* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Call to Order] [00:00:07] EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE, UH, PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON THIS 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2020 FIFTH, THE RECORD SHOW. IT IS 9:00 AM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENT. WE WILL BEGIN WITH INVOCATION LED BY MARK JULIAN FROM NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, LED BY PARKER COUNTY, JUDGE CORAM. COMMISSIONER CONY, PLEASE STAND. LET'S PRAY. EMILY, FATHER GOD, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE AND THANKS FOR ANOTHER DAY, FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE DAY AND FOR THE RAIN THAT WAS MUCH NEEDED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HAND TO MERCY AND GRACE. GRACE THAT'S SUFFICIENT FOR US. WHEN WE'RE WEAKEST, YOU BECOME STRONG. GOD, THANK YOU FOR BEING STRONG ON OUR BEHALF. AND I PRAY FOR THESE, OUR COMMISSIONERS AND OUR JUDGE FOR THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE TODAY. THE MANY, MANY ONGOING. I MAY, WE MAKE YOUR COUNTY, PARKER COUNTY, AND IT BELONGS TO YOU, ALL OF IT. IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL, BUT LITERALLY THREE, ALL I FLAG TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL. UH, BEFORE WE GO TO ITEM FOUR ON THE CONSENT, I JUST WANNA, UH, WELCOME UH, BRIAN GRIMES, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING. BRIAN, SAY HELLO. YES. AND, UH, WELCOME A BOARD. TODAY'S YOUR FIRST DAY. YES, SIR. OKAY, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM [4. CONSENT] FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER ITEM A AND ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. ITEM B, ONE, TWO, AND THREE. AND UNDER COUNTY JUDGE ITEMS 1, 2, 3. I'D ASK FOR A MOTION. JUDGE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'M SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH, WE [8.A. Proclaim October 26 – November 1, 2025, as Texas Extension Education Association Week in Parker County. (Kathy Smith / Judge Deen)] WILL MOVE DOWN TO ITEM EIGHT A, UH, UNDER THE PROCLAMATION OF FOR OCTOBER 26TH. NOVEMBER 1ST, 2025 IS TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WEEK IN PARKER COUNTY. KATHY, IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND WHILE KATHY'S COMING UP, UM, WELL, WE'LL JUST LET YOU TALK AND THEN WE'LL GO FOR THE MOTION, THEN WE'LL COME UP OKAY. AND HAVE YOU COME UP. UH, PLEASE. UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AGAIN AND TO PROMOTE, UH, PARKER COUNTY EXTENSION EDUCATION WEEK IN PARKER COUNTY. AND WE JUST APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL DO FOR US. AND WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF LADIES AND THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION AND THEY DO A LOT, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY AND COUNTY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO HEAVILY INVOLVED IN STATE ACTIVITIES AND DISTRICT ACTIVITIES. AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU KAREN RUTHERFORD, AND SHE IS OUR ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME BEFORE YOU. UM, I JUST WANT TO, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT TIA, I WANNA TALK ABOUT KATHY. NOW, , WE HAVE TO, UH, GIVE HER A LOT OF CREDIT BECAUSE SHE BRINGS SO MANY PROGRAMS TO OUR COUNTY, TO OUR CITY, AND, UM, WE JUST PUT ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL SENIOR EXPO, AND SHE HEADED THAT UP. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND IT, BUT IT WAS FANTASTIC. WE JUST HAD IT ON THE 17TH OF THIS MONTH, AND IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME TO DO IT. WE WERE SO PLEASANTLY SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME AND HOW MANY VENDORS WERE THERE TO TALK TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS. SO THIS LADY DESERVES A LOT OF KUDOS FOR WHAT SHE DOES. NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, FOR TIA, I, WE HAVE THREE CLUBS IN THE COUNTY AND THEY DO A LOT OF WORK. THESE LADIES PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE. AND SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT IN OUR PARKER COUNTY, THESE THREE LITTLE CLUBS PUT IN OVER 2000 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME, 2,162 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME. SO THEY'RE DOING A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE JUST GOT BACK FROM STATE AND I BROUGHT TWO CERTIFICATES THAT WE RECEIVED. ONE WAS [00:05:01] FOR OUTSTANDING COUNTY EDUCATION PROGRAM AWARDS, AND THAT'S FOR DISTRICT THREE. ALL OF DISTRICT THREE. WE GOT THE AWARD. ALSO, WE GOT THE AWARD FOR HONOR ROLL OF COUNTIES. THAT'S HOW MANY VOLUNTEER HOURS WE PUT IN. AND SO WE GOT THE AWARD FOR THAT. BUT, UM, THEY'RE A GREAT GROUP OF LADIES AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME FOR US EACH YEAR AND FOR DECLARING IT PROCLAMATION WEEK, THE PROCLAMATION FOR TIA WEEK. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND KATHY, THANK YOU. YEAH. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SAY? AND I JUST GONNA SAY NEXT YEAR, UH, TIA WILL CELEBRATE A HUNDRED YEARS OF EXISTENCE, AND PARKER COUNTY HAS ONE OF THE OLDEST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. ACTUALLY, IT WAS STARTED IN 2019. 19, AND IT WAS BEFORE THE STATE ASSOCIATION STARTED. SO, UH, SO PARKER COUNTY'S BEEN A PART OF THE EXTENSION CLUB FOR, FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD LADIES AND PEOPLE GO THROUGH IT AND GOOD LEADERS. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR WHAT ALL YOU DO. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLLEY, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES. I GONNA READ YOUR PROCLAMATION ON THE TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WEEK, WHEREAS THE TEXAS SIXTH, TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED CELEBRATES THE TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 26TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST, 2025. AND WHEREAS THE PARKER COUNTY EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION BELIEVES, STRONGLY BELIEVES STRONG FAMILIES ARE BASIC TO THE WELLBEING OF TEXAS, AND WHEREAS THE CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND VIEW EDUCATION AS A LIFELONG LEARNING PROCESS. AND WHEREAS EX TEXAS, THE EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INCORPORATES WITH TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE TO ATTAIN MUTUAL GOALS BY CONDUCTING CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE CITIZENS OF PARKER COUNTY, WITH EXAMPLES INCLUDING HOME SAFETY, COOKING UNDER PRESSURE, INDOOR GARDENING, PARENT STEPS FOR HEALTHY LIVING, MINDFULNESS, HEARING LOSS, AND OTHER VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL EVENTS. AND WHEREAS A PARKER COUNTY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION PROVIDES SUPPORT TO MANY PARKER COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING PARKER COUNTY FOR AGE STARS AND STRIDES, GRACE HOUSE, AND SANCTIFIED HOPE. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF PARKER COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 26TH, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2025, AS TEXAS EXTENSION EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WEEK IN PARKER COUNTY, TEXAS. SO PROCLAIM THE 27TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2020 FIFTH. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GIVE THEM A HAND. THANK YOU. CAN YOU TAKE ONE WITH THIS ONE AS WELL? SURE, OF COURSE. OH, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE VERY WOW, JOHN, FOR GET THESE YOU CAN SHARE. YOU CAN SHARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL TAKE A FEW. 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3. HOLD ON. ONE MOMENT. 1, 2, 3. ONE MORE. 1, 2, 3. GOOD. THANK Y'ALL. THAT'S TRUE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I KNOW. YEP, YEP, YEP. YEAH, [00:10:05] JUDGE, YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT. THAT'S NOT ON. YEAH, I KNOW. THEN WE'LL MOVE DOWN [6.A. Parker County Water Resources Study Update. (Kim Rivas / Commissioner Walden)] TO ITEM SIX A UNDER THE PARKER COUNTY WATER RESOURCES STUDY UPDATE, UH, KIM AND COMMISSIONER WALDEN. AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME GUESTS HERE IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. YEAH. SO, UM, GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME IS ANDREW FRANCO, WORK AT FRIESEN NICHOLS ENGINEERING. UH, WE ARE, I'M PART OF THE TEAM THAT'S BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS, UH, WATER SUPPLY, UH, INITIATIVE PROJECT FOR, FOR THE COUNTY. AND SO KIND OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS TO JUST KIND OF PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE GROUP OF ALL THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UH, KIND OF COVERED SOME OF OUR RESEARCH FINDINGS AND, AND KIND OF HOW THAT'S GONNA IMPACT THE, UM, KIND OF THE OVERALL STUDY GOING FORWARD. AND THEN KIND OF PROVIDE A SCHEDULE UPDATE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE TO COME. SO, SO KIND OF WITH THAT, JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO KIND OF RESET AND, AND PROVIDE THAT, UH, WHAT WAS THE OVERALL LONG-TERM GOAL OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS PROJECT. AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE AND FIND BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM SOLUTIONS FOR, UM, REALLY ADDRESSING THE, THE WATER NEEDS THROUGHOUT PARKER COUNTY. SO LOOKING AT THE COUNTY WIDE AS A WHOLE, WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT CERTAIN POCKETS OR AREAS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GONNA BE A SHORT AND LONG TERM SOLUTION THAT'S GONNA PROVIDE WATER FOR PARKER COUNTY FOR YEARS TO COME. SO SOME OF THE, UH, REALLY WHAT THE, KIND OF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT HAS LOOKED LIKE. UH, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, ESTABLISHING A WATER DISTRICT. WE'RE FINDING WHAT ALTERNATIVES THERE WOULD BE TO ESTABLISHING A WATER DISTRICT. UH, PUA STANDS FOR A PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY. I'LL KIND OF BE TALKING ABOUT THAT ON A, SOME SUBSEQUENT SLIDES. REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE, UM, WHAT IS THE NEED? SO HOW MUCH WATER DEMAND IS GONNA BE REQUIRED THROUGHOUT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. UH, WHERE ARE OUR WATER SUPPLY OPTIONS? WHO, UM, WHO DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND REALLY, AGAIN, HOW MUCH IS THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE? 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA INFORM A LOT OF THE DOWNSTREAM, UH, PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, DOING MEETINGS LIKE THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH THE, THE PARKER COUNTY HYDROLOGY COMMITTEE, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER KIND OF LARGE, UH, FORMAT MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, GET THEM INFORMATION, HELP THEM BE INFORMED SO THEN THEY CAN GO OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING TO ADDRESS THE WATER ISSUES. UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE, UH, AND SO A LOT OF THOSE ACTIVITIES WERE ACTUALLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE, A LOT OF PARALLEL, UH, PROCESSES AND, UM, SOME OF THESE SCOPE ITEMS. UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HERE IN THE FUTURE IS, UH, WHAT ARE, WHAT DOES THAT WATER SUPPLY ALTERNATIVE LOOK LIKE? UM, BUILDING A REGIONAL SUPPLY AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO MOVE WATER FROM WHERE IT IS NOW TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO IN THE FUTURE. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY, HOW DO WE PAY FOR THAT? HOW WE FINANCE IT, WHERE IS THE DOLLARS GONNA COME FROM AND WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT ALL GONNA LOOK LIKE? SO THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, UM, BOTH NOW IN THE, IN THE MONTHS TO COME. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS ABOUT PARKER COUNTY IS THERE'S A LOT OF WELLS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, DIPPING INTO THE GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS TO BASICALLY PROVIDE, UM, PROVIDE A WATER FOR, YOU KNOW, AN INDIVIDUAL HOME OR A DEVELOPMENT OR A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SOME, UH, SOME OF THE CITIES AROUND HAVE, UH, HAVE SOME GROUNDWATER WELLS. UM, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST, UH, REALLY 20 YEARS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF WELLS IS, HAS REMAINED PRETTY CONSISTENT. UH, WE'VE SEEN SOME OTHER, SOME LARGER JUMPS IN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WELLS AND KIND OF HOW MANY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE, UH, PARKER COUNTY AND ALL THE, OF ALL THE COUNTIES IN TEXAS, PARKER COUNTY REALLY HAS JUST ABOUT MORE THAN DOUBLE, UH, THE, THE NUMBER OF WELLS THAT WERE ADDED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. AND SO REALLY, REALLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM A, SO YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF WELLS THAT HAVE COME IN, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, PERFORMANCE IN SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE METRICS OF WHAT THOSE WELLS LOOK LIKE IS BASICALLY WHAT THESE TWO CHARTS ARE TELLING YOU. THE ONE ON THE LEFT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING TO DRILL DEEPER IN ORDER TO GET WATER. UM, AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE CHART ON THE RIGHT IS ESSENTIALLY THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT GETTING AS MUCH OUT OF THE GROUND AS WE USED TO OVER TIME. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS JUST A RESULT OF THE, THE ADDED AND INCREASED DEMAND ON THE GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS. AND IT'S NOT RECHARGING AS FAST AS WE'RE PULLING WATER OUT OF IT. SO, AGAIN, SO WHERE DO WE REALLY GO FROM THERE? IF WE DON'T, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THE TRAJECTORY OR THE LONG TERM [00:15:01] SOLUTION IS TO CONTINUE TO RELY ON GROUNDWATER. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE ARE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO BILLARD, HAVE SOME REGIONAL COLLABORATION. UM, AND REALLY SOME OF THE, THE BENEFITS THAT HAS IS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE A LARGER GROUP WORKING TOGETHER, WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, TACKLE SOME OF THOSE WATER SUPPLY CHALLENGES. UM, WE'RE REALLY HAVING THE, THE ABILITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF POOL RESOURCES FOR, FOR FUNDING, IT PROVIDES MORE OPTIONS GOING FORWARD. UM, BECAUSE REALLY IF WE DON'T DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, UH, CHALLENGES FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GROW ON THAT SIDE. UM, NOT ONLY JUST RESIDENTIALLY, BUT YOU KNOW, FROM A, FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE WATER TO PROVIDE, PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA WANT TO COME HERE OR BE HERE LONG TERM. AND SO REALLY JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE COLLABORATE, HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THAT BEST SOLUTION GOING FORWARD? TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, SOME OF THE E EVALUATING SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO, CAN WE SET UP A WATER DISTRICT OR CAN WE SET UP THIS PUA OR PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY? AND SO A LOT OF THE RESEARCH AND THINGS WE HAVE DONE IN, UH, IN, IN WORKING WITH THE HYDROLOGY COMMITTEE, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE PRESENTED A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION JUST TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KIND OF DID A LITTLE SIDE BY SIDE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE BENEFITS TO, TO ONE VERSUS THE OTHER. UM, AND, AND SO REALLY ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, THE REAL GOOD, ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS OF WORKING THROUGH A PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY RATHER THAN A WATER DISTRICT, UH, IF YOU SEE THOSE KIND OF BOTTOM FOUR ROWS, IS IS IT A TAXING AUTHORITY? CAN YOU ISSUE DEBT? CAN YOU HAVE IMMINENT DOMAIN, UM, PUBLIC BIDDING? UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE WATER DISTRICT SIDE ON THE RIGHT, UM, IT'S REALLY DETERMINED BY THE LEGISLATION THAT'S DEVELOPED, AND IT HAS TO BE VOTED AND APPROVED. UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY BY THE, REALLY THE, THE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, VERSUS PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A LOCAL TYPE SOLUTION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HERE MEMBERS IN PARKER COUNTY CAN REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE WANT SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO LOOK, KIND OF WRITE IT INTO THE, THE, THE GOVERNANCE AND THE BYLAWS OF WHAT THE PUA CAN COVER. UM, AND SO IT, WHAT IT REALLY, WHAT IT BOILED DOWN TO IS THE, THE PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY IS A MORE LOCAL SOLUTION THAT WE CAN CUSTOMIZE AND MAKE IT THAT WHAT PARKER COUNTY WANTS AND NEEDS. SO AGAIN, THE, SOME OF THOSE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE REGIONAL COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION. UM, IF WE, IF WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF SUCCESS FOR NOT ONLY SECURING WATER SUPPLY, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE FUNDING. UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY THROUGHOUT, THERE'S SOME LARGE SCALE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT DO NOT, UM, THEY'RE NOT COVERED BY A MUNICIPALITY, A WATER, CCN, UH, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING THESE UNDEVELOPED, UNINCORPORATED AREAS. WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE LONG TERM SOLUTION GONNA BE FOR THOSE FOLKS? UM, AND SO REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS FOR NOT JUST OUR LARGEST CUSTOMERS AND STAKEHOLDERS, BUT ALSO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THOSE UNDEVELOPED, UNINCORPORATED AREAS. SO THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PUA. SO THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR, OUR TEAM RIGHT NOW IS, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERSHIP. WHO ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA SIGN UP AND SIGN ON THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS SOLUTION? UM, ARE WE GONNA LOOK AT SELLING JUST WHOLESALE TO, TO CUSTOMERS? ARE WE GONNA ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO THE RETAIL LEVEL AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WOULD THE, WOULD THIS REGIONAL ENTITY ACTUALLY SELL TO AN INDIVIDUAL HOME, OR WOULD IT BE SELLING TO LIKE A SUBDIVISION? YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW, UM, HOW'S, UM, HOW'S THE, THE HOTEL VERSUS RETAIL GOING TO, UH, BE ADDRESSED? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE POWERS OF THIS PUA? IT TALKED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT IT COULD DO. UH, SO THE POWERS AND THE POWERS AND THE GOVERNANCE, YOU KNOW, THAT STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY BEING, UM, EVALUATED AND, AND DEVELOPED. UM, SO ONCE WE HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS, THAT'S WHEN WE START FIGURING OUT, ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE HAVE THIS, WE HAVE THIS GROUP. WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND START LOOKING OUT WHAT, WHAT'S THE, UM, WHAT KIND OF FUNDING CAN WE GO AND FIND? AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GONNA BE STAFFING THIS? WHO'S GONNA BE WORKING FOR THIS PUA? UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE A, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY A MINIMAL LEVEL OF STAFF IN ORDER TO START TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD. UM, AND THE CHALLENGE WILL BE IS WHO ARE THOSE FOLKS GONNA BE? THE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE NEED, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH WATER ARE WE GONNA NEED IN THE FUTURE? WE'VE GOT THE STATE, THE STATE WATER PLAN THAT WAS RECENTLY, UM, JUST COMPLETED. UH, YOU GO OUT AND YOU SOLICIT A LOT OF, UH, DEMAND INFORMATION FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS. UH, WE, WE USE THAT AS OUR STARTING POINT. THAT WAS OUR [00:20:01] BASELINE. AND THEN WE WANTED TO SAY, WELL, CAN YOU GIVE US JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE? CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S GONNA HELP MAKE OUR DECISIONS KIND OF BETTER INFORMED? AND SO WE'VE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM QUITE A FEW GROUPS. UH, WE'VE KIND OF REACHED OUT INDIVIDUALLY TO SOME OTHER, UM, ENTITIES TO SEE IF THEY CAN PROVIDE US SOME OF THAT EXTRA INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THE KIND OF THE, THOSE BOTTOM, I DON'T KNOW, EIGHT TO 10 ROWS. UM, THOSE ARE SOME PRETTY SMALL, SMALL USERS. AND, UH, WE WE'RE FOR, AGAIN, FOR NOW, WE'RE KIND OF RELYING ON THE INFORMATION AND THE, UH, THE STATE WATER PLAN. UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THESE GROUPS. TALKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO TOUCH AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN GET OUT, VISIT WITH PEOPLE, PROVIDE INFORMATION, MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND REALLY WHAT THE COUNTY IS UP AGAINST AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CALLING THIS OUR, OUR PUA ROADSHOW WHERE WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST OFFERING UP TO GROUPS WHO WANT TO HAVE US COME AND TALK, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A PRESENTATION OR JUST KIND OF ANSWER QUESTIONS. UH, SO WE, WE'VE KIND OF, WE'VE KIND OF PUT OUR HAND UP IN SEEING WHO'S GONNA KIND OF TAKE US UP ON THE OFFER. UH, WE PRESENTED IN HUDSON OAKS, UH, AND ANNETTA, THAT WAS JUST, UH, JUST REALLY LAST WEEK. UM, AND SO AGAIN, THE OFFER STILL STANDS THAT, UH, IF, IF THERE ARE GROUPS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WANTING TO, TO KNOW OR LEARN OR HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF HAPPY TO DO SO. UM, KIND OF A, A GREAT SEGUE INTO TO THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS WE'VE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED AND SET UP A, UH, A WATER SYMPOSIUM THAT'S GONNA BE, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 21ST. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE AT THE, THE PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S POSSE CLUBHOUSE. UM, WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A FULL PROGRAM AND AGENDA KINDA LINED OUT WITH SOME KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, A COUPLE PANELS, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ECONOMIC, UH, IMPACT. UH, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UM, SHOW UP TO, UH, GIVE A TALK ABOUT THAT FUNDING AND THE DOLLARS. UM, AND SO, SO WE'VE, WE'VE GOT THIS INFORMATION. I'VE GOT TO, I'VE GOT SOME THINGS HERE. I'LL KIND OF PASS THAT AT THE END FOR, FOR EACH OF Y'ALL TO KIND OF TAKE WITH YOU. UH, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH OUT INFORMATION, WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ENGAGED. AND, UH, WE CAN, UH, DEFINITELY USE, USE SOME OF Y'ALL HELP SOME OF Y'ALL'S HELP IF, IF POSSIBLE, IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE THAT. UH, SO AGAIN, JUST RUNNING THROUGH THE, THE, THE SCHEDULE AND THE TIMELINE, UM, WE'VE GOT THAT SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULED IN NOVEMBER. UM, WE ARE OPEN TO GO PRESENT TO FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED TO, TO WANT TO KNOW. UH, WE ARE WORKING TO SET UP SOME MEETINGS. WE'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH SOME, UH, WATER PROVIDERS. WE'RE LOOKING TO SET UP SOME ADDITIONAL ONES. UH, WE'RE TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING THE, UH, THE, THE DOCUMENTS, THE GOVERNANCE, UM, OF WHAT THAT PUA IS GONNA BE LOOKING LIKE. UH, SO WE'LL BE DRAFTING THAT INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR. UM, KIND OF Q2, Q3, WE WOULD, UH, ACTUALLY FORM THE PUA ITSELF. UM, AND REALLY I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY WHAT THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE IS, UM, ALL THE, ALL THE, UM, ENTITIES THAT WANNA SIGN UP AND BE MEMBERS. IT'S REALLY JUST A, A MATTER OF, UM, PASSING CONCURRENT ORDINANCES OVER A SHORTENED TIMEFRAME. THAT'S REALLY HOW THE, THE AGENCY IS, IS, UH, DEVELOPED. SO IT, IT'S NOT A, IT'S REALLY NOT A HUGE LIFT ON, ON ANYBODY'S PART. UM, AND THEN KIND OF WRAP THINGS UP BY SECURING WHAT THAT SUPPLY LOOKS LIKE, BUILDING OUT KIND OF THAT REGIONAL PLAN SO WE CAN GO FORWARD AND JUST KIND OF GET MOVING ON IT. UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE A WEBSITE SET UP. WE HAVE A ACTUAL PARKER COUNTY EMAIL THAT Y'ALL CAN, UH, REACH OUT TO. SO, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING SOME TIME AND LISTENING TO THIS MORNING. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, A COUPLE THINGS, ANDREW. WE, UH, UH, THE, THE MEETING, THE SYMPOSIUM ON, UH, NOVEMBER 21ST IS OPEN TO ANYONE THAT, THAT WANTS TO COME TO THAT. AND, UH, JUST HOUSEKEEPING HERE. UH, ALL THE MEETINGS FROM, FROM THIS POINT FORWARD WILL BE POSTED MEETINGS FOR COMMISSIONER'S COURT, SO THAT WE CAN ALL ATTEND, UH, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, BE WORRIED ABOUT, UH, HAVING QUORUM THERE. UM, BUT ANYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE THAT HAS ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE, UH, UH, THE WATER PLAN WEBSITE, YOU CAN SUBMIT THOSE QUESTIONS AND HAVE THOSE, UH, UH, ANSWERED BY SOMEONE FROM FREEZING NICHOLS WHO'S WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. AND, UH, UH, WE, WE ARE, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, TRYING TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS, AS WE CAN OUT TO, TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN. BUT, UH, I, I SUBMIT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT IS GOING ON IN PARKER COUNTY RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, UH, I WANT TO COMMEND, UH, ANDREW AND, AND [00:25:01] THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL, UH, GUIDANCE THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US. BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULD'VE PROBABLY BEEN DOWN THE, THE WRONG RABBIT TRAIL. AND WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE ON BOARD WITH WHERE WE NEED TO BE. AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE, THE WORK. UH, JOHN, UH, FOREST, UH, JUDGE DEAN, UH, UH, MR. HEISER OUT HERE. WE GOT, WE GOT, I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD IS ALL ON BOARD, AND, UH, THEY'RE ALL HAVE BEEN MEMBERS. BUT, UH, ORIGINALLY WE, WE STARTED, UH, UH, STARTED THIS COMMITTEE WITH, UH, UH, THIS WAS AN OUT AFTERTHOUGHT, I GUESS, UH, FROM OUR, UH, ARPA COMMITTEE. AND, UH, WE HAD SOME MONEY LEFT AT THE END AFTER WE'D FUNDED ALL THE WATER REQUESTS THAT HAD COME ACROSS. AND, UH, AND, UH, WE, WE MOVED FORWARD AND WE'VE, UH, WE'VE, UH, I THINK THE BEST THING THAT WE HAVE DONE, JUDGE, IS HIRE FREEZING NICHOLS, BECAUSE WHEN WE, WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS, THAT STATE WATER PLAN HE'S REFERENCING SAID THAT, UH, UH, THE COUNTY OTHER IN PARKER COUNTY, MEANING THE WESTERN PARKER COUNTY, DIDN'T NEED ANY ADDITIONAL WATER. SO IT'S PRETTY GOOD. UH, I THINK IT'S BEEN, BEEN TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO HIRE SOMEBODY THAT ACTUALLY WRITES THE STATE WATER PLAN, BECAUSE WE'RE INCLUDED NOW, JOHN, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING. OH, JUST, UH, AND, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL PUT US IN LINE WHEN THE STATE IS ALLOCATING MONEY FOR WATER PROJECTS. SO THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE IS. TRY TO GET FIRST IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO COUNTIES. YEP. SO THIS IS THE MECHANISM THAT IT TAKES, UH, TO GET THAT DONE. UH, IT'S FOR ALL OF PARKER COUNTY. UH, BUT AGAIN, AS FAR AS THE GROWTH OF PARKER COUNTY, I THINK THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE THING. SO, COMPLIMENTS, ANDREW, GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. AND, UH, JUDGE, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO WANNA SAY SOMETHING. WELL, I, I DO. AND, AND WHILE WE WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE BRIAN GRIMES, UM, WITH US AS THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, EXCUSE ME, STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHICH WILL BE A PART OF WATER, UH, YOU DID FORGET ONE PERSON. UH, AND THE RECOGNITION OF PEOPLE THAT, UM, HAVE HAD SUCH A CON CONTRIBUTION TO THIS THAT HAD PROVIDED LEADERSHIP AS, UH, FOR MYSELF, IT'S BEEN, UM, I'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO A STEERING COMMITTEE WITH TDOT. AND SO I'VE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THAT ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE OF IT, MEMBER OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL. AND I MEAN, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT THAT CARRIES. I MEAN, THEY'VE EVEN TRAINED MY ATTENDANCE TO GO INTO THESE THINGS. IT'S, BUT, UH, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN, THAT, UM, THIS WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN THE CASE WITH FRIESA NICHOLS HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR YOU AND FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU PROVIDED, BECAUSE I CAN'T, MY OFFICE CAN'T, BUT TO TAKE THE LEADERSHIP ROLE OF THIS WATER. AND, AND I'VE SAID THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND, AND BROUGHT THIS AND BROUGHT THESE RESOURCES TO YOUR, UH, CONTINUE TO SEE A PROGRESSION TOWARDS THAT. AND THAT'S YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. WE, UH, WE, WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE ISSUES RE RELATED TO WATER, AND WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN, THEN WE'RE JUST KIND OF WANDERING AIMLESSLY. SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO CREATE A PLAN. THIS, UH, UH, PUA IS THE, UH, UH, IS THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE HAVE AS, AS JOHN SAYS, TO BE IN LINE FOR SOME FUNDING THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US. BUT WE, UM, WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO'S WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS, ANYONE WHO, UH, UH, HAS NEEDS MORE INFORMATION, GET ON THE WEBSITE, ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, COME TO OUR SYMPOSIUM, BECAUSE, UH, A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE ANSWERED. WE'RE NOT THE FIRST COUNTY THAT'S EVER SET UP A-A-P-U-A. THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE AT, AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT SAME THING. UH, ONE OF THOSE BEING, UH, WISE COUNTY, UH, CURRENTLY. AND THERE ARE OTHERS ACROSS THE, THE STATE THAT ARE GONNA COME TO THE SYMPOSIUM AND, AND GIVE US INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO RELEARN THE WHOLE PROCESS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT OTHERS, SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND SEE HOW THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH AND, AND, UH, INFORM US SO THAT WE DON'T FALL DOWN SKIN OUR KNEE AGAIN. SO, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, ANDREW. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. DO YOU, YOU, ANY YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? I'LL ADD, I'LL ADD RICK. SO OBVIOUSLY WEATHERFORD IS HERE IN SUPPORT, UH, OF THIS INITIATIVE FOR THE WORK THAT COMMISSIONER WALDEN, JOHN FORREST AND JUDGE DEAN ARE PUTTING TOWARDS THIS. UM, I WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, WEATHERFORD IS IN A GOOD POSITION FROM A WATER SUPPLY STANDPOINT, [00:30:01] AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF ACTIONS THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR UTILITY BOARD TOOK 30, 40 YEARS AGO MM-HMM . UM, AND I'M THE DIRECT BENEFIT OF THAT AS DIRECTOR OF WATER UTILITIES. MM-HMM . AND SO, WHILE I KNOW PART OF THIS PROJECT LOOKS AT SHORT TERM NEEDS 30, 40 YEARS FROM NOW, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING BACK AT THIS GROUP AND HOW THEY SOLVED THE WATER ISSUE FOR PARKER COUNTY. UH, AND THAT'S, IT'S GONNA HAVE A LONG LASTING IMPACT. SO, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. I, I'LL JUST SAY THIS BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE SHUT THAT DOWN, THE QUESTIONS ASKED ONE DAY OF, OF WEATHERFORD, WHY, WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED? YOU'VE GOT ALL THE WATER YOU NEED, PROBABLY. AND, AND, AND WITH, UH, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THAT'S AN, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK. AND THE ANSWER IS 'CAUSE IT'S BETTER FOR EVERYBODY. AND SECONDLY, BECAUSE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WATER HAS ON THE REST OF THE COUNTY AS WELL, AND WE WANT, WE WANT, UH, EVERYBODY TO HAVE WATER ALL ACROSS PARKER COUNTY. AND, UM, I'LL SAY THIS AGAIN, NO ONE ELSE IS WORKING ON THIS PROBLEM BUT US. AND SO WE ARE, UH, WE, WE WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE EVERYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED TO, TO BE A PART OF IT AND, AND, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS AS WE GO FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU, JUDGE. APPRECIATE HELPING TO SPEAK, ANDREW. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. OKAY. I WANNA [5.A. Discuss/Take action on Construction Phase Contract and corresponding Services for Midway Road. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Conley)] MOVE DOWN TO FIVE ITEM FIVE A. I WANNA DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON CONSTRUCTION PHASE CONTRACTING, CORRESPONDING SERVICES FOR MIDWAY ROAD. CHRIS, CHRIS BOSCO WITH FREEZER NICHOLS. UM, SO THIS FIRST ITEM, UH, I'LL USE THIS MAP TO KIND OF ORIENT EVERYONE. IT'S, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO WARD A MIDWAY ROAD. UH, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT'S ABOUT 4.8 MILES IN PRECINCT ONE. UH, IT'S ONE OF THE, THE MAIN JOBS IN THAT PROJECT ALSO HIGHLIGHTED HUTCHISON. 'CAUSE ONE OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS IS, UH, AS WE WERE DEVELOPING MIDWAY ROAD, UM, AND KIND OF WORKING THROUGH, WE ADDED A LOT OF SAFETY ELEMENTS AND, AND REALLY KIND OF UPGRADED, UH, THE STANDARD FOR REBUILDING THAT ROAD. UH, SO THAT INCREASED THE COST THAT WE GOT ON THE BIDS. BUT, UH, I'LL SPEAK IN A MOMENT. UH, HUTCHINSON ROAD IS KIND OF ON THE OTHER END OF THAT SPECTRUM, IS THAT, UM, IT WAS RECENTLY REBUILT. AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AN OVERLAY ON HUTCHINSON. BUT, UH, SOME OF THOSE FUNDS WERE, WE'RE GONNA ASK TO ALLOCATE, UH, TO MIDWAY ROAD. UH, WE'RE STILL PLANNING HUTCHINSON AND THE HUTCHINSON'S ACTUALLY A THREE PHASE. SO, UH, THE GREENFIELD PARTS OF HUTCHINSON THAT CONNECT TO 1 99 AND 51, NO TOUCHING OF THOSE BUDGETS, JUST THE MIDDLE SEGMENT WHERE WE'RE, UH, BE REDOING THE PAVEMENT THERE. UM, SO I GOT A FEW SLIDES HERE, BUT, UH, THOUGHT I'D GO THROUGH THAT. Y'ALL CAN KIND OF GET THE FULL PICTURE. SO, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF BIDS ON THIS PROJECT. SIX, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, CONTRACTORS BID ON THE JOB. UH, JAY MILLS WAS THE LOW CONTRACTOR IN THE AMOUNT OF 6 MILLION, UH, FIVE OR 3 50, 2 25 AND 85 CENTS. UM, AND SO THIS NEXT, UH, OF COURSE, JAY MILLS WAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK. UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING, UH, PROJECT IN PRECINCT TWO, THE JOHNSON BEND AND GREEN ACRES REALIGNMENT. UH, AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA DO THE MILLSAP, UH, PROJECT AT THE RAILROAD. SO A CONTRACTOR THAT HAS, UH, WORKED WITH THE COUNTY ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS. UH, THIS SUMMARIZES, UH, COST ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE TOTAL PROJECT. UH, SO YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, FROM A DESIGN EFFORT. ONE THING I HAVEN'T MENTIONED, WE ARE GONNA REALIGN, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF THE INTERSECTION AT VIL STATION RIGHT NOW. UH, MIDWAY KIND OF COMES AT A SKEW. HOW WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED THE JOB WAS TO MAINTAIN THAT ALIGNMENT, BUT IN, IN TALKING WITH THE COMMISSIONER, WE'RE LOOKING TO SURVEY THAT AND ADJUST THE ALIGNMENT THERE. SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT AND, AND ADDING THAT TO THIS PROJECT. UH, YOU'LL SEE THERE THE CONTRACT AWARD, UH, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, UH, INSPECTION AND TESTING. RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THE LENGTH OF THE JOB, WE HAVE IT AS A 22 MONTH PROJECT. UH, WE'RE HOPING TO, TO GET THAT, UH, DOWN. BUT AS WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTORS DURING THE BID PROCESS, UH, THAT WAS KIND OF THE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE THE TIME THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO GET THAT FULLY BUILT AND KEEP IT OPEN TO TRAFFIC WHILE THEY'RE, WHILE THEY'RE WORKING. UH, SO ON THE, UH, BUDGET, UH, KIND OF, UH, BALANCING HERE, UM, SO ONE THING IS, UH, WN WOODY IS, UM, THAT JOB IS COMPLETE AND WE'RE 150,000 UNDER BUDGET ON THAT PROJECT. AND THEN HUTCHINSON, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE HAD A 1.5 MILLION BUDGETED FOR THAT. UH, BUT THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY WOULD BE MUCH LESS THAN THAT. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING TODAY [00:35:01] IS APPROVAL FROM THE COURT TO, UH, TO DO THESE, ALLOW FOR THESE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH WOULD, UM, ADJUST THE BUDGET ON W AND WOODY AND HUTCHINSON AND ADD A MILLION DOLLARS TO MIDWAY ROAD. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, ONE, UM, APPROVAL WE'RE SEEKING. UH, THE SECOND WOULD BE AWARDING TO, UM, JAY MILLS, UH, CONTRACTING IN THE AMOUNT OF 6 MILLION 3 52, UH, 25 AND 85 CENTS. AND THEN THE, UH, THE ADDITIONAL DESIGN SURVEY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, UH, INSPECTION AND TESTING DURING THAT PERIOD WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT WITH ZA NICHOLS FOR 788,001 15. SO THOSE ARE THREE, UH, APPROVALS WE'RE SEEKING TODAY FOR, FOR THE MID, YOU ALL THREE SEPARATE? UH, IT COULD BE COMBINED, JUST TRYING TO KIND OF OUTLINE, UH, ALL OKAY. IF IT CAN BE COMBINED. WELL, I, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THOSE THREE ITEMS. OKAY. THE REASON I, THAT WE PICKED, UH, MIDWAY ROAD TO BE ON THE ROAD BOND PACKAGE IS BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF THAT ROAD AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE OUT THERE. IT'S REALLY A MESS AT THAT ROAD. YEAH. ONE THING YOU SEE WITH ALL THE, WE ADDED A LOT KIND OF SAFETY ELEMENTS TO IT. 'CAUSE OF THE ALIGNMENT OF IT, UH, WAS, UH, ADDITIONAL ADD AS WELL. OKAY. SO THE SECOND IT ALSO APPROVES THAT, OKAY, WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WAS SECONDING ABOUT COMMISSIONER HILL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL HOLD WE SEPARATELY? UH, OKAY. YES. UM, YEAH. SO I, I GUESS THE FIRST APPROVAL WOULD BE, UH, ALLOWING A, UH, BOND PROGRAM ADJUSTMENT OF, UH, W AND WOODY, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THAT PROJECT BY 150,000. UH, THE HUTCHINSON ROAD PHASE TWO WOULD BE REDUCED BY 850,000, AND THEN MIDWAY WOULD BE INCREASED BY A MILLION. AND WN WOODY ROAD, LIKE THEY SAID, IT'S, IT'S JUST BEEN COMPLETED. YES, SIR. BUT YOU, WE STILL HAVE TO STRIPE IT, I BELIEVE. YEAH. YEAH. WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT ON LIKE, BUT THE, THE ROAD LOOKS REALLY GOOD. THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. SO, BUT WHAT ARE YOU GONNA BE THE FIRST MOTION ON THAT? HAVE MOTION IN A SECOND. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CAN'T ASK FOR ANOTHER MOTION. COMMISSIONER, YOU WANNA MAKE THE SECOND, AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MOTION INCLUDE? OUTLINE WHAT IT IS, CHRIS? THE SECOND PORTION? YEAH, THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE, UH, REDUCING THE BUDGET FOR HUTCHINSON PHASE TWO BY $850,000. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CURIOUS BY VOTE. OKAY. THIRD MOTION. UH, THIRD WOULD BE TO INCREASE THE MIDWAY ROAD BUDGET BY $1 MILLION. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. CARRIES FIVE VOTE. THANK YOU. OKAY, [5.B. Discuss/Authorize the County Judge to sign Advanced Funding Agreement CSJ 0902-38-140 - AFA Amendment 2 with TxDOT regarding Old Weatherford Rd from FM 3325 to Coder. (Chris Bosco / Judge Deen)] WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM B ON DISCUSS AUTHORIZED A COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT CSJ OH 9 0 2 3 8 DASH 40 DASH A FFA AMENDMENT TWO WITH TEXT STOP REGARDING NO WEATHERFORD ROAD FROM FM 33 25 TO CODER. CHRIS. UM, YEAH. SO THIS ONE, UH, ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION I RECEIVED FROM COG ON FRIDAY WAS THAT THERE WAS $78,000 LEFT OUT OF THE A FFA. SO THEY HAD ACTUALLY HAD TWO DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS THAT THEY DID MINUTE ORDERS ON. UH, AND SO THAT IS ONE THING. SO TO KIND OF GIVE Y'ALL THE HISTORY HERE, AFTER WE BID THAT JOB, UM, WE REQUESTED AN A, A BUDGET REVISION TO 20,690,000. UH, THAT'S, UH, ALL BEING FUNDED BY COG. UH, AND SO THE, THE DRAFT A FA THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY IS FOR 19,000 600 3515. UH, ONE THING TO NOTE IS THEY DID DEDUCT INTEREST THAT THE COUNTY'S ALREADY EARNED ON THE FUNDS THAT Y'ALL HAVE. UH, SO THAT, THAT INTEREST AMOUNT AT THE TIME OF THE APPROVAL WAS 981,000, UH, 485. UH, SO THE REQUEST TODAY WOULD BE I'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO TECH STOCK AND ASKED FOR THE, A FFA TO BE AMENDED. UH, SO I'D BE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR, UH, AN AMENDED REVISED A FA APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE THE JUDGE TO SIGN A A FA WITH TECH STOCK IN THE AMOUNT OF 19,000 7 0 8 515. SO, UH, SORRY. 19,000,007 OR EIGHT? NO, I LIKE THE FIRST CARD. YEAH. . [00:40:01] YEAH. 19,708,515 WOULD BE THE REVISED AMOUNT WITH THE ADDITIONAL 78,000. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HA. SECOND ONE. COMMISSIONER CONLEY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR, CARRIE? FIVE. OKAY. CHRISY, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, NOPE. NO. UH, THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO ITEM D ONE ON A DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS OF EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REPORTS. AGAIN, DEPARTMENTAL. DONE. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE SALVAGE DESTRUCTION OF BULLETPROOF VESTS. SO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND CONSTABLE THREE ARE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO DESTROY, UM, THREE P CARRIER VESTS THAT HAVE EXPIRED THEIR USAGE. ASSET NUMBER 2 0 1 7 5 2 0 1 9 4 AND 2 0 1 9 5. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCC CONLEY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. GARY'S FIVE. OH, KIM, I'M SORRY TO DO THIS TO YOU. IT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU MIND HAVING A SEAT, MR. RAY, ABOUT THAT? [8.C. Discuss/Take action on potential sale of property located in Navarro County, Account Number 58022, Legal Description: R1550.03 RUSTLING OAKS ESTATES PHASE III BLK B LOT 14 .5 ACRES. (Commissioner Holt)] UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT C ON DISCUSS. TAKE ACTION ON POTENTIAL SALE OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN NAVARRO COUNTY. ACCOUNT NUMBER 5 8 0 2 2. LEGAL DESCRIPTION, R 1 55 OH 0.03. WRESTLING OAKS ESTATE SPACE THREE BLOCK B LOT, 14 FIVE ACRES, 0.5 ACRES. UM, COMMISSIONER HOLT, DO YOU WANNA OPEN THAT UP? SURE. UM, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, MS. LISA TINES REACHED OUT TO ME, SAID THAT SHE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE JULY OF 2021, I THINK. AND THERE IS SOME PROPERTY IN NAVARRO COUNTY THAT IS ADJACENT TO PROPERTY THAT SHE OWNS. I HAVE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS SIMPLY VACANT PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE NOT EVER DONE ANYTHING WITH, BUT IT IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY PARKER COUNTY. UM, SHE HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PURCHASING SAID PROPERTY. SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS I WANTED TO BRING IT ONTO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AGENDA. HAVE HER AND HER HUSBAND SPEAK ON THE PROPERTY, DESCRIBE WHAT'S GOING ON, GIVE THEIR SIDE OF IT AND SEE IF WE CAN COME TO SOME RESOLUTION ON THIS. MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING I'M UNAWARE OF AS FOR THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THAT PROPERTY. UM, BUT MA'AM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE WHAT Y'ALL HAVE? SURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY. UH, THE PROPERTY, IF YOU DON'T MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M SORRY. LISA TINES. AND THIS IS MY HUSBAND DON TINES. THANK YOU. UH, WE OWN, UH, ACTUALLY TWO LOTS ON LOPER CIRCLE, UH, IN WRESTLING OSA ESTATE. UH, 50 35 LOPER CIRCLE IS WHERE OUR HOME IS LOCATED, AND THEN WE PURCHASE THE HALF AN ACRE NEXT TO IT, UH, WHICH WE HAVE FENCED IN. WE HAVE TWO LABS, AND THEN THE PROPERTY ON THE OTHER SIDE IS WOODS. AND, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE. AND THAT'S, THIS IS WHERE THE DEER GO AND THE FOX GO. AND WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO PURCHASE IT AND KEEP IT WOODED. 'CAUSE CURRENTLY NOTHING'S BEEN DONE OTHER THAN TREES HAVE BEEN FALLING ON NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTIES. MATTER OF FACT, LAST WEEK WE CUT UP ONE THAT WAS TALLER THAN OUR HOUSE AND MY 26 INCH CHAINSAW WOULD HARDLY GO THROUGH IT. UH, SO WE'VE BEEN KEEPING UP THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND THE NEIGHBOR ON THE OTHER SIDE HAS HAD TWO TREES FALL ON HIS FENCE. AND HE'S VERY UPSET AND WANTED TO KNOW WHO HE COULD CONTACT TO FIX HIS FENCE. AND WE TOLD HIM THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, WE'LL CUT THE TREE UP, WHICH WE DID, AND GOT IT OFF THE FENCE. AND ONCE THE NEW OWNER, UH, TAKES ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY, I'M SURE THEY'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP WITH HIS FENCE. SO, UM, THAT'S JUST, UM, WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT. WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING WITH IT. WE DON'T NEED IT. WE ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER ACRE. WE JUST, UH, WOULD LIKE IT TO STAY WOODS. OKAY, SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK HIM TO SAY ANYTHING AS WELL, OR DID SHE SAY IT ALL? , IS THERE ANYTHING FROM THE COURT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS? I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON IT. OKAY. UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED AS A RESULT OF, UM, A CRIMINAL CASE. AND IT WAS MR. MAXWELL, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER THE, THE PARTICULAR CASE, BUT, UH, THE PROPERTY, ALL HIS ASSETS WERE AWARDED TO PARKER COUNTY TO SECURE THE COST OF HIS THAT, THAT HE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF HIS REPRESENTATION IN THAT CRIMINAL CASE. UH, CURRENTLY, UM, THERE MAY BE A LIEN AGAINST THIS PROPERTY. SO WE'RE CHECKING INTO THAT. WE'VE SENT A LETTER OFF TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A LIEN CURRENTLY. UH, ADDITIONALLY, IT'S MEANT TO BE SOLD TO SATISFY THE [00:45:01] JUDGMENT WHERE ALL THOSE COSTS, UH, CURRENTLY I THINK IT'S WAS ON THE TAX ROLL OUT THERE FOR ABOUT $9,000, 93, 42, 93 42, THE COUNTY OWNING THE PROPERTY, WE WOULD HAVE TO SELL IT BY STATUTORY MEANS UNDER 2 63, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. SO FIRST STEP, WHAT WE, THAT WE WOULD'VE TO TAKE IS GETTING A, A CERTIFIED APPRAISAL TO DETERMINE THE VALUE. SO THAT'D BE THE FIRST STEP. AND THEN THE COURT WOULD, AFTER THAT, ONCE WE DETERMINE THAT VALUE, WE CAN COME BACK AND THEN CHOOSE THE MEANS IN WHICH WE WANT TO SELL IT. WE CAN SELL IT BY SEALED BIDS OR BY AUCTION, BUT WE'D FOLLOW THAT STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. WE'D HAVE TO ALSO DECLARE IT TO NO LONGER MEET A PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR THE COUNTY. SO IT'D BE DECLARED SURPLUS. AND THAT, THAT WOULD THEN ALLOW US TO GO AHEAD AND SELL THAT PROPERTY. THERE'LL BE NOTICE PLACED IN THE PAPER ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO COME IN AND BID ON THAT. OKAY. SO IF THE COURT WANTS TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS, THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO GET AN APPRAISAL TO DETERMINE THE VALUE. OKAY. WOULD THE, UH, SALE OF THAT PROPERTY GO INTO PRECINCT ONES COFFERS, OR GOD ONLY IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THAT MAXWELL CASE, YES. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PUT THAT MONEY IN, UM, THIS, UH, THIS AREA, THE SUBDIVISION IS CLOSE TO, UH, RICHLAND CHAMBERS. UM, FOR FULL DISCLOSURE TO THE COURT, IT IS NOT DIRECTLY ON THE LAKE, BUT IT IS, UH, ONE OF THE LOTS THAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE OF THE ROADS THAT GOES ALONG THE LAKE. AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR THE COURT. AT THE SAME TIME, LOOKING AT THIS, I DON'T KNOW THAT I SEE ANY POTENTIAL. I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S NOT, I JUST CAN'T THINK OF A REASON WHY PARKER COUNTY NEEDS TO OWN LAND IN NAVARRO COUNTY WHEN THERE'S NO ACTIVE PLANS ON IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT. SO, DO WE NEED A MOTION, JOHN, ON THAT TO GO UP FOR AN APPRAISAL ON THAT? START THE PROCESS? WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO HIRE SOMEONE TO GET THE CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ON THAT PROPERTY TO BEGIN THE PROCESS. OKAY. MOTION IS ALREADY MADE BY COMMISSIONER. HOLD. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION DURING DISCUSSION APPRAISAL ON THAT? DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING FROM A, SO JUST STEP BY STEP AND SO WE'LL GET THE APPRAISAL AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT? CORRECT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO, FOLKS, THANK Y'ALL FOR DRIVING HERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT A SHORT DRIVE. I THOUGHT IT WAS HELPFUL THAT WE MEET YOU FACE TO FACE, THAT WE HEAR FROM YOU FACE TO FACE. I THINK THAT'LL BE, UH, KEY IN THIS PROCESS GOING FORWARD. JUST TO RE REITERATE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS NOT OPTIONAL ON OUR PART. WE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO FOLLOW CERTAIN PROCEDURES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW IF I WERE SITTING IN YOUR SHOES, I WOULD WANT TO BE LIKE, WELL, HEY, I'M, I'M OFFERING TO BUY IT TODAY. JUST SELL IT TO ME TODAY. WE, WE DON'T PARTICULARLY WANNA WEAR BRACELETS, UM, AND GO TO PRISON, SO WE CAN'T DO THAT. UH, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE LEGAL PROCESS AS PRESCRIBED, BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP ON THAT PROCESS AS WELL, SO THAT YOU HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE THIS PROPERTY. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU BET. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL A FAVOR. MOTION FOR THE FUNDING FROM 4 0 9 CONTRACTS. OKAY. SO NOTED. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MOTION AMEND TO INCLUDE SAID LANGUAGE AND A SECOND AS WELL. OKAY. KIM, DID YOU NEED ANYTHING? I'M HER CONTACT INFORMATION. WE, THEIR, WE GO FOR A REVERSE OR WHATEVER. YEAH. MS. LISA, IF YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL REACH OUT TO KIM, YOU CAN STILL CC ME ON THE EMAIL IF YOU'D LIKE, OR, OR LEAVE ME OFF. I DON'T PARTICULARLY. UM, KIM'S GONNA BE YOUR BEST CONTACT. THANK YOU. YOU BET. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES FIVE A. UH, WHILE [8.B. Discuss/Take action on 90-day burn ban in Parker County. (Frank Watson / Judge Deen)] WE'RE HERE, I'LL JUST, I'M JUST MOVE TO ITEM B VERY QUICKLY HERE. I'LL DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON 90 DAY BURN BAN IN PARKER COUNTY AND TALK TO, UM, ON THE, UM, FRANK WATSON ON THIS, THE SD ONE ON ITEM EIGHT B. AND SO WITH THE RAIN THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE WEEKEND, HAS DROPPED OUR AVERAGE KBDI FROM 6 69 TO 5 23, WE WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW THE REQUEST AND REASSESS PRIOR TO THE NEXT COURT MEETING. SO WE WANT TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM UNLESS THE COURT HAS ANY OTHER COMMENT ON THAT. OKAY. ASK FOR A MOTION. I, I THINK IT'S JUST A NO ACTION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, WE MOVE TO ITEM THREE. KIM, NO, I'LL GET YOU BACK UP HERE AGAIN. NOTIF. OKAY. ITEM THREE, NOTIFY COMMISSIONERS COURT OF FFY 25 MISSING INVENTORY THAT HAS BEEN LOCATED. SO, UM, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LOCATED ASSET NUMBER 1 9 0 1 6. IT'S [00:50:01] A DELL LAPTOP THAT WAS MARKED AS MISSING AN AUDIT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE, UM, ANNUAL INVENTORY FOR 25. SO JUST WANTED TO NOTIFY THE COURT ON THAT. NO ACTION IS NECESSARY. OKAY, THANK YOU. MOVE TO ITEM FOUR ON AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE RFP PC 26 DASH 11 RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM, KIM. SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE RFP PC 26 DASH 11 RAINWATER HARVESTING TANKS. UM, PRECINCT TWO AND PRECINCT FOUR WERE BOTH AWARDED THE UPPER TRINITY CONSERVATION DISTRICT, UH, RAINWATER HARVESTING GRANTS. UM, NOT TO EXCEED 85,000 FOR BOTH. IS THAT WHAT YOURS WAS? I'VE SEEN HIS, WE'RE HOPING THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HOPING. SO, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT AND, AND THE EXPENDITURES TOTAL AGGREGATE FOR THESE, UM, ITEMS WILL BE MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT DOES REQUIRE THAT WE PURCHASE THEM THROUGH A, A FORMAL, UH, PROCUREMENT PROCESS. OKAY. COMPETITIVELY PROCURE PROCESS. SO I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE THIS RFP, UM, TO ADVERTISE OCTOBER 29TH AND NOVEMBER 5TH TO OPEN THE AWARD. UH, BIDS ON NOVEMBER 24TH AND ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE OF DECEMBER 8TH. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO VERY QUICK, UM, THIS IS A GRANT FROM THE UPPER TRINITY TO COLLECT RAINWATER AT OUR LOCATION. THE UPPER TRINITY HAS A RECOMMENDED VENDOR THAT PROVIDES THESE TANKS. IT'S NOT THE UPPER TRINITY, BUT THEY'VE POINTED US TO THIS. I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD SOLE SOURCE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HAS A SPECIFIC MEANING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, IS THIS AN ITEM THAT A VARIANCE CAN BE GRANTED IF WE VOTE ON IT IN COURT? OR IS THIS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT? IT'S STATUTORILY REQUIRED. I, UM, I, I TRUST YOU. I WAS JUST GONNA ASK THE QUESTION. WELL, ANY OF THE, THE REASONS WHY YOU, THE PATENT OR SITUATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. FAIR ENOUGH. UM, WELL, AND, BUT ON A BID IT CAN BE LOWEST AND BEST. SO IT'S, YES. IF YOU CAN ARTICULATE WHY IT'S ONE'S BETTER THAN THE OTHER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A HIGHER COST. AND, AND THE, THE, UM, I WAS, I WAS ASKING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NOT ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE BID PROCESS, RIGHT, BUT INSTEAD GOING WITH THE VENDOR THAT THE UPPER TRINITY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE SAME THING TO YOU, THEY HAD RECOMMENDED A SPECIFIC, AND THAT'S THAT, UH, PIONEER TANK THAT WAS ON THAT LIST. THEY ARE, UM, AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE THROUGH MULTIPLE VENDORS. SO BECAUSE OF THAT REASONING, IT'D BE LIKE BUYING A CHEVROLET TRUCK. YOU HAD HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO PURCHASE FROM THAT, SO. GOT IT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE FILE. THANK YOU. MOVE TO ITEM FIVE. AUTHORIZATION STRAP. OH NO, GO AHEAD. SORRY. DO WHAT? GO AHEAD. OKAY, MOVE TO ITEM FIVE. AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE RFP PC 26 DASH 13 PRECINCT TWO RENOVATIONS. SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO, UM, ISSUE AN RFP PC 26 DASH 13 FOR SOME RENOVATIONS FOR PRECINCT TWO. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A BATHROOM IN THEIR SHOP AREA THAT NEEDS TO, YOU'RE BUILDING A NEW ONE OR RENOVATING. SO WE HAVE, UM, ONE, WE HAVE TWO RESTROOMS IN THE OFFICE AREA, BUT THEN WE HAVE ONE VERY SMALL OLD, UM, SINGLE ROOM, NO STALL OR ANYTHING IN THE SHOP AREA. AND WITH 20 PLUS FOLKS COMING IN EVERY MORNING AND AFTERNOON, THERE CAN BE A QUEUE . SO WE'RE TRYING TO ALLEVIATE THAT. OKAY. MOTION. AND THERE'S ALSO, ALSO AN, ANOTHER PART OF THAT RENOVATION. SO THERE'S A WALL THAT HAD DAMAGE. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WEATHER RELATED FROM FLOODING TERMITES. IT MAY BE A COM COMBINATION OF THINGS. UM, SORRY, WHEN I SAY FLOODING, I MEAN RAIN WAS SEEPING IN AND GETTING, GETTING BEHIND THE WALL PANEL. AND THEN I THINK IT, MARK, WAS IT COMING UP FROM THE BOTTOM AS WELL? THEY'RE ON CA NEXT TO COWEN'S DESK. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE TURNOUT DAMAGE IN THE WALLS FROM PAST. THAT'S, THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CONCERN. GOTCHA. THAT ONCE WE GET IN, THERE'S, WE GOTCHA. WE TREATED THE PLACE TWICE FOR TERMITES. ONCE WHEN COMMISSIONER PEACOCK WAS THERE. SO THIS RFP WOULD COVER ALL OF THOSE. IT'D COVER BOTH OF THE RENOVATIONS. THE MOTIONS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HA. AND A DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES. I BILL, MOVE TO ITEM SIX ON BUY PC 26 DASH 12 BOW MAG DRUM ROLLER PRECINCT TWO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF BUY PC 26 DASH 12 A BOW MAG BW TWO 11 PD 5 84 INCH PAD DRUM ROLLER FOR PRECINCT TWO. THIS WOULD BE THROUGH THE BOB BOARD CONTRACT. 6 85 22 FROM RB EVERETT. AND COMPANY MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. HOLD SECOND. COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE VOTE. MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN. APPROVE THE PURCHASE AGENT TO HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN POS. SO I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION, UH, FOR THE COURT TO ALLOW ME TO SIGN POS FOR DEPARTMENT 4 0 9. THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL, UM, [00:55:01] DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION BOND, UM, CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN, POS AND ANY POS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. THESE ITEMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UM, REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED FOR PAYMENT BY ENGINEERS OR ARCHITECTS AND, AND SO FORTH. OR IT'S, IT'S A, FOR DEPARTMENT 4 0 9, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S CONTRACT SERVICES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH, AND THAT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD THING TOO. 'CAUSE IF, IF I'M TRAVELING OR IF I'M IN TRAINING OR IF I'M, I'M OUT IN A MEETING OR SOMETHING, IT'S BOGGED DOWN UNTIL I GET IN AND GET IT SIGNED. SO, AND I'M NOT ONE TO, TO STAMP IT. IT NEEDS TO BE MY SIGNATURE. SO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE VOTE. THANK YOU. THAT THAT'S A, THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY YOUR ABILITY TO SIGN THEM THOUGH, CORRECT? NO, NO, NO, NO. WELL, LET'S TALK REAL QUICK. THAT, SO THAT PROCESS WILL TAKE PLACE, BUT IF THERE'S NO SIGNATURE IF I'M TRAVELING OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN SIGN IT, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. OR I MEAN, VICE VERSA. WHATEVER. YOU'RE GONE. OR IF I'M GONE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM EITHER WAY. 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA GET SIGNED. RIGHT. SO I'M, I'M CREATING ALL OF THESE POS TO BEGIN WITH, JUST LIKE AS I WOULD AS MY DEPARTMENT'S POS. SO DO I EXPECT TO HAVE LESS POS TO COME TO ME? YES. OKAY. AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SUBMIT THINGS FOR PAYMENT IN THAT COMMISSIONER MANNER THAT ASK YOU YOUR QUESTION BETTER. YEAH. YEAH. AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA GET SIGNED ANYWAY. I, I'LL, I'LL FORWARD HIM, UM, THE PAYOUTS. YOU'RE NOT GONNA HURT MY FEELINGS ON THIS . WELL, I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO, TO KNOW THAT IT'S ALL GONNA BE TRANSPARENT, UNDERSTOOD, NOTED. MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT, APPROVE AND EXECUTE THE MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS TOWER. GROUNDING UPDATES FOR ON ONSITE SHELTER AND GENERATOR. SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROVAL AND FOR THE, TO ALLOW THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS AGREEMENT. THIS IS FOR THE TOWER GROUNDING SHELTER INTERIOR GROUNDING IN AN, IN AN ADDITIONAL ONSITE GENERATOR TO COMPLETE THE SMITHS TOWER 700 MEGAHERTZ SYSTEM. YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING? MR. KAYWOOD? YOU GOT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT OR, UH, NO, SIR. THIS WAS, UH, UH, VOTED AND APPROVED THROUGH BUDGET. THAT SOURCE. SO NO, JUST GOT THE AGREEMENT AND, UH, MOVE FORWARD. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THE FAVOR CARRIES FIVE. OH, MOVE TO ITEM NINE BUTTON ONE MORE TIME. OH, SORRY, I WENT TOO FAST. MOVE TO ITEM NINE. APPROVE AND EXECUTE MOTOROLA ANNUAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE COUNTYWIDE RADIO SYSTEM. UM, JUST AS, AS IT'S STATED, APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE MOTOROLA ANNUAL SERVICE AGREEMENT. THIS IS THE COUNTYWIDE RADIO SYSTEM, INCLUDING, UM, ALL OF THE, THE CURRENT RADIO SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. UH, ONE GOOD THING IS WE DID SAVE ABOUT $17,000 ON THIS PROJECT WHEN WE WENT TO EXECUTE IT, UH, WORKING WITH THEM. OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. AND IN THE DISCUSSION, ALL FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH, MOVE TO ITEM FIVE ON UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. WE'VE DONE A AND B MOVE TO ITEM SIX. WE'VE DONE ITEM A MOVE TO ITEM [7.A. Commissioner Holt to attend 2025 South Central Texas MTUG. (Commissioner Holt)] SEVEN ON COMMISSIONER HU TO ATTEND 2025 SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS MTUG COMMISSIONER. SO THIS IS A NOTIFICATION OF THE COURT. SPEAKING OF RADIO PROJECTS, THERE IS A LARGE CONFERENCE THAT, UH, MR. KAYWOOD HAS ENCOURAGED ME TO GO TO DESPITE MY, UH, NOT NECESSARILY HIGH LEVEL OF LOVE OF CONFERENCES, BUT HE HAS CONVINCED ME THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL GIVEN MY INVOLVEMENT ON THE RADIO COMMITTEE TO GO TO THIS CONFERENCE. AND YES, I JUST THREW YOU UNDER THE BUS. MR. K WOOD? NO, THAT'S OKAY. UH, THIS IS THE TEXAS CONFERENCE FOR MOTOROLA. SO ALL THE USER GROUP WITHIN TEXAS HAS ONE SPOT TO GO TO WITH ALL THE EXECUTIVE SALESPEOPLE FROM MOTOROLA. WE GET TO USE OUR VOICE AS WE'RE INTEGRATING WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH. WE'RE EXPANDING, YOU KNOW, OUR RADIO COVERAGE, WHO WE SUPPORT. SO WE'RE GETTING A LOUDER VOICE AND I THINK WE NEED TO REPRESENT THERE FOR END OF LIFE PRODUCTS. AND ALSO WE HAVE A FEW, UH, UH, THINGS THAT ARE ENDING THE END OF THIS YEAR. WE REALLY NEED TO BE ADVOCATE TO SPEAK UP AND, UH, UH, USE OUR VOICE. SO THE REASON I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA WAS TO LET Y'ALL KNOW IN ADVANCE ABOUT THIS PROJECT. IT'LL BE THE SAME WEEK AS THE WATER SYMPOSIUM, BUT I WILL BE BACK FOR THAT. UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE ME TO VOICE TO ANY OF THE FOLKS AT MOTOROLA. UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO ASK OR INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO FIND OUT ABOUT FUTURE PLANS? HAPPY TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. JUST LET ME KNOW AHEAD OF TIME PLEASE. I WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP AND SHOOT YOU AN EMAIL, BUT I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH, WITH MR. KAYWOOD HERE. UM, I HAVE A LOT OF PERSONAL CONCERN OR INTEREST ON THE FUTURE AND WHAT COMMUNICATION LOOKS LIKE AND I, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH SATELLITE COMMUNICATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND THE HUGE INVESTMENT IT TAKES [01:00:01] IN TAX DOLLARS FOR THESE RADIO TOWERS, I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN A SEAT AT THE TABLE. SO I DEFINITELY SUPPORT YOU GOING, UM, BUT I, I WOULD SAY I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S CONCERNS JUSTIFIED WITH MOTOROLA, BUT I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE SOME CHANGES AND BIG TICKET ITEMS. SO I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE OF THESE COMMUNICATIONS LOOK LIKE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS EVERYBODY SEES WITH STARLINK AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND THE STRIDES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN COMMUNICATION VIA SATELLITE, YOU KNOW, I'D HATE FOR US TO MAKE ALL THIS HEAVY INVESTMENT AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND THIS TECHNOLOGY WE'RE THROWING IT OUT 'CAUSE SATELLITE COMES IN AND TAKES OVER. SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. YEAH. COMMISSIONER, I I ECHO COMPLETELY YEAH. YOUR RESPONSE AND I WASN'T KIDDING. I HATE GOING TO CONFERENCES. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THE REASON THAT I'M GOING TO THIS CONFERENCE IS BECAUSE OF THOSE CONCERNS. YEAH. AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING IT. THANKS FOR VOLUNTEERING. YES SIR. THANK YOU JACOB. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM [8.D. Accept and authorize the County Judge to sign Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District grant agreements. (Bianca Lord / Judge Deen)] EIGHT D EXCEPT AN AUTHORIZED COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN UP FOR TRINITY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT GRANT AGREEMENTS. YES. SO THE OPPORTUNITY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROVIDED SIX GRANTS ACROSS FOUR COUNTIES. UM, FOUR RAIN HAR RAINWATER HARVESTING PROJECTS AND PRECINCT TWO AND PRECINCT FOUR WERE SELECTED. AND THIS IS JUST APPROVAL TO ACCEPT THOSE GRANT AGREEMENTS. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS PRECINCT FOUR IS STILL PENDING THE GRANT AGREEMENT, BUT ONCE WE GET THOSE WE WILL NEED SIGNATURES. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE PAPER? THANK YOU. FIVE. OH, THANK YOU. MOVE TO ITEM [8.E. Discuss potential refunding of 2016 Bond Series. (Brianna Fowler / Judge Deen)] E, DISCUSS POTENTIAL REFUNDING OF 2016 BOND SERIES. BRIANNA, GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE COURT'S ATTENTION OF A PROSPECTIVE REFUNDING OF THE COUNTY SERIES 2016 BOND ISSUE. UM, JUST BASED ON RECENT MOVEMENT OF CURRENT INTEREST RATES. UH, SO GEORGE WILLIFORD, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION. UM, THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS WILL BE, RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, IT'S JUST PERSPECTIVE OF JUST BASED ON INTEREST RATES AND IT COULD BE ABOUT 300,000 EACH YEAR FOR AN OVERALL ABOUT 2.6 IN SAVINGS FOR OUR INS. AND SO, UM, THIS SERIES WILL BE CALLABLE REDEEMABLE BEGINNING FEBRUARY 15TH, 2026. UM, AND SO WHAT IT WOULD BE IS REFUNDING ABOUT, LET'S SEE, SO THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING IS A A LITTLE OVER 42 MILLION. IT WOULD BE REFUNDING 38 MILLION OF THAT. AGAIN, IF RATES CONTINUE TO DROP, THAT SAVINGS WOULD BE EVEN GREATER. AGAIN, IF THAT INCREASED, THAT WOULD DECREASE THE SAVINGS. AND SO REALLY IT'S JUST TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. WHAT WE WOULD DO IS BRING IT BACK TO THE COURT FOR FORMAL ACTION. UH, GENERALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THESE INSTANCES IS, UM, HAVE THE COURT APPROVED DELEGATION, A PRICING AUTHORITY TO EITHER THE, OR TO BOTH THE COUNTY JUDGE AND I, SO THAT WAY WE CAN WORK WITH MR. WILLIFORD OUTSIDE OF A, UM, REGULAR COMMISSIONER'S COURT SO THAT WAY WE CAN, UM, BASICALLY AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE MARKET, GET POTENTIAL UM, MAX SAVINGS ON THAT. SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST TO BRING IT TO THE COURT'S ATTENTION THAT UM, WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME SAVINGS OF OUR DEBT SERVICE AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SHOULD, UM, ONE OR BOTH PROPOSITIONS PASSED PASSED, UH, WE CAN COMBINE THE EFFORTS AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR ONCE, UM, WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT DRAW DOWNS BECAUSE THE REFUNDING DOES REQUIRE US TO COMPLETE ALL THE DEBT DISCLOSURES, UM, HAVE US GO THROUGH ALL THE CREDIT RATINGS. SO IF WE'RE ISSUING DEBT AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S UH, COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH GOING THROUGH ALL THE CREDIT RATING CALLS AND EVERYTHING AS WELL AS JUST, UM, INTERNALLY THE WORK INVOLVED OF DOING ALL THE DEBT DISCLOSURES AND UM, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S REQUIRED. SO THE HOPE IS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMBINE THOSE EFFORTS. UM, BUT AGAIN, I'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COURT AS YOU KNOW, UM, JUST LOOKING AT TIMING WITH MR. WILLIFORD. AND ONE GOOD THING IS YOU CAN ACTUALLY DELEGATE AUTHORITY, I BELIEVE, UP TO SIX MONTHS SO WE COULD BRING IT TO THE COURT AND THEN JUST CONTINUE TO WATCH AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT OUTSIDE OF COURT. SO BRIANNA, THESE ARE BONDS THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED THAT WE DID NOT USE. DO I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? NO, IT'S ACTUALLY OUTSTANDING DEBT THAT WE HAVE. IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFINANCE THAT DEBT AT A BIT, AT A BETTER INTEREST RATE, YES. OKAY. THAT'S THE PART THAT I WAS MISSING. YES. UM, AND YOU SAID HOW MUCH WOULD THIS RESULT IN SAVINGS TO THE INS? UM, ABOUT 300 A LITTLE OVER AGAIN. UM, WHEN MR. WILLER PUT THIS TOGETHER, A LITTLE OVER 300,000, UM, FROM [01:05:01] YEARS 2027 TO 2034, SO ABOUT 2.6 WHEN HE DID THIS. BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE RATES WOULD BE, THAT SAVINGS COULD EITHER INCREASE OR DECREASE. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY IF THERE'S A, OR IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY IF, IF THE BOND THAT'S BEING VOTED ON NOW PASSES TO COMBINE SOME OF THE EXPENSES RELATED, UH, WITH REFINANCING AND THE SALE OF THE, OF THE NEW BONDS? THAT WOULD BE THE HOPE. I WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE, UM, THAT THERE ISN'T ANY OTHER KIND OF COSTS OR COMBINING. BUT AGAIN, UM, THAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF NOT HAVING TO DO SEPARATE CREDIT. MM-HMM . CREDIT RATING CALLS. UM, SO THAT WAY ONCE YOU'RE KIND OF IN THAT PERIOD THAT WE'D HAVE A RECENT ONE FOR RATINGS THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE YES, THAT AGAIN, THERE WOULD BE SAVINGS, YOU KNOW, ON THE EXPENSE SIDE OF THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, JUST ON YOUR INS, WHAT RATE ARE THESE AT RIGHT NOW? UM, I DON'T. AND WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED RATE? DO YOU HAVE A BALLPARK OF WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW AND WHAT ESTIMATE I THAT WE CAN GET TO AVERAGE? SO I, THEY WERE, I WOULD DIFFERENT, I THINK SOME OF THESE ARE, YEAH, THEY'RE DIFFERENT. DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY WERE DIFFERENT SITES. I THINK THIS ONE MAY BE 5.9 IS THE AVERAGE. AND ARE WE KEEPING THE SAME TERMS IN TERMS OF UH, THE LENGTH OF THE DEBT? YES. YES. SO NONE OF THAT WOULD CHANGE. IT'S JUST YEAH. REFINANCING AT A BETTER INTEREST RATE FOR THOSE SERIES. SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST BRING, BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION AND THEN THE HOPE WILL BE THEN COMING BACK, UM, WITH FORMAL ACTION FOR THE COURT TO TAKE. AND I'LL WORK WITH MR. WILLIFORD ON THAT. WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM E. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM F UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. MOVE [8.F. Authorize the County Attorney and District Attorney to allocate salary and benefit funds in accordance with Senate Bill 22, as allowable under the grant guidelines and as funds are available. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)] TO ITEM F WHEN AUTHORIZE A COUNTY ATTORNEY AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO ALLOCATE SALARY AND BENEFIT FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE TO A SENATE BILL 22 AS ALLOWABLE UNDER THE GRANT GUIDELINES AND AS FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. THIS IS JUST ME REALLY ASKING COURT TO KIND OF DO A BLANKET ON SB 22 AUTHORITY FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY. INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO BRING, YOU KNOW, COURT ACTION EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY WANNA DO A RAISE IS ALLOW THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND COUNTY ATTORNEY TO ALLOCATE, ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS AS THEY SEE FIT AS LONG AS IT IS WITHIN THE GRANT GUIDELINES AND AVAILABLE BALLOTS. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. HOLD A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS BEFORE WE VOTE? SO BECKY, VERY QUICK, I KNOW I MADE THE MOTION, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT WOULD PRECLUDE SOMETHING FROM COMING TO COURT THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY NOT JUST STAMP, BUT ACTUALLY NO REASON THROUGH AND DECIDE THROUGH? RIGHT. NO, I MEAN, AND STILL THE PERSONNEL CHANGE FORMS DO COME THROUGH COURT. THOSE DO PAYROLL GETS COME THROUGH COURT SO IT WILL, THE FORMS WILL COME TO Y'ALL. IT JUST KIND OF HELPS SPEED UP THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT TO WHERE, SAY IF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UM, YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE IN A MINUTE ANOTHER ITEM REFERRING SPECIFICALLY TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO IF THEY HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE IN SB 22 TO BE ABLE TO GIVE AN ADDITIONAL RAISE, THEN IT ALLOWS HIM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHIN THE GRANT GUIDELINES. UM, WITHOUT US HAVING TO SAY, OH STOP, WE CAN'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW. THAT HAS TO GO TO THE NEXT COURT SESSION. AND, AND JUST TO BE SPECIFIC ON THOSE FUNDS, RIGHT, THOSE CAN ONLY BE USED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND SO THE GUIDELINES ARE THERE. YES. AND THE MONEY'S THERE PROVIDED BY THE STATE. IT'S NOT COUNTY FUNDS. AND THEN T CHANGE ANYTHING LIKE IF RIGHT YOU'RE CREATING A POSITION OR ANYTHING? IT IS ONLY FOR THOSE SALARY INCREASES, YES. THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE COURT. YES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION PAUL OR PEPPER? MOTION CARRIES FIVE VOTE MOVE [8.G. Reclassify Law Clerk position to Assistant District Attorney position in Department 476. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)] TO ADAM G ON RECLASSIFY LAW CLERK POSITION TO ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY POSITION IN DEPARTMENT 4 7 6. SO IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEFF SWAIN CAME TO THE COURT AND ASKED TO RECLASSIFY A A DA POSITION TO A LAW CLERK POSITION. AND SO THE COURT DID APPROVE THAT, BUT HE ALSO STATED THAT ONCE THAT LAW CLERK PASSED THE BAR EXAM, THEN THEY WOULD RECLASSIFY IT BACK TO AN A DA POSITION THAT HAS NOW HAPPENED. SO WE'RE BRINGING THE RECLASS BACK TO COURT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION GARY. FIVE. MOVE [8.H. Review and consider a claim based on an allegation of defect on North Lake Road. (Commissioner Conley)] TO ITEM H AND REVIEW AND CONSIDER A CLAIM BASED ON THE ALLEGATION OF DEFECT ON NORTH LAKE ROAD. COMMISSIONER CONLEY COUNSELOR, UH, WE ALL HAVE POTHOLES. SO IS THERE SOME KIND OF A LAW THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO PAY FOR A FRONT END ALIGNMENT OR, AND I JUST REJECT THIS IF, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TURN OVER TO OUR INSURANCE CARRIER WE COULD, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT THERE'S NO [01:10:01] LITIGATION. NOTHING'S SUBMITTED IN SO, SO DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THAT PAYMENT? YOU DO. YES. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH [8.I. Discuss and take necessary action to authorize payment for work completed to date on the Precinct 2 renovation project. (Commissioner Holt)] MOVE TO ITEM I DISCUSS TAKE ACTION. NECESSARY ACTION TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT FOR WORK COMPLETED TO DATE ON THE PRECINCT TUBE RENOVATION PROJECT. COMMISSIONER HOLT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M BRINGING BEFORE THE COURT. PER UH, MS. RIVAS, WE HAD USED A VENDOR THAT WE'VE USED BEFORE TO DO SOME OF THE WORK ON THE, UM, BATHROOM RENOVATIONS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED, UH, IN A PRIOR COURT ITEM. AND ONCE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS VENDOR NEEDED TO GO THROUGH A MORE COMPLETE PROCESS THAN WHAT WE WENT THROUGH ON PRIOR PROJECTS, WE HAD THE VENDOR STOP. NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ASKING THE COURT FOR AUTHORIZATION AND THIS MONEY HAS BEEN BUDGETED. IT'S IN THE PRECINCT TWO BUDGET TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT FOR THE WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED TO DATE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE. BRIANNA, I AM GONNA NOTE THAT THERE WAS NOT A PURCHASE ORDER IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE WORK BEGINNING AND THAT IS WHERE THE ISSUE AROSE. SO AGAIN, UM, WHEN A REQUISITION IS COMPLETED OR IS SUBMITTED TO THE PURCHASING AGENT, THE PERSON PURCHASING AGENT AT THAT POINT DETERMINES ARE WE USING THE CORRECT VENDOR, ARE THE FUNDS COMING FROM THE CORRECT LINE? AND THEN ARE ALL PROCUREMENT, UM, REQUIREMENTS UNDER STATE LAW MET? AND SO HAD THERE BEEN A REQUISITION THAT WAS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL, THEN IT WOULD'VE BEEN DETERMINED AT THAT TIME THAT NO WE COULD NOT, THAT SHE COULD NOT, UM, APPROVE THAT PURCHASE ORDER BECAUSE PROCUREMENT AS WE TOOK IN THE OTHER, UM, ITEM WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW WHEN KIM APPROVES THAT PURCHASE ORDER, IT'S THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN PROCURED WITHIN THE LAW. WHEN IT COMES TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, WE ARE AUDITING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT. AND SO THEREFORE DISCUSSING IT WITH JOHN AS WELL AS KIM, UM, WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS THE BEST ACTION TO TAKE. SO AT LEAST IT IS ON RECORD OF WHAT OCCURRED, UM, TO PUSH IT THROUGH THE REST OF THE PROCESS. AND THIS IS MY MISTAKE, I'M GONNA TAKE COMPLETE OWNERSHIP OF THIS. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE UM, HANDLE THIS THE WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED GOING FORWARD. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND END DISCUSSION? ALL OF FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM [8.J. Reclassify the Assistant Planner position to an Assistant County Attorney position and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] J AND RECLASSIFY THE ASSISTANT PLANNER POSITION TO AN ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY POSITION AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF COURT DEEMS NECESSARY. JOHN, AND I'M TAKING THE ASSISTANT PLANNER UTILIZING SOME OF THAT SENATE BILL 22 MONEY THAT WAY ON THAT ONE. NO. NO. OKAY. NO, NO. THERE'S NO SB 22 MONEY AFFILIATED WITH THIS. IT'S SIMPLY RECLASSING THE ASSISTANT PLANNER POSITION TO AN ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY POSITION. THERE WILL BE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT THAT WILL COME THROUGH THROUGH THE NEXT COURT MOVING THE SALARY FROM THE PLANNER LINE OR THE ASSISTANT PLANNER LINE TO THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY LINE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HILL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR. YOU LOOK OUT, YOU'RE ABOUT TO SPEAK I SWEAR. CARRIE FIVE OH [8.K. Approve renewal contract for Abandoned Cemetery Association for fiscal 2025/2026 year and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] MOVE TO ITEM K ON APPROVED RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR ABANDON SEMINARY ASSOCIATION FOR FISCAL 20 25 20 26 YEAR AND TAKE ANY ACTION IN ACCORDING NECESSARY. AND THIS A CONTINUATION CONTRACT WITH THE ABANDONED CEMETERY ASSOCIATION MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE. [9. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES] MOVE TO ITEM ITEM EXCEPT INTO THE MINUTES UNDER ITEM A, PARKER COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER ITEM B. EXECUTED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ROAD REPAIRS WITH THE TOWN OF PEACE AND PRECINCT TWO. ITEM C. EXECUTED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR ROAD REPAIRS WITH PIE ISD AND PRECINCT TWO. AND ITEM D EXECUTED ADDENDUM FOR ROAD REPAIRS PIE ISD AND PRECINCT TWO. WE MOVE TO ITEM 10 [10. EXECUTIVE SESSION] ON EXECUTIVE SESSION. UM, BEFORE I GO THROUGH THIS AND READ THIS IS THERE UNDER ITEM A AND B AS THE COURT IS THERE ANYTHING UNDER ITEM A AND B THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? 'CAUSE THESE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT UM, WE DID DISCUSS LAST TIME. UH, THERE'S BEEN MINIMAL DISCUSSION IN THIS. I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT WE GO IN THERE. WE NEED TO GO IN THERE. I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS ITEM BI THINK WE'RE MOVE TO ITEM EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 5 5 1 0 7 1 0 7 2 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO UH, RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MOVE TO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS UNDER ITEM A EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION MEETING WILL [01:15:01] BE HELD PURSUANT TO TEXAS 5 5 1 0 7 1 2 AND 1 29 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO CONSULT WITH AND SEEK ADVICE FROM ITS ATTORNEYS REGARDING UNDER ITEM A, THE ACTIVE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF PARKER COUNTY ITEM B, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION OPTIONS I BELIEVE IN TEXAS COUNTIES. ITEM C AND OTHER MATTER DESCRIBED IN THIS MEETING AGENDA UNDER ITEM B UPDATE, DISCUSS PARKER COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER AND JAIL AND TAKE ANY ACTION COURT NECESSARY RECORDS SHOW THAT UH, WE WILL TAKE A RECESS AT 10 15 AND WE'LL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10 20. CONVENE AT 10 54 PENDING EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM 10 AND TAKE UH, GO TO ITEM A AND WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION. WE WILL GO TO ITEM B AND TAKE NO ACTION. [11.A. PRECINCT 1] WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 11 ON PLATS UNDER ITEM A ONE. Y'ALL READY? YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ IT OUT ON UNDER ITEM A ONE, PRECINCT ONE, PROVE THE FINAL REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS OAK GROVE EDITION WITH SEVEN LOTS CONSISTS OF 11.172 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF OAK GROVE WADE DEVELOPED BY HOLDINGS, LEVITON AND MICHAEL WELLS WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER AND PRECINCT ONE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IT DID SEND OUT CERTIFIED LETTERS. UH, 12 OF THEM. ANN RAN ADS IN THE PAPER. UH, AS PER THE STATUTE ON THIS FILE. OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 55. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM A PRECINCT? ONE ITEM ONE. PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN AT 10 55 HERE AT NINE. SCENE NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 56 AND MOVE TO THE ITEM. COUNSEL EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE FINAL AND PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING. THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED TAX CERTIFICATE. IT DOES SHOW A BALANCE OF 5 0 7 80 PERMITTING HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. AND THAT IS THROUGH WALNUT CREEK MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY COMM. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. HA. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THAT'S A FINAL FOR THE REVISION, NOT THE FINAL PLAN. JUST FINAL FOR THE REVISION. JUST FOR THE RECORD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIE, MOVE TO ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE PERMIT FOR NEXT LIEN TO LAY LINES ON ALEX DRIVE, RONNIE COURT AND JOHNNY DRIVE IN PRECINCT ONE. WE DID GET THIS PERMIT. IT WAS SENT THROUGH PRECINCT FOUR, BUT THIS SUBDIVISION IS ACTUALLY INSIDE OF PRECINCT ONE AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED ALL THEIR PAPERWORK. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH. MOVE TO ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION PER SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS JAMIE AKER WITH EIGHT LOTS CONSISTING OF 11.48 ACRES OF LAND DEVELOPED BY SERIES 1730. GILLIAN, LLC SERIES ONE 10 KKC FRIENDLY FRANK MANUFACTURED HOMES, LLC AND FRANK AND SUSAN LAR LOCATED OFF OF GHISLAINE ROAD WITH WALNUT CREEK WATER AND WELL WATER AND PRECINCT ONE. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS DIVISION, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. OH SORRY, WAS TO, UH, CHANGE SOME OF THE WATER AVAILABILITY ON SOME OF THESE LOTS. UH, NO LETTERS WERE SENT OUT BECAUSE NO LOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD. UH, BUT I DID RUN NEWSPAPER ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE. OKAY, WE'LL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 57. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM A PRECINCT TO ONE ITEM THREE. HEARING NOW ITEM, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 57. GO TO THE ITEM. JAMIE, HAVE YOU BOUGHT ONE OF THESE LOTS YET? NOT YET. NO. COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR A FINAL REVISION? UH, YES. UH, LOOKING AT THE PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT, A PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN NEWSPAPER LISTED TO DATE, TIME, LOCATION, PURPOSE. TODAY'S HEARING, THEY DO HAVE PUBLIC WATER THROUGH WALNUT CREEK AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THE TAX CERTIFICATE HAS A BALANCE OF $4,338 AND 70 CENTS. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. SECOND. COMMISSIONER HALE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE BINDERS. MOVE TO ITEM FOUR AND TAKE AND ACT ON CHANGING EXISTING SUBDIVISION RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ELIMINATE THE WORDING ON PAGE 27 AND REMOVE THE WORDING OF UP TO AN EIGHT INCH TO READ EIGHT INCH AND TAKE ANY ACTS ACCORDING TO NECESSARY. YEAH, I I PUT THIS ON, UH, BECAUSE THE UP TWO WAS CONFUSING SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS. YES SIR. SO I MOVE THAT WE JUST CHANGE IT TO EIGHT, NOT UP TO EIGHT. OKAY. IF WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES. I VOTE. MOVE TO ITEM FIVE. RELEASE THE LETTER [01:20:01] OF CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR BRADSHAW ESTATES INSTEAD OF THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE AND PRECINCT ONE. THIS LETTER CREDITS IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,667 AND 20 CENTS AND WE'RE GONNA HOLD THIS UNTIL OCTOBER 16TH, 2025. MOVE TO APP APPROVE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY, 2027. ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENT? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM SIX. RELEASE THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR SUS RANCH AND ACCEPT A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE AND PRECINCT ONE. THIS LETTER OF CREDIT'S IN THE AMOUNT OF $64,087 AND 60 CENTS. AND WE'RE GONNA HOLD THIS UNTIL OCTOBER 16TH, 2027. OKAY. MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIE, MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN, APPROVE THE FINAL SUBDIVISION, BE KNOWN AS WHITE WOLF TRAIL WITH TWO LOTS CONSISTENT OF 5.02 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF DILL ROAD DEVELOPED BY RICK AND JUDGE CHEWING WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT ONE. AND WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THE WAIVER FOR A GROUNDWATER STUDY ON THIS. UM, THEY MEET DRIVEWAY REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE DEAL ROAD IS 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THE PURPOSE IS JUST TO BREAK THIS UP INTO TWO LOT SUBDIVISION. COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE FINAL? UH, YES, EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER. THEY DO HAVE A TAX CERTIFICATE WITH A BALANCE OF $515 AND 86 CENTS. THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIE . MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT, BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR THE RANCHES OF VALLEY VIEW S EAST WITH TWO LOTS CONSISTING OF 3.65 ACRES LOCATED OFF GONZALES ROAD DEVELOPED BY BEVERLY FE WITH WALNUT CREEK SUD IN PRECINCT ONE. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, REVISION IS JUST TO SPLIT THIS TRACK INTO TWO LOTS AND WE'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS. COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS? UH, YES, EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER AND THIS IS A PRIVATE SUBDIVISION MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL. FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIED BY VOTE. MOVE TO ITEM NINE EXCEPT THIS SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS PLEASANT OAK SPACE. FOUR IN PRECINCT. ONE LAST AGENDA. WE APPROVED THE, UH, FINAL CLAP FOR PLEASANT OAK SPACE. FOUR. SO WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 0.107 OF AN ACRE OF RIGHT OF WAY. WE'D LIKE TO ACCEPT THIS WARRANTY. DE COUNSELOR ALL ? YES. MOTION MOVE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAVORS. FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM 10. BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR HEATHER RIDGE EDITION WITH TWO LOTS CONSIST OF FIVE ACRES LOCATED OFF OF HEATHER RIDGE COURT DEVELOPED BY MARIO GARDENIA WITH OLD WATER AND PRECINCT ONE. AND THE PURPOSE OF REVISION IS, UH, FAMILY SPLIT. SO WE'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS. COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD TO BEGIN THE REVISION, EVERYTHING IS ORDERED. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIED [11.B. PRECINCT 2] FIVE VOTE. MOVE TO ITEM B PRECINCT TWO. ITEM ONE. I APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION PROCESS FOR PROPERTY KNOWN AS ARBOR HILLS WITH A COMBINATION OF TWO LOTS CONSISTENT OF 4.0042 ACRES LOCATED ON ARBOR HILLS COURT DEVELOPED BY BROOKSON BUILDERS LLC WITH WHITEWATER AND PRECINCT TWO. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND UH, THIS WAS A COMBINATION SO IT DIDN'T SEND OUT LETTERS, BUT I DID RUN ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE. OKAY, BELOW ON THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1103, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE B, PRECINCT TWO HERE, NINE C NINE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1103 AND GO TO THE ITEM. IMPROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER, LISTED THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING. THE DEVELOPMENT DOES HAVE A BALANCE ON THEIR TAX CERTIFICATE IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,699 AND 40 CENTS. UH, PERMIT DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PUBLIC WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVE MET ALL OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS PER OUR COMMENTS LAST SESSION. THIS IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE A BALANCE. WE EXPECT THOSE BALANCES TO BE RESOLVED IN THE NEXT 60 TO 90 DAYS. THE THE BILLS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT AND THEY HAVE THAT SCHEDULE IN WHICH THEY, THEY HAVE THE TIME TO PAY THAT WITHOUT PENALTY. OKAY, SO THEY'RE NOT CLEANLY. SURE. SO IN YOUR OPINION, WE'RE GOOD TO PROCEED. CORRECT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER [01:25:01] WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CARRIES FIVE OH. MOVE TO ITEM TWO, APPROVE A WAIVER FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR ORIGIN INSIDE OF WOOD PHASE TWO AND PRECINCT TWO. JUST WANNA COMMENT ON THIS, THAT, UH, THIS IS FOR 2.5 ACRES. IT'S THE COMBINATION OF TWO LOTS FOR A TOTAL OF 2.5 ACRES, WHICH IS WHAT MOST OF OUR GROUNDWATER STUDY WAIVERS ARE FOR. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR HEARING FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM THREE BEGAN THE REVISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS WOODLAND PHASE TWO WITH TWO LOTS CONSISTING OF 2.5 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF COWBOYS LANE DEVELOPED BY DAVID DOOLEY WITH WALL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO. AND UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A, A SPLIT OF THIS TWO LOT OF THIS LOT INTO TWO TRACKS OF LAND. THEY DO HAVE DE RESTRICTIONS ON FILE. UM, IT SAYS THEY ALL TRACKS CAN BE SUBDIVIDED ONE TIME AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE OF LAND. SO THEY MEET THEIR RESTRICTIONS AND WE JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE REVISION PROCESS. MOTION PAPER COMMISSIONER HOLT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM FOUR, APPROVE THE RELEASE OF THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR PARKER MEADOWS AND ACCEPT PARKER MEADOWS COURT AND PARKER MEADOWS DRIVE AS COUNTY MAINTAIN ROADWAYS IN PRECINCT TO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM FIVE. ACCEPT THIS SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FOR A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS TRAILS INN AND PRECINCT TWO. AND WE DID APPROVE THIS FINAL PLAT, UH, LAST SESSION. AND THIS IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL POINT. 1 1 5 OF AN ACRE OF RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF CLOVER DRIVE BUSH IT MADE BY COMMISSIONER. HOLD SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN IN THE DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR, CARRIE FIVE OH ITEM SIX. BEGIN THE PROCESS TO CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT ON RICK WILLIAMSON, THE OLD MINE OF WELL HIGHWAY AND TAKE ANY ACTION ACCORDING DES NECESSARY IN PRECINCT TWO. SO THE THE WORDING HERE IS A LITTLE BIT AMBIGUOUS. I'M HOPING WE CAN WORK WITH IT. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT ON OLD MINERAL WELLS HIGHWAY TO RICK WILLIAMSON. THERE'S A PIECE THAT IS 40 MILES AN HOUR THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DROP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. JOHN, DOES THIS LANGUAGE SUFFICE? I MEAN THAT'S WHAT HE PUT RIGHT HERE. SO I THINK WHEN BEGIN THE PROCESS BUT THE, TO GET TO PUT THE NOTICES OUT, THE PROPER DESIGNATION. THAT LOCATION. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR HEARINGS FIVE OH [11.C. PRECINCT 3] MOVE TO ITEM C, PRECINCT THREE. ITEM ONE. BEGIN THE VISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS THE COUNTY PLACE SECTION B WITH ONE LOT CONSIST OF 11.970 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF GREENTREE DRIVE DEVELOPED BY RON PRO WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT THREE. I'M SORRY JUDGE, I FORGOT THERE'S NO ACTION ON NUMBER ONE. WELL THANKS FOR MAKING ME READ IT. I DIDN'T WANNA INTERRUPT YOU. I'M SORRY, . I KNOW YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT. I KNOW. ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE AMENDMENT OF THE MOUNTAIN RIVER ESTATES PHASE ONE AND PRECINCT THREE. AND THERE WAS A, A CLERICAL ERROR ON THIS. IT SAID PHASE TWO, SO WE'RE JUST DOING AN AMENDMENT TO FIX THAT PLEASE. SO I UM, COMMISSIONER WALL HAS MADE THE MOTION IN THE SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER. HOLD ON. ITEM TWO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIE FIVE OH. MOVE TO ITEM THREE, APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR A GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS TWO LM DEVELOPMENT PHASE FOUR IN PRECINCT THREE. AND I DO HAVE A, A WELL REPORT FROM MALONE WATER WELL SERVICE. THEY SAID THERE'S A YIELD OF 20 GPM WITH A FIVE FOOT DRAWDOWN MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES. FIVE OH MOVE ITEM FOUR. ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING ROADWAYS INSIDE GRINGER RANCH AT SOUTH ORINO IS WAL WALTER JOSEPH WAY AND LOUISE LANE IS COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAYS IN PRECINCT THREE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CURIOUS FIVE OH MOVE TO ITEM FIVE. I APPROVE THE FINAL VISION PROCESS FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS BEAR CREEK RANCH WITH ONE LOT CONSISTING OF 7.89 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF WINDING CREEK TRAIL DEVELOPED BY GEORGIA MOLLY JOHNSON WITH A WATER WELL AND PRECINCT THREE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVISION WAS TO [01:30:01] ABANDON A 40 FOOT BUILD LINE ON LOT 32 R ONE. SO I DID, UH, PUT LETTERS, UH, SENT OUT CERTIFIED. I'M SORRY, I DID PUT ADS IN THE PAPER AS PER THE STATUTE ON THIS ONE. OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1109. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE, PRECINCT THREE. ITEM C HERE? NONE. SEEN NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1109 AND GO TO THE ITEM MOTION. BE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES 5 0 2 2 ITEM SIX, APPROVE THE FINAL HEARING FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS ENCORE INDUSTRIAL PARK CONSISTS OF 26.319 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF ENCORE AVENUE DEVELOPED BY RCJ PROPERTIES, LLC WITH PARKER COUNTY, SUD WATER AND PRECINCT THREE. UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A FOUR LOT SUBDIVISION. THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM TWO ACRES TO 10 ACRES. THEY HAVE DEDICATED ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF OF FAIRVIEW ROAD. UH, THEY ARE GONNA BE HAVING A PRIVATE ROAD PUT IN CALLED ENCORE AVENUE. AND UH, THE PARKER COUNTY SUD IS GONNA BE PROVIDING THEIR WATER AND WHICH ARE MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOL. YES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? NO. CARRIE? FIVE OH WE PROVIDE SEVEN EXCEPT THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED FOR THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY OFF FAIRVIEW ROAD, ENCORE INDUSTRIAL PARK AND PRECINCT THREE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. HOLD ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH. MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT. APPROVE THE WATER FOR WAIVER FOR A GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR THE SUBDIVISION. BE KNOWN AS RANGERS HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT PHASE TWO IN PRECINCT THREE. IT DID HAVE A WELL REPORT COME IN. IT SAYS THAT A PUMP DEPTH OF 320 FEET THEY YIELD IS 16 GP MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH. MOVE TO ITEM NINE. WELL I'M GOING FAST TOO. WE'RE GOOD. ITEM NINE, APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS REVISION OF MIMI RANCH ESTATES IN PRECINCT THREE. AND AT A PUMP STEP OF 260 FEET. THEY YIELD IS 10 TO 20 GPM AFTER 24 HOURS. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OF THAT DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE [11.D. PRECINCT 4] OH. MOVE TO ITEM D PRECINCT FOUR. ITEM ONE. NOTIFICATION OF SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS FARMER ROAD AND OLD WEATHERFORD EDITION LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH CONSISTING OF 11.173 ACRES LOCATED OFF OF FM HIGHWAY 3 3 2 5 DEVELOPED BY TIM FLEET IN PRECINCT FOUR. THIS IS GONNA BE A FIVE LOT SUBDIVISION. THESE TRACKS SAY RANGE IN SIZE FROM 1.542 ACRES TO UH, 3.143 ACRES. THEY HAVE ROAD OFF OF FM 33 25 AND OLD WEATHERFORD ROAD. IT'S JUST NOTIFICATION. OKAY. TAKE NO ACTION. MOVE TO ITEM TWO AND APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR THE SUBDIVISION. BE KNOWN AS A REVISION OF YOUNGER RANCH IN PRECINCT FOUR AND THEY PULLED A PUMPED UP OF 220 FEET WITH A YIELD OF EIGHT TO 10 GPM, EVERYTHING FOR LABOR. UH, YES. ALL THE PAPERWORK IS MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR CURIOUS. I VOTE. MOVE ITEM 12 AND ASK FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE RECORD SHOW THAT WE'LL ADJOURN AT 1113. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.