[Call to Order]
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THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UM, CALL IT TO ORDER ON THE 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024.
LET THE RECORD SHOW IT IS 9:00 AM UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM THAT THE RECORDS SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENT.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH A INVOCATION LED BY LYNDALE HOLLOWAY FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, UH, IN WEATHERFORD, FOLLOWED BY THE LEDGE, LED BY PARKER COUNTY, JUDGE PROTE.
COMMISSIONER COLLIN, PLEASE STAND.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THANK YOU FOR THESE LEADERS THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED FOR OUR COUNTY.
WE PRAISE YOU WOULD BLESS THEM AND GIVE THEM WISDOM AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS AND GUIDE OUR COUNTY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER AND LIBERTY JUSTICE.
FOR OUR HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG, OUR PLEDGE TO LEAD TO ELITE TEXAS.
[4. CONSENT]
TO ITEM FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER ITEM A AUDITOR, ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR UNDER ITEM B ON THE TREASURER ITEMS ONE AND THREE.AND UNDER ITEM C ON THE COUNTY JUDGE ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
I HAVE ONE COMMENT UNDER, UM, BUT THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE COUNTY CLERK ON WHAT'S BEEN ENTERED IN, UM, FOR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS IS 2,485.
SO AFTER I HAD SUBMITTED EVERYTHING TO COURT ON FRIDAY AND FINALIZED IT, UM, WE BECAME AWARE OF A PO UM, OUT OF THE SAME LINE WHERE THEY WERE MOVING THE FUNDS.
AND SO IT WOULD CAUSE THAT LINE TO BE OVER BUDGET.
AND SO WE WILL GET THAT BUDGET ADJUSTMENT COMPLETED KIND OF AS A, AN ADDENDUM TO THIS AND GET IT SUBMITTED TO, UH, THE COUNTY CLERK, UH, FOR THE MINUTES.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF THAT THIS MORNING.
GOT THE ADJUSTMENT ON HERE THAT ASSUMED.
WE APPROVE THE ITEM, UH, THE CONSENT ITEMS AS ADJUSTED BY THE AUDITOR MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
[6.C. Discuss/Take action on how to alleviate storage and space challenges for Auto Registration. (Jenny Gentry / Commissioner Holt)]
GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM, UM, SIX C.UM, TRY TO, TRY TO GET YOU BACK TO WORK IN THE COUNTY DOLLARS HERE.
UM, DISCUSSION, TAKE ACTION ON HOW TO ALLEVIATE STORAGE AND SPACE CHALLENGES FOR AUTO REGISTRATION.
WE HAVE OUR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR HERE, JENNY GENTRY.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN PUT ON HERE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
UM, MS. GENTRY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND KIND OF OPEN THIS, OPEN THIS UP A LITTLE BIT HERE.
I GAVE EVERYONE A, A ROUGH DRAWING OF WHAT WE REQUESTING.
THE STATE HAS INCREASED OUR MANDATORY REQUIREMENT OF PLATES THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP ON HAND.
WE DID HAVE TO KEEP UNDER 10,000.
NOW WE HAVE TO KEEP OVER 42,000 PLATES AND I DON'T HAVE THE STORAGE SPACE IN OFFICE.
AND THE MORE YOU MOVE THE PLATES, THE MORE THE BOXES BREAK DOWN AND THEN THEY WON'T STACK.
SO MARK HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US.
WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF PLATES IN THE OFFICE.
WE'VE MADE A, A LOT OF CHANGES TO OUR STORAGE AREA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT Y'ALL CONSIDER INCREASING MY SPACE BY GOING ACROSS THE HALL INTO THE KITCHEN.
AND WE COULD RECONSTRUCT HOW THE LAYOUT IS FOR THE GIRLS THAT WORK THE FRONT COUNTER AND THEN THEY WOULD ALSO OPEN UP STORAGE SPACE FOR OUR OFFICE.
SO, UH, UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, IS THAT SPACE BEING UTILIZED BY ELECTIONS? YES.
SO THERE IS A PLAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S IN PROGRESS HERE.
UH, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO AFTER THAT TRANSITION IS MADE? YES.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE, WE CAN'T STORE EVERYTHING WE'RE REQUIRED TO RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE, HAVE YOU INTERACTED WITH ELECTIONS AND KINDA SHARED THAT SPACE WITH THEM WITH SOME JOINT THAT NOTHING THAT I HAVE, IT HAS TO STAY UNDER.
I CAN'T HAVE ANYBODY HAS ACCESS I TO IT, SO I CAN'T JUST STICK ANYTHING IN THERE AT THE MOMENT.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY A PLAN ON WHAT WE DO AFTER THAT IS MADE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN, UM, IS THERE AN INTERIM TILL THAT HAPPENS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OR THERE'S ANOTHER LOCATION THAT YOU CAN DO OR? NO, WE'RE STUCK BEING UNABLE TO HOLD THE PLATES WE'RE REQUIRED TO HOLD.
WHAT'S YOUR, IS THERE A, UM, YOUR ABILITY TO HANDLE THAT NOW UNTIL THAT HAPPENS? WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT? WELL, WE'RE CURRENTLY, THEY DON'T WANT US ORDERING
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CONSTANTLY AND I, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.WE'LL JUST CONTINUOUSLY ORDER PLATES AND HOPE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A SHUTDOWN.
UM, I HAD, I DID HAVE A SOMEONE COME OUT WHO DOES CONSTRUCTION JUST TO KIND OF DO AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST.
WE JUST WANTED AN IDEA 'CAUSE I DO HAVE SOME FUNDS I CAN USE TOWARDS THIS.
AND HE SAID IT WOULD RUN AROUND 250 300,000 INCLUDING ALL THE DEMO.
BUT OF COURSE IF WE DEMO IT, THAT WOULD SAVE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TO THE COUNTY.
UM, COMMISSIONER HALL, YOU PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AND I'VE TALKED TO, UM, MR. GENTRY AS WELL, AND, UH, IS THERE A COMMENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON THIS? NO.
MS. GENTRY REACHED OUT TO ME AND JUST DESCRIBED THE ISSUE THAT SHE WAS HAVING AND IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING THE COURT NEEDED TO ADDRESS AND HELP HER WITH TO THE EXTENT WE CAN.
AND, AND, AND JENNY, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS AND IT'S JUST KIND OF A HOLDING PATTERN FOR US UNTIL WE GET THIS TRANSITION MADE AND, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT STATUS WAS, HOW SOON THE ELECTIONS WOULD BE MOVING TO THE NEW BUILDING.
YEAH, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE YET ON THAT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE PROGRESS HAS STARTED AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING THE COURT WOULD LIKE TO ASK? WELL, UH, WE HAD A PLAN FOR WHO WAS GONNA MOVE TO THE NEW FACILITY, BUT I, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED A PLAN MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THE SPACE THAT'S LEFT OVER BECAUSE WE HAVE NOW, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR RIGHT.
I I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT SPACE DOES BECOME AVAILABLE, I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THE SAME COMMITTEE CAN COME FORWARD AND GIVE US A PLAN FOR HOW TO UTILIZE THIS SPACE AS WELL.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK IS CONTINUE TO EITHER WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, FROM ORDERING FROM AN ORDERING STANDPOINT, TO MINIMIZE THE INVENTORY THAT'S IMPACTING YOUR OFFICE AND THE SPACE THAT YOU HAVE, BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MARK AND, UH, BUILDING GROUNDS AND MAYBE SEEING IF THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE HERE OR SOMETHING WE CAN DO ON AN INTERIM.
IT'S NOT GONNA FINANCIALLY IMPACT US TOO MUCH UNTIL WE CAN GET THIS MOVE MADE.
AND AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN SAID, IT'S NOT AN ABSOLUTE YET.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE NEEDS AND THEN DETERMINE WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, BEST SPACE AVAILABLE, UM, USE OF THAT SPACE WOULD BE.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH AND UH, ABSOLUTELY THE GROWTH IS NOT EASY AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LIMITED IN SPACE.
WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND TALKING TO US ABOUT THIS.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON? I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THAT GOT, SORRY.
THE, THERE WERE SOME SMALLER BOXES ON THE SHELVING UNITS AND THEN THE ONES THAT WERE IN THE MIDDLE, THE TALLER BOXES.
ARE THOSE THE ONES THAT WEIGH ABOUT 275 POUNDS? YES.
ARE YOU ABLE, THOSE SMALLER BOXES THAT WERE ON THE SHELVES, ARE THOSE INSIDE OF THOSE BIG BOXES? ARE YOU ABLE TO PACKAGE 'EM UP IN WEIGHTS THAT ARE UNDER OR SOMETHING MORE MANAGEABLE? OH NO.
SO WHEN THEY'RE DELIVERED, THE LICENSE PLATES ARE THE, THE TALL ONES, THEY WEIGH ABOUT 2 75 TO 300.
THE OTHER BOXES ARE BOXES OF PAPER THAT WE HAVE TO USE FOR RECEIPTS.
WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OTHER LOCATIONS TO PUT STUFF IN.
'CAUSE UNFORTUNATELY ALL THE SHELVING WE'VE PURCHASED HASN'T BEEN, WELL THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE THE 270 FOU FIVE POUND BOX ISN'T VERY EASY TO MOVE AROUND.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, FILLED WITH BOXES THAT ARE 20 POUNDS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT IF, TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME OPTIONS.
ONCE WE IN WE UP, WE STARTED STACKING IT ON THE SHELF AND IN THE FLOOR.
SO THEN YOU CAN BREAK 'EM DOWN INTO MORE MANAGEABLE YES.
I DON'T, I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE ANY STAFF THAT CAN MOVE THEM.
SO BUILDING GROUNDS COMES WITH TRUSTEES TO MOVE PLATES FOR.
HOW FREQUENT ARE YOU NEEDING TO ACCESS THIS? AND I GUESS THE REASON I'M ASKING IS, IS OFFSITE STORAGE A SOLUTION THAT'S VIABLE AT ALL OR ARE YOU TOUCHING THESE OFTEN ENOUGH THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO HAVE TO DRIVE BACK AND FORTH TO SOMEWHERE ELSE? SO WHEN YOU, WHEN THEY COME IN, IN LARGER BOXES MM-HMM.
SO ONCE WE OPEN THOSE AND YOU START MOVING 'EM, THE BOXES BREAK DOWN.
I MEAN, THEY JUST CRUSH BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MADE TO BE RE STACKED.
AND THE PROBLEM IS ONCE YOU START STACKING THEM MORE THAN ONCE, THEY JUST FALL OVER.
SO YOU CAN'T REALLY STORE THEM ANYWHERE ELSE.
MARK KNOWS 'CAUSE WE PUT IN SHELVING TWICE AND EVERY TIME THEY MOVE IT, THEY, IT DOESN'T STACK WELL ANYMORE.
WE, UM, GIVEN THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY HERE, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE, UM, THE INFORMATION AS WE WORK IS COMMISSIONER WALDEN HAD POINTED OUT ALSO, AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
WOULD Y'ALL AGREE WITH THAT? YES, SIR.
WE'VE GOT IT BACK TO ITEM D ONE ON INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS OF EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REPORTS AGAIN.
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SO WE HAVE A FEW INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS THAT CONSIST OF SOME COMPUTERS, A COUPLE OF VEHICLES, UM, FEW DESK AND SO FORTH.AND SO I, I REQUEST THAT, UM, AND THERE'S ALSO SOME MOTOROLA RADIOS THAT YOU JUST APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF THOSE ITEMS. OKAY.
AND YOU'LL NEED A MOTION, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
UM, SECOND IS, UH, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR PASS BY BILL.
ITEM TWO AND ACCEPT, REJECT RENEW PC 22 DASH OH EIGHT HAULING HOT MIX.
SO PARKER COUNTY BID PC 22 DASH OH EIGHT.
HAULING HOT MIX FOR PARKER COUNTY WAS AWARDED TO LOPEZ TRUCKING.
IT'S ELIGIBLE FOR RENEWAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIOD.
AND, UM, MR. LOPEZ HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN RENEWING THE BID FOR THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 15TH THROUGH FEBRUARY OF 2024 THROUGH FEBRUARY 14TH, 2025, UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
WE'VE GOT ITEM THREE ON HG AC PC 24 DASH 26 M 2 1 0 6 WITH IN ENTRY BODY FOR PRECINCT TWO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION, UH, TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF H-D-A-C-P-C 24 DASH 26 M 2 1 0 6 WITH THE AETNA BODY FOR PRECINCT TWO.
THIS IS THROUGH, UM, THE HDAC CO-OP CONTRACT HT ZERO SIX DASH 20 WITH, UM, A FUNDS.
OKAY, SORRY, WE JUST, THE WAY IT WAS WORDED, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON THIS MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER.
HOLD SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
ITEM FOUR ON AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PC 24 DASH 10.
SELL OF WEAPONS AND ACCESSORIES REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PC 24 DASH 10.
UM, THIS WOULD BE, UM, SELLING THROUGH AN ACTUAL LICENSED, WHAT'S THE INITIALS?
UM, AND WE HAVE, UM, THE, THE, UM, BID SPECS FROM TARRANT COUNTY.
THEY, THEY DO THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND SO WE ARE USING, UM, THEIR, THEIR SPECS JUST SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL AND WE'LL BE WORKING, UM, WITH, WITH THE VENDORS, WE WILL REQUIRE THAT THEY SUBMIT THEIR FFL LICENSE PRIOR TO BIDDING.
SO, UM, ANTICIPATED ADVERTISING FOR THIS BID IS FEBRUARY 17TH AND THE 24TH WITH A BID OPENING OF MARCH 15TH.
AN ANTICIPATED DATE OF AWARD OF MARCH 25TH, 2024.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
UM, FINAL REPORT ON RESULTS OF ONLINE SURPLUS AUCTION ENDED 1 19 20 24.
UM, JUST REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE THE FINAL RESULTS FOR THE ONLINE SURPLUS AUCTION THAT ENDED JANUARY 19TH, 2024.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
OH, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM SIX ON AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PC 24 DASH 28 ADVANCE ROAD BRIDGE REPAIR, REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PC 24 DASH 28 ADVANCE ROAD BRIDGE REPAIR.
UM, THIS, SO WE HAVE DIFFICULTY, UM, FINDING BRIDGE REPAIR VENDORS HERE IN PARKER COUNTY AND IN THE AREA.
UM, WE, WE RECEIVED ONE QUOTE.
UM, BUT BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF IT IS, I FEEL LIKE WE, THE BEST, UM, PATH TO FOLLOW WOULD BE TO JUST DO ISSUE A IN-HOUSE, FORMAL BID, UM, FOR THIS.
AND, UM, WE'LL GO FROM THAT, THAT POINT ON ANTICIPATED ADVERTISING DATES OR FEBRUARY 13TH AND THE 20TH AND ANTICIPATED BID OPENING OF MARCH 4TH AND ANTICIPATED DATE OF AWARD OF MARCH 11TH, 2024.
WHO DID YOU RECEIVE A BID FROM? THE, THE QUOTE THAT WE DID RECEIVE? JOHN HORTON.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
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MOTION PASSES.A GOOD ITEM SEVEN ON TIPS BC 24 DASH 29 20 23 DODGE DURANGO, PLEASE PACKAGE FOR PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE, UM, UH, THIS DODGE DURANGO ON THE TIPS PC 24 DASH 29.
IT'S A 2023 MODEL FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TRANSPORT UNIT.
UM, THE CONTRACT, THE TIPS CO-OP CONTRACT ID NUMBER IS 2 1 0 9 0 7.
THIS WILL BE FUNDED FROM PROCEEDS RECEIVED ON AN INSURANCE CLAIM FOR ANOTHER, UH, VEHICLE UNDER THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT WAS TOTALED.
AND, UH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE INSURANCE CLAIM WILL BE MADE UP WITH BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS FROM, UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
ITEM EIGHT SOURCE PC 24 DASH 30 BOMAG RS FOUR 60 RECLAIMER FOR PRECINCT FOUR.
REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF SOURCE.
WELL PC 24 DASH 30 FOR A BOMAG RS FOUR 60 RECLAIMER FOR PRECINCT FOUR.
THIS IS THROUGH THE SOURCE WELL CO-OP CONTRACT 6 0 1 22 DASH BI.
UM, THIS WILL BE USING ARPA FUNDS WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TODAY.
THAT WAS, UM, SUBMITTED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HA.
WILL A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM FOUR VOTE.
[5.A. Precinct Two will be doing work on private land for bridge repair and road maintenance off 3380 Ballard Road, Weatherford, TX 76088. Owner Bryan Trigg. (Commissioner Holt)]
GO TO ITEM FIVE ON THE NOTIFICATION PRECINCT TWO WILL BE DOING WORK ON PRIVATE LAND FOR BRIDGE REPAIR AND ROAD MAINTENANCE OFF 33 80 BALLARD ROAD, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS 7 6 0 8 8.UH, COMMISSIONER, HOLD, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT OR JUST, JUST A NOTIFICATION? I THINK IT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY.
[6.A. Discuss/Take action regarding noise issues on Ric Williamson affecting Silverstone and Meadow Vista residents. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt) PUBLIC HEARING]
ITEM SIX A ON DISCUSSION TAKE ACTION.REGARDING NOISE ISSUES ON RICK WILLIAMSON EFFECTING SILVER STONE AND MEADOW VISTA RESIDENCE.
UM, CHRIS BOSCO AND COMMISSIONER HOL IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE WILL HEAR THE ITEM AND THEN WE'LL GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, CHRIS BOSCO WITH FRAS NICKLES HERE.
LEMME GET A BETTER SCREEN HERE.
UH, THIS WAS THE ITEM WE, UH, DISCUSSED AT, AT THE LAST COURT.
AND, UM, IT WAS RELATED TO, UH, US DOING A NOYCE STUDY ALONG THIS, UH, SECTION OF THE SLOOP PHASE TWO.
UM, IF YOU RECALL, WE COUNTED IN, IN, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, OR SORRY, YEAH, FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
AND, UH, WE'RE CONSIDERING MULTIPLE OPTIONS.
UH, AS WE DISCUSSED IN LAST COURT, UM, THE CONCERNS BECAME THAT THE, UH, NOISE ABATEMENT WALL, UH, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF GAPS IN THE TOPOGRAPHY, UH, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT THAT'S GONNA ULTIMATELY, UH, SOLVE THIS ISSUE.
AND SO WE DISCUSSED OPTIONS INCLUDING, UH, TRYING TO GET THE SPEED DOWN.
UM, 'CAUSE IN, IN THE DATA WE COLLECTED, OR ACTUALLY CITY WEATHERFORD COLLECTED FOR US ON THE TRAFFIC, WE'RE LOOKING AT SPEEDS THAT GOT UP, UH, IN THE 57 MILES AN HOUR, UH, AND IS POSTED FOR 45.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE MEASURES WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS TO, UH, DO THE DYNAMIC SIGNS.
UH, COMMISSIONER HOLTZ HAD A TEMPORARY ONE OUT THERE.
UH, THAT HAS, UH, BEEN EFFECTIVE.
IT'S, IT'S KIND OF BEEN MOVED FROM NORTH AND SOUTH, BUT UH, DEFINITELY GETS YOUR ATTENTION.
AND SO THE THINKING WOULD BE TO PUT IN PERMANENT ONES.
UH, WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, METHODS THAT COULD BE USED TO, UH, HAVE A REDUCTION IN THE NOISE OFF THE ROAD.
SO WE LOOKED AT, UH, GROOVING, UH, THE PAVEMENT AND, UM, AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE, THAT THAT WAS AN IMAGE WE SHARED.
UM, AND THE, THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH NOISE ABATEMENT.
SO, UH, WE FEEL LIKE THAT THE SPEED REDUCTION, UH, COULD HAVE ONE TO TWO DECIBELS OF REDUCTION.
UH, AS I MENTIONED IN THE LAST COURT, THE GROOVING, THERE'S NO, UH, DEFINITIVE STUDY ON THAT OTHER THAN, UH, WHERE IT'S BEEN DONE.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A INDICATION THAT THAT
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HAS A REDUCTION IN NOISE AND OF COURSE HAS A TRACTION BENEFIT AS WELL.UH, THIS IS, UH, THE SUMMARY THAT WE PRESENTED THE LAST COURT WITH SOME COST, UH, OPTIONS.
SO THIS WAS THE OPTION, UH, FOR DOING THE SIGNAGE, UH, AND, UH, THE GROOVING ON THE PAVEMENT.
SO THIS SECTION WOULD, UH, GO NORTH OF, UH, OF SILVERSTONE.
IT WOULD, UH, BASICALLY BE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL, JUST NORTH OF WHITE SETTLEMENT AND THEN CARRY IT DOWN, UH, TO THE, THE SOUTHERN END OF THE RETAINING WALL AS YOU HAD SOUTH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT WAS KIND OF THE LIMITS, UH, THAT WE COSTED HERE, UH, WITH, WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR, UH, THAT, THAT WE HAVE ON THE, THE PROJECT.
DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT THE DECIBEL WOULD ONLY BE ONE DECIBEL LESS FOR THE GROOVING? UH, SO GROOVING, WE, WE ARE ESTIMATING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 10.
THE, THE ONE DECIBEL COMMENT WOULD BE REDUCING THE SPEED.
SO THE, THE KIND OF, UM, TYPICAL IS ABOUT FOR EVERY FIVE MILES AN HOUR, YOU REDUCE THE SPEEDS ABOUT ONE DECIBEL SPEED.
SO IN THIS CASE, THE, THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS PUSHING 10 OVER THE SPEED LIMIT.
SO GETTING 'EM DOWN THE SPEED MIGHT, MIGHT HAVE A TWO DECIBEL REDUCTION, UM, WHEREAS WE'RE ABOUT FIVE OVER ON THE NORTHBOUND.
SO FIVE FOR THE DE FOR THE GROOVING, AND MAYBE TWO FOR THE SPEED.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE THING IS IN A LOT OF THESE ABATEMENT MEASURES YOU CAN MODEL, BUT THE, THAT GROOVING IS A RELATIVELY NEW APPROACH.
AND SO THERE'S NOT ANY STUDY TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT IT WILL REDUCE A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
IT'S OFTEN USED IN, IN HIGH SPEED SITUATIONS, LIKE ON FREEWAYS.
UH, BUT, UH, THAT WAS, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE WE LOOKED AT THAT, THAT WE THINK COULD HAVE SOME BENEFIT.
DOES IT HAVE A NEGATIVE OR, OR, OR I GUESS IT DOESN'T OPTIMIZE THE YIELD OF BENEFIT IF WE LOWER THE SPEED, BUT YET THAT'S A HIGHER SPEED SURFACE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH, LIKE I, I THINK WE WANT THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO.
I THINK THE, THE PRIORITY IS GETTING NO, AGAIN, I, I UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC, WHAT YOUR ARGUMENT IS WITH THIS.
UM, MY CONCERN IS IS THAT AS WE LOWER THE SPEED, IS IT GONNA, IS IT GONNA MINIMIZE OR, OR LESSEN THE BENEFIT OF THE LOWERING OF THE DECIMAL? I I THINK WHAT HE'S GETTING AT, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT TDOT'S ACTUALLY USING THIS TECHNOLOGY GOING FORWARD, STARTING IN 2024 ON ITS NEW CONSTRUCTION PER CORY COBURN THE LOCAL AREA ENGINEER, BUT IT'S TYPICALLY USED IN HIGH SPEED ENVIRONMENTS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE WAS GETTING AT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET.
I, I GUESS I'M DOING A POOR JOB OF EXPLAINING MYSELF, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE LOWERING THE SPEED LIMITS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET HIM TO APPLY WITH THE SPEED LIMIT, BUT YEAH, WE'RE DOING THIS, IS IT NOT GONNA HAVE AS MUCH OF A BENEFIT WITHOUT, WITH A LESSER SPEED? YEAH.
I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M GIVEN A RANGE OF THE DECIBELS.
UH, SO, BUT YET IT'S GOT A BETTER TRACTION SURFACE.
IT DOES HAVE A BETTER TRACTION SURFACE, BUT I, I THINK YOU ARE LOOKING AT, IF, IF YOU'RE SAYING FIVE TO 10 DECIBEL REDUCTION AT A LOWER SPEED, IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.
UH, OTHER QUESTIONS OR, OR COMMENTS ON, CAN YOU TELL US, UH, OR TELL THE COURT WHEN THOSE HOUSES WERE CONSTRUCTED THAT ARE NEIGHBORING? THE, UH, THE ROAD? UM, THE, UH, SO IT'S BEEN KIND OF ARRANGED THE, UM, THE SECTION THERE YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE, THE, UH, ORANGE, UH, REPRESENTING THAT WAS THE FIRST PHASE OF SILVERSTONE.
UH, I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT WAS LIKE A 2005, 2006 IS WHEN THOSE WERE STARTING TO GET BUILT.
I, I, SO THAT, THAT ELEMENT WAS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND THEN THE, THIS SOUTHERN PIECE WAS MOST RECENTLY BUILT.
UM, I, I WOULD ASSUME THOSE PROBABLY STARTED IN 2018 19.
AND, UH, THE, THE SECTION UP TO THE NORTH WAS JUST BEFORE THAT.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONCURRENT ON BOTH THE NEW PHASES, BUT, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS PROBABLY A 2016, 17.
AND HOW DOES THAT FIT IN IN RELATION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD? WELL, THE, UM, SO IT, IT'S NOT RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION, BUT UH, WE WERE DOING A LOT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT WITH THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION AND, UH, STARTING BACK IN 2014, YOU KNOW, IS
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WHEN WE STARTED DOING THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT FOR THE PLANNING OF THIS HALF OF THE LOOP.UH, SO THERE WAS MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC WAS SEEING, WHICH WAS PRIOR, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE FIRST PHASE OF SILVERSTONE WE WERE FOCUSED ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO I, I, MY, MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE GROOVING, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S THE LENGTH THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING THERE? THE, IS IT A HALF MILE, A QUARTER MILE OR, UM, THE, UH, NUMBER, LET'S SEE, I THINK I ACTUALLY MIGHT HAVE THAT LENGTH.
UM, SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT LIKE LENGTHWISE, WE WERE PLANNING TO GO JUST NORTH OF, UM, WHITE SETTLEMENT ROAD.
SO KIND OF AS YOU'RE STARTING TO COME DOWN THE HILL AND THEN GO JUST TO THE SOUTH END OF THE RETAINING WALL.
IS IT A HALF MILE? YEAH, THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD ESTIMATE.
AND THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE, THE, THE LOOP, THE NEW SECTION LOOP, UH, THE TOTAL NEW LENGTH IS SIX MILES OF LOOP FROM, YOU KNOW, 51 TO I 20.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? WE'RE PROBABLY CLOSER TO ABOUT SEVEN TENTHS OF A MILE.
IT'S BASICALLY, THERE'S A HILL TO THE NORTH AND A HILL TO THE SOUTH, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE IDENTIFIED, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DO IT, IF YOU DO IT AFTER THE HILL, THAT SOUND IS GONNA ROLL DOWN.
SO SOMEWHERE AROUND SEVEN TENS I THINK.
UH, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9 27.
UH, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM SIX A? ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? I KNOW WE HAD A PRETTY IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, AND THE OBJECTIVE WAS, IS TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE COST AND, AND, AND A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON SPECIFICALLY HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A, A A FROM A COMPARISON STANDPOINT VERSUS A WALL VERSUS WHAT WE CAN DO HERE.
UM, I THINK GOING INTO THIS AND, AND BEING, TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH YOUR TAXPAYER MONEY, UH, ON THIS IS, AND, AND TRYING TO, UH, MAINTAIN A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT YOU'RE USED TO WITH IT.
NOBODY LIKES DEVELOPMENT, NOBODY LIKES WHEN THINGS CHANGE THAT, THAT WE HAVE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE FAST THE, WE'RE NOW DOWN TO THE FIFTH FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE NATION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE GROWTH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TRAFFIC, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO NEED ROADS.
AND, UH, THIS IS WHAT AN OPTION FOR US TO CONSIDER THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, ONE CHEAPER THAN OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, THE WALL, UM, OR ANY TYPE OF OF BARRIER.
BUT, UH, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO LOOK AT THIS AND LOOK AT OPTIONS AND THEN CONSIDER THAT TO BE, UH, HOW FEASIBLE THAT IS AND WHAT BENEFIT WE'RE GONNA GIVE AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT.
AND, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE ADJUSTMENT OF OVER TIME WITH, WITH THE, THE CHANGE IN TRAFFIC IN THE, IN THAT NEW ROAD WILL BE A FACTOR AS WELL.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? AND STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? MY NAME IS AND WHERE YOU LIVE, WILKINS.
I AM ALSO THE HOA BOARD PRESIDENT FOR SILVERSTONE AT HOA.
UM, SO IF Y'ALL WOULD JUST GIMME A, A MOMENT.
UM, AND WOULD I HAVE A COMPILATION OF SOME QUESTIONS? UM, BECAUSE AS Y'ALL KNOW, IN PUBLIC SERVICE, UM, I, THIS IS A VOLUNTEER POSITION AS SOON AS THE ROAD OPENED
I I I I'M NOT GONNA LIMIT YOU, BUT I, I MEAN, I CAN EXTEND IT JUST A LITTLE BIT BIT TO REPRESENT CAN THREE MINUTES, MANY PEOPLE.
UH, OR OR FOUR, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
UM, FROM LITERALLY THE DAY THE ROAD OPENED, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DAY THAT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED, UM, SOMEONE CALLING ME, SOMEONE EMAILING ME.
I HAVE SAT WITH HOMEOWNERS, UM, NOT ONLY ALONG THE LOOP, BUT THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE HOA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
OUR HOME SITS THREE, WE ARE THREE HOMES NORTH, ACTUALLY, EXCUSE ME, WE'RE THREE HOMES EAST OF THE LOOP ON STANTON WAY.
UM, SO SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN FROM MY STANDPOINT AS THE PRESIDENT, BUT ALSO AS A HOMEOWNER, BUT ALSO SITTING WITH A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE.
SO I JUST, AND I KNOW Y'ALL CAN'T ANSWER THESE, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE LOOP HAS BEEN IN, UM, IT'S BEEN PROJECTED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I KNOW THAT GOING BACK AND DOING SOME RESEARCH, SOME OF THE NEWER PHASES, WHICH IS SEVEN AND NINE, WHICH SEVEN IS CLOSEST TO THE WHITE SETTLEMENT, AND NINE IS THE FURTHER SOUTH.
THOSE HOMES WERE NOT ON SOME OF THE PLATS AND SOME OF THE PLANS
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FOR SILVERSTONE, BUT ALSO THEY WERE NOT ON THE PLANS FOR THE LOOP.SO THE QUESTION FOR THAT IS, SOME OF THESE HOMES, THE NEW HOMES ESPECIALLY THAT WERE BUILT, THEY ARE SO CLOSE IN PROXIMITY TO THE LOOP.
WERE THOSE HOMES CONSIDERED, AS YOU SAID, WE'RE THE FIFTH LARGEST, YOU KNOW, GROWING COUNTY.
ARE THOSE, WERE THOSE HOMES CONSIDERED WHERE THEY ARE? AND WERE THEY APPROVED KNOWING THAT THIS LOOP WAS COMING IN? SO IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION FROM THE ROAD TO THE HOMES? IS THERE AN ADEQUATE ELEVATION AS FAR AS THE HOMES OR THE LOOP? UM, CAN WE ADDRESS THESE ONE BY ONE AS YOU GO FROM SURE, SURE.
AND I, AND I, AND I, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND IF Y'ALL DON'T NO, NO, YOU CAN ADDRESS THEM.
NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I, I, AND JUST, AND I'M GONNA TAKE A STAB AT THIS AND CHRIS, I'M GONNA DEFER TO YOU IF I, I BUTCHER IT.
BUT WE, WE UNDERSTOOD PUTTING THIS ROAD IN, AND WHILE THIS WAS A, THE, THE, SOME OF THE COURT MEMBERS WERE HERE, UH, BEFORE I WAS NOT, BUT WE KNEW THAT THOSE, UH, WERE GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL DE DEVELOPED AREAS THAT WERE GONNA BE COMING IN.
AND THEY, THEY KNEW THAT, UH, WHEN THEY WERE DOING THIS DESIGN, UH, AND HAD EVERY PROJECTION THAT THERE WERE GONNA BE HOMES BUILT BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING, IT OBVIOUSLY WAS ACCELERATED SURE.
BUT, UM, UH, WE, WE CERTAINLY KEPT THAT IN FACTOR AND, AND UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE MORE RESIDENTIAL THAN COMMERCIAL IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA.
CHRIS, CAN YOU ADD TO THAT? UH, YEAH.
UM, SO I, I GUESS A COUPLE POINTS THERE IS, YEAH, DURING THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE WERE INTERACTING WITH THE DEVELOPER'S ENGINEER ON BOTH DRAINAGE AND THE CONNECTION OF, OF THE NEW ROADWAYS.
I KNOW THAT TWO OF THOSE CONNECTIONS THE NEIGHBORHOOD WORKED WITH WEATHERFORD TO REMOVE, BUT, UH, SO THERE WAS ALWAYS THAT INTERACTION THROUGH THE DESIGN.
UH, I SAY THAT TO SAY THE DEVELOPER CLEARLY KNEW THERE WAS A ROAD COMING, UH, AND HENCE THE, EVEN THE BRICK WALL IS A STANDARD THAT WEATHERFORD HAS FOR, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ABUT A ROADWAY.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHY THE NEW PHASES HAVE THE BRICK WALL.
UH, BUT YEAH, THE, THE ELEVATION OF THE ROAD IS LARGELY DICTATED BY DRAINAGE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DRIVE IT, THERE'S SEVERAL SERIES OF CULVERTS THERE THAT BASICALLY DRAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE ROAD.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT REALLY SETS THE ELEVATION OF THE ROAD THERE.
UH, IN TERMS OF LIKE APPROVALS, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT PART IS IN CITY OF WEATHERFORD, SO THAT WOULD'VE WENT THROUGH THEIR REVIEW OF THE, THE LOT SIZE AND THAT.
UM, SO, AND I WILL SAY WE'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHRIS AND UM, COMMISSIONER HOLT AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR EVEN WORKING WITH US TO, BECAUSE I WILL SAY KIND OF BACKTRACKING, WE ARE COMMITTED TO DO AND WORK WITH Y'ALL.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT I'M ABLE TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION OUT AS I CAN TO AS MANY HOMEOWNERS, ALL THE HOMEOWNERS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
AND WE WANNA DO WHATEVER WE CAN, NOT ONLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT FOR PARKER COUNTY AND WHAT'S BEST.
BUT, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
AS FAR I KNOW THE 15 MINUTES, UM, I DON'T FEEL LIKE AS SOMEONE WHO JUST LIVES OFF THE LOOP, I DON'T HAVE A HOME, LIKE I SAID, THAT THAT'S BACKS UP TO THE LOOP.
BUT THE 15 MINUTES I DON'T BELIEVE IS ADEQUATE BECAUSE THAT'S AN AVERAGE.
AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SPENDING NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AND YOU'RE WOKEN UP BY THE DECIBELS THAT MAY GO OVER, YOU KNOW, 75 OR A HUNDRED OR WHATEVER, OR THE JAKE BREAKS THAT HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE DAY, THAT AVERAGE, WHEN YOU AVERAGE THAT OUT IN 15 MINUTES, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S VERY MUCH.
BUT WHEN YOU SPEND IT EVERY NIGHT AND YOU ARE UP WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND YOU ARE WOKEN UP OUT OF A DEAD SLEEP BECAUSE THOSE DECIBELS GO UP, IT COULD BE ONCE A NIGHT, IT COULD BE FIVE TIMES A NIGHT, BUT WHEN YOU AVERAGE IT OUT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A LOT.
SO I WOULD ASK IF POSSIBLE TO DO ANOTHER SOUND STUDY, BUT ALSO IF WE COULD DO ONE WHERE IT'S AT A LONGER TIME, BUT NOT IN A ROW, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT HAVING A IN A LINE, YOU'RE GONNA GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF, YOU'RE GONNA GET THE SAME MEASUREMENT, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT DOES THAT NOISE LOOK LIKE AS YOU GO BACK THREE HOUSES AND FOUR HOUSES AND FIVE HOUSES, BECAUSE THOSE HOMES ARE ALSO BEING AFFECTED.
UM, AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONSIDER THAT, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
AND IF THE NOISE STUDY IS DONE, IS THERE A DIFFERENT RATING FOR AT NIGHT THAN IT IS DURING THE DAY? BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFERENT DURING THE PEAK HOURS.
IT'S NOT, I MEAN, IT'S BAD, BUT AT NIGHT THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN IT'S QUIET, BUT THEN MOST OF THE TIME THE NOISE IS WHERE IF
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YOU ARE AT THE HOMES WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE, THAT THEIR, THEIR BACKYARDS, YOU CANNOT CARRY ON A CONVERSATION.UM, THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE THAT WE ARE CONCERNED WITH.
UM, SIP TED, I BELIEVE Y'ALL UNDERSTAND, I KNOW MOST OF MAYBE NOT KNOW, BUT IT'S A CRIMINAL, UM, OR CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
AND PART OF THAT IS WE ARE CONCERNED THAT BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATION OF THE ROAD, YOU CAN PARK AND YOU CAN MONITOR EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN SOME OF THESE HOMES.
WE HAVE A, UM, CONCERN THAT BECAUSE WE ARE ON I 20 AND WE KNOW THAT THINGS HAPPEN.
UM, AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT IF THAT, UM, IF WE CAN DO AN A STUDY, YOU KNOW, HAVE THESE CONCERNS AS FAR AS SAFETY BEEN MET FOR OUR COMMUNITY CLOSING TWO ENTRANCES, YES.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TWO THAT COME IN AND YOU CAN MONITOR WHAT GOES ON IN THESE HOUSES.
UM, AND THEN ONE MORE THING OF THE, UM, AND I APOLOGIZE, I HAVE A LOT OF NOTES.
LIKE I SAID, UM, I KNOW WHEN I, THAT WHEN ROADS ARE COME, THEY COME IN, THEY SHOULD DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS DONE, WAS ONE DONE, UH, CHRIS MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT, BUT WAS THERE ONE DONE AFTER THESE NEW HOMES WERE APPROVED? AND DID THAT CHANGE BECAUSE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY COULD BE DONE BEFORE THESE HOMES AND THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH OF PARKER COUNTY.
AND HAS THAT, WAS THERE ONE DONE AFTER THAT WAS ACCURATE AS FAR AS THE GROWTH AND THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT GO THROUGH COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO OR 12 YEARS AGO, WHENEVER THIS WAS BUILT? SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
I KNOW I'VE GONE OVER THE FOUR MINUTES.
UM, AND AGAIN, IF, UM, WE'LL DO WE WANNA WORK THROUGH THIS FOR ANY, UM, BUT UM, I DO ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO, IF NOTHING ELSE, PLEASE CONSIDER THE VERY BEST OPTION.
BUT, UM, ALSO SIT WITH SOME OF THESE FAMILIES AND SEE, UM, WHAT THEY DEAL WITH DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
CHRIS, YOU WANT TO TRY TO ADDRESS PART OF THAT? UM, YEAH, SO I, I, I THINK, UM, RELATIVE TO THE DURATION OF THE STUDY BEING 15 MINUTES, UM, SO IT MIGHT MIGHT BE COUNTERINTUITIVE, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU STUDY LIKE A 24 HOUR, YOU'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A LOWER RATING BECAUSE AT TIMES WHERE THE TRAFFIC'S LOWER, IT WILL AVERAGE OUT TO BE LOWER.
AND SO WHAT THE OBJECTIVE WAS IS, UH, THAT'S WHY WE HAD, WHETHER FOR DUE THOSE TRAFFIC COUNTS AS WE WERE TRYING TO TARGET.
YOU COULD THINK OF IT LIKE THE WAY YOU COUNT CARS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE HIGHEST IMPACT AREA.
AND SO THE, THE 15 MINUTES, UM, IS A, YOU KNOW, A STANDARD THAT IS USED.
UM, BUT I, I DON'T THINK, UM, CHANGING THAT DURATION'S GONNA CHANGE THAT ANSWER.
IN FACT, IT'LL PROBABLY LOWER IT IF YOU'RE INCLUDING AN AVERAGE AT SAY, TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
UM, THE, THE ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT RELATIVE TO THE POINT OF THE NOISE MEASUREMENTS WAS WE WERE TRYING TO ASSESS, UH, SO LEMME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THERE'S ALSO THE REFERENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY.
THOSE ARE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL PROJECTS.
UM, ON A LOCAL PROJECT, WE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE CROSSING A CREEK, THERE'S COORDINATION WITH CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
UH, BUT ON A LOCAL PROJECT THERE ISN'T, UH, A REQUIREMENT FOR A FEDERAL LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY.
UH, SO ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THAT IS NOISE, UH, WHEN ON A FREEWAY PROJECT.
AND SO THE, UH, THE NOISE MEASUREMENTS WERE, UH, THE GOAL OF THAT WAS TO TRY TO, WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT HOW THE NOISE, UH, VARIES THROUGH THAT SECTION OF SILVERSTONE RELATIVE TO THE TYPE OF FENCE AND THE TOPOGRAPHY.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD INFORM SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES WE CAN DO TO, TO TRY TO LOWER IT.
UM, BUT THERE, YOU KNOW, FURTHER NOISE STUDY I DON'T THINK IS GONNA LEAD US SINCE THE, UH, FULL ABATEMENT WALL IS DIFFICULT IN THIS TOPOGRAPHY.
AND WITH THE, THE ROAD CONNECTIONS, I, I DON'T THINK ADDITIONAL NOISE MEASUREMENTS ARE GONNA CHANGE THAT ANSWER.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE IS TRYING TO, UH, HAVE AN ELEMENT TO GET IT, TO REDUCE IT THAT IS, UH, NOT NECESSARILY DICTATED BY THE TOPOGRAPHY, UH, AND THE LOCATION OF THE HOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT MAINLY A SPEED MANAGEMENT APPROACH.
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SO THE MEASUREMENT STUDY THAT YOU DID, UH, THEY WERE, THAT 15 MINUTES WOULD BE DURING PEAK TIMES WHEN, WHEN YOU ANTICIPATED THE LOUDEST NOISE WAS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES, SIR.AND I, NOW OF COURSE, WE'RE COLLECTING IN MULTIPLE SPOTS, SO THE IDEA IS THE PEAK SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE, BUT THAT WAS THE IDEA AS WEATHERFORD WENT OUT, COUNTED THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON PEAK IT, IT HAPPENED TO HIT AT THE EIGHT AND FIVE O'CLOCK TIME, YOU KNOW, UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF COINCIDENTAL, BUT, SO WE WERE TRYING TO BRACKET THAT TIME.
UH, NOW SOME WOULD'VE BEEN LIKE FOUR 30, SOME WOULD'VE BEEN FIVE 30, THAT, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO WE WEREN'T, UH, WE ONLY HAVE ONE NOISE MEASUREMENT, UH, DEVICE, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO LIKE HIT THE EXACT PEAK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? UM, THERE, THERE WAS ANOTHER SEGMENT OR HER QUESTION OF HERS FROM A STANDPOINT OF ELEVATION OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE A, A VIEW INTO HOMES.
AND THEN THERE'S YOU PROBABLY ALL OVER THE COUNTY, THERE'S LOCATIONS LIKE THAT WHERE THERE'S ELEVATIONS WHERE YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ROAD INTO HOMES, I'M SURE.
BUT, UM, I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON CHRIS, YOU CAN SIT DOWN.
UM, I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HERE, UH, MR. ANETTE.
UM, BUT WOULD YOU COME UP FOR A SECOND? I JUST, UH, FROM OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF IT, THAT THAT IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT QUESTION FROM A STANDPOINT OF, I GUESS VISIBILITY INTO HOMES AND HAVING A, A, A ADVANTAGE OF BEING ABLE TO MONITOR THAT THAT GOES ALL, THAT'S ALL OVER THE COUNTY, I'M SURE, BUT CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT JUST BRIEFLY? UM, I WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU BEING IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF POLICE PRESENCE ON, UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD QUITE OFTEN.
UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SEES A CAR SIT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEY WILL STOP AND, AND SEE IF THEY'RE STRANDED MOTORIST OR QUESTION WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.
UM, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT, IN A OBVIOUSLY, UH, VISIBLE AREA LIKE THAT, UH, FOR SOMEBODY TO STAGE IN CASE HOUSES, IT'S NOT VERY CONDUCIVE TO WHATEVER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THEY WANT TO PORTRAY.
UM, SO I WOULD FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WITH AS MANY CARS RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD, AS MANY COPS AS WE HAVE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY A VERY, VERY SMALL, UH, UM, ISSUE IF YOU WOULD.
UM, AS FAR AS THE SPEED GOES, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE, UH, COVERAGE WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IN THE COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, 900 SQUARE MILES IS A LOT OF COUNTY TO COVER FOR SIX OR EIGHT OR 10 DEPUTIES A SHIFT, UM, WITH ALL THE CALLS WE HAVE GOING.
SO WE DO HEAVILY RELY ON DPS TO DO A LOT OF THAT SPEED ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
UM, THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH DPS IS A LOT OF THOSE GUYS ARE DOWN AT THE BORDER MOST OF THE TIME, SO THERE'S A VERY LIMITED AVAILABILITY FOR DPS TO BE INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON THE LOOP.
YEAH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I HAD A QUESTION IF I MIGHT YEAH.
COME, GO AHEAD AND COME FORWARD.
UH, AND THIS IS NOT IN MY PRECINCT, SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.
THIS, THIS SUBDIVISION IS IN THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD.
AND I ACTUALLY WAS GONNA SAY THAT THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE COVERAGES WITH THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO, TO BE THE PRIMARY PROVIDER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT? YEAH.
AND IT'S ALSO WAS PLA BY THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, CORRECT? NOT THIS, NOT THIS.
AND I THINK THEIR RESPONSE, UH, BECAUSE WE, WE BROUGHT THAT UP WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR OF WHEN THE LOOP OPENED BECAUSE AS MS UH, MS AMY SAID THAT THE CALLS WERE PRETTY MUCH INSTANTANEOUS, UH, THE CITY VERY GRACIOUSLY REMINDED ME THAT THAT'S NOT A CITY ROAD, THAT'S A COUNTY ROAD.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY'VE DONE THAT.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT ACCOMMODATING ON MAKING SURE THERE IS POLICE PRESENCE OUT THERE AS WELL BECAUSE IT IS INSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.
I GOT SOME DATA THE OTHER DAY FROM CHIEF ARNOLD THAT DISCUSSED HOW MANY CALLS THEY RESPONDED TO AND IT'S, IT'S NUMEROUS SIGNIFICANT, YES.
UH, STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE AND WHERE YOU NAME.
MY NAME IS, MY NAME IS TODD NER, I'M A RESIDENT OF SILVERSTONE DEVELOPMENT.
I LIVE AT 1 5 5 3 STANION WAY.
I'M FIVE HOUSES IN, IN FROM THE RICK WILLIAMSON HIGHWAY.
MR. DEAN, HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO SPEAK? I DON'T WANT TO EXCEED MY TIME.
NO, NO, ABOUT THREE MINUTES IF YOU CAN.
UH, I'LL, I WON'T EXCEED THAT.
MR. VASCO, COULD I JUST ASK, UH, FOR HIS HELP WITH PUTTING THE, UH, THE MAP UP AGAIN? THANK YOU.
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THIS MAP, CAN YOU TAKE A SEC? YOU WANTED TO ZOOM IN YEAH.TO STANCHION WAY WHERE IT COMES IN? YEAH.
UH, TAKE A SEC THERE, BUT I THINK THAT WAS IT.
UH, SO I WOULD JUST WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TAKE YOUR ATTENTION TO, IF YOU SEE WHERE EXTENSION WAY IS THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, DOES EVERYBODY SEE THAT IT COMES INTO THE RICK WILLIAMSON HIGHWAY RIGHT THERE? UH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO BE AUTHORITATIVE ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I, I'VE HEARD THIS FROM THE OTHER, OTHER RESIDENTS WHO LIVE RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE HIGHWAY, THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN CALLED FOR WHERE THE BLUE LINE IS THAT THE ROAD ELEVATION WOULD BE BELOW FAR BELOW WHERE IT, WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS.
AND IN THAT CONFIGURATION, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN MUCH LESS OF A PROBLEM BOTH FOR PRIVACY FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IMMEDIATELY ALONG THAT BLUE LINE WALL, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE NOISE ISSUE.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NOISE ISSUE AND I APPRECIATE ADDRESSING THAT.
BUT THE ELEVATION OF THE, THE ROAD, IT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, UH, TRUCKLOADS OF DIRT WERE BROUGHT IN TO RAISE THE ELEVATION IN THAT AREA FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
AND SO NOW THOSE RESIDENTS, THE ROAD IS WELL ABOVE THEIR, THE BACK OF THEIR HOME.
AND THIS DOESN'T AFFECT ME DIRECTLY, BUT IT DOES.
THEY HAVE NO, NO PRIVACY WHATSOEVER.
THE NOISE IS UNBEARABLE FOR THEM.
AND, UH, I'D JUST LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER, I, YOU KNOW, I, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S A DEPARTURE FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAN, AND SO WHATEVER ABATEMENT ISSUES CAN BE ADDRESSED IN ADDITION TO THE UH, ROAD, UH, RESURFACING COULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
AND I THINK REALLY, UH, ESSENTIAL THESE PEOPLE THAT THE LIGHTS CONSTANTLY ARE COMING INTO THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, AT ALL TIMES OF NIGHT.
AND, UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK AND RE REEMPHASIZE THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING ANOTHER STUDY, A DECIBEL STUDY.
UH, IF YOU WOULD CERTAINLY DO THAT AND MAYBE MAKE IT LONGER, UH, AT THE KEY TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE MOST, YOU KNOW, EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, UH, I WOULD ASK FOR THAT IF THAT COULD BE DONE.
UH, AND, UH, UH, UH, IF THE, YOU KNOW, THE PRIVACY ISSUE, UH, COULD BE ADDRESSED WITH, UH, TREES, THEY'RE JUST, THEY, THEY WON'T DO MUCH TO THE NOISE ISSUE.
UH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO, THEY COULD BE 10 FEET TREES, THEY'LL GROW RAPIDLY
IS THERE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER DOWN THE PATH, UH, DOWN THE LINE? OKAY.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MORE OF YOUR TIME.
CHRIS, I WANT TO ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD COME UP, WAS THERE A DEVIATION OR WAS THERE, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S PROBABLY SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES THERE THAT, WAS THERE A DEVIATION IN THE ELEVATION OF THAT ROAD RELATIVE TO WHAT ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS NOT, NOT ON OUR END.
SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE BIG DRAINAGE CHANNEL THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE SO THAT, THAT IS DICTATING THE ELEVATION OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THAT DRAINAGE CHANNEL RUNS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THESE HOUSES RIGHT HERE ARE ACTUALLY IN A LOW AREA.
AND, UH, THE COMMENT ABOUT THE FILL ALL THAT WAS A LOW AREA.
IT WAS BASICALLY A CREEK PRE PRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO YEAH, THIS AREA WAS ALL LOW LYING AND WE OF COURSE HAD TO GET ABOVE FOR THE CULVERTS TO FIT AND THEN FILL IN WHAT WAS THE, YOU KNOW, A LOW LYING AREA BEFORE.
SO REALLY THE, THE ELEVATION OF THE, THE ROAD IS DICTATED BY, YOU KNOW, CONNECTION TO WHITE SETTLEMENT AND EACH OF THE DRAINAGE, UH, CULVERT.
SO I, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW ON THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DEVELOPER ENGINEER, UH, HAD SET A DIFFERENT ELEVATION.
UH, BUT THAT, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT'S DONE REALLY.
DRAINAGE DICTATES ALL THE ROAD DESIGN.
UM, WAS THE ELEVATION OF THOSE LOTS CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE DRAINAGE THERE? I WOULD ASSUME THEY WERE BUILT UP.
UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S A, I I DON'T DO DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS.
I'M ASSUMING THATS JUST A CURIOUS QUESTION.
YEAH, I, I'M ASSUMING THAT, THAT THERE'S SOME LEVEL OF
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BUILDING THAT UP.UM, OTHERWISE WOULD THEY HAVE BEEN IN A FLOODPLAIN? UM, I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, IT GOES UP WITH, WITH STAUNCH AND WEIGH IS, IT'S PRETTY HIGH QUICKLY.
SO IN, YOU KNOW, IN THIS KIND OF VICINITY IS SOMEWHAT LOW.
IF YOU DRIVE OUT THERE, THIS HOUSE IS BUILT UP, BUT THE BACKYARD SLOPES DOWN, UH, AND THE DRAINAGE KIND OF DRAINS BEHIND THESE HOUSES.
AND, UM, SO DEFINITELY SOME HOUSES WERE BUILT UP, BUT IT, IT, IT'S KIND OF WEIRD TALKING ABOUT THE TOPOGRAPHY IS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE IN THAT AREA, SO IT GETS HIGH QUICK.
I MEAN, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE BRICK WALL WAS STAIR STEPPED UP, UM, TO, SO QUITE A CHANGE IN ELEVATION.
UH, YOU THE, UM, ASSISTED LIVING CENTER, THESE WERE DEFINITELY BUILT UP.
'CAUSE PRIOR TO THEM THIS ALL WAS A LOW LYING AREA.
UH, SO THOSE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TWO OR THREE, UM, STRUCTURES THERE WERE BUILT UP.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THESE WERE PLANTED AND ALL THE ENGINEERING WAS DONE WITH THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, NOT WITH THE COUNTY.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ALLISON WILL AND I AM A HOME OWNER, EXCUSE ME, 1553 WAY.
MY BACK OF MY HOUSE IS FACING WHITE SETTLEMENT.
UM, I AM SIX HOUSES IN SIX HOUSES AWAY FROM THE HIGHWAY.
UM, SO JUST A STORY ABOUT THE NOISE LEVEL AND HOW LOUD IT CAN BE AND HOW DISRUPTIVE IT CAN BE TO YOUR SLEEP.
LIKE I SAID, I'M SIX HOUSES AWAY FROM THE HIGHWAY FACING WHITE SETTLEMENT.
UM, ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO, 10 NIGHTS AGO, SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT, I COULD HEAR IN THE DISTANCE FROM THE SOUTH COMING UP RICK WILLIAMSON FROM FORT WORTH HIGHWAY.
UM, I COULD HEAR A TRUCK COMING IN THE DISTANCE.
IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A BIG, VERY HEAVY TRUCK.
AND I LISTEN, I MEAN, I WOKE ME UP, I WAS LISTENING TO THIS THING AND AS IT FINALLY APPROACHED, UH, YOU KNOW, WHITE SELMON UP WHERE WE ARE OR JUST A LITTLE BEYOND, I WAS LIKE, I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW LOUD THIS THING WAS.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY DECIBELS, BUT IT WAS LOUD AND I COULD HEAR IT CREST THE HILL ABOVE WHITE SETTLEMENT AND THEN START GOING DOWN TO AZEL HIGHWAY.
AND EVENTUALLY, THANK GOODNESS I COULDN'T HEAR IT ANYMORE.
BUT THE NEXT, UH, MORNING I WAS TALKING TO MY NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY ACROSS DANIEN WAY FROM ME ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF STANION WAY DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM ME.
AND SHE USES A-C-P-A-P AT NIGHT.
AND ANYBODY WHO'S USED A-C-P-A-P KNOWS THEY ARE, THEY CAN BE VERY LOUD
SO SHE TOLD ME, I SAID, I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW LOUD THAT NOISE WAS LAST NIGHT, AND SHE SAID, YEAH, I HEARD THAT TOO.
SHE SAID, I THOUGHT IT WAS A HELICOPTER.
AND SHE COULD HEAR IT EVEN WITH HER CPAP ON.
AND WE DON'T EVEN LIVE, WE, WE DON'T EVEN THE BACK OF OUR HOUSES, UH, DON'T EVEN FACE THE HIGHWAY.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW LOUD THAT WAS FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST A, AN EXAMPLE OF HOW LOUD IT CAN BE.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND ISSUE AS FAR AS, UH, THE DRAINAGE CULVERT THAT MR. BOSCO YOU WERE JUST ADDRESSING, UM, AND HOW LOW THAT WAS BASICALLY, IT WAS A, IT WAS A CREEK.
UM, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, BECAUSE WE WATCHED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD FROM THE BEGINNING.
UM, UM, AND I COULD SEE THAT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY BROUGHT THOSE REALLY BIG PIPES OUT AT THE END, IT'S BASICALLY AT THE END OF SIGNATURE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A CUL-DE-SAC UP THERE, AND THEN THE END OF THE DRAINAGE CULVERT CULVERT COMES DOWN THERE AND YEAH, IT'S A CREEK.
MY HUSBAND AND I JUST ASSUMED THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS SO LOW THAT A BRIDGE WAS GONNA BE BUILT THERE, UM, OVER THAT AREA BECAUSE IT WAS SO LOW.
AND I WAS KIND OF AMAZED WHEN I SAW THESE, I MEAN, ENORMOUS, PROBABLY ABOUT MY HEIGHT PIPES BEING BROUGHT IN.
AND THERE WERE THREE, YOU KNOW, THREE ACROSS AND THEN ALL THE, THE, THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE ROAD.
AND THEY WERE HUGE PIPES FOR ALL THIS WATER TO FLOW DOWN.
I WAS SURPRISED, UH, THAT THEY, THAT A BRIDGE WASN'T BUILT THERE.
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THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT, THOSE PIPES THERE THEN, THEN AS I RECALL, THEY HAD ALL HAD TO BRING IN DIRT, PUT OVER THE PIPES, DIRT AND ROCKS AND ON, AND THEN THAT WAS COMPACTED.AND THEN ONLY THEN WAS THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, THE ROAD BUILT ON TOP OF THAT.
SO I HAD ALWAYS ANTICIPATED THAT, WELL, OF COURSE THEY'RE GONNA PUT A BRIDGE THERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T PUT A BRIDGE THERE.
UM, THE BRIDGE COULD HAVE GONE OVER THAT VERY, I, I'M NO ENGINEER, BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO ME IF THE BRIDGE HAD BEEN PUT THERE INSTEAD OF PUTTING THESE HUGE PIPES AND THEN LOADING DIRT AND ROCKS ON TOP OF IT, AND THEN LAYING THIS ROAD, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE ROAD BED'S PRETTY, PRETTY DEEP.
I MEAN, UM, THAT, THAT DETERMINED THE BOTTOM OF THE ROAD, THAT DETERMINED THE HEIGHT OF THE ROAD AND THAT WHOLE AREA.
AND THEN IT, I JUST NEVER ANTICIPATED THAT THE ROAD BED WOULD BE AS HIGH AS IT IS, ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE GOING UP TOWARDS STANCHION WAY.
UM, I MEAN, I REALLY, I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE SOUTH OF STANION WAY, UM, DIRECTLY THERE WHERE IT'S IN BLUE, WHERE THEY FACE THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSES, FACE THE HIGHWAY.
I, I, I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE DEALING WITH THAT.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
UM, UH, YEAH, I GUESS TO ADDRESS THE BRIDGE VERSUS CULVERT, I MEAN, THAT'S ALWAYS A CONSIDERATION.
UM, IT, IT WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED THE ROAD ELEVATION.
THE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT DRAINAGE, YOU COULD THINK OF IT.
IF YOU CONSTRICT WATER, IT WANTS TO OVERTOP THE ROAD.
AND SO THE HEIGHT OF THE ROAD IS DECIDED BASED ON ALLOWING WATER TO BUILD UP, TO PUSH ITS WAY THROUGH THE CULVERTS.
AND SO WHETHER YOU HAVE A BRIDGE OR, OR CULVERTS, THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE THE ELEVATION.
UM, THIS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE VERY BIG CULVERTS, IT, IT'S NOT NEAR WHAT WOULD NECESSITATE A BRIDGE IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.
RIGHT OFF THE RIGHT OFF THE LOOP.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE PRIVACY, PRIVACY THING FIRST.
I HAVE A PHOTO RIGHT HERE OF FROM MY BACK PATIO WHERE I'M SITTING ON MY BACK PATIO AND I CAN SEE THE HIGHWAY OVER MY FENCE.
SO THE ELEVATION IS ABOVE MY FENCE OR JUST BELOW IT, HOWEVER YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT.
AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A FOUR MINUTE RECORDING OF, UH, DECIMAL READINGS AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT WHERE THERE'S AT LEAST 10 OCCURRENCES OVER FOUR MINUTES WHERE IT JUMPS ABOVE 70 UP TO 85 DECIMALS.
SO OF THAT KIND, I THINK THAT KIND OF CHALLENGES HIS 67 DECIBEL TEST.
CAN, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE? THE PORTION ABOUT THE DECIBELS, I HAVE A FOUR MINUTE DECIBEL READING, UH, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT WHERE THE DECIBELS JUMP ABOVE 70 DECIBELS AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN THAT FOUR MINUTES, YOU SAID IN SOME CASES A PIECE OF 85.
WHAT WAS THAT? DID I CATCH IT THAT THERE WAS A PEAK OF 85? UH, YEAH, I HAVE AT LEAST THREE READINGS AT 80.
IT WAS OVER A FOUR MINUTE TIME SPAN.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COME ON UP.
I'M THE SECOND HOUSE FROM SILVERSTONE.
I JUST WANNA OFFER UP MY BACKYARD OR MY BALCONY FOR YOU GUYS TO COME AND WATCH OR LISTEN.
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TIME OF THE DAY IT IS.
YOU CAN HEAR CARS FROM THE 180 LIGHT HAUL ASS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE NEXT LIGHT.
AND THEY, I'M SURE THAT THEY DO THEIR BEST TO PATROL IT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE AMOUNT OF COP CARS THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM MY BALCONY ALL DAY LONG IS POSSIBLY ONE.
WHETHER IT'S CITY OF HUDSON, WEATHERFORD, A STATE TROOPER OR PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF, MAYBE ONE A DAY.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE CALL 'CAUSE IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR SOMEBODY TO GET OUT THERE THAT NOTHING GETS DONE.
WHAT'S GONNA END UP HAPPENING IS A CAR'S GONNA COME THROUGH ONE OF THOSE BACKYARDS BECAUSE THERE'S KIDS PLAYING AT THOSE ENTRANCES OR A KID'S GONNA GET HIT LOWERING.
'CAUSE AS YOU SEE, CARS FLY UP AND DOWN.
BUT I ENCOURAGE ANY OF YOU TO COME SIT ON MY BALCONY JUST TO OBSERVE IT.
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IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANYBODY ELSE? YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT 20 MINUTES UP THERE.I KNOW WITH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, I KNOW WE'RE DEALING WITH BOTH.
AND I, MY QUESTION IS THE CITY, IF THEY BUILT THE PLANT, IF THEY BUILT THE HOMES, AND I WILL SAY WE HAVE A TERRIBLE DRAINAGE.
MY HOUSE SEEPS WATER ALL THE TIME AND WE'RE THE THIRD ONE.
THEY'VE HAD TO COME IN AND PUT EXTRA DRAINS.
I DO HAVE VIDEO, I DON'T, NOT WITH ME, BUT WHERE IT COMES OFF, UM, OF JUST RUSHING WATER INTO THESE PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS AND HOUSES AND, AND NOT INTO THE HOUSES, BUT INTO THE YARD.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, IF THE HOMES WERE BUILT AND THE ROAD WAS COMING IN, DOES THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, DO Y'ALL NOT KIND OF LOOK AT THE PLANS TO ENSURE THAT IF THESE HOMES WERE BUILT AT THIS ELEVATION OR SUPPOSED TO BE AT THIS ELEVATION, IF THEY WERE BUILT LOWER AND THIS ROAD WAS COMING IN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY AND THE CO THAT AND THE CITY WORKS ON TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT YES, THESE HOMES WERE ALREADY THERE, BUT IS THE ROAD BEING BUILT ADEQUATELY AT THE RIGHT? I KNOW IF THE PLANS WERE AT THIS LEVEL, THAT WE HAVE HOMES AT THIS LEVEL, IS THERE A WAY TO, DO Y'ALL WORK TOGETHER TO SAY MAYBE THE ROAD NEEDS TO COME DOWN OR SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO, WITH THE HOME? I MEAN, THE HOUSE IS ALREADY BUILT, BUT THAT'S A QUESTION.
DO Y'ALL WORK TOGETHER ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BOTH AT THE CORRECT ELEVATION, WHETHER THE CITY BUILT THE HOMES OR THE COUNTY BUILT THE ROAD? CHRIS, CAN YOU COME UP ON YEAH, I MEAN WE, WE DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE ENGINEER ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT DRAINAGE THEY'RE GONNA BRING INTO THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY, AND THEN WHAT ROADS THEY'RE GONNA CONNECT.
UM, THEY WERE NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED LIKE A LOT FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION.
UH, IT, THE, THAT'S THE, THE THING I'M TRYING TO COMMUNICATE, THE ROAD IS KIND OF LOCKED IN.
LIKE THERE'S, WHENEVER YOU'RE CROSSING DRAINAGE, THERE'S NO WAY TO DEPRESS IT FURTHER.
UH, AND SO I, I AGREE THAT THOSE HOUSES SHOULD BE HIGHER, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A SITE GRADING, UH, ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH LOCKED IN BY EACH DRAINAGE CROSSING EACH ROAD CONNECTION.
I MEAN, THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A SIX INCH FOOT VARIATIONS, BUT IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT WHETHER THERE'S A BRIDGE OR THERE'S BOX CULVERTS THERE, THAT DIDN'T CHANGE THE ELEVATION OF THE ROADWAY.
AND WHAT DID, AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY HIGHER THAN WAS REQUIRED.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD'VE COST MORE MONEY TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL FIELD.
RIGHT? SO IT WAS AT THE, IT WAS AT THE LEVEL THAT IT WAS GONNA BE AT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT TOOK PLACE THERE.
THERE'S EFFECTIVELY, I GUESS, THREE MAJOR THINGS THAT DICTATE THE ROAD.
SO THE SPEED OF THE ROAD DOES.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT A LOT OF CHANGES IN GRADE OR, UH, CHANGES IN THE PROFILE OF THE ROAD UTILITIES.
UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF UTILITIES.
WE ALSO HAD TO GET UNDER THE POWER LINES.
REMEMBER WE EVEN HAD TO RAISE SOME POWER LINES.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS HERE.
I KEEP REFERRING TO THE DRAINAGE AS THE CHIEF CONSTRAINT.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T DO A ROAD THAT CAUSES FLOODING ON ANYONE.
BUT THERE IS A NUMBER OF CONSTRAINTS HERE WITH UTILITY COMPANIES.
THE, YOU KNOW, THE DRIVABILITY OF THE ROAD WITH DRAINAGE THAT WE'RE KIND OF BALANCING THOSE.
ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? ANYBODY ELSE? WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 0 4.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COURT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AT THIS TIME? I'D LIKE TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO CAME AND SPOKE TODAY, WHO TOOK TIME OUTTA YOUR DAY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU FOR DOING SO RESPECTFULLY.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE VERY FRUSTRATED.
UM, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IF I WERE SLEEPING WITH THAT NOISE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, I'D BE EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED MYSELF.
I KNOW THOSE WORDS DON'T MEAN A WHOLE LOT, BUT I HEAR YOU.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING AND PARTICIPATING RESPECTFULLY.
MY QUESTION IS FOR MS. FOWLER, WHAT, WHAT FUNDS DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE THAT HAVE, HAVE NOT BEEN EARMARKED FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR SPECIFIC ALLOCATION FROM THE PRIOR BOND? DO WE HAVE A, A ROUGH AMOUNT? YES.
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UM, MR. BOSCO IS ACTUALLY GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THAT OF WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE AT ON ANOTHER ITEM.AND WE CAME UP WITH ABOUT 6.3 FOR THE 2023.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ON THE 2016 OR DID WE CLOSE THAT ENTIRELY? IT'S NOT COMPLETELY CLOSED OUT 'CAUSE THERE'S A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE STILL OPEN.
AND THEN, UM, FROM A COUPLE OF COURTS WHERE WE HAD DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO START SOME OF THE ENGINEERING ON THINGS.
SO THE TAKEAWAY THOUGH IS THEY'RE SOMEWHERE AROUND 6 MILLION? YES.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER HOLD, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON THIS ITEM? UM, NOW AS WE YEAH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION PER, UH, MR. BOSCOS RECOMMENDATION ON THE BEST AVAILABLE MITIGATION OPTIONS TO INSTALL THE SIGNS AS HE RECOMMENDED, AS WELL AS DIAMOND GROOVE, THE PAVEMENT.
AND, AM I FORGETTING ANYTHING ELSE, MR. BOSCO? THAT PA, WE ALSO HAD LIKE THE, UH, ENGINE BRAKE SIGN WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT YEP.
SO THAT, THAT WAS A SMALL ITEM.
WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF, OF, OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT? AND HE SAID SEVEN TENTHS OF A ROAD, HALF MILE TO SEVEN TENTHS.
UM, AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNAGE.
WHAT IS THE COMPLETE COST OF THIS? UH, SO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE HERE OF 146,000.
UH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE AN ESTIMATE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S DI YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF DAYS.
UH, WE HAVE 10 DAYS IN THERE THAT, FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO, 'CAUSE THERE'LL BE TRAFFIC CONTROL, THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE TO DO THAT WORK.
UH, AND THEN HAVE A 10% CONTINGENCY IN THERE AS WELL.
SO TO CLARIFY ON THE FINANCING WHAT BRIAN AND MS. FOWLER, THEIR COUNTY AUDITOR HAS STATED ABOUT 6.3 MILLION.
THOSE ARE, UH, FROM PREVIOUS FUNDS, AND YOU'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THAT.
BUT AVAILABLE FUNDS HERE WE'RE TALKING IS ROUGHLY ABOUT WHAT WOULD THE RIDGE HAS BEEN IS ABOUT 6.3 MILLION.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S 6.2 IN CHANGE, SO, RIGHT.
UH, AND THEN, YEAH, SO I, I WAS GONNA KIND OF COVER THAT IN DETAIL, BUT YEAH.
AND, AND WE WILL, IT'S JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION RIGHT HERE, WHAT THE MOTION IS BASED ON IS FOR THE 146,000 WITH A CONTINGENCY OR, OR 10, OR 10 OR PLUS MINUS OF THAT, THAT IS THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY.
WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? I JUST ASK WHAT YOU'RE GONNA TELL SOMEBODY THAT LIVES IN ANOTHER SECTION OF THE LOOP THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN A SUBDIVISION THAT MAY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES.
IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE I'M, I'M GONNA TAKE COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S COMMENT BACK TO YOU.
UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT, HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR COMPLAINTS FROM ANY OTHER SEGMENTS OF THAT ROAD AT ALL? DO YOU SEE ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT COULD IMPACT THIS AT ALL FROM THE OTHER SEGMENTS OF THIS ROAD? SO, SO FAR WE HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS, UM, CALL-INS OUTSIDE OF SILVERSTONE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE FOLKS WHO WERE IMMEDIATELY ON THE WEST, THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE SAME STRETCH.
UM, INCLUDING SOME OF THE LITTLE HOMES THAT ARE TUCKED BACK THROUGH THERE AS WELL AS THE RESIDENCE AT MEADOW VISTA.
AND SO, OUTSIDE OF THAT STRETCH, NONE THAT I'M AWARE OF.
SO, I, I GOT A QUESTION MR. BOSCO ON, ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL UP, I THINK IT'S ON PAGE TWO OF THIS? I THINK THAT SAME DOCUMENT POSSIBLY WHERE IT'S, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT TEXT DOTS, NOISE ABATEMENT CRITERIA AND THE LEVELS THAT THEY GO BY.
IT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT WHERE IT TALKS SPECIFICALLY, I BELIEVE THAT'S IT.
SO THAT'S THE CRITERIA THAT THE STATE USES IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS? OR WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR YEAH.
SO THE, THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW STEPS IN THERE.
SO, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING ON A PROJECT OR STATE FUNDING, UH, PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS WOULD INCLUDE A NOISE COMPONENT.
UH, THIS IS THE CRITERIA THAT IS SET FORTH.
SO, UH, 67 DECIBELS IS THE THRESHOLD, BUT THEY, UM, THE CONSIDERATION FOR ABATEMENT ACTUALLY BEGINS AT 66, IS KIND OF A, A STRANGE, UH, DEAL THERE.
BUT, SO, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT YOU, UH, WHEN YOU DO
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THE NOISE MEASUREMENTS MM-HMM.UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S INTERESTING THERE, IF THE, IF THE COST OF ABATEMENT, UH, EXCEEDS THE, LIKE, SO USUALLY THEY SAY $110,000 PER, PER PROPERTY.
SO IF THE ABATEMENT EXCEEDS THAT, THEN YOU ACTUALLY DON'T DO ABATEMENT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKWARDS LOGIC THERE.
BUT, UH, SO YOU LOOK FOR ABATEMENT THAT IS WITHIN THAT, UH, KIND OF, UH, COST PER PARCEL.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, ALTHOUGH WE FOLLOW THIS, BECAUSE IT'S THE LEADING GUIDE, UM, ON Y'ALL'S PROJECT, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT 'CAUSE Y'ALL FUNDED IT WITH LOCAL FUNDS.
BUT THERE'S NO OTHER GUIDE TO FOLLOW.
SO THAT'S WHY WE FOLLOWED THE, THE FEDERAL GUIDE.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
AND HAVE THEY BEEN FOLLOWING THAT FOR, HAS THAT BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR QUITE A WHILE? OR THAT'S SOMETHING NEW? UH, NO, NO, NO.
THAT, THAT'S BEEN, UH, THAT'S A, A COMMON STANDARD THAT'S USED.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN, IN THE LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, KNOW YOU COULD, IT COULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE ON A FREEWAY WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE BRAKES IN THE WALL.
YOU KNOW, HAVING A CONTINUOUS WALL THAT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE ROAD, YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND SO THIS IS A, A GUIDE THAT IS, UH, KIND OF INSTITUTED IN THAT CASE.
MR. BOSCO BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT THAT THE REASON THAT A NOISE ABATEMENT WALL WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE HERE IS DUE TO THE ENTRANCES.
THOSE GAPS IN THE WALL WOULD NULLIFY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WALL.
FURTHERMORE, THEY ALSO WOULDN'T HELP FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO YOU'D HAVE TO BUILD TWO WALLS.
AND I'M AWARE OF THOSE CHALLENGES FOR SURE.
I, I WAS, I WAS JUST WANTED SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON THAT.
YOU OKAY? I JUST, UH, LOOK INTO BIG PICTURE HERE.
IT, IT, UH, IT SEEMS TO ME, UH, BACK TO ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM, FROM ONE OF THE, UH, FOLKS TODAY THAT A GOOD SOLUTION, UH, WHICH I SEE IS, IS SOME PLANT MATERIAL TREES THAT WOULD DO A BETTER JOB OF ABATING THE SOUND THAN, THAN, THAN THIS.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.
I MEAN, WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT MIGHT BE AS MUCH AS 10%.
YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION'S GONNA BE, UH, GIVING THAT THE, UH, THE SOUND WALL IS NOT REALLY A VIABLE OPTION.
UH, SEEMS TO ME LIKE SOME REALLY FAST GROWING, UH, TREES MIGHT BE A BETTER SOLUTION, UH, TO FORMING A, A HEDGE AND, AND FORMING A PERMANENT BARRIER, UH, BOTH WITH SIGHT AND WITH, UH, NOISE ABATEMENT.
UH, PERSONALLY, IF, IF, IF IT WERE ME, I'D RATHER SEE THE MONEY INVESTED IN THAT, UH, THAN, THAN SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THE, IF IT'S GONNA WORK OR NOT FOR THE GROOVING.
AND, AND I, I THINK THAT MAY BE A SHORT TERM SOLUTION TO TRY AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT I THINK I'M TRYING TO LOOK LONG TERM AND, UH, UH, I THINK BACK OVER IN, IN MY PRECINCT WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ADJACENT TO I 20 AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE EVERGREEN TREES GROWING CLOSELY TOGETHER THERE THAT ARE OF A HEIGHT THAT, THAT REALLY, UH, WOULD, UH, TAKE CARE OF THE, THE NOISE PROBABLY AND, AND THE SIGHT LINE TOO.
AND, UH, I, I PERSONALLY SEE THAT AS A, AS A SOLUTION, AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK LONG TERM.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE THERE IMMEDIATELY.
UH, BUT, BUT, UH, REALLY WHAT I'VE SEEN IS EVERGREEN TREES THERE USED AS A, AS A NOISE BARRIER.
AND, UH, AND THOSE THAT GROW FAST ENOUGH AND ARE PLANTED CLOSELY ENOUGH TOGETHER TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I SEE AS A SOLUTION.
UM, I'M, I'M NOT THROWING ROCKS AT THE, AT THE GROOVING.
I, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT, I'M NOT DOING THAT, BUT I'M TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO WORK, UH, THAT WOULD BE A SOLUTION THAT I SEE THAT WOULD BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
MR. BOSCO INDICATED THAT EARLY ON, 'CAUSE WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT, THAT THE NOISE REDUCTION FROM TREES IS NOT NEARLY AS SIGNIFICANT AS I INITIALLY THOUGHT.
I, I THINK I HAD THAT QUESTION FOR YOU AND YOU SAID THE DATA WASN'T QUITE THERE.
MY INTENTION IS, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COURT, IS
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FOR ME TO GO BACK TO THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD AND SAY, HEY, CITY OF WEATHERFORD, YOU GUYS PLOTTED THIS.WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THE ROAD ASPECT BECAUSE IT'S OUR ROAD.
ASSUMING IF THIS DOES PASS, BUT PLEASE PARTNER WITH US ON GETTING TREES BUILT THAT WILL BLOCK THE LIGHT AND ALSO HELP WITH THE NOISE.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT COULD BE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP COUNTY AND CITY TOGETHER.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SO CERTAINLY THE, THE LIGHT OBSTRUCTION, THE PRIVACY, UH, THE TREES WOULD'VE A LOT OF VALUE.
UH, GENERALLY A A SINGLE ROW OF TREES IS NOT REALLY, UM, SEEN AS A NOISE ABATEMENT.
BUT IF, IF YOU HAVE, WELL, DOUBLE ROW, A DOUBLE ROW IS, ISN'T IT? IT, IT'S, UM, YEAH.
IT, IT IS TYPICALLY USED FOR, FOR MORE THE, THE PRIVACY SIDE.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN MAINTAIN A, A PRETTY GOOD SWAT, THE FOREST, THERE'S SOME GREAT BENEFIT THERE.
BUT, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, A, A NARROW E EVEN TWO ROWS WOULDN'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE YOU COULD, YOU COULD ARGUE A ONE DECI, WELL, IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT ABATEMENT, BUT IT HAS ALL THOSE OTHER BENEFITS LIKE Y'ALL MENTIONED WITH THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE, THE PRIVACY SIDE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME AND GAVE YOUR INPUT, IT, IT, IT'S INVALUABLE TO THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE HERE AND HEARING YOU AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
[6.B. Discuss/Take action on ongoing reporting of bond projects to Commissioners Court by Freese & Nichols. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt)]
TAKE ACTION ON ONGOING REPORTING OF BOND PROJECTS TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT BY PZA NICHOLS.UH, IF YOU WOULD GET SET UP THERE, YOU LOOKS LIKE YOU ALREADY SET UP.
I THINK HE'S GONNA, I THINK HE'S GONNA BRING UP, UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, THIS PAST WEEK, UM, THERE WAS TWO DAYS THERE THAT, UM, I WAS AT THE RTC MEETING THAT WE, UH, HAD AN EXPECTATION GOING INTO THAT MEETING ON THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL TO APPROVE A 30.3 MILLION, UH, ALLOCATION TO PARKER COUNTY FOR ITS BOND PROJECTS.
AND THAT, UH, GIVEN THE COLLABORATION, AND I NOTED THESE AT THAT MEETING BETWEEN TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, SPECIFICALLY MY BORIS, UH, FRIES NICHOLS, OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD AN IMPACT.
AND, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN, YOU MADE A CONCERN INITIALLY WITH, WITH OPTIMIZING THE MATCHING FUNDS THAT THE COUNTY WAS GONNA GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WE WENT TO THE, THE VOTERS AND ASKED 'EM TO, TO, TO, UM, CONSIDER A $130 MILLION BOND, WHICH PASSED.
UM, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THEY, THEY CAME BACK, AND YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK TO THIS, BUT GAVE US OVER $50 MILLION.
AND SO, UM, I I THINK THAT, THAT THE MATCHING FUNDS ON THIS IS, IS GONNA BE TRENDING UPWARDS BECAUSE OF, THERE'S SEVERAL REASONS FOR THIS ONE.
AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS ALMOST A PARKER COUNTY MEETING THERE FOR A MOMENT? YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS JUST THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, I GUESS THE WAY WE DID IT, THE MODEL AND THE WAY WE COLLABORATED TOGETHER WITH TXDOT, COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND, AND TARRANT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COALITION AND EVERYBODY THERE, UH, IT SHOWED WORKING TOGETHER PAYS OFF AND, AND BEING PARKER COUNTY, GOING TO EACH CITY AND THEN COLLABORATING, FINDING OUT WHERE THE NEEDS ARE, AND WITH EACH COMMISSIONER BEING INVOLVED, UH, HAD A DRAMATIC IMPACT, WHICH SET A, A STANDARD OR A TONE OF THAT MEETING.
AND I'M GONNA LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT, BUT WE, I'M SURPRISED THAT WE GOT THAT MUCH MONEY, AND THAT'S EXCITING TO THE TAXPAYER HERE.
BUT, UH, THEN WE ALSO HAD A, UM, A WHICH A TARRANT TRANSPORTATION FORUM THE NEXT DAY, UM, WAS IT THE NEXT DAY? UM, YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.
AND SO IT WAS OVER WHAT WAS SIX, 700 PEOPLE THERE? MM-HMM.
SO WE, UM, MAYOR PASCAL OF WEATHERFORD AND MYSELF WAS ON A PANEL.
AND AGAIN, YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS A, A PARKER COUNTY FORUM.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, AND IT IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE, UH, HOW WE'RE HANDLING THIS PROJECT.
AND SO I GUESS NOW SEGUE INTO THIS FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND HOW THAT'S GONNA RESONATE AND ALSO WITH THE, UH, THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GETTING AGGRESSIVE.
SO, CLOSURE, YOURS, ONE THING YOU SAID, JUDGE, THAT WAS AN INITIAL COMMITMENT.
THAT WAS AN INITIAL COMMITMENT.
SO WE CAN HAVE, THERE COULD BE MORE.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
I DIDN'T HAVE BE QUOTED AS SAYING NO, NO, NO.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
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YOU KNOW, A LIST OF KIND OF RECENT ACTIVITIES SINCE OUR, OUR LAST, UH, COURT MEETING.UM, AND, AND THE INTENT IS TO DO MONTHLY UPDATES.
UM, AND, UH, AND ULTIMATELY JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST BONDS, WE'LL HAVE MORE OF A FORMAL REPORT TRACKING SCHEDULE AND COST JUST IN THESE FIRST FEW WERE, IS TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING GOING.
SO, UH, THE MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT, UH, WORKING WITH KIM AND FOREST ON, ON KIND OF, UH, THE REVIEW OF THAT, UH, I THINK THAT'S A, A ITEM Y'ALL BE DISCUSSING, UH, ON A LATER AGENDA ITEM.
BUT THAT, THAT'S, UH, INTENSE JUST TO KIND OF ESTABLISH THE, UH, THE FREEZE OF NICHOLS CONTRACT RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, RATES AND, AND SCOPE.
AND THEN WE'D HAVE WORK AUTHORIZATIONS THAT Y'ALL WOULD APPROVE INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH PROJECT.
UM, AND SO I'VE BEEN, UH, ABLE TO MEET WITH EACH OF Y'ALL TO JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE INITIAL PROJECT SCHEDULES, YOUR PRIORITIES, UH, WITHIN YOUR PRECINCT.
AND IN A MOMENT, I'LL, I'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME, UH, DOLLARS AROUND INITIAL SURVEYING COSTS, UH, FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE DISCUSSED.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH EACH OF THE, THE SURVEY AND, UH, RIGHT OF WAY AGENT PARTNERS GETTING, GETTING THEIR COSTS TO PRESENT TO Y'ALL.
UH, COMMISSIONER CONLEY AND I ATTENDED A CHURCH ROAD PUBLIC MEETING, UH, THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED.
UM, IT STARTED TO BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHURCH ROAD THAT'S IN THE BOND, BUT IT QUICKLY KIND OF PIVOTED TO THE BIGGER CHURCH ROAD
BUT I HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS AFTER THE MEETING THAT THEY WERE DEVASTATED TO KNOW THAT THOSE FOUR LANE ROADS ARE ALL COMING TO CHURCH ROAD, UH, 1886 AND THE FARMER ROAD AND SEVEN 30 ARE ALL GONNA BE TURNED INTO FOUR LANE POSSIBLE SIX LANES MM-HMM.
AND SO THEY WERE MORE DEVASTATED ABOUT THAT THAN THAT ADDITIONAL ROAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN.
AND, AND I, I THINK ONE POSITIVE THAT CAME OUTTA THAT MEETING, BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER CONLEY'S REFERENCING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TECH STOCK 10 YEAR PLAN, THEY'RE PLANNING TO WIDEN EVERY ROAD AROUND CHURCH.
AND IT'S VERY LOGICAL THAT 33 25 WOULD, WOULD ABSORB CHURCH AND CONNECT TO SEVEN 30.
AND, AND ACTUALLY THE RESIDENTS REQUESTED THAT.
SO YEAH, IT'S UNCOMMON THAT YOU SEE THAT
SO WE'RE GONNA TALK TO TECH STOCK ABOUT HOW WE CAN, UH, GET 33 25 EXTENDED TO SEVEN 30.
THERE'S ABOUT 4,000 CARS A DAY THAT GO DOWN CHURCH ROAD, YOU KNOW, SO, AND, AND, AND IT'S GETTING, IT'S NARROW AND, AND IT'S, AND IT'S REAL, AND IT'S CURVY AND A LOT OF S-CURVES AND THERE'S MORE EVERY DAY KIND.
SO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A GOOD MEETING THERE.
UH, AND THEN RFQ FOR THE ON SYSTEM PROJECT.
SO KIM AND I ARE ACTUALLY MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.
WE'VE PREPARED THAT DRAFT AND, UH, THE INTENT IS TO, TO GET THAT OUT, TO GET THE OTHER ENGINEERS ON BOARD, UH, AND, AND ACTUALLY, UH, ADVERTISE THAT THE END OF WEEK, FIRST OF NEXT WEEK, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE GOING.
SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THE I 20 FRONTAGE ROADS, UH, SEVEN 30 AND 1187.
UH, THE JUDGE TOUCHED ON THE FUNDING FROM COG, AND SO I HAVE KIND OF A SUMMARY HERE.
UH, SO THIS, OF COURSE, I PUT OLD WEATHERFORD ON THERE.
BUT, UH, JUST TO POINT THAT OUT, THEY DID INCREASE THE FUNDING ON THAT PROJECT BY, UH, A LITTLE OVER $6 MILLION.
THAT'S TOTALLY LOCAL MONEY, SO IT'S NOT FEDERALIZED MONEY.
THAT'S THE JOB WE'RE ADVERTISING.
AND Y'ALL HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS WITH THE ISD, THE DEVELOPER COG AND TECH STOCK, EVEN THOUGH THE TECH STOCK NUMBER, UH, THEY'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING DIRECTLY TO THAT PROJECT.
BUT THEY DID PUT MONEY INTO THE SIGNAL AND INTERSECTION AT 33 25 IN OLD WEATHERFORD.
UH, AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE IN GREENS, WHAT THE JUDGE WAS REFERENCING.
SO THAT WAS WHAT WAS APPROVED, UH, AT THE RTC ON THURSDAY.
UH, SO IT'S A TOTAL OF 56.6 MILLION AS INITIAL FUNDING.
UH, THIS WOULD FUND, UH, THE I 20 RAMPS, UH, BETHEL, UH, THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT FUNDING, UH, 1187, UH, WITH THE STATE AND FEDS, THAT WOULD BE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING THERE.
UH, THE 7 31 AT 12.5 MILLION, THAT'S ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE NEED ON THAT JOB.
BUT IT'S STILL GREAT TO GET SOME INITIAL FUNDING 'CAUSE WE'LL BE GOING INTO RIGHT AWAY.
AND THERE, THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE SOME COSTS THERE.
AND, UH, IT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS FOUND THAT IF A PROJECT'S PARTIALLY FUNDED IT, UH, IT'S LIKE THE TOP PRIORITY TO GET THE FULL FUNDING, UH, THE FM FIVE INTERSECTION.
UH, AND A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY GONNA
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DO BE DONE AS PART OF SOME OF THE I 20 WORK, UH, AT FM FIVE AND I 20, UH, ULTIMATELY TECH STOCK PULLED THAT OUTTA THAT CONTRACT, BUT THEY COMMITTED A COMMISSIONER HALE THAT THEY WOULD STILL DO IT.UH, AND SO THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF REVISIT THAT JOB IN THE NEW BOND.
'CAUSE ORIGINALLY WE WERE JUST ADDING A RIGHT TURN WHERE THERE'S A, THERE'S A REAL CULVERT DANGER SITUATION THERE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO SOLVE.
BUT WITH THE BIGGER BANKHEAD JOB NOW COMING ONLINE, WE FEEL LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE A FULL INTERSECTION.
SO, UH, BUT THEY'RE, UH, FUNDING THAT ONE AS WELL.
AND SO, YEAH, IT'S AN EXCITING THING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN UH, WHEN THE JUDGE AND I MET WITH, UH, MICHAEL AND TECH STOCK PRE-BOND, THEY HAD INDICATED THAT THEY TYPICALLY, THE INITIAL FUNDING'S A BETWEEN 20 AND 25%.
THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF HAD A $30 MILLION, UH, ESTIMATE IN OUR MIND.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED AND, YOU KNOW, THESE, UH, PROJECTS ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY, UH, KEY PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, KNOW WEATHERFORD'S ALREADY DONE A LOT OF WORK ADVANCING THOSE RAMPS AT BETHEL.
UH, SO THAT'S GONNA HELP ACCELERATE THAT SCHEDULE.
UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FUNDING, UH, BEFORE I GO ON THE NEXT ITEM? UH, AND THE, UH, SO JUST A FEW THINGS ON NEXT STEPS.
UH, SO AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO ADVERTISE THE RFQ FOR THE DESIGN SERVICES OF, OF THOSE THREE PROJECTS.
UH, THE JUDGE AND I HAVE A INITIAL COORDINATION MEETING WITH TECH STOCK, REALLY ABOUT THOSE THREE PROJECTS.
BUT THE PLAN IS TO HAVE REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH TECH STOCK AND COG.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE THE INITIAL ONE COMING UP.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING, UH, COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, A NUMBER OF PROJECTS HERE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS, THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, I HAVE SURVEY COSTS, BUT THESE COMMISSIONER WE HAD JUST TALKED ABOUT, WELL, I THINK THE, THE BRIDGE WAS ACTUALLY A MISTAKE ON MY END.
BUT I DO HAVE THE SURVEY COSTS FOR THE, THE PART FROM, UH, RANCH HOUSE ROAD TO, UH, TO 1187, BUT BE BRINGING THE, THESE OTHER ITEMS OF TRYING TO HIT THE, THE FEBRUARY 26TH MEETING.
UH, AND THEN ONE ELEMENT IS, UM, ON THE BETHEL ROAD.
UH, WEATHERFORD'S BEEN WORKING WITH GRAHAM AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON THAT.
UH, AND SO WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO IS BRING A CONTRACT FROM GRAHAM TO CONTINUE THAT.
THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THE SCHEMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL, SO THEY WOULD GO RIGHT INTO FINAL DESIGN.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING THEM PREPARE, UH, AND THEY'RE ANOTHER ENGINEERING FIRM THAT HAS DONE A LOT OF INTERSTATE WORK, BUT SINCE THEY'RE DONE SO MUCH ON THOSE RAMPS, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO, TO GET ANOTHER ENGINEER ON BOARD.
UH, SO THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT TO CONTINUE ON.
UH, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INSPECTION, THAT WOULD BE FOR THE OLD WEATHERFORD ROAD AND THE, UH, NINE 20 TURN LANES.
CAN I ASK A REAL QUICK QUESTION? YEAH.
THIS, FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE MAYBE IN MORNINGSTAR OH, YES.
AND WALSH THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE OLD WEATHERFORD ROAD.
CAN YOU GIVE THEM A BALLPARK START DATE ON THAT CONSTRUCTION? SO MY FEET AREN'T YES.
SO I, I THINK THAT THE, THE START WILL PROBABLY BE LIKE A APRIL, LIKE A 1ST OF APRIL.
I MEAN, SO WE'RE, UM, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF GOING, UH, WE ACTUALLY EXTENDED THE, THE BID DATE, UH, TO NEXT WEEK.
UH, 'CAUSE THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE CONTRACTORS WE NEEDED TO RESOLVE.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THE FUNDING, SO THAT, THAT EARLIER SLIDE I HAD WITH THIS FUNDING, SO OX ALREADY, UH, TRANSFERRED THOSE FUNDS TO YOU GUYS THAT 16.
SO ONCE WE GET THAT, UH, ANTICIPATE BRINGING, UH, THAT CONTRACT WILL, UH, I, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CHECKING REFERENCES AND EVERYTHING AND THEN GET THEM STARTED IN APRIL.
UM, BUT IT IS A PRETTY LENGTHY, UH, DURATION.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIKE A 15 MONTH, UH, DURATION FOR BUILDING THAT.
IT'S NOT THAT IT'S SUCH A HUGE JOB TO BUILD IT UNDER TRAFFIC WITH ALL THE GRADE CHANGES, IT'S A PRETTY CHALLENGING CONSTRUCTION.
IN FACT, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CONTRACTOR, WE COULDN'T EVEN MOVE THE POWER LINES BECAUSE OF THE GRADING.
SO WE HAVE TO THE CONTRACTOR ROUGH GRADE IT FIRST.
SO THERE'S SOME LOGISTICS THERE.
AND OF COURSE, WITH THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC, WE'RE HOPING WITH THIS TIMING THAT WE CAN DO THE BULK IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL DRIVEWAYS DURING THE SUMMER.
SO THAT IS KIND OF A BENEFIT THERE TO GETTING THEM GOING IN APRIL.
YEAH, THAT ONE'S A HIGH PRIORITY.
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START THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL? IT'S GONNA BE ON THAT ROAD, RIGHT? UH, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS ELEMENTARY IS THAT'S AN ELEMENTARY AND IT'S, IT'S WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.I THOUGHT THERE WAS GONNA BE A HIGH SCHOOL THERE.
THE RUMOR I HEARD THAT IT WAS NOT SURE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I KNEW THEY HAD THAT ELEMENTARY GOING, BUT I MAYBE THE HIGH SCHOOL'S IN WALSH SOMEWHERE.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE SITE SELECTION FOR THE NEXT ONE.
I, I WOULD THINK, I DON'T KNOW, JUDGE, JUDGE, DEAN, YOU WERE IN THAT MEETING WITH ME WHEN THEY WERE TALKING, FORECASTING THE GROWTH AND THE NEEDS FOR THE NEXT HIGH SCHOOL, I BELIEVE, I'M SURE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS OUT, SO FOR THE DEMAND.
UM, SO I WOULD THINK MAYBE FIVE YEARS.
WELL, I, I JUST HEARD IT WAS FIXING TO BE BUILT, BUT THAT'S JUST HEARSAY.
I'M NOT SURE ON THE EXACT SITE LOCATION.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXACTLY CORRECT.
YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY SUCH A MOVING TARGET WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO TALK ABOUT WITHOUT GOING TO.
UM, SO THIS NEXT SLIDE, ACTUALLY, BRIANNA, UH, SHE WAS GONNA GO OVER THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AND KIND OF THE HISTORY THERE.
AND THEN I WAS GONNA COVER THE, THE OTHER SLIDE RELATED TO THE 2016.
SO I KNOW I GET THIS QUESTION A LOT, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT DISCRETIONARY FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, SO WE THOUGHT IT'D BE HELPFUL TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE 2016 FUNDS AS WELL AS JUST WHAT DISCRETIONARY FUNDS ARE OUT THERE FROM, UM, EITHER THE CURRENT BOND OR, UM, PREVIOUS, UH, PARTNERSHIPS.
SO IN THE 2016 BOND, THERE WAS, UM, $4 MILLION OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDS SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN THE PRECINCTS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE SPENT TO DATE, UM, IN THAT SECOND COLUMN WITHIN THE REMAINING BUDGET, WHICH AGAIN REPRESENTS THE 2016 DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.
UM, AND WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE OH EIGHT BOND, WHAT THAT IS, IS THERE WAS A, UM, PASS THROUGH PAYBACK FOR THE FIRST SECTION OF THE LOOP THAT WE HAD WITH TO.
AND SO IT WAS THE SUPPOSED TO BE PAID OVER, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS, BUT THEN THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO BE, TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING IT PAID OUT OVER TIME.
AND SO THAT 7 MILLION IS BASICALLY FROM THAT, UM, TECH STOP PASS THROUGH.
UM, AND SO JUST ORIGINALLY THERE WAS, UM, I, I THINK THERE WAS A, A SPLIT TO USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.
AND THEN IN THIS LA LAST BUDGET, UM, THAT WAS INCREASED BECAUSE THERE WAS THREE AND A HALF MILLION THAT WAS GONNA BE USED AS CONTINGENCY FOR RIGHT AWAY ON THE 2016 BOND PROGRAM.
UM, THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE DID NOT HAVE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS, AND SO THAT WAS VOTED TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE PRECINCTS.
UM, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL MILLION THAT WAS SITTING THERE IN CONTINGENCY AS WE STARTED THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET.
AND AS WE'VE CLOSED OUT THESE, UM, PROJECTS AND WORKING WITH CHRIS, THAT ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE THOUGHT MAY NEED TO BE UTILIZED FOR SOMETHING ELSE, UM, DOES NOT NEED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2016 PROGRAM.
AND SO IF IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE COURT, THAT ADDITIONAL MILLION CAN BE SPLIT BETWEEN, UM, THE PRECINCTS GIVING EACH OF YOU AN ADDITIONAL 250,000, WHICH WOULD BE USED FOR DISCRETIONARY ROAD PROJECT, ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE, UM, ALLOWABLE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WOULD'VE SPENT DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FOR.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BRING THE TOTAL, UH, REMAINING DISCRETIONARY BUDGETS TO THE LAST, TO THAT LAST COLUMN THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, BROWN.
SO I, WE CAN GO, YOU GUYS CAN MAKE A MOTION LATER IF YOU DECIDE TO ONCE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF ONCE CHRIS DOES IT, BUT IF THAT MILLION DOLLARS IS GONNA BE SPLIT, THAT WOULD TAKE THE ACTION OF THE COURT TO MAKE A VOTE ON THAT.
CHRIS, UH, THIS NEXT SLIDE, I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO KIND OF ZOOM AROUND.
THERE'S A LOT OF DATA IN IT,
AND, UH, I WANNA KIND OF POINT, SO THIS DOES INCLUDE THE, THE PROPOSED DISCRETIONARY THAT, UH, UH, BRIANNA JUST PRESENTED.
UH, BUT I WANNA POINT OUT A FEW OTHERS THAT THAT ALSO RELATES TO PHASE TWO.
SO I'M GONNA KIND OF ZOOM IN HERE.
YOU'LL SEE, UM, THIS COLUMN HERE REPRESENTS PREVIOUS COURT APPROVALS RELATED TO THE LOOP.
UH, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING SOME RIGHT OF WAY CHALLENGES, WE AT THE TIME WERE THINKING PHASE TWO HAD PLENTY OF BUDGET.
SO WE MOVED, YOU COULD SEE THAT 1.3 MILLION INTO PHASE ONE AND THREE.
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WE TOOK A LITTLE TOO MUCH 'CAUSE THOSE JOBS WERE UNDER BUDGET.UH, I'LL KIND OF SCROLL OVER SO Y'ALL CAN SEE THAT.
SO THIS KIND OF REPRESENTS THE REMAINING FUNDS IN PHASE ONE AND THREE AND, UM, AND WHICH WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY.
BUT THEN, UH, HERE I'M PROPOSING THAT COURT APPROVE MOVING $580,000 BACK INTO PHASE ONE BECAUSE, UH, IT WAS, THE PHASE ONE WAS OVER BUDGET WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UH, THE IDEA WOULD BE TAKE SOME OF THAT SAVINGS AND, UH, APPLY IT TO PHASE ONE.
UH, I'M SORRY, UH, MISSPEAKING, PHASE TWO, TWO, WHAT Y'ALL JUST APPROVED.
THAT WOULD LEAVE, IT WOULD COVER THE, UH, THE PORTION THAT WAS OVER BUDGET, BUT IT WOULD ALSO LEAVE $160,000, UH, IN THE PHASE TWO, UH, BUDGET, UM, PERTAINING TO WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL PROVED EARLIER, UH, WOULD, YOU KNOW, EXCEED, UH, EXCEED THAT AMOUNT.
SO THE IDEA THERE, WE WERE TRYING TO KIND OF BALANCE IT.
THERE IS ANOTHER, THIS IS REALLY A SWAP.
THIS IS THE TWO INTERSECTIONS.
SO, UH, THIS WOULD BE THE SEVEN 30 AND THE 180 INTERSECTION.
UH, TECH SUCKS COURSE FUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE, BUT ON THE DESIGN I WAS JUST PROPOSING, 'CAUSE ONE WAS UNDER BUDGET, ONE WAS OVER BUDGET TO JUST SWAP THE 40,000.
AND IT, IT KIND OF, THE, THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDS, IT JUST PUTS 'EM BOTH IN BUDGET, UH, FOR, UH, WHAT WE HAVE REMAINING THERE.
UM, ANOTHER ONE IS THE KELLY ROAD PROJECT.
UH, SO WE'RE PROPOSING THIS COLUMN SHOWS WHAT'S ALL BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE RELATED TO EACH OF THE COUNTY, COUNTY ROAD PROJECTS ON THE KELLY ROAD PROJECT.
UM, WE WERE OVER BUDGET ON THAT ONE AND ARE PROPOSING $280,000 OF, OF THE SAVINGS BE APPLIED THERE.
AND PART OF THIS IS, UM, WE HAVE A PAVEMENT FAILURE ISSUE ON THAT, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH A BONDING COMPANY.
AND SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY, WE'VE SENT LETTERS TO THE BONDING COMPANY AND WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.
WE FILED A MAINTENANCE BOND ON THAT.
THE IDEA IS THAT 140,000 WOULD ALLOW, UH, COMMISSIONER HALE'S, UM, CREWS TO FIX THAT.
AND, BUT WE'LL STILL BE PROCEEDING TO TRY TO GET, UH, Y'ALL REIMBURSED FOR THAT.
UH, AND SO I'M IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET A MEETING SET UP WITH THE BONDING COMPANY.
THEY'VE BEEN REVIEWING A LETTER THAT FOREST SENT, UM, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.
BUT THAT, THAT WAS THE, A PROPOSED, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS WE CLOSE OUT PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE ALL THE REMAINING OPEN PROJECTS ARE ON BUDGET.
SO THAT'S THE, THE KIND OF, UH, OBJECTIVE OF THIS BALANCING.
THE OTHER ONE HERE IS THE, UH, FM ONE 13 MILSAP, UH, $90,000 THERE.
UH, THAT PROJECT IS, IS REALLY DONE.
UH, WE'VE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING TO TECH STOCK, BUT, UH, WE WERE A LITTLE OVER BUDGET, UM, ON THAT PROJECT.
SO THIS WOULD PUT THAT BACK IN BALANCE.
AND IT STILL LEAVES $27,000, UH, REMAINING, ALTHOUGH AT THIS POINT IT'S REALLY BEEN TURNED OVER TO TECH STOCK.
UH, SO ULTIMATELY THAT 27 WILL, WILL BE A CREDIT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WHAT BRIANNA PRESENTED, UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU'LL SEE THE, THAT ADJUSTMENT OF THE, THE $7 MILLION THERE.
UH, SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WHAT THAT LEAVES US IS, UH, 6,231,000 WOULD BE THE UNALLOCATED OR THE SAVINGS FROM THE FIRST BOND.
IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE MUCH LARGER THAN THAT.
YOU'LL SEE, LIKE EVEN PHASE FOUR, THE LOOP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE OUT HAS A SIGNIFICANT BUDGET THERE THAT, UH, WE DON'T BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE SOME AS WE CLOSE OUT WITH A CONTRACTOR, BUT I THINK THERE'LL BE ABOUT 2.5 MILLION OVERALL THAT WILL, UH, HAVE ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY, UH, INTO THE NEW BOND WHEN WE CLOSE OUT THESE REMAINING PROJECTS.
BUT WE WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TODAY.
SO, UH, ONE GETTING APPROVAL FROM Y'ALL ON KIND OF ESTABLISHING THIS, THIS BALANCE, UH, BUT ALSO THAT 6.2 MILLION, WE WOULD BE APPLYING THAT TO THE INITIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE, UH, 2023 BOND.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM CHRIS? I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE AS OUTLINED BY
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MR. BOSCO, INCLUDING THE, UH, DIVISION OF THE EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS THAT, UH, THE AUDITOR OUTLINED.UH, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT EVERY TIME WE GO TO PURCHASE ANYTHING IS A, IS A PRECINCT.
NOWADAYS IT'S PROBABLY 25% MORE THAN IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND, AND WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE, AT THE PRICES THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PAY FOR MATERIALS, UH, REPAIRS, JUST JUST THE NORMAL COST OF OPERATION, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT, THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE JUST FROM OUR BUDGET DOESN'T GO VERY FAR.
SO WE HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT, AT THIS TYPE OF FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE NORMAL OPERATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THINGS WORK.
YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE BEING PURCHASED JUST, JUST TODAY AND, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, 25% OR MORE, UH, THAN THEY WERE TWO, THREE YEARS AGO.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S A NEED TO CONTINUE THE, AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN FLOW TO JUST KEEP NORMAL OPERATIONS GOING SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDMAN, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES FIVE UP.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? UH, ONE, ONE MORE ITEM.
SO, UM, RELATED TO WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT US GETTING THE SURVEY UNDERWAY.
UH, SO I WANTED TO PRESENT TO Y'ALL, UH, THOSE INITIAL COSTS, UM, AND APPROVAL WOULD BE CONTINGENT ON THE NEW CONTRACT.
SO, UH, I GUESS WHAT I'M SEEKING IS YOUR APPROVAL ON THE DOLLARS AND THEN ONCE, UM, UH, AN A LATER ITEM TODAY IS OUR MASTER AGREEMENT, AND ONCE THAT'S BEEN APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD AUTHORIZE THE SURVEYORS TO BEGIN.
UH, SO THIS SHOWS YOU THE ONES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, SURVEY FEES.
UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT WE GOT, UH, RIGHT AWAY ON IS THE 2.02, THE JOHNSON BEND AND GREEN ACRES.
SO IT'S LARGELY STARTING THE, THE TOPOGRAPHIC AND BOUNDARY SURVEY FOR EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND, UH, STARTING THE APPRAISAL PROCESS FOR, UH, 2.02.
UH, SO HERE'S THE KIND OF SUMMARY OF COST, UM, AND, UM, SO WHAT I, I KIND OF BROKE DOWN AND THE, THE IDEA WOULD BE THESE WOULD BE EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, BUT, UM, WE HAVE SOME PROGRAM MANAGEMENT EFFORT JUST AROUND COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THESE ACTIVITIES.
SO GETTING THE TOPOGRAPHIC AND BOUNDARY SURVEY FOR CHURCH GOING, UM, OAK RIDGE AS WELL.
UH, SO THIS WOULD BE GOING ALL THE WAY TO WHITE SETTLEMENT.
SO 180 TO WHITE SETTLEMENT, UH, ON, UM, UH, JOHNSON BEND, AS I MENTIONED THAT HAS DOING THE TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY DOCUMENTS INCLUDED IN THAT PRICE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE TOPOGRAPHIC THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I FAILED TO MENTION, WE'RE USING, UH, BOTH LOCAL SURVEYORS.
SO WE HAVE YELLOW ROSE SURVEYING, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, TEXAS SURVEY, AND THEY'RE BOTH LOCAL PARKER COUNTY SURVEYORS.
AND THEN WE USE PINNACLE ON THIS ONE FOR, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION SERVICES.
SO ON THIS ONE, OF COURSE, AT AT JOHNSON BEND, THERE'S SEVERAL, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, EXISTING STRUCTURES, UH, IN, IN THE AREA OF THIS, UH, IMPROVEMENT.
SO WE HAVE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BRING ON.
MOST WE'LL DO MARKET STUDIES IF WE'RE JUST BUYING LAND MARKET STUDIES, A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE THAN, UH, APPRAISAL, A FULL APPRAISAL.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE PURCHASING A HOUSE, THEN WE DO A FULL APPRAISAL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE APPRAISAL COSTS THERE.
UH, JUST COORDINATION MEANS, BY THE WAY, ALL THESE ARE NOT TO EXCEED FEES.
SO IF THERE'S ANY ACTIVITY THAT'S NOT NEEDED, IF WE ONLY HAVE TO DO TWO PARCELS, Y'ALL ARE JUST GETTING, UH, INVOICE FOR THE TWO.
UH, AND THEN THE RIGHT OF WAY AGENT SERVICES OF PINNACLE AND THEN RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.
UH, GIVEN THAT THOSE STRUCTURES ARE OCCUPIED, UH, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY FOLLOWED THE FEDERAL PROCESS WHEN IT CAME TO RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WE WOULD OFFER RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, UH, ON THAT PROJECT.
MR. BOSCO, IF I CAN SPEAK ON THAT JUST REAL QUICK.
SO JOHNSON BEND AND GREEN ANCHORS IS AN INTERSECTION ON NINE 20, WHERE BASICALLY AT THE TOP OF A HILL ON EACH SIDE OF THE HILL, YOU HAVE A ROAD COMING IN DIAGONAL.
AND SO THE LINE OF SIGHT IS TERRIBLE.
WHEN WE TOLD THE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THOSE HOMES, HEY, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MERGING THESE ROADS AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN HAVING ONE ROAD HIT THE TOP OF THE HILL, EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO LIVES IN THOSE HOMES SAID, THANK GOD, I'M TIRED OF PULLING BODIES OUTTA CARS.
LIKE, THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT PROTESTING IT AT ALL, BUT THAT'S WHY WE ARE HAVING TO RELOCATE FOLKS.
'CAUSE THE ROADS WILL GO THROUGH WHERE THEIR HOME IS RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, THE EAST WEST
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ARTERIAL.I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GIVEN THAT ROAD A NAME, BUT, UH,
UH, SO IT IT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OLD DENNIS ROAD AND DENNIS ROAD GREENFIELD PROJECT.
UH, YEAH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER ON THAT ONE.
UH, AND THEN RICK WILLIAMSON WIDENING, UH, THE SURVEY AND, UH, ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
AND THEN BANKHEAD, THIS IS ACTUALLY PHASE ONE OF BANKHEAD 'CAUSE UH, I HAD PHASE TWO, BUT IT WAS OMITTING THE BRIDGE AND THAT WAS A MISTAKE ON MY END.
SO WE'LL BRING THAT AT NEXT COURT.
UH, SO THIS IS THE THREE MILE SECTION FROM RANCH HOUSE ROAD TO 1187.
UH, SO THE INTENT IS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE Y'ALL APPROVE THE MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT, SO Y'ALL'S APPROVAL ON THIS WOULD BE CONTINGENT ON THAT AGREEMENT GETTING SIGNED.
AND, UM, THE, UH, WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE ULTIMATELY ON THE 26TH, GONNA BRING, UH, SOME MORE CONTRACTS BEFORE Y'ALL, BUT I THOUGHT WE COULD GET THE SURVEYING GOING, UH, AS, AS SOON AS WE CAN AND KIND OF SAVE THAT TWO WEEKS.
UH, I, I DID CHECK THIS AGAINST ALL OUR ESTIMATES WE'RE DOING QUITE WELL.
WE'RE, UH, THE ESTIMATES I HAD ON THIS WAS AROUND 600,000 FOR, FOR THESE SERVICES JUST BASED ON THE PRE-BOND ESTIMATES.
UH, SO WE'RE TRENDING GOOD ON TERMS OF THESE SERVICES.
AND THIS, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING WHEN, WHEN WE GET THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN, Y'ALL BE ABLE TO SEE BUDGETED VERSUS ACTUAL.
UH, IT'S JUST SINCE THIS IS THE INITIAL ONE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT FULLY DEVELOPED YET.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I MOVE, WE APPROVE THAT SURVEY AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION SERVICES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY.
[6.N. Authorization for the County Judge to execute the RFQ PC23-39 Program Management and Engineering Design Services Master Agreement with Freese and Nichols. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
THERE, UH, ARE WE READY FOR, WHICH IS ITEM SIX IN ON THE MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT? JUST GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THAT NOW.UH, I'LL, SO I PUT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UM, JUST TO GO AHEAD AND GET AUTHORIZATION FOR YOU TO SIGN IT ONCE, UM, JOHN FOREST AND I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER IT.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH, UM, IDENTICAL TO THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CONTRACT THAT WE HAD FOR THE 2008 BOND.
AND SO IT SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG.
IT'S JUST BEEN, WOULDN'T GO AHEAD AND GET IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE 26TH COURT TO OKAY.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
UH, COMMISSIONER HA HAS MADE THIS SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
FIVE OH CHRIS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, GOOD.
[6.D. Discuss/Take action on modifying the emergency access to county building on the Weatherford Square. (Mark Long / Commissioner Holt)]
BACK TO ITEM SIX D IN DISCUSSION.TAKE ACTION ON MODIFYING THE EMERGENCY ACCESS TO COUNTY BUILDING ON THE WEATHERFORD SQUARE.
UH, MARK AND COMMISSIONER HOLT, THIS WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT AT THE BACK OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY BUILDING.
THE ENTRY IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR STEEL STAIRCASE.
WHEN YOU GET UP TO, UM, THE NEXT, TO THE LAST LANDING, I BELIEVE THE KIDS ARE GETTING ON THAT, GETTING ON THE ADJACENT BUILDINGS AND DOING GRAFFITI, SIR.
AND WE'VE HAD A REQUEST TO, UH, BLOCK THAT OFF WHERE THEY COULD NOT BREACH THAT OR TRY TO ANYWAY.
WELL, MR. LONG, I HAD UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THAT SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS JOHN FORREST GETTING UP THERE DOING IT, SO I'M NOT, NOT SURE WE HAVE RAZOR WIRE AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT.
NOT, NOT SURE WHY HE'S GRAFFITIING OUR OWN BUILDINGS, BUT, UH, ANYWAY.
YEAH, BUT THE COST, YOU KNOW, THE MATERIAL, YOU KNOW, UH, FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE AROUND SEVEN 50, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 15 FOR THE METAL.
WE'RE JUST GONNA BUILD IT OURSELF AND ATTACH IT TO THE SUPPORTING POLES.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL STOP IT.
IT'LL DETER IT SOME THOUGH, I'M SURE.
WELL, IT'LL DEFINITELY SEND A MESSAGE THAT THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT'S NOT ACCESSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR SURE.
ALSO, IT'LL HAVE TO HAVE A PUSH BAR ON THE BACKSIDE SO YOU CAN EXIT WITHOUT A KEY, BUT IT'LL HAVE A KEY ON THE ENTRY SIDE TO GET IN.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, SO JONATHAN HAS ANY COMMENTS? NO, THE, THE KIDS DO GET UP THERE.
YOU SEE BEER BOTTLES BROKEN ON THE ROOF AND GRAFFITI.
THAT'S PRETTY GRAPHIC, SO IT PROBABLY WILL PREVENT THAT 'CAUSE THAT IS THE ACCESS POINT THAT THEY'RE GETTING IN.
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I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE MR. LONG'S SUGGESTION ON WHAT TO ADD AND THAT THE COST HE SUGGESTED INCLUDING A PUSH BAR FOR EMERGENCY EGRESS MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.E. Discuss/Take action on request for general fund program contingencies to cover cost of transmission repairs on Parker County Medical Examiner vehicle. (Traci Bennett / Judge Deen)]
E ON DISCUSSION.TAKE ACTION ON REQUEST FROM GENERAL FUND PROGRAM CONTINGENCIES TO COVER CAUSE OF TRANSMISSION REPAIRS ON PARKER COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER VEHICLE.
I'M SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT, I'M SORRY, WHAT? SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT.
WE HAVEN'T GOT A CALL YET, SO WE'RE GOOD.
UH, I'M HERE TO REQUEST, UH, SOME FUNDS OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY.
WE DO HAVE A TRANSMISSION THAT'S GOING OUT.
UH, IT'S A 2018 CHEVY TAHOE THAT WE GOT FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
UH, IT'S CURRENTLY GOT 139,715.
WE DID HAVE JC WITH PRECINCT ONE A LOOK AT IT.
UH, HE DID DO SOME WORK ON IT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO TO KIND OF HOPEFULLY GET US BY FOR A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S HAVING MORE ISSUES TO THE POINT WE'VE HAD TO PARK IT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE, UH, A VEHICLE ACTUALLY FOR TRACY CURRENTLY TO DRIVE THE OTHER TRACY.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, SWAP AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT WITH IT.
BUT BEING, BEING THERE ON CALL 24 HOURS, UH, ON AND 48 OFF, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THAT RECTIFIED WITH THE VEHICLE.
SO, 'CAUSE WE ALL LIVE OUT IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTY.
SO WHICH CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION? I'M SORRY, WHAT, WHAT'S THE CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE OUTSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION? UM, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH OKAY, I MEAN, OKAY, NO OTHER ISSUES, BUT, BUT TALKING TO JC, HE DID SAY THAT THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR VEHICLES OF THIS AGE, JUST THE TRANSMISSION START GOING OUT.
SO WE THOUGHT IF WE COULD JUST GET A NEW TRANSMISSION THEN MAYBE THAT WOULD SUFFICE FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN GO.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OTHERWISE I'D ASK FOR A MOTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
OKAY, I'M SORRY IN THE AMOUNT OF THAT I, I GAVE Y'ALL, IT'S UH, WHAT HE GAVE ME WAS 4,380 AND 25 CENTS IS AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST.
[6.F. Resolution approving the rehabilitation of flood control structure #33 of the Clear Fork of the Trinity River Water Shed. (Commissioner Walden)]
F ON RESOLUTION, APPROVING THE REHABILITATION OF FLOOD CONTROL STRUCTURE NUMBER 33 ON THE CLEAR FORK OF THE TRINITY RIVER WATERSHED, COMMISSIONER WALDEN.SO WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED, UM, FLIGHT CONTROL STRUCTURE NUMBER 33 NEEDS SOME REHABILITATION WORK TO PREVENT ITS FAILURE AND, UH, IT REQUIRES A SPONSORING AGENCY.
THERE'S NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS AUTHORIZING THEM TO APPLY FOR FUNDING THAT WILL FLOW THROUGH US TO MAKE THAT STRUCTURE, UH, SAFE.
AND, UH, THE REASON WHY WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE THE FAILURE WOULD, WOULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO COUNTY ROADS THAT ARE BELOW IT AND, AND POSSIBLE, UM, STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT BELOW THAT, THAT, UH, DAM.
SO I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOPE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.
[6.G. Authorize the Parker County EMC/Fire Marshal to apply for the 2025 Rifle Resistant Body Armor Grant from the state of Texas. (Sean Hughes / Judge Deen)]
G ON AUTHORIZE PARKER COUNTY EMC FIRE MARSHAL TO APPLY FOR THE 2025 ROCK HOLE RESISTANT BODY ARMOR GRANT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.UH, THIS IS KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF THE RIFLE RESISTANT PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS ALSO RELATED TO THAT.
THIS, UH, COMES THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
UH, WE PUT DOWN THE NUMBER OF, UH, RIFLE RESISTANT BODY ARMOR THAT WE NEED, UH, AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST.
THIS IS A NOCO PROGRAM TO THE COUNTY.
THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING TO DO 60 SETS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM OF FOUR VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
[6.H. Authorize a Resolution related to the application of the 2025 Rifle Resistant Body Armor Grant. (Sean Hughes / Judge Deen)]
ON AUTHORIZE THE RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE APPLICATION OF THE 2025 FUL RESISTANT BODY ARMOR GRANT.AND IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE A, ONCE WE APPLY THIS RESOLUTION, UH, IS REQUIRED, UH, FROM THE COURT AND WE WOULD UPLOAD IT INTO THE GRANTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS THEY REQUIRE MOTION
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MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.IS ANY THE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
[6.I. Authorization to apply for the Texas Department of Information Resources (DTK) State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP). (James Caywood / Judge Deen)]
AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY.AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES STATE AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.
THE S-L-C-G-P, UH, MR. CAWOOD, UH, ASKING FOR PERMISSION FROM THE COURT TO APPLY FOR THE STATE AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.
HELP, UH, FUND SOME OF OUR CYBERSECURITY INITIATIVES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE OF FOUR VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.J. Discuss/Take action on Purchasing Policy Revision. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
J.TAKE ACTION ON PURCHASING POLICY REVISIONS, KIM.
SO I'M REQUEST, UM, I, WELL TO BEGIN WITH, I TOOK, UM, THIS ITEM TO THE PURCHASING BOARD AND GOT APPROVAL TO MAKE A REVISION TO OUR CURRENT PURCHASING POLICY FOR QUOTES PREVIOUSLY, UM, THE POLICY WAS FOR ALL PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES TOTALING BETWEEN 2,500 TO NINE $9,999.
WE WOULD, UM, HAVE TO GET THREE WRITTEN QUOTES.
WE HAVE RE WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING TODAY IS TO SEPARATE THAT OUT, LEAVE THE PURCHASE OF GOODS TOTALING BETWEEN THE 20 509,999 AS IS HOWEVER, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT FOR, UM, QUOTES FOR SERVICES FOR CON CONSTRUCTION SERVICES OR OTHER SERVICES.
UM, SO IT'D BE FROM 5,000 TO 9,999 WHEN YOU WOULD NEED TO GET, UM, WRITTEN THREE WRITTEN QUOTES FOR THOSE PURCHASES.
SO THE ONLY CHANGES THAT SERVICES NOW AT THAT COME IN AT 3,500, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THREE WRITTEN QUOTES, RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT TRACHE IS HIGHER.
I MEAN, AND I DO RECOMMEND THAT THE DEPARTMENTS STILL DO DUE DILIGENCE AND GET, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST VERBAL QUOTES OR CHECK PRICING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, JUST, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF STRETCHING OUR BUDGETS AS FAR AS WE CAN.
BUT PER POLICY, UM, WE WOULDN'T REQUIRE THE ATTACHMENT OF ANY QUOTES UNTIL IT GETS TO 5,000 FOR, FOR SERVICES.
WHY ARE WE NOT DOING IT FOR BOTH, UM, FOR GOODS? UM, I I THINK IT'S STILL A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE, UM, THE QUOTES FOR THOSE ITEMS, UM, JUST AS GOOD PRACTICE.
I KNOW, UM, LABOR COST IS THE REASON WHY THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND REQUESTED IT FOR, FOR THE SERVICES.
BUT I DO THINK THAT, UM, WE SHOULD STILL, FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFIT OF THE TAXPAYER, TRY TO STRETCH OUR TAX DOLLARS AS FAR AS WE CAN.
AND, AND BY DOING, UH, THE QUOTES, IT SEEMS TO KEEP OUR VENDORS, UM, A LITTLE MORE COMPETITIVE IN DOING SUCH.
KIM PRESENTED THAT TO THE PURCHASING BOARD.
WE UNANIMOUSLY AGREE WITH HER ON THAT.
IN MY PLACE, WE DON'T BUY ANYTHING UNLESS WE GET THE BEST DEAL THAT'S POSSIBLE.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND SOME, SOME OF THE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS FROM TIME TO TIME TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BUT REGARDLESS, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF PERSON MOTION YOU MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE THE, SO THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THOUGH, IS THE SERVICES.
[6.K. Discuss/Take action regarding salvage/destruction of Unsold Auction Lots. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
K.REGARDING SALVAGE DESTRUCTION OF UNSOLD AUCTION ITEMS, KIM.
SO WE HAD, UH, SOME ITEMS THAT, UM, WERE IN THE LAST AUCTION THAT DID NOT SELL, MOSTLY CONSISTING OF, UM, PRINTERS THAT WERE LEFT FROM THE OLD LEASE WITH IMAGENET AND SO FORTH.
AND WE DID HAVE SOME DESKS THAT FURNITURE DOESN'T TYPICALLY SELL BY THE TIME PARKER COUNTY GETS THROUGH WITH IT.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A LARGE TANK THAT PRECINCT FOUR IS REQUESTING TO SCRAP, UM, SELL A SCRAP METAL.
AND SO WE'RE JUST ASKING AUTHORIZATION TODAY TO APPROVE THE DISPOSAL OF THOSE ITEMS AND THE SALVAGE AND, AND SELL OF SCRAP METAL FOR THE LARGE TANK.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNELLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
[6.L. Discuss/Take action regarding salvage/destruction of taser, bullet proof vest, iPads and Surface Pro tablet. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
TO ITEM L.REGARDING SALVAGE INSTRUCTION OF TASER BULLETPROOF VEST, IPADS AND SURFACE PRO TABLET, KIM.
SO THESE ITEMS AREN'T TYPICALLY, UM, PUT IN OUR SURPLUS AUCTIONS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, AND SO WE'RE REQUESTING THIS, THE SALVAGE AND DESTRUCTION OF SOME TASERS, BULLETPROOF VESTS, IPADS, AND SURFACE PRO TABLETS.
UM, THESE ITEMS, THE ASSET NUMBERS ARE LISTED, UM, IN THE INFORMATION PACKETS THAT I WAS GIVEN TO YOU.
AND A PICTURE OF ALL OF THE ITEMS
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ALSO HAVE BEEN ATTACHED WITH SERIAL NUMBERS.MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
JURY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE.
[6.M. Discuss/Take action regarding Civic Plus Web Hosting Renewal Agreement. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
ITEM IN DISCUSSION.REGARDING CIVIC PLUS WEB HOSTING RENEWAL AGREEMENT, REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE CIVIC PLUS WEB HOSTING STATEMENT OF WORK AND CONTRACT RENEWAL.
THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS, UM, EXECUTED IN 2013 AND CIVIC PLUS'S JUST REACHED OUT TO US TO RENEW THE AGREEMENT.
UM, UH, AND I INTEND ON MEETING WITH, UM, COUNCILLOR FORREST TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS ADDED IN THAT WE CANNOT AGREE TO AND GO AHEAD AND GET THIS EXECUTED FOR THE NEXT COURT FOR THE SAME PRICE.
UH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE IN PRICE, BUT IT'S MOSTLY JUST THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S CHANGED.
I MEAN, THERE'S A FIVE, I BELIEVE IT'S A, A 5% COST OF, UM, UH, WHAT'S MY WORD? I'VE LOST MY WORD.
UM, ANNUAL PERCENTAGE THAT WE CAN, IT'S ALLOWED IN IT TO INCREASE.
YEAH, IT'S YOUR COST QUESTION.
I, I MEAN IT'S TYPICAL JUST, UH, GOING UP FOR, UH, SERVICES BEING PROVIDED FOR CLOUD.
IT'S CLOUD SERVICES? YES, SIR.
THE, THE PARKER COUNTY SITE AND ALL THE CMS, UH, PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND ADD THINGS AND MANIPULATE THE PAGES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
MOTION PASSES FIVE OH, WE'VE DONE ITEM SIX IN.
[6.O. Approve the renewal contract for Thrift Mart Partnership and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
APPROVE THE RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR THRIFT MARK PARTNERSHIP AND TAKE ANY ACTION.THIS LEASE IS A LEASE THAT WE ORIGINALLY DRAFTED 2004 FOR JUDGE SIMON AND IT'S CONTINUED TO HAVE ITS USE OVER THOSE YEARS.
UH, THIS IS JUST REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR THAT WILL RUN IT OUT TO MARCH, 2025 WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR TERMS POSSIBLE.
IT'LL BE AT A MONTHLY COST OF $3,870 AND WE DO HAVE A 60 DAY OUT CAUSE WITHOUT OUT CAUSE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE VOTE? IF THIS IS APPROVED, WE'LL ALSO NEED TO TRANSFER THE COST OF THAT FROM PROGRAM CONTINGENCIES INTO THAT LINE.
UM, SO LAST YEAR WHENEVER THIS, UH, THE RENEWAL WAS, I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION THAT THE COUNTY WAS GONNA EXIT THE BUILDING.
UM, AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE WERE DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS OF A SIX MONTH OR A YEAR OR A MONTH TO MONTH.
AND SO AT THAT TIME IT FELT THAT IT WAS THE INTENT OF THE COURT TO CANCEL IT.
AND SO ONLY UM, THROUGH THE END PERIOD WAS IT BUDGETED.
SO WE'LL JUST NEED TO MOVE THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM CONTINGENCY INTO UM, THE RENTAL LINE.
SO HOW LONG ARE WE ANTICIPATING RENTING THAT BUILDING? NOW THE GREAT THING IS, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A 60 DAY OUT CLAUSE, SO IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE BELIEVE WE NO LONGER NEED THE BUILDING, WE'LL JUST NOTIFY THEM AND EXERCISE THAT CLAUSE.
I'D HAVE TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE FROM THE PROGRAM CONTINGENCIES.
OKAY, MOTION MAY BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING OUT THERE ALREADY.
HAVE A MOTION OUT THERE THAT WAS ON THAT.
RATHER THAN GO BACK AND CHANGE THE PREVIOUS MOTION, I ADDED ANOTHER MOTION WHICH IS ALSO WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.
SO THERE ARE TWO, TWO, UH, MOTIONS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.
ANY EVIDENCE FROM YOU? COMMISSIONER CONLEY? IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
[7. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES]
WELL GOOD ITEM SEVEN ON ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES ITEM MAY EXECUTED RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR THE RED CROSS ITEM B EXECUTED RENEWAL CONTRACT WITH THE JUVENILE PROBATION FOR A BALANCE FORENSIC AND GENERAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES.ITEM C, EXECUTE AN ADDENDUM WITH THE CITY OF MILLSAP FOR ROAD REPAIRS.
UH, LET THOSE BE ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES.
[8. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
UH, THAT MOVES TO ITEM EIGHT ON EXECUTIVE SESSION.IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 6 AND OH EIGHT SEVEN OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
RESERVING THE RIGHT TO MEETING CLOSE SESSION.
DISCUSS ITEM A, DISCUSSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR PROJECT EAGLE IN ITEM B, IT NETWORK PROJECT SECURITY UPDATE.
THE RECORDS SHOW THAT WE WILL MOVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA RECESS AT 1105 AND IF WE COULD JUST TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND UH, MOVE INTO UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION 1115
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RECORD SHOW THAT WE'LL CONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 1140.UH, WE WILL MOVE TO THE ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM EIGHT ON THE ITEM A DISCUSSION DISCUSSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR PROJECT EAGLE.
JOHN, DO WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT? UH, YES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON, ON ASK FOR A MOTION ON THAT AND GET A SECOND IF THERE'S ANY? WE'RE LET ME QUESTION THAT.
ARE WE GONNA NEED A CONTRACT BACK? SO WE'RE WE, WE JUST NEED A MOTION TODAY TO APPROVE THE, THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF THAT PROJECT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A COMPLETED CONTRACT BACK.
SO AT A LATER DATE THAT SHOULD, THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA TAKE THAT NUMBER AND COMPARE IT TO THE OTHER OFFERS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO IT WOULD BE A BINDING AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
SO THE GO AHEAD AT THIS POINT IT WOULD BE THE OFFER.
THEY'RE GONNA COMPARE THAT TO OTHER ENTITIES AND THEN MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE OFFERS TO THEM.
WELL I'M STRUGGLING TO GET THAT PIECE OF PAPER IN FRONT OF MYSELF RIGHT NOW.
I WANNA MOVE THAT WE, UH, ACCEPT A PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT WITH UH, ENCORE OIL FIELD SERVICES LLC, UH, REGARDING UH, TAX ABATEMENT, UH, WITH CAVEATS THAT THEY WOULD EMPLOY YEAR ONE 50 EMPLOYEES YEAR 3 150 WITH AN AVERAGE YEARLY WAGE OF 85,000 OF A CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 25 MILLION INCLUDING 5 MILLION REAL PROPERTY AND 20 MILLION IN PERSONAL PROPERTY.
REAL PROPERTY INVESTMENT OF 20 MILLION IN PERSONAL PROPERTY OF 5 MILLION.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND.
A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
THE SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL FAVOR YOU? OKAY, THANK YOU.
GOOD ITEM B ON IT NETWORK PROJECT SECURITY UPDATE, UH,
JOHN, DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THE CERTIFICATION? WHAT THE CERTIFICATION REQUEST I HE DID NOT ASK.
ON ITEM B, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NINE
[9.A. PRECINCT 1]
A ON PRECINCT ONE PLATTING ITEM ONE.PROVE THE FINAL PLAN FOR A SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS THOMAS LYNN ESTATES.
PHASE TWO CONSIST OF 84.836 ACRES RELEASED FROM THE CITY OF AIL ETJ DEVELOPED BY TWO HM INVESTMENTS, LLC AND JACKIE MALDEN LOCATED OFF OF THOMAS LYNN ROAD WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.
OKAY, THIS IS A FINAL FOR THE UH, THOMAS LYNN, UM, ESTATES PHASE TWO WITH 8 84 ACRES AND UM, TO BE RELEASED FROM THE CITY OF UM, AZEL.
UM, AND IT IS FROM, UH, JACKIE MALDEN.
THEY HAVE WALNUT CREEK AS THEIR WATER SOURCE.
UH, THEY HAVE 66 LOTS IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
THE LOT SIZES ARE ONE TO 2.398 ACRES AND WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL ON THAT.
EVERYTHING GOOD FOR A FINAL? UH, YES, EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.
THE DEVELOPER DID GET A RELEASE FROM ZEL ETJ SO THIS DOES REVERT BACK TO THE COUNTY FOR APPROVAL.
THE DEVELOPER DID PROVIDE A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED APPROVAL FOR PUBLIC WATER THROUGH WALNUT CREEK AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVE 'EM MET ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS MOVE TO APPROVE NINE A ONE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
OH WE'LL GO TO ITEM TWO, ACCEPT A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR THOMAS LYNN ESTATE IN PRECINCT ONE COUNSELOR, ALL THE PAPERWORK CORRECT AND YES, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR THE ROADS BEING BUILT IN THAT PARTICULAR POSITION.
MOTION UM, IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH
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GOT ITEM THREE BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR LIVE OAK HILLS CONSISTING OF 9.971 ACRES DEVELOPED BY AMBITION GROUP LLC LOCATED OFF OF YUCCA.VIEW IS EAST WITH AQUA TEXAS WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.
AND THIS IS A, UM, PRELIMINARY REVISION FOR LIVE OAK HILLS.
THEY HAVE 9.971 ACRES AND UH, THE WATER SOURCE IS AQUATEX AND UH, THEY ARE REPLANTING LOT 20, WHICH IS 9.7.
9.71 ACRES INTO THREE LOTS LOT.
UH, 20 R ONE WOULD BE 2.7503 ACRES.
20 R TWO WOULD BE 3.1452 ACRES AND 20 R THREE WOULD BE 4.0751 ACRES.
COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR REVISION PURPOSES? EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
ITEM FOUR, BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS BY JAMIE ACRE.
CONSIST OF 11.48 ACRES DEVELOPED SERIES 1730 GILLIAN, LLC SERIES ONE 10 GARY, LLC AND FRIENDLY FRANK MGF HOMES LOCATED OFF OF GILLIAN ROAD WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER AND PRECINCT ONE AND THIS ONE IS WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO REPL LOTS.
ONE, TWO AND THREE LOT ONE IS GOING TO BE 2.77 ACRES TWO IS GONNA BE 2.21 ACRES.
THREE R ONE IS 1.20 ACRES AND THREE R TWO IS 1 0 3 3 R THREE IS 1.08 ACRES AND THREE R FOUR IS 1.11 ACRES AND 3 0 5 IS 1.01 ACRES 3 0 6 IS THREE IS 1.7800 1.07 ACRES.
EVERYTHING GOOD FOR REVISION PURPOSES AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.
MOVE TO APPROVE 9 84 MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE VOTE WILL GO TO ITEM
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B ONE PRECINCT TWO APPROVAL ORDER 24 DASH OH TWO FOR THE CANCELLATION OF LOTS ONE THROUGH THREE IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS ENCHANTED HILLS.AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE? I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1148.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? HEARING C NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1148 AND GO TO THE HONOR PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LIST, DATE, TIME, LOCATION, PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING AND THE DEVELOPER IS ASKING THAT LOTS ONE THROUGH THREE IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS ENC HILLS, UH, BE CANCELED OUTTA THAT PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION.
COUNSEL, ARE WE GOOD TO APPROVE THE CANCELLATION AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR THE CANCELLATION? OKAY.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH UH, WE WILL GO TO ITEM TWO AND THERE WILL TAKE NO ACTION.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION.
BE KNOWN AS TIER ACRES CONSISTENT OF 10 ACRES DEVELOPED IN NTH UNLIMITED LLC AND DOUGLAS AND JUDITH CORMIER LOCATED OFF OF SANDY LANE WITH WALL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.
THIS SUBDIVISION IS OFF OF SANDY LANE AND THEY HAVE, WELL IT'S GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE.
IT'S 10 ACRES DIVIDED INTO FOUR LOTS.
LOT ONE IS 3.7643, LOT TWO IS 1.9255.
LOT THREE IS 1.937 AND LOT FOUR IS 1.9244.
AND THEIR CULVERTS ARE GONNA RUN AROUND 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
COUNSEL, ARE WE GOOD TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT? WE ARE, THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING ZERO BALANCE.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
UM, WHAT WHAT ABOUT THE WATER SITUATION? I RECALL WHEN WE MET WITH THE DEVELOPER THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THAT WHERE, BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER TWO ACRES.
WELL IT'S UH, THEY'RE GOING ON INTO THE ROAD.
THEY'RE SOME WATER SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRANSFERRING TO DOING A RESERVATION CLAUSE AND THE TRANSFER OF THE WATER RIGHTS TO BRING THOSE LOTS UP TO TWO ACRES IN WATER RIGHTS, NOT IN ACRE SIZE.
AND THEN THIS ONE DOES NOT REQUIRE A WATER STUDY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN FRONT AS WELL.
IS THAT ACCURATE? WELL THEY'RE, THEY BUT THEY DID THIS BEFORE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH WILL GOOD ITEM FOUR EXCEPT A SPECIAL
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WARRANTY DEED FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FOR TIER ACRES IN PRECINCT TWO.AND THIS JUST A, A DEED THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT FOR PURPOSES OF ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY AND THOSE ROADS ARE KIND OF NARROW.
OKAY, COUNCILLOR, EVERYTHING IN ORDER I ASSUME AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
SECOND ABOUT COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
I'M SORRY JOHN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
ITEM FIVE, APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR A SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS CARLTON ACRES CONSISTING OF 20.046 ACRES DEVELOPED BY NTH UNLIMITED LLC AND DOUGLAS AND JUDITH COR COR MERE LOCATED OFF OF SCOTT LANE WITH WALL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.
THIS SUBDIVISION IS OFF OF SCOTT ROAD AND IT'S 20.046 ACRES DIVIDED INTO TWO LOTS.
LOT ONE IS 10 ACRES AND LOT TWO IS 10 AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE WELLS AND THEY'RE GONNA EVENTUALLY, UH, SPLIT THAT AGAIN BUT UH, THEY DID NOT DO A WATER STUDY.
THEIR GRANDFATHER CLAUD IN AS WELL.
OKAY, COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE FINAL PLAT? THE DEVELOPER DID PROVIDE A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVE MET ALL THEIR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
ANY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALL WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH GO TO ITEM FIVE WILL APPROVE THE FINAL PLUG OF SUBDIVISION NOTE AS CARLTON ACRES CONSISTENT OF 20.046 ACRES DEVELOPED BY NTH UNLIMITED LLC AND DOUGLAS AND JUDE THE COR MAYOR.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SCRATCH THROUGH THAT.
LET'S GO ITEM SIX AND I HAD TO READ THAT FOR NOTHING.
ITEM SIX EXCEPT A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FOR CARLTON ACRES IN PRECINCT TWO AND I HAVE REVIEWED THAT DEED AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR THAT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM SEVEN, TRANSFER THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEEDS FROM PARKER COUNTY TO KEN MARK HOLMES, LLC TO CORRECT A PREVIOUSLY MADE CLERICAL ERROR AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT NEEDS NECESSARY ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
UH, THE DEVELOPER SPOKE WITH BRIANNA.
IT WAS AN INADVERTENT TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHTS WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO RESERVE THAT FOR PURPOSES OF A WELL.
AND THIS IS TRANSFERRING THAT BACK TO THEM UNDER A RESERVATION CLAUSE.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD FROM YOUR END AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.
OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER.
HOLD WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WAL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE O GOOD.
ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDER DISCUSSION.
ACT UPON THE CHANGE OF MAKING IRWIN ROAD A NO THROUGH TRUCK ZONE IN PRECINCT TWO AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.
WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1153.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM EIGHT HERE ON SCENE NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1153 AND PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTED DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE.
TODAY'S HEARING, ADDITIONALLY NOTICES WERE PLACED IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS TO NOTIFY INDIVIDUALS ON THAT PARTICULAR ROAD AND IF THE COURT SO CHOOSES THEY CAN TAKE ACTION TODAY.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.
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WE GO TO ITEM C ONE PRECINCT THREE.APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WHERE SETTLEMENT MEASURE SHOULD BE KNOWN AS NEWPORT EDITION CONSISTENT OF 6.841 ACRES LOOK RELEASED BY THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, DTJ, DEVELOPED BY AN ANGELA GUO AND JOHN AND REBECCA WRIGHT LOCATED OFF OF BROCK, OLD BROCK ROAD IN NEWPORT ROAD WITH OLD WATER AND PRECINCT THREE.
THIS NEW SUBDIVISION IS GOING TO BE OFF OF OLD BROCK ROAD IN NEWPORT.
UH, THEY HAVE 6.841 ACRES DIVIDED INTO THREE LOTS.
LOT ONE, EXCUSE ME, IT'S GONNA BE 2.002 ACRES.
LOT TWO IS 2.304 ACRES AND LOT THREE IS 2.534 ACRES AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, WELLS THAT ALREADY EXIST THERE.
EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT? EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES.
OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
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ITEM D, PRECINCT FOUR.ITEM ONE, APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION.
BE KNOWN AS PECOS RIVER RANCH EDITION CONSISTING OF 2.009 ACRES.
RELEASED BY THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, ETJ.
DEVELOPED BY DAVID ARLINGTON, L-L-C-D-B-A, PECOS RIVER RANCH LOCATED OFF OF EAST FM 1187 WATER AND PRECINCT FOUR.
THIS SUBDIVISION IS OFF OF EAST FM HIGHWAY ONE, ONE, UM, EIGHT, SEVEN.
AND EXCUSE ME, IT HAS, UH, 2.09 ACRES OUT OF 14 TRACK AND THE LOT SIZE IS GONNA BE 2.09
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AND IT IS GOING TO HAVE A WELL COUNSELOR.EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSE.
OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR THE GROUNDWATER CERTIFICATION STUDY FOR PECOS RIVER RANCH EDITION IN PRECINCT FOUR.
AND THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ISSUE COMES BACK TO THE COURT.
UH, UPPER ATTORNEY GROUNDWATER DISTRICT IS GOING TO REFER ANY WAIVER BACK TO THE COURT FOR THEIR DETERMINATION ON HOW TO PROCEED.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE A WAIVER FOR THE GROUNDWATER CERT STUDY FOR THIS, FOR THIS EDITION.
SECOND MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? DO YOU HONOR, SORRY, I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT WHY ARE WE WAIVING IT? THIS IS A TWO ACRE LOT
THAT GOOD? IS THAT PART OKAY?
YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF WATER THERE TOO.
WE MOVED ITEM 10 ON, UH, ADJOURNMENT.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
RECORD SHOW WILL ADJOURN AT 1157.