Oct 28, 2024 Commissioners Court Regular

IF YOU MIGHT REMAIN STANDING, AND THEN WE'LL JUST BE ABLE TO.

WE'LL COMPLETE THIS ON A RED TEXT.

BEHAVIORAL TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGER.

THANK YOU. JUDGE MATTHEW MARTIN, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TRIBAL COURTS FELLOW.

THANK YOU. JIM BAKKER, DIRECTOR, IMPAIRED DRIVING SOLUTIONS.

AND ALL RISE.

CHRIS. KEN SCHOCH OF THE FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCING ALCOHOL RESPONSIBILITY.

AND ANNETTE BEARD, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS MANAGER.

SMART START.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

AND THESE ARE REALLY, VERY, VERY HONORED GUESTS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY THAT REALLY REPRESENT AND SUPPORT THE JUDGES INITIATIVES AND ALSO JUDGE REYES AS WELL.

BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY, AND I KNOW ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND AND HONORING ALL OF US BY YOUR PRESENCE.

SO WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND I'LL READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. IT'S VERY, VERY SMALL FONT, SO I MIGHT STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS.

WHEREAS THIS YEAR MARKS THE 20TH YEAR OF DWI INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAM, WHEREAS THERE ARE MORE THAN SIX 670 DWI COURTS NATIONWIDE, AND DWI COURTS HAVE SERVED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL JUSTICE SYSTEM INTERVENTION IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY.

WHEREAS TREATMENT COURTS SAVE AN AVERAGE OF $6,000 FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL THEY SERVE, WHEREAS TREATMENT COURTS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE ALCOHOL ABUSE AND SUBSTANCE DISORDER TREATMENT OUTCOMES, SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE ADDICTION AND RELATED CRIME, AND DO SO AT LESS EXPENSE THAN ANY OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE STRATEGY.

WHEREAS TREATMENT COURTS IMPROVE EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING.

FINANCIAL STABILITY, PROMOTE FAMILY REUNIFICATION, REDUCE FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS AND INCREASE THE RATE OF ADDICTED MOTHERS DELIVERING BABIES WHO ARE FULLY DRUG FREE.

WHEREAS TREATMENT COURTS FACILITATE THE COMMUNITY WIDE PARTNERSHIPS, BRINGING TOGETHER PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR COLLABORATION WITH EL PASO COUNTY.

DWI DRUG COURT PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO REDUCING FUTURE DWI OFFENSES IN OUR COMMUNITY BY OFFERING INTERVENTION, TREATMENT, AND STRUCTURE TO INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WITH. THE COURT BEGAN OPERATIONS ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2004.

DUE TO THE NECESSITY OF ADDRESSING THE HIGH RISK, HIGH NEED REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO HAVE ISSUES WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ALCOHOLISM, MENTAL HEALTH OR TRAUMA FROM RETURNING TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHEREAS THE DWI COURT WAS THE FIRST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IS DEDICATED TO SERVING DWI ADULT OFFENDERS REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, OR RELIGION.

WHEREAS JUDGE S ANCHONDO HAS LED THE TEAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION WITH COUNTLESS HOURS OF DEDICATION AND INSPIRATION.

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WHEREAS THE DWI COURT HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE TIMES AS NATIONAL ACADEMY COURT FOR ALL RISE, FORMERLY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DRUG COURT PROFESSIONALS, AND WERE IN BEING SELECTED AS NATIONAL ACADEMY COURT.

THEY ARE ACCEPTING A THREE YEAR COMMITMENT AND EACH TIME TO TRAIN, MENTOR, TEACH AND START WITH DWI COURTS ACROSS THE NATION INTERNATIONALLY.

WHEREAS THE DWI COURT HAS GRADUATED OVER 720 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REINFORCED ON LIVING A NEW GOAL ORIENTED LIFE, AND THE DWI COURT HAS A RECIDIVISM RATE OF 10% AMONG THESE GRADUATES WAS, DESPITE THE INCALCULABLE DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND COUNTLESS HOURS INVESTED, JUDGE AND SHONDA'S OVERREACHING PHILOSOPHY REMAINS THE SAME.

HE BELIEVES THE PEOPLE AND DOES NOT GIVE UP ON THEM.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT THE 28TH OF OCTOBER MARKS THE DEDICATION AND DILIGENT WORK OF THE DWI INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAM IN CELEBRATING ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY.

SIGNED THIS 20TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2024.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER OLGUIN.

JUDGE YOUR VOTE. MINE IS NOT COMING UP.

SO I THANK YOU, SIR.

JUDGE ANCHONDO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS, HONORED GUESTS, FRIENDS FROM OUT OF TOWN.

THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S HIT ME RIGHT NOW, 20 YEARS, THINKING ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HELPED OVER THE YEARS COMING BEFORE YOU, ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND GRACIOUSLY YOU HAVE GIVEN IT, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND JUDGE REYES THESE FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE ARE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM, SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM.

AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WE WANT TO HEAR, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE LIVES THAT WE HAVE TOUCHED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THOSE 20 YEARS MARKING AN ANNIVERSARY OF OF A PROGRAM THAT STARTED WITH THE SUPPORT OF WHERE I'M STANDING HERE, WHICH IS THIS COURT.

IT WAS AN IDEA.

IT WAS AN IDEA TO REALLY ADDRESS A SERIOUS PROBLEM NOT ONLY AFFECTING THIS COMMUNITY, BUT COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE.

AND I THINK IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, GO OUTSIDE ABOUT OUR REALM.

AND BY DOING THAT, I STAND HERE ALONE.

BUT AS I STAND ALONE, I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS PROGRAM.

SO I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST HAVE THE TEAM STAND AT THIS TIME.

TEAM MEMBERS, PLEASE.

AND TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE PAST AS WELL.

WE HAVE HAD TEAM MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOW GONE ON, BUT THEY ACTUALLY WERE WITH ME FOR A WHILE AND THEY CONTRIBUTED.

SO THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT I THINK HELPED ME RESHAPE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN A PROGRAM OF THIS NATURE.

AND I'M VERY HUMBLED BY THE FACT THAT 20 YEARS LATER, WE ARE STILL HELPING OTHERS.

WHEN I GO OUTSIDE TO ASK FOR HELP, I APPRECIATE WHEN UTEP JUST FINISHED AN EVALUATION OF OUR PROGRAM AND THE EVALUATION WAS VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE AND VERY NOTICEABLE AND VERY FAVORABLE.

AND SO THEIR EVALUATION GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND IMPROVE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I DO THIS ALONE, I ALSO HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT WHAT MY WIFE THINKS WHEN I GET HOME.

AND I DON'T WANT TO TALK.

SO I WANT TO THANK HER, MARIA, FOR SUPPORTING THE CAUSE, SUPPORTING ME, AND KEEPING ME LEVEL HEADED ABOUT WHAT I DO WITH ALL THESE FOLKS. THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HEAR THAT YOU SEE HERE BRING A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, TALENT EDUCATION TO A JUDGE THAT HAS TO UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO REALLY WORK HARD WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS.

EVERY ONE OF THESE FOLKS WHO HAS GRADUATED AND MOVED ON IN THEIR LIFE, WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WHAT WE OFFER THEM IS TO COME INTO THEIR LIFE, TO HELP THEM TO LOOK AT

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THEMSELVES A LOT BETTER THAN WHEN THEY CAME IN, TO BECOME BETTER FATHERS, TO BECOME BETTER MOTHERS, BETTER SONS, BETTER DAUGHTERS, BETTER PARENTS TO THEIR CHILDREN SO THAT WE DON'T SEE THEM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

AND THOSE ARE THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE.

THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT DAY IN AND DAY OUT, WORK SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHO KEEP US SAFE.

WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR DILIGENCE IN WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY VISIT THESE FOLKS, SO THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE PERSPECTIVE OF HOW THEY LOOK AT LAW ENFORCEMENT RATHER THAN BEING NEGATIVE, BEING POSITIVE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THESE OFFICERS HAVE DONE IN THEIR LINE OF WORK.

THEY HAVE FOUGHT THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT TO OUR TREATMENT COUNSELORS WHO HAVE TO REALLY WORK WITH THESE FOLKS.

I APPRECIATE THEIR HELP.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THE APPRECIATION THAT I GET FROM LIFE SKILLS, FOLKS, FROM COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, FROM OUR DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL OF JUDGES WHO REFER FOLKS TO US.

I REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT OVER THESE YEARS.

BUT WE'VE DONE THIS TO IMPROVE HUMAN VALUE, TO PUT THEM BACK ON THE STREET AND BE ABLE TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS WHERE THEY'RE RESPECTING THE LAW, BEHAVING BUT TURNING THEIR LIFE AROUND SO THAT THEY'RE INVESTING IN THEIR LIVES TO BE BETTER INDIVIDUALS, AND WE HOPE WE'VE DONE THAT.

TO MY GUESTS, JUDGE, I WILL TELL YOU THAT JUDGE MARTIN, WHO COMES FROM NORTH CAROLINA.

THEY JUST SUFFERED A HURRICANE PROBLEM.

THEY'RE TRYING TO REBUILD, BUT I TOOK THEM TO SOCORRO, AND I COULDN'T MOVE THEM FROM THERE.

HE ENJOYED THE FOOD, ENJOYED THE THE PEOPLE.

SO HE GOT A TASTE OF THAT.

JIM BAKER ALWAYS SAYS I NEVER HAVE A BAD MEAL IN EL PASO.

NEVER ENJOYS IT.

CHRIS KONCAK FROM RESPONSIBILITY.

ORG FROM WASHINGTON.

I'M SO GLAD HE'S HERE BECAUSE THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT I WORK NATIONALLY TO BRING.

WHAT WE DO HERE SOMETIMES LEND THE EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE SO THAT WE'RE TEACHING OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY HOW TO START THESE PROGRAMS AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN AT IT.

AND TO MY STAFF.

I CERTAINLY COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT MY STAFF.

I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO STAND MY STAFF, PLEASE STAND UP.

MY OFFICE STAFF, PLEASE.

INCLUDING THE TEAM MEMBERS.

THIS STAFF IS SO INCREDIBLE.

TO BE A GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT.

YOU HAVE GOOD STAFF THAT HELPS YOU BE A PUBLIC SERVANT.

TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE PUBLIC, HELP OUR LEGAL COMMUNITY.

HOW THEY COME INTO THESE PROGRAMS, HOW THEY'RE ADDRESSED AND ADMITTED INTO A PROGRAM OF THIS NATURE.

AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, THEIR COMPASSION, AND WHAT THEY LEND TO THEMSELVES AND TO OTHERS TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND BE A PRODUCTIVE PROGRAM.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM AS WELL.

WE LOST A GOOD FRIEND IN LOUISIANA, ONE OF OUR JUDGES WELL WHO I WORK WITH.

I RUN THE COUNTRY.

I WANTED TO TAKE A QUOTE, BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS TO TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

A JUDGE, JULES EDWARDS, PASSED AWAY.

HE HAD A QUOTE, AND IT GOES AS THIS IF YOU COME FORWARD TO SERVE JUSTICE, STAND IN FEAR AND PREPARE YOURSELF FOR TEMPTATION.

ACT IN FEAR AND PROMOTE THE COMMON GOOD.

WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING BY HELPING PEOPLE PROMOTING THE COMMON GOOD SO THAT THEY ARE GREAT INDIVIDUALS, THEY BRING THEIR BETTER SELVES OUT, AND WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE, HOPEFULLY ANOTHER 20 YEARS PLUS.

AND WE CONTINUE TO HELP PEOPLE TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND AND BE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT IT'S A GREAT TO BE HERE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS, I'LL TELL YOU THAT I FEEL YOUNG.

I FEEL A LOT OF STRENGTH FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH ME.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU, TO DEMONSTRATE TO YOU THE GOOD WORK WE'RE DOING, THE GOOD WORK WE'RE DOING FOR EL PASO, TRYING TO KEEP IT SAFE.

AND I THINK WE ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION, THIS RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF MY GOOD FRIENDS, MY STAFF, PEOPLE THAT

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HELPED ME.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION FOR 20 YEARS OF BEING ABLE TO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, JUDGE REYES, MY STAFF, MY TEAM MEMBERS AS WELL.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW GOOD I FEEL RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE, VERY MUCH.

JUDGE. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE TRIBAL COURT BECAUSE WE DO HELP AND WE'RE HOPING TO START A PROGRAM WITH THEM.

BUT DIEGO DEL SUR IS HERE.

I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE JUDGE BEING HERE WITH US.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR CHALLENGES, AND WE ARE THERE TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM AND LEND OURSELVES TO THAT AS WELL.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I ALWAYS SAY BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN IS A VERY SURPRISED MOTHER IN LAW.

BUT TODAY I'M GOING TO SAY, MARIA, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP AGAIN FOR US? YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF BOTH OF THEM IS THEY'RE A TREMENDOUS ROLE MODELS.

YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T DEVIATE FROM THINGS THAT OTHERS DEVIATE FROM.

AS YOU CAN TELL, HE LOOKS YOUNG NOW.

THINK BACK 20 YEARS.

SO, GOD.

GOD HAS BLESSED YOU WITH WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND I ASK GOD EVERY DAY THAT WE GET UP AND DO THIS WORK.

I TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN THE PASTOR WAS TELLING US HOW BLESSED WE ARE, I THANK GOD ALMIGHTY FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP FOLKS AGAIN WITH THE TEAM THAT I HAVE.

WE'RE BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO GET UP AND DO THIS EVERY DAY.

WELL, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU, FOR WHAT YOU DO AND FOR SUPPORTING THIS INCREDIBLE MAN.

AND IN THE SAME WAY, MARIA.

THANK YOU, MR. ESCOVEDO.

MR. ESCOVEDO IS A GRADUATE OF THE PROGRAM.

HE IS EIGHT YEARS INTO HIS SOBRIETY.

OH MY GOD. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

HE HAS TAKEN AN INITIATIVE TO GATHER GRADUATES AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM AND START A PROGRAM HIMSELF, TO BE ABLE TO BE PUBLIC EDUCATORS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, THIS ISSUE, GOING TO SCHOOLS, GOING AROUND THE PUBLIC, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TAKING THAT EXPERIENCE OF THOSE GRADUATES AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

SO THANK YOU. I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MR. MARIO ESCOBEDO. MARIO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

YOU SIT DOWN. LET ME INVITE PARTICIPANT CORNELIUS AND MISS CHRISTY, PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN ME.

MR.. CHRISTY.

MR.. CEDRIC.

OSCAR, A VETERAN JUDGE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING? THANK YOU.

ELLIS IS CHANGING HIS LIFE AROUND.

SO BEFORE WE START, AND I AND I SPEAK.

JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE PARTICIPANTS.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

I KNOW THAT I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US.

OUR LIVES HAVE CHANGED.

I CAN LOOK AT THE FUTURE AND KNOW THAT I HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON IN MY LIFE.

I HAVE PURPOSE, SOMETHING I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.

AND I. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GIVING THAT TO ME.

YOU AND THE TEAM.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.

A LOT OF THERAPY, A LOT OF A LOT OF DISCIPLINE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME, I WILL.

DO YOU MIND READING THE WHAT'S ON THE.

OH, SURE. LET ME JUST PUT MY GLASSES ON.

THANK YOU. WITH OUR GREATEST APPRECIATION, WE HEREBY PRESENT JUDGE ROBERT ANCHONDO WITH.

WITH THIS COMMENDATION FOR YOUR PASSION, UNCONDITIONAL COMMITMENT, AND ENDURING DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE DWI INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAM OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS HAS PROVEN YOU HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN A MENTOR, BUT A FRIEND TO ALL.

AS GRADUATES FROM THE DWI PROGRAM, YOU HAVE PROVIDED UNRELENTING GUIDANCE THAT HAS HELPED LEAD US TO THE PATH OF SUCCESS AND A LIFE OF SOBRIETY.

THANK YOU. NO, NOBODY MENTIONED HE'S AN OUTSTANDING NEXT AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S. DON'T LEAVE THAT OUT.

OKAY. JUST MAKE SURE.

THANK YOU. SO I WROTE SOMETHING HERE, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO READ IT.

MY NAME IS MARIO.

I'M AN ALCOHOLIC.

I'M AN ALCOHOLIC IN RECOVERY.

I'VE BEEN SOBER EIGHT YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND 18 DAYS.

3154 DAYS.

AND EVERY DAY COUNTS.

SO I COUNT THOSE DAYS.

SO WHAT CAN WE COMPARE? SERENITY. HAVING CONSIDERED THE OBLIGATIONS OF WORKING MY RECOVERY, LET US EXAMINE THE REWARDS THAT HAVE COME DUE TO A NEW WAY OF LIVING.

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FIRST, I UNDERSTAND MYSELF MORE THAN I EVER DID BEFORE.

I HAVE LEARNED THAT WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH ME, AND I KNOW A LOT ABOUT WHAT MAKES ME TICK.

I WILL NEVER BE ALONE AGAIN.

I AM JUST ONE OF MANY WITH THIS ILLNESS OF ALCOHOLISM, AND ONE OF MANY WHO HAVE LEARNED WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

I SEEM TO HAVE FOUND MY RIGHT PLACE IN THE WORLD.

NEVER DID I THINK THAT ANYBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ME, BREAK ME FREE FROM MY STUBBORNNESS, SELFISH CHARACTER THAT I HAD CREATED.

TODAY I FEEL BLESSED.

BLESSED BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE MY TRAUMA.

GIVEN THE ABILITY TO NO LONGER BE A VICTIM OR VILLAIN THAT TORMENTS OTHERS, TO GO FROM VICTIM TO SURVIVOR AND SURVIVOR, TO ADVOCATE AND SUPPORTER OF OTHERS.

I AM NOW PART OF A TEAM THAT DOES NOT END OR BEGIN AT THESE DOORS.

YOU SEE, I NEVER BELIEVED ANYBODY COULD TELL ME WHAT TO DO.

I WAS ANGRY, I WAS SELFISH, HOLDING ON TO THE IDEALS THAT WOULD ONLY HURT MYSELF AND PUT OTHERS IN HARM'S WAY WITH TOTAL DISREGARD TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND DISREGARD AS TO HOW I TREATED OTHERS.

TODAY I THANK MY SUPPORTERS, THIS TEAM AND MY FAITH.

WHEN I FOUND MYSELF IN THIS PROGRAM, I WAS LOST AND HURT.

SELF-MEDICATING TO COPE.

I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO THIS PROGRAM, TO THE TEAM, AND TO JUDGE ANCHONDO, WHO HELPS RESTORE HARMONY THROUGH HELPING INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WE ARE ALL ROOTED TOGETHER.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU.

THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS IN THE PROGRAM.

HIS NAME WAS ANDRE.

AND ANDRE, LIKE MYSELF, HAD ISSUES.

HE HAD A STRUGGLE HE WAS DEALING WITH.

HE WAS NOT A BAD PERSON.

HE WAS JUST SOMEONE WHO NEEDED GUIDANCE AND THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE HIS SELF-WORTH.

THIS PROGRAM GAVE THAT TO ANDRE, AND THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH ANDRE'S MOM AND WE HAVE SHARED TEARS, SHARED OUR FAITH, SHARED MANY MEMORIES.

BUT MOST OF ALL, WE SHARE OUR GRATITUDE TO JUDGE ANCHONDO AND THE TEAM ON AUGUST 6TH AT THE WALMART SHOOTING.

ANDRE AND HIS WIFE, WHILE PROTECTING THEIR BABY, LEFT THIS WORLD.

BUT BEFORE THEY PASSED, ANDRE HAD MADE AMENDS TO HIS FRIENDS, HIS FAMILY AND THIS COMMUNITY.

ANDRE HAD FOUND THAT HE WAS IS PURPOSEFUL.

AND THIS, MY FRIENDS, IS WHAT THE PROGRAM IS ABOUT.

WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU IS A RELATIONSHIP THAT I'VE BUILT WITH ANDRE'S FAMILY, A RELATIONSHIP BUILT WITH THIS TEAM, A RELATIONSHIP BUILT WITH THE JUDGE AND THE PARTICIPANTS. WE COME TOGETHER TO ENCOURAGE SOUL SEARCH AND BUILD ONE ANOTHER UP.

IT IS MY DREAM THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN A MANNER THAT PROVIDES NOT ONLY HARMONY IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT SETS EL PASO AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER GREAT CITIES, SMALL CITIES, LARGE CITIES, SO THAT EVERYBODY COULD SEE THROUGH EDUCATION, THROUGH TREATMENT, AND THROUGH TAKING OUR EXPERIENCES TO THE STREETS.

WE CAN MAKE CHANGES AND BECOME THE ANSWER BECAUSE OF OUR HEART, WHETHER IT BE BECAUSE WE WERE ABUSED, WE WERE OVERCOMPENSATED AND WE LOST CONTROL.

WE NOW KNOW THAT THROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION, WE FIND THE ANSWER TO EMBRACE ONE ANOTHER AND EMBRACE SIMPLE TRUTHS THAT IF WE RECOGNIZE OUR VIRTUES, WE WILL TRULY BECOME A PART OF A POSITIVE MARK IN OUR SOCIETY.

THANK YOU. WELL.

CEDRIC, I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY I WANT TO SAY TO THE JUDGE AND THE STAFF.

BEING AN OVER 20 YEAR VETERAN I ONLY MOVED IN ONE WAY, AND THAT WAS FORWARD AND FAST.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

YOU'RE SCREWED UP UNTIL YOU SCREW UP.

SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANKS TO THE JUDGE FOR GETTING ME IN THIS PROGRAM AND MAKING ME SEE THINGS A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN FROM THE MILITARY SIDE TO THE CIVILIAN SIDE. SO WHAT I DID, I PICKED OUT A FEW THINGS FROM WHAT WE CALL IN THE MILITARY A SOP, YOU KNOW, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AND FOR THE JUDGE, I PICKED OUT A FEW FOR YOU.

THINGS THAT YOU HELPED ME ACTUALLY GET BACK WITH YOU AND THE TEAM.

AND ONE WAS GOALS.

QUALITY OF LIFE, WHETHER IT'S PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL.

YOU'VE GOT ME BACK INTO REALIZING I STILL HAVE A LOT OF GOALS.

NUMBER TWO WAS STRUCTURE.

I DIDN'T ACTUALLY LOSE ALL THE STRUCTURE, BUT I LOST SOME OF THE STRUCTURE OR I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THE PROGRAM.

BUT I'M GETTING THAT STRUCTURE BACK.

I APPRECIATE THAT. NUMBER THREE, BOUNDARIES HAVE TO HAVE THE BOUNDARIES.

WITHOUT THE BOUNDARIES CAN'T REACH THE GOALS.

SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

CONSEQUENCES. IT'S A BIG ONE.

IF YOU IGNORE THE CONSEQUENCES.

RULES AND BOUNDARIES ARE OUT THE WINDOW.

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SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHATEVER YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TIME.

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET IT BACK RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR HELPING ME REALIZE THAT I STILL HAVE ALL THESE THINGS WITH ME.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE. WELCOME.

HELLO. MY NAME IS SASHA CANELLAS JUNIOR, BORN AND RAISED IN EL PASO, TEXAS.

I'M THE FIRST SON OF THE ORNELAS FAMILY.

ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, MY FATHER PASSED AWAY DUE TO BEING ALCOHOLIC, ALCOHOLIC FOR YEARS AND JUST BEING WANDERING THE STREETS WHERE HE JUST REFUSED TO, TO MOVE ON.

AND HE SET THAT EXAMPLE FOR ME AS IF I CHOOSE TO CONTINUE IN ALCOHOL, DRUGS, GANGS WILL EVENTUALLY EITHER BE IMPRISONED, DEATH OR HANDICAP.

AND IN THIS PROGRAM WITH JUDGE ROTONDO, IT'S HARD.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT VERY HITS ME EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'M IN THE PROGRAM AND I HAVE SOME SOME SETBACKS WHERE DELAY MY PROGRESS, BUT I HAVEN'T GIVEN UP.

THE JUDGE HASN'T GIVEN UP, AND THE TEAM, INCLUDING MY THERAPIST, MISS BASTI, AND ALSO THE OLIVIA INPATIENT PROGRAM, WHICH I THANK THEM BECAUSE THEY ALSO HELPED ME.

AND TALKING ABOUT NOW ABOUT CONSEQUENCES, THAT I ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE AND IN THIS PROGRAM HAS COME TO ME THAT EVERY SINGLE DECISION I MAKE HAS, HAS A, HAS A CONSEQUENCE, WHETHER IT'S POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.

BUT ACCOUNTABILITY IS VERY BIG IN ME WHERE I'M KIND OF SCARED TO DO THAT SO I CAN AVOID THE NEGATIVE THINGS IN MY LIFE. AND STRUCTURE WHERE I NEED IT BECAUSE I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT.

I KNOW MY WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND ME AS I'M A.

I'M A PART OF A SOCIETY.

AND FOR MANY YEARS I SAW LAW ENFORCEMENT AS NEGATIVE.

AND NOW, WHERE IT WOULD BE JUST NEAR AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, HAVE RESPECT FOR THEM HAS BEEN ALSO TOUGH FOR ME BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY DON'T TRUST THEM, BUT THEY'RE THERE FOR HELPING ME. THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES TO THEY HELP ME, GUIDE ME WHERE, YOU KNOW, I CAN JUST BE POSITIVE MINDED FOR ONE STAYING SOBER TWO AND TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY AND MOVING ON WITH MY LIFE BECAUSE I HAVE MY MY KIDS AND I WANT TO BE A GOOD MODEL TO MY KIDS. AND BY FINISHING THIS PROGRAM, I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO HELP ME IN MY LIFE TO BECOME A BETTER MAN.

MATURITY. AND ALSO FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE, THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS.

BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO TO LIVE GOOD, POSITIVE AND BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF OURSELVES.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU JUDGE FOR EVERYTHING.

AND DWI COURT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. YOU MAKE THESE PEOPLE GREAT.

SPOKESMAN. THAT'S THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

YES. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL BECAUSE THIS IS THE POTENTIAL THAT I TELL EVERYBODY WHEN THEY COME INTO THE PROGRAM.

YOU ARE WINNERS.

YOU JUST LOST IT.

YOU'LL GAIN IT AND YOU'LL NEVER GO BACK.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS AND KINDNESS AND THE WORK YOU'RE DOING FOR THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, OSCAR, MARIO AND CEDRIC GREAT EXAMPLES.

THINK THINK ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE AND LOOK AT WHERE THEY ARE NOW.

AND IF THERE'S ANY DOUBT THAT BEING THERE FOR FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.

THE LOVE, THE CARING THAT TOOK PLACE.

THIS IS THE END, THE END PRODUCT.

AND THIS IS EL PASO.

THIS IS WHAT EL PASO IS ALL ABOUT.

I MEAN, WE JUST DON'T LET ANYBODY JUST FALL.

I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE.

THEY WERE THERE FOR YOU.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE BECAUSE NOW YOU CAN GET OTHERS.

YOU KNOW THAT DARK PLACE WHERE YOU THINK NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND YOU NEED EVIDENCE, AND THE THREE OF YOU ARE THE EVIDENCE THAT THINGS CAN CHANGE, THAT PEOPLE DO CARE, AND THAT THERE IS THAT DIGNITY INSIDE ALL OF US, AND THAT WHO YOU ARE NOW IS WHO YOU WERE.

THAT'S WHAT GOD MADE.

IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING NEW CAME OUT OF YOU.

THAT'S WHAT WAS INSIDE OF YOU.

IT WAS JUST BEING HELD BACK BY ALL THESE OTHER CHALLENGES AND ALL THE HURT THAT YOU HAD TO LIVE WITH.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING GREAT ROLE MODELS, FOR HAVING THE COURAGE.

I KNOW OSCAR, YOU'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS, BUT RELY ON INDIVIDUALS LIKE THEM AND OF COURSE EVERYBODY ELSE.

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SO AND THE OTHER ONE, AND YOU MENTIONED OSCAR, IS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I DON'T THINK WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY DO SO MUCH IN THE INTERVENTIONS.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I SEE THEM HOW THEY INTERACT WITH INDIVIDUALS, HOW THEY TRY TO GET PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

SO LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF THIS.

IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE THAT CAPTURE YOU, RIGHT.

IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANT SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN.

BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE PROTECTING THE OUR STREETS, HOPING THAT THINGS CHANGE.

SO A GREAT RECOGNITION FOR ALL OF YOU.

AND WE THANK YOU.

AND WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH AS MANY OF YOU AS WE CAN.

SO THANK YOU.

PARTING. THANKS, JUDGE.

I WANT TO SAY I WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY. YOU GOT A LOT OF BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF FOR THIS COMMUNITY, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME FOR THE RECOGNITION, HAVING FRIENDS COME AND JOIN THIS RECOGNITION. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS LITTLE PARTY DOWNSTAIRS TO THE FOYER AND KIND OF RELAX A LITTLE BIT AND ENJOY SOME STORIES.

BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO EXTEND MYSELF TO YOU, ALL THE CITIZENS OF EL PASO, FOR THE GREAT SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE YEARS.

AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE THE JUDGE. YOU CAN FORCE US TO BE AT THAT LITTLE GATHERING.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE JURISDICTION HERE.

WELL. JUDGE, CAN YOU GET THE PARTICIPANTS UP TO GO? GET THEM? THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, COULD YOU JUST COME UP HERE BEFORE WE GET STARTED? I JUST FOUND OUT THE NEW HEALTH DIRECTOR.

SORRY. OKAY.

OH, HERE.

WE GO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW.

WOULD YOU MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF? SURE. THANK YOU. JUDGE.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

WHAT A NICE PRESENTATION.

A WONDERFUL GROUP OF FOLKS.

I'M VINNY TANEJA I'M THE NEW HEALTH DIRECTOR FOR EL PASO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, DOCTOR CARRANZA WAS HERE.

HE'S BACK OVER HERE. BACK OVER HERE.

AN INCREDIBLE GENTLEMAN, HELPED US THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, AND I GUESS HE PASSED THE BATON A LITTLE BIT OVER TO THIS GENTLEMAN HERE.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO.

YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE JUDGE ANCHONDO AND ALL THE STAFF THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE.

WE CONTINUE TO BE GREAT PARTNERS BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL.

AND WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT TOGETHER WE CAN DO A GREATER JOB THAN IT HAS BEEN DONE.

AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE DOCTOR TANAKA.

HE'S THE NEW HEALTH DIRECTOR THAT IS GOING TO BE TAKING THE REINS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE COURT, WITH THE COUNTY, THE CITY.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY HEALTHIER, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD IN THAT MISSION THAT WE HAVE.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR CRANSTON.

THANK YOU. MARIA.

YOU CAN'T BE OVER THERE.

COULD YOU COME OVER HERE WITH.

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AND THEN HE BROUGHT IT TO THE BORDER.

DID YOU BRING HIM UP HERE? TO THE GET TOGETHER. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. JUST WHAT DO YOU OR POLICE OFFICERS.

WOULD YOU COME UP HERE? WE CAN'T LEAVE YOU OUT.

YOU CAN TAKE A KNEE IN FRONT OR SOMETHING, BUT.

YOU MIGHT NEED HELP UP THERE. COULD THE AUDIENCE PLEASE? I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M SORRY.

THESE. ARE THE KIND OF.

THINGS THAT.

WE JUDGE.

JUDGE. WE COULD. WE COULD TAKE ONE WITH OUR OUT OF TOWN GUEST JUDGE.

YES. YEAH, WE COULD DO THAT.

ONE MORE TIME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YES, PLEASE.

YEAH.

YES. WELL.

I THINK. CONGRATULATIONS.

HOW ARE YOU? HEY. HELLO.

CAESAR, CAN YOU PUT ME ON PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU? NOW YOU KNOW.

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BYE BYE. THANK YOU.

NO. YEAH, IT WAS RIGHT.

I FELT BAD. I STILL FEEL BAD.

NO.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE, JUDGE? YES. OKAY.

FROM THE HILLS. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP THIS MORNING.

WE HAVE MISS ELIZABETH CRAWFORD TO START WITH.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

GOOD MORNING. INTERNATIONAL NEWS HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY THE WARS IN OUR WORLD, AND PROBABLY MORE NOW THAN ANY OTHER.

THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

OCTOBER 31ST IS CELEBRATED BY MANY AS REFORMATION DAY.

MARTIN LUTHER, WHOSE LIFE AND ACTIONS ARE THE FOCUS OF THIS DAY IN 1517 OCTOBER 31ST, 1517 HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PERPLEXING PERSONALITIES OF HISTORY.

MAYBE IN SOME WAYS THE MOST PERPLEXING.

ON THE ONE HAND, THIS MAN'S ACTIONS AND WORDS AND WRITINGS WERE USED TO START A MOVEMENT IN EUROPE WITH SOME GREAT RESULTS.

THE BIBLE, GOD'S WORD, EVENTUALLY GOT INTO THE HANDS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE TO HAVE THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF READING IT THEMSELVES.

THE GREAT DOCTRINES OF SALVATION WERE BROUGHT TO LIGHT, TO PUBLIC LIGHT.

AFTER CENTURIES OF HUMAN RELIGIOUS TRADITION THAT HAD OBSCURED THE SIMPLICITY OF THE GOSPEL.

THE AWESOME TRUTH THAT SALVATION IS HOLY, UNMERITED BY US.

IT IS BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, SAD TO SAY AND NO FUN TO ADMIT IT, IT WAS ALLEGEDLY MARTIN LUTHER'S WRITINGS THAT FANNED THE FLAMES OF THE HOLOCAUST IN GERMANY.

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WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF SOME OF THOSE WRITINGS MAY HAVE BEEN TAMPERED WITH OVER THE CENTURIES, OR IF THEY'RE ACCURATELY RECORDED NOW AS THEY WERE WRITTEN, TO BE TRUTHFUL, IF IF ACCURATELY RECORDED.

THESE WRITINGS AGAINST THE JEWS WERE AN ATROCITY.

ONLY GOD KNOWS HIS HEART AT THE VERY END.

AND IF HE DID INDEED WRITE THESE INFLAMMATORY THINGS, WE HOPE THAT HE DID REPENT OF THE WORDS INCITING VIOLENCE AGAINST THE JEWS.

THERE'S A PRINCIPLE IN THE BIBLE THAT YOU CANNOT CURSE OR SEEK THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND PROSPER.

GOD LOVES ISRAEL.

IN OUR DAY, CERTAINLY, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERY SINGLE ACTION BY EVERY JEWISH LEADER OR MILITARY GENERAL OR IDF SOLDIER IS RIGHT OR JUSTIFIABLE.

FOR SURE, THIS IS NOT TRUE.

YET THERE'S AN ABIDING PRINCIPLE IN GOD'S WORD THAT YOU CANNOT CURSE OR HARM GOD'S PEOPLE, ISRAEL, AND JUST WALK AWAY.

THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES.

ISAIAH CHAPTER 59 AND 60 AND THE REDEEMER SHALL COME TO ZION, AND UNTO THEM THAT TURN FROM TRANSGRESSION IN JACOB, SAITH THE LORD.

AS FOR ME, THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, SAITH THE LORD.

ARISE, SHINE, FOR THY LIGHT IS COME, AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS RISEN UPON ME.

AND THE GENTILES SHALL COME TO THY LIGHT, AND KINGS TO THE BRIGHTNESS OF THY RISING.

AS THE NEWS OF ISRAEL AND IRAN SEEMS TO ONLY GET DARKER AND DARKER.

THERE IS NEWS OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT IS UNREPORTED IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

THEY ARE CALLED MUSLIM BACKGROUND BELIEVERS SOMETIMES MAYBE SHORTENED.

A FAST GROWING GROUP IN IRAN OF FORMER MUSLIMS, NOW CHRISTIANS.

AND AMONG THAT GROUP THERE IS A DEEP AFFECTION FOR ISRAEL.

I WAS GIVEN A BOOK A WHILE BACK TO READ ABOUT TWO YOUNG LADIES IN IRAN, MIRIAM AND MARSHA, FORMERLY MUSLIMS, BUT BY GOD'S GRACE CAME TO BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS GOD THE SON. THEY ARE SURVIVORS OF THE WORST PRISON IN IRAN, TEHRAN'S EVIN PRISON.

THEIR CRIME IS GIVING OUT BIBLES ON THE BUSSES OF TEHRAN.

DURING THEIR 295 DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT, THEY WERE THREATENED WITH EXECUTION.

THEY REFUSED TO RETURN TO ISLAM.

THEY REFUSED TO RETURN TO ISLAM, EVENTUALLY RELEASED AFTER INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE.

THEY NOW RESIDE IN THE US.

THEY CAME AS REFUGEES.

MARSHA RECENTLY WENT TO VISIT ISRAEL.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY CHRISTIANS IN IRAN.

THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL PROMISE RECORDED IN ISAIAH 19.

THOUGH MANY IN BOTH ISRAEL AND IRAN WOULD NOT APPRECIATE THIS PROMISE, THERE NEVERTHELESS ARE THOSE IN BOTH ISRAEL AND IRAN WHO EMBRACE AND LOVE THE PROMISE, A PROMISE OF BLESSING AFTER JUDGMENT.

ISAIAH CHAPTER 19 IN THAT DAY SHALL THERE BE A HIGHWAY OUT OF EGYPT TO ASSYRIA, AND THE ASSYRIANS SHALL COME INTO EGYPT, AND THE EGYPTIANS INTO ASSYRIA, AND THE EGYPTIANS SHALL SERVE WITH THE ASSYRIANS.

IN THAT DAY SHALL ISRAEL BE THE THIRD WITH EGYPT AND WITH ASSYRIA EVEN A BLESSING IN THE MIDST OF THE LAND, WHEN THE LORD OF HOSTS, WHOM THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL BLESS, SAYING, BLESSED BE EGYPT, MY PEOPLE, AND ASSYRIA, THE WORK OF MY HANDS, AND ISRAEL MY INHERITANCE.

THANK YOU. HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.

THANK YOU ELIZABETH. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

THANK YOU SIR. NEXT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER SERGIO CORONADO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO REALLY MAKE A MENTION ABOUT TWO OF OUR INTERNS.

JUDGE WHO? THEY THEY STEPPED UP AND COVERED THE EVENT THAT WE HAD ON SATURDAY.

THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GREAT.

WE'VE ASKED THEM PART OF THEIR INITIATIVE WAS TO COME OUT AND REACH OUT TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE THEM IN GOVERNMENT.

THEY'VE COME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT.

THEY'VE THEY'VE STARTED THESE WHAT'S CALLED TINY TALKS AND SHOTS OF FACTS.

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT GOVERNMENT, ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND JUST HOW INVITING THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE.

AND THEY'VE REALLY, REALLY BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL IN REACHING OUT TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT ON SATURDAY WITH MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE THEIR EFFORT THAT THEY'VE DONE IN HELPING US TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S JESUS REINAGA AND DOMINIC MACIAS.

JUST GREAT, GREAT WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IN OUR OFFICE AND REALLY JUST WANT TO MENTION THEM FOR REALLY STEPPING UP ON SATURDAY AND COVERING OUR EVENT AGAIN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

AND AS WE KNOW, OUR OUR YOUNG ADULTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT THEY'RE NOT VOTING.

AND SO WE NEED INDIVIDUALS LIKE THEM THAT THAT REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE WORD OUT OF THE IMPORTANCE AND THE IMPACT OF VOTING, ESPECIALLY THAT CATEGORY IS SO, SO IMPORTANT.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU. JUDGE, WE

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HAVE MR. GONZALEZ IN THE AUDIENCE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE UP HIS ITEM THAT WAS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, PLEASE. OKAY.

JUST ONE MOMENT. THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE, MR. GONZALEZ.

APPRECIATE IT. ITEM NUMBER FOR Y FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE EL PASO COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR.

COLLECTOR DEALER CONTRACT DEPUTY AGREEMENT WITH SALAS MOTORPLEX INCORPORATED, AUTHORIZING THEM TO ACT AS A DEALER DEPUTY OF THE TAX ASSESSOR

[Y. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector Dealer Contract Deputy Agreement with Salais Motorplex Inc (P168840) authorizing them to act as a Dealer Deputy of the Tax Assessor-Collector in the processing of title/registration applications/motor vehicle sales tax receipts for a one-year term with successive one-year terms until terminated by either party. (Contract No. 2024-0801) Ruben Gonzalez, Tax Assessor - Collector, County Tax Office, 915-273-3430]

COLLECTOR IN THE PROCESSING OF TITLE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS.

MOTOR VEHICLE SALES TAX RECEIPTS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM WITH SUCCESSIVE ONE YEAR TERMS UNTIL TERMINATED BY EITHER PARTY.

CONTRACT NUMBER 2024 0801.

THANK YOU. CESAR.

THIS IS AN ITEM I PULLED OUT.

IT'S REALLY ALL SEVEN, BUT I DIDN'T WANT CESAR TO HAVE TO READ EVERYTHING INTO THE RECORD.

AND I'M NOT JUST PICKING ON SALLISAW MOTORS, BUT ONE THING THAT THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT, AND I JUST WANTED THE COURT TO TO HAVE IN THE BACK OF THEIR MIND THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THESE TYPES OF DEPUTY AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL THESE AUTO DEALERS AND OTHER AREAS AROUND TOWN ARE A TREMENDOUS HELP, AS YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME TO TO OUR COUNTY, TO YOUR TAX OFFICE.

I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO WITHOUT THEM, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ALSO GENERATE A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES BACK THROUGH YOUR OFFICE AND A LOT OF IT I SOME OF IT HAS A LOT OF ERRORS.

ALL THE ERRORS COME BACK TO YOU.

AND IN TALKING TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF, THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS OUT THERE THAT CONTINUOUSLY MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND WHAT THAT TRANSLATES INTO IS THAT IT COST US MONEY TO CORRECT THOSE MISTAKES.

SEND THE PAPERWORK BACK, WAIT TILL IT COMES BACK.

THEN YOUR PEOPLE APPROVE IT, THEN SEND IT ON TO THE STATE AND THEY MAKE MONEY OUT OF THESE TRANSACTIONS, WHICH IS FINE.

I HAVE NO ARGUMENT WITH THAT.

BETTER FOR FOR FOR US, FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

BUT I, I WAS THINKING THAT SOME OF THESE DEALERS CONTINUOUSLY MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES OVER AND OVER AND OVER, AND IT TAKES TIME.

AS I SAID, I WAS HOPING THAT IN TALKING WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT AFTER A CERTAIN THRESHOLD OF MAKING, YOU KNOW, SO MANY A DAY, SO MANY A WEEK, A MONTH, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD WORK THAT THERE IS A FEE IMPOSED UPON THOSE THOSE SMALL COMPANIES AS THEY RETURN THOSE ERRORS BACK TO BE CORRECTED, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME IN YOUR SHOP TO CORRECT THESE AND SEND THEM BACK.

AND WHAT THIS FEE, IN MY OPINION, WOULD DO IS ENABLE YOU TO HIRE 1 OR 2 MORE FTES TO WORK MORE DIRECTLY WITH SOME OF THESE SHOPS TO, TO GET THEM IN AND OUT A LOT QUICKER AND BASICALLY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY MUCH BETTER.

YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING JUDGE, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

FOR THE RECORD, RUBEN GONZALEZ, EL PASO COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR, COLLECTOR AND COMMISSIONER.

I, I UNDERSTAND THE THE QUESTION THAT YOU'RE POSING AND THE CONCERN WHICH HAS BEEN MY CONCERN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

HOWEVER, THESE CONTRACTS THESE WE'RE TALKING APPLES AND ORANGES RIGHT NOW.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THE DEALER DEPUTIES ARE LICENSED DEALERS THAT ARE COMING IN UNDER A NO PROGRAM THAT EXISTED THAT STARTED IN TEXAS IN 2013.

I DID NOT INITIATE THIS PROGRAM UNTIL MY MY WATCH IN EARLY PART OF 2016, WHICH THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THE STATE ALLOWS DEALERS TO ELECTRONICALLY TRANSFER THEIR TITLE TRANSFERS DIRECTLY WITH MY OFFICE, AND IF THEY WISH TO HAVE INVENTORY, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BONDING PROCESS AND SUBMIT A BOND, WHICH IS THE SEVEN DEALERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, IS THAT THE DEALERS ARE WISHING TO HAVE WHAT WE CALL STICKER PAPER.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING LICENSE PLATES.

AND WHEN THEY MAKE A SALE, THEY HAVE TO REPORT THE TRANSACTION TO US AND ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE FEES THAT THEY ARE COLLECTING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNTY AND THE STATE, BECAUSE OF THEM BEING DEALER DEPUTIES AND BECAUSE OF THE MANDATE.

THE NEW CHANGE IN THE HOUSE, BILL 718, THAT'S GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE JULY THE 1ST OF NEXT YEAR.

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THE STATE HAS NOW CHANGED THE LAW THAT MANDATES ALL DEALERS TO COMPLY WITH WEB DEALER AND HAVE THIS SERVICE AVAILABLE TO THEM PRIOR TO THE LAW GOING INTO EFFECT.

IT WAS OPTIONAL.

A LOT OF THE DEALERS HERE DID NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO USE THE SERVICES OF THESE PRIVATE CONTRACTED OFFICES.

WHEN THEY TAKE THEIR WORK TO THE PRIVATE CONTRACTORS OFFICES, THEY PERFORM THE TRANSACTIONS AND THEY CHARGE A CONVENIENCE FEE.

AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, A CONVENIENCE FEE, THAT IT'S UP TO THE CITIZEN OR THE DEALER, IF THEY WANT TO TAKE IT TO THAT OFFICE AND THEY PROCESS THE WORK.

THE PRIVATE OFFICES ARE ONLY INVOLVED IF THEY'RE DOING THESE TYPE OF TRANSACTIONS, AND THEY COLLECT THE MONEY, AND THEY'RE UNDER A CONTRACT TO US, TO THE TAX COLLECTOR, SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE QUALITY WORK AND BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY SELL AND COLLECT AND SUBJECT TO THEIR PERFORMANCE.

I MAY BE ABLE, I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TO CANCEL THEM AND PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.

NOW, 718 CHANGES THE WHOLE SCOPE OF EVERYTHING.

NOW BECAUSE OF THE STATE MANDATING THIS THIS CHANGE IN EFFECT ON JULY THE 1ST TO NEXT YEAR.

ALL DEALERS HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THIS PROGRAM, ELECTRONIC PROGRAM.

AND AND THE REASON THAT THIS WENT INTO EFFECT IS BECAUSE OF THE STATEWIDE PROBLEM OF FRAUDULENT USE OF DEALER PAPER TAGS AND TEMPORARY TAGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

THE BORDER IS NO, NOT EXEMPT FROM THAT DILEMMA.

THE STATE PROBLEM STATEWIDE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FRAUD AND FRAUDULENT USE OF PAPER TAGS AND PERMITS AND DEALER DEALER TAGS.

NOW THE STATE IS GOING TO BE ISSUING THEM METAL DEALER METAL LICENSE PLATES UNDER THE NEW CONCEPT.

SO THE ONLY DEALERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE CONTRACTOR PROCESS ARE THE ONES THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IN THEIR POSSESSION STICKER PAPER.

THAT MEANS THEY WILL ALLOCATE A LICENSE PLATE.

THEY WILL PROCESS THE TRANSACTION ELECTRONICALLY IN THE SYSTEM, REPORT THEIR FEES ELECTRONICALLY.

WHEN THEY REPORT THAT TITLE TRANSACTION TO US, WE HAVE TO VERIFY IT, AND THEN THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND RELEASE THE LICENSE PLATE TO THEIR CUSTOMER IMMEDIATELY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR FOR US TO APPROVE IT, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TO EXAMINE THE TRANSACTION IF THERE'S A CERTAIN DELAY THAT I NEED PERSONNEL TO CHECK THEIR ELECTRONIC PAPERWORK AND ACCOUNT FOR THE FEES BEFORE THE TITLE CAN BE AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED.

BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY HAVE POSSESSION IN THEIR IN THEIR HANDS, WHERE THEY ASSIGN THE METAL PLATE AND ISSUE THE STICKER PAPER, AND THE CUSTOMER DRIVES AWAY WITH THEIR WITH THEIR REGISTRATION.

SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THESE CONTRACTS.

NOW IT ONLY APPLIES TO DEALERS THAT WISH TO HAVE STICKER PAPER.

DEALERS THAT DO NOT WISH TO HAVE STICKER PAPER.

THEY STILL WILL BE ASSIGNED LICENSE PLATES.

METAL PLATES. THE STATE IS GOING TO BE INTO THE INVENTORY PLATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM NOW, WHERE THEY CONTROL THE ALLOTMENT OF PLATES TO THE DEALERS.

SO THAT WILL CHANGE CONSIDERABLY FOR US.

SO NOW WHAT HAPPENS IS IF A DEALER SELLS A VEHICLE, THEY WILL ASSIGN THE PLATE TO THE CUSTOMER TO ELIMINATE THE PAPER TAG. ONCE THEY COLLECT THE FEES, THEY WILL REPORT THE FEES TO US.

THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO REPORT THE TITLE TRANSFER IN THAT LENGTH OF TIME.

THEN THEY HAVE TO REPORT THE TRANSACTION TO US, AND I HAVE TO HAVE PERSONNEL TO EVALUATE, REVIEW THAT TRANSACTION SO THEY CAN TITLE CAN BE ISSUED OUT OF AUSTIN. SO THERE'S A CHANGE IN SHIFT IN WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE CONVERTING TO US.

THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 50 FRANCHISE DEALERS, AND NOW WE'RE GETTING MORE DEALERS, LIKE INDEPENDENT CAR DEALERS THAT ARE BECOMING MORE INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY'RE MANDATED TO HAVE THIS ELECTRONIC SYSTEM COME JULY 1ST.

WE WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT PAPER TITLE TRANSFERS IN OUR OFFICE.

I HAVE PUT A DATE ON MARCH THE 1ST THAT ALL DEALERS IN EL PASO HAVE TO BE ON THIS WEB DEALER PROGRAM.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACT.

THEY HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR PLATES BEAT, BE TRAINED BY THE STATE ON THE WEB DEALER CONCEPT SO THEY CAN BE PREPARED AND THERE'S TIME INVOLVED TO GET THEM TRAINED TO EXPOSE THEM, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CRITERIA THAT GOES WITH THAT.

SO WE HAVE A CHALLENGE TO BEFORE US.

WE ARE HAVING TRAINING.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I SCHEDULED TRAINING WITH THE DMV.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT HERE TOMORROW TRAINING THESE DEALERS AND THE BULK OF THE PROBLEM.

THE ISSUE IS THERE'S A LOT OF SMALL TIME DEALERS THAT ARE NOT FULLY TRAINED ON BEING ABLE TO DO OUT-OF-STATE TITLE TRANSFERS.

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THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF DOING THE TITLE TRANSFER BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN USED TO GOING TO THESE PRIVATE OFFICES.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFICULTY BECAUSE NOW THE STATE HAS MANDATED THEM TO DO THIS ELECTRONICALLY.

SO I HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE WHERE I'M GOING TO TRY AND INCORPORATE THESE PRIVATE CONTRACTED OFFICES SO THEY CAN ASSIST THE DEALERS CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS.

NOW, SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL NEED TO BE AWARE OF IS THE DEALER INDUSTRY HERE IN EL PASO IS VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE AND BENEFICIAL.

IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE DEALER COMMUNITY IN THIS, IN THIS COUNTY HAS SOLD OVER $3 BILLION IN MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS THEY HAVE HAD OVER $3 BILLION IN MOTOR VEHICLE SALES.

SO THERE THEY PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE.

EVEN THE INDEPENDENT USED CAR LOTS ON ALAMEDA THAT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO CLOSE THEM DOWN.

THEY PLAY A SIGNIFICANT PART IN THIS.

BUT THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.

YES. PRIVATE CONTRACTED OFFICERS HAVE TRAINING ISSUES.

I NEED TRAINERS TO TRAIN THEM.

I DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES, BUT I KNOW THE CHALLENGE.

SO IT WOULD ALSO MOTIVATE THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO QUALITY WORK, BECAUSE THAT IS MY GOAL, TO PROVIDE QUALITY WORK TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY, AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN THEM SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT PROCESS.

NO, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID, AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID.

YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE SAT DOWN MANY, MANY TIMES AND SPOKEN ABOUT THIS AND EVEN THE TRAINING, EVEN THOUGH THE STATE TRAINS YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO TRAIN ALL THE OTHER DEALERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO I GUESS CUTTING TO THE CHASE AGAIN I TAKE IT THAT YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT WHAT I'M SUGGESTING SUGGESTING IS, IS A GOOD IDEA, THAT SOME OF THESE ERRORS THAT YOU HAVE TO CORRECT TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME.

AND YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT PERHAPS ANOTHER 1 OR 2 PEOPLE ADDED TO YOUR STAFF WOULD GO A LONG WAYS.

SO AGAIN, MY THE BOTTOM LINE IN MY THINKING IS THAT THESE OFFICES, AFTER THEY'RE TRAINED, ARE ALLOWED JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES, BUT AFTER A CERTAIN TIME, SO MANY MISTAKES, THEN THERE'S A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THEY'LL SAY, YOU CAN DO THIS OR YOU CANNOT.

IF YOU CANNOT. WELL, THE CONVERSATION IS MOOT, BUT IF YOU CAN, MY SUGGESTION IS THAT YOU DO IMPOSE SOME SORT OF FEE TO HELP YOU HELP THE CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY TO SERVE AS SOME BETTER BECAUSE OF THESE TREMENDOUS WORKLOAD THAT YOUR OFFICE HAS TAKEN ON, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE HELPING US, WE KNOW THAT.

BUT THAT PAPERWORK, THOSE ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS GO THROUGH YOUR OFFICE? YES, SIR. THAT'S THAT'S A CHALLENGE.

BECAUSE WHENEVER THE THE VEHICLE IS, IS SOLD, THE DEALERS HAVE 30 DAYS TO REPORT THE TITLE TRANSFER.

ONCE WE GET THE PAPERWORK IN OUR OFFICE, WE HAVE BASICALLY THREE DAYS TO MAKE A DECISION, AND AND WE HAVE TO EXAMINE IT OR REJECT IT.

AND ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM THAT THE STATE MAINTAINS THE REGISTRATION AND TITLE SYSTEM, IF ANYTHING'S NOT DONE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS, AUSTIN WILL ISSUE A TITLE. SO WE'RE ON A DEADLINE, ON A DEADLINE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY YAY OR NAY, REJECT THE PAPERWORK OR PASS IT.

SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW FOR US.

AND THOSE ARE BEHIND THE SCENES DEADLINES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ON OUR STAFF.

RIGHT NOW IT'S PROPERTY TAX SEASON.

WE'RE UNDER THAT THAT CHALLENGE.

WE COLLECT TAXES FOR FOUR MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.

SO THERE'S BIG CHANGES RIGHT NOW.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A TRAINING MODE.

IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL.

COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. AND AS YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE AFTER A WHILE.

AND I WAS TALKING TO BETSY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

AND THE MATTER OF FACT, AS RECENTLY AS THIS MORNING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE.

SO HOPEFULLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE COURT WILL REMEMBER YOUR CHALLENGES OUT THERE AND WE'LL WE'LL SEE TO IT THAT YOU'RE ASSISTED SOMEHOW, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL ASSIST YOURSELF TO ASSIST THE COUNTY.

YES, SIR, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE'RE WE'RE MOVING ALONG LITTLE BY LITTLE.

THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THAT I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING AND MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE CITIZENS TO HELP THEM STREAMLINE THEIR REGISTRATION PROCESS.

SO I HAVE THAT IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS HOUSE BILL 718.

IT GOES INTO A PLEDGE JULY THE 1ST OF NEXT YEAR.

ALL THE DEALERS HAVE TO BE ON BOARD.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETE CHANGE IN THE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO BE COMMITTED TO, TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

OTHERWISE, THE CHANGES THAT THE DMV HAS PROPOSED WILL GO UNCHANGED.

AND THERE IS A LOT OF FRAUD ON THE BORDER.

WE KNOW THIS.

WE'RE JUST A MATTER OF EXPOSING IT AND TRAINING TO THE OFFICERS THAT THAT IT'S OUT THERE.

WHAT YOU JUST SAID JUST PUT AN EXCLAMATION MARK ON THE PROPOSAL.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

APPRECIATE THAT. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COURT.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER LEONE AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CORONADO TO APPROVE.

I FOR ME, IT'S STILL NOT POPPING UP HERE.

THANK YOU SIR. MOTION CARRIES.

JUDGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE AND FINISH OFF THE THE OTHER CONSENT ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED? OKAY. IN THIS CASE, YOU GOT ALL OF THE ITEMS FOR COMMISSIONER LEONOR.

DO YOU HAVE TO READ IN? NO. THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING TO AVOID READING ALL THIS.

OKAY. SO, NEXT ITEM FROM PULLED FROM CONSENT, ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

F APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE EL PASO COUNTY NUTRITION PROGRAM.

AREA AGENCY ON AGING DIRECT PURCHASE OF SERVICES PROGRAM, CONGREGATE AND HOME DELIVERED MEAL VENDOR SERVICES AGREEMENT, AND THE FISCAL YEAR

[F. Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the El Paso County Nutrition Program – Area Agency on Aging Direct Purchase of Services Program - Congregate & Home Delivered Meal Vendor Services Agreement and the FY2025 Budget Workbook representing the unit rate price per meal as noted in the FY25 Vendor Services Agreement, effective October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025. (Contract No. 2024-0855) Irene Gutierrez, Executive Director, Community Services, 915-273-3485]

2025 BUDGET WORKBOOK REPRESENTING THE UNIT RATE PRICE PER MEAL.

AS NOTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 VENDOR SERVICES AGREEMENT, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

CONTRACT NUMBER 2024 0855.

MR. SCOTT. YEAH. THE REASON I THE REASON I PULLED THE ITEM IS I JUST WANTED TO I GUESS A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, I GUESS AN EXPLANATION.

AND SO WE LOST FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BETSY.

AND AND CAN CAN YOU GO OVER THAT FOR ME? AND I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE IRENE ON.

BUT I DO BELIEVE FOR ONE MOMENT THERE IS A REDUCTION.

IRENE, DO YOU WANT TO GO OVER HOW MUCH? I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER $200,000 IN A REDUCTION.

YES, MA'AM. GOOD MORNING.

COMMISSIONER. SERVICES DEPARTMENT? YES. SO FOR THE LAST.

IRENE, IT'S REALLY HARD TO HEAR YOU.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOUR MIC.

OR. MIGUEL. CAN YOU ALL TURN IT? TURN UP THE VOLUME? YEAH, IT'S. IT SOUNDS MUFFLED.

IT'S THE MICROPHONE, I BELIEVE.

LET'S TRY AGAIN.

I'M SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? IT SOUNDS ALMOST LIKE YOUR MIC IS COVERED.

YEAH.

I CAN HAVE HER PHONE NUMBER MESSAGE THROUGH TEAMS. I CAN CALL HER IN THAT WAY.

OKAY. ONE MOMENT. AND, COMMISSIONERS, I CAN RESPOND TO COMMISSIONER STOUT'S INQUIRY, IF THAT'S OKAY.

SURE. ERNIE HERNANDEZ WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

SO, YEAH. SO I THINK I GUESS THE QUESTION YOU ASKED THE EL PASO COUNTY IS A CONTRACTOR TO THE RIO GRANDE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AREA AGENCY ON AGING.

AND THEY RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH THE OLDER AMERICAN ACTS.

SO IT'S A FEDERAL FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVED, AND IT'S A FORMULA ALLOCATION THAT'S GIVEN TO THEM ANNUALLY.

OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING ARPA FUNDS, PROBABLY AROUND 200, 220,000 ANNUALLY.

AND THESE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO USE THEM TO EXPAND NEW PARTICIPANTS AT OUR CONGREGATE CENTERS.

WE HAVE 16 CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

WHAT I GUESS MAYBE THIS SUMMER MIDDLE OF SUMMER.

WE MET WITH THEM AND THEY DID LET US KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDS HAD BEEN DEPLETED.

AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF HOLD THE LINE AND NOT HAVE NEW ENROLLMENTS, BUT NOT HAVE TO, I GUESS, DECREASE PARTICIPATION FOR CONGREGATE ENROLLMENTS.

SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR FUNDING, BUT THAT REMAINS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE DON'T ALLOW US TO DIRECTLY PAY FOR MEALS.

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SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES FOR FUNDING.

SO BUT WHAT WITH THIS WITH THIS GOING ON WHAT IS ARE THEY GOING TO BE ANY CHANGES IN THE PROGRAM ITSELF, JUST NO NEW ENROLLMENTS OR LIKE, I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS TO MY OFFICE, YOU KNOW, ASKING ABOUT IT.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE.

SO, ERNIE, BEFORE YOU LET ME JUST ADD SOME INFORMATION TO THAT.

SO THE NO NEW ENROLLMENTS IS ONE ISSUE.

WE'VE ALSO MADE THE CITY AWARE.

WE NEED TO REENGAGE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEW CITY MANAGER THAT THAT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF PARTICIPANTS ARE CITY RESIDENTS.

AND SO WE'VE ALSO TRIED TO ENGAGE WITH THEM TO TALK ABOUT IF THERE'S ANY WILL TO HELP SUPPLEMENT ANY OF THE FUNDING FROM THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANY FUNDING AVAILABLE THAT COULD BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ANOTHER AVENUE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS SEEING IF THE CITY WOULD HELP FUND ANY OF THESE MILLS OR, OR THE MILL PROGRAM OTHERWISE, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO HEARING FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE A MORATORIUM ON NEW, NEW ENROLLEES.

AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT AS WELL.

SO WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM YVETTE LUGO WITH THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING ON FRIDAY AT THE MONTHLY COG MEETING.

AND TWO CITY REPRESENTATIVES WHO SIT ON THE COG BOARD, REP RIVERA AND REP FIERRO BOTH DISCUSSED BRINGING AN ITEM ON THE CITY AGENDA TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF DISCUSSIONS. I THINK CITY COUNCIL WAS CAUGHT A LITTLE BIT OFF GUARD WHEN RESIDENTS APPEARED BEFORE THEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE WITH SOME OF THESE ISSUES.

SO REP RAVENNA AND REP FIERRO BOTH INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE SPEAKING TO CITY MANAGER MACK AND TRYING TO MAYBE BRING THE ISSUE BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT COULD BE DONE IN LIGHT OF THIS LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDING.

SO THERE SHOULD BE MORE INFORMATION OR DISCUSSION AT THE CITY LEVEL HAPPENING WITHIN, I IMAGINE, THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

OKAY. AND FOR CONTEXT, ERNIE, CAN YOU ALL SHARE? SO IT'S A DECREASE IN CONGREGATE MILL RATE.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY 4000 FOR LES MILLS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IRENE'S AVAILABLE NOW OR IF YOU COULD SHARE IN CONTEXT.

HOW MANY MILLS DID YOU MENTION ALREADY? HOW MANY MILLS A YEAR WE'RE PROVIDING NOW? NO, I DID NOT. WE ARE ABOUT 600 OR 600,000 MEALS IS WHAT WE PROVIDE NOW, AND THAT IS PROBABLY THROUGH BOTH OF OUR I GUESS, PROGRAMS. SO THAT IS THROUGH THE CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAM AND THROUGH THE HOME DELIVERED MEAL.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CORONADO.

DO YOU WANT TO COMPLETE THE LAST CONSENT ITEM, OR DO YOU WANT TO JUMP TO THE OTHER ONE? LESS CONSENT ONE.

YOUR MOTION CARRIES.

YES. IT'LL BE.

IT'LL BE QUICK. IT'LL BE QUICK.

OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 40.

APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE AWARD.

RECOMMENDATION OF RFP 24018 COFFEE SHOP SERVICES AT THE EL PASO COUNTY ENRIQUE MORENO COURTHOUSE FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO THE HIGHEST SCORING FIRM, GILLIOZ COFFEE LLC OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

[T. Approve and authorize the award recommendation of RFP 24-018 Coffee Shop Services at the El Paso County Enrique Moreno Courthouse for the Public Works Department to the highest scoring firm, Glia’s Coffee LLC of El Paso, TX. Purchasing approved on October 22, 2024. Services will generate revenue to the County. Karen Davidson, Purchasing Agent, Purchasing, 915-273-3349]

PURCHASING APPROVED ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2020.

FOR SERVICES WILL GENERATE REVENUE TO THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU. WELCOME, KAREN.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS KAREN DAVIDSON, YOUR COUNTY PURCHASING AGENT.

THIS ITEM DID GO THROUGH A FULL BLOWN RFP.

WE BEGAN IN APRIL.

WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE A REVIEW OF THE SITE AND AN EXTENSIVE OUTREACH, AND WE'VE COME UP WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.

WE'RE ASKING THE COURT TODAY TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THIS AWARD FOR 24 ZERO 18 COFFEE SHOP SERVICES TO US, AND THEY ARE THE HIGHEST SCORING FIRM.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

AND MR. SULLY IS ON THE LINE, TOO.

WE'RE EXCITED SMALL BUSINESS COFFEE IN OUR NEARBY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH I PULLED THE ITEM BECAUSE I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

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AS TO KIND OF THE TIMELINE FROM HERE MOVING FORWARD, LIKE WHEN WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE IN, IN OPERATION.

AND ALSO, I KNOW, I GUESS WE STILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THE, THE FINAL CONTRACT.

RIGHT. BUT JUST WONDERING IF THERE ARE PLANS TO, LIKE, PUT A BANNER UP OR DO ANY ADVERTISING BOTH IN, IN THE COURTHOUSE AND OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TO TRY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS COMING VERY SOON.

SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION.

THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BEGIN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS.

IT'S. I DON'T WANT TO PUT A SPECIFIC BOUNDARY ON THAT.

WE. BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET WORKING ON THOSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE EVERYONE IS EXCITED FOR THIS TO, TO OCCUR.

WE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT NORMALLY WOULD WORK ON THIS KIND OF CONTRACT ARE TRYING TO REALLY FOCUS AND WRAP UP ALL OUR ARPA CONTRACTS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE LAYERING THIS ON.

THEY DID SAY THEY WOULD WORK AS DILIGENTLY AS THEY CAN TO HAVE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT THAT THAT IS A FACTOR.

AND THEN ONCE, OF COURSE, WE KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO OPEN.

WE'RE PREPARED. WE WILL DO A MULTIPLE TYPES OF NOTICES.

PUBLIC RELATIONS RIBBON CUTTINGS.

WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE PART OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS IS FOR THEM TO HAVE MULTIPLE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT WE CAN USE TO PROMOTE THE COFFEE SHOP.

AS THEY AS THEY GET STARTED OVER THIS, ESPECIALLY OVER THIS FIRST YEAR, REALLY AND BITSY AND AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER STOUT WOULD LIKE THIS AS WELL BECAUSE OF HIS INITIATIVES.

BUT THAT THAT WE DO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE ROLE MODELS.

AND SO THE HEALTHY FOOD KIND OF ITEMS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE THINK ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE CAN SAY ABOUT THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO BE PROMOTING HEALTHY FOODS AND NOT HAVE SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS THAT HERE IN OUR OWN BUILDING. WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

JUDGE, IT WAS NOT, I THINK, NOT PART OF THE SCOPE OF THE BID, BUT I WE HAVE USED THOSE KINDS OF INITIATIVES BEFORE. AT THE SPORTS PARK WITH THE VENDORS AND ALSO WITH OUR FOOD VENDOR DOWNTOWN.

DOWNSTAIRS, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.

OKAY. AND MAKE SURE THERE'S OFFERINGS THAT ARE HEALTHIER OPTIONS.

THANK YOU. KAREN.

THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

I JUST HAD THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND IF YOU'LL MOVE TO APPROVE AND YES.

YEAH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT.

A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CORONADO TO APPROVE.

THANK YOU. KAREN CARRIES. NICE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON.

YES. THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, A FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM DOCTOR P.J.

VIEIRA REGARDING THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CORE HERITAGE SITES AND BUILDINGS LOCATED ON THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO CAMPUS.

FURTHER DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE EL PASO COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION REGARDING THE 2024 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

[A. Receive a presentation from Dr. P.J. Vierra regarding the historical significance of Core Heritage Sites and Buildings located on the University of Texas at El Paso Campus. Further, discuss and take appropriate action regarding a recommendation from the El Paso County Historical Commission regarding the 2024 University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Campus Master Plan. Roberto Ransom, Director, Economic Development, 915-546-2177]

CAMPUS MASTER PLAN.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

DOCTOR CYNTHIA RENTERIA WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

FOR THE RECORD.

I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND WE WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING BY INTRODUCING DOCTOR PJ VERA.

VERA. WELCOME, DOCTOR.

WELCOME, DOCTOR. VERA. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

GOOD MORNING. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS PJ VIERA.

I AM A MEMBER OF THE UTEP HERITAGE COMMISSION.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT HISTORY.

DISTANT AND VERY RECENT HISTORY.

I'M A RESEARCHER AND A HISTORIAN OF THE UNIVERSITY AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS.

I'VE BEEN A SPEECHWRITER FOR DOCTOR DIANA NATALICIO AND FOR DOCTOR HEATHER WILSON, AND I WORKED ON THIS LAST STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2020 WITH THE UNIVERSITY.

NOW I HAD MY DISSERTATION WAS ON HOW UNIVERSITIES REMEMBER THEMSELVES, AND BASICALLY WHAT MY THESIS SAID WAS THEY REMEMBER THEMSELVES PRETTY BADLY.

AND WE IT'S IT ONLY THEIR MEMORY ONLY EXTENDS AS FAR AS PROBABLY THE OLDEST PERSON WHO IS WORKING AT THAT UNIVERSITY.

AND THEN ONCE THAT PERSON LEAVES, THEN THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY THAT DISAPPEARS WITH THAT PERSON, AND A LOT OF STUFF GETS

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WRITTEN, BUT THEN IT JUST SEEMS TO GET IGNORED.

NOW I'M GOING TO USE HERE FOR BACKGROUND THIS NOVEL BY JAMES MICHENER, TEXAS, 1400 PAGES.

AND HE TALKS ABOUT SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES, BUT HE ONLY DESCRIBES ONE UNIVERSITY, AND THAT'S THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, WHICH HE CALLED ONE OF THE MORE DISTINCTIVE OF THE AMERICAN CAMPUSES.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HIGH PRAISE TO MAKE IT INTO SOMEONE'S NOVEL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THOUGH, THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN REFERRED IN GREAT MANY MEDIA STORIES AND IN OTHER BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS, IT IS TRULY ONE OF A KIND.

IT'S DISTINCTIVE.

IT'S GOT WHAT MAKES IT STAND OUT A LOT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE CAMPUS AS A WHOLE.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT A CAMPUS THAT WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1917 AND 1951, AND THAT 30 YEARS WE CREATED THE OLDEST EXTANT UNIVERSITY CAMPUS WITH ITS ORIGINAL BUILDINGS.

THERE'S NO OTHER UNIVERSITY CAMPUS LIKE IT, AND THAT IS VERY MUCH A TESTAMENT TO THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE DESIGN OF THESE BUILDINGS.

AND WE KNOW ABOUT THE BHUTANESE DESIGNS, BUT WE DON'T OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE ENGINEERING AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE MATERIALS THAT WENT INTO THEM.

AND WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS I TALK ABOUT, IF YOU WERE TO GO BACK 80, 90, 100 YEARS AGO, FIND A GROUP OF STUDENTS SITTING ON THE STEPS OF OLD MAIN AND THEN SNAP YOUR FINGERS AND BRING THEM TO TODAY.

THEY WOULD RECOGNIZE THE CAMPUS.

THEIR BUILDINGS WOULD STILL BE THERE.

LANDSCAPING WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THEIR BUILDINGS THAT THEY ATTENDED CLASS WOULD STILL BE THERE.

AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THESE ARE CHEAP BUILDINGS.

THAT OR THE SYSTEM WAS CHEAP, OR THE STATE WAS CHEAP AND DIDN'T WANT TO REPLACE THEM.

THEY ARE VERY DURABLE.

THEY'RE DISTINCTIVE, DURABLE, TIMELESS AND UNIQUE.

AND IT ALL GOES INTO HOW THEY WERE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED.

NOW, WHY I'M HERE IS IS THAT BACK IN AUGUST, PRESIDENT HEATHER WILSON PRESENTED A CAMPUS MASTER PLAN TO THE UT SYSTEM BOARD OF REGENTS.

NONE OF US ON THE HERITAGE COMMISSION KNEW ABOUT IT.

NO ONE KNEW ABOUT IT OTHER THAN THOSE OF US LIKE ME, WHO ARE WONKS WHO READ THE AGENDA FOR THE UT SYSTEM.

AND SO SHE WAS THERE AND SHE PRESENTED THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT YOU SEE A SLIDE UP THERE FOR IT.

AND IN IT SHE TALKED ABOUT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.

AND A PART OF IT WAS THIS SLIDE WHICH SHE REALLY DID NOT DISCUSS.

SHE JUST MOVED OVER.

BUT WHAT THIS SLIDE SHOWS IS THAT THERE ARE NINE CORE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT ARE SLATED FOR DEMOLITION ON CAMPUS, AND THERE'S BEEN NO PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS WHATSOEVER.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HERITAGE AND THE LEGACY OF THIS UNIVERSITY.

SO THAT WAS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UT AUSTIN WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE RESTORING THEIR CAMPUS.

AND THEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN ALL THESE NEW BUILDINGS TO THE CORE OF OUR CAMPUS.

THEN A MONTH LATER, THE STUDENTS VOTED TO REPLACE THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING.

THEY'RE GOING TO RAISE THEIR FEES BY 300%, AND THAT INCLUDES DEMOLISHING THIS HISTORIC BUILDING.

THIS IS THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING FROM 1949, DESIGNED BY PERCY MAGEE, WHO INHERITED THE LEGACY OF THE ARCHITECTURE FROM HENRY TROST.

THE STUDENTS DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE VOTING ON.

EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT BODY WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE PRESS, SAID HE HAD NO IDEA THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS BUILDING AND REALLY, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS HIDDEN, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS 1949 BUILDING AND THEN TEN YEARS LATER, THEY PUT AN ADDITION ONTO IT.

WELL, THAT ADDITION IS NOT IN THE STYLE OF THE BHUTANESE ARCHITECTURE AS WE KNOW IT.

OKAY. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A IT'S A BUILDING THAT'S NOT CONSTRUCTED THE SAME WAY.

BUT THIS BUILDING IS STILL THERE.

AND THIS ONE IS NOW ON THE PATH TO BE DEMOLISHED.

OKAY. AND THE STUDENTS VOTED ON IT.

SO IT'S THE UNIVERSITY'S KIND OF GOT TO COVER IT THERE.

NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS DONE BACK IN THE 1962, THESE MASTER PLANS WERE BIG DOCUMENTS.

THEY HAD ARCHITECTS INVOLVED.

THEY HAD ENGINEERS INVOLVED.

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THEY HAD MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY INVOLVED.

THEY HAD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC INVOLVED.

AND WE HAD 1997, I'M SORRY, IN 2000 WITH SUBSEQUENT PLANS.

IN 2011, THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN FIRST INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF DEMOLISHING BUILDINGS, AND IT HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THOSE CORE HERITAGE SITES ON THE PLAN.

THAT CREATED SOME ISSUES.

AND SO PRESIDENT NATALICIO, AS PART OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, APPOINTED A COMMITTEE, A COMMISSION, WHICH I WAS A PART OF, TO GO AND REVIEW THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS BUILDINGS.

AND WE PUT TOGETHER EXTENSIVE REPORTS ON EACH ONE OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS, IDENTIFYING THOSE THAT WERE OF THAT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. WHILE AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THAT WASN'T USED IN THIS CAMPUS MASTER PLAN.

SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WENT INTO THIS PLAN OR HOW THIS PLAN CAME ABOUT.

AND THE ONLY THING THAT EXISTS IS THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT THE PRESIDENT GAVE TO THE UT SYSTEM BOARD OF REGENTS.

NOW, JUST A REMINDER, MANY OF US ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY.

THE ORIGINAL IDEA CAME FROM THE WIFE OF THE DEAN AT THE TIME, KATHLEEN WALL.

THE FIRST DESIGNS, THOUGH, WERE DONE BY CHARLES GIBSON OF GIBSON AND ROBERTSON, AN EL PASO FIRM HERE.

HENRY TROST REFINED THOSE DESIGNS, AND THAT'S WHAT CAME A PART OF THE CAMPUS.

AND THEN TWO OTHER ARCHITECTS, EL PASO ARCHITECTS OTTO THORMAN AND PERCY MCGEE, THEN TOOK OVER OR INHERITED THAT LEGACY. TROST AND MCGEE DESIGNED THE UNIVERSITY.

I'M SORRY, NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.

MANY OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE NO LONGER THERE.

BUT OF COURSE, THEY WEREN'T OF THIS DESIGN THAT WE HAVE HERE DISTINCTIVE, DURABLE, TIMELESS AND UNIQUE.

NOW, WHY IS IT A DISTINCTIVE CAMPUS? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S THE ONLY PLACE OUTSIDE OF ASIA THAT HAS THIS TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE.

IT'S A UNIFIED DESIGN CONCEPT.

IT SAYS, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID OVERENGINEERED.

IT'S TOUGH TO TAKE DOWN ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS.

OLD MAIN, BACK IN THE 1960S, THEY COMPLETELY GUTTED IT AND THEN PUT A NEW FLOOR'S NEW FLOOR PLAN.

DIDN'T TOUCH THE EXTERIOR WHATSOEVER.

DIDN'T SUFFER A LICK OF DAMAGE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, TO CREATE THE BASEMENT OF OLD MAIN, THEY HAD TO USE DYNAMITE.

AND THAT BECAME PART OF THE LEGACY OR THE MYTH OF THE UNIVERSITY.

AND THEN NONE OF THESE CORE HERITAGE BUILDINGS, ONLY 19 OF THEM SINCE 1951, NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER BEEN DEMOLISHED. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS WOULD BE DEMOLISHED, AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT THE CAMPUS, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE BUILDINGS, THEY HAD THE SAME ARCHITECTS, SAME BHUTANESE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, SAME ENGINEERING, SAME MATERIALS AND THE SAME CONTRACTORS.

SO YOU CAN'T SAY THAT ONE BUILDING IS DERELICT, BUT THEN ITS SISTER BUILDING IS NOT.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.

THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO TEAR DOWN NEXT YEAR IS A MERE COPY OF THE OLD LIBRARY.

THAT'S A PART OF THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES BUILDING.

WELL, IF THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING IS DERELICT, THEN DOESN'T THAT MEAN THAT THESE OTHER BUILDINGS, LIKE THE OLD LIBRARY, ARE DERELICT AS WELL? I DON'T KNOW THE RATIONALE BEHIND THIS DECISION.

SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CORE HERITAGE SITES, THERE ARE 21 SITES.

OKAY, BUT WE'VE GOT THE BUILDINGS.

AND NINE OF THESE SITES ARE SLATED FOR DEMOLITION OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THESE BUILDINGS, THEY ALL ARE IN A SINGLE FOOTPRINT.

THESE ARE TWO PLOTS OF LAND THAT WERE DONATED TO THE UNIVERSITY BY THE PEOPLE OF EL PASO AND THE CITY OF EL PASO.

SO THE UNIVERSITY TOOK OVER THAT LAND FROM THESE GIFTS.

AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, THERE'S A THIS IS ABOUT 64 ACRES, ACTUALLY, OF LAND.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT BETTER FROM THIS MAP OF THE UNIVERSITY FROM 1952.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE X'S IN THERE.

AND THAT'S HOW MANY OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE SLATED FOR DEMOLITION.

OKAY. AND EACH ONE OF THE BUILDINGS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT HISTORY TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR SO LONG.

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VALLHALL WHICH IS ON THE LIST.

THIS WAS A MEN'S DORMITORY.

IT WAS A HOME FOR THE PROSPECTOR, THE NEWSPAPER.

IT'S WHERE RUBEN SALAZAR LEARNED THE CRAFT OF JOURNALISM, WHERE HE WROTE SOME OF THE FIRST ARTICLES ON INTEGRATION. THIS WAS BACK IN THE LATE 1940S, WHEN YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.

YOU'VE GOT HOLLADAY HALL, WHICH IS THE FIRST BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT BY WPA FUNDS HERE IN EL PASO.

IT WAS BUILT PRIMARILY BY STUDENTS ON WORK RELIEF.

YOU HAVE KIDD FIELD, WHICH IS THE HOME TO 20 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

YOU HAVE BENEDICT HALL, WHICH IS THE FIRST WOMEN'S DORMITORY ON CAMPUS.

YOU HAVE WORRELL HALL.

IT'S THE LAST BUILDING DESIGNED BY HENRY TROST.

YOU HAVE HUDSPETH HALL, WHICH IS WHERE PERCY MCGEE, WHO AGAIN INHERITED THAT LEGACY, DEVIATED FROM THE RECTANGULAR FOOTPRINTS OF THE BUILDINGS AND BEGAN TO BUILD WINGS TO THEM AND STAYING VERY MUCH WITHIN THAT BHUTANESE REVIVAL.

HE WENT BACK TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES OF BHUTAN AND CAME UP WITH THIS FOOTPRINT COTTON MEMORIAL, WHICH WAS BUILT BY FUNDS FROM THE COTTON ESTATE. NO STATE MONEY WAS INVOLVED IN IT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING, WHICH PERCY MCGHEE INTRODUCED PUBLIC ART FOR THE FIRST TIME WITHIN THESE BUILDINGS, FINANCED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS AND STUDENT FEES.

AND THEN MINER'S HALL, WHICH IS THE FIRST INTEGRATED DORMITORY IN A FORMER CONFEDERATE STATE.

IT'S THE HOME TO THE 1966 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM.

LOT OF SIGNIFICANCE ATTACHED TO THESE BUILDINGS.

SO BASICALLY THAT'S OUR HISTORY RIGHT NOW, THIS CAMPUS.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.

I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD ANY QUESTIONS, JUDGE, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY CRAFT A LETTER TO, TO SEND TO, TO UTEP AND IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING THESE BUILDINGS AROUND.

YOU KNOW, I THINK AS A COURT, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE DEFINITELY HAD YOU KNOW, TAKEN A VERY STRONG ROLE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT THAT THAT MR. RIVERA IS MAKING IS, I THINK, A VERY VALID ONE.

AND AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT DOING WHAT WE CAN TO TO TO HELP.

YEAH. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR UNIQUENESS UTEP HAS GOT TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATION OF WHO WE ARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED.

I MEAN ANYBODY YOU GO BACK EVERYBODY THAT GRADUATED FROM UTEP FROM YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN WHEN THE SCHOOL STARTED OUR PRIDE ABOUT THAT. BUT THEN SEEING SUCH A SIGNIFICANT CAMPUS BEING SORT OF I HATE TO USE THE WORD BUT TOYED WITH.

RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE, THE CHARACTER OF OF WHAT IT IS AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

AND ALSO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL HONORED DOCTOR NATALICIO TREMENDOUSLY.

AND IT WAS A VISION THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR HER, AND WE'VE SUPPORTED HER IN EVERY WAY.

SHE'S PUT US ON THE MAP.

AND IT'S NOT FAIR THAT SHE DID THAT WITH ALL THIS CAMPUS.

AND THEN THE CAMPUS BECAME, LIKE SO UNIQUE, AS YOU SAID, DOCTOR, SO UNIQUE.

AND THEN FOR IT TO BE SORT OF AND THEN I GUESS THE OTHER THING IS NOT HAVING TO UNDERSTAND AS A, AS A STAKEHOLDER, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY IS A BIG STAKEHOLDER AND BE A SURPRISE, AS ALL OF YOU ARE TO SAY, WELL, DID ANYBODY COME TO THE COMMUNITY PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION? BECAUSE IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE PARTNERS.

IF THE PRESENTATION TAKES PLACE AND THEN WE HEAR ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY GENUINE IF WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THIS THIS WAS COMING UP BEFORE THE REGENTS HEARD IT, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD EITHER OUR YES OR NO OR SUPPORT FROM THE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO, YEAH, I'LL PASS IT ON TO COMMISSIONER CORNELL.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS.

DOCTOR VADER HAS, HAS HAS DOCTOR WILSON BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT THE ISSUE AFTER SHE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS? NO, AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY MADE ANY MOTION ABOUT THIS WITHIN THE HERITAGE COMMISSION.

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WE MEET EVERY THREE MONTHS.

SO THAT HAS NOT COME UP AS A PART OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

WELL, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A REACH OUT BY THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION ABOUT PRESENTING THIS TO THEM AND WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE, AS WELL AS MAYBE TO THE STUDENT BODY.

THE STUDENT BODY GOVERNMENT, I THINK, SHOULD BE PRESENTED WITH THIS AND GET THEIR INPUT.

COMMISSIONER, IF I MAY. SO THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS CHARGED WITH BRINGING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU.

THE ONLY OTHER ENTITY THAT THEY CAN DIRECTLY REACH OUT TO IS THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

I DO HAVE A LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

UNFORTUNATELY, OUR CHAIR, BARBARA WELCH, IS UNABLE TO BE HERE DUE TO MEDICAL RELATED THINGS.

I'M HAPPY TO READ THE LETTER INTO THE RECORD.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR VIERA, IF THAT'S OKAY.

SURE. REALLY QUICK, BEFORE YOU READ THE LETTER.

AND ALSO FOR THE COURT.

THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION, THE LETTER FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

IT WAS IN THE BACKUP.

AND WE'LL READ IT IN.

BUT YOU ALL COULD VOTE TO DO.

YOU COULD VOTE TO HAVE US MEET WITH DOCTOR WILSON TO MAKE SURE SHE'S AWARE OF THIS, OR TO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE COURT MEET WITH DOCTOR WILSON TO MAKE SURE SHE'S AWARE OF THESE CONCERNS.

OR YOU COULD JUST ISSUE A LETTER.

I HAD A CONVERSATION BRIEFLY WITH THE JUDGE THIS MORNING THAT I DO THINK WE END UP WITH BETTER OUTCOMES IF WHEN WE HAVE THESE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION ISSUES.

WE I THINK WE END UP WITH BETTER OUTCOMES BY PUTTING SOMEONE ON NOTICE, BUT ALSO SITTING DOWN AND TALKING TO THEM.

YEAH, I AGREE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SAYING WE WEREN'T REACHED OUT, BUT WE HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO THEM TO, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE CONCERNS BEFORE WE ISSUE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO MEET AND SEND A LETTER OF CONCERN MEETING THIS WEEK WITH DOCTOR WILSON.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SORT OF PRESS.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO GET INVOLVED AT THE EARLY STAGES BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY KNOW THEY THEY KNOW THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, THEY KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS.

AND SO, SO JUST NOT NOT STARTING AT THAT POINT OF WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND ALSO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION AS WELL.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT THAT POINT THAT, THAT WE'RE HERE TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SORT OF GOING AHEAD OF US LIKE THAT MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT, BECAUSE THEN THERE'S THE IMPRESSION THAT NO ONE WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND WHICH MIGHT BE THE CASE.

SO ANYWAY, I THINK WE DO NEED TO, TO BE VERY SUPPORTIVE.

I MEAN, WE LOVE THAT UNIVERSITY, BUT WE LOVE IT AS IT IS.

SO I MEAN, IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT SAYING DON'T DON'T GO FORWARD.

DON'T BE PROGRESSIVE. DON'T THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

BUT BUT I THINK THERE'S SO MANY OTHER OPTIONS THAT COULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND I AGREE WITH THE HISTORY OF THAT PLACE.

I HAD TO LEARN THE HISTORY EARLY ON WHEN I STARTED AT UTEP BECAUSE I WAS A STUDENT A RECRUITER BASICALLY FOR THE UNIVERSITY WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN 1978.

AND I HAD TO LEARN THE HISTORY AND OBVIOUSLY WHERE THE IDEA FOR THE ARCHITECTURE CAME FROM.

THE PRESIDENT, ONE OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE WIFE OF ONE OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY.

AND SO AND IT IS, IT IS VERY, VERY UNIQUE TO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER PLACE LIKE IT IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT IS VERY UNIQUE TO OUR AREA AND YOU KNOW, VERY VALUABLE, I THINK, IN TERMS OF HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE.

BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO DOCTOR WILSON.

YEAH. I MEAN, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO SEND THE LETTER OR.

I'M OKAY WITH SENDING A LETTER.

I THINK WE FIRST SHOULD, SHOULD SHOULD CONTACT HER AS AS A COURTESY.

SURE, SURE. THAT THAT WE I MEAN, I'M I'M GREAT WITH THE LETTER.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO REACH OUT HAVE OUR CONCERNS AND THEN SEND THE LETTER.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING THAT WE WERE GOING TO SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T DO WITH US.

RIGHT? SO WE WOULD WRITE IN THE LETTER THAT THIS IS A REQUEST TO MEET WITH YOU CONCERNING THESE, THIS MATTER, AND THEN THAT WAY.

BUT WE DO WANT TO KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT MEETING OR JUDGE.

IF YOU WERE THINKING YOU WOULD ADDRESS IT IN YOUR MEETING WITH.

I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO BE INCLUDED.

IT'S IN MY PRECINCT.

AND I THINK THIS MEETING IN PARTICULAR, SINCE SHE ASKED FOR IT.

I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE ONE SPECIAL FOR THAT.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE ASKED TO SPEAK TO ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AGENDA IS, BUT SO SEPARATE FROM THAT, OBVIOUSLY, I WOULD BRING IT UP IN THE MEETING, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE ONE SEPARATE WHERE WE COULD HAVE

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WHOEVER WANTS TO BE AT THAT MEETING.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER STOUT, YOU'D LIKE TO BE AT THAT MEETING.

WOULD ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE COURT LIKE TO BE THERE? I MEAN, I'M GOING TO. I'D LIKE TO BE THERE.

OKAY. BECAUSE I COULD FOLLOW UP ON OUR CONVERSATION.

PERFECT. OKAY.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE STAFF SUPPORT THERE.

BUT WE'LL DRAFT A LETTER, AND THEN WE'LL COORDINATE WITH YOUR OFFICES FOR THE MEETING.

OKAY. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

AND THE LETTER JUST TO BACK UP.

ORIGINALLY CHC, YOU SEE IN THEIR LETTER, THEY'RE ASKING THAT WE SEND THE LETTER TO HER AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS.

YES. SO WE WOULD STILL SEND THE LETTER TO BOTH GROUPS, BUT REQUEST THE MEETING WITH DOCTOR WILSON.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER.

LEON. DOCTOR, I'M CURIOUS THAT YOU WOULD COME TO THE COURT, BUT YET YOU.

YOU'VE NOT SAT DOWN WITH DOCTOR WILSON AT ALL? NO. AS A I'M A I DON'T REPRESENT THE HERITAGE COMMISSION.

I AM A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.

AND AS I SAID, WE ONLY MEET EVERY THREE MONTHS.

WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE BEST RELATIONSHIP THAT WE CAN WITH THE UNIVERSITY, BUT WE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE BECAUSE THE STUDENTS VOTED ON THIS DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING.

IT'S RAISING THEIR FEES.

IT NOW HAS TO GO TO THE STATE.

SO THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO CONVENE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THE FEE INCREASE.

ONCE IT GETS THE FEE INCREASE GETS APPROVED, THEN THE FUNDS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO BEGIN ANY DEMOLITION WORK THAT THEY WOULD DO.

SO YEAH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS OUT OF ORDER RIGHT NOW, AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO REACH OUT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AS WELL TO LET THEM KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE THE ONES PROBABLY CARRYING THE WATER FOR THAT REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY.

RIGHT. I MEAN, IT WOULD I WOULD EXPECT THAT OUR APART FROM THE REGENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT OUR DELEGATION MIGHT BE.

WE COULD CARBON COPY THEM ON OUR LETTER AND SEND IT DIRECTLY TO THEM AND LET THEM BE AWARE.

THERE YOU GO. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A. DO WE VOTE ON THE MOTION IN A SECOND? NO, WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CORONADO.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR RENTERIA.

THANK YOU. ALICIA. THANK YOU DOCTOR.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR.

DOCTOR GROSSMAN, TO STEP UP TO THE MIC.

YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU.

ALICIA. JOHN DAVIS, MEMBER OF THE HERITAGE COMMISSION.

THE THE HERITAGE HOUSE IS THE REPOSITORY OF ALL OF OUR ARCHIVES.

BUT THIS MORNING, EXPANDING ON WHAT OUR DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU THIS IS BASICALLY A CHRONOLOGY DESCRIBING THE CONSTRUCTIONS AND THE NAMES OF ALL THE BUILDINGS SINCE THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSITY.

IT WAS DONE BY ONE OF OUR DISTINGUISHED HISTORIANS, WILLY QUINN, THAT, BY THE WAY, IT WAS HONOR WITH A RESOLUTION LAST YEAR.

AND ALSO HE IS ONE OF OUR DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI BY UTEP.

ALLOW ME. THIS IS JUST THE HISTORY.

THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE BY THE MIC WHEN YOU SPEAK BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE RECORDED.

THIS IS THE WORK OF OUR DISTINGUISHED WILLIE QUEEN, OUR HISTORIAN.

LET ALL THE HISTORIANS, INCLUDING P.J., ARE USING AT THIS MOMENT.

OH. AND IF YOU VISIT THE HERITAGE HOUSE, YOU WILL FIND IT THERE.

THIS IS A HISTORICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE NAMES THEY HAVE OVER THE YEARS. YOU CAN GO TO A SPECIAL COLLECTIONS WEB PAGE AND YOU CAN SEE IT DIRECTLY.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

YEAH, THIS IS REALLY NICE.

A LOT OF HISTORY, AND YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORY OF EL PASO HERE.

THANK YOU CESAR.

ITEM NUMBER SIX A FROM COMMISSIONERS COURT.

DISCUSS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR PROJECT AMISTAD GRANT APPLICATION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE COMMUNITY CHANGE GRANTS PROGRAM UNDER THE POLLUTION REDUCTION STRATEGY, MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR PREVENTING AIR POLLUTION AND IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLIMATE

[A. Discuss and take appropriate action to approve a letter of support for Project Amistad’s grant application to the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program under the Pollution Reduction Strategy: Mobility and Transportation Options for Preventing Air Pollution and Improving Public Health and Climate Resilience-Track 1. (6291-OP) David Stout, Commissioner, Precinct 2, 915-546-2111]

RESILIENT RESILIENCE.

TRACK ONE OPINION NUMBER 6291.

SO JUDGE, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS I KNOW WE'VE HAD A WE HAD A NUMBER OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE GRANTS APPLICATIONS LAST, LAST WEEK.

AND WE HAVE ONE MORE THAT WE'D LIKE TO ASK THE COURT TO SUPPORT.

PROJECT AMISTAD, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS A REALLY STRONG LOCAL NONPROFIT PARTNER HERE IN EL PASO.

AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THEIR APPLICATION.

SO WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ORGANIZATION.

LADIES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND AND LET US KNOW WHAT WHAT YOUR WHAT YOUR PROJECT IS AND THEN WE'LL VOTE.

WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

CECILIA GARCIA, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT AMISTAD.

AND WITH ME, I HAVE MISS CRISTINA PENA, OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

WITH THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION WE ARE SEEKING, OF COURSE YOU ALL KNOW MR..

VERY WELL FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

RIGHT NOW WE MANAGE A FLEET OF 35 VEHICLES, AND FOR A LONG TIME NOW, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE REALLY LOOKED INTO TRYING TO TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN, OF COURSE, FINDING WAYS TO REDUCE THE POLLUTION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR AGO, COMMISSIONER STOUT ASKED US THAT QUESTION WHEN WE PRESENTED ON OUR COMMITTEE, OUR WEST TEXAS, EL PASO REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE, AND AS AN AGENCY, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. BUT WITH THIS PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING TO APPLY FOR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 TO $20 MILLION TO PURCHASE ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO SUPPLEMENT, OF COURSE, OUR FLEET.

RIGHT NOW WE PERFORM APPROXIMATELY 25,000 TRIPS A YEAR.

WE TRAVEL ABOUT A MILLION MILES A YEAR.

AND ONE OF THE MAJOR EXPENSES, OF COURSE, IS FUEL.

IT'S ABOUT $700,000 THAT WE SPEND ON FUEL ON A YEARLY BASIS.

NOW, WHAT WOULD WE DO WITH WITH THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS IF WE WERE TO GET FUNDED? OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THIS AS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO CREATE MORE JOBS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

OF COURSE, YOU ALL KNOW, MOVING INTO THE ELECTRIC YOU KNOW, AREA, WE WOULD HAVE TO SEEK, OF COURSE, MAINTENANCE AND, AND ALL OF THAT THAT GOES INTO MANAGING THESE TYPE OF VEHICLES.

AND HOPEFULLY OF COURSE, A SAVINGS TO, TO OUR AGENCY.

YOU ALL KNOW WE ARE STILL CONSIDERED A, A SMALL NONPROFIT, A TRUE NONPROFIT.

WE FIGHT FOR OUR FUNDS EVERY YEAR.

WE APPLY FOR GRANTS EVERY YEAR.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT COMES INTO OUR AGENCY ON A YEARLY BASIS WITHOUT US HAVING TO APPLY FOR IT.

SO WE WE ARE SEEING THAT THIS MIGHT POTENTIALLY HELP OUR AGENCY AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, TO PUT SOME FUNDING BACK INTO, YOU KNOW, BEING A SOUND AGENCY AND BEING ABLE TO, TO HELP THOSE THAT DO NOT APPLY FOR ANY OTHER SERVICES AND TRANSPORTATION BEING SUCH A BIG, BIG, IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE ACCESS, YOU KNOW, FOR OTHER SERVICES, ESPECIALLY FOR POPULATIONS SUCH AS OLDER ADULTS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

SO, OF COURSE, THIS OPPORTUNITY REALLY GIVES US YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO REDUCE, I MEAN, TO IMPROVE OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS, OF COURSE, ADDRESSING POLLUTION IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH WHICH HAS BEEN VERY MUCH TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS,

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ESPECIALLY WITH YOU KNOW, THE CHANGES THAT ARE TO COME THROUGH OUR, OUR CROSSING THE, THE AMERICAS BRIDGE AND ALL OF THAT AND ALL OF THAT.

YOU TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH POLLUTION THERE IS IN CERTAIN AREAS, IT'S AREAS THAT, OF COURSE, WE SERVE THROUGH OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

SO THE ONE THING THAT I DID WANT TO MENTION IS THAT THE GRANT DOES REQUIRE A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, AS OPPOSED TO A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

SO WE ARE HERE SEEKING TO ASK YOU ALL TO CONSIDER BEING A PARTNER WITH US.

SO WHAT THAT REQUIRES, OF COURSE, IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT AMISTAD IS IS REALLY THE AGENCY THAT TAKES THE FULL LIABILITY OF THE CONTRACT, BECAUSE OF COURSE, THIS WOULD REALLY ENTAIL THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES.

IT DOESN'T REALLY INVOLVE MUCH MORE ACTIVITY.

WHAT THAT WOULD BE IS, OF COURSE, SUPPLEMENTING A LOT OF THE VEHICLES TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE ALREADY DO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IT WOULDN'T BE CREATING NECESSARILY ANY NEW PROGRAM, BUT INCREASING THE ABILITY FOR US TO HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON OUR FLEET AS OPPOSED TO JUST GASOLINE VEHICLES. AND THE OTHER PORTION WOULD BE WE'RE PROPOSING TO POTENTIALLY OBTAIN A GOOD NUMBER OF HYBRID VEHICLES FOR THE REST OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO WITH WE RECENTLY ACTUALLY PURCHASED OUR VERY FIRST HYBRID HONDA ACCORD VEHICLE, WHICH IS USED ON OUR SOCIAL SERVICES SIDE TO TAKE INDIVIDUALS TO THEIR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.

BUT IT'S ON ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.

SO WE ONLY CARRY ONE CLIENT WITH THEIR CASE MANAGER TO TAKE THEM TO THAT SERVICE.

WE SERVE, YOU KNOW, OVER 400 CLIENTS THAT REQUIRE THESE, THESE SERVICES.

AND OF COURSE, ONE VEHICLE IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

BUT WITH THESE FUNDS, WE'RE PROPOSING TO GET A FEW MORE OF THOSE VEHICLES.

SO REALLY SEEKING TO, TO LOWER, YOU KNOW, THE POLLUTION HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH BEING ABLE TO GET SOME OF THOSE VEHICLES.

MISS CHRISTINA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE? I MEAN, I JUST THINK THAT THE SAVINGS NOT ONLY FOR US AS AN AGENCY.

SO I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW, PRIOR TO 2017, WE ACTUALLY HAD A VERY LARGE TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT THROUGH THE MTO, AND THAT WAS AN $11 MILLION CONTRACT THAT ALLOWED US TO PROVIDE NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION TO WEST TEXAS AND SEVERAL COUNTIES OUTSIDE OF EL PASO.

SO DUE TO STATE LEGISLATION CHANGING, WE CAN NO LONGER APPLY FOR THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

SO EVEN THOUGH THESE FUNDS ARE REALLY ONLY FOR THREE YEARS, IT REALLY WILL ALLOW US TO CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL ALLOW AMISTAD TO PROVIDE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR ITS CLIENTS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. BETSY, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE I MEAN, PROJECT AMISTAD IS JUST AN AMAZING PARTNER FOR US.

AND SO WE'RE VERY CONSIDERATE OF THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, AND WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THINGS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

BUT ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUDGE JUST ADDING ON WHAT YOU SAID.

I MEAN, THEY ARE A GREAT PARTNER.

THIS IS ANOTHER APPLICANT THAT WE WOULD JUST BE PROVIDING A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE EPA CHANGE GRANT, AND IT WOULD HELP FURTHER THE COURT'S STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR NOT JUST I MEAN, WE PUT IN OUR PLAN FOR OURSELVES, BUT PART OF WHY WE DO IT IS TO BE A ROLE MODEL FOR GREEN, MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRACTICES.

SO I THINK THIS FURTHER SUPPORTS SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

YES. COMMISSIONER CORONADO.

YEAH. THEY MENTIONED IT'S NOT JUST A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

WHAT WOULD OUR OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BE UNDER THIS IF THE GRANT IS BESIDES JUST SIGNING ON AS PARTNER, IS IT LISTED AS AN AGREEMENT, NOT A SUPPORT.

WHAT? YES. YES, EXACTLY.

SO OUR VISION, COMMISSIONER CORONADO, WOULD BE THAT YOU ALL, OF COURSE, ASSIST IN MAINTAINING OR IN KEEPING US ACCOUNTABLE IN REGARDS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THE FUNDS AND AND FOLLOWING THE PLAN THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, WE'RE SEEKING TO POTENTIALLY GET TEN ELECTRIC VEHICLES EVERY YEAR OVER THE COURSE OF THOSE THREE YEARS. AND OF COURSE, UTILIZING THE FUNDS TO YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO TO GET ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PUT INTO PLACE.

SO WORKING WITH THE ELECTRIC COMPANY.

SO MORE OF A, AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE, IF I CAN SAY JUST JUST YOU ALL MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE PLAN THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE IF WE WERE TO GET THE FUNDS, BECAUSE OF COURSE, ALL THE LIABILITY WOULD FALL ON US IN REGARDS TO ACTUALLY MAINTAINING THE VEHICLES, ENSURING THE VEHICLES AND ACTUALLY

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PERFORMING THE SERVICES THAT WE ALREADY DO PERFORM.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THE ONLY DRAWBACK TO THIS GRANT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE PRESENTING TO YOU ALL TODAY, BECAUSE IT STATES VERY CLEARLY THAT IF IT IS NOT A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, THEN WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SUBMIT THE GRANT.

SO A LETTER OF SUPPORT WOULD NOT SUFFICE FOR US TO BE ABLE.

THERE IS A WORKSHEET THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR YOUR FOR FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS.

WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT WHERE WE'VE PUT IN SOME VERBIAGE, AND IT GUIDES US ON HOW TO CREATE THE ACTUAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

YOU KNOW, FOR POTENTIAL SIGNATURE.

AND THE ONLY BAD THING AND THE OTHER DRAWBACK IS THAT THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 21ST.

OF COURSE, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO SUBMIT THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A TIMELINE WOULD BE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER.

SO ANNA SCHUMACHER, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY, TO ADDRESS COMMISSIONER CORONADO'S ITEMS. SO THE ITEM IS POSTED CURRENTLY IS ONLY WITH THE BACKUP AS IS.

SO WE WOULD NEED A DIFFERENT ITEM TO COME BACK TO DISCUSS ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO THE LETTER OF SUPPORT AS CURRENTLY IN THE BACKUP, WHICH IS JUST THAT.

SO WE WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL ITEM IF THERE'S ANYTHING BEYOND WHAT IS CURRENTLY POSTED, WHICH IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

AND I THINK WHAT COMMISSIONER STOUT IS REQUESTING TODAY IS US TO PROVIDE A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

RIGHT. OKAY.

YEAH. WE CAN HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

WHAT YOU'RE TALKING.

ADDITIONALLY. BUT I THINK YOU SAID.

BUT YOU MEAN. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IS VERY ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL, THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE.

I WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OF THAT.

ANDREA HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

YEAH. WE'LL FOLLOW UP AFTER THE AFTER THE MEETING TO GET THE OTHER THE OTHER ISSUE, PUT ON YOUR AGENDA WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR US AS PARTNERS TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OUR ADMINISTRATION AND COUNTY ATTORNEYS SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.

BUT, I MEAN, I'M FULL AGREEMENT WITH TRYING TO PARTNER UP WITH THIS.

OKAY, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE LETTER OF SUPPORT.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT, A SECOND FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

JUDGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE AFTERNOON BREAK NOW? ANYONE? WE COULD SNEAK IN THERE, BETSY, BEFORE LUNCH.

THE REST ARE FAIRLY LONG.

THEY'RE LONG. OKAY.

THERE WON'T BE A FIVE.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING. WE HAVE A FIVE MINUTE ITEM.

OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BREAK FOR LUNCH.

OKAY. COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECESS FOR ONE HOUR.

IT IS 11:58 A.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 NOW 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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

VACCINATE IS IMPORTANT.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19.

LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO AMAS 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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19, LA VACUNA COVID-19 NUEVAS GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO AMAS A TUS HIJOS, ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[02:44:30]

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

ALSO, CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE.

I AM CURRENT AND ALL MY VACCINES AND I ALSO GET THE COVID VACCINE, SO I AND MY LOVED ONES CAN BE PROTECTED.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

[02:45:01]

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19, LA VACUNA COVID-19 NUEVAS GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS.

VISITA EP HEALTH PUNTO COM SABEMOS CUANTO A TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES THIS FOR.

[02:51:27]

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS 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.

PUNTO COM SABEMOS CUANTO ALMORZAR TUS HIJOS ASI Q RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[02:58:08]

I. THINK.

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS SATANAS.

LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS.

LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

SABEMOS CUANTO MAS DE TUS HIJOS ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[03:04:57]

[03:05:08]

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

ALSO, CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE.

I AM CURRENT AND ALL MY VACCINES AND I ALSO GET THE COVID VACCINE, SO I AND MY LOVED ONES CAN BE PROTECTED.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN.

SO REMEMBER, DON'T HESITATE.

QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS? ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS.

GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS.

LA VACUNA COVID 19.

VISITA EP HEALTH.

COM SABEMOS CUANTO ALMORZAR TUS HIJOS AC QUÉ RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[03:12:17]

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19.

LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS? ASI Q RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[03:18:50]

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19.

LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

[03:20:02]

VISIT EP HEALTH COM SABEMOS CUANTO AMAS A TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[03:26:11]

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

VACCINATE IS IMPORTANT.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19.

LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO MAS A TUS HIJOS AC QUÉ RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[03:33:08]

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS 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.

SABEMOS CUANTO AMAS A TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[03:37:43]

GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON.

COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS RECONVENED INTO REGULAR OPEN SESSION.

IT'S 1:08 P.M..

WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, A POSTPONED OCTOBER 7TH, 2024.

RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM IPADS LGC STAFF REGARDING ONGOING TRANSIT SERVICES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.

[A. (POSTPONED 10/7/24) Receive a presentation from EPATS LGC staff regarding ongoing transit services and local government contributions. Xavier Banales, Interim Director, Transit Operations, 915-273-3838]

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE SAMANIEGO, MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JAVIER BANALES.

I AM THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE EL PASO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

WITH ME TODAY IS, OF COURSE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. ANNETTE GUTIERREZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RIO GRANDE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

LUIS GUTIERREZ IS HERE IN HER CAPACITY AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THE EL PASO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

THE COG WAS APPOINTED THE FISCAL AGENT AND CONSEQUENTLY, THROUGH HER OFFICE, THE THE INVOICES, THE BILLS ARE PROCESSED OR THEY THEY TRACK THE THE GRANTS THAT ARE BEING THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

AND WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN A FEW MINUTES.

AND THE PRESENTATION BEGINS SIMPLY BY SHARING WITH YOU WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YOU SHOULD HAVE THE CONTROLLER THERE, SIR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MISTER BENITEZ, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, JUST FOR THE COURT TO THE THE COLORING AND THE DESIGN, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE VAN? I MEAN, IT'S WHEN YOU SEE IT IN PERSON.

IT'S SO IMPRESSIVE.

I REALLY LIKED IT MUCH MORE THAN JUST SEEING IT ON THE PICTURE.

I JUST WANTED TO.

IF YOU ALL HAVE A CHANCE AND YOU CAN GO BY THE UNION STATION, UNION, UNION DEPOT, AND THERE'S ONE ALWAYS THERE.

IT LOOKS REALLY NICE.

THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, THE PURPOSE IS TO ORGANIZE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT TO JOIN IN COOPERATION WITH ONE ANOTHER, TO PROVIDE AND DELIVER REGIONAL, MODAL, MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITHIN EL PASO COMMUNITY.

[03:40:02]

AND AS YOU KNOW, THE ACTION OF ESTABLISHING THE LOCAL CORPORATE ENTITY WAS DONE THROUGH COMMISSIONERS COURT.

THIS OCCURRED IN 19 IN 2020 ISH 2021.

AND THIS IS THE BOARD RIGHT NOW OF THE EPA.

WE HAVE TWO ONE VACANCY.

THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, SAN ELIZARIO, MISTER MIKE MEDINA, HE LEFT US ON THE BOARD.

SO WE'RE WORKING IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THAT POSITION.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS SIMPLY ON BOARD, EXCEPT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF HER, BUT THIS IS OUR BOARD, CHAIRED, OF COURSE, BY COMMISSIONER CARLOS LEON AND OF COURSE, JOSE LEON LANDEROS AND THE POLICY LEVEL WITHIN THE WITHIN THE COUNTY.

THE BYLAWS CALL FOR THE COUNTY TO HAVE A PERSON ON THE BOARD THAT'S AT A POLICY LEVEL POSITION.

AND MR. LANDEROS IS IN THAT POSITION.

OF COURSE. JESSICA. MENU IS THE TOWN OF ANTHONY'S REPRESENTATIVE.

ANDREA CARRILLO WITH THE VILLAGE OF BENTON.

ART RUBIO WITH THE HORIZON CITY.

AND SUSIE RODRIGUEZ WITH THE TOWN OF CLINT.

YOU KNOW, NOTHING HAPPENS OVERNIGHT.

IN THE IN THE 1990S, THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION COORDINATED WITH THE COUNTY OF EL PASO TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC WAYS IN WHICH THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THE COUNTY COULD BE EXPANDED.

THERE WAS SOME TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED, BUT NOT TO THE LEVEL THAT PEOPLE FELT WAS WARRANTED.

AND SO THIS IS A REPORT THAT WAS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1994.

AND IN IT IT CALLED FOR IT CALLED FOR INCREASING THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THE COUNTY AREAS.

IT ALSO CALLED FOR CONSOLIDATING THE CITY AND THE COUNTY INTO ONE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

AND IT ALSO CALLED FOR NEW PROGRAMS THAT WERE IN THE PLANNING STAGES.

DURING THIS THIS TIME BETWEEN 2000.

LET ME SEE. MAKE SURE I'M I APOLOGIZE.

THE EL PASO TRANSIT SERVICE PLAN.

OKAY. THIS IS 1994.

THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT ABOUT ESTABLISHING A ONE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND IT EVEN CALLED FOR FUNDING IT THROUGH HALF-CENT SALES TAX THAT WOULD BE RAISED AND THAT WOULD PAY FOR THIS NEW SERVICE, CITY AND COUNTY.

OF COURSE, THAT DID NOT GO THROUGH FOR VARIOUS REASONS, BUT IN THAT PROGRAM THERE WERE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE.

ONE, OF COURSE, WAS TO CONTINUE EXPANDING THE COUNTY RURAL TRANSIT SYSTEM.

AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT FOUR ROUTES THAT WERE IN PLACE, BUT THEY OPERATED IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON, SORT OF IN BETWEEN.

THERE WASN'T MUCH TRAFFIC.

IT ALSO CALLED FOR EXPANDING THE THE ROUTE, THE FIXED ROUTE TRANSIT SYSTEM OF THE COUNTY BEYOND THOSE FOUR ROUTES OR EXPANDING THEM, OR INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OF ROUTES DURING THE DAY.

AND IT ALSO IDENTIFIED FUTURE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS SUCH AS PARATRANSIT SERVICES, DEMAND RESPONSE, AND PARK AND RIDE PROGRAMS, ETC..

IN 2005 TO 2015, THEN AGAIN, THAT DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE THE PROPOSAL ABOUT ESTABLISHING THE CITY AND COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN 2005 2015. THE NEXT PERIOD THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE ROUTES THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY IN THE SAME UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE COUNTY.

AS THE POPULATION BEGAN TO GROW, THE THE PROGRAMS INCREASED THE NUMBER OF ROUTES BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN POPULATION.

FEDERAL FUNDING WAS ALSO AVAILABLE, AND IT CAME INTO BEING SUCH THAT THE COUNTY WAS VERY PROACTIVE IN GOING AFTER SOME OF THAT FEDERAL FUNDS.

THERE WAS FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE CLEAN CLEAN AIR ACT, AS WELL AS CMAC FUNDING, CONGESTION MITIGATION, AIR QUALITY.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTITIES TO APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDING.

AND AS I SAID, THE COUNTY OF EL PASO WAS VERY PROACTIVE BECAUSE ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE COUNTY WENT AFTER WAS TO ESTABLISH A VANPOOL PROGRAM, WHICH STILL EXISTS TODAY.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT A LITTLE LATER.

THERE WAS ALSO THE GOLD ROUTE, AS IT'S CALLED.

THIS WAS A A ROUTE FROM EL PASO TO LAS CRUCES.

THIS IS A BUS THAT GOES WOULD GO UP AND DOWN DONIPHAN AND ALMOST DIRECTLY TO LAS CRUCES, AND TRANSPORT INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVED OR WORKED IN LAS CRUCES AND IN EL PASO BACK AND FORTH.

AND THIS IS ALSO THE TIME THAT THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE, WHICH WE CALL UTEP, WEST TEXAS, EL PASO, WAS ESTABLISHED, AND IT WAS THE EL PASO COUNTY THAT TOOK THE LEAD.

AT THE VERY BEGINNING IN 2006, THERE WERE THREE ENTITIES THAT ORGANIZED THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE.

THAT WAS, OF COURSE, LED BY THE COUNTY OF EL PASO PROJECT AMISTAD WAS ONE OF THOSE, AS WELL AS THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING.

OF COURSE, A PROGRAM OF THE OF THE COG, THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

AND SO THESE THREE ENTITIES BEGAN TO WORK TO COORDINATE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING GROUP IN 2015 TO 2020.

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THE REGIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTION OPTIONS FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHICH IS THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, CAME INTO BEING.

AND THIS OCCURRED ALSO IN THE SAME WAY, SIMILAR AS THE 110 YEARS BEFORE, IN WHICH THERE WERE PUBLIC MEETINGS, THERE WERE SURVEYS.

THERE WERE MEETINGS WITH FOCUS GROUPS TO IDENTIFY AND COME UP WITH WAYS IN WHICH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF EL PASO COULD BE EXPANDED, COULD BE INCREASED, AND IT CALLED FOR THE CREATION OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, WHICH ACTUALLY CAME INTO BEING.

IN FACT, WE'RE IN IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2020, 2021, TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEFORE IT WAS ESTABLISHED.

BUT NONETHELESS, THE GENESIS OF WHERE WE ARE NOW IS REFERRED TO HERE IN THIS PUBLICATION THAT CAME OUT.

AND THE DATE ON THIS IS APRIL 2019.

DURING THIS PERIOD, FROM 2015 TO 2024, THE COUNTY CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS TRANSIT SYSTEM.

NOW IT WAS CONTINUOUS.

IN MOST INSTANCES IT JUST OPERATED FROM LIKE SIX 630 UNTIL SEVEN EIGHT, NINE AT NIGHT.

IT DIDN'T CEASE DURING THE DAY AS IT HAD DONE IN THE 1990S AND EARLY 2000.

AND SO DURING THIS TIME THERE WAS ALSO A CONVERSION OF THE VEHICLES TO CNG, COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS AND OF COURSE FOR POLLUTION PURPOSES AND ALSO TO IT'S A COST ISSUE AT THIS TIME.

ALSO PARATRANSIT SERVICES IS BEING INTRODUCED.

IN FACT, THAT STARTED IN AUGUST OF 2024, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.

THIS IS WELL, I'LL GO INTO PARATRANSIT SERVICES IN A SECOND.

AND RIGHT NOW THE GENERAL PUBLIC DEMAND RESPONSE IS ALSO PLANNED FOR 2026.

THIS IS STILL IN THE PLANNING PHASE, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THIS MIGHT BE A SERVICE THAT COULD BE PROVIDED.

AS FAR AS BUS SHELTERS.

WE HAVE 118 NEW BUS SHELTERS THAT ARE BEING ESTABLISHED OR DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF A BUS SHELTER.

AND AGAIN, I'LL GO INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT THOSE ARE COMING INTO BEING IN 2025.

WE HAVE A PILOT PROJECT TO LOOK AT ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN.

IN THE COUNTY, WE HAVE SEVEN ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT ARE ON ORDER OR GOING TO BE BUILT OF THE CHARGING STATIONS WERE IN THE DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANS.

THE CHARGING STATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE IN THE REMSEN AREA IN WEST EL PASO, BECAUSE THE SEVEN VEHICLES THAT WERE GETTING THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES WILL BE TESTED, FIELD TESTED IN THE IN ROUTE TEN, WHICH IS THE ANTHONY ROUTE THAT GOES UP ON DONIPHAN AND AND THEN THE EL PASO TRANSIT FACILITY AGAIN, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN PLACE IN LATE 2026, EARLY 2027.

LAND PURCHASE RIGHT NOW IS UNDERWAY.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING TO BRING THAT ABOUT.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE RIDERSHIP AS OF THIS LAST YEAR, 20TH SEPTEMBER 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 2024, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THERE. ROUTE TEN, ANTHONY CANUTILLO HAD THE LARGEST PASSENGERS AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS. HORIZON CITY AT 32,000 2000 IS SECOND.

AND THEN YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ALSO FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ROUTES.

IF YOU TAKE ALL THOSE NUMBERS AND INCLUDE THE GOLD ROUTE, WHICH IS THE BUS THAT GOES FROM EL PASO TO LAS CRUCES, BACK AND FORTH, AS WELL AS THE EL PASO COUNTY AND VANPOOL PROGRAM WITH 379,000 RIDERS.

RIDERSHIPS. THEN WE TOTAL 552,125.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS, A LOT OF PERSONS THAT ARE BEING TRANSPORTED.

IF THIS SERVICE WASN'T AVAILABLE, MANY OF THEM WOULD BE USING OTHER VEHICLES OR USING VEHICLES THAT MANY MORE CARS ON THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE VANPOOL PROGRAM, BECAUSE THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE THREE, 4 OR 5 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMMUTING USING ONE OF THE VANS.

AND SO THAT'S FOUR OR 5 OR 6 VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT ON THE ROAD THAT ARE NOT POLLUTING.

AND THEN THE MONEY THAT IS SAVED BY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING ON THIS AGAIN, GOES TOWARDS OTHER EXPENSES WITHIN THEIR WITHIN THEIR HOUSEHOLD AND AGAIN STIMULATES THE ECONOMY, GOES BACK INTO THE ECONOMY.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T PAY A FEE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VANPOOL PROGRAM.

THEY DO, BUT THEY DO SAVE BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS VANPOOL PROGRAM, WHICH WAS INITIALLY STARTED AGAIN THROUGH A GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED, WHICH THE COUNTY OF EL PASO WENT AFTER.

THIS NEXT SLIDE, I'M JUST GOING TO GO REAL QUICKLY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE OF THE VARIOUS ROUTES.

THIS IS ROUTE TEN. ANTHONY CANUTILLO.

YOU CAN SEE THE THE ROUTE AND THE INTRICACIES OF THE SCHEDULING.

THE SCHEDULING IS IS DONE FOR ALL THE THE ROUTES ON A REGULAR BASIS.

YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ROUTE 20 WHICH IS A MONTANA VISTA.

LOOK AT THIS NUMBER OF STOPS ALONG THE WAY.

AND IT JUST GIVES YOU AN INDICATION OF THE RIDERSHIP THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

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THIS IS HORIZON.

EASTLAKE. THIS WAS A NEW ONE.

THAT'S WHAT THE NUMBER IS 31, BECAUSE IT WAS AN EXPANSION OF ROUTE 30.

BUT THIS IS EASTLAKE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S INCREASED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

FABENS CONTINUES TO BE NOT AS HIGH AS THE OTHER ONES, OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE.

THAT DISTANCE THAT IS INVOLVED.

AND THIS IS 15 MISSION TRAILS.

THIS IS 84.

THE NEW PARATRANSIT PROGRAM THAT I MENTIONED IS, IS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNABLE TO USE FIXED ROUTE BUSSES BECAUSE OF A DISABILITY.

AND OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR THAT SERVICE.

THE FARE IS $2.50 PER TRIP ONE WAY.

IT'S A CURB TO CURB SERVICE.

THE VEHICLES ARE ADA.

THERE'S A LIFT BECAUSE THIS IS AGAIN FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL DISABILITY.

IT'S A SHARED RIDE PROGRAM WHEREBY TWO, MAYBE EVEN THREE INDIVIDUALS MAY BE TRANSPORTED AT ONE TIME, AND TRANSPORTATION IS WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA THAT IS IDENTIFIED. AND THE SERVICE AREA IS THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE ON EACH SIDE OF THE FIXED ROUTE.

SO IF A VEHICLE IF A BUS IS TRAVELING ON DONOVAN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE ON EACH SIDE.

INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE WITHIN THAT AREA THAT ARE THAT QUALIFY FOR THIS SERVICE CAN RECEIVE PARATRANSIT SERVICES, AND THE RIDES ARE RESERVED ONE OR SEVERAL DAYS IN ADVANCE TO ALLOW US TO HAVE THE SCHEDULE DONE SO THAT THE INDIVIDUAL COULD BE TRANSPORTED.

I MENTIONED THE SHELTERS, BUS SHELTERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER UNDERWAY OR BEING ORDERED.

THERE'S THREE KINDS.

ONE IS THE FULL SERVICE AND YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF IT SHORTLY.

THE SECOND ONE IS JUST A BENCH AND A SIGN, AND THE THIRD ONE IS JUST A SIGN SIMPLY SAYING, THIS IS WHERE THIS IS WHERE WE STOP.

THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF THE BUS SHELTERS.

THE BENCH AND THE SIGN.

AND THEN THIS IS THE BUS SHELTER CATEGORY ONE, WHICH IS HAS A SHELTER, A SOLAR ILLUMINATION, A BENCH, BIKE RACK, PLACE FOR MAP INFORMATION.

AS YOU CAN SEE IT LIGHTS AT NIGHT FOR SECURITY PURPOSES OBVIOUSLY.

SO. AND IT HAS A SOLAR PANEL.

SO THIS IS THE CATEGORY ONE BUS TYPE OF SHELTER.

I'M SORRY, MR. DANIELS, BEFORE YOU MOVE FROM THAT SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MR. DANIELS, I'M SORRY. BEFORE YOU MOVE FROM THAT SLIDE WITH THE SHELTERS, THE PRIOR SLIDE.

SO I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST STARTED BUILDING THE SHELTERS, AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

THEY'RE REALLY WONDERFULLY BUILT.

BUT ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD HAD WAS HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SIGNAGE, THAT SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT THIS WAS A SERVICE THAT WAS BEING PROVIDED FOR BACK THEN.

IT WAS THE COUNTY OF EL PASO, BUT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THE ETA.

HAVE WE GOTTEN CLOSER TO THAT WHERE WE CAN PLACE SIGNAGE OR WE WORK WITH BARRACUDA PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING ALL THE SIGNAGE THAT WE NEED.

THEY DESIGN THE, THE, THE LOGOS, FOR EXAMPLE.

WE'RE NOT AT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING ANY PRINTING RIGHT NOW, BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S AMONG THE TOPICS THAT ARE BEING COVERED BECAUSE WORKING WITH THEM, THEY'LL DEVELOP THE THE SIGNAGE. WE'LL GIVE THEM, OF COURSE, THE INFORMATION, BUT THEY'LL BE PUTTING THEM IN THE IN THE BUSSES THEMSELVES, INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN THE BUS IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE, THE SCHEDULE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

OKAY, GOOD. YEAH. NO, I THINK IT'S JUST IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHO'S PROVIDING THE SERVICE.

SURE. OKAY. AND OF COURSE, IT'LL BE IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, AND IT'LL BE AT THE SHELTER AS WELL.

YOU SAID ON THE BUSSES, BUT ALSO AT THE SHELTER IS WHAT WE'RE.

YES. OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

BETSY. WE DO AN AMAZING JOB ON SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW THAT WE DO ON OUR OWN.

IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY WE COULD PARTNER? YOU KNOW HOW WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WORK DOES THERE? THE STREET SIGNS AND ALL THAT.

IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD OFFER? WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK ON THAT.

AND LOOK AT THAT. OKAY.

PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR. BANANAS. YES. WHAT THE JUDGE JUST MENTIONED.

MAYBE YOU CAN FOLLOW UP ON A LATER DATE.

OKAY. HOW WE CAN PARTNER UP IN THAT CATEGORY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WILL.

WE HAVE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN ORGANIZED AND IS MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COUNTY.

IT MEETS QUARTERLY.

IT'S MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE INTERESTS BECAUSE THEY EITHER WORK FOR AN AGENCY THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, OR THEY MAY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS A MEMBER THAT HAS A DISABILITY.

BUT WITH THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE GATHER INPUT AS TO THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED, ESPECIALLY AGAIN WITH THE PARATRANSIT SERVICES.

INPUT FROM THE CONSTITUENTS COMES TO US THROUGH.

THAT WAY, WE ALSO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICES THROUGH THEM, OR REVIEW CERTAIN MARKETING MATERIALS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS MEETS ADA ISSUES AS FAR AS PRINTED MATERIALS. AND THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT AND OF COURSE, ADVOCATE FOR US AS WELL.

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AND OF COURSE, LIKE ANY ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES.

PARATRANSIT SERVICES IS NEW.

STARTED IN AUGUST AND GETTING THE COORDINATION IN PLACE.

WE'VE TRANSPORTED ABOUT 30 TO 35 INDIVIDUALS TO DATE, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT NUMBER IS IS GOING TO INCREASE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE APPLICATIONS FOR TO RECEIVE THE SERVICE IS IS STARTING TO GAIN A TRACTION.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY AGENCIES TO ALSO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS TO FILL OUT THE FORMS. GROUPS LIKE CENTRO SAN VICENTE, LA AMISTAD AND ALSO THE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM.

THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE TO HELP US GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE.

AND OF COURSE, ANOTHER CHALLENGE IS THE SERVICE REDUCTION THAT WE HAVE THAT'S COMING UP WITH THE SOCORRO COMMUNITY.

I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT SITUATION.

REVENUE AND EXPENSE PROJECTIONS.

OF COURSE, WE MAKE PROJECTIONS ON REVENUE AND EXPENSES, USUALLY 2 OR 3 YEARS IN ADVANCE.

AND OF COURSE, WHEN WHEN WE PLAN, SOMETIMES THERE ARE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DON'T OCCUR.

COVID 19 IS A IS AN EXAMPLE.

COORDINATION OF ASSETS WITH EL PASO COUNTY AND ETA.

WE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OR DISCUSSIONS AS TO THE EXACT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETA AND THE EL PASO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND THE COUNTY OF EL PASO IN TERMS OF THE BUSSES, IN TERMS OF THE SPACE OFFICE SPACE THAT WE USE, CONTRACT COMPLIANCE, OF COURSE, IS ALWAYS A CONCERN.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE DO RECEIVE.

AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE A NEW TRANSIT FACILITY THAT'S IN THE PLANNING STAGES.

IT'S IN THE EARLY PLANNING STAGES, BUT ONCE IN PLACE, IT WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF THE OF THE COUNTY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE EL PASO DEPOT IS BEING USED, AND IT'S JUST A FACILITY THAT WE'VE AND WE NEED TO MOVE FROM THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH THAT FACILITY THERE.

WE ONLY HAVE TWO STAFF POSITIONS RIGHT NOW BESIDES MY POSITION AND OF COURSE I'M INTERIM DIRECTOR, BUT WE ONLY HAVE TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED 100% OF THEIR TIME TO THIS PROGRAM.

AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WE'RE DEALING DEALING WITH ABOUT 18 GRANTS, ABOUT 18, $19 MILLION IN GRANTS AND THE TWO STAFF POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE MONITORING, WORKING WITH SUBCONTRACTORS, COORDINATING REPORTS, EVERYTHING THAT IS THAT IS INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE THAT THE CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED PROPERLY, THAT WE'RE MONITORING THE SERVICES AND THAT WE'RE STAYING ON SCHEDULE.

AND NOW THE ROLE OF THE OF THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS ANNETTE GUTIERREZ.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RIO GRANDE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND WE'VE BEEN TAKING OVER THIS PROCESS SINCE 2023.

AND JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER, WHAT IT IS THAT'S INCLUDED IN OUR CONTRACT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING WITH OUR SERVICES.

WE ARE THE RECIPIENT OF ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE BY OUR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE'RE ALSO PAYING THOSE EXPENSES ONCE THEY'RE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD. WE'RE ALSO MAINTAINING THE FINANCIAL RECORDS AND USING OUR GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.

AND SO WE HAVE ALL OF THESE COSTS SEGREGATED.

WE HAVE A CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT.

SO AT ANY POINT IN TIME WHEN ETA IS READY TO MOVE ON ITS OWN, PERHAPS THEN WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR PATH IN TERMS OF WHAT FUNDING IS THEIRS.

AND THEN ALSO WE WILL BE MAINTAINING THE WEBSITE THAT'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION THROUGH BARRACUDA, BUT IT'S COMING AT THE TAIL END.

SO WE WILL BE MANAGING THAT AS OF NOW.

EL PASO COUNTY HAS BEEN GRACIOUS THROUGH THEIR IT DEPARTMENTS, WHERE WE'VE BEEN PLACING OUR THE ETA'S AGENDA THROUGH THE COUNTY WEBSITE, ON THE HOME PAGE, AND ALSO THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS IS, IS WE'RE THE ONES WHO ARE PROVIDING THE BOARD AGENDAS.

WERE ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE POSTINGS ARE MEETING THE OPEN TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, PROVIDING THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES IN A SEPARATE MANNER TO ENSURE THAT NO FUNDS ARE CO-MINGLED.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE BEEN SERVING AS THE CONDUIT BETWEEN OUR OTHER SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE LEGAL SERVICES AND MARKETING.

AND SO WE HAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION PATH WITH THOSE ENTITIES SUCH AS KEMP, SMITH AND BARRACUDA.

AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED THUS FAR IN 2023.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT WAS 213,622.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2024, THAT AMOUNT DID INCREASE TO 346,400.

I THINK ONE OF THE PROUDEST MOMENTS, AT LEAST FOR THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE NECESSITY AND THE COLLABORATION THAT WE WERE ASKING IN TERMS OF TOWN OF ANTHONY AND CLINT TO JOIN TO THE ETA.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN 2024, THERE IS A CONTRIBUTION THAT HAS BEEN MADE BY THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

AND THEN JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ETA, WE HAVE FACILITATED AT LEAST

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13 LGC MEETINGS IN 2024.

WE'VE ALSO SUPPORTED FOUR ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN WEEKLY CHECK INS WITH TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE AS WELL AS EP COUNTY STAFF. AND AGAIN, WE'VE COORDINATED AS NECESSARY WITH OUR LEGAL SUPPORT AND BARRACUDA PR FOR THE WEBSITE PRODUCTION AS WELL.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO MR. DANIELS TO FINISH UP THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. AND SO AS A QUICK SUMMARY OF CURRENT PROJECTS, THE FIXED ROUTE TRANSIT PROGRAM DEMAND RESPONSE IS IN PLACE.

BUS SHELTERS ARE BEING WE'RE IN THE DESIGN PHASE OF SOME OF THE SHELTERS.

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE PILOT PROJECT.

WE'RE IN THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING STAGE OF ESTABLISHING AND BUILDING THE CHARGERS FOR THE FOR THE SEVEN BUSSES THAT ARE PART OF THE PILOT PROJECT.

THE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF RELEASING THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO FOR A NEW FIVE YEAR PERIOD TO CONTRACT WITH SOME AGENCY TO PROVIDE FIXED ROUTE AND PARATRANSIT SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC.

THE CONTRACT THAT IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW IS EXPIRING IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE IN DECEMBER, DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

IT'S BEEN EXTENDED INTO 2025 TO RELEASE THE INFORMATION, THE RFP, SO THAT WE CAN GET RESPONSES.

THE VANPOOL AND GO PROGRAM, OF COURSE, CONTINUE.

YOU SAW THE NUMBERS, BUT IT INVOLVES A LOT OF MONITORING AND VERIFYING THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE RECEIVING FROM THEM.

AS FAR AS THE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS AND THE PAYMENT SCHEDULES.

VEHICLE REPLACEMENT, WE HAVE 20, ABOUT 28 BUSSES RIGHT NOW IN 2020.

IN 2006, WHEN I JOINED AMISTAD, AMISTAD WAS THE AGENCY THAT WAS PROVIDING THAT SERVICE.

WE HAD ONLY EIGHT BUSSES, SO I SHOULD SAY THE COUNTY HAD ONLY EIGHT BUSSES.

SO FROM THE EIGHT BUSSES TO NOW, THE COUNTY HAS ABOUT 28 BUSSES, AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS GASOLINE POWERED.

TODAY IT'S CNG.

EL PASO COUNTY TRANSIT FACILITY AGAIN, IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING.

IT'S A BIG PROJECT.

AND THE TOTAL GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED IS ABOUT 18 MILLION.

AND SO THIS IS THE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING MONITORED AND ARE GOING TO BE SPENT WITHIN THE COUNTY OF EL PASO.

THIS IS THE STAFF MYSELF IS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR.

MISS REINA MAYORGA IS A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER.

AND JESUS SERNA IS A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER AS WELL.

MISS MAYORGA COULDN'T BE WITH US TODAY.

MR. SERNA IS HERE, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS WORK BECAUSE HE'S 50% OF THE TOTAL.

OH, THERE SHE IS. THIS IS REINA.

AND JESUS ARE THE TWO STAFF PERSONS RIGHT NOW 100% WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM? AND AGAIN, THE COMPLEXITY OF $18 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTORS, REVIEWING DOCUMENTS, OF COURSE, SUBMITTING THEM FOR PROPER REVIEW WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR WITH OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE WORK WITH BECAUSE WE WORK CLOSELY, OF COURSE, WITH COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THAT MONITOR AS A FISCAL AGENT. WE'VE WORKED ALSO WITH THE RIO GRANDE THE CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY.

AND YOU SEE MR. SERGIO ESTRADA, HE'S BEEN PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES.

HE'S WITH KIM SMITH AND, OF COURSE, MISS GUTIERREZ.

I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMENT AND THANK ANOTHER STAFF PERSON WHO'S NOT ON OUR STAFF, BUT WHO PROVIDES A LOT OF SUPPORT TO US THAT MISS BIANCA VALENZUELA.

SHE'S WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FINANCING.

SHE MONITORS THE THE GRANTS THAT ARE RECEIVED, ENSURES THAT THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE IS PROPERLY RECORDED, AND MAKES SURE THAT PAYMENTS ARE MADE TO THE SUBCONTRACTORS ON TIME.

SO EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT PART OF THE STAFF, SHE WORKS VERY, VERY WELL WITH OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE FINANCIAL REPORTS ARE DONE.

AND FINALLY, OF COURSE, THE LEADERSHIP IS PROVIDED BY MR. LANDEROS, WHO OF COURSE, AT A POLICY LEVEL IS A STAFF PERSON THAT IS ALSO SITTING ON THE BOARD.

AND THE BOARD CHAIR, OF COURSE, COMMISSIONER LEON, WHO UNFORTUNATELY WILL BE LEAVING US NEXT MONTH.

SO THE COURT WILL BE FACED WITH MAKING A DECISION AS FAR AS WHO CONTINUES IN THAT ROLE.

BUT COMMISSIONER LEON HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO I THINK A LOT OF CREDIT HAS TO GO TO HIM AS WELL AS TO MR. LANDEROS AT THE POLICY LEVEL, MAKING SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS AT AT THE AT THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL.

WE'LL RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL AND YOU JAVIER, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOUR TRANSITION.

I FIGURED YOU WOULDN'T BE RETIRING QUICKLY.

YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER THE COMMUNITY.

ANNETTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S BEEN JUST INCREDIBLE.

YOUR WORK WITH ACOG IS AMAZING.

AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTAIN LANES, SOMETIMES DIFFERENT FROM THE CITY, BUT ONE OF OUR LANES IS ACCESSIBILITY.

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AND ACCESSIBILITY TO TRANSPORTATION LEADS TO ALL THESE OTHER THINGS ACCESSIBILITY TO HEALTH CARE, TO EDUCATION, TO.

SO IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO IS TO EXPAND THE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE, BUT THEN THEY CAN REACH ALL THE SERVICES THAT ANYBODY ELSE CAN REACH.

SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH A PART OF, OF TRANSPORTATION ON BOTH OF YOU.

SO AND COMMISSIONER LEON, THANK YOU AS WELL.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND THE COURT FOR SUPPORTING US.

AND THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS, OF COURSE, TO HAVE ONE SERVICE COUNTYWIDE.

AND I'VE JUST GOT TO UNDERLINE SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT MR. BENITEZ MADE. NUMBER ONE, JESUS AND REINA HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.

I'M SO PROUD OF WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND CONTINUE TO HELP AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

MR. BENITEZ WAS JUST THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME TO BE ABLE TO BE THE INTERIM.

AS WE HAND THIS OVER TO A PERMANENT DIRECTOR SOMETIME IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

AND, ANNETTE, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB TAKING CARE OF OVER AND ABOVE, REALLY, WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO PREPARING THE AGENDAS, GETTING WITH ME, GETTING WITH THE BOARD MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

AND IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT START.

AND MATTER OF FACT, I MADE MY LAST MEETING LAST WEEK FROM THE COG AND THE.

I WAS KICKED OUT UNTIL ANOTHER ONE IS ASSIGNED.

BUT MR. BENITEZ, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW, WHAT YOUR STAFF HAS ACCOMPLISHED.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TWO MORE STAFF MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT DIVISION GOING.

YES, AND THEY'RE GRANT FUNDED.

SO YEAH. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EMPHASIZING THE INTERIM PORTION OF MY TITLE.

RIGHT NOW THE POSITION IS CLOSED.

AND IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A REVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

AND SO IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, POSSIBLY WE'LL HAVE THAT POSITION FILLED.

AND I KNOW FROM TALKING TO YOU AND OTHERS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN IN THAT POSITION.

AND JUST OVER THAT I LOOKED OVER AND I SAW JOSE.

JOSE, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB.

I MEAN, I'M JUST THE NAME OUT THERE, BUT THE PERSON WHO'S BEEN DOING THE WORK ALL THIS TIME IS JOSE AND OTHERS.

SO THANK YOU FOR.

THANK YOU. GREAT. GREAT PRESENTATION.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT A AUDITOR PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1140.0231140.0241140.025 AND 1140.026.

ACCEPT THE ATTACHED PRESENTATION AND THE INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDED SEPTEMBER 2024.

[A. Pursuant to Texas Local Government Code § 114.023, 114.024, 114.025 and 114.026, accept the attached presentation and the interim financial report for the month ended September 2024. The interim financial report is located on the internet at: http://www.epcountytx.gov/auditor/publications/monthlyreports.htm. Barbara Parker, County Auditor, County Auditor's Office, 915-273-3262]

THANK YOU. INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT IS LOCATED ON THE INTRANET AT HTTP COLON.

FORWARD SLASH FORWARD SLASH W W W DOT E P COUNTY EX-GOVERNOR.

FORWARD SLASH AUDITOR FORWARD SLASH PUBLICATIONS FORWARD SLASH MONTHLY REPORTS DOT HTM.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS THE SEPTEMBER 2024 INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT.

AND FOR THE RECORD, BARBARA PARKER, COUNTY AUDITOR.

THIS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SHOWS THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES OF ALL FUNDS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR FOR FY 24.

AND THIS IS THE CONDENSED FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER.

REGARDING REVENUES, THIS SLIDE PRESENTS ALL OF THE REVENUES COLLECTED WITHIN THE COUNTY.

BROKEN DOWN BY FUND TYPE, FOCUSED THROUGHOUT, THIS PRESENTATION EMPHASIZES THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE MAIN OPERATING FUND OF THE COUNTY, AND DURING THE CURRENT MONTH, THE GENERAL FUND COLLECTED APPROXIMATELY $17.9 MILLION.

TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED AS OF JULY.

I'M SORRY. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2024, INCREASED 45.9 MILLION COMPARED TO FY 23.

PROPERTY TAXES IN THE GENERAL FUND INCREASED BY 42.2 MILLION IN TOTAL.

THE BREAKDOWN OF FISCAL YEAR 24 YEAR TO DATE GENERAL FUND REVENUE, COLLECTIONS BY REVENUE TYPE COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST FISCAL YEAR ARE SHOWN

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ON THIS TABLE.

THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE COLLECTIONS HAVE INCREASED COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

TOP AREAS INCREASING WERE PROPERTY TAXES, INTERGOVERNMENTAL INTEREST, OTHER FINANCING SOURCES, AND SALES AND USE TAX.

THE TOP AREA DECREASING WAS CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

AND BARBARA, HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS THE JAIL? HOW MUCH OF WHAT OF THE CHARGES FOR SERVICES? THAT WAS THE PRISONERS.

$8.8 MILLION.

THE WHOLE THING? PRETTY MUCH.

I MEAN, THERE'S OTHER CHARGES FOR SERVICES THAT INCREASE AND DECREASE WITHIN THE CATEGORY, BUT IT WAS $8.8 MILLION FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS.

THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE SHOWS AN OVERVIEW OF THE REVENUE COLLECTED COMPARED TO THE ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR THE YEAR AS OF SEPTEMBER 2020, FOR 100% OF THE FISCAL YEAR HAS EXPIRED.

GENERAL FUND IS COLLECTED 100.95% OF THE BUDGETED REVENUES COMPARED TO BUDGET, PROPERTY TAXES, INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINES AND FORFEITS INTEREST.

MISCELLANEOUS AND OTHER FINANCIAL SOURCES FOR REVENUES WERE UP.

SALES TAXES CAME IN SHORT COMPARED TO BUDGET, AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES ARE LAGGING, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING SOME REVENUE TO STILL BE RECEIVED AND RECORDED IN FISCAL YEAR 24. THIS ANALYSIS DOES EXCLUDE THE 91.8 1.8 MILLION FOR DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE RESERVES.

OF THE TOTAL YEAR TO DATE REVENUES COLLECTED AS OF FISCAL MONTH 12, TAXES COMPRISED APPROXIMATELY 86% OF THE REVENUES RECEIVED, WITH 64% OF ALL REVENUES BEING PROPERTY TAXES.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TREND FOR TOTAL REVENUES, THE LINES AT THE TOP OF THE CHART, AND THE TWO LARGEST REVENUES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, COMPARING BUDGET TO ACTUALS ON THE BAR CHARTS.

THE CURRENT YEAR'S GENERAL FUND REVENUE COLLECTIONS INCREASED COMPARED TO THE PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET.

PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS WERE AT 101.3% OF THE BUDGET, AND THEY'RE DOING BETTER.

WHILE SALES AND USE TAXES ARE ONLY AT 97.3 OF THE BUDGET.

HOWEVER, BOTH ACTUAL COLLECTIONS HAVE INCREASED COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR.

REGARDING SALES TAXES.

THE INDUSTRIES SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE ARE THE TOP FOUR CATEGORIES FOR SALES TAX REVENUES RECEIVED.

RETAIL TRADE INCREASED BY 5.6%.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES INCREASED BY 4.8%.

INFORMATION INCREASED BY 15.1% AND WHOLESALE TRADE INCREASED BY 8.3%.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE COUNTY, THIS SLIDE SHOWS ALL EXPENDITURES FOR THE COUNTY BY FUND TYPE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2020.

FOR THE GENERAL FUND RECORDED TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 41.8 MILLION AND A YEAR TO DATE TOTAL OF 388.7 MILLION.

THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL GIVE US MORE BREAKDOWN ON THE GENERAL FUND.

THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES DURING THE YEAR ARE BROKEN DOWN ON THIS SLIDE.

EXPENDITURES ARE HIGHER WHEN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

THE PERCENTAGE OF THE YEAR EXPIRED IS 100%.

PERCENTAGES OF BUDGET EXPENDED IS 85.31%.

FY 23 WAS 84.48%.

THE LARGEST EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION WERE.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT AT 115.1 MILLION.

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 92.7 MILLION.

AND PUBLIC SAFETY AT 155.9 MILLION.

THE BUDGET FOR THE REVISED BUDGET AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT DOES EXCLUDES THE 27.3 MILLION THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR EMERGENCIES.

LOOKING AT ACTUALS BY CATEGORY, ALL CATEGORIES ARE HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR EXCEPT FOR TRANSFERS OUT.

GIVING US AN OVERALL TOTAL OF 7.4% INCREASE.

PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES INCREASED BY 23.5 MILLION, MOSTLY IN THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS.

PUBLIC SAFETY BY 11 MILLION.

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 5 MILLION.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT 5 MILLION.

AND OPERATING EXPENDITURES WERE INCREASED BY 2.9 MILLION.

THE DEPARTMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT WAS GENERAL GOVERNMENT WITH $8 MILLION.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WAS PART OF THAT, AS WELL AS COUNTY ELECTIONS.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT NON-DEPARTMENTAL AND THEN ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE INCREASED BY 1.4 MILLION, WHICH WAS MOSTLY DUE TO INDIGENT

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DEFENSE FEES IN THE COUNCIL OF JUDGES ADMINISTRATION AREA.

PUBLIC SAFETY HAD A DECREASE, I'M SORRY.

PUBLIC SAFETY HAD A DECREASE OF $7 MILLION.

THIS WAS MOSTLY DUE TO THE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THEY HAD DECREASES IN UTILITIES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, MEDICAL AT THE JAIL.

THE BIGGEST PORTION OF IT WAS THAT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD NOT RECEIVED THE BILLS FOR JULY AND AUGUST YET.

SO WE HAVE SINCE RECEIVED THOSE AND THEY WILL BE PAID.

CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES INCREASED BY 513,000.

THAT WAS MOSTLY DUE TO GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH WAS OFFSET BY A DECREASE IN OTHER FUNCTIONS.

TRANSFERS OUT WAS JUST A DECREASE OF 118,000.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE GENERAL FUND CHARGES BY GOVERNMENT FUNCTION AND COMPARISON WITH THE SAME PERIOD ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THE TOP THREE AREAS OF INCREASES ARE GENERAL GOVERNMENT, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE LARGEST DECREASES ARE PUBLIC WORKS AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.

THESE CHANGES INCLUDE ALL CATEGORY CHANGES WHICH ARE PERSONNEL OPERATING, TRANSFERS OUT, AND CAPITAL.

THIS CHART BREAKS DOWN THE EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT.

PUBLIC SAFETY ACCOUNTED FOR 40.1% OF THE YEAR TO DATE EXPENDITURES.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT WAS 29.6.

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 23.9.

THE CHART PERCENTAGES THAT ARE BROKEN OUT ADD UP TO THE 85.3% THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE PIE CHART.

FUND BALANCE.

THE FISCAL YEAR 24 PROJECTED FUND BALANCE IS BASED ON THE PROJECTED REVENUES OF 389.2 MILLION AND PROJECTED BUDGET EXPENDITURES OF 400.7 MILLION. THIS RESULTS IN PROJECTED FY 24 FUND BALANCE OF $86.7 MILLION.

THE EXPENDITURES WE'RE USING ARE THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AND ENCUMBRANCES.

THE DIFFERENCES FROM LAST MONTH INCLUDE A DECREASE OF 543,000 IN PROJECTED REVENUES AND A DECREASE IN EXPECTED EXPENDITURES OF 1.8 MILLION, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN PROJECTED FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 1.3 MILLION FROM WHAT WE REPORTED LAST MONTH.

THIS LEAVES AN UNCOMMITTED FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE GENERAL FUND FY 25 BUDGET OF 8.58%.

THESE NUMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE UP OR DOWN AS WE WORK TO FINALIZE THE FISCAL YEAR 24 FINANCIALS.

THE FISCAL YEAR 25 PROJECTION INCLUDES CERTIFIED REVENUES BASED ON NO NEW REVENUE, TAXES, TRENDS, AND KNOWN VARIANCES.

THE EXPENDITURES ARE PROJECTED AT 95% OF THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

IN THE PAST, WE'VE USED LIKE AN 85% OF THE BUDGET, BUT BECAUSE WE WERE, WE WERE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET A MORE COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEND. WE'RE CHANGING IT TO 95% ON OUR PROJECTIONS.

THE YEARS AFTER FISCAL YEAR 25.

AS USUAL, I DON'T RECOMMEND PUTTING A LOT OF VALUE ON WE USE A 2% INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES TO DO THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS, AND WE LIMIT THE EXPENSES TO 5%.

BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT COULD CHANGE.

THOSE NUMBERS INCLUDED LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, ESPECIALLY AS THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE YEAR.

THIS IS THE FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE REPORT THAT'S ONLINE.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU BARBARA. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS.

WE'RE ALL OKAY.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CORONADO, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT ITEM.

AND MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT B, PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, TITLE TEN, SECTION 2256.023.

ACCEPT THE ATTACHED PRESENTATION AND INVESTMENT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.

FOURTH QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

GOOD AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, BARBARA PARKER, YOUR COUNTY AUDITOR.

TODAY'S PRESENTATION COVERS THE COUNTY INVESTMENTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 24.

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THE INVESTMENTS ARE DIRECTLY LINKED TO STRENGTHENING THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL HEALTH.

THERE ARE TWO MAJOR GOALS FOR INVESTING FUNDS FOLLOWING THE STATUTORY PRINCIPLES AND RETURN AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

[B. Pursuant to the Texas Government Code, Title 10, § 2256.023, accept the attached presentation and investment report for FY24 fourth quarter ended September 30, 2024. Barbara Parker, County Auditor, County Auditor's Office, 915-273-3262]

THE STATUTORY PRINCIPLES INCLUDE SAFETY, LIQUIDITY AND DIVERSIFICATION, IN THAT ORDER.

OUR INVESTMENT VEHICLES HAVE NOT CHANGED, ONLY THE MIX.

MORE HAS BEEN INVESTED IN TAXABLE PRIME AND LESS IN CASH IN TAX POOL THAN COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR.

TOTAL INVESTMENTS DECREASED FROM LAST YEAR BY 48.2 MILLION AS THE TOTAL INVESTMENTS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

THE INTEREST EARNED WAS NOT TRULY AFFECTED FOR THE COUNTY AS WE REMAINED AGGRESSIVELY INVESTING FUNDS IN THE TAX POOL PRIME, WHICH WAS OUR HIGHEST INTEREST EARNING.

AS A RESULT, THE INTEREST EARNED DECREASED ONLY BY $0.3 MILLION.

RATES LAST YEAR IN THE SAME QUARTER RANGED FROM 5.12% TO 5.32%, AND 5.36 TO 5.55 FOR TAX POOL AND TAX POOLE PRIME.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RATES FOR BOTH HAVE HELD STEADY OVER THE LAST QUARTER AT ABOUT 5%.

WE USED THE 90 DAY TREASURY BILL TO BENCHMARK OUR RATES.

THAT'S THE ORANGE LINE.

AND THE COUNTY'S WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD IS SHOWN WITH THE BLUE LINE.

THE COUNTY IS 42 BASIS POINTS ABOVE THE 90 DAY TREASURY BILL BENCHMARK.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TREND OF INVESTMENTS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS FOR ALL COUNTY FUNDS.

THIS PIE CHART GIVES US THE INVESTMENT BALANCES AT THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER FOR EACH FUND, GENERAL FUND, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SPECIAL REVENUE GRANTS ARE THE LARGEST SLICES OF THE PIE. THIS CHART SHOWS A TREND FOR THE COUNTY'S INVESTIBLE FUNDS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

THE GENERAL FUND, TYPICALLY AS USUAL, INCREASES FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY AS PROPERTY TAXES ARE COLLECTED AND THEN IT DECREASES THE REST OF THE YEAR.

CAPITAL PROJECTS AND GRANTS BOTH DECREASED DURING THE YEAR AS FUNDS ARE SPENT, BUT THERE ARE SOME INCREASES ON THE GRANTS LINE AS NEW GRANT FUNDS WERE RECEIVED.

THE FULL INVESTMENT REPORT, WITH ALL STATUTORILY REQUIRED INFORMATION, CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET, AS WELL AS THE BACKUP OF THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER, WHAT IS THE WEATHER THE GAME PLAN GOING ON? INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO BE GOING DOWN IN TERMS OF MAXIMIZING OUR REVENUE FROM THE INVESTMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER TYPE OF VEHICLES BESIDES WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT COULD INCREASE THAT, SUCH AS REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

WE'RE WORKING ON ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT OPTIONS, BUT WE HAVE TO GET OUR SAFEKEEPING BANK IN LINE FIRST.

AND STILL WE'RE WORKING WITH FROST BANK.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE FINAL OKAY FROM THEM.

WE'VE STARTED GETTING THE ACCOUNTS SET UP.

COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVED THE SIGNATURE CARDS AND EVERYTHING A COUPLE MONTHS BACK, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FINALIZATION FOR THE COLLATERAL YET, SO ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO START INVESTING, PROBABLY IN T-BILLS AND TREASURY NOTES TO START WITH, AS THEY'RE VERY SAFE.

BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE INVESTMENT ADVISORS TO SEE WHAT THE BEST INVESTMENTS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO OUR OUR POOLS.

OKAY. AND WHEN'S THE LAST TIME OUR INVESTMENT HAS DONE A OUR ADVISORS PRESENTED A SOME KIND OF A PLAN TO THE COURT.

THEY'RE THEY DO A QUARTERLY REPORT THAT'S ATTACHED TO OUR REPORT EACH TIME.

AS FAR AS SPECIFICALLY DOING A PLAN FOR US, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE EVER DONE ONE SPECIFIC FOR US.

WE WORK ON THE CASH FLOW ANALYSIS EVERY DAY WHEN WE DO INVESTMENTS, BUT WILL BE RELYING ON THEM A LOT TO HELP US DETERMINE WHICH OF THE INVESTMENTS ARE THE SAFEST BUT CAN GET US THE BEST RETURN.

AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE PRETTY SOON WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY WITH THE BOND SALES, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AVENUE TO BE ABLE TO PROBABLY MAXIMIZE. I KNOW WE'RE SUBJECT TO ARBITRAGE, BUT AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT ARBITRAGE IS THERE ARE CERTAIN INVESTMENTS WE CAN USE THAT HAVE A SLIGHTLY LOWER RETURN, BUT WE'RE NOT SUBJECT TO ARBITRAGE IF WE USE THOSE INVESTMENTS.

I DON'T MIND THAT IT GO OVER RIGHT.

IT'S STILL MONEY THAT GOES BACK TO THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS WE'RE RELYING A LOT ON JOSE'S GROUP TO GET US PAYOUT SCHEDULES, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO INVEST IN A LONGER TERM INVESTMENT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE MONEY'S GOING TO BE NEEDED.

OKAY. SO WE'RE WORKING JUST SO THAT WE CAN PLAN BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU BARBARA.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS REPORT? YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS, MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK TO THE LEGISLATURE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE SUBJECT TO POSITIVE ARBITRAGE, BUT MAYBE ALSO SHOULD BE SUBJECT THAT WE SHOULD OFFSET NEGATIVE ARBITRAGE WITH POSITIVE.

WELL, WE DO GET TO OFFSET WITHIN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

BUT IF WE'RE OUTSIDE OF THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD FOR EACH ONE OF THE BONDS.

YEAH WE DON'T GET TO DO OFFSET.

YEAH. THERE'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT.

RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. BARBARA. GREAT JOB.

ITEM NUMBER TEN, A HUMAN RESOURCES APPROVE AND ADOPT THE PUBLIC.

PUBLIC REQUESTS FOR ACCOMMODATIONS UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT POLICY.

ALONG WITH ITS ASSOCIATED FORMS, WHICH MAY BE AMENDED AS NECESSARY BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

OPINION NUMBER 4299.

[A. Approve and adopt the Public Requests for Accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) policy, along with its associated forms, which may be amended as necessary by the Human Resources Department. (#4299-OP) Sam Trujillo, Interim Chief Human Resources Officer, Human Resources, 915-273-3520]

WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

VERA ACOSTA WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM IS TO SEEK COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVAL IN ADOPTING A NEW ADA PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS POLICY.

SO OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE COUNTY HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN PUBLIC REQUESTS FOR ADA ACCOMMODATIONS AND TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS IN MANAGING THESE REQUESTS. THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT HAS FORMALIZED THE PROCESS BY DEVELOPING THE ADA PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS POLICY.

THE POLICY OUTLINES THE EXISTING PROCESS AND ENSURES A CONSISTENT APPROACH IS FOLLOWED COUNTY WIDE.

IT ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO DEPARTMENTS ON ADDRESSING ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS WHICH MAY ARISE WHEN HANDLING PUBLIC ADA ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS.

WE DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS POLICY DOES NOT APPLY TO EMPLOYMENT RELATED ADA ACCOMMODATIONS, WHICH ARE MANAGED SEPARATELY BY OUR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SECTION OF THE HR DEPARTMENT.

TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OF THIS POLICY, I HAVE ASKED AMANDA MANNING, THE COUNTY'S ADA COORDINATOR, TO PROVIDE THE COURT WITH AN OVERVIEW.

AMANDA. AMANDA.

GOOD AFTERNOON. JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS. AMANDA MANNING, ADA COORDINATOR WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

THE ADA OUTLINES KEY REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING ENSURING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, PROVIDING REASONABLE MODIFICATIONS, ALLOWING SERVICE ANIMALS, ENSURING ACCESSIBLE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, AND FOLLOWING SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY WHEN BUILDING OR ALTERING FACILITIES.

COUNTY DEPARTMENTS CAN OFFER ACCOMMODATIONS LIKE MODIFYING PRACTICES AND PROVIDING AUXILIARY AUXILIARY AIDS SUCH AS ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES, SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS, AND BRAILLE MATERIALS.

SOME ACCOMMODATIONS, LIKE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS, MAY REQUIRE THREE BUSINESS DAYS NOTICE, BUT WE CANNOT ALWAYS GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL HAVE AN INTERPRETER WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME.

THERE ARE CERTAIN AIDS AND SERVICES WE CANNOT PROVIDE, SUCH AS LEGAL COUNSEL TRANSPORTATION, PERSONAL DEVICES SUCH AS WHEELCHAIRS, HEARING AIDS, PRESCRIPTION GLASSES, MEDICATION, OR PERSONAL SERVICES LIKE MEDICAL CARE.

THE COUNTY IS NOT REQUIRED TO MODIFY POLICIES OR PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS, IF DOING SO WOULD FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER THE PROGRAM OR IMPOSE AN UNDUE BURDEN.

EACH DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING THEIR ADA ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS FOR THE PUBLIC PROGRAMS, SERVICES OR ACTIVITIES.

THE ADA PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS POLICY AND GUIDANCE MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE HR INTERNET, OR THEY CAN CONTACT ME.

MOST REQUESTS SHOULD BE ACCOMMODATED PROMPTLY WITHOUT REQUIRING PROOF OF DISABILITY.

HOWEVER, LONG TERM OR FREQUENT SERVICE USERS MAY NEED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MEDICAL INFORMATION IF NEEDED FOR THE.

IF THE ACCOMMODATION IS UNCLEAR.

IF A REQUEST IS DENIED, THE DEPARTMENT MUST SUBMIT A WRITTEN DENIAL TO MYSELF, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND NOTIFY THE REQUESTER WITH ADA ACCOMMODATION DENIAL FORM ALONG WITH OUR COPY OF THE COUNTY'S ADA GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.

THE ADA PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS POLICY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR INPUT BEFORE BEING BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT, AND IF APPROVED, HR WILL PROVIDE TRAINING TO DEPARTMENTS ON THE POLICY AND FORMS TO ENSURE CONSISTENT, COUNTY WIDE PROCESSES FOR HANDLING PUBLIC REQUESTS FOR

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ACCOMMODATIONS. AT THIS TIME, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COURT.

WELL, WE'VE GONE PRETTY FAR.

I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU MY BAROMETER IS REALLY MY GOOD FRIEND GEORGE.

SO IF I'M NOT HEARING FROM HIM, WE'RE DOING FAIRLY WELL.

SO I REALLY THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT.

BUT HE'S A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR ACCESSIBILITY.

AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY OUT THERE.

BUT ACCESSIBILITY HERE IN THE COURT IS IN EVERYWHERE IN OUR PROPERTIES IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BETSY, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, THING THAT WE WANT TO BE ROLE MODELS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT, JUDGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THIS IS ALSO JUST OUTLINES A PROCESS THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT, THAT WE'RE ALWAYS PROVIDING ACCESSIBILITY.

AND AS I THINK I MENTIONED IN MY MESSAGING ON THIS AND WITH MY DEPARTMENTS OR WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS, THE ADA IS THE FLOOR, RIGHT? THAT'S THE MINIMUM.

I'VE HEARD FROM THE COURT THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL WANT AS A MINIMUM.

ACCESSIBILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, NOT JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES, BUT IN GENERAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THIS THIS PROCESS AND WHAT IT DOES, IT BRINGS US MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPLIANT, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO INTERNALLY FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO REQUEST ACCOMMODATIONS, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FORMAL SYSTEM.

THIS REALLY JUST FURTHER STRENGTHENS THAT PROCESS FOR THE PUBLIC.

I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR TEAM FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

WE REQUEST THAT COMMISSIONER'S COURT APPROVE OF THE ADA PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS POLICY.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER LEON, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT.

AND JUST JUST REAL QUICK, I DID GET A MESSAGE FROM LUIS ENRIQUE FROM VOLARIS, AND HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO THANK THE JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR MAKING ACCOMMODATIONS TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE COUNTY RECEIVE THE APPROPRIATE, ACCESSIBLE SERVICES TO EVERYONE AND EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY NEEDS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONERS ARE YOUR RESOLUTION RECIPIENTS HERE.

LET ME PERFECT TIMING.

LET ME CHECK.

OR WE CAN START WITH ANY OF THE OTHER ONES IF YOU WISH, COMMISSIONER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL START WITH ITEM 11 B FROM RESOLUTIONS.

APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 AS HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DAY IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS.

COMMISSIONER LOGAN. THANK YOU.

JUDGE. SO THIS MORNING, WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE SEVERAL STUDENTS FROM HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE WITH US, LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE AND IN THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

[B. Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing October 28, 2024, as Harmony Public Schools Day in El Paso County, Texas. Iliana Holguin, Commissioner, Precinct 3, 915-546-2144]

AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US WHEN I SAY THAT WE LOVE HAVING OUR STUDENTS HERE.

WE LOVE HAVING OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY AS WELL.

BUT HAVING THEM HERE IN PERSON REALLY DOES JUST MAKES THE START OF THE DAY SO MUCH BETTER.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DID TO HELP MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

MR. KAVITA ESPECIALLY SO I'M PROUD TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD.

WHEREAS EL PASO COUNTY VALUES THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN SHAPING NOT ONLY THE MIND, BUT ALSO THE CHARACTER OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL GO ON TO LEAD OUR COMMUNITY, STATE AND NATION.

AND WHEREAS HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EL PASO HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF BY PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH BOTH A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC FOUNDATION AND A STRONG CHARACTER EDUCATION, FOSTERING FUTURE LEADERS WHO EMBODY THE CORE VALUES OF RESPECT, LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, AND EMPATHY.

AND WHEREAS, HARMONY, SCHOOL OF INNOVATION, ELEMENTARY HARMONY, SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, AND HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, MIDDLE HIGH HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS 2024 TEXAS STATE SCHOOLS OF CHARACTER BY CHARACTER ORG FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS IN PROMOTING A CULTURE OF CHARACTER ON THEIR CAMPUSES AND IN THE WIDER EL PASO COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS THESE SCHOOLS HAVE DEMONSTRATED A DEEP COMMITMENT TO CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE AND MULTIYEAR APPROACH, HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE CORE ETHICAL VALUES THAT ENABLE THEM TO FLOURISH ACADEMICALLY AND AS CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY.

AND WHEREAS EL PASO COUNTY PROUDLY RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS ACHIEVEMENT AND COMMENDS THE LEADERSHIP, STAFF AND STUDENTS OF THESE SCHOOLS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO CREATING ENVIRONMENTS THAT PROMOTE BOTH ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND PERSONAL INTEGRITY.

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AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 AS HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DAY IN EL PASO COUNTY IN HONOR OF THE DESIGNATION OF HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION, ELEMENTARY HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AND HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE.

MIDDLE SLASH HIGH AS 2024 TEXAS STATE SCHOOLS OF CHARACTER AND HSA ELEMENTARY AND HSA MIDDLE HIGH AS NATIONAL SCHOOLS OF CHARACTER FOR THEIR LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EDUCATIONAL AND ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STUDENTS, IN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION THEREOF.

THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE COURT HEREBY AFFIX THEIR SIGNATURES THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024, IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ELGIN, A SECOND FROM COUNTY JUDGE SAMANIEGO.

VOTING IS OPEN. MOTION CARRIES.

I SEE OUR SUPERINTENDENT HERE.

ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS AT THE MICROPHONE? WELCOME.

WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS MARCOS SMITH.

I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, EL PASO MIDDLE HIGH.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WEST TEXAS, INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS.

SINCE OPENING OUR FIRST CAMPUS IN 2006, HARMONY'S EL PASO CAMPUSES HAVE BECOME A LEADING PUBLIC CHARTER DISTRICT, PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY STEM EDUCATION TO OVER 4300 STUDENTS ACROSS SIX CAMPUSES.

WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR COMMITMENT TO CHARACTER EDUCATION, WHICH IS CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION.

HARMONY HAS THE MOST SCHOOL OF CHARACTER AWARDEES IN AMERICA, WITH SIX OUT OF SEVEN CAMPUSES IN EL PASO RECOGNIZED WITH STATE OR NATIONAL DESIGNATIONS.

THIS MAKES US THE ONLY DISTRICT IN EL PASO IN THE EL PASO REGION TO RECEIVE SUCH A RECOGNITION.

OUR FOCUS ON CHARACTER NOT ONLY FOSTERS ACADEMIC SUCCESS, BUT ALSO EQUIP STUDENTS WITH ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS.

ALONGSIDE OUR CHARACTER INITIATIVES, WE EMPHASIZE COLLEGE READINESS THROUGH ADVANCED COURSEWORK AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL INSTITUTIONS, THROUGH INNOVATIVE STEM PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

WE EMPOWER EVERY CHILD TO EXPLORE THEIR PASSIONS AND PREPARE A BRIGHT FUTURE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY'S NEXT GENERATION.

APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU WANT ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? COME ON UP. YEAH. COME ON, BE SHY.

WE. WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

MY NAME IS DOCTOR CAMILLE YILMAZ.

I'M THE AREA SUPERINTENDENT FOR HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WEST TEXAS.

LAST YEAR, IT WAS MY TURN TO SPEAK UP.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK OUR PRINCIPAL TO TALK ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS IN GENERAL.

BUT WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

EVERY YEAR OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING MORE I GUESS, RECOGNITION.

AND THEN HAVING YOU TO RECOGNIZE THIS ALSO AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, IT REALLY PROMOTES THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COUNTY.

NO, WE THANK YOU.

AND ONE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, I'M VERY IMPRESSED AND SUPPORTIVE.

AND I'VE PARTICIPATED IN GRADUATIONS AND BUT THANK YOU FOR RAISING THE BAR, BECAUSE I REALLY, HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT EDUCATION GETS BETTER BY INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOURSELF AND OTHERS WHO RAISE THE BAR FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND I'VE SEEN THE EXCELLENCE IN WHAT YOU DO.

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT FORCES OTHERS TO TO BECOME BETTER.

SO WE THANK YOU.

AS PART OF OUR COMMISSIONERS COURT, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR SOME AMAZING STUDENTS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CAN WE INVITE ALL OF YOUR STAFF THAT CAME WITH YOU TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH US? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO.

MUCH. I HAVE BEEN.

FOLLOWING YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ITEM 11 C APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 AS SERGIO TRONCOSO DAY IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS. COMMISSIONER HOLGUIN THANK YOU JUDGE.

I AM SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION TO SOMEONE FROM THE YSLETA AREA WHO HAS TRULY BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO THE COMMUNITY, AND

[C. Approve and adopt a resolution recognizing October 28, 2024, as Sergio Troncoso Day in El Paso County, Texas. Iliana Holguin, Commissioner, Precinct 3, 915-546-2144]

ESPECIALLY TO THE STUDENTS OF THAT AREA.

SERGIO, I'M SO GLAD HE IS.

HE DOES NOT LIVE HERE IN EL PASO.

HE HAPPENED TO BE.

WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT HE HAPPENED TO BE HERE ACCEPTING MORE RECOGNITIONS FOR HIS WORK.

AND SO WHEN I SAW THAT, I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HIM TO JOIN US TODAY SO THAT HE COULD RECEIVE THIS RESOLUTION.

SO I'M GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO STAY IN TOWN A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

WHEREAS SERGIO TRONCOSO, A BORN AND RAISED EL PASOAN FROM RURAL YSLETA, IS A RENOWNED AUTHOR, EDITOR, AND EDUCATOR.

HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE US-MEXICO BORDER, THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, AND THE VALUE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN UNDERPRIVILEGED AREAS WAS SHAPED BY HIS EARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES IN EL PASO.

AND WHEREAS SERGIO TRONCOSO IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF YSLETA HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE MARKED THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER IN WRITING AS EDITOR OF THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER, EXPLORING CULTURAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BORDERS THROUGH LITERATURE.

THE YSLETA PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCH IN THE MISSION VALLEY WAS RENAMED THE SERGIO TRONCOSO BRANCH LIBRARY IN 2014, IN RECOGNITION OF THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS SERGIO TRONCOSO HAS MADE TO THE EL PASO COMMUNITY AND THE LITERARY WORLD.

AND WHEREAS, SERGIO TRONCOSO HAS AUTHORED NUMEROUS ACCLAIMED WORKS, INCLUDING NOBODY'S PILGRIMS, A PECULIAR KIND OF IMMIGRANT'S SON, THE LAST TORTILLA AND OTHER STORIES, CROSSING BORDERS, PERSONAL ESSAYS, AND FROM THIS WICKED PATCH OF DUST, ALL OF WHICH VIVIDLY EXPLORE THE THEMES OF IMMIGRATION, FAMILY AND IDENTITY, MAKING A LASTING IMPACT ON READERS LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

AND WHEREAS SERGIO TRONCOSO HAS CONTINUOUSLY PROMOTED MEXICAN AMERICAN AND BORDERLAND LITERATURE BY MENTORING AUTHORS THROUGH TEACHING AT THE YALE WRITERS WORKSHOP, SERVING AS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS INSTITUTE OF LETTERS, AND LENDING HIS KNOWLEDGE AS A JUDGE FOR PRESTIGIOUS LITERARY AWARDS SUCH AS THE PEN FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION AND THE NEW LETTERS LITERARY AWARD IN THE ESSAY CATEGORY.

ALL WHILE ENCOURAGING WRITERS FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS.

AND WHEREAS, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS OUTSTANDING LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING VOICES FROM THE BORDERLAND AND OTHER MARGINALIZED AREAS, SERGIO TRONCOSO WAS INDUCTED INTO THE TEXAS LITERARY HALL OF FAME IN 2024.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT EXPRESSES ITS DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR SERGIO TRONCOSO'S DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY'S LITERARY LANDSCAPE, AND HONORS HIM FOR HIS WELL-DESERVED INDUCTION INTO THE TEXAS LITERARY HALL OF FAME BY DECLARING THE 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER AS SERGIO TRONCOSO DAY, IN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION THEREOF.

THE COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE COURT HEREBY AFFIX THEIR SIGNATURES ON THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HOLGUIN, A SECOND FROM JUDGE SAMANIEGO.

ALL RIGHT. SERGIO. THANK YOU.

SERGIO, WELCOME.

I'M GLAD NOBODY VOTED AGAINST ME, BUT I'M PROUDLY FROM EL PASO.

I WAS BORN IN HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL, WHICH USED TO BE NOT FAR FROM HERE.

WENT TO SOUTH LOOP SCHOOL AND YSLETA HIGH.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER I GO TO HARVARD AND YALE.

AND EVEN BEYOND THAT, I WILL ALWAYS BE WRITING STORIES ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY HERE.

I WILL ALWAYS BE PROMOTING THE BORDER AND EL PASO AND EL PASO WRITERS, AND ANY POSITION I GET.

THAT'S BEEN MY MISSION TO ENCOURAGE READING AMONG MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

I SPONSOR THE TRONCOSO READING PRIZES EVERY YEAR.

IN FACT, I'LL BE COMING BACK IN DECEMBER TO PAY STUDENTS TO READ AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO READ, BUT ALSO TO GET OUR STORIES INTO EVERY LIBRARY THAT I CAN HARVARD LIBRARY, YALE LIBRARY, AND TO PROMOTE OUR LITERATURE AND

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THE FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE HERE.

SO I'M DEEPLY HONORED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I REMAIN A LOYAL LITERARY SERVANT OF EL PASO.

SERGIO. BESIDES, YOU HAVE AN ADVOCATE HERE FROM YSLETA SLIVER.

HIGH SCHOOL. OH NO WAY.

I'LL LET HIM GO FIRST.

AND ABSOLUTELY. AND BEING BORN IN HOTEL DIEU AS I WAS ALSO, THAT NO LONGER EXISTS.

BUT YES.

I'VE NEVER MET YOU.

I'VE HEARD ABOUT YOU. I'VE READ ABOUT YOU.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON BRINGING SO MUCH PRIDE TO TO THIS AREA.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY, BECAUSE, I MEAN, I'M PROUD OF ALL OF OUR MY BROTHERS.

I WAS JUST HAVING BUT MY BROTHERS ALSO REMAIN VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

MY OLDER BROTHER RUDY, IS A TEACHER OF THE YEAR AT EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN MY OTHER BROTHER, YOU MIGHT KNOW OSCAR TRONCOSO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT AT ANTHONY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ACTUALLY SELECTED REGION 19.

YOU KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT OUR FAMILY AND HE BROUGHT US UP TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH EVERY, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERY PASSING YEAR THAT THEY ALSO ATTEND THE SLED HIGH SCHOOL.

ALL OF US WENT TO YSLETA HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE IT IS. THERE IT IS.

THAT EXPLAINS IT. THAT EXPLAINS IT.

THANK YOU. THERE WAS NINE OF US, AND ONLY THE FIRST ONE GOT TO GO TO HOTEL DIEU.

AND THEN ALL OF US WERE BORN WITH A MIDWIFE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

WE WENT DOWN THAT WAY.

BUT HOTEL DIEU, OBVIOUSLY.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT SERGIO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S FIGHTING THE NARRATIVES, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE NARRATIVES THAT ARE FALSE AND THEY EMBELLISH SMALL THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THEY DON'T GRAB AND HIGHLIGHT THE BEAUTY OF WHO WE ARE.

AND YOU'VE DONE THAT FOR US AND FOR YOU TO SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE.

THAT MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF US, BECAUSE WE DEPEND ON INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOURSELF TO SORT OF DEFEND WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.

AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR PUTTING US ON THE MAP AND KEEPING US THERE.

AND YOU'RE VERY BLESSED WITH YOUR WRITING AND BLESSED THAT WE HAVE YOU IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, COMMISSIONER. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW YOU, MISTER, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING FOR NOT JUST THE READING PART, BUT THAT'S CONTINUOUS EDUCATION FOR FOR EVERYBODY. IT SHOULD BE.

EVERYBODY SHOULD BE LIFELONG LEARNERS.

AND WE HERE AT THE COUNTY ARE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF PEOPLE'S EFFORTS THAT GO TOWARDS THAT RESPECT.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU.

AND I'M ALSO TO A I WAS BORN IN HOTEL DU COMMISSIONER, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE THERE.

TOO BAD IT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.

BUT I WANT TO COMMEND YOUR MOTHER FOR THE CLASSY NAME SHE GAVE YOU.

YEAH. AND I TELL ALL MY YALE STUDENTS FIRST DAY OF CLASS.

I GREW UP IN YSLETA, AND I GREW UP WITH KEROSENE LAMPS AND STOVES AND AN OUTHOUSE IN THE BACKYARD.

SO I WASN'T ANDOVER, EXETER I WASN'T.

WHEN I WOULD COME BACK TO EL PASO, MY MOTHER WOULD SAY, NO, TE MUY MUY NO MAS POR QUÉ? HARVARD? YALE. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY KEEP YOU HONEST AND FOCUSED ON WHAT MATTERS AND GROUNDED.

YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HADN'T HEARD THAT.

MUY, MUY. WELL I THINK THE BIG INDUCTION CEREMONY IS LATER THIS WEEK ISN'T IT.

YES. ON TUESDAY I'LL BE INDUCTED INTO THE TEXAS LITERARY HALL OF FAME IN FORT WORTH ALONG WITH CORMAC MCCARTHY AND JOHN SEALE AND STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES. AND THEY CHOOSE A FEW PEOPLE EVERY TWO YEARS.

AND I'M ONE OF THE SEVEN THIS YEAR AND I'M STILL ALIVE, SO I'M GRATEFUL.

OH, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU.

DESERVED. THANK YOU.

YEAH.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

AND YOUR BROTHER THOUGH? OH. WHICH ONE? OH, OKAY. LET ME GO WITH YOU.

I HEAR MY MOTHER'S VOICE IN MY HEAD EVERY DAY.

NOT.

THAT. YOU HAVE ANY.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I TOLD. THAT'S A GREAT WORD.

MUCHO GUSTO. I APPRECIATE THAT.

ITEM 11 A APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION PAYING TRIBUTE TO ALL THE TAMALE MAKERS AND TAMALE LEADERS IN THE EL PASO REGION BY DECLARING OCTOBER 31ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 2ND EACH YEAR AS OFFICIAL TAMALE SEASON IN EL PASO COUNTY.

[A. Approve and adopt a resolution paying tribute to all tamale makers and tamale eaters in the El Paso Region by declaring October 31 through February 2 each year as “Official Tamale Season” in El Paso County. David Stout, Commissioner, Precinct 2, 915-546-2111]

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO READ THIS RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE DOING IT NOW.

YOU KNOW, FOOD CITY HAS BEEN AN EL PASO INSTITUTION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND AND, OF COURSE, TAMALES ARE A FIXTURE IN THAT INSTITUTION.

SO TODAY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS FROM THE FOOD CITY, FROM FOOD CITY OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.

WE HAVE STANLEY SANTOS, MELISSA SANTOS CARLOS LOWRY, THE THIRD, ROSA TARANGO, RICHARD ELLIOTT AND AND OTHER MANAGERS THAT WORK ON THE ON THE TAMALE CREW ZENAIDA BANUELOS, NORMA DELGADO, MARIA ESPINOSA, NINFA FARFAN, ROSA FLORES AND JUAN ROBERTO RAMIREZ. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN WE'LL INVITE YOU ALL TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH US.

OKAY. THE RESOLUTION STATES, WHEREAS FOR CENTURIES, TAMALES HAVE MARKED IMPORTANT GATHERINGS AROUND CELEBRATIONS AND HOLIDAYS THROUGHOUT LATIN CULTURE. AND AS ANYONE MAY ENJOY A TAMALE ANY TIME OF YEAR, THERE HAS COME TO BE A PEAK SEASON FOR TAMALES IN THE BORDERLAND.

AND WHEREAS OCTOBER AND THE ONSET OF FALL REKINDLES CRAVINGS FOR WARM AND DELICIOUS TAMALES.

AND WHEREAS THE TAMALE IS EASY TO HEAT UP AND IS THE PERFECT FOOD FOR PAIRING, FOR WATCHING FOOTBALL, AND AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING FEAST.

AND JUAREZ TAMALES ARE A HEARTY MEAL DURING THE FEAST OF THE VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE ON DECEMBER 12TH FOR THE MATACHINES DANCERS AND THE FAITHFUL.

AND WHEREAS CHRISTMAS TIME IS A PEAK HOLIDAY SEASON IN THE BORDERLAND WHEN NO MATTER THE FLAVOR RED PORK, GREEN CHICKEN, GREEN CHILI CHEESE OR SWEET TAMALES, PEOPLE RUSH TO THE STORES AND GATHER TO MAKE THEM AT HOME, AND JUAREZ TAMALES ARE ALSO A CONVENIENT PARTY MEAL FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY, AND JUAREZ TRADITION HOLDS THAT THE PERSON WHO IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND THE LITTLE TOY BABY IN THEIR SLICE OF THE CAKE ON THREE KINGS DAY ON JANUARY 6TH, IS OBLIGATED TO HOST A PARTY FEATURING TAMALES DURING CANDLEMAS, CANDLEMAS OR LA FIESTA DE LA CANDELARIA AND CANDELARIA ON FEBRUARY 2ND, AND WHEREAS IN THE EARLY 1980S, DOMINICAN NUNS FROM MEXICO STARTED MAKING TAMALES AT FOOD CITY SUPERMARKETS AS A FUNDRAISER TO BUILD THEIR CHAPEL, AND AS A RESULT, FOOD CITY WAS BLESSED WITH THE ICONIC TAMALES FOR WHICH IT IS KNOWN AND IS NOW FAMOUS FOR IN THIS REGION.

AND WHEREAS THE FOOD CITY FAMILY HAS BEEN PROUDLY MAKING TAMALES FOR DECADES BY HAND, AND IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUE PROMOTING THE LOVE AND TRADITIONS OF ALL TAMALES MAKERS AND PURVEYORS THROUGHOUT THE BORDERLAND.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE EL PASO COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT DO HEREBY DECLARE THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 30TH 1ST TO FEBRUARY 2ND EACH YEAR AS OFFICIAL TAMALES SEASON IN EL PASO COUNTY.

SIGNED THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2020 FOR THE HONORABLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CORONADO.

ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TELL US ABOUT FOOD CITY AND YOUR AND YOUR TAMALES? WELCOME. HELLO.

AND MOTION CARRIES.

HELLO. WELCOME. THERE'S A LOT OF US HERE TODAY.

YEAH. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS ONE BEFORE LUNCH.

YES. NO.

IT'S DINNER. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS MELISSA SANTOS.

MY GRANDFATHER OPENED HIS FIRST GROCERY STORE IN 1964 ON SOUTH STANTON STREET, NOT FAR FROM HERE.

SO WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 60 YEARS.

WE'RE NOW A THIRD GENERATION FAMILY BUSINESS.

WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF THE EL PASO COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE VERY WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE KNOWN FOR OUR TAMALES.

AND SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR, TO HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE NOT ONLY OUR TAMALES, BUT ALSO ALL THAT THE MODEL MAKERS IN THE COMMUNITY,

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AND ALSO TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE HARD WORK AND LOVE OF OUR TAMALE CREW.

THEY MAKE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TAMALES BY HAND EVERY YEAR.

WE MAKE THEM EVERY DAY, ALL DAY, ALL DAY LONG, AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO.

MUCHAS GRACIAS.

AND WE BROUGHT TAMALES FOR ALL OF YOU TO TRY IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED FOOD CITY TAMALES.

SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE FLAVORS FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE HOME AND TO TRY HOT AS WELL AFTER THE MEETING.

BUT WE WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR TAMALES THAT THEY'VE BECOME PART OF A TRADITION FOR SO MANY FAMILIES HERE.

THANK YOU, MR. SANTOS.

THANK YOU ALL. MY NAME IS STANLEY SANTOS AND REALLY GIVES US SO MUCH JOY TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND PRESENT YOU WITH SOME OF OUR TAMALES AND AND THE STAFF AS WELL.

BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR FOOD CITY TAMALES, REALLY.

THIS IS ABOUT TAMALE MAKERS AND TAMALE LOVERS ALL OVER THE REGION.

BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN ICONIC TRADITION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK TO BE CELEBRATED.

LAST YEAR IN DECEMBER, RIGHT AROUND CHRISTMAS, THE USA TODAY, USA TODAY DID A FEATURE ARTICLE, A NATIONAL FEATURE ARTICLE ON OUR TAMALES. AND SO WE WERE REAL PROUD OF THAT AND FELT VERY FORTUNATE THAT THAT THEY LOOKED AT US AS A HALLMARK OF, OF QUALITY FOOD.

AND SO BUT THESE THIS CREW BEHIND US, IT'S IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

I MEAN, ANYBODY THAT'S EVER MADE TAMALES KNOWS HOW MUCH WORK IT IS.

AND SO WE WANTED TO INVITE THEM SO THEY COULD BE PART OF THE THE PROCLAMATION PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU TO YOU ALL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

IF THEY COULD JUST HAVE EVERYBODY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

INTRODUCE PLEASE. THANK YOU.

THIS IS OUR CHIEF CAMERA MAKER.

HI, CHIEF. NO.

NO MAS. BUENAS TARDES.

MI NOMBRE ES NINFA FARFAN A SUS ORDENES.

GRACIAS. POR TODO.

NEXT. BUENAS TARDES.

MI NOMBRE ES NORMA DELGADO.

BIENVENIDO. BUENAS TARDES.

MI NOMBRE ES ROSA MARGARITA FLORES.

Y ES UN HONOR PARA TRABAJAR PARA ELLOS.

TENGO POQUITO TRABAJANDO Y ESTOY MUY CONTENTO.

MUCHAS GRACIAS. GRACIAS.

BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES ENEIDA BANUELOS.

Y PARA MI ES UN ORGULLO DE LOS SUENOS.

ME TENGAN ESA PRECISION Y LA CONFIANZA DE DE HACER TAMALES.

LA RECETA, TAMALES Y ESTOY CONTENTA PARA TRABAJAR CON LA COMPANIA DE FUSILLI.

MUCHAS GRACIAS. BUENOS TARDES.

MI NOMBRE ES ELLA GUZMAN.

TAMBIÉN ESTOY MUY FACIL DE TRABAJAR EN MUCHOS DE TIENDAS.

PERO EN SERIO. ME SIENTO MUY AGUSTO Y LAS GRACIAS POR LA OPORTUNIDAD.

BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES MARIA ESPINOZA.

TAMBIÉN ES MUY CONTENTA PARA TRABAJAR PARA DECIR Y HACER LOS TAMALES.

GRACIAS. BUENAS TARDES.

MI NOMBRE ES JUAN ROBERTO RAMIREZ Y YO QUIERO DARLE PERSONALMENTE LAS GRACIAS.

EL SENOR DE LA FAMILIA SANTOS.

POR QUANTUM.

DURANTE ESTOS MAS POCO MAS DE NUEVE ANOS Y LA OPORTUNIDAD DE DEMOSTRAR MI TRABAJO CON CON MUCHOS FUERZA Y DEDICATION Y MUCHAS GRACIAS A USTEDES POR ESTAR AQUI. EL CONTRARIO.

MUCHAS GRACIAS. USTED.

BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES ROSA TARANGO.

YO SOY LA GERENTE DE RECURSOS HUMANOS Y TENIDO LA DEFENSA Y LA VENTA DE SER PARTE DE ESTA FAMILIA Y SER PARTE DE LOS TAMALES.

MELISSA Y YO HACE UNOS ANOS CUANDO ESTAMOS EN LA PAISANO.

NOS METEMOS DE LLENO EL PROCESO DE TAMALES.

ESTAMOS AHI DESDE LAS CINCO DE LA MANANA.

ESTE EMPEZANDO VIENDO VIENDO TODO EL PROCESO PARA COMO MEJORAR.

PORQUE Y HACE TAMALES TODO EL ANO.

NO NADA MAS EN LA TEMPORADA.

Y ES ES UN HONOR Y GRACIAS A TODOS Y ELLOS SE HACEN ESTO POSIBLE.

PORQUE ES BASTANTE TRABAJO A HACER TAMALES.

SI MUCHAS GRACIAS.

GRACIAS USTED. HELLO.

GOOD AFTERNOON I'M CARLOS LOWERY, THE THIRD VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THE THIRD GENERATION, ALONG WITH MY COUSIN MELISSA AND VERY GRATEFUL.

I KNOW OUR GRANDFATHER AND OUR GRANDMOTHER SANTOS ARE LOOKING DOWN ON US RIGHT NOW, SMILING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RICK ELLIOTT, SECOND GENERATION VICE PRESIDENT OF FOOD CITY.

I'VE BEEN WITH FOOD CITY ALMOST 49 PLUS YEARS.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR RECOGNITION FOR OUR FAMOUS TORTILLAS.

AND BEFORE YOU BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, I'D LIKE TO JUST REMIND THE COURT THAT YOU ALL WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HANDING OVER THAT BUILDING THAT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL USES.

NOW OVER ON PAISANO.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE'LL TAKE EVERYTHING BACK OVER THERE SO THEY CAN STAY COLD.

YEAH, THERE'S. SO MICROPHONE, PLEASE.

YES. SO WE HAVE A HALF DOZEN OF RED PORK TAMALES FOR ALL OF YOU TO TAKE HOME, AND THEN YOU'LL TAKE HOME A VARIETY OF ANOTHER HALF DOZEN SO YOU CAN MIX AND MATCH IF YOU DIDN'T GET ONE THAT YOU LIKE.

THEY'RE SWEET. WE'VE GOT SWEET GREEN CHEESE, GREEN CHICKEN.

AND THEN THE RED THAT YOU ALL WILL TAKE.

SO I'M WILLING TO ARM WRESTLE FOR THE SWEET.

THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE. SHE CALLED IT.

YEAH. MR. SANTOS. THANK YOU.

I HOPE THE COMMUNITY REALIZES AND UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING THAT THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT HAVING TO COMPETE AGAINST SO MANY NATIONAL COMPANIES AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH, IT'S JUST AMAZING.

I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN ICONIC.

I KNOW YOU PROBABLY KNOW MY MY BROTHERS WERE ALWAYS AT SAFEWAY FOR 45 YEARS, AND THEY HAD A TREMENDOUS LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR FAMILY. AND SO WE THANK YOU.

WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT THAT KNOW HOW TO MAKE TAMALES AND KEEP US BEING THE TAMALES.

YOU KNOW, CAPITAL, I WOULD BELIEVE NOBODY COMPETES AGAINST WHAT YOU DO.

AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY IS, IS BEYOND MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING.

WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, TO BE RAISED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING THE THE FOUNDATION OUR PARENTS LAID AND THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS BUSINESS.

BUT WE LOVE FOOD.

WE LOVE TALKING ABOUT FOOD.

WE LOVE EATING IT AND MAKING IT.

AND YOU KNOW, SINCE I WAS LITTLE, THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE GREW UP AROUND MAKING IT AND EATING IT AND SELLING IT.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO COMMUNICATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO IT NOW THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, FOOD IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CULTURE AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU ALL, EACH ONE OF YOU FOR HAVING US.

WE APPRECIATE IT. AND A DONOR.

RIGHT. PARDON? A DONOR? A DONOR? YES, I AM A DONOR.

YOU'RE A NOTRE DAME GRADUATE AND ANOTHER NOTRE DAME GRADUATE.

ANOTHER ONE. THANK YOU. VERY NICE.

AREN'T YOU? YES.

YEAH. WHAT YEAR WERE YOU? I'M 82. I'M 82.

I'M 82. I GOT TO BE OLDER THAN YOU.

NO, JUDGE 81.

BUT IT WAS A GRADUATE DEGREE.

OH, OKAY. I WAS A LITTLE OLDER AT THAT POINT.

OKAY. OKAY.

WELL. THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU GUYS. REALLY, FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.

SO WE WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

LET'S GET EM ALL UP HERE.

OH, YEAH. RIGHT.

SO WE KNOW CAN YOU GUYS WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME INVESTMENTS, BUT THIS WAY YOU CAN GET A LITTLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OH.

YES. YES.

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AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. I REMEMBER.

ANY TIME SOON.

OKAY. THANKS. YEAH.

THANK YOU. HOW DOES HOW DOES ALIA LOWRY, IS SHE ALSO FAMILY? THANK YOU. HOW? AND IF ANYBODY WANTS, AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THE MEETING, TO COME OVER AND EAT SOME TAMALES IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT SUITE.

THANK YOU. YES.

WE'LL, WE'LL WE CAN HEAT SOME UP FOR YOU.

IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REALLY LONG EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'LL BE ACROSS THE HALL.

BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE FINDINGS FOR A FEW ITEMS. I'D LIKE TO READ THE FOLLOWING.

ITEM NUMBER 12 E PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.025, DISCUSS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING COURT ORDERED SUPERVISED VISITATION AND EXCHANGE SERVICES AGREEMENT, CONTRACT NUMBER 2024 0814.

OPINION NUMBER 6206.

ITEM NUMBER 12 F POSTPONED OCTOBER 21ST, 2024.

PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FIVE, FIVE, 1.071 AND 551.0725 RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS PERTAINING TO AGREEMENTS WITH SPECTRUM AND AT&T FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF A BROADBAND FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AND ITEM NUMBER 12 G. PURSUANT TO TEXAS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FIVE, FIVE, 1.071 AND 551.0725, RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS PERTAINING TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AGREEMENT FOR A TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. GOOD AFTERNOON, ANNA SCHUMACHER, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR ITEMS 12 F AND G.

STAFF IS ASKING THAT THESE ITEMS BE TAKEN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 55 1.0725.

FOR ITEM 12 E, THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH PROJECT AMISTAD REGARDING COURT ORDERED, SUPERVISED VISITATION AND VISITATION EXCHANGE SERVICES.

DUE TO PROJECT AMISTAD DESIRE TO NEGOTIATE A NEW RATE FOR ITS AGREEMENT, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO AUTO RENEWAL ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH 20, 2025.

FOR ITEM 12 F, THE COUNTY IS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH AT&T INC.

AND SPECTRUM GULF COAST LLC, SLASH CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

FOR A POTENTIAL CHAPTER 381 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT AGREEMENT.

FOR ITEM 12 G, THE COUNTY IS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CAMINO REAL REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY FOR POTENTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AND SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUS PASSENGER SHELTERS.

THE INFORMATION TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDES ISSUES INVOLVING BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THOSE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, AND THE COURT MUST BE FREE TO DISCUSS THOSE ISSUES WITHOUT UNDERMINING THE COUNTY'S POSITION.

THEREFORE, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYS ANTHONY MARTINEZ FOR ITEM 12 E, ERIKA ROSALES, NICK GAGLIONE FOR ITEM 12 F, AND STEVEN ARELLANO FOR ITEM 12 G.

DETERMINE THAT THE DELIBERATION IN OPEN MEETING CONCERNING THESE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES RELATING TO THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT NEGOTIATIONS.

THUS, I AM REQUESTING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT UNANIMOUSLY VOTE THAT DELIBERATIONS IN OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IN

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NEGOTIATIONS, AND THAT ALL SAID DELIBERATIONS TAKE PLACE IN A CLOSED SESSION.

I WOULD FURTHER REQUEST THAT COMMISSIONERS COURT DIRECT THE COUNTY CLERK TO ENSURE THAT ALL PROCEEDINGS IN CLOSED SESSION BE RECORDED.

IF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AGREES, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND A RECORDED VOTE AT THIS TIME THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS 12 F AND G FOR 12 ITEM FOR I'M SORRY FOR ITEMS 12 E, F AND G, PLEASE.

AND A COPY OF THESE LEGAL MEMOS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY CLERK TO BE MADE PART OF THE OFFICIAL COURT RECORDS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER STOUT, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CORONADO.

COMMISSIONER STOUT. OH, SORRY.

THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES.

COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ITEMS 12 A THROUGH 12 G PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.0725.

COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECONVENE TO TAKE OFFICIAL ACTION.

IT IS 2:41 P.M..

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19.

LA VACUNA COVID.

COVID-19 GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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I. THINK.

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

ALSO, CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE.

I AM CURRENT AND ALL MY VACCINES AND I ALSO GET THE COVID VACCINE, SO I AND MY LOVED ONES CAN BE PROTECTED.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS.

LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS.

LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

SABEMOS CUANTO AMAS A TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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AND.

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS.

ADEMAS DE LA VACUNA SOBRE 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 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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

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ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS 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 ALMORZAR 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 NOW 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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN A VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19, LA VACUNA COVID-19 NUEVAS GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO ALMORZAR 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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19.

LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

VISITA THAT EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO MAS A TUS HIJOS? AC QUÉ RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

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I. THINK.

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

ALSO, CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE.

I AM CURRENT AND ALL MY VACCINES AND I ALSO GET THE COVID VACCINE, SO I AND MY LOVED ONES CAN BE PROTECTED.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS 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.

VISIT EP HEALTH PUNTO COM SABEMOS CUANTO MAS ALTO HIJOS ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[06:01:51]

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

QUÉ SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS? ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS.

LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS.

LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

VISITA EP HEALTH PUNTO COM SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[06:08:52]

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19.

LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

[06:10:04]

VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[06:16:13]

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

ALSO, CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOT NOW 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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19.

LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

VISITA EP HEALTH PUNTO COM SABEMOS CUANTO ALMORZAR TUS HIJOS AC Q RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[06:23:10]

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19, LA VACUNA COVID 19 GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS DE SUS HIJOS.

VISITA EP HEALTH.COM SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS? ASI Q THINK RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[06:30:07]

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

[06:30:11]

ALSO, CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOW 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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

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

SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[06:37:04]

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

Q SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS THEODOSIUS VACUNAS, ADEMAS DE LA VACUNA SOBRE LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19, LA VACUNA COVID 19 GRATIS PARA LAS VACUNAS RUTINA DE SUS HIJOS.

SABEMOS CUANTO A MAS DE TUS HIJOS? ASI RECUERDA NO LO DUDES VACUNA.

[06:43:45]

I THINK.

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.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.

VACCINATE AS IMPORTANT SUS HIJOS TENGAN TODAS SUS VACUNAS.

ADEMAS DE LAS VACUNAS RUTINAS LOS NINOS MAYORES DE CINCO ANOS, AHORA SON ELEGIBLES PARA LA VACUNA DE COVID 19.

LA VACUNA COVID 19 ES 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.

[06:50:29]

[06:50:45]

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

ALSO, CHILDREN FIVE AND OLDER ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID 19 VACCINE.

I AM CURRENT AND ALL MY VACCINES AND I ALSO GET THE COVID VACCINE, SO I AND MY LOVED ONES CAN BE PROTECTED.

AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE VACCINE, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR YOUR CHILD'S ROUTINE VACCINES.

WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, SO REMEMBER DON'T HESITATE.