[Call to Order] [00:00:07] GET EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, PLEASE? I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS MEETING STARTED. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT ON THIS 23RD DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026. THE RECORD SHOW IT IS NOT AM. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENT. WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION LED BY MARK JULIAN FROM NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY PARKER COUNTY JUDGE PRO TEM COMMISSIONER CONLEY. PLEASE STAND. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY, FOR THE BEAUTY OF ALL THAT YOU'VE CREATED. LORD, YOU'VE CREATED US TODAY AND GOD, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE TO YOUR GLORY AND GOD ALL THAT I KNOW THAT THAT MEANS IS SIMPLY THAT WE MIGHT HONOR YOU AND PLEASE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT'S HAPPENED AND GOD, ALL THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. GOD, PRAY FOR THE PLANS THAT ARE SET BEFORE US FOR THESE OUR COMMISSIONERS, OUR JUDGE, OUR ATTORNEY FOR THIS ELECTION SEASON. GOD THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE. HELP US LORD, MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS THAT WOULD PLEASE YOU. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. MOVE TO THE ITEM ON CONSENT AGENDA UNDER ITEM FOUR. UNDER ITEM A, AUDITOR [4. CONSENT (Part 1 of 2)] ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR. ITEM B TREASURER ITEMS ONE, THREE AND FOUR, AND COUNTY JUDGE ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE. I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALTON. SECOND ON THIS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? VIVO. GEORGE'S FAST ON THE DRAW TONIGHT. YEAH, HE WAS WAITING [6.A. Proclaim March 6, 2026 as Black Balloon Day in Parker County to help bring awareness to overdose deaths. (Jessica Castro I Judge Deen)] ON YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX ON SIX A ON PROCLAIM MARCH 6TH, 2026 AS BLACK BALLOON DAY IN PARKER COUNTY TO HELP BRING AWARENESS TO OVERDOSE DEATHS. WE HAVE JESSICA CASTRO COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE OF OUR MOVEMENT TO JUST BRING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITIES. AND AS MR. FORREST NICELY POINTED OUT, I'M KIND OF ALONE ON THE THE DAY TO DAY, BUT I'M BELIEVING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE BEHIND ME, HONESTLY, THAT ARE JUST STILL TOO AFRAID AND TOO ASHAMED OF THEIR SITUATION AND WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO COME FORWARD YET. SO I WILL COME UP HERE EVERY YEAR THAT Y'ALL WILL ALLOW ME TO, UNTIL PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ASHAMED ANYMORE. SO I'M REALLY HONORED THAT YOU GUYS WOULD HELP RECOGNIZE THIS AND BRING AWARENESS TO SOMETHING THAT IS SO CRUCIAL TO OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. PLEASE, PLEASE STAY THERE FOR JUST A MOMENT. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FOR STANDING UP AND CONTINUING TO DO THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR. IT IS IMPORTANT, AND I THINK THAT'S RECOGNIZED BY THIS COURT AS WELL. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ALL IN FAVOR? JUST THE BUSINESS IN HAND. I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PROCLAMATION ON THE BLACK BALLOON DAY. WHEREAS BLACK BALLOON DAY HAS BECOME A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENT BRINGING AWARENESS TO OVERDOSE DEATHS. AS WITH MANY THINGS WITH THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, BLACK BALLOON DAY BEGINS WITH A FAMILY LOSS, WHEREAS OVERDOSE DRUG OVERDOSE IS A LEADING CAUSE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH 700,000 DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1999 TO 2017. AND WHEREAS OPIOID ADDICTION IS DRIVING THE EPIDEMIC WITH MORE THAN 65% OF OVERDOSE DEATHS RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS AND ILLICIT OPIOIDS, HEROIN AND ILLICIT FENTANYL, AND WHEREAS AMERICANS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF AN OPIOID OVERDOSE THAN THEY ARE A CAR ACCIDENT OR BY A GUNS HOMICIDE SUICIDE, WHEREAS EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BECOME AWARE OF THE SIGNS OF DRUG ABUSE AND BE DILIGENT IN KEEPING OUR FAMILY AND OUR FRIENDS SAFE. NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF THE PARKER COUNTY THAT WE DO PROCLAIM MARCH 6TH, 2026 AS BLACK BALLOON DAY AND CAUSED THIS OBSERVANCE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITIZENS. SO PROCLAIM THE 23RD DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026. IF YOU WOULD [00:05:03] COME ON UP. YES. AND WE'LL GET DONE. YES. I WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO DO ALL THIS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE TWO PICTURES. ONE, TWO, THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO. THREE. PERFECT. HE DOES A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IS GREAT. THANK YOU, [4. CONSENT (Part 2 of 2)] >> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO E1. >> MOVE TO ITEM 2 PC AUTO SUPPLIES. >> SO REQUESTING THORS TO RENEW PC 23-24 FOR AUTO SUPPLIES FOR PARKER COUNTY. THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT IS WARDED TO AUTO SUPPLY AND RENEWAL PERIOD. WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN RENEWING FOR MARCH 6, 2026 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2027 ON SAME TERMS AND CONDITION AS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. >> I DON'T SEE IF YOU BREAK IN MOTION. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT ITEM. >> COMMISSIONER:LY HAS MADE THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER HALE HAS MADE THE SEKTD. SECONDED. MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU. MOVE TO ITEM 3. >> WE RECEIVED TWO RESPONSES FOR RF PC 16-24 FOR THE VETERANS ELECTRONIC SOFTWARE. PAN NO PANORAMIC AND LOWEST COST FOR PARKER COUNTY. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS OR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> I HAVE A COMMISSIONER BRANDSON DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM? >> NO, SIR, I'VE BEEN USING THAT AND THAT PRO IS A LOT BETTER. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL IN FAVOR. PASSES 5-0. MOVE TO ITEM 4, ON B.C., 2031. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT DO WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? >> THAT PURCHASE IS THROUGH THE VIBE CONTRACT 70623 FROM LS EQUIPMENT. >> OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS RELATED HISTORICAL BUILDINGS. >> SO, THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF VALLEY OF MAIN COURTHOUSE, DISTRICT COURTHOUSE AND GENERAL BUILDING. THE CURRENT REPLACEMENT TOTAL XRX IS 53,384 IF THE COUNTY WERE TO CHOOSE TO ADD HISTORICAL COVERAGE TO ALL FOUR BUILDINGS INCREASE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL 93,138 FOR TOTAL CONNECTION ACTION. YOU CAN XHAOUS ALSO TO ADD COVERAGE FOR ONE SPECIFIC BUILDING YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE THE HISTORICAL COVERAGE FOR ALL OR NONE AT ALL IT'S UP TO YOU. AND WHAT IN HISTORICAL COVERAGE WOULD BE THAT WE, THE CONTRACTORS STUFF WOULD BE THROUGH THE HISTORIC COMMISSION AND IT WOULD BE THE HIGHER QUALITY HISTORICAL, PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS. >> FOR THOSE LISTENING ONLINE, CAN YOU LIST THE FOUR LOCATIONS. >> MAIN COURTHOUSE, DISTRICT COURTHOUSE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE AND JIM WRIGHT BUILDING. >> AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING EFFECTIVELY IS WE SPEND ANOTHER 50 GRAND NOW AND ANOTHER EXTRA $100 GRAN BUT LET'S SAY GOD [00:10:08] FEHR BID A TORNADO LEVELS A BUILDING, THIS EXTRA COVERAGE WOULD ALLOW US TO BUILD IT BACK WITH A LOT MORE OF A NOD TOWARDS THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF THE BUILDING. >> YES, SIR. >> GET MORE OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW VERSUS A REPLACEMENT THAT IS, PROBABLY NOT NEARLY AS? >> RIGHT. >> ACCURATE. >> WELL THE INTEREST WOULD COVER THAT PORTION OF THE COUNTY. >> YEAH, IF WE WANTED TO BUILD IT THE WAY IT WAS, WITHOUT THIS COVERAGE, IT WOULD BE ON US. >> HAVE WE EVER HAD THIS COVERAGE BEFORE? >> NO SIR. >> AND THAT'S ANNUAL. >> 146,000 ANNUAL'. VERSUS 53 THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING RIGHT NOW. >> AT SOME POINT, A DECISION WAS MADE THAT IF WE WERE TO HAVE A DEVASTATING LOSS THAT IT WOULD NOT BE CONSTRUCTED BACK TO ITS HISTORICAL, YOU KNOW, LEVEL? IT WOULD BE BUILT AS A NEW BUILDING, THAT'S THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE THAT SAVED THE $100,000 A YEAR? >> THAT ANNUAL PRIZE. --PRICE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE PRINTOUT FROM THE AGENDA PACKET IF YOU WANTED DO JUST THIS BUILDING, IT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL 76, 800. SO ABOUT 50,000 MORE. A YEAR FOR JUST ADDING COVERAGE HISTORICAL COVERAGE FOR THIS BUILDING. >> AND HOW MUCH IS THE JIM WRIGHT PORTION? >> THE JIM WRIGHT PORTION WOULD BE CURRENTLY WE PAY 2700 T WOULD JUMP TO 4600, SO 2000 MORE. >> IS THERE ANY OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WOULD INCOMPASS? >> THE FOUR, THIS BUILDING, THE DISTRICT COURTHOUSE. >> THE TWO? >> THE DISTRICT COURTHOUSE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND JIM WRIGHT. >> IS THIS SOMETHING THAT QUALIFY FOR US TO ACCESS FUND BALANCE? IF ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED? >> YES, I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULDN'T ANTICIPATE BY NOT PRESERVING ALL THAT IN THAT SECTION. >> AND THE HISTORICAL ASPECT WOULD BE COVERED AS WELL? IN OTHER WORDS, WE COULD NOT USE FUND BALANCE TO GET US A BUILDING, WE WOULD USE FUND BALANCE TO GET US LIKE A HISTORICAL BUILDING? >> EVEN AT THAT,--. >> FUND BALANCE WOULD NOT COVER IT, YEAH. >> THE COST OF WHAT IT WOULD BE TO REPLACE THIS. >> WE'RE EFFECTIVELY DECIDING LIKE, PAY THE INSURANCE TRY TO SELF INSURE OR IF IT GETS TOTALLY DESTROYED. WE WOULD HAVE NO BUILDING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE JIM WRIGHT BUILDING PRESERVED PERSONALLY. IF YOU WOULD HAVE TO RESTORE IT BACK TO? >> HISTORICAL LEVEL? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> I THINK THE JIM WRIGHT BUILDING IS SUCH A COOL BUILDING AND NA THE PREMIUM IS PRETTY DARN LOW. >> ARE THERE OPTIONS ON DEDUCTIBLE? >> WELL THE DEDUCTIBLES ARE 50,000 NOW ACROSS THE BOARD. >> SO, IT'S REPLACEMENT VALUE ON ALL OF THESE? >> YES. >> REPLACEMENT COSTS ON TORNADO LEVELS IT? >> OKAY. >> AT THE HISTORIC. >> YES. >> THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, DWAOEN THE 2, THE 50,000. >> 50,000 NOW. >> AND THERE IS NOT OTHER OPTIONS OR THERE ARE? >> FOR IN BETWEEN WHAT WE HAVE IN THE HISTORICAL? >> ARE THERE OPTIONS LIKE IF WE CAN SAY IF WE WENT TO 1,000 DOLLARS, 75,000 DEDUCTABLE, WHAT IS THE PREMIUM RATE? >> IS WOULD HAVE TO CHECK. >> I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER DEDUCTIBLES. I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT AND COST VALUE. THERE IS A LOT OF FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY FOR THAT JIM WRIGHT BUILDING. IF IT GOES IN THE ROUTE OF HISTORICAL, I THINK IT GOES [00:15:01] ALONG WITH IT AND AS COMMISSIONER HOLT MENTIONED, I THINK THAT'S MINIMUM IMPACT ON THE PREMIUM. I MEAN FOR THE BANG FOR THE BUCK BUT, IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW THE DEDUCTABLES. >> I AGREE BUT THE DECISION FOR ME IS WHETHER OR NOT WE INCLUDE THE COURTHOUSE. IS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER OPTIONS. TO BE CLEAR, THE BUILDING IS INSURED NOW? >> YES. >> BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE HAVING IT INSURED AND HAVING ENOUGH INSURANCE COVERAGE TO RESTORE IT TO ITS HISTORICAL, IN OTHER WORDS, THE SAME TYPE OF FLOOR, SAME TYPE OF MATERIALS, SAME TYPE OF EVERYTHING. >> YES, SIR. >> PLUS ADDITIONAL COST OF HAVING THAT WORK DONE TO THE HISTORICAL NATURE. >> YES. >> CAN YOU COME BACK. >> YES. >> AND GIVE US SOME MORE OPTIONS PERHAPS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS BASICALLY, IF YOU TAKE 50,000 PER YEAR, TO ENSURE THE COURTHOUSE ITSELF, THE MAIN COURTHOUSE. >> DID YOU COVER THIS? OR IS THERE ANY, INPUTER FROM THE HISTORIC COMMISSION THEMSELVES ON WHAT THEY PROMOTE, REQUIREMENT OR OBVIOUSLY THEY INVEST IN MONEY AS WELL? IS THERE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS WELL? >> WHAT THEY REQUIRE ?R >> YES. >> WE CAN KEEP IT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THE THC, I HAVE NOT TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THIS, JUST TECH. >> I'M CURIOUS IF THIS IS THE ROUTE IF WE DON'T CHOOSE TO GO DOWN, AT THE HISTORIC COMMISSION WOULD BE INTERESTED IN AT LEAST SUPPLEMENTING THAT PORTION OF THE ADDITIONAL PREMIUM. >> IT WOULD BE GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. >> IT'S A HISTORICAL COMMISSION WHO WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL BEFORE ANY WORK IS DONE HERE? >> YES, SIR. >> AND THEN THERE IS THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL GROUP, WHICH IS A BRANCH OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT. SO THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THE FUNDS THAT WE USE TO RESTORE THE XHOUS IN 1980, CAME FROM THC. >> AS WELL AS IN 2002. >> AND WHEN THEY DO THAT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE, THE RIGHT--WHEN THEY GIVE YOU THE MONEY, THEY THEN HAVE THE RIGHTS TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO THINGS HISTORIC SIDE TO BRING IT BACK TO HISTORICAL STATUS. >> OKAY, THAT NEEDS TO BE VIA CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE WITH THEM. >> SO THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL COVERAGE, OR WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE IT? >> CORRECT. >> THAT'S TRUE. >> SO WHAT PROMPTED THIS? >> THEY CONTACTED ME LAST YEAR AND ASKED IF WE WERE INTERESTED IN ADDING HISTORICAL COVERAGE BECAUSE OF THE HAILSTORM THAT WE HAD BACK IN JUNE AND THE DAMAGE TO THE WINDOWS. THEY RECOMMENDED WE GET AN APPRAISAL OF THEM ALL. AND SO I, I ASKED THEM TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, AND THEN THE REPORT JUST CAME IN AND, THEY SENT ME THIS AND SAID THIS IS AN OPTION, YOU CAN ADD IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADD IT T YOU CAN DO ONE BUILDING OR ALL. >> THEY'VE GOT AN OBVIOUS INVESTMENT WITH THIS H THERE IS NO SHARING OBLIGATION? >> WITH THC? >> IT WOULD BE OUR DECISION? >> IT WOULD BE. >> IS THERE ANY TYPE OF CALL BACK FROM THC IF THEY DO THE WORK OR ARRANGE THE WORK? IN OTHER WORDS, ARE THEY GETTING ADDITIONAL FUND FROMING THIS? HOW ARE THEY PAID? >> THC? >> THEY'RE NOT. >> THEY'RE NOT. >> THEY'RE WORKING FOR FREE? >> WE DON'T PAY THEM. THE STATE FUNDS THEM. >> I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT LIKE, WE'RE NOT PAYING A PERCENTAGE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE TO RESTORE THIS COURTHOUSE, THERE IS NOT A PERCENTAGE THAT IS GOING TO THEM? >> NO. >> AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN, HAS RECOMMENDED, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT THAT WE GET MORE INFORMATION AND BRING IT BACK. >> SURE. >> JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT INSURED. >> I WOULD DO. >> TO THE LEVEL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, TO RESTORE IT BACK TO ITS HISTORICAL STATE. >> THAT'S A LOT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE IS WE CAN SOLVE WITH THAT WITH A HIGHER DEDUCTIBLE. >> SURE. >> THANKS FOR BRINGING NA. >> YES. >> SORRY, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE VETERANS AFFAIRS AGENDA ITEM? >> ITEM 3? >> WE NEED REQUEST COURT AUTHORIZED FUNDING FOR THIS OUT OF CONTINGENCY? [00:20:04] I'M TRYING TO GET THE TOTAL FOR YOU REAL QUICK. HE LEFT. I'M SORRY, ONE MOMENT PLEASE. >> WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS LIKE? >> IT'S LIKE 3000. $13, 200. >> VET PRO IS THE ONE WE WANT. >> OKAY, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT AT THE QUOTE IS 1600. >> THANK YOU. 1618. SO IF YOU CAN AUTHORITY. >> SO MOVED. >> MOTION MOVED AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HALE. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE BACK DOWN TO TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM 5, MOVE TO ITEM 6, APPROVE VAL SAG AND DESTRUCTION OF BULLETPROOF VESTS. >> MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, SECONDED BUSINESS COMMISSIONER CONLEY. ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. MOVE TO ITEM 7 ON FINAL RESULTS FOR SURPLUS AUCTION DECEMBER 1 THROUGH 12. >> SO TELE PROCEEDS WAS 6056.10 AND THOSE 53.8 AND COMMENSARY WAS 3 DOLLARS. >> MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. CALL IN FAVOR. [5.A. Discussion/Update on Regional Transportation Council Meeting. (Judge Deen)] CARRIES 5-0. MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 5, PRESENTATIONS, THAT MEETING WAS AN OVERVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF THE DARK SYSTEM AND ITS PROGRESSION AND HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE EXPANDED, DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO THE SITUATION HERE IN PARKER COUNTY AND DOESN'T, INVESTMENT AT THIS TIME. SO I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO THAT. [6.B. Discuss/ Accept donation of seven (7) portable power stations from Anker to Parker County Emergency Management. (Jason Lane/ Judge Deen)] IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS, MOVE TO ITEM 6B. ACCEPT DONATION OF 7 PORTABLE POWER STATIONS FROM ANCHOR AND TO PARKER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. JASON? >> THANK YOU. BACK BEFORE THE WEATHER THIS COMPANY CALLED ANKER REACHED OUT TO ASK IF WE HAD ANY INTEREST IN THESE PORTABLE SOLAR GENERATED THAT THEY WANT TODAY DONATE. SO I SAID SURE. AND BUT, SO THEY SENT US 7 OF THOSE. HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, IT'S GOT A SOLAR PANEL THAT IS PRETTY GOOD SIZE. THESE THINGS ARE, THEY HAVE ABOUT 1200 WATTS OF POWER AND CAN BE CHARGED WITH A GENERATOR OR WITH SOLAR. AND I HAVE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TO ACCEPT THESE FROM THE ANKER COMPANY TO USE FOR DISASTER RECOVERY EFFORTS. >> OKAY, MOTION AND SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. >> GEORGE, YOU NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR YOUR BASS BOAT. >> ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. THANK YOU, JASON. MOVE TO ITEM 6--7. [6.C. Discuss and take any action necessary related to required electrical work at Main tower site and approve associated budget adjustment from General Fund program contingency. (James Caywood I Judge Deen)] >> GOOD MORNING, COURT. BEEN WORKING TO HELP GET OUR NEW ENCLOSURE AT THE MAIN TOWER SITE BUILDING. IT'S ABOUT DONE NOW I NEED TO GET ELECTRICAL WORK. I'VE BEEN WORK WITHING BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. MARK LONG AND HIS TEAM HAD LOOKED AT IT AND TO HELP OVER COST SOME OF THESE COST SAVINGS, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH BRIANNA AND SOME OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND MOVE TO THEIR BUDGET TO GET THAT ELECTRICAL [00:25:06] WORK DONE AT THE MAIN BUILDING. THE LAST INVOICE WAS ABOUT 115,000. SO IT WILL SAVE US TO GO FURTHER. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARK? >> MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. DISCUSSION? >> FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE TUNING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME, CAN YOU GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE RADIO TOWER, WHAT SERVICE DOES THIS PROVIDE? >> THIS PROVIDES A NEW BUILDING AND CLOSURE AT ONE OF OUR TOWER SITES TO OUR MAIN TOWER SITE. VERY OLD LEAKING, CONCRETE BUILDING NOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET RID OF. THIS IS BEEN THE PROCESS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. IT'S GOOD INSULATION, WE HAVE TWO COURTABLE A.C.S IN THIS THING NOW. WE NEED TO MOVE IT. >> AND THEN FROM A BIGGER MOVEMENT PERSPECTIVE, THIS LET'S DEPUTIES AND AMBULANCES AND FIRE GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO? >> YES, THIS IS THE RADIO THAT ALL AGENCIES, FIRE, EMS USE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE, AGAIN JUST A REMINDER, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. THANK YOU. [6.D. Discuss/Approve Motorola Change Orders 1, 2, 3, and Install Completion Certificate and take any action the court deems necessary. (James Caywood I Judge Deen)] MOVE TO ITEM D ON DISCUSS MOTOROLA CHANGE ORDER 1, 2, 3. >> THIS SIMULCAST THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR MULTIPLE-YEARS. HERE'S SOME ORDERS THAT WE'VE GOT COMPLETED. ALSO TO THAT, I HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MOTOROLA THAT WILL BE JOINING ME THE NEXT COMMISSIONER'S COURT UNTIL THIS PROJECT IS DONE. WE'RE STILL SHOOTING FOR COMPLETION, APRIL TO MAY. >> YOU SAID NEXT MEETING? >> EVERY COMMISSION GOING FORWARD. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR IF WE HAVE ISSUES COMING UP, THEY'LL BE HERE WITH ME, THAT YOU CAN ALL TALK TO YOU. WE'RE STILL SHOOTING FOR APRIL BEING COMPLETELY DONE WITH THE CONNECTION INTERN. DON'T HAVE THE HARD DATE SET, WE'RE LOOKING APRIL TO MAY JUST A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS APPROVAL TO THREE CHANGE ORDERS THAT PERTAIN TO THE SMITH AND AGNUS TOWER. THIS WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED, DONE IN THOSE TOWERS ARE IN LINE WITH THE MICROWAVE DISH, TOTAL FOR THOSE THREE WAS 125,043, I BELIEVE IN THOSE CHANGE ORDERS. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. DISCUSSION PHASE? >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? YOU ACTED LIKE YOU HAD SOMETHING? >> NO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU Y'ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AS FAR AS MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS AND GETTING THIS TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. I KNOW THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF MOVING PART BUT I WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENT EN. --PATIENCE. >> AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE AROUND FROM NOW ON? >> YES. NA WAY SOMEBODY FROM MOTOROLA WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COURT HAS, AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP. >> WHAT IS YOUR NAME AGAIN? >> I'M JONATHAN CASTVAIL. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THESE ARE JUST THE MILD STONE COMPLETIONS OF THE CHANGE ORDERS Y'ALL APPROVED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. >> SO THERE IS NO ACTION REQUIRED? >> NO ACTION REQUIRED, JUST UPDATING YOU. JUST APPROVAL SO THEY CAN SIGN THEM AND INVOICE FOR THAT WORK DONE. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CONLEY MADE THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER HOLT HAS MADE THE SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING IN. IS APPRECIATE YOUR FURTHER COMMITMENT TO COMING TO FUTURE [6.E. Discuss/Take action on authorizing Parker County staff to seek funding for transportation and water projects. (Judge Deen)] MEETINGS. MOVING TO ITEM E, TAKE ACTION OF AUTHORIZING PARKER STAFF SEEK FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION. >> COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WE WERE APPROACHED ABOUT NEW FUNDING [00:30:08] OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT TRANSPORTATION FOR WATER PROJECTS. I PUT IT IN A STAFF MEMO AND SENT LAST WEEK THAT THE FIRST STEP IS FOR YOU GUYS TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO START PURSUING THAT FUNDING. THERE IS A DEADLINE OF THIS FRIDAY TO GET APPLICATIONS INTO VARIOUS CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS, PARKER HAS TWO CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS WILLIAMS AND GOLDMAN, THEY ARE LIMITED TO 15 PROJECTS EACH. SO, THERE WILL BE SOME CUTTING OF PROJECTS AT THAT LEVEL. BUT I THINK WE GOT A GOOD OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THINGS GOING THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ON OUR RADAR OR WE MAY HAVE BEEN KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALE SECONDED BUSINESS COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIES 5-0. >> THANK YOU. [6.F. Review and consider a claim based on the allegation of damaged property belonging to Frontier. (Commissioner Conley)] >> REVIEW AND CONSIDER A CLAIM BASED ON THE ALLEGATION OF DAMAGED PROPERTY BELONGING TO FRONTIER. >> THIS IS THE SAME THING, LINES ARE TOO SHALLOW. >> MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES. DO WE HAVE ANOTHER? IS THAT ME? CARRIES 5-0. >> I'M THINKING OF THAT CHARGER THING FOR MY BASS BOAT. [LAUGHTER] [6.G. Discuss implementing a possible burn ban and take any action the court deems necessary. (Commissioner Holt)] >> MOVE TO ITEM G, DISCUSS IMPLEMENTING A POSSIBLE BURN BAN AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY. >> I'M I ADDED THEM AND THEN IT RAINED, I THINK I'M GOING TO SEND MORE. FIRE MARSHAL WATSON, IF YOU COME UP HERE. CAN YOU GIVE US WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS DROUGHT AND PRECIPITATION SO FAR AND IF YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? >> IF THE COURT, THE COURT MIGHT PROBABLY ALREADY NOTICE BUT WISE COUNTY AND PALIPENTO COUNTY BOTH DECLARED A BAN WHICH IS WHAT SPURED THIS, ON DECLARING BURN BAN, SOY WANT TO DO THE DISCUSSION HERE. >> YES, SIR, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. SINCE JANUARY FIRST, WE'VE HAD A QUITE A BIT OF GRASS BURNS. REPORTED 500. THERE HAS BEEN UP TO 11 IN A SINGLE DAY. A LOT HAS TO DO WITH OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS, WE'RE WAY BEHIND ON OUR YEARLY RAINFALL. ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD A FEW RAIN EVENTS, IT HAS NOT CAUGHT US UP. IT'S WITH THE FREEZE DRIED AND CURED GRASSES THAT ARE DEAD AND DORMENT. SO THE SERVICE HAS PUT US AT A LEVEL 3 ELEVATED FIRE ACTIVITY STATE WIDE. AND AS YOU KNOW FROM. NEWS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES ON GOING. SO WEATHER CONDITIONS, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF VEGETATION THAT'S DORMENT THAT IS GOING TO BE THERE AND DEGRADING FIRE WEATHER IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO MONTHS. SO, IT'S A FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE THAT WE IMPLEMENT A 90-DAY BURN BAN. >> I'LL GO AHEAD TO MAKE A MOTION TO GET US TO DISCUSSION. >> CAN WE GET A SECOND IT. >> MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE. >> THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT WE CAN PUT THIS IN AND THEN IF WE GET A COUPLE OF BUCKETS OF RAIN IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE CAN PULL IT BACK. >> YES, AS CONDITIONS IMPROVE, IT CAN BE RESCINDED? >> JASON, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND ABOUT THE BURN BAN? >> I REALIZE IT'S A SENSITIVE TOPIC, FIRST OFF. HOWEVER, FIRE MARSHAL REFERENCED THAT DAY THAT WE HAD 11 FIRES IN ONE DAY IN A SPAN OF THREE OR FOUR HOURS. WE WERE OUT OF FIVE TRUCKS IN THE COUNTY ON THAT DAY. AND IT WAS A BURN DAY, CONDITIONS WERE ACCEPTABLE FOR BURNING. BUT WITH THE FUEL LOADS AND HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE [00:35:09] HUMIDITY, IT CAN BURN WITH 50 MILES PER HOUR AND THAT'S TOO HIGH TO BURN, THAT'S WHAT THE STATE LAW SAYS, SO WE WERE OUT OF FIRE TRUCKS ON THAT DAY. SO I REACHED OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES TO PUT TOGETHER SOME STAND BY RESOURCE TO SEE PUT IN. I THINK I REACHED OUT AND LET YOU KNOW, JUDGE WHEN THAT HAPPENED. BECAUSE NOT HAVING ENOUGH FIRE TRUCKS IN THE COUNTY IS A PROBLEM. SO IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYMORE RAIN ANYTIME SOON. THERE IS NONE IN THE FORECAST FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS, AS FAR AS I KNOW. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES AND YOU KNOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN ANTIDOTAL STORY, I'VE GOT SOME BARREL THAT I NEED TO BURN MYSELF YESTERDAY WAS A BURN DAY BUT IT WAS TOO WINDY SO I OPTED NOT TO DO IT. THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THE PROBLEM IS NOT EVERYBODY PAYS AS CLOSE ATTENTION TO THA. THERE IS FOLKS THAT HAS STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BURN. BUT, SOME FOLKS ARE BETTER AT MANAGING STUFF THAN OTHERS SO WE'LL CLEAR THAT. SO TO SOME DEGREE, I THINK THESE BURN BANS, WE'VE GOT TO, MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BASED ON THE LOWEST COMMON DEDOMINATOR WHICH IS THE FOLKS THAT ABOUT JUST BURN. THE 11 FIRES WERE CONTROLLED BURNS THAT GOT OUT OF HAND BECAUSE THE WINDS WERE TOO HIGH. ULTIMATELY IT'S THE COURT'S DECISION. I WOULD SUPPORT THE FIRE MARSHAL'S RECOMMENDATION TO DO BURN BAN BUT ULTIMATELY THAT'S Y'ALL'S CALL. OUR FIRE FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE RESPONDING TO A LOT OF FIRES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET IN A SITUATION WHERE WE RUN OUT OF FIRE TRUCKS, BECAUSE THAT'S A PROBLEM. >> YOU NOTICE, WE'RE STILL FOLKS THAT ARE WELDER ARE STILL ALLOWED TO OPERATE UNDER THIS BURN BAN? >> YES, SIR. >> THERE ARE RULES SET OUT. >> WHAT THE RULES FOR WELDER? >> THEY NEED TO HAVE A SPOTER AND A WATER SOURCE AND A WAY TO CALL IF THERE IS A FIRE THAT GETS OUT OF CONTROL. >> THERE IS CERTAIN QUALITY OF WATER SOURCE, LIKE IF YOU HAVE A WATER TANK? >> YES, SIR, THERE NEEDS TO BE A ADEQUATE, THERE IS NOT SET GALLON BUT THEY NEED TO HAVE TWO FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. >> CAN YOU ELABORATE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FIRE FRUKZ? >> THAT PARTICULAR TIME, THAT JASON WAS REFERRING TO WE WERE AT LEVEL ZERO. CALLS WERE COMING IN AND WE WERE TRYING TO GATHER RESOURCES. AND EVERY DEPARTMENT HAD THEIR RESOURCES DEPLOYED AT THE TIME. >> DID OTHER PROBLEM AREAS? >> YES, SIR. WELL WITH THE CURRENT CALL LOAD THAT WE HAD AT THAT MOMENT, THERE WAS A FOUR-HOUR PERIOD, IT WAS ON FEBRUARY 5TH. THERE WERE NOT ANY OTHER AVAILABLE UNITS. >> WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FIRE TRUCKS BEFORE? I MEAN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY HAVE? >> LET ME CLARIFY THAT. BASED ON THE CALL VOLUME, ALL OF THE RESOURCES WERE TAPPED OUT BECAUSE WE HAD 11 FIRES AT THE SAME TIME. AND ONE OF THOSE, WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS UP IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS, COMMISSIONER. IT WAS, IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SIZE FIRE AND HEAVY BRUSH. >> WHICH REQUIRED MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. THE SERVICE CAME OUT, WE HAD FOLKS FROM--COUNTY COME IN. MAYBE I WAS NOT CLEAR. WHAT I SAID BASED ON THE CALL VOLUME, AT THE TIME, THEY WERE ALL OUT ON CALLS. SO IF WE WOULD OF HAD ANOTHER FIRE, THAT FIRE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUGHT BY FIREFIGHTERS FROM OTHER COUNT EYE. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE 30 MINUTE DELAY, IF THEY'RE COMING FROM ANOTHER COUNTY, IT TAKES THEM A COUNTY. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, ESDS HAVE PLENTY OF FIRE TRUCKS WE WERE AT A CALL VOLUME THAT IT WAS, IT WAS MORE FIRE THAN ENOUGH. >> OUR DAILY RESOURCES WERE ALL ALLOCATED >> DURING THAT TIME FRAME HOW MANY ACRES WERE BURNED? I SEE THESE ON TV OF THESE WILDFIRES THAT ARE BURNING [00:40:04] THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS. >> 15,000--THESE, I THINK THE ONE THAT I WAS REFERRING TO WAS 30-40 ACRES BUT IT WAS IN A HEAVY BRUSH WHICH I CANNOT GET FIRE TRUCKS TO GO DOWN DO* THAT. BUT WE HAD A BUNCH OF OTHER SMALL ONES. SO YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO GET TO FIRE. YOU'VE GOT TO GET THERE PRETTY QUICK AND PUT IT OUT QUICK BEFORE BEFORE IT BECOMES A BIG FIRE. I SAY LESS THAN A 100 ACRES BUT THAT'S FOLKS PROPERTY THAT IS BURNING. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE WHOLE FIRE TRUCK. >> IS APPRECIATE THAT. >> THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE ON FIRE TRUCKS, IT WAS JUST A CALL VOLUME BASED ON THE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THAT THE,--IT WAS A CHALLENGE. >> SO PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE LOOKED TIZ, WE TALKED ABOUT THE KBDI INDEX AND I JUST HAPPENED TO LOOK AT IT THURSDAY, IT'S 123 TODAY FOR PARKER COUNTY. AND I THINK IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE, DONE A BURN BAN, WE SAID THERE WAS A THRESHOLD OF 650 OR SO, JOHN? DO YOU RECALL? TODAY, IT'S 123 FOR PARKER COUNTY. THERE IS GOING TO BE THERE IS CERTAINLY FIRE DANGER BECAUSE OF THE LOW HUMIDITY BUT CURRENTLY, THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THIS. THE WAY THAT YOU CAN DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S A BURN DAY OR NOT, IS BY ACCESSING THE WEBSITE AND THAT'S DETERMINED BY TCQ ON A DAILY BASIS, SO IT'S EITHER A BURN DAY OR NOT A BURN DAY. YESTERDAY WAS A BURN DAY? BUT THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL NOT BE, I CAN PREDICT THAT. THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF, DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND THERE IS A LOT OF, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, NO ONE WANTS A GRASS FIRE. NOBODY WANTS THERE TO BE THE PROBABILITY OF THERE BEING A FIRE. WHICH WE DO HAVE THE REST OF THE WEEK. TWO THINGS THAT BRING US GRASS FIRES. AND, I DON'T KNOW THAT PASSING OF BURN BAN IS GOING TO TEACH ANYONE COMMON SENSE. I RECOGNIZE THERE IS PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BURN. I THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEGITIMATE NEED FOR BURNING OR THE DIFFERENCE THAT DELTA THAT IT CAUSED FOR SOMEBODY OUT THERE WELDING AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE REQUIRED IF THERE IS THAT. WE DON'T WANT ANY FIRES WITHOUT A DOUBT. BUT IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO VOTE FOR IT WHEN THE INDEX IS AT--(INAUDIBLE). IS THAT WHAT YOU GOT? >> THAT'S WHAT IT'S SHOWING OFF. >> HOW QUICK IS IT LIFT? LIFTED. I'M GRUBBING AND CLEARING A LOT OF COUNTRY AND I'M SITTING ON SOME WEIGHT. >> SO THE DEAL FOR ME, IS PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEGIT REASONS THAT THEY NEED TO BURN SOMETHING THAT IS IN A PLAT. AND ANYBODY THAT HAS MORE THAN TWO ACRES HAS THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THEY NEED TO SET A FIRE. THIS ELIMINATES. WHAT WE DO IS A DAZE BY DAY BASIS WHICH TELLS YOU IF YOU CAN BURN OR NOT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BURN BAN IS EASY FOR TO YOU COME OUT CHIEF AND SAY, YEAH, YOU CAN BURN THIS BRUSH PELLET IN THE MIDDLE OF 40 ACRES OF CLEARED PROPERTY WHERE THERE IS NO GRASS. THAT'S THE SITUATION. AND THOSE ARE THE CALLS THAT WE GET. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, NOLAND OWNER IS GOING TO SET A FIRE IS GOING TO BURN THE REST OF THE GRASS OFF, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEIR COWS SURVIVE ON FOR THE REST OF THE WINTER HERE. AND JUST TO ARBITRARILY SAY YOU CANNOT BURN, GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN. I HAVE PEOPLE TELLING ME, IS THERE A BURN DAY OR NOT? AND I GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION AND THEN WE RELY ON THE COMMON SENSE AS LAND OWNERS. THAT'S MY POSITION. I THINK THAT COMMON SENSE DOES NOT PLAY A FACTOR ON SOMETHING THAT HAS AGRICULTURE NEED TO BURN. >> CAN I ADD TO THAT, I AGREE [00:45:05] WITH YOU 100 PERCENT. THERE IS A NEED TO DO AGRICULTURE BURNING. PRESCRIBED BURNS WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. >> YES. >> IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT PRESCRIBED BURN? >> THEY NEED A PRESCRIBED BURN MANAGER AND THEY CONTACT FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND WE LET DISPATCH KNOW AND THEY CAN BURN. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHO OR WHAT A PRESCRIBED MANAGER IS? HOW MANY HAVE YOU APPROVED? >> THERE IS BEEN TWO OR THREE. >> THAT HAVE NOTIFIED ME. >> THOSE ARE THE CALLS THAT WE GET AS COMMISSIONERS THAT SAY, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT DOES THAT, IT'S GOING TO COST THIS MUCH WHO IS A PRESCRIBED BURN MANAGER, SO I CAN BURN THIS FIELD OFF SO SICK DIG THE SPRIGS OFF THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT MONTH. >> SO I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY AND PRESERVE LIFE AND PROPERTY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES, PEOPLE DON'T EXERCISE THE COMMON SENSE THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING. AND IN THAT CASE, SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS A LOT OF THEM HAVE COME TO ME AND MY NEIGHBORS ARE BURNING AND IT'S ENCROACHING ON MY PROPERTY AND IT TAKES THEIR ABILITY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AWAY. >> I UNDERSTAND, THERE IS NO ONE HERE THAT WANT A WILDFIRE. WHEN WE PASS THIS BURN BAN, YOU PROHIBIT PROPERTY OWNERS IN PARKER COUNTY FROM EXERCISING THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO CARRY OUT AGRICULTURE PROPERTY WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF HAVING A PRESCRIBED BURN MANAGER DESCRIBE A PLAN FOR THEM AND MOST OF THESE PEOPLE CHARGE FOR THAT, IT'S NOT A FREE THING. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE ARE ANY HERE IN PARKER COUNTY TO BE HONEST. BUT THERE IS A PROCEDURE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO BURN YOUR FIVE ACRES OFF. AND THOSE ARE THE CALLS YOU'RE GOING TO GET. SO I, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND, I MEAN, MY COWS EAT GRASS, I DON'T WANT PLACE BURNED OFF. BUT I DON'T ALSO DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO TELL ME NOT TO BURN WHEN I WAS A COMMON SENSE. >> JUST SO SUE KNOW. >> WELL MY TAKE, THE FIRE MARSHAL RECOMMENDS AND THE EMERGENCY GUY RECOMMENDS IT, SO, ARE WE GOING TO GO AGAINST THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. >> YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT, I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. >> I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, ARE WE GOING TO GO AGAINST THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS? >> THAT'S THE DECISION YOU HAVE TO MAKE. >> FOR ME, PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS WE CAN AS SAFE AS WE WANT TO BE, BUT IF OUR NEIGHBOR IS DOING SOMETHING STUPID, FIRE DOES NOT STOP AT PROPERTY LINES. AND COMMISSIONER HALE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, LET'S SAY THE WEATHER FORECAST WAS WRONG, I KNOW THAT WOULD BE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY BUT WE GET FOUR INCHES NEXT WEEK, WE CAN CALL A SPECIAL SESSION AND UNDO THAT BURN BAN BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT ORDER. >> YES, SIR. >> OR WE CAN DESIGNATE THE JUDGE TO DO THAT, SO WE CAN DO THAT IN ADVANCE. >> HE'S ALREADY GOT THAT POWER, THAT CONTROL. >> BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT WINDOW. YOU HAVE TO RATIFY BEYOND. WHAT IS IT JOHN? >> IT COULD BE IN PLACE FOR 90 DAYS AND UNDONE BY CONDITIONS LATER, THE JUDGE, FIRE MARSHAL BY COURT VOTE. >> SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT ON THIS ITEM? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> I THINK YOU SECONDED IT JUDGE? >> OKAY. OKAY. >> SO CONNECTED SECOND BY MYSELF. >> WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, JUDGE, JOHN, IF WE APPROVE THIS TODAY, JUDGE DEEN DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO UNDO OR REVERSE THE BURN BAN, OBVIOUSLY HE WOULD PROBABLY COLLABORATE WITH MR. WATTSON AND LANE. >> AND ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO PUT THE BAN ON, WITHOUT COURT APPROVAL. >> CORRECT. >> CORRECT. >> SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? >> I WOULD, IS WOULD, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH IS OUT [00:50:01] THERE, BUT, I IMAGINE THE LONGER WE'RE IN THE RAINY SEASON, WE'RE GETTING INTO IT. AND FOLKS IN MY SITUATION HAS BEEN CLEARING A LOT OF COUNTY, I'M NOT BURNING ON A WINDY DAY. I'VE BUILT A TRAILER I CAN HALL BEHIND EQUIPMENT, I'VE HAD WATER AND PRESSURE PUMPS, I CAN SPRAY DOWN SOME. I DON'T WANT TO BURN MY GRASS FOR MY CATTLE EITHER. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE GOOD COMMON SENSE. DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO WAIT AND HAVE TO YOU KNOW, IT'S AUGUST AND WE'VE GOT ALL OF THIS TENDER, EVERYTHING THAT WE CLEARED IN ALL OF THESE BRUSH PILES THAT ARE WAY MORE VOLATILE IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER WHEN THEY'RE DRY. SO I DON'T KNOW. >> I KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, WE'VE GOT TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL A WEEK AGO. THAT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO NOW, COMMENCE THIS PLOWING AND OPERATION OF ESTABLISHING COASTAL BURMUDA. AND YOU'RE TELLING THEM YOU CANNOT USE THEIR COMMON SENSE TO DO THAT. THAT'S MY POSITION, AND I DON'T WANT A FIRE. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL DAYS WHERE NO ONE SHOULD BE BURNING. I ALSO TELL YOU THAT PASSING THIS IS NOT GOING TO KEEP SOMEBODY FROM THROWING A CIGARETTE OUT A WINDOW. NO MORE THAN WE WOULD BAN DRIVING ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE IS AN ACCIDENT OR MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS? THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION? >> YOU CAN DRIVE DOWN A ROAD AND SEE PEOPLE WELDING? >> CHIEF WATTSON, SIR. >> I SEE THAT AS WELL. >> WE OBVIOUSLY GOT A LOT OF RAINFALL HERE THIS PAST WEEK. SO THAT BEING FACTORED IN HERE? DOES THAT CHANGE THIS AT ALL? MOVING THE NEEDLE TO THIS BACK, I GUESS, WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD? THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'RE MAKING TODAY IS THAT A BURN RECOMMENDATION. WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN RECENTLY, DOES THAT NOT PLAY IN THIS AT ALL? >> LOOKING AT THE PAST 60 TO 90 DAYS, WE'RE SHORT LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE RAINFALL THAT WE'RE PROJECTED TO RECEIVE BY THIS TIME OF YEAR. LIKE COMMISSIONER WALDEN SAY, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE DROUGHT INDEX FOR THE MOISTURE INDEX ON THE GROUND, IT'S THE FREEZE VEGETATION THAT IS STILL THERE. THAT IS THE ISSUE. >> I CAN SEE THAT, WE HAVE OUR CHIEF COMING UP, THAT WE HAVE EMPOWERED TO MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US ON THIS AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB ON THIS AND DOING IT WELL. AND, WE'VE HEARD FROM JASON AND ALSO, POINT IS MADE ALSO BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN THAT THE FREEDOM OF THEIR PROPERTY AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO BE DOING, BACK TO YOU ON THIS AND HEARING THIS DISCUSSION UP HERE, IF WE DO NOT IMPOSE THIS BAN, THEN WHAT WHAT IS THAT RECOMMENDATION? WHAT IS YOUR FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF RISK BACK TO YOUR DEPARTMENT AND TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? >> JUST ONE COMMENT. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A DAY-TO-DAY, BURN RESTRICTION BASED ON CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IT'S ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT ON COUNTY WEBSITE, THAT TELLS YOU TODAY IS A BURN DAY TOMORROW IS NOT A BURN DAY. AND PEOPLE LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY. TYPICALLY, THEY CALL MY OFFICE AND ASK IF THERE IS A BURN BAN AND YOU CAN TELL THEM 50 TIMES HOW TO ACCESS AND THEY CONTINUE TO CALL US. BUZZ --BUT I RECOGNIZE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE COUNTY BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE SMALLER ACREAGES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE LARGER ACREAGES, BUT NOBODY WANTS A WILDFIRE. NOBODY WANTS THAT. BUT, MY POSITION IS THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CALLS HERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIRES THIS WEEK, BECAUSE THE FIRE DANGER IS GOING TO BE HIGH AND HUMIDITY IS GOING HIGH. WHEN WE PASS THIS BAN WE TELL PEOPLE THAT YOUR COMMON SENSE IS GONE. I RECOMMEND IT FOR A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. [00:55:03] IF I VOTE AGAINST IN, IT'S NOT THAT I'M VOTING AGAINST THE BAN BUT THE LENGTH OF IT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE COMMENT. MERIDETH IS THE ONE THAT TAKES CARE OF THIS. SHE UPDATES THIS EVERY DAY. BUT THE PARAMETERS THAT THOSE GO BY IS A STATE LAW, IT'S NOT COUNTY BASE. SO THE MILD WIND SPEED IS 6 TO 23 ACRE PER AVERAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY. SO IF WE TAKE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS IS NOT PART OF THAT UNLESS THEY DESIGNATE A HIGH FIRE DAY. THEN THERE IS A NO BURN DAY. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE FEBRUARY 5TH AS AN EXAMPLE. AND MOST OF THOSE WERE CONTRIBUTED TO CONTROLLED BURNS THAT ESCAPED OR BECAME OUT OF CONTROL ALL IN THE SAME TIME. THAT WAS A BURN DAY, A STATE LAW WITHIN THOSE REGULATIONS BUT I HAVE THE WEATHER PRINTED FOR THAT DAY. THERE WAS ALMOST A 40-DAY INCREASE AND THEN THE WIND SPEED THAT MORNING UNTIL ABOUT 1:00 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, WAS BELOW 10 MILES PER HOUR. AT 1:30 UP TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. THAT FACTORED ARE RH AND THE TEMPERATURE OF ELEVATION, IT'S THE VEGETATION THAT IS ALREADY DRIED OUT THAT IS THE ISSUE. SO IT'S WHEN THEY HAVE A BURN DAY AND THE WIND SPEED PICKS UP, THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT. AND MOST OF THE TIME, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, THE RANCHERS AND FARMERS THAT IS THE ISSUE. >> EXACTLY. >> THAT'S MY POINT AND THERE IS NO EXCEPTION OTHER THAN HAVING THE PRESCRIBED BURN BAN. >> YEAH, WE CAN TRY TO STREAMLINE ON THAT PROCESS I'M ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO DO THAT, TO HELP THE LAND OWNERS AND AGRICULTURE USE THAT NEEDS TO BURN. >> SO WE'VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION. >> IS KNOW THE 90-DAY IS THE RECOMMENDED. CAN WE CONSIDER A SHORTER TIME PERIOD HERE? >> THAT'S WHAT I RECOMMEND. >> LET ME ASK THE COUNSELOR, WE HAVE THE FIRE MARSHAL AND OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GUY, THAT RECOMMEND WE DO A BURN BAN. LEGALLY, IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS BURN BAN AND THERE IS A FIRE, AND THEY TOLD US THAT THEY RECOMMEND A BURN BAN, ARE WE LEGALLY OBLIGATED SOMEHOW? IS THERE? THERE? THE COURT? >> NO, IT DOES NOT CREATE A LIABILITY FOR THE COUNTY. IT'S THE INDIVIDUAL DISCRETION THAT BURNS. >> THE LIABILITY FALLS ON THE ONE THAT SET IS THE FIRE? >> YEAH, BUT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO DO A BURN BAN OR NOT, >> LOOK AT THE MAP CURRENTLY. >> COUNTY HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED. >> I'M LOOKING AT THE CURRENT MAP. >> SO THIS COURT IS NOT LEGALLY BOUND WHETHER WE DO IT OR NOT. >> ONE COMMISSIONER SAID THEY ENACTED A BURN BAN HERE A WEEK AGO. >> YES, SIR, THE LAST PAGE IS IS THE CURRENT BURN BAN MAP. >> SO I'M, I'M WILLING TO. I THINK WE'VE DONE A 60-DAY BURN BAN. SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COURT I'M HAPPY TO REVISE MY MOTION TO GO FROM 90 DAYS TO 60 DAYS. IF WE GET CLOSE TO THE 60 DAYS AND WE HAVE NOT IN A RAIN. >> SO YOU CHANGED YOUR MOTION TO 60. >> WELL THE FEEDBACK, IS THEY ARE FOR THE BAN BUT FOR 60 DAYS. >> MY SECOND WILL REFLECT THAT. >> SO IF YOU RECOMMEND, MY RECOMMEND IS TO DO IT UNTIL WE HAVE THE NEXT COURT WHICH WOULD BE TWO WEEKS. AND MONITOR THEN. IF IT'S NOT, I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME TO REVIEW IT. >> COMMISSIONER HOLT? >> I WOULD LIKE TO STICK WITH 60? >> I THINK YOU'RE MID-SENTENCE, AND YOU GOT INTERRUPTED, I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE OTHER COUNTIES. >> DOES NOT CREATE LIABILITY FOR PARKER COUNTY, AS FAR AS MAKING THE RULE. IT GOES BACK TO THE INDIVIDUALS [01:00:05] THAT WOULD SET THE FIRE BASICALLY CONDITIONS EXISTING AT THE TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION OF THE TWO, CAN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BY THE COURT. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED, IT DOES NOT CREATE LIABILITY TO THE COUNTY'S RESULT. THE OTHER CRITERIA, IF YOU'RE GOING TO AUTHORIZE IF YOU LIFT IT, SORT OF CRITERIA TO ALLOW THEM TO DO SO. >> OKAY, WE'VE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CAN WE GO TO A VOTE ON THIS ITEM? CURRENT 60 DAYS. >> 60 WITH THE RECOGNITION THAT WE CAN DROP IT OR IF WE GET A TON OF RAIN WE CAN CALL A SPECIAL COURT. >> WE'RE ADAPTABLE. THE MOTION IS 60 DAYS, MY SECOND WILL REFLECT THAT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE DOING IT EVERY TWO WEEKS. I LIKE THAT IDEA. >> NO REASON, WHY WE CAN'T HAVE IT AS AGENDA ITEM EVERY TIME WE MEET AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRING AND REVISE IT. >> SO WE'RE STILL HONORING WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS FROM OUR XHAOEF --CHIEF AND OUR OPERATION. >> I'LL REVISE THE MOTION. >> IS THERE MINE WILL REFLECT THAT TOO. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. [6.H. Discuss establishing a CDL program policy for Parker County and take any action the court deems necessary. (Commissioner Holt)] THANK YOU, JASON. MOVE TO ITEM H ON DISCUSS ESTABLISHING A CDL PROGRAM POLICY FOR PARKER COUNTY AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY. >> THIS IS MORE BRIANNA ISSUE. WE HAVE THAT DLDT, ENTRY LEVEL DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAM. AND BRIANNA, YOU'LL HAVE TO HELP ME OUT A LITTLE BIT ON THE DETAILS. BUT BASICALLY, WE AT THE COUNTY, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO INSPECT OUR OWN TRAILERS. DO I HAVE THAT ACCURATE? >> YES, IT'S A TECH STOP INSPECTIONS AND THE COUNTY IS EXEMPT FROM THOSE INSPECTIONS. A PURCHASE ORDER WAS TRYING TO GET APPROVED FOR THIS INSPECTION. AND I KNOW, SABRINA HAD REACHED OUT TO AUTO REGISTRATION TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE COUNTY IS EXEMPT FROM THAT REGISTRATION, THE COUNTY IS. SO AT THE TIME, WE DID NOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THAT PURCHASE APPROVE. I REACHED OUT TO JOHN AND DISCUSSED THAT IT'S ONLY A POLICY. IT'S BEEN A CUP OF YEARS AGO, WHEN THE CDL HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA. I KNOW NO ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THAT SO WE JUST WANT TO ESTABLISH WHAT EXPENDITURE RELATED TO CDL PROGRAM APPROVED AND ALSO USE OF COUNTY ASSETS. SO THE REASON THIS WOULD BE TAKING PLACE AND THE COUNTY PAYING FOR IT WOULD BE FOR INDIVIDUAL TO USE COUNTY ASSETS TO QUALIFY FOR THE CDL. >> SO BASICALLY WHEN HE GOES ON TO DO A CDL TEST, THEY'RE REQUIRING A TRAILER THAT IS INSPECTED. BUZZ TWO TRAILERS ARE NOT INSPECTED BECAUSE WE'RE EXEMPT FROM THE LAW. AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE CLARIFY. THE MOTION THAT I'M MAKING, IS WE ALLOW ONE TRAILER TO GET THAT 49 DOLLAR INSPECTION, I BELIEVE IT WAS 49 BUCKS. >> IT MAY HAVE BEEN LESS. >> 50 OR UNDER, THIS $50 INSPECTION COMING OUT OF PRECINCT FUNDS SO MY DRIVER WHO HAS DONE THE IN-HOUSE TRAINING CAN GO GET HIS CDL. >> I'LL SECOND IT IF YOU MAKE IT FOR EACH PRECINCT. >> YOU BET. >> AND THEN I WOULD MAKE IT WITH THE APPROVAL FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS TO USE COUNTY ASSETS SO QUALIFY AND TAKE THE TESTING AT THAT. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. NOTIFIED WITH ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? >> SO WE'RE AUTHORIZING THEM TO USE THE TRAILER TO TAKE THEIR TEST? OR WE AUTHORIZING THEM TO USE THE TRAILER TO PRACTICE OR? >> IT SOUNDS LIKE ALL OF IT TO PRACTICE AND TAKE THE TEST, I GUESS IS THERE ANY OTHER THING THAT MAY COME UP THAT COURT WANTS TO APPROVE RELATED TO IT? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A VEHICLE THAT NEEDS TO BE [01:05:06] INSPECTED? >> NO, IT NEEDS TO BE ONLY FOR COUNTY PURPOSES. SO WHEN YOU'RE GUYS ARE DOING THE PRACTICES, THEY'RE DOING COUNTY OPERATIONS, WE JUST HAVE A SEASONED DRIVER SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT OBSERVING. BUT THEY'RE DOING REGULAR HAULING. >> OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. I'M NOT BEATING MY SCREEN TO DEATH, IT'S, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M TRYING TO GET TO IT. >> YOU'VE GOT TO PUSH THE [6.I. Approve the reappointment of ESD #3 Commissioner Jerry Stockon. (Commissioner Holt)] BUTTON HARD ENOUGH. YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT PUSHING IT HARD ENOUGH. >> THANKS. >> MOVING TO ITEM I. APPROVE REA APPOINTMENT. >> WE WOULD LIKE TO REPOINT HIM? >> MOTION AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? [6.J. Approve the reappointment of ESD #3 Commissioner Jerry Brooks. (Commissioner Holt)] ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. ITEM J, APPROVE REAPPOINTMENT OF ESD JERRY BROOKS? >> SAME THING. >> OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT SECOND BY COMMISSION CONLEY, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIES 5-0. MOVE TO ITEM K. WHO DID THIS ONE? COMMISSIONER HALE, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS READING A BOOK UP HERE ON THE AGENDA ITEM? >> HE'S THE ONE THAT MADE IT. >> I OUGHT TO MAKE YOU READ THIS. ARE YOU KIDDING? Y'ALL GOT TIME? YOU WANT A DRINK OF WATER FIRST? >> GOD, I CAN GO HOME AND READ A BOOK. [6.K. Review/Approve Agreement for Crown Road and Bridge Improvements developer intends to construct or cause the construction of improvements to the existing Crown Road bridge and the related roadway extension connecting to the Property, including the installation a 3-way intersection with traffic control signage on Crown Road as shown on Exhibit D-1 and an emergency flood gate and any other necessary flood alert signage or flashing warning lights agreed to between the Developer and Parker County (the "Crown Road Improvements"). The portion of the Crown Road Improvements extending outside of the City's existing corporate limits shall be considered private improvements and upon completion, the private Crown Road Improvements will be owned and maintained by the HOA; provided, however, the private Crown Road Improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the City Regulations, ordinances, and city standards. The portion of the Crown Road Improvements extended within the Property bo0undary and within the City corporate limits shall be conveyed to the City for ownership and maintenance in conformance with roadway facility standards contained herein. (John Forrest/ Commissioner Hale)] ALL RIGHT, ITEM K, REVIEW APPROVE AGREEMENT FOR COUNSEL READ AND BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT DEVELOPER AND RELATED ROADWAY EXISTING AND CONNECTING TO THE PROPERTY INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF THREE-WAY CONTROL SIGNAGE AN D-ONE IN EMERGENCY FLOOD GATE AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY FLOOD ALERT SIGNAGE, OR FLASH OF WARNING LIGHTS BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND PARKER COUNTY, THE COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT. THE PORTIONS EXISTING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S EXISTING CORPORATE LIMIT SHOULD BE PRIVATE IMPROVEMENT. THE PRIVATE COUNSEL WILL BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOA PROVIDED BYE HOWEVER THE ROAD SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY REGULATIONS ORDINANCES AND PORTIONS, OTHER IMPROVEMENT EXTENDED WITHIN THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY SHALL BE CONVEYED TO THE CITY OF OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE, CONTAINED THEREIN. >> AND I CAN SPEAK TO THIS OR MIKE CAN SPEAK TO THIS. IT'S A PROJECT AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT, THEY'RE GOING PUT A ROAD ACROSS TO CITY STANDARD, THEY'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THA. THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO TAKE TAKE THAT INTO THE CITY LIMITS. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD. SECONDLY THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE BRIDGE AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY, MIKE DID A GREAT JOB IN NEGOTIATING THIS AND BASICALLY HAS ENABLED US TO HAVE A WATER BRIDGE UP THERE AND FREE CHARGE OF THE COUNTY. >> ALL RIGHT, MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? >> ONE MORE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, THAT BRIDGE, THOSE Y'ALL FAMILIAR WITH CROWN, THERE IS BEEN A FATALITY THERE IN THE PAST, TWO FATALITIES THERE IN THE PAST AND IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND WITH THE DEVELOPERS, STEPPING UP AND WRITING A CHECK FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS. I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXAMLE OF WHAT WOULD BE DONE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND NEGOTIATING AND PEOPLE TO THE TABLE TO HELP WITH THE GROWING PAINS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, HERE ESPECIALLY PARKER COUNTY. SO THANK YOU JOHN FOR WORKING WITH ALL OF US WITH THAT. >> THANK YOU AND WILLOW PARK. ALL RIGHT, THAT CARRIES 5-0. [6.L. Discuss/Approve the Resolution to Allow Online Auctions for Tax Foreclosure Sales, Tax Resales, and to Adopt Rules Governing Online Auctions to be filed with the County Clerk. (John Forrest/ Judge Deen)] WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM L. >> JOHN. >> NOT LESS THAN $100 INCREMENTS ON BIDDING. COMPLETE PURCHASE WITHIN 22 HOURS AND ALLOW WIRE TRANSFER [01:10:10] WORK FOR ATH PAYMENT. I WANT TO GET THOSE ITEMS APPROVED WITH AGREEMENT. >> OKAY, MOTION AND SECOND BY COMMITSINGER HALE. ANY DISCUSSION? [6.M. Authorize payment of $250 to Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services for burial services for an indigent person. (John Forrest/ Judge Deen)] ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. WE MOVE TO ITEM M, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF 250 FOR GALBREATH PICK ARD RUIN RAL CHAPEL AND CREMATION, SERVICES, ANY DISCUSSION IN ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIES 5-0. MOVE TO ITEM N, EXECUTE [6.N. Execute Commissioners Court Order No. 26-06 Lowering Speed Limit on Johnson Bend Road. (John Forrest/ Commissioner Holt)] COMMISSIONER'S COURT ORDER NUMBER 26-06. JOHN? >> WE'RE LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT FOR THAT PORTION ONLY. >> OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT AND SECONDED BY COMMISSION WALDEN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIES 5-0. MOVE TO ITEM O. [6.O. Execute Commissioners Court Order No. 26-07 Lowering Speed Limit on Oak Tree Court. (John Forrest/ Commissioner Holt)] JOHN, COMMISSIONER HOLT? >> REQUEST OF MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENT, IT'S CONTINUE A CUT THROUGH. >> OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR? [6.P. Execute Commissioners Court Order No. 26-08 Lowering Speed Limit on Oak Tree Drive. (John Forrest/ Commissioner Holt)] CARRIES 5-0. MOVE TO ITEM P, EXECUTE COMMISSIONERS COURT ORDER LOWERING SPEED ON OAK TREE LIVE. GENTLEMEN? >> THE SAME. [7. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES] CARRIES 5-0. MOVE TO ITEM 7, ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES, PERMITTING ITEM A, DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT, AND AUTO FOR AUTO REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS, FOR INTER LOCAL AND FOR ROADWAY REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. ITEM D EXECUTED RENEWAL CONTRACT LOCATED AT TEXT ASLE TEXAS. LET THE RECORD KNOW THAT THAT [8. EXECUTIVE SESSION] IS--ADD-- WE MOVE TO ITEM 8. EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION, WILL BE HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION 5510712 WITH THE COMMISSIONER COURT TO SEEK ADVISE WITHIN THE A, AND LAND REGULATIONS, B OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR TEXAS ITEMS. AND ANY OTHER ITEM. ITEM B, INCLUDING THE USE OF IMMINENT DOMAIN TO CONDEMN DOMAIN FOR THE PARKER COUNTY CHURCH ROAD PROJECT. LLC AS DESCRIBED OF ACRE LAND, NUMBER 1422 PARKER COUNTY TEXAS SAVE AND ACCEPT ALL OIL, GAS AND SULPHER. CAN YOU ALL HAVE SMALLER AGENDA ITEMS? C, DISCUSS ACTION REGARDING PROPERTY LOCATED. ITEM D, UPDATE DISCUSS PARKER COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER. ITEM E, ITEM F, DISCUSS TAKE ACTION REGARDING COUNTY, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT WE'LL TAKE A RECESS AT 10:14. LET'S GET IN >> BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 11:02. UNDER EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM A, NO AX. ITEM B, IS THERE ACTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ON THAT? NO, ACTION? OH, I'M SORRY. >> OPPORTUNITY IS SLIPPING AWAY JUST LIKE I SAID EARLIER. [01:15:02] TO HAVE A SHORT MEETING. ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT TT CHURCH ROAD PROJECT THAT PARKER TEXAS ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY INCLUDING ANY IMPROVEMENT OR NEGOTIATION FAIL, THE USE OF POWER DOMAIN IS AUTHORIZED TO ACQUIRE FEE SIMPLE TITLE TO SUCH PROPERTY, SAVE AND ACCEPT ALL GAS AND SULPHER INCLUDING ANY IMPROVEMENT LOCATED ON. THAT'S MY MOTION. >> MOTION AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ?*. THE COURT FINDS THAT THERE IS A NECESSITY FOR FEE SIMPLE ON THE PROPERTY ZONED BY CREEK SIDE FOODS LLC PRESCRIBED AS 01.6 ACREAGE LAND OUT OF THE ANTRR COMPANY SURVEY. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARKER COUNTY CHURCH ROAD PROJECT. >> OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. MOVE DOWN TO ITEM C, DISCUSSION TAKE ACTION ON RECORDING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 613 NORTH OAKRIDGE DRIVE, WEATHERFORD TEXAS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE OFFER. FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE OAKRIDGE ROAD PROJECT. >> MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, ANY DISCUSSION? CARRIES 5-0. MOVE TO ITEM D, UPDATE DISCUSS PARKER COUNTY JUDGE, WE TAKE NO ACTION. ITEM D, UPDATE DISCUSS PARKER COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER AND JAIL AND TAKE ANY ACTION ON THE COURT. NO ACTION ON THAT. E, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT AS WELL. [9.A. PRECINCT 1] MOVES US TO ITEM 9, PLATS. ALL RIGHT, I APPROVE FOR PRECINCT LOTS. >> MIZ UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. >> MOTION AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR? PASSES 5-0. >> IF YOU CAN ITEM 1-3 ON SISTERED OF ACRES. PRECINCT ONE. >> SORRY. I'M SORRY, THIS ONE IS FOUR LOTS AND THE LOTS RANGE IN SIZE FROM 2.789 ACRES TO 2.899 ACRES. >> COUNSELOR EVERYTHING OKAY TO APPROVE THE FINAL? >> THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE. PERMITTING HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY'VE MET ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENT. >> MOTION AND MOVED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. MOVE BACK TO ITEM 2, ACCEPT SPECIAL WARRANT DEED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY OFF HOLBROOKE ROAD FOR A SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN. >> ALL IS GOOD. >> AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THAT. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOVE TO ITEM 4 THE EMERGENCY [01:20:14] VEHICLE EASEMENT TORE KNOWN AS SKYVIEW ADDITION, CONSISTING OF 29-POINT 75. >> IF WE CAN APPROVE 6 FIRST. >> SO WE GO TO 6 FIRST. >> YES. >> WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME FIRST, INSTEAD OF HAVING ME READ THE THING. YOU'RE KILLING ME. OKAY, ITEM 6, APPROVE FINAL PLAT OF SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN AS SKYVIEW ADDITION. >> SO THESE ARE FOR FOUR LOTS. >> COUNSEL EVERYTHING GOOD FOR THE FINAL? >> AND THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE. PERMITTING HAS PERMITTED WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY'VE MET ALL REQUIREMENTS. >> MOTION AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. MOVE BACK TO ITEM 4, APPROVE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS EASEMENT FOR LOCAR COVE FOR SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN AS SKYVIEW ADDITION CONSISTING OF 29 POINT. >> THIS WAS PART OF THE VARIANCE THAT WAS GRANTED AT THE LAST SESSION IN REGARD TO SKYVIEW DIVISION, SO IT WAS REQUIRED TO DO THIS EASEMENT ACROSS OUR PRIVATE EASEMENT. >> COUNSELOR, EVERYTHING GOOD? >> EVERYTHING IS GOOD. >> MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY SECONDED BUSINESS COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIES 5-0. WE MOVE TO ITEM 5, ACCEPT A SPECIAL WARRANT DEED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY OF SKYVIEW LANE FOR SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN AS SKYVIEW ADDITION. >> COUNSELOR EVERYTHING GOOD? >> YES. >> MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HALE, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. >> ITEM 7. >> SO THIS WAS BOND, WITH THE NEW EXTENSION IT WILL NOT EXPIRE UNTIL FEBRUARY 11, 2027 AND I HAVE RECEIVED THE ORIGINAL BOND ON THIS ONE. >> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECONDEDED BY COMMISSIONER HALE. >> WE TAKE NO ACTION ON MOTION ITEM 1 PRECINCT 2. [9.B. PRECINCT 2] >> NUMBER 1, NO ACTION. AND NUMBER 4, ALSO? START WITH NUMBER 4. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MOVING TO ITEM B, PRECINCT 2, ITEM 4, TO BE KNOWN AS GONZALEZ ADDITION. >> SO THERE IS JUST ONE LOT IN THIS ONE AND IT'S 4.878 ACRES. >> COUNSELOR ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER? >> WE DID RECEIVE THE TAX CERTIFICATE ON THIS ONE? >> IT'S NOT IN THERE. >> MAYBE IF WE CAN DO THE OTHERS. WE'LL CALL THE OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS SENT--. >> SO DO WE DELAY 2 AND 3 AND MOVE DOWN. >> OKAY, WE MOVE TO ITEM 5. >> ITEM 2 IS A DIFFERENT ONE. >> YES. >> OKAY. MOVE TO ITEM 2. >> SO WE'RE TAKING NO ACTION ON 1 AND DIFFERING 3 AND 4. BUT HOW ABOUT 2 AND 5? >> HE JUMPED ONE AHEAD, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I HANDED HIM IT. >> SO WE'RE GOING TO TWO. >> WE'RE GOING BACK TO 4. >> 4, OKAY. MOVE, OKAY, B, PRECINCT 2 ITEM 46789 [01:25:02] >> GONZALEZ ADDITION, -- ~>> YOU'RE NOT GOING LET ME READ IT FIRST. >> YOU ALREADY READ THAT ONE. >> OH OKAY, PROCEED. >> WE DO HAVE THE TAX CERTIFICATE FROM THE DEVELOPER ADDITIONALLY WE DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE FROM PERMITTING ALLOWING PRIVATE WATER AND DEVELOPER FOR GONZALEZ ADDITIONS HAS PROVIDE. >> ALL, ANY DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES 5-0. >> GREEN ACRES CONSISTING OF 5.96 ACRES WITH ONE LOT PRECINCT 2. >> THIS IS A PROVISION, THIS IS AN COMBINATION SO THERE IS ALREADY EXISTING, PROVIDED BUSINESS AFFORDABLE WATER WELL SERVICE WZ ESTIMATED YELLOW 15 GALLONS PER MINUTE AND PUMP UP AT 120 FEET. >> AND YOU'RE READING ITEM 5. >> YES, I AM. THANK YOU FOR CHECKING. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECONDED BUSINESS COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING ON TRACK. NO ACTION ON 1 AND APPROVED 2 AND 5 -- ~>> I DID MESSAGE THE OFFICE. SO IF WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT ONE AT THE END. >> WE DON'T NEED THAT. JUST GO AHEAD AND GO TO 2. >> SORRY, WE WERE LOOKING AT. >> WE'RE ON ITEM 2, B, PRECINCT 2. APPROVE WAIVER FOR THE ROUND WATER STUDY AS HOT 9.727 ACRES WITH ONE LOT IN PRECINCT TWO. >> WITH A WELL REPORT PROVIDED BY NEAR BUSINESS PROPERTY FROM WALDEN DRILLING INCORPORATED THAT WIELD OF 15 GALLONS PER MINUTE WITH A PUMP AT 150 FEET. >> WALDEN DRILLING? IS THAT REPUTABLE OUTFIT? >> NUMBER 1. >> [LAUGHTER] >> MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIES 5-0. NUMBER 3, ACCEPT SPECIAL WARRANT DEED FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY OF ADVANCE ROAD FOR SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN AS GONZALEZ ADDITION CONSISTING OF FOUR POINT 987. >> IT'S PART OF GONZALEZ ADDITION. >> OKAY, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT AND SECOND BY WALDEN. ANY DISCUSSION? [9.C. PRECINCT 3] CARRIES 5-0. >> THAT MOVES US TO PRECINCT 3, ITEM 1, APPROVE WAIVER OF GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR SUBDIVISION. >> SO THIS CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A WELL, PROVIDED BY MALONE WELL SERVICE WITH ESTIMATED YIELD OF 13 GALLONS PER MINUTE AT 320 FOOT PUMP DEPTH. >> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? >> AND WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST NO ACTION ON NUMBER ONE UNDER PRECINCT 4. >> NO ACTION ON ITEM D PRECINCT 4, AT 1. WE MOVE TO 10. MAY I * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.