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Good afternoon everyone. So good to see you all, thank you for coming. Today is thursday june 11th

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2026, it is now 1:00 p.m. And I call to order the regular

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meeting of the fort bend county commissioners court. Please be advised we have the presence of a quorum.

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vincent morales, lead us in prayer and allegiance to our

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flag of. >> welcome everybody to commissioners court. If you would all pause for a

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moment for reflection period grace as spirit of unity and hope, as we gather at the threshold summit to give thanks

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for the season ahead, for the warmth that draws us our lord,

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for the longer days that invite connection and for the

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opportunities to work together for the good of our community.

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bless this commissioners court meeting with clarity of thought,

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respect and dialog and wisdom in decision making. May our efforts today plant seeds that will grow into

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lasting benefits for all. Let this summer be a season of

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safety, kindness and shared purpose. With gratitude, for each person here, and those joining us

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online, we will begin our work together for the betterment of

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fort bend county, amen. If you will join me in honoring our nation's flag and that of the great state of texas.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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I honor the texas flag, one state under god.

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>> thank you. Please be seated. Good afternoon everyone, before we begin work on today's agenda,

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I want to take a moment to recognize several important

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observance and other community events taking place here in fort bend county and of course our nation, we are serving

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national flag week, culminating on june 14th, the american flag

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remains one of our nation's most enduring symbols of freedom,

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unity, sacrifice and opportunity. As we approach the flag day we are reminded of the generation

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of americans who have served, sacrificed and work to preserve

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ideals represented by our estate. Occurring next week I would also like to invite residents to

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participate in two very important community events. First, fort bend county will host thursday june 18th at

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12:15 p.m. Outside of the historic courthouse. Second I also encourage everyone to attend the city, I will be

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there. Join the parade on june 20th this event provides an opportunity to reflect on our

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shared history and celebrate freedom, perseverance and unity.

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today, fort bend county residents will see what can

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happen when community judge and commissioners court work together on behalf of the people we serve.

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before us today, residents across every stage of life,

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these values are reflected in today's agenda as the court will

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consider items to support youth education, assist victims of

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violence, expand mental health services, provide resources for

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seniors and strengthen our emergency preparedness efforts, as hurricane season begins. Although this initiative

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addresses different needs they share a common purpose.

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first, improving quality of life and second, protecting our residents and ensuring fort bend county remain a safe,

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strong and resilient community. With that, if there is no other

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announcements we will move to today's agenda. >> I have a couple of announcements.

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first and foremost I want to make a special recognition, we

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have a couple. First is to mr. Carlos guzman,

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sorry I lost my notes, who has been recognized as one of the

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top economic development directors in the country.

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this is a great -- [applause] point of distinguishment. Congratulations to you.

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sara, bear with me for a moment. I also would like to recognize

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-- I also want to congratulate our county attorney, miss

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bridget smith lawson, now the recipient of the gerald

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summerford civil practitioner of the year award awarded to her by the texas district and county attorneys association.

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representing attorneys from all 254 counties in texas, and

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collects only one civil practitioner for this award each year. This means that we are

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represented well by one of the best legal minds in the state,

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according not to dexter mccoy but to all of the other lawyers and electives across the state of texas.

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so to our county attorney congratulations on this great

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point of distinction. [applause]

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I also want to acknowledge the presence of summer interns in

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the county, we are really excited to have interns that started working through the youth employment program this

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week. I believe we have about 250 interns working in departments all across the county these are

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young people in high school, college, those who have

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graduated and are entering the workforce. We are really appreciative of their time and would like to

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welcome them if there is any program interns in the room can you stand and be recognized? [applause]

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and I believe we also -- there may be an overflow right now,

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have interns from state representatives doctor solomon

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office who spent the day learning about fort bend county and county operations. We also welcome them in the

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room? I think they are in overflow, ie welcome them as well. We are celebrating juneteenth,

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we would like to invite members of the community to join

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constable patrick quincy as he presents the party in the park at the fort bend county fairgrounds on friday june 19th,

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from 1:00 p.m. Until 8:00 p.m., featuring some local artists,

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there also is the city of stafford will be celebrating their annual juneteenth freedom celebration on friday june 18th

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from 6:30 until 11:00 and we invite you all to join them in

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celebration. Thank you that is all I have. >> thank you commissioner, anybody else?

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we will now proceed to item number 3, council approval of

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minutes as presented. Any second?

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>> second. >> any discussion? All in favor please raise your hand?

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motion passes unanimously. We now proceed to item number 4

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public comments regarding the agenda and announcements period any members of the court have announcements or comments?

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hearing none at this time we will take public comments regarding agenda items, and announcements.

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do we have any public speaker? >> we don't. >> hearing none, it is now 1:08 p.m., we will move on to

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the agenda item number 5 public hearing, conduct public hearings

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and take all appropriate action on the following matters.

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now I open the public hearing segment for agenda item five a,

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subsection a through g. 5b and 5c as posted and

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published on the agenda. >> I don't believe we have any

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speakers today but if you would like to call for any more this is the time. >> okay.

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I would like to ask again is anybody here today would like to speak on this public hearing? Again?

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hearing none I would like to close this public hearing, I have been informed agenda item 5a, section a through g, 5b and

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5c are ready for action. Do I have a motion to approve

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those items? Any second? >> second. >> I have a motion and a second

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any discussion all in favor please raise your hand.

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motion passes unanimously. Consent agenda items six through

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21. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items six through 21?

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>> move to approve. >> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion all in

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favor please raise your hand? Motion passes unanimously.

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now we go to section three, discussion item. Beginning with agenda item 22 a through d presented under

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the county judge office, we will take this item beginning with

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agenda item 22 a. >> move to approval of 22 a.

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>> any second? >> second. >> I have a motion and a second any discussion?

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hearing none all in favor please raise your hand. Motion passes unanimously. Now I will present agenda item

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22b, I already provide cord members a summary of 22b and c

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and d, so there will be a reference. I would like to ask the court to consider agenda item 22b.

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>> move to approval of 22b. >> any second?

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>> second. >> any discussion? >> yes. Interim judge wong, what is the

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problem we are seeking to address?

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>> I have provided the summary, our current rules were adopted

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in 2014. So we just attend some of the minor things as you see in the summary, it is updating our

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current policy. Besides, I want to make sure that everybody understands policies not set in stone, it is

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a moving document. I would like to invite the court to continue to look at the policy as time goes, if you see

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anything that needs to be revised, in addition to that or

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modifications, please bring it to the court and we will consider that. Right now we're just updating a

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2014 policy. >> in particular it looks like there are two sections that are being updated in a particular,

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which is regarding proclamations and the other one regarding

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public comment. Was there a particular issue that precipitated that change? >> we would like to make these

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changes, to make it more effective and improve effi

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efficiency. >> is it that it is taking too long? >> no, I'm not saying taking too

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long. I'm saying with this policy, I think it will make the court meeting more smooth.

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>> there is a couple of concerns here because in particular we are making changes to the process of recognizing members

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of the public. We saw a very unfortunate

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situation last commissioners court in recognizing a very

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distinguished and accomplished young woman, and now the

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immediate court following that we have a complete change in the rules and how this governing body is to recognize citizens of

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great honor. One I think we did get some feedback from our county attorney on this that there are

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several items of concern that are -- that may operate outside

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of the law. Where in the local government code does it give us the authority to limit any member of

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this court in recognizing members of the public?

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>> this policy has been set by the county judge attorney, and

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we feel like it is standing on legal grounds. >> this that the county judge office?

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do you have a separate attorney from the county attorney's

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office? >> you know, yes, we do have a county judge office attorney to help us out.

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>> who is the county attorney? >> just my consultant, nothing

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to worry -- >> does he talk to you personally? Is he faithful to the county?

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>> he is a consultant. >> and so that is news, I don't

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recall us authorizing engagement of outside legal services beyond

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that of our county attorney's office, that's number 1. Number 1 that is a duplication of services that is already

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rendered by our county attorney's office. But again, I am curious as to where in the local government

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code it gives one member of this body or this body as a whole the

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authority to overstep what is the local government code in our

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ability to recognize members of the public. Here's the area of concern that I believe was flagged for your

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office by our county attorney's office, what are your calling

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for is unanimous consent for any proclamation to be presented on

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commissioners court. We were told that is not appropriate because it would violate the open meetings act.

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how have you addressed that particular concern?

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>> we were told, the policy is on solid ground so thank you for

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your comment. >> I believe the elected county attorney's office told you that you indeed cannot.

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that is essentially for those of you who may not be familiar, we have the open meetings act which governs how we are to operate as

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a body, to ensure transparency, the work of the government

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happens in the open, and we are not supposed to have what is

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called a walking quorum, where we meet with three or more of us outside of this meeting discussing county business or

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pull the members of the court on any particular item.

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so again I don't know -- >> I am aware of that

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commissioner. >> so the question is what is -- it's really simple, please show us what is the grounds for

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allowing us to pull members of the court in order to allow or

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disallow a member of court putting a recognition on commissioners court. It's a simple question.

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>> I understand. We have a legal opinion, that's

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okay. >> again county attorney can you advise us here. I believe that what you provided

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to the court services manager and was provided to all members

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of commissioners court is that the local government code actually does not allow for polling members of commissioners

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court for any agenda item prior to that item going forward is

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that correct? >> that would suggest there is a discussion as to what should be discussed prior to court, and

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just for clarification, section 551.0415 of the government code

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allows each member of the court to bring items of public

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interest once approved congratulations, announcements,

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et cetera, to the court. And that is the right that each one of you will have. So this policy would entertain

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the opportunity to conclude that by allowing for any

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prescreening. And I would just ask, if you

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have questions about the analysis that we did on this

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proposed policy, that you all just refer to the notes and we are happy to take this into closed to expand upon it

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further. >> okay. I am happy to have that discussion because I feel like we have to have a robust discussion about that.

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but in the section that was quoted, section 551.0515, it

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actually lays out the authority of members of this governing

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body and other local governing bodies to recognize members of

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the public. In fact it says that we have the

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ability in section three to recognize any sort of honorary

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or salute, salutory recognition of public official employee or

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citizen, except that a discussion regarding a change in the status of a person public office or public employment,

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that can be recognized by any one, it does not require posting

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on the agenda, it doesn't require a vote. I am just failing to see why we are now after again the office

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put forward a recognition, the immediate response of the next

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court to say we don't do that. We over the past eight years

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have had over 170 proclamations that were presented by this

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court. 140 of them were done so unanimously, and just over 20 of them were not unanimous,

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presentations of proclamations. It is what happens in any government body. You go to school board meeting,

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you go to where they recognize folks in the same fashion, a city council meeting, for any of our local governments, there is

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not something that is a member of the body cannot recognize a

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member of the public unless all members agree to be recognized. So on its face this does not conform with the law.

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again the elected county attorney has provided advice, and I'm failing to see how we are okay sidestepping that, are

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you saying today that you are comfortable violating the open meetings act by following what you have presented here?

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that was a question. >> thank you. The court member has the ability to do proclamations, so do you.

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I have proclamations. So we recognize achievements

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through our county every single day, all the time.

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as a proclamation, like I said, I engage our court, our judge

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office lawyer, and I would like to call randall, would you please come up and give us expert witness on that?

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please. >> okay so on your website you

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have procedures for ceremonial documents policies and

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procedures. Nobody is talking about that. You already have a procedure board.

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it's on the website, it has been there I don't know, it's not even dated how long it is. Anybody, any commissioner has

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the right to put anything on the agenda subject to the majority vote of the commissioners court tabling it or postponing it to a

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certain date. You have a right, under the

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government code and under the local public -- not the public

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information act but the. >> open meetings act. >> sorry I froze there a second. The open meetings act, on the

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one hand, one opinion is this is not official court business.

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if it's not official court business why is it even under the open meetings act? So you have a right to control

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your agenda as a group, and you have a right to table something

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when the commissioner does. If you want to have a rule that

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says all non-substantive work it takes unanimous consent to put

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it on there, you are certainly within your rights under the

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government code. >> the point was it would

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precede polling of members prior to it going on the agenda. The process that we have is one that is pretty administrative.

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a member of the public wants a proclamation, they submitted a. Something the commissioner court member can put it on or not,

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okay? Now we are talking you cannot put it on there unless there is a majority that is unanimous,"

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the policy says? Unanimous consent under the commissioners court, which means how do you know if you have

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unanimous consent of commissioners court without getting an indication that they are in favor or not?

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>> your policy has on your website says that the county

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judge controls the proclamations that go on the agenda because that is what it says. >> that is not the law.

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that is not the law. >>   what you are suggesting right now, to council, as we forget about the

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law, do it the way we want to do it. Do you agree or disagree that polling members about agenda

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items violates open meetings act? >> if it is an action item, if it is part of the open meetings

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act yes. >> I'm okay if you talk about the football game, if you have three people on the

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commissioners court that conspire to make any decision that involves county business, isn't that a violation?

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>> as you stated yes, but this is not county business. It's a proclamation. >> it would not be in the

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government code it would not be under that section regarding open meetings. Let me just remind the court in

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the agenda to assume randall does not represent you and I

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would refer you back to the aging opinion that allowed for the hiring of outside counsel, specific for legislative action

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for the court. Not one member of the court, the

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court. I'm really concerned as to how we have an outside lawyer advising this body and I am the

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seated elected official, elected, duly elected, twice, by

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the people to do this job. Mr. Randall if you have any questions you can reach out to me and we can have a discussion,

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but I really feel like this conversation is over.

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>> madam council can I there is --

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>> sir, I have already stated -- respectfully. >> you are interrupting me, I project.

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>> I after the break -- I object to this violation of my

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authority to hold this seat. >> thank you. >> and again, the county attorney's point is well taken.

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commissioner myers, you are the one that sort it. This specifically is regarding legislative matters.

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this is not a legislative matter and yet outside counsel has been

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acquired to advise a member of court over the county attorney's

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authority. That is what --

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>> the statute is very clear and the attorney general's opinion is absolutely clear, the county attorney's authority revolves

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around civil litigation period. There is no other authority

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assigned to the county attorney's office. >> that is not what it says. >> that's exactly what it says.

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>> so again I think that that is one item is that this action

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would suggest some level of polling of members of commissioners court prior to commissioners court meeting

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happening on whether or not members of this body have the ability to submit or recognize a proclamation.

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again I pointed out that we have done this for as long as this court has existed, and only now is this a problem where

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restrictions are being placed on members of this court,

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recognizing members in our community. It was not a problem where we recognized several months ago it

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wasn't a problem where we recognized a young woman who was

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afforded the opportunity to be part of the national u.s.

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cricket team it wasn't a problem when we recognized the little

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league baseball team, when they won great distinction and going

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on to the little league world series. However, all of a sudden now, this is a problem that we see

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deserves greater urgency, and overstepping of the legal review

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of our county attorney's office and to rush through?

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I don't think this is appropriate, I don't think this is in the best interest of our community.

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again I don't see what we are aiming to solve for, if this is

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efficiency then I would urge the court to consider that moving

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forward, we have a further review of ways we can indeed make commissioners court more efficient for the communities

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that engage with us, not restricting from engaging with us which this policy seeks to do.

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>> thank you so much for your opinion. Any further questions and comments?

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I have a motion and second -- >> just to be clear you're

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saying you're disregarding the advice of our county attorney in

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proceeding with this action? >> that's the opinion --

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>> it is a question. The county attorney just gave

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this entire body an opinion, it's not my opinion, she just

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gave us a recitation of what the law is and are you seeking to proceed rather than tabling this item for further consideration

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by her office or pulling it to closed session above and beyond

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her opinion? Yes or no? >> can we proceed? >> I'm asking you.

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>> can we proceed? >> it's a simple question. >> any further question? I will call for a vote.

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all in favor please raise your hand.

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motion passes 3-2. Let's go to agenda item 22 b. --

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22c. The ai policy. One thing I want to make sure the ai policy has been around

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for almost two years, and I think a lot of pundits want to

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have our ai policy. I said again and again it is not set in stone, it's not viable. I welcome everybody to continue

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to review the policy for artificial intelligence.

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technology has been evolving. It will have revision in the

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future but we do need a policy to provide some guardrails so

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our department can continue this ai tool for efficiency and

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effectiveness. That is why we are talking about this ai policy. As a summary right here, I

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present to you agenda item number 22c.

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any second? Any discussion? >> I am a bit unclear. I think we were sent multiple

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versions of a policy and I did not see any items posted as

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backup for the official agenda, what are we considering here? >> we are considering the original version that we sent to

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the court. You and the county attorney's office. You have the version the

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original version. >> we are not taking up the version that was sent to us at 5:00 yesterday morning?

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>> we will take up all your comments and revisions that were sent to my office in the future that we will look into that to

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see if we can make any revisions and changes. Like I said it is a moving document I appreciate everyone

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to chip in to provide ideas in terms of revisions --

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>> mr. Wong in your opening statement, you said a statement

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about the quorum and respect. I think patients should have

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been in there. You can't just rush through folks that have questions. That is poor leadership.

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if there's questions on items you put on there, that is part of the job. You have to stand here and take

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the questions. You can't rush and disrespect court members because they have a question.

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it's a legitimate question right now. There is competing version sent to us.

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the question is which one is it? >> the original version

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circulating among you guys. First of all I respect you guys so much. As you address me, I address you

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commissioner. And I am dressed wong. And what kind of respect -- we're talking about decorum?

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thank you. >> you are my neighbor, and I always call you daniel wong. Judge wong, same question can I

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do you respect the fact that his competing versions?

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and you said it's the first one. >> I sent it to you, to your

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office. >> referee: if there are

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modifications, I have a couple that I may be suggesting, we

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certainly have an opportunity in the future to make modifications

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to policies. >> commissioner meyers, would

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you consider where we can get a clean version without edits in

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time for the first review to prepare for the vote period for that all the time. Every time a day before or the

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day before the agenda comes on you ask for it every time you ask for it we give it to you. I am saying would you -- would

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you be willing to wait -- >> there is no so-called clean

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version period it's been circling among you guys for two

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years. >> I would like to call robin to come up here. >> may I answer the question? Again I think we need something

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in place we can always modify, it may be necessary --

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>> robin can you come up? >> if we have to modify we can do so. >> commissioner can you hear

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what robin says about this policy?

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please. >> high good afternoon. I believe the policy that is being referred to is the one

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from december 2025. Presented it a couple of times I

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know there are some changes that have been requested in

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modifications, at this time I'm unaware of those changes have been incorporated into it. I know there were two other

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versions that have been presented as well, but my understanding is this is the version from december 2025.

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>> we are making some changes already in the last two years. I wasn't here. Thank you robin I appreciate

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that. >> look, the fact remains, the law changed, we need an updated ai policy that conforms with the

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state law. There's no argument here, it's a simple question about which version we are considering, if

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there are competing versions why aren't we reconciling that before taking action? I think the version that is here

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before us now, is this the version that has been edited

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since december? We had tabled it so the committee could work through items.

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>> I'm not sure. >> commissioner if I may, so the

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version that was circulated to our court is the version

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presented to the county attorney's office.

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miss landers is not here, should have spoke on it that is the same version that he was referring to.

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the reason why it's not attached to anything except given to you all is because we were informed by the county attorney's office

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that that was privilege and we could not attach it.

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however, after our meeting on wednesday, we understand --

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again I wish miss landers was here, is that the version that

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she provided court -- and I will ask if you will allow robin to

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come up with me she is the expert in this, is that the

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version that was prepared and sent to you late this week was a

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piece of the whole policy. That is my understanding.

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as a normal user. Robin is the expert and she can go into detail but that's why that is not attached, and that

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is the version that you all received. >> and let me just add before you, there was an executive

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order regarding artificial intelligence as well as a legislative update last september regarding the use of

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ai by texas government entities. So the policy two years ago would not be reflective of those changes, and we made sure in the

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general counsel has been working with robin to update the policy. We have sent to you regarding the same.

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>> so I did receive a copy of, I have not had a chance to fully review it, my team reviewed and provided comments.

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the biggest concern that I had was the title of the document

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being generative ai because as we know it's a subset of ai, and a very broad topic. My recommendation is that we

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change that version to reflect ai policy versus generative ai.

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>> can we do it in two weeks? >> robin do you think there will

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be any delay in any operational situation in terms of delaying

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this policy for two weeks? >> I don't think so.

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we do have a few offices that are waiting this policy to be

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reviewed and approved, so we can have some kick off meetings and to begin some projects we have on hold.

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I will leave it up to the court on the decision that you guys want to make I just know that I do have individuals that are

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waiting. >> I do want the court to really

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take two weeks, not two years, to approve anything that is really necessary for our county operation.

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>> I think we have taken two I don't think.

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>> has been waiting for your approval! >> you said we had a policy two years ago and now we are

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updating -- >> that's not the one I'm talking about. That's the one you have not

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approved. For two years.

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>> has it been in for two years? >> I presented in december 2025, we have been working on it prior to that.

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>> it has not taken us two years, let's not make statements like that. It has not taken this court two

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years to pass this policy. Thank you so much. >> close to two years. >> judge this is not adversary.

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>> it's not it's not! I really want to -- >> let's move on with the po policy.

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>> as you see fit. >> if I could make one request of court services and team members can we make sure this

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gets put up as backup? I get the red line version cannot be shared because it's confidential, but it's the

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actual policy itself, as we have with every other item should be

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put for public view as per our typical procedures.

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>> again, I will defer to the county attorney but I was specifically asked not to. She said no.

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I am not allowed to. >> we will allow for the policy

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to be shared in a draft form, in a way that is not red line.

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because obviously the red line would have the notes that we feel are appropriate to advise the court on from a legal

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perspective. >> just a clean copy. Thank you. >> we will act on this item

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today and ask the court member county attorney office --

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>> I want to go on the record asking we delayed until the

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25th. >> I understand. It is not going to help from my perspective.

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it's my personal opinion, two years, two days, two weeks.

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hopefully we can bring in a revision, like I said in two weeks, we modified, revised, whatever you like.

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we will do it. Motion has been made and second

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any further discussion? >> I say it be tabled for two

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weeks. >> I have a motion on the table.

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if you fail I will consider the motion. Now the motion is approved -- >> I have a motion to table it.

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>> I already have a motion in front of you. >> we have to vote on his motion.

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>> that's fine. Any second? >> second. >> we have a motion to table it.

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all in favor please raise your hand? Any opposed? Three?

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we will go back to the original motion to pass this policy.

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second? All in favor please raise your hand? Any opposed?

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any abstaining? That will be three years, one

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opposed, one abstain. Motion passes. Now let's go to item -- agenda item 22d.

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another policy which I provide a summary to all the court members. >> approval of item 22d as

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presented. >> second? Any discussion? >> yes, same concerned.

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we had several versions that were sent to us. Which one are we considering here today?

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>> there's a quick summary -- >> sorry, this was put here on

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our table when we walked up. I'm just asking is it the one that was sent around originally? I think a couple of days ago, or

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the one that was there was another version I think shared late tuesday evening that I have not had a chance yet.

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>> I'm so sorry I'm only aware of this version, which is the

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one that you have. I don't know the second version.

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>> okay, I believe we have received some other version kayaker was like a some sort of edit from commissioner meyers

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office. >> I think that was his

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concerns. >> got it. Okay. And I think the county

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attorney's office has shared with all the members of the court some concerns about the legal exposure with this policy

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as it exists today? Have we taken that into account?

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have we taken it into account the county attorney's feedback that they gave regarding the risk of legal exposure with this

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policy as it exists? >> we will have revisions coming

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back if we pass this today -- like I said it is not set in

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stone, we appreciate it continuing sending us your

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ideas, opinions and revisions, and I will bring it up to the court. >> all due respect, if you're

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going to pass a policy that is in stone.

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>> it is not in stone. >> it is in stone in that the day we pass it, and you fix your signature, it becomes a policy

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of this court. If it is something we are going to perform actions on that our county attorney has advised us

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opens us up to the risk of legal exposure, and there was some

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very clear areas where that was the case, it is something that

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probably should be taken back and suggested revisions made.

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this particular policy has not been -- it is not conformed with

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what the county attorney which has to represent us in any litigation has suggested would be sound.

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I don't want to get into particulars, not to openly deliberate that particular device, but there are several

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areas of concern, one in particular that was very serious regarding our employees and how this could be a huge risk.

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>> like I said thank you for your opinion.

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>> it's not an opinion! It's not an opinion. It is not my personal opinion. It is again what our county

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attorney has shared, there was a question, not an opinion.

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why are we implementing a policy that again opens us up to risks

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of legal exposure? >> can I repeat myself that all policy has been reviewed by the county judge attorney on

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solid ground. >> I'm sorry I'm trying to keep my cool here, if we are trying to do the best work in the best

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interest of the public, why in the world are we trying to present a half baked cake and suggest to everybody else, hey,

419
00:45:00,143 --> 00:45:02,509
suggest revisions later but we will pass this. I can see the reminder things like, hey, can we add this

420
00:45:05,143 --> 00:45:08,976
section or can we change this, to here for clarification purpose that's not what we're talking about.

421
00:45:11,109 --> 00:45:11,109
what we are talking about is what it opens us up to the risk

422
00:45:15,409 --> 00:45:15,409
of when it comes to reporting of sexual assault in this county.

423
00:45:20,176 --> 00:45:23,009
what we are talking about is the risk of exposure that this policy as it exists today opens us up to as it pertains to

424
00:45:29,276 --> 00:45:32,843
retaliation of a manager who happens to see someone driving a nicer car and then decides to say to the auditor, hey, I think

425
00:45:37,843 --> 00:45:41,543
you should investigate how that person procured that, not taking into account they may have multiple jobs or multiple

426
00:45:44,009 --> 00:45:47,676
sources of income in their home, but because I perceive something here, this policy now has holes in it that allow for something

427
00:45:50,776 --> 00:45:53,776
like that to happen. How does that help the culture of our organization? There are legitimate cases of

428
00:45:58,076 --> 00:46:01,509
fraud that we even learned about of late that have impacted the operations of this court. We need to have a policy, we

429
00:46:04,209 --> 00:46:04,209
need to have a stronger ability to take care of anything that is

430
00:46:09,243 --> 00:46:12,009
wasteful because I can tell you right now, with what I read in this policy I would report the use of outside legal counsel

431
00:46:16,909 --> 00:46:16,909
which is a duplication of already paid for interest of the

432
00:46:23,076 --> 00:46:24,943
county, and now you're duplicating? That is waste. There are edits and revisions --

433
00:46:30,243 --> 00:46:32,943
so table it. The suggestion from the general counsel's office of the county attorney's office was to put

434
00:46:35,743 --> 00:46:39,443
together a working group and a committee on this to be able to thoroughly vet this policy, and make sure it conforms with all

435
00:46:43,776 --> 00:46:43,776
the letter of the law and does not open us up to I don't

436
00:46:48,376 --> 00:46:51,309
understand and nobody is giving me an answer except for thank you for the opinion and move on.

437
00:46:53,143 --> 00:46:55,043
is there something I'm missing here? Help educate me. I don't think it's a hard

438
00:46:57,743 --> 00:46:59,909
request. >> let me say that to the public also, we have our current policy, adopted 2013, this

439
00:47:04,043 --> 00:47:04,043
policy is making some changes yes, but the summary is provided

440
00:47:09,509 --> 00:47:09,509
to all court members, and describes it nicely as a half

441
00:47:16,543 --> 00:47:18,176
baked cake it's a personal opinion. Just like my personal opinion is it's a full size cake.

442
00:47:21,976 --> 00:47:25,843
that's my opinion. Anyway. Any other comment? Motion has been made and second

443
00:47:29,176 --> 00:47:32,643
any further discussion? All in favor please raise your hand? Any opposed?

444
00:47:35,909 --> 00:47:35,909
3-2 passes, thank you very much. Agenda item 23a and b presented

445
00:47:44,409 --> 00:47:47,876
by the county attorney will require a recorded vote thus we will take this individually. To have a motion on agenda item

446
00:47:54,576 --> 00:47:54,576
23 a? >> yes.

447
00:47:58,876 --> 00:48:02,576
>> yes, I move that fort bend county record a vote authorize the use of power of eminent domain required all

448
00:48:06,843 --> 00:48:06,843
needed right of way for the traffic signals and safety

449
00:48:11,276 --> 00:48:11,276
improvements of project number 23102, precinct one, to

450
00:48:16,843 --> 00:48:16,843
be situated on lands constituting the entirety of the

451
00:48:24,243 --> 00:48:24,243
intersections of exhibit a to this motion and incorporated

452
00:48:30,643 --> 00:48:30,643
herein by reference all existing and various locations in

453
00:48:35,709 --> 00:48:35,709
precinct one, fort bend county texas, by adoption of the

454
00:48:40,243 --> 00:48:40,243
resolution in order the acquisition of property, be a

455
00:48:46,576 --> 00:48:46,576
public necessity and authorizing the acquisition of compensation

456
00:48:53,309 --> 00:48:53,309
for the public purpose of location, improvement,

457
00:48:58,509 --> 00:49:02,309
alignment, construction, operation and maintenance for the traffic signals and safety improvement, project num

458
00:49:12,309 --> 00:49:13,976
number 23102. Including, drainage and attention required to set project.

459
00:49:16,343 --> 00:49:16,343
this motion applies to any and all parcels of land and

460
00:49:22,876 --> 00:49:22,876
associated improvements, it must be condemned or examined for

461
00:49:30,276 --> 00:49:33,643
potential other [unclear] adjacent to the designated intersections. >> thank you for commissioner,

462
00:49:37,276 --> 00:49:40,409
any second? Please proceed. >> commissioner how do you vote? >> yes.

463
00:49:46,009 --> 00:49:48,409
>> commissioner meyers? >> yes. >> commissioner mccoy? >> yes.

464
00:49:52,376 --> 00:49:55,043
>> judge wong? >> yes. >> motion passes. >> wonderful, 23b do I have a

465
00:49:59,276 --> 00:50:02,676
motion? >> I move that fort bend county by record vote authorize the use of the power of eminent domain

466
00:50:06,876 --> 00:50:06,876
to acquire all needed right of way for the clodine road segment

467
00:50:11,776 --> 00:50:15,576
project number 23407, precinct four, generally on land beginning from west bellfort boulevard to fort bend county

468
00:50:19,076 --> 00:50:21,676
texas by adoption of the resolution in order to create the acquisition of property to be a public necessity and

469
00:50:24,843 --> 00:50:28,676
authorizing the acquisition and payment compensation for the public purpose of location improvement, alignment

470
00:50:31,976 --> 00:50:31,976
construction operation and maintenance for the road section

471
00:50:38,276 --> 00:50:41,009
23407 including apartment drainage and attention required for said project this applies to any and all presence of land and

472
00:50:43,976 --> 00:50:47,643
associated improvements and must be condemned or examined for potential condemnation along clodine road segment one project

473
00:50:54,309 --> 00:50:54,309
number 23407. >> thank you second?

474
00:51:00,043 --> 00:51:03,709
please proceed. >> commissioner morales. >> yes. >> commissioner prestage.

475
00:51:06,376 --> 00:51:10,276
>> yes. >> commissioner meyers? >> yes. >> commissioner mccoy. >> yes. >> judge wong.

476
00:51:12,043 --> 00:51:14,176
>> yes. >> motion passes. >> thank you. Agenda item 24 presented by the

477
00:51:16,409 --> 00:51:16,409
court administrator. Any motion?

478
00:51:23,209 --> 00:51:26,576
>> I move for approval. >> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion?

479
00:51:29,643 --> 00:51:32,909
all in favor please raise your hand? Motion passes unanimously agenda item 25, presented by economic

480
00:51:38,543 --> 00:51:41,843
development. >> move 25 as presented. >> second? Any discussion.

481
00:51:43,709 --> 00:51:43,709
>> and desperate clarification this is not a new abatement but

482
00:51:47,943 --> 00:51:47,943
just an owner change. Just changing the paperwork.

483
00:51:52,943 --> 00:51:55,743
>> wonderful, correct. All in favor please raise your hand? Motion passes unanimously.

484
00:51:59,343 --> 00:51:59,343
agenda item 26 a through j presented by engineering.

485
00:52:04,876 --> 00:52:04,876
>> moved to approve. >> second.

486
00:52:11,443 --> 00:52:14,876
>> motion has been made and second, any discussions? All in favor please raise your hand?

487
00:52:17,809 --> 00:52:17,809
motion passes unanimously. Agenda item 27a through e

488
00:52:23,276 --> 00:52:26,876
presented by grants administration. >> move to approval of 27 a through e as presented.

489
00:52:32,309 --> 00:52:34,376
>> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion? All in favor please raise your

490
00:52:38,576 --> 00:52:40,809
hand? Motion passes unanimously. Agenda item 28 presented by health and human services.

491
00:52:46,743 --> 00:52:50,676
>> move approval. >> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion all in favor please raise your hand. Motion passes unanimously.

492
00:52:55,243 --> 00:52:58,476
agenda item 29 -- >> sorry I have a note, I wanted to make sure that the public was aware we have been getting a lot

493
00:53:01,943 --> 00:53:01,943
of calls, we had an abnormally active mosquito season in this

494
00:53:07,509 --> 00:53:07,509
particular item is to help us to be able to get out and do aerial

495
00:53:12,209 --> 00:53:15,476
sprays to tackle some of these issues more holistically so thanks to our environmental health department for this

496
00:53:18,709 --> 00:53:21,809
action, I am sure a lot of our community members and especially my little girls who see me have a lot of mosquito bites

497
00:53:28,476 --> 00:53:31,409
appreciated. >> agenda items 29a through d, we will consider this item individually.

498
00:53:34,176 --> 00:53:34,176
beginning with agenda item 29 a. >>

499
00:53:40,576 --> 00:53:43,843
any motion? >> move for approval of agenda item 29 a as presented new any second motion has been made and

500
00:53:48,943 --> 00:53:52,143
seconded any discussion? All in favor please raise your hand? Motion passes unanimously.

501
00:53:54,976 --> 00:53:54,976
now next we present agenda item 29b.

502
00:54:00,076 --> 00:54:00,076
>> move for approval of agenda item 29b as presented.

503
00:54:04,709 --> 00:54:08,009
>> motion has been made and seconded any discussion all in favor please raise your hand. Motion passes unanimously.

504
00:54:11,609 --> 00:54:11,609
agenda item 29c and d will be tabled until after the

505
00:54:15,876 --> 00:54:16,943
conclusion of the closed session. Now we go to agenda item 30, presented by information

506
00:54:21,209 --> 00:54:23,976
technology. >> move approval of agenda item 30 as presented. >> second motion has been made

507
00:54:27,743 --> 00:54:27,743
and second any discussion all in favor please raise your hand?

508
00:54:31,809 --> 00:54:31,809
motion passes unanimously agenda item 31, presented by the

509
00:54:36,009 --> 00:54:37,876
library. >> move for approval of agenda item number 31 as presented. >> second.

510
00:54:40,943 --> 00:54:44,009
>> motion has been made and second any discussion all in favor please raise your hand. Motion passes unanimously.

511
00:54:47,509 --> 00:54:47,509
agenda item 32a and b presented by parks and recreation.

512
00:54:52,243 --> 00:54:52,243
>> move approval of 32a and b. >> second?

513
00:54:56,843 --> 00:54:59,876
>> second motion has been made and second any discussion? All in favor please raise your hand.

514
00:55:01,976 --> 00:55:01,976
motion passes unanimously. Agenda item 33, a through y,

515
00:55:07,843 --> 00:55:10,976
presented by purchasing. I have been informed that agenda item 33 has been closed -- >> 33h.

516
00:55:15,943 --> 00:55:15,943
>> 33h, I'm sorry. >> move approval of 33a through

517
00:55:22,676 --> 00:55:25,076
y excluding h. >> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion all in

518
00:55:28,343 --> 00:55:28,343
favor please raise your hand? Motion passes unanimously.

519
00:55:35,176 --> 00:55:35,176
>> sorry I just wanted to know that we have gotten quite a

520
00:55:40,043 --> 00:55:40,043
number of complaints and concerns about safety of our --

521
00:55:47,109 --> 00:55:50,943
of the roadway and the justice center complex, so we will be seeing what this action item m does, we will start that and the

522
00:55:57,143 --> 00:55:57,143
road improvements, so you should be seeing in the next couple of

523
00:56:01,676 --> 00:56:04,876
months more action to make it safer for pedestrians to cross, we have a lot of folks coming in and out of the justice center

524
00:56:08,143 --> 00:56:10,043
complex. We will make sure to update everybody on what those closures look like, want to give

525
00:56:14,076 --> 00:56:16,543
everybody a heads-up. >> fantastic thank you. Agenda item 34 presented by road and bridge.

526
00:56:19,343 --> 00:56:22,343
>> move approval of 34 as presented. >> second? >> second.

527
00:56:23,443 --> 00:56:26,476
>> motion has been made and seconded any discussion all in favor please raise your hand? Motion passes unanimously agenda

528
00:56:31,543 --> 00:56:35,209
items 35, a through c presented by the sheriff's department. >> move approval of item 35a through c as presented new

529
00:56:39,509 --> 00:56:41,476
mexican. >> motion has been made and second any discussion? All in favor please raise your

530
00:56:43,909 --> 00:56:47,109
hand? Motion passes unanimously. Agenda item 36 a and b, presented by the tax assessor

531
00:56:53,576 --> 00:56:53,576
collector. >> a move approval of 36 a and b

532
00:56:58,076 --> 00:56:59,376
as presented. >> second. >> motion has been tabled and second all in favor please raise

533
00:57:03,576 --> 00:57:03,576
your hand? Motion passes unanimously.

534
00:57:08,009 --> 00:57:10,543
thank you. Let's go to agenda items -- is there a motion to approve agenda item 36 -- no, sorry, now I

535
00:57:17,009 --> 00:57:17,009
present agenda item 37, 38 and 39.

536
00:57:24,443 --> 00:57:24,443
approval of bills and other time disbursements.

537
00:57:29,976 --> 00:57:29,976
>> along with the time sensitive disbursements made, court

538
00:57:40,976 --> 00:57:40,976
approval $31,014,010.92, increasing disbursements of

539
00:57:46,576 --> 00:57:46,576
5,456,388 and $0.39. >> moved to approve 37, 38 and

540
00:57:51,476 --> 00:57:53,143
39. >> motion has been made and second any discussion all in favor please raise your hand?

541
00:57:57,043 --> 00:57:57,043
motion passes unanimously. Agenda item 40a, please proceed

542
00:58:02,809 --> 00:58:05,276
olga. >> conduct a workshop to receive an update from information technology on the completion of

543
00:58:08,343 --> 00:58:08,343
the fy 2026 cybersecurity awareness training.

544
00:58:14,176 --> 00:58:14,176
and robin will come up and brief you on that.

545
00:58:21,209 --> 00:58:24,576
>> okay. >> hello again. We had a successfully completed cybersecurity awareness

546
00:58:27,043 --> 00:58:27,043
training, we are 100% compliant. I know you guys are probably --

547
00:58:32,543 --> 00:58:32,543
the whole county is probably tired of us of all the calls the

548
00:58:37,843 --> 00:58:41,243
emails, but it is worth it, we are required. And we reported this -- reporting date deadline is

549
00:58:45,643 --> 00:58:45,643
june 14th we reported on on june ninth, we received the

550
00:58:49,876 --> 00:58:53,143
certification badge that we are in compliance with cybersecurity in ai training, and with sections government 2063 .103

551
00:59:02,609 --> 00:59:06,276
and 2063 .104. If allowable I would send an email to have this inserted into the record as well, if not I

552
00:59:09,643 --> 00:59:09,643
will bring it back next court to have the certification recorded.

553
00:59:17,309 --> 00:59:17,309
>> any questions? >> I promise we will not contact

554
00:59:22,243 --> 00:59:25,676
you guys about security training, maybe january we will reach out back out to you guys. [laughter]

555
00:59:30,709 --> 00:59:33,276
thank you! >> wonderful, wonderful. Agenda item 40b, please proceed. >> conduct workshops to receive

556
00:59:38,376 --> 00:59:41,209
a presentation from the fort bend regional partnership regarding the fort bend 2050 report from its author, dr.

557
00:59:47,343 --> 00:59:47,343
jeronimo cortina from the university of houston.

558
00:59:52,476 --> 00:59:52,476
>> all right. >> thank you very much

559
00:59:56,709 --> 00:59:58,443
commissioner george it is a pleasure to be here. Let me get on it because I know my time is limited.

560
01:00:02,743 --> 01:00:02,743
so this started as a project from the fort bend regional

561
01:00:07,976 --> 01:00:07,976
partnership that started to commission this study for the

562
01:00:13,043 --> 01:00:16,176
population collaborating from the university of houston. It is a document that outlines a success, a strategic blueprint

563
01:00:22,209 --> 01:00:22,209
of what we think the county is going to face in the next couple

564
01:00:29,709 --> 01:00:33,509
of years. First of all, the main idea of this report is for areas, these areas tackle issues that our

565
01:00:38,943 --> 01:00:38,943
community face every single day. Mobility, economy, utility and

566
01:00:45,476 --> 01:00:48,876
governance. The first of these issues in terms of mobility, we face in the weekdays in fort

567
01:00:57,443 --> 01:01:00,809
bend county, extra tasks for mobility are not up to par for the growth that we have had in the past years.

568
01:01:04,043 --> 01:01:04,043
it is a tax round up of $150 million per year, per week

569
01:01:12,609 --> 01:01:15,076
of traffic. The economy obviously has been very strong in the county, very strong business community, very

570
01:01:19,009 --> 01:01:19,009
strong governance in terms of county, and also city

571
01:01:24,376 --> 01:01:24,376
municipalities and so forth. Utilities, really important cog

572
01:01:28,776 --> 01:01:28,776
those are going to be the dates that we confront in the county,

573
01:01:33,776 --> 01:01:33,776
if there is no power, if there is no water, if there is no

574
01:01:38,576 --> 01:01:42,343
ready infrastructure to welcome industry, the industry will go somewhere else. And finally, issues regarding

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01:01:46,343 --> 01:01:50,176
governance that refers to how the county conducts business. Let me just go very quickly through these small slides.

576
01:01:54,943 --> 01:01:54,943
first of all the county is going to have a 1 million influx of

577
01:02:03,043 --> 01:02:06,576
residents in the next couple of years by 2050 we are projecting the county will grow by 2 million people.

578
01:02:10,743 --> 01:02:10,743
all of these projections come from a methodology that uses a

579
01:02:16,976 --> 01:02:16,976
wide number of data sources. Data from the united states

580
01:02:21,676 --> 01:02:21,676
postal service, from experience, from the housing -- american

581
01:02:28,843 --> 01:02:31,376
housing service, so on and so forth. This map shows where the pressures will be experimented

582
01:02:34,843 --> 01:02:34,843
in the next couple of years. We have as you know very diverse

583
01:02:40,609 --> 01:02:40,609
community. We have a very significant

584
01:02:46,543 --> 01:02:49,443
higher education attainment. We highlighted the huge potential that human capital has in the county.

585
01:02:53,276 --> 01:02:53,276
we also have a projected median age, we are a young county, by

586
01:02:59,976 --> 01:02:59,976
any means, and that just opens the door for more opportunities.

587
01:03:04,909 --> 01:03:08,809
affordability in terms of housing, there is a tipping point because of affordability is slipping out of control from

588
01:03:14,309 --> 01:03:14,309
housing. This map just shows the census

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01:03:19,509 --> 01:03:19,509
blocks in the county where affordability has some

590
01:03:25,309 --> 01:03:25,309
pressures. Around of 24% in the county have

591
01:03:34,709 --> 01:03:37,976
affordability lower than [unclear] meaning 100% of affordability means the average or the median household income

592
01:03:42,276 --> 01:03:42,276
would be able to purchase an average home in the county.

593
01:03:47,676 --> 01:03:47,676
anything that is below 100% means that the money that

594
01:03:51,943 --> 01:03:51,943
families in the county are making is not going to be enough

595
01:03:57,309 --> 01:03:57,309
to purchase the home, the average home and obviously you

596
01:04:02,843 --> 01:04:02,843
have the whole cash. The county also conforms and

597
01:04:07,843 --> 01:04:07,843
confronts excuse me, vulnerability period this map

598
01:04:12,376 --> 01:04:12,376
shows the interaction between. [inaudible]

599
01:04:18,609 --> 01:04:18,609
and physical health. That is also an extremely

600
01:04:23,276 --> 01:04:25,909
important situation that the county has to pay account, having a healthy population is good for business, having a

601
01:04:30,443 --> 01:04:30,443
healthy population means that families are not going to spend

602
01:04:36,776 --> 01:04:36,776
any money on health care. These vulnerabilities are

603
01:04:41,543 --> 01:04:41,543
divided in the report that you will have access and we focus on

604
01:04:47,309 --> 01:04:47,309
households with disability, residents, 65 plus, so on and so

605
01:04:52,443 --> 01:04:54,309
forth. It is also extremely important because that could also potentially be translated into

606
01:04:59,676 --> 01:05:02,709
an extra task. The systems of growth, when we talk about infrastructure and power, we know the issues that

607
01:05:07,509 --> 01:05:07,509
we face with power, solar is upon us there is a peak demand

608
01:05:13,776 --> 01:05:16,743
in terms of how we use power, it will increase. We know everything about our grid in texas, but we have to be

609
01:05:21,276 --> 01:05:23,709
prepared. We have to be prepared with new technologies, thinking about public-private partnerships and

610
01:05:26,676 --> 01:05:30,076
thinking about how we can be more efficient. In terms of water we know what has happened in other counties

611
01:05:33,143 --> 01:05:36,776
in the state of texas, we don't want that to happen here. We need to start thinking outside of the box, there was

612
01:05:41,043 --> 01:05:41,043
adjustments that were made in this report the one water

613
01:05:45,109 --> 01:05:45,109
strategy, thinking about reuse, to think about conservation and

614
01:05:50,443 --> 01:05:50,443
supply diversification. Finally, as I said, traffic

615
01:05:55,243 --> 01:05:55,243
congestion projection, that is a headache everybody has when

616
01:06:00,876 --> 01:06:03,443
driving around 5:30 p.m. That is something we have to think about, but it's not just that, it's thinking corridor

617
01:06:08,543 --> 01:06:08,543
performance, increasing bus and park rides and thinking about

618
01:06:15,143 --> 01:06:17,743
[unclear]. We are thinking ahead, not the next five years but the next 50. Finally common safety in terms

619
01:06:22,676 --> 01:06:22,676
of public safety, we are doing quite well compared to other

620
01:06:28,409 --> 01:06:32,076
counties, just improving the terms of how we can implement public safety in terms of the public policies that this body

621
01:06:36,576 --> 01:06:40,409
approves. Finally in terms of project expenditure, the purchasing power in terms of the residents

622
01:06:44,876 --> 01:06:44,876
that has been included over and over.

623
01:06:50,043 --> 01:06:50,043
however a very small number of groups, around 20% of all

624
01:06:55,443 --> 01:06:59,309
spending in the county. So we need to be cognizant of that. The more people we have that can

625
01:07:01,276 --> 01:07:04,476
spend money the better for the economy of the county. And finally, the point that I really want to highlight here,

626
01:07:09,109 --> 01:07:09,109
while doing these reports can I call myself and my team, we were

627
01:07:13,609 --> 01:07:13,609
thinking that the county is in a very good position to take

628
01:07:18,276 --> 01:07:20,843
advantage in business and create opportunities. There is a great opportunity to take the reins in terms of how

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we think and making the right policy suggestions, and be the

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leaders in the state of texas. So we do have to do a couple of

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things that include the report. First, we have to have a shared

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operating system period the right hand needs to know what the left hand is doing, as well as health and human services

633
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needs to know. That means revamping the way and how we think the county conducts government.

634
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we need to be ready for growth. We need to have drainage, water,

635
01:08:07,276 --> 01:08:07,276
emergency service, et cetera et cetera, going before growth.

636
01:08:16,743 --> 01:08:16,743
when growth comes this all has to be here for the next ten

637
01:08:20,809 --> 01:08:22,443
years. Again we have to organize operations. We have to get permitting,

638
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realtime tracking so anybody that wants to do business with the county, know exactly where the issue is.

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know exactly how long the permit will take.

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the means that every. [inaudible]

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have to be on the same boat. We're not suggesting the cities are going to adopt how the county conducts business but at

642
01:08:53,376 --> 01:08:56,076
least everybody needs to be on the same page, everybody needs to be sharing data, all the data can function in such a way that

643
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the highway is clean and empty of debris so everybody can make

644
01:09:06,976 --> 01:09:08,943
the same description. Institutional capacity is extremely important to retain and recruit skilled staff in the

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county, high capacity government requires high capacity individuals and high recru recruitment, very competitive

646
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strategy not only in terms of overhead or retaining people with the county. And finally, we cannot forget

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agriculture agriculture is extremely important, it helps the ecological footprint it helps a lot.

648
01:09:40,976 --> 01:09:40,976
but also it may change the diversification of our economy

649
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and also planned storages. I will stop right there.

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I will be more than happy to answer any questions that this court has. >> first of all thank you for

651
01:09:58,743 --> 01:09:58,743
coming, I wanted to recognize you for doing this study, I

652
01:10:04,376 --> 01:10:04,376
recognize the chairman who is right here, thank you for

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coming. Our county will embark on a five year strategic plan. I thank you for a lot of good

654
01:10:16,076 --> 01:10:18,676
data. Our plan will be very comprehensive by the time we consider this all the way to

655
01:10:22,876 --> 01:10:26,543
organization. Your data will provide something for us to build on thank you so much for this study.

656
01:10:35,876 --> 01:10:38,609
>> question. I'm sure that you are aware in excess of 75% of fort bend county property tax

657
01:10:42,476 --> 01:10:45,609
revenue, a great majority of our revenue that we operate the county on, comes from residential properties.

658
01:10:48,509 --> 01:10:48,509
that is my opinion and the opinion of a lot of people, this

659
01:10:52,776 --> 01:10:55,343
structure is not a viable long term. One of the things fort bend county has tried to do is

660
01:10:58,476 --> 01:10:58,476
try to create legislation that allows the county to create

661
01:11:03,709 --> 01:11:03,709
districts which we will be able to prepare and build sites ahead

662
01:11:08,876 --> 01:11:08,876
of time, so to speak, legislation we are seeking would

663
01:11:14,276 --> 01:11:14,276
be essentially a local build that would only apply to fort

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01:11:19,109 --> 01:11:19,109
bend county. Do you see this as an advantage

665
01:11:23,576 --> 01:11:27,009
of fort bend county to exploit to hopefully attract some industry here that we definitely need for good paying jobs and

666
01:11:30,643 --> 01:11:30,643
the broader tax base to help us with providing services to our

667
01:11:35,443 --> 01:11:39,409
residents? >> absolutely, I think that it is a priority of the county. When we think about [unclear]

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01:11:46,809 --> 01:11:46,809
it's also having the site ready, meeting with, transportation, so

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on and so forth. But is having the human capital,

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01:11:56,576 --> 01:11:56,576
residents ready to participate in the economic activity.

671
01:12:00,676 --> 01:12:04,009
that means that health and human services, that means health services have to be ready for that population, that means that

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01:12:07,343 --> 01:12:07,343
schools have to be ready for that population, that means that

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my institution and building institutions of higher education in the county need to be ready. So when you look at everything

674
01:12:20,276 --> 01:12:20,276
t,it has to be holistic. Those industries that this

675
01:12:25,043 --> 01:12:29,043
county wants to attract know exactly what they are expecting. Know exactly what is going to be the permitting process, know

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01:12:33,309 --> 01:12:36,743
exactly where they can get human capital. Industry comes for three reasons in my humble opinion, the first

677
01:12:40,376 --> 01:12:44,009
one is do we have the right things? Do we have power, yes, will it be reliable?

678
01:12:48,243 --> 01:12:52,009
yes. Do we have water? Yes. Is it reliable or not? Do we have transportation? Can we move our product or the

679
01:12:55,643 --> 01:12:59,043
services that we provide from point a to point b in an efficient way? And more importantly do we have

680
01:13:02,343 --> 01:13:02,343
the human capital. And for that human capital is

681
01:13:08,509 --> 01:13:08,509
holistic, do I have enough child so I can send my kids there or

682
01:13:12,809 --> 01:13:16,376
not so I can go and work or whatnot. Do I have health services that are affordable, do I have

683
01:13:19,643 --> 01:13:19,643
everything so when you have that mix, I'm very sure that our

684
01:13:24,743 --> 01:13:28,643
industry will come because industry likes to have healthy employees so they don't call in sick and stuff like that.

685
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I truly think that thinking outside of the box in terms of

686
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these policies will be very beneficial for the county in attracting industry as you suggest.

687
01:13:44,276 --> 01:13:46,009
>> thank you. >> questions? >> I want to say thanks again to the fort bend business

688
01:13:49,476 --> 01:13:52,576
partnership for putting this together, and the fort bend regional partnership for your efforts in helping to convene

689
01:13:56,509 --> 01:13:56,509
all of these stakeholders. I know this has been a very long

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01:14:01,709 --> 01:14:05,543
painstaking process for you all, and I think you put together a very thorough report for us to be able to use as a basis for

691
01:14:08,976 --> 01:14:11,609
all of the work that has to happen here. I am in particularly thrilled about the recognition on the

692
01:14:18,409 --> 01:14:21,609
need to innovate the space of transportation. I will always say we won't be able to pave our way out of

693
01:14:26,276 --> 01:14:26,276
congestion, that if we are going to truly be able to be -- we

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01:14:31,909 --> 01:14:33,776
have to think of other modes of transportation. One it is an equity issue, not everybody can afford to have a

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01:14:37,109 --> 01:14:40,309
car to get around. If you don't have a car in fort bend county good luck at driving.

696
01:14:42,476 --> 01:14:42,476
but also, if you look at all the other major regional

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01:14:51,943 --> 01:14:55,076
powerhouses, transportation is a critical part of infrastructure. We do have to think seriously about what that looks like and

698
01:14:57,509 --> 01:14:57,509
what we have been working on, transit.

699
01:15:03,443 --> 01:15:07,076
interested to see real, the prevailing thought of that would be unfeasible for us cost wise. I would love to see what that

700
01:15:11,209 --> 01:15:13,976
could possibly look like in the future. But the biggest point, where do we go from here in getting

701
01:15:19,109 --> 01:15:19,109
alignment with all of our regional stakeholders so we do

702
01:15:23,243 --> 01:15:23,243
have a solid plan to move forward?

703
01:15:30,776 --> 01:15:34,643
>> commissioner mccoy, we have to think about transportation. When you look at regional development in this region,

704
01:15:39,409 --> 01:15:39,409
everything is moving west. It is as, then as austin county.

705
01:15:46,709 --> 01:15:50,543
so when we start thinking about for example transportation, when we start thinking about rail, it's not only in the county, it

706
01:15:54,876 --> 01:15:54,876
will move that way. So the issue is, is it going to

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01:15:59,576 --> 01:16:02,643
be us or is it going to be another county? Is it going to be a county that takes the initiative and becomes

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01:16:07,376 --> 01:16:11,276
the next node of growth? What do we have to become in this county is a node that connects to the coast.

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01:16:20,376 --> 01:16:23,676
that also connects to the other parts of the city. We have some of that infrastructure ready, we have

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01:16:27,609 --> 01:16:30,509
that part. So for all of those things to have -- we have to be working together in terms of these ideas

711
01:16:34,476 --> 01:16:34,476
but also bringing our regional partners and also bringing the

712
01:16:41,343 --> 01:16:41,343
fort bend regional partnerships in terms of what the community

713
01:16:45,543 --> 01:16:45,543
wants, incorporating the community voices.

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01:16:52,876 --> 01:16:52,876
two heads is better than one head.

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having that I think is a great opportunity for the county, and I get extremely excited when I think about these things because

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01:17:05,409 --> 01:17:05,409
the opportunity -- these reports at the beginning -- is to have a

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01:17:13,576 --> 01:17:13,576
quality of life. It's not just about bringing

718
01:17:18,043 --> 01:17:20,543
industry, but how do we bring in industry that will increase quality of life and generate profit for the capital but also

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increase quality of life for our fort bend residents including myself because I'm a resident of the county.

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01:17:33,376 --> 01:17:37,376
>> but other parts, where do we go from here? >> I mean, that's -- that's a discussion we are still having

721
01:17:42,643 --> 01:17:42,643
with the regional partners. We already started I would say

722
01:17:47,709 --> 01:17:51,576
documenting in terms of how we can do this, the implementation part is the hard part. The implementation part means

723
01:17:56,443 --> 01:17:56,443
bringing together not only this body but bringing together

724
01:18:05,943 --> 01:18:05,943
[unclear] so on and so forth. I don't know!

725
01:18:11,576 --> 01:18:13,709
[laughter] thank you very much for your attention. It has been an honor.

726
01:18:17,409 --> 01:18:19,676
>> thank you very much for letting us present today we really appreciate it. Our plan is to put together

727
01:18:22,609 --> 01:18:25,443
working groups, public and private sector working groups to get going on each of these areas and we welcome your

728
01:18:30,076 --> 01:18:31,976
collaboration. Thank you. >> all right wonderful. Thank you so much for coming.

729
01:18:35,109 --> 01:18:35,109
now let's move to agenda item 41, olga please proceed.

730
01:18:40,776 --> 01:18:43,976
>> 41, meeting in closed session to deliberate the following matters as authorized by the texas government code, a,

731
01:18:48,343 --> 01:18:51,443
551.071 consultation with attorney. Commissioner tenmac agenda item 41 a and two both have been

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01:18:55,876 --> 01:18:55,876
pulled, regulations for oriented businesses in unincorporated

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01:19:00,109 --> 01:19:00,109
area of fort bend county. For, homeland security and

734
01:19:04,209 --> 01:19:04,209
emergency management, number 5, dvl versus fort bend county

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01:19:08,509 --> 01:19:08,509
texas. Six, cause number 26-ccv-079254:

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01:19:14,476 --> 01:19:14,476
, seven, cause number 26-ccv-078930, number 8, cause

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01:19:25,776 --> 01:19:25,776
number 26-ccv-079159. >> thank you olga, fort

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01:19:30,343 --> 01:19:30,343
bend county meeting is in recess for closed session session we

739
01:19:34,643 --> 01:19:38,309
will turn our attention to the district board of directors meeting. Now it is 2:19 and I call to

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01:19:40,843 --> 01:19:40,843
order this meeting of the fort bend county board of directors.

741
01:19:45,809 --> 01:19:45,809
today is thursday june 11th, 2026.

742
01:19:49,843 --> 01:19:49,843
agenda item number 2, consider approval of the minutes as

743
01:19:54,576 --> 01:19:58,443
presented. >> move to approval of the minutes. >> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion all in

744
01:20:01,376 --> 01:20:01,376
favor please raise your hand? Motion passes unanimously agenda

745
01:20:05,776 --> 01:20:05,776
item number 3. >> move to approve.

746
01:20:12,176 --> 01:20:13,876
>> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion all in favor please raise your hand?

747
01:20:17,509 --> 01:20:17,509
motion passes unanimously. I will now go to item number 4.

748
01:20:23,076 --> 01:20:25,009
>> move to approve. >> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion?

749
01:20:29,643 --> 01:20:32,543
all in favor please raise your hand if you make a motion passes unanimously. Do I have a motion to adjourn?

750
01:20:34,943 --> 01:20:34,943
at this time the fort bend county board of directors

751
01:20:39,576 --> 01:20:39,576
meeting seeks adjournment we now turn our attention to the joint

752
01:20:44,409 --> 01:20:44,409
board of directors meeting, number 2, 4 and 5.

753
01:20:50,243 --> 01:20:54,209
I call to order this joint board of directors meeting of fort bend county assistant district number 2, 4 and 5.

754
01:20:57,909 --> 01:20:57,909
it is now 2:20 p.m. Today is thursday june 11th

755
01:21:04,343 --> 01:21:06,309
2026. Item number 2, consider approval of the minutes of the meetings held as presented.

756
01:21:10,509 --> 01:21:13,376
>> move to approve. >> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion all in

757
01:21:15,843 --> 01:21:15,843
favor please raise your hand? Motion passes unanimously now I

758
01:21:19,909 --> 01:21:22,576
present the agenda item number 3. >> move to approve item number 3 as presented.

759
01:21:25,476 --> 01:21:26,976
>> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion? All in favor please raise your

760
01:21:30,309 --> 01:21:32,343
hand? Motion passes unanimously. Agenda item number 4. >> move to approve item number 4

761
01:21:37,643 --> 01:21:38,976
as presented. >> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion?

762
01:21:41,876 --> 01:21:44,709
all in favor please raise your hand? Motion passes unanimously. Agenda item number 5.

763
01:21:48,976 --> 01:21:51,609
>> approve item number 5. >> second. >> motion has been made and second any discussion?

764
01:21:55,976 --> 01:21:59,543
>> I do. >> yes please. >> how does this benefit five? >> while this individual is an

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01:22:09,109 --> 01:22:09,109
urban planner, and essentially providing services to the fresno

766
01:22:16,776 --> 01:22:16,776
community, of about 20,000 people that will forever be

767
01:22:23,043 --> 01:22:23,043
unincorporated. It will never be annexed into

768
01:22:27,843 --> 01:22:27,843
houston. It has every problem imaginable.

769
01:22:42,709 --> 01:22:45,076
national counties. He is one of my staff paid by the county assistance district. So please learn to understand

770
01:22:50,676 --> 01:22:50,676
how counties function. There are great platforms --

771
01:22:56,676 --> 01:22:56,676
>> is the compensation out of [unclear]

772
01:23:01,009 --> 01:23:03,109
>> yes. >> any further discussion? All in favor please raise your hand?

773
01:23:06,076 --> 01:23:09,643
motion passes unanimously. Do I have a motion to adjourn? >> move approval to adjourn. >> at this point the joint board

774
01:23:12,276 --> 01:23:15,376
of director meeting of fort bend county assistant district 24 and five is adjourned. Commissioner general session

775
01:23:19,209 --> 01:23:19,209
meeting remain in recess. Thank you we are going into

776
01:23:25,409 --> 01:23:25,409
closed session. I have

777
01:23:40,621 --> 01:23:44,455
we are back in session at 3:49 p.m. Let's go back to agenda item 29 c and 29 b there will be no

778
01:23:50,121 --> 01:23:50,121
action for cn d. Now back to the second section

779
01:23:59,588 --> 01:23:59,588
items one and two. Item number three number four,

780
01:24:12,321 --> 01:24:13,688
homeland security and purchasin management. No action great. >> it's main.

781
01:24:22,788 --> 01:24:22,788
>> I moved to approve and accep the full and final settlement

782
01:24:26,988 --> 01:24:26,988
and mutual release agreement an the amount of $134,664.

783
01:24:36,521 --> 01:24:36,521
consisting of the release of 35,664 and 86 over $100 in

784
01:24:45,588 --> 01:24:45,588
retained niche and an additiona $99,000 to be paid for dbl

785
01:24:51,655 --> 01:24:51,655
enterprises inconsistent for settlement relating to project

786
01:24:58,288 --> 01:24:58,288
number two, 0232138 pavement rehab.

787
01:25:04,521 --> 01:25:04,521
to close the project as discussed in closed session in

788
01:25:08,721 --> 01:25:11,888
recommended by the county attorney in to approve such terms and provisions for the full and final settlement of al

789
01:25:16,555 --> 01:25:16,555
claims asserted by dbl enterprises arising from or

790
01:25:22,055 --> 01:25:22,055
relating to project number 203 to one pavement rehab and that

791
01:25:28,455 --> 01:25:30,688
the county engineer be authorized to pay all amounts set forth in this motion from the funds allocated pavement

792
01:25:39,655 --> 01:25:43,488
rehab. >> second. To get motion has been made and a second. All in favor, please raise your hand.

793
01:25:48,188 --> 01:25:51,221
motion passes unanimously. Item number six for it. >> I move that in the cause action referenced in agenda ite

794
01:25:55,188 --> 01:25:55,188
428626 test ccb-079 to four, norbert in deferred bowser road

795
01:26:11,988 --> 01:26:11,988
project number 2306 parcel r 38 239 underscored 27.

796
01:26:20,755 --> 01:26:20,755
precinct one, smith lassen county attorney, be authorized

797
01:26:27,021 --> 01:26:27,021
to incur litigation expenses fo any in all costs of pretrial,

798
01:26:32,721 --> 01:26:32,721
trial, appeal, and incidental costs including potential the

799
01:26:41,421 --> 01:26:41,421
citation by publication fees an other expenses in an amount not

800
01:26:46,788 --> 01:26:46,788
to exceed $15,000 and that mobility bonds as designated as

801
01:26:51,288 --> 01:26:54,355
the funding source. >> second. >> emotion has been made in the second.

802
01:26:56,721 --> 01:26:56,721
any discussion? All in favor, raise frazier him.

803
01:27:01,055 --> 01:27:04,055
the motion passes unanimously. >> a move a cause of action referenced in the agenda item 4 to a dash seven 26 test test

804
01:27:12,655 --> 01:27:12,655
008937 the state of texas versu john bv2025-00307, at all, 521

805
01:27:21,155 --> 01:27:21,155
south project number 17111 parcel number 19, precinct two

806
01:27:25,755 --> 01:27:25,755
and the county attorney be authorized to incur litigation

807
01:27:31,188 --> 01:27:31,188
expenses for any in all cost of pretrial, trial appeal and

808
01:27:37,188 --> 01:27:37,188
incidental costs associated including potential citation by

809
01:27:41,721 --> 01:27:44,721
publication fees, and other expenses did in the amount not to exceed $25,000. In the mobility bonds be

810
01:27:48,688 --> 01:27:51,588
designated as the funding sourc for it. >> second. >> emotion has been made and th

811
01:27:54,021 --> 01:27:55,288
second. Any discussion? All in favor, please raise your hand.

812
01:27:59,255 --> 01:27:59,255
item passes unanimously. Item number eight.

813
01:28:04,988 --> 01:28:04,988
>> niche unum item 428826 dash ccb-79154 fort bend county,

814
01:28:14,155 --> 01:28:14,155
texas versus carol bentley belzer road project, number 20,

815
01:28:19,621 --> 01:28:19,621
306 parcel r 38, underscore precinct one, smith lawson,

816
01:28:31,288 --> 01:28:31,288
county attorney, be authorized to accept on behalf of the

817
01:28:36,255 --> 01:28:39,188
county, the conditional settlement agreement negotiated between counsel dated may 26 of 2026 to resolve and settle the

818
01:28:45,321 --> 01:28:45,321
suit and fund and close the acquisition for the total sum o

819
01:28:51,888 --> 01:28:51,888
$145,000 and on the basis of th other terms and conditions set

820
01:29:01,121 --> 01:29:01,121
out in the conditional settlement agreement.

821
01:29:05,555 --> 01:29:05,555
taking such other actions and connections with thereof deemed

822
01:29:11,388 --> 01:29:11,388
to be prudent or necessary in accordance with that close

823
01:29:17,821 --> 01:29:19,988
session. And that mobility bonds be designated as the funding source .

824
01:29:26,388 --> 01:29:26,388
to keep the motion passes unanimously to a have a motion

825
01:29:31,721 --> 01:29:31,721
to adjourn this meeting.