Medina County Public Safety Communications Modernization Project
This project would upgrade the Medina County Sheriff’s Office communications system by completing Phase 1 and initiating Phase 2 of the County’s three-phase communications modernization plan in one of the fastest-growing counties in Texas, located immediately outside the San Antonio metropolitan area where increasing population and regional coordination demands are placing added strain on public safety infrastructure.
Community Project Request: $12,656,057.74
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Regional 911 Dispatch Systems Communications Equipment Upgrade
This project will modernize and upgrade critical communications equipment for the Eagle Pass Police Department to replace outdated law enforcement infrastructure and ensure reliable, interoperable communications within a strategically significant border community in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District.
Community Project Request: $850,000
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Additive Microfabrication Packaging Workforce Development
This project will establish the Additive Microfabrication Packaging Laboratory at UTEP to advance next-generation 3D microelectronics packaging capabilities critical to U.S. national security.
Community Project Request: $2,691,000
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Devine Police Department Patrol Fleet Replacement Project
This project would fund the procurement of 13 fully equipped police cruisers for the Devine Police Department to replace aging patrol vehicles currently in service.
Community Project Request: $1,365,000
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Fully Reusable Hypersonic Systems Testing
This project will upgrade The University of Texas at San Antonio’s national hypersonic test facility to strengthen the United States’ capacity to develop rapidly scalable and reusable hypersonic systems in an increasingly contested strategic environment, including renewed great power competition with the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation.
Community Project Request: $5,000,000
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Patrol and Drone First Responder Expansion
This project would fund the deployment of 12 drone docking stations for small unmanned aircraft systems strategically located throughout El Paso to reduce response times by an estimated 25 percent and enhance real-time situational awareness.
Community Project Request: $4,580,215.77
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Hollywood Park Fire Department Modernization
This project would provide funding to renovate the Town of Hollywood Park’s 70-year-old fire station, establish an Emergency Operations Center within the facility to support coordinated disaster response, and procure a new Pierce Stock Enforcer Pumper, a standardized front-line fire engine, to replace an outdated front-line truck's engine.
Community Project Request: $1,555,072
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The Meadows Research Institute for West Texas Water at Sul Ross State University
This project would provide funding to support renovations and equipment upgrades for the Meadows Research Institute for West Texas Water at Sul Ross State University.
Community Project Request: $2,168,913
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City of Grey Forest Water System Replacement
This project would provide funding to replace aging components of the Grey Forest potable water system in order to ensure reliable, safe, and uncontaminated drinking water for the community.
Community Project Request: $7,081,440
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Helotes Fire Department Fire Engine Initiative
This project would provide funding to replace the Helotes Fire Department’s 1999 KME Class 1 fire engine, a 27-year-old apparatus that has exceeded its useful life and is no longer sufficient to meet the operational demands of Helotes and the surrounding portions of rural Bexar County.
Community Project Request: $1,500,000
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