0:03In the interest of time, we'll uh begin this legislative intergovernmental affairs committee.
0:08We'll call it to order.
0:09I think we got a quorum, we're good.
0:11First, on the agenda is approval to March 3rd minutes.
0:19April or March 3rd meetings minutes are approved.
0:22I went down to briefing items.
0:24We have Tarleton State University Vision Fort Worth.
0:27Capp is here along with uh Dr.
0:33Well, good afternoon, good morning, depending on I know what time it is.
0:37Uh, but it's good to be with you.
0:39It's a joy to have a few minutes uh to share a little bit about our Tarleton State Fort Worth efforts and Tarleton State efforts.
0:46So we do have material for everybody, and if you did not get it already, we'll make sure that you have it before uh the end of today's session.
0:53But uh, for those I haven't had a chance to personally connect with, my name is Rachel Capua.
0:58Uh Councilmember Crane, thank you for the the opportunity to connect and uh to share with this committee and this team about uh a few efforts and a few updates related to Tarleton State.
1:10And I do want to be really mindful of time given the agenda and um us starting a bit later.
1:16So I'm gonna run through things pretty quickly.
1:19Uh but if you have any questions as we walk through this, please stop me at any time.
1:24Uh but there's really kind of three main goals for this.
1:26Number one, uh, on behalf of our president, Dr.
1:28James Hurley, and our executive cabinet and team, we wanted to give you some updates about you know university-wide efforts, but really focus specifically on Tarleton State Fort Worth, what's happening here in Fort Worth, um, our our shared vision for Fort Worth, and then how Tarleton State will be part of the Texas AM Fort Worth project.
1:48And so with that, just some quick level setting and context setting.
1:52Uh, as a university, as an institution, um, we're at about 21,000 students statewide now.
1:59Uh, and we really make up uh many locations.
2:03Our home anchor campus in Stephenville, Texas, uh, which just had its 125th anniversary, uh, now just about a cycle or two ago.
2:14Um, and so in terms of the institution and its roots, they run deep here in Texas.
2:19Uh, we are a proud member of the Texas AM system, and so uh it was the first institution to join that system in 1917.
2:28Uh but here in Fort Worth, we've been serving our city here uh and our community here since 1978.
2:35And so we have locations uh in the two uh areas mentioned, and then Waco and then Brian.
2:41So uh just a level set on that context.
2:43I'll be brief with this, uh, but want to share some specific stats about just the university at large.
2:50Uh we are experiencing some really tremendous and encouraging enrollment growth, and since 2019, it's been about 60 percent increase, which is in large part to our president and our team.
3:03But specifically here, uh, this stat that you see on the screen is what we're most proud about.
3:09It's 84 percent, uh now ranked number one in Texas for six consecutive years for students who graduate, which is what we want, right?
3:18We want them to graduate with the post-secondary credential and then move to a uh an employment of choice or graduate school.
3:26So 84% of our students are finding that next step.
3:29Um, and one of those two paths, and again, it's the number one in Texas, which is something that we're really proud about.
3:36Um, related to legislative priorities, and I wanted to hit this quickly for this team and this committee in particular.
3:43Uh, legislatively and from a prioritization standpoint, health sciences is and will continue to remain a key focus for us.
3:51Uh in this last legislative session, we did focus on uh the proposal for a college of osteopathic medicine.
3:59Uh so we hired our executive founding dean for that.
4:03It will be focused on rural health, and so you see on this slide uh as we work and focus and prioritize on health sciences, we want it to specifically impact our rural populations across Texas.
4:15So you'll see some updates and related efforts there, and then it related to health care, it is about facilities, it is about uh ensuring that we have the right spaces and places for these programs to thrive.
4:27So the actual building that you see on the left-hand side is here in Fort Worth.
4:31We opened it in 2024.
4:33Some of you were there, and the building on the right is our new health professions building in Stephenville.
4:40So as we really focus on interprofessional education and processes related to those, programs related to those, we have the facilities to help support.
4:49Let me jump in uh to the most important part of I know what you may have questions about, and that is Tarleton State Fort Worth.
4:56So I mentioned 1978 was when we had our very first program here.
5:01And as the city continues to grow, of course, our higher education landscape is also thriving and also growing.
5:08Specific to our campus here in Cowtown, we're sitting at just under 2700 students here at Tarleton State Fort Worth, about 1800 of those undergraduate, just under 900 graduate.
5:22This also includes our dual credit program with Crowley ISD.
5:26So we actually have these students traveling from Crowley and North Crowley High School to Tarleton State Fort Worth five days a week pending their schedule to take college level credit.
5:37So we're sitting at about 2700 here in Fort Worth across those areas and programs.
5:44This I just wanted to show a picture.
5:46So much of the last 24 months for Tarleton State Fort Worth has been about creating community and connection and communication across our teams.
5:54And so these are just some pictures of that.
5:57We've hosted different groups and programs with Rev Partnership, the T3 Partnership, school districts, etc.
6:05So some pictures and some programming that we've been really proud of.
6:09But as we look at where we're located, and we're specifically in District 6 with Dr.
6:16She's been really excellent to work with thus far, and we're just thrilled to be an anchor.
6:21We we hope a continued anchor in District 6 and in the city of Fort Worth.
6:26And so where we're located, this map gives you a good indication of where we are.
6:30Southwest Fort Worth in particular, there's so much growth happening and so much underway.
6:35And so for Tarleton State Fort Worth on Chisholm Trail in the Southwest Corridor of our city, we really are at the waypoint between Fort Worth and Stephenville.
6:46But we're actually two at the junction of four counties that you see there.
6:50So who we are, where we are, and and who we serve, we believe is an important responsibility.
6:57This is a picture that we love to show.
6:59It was one that the back building or interprofessional education building that you just saw, it's now fully open, uh, so it doesn't look like this anymore.
7:08But when you look at this picture, you know, some words might come up.
7:11You might think potential, you might think opportunity.
7:15Uh, something that comes to mind for our team on a daily basis is access.
7:19Right now, and I'm gonna say this maybe twice so that I can hopefully underscore it well.
7:25Right now, Tarleton State Fort Worth is the only four-year public institution in the city of Fort Worth, our city limits, our city lines, that's offering all four years of undergraduate and graduate.
7:38Tarleton State Fort Worth is the only four-year public institution that's offering all four years of undergraduate and graduate.
7:46So, this campus, 80 acres of land that was donated to us back in 2014 by the Walton Development Group, is what we want to come alongside, continue to come alongside with the city and the community and stakeholders to build this around who we are serving, not only now but generations, right?
8:06So when you look at this picture, uh Tarleton State and the AM system, we own the land to that back tree line to give you kind of an idea of this picture.
8:16Uh again, it was a gift from the Walton team and family, which we're so appreciative of, and this really was to help ensure that we were providing those three things access, opportunity, and affordability here in the Fort Worth area.
8:31This is a quick overview of uh something that we always like to illustrate, and that is just a visual of a page in our master plan.
8:40Really loved how the team wanted to ensure that we were keeping Fort Worth at the core, Chisholm Trail at the core, even down to the architectural landscape of what you see when you're there and the textures as you see limestone and the and the prairie land.
8:57So wanting to preserve as much of that on Chisholm Trail as we're able to, uh, but it is certainly a work in progress and something that we really feel just a blessed to be part of.
9:08This this visual here is actually from 2017 that you see in your in your handouts or on screen.
9:16Uh, this was the 2017 master plan in particular, and it was to show really showcase what Tarleton State Fort Worth is and will look like when it's fully built.
9:27So when we say 80 acres, what does 80 acres really look like in full fruition?
9:32It a lot has happened, right, since 2020, and so we're starting to work with other partners.
9:38We've hired Bennett partners and our friends and team over at at Schaefer, and we've started building out new visuals.
9:46This first one that you see here of what Tarleton State Fort Worth will look like and the more immediate future.
10:00It is focused on creating a traditional, more comprehensive college campus in Southwest Fort Worth that offers the three things that we have even spoken about and hit on today.
10:07And so this is a picture of the amphitheater.
10:10It's right outside our main building.
10:12You can see the Tarleton, the T on Texas logo, but it's one of many renderings that we'll be releasing in the coming weeks and months as we update the master plan and look ahead.
10:24This is a just a kind of a note of gratitude more than anything else, because for those that are on council, you you had a significant part to play in this.
10:33And it was this, I think back last spring, we had what we considered at that time Worth Creek Parkway.
10:42And Mayor and Council gratefully and thankfully approved that that name be changed to Tarleton State Parkway.
10:49So sincere and heartfelt thanks for that.
10:52It is the exit and what will become the exit off Chisholm Trail Parkway.
10:57And so it does not exist yet, but we've been in a close collaboration with our city colleagues as well as NTTA, and we are expected to break ground on this exit in 2026 with the 2028 opening.
11:11So just some visuals there to highlight an exciting update.
11:16What you see here is the illustration of what NTTA has provided us related to campus and the exit.
11:24And so we're thrilled about this because if you've been to campus, it right now takes you down an almost two mile road, Brewer Boulevard, and this will open up access quite tremendously, actually, for our faculty, staff, students, and really the communities residentially that are around us.
11:41One of the last updates just to kind of share is really what's ahead.
11:46We taught, you know, I talked about this this updated master plan.
11:49We spoke and have spoken at length with many around these tables and across the city about how can we just make sure that we do this work really intentionally as we grow out this campus and again really have this vision for Fort Worth.
12:04And so this last January, so just a few months ago, we launched our new rooted and rising campaign.
12:11And I use campaign with a really significant caveat, and that is that it's just a it's a message for what we believe this story and the execution of this campus really means.
12:23That we are as an institution rooted in Fort Worth for nearly 50 years.
12:27We're a part of the AM system, which is such a gift, but we want to rise and serve and support a community and a city that's rising and growing in really significant ways.
12:40And so that's what these groups and individuals I know play a significant and important piece.
12:47And this website, so the Tarleton.edu slash Vision Fort Worth will be our external facing site.
12:53The link there is for you.
12:54It gives you just all the dates and things that we've talked about today, quick facts about our Fort Worth location.
13:00Uh we've been really honored and thrilled that many here, of course, um, our our our chancellor and our system team, um, Glenn Hager and our our board of uh regents as well as the state have been continued supporters as well as Mayor Parker.
13:16Uh and thank you to really when Jay was in the assistant city manager role, played a significant part in this campus and its beginnings.
13:25Um, for that we'll be forever grateful for.
13:27But I really just want to to end with that this is this is and what we believe a community and a citywide effort.
13:36Um, I put up a picture here of Mayor Moncrief.
13:40Um Mayor Moncrief is a Tarleton State graduate.
13:43He was actually our very first Texan writer, uh, our very first mascot, and back in the 60s, the our student body president.
13:51Nobody would be you know be surprised by that.
13:54Uh and and what he says best is that you know, Fort Worth is Tarleton State, and Tarleton State is Fort Worth because of who we serve and what we believe as an institution.
14:05And so as we continue moving forward, as we continue building buildings, we want to do that in a collective and collaborative way as much as possible.
14:16And then I'll end with uh just a really quick and and brief overview about AM Fort Worth because as we know this as an innovation hub and innovation district here in in downtown specifically is this is an important project, it's an impactful project.
14:33Um, and so what you'll start seeing, and as we've started kind of building this out, this website, Snapshot included, is that Tarleton State specifically will have its anchor campus here in Fort Worth on Chisholm Trail, and will we will be a part of Texas AM Fort Worth here in downtown.
14:50And because it is an AM system effort, and because it is a project that we believe as a system and as an institution uh very strongly in, uh, we're thrilled to be adding value and and some extended value, expansive value to this project.
15:07And so uh this team knows this slide best.
15:10I mean, we know what's coming as it relates to Texas AM Fort Worth, uh, specifically the law and education building that you see there to the right hand side, what will open in August of 2026.
15:21No, the grand openingslash ribbon cutting was just announced for August 5th of 2026.
15:27Uh we will have Tarleton State will have uh portions of the sixth, seventh, and eighth floors of this building, the law and education building downtown.
15:39Our sixth floor will be um really all but two classrooms will be fully dedicated to Tarleton State.
15:45So we'll be moving all of our health sciences, particularly medical laboratory science.
15:51Uh in your packets, you have a one-pager that lists out the academic programs by uh discipline there if if you need or would like for reference, but this building in particular will really be housed for Tarleton State, um, really our health sciences hub.
16:07We'll have actual uh in these renderings show them, you know, skills lab simulation suites, etc.
16:14Really focusing on medical laboratory science as well as graduate level nursing.
16:19So you see some of that um pictured here, and then finally, we want it to be a community and resource uh location too.
16:27So this space, if if you have not um seen this particular rendering yet, this is Texas AM Fort Worth, the eighth floor, it will be available to all of uh the the tenants, if you will, in the building.
16:39But what's most exciting perhaps is that we're gonna be able to bring in um community stakeholders, uh extended education, workforce development, um, in partnership with the system to robustly think about what this looks like uh for our city, and then especially for this corridor that we're building in this innovation hub that we're building downtown.
16:59So that is that is coming.
17:02This last rendering is a picture of our uh the second building downtown, which again some of you may have seen.
17:09It's the research and innovation building part A, uh, where Tarleton State will have a biotechnology research and innovation hub.
17:16So if there were to be kind of the the main key components of this, it is that we with our whole hearts believe that this is a community and and citywide effort.
17:28And as we grow and as we build out, um, our campus, just in that southwest Fort Worth location that was mentioned, uh, really is expected to grow um to the size of of what we currently have in Stephenville.
17:42So it will be uh fully built, about 10,000 to 15,000 students just here in the city of Fort Worth for Tarleton State, and that is something that we want to meet that moment as we think about growth at the city level, we want to meet that moment when we think about the priorities of committees like this, uh, mayor and council.
18:02We want to make sure that we're being thoughtful about our pipelines for education to and through our Tarrett County College family and others.
18:10Uh, but more importantly, we're in we're in this space together and just appreciate the time very much.
18:15So I'll welcome any questions, of course, if there are any, and um, on behalf of our team, thank you for the opportunity to share.
18:23Any questions from the committee?
18:26I'll just say thank you.
18:27It was important that you pointed out the for four-year graduate public university that y'all are the first and only at this point.
18:35So we're glad to have you here as we build out this education edducational framework.
18:40But thanks for that thorough update on what's going on, and we look forward to seeing what the future brings.
18:47All right, moving on.
18:49Uh, next Texas State Legislator enter in charge is a briefing on that.
19:07Just gonna go through um the elections um that are coming up in um in November.
19:14Um you have the 11 races in the uh Fort Worth area.
19:19Um there's gonna be three that are um that are unopposed.
19:24That'll be Ramon Ramon Romero and Nicole Collier and um Juniors is hopefully I'll pronounce that right.
19:35Um beat Chris Turner in the primary, and he will be on the post in November.
19:40All the other um races are opposed.
19:46And um there will be obviously a Democrat and Republican in Detroit.
19:51Um this next slide shows the rematch between um Remett and Long Gans.
20:00And like I said, it was it's the rematch of that contested primary that happened um at the beginning of the year.
20:08And um Senator Cook is gonna be um running against um Amy Martinez Salais in November to replace um Senator Birdwell's seat.
20:20And um Representative King, I mean Senator King, sorry, and um Senator Parker are are not on this this year's ballot.
20:30Um this slide shows excuse me.
20:33This slide shows the um governor's priorities and it's uh five-point reform plan.
20:39Um again, we are going to be the focus of a lot of um legislation that is gonna come up in this next legislation legislative session.
20:50Um the governor would like to limit local spending growth.
20:54Um he would also like to see uh two-thirds voter approval for any property tax increase.
21:01And um he would like to um see um the general publication power that would allow 50% of the voters to force a um rollback ballot.
21:13Um he also wants to um change the appraisal process to a five-year process rather than the annual process and drop the homestead cap um to three percent yearly and extend that to all properties.
21:31And uh lastly, he would like to see a um referendum a referendum on eliminating school property tax and um so I'm I'm Brittany.
21:50I'm gonna take over from Cole Kowami.
21:52One of the things we wanted to make sure to highlight for y'all is that as a part of the process, we've we're in the legislative session last year.
22:00We're now in what we call the interim.
22:02We'll go back to legislative session next January.
22:05And during this time, they're they're starting their what we call their interim charges, and they're gonna they're gonna have interim charge hearings.
22:12Um on behalf of the city, we did do um some outreach around your jail diversion program.
22:19It's a big initiative around homelessness that um you're gonna see that both the Senate and the House will be looking at.
22:25And so we did do some outreach around that.
22:28We just wanted to make that as a reference to you in the event that that's a priority um in your and in your district.
22:35But we wanted to highlight for you again, these are not all the interim charges.
22:40There are there's probably a hundred pages worth of these.
22:43But in the Senate, you have kind of one take on things.
22:48So Kwame just laid out for you kind of what the governor wants everybody to do.
22:52The Senate, the lieutenant governor Dan Patrick has laid out what he would like the Senate to take on, and one of the key differences that you'll see on property tax, in particular here on this slide with the finance committee, is the Senate is very focused on a homestead exemption.
23:11So again, we've seen um a few different sessions negotiate the homestead exemption with what we call compression.
23:20And so whenever you look at those two different factions, usually you have the Senate on one side and the house on the other side, and then obviously the governor is somewhere in the middle or has his own ideas as well.
23:31And so as we get ready to go back into this interim charges as well as the next session, I think what we're seeing here is that this this kind of fight, or the I hate to say it's a fight, but this negotiation is starting early.
23:44And so one of the reasons it's starting early is because the property tax cuts that they have already done are quite expensive, especially going into each new legislative session.
23:59So the especially the compression taxes.
24:01And so as they get ready to go into these new legislative sessions, they have to continue to spend this money on education if they continue to focus on the ISDs, for example.
24:14And so just to summarize it or try to summarize it here quickly, um, they're going to talk a lot about whether or not they can afford certain pieces of these property tax cuts.
24:25And you're gonna have affordability affordability of the property tax cuts introduced.
24:30I think you will see it introduced very much here in finance.
24:33Um the lieutenant governor has already started talking about what they can afford versus what they can't afford.
24:39Um and he's kind of he's he's kind of tried to create, I think, some distance between him and what the governor has already outlined.
24:46I think we'll start seeing that, and Holly's gonna cover the house, um, but you'll see it in house appropriations and or ways and means in the house.
24:54Um so just to kind of um highlight the property tax piece.
25:00Um, the other thing I just want to draw special attention to is oil and gas.
25:04Um gas is a big way that the state has um money.
25:12Okay, so when they can go in and they can do these massive property tax cuts, it's typically because WTI or um uh Brent crude oil is you know high, eight eighty to a hundred dollars, right?
25:26And what we saw in the last kind of 12 months is it has fallen.
25:31But now with our Iranian issue, um, we see it ticking back up.
25:36It's now over 100, or the last time I checked it was over 100.
25:40Um, it's very volatile, which is not new in Texas.
25:43Severance taxes are always volatile.
25:46But the thing to watch going into the next session is how long it stays, probably above 80 dollars.
25:52Above $80 means that the legislature probably is going to have some money, and it's it's again, it's how they kind of put money into the rainy day fund.
26:00It's how they pay for stuff that they want to pay for.
26:03So if you kind of want to use that as your kind of barometer, um, I've used it as my barometer.
26:09Um, so the other thing, the other big topic that's happening right now, um, is fraud, waste and abuse and health and human services.
26:18Um, and then business and commerce actually met last week, and they covered the electric grid, but they also covered data centers.
26:26And so they covered um uh echo economic development data centers and kind of how the grid plays into that.
26:34And so we'll see that um as a also a um a theme throughout a number of different charges.
26:41And so I'm gonna kind of keep going pretty fast though.
26:43So BNC is gonna pick back up, and they still have another hearing they'll have on managing data center growth, broadband, um, economic developmental meet.
26:53Um, we have another finance committee meeting again on data centers.
26:57That theme is going to resonate.
26:59They're also going to pick up um transportation issues, and you'll also see that your grade issues are a big thing that um is is there, and then the mental health and the homelessness in the Senate.
27:12And so these are the charges from the Senate.
27:14Oh, wait, I've got another slide, sorry.
27:17Um, Senator Bentoncourt's committee, local government, they have a number of issues, obviously, that are gonna impact us here.
27:24They'll be again looking at cutting property taxes, the homestead exemption, because that's again the focus of um the Senate.
27:33Then state affairs is going to look at gambling loopholes, um, and there's a pending AG opinion on some things around that nature.
27:41And then you have water, agriculture, and rural affairs.
27:45They used this verbiage energy intensive technologies.
27:49Um, and so that could also be around data centers, um, and just to flag that for you as well, and your water infrastructure revenue.
27:57And I think that's my last slide.
27:59So I'm gonna turn it over to Holly, and Holly's gonna cover the house.
28:05Thank you, everybody.
28:05Holly Dishields with McGuire Woods Consulting.
28:08Um, appreciate y'all having us here today.
28:10So in the House of Representatives, there are 25 standing committees as we have it today, and then there are three new select committees.
28:17I bring that up because I do want to mention it's not in our slides.
28:20One of the select committees that I think will be of the utmost importance to Fort Worth, and that's the Select Committee on General Aviation.
28:26So we will continue to monitor that with you guys and see wherever y'all fold in, but it's gonna be very important to City Fort Worth.
28:33Um, as Brittany mentioned as far as house appropriation goes, they will come out with their own budget.
28:38They will come out with their own property tax cuts and look for ways to increase revenues amongst the state.
28:44Um, the one important thing again for Fort Worth is a rail grade crossings, and you will see that across the board in Senate finance, house transportation, house appropriations, and Senate transportation.
28:53It is of the must utmost importance on both sides, and even Text.
28:58That will probably be, I would assume, one of their number one legislative priorities.
29:03Um, house culture, recreation, and tourism, they are going to be looking at the economic development and education contributions that rodeos bring to the state of Texas and keeping up with the heritage and how the state can help promote these events to further enhance what you have guys have going on.
29:18Um house elections are gonna look at to see if there's a need for adjustment of election timelines.
29:24I feel like this is a pretty perennial issue that always comes up that they will take a look at, as well as what is the evolving technology, are communities keeping up with it, are there additional staffing needs to make sure that elections are handled correctly and then improve any efficiencies that the state can to make that easier on the communities?
29:42The House Select Committee on Governmental Oversight, again, one of the new committees, and it is sorry, moving forward.
29:55We still have doge, um, but it is going to look at all of these acts that have been around for quite some time.
30:01The regulatory consistency act.
30:02That's a full scale review of local local government ordinances across the state.
30:07Tort claims, uh, they're just gonna see if it needs to be updated, safeguarding taxpayer funds.
30:11That's gonna be looking at what public funds are used for third parties, and then the public information act.
30:17They pretty much always have some some tweaks and some suggestions on what the legislative sessions should do with that.
30:23Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans Affairs.
30:26They're gonna monitor HP 33, which is the active shooter incidents at public education institutions, um, K through 12 as well as universities, and then strengthening the law enforcement pipeline.
30:38I'm so happy to see this because they're gonna look at recruitment, retention, pipeline, and then family resources that are needed to encourage folks to go into the academy and into law enforcement.
30:48Houseways and means we'll look at local government spending and debt practices.
30:52That will also be where property tax relief is probably most focused as far as legislation and not the actual accounting for it.
31:00House Committee on Land Resource Management.
31:03They're gonna review all of the things that were taking up last session with zoning, density requirements, residential developments, pre-planning processes, uh local government fees, third parties, and that'll be something that we will keep a very, very close eye on, of course, for you guys.
31:20The House Committee on Natural Resources, Groundwater Management.
31:23I think you're gonna hear more about groundwater next legislative session than probably any time in the past, looking at the adequacy, looking to see what data and modeling is readily available and how all of those pieces come together to make the state's plan.
31:36Um, I think they're about to come out with a new regional water plan.
31:38Sure, folks in this room have been working on it.
31:40So they will base a lot of those recommendations and things on that regional water plan for the state.
31:46Innovative water supply strategies.
31:47That is looking at the new water supply for Texas fund and how it is being implemented, who is trying to apply for it, what can be done to promote it more for communities to use for these efficiencies.
31:59House Committee on State Affairs, disaster preparedness, just coordination, you know, everything after the floods of last summer.
32:05I think they're just gonna be looking to see how state and local and all of the folks work better together.
32:11Um poll attachments will be involving what is impacting and impeding any type of broadband to get out to the rural areas, and then of course, we have data centers, and as of this morning, they released the agenda for the House State Affairs Committee to take up data centers on Thursday, so we can dive into that as much or as little as y'all want to.
32:31I'll get through all of this.
32:32Transportation, as I said, railroad grade separation projects.
32:35They hopefully will also be looking at short lines, aviation, ports, all of the usual suspects.
32:43And then last but not least, here is the current list of hearings that have been posted.
32:47We of course will see a whole lot more.
32:50Um they are starting to pop like wildfire.
32:52So most of the hearings in the spring will take place until probably May June.
32:59Little summer break, maybe a couple things in there, and then they'll pick back up in the fall.
33:02These interim charges will then be have recommendations in different reports submitted to the speaker and lieutenant governor in October.
33:10Those reports will be made public in November, and legislation will already start being drafted based on those recommendations of the committees.
33:17So another side note Sunset Advisory Commission is also about to start meeting and releasing their calendar, and that is all of the health and human services agencies.
33:26So as many of you might be familiar, about every 10 to 12 years, health and human services goes into one agency, and then they break it down into five.
33:33One agency and break it down into five.
33:35So it'll be very interesting to see what the Sunset Commission does with that this session, and the new chairwoman is uh Senator Lewis Cole Course.
33:43So happy to answer any questions.
33:46Any questions from anybody?
33:51Well, thanks for the update.
33:53Um, Elizabeth, is this your time where you say an Alan?
33:57This is his last meeting, so yeah, I think I have some interim charges for uh Councilman Blaylock.
34:07I just beg of you, my friend, colleague, that you remember how much we love local control, and don't make us call you down to this uh this particular legislative hearing if you forget that.
34:23So I'm looking at you.
34:24It's not a threat, but I'm looking at you.
34:29What are your two favorite words, Alan?
34:34Let me hear you say it loud from your chest, Alan.
34:37Come on, what's your two favorite words?
34:41Are you read enough yet?
34:44Elizabeth, thank you so much for your support.
34:47You want to see me down there.
34:49I can't wait to be there and have these conversations again.
34:55Uh, if there are no questions, uh, thank you again for being oh, sorry.
35:00We still have a contract with Corley Pipes, don't we?
35:03Yes, yes, we do currently.
35:05And they they usually do an update as well.
35:06We get that next meeting.
35:08Um yes, we can make it make that okay.
35:11Usually we do them all together.
35:12I was just curious on why we weren't didn't have them today.
35:20Yeah, it sounds good.
35:22Uh anything else than meeting adjourn.