[A. Approve and adopt a resolution honoring the memory of Danny McKillip and celebrating his exceptional contributions to the sport of track and field and cross country, as well as his profound impact on the lives of countless young students and athletes. David Stout, Commissioner, Precinct 2, 915-546-2111]

COUNTRY, AS WELL AS HIS PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS YOUNG STUDENTS AND ATHLETES.

COMMISSIONER STOUT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I HAVE THE HONOR TO READ THIS RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS HERE FROM TEAM MCKILLOP. YOU CAN SEE ON THEIR SHIRTS, INCLUDING SYLVIA AND MCCALEB, ALEX BUSTILLOS AND GLORIA MONTES. NICHOLSON. IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM, AND I'M GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND READ THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN WE CAN HEAR FROM YOU. OKAY. JUST REAL QUICKLY, I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT THAT JUDGE MCKILLOP REALLY MEANT SO MUCH TO SO MANY PEOPLE, JUST BY ONE MEASURE, SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE COMMENTED ON THE JULY FACEBOOK POST THAT ANNOUNCED HIS PASSING, YOU KNOW, HE WAS TRULY A LEGEND. EVEN IF I REPEAT SOME OF THE INFORMATION FROM THE RESOLUTION, I THINK IT'S WORTH REPEATING MANY TIMES OVER, FIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CROSS COUNTRY FOR EL PASO HIGH SCHOOL, PART OF THE GOLDEN ERA OF TRACK AT UTEP, WINNING THE NCAA 1969 CROSS COUNTRY TITLE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WITH GREAT MEMORIES OF AN AMAZING MAN. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTION AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU ALL, THE RESOLUTION STATES, WHEREAS DANNY MCKILLOP, AN ESTEEMED AND BELOVED COACH WHO DEDICATED 41 YEARS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS OF ATHLETES IN EL PASO, PASSED AWAY JULY 7TH, 2024, AT THE AGE OF 76. AND WHEREAS BORN SEPTEMBER 22ND, 1947, IN SOUTH CAROLINA, DANNY MCKILLOP ATTENDED SCHOOL IN FLORIDA AND MADE HIS WAY TO EL PASO IN 1967 AFTER BEING RECRUITED BY LEGENDARY UTEP COACHES WAYNE VANDENBERG AND DON HASKINS. AFTER WHICH HE MADE EL PASO HIS PERMANENT HOME. AND WHEREAS DANNY MCKILLOP'S REMARKABLE CAREER AS A CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK AND FIELD COACH AT EL PASO HIGH SCHOOL, AND HIS PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY HAVE LEFT AN ENDURING LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE AND INSPIRATION. AND WHEREAS UNDER COACH MCKILLOP'S GUIDANCE, EL PASO HIGH SCHOOL'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM ACHIEVED FIVE STATE TITLES AND WAS INDUCTED INTO THE EL PASO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME. A TESTAMENT TO HIS DEDICATION AND EXPERTISE. AND WHEREAS COACH MCKILLOP'S SUCCESS IN ATHLETICS WAS SECOND TO HIS SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM, WHERE HE WAS RECOGNIZED BY HIS STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND COLLEAGUES AS A PROFESSIONAL COMMITTED TO GETTING THE BEST OUT OF HIS STUDENTS WITH UNRELENTING ENERGY, KINDNESS, AND PASSION. AND WHEREAS COACH MCKILLOP'S OWN ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDED CONTRIBUTING TO UTEP'S VICTORY IN THE 1969 NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WHEREAS, DANNY MCKILLOP'S LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE, DEDICATION AND PERSONAL INTEGRITY WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF ATHLETES AND COACHES. AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT WE DO HEREBY HONOR THE MEMORY OF DANNY MCKILLOP AND CELEBRATE HIS EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPORT OF TRACK AND FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY, AS WELL AS HIS PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF

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COUNTLESS YOUNG STUDENTS AND ATHLETES. SIGNED THIS 23RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2020 FOR THE HONORABLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN. THE VOTING IS OPEN. COMMISSIONER LEON, I. MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MA'AM. WELCOME. WELCOME FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR. IF HE WERE HERE, HE WOULD BE FILMED. THANK YOU. JUDGE SAMANIEGO, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS ALEX BUSTILLOS. I WAS ONE OF HIS FORMER ATHLETES, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO COACH MCKILLOP WAS. HE WAS NOT ONLY AN EDUCATOR, A COACH, BUT HE WAS A FATHER FIGURE TO SO MANY STUDENTS AND ATHLETES. RIGHT? PEOPLE WOULD THINK IT'S ONLY FOR HIS ATHLETES WHO HE WOULD, WHO HE WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE FOR. BUT IT WAS EVERY STUDENT THAT WALKED THE HALLS OF EL PASO HIGH SCHOOL FOR 41 YEARS THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, TO BE AN EDUCATION FOR THAT LONG AND TO HAVE SUCH A SUCH A PROFOUND IMPACT ON STUDENTS IS AMAZING. I WAS ONE OF HIS ATHLETES, AND I MADE VARSITY MY SENIOR YEAR, BUT I WAS NOT GIFTED WITH THE WITH THE TALENT OF LONG DISTANCE RUNNING. I WAS MORE OF A HURDLER IN TRACK, BUT HE KEPT INSISTING THAT I KEEP PUSHING AND PUSHING TO GIVE IT MY ALL. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I WAS ABLE TO HELP OUT OUR TEAM WIN DISTRICT. NOW, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, HE ALWAYS SPOKE TO ME AS NOT ONLY AS A AS A MENTOR, BUT AS A FATHER FIGURE. LIKE, I SAID, SO BECAUSE OF HIM AND OTHER GREAT TEACHERS AT THAT HIGH SCHOOL, I MYSELF WENT INTO EDUCATION. I BECAME AN EDUCATOR FOR TEN YEARS. I COACHED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, AND THEN I WENT ON TO COACH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. I COACHED AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS A CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK COACH THERE AS WELL, AND WHAT REALLY STOOD OUT IS WHEN I WAS READY TO GIVE UP COACHING, HE CALLED ME UP AND SAID, ALEX CAN I TALK TO YOU? CAN YOU GIVE ME A COUPLE OF MINUTES? COACH I'LL GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT. HE GOES, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO COME BACK AND COACH WITH ME, COACH WITH ME, ALONGSIDE ME. AND HE GOES, GET YOU. TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO THINK ABOUT IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION NOW. I SAID, COACH, THERE'S NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT. I'D BE HONORED AND IT'D BE A BLESSING FOR ME TO COACH UNDER YOU. SO I ENDED UP FINISHING MY HIGH SCHOOL COACHING CAREER UNDER HIS MENTORSHIP AT EL PASO HIGH, AND I COACHED FROM THE WITH HIM FROM 2005 TO 2008. THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME THAT I JUST COULDN'T PASS UP TO LEAVE EDUCATION AND JOIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I'M A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIM, HIS DIRECTION, HIS TUTELAGE TO JUST KEEP ON ADVANCING AND JUST KEEP MAKING SOMETHING OF YOURSELVES NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. SO THIS IS A GREAT HONOR FOR THIS TO BE, RECOGNIZED FOR COACH DANNY MCKILLOP. AND WE JUST THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.

THANK YOU ALEX. APPRECIATE THAT. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS GLORIA NICHOLSON AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING PART OF THE 1978 AND 1979 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS. IN 1979, I MADE ALL-STATE, AND I OWE MUCH OF MY SUCCESS TO ONE PERSON.

COACH MCKILLOP. COACH MCKILLOP DEDICATED 41 YEARS. IN CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE LED TEAMS TO FIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT BEYOND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, COACH MCKILLOP WAS SO MUCH MORE. HE WAS A FATHER FIGURE TO MANY OF US, ALWAYS THERE TO GUIDE, MOTIVATE AND PUSH US TO BE OUR BEST BOTH ON THE TRACK AND OFF THE TRACK. HE MEANT THE WORLD TO ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY ME. I LOVE HIM DEARLY AND HIS IMPACT ON MY LIFE IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL ALWAYS CARRY WITH ME. HE INSPIRED SO MANY AND NO SURPRISE THAT MANY OF HIS ATHLETES WENT ON TO BECOME COACHES THEMSELVES, FOLLOWING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. COACH MCKILLOP DESERVES ALL THE RECOGNITION IN THE WORLD AND WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL THAT THE TRACK AND FIELD AT EL PASO HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN DEDICATED IN HIS NAME. IT'S A FITTING TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO GAVE US MUCH TO ALL OF US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YO, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ONE MORE. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JUAN MENDOZA. I TOO RAN FOR COACH MCKILLOP, SO FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN HE WAS WORKING THAT

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COACH. THAT HEAD COACH WAS ACTUALLY A FORMER RUNNER OF COACH MCKILLOP. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF SUCCESS AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS HE USED WHAT MCKILLOP TAUGHT AND CARRIED THAT ON TO VARIOUS SUCCESSES AT FRANKLIN. I THINK ABOUT COACH MCKILLOP, THOUGH, WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN, I WAS NOT CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FASTEST. I WAS ONE OF THE SLOWEST GUYS. I WAS ALWAYS IN LAST EVERY SINGLE SPEED WORKOUT COACH HAD A WAY TO MAKE YOU ACHIEVE WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD NOT ACHIEVE, AND THAT LED TO FUTURE SUCCESSES IN MY IN MY CAREER AS A RUNNER, ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WHEN MY SENIOR YEAR AND THROUGHOUT ALL THOSE FOUR YEARS, THE ONE THING I COULD ASSERT IS COACH WASN'T JUST TEACHING STUDENTS, I MEAN ATHLETES. HE WAS TEACHING HUMAN BEINGS. HE WAS TEACHING YOU HOW TO BE IF YOU'RE A WOMAN, A LADY, AND IF YOU'RE A MAN, A GENTLEMAN AND HOW TO BE A PROPER CITIZEN IN, IN SOCIETY, YOU KNOW, I'LL SHARE A QUICK STORY. THIS GUY ENDED UP GETTING SECOND AT STATE. HE WAS THE BEST RUNNER IN EL PASO HIGH HAD. AND I THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON. COACH ACTUALLY KICKED HIM OUT, KICKED HIM OFF THE TEAM. RIGHT. THE ENTIRE TEAM TOLD COACH, WELL HE'S OUR BEST RUNNER. AND COACH WOULD NOT BUDGE. WELL THAT YOUNG MAN CAME BACK, APOLOGIZED TO COACH. AND LIKE I SAID, HE ENDED UP GETTING NOT ONLY SECOND TO STATE, BUT HE IS NOW WORKING AT WHITE SANDS. HE IS A PHD AND, I THINK HE'S A PHYSICIST NOW. SO THAT'S WHAT COACH DOES TO YOU. SO I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT YOU HAVE GRANTED THIS RESOLUTION IN HIS HONOR. THANK YOU. WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STOUT AND ALL OF YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, HE'S SO DESERVING OF THESE HONORS AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET TO HONOR THESE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKE SUCH AN IMPACT IN CHILDREN'S LIFE. AND YOURSELVES, SOMETHING WE NEED TREMENDOUSLY IS ROLE MODELS. AND, IT JUST FEELS SO GOOD TO KNOW THAT THAT PEOPLE REMEMBER AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EL PASO AND WE SAY IT'S UNIQUE AND, YOU KNOW, TO KNOW US IS TO LOVE US. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF INDIVIDUALS LIKE HIM, LIKE COACH MCKILLOP. I MEAN, IT'S INDIVIDUALS LIKE HIM THAT MAKE EL PASO SO GREAT. THEY'RE GIVING THEIR ALWAYS THERE FOR INDIVIDUALS. AND JUST TO HEAR YOUR STORIES, I MEAN, IT'S JUST SO INCREDIBLE THAT WE SOMETIMES WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THESE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS. SO I DO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS HONORING SOMEONE LIKE HIM, EL PASO HIGH IS SUCH AN AMAZING SCHOOL TO BEGIN WITH, YOU KNOW, 102 NOW, 102 YEARS OR A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT, 100. AND PARDON ME, 16. 16. RIGHT. 1916. SO 100. YEAH.

SO IT'S QUITE A QUITE AN AMAZING STORIES. YOU HEAR ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL. AND TO CONTINUE HONORING HIM AND THE SCHOOL AS WELL. AT THE SAME TIME I'M SURE KNOWING WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT HIM, HE'S MORE INTERESTED THAT YOU HONOR THE SCHOOL AND THE ROLE MODELING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STOUT, THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN, FOR ALLOWING MY OFFICE TO BE PART OF THIS THIS RESOLUTION AND FOR, FOR, ALLOWING ALLOWING US TO MEMORIALIZE, MR. MCKILLOP AND COACH MCKILLOP AND, YOU KNOW, MY SON'S A TIGER, SO IT MAKES ME EVEN MORE PROUD. SO, CAN YOU ALL COME UP IN FRONT OF THE DAIS AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE RESOLUTIONS? THANK YOU. SO.

I JUST OUTGREW HIM, YOU KNOW? WAIT, WHAT IF WE KEEP GETTING NEW STUFF? RIGHT I REMEMBER YOU

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QUIT GROWING IN.

THE LAST.

A GOOD REST OF YOUR DAY. EXCUSE US. YOU TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE. BE A PROVEN ADOPT A RESOLUTION DECLARING OCTOBER 12TH, 2024 AS DIA DE LA HISPANIDAD IN EL PASO

[B. Approve and adopt a resolution declaring October 12, 2024, as Dia de la Hispanidad, in El Paso County, Texas. Ricardo A. Samaniego, County Judge, County Judge's Office, 915-546-2098]

COUNTY, TEXAS. AND TEAM ROBERT, DOCTOR. I'LL SAY A LITTLE INTRODUCTION. I DON'T KNOW, MARTHA PEREZ, JUST AN AMAZING HAS DONE SO MANY GREAT THINGS. I SEE SHE'S LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY. SHE'S EVERYWHERE AT EVERY PLACE THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE. PROMOTING THE YOU KNOW WHAT SHOULD BE THE REAL STORY OF SPAIN AND THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAD HERE. SO I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO CALL HER MY FRIEND. AND, AND VERY PROUD OF HER AND OF COURSE, AND HER HUSBAND. SO I'LL READ THE RESOLUTION. WHEREAS IN 2024, THE COUNTY OF EL PASO IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL NUEVO MEXICO FOUNDED BY SPANISH CROWN IN IN 1598 AND IS HISTORICALLY THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST TO BE ENRICHED BY THE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. WHEREAS DON JUAN DE ONATE PERFORMED THE TOMA OF THE LAND, WHICH IS NOW EL PASO COUNTY, AND WHEREAS THE COUNTY OF EL PASO CONTINUES TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE SPANISH HERITAGE, LANGUAGE, HISTORY AND CULTURE FROM A DIVERSE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES. WHEREAS THE CAMINO REAL DE TIERRA ADENTRO CONTINUES TO BE A PRODUCTIVE BINATIONAL INLAND PORT. AND WHEREAS THE OTHER SPANISH COMMEMORATING THE SPANISH PRESENCE IN THE SOUTHWEST AND IN THE COUNTY OF EL PASO. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT DO HEREBY DECLARE OCTOBER 12TH, 2024, AS DIA DE LA UNIDAD SIGNED THIS 23RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER 20TH, 24, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES MARTHA, BEFORE WE BEGIN, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE TOPIC AT HAND, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S INTERESTING WHAT YOU WHAT YOU REPRESENT HERE IN OUR SOUTHWEST.

WELL, THERE'S A LOT, BUT THE FIRST THING IS I'M THE HONORARY CONSUL OF SPAIN IN EL PASO. AND ONE OF THE FLAGS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HERE. AND SO, COUNTY JUDGE, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL YOU AND OUR COMMISSIONERS, A SPANISH FLAG AS A GIFT FROM OUR EMBASSY. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING, BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY FLAGS, WE HAD THE SPANISH FLAG, THE MEXICAN FLAG, THE AMERICAN FLAG, AND THE TEXAS FLAG. SO THOSE ARE FOUR FLAGS OVER OUR COUNTY, WHICH IS REALLY WONDERFUL AND EXCITING, THE OTHER THING THAT I DO IS PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM SPAIN TO HERE AND HERE TO SPAIN. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING. WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL, AND RECENTLY I WAS

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NAMED A MEMBER OF THE UNESCO TEAM, THAT IS THROUGH ICOMOS, AND I WILL BE HELPING THE ORIGINAL GROUP THAT JUST OPENED THE OLD FILE TO LOOK AT FROM VILLA DE ALLENDE TO OHKAY OWINGEH, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SAN JUAN DE LOS CABALLEROS, AS THE CAMINO REAL DE TIERRA ADENTRO UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE. SO IT IS GOING TO BE NOMINATED AND THAT IS JUST A REALLY WONDERFUL THING. BUT HERE WITH OUR SOCIEDAD CULTURAL DE ESPANA, I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU, MY FRIEND, COUNTY JUDGE RICARDO AND ALL OF YOU WHO ARE MY FRIENDS AS WELL, TO ACCEPT OCTOBER 12TH AS DIA DE LA HISPANIDAD. WE HAVE SO MUCH HISTORY AND SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF, AND SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. HILDA KELLY HERE SHE IS, OUR OLDEST MEMBER SINCE SHE'S BEEN WITH ME SINCE 2013 AND WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE SOCIEDAD CULTURAL DE ESPANA, WHICH BRINGS CULTURE, EDUCATION AND JUST A MYRIAD OF AUTHORS THAT COME TO EL PASO TO TALK ABOUT THEIR BOOKS ON THE HISTORY. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVEN MORE OUR PRESIDENT HERE IS CRISTINA ZAPATA. WE HAVE STELLA PULIDO AND MY HUSBAND, DOCTOR ROBERT ROBERT VERA, WHO WAS THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS FOR US AND FOR EL PASO, BECAUSE WE ARE SO PROUD OF BEING HISPANOS. WE HAVE REPRESENTATION HERE FROM COLOMBIA. WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS FROM VENEZUELA, CHILE, PERU. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE ALL OF THESE COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN EL PASO. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? NO NO. AND I HOPE EVERYBODY REALIZES THAT, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO EL PASO IS OUR HISTORY. AND FOR YOU TO HIGHLIGHT OUR CULTURE AND OUR LANGUAGE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DOES IT AS GOOD AS YOU ALL DO TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IDEA THAT THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THIS BLENDING OF CULTURES THAT MAKES US THESE INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUALS THAT THAT I THINK ARE HERE, THAT ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SO ALWAYS VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PROMOTE, AND I KNOW THERE'S A CONNECTION. ACTUALLY, I FORGOT TO WEAR MY LET'S SEE IF I HAVE IT. I GOT A LITTLE, A LITTLE MEDAL FROM SPAIN FOR OUR PROMOTION THAT I WANTED TO SHOW EVERYBODY THAT. SO I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY RECOGNIZE EL PASO AS A VERY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE HISTORY AND CONNECTING THEM. BUT I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING, AS YOU KNOW, MARTHA, THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM YOU IS THAT WE SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SOME THINGS THAT WERE YOU KNOW, WRONG ABOUT THE HISTORY THAT THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED. AND THE MORE THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WAS SO MUCH A PART OF WHO WE ARE. AND SO THERE'S SOME IT'S LIKE EL PASO. WE GET THESE NARRATIVES THAT WE NEED TO SORT OF PUSH AWAY AND THEN BRING IN THE RIGHT STORY. AND I THINK NO ONE LIKE YOURSELF AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE PROMOTED THAT RELATIONSHIP THE WAY IT SHOULD BE BETWEEN SPAIN AND WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE AND ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARTHA AND YOUR TEAM, DOCTOR VERA, AND EVERYBODY WILL GO DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL HAVE OUR SPANISH GALA FEBRUARY 1ST.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CAN COME BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE SOME VERY EXCITING NEWS THERE AS WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS A GREAT. MEETING THANK. YOU.

IS THERE A.

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SECOND.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE C APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 23RD THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, 2024 AS EL PASO COUNTY EMPLOYEES COMBINED CHARITIES CAMPAIGN MONTH IN EL PASO COUNT,

[C. Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing September 23 - October 31, 2024, as El Paso County Employees Combined Charities Campaign Month, in El Paso County, Texas. Ricardo A. Samaniego, County Judge, County Judge's Office, 915-546-2098]

TEXAS. WELL, THANK YOU. WELL, THERE'S IT'S RELATED TO THE COUNTY YOU KNOW, OUR PASSION HERE AT COMMISSIONERS COURT AND OUR SUPPORT. SO I'M VERY HONORED TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. WHEREAS THE EL PASO COUNTY EMPLOYEES COMBINED CHARITIES CAMPAIGN EFFORTS, COUNTY EMPLOYEES, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR GENEROSITY AND COMMITMENT TO OTHER HUMAN BEINGS. AND WHEREAS THE EL PASO COMBINED CHARITIES CAMPAIGN RAISES FUNDS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED, THE HUNGRY, THE SICK, THE LESS FORTUNATE, FAMILIES IN CRISIS AND OTHER WORTHWHILE CAUSES. WHEREAS EL PASO COMBINED CHARITIES CAMPAIGN HAS RAISED THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES, OVER 905,000 AND $569, PLUS 13,690 LAST YEAR.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1994. WHEREAS THE EL PASO COMBINED CHARITIES CAMPAIGN SET A FUNDRAISING GOAL OF 20,000 FOR THE YEAR OF 2024 AND ENCOURAGE ALL EMPLOYEES TO CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT AND GENEROSITY, AND TO AND TO CARE ENOUGH TO SHARE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER THE 23RD, 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, 20 2024, TO BE KNOWN AS EL PASO COUNTY EMPLOYEES COMBINED CHARITIES CAMPAIGN MONTH SIGNED THIS 23RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER LEON. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. WHERE'S CRYSTAL GURROLA? OH, THERE SHE IS, A DISTANT RELATIVE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS LOOKING AT THE RIGHT PERSON. HONORABLE JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS JANET SANCHEZ WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. I WILL FIRST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION AND SUPPORTING THE EMPLOYEE COMBINED CHARITIES CAMPAIGN. TODAY MARKS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE AS WE LAUNCH OUR CHARITY CAMPAIGN DESIGNED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BY PARTNERING WITH THE UNITED WAY, A TRUSTED ORGANIZATION WITH A LONG LASTING REPUTATION FOR MOBILIZING COMMUNITIES AND DRIVING POSITIVE CHANGE. WE ARE PROVIDING OUR EMPLOYEES WITH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO A CHARITABLE CAUSE THAT THEY MATTER THE MOST TO THEM. TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THIS CAMPAIGN, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE COMMITTEE AND THIS COMMITTEE WILL SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO EDUCATE AND PROMOTE THE CAMPAIGN, AS WELL TO ASSIST EMPLOYEES THAT MAY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. I'M YULISA RUBIO.

I'M WITH HUMAN RESOURCES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. CRISTOBAL GUZMAN FROM THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. CRYSTAL GOOD MORNING, MARISSA NUNEZ WITH COMMISSIONER CORONADO'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LADIES THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WILL BE DISTRIBUTING CAMPAIGN BROCHURES AND PLEDGE FORMS TO EMPLOYEES VIA EMAIL. BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE HARD COPIES FOR THOSE THAT PREFER TO FILL OUT A PAPER FORM.

EMPLOYEES HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO PLEDGE TO A ONE TIME OR RECURRING PAYROLL DEDUCTION, OR BY MAKING A ONE TIME CASH OR CHECK DONATION. FOR THOSE THAT WISH TO DONATE A CASH OR A CHECK, OUR TEAM CAN ARRANGE PICKUPS TO THEIR DEPARTMENT, OR THEY CAN SEND IT TO THE HUMAN

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RESOURCES OFFICE DIRECTLY. AND LIKE THE JUDGE MENTIONED, OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR IS $20,000 AND THE DEADLINE TO DO THOSE DONATIONS OR SEND THEM TO HR IS OCTOBER 31ST. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE CRYSTAL GURROLA, WHICH IS OUR DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, AND GEORGINA HERNANDEZ, CEO OF UNITED WAY. THANK YOU. WELCOME THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE EVERY YEAR. IT'S A CONTINUATION OF THE SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT OF A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND UNITED WAY. AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR FAMILY RESILIENCY CENTER THAT YOU ALL HOUSE, AND WE'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT WITH THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM YOU. AND YOUR EMPLOYEES. SO WE'RE VERY, YOU KNOW, GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND OF COURSE, OF THE COORDINATORS. WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE AMBASSADORS TO OUR UNITED WAY WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION. SO WE JUST FEEL VERY PROUD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU WANT TO. YEAH. SECOND ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. NO. CRYSTAL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EVERYBODY KNOWS UNITED WAY AND THE COUNTY I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN GOING TOE TO TOE IN SO MANY THINGS. ANY CHALLENGES FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE WALMART CRISIS TO THE PANDEMIC TO. IT'S JUST BEEN GREAT TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES FOR ONE REASON, AND THAT IS THAT WE MADE A COMMITMENT. I KNOW FROM COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE A ROLE MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO BE ASKING OTHERS TO GIVE OR TO DO CERTAIN THINGS WHEN WE'RE NOT DOING THEM OURSELVES, AND I THINK WE'VE BECOME THAT LANE. I THINK WE'VE OPENED THAT LANE TO SHOW THE REST THAT WE'RE GOING TO WHATEVER WE ASK OF THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THE BEST. YOU'VE SEEN THE COMMISSIONERS, THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE BRING HERE, THE SUPPORT THEY GIVE, THE COMMUNITY. SO JUST ENCOURAGE THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES TO HELP US BE THAT THAT ROLE MODEL THAT HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO US IN SO MANY WAYS. AND OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS HAVE SUCH SUPPORT FROM LEGAL AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT COME TOGETHER. SO LET'S LET'S TRY TO GET THAT, REACH THAT GOAL AND GO BEYOND THAT, THAT 20,000. AND SO AND ON THE SIDE, YOU KNOW, MY SUPPORT OF H.R, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMITMENT OF GETTING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING A FAMILY, IT HAS TO DO WITH THESE THINGS THAT WE GET UNITED, WE CAN COUNT ON EACH OTHER. AND WHEN SOMETHING'S WRONG, WE TRY TO TAKE CARE OF IT QUICKLY WITH OUR EMPLOYEES. SO ONCE AGAIN, H.R, THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND UNITED WAY, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

AND CRYSTAL, THANK YOU. FROM FROM OUR OFFICE. AND MANDY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO. SO THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU? YES NICE TO SEE YOU. I KNOW. YO.

AND.

I USED TO DO IT.

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NICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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Y'ALL. BYE BYE. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS AND PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING, DO WE HAVE MISS CRAWFORD ON THE LINE? YES. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. ELIZABETH GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. WE'RE TOLD IN GOD'S HOLY WORD, PROVERBS 1412. THERE IS A WAY WHICH SEEMS RIGHT UNTO A MAN, BUT THE END THEREOF ARE THE WAYS OF DEATH. IN A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH CNN, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT WAS ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT ABORTION. HE LATER CRITICIZED HER AS LACK OF SPECIFIC ANSWERS REGARDING LATE TERM ABORTION, AND THOUGH HE WASN'T NECESSARILY SURE HOW TO ANSWER THE EXACT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WHERE HE WHAT HE STATED ABOUT THE OCCURRENCES OF LATE TERM ABORTIONS IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

MANY OF US ARE NOW FAMILIAR WITH THE NAME DOCTOR KERMIT GOSNELL, THE INFAMOUS PHILADELPHIA ABORTIONIST PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE GOSNELL THE TRIAL OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST SERIAL KILLER.

WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, I GOT TO DO A ONE SEMESTER INTERNSHIP AT ALPHA PREGNANCY CENTER, A MINISTRY OF 10TH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN PHILADELPHIA. THE VERY LIMITED INTERNSHIP, BUT I LEARNED A LOT, AND I WAS RECENTLY DELIGHTED TO FIND OUT THAT NOW ALPHA HAS A PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY CENTER RIGHT ON THE BLOCK THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY HOME TO GOSNELL HOUSE OF HORRORS.

KERMIT GOSNELL IS ONE OF MANY, MANY ABORTIONISTS EXPOSED FOR KILLING BABIES ALREADY BORN AND ATROCITIES ALSO COMMITTED AGAINST THE MOMS. THERE ARE ARTICLES OF MANY OTHER CRIMINAL OFFENDERS, ABORTIONISTS ON LIFESITENEWS.COM IN STATES SUCH AS CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NOW OHIO, WHERE ABORTION TILL BIRTH IS PERMITTED UNDER CERTAIN AND NOW INCREASING CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE'S ACCOUNT AFTER ACCOUNT OF ATROCITIES. I RECENTLY HAD A BIZARRE INCIDENT OCCUR, BUT ONE THAT REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHAT'S OFTEN GOING ON ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE I WAS PASSING ONE DAY. APPARENTLY A DOG HAD DELIVERED PREEMIE BABIES. THERE WERE TWO PUPPY BABIES LYING ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE I PASSED, STILL ALIVE, BEATING HEART, BUT LEFT TO DIE. IT WAS A BIZARRE THING. A CREEPY THING TO SEE ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT IT HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHAT PRO-LIFE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE SO-CALLED BOTCHED ABORTIONS, BABIES BORN ALIVE AND LEFT TO DIE. AND THIS WAS MILD BY COMPARISON, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IN ABORTION IS THAT THE BABIES ARE OFTEN NOT INTACT, AS THESE PREEMIE PUPPIES WERE, BUT ARE ALREADY SERIOUSLY INJURED. SEPTEMBER 27TH IS CALLED THE NATIONAL DAY OF FORGIVENESS. WE, AS A NATION NEED TO CRY OUT TO OUR HOLY GOD, OUR MAKER, FOR FORGIVENESS THAT ONLY HE CAN GIVE FOR WHAT WE AS A NATION HAVE DONE. WE'RE TOLD IN FIRST JOHN ONE, IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN, WE DECEIVE OURSELVES, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US. IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US. OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. THROUGH FORGIVENESS AND CLEANSING IS FOUND ONLY IN THE BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. TURNING TO HIM IS THE ONLY HOPE FOR ANY OF US, AND THE ONLY HOPE FOR OUR NATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT WE HAVE MR. PEDRO SERRA, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, MY NAME, MY NAME IS PEDRO SIERRA. AND, I'VE JUST GOT TO NOTIFY YOU THAT, I GOT GOOD NEWS, I JUST, WE JUST WENT OUT TO MEXICO, AND, WE REFEREED A COUPLE OF EVENTS. TWO EVENTS YESTERDAY, ONE ON SATURDAY AND ONE ON SUNDAY. AND, WE WERE IN, WE WERE INVITED TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE, THOSE EVENTS. AND THEY INVITED US OVER TO DO MORE. AND, THAT IS, A ACCOMPLISHMENT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN YEARS. SO RIGHT NOW, I'M REPRESENTING EL PASO IN MANY WAYS, NOT ONLY THE BOXERS, THE COACHES, REFEREES, THE JUDGE AND, AS A, AS A, AS A

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REPRESENTATIVE OF SOCORRO. AND, RIGHT NOW, I JUST OPENED UP MY RECREATION AND, I WAS HOPING, IS THERE ANY FUNDS OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THIS? YOU KNOW, OPEN UP MY RECREATION.

IT'S THE FIRST, RECREATION SPONSORED BY, BY, BY THE CITY OF SOCORRO. LEND ME THE BUILDING.

BUT, I NEED TO SUPPLY THE REST OF THE EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING, AND I'M KIND OF SHORT DUE TO MY, ON THAT AREA, BECAUSE I HAVE MY GYM. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I RAN IT FOR 24 YEARS, AND, THIS THE RING THAT I HAVE, IT DOESN'T FIT THERE. SO I HAD TO DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF ADJUSTMENTS TO MOVE IN THERE AND, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, TO MOVE IN AND START WORKING WITH THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, AND, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN EVENT, WE HAVE AN EVENT GOING ON ON SATURDAY FOR, FOR THE EXPO OR SOMETHING FOR THE MEDICATIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS EXACTLY. WE WERE INVITED RIGHT NOW TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH CHANNEL 26. RIGHT NOW, AN HOUR. AND, SO WE'RE GETTING INVOLVED MORE. I'M GETTING INVOLVED MORE THAN ANYBODY RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW, THE SITUATION IS, CAN YOU GUYS HELP US OUT WITH OR ESPECIALLY ME IN SOCORRO RIGHT NOW WITH ANY KINDS OF FUNDS SO I CAN FINISH MY RECREATION CENTER SO I CAN START AND, OKAY, CHANGING THE SUBJECT NOW, I WOULD LIKE ALSO TO, TO ADJUST MY PROBLEMS WITH EMERGENCE, RIGHT NOW, THE SITUATION WITH EMERGENCE IS, EMERGENCE HAS, DECLINED ME HAVING MY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AS FAR AS WE TURN BACK BECAUSE OF A WRONG ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE TO ME, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO CORRECT IT. AND, I READ THE REPORTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AND THEY'RE STILL IGNORING. SO I NEED YOUR HELP TO REINSTATE MY SERVICES BACK BECAUSE TO GET REASSESSMENT. IF NOT, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT AN ENTIRE YEAR.

AND I CANNOT WAIT AN ENTIRE YEAR FOR THIS, THEY WANT ME TO WAIT INTO JANUARY, SO I'M IN FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY THE 1ST, AND IT WAS ALREADY, PROVEN THAT THEY DID IT WRONG. ASSESSMENT. THE DOCTOR AT THE APPEAL COMMITTEE WHERE THEY HAD THEY HAD MADE THE DECISION. THEY WERE BASED ON FALSE ASSESSMENT. THE ASSESSMENT WAS DONE INCORRECTLY. AND, RIGHT NOW THE SITUATION IS WHERE.

WHERE, I GOT LOST FOR A LITTLE BIT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. LET ME JUST GET MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER, OKAY? THE ASSESSMENT RIGHT NOW HAS TO BE REEVALUATED AGAIN. AND THEY REFUSE TO DO IT BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WHERE THEY SAY IT'S ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT YOU DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR SERVICES. AND IT'S NOT CORRECT. THEY THE APPEAL DOCTOR ASKED, CELESTIA NEVAREZ FROM EMERGENCE IF SHE HAD CONDUCTED A PROPER ASSESSMENT AND SHE SAID, NO, I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED. WE GOT TEN WITNESSES PLUS COMMISSIONER, SENATOR BLANCO WAS THERE, I ALSO GOT MR. BLANCO INVOLVED. I ASKED HIM TO ADVOCATE FOR ME, AND, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW, SIR. SO I NEED YOUR HELP TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. PLEASE. CAN YOU GUYS HELP ME OUT ON THIS AS URGENT AS POSSIBLE? BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO WAIT 60 DAYS. I CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER 60 DAYS. SO, PLEASE, CAN YOU GUYS HELP ME OUT WITH THIS SITUATION SO I CAN MOVE FORWARD ON ON THAT TOO. AND HOPEFULLY, WE'LL KEEP ADDING MORE, MORE. MORE GOOD STUFF TO EL PASO. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE PART FOR EMERGENCIES.

I'M DONE WITH THAT PART. SO GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT TO THE TO THE TO THE BOXING, HOPEFULLY WE CAN REPRESENT EL PASO. THERE'S SOME BIG STUFF GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THE THEY'RE HAVING, TALKS ABOUT IT. SO PRETTY MUCH IN THE FUTURE WE'RE GOING TO BE NATIONWIDE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, EVENTS HERE. SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF OKAY.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER LEON. COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW I'VE GOT FIVE MINUTES. I HAVE A CONCERN THAT GAVE ME HER FIVE MINUTES. ALSO, SHE LIVES WITH ME. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. I'VE GOT TO COMMEND OUR STAFF. WE RECENTLY THIS SATURDAY WE HAD A GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM. THIS IS OUR SECOND ONE THAT WE'VE HAD. AND THANK YOU, MIGUEL. WE'VE GOT SOME SLIDES HERE FOR YOU TO SEE. AND I'VE GOT TO SAY THAT BETWEEN WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, IT'S ALMOST A THOUSAND WEAPONS THAT WE PICKED UP. AND

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IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATS THAT THAT WE'VE HAD, IN 2 IN 2023, THERE WERE 103 SUICIDES IN EL PASO COUNTY. MORE THAN HALF, 58, INVOLVED A FIREARM. OF THOSE 58, 55 WERE FIREARM WOUNDS.

WOUNDS TO THE HEAD. THERE WERE 51 HOMICIDES IN 2023, WITH 40 OF THOSE COMMITTED BY FIREARM. ALSO IN 2023, THERE WERE FIVE CHILD DEATHS AGED ONE THROUGH 17 RELATED TO FIREARMS. AND THOUGH WE CAN'T SAY WITH ANY KIND OF EXACTNESS WHAT WE HAVE PREVENTE, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT WITH A THOUSAND WEAPONS OFF THE STREETS, THERE IS SOMEBODY WALKING THIS EARTH TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE DETRACTORS. AND I HEAR THESE CALLS ALL THE TIME. YOU'RE NOT ACCOMPLISHING ANYTHING. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

BUT THE DIFFERENCE THAT I CAN GUARANTEE ALL OF YOU IS THAT OUT OF THOSE 1000 WEAPONS THAT WE TOOK OFF THE STREETS, NOT ONE OF THEM WILL HURT ONE PERSON IN THE FUTURE. SO I CAN'T THANK OUR GROUP ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY YOU CAN SEE THE GROUP RIGHT THERE AND I JUST, I AM TAKEN ABACK BY HOW SMOOTH THEY WENT. WHEN I DROVE UP, I WAS PRAYING TO MYSELF THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST ONE OR MAYBE FIVE GUNS TURNED IN, AND I SAW A LINE ALREADY LINED UP WAITING TO GET INTO THE COLISEUM. AND I'VE GOT TO THANK SOME PEOPLE. JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. ABSOLUTELY, FIRST OF ALL, CARL AND CARL MCELHANEY AND JACKIE BUTLER, CARL'S RIGHT THERE. JACKIE BUTLER IS HIDING IN THE SHADOWS OVER THERE, GREAT JOB, BECAUSE IT TAKES SO MUCH COORDINATION. IT'S NOT JUST, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GUN BUYBACK. COME ON OVER AND GET IT DONE. IT TAKES MONTHS OF PREPARATION. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE FIRST, EVENT THAT WE HAD, SOME OF OUR FOLKS WENT OUT TO HOUSTON TO SEE HOW THEY DID THAT. AND WE LEARNED FROM A LOT OF THEIR MISTAKES. THEY TOLD US HOW HOW BETTER TO HAVE THIS DONE. BUT I'M GOING TO READ A FEW. SO I DON'T FORGET SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HELPED US OUT, NUMBER ONE, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COMMANDER, SERGEANT MAGALLANES AND LIEUTENANT SORIA, DEPUTY SILVA AND DETECTIVE GUTIERREZ, THE EL PASO COUNTY, EL PASO COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, MICHAEL LLAMAS AND ALL OF HIS TEAM, EL PASO COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND I'VE GOT TO SAY, I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT AGAIN, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, CHRISTINA SANCHEZ, KATY AYALA, KATY WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WENT TO HOUSTON DURING AUGUST. I MEAN, THAT'S I'VE BEEN TO HOUSTON. THAT'S THE CLOSEST TO HELL I'VE EVER BEEN, THE EL PASO CALCIUM TEAM FOR HELPING US SO MUCH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, INCLUDING DOCTOR GALLEGOS, DESIREE, MIGUEL AND LEO, MARKETING. THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, PURCHASING GRANTS AND BUDGET TEAMS FOR WORKING WITH OUR TEAM BEHIND THE SCENES COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR ALLOWING US TO USE ARPA FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THOSE 1000 WEAPONS. AND THE EL PASO COMMUNITY FOR YOUR TRUST IN EL PASO COUNTY FOR HAVING THAT TRUST AND SHOWING UP AND HELPING US MAKE EL PASO THAT MUCH SAFER. AND I SAID, I WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU AND THE PUBLIC THERE, BUT I'VE GOT TO SAY, I AM SO PROUD OF CHRISTINA SANCHEZ AND HER TEAM. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS, THAT HALF OF THIS DOESN'T MAKE THE NEWS. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE JAGUARS CLUB, THE MASSAGE PARLORS, GATEWAY HOTEL AND SO MANY OTHERS THAT WE TAKE THE LEAD AND WE MAKE THINGS AND WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND WHAT MAKES OUR, OUR TEAM. SO MUCH, WHAT FEEDS INTO THE SAFETY? SO MANY FACETS. THIS IS ONE HUGE FACET THAT MAKES EL PASO SAVERS, SAVERS, EL PASO A LOT SAFER PLACE TO BE. THERE'S A SONG THAT THAT THAT I LIKE. IT'S BY THE SEEKERS. IT'S AN OLDER SONG AND MAYBE NOT ONE OF MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF IT. IT'S THE SEEKERS AND THEY SING I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU. AND I'VE BEEN TO. I'VE WORKED FOR A LOT OF PLACES. A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS. AND I'VE GOT TO SAY THAT THIS ORGANIZATION, EL PASO COUNTY, I KNOW IT'S THE BEST COUNTY IN TEXAS. THERE'S 254 COUNTIES IN TEXAS. BY WORKING AROUND YOU AND THE CHEMISTRY, WE IT'S EASY TO SAY IT'S A COUNTY FAMILY. BUT THE CHEMISTRY THAT WE HAVE AND THE LACK OF EGOS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE, WE ALL MELD INTO MAKING THIS SUCH A GREAT COUNTY. AND THE FOCUS IS NOT OURSELVES. THERE'S NO EGOS THERE. OUR FOCUS

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IS OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR MAKING US HERE LOOK SO GOOD. AND YES, THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. STARTING WITH ME, MY OFFICE AND ALL OF US. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING THE COUNTY, THE BUSINESS THAT WE ARE. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. I WAS ONLY A WITNESS, I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH IT, BUT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THERE, AND I CAN TELL YOU, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR THE RECOGNITION, THE VOLUNTEERS, I MEAN, EVERYBODY SORT OF HAVING A GREAT TIME WHILE DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I FEEL THAT ONE OF THE BIG REASONS THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE OF THE CREDIBILITY THAT COMMISSIONER LEON BRINGS TO THE TABLE, LIKE HE HAS HERE AS A COMMISSIONER, HAS ALWAYS BROUGHT THAT SENSE OF DIGNITY, THAT SENSE OF PRIDE. BUT ALSO THAT THAT MORAL VALUES THAT HE HAS, THAT NEVER SHIFT. AND SO I FEEL VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THAT PEOPLE TRUST HIM. AND AS YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, HE'S THE ONE THAT SORT OF GETS US TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER, BECAUSE THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS THERE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT MEANS TO NOT HAVE A GUN WHEN YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE A GUN, WHEN SOMEONE'S DESPERATE OR WANTING TO HURT THEMSELVES AND BE ABLE TO REACH OUT INSTEAD OF FOR THE PHONE OR A FRIEND TO HAVE A GUN AVAILABLE WHEN IT SHOULDN'T BE THERE. AND SO THIS IS A GREAT BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT ALSO SENDS A REALLY STRONG MESSAGE THAT WE'RE NOT AGAINST PEOPLE OWNING GUNS. WE'RE AGAINST, AS THE COMMISSIONER HAS SAID SO MANY TIMES, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE GUNS THAT ARE IN A SHELTER, YOU KNOW, IN SOME PLACE IN THE ATTIC, SOMEBODY PICKS IT UP AND THINK ABOUT IT. SOME OF THE INCREASE OF CHILDREN OR ADOLESCENTS WITH GUNS THAT ARE CRIME HAS INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE THEY'RE AVAILABLE. A PARENT LEAVES THEM THERE. BUT THINK OF WHAT HAPPENS. THEY'RE INVOLVED IN A CRIME. AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GUN, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MISDEMEANOR. NOW IT BECOMES A FELONY. SO KEEPING THE GUNS AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AND SO MANY PEOPLE, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE IT. SO I'M VERY THANKFUL. AND COMMISSIONER, THIS WAS A GREAT EVENT. YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I COULD TELL THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU. THESE ARE THANK YOU SIR. JUDGE, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, COULD WE JUMP AHEAD TO ITEM NINE B, PLEASE? YES. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY? YES YOU WANT TO GO TO THE ITEM? SIR, ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE AUDIT FIRST? YEAH. I'M SORRY. WE'LL DO YOURS FIRST.

OKAY, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER NINE. B, PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 114.025, ACCEPT THE 2023 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. THIS REPORT IS LOCATED ON THE

[B. Pursuant to the Texas Local Government Code, §114.025, accept the 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. This report is located on the internet at: http://www.epcounty.com/auditor/publications/acfr.htm. Barbara Parker, County Auditor, County Auditor's Office, 915-273-3262]

INTRANET AT HTTP COLON. FORWARD SLASH. FORWARD SLASH W W W DOT E P COUNTY.COM FORWARD SLASH AUDITOR FORWARD SLASH PUBLICATIONS FORWARD SLASH A C F R .COM. GOOD MORNING JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. MORNING, BARBARA. TODAY'S PRESENTATION COVERS OUR 2023 AQUIFER WHICH IS OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE COUNTY'S GOAL OF FINANCIALLY SOUND GOVERNMENT. OUR PRIOR YEAR AQUIFER RECEIVED THE GFOA RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR THE 34TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL COVER OUR EXTERNAL AUDIT RESULTS, GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIALS, AND THE GENERAL FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 23. WE DO HAVE TWO OF THE CPAS FROM GIBSON RUDDOCK PATTERSON LLC, OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS, VANESSA ALARCON, IS THE PARTNER ON THE AUDIT. AND VANESSA GILL IS THE LEAD. I ALSO HAVE DONNA TEAGUE, OUR FINANCIAL OPERATIONS MANAGER, IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. THE AUDIT WAS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. THE ACT RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, AND THIS MEANS THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. IN THE U.S, THE COMPLIANCE REPORT BETTER KNOWN

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AS THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORTS ON MAJOR PROGRAMS AND INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER COMPLIANCE THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE AND TEXAS GRANT MANAGEMENT STANDARD. THE REPORTS SHOW THIS THE QUALIFIED OPINION IS FOR THE FEDERAL CSF PROGRAM AND THE STATE BPU AND BULLET RESISTANT SHIELD PROGRAMS. ALL OTHER PROGRAMS HAD UNMODIFIED OPINIONS. A QUALIFIED OPINION MEANS THAT THERE WERE DEFICIENCIES, SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE. A DEFICIENCY MEANS THAT THE DESIGN OR OPERATION OF A CONTROL DOES NOT ALLOW THE COUNTY TO TIMELY PREVENT OR DETECT AND CORRECT NONCOMPLIANCE WITHIN A STATE OR FEDERAL PROGRAM. A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY IS A DEFICIENCY OR A COMBINATION OF DEFICIENCIES THAT IS LESS SEVERE THAN A MATERIAL WEAKNESS, AND YET IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO MERIT ATTENTION BY THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE. MATERIAL WEAKNESS IS A DEFICIENCY OR COMBINATION OF DEFICIENCIES, SUCH THAT THERE IS A REASONABLE POSSIBILITY THAT MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE WITH A TYPE OF COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT OF A FEDERAL OR STATE PROGRAM WILL NOT BE TIMELY, PREVENTED OR DETECTED AND CORRECTED. THE COUNTY'S FINDINGS ON THE SINGLE AUDIT THIS YEAR ARE CONSIDERED MATERIAL WEAKNESSES. THE FINDING ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING RELATES TO FINDINGS ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AND ALL OF THESE ARE RELATED TO PROCUREMENT AND PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE. WE'LL TALK MORE IN DETAIL ON THOSE IN FINDINGS TWO AND FOUR. FINDING TWO IS RELATED TO THE CORONAVIRUS. STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS. THE CSF, OR YOU PROBABLY KNOW IT BETTER AS ARPA, A COST OR PRICE ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED FOR EVERY PROCUREMENT ACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS.

DOCUMENTATION FOR SUCH COST OR PRICE ANALYSIS WAS NOT FOUND FOR A SOLE SOURCE. PROCUREMENT ACTION AND MONITORING PROCEDURES WERE NOT IN PLACE. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE AUDITORS IS TRAINING TO ALL DEPARTMENTS AND PURCHASING TO MONITOR, TO MONITOR. WE'VE ALREADY SCHEDULED TRAINING TO BEGIN OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS, AND THERE WILL BE VIDEO TRAININGS TO BE AVAILABLE THROUGH NEOGOV. AFTER THE LIVE TRAINING. PURCHASING HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED A MONITORING PROCESS VIA WEEKLY AUDITS, AND THE BID AWARD REQUEST FORM HAS ALREADY BEEN MODIFIED AND PROVIDED TO END USERS TO HELP US MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS IN THE FUTURE.

FINDING THREE WERE RESULTS OF THE SINGLE AUDIT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PUT ON A DATA COLLECTION FORM IN THE FEDERAL AUDIT CLEARINGHOUSE BY 630, 2024. EACH YEAR. THE DATA COLLECTION FORM INCLUDES THE ACFR AUDIT, WHICH IS NOT WHICH WAS NOT COMPLETED UNTIL AUGUST 30TH OF 2024. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO SUBMIT IT ON TIME AND EVALUATE RESOURCES NEEDED TO PREPARE THE ACT FOR ON TIME, WHICH IS MARCH 31ST. EACH YEAR. THE EXTERNAL AUDITORS NOTED SEVERAL OF THEIR CLIENTS ARE NEEDING TO EVALUATE THE RESOURCES NEEDED FOR THE ACT FOR COMPLETION. DUE TO RECENT AND ONGOING GASB STANDARDS, THESE REPORTING STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS ARE ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD. RECENT GATSBYS INCLUDE INCREASED ACCOUNTING FOR LEASES AND SUBSCRIPTION BASED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS, AND UPCOMING CHANGES WILL INCLUDE REPORTING PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENTS, COMPENSATED BALANCES, AND NEW RULES ON FINANCIAL REPORTING MODEL AND CAPITAL ASSETS. AS EXAMPLES. FINDINGS FOUR AND FIVE RELATE TO STATE PROGRAMS FOR THE BPU PROGRAM. THAT'S THE BOARD OF PROSECUTION UNIT. SOME CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES WERE NOT ROUTED THROUGH PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND WERE TAKEN DIRECTLY TO COMMISSIONERS. COURT QUOTES AND OR FORMAL SOLICITATION WERE REQUIRED, BUT THE ENTITIES COULD HAVE BEEN EXEMPT IF A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION WAS OBTAINED BY THE PURCHASING AGENT. THE QUESTION COST ON THAT WAS 348,000. THE BULLET RESISTANT SHIELD PROGRAM WAS A QUOTE FROM A VENDOR WAS USED FOR THE COST AND PRICE ANALYSIS. THE SAME VENDOR WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT. THE COST OR PRICE ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED TO BE INDEPENDENT, SO IF IT'S AWARDED TO THE SAME VENDOR, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED INDEPENDENT. THE QUESTION COST ON THAT ONE WAS 1 MILLION IN BOTH CASES, THE DEPARTMENTS WERE UNAWARE OF THE REQUIREMENTS, AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR BOTH OF THESE ITEMS IS THE SAME AS THE FEDERAL FINDING PROCUREMENT TRAINING TO ALL DEPARTMENTS AND TO IMPLEMENT MONITORING BY THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. ONCE AGAIN, THE SAME TRAINING AND MONITORING THAT WE MENTIONED UNDER FINDING TWO WILL HELP US ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. IN ADDITION TO THE FINDINGS, WE TYPICALLY GET A MANAGEMENT LETTER WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22. THE MANAGEMENT LETTER HAD FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON IT AND

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THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES WILL GIVE YOU UPDATES ON THOSE IN THE AREA OF GRANT REPORTING. IT WAS FOUND THAT DOCUMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE DISASTER GRANT WERE NOT MAINTAINED. THE STATUS OF THAT IS THAT THE ITEM DENIED THE FUNDING AND THE COUNTY IS APPEALING. THE DENIAL OF FUNDS TO FEMA AS SIMILAR COSTS WERE REIMBURSED DIRECTLY FROM FEMA EARLY IN THE REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS. THE FINANCIAL DECISION IS PENDING, AND I THINK YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT SITUATION. PURCHASING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL DID NOT INCLUDE SOME OF THE PROCUREMENT STANDARDS REQUIRED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE COMPLIANCE. PURCHASING WILL INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION IN THEIR 2024 UPDATED MANUAL. THE THIRD AND FOURTH COMMENTS ALSO RELATE TO PROCUREMENT. SEVERAL PURCHASES FOR ONE VENDOR EXCEEDED 50,000. IN TOTAL, AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION WAS EXPIRED, WAS TO AN EXPIRED COOPERATIVE CONTRACT. THERE WERE OTHER VENDORS THAT WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED, WERE COOPERATIVE PROCEDURES, WERE NOT FOLLOWED, AND ONE INSTANCE WHERE A POA WAS ISSUED FOR AN FOR AN AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDED THE COURT APPROVED NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. SIMILAR INSTANCES OCCURRED IN FY 23 AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT YEAR. COMMENTS. THE OTHER COMMENT RELATED TO DOCUMENTATION NOT PROVIDED FOR SUPPORT PURCHASES MADE UNDER THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. DECLARATION OF LOCAL DISASTERS DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND IN ADDITION, SUCH PURCHASES WERE NOT BROUGHT TO THE EARLIEST AVAILABLE COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING AS REQUIRED. THERE WERE NO SIMILAR ISSUES FOUND IN FISCAL YEAR 23. WE HAD A TOTAL OF SIX MANAGEMENT COMMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 23. TWO HAD TO DO WITH PROCUREMENT. THE FIRST ONE HAD TO DO WITH A WE'RE USING ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES VENDOR CONTRACT, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IN PLACE. AND THEN IN ANOTHER INSTANCE, EXPENDITURES WERE INCURRED AFTER THE CONTRACT EXPIRED. THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THESE ARE THAT WE ENSURE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS ARE IN PLACE AND APPROVED BY COMMISSIONERS. COURT MONITOR AND EVALUATE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS AND PIGGYBACK CONTRACTS ANNUALLY. OUR RESPONSE TO THAT IS THE RECOMMENDED TRAINING AND MONITORING ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED, AS WELL AS INTERNAL REPORTING. THE THIRD ITEM INVOLVED OUR INVESTMENT POLICY. IT DID NOT REQUIRE IT DID NOT IDENTIFY METHODS FOR MONITORING THE MARKET PRICE OF INVESTMENTS OR PROCEDURES TO MONITOR RATING CHANGES IN INVESTMENTS. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE AUDITORS IS TO ENSURE THE COUNTY INVESTMENT POLICY INCLUDES ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE PFA, AND OUR INVESTMENT POLICY WILL BE UPDATED ON THE NEXT UPDATE, WHICH WE EXPECT TO BRING TO YOU IN FEBRUARY. THERE WERE TWO COMMENTS RELATED TO THE FEDERAL PROGRAM COMPLIANCE NUMBER FOUR, UNDER EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER BOARD PROGRAM, WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR UNIFORM GUIDANCE, COMPLIANC. AND THE CSA FOR THE ARPA PROGRAM CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATION FORMS AND A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WERE NOT SIGNED. THESE FORMS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY SIGNED AFTER THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION DURING THE AUDIT IN YOUR BACKUP THAT WAS ONLINE LAST FRIDAY, NUMBER FIVE WAS INCORRECT, BUT IT'S CORRECT HERE AND IT'S ALSO CORRECT ONLINE NOW. THE LAST COMMENT RELATED TO ACCOUNTING MEMBERS ACCOUNTING MATTERS. I'M SORRY. THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM WAS NOT CONFIRMING KEY ASPECTS OF PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF GASB 96. GASB 96 RELATES TO THE STATUS THE. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEASES AND RECENT REASONABLY CERTAIN REVIEW INQUIRIES WERE NOT MADE WHEN EVALUATING THE CONTRACTS, AND ONE AGREEMENT ERRONEOUSLY EVALUATED AS LONG TERM. THE LEASE AND SABITA TEAM RECEIVED ONGOING TRAINING AND ENSURE STANDARDS ARE PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR FINDING AND ONGOING TRAINING WILL BE IMPLEMENTED. THE NEXT PART OF THE PRESENTATION GOES OVER THE HIGH POINTS OF THE ACFA. THERE ARE THREE PARTS THEY PRESENT FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN SUMMARY AND MOVE DOWN INTO DETAIL. THE FIRST PART IS THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS. THE SECOND PART IS THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE LAST PART IS REQUIRED. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. THE GOVERNMENT WIDE REPORTING UNDER THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PROVIDES INFORMATION ON CURRENT AND LONG TERM OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING CAPITAL, ASSETS AND LONG TERM LIABILITIES. THIS IS USEFUL IN ASSESSING THE COUNTY'S OVERALL FINANCIAL HEALTH. THE GOVERNMENT FUND REPORTING PROVIDES INFORMATION ON

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NEAR-TERM INFLOWS, OUTFLOWS, AND BALANCES OF SPENDABLE RESOURCES. THIS IS USEFUL IN ASSESSING THE COUNTY'S ABILITY TO MEET SHORT TERM REQUIREMENTS AND THE COUNTY MAINTAINS 61 INDIVIDUAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS. THE LARGEST GOVERNMENT FUND IS THE GENERAL FUND. NET POSITION IS TOTAL ASSETS AND DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES. LESS TOTAL LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES. YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CHART OVER TIME, NET POSITION SERVES AS AN INDICATOR OF OVERALL HEALTH. THE NET POSITION INCREASED FROM 161 MILLION TO 191 95 MILLION THIS PAST YEAR. TOTAL ASSETS INCREASED FROM 189 MILLION, AND DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES INCREASED BY 14 MILLION. TOTAL LIABILITIES INCREASED BY 260 MILLION AND DECREASED BY 141 MILLION. THE INFLOWS OF RESOURCES DECREASED BY 141 MILLION. THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN PENSION LIABILITY FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE PENSION AND OPEB LIABILITY.

THESE INCLUDE ACTUAL CHANGES AND PROJECTED ASSUMPTIONS OF FUTURE LIABILITIES. THOSE CHANGES CAN INCLUDE EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS, INVESTMENT EARNINGS, AND CURRENT PAYOUTS.

PROJECTED ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS ARE USUALLY BASED UPON PROJECTED EMPLOYEE LIFE EXPECTANCY, LENGTH OF SERVICE, CHANGES IN SALARY OVER TIME, AND PROJECTED EARNINGS OVER TIME. THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU A TREND FOR THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE. THE COUNTY'S TOTAL FUND BALANCE DECLINED TO 98.2 MILLION IN 2023. THE MAIN CHANGE YOU SEE ON THIS ONE IS THE BIG JUMP IN THE IN THE NON SPENDABLE. AND THAT'S DUE TO PREPAIDS AS A RESULT OF THE SUBPOENAS IN THE LEASES. I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS THAT. AS A RESULT OF WHAT THE SUBPOENAS IN THE LEASES. THE NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO ADJUST TO. THIS TREND CHART FOR REVENUES AND EXPENSES, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES SHOW BOTH CONTINUING TO GROW OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE CHANGE BETWEEN FY 22 AND FY 23 FOR REVENUES WAS $3 MILLION, AND TOTAL EXPENDITURES WAS 37 MILLION, WAS A DECREASE. REVENUE HIGHLIGHTS.

OVERALL REVENUES INCREASED BY $3 MILLION FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AND DECREASED BY 5.7 FROM THE FINAL BUDGETED AMOUNT. KEY INCREASES IN THE BUDGET OVER BUDGET WERE INTEREST OF 9.3 MILLION, MOTOR VEHICLE SALES OF 771,000. KEY DECREASES WERE IN PROPERTY TAXES OF 4.3 MILLION, SALES TAXES OF 565,000, AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES OF 11.2 MILLION. THIS EXPENDITURE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT INCREASED BY 39.5 MILLION, OR 12%, OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. OVERALL EXPENDITURES WERE UNDER BUDGET BY 80.6 MILLION. KEY. UNDER BUDGET FUNCTIONS INCLUDE GENERAL GOVERNMENT OF 47.2 MILLION. THAT'S WHERE OUR EMERGENCY FUND IS. RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF 11.2 MILLION. CAPITAL OUTLAYS OF 6.9 MILLION. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 5.9 MILLION AND PUBLIC SAFETY OF $5 MILLION. THAT'S IT FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THE AQUIFER. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER AND I DON'T KNOW IF VANESSA HAS ANY COMMENTS SHE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. GO AHEAD. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR US. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELCOME GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE JUDGE SAMANIEGO, MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONERS COURT, MY NAME IS VANESSA ALARCON WITH GIBSON PATTERSON. AND THIS IS JOANNA HILL. SHE'S THE IN CHARGE FOR THE AUDIT. SHE'S THE ONE RUNNING. RUNNING THE SHOW, BUT, JUST TO ADD, WE DO WANT TO THANK BARBARA, DONNA AND HER TEAM FOR, ASSISTING IN THE AUDIT. THEY'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE THIS IS THE, I THINK THE FIRST YEAR NO LONGER THAT IT DID TAKE LONGER, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF STANDARDS BEING IMPLEMENTED. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'VE ALREADY CONTRACTED WITH SOMEBODY. GONE THROUGH A CONTRACTING AGENCY TO BRING SOMEBODY IN AND THEY'LL HELP AND ASSIST SO THAT WE'RE NOT IN THE SAME POSITION NEXT YEAR. AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU MUCH EARLIER AND GETTING THINGS BACK ON TRACK, SO I DO WANT TO, EXPRESS APPRECIATION AND THANK YOU TO THEIR TEAM. THE, THE NUMBERS THEMSELVES DO HAVE A CLEAN OPINION. SO THE, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE NOTES, THOSE ARE MATERIALLY

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STATED. THERE'S A CLEAN OPINION. THE PART WHERE WE HAVE THE QUALIFIED OPINION, THOSE ARE BECAUSE OF YOUR SINGLE AUDIT. AND SO WE HAVE THE COUNTY HAS FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THOSE PROCUREMENT FINDINGS IN YOUR IN ONE OF THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. AND THEN TWO OF YOUR STATE PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE HAVE FEDERAL, ANOTHER FEDERAL FINDING FOR DATA COLLECTION. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN WE FINISH UP THE AUDIT, THAT INFORMATION HAS TO BE UPLOADED TO THE FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE. AND THAT HAS TO BE DONE WITHIN NINE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR END OR 30 DAYS AFTER APPROVAL OF THE REPORT, WHICHEVER IS SOONER. AND SO, SINCE WE MISSED THAT DEADLINE OF JUNE 30TH, THAT'S ALSO WHY THAT'S A FINDING. AND AGAIN, THAT'LL GET CLEARED UP NEXT YEAR WHEN WE GET THINGS BACK ON TRACK, THAT FINDING WILL GO AWAY. WE DID HAVE A GOOD EXIT CONFERENCE WITH BETSY KELLER IN AUGUST TO DISCUSS THE PROCUREMENT FINDINGS. SO THAT WAS A VERY, I BELIEVE, PRODUCTIVE MEETING WHERE SHE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT WHAT COOPERATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS CAN OCCUR. AND SO, AGAIN, THEY'VE ALREADY ON OCTOBER 1ST, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT TRAINING. AND PROCUREMENT IS JUST ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU'VE GOT STATE STATUTES, YOU'VE GOT FEDERAL REGULATIONS. AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM, YOU HAVE TO APPLY THE MOST RESTRICTIVE, REGULATION OR STATUTE. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WHEN YOU HAVE THESE ONE OFF CONTRACTS THAT AREN'T GOING THROUGH THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION, WHEN YOU'VE GOT THESE ONE OFFS WHERE IT'S SOLE SOURCE OR YOU ALL TRY TO GO OUT FOR COMPETITION AND ONLY ONE PROPOSAL COME BACK, COMES BACK, THEN THAT'S CONSIDERED NON COMPETITIVE. THERE'S THESE OTHER LITTLE OUTLIERS WHERE WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN THINGS. AND SO THE NORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT THE COUNTY HAS ON COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS, THAT'S PRETTY VETTED. THAT'S PRETTY WELL DONE. IT'S THESE ONE OFFS WHERE WE'RE ENCOUNTERING OR SOMETIMES JUST THE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION AND MAKING SURE THAT PURCHASING DEPARTMENT IS AWARE. AND THAT WAY IF THERE'S ANY OTHER REGULATION OR SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT THAT GETS ADDRESSED BEFOREHAND. SO THERE'S ALREADY ACTION BEING TAKEN. AND, I THINK I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I HAVE, UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME OR BARBARA, JUST, YOU KNOW, THE TRAINING CAME OUT PRETTY CLEAR, RIGHT? THAT DO YOU IT SEEMS LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A STRATEGIC KIND OF FOCUS OF TRAINING, NOT JUST SORT OF RANDOM KIND OF TRAINING. ANY THOUGHTS, BARBARA, AS TO HOW YOU'RE GOING TO APPROACH THAT? WE'VE WORKED THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, THE PURCHASING PURCHASING OFFICE BUDGET AND COUNTY ATTORNEYS WORK TOGETHER TO PUT THIS TRAINING TOGETHER. IT'S AN OVERALL VIEW. IT'S CALLED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING. AND EVERY DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO HAVE SOMEONE ON THEIR STAFF THAT'S AN EXPERT IN THAT, BECAUSE ANYTIME THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S UNDER A GRANT, WE HAVE EVERY PURCHASE FOR THE COUNTY HAS TO GO THROUGH PURCHASING, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A FORMAL BID, IT STILL NEEDS TO GO THROUGH PURCHASING, ESPECIALLY IN THESE CASES. WHAT WE FOUND IS A LOT OF WHAT THEY FOUND IS EXCEPTIONS WERE THOSE COMPETITIVE, BIDS OR THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THEM. AND THAT WAS AT THE TIME THE APPLICATIONS WERE MADE. AND SO THE DEPARTMENTS WERE NOT AWARE THEY NEEDED HELP FROM PURCHASING AT THAT TIME. AND MY DEPARTMENT REALLY ISN'T INVOLVED BEFORE THE AWARDS ARE MADE. AND SO WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO TRAIN THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY KNOW IF THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR A GRANT, THEY NEED TO DO PURCHASING CONSIDERATIONS. A LOT OF TIMES A GRANT THEY'LL ALREADY HAVE IN MIND WHO THEY WANT TO WORK WITH THEM ON THE GRANT. AND SOMETIMES WE CAN DO THAT, BUT IT'S ONLY IF PURCHASING CAN ACCOMMODATE THEM. AND THERE'S A WAY FOR THEM TO GET AN EXCEPTION SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID, OR THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET SEVERAL DIFFERENT QUOTES, THAT SORT OF THING. BUT EVEN IF THEY GO FOR QUOTES, THEY CALL A VENDOR AND THEY GET A QUOTE AND THEY SAY, OKAY, IT'S GOING TO COST US THIS MUCH MONEY FOR THIS APPLICATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PUT HOW MUCH THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO COST, AND THEN THEY DON'T EAT EITHER THEY DON'T KEEP THE DOCUMENTATION OF IT, OR THEY GOT IT VERBALLY ON THE PHONE, OR THEY AWARD IT TO THAT SAME VENDOR, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED ON ONE OF THE INSTANCES. AND THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED INDEPENDENT. AND WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS, IT HAS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT, QUOTE. YEAH, I THINK SO. WE WORKED REALLY HARD TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND, LIKE I SAY, COUNTY ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, COUNTY ADMIN WAS INVOLVED, PURCHASING AUDITORS AND BUDGET. ALL OF US HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THIS TRAINING. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S VERSUS THIS YEAR, WHAT WHAT SORT OF WHAT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE GOOD TRENDS AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T ENCOUNTER LAST

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YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW? WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE GOOD TRENDS IS WE HAD A NEW PARTNER ON THE AUDIT, AND SO SHE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING VERY CLOSELY. AND WE HAVE SIX OPPORTUNITIES. YOU KNOW, TO IMPROVE. AND SO WE'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE CONTROLS IN PLACE. AND WE CAN HAVE A BETTER CLEAN AUDIT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. OKAY. WELL I WILL I THANK YOU FOR THAT, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS.

AND I KNOW PURCHASING HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT WITH SO MANY OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED. BUT, KAREN, THANK YOU FOR THE PART BEING PART OF THE TEAM AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. BARBARA, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. OH YES I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER. YEAH I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, NUMBER ONE, WHEN IT COMES TO I SAW THAT ONE OF THE I GUESS WE'RE THE FINDINGS OR ISSUES WAS WITH, IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN THERE IS ANOTHER ALREADY VETTED, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A CO-OP ON THE BUY BOARD OR SOMETHING, REGION 19, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THEM AS WELL. IS THAT IS THAT WHAT THAT ISSUE IS? IF IT'S THROUGH ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY? CORRECT THE INTER LOCALS ARE THROUGH ARE THROUGH INTER GOVERNMENT. BUT I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS MAYBE IF IT WAS IN THE MANAGEMENT LETTER, SOMETIMES, THOSE COOPERATIVES HAVE CONTRACTS AND THEN THEY EXPIRE. BUT WE'RE STILL PIGGYBACKING OFF THOSE AGREEMENTS. AND IF THEY'VE EXPIRED WITH THAT COOPERATIVE, WE CAN NO LONGER USE THEM. SO IN ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, THEY FOUND THAT THAT WAS THE CASE. AND THEN THEY CREATED THEIR OWN CONTRACT, THEIR OWN INTERLOCAL WITH THAT, SPECIFIC VENDOR OR AGENCY. BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE OTHER THING WE ENCOUNTER WITH INTER LOCALS, IF ESPECIALLY THROUGH COOPERATIVES, IS WHEN THOSE CONTRACTS EXPIRE AND THEY'RE NOT RENEWED, BUT WE'RE STILL UTILIZING THEM. WE HAVE TO. SO ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT OR CAN WE DO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THEM OR NOT OR INDEPENDENT CAN YOU CAN DO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE GOVERNMENTS AND NOT FOR PROFIT AGENCIES, THE THING IS, WITH, WITH THOSE AGENCIES, YOU WHEN IT COMES TO FEDERAL, YOU CAN USE THEM AS WELL. YOU JUST WANT TO OVERALL, WHAT'S THE BEST, WHAT'S THE BEST, I'M TRYING TO THINK, THE BEST OVERALL STRATEGY FOR THE COUNTY. WHAT'S IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THE BEST PRICE, BUT JUST WHAT'S THE OVERALL BEST? VALUE? YES. THERE YOU GO. BEST VALUE FOR THE FOR THE COUNTY. RIGHT. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I KNOW YOU STOOD UP. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS KAREN DAVIDSON, YOUR COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT. I THINK WHAT IS INDICATIVE OF THE OVERALL PROCUREMENT FINDINGS IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT THE DEPARTMENT'S DOING AND PURCHASING, AND I THINK THAT WHAT, BARBARA'S PRESENTED TO YOU IS THAT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY AS SHE DESCRIBED, IT'S THE ENTIRE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TEAM COMING TO THE COUNTY. PLUS, YOU'LL HAVE THIS TRAINING ON YOUTUBE. AND THE PRESENTATION, ALONG WITH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, VIDEOS TO HELP EVERYBODY. SO I THINK INDICATIVE IS JUST THAT WE'RE NOT CONNECTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO DO THE VETTING PROCESS ON COOPERATIVES. SO THE CO-OP MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE USED TO USING YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT THEY'RE NOT VETTING IT YEAR AFTER YEAR UNLESS THEY'RE COMING TO PURCHASING TO ENSURE THAT THE EXPIRATION DATE HASN'T OCCURRED. AND TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE ITEMS THAT THEY'RE PURCHASING OFF THAT CO-OP ARE ON THAT COOPERATIVE CONTRACT. SO IT'S A DISCONNECT IN THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS COMING TO PURCHASING. OKAY. SO BUT MY QUESTION NEXT IS ISN'T THAT CO-OP ITSELF REQUIRED TO DO THE UPDATING OF THOSE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS IF THEY'VE EXPIRED AND NOT LET THEM PUT THEM OUT THERE, THAT THEY CAN BE USED? SO I THINK IN THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE AND THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO USE IT PAST THE EXPIRATION DATE, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT COME BACK TO US FOR US TO INFORM THEM THAT THAT COOPERATIVE IS EXPIRED. THAT'S PART OF OUR VETTING PROCESS. SO WE GET HABITUALLY USING THE SAME AGREEMENT PAST THE EXPIRATION DATE. WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO DO IS ALLOW US TO VET IT, TO TELL THEM EITHER THAT IT'S EXPIRED, IT'S NOT THE COOPERATIVE'S JOB TO TELL US IT'S EXPIRED. IT'S PURCHASING JOB TO DO THAT. AND WE SHOULD EITHER GIVE THEM THE NEW AWARDED VENDOR OR TELL THEM THAT THAT'S BEEN RENEWED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DOES THAT ANSWER UNDERSTOOD? YEAH. AND, LET'S SEE, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I HAD WITH RESPECT TO ONE OF THE OTHER FINDINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S LET'S SAY THAT THERE'S A WE GO OUT FOR BID, COMPETITIVE BID ONLY WE GET ONE BID. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL MENTIONE?

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WELL, WHY WOULD THERE BE AN ISSUE IF WE GO OUT FOR BID AND ONLY ONE PERSON OR ONE ENTITY RESPONDS? SO UNDER IF IT'S A FEDERAL PROGRAM UNDER THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS THEY'RE UNDER THE UNIFORM GRANT GUIDANCE, THAT'S CONSIDERED A NONCOMPETITIVE SOLICITATION. AND SO IT REQUIRES A COST OR PRICE ANALYSIS DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT. AND THEN IT ALSO REQUIRES PROFIT NEGOTIATION, BECAUSE ALL YOU HAVE IS ONE VENDOR. AND SO YOU YOU'RE TRYING TO STILL GET THAT BEST PRICE. AND SO THAT'S IT. IT'S NOT PROHIBITED. YOU JUST NEED TO TAKE AN EXTRA STEP. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THESE ONE OFFS. AND YOU'VE GOT THESE EXTRA THINGS TO TICK OFF. BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY, I MEAN, HOW CAN WE CONTROL ONLY ONE PERSON THAT'S NOT WITHIN OUR CONTROL, BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE AN EXTRA STEP TO DO. THE PURCHASING IS ALREADY UPDATED. THE BID AWARD FORMS SO THAT THEY INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION ON THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT. YES. COMMISSIONERS KAREN DAVIDSON, COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT YES, WE HAVE INCLUDED THE PRICE ANALYSIS AND THE PRICE VERIFICATION. THE COST ANALYSIS AND THE PRICE VERIFICATION FORM AS A REQUIREMENT. WHAT WE NEED TO DO. AND WE WEREN'T GOOD AT WHEN WE GOT ALL THE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT MONIES, IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO DO A SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL OR INDEPENDENT PRICE AND COST VERIFICATION OR ANALYSIS, NOT JUST CALL A VENDOR AND GET A QUOTE, GET THE MONEY AND GIVE IT TO THE VENDOR THAT WAS DEEMED NOT INDEPENDENT ENOUGH TO BE A GOOD PRICE ANALYSIS, PRICE ANALYSIS, OR A COST ANALYSIS OR PRICE VERIFICATION. SO IF WHEN WE'RE DOING A GRANT APPLICATION, WE NEED THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE PUTTING THE APPLICATION TO COME TO PURCHASING AND ALLOW US TO PROVIDE THE PRICES THAT WE HAVE FOR SIMILAR PROJECTS AND TO GATHER THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLETE THAT COST ANALYSIS. IT'S NOT AN INDEPENDENT ENOUGH TO HAVE A VENDOR QUOTE FOR THAT, NOT IN STATE. AND FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO DO BY CHANGING OUR FORMS, MAKING SURE THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE AWARE OF THIS REQUIREMENT. WE WERE CAUGHT A LITTLE BIT OFF GUARD BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A FORM WE WERE USED TO DOING WHEN WE DID OUR DIFFERENT PROCUREMENTS. OKAY AND UNDERSTAND. AND THERE'S ALSO SOME EXCEPTIONS, RIGHT. FOR THE UNDER $50,000 WHERE YOU HAVE TO WHERE YOU CAN DO OTHER THINGS BESIDES DOING THAT COMPETITIVE.

WELL, WE DO WANT AS A HABIT IN ANY TIME WE'RE USING STATE OR FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS, DESPITE THE MONETARY THRESHOLD, IT IS BEST PRACTICE TO DO OUR COST ANALYSIS AND OUR PRICE VERIFICATION SEPARATE FROM JUST GETTING VENDOR QUOTES, AND AT ONE POINT BECOMES INEFFICIENT FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, DOESN'T IT? IT CAN. YES, SIR. IF YOU'RE A PHONE CALL TO PURCHASING AND WE CAN GIVE YOU PRICES THAT WE'VE SPENT FAIR MARKET VALUE PRICING SO THAT YOU CAN COMPLETE YOUR COST ANALYSIS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BARBARA. THANK YOU. YES. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CORONADO AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER LEON. VOTING IS OPEN. COMMISSIONER LYNN, I'M AN EYE, BUT IT HASN'T. OH, HERE IT IS. GOT IT. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOODBYE. THANK YOU.

MOVING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, A FROM COMMISSIONERS COURT. DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE WAIVER OF PARKING FEES AT ASCARATE PARK ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2024, FOR THE EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ZOMBIE RUN. OR THE ZOMBIE RUN FROM THE

[A. Discuss and take appropriate action to authorize the waiver of parking fees at Ascarate Park on October 26, 2024, for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Zombie Run. David Stout, Commissioner, Precinct 2, 915-546-2111]

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT? YEAH. WELCOME. PERFECT TIMING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HI VANESSA. HOW ARE YOU? SO, THE FALL IS USUALLY A TIME WHERE THE COMMUNITY LOOKS FORWARD TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL HAUNTED HOUSE. THIS YEAR, WE WANTED TO ADD A SPIN TO IT.

STILL KEEP THE SPOOKY, CREEPY ELEMENTS OF THE HOLIDAY, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO INCORPORATE SOME

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FAMILY FRIENDLY ELEMENTS BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF US HERE HAVE LITTLE KIDDOS. I PERSONALLY AM NOT A BIG FAN OF BEING SCARED, BUT I LIKE THE FESTIVE FALL HOLIDAY ELEMENTS AND WE ALSO WANTED TO INCORPORATE PHYSICAL FITNESS. SO THIS YEAR WE WOULD LIKE TO HOST IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR AMAZING PARKS TEAM, A FIRST ZOMBIE RUN AROUND A SCOUT AT THE LAKE. WE WOULD LIKE IT TO HAPPEN RIGHT ABOUT RIGHT BEFORE SUNSET TO KIND OF GIVE THE SPOOKINESS WITHOUT HAVING TO DO TOO MUCH SETUP. THE IDEAS WILL HAVE THE RUNNERS WEAR BELTS LIKE FLAG FOOTBALL, LITTLE FLAGS, AND WE'LL HAVE ZOMBIES THROUGHOUT THE PATH THAT WILL TRY TO GRAB THE FLAG. SO THE GOAL ISN'T SO MUCH TO FINISH WITH A FAST RUN TIME, IT'S ACTUALLY TO FINISH WITH AT LEAST ONE FLAG STILL ATTACHED SO THAT ONE IS GOING TO MAKE IT REALLY FUN, WE'LL HAVE A ZOMBIE COSTUME CONTEST AND INCENTIVIZE THE ZOMBIES TO REALLY BRING THEIR A GAME, AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS ZOMBIE RUN, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FALL FESTIVAL. SO THE FALL FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE FESTIVAL GROUNDS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PAVILION AT ASCARATE PARK. WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AND EVERYONE'S GOTTEN REALLY EXCITED WITH OUR PARKS TEAMS. THEY WANT TO BRING OUT THE INFLATABLE SCREEN, JUST HAVE SOME MUSIC PLAYING. SO WE FEEL THAT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A REALLY AWESOME TRADITION THAT THE ENTIRE EL PASO COMMUNITY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING EVERYBODY TO A SCOUT AT THE PARK. WELL, THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THE ADDING THE PHYSICAL COMPONENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. ONE OF THE REASONS, AND COMMISSIONER STOUT KNOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARK, ESPECIALLY ASCARATE, THAT CREATIVITY IS WHAT WE WANT MORE PEOPLE WILL COME BY, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT GO THERE. THE MORE PEOPLE SAY, WOW, I HADN'T BEEN THERE IN SUCH A LONG TIME. IT'S AMAZING. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. SO I BELIEVE IT'S JUST A GREAT INITIATIVE. I KNOW YOU'LL DO AN AMAZING JOB OF ORGANIZING IT AND I KNOW THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING TO MAKE THINGS GOOD. AND THE WAY THEY DO THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE. COMMISSIONER STOUT, YEAH, I THINK IT IS A GREAT INITIATIVE. THANK YOU ALL FOR UTILIZING THE PARK FOR THAT AS WELL. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING MORE PEOPLE OUT TO THE PARK. AND, YOU KNOW, ANY PROGRAMING WE CAN DO OUT THERE TO SHOW IT OFF IS EVEN BETTER. AND YOU KNOW WHAT A WHAT A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND, AND OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU VANESSA. THANK YOU ALL. I ATTEND THE HAUNTED HOUSE PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR AND IT IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT. YOU ALL GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. I MEAN, IT'S SO OBVIOUS HOW MUCH FUN THE KIDS HAVE AND HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY IT, AND NOT JUST THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE HAUNTED HOUSE, BUT THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THERE PLAYING THE ZOMBIES AND MONSTERS. SO IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GREAT ACTIVITY. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING AND EXPANDING ON IT. JUST ONE MORE COMMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS I GET A LOT ABOUT THE SHERIFFS IS THAT, YOU KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU'RE LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT FOR SOME REASON, PEOPLE SEE YOU AS COMMUNITY PARTNERS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE AND PEOPLE GET CLOSE TO YOU AND YOU'RE DIRECTING THEM AND GUIDING THEM AND, POLICE, I ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO US AND TELL US THE DIFFERENCE OF, YOU KNOW, OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENTS, BUT THAT THE WAY YOU APPROACH. INDIVIDUALS AND THE WAY YOU TRY TO BE PART OF THE ACTIVITIES IS, IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SERGEANT ERIC VELA. HE'S A SERGEANT OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE SECTION. AND OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT AS, COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE EMPLOYEES, IT'S EVERY INDIVIDUAL'S JOB TO BE PART OF THAT COMMUNITY PRIDE AND TO BE SOMEBODY THAT WE WOULD ALL BE PROUD OF TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY OF EL PASO AND EL PASO AS A WHOLE. BUT I THINK HE CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO BEING AN OFFICER. AND THEN BEING INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ORIENTED EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.

THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. AND JUST TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT LIKE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, JUDGE, WE ALL TAKE PRIDE IN, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THOSE TIGHT KNIT BONDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE COUNTY. RIGHT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW OUR COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO HELP THEM ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, NOT JUST ON A JOB RELATED LEVEL. SO WITH THAT FALL FESTIVAL, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE A FREE TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT THERE AS WELL. SO WE'RE GOING TO INVITE ALL THE KIDDOS, HOPEFULLY EVERY ONE OF YOUR KIDDOS CAN MAKE IT OUT THERE AS WELL. WELL THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU

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THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. CESAR, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN. THE VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL.

I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. D FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM FOUR D IS PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 316.004, APPROVING AUTHORIZED THE WAIVER OF

[4D. Pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 316.004, approve and authorize the waiver of entrance fees to Ascarate Park for the Annual Crime Victims Walk to be held on Sunday, October 27, 2024, from 5:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Ricardo A. Samaniego, County Judge, County Judge's Office, 915-546-2098]

ENTRANCE FEES TO ASCARATE PARK FOR THE ANNUAL CRIME VICTIMS WALK TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2024 FROM 5:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. I WANTED TO PULL THE ITEM OUT BECAUSE I THINK IT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF PROMOTION. IT'S SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL, JUST A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT GO AND THE FAMILIES THAT FEEL LIKE PART OF THE HEALING IS JUST AMAZING. AND SO JUST WANTED YOU TO A LITTLE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PROMOTE IT AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU JUDGE I APPRECIATE THAT. HELLO. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER CORTEZ AND I AM THE PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR THE 34TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I'M PRESENTING THIS MORNING ON AGENDA ITEM FOUR D THE REQUEST TO WAIVE THE PARK FEES TO A SCOUT AT THE PARK FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE DOES HOST AN ANNUAL VICTIM'S WALK. WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS WALK FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND THIS WALK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE WALK AGAINST CRIME. TO THIS WALK, WE INVITE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO STAND, WHO STAND AGAINST CRIME, AND ALSO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY CRIME, WHETHER THEY WERE VICTIMS OF A CRIME OR WHETHER THEY ARE FAMILY MEMBERS OF A LOVED ONE WHO PASSED DUE TO A CRIME. VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CARRY ON THIS TRADITION, FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, COVID DID PUT A HALT TO THIS WALK. HOWEVER, WE DID BRING IT BACK LAST YEAR AND WE WANT TO THIS YEAR AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT THAT TRADITION KEEPS GOING ON, TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THEIR LOVED ONES EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

IT'S A CHANCE FOR THEM TO COMMEMORATE THEM, TO HONOR THEM, TO REMEMBER THEM. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO STAND IN UNITY WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO STAND AGAINST CRIME AND SPEAK UP AGAINST VIOLENT ACTS OF CRIME. TOGETHER, WE CAN PUT AN END TO CRIME, SO I WOULD REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE MYSELF AND EVERYONE HERE AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IF YOU WOULD HELP ME WAIVE THE PARK FEES TO A SPOT AT THE PARK FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH. OUR WALK WILL BEGIN AT 7 A.M. WE PLAN TO ONLY USE THE PARK REALLY FOR REGISTRATION PURPOSES. WE WILL BE, HAVING USING THE HEALING GARDEN AS A MEETING POINT, FOR THE REGISTRATION. SO REALLY, WE WILL ONLY BE HAVING A SOME SORT OF TABLE SETUP UP THERE SO PEOPLE CAN REGISTER FOR THE WALK. AND THEN AFTER THAT, RIGHT AT 7:00, WE'LL START THE WALK FROM A SPOT AT THE PARK TO RALPH T CLOUD PARK, WHICH IS ABOUT A FIVE MILE WALK. WE HAVE INVITED LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HELP US ESCORT ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS SAFELY FROM ONE PARK TO ANOTHER. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL STOPS ALONG THE WAY. ONE OF THEM, INCLUDING THE EPC VALLE VERDE CAMPUS AND A SECOND STOP AT CAROLINA STATE PARK, WHERE WE PLAN TO HAVE SOME SORT OF, SOME SORT OF SURPRISE, KIND OF, A SURPRISE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY TOO MUCH. I DON'T WANT TO SAY TOO MUCH, BUT IT'S A SURPRISE. IT'S A SURPRISE, FOR PARTICIPANTS TO REALLY GET THEM, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO FINISH THE WALK BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S A LONG WALK. AND, YES, IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING ONCE WE GET TO RALPH T CLOUD PARK, WE PLAN TO HAVE A SPECIAL CLOSING CEREMONY THERE. FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME AND THEIR FAMILY AND THANK THEM FOR PARTICIPATING. BESIDES JUST ASKING FOR THE WAIVER OF THE FEES, THANK YOU, JUDGE SAMANIEGO, FOR HELPING US PULL THIS SO I CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE YOU. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AND EVERYONE HERE LISTENING TO ME TODAY TO REGISTER FOR THE WALK. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT, NOT ONLY TO OUR OFFICE, BECAUSE WE DO STAND WITH VICTIMS OF CRIME, BUT IT MEANS A LOT TO THE FAMILIES AND THOSE VICTIMS THAT WERE AFFECTED TO

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SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE STAND BEHIND THEM AND SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THESE VERY HARD AND TRYING TIMES. BUT YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

IT'S A VERY REWARDING WALK. I MEAN, IT'S IT WAS LONG, BUT IT WAS EXTREMELY JUST THE CAMARADERIE, LIKE YOU SAID OF INDIVIDUALS. THEY HAVE THEIR POSTERS WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER THE VICTIM WAS AND JUST TO HAVE PEOPLE AROUND THEM, YOU COULD TELL THAT THAT HEALING FEELS SO MUCH BETTER THAT THEY'RE PEOPLE ARE LIKE YOU SAI, THEY'RE THEY'RE SUPPORTING THEIR PAIN. AND WHAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH. IT USED TO BE FROM THE COURTHOUSE RIGHT AT ONE TIME. SO IT'S A LITTLE LESS, BUT IT'S STILL A NICE WALK, BUT HOPEFULLY WE GET A LOT OF ESPECIALLY THE COUNTY. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING THIS MORNING ABOUT HOW THE COUNTY KNOWS HOW TO RALLY.

SO I HOPE JUST STARTING OFF WITH JUST THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES, WE'D HAVE A GREAT TURNOUT. AND SO THEN WE CAN HAVE THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? I'M JUST HERE FOR MORAL SUPPORT. OKAY. SHE DID A GREAT JOB. YES SHE DID. SHE'S WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CORONADO. VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL SEE YOU THERE. I'LL BE THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

GOING BACK TO ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS COURT, ITEM SEVEN B DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION. CAN WE DO AB CAN WE DO A FOR AB BEFORE WE GO TO. BECAUSE I KNOW WE WERE TRYING TO GET, ONE OF THE JUDGES HERE WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT. OH THEY DO. ONE OF THE JUDGE WANTS TO SPEAK ON IT. OKAY OKAY. IS SHE AVAILABLE? THE ITEM FOR AB THAT I PULLED THE JAIL.

JAIL BASED COMPETENCY RESTORATION. THERE'S SOME FOLKS FROM THE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THIS. OKAY. CAN WE PLEASE. YES, SIR. SORRY, CESAR. YEAH ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AB FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN EL PASO COUNTY AND EL PASO. MHMR DOING BUSINESS AS

[4AB. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Interlocal Agreement between El Paso County and El Paso MHMR D/B/A Emergence Health Network for Jail Based Competency Restoration which provides competency restoration services to adults who are deemed incompetent to stand trial from July 1, 2024, and may be extended for two, one-year terms. (Contract No. 2024-0786) Richard Wiles, Sheriff, EPCSO, (915) 538-2006]

EMERGENCE HEALTH NETWORK FOR JAIL BASED COMPETENCY RESTORATION, WHICH PROVIDES COMPETENCY RESTORATION SERVICES TO ADULTS WHO ARE DEEMED INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL. FROM JULY 1ST, 2024 AND MAY BE EXTENDED FOR TWO ONE YEAR TERMS. CONTRACT NUMBER 2024 0786. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. THE REASON WHY I PULLED THE ITEM IS NOT THAT I HAVE ANY ANY, ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, THIS WORK THAT THAT THE COUNTY AND E ARE DOING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A FOR A WHILE NOW. THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF FUNDING FOR, FOR STATE FORENSIC BEDS. TO BE ABLE TO TREAT FOLKS THAT ARE NOT COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF A MENTAL ILLNESS THAT THEY HAVE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROBABLY MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN OUR JAIL RIGHT NOW THAT NEED COMPETENCY RESTORATION AND THE, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO DO IT OURSELVES. BUT, BUT I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND SO I WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE PROGRAM AND JUST UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF WHAT WHAT, WHAT THIS ENTAILS. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO, TO TRY TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF. CRYSTAL, DO YOU DO YOU WANT TO, TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING? YES. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. CRYSTAL DAVIS, CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER AT EMERGENCE HEALTH NETWORK. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND AS COMMISSIONER, STOUT ILLUSTRATED, THIS IS A LONG STANDING ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE SHERIFF FOR ENGAGING IN THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH US AND FOR YOU ALL TO BRING THIS FORTH, THIS IS A LONG STANDING ISSUE. FOR YEARS, WE HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH COMPETENCY BEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. PROBABLY TEN YEARS AGO, WE HAD BROUGHT FORTH OUTPATIENT COMPETENCY, WHICH ASSISTS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN BE IN THE COMMUNITY TO RESTORE COMPETENCY. BUT WE STILL HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE JAIL THAT NEED THOSE SERVICES AND ARE WAITING FOR BEDS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY AVAILABLE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT REQUIRES THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY TO LEAVE THE COUNTY TO GO TO VERNON STATE HOSPITAL OR NORTH TEXAS STATE OR ELSEWHERE IN THE, IN

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THE STATE TO RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO. SO BY HAVING THIS SERVICE HERE, WHICH WILL, HAVE US PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT, THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT, PSYCHIATRIC SUPPORTS, AS WELL AS AN EVAL, IT GIVES US A 90 DAY TIME FRAME TO RESTORE THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND THEN THEY CAN GO ON AND PROCEED WITH WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH THEIR CRIMINAL CHARGES. SO WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OUR TEAM TO RESTORE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND MOVE THEM THROUGH. THANK YOU, JOEL, THE FUNDING, THE FUNDING FOR THIS, DID I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME STATE STATE FUNDING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE? DO YOU KNOW, IS THIS COMING? THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT EDEN HAS WITH HHC AND BY EXTENSION, WE'RE ENTERING INTO AN INTERLOCAL SO THAT WE AGREE THAT WE CAN BE BECAUSE IT'S SEPARATE FROM OUR CORRECTIONAL CARE CONTRACT. SO WE'LL NEED THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS CONTRACT SO THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT WE CAN BE PRESENT IN THE FACILITY AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. YES, SIR. GREAT JUDGE. JUDGE PEREZ, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU ARE, SINCE WE MADE YOU COME ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE. BOARD MEMBER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. I JUST RAN DOWN HERE IN CASE, CRYSTAL DIDN'T DIDN'T COME, BUT I WAS, I'VE BEEN PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH EDEN. I SERVE AS ONE OF YOUR, APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS TO THE BOARD, AND VERY PROUD TO DO SO, EDEN HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS THAT I'VE ARTICULATED TO THEM, THAT THE COURTS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT ALL OF YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO IN PARTICULAR, OUR JAIL POPULATION AND THOSE THAT ARE SITTING THERE WAITING TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER FACILITY HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR THE COURTS TO PAY ATTENTION TO. AND EDEN KNOWS THAT IT'S I THINK THE ENTIRE COUNTRY KNOWS HOW CRITICAL IT IS TO MOVE PEOPLE WHO, ARE MENTALLY ILL OUT OF THE JAIL INTO AN APPROPRIATE FACILITY TO GET THE PROPER CARE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THAT. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR CONSIDERATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THANK SHERIFF WILES AND HIS ADMINISTRATION FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR HUGE STEP. WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THEN SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT REALLY SHOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE WE IDENTIFY AND THAT WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. AND SO I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS. AND JOEL MICHAEL, THANK YOU AND JUDGE, OF COURSE, ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE OUR PROJECTS, IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IN THIS COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, JAILING FOLKS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE IN JAIL AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT, THAT HAVE MENTAL ILLNESS ARE, ARE TAKING CARE OF. A LOT OF TIMES, JAILS END UP BEING THE LARGEST MENTAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT ALWAYS SHOULD BE. BUT, YOU KNOW, AND WITH IN THE LIGHT OF THE LACK OF, OF SUFFICIENT BEDS, THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE THAT THAT HOPEFULLY WILL, WILL, WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND, AND MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CORONADO. VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. CRYSTAL THANK YOU ALL. MICHAEL. BACK TO ITEM SEVEN B FROM COMMISSIONERS COURT. DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE COUNTY'S POTENTIAL ROLE TO SPONSOR THE DOWNTOWN DECK PLAZA PROJECT DEPENDENT UPON FAVORABLE

[B. Discuss and take appropriate action to adopt a resolution regarding the County’s potential role to sponsor the Downtown Deck Plaza Project dependent upon favorable terms and take any other appropriate action to support the El Paso MPO’s grant application. (#5600-OP) Ricardo A. Samaniego, County Judge, County Judge's Office, 915-546-2098]

TERMS, AND TAKE ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION TO SUPPORT THE EL PASO MPOS GRANT APPLICATION. OPINION NUMBER 5600 EDUARDO. DO YOU KNOW IF TRACY WAS GOING TO BE HERE AS WELL? DO YOU KNOW SHE'S ONLINE? OH, SHE'S ONLINE. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE. OH HI, TRACY. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SO LET ME READ THE. I THINK SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. I'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COUNTIES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION. AND WE FEEL EXTREMELY GOOD ABOUT BEING PART OF THIS. SO LET ME READ THE RESOLUTION. WHEREAS IN 1969, I-10 WAS EXTENDED THROUGH EL PASO, DISRUPTING THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN EL PASO. THE TEXAS

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS PRIORITIZED AND FUNDED THE RECONSTRUCTION OF I-10, INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN SEGMENT, OFFERING A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEW COMMUNITY SPACE. RECONNECTING THIS PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHEREAS AFTER SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS ACROSS EL PASO, THE EL PASO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, THE DOWNTOWN EL PASO FOUNDATION, THE CITY OF EL PASO HAVE PARTNERED TO APPLY FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT GRANT PROGRAM FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN OF PHASE ONE OF THE DOWNTOWN DECK PLAZA PROJECT. WHEREAS ON AUGUST 26TH, 2024, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT VOTED TO PROVIDE $1 MILLION IN MATCH FOR THE DOWNTOWN DECK PLAZA PROJECT AND CONSIDERED THE POTENTIAL, OPPORTUNITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNING THE DOWNTOWN DECK PLAZA, WHEREAS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE ELIGIBLE FACILITY IS A TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WHO IS OFFERING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THEIR PROJECT THROUGH A LETTER OF SUPPORT. AFTER THE DEFINING, THE DESIGN IS FINALIZED, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WOULD ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE PROJECT SPONSOR REGARDING AIR RIGHTS AND MAINTENANCE OF DECK. THE COUNTY IS WILLING TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH RELEVANT PARTNERS REGARDING ITS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP, SPONSORSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN DECK PLAZA AND SPONSORSHIP RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD ACCEPT TERMS BE REACHED DURING SUCH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DOWNTOWN. DECK PLAZA FOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TO THE PASO DEL NORTE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN. THE DEVELOPMENT, FUNDRAISING, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND PROGRAMING FOR DOWNTOWN DECK PLAZA THROUGH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROJECT SPONSOR, THE DOWNTOWN DECK PLAZA HAS COMMITTED 250,000. IN MATCHING FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. FY 2024 RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT APPLICATION. WHEREAS THE CITY OF EL PASO WAS AN INITIAL PLANNING PARTNER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 RACE, GRANT FOR THE PHASE ONE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND IS SET TO CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING UP TO 750,000 IN MATCHING FUNDS FOR THE FY 2024 RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT APPLICATION WITH THE EL PASO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION WILL SERVE AS THE LEAD APPLICANT FOR THE FY 2024 RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT AND FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTOR TO THE PROJECT THROUGH TRANSPORTATION FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE PROJECT NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT DO HEREBY COMMIT TO WORKING IN GOOD FAITH TO REACH AN AGREEMENT TO SERVE AS A PROJECT SPONSOR OF THE DOWNTOWN DECK PLAZA. SIGNED THIS 23RD OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. JUDGE, BEFORE WE VOTE, I HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN I HAVE SOME SOME THINGS THAT I THAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE. WE'LL WE'LL BEFORE WE VOTE, WE'LL HAVE WATERLOO. ANOTHER TRADES IN EVERYBODY SO THAT WHEN WE VOTE IT'S BASED ON ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. AND I HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL. JUDGE, COMMISSIONER. SO DO YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM MR. CUTLER FIRST? DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM TRACY FIRST OR YOU GO AHEAD? I'VE JUST GOT A ONE, A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS SENT IN BY A CONSTITUENT OF MINE. SHE WASN'T ABLE TO, TO MAKE IT, AND SO SHE ASKED FOR ME TO READ THAT ON HER BEHALF. AND THEN AND THEN I'VE GOT SOME COMMENTS AS WELL, SO THIS THIS THIS IS FROM, VERONICA AND CARRILLO, A CONSTITUENT OF MINE. SHE'S ALSO THE HEAD OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THE RIO GRANDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, IT SAYS HONORABLE COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS VERONICA CARRILLO, A DISTRICT RESIDENT OF DISTRICT PRECINCT TWO. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ABOUT THE I-10 DECK PLAZA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH TXDOT'S DOWNTOWN TEN PROJECT. WHILE THE DECK PLAZA HAS BEEN FRAMED AS A WAY TO, QUOTE UNQUOTE, RECONNECT AND PROMOTE EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO EVALUATE WHAT TRUE EQUITY MEANS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THIS PROJECT MAY SERVE MORE AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL THAN A GENUINE ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. THE COUNTY'S RECENT COMMITMENT TO THE $1 MILLION MATCH FOR THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT OPENS A PATH TO INFLUENCE THE DIRECTION OF THE PROJECT TO ENSURE THE DECK PLAZA TRULY REFLECTS COMMUNITY VALUES. AND I ASK THAT THE COMMISSIONERS INCLUDE LANGUAGE IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING. PROTECTING AND EXPANDING HOUSING THAT IS ACCESSIBLE. THE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING I-10 HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEEPLY IMPACTED BY PREVIOUS HIGHWAY EXPANSIONS, DISPLACING MANY LOW INCOME RESIDENTS. AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES, IT'S ESSENTIAL TO PROTECT HOUSING AND ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT PUSH

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OUT CURRENT RESIDENTS. THIS WAS EMPHASIZED IN THE DOWNTOWN, UPTOWN, AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. MASTER PLAN, WHICH CALLS FOR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO MEET GROWING HOUSING DEMANDS WHILE PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ANNUAL MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING DOWNTOWN RANGES FROM 13,000 TO $35,000 A AGAIN, THAT IS PER YEAR FOR A HOUSEHOLD. NUMBER TWO TRANSFORMING FRONTAGE ROADS INTO LOCAL PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY STREETS. IF FRONTAGE ROADS LIKE YANDELL AND MISSOURI MUST BE INCLUDED, THEY SHOULD BE DESIGNED WITH THE COMMUNITY IN MIND. NARROW LANES, WIDE SIDEWALKS AND SLOW SPEED LIMITS TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY. ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS, THE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING DOWNTOWN HAVE THE LOWEST RATES OF CAR OWNERSHIP IN EL PASO. PEOPLE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WALK OR RIDE THE BUS TO AND FROM WORK AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THE REST OF EL PASO. NUMBER THREE MITIGATING IMPACTS ON PROPERTIES AND SIGHT LINES.

THE NEW OVERHEAD RAMPS PLAN FOR BOTH SIDES OF DOWNTOWN WILL NOT ONLY DISRUPT THE VISUAL LANDSCAPE, BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE LIVABILITY SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. ANY EXPANSION SHOULD MINIMIZE PROPERTY TAKINGS AND PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THESE COMMUNITIES. I LIVE HALF A MILE FROM I-10 AND MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS LIVE MUCH CLOSER TO THE NOISE FROM I-10 IS USUALLY SO LOUD THAT I OFTEN AVOID SPENDING TIME IN MY BACKYARD DUE TO THE ROAR OF I-10 TRAFFIC. SOMETIMES I CAN'T EVEN SPEND THE TIME IN MY FRONT YARD BECAUSE THE AIR SMELLS LIKE CAR EXHAUST. THE LAST ONE RECREATING NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIONS. IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE RESTORE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, PARTICULARLY FROM PIEDRAS TO COPIA. THE REMOVAL OF KEY CROSSINGS WILL ONLY FURTHER DIVIDE THE CITY IF NOT ADDRESSED PROPERLY. IN CLOSING, I URGE THE COURT TO CONSIDER THESE COMMUNITY DRIVEN PRIORITIES IN THE LANGUAGE OF ANY AGREEMENT AND FUTURE PLANS WITH TXDOT. I HUMBLY ASK THE COURT TO ENSURE THIS PROJECT BENEFITS ALL RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY NOISE, AIR POLLUTION AND DISPLACEMENT CAUSED BY CAUSED BY THE HIGHWAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. VERONICA CARRILLO. THANK YOU, MR. DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM EDUARDO FIRST BEFORE YOUR COLOR? YEAH, YEAH. EDUARDO, GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS EDUARDO CALVO. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EL PASO MPO, SO THE, THE ITEM SPECIFICALLY HERE IN FRONT OF YOU IS, RELATED TO THE GRANT APPLICATION THAT WE ARE HOPING TO SUBMIT A WEEK FROM TODAY. THE DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30TH, THAT GRANT APPLICATION IS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTING FUNDS TO DO FINAL DESIGN FOR WHAT IS PROPERLY THE DECK ITSELF, THE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD GO OVER, OVER I-10, THAT WOULD BE FINAL DESIGN. IN OTHER WORDS, ONCE THE FEASIBILITY AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND ALL THE NEPA DOCUMENTATION ARE COMPLETE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WILL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, SOON, WHATEVER THAT THAT FINAL ALTERNATIVE IS, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD USE THE FUNDS TO, TO DESIGN. IT'S ACTUALLY PREPARING THE, THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. SO I THINK A COMMISSIONER STOUT THE, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THE COMMENT THAT YOU JUST READ OUT TO THE RECORD. YEAH, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH ALL THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, BOTH FOR THE TXDOT PROJECT AND FOR THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING TO THAT, THAT THE CITY, ALONG WITH, TRACY'S GROUP ARE, ARE CONTINUING TO DO SO, I CAN ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY TO, TO THE APPLICATION IF, IF THAT'S A YEAH, LET ME HEAR FROM TRACY. THAT WAY WE HAVE BOTH. TRACY. GO AHEAD. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE. AND COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK ON THE RESOLUTION. I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GREAT IDEA AND KIND OF WAY TO PROVIDE, KIND OF SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND INTEREST. BUT ALSO GIVE YOU THE TIME THAT YOU NEED TO KIND OF DIVE INTO THE INFORMATION THAT WE STILL NEED FOR, FOR YOU TO MAKE THE DECISION TO BE A PROJECT SPONSOR FOR THIS PROJECT, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN TXDOT AND THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY PROJECT, WHICH WE'VE SHARED WITH YOUR STAFF, AND THEN WE HAVE REQUESTED THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY FOUNDATION, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES YOU ACCEPT AS A PROJECT SPONSOR FROM TXDOT, AND THEN WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES YOU, ASSIGN TO A PARTNER LIKE THE DECK PLAZA FOUNDATION TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, WE ALSO MET WITH HRA ON FRIDAY, AND THEY SHARED THEIR ANALYSIS FOR REVENUE THAT COULD BE GENERATED IF YOU WERE TO CREATE OR SOMEONE WERE TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, A TOURS AND A AND A QUARTER MILE AREA AND HOW

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THAT MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OR INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING. HOWEVER, THOSE DOLLARS WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE DESIRED TO BE USED, THEY ARE ADDITIONALLY WORKING ON A FIVE YEAR PROFORMA. AND I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE CRITICAL PIECES OF INFORMATION WE ALL WANT TO SEE.

THAT WOULD BE THE REQUIRED REVENUE. AND EXPENSES TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE PARK OVER THE FIRST FIVE YEAR PERIOD. SO, THEY SAID THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS. AND SO AGAIN, THE RESOLUTION LIKE IT IS, GIVES US THE TIME TO, EVERY ONE TIME TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND HAVE MORE INFORMATION, AND THEN FINALLY, ONE THING WE COULDN'T ADDRESS LAST MEETING WAS THE CITY'S INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING, POTENTIALLY WITH MATCHING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE APPLICATION, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT NEWS. AND THEN ALSO THAT THE FORMAL LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM TXDOT AS THE OWNER. SO IT TAKES THAT KIND OF OWNERSHIP QUESTION OR IT ANSWERS THAT OWNERSHIP QUESTION FOR THE APPLICATION ITSELF. AND THEN THE COUNTY POTENTIALLY BECOMING A PROJECT SPONSOR AT A FUTURE DATE. AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE TIMELINES INFORMATION, OF COURSE AGAIN, THE RESOLUTION GIVES US TIME TO WORK THAT ALL OUT, I JUST WANT TO CLOSE BY THANKING YOU ALL AGAIN. EDUARDO AND HIS TEAM. JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ AND OMAR MARTINEZ AT THE CITY FOR THEIR COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT. AND OMAR IS ALSO SUPPORTING WITH SOME OF THE GRANT WRITING EFFORTS THAT THAT HE'S SO GOOD AT. SO, HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY. AND TRACY OR EDUARDO, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE? I KNOW WE'VE MENTIONED SORT OF THE SCOPE OF THE OF THE OF THE DESIGN, LIKE, LIKE HOW WHAT DOES IT COVER? I MEAN, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANTING CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE, DOES THE DESIGN, DOES IT COVER SOME OF THOSE AREAS TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION? I THINK, TRACY, YOU, TRACY, YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT? OH, SURE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT, RIGHT NOW IS ESTIMATED TO COST 207 MILLION FOR THE EIGHT AND A HALF ACRES THAT SPAN FROM SANTA FE TO KANSAS. AND WHAT THIS ENABLES THAT WHAT THIS APPLICATION WOULD ENABLE WOULD BE THE DESIGN OF THE DECK STRUCTURE ITSELF, NOT THE AMENITIES. AND EVERYTHING ON TOP. SO WE NEED TO LOOK FOR FUTURE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT COMPONENT, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT, BUT THE 207 MILLION I JUST WANT TO NOTE DOES INCLUDE, THE ESTIMATES FOR DESIGN ITSELF. SO AS WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN, MATCHING AND DRAWING DOWN FEDERAL FUNDS TO FURTHER THIS WORK, THAT, YOU KNOW, REDUCES THE THAT OVER $207 MILLION PRICE TAG, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THAT IS FULLY ACCURATE, THAT'S BASED ON 30% DESIGN AT THIS POINT. OF COURSE. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE FUTURE TO ENGAGE ON THE AMENITY CONVERSATION THAT WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED ARE, ARE THOSE SPACES THAT WE REVIEWED TWO WEEKS AGO THAT IS NOT WHAT WHAT WILL BE DESIGNED FOR WITH THIS APPLICATION FUNDING FROM THIS APPLICATION THAT IS JUST LIKE EDUARDO SAID, THE PLATFORM, THE DECK STRUCTURE. OKAY THANK YOU. AND TO COMPLEMENT WHAT TRACY JUST SAID, THE $10 MILLION THAT WE ARE REQUESTING FOR THIS GRANT IS WE FEEL A PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATE BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THE DECK ITSELF, NOT WHAT GOES OVER IT. SO THE, YOU KNOW, THE THAT, THAT, DOLLAR AMOUNT ALSO CAME OUT OF THE, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND IT IS ESTIMATED TRACY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IN THE BALLPARK OF ABOUT $90 MILLION IN IN $2,024. SO, YOU KNOW, MORE OR LESS AROUND THE 8 TO 10, 12% OF THAT. SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE $10 MILLION FIGURE. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR THE FOR THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE DECK ITSELF.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. AND THEN $27. YEAH OKAY, COMMISSIONER ELGIN, DO YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS FIRST BEFORE I GET INTO. SURE. COMMISSIONER ELGIN, I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESOLUTION IS. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE WE VOTED ON A LETTER OF SUPPORT COMMITTING THE MILLION DOLLARS IN MATCH FOR THE GRANT. THAT THAT WAS THE PURPOSE WE HAD TO PROVIDE A LETTER AGREEING TO THE MATCH, AND WE DID DO THAT. I UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS THE OWNERSHIP ISSUE LATER, THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARY FOR OUR MATCH LETTER. AND THEN AT THE MPO MEETING ON FRIDAY, WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT OWNERSHIP ISSUE HAS BEEN CLEARED UP, THAT TXDOT IS THE OWNER. SO I'M WONDERING, IS THIS RESOLUTION NEEDED FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION AND WHY? WHY IS THAT? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF IT, IF WE'RE BEING ASKED TO COMMIT FUNDING FOR THE MATCH, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. THAT'S

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BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY THE LETTER THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COURT AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE WE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER. SO I JUST I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOLUTION IS, WHETHER IT'S NECESSARY FOR THE GRANT. SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS TO START WITH. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I JUST HEARD WHAT YOU JUST SAID. EDUARDO AND I UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY. SO THE PROJECTED $207 MILLION COST OF THE PROJECT IS REALLY JUST FOR THE DECK ITSELF. WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER PROJECTED 90 MILLION FOR THE AMENITIES THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON TOP OF IT.

NO, NO NO NO. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE OF THE DECK PLUS AMENITIES RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE, ON THE LATEST VERSION OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IS 2000. I'M SORRY, $207 MILLION OF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT ABOUT 90 MILLION IS THE DECK ITSELF, THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS. SO 90 MILLION IS THE DECK. YEAH. SO THE OTHER 117 MILLION IS FOR THE AMENITIES.

EXACTLY. BUT THIS GRANT DOESN'T COVER THE DESIGN FOR THAT PORTION OF IT. SO THIS $10 MILLION GRANT ONLY COVERS THE DESIGN OF THE $90 MILLION CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THE DECK.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO SEEK DESIGN FUNDS FOR THE OTHER PORTION FOR THE AMENITIES. AND WHAT DO WE THINK THAT COST IS GOING TO BE? WELL, WELL, TRACY GO AHEAD. SORRY. YEAH. NO, I MEAN, I THINK WE ESTIMATE THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME OF ANOTHER $10 MILLION FOR THE TO PREPARE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR ALL THE AMENITIES. THE PARK ELEMENTS THAT WOULD GO ON TOP. AND WE'VE BEGUN TO IDENTIFY FUNDING SOURCES FOR PROJECTS LIKE THESE, BOTH FEDERALLY AND STATEWIDE.

OKAY, NOW, WHAT ABOUT MY. SO I'M NOT SURE WHO CAN ANSWER MY YES, MAYBE JUDGE, YOU CAN ANSWER THIS. MY INITIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOLUTION. TO ME, IT PERSONALLY SEEMS VERY PREMATURE. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE, WHAT THE NECESSITY IS, WHY THIS RESOLUTION WASN'T INCLUDED. THE LAST TIME WE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS, I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE OR WHY WE'RE DOING THIS TODAY WHEN WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO THE ONE FROM MY FROM MY PART, IT'S REALLY TO GET THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES THEY'RE LOOKING AT A VERY NARROW. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND WE WANT TO EXPRESS THAT TO THE COMMUNITY AS THE INVOLVEMENT. I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THAT THE COUNTY CAN TAKE A MAJOR ROLE IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP $1 MILLION, WE WANT TO BE PART. WE WENT FROM CALLING IT OWNERSHIP TO SPONSORSHIP, AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG CHANGE. THERE WAS A CONFUSION THERE, BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DO THINGS VERY WELL IN THE COUNTY.

I THINK WE'RE VERY METICULOUS ABOUT THINGS AND PUTTING UP $1 MILLION AND STEPPING AWAY FROM IT AND SAYING, WELL, LET SOMEBODY ELSE MANAGE IT. I FEEL PERSONALLY UNCOMFORTABLE TO DO THAT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I WANT TO BID AND BE ABLE TO COMPETE OF SAYING, WE WANT TO BE THAT SPONSOR, AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AND ALL THAT, BUT BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN CLEARED UP BY TRACY THAT, THAT WE BECOME THE SPONSOR OF THE PROGRAM. BUT THE MANAGEMENT, THE ALL THE THINGS THAT COME AFTERWARDS, WE DO HAVE TRACY TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT AS THEM TAKING OVER FOR THAT. SO THAT TAKES AWAY THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY. BUT I THINK MORE IS FOR THE COUNTY TO STEP UP AND SAY, I THINK WE'RE THE RIGHT GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO MANAGE IT AND FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT IF WE PUT THOSE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE WANT TO BE AT THAT TABLE AND LOOK AT THE CREATIVE COMPONENTS OF THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL, MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT, ARE WE REALLY CONNECTING COMMUNITIES? ARE WE REALLY ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE DOESN'T TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT, BECAUSE I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THAT WE IT'S OUR LANE WHEN IT COMES TO POLLUTION, WHEN IT COMES TO UNITY OF COMMUNITIES, IT'S OUR LANE. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE RESOLUTION IS TO PUT IT OUT THERE TO SAY WE STILL HAVE A LOT TO DO. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE DOING WITH $1 MILLION AND FINDING THE OTHER MATCH FOR THE TOTAL OF THE 10 MILLION? SO THAT THAT WAS MY, YOU KNOW, MY, IDEA OR OBJECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT IT OUT THERE COMPLETELY AND THAT WE DO SHOW AS, AS THE COUNTY, IN MY BEHALF. WE HAVEN'T VOTED OR ANYTHING YET, OR I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM OTHERS. BUT I DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I WANT A SHOT AT THAT, BEING ABLE TO MANAGE IT AND BEING THE SPONSOR TO THIS, TO

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THIS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN TORNILLO, THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR KIND OF THING. THIS IS BIG FOR THE COUNTY. WE IF WE TAKE ON THIS INITIATIVE AND WE DO IT THE WAY WE'VE DONE OTHER THINGS LIKE THE YOU KNOW, OTHER OTHER PROJECTS AND HOW WE INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY, I THINK WE'RE THE RIGHT ENTITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE THAT SPONSOR. SO THAT THAT WAS THE REASON BEHIND THAT. SO THE RESOLUTION IS NOT REQUIRED FOR SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT. IT'S MORE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY. WELL, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, JUDGE, I AM NOT COMFORTABLE AT THIS POINT MAKING THESE TYPES OF COMMITMENTS. I KNOW TRACY MENTIONED THAT SHE'S RECEIVED A COPY OF THE, REPORTS AND THE CONTRACTS FOR THE SIMILAR PARK IN DALLAS, BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THOSE. THEY WEREN'T IN THE BACKUP. I SAW THE LETTER. OUR LETTER? OUR FINAL LETTER FOR THE COMMITMENT OF THE MILLION. AND THEN I SAW, OF COURSE, THE LETTER FROM TXDOT AND THE RESOLUTION. BUT THESE OTHER REPORTS THAT ARE GOING TO REALLY TELL US WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, THEY'RE NOT HERE. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE, MUCH LESS DO WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL FIGURES THAT COME ATTACHED WITH THOSE. SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN A POSITION TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF COMMITMENTS. OF COURSE. THE NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH, OF COURSE, WE DO THAT EVERY TIME WE CONSIDER ANYTHING. SO IT'S ALMOST A LITTLE BIT I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL LIKE SOMEONE IS ACCUSING US OF NOT WANTING TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH, BECAUSE OF COURSE WE WILL. BUT ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US, AND I JUST DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT. SO TO ME, THIS IS VERY PREMATURE. WELL, I THINK WE WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT, THAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT SIGNING A DEATH WARRANT HERE. LIKE EVERYTHING'S LIKE IF WE WERE COMMITTED, WE STILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE THINGS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF IT. BUT BUT MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS KNOWING HOW WE WORK, KNOWING HOW STRONG WE ARE AS A COMMISSIONERS COURT. DO WE WANT TO GIVE THAT TO SOMEBODY ELSE? I MEAN, THAT'S MY QUESTION. ARE WE OKAY SAYING, WELL, WE DON'T WANT TO SORT OF GET INVOLVED IN THIS AND WE DON'T WANT THAT RESPONSIBILITY. WHO'S OUT THERE THAT WE CAN COUNT ON? WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN $1 MILLION. I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT WE'RE THE RIGHT ENTITY TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND MANAGE IT, BUT HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT DECISION WHEN WE DON'T HAVE OR WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHAT EVERYONE'S ROLES ARE GOING TO BE AND THE PRICE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THAT? WELL, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT. I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE WE SEE THAT THE FOUNDATION IS TAKING A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. I THINK EDUARDO HAS TOLD US SEVERAL TIMES THAT THAT WHATEVER WE DO HERE, THIS IS A RESOLUTION DOESN'T BIND US IN ANY, IN ANY, ANY IN ANY WAY. IT ONLY ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THINGS, LOOK AT THEM PROPERLY, TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEM PROPERLY. AND LIKE I SAID, I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE. THE WAY WE DO THINGS AT THE COUNTY. I FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE THAT WE WOULD BE, AND I PERSONALLY AM NOT WILLING TO GIVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO SOMEONE ELSE OTHER THAN OURSELVES. WE'RE THE ONES PROBABLY ENDING UP PUTTING THE BIGGEST, YOU KNOW, THE LION'S SHARE OF 1 MILLION VERSUS THE CITY'S PUTTING LESS MONEY THAN WE ARE. AND, WE CAME TO THE TABLE. NOW I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT FOLLOW UP ON THAT, PUTTING $1 MILLION. I'M NOT JUST GOING TO PUT THOSE MILLION DOLLARS AND STEP AWAY FROM IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET INVOLVED.

AND I THINK BEING A SPONSOR IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF THAT, AND THAT MAKES US A LEAD INTO THAT. YES WE NEED TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. YES, WE NEED TO KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE. BUT BUT A RESOLUTION IS NOT SAYING ANYTHING OTHER. IT'S NOT BINDING. AND ALL WE'RE SAYING IS WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING TO THIS EXTENT. SO I DON'T KNOW, EDUARDO, YOU WERE GOING TO COMMENT. YEAH, DEFINITELY, I MEAN, THIS DISCUSSION OBVIOUSLY IS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE AS A WEARING MY MPO HAT. THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. COMMISSIONER, YOU WERE THERE AT THE AT THE MEETING AT THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD OF THE MPO LAST FRIDAY. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT I COMMUNICATE TO, TO THE COURT THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE COMMUNICATE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE 100% OF ALL THE ANSWERS TO, TO THE QUESTIONS. BUT ON THE QUESTION OF OWNERSHIP, THAT WHEN WE WERE HERE, LAST MONTH, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT FUZZY, BUT BUT NOW IT'S BEEN CLARIFIED, RIGHT. THE SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROJECT SPONSORSHIP BECAUSE THE OWNER OF THE PROJECT WILL WILL CONTINUE BEING TXDOT. THEY'RE CURRENTLY THE OWNERS OF I-10. AND THEN ANYTHING YOU BUILD ON TOP OF IT, BECAUSE IT'S TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY AND ALL THAT. TECHNICALLY, THEY

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ARE STILL THE OWNERS OF THEM NOW. THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN BUILDING DECKS, RIGHT? SO SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO TAKE OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES. AND THAT'S WHERE THE SPONSORSHIP COMES IN.

SO THE PROJECT SPONSOR IS ALMOST AS IF YOU'RE THE OWNER. I MEAN, YOU ARE ON THE HOOK FOR WHATEVER YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT ULTIMATELY. EXACTLY, EXACTLY RIGHT NOW IN, IN THE AGREEMENTS THAT TRACY WAS REFERRING TO THAT WE'VE SEEN FOR THE, THE PROJECTS IN DALLAS, THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE BETWEEN THE PROJECT SPONSOR AND TXDOT, THE MULTIPLE USE AGREEMENTS, MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS, AIR RIGHTS AGREEMENTS, AND SO ON. BUT THOSE THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE STILL, YOU KNOW, ARE VERY FAR AWAY FROM FROM, YOU KNOW, EXECUTING THOSE AGREEMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO AND THE COST AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON TOP. SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN YOU CAN WORK ON THOSE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS. AND SO THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN TXDOT AND THE SPONSOR RIGHT NOW THAT THERE IS ANOTHER SET OF AGREEMENTS. AND TRACY JUMP IN, IF I'M MISQUOTING ANYTHING, THE SECOND SET OF AGREEMENTS ARE BETWEEN THE PROJECT SPONSOR AND THE FOUNDATION. THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE OPERATING AND MAINTAINING AND, AND, YOU KNOW, RUNNING THE SHOW. RIGHT SO THOSE SETS OF AGREEMENTS STILL NEED TO BE IN PLACE. RIGHT? BUT WE'RE NOT READY TO, YOU KNOW, EXECUTE THOSE AGREEMENTS YET. WHAT I, WHAT I DO THINK IS THAT THIS RESOLUTION OR LETTER HELPS THE APPLICATION BECAUSE AGAIN THE IN THE IN THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS GRANT, IT CLEARLY STATES THAT YOU SCORE HIGHER IF YOU SHOW PARTNERSHIPS.

RIGHT. AND I THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO SHOW THE PARTNERSHIP YOU KNOW WITH JUST HAPPENS NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MPO IS THE LEAD APPLICANT, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE MATCH FROM THE COUNTY. AND THE CITY OF EL PASO IS GOING TO BRING THAT IS BRINGING THAT OR DISCUSSING THAT AT TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET A POSITIVE RESULT FROM FROM THAT. AND ALSO THE, THE REST OF THE MATCH FROM COMING FROM, FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SO SHOWING THAT PARTNERSHIP AND THAT WILLINGNESS IN THIS CASE FOR THE COUNTY TO BE A SPONSOR, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT SIGNING AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS YET, BUT SHOWING THAT WILLING WILLINGNESS I THINK IS YOU KNOW, STRENGTHENS THE APPLICATION. WELL, I THINK THE FACT THAT WE COMMITTED TO GIVING $1 MILLION FOR THE MATCH SHOWS THAT THE COUNTY IS WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT, THAT THAT SHOWS THAT COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I JUST DON'T SEE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOLUTION IS IF IT'S NOT REQUIRED. WE ALREADY HAVE THE OWNERSHIP ISSUE DETERMINED, AND FRANKLY, I JUST DON'T THINK WE'RE READY TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF COMMITMENTS WITHOUT HAVING MORE OF AN IDEA FINANCIALLY, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO COMMIT THE COUNTY TO. COMMISSIONER SHELDON AND COMMISSIONER GORDON, SO, SO THE SO, JUST TO REITERATE, MR. KHALIL, YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF WE IF WE BECOME A SPONSOR AND I MEAN THIS IS A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION, THIS IS NOT A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT THAT CAN THAT CAN FORCE US TO DO ANYTHING WHATSOEVER. IT'S A MORE MORE OF LIKE, I GUESS, A GOOD WAY TO MEMORIALIZE OUR VALUES AND SAY WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE. BUT I MEAN, WE'RE ALSO PUTTING OURSELVES ON THE RECORD AND, AND SAYING THAT, THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WILLING TO, TO POSSIBLY GO DOWN THAT GO DOWN THAT ROUTE. SO, I MEAN, SO SPONSORSHIP WOULD, WOULD TRANSLATE INTO OVERSIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY OF, OF THIS PROJECT. I'M NOT SURE IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT DIRECTLY TRANSLATES TO THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY BEING THE SPONSOR, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID, SPONSORSHIP IS LIKE OWNERSHIP A COUPLE OF MINUTES, RIGHT? SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE'RE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SEEM TO ME LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY. NO, NO, NO, EXACTLY. I MEAN, ONCE YOU ONCE YOU'VE SIGNED AGREEMENTS, I MEAN, THE FORMAL AGREEMENTS WITH WITH TXDOT FOR THE MULTIPLE USE AIR RIGHTS, MAINTENANCE, ETC. YEAH.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, BUT OBVIOUSLY, BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT POINT OF EXECUTING THOSE FORMAL AGREEMENTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AND CONVERSATIONS. RIGHT WELL, I MEAN, AND I THINK JUST, I MEAN, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE JUDGE'S POINT, IN, IN DOING THIS RESOLUTION AND, YOU KNOW, BEING ON THE RECORD AND SAYING THAT WE WANT TO BE SPONSORS, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST VERY CURIOUS, AS, YOU KNOW, AS TO, WHAT DOORS DOES THAT OPEN FOR THE COUNTY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS? AND WHAT I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO BE

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OWNERS IF WE'RE SPONSORS? ARE WE GOING TO BE THE ONES DECIDING WHAT AMENITIES ARE GOING TO BE GOING ON TOP OF THE DECK PARK OR LIKE WHAT I MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND I THINK THAT'S NOT ABLE TO BE DEFINED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, WE'RE I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, UNLESS SOMEBODY CAN EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT WHAT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY DEFINES. YEAH. I'LL JUST ADD THAT THE, THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND AND I'VE SEEN THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND KLYDE WARREN PARK, TXDOT ASKED US NOT TO USE THOSE AS THE TEMPLATE. THEY'D RATHER US USE THE, AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY PARK, WHICH WE HAVE NOT SEEN YET. WE'VE REQUESTED THEM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND WE'RE WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM. BUT ESSENTIALLY, AGAIN, IT DELEGATES THE AUTHORITY FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, YOUR OBLIGATIONS IF YOU WERE TO TAKE ON SPONSORSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND TXDOT. AND I THINK THAT CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE PARK FOUNDATION WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFINE WHAT THE COUNTY'S ROLE, HOW HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO DELEGATE, HOW MUCH INVOLVEMENT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GUESSING WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED, BUT THEY ARE THEY DON'T HAVE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MEMBERSHIP ON THE PARK FOUNDATION BOARD. THEY'RE NOT IT'S A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP. IT'S NOT A GOVERNANCE RELATIONSHIP. SO BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD WE'D BE ABLE TO EXPLORE AND DISCUSS, AS, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY AND ALL.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE COUNTY, OKAY, SO IF WE'RE I MEAN, IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PASS THIS, THIS RESOLUTION AND I AND AGAIN, I SEE IT AS MAYBE, YOU KNOW, A STATEMENT OF, OF OUR VALUES GOING FORWARD WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PROJECT, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, IT'S ACCEPTABLE. BUT THERE THERE ARE SOME, SOME, PROPOSED CHANGES THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF YOU ALL WOULD BE AMENABLE TO IF WE'RE GOING TO, IF WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PASS THE RESOLUTION, I THINK THAT IN THE AND I WANT TO THANK TRACY FOR MEETING WITH, WITH MY OFFICE TO, TO DISCUSS THIS MORE. I APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR YOUR FOR YOUR SENTIMENTS AND COMMENTS REGARDING, YOU KNOW, TRULY RECONNECTING AND COMMUNITIES AND LOOKING AT HOW TO MAKE THIS PROJECT THE BEST IT CAN POSSIBLY BE. AND, YOU KNOW, MITIGATING, THINGS LIKE, LIKE POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION, BUT SO, SO THE FIRST, THE FIRST, WHEREAS, SAYS IN 1969 19 WAS EXTENDED THROUGH EL PASO, DISRUPTING THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN EL PASO, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS PRIORITIZED AND FUNDED THE RECONSTRUCTION OF I-10, INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN SEGMENT, OFFERING A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE NEW COMMUNITY SPACE, RECONNECTING THIS PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY, SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, I THINK THAT, THE ACTUAL HIGHWAY DISRUPTED FAR MORE THAN JUST THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN. I THINK WE COULD ARGUE THAT IT BARELY DISRUPTED DOWNTOWN AT ALL. AND GIVEN THAT ALL THE CROSS STREETS THAT CONTINUE TO CONNECT AND THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT IS, IS SEVERAL BLOCKS SOUTH OF THE TRENCH AND REMAINED INTACT WHEN THE HIGHWAY CAME THROUGH, I THINK IT WAS MORE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE THAT WERE DISRUPTED AND IMPACTED AND THAT CONTINUED TO BE SO THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF HOMES, AND, PEOPLE REMOVED FROM, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE CHAMIZAL SETTLEMENT AND THE I-10 AND THE SPAGHETTI BOWL AND US 54. AND SO PRIOR TO THOSE EVENTS, ONE SOMETHING THAT'S I THINK INTERESTING IS THAT EL PASO ANNUAL ANNUAL SALARIES WERE EQUAL TO OR ABOVE THE STATE. AND NATIONAL AVERAGES. AND STARTING IN THE DECADE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, OUR SALARIES STARTED TO DROP IN COMPARISON AND NEVER, NEVER RECOVERED. SO, THE FIRST PROPOSAL THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE LANGUAGE SHOULD MENTION NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL, IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A VALUE STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY AND, YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS A COMMERCIAL AREA BETWEEN PIEDRAS AND COPIA AND MONTANA AND ALAMEDA, ALL FOUR SIDES OF THAT AREA WHERE THRIVING COMMERCIAL AREAS AND IN FACT CONTINUE TO THRIVE DESPITE THE DISRUPTION. THE FOUR CORNERS IS THEY, COULD BE KNOWN AS THE IDEA, YOU KNOW, AS THIS IDEA GETS TRACTION CONTAINED BETWEEN 50 AND 60 BLOCKS IN THE COUNTY SHOULD TAKE A LEAD. I THINK IN TRYING TO RE, RE INITIATE OR, INVIGORATE THAT THAT THAT AREA. I DON'T THINK THE, THE DECK PARK ALONE IS GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO DO THAT. COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU JUST SAID? I JUST I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY. YEAH I MEAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO INCLUDE THE NEIGHBORHOODS

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THAT WERE IMPACTED BY I-10. THE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE EAST OF EAST OF DOWNTOWN, THAT WERE RIPPED APART, THERE WERE MORE THAN A THOUSAND HOMES THAT WERE THAT WERE TAKEN OUT, A LOT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES AND HISPANIC FAMILIES WERE IMPACTED NEGATIVELY. AND EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE IT WAS BEFORE I-10 CAME THROUGH, IT WAS THERE WAS A THERE WERE STRONG COMMERCIAL PRESENCE IN THE AREA AS WELL. THERE STILL IS A LITTLE BIT AND I'M TALKING I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE AREA BETWEEN COPIA AND ALAMEDA AND, AND THAT AREA AND INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, IN OUR STATEMENT AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD WE SHOULD TRY TO TAKE A LEAD AND REINVIGORATING THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, ASPECT AND IMPORTANCE OF THOSE OF THOSE AREAS AS WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR, WITH OUR, OUR VALUES AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS AT THE COUNTY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THE DECK PARK IS ENOUGH ALONE, BUT BUT THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE WAS, WAS, IN THAT WHEREAS IS AFTER, WHERE IT SAYS DISRUPTING THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN EL PASO. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND ITS ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEN, BELOW THAT WE TALK ABOUT, FUNDED THE RECONSTRUCTION OF I-10, AND I WANT TO STRIKE, INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN SEGMENT, THE PROJECT KNOWN AS I-10, COVERS SIX MILES, STARTING AT COPIA AND EXTENDING TO EXECUTIVE AND OFFERS A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEW COMMUNITY SPACE AND THEN IT'S AND THEN IT SAYS RECONNECTING THIS PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. I'D LIKE TO STRIKE THAT AND PUT CREATING A NEW COMMUNITY SPACE DOWNTOWN, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF THE HIGHWAY, NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THE HIGHWAY IN NEIGHBORHOODS EAST OF DOWNTOWN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THAT. I THINK IT IT, I THINK STRENGTHENS OUR VALUE STATEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE THINK ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WHAT'S GOING O, AFTER THAT, THERE, THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS ACROSS EL PASO, THE MPO DOWNTOWN FOUNDATION, AND THERE'S A PART WHERE IT SAYS IT'S THE NEXT ONE. IT SAYS, WHEREAS ON AUGUST 26TH, 2024, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT VOTED TO PROVIDE $1 MILLION MATCH FOR THE DOWNTOWN DECK PLAZA PROJECT AND CONSIDERED THE POTENTIAL, OPPORTUNITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNING THE DOWNTOWN DECK. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SAY THAT WE CONSIDERED THE OPPORTUNITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. I MEAN, WE'VE BARELY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE, AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THAT COMMISSIONER OLGUIN HAS BROUGHT UP. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST REMINDING, RECOMMENDING, EDITING, TAKING OUT THAT CONSIDERED AND REPLACING IT WITH DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN ADDING AT THE END, A CLOSET WOULD SAY AND DIRECTED STAFF TO CONTINUE ASSESSING AND DEVELOPING INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSAL, MOVING ON. THERE TO THE WHEREAS IT TALKS ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE FACILITY BEING BEING TEXDOT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT WAS IT WAS A BIT OF A DIFFICULT VOTE, AND, YOU KNOW, LAST, LAST TIME. AND I DID IT BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO LEAN TOWARD THE IDEA OF HAVING A, AN AMENITY LIKE THAT TO BE TO BEGIN WITH, I KNOW, AND NOW THAT THE TRENCH IS FUNDED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE TAKEN TO HEART THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING A BIGGER RIVER OF TRAFFIC AND NOTHING TO MITIGATE THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO M, AND I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT A DEVELOPER DRIVEN, REAL ESTATE AMENITY AND THAT IT ACTUALLY SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S AROUND IT, WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF THE LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS WHO ALREADY ARE FEELING THE PRESSURE OF RENTAL AND PURCHASING INCREASES, DRIVEN BY, BY SPECULATORS AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, I THINK IT WAS ALSO DIFFICULT FOR ME BECAUSE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE LANGUAGE OF EQUITY AND RECONNECTION HAVE REALLY BEEN SILENT ON THE REST OF DOWNTOWN I-10. PROPOSAL AND, YOU KNOW, WHICH I THINK WOULD CONTINUE THE SEPARATION, THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE FACED WITH WHO LIVE ADJACENT TO THE HIGHWAY AND WOULD BE ADDITIONALLY NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY INCREASED TRAFFIC NOISE, POLLUTION AND HEAT ISLAND FROM FROM MORE LANES AND NEW FRONTAGE ROADS. AND SO I WANT TO PROPOSE THAT, IN THAT PART OF THE, THE, THE, THE RESOLUTION THAT, THAT WE ADD LANGUAGE ABOUT COUNTY VALUES THAT SUPPORT COMMUNITY DURING THE PROCESS, THAT INCLUDE AFFORDABILITY, POLLUTION MITIGATION, CONNECTIVITY FOR

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SMALL BUSINESS AND ESPECIALLY EAST OF DOWNTOWN AND SO, ON THE ON THE LAST PART OF THAT, THAT WHEREAS I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, A STATEMENT THAT SAYS FURTHER, THE COUNTY PUTS FORTH AS VALUES FOR ITS OWNERSHIP OF THE DECK OR SPONSORSHIP OF THE DECK. AND ITS ENGAGEMENT WITH TXDOT. THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS, PROTECTING EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ADDING NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, ENSURING THAT FRONTAGE FOR THE DECK AND ADJACENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS REMAINING REMAINS URBAN. SLASH NEIGHBORHOOD APPROPRIATE IN TERMS OF LANE WIDTHS AND SPEED LIMITS. REDUCE. WE REDUCE PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND OTHER IMPACTS TO EXISTING RESIDENTS, SUCH AS NEW OVERHEAD RAMPS ABOVE HOMES OR IN SIGHTLINES, AND RECREATING NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIONS FOR THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN PIEDRAS AND COPIA. AND THEN I THINK AFTER THAT, THERE'S ONLY ONE MORE IN THE, THE LAST. NOW, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, IT SAYS THAT THE COUNTY, EL PASO JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT DO HEREBY COMMIT TO WORKING IN GOOD FAITH TO REACH AN AGREEMENT THAT AND THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITION THAT REFLECTS THE COUNTY'S VALUES AND ALLOWS THE COUNTY OF EL PASO TO SERVE AS A PROJECT SPONSOR OF THE DOWNTOWN DECK PLAZA, I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THOSE CHANGES WOULD MAKE IT MORE AMENABLE TO THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT, THE CONSTITUENCY THAT WOULD BE MOST AFFECTED BY BOTH THE, THE HIGHWAY WIDENING AND THE DECK AND THE DECK PARK IN THE WAY IT'S PROPOSED RIGHT NOW. AND IT ALLOWS US TO, I THINK, REALLY DEFINE OUR VALUES AND WANTING TO WORK TOWARDS THESE MORE PROGRESSIVE IDEALS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, LET ME TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN HERE IN EL PASO FOR QUITE, QUITE A LONG TIME. AND I'VE SEEN THIS IS A REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS HEAR SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN THE NORTHEAST AND EVEN WITHIN THE CITY SAY THAT THE COUNTY DOESN'T PROVIDE THEM WITH ANY KIND OF AMENITIES AND THAT THEIR, THEIR TAXES ARE GOING TO THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF EL PASO. HERE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE SERVICES THAT WE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WE TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS. I'VE SEEN FOR DECADES OUR LEADERSHIP HERE IN OUR CITY AND COUNTY, JUST FAIL COMPLETELY FAIL IN BRINGING QUALITY OF LIFE ATTRACTIONS TO OUR AREA, STARTING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE ARENA WAY BACK SINCE, YOU KNOW, THE 80S AND 90S. OKAY, WE HAVE FAILED MISERABLY AT SOME OF THESE THINGS. SIX FLAGS WANTED TO COME HERE, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PARK, SEAWORLD, THE COWBOYS WANTED TO LOCATE IN OUR AREA, AND WE FAILED MISERABLY AT ALL OF THAT. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TAKE THE LEAD ON SOMETHING THAT'S GREAT, NOT JUST FOR THE LOCAL INNER CITY, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND FOR US TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DETAILS. AND IF WE BECOME THE SPONSORS AND WE REALLY TAKE THE LEAD AND GET IN THERE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A DECISION, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MORE OF A MORE OF A, INPUT IN MAKING THE DECISIONS ABOUT THE AMENITIES THAT GO HERE. WE'RE NOT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE DECK RIGHT NOW. BUT THESE AMENITIES, I THINK, ARE GOING TO BE A GREAT THING FOR THE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, THE ENTIRE COUNTY. I DON'T SEE THE CITY OF DALLAS REGRETTING THEIR DECISION TO HAVE A DECK PLAZA THEY'D BECOME. AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THE NUMBER ONE DESTINATION IN DALLAS. THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT DALLAS HAS. THINK ABOUT IT.

AND HERE WE ARE DEBATING ON WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE THIS OR GET INVOLVED IN THIS. I THINK WE'RE MISSING THE BOAT. I AGREE WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER. I DON'T MIND PUTTING, THE, YOU KNOW, AMENDING THE RESOLUTION TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE THEIR COUNTY VALUES AND STUFF. BUT I THINK THAT THAT THAT LEAVES US OPEN ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, US HAVE SOME INPUT INTO DOING THAT. AND I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE THE LEAD. THIS IS A ONE WEEK COMING UP THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT. THIS IS TO GET THE MONEY JUST FOR THE DESIGN OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, THE PLAZA. WE ARE, I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'VE LOST ENOUGH BIG QUALITY OF LIFE AMENITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S TIME WE TAKE THE LEAD. IT'S

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TIME WE SHOW THE COMMUNITY OF THIS, OF THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT AND NOT FAIL MISERABLY LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE DECADES PAST. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A VISION HERE. AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR US TO DO THAT. SO, JUDGE, I'M ALL FOR IT. YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND. AND SUPPORT THINGS THAT COMMISSIONER STOUT TALKED ABOUT. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO BE AT THE TABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THOSE THINGS. SO TO ME, I THINK THE RESOLUTION LENDS ITSELF TO THEN STEP INTO ALL THESE OTHER AREAS. SO WE HAVE IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ACTUALLY JUDGE, IF I CAN MAKE ONE FINAL COMMENT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IF THE COUNTY BECOMES THE SPONSOR AND ULTIMATELY WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN THE ENTIRE $207 MILLION ESTIMATED REQUIRED TO BUILD THIS PARK, THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. SO I THINK OUR RESIDENTS NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS WILL POTENTIALLY MEAN A VERY BIG TAX IMPACT TO THEM. ARE WE GOING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR THIS IF WE DON'T GET ALL OF THIS FUNDING, AND THAT'S WHAT WORRIES ME. THAT'S WHAT WORRIES ME THAT WE'RE GOING AHEAD WITH THIS DECISION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THOSE MONETARY IMPACTS. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT. DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S A TRUE STATEMENT THAT THAT IF WE IF THINGS DON'T GO RIGHT, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. I MEAN, WE'RE STILL IN A NEGOTIATING POINT.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THINGS OUT. WE'RE NOT COMMITTING. AND FOR US TO SAY THAT IF IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING. I NEVER HAVE HEARD THAT ONE SINGLE TIME. WELL WHO ELSE WOULD BE JUDGE? I MEAN, WELL, LET ME LET ME FIND OUT. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOSE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE ARE PUT IN PAPER AND IN THESE AGREEMENTS. RIGHT. SO BUT I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE I THINK GOOD OVERALL FOR THE FOR THE PROJECT IN ONE SENSE TO HAVE THESE AGREEMENTS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY OR YOU KNOW, THE CITY OR ANYBODY ELSE IS GOING TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITHOUT HAVING A LOT MORE INFORMATION. AND EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO AND ■WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE CAPABLE. WELL EXACTLY. SO THE, THE WHAT IS WHAT IS GOOD NOW IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE, LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHEDULES AND THE TIMELINE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS GRANT. THE PROGRAM. WELL, THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATIONS IS SEPTEMBER 30TH NEXT WEEK. BUT BASED ON THE GUIDANCE THAT WE GOT BACK FROM FROM USDOT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANNOUNCING THE SELECTIONS MAYBE LATE THIS, THIS CALENDAR YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR. LET'S SAY IT'S JANUARY, RIGHT? AND THEN THEY TOLD US THEY ESTIMATE, HAVING ABOUT 6 OR 7 MONTHS TO DO ALL THE PAPERWORK, ALL THE AGREEMENTS AND ALL THAT BETWEEN THE MPO IN THIS CASE AND, AND USDOT FOR THE GRANT. SO WE WOULDN'T BE READY TO START ACTUALLY DESIGNING UNTIL LET'S SAY YOU KNOW, OPTIMISTICALLY, THE SUMMER, MAYBE JUNE, JULY OF NEXT YEAR.

SO THE GOOD THING OF THAT IS THAT IT GIVES US A LOT OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE DECK IS. RIGHT. SO AND NOT JUST FOR THE DESIGN, BUT ALSO FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COST. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, A BIG QUESTION IS, WELL, IT'S EVEN IF WE'RE JUST TALKING THE, THE DECK, WHICH IS ABOUT, LET'S SAY 100 MILLION, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY IDENTIFIED FOR THAT. WELL, WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, GET MOVING AND IDENTIFY THOSE SOURCES.

RIGHT. SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE 100%, YOU KNOW, ASSURED OF ANYTHING. RIGHT? BUT YOUR LEVEL OF COMFORT INCREASES SUBSTANTIALLY SO THAT YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, COMFORTABLE IN SIGNING THESE AGREEMENTS. I MEAN, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO COLLECTIVELY. BUT WHAT I CANNOT STRESS MORE IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO DO THIS TOGETHER AS A PARTNERSHIP, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK I CAN SPEAK AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. COMMISSIONER OLGUIN, YOU WERE THERE AT THE AT THE BOARD.

YOU KNOW, I CAN SPEAK FOR THE BOARD IN THAT THEY GAVE US LAST FRIDAY THE GREEN LIGHT TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF SIMILAR DISCUSSIONS ON FRIDAY. SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING THIS, BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO SHOW THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE IT IS A IT IS A HUGE PROJECT. IT'S A, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY I THINK IT IS IT IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS THAT THAT THIS REGION IS, IS GETTING INVOLVED IN. BUT WE NO ONE ENTITY CAN DO IT ALONE. SO THE PARTNERSHIPS AND WORKING TOGETHER AND ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT COMMISSIONER

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STOUT, YOU HAVE EXPRESSED AND SO ON. YEAH, BRING THEM IN. YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL TIME TO DO IT. BUT WE NEED TO WORK FAST. AND AGREEING TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION. EDUARDO TO ME IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT THAN ULTIMATELY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY TO SPONSOR A $207 MILLION PROJECT. THAT'S MY POINT. OKAY. THANK YOU. CALL THE VOTE, PLEAS. SO. SO ARE WE NOT ADDING THE.

WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE? WELL, I THINK THAT BECAUSE OF HIS DEADLINE, I THINK IT IT LENDS ITSELF TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SAID. IT DOESN'T I WANT TO I WANTED TO I MEAN, I WOULDN'T HAVE I WOULDN'T HAVE SPENT THE LAST 20 MINUTES GOING THROUGH THAT. I UNDERSTAND IF I THOUGHT THAT IT DID IT. THAT'S WHAT IT SAID, BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS. I MEAN, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT MITIGATING THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE HIGHWAY. I MEAN, COMMISSIONER, HAVE WE INCLUDED EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SAID AND EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN SAY? YOU'D HAVE TEN PAGE RESOLUTION? NO, IT'S ONE LINE IN THREE WHEREAS JUDGE BUT THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE SAYING THAT OTHER THINGS SHOULD BE ADDED. AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT JUST GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND THEN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. THAT'S WHY WE WANT THE SPONSORSHIP, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE SAY HERE IS REALLY NOT GOING TO MEAN AS MUCH AS THE FACT THAT WE THAT WE ARE AT THE TABLE AND THAT WE DO SUPPORT. I MEAN, WHAT YOU'VE SAID IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A DEADLINE AND I JUST WANT TO COMMIT THAT TO THAT DEADLINE BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE. SO ANYWAY, SO I MEAN, I MEAN, I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED, JUDGE, THAT YOU WON'T LET US MAKE THESE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS IN YOUR MOTION. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT BINDING, INCLUDING THE FOUNDATION, YOU KNOW, WHAT? IF THEY DON'T LIKE OUR. WHAT? WE'RE TRYING TO TALK HERE, PUT IN HERE. YOU KNOW, THEY COULD JUST WALK AWAY WITH IT. WALK AWAY FROM US, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T BIND US. BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE IT IN WRITING IN A RESOLUTION. THOSE THE STATEMENT OF THOSE VALUES. I MEAN, ARE WE AGAINST PROTECTING AGAINST, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR ARE WE ARE WE ARE WE AGAINST ENSURING THAT FRONTAGE ROADS FOR THE DECKS ARE, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE FOR URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, I MEAN, I CAN SEND THE I CAN SEND THE, THE PROPOSED CHANGES. IT'S NOT TEN PAGES. WELL, JUDGE, COMMISSIONER STOUT, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT YOU SAID. I MEAN, I AGREE WITH THAT INSOFAR AS, TAKING TIME OUT AND RE REDOING THE RESOLUTION, IF THAT'S NOT BROAD ENOUGH TO COVER EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED, I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD THESE, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE VOTES, BACKING WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I AM CONCERNED BEFORE I VOTE THOUGH. COMMISSIONER OLGUIN, YOU MADE A STATEMENT THAT WE WOULD BE ON THE HOOK IF SOME EVENTUAL EVENTUALITIES DON'T OCCUR. AND I'M CURIOUS, BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO VOTE ON THIS, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT INFORMATION? WELL, I MEAN, BUT IT'S ONLY LOGICAL, COMMISSIONER. WHO ELSE WOULD BE? IF WE ARE THE SPONSOR, WHICH EQUATES PRACTICALLY TO OWNERSHIP, ACCORDING TO WHAT EDUARDO TOLD US, WHO ELSE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? EVEN IF WE APPLY FOR GRANTS, WHAT IF WE DON'T GET ALL 270 MILLION IN GRANTS? WHO ELSE WOULD BE? I MEAN, THE CITY CLEARLY IS NOT INTERESTED IN OWNERSHIP, OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, SO WHO ELSE WOULD IT BE? THE FOUNDATION HAS SAID THAT THEY'LL TAKE ON THE MAINTENANCE. OKAY BUT ULTIMATELY, IF WE ARE THE SPONSORS, THIS IS OUR PROJECT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES. WHO ELSE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMING UP FOR SHORT WITH SHORTFALLS? OKAY. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT IT HAD COME UP IN A MEETING WHERE WHERE THERE WAS FACTUAL INFORMATION GIVEN TO US, TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION. BUT AS WE ARE IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES, BECAUSE I DO FEEL THAT COMMISSIONER STOUT FEELS. BUT I THINK WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE JUST DATING RIGHT NOW, AND WE CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES. SO I AM READY TO VOTE. I JUST, I CAN I CAN SEND THE AMENDMENT TO BECAUSE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY.

I WAS JUST WORRIED THAT WE COULDN'T VOTE, BUT I JUST GOT INFORMATION THAT WE COULD VOTE ON IT AND THEN INCLUDE YOUR EDITS. YES, AT THIS TIME. BUT I THOUGHT WE'D HAVE TO VOTE NO. WE CAN AMEND. WE CAN AMEND. I CAN SEND THE LANGUAGE TO THE TO OUR ATTORNEYS RIGHT NOW AND THAT WILL BE REFLECTED. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE TIME FRAME THAT WE'D HAVE TO VOTE NEXT MONDAY. OH, RIGHT. YOU COULD STILL WRITE IF THE MOTION TODAY. RIGHT. IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MOTION TO ADOPT WITH

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THE REVISIONS AS COMMISSIONER STOUT HAS STATED WITH THE ADDITIONAL. YES, SIR, I CAN WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE TO MAKE THE EDITS. AND IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF WHAT THE COMMISSIONER SHARED TODAY. AND WE COULD SIGN IT. OKAY. I WAS JUST WORRIED THAT WE COULDN'T VOTE UNTIL. OKAY, THEN YOUR EDITS WILL BE INCLUDED. SO, SO YOU'RE AMENDING YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THE, THE EDITS THAT I ASKED FOR. OKAY. THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CORONADO. YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? AS WELL? YES I'M OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY SO THIS IS FOR THE MOTION WITH THE EDITS THAT WERE READ IN BY COMMISSIONER STOUT. VOTING IS OPEN. THE MOTION CARRIES, COMMISSIONER GREEN VOTES NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRACY.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JOAQUIN. JOAQUIN. THANK YOU. TRACY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LUNCH BREAK.

YES, SIR. COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECESS FOR ONE HOUR. IT IS 1226.

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BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES. VISIT EP 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 VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID DIECINUEVE LA VACUNA COVID DIECINUEVE GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH PUNTO COM SABEMOS CUANTO ARMAS A TUS HIJOS, ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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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 AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS? ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RETINAS, LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19. LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO MAS DE TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THEIR ROUTINE VACCINES. ALSO, CHILDREN

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FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE. I AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS? ADEMAS DE LA VACUNA RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID NUEVE LA VACUNA COVID DIECINUEVE GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH PUNTO COM SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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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 AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS ADEMAS DE LA VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS. AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID DIECINUEVE LA VACUNA COVID DIECINUEVE IS GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THEIR ROUTINE VACCINES. ALSO CHILDREN

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FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE. I AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS ADEMAS DE LA VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS. AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID DIECINUEVE LA VACUNA COVID DIECINUEVE ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS, ASI QUÉ RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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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 AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS ADEMAS DE LA VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS. AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID NUEVE LA VACUNA COVID DIECINUEVE GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO ALMORZAR TUS HIJOS, ASI

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RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA. DE.

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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 AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS? ADEMAS DE LA VACUNA RETINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19. LA VACUNA COVID ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH PUNTO COM SABEMOS CUANTO MAS DE TUS HIJOS. ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THEIR ROUTINE VACCINES. ALSO, CHILDREN

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FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE. I AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS ADEMAS DE LA VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS. AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID DIECINUEVE LA VACUNA COVID DIECINUEVE GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH PUNTO COM SABEMOS CUANTO MAS A TUS HIJOS, ASI Q RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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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 AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS? ADEMAS DE LA VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS. AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19. LA VACUNA COVID DIECINUEVE ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS ALTOS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THEIR ROUTINE VACCINES. ALSO CHILDREN

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FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE. I AM 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 HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE. VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS? ADEMAS DE LA VACUNA SOBRE LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19. LA VACUNA COVID DIECINUEVE ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO AMAS A TUS HIJOS, ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

GO AHEAD. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS RECONVENED INTO REGULAR OPEN SESSION. WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT A FROM PURCHASING. APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE AWARD OF RFP 24-016. THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION FOR HEALTH, DENTAL AND RELATED BENEFITS FOR THE EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS. HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO THE TOP THREE SCORING FIRMS AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT FOR DENTAL SERVICES, HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, CORPORATION, A MUTUAL LEGAL RESERVE COMPANY DOING BUSINESS AS BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, FOR COBRA EAP HEALTH PHARMACY. SECTION 125 AND STOP LOSS SERVICES AND UNITED HEALTH CARE SERVICES INCORPORATED OF MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SERVICES. PURCHASING. APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN ES HEALTH, HEALTH, DENTAL CLAIMS. GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS KAREN DAVIDSON, YOUR COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT. WE'RE ASKING FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL AND AWARD OF AN

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RFP THAT WE COMPLETED, 24 ZERO 16 FOR OUR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATORS FOR ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT BENEFITS, RIGHT? HEALTH, DENTAL AND ALL THE RELATED BENEFITS. WE WENT THROUGH AN ENTIRE RFP AND THE AWARD RECOMMENDATION IS ALPHABETICAL, AETNA LIFE WOULD BE AWARDED THE DENTAL SERVICES. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD WOULD GET THE COBRA EAP HEALTH PHARMACEUTICALS SECTION 125 AND STOP LOSS SERVICES AND UNITEDHEALTH WOULD GET THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE SERVICES. I HAVE THE BACKUP IN HERE FOR YOU TO REVIEW, BUT WE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPORT THIS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. AND CHRISTINA, WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS AN ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. IF THE COURT WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE COULD DO SO WITH BY A MOTION OF THE COURT FOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH IS FIVE FIVE, 1.025 CONSULTATION WITH YOUR LAWYERS, WHICH IS 551.071. WE'RE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COURT HAS IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT. KAREN, WERE YOU SUGGESTING THAT OR. NO, SIR. I THINK THAT IF THE COURT IS COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AWARD AS IT'S BEING PRESENTED, IT CAN BE AWARDED AT THIS TIME.

HOWEVER, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THE COURT HAD ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR THINGS OR CONCERNS THAT WE HAD THE FLEXIBILITY TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE IF NECESSARY. OKAY. I THINK I THINK WE SHOULD I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT THAT I WANTED TO GET CLARIFIED. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE'LL WAIT. THEN WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE ON THIS ITEM. AND THEN WHEN WE COME OUT RIGHT, WE'LL, WE'LL. YES, SIR. THE COURT CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW JUST FOR THIS ITEM. OR YOU COULD TAKE THIS UP WHEN EXECUTIVE COMES UP IN A LITTLE IN A FEW MORE ITEMS. DO WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED TO. WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE US GO INTO EXECUTIVE FOR. YES. IF WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE NOW, SIR, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO. WHATEVER THE COURT PREFERS. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. LET ME GO AHEAD. WHAT OTHER ITEMS DO WE HAVE ON THE REGULAR BEFORE WE GO INTO JUST THE FINANCIAL REPORT? AND I THINK YOU HAVE A CONSENT ITEM AS WELL. OH, OKAY. CONSENT ITEM T LIKE TOM. THAT'S FINE. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE HAD A LOT OF ITEMS BEFORE EXECUTIVE, SO I'LL READ THE MEMO IF THAT'S OKAY. BY THE COURT INTO THE RECORD, SO, SECTION 551.0725 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AUTHORIZES THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO CONDUCT A CLOSED MEETING TO DELIBERATE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES RELATING TO A CONTRACT UNDER NEGOTIATIONS, IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY STEVEN ARELLANO CAN DETERMINED THAT DELIBERATION IN AN OPEN MEETING CONCERNING BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES RELATING TO NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION FOR HEALTH, DENTAL AND RELATED BENEFITS FOR EL PASO COUNTY. IF DISCUSSED IN OPEN, WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE COURT AND NEGOTIATIONS. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE COURT'S VOTE THAT DELIBERATIONS IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE THAT DETRIMENTAL EFFECT, AND THAT THE DELIBERATIONS TAKE PLACE IN CLOSED SESSION. I WOULD FURTHER REQUEST THAT COMMISSIONERS COURT DIRECT THE CLERK TO ENSURE THAT ALL PROCEEDINGS IN CLOSED SESSION BE RECORDED. A COPY OF THE MEMO HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE CLERK'S REPRESENTATIVE IN ADDITION TO 551.0725, WE ALSO ASK THAT YOUR MOTION INCLUDE 551.071. THAT'S CONSULTATION WITH YOUR LEGAL ADVISOR. WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT. VOTING IS OPEN AND MOTION CARRIES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE NOW FOR JUST THIS ITEM OR SAVE IT, OR WHAT DO YOU ALL EXECUTIVE ITEMS I DON'T WANT TO HOLD ANYBODY BACK. IF SURE WE CAN DO JUST THIS ITEM AND THEN COME BACK AND OPEN JUST TO TAKE THE ACTION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT, JUDGE, I JUST WANTED I ALWAYS LIKE TO GO TO EXECUTIVE AND COME IN AND OUT OF AN EXECUTIVE. SO IF WE COULD TAKE ALL THE ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SO WE COULD DO THAT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME, COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS. YOU WANTED TO TAKE THE OTHER ITEMS. SORRY ALL EXECUTIV. YES, YES, YES. FOR EVERYTHING. FOR ALL ITEMS. COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ITEMS EIGHT A AS WELL AS ITEMS TEN A THROUGH TEN F PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. SECTION 551.071551.07655, 1.074 AND 551.0725. COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECONVENE TO TAKE OFFICIAL ACTION. IT IS 1:50 P.M.

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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 AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT Q SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS ADEMAS DE LA VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19. LA VACUNA COVID DIECINUEVE ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH COM SABEMOS CUANTO ALMORZAR TUS HIJOS. ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[A. Approve and authorize the award of RFP 24-016 Third Party Administration for Health, Dental, and Related Benefits for the El Paso County, Texas, Human Resources Department to the top Three (3) scoring firms; Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hartford CT, for Dental Services; Health Care Service Corporation A Mutual Legal Reserve Company dba Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas of Richardson TX, for COBRA EAP, Health, Pharmacy, Section 125, and Stop Loss Services; and United HealthCare Services Inc., of Minnetonka MN for Medicare Advantage Services. Purchasing approved on September 17, 2024. Funds are available in IS-HEALTH-HEALTH/DENTAL CLAIMS. Karen Davidson, Purchasing Agent, Purchasing, 915-273-3349]

[10. EXECUTIVE SESSION Only the members of the Commissioners Court have a right to attend an executive session, except that legal counsel must be present if the executive session is held pursuant to Government Code section 551.071. In addition to legal counsel, Commissioners Court may include in executive session certain officers and employees if it finds that (1) their participation is necessary to the matter under consideration; (2) their interests are not adverse to the county, and (3) their presence will not waive the attorney client privilege. Generally, the Chief Administrator, Budget Executive Director, County Clerk's representatives, and County Auditor's Office representatives attend the closed session items based on the enumerated criteria, and certain other persons may attend based on the above-listed criteria or as otherwise provided by law.]

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THEIR ROUTINE VACCINES. ALSO CHILDREN

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FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE. I AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS ADEMAS DE LA VACUNA SOBRE LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID NUEVE LA VACUNA COVID DIECINUEVE GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO MAS A TUS HIJOS, ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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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 AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS? ADEMAS DE LA VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS. AHORA SON

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ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID DIECINUEVE LA VACUNA COVID ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS. VISIT EP HEALTH PUNTO COM SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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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 AM 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 EP HEALTH.COM. WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE, VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT. QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS ADEMAS DE LA VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS. AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID DIECINUEVE LA VACUNA COVID DIECINUEVE GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS. VISITA EP HEALTH PUNTO COM SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS, ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THEIR ROUTINE VACCINES. ALSO, CHILDREN