Jul 10, 2023 Commissioners Court

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UH, GOOD MORNING.

I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS MEETING OF THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S

[Call to Order]

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO, UH, JOIN US HERE.

UH, THE RECORD SHOW.

IT IS 9:00 AM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENT.

UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY MARK JULIAN FROM NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, LED BY PARKER COUNTY, JUDGE FORAM.

COMMISSIONER CONLIN, PLEASE STAND.

GREAT.

LET'S PRAY.

FATHER GOD, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL.

WHAT A CRAZY WEEK CELEBRATING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THEN PEACH FESTIVAL.

GOD, JUST THE PEOPLE THAT YOU BROUGHT INTO OUR COUNTY AND OUR TOWN.

AND LORD, IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE THE WORLD LIKE A BEACON.

HOPEFULLY HOPE TO ENCOURAGEMENT TO OTHERS.

THANK YOU FOR THESE COMMISSIONERS.

AS JUDGE, I PRAY THAT WE WOULD HONOR YOU IN EVERY DECISION WE MAKE.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AMEN.

TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, HONOR, TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS.

ONE SECOND GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL.

[4. CONSENT]

UNDER ITEM A, AUDITOR ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR UNDER ITEM B, UH, TREASURER ITEM ONE AND THREE.

AND THEN UNDER COUNTY JUDGE ITEM C, UH, ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

THAT'S FOR A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE OUTLINED CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, COMMISSIONER WALDENS MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UH, WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY IN FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

PASS.

FIVE O.

THANK YOU.

[4.D. PURCHASING]

ITEM D ONE.

UH, INTER TRANSFERS OF EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REPORTS.

KIM? NONE.

THANK YOU.

ITEM TWO, AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE RF P PC 23 DASH 51.

LEASE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT TERMINUS EDEN ROAD, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, KIM.

SO I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO GO OUT FOR A BID OR PROPOSALS FOR THE LEASE OF THIS PROPERTY AT THE TERMINUS OF EDEN ROAD IN LUCAS STREET IN IN WEATHERFORD.

UM, THAT'S AT THE, NEAR THE AREA OF THE, UM, EAST LOOP WHERE IT CROSSES UP IN 51.

AND THIS IS JUST A SMALL STRIP OF LAND THAT WE GOT AN APPRAISAL ON, AND WEATHERFORD CUSHION IS HOPING TO, UM, USE THAT PROPERTY FOR PARKING LOT SPACES.

SO THE ANTICIPATED ADVERTISING DATES ON THIS IS JULY 11TH AND 18TH WITH AN ANTICIPATED BID OPENING OF JULY 28TH AND ANTICIPATED DATE OF AWARD OF AUGUST 14TH.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? CAN YOU, AUGUST WHAT FOR THE AWARD? YES, MA'AM.

AUGUST 14TH.

THANK YOU.

HOW, HOW MUCH LAND DID YOU SAY WAS THERE? OR DID YOU IT'S A VERY SMALL, SMALL LITTLE STRIP IN THE, THE RIGHT AWAY.

YEAH.

ARE THEY WANTING TO MAKE A PARKING LOT? THEY'RE IT'S OVERFLOW PARKING, CORRECT? YEAH.

SO THEIR, THEIR INGRESS AND INGRESS OFF OF 51 IS PRETTY NASTY.

AND SO WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO IS THEY'RE WANTING TO MOVE MORE, THEIR PARKING FROM THAT SPOT WHERE TRUCKS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING IN AND OUT OF OVER TO THE SIDE, WHICH THIS, THIS IS NOT HIGHLY USEFUL LAND FOR US.

YEAH.

OUR TRUCKS CAN'T GET TO IT.

IT'S TUCKED AROUND BACK IN A KIND OF L SHAPE.

YEAH.

ALL THANK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

NOT ASKED FOR A MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE.

VOTE.

GOOD.

ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE SALVAGE DESTRUCTION OF TABLETS AND SALVAGE DONATION OF RADIOS TO PARKER COUNTY.

ESDS HIM.

SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SURFACE PRO TABLETS THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO WIPE THE HARD DRIVES OR PULL A HARD DRIVE FROM.

SO WE HAVE TO DESTROY THOSE.

AND SO I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO DECLARE THOSE SALVAGE AND AUTHORIZE THE DESTRUCTION OF THOSE.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME RADIOS THAT ARE BEING, UH, ROLLED OUT OF SERVICE FOR PARKER COUNTY AND NO LONGER USEFUL FOR US.

AND, UM, THE, UM, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IS REQUESTED THAT WE, UM, DONATE THOSE TO THE PARKER COUNTY ESDS.

AND THERE IS A LIST OF THOSE PROVIDED FOR YOU.

AND, UM, WHAT S D AND ALSO THE ALITO I SD POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE, UM, GAINING THOSE RADIOS INTO THEIR ASSETS.

UM, THIS IS A FINAL, UH, DONATION.

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UM, THEY, UM, SEAN HUGHES'S REQUIRING THEM TO SIGN OFF ON AN AFFIDAVIT THAT STATES THAT THEY REALIZE THAT, UM, WE WILL NO LONGER, WE WON'T SERVICE THEM.

THEY ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AT THIS TIME AND WOULD NOT COME BACK TO US AT THE END OF LIFE FOR THEM.

THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.

IT WOULD PROBABLY BEEN SHAWN WAS, BUT YOU JUST ANSWERED THAT SHAWN, IF YOU WANNA COME UP, BUT I THINK I, I THINK WE GOT OUR ANSWER ON THAT.

YES, SIR.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? UH, JUST THE, THE, AS FAR AS THERE'S CLARITY TO THE LIFE OF THOSE, OF WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.

YES, SIR.

I, I WORKED WITH, UH, BRIANNA, UM, AND, UH, KIM AND JOHN AS WELL.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEM SIGN A DOCUMENT THAT STATES THAT THESE RADIOS ARE NO LONGER BELONGA PARKER COUNTY.

THEY DO BELONG TO THE ENTITY.

THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROGRAMMING.

UH, THERE IS NO WARRANTY AS TO SERVICE.

THEY ARE, THEY ARE AS IS.

UM, AND THEN WHEN THEY ARE DONE WITH THEM, WHEN THE VHS SYSTEM BASICALLY SHUTS DOWN IN FIVE YEARS, UM, THE RADIOS ARE THEIRS TO DISPOSE OF, BUT IT PROVIDES A USEFUL PURPOSE FOR THEM NOW AS A NEED.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT, IT DOES FILL A VOID FOR THEM AND GETS THEM OKAY TO THAT FIVE-YEAR POINT.

OKAY.

VERY WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'D ASK FOR A MOTION.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.

FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

[5.A. Update the Commissioners Court on the progress of the Parker County Radio system upgrade. (Sean Hughes/Judge Deen)]

ITEM FIVE A UPDATE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON THE PROGRESS OF THE PARKER COUNTY RADIO SYSTEM UPGRADE.

SEAN SHOULD JUST KEPT YOU UP THERE.

THANK YOU.

UH, GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND, AND COMMISSIONERS, JUST A BRIEF UPDATE, UH, QUARTERLY UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE ON THE RADIO SYSTEM.

WE HAVE, UH, GOTTEN MOST OF THE SUBSCRIBER UNITS IN.

UH, THOSE HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED AND DISTRIBUTED TO, UH, THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY THAT, UM, NEED THOSE RADIOS.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO, IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, UH, SURPLUS, THOSE RADIOS.

UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO GET, UH, THE REST OF THE RADIOS DEPLOYED, UH, PROGRAMMED AND DEPLOYED.

UH, WE ARE WORKING, UM, ON THE BROCK TOWER.

UM, WE WILL PROBABLY SEE SOME MOVEMENT OF DIRT THERE WITHIN THE NEXT QUARTER.

UH, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE G THE GEOLOGICS TO COME BACK.

UM, BUT THOSE ARE LOOKING VERY GOOD.

SO, UH, WE PROBABLY DON'T SEE ANY DIRT MOVEMENT AT THE PRECINCT IN PRECINCT THREE FOR PROBABLY ANOTHER THREE, THREE MONTHS.

UH, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, THINGS ARE GOING WELL.

UM, AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WHAT'S THE TIMELINE TO COMPLETION ONCE YOU START THE BROCK TOWER? THEY'RE SAYING MOTOROLA'S SAYING DECEMBER OF 2024.

I'M SEEING JULY OF 2025 JUST TO GIVE US ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.

2027.

GOT IT.

.

VERY GOOD.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU.

UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION OR THAT'S JUST AN UPDATE, SORRY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SHAWN.

[6.A. Notification of the award from Governor Greg Abbott's Economic Development and Tourism Department for the Event Trust Fund for the 2023 Brazos Bash and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

ITEM SIX A ON APPROVAL NOTIFICATION OF THE AWARD FROM GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT'S, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT FOR THE EVENT TRUST FUND FOR THE 2023 BRAS BASH AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

JOHN, IF YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT, AND, UH, THIS IS A GREAT EVENT THAT'S GONNA BE PLANNED DOWN SILVERADO, IT'S A CUTTING EVENT.

AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WE APPLIED FOR THAT GRANT AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THAT.

WE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD.

IT'S GONNA BE A PASS THROUGH GRANT THAT WILL FLOAT THROUGH THE COUNTY AND THEN IT NO COST TO THE COUNTY, BUT, UH, GONNA BE A WONDERFUL EVENT DOWN THERE.

OKAY.

VERY WELL.

WE JUST HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THAT.

OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN FOR THE DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR PASSED FIVE.

FINAL GOOD.

ITEM B,

[6.B. Review and discuss the cost for linear footage of roads to be used in the formula for Construction and Maintenance Letters of Credit and take any action the court deems necessary. (Commissioner Holt) PUBLIC HEARING]

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT, IF YOU WOULD OPEN THIS ITEM AND SURE.

WE'LL GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO PRECINCT TWO CURRENTLY HAS A COUPLE OF ROAD PROJECTS WHERE A DEVELOPER DID NOT PERFORM TO STANDARDS.

UM, THE LETTER OF CREDIT THAT WAS POSTED IS BASED OFF OF A CONSTRUCTION COST RATE.

THAT'S FROM I THINK 2012, MAYBE 2011.

AND SO I BELIEVE THE RATE USED IS $35 PER FOOT.

UM, CURRENT RATES THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM ROAD VENDORS ARE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 85 AND $105 PER FOOT, DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF ROAD OR WHAT TYPE OF, UH, MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION IS PERFORMED.

SO THE, THE PURPOSE HERE IS JUST TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THAT COST.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HAVE A

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AND THE, THE BASIC ISSUE HERE IS WHO PICKS UP THE COST IF A DEVELOPER FAILS TO PERFORM TO NECESSARY STANDARDS.

AND AS BEST I CAN TELL, TAXPAYERS DO, AND I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE THAT.

SO MY SUGGESTION IS TO DISCUSS UPDATING IT TO AT LEAST $85 PER LINEAR FOOT TODAY.

OKAY.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, YOU GIVEN AN OVERVIEW OF THAT, UH, AGENDA ITEM, IS THERE ANYBODY, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT NINE 10.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS ITEM, UH, IF THERE IS ANYBODY ELSE THAT THEN HAS A QUESTION, I'LL, I'LL HONOR THAT QUESTION, BUT WE'RE IN A PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT NINE 11 AND GO TO THE ITEM AGAIN? COMMISSIONER HOLT, IF YOU WOULD, UH, GIVE US YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU SEE AS A CABINET ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT HERE.

SURE.

SO WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR, UM, UPDATED INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS LOCAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES THAT DO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK HERE IN PARKER COUNTY, THAT INCLUDES TRACY DOBBS, UH, 4K, JAMIE JENNINGS, ET CETERA.

I THINK YOU GUYS WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE NAMES.

UH, THEY GAVE US RATES BETWEEN 85 FOR CHIP SEAL TWO COURSE CHIP SEAL PER OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS UP TO 109.5 PER LINEAR FOOT FOR HOT MIX.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUOTES WERE FOR 85 AND 100.

AND SO I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW INCREASING THAT AMOUNT.

I'VE, I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH, UH, SOME BANKERS AND I'M, I'M CERTAINLY NOT A BANKER, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF WE INCREASE THIS AND THEY HAVE TO GO GET A BETTER, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO GET A BIGGER LETTER OF CREDIT.

IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY COST THE DEVELOPER REAL DOLLARS IN REAL TIME UNLESS THAT LETTER OF CREDIT IS ACTUALLY CALLED NOW.

WE CAN DISCUSS GOING TO A BOND.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PRO OF GOING TO A BOND IS THAT THE REVIEW PROCESS IS A LOT MORE THOROUGH FOR THE BOND TO GET POSTED.

THE CON TO GOING TO A BOND IS, IT'S A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THAT CALLED AND IT'S A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH.

SO I THINK, I THINK BOTH ASPECTS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.

WELL, IF THE DEVELOPERS WILL DO THEIR JOB CORRECTLY, THEY'LL THEY'LL GET THEIR BOND BACK.

I MEAN, THEY'LL JUST DO THEIR JOB CORRECTLY.

YES, SIR.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY ANY MORE MONEY.

SO COMMISSIONER, THE, UH, THE, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU QUOTED ARE, ARE THOSE FOR COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD? CORRECT.

AND ARE YOU GONNA BE IN A SITUATION, THE, THE SITUATION YOU DESCRIBED WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPLETELY CONSTRUCT THE ROAD? IF SO, SO AS FAR AS PUTTING IN NEW BASE, ET CETERA, I DON'T KNOW CUZ I, I YOU WOULD HAVE TO DESCRIBE THE SITUATION TO ME FIRST.

HOWEVER, THERE IS AN ISSUE WHERE YOU COULD GO IN AND HAVE TO EXCAVATE AND HAUL OFF AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT COSTS THERE.

I DO THINK IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT THAT WE CAN'T PROFIT OFF OF THIS.

SO LET'S SAY THAT WE COST SOMEONE TO PUT UP A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR, I'LL USE EASY MATH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT IT ONLY TAKES US $30,000 TO GET THE JOB DONE.

THE COUNTY'S NOT POCKETING THAT $70,000 AND THE DEVELOPER'S NOT OUT THAT $70,000.

IT'S, IT'S THE ONLY MONEY THAT'S USED HERE IS THE MONEY THAT'S NECESSARY.

SO I GUESS I'LL, I'LL, I'VE NEVER HAD THAT SITUATION BECAUSE, UH, IN MY PRECINCT, WE, UH, WE INSPECT THOSE ROADWAYS, UH, AT LEAST THREE TIMES, SEVERAL TIMES MORE THAN THAT.

AND WE REQUIRE THEM TO, UH, PROVIDE US WITH THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY HAVE FOLLOWED THE USED, THE CORRECT MATERIALS THAT THEY'VE USED, UH, THE ROADWAY BASE THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE USING.

AND, AND, UH, I'VE NEVER HAD THAT SITUATION COME UP, IS THE REASON I'M SAYING IT HAPPENS.

WE'VE SEEN IT IN PRECINCT TOO, BUT WE INSPECT WHEN THE, THE ROUGH WORK IS DONE IN THE DRAINAGE AND WE INSPECT WHEN THERE IS, UH, EIGHT INCHES OF COMPACTED BASE AND THEN WE INSPECT PRIOR TO, UH, EITHER THE CHIP SEAL OR THE HOT MIX PAVING.

SO WE'RE THERE EACH STEP OF THE WAY SO WE, WE KNOW THAT, UH, THAT WORK IS BEING DONE.

UM, AND THAT'S THE WAY WE HANDLE IT.

SO THERE'S NEVER BEEN A SITUATION IN MY PRECINCT WHERE WE'VE HAD TO CALL A BOND.

WE'VE HAD TO, UH, UH, DO IT ON SOME MAINTENANCE, UH, THREATENED TO A TIME OR TWO BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO THE MAINTENANCE, UH, THAT THEY SHOULD.

BUT I'VE NEVER HAD TO FULLY CONSTRUCT A ROAD BECAUSE WE, WE DO THE,

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AND SO THEREFORE, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT I FORESEE HERE, THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE NOW IS, UH, PRIVATE ROADS AND, UH, RATHER THAN PUT UP THE BOND OR PUT UP THAT THAT MONEY, UH, THE DEVELOPER JUST COMES IN THEN AND SAYS, WELL, WE'LL JUST DO PRIVATE ROADS AND THE HOA WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT SITUATION, WHICH LEADS US TO MUCH BIGGER PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD.

NOW, IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED IN A LONG TIME, BUT MY POINT IN THIS IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE, UH, TRYING TO COLLECT ENOUGH MONEY TO, AND A BOND TO COMPLETELY BUILD A ROAD THAT SHOULD SITUATION SHOULD NEVER OCCUR.

I'VE CALLED TWO BONDS, BUT IT WAS JUST RE RE PAVE THE ROAD, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.

WE DON'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT SEAL IT OR REP PAVE IT, GOTTA RED CHIP SEAL.

RIGHT.

AND I'VE GOT MORE THAT NEED TO BE RECHIS SEALED THAN, BUT THE DEVELOPERS ARE DOING THAT.

BUT WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO REDO A WHOLE ROAD.

BUT JOHN, YOU'VE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN US.

DID DO YOU WERE, COULD A SITUATION ARISE WHERE, UM, A UH, SUBDIVISION HAS PLATTED BUT NO ROAD IS EVER BUILT AND WE WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETELY BUILD THE ENTIRE ROAD? WE, THE ONLY TIME WE'VE EVER HAD THAT, WE HAD THAT ONCE AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE, UM, ALL THEY DID WAS PAVE IT.

THAT THAT WAS IN PRECINCT TOO.

RIGHT.

AND WHAT THEY DID, THEY DID EVERYTHING EXCEPT TO PAVE THAT ROAD AND, AND THEY CAME BACK AND PAVED IT.

RIGHT.

AND WE WORKED, WE WORKED WITH THE THIRD PARTY MM-HMM.

, AND IT WASN'T ACTUALLY THE COUNTY THAT PERFORMED THOSE SERVICES.

UH, THERE WAS A CONTRACTOR THAT WE LINED THEM UP TO RELEASE THE BOND DIRECTLY TO THAT THIRD PARTY.

AND SO WE WERE PRETTY MUCH A MIDDLEMAN IN THAT PROCESS.

THEY AGREED TO A CERTAIN RATE BASED ON WHAT THE BOND WAS AVAILABLE, THAT THAT'S THE ONE TIME WE WORKED WITH THEM.

AND, AND THIS, THIS DIDN'T, UH, MATERIALIZE OUT OF, UH, OUT OF NOWHERE.

WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS RIGHT NOW WHERE THE TAXPAYER'S GOING TO BE PAYING THE NET DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHATEVER THE COST ENDS UP BEING, BUT WE ARE AWARE THAT THE BOND OR THE LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNT IS INSUFFICIENT TO COVER WHAT THE, UM, WHAT THE PROJECT IS GONNA COST.

AND SO, WELL I AGREE WE NEED, I'LL FIND NUMBERS ON THAT.

WE NEED TO RAISE THE PRICE, BUT MAYBE NOT UP TO 85.

ONE ONE OTHER, UH, SIT.

ONE OTHER POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE, UH, UM, THE, UH, DEVELOPERS THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH, YOU KNOW, THEY EITHER PUT UP A, A CASH BOND, CASHIERS CHECK OR, UH, THE LETTER OF CREDIT.

AND, UH, THE DEVELOPERS THAT I'VE TALKED TO TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY POINTS, THEY HAVE TO PAY INTEREST ON THAT LETTER OF CREDIT WHILE IT'S OUT THERE.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT FREE.

UM, IT MAY BE AT SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I TALKED TO TELL ME THAT WHEN THEY HAVE THAT LETTER OF CREDIT, TWO THINGS, IT COUNTS AGAINST THEIR CREDIT ONE.

AND SECONDLY, THEY HAVE TO PAY INTEREST ON IT.

THEY HAVE TO PAY POINTS INTEREST ON THAT WHILE IT'S OUT THERE.

YEAH.

THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A QUESTION I ASKED SPECIFICALLY AND I WAS TOLD THAT THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT IF IT'S CALLED, BUT IF IT'S CALLED THEY, UH, THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO, AND, AND BECKY MAY ANSWER, IF THEY PUT CASH UP, IS IT PUT INTO A INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT OR IS IT A NON-INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT? JUST HELD? I REALLY THINK THAT THE CASH BONDS ARE JUST PLACED INTO THE SAFE UNTIL IT'S NEEDED.

UM, IF IT'S CALLED, THEN OBVIOUSLY THEN WE WOULD DEPOSIT THE FUNDS, BUT IF IT'S JUST GIVEN BACK, IT'S JUST KEPT IN THE SAFE AND GIVEN BACK TO 'EM.

RIGHT.

IF IT'S A BOND.

BUT IF IT, WE'VE HAD DEVELOPERS PUT UP CA THE COMPLETE CASH AS IN LIEU OF A BOND AND SO RIGHT.

BUT IT WOULD BE IN FORM OF A CASHIER'S CHECK, RIGHT.

THE CASH, I MEAN NEVER, WE'RE NOT DEPOSITING THAT.

NO.

IT'S JUST SITTING IN THE SAFE AND THEN ONCE EVERYTHING'S CLEAR, THEN WE'RE GIVEN THE MONEY BACK.

SO IN THAT SITUATION, WE PROBABLY LOOK, NEED TO LOOK AT CASHING THOSE CASHIER'S CHECKS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY'RE GONNA EXPIRE AT A CERTAIN POINT AND LOOK AT A INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

BOTH OF THE BONDS THAT WE CALLED TO RE CHIPP, THOSE ROADS WEREN'T EVEN ENOUGH TO RETRIP THE ROADS.

OH, THEY ARE? OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

I'M, I'M OKAY.

I'M MISTAKE.

OKAY.

NO, THEY ARE DEPOSITED.

I'M SORRY.

YES.

AND, AND PART OF THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT THE ONE AND MOST LIKELY TWO THAT WE HAVE, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO COVER, EVEN IF WE DO IT OURSELVES, LET ALONE US BEING FOCUSED ON CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE SO THAT WE CAN SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND US HAVING TO, UH, REQUIRE A THIRD PARTY TO GO IN THERE AND DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY THAT COST IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DUE TO THE WAY THAT OUR PAYROLL WORKS VERSUS THEIR PAYROLL, ET CETERA.

SO THE, THE, THE HYPOTHETICALS ARE GREAT HERE AND I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE DISCUSSION ON IT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE ONE AND, AND PERHAPS TWO REAL PROJECTS WHERE TAXPAYERS ARE GONNA FUND THE DIFFERENCE.

AND, AND I DON'T LIKE THAT THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME.

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UH, YES SIR.

I THINK I INCLUDED, I THINK I INCLUDED YOU GUYS ON THAT REMINDER.

YEAH.

UM, AND, AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED AS A HYPOTHETICAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THAT BEING SAID, UH, PER COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S COMMENTS LAST TIME, UM, HERE IN COURT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

AND THEN MY RESPONSE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO LOOK AT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS THERE.

TO ME, THAT'S WHERE WE GET INTO THE HYPOTHETICALS AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF TRY TO PROBLEM SOLVE AHEAD OF TIME.

MM-HMM.

, THIS IS A CURRENT ACTIVE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW THAT'S PRETTY LOW HANGING FRUIT CUZ WE CAN JUST CHANGE A NUMBER IN A FORMULA AND, AND SAVE TAXPAYERS SOME MONEY.

BUT YES, WE ARE GOING TO MENTION IT AS WELL IN THAT SUBDIVISION REGULATION COMMITTEE ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? WELL, YEAH.

SO THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT THAT THAT'S A PUBLIC, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, CORRECT.

IN THOSE IN THE SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE.

YES, SIR.

MEETINGS.

YES SIR.

SO WHEN WE HAVE, HE'S TOLD ONE THING, YOU'RE TOLD ANOTHER, WE CAN HAVE A A DISCUSSION THERE.

SURE.

TO KNOW EXACTLY, HEY, I'M CHARGED THIS RATE IF WE DO THIS AND WE GO TO THAT.

SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE MORE PLAYERS IN THE ROOM TO GET THE ACTUAL DATA THAT WE NEED.

AND PERSONALLY, YEAH, I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT WE DON'T WANT THAT WE'RE, WE DON'T NEED TO BE UPSIDE DOWN ON THESE BONDS.

MM-HMM.

, WE NEED TO TAKE A VERY HARD LOOK AT WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE AND A REALISTIC NUMBER OF WHAT THEY ARE.

PERSONALLY, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MORE SCIENTIFIC FORMULA THAN A COST PER LINEAR FOOT AND SOMETHING THAT'S MORE REALISTIC, UM, FOR SOMEBODY'S THE TYPE OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT THEY'RE DOING OR ROAD ROAD CONSTRUCTION THEY'RE DOING.

BUT, UH, BUT I ALSO, UH, THINK THAT THE WAY WE CAN GET THERE IS BY HAVING MORE INFORMATION AND NOT, UH, NECESSARILY, UH, LET'S, LET'S JUST MAKE THIS CUZ WE KNOW WE'RE UPSIDE DOWN ON THE NUMBER.

SURE.

AND WE HAVE THREE QUOTES OR THREE BIDS RIGHT NOW, AND THE LOWEST NUMBER ON EACH OF THOSE BIDS IS 85.

SO, AND, AND I LIKE, I LIKE WHERE YOUR HEAD'S AT HAVING MORE OF A DISCUSSION ON IT.

I THINK AS A PRUDENT STOP GAP MEASURE, WE CAN CHANGE THAT FORMULA RIGHT NOW SO THAT IF WE DO HAVE SOMETHING COMING IN THE SHORT TERM TAXPAYERS AREN'T ON THE HOOK, THEN WE CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OF DEVELOPING A MORE, UH, NUANCED FORMULA LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT WHAT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IS I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH LEADING IT AT 35 WHILE THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN AND TAXPAYERS ARE POTENTIALLY ON THE HOOK.

THAT'S MY PERSONALITY.

WHAT I WAS GONNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WAS, IS TO TO TAKE NO ACTION.

UH, HAVE THEY DISCUSSED AT YOUR COMMITTEE HEARING, UH, THEN COME BACK TO THE NEXT ONE.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT THIS IS SUCH AND SUCH OF URGENCY THAT THIS DOES NEEDS TO BE TAKEN ACTION TODAY GIVEN THE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WE'RE IN? IS THAT WHAT YEAH, I, I FELT LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO WE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ACTION ON IT.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED TO HAVE IT PUT ON THE AGENDA.

BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE IN YOUR PRECINCT.

CORRECT.

THE SITUATIONS THAT ARE THERE ARE NOT GOING TO, IT'S NOT GONNA BE RETROACTIVE AND IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT THOSE, UH, THOSE TWO THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE.

YOU'RE JUST DESCRIBING SOMETHING THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE FUTURE.

AM I CORRECT? SO THE, THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION COMMITTEE, WE HAD ABOUT A 70 TO 75 DAY LAG BETWEEN THE FIRST MEETING AND THE SECOND MEETING, UH, PER THE SCHEDULES AND THE, THE BUSYNESS OF THE FOLKS WHO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE.

AND I APPRECIATE THEIR TIME.

MY, MY CONCERN IS, IF WE PUN IT TO THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION COMMITTEE AND ANOTHER 60 DAYS PASSES, AND AGAIN, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION COMMITTEE IS THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US, THEN THEY COME TO US, WE'RE REALISTICALLY LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY ANOTHER 75 TO 90, PERHAPS MORE DAYS.

AND AT, AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ENTIRELY FEASIBLE THAT THERE'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT POPS UP THAT TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK FOR.

AND I'M NOT DISAGREEING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT IN THAT COMMITTEE.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I THINK IN THE MEANTIME THOUGH, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FIXED REAL QUICK BY JUST US SUBSTITUTING A NUMBER TO PROTECT THE TAXPAYER AND THEN IN THE EVENT THAT WE ARRIVE TO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE, WE CAN CHANGE IT AGAIN.

SO I MOVED TO REFER THESE TWO ITEMS TO THE SUBDIVISION, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE MOTION IS

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UH, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU WOULD, UH, CLEAR, SORRY, I'M SLOW TODAY.

CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT.

I MOVE TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THESE ITEMS AND REFER IT TO THE SUBDIVISION.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

COMMITTEE, JUST TO CLARIFY.

ONE SECOND PLEASE.

UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT, UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? SO CAN I, CAN I GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH DELAYING THIS WHEN TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

IN MY PRECINCT, THEY'RE NOT.

CAUSE I INSPECT THE ROADS AND WE, WE KEEP UP WITH THE, UH, SUBDIVISIONS AND THE WORK THAT IS DONE THERE.

WE INSPECT THEM AS THEY'RE BEING CONSTRUCTED.

AND SO THERE'S NOT EVER BEEN AN ISSUE IN MY PRECINCT WITH THIS, UH, SITUATION.

UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH TAXPAYERS BEING UPSIDE DOWN, BUT I'M NOT IN THAT.

I'M NOT, I LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE, PERSONALLY, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS A, A LONG TERM DEAL.

I, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS OR HAVE SOME ATTENTION BROUGHT TO IT THIS WEEK.

AND I, I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS WOULD BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA PUT FORTH BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S PRESSING AND IT'S IMPORTANT.

I PERSONALLY LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION INSTEAD OF JUST A KNEE JERK REACTION.

I DON'T, I'M NOT SAYING NECESSARILY THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF, OF THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE PLUGGING IN RIGHT NOW.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT IS BEFORE I'M FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT YEAH, WE GOTTA DO THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I MEAN THIS IS IMPORTANT, AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND, AND FOR BOTH SIDES I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND SINCE WE'RE IN DISCUSSION, COULD I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT POTENTIALLY EACH COMMISSIONER SUBMIT TO THAT SUBDIVISION, UH, COMMITTEE THAT'S GONNA MEET WEDNESDAY, WHAT YOU BELIEVE YOUR NUMBER MIGHT NEED TO BE, WHERE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, THAT NUMBER BEING WHERE YOU COULD ADEQUATELY COMPLETE A ROAD OR FINISH A ROAD IF IT WERE NOT COMPLETED THAT WAY THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER ON WEDNESDAY FROM EACH ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THEN THEY COULD PRESENT BACK WHAT THEY BELIEVE WOULD BE THE BEST ROUTE TO TAKE.

I CAN TELL YOU WHAT MINE IS RIGHT NOW IT'S 50 FROM 35 TO 50.

RIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT'D BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT ALLERGIC TO THAT PRIOR TO THAT MEETING, THEY'RE GONNA GO INTO THAT MEETING PROBABLY BLINDLY WITHOUT HAVING THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THEM.

AND THEN WE COULD PROBABLY GET A RESOLUTION TO THIS.

YEAH.

NOTE TAKEN.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, THAT, UH, AND AND COMMISSIONER WALDEN, I, I CERTAINLY DON'T MEAN TO TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH SO PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, UH, PRECINCT THREE PRIOR TO YOUR TIME CERTAINLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR OPERATIONS.

IT'S BEFORE YOUR TIME WHEN A LOT OF THOSE ROADS WERE PUT IN, THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH BASE USED AND, AND WE'RE TALKING DECADES AGO PRIOR TO YOUR TIME.

THOSE ARE COUNTY ROADS, IS THAT CORRECT? THOSE ARE COUNTY ROADS, NOT SUBDIVISION ROADS.

OKAY.

UM, AND NONE OF THOSE ROADS WERE SUBDIVISION ROADS FIRST PRIOR TO YOUR TIME? NO, NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THOROUGHFARE AND THE CONNECTORS, SO OKAY.

THEY WERE BUILT BUILT AT A TIME WHEN, WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT BASE UNDER THOSE ROADS.

YEAH, YEAH.

THEY USED CHE INSTEAD OF ROAD BAY.

WHAT THEY DUG OUT OF THE HILLS, THEY DUG OUTTA THE HILLS.

RIGHT.

YEAH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE? THEY HAVE A MOTION THIS SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? UH, PASS.

THREE, TWO, UH, TWO NAYS AND THREE FOUR GO ITEM C ON

[6.C. Authorization to change and update the current Parker County Subdivision Rules and Regulations to adjust the cost for the linear footage of roads used in the calculations for Construction and Maintenance Letters of Credit and take any additional action the court deems necessary. (Commissioner Holt) PUBLIC HEARING]

AND TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL ACTION ON THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

COMMISSIONER, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO COMMISSIONER HOLT WILL OPEN THE ITEM IF YOU WOULD.

SURE.

THIS IS THE UM, FOLLOW UP THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY, UM, REGARDING THE ITEM THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE SUBDIVISION RULES AND REGULATIONS.

THIS SHOULD BE NO ACTION.

OKAY.

IS THAT THE WE DON'T TAKE NO ACTION.

OKAY.

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YES SIR.

OKAY, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM.

GOOD.

ITEM D ON

[6.D. Ratify Mooring Service Contract for repairs at the Agriculture Extension Building as a result of water damage on December 24, 2022. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]

SO THIS IS THE AGREEMENT, UM, THAT WITH MOORING TO DO THE REPAIRS THAT UM, THE WATER DAMAGE CAUSED BACK AT THE DECEMBER 24TH, UM, WITH A WEATHER EVENT.

APPARENTLY THIS DOCUMENT GOT LOST IN DOCUSIGN WORLD ELECTRONICALLY AND SO, UM, WE'RE NEEDING TO GET THIS, UM, RATIFIED FOR A SIGNATURE.

OKAY, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? MOVED.

APPROVE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK I BEAT YOU.

BARELY.

GO AHEAD.

UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY.

SORRY I DIDN'T, I NEVER SECOND ANYTHING.

THAT'S OKAY.

YEAH.

PASS FIVE.

OH THANK YOU.

BUT ITEM ME OR

[6.E. Approve interlocal agreement between Parker County and Hood County for inmate housing. (John Forrest/Judge Deen)]

JOHN? UH, THIS IS A CONTRACT TO ALLOW PARKER COUNTY TO HOUSE HOOD COUNTY INMATES AND THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT WE HAVE WITH OTHER COUNTIES AND WE JUST WANTED TO GET IT APPROVED SO IF WE HAVE A AVAILABLE BED SPACE THAT WE COULD HOUSE THOSE INMATES WHEN NECESSARY FROM HEAD COUNTY.

SO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER COLLEY WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON DECIDING BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE.

VOTE NO.

UH, FOUR SO FAR.

COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU.

PASS FIVE.

THANK YOU HONOR.

LET'S GO

[6.F. Accept the official bond and oath for Elections Administrator Jenise Crickett Miller. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]

UH, WE DO HAVE THAT IN PLACE.

UH, MS. DECO HAS PROVIDED THAT DOCUMENT FOR REVIEW.

UH, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER HILL HAS MADE THE MOTION, COMMISSIONER CONLEY HAS MADE THE SECOND ENDING DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, PASS FIVE VOTE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD.

ITEM SEVEN

[7. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES]

ITEM B EXECUTED SHORT FORM AGREEMENT BETWEEN PARKER COUNTY AND HDR ENGINEERING FOR THE PROJECT CONNECTED TO MC BOY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT ITEM C EXCEPT INTO THE MINUTES.

AP GAS AND ELECTRIC ENERGY CONTRACT ITEM D EXCEPT INTO THE MINUTES.

KOMATSU ARCHITECTS COURTHOUSE INTERIOR REPAIRS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ADDENDUM NUMBER THREE, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT APPROVED APRIL 25TH, 2022.

[8. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

ITEM B, EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY 8 0 1 SANTA FE DRIVE AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

ITEM C, EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT 8 0 1 SANTA FE DRIVE AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

ITEM D, EXECUTE THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR THE PROPERTY AT 8 0 1 SANTA FE DRIVE AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY AND ITEM E IT NETWORK PROJECT SECURITY UPDATE.

UH, THE RECORDS SHOW WE WILL UH, CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 9 33.

DO WE WANNA TAKE A FEW MINUTE BREAK OR WE WANNA GO RIGHT ON IN? LET'S GO RIGHT ON IN RECORD SHOW.

IT'LL BE 9 33.

WE'LL WE'LL MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

RECONVENE THE RECORD, SHOW IT AS 10 15.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM EIGHT

[8.A. Discuss/Take action on Volkswagen Group of America Litigation and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

I HAVE A RESOLUTION HERE I'M GOING TO READ UH, AND THEN ASK FOR A MOTION MOTIONS I SHOULD SAY.

WELL JUST FOR THE THAT ONE FOR ONE ON THAT ONE ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF PARKER COUNTY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING PARKER COUNTY TO SETTLE ITS PENDING CLAIMS AGAINST VOLKSWAGEN WHEREAS PARKER COUNTY HAS ASSERTED CLAIMS AGAINST VOLKSWAGEN RELATED ENTITIES.

VOLKSWAGEN IN THE RY VOLKSWAGEN CLAN DIESEL LITIGATION CALLS NUMBER D ONE GN 16 3 7 OH CURRENTLY

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AND WHEREAS THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF PARKER COUNTY HAS DETERMINED THAT SETTLING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED CLAIMS FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS IN PARKER COUNTY'S BEST INTEREST NOW.

THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED AND DECLARED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF PARKER COUNTY, TEXAS THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY APPROVES PARKER COUNTY ENTERING INTO THE PARTICIPATING IN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED SETTLEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF HIS CLAIM IN THE CLAIM AIRED DIESEL THAT THE ITEM TWO, THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY AUTHORIZES A PARKER COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CLEAN DIESEL LITIGATION UNDER SUCH FINAL NEGOTIATED TERMS IN THE PARKER COUNTY.

JUDGE DEEMS APPROPRIATE APPROVED THIS 10TH DAY OF JULY, 2023 BY THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL HAVE THIS REPRINTED, UM, RICH ON LETTERHEAD, WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR THE BUDGET SESSION FOR EVERYBODY TO SIGN AT THAT TIME, UH, FOR THIS TO BE EXECUTED, UH, APPROPRIATELY AS PER THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, UH, AT THIS POINT.

NOW I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THAT ITEM.

JUDGE.

UM, GO AHEAD.

YOU GOT IT.

GO AHEAD.

SORRY.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HELL AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE THE AMOUNT IN THERE THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IT IS, RIGHT? AND SO IN FURTHER EXPLANATION, UH, THERE'S A SETTLEMENT BETWEEN 29 COUNTIES, UH, BEAR, DALLAS, TRAVIS, TARRANT, BELL, MONTGOMERY DIDN'T, EL PASO AND OASIS, THEY RECEIVED 150,000 BASED ON THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT WERE REGISTERED AND UTILIZED IN THAT COUNTY BASED ON THE VIOLATION OF ON THE EMISSIONS.

UH, WE WERE IN THE NEXT GROUP WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND BASED ON THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES REGISTERED HERE AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROCEEDING FORWARD.

ALL THE COUNTIES ARE REACHING A SETTLEMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR LAWSUIT VERY WELL.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM B, EXECUTE

[8.B. Execute the Contract for the purchase of property at 801 Santa Fe Drive and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

JUDGE, I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE, UH, EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY 8 0 1 SANTA FE DRIVE FROM THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD IN THE UH, UH, AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION IF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM C, EXECUTE

[8.C. Execute the Lease Agreement for the purchase of property at 801 Santa Fe Drive and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

MOVE THAT WE EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD FOR THE, UH, PROPERTY AT 8 0 1 SANTA FE DRIVE, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 A MONTH UNTIL THE UH PURCHASE IS COMPLETED.

IS THAT $1 A MONTH OR $1 A YEAR? THAT'S PRORATED OR IS IT? THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TOLD.

OKAY.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS THINKING IT WAS A YEAR SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FOR THE ALL IN FAVOR? PASS BY VOTE.

GOOD ITEM D.

EXECUTE THE RIGHT OF

[8.D. Execute the right of first refusal for the property at 801 Santa Fe Drive and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]

MOVE THAT WE, UH, UH, EXTEND THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR THE PROPERTY AT 8 0 1 SANTA FE.

DRIVE TO THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD IN THE, UH, EVENT THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD CHOOSE TO SELL IT AT A LATER DATE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

I DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER HILL HAS MADE THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE O ON GO TO ITEM E ON IT.

NETWORK PROJECT UPDATE.

WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION.

THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NINE.

PLATZ.

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NO, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING LIKE MY NAME THAT YOU NEEDED ME TO DO SOMETHING.

OKAY.

WE DON'T HAVE LAND LEFT.

SHOULD BE SHORT AND SWEET.

I DON'T EITHER.

I'M NOT EVEN, I'M NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT.

ARE YOU READY? WE'RE WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON THE UH, ITEM NINE ON PLATZ UNDER PRECINCT ONE.

ITEM A UH, THERE ARE NO PLATS FOR UH, PRECINCT ONE GROWTH HAS STOPPED IN PRECINCT ONE.

DON'T HAVE ANY LAND LEFT.

THEY DOESN'T BOUGHT IT ALL UP.

COMMISSIONER CONLEY SCARED 'EM ALL OFF.

.

YEAH.

MORATORIUM PEOPLE WISH I'D SCARE 'EM OFF.

THAT'S COMICAL.

WE MOVED TO ITEM B ON

[9.B. PRECINCT 2]

RELEASE THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF 129,500 EXCEPT A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE IN THE FORM OF A CASHIER'S CHECK FOR LOVING SPRINGS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS GOODNIGHT RANCH AND RETURN 103,600 BACK TO THE DEVELOPER AND RETAINED 25,900 FOR THE MAINTENANCE BASE IN PRECINCT TWO.

COUNCILOR, SORRY, GO AHEAD.

THE PRECINCT HAS APPROVED THE RELEASE OF THIS COUNSELORS.

IS EVERYTHING IN ORDER AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER BASED ON YOUR APPROVAL, I MAKE THE MOTION WE APPROVE NINE B ONE MOTION BE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT FOR THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

PASS FIVE OH WELL GO TO ITEM TWO.

BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR QUA SPRINGS RANCH CO CONSIST OF FOUR THOU 4,019 ACRES DEVELOPED BY CALVIN AND INGRID LOCATED OFF BISHOP DRIVE WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.

THIS IS GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF LOTS 39 AND 40 FOR A TOTAL OF 4.019 ACRES.

AND THIS DOES CONFORM TO THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS AND WE'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.

COUNCILOR ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.

MAKE THE MOTION WE APPROVE NINE B TWO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH WE'LL GO TO ITEM

[9.C. PRECINCT 3]

ADDITION LOCATED WITHIN THE E T J OF THE TOWN OF BROCK AND PRECINCT THREE.

THIS UH, SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED IS FOR 0.107 OF AN ACRE OF ADDITIONAL ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF YOUNG BEND ROAD.

IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR THE COUNTY TO ACCEPT THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED MOVE TO APPROVE.

ITEM NINE C ONE AS PRESENTED TO COURT MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLTZ.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FOR VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH THANK YOU.

GOOD.

ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION FOR THE I 20 WEST PARK EDITION CONSISTING OF 9.997 ACRES DEVELOPED BY GRIPPER PROPERTIES LLC LOCATED OFF OF S DRIVE IN BENNETT HILLS DRIVE AND WELL WATER AND PRECINCT THREE.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS IS A 9.997 ACRE TRACK OF LAND.

IT'S GONNA BE DIVIDED UP INTO FOUR LOTS.

UH, THREE OF THE LOTS ARE AT TWO ACRES AND LOT FOUR A IS GONNA HAVE 3.997 ACRES.

THEY DO HAVE WELL WATER AS THEY'RE WATER SOURCED AND THEY ALSO HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF ELLIS DRIVE AND MINUTE HILLS DRIVE.

UH, WE DID SEND OUT UH, THREE CERTIFIED LETTERS TO ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS AND RAN ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE.

OKAY, SO I'M SITTING HERE JUST STARING AT YOU.