[Call to Order]
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UH, GOOD MORNING.I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO, UH, TO ORDER, UH, ON THE 22ND DAY OF JANUARY, 2024, THE RECORD SHOW.
IT IS 9:00 AM UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE COUNTY CLERK AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PRESENT.
UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION LED BY MARK JULIAN FROM THE NORTH SIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, LED BY P PARKER COUNTY JUDGE PROAM.
COMMISSIONER CONY, PLEASE STAND, PLEASE PRAY.
EMILY, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY, FOR THE PRAISE AND GLORY GOES TO YOU, GOD.
OH, GOD, JUST, UH, LOOK AT OUR COUNTY, THIS CITY THAT GOD, YOU WOULD PUT YOUR HAND ON IT.
UH, YOU'VE BLESSED US SO MUCH.
BUT GOD, I PRAY FOR THESE, OUR COMMISSIONERS AND OUR JUDGE, THAT GOD, YOU WOULD HELP THEM MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
AND GOD, MAY WE CONTINUE TO LOOK TO YOU, OUR DELIVERER, OUR SAVIOR, THANK YOU.
I PLEDGE BELIEVE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION AND GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
TWO, THE TEXAS ONE, STATE OF GOD.
[4. CONSENT]
ITEM FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER ITEM A AUDITOR.ITEM B ITEMS ONE, THREE ITEM C.
COUNTY JUDGE ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE OH, WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.
JUDGE, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED TO COURT TODAY.
MOTION MADE IS BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
UH, SECOND IS BY COMMISSIONER HOLTS OF ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS.
[5.A. Review/Update on planned bond issuance. (Judge Deen)]
GONNA GO DOWN TO, UM, ITEM FIVE A ON THE REVIEW, UPDATE ON PLANNED BOND ISSUANCE.UH, WE DO HAVE AN AUDIENCE HERE WITH GEORGE WILLIFORD, AND WE ALSO HAVE FREEZER NICHOLS WITH CHRIS BOSCO AND THEIR, THEIR TEAM.
UH, IF YOU WOULD, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO COME UP.
AND, AND YOU'VE ALSO BEEN GIVEN A HANDOUT, UH, PARKER COUNTY, THE PLANNED ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING, MR. WILFORD.
THANK YOU, JUDGE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COURT.
AND FOR THE RECORD, GEORGE WILLIFORD WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.
AS, UH, JUDGE DEAN INDICATED YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A, UH, A LITTLE BRIEF HANDOUT, PACKET, UH, THAT I PLACED AT YOUR, UH, UH, DESK.
YOU'LL SEE ACCORDING TO THE TIMETABLE, WHAT THE, UH, ACTUAL, UH, PROCESS FOR ISSUANCE, UH, IS PLANNED TO BE AT THIS POINT AND SO ON.
BUT, UH, BEHIND THE COVER, IF YOU'LL LOOK, UH, OF COURSE, CONGRATULATIONS ON PASSAGE OF THE ELECTION FOR THE, UH, ROAD BONDS.
BUT YOU'LL SEE UP AT THE TOP, UH, THE AUTHORIZATION 130 MILLION.
AND SINCE THE ELECTION, I'VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME WITH, UH, FREEZE AND NICHOLS WITH CHRIS BOSCO, UH, THEM DEVELOPING A, UH, CASH FLOW, UH, PROJECTED EXPENDITURES OVER TIME.
AND SO, UH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE JUDGE RECENTLY AND SO ON, WHAT WE DETERMINED IS THAT THIS FIRST ISSUANCE, UH, WOULD BE RECOMMENDED TO PROVIDE 80 MILLION OF PROCEEDS.
AND AS YOU'LL SEE NOTED, THAT WOULD PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS, UH, OF PROJECTED EXPENDITURES.
AND RIGHT NOW, AND I, I'VE GOT SEVERAL ISSUERS THAT ARE KIND OF IN THIS, UH, SITUATION.
AND INSTEAD OF JUST, UH, SAY ISSUING A YEAR OR 18 MONTHS WORTH, THEY'RE TRYING TO, IT GO OUT TO SOMETIMES GET CLOSER TO EVEN THREE YEAR, UH, UH, IRS KIND OF TIME PERIOD LIMIT, UH, FOR WHAT THEY ISSUE BECAUSE, UH, INVESTMENT RATES ARE QUITE, UH, HIGHER.
AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU INITIALLY START OFF WITH $80 MILLION THAT YOU CAN INVEST WHILE YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY, UH, JUST SAY AT 4%, WHICH A LOT OF THE POOLS AND EVERYTHING ARE EVEN WELL ABOVE THAT RIGHT NOW, WELL, THAT'S CONCEIVABLY, UH, 3.2 MILLION, UH, A YEAR, UH, ANNUALIZED.
UH, OF COURSE YOU'LL BE DRAWING IT DOWN.
BUT ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE SPENDABLE ON, UH, PROJECT COSTS AS WELL.
SO IT ENHANCES AND INCREASES THE MONEY COUNTY WILL HAVE TO SPEND, UH, TOWARD ACTUAL PROJECTS.
BUT IF WE GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE, UH, 80 MILLION, THAT WOULD LEAVE 50 MILLION OF AUTHORIZATION, RIGHT NOW, IT'S MODELED TO OCCUR 2026.
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WITH REGARD TO THAT.IF, IF THINGS SPEED UP, UH, OR SLOW DOWN, WHATEVER, OR IF YOU NEED TO SPLIT THAT, UH, AND DO PART SOONER, PART LATER, UM, THAT'S, UH, TOTALLY THE, UH, DECISION OF THE COUNTY.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, ALL OF THIS WAS PREDICATED ON, UH, NO MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF CENT TAX RATE IMPACT.
AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, ON A SCHEDULE INCLUDED, UH, LATER THAT, THAT'S BASED ON SOME VERY CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS.
SO, UH, THAT'S A VERY SAFE, UH, UH, LEVEL OF EXPECTED TAX IMPACT.
AND THEN, UH, AS IT SHOWS, THE, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT WOULD BE PLANNED TO AUTHORIZE ISSUANCE, UH, ON FEBRUARY 26TH.
AND AS YOU RECALL FROM PRIOR, UH, FINANCINGS, UH, UH, APPROVAL OF ANY DEBT, UH, BY A COUNTY HAS TO BE AT A REGULARLY ESTABLISHED MEETING AND REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST FOUR OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COURT BE PRESENT.
UH, SO, UH, SIMILAR TO WHEN YOU SET YOUR TAX RATE, THAT IT, UH, REQUIRES THE SUPER MAJORITY QUORUM, UH, TO BE PRESENT ON PAGE TWO, UH, YOU'LL SEE A DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE, UH, AS PROJECTED FOR THIS ISSUE AND A LOT OF DETAIL THERE.
BUT, UH, WE'RE STRUCTURING IT TO, UH, CONFORM TO THE EXPECTED ISSUANCE OF THE REMAINING AMOUNT AND THE TAX RATE.
UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU'LL SEE UP AT THE TOP IN THE GRAY BOX, IT SAYS AN INTEREST RATE OF 4.5%.
THAT'S PRETTY CONSERVATIVE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S A GOOD 40 BASIS POINTS, OR FOUR TENTHS OF A PERCENT ABOVE WHERE CURRENT MARKET, UH, FOR THE BONDS WOULD BE.
SO WOULD EXPECT TO BE CLOSER TO AROUND, UH, 4%.
SO THERE'S A CUSHION BUILT IN THERE ON PAGE THREE.
THIS IS A SCHEDULE, AND IT'S VERY, VERY DETAILED.
I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO, UH, EXPLAIN EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO SEE IT.
IT SHOWS THAT ISSUE IN COLUMNS E THROUGH G THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU.
BUT THEN IN COLUMNS, H THROUGH J HAS THE ASSUMED ISSUANCE AND STRUCTURE OF THE, UH, REMAINING 50, UH, MILLION.
IF YOU'LL GO OVER TO COLUMN C OR BNC, YOU'LL SEE B IS THE PROJECTED TAXABLE VALUE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE GROWTH RATES WE'RE ASSUMING 5% FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEN 4%, AND THEN DROPPING.
UH, THAT'S WHERE THE REAL TO ME CONSERVATIVE BASIS IS BECAUSE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE COUNTY'S AVERAGED WELL OVER 10% A YEAR, UH, GROWTH IN PROPERTY VALUE, UH, SOME YEARS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER EVEN THAN THAT.
SO, UH, WE'RE, UH, WELL BELOW HALF WHAT THE, THE GROWTH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN.
AND THEN ALSO, LIKE I SAID, FOR THIS ISSUE, 4.5%.
AND YOU'LL SEE WE'RE PROJECTING 4.75 FOR THE FUTURE ISSUE.
SO IF INTEREST RATES COOPERATE AND VALUES OUTPACE WHAT WE'RE ASSUMING, UH, OVER ON COLUMN L, THAT PROJECTED TAX RATE, UH, MAXIMUM, UH, AT 7.10 CENTS, HOPEFULLY, UH, WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO REACH, UH, OR IF IT INITIALLY REACHED THAT IT WOULD COME DOWN, UH, OVER TIME.
SO THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE FOUR, THIS IS, I MENTIONED THE PLAN TIMETABLE AFTER THE DAY.
UH, WE WANTED TO REVIEW EVERYTHING AND, AND GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS OR, UH, ANYTHING THAT, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, MIGHT NEED AS FAR AS PREPARATION AND EDUCATION.
BUT WHAT WE DO IS PLAN TO, UH, DISTRIBUTE THE PRELIMINARY OF OFFICIAL STATEMENT, WHICH IS THE OFFERING DOCUMENT, OR LIKE A PROSPECTUS FOR OTHER SECURITIES OFFERINGS.
AND AS YOU'LL SEE, UH, THAT WOULD GO TO THE RATING AGENCIES AND MID-FEBRUARY.
UH, THE JUDGE, UH, THE AUDITOR, UH, WOULD HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE RATING AGENCIES, AND THEN, UH, SOMEWHERE A WEEK OR 10 DAYS THEREAFTER, WE'D EXPECT TO HAVE THE RATING, UH, IN HAND.
AND THEN WE'D COME BACK TO THE COURT.
YOU'LL SEE BOLD, UH, AS I MENTIONED ON THAT FEBRUARY 26TH.
AND AT THAT MEETING, UH, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WOULD BE ASKED, UH, TO ADOPT AN ORDER AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE AND DELEGATING PRICING APPROVAL TO, UH, THE JUDGE.
UH, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PRICE ON A MONDAY, UH, AND GET IT BEFORE THE COURT, GIVEN, UH, MARKETS, WORLD EVENTS, EVERYTHING THAT CAN AFFECT THE DELEGATED AUTHORITY THAT, UH, THE STATE NOW PROVIDES, GIVES US FLEXIBILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE MARKET WHEN IT'S MOST CONDUCIVE OR FAVORABLE TO BE TRYING TO SELL THE DEBT.
SO AS YOU'LL SEE, WHAT WE'VE GOT, UH, PROJECTED IS PROBABLY THE FOLLOWING WEEK, UH, MARCH 4TH THROUGH SEVENTH.
UH, AND IT COULD OCCUR THE SAME WEEK AS THAT, UH, UH, COURT MEETING EVEN.
BUT, UH, WE'VE GIVEN A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, CUSHION IN THAT, THAT WE'D EXPECT FOR THE, UH, BOND ISSUE TO BE PRICED.
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THAT WAS THE TIMING, THEN EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT EARLY APRIL THAT THE, UH, MONEY OR PROCEEDS WOULD BE RECEIVED.UH, AND YOU COULD START SPINNING THEM ON PROJECTS.
BUT, UH, I INCLUDED ONE MORE PAGE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OF INTEREST.
THIS IS THE, UM, UH, 30 YEAR AND 10 YEAR, UH, MUNICIPAL MARKET DATA TAX EXEMPT, UH, INDEX RATES GOING BACK TO THE FIRST OF 23.
AND YOU'LL SEE, AND, AND WE WERE A LITTLE ALARMED WHEN THIS WAS OCCURRING, UH, STARTING IN, UH, LIKE, UH, AUGUST, LET'S SAY RATES STARTED RUNNING UP TO LIKE MID, UH, OCTOBER, UH, GETTING INTO NOVEMBER.
BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'VE COME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THEN.
SO WE'RE BACK REALLY IN A, IN A FAVORABLE, UH, AS IT STANDS TIME AS FAR AS INTEREST RATES TO BE UNDERTAKING FINANCING.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY FOR THE NEXT MONTH WE'LL KIND OF BE IN THAT SAME SITUATION.
BUT, UH, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, OTHERWISE WE'RE READY TO GO TO WORK AND, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH BRIANNA AND THE JUDGE TO, UH, GET EVERYTHING, UH, PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE TIMETABLE I SHOWED YOU.
HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANY MODELS ON THE TAX IMPACT ANALYSIS REGARDING THE GROWTH RATE? IF WE STICK CLOSER TO WHAT THE RECENT HISTORICAL NORMS HAVE BEEN, WE COULD, WE REALLY NOT, UH, PROJECTED, YOU KNOW, HIGHER GROWTH VALUE, BUT, UH, WE CAN LAYER THAT IN, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ASSUMING THE SAME DEBT STRUCTURE AND SEE HOW THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, MORE FAVORABLY LOWER THE TAX RATE REQUIREMENT.
YEAH, IF, IF YOU COULD RUN THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, NO RUSH ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO US.
'CAUSE I ASSUME IT WOULD ONLY BE FAVORABLE TO US.
WHAT I CAN DO IS, UH, PREPARE THAT AND SEND IT TO JUDGE, DEAN AND BRIANNA, AND THEN THEY CAN CIRCULATE IT TOO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. WOOLFORD? AS USUAL, YOU DO A GOOD JOB KEEPING US INFORMED YOU, YOU AND MR. BOSCO TOGETHER.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HE CAME FROM FLOWER MOUND.
THAT'S WHERE WE BE SURE TO WORK HIM HERE.
'CAUSE HE'S LONG DRIVE AND THEN BAD WEATHER TOO.
THANK YOU FOR, OH NO, IT'S, IT'S FINE MAKING THAT TRIP OUT HERE FOR US.
CHRIS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP IN ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT ON THIS, I CAN SHOW YOU WHY IT'D BE REAL QUICK, BUT, UH, JUST THE CASH FLOW THAT, UM, THAT GEORGE'S BASING THIS ON.
YEAH, SO, SO THIS IS, UH, WE, WE BASICALLY TOOK ALL THE, OH, THERE WE GO.
SO WE TOOK, UH, ALL THE PROJECTS IN THE 2023 BOND AND JUST PUT 'EM OUT IN, IN THIS FOUR YEAR TIME.
AND, AND AS YOU IMAGINE THERE, THERE'LL DEFINITELY BE SOME PROJECTS THAT WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BEYOND THE FOUR YEARS, BUT THIS KIND OF PROJECTS, WHAT WOULD BE ENCUMBERED DURING THAT TIME.
UH, SO YOU COULD SEE THAT THAT 80 MILLION, UM, AND AS GEORGE MENTIONED, UH, TAKES OUT TO, UH, 2026.
UH, AND SO THE WAY, UM, WE DEVELOPED THIS CASH FLOW, AND THEN AS I GO AROUND MEETING WITH Y'ALL TO REFINE THAT, THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE, UH, PART OF OUR REGULAR REPORT.
SO WE'LL TRACK, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUALS COMPARED TO THIS GRAPH.
UH, SO WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE YEARS HOW WE'RE TRENDING.
AND SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO SEE THAT, THAT WE, WE HAD KIND OF RUN EACH PROJECT THROUGH, UH, WHAT THAT TIMELINE WOULD BE FOR LIKE, ENGINEERING RIGHT AWAY, CONSTRUCTION.
ANYTHING ELSE? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, NOT ON THIS ITEM.
MM-HMM,
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING.
CHRIS, I THINK YOU'VE GOT MORE COMING UP.
UH, AS WE GO DOWN THE AGENDA, I'M GONNA GO BACK
[4.D.1. Interdepartmental transfers of equipment and inventory reports.]
TO ITEM 1D ONE ON THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS OF EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REPORTS.OKAY, WE'LL GO TO ITEM TWO ON, ON DECLARE SURPLUS AND AUTHORIZED PRECINCT THREE TO AUTHORIZE A RUBBER TIRE ROLLER AND, AND LIFT AT RICHIE BROTHERS AUCTION.
SO PRECINCT THREE HAS REQUESTED, UM, THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO DECLARE A HAND RUBBER TIRE ROLLER, UM, ASSET NUMBER 1 6 0 1 3 AND A GENIE MANLIFT
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ASSET NUMBER 1 9 8 8 9 S SURPLUS AND AUCTION THEM AT THE JANUARY 24TH.BUCCI BROTHERS AUCTION IN LAKE WORTH, TEXAS.
OFTEN TIMES, UM, WHEN WE HAVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT LIKE THIS THAT STILL HAS SOME LIFE LEFT IN IT, WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE GET, UM, MORE PROCEEDS AND IN RETURN THROUGH THE RICHIE BROTHERS AUCTION, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT AND AUCTIONS THAT THEY DO, AND THE INTEREST IS HIGHER WITH THOSE AUCTIONS.
AUCTION DATE IS, UH, MARCH 12TH.
I BELIEVE THAT'S, OH, DID IT CHANGE? OKAY.
ITEM, UH, D THREE IS, UH, EXCUSE ME.
D TWO A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OF ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
[4.D.3. BUY PC24-22 (2) Mack Pinnacle 16' Dump Trucks for Pet. 1 through Buyboard using ARPA Funds. (Kim Rivas / Commissioner Conley)]
THREE ON BY PC 24 DASH 22 2 MAC PINNACLE 16.DUMP TRUCKS FOR PRECINCT ONE THROUGH BY BOARD USING ARPA FUNDS.
KIM, I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE THE PURCHASE FOR THESE, UH, BUYBOARD PC 24 22 2 MAC PINNACLE, 16 FOOT DUMP TRUCKS FOR PRECINCT ONE.
THE PURCHASE WOULD BE THROUGH VOLVO AND THE MAC TRUCKS ON BUYBOARD CONTRACT.
AND THE FUNDING THROUGH THE ARPA, UM, GRANT? YEAH, THESE, UH, TRUCKS OF THE TANDEM AXEL TRUCKS, AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE AT THIS TIME.
THAT WOULD GIVE US THREE OF THE TANDEM AXEL TRUCKS THAT WE NEED TO MOVE UP TO.
SO I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT ITEM.
WISH IT MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
[4.D.4. Authorization to Advertise RFP PC24-23 Waste Roll-Off Containers for Convenience Centers. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
TO ADVERTISE RFP PC 24 2 DASH 23 WASTE ROLL OFF CONTAINERS FOR CONVENIENCE CENTERS.UM, SO THIS IS OUR, OUR ANNUAL WASTE ROLL OFF CONTAINERS FOR THE, UM, WE USED TO DO 'EM FOR THE PRECINCTS FOR THE YARDS DURING THE, UM, ANNUAL CLEANUP CLEANUP DAY.
BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS, WE'VE KIND OF REVAMPED THIS FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CLEANUP, UM, CONVENIENCE CENTERS.
AND I WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION FROM EACH OF YOU IF YOU ALL STILL NEED ANY ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS AT YOUR PRECINCT LOCATIONS? YES.
ANY OTHER YES, YOU NEED ON TOP OF YOUR, ON YOUR YARD PLUS THE CONVENIENCE CENTER AT THE NORTH, JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN DONE? YEAH.
SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE TO REWORD THE, THE TITLE OF THE, OF THE R-F-Q-R-F-P.
SO THE ANTICIPATED DATES ARE JANUARY 27TH AND, UH, FEBRUARY 3RD FOR, FOR ADVERTISING.
A BID OPENING WOULD BE FEBRUARY 16TH WITH A DATE OF AWARD OF FEBRUARY 26TH.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE ON APPROVAL OF THOSE DATES.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
[4.D.5. Authorization to Advertise: RFP PC24-24 Vending Machine Services. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE R-F-P-P-C 24 DASH 24 VENDING MACHINE SERVICES.I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE FOR THIS RFP PC 24 24 VENDING MACHINE SERVICES.
THIS IS, UM, A COMPLETELY COMMISSION DRIVEN, UM, CONTRACT.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE TO ADVERTISE AGAIN JANUARY 27TH AND FEBRUARY 3RD.
BEEN OPENING FEBRUARY 16TH AND AN ANTICIPATED DATE OF WATER.
WE GET, UM, 10% OF 50% OF THE SALES COMMISSION FROM THIS CONTRACT.
UM, FOR THIS, THE VENDING SERVICES, DO YOU GET A LOT OF PARTICIPATION? MOST OF THE, UM, WE DO.
I MEAN, OUR, WE ANNUALLY GET ABOUT $4,500 IN COMMISSION OFF OF THESE, BUT, UM, THE, THE EMPLOYEES REALLY APPRECIATE, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE, UM, THOSE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE COURTS IN THEM.
UM, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE FOR JURIES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE COURT BUSINESS UTILIZE THE VENDING MACHINES AS WELL.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
[4.D.6. Authorization to Advertise PC24-25 Hauling Services. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
SIX, AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PC 24 DASH 25 HAULING SERVICES REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE 24 PC 24 25 FOR HAULING SERVICES.THIS IS, UH, A BID THAT WOULD BE HAULING, UM, ASPHALT AND ROAD MATERIALS FOR THE PRECINCTS AS NEEDED.
UM, ANTICIPATED ADVERTISING DATES OF JANUARY 27TH AND FEBRUARY 3RD BEEN OPENING OF FEBRUARY 16TH.
AND AGAIN, AWARD DATE OF FEBRUARY 26TH.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
PASS FIVE OH, GO TO ITEM SEVEN,
[4.D.7. Authorization to Advertise: TB RFQ PC23-01 On-Systems Projects. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE TB RFQ PC 23 DASH OH ONE ON SYSTEMS PROJECT.[00:20:01]
UM, CHRIS BOSCO HAD CONTACTED ME TO, AND REQUEST THE COURT, AUTHORIZE US TO ADVERTISE TRANSPORTATION BOND RFQ PC 23 DASH OH ONE FOR ON SYSTEM PROJECTS.THIS WOULD BE FOR ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE PROJECTS THAT T DOT WOULD BE LETTING.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF, OF THE DIFFERENT DATES AND AND SO FORTH IN THE, THE INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED.
BUT AT THIS TIME, WE'RE JUST REQUESTING AUTHOR AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE THE RFQ VERY WELL.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WAL AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
AND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.A. Discuss/Take action regarding noise issues on Ric Williamson affecting Silverstone and Meadow Vista residents. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt) PUBLIC HEARING]
GO TO ITEM SIX A ON APPROVAL AND DISCUSSION.REGARDING NOISE ISSUES ON RICK WILLIAMSON AFFECTING SILVERSTONE AND MEADOW VISTA RESIDENCE.
I'M GONNA, UM, OPEN THIS UP TO A, I GUESS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS IS BEFORE I OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU WOULD, UM, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS ITEM AND WE HAVE CHRIS HERE.
I'LL, I'LL SAY JUST A COUPLE OF WORDS AND THEN MR. BOSCO WILL, UH, FILL IN THE GAPS WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF RICK WILLIAMSON OPENING OUR OFFICE FIELD OF MANY CALLS FROM SILVERSTONE RESIDENTS WHO INDICATED THAT THESE NOISE VOLUMES WERE, UH, TREMENDOUS.
IT WAS A RADICAL DIFFERENCE FROM BEFORE THE ROAD OPENED TO AFTER THE ROAD OPENED.
SEVERAL OF THESE HOMES ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE ROAD, AND IF YOU DRIVE OUT THERE AND HOP OUTTA YOUR VEHICLE AND JUST KIND OF STAND NEAR THAT FENCE LINE, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR HOW LOUD IT IS.
WE'VE DONE SOME INVESTIGATIONS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS ON DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS, UM, INCLUDING GETTING BIDS AND, AND TENTATIVE QUOTES ON SOME OF THESE SOLUTIONS.
I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE THAT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE NOW THAT ARE FISCALLY PRUDENT, BUT SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF TO THE HOMEOWNERS.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. BOSCO.
UH, CHRIS BOSCO WITH FREEZING NICHOLS.
UH, SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND IN, UH, ON NOVEMBER 13TH, UH, THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, THEY, UH, COLLECTED COUNTS ALONG THE LOOP.
WE ACTUALLY, UH, HAD TUBES PUT, UH, JUST NORTH OF SILVERSTONE AND JUST SOUTH OF SILVERSTONE.
UH, REALLY THE OBJECTIVE OF THAT WAS, UH, PRIOR TO GETTING NOISE MEASUREMENTS, WE WANTED TO SEE WHERE THE PEAK PERIODS WERE, UH, MORNING AND AFTERNOON, UH, AS WELL, WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE, THE 85 PERCENTILE SPEED WAS ALONG THE ROUTE.
UH, SO THAT DATA, UH, THE, THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES IN A DAILY AMOUNT RANGE FROM 8,300 TO 8,800.
SO THAT, IT'S QUITE A BIT GIVEN HOW, YOU KNOW, UH, RECENT THE LOOP'S BEEN OPENED.
UH, THE SPEED DATA, UH, WAS ONE OF PARTICULAR NOTE, THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC.
SO AS YOU'RE GOING DOWN HIT DOWNHILL FROM UH, SEVEN 30, UH, THAT SPEED WAS AROUND 57 WAS WHAT WE WERE SEEING BOTH IN THE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UH, HEADING SOUTHBOUND AND IT'S CLOSER TO 50 ON NORTHBOUND WHERE PEOPLE ARE CLIMBING THE HILL.
BUT, UH, NOTE THAT THAT SEGMENT OF THE LOOP IS POSTED AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
SO, UH, PARTICULARLY THAT SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION'S GETTING QUITE A BIT ABOVE AND, AND THAT, THAT'S RELEVANT IN THAT SPEED IS A BIG FACTOR IN, IN THE AMOUNT OF NOISE THAT COMES OFF OF A ROAD.
AND SO WE WILL, WE'LL KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT HERE TOO.
SO, UH, I DUNNO IF YOU CAN SWITCH TO MY IPAD HERE.
UM, SO THIS IS, UH, A OVERVIEW OF THE AREA.
I'M KIND OF ZOOM IN AND WE'LL SCROLL DOWN IN EACH AREA.
UH, SO THIS WOULD BE NORTHERN, YOU CAN SEE WHITE SETTLEMENT ROAD.
UH, SO THERE'S KIND OF A LOT OF DATA ON THIS, UH, MAP.
BUT, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS WE DID FOUR DIFFERENT TEST LOCATIONS.
UH, WE CHOSE THOSE LOCATIONS BASED ON TOPOGRAPHY.
WE WANTED TO KIND OF SEE HOW THE MEASUREMENTS CHANGED, IF, IF THE ROADS HIGHER OR LOWER FROM, UH, THE BACKYARDS OF THESE PROPERTIES, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE DIFFERENT FENCE TYPES.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, THE, THE ORANGE IS ACTUALLY A CHAIN LINK FENCE, UH, MEADOW VISTA.
AND THEN SILVERSTONE, UH, IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO THE BLUE, UH, REPRESENTS WHERE THERE'S AN EXISTING SIX FOOT BRICK WALL.
UH, AND THEN THAT KIND OF LIGHT YELLOW, UH, ORANGE, UH, ALONG SILVERSTONE IS, UH, WHERE THERE'S EXISTING WOOD FENCE.
SO, UH, IN THE EARLIER PHASES OF SILVERSTONE, THEY, THEY DID WOOD FENCES, UH, BUTTING THE LOOP.
AND THEN THE NEWER PHASES, UH, AND I DON'T WANNA SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO YOU CAN SEE THE SOUTHERN END, UH, AND THEN THE NEWER PHASES HAVE THE SIX FOOT, UH, BRICK WALL.
UH, SO IN, IN GETTING THOSE MEASUREMENTS, THE, UH, IT RANGED FROM 62 DECIBELS TO 66.7 WAS THE HIGHEST READING WE HAD.
AND THE WAY WE DO THAT, WE DID 15 MINUTES, UH,
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IN EACH BACKYARD IN THE MORNING, TOOK AN AVERAGE OF WHAT THAT, UH, NOISE RATING WAS.UM, WE DID THAT AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND THE IDEA WAS TO KIND OF TARGET THOSE TWO.
THE PEAK MORNING AND PEAK, UH, THE DATA DATASET WAS PRETTY GOOD.
THAT WAS ABOUT 1400 CARS THAT WE COUNTED DURING THE PERIOD OF THE MEASUREMENTS.
AND THERE WAS 120 TRUCKS THAT WAS COUNTED.
UH, AND SO THE, THE TWO THAT WERE KIND OF APPROACHING THE, THE ONE HERE IN THE MIDDLE, UH, THAT ONE WAS THE 66.7.
UM, SO SINCE, UH, RICK WILLIAMSON IS A LOCAL PROJECT, BUT JUST FOR BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE, UM, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS HAS A GUIDE FOR MEASURE AND NOISE THAT IS APPLIES TO WHEN YOU HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING ON A PROJECT.
THAT'S WHY YOU'LL COMMONLY SEE NOISE WALLS ON AN INTERSTATE.
UH, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE NEW ONE THEY BUILT IN THE BENBROOK AREA.
UM, AND SO WE USE THAT AS GUIDANCE HERE.
AND SO THAT GUIDANCE, UH, BASICALLY 67 IS THE THRESHOLD WHERE YOU LOOK FOR ABATEMENT MEASURES.
UH, IF WE ARE DOING THIS PROJECT FOR TECH STOCK, WHEN YOU GET INTO THAT 66 RANGE, UH, IS WHEN, SO THEY CALL IT APPROACHING THE LIMIT.
SO THE, THE TWO MEASUREMENTS THAT ARE AT 66 OR ABOVE, YOU WOULD LOOK AT, UH, WHAT KIND OF ABATEMENT YOU COULD DO IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, SO SOME STRATEGIES THAT, THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT HERE IS, UH, ONE IS, UH, GETTING THE, THE SPEED REDUCED.
UH, SO A COUPLE OF, UH, OPTIONS THERE.
ONE WOULD BE, OF COURSE, POLICE ENFORCEMENT.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE THERE EVERY DAY, BUT HAVING PERIODIC POLICE ENFORCEMENT, UH, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, SOME DYNAMIC SPEED SIGNS.
SO THESE ARE THE SPEED SIGNS THAT ACTUALLY TELL YOU YOUR SPEED RELATIVE TO THE POSTED.
UH, THOSE BY THEMSELVES, PEOPLE WILL ULTIMATELY IGNORE THEM.
BUT WE'RE THINKING COUPLED WITH SOME ENFORCEMENT, UH, THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET THAT SPEED CLOSER TO 45.
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT ENFORCEMENT? THE CITY OF, UH, UH, YES SIR.
LIKE, TECHNICALLY THIS PART OF IS IN THE CITY LIMITS OF WEATHERFORD.
UH, SO WE'VE HAD A MEETING WITH WEATHERFORD AND, AND TALKED ABOUT, UH, IF THEY'LL HELP US OUT ON DOING SOME ENFORCEMENT.
UH, SO IT'D BE PERIODIC ENFORCEMENT COUPLED WITH THE SIGNS WOULD BE THE STRATEGY TO KIND OF GET THE SPEED DOWN.
UM, ANOTHER IS LOOKING AT, UH, DOING A DIFFERENT TEXTURE ON THE ROAD.
UH, SO ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT, UH, TEXO HAS STARTED TO DO ON SOME ROADS IS WHAT'S CALLED DIAMOND GROOVING A ROAD.
AND THE WAY YOU COULD VISUALIZE IT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE REPLICATING THE TIRE TREADS, YOU SEE.
SO IT'S CONTINUOUS GROOVES IN THE ROAD, UH, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY USED AS A TRACTION CONTROL, SO TO IMPROVE SKID DISTANCE, UH, WITH RAIN EVENTS AND STUFF.
SO YOU'LL SEE IT ON SOME RAMPS.
IT'S NOT A COMMON PRACTICE IN TEXAS, BUT THEY'RE STARTING TO USE IT MORE.
BUT ONE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF THAT IS THAT IT, UH, LOWERS THE NOISE ON THE ROAD, MAINLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THESE GROOVES IN THE ROAD, AS THE TIRES GO OVER THE ROAD, THE AIR CAN ESCAPE.
AND SO YOU, YOU DO HAVE A LESSENING OF THE NOISE.
I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE HERE, KIND OF GIVE YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I'VE SURE YOU'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE.
UH, IT'S NOT SUPER COMMON, BUT IN, IN SOME AREAS WHERE TECH STOCKS HAD TRACTION ISSUES.
SO THEY'RE BASICALLY GROOVING THE ROAD, UH, CONTINUOUSLY VERSUS A NORMAL TEXTURING THAT MR. BOSCO, IF I CAN INTERJECT JUST ONE THING.
SO CORY COBURN WITH TECH DOT, THE AREA ENGINEER HAS INDICATED THAT THEIR STANDARD PRACTICE STARTING IN 2024 GOING FORWARD, IS GONNA BE TO UTILIZE THIS TYPE OF GROOVING ON THEIR ROADS THAT ARE NEW CONSTRUCTION REBUILDS.
SO IT, IT'S A NICE APPROACH BECAUSE YOU, YOU GET THE BENEFITS OF LESSENING THE NOISE, BUT ALSO IT ACTUALLY IS BETTER TRACTION.
WE DON'T HAVE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE ROAD, THEY CAN JUST CUT THAT.
SO I DRIVE MACHINE OVER IT, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IS DIAMOND, UH, GRINDING IS A COMMON.
SO, UM, IF A CONTRACTOR MISSES GREAT ON A CONCRETE ROAD, THEY'LL USE DIAMOND GRINDING THAT THEY JUST KIND OF GRIND IT DOWN AND MAKE IT SMOOTH.
AND GROOVING IS KIND OF A NEW PRACTICE TO, UH, LIKE I SAID, MAINLY TO IMPROVE THE SKID DISTANCE ON A ROAD.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT ON, UH, COST HERE.
UH, SO THIS YELLOW WOULD REPRESENT, UH, COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT APPROACH.
SO THE DIAMOND GROOVING, UH, THIS WOULD BE GOING FOR FROM THE HILL NORTH OF, UM, OF WHITE SETTLEMENT.
AND THEN WE WOULD ACTUALLY GO JUST TO THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE RETAINING
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WALL ON THE PROPERTY SOUTH.THAT'S KIND OF WHEN IT STARTS GOING DOWNHILL TOWARDS THE BRIDGE.
SO THOSE ARE THE LIMITS THAT WE GOT COSTS FOR.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S SOME TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DURING THIS TIME.
AND ANOTHER COMMENT THAT CAME OUT IS, UH, SOME NO ENGINE BRAKE.
SO THERE'S STILL SOME OF THAT GOING ON EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ALLOWED IN THE CITY.
UH, SO THAT THERE YOU'LL SEE OF A COST ESTIMATE AROUND 150,000.
UH, THIS NEXT WAS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE WE LOOKED AT WAS A, SO THE SEGMENT THAT, UH, SOME SEGMENTS HAVE BRICK WALL, SOME DO NOT.
UH, SO THIS WOULD LOOK AT, UH, TRYING TO GET BRICK WALL CONTINUOUSLY.
UH, THE CHALLENGE THERE IS SIX FOOT HEIGHT ISN'T REALLY GONNA DO ANY NOISE MITIGATION.
UH, AND THE DATA, EVEN WHERE WE DID COUNTS, IT WAS A COUPLE OF DECIBELS LOWER WHERE THE BRICK WALL WAS, BUT IT WASN'T SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT, UM, IN THE AREAS WHERE THE BRICK WALL IS VERSUS, UH, WHERE THE WOOD FENCE IS.
UH, THEN THIS WAS A COST OF A 12 FOOT, UH, SOUND WALL.
UH, SO WE COST THIS OUT AND YOU'LL SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT'S KIND OF UNIQUE AROUND THIS CORRIDOR IS THERE'S A LOT OF TOPOGRAPHY CHANGE.
AND SO, UH, ONE THING THAT DRIVES UP THE COST, WHEN YOU SEE A NOISE WALL ON A FREEWAY, THE ROAD IS THE FOUNDATION FOR THAT NOISE WALL.
SO IT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GETTING THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THE NOISE WALL RIGHT UP AGAINST A CONCRETE SHOULDER.
WE, WE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT SITUATION IN HERE.
SO, UH, THE COSTS GO UP QUITE A BIT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A, THE WAY YOU COULD VISUALIZE IT IS A 12 FOOT WALL ABOVE GROUND.
THERE'S 12 FOOT UNDERGROUND TOO.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, FROM A CONCRETE MASS STANDPOINT, IT'S JUST THAT, UH, LARGE OF A STRUCTURE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S, UH, DRIVING THAT COST.
UH, SO THOSE WERE THE DIFFERENT, UH, COST OPTIONS.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
WELL, AT THIS POINT, UH, WHAT I'LL DO IS OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9 32.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM SIX A? UH, THERE'S ON THE AGENDA.
UM, COME ON UP, SIR, AND STATE YOUR NAME.
UM, I'M RESIDENT 1504 SLATE O TRAIL IN SILVERSTONE.
AND PLEASE TRY TO LIMIT ABOUT THREE MINUTES OR SO WITHIN, WITHIN THREE MINUTES OR SO SPEAK.
SO I, I DON'T COME HERE WITH DATA TODAY.
UM, I HAVE UN UNQUANTIFIABLE, UM, EMPATHETIC SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT APPROACH.
HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT THIS FROM A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LENS.
AND THAT'S THE RESIDENTS LENS.
UH, WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE, THE NOISES.
UM, YOU CAN'T QUANTIFY THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT, OF, OF SLEEP THAT WE'VE LOST.
YOU CAN'T QUANTIFY THE AMOUNT OF BRIGHT LIGHTS THAT HAVE SHOWN INTO OUR, TO OUR LIVING ROOMS, OUR BEDROOMS. UM, YOU CAN'T QUANTIFY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'VE SPENT ON NOISE REDUCING MEASURES INSIDE OUR HOMES BECAUSE OF THE ROAD.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, MANAGEMENT APPROACHES THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULD GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THOSE ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A BANDAID.
UM, THE REAL, THE FIX IS NOT SUSTAINABLE WITH, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT APPROACH.
IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE WITH PUTTING SIGNS UP THAT FLASH.
AND IT'S, WE LIVE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THERE'S NOISE AT NIGHT, THERE'S NOISE IN THE, IN IN THE MORNING.
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S HOUSES, UM, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WE ARE AT A POINT TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO WANT TO TAKE MEASURES INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, WHICH IS NOT GONNA BE GOOD FOR THE, FOR THE ROAD.
CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT? THERE'S VIDEOS BEING TAKEN, THERE'S, UM, DECIBEL READINGS BEING TAKEN.
I MEAN THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION AS TO THE VALIDITY OF THE DATA THAT IS BEING PRESENTED TO US.
UM, ONE OF WHICH IS THE 4.2 DI FOUR $4 MILLION VALUATION ON THE WALL.
UM, I WOULD QUESTION THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND, AND THE REASON WHY I WOULD IS NOT, NOT TO, NOT TO SAY THAT CHRIS NICK OR CHRIS BOSCO IS NOT ACCURATE WITH THIS DATA.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT'S A NUMBER BASED OFF OF HEIGHT AND LENGTH.
SO WHAT WE'VE SHOWED UP TODAY WITH IS NOTHING MORE THAN A HYPOTHETICAL.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY HARD NUMBERS.
SO WHAT I WOULD URGE YOU GUYS TO DO, OR WHAT, WHAT I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST FROM YOU GUYS IS TALK TO FRIESA NICHOLS WHO DID THE JOB.
THEY'VE GOT AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLANS, THEY'VE GOT AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELEVATIONS, THE TOPOGRAPHY
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ASSOCIATED WITH THE JOB, AND THEY KNOW THE SOIL CONDITIONS.THEY KNOW WHAT, HOW FAR THEY WENT, THEY KNOW HOW MUCH THEY COMPACTED.
THEY KNOW THAT THE, THE EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH.
SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE ASK THEM TO REBID IT THE WALL AND SEE WHERE THAT $4 MILLION ADDS UP, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE THAT MUCH.
WHY US? WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY? WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO QUALITY OF LIVES ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LESS THAN ONE YEAR WITH FOR SALE SIGNS ON THEIR, ON THEIR FRONT YARDS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT SLEEP.
UH, TO PIGGYBACK ON, ON WHAT JASON SAID AND UH, AND FOLLOW UP.
I, I KNOW SOME OF THIS WILL BE REDUNDANT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PRESENTATION WAS LOOKING LIKE.
UH, BEN PEAK, I LIVE AT 1636 SOMERSET LANE.
MY BACKYARD BACKS UP TO THE BYPASS.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK AND SOME OF THIS STUFF'S GONNA BE REDUNDANT 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW, UM, THERE WAS GONNA BE A PRESENTATION OF ALL THE OPTIONS, BUT, OKAY.
UH, SO I'M HERE FROM SILVERSTONE.
UM, THERE'S 430 HOMES IN SILVERSTONE 42 LINING THE BYPASS.
AND I'M ONE OF THOSE HOMES IN WHICH THE BACKYARD IS ON THE BYPASS.
I'M ON HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE SOUND BARRIER WALL OR STRUCTURE.
UH, I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS ON THIS TOPIC AND COME AND WE'RE TRYING TO COME TO A CONSENSUS ON THE MANY PROPOSED SOLUTIONS.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS STILL ARE TOO.
'CAUSE THE, THE DIAMOND GRINDING, THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THE JANUARY 2ND MEETING, BUT I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE PEOPLE ARE STILL DELIBERATING ABOUT THIS.
BUT ON JANUARY 2ND, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE TOWN HALL MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER JACOB HOLT, AND, UH, HEARD FROM FREEZING NICHOLS ON THE BARRIER WALL IN ITS ESTIMATED COST OF $4 MILLION.
DIVIDE THAT NUMBER BY THE NUMBER OF HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND YOU HAVE $9,300 PER HOUSEHOLD.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SOLUTIONS TALKED ABOUT FROM LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT, ACTIVE SPEED SIGNS, SPEED TRAILERS, WHICH HAVE MADE THEIR WAY ONTO THE BYPASS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, UH, BLACK TOPPING THE ROAD TO REDUCE THE NOISE.
UH, TREES EDGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ONE RESIDENT EVEN, UH, FLOATED THE IDEA YESTERDAY THAT I HADN'T HEARD, WHICH WAS RAISING THE EXISTING WALL HIGHER.
WE KNOW IT'S AT SIX FEET, MAYBE GO HIGHER WITH IT.
UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE, THE RESIDENTS ARE, ARE WOOD STRUCTURES RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE THERE'S SOME SORT OF, UH, COMPROMISE THERE.
THE NUMBER ONE IDEA PEOPLE THINK WILL WORK AND CAN GET BEHIND IS THE BARRIER.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NO DETAILS ON HOW IT WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UH, THE MATERIALS IT'S GONNA BE MADE OUT OF, YOU KNOW, IF IT HAS TO BE 12 FEET UNDERGROUND, 12 FEET HIGH, IT'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE A, A MONUMENTAL PROJECT, BUT, UM, WE'RE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ANY SOLUTIONS.
IT IS HARD TO EXPRESS THE NOISE, UH, LIKE PREVIOUS GENTLEMAN DISCUSSED, IT'S HARD TO CONVEY THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT COMES THROUGH THERE.
THAT'S ONLY GONNA INCREASE WITH COSTCO GOING IN.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY AN EXTENSION OF SEVEN 30 BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR NATURAL FLOW TO GET TO 20 AND UNTIL SEVEN 30 GOES THROUGH THE MALT SHOP AND GETS ALL THE WAY TO 20.
THAT'S THE WAY EVERYONE GOES, AND THAT'S THE WAY THE TRUCKS GO.
AND SO, UH, THE SPIKES IN NOISE FROM BIG RIGS.
THE JAKE BREAKS THE, THE EXHAUST BREAKS COMING DOWN THE HILL.
IT'S THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC, UH, LIKE WE DISCUSSED MAYBE 67 DECIBELS.
IT HAS TO BE HIGHER ON THE SPIKES.
AND THOSE ARE THE, THAT'S REALLY WHAT COMES THROUGH YOUR BEDROOM WALLS AND WAKES YOU UP AT NIGHT.
LASTLY, UH, IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT WE'VE ALREADY HAD, UH, ONE COUPLE WITH THEIR BACKYARD ON THE BYPASS LIST FOR SALE AFTER ONLY LIVING THERE SEVERAL MONTHS IN THEIR BRAND NEW HOME WITH SEVERAL PLEDGING TO SOON FOLLOW.
MANY HAVE DESCRIBED HOW THEIR BACKYARD IS USELESS NOW, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN HAVE A CONVERSATION BACK THERE.
SO THEY'VE LOST THE PEACEFUL USE OF THEIR OUTDOORS.
THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SOUND IS, IS A LOT.
IT IS OUR HOPE THAT AN APPEAL TO YOU, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS A, A SOLUTION WITH THE SOUND BEARER BEING AT THE TOP OF THE LIST BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT EVERYBODY IS HOPING FOR.
UM, THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE CAN GET BEHIND.
UH, THERE MAY BE A COMPROMISE AND, AND WE HOPE THAT THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I GOT A QUESTION FOR BOSCO ON THE, UH, DECIBELS.
HOW, HOW FAR DOES THAT BRING IT DOWN? FIVE DECIBELS.
SO YEAH, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND DATA ON THAT BECAUSE SINCE IT'S, UM, THAT THAT APPROACH IS,
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WAS LARGELY KIND OF DONE FOR SKID RESISTANCE, THERE'S NOT, AT LEAST TO DATA HAVEN'T FOUND A EXACT STUDY ON THE AMOUNT OF REDUCTION THAT IS THE GUT FEEL OF, UH, THE GENTLEMAN IN MY OFFICE THAT DOES THE NOISE IS AROUND FIVE, SO NOT, NOT MUCH.YEAH, I MEAN THE, THE IDEA WOULD BE THE COMBINATION OF KIND OF GETTING THE SPEED DOWN AND THE, THE GROOVING, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD GET BETWEEN THAT FIVE AND 10, UH, REDUCTION, UH, WHEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANY ARTICLES ABOUT IT AND THEY SAY IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF A GENERIC TERM TO SAY SIGNIFICANT IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON, UH, WHO YOU'RE ASKING.
UH, BUT YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A 10 15 REDUCTION.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT FIVE TO 10 RANGE.
CHRIS, I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE GROOVING.
I'M SURE THAT'S FOR DRAINAGE AND STOPPING.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT ONLY THE AREAS WHERE THE TIRES COME IN CONTACT WITH THE SERVICE WOULD NEED TO BE GROUPED.
WHAT, WHAT WE'VE COSTED HERE WITH THE CONTRACTOR IS DOING JUST THE MAIN LANES.
UH, SO IT IS A LITTLE MORE THAN BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A, UM, AN 18 WHEELER RIG THAT, THAT HAS THE DIAMOND GRINDING SAW BLADE.
SO IT'S NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE HARD TO KIND OF LIKE NARROW IT TO JUST, UH, THE TIRE PATH.
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO, TO REDUCE THE COST OF THAT, JUST DO THE MAIN LANE.
SO IT WOULDN'T INCLUDE, OF COURSE THE SHOULDERS ARE ASPHALT, BUT THE, THE TURN LANES AND THOSE, UH, KIND OF AREAS WE WEREN'T PLANNING TO DO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA REGARDING WHAT A WALL WOULD DO AS FAR AS REDUCTION OF THE DECIBELS? SEE, SO THAT IS, UH, IT, IT'S IN THAT SAME RANGE.
THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF 10 RANGE.
THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE, AND I'M WANNA GET THIS MAP BACK UP, UM, THE TOPOGRAPHY IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FROM A WALL STANDPOINT.
UM, BECAUSE LIKE WHEN, WHEN YOU SEE A WALL, IF, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THE ONES THAT ARE ON LIKE I 30 OR I 20, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE USUALLY A BUTT RIGHT UP TO THE ROAD.
SO YOU HAVE SHOULDER, THERE'S USUALLY A, A CONCRETE BARRIER AND THEN THE WALL'S THERE.
SO YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE NOISE, YOU'D WANT IT AS CLOSE TO THE CAR AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO IN, IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS, WHEN YOU HAVE THE STREET CONNECTIONS, YOU HAVE THE DRAINAGE, UH, CROSSING THE ROAD, UH, WE'RE REALLY NOT AFFORDED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE WALL AGAINST THE ROAD.
UH, SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MY COST IS WHAT IT IS, IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PULL A COST OFF OF TECH STOCK THAT WOULD BE IN THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO, TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR RANGE.
BUT THAT'S ASSUMING IT'S INTEGRATED TO THE ROAD.
MM-HMM,
'CAUSE ON THIS NORTHERN AREA, THE GRADES COMING DOWN.
SO YOU WOULD GO A DISTANCE, YOU'D STEP IT DOWN A FEW FEET AND, AND YOU CAN EVEN SEE THAT IN THE EXISTING SIX FOOT BRICK WALL THAT STAIR STEPS, UH, DOWN ALONG THOSE NORTHERN PROPERTIES.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO LIKE THE DRAINAGE AREA, UH, WE JUST WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO A WALL THERE.
UH, JUST GIVEN IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, A CONCRETE CHANNEL GAP, UH, YOU COULD KIND OF LEAD UP TO IT.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE AT IT'S AT EACH OF THE MAJOR STREETS, YOU HAVE TO PULL BACK A LITTLE BIT, UH, AS YOU'RE APPROACHING THE STREETS.
SO YOU END UP WITH A, A WALL THAT'S A CHANGING ELEVATION, UH, DUE TO TOPOGRAPHY.
AND, AND AS WE KIND OF GO DOWN, UH, SO WHERE THIS TEST LOCATION IS, IS ANOTHER CULVERT CROSSING WHERE THE, THE BACKYARDS KIND OF DIE DOWN.
THE HOUSE IS HIGH, THE ROAD'S HIGH TO GET OVER THE DRAINAGE AND THE BACKYARD FENCE IS LOWER.
UH, SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU COULD DO A 12 FOOT WALL, BUT IT ACTUALLY WOULDN'T FULLY BLOCK THE NOISE IN THOSE AREAS.
SO IT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK ALONG THE CORRIDOR, UH, ALMOST EACH HOUSE WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT DECIBEL BENEFIT.
SO IF, IF THE FENCE IS REALLY HIGH, IF YOUR PROPERTY'S GRADED HIGH RELATIVE THE ROAD AND YOU DO A SOUND WALL, SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, KIND OF LIKE, UH, LET'S SEE THIS AREA APPROACHING SILVERSTONE, IF YOU DRIVE THAT THE FENCES ARE HIGHER THAN THE ROAD, SO NOISE WALL WOULD HAVE A GOOD, GOOD BENEFIT THERE OTHER THAN THE, THE HOUSES RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF SILVERSTONE, YOU'D HAVE A GAP IN A WALL.
SO THERE WOULD STILL BE SOME, SO IT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS, IT'S HARD TO ANSWER THAT DIRECTLY 'CAUSE IT'S ALMOST EACH HOUSE WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT BENEFIT, OR NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL HOUSES, BUT SEGMENTS ALONG THE ROUTE.
UH, SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT IT, WE WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO 10 DEPENDING ON GRADE.
AND SO THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WHEREAS THE IDEA WITH
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THE TEXTURING IS YOU, YOU DO HAVE A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IS THE, THE THINKING THERE.SO, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OPENINGS WOULD BE IN THE WALL FOR INTERSECTIONS AND OR, UH, DRAIN.
UM, SO IN THIS DRAINAGE, THIS CURRENT DEAL, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, REALLY THREE OPENINGS.
SO YOU HAVE HERE AT SAND DOLLAR, UH, THEN YOU HAVE SILVERSTONE AND UH, THEN THE DRAINAGE CROSSING THERE, UH, THERE WAS TWO OTHER CONNECTIONS, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD WORKED WITH WEATHERFORD TO CLOSE THOSE OFF.
UH, AND ONE OF 'EM HAS BEEN FENCED ALREADY.
THE THE ONE AT SETTLER'S LANE.
ANYTHING ELSE, CHRIS? SO MR. BOSCO, YOU'RE SAYING THAT ACCORDING TO YOUR BEST INFORMATION, A NOISE ABATEMENT WALL WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT OF ABOUT FIVE TO 10 DECIBELS GENERALIZED.
THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE THERE ARE THE TOPOGRAPHY, THE FACT THAT AREAS THAT WORK WELL WITH THE NOISE ABATEMENT WALL RIGHT NEXT TO THE ROAD ARE THOSE THAT ARE FLAT AND STRAIGHT, LIKE YOU SEE ON THE INTERSTATE.
GIVEN THE NEED FOR AMBULANCES AND FIRE ENGINES TO GET IN AND OUT, OBVIOUSLY THOSE ENTRANCES NEED TO STAY OPEN.
UM, AND I THINK THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN THEIR INDICATION AS WELL.
WE CAN'T HAVE ACCESS ON OAK RIDGE ONLY OR FROM THE NORTH FROM WHITE SETTLEMENT.
UM, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS A, A NOISE WALL SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A GREAT SOLUTION, BUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TRY TO APPLY THAT SOLUTION TO THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES HERE, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA BE NEARLY AS EFFECTIVE AS IT MIGHT BE IN SOME OTHER CASES.
IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ACCURATE.
AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF TO THE POINTS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT THE COST.
SO WE DID ON THE BRICK WALL, 'CAUSE THERE'S A SET DESIGN OF THAT BRICK WALL.
SO WE GOT PRICING FROM A CONTRACTOR ON THAT.
AND THEN THE GROOVING WE GOT, THAT'S ACTUALLY A PRICE AS WELL.
THE, THE THING ABOUT THE NOISE WALL, THERE'S BEEN NO DESIGN OF IT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T GONNA SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY ON DESIGN UNTIL THERE'S KIND OF A FURTHER DECISION.
SO WE'VE BASING THAT ON JUST GENERAL COSTS.
WE CAN SEE FOR NOISE WALLS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN.
AND THEN TRYING TO ADJUST FOR THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.
DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF REDUCING JAKE BRAKE USAGE, REDUCING THE SPEED TO 45 VIA, YOU KNOW, RADAR SIGNS AND ENFORCEMENT AND DIAMOND GROOVING? IS THAT WHERE WE'RE APPROACHING SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 FESTIVALS? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE FIVE TO 10 STILL.
LIKE I, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FEELING WOULD BE THAT THE, THE GROOVING WOULD HAVE SOME GENERALIZED REDUCTION.
AND THEN WHAT, UH, WE'VE SEEN ON SPEED REDUCTION, IT'S ABOUT ONE TO TWO DECIBELS PER FIVE MILES AN HOUR.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT NORTHBOUND SIDE IS, IS OVER 10 MILES AN HOUR.
SO YOU COULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD EFFECT, UH, FOR THAT.
BUT THE, THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT FIVE MILES AN HOUR OPEN HEADING NORTHBOUND.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE TO TWO DECIBELS PER FIVE MILE AN HOUR REDUCTION IN SPEED.
I KNOW THIS IS ANECDOTAL, BUT OUR OFFICE PUT OUT THE MOBILE RADAR SIGN, UH, LAST WEEK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
AND I'VE TRAVELED SOUTHBOUND ON THAT ROAD SEVERAL TIMES AND IT'S INTERESTING, YOU'LL SEE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF YOU THAT HAD BEEN GOING 50 TO 55 AS SOON AS THEY COME OVER THE HILL AND THEY SEE OUR LITTLE RADAR SIGN FLASHING.
WE HAVEN'T IN, IN THE VERY FEW THAT I'VE SEEN.
AND IT'S NOT A GOOD SAMPLE SIZE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS SLOWED DOWN TO THAT 45 NUMBER.
WELL, I THINK TO ADD TO THAT, I, I THINK THAT'S A SHORT TERM.
ONCE THEY REALIZE THAT THERE'S NOT ANY ENFORCEMENT OF THAT AND THEY SEE THAT SIGN AND THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT TO THAT OVER TIME, THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE IN, IN MY OPINION, UH, THAT, BUT IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE EFFECTIVE ALONG WITH ENFORCEMENT, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO ACHIEVE A GOAL OF A LESSER SPEED.
AND WHAT THAT SIGN IS DOING IS, IS, IS IS SIMPLY MAKING SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT THEIR SPEED IS RELATIVE TO WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS.
UH, IF THERE'S ENFORCEMENT COUPLED WITH THAT, THEN THAT SIGN'S GONNA HAVE MUCH MORE IMPACT ON THAT LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS YOU, THE DYNAMIC SIGNS HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT AND THEN OVER TIME PEOPLE START IGNORING 'EM.
SO YOU NEED THAT ENFORCEMENT TO KIND OF RESET 'EM BACK TO, TO TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE SPEED LIMIT.
ANY COMMENTS? YES, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, UH, CHAD MARGARET, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS HERE AT CITY OF WEATHERFORD.
SO HAD SOME GREAT, UH, DISCUSSION WITH COMMISSIONER HOLT AND BOSCO ABOUT THIS, UH, A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO ASSIST IN ENFORCEMENT THROUGH THERE.
AND SO HIGHLIGHTING THIS FOR US, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO.
OKAY, WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC
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HEARING AND I BUT CHRIS, BEFORE WE COME UP, YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GIVEN.IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, NOW THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL DATA THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, UM, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE JAKE BRAKES AND IT MAY BE IN HERE.
WHAT'S THE AVERAGE REDUCTION YOU WOULD EXPECT ON THE NO, JAKE BRAKE FOR DBA? UM, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR THAT.
WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T CATCH THAT IN OUR READINGS ON THE DAY WE WERE OUT THERE, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, THAT'S BEEN COMMENTED FROM THE PUBLIC MEETING THAT THEY'RE, UH, SO, UH, I, I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
IT, IT'S, THE, THE THING ABOUT IT, I THINK IT WAS POINTED TO LIKE, OUR DATA IS AN AVERAGE OVER THE TIME WE'RE THERE'RE, UH, CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, IF IF SOMEONE DOES A JAKE BRICK, YOU'RE EXCEEDING THAT 67.
UH, SO, BUT I, I CAN, UH, GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC DATA.
I, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AGAIN, THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION OF AN ISSUE TO THE COURT THAT WE'RE NOW MADE AWARE OF.
AND, UM, TO GO BACK NOW AND JUST START LOOKING AT THIS AND, AND DIG IT INTO THIS ISSUE IS, IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
AND THERE'LL BE ANOTHER, I'M SURE THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER, UH, HEARING ON THIS IN THIS COURT TO UPDATE EVERYONE WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT THE ANALYSIS HAS SAID TO DIG INTO THIS, UNDERSTAND THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE ON WHAT YOUR RESPONSE IS AND WHAT THE IMPACT IS GONNA BE.
OBVIOUSLY, UM, TO SPEND THE $4 MILLION OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, IF THAT'S, BUT THEN YOU HAVE ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
BUT IF WE HAVE THE COOPERATION WITH WEATHERPROOF AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS, AND I THINK THERE'S OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT COULD MAYBE GET THAT NUMBER CLOSE TO WHAT EVEN A BARRIER WOULD BE, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA DO DILIGENCE WITH THIS AND, BUT THE MAIN THING IS, IS THE QUALITY OF THE LIFE.
THERE'S NO DOUBT WHEN YOU PUT A NEW ROAD IN THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE, UH, IT'S GONNA IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES.
THE ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY YOU SIR, UM, THAT, UH, HAVE NOT HEARD ANY, THE, THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS THE LIGHTING THAT'S IMPACTING HOUSES.
IT'S, IT'S HITTING YOUR LIP, AS YOU SAY, THE LIVING ROOMS. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT AS WELL BECAUSE, UM, WHEN YOU DO BRING IN A NEW ROAD IN A, IN AN EXISTING ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, UM, THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT.
I ASSURE YOU JUDGE, IF I MAY, UM, WE, WE HAVE A, A FEW DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AND OPTIONS ON THE TABLE.
UM, THE WALL I THINK IS, IS A SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AND, AND ALL, ALL SPENDING OF PUBLIC DOLLARS NEEDS TO BE CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZED.
BUT I THINK MR. BOSCO AND HIS TEAM HAVE, HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF PUTTING TOGETHER SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS GIVEN, UM, THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME REMAINING FUNDS IN THE 2016 BOND AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH THAT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DIAMOND GROOVING SOLUTION, UH, SHOULDN'T IMPACT THE VIABILITY OF THOSE FUNDS OR, OR MATERIALLY ALTER WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THOSE.
I'D HATE TO PUT THIS OFF EVEN JUST TWO MORE WEEKS FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH GETTING A POTENTIAL SOLUTION.
EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE BEST LONG-TERM SOLUTION, IT'S LEAST IT'S SOMETHING NOW TO GET US STARTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THE DIAMOND GROOVING DOES IMPROVE TRACTION ON THE ROAD.
IT WOULD BE A MORE SAFE ROAD SURFACE IN THE EVENT OF SNOW, ICE, UH, RAIN, ET CETERA.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOTION THAT OR CAN I DO THAT OR DO WE NEED TO EXIT THE PUBLIC HEARING, FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE STILL IN THE, WE'LL EXIT THE PUBLIC HEARING, SIR.
UM, SO IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? UM, YOU'VE, YOU'VE ALREADY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA START WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKE.
I'LL GIVE YOU, WE HAVE A CARD JUDGE, SOMEONE IN THE BACK.
IF YOU WOULD COME ON OUT PLEASE AND STATE YOUR NAME.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU BACK THERE.
MY NAME IS CARLA GALLAGHER AND I HADN'T PLANNED ON SPEAKING, BUT I'M JUST HERE FOR MY NEIGHBORS.
I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT MONEY AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT IN THESE TIMES.
BUT IF WE PLAN ON COORDINATING SOME MONEY WITH FROM OUR HOA, I'M SO SORRY.
FROM OUR H TAKE YOUR TIME FEES 'CAUSE WE PAY FOR THE HOA FEES TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND IF IT CAN HELP GO TOWARD THIS WALL, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO.
UH, SIR, SINCE YOU SPOKE, I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE.
SO MY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD.
SO YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE COMMITTED, THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD'S COMMITTED.
SO WHERE ARE YOU TODAY? 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT THERE TODAY.
AND AS FAR AS COMMITMENT, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THE BANDAID, WHICH THAT'S ALL IT IS, ARE YOU COMMITTED TO 6:00 PM TO 6:00 AM FULL-TIME POLICING OF, OF, OF THAT ROAD? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
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TALKING ABOUT.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE NOISES, THE LIGHTS WHEN NOBODY'S AROUND.
'CAUSE I, I TAKE THAT ROAD EVERY SINGLE MORNING GOING SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN 5 45 AND 6 15 2 TIMES.
SO IF YOU'RE COMMITTED, WHERE'S YOUR COMMITMENT TODAY? 'CAUSE THAT'S, I MEAN, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT SOUNDS POLITICAL AND WE DON'T NEED POLITICS.
SO WHERE ARE YOU AT TODAY AND WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? CAN I, CAN I, CAN I SPEAK TO THAT? YES.
I, I CAME FROM ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND WE HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION MORE THAN ONCE WHERE WE PUT IN ROADS WHERE THERE WAS RESIDENTIAL, SAME SITUATION WHERE WE WERE ASKED FOR A COMMITTAL OF A 20.
BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE JUST ASKING, UM, WEATHERFORD IS A 24 7, UH, OVERSIGHT.
UH, WHAT THIS WOULD BE WOULD BE AN INTERMITTENT, UM, IT WOULD BE AN INTERMITTENT POLICING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
I HAVE, UH, THAT WOULD, BECAUSE IF THEY KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA, THEY'RE NOT GONNA SPEED.
AND WE HAVE SHERIFF LATIER HERE THAT WOULD PROBABLY ATTEST TO THAT.
BUT IF THERE'S AN INTERMITTENT POLICING OF THAT, THAT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE OR WHEN, UH, BUT THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE WITH THIS.
IF THEY TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ASSIST IN THIS AND, AND WORK THAT, YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT.
AND IF YOU TALK TO THEIR POLICE CHIEF, NOW, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO POLICE IT ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS, THAT CONFORMS WITH WHAT THEIR, THEIR PATROL, THE WAY THEY HAVE THEIR PATROL SETUP.
BUT TO DO IT ON A, ON A LEVEL WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE OR NOT.
AND THEY'RE, YOU CAN'T, THEY CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT.
THERE'S JUST NO WAY BECAUSE OF OTHER SITUATIONS AND STAFFING AND EVERYTHING.
AND AM I, WOULD I BE CORRECT IN WHAT I'M SAYING HERE? AND SO, BUT, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE FROM THEM IS A COMMITMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THIS AND ENFORCING THAT SPEED LIMIT.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? JUST, JUST ANOTHER COMMENT.
UH, I RECOGNIZE NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR THIS, BUT WHAT, WHAT IF, UH, THE SPEED LIMIT WERE LOWERED BELOW THAT 45 WORK? NOBODY DRIVES THE 45 HAZARD.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE'RE WE'RE SAYING, SITTING HERE SAYING THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE AND IT GENERATES MORE NOISE, UH, INCREMENTALLY ACCORDING TO THE SPEED, THEN WHY WOULDN'T, WHY WOULDN'T WE LOOK AT AN OPTION OF LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT LOWER THAN THAT 45 IN THAT PARTIC PARTICULAR AREA RIGHT THERE? HOW, HOW, HOW, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE DISTANCE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? IT WOULD BE ABOUT AN 18 SECOND DECREASE TO TRAVEL THAT DISTANCE IF IT WAS 35 45.
BUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS, IS THAT, UH, WHAT I'M HEARING, AND TO YOUR 18 SECONDS LESS, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT IF WE COME DOWN FIVE MILES PER HOUR, THEN WE'RE INCREMENTALLY LOWERING THE DECIBEL LEVEL.
AND SO IF THE AVERAGE SPEED TODAY IS 57 AND YOU'RE AT 60 66 TO 67 DECIBELS, COULD WE NOT CALCULATE WHAT IT WOULD BE AT 40 MILES AN HOUR THEN? AND INCREMENTALLY IT WOULD, SHOULD COME DOWN TO A, A, A MUCH LOWER LEVEL BASED ON JUST SPEED.
AND I RECOGNIZE THE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES ARE AN ISSUE, BUT IF WE'RE GOING FROM 57 TO 40, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT AND ONLY FIVE MILES PER HOUR LOWER THAN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
JUST, JUST, I, I, I NEED MORE INFORMATION IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO PUT OUT THERE.
AND, UH, UH, I WOULD THINK THAT WE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT CERTAINLY, UH, WHAT THAT ENFORCEMENT WOULD DO.
BUT, BUT NO, NOBODY WANTS TO DRIVE 40, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
WHAT I'M SEEING ALL THE HANDS UP.
YOU ONLY IF Y'ALL WOULD HAVE A SEAT, YOU HAVE COME UP.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN.
UH, YEAH, SO THAT, AND THAT HAD BEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A CONVERSATION THAT CAME UP WITH THE CITY AND, UH, ALTHOUGH I I YOUR POINT'S WELL TAKEN THAT YEAH, THE LOWER WE CAN GET IT, THE, THE BETTER IT'S GONNA BE FROM A NOISE.
IT'S THAT TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO A CERTAIN SPEED.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DYNAMIC SIGNS, UM, MAYBE ONE APPROACH IS WE GET 'EM TO 45, WE, WE DO THE DIAMOND GROOVING AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND THEN IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD GO TO 40, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S LIKE A, A PHASE TWO OF IT.
UM, BUT THE, THE IDEA WOULD WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT 57 NOW TRYING TO GET 'EM TO 40, I MEAN, THE OTHER PHASE OF THE LOOP ACTUALLY WENT UP IN SPEED, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE DISCUSSION OF IS IT ACHIEVABLE AT THE 40 35, WHEREAS MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT IS ACHIEVABLE TO GET TO THE 45.
'CAUSE THAT'S, UM, WE TRIED THAT IN HUDSON OAKS WHEN WE DID THAT ACCESS ROAD.
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UM, SO WE THEN WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT.AND, UM, SO WE, WE KIND OF STRUCK A BALANCE THERE WHERE IT'S WITH ENFORCEMENT, SO THE POINTS WE'LL TAKEN.
I MEAN, IT'S ONE LOGICALLY IF YOU CAN GET SPEED LIMIT DOWN, PROBLEM IS, IS THERE'S SOMETIMES THAT SPEED LIMIT, THE AVERAGE SPEED OF A CAR THEN GOES UP YEAH.
IS WHAT THE STATISTICS SHOWED US, SHOWED US BACK THEN.
I'M SURE THEY'RE THE SAME THING HERE.
UM, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A DISCUSSION POINT.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A DISCUSSION WITH THIS COURT THAT'S GONNA STRIKE A BALANCE OF WHAT TO DO FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, FROM A STANDPOINT OF QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED IN THIS ROOM AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED IN THOSE HOMES.
UH, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, WE'RE GONNA TAKE EVERYTHING INTO ACCOUNT.
SO, UM, SIR, YOU, YOU, YOU, WOULD, YOU LIKE TO COME UP? CAN WE, THE YELLOW, UH, MY NAME'S CHRIS CARTER.
I LIVE AT 1548 SATO, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE AT SETTLER'S LANE.
MY HOUSE, AND MY FENCE LINE IS LITERALLY AT THE SAME EL OR MY FENCE LINE'S AT THE SAME ELEVATION OF THE ROAD.
SO ANY NOISE FROM THE ROAD COMES STRAIGHT INTO MY HOUSE, CAN'T SIT ON THE BACK PORCH, CAN'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, SO THE ONLY THING, AND THAT, AND THAT, THAT GOES FOR AT LEAST FOUR TO FIVE HOUSES DOWN THAT WOOD FENCE RIGHT THERE, THAT WE'RE ALL AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE ROAD.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD HELP US WOULD BE RAISING THE WALL OR RAISING THE FENCE, BUILDING A WALL, SOMETHING, SOME KIND OF NOISE ABATEMENT.
ANYBODY ELSE? JUST SOMEONE I WANT TO EXIT THE PUBLIC HEARING HERE, UH, ONCE WE WERE BY SET CHANCE TO SPEAK.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? JUST A FOLLOW UP TO THE SPEED, UH, CONVERSATION YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY AT THE JANUARY 2ND MEETING, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT 35 MILE AN HOUR SPEED ZONE.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF JURISDICTIONAL CONFLICT.
UH, BECAUSE WE SEE DPS OUT THERE, THEY WERE FULL FORCE, LIKE THE WEEK THE BYPASS OPENED, THEY WERE PULLING PEOPLE OVER LIKE CRAZY, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.
AND I THINK, UH, YOU SEE WEATHERFORD FROM SEVEN 30 OVER TO 51.
YOU SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL ENTITIES, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WEATHERFORD AND DPS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY COORDINATION GOING ON ON WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS WHERE, BUT THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE REALLY HAS TO BE FROM SEVEN 30 SOUTH TO ONE, YOU KNOW, FORT WORTH HIGHWAY.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN FROM MY BACKYARD, MY KIDS JUMP ON THE TRAMPOLINE.
THEY'RE LIKE, THERE'S AN OFFICER OUT HERE WE COULD SEE DIRECTLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE'S GETTING PULLED OVER.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME ENFORCEMENT AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY JURISDICTIONAL CONFLICTS, ANY NO, THERE'S NOT.
NO, THEY ALL, THEY ALL ARE, UH, EMPOWERED TO, UM, POLICE THAT ROAD.
UH, IT IS IN THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD.
UH, THEY HAVE THE, THE, THE PRIORITY OF THAT DPS, UH, THEY HAVE LIMITED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AS THEY DID BEFORE.
I THINK THEY ONLY HAVE FOUR NOW, BUT, UH, THEY DO STILL POLICE THAT ALONG WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SO, YEAH.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANYTHING, THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENFORCEMENT.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE ENTITIES WORKING AND COLLABORATING TOGETHER, AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT, BUT THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE DOING IT.
THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE WORKING THAT.
I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE SPEED LIMIT CALL OUT.
BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WOULD HELP MENTALLY.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT THAT I HAVE, JUDGE, HOW MANY OTHER HOMES, RESIDENCES ARE AFFECTED ALONG THIS SAME CORRIDOR? I DON'T MEAN JUST IN THIS, IN THIS SUBDIVISION HERE, BUT I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE HAVE TO BE OTHER RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HOMES ALONG THIS ROADWAY WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THAT.
SO, UM, IN TERMS, SO THE FIRST PHASE OF THE LOOP, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS FROM WHERE THE CHURCH PROPERTY IS.
UH, THAT'S OF COURSE FOUR LANE SECTION OF THE ROAD.
BUT, UH, THAT'S ANOTHER AREA, UM, HAVEN'T HEARD OF, UM, AS, I GUESS THAT SWITCHED PRECINCT, SORRY,
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT, UH, NOISE EFFECT ON SOME OF THE HOMES THAT ARE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT ARE IN THIS SAME LOCALE.
UH, AS FAR AS TRAVELING NORTH AND THEN WEST, WE HAVEN'T HAD NEARLY AS MANY, UH, CALL-INS ONCE YOU GET PAST THAT SEVEN 30 LIGHT.
SO FROM SEVEN 30 OVER TO 51, THERE HAVE BEEN VERY FEW, IF ANY, THAT I'M AWARE OF UNTIL YOU GROOVE THIS PAVEMENT OR BUILD A WALL OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THERE WOULD BE OTHERS THAT WOULD COME FORTH AND SAY, I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.
I MEAN, ELLIS CREEK WAS, THAT'S GOOD POINT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THE ROAD GETTING BUILT, HAD
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VOICED THAT CONCERN.BECAUSE WE WANT, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SOLVE THIS AND THEN NOT HAVE TO COME BACK IN.
OH, WELL THIS IS IMPACTING THESE PEOPLE AND NOW WE'VE GOTTA GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.
AND MY POINT EXACTLY, JUDGE, THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ITEM LAST CALL.
WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 0 5 AND WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE ITEM.
UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT, YOU HAD A MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? UH, BEFORE WE, UM, I KNOW THIS IS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHERE I WAS GOING BEFORE, BUT THIS MERITS THAT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS COURT BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT MOTION? IS THERE ANY ITEMS OR ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I JUST, I JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I I, I'M ONLY ONE MEMBER HERE, BUT PERSONALLY I NEED MORE INFORMATION TO BE HONEST.
AND, AND WE ALL, I RECOGNIZE THE URGENCY OF EVERYBODY HERE, UH, BUT I WANT TO, AS YOU MENTIONED, SOLVE THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
AND, AND ONE TIME, UH, SOLVING THE ISSUE AND, AND, UH, UH, DO WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERYBODY ALONG THE FOUR DOOR.
AND I RECOGNIZE THESE FOLKS ARE HERE, BUT I THINK THEY WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT, THAT WE WANT THE BEST SOLUTION.
SO I DON'T, I'M NOT MEANING TO STEP ON YOUR, YOUR TOES HERE, COMMISSIONER.
HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID, I WANNA SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ONCE.
WE WE'RE NOT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE ITEM.
UM, MR. BOSCO WOULD, WOULD, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S A SENSE OF URGENCY AS COMMISSIONER HOLT HAS POINTED OUT THAT IF WE CAN DO THIS AND DO IT QUICKLY, UH, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS AND, AND, AND DRILL INTO THESE MORE SPECIFICALLY TO GIVE US MORE DATA, UH, TO WHAT MR. WALDEN SAYS.
AND I THINK HE ECHOES WHAT THIS WHOLE COURT IS SAYING, INCLUDING MYSELF, THAT WE DO NEED MORE INFORMATION.
AND, AND BEFORE YOU MAKE THE MOTION, I JUST WANNA PUT THIS OUT THAT WE HA WE SCHEDULE EITHER WITH EITHER A SPECIAL HEARING OR, OR PUT THIS ON NEXT AGENDA.
AND I'D, I'D RATHER IT BE DONE QUICKER.
CAN WE DRILL INTO THIS THING AND GET MORE DATA TO BRING BACK TO US TO WHERE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON THIS QUICKLY ON THIS? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO? YOU BET.
UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN BE AVAILABLE TO HELP, HELP GET THAT PRIOR TO THE NEXT COURT MEETING BECAUSE I, I'M, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE, WE PULL, WE, WE TRY DO A KNEE-JERK REACTION ON SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED AND ADDRESSED.
'CAUSE COMMISSIONER WALDEN DOES MAKE A GOOD POINT.
WE NEED MORE INFORMATION HERE, UH, BEFORE WE START MAKING DECISIONS ON EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER WALLET, AND I'M SURE THE COURT WOULD AS WELL.
UM, COMMISSIONER HOLT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S YOUR CALL IF YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT.
I WOULD JUST, MY, MY ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT, UM, I WOULD ECHO THE SAME RESPONSES THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE JUST ARE LEARNING ABOUT AND JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT WE JUST NEED SOME DATA HERE.
AND I, I DON'T NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION TODAY.
I THINK THE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS TO THE COURT IS I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A 60 DAY PROCESS OR A 90 DAY PROCESS, OR 120 DAY.
THESE PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS EVERY NIGHT.
UM, SO THE, THE, I'M, I'M FINE WITH DELAYING THE MOTION, UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO MOVE WITH THE UTMOST URGENCY ON THIS.
YOU, YOU HAVE THE WORD OF THE COURT ON THAT.
I DO WANT TO ALSO SAY TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE, UH, YOU, YOU WERE HEARD.
AND, UH, IT IS A SERIOUS SITUATION BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE KNEW WHEN GOING INTO THIS, WHEN YOU PUT A ROAD IN, YOU'RE GONNA IMPACT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF WHAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS, OF WHAT YOU'VE ALL HAD UP TO THIS POINT SINCE YOU BUILT YOUR HOMES.
AND, UM, UH, WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA DRAG OUT.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS VERY QUICKLY AND GET BACK ON THE AGENDA, DISCUSS THIS, AND HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION THAT WE'RE GONNA GO AND MOVE FORWARD WITH.
BUT DO IT IN AN INTELLIGENT WAY WITH DATA THAT BACK THAT UP RATHER THAN, WELL, WE'RE JUST GONNA DO THIS.
AND JUST WHAT THAT TELLS YOU IS, IS WE'RE DOING THINGS WITHOUT REALLY THOROUGHLY ANALYZING AND ASSESSING THIS WITHOUT THE DATA THAT WE NEED.
UH, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR ALSO YOUR CANDOR AND YOUR, YOUR YOUR, YOUR TEMPERAMENT THROUGH THIS, THAT YOU'RE BEING PROFESSIONAL ABOUT THIS.
UH, YOU'RE NOT YELLING AT US AND, AND EVERYTHING WE'RE, 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER ON THIS AND SOLVE, UH, AS BEST WE CAN, UH, TO SOLVE THIS, TO GET YOU QUALITY OF LIFE BACK WHERE IT WAS.
SO THE COURT, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS? OKAY.
UH, I WOULD SAY TAKE NO ACTION AT THIS TIME, IF THE COURT WOULD INDULGE THAT, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK, CHRIS.
UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET WITH YOU, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER HOLT AND ESTABLISH A TIMELINE ON WHEN WE CAN DO THIS AND GET THIS BACK, AND THEN WE'LL GET THIS.
UM, AND I WOULD, I WOULD ASK ALL OF Y'ALL TO, TO LOOK AT THIS TO SEE WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE POSTING THIS AND, AND GETTING ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM BACK ON HERE QUICKLY.
[6.B. Discuss/Take action on ongoing reporting of bond projects to Commissioners Court by Freese & Nichols. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt)]
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REPORTING OF BOND PROJECTS TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT BY FREEZING NICHOLS.SO I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE, HAVE BEEN OCCURRING, UH, RELATIVE TO THE NEW BOND.
AND, UM, AND THEN AS WELL, LIKE THE NEXT, NEXT STEP.
SO, UH, AND, AND AS YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THE PAST BONDS, WE DO FINANCIAL REPORTS IS KIND OF A MONTHLY, UH, PROCESS THERE.
UH, HERE I KIND OF HAVE LIKE, WHAT, WHAT ACTIONS ARE ONGOING.
UH, AND THEN IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE WILL, AS THE PROGRAM GETS UNDERWAY, WE WILL, WE'LL HAVE MORE OF A, A FINANCIAL UPDATE.
UH, SO, UH, AS, UH, GEORGE WILLIFORD EXPLAINED THE, THE FIRST INITIATIVE WAS KIND OF TO GET THAT, THAT CASH FLOW DIAGRAM TO HELP WITH THE, THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING.
UH, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON THE MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT.
THIS WOULD BE BETWEEN FRIESA NICHOLS AND THE COUNTY.
UH, I'D PROVIDE THAT TO KIM ON FRIDAY, AND I THINK SHE'S GONNA WORK WITH, UH, JOHN FOREST ON THE REVIEW OF THAT DOCUMENT.
UH, BEEN COORDINATING WITH COG ON THE PRIORITIES OF THE ON SYSTEM PROJECTS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE WORKING ON IS WHAT THE INITIAL, UH, FUNDING AMOUNT IS.
UH, SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, PRIOR TO THE BOND PASSING, UH, THERE'S LIKE A, AN AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING TO GET 150 MILLION OR SO OF A PARTNERSHIP FUNDING.
UH, WHAT COGS WORKING ON IS KIND OF THAT INITIAL AMOUNT, UH, THAT THEY'RE GONNA HELP, UH, BASED ON THE PRIORITY, UH, PROJECT LIST.
UM, BEEN WORKING WITH KIM AND BRIANNA ON, WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE OUT THE 2016 BOND.
WELL, I, I THINK WITH, UH, THE FOLLOW UP FOR, UM, UH, THE, UH, THE SILVERSTONE, UM, PROJECT IN THAT WE CAN KIND OF PRESENT AS WE'RE CLOSING THAT OUT, THE AVAILABLE FUNDS.
AND, UM, AND SO PLAN TO ACTUALLY BE READY FOR THAT ON THE 12TH.
UH, THE PRESENT, THE CLOSEOUT, WHAT'S THE SAVINGS IN THE BOND, AND GET THE COURT TO TAKE ACTION ON, ON THAT.
WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, INITIAL PROPERTY OWNER COORDINATIONS, UH, SEVERAL OF THE OWNERS THAT, THAT RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THAT BE ACQUIRING PROPERTY.
AS PART OF SOME OF THE BOND PROJECTS.
I'VE KIND OF REACHED OUT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
UH, I'VE BEEN GETTING PROPOSALS FROM SURVEYORS AND LAND AGENTS FOR, WOULD BE THE INITIAL WORK AUTHORIZATION, UH, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, GETTING MULTIPLE PROJECTS GOING AT AT ONE TIME.
UH, SO PLAN TO HAVE THAT, UH, TO PRESENT TO COURT ON THE 12TH AS WELL.
UH, I THINK ANOTHER ITEM TODAY IS THE A F AMENDMENT ON OLD WEATHERFORD ROAD.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BEEN COORDINATED WITH COG ON, AND, AND THAT'S, UH, ONE OF THE AGENDA MOTIVES TODAY IS TO GET YOUR APPROVAL ON THAT.
UH, THAT PROJECT'S, UH, BEEN UNDER ADVERTISEMENT.
THE BIDS ACTUALLY OPENED THIS THURSDAY, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT.
UH, THEN THE NINE 20 TURN LANES IS A PROJECT ACTUALLY BID BEFORE THE BOND, BUT, UH, GETTING THE CONTRACTOR, UM, ACTIVE, UH, ON THAT PROJECT.
UH, SO I'M BE MEETING WITH EACH COMMISSIONER JUST TO LOOK AT THE PLAN WITHIN THEIR PRECINCT, UH, THE DETAILED SCHEDULES FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS.
SO WE'VE PREPARED THAT, THAT'S WHAT I USE TO DO THAT CASHFLOW DIAGRAM.
BUT, UH, AS I MEET WITH YOU, IF YOU HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, WANNA MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THAT, WE CAN, UH, UPDATE THOSE DOCUMENTS.
UH, KIM GOT APPROVAL FOR THE RFQ FOR THE DESIGN, UH, SERVICES.
UH, SO THAT'S GONNA BE A KEY INITIATIVE COMING UP.
UH, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS, UH, ACTION ITEM FOR ME IS TO GET, UH, THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH COG AND TECH STOCK, LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, UH, WHERE WE MEET AND JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET UPDATES FROM THEM ON THE FUNDING.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE INCLUDE ME, YOU KNOW, THAT YEAH, YEAH.
THAT, THAT, THOSE ARE, ARE, ARE KEY MEETINGS.
UH, THAT GIVES YOU A SUMMARY OF, OF THE WORK AUTHORIZATION ONE, UH, WOULD INCLUDE THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THEN SURVEY AND, AND, UH, SUB-SERVICE UTILITY INVESTIGATION.
UH, SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA START INITIAL RIGHT OF WAY, OR, UH, THE ONES THAT WERE DEVELOPERS ARE INDICATING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY.
WE WANT TO GET THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, UH, IN PLACE FOR THOSE.
UH, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS, THAT WOULD BE, UH, THE, THE NINE 20 TURN LANES AND THE OLD WEATHERFORD ROAD.
THE TWO PROJECTS GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION, THE NINE 20 TURN LANES, IT'S NINE 20.
SO IT'S A NEW ROAD THAT COMMISSIONER HOLT BUILT.
UH, SO THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT KIND OF BRIDGED THE TWO PROGRAMS. WE
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STARTED IT WITH PEACOCK, AND AT THAT TIME, A TECH STOCK WAS GONNA BUILD THE ROAD, BUT THEIR TIMELINE WAS TO BUILD IT IN 2027.AND SO, UH, WE BASICALLY, WITH THE COMPLETION OF WILLOW CREEK ROAD, WE ADVANCED THAT UP.
UH, SO THAT ONE BID, UH, BEFORE, UH, OR ACTUALLY IN AS PART OF THE 2016 BOND, UH, WE HAD FUNDS FOR THAT IN THE 2023, UH, BOND.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT IT WITH THIS BOND.
LIKE, UM, SO TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE, THE KEY WITH THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHAT, WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE IN PLANNING FOR THE BOND IS WE DID COST FOR EVERY PROJECT.
AND SO WHAT THE POINT OF THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN IS ONE, TO HAVE DETAILED SCHEDULES OF EVERY PROJECT.
SO WHEN WE'RE REPORTING TO Y'ALL, Y'ALL WILL KNOW ARE WE ON SCHEDULE OR NOT ON SCHEDULE.
AND, UH, AND THEN THE FINANCIAL PLAN IS WHAT I WOULD CALL THE FINAL FINANCIAL PLAN THAT IS USED TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS.
SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF SOME OF THE PROJECTS Y'ALL WANNA SELF-PERFORM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ESTIMATED THEM TO BE WITH A CONTRACTOR SO WE CAN UPDATE THE FINANCIAL PLAN TO REFLECT SELF-PERFORMING, UH, MAYBE ALLOW, UH, ANY SAVINGS THERE TO GO TO ANOTHER PROJECT, RIGHT? UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE INITIATIVE OF THAT, UH, THE MONTHLY REPORTS, UH, AND THEN THE UPDATING WEBSITE.
SO THAT'S LIKE THE PUBLIC FACING SIDE IN TERMS OF WANTING TO HAVE THAT FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY, UH, WHERE WE'RE PRESENTING THE MONTHLY REPORTS TO Y'ALL AND THEN UPLOADING THAT TO THE WEBSITE.
SO ONE OF THE INITIATIVES IS THE ADAPT THE WEBSITE TO MORE OF AN IMPLEMENTATION VERSUS IT WAS LIKE THE EDUCATION FORMAT BEFORE.
UH, AND THEN THE FUNDING PLAN, THAT KIND OF GOES BACK TO COG.
SO WE'RE ALREADY IN THE WORKS OF THAT FUNDING PLAN OF WHAT THE PRIORITIES OF THE PROJECTS ARE, WHAT PROJECTS ARE FUNDED VERSUS FUNDED FROM A FEDERAL STATE LEVEL, UH, VERSUS, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR FUNDS FOR.
WELL, TO THAT POINT, I MEAN, THE TERM SHOVEL READY TRANSLATES INTO SAVINGS TO PARKER COUNTY TAXPAYER.
BECAUSE I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH TO GET THESE PROJECTS WHERE THEY'RE READY, AS YOU SAY, THE TERM SHOVEL READY, THEY, THEY WILL PULL MONEY AND PULL THAT MONEY AND THEN GET THAT, GET THAT GOING BECAUSE I MEAN, 30 PLUS PROJECTS, I MEAN, YOU, I MEAN, THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE EVER.
AND SO THE SENSE OF URGENCY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY AND PRIORITIZING THOSE, BUT ALSO GETTING THESE PROJECTS AS QUICK AS WE CAN SHOVEL READY, IF YOU WILL, DOES TRANSLATE IT TO SAVE AS A TAXPAYER FUNDS.
SO, AND ALSO WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS TO HAVE THIS AS A STANDING, UM, AGENDA ITEM ON HERE.
YOU'RE HERE EVERY TIME ANYWAY, UH, IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS AND JUST HAVE A CONTINUATION OF THIS, UM, FROM A TRANSPARENCY STANDPOINT TO THE TAXPAYER, BUT TO THE COURT ALSO AS TO WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT AND CONTINUE.
THIS IS JUST TOO IMPORTANT, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND, AND ONE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM POLICIES IS ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT'S PART OF THAT PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY TO GET PRE-APPROVED FROM COURT ON THE APPROACH TO RIGHTAWAY ACQUISITION.
UM, HISTORICALLY Y'ALL FOLLOWED THE FEDERAL PROCESS ON THAT.
SO THERE'S A FEW OF THOSE POLICIES.
COMMISSIONER HELL AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY DOING A CMAR ON, UH, BANKHEAD.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE A POLICY THING, UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, BEEN A NORMAL METHOD FOR THE ROADS IN THE COUNTY.
ANOTHER ELEMENT I WANNA SHOW Y'ALL NOW, THIS IS A, UM, I MOCKED THIS UP SO DON'T GET FOCUSED ON THE NUMBERS, BUT ONE OF THE ELEMENTS WE WANT TO DO IN THIS BOND THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IN THE OTHER IS HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT EACH, UM, EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE WOULD HAVE COUNTY STAFF.
AND SO YOU WOULD SEE LIVE THE DATA, SO YOU CAN LOOK UP ANYTIME WHEN WE GET IT INVOICED FROM A CONTRACTOR, THAT DATA WOULD BE LIVE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT IT ANYTIME YOU WANT.
AND THEN WHEN WE COME PRESENT THE MONTHLY REPORT, WE'LL OF COURSE HAVE A SNAPSHOT OF THAT AT THAT REPORT THAT, THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW.
BUT WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE A GREAT CHANGE.
UH, THIS IS SOME TOOLS THAT ARE, ARE RELATIVELY NEW IN THE INDUSTRY.
UH, SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LINKING THE, THE KIND OF TRACKING SPREADSHEET WE DO IN THE BOND AND ALLOWING Y'ALL TO GET A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT ON YOUR PHONE ANYTIME YOU WANT.
THAT WAY YOU'LL HAVE THOSE ANSWERS, AND THEN WE WILL PRESENT IT MONTHLY SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE ALL THAT DATA.
UH, SO WITHOUT ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT THIS UPDATE? WELL, SO WE'LL, WE'LL NEED A SEPARATE MOTION ON THE, A FFA AMENDMENT THAT YOU MENTIONED BEFORE.
THAT'S A, I THINK THAT'S A SEPARATE ITEM THOUGH.
SO WE WILL NEED AN A MOTION ON THIS.
UM, CAN YOU, I MEAN, JUST CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE MO THAT MOTION'S FOR
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AGAIN? UH, I THINK THE INTENT WAS JUST, THIS WAS JUST INFORMATIONAL ITEM, UH, SO IT WAS JUST TO UPDATE Y'ALL ON THE PROCESS, SO THAT'S RIGHT.SO YEAH, THIS ITEM DIDN'T HAVE AN ACTION TO IT.
JUDGE, IF I MAY, UM, MR. BOSCO, ONE THING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US IS IF WE KEPT TRACK OF KIND OF THE INITIAL EXPECTED TIMELINE, AND THEN AS THE PROJECTS ARE PROCEEDING, HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON THIS IS HOW LONG WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE, AND THEN HERE'S HOW LONG IT ACTUALLY DID TAKE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO TIMELINES.
UM, SOMETHING LIKE A GET CHARGE.
BUT ALSO TRACKING IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL EXPECTED, JUST BECAUSE AS TIME GOES ON, YOU'RE RIGHT, VERY WELL AWARE OF THE INDEX FOR CONSTRUCTION PRICES AND YES, SIR, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON THERE.
SO, YEAH, AND, AND I, I DID WANT THAT WILL BE, I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO SEE, IT'S SO SMALL, BUT, UH, GANTT CHARTS FOR EVERY PROJECT PER PRECINCT.
UH, AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT POINT OF HAVING IT TREK ACTUAL VERSUS ORIGINAL, WE COULD DEFINITELY DO THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, NOPE, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS BEFORE WE SET 'EM DOWN? THANK YOU, CHRIS.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM C ON DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION APPROVED COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT ONE TWO, ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT CSJ OH 9 0 2 DASH 38 DASH 40, INCLUDING APPROVAL FOR PARKER COUNTY FUNDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT COP.
CHRIS, I NEED YOU TO LEAVE THIS HOOKED UP HERE.
UH, SO THIS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, SO THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO, WE HAD A PRIOR ADVANCED FILING AGREEMENT THAT WAS FOR $10,500,000.
UH, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH COG.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL NOTE, UH, WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING THIS, IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY REFERENCING STATE HIGHWAY 1 21.
UH, THAT IS, UH, COG IS BASICALLY USING THOSE FUNDS TO FUND THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IN THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THERE WAS LOCAL MONEY THAT THEY PARTNERED WITH WHEN THEY BUILT 1 21.
SO HE'S ABLE TO FUND THIS PROJECT WITH NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.
UH, AND SO THAT, THAT'S JUST SO YOU KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFERENCE.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, I'M GONNA ZOOM IN.
THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, THE TIP MODIFICATION THAT WE DID.
SO WHENEVER WE, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS, OR IN THIS CASE, REGIONAL FUNDS, UH, WE PREPARE THIS, IT'S A FORMAL MODIFICATION THAT GOES TO COG AND THEN IT GOES TO THE STATE.
SO TIP REFERS TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THE STIP IS THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'VE DONE ALL THAT.
SO WE'RE KIND OF PRESENTING TO YOU, UH, I WANTED Y'ALL TO SEE THIS SO YOU CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE BACKGROUND.
SO WITH THIS AGREEMENT IS, IS THE 16 MILLION, UH, 640,000? SO THAT PORTION IS ENTIRELY COG FUNDS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS AGREEMENT'S REFERENCING.
IT'S REFERENCING THEM INCREASING THE AMOUNT FROM 10,500,000 TO 16 640.
UH, THE, YOU'LL SEE THIS LOCAL CONTRIBUTION.
SO THE TOTAL PROJECT IS 19.2 MILLION.
THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTION, UH, THERE'S A 2,060,000.
SO Y'ALL ARE NOT PARTY TO THAT AGREEMENT.
THAT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT COG HAS WITH THE DEVELOPER TO DO THE ENGINEERING.
UH, WELCH ENGINEERING IS THE ENGINEER THAT DID THE DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT.
AND, UH, THAT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT'S, I WANT Y'ALL TO SEE THAT IT'S NOT PART OF THIS, WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING TODAY.
BUT JUST SO YOU CAN GET THE FULL PICTURE, UH, THE $500,000 IS A REQUEST FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY.
UH, WE DID INCLUDE THAT IN THE 2023 BOND.
SO THERE, THERE'S A $500,000 BUDGET THAT WOULD, UH, GO TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
UH, SO WHAT YOU'RE WOULD BE APPROVING WITH THE JUDGE EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT, THIS AGREEMENT IS ACTUALLY PERTAINING TO THE 16,640,000.
UH, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND WHERE THIS ONE'S DIFFERENT IS Y'ALL ARE LEADING THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT.
SO TECH STOCKS, IT'S GOING FROM COG TO TECH STOCK TO THE COUNTY, AND THEN THE COUNTY'S GONNA EXECUTE THE CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND THEN THE $500,000 WAS A, UH, PARTNERSHIP FUNDING.
UH, COG WAS LOOKING TO HAVE LOCAL PARTNERS, SO THE DEVELOPERS, ONE LOCAL PARTNER AND THE COUNTY WOULD BE ANOTHER.
UH, SO THIS AGREEMENT THAT THE JUDGE IS SIGNING ACTUALLY DOESN'T SPEAK TO THE $500,000, UH, BUT THAT THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, THE COUNTY WOULD CONTRIBUTE 500,000 TOWARDS THE PROJECT.
UM, AND SO JUST, UH, NOTE THAT, UH, WHETHER Y'ALL WANNA VOTE ON THAT 500,000 IN TODAY'S COURT, OR, UH, WHEN WE COME ON THE 12TH,
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THE KIND OF, UH, BALLOTS, THE 2016 BOND PROGRAM, YOU COULD VOTE ON THAT $500,000 THEN.'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO ADVANCE THAT BEFORE THE BONDS ARE SOLD.
UH, SO SIMILAR TO THE WAY THE NINE 20 TURN LANES WERE DONE, UH, APPROVAL FROM COURT TO USE SAVINGS FROM THE 2016 WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE FUNDS WHEN THE TWO, UH, THOUSAND 23 FUNDS COME IN, WILL MOVE THAT 500 INTO CONTINGENCY.
OKAY? AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TODAY IS THIS WAS A DRAFT THAT TECH STOCK SENT, UH, THE JUDGE.
AND SO WITH YOUR APPROVAL, THEN THEY'LL FINALIZE IT AND SEND YOU A DOCUSIGN TO, TO EXECUTE THAT AGREEMENT.
AND AT THAT POINT THEY'LL ACTUALLY TRANSFER THE FUNDS, UH, TO THE COUNTY'S FUNDS, UH, FOR BUILDING THE PROJECT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.D. Approve notice of joint primary election, March 5,2024. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]
ON APPROVAL ON NOTICE OF JOINT PRIMARY ELECTIONS.THIS IS, UM, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE COME THROUGH COMMISSIONER'S COURT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD THING SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT WE ARE HAVING A PRIMARY ELECTION.
THIS LISTS ALL OF THE HOURS OF EARLY VOTING.
IT ALSO LISTS ALL THE POLLING LOCATIONS ON ELECTION DAY.
SO THIS WILL HELP EVERYONE AND I WILL POST IT ON OUR WEBSITE ALSO.
AND THIS IS FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.E. Discuss/Take action regarding pre-numbered ballots. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]
ON DISCUSS TAKE ACTION.REGARDING PRE-NUMBERED BALANCE.
OKAY, SO I'M GONNA GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY.
SO BACK IN AUGUST OF 2022, I BROUGHT THIS ITEM TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THEY VOTED TO NOT USE THE PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS IN AU OCTOBER OF 2023.
COMMISSIONER WALDEN PUT IT BACK ON FOR US TO DISCUSS AGAIN, AND THEN I DIDN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION AT THAT TIME.
SO MR. HOLT ASKED FOR ME TO BRING IT BACK BEFORE WE RAN OUT OF TIME TO ORDER FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
SO I BROUGHT BACK INFORMATION FOR YOU.
OKAY, THE FIRST QUESTION WAS ABOUT STORAGE.
SO THE FIRST PART IS ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE HAS TO BE 77 DEGREES OR LESS LIMITED OR NO LIGHT, KEEP AWAY FROM LIQUIDS ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN VOTED.
IT SAYS THAT PAPER IS LIGHTLY SENSITIVE TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT MAY EXHIBIT SOME IMAGE DECLINE WITH EXTENDED EXPOSURE TO OFFICE SLOT.
THE STORAGE BUILDING WE HAVE, THERE IS NO LIGHT INSIDE OF THE ACTUAL FACILITY.
IN THE HALLWAYS THERE IS, BUT IN WHERE THE BALLOTS ARE, THERE'S NOT.
UM, IT SAYS STORAGE SHELF LIFE IS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.
THAT IS IF WE HAVE OPTIMAL, OPTIMAL STORAGE CONDITIONS.
OKAY, SO AN EXTRA STORAGE COST IS GONNA COST $1,200 IF WE END UP NEEDING IT.
UM, LEMME DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE HANDLE BALLOTS TODAY IN OUR OFFICE.
SO WE HAVE JUST REGULAR THERMAL BALLOT PAPER, WHICH IS JUST BLANK PAPER.
WHEN WE GIVE IT TO A JUDGE FOR ELECTION DAY, THEY GET A PRE-NUMBERED A DESIGNATED NUMBER OF BALLOTS.
SO LET'S SAY WE'RE GONNA GO TO STER.
THEY HAVE 300 BALLOTS IN A LOCKED DEVICE.
UM, WHEN THEY GET THOSE BALLOTS, THEY COUNT THOSE BALLOTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEM OUT THAT WE GAVE THEM.
THEN THEY VOTE THE BALLOTS AND THE VOTE.
THE VOTES THAT ARE CAST ARE ONE NUMBER AND THEN THEY, HOWEVER MANY THEY HAVE LEFT.
AND THEN THEY SHOULD, IF THE JUDGE HAS DONE CORRECTLY, ADD UP TO THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME SPOILS AND PROVISIONALS THAT ARE FIGURED IN, IN THEIR NUMBERS THAT THEY HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH.
THAT IS THE WAY WE HANDLE IT NOW.
SO WHENEVER YOU GO INTO VOTE, YOU GET THAT PIECE OF BLANK PAPER, YOU GO OVER TO THE VOTING MACHINE, YOU VOTE AND IT PUTS A NUMBER, A SERIAL NUMBER ON THAT BALLOT AFTER YOU VOTED BEFORE YOU PUT IT IN THE SCANNER.
OKAY? AND YOUR SECOND SHEET THERE, THERE'S A NUMBERS AND IT SAYS DATE AND TIME PRINTED, OCTOBER 27TH, 2023.
THIS IS A RECEIPT THAT WE PRINTED FROM A CONTROLLER,
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AND THIS IS GONNA TELL EVERY SERIAL NUMBER THAT WE USE.THIS WAS DURING A LOGIC AND ACCURACY TEST.
SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY ELECTION.
ALL OF THESE NUMBERS TELL US DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THE FIRST NUMBER IT SAYS IS TWO THAT TELLS US THE DEVICE TYPE.
THIS WAS A DIO, WHAT A DUO AND A CONTROLLER.
THE SECOND SET OF NUMBERS IS A SERIAL NUMBER OF THE DEVICE THAT IT WAS PRINTED ON.
OKAY? SO WHATEVER DEVICE WE USED ARE THE VOTE THE JUDGES USED IS THE NEXT NUMBER.
SESSION NUMBER IS THE NEXT FOUR NUMBERS.
AND THEN THE LAST NUMBERS ARE THE ACTUAL SERIAL NUMBERS.
SO THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE RANDOMLY GIVEN TO EACH VOTER.
NOW, AS YOU SEE ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER, IT IS PUT IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER.
IT IS NOT GIVEN THAT WAY WHEN YOU GO IN TO VOTE.
SO IF MR. HOLT WENT IN TO VOTE, HE MAY HAVE GOT 18.
THE NEXT VOTER COMES IN, THEY GOT 54, THE NEXT ONE GETS WON.
SO THEY'RE NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER, THEY'RE RANDOMLY ORDERED.
THAT IS THE WAY THE VOTING SYSTEM WORKS.
ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COST.
SO THE BALLOTS THAT WE, IF YOU ORDER THE PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS, THEY'RE GONNA COST $265 FOR A THOUSAND BALLOTS.
THAT'S TWO DO, UH, 0.265 PER BALLOT.
WE HAVE TO ORDER A MINIMUM OF A HUNDRED AND THOUSAND BALLOTS, WHICH IS JUST OKAY WITH US.
WE HAVE 121,000 REGISTERED VOTERS AS OF NOW.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE EXTRA.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 130,000 PER ELECTION THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO ORDER.
UM, YOU HAVE TO ORDER 20 WEEKS IN ADVANCE AND THE BALLOTS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THAT SPECIFIC ELECTION, AND THAT'S A DOWNFALL THERE.
OKAY? WE ALSO TALKED, MR. FORREST HAS BEEN HELPING FIGURE STAMPING BALLOTS SO WE COULD STAMP THEM IN OUR OFFICE.
SO WE DID THIS IN A TEST TRIAL AND I THINK I WOULD HAVE THREE EMPLOYEES AUTOMATICALLY QUIT.
UM, THE ACCURACY WAS TERRIBLE.
AND IT IS, IT'S JUST A, A MACHINE THAT YOU STAMP AND IT ROLLS.
WELL, SOMETIMES IT ROLLS, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
SO THEN AFTER WE NUMBERED THOSE, WE HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH THERE, FIGURE OUT WHICH NUMBER IS MISSING.
AND IN THIS LITTLE NUMBERING SYSTEM, YOU CAN'T JUST GO BACK TO THAT ONE NUMBER.
YOU HAVE TO START AT ZERO
SO IN MY, IF I HAVE TO DO THAT, I WOULD SAY THAT'S A NO-GO, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT ACCURATE.
WHAT WE DID IN OUR 20 MINUTES WAS TERRIBLE.
THEY ONLY HAD STAMPED, UH, I THINK APPROXIMATELY 400 BALLOTS TOTAL IN THE 20 MINUTES.
SO, ALRIGHT, ON THE BACK IS ABOUT OUR REGULAR BALLOTS.
NOW, THE COST OF THOSE IS $235 A THOUSAND, WHICH IS 0.235 PER BALLOT.
WE CAN ORDER THESE AT ANY TIME, ANY AMOUNT.
OUR VOTING MACHINES ARE ALREADY RANDOMLY NUMBERING OUR BALLOTS.
UM, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL STORAGE NEEDED AND WE CAN REUSE THESE BALLOTS THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM ELECTION TO ELECTION.
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY ON THE NUMBER OF BALLOTS THAT WE'VE ORDERED SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2021, WE'VE ORDERED 237,000 BALLOTS IN OUR OFFICE.
THIS WE ALSO HAVE FOR OUR PRIMARY AND OUR MAY ELECTIONS.
WE HAVE 117,000 BALLOTS IN HOUSE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE PLENTY STILL FOR THAT.
UM, WE SPENT $43,845 ON THOSE 287,000 BALLOTS, 237,000 BALLOTS.
IF WE ORDER PRE-NUMBERED, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ORDER 130,000 PER ELECTION FOR A COUNTYWIDE ELECTION.
THAT COST IS 34,450 PER ELECTION.
FOR THE NUMBER OF ELECTIONS WE'RE HAVING IN 2024, THAT COST WOULD BE $137,800.
THAT'S JUST FOR THE BALLOTS, NOT INCLUDING THE STORAGE.
WE CAN ONLY USE 'EM FOR THOSE ELECTIONS.
THEN WE HAVE TO STORE 'EM ALL.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY PASSED OUR 20 WEEKS.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
OKAY, I DID LITTLE PROS AND CONS DOWN THERE FOR YOU.
THE CONS, OF COURSE, IS AS IT IS EXPENSIVE, UM, THERE IS HUMAN ERROR WHEN YOU'RE PACKAGING BALLOTS.
IF YOU DO THE PRE-NUMBERED AND YOU GET THE SENT TO THE LONG, WRONG LOCATION POTENTIAL FOR TRACKING VOTERS TO A VOTED BALLOT.
IF WE RELEASE THE BALLOT IMAGES ON OUR WEBSITE AND YOU KNOW WHERE YOU WENT AND VOTED, YOU CAN AFTER, YOU KNOW, ALL OUR LITTLE NUMBERING SYSTEM, PLUG A VOTER TO A BALLOT THAT'S DOING AWAY WITH YOUR SECRECY, RIGHT? UM, OUR SYSTEM MEETS FEDERAL STATE CERTIFICATION.
UM, THERE'S A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY THAT ACTUALLY HARMS THE SECURITY IN THE ANONYMITY OF THE BUILT IN PROCESS.
INCREASED COST TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
YOU HAVE TO ALSO THINK ABOUT THAT IN MAY.
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SUBDIVISIONS, THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION SCHOOLS, CITIES, THEY PAY FOR THAT.SO THIS IS GONNA BE COST THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADD IN.
UM, KEN PAXTON PUT OUT AN OPINION THAT'S OPINION NUMBER 0 4 2 2 THAT STATES A COURT COULD NOT, UH, COULD FIND THAT THE PRE SHOOT, SORRY,
UM, THIS IS A, A LARGE COST TO THE COUNTY.
UM, IF WE ARE WANTING TO DO THE PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS, I NEED TO ORDER THEM IN MARCH.
UM, THAT WILL COST US $35,000 THAT I DID NOT BUDGET FOR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COURT'S GONNA HAVE TO DECIDE.
IT ALSO SAYS THAT IT IS MY JOB TO DECIDE WHICH BALLOTS WE'RE GONNA USE, BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT I'M NOT OVER MY BUDGET, Y'ALL ARE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A DECISION I SHOULD MAKE.
I THINK THAT IS A DECISION THAT YOU WOULD MAKE.
UH, THIS IS NOT LOADED QUESTION, BUT WHY WASN'T IT JUST IT DIDN'T HAVE THE DATA, THE INFORMATION OF THIS? OR IS IT SOMETHING CHANGED WITH THIS? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD NEED PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS.
OUR MACHINES NUMBER, THE BALLOTS.
I I SEE IT AS A THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH WHAT WE DO.
WELL, WE, WE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS BEFORE WE BOUGHT THESE MACHINES SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND MR. BARATO WAS IN AMONGST THOSE PEOPLE THERE, AND WE ALL PICKED THESE MACHINES.
NOW SOMEBODY OR A FEW PEOPLE'S WANTING TO CHANGE IT.
UH, THE DEMOCRATIC CHAIR, SHE'S NOT HERE IS SHE? OR NO, SHE'S OUT TOWN.
I MEAN, YOU PROBABLY HAVE TALKED TO HER D DOES SHE THINK THERE'S CHEATING GOING ON IN PARKER COUNTY? NOT, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, NO SIR.
I I THINK YOU'VE, Y'ALL HAVE A VERY GOOD SYSTEM.
UH, YOU HAVE GOT, HART IS A GOOD SYSTEM.
IF THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING WRONG, I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'D BE A LAWSUIT OR THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SELL ANY FURTHER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I MEAN, THERE'S ONLY TWO VENDORS AND SO THIS IS JUST A SECOND LAYER OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WHETHER THERE'S A QUESTION THAT WE NEED IT OR NOT, IT'S GONNA HIT OUR BUDGET FOR 30,000.
IS THAT MISSING PER ELECTION? YES.
AND NOW THIS LITTLE NUMBER THAT I SHOWED YOU, IF THE ELECTION WAS OVER AND, UM, MR. MR. HALE WAS IN WITH A RECOUNT, SO HE KNOWS WHAT THE BALLOTS LOOK LIKE, BUT YOU COULD ACTUALLY PRINT THIS REPORT AND MATCH UP EVERY SINGLE BALLOT THAT WAS VOTED AT THAT PRECINCT WITH THIS REPORT AT THIS POINT, UM, MR. BARATO, YOU HAD MENTIONED TO ME YOU WANTED TO SPEAK AND WE DO ALLOW SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS. WOULD YOU COME UP AND IS THERE ANY CONCERN, UM, WHILE HE IS MAKING HIS WAY UP HERE? I, I I'VE UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTOOD THAT WE, WE ARE BEING SUED REGARDING THE PREVIOUS ELECTION.
JOHN, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? UH, THAT'S PENDING, BUT IT'S ON DIFFERENT MACHINES.
IT'S NOT THE MACHINES THAT WE'RE UTILIZING OR THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE UTILIZING.
UH, 10 51 HARMONY CIRCLE, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS.
LEMME SAY THANK YOU CRICKET FOR THE JOB YOU DO.
IT'S NOT EASY, BUT I'VE JUST GOT A FEW, A FEW THINGS TO, TO, TO LOOK AT.
SHE JUST SAID THAT PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS WERE 26 AND A HALF CENTS PER BALLOT.
HER CURRENT COST IS 23 AND A HALF CENTS PER BALLOT.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 3 CENTS A BALLOT TO NUMBER HALF PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS.
AND THAT, UH, THE, THE LAW STATES THAT THE NUMBERS SHOULD, SHOULD HAVE TO BE SEQUENTIALLY PRE-NUMBERED.
THEY SAY THEY CAN'T USE THESE BALLOTS IN ANOTHER ELECTION.
WELL, YOU CAN, AND HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT.
LET'S SAY YOU HAVE 40,000 BALLOTS AND YOU USE 32,000 IN THE ELECTION.
THOSE GO INTO SECURITY FOR 22 MONTHS.
AT THE END OF 22 MONTHS, IT'S FAIR GAME.
YOU TRASH THE 32,000, YOU BRING THE 30 2001 TO 40,000 BACK INTO YOUR INVENTORY, YOU PRINT ONE TO 32,000 AND YOU'VE GOT ONE TO 40,000 EQUALLY NUMBERED.
IT JUST TAKES 22 MONTHS TO FILL THE CHAIN SO YOU CAN REUSE THOSE BALLOTS IN ANOTHER ELECTION AFTER THE 22 MONTHS, YOU JUST PULL YOUR SURPLUS BALLOTS, SURPLUS BALLOTS OUT, AND THERE'S A FORMULA FOR THE BALLOTS THAT YOU USE.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU TAKE YOUR VOTERS IN THE LAST ELECTION, YOU ADD 20%,
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AND THEN YOU ADD THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS AND THAT'S THE NUMBER OF BALLOTS THAT YOU NEED FOR THAT ELECTION.THAT WAS WHAT I WAS TAUGHT, TOLD BY, UH, UH, CO COMMISSIONER IN, IN IN HOOD COUNTY.
UM, WHEN YOU HAVE TO, UH, UH, WE, WE LOOK AT, UH, THE REVENUE, HOW DO YOU PAY FOR IT? WE HAVE BUDGETS OF PROPERTY TAXES, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A HALF A PERCENT THAT THE COUNTY GETS FROM SALES TAX.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT REVENUE GOES INTO AND HOW IT'S SPENT AND HOW IT'S ACCOUNTED FOR, BUT WITH THE GROWTH, OUR SA OUR HALF A PERCENT COUNTY SALES TAX SHOULD COVER 4 CENTS A BALLOT.
WELL, IT IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WAS, THAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT.
LET ME INTERJECT 'CAUSE I THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
OKAY, BEFORE YOU GO ON, IF IT'S OKAY, PLEASE, THAT HALF SENT IS, IS, WAS APPROVED FOR ONE PURPOSE.
IT'S TO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES, SO IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A ALSO BEEN A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, UH, COUNTYWIDE VOTING AND THE POLL PADS AND SO FORTH.
UH, WHEN YOU HAVE A RECOUNT, YOU GOTTA OPEN ALL OF THEM TO FIND OUT IF, IF I HAVE 450 VOTES AND THERE'S ONLY, UH, UH, 420 IN MY, UH, IN MY PRECINCT THERE AT HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH, I GOTTA FIND 30 PEOPLE THAT DROVE AND COMING HOME LATE FROM ALITO AND STER AND SO FORTH.
SO YOU GOTTA OPEN ALL OF THOSE.
THE OTHER POINT IS, I BELIEVE, AND I I'VE BEEN CORRECTED BEFORE
MARY COMES IN FROM STER, YOU CAN'T VOTE THERE, YOU GOTTA GO TO YOUR HOME PRECINCT.
THAT WAY IF YOU HAVE A, IF YOU HAVE A RECALL, IT'S ALL WITHIN THAT PRECINCT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO OPEN UP THE WHOLE COUNTY AND COUNT 132,000 BALLOTS.
YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THREE MINUTE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE, THAT'S WHY THE POLL PADS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A COST ON THE POLL PADS THAT WE USE FOR EVERY ELECTION, THE PROGRAMMING AND SO FORTH, UH, THAT COULD ALSO MAKE THAT COST IF THERE IS ONE COULD BE SHUFFLED TOWARDS THE 4 CENTS FOR, UH, PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS AND THE PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS DO COMPLY WITH THE LAW.
I CAN GET THAT, UH, QUOTE THAT, THAT STATUTE AND, UH, WAIVERS THAT HAVE BEEN GENERATED, UH, TO, TO NOT COMPLY TO THE LAW.
MANDATES AND WAIVERS ARE NOT LAW.
SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO HAVE OUR VOTING INTEGRITY COMPLY WITH THE LAW.
UH, IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS, I WILL COMMENT ON TWO THINGS HE SAID.
UM, THERE THERE IS A FORMULA TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY BALLOTS TO ORDER.
THAT'S FAR IN CASE EVERYBODY DOESN'T SHOW UP.
WHAT IF WE HAD THAT ONE ELECTION WHERE 121,468 VOTERS SHOWED UP? ARE WE GONNA SAY MR. BARTOLI WHERE OUR OTHER BALLOTS BECAUSE WE ONLY ORDERED 36,000 OR 64,002 TWO PREVIOUS ELECTIONS.
UM, THAT'S THE ISSUE WITH THE PRE-NUMBERED BALLOTS.
UM, THE OTHER THING ABOUT REUSING THE BALLOTS, OKAY, YOU HAVE NUMBERED BALLOTS AND LET'S SAY WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT POLLING LOCATIONS.
AS YOU UNDERSTAND IN THE LAW, WE CANNOT HAND A BALLOT TO ANY VOTER.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PUT THEM FAN OUT IN FRONT AND LET THE VOTER CHOOSE IT.
OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE THROUGH THREE OUT THERE.
ARE THEY GONNA PICK NUMBER ONE? PROBABLY NOT.
THEY'RE GONNA PICK NUMBER THREE.
THE NEXT TIME YOU FANS 'EM OUT, THEY'RE GONNA PROBABLY PICK NUMBER 25.
WHATEVER YOU HAVE WHEN YOU GET THROUGH.
ARE THOSE BALLOTS THAT YOU HAVE LEFT OVER IN A SEQUENTIAL ORDER? I WOULDN'T THINK SO.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE HOLES IF YOU HAD A HUNDRED PEOPLE VOTE THERE, THEY DIDN'T PICK ONE THROUGH 100.
THEY PROBABLY PICKED ANYWHERE FROM 100 TO 300, HOWEVER MANY YOU PUT OUT.
THERE'S NO WAY THEN TO REUSE THOSE BALLOTS AGAIN WITHOUT HAVING ISSUES OF FIGURING OUT, WELL, BALLOT NUMBER FIVE GO.
OH YEAH, WE USE THAT IN THE OTHER ELECTION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA ON THE COUNTYWIDE VOTING?
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HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T VOTE IN THEIR REGULAR BOX? IS THERE ANY KIND OF DATA ON THAT? NO, BUT WE CAN DO STUFF LIKE THAT.AND HE WAS SAYING ABOUT A RECOUNT WHEN WE DID HAVE THE RECOUNT THAT WE HAD THE LAST TIME IT WAS A STATE REP AND THEN A COMMISSIONER PRECINCT FOR, SO WE ACTUALLY CAN RUN REPORTS WITH OUR POLL PADS TO KNOW WHO VOTED IN WHAT LOCATION SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RUN FROM ALL THE WAY OVER AT, UM, BETHESDA OR OUT AT SOME LOCATION OVER THERE TO GET A FOUR BALLOT BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY SURE THAT IT'S NOT.
AND WE CAN RUN A REPORT AND ANYBODY THAT VOTED A PRECINCT FOUR BALLOT, WE WILL KNOW YES, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO PULL ONE OUT THERE.
UM, WE CAN RUN A REPORT THAT SAYS WHAT PRECINCTS VOTED IN EACH AND EVERY LOCATION THAT VOTED ON ELECTION DAY.
DO YOU THINK THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VOTING IN DIFFERENT BOXES OR NOT? JUST NO IDEA.
THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT VOTE DIFFERENT, I THINK.
I THINK, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S CRICKETING DOESN'T IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL JUST IDENTIFIES THE PRECINCT THAT THEY'RE FROM IF THEY VOTED OUTSIDE THEIR PRECINCT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO, TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ANYWHERE, CORRECT IT.
AND, AND I THINK THAT AS MANY YEARS AS Y'ALL HAVE HAD IT HERE, I THINK IT'S 2015, 16, Y'ALL STARTED COUNTYWIDE HERE.
UM, YOU GO BACK AND IT, IT WILL BE DEVASTATION TO THE VOTERS BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO GOING ANYWHERE.
THEY SHOW UP AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO A CERTAIN PRECINCT.
THEY THEN CAN'T GET BACK TO THAT PRECINCT.
SO THEY HAVE TO VOTE A PROVISIONAL BALLOT, WHICH WILL NOT COUNT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT VOTE IN THEIR HOME PRECINCT.
I I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER HALE, YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE RECOUNT PROCESS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING, REGARDING THE, THE PROCESS? WELL, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY.
WOULD YOU MIND EXPLAINING WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR FINDING, SAY THAT ONE VOTER THAT VOTED OUT IN PRECINCT TWO THAT WAS IN PRECINCT FOR AS FAR AS FINDING THAT VOTE IN THESE LOCK BOXES.
OKAY, SO ON THE, AND THE TIME ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND THE MANPOWER ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
SO THE, WE CAN RUN A, AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT TELLS US WHO VOTE.
IT'S A WHO VOTED AND WHAT PRECINCT NUMBER THEY VOTED IN EACH AND EVERY LOCATION.
AND AS YOU WILL KNOW, KNOW, AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS ON OUR COUNTY WEBSITE ANYWAY OF WHO VOTED EVERY SINGLE DAY DURING EARLY VOTING.
IT TELLS YOUR PRECINCT NUMBER AND YOUR NAME.
IT DOES NOT TELL HOW YOU VOTED.
IT JUST SAYS THAT YOU VOTED OKAY.
UM, AND AS WITH THE REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT, IT'S GONNA TELL YOU IF YOU VOTED IN WHICH PRIMARY, BUT ON ELECTION DAY, LET'S SAY WE'RE LOOKING FOR A BALLOT AND WE'RE WANTING TO KNOW HOW MANY BALLOTS WERE ACTUALLY VOTED FOR.
PRECINCT FOUR IN DIFFERENT COUNT IN DIFFERENT POLLING LOCATIONS.
WE RUN A REPORT IN OUR EPPOL SYSTEM, WHICH IS OUR NO INC.
AND IT WILL TELL US EVERY LOCATION WHAT PRECINCTS WERE VOTED.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WHEN IT PULLS UP A 400, WE KNOW AUTOMATICALLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL THAT BAG.
ALL BAGS ARE IDENTIFIED, THEY ALL HAVE SEALS, THEY ALL HAVE CHAIN OF CUSTODY ON 'EM.
SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHICH BAG THAT WE'RE GONNA PULL TO LOOK FOR THAT BALLOT IN.
DID THE PROCESS WORK FOR YOU OR? YES.
THE PROCESS, THE PROCESS WORKED WELL.
I DON'T MEAN THAT YOU WANT NO, NO
I MEAN THE PROCESS WORKED AND THE FACT THAT I WAS VERY CONFIDENT IN THE YES, IN THE RESULTS.
WHAT I, WHAT THE POINT HERE IS HOW MUCH WORK AND EFFORT IT TAKES TO GO AND FIND THOSE VOTES THAT ARE IN THE OTHER VOTING LOCATIONS AND OTHER PRECINCTS.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT I HAVE TO PROVIDE MY OPPONENT HAS TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT FOLKS THE SPACE THAT IT TAKES AND THE HOURS IT TAKES TO GO THROUGH.
'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU ARE, YOU'RE DOCUMENTING CHAIN OF COMMAND, YOU'RE DOCUMENTING SERIAL NUMBERS, PAPERWORK IS VERY, VERY DILIGENT AND TAKES TIME.
I'M ALL FOR THIS BECAUSE I WANT VOTER INTEGRITY.
I, I WANT TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE AND I DO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR SYSTEM.
THAT BEING SAID, IT ADDED A LOT OF TIME WHEN WE HAD TO GO BACK TO DO THIS TO GO FIND ONE VOTE FROM ONE VOTING LOCATION.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY VOTING LOCATIONS ARE THERE IN THE COUNTY.
THE 38? YEAH, WE HAVE 38 ON ELECTION DAY.
SO THAT WAS MY FRONT ROW SEAT FOR THE PROCESS IN MY 2 CENTS.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR CRICKET? WHEN'S THE DROP DEAD DATE FOR ORDERING NUMBERED BALLOTS FOR THE NOVEMBER? I WOULD SAY WE NEED, WE NEED TO ORDER THE FIRST PART OF APRIL SO THAT WE HAVE 'EM IN SO THAT WE ARE READY TO GO.
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HAVE TO ORDER 'EM 20 WEEKS IN ADVANCE.SO IF WE ORDER 'EM IN APRIL, WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET THEM THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER, THE END OF AUGUST SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM ALL LINED OUT TO WHERE THEY GO.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REAL QUICK? THANK YOU.
LARRY, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO COME UP HERE.
TRY TO KEEP BRIEF SINCE YOU TWO QUICK, TWO QUICK POINTS.
ONE IS WHEN YOU AUDIT, YOU HAVE TO AUDIT THREE PRECINCTS FROM, OR THREE POLLING LOCATIONS.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU JUST AUDIT THOSE NUMBER OF BALLOTS CAST WHEREVER, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY OR YOU HAVE TO AUDIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT PRECINCT OR AT VOTING AT HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH.
IF THEY SAY THAT NUMBER'S CALLED FOR YOU TO AUDIT, YOU GOTTA AUDIT THREE OF 'EM.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU JUST AUDIT THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT WERE CAST THERE, OR IF YOU VOTE, IF YOU AUDIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THAT PRECINCT THAT VOTED.
THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE JUST COMMENT THAT I HAVE, YOU'RE NOT HANDED A BALLOT THAT'S FACED UP, THE BALLOTS ARE SPREAD OUT, FACE DOWN.
THE ONLY THING YOU'LL SEE IS A STAMP ON THE BACK WHERE THE ELECTION JUDGE HAS TO STAMP THAT BALLOT THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THEY, THEY SIGN THE BACK OF THE BALLOT.
SO THAT'S TWO POINTS THAT YOU HAVE.
SO THE FACT THAT IT'S A NUMBERED BALLOT DOESN'T HAVE ANY REFERENCE ON WHICH ONE YOU PICK, BUT THEY CAN SPREAD OUT ALL 400 OF 'EM ON THE TABLE AND SAY PICK ONE.
THE PARTIAL MANUAL RECOUNT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO BY LAW FOR EVERY ELECTION AFTER THE ELECTION'S OVER THE STATE TELLS US WHAT VOTING PRECINCTS FOR, UH, EARLY VOTING THAT WE HAVE TO PULL.
SO IN ALL OF THE EARLY VOTING, SO WE GO THROUGH EVERY, WELL, NO, WE RUN A REPORT BECAUSE IF THERE'S NOBODY IN STER THAT VOTED THE PRECINCT NUMBERS THEY GAVE US, WE DON'T OPEN THAT ONE.
WE JUST OPEN THE ONES THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE PRECINCTS IN.
WE PULL ALL OF THOSE AND WE COUNT THOSE BALLOTS.
THEN WE HAVE THREE POLLING LOCATIONS ON ELECTION DAY THAT WE HAVE TO PULL.
AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE TELLS US ONCE AGAIN, WHICH LOCATIONS THOSE ARE.
UM, WHEN WE DO THOSE, THEY TELL US WHICH CANDIDATE IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO BE VOTING ACCOUNTING FOR.
SO WE MATCH THOSE UP AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE, WHAT IS ACTUAL VOTING ON THE MACHINES MATCHES WHAT WE MANUALLY HAND COUNTED.
I I'M, I'M NOT, I'M JUST ASKING FOR MY INFORMATION AND I DON'T HAVE A POINT TO MAKE ON THIS, BUT REGARDING, UM, SPOILED BALLOTS, UHHUH
TO HAVE A SPOILED BALLOT EITHER FROM, UH, MACHINE MALFUNCTION OR PERHAPS FROM SOMEBODY THAT VOTED WRONG AND PRINTED IT WRONG.
YOU KNOW, HOW COMMON IS THAT? IT'S VERY COMMON.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH OUR DUOS, BECAUSE THEY SOMETIMES TAKE THE PAPER IN CATTY WONKER, SO IT WILL NOT TAKE IT.
SO WE HAVE TO SEND IT BACK OUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO WE HAVE TO SPOIL THAT BALLOT.
UM, AT TIMES WHEN IT GOES TO PRINT IT, IT HAS HELD IT AND IT, WHEN THE PRINTING, YOU SEE IT, IT IS, IT'S SMEARED.
AND WE CANNOT HAVE THAT BECAUSE DUE TO A RECOUNT, YOU CAN'T SEE THE NAMES ON THERE.
SO WE HAVE TO SPOIL THAT BALLOT.
AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE DURING THIS PRIMARY ELECTION THAT GET THE WRONG BALLOT AND WANT TO VOTE THE OTHER BALLOT.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO SPOIL THOSE.
BUT THE MACHINES IS THE COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SPOILING.
SO WE, WE, IT IS A COMMON THING.
I SOME LOCATIONS PROBABLY HAVE 20 SPOILS.
SOME DURING EARLY VOTING WE COULD HAVE UP TO 50 SPOILS.
SO COUNTYWIDE, YOU WOULD HAVE, UH, WE GET A PRETTY GOOD STACK.
FROM THE HUNDREDS, FOUR ABOUT WOULD SAY.
WE ARE GETTING MUCH BETTER ON CLEANING THE MACHINES EACH TIME AFTER A LITTLE ELECTION.
SO HOPEFULLY, I'M HOPING IT WILL GO DOWN.
SO I'M, I'M NOT PREPARED TO, TO MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE WE JUST GOT THE INFORMATION TODAY.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SUGGEST WE BRING THIS BACK UP, UH, HAVE ANOTHER COURT UPDATE.
PRIOR TO, PRIOR TO THE 20 WEEKS IN ADVANCE.
SO I GOT SOME MORE RESEARCH TO DO.
NOT TWO WEEKS, BUT FOUR WEEKS FROM NOW.
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION.
[6.F. Review/Discuss/Take action on terms and conditions of Memorandum of Understanding between Peaster ISD and Parker Count]
F ON REVIEW, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION.ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN STER ISD AND PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REGARDING DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR.
UM, YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE MARK BURNETT
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UH, THIS, THIS MO U'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE SEPTEMBER OF, UH, 2020 MM-HMM.
UM, WE, I, I SPOKE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT WE BEFORE LAST, AND, UH, SHE'S GOOD WITH, UH, SOME OF THE PROVISIONS IN IT.
IT JUST WASN'T SERVING, UH, EITHER ENTITY VERY WELL AND WE'RE JUST GONNA TERMINATE THAT.
IT WAS A $4,000 STIPEND PAID TO OUR SRO IN THE SCHOOL.
AND, UH, THE DELINEATIONS OF DUTIES WAS, WAS KIND OF, KIND OF ODD AND, UH, WE JUST THINK IT'D BE BEST FOR EVERYBODY AND SO DOES PIETER TO THINK, JUST, JUST TO TERMINATE THIS.
COMMISSIONER HILL HAS MADE THE MOTION.
UH, COMMISSIONER HOLTON HAS MADE THE SECOND, UM, I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T GET YOU IN HERE QUICKER THAN THAT.
I SHOULD'VE GOT YOU UP THERE FASTER THAN THAT.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.G. Authorize the Parker County EMC/Fire Marshal to apply for the Texas Statewide Emergency Radio Infrastructure (SERT) Program grant. (Sean Hughes / Judge Deen)]
AND AUTHORIZE THE PARKER COUNTY EMC FIRE MARSHAL TO APPLY FOR THE TEXAS STANDARD EMERGENCY RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE SIRI PROGRAM GRANT.GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, TWO YEARS AGO, UH, OUR, MY OFFICE, UH, PUT IN FOR A SIRI GRANT.
THE SIRI GRANT, UH, WILL TIE THE PARKER COUNTY RADIO SYSTEM TO THE FORT WORTH RADIO SYSTEM.
UM, COSTS HAVE GONE UP A LITTLE BIT.
UH, OUR REQUEST LAST TIME WAS 1.8 MILLION.
UM, OUR INTENT, UH, THIS YEAR IS TO REQUEST 1.91 MILLION TO COMPLETELY PAY FOR THIS.
UM, AND, UH, WE MADE A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT WE THINK WILL HELP OUR CHANCE, BUT I'M ASKING THE COURT FOR AUTHORIZATION TO GO AHEAD AND APPLY FOR THIS GRANT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WAL WITH THE SECONDMENT.
COMMISSIONER HOLT, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS BY BILL.
I'LL DO A BETTER JOB THIS TIME ON FILLING ALL THAT PAPERWORK.
COMMISSIONER, I DON'T LIKE BEING, I DON'T LIKE BEING FIRST LOSER, SO.
[6.H. Discuss/Take action on changing part-time Convenience Center Attendant to a full-time position and discuss the transfer of funds to cover the costs. (Mark Long / Judge Deen)]
DISCUSSION TO DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON CHANGING PART-TIME CONVENIENCE CENTER ATTENDANT TO A FULL-TIME POSITION AND DISCUSS THE TRANSFER OF BONDS TO COVER THE COST.DUE TO INCREASED TRAFFIC AND DEMAND ON THE PLACE, WE, WE NEED TO MAKE THE PART-TIME, FULL-TIME THERE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, SO ALL IN FAVOR? YEAH, I'M ALL, YEAH.
BECKY HAS, I'VE GONE OVER WITH HR AND BECKY AND SHE SAID WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
WELL, I ACTUALLY NEED TO GET YOU TO REVISIT THE SRO MEMORANDUM.
BRIANNA TEXTED AND JUST WANTED ME TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE COURT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BILLED PESTER FOR FISCAL 24 AND THEY HAVE PAID THAT FULL AMOUNT.
SO WE WILL GO BACK AND DO AN AUDIT AND REFUND PEACE.
BUT BACK ON THE CONVENIENCE CENTER.
YEAH, THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY LEFT IN THE PART-TIME LINE THAT WILL COVER FOR THE REST OF THIS FISCAL BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS NOT INSURANCE BUDGETED ON THAT THERE WAS FCA IN RETIREMENT.
SO, BUT THERE IS ENOUGH TO COVER THE REST OF THE FULL-TIME SALARY, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT THE SUBJECT AND BUDGET TO FUND IT FOR FISCAL 25.
[6.I. Declare tanks (Asset #733 and #10603) as salvage. (Commissioner Walden)]
MY OWN DECLARE TANKS ASSETS NUMBER 7 33 AND TEN SIX OH THREE SALVAGE COMMISSIONER WALDEN.WE, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE PREVIOUSLY DONE THIS TO MY, I BELIEVE, UH, AT ONE POINT WE PUT THESE, THESE ARE, UH, ACTUALLY RAILROAD TANK CARS THAT ARE INTACT THAT WERE USED AS WATER TANKS BUT HAVE ASPHALT IN 'EM.
UH, WE HAD THEM IN THE AUCTION ONE TIME.
WE WERE ASKED TO PULL THOSE OUT AND, AND DONATE 'EM TO UH, AN ESD SO THAT MOTION WAS PASSED.
NOW WE'RE WANNA GET RID OF 'EM 'CAUSE THERE ARE NO VALUE TO US OTHER THAN FOR SCRAP IRON.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE DECLARE THESE ASSETS AS SALVAGE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COURT VOTE DISCUSSION.
AND YOU'RE GONNA SCRAP, YOU'RE GONNA THE SCRAP BILL? I DON'T KNOW THAT PROBABLY.
WE WANT RID OF THEM BECAUSE WE WANT THE SPACE WHEN WE, IF WE MAKE A DECISION WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH 'EM, WE'LL BRING 'EM BACK TO COURT, I ASSUME.
BUT THEY ARE, I ASSUME THAT WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WE DECLARE THEM AS SALVAGE, LIKE WE DO SOIL THAT WE HAVE ON OUR, THAT WE COULD DO WHAT WE WANTED TO WITH THEM AT THAT POINT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YOU AND I CAN DISCUSS THAT.
[6.J. Waive the job posting for the Chief Investigator position in the County Attorney's Office. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
WAIVE THE JOB POSTING FOR THE CHIEF INVESTIGATOR POSITION AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.JOHN AND I HAVE AN EMPLOYEE AFTER 30 YEARS.
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HE'S, HIS FUNCTION IS A SOFT VAN VIOLENCE AND CPSI HAVE A PRIOR EMPLOYEE THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT POSITION AND HE HAS THAT SKILLSET, SO I'D LIKE TO BRING HIM BACK IN.SO I'D LIKE TO WAIVE THIS MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.K. Discuss and take action on County Attorney Staff Supplements utilizing Senate Bill 22 funds and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
K ON DISCUSSION.TAKE ACTION ON COUNTY ATTORNEY STAFF SUPPLEMENTS UTILIZING INCENTIVE BILL 22 FUNDS AND TAKE ANY ACTION ACCORDING AS NECESSARY.
AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND VISIT WITH BECKY, UH, LAST WEEK.
UH, WE SET UP A SCHEDULE FOR SUPPLEMENTS FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND FOR NEW POSITIONS.
IT'S, I THINK SHE'S HANDED THAT OUT.
YOU EACH HAVE A COPY OF THE, UM, I HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE THE SB 22 SUPPLEMENT THAT'LL BE GIVEN TO EACH OF THOSE POSITIONS AS WELL AS THE TWO NEW POSITIONS THAT WERE APPROVED FOR FISCAL 24.
UM, THE NEW ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY AND CPS PARALEGAL.
SO YOU CAN SEE WITH ALL THE CHANGES, EVEN INCLUDING TOTAL COST, ACTUALLY THERE'S ABOUT $54 LEFT OVER.
SO JUST LIKE TO GET THAT APPROVED AND ENTER THAT INTO THE MINUTES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
[6.L. Review and execute the Juvenile Contract and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
REVIEW AND EXECUTE THE JUVENILE CONTRACT AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.AND THIS IS A NEW CONTRACT FOR PSYCHOS SEXUAL EVALUATIONS ON JUVENILES.
AND THIS WOULD ALLOW THE COURT TO ORDER THOSE EVALUATIONS AND THEN SET SOME TYPE OF TREATMENT IF NECESSARY FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
IT'S BASED ON WHAT THE COURT WOULD ORDER AS FAR AS, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL THAT MIGHT MEET THAT CRITERIA TO GET THAT REVIEW.
IS THIS SOMETHING NEW OR IT IT IS NEW.
WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT DOES THESE REVIEWS OR EVALUATIONS.
SO PREVIOUSLY WE HAD A PROBATION OFFICER ON STAFF THAT HAD AN L-S-O-T-P UM, DESIGNEE, WHICH IS A LICENSED SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT PROVIDER LICENSE AND SHE WAS ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THESE EVALUATIONS.
UM, SHE'S NO LONGER EMPLOYED WITH THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT, THEREFORE WE DO NEED TO, UM, LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS EVALUATION, UM, COMPLETED TO HELP MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COURT AS TO WHAT THE TREATMENT NEEDS ARE OF THE JUVENILE AND THE RISK TO SEXUALLY RECIDIVATE TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY.
SO IS THIS NORMALLY A, A ROLE THE COURT TAKES? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN, IS THIS NORMALLY A ROLE THE COURT WOULD TAKE? IS THIS BEEN, I MEAN IS THIS THAT'S NEW TO ME.
I'M, I'M, I'M JUST THE CONTRACT ITSELF.
SO WHEN THE JUVENILE GOES BEFORE THE COURT AND THEY NEED A SPECIFIC EVALUATION, UH, THIS INDIVIDUAL WOULD EVALUATE THEM AND THEN SET A, A PLAN FOR THEM AS FAR AS EITHER COUNSELING OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF TREATMENT OR NEED BASED ON THAT EVALUATION, IT HELPS DETERMINE, UM, FOR US AS WELL, UM, AS WHAT THE TREATMENT NEEDS ARE IN REFERENCE TO BEING ABLE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND OR LOOKING AT OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THIS WAS GONNA COST? THE COUNTY? IT'S $800 PER EVALUATION.
WHAT ARE Y'ALL AVERAGING EVALUATIONS.
HOW MANY? UM, WELL WE CURRENTLY HAVE ROUGHLY 21 TO 22, UM, SEXUAL CASE CASES THAT WE ARE EITHER, UM, CURRENTLY SUPERVISING AND OR ARE IN PLACEMENT OR ARE PENDING COURT ACTION.
UM, ALL OF THOSE JUVENILES HAVE HAD THE PSYCHOSEXUAL, UM, EVALUATIONS.
WHAT DOES THAT BREAK DOWN TO ON A YEARLY BASIS? YEAH, IF YOU HAD TO ESTIMATE.
UM, IF I HAD TO ESTIMATE, I WOULD SAY ROUGHLY, UM, CERTAINLY WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE SEXUAL OFFENSES THAT HAVE BEEN REFERRED, BUT ROUGHLY ABOUT EIGHT A YEAR.
SO WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? FROM THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT'S IN YOUR BUDGET? YES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY DISCUSSION ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR PASSED BY VOTE
[6.M. Renewal Contract for Springtown Public Library for Fiscal 2023/2024 year and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
SCOTT.ITEM IN ON RENEWAL CONTRACT WITH SPRINGTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR FISCAL 2023.
AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF COURTLY NECESSARY.
JOHN, THIS IS A CONTINUATION CONTRACT FOR SERVICES WITH SPRINGTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,320.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNELLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
PASS FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN
[7.A. Executed Department of Treasury Requests for Transfer of Property Seized by Parker County Sheriffs Office. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
A AND ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES.EXECUTED, EXECUTED DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY REQUEST FOR A TRANSFER OF PROPERTY SEIZED BY PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THAT BE NOTED INTO THE MINUTES.
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NINE ON PLATS.
WE'LL TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS AND COME BACK AT 11 15, 11 21.
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WE'RE GONNA MOVE DOWN THE AGENDA ON ITEM D.APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLATT FOR SUBDIVISION.
BE KNOWN AS SUMMIT RANCH CONSISTING OF 131.005 ACRES DEVELOPED BY SAVAGE CREEK, LLC AND LP ROD SEWER LOCATED OFF OF MUIR ROAD WITH WOOD WATER AND PRECINCT FOUR.
THIS PLATT WAS UH, RELEASED FROM THE ETJ OF THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD.
UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE 61 LOTS THAT RANGE IN SIZE FROM TWO ACRES TO 4.11 ACRES.
THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN THREE ROADS THAT ARE GONNA BE PRIVATE SUMMIT RANCH COURT, I'M SORRY, TWO ROADS, SUMMIT RANCH LANE.
UH, THESE WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA BUT WE DID HAVE A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING AND THE DEVELOPER IS PUTTING IN A BOULEVARD ENTRANCE GOING INTO THE SUBDIVISION TO MEET OUR NEW REQUIREMENTS AND THEY WILL ALSO BE DONATING, UH, 1.284 OF AN ACRE OF ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF MERE ROAD.
IS EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE PRELIMINARY AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES AND THE BOULEVARD ENTRANCE? THAT'S ONE THING WE NEED TO GO BACK AND DEFINE THE LENGTH OF THAT FOR APPROVAL.
UH, SEAN HUGHES DID GET A PHONE CALL AND HE DID SAY THAT THE LENGTH ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION MET THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT PROBABLY WE NEED TO GO BACK IN OUR RULES AND DEFINE THAT LENGTH.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? PASS FIVE.
OH, WE'LL GO TO ITEM TWO AND APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR DRIVEWAY DISTANCES FOR SUMMIT RANCH ON SAVAGE LANE AND PRECINCT FOUR.
AND PART OF OUR PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING, WE DID SPEAK ABOUT, UM, WAIVING THE NEW REQUIREMENT FOR THE DRIVEWAY DISTANCES ON SUMMIT RANCH.
UM, JUST THE ENTRANCES OFF OF SAVAGE LANE.
YEAH, I DECIDED THAT, UH, THIS WARRANT TO THE WAIVER, UH, BASED ON THE ROAD, THERE'S PLENTY OF VISIBILITY, THE SPEED LIMITS THERE AND UM, AND IN REGARDS TO HOW THE, THE LAYOUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS.
SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, AS LONG AS EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER WITH YOUR OFFICE JOHN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND THAT IS THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
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ITEM NINE.APPROVE THE EXTENSION LETTER OF CREDIT FROM MAINTENANCE ACHE CREEK ESTATES AND PRECINCT ONE.
HAVE YOU RECEIVED THIS EXTENSION LETTER? THIS IS, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,312.
IT'S GONNA BE GOOD UNTIL JUNE 3RD, 2024.
JUST TO GIVE HIM TIME TO FINISH UP THOSE ROAD REPAIRS.
COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD? PAPERWORK WISE? EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER COLLEY.
ITEM TWO, PRECINCT ONE, APPROVE PRELIMINARY PLATT FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS THOMAS LIN ESTATE.
PHASE TWO CONSIST OF 84.836 ACRES RELEASED FROM THE CITY OF AZEL ETJ DEVELOPED BY TWO H HM INVESTMENTS, LLC AND JACKIE MALDEN LOCATED OFF OF THOMAS LYNN ROAD IN WALNUT OAK CREEK WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.
AND THE CITY OF AZEL HAS RELEASED THIS TO BE FLATTERED IN THE COUNTY.
THIS IS GONNA BE TURNED INTO 66 66 LOTS.
THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM ONE ACRE TO 2.398 ACRES.
WE ARE GONNA BE PUTTING IN FOUR UM, STREETS, PIPER AND STREET, MADELINE COURT, OLIVIA, LUCILLE STREET AND LUDDY STREET.
AND THOSE LAST TWO ARE EXISTING SO THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE THOSE OUT OF PHASE ONE.
AND WALNUT CREEK IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE.
COUNSEL ARE EVERYTHING GOOD? PRELIMINARY PURPOSES.
THE DEVELOPER HAS MET ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE O WE WOULD.
ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION FOR GREENING MEADOWS.
PHASE TWO CONSISTENT OF NINE ACRES DEVELOPED BY LORENZO AND JAVIER HERNANDEZ LOCATED OFF OF MANLEY LANE WITH WALNUT CREEK SUD AND PRECINCT ONE.
IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING IS A REVISION OF LOT 16 BEING TURNED INTO 16 R TWO PER FIVE ACRES AND 16 R THREE PER FOUR ACRES.
NOW WE DID SEND OUT 16 CERTIFIED LETTERS AND RAN ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE.
OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1125.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AGAIN? ITEM THREE, PRECINCT ONE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT
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1125 AND AND MOVE TO THE ITEM COUNSELOR.EVERYTHING GOOD FOR FINAL PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING ZERO BALANCE.
THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER THROUGH WALNUT CREEK, SUD AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH MOVED TO ITEM FOUR, APPROVED THE FINAL REVISION FOR PEACH RANCH CONSISTING OF 4.2908 ACRES DEVELOPED BY ELK RADO RAMIREZ, LLC LOCATED OFF OF BE STATION ROAD WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER SUPPLY IN PRECINCT ONE.
THIS IS GONNA TAKE THIS REVISION AND SPLIT THESE INTO FOUR LOGS.
THEY EACH ARE A LITTLE OVER ONE ACRE INSIDE.
WE DID SEND OUT THREE CERTIFIED LETTERS TO RESIDENTS IN THE SUBDIVISION AND RAN AD IN THE PAPER.
ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1127.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR PRECINCT ONE.
HEARING ON SCENE NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1127 AND GO TO THE ITEM COUNSELOR.
EVERYTHING GOOD FOR A FINAL PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN NEWSPAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE.
IT INDICATES A BALANCE OF $2,128 AND 14 CENTS.
THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER THROUGH WALNUT CREEK AND A PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
NINE A FOUR MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WOULD BE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL DURING DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM FLOOR VOTE.
ITEM FIVE, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION OF THE PEACH RANCH CONSIST OF 21 POINT 26 0 5 ACRES DEVELOPED BY THE AL ALTO CHILDREN'S TRUST LOCATED OFF OF BE STATION ROAD OF WALNUT CREEK WATER AND PRECINCT TO ONE.
THIS REVISION IS CHANGING LOTS.
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 AND 13.
TAKING THESE FROM TWO ACRE LOTS, SPLITTING THOSE IN HALF, I'LL ACCEPT LOT NINE WHICH IS GONNA STAY AT 4.272 ACRES.
UH, CERTIFIED LETTERS WERE SENT OUT AND AS WE'RE RUNNING THE STATUTE OR IN THE PAPER, WE'LL SEE HOW MINE IS.
WHAT THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1128? IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE, PRECINCT ONE.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT AT 1128 AND GO TO THE ITEM COUNSELOR.
EVERYTHING GOOD FOR FINAL? UH, YES.
PROPER NOTES WAS PLACED IN NEWSPAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
THE DEVELOPER PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE.
IT HAS A BALANCE OF $705 AND 71 CENTS AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
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TO ITEM B ONE, PRECINCT TWO.BEGIN THE PROCESS OF POSTING STOP SIGNS AT GA DRIVE AT NORTH BEND ROAD AND PRECINCT TWO.
AND THE PRECINCT REACHED OUT ABOUT, UH, POSTING STOP SIGNS.
WE'D JUST LIKE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THEM TO, UH, BEGIN THAT PROCESS TO GET THOSE SIGNS POSTED.
THE ROAD'S GETTING BUSIER AND THIS IS A CLARIFICATION MATTER THAT WE FEEL LIKE WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
APPROVE THE ORDER OF 24 DASH OH TWO FOR THE CANCELLATION OF LOTS.
ONE THROUGH THREE THEN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS ENCHANTED HILLS.
AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.
MS. UH, PROPERTY OWNERS CAME IN.
THEY HAVE BOUGHT THE ADJOINING LIKE 23 ACRES NEXT TO THE SUBDIVISION.
THEY'D LIKE THE FOUR LOT SUBDIVISION THEY'D LIKE CAME AND WOULD LIKE TO ABANDON, UH, LOT ONE THROUGH THREE AND REVERT THAT BACK TO RAW LAND TO ADD TO THEIR EXISTING COUNSEL.
ARE WE GOOD ON DOCUMENTS FROM YOUR SIDE? THE ORDER IS IN IS PROPER MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE O MOVE TO ITEM
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C.APPROVE THE AMENDMENT FOR EAGLE ROCK SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN PRECINCT THREE.
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I'M SORRY.AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS, UH, THE DEDICATION OF A STRIP OF LAND FOR THE, FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF TAYLOR ROAD AND THAT IS 0.078 OF AN ACRE.
THERE IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO DO THAT.
I'M SORRY IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
UH, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WAS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
OH WE'LL GO ITEM TWO EXCEPT THE SPECIAL WARRANTY D FOR EAGLE ROCK SUBDIVISION IN PRECINCT THREE.
DID UH, RECEIVE THE WARRANTY DEED FOR THIS ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET THAT ACCEPTED MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALMAN? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
PASS FIVE OH GO TO ITEM TWO EXCEPT THIS SPECIAL WARRANTY DE FOR OH, WE ALREADY DID THAT ONE, DIDN'T I? GO TO ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION FOR HORSESHOE BAN PHASE FOUR, SECTION TWO CONSISTENT OF 5.0020 ACRES.
DEVELOPED BY ROBBIE PEON VIC LAWSON LOCATED OFF OF LIVE HAND TRAIL IN HAR STONE WATER AND PRECINCT THREE.
THIS IS A REVISION OF LOT SIX INTO THREE LOTS.
THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM ONE ACRE TO 2.920 ACRES.
WE DID SEND OUT 19 CERTIFIED LETTERS, RAN ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE.
EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR THE FILE.
WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1132.
IS THERE ONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE, PRECINCT THREE HERE ON C NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1132 AND GO TO THE ITEM.
AND PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACE IN THE NEWSPAPER LIST THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER THROUGH HORSE PARTS, STONE WATER, AND THE PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL THE OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
HALT DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? CERTIFICATES PAST FIVE.
OH WE'VE DONE, WE'VE DONE ITEMS D ONE AND TWO.
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WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM D THREE.APPROVE THE FINAL PLA OF LAKE RIDGE RANCHES.
ADDITION CONSISTING OF 119.40 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JRM LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY LLC LOCATED OFF OF WAT SETTLEMENT ROAD WELL WATER PRECINCT FOUR.
HIS LETTERS, HIS CREDITS ARE WRONG.
I TALKED TO, HE SAID HE WASN'T AWARE THAT THEY WANT FIVE, BUT WE STILL HAVE EVERYTHING TURNED IN.
BASICALLY TRY AND TODAY, BUT THEY DIDN'T.
UH, WE'RE MISSING A FEW DOCUMENTS.
I SAID THEY WERE GONNA HAVE THEM HERE, UM, PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
SO WE MAY WANT TO RECESS MAYBE FIVE MINUTES OUT ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
CALL THEM, SEE WHERE THEY ARE.
IF THEY'RE IN ROUTE THAT WAY, UH, WE DON'T MISS THEM.
IS ON ITEM, IS ITEM FOUR ATTACHED TO THAT? YES SIR.
UH, BUT THE LETTER OF CREDITS THAT I RECEIVED THIS MORNING ARE BASED OFF $35 PER LINEAR FOOT.
SO I TOLD THEM THAT THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE REDONE FOR THE ROAD LAWNS.
THIS IS ON, UH, NINE THREE OR NINE.
FOUR FOUR, SORRY, JOHN, CAN WE DO FOUR EXCEPT A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAKE LAKERIDGE RANCHES? WAIT ON BOTH THOSE.
WE'RE GONNA LET THE RECORDS SHOW THAT WE'RE GONNA RECESS AT 1135 AND, UH, RESUME, UH, WITHIN JUST A SHORT PERIOD HERE.
SO THE RECORDS WE'RE OFF RECORD NOW AT OR NOT OFF RECORD.
WE'RE OFF PLANNING MEETING AT 1138.
AND ON ITEMS THREE AND FOUR UNDER PRECINCT FOUR, WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION AND MOVE TO ITEM 10.
LEMME GET THAT, LEMME GET THAT SPOT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UH, ONE SECOND.
THE RECORDS SHOW THAT WE'LL ADJOURN AT 1138.