Jul 08, 2024 Commissioners Court

MOVE TO, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY MOVE DOWN, UM, UNDER FIVE, A PRESENTATION UPDATE IN THE OPPORTUNITY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT WITH GENERAL MANAGER DOUG SHAW, UH, IS WITH US.

MOTION PASSES.

[5.A. Update from Upper Trinity GCD General Manager Doug Shaw regarding a recent TCEQ Hearing related to rulemaking for Senate Bill 2440. (Doug Shaw / Commissioner Holt) ]

UH, DOUG, IF YOU WOULD COME ON UP, UH, REGARDING THE RECENT TCEQ HEARING RELATED TO RULE MAKING FOR SENATE BILL 24 40.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

YES, SIR.

JUDGE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD.

DOUG SHAW, IF YOU HAVE FOR TRINITY, UH, I JUST WANTED TO COME AND UPDATE YOU A COUPLE WEEKS, MONTHS, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE TCEQ RULEMAKING FOR SENATE BILL 24 40 RELATED TO GROUNDWATER STUDIES, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD DEFINE OR OUTLINE WHAT IS CREDIBLE EVIDENCE.

UM, WE SUBMITTED A LETTER FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.

I'VE LOOKED AT IT, I BELIEVE Y'ALL SUBMITTED SOME A LETTER.

UH, I WENT DOWN, MADE COMMENT DURING THE HEARING IN PERSON, THERE WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER BURNS FROM WISE COUNTY, AL ALSO WENT DOWN THERE.

THERE WAS A FEW OTHER GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS THERE THAT WAS ABOUT IT.

UM, BASICALLY TOLD, I TOLD THEM WHAT I'VE TOLD YOU GUYS, THAT, THAT WE FEEL IT WOULD BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE, UM, TO HAVE THEM GO ON AND DEFINE OR OUTLINE WHAT CREDIBLE EVIDENCE IS.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK TO STAFF, THEY UNDERSTAND, UH, IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BUILDERS ALSO, UH, WAS PRESENT AND THEY ASKED THAT TCEQ NOT DO ANYTHING, UM, FELT THEY, THEY CLAIMED THAT IT WAS OUTSIDE, IT WAS OUTSIDE OF THEIR JURISDICTION, WHICH, DEPENDING ON WHAT SIDE YOU ARE, I'VE HEARD ATTORNEYS ARGUE BOTH WAYS.

UH, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TCEQ IS GONNA DO.

UM, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PUSH THEM AND WORK WITH THEM.

UH, I DID HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH, UH, STAFF AT THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD THE OTHER DAY.

THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME RESOURCES FOR THESE GROUNDWATER STUDIES.

UM, AND IF TCQ DOES NOTHING, I'M, I'M AT LEAST HOPING, HOPING THEY CAN AT LEAST PUT TOGETHER A INFORMATION SHEET THAT MIGHT OUTLINE IT.

IT MAY NOT BE IN STATUTE, BUT AT LEAST IT'S SOMETHING A STATE AGENCY WOULD'VE CREATED THAT WOULD GIVE YOU GUYS SOMETHING TO LEAN ON.

UH, WOULD MAKE US FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE FOR SURE.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU GUYS FOR SURE.

UM, SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GONNA GO.

UM, I FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT UNTIL, AGAIN, UNTIL THE, UM, THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION SHOWED UP.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST BE HONEST, THEY'RE A PRETTY POWERFUL LOBBY IN AUSTIN, SO IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT WHENEVER THEY, THEY, THEY WANT ONE THING, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST A DIFFICULT FIGHT.

IT TENDS TO BE.

SO, UM, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.

JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU GUYS.

COMMISSIONER HOLT, UM, HAD BEEN IN COMMUNICATION AND KIND OF WANTED AN UPDATE AND SAID IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YOUR ATTORNEYS HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT Y'ALL NOT TAKE A POSITION RIGHT.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

I KNOW THAT

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AS FAR AS WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE CREDIBLE EVIDENCE IS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY POSITIONS ON WHAT CREDIBLE EVIDENCE IS NOT OR WHAT IS NOT CREDIBLE EVIDENCE? LIKE IF I, IF I WRITE ON A NAPKIN IN CRAYON, RIGHT? THERE'S GOOD WATER THERE.

THAT'S PROBABLY NOT CREDIBLE EVIDENCE.

I, I THINK, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE, I, IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR US TO SAY SOMETHING ISN'T, THAN SOMETHING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I, AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS ABOUT LIKE OFFICIAL STANCES AND THEN OFFLINE CONVERSATIONS OF YEAH, I, I'M HESITANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA PUT THE DISTRICT IN JEOPARDY.

I MEAN, YOU GUYS UNDER UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS, AND AS YOU SAID THERE, SOME THINGS COME IN AND, AND I'VE SEEN A LETTER THAT, I'M NOT GONNA PUT ANY NAMES ON IT, BUT I'VE SEEN SOMETHING COME THROUGH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST AN OUTLINE OF SOME STATE WELL REPORTS.

AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM IT SAID, CAN'T GUARANTEE THERE'S WATER HERE.

OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T, IT'S PROBABLY NOT CREDIBLE EVIDENCE.

UM, BUT THERE IS, UH, IT, IT'S HARD TO SAY WITHOUT, ACTUALLY, AND, AND COMMISSIONER CONLEY CAN TELL YOU THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, AND STILL, AND UNTIL YOU START PUTTING HOLES IN THE GROUND AND SEEING WHAT'S DOWN THERE, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW.

AND, AND YEAH, THERE MIGHT BE AN OLD, WELL THAT, THAT MADE A LITTLE BIT OF WATER, BUT WE'VE SEEN PROPERTIES THAT ONE SIDE OF 40, 50 ACRE TRACK, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE A LITTLE BIT OF WATER, THE OTHER SIDE DRILLED DRY HOLES.

UM, AND THAT'S, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET OUT IN, INTO YOUR PRECINCT AND, AND INTO COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S PRECINCT, THAT BECOMES MORE OF AN ISSUE.

WHICH I THINK IS WHY SOME OF THESE STUDIES ARE IMPORTANT TO, TO LOOK AT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE, WHAT'S ACTUALLY BELOW THE GROUND.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I THINK DEPENDING ON WHAT TCQ DOES AND WHAT THE STATE DOES, UM, I THINK WE'RE, I'M WILLING TO PUSH TO, TO HELP YOU GUYS ANY WAY I CAN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND I, AND I DON'T WANT JUST, AND THIS IS ME PERSONALLY, I, I DON'T JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING BEING ACCEPTED, SOMEBODY JUST SCRIBBLE SOMETHING DOWN LIKE YOU SAID, AND LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S CREDIBLE EVIDENCE.

UM, SO I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA DO WHAT I CAN TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS.

SO, AND I GUESS JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY OR, OR NARROW THAT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS FROM A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

WHAT I WOULD APPRECIATE IS IF YOU HEAR SOME IDEAS GETTING FLOATED AROUND IN OTHER COUNTIES MM-HMM.

OF WHAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING AS CREDIBLE EVIDENCE.

BUT YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S A GOOD FIT FOR PARKER.

GIVEN HOW MANY WELLS WE DRILL, RIGHT? US BEING NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD COMMUNICATE THAT TO US OF, HEY, LET'S STAY AWAY FROM THAT PARAMETER.

OH, I, I ABSOLUTELY WILL.

YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WROTE IN OUR LETTER TO TCEQ IS, YOU KNOW, AT A MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, A SINGLE WELL PUMP TEST, RIGHT? DRILL, WELL PUMP IT.

IF IT CAN MAINTAIN A, A CERTAIN FLOW RATE OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, I THINK THAT'S GONNA GIVE YOU SOME GOOD INFORMATION.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF SOMEONE IS CUTTING UP A FEW LOTS, I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT A COST ON ANYBODY, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DRILL A WELL ANYWAY.

RIGHT? I MEAN, SURE.

I'VE SEEN, I'VE, I'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS.

THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PRICE OF THAT LOT GOES UP AND THEY ACCOUNT FOR THE, THE COST OF THAT.

WELL, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED AND I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN, IF THEY CAN GO IN AND DRILL A WELL, UH, PUMP IT, YOU KNOW, AFTER, AFTER PRODUCING IT, AFTER GETTING IT ALL CLEANED UP AND FINISHED UP GETTING IT, THE ACTUAL PUMP SET, PUMPING IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO SHOW THAT IT CAN MAINTAIN A CERTAIN RATE OF FLOW.

UM, 'CAUSE THERE ARE AREAS IN THE DISTRICT WHERE IT JUST CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'LL PULL THE, YOU PUMP IT FOR A FEW FOR A, A LITTLE WHILE AND IT DRAWS THE WATER DOWN TO THE PUMP AND PRODUCTION FALLS OFF.

SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE HOMEOWNER TO KNOW THAT, HEY, AT LEAST THERE'S, THERE WAS A NEW WELDS DRILL, THEN IT DID MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, EIGHT GALLONS A MINUTE, 10 GALLONS A MINUTE FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.

SO, ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU DO.

YES, SIR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

IF Y'ALL EVER NEED ANYTHING, Y'ALL KNOW HOW TO GET A OF ME JUDGE.

I'VE GOT AN ITEM THAT'S ITEM SIX G THAT ALSO INVOLVES DOUG.

I'LL STAY AROUND THEN.

IF WE CAN SKIP TO SIX G,

[6.G. Discuss/Approve Phase 2 of the Rainwater Harvesting grant from Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District in the amount of $57,420.00. (Commissioner Walden) ]

WE WILL OPEN SIX G.

DOUG, IF YOU WOULD COME ON BACK UP, UH, DISCUSS APPROVED PHASE TWO OF THE RAINWATER HARVESTING GRANT FROM UPPER TRINITY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,420.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UH, TO PUT A SECOND TANK IN AT PRECINCT THREE FOR RAINWATER HARVESTING.

UM, APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE IN LETTING US MOVE TO THAT ITEM.

UH, WE, WE APPLIED FOR GRANT, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY PHASE TWO OF THAT GRANT.

AND, UH, IT WAS AWARDED, UH, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF THREE MONTHS HERE.

AND, UH, WE HAVE JUST NOW GOT THE CONTRACT FROM UPPER TRINITY, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO, TO, UH, ORDER THE TANK FOR THAT.

BUT THIS IS TO,

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AND, UH, THIS AMOUNT WILL PAY FOR THE TANK AND THE SLAB AND, AND WILL ENABLE, ENABLE US TO USE A TANK THAT HAS A DISCHARGE ON IT, OR A OUTFLOW ON IT FOR A SIX INCH FIRETRUCK.

AND SO IT, IT FITS INTO OUR LONG RANGE PLAN OF HAVE WATER HARVESTING AT PRECINCT THREE.

AND SO I NEED THE APPROVAL FROM COURT TO ACCEPT THAT GRANT.

AND, AND BRIANNA, THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE ONE THAT WE ALREADY APPLIED FOR.

SO, SO THANK Y'ALL.

AND, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE, UH, RAINWATER HARVESTING GRANT FOR MEMBER TRINITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,420.

I THINK.

I THINK MR. SHAW MIGHT LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT.

YEAH, NO, I, I, I, I APPRECIATE IT.

AND, AND I'M SURE Y'ALL KNOW WE'VE STARTED OUT, OH, FOUR YEARS AGO, FIVE YEARS AGO, UM, WITH OUR FIRST PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, WE PUT IN THE, THE RAINWATER TANK AND SYSTEM HELPED THEM PUT THAT IN OUT THE SHERIFF'S POSSE.

UH, THEN WE WORKED WITH WISE COUNTY, GOT ONE OF THEIR FAIR GROUND, THEN WE STARTED OUR ANNUAL PROGRAM.

SO EVERY YEAR WE OPEN UP TAKE APPLICATIONS.

UH, THE FIRST YEAR WE FUNDED, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S PROJECT THERE IN PRECINCT THREE.

AND THEN, UH, THE PROJECT THAT CENTRAL, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR, THIS MOST RECENT YEAR, WE ACTUALLY APPROVED FIVE, UH, PROJECTS.

UM, PRECINCT THREE BEING THE, THE SECOND PHASE OF THEIRS, UH, A SECOND PHASE AT THE SHERIFF'S POSSE TO PUT IN A SECOND TANK, UH, SLIDE L ISDS BUILDING A NEW ELEMENTARY.

WE'RE PUTTING IN A RAINWATER SYSTEM THERE.

CITY OF NEW FAIRVIEW AND CITY OF PARADISE.

SO THOSE THREE IN WISE COUNTY, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

IT'S A GREAT PRO.

IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, I'VE TOLD EVERYBODY, IF IN THE NEXT 20, 30 YEARS IF WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, THESE RAINWATER SYSTEMS ALL OVER THE PLACE TO REALLY SHOW FOLKS.

I MEAN, COMMISSIONER WALDEN CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH WATER THEY CATCH AND HOW, HOW NICE IT IS JUST TO HAVE THAT THERE.

AND, UH, I KNOW BOTH AT THE PRECINCT AND AT THE SHERIFF'S POSSE, THEY, YOU GOT ENOUGH ROOF SPACE THEY FILLED UP PRETTY QUICK.

UM, SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER THING.

ANY OF Y'ALL'S PRECINCTS, IF YOU'ALL INTERESTED, PLEASE APPLY.

I THINK IN OCTOBER WE'LL BE OPENING UP, UH, FOR APPLICATIONS FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING.

AND THOSE APPLICATIONS, WE USUALLY TAKE APPLICATIONS OCTOBER THROUGH FEBRUARY.

SO THE, THE REASON THAT THEY HAVE THIS PROGRAM IS TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN DO THIS AT YOUR OWN PLACE.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC WE HAVE THERE.

IT CAN BE VIEWED FROM, FROM THE HIGHWAY, UH, 1189 AT OUR PLACE.

AND, UH, UH, WE HAVE STORAGE.

WHEN WE GET THIS OTHER 65,000 GALLON TANK, WE'LL HAVE STORAGE CAPACITY FOR ABOUT 200,000 GALLONS OF WATER.

AND RATHER THAN USING RAINWATER FOR OUR PRECINCT, I MEAN, RATHER THAN USING WELL WATER FOR OUR PRECINCT, WE'RE GONNA CONVERT OVER AND, AND BE ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, RAINWATER THAT'S HARVESTED OFF OF THE ROOFS OF OUR BUILDINGS.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM.

WE, WE INTEND TO HAVE ACTIVITIES WHERE THE SCHOOLS CAN COME AND LOOK AT OUR DEAL.

AND, AND WE'VE ALS ALSO HAD OTHER PEOPLE, UH, ROCK ISD FOR EXAMPLE, IS BUILDING A NEW BUILDING AND THEY'RE ASKING TO COME AND LOOK AT OUR, UH, OUR PROJECT AND HOW THEY CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THEIR NEW BUILDING TO USE IT FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.

BUT THIS IS NOT JUST WATER TO USE FOR BUILDING ROADS.

UH, WE WILL, UH, WE WILL MAKE THIS WATER THAT WE CAN USE FOR DRINKING WATER TOO.

YEP.

WE'VE, WE'VE CONVERTED OUR, OUR OFFICE, WE'RE RUNNING COMPLETELY OFF RAINWATER IN OUR OFFICE NOW.

UM, IF YOU COME BY, I KNOW COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE UP IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD, THAT BIG TANK UP AND THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ROAD, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WATER FOR OUR OFFICE NOW.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY INEXPENSIVE TO GET IT TREATED.

'CAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF TREES AND STUFF ABOVE YOUR ROOF, YOU'RE JUST PICKING UP MAYBE SOME STUFF THAT BIRDS LEAVE AND GOES THROUGH SOME FILTERS AND GOES THROUGH A UV, KILLS ALL THE BACTERIA, VIRUSES, ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S IN THERE.

AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NICE.

IT'S NICE JUST TO HAVE THAT THERE.

SO, SO WE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND I THINK I JUST, IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT LEAD BY EXAMPLE OF, OF WHAT THE COUNTY SETTING THAT PRECEDENT.

BECAUSE MY QUESTION WAS, IS GONNA BE, I MEAN, CAN THIS BE USED BY INDIVIDUALS AND CAN THIS BE SOMETHING THAT FROM WATER HARVESTING? THAT COULD BE, SO IT IS SETTING AN EXAMPLE OUT THERE OF LEADERSHIP THAT I THINK THAT WE CAN GROW AND BUILD ON IN THIS COUNTY AND FOR PEOPLE TO, TO ADOPT ON.

IT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE OUR WATER ISSUES, BUT IT'S GONNA CERTAINLY PUT A DENT IN IT.

IT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND IT, AND IT'S DIFFICULT, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE IF, IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOT AN EXISTING HOUSE, IT CAN BE EXPENSIVE TO RETROFIT.

I MEAN, IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOT GUTTERS, IT'S MAKES IT EASIER.

BUT IF WE COULD FACTOR THIS IN AND GET, GET IN THE MINDSET OF FOLKS AND ALL THESE NEW HOMES ARE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH OF AN ADD-ON IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY BUILDING A NEW HOME.

AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY OFFSET YOUR OUTSIDE WATER USE FOR SURE BY, BY USING RAINWATER.

GOOD.

ARE THERE SOME CITIES THAT OPPOSE OR HAVE LAWS AGAINST THESE RAINWATER COLLECTORS ON SAY THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES? YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CITY ORDINANCE.

DOUG, ANY QUICK QUESTION? YES, SIR.

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I DON'T KNOW EVERY CITY ORDINANCE IN THE DISTRICT.

I, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT LEGALLY THEY CAN PUT IN AN ORDINANCE TO STOP THAT, BUT MM-HMM.

, THERE IS NOTHING IN THE, THE STATE OF TEXAS ACTUALLY PROMOTES THIS.

YOU GET TAX BREAKS.

I MEAN, YOU GET PROPERTY TAX BREAKS ON, ON, ON THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS. MM-HMM.

SO THE STATE PROMOTES IT.

UM, I, I GUESS SOME CITIES MIGHT HAVE ORDINANCES.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

WELL, I HAD HEARD A RUMOR THAT, THAT THAT WAS THE CASE IN A CITY OR TWO.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S FAIRLY HERE.

BUT, UH, I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE IT, YOU KNOW, I, I HEAR CAME ACROSS THAT, OR I, I HAD A, I HAD A GUY COME UP TO ME ONE TIME AND SAY THAT IT'S NOT ALLOWED.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

AND SO THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF RUMORS GOING AROUND.

BUT, AND THAT'S BA BASICALLY ON, IT'S JEOPARDIZING THEIR WATER SYSTEM AND THE REVENUE THEY'RE GENERATING AND THEY SEE RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND A RISK OF THAT.

AND IN SOME STATES IT IS AN ISSUE, YOU CAN'T DO IT.

BUT IN TEXAS, IN TEXAS, YOU BASICALLY OWN THE, THE WATER UNTIL IT RUNS IN, AS IT FALLS FROM THE SKY HITS YOUR ROOF, RUNS ACROSS YOUR PROPERTY UNTIL IT RUNS INTO, UH, A WATERCOURSE.

SO LIKE A CREEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT, IT'S YOURS AND YOU CAN CATCH IT AND, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF, THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND CATCHING IT OFF YOUR ROOF.

THEY'RE GONNA BE HARD PRESSED TO TRY TO ENFORCE THAT.

FOR SURE.

I, I WOULD THINK SO TOO.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY ORDINANCES, BUT I MEAN, IF IT EVER COMES UP, I'LL LOOK INTO IT.

BUT I HAVE, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY, I JUST THOUGHT I'D ASK.

SIX A, AN APPROVE AND AUTHORIZED COURT TO SIGN AN ORDER OF ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.

YEAH, WELL, THE HOAS WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WOULD MAKE THAT ILLEGAL.

PROBABLY WATER SYSTEMS. YOU CAN'T EVEN FLY A FLAG IN SOME OF THEM HOAS PLACES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

HOAS ARE RIGHT.

THEY, THEY DO STUFF LIKE THAT.

Y'ALL, LIKE I SAID, Y'ALL, Y'ALL GIMME A HOLLER IF Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE.

THANK, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO, UH, SIX D.

WE'RE ON DISCUSS, UH, I'M SORRY, LEMME BACK THAT UP.

[6.A. Approve and authorize court to sign order of election for November 5, 2024 General Election. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen) ]

GENERAL ELECTION.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS COURT.

UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS THE NOTICE FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.

SO THIS IS THE ONE FOR EVERYBODY.

UM, AUGUST THE 19TH IS THE LAST DAY TO ACTUALLY ORDER THE ELECTION, BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS COMING UP THAT I WON'T BE HERE AND I, I DON'T WANNA MISS IT.

AND WE WANNA GET IT DONE.

SO THAT'S THE REASON I HAVE THAT ON, FOR THE AGENDA TODAY.

I SENT IT TO EVERYBODY IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

PRETTY MUCH ALL OF IT.

UH, THE HOURS AND EVERYTHING IS BY CODE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE IT.

THEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO FIVE.

SATURDAY SEVEN TO SEVEN.

SUNDAY WE, WE PICK THE HOURS OF 10 TO FOUR, BUT IT HAS TO BE SIX HOURS.

AND THEN THE LAST WEEK IS SEVEN TO SEVEN.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECONDING BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I'M PASSING ALONG, UH, DOCUMENT TO BE SIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, ON THIS ITEM.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

WE'RE GONNA ALSO NOW GO TO ITEM SIX B, APPROVE AND AUTHORIZED COUNTY SIGN ORDER OF ELECTION FROM NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, LOCAL OPTION ELECTION AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT THREE.

[6.B. Approve and authorize County Judge to sign order of election for November 5, 2024 Local Option Election in Justice of the Peace Precinct 3. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen) ]

THIS IS A, AN LIQUOR ELECTION THAT THEY TRIED TO DO LAST YEAR, BUT WE FINALLY HAVE GOT IT THROUGH THIS TIME.

THEY HAD TO HAVE 5,519 SIGNATURES.

WE RECEIVED, WE HAD CALCULATED 5,571 AND STOPPED AT THAT POINT AND QUIT GOING THROUGH THE SIGNATURE.

SO THEY DID GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES.

SO IT WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

AND THIS IS JUST FOR JP THREE AND IT'S ALL ALCOHOL IS THE ELECTION FOR IT.

IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE ORDER.

IT SAYS WHAT IT'S EXACTLY FOR.

SO JOHN, CAN YOU KIND OF CLARIFY WHAT THIS IS? AND THAT WE'RE REQUIRED IF WE GET A PETITION, WE'RE REQUIRED TO APPROVE THAT.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, INCLUDING MIXED BEVERAGES.

SO THE INDIVIDUALS IN THAT PARTICULAR PRECINCT, UH, DRAFTED A PETITION.

THEY HAD TO HAVE SO MANY SIGNATURES TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT.

SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED IT ARE STATING THAT THEY WANT THE CELL OF ALCOHOL WITHIN THAT PRECINCT ONLY.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE BOUNDARY LINES OF, OF PRECINCT THREE.

NOW IS IT FOR DISTILLED SPIRITS AS WELL? NO, IT, UH, IF YOU CAN SAY WHAT IT IS EXACTLY, WOULD YOU SAY ON THAT ORDER? ? IF YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S MULTIPLE OPTIONS BECAUSE WE, WE SAY LIQUOR, IT MAY BE BEER ONLY, IT MAY BE WINE ONLY,

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BEVERAGES ON PREMISE.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONS IN THERE.

ALL BEVERAGES.

SO WHAT, WHAT I'M READING, IT SAYS THE LEGAL SALE OF ALL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, INCLUDING MIXED BEVERAGES AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT.

NUMBER THREE.

SO THAT, THAT WOULD NOT BE PACKAGE STORES.

THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE BEER AND WINE BASICALLY.

AND THEN MIXED BEVERAGE ON SITE.

NO, THAT'S EVERYTHING I THINK FROM WHAT I READ.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I READ, JOHN ON SITE.

YEAH, IT'S, UH, BUT THAT'S ON SITE.

THE MIXED BEVERAGE OF THAT PAPER THERE.

IT'S FOR ALL SALES, THAT'S A, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A FULL-BLOWN OPTION.

IT'S A FULL-BLOWN OPTION.

SO IT IS, IF YOU'RE GONNA PASS ONE, THIS IS THE ONE YOU NEED TO PASS.

THIS IS EVERYTHING.

SO IT CAN BE PACKAGED DOORS ISH.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE ELECTION WILL BE FOR ANY AND ALL SALE OF ALCOHOL.

THAT'S HOW I READ IT.

BUT THAT IT IS, THE INDIVIDUALS IN PRECINCT THREE STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE CORRECT.

TO PASS THAT OR TO SAY THEY DON'T WANT THAT IN THAT PARTICULAR PRECINCT.

SO WHEN YOU GET YOUR BALLOT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION.

'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ALL OF YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE TOP, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND YOUR ALCOHOL ELECTION AT THE BOTTOM.

SO THEY WILL, EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION AND GO THROUGH YOUR ENTIRE BALLOT.

YES, .

BUT AS A COURT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE.

WE, WE ARE FORCED BECAUSE WE RECEIVED THE INCORRECT DOCUMENT.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

IT IS A MINISTERIAL DUTY OF THE COURT TO PLACE THAT ON THE BALLOT TO ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN PRECINCT THREE TO CHOOSE TO EITHER APPROVE IT OR DISAPPROVE IT.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

[6.C. Review/Discuss/Approve updated plans for the building located at 801 Santa Fe Dr. (Tim Hopkins / Crickett Miller / Judge Deen) ]

WE'VE GOT ITEM C ON REVIEW.

DISCUSS APPROVE UPDATED PLANS FOR THE BUILDING LOCATED AT 8 0 1 SANTA FE DRIVE.

UM, CRICKET, SINCE YOU'RE THERE, WE MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD AND HIT THIS ITEM.

AND IN YOUR PACKET, YOU DO HAVE UNDER APPROVAL, UH, UNDER THE FIRST PAGE, UH, WHAT I THINK YOU'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT.

THIS IS, UH, I HAVE TIM WITH ME FROM JACOB MARTIN.

UM, HE'S THE ONE THAT'S BEEN DRAWING OUR PLANS FOR US AND EVERYTHING.

AND THIS IS JUST TO BRING IT TO THE COURT TO LET ME KNOW WHERE WE ARE TO DISCUSS IT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT ALL WE NEED TO GO FURTHER FOR AND FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I NEED TO BRING TO COURT EACH AND EVERY TIME.

WHO, IF THERE'S A COURT REPRESENTATIVE THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK TO EACH TIME, OR IS IT, BRING IT BACK TO THE ENTIRE COURT.

PROCEED.

SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA FOCUS, A LOT OF THE MONEY IS GONNA BE IN THE, UM, ENTRY, THE NEW LOBBY, AND THEN THE AREA THAT'S THE VOTING'S GONNA HAPPEN.

UM, THERE MAY BE SOME DECISIONS THAT WE'LL NEED TO GET INPUT ON THE SHERIFF'S SIDE, UH, ALONG WITH HAVING, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH, UH, CRICKET IN THE, UH, ELECTIONS SIDE.

BUT THERE, THERE MAY BE SOME, UH, INFORMATION OR, UH, DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE OF, IS THIS IN GOOD ENOUGH SHAPE THAT IT CAN STAY? AND DO YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUDGET IS LIMITED WITH SOME OF THE HEAVY CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DO JUST TO BRING IT TO, TO WHERE IT CAN FUNCTION FOR ELECTIONS.

SO, UM, BUT WE, WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A PRELIMINARY SCHEMATIC DESIGN BUDGET, UM, THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.

UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET.

WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR THE VOTING.

UM, WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER PROJECTS COMING IN THAT WE CAN GET UPDATED COSTS.

SOME OF THESE COSTS WERE FROM PROJECTS THAT WERE BACK IN MARCH.

SO, UM, I'VE GOT ONE SIMILAR PROJECT THAT, UM, WE'RE GETTING BID, UH, NUMBERS BACK THAT WE'LL SEE TODAY.

AND SO, UM, I'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK IN AND KIND OF UPDATE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, UH, AND, UH, AND KIND OF REFINE THE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, AS WE GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MORE DETAILS.

SO AS WE'RE MOVING FROM SCHEMATIC DESIGN INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND, UH, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO, UH, KEEP IT WITHIN THE BUDGET.

Y'ALL HAVE SAY THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT, UH, TIM WAS TALKING TO ME EARLIER ABOUT THAT, WHERE IT USED TO BE THE COMMAND STATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S A RAISED LEVEL FLOOR, SO WHEN WE'RE NOT REALLY GONNA KNOW WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THERE UNTIL THEY START CLEARING THAT OUT.

SO THAT MAY BE A COST THAT WE MAY HAVE TO NOT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT WE'LL GET THAT FIXED.

UM, ALSO THERE'S A CINDER BLOCK WALL INSIDE THERE WHERE

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SO THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE.

AND THEN WHERE THE RESTROOMS ARE NOW, THEY WERE LOCKER ROOMS. SO WE'RE GONNA BE CHANGING THOSE INTO ACTUAL RESTROOMS FACILITIES ON OUR SIDE AND ON THE SHERIFF'S SIDE.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER COST THAT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU GET IN THERE TO TRY TO WORK ON THE PLUMBING.

AND THOSE, THOSE ARE THE HIGH COST ITEMS THAT, UM, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PLAN FOR BECAUSE TO HAVE THE STAFF RESTROOMS THAT ARE NEEDED, UH, ON BOTH SIDES AND, AND TO SEPARATE, UH, BOTH ENTITIES, UM, UH, IS KIND OF WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COSTS ARE GONNA BE.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT IF, IF THE CEILING ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, MAYBE A TILE OR TWO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN JUST REUSE THAT IF THE FLOORING IS IN GOOD CONDITION OR IT CAN BE CLEANED UP.

I MEAN, RIGHT NOW I'VE, I'VE GOT PLANNED FOR NEW FLOORING THROUGHOUT, PAINT THROUGHOUT, UM, BUT REALLY KINDA LIMIT THE CEILINGS TO THE, THE HEAVY DEMOLITION AREAS, UM, AND DRESSING UP A LITTLE BIT OF THE, UM, PUBLIC RESTROOMS THAT ARE OUT FRONT.

SO YOU'RE SAYING, UH, IT'S A HALF MILLION PLUS TO, TO TOTALLY RENOVATE.

WE'RE WE'RE YOU'RE AT A HALF MILLION RIGHT THERE.

AND THAT, THAT INCLUDES THE FEES AND, AND ALL THAT.

SO, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY ACCOUNT.

ANY CONTINGENCIES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU MAY COME ACROSS? WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF CONTINGENCY, BUT, UM, NOT MUCH.

UM, UM, HAVE A QUESTION HERE WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? I DIDN'T THINK SO.

WE GOTTA LOOK AT, OH YEAH.

UM, ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS? UM, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS DOCUMENT? OKAY.

UM, CRICKET, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT HAS CHANGED WITH WHAT THE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS REQUESTED THAT HAS NOW BEEN ALTERED? NO.

UH, WE, WE, OR LEMME REPHRASE THAT BACK AND FORTH AND WE'VE LEFT EVERYTHING THE SAME.

SO YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS? YES, SIR.

AND ALSO THERE'S TWO LOCATIONS WITH IT.

UM, I DO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE IT HERE.

UM, IS THAT ADEQUATE FOR YOU IN THE TWO LOCATIONS AT HERE? BECAUSE WE TALKED SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN WE WERE ON SITE.

UM, IS THAT ADEQUATE FOR YOU? YEAH.

AND SO THE SPACE THAT YOU HAD BEFORE, AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITH THIS, IT'S NOT A LOADED QUESTION, HOW MUCH SPACE DO YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? AROUND 3000 SQUARE FEET.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO 11.5 WITH THIS, UH, OBVIOUSLY, AND THAT'S REALLY NOT A FAIR QUESTION BECAUSE YOUR STORAGE FACILITY TOOK ANOTHER ROOM, A LARGE ROOM WITH, WHICH WAS THE OLD CAFETERIA AND ALL THAT.

AND SO THIS PROVIDES MUCH MORE SECURITY AND PROVIDES MORE SPACE.

ONE FOR GROWTH, ONE FOR THE STORAGE AND, AND SECURITY OF, OF MAINTAINING THIS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT EQUIPMENT.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING HERE THAT'S NOT SPOKEN OF OR THAT'S BEEN CHANGED? BECAUSE JUST HEARING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING SOMETHING AND CHANGING THINGS.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS AN, A FINAL AGREEMENT THAT EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.

IT'S STILL THE SAME AS WHAT THE COURT APPROVED PREVIOUSLY.

VERY WELL, WE NOT CHANGED.

JUST MAKING, MAKING SURE.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHO, WHO'S GONNA BE OVERSEEING THIS PROJECT? IS THAT YOU? WELL, I, I IS IT YOU? I WOULD HELP , BUT I, I, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT'S A COURT DECISION EVERY SINGLE TIME WE DO CERTAIN THINGS.

WHEN IS IT A COURT DECISION? UM, I KNOW THAT KIM WILL BE THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE HANDLING THE BIDDING PROCESS.

UM, BUT I KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THIS ON THE COURT AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

COUNSELOR, DO WE NEED A, A COURT APPOINTED PERSON? WELL, IN THE PAST, WHICH I'VE HAD IS A COMMITTEE THAT THEN BRINGS IT BACK AND YOU VOTE UPON IT.

'CAUSE IF THERE'S GONNA BE CHANGE ORDERS, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST, WHICH THE COURT WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE.

IF Y'ALL JUST APPROVE THE PLAN AT ONE COST WITH NO CHANGE ORDERS, THEN THAT COMMITTEE CAN DIRECT THAT.

IT'S JUST GONNA BE WHEN YOU GET INTO CHANGE ORDERS THAT Y'ALL NEED THE COURT TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT.

WE APPROVED $500,000 FOR THIS PROJECT.

BUDGETED? YES SIR.

THAT AMOUNT? YES SIR.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND WE HAD A COMMITTEE THAT HAD COME UP WITH STUFF.

IS THAT COMMITTEE STILL FUNCTIONAL? DO Y'ALL WANT TO BE THE ONES OVERSEEING THE PROJECT OR I'M JUST, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT, BUT I DON'T RECALL WHO'S ON THAT COMMITTEE.

IT'S YOU AND I, UH, CRICKET KIM.

WHO ELSE? I WOULD THINK YOU'D NEED THE SHERIFF AND

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IT AND SHERIFF .

I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ALL AND ALSO IN JAMES CAWOOD OF IT.

WELL, WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT, JUST LEAVE THE COMMITTEE AS IT IS.

THAT, THAT WILL BE THE COMMITTEE ONE.

DO WE WANT BUILDING AND GROUNDS INCLUDED AS WELL? SINCE THIS IS A BUILDING? I TOTALLY THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE WITH THIS BECAUSE THIS, THIS ONLY IS THE BUILDING ITSELF, WHICH WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE DEALING WITH IN THE FUTURE, THE PARKING LOT.

UM, SO, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE SOMEBODY, WELL, IF THERE'S FUTURE ELECTRICAL ISSUES OR WHATEVER AND THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND DO WORK, I WOULD SUSPECT THEY'D WANNA BE INVOLVED ON THE FRONT END AND THEY SHOULD BE.

SO WE, WE BUDGETED 500,000.

MR. MR. LONG'S GOT A LOT OF SPARE TIME, SO I KNOW, I KNOW HE'S BORED.

YEAH, HE'S BORED.

UM, BRIANNA, WE HAVE 500,000 SET ASIDE RIGHT NOW AND IF WE ECLIPSE THAT 500,000 THAT WOULD COME OUT OF, I GUESS GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY? YES.

AND AREN'T THERE RESTRICTIONS TO THAT IN TERMS OF IT NEEDS TO BE AN EMERGENCY OR IS THAT JUST AN ORDER OF THE COURT THAT'S ACTUALLY PULLING FOR BALANCE, BUT IT'S BUDGET VEHICLE, THE 500,000 IS BUDGETED AS A CONTINGENCY? NO, IT'S ACTUALLY .

SO READY AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU.

SO 500,000, IF WE EXCEED THAT, THEN WE NEED TO DO ADJUST FROM FUND BALANCE.

NO, THE BUDGET IS CONTING.

BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE UNLESS JUST EVERYTHING LINES UP PERFECTLY, THAT 500,000 IS NOT GONNA GET US AN OPERATIONAL SPACE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ISSUES WITH WHAT MAY BE UNDER THE FLOOR, ET CETERA.

IS THAT FAIR? REALISTICALLY SPEAKING? MM-HMM.

TO GET ALL THE, I GUESS TO GET IT FUNCTIONAL AND, AND NICE WHERE THE PUBLIC SEES, UM, I THINK WE CAN STAY IN THAT BUDGET.

IT'S KIND OF THE BACK OF HOUSE AREAS THAT, UM, ARE JUST WORN AND DATED.

SURE.

BUT COULD, COULD THEY LIVE WITH IT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, UH, AN ANOTHER BUDGET SESSION TO THEN COME BACK IN AND PUT IN NEW FLOORING, PUT IN NEW LIGHTS? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT I HAVE IN THE BUDGET IS REUSING THE LIGHTS THAT ARE THERE, UM, AND JUST WHERE WE'VE GOT TO MANIPULATE THE SPACE TO MAKE IT FUNCTION FOR THEM.

RESETTING THOSE LIGHTS.

NOW, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO GO IN THE FUTURE AND, AND MOVE EVERYTHING FROM FLUORESCENT TO LEDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, THAT MAY BE AN ANOTHER PROJECT, BUT, OKAY.

AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO BUDGET.

WHAT IS A CONSERVATIVE CONTINGENCY AMOUNT WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT FOR THIS PROJECT? AND I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT JUST A LITTLE BIT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT JUST IN YOUR MIND, KINDA REASONABLE WORST CASE SCENARIO POPS UP IF WE ALLOCATE ANOTHER 250,000, IS THAT SUFFICIENT OR COULD WE BE LOOKING AT PROBLEMS MORE THAN THAT? UM, 250, 300 PROBABLY WOULD GET YOU TO WHERE, UM, YOU WOULD HAVE A VERY NICE BUILDING.

GOT IT.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT WORKED IN THE LONG RUN.

IT'S RIGHT NOW YOU UPDATING THE SYSTEMS OF, OF FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT BUILDING WAS USED LAST.

THAN HAVING TO SPEND THE ENTIRE AMOUNT.

HERE'S, HERE'S, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WORRY AS MUCH ABOUT HAVING A VERY NICE BUILDING AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO HAVE A SAFE RIGHT.

FUNCTIONAL BUILDING FOR OUR STAFF AND THE VOTERS THAT WE SUPPORT.

I THINK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION.

PERFECT.

WELL, HERE, HERE'S MY CONCERN WITH WHAT EXCHANGE WAS JUST SAID WAS THAT WE, UH, GOT A BID FROM YOU TO, TO GET THAT BUILDING UP TO STANDARD FOR IT TO BE OPERATIONAL.

OPERATIONAL.

AND HERE WE ARE CER CERTAINLY TALKING ABOUT A CONTINGENCY, UM, WHICH IS PROACTIVE, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT HALF OF THAT NUMBER THAT YOU GOTTA GIVE US A BID ON.

NOW THAT COULD BE A CONTINGENCY.

MY CONCERN IS WHEN YOU BID ON THIS, IS THAT TO ALLOW US A CERTAIN, CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT WOULD, THAT COULD BE, UM, I WOULD RATHER COME IN UNDER BUDGET THAN, THAN HIT THAT 500,000.

INSTEAD OF SAYING WE WANT A CONTINGENCY OF A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS, I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF, YOU KNOW, WE, WE BID 500,000 FOR CONTINGENCIES THAT MIGHT COME IN.

THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WOULD ALLOWED IN THAT AND COME BACK WITH AN A BID THAT ACTUALLY AN AMOUNT THAT WAS UNDER THAT THAT WE SPENT RATHER

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NOW WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT AN AMOUNT THAT, AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE GOVERNMENT, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST PREVALENT AT EVERY LEVEL, IS YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY THAT WE, WE WE, WE ASKED FOR A BID AND YOU GAVE US 500,000.

AND I, I WOULD'VE HOPED THAT THAT BID WOULD'VE BEEN WHERE IT ALLOWS FOR CERTAIN CONTINGENCIES THAT MIGHT COME IN THAT YOU DIDN'T, MIGHT NOT FORESEE THAT FORBID THAT, I MEAN, I JUST, THIS IS NOT AN OPEN TICKET TO SAY, NOW WE GOT ANOTHER 250,000 WE'RE COMING BACK AT, WE, WE, WE EXPECT THIS THING TO BE DONE FOR 500,000 OR LESS.

WE'RE, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR GOAL IS OKAY.

IS, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT OUT TO BID.

UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT SOME NUMBERS THAT, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS IS ARE, ARE NOW, UM, AND BE ABLE TO ADJUST THAT BUDGET.

AND THEN WHEN IT GOES OUT TO BID TO THE CONTRACTORS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY I KNOW SEVERAL THAT ARE INTERESTED.

SO IF WE HAVE GOOD BID, UM, PARTICIPATION, I THINK, AND, AND PAT TO YOUR POINT, THAT'D BE ANOTHER FUNCTION OF THE COURT.

I KNOW THAT THEY SET THE CAP AT 500.

RIGHT? I KNOW OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE'VE UTILIZED HAVE UTILIZED, UH, VALUE ENGINEERING.

AND SO YOU CAN GO BACK IN, THAT WOULD BE THE COURT'S DECISION ON RIGHT.

CHANGING MATERIALS, CHANGING DIFFERENT THINGS TO LOWER THE COST OR KEEP WITHIN BUDGET.

JUDGE, I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE, THE STANDING COMMITTEE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE THE COMMITTEE TO SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE ADDITION OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, I KNOW WE, OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? I'VE GOT A, I HAD A QUESTION.

OH, SORRY.

UM, THE PARKING PARKING LOT.

, IS THAT SUFFICIENT AS IT IS OR IS THERE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE A LINE ITEM REGARDING THAT EITHER.

THERE'S, UM, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE CHANGED.

RIGHT? SO THE, UH, WITHIN OUR FEES, OUR ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING FEES, UM, WE WILL HAVE THE DESIGN OF THE, UH, PARKING LOT, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THIS BUDGET TO DO THE PARKING LOT.

SO, UM, OTHER THAN GET IT DESIGNED, UM, AND THEN IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, AT, AT ANOTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, SO THE EXISTING PARKING, YEAH.

SO THE EXISTING PARKING, IS IT NOT ADEQUATE OR HAS THAT BEEN EVALUATED? CAN I, CAN I ADDRESS THAT? SURE.

JUST, UH, COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY AND MYSELF WALKED THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY INCH OF THAT.

AND THERE'S A SLOPING ISSUE, UH, A TOPOGRAPHY ISSUE WHERE IF YOU DEAL, IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH BEING NOW ELECTIONS, YOU'RE DEALING WITH A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A SLOPING IF THERE'S BAD WEATHER OR EVEN IN NORMAL WEATHER, THERE'S STILL AN ISSUE WITH THE MAIN, THE, THE, THE CONDITION OF THE, THE PARKING LOT AND ALSO THE SLOPE OF THAT, WHICH COULD BE A HEALTH HAZARD OR A PROBLEM FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE WALKING.

SO IT IS GONNA NEED MAINTENANCE.

IT'S ALSO GONNA, IT'S GONNA NEED TO BE INCREASED, UH, AS WE GROW.

UH, BECAUSE THAT PARKING LOT WHERE YOU HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF HANDICAPPED UP FRONT AS YOU SHOULD, THEN AS YOU GO AROUND THAT PARKING LOT REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND EVALUATED.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE ROLES THAT THE COMMITTEE OUGHT TO DO IS EVALUATE THAT.

BUT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA LOOK TO BE ADDED ONTO AND IT'S ALSO GONNA NEED, THERE'S A LEVELING ISSUE HERE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT.

COMMISSIONER, YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? NO, IT'S, UH, IT, IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED FROM WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT SAFE.

IT'S IN, IN OUR OPINION, IT'S NOT SAFE FROM A COMMITTEE STANDPOINT.

ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THERE'S RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES.

THERE'S THERE'S ISSUES THERE.

AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A PART OF THE BID THAT YOU GAVE.

IT'S GONNA BE A SEPARATE COST TO THAT, UH, TO BRING THAT UP TO A STANDARD OF, OF SAFETY THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD, SHOULD LOOK AT.

SO, CRICKET, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST TOOK THE MIC FROM YOU ON THAT.

NO, THAT, THAT'S FINE.

I, THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE PARKING LOT I DO BELIEVE.

WE'VE GOT NOW THAT EVERY, EVERYBODY'S KIND OF SIGNED OFF ON IT.

AND I HOPE THAT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT TO FIGURE OUT RIGHT.

WHAT STEP WE NEED TO DO.

WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

WE'LL GET THERE.

COMMITTEE BACK TOGETHER.

YEAH, WE'LL WORK, WE WE WILL GET THERE.

THAT'S JUST, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S NOT GONNA BE CHEAP.

WE KNOW.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND HERE.

UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? I GOT, UH, ONCE WE VOTE HERE, HOW LONG BEFORE WE CAN GET THIS PROCESS GOING? UM, THE BIDS AND ARE WE READY TO START THE BIDS? NO, WE'RE, WE'RE THROUGH THE DESIGN.

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UM, I HAVEN'T HAD A CONTACT WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY.

SO IF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE CAN, OR SOMEBODY FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CAN SAY WE'RE GOOD WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.

I MEAN WE'RE BASICALLY LEAVING THAT AREA EXCEPT CREATING A BREAK ROOM AND A RESTROOM, UM, IN THE OLD, UH, FEMALE LOCKER ROOM AREA.

UM, REST WAS GONNA BE NEW FLOORS AND PAINT, UM, THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING.

WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH.

YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME, SIR? YES, I'M WILL DUNCAN.

I'M WITH JACOB MARTIN.

I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE BUDGET CONCERNS, UH, CONCERNING THE 500,000 WHEN WE DO BID AND WHEN WE CREATE THIS CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE THAT GOES TO THE CONTRACTORS TO BE BID, WE WILL CREATE A BASE BID PACKAGE AS WELL AS ALTERNATES THE PARKING LOT BEING ONE OF THEM SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET THAT NUMBER BACK AND YOU CAN PLAN FOR YOUR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.

WE'LL ALSO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE CEILINGS AND LIGHTS WHERE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE THOSE NUMBERS BID.

IF IT COMES BACK UNDER AND THERE IS SOME SAVINGS BETWEEN THE BASE BID COST AND THAT 500,000, MAYBE YOU CAN DO THE CEILINGS, MAYBE YOU CAN DO THE LIGHTS.

SO WE'RE GONNA CREATE SOME SMALL ALTERNATE PACKAGES THAT WILL BE BID TO HELP KEEP THAT, EITHER TO ADD SOME VALUE TO THE PROJECT OR IF IT'S OVER BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO GET IT WITHIN BUDGET.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

OH, THANK YOU.

WHERE, GOING BACK TO THE ITEM, ITEM D ONE ON INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS, EQUIPMENT, INVENTORY REPORTS, UH, COME ON UP.

RICH, IF YOU WOULD MAKE NOTE OF THE COMMITTEE, UM, SO WE CAN HAVE THAT DOCUMENTED AND KNOW AND MAKE SURE, PROBABLY I'LL GET WITH YOU ON THAT.

WE'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO, FOR SCHEDULING OF JUST A MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE SET UP TO WHERE WE COULD MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS TO LOOK AND REVIEW THIS AS WE PROCEED AND WORK WITH THE CONTRACTORS.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO, AND THAT WAS ITEM C.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

THAT WAS ITEM SIX C

[4. CONSENT (Part 2 of 2) ]

UM, SABRINA WITH PURCHASING, UM, WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, TRANSFERS.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LAPTOPS, COMPUTERS, UM, RADIOS THAT ARE BEING SENT BACK TO THE EOC TO BE D PROGRAMMED BEFORE THEY ARE SENT TO SURPLUS.

AND, UH, TWO TAHOE ANDS AND FILING CABINET.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALL, A SECOND I COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

MOTION IN CARRIES.

FIVE.

OH GOOD.

ITEM TWO AND EXCEPT FOR REJECT, RENEW PC 21 DASH 33 ROAD SIGNS, UH, RENEW PC 2133 ROAD SIGNS AND RELATED MATERIALS FOR PARKER COUNTY.

UM, THAT BID, UM, WAS AWARDED TO CUSTOM PRODUCTS CORPORATION AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR RENEWAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIOD.

AND THE VENDOR HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN RENEWING THE BID FOR THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER ONE OF 24 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST OF 25 AT THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.

OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

CARRIEDS FIVE OH ITEM THREE EXCEPT REJECT RENEW PC 23 DASH 40 AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIES, PRECINCT ONE AND TWO, PARKER COUNTY BID, PC 2340.

AUTO SUPPLIES FOR PRECINCTS ONE AND TWO FOR PARKER COUNTY AWARDED TO TIDWELL WHOLESALE.

D-B-A-A-O-K AUTO SUPPLY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RENEWAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIOD AND THE VENDOR HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN RENEWING THE BID FOR THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER ONE OF 24 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST OF 25 AT THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONY.

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

FIVE OH GOT ITEM FOUR.

AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PC 24 DASH 47 RAILROAD CARS USED FOR CULVERTS PC 24 47 RAILROAD CARS USED FOR CULVERTS ANTICIPATED ADVERTISING.

DATES IS SEVEN NINE OF 24 AND SEVEN 16 OF 24.

ANTICIPATED OPENING IS 7 26 OF 24.

ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE IS EIGHT 12 OF 24.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM SIX D AND DISCUSS APPROVED RADIO PROJECT CHANGE ORDERS ONE AND TWO.

[6.D. Discuss/Approve radio project Change Orders #1 and #2. (Michael Baldwin / James Caywood / Judge Deen) ]

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UH, WE HAVE MICHAEL BALDWIN HERE FROM THE, THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD AND ALSO, UH, JAMES K. WOOD, IF YOU WOULD COME ON UP.

SO THIS CARRIES ON FROM THE UPDATE.

UH, LAST COURT, UH, WE HAD TWO CHANGE ORDERS COME IN FROM MOTOROLA, UH, FROM THEIR UPDATE.

UH, MR. KAYLA, IS THAT A GREEN LIGHT ON ON? YES.

CLOSER TO YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? THERE YOU GO.

SO I HAD SUBMITTED THOSE, UH, WITH THIS ITEM, BUT AFTER, UH, THE COMMITTEE, RADIO COMMITTEE VISITED THE, THE SITE, UH, WITH MOTOROLA, UH, EVERYONE PRETTY MUCH INVOLVED, WE WENT BACK TO THE TABLE AND I'VE GIVEN Y'ALL THE, UH, UPDATED PAPERWORK.

UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BARE MINIMUM BEST PRICE TO SEE IF WE CAN UTILIZE THAT TOWER WITH ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT ON IT.

UM, SO I'M BACK.

WHICH TOWER ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THIS IS THE, UH, UH, SMITH TOWER, THE TRI-COUNTY TOWER, UH, LOOKING AT OBTAINING FOR THE COUNTY.

SO CHANGE ORDER ONE, UH, WAS LIGHTING A LIGHTING TOWER BEACON AT AGNES.

THAT WORK'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.

UH, JUST HASN'T COME THROUGH COURT, UH, FOR APPROVAL.

AND THIS IS COMING OUT THE $125,000 OF CONTINGENCY THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO I'VE ASKED THE, THE COMMITTEE, MOTOROLA, TO BE INVOLVED THAT WE GET APPROVAL GOING FORWARD BEFORE WE JUST EAT ALL THAT UP AND WHAT IT'S FOR, HOW IT'S GONNA PROCEED, HOW IT HELPS US GOING FORWARD.

SO THE NEW DEAL, I I'VE INCLUDED THE INFORMATION.

SO RIGHT NOW THE 12,000 474 24, UH, ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN THE WORK'S BEEN PERFORMED AT THE AGNES TOWER.

WE NEED APPROVAL FOR THAT, UH, THROUGH THIS COURT TO UTILIZE THAT OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND.

AND RIGHT NOW I'M ASKING FOR YOU NEED A SEPARATE BID FOR THE AGNES TOWER? YEAH, THAT'S WORK'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO APPROVE.

SO IT'S 12,004 $74 24 CENTS 12.

THAT WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED.

IT WAS A VERBAL GO AHEAD.

SO I'M ASKING Y'ALL TO APPROVE THAT ONE AND THEN THE NEW ONE, UH, WAS ASKING FOR $83,000, THE FIRST ONE, BUT I'M ASKING, LET'S FINISH THIS ONE AND THEN WE'LL GO, GO TO NEXT ONE.

NO, YOU, YOU CONTINUE WHAT WE'VE, I'M ASKING FOR APPROVAL ON NUMBER ONE, UH, FOR LIGHTING AT THE AGNES TOWER, THAT THE WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED ALREADY AND THE COST OF THAT IT IS $12,474 AND 24 CENTS.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

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

OH, OKAY.

AND THEN CHANGE ORDER TWO IS COMING OUT OF THE UPDATE.

UH, LAST COURT IS THE TRI-COUNTY TOWER.

UH, WE'RE CALLING SMITH TOWER IF WE CAN UTILIZE THAT OR NOT.

SO AFTER VISITING SITE, WE REACHED OUT, IT'S LIKE WE NEED TO JUST DO THE BARE MINIMUM PLEASE.

AND SO THEY'RE ASKING TO, UH, SURVEY THAT, UH, WITH THE MAPPING, UH, GOING FORWARD.

SEE IF WE COULD PUT OUR EQUIPMENT ON THERE, YES OR NO GOING FORWARD.

EVERYTHING WE NEED.

UH, IT'S $42,958 AND 33 CENTS.

WHAT WAS IT ORIGINALLY? UH, WELL, WITH EVERYTHING THEY WERE ASKING FOR 83,000 339 20.

UH, SO WE REDUCED A LITTLE BIT AND WE'VE ASKED JUST THE BARE NECESSITY TO SEE IF PHYSICAL THE EQUIPMENT OR NOT.

DO SOME HAVE? WELL, YES, THERE'S STILL BE SOME WORK DONE IF IT WILL.

PROCESS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ALE TOWER, NOT YOUR YES SIR.

BUT WE'LL WORK WITH THEM.

I HAVE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND MOTOROLA ON SITE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, I GOT A QUESTION FOR MR. SCOTT.

COME ON UP FOR YES SIR.

DID YOU FIND OUT WHO BUILT THE TOWER? NO, SIR.

UM, WHEN WE WERE OUT SITE THE OTHER DAY, THERE IS NO DATA PLATES OR IN INFORMATION ON THE TOWER ITSELF IDENTIFYING EVERYTHING.

WE DID HAVE TRI-COUNTY ON SITE WITH US AS WELL.

THEY HAVE NO DOCUMENTATION, UH, OF THE BUILD OF THE TOWER OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT.

SO, UM, AGAIN, AS WELL I MET WITH, UH, PAUL FINCH.

HE SAYS HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT THAT TOWER.

MR. FINCH, DO YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THAT TOWER OR THE A NOT NOT YOUR TOWER.

THE ALE TOWER? YES, SIR.

UH, I'VE BEEN IN, IN THE TWO-WAY RADIO SALES AND SERVICE RADIO PAGING AND TOWER INDUSTRY SINCE 1971.

I HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED AAL COMMUNICATIONS SINCE 1998.

I PERSONALLY HAVE INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED ON TOWER FAILURES.

I'VE DEMOLISHED THEM.

I HAVE PERFORMED ALL SORTS OF MAINTENANCE AND HAVE BEEN TO THE TOP OF 1500 FOOT TOWERS IN THE PAST FOR WORK.

IT SEEMS SEAN HUGHES, MOTOROLA INTERTECH HAVE NEGLECTED TO MENTION TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT THAT I OFFERED A ZERO COST SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM ALMOST FROM DAY ONE.

WELL, MR.

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NOT YOUR TOWER.

THAT, THAT THIS IS MY TOWER THAT, THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? THE THE JACKSON TRAIL TOWER.

YES, SIR.

BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE A WE'RE GONNA GET TO YOUR OTHER TOWER, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE AZEL TOWER THAT WE CAN USE THAT MIGHT SAVE US SOME MONEY? THE ONE, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE ON NOW, SIR, THE SMITH TRI TOWER.

RIGHT? THE SMITH TRI-COUNTY TOWER.

WHAT NOW? HE, HE'S REFERRING TO THE, THE PROSPECT TOWER ON JACKSON TRAIL.

THE, UH, NO, THE THE TOWER ON THE TOWER ON JACKSON TRAIL IS MINE.

RIGHT? THE SMITH, THE TOWER ON STEWART STREET.

YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT, RIGHT? THAT'S THE SMITH PEAK TOWER FROM TRI-COUNTY ELECTRIC.

I ACTUALLY ERECTED THAT FOR TRI-COUNTY BACK 15 YEARS AGO, 14 YEARS AGO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PAPERWORK ON THAT? I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, BUT NO, BUT DO YOU HAVE SOME THAT WE CAN USE? YES, SIR.

I CAN GET IT.

BUT Y'ALL NEED SOME KIND OF PAPERWORK.

ANY TYPE OF ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION ON THAT SITE WOULD BE GREATLY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOTHING.

SO THAT'S PART OF THIS IS TO GO RECREATE THE ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION FOR THAT SITE.

I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.

AND THAT'LL SAVE US SOME MONEY.

IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

I MEAN THAT, THAT WILL GREATLY HELP OUT.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE, SEE WHAT HE HAS.

ASSUMING THEY'RE STAMPED ENGINEERING DRAWINGS FOR THE SITE, THAT'LL HELP OUT CORRECTLY.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT SMITH TOWER OR JUST NEED TO GET SOME INFORMATION FROM MR. FI? SORRY, AS BUILT CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION, YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATION DOCUMENTATION AND, AND THE TOWER ITSELF STAMPED ENGINEERING DRAWINGS FOR LOAD.

I THINK THAT I HAVE THAT AT MY OFFICE AND IF I, I DON'T, I CAN GET IT FROM THE, THE, THE TOWER COMPANY.

UH, ON THREE COAXES INSTEAD OF NINE.

THAT'D BE, THAT WOULD HELP TREMENDOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, MR. FINCH, IF YOU CAN GET THAT FOR US, THAT'LL HELP.

BUT NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR TOWER WHERE YOU, SEAN HUGHES SAYS THAT THE TOWER WON'T HOLD THE NEW MOTOROLA STUFF AND YOU SAY YOU DIFFER.

YOU WANNA BEG THE DIFFERENCE.

YOU WANT TO TELL US YOU THINK YOUR TOWER WILL HOLD THAT STUFF? IT'S HOLDING IT RIGHT NOW.

WELL, IT'S NOT THE NEW STUFF.

IT IT, UM, LET ME, THE NEXT PARA PARAGRAPH WILL YEAH, GO AHEAD.

BY THE WAY, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYBODY FROM THEM SINCE JANUARY 19TH.

THE CURRENT ENGINEERING ON MY TOWER SAYS IT FAILS IN A COUPLE OF THREE PLACES.

THAT IS UNDER THE CURRENT E-I-A-R-S 2 22 H AS IN HOTEL STANDARDS.

MY TOWER WAS OVER-ENGINEERED IN 1998 UNDER THE RS TWO 20 2D STANDARDS THAT WAS RELEASED IN 1996.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO LESS THAN FOUR T-I-A-E-I-A INDUSTRY STANDARD CHANGES SINCE THAT MY TOWER WAS ERECTED.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT MY TOWER'S UNSAFE? I DON'T THINK SO.

I LIVE 300 FEET FROM THE BASE OF THAT 500 FOOT TOWER.

IN THE PAST, SINCE THE TWO MICROWAVE DISHES THAT MOTOROLA PUT UP FOR THE PARKER COUNTY SYSTEM, WE'VE HAD AT LEAST TWO, 200 MILE AN HOUR STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE TOWER'S STILL UP.

SEVERAL TREES CAME DOWN, UH, IN THE AREA.

MY TOWER'S STILL UP.

I'VE HAD TWO INCHES OF RADIAL ICE ON THE TOWER AND THE 27 GUY WIRES AND THE TOWER'S STILL UP.

UH, TWO YEARS AGO, ANOTHER ENGINEERING FIRM BY THE, THE NAME OF LARSON AND LARSON OUTTA DALLAS, UH, PARKER COUNTY PAID FOR THAT STUDY ALSO SAID THAT, UH, AT THAT TIME IT WAS GOOD TO INSTALL THE TWO MICROWAVE DISHES.

IT FAILS.

NOW HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WHEN I HAD THE TOWER ENGINEERED IN 1998 BY ESCO TOWER, THE SPECIFICATIONS I GAVE THEM WERE 24 DB 2 24, 24 FOOT LONG ANTENNAS ON THREE LEVELS, 500, 400 AND 330 FOOT WITH THE ASSOCIATED COAXES.

THERE'S NOWHERE NEAR 24 DB 2 24 STYLE ANTENNAS UP THERE.

NOW THERE ARE SEVERAL TWO AND THREE FOOT WIFI DISHES AND THE TWO BIG, UH, PARKER COUNTY DISHES.

UM, I USE CROSS BAND COUPLERS ON ALL THREE ANTENNA BANDS TO GET EACH ONE OF 'EM DOWN THE TOWER,

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OKAY, THAT SAVES WINDLOW.

MY SOLUTION FOR PARKER COUNTY WOULD BE TO CHANGE OUT THREE OF MY EXISTING 800 MEG CHANNEL, UH, ANTENNAS TO THE 700 MEG ANTENNAS WITH THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS.

UH, PARKER COUNTY IS PRESENTLY USING THAT SAME SYSTEM ON THEIR HIGH-BAND SYSTEM.

THERE WOULD BE NO COST TO THE COUNTY OTHER THAN THE NORMAL, UH, EXPECTED INCREASE BECAUSE OF YOU'RE GOING TO 10 CHANNELS INSTEAD OF FOUR, UH, FIVE CHANNELS.

UH, THERE MIGHT BE ACTUALLY SIX NEW CHANNELS.

UH, AND AAL COMMUNICATIONS AT THAT POINT DOES ALL THE UPKEEP OF ALL ANTENNAS AND MAINTENANCE ON THE, THE, THE COAXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, WITH MY PROPOSAL, THERE'S ZERO WIND LOAD ADDITIONAL ADDED TO THE TOWER.

UH, AND THERE'S NO EXPENSIVE UPGRADES TO SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY AT THAT $100,000 COST TO THE TAXPAYERS OF PARKER COUNTY.

UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? BUT, SORRY, I'M HALF DEAF RADIO MAN AND GO FIGURE, BUT, WELL, WE'RE NOT RADIO PEOPLE, BUT, UH, MR. SCOTT, DOES ANY OF ANY OF THIS STUFF MAKE SENSE TO YOU? I WOULD, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY SAY YES.

I MEAN THE, THE, AS MR. FINCH MENTIONED THAT THE, THE SPECIFICATION OF WHICH THE TOWER WAS BUILT TO IN THE LATE NINETIES ABSOLUTELY MEETS THE STANDARD.

WHEN WE DO OUR ASSESSMENTS NOW, WE USE THE LATEST VERSION OF THOSE AS MENTIONED, THE H REVISION OF THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE, WE MEASURE EVERYTHING OFF OF.

UM, THUS THE SITE DID NOT MEET OUR NEEDS FOR, UH, UNDER REVISION H THE MOST CURRENT AND, AND UPTODATE STANDARD.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, WE DO NOT RECOMMEND USING SHARED ANTENNA SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR MISSION CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS.

THEY'VE BEEN USING THAT SHARED SYSTEM FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN BACK ON MY TOWER WITH HIGH BAND.

PROCEED.

AND, AND SO ADDITIONAL WITH ZERO PROBLEMS, LET, LET HIM FINISH.

ADDING THE ADDITIONAL 700 INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, WAS INCLUDED IN THAT ASSESSMENT.

THAT'S WHERE THE SITE FAILED, WAS WITH THE ADDITIONAL TOWER, UH, OR ADDITIONAL CO ACCIDENT ANTENNA AS MENTIONED.

THE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ADD THAT THERE.

WITHOUT THAT, THE SITE MAY PASS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW COMING UP WITH SIRI GRANT, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER MICROWAVE DISH TO MAKE CONNECTION TO FORT WORTH THAT'S GONNA ADD ADDITIONAL LOAD THAT WASN'T EVEN CALCULATED IN BEFORE IT FAILED.

SO WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS COMING UP WITH THIS NEXT PROJECT AS WELL.

SO IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST WHAT'S EXISTING TODAY, WHAT'S COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

CAN I ASK WHAT, WHEN YOU SAY IT FAILED, WALK ME THROUGH JUST FROM A VERY PRACTICAL NON-SUPER TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT FAILED? DID IT BLOW OVER UNDER SOME CERTAIN SIMULATED WIND CONDITIONS? LIKE WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT DO YOU MEAN FAILED.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY, WHEN ENGINEERS TAKE THESE IN, UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A GIVEN AMOUNT OF WEIGHT AND WIND LOAD THAT A TOWER CAN HANDLE.

SO AS YOU ADD COAX SIMPLY JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, THIN COAX GOES UP THE TOWER THAT ADDS WEIGHT AND WIND LOAD.

UM, EVERY TIME YOU ADD A MICROWAVE DISH, THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT WIND LOAD TO A TOWER THAT CAN PUT IT IN, IN DANGER.

SO THEY DO THOSE CALCULATIONS AND C AT AND, AND THE SPECIFICATIONS LIKE REVISION H UM, SPECIFIES WHAT TYPE OF WIND LOAD, UH, WILL BE APPLIED TO WHAT GRADE OF TOWER WHEN THEY DO THOSE CALCULATIONS.

IT EXCEEDS BY X AMOUNT.

THOSE, THOSE SCENARIOS, AND SINCE THIS IS CARRYING MISSION CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS, WE, THESE STANDARDS ARE MUCH MORE STRINGENT THAN THEY WOULD BE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S JUST GONNA CARRY AMM RADIO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

DID THE, DID THE TEST, DID THE PARAMETERS PUT INTO THE SIMULATION ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT THIS WAS JUST A SWITCHING AND NOT AN ADDITION? THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITION.

SO THE, THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITION IF, FOR THE COUNTY TO ADD 700, 800 CAPABILITIES TO THAT SITE.

BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT, MOTOROLA DOES NOT RECOMMEND IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT SITE.

WE DO NOT RECOMMEND.

SO IF THERE'S AN ADDITION, HOW IS THERE ZERO ADDITIONAL WIND LOAD? DO WHAT NOW? THIS YOUR LETTER, SIR, SAYS THAT THERE'S ZERO ADDITIONAL WIND LOAD.

IF, IF I HAVE SOME 800 MEGA ANTENNAS UP THERE RIGHT NOW, THREE OF 'EM? YES, SIR.

THE 800 MEG ANTENNAS FOR DUAL BAND, OR ACTUALLY EVEN SINGLE BAND, BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY NEED 800 MEG ON IT.

THERE WOULD BE TWO FOR THEIR PROPOSED DIVERSITY SYSTEM AND ONE TRANSMIT.

WHAT I WOULD DO IS CHANGE OUT THOSE ANTENNAS,

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UH, BECAUSE I HAVE OTHER ANTENNAS FOR 800 MEG, I WOULD CHANGE OUT THOSE ANTENNAS TO 700 MEG ANTENNAS WITH THE SAME SPECS AND EVERYTHING.

AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'VE BEEN USING THIS SAME SYSTEM.

IT, IT'S MULTI COUPLE AND IT'S AN INDUSTRY STANDARD THAT SAVES MONEY AND WIND LOAD AND EVERYTHING FOR CUSTOMERS AND THE TOWER OWNERS.

SO WITH, WITH YOUR APPROACH RIGHT THERE, IS THAT WHAT THE TESTING WAS BASED OFF OF OR WAS THE TESTING BASED OFF OF ADDING NO, IT WAS BASED OFF OF ADDING.

SO WE DO, OUR COVERAGE ANALYSIS IS BASED OFF SINGLE USER AND THAT'S MISSION CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND USING SPECIFIED OUR SPECIFIED.

SO THAT BRINGS UP MY SECOND QUESTION.

YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU DON'T RECOMMEND SHARING SYSTEMS WHEN IT'S MISSION CRITICAL.

CAN YOU WALK THROUGH, I MEAN, I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU RECOMMEND THAT, BUT CAN YOU WALK THROUGH JUST FOR RECORD SAKE? ABSOLUTELY.

SO WHEN, UH, WHEN IT'S MISSION CRITICAL LIKE THAT, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT OTHER, UH, RF IS BEING PUSHED UP THROUGH.

UM, THAT CO ACCIDENT MAY OR MAY NOT INTERFERE.

I CAN'T SAY THAT IT WOULD OR WOULD NOT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THERE.

AND THAT'S THE PRIMARY FUNCTION.

I DUNNO WHAT ELSE OTHER HARDWARE IS THERE.

IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, WE CAN SPECIFICALLY GO TEST, SWEEP AND SEE THOSE LINES, UM, ARE, YOU KNOW, INTERVAL WHEN IT'S SAFE FOR US TO DO SO, UH, WHEN IT'S SAFE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO DO SO.

SO WE HAVE MUCH MORE CONTROL OVER THAT SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TIME TO FIND A PROBLEM AND NARROW DOWN A PROBLEM.

THAT'S WHY WE DO NOT RECOMMEND SHARED LINES.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING A TOWER THAT HAS SHARED LINES.

YOUR GOAL FOR US IS TO HAVE A SINGLE USE TOWER THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY SHARING SO THAT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, WE CONTROL THE TOWER, WE CONTROL THE FIX, ET CETERA.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND, AND SO THE PROPAGATION MAPS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED FOR THE COUNTY AND THE PROPOSAL, IT'S BASED OFF OF JUST THAT, THOSE, THOSE SINGLE USE LINES.

MR. BALDWIN, DO YOU, UH, HAVE THAT SAME OPINION OF THE NON-SHARED LINES? YES.

IT, IT'S, IT'S MISSION CRITICAL AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN POINT THE FINGER AT OURSELVES IF THERE IS A PROBLEM.

AND THERE'S NORMALLY PROBLEMS WITH SHARED LINES OR I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, THAT THIS TECH TECHNOLOGY GOES BACK TO 35, 40 YEARS AGO, MAYBE 50.

UH, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED MY STUFF FROM, UH, RAY TROTT, LLOYD ALCORN, THE, THE, THE BIG NAMES IN THIS INDUSTRY IN THAT TECHNOLOGY.

AND IT WAS, IT'S BEEN COMMON PRACTICE TO MULTI COUPLE LINES SINCE THEN BECAUSE COAXES ARE EXPENSIVE.

MOTOROLA WANTS, WANTS TO SELL THOSE COAXES ANTENNAS.

I HAVE OFFERED TO, TO, TO DO ALL THIS AT NO COST TO THE, THE COUNTY.

I UPKEEP 'EM.

I'VE BEEN KEEPING THEM CURRENT SINCE YOU GUYS CAME BACK ON THE TOWER THE LAST TIME AND BEFORE, UH, IT WAS, THEY'VE BEEN ON THE TOWER TWICE AND BOTH TIMES I HAVE MAINTAINED THOSE SYSTEMS WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE THE WHOLE TIME.

MR. MULLIN HAVE, HAVE YOU BEEN OUT TO HIS TOWER? I, I HAVE NOT.

AND I HAVE NOT SEEN THE LEASE AGREEMENT EITHER.

UM, AND, AND THE QUESTION STILL COMES DOWN TO, UM, WOULD THAT TOWER FACILITATE ANOTHER MICROWAVE, UH, CONNECTION FOR US TO CONNECT TO FORT WORTH WITH FUTURE COMING PROJECTS? UH, ONE QUESTION.

WHY WOULD YOU USE MICROWAVE NOWADAYS? WHEN THERE'S FIBER THAT'S MORE EFFICIENT AND FASTER, THE COST TO GET FIBER FROM OUR CENTRAL LOCATION IN THE CORE OUT TO THAT PART OF THE COUNTY WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE ON A, ON MONDAY FIBER'S RIGHT DOWN THE MY STREET RIGHT NOW.

IS IT THE SAME TYPE OF FIBER LINE OR IS IT, OR ARE THEY ALL THE SAME? OH, THERE, THERE'S DIFFERENT COMPANIES.

UH, WE'VE QUOTED OUT TO CONNECT FROM THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD TWO FORT WORTH RADIO SYSTEM, IT WOULD BE ABOUT $10,000 A MONTH BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT VENDORS IT HAS TO GO THROUGH.

A MATTER OF PHYSICS, THE RAIN FADES, UH, AND E EVEN THE SUN IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS IN AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR WILL SHUT YOUR MICROWAVE DOWN.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S AN EXPENSIVE COST OR AN INCREASED COST WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT VENDORS ON THAT FIBER NETWORK TO GET TO THAT POINT.

I DON'T.

SO IS FIBER BETTER THAN THEY TELL US YOU? IT'S A LOT FASTER, NOT BETTER.

THERE'S A LOT OF OF RAIN FADES WITH MICROWAVE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT, THAT JUST PHYSICS,

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ALSO.

JAMES, YOU WANNA, SEAN, CAN CAN YOU GO TO THE, THE, THE, UH, SURE.

BECAUSE THERE'S A COMMENT ABOUT THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU.

SURE, SURE.

UM, YOU WOULD, SIR, STEP ASIDE, STEP ASIDE, JUST TO THE MIC.

THERE WE GO.

SO, UH, TALKING ABOUT MICROWAVE MICRO, WE, WE CAN USE FIBER OR MICROWAVES.

EITHER ONE IS AN OPTION.

UH, WITH FIBER, THERE'S DEFINITELY A REOCCURRING COST THAT THE COUNTY WOULD INCUR AS A RESULT OF THAT, UH, PROVIDED, LIKE MICHAEL MENTIONED THROUGH THE VARIOUS CARRIERS TO GET IT FROM A TO B.

UM, WHEN WE DESIGN MICROWAVE, IT'S DESIGNED TO FIVE NINES OF RELIABILITY.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RAIN FADE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, WE'RE TALKING A FEW SECONDS A YEAR, UH, WHERE THAT MAY BECOME AN ISSUE.

UH, WE ALSO BUILD IN REDUNDANCY JUST FOR THAT.

I WOULD SAY, UH, OF THE SYSTEMS THAT I'VE DONE AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS, 90% OF IT IS DONE WITH MICROWAVE, IF NOT MORE.

UM, AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, WE, WE BUILD REDUNDANCY IN, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FIVE NINES OF RELIABILITY, WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT FADES AND DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT ARE THERE.

SO YES.

AND IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY LESS.

WELL, IT, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OWNED BY THE COUNTY, IT'S OWNED BY YOU.

SO WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM, WE GO TO WORK ON IT RIGHT AWAY.

WE'RE NOT HAVING TO CALL A THIRD PARTY TO COME AND TAKE CARE OF THINGS.

WHEREAS FIBER, WE'RE DEPENDENT ON THIRD PARTIES, A CONNECTION SOMEWHERE ELSE BEING DOWN.

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AND I ASSUME THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE THIRD PARTIES ALONG THAT CHAIN.

AND I, I'LL BE HONEST, I STOOD HERE IN FRONT OF THE COURT AND HAD TO EXPLAIN WHY FIBER CUT AND DECATUR TOOK DOWN OUR MAIN SITE HERE, JUST NORTH OF TOWN, THREE MILES, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT WAS A, A BACKHOE CUT INTO A FIBER LINE, I DECATUR AND TOOK OUT OUR MAIN SITE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL WE GOT THINGS REROUTED.

SO, AND THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR MISSION CRITICAL OPERATIONS FOR THE SO FIRE, ET CETERA, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

MR. KAYWOOD, WOULD YOU CARE TO COMMENT AT ALL? WELL, TO THAT, UH, I WOULD SAY THE FIBER IS A GOOD BACKUP, HONESTLY.

UH, WE JUST HAD AN INCIDENT, UH, WHERE SQUIRRELS TOOK OUT OUR MAIN FIBER FROM THE MAIN TOWER TO THE LC UH, RECENTLY WE HAD TO GET CITY WITHERFORD TO FIND IT, MEASURE IT, AND I DON'T RECALL THE OUTAGE WE HAD, BUT IT WAS, UH, UH, ABOUT TWO OR THREE HOURS ON THAT I WOULD SAY WE'RE EXPERIENCING MORE FIBER OUTAGES, UH, THAN THE MICROWAVE SITE IN MY, AND, AND TO DIVERT THIS BACK, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT COMING TO THE COURT SAYING, HEY, LET'S LEAVE HIS COW TOWER RIGHT NOW.

UH, IT'S JUST, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED NEGOTIATION WITH TRI-COUNTY, CAN WE USE THE TOWER OR NOT? SO THAT'S, IF WE CAN'T USE THAT IT, WELL THEN WE NEED TO HAVE THESE UNDERSTOOD, THESE BETTER CONVERSATIONS.

IT, IT'S, RIGHT NOW, DO, DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED FORWARD LOOKING IF WE CAN USE THE TRI-COUNTY SMITH TOWER OR, OR NOT, AND JAMES ALSO, THE, THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S CURRENTLY OVER THERE, IT'S GONNA BE PHASED OUT IN 27.

SO IT MIGHT BE BEST JUST TO LEAVE IT AND NOT BRING IT OVER SIDE.

AND THAT'S THE SAME THING.

IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE, THE VHF SIDE UP, WE, WE PROBABLY HAVE TO KEEP MAINTAINING THAT, UH, THE EXISTING WITHOUT IT, THE 700 UPGRADE THERE.

SO THAT'S THE QUESTION HERE IS DO WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN USE THE, TAKE THE TRI COUNTY TOWER AND UTILIZE IT? YOU SAID THAT PRICE TO CONTINUE ON WAS WHAT, 40,000? YES.

INSTEAD OF 80? YEAH, THAT RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH THEM IS 42,950.

THAT'S ONLY THING THAT'S GONNA TELL US, CAN WE PUT ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT ON THERE AND FUTURE EQUIPMENT, NO EXCEPTIONS.

UNDERSTOOD.

THAT IS CORRECT.

SO, BUT IT MAY BE LESS THAN THAT WITH THE INFORMATION THAT HE HAS.

AND, AND YEAH, WE DEFINITELY REACH OUT WITH YOU.

WE WERE AT YOUR SITE, UH, ME AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THE OTHER DAY, SO YES.

ANY INFORMATION WE DEFINITELY WANNA LOOK AT.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO DELAY THIS STUFF GOING FORWARD MUCH.

WELL, I'M, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO FORWARD TO SEE IF WE CAN EVEN USE THAT TOWER.

MOTION BE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND BY WHAT I SAY IS COMMISSIONER, I SAY LET'S, LET'S HAVE THAT FOR APPROVAL, BUT IF WE CAN DIG UP INFORMATION.

SURE.

UH, I, I'LL DO THAT FIRST.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY INTENT TO, TO MOVE EVERYTHING OFF OF THE, THE TOWER.

I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHAT'S BEST AND I THINK EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE USUALLY IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAXPAYERS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

I THINK EVERYBODY HERE IS ON ACTUALLY ON THE SAME PAGE FOR ONCE.

GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEMS. UM, SIX.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.

OH, GOOD ITEM.

MR. FINCH, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, UH, TELLING US ALL THAT INFORMATION YOU GAVE US.

AND MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION OFF, OFF THE AZEL TOWER FROM YOU.

WHILE WE'RE ON THAT SUBJECT, I'M

[6.I. Approve the Land Mobile Radio System Implementation Audit Proposal from Mission Critical Partners and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) ]

I APPROVE

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THE LAND MOBILE RADIO SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION, AUDIT PROPOSAL, PERMISSION CRITICAL PARTNERS, AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF COURT NEEDS NECESSARY.

AND I PRESENTED A HANDOUT TO EACH ONE OF YOU AND, UH, I THINK THAT IS WAS SENT AROUND PREVIOUSLY.

UH, WHAT THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR IS FOR SOMEONE TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT A PROPER AUDIT IS DONE OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE RECEIVE.

UH, PROPER SCHEDULING IS MAINTAINED.

THEY WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT'S APPOINTED.

UM, SPECIFICALLY YOU HAVE IN THE SCOPE OF WORK PROJECT INITIATION THAT IS WORKING WITH THE, THE GROUP THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED TO DO THIS WORK.

UH, SYSTEM FAMILIARIZATION, UH, THE LOOK THROUGH, HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING, SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED TO COMPLETE THIS TASK ON TIME.

UH, THEY WOULD VISIT ALL OF THE LOCATIONS, THEY WOULD REVIEW FUNCTIONING OF THE TEST, THE REVIEW COVERAGE.

THEY WOULD DO THE FINAL PUNCH LIST TO ENSURE THAT WE RECEIVED ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE WERE PROMISED WITHIN THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME OPTIONAL AS WELL.

AND THAT WOULD BE PARTICIPATE IN FUNCTIONAL ACCEPTANCE TESTING, PARTICIPATE IN COVERAGE ACCEPTANCE TESTING, AND REVIEW OF FUNCTIONAL AND COVERAGE ACCEPTANCE, ACCEPTANCE TEST.

MR. KAYWOOD, CAN YOU DO ALL THIS STUFF? CAN I LET, LET'S, UH, JAMES, WOULD YOU COME UP WITH THE MIC AND ALSO MICHAEL AND SEAN, UH, COUNSEL, WHAT IS THE COST OF THAT? UM, I KNOW WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US HERE, AND I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

WHAT IS THE COST OF THAT FOR THAT CONSULTANT? THE PRICING FOR THE PRIMARY TASK IS 34,798.

THE OPTIONAL TASK WOULD BE 19,962.

UH, THAT'D BE A TOTAL OF 54, 760 SOURCE OF THE FUNDING.

WHERE WOULD THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDING BE? I WAS JUST ASKED TO GET THE INFORMATION.

THAT WOULD BE A BRIANNA QUESTION BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, BRIANNA, BEFORE WE GO BOTHER YOU WITH THAT.

UM, JAMES, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, WHAT YOU JUST HEARD FROM, I, I WON'T READ 'EM ALL OFF, BUT FROM THE, FROM THE AUDIT THAT'S BEING DONE, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PRODUCT INITIATION, THE SYSTEM FROM VARIATION, THE ON TIME COMPLETION, THE EQUIPMENT RECEIVED REVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONALITY, IS THERE AN OPTION TO THIS ON THE CONSULTANT? UH, WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? AND I'M GONNA ASK ALL THREE OF YOU FOR THAT.

MY THOUGHT GOING FORWARD, UH, BEEN DEALING WITH A COUPLE WEEKS NOW, UH, WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, INVOLVED ALSO, WE'VE VISITED EVERY SITE, UH, WORKING WITH MOTOROLA.

THE MAIN GOAL IS WHAT, WHAT'S THE BEST PRACTICE TO GET THIS PUBLIC SAFETY WORKING, UH, BENEFICIAL FOR THE COUNTY USERS.

EVERYONE HAS A STAKE IN IT, PLUS BENEFICIAL TO THE TAXPAYERS.

UH, WHAT MAKES SENSE, AND IT'S MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION SINCE I'VE BEEN IN IT WORKING ON IT, IS LET, UH, LEAVE IT WITH ME, THIS COMMITTEE AND LET'S GET THROUGH IT AND GET IT DONE.

UM, OKAY.

THERE'S ALSO THE DISCUSSION AND, AND, AND I WANT TO, MICHAEL, IF YOU WOULD COME UP PLEASE.

UM, FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I'VE MET WITH YOU AND, UM, YOUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, LANCE ARNOLD, WHO WAS ALSO THE POLICE CHIEF IN, UH, THAT DISCUSSION WITH COMMISSIONER CONLEY MYSELF ON UTILIZATION OF, OF YOUR RESOURCES WITH THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD AND YOURSELF.

AND, AND IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IN HAVING MORE DEDICATED PARKER COUNTY PEOPLE.

THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP.

AS A COLLABORATION.

YOU'RE DEFINITELY A STAKEHOLDER IN THIS.

UH, I THINK THAT SOLVES THAT ISSUE VERY QUICKLY.

WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS? I, I, I THINK IT IS AN OPTION, UM, FOR THE COURT TO EVALUATE, UM, AND MAYBE TABLE THAT DECISION.

UM, AND SO WE CAN GET SOME OTHER STUFF.

WE'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME OF THE DUST TO SETTLE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE, UH, SOME OF THE GOTCHAS, UM, DO WE NEED MORE CONTINGENCY OR DO WE NOT? UM, AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THIS, WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW SET UP TO KIND OF RESTART THE PROJECT KICKOFF, UH, BRING EVERYBODY UP TO, UP TO SPEED ON WHAT OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS, HOW IT FUNCTIONS, UM, AND WHAT THIS PROJECT IS IS GONNA DO TO CHANGE THAT, AS WELL AS THE SIRI GRANT AND ANY FUTURE PROJECTS THAT COULD COME INTO THIS AS WELL.

SO, UH, WE'RE WE'RE STARTING THAT PROCESS, UH, TRYING TO WEED THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE AND, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM HERE BY TABLING THAT.

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA TAKE TO DO? UH, I'M NOT SURE.

UM, WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS MEETING TOMORROW AND KIND OF HAVE A, A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WILL THAT JE WHAT WE HAVE, WILL THAT JEOPARDIZE THE URGENCY OF THIS, THIS, THIS PROJECT AT ALL BY THAT THIS, I GUESS THE ASSESSMENT OF THOSE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GONNA JEOPARDIZE IT.

IT, IT ADDS ANOTHER WORKING PERSON IN THERE.

UM, OKAY.

RIGHT NOW THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, THAT ARE

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ON THIS COMMITTEE, UH, WE'RE DRIVING FORWARD, UH, OKAY.

WE HAVEN'T HIT ANY ROADBLOCKS YET.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DRIVING FORWARD AND EVERYBODY HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN, IN, IN OWNERSHIP IN MAKING SURE THIS GOES FORWARD.

AND IS WEATHERFORD GONNA HAVE ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS OTHER THAN THE, THE, THE HOURS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING, OBVIOUSLY THIS WEATHERFORD'S PAYING FOR, IS THERE ANY CHARGE THAT'S, THAT'S, THERE'S NO CHARGE FOR THIS CITY, WEATHERFORD? NO, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN TWO WEEKS AT OUR NEXT COURT, BUT WHILE WE DO HAVE, SEAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, ANYTHING YOU WANNA SPEAK TO AT THIS TIME? NO, I, I'LL SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, THE INVOLVEMENT THAT, UH, THAT JAMES AND MICHAEL AND, AND BEN OVER HOLT FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT WE'VE HAD FROM THESE GUYS IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.

UM, WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN, IN, IN TWO WEEKS.

THAT, THAT I DIDN'T THINK POSSIBLE.

SO, UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK STILL TO DO, BUT I HONESTLY WITH THIS GROUP THAT WE'RE, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

WE'RE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN WE'RE OKAY.

ALSO, UM, DEPUTY, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS? UM, BEEN OVERHOLD LIEUTENANT SHERIFF'S OFFICE? UH, MY RECOMMENDATION IS, IS GO WITH THESE GUYS, UH, THE CONSULTANT THAT, I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA SPEND 50,000 FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU, GO FOR IT.

IF NOT, I THINK, UH, LET US GET A GRASP OF THE SCOPE OF WORK.

UH, WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY ON BOARD OF, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY.

I MEAN, IT'S COUNTY ASSETS.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE.

UM, AND WE'RE ON BOARD ON THAT.

AND, UH, WE'RE ALREADY GETTING THE LIST IN.

WE'RE GONNA GET, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT IN TWO WEEKS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ANSWER OF WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, WHAT WE HAVE.

WE'RE GONNA GO BACK DOWN TO ITEM SIX E ON AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE COURSE ENROLLMENT FORM WITH THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY CYBERSECURITY TRAINING PROGRAM.

ACCOUNTED FOR WHAT WE DON'T HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR.

AND I THINK YOU GOT THE RIGHT GROUP TOGETHER FINALLY.

YEAH, EVERYTHING'S WORKING REALLY WELL SO FAR.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

SO I HAD A QUESTION.

UM, WELL, NO, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MICHAEL.

NOT SORRY, LIEUTENANT.

UH, DO YOU NEED SOME KIND OF AUTHORIZATION? I'M TOLD MAYBE FOR, TO BE WORKING WITH COG OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UH, THAT'S, THAT'S FOR THE SIRI GRANT FOR THE CITY WEATHER, FOR, TO MANAGE THAT, UH, AS A CONVERSATION I WAS HAVE WITH, UH, JUDGE DEANS SHORTLY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

WELL, JUDGE, AREN'T WE GONNA JUST TAKE NO ACTION? NO ACTION.

WAIT TWO WEEKS, LET THE COMMITTEE OKAY.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

[6.E. Authorize the County Judge to execute the course enrollment form for the Texas Association of Counties' Cybersecurity Training Program. (James Caywood / Judge Deen) ]

JAMES.

SO THIS IS OUR ANNUAL CYBERSECURITY SATISFY, UH, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 2 0 5 4 0.5191.

UH, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR ALSO D-I-D-I-R IS CHARGING US $5 PER USER.

UH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FREE.

UH, THAT WAS IN OUR, UH, CONTRACT SERVICES, SO, UH, NO COST OUTSIDE OF THAT.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

[6.F. Discuss/Take action regarding the State Criminal Alien Assistance (SCAAP) grant application. (Cyndi Smith / Judge Deen) ]

GOOD.

ITEM F, DISCUSS TAKE ACTION.

REGARDING THE STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE SCAM GRANT APPLICATION.

CINDY SMITH.

CINDY SMITH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE, SIR FOR PARKER COUNTY, UH, ANNUALLY WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THE STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED ABOUT $4 MILLION, UH, 4 MILLION.

THIS IS FOR ALIENS THAT WERE HOUSED IN OUR JAIL.

BETWEEN JULY.

THE CURRENT ONE IS FOR JULY 1ST, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2023.

PRISONERS THAT HAD BEEN IN THERE, ALIEN PRISONERS THAT HAD BEEN IN THERE FOR MORE THAN FOUR DAYS.

THIS HELPS, UH, PAY FOR THE JAILERS, ADMIN, CONSTRUCTION, AND VARIOUS ITEMS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UH, WE DO HAVE A DEADLINE OF JULY 15TH THAT THE FIRST INITIAL PART OF IT NEEDS TO BE FILED FOR.

OKAY, BRIANNA, WE RECEIVED ACTUALLY, UH, 31,889,000.

UM, AND WHAT I'D ALSO ASK WITH THIS MOTION, IN ADDITION TO APPLYING FOR THE GRANT, UM, ALSO ACCEPTING THOSE GRANT FUNDS AND DRAWING THEM DOWN.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED, IT'S USUALLY KIND OF A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE WE GET THE APPROVAL, BUT THEN WE'LL SEE, RECEIVE AN EMAIL THAT SAYS, UM, TO DRAW DOWN THE FUNDS AND IT'S TIME SENSITIVE.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK WITH THIS IS TO ALSO ACCEPT AND DRAW DOWN THOSE FUNDS ONCE APPROVED.

AND THEY RECEIVE 15% OF ANY GRANT FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE RELATED TO THIS.

UM, ONE OTHER THING WITH THIS IS WE HAVE A, WHICH JOHN PUTS ON THE AGENDA SEPARATELY, A, UM, AGREEMENT WITH JUSTICE BENEFITS.

AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WORK WITH THE JAIL, UM, TO GET ALL THE NUMBERS TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION.

THEY KIND OF PUT THE PACKAGE TOGETHER TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT.

UM,

[01:20:01]

SO, SO FOR CLARIFICATION, HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE GET LAST YEAR? WE GOT 31,889, AND THEN WE WOULD'VE PAID JUSTICE BENEFITS, ABOUT 15% OF THAT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES.

FIVE.

[6.H. Discuss and take any action the court deems necessary regarding ARPA funding. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) ]

MOVE TO ITEM H.

SIX H DISCUSSED.

TAKE ACTION.

ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY REGARDING ARPA FUNDING? JOHN? YES.

WHEN SEAN HUGHES RETIRED, HE HAD BEEN MANAGING THE ARPA FUNDS AND THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS THAT WERE COMING IN, ALL THE PAPERWORK.

AND SO WE JUST NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE DESIGNATED TO TAKE ON THAT TASK.

AT THIS POINT, WE ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.

I GUESS I'M LOOKING AT YOU OR BRIANNA AND BRIANNA HAS, UH, SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.

SHE AND I DISCUSSED THIS, SO I THINK THE TREASURER COULD DO A GOOD JOB AT THAT.

WE DID, UM, LAST WEEK SEND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, BASICALLY A CHECKLIST THAT WE HAD PROVIDED TO SEAN TO KIND OF GO THROUGH, UM, ONCE THOSE, UH, ADVANCE FUNDING THEIR REQUESTS FOR PAYMENTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED, THE STUFF THAT, FROM THE AUDIT PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE.

UM, AND SO WE'VE PROVIDED THAT CHECKLIST TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SO I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

AND THEN ONCE YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S APPOINTED THE NEW KIND OF TRANSITION INTO THAT AND THOSE HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO ME, UM, HANDLING THE GRANTS, UM, IN CONTACT WITH THE COUNTY AND THE COG AND ANYONE THAT'S, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH IT, IF THAT'S APPROVED TO CONTINUE.

SO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE IN MANAGING THIS TASK? YES, SIR.

I'VE MANAGED GRANTS BEFORE.

AND ALL THE ENTITIES THAT HAVE MADE REQUESTS UNDER THE ARPA FUNDS, PROBABLY IF YOU COULD REACH OUT, SEND AN EMAIL TO THEM? YES.

WE'VE BEEN, AS THEY'VE BEEN SENDING INFORMATION IN, UM, TO SEAN'S EMAIL, WE HAVE BEEN REACHING BACK OUT TO 'EM AND TELLING 'EM TO CONTACT ME AT THIS TIME UNTIL A DECISION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE TO CONTACT ME AND WE WOULD GIVE FURTHER INFORMATION TO THEM SHORTLY.

AND THAT WOULD ALSO BE IN TERMS OF WHEN WE, WE APPROVED OUR PRO FUNDING FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ENTITY.

THERE'S A CERTAIN ACTION ITEM THAT THEY WERE TO DO AND TO COMPLETE AS THEY QUALIFIED FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD TRACK AS WELL AS YES, SIR.

SO THEY DO MONTHLY, UM, REPORTING AND THEN OF COURSE ONCE THEY'VE EXPENDED FUNDS, THEN YOU'RE PREPARED GETTING THAT REIMBURSEMENT.

YOU, YOU HAVE THE TIME AND WITHIN YOUR DUTIES TO DO THAT.

I'M PUSHING ALL THIS THROUGH, YES.

VERY WELL.

STILL WORKING ON THE OTHER STUFF.

VERY WELL.

MS. MS. SMITH, WOULD YOU MIND, UM, ASSUMING THAT WE APPROVE YOU TO HANDLE THIS, WOULD YOU MIND PROVIDING THE COURT AN UPDATE, UH, ON A SOMEWHAT REGULAR BASIS, BE THAT MONTHLY, EVERY TWO MONTHS, ONCE A QUARTER, ET CETERA? WHATEVER Y'ALL WOULD LIKE.

MANAGEMENT FOR THE NEXT QUARTER FOR THEM TO TAKE ON THAT REPORT.

VERY WELL.

WHAT, WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS A APPROPRIATE FREQUENCY OR BRIANNA, FEEL FREE TO WEIGH IN AS WELL? UM, LIKE ONCE A MONTH IS KIND OF WHAT I'M THINKING.

THAT WAY, EVEN IF IT'S A VERY SHORT UPDATE, IT'S JUST, OR NO UPDATE, AT LEAST HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA.

YEAH, I THINK AT THIS TIME, IN MY OPINION WOULD BE ONCE A MONTH AND MAYBE LATER TOWARDS THE END OF IT.

IT COULD BE ONCE EVERY TWO MONTHS, DEPENDING ON, THERE'S NO ACTION OR NO UPDATES.

UM, I KNOW THE ARPA, I THINK MOST ALL OF 'EM WERE EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

UM, WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT TO ENSURE, UM, I'VE, I'VE SENT YOU ALL WHAT BASICALLY THE, UM, DEFINITION IS OF AN OBLIGATION.

UM, PART OF THAT IS WE HAVE A CONTRACT THESE MOUS WITH THESE ENTITIES AND SO THAT CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, CONSTITUTES AN OBLIGATION, BUT IT EXPIRES IN APRIL OF NEXT YEAR.

SO WE MAY WANNA LOOK AT THAT TO HAVE IT THROUGH THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD.

SO THEN THAT WAY OUR CONTRACT EXTENDS TO THAT.

UM, IF IT'S DEEMED SOME OF THESE ARE NOT GONNA BE SPENT, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT PROBABLY SOONER THAN LATER.

UM, AND SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REQUESTED OF THESE ENTITIES IN THEIR NEXT MONTHLY REPORT OF, YOU KNOW, YES, WHERE ARE THEY AT? BUT FROM A KIND OF PUT THOSE MILESTONE, UM, TIMELINES TOGETHER THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.

IF NOT, THEN IF WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, REALLOCATE YEAH, REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO SOMETHING ELSE, UM, WE WILL HAVE A ARPA REPORT DUE AT THE END OF JULY.

AND SO, UM, WHAT WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IS JUST HAVING THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE DO THAT REPORT FOR THIS QUARTER.

NORMALLY, UM, WE WOULD HAVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PUT IT TOGETHER AND THEN WE REVIEW AND KIND OF GO BACK AND FORTH ON COMMENTS.

UM, BUT FROM THE TIMING PERSPECTIVE, WE COULD JUST SUBMIT THAT REPORT, UM, REVIEW IT WITHIN OUR OFFICE AND THEN WE CAN TRAIN, UM, EMERGENCY

[01:25:01]

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAS ALREADY HANDLING IT.

IT'S REALLY JUST A DE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER PERSONNEL, RIGHT? SO, YEAH.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM J SIX J INTERLOCK AGREEMENT WITH JOHNSON COUNTY FOR INMATE HOUSING AND TAKE ANY ACTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THANK YOU.

TAKING THAT ON.

IT'S A DAUNTING TASK.

I'M SURE WE TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM.

[6.J. Interlocal Agreement with Johnson County for Inmate Housing and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) ]

THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY JOHN AND THIS CONTRACT ALLOWS US TO HOUSE INMATES AT JOHNSON COUNTY, UH, WITH JAIL STANDARDS.

WE'VE BEEN BUMPING CAPACITY AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WE'VE, IT'S BEEN NECESSARY TO SEND OUR INMATES ELSEWHERE.

UH, THE COST ON THIS WOULD BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY IS WHAT I THOUGHT.

MOVE TO ITEM 70, ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES UNDER ITEM A, EXECUTED A SECOND ADDENDUM WITH PEACE OR ISD FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

YOU HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

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

MOTION CARRIES FIVE VOTE.

[7. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES]

ITEM B, EXECUTED SECOND ADDENDUM WITH GARNER ISD FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

ITEM C, EXECUTED SECOND ADDENDUM WITH CITY OF RENO FOR DISPATCH SERVICES.

ITEM D, EXECUTED SECOND ADDENDUM WITH THE CITY OF HUDSON OAKS FOR DISPATCH SERVICES.

JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON ANY OF THESE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? TWO MINUTES.

MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT, EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 6 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE RESERVING THE RIGHT TO MEET ENCLO SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING UNDER ITEM MAY IT NETWORK PROJECT SECURITY UPDATE.

ACCEPTED INTO THE MINUTES.

WE'LL

[8. EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

UH, IT IS 10 26.

WE'LL TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND RETURN IN THERE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 10 40.

THE RECORD SHOW.

WE'LL RECESS IN AT 10 26, EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 1107 AND MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT ON ITEMS DISCUSSED UNDER ITEM A IT NETWORK PROJECT SECURITY UPDATE WILL TAKE NO ACTION.

MOVE TO

[9.A.1. PRECINCT 1 ]

ITEM NINE ON PLATS UNDER ITEM A ONE, PRECINCT ONE.

ARE Y'ALL READY FOR THIS? I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND START.

READ THIS OUT UNDER ITEM A PRECINCT ONE, ITEM ONE, BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS THE PLANTER SQUARE CONSISTING OF 6.804 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF ISABEL LANE, DEVELOPED BY JUSTIN CAMPBELL WITH WALNUT CREEK SUD IN PRECINCT ONE.

THIS IS A, UH, SIX 8.8 ACRE TRACK OF LAND.

IT'S GONNA BE SPLIT INTO TWO LOTS, UH, RANGING IN SIZE FROM 5.804 ACRES TO ONE ACRE.

UH, THEY DO HAVE WALNUT CREEK AS THEIR WATER SOURCE AND WE'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.

COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD TO BEGIN THE REVISION AND ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS ARE IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNELLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE

[9.A.2. PRECINCT 1 ]

TO ITEM TWO.

BEGIN THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS ROCKSTAR EDITION CONSISTENT OF 5.09.

NINE ACRES LOCATED OFF OF GILLEY LANE, DEVELOPED BY BONKER WRE, LLC WITH WELL IN WITH A WELL IN PRECINCT ONE.

THIS IS GONNA BE A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION.

LOT ONE HAS 2.351 ACRES IN IT AND LOT TWO IS BASED, IS A 2.748 ACRE TRACK OF LAND THAT'S GOING TO BE USED AS A PRIVATE ROAD.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAT IS THEY'RE BUILDING A HOUSE.

THIS IS FAMILY LAND AND THEY'RE JUST PUTTING IN A ROAD FOR ACCESS.

NOW THEIR ROAD FRONTAGE IS GONNA COME OFF OF GILLY LANE AND THEN ROCKSTAR WAY, WHICH IS GONNA BE THAT PRIVATE ROAD.

UH, WELL WATER IS GONNA BE THEIR WATER SOURCE.

AND THIS IS JUST A PRELIMINARY COUNSELOR.

EVERYTHING GOOD PRELIMINARY PURPOSES.

AND JUST ONE QUESTION WITH WHEN THAT SAYS WITH A WELL, IS THAT AN EXISTING WELL THAT'S THERE CURRENTLY OR IS THAT GOING TO GET A WELL, THEY'RE GONNA GET A WELL FOR THIS NEW HOUSE, THEIR BUILDING, SO PROBABLY NEED TO GET THE WAIVER.

WE, THE WAIVER WE NOT WELL REPORT.

SO WE WERE GONNA PUT THAT, SO THIS IS ROAD OFF OF NEWSOM MOUND ROAD AND THERE'S LOTS OF WATER IN THAT AREA.

BUT WE NEED THE, THE PAPERWORK AND, AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR THE PRELIMINARY.

WE'LL JUST GET THAT BEFORE THE FINAL.

GOT ITEM THREE ON APPROVE OF THE FINAL REVISION FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS ARENA PLACE CONSISTING OF 9.918 ACRES GATED OFF OF GILLIAN ROAD DEVELOPED BY ANTHONY TERA WITH WALNUT CREEK SUD IN PRECINCT ONE.

ANY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO IS I UNDERSTANDING, IS THERE A PENDING ITEM HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE LISTED? NO.

[01:30:01]

[9.A.3. PRECINCT 1 ]

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS REVISION TAKES LOT ONE AND TWO AND DIVIDES THEM INTO CORE TRACK OF LAND.

UH, THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM 2.2 ACRES TO 2.757 ACRES.

UH, NO, LOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD, SO NO LETTERS WORSE THAN OUT.

WE DID RUN ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE.

OKAY, UH, IT'S 1110.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE, WE'RE GONNA GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE, NUMBER THREE HERE ON SCENE NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1110 AND MOVE TO THE ITEM COUNSELOR.

EVERYTHING GOOD FOR A FINAL PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTED THAN THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING, THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.

UH, THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER THROUGH WALNUT CREEK AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL THE OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? I DID CARRIE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH

[9.A.4. PRECINCT 1 ]

MOVE ITEM FOUR, APPROVE THE FINAL MEETS AND BOUNDS FOR SUBDIVISION.

BE KNOWN AS THE BRANCHES OF VALLEY VIEW WEST 2.13 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF COTTONTAIL COURT DEVELOPED BY HIDDEN CREEK CUSTOM HOMES LLC IN KENMAR COMAS LP WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER AND PRECINCT ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROVISION WAS TO MOVE THE LOT LINE ON LOT 1 34 BY THESE TWO TRACKS OF LAND ARE, UH, 2.13 ACRES DIVIDED INTO TWO LOTS.

WALNUT CREEK WATER IS THEIR WATER SOURCE.

UH, WE DID RUN ADS IN THE, THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE.

OKAY, UH, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1111 ON ITEM NINE.

FOUR.

IS ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM HEARING NINE C NINE.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1111 AND MOVE TO THE ITEM.

COUNSELOR.

EVERYTHING GOOD FOR FINAL? UH, YES.

AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE'RE NOT CREATING AN ADDITIONAL LOT, IT'S JUST MOVING A LOT LINE OVER FOR THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

SO PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN NEWSPAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.

THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER THROUGH WALNUT CREEK AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL CRIMES HAVE BEEN MET.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH.

[9.A.5. PRECINCT 1 ]

MOVE TO ITEM FIVE.

ACCEPT THE GROUNDWATER REPORT FOR AFFORDABLE WATER.

WELL SERVICE FOR WELCH PLACE AND PRECINCT ONE, UH, IN THIS, UH, PROPERTY WELCH PLACE.

THEY HAVE AN EXISTING, WELL IT IS AN OLDER WELL.

UM, AND COMMISSIONER CONLEY DID APPROVE, UH, THE PAPERWORK THAT WAS PROVIDED.

MOVE TO APPROVE 9 85.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

FIVE.

VOTE GOOD.

[9.A.6. PRECINCT 1 ]

ITEM SIX.

BEGIN THE PRELIMINARY FOR A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS WELCH PLACE LOCATED IN THE ETJ CITY OF AZEL CONSISTING OF 2.01 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF FM SEVEN 30 SOUTH, DEVELOPED BY CHERYL ELAINE WELCH.

AN EXISTING WELL AND PRECINCT ONE.

THIS IS JUST GONNA BE A ONE LOT SUBDIVISION.

UH, THEY ARE SELLING OFF TO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT CURRENTLY HAS A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER ON THIS PROPERTY.

THEY DO HAVE AN EXISTING, WELL THEIR ROAD FRONTAGE IS OFF OF FM SEVEN 30 AND UH, THE CITY OF AZEL HAS RELEASED TO THE COUNTY TO HANDLE PLATING.

COUNCILOR, EVERYTHING GOOD? UH, FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES AND WE HAVE MET ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

OH, WE WILL MOVE TO, THAT WAS ITEM SIX.

OKAY SIR, I DIDN'T, I NORMALLY CIRCLE IT OR SCRATCH IT.

[9.B.1. PRECINCT 2 ]

I DIDN'T DO THAT.

ITEM B ONE PRECINCT TWO, RELEASE THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR Z TRAILS ADDITION PHASE TWO AND ACCEPT ZONA VERDE COURT, ZION FOREST TRAIL AND ZEBRA STONEWAY AS COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAYS AND PRECINCT TWO AND THE PRECINCT HAS APPROVED THE RELEASE OF THIS, UH, MAINTENANCE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $49,270.

WE'D JUST LIKE TO GET THESE ROADS PUT INTO OUR COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM.

COUNCIL, ARE ALL OUR DOCUMENTS IN ORDER? UH, YES.

EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.

WILL MOVE ITEM TWO B RELEASED TO THE ESCROW FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE FOR CLAREMONT PHASE TWO AND ACCEPT A PORTION OF AMANDA DRIVE AS A COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAY IN PRECINCT TWO.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

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

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH

[9.B.2. PRECINCT 2 ]

[01:35:01]

AND THIS, THESE ESCROW FUNDS ARE IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,658 AND 49 CENTS.

AND WE'D JUST LIKE TO GET THOSE RELEASED BACK TO THE DEVELOPER FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE COUNSEL.

ARE WE GOOD? AS LONG AS ALL MAINTENANCE WAS DONE PROPERLY, YES.

MOTION MAY BY COMMISSIONER HOLT WITH A SECOND, BUT COMMISSIONER WALDEN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO

[9.B.3. PRECINCT 2 ]

ITEM THREE.

RELEASE THE ESCROW FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE FOR MONARCH MANNER PHASE TWO AND ACCEPT A ASLAN ROAD AS A COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAY FOR PRECINCT TWO.

THE PRECINCT HAS APPROVED, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE ROADS.

WE'D LIKE TO GET THESE ESCROW FUNDS RELEASED IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,426.

OKAY, COUNSEL, ARE WE GOOD? YES.

EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

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

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE

[9.B.4. PRECINCT 2 ]

TO ITEM FOUR.

CONSIDER DISCUSSED AND ACT UPON CHANGING LONE STAR ROAD A NO THROUGH TRUCK ZONE IN PRECINCT TWO AND TAKE ANY ACTION COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I DID RECEIVE AN APPLICATION FOR THE, UH, ORDER FOR TO MAKE THIS ROADWAY A NO TRUCK ZONE AND RAN ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTES.

OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1116.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE FOUR PRECINCT TWO AGAIN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1116 HERE AT ITEM C NINE.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1116 AND MOVE TO THE ITEM.

SO JUST FOR THE COURT'S EDIFICATION, THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS THERE IS A ROCK PLANT IN PALINO THAT IS HAULING ROCK UP TO WISE AND THEY ARE USING UM, LONE STAR.

LONE STAR GOES FROM A STATE ROAD TO A COUNTY ROAD TO A STATE ROAD TO NINE 20.

INSTEAD OF GOING 2 81 TO 1 99, THERE IS A RETIRED STATE TROOPER THAT LIVES IN THAT AREA.

WE'VE HAD, I DON'T KNOW, 200 CALLS PROBABLY ABOUT HOW FAST THE TRUCKS ARE DRIVING THROUGH THAT COUNTY ROAD PORTION.

THE STATE TROOPER DROVE IT AND THEY WOULD SAVE, THEY SAVED THREE MINUTES BY USING THAT ROAD AS A CUT THROUGH INSTEAD OF BASICALLY MAKING THEM GO 2 81 TO 52 TO 1 99 WOULD COST THEM AN EXTRA THREE MINUTES AND IT WOULD KEEP THEM ON ROADS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO HANDLE THAT SIZE TRUCK.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE THAT PORTION OF LONE STAR A NO THROUGH TRUCK ZONE.

OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IS THAT TROOPER PREPARED TO CHECK THOSE 14 WHEELERS SINCE HE LIVES RIGHT THERE CLOSE? HE SAID HE'D SIT OUT ON HIS FRONT LAWN WITH A SHOTGUN.

WOULD THERE NOT? MAYBE HE DIDN'T SAY THAT.

WOULDN'T THAT BE SIGNAGE PUT UP? I MEAN, I'M I'M JUST ASKING.

YEAH, NO, NO.

WE'LL PUT UP SIGNAGE AND THEN THE PRECINCT TWO CONSTABLE HAS INDICATED HE WOULD HELP US WITH ENFORCING.

I HAVE A FEELING BECAUSE IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND WHEN THEY DO GET BACK TO WHERE LONE STAR'S A STATE ROAD AND IT HITS UH, NINE 20 APPROVAL ELEMENTARY IS AT THAT CORNER.

AND SO THAT'S A, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IN THERE THAT'LL GIVE THE TROOPER TEETH IN THIS.

YES SIR ALSO.

OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE.

OH WE'LL

[9.C.1. PRECINCT 3 ]

GO TO ITEM C.

PRECINCT THREE ITEM ONE, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS WESTERN LAKE ESTATES CONSISTING OF 0.324 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF CIMARRON TRAIL DEVELOPED BY KEVIN AND CHRISTINA GURE WITH TEXAS WATER UTILITIES AND PRECINCT THREE.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVISION WAS TO REMOVE AN OLD SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE EASEMENT FROM THE FACE OF THE PLAT.

AND WE DID SEND OUT 43 CERTIFIED LETTERS AND RAN ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE.

OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1118.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE C ONE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT I 19 11 19, UH, SINCE THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM, THEN MOVE TO THE ITEM.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR THE FINAL REVISION AND PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE PAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, PURPOSE, PURPOSE OF THE HEARING.

ADDITIONALLY, LETTERS WERE SENT TO THE LANDOWNERS WITHIN THAT SUBDIVISION.

THE DEVELOPER DID PROVIDE A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE PERMITING DEPARTMENT APPROVED PUBLIC WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL.

AND UH, IT'S GRANDFATHER 'CAUSE IT'S A 3.24 ACRE LOT SO THEY STILL CAN GET A SEPTIC SYSTEM ON THAT.

OKAY, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NINE C ONE AS PRESENTED TO COURT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.

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MOVE TO ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE FINAL PLATFORM.

[9.C.2. PRECINCT 3 ]

SOUTHERN VISION BE KNOWN AS ROAD JACK RETREAT CONSISTENT OF 4.888 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF GRANBERRY HIGHWAY DEVELOPED BY 87 28 GRANBERRY DEVELOPED BY 87 28 GRANDBERRY, A SERIES OF MOONEY WINTHROP, LLC WITH WALL IN PRECINCT THREE.

THIS IS GONNA BE A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION.

LOT ONE HAS 2.0001 ACRES.

LOT TWO HAS 2.887 ACRES.

THESE TWO LOTS ARE BOTH GONNA BE DEEMED AS RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

WE DID GRANT A WAIVER FOR THEIR GROUNDWATER CITY ON JUNE 10TH AND THEIR ROAD FRONTAGE DOES COME OFF OF GRANBERRY HIGHWAY.

IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR THE UH, FINAL PLAT? UH, YES.

THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE THE HEALTH, THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL THEIR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.

TO ITEM THREE EXCEPT TO GROUND WATER REPORT FROM HENDRICK WORKS.

MOVE

[9.C.3. PRECINCT 3 ]

LLC FOR CRAWFISH CREEK IN PRECINCT THREE.

WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM HENDRICKS WORKS THAT STATES IN REGARDS TO THE FINAL PLAT LOT ONE BLOCK, ONE OF CRAWFISH CREEK AT 300 HARMONY ROAD IN LEDFORD, TEXAS.

IT IS MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION AND PAST EXPERIENCE WITH THE AREA THAT IF THIS PROPERTY WERE DIVIDED INTO SMALLER TRACKS, MEETING THE SPACING REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY THE UPPER TRINITY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, THAT THERE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT GROUNDWATER AVAILABLE TO SUPPLY NORMAL RESIDENTIAL USE.

TYPICAL FOUR INCH CASE PVC WELLS IN THIS AREA RANGE IN DEPTH FROM 350 FEET TO 460 FEET IN TOTAL DEPTH AND PRODUCE IN EXCESS OF 10 GALLONS PER MINUTE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.

[9.C.4. PRECINCT 3 ]

BEGIN THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS CRAWFISH CREEK LOCATED IN THE ETJ.

CITY OF WEATHERFORD CONSISTS OF 4.6927 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF HARMONY ROAD DEVELOPED BY ROBERT AND BOBBY BONE, TRUSTEE OF BONE LIVING TRUST WITH WET WATER AND PRECINCT THREE AND THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD HAS RELEASED OVER TO THE COUNTY TO HANDLE PLATTING.

UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A ONE TRACK, UH, LOT.

IT COMES OUT OF A 41 ACRE TRACK OF LAND.

THEY'RE JUST SELLING THE PROPERTY OFF TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEY DO HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE OFF OF HARMONY ROAD.

THEY ARE GONNA BE PUTTING IN A NEW WELL FOR THIS TRACK.

AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR THE PRELIMINARY AND THEY HAVE MET ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN ON THE SECOND, BUT COMMISSIONER HOLT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH.

MOVE

[9.C.5. PRECINCT 3 ]

TO ITEM FIVE.

ACCEPT THE GROUNDWATER REPORT FROM HENDRICK WORKS.

LLC FORIO AND PRECINCT THREE.

UH, WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM HENDRICKS WORKS ON THIS STATES BELOW IS THE INFORMATION ON THE WELL TEST PERFORMED FOR SHARI STAY AT 8 0 2 THOMPSON ROAD.

HENDRICKS WORKS PERFORMED A 90 MINUTE FLOW AND DRAW DOWN TEST ON THE EXISTING WELL AT THE ABOVE SPECIFIED PROPERTY.

IT IS IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION AND PAST EXPERIENCE WITH THE AREA THAT IF THIS PROPERTY WERE DIVIDED INTO SMALLER TRACKS, MEETING THE SPACING REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY THE UPPER TRINITY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, THAT THERE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT GROUNDWATER AVAILABLE TO SUPPLY NORMAL RESIDENTIAL USE.

TYPICAL FOUR INCH CASE RESIDENTIAL WELLS IN THIS AREA RANGE FROM 320 FEET TO 360 FEET IN TOTAL DEPTH AND PRODUCE AN EXCESS OF 10 GALLONS PER MINUTE.

UH, THEY DID STATE THAT AFTER 90 MINUTES THEY WERE PUMPING 11.5 GALLONS PER MINUTE.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN SECOND, EXCUSE ME BY COMMISSIONER.

HALT, CHOKING HERE.

SORRY.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM FOR THE ALL LABOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH.

MOVE

[9.C.6. PRECINCT 3 ]

TO ITEM SIX.

BEGIN THE PRELIMINARY FOR A SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS EIO CONSIST OF 15.026 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF THOMPSON ROAD DEVELOPED BY SHARI.

SHE WITH WET WATER AND PRECINCT THREE WE'RE ON ITEM SIX.

IT'S GONNA BE A THREE LOT SUBDIVISION.

LOT ONE HAS 6.243 ACRES, LOT TWO HAS 4.259 ACRES AND LOT THREE HAS 4.423 ACRES.

THERE IS GONNA BE A 30 FOOT PRIVATE EASEMENT TO ACCESS LOTS.

TWO AND THREE.

UH, LOT ONE CURRENTLY HAS AN EXISTING HOME.

UH, THEY ARE GOING TO REBUILD ON LOT THREE AND THEIR PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO

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LOTS.

UH, THEY WILL HAVE WELL ON THOSE NEW LOT, THAT NEW LOT AND THOMPSON ROAD IS GONNA BE THEIR ROAD ACCESS.

THEY'RE ALSO GONNA DEDICATE SOME ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF THOMPSON ROAD.

IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE? UH, YES.

EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY PURPOSES.

MOTION CARRIES 5 0 2

[9.C.7. PRECINCT 3 ]

ITEM SEVEN.

ADDENDUM PER ROAD REPAIRS WITH THE CITY OF MILLSAP PER NORTH FRONT STREET.

AND TAKE ANY ACTION.

THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.

AND THIS ADDENDUM IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,123 AND 52 CENTS.

TO ITEM D ONE PRECINCT FOUR.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.

DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM FOR VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE

[9.D.1. PRECINCT 4 ]

APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL FOR THE TOWN OF ANNETTA NORTH ROAD REPAIRS AND PRECINCT FOUR.

AND THIS IS OUR STANDARD AND OUR LOCAL, UM, WISDOM CHANGES MADE BY THE MAYOR, UM, IN SECTION TWO AS FAR AS RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY.

I'M JUST NOW LETTING, GETTING JOHN TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND SO THE CHANGES ON THIS, THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE THAT THE COUNTY WOULD PRODUCE OR PROVIDE THE, UH, MATERIAL.

IS THAT THE AGREEMENT Y'ALL HAD? I I THINK THAT THAT WAS THE, THE REQUEST ON THIS FOR THAT CHANGE.

SO IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT CHANGE, THAT'S THE MAIN THING IS WE DID BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE ACCOUNTS SET UP WITH THE MATERIALS PROVIDERS.

AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN ORDER? YES SIR.