND THE JUSTIFIER OF THE SINNER, WHO BOWS TO HIM FOR MERCY. THAT IS A SAVIOR WHO IS WORTH TRULY BEING PROUD OF. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ELIZABETH. THANK YOU SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, WE HAVE MISS LORENA RODRIGUEZ. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, LORENA RODRIGUEZ, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, LAST MONTH I HAD INFORMED THE COURT THAT EL PASO COUNTY WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE VETERANS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP WITH THE INTERNET INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, I, ALSO

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KNOWN AS ICMA. I LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR OTHER FELLOW. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. DARIUS BERARD. MR. BERARD IS A STAFF SERGEANT IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, AND HAS SERVED OUR COUNTRY FOR SEVEN YEARS. HE IS CURRENTLY A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR IN THE 49TH FORCE SUPPORT SQUADRON. SQUADRON AT HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE IN NEW MEXICO. SERGEANT BERARD PREPARES SENIOR AIRMAN TO BECOME ALL DOMAIN WARFIGHTING AIR AND SPACE PROFESSIONAL AND FIRST LINE SUPERVISORS WHO CAN WHO CAN SUPERVISE AND LEAD TEAMS TO SUPPORT THE EMPLOYMENT OF AIR, SPACE AND CYBERSPACE. POWER HE INSTRUCTS OVER 1000 HOURS OF CURRICULUM AND EDUCATES OVER 300 STUDENTS YEARLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE THOMAS AND BARNES CENTER FOR ENLISTED EDUCATION. TO SOLIDIFY STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT FOR SIX MAJOR COMMANDS. SERGEANT BERARD HOLDS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SOCIOLOGY AND CURRENTLY PURSUING A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. SERGEANT BERARD IS MARRIED TO THERESA, HIS WIFE, AND HAS THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN . IN HIS FREE TIME, DARIUS ENJOYS READING, PHYSICAL FITNESS , BUT MOST OF ALL TRAVELING WITH HIS FAMILY, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION IS EXCITED TO HAVE MR. BERARD AND HE WILL BE ASSISTING THE CAPITAL PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION, PARTICIPATE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ASSIST OTHER COUNTY PROJECTS, AND ALSO, PARTICIPATE AND WORK WITH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME MR. DARIUS BERARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SERGEANT. GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL. NICE TO MEET YOU. FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR WELCOMING ME TO EL PASO COUNTY, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPORT THAT I'VE SEEN SHOWN TOWARDS VETERANS IS NOT ONLY BY THE COUNTY ITSELF, BUT BY A COUNTY EMPLOYEES HAS BEEN SOMETHING AWESOME TO SEE. SPEAKING FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE INITIAL INTERVIEW PROCESS ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THINGS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A SMOOTH PROCESS WITH GETTING INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP HERE AT EL PASO COUNTY. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW THANK YOUS. FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK, LORENA RODRIGUEZ. SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO JUST HELP ME THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, ANSWERING ANY TYPE OF QUESTIONS THAT I'VE HAD, MOST IMPORTANTLY, BEING PATIENT BECAUSE IF I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TIME I ASKED A QUESTION, I CALLED HER, I'D PROBABLY BE A MILLIONAIRE RIGHT NOW. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS NEVER, QUICK TO GET OFF THE PHONE OR SAYING THAT SHE WAS BUSY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SHE WAS ABLE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS ANY TIME THAT I CALLED HER. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK, MICHELLE COCHRAN, WHO IS ALSO ABLE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.

SHE WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL AS WELL, AND I LIKE TO THANK SANTA CRUZ AND THE WHOLE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY THROUGHOUT EMAIL TO MAKE SURE I HAD EVERYTHING, PREPARED TO START THE FELLOWSHIP TODAY SO I CAN 100, WITHOUT A DOUBT SAY THAT THE PROFESSIONALISM CORE VALUE THAT'S INSTILLED WITHIN EL PASO COUNTY WAS TRULY UPHELD. AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO ADD ON TO THAT, AS WELL AS EVERY OTHER POSITIVE THING THAT THIS COUNTY HAS TO OFFER. SO NICE TO MEET YOU ALL AGAIN, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING THIS FELLOWSHIP. THANK YOU AND WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE FEEL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE THAT WORKS WITH US. AND BUT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR US HAVING YOU, AND I HOPE IT'S GREAT FOR YOU. ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. IT'S THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE VETERANS CAPITAL OF THE USA TO SHOW, RIGHT, THAT WE HAVE TO BE THE ROLE MODELS FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK DURING YOUR TIME. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SERGEANT. THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO Y'ALL MORE AS WELL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN PURCHASING SEVEN A APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF AS NEEDED LODGING SERVICES AND BOOKING TOOL FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS, USING TEXAS SMART BY 971M13062. AWARDED TO HOTEL

[A. Approve and authorize the purchase of As-Needed Lodging Services and Booking Tool for Community Services Department and the El Paso County, Texas using Texas SmartBuy 971M1-3062 awarded to HotelEngine, Inc. of Denver, CO., Community Services Department for a total estimated cost of $3,328,500 and County-Wide rebate as indicated in tabulation. Funding is available in SG-GHUMANIT23-OPERATING EXP and SG-GSHELTER23-OPERATING EXP Karen Davidson, Purchasing Agent, Purchasing, 915-273-3349]

ENGINE INC OF DENVER, COLORADO. COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF $3,328,500 AND COUNTYWIDE REBATE AS INDICATED IN TABULATION. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN SG HUMANITARIAN 23 OPERATING EXPENSES AND SG SHELTER 23 OPERATING EXPENSES. WELCOME,

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KAREN. THANK YOU JUDGE. GOOD MORNING. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS KAREN DAVIDSON, COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT. AND WE'RE SEEKING THE COURT'S APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE AN AS NEEDED LODGING SERVICES AND BOOKING TOOL. AND WE ARE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND WE'RE USING A COOPERATIVE METHODOLOGY THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS SMART BUY FOR HOTEL ENGINE OUT OF DENVER, COLORADO. THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SEEKING IN APPROVAL THIS MORNING IS 3,328,500, AND WE'VE BROKEN DOWN THE DIFFERENT COSTS IN THE BACKUP FOR YOU. I CAN SPEAK TO THE PROCUREMENT, AND I HAVE MISS GUTIERREZ OR MISS GONZALEZ FROM THE OPERATIONAL SIDE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY JUDGE SAMANIEGO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LEON. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KAREN, YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. HAVE A GREAT DAY. YOU TOO. ITEM EIGHT PUBLIC WORKS EIGHT A APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT AWARD FOR A PROPOSED BASKETBALL COURT AT REISINGER PARK IN FABENS, TEXAS. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. JUDGE.

[A. Approve and authorize the acceptance of the fiscal year 2024 Neighborhood Improvement Program project award for a proposed basketball court at Risinger Park in Fabens, Texas. Michael McElroy, Director, Planning and Development, 915-273-3330]

COMMISSIONER SEAN ENRIQUEZ WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. I'M HERE TODAY. TEST FOR THE APPROVAL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT TO BE AWARDED TO THE FABENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROPOSED BASKETBALL COURT AT RISINGER PARK. COMMISSIONER HOLGUIN, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I JUST, BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATION, SHAWNEE, I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE MADE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN FABENS. IT'S A GROUP THAT CAME TOGETHER BASICALLY FROM SCRATCH, SPECIFICALLY TO TRY TO GET FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT, AS SOME OF YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER, RISINGER PARK WAS BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE OF THE ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FUNDING FOR HERE AT THE COUNTY LAST YEAR, AND THE COMMUNITY ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT. UNFORTUNATELY THE PLACEMENT OF THE ALL ABILITIES PARK ENDS UP DOING AWAY WITH THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN JUST ASKING FOR THEIR BASKETBALL COURT BACK, AND WE'VE TOLD THEM THAT WE'LL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEIR BASKETBALL COURT BACK. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK SHAWNEE. I WANT TO THANK MICHAEL, EVERYONE, NORMA AT PUBLIC WORKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE TO MAKE THIS A POSSIBILITY. I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY OF FABENS WILL JUST, THEY WILL BE SO ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR BEING ABLE TO HAVE THEIR BASKETBALL COURT BACK AND THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, THE BEAUTIFUL ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND, RISINGER PARK, IT'S A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, BUT IT MAKES SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE COMMUNITY OF FABENS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK, MICHAEL. THANK YOU NORMA. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT OKAY. SO IF YOU ALL RECALL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ORDER WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2020 AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ORDER WAS APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THIS POLICY IS BASICALLY MEANT TO SUPPORT AND FUND SMALL SCALE PROJECTS WITHIN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHOLLY DEPENDENT ON THE BUDGET FOR THAT SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR. THIS IS TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION ACROSS PRECINCTS. THESE PROJECTS ARE VETTED FOR COST AND CONSTRUCTABILITY BY COUNTY STAFF. THEY'RE HIGHLY DEVELOPED SCORING MATRIX TO SELECT PROJECTS WHICH ARE IMPACTFUL, DESIRABLE AND ACHIEVABLE. SO THE FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 WAS 125,000. THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THEY HAVE TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE COUNTY OF EL PASO. AS FAR AS THE PROCESS GOES, IF WHEN THEY APPLY FOR THESE PROJECTS BEFORE THAT PROJECT START DATE, THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS MUST BE REGISTERED. THE PROJECT SELECTION ALSO IS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE PROJECTS MUST BE ON COUNTY OWNED , PROPERTY OR A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO THESE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY OR MUNICIPALITY, THEY TYPICALLY HAVE TO BE WITHIN THAT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE SMALL SCALE PERMANENT PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A TEN YEAR EXPECTED LIFESPAN. THESE ARE LOCATED NO FURTHER THAN A QUARTER MILE OUTSIDE OF THE ASSOCIATION BOUNDARY. AND IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY THERE IS A REQUEST, LET'S SAY FOR A SPEED HUMP, THEN A TRAFFIC CALMING REQUEST STUDY MUST BE WARRANTED FOR THAT. THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE. THE PARK AMENITIES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EXERCISE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, THESE ARE SPACES THAT WILL PROVIDE A POINT OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY BELONGING. THEY PROVIDE A SPACE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO ENJOY THE AMENITIES AND TO STAY ACTIVE. SO OVERALL, THIS JUST ENHANCES, HEALTH, FITNESS AND THEN JUST THE TOGETHERNESS OF A COMMUNITY. THIS IS AN AREA OF RISINGER PARK NOW AS YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN SEE THE ALL AMENITIES PLAYGROUND. AND THE BASKETBALL COURT WILL BE CONNECTED TO THAT. SOME OF THE BASKETBALL COURT SPECIFICATIONS. THIS IS A FULL BASKETBALL COURT. SO THIS INCLUDES A CONCRETE SLAB 84FT BY 50FT. A STRIPING WILL BE INCLUDED. AND WHICH INCLUDES A TWO INCH WIDE, PAINTED LINES. THIS PROVIDES AN ALL AGES AMENITY TO THE PARK. SO THIS COMPLEMENTS THE PLAYGROUND. THE WRAPAROUND SIDEWALK AND THE ADA PARKING AS WELL. THIS IS THE BASKETBALL COURT LAYOUT, AS YOU CAN SEE. YOU HAVE AGAIN THE ELEMENTS PLAYGROUND. AND THEN YOU SEE THE PROPOSED, BASKETBALL COURT THERE. THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE PLAYGROUND. THE FABENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WERE REGISTERED ON APRIL 17TH OF THIS YEAR. AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE INITIAL PROCESS. THEY COMPLETED ALL THE DOCUMENTATION. THEY PROVIDED THE APPLICATION, THEY SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION TO OUR DEPARTMENT, ON THE SAME DAY.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY THEY ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE PROJECT.

THEY WERE LOOKING INTO SOME OF THE METHODS THAT, THAT THEY THEY WERE A DOOR TO DOOR CANVASING.

THEY HOSTED COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WHICH I WAS ABLE TO BE THERE FOR A COUPLE OF THOSE. SO IN TOTAL, THEY ACTUALLY GATHERED, 40 PLUS SIGNATURES FROM THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THE COUNTY CROSS FUNCTIONAL PROJECT SCORING COMMITTEE THAT WAS DONE ON MAY 7TH BY COUNTY STAFF. AGAIN, THIS WAS A CROSS FUNCTIONAL REVIEW FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL. WE REVIEWED ALL COMPONENTS AND CRITERIA TO ENSURE THE COMPREHENSIVE AND FAIR EVALUATION. WE ENSURED A THOROUGH EVALUATION OF BOTH THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE AND PRACTICAL EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT APPLICATION. WE, OF COURSE, EVALUATED THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT BY EXAMINING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND ALLOCATION OF ALL RESOURCES. SO ULTIMATELY, WITH THE SCORING PROCESS OUT OF 100 POINTS, THE ASSOCIATION SCORED A TOTAL OF 83.50 POINTS. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER OLGUIN. SECOND BY JUDGE SAMANIEGO. THE VOTING IS OPEN.

COMMISSIONER STOUT IS ABSENT. MOTION CARRIES SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NINE BUDGET AND FINANCE NINE A RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE FY 23 GRANT FUNDING REPORT. MORNING, JOHN. GOOD MORNING. MORNING, JUDGE. GOOD MORNING

[A. Receive a presentation regarding the FY23 Grant Funding Report. John Sarah, Director, Budget and Finance, 915-546-2262]

COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING, MISS KELLER. SO, AS YOU KNOW, WHILE THE TEAM IS GETTING READY, SINCE I STARTED IN MARCH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO HIDE OUT, AND I WAS CALLING IT. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT ONE. YEAH I WAS CALLING IT A HONEYMOON PERIOD, BUT THEN MISS KELLER TOLD ME THAT I JOINED WHEN THE BUDGET SEASON STARTED. SO THEREFORE, MY HONEYMOON PERIOD IS, LIKE, WAY OVER. YES. AND SO, TODAY WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH TWO PRESENTATIONS, NOT ONE. THE FIRST ONE IS THE GRANT FUNDING REPORT. THE SECOND ONE IS THE BUDGET REGISTER WILL GO OVER THAT, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ON THURSDAY WE HAVE THE BUDGET HEARING, SO ALL THREE PRESENTATIONS IN ONE WEEK. SO, YES, MISS KELLER, I REALIZE MY HONEYMOON PERIOD IS WAY OVER, SO

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WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'VE BEEN USING THE TIME TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND, OPERATIONS OF EL PASO COUNTY, AND THE WONDERFUL TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE, AND I WANT TO ACTUALLY, I WANT TO REALLY COMMEND THE TEAM, THE GRANTS TEAM, FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE DOING. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE REPORT THAT WE HAVE ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN, TRYING TO DO TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, TO HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS AND TO RAISE THE GRANTS, FUNDING AND RELIEVE PRESSURE FROM OUR GENERAL FUND. OUR GRANTS ADMINISTRATION MANAGER IS MISS LETICIA VIZCAINO, WHO IS GOING TO INTRODUCE HERSELF RIGHT NOW. SHE GOT TO HER POSITION, RECENTLY AFTER 16 YEARS WITH THE COUNTY. SO SHE IS, MORE, MORE DESERVING OF THIS POSITION THAN ANYBODY ELSE. BUT PLEASE, MISS, LET ME INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR TEAM . GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR THAT, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU, YOU WILL WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A PRESENTATION THAT IS GOING TO INCLUDE A LOT OF THE HARD WORK THAT OUR TEAM HAS DONE, AND THAT HARD WORK COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY THE GREAT TEAM THAT I AM SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF. THEY SHOW UP EVERY DAY, THEY WORK HARD AND THEY ARE GREAT, PUBLIC SERVANTS, OUR TEAM IS FAIRLY NEW TO THE COUNTY, SO YOU MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THEM. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THEM TO EACH PERSONALLY PRESENT THEMSELVES TO YOU. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LISA SOLTERO, AND I'VE BEEN A PROUD EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY FOR TWO YEARS. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ESTELLA HOOPER, AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR ONE YEAR AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING US. REALLY APPRECIATE. COMMISSIONERS, IT'S FUNNY THAT WE LINED UP EXACTLY THE WAY WE GOT HIRED. I'M THE NEWBIE. MY NAME IS LAURA CARPIO. I'VE BEEN WITH THE COUNTY SINCE OCTOBER. PROUD OF IT ALL OF YOU. WE'RE VERY AWARE OF YOUR HELP. OKAY.

WE NEED IT BADLY. THANK YOU LADIES. THANK YOU. SO OUR COUNTY, OUR GRANTS, TEAM, WE SUPPORT AND ASSIST ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY, TO RESEARCH, TO APPLY FOR GRANTS AND TO MANAGE THOSE GRANTS ONCE THEY ARE FUNDED. AND THAT IS WHAT OUR TEAM DOES, WE ADDRESS ALL COUNTY NEEDS, AND WE ENSURE THAT THOSE GRANTS ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THE COUNTY HAS ADOPTED. YOU'VE MET. OKAY, WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND HERE. I WAS WONDERING, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH DATA AND INFORMATION OF GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, GRANT THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED AND GRANT FUNDED PERSONNEL, THIS INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED FOR THE FY 23, FISCAL, YEAR. I WILL ALSO ALSO UPDATE YOU ON THE ON THOSE, PROGRAMS, VICTIM SERVICES, GRANTS THAT WERE PLACED ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN BY THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. AND LASTLY, I WILL PROVIDE YOU INFORMATION FOR THE FY 24 WORK THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE END OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR. THERE IS AN ANSWER, QUESTION AND ANSWER SLIDE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. BUT AT ANY TIME DURING ANY SLIDE, YOU HAVE ANY, ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK, COMMENTS THAT YOU WISH TO MAKE. PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO PAUSE ME SO THAT I CAN ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU. SO WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO IT. THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WERE WRITTEN DURING THE FY 23 PERIOD. A TOTAL OF 63 GRANT APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED FOR FUNDING, WITH A TOTAL REQUEST OF $63.4 MILLION. THIS SLIDE WILL ALSO SHOW YOU HOW MANY GRANT APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE PAST THREE FISCAL YEARS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE GRANTS THAT WERE AWARDED FOR FY 23. OF THE 63 GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, 53 WERE SUCCESSFULLY SELECTED FOR GRANT

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FUNDING TO THE COUNTY FOR A TOTAL OF $55.8 MILLION. 12 COUNTY DEPARTMENTS RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM THIS. FROM THIS FUNDING. 192 TWO GRANT FUNDED PERSONNEL WERE FUNDED WITH THESE 53 GRANT AWARDS, FOR A TOTAL OF 13 DEPARTMENTS, FOR A TOTAL FUNDING OF $13.8 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDED PERSONNEL. 41 OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, KNOWN AS ARPA. WE HAD 41 POSITIONS FOR A TOTAL OF $3.5 MILLION. AS YOU RECALL, IN FY 22, THE GRANTS TEAM INFORMED YOU THAT THERE WERE FIVE VICTIM SERVICE APPLICANTS THAT WERE PLACED ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN BY THE RIO GRANDE COUNCIL OF JUDGES CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE AND COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. SINCE THEN, ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS WAS NOT FUNDED. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION OF WHAT THAT MEANS OF BEING PLACED ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IS, IS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING EVERY YEAR FOR THOSE PROGRAMS BY 10. SO THAT INCREASES THE MATCH THAT THESE PROGRAMS REQUIRE. BUT IT DOES NOT INCREASE THE MATCH BY 10. THE MATCH IS INCREASED BY THE AMOUNT OF WHAT THE PROGRAMS NEED TO SUSTAIN THOSE PROGRAMS. THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WILL END IN FY 26 AND IN FY 27. THOSE PROGRAMS WILL NO LONGER RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IS DATA FOR THOSE FOUR FOUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE TREND OF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND THE AMOUNT OF MATCH THAT IS REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN THESE PROGRAMS. THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU WILL SEE IS THE 65TH PROTECTIVE ORDER COURT. THE BLUE GRAPH REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING RECEIVED, AND THE ORANGE GRAPH REPRESENTS THE MATCH RECEIVED. AND IT'S FOR, FY 22, 23 AND 24. THOSE ARE ACTUAL AMOUNTS. AND FY 24, THAT AMOUNT IS INCLUDED IN THOSE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN REVIEW. WE DID NOT, INCLUDE FY 26 FUNDING BECAUSE THAT'S AN UNKNOWN NUMBER UNTIL FY 25 IS AWARDED LATER LATER THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS THE PROTECTIVE ORDER COURT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO NEXT TO THE COUNTY VICTIM RESOURCES PROGRAM. AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE 65TH, A PROTECTIVE ORDER COURT. NEXT IS THE SHERIFF'S VICTIM OFFICE VICTIM SERVICES GRANT. AND THEN THE FINAL ONE IS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I WAS GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION OF WHAT OUR GRANTS TEAM HAS WORKED ON DURING FY 24 PERIOD UP TO THE END OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR. THE GRANTS TEAM HAS SUBMITTED 53 GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR FY 24 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $65.4 MILLION, WITH A $16.2 MILLION MATCH REQUIREMENT. 39 OF THOSE GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE CONTINUATION APPLICATIONS AND 14 ARE NEW GRANT APPLICATIONS. TO DATE TO THE END OF MARCH, FIVE GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED AND THE AMOUNT OF $4.4 MILLION, WITH A MATCH REQUIREMENT OF $542,800. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR ME, I WILL NOW PASS THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MR. JOHN SARA, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND FINANCE. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. THE PERCENTAGE, ESPECIALLY OF WHAT WE HAVE TO MATCH AGAINST WHAT WE GET IS JUST VERY IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU. JUDGE. WE WERE HOPING THAT THAT'S HOW YOU SAW IT WHEN WE

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MADE THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. LISCANO. AND THANK YOU TO THE GRANTS TEAM. I WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, WERE PRESENTED IN THE IN THE SLIDES, THE FIRST ONE IS IF YOU NOTICE THE TREND OF THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN, FY 23, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS WAS 6363. GRANT APPLICATIONS. WHILE UNTIL MID MARCH IN FY 24. SO THAT'S FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS. WE'RE ALREADY AT 53 APPLICATIONS. SO WE'RE ALREADY GETTING TO THE WHOLE YEAR NUMBER IN HALF A YEAR. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO POINT OUT, AND SO WITH THAT ALSO I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN YOU SEE THE TREND GOING DOWN WITH THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, IT'S BECAUSE IN 2021 AND 22, WE HAD, COVID AND WE HAD A LOT OF, OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS THAT THE TEAM WAS APPLYING TO. I WOULD SAY FY 23 WAS MORE CLOSER TO THE BASELINE OF PRE-COVID, NUMBERS AND APPLICATIONS. SO WE'RE RAMPING UP FROM THERE WITH NO, ADDITIONAL, OPPORTUNITIES. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. AND IT'S A VERY DELICATE BALANCE THAT WE HAVE TO STRIKE WITH. WE WOULD LOVE TO APPLY TO ALL, GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE MATCH AMOUNT THAT THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO PUT IN. SO WE WANT TO RELIEVE THE GENERAL FUND RATHER THAN STRAIN IT FURTHER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH WITH THE NEXT SLIDE. OUR, CHALLENGES, I WOULD SAY THEY'RE NOT CHALLENGES, BUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO IMPROVE, IT IS THAT MATCH REQUIREMENT, THAT WE LOOK AT, WHEN WE DECIDE WHETHER A GRANT, SHOULD BE PURSUED OR NOT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SPEAKING, WE AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT MORE PRESSURE ON THE GENERAL FUND. SO THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THOSE MATCHES, I WOULD SAY WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER CHALLENGE WITH MOVING GRANT POSITIONS TO GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE TO FACTOR THAT IN WHEN WE APPLY TO GRANTS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE GRANT BASICALLY EXPIRES, WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CONTINGENCY IN OUR PLAN. SO THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE FACING.

THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS ALSO ANOTHER FACTOR THAT WE, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. WITH ALL THE GRANTS THAT WE LOOK INTO AND THEN EVENTUALLY APPLY FOR AS FOR THE SIX. OH, SURE. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THE FOURTH ITEM. YES. WHICH IS ALWAYS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND CONNECTING THEM IS, IS SO IMPORTANT. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE ROI, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, SO, SO VERY ENCOURAGED WITH THAT SORT OF THAT VISION THAT YOU HAVE. OH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT . THIS TEAM IS THE TEAM THAT DESERVES ALL THE CREDIT FOR IT.

THEY'RE THE ONES WHO LOOK INTO ALL THESE FACTORS WHEN THEY LOOK AT THOSE GRANTS. THANK YOU, AND SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS GO GO TO THEM. THANK YOU. SO ON THE SUCCESSES SIDE, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT TEAM, AS YOU CAN SEE, ASIDE FROM MISS VIZCAINO, WHO JUST RECENTLY GOT, PROMOTED THE THREE TEAM MEMBERS WE HAVE ARE RELATIVELY NEW. SO THERE'S A LEARNING CURVE THERE.

BUT THEY ARE. THEY ARE DEFINITELY ACING IT. SO THAT IS A SUCCESS THAT THEY GOT. OVER THAT LEARNING CURVE RELATIVELY QUICKLY. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE CERTAINLY DOING A LOT MORE APPLICATIONS THAN LAST YEAR, WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT OUT A SOFTWARE CALLED OPENGOV. WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTED, BUT WE DO HAVE CHALLENGES, JUST LIKE IN ANY, SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION, WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAR THOSE HURDLES, AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE IT FULLY TO ITS FULL EXTENT BY EITHER THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR OR THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS TRYING TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER, YOU DO HAVE SOME INTEGRATION ISSUES, ONCE IT IS IN PLACE, IT IS TRANSPARENT, IT'S EFFECTIVE, IT'S EFFICIENT.

WE HOPE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD SYSTEM OVERALL FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR THE CONSTITUENTS, AND THEN FINALLY, WHAT I TOUCHED ON BEFORE, WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT THROUGHOUT

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THIS, YEAR UNTIL THE MIDYEAR POINT, WE HAVE APPLIED TO CLOSE TO THE FULL YEAR OF FY 23, IN APPLICATIONS, SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, ANYONE? YEAH. COMMISSIONER OLGUIN HI, JOHN. GOOD MORNING, DO WE HAVE ANY VACANCIES IN THE GRANT DEPARTMENT? I SEEM TO REMEMBER WE HAD FIVE POSITIONS AT ONE POINT. YES. SO DO WE STILL HAVE A VACANCY? WE HAVE AN ARPA FUNDED POSITION, AND I THINK WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING OUR ARPA FUNDED ANALYST TO THE PERMANENT POSITION. AND THEN WE WANT TO DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO FILL BACK THAT ARPA POSITION OR NOT. OKAY. GREAT. SO YOU MAY YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE MAY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP THAN, GRANTS TEAM. YES YES, YES. I MEAN, WE WOULD LOVE TO FILL THAT POSITION, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH COUNTY ADMIN DEPENDING ON THE BUDGET AND RESOURCES AND ALL OF THAT TO SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE OR NOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOHN. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. I'LL STAY HERE FOR THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM NINE B RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE 2024 BUDGET REGISTER AND FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET IMPACT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD

[B. Receive a presentation regarding the 2024 Budget Register and Fiscal Year 2025 budget impact. John Sarah, Director, Budget and Finance, 915-546-2262]

MORNING AGAIN. GOOD MORNING. SO JUST AS SOON AS THE PRESENTATION HERE WE ARE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE FY 24 BUDGET REGISTER AND BUDGET IMPACT. IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE CAME TO THIS COURT WITH THE FIRST, I GUESS, THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THIS, OF THIS BUDGET REGISTER, WHERE BASICALLY WE WANTED TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE ITEMS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT OUR NEXT YEAR, WE DID MAKE A PROMISE BACK THEN THAT WERE COMING EVERY MONTH WITH THIS. BUT AGAIN, I WAS HIDING FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UNSUCCESSFULLY, I WOULD SAY, BUT HERE WE ARE WITH THIS UPDATE, MISS GARZA, WHO MADE THE PRESENTATION IN FEBRUARY, DID TOUCH ON WHAT WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TRACKING? BUT I'LL JUST REFRESH, YOUR MEMORY ON THAT. BASICALLY, WE LOOK AT CONTRACT INCREASES, WHETHER IT IS A NEW CONTRACT OR IT'S AN INCREASE RELATED TO CPI, WE DO LOOK AT PROGRAM INCREASES AS WELL, THAT COULD BE, ITEMS THAT ARE EXPANDING, WHETHER IN SCOPE OR SERVICE, WE ALSO LOOK AT GRANT MATCHES, WHICH TIES PERFECTLY WITH OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, AGAIN, FOR EVERY WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY FOR EVERY GRANT WE TRY TO LOOK FOR GRANTS. WHERE THERE ARE NO MATCH REQUIRED, THOSE WOULD BE PERFECT FOR US, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T GET A LOT OF THOSE, SO WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE. GRANT MATCHES, SO THE LAST TIME WE CAME TO THE BOARD, TO THE COURT. SORRY I DATED HERE AS FEBRUARY 22ND, ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHEN THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER, BUT IT WAS FEBRUARY 26TH WHEN WE CAME TO THE COURT WITH THIS, EXACT TABLE. SO I WANTED TO REPLICATE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT TIES WITH WHAT WAS PRESENTED, ON FEBRUARY 26TH, AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF OUR INCREASE COMES FROM THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, WHICH IS ALMOST $5.3 MILLION OUT OF THE 5.6 SINCE THEN. SINCE THAT DATE, WE HAD VERY FEW ITEMS. THEY WERE ALL IN MARCH. SO I WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR BEING VERY MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ANY, ANY ITEMS WE APPROVE HERE THAT COULD, NEGATIVELY HIT OUR FY 25 BUDGET, ESPECIALLY WITH, 25 BUDGET BEING, A LITTLE WE'RE A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL WITH FY 25 BUDGET, GIVEN ALL THE DATA THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, SO WITH THAT, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE SIX ITEMS, COLLECTIVELY. AND I THINK I HAVE THE SUMMARY HERE. COLLECTIVELY, THEY ARE ONLY $136,000, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S 0.000226, OF THE TAX, RATE INCREASE THAT WE, WE ESTIMATE THAT IS NEEDED, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME PENDING ITEMS AND THOSE ARE BEING FACTORED INTO FY 25 BUDGET. WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNTS ON SOME OF THEM AND ON THE OTHERS, THE LAST, I WOULD

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SAY NOT THE LAST ONE, BUT THE ONE BEFORE IT. WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS GOING TO BE. AND THE FUNDING SOURCE, SO THOSE ARE FACTORED IN, BUT I WANT TO JUST BRING THEM TO YOUR ATTENTION WHILE WE TRY TO FINALIZE THE DETAILS. WE EXPECT, SOME REVENUE LOSS BECAUSE OF OUR, DECLINE IN FEDERAL INMATE POPULATION DAILY POPULATION, AND THEN WITH THAT, WE USED TO GET REIMBURSED FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH, BILLS, MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BILLS, WHICH IS NOT ENTIRELY DEFINED YET, ON A DOLLAR AMOUNT. BUT WE ARE EXPECTING THAT DROP AS WELL, WE DO HAVE JAIL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM OPERATING COST INCREASES DUE TO THE OVERALL LARGER NUMBER OF INMATES IN OUR, IN OUR FACILITIES. AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE SOME OF THAT IN THE OVERTIME FOR OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE LAST TWO ITEMS ARE THE ONES I REFERENCED. WE HAVE THE MATCH WITH THE CITY FOR, THE CONSOLIDATE RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, NOW, THAT IS A $2.1 MILLION, BUT IT'S OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD. WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO BE 50, 50, 6040 OR 4060, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT INFORMATION. AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE THE EL PASO CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT SERVICE INCREASE, SERVICE FEES INCREASE FOR FY 25, WHICH WE KNOW FOR SURE IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE TO $1.3 MILLION. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE FACTORED INTO FY 25 BUDGET. SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS ANYBODY? JOHN AND JOHN, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING BACK ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. IT'S ACTUALLY, NOT THIS THIS PARTICULAR JAIL MEDICAL SLASH MENTAL HEALTH TO BE DETERMINED. THAT'S THE PENDING INCREASE FROM UMMC. SO WE'RE WE'RE EXPECTING AN INCREASE IN OUR MEDICAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE COSTS. AND THAT COULD BE AS MUCH AS $5 MILLION IN THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THOSE DETAILS, BUT, THAT'S ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING, MISS KELLER.

SEE, I SHOULD HAVE HIDDEN MORE. AND, BETSY, ARE WE STILL ALSO HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CAD REGARDING THEIR INCREASE? OR IS THAT AMOUNT PRETTY SET? SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HOPED, WE COULD REACH OUT TO COMMISSIONER CORONADO WITH YOUR, APPROVAL. SO CAD SUBMITTED AND THEY SUBMIT THEIR BUDGET, AND THEY SUBMIT IT TO ALL THE TAXING AGENCIES, AND IT'S DIVVIED UP. THE INCREASE IS DIVVIED UP AMONGST ALL OF US. AND OUR INCREASE IS THAT ALMOST 1.3 MILLION, IN THE PAST, THE COURT HAS ASKED ITS MEMBER ON THE CAD TO GO BACK AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY ROOM TO REDUCE THAT AMOUNT OF THAT INCREASE. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR OUR PORTION OF THE CAD BUDGET.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THEIR INCREASE WAS FOR ALL ENTITIES? I WANT TO SAY THEY. I WANT TO VERIFY, I DON'T REMEMBER, IT'S MULTIPLE MILLIONS. I MEAN, IF OUR PORTION WAS 1.3, THEN THE TOTAL MUST BE MULTIPLE MILLIONS. YES, MA'AM. AND ARE THEY SAYING THAT THAT'S ALL DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE NEW REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE AN ELECTION? I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THE COST OF THE ELECTION IS THAT MUCH. IT'S THE ELECTION. AND I BELIEVE SOME WAGE INCREASES. SO WE CAN PLACE THAT ITEM BACK FOR I KNOW COMMISSIONER CORONADO WON'T BE ABLE TO BE HERE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR DEADLINE IS TO IMPLEMENT THEIR BUDGET, BUT IF OR OR, THIS ITEM ISN'T SUBMITTED FOR ACTION, BUT IF THE COURT EITHER WANTS JUST STAFF TO REACH OUT, I MEAN, WE CAN REACH OUT, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ABILITY TO RECONSIDER THAT BUDGET, NORMALLY IT IS THE BOARD MEMBER, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, WHO IS ON THEIR BOARD THAT GOES BACK AND REACHES OUT AND DISCUSSES IT WITH THEM. AND PERHAPS WE CAN JUST ASK COMMISSIONER CORONADO IF HE'S ABLE TO DO THAT AND MAYBE GET US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, SOME OF THE OTHER ENTITIES, LIKE I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE CITY'S, PORTION IS INCREASING AND ALSO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE PUSHING BACK ON THE BACK ON THE CAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JIM, APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU.

OKAY. BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE ARE ASKING FOR ITEM TEN D PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, DISCUSS LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING

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LITIGATION STYLE. UNITED STATES VERSUS TEXAS. NUMBER 2450149. COUNTY ATTORNEY'S FILE NUMBER 016523. P L ALONG WITH THE CORRESPONDING REGULAR SESSION ITEM 11 B DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING LITIGATION STYLE. UNITED STATES VERSUS TEXAS, NUMBER 2450149. COUNTY ATTORNEY'S FILE NUMBER 016523 PL BE DELETED. JUST GIVE ME ONE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER OLGUIN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LEON. THE VOTING IS OPEN. STOUT IS ABSENT, JUDGE SAMANIEGO, ARE YOU ABLE TO VOTE? PARIS COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ITEMS TEN A, B, C, E, F, AND G PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071551.07455, 1.076 AND 551.087. COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECONVENE TO TAKE OFFICIAL ACTION.

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AND I ALSO GET THE COVID VACCINE. SO I AND MY LOVED ONES CAN BE PROTECTED. YOU AND YOUR KIDS SHOULD GET THE VACCINE TOO. AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES, VISIT EPI HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE. VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT . KUE SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS ADEMAS DE LA VACUNAS LATINAS, LOS NINOS MARES DE CINCO ANOS. AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID. LA VACUNA COVID-19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS. VISIT EPI HEALTH.COM. SABEMOS CUANTO AMASA TUS HIJOS, ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACCINATE. VISIT THE MISSION SHOW. FOR MANY REASONS A WEALTH OF HISTORY, CULTURE AND ARTS. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TASTE IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DANCE TO IT. TO KNOW US IS TO LOVE US. YOU'RE GOING TO MEET PEOPLE AS IF THEY'RE YOUR FRIENDS. IF YOU COME HERE TO THE MISSION TRAIL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REALLY DEEP SENSE OF THE UNITY THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THIS CONNECTION THAT WE ALL HAVE. I THINK THE MISSION TRAIL HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. OH, IT HAS HISTORY. IT HAS CULTURE. YOU CAN LEARN, YOU CAN RELAX AND YOU CAN CONNECT. IT JUST KIND OF FILLS YOUR SOUL. YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF. WE HAVE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL GOING ON HERE AND IT'S JUST STARTING. THE PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY WELCOMING. WE WELCOME YOU TO THE HISTORIC MISSION TRAIL. WELCOME, EVERYONE. IT'S TIME TO COME DOWN AND CHECK US OUT.

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THEIR ROUTINE VACCINES. ALSO, CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE. I'M CURRENT, AND ALL MY VACCINES, AND I ALSO GET THE COVID VACCINE. SO I AND MY LOVED ONES CAN BE PROTECTED. YOU AND YOUR KIDS SHOULD GET THE VACCINE TOO. AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES, VISIT EPI HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE. VACCINATE JUST AS IMPORTANT SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS ADEMAS DE LA VACUNAS LATINAS, LOS NINOS MAS DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID. NUEVE LA VACUNA COVID-19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EPI HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO AMASA TUS HIJOS, ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACCINATE. VISIT THE MISSION TRAIL FOR MANY REASONS A WEALTH OF HISTORY, CULTURE AND ARTS. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TASTE IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DANCE TO IT. TO KNOW US IS TO LOVE US. YOU'RE GOING TO MEET PEOPLE AS IF THEY'RE YOUR FRIENDS. IF YOU COME HERE TO THE MISSION TRAIL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REALLY DEEP SENSE OF THE UNITY THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THIS CONNECTION THAT WE ALL HAVE. I THINK THE MISSION TRAIL HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. OH, IT HAS HISTORY. IT HAS CULTURE. YOU CAN LEARN, YOU CAN RELAX AND YOU CAN CONNECT. IT JUST KIND OF FILLS YOUR SOUL. YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF. WE HAVE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL GOING ON HERE AND IT'S JUST STARTING. THE PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY WELCOMING. WE WELCOME YOU TO THE HISTORIC MISSION TRAIL. WELCOME, EVERYONE. IT'S TIME TO COME DOWN AND CHECK US OUT.

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THEIR ROUTINE VACCINES. ALSO, CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE. I'M CURRENT AND ALL MY VACCINES, AND I ALSO GET THE COVID VACCINE. SO I AND MY LOVED ONES CAN BE PROTECTED. YOU AND YOUR KIDS SHOULD GET THE VACCINE TOO. AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES, VISIT EPI HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE. VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS ADEMAS DE LA VACUNA SALTENAS LOS NINOS DE CINCO ANOS , AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19. NUEVE LA VACUNA. COVID ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THEIR ROUTINE VACCINES. ALSO, CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE. I'M CURRENT AND ALL MY VACCINES, AND I ALSO GET THE COVID VACCINE. SO I AND MY LOVED ONES CAN BE PROTECTED. YOU AND YOUR KIDS SHOULD GET THE VACCINE TOO. AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES, VISIT EPI HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE. VACCINATE AS IMPOTENT. SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS. ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE LOS NINOS MARES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID NUEVE LA VACUNA COVID ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

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VISIT THE MISSION SHOW FOR MANY REASONS A WEALTH OF HISTORY, CULTURE AND ARTS. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TASTE IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DANCE TO IT. TO KNOW US IS TO LOVE US. YOU'RE GOING TO MEET PEOPLE AS IF THEY'RE YOUR FRIENDS. IF YOU COME HERE TO THE MISSION TRAIL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REALLY DEEP SENSE OF THE UNITY THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE OF THIS CONNECTION THAT WE ALL HAVE. I THINK THE MISSION TRAIL HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. OH IT HAS HISTORY. IT HAS CULTURE. YOU CAN LEARN, YOU CAN RELAX AND YOU CAN CONNECT.

IT JUST KIND OF FILLS YOUR SOUL. YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER . IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF. WE HAVE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL GOING ON HERE AND IT'S JUST STARTING. THE PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY WELCOMING. WE WELCOME YOU TO THE HISTORIC MISSION TRAIL. WELCOME EVERYONE. IT'S TIME TO COME DOWN AND CHECK US OUT.

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THEIR ROUTINE VACCINES. ALSO, CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE. I'M CURRENT AND ALL MY VACCINES AND I ALSO GET THE COVID VACCINE. SO I AND MY LOVED ONES CAN BE PROTECTED. YOU AND YOUR KIDS SHOULD GET THE VACCINE TOO. AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES, VISIT EPI HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE. VACCINATE AS IMPOTENT. SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS. ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MARES DE CINCO ANOS. AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID. NUEVE PARA LA VACUNA COVID-19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS. VISIT EPI HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO AMASA TUS HIJOS, ASI QUÉ RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACCINATE. VISIT THE MISSION SHOW FOR MANY REASONS A WEALTH OF HISTORY, CULTURE AND ARTS. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TASTE IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DANCE TO IT. TO KNOW US IS TO LOVE US. YOU'RE GOING TO MEET PEOPLE AS IF THEY'RE YOUR FRIENDS. IF YOU COME HERE TO THE MISSION TRAIL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REALLY DEEP SENSE OF THE UNITY THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THIS CONNECTION THAT WE ALL HAVE. I THINK THE MISSION TRAIL HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. OH, IT HAS HISTORY. IT HAS CULTURE. YOU CAN LEARN, YOU CAN RELAX AND YOU CAN CONNECT. IT JUST KIND OF FILLS YOUR SOUL. YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF. WE HAVE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL GOING ON HERE AND IT'S JUST STARTING. THE PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY WELCOMING. WE WELCOME YOU TO THE HISTORIC MISSION TRAIL. WELCOME, EVERYONE. IT'S TIME TO COME DOWN AND CHECK US OUT.

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THEIR ROUTINE VACCINES. ALSO CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE. I'M CURRENT AND ALL MY VACCINES AND I ALSO GET THE COVID VACCINE. SO I AND MY LOVED ONES CAN BE PROTECTED. YOU AND YOUR KIDS SHOULD GET THE VACCINE TOO. AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES, VISIT EPI HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE. VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS. ADEMAS DE LA VACUNA SALTENAS LOS NINOS DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19 Y LA VACUNA COVID-19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EPI HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO AMASA TUS HIJOS, ASI QUÉ RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACCINATE. VISIT THE MISSION TRAIL FOR MANY REASONS. A WEALTH OF HISTORY, CULTURE AND ARTS. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TASTE IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DANCE TO IT. TO KNOW US IS TO LOVE US. YOU'RE GOING TO MEET PEOPLE AS IF THEY'RE YOUR FRIENDS. IF YOU COME HERE TO THE MISSION TRAIL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REALLY DEEP SENSE OF THE UNITY THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THIS CONNECTION THAT WE ALL HAVE. I THINK THE

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ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS LATINAS, LOS NINOS MAS DE CINCO ANOS AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID Y LA VACUNA COVID-19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

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GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS RECONVENED TO REGULAR OPEN SESSION. ITEM 11 A DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING LITIGATION IN THE CASE REGARDING EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS VERSUS FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES N.V. COUNTY ATTORNEYS CASE NUMBER

[A. Discuss and take appropriate action regarding litigation in the case regarding El Paso County, Texas and The State of Texas vs. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.; County Attorney’s case number 0024-17-PL. Jed Untereker, Assistant County Attorney, County Attorney's Office, 915-273-3247]

002417 PL. JUDGE COMMISSIONERS ERIC GAGLIONE, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. IF THE COURT WOULD LIKE THE PROPOSED MOTION FOR THIS COULD BE AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, AUTHORIZE OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO REQUEST THAT THE COURT DISMISS THIS CASE AGAINST FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES WITHOUT PREJUDICE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY JUDGE SAMANIEGO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LEON. THE VOTING IS OPEN. EXCUSE ME. SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. DID WE, GIVE ME ONE SECOND? I DON'T KNOW IF WE WENT BACK INTO OPEN ONE SECOND.

WILL WE DO IT? SO WE REDO THE ITEM, CORRECT. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS RECONVENED TO REGULAR OPEN SESSION. ITEM NUMBER 11, A DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING LITIGATION IN THE CASE REGARDING EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS. VERSUS VERSUS FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES AND V COUNTY ATTORNEYS. CASE NUMBER 002417 PL JUDGE COMMISSIONERS ERIC GAGLIONE, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. BUT FOR THE COURT'S CONSIDERATION, THE MOTION FOR THIS ITEM COULD BE AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AUTHORIZE OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO REQUEST THAT THE COURT DISMISS THIS CASE AGAINST FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AS WE HAVE A MOTION BY JUDGE SAMANIEGO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LEON. THE VOTING IS OPEN. I DON'T KNOW IF I SEEM TO BE ABLE TO VOTE, BUT I VOTE. I COMMISSIONER STOUT IS ABSENT THAT. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 11 C DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE UTEP AEROSPACE CENTER AS IT PERTAINS TO THE COUNTY. ERIC GAGLIONE, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. WE'RE ASKING FOR NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. ITEM 11 D DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO DECREASE THE FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL IMPACT TO EL PASO COUNTY AS IT PERTAINS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BY THE STATE, INCLUDING ARRESTS ALONG THE EL PASO BORDER. ERIC ROSALES, GAGLIONE, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. AND THIS COMPLETES ALL THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, JUDGE. BACK THERE, COMMISSIONER CORONADO, THANK YOU ALL. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT FATHER'S DAY YESTERDAY, LIKEWISE . Y'ALL TAKE CARE AND BE SAFE. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S MEETING AT 12:43 A.M. SORRY. PM.

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