[Call to Order]
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I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ON THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING, UH, TO ORDER ON THIS 12TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2024.
LET THE RECORD SHOW IT IS 9 0 3.
UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE COUNTY CLERK AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PRESENT.
UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION LED BY NEIL ROWE FROM WHERE WATERHOUSE CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, LED BY PARKER COUNTY, JUDGE PROAM.
COMMISSIONER CONLEY, PLEASE STAND, LET US PRAY.
FATHER, EVERYTHING ON THIS AGENDA IS PRECIOUS TO YOU BECAUSE IT AFFECTS EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTY AND LORD.
LORD, WE HAVE, WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE WISDOM WE NEED, ALL THE COUNSEL WE NEED.
AND LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THE COMMISSIONERS AS THEY MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
LORD, THAT PEACE WOULD FILL THIS COURTHOUSE, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD, UH, JUST PROTECT THE, THE WORKERS OF THE COUNTY.
THAT THE, THE DEPUTIES, THOSE THAT WORK IN THE VOL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU GOTTA PRAY BLESSINGS ON THIS COUNTY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION, GOD, THE INDIVIDUAL FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG LEADING TO THE TEXAS ONE.
[4. CONSENT]
ON THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER ITEM A AUDITOR, ITEMS ONE AND FOUR, ONE THROUGH FOUR.ITEM B, TREASURER ITEMS ONE AND THREE.
UM, IS THAT CORRECT? GET BACK TO IT.
AND THEN UNDER ITEM C, COUNTY JUDGE, ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.
JUDGE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
COMMISSIONER, UH, SECOND IS BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.
[4.D.1. Interdepartmental transfers of equipment and inventory reports.]
D ON PURCHASING, UH, INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS, EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY REPORTS.WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE SALVAGE DESTRUCTION OF BULLETPROOF VEST AND FURNITURE.
UM, SO WE'RE REQUESTING, UH, FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AUTHORIZATION TO DESTROY A BULLETPROOF VEST THAT HAS EXCEEDED THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY AND EXPIRED ASSET NUMBER 1 8 1 8 4.
AND WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING THE AUTHORIZATION TO, TO SALVAGE AND DESTROY SOME FURNITURE AT THE OLD COUNTY ATTORNEY BUILDING, UM, THAT WAS DAMAGED DUE TO WATER FROM A ROOF LEAK.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH GO ITEM THREE, RFP
[4.D.3. RFP PC24-42 Jail Management Services. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
PC 24 DASH 42 JAIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES.TWO RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED FOR RFP PC 24 DASH 42 JAIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES FROM LASALLE CORRECTIONS AND SOCIAL PURPOSE CORRECTIONS.
THE PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THE RESPONSES AND RECOMMEND AWARDED THIS CONTRACT TO THE LASALLE CORRECTIONS AS BEST VALUE TO PROVIDE A FULL PACKAGE OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES AS REQUIRED IN THE RFP SPECIFICATIONS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.
[4.D.4. PC24-47 Railroad Cars used for Culverts. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
PC 24 DASH 47.RAILROAD CARS USED FOR CULVERTS.
ONE RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FOR PC 24 DASH 47 RAILROAD CARS USED FOR CULVERTS.
I'M RECOMMENDING AWARD TO RAILROAD YARD, INC.
BEGINNING UPON AWARD TODAY THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2025.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH, WE GO TO ITEM FIVE, RFP
[4.D.5. RFP PC24-43 Jail Expansion Project Construction. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
PC 24 DASH 43.JAIL EXPANSION PROJECT CONSTRUCTION ONLY ONE RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FOR RFP PC 24 DASH 43 FOR THE GEL EXPANSION PROJECT.
UM, CONSTRUCTION FROM INTEGRITY CONTRACTORS INC.
IT'S RECOMMENDED, UM, THE COURT REJECT THE BID, UH, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SHERIFF ANN BAIRD, HAMPTON, AND BROWN.
THE BID CAME IN, UH, TWICE THE AMOUNT OF WHAT WAS BUDGETED, UM, ALLOCATED FOR BUDGET THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE THINK THAT HOPEFULLY AFTER THE ELECTION SEASON AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR, UM, PRICES WILL DROP AND WE'LL BE BETTER FOR THAT.
I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE REJECT, REJECT THE, UH, BID THAT WE RECEIVED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALL WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE A QUESTION.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, KNOWLEDGE OF WHY WE ONLY HAD ONE BID OR, I I DON'T, I THERE WAS ABOUT 20, I THINK THERE WAS 21.
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CONTRACTORS DOWNLOADED THE BID.THEY TOOK THE BID DOCUMENTS, BUT I, I JUST THINK IT'S THE, THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW AND KNOWING THE PROJECT, IT'S, IT'S NOT A BIG MONEY MAKER FOR THESE CONTRACTORS RIGHT NOW.
ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE TO UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS UNDER ITEM A FIVE.
A DISCUSSION, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON ONGOING REPORTING OF BOND.
IS CHRIS HERE? I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DEFER THAT OUT.
[6.A. Discuss/Take action on potential partnership with Texas Runs on Water and the UTGCD for water conservation awareness. (Doug Shaw / Jill Garcia / Commissioner Holt)]
DOWN TO ITEM SIX.TAKE ACTION ON THE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS RUNS ON WATER AND THE OPPORTUNITY RUN WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
WELCOME FOR WATER CONSERVATION AWARENESS.
UH, DOUG, YOU WANNA COME ON OUT? SORRY, I DIDN'T FINISH WHAT I WAS SAYING.
WELCOME TO YOU, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE YOU COME OUT.
UH, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT AND I HAVE BEEN VISITING WITH, UH, THE TEXAS WATER FOUNDATION.
THEY'VE DEVELOPED A, A CAMPAIGN THAT'S IT, IT IT'S BASED ON CAMPAIGN.
DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS CAMPAIGN.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON WATER CONSERVATION.
IT'S CALLED TEXAS RUNS ON WATER.
THEY'VE DONE, AND THEN THEY, THERE'S REGIONAL BUY-IN, SO THEY'VE DONE A PANHANDLE RUNS ON WATER.
THERE'S A HILL COUNTRY RUNS ON WATER.
THEY DID ONE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND, AND IN VISITING WITH COMMISSIONER HOLT, WE ALL, WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING IN PARKER COUNTY, RIGHT.
THAT THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
AND, AND, AND, AND THE FEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, WATER COULD BE THE LIMITING FACTOR FOR, FOR CONTINUING THAT GROWTH.
AND, AND I'VE SAID IT A MILLION TIMES, AND IT'S NOT JUST, DOESN'T JUST GO FOR GROUNDWATER.
YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE OUTDOOR WATER USE, THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO SOLVING OUR WATER PROBLEMS. RIGHT? AND, AND SO THIS CAMPAIGN IS, IS IS FOCUSED ON THAT.
IT'S JUST THROUGH, THROUGH ALL DIFFERENT MEDIA, YOU KNOW, HELPING FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR WATER COMES FROM, THE WATER ISSUES WE HAVE, AND TO REALLY FOCUS ON, ON TAKING PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP OF, OF THAT WATER, RIGHT? UM, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE TEXAN THING TO DO, YOU KNOW, TO BE, TO BE PRIDEFUL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE OUR OURS AND, AND, AND USE THEM IN A REASONABLE WAY.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S THE BASIS OF IT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN VISITING WITH COMMISSIONER HOLT AND, AND YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WE'RE WILLING, OUR DISTRICT IS VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT THAT ENTAILS, WE'RE WILLING TO PUT PITCH IN AT, AT, AT A VERY MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COUNTY IS WILLING TO PITCH IN OR WHAT, WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT PRECINCT IS.
UM, AM I LEAVING ANYTHING OUT? AM I, NO, JUST FOR THE RECORD, DOUG.
BASED ON YOUR MOST RECENT INFORMATION MM-HMM.
I MEAN, I WOULD ON THE, ON THE AVERAGE TWO ACRE LOT, I WOULD SAY 75%.
SO THREE QUARTERS OF OUR WATER IS USED BASICALLY ON LAWN CARE.
AND, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S FOR THE TWO ACRE LOT WITH A PRIVATE, WELL, IT'S GOING TO DROP DOWN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LET'S, LET'S BE REAL.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUDIES THAT SHOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN FOLKS PAY FOR WATER, THEY TEND TO USE LESS.
UM, SO FOLKS ON WATER SYSTEMS, I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY 50% OR SO, MAYBE LESS IN SOME CASES.
BUT YEAH, ON, ON THE AVERAGE TWO ACRE LOT WITH, WITH THE, WELL, I MEAN ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO 80%.
SO THE REASON OUTSIDE THE COMMISSIONERS, THE REASON THIS WAS APPEALING TO ME WAS I WAS A KID WHEN DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS WAS COMING OUT.
UM, AND I REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE COMMERCIALS, LIKE THE LITTLE BOY WITH THE CIGARETTE BUTT.
AND HE, HE WOULD DATE THE CIGARETTES AND TALK, WELL, THIS ONE'S FROM 1943 AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AT LEAST I THINK THAT'S HOW IT WENT.
UM, WHAT'S APPEALING TO ME ABOUT THIS IS THIS IS A WAY TO INTERJECT INTO THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS, TYING TOGETHER THE IDENTITY OF IF YOU WANT TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN PARKER COUNTY.
PART OF THAT IS EMBRACING OUR RURAL, OUR WESTERN, AND OUR AGRICULTURAL HISTORY.
THE NUMBER ON HOW MANY HEAD OF CATTLE VERSUS A QUARTER ACRE OF BERMUDA.
I BELIEVE IT MAY BE SAYING AUGUSTINE, IT'S PROBABLY ST.
SO WE DID SOME BACK OF THE NAPKIN MATH AND WE SAID IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND A HUNDRED HEAD OF CATTLE CAN BE SUPPORTED, NOT DAIRY, BUT BEEF.
A HUNDRED HEAD CAN BE SUPPORTED BY THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU WATER WITH A QUARTER ACRE OF ST.
THE IDEA HERE ISN'T TO SHAME ANYBODY.
THE IDEA ISN'T TO DO ANY OF THAT, BUT IT'S JUST TO GET PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT THEIR OUTDOOR WATER USAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN REALLY EFFECTIVE WAYS.
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TO RICH AND I THINK RICH SENT IT OUT.UM, I THINK RICH SENT IT OUT FOR YOUR INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE OTHER CAMPAIGNS THEY'VE DONE WITH LIKE BURNETT AND SOME OF THOSE PLACES.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD FIT HERE VERY WELL.
PRECINCT TWO'S COMMITTED TO HELPING OUT ON THIS.
I WOULD LOVE SUPPORT FROM THE REST OF THE COURT AS WELL.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT.
AND, AND NO, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.
AND AND I, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND, AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE RUNNING THIS TEXAS WATER FOUNDATION, I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT A LONG HISTORY, YOU KNOW, OF BEING ACTIVE IN AUSTIN, BUT THEY'VE GOT SOME YOUNG LEADERSHIP THAT'S JUST REALLY ENERGIZED.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND I WORK, SARAH, WHO, WHO'S THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, I'VE KNOWN HER FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS, AND HER AND I, AND WE'VE HAD AN ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD JUST ADDRESS THIS OUTSIDE WATER USE.
AND, AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A SOCIAL CHANGE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GENERATIONAL CHANGE.
AND I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY, YOU KNOW, SITTING AT CONFERENCES TALKING WITH HER ABOUT, MAN, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER HOW SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE WERE KIDS THAT DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS CAMPAIGN WAS, YOU KNOW, AS COMMISSIONER HOLE SAID, I MEAN, THOSE OF US THAT GREW UP WATCHING THAT AS KIDS, IT STUCK, IT STUCK WITH US.
AND I THINK IT STUCK WITH A LOT OF ADULTS BACK THEN TOO.
AND, AND SO THEY, THEY KIND OF TOOK THAT AND RAN AND, AND THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER A REALLY, IT'S A REALLY NICE CAMPAIGN AND IT DOES, IT, IT FOCUSES RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SHAME PEOPLE LIKE, OH, DON'T USE THIS WATER.
IT, IT REALLY KIND OF ENERGIZES AND, AND REALLY CREATES LIKE, PRIDE IN, IN WHY WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF, OF HOW MUCH WATER WE USE OUTSIDE.
WELL, IT REALLY KIND OF UNIFIES US TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, RIGHT.
IT AFFECTS PROPERTY VALUES AND IT DOESN'T DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE START RUNNING OUTTA WATER RIGHT.
RESPECTIVELY FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE TO HOUSE, AND, UH, 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT EVEN A DISTANCE.
THERE'S A CLOSE SECOND TO US IN THE STATE WITH THE NUMBER OF STRAWS WE'RE PUTTING IN THE GROUND.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, I, I'VE JUDGE, I'VE TOLD PEOPLE OVER AND OVER, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY PLACES THEY EITHER GROW OR THEY DECLINE, YOU DON'T REALLY SEE A STAGNATION AND MM-HMM.
RIGHT? WE'VE GOT A GREAT, A GREAT COUNTY, A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T LIKE ALL THE NEW HOUSES.
I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
RIGHT? AND, AND SO YOU WANT, YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN A NICE WAY.
AND I THINK THIS, THIS COULD GO A LONG WAY INTO HELPING FOLKS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THAT WATER PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHY THIS IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE AND WHY WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, WORK TO MAINTAIN IT.
WE HAVE INFORMED THE T ROW FOLKS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO A NEW BUDGET CYCLE.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO TAKE ANY SPECIFIC ACTION ON THIS TODAY, BUT RATHER I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD FILL IN TO OUR OCTOBER ONE BUDGET.
UM, DOUG FROM A, FROM A DOLLAR SPENT STANDPOINT, IT'S MY RECOLLECTION THAT THAT WORKED FOR THEM.
IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS WELL? YEP.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, KICKOFF MEETINGS, SIT DOWN, START TO DEVELOP STUFF, AND THEY'VE GOT, YEAH.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE TO HELP ON A BROADER STATEWIDE SCALE.
REALLY, THE TIMING WILL, WILL LINE UP.
SO WHO ARE SOME OF THE OTHERS? I SEE HOUSTON RUNS ON WATER, BUT SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT HAVE JUMPED IN AND GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT, DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA OR HOW, WHAT THEY'VE SEEN FROM IT? IS THERE ANYTHING? I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN REACH OUT.
I'M REALLY CLOSE WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY THE, SO IT'S THE GROUNDWATER DISTRICT OUT IN BURNETT COUNTY OUT IN THE HILL COUNTRY.
UM, I'VE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT, SAID THEY'VE SEEN SOME SUCCESS.
OF COURSE, IT'S, IT'S WORD OF MOUTH, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF BILLBOARDS, BIG SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO PUT A, A NUMBER.
BECAUSE SO MUCH OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, YOU KNOW, IN PRIVATE WELLS YOU DON'T YEAH.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE USING.
'CAUSE YOU CAN DRIVE BY AND SEE THE SPRINKLERS GOING AND SEE THE GREEN LAWNS, BUT HE'S LIKE, PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT MAY NOT IMMEDIATELY HAVE IMPACT, BUT IT WILL.
BECAUSE IT JUST STARTS TO TRICKLE INTO YOUR, INTO YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS.
AND THEN THE SAME THING I'VE, I'VE VISITED WITH, UH, A FRIEND OF MINE THAT, THAT MANAGES THE GROUNDWATER, ONE OF THE GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS UP IN THE PANHANDLE, BECAUSE THEY'VE ALSO DONE A PANHANDLE RUNS ON WATER.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES.
UM, AND THE SAME THING, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PEOPLE, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ARE UP THERE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE RUN, OF COURSE THE PANHANDLE'S, IT'S A BIGGER, IT'S AN, IT'S A REGIONAL, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T MUCH SMALLER MARKET, NOT LIKE THE DFW NEWS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE AMARILLO NEWS.
SO THEY'VE RUN ADS ON, YOU KNOW, THE AMARILLO NEWS ON THE, THE MAIN STATIONS UP THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, RADIO ADS, BILLBOARDS, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.
AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE YOU GO, PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE SHE GOES, PEOPLE ARE ASKING HER ABOUT IT.
SO IF SHE KNOWS THAT THEY'RE SEEING IT.
WELL, WE HAVE A REAL ESTATE TYCOON IN HERE.
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DANA BRYANT, WOULD YOU, DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? WE NEED YOURSELF.DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT IT?
AND THEN OF COURSE WE, I HEAR A LOT, WELL, MY REALTOR DIDN'T TELL ME THAT WE HAD A WATER PROBLEM.
AND SO AGAIN, I MEAN, MAYBE WE NEED TO EDUCATE AT OUR ASSOCIATION ON RIGHT.
THAT MEETING Y'ALL HAVE ALL THE TIME.
ALL THOSE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE ALL THE TIME PUT NO, I ALREADY IN MY BOOK RIGHT HERE TO, I MEAN, I'M ON EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND YEAH.
YOU, WE HAVE CLASSES AND FARMER RANCH CLASSES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WELL, VERY MUCH I WOULD TAKE THIS BACK TO YOU, THAT, UM, IN FACT, I THINK COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND MYSELF HAVE SPOKEN AT THE PARKER COUNTY REALTORS ASSOCIATION.
I'VE SPOKE AT THE FORT WORTH REALTY ASSOCIATION.
AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT DOING, IS HAVING A COMMISSIONER AND MYSELF OR A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS GO AND RESPECTIVE TO, UH, SITUATION HERE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO MY FIRST COMMENT OR WHATEVER.
I, I, IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL THING, UH, TO GET EVERYBODY IN ON, UH, WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE IS BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, AS I SAID, AND KEEPING THE MOMENTUM GOING TO SOLVE THIS DESPERATE PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING.
IT CLEARLY AFFECTS YOUR INDUSTRY.
BECAUSE IF, IF A HOMEOWNER COMES IN AND HE'S NOT TOLD THAT THEN, AND, AND THEY'RE PUMPING FREE GALLONS A MINUTE OUT PER MINUTE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
AND SO WE'VE GOT TO, UH, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THIS AT THE FOREFRONT AS WE HAVE.
AND WE'VE COMMITTED TO THAT THROUGH OUR OPERA FUNDING THAT WE'VE DONE.
AND, UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT WITH MEETINGS NOW.
BUT, UH, SOLUTIONS ARE, ARE THERE, I KNOW I'M ON THE RTC AND THE, THE, UH, COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS HAS SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO HELP, UH, JUST WITH A PLAN AND WE'LL HELP FIND FUNDING FOR THIS.
WE'RE JUST DOING DILIGENTLY EVERYTHING WE CAN.
AND IT IS A, IT IS A, AND I COMMEND COMMISSIONER HOLT FOR HAVING THIS PUT ON HERE AND, AND, AND, AND TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA GET SOLVED UNTIL WE PUT THE WORK IN AND EDUCATE THESE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE.
AND THAT THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
IT'S IS ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS OF THIS IS THAT IT HELPS TO UNIFY OUR MESSAGE.
IT, IT BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER AND MAKES SURE WE'RE ALL PUTTING OUT THE SAME MESSAGE AND, AND WORKING TOGETHER.
'CAUSE WE ALL, WE REALLY ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
SO, SO I THINK THIS IS ONE PRONG OF, OF THE, UH, MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S EDUCATING PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE MOVE HERE AND THEY DO NOT KNOW.
UH, I THINK THE TRUTH IS THAT THE AMOUNT OF USAGE JUST FOR A PERSON, WHAT IS IT DAILY USAGE, DOUG? WELL, I MEAN, IT DEPENDS.
ARE YOU JUST TALKING ON TYPICAL INDOOR USE? MM-HMM.
AND IT MIGHT JUST INDOOR USE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED GALLONS A DAY, GIVE OR DAY.
AT THE MAXIMUM, I'D SAY A HUNDRED GALLONS A DAY PER PERSON.
UH, THE REST OF THAT WATER, UH, GOES TO IRRIGATION.
AND, UH, WHERE, WHERE WE FALL DOWN IS THAT THE, THE BUILDER, THE FIRST THING THEY WANT TO DO IS, IS LAY SOD AND PUT A SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN, UH, WITH THIS PRIVATE WELL, UH, KNOWING THAT THAT WILL ENTICE SOMEBODY TO BUY IT BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT'S THE NORMAL THING TO DO AND IT SHOULD NOT BE.
UH, THE, UH, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITH OUR HYDROLOGY 2050 COMMITTEE TO BRING MORE WATER HERE WILL TAKE YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
AND I THINK WE'RE NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF, OF PUBLICIZING WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THAT COMMITTEE, BUT WE'LL TRY TO DO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICIZE THAT.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT OUR COMMITTEE, I, I SUSPECT, IS GOING TO BE ASKING FOR LEGISLATION THAT WOULD, UH, IN PARKER COUNTY, UH, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH A TWO ACRE LOT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE WELL WATER FOR IRRIGATION.
AND IF YOU, UH, HAVE A PRIVATE WELL, UH, THAT YOU'LL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A LARGER TRACT IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT FOR IRRIGATION.
SO THERE ARE MANY OTHER OPTIONS.
RAINWATER, HARVESTING BEING ONE OF THEM.
AND I THINK IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE DEVELOPERS, TO THE REALTORS, THAT THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE HEADED.
WE RANCH COMING HERE AND WE HAVE ALL OF THAT.
AND, BUT, BUT IT FALLS DOWN TO, TO THE GUY THAT'S BUILDING THAT HOUSE, AND, AND THEY'LL HAVE FIGURED IN THERE TO PUT THAT, TO PUT THAT SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN AND LAY THE SOD.
AND, UH, WE NEED TO, THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE MAKING AN IMPACT.
I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER HOLT'S IDEA HERE TO, TO PUT THIS OUT THERE IS A GREAT IDEA
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AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, BECAUSE THEY HONESTLY DO NOT KNOW.AND ALL THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT, COMMISSIONER, WE COULD ROLL ALL THAT INTO THIS CAMPAIGN.
AS, AND THERE'S SO MUCH THAT, THAT WE JUST NEED TO, TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE SO THEY UNDERSTAND.
BECAUSE I MEAN, HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY AND TRULY THINK ABOUT WATER WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY'RE MOVING INTO AN AREA, WHEN THEY'RE BUYING A HOUSE, IT, IT'S AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
I'VE SAID THIS TO THIS COURT MANY TIMES.
WE'RE BLESSED IN THIS, IN THIS STATE, IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT WE CAN JUST GENERALLY EXPECT TO WALK INTO A HOUSE AND TURN ON A TAP AND THERE'S WATER.
AND SO WE NEED TO GET IT IN PEOPLE'S, IN THE, IN THE FOREFRONT AND GET IT IN PEOPLE'S MIND.
WITH THAT, I HA HAPPY TO, UM, REACH OUT TO ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE, OR I'M SURE COMMISSIONER HOLTZ CAN ANSWER Y'ALL'S QUESTIONS.
BUT, BUT I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA AND IT'S MORE OF AN ACTION ITEM REALLY TO, TO COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S POINT.
UH, WE, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS AND THEY'VE NOT BEEN PUBLICIZED.
AND SO THERE'S THINGS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF.
AND, AND Y'ALL NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
AND, UH, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS, IS THAT, UM, IF YOU WOULD, UM, ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER WALDEN, IT WOULD, AND I WAS IN THE MEETING THAT, THAT YOU WERE, AND WE COULD CERTAINLY WORK TOGETHER, BUT, UH, GET WITH, UM, OUR CO COORDINATOR, UH, RICH CONTRERAS AND SET A ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, AND A AND A TRACKING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OBVIOUSLY STATING THE PROBLEM, BUT ALSO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE DETAILS.
IT DOES SERVE, IT SERVES TWO THINGS.
ONE, EDUCATIONAL FOR THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING HERE.
AND THEN THEY SEE THAT, AND THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN START THIS AS MORE OF AN AD CAMPAIGN, BUT REALLY, IT, IT STARTS THAT, WHERE IT STARTS UN UNIFYING AS WHAT YOU SAID.
AND I, I THINK THAT THAT'S A KEY POINT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY PUBLICIZED THOSE MEETINGS AND THEN EVEN A PRESS RELEASE AND POSSIBLY TO THE MEDIA THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE DOING.
AND THESE ARE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD INVOLVE YOURSELF AND IN WORKING TOGETHER AND, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER HOLE, COMMISSIONER WAL AND YOU TWO HAVE, UH, AND AGAIN, UH, COMMISSIONER, I COMMEND YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON HERE.
JUST WE NEED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COURT OVER THERE TO START PULLING THEIR WEIGHT ON WATER.
WE'RE GETTING TIRED OF DOING ALL THE WORK OVER HERE.
I GOT CITY OF FORT WORTH BRINGING IN WATER.
OH, YOU'RE SITTING PRETTY, I'D RATHER 'EM DO THAT THAN DRILL HOLES.
WELL, ACTUALLY, IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU BRING THAT UP.
AND I'M GONNA, I, I'LL SAY THIS, THAT IN THE EASTERN QUADRANT, UM, THERE ARE THREE ANNETTA OUT THERE THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WILLOW PARK AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HUDSON OAKS AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALITO, THE, THE, THE SOLVING OF THE PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE HERE WITH THE, THE, THE GROUNDWATER.
UH, WE DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE THIS LUXURY HERE.
AND SO, LIKE WITH THE THREE ANNETTA TO YOUR, TO YOUR POINT, THERE IS A PROBLEM OUT THERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU GOT THREE CITIES OUT THERE THAT ARE GOING CRAZY IN, IN GROWTH, RIGHT.
AND BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE OTHER CITIES MANAGES THAT WATER SYSTEM AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WATER.
SO THIS, THIS PROBLEM DOES EXIST COUNTYWIDE.
AND, UH, IT DOES NEED A LOT OF ATTENTION, UM, STARTING FROM EAST AND WEST, SO WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER.
THE, THE FORT WORTH SIDE OF IT, I WISH WE COULD SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER GET THOSE CITIES TOGETHER AND, AND, AND GET THAT SURFACE WATER.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE SOLUTION TO THIS.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT CONSERVATION PLANT IS BUILT INTO THAT.
IF YOU WANNA USE THE WATER THEY GOT THE WATER PAY FOR, IT'S JUST, YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A THIRD NOTE ON YOUR HOUSE OUT AGAIN.
WELL, WELL, YOU KNOW, AND, AND ONE LAST THING, AND I'LL, I'LL GET OUTTA YOUR HAIR.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I STARTED MY CAREER AT THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AS A STAFF, STAFF ECONOMIST.
AND I, I SPENT A TON OF TIME, YOU KNOW, READING ALL THESE STUDIES FROM THESE BIG FANCY UNIVERSITIES TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE THAT, THAT REALLY TRULY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT A PIN ON IT AND SAY, THIS WORKS EVERY TIME.
AND IT'S THAT CONSERVATION PRICING.
AND I MEAN, IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST FACTUAL.
SO, WELL AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.
IF Y'ALL EVER NEED ANYTHING, JUST GIMME A HOLLER.
TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM SIX A, UH, WE DO HAVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL HERE.
UH, JENNY, IF YOU WOULD COME ON THAT.
[7.G. Discuss/Take action on expansion of Tax Assessor-Collector office. (Jenny Gentry / Judge Deen)]
GONNA MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN G DISCUSSION, TAKE ACTION ON EXPANSION ON TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR OFFICE.UM, JUST IN RESPECT OF YOUR TIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET YOU UP HERE.
SO IF YOU WOULD, FLOOR IS YOURS.
UH, I CAME TO COURT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TO DISCUSS THE ADDITION OF SPACE FOR OUR OFFICE AND ASKED IF Y'ALL WOULD CONSIDER EXTENDING US THROUGH THE KITCHEN.
UM, I MET WITH CRICKET AND I KNOW THAT HER MOVING TO THE PD BUILDING IS GONNA TAKE A LITTLE TIME.
BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GET APPROVAL TO TAKE OVER THAT SPACE AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION SO THAT WE COULD
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GET IN THERE SOONER RATHER THAN TWO OR THREE YEARS LATER.SINCE WE ARE SO VERY SHORTHANDED, I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT ITEM.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
SECOND IS, UH, COMMISSIONER HALE, UM, PRECINCT FOUR.
UH, WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? DIDN'T WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT WAS TO, UH, DETERMINE THE SPACE THERE ON THE KITCHEN? NO, NOT ON THE ANNEX.
NOT THAT, NOT THAT ONE ON THE PD.
WELL, THE REASON IS I'M
NOT THAT, NOT THAT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO ALLOCATE IT HERE, BUT IS THERE ANY, DO YOU KNOW ANY NO, I'M JUST CLEAR MY THROAT.
NO, I, I LOOK LIKE A HOT POTATO.
NO, I, I KNOW A LARGE AMOUNT OF FACE XANEX AND I DON'T MEAN ANYMORE.
SO YOU'RE CLEARING TO THE THROAT IS NOT VOCATION.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP THESE GUYS OUTTA HOT WATER OVER HERE AND I'M JUST RECOGNIZING THAT YOU NEED THAT SPACE.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY OTHERS THAT DO TOO.
WELL, JP THREE WANTS THE OFFICES AROUND THERE, BUT HE'S NEVER SAID NOTHING.
JP THREE, BUT HE'S LOOKING AT THE ELECTIONS OF VACANCY.
BUT HE'S NEVER SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE KITCHEN.
WELL, MR. HALE'S HERE, AND I'M PRETTY SURE HE WANTS IT.
IS THAT WHY YOU'RE HERE, MR. RA? YOU WANT, YOU WANT THAT KITCHEN? YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU MAY, I MEAN, I'M, I'M JUST ASKING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE.
IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT'S THERE? THERE'S SOMEBODY EV ADVOCATING FOR THIS.
I KNOW THE KEY, ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT THERE IS A, A FUNCTIONALITY HERE OF, OF, OF A, OF A BUILDING THAT HAS USED THE KITCHEN FOR THE EQUIPMENT FOR ELECTIONS, WHICH HAS TAKEN AWAY THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE KITCHEN, SO TO SPEAK.
IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON YOUR EXPANSION GOING TO CONTINUE THE, THE, THE ESSENTIALLY THE REMOVAL OF THE, THE KITCHEN ITSELF.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE KITCHEN.
THE STATE SAYS I'M NOT, GO AHEAD.
NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S BAD.
I'M JUST WANTING TO KNOW SO THE COURT WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
IS, IS THERE A, A NEED FOR THIS? IS THERE AN ADVOCACY FOR THE STATE SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SIX OR NINE.
THE STATE SAYS WE'RE CURRENTLY SHORT NINE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, NINE EMPLOYEES.
I HAVE A QUESTION WITH THE ELECTIONS, AND I KNOW MS. MILLER'S NOT HERE, BUT AS FAR AS WE HAVE TO RETAIN AND STORE DOCUMENTS AND I DON'T KNOW UNTIL SHE GETS MOVED INTO THAT NEW SPACE OR ELECTIONS.
DOES I, I MEAN, WOULD WE BE COMPROMISING WHERE THAT STORAGE IS TAKING PLACE NOW? I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHERE NO, THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE STORED.
I THINK IT'S JUST THE NO, THE DOCUMENTS AREN'T STORED THERE.
WELL, THE MACHINES, I SEE 'EM LOCKED UP IN THOSE HALLWAYS, IN THE HALLWAYS.
IS THAT CURRENTLY ALL IN THE HALL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF MM-HMM.
AND WE'RE NOT GONNA COMPROMISE THE, THE SECURITY OF THOSE IN, IN THE INTEGRITY OF THAT SECURITY ON THOSE, ON THOSE MACHINES WITH THE EXPANSION HERE.
BUT TO BEGIN WHEN THAT MOVE IS MADE, IS THAT, AM I CORRECT WITH THAT? WELL, I, I TALKED TO MS. MILLER ABOUT THAT.
SHE'S IN AGREEMENT THAT IT'S OKAY THAT IF WE DECIDE TO DO THIS, THAT AFTER THIS NOVEMBER ELECTION, SHE'S ALRIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER TO YOUR POINT.
WE'RE GOING WITH, WITH THAT MOVE WE WILL BE THE BEGIN THE EXPANSION.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, I JUST DIDN'T WANNA MAKE A NO, IT'S A GOOD, IT, IT'S A GOOD POINT.
I SPOKE WITH CRICKET ABOUT THIS FIRST 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT, I DON'T WANT ANY ISSUES WITH THE ELECTION.
YEAH, IT'S A GOOD POINT MADE BECAUSE THE TIMING OF THIS IS GOING TO TIE INTO THE, UM, I GUESS THE EXPANSION OF YOUR PROJECT WITH THE REMOVAL OF THOSE MACHINES INTO A SECURED AREA ON SANTA FE DRIVE INTO THE PD BUILDING OPD BUILDING.
SO JUDGE, I THINK THERE'S A POINT HERE, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT ONE DEPARTMENT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, BUT I THINK THAT'S A POINT HERE THAT MS GENTRY'S SERVICE FACES TAX PAYING PARKER COUNTY RESIDENTS, PERHAPS MORE THAN ANY OTHER, THESE ARE TAXPAYERS THAT ARE COMING IN TO HAVE SERVICE PERFORMED FROM AN AUTO REGISTRATION STANDPOINT, TITLE WORK, ET CETERA, THAT THEY PAY TAXES SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO MAKE SURE SHE HAS THE SPACE SHE NEEDS TO SERVE THE TAXPAYERS.
AGAIN, NOT TRYING TO ELEVATE ANY DEPARTMENT OVER THE OTHER.
PERSONALLY, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANYONE NEEDING
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THAT SPACE.UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT I THINK I'VE HEARD AT LEAST ONCE FROM JUDGE GRISSOM AT LEAST ONCE, THAT HE'D LIKE THE, UH, THE ELECTIONS OFFICE BUT NOT THIS SPACE.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE GEAR TO TALK ABOUT.
AND IT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN OVER THERE.
YOU'RE FACING SOME ISSUES RIGHT NOW WITH YOU.
YOU NEED, YOU NEED A BIGGER LONG-TERM PLAN WHERE YOU'RE GONNA EXPAND BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH AND OBVIOUSLY THE NEED FOR NECESSITY FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES.
AND, AND COMMISSIONER HOLT IS CORRECT.
I WOULD SAY THE PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME INTO THAT BUILDING, EITHER FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, WITH ALL THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE, UH, TO THE TAXPAYER AS WELL AS THE TAX ASSESSOR, THOSE ARE TWO VERY POPULATED AND, AND THEY REALLY FREQUENTED DEPARTMENTS THAT PEOPLE COME TO GET THAT SERVICE FROM THOSE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
MADE MADAM TREASURER, YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THIS OR KIM
I JUST WANNA SAY, I MEAN, YOU COMMENTED THE KITCHEN AND SO FORTH THAT THAT ROOM HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR KITCHEN FACILITIES IN MORE THAN 17 YEARS.
AND SO I DON'T THINK THE REST OF US ARE GONNA MISS THAT AT ALL.
AND THEY OBVIOUSLY NEED THE ROOM.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL TRIED TO LIKE, GIVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN OTHER AREAS FOR STORAGE FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THAT BUILDING AND, AND OBVIOUSLY SHE NEEDS IT.
SO YOU'VE USED ALL YOUR CLOSETS CONVERTING THEM TO OFFICES NOW? YES.
BECKY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANNA SAY? MORE S AVAILABLE? YEAH, I MEAN, I'M, I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTION SPACE AT THIS TIME AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, BUT IT ALL KIND OF DOES WORK TOGETHER.
WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I EVEN TOOK OFFICE, I TALKED TO SOME OF Y'ALL ABOUT A PLAN BECAUSE TWO OTHER OFFICES IN OUR BUILDING THAT HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO SPACE FOR GROWTH IS THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND IT'S OFFICE.
HE HAS THE IT DIRECTOR CURRENTLY HAS TWO SEPARATE OFFICES, BUT HE HAS NO DESK BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ROOM FOR HIMSELF.
I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MY PERSONAL MONEY MAKING MY OFFICE LOOK THE WAY THAT IT DOES, BUT I'M ALSO NOT IGNORANT TO THE FACT THAT I'M WHAT SITS BETWEEN TWO OFFICES THAT DESPERATELY NEED MORE SPACE.
SO I HAD, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED THAT POSSIBLY TO MOVE ME UP TO THE ELECTION SPACE ONCE IT'S VACATED.
NOT ONLY WOULD IT MOVE ME, I COULD THEN, UM, MOVE MY STORAGE FACILITY, WHICH IS THE OFFICE NEXT TO CONSTABLE THREE THAT COULD JUST DOUBLE HIS SPACE.
THERE'S A ADJOINING DOOR ACTUALLY THAT WE JUST KEEP LOCKED.
SO I KNOW HE'S ALREADY MENTIONED WANTING THAT SPACE, BUT THAT SPACE IS ACTUALLY FULL OF MY STORAGE BECAUSE I, I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO STORE THE THINGS THAT I HAVE TO KEEP FOR SO LONG.
AND BECKY, THAT THAT WILL BE ONE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS AND HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
BUT JUST THE PART THAT IT DOES GO TO THE KITCHEN.
'CAUSE I KNOW JUDGE GRISSOM IS ASKING FOR MORE SPACE AS WELL, IS THAT THAT WAS KIND OF A THOUGHT WAS COULD IT NOT BE THE KITCHEN SOMEHOW SHARED BETWEEN AN AUTO REGISTRATION EXPANSION AND THE NEEDS FOR JUDGE GRISSOM AS WELL.
BUT I KNOW JUDGE GRISSOM HAS HIS OWN PLAN.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I HAD ANOTHER DISCUSSION POINT.
SO I KNOW TOM'S OF THE ESSENCE WITH, WITH YOUR SPACE, IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE TAKE A, A GOOD LOOK AT THIS TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, AN EDUCATED DECISION ON SPACE USAGE OVER THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE GROWING PAINS IN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND YOU KNOW, I ALMOST FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN HAD SAID WITH A, A COMMITTEE OR A GROUP THAT LOOKS AT IT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SCIENTIFICALLY AND MAKE A BETTER EDUCATED DECISION HERE, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT AUTO REGISTRATION NEEDS THIS SPACE.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO PREVENT A, A, A DOMINO EFFECT OF, YOU KNOW, I, WELL I NEED THAT SPACE TOO.
AND YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL HAVE GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF OVER HERE, THEN I'M, I'M GOOD WITH IT.
HOWEVER, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER NEEDS ARE OUT THERE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT POLLED ANYBODY.
AND YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW, UH, MS. GENTRY ASKED, ASKED ABOUT THIS SPACE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
I RECOGNIZED THAT, BUT I JUST, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE SO THAT, SO THAT THERE'S WHERE EVERYBODY HAS THEIR EYES WIDE OPEN AS YOU VOTE ON THIS
I'M JUST THROWING THE, I DEAL OUT THERE, HAVING SAT HERE FOR A FEW YEARS, I RECOGNIZE HOW SOME OF THIS STUFF, UH, WILL COME BACK AT YOU.
WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE MAKE THIS DECISION, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THIS? WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.
THAT IS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CAN WE GET IT? MM.
[7.F. Approve the qualifying applicants for the Child Safety Program Funding for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 and the pro rata percentage quarterly share. (Jenny Gentry / Judge Deen)]
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I MEAN F SORRY, WE JUST DID G YOU'RE ON THE, WHICH ONE NEXT? F-F-F-F-F.I APPROVE THE QUALIFY QUALIFYING APPLICANTS FOR THE CHILD SAFETY PROGRAM FUNDING FOR JULY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025 FOR THE PRO RATTA PERCENTAGE QUARTER OF THE SHERIFF.
THE CHILD SAFETY FUNDING PROGRAM.
WE HAD THREE APPLICANTS THE SAME AS WE DO EVERY YEAR.
THE CPS BOARD, CASA, AND THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER.
ALL THREE MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS.
OUR COMMITTEE MET AND APPROVED THE BASED ON THE REC, THE, UM, MONEY THAT THEY REQUESTED.
WE HAVE DECIDED TO AWARD WITH Y'ALL'S APPROVAL.
UH, CPS BOARD WOULD BE AT 11.54% CASA AT 36.54% AND CAC AT 51.92%.
THE REQUEST FOR ALL OF THEM WAS AROUND 260,000.
THIS PAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND 264,000.
IS THAT PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE PREVIOUS MM-HMM.
THEY HAD, UH, ONE OF 'EM HAD A SLIGHT CHANGE, BUT THEY HAD DROPPED THEIR REQUEST.
THE CHILD'S, THE CPS BOARD WENT FROM 35,000 TO 30.
I MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[7.M. Discuss/Take action on implementing third party engineering review system for new subdivisions and/or developments. (Commissioner Holt)]
GONNA MOVE DOWN TO ITEM SEVEN M.UM, SHANNON, IF YOU WOULD COME UP, UM, JUST FROM RESPECT OF YOUR TIME AS WELL, DISCUSSION, TAKE ACTION ON IMPLEMENTING THIRD PARTY ENGINEERING REVIEW SYSTEM FOR NEW SUBDIVISIONS AND OUR DEVELOPMENTS.
COMMISSIONER HOLT, DO YOU PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA? YES.
UH, MR. NAVE AND COMMISSIONER HALE AND MR. FOREST, AND I THINK JAMIE TIER, MS. TIER AND MR. BRONER WERE IN A MEETING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE DISCUSSED WITH MR. NAVE FOR PROBABLY A COUPLE MONTHS NOW.
THE SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION IS IN QUITE A FEW COUNTIES WHEN A NEW SUBDIVISION COMES IN, THAT COUNTY WILL REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER DOING THE SUBDIVISION TO SUBMIT A REVIEW OR SUBMIT THE PLANS TO A THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING FIRM FOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW.
THE COUNTY RECEIVES PAYMENT FROM THAT DEVELOPER FOR THAT REVIEW AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TURNS AROUND PAYMENT FOR THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT TO THE ENGINEERING FIRM.
DO I HAVE THAT CORRECT SO FAR? YES, SIR.
SO THE INTENT BEHIND THIS IS IT'S A WAY AT NO COST WHATSOEVER TO TAXPAYERS TO GET FORMAL ENGINEERED REVIEW OF NEW SUBDIVISIONS FOR THINGS LIKE DRAINAGE, UM, THINGS LIKE DOWNSTREAM IMPACT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW WHEN A SUBDIVISION CO GOES IN AND MR. BRONNER, CAN YOU, UH, CAN YOU COMMENT ON THIS PART? IF WE HAVE A NEW SUBDIVISION GO IN, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF ANALYSIS AS FAR AS DOWNSTREAM IMPACT FROM A TOPOGRAPHICAL STANDPOINT OF SUBDIVISION GOES IN HERE, YOU KNOW, A MILE DOWN THE ROAD OR WHATEVER.
THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HISTORICALLY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS FAR AS WHAT WATER IMPACT WILL BE, ET CETERA.
YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DOWNSTREAM IMPACT.
AND AS FAR AS DRAINAGE STUDIES, WHEN WE GET AN ENGINEERED DRAINAGE STUDY, WE REALLY JUST TAKE IT AT FACE VALUE.
SO IF THE ENGINEER STAMPS IT, WE ACCEPT IT.
AND, UM, WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED IS MORE LIKE KELLY ROAD AND THERE'S A DR. HORTON UP IN SPRINGTOWN THAT, ESPECIALLY YOUR HIGH DENSITY SUBDIVISIONS WHERE THEY'VE GOT SEWER AND WATER, SO THEY'RE PITTING HOUSES ON, YOU KNOW, 0.2 OR 0.15 ACRE LOTS.
THAT CREATES A LOT OF DRAINAGE ISSUES.
WHICH WE HAVE NO, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO REVIEW OF.
UH, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF JUST TAKING THAT ENGINEER'S WORD FOR IT AND, AND, OKAY, MR. NAVE, NO DISRESPECT WHATSOEVER TO ENGINEERS, BUT I DON'T THINK EVEN Y'ALL AGREE WITH YOURSELVES ALL THE TIME.
UH, SO I'M, I'M NOT SURE WE SHOULD TAKE A, A DEVELOPER'S ENGINEER JUST KIND OF AT FACE VALUE.
I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON US AND WISE TO PROTECT, TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS TO ENGAGE WITH A FIRM LIKE YOURS AND SOME OTHER FIRM TO ASSIST US IN THIS PROCESS.
AGAIN, IT WOULD BE AT NO COST WHATSOEVER TO THE TAXPAYER BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER WOULD PAY THE COUNTY AND THEN THE COUNTY WOULD PAY THE ENGINEERING FIRM DIRECTLY.
THE WAY THIS WORKS IN A LOT OF COUNTIES, AND I'LL SAY THIS ONE LAST PIECE AND THEN I'LL LET MR. NAVE TAKE OVER, IS TYPICALLY TWO FIRMS WOULD BE HIRED.
AND THAT WAY IF A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, LET'S SAY, UM, ENGINEERING FIRM A IS HIRED, IF ENGINEERING FIRM A IS ALSO REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER ON A PARTICULAR FIRM, WELL THEN OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE YOU,
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YOU WOULD USE FOR THE IN-HOUSE REVIEW, THE OTHER ENGINEERING FIRM.AND YOU JUST KIND OF ROTATE 'EM BACK AND FORTH.
SO MY PROPOSAL TO THE COURT IS GOING TO BE THAT WE ENGAGE, I WOULD ASSUME THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MS. ARVAS WOULD NEED TO HELP US DO SOME TYPE OF R-F-Q-R-F-P FOR, TO, TO SELECT TWO FIRMS. SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR HERE TODAY IS DISCUSSION.
AND I'LL END UP PROBABLY MAKING A MOTION THAT WE HAVE MS. RIVAS FIND TWO FIRMS FOR US THAT COULD ENGAGE IN THESE SERVICES.
I DIDN'T RUN THIS THROUGH THE SRC, THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION COMMITTEE.
'CAUSE FRANKLY, THIS ISN'T REALLY A, A RULES PART OF SUB, UH, SUBDIVISION REGS.
THIS IS MORE OF AN OVERALL PROCESS THAT I FELT LIKE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO BRING THIS STRAIGHT TO COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE A DECISION ON INSTEAD.
SO, MR. NAVE, IF YOU WANNA TAKE OVER FROM THERE.
I THINK WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER HOLTZ HAS LAID OUT IS, IS PRETTY MUCH IT, UH, BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY ABOUT THIS.
WHEN IT COMES TO ENGINEERING, UH, WE ALL TRY TO DO OUR VERY BEST WHEN WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER PLANS.
WE HAVE AN INTERNAL QA QC PROCESS WHERE WE GO THROUGH OUR PLANS.
BUT I KNOW WHEN WE SUBMIT PLANS TO CITIES AND COUNTIES, THEY HAVE THEIR THIRD PARTY REVIEWER, SOME HAVE END STAFF.
THERE'S USUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S FOUND SOMETHING WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF, AND WE TAKE CARE OF IT AND GO ON.
SAME HAPPENS TO EVERY OTHER ENGINEERING FIRM.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, WE'RE LOOKING TO CONFIRM THAT WHAT THE CITY HAS AS STANDARDS ARE BEING MET.
AND WE WANNA DO THAT FAIR HANDEDLY ACROSS, ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND WHAT I SEE THIS AS, I I THINK SEVERAL MAY SAY, WELL, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
I'VE LIVED OUT HERE MOST OF MY LIFE, UH, BOUGHT LAND 10 YEARS AGO.
WE DIDN'T GO IN AND GET EVERYTHING LOOKING LIKE IT DOES TODAY.
WE, WE CAME IN, BUILT A HOUSE, GOT A WELL SEPTIC TANK LATER, BUILT A FENCE LATER CLEARED MORE LAND LATER PAVED THE DRIVEWAY.
AND IT'S JUST A NATURAL PROGRESSION OF OWNING IT AND, AND IMPROVING THE LAND.
AND THIS IS THE SAME THING FOR PARKER COUNTY.
THIS IS THE NATURAL PROGRESSION OF ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS WE'LL DO IS START BRINGING IN A MORE IN DEPTH REVIEW OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS AS THE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WHAT IS BEING BUILT IS THE SAME ACROSS THE COUNTY AS FAR AS A QUALITY STAND.
STANDARD ENGINEERS AND DEVELOPERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE EXPECTED TO DO.
THE ONE THING I WOULD ADD INTO THIS IS WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO DEVELOP A PLAN, I'D RECOMMEND THE COUNTY HAVE A, A SMALL COMMITTEE THAT SITS DOWN WITH DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY COME IN AND LAY OUT HERE ARE WHAT THE RULES, HERE'S WHAT'S EXPECTED, AND HERE'S THE, THE MEASURE, THE THE RULER TO WHICH YOU'RE GONNA BE MEASURED SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE WHEN THEY TURN IN PLATS, WHAT THEY TURN IN PLANS AND BE ABLE TO DO.
WHAT I'VE GOTTEN CALLS ON IS TO ASSURE DOWNSTREAM PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WHAT THE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE DONE HAVE NOT IMPACTED THEM IN A NEGATIVE WAY.
I GET REGULAR CALLS FROM LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF PARKER COUNTY THAT SAY, THIS DEVELOPMENT WENT IN UPSTREAM OF ME AND WE NOW HAVE MORE FLOODING THAN WE EVER DID BEFORE.
AND IT'S BECAUSE THERE WASN'T CHECKS ON ALL OF THAT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UH, WE COULD PROVIDE.
I KNOW THERE WAS AN RFQ LAST YEAR THAT WENT OUT AND SEVERAL FIRMS WERE, UH, SUBMITTED ON THAT AND WERE ACCEPTED AS, UH, FIRMS THAT COULD WORK FOR THE COUNTY.
BHP WAS ONE OF THOSE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE COVERED WAS DOING REVIEWS.
BUT IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER RFQ GO OUT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN.
MS. RIVAS? I, WELL, MR. NAVE, I ASSUME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION BOND? NO, NO, NO.
THERE WAS A FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES WHILE SHE'S COMING UP.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IS WE TRY TO IMPLEMENT NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS IS THE COST.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A, A LAW CAME TO US FROM AUSTIN THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A GROUNDWATER, UH, REVIEW.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS.
AND NOBODY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COST FOR A VERY SMALL DEVELOPMENT WAS PROHIBITIVE.
AND SO WE HAD TO MAKE ANOTHER BILL THERE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE COST OF A REVIEW LIKE THIS WOULD BE AND WHAT WOULD BE THE THRESHOLD OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY LOTS OR WHAT SIZE? BECAUSE, UH, TO BE HONEST, MOST OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING IN HERE, HERE TODAY ARE, ARE VERY SMALL.
SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, 10 ACRES DIVIDED INTO TWO OR THREE LOTS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
AND, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE DO DOESN'T, DOESN'T AFFECT SOMEBODY ADVERSELY LIKE THAT.
IT MAKES IT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY COULDN'T SUBDIVIDE PROPERTY.
I I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT GO IN, GO INTO THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
THE COUNTY CAN DECIDE IF IT'S TWO LOTS OR THREE LOTS OR LESS.
IT DOESN'T GO TO THE THIRD PARTY REVIEWER.
IT STAYS IN HOUSE, UH, FOR THE CURRENT SYSTEM
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THAT THE COUNTY HAS.AND IF IT GETS OVER A CERTAIN THRESHOLD AT THAT TIME, IT WOULD GO TO THE REVIEWER.
THEN I SAYING ABOUT BEING IN LEADERSHIP IS YOU CAN MAKE UP YOUR MIND AND MAKE A DECISION NOW.
AND YOU CAN CHANGE DIRECTIONS LATER IF YOU NEED TO.
SO IF IT'S NOT WORKING AND YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE THINGS REVIEWED OR LESS, WE CAN CHANGE THAT THRESHOLD.
RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 1500 TO $2,500 FOR A REVIEW.
AND THAT'S ASSUMING THAT THE ENGINEER COMES IN, THE SURVEYOR COMES IN, THERE'S LIMITED COMMENTS, WE GET THROUGH IT.
UH, IF THEY REFUSE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AND THEY KEEP RESUBMITTING THE SAME THING OR THEY MAKE MISTAKES ON IT, IT THE MORE REVIEWS THE MORE IT COSTS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO APPROACH IT FROM A COMMON SENSE FACTOR.
IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A DRAINAGE ISSUE, IF IT'S FLAT, THERE'S NOT A DRAINAGE ISSUE AND THERE ARE VERY, VERY SMALL SLOPE AND, AND, UH, VERY LITTLE IMPACT DOWNSTREAM, THEN I DON'T WANNA PUT A BURDEN ON SOMEBODY.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
I THINK, I THINK IT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE STRUCTURED SUCH THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS DISCRETION ON VARIANCES.
THERE ARE THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE SOMEONE'S, YOU KNOW, CARVING OFF TWO ACRES FOR THEIR KID, THAT'S TECHNICALLY SOMETHING THIS COULD FALL UNDER.
OBVIOUSLY THIS ISN'T GONNA, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO APPLY.
I JUST COVER THAT FOR ANYBODY THAT LISTEN.
AND I THINK ONE THING FOR THE COURT TO REMEMBER IS WHOEVER YOUR REVIEW ENGINEER IS, THEY WORK FOR YOU AND THE CITIZENS OF PARKER COUNTY, THERE'S SEVERAL COUNTIES WE'VE WORKED IN BOTH SIDES WHERE WE DO REVIEWS OR WE DO DEVELOPMENTS AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COME IN AND SAY, WE WANT THIS TO BE THE HARDEST REVIEW THESE GUYS HAVE EVER SEEN.
WE WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING AND WE WANT PERFECT PLANS AND WE WANT TO BE THE NEXT, NEXT SOUTH LAKE OUT THERE.
AND REVIEW THE PLANS IN THAT ORDERS OTHERS ARE, WHAT WE TRY TO DO WHEN WE DO REVIEWS IS WE TAKE THE CRITERIA AND WE LOOK AT IT AND TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE MATCHES THE CRITERIA.
IF WE SEE SOMETHING WE WOULD'VE DONE DIFFERENT, WE DON'T BRING THAT UP.
WE DON'T TRY TO GET THAT ENGINEER TO DO THINGS UP TO OUR STANDARDS.
WE TRY TO GET 'EM TO DO THINGS UP TO PARKER COUNTY STANDARDS SO THAT THEY REVIEW 'EM.
IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSIONERS ON WHAT LEVEL OF ENGINEERING REVIEW THAT'S DONE WITH THAT.
WE, WE TRY TO TAKE A LIGHT HAND ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUALITY IS THERE.
SO TAXPAYERS KNOW YEARS OUT THAT WHAT WAS BUILT WASN'T IMPACTING PEOPLE DOWNSTREAM AND THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR ROADS AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON AT THE PROPERTY AND THAT THEIR LOTS ARE GONNA DRAIN.
MR. NAVE, CAN YOU HELP EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ON THESE DEVELOPMENTS WHEN THEY HAVE TO APPLY THE STORM WATER, THE TRIPLE PSW, TRIPLE P PLAN, AND THE OVERSIGHT BY TCEQ? CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ON THAT? BECAUSE THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT NOW, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE ON MOST OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN AND A EROSION CONTROL PLAN.
THEY'RE MANDATED BY THE, THE GOVERNMENT TO BEAT THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE OVER THAT.
UH, IF THEY'RE, IF YOU DISTURB MORE THAN ONE ACRE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN.
UH, THE MORE LAND YOU DISTURB, THE MORE ELABORATE THAT GETS UP TO THE POINT WHERE YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY TCEQ.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO NOTIFY TCEQ, BUT AS IT GETS LARGER, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, AND TCEQ CAN LEVY FINES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO THAT.
PART OF IT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT, WHEN WE DISTURB LAND, WE'RE NOT MOVING SEDIMENT DOWNSTREAM AND IMPACTING PEOPLE DOWNSTREAM.
FILLING OUR LAKES AND DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT, IT TAKES THAT INTO, INTO, UM, IT, IT LOOKS AT THE, THE SALT OR THE, THE RUNOFF, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK AT THE STUDY OF THE WATER DRAINAGE DOWNSTREAM NECESSARILY.
IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK AT, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A UNIFIED FRONT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER WITH GROUNDWATER AND HOW WE BRING PEOPLE ALONG ON THIS MULTI-PRONGED MM-HMM.
A GOOD SET OF PLANS WILL DO THE SAME THING.
IT'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE DEMOLISHED.
IT'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE BUILT.
IT'S GONNA TALK ABOUT STORM WATER IMPACT.
IT'S GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW THE ROADS ARE GONNA WORK, THE CULVERTS ARE GONNA WORK.
IT TAKES ALL THOSE, BUT IT ALSO BRINGS IN THE EROSION CONTROL ISSUE AND BRINGS THAT IN.
THE DRAINAGE IS GONNA LOOK AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON.
HERE'S HOW WE'RE GONNA IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORS.
HERE'S HOW WE'RE GONNA PUT THE TENSION POND IN IF NEEDED.
OR WE'RE RIGHT ON THE TRINITY RIVER AND NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, THAT WATER GOES STRAIGHT IN THE TRINITY RIVER.
WE DON'T NEED A TENSION POND BECAUSE OF HOW THE HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM WOULD WORK.
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IS THE EROSION CONTROL.HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WHILE WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTING, BEFORE THE LAWNS ARE ESTABLISHED AND VEGETATION'S RE-IMPLEMENTED THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SEDIMENT COMING OFF THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S WHAT TC Q'S WORRIED ABOUT WHILE ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH THE DRAINAGE, THE TEXAS WATER CODE 11.086 IS CONCERNED ABOUT DO YOU IMPACT YOUR NEIGHBOR? DO YOU BACK WATER UP ON THEM? OKAY.
DO YOU INCREASE PEAK DISCHARGE ON YOUR NEIGHBOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT A GOOD SET OF PLANS THAT COMES TO THE COUNTY SHOULD TAKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTO, INTO AN ACCOUNT.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY TO HAVE A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME IN, WHETHER IT'S JUST TO SPLIT FAMILY LAND AND CUT OFF TWO ACRES FOR, FOR YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER TO, TO BUILD A HOUSE.
THAT DEVELOPER, THAT FARM OWNER NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE EXPECTED.
AND INCLUDED IN THAT DISCUSSION IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE EROSION CONTROL PLAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A SW AND IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA REPORT YOU TO TCQ AND YOU'RE GONNA FACE FINES.
SO THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS FOR YOU OR, OR COUNSEL HERE WAS WHERE, WHERE DOES THE ENFORCEMENT COME FROM AND DOES THAT GIVE THE COUNTY ANY MORE TEETH OR DOES THIS STILL GO BACK TO TCQ? BECAUSE ON OUR PROBLEM DEVELOPERS THAT SEEM TO BE IGNORING THE LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE ON THESE STORM WATER DRAINAGE, IF WE PASS THIS, WHERE'S THE ENFORCEMENT OTHER THAN PICKING UP THE PHONE AND HOPEFULLY TCEQ SHOWS UP AND STARTS FINDING THEM.
I THINK HAVING A, A RELATIONSHIP WITH TCEQ AND KNOWING THEM, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS, THAT YOU HAVE COMMISSIONERS OR SUPERINTENDENTS THAT ARE, OH, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON OUT HERE.
AND HAVE A HAVE THE DIRECT LINE TO THEM TO COME OUT AND GET THAT.
BUT ALSO ESTABLISHING, JUST LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, ESTABLISHING WITH RESIDENTS, THE WATER'S YOURS, YOU CAN PUMP IT OUT OF THE GROUND AND YOU CAN WATER ST.
AUGUSTINE IF YOU WANT TO, BUT HERE'S THE IMPACT.
EDUCATING THE DEVELOPERS AND ALSO HAVING THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TESTED TO COMPACTION FOR THE ROADWAYS, KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKED AT FOR STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN AND THAT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING THESE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S RAISING THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR DEVELOPERS IS GONNA RAISE THE QUALITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE IN PARKER COUNTY.
THE, THE THIRD, AND, UM, I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE ASK SOME QUESTIONS, WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE DID THIS AND WENT TO THIS SETUP, WOULD THE COUNTY THEN ASSUME OR WOULD THE COUNTY TAKE ON SOME FORM OF LIABILITY? WHEREAS NOW THE WAY I SEE IT, IT BECOMES A CIVIL ISSUE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ENGINEER, WHO'S THE DEVELOPER'S ENGINEER IS THE ONE WHO SEALS THOSE PLANS.
SO IF HE AGREES WITH THE COMMENTS AND HE IMPLEMENTS WHAT'S THERE.
HE IS TAKING ON RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY AND DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS.
WE'RE JUST A CHECK TO LOOK AT, OR THE COUNTY IS JUST ACTING AS A CHECK.
SO IF WE BUILD SOMETHING IN FORT WORTH, WE DESIGN SOMETHING IN FORT WORTH, AND WE GO THROUGH THE REVIEW THERE, WHICH IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FUN.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL INVITE THE REVIEWER, HEY, DO YOU WANNA SEAL THIS WITH ME? AND THEY ALWAYS DENY, YOU KNOW, THEY, NO, NO, WE DON'T WANNA SEAL IT.
UH, NO MATTER HOW MUCH INPUT THEY, THEY PUT INTO IT, IT, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY WHEN WE DO THOSE PLANS.
SO NEITHER THE CITY NOR THE NOR THE REVIEWER IS TAKING ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY ON, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, FOR THOSE PLANS.
I'LL PLAY THE OTHER SIDE JUST FOR A MOMENT.
UH, I'M, I'M, UH, I RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR THE SILT PREVENTION, UH, STRUCTURES AND ALL THAT.
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW FAR WE GO DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE SOMEBODY, UH, PUTS A SUBDIVISION IN NEXT TO MY PROPERTY AND, UH, AS WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE FOR 175 YEARS, WE PLOW THAT PROPERTY UP AND THEY, THEY ASK ME, UH, I'M PLOW UP TO PUT A CROP IN.
AND THEY ASK WHERE THE SILT PREVENTION FENCE IS AROUND THE FIELD THAT I PLOW UP.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE TO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT, UH, THAT SOME POINT SOMEBODY'S GONNA SAY, WHY ARE YOU DISTURBING THE SOIL HERE? AND YOU DON'T HAVE SILT PREVENTION IN? SO I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO THROW THOSE THINGS OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT, THAT, UH, SOME POINT THAT WILL COME, IT WILL.
BUT WITH BEING ON THE WATER, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF KEEPING THAT MATERIAL AND DOING THE ABSOLUTELY.
AND THAT MAY BE VERY WELL SOMETHING THAT COMES UP FOR THIS.
WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA GO IN AND OFTEN CLEAR CUT, DEVELOP, OR DEVELOPMENTS ARE GONNA COME IN CLEAR CUT, NOT LEAVE ANY TREES, LEAVE ACRES AND ACRES OF BARE EARTH.
AND IF WE DON'T HELP IMPLEMENT THE RULES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, WE'RE GONNA SEE DOWNSTREAM IMPACT.
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THAT MAY COME AT SOME POINT.THAT MAY BE THE NATURAL, UH, EVOLUTION OF HOW IT GOES.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE SAW AT KELLY ROAD, THE DOWNSTREAM NEIGHBOR, WAS DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED BY THE UPSTREAM DEVELOPER.
I I, I KNOW BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE.
I JUST WANNA THROW THAT OTHER SIDE OUT THERE, THAT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START MAKING RULES AND REGULATIONS, THEY, THEY'RE GOING TO APPLY TO EVERYBODY.
AND, AND THAT'S AN INTERESTING TURN OF PHRASE, START MAKING RULES.
ALL THESE RULES ARE ALREADY THERE.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A CHECK AGAINST GROSS NEGLIGENCE IS WHAT IT IS.
IT'S BASICALLY, UH, YOU'VE GOT BERMS IN ON PROPERTY THAT, THAT HAVE STOPPED WATER FROM RUNNING QUICKLY DOWN THE, THE HILLS THAT ARE GETTING TAKEN OUT.
YOU HAVE TANKS THAT ARE GETTING FILLED IN, HOUSES BUILT ON TOP OF A TANK WHERE THE WATER RAN.
AND SO BASICALLY, I BELIEVE IT'S JUST A LOOK OR A VIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT GROSS NEGLIGENCE AND HOW THE DEVELOPMENT IS PUT IN PLACE.
THAT'S THE TROUBLE I'M HAVING OUT IN PRECINCT ONE.
WE HAVE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF LARGE SUBDIVISIONS, AND THE ENGINEERING TALKS ABOUT THE RUNOFF, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK THE WAY THEY ENGINEER IT.
AND WE'RE HAVING TONS OF PROBLEMS 'CAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE, WE, WE'VE DEALT WITH THAT OUT THERE WITH, WITH YOUR PRECINCT AND ABSOLUTELY THEY'RE TEARING EVERYTHING DOWN.
AND CLEARLY THEY DIDN'T USE MR. NAVE.
SO ANYTHING ELSE? I'LL GIVE YOU THE, I'LL GIVE YOU THE OTHER CYNICAL DEAL.
WHO ARE WE GONNA GET TO CHECK MR. NA'S WORK?
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I BROUGHT UP TO COMMISSIONER HOLT AND COMMISSIONER HILL AND, UH, ATTORNEY FOR, UH, ATTORNEY FORREST WAS WE'D RECOMMEND THE COUNTY HAVE TWO FIRMS, AND WE ROTATE THAT BACK AND FORTH GENERALLY.
BUT IF FIRM A COMES IN, FIRM B REVIEWS THEIRS, AND IF B COMES IN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT A REVIEWS THEIRS, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT IS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COUNTY IN THE LONG TERM.
AND I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE SURROUNDING US IN VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER COUNTY.
AND MUNICIPALITY ENGINEERS ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW THEIR WORK AND, AND PROVE UP THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING WILL WORK.
AND IF WE HAVE ANY, ANY SUCCESS WITH HAVING TCEQ COME IN ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND LOOK AT 'EM.
I KNOW, MIKE, YOU MIGHT HAVE CONTACTED THEM ON THE ONE THAT YOU HAD.
THE AUGUST THE 19TH WE'RE GOING, I'M GONNA MEET WITH TWO INVESTIGATORS WITH TCEQ ON KELLY ROAD.
SO WE, WE'VE SUBMITTED IT, THEY'VE ACCEPTED THE COMPLAINT, AND THEY'RE GOING, THEY ARE GONNA MEET WITH US.
WE'VE HAD 'EM COME OUT ON TWO OR THREE PLACES YEAH.
BUT, AND YOU KNOW THAT WE USUALLY DON'T DO THAT.
ENGINEER'S NOT GONNA SOLVE ALL THE PARKERS COUNTY PROBLEMS. IT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS. BUT WHAT'S GONNA DO IS BRING UP THE, THE WHAT'S EXPECTED TO THE DEVELOPERS AND HOLD THEM TO A HIGHER LEVEL AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE EXPECTED.
IT'S GONNA BE A PROCESS, AND IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE BETTER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, MR. BRONNER, UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON THIS.
UH, YOU WERE STANDING UP THERE FOR A WHILE.
SO CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A 32ND OVERVIEW OF WHY YOU THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT? LIKE I REFERRED TO BEFORE, ESPECIALLY ON OUR HIGH DENSITY SUBDIVISIONS, THE DR. HORTON UP IN SPRINGTOWN, OF COURSE.
NOW, THAT WAS REALLY SPRINGTOWN WHO PLATTED IT, AND THEY ACCEPTED THE ENGINEER, ALL THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS WHO WERE COUNTY RESIDENTS.
NOW THAT PARTICULAR ONE'S BEEN ANNEXED, WERE HAVING MAJOR, MAJOR DRAINAGE ISSUES.
AND, UM, AND THEN KELLY ROAD, I MEAN, KELLY ROAD WAS ALWAYS, I MEAN, WHEN WE GOT THE CALL AND WE WENT OUT THERE, KELLY ROAD WAS ALMOST UNDERWATER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THAT'S A, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO IT'S REALLY THE, THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS ARE THE HIGH DENSITY SUBDIVISIONS.
AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING CONCRETE ROADS.
EVERYTHING'S CONCRETE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? ONE, YOU KNOW, 0.2, FIVE ACRE LOTS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WHERE THE HOUSES ARE GOT FIVE FOOT LOT LINES, AND THEY'RE BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THEM.
YOU KNOW, NOW AS WE GO DOWN THE SPECTRUM, PIT HOUSES ON TWO ACRES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE DO GET DRAINAGE ISSUES, BUT NOT THAT SEVERE, YOU KNOW, SO I, I JUST WANT SOMETHING, JOHN, EXCUSE ME FOR STEPPING ON YOU THERE.
IT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS. THAT'S NOT GONNA BE IT, IT'S NOT GONNA DO IT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU HAVE FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN TWO HOURS, THAT THE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN PARKER COUNTY OR ANY OTHER COUNTY OR CITY IN TEXAS ARE NOT GOING TO MANAGE THAT WATER.
AND THEY WANNA COME TO US AND SAY, WELL, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT RAINED AND THIS HAPPENED.
AND, UH, THE FACT IS THAT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WHEN IT IT'S A FLOOD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. MM-HMM.
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA SOLVE IT BY
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HIRING SHANNON AND A AND A, A WHOLE ARMY OF ENGINEERS HERE WHEN WE HAVE A FLOOD.AND I, BUT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT.
THEY, THEY SAY, WELL, MY NEIGHBOR'S WATER CAME DOWN HERE AND RAN ACROSS MY DRIVEWAY.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS. JOHN, GO AHEAD, JOHN.
AND, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE, THE KELLY ROAD, THAT THAT WAS THE ONE THAT THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN BROKEN AND A, A LAKE HAD COME ACROSS.
SO IT WASN'T JUST NORMAL RAIN THAT CAUSED THAT WATER TO GO OVER THAT PARTICULAR ROAD.
IT WAS, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, THAT, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH GROSS NEGLIGENCE.
THEY TOOK A, ABOUT A 40,000 POUND EXCAVATOR, AND THEY BUSTED THE DAM ON A LARGE POND, AND IT CAME DOWN.
SO THAT, AND THEY, AND THEY, THEY, THEY REALLY LOST CONTROL OF THE JOB.
THAT'S, SO THAT'S NOT NORMAL RAIN CONDITIONS.
THAT WAS NO, THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS NEGLIGENCE ON THE EXCAVATION AND DEVELOPER.
AND A FAILURE TO DO A FLOOD STUDY AND CORRECT.
AND THAT'S, SO ALL THESE, ALL THESE NEW SUBDIVISION, ALL THESE NEW HOUSES, YOU'RE NOT GETTING MORE WATER.
YOU'RE JUST GETTING IT FASTER BECAUSE OF ALL THE ROOF AND ALL THE PAVER FASTER AND MORE, MORE, YOU KNOW, CHANNELS, SO TO SPEAK, TO ABSORB.
AND THEY BULLDOZED ALL THE DIRT AND TREES OFF.
MR. RIVAS, ANYTHING TO SAY BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION? YES, SIR.
SO LAST SUMMER, Y Y'ALL APPROVED THE AWARD OF AN RFQ FOR ARCHITECT ENGINEERING SURVEYING SERVICES FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO THIS WOULD FALL UNDER THAT PURVIEW.
UM, THERE WAS AN AWARD OF, I THINK THERE WAS LIKE 17 DIFFERENT FIRMS THAT WERE AWARDED THE RFQ.
SO NOW YOU WOULD GO AND YOU TAKE THOSE 17 FIRMS AND, AND LOOK AT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME THAT ARE MORE GEARED TOWARDS CIVIL ENGINEERING THAN AND OR ARCHITECT OR WHATEVER.
AND YOU WOULD GET A PROPOSAL, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FROM THOSE, A COUPLE OF FIRMS THAT YOU CHOOSE FROM THAT LIST.
AND THEN JOHN AND, AND PROBABLY ONE OF YOU ALL, AND I CON WOULD CONDUCT A NEGOTIATIONS WITH THOSE FIRMS OKAY.
I DON'T MIND TAKING THAT PROJECT ON WITH JOHN.
WHO ELSE NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THAT? UH, RUSTY, PROBABLY.
RUSTY, DO WE NEED TO ADD THE NEW CONSTRUCTION? BECAUSE THE, THE ONE THAT WENT OUT LAST YEAR EXCLUDED NEW CONSTRUCTION, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, IT, IT, AND IF SO, FOR, IF WE ARE GONNA BUILD A BRAND NEW BUILDING, WE WANNA DO AN RFP OR RFQ SPECIFIC TO THAT BUILD AND NOT JUST DO A GENERAL NEW CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE BUT THIS IS NEW DEVELOPMENT IS WHY I'M ASKING.
BUT IT'S NOT THE COUNTY DOING THE, THE CONSTRUCTION PART.
AND SO THIS DOES COVER STUDY SURVEYS AND, AND ENGINEERING FOR OKAY.
AS LONG AS WE'RE CIVIL AND STUFF LIKE THAT, IT'S NOT, IT'S FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS.
SO IF WE EXPAND A BUILDING, IT WILL COVER THAT, BUT IT WON'T DO A BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK THE FINAL PERSON I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH THE COURT IS JAMIE TIER, BECAUSE THIS PERSON, THIS TEAM WOULD BE INTEGRATING CLOSELY.
AND, AND JOHN, I KNOW JAMIE WORKS IN YOUR OFFICE, SO WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH YOU SINCE JAMIE WOULD BE SO TIED IN WITH THEM? ALL RIGHT.
THEN I'M MAKING THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, BECKY, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ON THE COMMITTEE.
I KNOW YOU REALLY WANTED TO BE ALL RIGHT.
UH, MAKING A COMMITTEE OF MYSELF, JOHN FORESTS, UH, MR. BRONER, MS. REVA, AND MS. TIER TO IDENTIFY OF THOSE 17 FIRMS, A FEW OF 'EM TO BRING BACK TO THE COURT'S APPROVAL TO SELECT THE TWO GROUPS THAT WE WOULD USE GOING FORWARD FOR THIS THIRD PARTY REVIEW.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT AND PRECINCT TWO.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY, PRECINCT ONE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I'M SURE WE, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A MOTION TO DO THIS.
WE'RE JUST GONNA LOOK AT ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BRING THIS BACK LATER FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
'CAUSE THE MOTION IS TO SET UP A COMMITTEE TO, TO LOOK AT, I WOULD THIS TO SET UP THE COMMITTEE TO, TO REVIEW THE 17 FIRMS TO PICK TWO.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE DON'T NEED, WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.
WE DON'T NEED APPROVAL TO DO THAT.
I'M JUST ASKING 'CAUSE THE, THAT'S THE, THE ITEM IS TO, UH, IMPLEMENT A THIRD PARTY.
SO WE'RE GONNA SET UP A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THOSE FIRMS AND BRING IT BACK LATER.
IT DOESN'T, IT DOES TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR ENGINEERING FIRMS. YES.
BUT WE'RE NOT A, WE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THEM TO DO YET.
RICH MAY PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
I ADDED TO THE MOTION TO, UH, TO SELECT THE TWO GROUPS TO MAKE A REC RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COURT.
IS THAT GOOD COMMISSIONER? YEAH.
SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WHERE THE COURT HAD THE FINAL SAY.
THE IDEA IS THAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BRING BACK TO COURT THE RECOMMENDATION ON WHICH GROUPS TO GO WITH, BUT THE COURT HAS FINAL APPROVAL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR?
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I CARRIES FIVE.[7.A. Approve the application to Adopt a County Road known as Sandlin Lane in Springtown by The Hess Family in Precinct One. (Hess Family / Commissioner Conley)]
OKAY.WE'RE GONNA MOVE UP TO ITEM A ON THE APPROVE THE APPLICATION TO ADOPT A COUNTY ROAD KNOWN AS SADDLE AND LANE IN SPRINGTOWN BY THE HESS FAMILY IN PRECINCT ONE.
AND WE DO HAVE, UH, THE HESS FAMILY HERE TODAY AND WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING.
I BELIEVE THERE'S A COUPLE OF ROWS OF YOU.
UM, SO IF Y'ALL WOULD, IF Y'ALL WOULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM, UH, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HEAR FROM YOU.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE ALL COZY TOGETHER HERE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
IT REALLY HELPS THE COUNTY BY Y'ALL PICKING UP TRASH ON THAT ROAD.
AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL STEPPING UP AND WANTING TO DO THAT.
SO LEMME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT, THAT ADOPT A, UH, COUNTRY ROAD IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PARKER COUNTY.
IT GIVES YOU RECOGNITION TO ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS FOR PICKING UP THE TRASH AND KEEPING IT NEEDING CLEAN.
AND THOSE OF US WHO OWN SECTIONS OF, OF COUNTY ROAD RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU KEEP THE ROAD CLEAN, LESS TRASH GETS THROWN OUT.
SO THE QUICKER IT GOES OUT, THE QUICKER, UH, YOU GET IT PICKED UP, THE CLEANER OF THE ROAD STAYS WHERE IF YOU LET IT SIT THERE, THEN SAY, WELL, SOMEBODY ELSE THREW TRASH OUT, IT'S OKAY FOR ME TO THROW MINE OUT TOO.
SO I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH Y'ALL, UH, STEPPING FORWARD TO DO THIS.
IT RECOGNIZES YOU FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY ALREADY DOING AND, UH, ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AS WELL, BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD PROGRAM FOR PARKER COUNTY.
AND I, AS I TELL EVERYBODY, I, I DON'T MIND PICKING UP THE TRASH EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE GUY THAT THROWS THE CHICKEN BONES OUT, THAT ONE BOX WITH FULL OF CHICKEN BONES THAT I GET ABOUT ONCE A WEEK.
BUT, BUT, UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING FORWARD AND PLEASE ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
ANY OF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE YOU COME UP? YEAH.
AND SANDLIN SANDLIN IS JUST BEING DEVASTATED WITH HOME, SO Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE BUSY.
WELL, WE, WE KNEW BRIAN AND JENNIFER, THEY WERE THE ONES WHO DID IT BEFORE BECAUSE THEY DID IN MEMORY OF OUR SON RIGHT.
AND SO NOW SHE'S TAKING IT OVER AND SHE'S ALSO GOING TO BE USING THAT AS PART OF HER PLATFORM FOR, UM, HER PAGEANT.
AND WELL, THANK Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL HELP YOU WITH BAGS AND STUFF.
AND, UH, THOSE REFLECTOR DEALS THAT YOU CAN WEAR
BEST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE LAMB.
SO WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO COME UP AND, AND, UH, GET A PICTURE? GET YOUR PICTURE WITH US HERE? YEAH.
CAN YOU GET THIS ONE? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ABOUT THREE.
COMMISSIONER CONY MADE A MOTION.
FIND OUT, I MADE THAT ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO.
WE KIND OF PUT THE CARD IN FRONT OF THE HORSE ON THAT.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, WHICH WE NEED TO, WE APPROVE THIS WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER CONLEY'S, UH, MADE THE MOTION WITH COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
THE SECOND IS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRY FIVE.
OH, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO FIVE
[5.A. Discuss/Take action on ongoing reporting of bond projects to Commissioners Court by Freese & Nichols. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt)]
A ON DISCUSSION.TAKE ACTION ON ONGOING REPORTING OF BOND PROJECTS.
COMM COMMISSIONER'S COURT BY FREEZING NICHOLS.
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NICHOLS.MR. BOSCO, DID YOU THINK WE FORGOT YOU? NO, NO.
WHAT'S YOU GET FOR COMING IN LATE?
UH, SO THIS IS A MONTHLY REPORT.
I KNOW WE JUST DID ONE, BUT WE ARE KIND OF OFF CYCLE.
SO THIS KINDA GETS US BACK TO, UH, THE FIRST MEETING OF EACH MONTH.
UH, WE HAD, UH, WE DO THESE QUARTERLY, UH, COORDINATIONS WITH COG, UH, REALLY TO KIND OF GO OVER THE, THE FUNDING THAT THEY'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED TO THE COUNTY AND MAKE SURE ALL THAT'S PUT IN THE RIGHT PLANS AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS, UH, FUNDING AGREEMENTS WITH TECH STOCK.
AND, UM, SO CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COG IN THE PAST.
AND WE, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS, UM, TO KEEP THAT COORDINATION GOING.
UH, A LOT OF THAT'S BEEN, UH, DEVELOPERS THAT ARE AROUND, UH, SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS, UH, AS THEY'RE KIND OF PLANNING THEIR DEVELOPMENTS, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT ARE PLANNED IN THE BOND.
UH, WE ALWAYS DO MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE AREA OFFICE JUST TO KIND OF COORDINATE ACTIVE PROJECTS.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE VANCE FUNDING AGREEMENTS.
Y'ALL APPROVED THE, THE ONE, UH, FOR CARTER ROAD, UH, AND THAT WE ALSO HAVE A AGENDA ITEM TODAY RELATED TO THAT.
UH, I'VE GOTTEN THE SCOPING FEES FROM, UH, ONG PERKINS AND HALF, UH, RELATED TO SEVEN 30 AND, AND, UH, 1187.
UH, SO THE PLAN IS TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT AND BRING THAT TO COURT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE POWER BI WORKING.
I KNOW WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH SECURITY, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT WORK THROUGH.
BUT IT, UM, I I THINK WE MIGHT APPROACH IT FROM MORE OF A WEB PORTAL, UH, VERSUS HAVING TO BE SOFTWARE ON Y'ALL'S COMPUTERS.
UH, SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF AN ELEMENT, HOPE TO GET RESOLVED THIS WEEK.
UM, SO ON THE PRECINCT UPDATES, UM, SO KIND OF SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN PRECINCT ONE, I PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THE 33 25.
SO THAT HAS BENEFICIAL PUT IN THE COG PLAN AND, UH, COORDINATING WITH TECH STOCK ON WHO'S KIND OF TAKING THE LEAD FOR THE NEXT STEPS.
UH, AND 'CAUSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY THE COUNTY DOING A FEASIBILITY STUDY, BUT MY LAST CONVERSATION WAS WITH TECH STOCK IS THEIR, UH, INDICATING THAT THEY WANT TO DO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
UH, SO THAT, UH, THAT'S A, A KEY ONE THERE.
UH, AND THEN ON CHURCH ROAD, THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES WE'VE HAD HAD PREVIOUS DEVELOPER COORDINATION MEETINGS.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY DOCUMENTS, UH, UH, RELATED TO THE RIGHT OF WAY ON CHURCH ROAD, UH, MIDWAY.
AND JN WOODY IS, UH, OR WN WOODY, I ALWAYS, YOU'RE STUCK BY J AREN'T YOU?
YEAH, THAT ONE ALWAYS GETS THE OTHER ONE'S J WOODY, BUT YEAH,
UM, SO WE, WE'VE PROGRESSED THAT ONE PRETTY FAR AND ACTUALLY ARE TARGETING TO ADVERTISE IN OCTOBER.
UH, AND POTENTIALLY WE MIGHT, UH, WANT TO PUT THOSE TOGETHER TO GET ONE CONTRACTOR.
UH, BUT THE IDEA IS THEY WOULD BE, UH, TO GET THAT ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, OR REALLY BOTH OF THOSE IN OCTOBER FOR BOTH OF THEM.
SO REALLY CONSTRUCTION PROBABLY START IN MID-NOVEMBER.
YEAH, THOSE ARE, IT'S SIMILAR TO ELLIS CREEK, WHICH I'LL SPEAK ON A MINUTE.
WE CAN MOVE PRETTY QUICK ON, UH, THOSE MORE, UH, PAVEMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENT, UH, WHERE WE DON'T NEED RIGHT AWAY.
THAT'S WHY THOMAS ISN'T ON THERE.
'CAUSE THAT'S ONE WE, WE NEED TO DO RIGHT AWAY ON, UH, IN, IN PRECINCT TWO, UH, HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, WE HAD BEEN COORDINATING, UH, COMMISSIONER HUDSON OAKS, ALSO WITH WEATHERFORD JUST ON THE DESIGN OF OAK RIDGE.
AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF MODIFYING, UH, THE ROUNDABOUT, UH, ON THAT PROJECT, UH, WHICH IS REALLY THE ONLY LOCATION WE NEED SOME RIGHT OF AWAY AT.
UH, AND WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE DOING A LITTLE, UH, LARGER SIZE ROUNDABOUT THERE THAT, 'CAUSE THERE IS, UH, SOME TRUCK ACCESS.
THERE'S A RV, UH, STORAGE FACILITY ON OAK RIDGE.
AND SO, UH, THE NEED FOR A LITTLE LARGER FOOTPRINT THERE,
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UH, I THINK WAS GOOD, GOOD COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED.UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THE JOHNSON BEND GREEN ACRES, UH, RIGHT OF WAY NEGOTIATIONS, UH, ELLIS CREEK, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THAT ONE, WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING TO GET THE ADVERTISEMENT OUT, UH, IN AUGUST.
UH, WE REALLY HAVE THAT ONE READY TO GO.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO COORDINATE WITH, UH, KIM TO GET THAT, UM, ADVERTISED.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, THE, THE PRECINCT HAD A RIBBON CUTTING, UH, ON JULY 31ST FOR THE NINE 20 WILLOW CREEK.
SO THAT WAS THE TURN LANES AND THE, THE COUNTY PORTION OF THE ROAD.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE GETTING, UH, THE 51 CARTER ROAD SURVEY UNDERWAY.
Y'ALL APPROVED THAT AT THE LAST COURT, UH, IN PRECINCT THREE HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, SO WE DID COMPLETE THE H AND H STUDY, UH, FOR THE NORTHEAST OR EAST AND WEST, UH, ARTERIAL.
AND, UH, I'LL BE, UH, SET UP A MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER WALDEN TO KIND OF GO OVER THAT STUDY OF, UH, 'CAUSE THERE'S TWO BRIDGES ON, UH, THAT SEGMENT OF ROAD.
UH, AND THEN WE'VE SUBMITTED A PERMIT SET TO TECH STOCK FOR RICK WILLIAMSON, WHERE, WHERE RICK WILLIAMSON, UH, INTERSECTS EACH OF THE STATE ROADS THERE.
UH, B AND I 20 SPUR THREE 12 AND, UH, 180.
UH, AND THEN ON THE, ON-RAMPS, UH, GRAHAM AND ASSOCIATES HAS BEEN PROGRESSING THE, THE PLANS ON THAT AND TARGETING, UH, SEPTEMBER SUBMITTAL, UH, TO TECH STOCK FOR REVIEW OF THOSE PLANS.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE, WE ARE STILL, UH, I PUT IT UNDER THAT ITEM, BUT WE'RE STILL COURTING WITH TECH STOCK ON, UH, THE FRONTAGE ROAD PIECE, WHICH, UH, THEY'RE INDICATING WILL BE PART OF THE BIGGER I 20 SCHEMATIC.
THEN THE COUNTY WILL COME IN TO DO THE FINAL PLANS FOR THOSE FRONTAGE ROADS.
UM, SO THE, THE MAIN, UH, TARGET RIGHT NOW IS TO FINALIZE THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AS IT'S APPROACH 1187 ON GETTING A BETTER CONNECTION TO, UH, 1187, WHERE IT'S DOESN'T HAVE AS SEVERE OF A SKEW.
AND THEN WORKING ON WHAT WOULD THE FUTURE BE GOING FURTHER EAST TO MAKE SURE THAT INTERSECTION SET UP FOR, UH, ANY OF THAT EXTENSION.
UH, IN ADDITION, UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE H AND H STUDY COMPLETED FOR, UH, THE BANKHEAD BRIDGE.
AND WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER HALE ON NEXT STEPS ON THAT.
BUT WE WERE PLEASED THAT THAT ONE, UH, WAS PRETTY, UH, NARROW FOOTPRINT RELATIVE TO THE ADJACENT BRIDGE.
SO WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE COST RELATED TO THAT BRIDGE.
UH, AND THEN Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR OLD WEATHERFORD, SO WE'RE GETTING THAT KICKED OFF WITH, UH, NOTICE TO PROCEED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
UH, AND THEN THIS, UH, JUST FOR THE FOLKS WATCHING THE VIDEO, THIS, UH, ONE TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THE WEBSITE, UH, ALL THESE REPORTS, UH, YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT REPORTS TAB THERE AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE REPORTS WE'VE GIVEN, UH, THUS FAR THIS YEAR.
UH, SO THEY'LL HAVE A PDF, THEY CAN REVIEW, UH, THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, SO ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, CHRIS.
THAT WEBSITE'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE.
'CAUSE WHEN FOLKS CALL OR COMMENT OR DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD RESOURCE FOR THE, THE PUBLIC TO BE EDUCATED ON WHAT THE COUNTY'S DOING.
SO I, I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY VALUABLE TOOL RIGHT HERE.
AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY THE UPDATES WITH THIS, THAT'S SYNCED WITH RICH ON OUR WEBSITE, THAT THIS GOES OUT FOR THOSE THAT JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT THAT'S BEING DONE.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CRYSTAL ON THIS? THANK YOU.
IT, IT'S, MM-HMM,
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM B ON DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON DESIGN SERVICES.
UH, WE DON'T NEED A, WE DON'T NEED, THAT'S JUST AN UPDATE REALLY.
[5.B. Discuss/Take action on design services work authorization for WN Woody, Midway and Thomas Road. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Conley)]
IS DISCUSSED, TAKE ACTION ON DESIGN SERVICES, WORK AUTHORIZATION FOR W WOODY MIDWAY AND THOMAS ROAD, CHRIS.UM, SO THIS WAS, UM, THE, THE, ALL, ALL OF THEM IN, UH, PRECINCT ONE HERE, BUT, UH, THIS IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN SERVICES CONTRACT.
UH, SO MIDWAY ROAD, UH, WN WOODY AND THEN, UH, THOMAS ROAD.
AND, UM, THE KIND OF OUTLINE THE FEES RELATED TO THOSE, UH, YOU'LL SEE A MIDWAY ROAD, UH, WITH THE, UH, MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING AND THEN BID PHASE.
WE'RE AT A HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, FOUR EIGHTY, UH, ON WN WOODY IS 54,250.
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THOMAS IS A HUNDRED SIX SEVEN SIXTY.THOMAS DOES INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF SURVEY FOR THE REALIGNMENT OF THE CURVE.
AND THEN RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION, HAVE YOU GOT A HOLD OF THAT LANDOWNER YET? WE'VE HAD SOME INITIAL COORDINATION, BUT IN, WE BASICALLY NEED TO KIND OF FINALIZE WHAT AMOUNT THAT, THAT WE NEED TO SMOOTH OUT THAT CURVE.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE MORE COORDINATION WITH THEM, UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN, WE HAD ACTUALLY OVERESTIMATED THESE QUITE A BIT.
LIKE, SO RIGHT NOW IN THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN, I HAD FIVE 90 FOR THE ENGINEERING.
AND, AND LARGELY IT'S JUST THESE ARE NOT PROJECTS THAT HAVE, UH, SIMILAR TO SAY, UH, OAK RIDGE THAT HAVE EXTENSIVE DRAINAGE DESIGN.
UH, SO THAT'S PART OF, UH, SO THESE ARE QUITE A BIT UNDER BUDGET RELATIVE TO WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PLAN RIGHT NOW.
WELL, AND THAT MIDWAY ROAD IS SO HIGH BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST FIVE MILES LONG.
MIDWAY IS, UH, PRETTY LONG AND IT'S LONG.
UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A BAD, BAD ROAD.
SO THE GOAL HERE ON THESE PROJECTS IS, YOU KNOW, UH, PROVE THE PAVEMENT CONDITION, UH, IN SOME AREAS, UH, IF IT'S VERY NARROW, GET A LITTLE BIT WIDER WIDTH WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT YOU HAVE, UH, AND THEN IMPROVE SAFETY, WHETHER THAT'S, UH, GUARDRAIL ADDITIONS OR SIGNAGE AND STRIPING.
SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, THAN SAY, LIKE A BANKHEAD.
THAT'S A FULL REDO WITH, WITH WIDENING EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR PASSES FIVE.
OH, MOVE TO ITEM D AND DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER.
I'M, I'M SORRY, I WENT DOWN TOO FAST ON THAT ONE.
DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON QUALITY.
[5.C. Discuss/Take action for quality control testing requirements on new road construction. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Hale)]
ON ITEM C, DISCUSSION.TAKE ACTION ON QUALITY CONTROL TESTING REQUIREMENTS ON NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
SORRY, DID YOU WANNA DO ANY INTRO ON THIS ONE, COMMISSIONER? WELL, AS Y'ALL KNOW, ALL THE BUILDING AND GROWTH THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, UM, IN MY SHORT TIME IN OFFICE, I'VE NOTICED A LOT OF THESE NEW BIG RANCHES THAT ARE DEVELOPING IN PRECINCT FOUR, THEY'RE COMING IN AT A HIGH LEVEL AS, AS RUSTY HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING QUARTER ACRE LOTS, ZERO LOT LINES.
THEY'RE STACKING 'EM IN THERE.
THEY'RE ALSO DOING THESE CONCRETE ROADS AND MAJOR KIND OF THOROUGHFARE, FOUR LANE CONCRETE ROADS THAT QUITE FRANKLY, I'M NERVOUS ABOUT THE SUB SOIL AND THE TESTING OR LACK THEREOF.
AND I'M SCARED WE'RE GONNA HAVE CONSTRUCTION BOND OR MAINTENANCE BONDS RUNNING OUT IN THEIR COUNTY, MAINTAINED ROADS THAT ARE VERY HIGH DOLLAR AND VERY HIGH END.
AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, AT A MINIMUM, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND WHAT OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE TO, UH, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER, BETTER ADDRESS QUALITY CONTROL AND THAT THE SUBGRADE ARE DONE IN A MANNER THAT'S NOT GONNA SADDLE THE TAXPAYERS IN PARKER COUNTY WITH MAINTENANCE IN, UH, IN A SHORTER THAN EXPECTED TIMEFRAME.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL YEAH, LET YOU GO.
UH, I, I THINK THIS COULD BE, UH, LACED IN PRETTY NICELY WITH Y'ALL'S EARLIER ITEM AROUND, UH, HAVE AN ENGINEERS REVIEW THE SUBDIVISIONS.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS, UM, SO WHEN WE DO A PROJECT FOR Y'ALL, LET'S TAKE OLD WEATHERFORD ROADS SINCE IT'S THE RECENT ONE.
WE BUILD THESE REQUIREMENTS INTO THE SPEC.
SO WHAT IT'S SAYING IS THAT THIS, UH, HAS AN INCREMENT OF TESTING.
SO IT'S REALLY DEFINING THE QUALITY CONTROL TESTING THAT THE CONTRACTORS REQUIRED TO DO.
UH, NOTE ON A, ON A BIGGER ROAD JOB, LIKE AN OLD WEATHERFORD OR THE LOOP, THERE'S ALSO QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTING THAT THE COUNTY HAS DONE.
SO YOU'RE KIND OF CHECKING THEIR TEST.
UM, WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS IT WOULD ESTABLISH A REQUIREMENT.
SO, UM, AND, AND IT WOULD SCALE WELL, KIND OF WITH THE EARLIER COMMENTS ABOUT IF IT'S A VERY SMALL SUBDIVISION, UH, TO NOT BURDEN THEM.
THIS IS SCALED BY HOW, HOW BIG IT IS, SO HOW MUCH CONCRETE THEY'RE PUTTING DOWN THEY MIGHT NEED TO TEST, WHEREAS A BIGGER DEVELOPMENT MIGHT DO 20 TESTS.
AND SO, UH, I KEPT IT IN DRAFT FORM, UH, THAT WAY I COULD, UH, MEET WITH Y'ALL AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH, UH, THAT.
AND THEN I DO THINK IT DOES PAIR NICELY WITH, UM, THE REVIEWS Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING IN THE SUBDIVISIONS BECAUSE
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THIS COULD BE PARTY TO THAT DISCUSSION OF APPROVAL OF THOSE PLANS, THAT THERE'S ALSO APPROVAL OF THE TESTING REQUIREMENTS, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT Y'ALL DISCUSSED EARLIER.UH, THIS TOP PARAGRAPH KIND OF, UH, PUTS IT BACK TO THE COURT DISCRETION IF, UH, IF THERE'S A MODIFICATION, UH, TO THE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, WE ALSO ALWAYS REFERENCE AT THE BOTTOM KIND OF REFERENCE, UH, THE TECH STOCK, UH, GUIDE.
SO IF, UM, LET'S SAY A CONTRACTOR, LIKE YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S NOT ANYTHING BRIDGE RELATED HERE.
IF IT HAPPENED AT A CONTRACTOR AND THE DEVELOPMENT IS DOING A BRIDGE, THEN THE TECH STOCK GUIDE WOULD SUPPLEMENT THAT.
SO IT'D KIND OF PROTECT IN THAT SITUATION OF ANY TESTING NEEDING, UH, FOR THE BRIDGE.
I MEAN, THE STRUCTURAL CONCRETE KIND OF GETS THERE, BUT, UH, IT WOULD ALLOW Y'ALL TO REFER TO THAT GUIDE FOR MAYBE A MORE, UH, ROBUST CONSTRUCTION.
UH, BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE, UM, THAT THIS COULD BE, UH, KIND OF SET A MINIMUM STANDARD OF TESTING THAT, UH, YOU ALSO NOTE IN THE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE Y'ALL THOSE TEST REPORTS BEFORE ACCEPTANCE OF, UH, OF THE PROJECT, UH, ONCE THEY'RE DONE.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER KIND OF CHECK THERE.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION TO BE HAD ON THIS.
UM, I DO WANNA BE VERY SENSITIVE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT, IN RESPECT TO WHAT YOU HAD MENTIONED IN OUR DISCUSSIONS EARLIER, YOU KNOW, ON SMALLER DEALS AND SMALLER, SMALLER THINGS, I DON'T WANT TO PUT UNDO THERE.
WHAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OF CLAY IN, IN OUR AREA, AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT A AN EXAMPLE, YOU CAN GO TALK TO THE CITY OF ALITO AND BAILEY RANCH ROAD THAT THEY JUST HAD TO COMPLETELY PULL UP, COMPLETELY REDO THE SUBGRADE AND SPEND THEIR MONEY TO PUT DOWN, BASICALLY REBUILD A NEW ROAD.
AND THAT ROAD SHOULD HAVE LASTED MUCH LONGER THAN, THAN IT DID.
UM, SO I DON'T WANNA TALK TOO MUCH, BUT I WANNA LET YOU GUYS DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, WE GOT A, A SUBDIVISION IN PRECINCT ONE ALREADY THAT'S BEEN BUILT BY CONCRETE ROADS AND THEY GAVE US NO INFORMATION WHATSOEVER WHEN THEY PUT THAT IN.
THAT'S A, IT'S A NICE ROAD SO FAR.
IT'S OFF OF TUCKER THERE OFF SEVEN 30 MM-HMM.
AND, BUT WE HAVE NO IDEA, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY DID UNDERNEATH THE, THE CONCRETE IF IT'S GONNA STAY THERE OR NOT, OR YEAH, I, I THINK LIKE COMMISSIONER HILL, LIKE REALLY IT'S THE CLAY SOILS THAT CAN GET YOU INTO TROUBLE.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF, UH, IT COULD BE A DEVELOPER'S USED TO WORKING AN AREA, THEY HIT, UH, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY EXPANSIVE SOILS AND DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH OF TERRAIN, YOU MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THE SITUATION, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND CUT THAT WHEN IT STARTS CRACKING.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT TO DO ALL THAT WITH, BUT RIGHT NOW, BUT EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUY THAT STUFF.
AND CHRIS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, MIKE AND I HAVE BEEN BUSY ON THAT, IS TAKING CORE BEFORE THEY PUT THAT SURFACE DOWN AND THAT'S, IF THE BASE IS, IS DONE WELL DONE RIGHT, THEN THOSE ROADS SHOULD LAST QUITE A WHILE.
AND EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE TO REPLACE THE SURFACE, THE CAUSEWAY, THEN IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER PROJECT THEN HAVING TO GO BACK IN AND TAKE IT ALL UP.
SO DOING THE CORES AND SENDING THOSE OFF, HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE TO GET THOSE BACK? YEAH, IT, IT, IT'S FAIRLY QUICK.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE, BUT USUALLY AFTER LIKE A SEVEN DAY BREAK YOU CAN BE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT YOU'RE GONNA MEET SPEC.
BUT KIND OF TO YOUR POINT, A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT COME ABOUT AS A SUB-GRADE ISSUE AND, AND SO HAVING THAT CHECK AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS GUIDE IS SUPPOSED TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, IT IDENTIFIES WHAT INCREMENT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR THE TEST.
AND THEN IN THE EVENT OF A FAILED TEST, IT WOULD KIND OF TRIGGER THEM NEEDED TO BRACKET THE PROBLEM, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN IDENTIFY MAYBE WHAT AREA NEEDS TO BE, UH, REWORKED.
AND IT'LL ALSO TEST THE MATERIAL THAT THEY UTILIZE AS WELL.
CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IN, IN A LOT OF REGARDS.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S SIMILAR TO Y'ALL'S DISCUSSION AROUND THE SDB THREE P, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I THINK ABOUT THIS, IT ALSO PROTECTS THE DEVELOPER SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME IT'S BEING BUILT, UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER CONTRACTORS THEY'RE WORKING WITH, THEY CAN GET THAT CORRECTED WITHOUT IT BECOMING A MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE PROBLEM.
I THINK THAT FROM A CORING PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WERE LOOKING AT ADDING IN OR DISCUSSING AT OUR NEXT SRC MEETING, ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. SO IF WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON THAT.
'CAUSE COMMISSIONER WALDEN, I BELIEVE YOU SAID SOME OF THE ROADS IN Y'ALL'S
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PRECINCT THAT WERE PUT IN LONG BEFORE YOUR TIME WERE PUT IN WITH BASE THAT MAYBE WASN'T THE GREATEST.AND THAT'S CREATED SOME LINGERING ISSUES FOR YOUR CREWS AND CAUSED QUITE A, QUITE A FEW PROBLEMS TRYING TO PLACE THOSE ROADS.
MAJORITY OF THE ROADS AND PRECINCT THREE THAT WERE BUILT YEARS AGO DON'T HAVE OVER AN INCH OF BASE IN THEM, BUT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE COUNTY ROADS.
BUT, UH, AS FAR AS ANY SUBDIVISION ROADS, UM, THAT WERE ACCEPTED IN, UH, I, I CAN LEAD YOU TO SEVERAL OF THEM THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN THERE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MEET COUNTY STANDARDS WHEN THEY WERE BUILT.
DON'T HAVE ANY BASE UNDER THEM, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GONE BY FROM 50 YEARS AGO, EXCUSE ME.
HOWEVER, WITH THAT SAID, I THINK ON THESE CONCRETE ROADS, WE NEED TO BE, WE NEED TO BE REALLY AWARE OF THE MATERIALS, BUT, UH, AND OF THE, UH, COMPACTION, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS, IS IT, CHRIS? NO, I MEAN THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS
IT'S KIND OF LIKE Y'ALL'S DISCUSSION EARLIER.
YOU'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE IT AND, BUT YEAH, THERE, IT'LL MINIMIZE THE PROBLEMS AS I DRIVE NORTH ON, UH, ON, UH, RICK WILLIAMS AND NOT THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOW SPOT IN THE CONCRETE AND, AND THE BEST, BEST LAID PLANS THAT YOU CAN HAVE, YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE SOME ISSUES, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, NOT ON THIS ITEM.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? OKAY, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
WELL, I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BEAR SOME, SOME MORE DISCUSSION AND, UH, MAYBE WE CAN WORK ON THAT AND THEN OKAY.
TAKE NO ACTION TODAY AND MAYBE BRING THIS BACK ON THE NEXT COURT.
AND, UH, AND WE CAN MAKE BETTER EDUCATED DECISIONS AT THAT TIME.
AGAIN, WE'RE PROTECTING THE TAX DOLLAR, THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.
IF, UH, IF I COULD THROW OUT THERE, IF THE COMMISSIONERS COULD TRY TO GET A ROUGH GUESS OF HOW MANY MILES, UM, IN EACH PRECINCT WE HAVE OF EITHER APPROVED COUNTY ROADS, A SUBDIVISION THAT'S BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE COUNTY AT SOME POINT.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME IN PRECINCT TOO, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO ADDRESS THAT.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT ON A COUNTYWIDE BASIS AT SOME POINT.
ALRIGHTY, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM D ON
[5.D. Discuss/Take action on Resolution No. 24-11 for the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grant improvements for FM 51 at Carter Rd. (Chris Bosco / Judge Deen)]
DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH 11 FOR THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, HSIP GRANT IMPROVEMENTS FOR FM 51 AND CARTER ROAD.CHRIS, UH, YEAH, SO THIS, THIS WAS, UH, Y'ALL APPROVED THIS AT THE LAST COURT.
I I WANTED TO KIND OF REFRESH Y'ALL.
SO THIS WAS THE, THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH TECH STOCK ON, UH, CARTER ROAD AND 51.
UH, AND YOU'LL NOTE THE TOTAL COST THERE IS IN THE RESOLUTION, THE 2,000,734, UH, 442 WITH A COUNTY PARTICIPATION OF 230,000.
AND, UH, FOLLOWING, SO I'LL SHOW YOU EXHIBIT AS WELL, BUT, UM, RICH AND I WERE KIND OF COORDINATING GETTING THE FINAL SIGNATURES WITH TECH STOCK AND, UH, REALIZED THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET A RESOLUTION.
UH, SO, UM, RICH GOT A TEMPLATE AND THE RESOLUTION YOU SEE HERE, I JUST INCORPORATED, UH, WHAT Y'ALL PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
UH, AND SO SEEKING, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL OF THIS SO WE CAN, UH, GET THAT AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH TEXT.
IS THAT WHERE THE SIGNAL'S ALREADY AT? NO,
UH, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A REAL HIGH SPEED AREA.
I WENT THROUGH THERE SATURDAY AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS SIGNALS ALREADY THERE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT THAT'S, UH, UH, OLD SPRINGTOWN ROAD AND AGNES CIRCLE WHERE THAT NEW LIGHT'S AT.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THAT STORE'S AT? YEAH.
CARTER ROAD IS CLOSER TO WHAT, SPRINGTOWN.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.
[6.B. Present/Discuss Proposed FY2025 Budget. (Judge Deen)]
SIX B ON PRESENTATION.PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED FY 2025 BUDGET.
UH, I'M GOING, I'M GOING TO, UH, GO OVER THAT, UH, WITH YOU AND I THINK A BULK OF THIS IS GOING TO BE AND TALK TO BRIANNA.
UH, MUCH OF THIS WILL GO WELL INTO DEPTH TOMORROW, UH, IN THAT WORKSHOP.
BUT I'M GOING TO READ THIS OF WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO YOU.
UH, AGAIN, I WILL NOTE THAT, UH, THIS NUMBER, UH, IS NOT JUST FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, FOR THOSE THAT, UH, ATTEND THESE AND THANK YOU FOR
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ATTENDING THESE, THAT THIS NUMBER IS NOT ADOPTING ANYTHING.UH, WHAT IT IS DOING IS PRESENTING A, A BASELINE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE WILL WORK FROM, UH, AS WE CONTINUE OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETINGS AS WE CONTINUE THAT LOOK AT OUR NEEDS AND ASSESS THAT.
UH, BUT YOU CAN GO UP, BUT YOU CAN'T GO DOWN, UH, ON THIS RATE.
AND THIS IS THE PARKER COUNTY JUDGE'S AMENDED 20 24, 20 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY $2,590,968 OR 3.6%, $349,000 6 340 $9,640 FOR THE LATERAL ROAD IN BRIDGE FUND, 4.4 MILLION 393,138 FOR DEBT SERVICE AND A 2,000,151 AND 810,000 DECREASE FOR THE GENERAL FUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THAT AMOUNT, $2,835,234 OR 109% IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.
THIS TAX RATE USING THIS PROPOSED BUDGET IS THE SAME AS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, MEANING THAT THERE IS NO TAX INCREASE IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE GENERAL FUND ON THIS, ON THE CURRENT RATE IS 0.1 8 4 9 3 7 PER HUNDRED.
UH, THE PROPOSED IS GOING TO TO DROP THAT BASED ON THE INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY VALUES TO 0.1 6 5 2 6 2.
AND THAT IS ON THE GENERAL FUND M AND O AND THE DEBT SERVICES.
THE CURRENT RATE THAT, UH, WE CURRENTLY ARE OPERATING UNDER IS 0.46175 PER HUNDRED.
THE PROPOSED WILL BE 0 6 0 6 7 6 PER HUNDRED EVALUATION.
THE LATTER ROAD IN BRIDGEVINE ON THE CURRENT RATE IS 0.0 5 5 9 8 6.
AND THE PROPOSED RATE ON THAT, IT WOULD BE 0.0 5 3 3 0 0 PER HUNDRED EVALUATION.
THE CURRENT TOTAL TAX RATE, AGAIN, THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING UNDER IS 0.2 8 7 0 9 8.
ON THE PROPOSED TOTAL TAX RATE IS GOING TO BE 0.2 7 9 2 3 8 PER HUNDRED EVALUATION.
UH, BRIANNA, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS? UH, THAT'S BASICALLY THE READING OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT, THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TODAY.
AGAIN, THIS WILL GO INTO MUCH MORE DEPTH THAN TOMORROW.
CAN I MAKE COMMENT, JUDGE? YES, SIR.
UM, COUNTY JUDGES ARE REQUIRED TO FILE A PROPOSED BUDGET AND PROVIDE THIS DOCUMENT BY JULY 31ST.
IT'S AUGUST THE 15TH, AUGUST 15TH.
HOWEVER, IT'S, IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT HE DOES THAT.
WE'VE, WE'VE HAD I'LL, I'LL SAY, UM, DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS FROM DEPARTMENTS OF WHAT THEIR ASKS ARE, BUT THE REAL WORK HAS COME FORWARD AND, AND I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO GET A HOLD OF THIS DOCUMENT AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT THE COUNTY'S GOING TO DO, BECAUSE IT IT WILL NOT.
ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE SIMILAR TO THIS IN MANY RESPECTS, THIS IS FAR FROM THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE APPROVED FOR A TAX RATE AND FOR A BUDGET.
YEAH, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT STATUTORILY, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT HE FILE THIS, UH, WITH THIS INFORMATION ON HERE.
BUT AS FAR AS AS WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE'RE IN THE, UH, LITTLE BITTY, LITTLE BITTY STAGES RIGHT NOW AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE LATER ON.
BUT BEFORE WE DO HAVE AN ADOPTED BUDGET AND ADOPTED TAX RATES, OUR COUNTY.
NO OTHER REALLY, NO, NOTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE SAID ON THAT.
YOU COVERED THAT AT VERY WELL.
UM, THAT, THIS AGAIN, UH, THE WORK BEGINS, UH, AS WE GO FORWARD AND A LOT OF THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE TOMORROW.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME AND, AND PARTICIPATE AND OR AT LEAST LISTEN TO THAT AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND I DO NEED A MOTION ON THAT.
DO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADOPTED? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE DO EITHER.
WE'VE, UH, JOHN DO WE NEED MOTION? I THOUGHT WE DID NEED A MOTION.
WHAT? IT'S NOT GONNA NOTIFICATION.
IT'S A NOTIFICATION, YOUR HONOR.
HAVE A HEARING, RIGHT? WELL IT DOES SAY PRESENT DISCUSSED.
I WAS THINKING THAT WE NEEDED TO PASS A MOTION ON THAT.
YEAH, IT'S BEEN FILED OR ANYBODY AT IT.
[7.B. Discuss/Approve the Veteran Services office to add a volunteer veteran to answer phone lines 2-3 days per week due to an increased call volume generated by the new V.A. Pact Act. (John Hale / Judge Deen)]
MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN B DISCUSSION.APPROVE THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE TO ADD A VOLUNTEER VETERAN TO ANSWER PHONE LINES TWO TO THREE DAYS PER WEEK DUE TO EXCUSE CALL VOLUME GENERATOR WITHIN YOU VA PACT ACT.
UH, JOHN, IF YOU WOULD, COME ON UP AND THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
COMMISSIONERS, UH, MS. DICKEL, MR. FORREST, THE PACT ACT IS KNOWN AS PROMISED
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TO ADDRESS COMPREHENSIVE TOXICS.EVERYTHING IS AN ACRONYM IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OF COURSE, BUT THE SERVICE MEMBERS IN THE DESERT STORM, DESERT SHIELD, AFGHANISTAN, ALL OF THESE PLACES ARE COMING DOWN WITH SOME VERY SERIOUS, SOME VERY DEADLY DISEASES.
AND THERE'S PHONE CALLS HAVE ALMOST DOUBLED IN MY OFFICE.
NOW, THE IN-OFFICE VISITS, IT'S OKAY.
I'M SEEING 20, 25 A DAY, SOMETIME A LITTLE LESS.
BUT I DON'T LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE TO WAIT TWO WEEKS FOR ME TO CALL THEM BACK.
AND I'M JUST ASKING THE PERMISSION TO HAVE A VOLUNTEER COME IN TWO TO THREE DAYS A WEEK AND RETURN SOME PHONE CALLS AND THEN IF YOU APPROVE IT, WHAT IS THE VETTING PROCESS FOR THIS? I'VE NEVER ASKED FOR A VOLUNTEER BEFORE AND THAT'S WHAT I NEED.
AND THE PACT ACT, IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT'S SON BO DIED OF A BRAIN TUMOR.
THERE WAS A, UH, ARMY MEDIC WHO HAS AN AWARDED VALOR AND UH, HE DIED OF AN EXTREMELY RARE LUNG DISEASE.
AND THEY'VE EVEN ADDED THREE THINGS TO, UH, EXPOSURE TO AGENT ORANGE IN VIETNAM.
THEY'VE ADDED SIMPLE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND A LOFI AND A BLOOD CANCER CALLED GAMMOPATHY.
BUT WHEN THEY COME IN, I MAKE SURE THE VIETNAM VETERANS UNDERSTAND YOU NEED TO FILE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
IT DOESN'T PAY ANY ADDITIONAL, IT'S USUALLY A 0%.
BUT IF IT'S ON YOUR DEATH CERTIFICATE, THEN THEY PAY THE SURVIVING SPOUSE $1,600 A MONTH AND THEY AGREE TO DO IT THEN OF COURSE, 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THEIR WIFE.
AND I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW OF THOSE.
SOME OF 'EM DIDN'T HAVE THAT ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.
AND, UH, JUST HAVE THE SURVIVING SPOUSE TAKE IT BACK TO THE DOCTOR AND GET AN AMENDED DEATH CERTIFICATE.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEN THEY PAY THEM.
IT DISTURBS ME TO HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE ON MY MESSAGE TO WAIT A WEEK, MAYBE TWO WEEKS BEFORE I CAN CALL 'EM BACK.
AND MR. HELL, WE HAVE A MOTION.
AND A SECOND, THE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY AND COMMISSIONER MAY THE SECOND.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS? PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
UH, UM, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE CONTACT ME WANTING TO HELP YOU.
UH, I'M SURE THAT IF YOU PUT THE WORD OUT FOR VOLUNTEERS, UH, TO HELP YOU, THAT THAT THERE WILL BE THERE.
THEY WILL BE THERE AS FAR AS THE VETTING PROCESS, UH, UH, VISIT WITH, UH, OUR TREASURER OR OUR PURCHASING OVER THERE AND THEY WILL ASSIST YOU.
THE, I I CAN, I CAN'T SEE THROUGH, I KNOW THE, UH, THE TREASURER'S OFFICE WILL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU.
THE, WITH THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT.
THE VISIT OF COURSE IS FEDERAL AND THEY HAVE SOME, UH, UNDERSTAND RESTRICTIONS ON WHO CAN UNDERSTAND, ACTUALLY DEAL WITH IT.
UNDERSTAND THERE'S, THERE'S A YOUNG LADY THAT'S DIRECTLY BEHIND MY LINE THAT WILL BE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP YOU ABOUT THAT.
I'M AT THE FAX MACHINE IN HER OFFICE, SIR, FIVE OR SIX TIMES A DAY.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? OH, WELL, THANK YOU.
AND WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM BEFORE MR. HALE.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE VETERAN.
[7.C. Accept donation of 18 First Responder Medical Kits from Parker County Hospital District to Constable Precincts #1 - #4. (Joe Harris / Judge Deen)]
C ON ACCEPT DONATION OF 18.FIRST RESPONDER MEDICAL KITS FROM PARKER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT TWO CONSTABLE PRECINCTS ONE THROUGH FOUR, CONSTABLE HARRIS
HE HAD AN EMERGENCY AT HOME, SO HE CALLED ME.
UH, THIS COMES FROM THE MANDATED TRAINING OF ALERT, THE PAIN THAT STATE FOR ALL PEACE OFFICER AND STATE.
UH, WE ALL HAVE TO GO THROUGH TRAINING.
THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT HAS PUT TOGETHER FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY KITS, CALLS, TOURNIQUETS AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY AND DONATE THEM TO THE ALL FOUR CONSTABLES AND ALL OF OUR DEPUTIES.
OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER LEY.
[7.E. Accept donation of $1,000.00 to the Parker County Sheriffs Office from Sweet Tater IXC. (Sheriff Authier / Judge Deen)]
E ACCEPT DONATION OF $1,000 TO THE PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FROM SWEET TATER.AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THE JONAS FAMILY.
I THINK BRENT AND TAMARA, THEY OWN SOME FIREWORK STANDS AND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THEY'VE GIVEN BACK TO A LOT OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF THAT MANY, MANY TIMES.
OKAY, MOTION BE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL OF FAVOR? I'M CARRIES.
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FIVE.I THINK WE'VE GOT, UH, ITEM D FOR HIM AS WELL.
ONE EXCEPT DONATION OF SEVEN FIRST RESPONDERS.
WELL, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S A CARRY O OF I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
[7.D. Accept donation of 7 first responder medical bags from the Parker County Hospital District to the Sheriffs Office SRO program for a total value of $1,792. (Sheriff Authier / Judge Deen)]
SEVEN FIRST RESPONDER MEDICAL BAGS FROM THE PARKER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SRO PROGRAM FOR A TOTAL VALUE OF $1,792.SORRY, THAT SLIPPED RIGHT FOR ME.
THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, I GUESS WHEN THEY GAVE 'EM TO THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, THERE WERE SOME LEFTOVER ONES AND WE GAVE 'EM TO THE SROS.
MOTION BE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN SECOND.
BUT COMMISSIONER HOLT, ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[7.H. Initiate the 30-day public hearing for the creation of Tax Abatement Reinvestment Zone 2004-01 in Parker County, Texas. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
ITEM H ON INITIATE THE 30 DAY PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CREATION OF TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE 2004 THROUGH OH ONE IN PARKER COUNTY, TEXAS.AND THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I WAS HOPING CHRIS WAS HERE.
I GUESS HE'S NOT THE, UH, PIPELINE PROJECT OR PROJECT PIPELINE OR THEY'RE WANTING TO GET A TAX ABATEMENT.
IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED IN PRE PRECINCT THREE.
UH, WE JUST NEED APPROVAL TO ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
IT REQUIRES SEVEN DAYS ADVERTISEMENT NEWSPAPER.
AND AT THAT POINT THEN WE CAN OPEN IT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH.
SO THE MOTION WILL BE TO ADVERTISE, INITIATE AND ADVERTISE.
IT'S NOT APPROVING IT, IT'S JUST ADVERTISING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROJECT PIPELINE, WHICH WILL BE SET LATER.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? CHRIS? COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM.
UH, WE JUST VOTED AND APPROVED THE INITIATE, THE 30 DAY PUBLIC HEARING, UM, PUBLIC HEARING OR THE CREATION OF THE TAX ABATEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE 2004 DASH OH ONE AND PARKER COUNTY, TEXAS.
ANYTHING YOU WANT ADD TO THAT? SO WHAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF JOHN F EXPLAINED THIS AS I WAS WALKING OVER, BUT WE'RE, UH, GONNA DO THE, THE PUBLIC NOTICE.
COME BACK IN THE NEXT MEETING, APPROVE THAT, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE PROCESS FOR THE ABATEMENT ITSELF.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU RUN OFF? NO.
[7.I. Discuss/Take action on the Request to Change Scope of Work for Millsap Water Supply Project #9, from the original Attachment A submitted with the MOU dated 04.13.2023, to the revised Attachment A dated 07.19.2024. (Judge Deen)]
I ON THE DISCUSSION.ON THE REQUEST TO CHANGE SCOPE OF WORK FOR MILLSAP WATER SUPPLY PROJECT NUMBER NINE FROM THE ORIGINAL ATTACHMENT A SUBMITTED WITH THE MOU DATED IN 4 13 20 23 TO THE REALIZED ATTACHMENT A DATED 7 19 20 24.
I CAN ADDRESS THAT, THAT THEY HAD, UH, UH, MILLSAP WATER SUPPLY HAD INITIALLY HAD A PLAN TO, UH, UPDATE INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINES AND, AND PUMP STATIONS AND ALL THAT.
AND THEY CAME ALONG, UH, LATER AND THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WITH ONE OF THE OTHER WATER PROVIDERS TO RUN A PIPELINE.
THEY ASKED, REQUESTED IT, AND WE CHANGED IT.
AND SO NOW THEY'RE REQUESTING TO GO BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL, UH, PLAN.
SO, UH, WE JUST NEED TO OFFICIALLY, UH, ADOPT THIS CHANGE, WHICH IS BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN.
A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIED.
SO I VOTE, JUDGE, WE'RE AT A POINT RIGHT HERE WHERE THERE ARE, I'M SO INDIVIDUALS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A BREAK.
AND I'M SORRY, I I BLEW RIGHT BY YOU ON THAT REQUEST.
AT 10 51, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A RECESS.
UM, AND WE'LL RETURN, UH, JUST MAKE IT 11 O'CLOCK.
[7.J. Discuss/Take action in management coordination of ARPA meetings and documentation. (Judge Deen)]
TIME I'VE SEEN YOU.ANOTHER COMMISSIONER MADE THE MOTION.
SO I, I'M SORRY I JUMPED THE GUN THERE.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON THOSE RESPONSIBILITY, COMMISSIONER AND YOUR STAFF.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THINK ABOUT US OVER IN PRECINCT ONE WHEN YOU'RE LINING ALL THIS STUFF OUT.
I WILL
[7.K. Discuss/Take action on septic permit fees. (Rusty Brawner / Commissioner Holt / Judge Deen)]
K AND DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON SEPTIC PERMIT FEES.UM, RUSTY, IF YOU WOULD COME UP, WE DO HAVE THE, THE FORM IN HERE, UH, THAT WAS GIVEN OUT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS COMMISSIONER HOLT OR WAS IT YOU, RUSTY THAT HAD THAT, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, REVIEW OF THOSE FEES IS RELATIVE TO WHAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING.
AND UH, ARE YOU READY TO SPEAK ON THAT? YES SIR.
SIR, YOU TOLD US ABOUT THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO.
EXACT SAME DEAL THAT WE ARE THE CHEAPEST AROUND, YOU KNOW, BARN
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EAT FOR COUNTIES OUR SIZE AND EVERYTHING.WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDED DEAL AND LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND LOOKING AT ALL THESE EXCEPT I I CAN SPEAK TO TART.
THEY DON'T DO A WHOLE LOT OF SEPTIC.
THEY, THEIR, THEIR DEPARTMENT EQUAL TO MINE.
FOOD INSPECTION AND MAKES STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT, SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO RAISE IT FROM TO WHAT CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 400.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST PROBABLY FOUR 80.
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA PUT US KIND OF THE MEDIUM.
IF YOU WANTED TO GO TO FOUR 60, WE WOULD STILL BE THE CHEAPEST, BUT, WELL, YOU GOTTA TELL US WHAT YOU WANT.
I THINK FOUR 80, I THINK FOUR 80 WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT AT THE RATE OF FOUR 80, UH, FOR SEPTIC.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE BUILDING FEES ON THE OTHER COUNTIES.
AND WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? SO SOME, SOME COUNTIES, AND WHAT THEY'LL DO IS WHEN YOU PLAT IT, WHEN YOU PLAT A SUBDIVISION, UH, YOU'LL HAVE TO GET A PERMIT TO BUILD, BASICALLY GO VERTICAL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WHAT THEY CALL YOU.
AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO GET AN ADDITIONAL SEPTIC PERMIT.
SO DON'T, IT WAS LIKE, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE IN A CITY? SOMEWHAT.
WE, THE ONLY PERMIT WE REALLY REQUIRE IS SEPTIC, SO.
'CAUSE THAT GIVES US TIME TO EMAIL EVERYBODY.
LIKE GO IN MY MOTION FOR OCTOBER 1ST.
THAT MAKES IT CLEAN WITH THE BUDGET YEAR AS WELL.
THE RECORD SHOW THAT, THAT THE MOTION AND THE SECOND AND THE, IN THE, UH, UH, APPROVAL IS BASED ON A, A, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF OCTOBER.
WELL, HE'S GOT THE NEXT ONE TOO.
[7.L. Discuss/Take action regarding exempting permit fees for Poolville and Peaster fire stations. (Rusty Brawner / Commissioner Holt)]
L ON REGARDING EXEMPTING PERMIT FEES FOR POOL, BILL AND PEACE OR FIRE STATIONS.RUSTY, UH, BASICALLY E ES I BELIEVE IT'S ESD ONE, THEY'RE BUILDING TWO NEW FIRE STATIONS.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA REQUIRE SEPTIC.
SO WE'RE, WE WOULD ASK THE COURT TO EXEMPT PERMITTING FEES FOR ESD ONE.
BE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIED FIVE OH ITEM N.
[7.N. Discuss and take action on regular updates to Commissioners Court from all appointed officials. (Commissioner Holt)]
REGULAR UPDATES TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT FROM ALL APPOINTED OFFICIALS.COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT? CERTAINLY.
SO WE'VE HAD A, A FEW, UM, EVENTS RECENTLY WHICH HAVE KIND OF COME TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHERE SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING.
SOME GOOD, SOME THAT WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THAT MAYBE NOT WERE AS GOOD.
AND AS WE GET INTO BUDGET, I'M, I'M THINKING THIS IS THE ONE TIME PER YEAR WHERE WE TEND TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF THESE APPOINTED DEPARTMENT HEADS.
UM, AND ALSO THEN FROM THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT WOULD BE FOR US TO CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE A QUARTERLY REPORT OR A PRESENTATION, SOMETHING.
UH, I DON'T WANNA MAKE THIS BIGGER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE.
I WANT IT TO BE RELATIVELY QUICK FROM EACH OF THESE APPOINTMENT APPOINTED DEPARTMENT HEADS TO HELP KEEP US INVOLVED IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I KNOW WE'VE ALL GOT A LOT GOING ON.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF ROADS TO TAKE CARE OF.
WE'VE GOT A LOT ON OUR PLATES ON THE ROADSIDE, BUT I THINK THAT SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR MORE OFTEN FROM THEM, JUST SO THAT WE CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR DEPARTMENTS JUST TO KEEP US ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
WELL, I, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AS WELL, IS TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR A, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT UPDATE.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD REFLECT BOTH EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER AND MYSELF.
UM, JOHN, DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? OR WE JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA? WE DON'T REALLY NEED A MOTION FOR THAT.
YOU CAN, UNLESS YOU WANNA ADOPT IT AS A POLICY.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY INTENT IS TO ADOPT IT AS A POLICY.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS, YOU KNOW, UM, I'LL, I'LL CALL BECKY OUT, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, IF BECKY WANTS TO GET UP THERE AND SAY, HEY, THINGS ARE GOING GREAT, WE'RE ROCKING ALONG.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO COMMENT ON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD SATISFY THIS REQUIREMENT, JUST FINE.
I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION THEN THAT WE WOULD ADOPT.
CAN I THROW A WHAT IF IN THERE? WHAT IF WE, UH, ASK FOR A, UH, REPORT, AN UPDATE IN WRITING, UH, FROM THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO COURT MEMBERS? AND THEN IF THERE IS SOME PARTICULAR THING THAT WE WANT TO INQUIRE ABOUT, THEN WE WOULD SCHEDULE THEM FOR COURT.
AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT COURT TIME.
UH, AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM COME
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UP HERE AND SAY, WELL, GOSH, EVERYTHING'S GREAT IN MY DEPARTMENT.AND THEN THE NEXT ONE COMES UP THERE AND HAVE A REVOLVING DOOR OF THOSE NUMBERS OF THEM.
UH, WHAT IF WE ASKED FOR A REPORT AND I'M JUST DOING WHAT IF, WHAT IF WE ASKED FOR A REPORT IN WRITING EMAILED TO EACH OF US? AND THEN IF THERE IS A QUESTION, UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE, WE NEED TO ASK ABOUT, THEN SCHEDULE THEM AS, AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
HOW ABOUT THAT? AS A, AS A COMPROMISE? AND I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING VERY CLEARLY.
I'M, I'M GONNA AMEND MY MOTION TO GO WITH THAT DIRECTION PLEASE.
AND ONE THING THAT I WOULD REQUEST AS A POLICY IS THAT WE NOT SCHEDULE ALL OF THESE FOR THE SAME COURT SESSION.
SO WE IDENTIFY WHO IT IS AND WE TRY TO SPLIT THEM EVENLY THROUGHOUT.
SO IS YOUR MOTION FOR EACH APPOINTED PERSON, IS THAT CORRECT? APPOINTED POSITION? YEAH.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE THE ELECTED OFFICIAL TO SUBMIT? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE DO.
I THINK IF IT'S, WE DO ANYWAY.
I DON'T, I SUBMIT A REPORT ONCE A MONTH IF IT'S REQUIRED BY STATUTE.
IF IT'S NOT, THEN YOU CAN, I I DON'T THINK COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THOUGH, CAN TELL MS. GENTRY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO US EVERY SO OFTEN BECAUSE SHE'S AN ELECTED, ELECTED OFFICIAL.
MY MY POINT IS MORE TO LIKE PEOPLE LIKE MR. BRONER WHO ARE APPOINTED DEPARTMENT HEADS BY THE MR. K BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE GONNA FALL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WE'RE APPOINTED BY COMMISSIONER COURT, YOU AND MS. REVIS CERTAINLY BECAUSE WE DON'T APPOINT Y'ALL.
BUT, BUT MY POINT IS JUST TO HAVE THERE BE AN ESTABLISHED REGULAR FLOW OF COMMUNICATION.
WE CAN DO IT IN WRITING STAGGERED ONCE A QUARTER.
WHAT'S YOUR LANGUAGE ON THIS? THE MOTION? SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AS A POLICY THAT EVERY QUARTER ON A STAGGERED BASIS, ALL OFFICIALS, WHICH ARE A APPOINT OR ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS, WHICH ARE APPOINTED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT MUST SUBMIT IN WRITING A CURRENT STATUS OF THEIR DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN IF WE SO NEED OR REQUIRE, THEY WILL REPORT THE FOLLOWING COURT TO US IN PERSON.
RICH, WOULD YOU HAVE, RUSTY HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS? WE CURRENTLY SPENT A MONTHLY REPORT, SO WE JUST INCLUDE Y'ALL THAT I THINK IT'D BE GOOD FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS FOR US TO START TO BE BROUGHT IN THE LOOP.
AND THE, AGAIN, THE REASON I'M MENTIONING THIS IS WITH AS FASTEST GROWING AS MUCH AS WE HAVE GOING ON, SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE WE GET BROUGHT IN WHEN EVERYTHING'S ON FIRE AND IT'S ALREADY ON FIRE A LOT, SIR.
I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL FROM BOTH SIDES TO ALSO INCREASE SOME FEELINGS OF, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FEELING LIKE THEY CAN COME TO COURT A LITTLE BIT QUICKER IF SOMETHING COMES UP.
SO, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A DO THE COMMISSIONER ON A QUARTERLY OR A MONTH? ACTUALLY WE DO QUARTERLY REPORT.
SO, BUT IT, IT WOULD BE, THE REPORT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS QUARTERLY AND IT'S JUST KIND OF A STATE OF THE UNION TYPE REPORT.
OF JUST, HEY, THINGS ARE GOING GREAT, OR HEY, THIS IS A PROBLEM, THIS IS WHAT I NEED HELP WITH LONG TERM, WE'LL NEED X, WHATEVER.
WHAT SHE MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK THERE'S ONLY THREE.
IS THAT CORRECT? MR. LONG? MR. BRONER.
MR. LAW, UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL WOULD BE A PART OF THAT.
THE EMC WOULD BE A PART OF THAT WOULD NOT, IT, IT WOULD BE A PART OF IT, YEAH.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I LEFT OUT THE IT MA'AM.
MEDICAL EXAMINER WOULD BE A PART OF IT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? BECKY'S KEEPING ME IN LINE? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR.
THAT'S WHAT YOU GIVE FOR LIVING IN PRECINCT TWO.
[7.O. Approval of application from Parker County Special Utility District to lay and maintain a water line through, under, along, across, or over the right-of-way on Lazy Bend Road in Precinct Three. (Commissioner Walden)]
O ON APPROVAL OF APPLICATION FROM PARK COUNTY SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO LAY AND MAINTAIN A WATERLINE THROUGH, UNDER CROSS ALONG, OR EVEN THE RIGHT OF WAY ON LAZY BEND ROAD IN PRECINCT THREE.I THINK, JUDGE, THIS IS AN APPLICATION, UH, STATES THAT FIVE 11 LAZY BEND ROAD TO 400, THE ROAD TO PUT A WATER LINE.
UH, THEY'RE RECOGNIZED AS A UTILITY BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND SO I MOVE TO APPROVE THEIR APPLICATION MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH ITEM P, APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE
[7.P. Approve and Authorize County Judge to sign 2024 PEBC Interlocal Agreement. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN 2024 PEBC.BECKY, THIS IS JUST OUR ANNUAL AGREEMENT WITH PBC, WHICH IS OUR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR OF OUR MEDICAL PLAN.
UH, THIS ALLOWS US TO FINALLY PAY OUR CONTRACTED RATE.
OUR, THE CONTRACT'S BEEN KIND OF A LABOR OF LOVE THIS YEAR, GOING OVER GETTING THE BUDGET APPROVED WITH PBC, BUT WE DID FINALLY GET IT DONE.
UM, THE ACTUAL BUDGET, THEY DECREASED IT ABOUT $30,000 A YEAR, AND WE ONLY PAY THE COST SHARE OF THAT.
SO THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT PBC IS THIS CO-OP WITH PARKER COUNTY, TARRANT COUNTY, DALLAS COUNTY, DENTON COUNTY, AND THE TOLLWAY.
SO IT'S A LITTLE OVER $1.8 MILLION
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BUDGET, BUT PARKER COUNTY'S PORTION OF THAT IS LESS THAN $50,000.SO THAT'S WAY LESS THAN WHAT I COULD PAY.
JUST AN ADDITIONAL ONE PERSON TO HELP ADMINISTER OUR HEALTH PLAN.
UM, THIS ACTUALLY GIVES ME ABOUT SIX PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE FULLY FUNDED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE SIGNED REPORT? VOTE.
[7.Q. Discuss and take action on Spouse Surcharge on medical plan for 2025. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
TAKE ACTION ON SPOUSE SURCHARGE AND MEDICAL PLAN FOR 2025, BECKY.OKAY, SO TYPICALLY WITH ALL THE ENTITIES WITH PBC, EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME BENEFITS.
IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY.
THIS YEAR, THE BOARD DECIDED TO PUT SPOUSE SURCHARGE BACK TO THE ENTITIES TO SEE IF YOU REALLY WANNA CONTINUE CHARGING A SPOUSE SURCHARGE OR NOT.
NOW, CURRENTLY WHAT A SPOUSE SURCHARGE IS, IS, SO IF WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE SPOUSE THAT WANTS TO BE ON OUR PLAN, BUT THEY ARE EMPLOYED AND THEIR, THEIR EMPLOYER OFFERS THEM HEALTH INSURANCE, OKAY? BUT THEY OPT OUT OF THAT PLAN TO GO ON OUR PLAN.
SO CURRENTLY WE PAY THEM A, WE CHARGE THEM A $200 A MONTH SURCHARGE.
SO THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO KEEP DOING A SURCHARGE OR DO WE WANNA DO AWAY WITH IT? I GO BACK AND FORTH ON THIS.
I MEAN, IT WAS FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A JOKE, BUT SPOUSES ARE EXPENSIVE.
THAT'S WHY IT STARTED, IS WHENEVER YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE PLAN, THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES WHERE THE HIGH CLAIMS COME FROM.
SO THAT'S WHERE SURCHARGE CAME FROM PROBABLY OVER 10 YEARS AGO.
WHEN I LOOK AT OUR EMPLOYEES THAT PAY THE SURCHARGE, WE ONLY HAVE SIX EMPLOYEES THAT QUALIFY.
UM, SO IT'S NOT LIKE THIS BIG INCOME GENERATOR INTO THE PLAN, BUT IT IS KIND OF A LEVEL OF PROTECTION TO, OF WHO WE HAVE ON OUR PLAN.
UM, I JUST LAST WEEK PULLED OUR 15 HIGHEST CLAIMS FOR 2024.
FOUR OF 'EM ARE SPOUSES AND NOT A ONE OF 'EM PAY THE SURCHARGE BECAUSE THEY'RE A, THEY'RE AN AT HOME SPOUSE.
THEIR JOB DOESN'T OFFER THEM HEALTH INSURANCE OR THEY JUST STAY AT HOME.
SO, HONESTLY, I COULD GO EITHER WAY WITH THIS.
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE WE ARE PENALIZING PEOPLE FOR, UM, HAVING A JOB THAT DOESN'T HAVE GREAT HEALTHCARE.
A LOT OF THE TIMES WE SEE IT'S SCHOOL TEACHERS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANNA TAKE THE SCHOOL INSURANCE AND OUR PLAN IS BETTER.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO RECOGNIZE IT'S A LAYER OF PROTECTION TO THE PLAN.
WELL, YOU GOTTA GIVE US WHAT YOU RECOMMEND.
SO HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY WOULD BE PAYING THE SURCHARGE? WE HAVE SIX CURRENTLY THAT PAY IT.
I SEE THIS AS A PROTECTION TO OUR PLAN.
SO, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT BROKE.
I MEAN, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON IT KNOW IT, THEY'RE ON IT, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR AT OPEN ENROLLMENT, THEY'RE GONNA WHINE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY IT.
CAN LEMME PUT IT IN DIFFERENT TERMS. IF WE WERE TO CHANGE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE'D BE CHANGING WHAT WE'VE DONE BEEN DOING FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 12 YEARS.
WELL, I I'M PERFECTLY FINE TO LEAVE IT ALONE.
MY DISCUSSION IS TO LEAVE IT ALONE.
WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ONE.
[7.R. Approve and Authorize County Judge to sign the Air MedCare Agreements for payroll deductions for Parker County Employees. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
AUTHORIZED COUNTY JUSTICE ON THE AIR ME CARE AGREEMENTS FOR PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS FOR PARKER COUNTY EMPLOYEES.BECKY, THESE ARE OUR ANNUAL AGREEMENTS WITH AIR WITH AIRED.
THIS IS FOR AIR EVAC AND FLY YOU HOME PROGRAMS. THE COUNTY DOESN'T CONTRIBUTE TO THESE PLANS AT ALL.
THIS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED BY THE EMPLOYEE.
WE'LL DO AN OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR THIS IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE NEW PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS WILL BEGIN OCTOBER 1ST.
UM, AIR, AIR EVAC C DID INCREASE THEIR RATES BY $10 A YEAR.
AGAIN, IT'S PAID BY THE EMPLOYEE.
MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[7.S. Approve and Authorize County Judge to sign the CareFlite Agreements for payroll deductions for Parker County Employees. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
APPROVE AN AUTHORIZED COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN THE CARE FLIGHT AGREEMENTS FOR PAYROLL DEDUCTION FOR PARKER COUNTY EMPLOYEES.BECKY, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST OUR ANNUAL AGREEMENT WITH CARE FLIGHTS.
UM, THIS ONE IS $12 A YEAR AND THERE'S NOT A PRICE INCREASE.
THE PRICE IS STAYING THE SAME, BUT THEY JUST WANTED AN UPDATED AGREEMENT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR HEARING FIVE OH ITEM T APPROVE
[7.T. Approve Official Bond and Oath of Jenise Crickett Miller, Parker County Elections Administrator. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]
OFFICIAL BOND AND OATH TO JANICE CRICKET MILLER PARKER COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR.YEAH, AND I HAVE REVIEWED THAT WHILE I SENT THAT TO ME AND EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.
MOTION BY BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.
[7.U. Approve the Sales Quote/Contract with Tyler Technologies for Content Manager-Core License at $00.00 annual cost. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]
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U APPROVE THE SALE QUO CONTRACT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONTENT MANAGER CORE LICENSE AT $0 COSTS.UM, WHAT THIS IS IS, UM, WE WERE IN A, UH, WE MOVED TO THE CLOUD WITH TYLER.
DIDN'T GO AS SMOOTHLY AS WE ANTICIPATED.
AND BY THE TIME WE FINALLY GOT THINGS WRAPPED UP, THEY DIDN'T SUPPORT SOME OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE US FOR US.
COMMISSIONER BAY, UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[7.V. Accept a donation on behalf of the Veterans Services in the amount of $50.00 from County Clerk Lila Deakle. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]
ON BEHALF OF THE VETERANS SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $50 FROM COUNTY CLERK.LALA DE UM, THIS, UH, PART OF THIS MONEY COMES FROM A SUBPOENA THAT I WILL SERVE.
UH, WE DON'T KEEP THOSE FUNDS AND SO I'LL JUST ADDED A LITTLE TO IT JUST SO HE COULD BUY SOMETHING PRETTY.
MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER WALHAM, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THIS ITEM, YOU GONNA MAKE SURE HE BUYS SOMETHING PRETTY SHOPPING.
ACCEPTING DONATIONS AT PRECINCT THREE AS WELL.
BUT YOU GOTTA BUY SOMETHING PRETTY.
ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIE'S FIVE OH ITEM W OPEN, UH, GOVERNMENT
[7.W. Open/Gov Financial Software Amendment #2. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
FINANCIAL SOFTWARE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, KIM.SO, UM, THIS IS JUST AN AMENDMENT TO ADD ADDITIONAL 12 MONTHS TO THAT CONTRACT, UM, TO GET US THROUGH THIS NEXT FISCAL FISCAL YEAR.
OUR GO LIVE DATE FOR THE NEW SOFTWARE WITH TYLER MUNIS.
UM, WE ARE CROSSING OUR FINGERS WILL BE OCTOBER 1ST, 2025.
SO IF WE STILL NEED TO CONTINUE THE STW FOR ANOTHER 12 MONTHS PART, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IT IN BUDGET.
UM, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH IT, UM, IN DISCUSSIONS OF WHETHER WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CONVERT SOME OF THIS OR KEEP STW FOR A PERIOD OF TIME INSTEAD OF CONVERTING, BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING INTO, I THINK, ISSUES OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO CONVERT SOME OF THIS DATA AND MAY NOT BE ECONOMICALLY THE BEST CHOICE TO DO THAT AND TO KEEP, UM, STWA LITTLE BIT LONGER.
BUT THIS, WE WOULD NEED THIS REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO WITH THE CONVERSIONS.
IS THERE A COST INVOLVED WITH THIS? UM, JUST OUR, HERE IT'S, YEAH, 25,000 OR NORMAL.
I THINK THERE'S A, UM, 3% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, WHICH IS PRETTY STANDARD EACH YEAR.
MOTION MOVE BY COMMISSIONER HA WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.
[7.X. Mooring Professional Services Agreement for water mitigation in Auto Registration Offices at the Santa Fe Annex. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen) ( Part 1 of 2 )]
ON THE MOORING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR WATER MITIGATION AND AUTO REGISTRATION OFFICES OF THE SANTA FE ANNEX.UH, SHE CANNOT MAKE IT BACK, BUT I HAVE BEEN THERE AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO, UM, BRIANNA, I GUESS, AND Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THIS SITUATION.
DID WE GO BACK TO AN ITEM? NO, WE'RE ON ITEM X.
AND SO THE SITUATION IS THIS, THAT WE HAVE A AIR QUALITY PROBLEM THAT, UH, IS SERIOUS.
AND SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEGAN, IN FACT, I NEED TO SEND AN EMAIL OUT JUST TO KIND OF CALM EMPLOYEES ON THIS, THAT THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED CLEANING THE AIR OVER THERE.
UH, BUT WE HAVE A, A MOLD ISSUE AND, UM, UH, IT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
IT'S GOT THAT ATTENTION ALREADY.
UH, WE DO NOT HAVE A QUOTE BACK ON WHAT THE COMPLETE MITIGATION'S GONNA BE ON THAT.
UH, BUT THIS IS A, A HEALTH CONCERN, A SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
IT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH QUICKLY.
UM, WE'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF, OF CLEANING THE AIR, KEEPING THE AIR CLEAN WHILE WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT IT HAS BEEN EXPOSED OPENLY AND NOW SEALED.
BUT THEY'RE ABOUT TO START ON THIS AND START REALLOCATING THE PERSONNEL THERE.
SO THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF WORK OVER THERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN BY THE EMPLOYEES ON THIS SITUATION.
UH, WHAT I'M GONNA ASK IS, IS THAT THIS BE APPROVED AND WE DON'T HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL QUOTE BACK YET.
YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THAT? WELL, SO I FILED THE INSURANCE CLAIM, UM, WITH TAC AND EVERYTHING, AND I'VE SENT OVER THE PROTOCOL FROM THE INSPECTOR, UM, ON THE MOLD, AND I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM TAC.
UM, SO OUR, OUR DEDUCTIBLE RIGHT NOW FOR PROPERTY CLAIMS IS $25,000, AN $25,000 AN INCIDENT.
FORTUNATELY, WE DISCOVERED THIS NOW AND NOT JANUARY ONE 'CAUSE THAT'S GOING UP TO $50,000 PER INCIDENT.
UM, SO I, I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER INSURANCE SINCE THIS WAS JUST DISCOVERED.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT REPAIRING, UM, THEY'VE INSPECTED THE ROOF, I BELIEVE, AND
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THAT WILL BE HOPEFULLY INCLUDED WITH THIS CLAIM.UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN ON THAT YET THOUGH.
AND SO, UM, AUTO REGISTRATION, THEY CURRENT, SHE CURRENTLY HAS SEVEN DISPLACED EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF THE AREAS, THERE'S, THE FRONT DEALERS AREA IS DISPLACED DRIVE-THROUGH.
ALSO THE DRIVE-THROUGH IS AFFECTED BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES THAT THAT SPACE.
UM, THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS OUT OF ORDER.
UM, MOORING RESTORATION SERVICES CAME IN OVER THE WEEKEND AND PUT AIR SCRUBBERS IN TO, TO HELP DECONTAMINATE AND THROUGH THIS WHOLE, UM, PROJECT, ONCE THAT'S ALL DONE AND THEY GO IN AND FIGURE OUT HOW FAR UP THE WALLS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE DRYWALL AND ALL THAT, THAT WILL BE DONE.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, THEY'LL GO INTO THE HVAC SYSTEM FOR THE WHOLE BUILDING AND SCRUB AND CLEAN THAT BOTTOM LINE.
SO, SO PERIOD, IT'S GOTTA GET THAT THIS WAS A RESULT OF ROOF LEAK.
HOW WAS THAT? ROOF? WELL, ROOF AND ALSO THE, THE WAY WHEN IT RAINS, THE WATER PUDDLES INTO THE BUILDING WHERE, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR, BUT USED TO HAVE THE DIRT UP THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING, IT WAS KINDA LIKE A BUNKER.
AND WHEN IT'S JUST BUILT WHERE, AND, AND THE LEVEL OF THE, THE, THE GRADE GRADE IS WATER FLOWS INTO THE BUILDING, IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.
THAT'S FROM I THINK SO, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE PROTOCOL ON THE, THAT REPORT SAID IT MAY BE CREDIT ALL OF A SUDDEN GOING OVER.
SOMETIMES THE KEY OF IT IS, IS TO, UH, GET THAT FIXED IMMEDIATELY TO STOP THAT BEFORE WE CAN, SO THIS MORNING THE WE A WATER TEST MAKE SURE.
SO, OKAY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT'S, IT'S GOTTA GET DONE AND, UM, WITH OUR ENTRANCE, WHAT WE HOPE IS GONNA COVER, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND M BROUGHT IN A CONEX CONTAINER TO SET OUTSIDE THE ANNEX BUILDING FOR, TO HELP KIND OF STORE SOME OF THE ITEMS, UM, FOR AUTO REGISTRATION TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES OF MOVING OUT OF THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN, UM, CRICKET HAS AGREED TO, UM, SHARED THE SPACE ACROSS THE HALL ALREADY NOW.
AND, AND SO JENNY HAS MOVED SOME OF THOSE CLERKS THAT ARE BEEN DISPLACED ACROSS THE HALL.
SHE GOT APPROVAL FROM THE STATE TO DO THAT.
THERE IS A, UH, UPON APPROVAL, UH, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING THE JUDGE TO DO, TO DO THE, UH, SIGN THE AGREEMENT ONCE IT'S AVAILABLE.
THERE IS A FIVE DAY WAITING PERIOD, UM, THAT THROUGH THE STATE BEFORE ANY WORK CAN START AND MORNING IS ON TOP OF THAT.
WHAT SO CRITICAL WE GET NOW WE AND WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALE WITH COMMISSIONER COLLEY MAKING THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
CARRIES FIVE OH AND THANK YOU.
[7.Y. Approve the Interlocal Agreement for Inmate Housing with Wise County and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR INMATE HOUSING WITH WISE COUNTY AND TAKE ANY ACTION IN THE COURT.AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION CONTRACT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, OVERCROWDING AT OUR JAIL CURRENTLY AND WE'RE RUNNING IN EXCESS.
SO WE NEED TO HOUSE SOME OF OUR INMATES OUT OF COUNTY AND WISE COUNTY HAS AGREED TO TAKE THOSE INMATES.
OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
COMMISSIONER HOLT HAS MADE THE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSIONS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE FIVE OH.
[7.Z. Interlocal Agreement with City of Millsap for On Site Sewage Facilities and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MILLSAP FOR ON ONSITE SEWAGE FACILITIES AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.JOHN AND RU RUSTY'S GONNA ADDRESS THIS.
OH, I'M SORRY RUSTY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU UP THERE.
I'M, YEAH, UH, UH, PRETTY MUCH I'VE BRIEFED COMMISSIONER WALDEN ON IT.
THEY, THEY'RE GOING TO DISSOLVE THEIR AA ACCOUNT WITH TCEQ.
WE'RE GONNA PICK UP THAT AREA TO DO INSPECTIONS AND THEN PRETTY MUCH IT.
AS SOON AS WE DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA SEND IT TCEQ AND PRETTY MUCH DONE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
UH, COMMISSIONER HALE'S MADE THE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THAT PAPER CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE TO ITEM
[8. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES]
EIGHT EXCEPT INTO THE MINUTES.ITEM A, EXECUTED MOTOROLA CHANGE ORDERS NUMBER ONE AND TWO ITEM B, EXECUTED DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY REPORTS ITEM C EXECUTED DOUBLE A.
DID I SLIP THAT ONE? I'M SORRY.
AND ITEM D EXECUTED MOU WITH PECAN VALLEY.
[7.AA. Notification of acreages being released from the ETJ of the City of Weatherford and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
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A ON THE NOTIFICATION OF ACREAGE BEING RELEASED FROM THE ETJ OF THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.WENT A LITTLE FAST ON THAT ONE, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
AND, AND, AND ON THIS ONE, UH, THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD SPECIFICALLY HAS RELEASED ACREAGE OUT ETJ.
YEAH, BASED ON A REQUEST FOR THE LANDOWNER.
UH, FIRST ONE BEING EIGHT, 3.303 ACRES NEAR BEAR CREEK.
THE SECOND RE RESOLUTION BEING 173.5 ACRES OFF OF UPPER DENTON ROAD.
AND THE THIRD RESOLUTION THAT THEY APPROVED WAS APPROVING THE RELEASE OF 35.659 ACRES OFF OF OLD BROCK ROAD.
AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR NOTIFICATION PURPOSES.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
[9. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NINE OR EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 6 WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE RESERVING THE RIGHT TO CONVENE AND CLOSE SESSION TO DISCUSS ITEM A IT NETWORK PROJECT, RADIO SYSTEM UPDATE AND SECURITY.UH, THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE'LL MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 1136.
WE'RE GONNA RETURN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 1207.
MOVE TO ITEM NINE ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN ITEM A, IT, NETWORK PROJECT, RADIO SYSTEM UPDATE AND SECURITY.
[10.A. PRECINCT 1 ( Part 1 of 2 )]
A PRECINCT ONE.NUMBER ONE, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION.
ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE AMENDMENT FOR A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS MORRIS ESTATES CONSISTENT OF 18.840 ACRES DEVELOPED BY PHILLIP AND BRENDA MORRIS LOCATED OFF OF WENDY HILL LANE WITH AQUA WATER SUPPLY AND PRECINCT ONE.
UH, THIS PLAT IS TO, UM, CORRECT A SURVEYOR ERROR IN THE DISTANCES ON WATTS 4, 5, 6, AND SEVEN.
UM, IT WAS ON A 18 ACRE TRACK THAT THEY, UM, HAD DONE AND THIS, THEY HAD SURVEYOR ISSUES ON IT.
COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE AMENDMENT AND FOR THIS SNU PRO TUCK, EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.
MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIE? IT'S FIVE.
OH, DO YOU MIND IF WE GO BACK TO AN AGENDA ITEM BEFORE WE LEAVE? UM, UNDER X, SORRY,
OH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE AT THEIR TABLE, NOT MINE.
UM, OKAY, YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO ITEM X ON WHAT NOW BRIAN? SO UNDER THE MOORING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, SEVEN X.
[7.X. Mooring Professional Services Agreement for water mitigation in Auto Registration Offices at the Santa Fe Annex. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen) ( Part 2 of 2 )]
WE, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN X MOORING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR WATER MITIGATION.WE AND AUTO REGISTRATION OFFICE OF SANTA ANNEX, SORRY, WE HAD BUDGETED $20,000 IN THAT LINE IN PREVIOUSLY.
UM, THAT WAS IN LINE WITH OUR PROPERTY DEDUCTIBLE, BUT NOW THAT IS 25,000.
IT'LL INCREASE AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF I CAN JUST OVERRIDE THE BUDGET TO GO AHEAD AND GET A PO FOR THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD BE FOR OUR DEDUCTIBLE MOTION MADE 25,000.
MR. WAL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? I'M SORRY.
MY COMPUTER SLIDE CARRIES FIVE.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE
[10.A. PRECINCT 1 ( Part 2 of 2 )]
ON, UH, 10 ITEM A, UH, APPROVE.THE FINAL REVISION FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS THE PLANTER SQUARE CONSISTS OF 6.804 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JUSTIN CAMPBELL LOCATED OFF OF ISABELLA LANE IN WALNUT CREEK, SUD IN PRECINCT ONE.
IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS SUBDIVISION, UH, WE HAD, UH, TWO LOTS LOT 11 R ONE IS 5.804 ACRES AND 11 R TWO IS ONE ACRE.
AND, UH, WE SENT OUT LETTERS AND WE PUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPER AND, UM, WE'RE JUST NEEDING TO APPROVE THAT.
OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10, 12, 10, UH, ON ITEM 10, A THREE, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM HEARING ON C NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1210 AND MOVE TO THE ITEM COUNSELOR.
EVERYTHING GOOD FOR FINAL? UH, YES.
PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE 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 WALNUT CREEK AS THE WATER SUPPLY, A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.
[10.B. PRECINCT 2]
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ITEM B.PRECINCT TWO ITEM ONE, APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR THE GROUNDWATER STUDY WITH THE WELL WATER REPORT FROM MOORE'S WATER WELL SERVICE FOR COUNTY ESTATE AND PRECINCT TWO HOLTON.
SO THIS IS A GROUP THAT SENT IN A LETTER FROM MOORE AND THAT LETTER HAD SAID THAT THERE WAS WELLS THERE, THERE, THERE WERE WELLS THAT WERE VERY CLOSE IN THAT AREA.
THERE WERE FIVE WELLS THAT THEY CITED WITH GALLONS PER MINUTE RANGING FROM FOUR GALLONS AT THE LOW END UP TO 15 GALLONS AT THE TOP END.
MOORE SAID THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT THE WELLS THAT WERE THERE WERE SUSTAINABLE, HOWEVER, THEY DID RECOMMEND THAT ANOTHER WELL BE DRILLED.
UH, THE DEVELOPER DID DRILL ANOTHER WELL.
THEY DRILLED THAT WELL ON I BELIEVE JULY 18TH.
JULY 18TH AND IT MADE 10 GALLONS PER MINUTE.
THIS IS A FIVE LOT TRACK AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS GIVEN THAT WE HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT WE WAIVE THE GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR THIS FIVE LOT TRACKS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY THEN DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRY FIVE.
MOVE TO ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR SOUTHERN VISION TO BE KNOWN AS CALI STATES.
DEVELOPED BY JARED BRUTON LOCATED OFF OF CLEY ROAD AND BOUNTY ROAD WITH WOOD WATER AND PRECINCT TO THIS IS A 10 ACRE, UH, TRACK THAT'S, I MEAN, 10 ACRES.
THAT'S GONNA BE DIVIDED INTO FIVE LOTS.
EACH LOT WILL BE TWO ACRES AND IT IS GOING TO HAVE, WELL, AND IT IS IN THE PARENT WIT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT'S, UH, OFF OF A BOUNTY ROAD IN CALI ROAD.
AND IT ALSO HAS A ROW OF 0.673 ACRES.
ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER? THEY ARE.
SO THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL CRIMES.
MOTION A MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALL, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION FOR VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH.
MOVE TO ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE AMENDING PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS ESCADA ESCONDIDO RANCHES.
PHASE TWO CONSIST OF 6.217 ACRES DEVELOPED BY DKO RANCHES, LLC LOCATED OFF OF ANO WAY WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLA IS TO REMOVE THE FILM FINISHED FLOOR, UH, ELEVATIONS ON LOTS 19, 20 AND 21 AND BLOCK ONE.
UH, IT WAS STATED ON THE ORIGINAL PLAT AND THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT REMOVED.
THEY HAVE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIE? FIVE.
BEGIN THE PROCESS FOR A SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION ON RAW HIGH TRAIL AND TAKE ANY ACTION.
THIS IS ONE THAT, YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND THAT IT'S A DEAD END ROAD THAT'S ABOUT HALF MILE LONG.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WHO LIVE ON THAT ROAD.
UM, THE TYPICAL SPEED LIMIT I BELIEVE IS 35.
WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE ASKING TO GET IT REDUCED TO 20 MILES PER HOUR OR 25.
I'LL TAKE YOU AND PUT FROM Y'ALL ON WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
THE REASON BEING WHATEVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS, IS WHAT? UPS AND FEDEX AND AMAZON AND ALL THAT.
I THOUGHT THE STATE HAD TO APPROVE THAT.
THERE'S A STATE MINIMUM, UH, RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DO NOT REMEMBER.
AND WE'VE GOT 'EM IN MY PRECINCT THAT ARE POSTED LOWER THAN THAT, UH, THAT WERE THERE BEFORE I GOT THERE, BUT I HAVEN'T LOOKED THAT UP FOR SOME OTHER ISSUE.
I I SAW WHERE THE STATUTE SAYS 30 IS THE MINIMUM ON A COUNTY ROAD.
AND I, I I RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE.
THE OTHER PLUS YOU CAN DO IS PUT UP TXDOT APPROVED, UH, SIGNS SHOWING KIDS AT PLAY OR, OR DIFFERENT PLACARDS OR YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT.
I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY DONE THAT IN THIS CASE.
UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING I WOULD JUST NEED TO GO TO COREY AT
IT JUST, THE LOWEST ONE GOES TO 30.
THERE'S A, A STATUTORY MINIMAL.
I, I THERE IS THERE, THERE'S 30.
THERE'S NO, UH, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR EXCEPTION.
YOU AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE POSTED IN SOME OF MY, I HAVE ROADS THAT ARE POSTED BEFORE I GOT THERE THAT WERE POSTED LOWER THAN THAT THE DEVELOPERS CAN DO A 25, I'VE BEEN TOLD.
BUT IT'S NOT ENFORCEABLE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT THOUGH.
IT'S NOT ENFORCEABLE IS THE ISSUE.
THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE IT GETS BACK TO.
SO KIDS HAVE PLAY OTHER SIGNS, MAKE PEOPLE AWARE.
PUT IT 30, PROBABLY SIGNAGE, BEST OPTION SIGNAGE BE THE KEY.
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TO EVEN TALK TO TDOT ABOUT GETTING A LOWER, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT TEXDOT, IT'S IN, IT'S IN TAKES TRANSPORTATION CODE, COUNTY ROADS.YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STATE AND I JUST, I JUST SAW THAT IN THE LAST YEAR, PROBABLY, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER AGO THAN THAT WHERE I WAS RESEARCHING SOMETHING ELSE.
OKAY, WELL THEN I DON'T THINK THIS SPOT'S 30 RIGHT NOW.
AND, OKAY, MAKE SURE, I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE THE SIGNS UP.
WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ADJUST THE SPEED LIMIT ON RYE HEIGHT TRAIL TWO 30.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH ITEM FIVE.
ACCEPT A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY ON ON C.
THIS IS A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR UM, COUNTY ROAD AND IT'S UH, 0.673 ACRES THAT WE HAVE.
AND THIS IS FROM THE SUBDIVISION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR RIDE AWAY.
WE GOOD? I JUST WANNA GO ON RECORD AND TELL YOU THAT, THAT THAT ROAD IS NAMED FOR MY UNCLE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HUT WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH ITEM SIX.
RELEASE THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE RESERVE AT QUAIL POINT AND ACCEPT MONACO COURT AS A COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAY AND PRECINCT TWO.
AND THE INSPECTION HAS BEEN DONE.
AND ARE THEY IN ORDER? GOOD ON OUR END.
COUNCIL, ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER? YES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HU WITH SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[10.C. PRECINCT 3]
C PRECINCT THREE.ITEM ONE, APPROVE OF WAIVER FOR THE GROUNDWATER STUDY WITH WET WATER REPORT FROM MALONE WATER SERVICE AND DRILLING FOR TWO LM DEVELOPMENT IN PRECINCT THREE.
THIS IS TO PROVE THE, UH, WELL SERVICE, UH, FOR TWO LM AND, UM, IT WAS OFF OF, UM, 85 11 ELLIS DRIVE.
WHAT ELSE DO WE THE INITIAL FLOW, UH, PROG? UH, IT WAS FIVE GPMS GALLONS PER MINUTE.
YEAH, IN THAT AREA THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, THEY'RE IN THE TRINITY.
THE LOWER ZONE RIGHT THERE IN FIVE FIVE, UH, GALLONS PER MINUTE IS PROBABLY A, AN AVERAGE FOR THAT AREA AND IT IS SUFFICIENT FOR A HOME.
I MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH ITEM TWO.
BEGIN THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION.
BE KNOWN AS TWO LM DEVELOPMENT PHASE PH TWO LOCATED IN THE ETJ WEATHERFORD CONSISTING OF 7.516 ACRES DEVELOPED BY TWO L-M-L-L-C LOCATED OFF OF ELLIS DRIVE OF WELL WATER AND PRECINCT THREE.
THE SUBDIVISION IS UH, 7.516 ACRES DIVIDED INTO TWO LOTS.
LOT TWO IS 3.56 ACRES AND LOT THREE IS FOUR.
UH, THE CULVERT SIZES ARE 12 INCHES AND IT IS A WELL, UM, DO WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR THE PRELIMINARY? JOHN AND THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO BEGIN THE PLATTING PROCESS.
I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THAT WITH, UH, AN EXCEPTION TO BE NOTED THAT WE DON'T ALLOW 12 INCH CULVERTS IN PRECINCT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
WOULD THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR WE DO THAT TOO.
FIFTEEN'S A SMALL FIFTEEN'S THE MINIMUM THAT WE, THAT WE DO, THAT WE ALLOW.
WE LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY DIDN'T WE MOVED TO ITEM THREE APPROVED THE FINAL REVISION FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS RIVER RANCH ON THE BRASS CONSIST OF 1 1 0 7 0.74 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JOHNSON RIVER RANCH, LLC LOCATED OFF OF NEW 10 TOP ROAD WITH BLOOD WATER IN PRECINCT THREE.
THIS SUBDIVISION IS, UH, JUST A REFL OF, UH, BOUNDARY LINES ON, UM, SOME OF THE LOTS, LOTS.
ONE THROUGH 29 AND 30 R, 31 R AND 33 R.
UH, THE, UH, ENGINEER WANTED TO REROUTE SOME OF THE WATER INTO THE, UM, INTO THE MAIN, UM, DRAINAGE.
UM, MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AT, UH, 1220.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM C PRECINCT? THREE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING
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AT 1221 AND MOVE TO THE ITEM.IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE, JOHN, FOR THE FINAL REVISION AND THE PROPER NOTICE WHAT'S PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTED THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE WITH A ZERO BALANCE.
THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL CRIMES HAVE BEEN MET.
I MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MAY BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
HOLD ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON SILENT? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH.
MOVE TO ITEM FOUR, APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR SUBDIVISION BEING KNOWN AS A LIST CO CONSISTING OF 15.026 ACRES DEVELOPED BY SHARI SHAY LOCATED OFF OF THOMPSON ROAD WITH WATER, WATER WITH WATER WELLS AND PRECINCT THREE.
THIS SUBDIVISION HAS 15 ACRES DIVIDED INTO THREE LOTS.
ONE IS 6.23 ACRES, TWO IS 4.259 AND THREE IS 4.427.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE AN, UM, AN ROW OF 0.101 ACRES OFF OF THOMPSON ROAD AND, AND THEY ARE SELLING, UM, IN THE EXISTING HOME.
ON THERE IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR THE FINAL PLAN.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE TO I INDICATING ZERO BALANCE.
PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL THEIR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
I MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE.
OH, WE'LL MOVE ITEM FIVE, ACCEPT THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY ON THOMPSON ROAD FOR CIO IN PRECINCT THREE.
THIS IS TO APPROVE THE, UM, ROW FOR, UM, CIO FOR 0.101 ACRES OFF OF THOMPSON ROAD.
MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIE FIVE OH.
ACCEPT EXTENSION LETTER OF CREDIT FOR OLD OAKS SUBDIVISION AND PRECINCT THREE.
THAT, THAT'S, I CAN HANDLE THAT.
UH, THEY JUST NEED SOME MORE TIME.
THEY, UH, AT ALL THE BASES IN, THEY JUST NEED TO BA IT AND THE ROAD'S IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE, BY THE WAY.
WE'RE GONNA EXTEND IT FOR HOW LONG WE RECOMMEND IT.
YEAH, SIX MONTHS, WHICH MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN FOR AN EXTENSION OF SIX MONTHS.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER HOLS MADE THE SECOND ANY OF THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH.
[10.D. PRECINCT 4]
MOVE TO ITEM D PRECINCT FOUR.APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR THE GROUNDWATER STUDY.
WITH WHAT WATER REPORT FROM WATTS DRILLING COMPANY FOR LA MADERA AND PH SEVEN AND PRECINCT FOUR.
THIS, UH, STUDY IS FROM, UH, FROM, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S MOORES.
WATS WA COMPANY WA AND THE WAR HO IS 7.875.
UM, WHAT ELSE DID THEY, WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED ON THERE? RECOMMENDATION.
WHERE'S IT? IS THE REPORT GOOD? YEAH.
YOU GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT? I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH SOME LOOKING FOR DOCUMENT REGARDING IT.
TRYING TO FIND THE GALLON PERMIT ON HERE.
WASN'T IT? WASN'T IT 10? WHERE IS THAT YIELD? 10 GALLONS PER MINUTE WITH FOOT.
DRAW DOWN AFTER, WITH ZERO FOOT DRAW DOWN AFTER 30 MINUTES OR HALF HOUR.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIE.
BEGIN THEIR VISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION, BE KNOWN AS LAMA DAIRY PHASE SEVEN.
LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF ANNETTA SOUTH CONSISTS OF 2.235 ACRES DEVELOPED BY THOMAS PAUL AND JENNIFER ANN BRISCO LAKE LOCATED OFF OF SAN JACINTO DRIVE.
WE'LL GO WATER AND PRECINCT FOUR.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAT IS TO, UH, CHANGE THE REAR DRAINAGE.
E UM, EASEMENT FROM 75 FOOT TO 10 FOOT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH.
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MOVE TO ADJOURN.THE RECORD SHOW WILL ADJOURN AT 1226.