[00:00:02] SNUG IN THERE, AREN'T Y'ALL? EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE? SO I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. [Call to Order] THIS BEAUTIFUL 26TH DAY OF MAY 2026 WITH THE RECORD SHOW. IT IS 9 A.M.. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THE AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT PRESENT, ALONG WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENT. WE WILL BEGIN WITH INVOCATION LED BY JAMES CASARA WITH DIVINE MERCY LUTHERAN CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY PARKER COUNTY JUDGE PRO TEM COMMISSIONER COLLIN. PLEASE STAND. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE PRAY. DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, AS WE COME OFF THIS MEMORIAL WEEKEND WE THANK AND PRAISE YOU FOR THE SACRIFICE THAT SO MANY HAVE MADE TO PROTECT OUR LIVES AND OUR FREEDOMS. WE WOULD ASK YOU TO GUIDE US SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT SPIRIT OF SELF SACRIFICE AND SERVICE TO OTHERS IN THAT WAY. GUIDE OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR ACTIONS HERE TODAY, SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY SERVE YOUR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND GLORIFY YOUR NAME IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. WE ASK FOR THESE BLESSINGS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. 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. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE MORE SAY UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. MOVE TO ITEM FOUR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. UNDER ITEM A ON UNDER AUDITOR ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, [4. CONSENT] ITEM B AND THE TREASURER ITEMS ONE, TWO AND THREE AND UNDER C COUNTY JUDGE ITEMS ONE, TWO AND THREE. AND I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CURIOUS VOTE. WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO. SEVEN A ON AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO USE A GYM RAT HOUSE ON MAY 30TH, [7.A. Authorize permission to use the Jim Wright house on May 30, 2026, for the Inaugural Historical Awards Ceremony. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] 2026 FOR THE INAUGURAL HISTORICAL AWARDS CEREMONY. JOHN. AND THE BETTER PRESENTATION WOULD BE FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I THINK WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS HERE, BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE AN INAUGURAL EVENT AND IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY AMAZING. SO IF THEY'D LIKE TO COME UP TO THE MIC AND DESCRIBE WHAT THE EVENT'S GOING TO BE, WE'LL HAVE THE BILL. IT ALWAYS STARTS WITH THANK YOU, BILL. I GUESS I'M UP HERE. YEAH. YEAH. ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE LADY WHO IS ORGANIZING IT, SO SHE MAY HAVE SOME THINGS TO ADD TO IT. YES. JANA. BLUMENTRITT. I'M SORRY. THIS IS THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY. AWARD CEREMONY FOR US TO HONOR SEVERAL OF OUR CURRENT AND FORMER HISTORIANS. WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF DISPLAYS SET UP OF PERSONAL ITEMS FROM THE FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE ON THAT WILL BE SHOWING THERE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE PLAN ON HAVING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE. IN FACT, I THINK JUDGE DEAN, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING AT THAT EVENT ALSO. SO WELL, THAT'S NOW UNTIL NOW, YOUR ATTENDANCE JUST DROPPED. I THINK I'M JUST KIDDING. THANK YOU FOR THAT HONOR TO DO THAT. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR PERMISSION TO USE THE JIM RYAN HALL FOR THAT EVENT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALTER WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS COMMISSIONERS ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT? NO, I THINK WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT FEEDBACK. WE'RE HAVING AN ATTENDANCE, A RECEPTION. PEOPLE ARE, WILL HAVE TO CHECK IN IF YOU RSVP'D. I HOPE Y'ALL DID. JOHN LOOKING AT YOU. SO ANYWAY, WE'RE REAL EXCITED AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE FACT THAT JUDGE DEAN WILL BE OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE RECOGNITION OF THOSE IN THE PAST WHO HAVE HELPED PRESERVE PARKER COUNTY HISTORY. THIS IS YOUR FIRST INAUGURAL OF THIS. IT IS THE FIRST INAUGURAL, AND WE'VE GOT EVEN BIGGER PLANS. NEXT YEAR SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO ITEM SEVEN D ON DISCUSS, APPROVE, AUTHORIZE COUNTY JUDGE ASSIGNED CONTRACT WITH LESS LAST. [7.D. Discuss, approve and authorize County Judge to sign contract with Electask for Poll Worker Hub using election revenue funds. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)] I KNEW HOW MUCH OF THIS. A TASK FOR PAUL WALKER. HUB USING ELECTION REVENUE FUNDS. CRICKET. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME THIS MORNING. THIS IS JUST A SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IN HOUSE, [00:05:02] AND IT'S GOING TO HELP OUR ELECTION WORKERS SO WE CAN ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH THEM TO SIGN UP FOR TRAINING. IT ALSO LETS US PUT OUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS, ALL OF OUR VIDEOS IN THERE SO THAT THEY CAN GET THOSE ANY TIME THAT THEY NEED TO. IT'LL ALSO HELP WITH A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR PAYROLL AND EVERYTHING TOO. SO I WAS GOING TO USE ELECTION FUNDS REVENUE THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO PAY FOR IT. SO THIS IS NOT IMPACTING THE GENERAL FUND, CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU. AND WHAT'S THE APPROXIMATE COST? I THINK IT'S 4700 THIS YEAR. AND THEN IT'S 11,500 FOR NEXT YEAR. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER, YOU GET WHAT YOU NEEDED ON THE INFORMATION. ARE WE ALWAYS GOING TO BE PAYING THIS FROM CORRECT EXPENSE? OKAY. YES, SIR. AND I DID GET THREE BIDS. YOU KNOW THE DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVE DOWN TO ITEM SEVEN C ON DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY. [7.C. Discuss economic development and take any action the court deems necessary. (Chris Strayer / Commissioner Hale)] YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL DIRECTOR, CHRIS TRAYER. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. IF YOU'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE. I, I'M NOT AWARE. I HAD SOME CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER HALE ABOUT IT AND SOME OTHERS. IS THERE A PARTICULAR TOPIC? DATA CENTERS. DATA CENTERS. WELL, I, I LOOK FOR YOUR INSTRUCTION ON HOW YOU'D LIKE ME TO. HERE'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS. AND THE REASON I HAD YOU COME UP TO START THIS OUT WITH, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT HAVE BEEN ON FACEBOOK THAT IS A SLIGHT ACCURACY TO SOME. AND THEN AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF RUMORS AND THINGS THAT JUST I THINK WE NEED TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS. AND I THINK UNDERSTAND ONE WHERE THE COURT STANDS WITH THIS SITUATION. NO COUNTIES ACROSS TEXAS IS DEALING WITH THIS IN VARIOUS WAYS. FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT I WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS AND HOW THE MOVEMENT OF THIS. AND THEN THE COURT WILL BEGIN ASKING QUESTIONS ON THAT, I'M SURE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OPEN DISCUSSION. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE HERE FOR A DATA CENTER? OKAY. IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE THE SID MILLER, OUR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER, THERE'S BEEN A, A, A VERY STRONG VOICE IN OUR GOVERNMENT FOR YEARS AND YEARS. THANK YOU FOR COMING, SIR. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SID COME UP RIGHT AFTER YOU. AND SO IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND IF YOU CAN ADD ANY INSIGHT TO THIS AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO GET SIT UP HERE BECAUSE HE HAS A TIMELINE ALSO AS WELL. SURE. SO I MEAN, DATA CENTERS, WE'VE BEEN SEEING IT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. YOU KNOW, THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE, WHAT THEY AREN'T YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WATER USAGE NOISE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF DATA OUT THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF YOU KNOW, MORE INFORMATION. A LOT OF THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE A LITTLE DATED. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON DATA CENTERS FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS OF MY LIFE. AND SO SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IS OUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE. BUT THAT IS DATED INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, IT'S INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS WORKING ON WHEN I WAS IN STILL IN OHIO YOU KNOW, WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS THE TECHNOLOGY HAS GOTTEN A LOT BETTER, YOU KNOW, FROM A WATER PERSPECTIVE, CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS THERE'S SOME DATA CENTERS NOW THAT DON'T EVEN USE WATER JUST FOR BATHROOMS AND BREAK ROOMS BECAUSE THEIR AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. FROM A POWER PERSPECTIVE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NOW NATURAL GAS TYPES OF OPERATIONS. A LOT OF THESE DATA CENTERS ARE USING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR OWN SUBSTATIONS. THEY'RE TAKING IT OFF THE GRID AS NOT TO IMPACT COMMUNITIES. BUT AGAIN THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT USERS OUT THERE. AND SO IT REALLY DEPENDS UPON WHICH PROJECT AND UNDERSTANDING ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PROJECTS, BECAUSE ONE PROJECT COULD LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, FROM ANOTHER PROJECT BASED UPON ALL OF THOSE PARAMETERS. SO I THINK IT'S THE JOB OF THE EDC TO TRY AND ANALYZE THOSE AND UNDERSTAND AND, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHERE THE, THE, THE JUDGE, THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE US TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT OR NOT PARTICIPATE. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT RIGHT THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS COURT TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. WHERE DO WE STAND ON THIS THING? BECAUSE IT'S BLOWING UP SOCIAL MEDIA. AND I ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT COMMISSIONER HOLT HAS SAID ON ONE OF THE RESPONSES. AND THERE'S AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF IN FACT, I THINK IT'S JUST TAKEN OVER FACEBOOK. THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS COURT STANDS. SO COUNCIL OUR COURT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? JUST COMMENT. I, I KNEW THAT CHRIS, YOU HAD SAID EARLIER THAT THERE WAS A PROJECT OVER EAST EAST OFF OF 730. [00:10:05] AND I UNDERSTOOD MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WAS DEAD UP UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT. I GUESS I, WHEN I FOUND OUT IT IS NOT DEAD AND IT IS ALIVE AND KICKING AND, AND SO WHEN I WAS ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT, I VERY TRUTHFULLY SAID, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY. AND NOW, NOW I'M BECOME AWARE AS OF THURSDAY NIGHT. AND SO ALL I'D ASK IS IF THERE ARE PROJECTS OUT THERE THAT ARE ACTIVE THAT WE, WE BECOME INFORMED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I, I HONESTLY DID NOT KNOW UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING THAT THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS IN THE WORKS. AND SO MY FAULT FOR, NOT FOR NOT BEING MORE INFORMED, I GUESS, BUT WE WE HAVE A, A STRONG, A STRONG RESPONSE FROM LOTS OF FOLKS OUT THERE THAT THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE DISCUSS IT TODAY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT TOO. AND, AND I, I THINK THAT JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, AS YOU SAY, THEY'RE NOT ALL EQUAL. AND SO IT'S HARD FOR US TO PAINT WITH A BROAD BRUSH WHEN WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE INFORMATION. SO THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS IT. THANKS FOR PUTTING IT ON AGENDA TODAY TO DISCUSS AS WELL. CHRIS, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO COME UP. I KNOW YOU HAVE A TIMELINE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MEET, AND THEN CHRIS WILL WILL HAVE YOU, I'M SURE, BE SPEAK AGAIN. SID, WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR COMING, SIR. WELL, GOOD MORNING. I'M COMMISSIONER SID MILLER OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. AND I'M I'M HERE NOT TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO DO YOUR JOB, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION, HOPEFULLY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. THESE DATA CENTERS, YOU KNOW, 18, 24 MONTHS AGO, THEY WEREN'T A DEAL, BUT NOW THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE EMU FARMS. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE, THEY'RE POPPING UP, THERE'S AN EXPLOSION OF THEM. AND I THINK MAYBE WE'RE CLOSE TO BEING OVERSATURATED WITH THEM THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD NEED NEED SO MANY OF THEM, BUT THEY'RE OVERWHELMING A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. IF NOT, SOME OF THEM HAVE OUTRIGHT BANNED THEM, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE PUT ON A PAUSE OR MORATORIUM. TULSA JUST DID ONE. DENVER, SEVERAL PLACES IN CALIFORNIA, OHIO, WISCONSIN, NORTH CAROLINA, CITY OF HARLINGEN, HERE IN TEXAS YESTERDAY PUT A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS DOWN THERE. HILL COUNTY. THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF WHERE THE COUNTIES HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO HAVE ANY OVERSIGHT OVER OVER DATA CENTERS. HILL COUNTY PUT A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS THERE. THEY SAY, WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY. THE, THE POINT IS IT'LL STAY TIED UP IN COURT FOR A YEAR OR TWO. AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME OVERSIGHT OR REGULATION. THE BIG PROBLEM IS THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT. THERE'S NO REGULATION, THERE'S NO GUARDRAILS. THERE'S THERE'S NO DIRECTION. IT'S JUST KIND OF KIND OF OUT THERE. MOST OF THESE DATA CENTERS ARE HEAVY HITTERS WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS. THEY'VE GIVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE GOVERNOR OTHER PEOPLE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO I'M ABOUT THE ONLY STATEWIDE OFFICIAL THAT YOU KNOW, HAS THE NERVE TO STAND UP AND GO AGAINST THE GRAIN. BUT I'VE ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR THE CITIZENS. AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND, AS YOU GET INTO THIS, THAT THE CITIZENS OF YOUR COUNTY AND CITY PROBABLY ARE NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT ONE OF THESE DATA CENTERS COMING IN, AT LEAST IN THE LOCATION PROPOSED A LOT OF QUESTIONS. HOW MUCH ELECTRIC DEMAND ARE THEY GOING TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN ELECTRICITY? ARE THEY GOING TO PULL IT, PULL IT OFF THE GRID WATER USE? IS IT GOING TO BE A, YOU KNOW, PULL IT OUT OF YOUR LOCAL WATER SYSTEM LAKE? OR IS IT GOING TO BE A CLOSED SYSTEM? IF IT IS A CLOSED SYSTEM, THEY'LL STILL HAVE TO HAVE WATER. THEY'RE NOT YOU KNOW, WITHOUT, WITHOUT NEED. HOW MUCH IS THAT? WHAT'S IT GOING TO DO TO YOUR LOCAL TRAFFIC, YOUR LOCAL UTILITIES? WHAT'S IT GOING TO DO TO YOUR LAND VALUES? WHAT'S IT GOING TO DO TO THE NEIGHBORS? WHAT'S IT GOING TO DO TO POSSIBLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THAT, IN THAT AREA OF YOUR COUNTY? ARE THEY GOING TO EMIT PFAS? LIKE THIS HUGE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE NOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TO OVERCOME NOISE, HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, JUST I HEARD THAT THIS ONE HAD FIVE TURBINES THAT'S GOING TO CREATE QUITE, QUITE A BIT OF NOISE. WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT EFFECT ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORS? WHAT ABOUT THE EMISSIONS FROM THOSE? WHAT'S GOING TO FUEL THEM? THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE BEST USE OF THE LAND? IS IT THAT DATA CENTER? SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I CAME UP WITH A PROPOSAL THAT SINCE THERE'S NO OVERSIGHT WHATSOEVER OVER THESE NOT TO REGULATE THEM SO MUCH IS TO GIVE THEM INCENTIVES. THEY, FOR THE MOST PART, TAKE UP OUR MOST VALUABLE FARMLAND JUDGE. THEY LIKE TO BUILD YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN OUR BLACK LAND ALL UP AND DOWN THE I-35 CORRIDOR, YOU COULD SAY THIS ONE IS BUILT ON ONE OF THE MORE FAMOUS, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED TO BE BUILT ON ONE OF THE MORE FAMOUS LOCAL RANCHES HERE, TAKING UP GOOD RANCH LAND, [00:15:02] FARMLAND. THIS PROPOSAL IS TO CREATE AGRICULTURE FREEDOM ZONES, AND IT WOULD GIVE INCENTIVES FOR THESE DATA CENTERS TO BUILD SOMEWHERE, BUT NOT ON OUR OTHER THAN OUR MOST VALUABLE FARMLAND, YOU KNOW, BROWNFIELDS, NON PRODUCTIVE LAND, YOU KNOW, WEST TEXAS MARGINAL ROCKY GROUND. AND BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING ONCE, ONCE THESE DATA CENTERS COME IN 1700 ACRES, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO FARM THAT AGAIN. IT'S GONE. WE'LL NEVER GET IT BACK. AND AT THE RATE THEY'RE EXPANDING, THEY'RE TAKING THEY'VE ALREADY OVER TEXAS, OVER A HALF A MILLION ACRES ARE OWNED BY DATA CENTERS. THAT'S THAT'S LAND THAT WILL NO LONGER FARM OR RANCH ON. SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, IS IT THE BEST PART OF OUR LAND USE? MOST RECENTLY LAST YEAR, THE CONGRESS PASSED LEGISLATION TO PREVENT ANY DATA CENTERS OR ANY KIND OF INTELLIGENCE OPERATION FROM USING ANY PARTS FROM CHINA. SO THAT REALLY NEEDS, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU BUILD A DATA CENTER WITHOUT COMPONENTS OR TURBINES, WITHOUT ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND CIRCUIT BOARDS. IT'S NOT MANUFACTURED IN CHINA. SO BUT IF THEY DO, IT'S ILLEGAL TO BUILD THEM HERE. SO THAT'S THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR YOU FOR YOU TO LOOK AT SHOULD YOU DECIDE THAT THAT'S NOT THE ROUTE YOU WANT TO GO. IF WE CAN DELAY THIS. THERE'S SOME GOOD SOLUTIONS TO ANSWER MOST OF THESE PROBLEMS, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET. INSTEAD OF THESE GAS TURBINES, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED SMR SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. WE'RE AT LEAST A YEAR TO 18 MONTHS AWAY. THESE ARE NUCLEAR REACTORS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE USE ON OUR POWER, OUR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND SUBMARINES THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR 60 YEARS WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT, EXCEPT THEY'RE MUCH SAFER. THESE COULD COULD POWER ONE OF THOSE. THEY GO UNDERGROUND, OUT OF SIGHT, NO NOISE. PERFECT. THEY COULD ACTUALLY PRODUCE ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO PUT POWER BACK ON THE GRID, POSSIBLY REDUCING ELECTRIC RATES. SO THAT'S SOMETHING. IF WE CAN DELAY THIS, WE COULD POSSIBLY USE THE WATER ISSUE. COULD BE SOLVED BY ANOTHER NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT HARDLY ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT. AND THAT'S DEEP EARTH WATER. I CALL IT GENESIS WATER. DEEP IN THE CORE OF THE EARTH, ITS OCEANS AND OCEANS OF WATER. AND IT'S UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. AND AS IT SEEKS PRESSURE RELIEF, IT TRIES TO GET TO THE SURFACE THROUGH CRACKS AND FISSURES IN THE EARTH. IF YOU EVER HIT ONE OF THESE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING CALLED AN ARTESIAN WELL. IT JUST SHOOTS OUT LIKE GAS OR OIL BECAUSE IT'S UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY NOW THROUGH MRI TECHNOLOGY, WHERE WE CAN SLICE THE EARTH LIKE THIS INSTEAD OF USING SEISMOGRAPH. AND WE CAN LOCATE THESE WITHIN 95% ACCURACY. SO WE CAN DRILL INTO THOSE. AND THAT'S A WHOLE NEW SOURCE OF WATER. SO IT WOULDN'T WOULDN'T BE USING YOUR LAKE WATER OR GROUNDWATER OR SURFACE WATER WHATSOEVER. WE'RE NOT. WE'VE GOT ONE OF THESE WELLS SO FAR OUT IN NEW MEXICO, BUT THEY'RE COMING. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, 12 TO 18 MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD TO HAVING THIS NEW SOURCE OF WATER. PARKER COUNTY COULD BENEFIT GREATLY IN OTHER AREAS FROM THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL ARE ONE OF YOU ARE LIMITING FACTORS TO EXPANSION AND, AND NEW PROJECTS IS YOUR LIMITED AMOUNT OF WATER. SO THAT'S PRETTY YOU, YOU MAY END UP HAVING TO ALLOW THIS PROJECT TO GO FORWARD, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TODAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TOMORROW. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT NEXT MONTH. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DO IT FOR A YEAR IF YOU WANT TO POSTPONE IT. YOU HAVE TOOLS THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, TAKE A DEEP BREATH. LET'S SEE IF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MOO FARMS ALL OVER AGAIN OR IS IT THE REAL DEAL? AND JUST, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS THE CITIZENS OF TEXAS AND I KNOW THAT THIS COURT IS TOO. SO WHATEVER YOU DO, BE DILIGENT. YOU KNOW, PACE YOURSELF. CONSIDER ALL YOUR OPTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL BE. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO COME. SURE. COMMISSIONER. THE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID REGARDING THE DATA CENTER, SOME OF THOSE SAME THINGS APPLY TO SUBDIVISIONS MOVING INTO OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. THE, THE, AND THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN PARKER COUNTY IS THAT WE ARE GETTING OUR FARMLAND. RANCHLAND IS BEING EATEN UP BY SUBDIVISIONS. AND SO I HOPE THAT WE GET SOME OF THOSE SOLUTIONS THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE DESCRIBING THERE. BUT ON THE SUBDIVISION END, IT'S THE SAME, SAME THING. THE THE USAGE OF THE AGRICULTURAL LAND, THE USAGE OF THE WATER, THE ADDITIONAL POLLUTION THAT COMES FROM THE VEHICLES, FROM THE HOMES AND, AND ALL THOSE THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO IT'S NOT A SIMPLE TASK. IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING EITHER. SO. WELL, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE CERTAINLY AWARE OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL. I CAN CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE LOSE ABOUT A FARM A WEEK IN TEXAS AND THAT'S ACCELERATING. IT'S NOT GETTING BETTER. IT'S GETTING GETTING WORSE. [00:20:04] YOU CAN ALSO THROW IN SOLAR FARMS IN THERE AND CRYPTO MINING AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DESTROYING OUR FARMLAND. IT'S WE ALREADY HAVE A $50 BILLION AGRICULTURE TRADE DEFICIT. AMERICA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A NET EXPORTER. IT'S BEEN OUR NUMBER ONE EXPORT IS AGRICULTURE UNDER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION. WE'RE BUYING $50 BILLION MORE FOOD THAN WE'RE SELLING, THAN WE'RE EXPORTING. WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD TO TURN THAT AROUND. BUT IT'S HARD TO DO WHEN OUR FARMLAND IS DISAPPEARING RIGHT BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU SIR. CHRIS, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, I HAVE A TWO PART QUESTION FOR YOU. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THESE NEW DATA CENTERS ARE BEING BUILT WITH CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS THAT ARE NOT USING A HIGH VOLUME OF WATER? I WOULD HESITATE TO GUESS WHAT THAT IS. I JUST KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPROVED THAT. YES. IN THE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM. THINK ABOUT YOUR YOUR VEHICLE. RIGHT. RADIATOR. RADIATOR. YOU KNOW IT'S CYCLING AROUND. YES. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU HAVE TO PUT SOME ADDITIONAL WATER INTO THAT. BUT THE PERCENTAGE, I COULDN'T SPEAK TO THAT. THE REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE AS I'VE BEEN DIGGING INTO IT, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WHERE WE WANT TO FIND OUT ALL THE FACTS. IT APPEARS THAT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I FOUND JUST THE ABSOLUTE MOST CONCRETE VERIFIED ANSWER, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF NEW DATA CENTERS ARE BEING BUILT WITH THAT NEW TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS CONCERNING TO ME. MY SECONDARY QUESTION WOULD BE, TO WHAT DEGREE DO WE AS A COUNTY HAVE ANY LEVERAGE? IF WE ARE FORCED TO ACCEPT A DATA CENTER? AND IT WOULD BE, I THINK THE WORD FORCED WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. COMMISSIONER WALDEN ALLUDED TO THE DILLON RULE, WHICH IS THE RULE UNDER TEXAS STATE LAW THAT EFFECTIVELY TELLS COUNTIES THAT WE CANNOT REGULATE WHAT FOLKS BUILD ON THEIR OWN LAND, WHICH IS GREAT UP UNTIL YOU GET TO A CASE LIKE THIS, WHERE A COMPANY THAT WANTS TO BUILD A DATA CENTER BUYS THE LAND, AND THEN THEY GET TO BUILD WHAT THEY WANT ON THAT LAND. WHAT EXTENT DO WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR LEVERAGE TO REQUIRE A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM IF ONE WERE TO COME IN? WELL, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ON WHAT LEVERAGE AND WHAT LEGALITIES DO WE HAVE ON THAT? I CAN SAY WE PROBABLY WANT TO APPROACH IT LIKE WE APPROACH ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE WORK ON, WHAT IS GOING TO ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT'S GOING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES AND CULTURE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THOSE COMPANIES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE BOTH IMPACTFUL FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, BUT LESS IMPACTFUL FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL WATER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STANDPOINT. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FROM AN INCENTIVE STANDPOINT YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NOT WANTING TO DO ANY INCENTIVES, NO ONE IS AT THIS POINT ASKED, WELL, I TAKE THAT BACK. THE PROJECT THAT YOU REFERRED TO JUST A MINUTE AGO THEY DID HAVE THE TASK FORCE, WHICH WE INDEFINITELY TABLED BECAUSE WE DID NOT LIKE THE PRODUCT AND THE, THE ANSWERS THAT WE WERE ASKING OR THE QUESTIONS WE WERE ASKING ABOUT WATER AND POWER AND DESIGN AND THINGS LIKE THAT WERE NOT BEING ANSWERED. AND SO WE INDEFINITELY TABLED, YOU KNOW, THAT PROJECT TO THIS POINT. NO OTHER DATA CENTER PROJECT HAS FILED AN APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL INCENTIVES WITH US. SO I GUESS IT WOULD JUST BASED UPON, YOU KNOW, THAT CONVERSATION AND WHAT THE COURT SEEMS FIT, IF THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND FIND THE USERS THAT WILL BE COMPLIMENTARY TO US, OR IF WE WANT TO NOT DO THAT AND AND TRY TO FIND OTHER MEANS OF LAND USE DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE MORE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE COMMUNITY, THEN WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. YEAH. IF YOU'RE FEELING PRESSURE FROM US OR OUR CRITICISM FROM US, DON'T. YOUR JOB IS TO BRING JOBS AND TAX BASE HERE. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE WORKING AS, AS YOU ALWAYS DO TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. I THINK AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER OR AS WE BROUGHT UP EARLIER WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY PROJECT THAT COMES ALONG. THERE'S A, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THERE. AND WHAT THE COMMISSIONER WAS ALLUDING TO THERE IS I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO, THEY BOUGHT IT, THEY OWN IT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE CONFLICT COMES ALONG IS THAT IS THAT OTHERS WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY AND COUNTIES IN TEXAS BECAUSE [00:25:01] OF THE, THE CONSTITUTION OF 1876, I THINK RATIFIED IN 1881 IS A VERY WEAK ONE WHEN IT COMES TO COUNTY GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN UNDER THE RULE OF RECONSTRUCTION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE GOVERNMENT TOLD THEM EVERYTHING, AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT. AND SO MOST OF US DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT TELLING US WHAT TO DO. AND SO THERE'S WHERE THE CONFLICT ARISES. AND THE CONFLICT IS THAT IT'S THEIR PROPERTY. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITHIN REASON, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A PROBLEM IS BECAUSE IT'S WHEN IT BECOMES A PROBLEM FOR EVERYONE ELSE. BUT AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WHEN YOU ANALYZE IT, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE OVER THESE DATA CENTERS ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM THE CONCERNS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE OVER A SUBDIVISION MOVING IN NEXT DOOR BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL POLLUTION, THE LOSS OF VALUABLE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO IT'S A IT'S IT'S NOT AN EASY PROBLEM. IT'S A PROBLEM THAT HAS TO BE LOOKED AT ON AN INDIVIDUAL CASE BY CASE BASIS. AND IF THERE WERE TO BE ANY INCENTIVES FOR ANY PROJECT HERE, WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE TO CRAFT THAT TO FIT THAT INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS, JUST LIKE WE DO FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS THAT COMES ALONG. SO THAT EVERYBODY IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR OBJECTIVE IS. SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH NO ANSWER, A PROBLEM WITH NO SOLUTION, A PROBLEM THAT WILL COME ALONG ONE AT A TIME, TO BE EVALUATED BY THE COURT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BEST GIVE US ANSWERS BACK TO THE CITIZENS THAT IS BEST FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND FOR PARKER COUNTY. AND THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS HERE. AND WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY, WHICH WHICH WE'LL DO. SO AGAIN, DON'T FEEL ANY CRITICISM BECAUSE YOU'RE UP HERE TODAY YOU KNOW, SAYING, WELL, WE HAVE THIS PROJECT, BUT I THINK THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS SHARE INFORMATION. WHEN WE WHEN WE FIND OUT SOMETHING'S COMING ALONG HERE. BUT BUT TRUTHFULLY, IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, FROM WHAT I READ IN FROM OTHER SOURCES, IT'S JUST A POTENTIAL SITE. THERE IS NO IT'S JUST ONE OF MANY POTENTIAL SITES OWNED BY THIS COMPANY THAT. THAT IS CORRECT. AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A SUBSTANTIAL CONVERSATION WITH THIS COMPANY IN THE LAST 15 MONTHS. SO WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE. WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T HAVE THE DESIGN. WE DON'T HAVE THE PLAN. WE DON'T BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ASKING US FOR ANY KIND OF APPROVALS OR ANYTHING ELSE. AND SO WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, NOR ARE THEY REQUIRED TO CORRECT. BECAUSE AGAIN THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OVER SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE AN AIR QUALITY PERMIT FROM TCEQ, WHICH THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE FOR EACH OF THE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS THAT IS CORRECT. AND I THINK THAT THAT THAT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO TK, YOU KNOW, APPROVALS, ERCOT, YOU KNOW, APPROVALS, THOSE ARE STATE LEVEL APPROVALS. THOSE ARE NOT HANDLED IN THIS ROOM, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME TO US, TO ME, TO ANY OF YOU FOR ANY KIND OF APPROVAL. IT'S A STATE LEVEL PROJECT AT THIS POINT. NOR NOR WOULD WE RECEIVE ANY NOTIFICATION THAT A THAT A PERMIT HAD BEEN APPLIED FOR OR GRANTED. THAT'S CORRECT. WHICH WE DID NOT. I DON'T WANT TO I WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH WHY THIS IS ON THE AGENDA. THERE'S TWO THINGS. ONE, LISTEN TO THE CONSTITUENTS, WHICH WE'VE DONE, WHO'S BEEN VERY CLEAR AND UPFRONT WITH WITH WHAT THEIR OPINIONS HAVE BEEN. TWO IS TO LISTEN, UNDERSTAND, LEARN WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS INDUSTRY. SO WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE LEARNING AND LISTENING AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. SO TO COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S POINT, ANY PRESSURE ON YOU? WE'RE JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN AND WE'RE GETTING YOUR INSIGHT ON THIS TO DO THAT. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY I TRY TO DO WITH ALL THE PROJECTS I BRING TO YOU, VET THEM PROPERLY SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE DISCUSSING WHAT THE ASK IS, WHAT THE NEED IS, WHAT THE APPLICABILITY TO THE COMMUNITY IS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION VERSUS JUST, YEAH, WE'RE NOT HERE TO TAKE ACTION. WE'RE HERE TO LEARN AND LISTEN. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY. JUST, JUST A WORD. FOR BACK TO OUR, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY OVER HERE THE REFERENCE WAS MADE TO HILL COUNTY AND THEIR COURT PASSING A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS. COULD YOU JUST BRIEFLY GIVE US THE SCENARIO OF WHAT IS LIKELY TO OCCUR THERE IN HILL COUNTY AS FAR AS THE LEGALITY OF THAT MORATORIUM, THE AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HOOD COUNTY AS WELL, WHO'S STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME THING. [00:30:05] AND IT'S A STATEWIDE ISSUE. IT'S NOT JUST PARKER COUNTY THAT'S STRUGGLING WITH THIS. AND SO SEVERAL OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS ARE VISITING WITH ONE ANOTHER, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME TYPE OF RESOLUTION TO SLOW IT DOWN, TO ALLOW INFORMATION TO DISSEMINATE SO WE CAN MAKE INFORMED, GOOD, INFORMED DECISIONS TO THE EXTENT WE CAN STATUTORILY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH ONLY HAVING STATUTORY AUTHORITY, OUR HANDS ARE TIED IN SEVERAL SITUATIONS. AND THIS BEING ONE OF THEM, HILL COUNTY ADOPTED A MORATORIUM. IT WASN'T UNANIMOUS, BUT THEY DID ADOPT IT. THEY'RE CURRENTLY HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSEL THAT THEY'VE HIRED TO REPRESENT THEM. AND THE STATE HAS OBVIOUSLY SENT A LETTER STATING THAT THEY'RE THREATENING LITIGATION AGAINST HILL COUNTY. AND ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE ALSO FACING LITIGATION AGAINST THE DATA CENTER THAT'S WANTING TO GO IN ON THAT LOCATION. HOOD COUNTY THEY HAD ONE THAT CAME THROUGH BECAUSE THEY HAD A PLAT. IT WAS DECLINED. THEY'RE IN LITIGATION WITH THAT ONE. BUT THE ONLY REASON THEY DECLINED THAT ONE WAS BASED OFF OF THE SUBDIVISION RULES THEY HAD DOWN THERE AND A PLANNING ISSUE. SO A LOT OF THESE WOULDN'T COME BEFORE US BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PLATTED. IT'S JUST RAW ACREAGE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE DATA CENTER ON AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THE STATE AND GET THE PERMITTING. SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT ONCE THE STATE MEETS AGAIN, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY, MORE INFORMATION. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT. SO I'D LIKE TO I'VE KIND OF BEEN WAITING MY TURN OVER HERE. I'M THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY PUT THIS AGENDA ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL STORY COMING FROM STAR-TELEGRAM. I HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THIS JOURNALIST DIDN'T REACH OUT FOR COMMENT, DIDN'T WANT TO ASK, AS FAR AS I KNOW, DIDN'T REACH OUT TO ANYBODY WITH PARKER COUNTY. SO NOT KNOWING WHAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE IN THIS PIECE AND IT BEING A SURPRISE TO ME, I WANTED US TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS THAT MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT LIVE HERE DO AS WELL. EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID SO FAR, I THINK IT APPLIES TO ALL OF US AS FAR AS WE NEED MORE INFORMATION. I DON'T WE'RE NOT GETTING INFORMATION FROM THESE DEVELOPERS. MATTER OF FACT, IN MY OPINION, THE DEVELOPERS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO OPERATE AND MOVE UNDERNEATH THE RADAR TO TRY AND SECURE THESE, TO TRY TO SECURE THESE POTENTIAL SITES. GOING BACK AND RESEARCHING THIS ONE, I KNOW IT CAME INITIALLY TO US OVER THERE AT THIS LOCATION WHERE THERE'S POWER, A BIG TRANSMISSION LINES AND POWER SERVICES ALREADY IN PLACE. IT WAS UNDERNEATH A POWER GENERATION OR A POWER. ENTITY NAME. SO I BELIEVE IT FROM MY OPINION. AND THAT FIRST TIME IT WAS BROUGHT TO US WAS MORE AN INDICATION OF THIS IS LOOKING AT INCREASING CAPACITY FOR OUR GRID, WHICH ANYBODY LIVED IN TEXAS A FEW YEARS AGO KNOWS THAT WE WERE UNDER WE WERE UNDER ARMED WHEN THAT BIG SNOWMAGEDDON CAME IN. AND THIS HAS BEEN, WHAT, JULY OR JANUARY OF 25. AND THEN IT MORPHS INTO THIS DISCUSSION TODAY. BUT I HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME CONCERNS. AND AND LOOKING AT THE PERMIT THAT THIS COMPANY RECEIVED FOR THIS SITE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THREE HOW MANY WEEKS? TWO AND A HALF WEEKS, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS. IT'S APPROVED. I THINK YOU'D BE HARD FINE TO PRESS A DEVELOPER OR ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS ROOM THAT HAD A TCU PERMIT ISSUED IN THAT TIME TIME FRAME, MUCH LESS MAYBE A PHONE CALL RETURNED IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. SO I, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A BIG PUSH. THESE DATA CENTERS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, EVERY ONE OF US ARE DRIVING OR DRIVING THE DEMAND FOR THESE THINGS. EVERY CELL PHONE WE CARRY AND THIS AI RACE IS A BIG DEAL. I MEAN, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING WE'RE IN A WE'RE IN A GLOBAL AI RACE. OKAY. AND, AND I, I WOULD SAY THERE'S NO TELLING HOW MANY TEXTS, EMAILS, PEOPLE AND PEOPLE'S OPINION THAT THEIR COMMUNICATION TO ME IN THE PAST WEEK HAS BEEN, I AGREE WITH MOST OF THEM, BUT A LOT OF THEM ALSO BRING UP, OKAY, WHERE DID YOU GET THIS INFORMATION? I NEED SCIENTIFIC DATA. HERE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TC TELL ME, HOW MUCH EMISSIONS DO THESE GAS FIRED GENERATORS CREATE? THIS LOCATION, IN MY OPINION, IS HORRIBLE. IT'S RIGHT ABOVE LAKE WEATHERFORD. [00:35:02] THAT'S A CITY'S DRINKING WATER. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THIS DATA AND THIS INFORMATION HANDY TO US RIGHT NOW. TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER. I'M NOT NAIVE TO THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PROVEN THERE WAS MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN OUR ELECTIONS. IF WE'RE IN A GLOBAL AI RACE RIGHT NOW THAT TRUMP IS PUSHING HARD ON WHO WHO AM I TO THINK I WOULD BE NAIVE TO THINK THAT THAT'S NOT BEING APPLIED RIGHT NOW. SO I NEED SOME I WOULD SAY LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS SOME ACCESS TO GOOD, HARD DATA THAT I CAN. I CAN ANSWER TO MY CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE REAL QUESTIONS. I THINK IT'S CRAZY THAT LOCAL FOLKS, THIS IS MY FIRST TERM. SO IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, I'VE LEARNED A LOT, ESPECIALLY REGARDING COMMISSIONER WALDEN'S STATEMENT ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON. I'M A BIG LAND RIGHTS PERSON AND I WILL FIGHT FOR THOSE. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT IS WHEN THERE IS THIS MUCH, THIS MANY QUESTIONS, AND I'M GETTING THIS MUCH FEEDBACK AND PUSHBACK FROM OUR LOCAL CONSTITUENTS AND QUESTIONS MYSELF, I, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER COMMUNICATION FROM THE STATE TO US AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER THESE, BUT ALSO PROVIDING ACCURATE DATA SO WE CAN MAKE GOOD, GOOD, EDUCATED DECISIONS ON THESE AND HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PEOPLE THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING OR NOT HAPPENING WHEN THINGS GO ON. GO AND GET PERMITTED IN A MATTER OF WEEKS THROUGH AUSTIN. AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE ANNOUNCEMENT. IT'S GOING RIGHT HERE. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO VENT A LITTLE BIT, BUT ALSO THAT ALL OF THIS IS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION COMMUNICATION ONE, BUT WE NEED TO DO THAT FROM THE COUNTY LEVEL. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO. I KNOW THAT WE WORKED ON OR THERE'S BEEN SOME WORK AND TALK OF IT, COMMUNICATING WITH THE PEOPLE ON WHAT OUR STATE GOVERNMENT LAW, GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO DO AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, WHAT WE CAN, WHAT WE CAN'T. AND IF WE DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE, NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO GET SUED AND WHO BY, BUT POTENTIALLY INDIVIDUALLY, EACH ONE OF US GETTING INDIVIDUAL LAWSUITS ON US FOR FOR BREAKING THE LAW, WHICH IS THE WAY I UNDERSTAND WHEN THE ATTORNEYS TELL THEM YOU'RE BREAKING THE LAW IN HILL COUNTY TO TO VOTE FOR A MORATORIUM. THEY GET A NOTE FROM THE AG'S OFFICE. IS THAT WHO IT'S FROM? FROM SENATOR BETTENCOURT, FROM BETTENCOURT, THAT THEY'RE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE SUED BY THE STATE? SAM HOUSTON. PARDON? FROM HOUSTON. YEAH. FROM THE HOUSTON. YOU KNOW, SO I, I THINK IF WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD CLEAR COMMUNICATION ON WHAT THE STATE LAWS ALLOW US AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. WHAT WE CAN AND STATUTORILY CANNOT DO REGARDING DATA CENTERS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW. AND WE NEED TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE THAT EFFECTIVELY RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. WELL, NO. GO AHEAD. I CAN SAY THAT AS FAR AS LIKE LOAD STUDIES AND ERCOT, I'M NOT PRIVY TO THAT INFORMATION. EVEN IF I CALLED AND ASKED FOR IT, I'M. IT'S NOT LEGAL. I CANNOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AT YOUR LEVEL. RIGHT. AND THEN. Q ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE FILED THAT WOULD REQUIRE A COMMENT FROM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY WOULD COME, YOU KNOW, HERE AND NOT TO, TO MY OFFICE. AND I, I CAN'T SAY HOW MANY TEQ PERMITS GET FILED FOR PAINT SHOPS OR THIS AND THAT ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THEM. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AGAIN, THE LEGALITIES OF THAT ARE BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROTECTED UNDER THAT. OKAY. CHRIS, WE WANT TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS A LITTLE BIT. SURE. WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER, WEATHERFORD JAMES HOTOPP, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND THANK YOU, CHRIS. ALSO THANK YOU. JUDGE. MEMBERS OF THE COURT. APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD. JAMES HO, TOP CITY MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD. SO. 501 PEARSON RANCH ROAD. THAT'S THE THE PROPERTY. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 170 OR 89 ACRES LOCATED OFF 730. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD'S ETJ, BUT THEY ACTUALLY REMOVED THEMSELVES FROM OUR ETJ. AND SO THERE'S NO REGULATORY CONTROL AT ALL THAT THE CITY HAS, ALTHOUGH IT'S ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD. [00:40:05] OF COURSE YOU'RE AWARE OF PROPOSED DATA CENTER USE. SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY FOR A WHILE NOW. AND THEN POWER PLANT, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE COME UP MORE RECENTLY FOR MOST FOLKS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND I THINK TO COMMISSIONER HILL'S POINT, I WAS ACTUALLY CONTACTED BY THE STAR-TELEGRAM ABOUT THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO. BECAUSE THIS DATA CENTER DEVELOPER HAS SEVERAL PROPERTIES IN FORT WORTH THAT HE'S LOOKED AT AND IS CONSIDERING DOING DATA CENTERS AS WELL. FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN 75 MEGAWATT POWER PLANT THAT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE. IT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS, WHICH MEANS IT CAN RUN 24 HOURS A DAY. SO TO KIND OF PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE WITH EVERYONE ON AN AVERAGE DAY, THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD USES ABOUT 100 TO 110MW. SO THIS IS ABOUT 75MW. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THE ULTIMATE BUILD OUT FOR WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE. BUT IT'S AN OBVIOUS CONCERN. IT'S A CONCERN FROM JUST LIKE WHAT MR. COMMISSIONER HALE POINTED OUT, IS THAT THIS PERMIT WAS APPROVED WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC PROCESS, WHICH TO US WAS KIND OF SHOCKING. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE REPORTER WAS ASKING ME. I WAS REALLY SURPRISED BY, BECAUSE IN A WAY, WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF PERMIT FROM TCDC, THERE'S A VERY EXTENSIVE TECHNICAL REVIEW, TYPICALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THREE WEEKS. I KNOW WE HAD JUST GONE THROUGH ONE FOR A NEW WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT. IT WAS ABOUT NINE MONTHS IS WHAT THAT TOOK. SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SHOCKING THAT THIS HAPPENED IN THREE WEEKS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S A VERY PUBLIC PROCESS WHERE THERE'S NOTIFICATIONS PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT COMMENTS. THEY CAN REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO ON WITH THAT. OF COURSE, NONE OF THAT HAPPENED HERE, WHICH WAS VERY SHOCKING. YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S POSITION ON DATA CENTERS IS OFFICIALLY THAT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED USE IN THE CITY. THAT THAT HAS BEEN OUR POSITION. THAT WILL BE WE WILL MAINTAIN THAT POSITION BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE DATA CENTERS ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITIZENS. RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES, THOUGH THE COMMISSIONERS COURT IN WITH NOT HAVING THE SAME LAND USE REGULATION CONTROLS THAT WE HAVE. IT IS A CONCERN NOT ONLY FOR DATA CENTER, BUT POWER PLANT ADJACENT TO CITY LIMITS WITH WHAT IT POTENTIALLY MEANS FOR THE, FOR LAKE WEATHERFORD. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR A DATA CENTER WOULD, WOULD BE ITS OWN ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. I BELIEVE THE TERM WAS USED. THAT'S THAT'S A GROWING CONCERN THAT EVERYONE HAS. WE HAVE THERE'S REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FROM EPA WITH REGARDS TO PFAS AND JUST SIMPLY PFAS. THERE'S JUST FOREVER CHEMICALS. THERE ARE THINGS THAT DON'T BREAK DOWN NATURALLY IN THE ENVIRONMENT. THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION IS WITHIN THE WATERSHED OF LAKE WEATHERFORD. AND SO THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN THAT WE WOULD HAVE, AND WE WOULD STRENUOUSLY OBJECT TO ANYTHING THERE THAT WOULD GO ON, ON THAT SITE. IN GENERAL THOUGH THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL. IT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO THE COUNTIES CONTROL. AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO HELP PROTECT THOSE. ONE OF THE LAST THINGS I'LL MENTION, AND IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY, I BELIEVE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER MILLER, HE MADE REFERENCE TO, YOU KNOW, IT COULD HAVE EFFECTS ON ADJACENT LAND. I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS WE ALL HAVE IS JUST HOW DO WE GROW SMART GROWTH? BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT GROWTH IS INEVITABLE IN THIS COUNTY. HOW DO WE GO THROUGH AND PROTECT THE YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT PARKER COUNTY IS? SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A LARGE SCALE EQUINE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WITHIN A MILE OF THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS, WHICH WE REALLY THINK BALANCES A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE NEEDING SMART GROWTH, BUT STILL TRYING TO GO THROUGH AND PRESERVE WESTERN HERITAGE AND THE WAY OF LIFE THAT WE ALL LOVE AND COME TO APPRECIATE HERE IN PARKER COUNTY. THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT A $1.5 BILLION DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS NOW IN JEOPARDY AS A RESULT OF THIS POTENTIAL DATA CENTER. IT IS POTENTIAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE APPROVED FOR A POWER PLANT AT THAT LOCATION. SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A HUGE CONCERN FOR US. AND OF COURSE, THOSE, AS THINGS LIKE THAT BECOME ON THE TAX ROLL AND HELP REDUCE THE BURDEN OF THE EXISTING CITIZENRY FOR THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, IT ALSO DOES FOR PARKER COUNTY. SO THAT WOULD HAVE THE SAME EFFECT, I THINK, FOR, FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AS WELL. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAMES? I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU JAMES. THANK YOU. JUDGE. I GOT A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. SO. AS I THINK ABOUT THIS ISSUE, I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY FUNDAMENTAL ROLE AS A COMMISSIONER IS THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS OF PRECINCT TWO, AND I'M SUPPOSED TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF PRECINCT TWO, AND THAT IS MY FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK IF ONE WERE TO POLL THE RESIDENTS OF PRECINCT TWO, IT WOULD BE OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSED TO DATA CENTERS. I HAVE EXTREME CONCERNS ABOUT OUR ABOUT THE IMPACT BY POTENTIAL DATA CENTERS ON OUR WATER SUPPLY, [00:45:09] ON THE ELECTRICAL GRID, POLLUTION AND OTHER ISSUES. SO TO ADDRESS COMMISSIONER HALE'S POINT EARLIER, I WONDER IF WE COULD PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR FOLKS DOWN IN AUSTIN WHO ARE AT THE PAY GRADE TO GET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. REPRESENTATIVE ALCOTT, SENATOR KING, SENATOR HAGAN, BOUTTE, ETCETERA. BECAUSE IF THOSE FOLKS START SHAKING THE BRANCHES, I BET WE GET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. THAT WOULD BE AN IDEA FOR YOU, SIR. AND THEN FINALLY, JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE CROWD. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE TOOK TIME. WE'LL GET THERE. YEAH, WE'LL GET THERE. IF THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TO ADDRESS WHAT YOU JUST SAID. BRYAN GRIMES, OUR STRATEGIC PROJECTS DIRECTOR IS TO COORDINATE WITH HIM ON, ON SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY AND TRYING TO GET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND SUBMITTED TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN AUSTIN TO TRY TO SORT OF GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION BACK. WE ALSO HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE, MELANIE MARKS, WHO IS THE DISTRICT COORDINATOR FOR SENATOR BRANT HAGENBACH. AND IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS ANY ANYTHING OR JUST. SHE'S A RESOURCE AS WELL. AND WORKING WITH THE CENTER, THE CENTER ON THIS AS WELL. SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO HER AND I'LL GIVE YOU THIS CARD TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT TOO. OH YOU DO. OKAY. TO THAT POINT IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS THAT HASN'T HOPEFULLY WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE, LIKE YOU, WE LIVE HERE. WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS VERY RAPIDLY HAPPENING SITUATION. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GIVE IT THE DUE DILIGENCE AND BE ON EACH, VIRTUALLY EACH AGENDA ITEM TO ADDRESS UPDATES WITH THIS AS WE GO FORWARD. AND HOPEFULLY WE ASK ANSWER A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR MR. STRAYER BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS UP AND. YES, SIR. THIS COMPANY THAT BOUGHT THAT LAND OUT THERE, CAN YOU TELL US WHO THEY ARE? THEY. THEY CALL OURSELVES BLACK MOUNTAIN. BUT WHO ARE BLACK MOUNTAIN? I'VE ONLY HAD ONE CONVERSATION WITH BLACK MOUNTAIN. I WHEN WE WERE ORIGINALLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GROUP THROUGH THEIR CONSULTANT. AND SO BLACK MOUNTAIN IS A, IS A POWER COMPANY. THEY'RE OIL AND GAS COMPANY THAT HAS LAND ASSETS ALL OVER THE STATE. THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH AS I KNOW ABOUT THEM. SO THEY'RE AN OIL AND GAS RELATED COMPANY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHRIS. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP? OKAY. WE'RE AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE NO ACTION. I'M SORRY. YOU YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? I DO. OH, COME. COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING. STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. I'M MARCY GALLEY, AND I CAME TO THIS MEETING NOT TO SPEAK, SO I'M NOT PREPARED WITH ANY ANY SPECIFIC ITEMS. AFTER LISTENING TO WHAT'S BEEN SAID, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING SID MILLER SAID WHEN HE WAS HERE. HE SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO GIVE US OPTIONS TO KEEP SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S MY CONCERN. I LIVE ONLY FOUR MILES FROM WHERE THIS BLACK MOUNTAIN SITE IS SUPPOSED TO BE LOCATED, POTENTIALLY, AND I DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT THIS UNTIL I SAW IT ON NEXT DOOR. SO I'VE ONLY KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR LIKE 3 OR 4 DAYS, AND I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT ANY PERMIT WENT THROUGH THE TC FOR APPROVAL WITH NO PUBLIC MEETINGS. I'M. I'M UNDERSTANDING IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, THIS PERMIT FOR GAS POWERED ENGINE TURBINES WAS APPROVED IN A DIFFERENT MANNER THAN, SAY, A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT EXPANSION OR A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT GETS APPROVED. THAT'S BAD. AND OUR LEGISLATORS IN AUSTIN NEED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. OKAY. IF IT'S NECESSARY. SO I DO THINK WE HAVE OPTIONS. AS FAR AS MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS THE DECIBEL LEVELS AND THE LOW FREQUENCY NOISE THAT CAN COME FROM THESE GAS TURBINES THAT CAN CAUSE NAUSEA. THEY'RE OFFENSIVE TO HUMANS. [00:50:03] THEY'RE OFFENSIVE TO ANIMALS. OKAY. AND AGAIN, I ONLY LIVE FOUR MILES AWAY. OKAY. THE PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF THE CITY OF WILLOW PARK. THEY'RE ONLY TWO MILES AWAY. AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO LAKE WEATHERFORD. OKAY, THAT'S JUST NOT GOOD. AND I AM ALL FOR LAND RIGHTS. HOWEVER, IF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ON YOUR PROPERTY NEXT TO MINE OR IN ENOUGH PROXIMITY WHERE IT'S GOING TO CAUSE ME ILLNESS, IT'S GOING TO LOWER MY PROPERTY VALUE. THAT'S A NO. THAT'S A NO BRAINER. WE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN. I AM FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS. UNLIKE WHAT'S USUALLY SAID ABOUT ME. SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE THIS POINT. MY CITY IS THE ONLY CITY IN IN PARKER COUNTY WHO HAS APPROVED A DATA CENTER FOR AN ALLOWED USE ON THE BUILDING PROPERTY. SO I APPRECIATE YOU, COMMISSIONER HOLT. I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER WALDEN, YOUR COMMENTS. HOWEVER, I DISAGREE WITH YOUR ANALOGY THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN ANY WAY THE SAME AS A DATA CENTER, BECAUSE I GET THE EMISSIONS AND THE TRAFFIC AND THE AND THE ADDED COST OF SUPPORTING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. YES, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO CAUSE ME ILL OR HARM HEALTH ISSUES. A NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF THE THE NOISE AGAIN, LOW FREQUENCY EMISSIONS. THAT'S MY MAIN. THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN. IF WE CAN PUT NUCLEAR POWER IN THE GROUND AND NOBODY HAS TO LISTEN TO ANYTHING, AND WE CAN COEXIST. GREAT. SO CITY OF WILLOW PARK, WE HAVEN'T ALLOWED USE THAT WAS APPROVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HALE, FOR POINTING OUT. HOW HOW THESE DEVELOPERS COME IN, THESE LANDOWNERS COME IN AND THEY GET THESE PERMITS AND UNDER ANOTHER, ANOTHER UNDER THE GUISE OF SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO END UP BECOMING AS THE DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. SO THANK YOU. I HOPE I SAID THAT. I HOPE I EXPLAINED THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANKS. THANKS, Y'ALL. JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT WE THAT WE RETAIN THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR EVERY COURT MOVING FORWARD. I'D MENTION THAT, YES, WE HAVE SOME RESOLUTION ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS. JUDGE, IF I MAY, CAN I BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE COMMISSIONER WALDEN IS COMING FROM ON THE SUBDIVISION BECAUSE I WAS ON THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION COMMITTEE. AND WE'RE REDOING OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS NOW. COMMISSIONER WALDEN, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, BUT WOULD YOU MIND EXPLAINING FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE WATCHING ONLINE WHAT YOU MEANT EARLIER ABOUT HOW THIS IS SIMILAR TO A SUBDIVISION FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT AND THE DILLON RULE UNDER STATE LAW. SO. SO WE ARE REQUIRED WHEN A PLAT COMES BEFORE COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT HAS MET ALL OF OUR CONDITIONS THAT ARE SET OUT IN OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. IT IS WE ARE REQUIRED AS A COURT TO APPROVE THAT. IT'S OUR MINISTERIAL DUTY. IS THAT CORRECT TO TO APPROVE THOSE. SO IT'S A WE DON'T HAVE AN OPTION TO SAY, WELL, AS MY NEIGHBOR DOES PLAY LOUD MUSIC THAT I CAN HEAR. SO THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A REASON WHY I CAN SAY, GOSH, THEY MIGHT PLAY LOUD MUSIC. AND IF THEY HAVE A SUBDIVISION NEXT TO MINE OR SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT I DISCUSSED EARLIER. SO IT'S THE SAME THING. WE ARE INDEED POWERLESS IN MANY AREAS BECAUSE THERE ARE RULES SET SET FORTH IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT THAT TELLS US WE HAVE TO DO THOSE, AND IF WE FAIL TO, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET THE LAWSUIT EVENTUALLY. AND THERE WILL BE THE LEGAL FEES PILING UP FOR THE COUNTY TAXPAYERS TO PAY. SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL TELL YOU THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, TO MAKE A, A DECISION, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE A KNEE JERK DECISION, WHICH WE'D LIKE TO PROBABLY, BUT I'LL TELL ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING OR THAT IS HERE TODAY TO KNOW THAT THIS, THIS IS NOW ON OUR RADAR AND WE WILL BE MONITORING THIS PROJECT AND ANY OTHER POTENTIAL PROJECT TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF IT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS AWARE SO THAT WE CAN TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION AND ASK FOR THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. ASK FOR SOMEBODY AT THE STATE LEVEL WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE AND HELP TOWARD THAT. [00:55:03] I RECOGNIZE THIS LEGISLATURE WILL PROBABLY TAKE SOME ACTION THE NEXT TIME THEY MEET. HOWEVER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF PARK COUNTY. THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER SIDE THAT'S PRESENTED AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN, IN MANY PLACES IS THEY, THEY COME ALONG AND THEY SAY THE POTENTIAL TAX IMPACT OF THIS AND THE AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE THAT WOULD FLOW INTO A COUNTY. AND IN MANY COUNTIES OUT WEST OF HERE, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. AND THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE A GUIDING FACTOR. IN MANY OF THOSE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS DECISIONS ON WHETHER TO ALLOW SOMETHING TO MOVE IN LIKE THAT OR NOT. AND THE IMPACT OF. BUT, BUT WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH THE, THE IMPACT THAT WOULD COME IN, BUT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT WOULD COME IN FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND THE, AND THE COMMUNITIES AND THE, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND SO ALL THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. BUT ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING, I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE'RE ON IT, AND WE'LL BE MONITORING VERY CLOSELY. I WANT TO SEGUE ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID, BECAUSE IT PLAYS INTO EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY NEXT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION TODAY. I WILL SAY THIS, THAT I WAS PRIVY TO A MEETING AND UNDER THE, THE NDA OR PROTECTION OF THAT TO A COMPANY THAT WAS WANTING TO COME IN AND ESTABLISH A DATA CENTER IN A PARTICULAR AREA. AND THE REASON I WAS THERE WAS THERE WAS GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY AN ASK, THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN INCENTIVE DOWN THE ROAD SOMEWHERE EXISTING PROGRESSES. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND DO, AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY CHRIS, IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. YOU COME TO US WITH INCENTIVE OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY MAKE SENSE A LOT OF TIMES WITH INDUSTRY AND BRINGING IN HIGH WAGE GROWTH AND ALL THOSE TYPE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PROGRESS TOWARDS THE DISCUSSION TO ESTABLISH WHERE WE HAVE A 381. WE HAVE A INCENTIVE PACKAGE THAT IT'S A, IT'S A BOILERPLATE DOCUMENT THAT MEETS CERTAIN CRITERIA TO REVIEW THAT SPECIFICALLY TO THAT INDUSTRY AND HOW THAT WILL BE REMOVED OR NOT BE CONSIDERED OR CONSIDERED SO FORTH. BUT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE IN A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. IT WILL BE A STANDARD AGENDA ITEM, AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN SAID. BUT I DO THINK THAT NEEDS, WE NEED TO GET ON THIS QUICKLY AND JUST MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS A POSITION OF THE COURT. IF YOU'RE COMING HERE, WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A STANDPOINT OF INCENTIVES OR LACK OF, IF YOU WILL. SO THAT WOULD BE AND I'LL SAY THIS TOO, ON MY DESK IS PROBABLY OVER A HUNDRED. AND I'M NOT A COMMISSIONER. I DON'T RUN A PRECINCT, BUT I GET COPIED OR I GET SPECIFIC. TO ME. IT'S PROBABLY OVER 100 COMPLAINTS, CONCERNS FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THESE SITUATIONS. AND THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT ANGRY. THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO KNOW WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE. WHAT IS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO US? AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND LISTEN AND EDUCATE OURSELVES ON WHAT'S GOING ON. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE AN INCENTIVE POLICY, BUT THAT'S MERELY A GUIDELINE WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY AS THE EDC, WHEN WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, THAT'S WHY BRING THEM TO YOU AND SAY, HERE IS WHAT THE PROJECT IS, HERE'S WHAT THE PROJECT IS AND LET YOU MAKE THAT DECISION. AND SO MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH. THANK YOU. CHRIS. YEAH, JUST FOR SOME CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN MY MIND, I'M AGAINST OFFERING INCENTIVES TO DATA CENTERS TO COME HERE TO PARKER COUNTY. BUT COMMISSIONER MILLER MENTIONED IT. IT'S BEEN MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES. IF THE COUNTY DOES HAVE AN INCENTIVE AND A DATA CENTER DEVELOPER COMES IN, THEN THAT INCENTIVE OR THAT CARROT, IF YOU WILL, IS WHAT GETS THEM TO MANDATE THE CLOSED SALE AND THE MORE RESPONSIBLE USES THAT WOULD BE THE ADVANTAGE OF IT. YES, YOU COULD LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE, TO GET TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THAT PROJECT. GOING BACK TO THIS PROJECT, WE WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE STEPS THAT THEY WERE MAKING AND THE COMMITMENTS THEY WERE MAKING TO IT. AND SO WE STEPPED AWAY FROM THAT PROJECT. BUT THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS THEY DON'T THAT THEY DON'T NEED OUR BLESSING TO COME INTO A COUNTY PROPERTY AND DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DESIGNED, IF IT SAVES THEM MONEY TO USE OLDER TECHNOLOGY AND NOT BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR GROUNDWATER AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO COME TO THE COUNTY TO ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, FROM FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FROM THE COUNTY. THAT IS CORRECT. [01:00:03] YEAH. THE ONLY INVOLVEMENT THERE WOULD BE IS ON THE ASK ON ANY INTEREST IN AN INCENTIVE TYPE SITUATION. AND THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO HAVE A STRONG POSITION ON. AND I THINK THIS COURT WOULD BE READY FOR THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. AND COORDINATE WITH BRIAN WITH THIS. SO. UNDERSTOOD. I THINK YOU'LL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. I THINK WE'RE PRETTY PRETTY MUCH THERE. WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU CHRIS. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO ITEM E ON AUTHORIZE RESERVE INVESTIGATORS FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION [7.E. Authorize reserve investigators for the District Attorney’s Office pursuant to Government Code sec. 41.102. (Jeff Swain / Judge Deen)] 41.102. JEFF. SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT. NO WORRIES. THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING FROM ME. SO I WAS AT A CONFERENCE RECENTLY AND THIS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION WAS BROUGHT UP. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION BEFORE AND DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HAD TO BLESS US, HAVING RESERVED DEA INVESTIGATORS SINCE WE DO NOT PAY THEM THEIR UNCOMPENSATED. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WAS A THING. SO WHEN I GOT BACK FROM THE CONFERENCE, I STARTED LOOKING AND TRYING TO FIND OUT THIS. THIS LAW PASSED IN 2015 TO SEE IF DON SNELL, MY PREDECESSOR, HAD EVER HAD THAT COME BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. I COULDN'T FIND ANY KIND OF RECORD FOR THAT. SO I WANTED TO BE SAFE AND MAKE SURE I WAS COMPLYING WITH THE LAW. AND SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT Y'ALL APPROVE OUR OFFICE HAVING UP TO TEN RESERVE DA INVESTIGATORS UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 41.102. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? HERE'S THE BUDGET THERE. ZERO IS ALWAYS THERE. CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD ANSWER. WHICH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM [7.B. Consider/Approve the appointments of Karen Gillings and James Dale Bowman for membership to the Parker County Historical Commission. (Bill Warren / Judge Deen)] B ON CONSIDER APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS OF KAREN GILLINGS AND JAMES DALE BOWMAN FOR MEMBERSHIP TO THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. BILL, I'M SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT ON THAT ONE, TOO. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHEN YOU WERE UP THERE. I'M SORRY. I'M GETTING A LITTLE RATTLED WITH THE THE THINGS GOING BACK AND FORTH. MOVING. MOVING QUICKLY. HERE. YES. OKAY. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A COUPLE OF OF NEW APPLICANTS TO THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. KAREN GILLING AND DALE BOWMAN. BOTH ARE FROM THE NORTHERN AREA OF PARKER COUNTY, AND WE DO NOT HAVE A STRONG REPRESENTATION FROM THAT AREA OF THE COUNTY. SO THIS WOULD HELP BALANCE OUT OUR COMMISSION. KAREN HAS HAS VISITED US ON, I THINK THREE OCCASIONS SO FAR. SO SHE'S FAMILIAR WITH HOW WE'RE STRUCTURED IN THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE. AND I THINK WOULD BE A WORTHWHILE ACCESS TO THAT. DALE HAS VISITED OUR OFFICE SEVERAL TIMES AND HAS ALSO ATTENDED SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORIC CEMETERY DESIGNATIONS, SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. SO I WOULD ASK PERMISSION FOR THEM TO BE APPOINTED TO HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND I DON'T. YES. KAREN IS HERE. YES. SO. KAREN, COME ON UP. YEAH. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. I'M A MULTI-GENERATION TEXAN. LOVE THIS PLACE WITH ALL MY HEART AND WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU. FOUND A GOOD ONE THERE. AND KAREN IS HERE. IS JAMES HERE? I DON'T THINK DALE. I HAVEN'T SEEN DALE. NOT HERE. WELL, WE'LL GET HIM EVENTUALLY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE FOR APPROVAL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES FIVE ZERO. Y'ALL COME ON UP AND GET YOUR PICTURE MADE WITH US. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I LOVE THAT EXPRESSION. OKAY. THAT WAS NEW TO YOU, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YOU MEET ALL RIGHT HERE. YOU'RE DEAD CENTER RIGHT THERE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WELL, WE'RE HAVING I'VE. OH, COME ON UP. COME ON IN HERE. OH, YEAH. OH, GOOD. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE TWO PICTURES. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, NO. THANK YOU. YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL I GOT HERE. YES. YEAH. THAT WAS GOOD. VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [01:05:16] OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO ITEM FIVE A ON DISCUSS TAKE ACTION ON. [5.A. Discuss/Take action on Old Weatherford Road additional services. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Hale) (Part 1 of 2)] OH WEATHERFORD ROAD ADDITIONAL SERVICES. WE HAVE CHRIS BOSCO NICHOLS. YOU WOULD COME ON UP. HI. OKAY. CHRIS. BOSCO FREESE AND NICHOLS. THIS FIRST ITEM IS OLD WEATHERFORD ROAD JUST A KIND OF ORIENTAL. THIS IS PRECINCT FOUR. THIS WAS THE PROJECT. THAT'S THE PARTNERSHIP WITH NCT COG. WHAT WE HAVE ON HERE IS SO THERE'S A COUPLE ELEMENTS IN HERE IS YOU KNOW, THAT PROJECT IS THERE'S BEEN SOME DELAYS RELATED TO UTILITIES. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN HERE IS ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES TO GET THAT PROJECT TO THE FINISH LINE. BUT ONE OF THE NEW ELEMENTS IS I WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY NOT THE DESIGN FIRM. COG HIRED THAT DESIGN FIRM DIRECTLY. SO THE, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY WAS THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE WHAT HAS EVOLVED WITH THE DESIGN FIRM? IT WAS A SMALL SHOP AND THE OWNER RETIRED. AND SO HE'S BEEN RETIRED FOR ABOUT A YEAR. AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS EARLY ON, HE WAS KIND OF WORKING WITH US. BUT THEN AS WE'VE HAD THINGS THAT NEED CHANGE HE'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE. AND SO COG ASKED US IF WE WOULD PUT TOGETHER AN EFFORT TO DO THOSE DESIGN EDITS. AND SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF ZOOM IN BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT. LET ME GET WHERE I CAN ZOOM IN SO Y'ALL CAN SEE THE DETAILS. YOU'LL SEE WE'VE LISTED A NUMBER OF DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF TODAY. SOME OF THESE ARE RELATED TO, WITH UTILITY COORDINATION, SOME CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE IN THE DESIGN RELATED TO THE DRAINAGE AND SIDEWALK. YOU'LL SEE THAT ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT. SO WHAT WE WERE TALKING TO COG ABOUT IS BASICALLY WHAT MAY COME FORWARD. AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS ALL A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. ALSO COMMISSIONER THE DRIVEWAY ADDITIONS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THAT. ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT CHANGED HANDS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT ONE ON SOME CHANGES TO THE PROJECT THAT WOULD SERVE THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THERE. SO THE ONE THING TO NOTE ON THIS I WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT IN THE BOND, WE HAVE 500,000 FROM THE COUNTY. SO THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. AND THEN THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WE'RE ASKING TODAY THAT WOULD BE APPROVED BY Y'ALL, BUT WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH COG. I WILL BE DOING A, ANOTHER TIP AMENDMENT ON THIS OVERALL PROJECT TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT. AND SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO COURT AS WE WORK WITH COG ON THAT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO UNDER ITEM B DISCUSS TAKE ACTION ON RICK WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION CHANGE ORDER. [5.B. Discuss/Take action on Ric Williamson Memorial Highway construction change order. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Holt)] CHRIS. SO THIS IS THERE'S TWO ELEMENTS IN THIS CHANGE ORDER. SO WE HAVE AND THIS WOULD BE ADDED TO THE RICK WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY PROJECT CENTRAL ROAD CULVERT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER HOLT ON AND AND SO I'M GOING TO GO FORWARD TO. SO THIS SHOWS YOU THE CHANGE ORDER DETAIL. SO THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THIS IS THE CULVERT ADDITION. BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN UNDERDRAIN THAT IS PART OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT. AND SO THE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THIS CHANGE ORDER, THIS WOULD BE WITH THAT BELL TO ADD BOTH THAT CULVERT AND THIS UNDERDRAIN. IN TERMS OF LIKE A FUNDING SUMMARY, THE PRECINCT TWO DISCRETIONARY FUNDS WOULD FUND 449,000 715 AND THEN THE 37, EIGHT, TEN, THERE WOULD BE PART OF WHAT'S IN THE CURRENT CONTINGENCY FOR RICK WILLIAMSON. SO THE TOTAL CHANGE ORDER WOULD BE 487,000 525. AND CHRIS, THIS IS, AS YOU SAID, FUNDED VIA THE PRECINCT TWO DISCRETIONARY. AND WE ARE ALSO ANTICIPATING THAT THIS WILL BE COMPLETE BEFORE SCHOOL BEGINS THIS FALL. CORRECT. YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. THAT'S BEEN THE CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH ED BELL. ONE REASON WHY IT'S BEING CHANGED IN HERE IS TO HAVE THAT KIND OF SPEED OF CONSTRUCTION. [01:10:04] OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO. AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE. I MEANT TO GET THIS IN ON YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SEVEN M ON DISCUSS WRIGHT HOUSE RENOVATIONS. [7.M. Discuss Wright House renovations, TPTF grant, moving $64,250 from program contingency for the grant match for renovations to the Wright House, FY2026 Historical Commission budget and take any action court deems necessary. (Brianna Fowler / Bianca Lord / Judge Deen)] TTF GRANT MOVING 64,251 PROGRAM CONTINGENCY WITH A GRANT MATCH FOR RENOVATIONS TO THE RIGHT HOUSE. FY 2026 HISTORICAL COMMISSION BUDGET AND TAKE ANY ACTION IT DEEMS NECESSARY. BRIANA. BIANCA HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION REGARDING THIS GRANT. THERE IS A GRANT THAT HAS A REQUIRED CASH MATCH. AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE COMMISSIONERS CORPS ALLOCATED $100,000 TO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. A PORTION OF THAT WAS PUT INTO THEIR BUDGET AND A PORTION WAS PUT INTO PROGRAM CONTINGENCY IN THE GENERAL FUND. SO THE REQUEST TODAY IS TO MOVE THE 64,000 TO 50 FROM PROGRAM CONTINGENCY INTO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION'S BUDGET TO MEET THAT CASH MATCH REQUIREMENT. AND SO WHAT THEY ARE NEEDING IS BASICALLY CERTIFICATION THAT THAT CASH MATCH IS AVAILABLE WHEN THEY APPLY FOR THIS GRANT. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. WE GO BACK TO ITEM D ONE ON INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS OF EQUIPMENT INVENTORY REPORTS. [4.D.1. Interdepartmental transfers of equipment and inventory reports.] KIM. MOVE TO ITEM TWO ON. AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF TAX TOTAL LOSS ALL FOR BIN [4.D.2. Authorize the acceptance of TAC's Total Loss Offer VIN: 422523. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] 422523. SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE JUDGE TO SIGN THE TOTAL LOSS OFFER FOR A PATROL UNIT. NUMBER NINE FOR BIN NUMBER 422523 FOR AN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL 23RD, THE TOTAL PAYMENT TO THE COUNTY WOULD BE 37,779. AND THEN THE REPLACEMENT COST ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL DAMAGE, SUSTAINED ACTUAL CASH VALUE WOULD BE 16,199. OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIES FIVE ZERO. MOVE TO ITEM THREE ON AUTHORIZATION FOR SALE OF GUNS IN THE ONLINE AUCTION. [4.D.3. Authorization for Sale of Guns in an Online Auction. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR. TO SELL THE ATTACHED LIST OF GUNS IN AN ONLINE AUCTION TO START ON JUNE 5TH THROUGH JUNE 18TH, WITH AN ADVERTISING DATE OF MAY 30TH AND JUNE 6TH. I'M SORRY, JUNE 3RD. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS REQUESTING THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THE ONLINE AUCTION BE PUT IN THEIR BUDGET TO PURCHASE NEW GUNS AND ACCESSORIES. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES FIVE ZERO. MOVE TO ITEM FOUR ON BY PC 26-37 BOMAG ASPHALT PAVER FOR PRECINCT FOUR. [4.D.4. BUY PC26-37 BOMAG Asphalt Paver for Pct. 4 (Kim Rivas / Commissioner Hale)] REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A BY BOARD PC 26-37 BOMAG CR 822 ASPHALT PAVER FOR FREE FOR PRECINCT FOUR THROUGH BARTLEBAUGH CONTRACT 788-25. AND THIS WOULD BE FROM RB EVERETT. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES. MOVE TO ITEM FIVE. REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO WAIVE THE PARKER COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY, [4.D.5. Requesting authorization to waive the Parker County Purchasing Policy section IV, C.2. requirement to obtain three written quotes for purchases totaling between $5,000 up to $99,999.99, for the purchase of law enforcement investigation SAAS. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] SECTION FOUR C TWO REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN THREE WRITTEN QUOTES FOR PURCHASE TOTALING 5000 UP TO 90 $99,999.99 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION TESTS. KIM. SO THIS SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE IS THROUGH LEEDS ONLINE'S NIGHTHAWK PROGRAM, AND THE INITIAL INVESTMENT WOULD BE 7151 AND $0.52. AND THAT WOULD GET US THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR. AND THEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS REQUESTING BUDGET IN THEIR 27 BUDGET FOR 15,509, 28 FOR THE FOLLOWING FULL YEAR. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OH. I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH. REAL QUICK. THE THE, THE INITIAL PART OF THIS, WE'RE GOING TO USE SEIZE ASSET FUNDS TO PAY FOR TO GET US TO THE NEXT BUDGET. OKAY. OUR COMPUTERS ARE RIGHT. NO, I'M GOING TO. VOCALIST. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO HANG ON ONE SECOND. OH, SORRY. WE NEED A MOTION. YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OKAY, WE HAVE MOTION. COMMISSIONER SECOND. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALTER. DISCUSSION. PLEASE HELP ME OUT. WHY ARE WE WAIVING THE PURCHASING POLICY AGAIN? AT MY REQUEST. THIS SOFTWARE IS PRETTY SPECIFIC TO WHAT WE NEED. SO THE SOLE SOURCE PROVIDER TYPE THING THERE, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT DO IT, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH LEEDS ONLINE. WE ALREADY USE ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS. THEY'RE CUTTING US A PRETTY GOOD DEAL ON THIS SINCE WE'RE ALREADY A, A USER. [01:15:02] AND THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF PRODUCT WE NEED TO, TO DO OUR CELL PHONE INVESTIGATIONS. AND YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVE TO ITEM SIX. AN AUTHORIZATION TO DECLARE SALVAGE DISPOSAL. [4.D.6. Authorization to Declare Salvage, Dispose & Scrap of Surplus Property not sold at auction. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] SCRAP OF SURPLUS PROPERTY NOT SOLD AT AUCTIONS. SO WE HAD SOME SCRAP AND PROPERTY THAT WAS NOT SOLD IN THE AUCTION THAT JUST ENDED ON FRIDAY. AND WE ARE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO DESTROY OR DESTROY THAT. THOSE ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SOLD OR DO NOT GET PICKED UP FROM THE AUCTION THAT RAN MAY 11TH THROUGH THE 22ND. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEY WENT AWAY. COMMISSIONER HOLT MADE THE MOTION. WHO MADE THE SECOND? COMMISSIONER WALTERS MADE THE SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE. I DON'T THINK WE HAD PROBLEMS WHEN SOMEONE ELSE WAS SITTING OVER THERE. MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN. AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE RFP C26-38 PAVEMENT STRIPPING SERVICES. [4.D.7. Authorization to Advertise RFP PC26-38 Pavement Striping Services. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE RFP C2626-38 FOR PAVEMENT STRIPING SERVICES. WE ANTICIPATE TO ADVERTISE ON JUNE 3RD AND JUNE 10TH WITH AN OPENING DATE OF JUNE 24TH AND ANTICIPATING AWARD DATE OF JULY 13TH OF 2026. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES FIVE ZERO. MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT ON. [4.D.8. Authorize the purchase of a docking station for Constable 1 using JP 1 Justice Technology Fund 57. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF A DOCKING STATION FOR CONSTABLE ONE USING JP ONE JUSTICE TECHNOLOGY FUND 57 CONSTABLE RAY WRIGHT FOR PRECINCT ONE AND THE JP FOR PRECINCT ONE. KELVIN MILES. HAD DISCUSSIONS AND THE JP OFFICE HAS AGREED TO PURCHASE A DOCKING STATION FOR THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE OUT OF THEIR FUND 57 COURT TECHNOLOGY FUNDS. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIES FIVE ZERO. MOVE TO ITEM NINE ON APPROVE. AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE INTERLOCAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH EQUALS EQUALS GROUP. [4.D.9. Approve and authorize the county judge to execute the Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with Equalis Group. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)] SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ALLOW THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE EXECUTE AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH THE COLES GROUP. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER RESOURCE FOR US TO UTILIZE. ALREADY CONTRACTED VENDORS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE GET THE MASS VOLUME DISCOUNTS. OKAY. WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOLTON. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES. MOVE DOWN TO ITEM SIX A ON THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE. [6.A. County Communications update. (James Caywood / Commissioner Hale)] JAMES. YEAH. I'D ASK TO PUT THIS ON HERE SIMPLY BECAUSE MISTER CAYWOOD. HE JUST OVERSAW. AND THE COMPLETION OF A MAJOR UPGRADE IN OUR COUNTY THAT BENEFITS ALL OF US, WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT. AND MISTER CAYWOOD IS A GREAT HUMAN BEING AND GREAT AT HIS JOB HERE, AND I REALLY WANTED TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND EXPLAIN GIVE US A SUMMARY OF WHAT IT WAS THAT WE DID, WHAT THE BENEFIT IS THAT WE WILL ALL BENEFIT FROM, BUT ALSO WANT TO POINT AND GIVE THANKS AND APPRECIATION WHERE IT'S DUE. SO IF YOU'LL START. OKAY, WELL APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU GREATLY. GOOD MORNING COURT. WE'VE BEEN ABOUT TWO WEEKS NOW IN OUR COMPLETION OF OUR 700MHZ SIMULCAST SYSTEM. BEST EXCLAMATION EXCLAMATION I CAN GIVE GOING FORWARD IS THE ENHANCEMENT OF COMMUNICATION FOR ALL AGENCIES AND COUNTY. THAT INCLUDES SHERIFF'S OFFICE MS POLICE, CITY OF WEATHERFORD. ALL USE THE PARK COUNTY EMERGENCY RADIO NETWORK THAT Y'ALL BEEN MAINTAINING. SO GOING FORWARD WE HAVE COMPLETED IT. WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE, I BELIEVE, $8.9 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS THAT WERE RESERVED FOR THIS. WE MADE THE DEADLINE SO WE CAN WE GOT SOME MILESTONES COMING THROUGH. SO WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT COMPLETED IT ON TIME TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE FUNDS. DONE IT. SO BETTER. ALWAYS LOOKING FOR JUST BETTER ENHANCEMENT COVERAGE FOR RADIO COVERAGE FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY USERS. THE BIGGEST THING WE HAD WAS THE MOBILES WERE PRETTY GOOD IN THE VEHICLES, BUT WHEN PEOPLE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLES WITH THEIR PORTABLES ON THE HIP TALKING, SO THEY'RE DOING A TRAFFIC STOP FIRE, FIRE, FIREFIGHTERS AT A SCENE MS GOING TO A HOUSE. THE COVERAGE WAS VERY LACKING OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. EXTREMELY SO MUCH. SO A LOT OF TIMES FRUSTRATION IS I'M GOING TO THROW IT AT THEM INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET HELP AND GOING. SO THEY HAD TO USE A LOT OF OTHER MEANS LIKE CELL PHONES, TEXTING CHASING PEOPLE. SO WITH THIS, WE WENT FROM VHF TO THE 700MHZ SIMULCAST. AND SO WITH THE WAVELENGTH OF THE 700, IT GETS BETTER PENETRATION THROUGH BUILDINGS, DIFFERENT BUILDING MATERIALS, [01:20:06] LOW E TYPE THINGS EVERYONE'S GOING TO WITH THE WINDOWS. SO WE HAVE SEEN MUCH BETTER COVERAGE WITH OUR PORTABLES. SO MUCH SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR END USERS SO FAR OUT IN THE FIELD DOING THE TESTS MYSELF. WE'VE ALSO WITH THIS GRANT, WE'VE ADDED A TOWER ON THE WEST, SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTY WITH THIS, THAT THING THAT TOWERS UP AND WORKING AS OUR PRIME SITE. AND SO ALL THE TOWERS NOW IN THE SIMULCAST, THEY ALL WORK AS A SINGLE CELL INSTEAD OF A LITTLE STUB STICKING OUT. SO SOMEONE GETS ON THE RADIO, ALL THE TOWERS USE ALL THE POWER AT ONE TIME TO BROADCAST AND HELP FIGHT THOSE COVERAGES AND DENSITY INTO BUILDINGS AND COVERAGE. SO SO FAR WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS FROM THE USERS AND SEEMS TO BE WORKING EXTREMELY WELL. THE RELIABILITY EVEN WE JUST BUILT IN THE TOWER. NOT ONLY THAT, JUST THE RELIABILITY, SOME MPLS TECHNOLOGY WE USE THE TOWER, THE RELIABILITY HAS BEEN MUCH BETTER THAN BEFORE I CAME IN OVERSEEING THE THINGS WE ALSO COMPLETED CAME IN WAS THE INTERN GRANT. WE GOT THROUGH SIRI LAST YEAR, CAME IN ON THE TAIL END OF THIS, BUT WE ACHIEVED THAT AT THE SAME TIME. SO THAT GAVE US AN INTEROP GRANT THROUGH SIRI FOR INTEROPERABILITY. OTHER AGENCIES. SO NOW JOINING INTERN CITY OF FORT WORTH WE GET A POLICE CHASE OR ANYTHING. WE CAN USE INTEROP CHANNELS FROM ALL THE WAY TO PARK COUNTY ALL THE WAY PAST DALLAS AND THE SAME COMING IN. SO THEY JUST TALK ON THE SAME CHANNEL, GREAT COMMUNICATION WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND OVERALL COMMUNICATION FEELS MUCH BETTER. I'VE ALSO INVITED LIEUTENANT OVERHOLT OVER COMMUNICATIONS AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IF YOU LIKE TO HANDS ON HOW THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING OR HEAR IT FIRSTHAND FROM PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY USE IT. YEAH. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME IF YOU HAVE. LIEUTENANT. HEY, LIEUTENANT, BEFORE YOU GET UP. I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MR. CAYWOOD. MR. KAY, WOULD YOU HAVE SAVED THE COUNTY IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. HOW MUCH DID YOU REDUCE YOUR BUDGET BY? I THINK REDUCING WAS CLOSE TO A MILLION. TRYING TO REDUCE THE COMPUTERS. WE'RE BUYING AROUND A MILLION, I BELIEVE. I THOUGHT IT WAS 1.8. WELL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN. YES, SIR. I THINK I THINK IT WAS I THINK IT WAS 1.8. I'M TRYING TO BE GIVING UP AN EMPLOYEE, MR. CAYWOOD. HOW OFTEN DO YOU WORK OUTSIDE OF 8 TO 5 ON YOUR HOURS A DAY. OH, IT'S WHATEVER IT IS. YES. YES, SIR. YES. WHATEVER'S REQUIRED. JAMES CAYWOOD, YOU ARE A FANTASTIC HUMAN. BUT YOU ARE ALSO SETTING A GOLD STANDARD FOR WHAT A GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT TO THE PEOPLE LOOKS LIKE. I SEE THROUGH THE RADIO PROJECT HOW MANY HOURS YOU PUT IN, HOW DILIGENT YOU ARE, HOW HARD YOU WORK TO REPRESENT THE THE TAXPAYERS OF PARKER COUNTY, AND YOU DO NOT GET ENOUGH PRAISE AND CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU. NOW WE GOT TO GIVE HIM A RAISE. APPRECIATE IT. NO. THANK YOU. JAMES. I SECOND THAT. AND THEN THERE'S LIEUTENANT OBERHOLTZER. I CAN'T FOLLOW THAT AT ALL. UNDERACHIEVER. SO QUICK UPDATE FROM MOST OF THE FEEDBACK I'M GETTING. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS. THE DEAD SPOTS WE DID HAVE. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYMORE. I MEAN, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE FINER DETAILS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I WOULD SAY WE'RE 100% BETTER THAN WHERE WE STARTED. RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S A LOT. 100% BETTER THAN WHERE WE STARTED. YEAH. I DON'T HAVE TO USE MY CELL PHONE ANYMORE AND CALL 911. SO YEAH, THE RADIOS ACTUALLY ARE. I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN CHEAP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. HE'S LIKE, MAN, IT JUST SOUNDS CLEAR AND I AGREE. I MEAN, THE COMMUNICATION ITSELF IS IT'S JUST A CLEAR, CRISP SOUND, RIGHT? CHIEF, YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO ALL THAT. I KNOW THE COUNTY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS PROJECT, WHETHER THEY BE COUNTY FUNDS OR FEDERAL FUNDS. I WORK FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR 33 YEARS, AND GOING BACK TO THE EARLY 90S WHEN I WAS OUT ON PATROL, AND IN MOST AREAS YOU COULDN'T USE YOUR RADIO. WE HAVE COME SO FAR ALONG NOW WITH THESE UPGRADES AND THE INVESTMENT THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS MADE THAT I'M JUST AMAZED BECAUSE I CAN SIT IN MY OFFICE AND I LISTEN TO THE RADIO EVERY DAY, AND I DON'T HEAR STATIC. I DON'T HEAR OFFICERS HAVING TO REPEAT THEMSELVES, DISPATCHERS HAVING TO REPEAT THEMSELVES. COMMUNICATION IS CLEAR AND CONCISE, AND IT'S MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE. AND THAT ALONE HAS HELPED INCREASE OFFICER SAFETY TENFOLD. [01:25:03] SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE INVESTMENT, THE JOB MADE IN US. WE WANT TO THANK MR. CAYWOOD THAT THAT'S MOSTLY HIS DOINGS. YEAH. THERE'S ANOTHER RACE. OKAY, JAMES, YOU'RE UP NEXT. WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM H7H TO DISCUSS. [7.H. Discuss/Approve the County Judge to sign Certificate of Milestone Acceptance 13 from Motorola Solutions. (James Caywood / Judge Deen)] APPROVE THE COUNTY JUDGE ASSIGNED CERTIFICATE OF MILESTONE ACCEPTANCE 13 FOR MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS. YES, SIR. THESE ARE THE FINAL MILESTONES TO ACCEPT TO FINISH OFF THIS PROJECT IN TIME FOR THE ARPA FUNDS. I'VE HAD BRIANA PURCHASING EVERYONE LOOK OVER THEM. I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO COMPLETE THEM. I'VE ACTUALLY MET THE ACCEPTANCE LATE IN THE WEEKENDS TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS AT THE LEVEL THAT SHOULD BE ACCEPTED BY THE COUNTY, AND I SAY THEY'RE READY TO ACCEPT. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIES FIVE ZERO. MOVE TO ITEM I AND DISCUSS. APPROVE THE COUNTY JUDGE SIGN CERTIFICATES OF MILESTONES ACCEPTANCE 14, [7.I. Discuss/Approve the County Judge to sign Certificates of Milestone Acceptance 14, 15, and 16 from Motorola Solutions. (James Caywood / Judge Deen)] 15 AND 16 FROM MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS. SAME THING CODE OVER ACCEPTANCE TEST THE COMMAND CENTRAL WHERE AND THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE TEST. THOSE ARE READY TO BE DONE. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES FIVE. MOVE TO ITEM J ON. [7.J. Discuss/Approve the County Judge to sign Certificate of Milestone Acceptance: Project #USTX23D720M from Motorola Solutions. (James Caywood / Judge Deen)] DISCUSS. APPROVE THE COUNTY JUDGES SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE PROJECT US TX23D720M FROM MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS. YES, THIS WAS THE SIRI GRANT SO WE GET THIS MONEY BACK. THIS WAS ALMOST $2 MILLION FOR THE INTEGRATION TO THE INTERN RADIO SYSTEM. THIS IS THE NORTH TEXAS INTEROP RADIO NETWORK. WE ARE A PART OF FOR THOSE INTEROP CHANNELS AND USING THOSE TOWERS ALSO. AND THAT IS COMPLETED. AND WE ALSO COMPLETED IT BEFORE ALL THE FIFA GAMES WERE STARTED TO THAT WAS ANOTHER PRESSURE THAT WAS COMING UP. SO WE WE MET THAT DATE TOO. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES. THANK YOU. JAMES. SO I UNDERSTAND NOW WITH WHAT YOU PRESENTED. YOU NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION WHEN YOU GO. I DO NOT KNOW, SIR. SO IT SHOULD BE GOOD. I SHOULD BE GOOD WITH YOU. YES. OKAY. OKAY. OH, I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE. [7.K. Authorization to move funds from program contingency in the amount of $3,386.52 for new cameras and intercom to be installed at the Main Tower. (James Caywood / Judge Deen)] IS THERE ONE MORE? YES. SORRY. THIS WAS ONE OTHER THING WE ARE DOING IS STILL MIGRATING. THERE WAS. WHICH WHICH ITEM IS THAT? SORRY. OKAY. OKAY. DID I LIKE THAT? WELL, I THOUGHT I DID. I SCRATCHED IT OUT. I MADE A MISTAKE. OKAY. SORRY. LET ME READ. LET ME GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT. AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FUNDS FROM PROGRAM CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF 3,386,000. WITH $3,386.52. ONE TOO MANY DIGITS FOR NEW CAMERAS AND INTERCOM DESK AREA. YES. SO ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO MOVE CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR MAIN TOWER. WE HAD SET ASIDE TO FINISH UP CAMERAS AND INTERCOM. SO GOING FORWARD ALL OF OUR TOWER SITES WERE DOING MUCH BETTER. AND WE HAVE INTERCOM ACCESS GOING ON, SO THEY'LL HAVE TO BE BUZZED IN BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DISPATCH CENTER WITH OUR VERKADA SYSTEM KNOWN TECHNICIANS THAT WE KNOW MOTOROLA AND OUR C JUST CERTIFIED, THEIR PICTURE WILL COME UP, SHOW THEY'RE ALLOWED, AND SO THEY'LL BE ALLOWED TO LET THEM IN INSTEAD OF PEOPLE JUST WALKING IN AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE. THEY'LL HAVE TO BE BUZZED IN GOING FORWARD. SO OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONNELLY. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES NOW. THANK YOU. SORRY. IS FREEZER NICHOLS HERE? JESSICA BROWN COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING. THIS ITEM IS FREEZING. NICHOLS PRESENTATION UPDATE OF THE PARKER COUNTY WATER STUDY AND IMPLEMENTATION. [6.B. Freese & Nichols presentation and update of the Parker County Water Study and implementation of a Public Utility Authority. (Kim Rivas / Commissioner Walden)] PUBLIC UTILITY AUTHORITY. SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT. NO. NO WORRIES, NO WORRIES. THANKS, SIR. NOT AT ALL. OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF IMPORTANT BUSINESS. OBVIOUSLY NOT AN ACCIDENT. PROBABLY. YOU TALKED ABOUT DATA CENTERS BEFORE I CAME BEFORE YOU. SO I'M JUST HERE MAINLY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE WATER SUPPLY INITIATIVE. I DON'T KNOW IF. COMMISSIONER WALTON, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE I START. JUST. JUST A LITTLE. I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO DO THE HISTORY AND. AND BY THE WAY, YOU'RE JESSICA BROWN FROM NICHOLS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. AND SO FOR THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS, WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON SOLVING THE COUNTY'S WATER PROBLEM WE TOOK THE ARPA COMMITTEE AND TURNED IT OVER INTO THE WATER COMMITTEE, WHICH WE CALL HYDROLOGY 2050. AND MYSELF, JOHN FORREST AND JUDGE DEAN ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL AS MR. [01:30:06] HEIZER BACK HERE IN THE BACK AND ANYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. BUT BUT EVERYBODY SEVERAL MEMBERS, WE'VE HAD A JILLION MEETINGS. BUT THE BEST THING THAT WE DID WAS HIRE FREESE AND NICHOLS TO GUIDE US. AND WE WE RECOGNIZE FREESE AND NICHOLS HERE AS OUR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS. BUT BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT THEY'RE WATER ENGINEERS AND, AND ALL OVER THE STATE AND ALL OVER SEVERAL STATES. AND SO THIS IS THEIR, THIS IS ACTUALLY THEIR MAIN FOCUS IS WATER. AND SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SELECTED THEM BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF GUIDANCE DIRECTION AND GET US FOCUSED IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION. AND IF YOU'LL RECALL NOT THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT THE PRIOR ONE, WE MIGHT ATTEMPT TO GET A WATER DISTRICT FORMED, WHICH WOULD HAVE INCLUDED PARKER, PALO PINTO AND STEVENS COUNTIES. AND THAT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. AND SO IN THAT AFTER THAT TIME FRAME, WE CAME ALONG WITH SOME FOLKS THAT HAD SOME GUIDANCE AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT GOES ON IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE AS FAR AS HOW TO MANAGE THEIR WATER ISSUES THERE. AND SO WE WERE GUIDED BY THEM TO SAY, HEY, DOWN HERE AT FILL IN THE BLANK COUNTY, THEY'RE FORMING A PUAA PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY. AND THAT PUA THEN HAS ALMOST THE SAME AUTHORITY AND POWERS AS A WATER DISTRICT. AND JESSICA'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. NOW, RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN MAKING, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE TIME WHEN WE'RE GOING TO FORM THIS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT THAN WE HAVE BEEN ON THE WORLD TOUR RECENTLY. AND SO ANDREW, JESSICA AND I ARE. AND OTHERS, BRIAN AND OTHERS COME AROUND AND WE WE GO TO DIFFERENT MEETINGS. THE JUDGE. SO WE'VE BEEN SEVERAL PLACES AND WE HAVE A JILLION MORE ON THE ON THE AGENDA, ON THE CALENDAR HERE COMING FORWARD IN THE NEXT MONTH TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THE REASON FOR IT. AND SO THAT THERE'S NO MISINFORMATION OUT THERE AND WE'RE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. SO JESSICA IS THE LEAD. JESSICA BROWN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND DEFINITELY HUGE KUDOS AND THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER WALDEN FOR BEING OPEN TO THIS. HE'S SPENT A LOT OF TIME. I PROBABLY CAN START CALLING HIM A WATER EVANGELIST IF I WANTED TO, BUT HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THE GIVING THE INTRODUCTION TO EACH OF THE ENTITIES THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTING TO BUT MAINLY WANTED TO COME AND GIVE AN UPDATE TO ALL OF YOU. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE TALKED TO YOU AT DIFFERENT TIMES ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH WITH EACH OF THE ENTITIES. AND SO WE WANTED YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THAT. SO OBVIOUSLY COMMISSIONER WALDEN KIND OF HIT ON A LOT OF THE DRIVERS FOR THE STUDY. WE'LL SHOW YOU A FEW DATA POINTS WITH THAT KIND OF AN OVERVIEW. WE'LL KIND OF HIT ON WHERE WE ARE ON THAT. AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN MENTIONED, THE PUA DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THEN KIND OF OUR NEXT STEPS. SO WE'VE SHOWN YOU THIS GRAPH BEFORE, ALTHOUGH WE'VE ACTUALLY UPDATED IT TO HAVE THE MOST RECENT DATA. AS YOU KNOW, PARKER COUNTY HAS, HAS DRILLED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF GROUNDWATER WELLS. THIS IS A 22 YEAR HISTORY HERE. BUT OUT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND REALLY DOUBLE OUR NEXT CLOSEST ENTITY, WHICH OF COURSE IS OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH. AT, IN WISE COUNTY THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS WITH THOSE WELLS, WE'RE HAVING TO DRILL THEM DEEPER. AND THIS IS AN AVERAGE OVER THE COURSE OF ALL OF THOSE. AND WE'RE NOT SEEING AS MUCH YIELD FROM THOSE. AND SO WE'RE WANTING TO LOOK AT, AGAIN, DIVERSIFYING THE WATER SUPPLY COMING INTO THE COUNTY. NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE FOR GROWTH, BUT ALSO TO PRESERVE WATER FOR THOSE OF US WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH IS THE STATE WATER PLAN. AND SO WE ARE IN REGION C IN THE STATE AND THAT HAS JUST RECENTLY BEEN ADOPTED FOR 2026. AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN BLUE ARE THE, THE BLUE ON THE BOTTOM ARE TOTAL EXISTING SUPPLIES. YELLOW ARE THOSE SUPPLIES THAT ARE PLANNED FOR IN THE STATE WATER PLAN. AND THEN THAT LINE, THE KIND OF DARKER COLORED LINE THAT GOES UP, THAT IS THE PROJECTED DEMAND IN THE COUNTY. AGAIN, THE STATE WATER PLAN LOOKS OUT 50 YEARS FOR THIS INITIATIVE. WE'RE LOOKING OUT 50 YEARS, YOU KNOW, WITH WATER SUPPLY, YOU HAVE TO LOOK OUT 50 YEARS. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE GAP IN THAT. AND SO THE GOAL IS NOT ANY DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED, AGAIN, LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS FOR SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, NEEDS FOR THE COUNTY. I THINK WHEN WE VERY FIRST PRESENTED THIS TO YOU WAS A BUNCH OF BOXES, BUT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW IT TO YOU KIND OF COMPREHENSIVELY. AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ITEMS. I JUST WANT TO HIT ON SOME OF THE DATA POINTS. THE ONE COMMISSIONER WALDEN MENTIONED YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT AGENCY OPTIONS AND I HAVE A KIND OF SUMMARY SLIDE THAT SHOWS YOU, [01:35:05] YOU KNOW, WHY WE WENT WITH THE OPTION THAT WE DID. AND SO WE VERY EARLY ON RECOMMENDED FORMING A PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY. WELL, THAT TAKES PASSING OF A CONCURRENT ORDINANCE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE COST SHARING. AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING OUT 50 YEARS FOR THERE, WE'VE BEEN DOING MEETINGS WITH POTENTIAL PROVIDERS. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE, THOSE HAVE GONE VERY WELL. KIND OF REALLY THE LAST DATA POINT THEY'RE WAITING ON FROM US IS WHAT IS EXACTLY THAT NEED. AND FOR THAT, WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO IS IN. AND SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE ON THAT SIDE TO GETTING INTO COMMUNICATION. AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN MENTIONED, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TRYING TO WALK THROUGH THIS WITH EVERYONE, HELP THEM WITH THE DECISION MAKING. YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME INITIAL PARTNERING MEETINGS BACK IN NOVEMBER. WE HAD THE WATER SYMPOSIUM AT THE SHERIFF'S POSSE. THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. SO WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I JOKED, I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE LOST SOME SLEEP THAT WEEK LEADING UP TO THAT, BUT, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED WITH THE TURNOUT OF THAT. WE ACTUALLY ARE IN DISCUSSIONS OF DOING THAT AGAIN. WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY THE EARLY NOVEMBER TIME PERIOD. WE ARE VETTING OUT SUBJECTS FOR THAT. I'LL BE HONEST, DATA CENTERS WAS ALREADY ON OUR LIST. AND SO THAT IS NOT, AGAIN, NOT TAKING A STANCE ON THAT, JUST AN EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT. AND SO IF YOU HAVE PARTICULAR TOPICS THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE TIMELY AND INTERESTING FOR THE COUNTY, PLEASE LET US KNOW. AS WE MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN DOING SPECIFIC PARTNERING MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S CONSISTED OF THE TWO LARGER MEETINGS THAT WE HAD INITIALLY TO KIND OF EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. WE'VE HAD THREE ORDINANCE MEETINGS TO WALK EVERYONE THROUGH THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THOSE LARGE MEETINGS, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH EACH OF THOSE ENTITIES TO DETERMINE WHAT QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE. AGAIN, WITH LOOKING AT NOW WHERE THOSE DEMANDS ARE. OBVIOUSLY, WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THERE ARE. AND THEN THE LATTER PART, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS HOW TO PAY FOR THAT. AND SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES, WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES. SO I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THEM. WE ACTUALLY HAVE RECENTLY PUT IN A REQUEST FOR A FEDERAL APPROPRIATION TO HELP CONTINUE THIS EFFORT THIS NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'S CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD. SO OBVIOUSLY REGIONAL COLLABORATION CONSIDERATIONS. I MEAN, THESE KIND OF GO WITHOUT SAYING, OBVIOUSLY THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE ARE CHALLENGING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT EASY OPTIONS LEFT. IF YOU LOOK BACK AT OUR KIND OF PREDECESSORS IN THE 1950S, THERE WERE A LOT OF OPTIONS. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT COST. I DON'T HAVE TO INFORM YOU ALL ABOUT THAT. OBVIOUSLY, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT THAT WATER SUPPLY COULD HAVE ON POTENTIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN AT THE END, REALLY, AND I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, BECOME EVEN MORE APPARENT AS WE'VE BEEN MEETING NOT HAVING ANY KIND OF FRAMEWORK TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A WAY FOR THAT. SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THE REGIONAL ENTITY OPTIONS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE, BUT JUST TO SAY THE PUA OPTION ON THE LEFT IS THE ONE WE ARE GOING WITH. THE WATER DISTRICT IS ON OPTION IS ON THE RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE KIND OF TWO BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE. A LOT OF THE PUA SIDE. THOSE ARE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK OUT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. SO THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS AS WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS. IT'S EACH OF THOSE ENTITIES WORKING TOGETHER AND MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. YOU KNOW THE WATER DISTRICT SIDE AGAIN, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT ALL BEFORE WE FILED THE BILL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD TO WORK OUT. TWO LAST THINGS ON THAT. ONE IS A PUA DOES NOT HAVE TAXING AUTHORITY PER STATUTE. SO, YOU KNOW, HERE, HERE THAT IF YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE HERE THAT NO TAXING AUTHORITY. THE OTHER IS, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE INITIALLY FORMING A PUA THAT DOES NOT CLOSE THE DOOR AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD OF BECOMING A REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT. SO IT IS AN OPTION WE COULD PURSUE. I WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU JUST A SECOND. THE. SO IF ANYBODY'S LISTENING HASN'T HEARD ANY OF THIS BEFORE, THE PUA IS OUTLINED IN CODE, AND IT IS ALL ABOUT THE FORMATION OF IT. AND I THINK I FAILED TO MENTION THAT THIS PUA WILL ONLY BE FOR PARKER COUNTY. YES, SIR. IT IS IS A REGIONAL SOLUTION, BUT IT'S ONLY FOR PARKER COUNTY, WHICH DOES NOT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM REACHING OUT AND JOINING UP WITH OTHER GROUPS, BUT IT IS A REGIONAL SOLUTION. AND THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD REALLY DOESN'T WANT TO BE DEALING WITH ONE OF THE SMALLER WATER ENTITIES LIKE RIO BRAZOS, BUT REAL BRAZOS CAN BE A PART OF OUR PARKER COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY. AND SO THEN THEY HAVE SOME ASSURANCE THAT WE'RE WE'RE REACHING A REGIONAL SOLUTION RATHER THAN JUST A SMALL, SMALL COMMUNITY SOLUTION FOR, FOR OUR WATER NEEDS THERE. SO IT'S WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF EVERYBODY AND NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANYBODY THAT'S, THAT'S ALREADY IN EXISTENCE, BUT ONLY BEING THERE TO HELP THEM AND MOVE FORWARD. AND ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT IS WHILE I'VE INTERRUPTED YOU. [01:40:01] NO, GO AHEAD. IF YOU IF YOU LOOK BACK ON THAT SLIDE THERE AND IT SHOWS WHERE THE WATER ENTITIES HAVE THEIR AREAS, THEIR CCN AREAS BACK THERE. YOU WILL NOTICE IN THAT THE ALL THE AREA THAT'S I DON'T KNOW WHAT COLOR THAT IS, JESSICA, BUT WE'LL CALL IT TAN TAN COLOR THERE THAT ARE THOSE ARE AREAS IN PARKER COUNTY THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY ANY WATER ENTITY. SO THOSE THOSE FALL UNDER THE PARKER COUNTY OTHER, I GUESS. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THE COUNTY IS TAKING SUCH A BIG ROLE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. NO, NO, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. WELL, AND TO ADD ON TO THAT, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDING AND WORKING WITH THESE WHOLESALE PROVIDER OR POTENTIAL WHOLESALE PROVIDERS, THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. THEY DON'T WANT 50 DIFFERENT REQUESTS COMING IN. THEY WOULD PREFER TO WORK WITH A REGIONAL ENTITY. SO THAT DEFINITELY COMES INTO CONSIDERATION. SO ON THE BENEFIT SIDE, OBVIOUSLY ECONOMIES OF SCALE, YOU KNOW, ANY TIME YOU JOIN TOGETHER, THE OVERALL COST TYPICALLY ENDS UP BEING LOWER TO EACH ENTITY. WE MENTIONED KIND OF THE PARTNERING ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THINGS. OBVIOUSLY ON THE WATER SUPPLY STRATEGIES AND FUNDING THIS ENTITY IS INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT STATE WATER PLAN. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE IT MAKES US ELIGIBLE FOR WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FUNDS. AND SO WE MADE SURE WE PLACED THIS ENTITY IN, IN THE PLAN EARLY ON. AND THEN AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, PLANNING FOR THOSE UNDEVELOPED AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS. SO THE MAP THAT YOU SEE HERE, THE GREEN, ARE THE ENTITIES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD. THE PURPLE OR ENTITIES WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO, BUT THEY ARE CURRENTLY NOT PART OF IT. AND THEN ALL THE IN BETWEEN, AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN MENTIONED, IS OUR UNDEVELOPED UNINCORPORATED COUNTY. SO HOW DOES THAT WORK ON THOSE THAT ARE SAYING THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE OR NON-RESPONSIVE? YES. IF AND WHEN THE RESOURCES BECOME AVAILABLE? YES, SIR. REALLY GOOD QUESTION. SO THERE WILL BE PROVISIONS THAT SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO JOIN LATER WILL PROBABLY HAVE A DIFFERENT WATER RATE AND A DIFFERENT COST THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO INCUR TO BECOME A MEMBER. AND SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY BE A WISE MOVE TO BE AN ORIGINAL MEMBER. OTHERWISE IT'S GOING TO COST MORE DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL THE COSTS BACK TO DAY ONE TO BECOME A MEMBER. SO IS THAT I GUESS IS THAT BEING MESSAGE TO THOSE FOLKS? YES IT IS. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO RISK AND THEY COULD JUST JUMP ON THE RIDE THE COATTAILS LATER ON. I THINK THAT I WAS HOPING THAT THAT WAS THE ANSWER, BUT I WASN'T SURE. IT IS. IT IS VERY THAT VERY MUCH HAS COME ACROSS IN EVERY MEETING. AND THAT'S. AND THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR AN ENTITY ON OUR SIDE TO ASK REAL QUICK. THANK YOU. OH YEAH. NO REALLY GOOD QUESTION. THANKS FOR ASKING THAT. YES, DEFINITELY. WELL, BECAUSE THAT LEADS INTO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE LISTING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, BUT THIS IS THE LISTING OF THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AND AT THIS TIME ARE PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. WE ARE DOING PRESENTATIONS, AS I MENTIONED TO EACH OF THESE EITHER COUNCILS OR BOARDS. JUST TO AGAIN, DETERMINE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE ORDINANCE COMES TO THEM OR ANY CONCERNS. AND AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN MENTIONED, WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS. I BELIEVE THAT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND JUNE 25TH, I THINK IS OUR LAST ONE. SO BUT YES, EVEN THOUGH WE MAYBE HAVE INITIALLY GOTTEN A NO FROM SOMEONE, WE DO STILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM IN THE COMMUNICATION. IF FOR SOME REASON THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE BRING THE ORDINANCE FORWARD. THEY STILL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US. SO ON THE PUA FORMATION PROCESS, THIS IS COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'VE SHOWN BEFORE TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ARE KIND OF IN THOSE FIRST FOUR BOXES. YOU KNOW, WHO'S A PART OF IT? WHAT ARE THE POWERS? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE SERVICE AREA OF THAT? AND THEN THE BOARD POSITIONS AND THEN WORKING THROUGH AND DEVELOPING THAT ORDINANCE AND USER KIND OF FINANCING AGREEMENT. AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD THREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS ON THAT ORDINANCE AND FINANCING AGREEMENT AND HAVE GOTTEN GREAT COMMENTS FROM EACH OF THE ENTITIES. WE HAVE ADDRESSED ALL OF THE ONES WE HAVE GOTTEN TO DATE. WE'VE GONE THROUGH KIND OF TWO ROUNDS AND SO WE'VE SENT THAT BACK OUT. SO WE'RE JUST WAITING TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS POINT. FROM THERE IT GOES THROUGH A NOTICING PROCESS. IT HAS TO BE PUBLISHED IN A COUNTY NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION. AND THEN IT'LL COME TO EACH IN THIS, IN THIS CASE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO EACH OF THE COUNCILS, TO THE BOARDS, ETC. FOR APPROVAL. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OVER THE SUMMER TIME PERIOD. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE AND THE USER AGREEMENTS, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS. BOTH GO AT THE SAME TIME. AGAIN, WHO'S PART OF THAT, WHAT THE BOARD MEMBERSHIP IS, WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE OF A BOARD MEMBER, QUALIFICATIONS, TERMS, ETC.. POSITIONS AND PROCEDURES, AGENCY POWERS, VOTING IN TERMS OF VOTING RIGHTS, THAT'S PROBABLY VOTING. AND THEN THE COST ARE THE TWO THINGS WE PROBABLY HAD THE MOST DISCUSSION ON. NOT SURPRISING. I WOULD TOO. [01:45:02] AND THE FISCAL YEAR, THAT WAS THE EASIEST ONE BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME ONE. SO ON THE USER AGREEMENT SIDE, AGAIN, THE COST SHARING FOR INITIAL FUNDING, YOU KNOW, UNTIL YOU START SELLING WATER ALLOWANCE FOR REIMBURSEMENT, THAT WAS A VERY KEY DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD. THESE ENTITIES ARE INITIALLY PARTICIPATING. AND SO WE ARE ALLOWING FOR THOSE ENTITIES TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THOSE INITIAL COST SHARING. YOU KNOW, ONCE WE START TO TURN YOU KNOW, ONCE THE, YOU KNOW, WE START SELLING WATER, ETC. THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT AND THEN WHO THE FISCAL AGENT IS. SO FOR WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE WHAT WE AGREED ON BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE FOUR YEAR TERMS. WE'RE NOT PROVIDING FOR ANY TERM LIMITS. THOSE WILL BE STAGGERED INITIALLY. OBVIOUSLY HALF THE BOARD WOULD BE TWO, HALF THE BOARD WOULD BE FOUR. IF AN ENTITY CHOOSES TO REAPPOINT THE SAME PERSON, THEY'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO BOARD QUALIFICATIONS. FAIRLY BASIC. SOME OF OUR ENTITIES ARE VERY SMALL, SO THEY HAVE A VERY SMALL POOL TO PULL FROM. FISCAL YEAR, AS I MENTIONED, WAS EASY. IT IS A FIVE YEAR TERM AND THEY WOULD BE RENEWABLE ANNUALLY AFTER THAT. AND THE FISCAL AGENT WOULD BE THE COUNTY. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE. THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL OBVIOUSLY IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT IT'S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD ON THE MEMBERSHIP RULES. SO MAYBE EVEN GOING A LITTLE FURTHER ON THE QUESTION IS IF SOMEONE JOINS, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO EXIT? AND THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS TO THAT. THE FIRST IS BEFORE THE ENTITY ISSUES DEBT. THEY. THEY JUST HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE THROUGH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 572 REQUIREMENTS. IT HAS 180 DAY NOTICE. AND SO THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE NOTICE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THROUGH AN ORDINANCE AFTER DEBT IS ISSUED. YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GET INTO IS THAT ENTITY EITHER HAS TO TRANSFER OR PAY OFF THEIR DEBT DEBT OBLIGATION, AND THEY HAVE TO SELL, YOU KNOW, THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THAT. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE KIND OF AND THAT'S PER STATUTE. THAT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH. THAT'S IN CHAPTER 572. SO COST SHARING, AS I MENTIONED, THIS WAS OTHER THAN VOTING WAS PROBABLY THE THING WE DISCUSSED THE MOST. AND SO WE HAVE A RELATIVELY TIERED SETUP. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SIZES OF ENTITIES THERE. AND SO WE WANTED TO ALLOW FOR A WIDE PARTICIPATION. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REVISITED, YOU KNOW, BY THE BOARD AFTER IT'S SEATED, BUT THIS IS WHAT WAS COME UP COME ABOUT AS A POINT OF DISCUSSION. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. YOU KNOW, FOR EACH OF OUR ENTITIES IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE IN DETAIL, BUT YOU CAN GET AN IDEA. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IN ADDITION TO THE COST PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITY HAS ALSO OFFERED SOME IN-KIND SERVICES. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS IN, IN TERMS OF MEETING PREP, ETC. WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS OBVIOUSLY ONCE THIS ENTITY STANDS UP, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, ON THE YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ANNUAL AUDIT TO APPLY FOR WATER DEVELOPMENT, BOARD FUNDS, ETC. OBVIOUSLY, THERE CAN BE LEGAL THINGS AS YOU ENTER INTO CONTRACTS, ETC.. AND SO WE KIND OF HAVE TWO PHASES TO THAT. THE FIRST PHASE BEFORE YOU HAVE STAFF, AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE AFTER YOU HAVE STAFF. AND SO WHAT A LOT OF ENTITIES WILL DO INITIALLY BEFORE THEY START UP IS THAT THEY'LL CONTRACT FOR CERTAIN SERVICES BECAUSE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED SOMEONE FULL TIME, THEY'LL CONTRACT LEGAL, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE, ETC.. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PUA PHASING WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN REALLY KIND OF WORKING IN THIS INITIAL PHASE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL WE HAVE WATER SUPPLY OPTIONS SECURED. AND THEN GOING INTO CONSTRUCTING PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTS, ETC.. SO I MENTIONED THE TIMELINE. YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT IS IN THE JULY AUGUST TIME PERIOD IS WHAT WE'RE TARGETING. THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING NOW. SO THAT THE ONE, THE FIRST TIME YOU DON'T HEAR THAT IS WHENEVER, WHENEVER WE COME TO YOU WITH THE ORDINANCE. BUT THEN TWO, IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TO GET THAT. AND SO EACH OF THOSE ORDINANCES WILL BE PASSED BY EACH OF THE ENTITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING. AND THEN AFTER THAT, EACH ENTITY DESIGNATES THEIR THEIR BOARD MEMBER, AND THEN THEY AND THEN WE'LL SEAT THE BOARD AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH OBVIOUSLY ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH AS YOUR AS YOU'RE STARTING UP AN AGENCY, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISH POLICY PROCEDURES, BYLAWS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO I DON'T NEED TO TALK, HOPEFULLY TALK Y'ALL INTO ANY OF THIS. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WHAT WE'VE ENDED WITH. SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE, BUT I WILL ASK IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION ON ON THE AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT DON'T HAVE SUPPLIES. ARE THERE OPTIONS FOR THESE MAYBE THE PARTICIPATING ENTITIES TO EXPAND FOR THE. WELL, THAT'S NOT THE MAP, BUT ONE OF THOSE, THE SLIDES THAT SHOWED THE AREAS THAT HERE IS THIS ONE YOU'RE THINKING OF, MAYBE NOT ONE THAT SHOWS THAT GO BACK. YEAH. THE PURPLE AND THE GREEN. YEAH, THAT'S THAT ONE. THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. YES. SO THE TAN AREAS IN THE COUNTY ARE THOSE AREAS. IF SOMEBODY CAN ONE OF THESE WATER UTILITIES EXPAND OR CAN NEW ONES BE. [01:50:02] YEAH. WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS ON THESE AREAS I GUESS. YES. YES. SO I THINK THE THING THAT THE COUNTY WIDE ENTITY BRINGS TO US IS THE ABILITY TO PLAN AND TO PLAN AND FOR THESE AREAS THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY ANYBODY'S. AND, AND ONE OF THE POINTS THAT I MAKE EVERY TIME IS THAT NO ONE IS PLANNING FOR PARKER COUNTY WATER EXCEPT OUR GROUP. NOBODY THAT WE'RE IN THE STATE WATER PLAN. YOU ARE STATE WATER PLAN. DON'T DO ANYTHING TO BRING MORE WATER IN HERE. NO, IT'S ONLY THIS GROUP. NO ONE ELSE. SO THERE IS NO OTHER STRUCTURE. SO WHAT THIS PROVIDES IS THE STRUCTURE TO MAKE THE PLAN FOR OUR REGION HERE, OUR REGION OF PARKER COUNTY, SO THAT WE PLAN OUT HOW HOW EXPANSION SHOULD OCCUR FOR THESE DIFFERENT WATER ENTITIES OR A NEW WATER ENTITY THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE FORMED, THAT WOULD SERVE THOSE AREAS. OKAY. ONE THING ON THIS MAP THAT I HAVE TO POINT OUT EVERY TIME THAT THAT LITTLE SQUIGGLY LINE THERE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S THE BRAZOS RIVER BASIN DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE BRAZOS ON THE LEFT AND THE TRINITY ON THE RIGHT. AND. IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TAKE WATER FROM ONE SIDE AND SELL IT ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IS TRYING TO TRYING TO FIT OUR DEAL. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COUNTY THAT HAS THAT SITUATION, BUT WE MAY BE THE ONE WITH THE MOST NEED. I THINK THAT THAT'S TRYING TO, TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM, BECAUSE WE'RE DEFINITELY HAVE A DIVISION THERE WITHIN OUR COUNTY AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO CROSS OVER. SO JUST POINTING THAT OUT IS ONE OF THE THINGS. BUT, BUT THE REGIONAL SOLUTION SO THAT THERE'S NO DUPLICATION PUTS US IN A POSITION WITH THIS ENTITY TO ACCESS SOME FUNDING THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT BE THERE. IF YOU RECALL, WE VOTED ON A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO DEDICATE $1 BILLION PER YEAR IN TEXAS FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS TO TO GO TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATER. AND IT WILL MAKE US ELIGIBLE TO, TO APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING TO, TO SOLVE SOME OF THE NEEDS HERE. AGAIN, THIS IS A THE BEGINNING STEPS. WISE COUNTY IS IN THE SAME PLACE THAT WE ARE. THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THEIRS FORMED, BUT THEY'RE STILL MAKING DECISIONS THERE IN THE BEGINNING STEPS AS WELL. AND BUT, BUT I HAVE TO POINT THIS OUT EVERY TIME TOO. ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS, AND IT DIED BECAUSE PEOPLE STARTED DROPPING OUT OF IT BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING AT THEIR OWN INTERESTS RATHER THAN THE INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. AND SO WE'RE OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFUL AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME THING BECAUSE AS WE GO AROUND TO THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS START COMING. WELL, YOU KNOW, HOW'S THIS GOING TO BENEFIT ME? YOU KNOW, HOW AM I GOING TO HAVE MY VOICE HEARD? HOW ARE, YOU KNOW? AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS. ME, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS. AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO TO MODIFY THE WAY THINGS WERE TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE, TO MAKE THEM FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE THAT THAT WE DO HAVE A SOLUTION HERE THAT IS A WORKABLE SOLUTION. AND IT DOES WORK IN OTHER PARTS OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME AND WILL WORK HERE AS WELL. SO, SO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I KNOW LIKE HUDSON OAKS AND WILLOW PARK, THEY, THEY GOT THEIR WATER AND SECURED A WATER SUPPLY FROM IS IT TARRANT FORT WORTH, THE CITY OF FORT WORTH. FORT WORTH. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IF WE SECURED FUNDING AND THE WAY MY MIND WORKS, WE ALREADY HAVE RIGHT OF WAY. OR THE STATE DOES WHAT? THESE INTERSTATES AND HIGHWAYS OUT HERE, AND YOU PUT IN AN INTERSTATE SIZE WATER LINE COMING FROM WHERE IT RAINS IN THE EAST AND WE RUN IT WEST. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO STOP AT THAT LINE BECAUSE IT COULD NOT GO INTO THE BRAZOS BASIN, OR DO WE KNOW IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS TO GET THAT LINE TO KEEP GOING WEST? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. BUT IT MAY BE DOABLE. IT MAY BE. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH ENTITIES THAT ARE BOTH ON THE TRINITY SIDE AND ON THE BRAZOS SIDE. I UNDERSTAND. BUT YES, TO YOUR POINT LET'S USE MILLSAP FOR EXAMPLE. MILLSAP IS NOT GOING TO GET A PIPELINE COMING FROM THE EAST. MILLSAP THEY'RE TOO FAR ON THE OTHER SIDE. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT AS A REGIONAL AREA HERE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE POSSIBLE THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE POSSIBLE. YES, SIR. SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS NO IN THEORY. BUT ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS THAT COULD POSSIBLY COME TO BE SOME CHANGES THAT MIGHT COME TO BE? YEAH. AND IT WORKS BETTER IF THERE'S A REGIONAL AREA THAT SAYS, HEY, HERE'S OUR PROBLEM, HELP US SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, THAN IF IT WAS JUST THE 500 CUSTOMERS IN A SMALL AREA DOWN HERE TRYING TO DO THAT. [01:55:06] SO WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED. PLEASE PROCEED. YEAH. THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD HAVE BEEN ON SERVING THE PROPORTIONAL PART OF THAT. SO IT'S NOT SAYING AN ENTITY IS GOING TO GO AND TRACE MOLECULES BEHIND THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE BASED ON PROJECTED DEMAND AND AND CALCULATING THAT. YEAH. I'M JUST I'M ASKING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. NO, ABSOLUTELY. I WANT TO TRY AND EDUCATE MYSELF. ONE OTHER THING THAT COMES UP IS THE SAY THE ABILITY OF THIS ENTITY TO BRING CUSTOMERS. WELL, YOU USE HUDSON OAKS AND WILLOW PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, OR WEATHERFORD, FOR EXAMPLE. YOU KNOW, IN THEORY, THEY'VE GOT PLENTY OF WATER ALREADY COMING FROM THE EAST. WHY WOULD THEY BE A PART OF THIS ENTITY? WELL, 2 OR 3 REASONS. ONE, THIS IS THE BEST INSURANCE YOU CAN HAVE FOR GETTING ADDITIONAL WATER. IF YOU JOIN IN AND YOU'RE PART OF THIS, YOU. YOU PROBABLY HAVE ADEQUATE WATER NOW, BUT YOU MAY NOT HAVE ADEQUATE WATER IN 20 YEARS. AND SO THIS WILL GIVE YOU ACCESS TO THAT. IT ALSO WILL GIVE YOU ACCESS TO, FOR THE THE PUA TO BORROW FUNDS AT A REALLY LOW INTEREST RATE FOR YOUR ENTITY TO. BUT THE SECOND THING, YOU KNOW WHAT WE. WEATHERFORD. FOR EXAMPLE, WEATHERFORD HAS GOT A PIPELINE TO BENBROOK LAKE. WHY WOULD THEY BE A PART OF THIS? I USE I SAY THIS EVERY TIME ONE. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I'M I'M QUOTING I'M QUOTING FROM JAMES HOTOP. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SECONDLY THEY'VE ALREADY GOT SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN. THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF IT BECAUSE IT BENEFITS THEM TO HAVE OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY THAT HAVE WATER INSTEAD OF OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY DRYING UP, BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT FOLKS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS COME HERE AND SPEND MONEY IN THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD. AND THE OTHER DEAL IS IT'S AN INSURANCE POLICY FOR THEM FOR ADDITIONAL WATER AS WELL. AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY PROBABLY FOR WATER TO FLOW HERE AND THEN FLOW OUT TO OTHER AREAS THAT THEY WOULD BE TREATING AND ARE, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE SOME WAY. AND COMMISSIONER ALSO WOULD IT SHOWS YOU A UNIFIED APPROACH FROM THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, AS A STRONGER VOICE THROUGH OUR LEGISLATURE AND TRYING TO GET RESOURCES, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. WE CAN GO AND SAY, THIS IS OUR PROBLEM. WE NEED HELP SOLVING THAT PROBLEM. AND WE'VE GOT IT. WE I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THE WHAT THE EVENT WAS. REPUBLICAN EVENT. I GUESS WE HAD THAT ONE EVENING. I THINK YOU WERE PROBABLY THERE DOWN SOUTH HERE. AND WE HAD ALMOST ALL OF OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. ARE THERE REPRESENTATIVES THERE STANDING ON THE STAGE AT THE SAME TIME SAYING, WE WILL HELP YOU GET MORE WATER HERE IN PARKER COUNTY? THAT'S PRETTY POWERFUL. ONE OF THE SMALLER WATER COMPANIES WOULD NOT GET THAT KIND OF RESPONSE, I DON'T THINK. BUT AS THE COUNTY, WE HAVE SOME CLOUT AND WE HAVE SOME WHERE IT'S RECOGNIZED AND I'LL RECOGNIZE MELANIE BACK HERE FOR FOR SENATOR HAGAN. BUT WE WE HAVE THEIR EAR. WE HAVE THEIR SUPPORT. AND AS WE FORM OUR PUA, THEY WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR US TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES HERE. WE HAVE THAT FROM EVERY ELECTED PERSON IN WASHINGTON AND IN AUSTIN. YES, SIR. THAT REPRESENTS OUR COUNTY. YEAH. AND I WAS THERE AND I REMEMBER THAT. AND THAT WAS A BIG STATEMENT. I THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND AND AS COMMISSIONER WALTON MENTIONED, HB 500 THAT INITIALLY CAME OUT YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT FROM A PURE STANDPOINT, WE WERE NOT IN A POSITION TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO GET THAT FUNDING INITIALLY BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT AN ENTITY, ETC.. AND SO OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO SET UP AND BE READY TO GET THAT NEXT WAVE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING. I KNOW MELANIE'S BEEN GREAT ABOUT WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR OTHER OUR OTHER LEGISLATORS AND THEIR STAFF HAVE BEEN GREAT. AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEETING BEFORE THE SESSION STARTS TO TALK THROUGH WHAT ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS BECAUSE THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD SCORING DOES NOT MAYBE ALWAYS INITIALLY FAVOR THIS, ALTHOUGH BEING IN THE STATE WATER PLAN HELPS. AND SO HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO GET FUNDING? GREAT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS PRESENTATION? NO, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DO HAVE A WE DO HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK. IF YOU WOULD COME UP INTO THE MICROPHONE, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK JUST FOR A QUESTION. YES. AND STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. HI AGAIN, MARCY GALLEY. I JUST HAD A SIMPLE QUESTION. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING THE CCNRS, IS IT ALLOWABLE FOR A CCN TO EXPAND INTO ANOTHER CITY'S ETJ? THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. YOU CAN ANSWER THAT BETTER. THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A TOTALLY SEPARATE APPROVAL PROCESS. SO CNNS ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM ETJ. CORRECT. THAT'S MY CITY DAYS. YES, SIR. YEAH. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE ON, [02:00:07] I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE TEAM AT FREESE AND NICHOLS AND COMMISSIONER WALTON FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A REALLY THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, AND THAT THERE'S NO MISINFORMATION. EVERYBODY IS CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANYONE. WE'RE ONLY HERE TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR ANYBODY THAT'S IN THE WATER BUSINESS IN PARKER COUNTY. AND I SAY WHAT COMMISSIONER HOLT HAD JUST SAID AS WELL. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP TWO ITEMS AT THE SAME TIME. [Items 6.C & 7.N.] WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ACTION ON ONLY ONE. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP SIX SEE DISCUSSION UPDATE ON REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL MEETING. I'M ALSO GOING TO OPEN UP UNDER ITEM SEVEN N ON DISCUSS APPROVAL LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR MICHAEL MORRIS. BRIAN, I'M GOING TO READ THIS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR YOU WROTE IT, AND I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH THIS BECAUSE JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY WHERE WE WERE LAST TIME, WE ASKED THAT, WE REQUESTED TO COME BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL DIRECTOR, MICHAEL MORRIS, WHO'S BEEN ON THE RTC DIRECTOR FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THE UNIQUE SITUATION ABOUT THIS IS, IS OVER $1.6 BILLION HAS BEEN EARMARKED TO PARKER COUNTY FOR ITS TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. THAT 99% OF IT IS MIKE MORRIS. AND HE'S THE ONE THAT'S BEEN DIRECTING THESE FEDERAL FUNDS. HE'S THE ONE THAT'S. AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS HE'S GOT. HE'S GOT PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT EXCEPT HIM. SO THE TIMING OF THIS THING IS REALLY INTERESTING FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE IT JEOPARDIZES OR PUTS AT RISK THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN COMMITTED. THERE WAS ALSO A REQUEST THAT THERE. MORE FUNDING FROM THE RTC BE DIRECTED TO THE WEST, WHICH I'VE BEEN TALKING TO TO JAMES HOTOP ABOUT. AND WE NEED TO BE TALKING TO OTHER CITIES IN INVENTORY AND PROJECTS THAT THEY NEED, BECAUSE THEY NEED PROJECTS TO BALANCE OUT WHAT THE EAST IS GETTING AND WHAT THE WEST IS GETTING AND YOUR WHAT YOUR ROLE. MY ROLE ON THAT BOARD, MAKING SURE PARKER COUNTY, BUT ALSO WISE. DECATUR, WEATHERFORD, MINERAL WELLS IS ALL WELL REPRESENTED IN GETTING EQUAL STANDING TO WHAT COLLIN COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY AND THOSE. AND SO I WANT TO READ SOMETHING HERE. MIKE MORRIS WAS TERMINATED THE LAST TIME THAT WE SPOKE AT THE LAST REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS A THE ATTORNEY FOR THE RTC SPOKE ON THE COURT WHILE ON ANY. LET'S SEE WHAT THE COURT HELD. THE COURT ENJOINED COG FROM ALLOWING ANY MEMBER OF THE COG EXECUTIVE BOARD WHO REPRESENTS JURISDICTION THAT IS NOT A PART OF THE MPO 12 COUNTY FROM PARTICIPATING IN ANY VOTES. THE COURT RULED THAT THE DISMISSAL OF MIKE MORRIS WAS IMMEDIATELY RESCINDED AND SHALL CONTINUE TO DISCHARGE ALL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THAT POSITION. COG IS RESTRAINED FROM INTERFERING OR PRECLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR'S DISCHARGE OF THOSE DUTIES. RESPONSIBILITIES. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT MIKE MORRIS HAS BEEN REINSTATED. THERE WAS A VOTE ON THAT AND RATIFIED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING. OVERWHELMINGLY WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, AND I'M GOING TO BE VERY QUICK WITH THIS ON THE RESOLUTION FROM THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT THAT HAS FOR EACH OF OUR SIGNATURES ON HERE. WHEREAS, THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT WISHES TO DECLARE ITS FULL, UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT FOR MIKE MORRIS, PE, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. WHEREAS FOR OVER THREE DECADES, MR. MORRIS HAS PROVIDED STEADY, VISIONARY AND INDISPENSABLE LEADERSHIP ON NORTH TEXAS REGION AND IN PARKER COUNTY. HIS INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND UNMATCHED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE HAS GUIDED OUR COMMUNITY TO PERIODS OF UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH. WHEREAS MIKE MORRIS HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL PARTNER IN SECURING CRUCIAL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NUMEROUS THOROUGHFARE SAFETY AND REGIONAL MOBILITY INITIATIVES IN PARKER COUNTY THROUGH HIS STEADFAST ADVOCACY AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO REGIONAL PLANNING. MANY OF THE VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS RELEVANT TODAY HAVE NOT BEEN POSSIBLE. WHEREAS, MIKE MORRIS STABILITY AND CONTINUITY ARE PARAMOUNT TO BELIEVE TO DELIVERING LARGE SCALE INVESTMENTS AND EFFICIENCY IN PARKER COUNTY. NOW FOR. BE RESOLVED THAT THE UNDERSIGNED OFFICIALS OF PARKER COUNTY STRONGLY AFFIRM THAT MIKE MORRIS POSSESSES THE TRUST, RESPECT AND CONFIDENCE OF THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP HE SERVES AND STANDS FIRMLY BEHIND MIKE MORRIS IN HIS ONGOING STEWARDSHIP OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AS PARKER COUNTY NAVIGATES THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. MIKE MORRIS HAS A COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THE COURT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR VITAL WORK ALONGSIDE HIM TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY, MOBILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITIZENS OF PARKER COUNTY. ON THE BACK ON THE PAGE IS A PLACE FOR YOUR EACH OF YOUR SIGNATURES. BRIAN, GREAT JOB DOING THIS. EXCELLENTLY WELL WRITTEN. THANK YOU. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT THAT, I BELIEVE YOU ALL EACH HAVE ONE OF THESE. THIS WILL BE THE ONE TO SIGN. [02:05:01] THEN I CAN PASS AROUND IF IT IS PASSED. BUT I WOULD, I WOULD I WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION THERE. SCREENS NOT WORKING. I WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS. AND I WOULD ASK FOR A SECOND. I SECOND THE MOTION. THE MOTION A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. I WANT TO GO THAT WAY WITH THIS. WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THE OTHER ITEM ON THE UPDATE. I JUST GAVE YOU THE UPDATE OF THAT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL MEETING. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO UNDER ITEM SEVEN. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UNDER ITEM SEVEN F UNDER CONSIDER APPROVE UPDATED HUDSON OAKS PD DISPATCH ILA MARK. [7.F. Consider/Approve updated Hudson Oaks PD Dispatch ILA. (Mark Arnett / Judge Deen)] WE'RE ON ITEM F7F, SORRY. THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT FOR SR. I'M SORRY. DISPATCH SERVICES WITH THE CITY OF HUDSON. OKAY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, MY SCREEN IS BLANK, I CAN'T SEE. OH, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T. CAN I GET MY. IS THIS ANYBODY SCREEN? OKAY, THERE IT IS. OKAY. WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES. OKAY, LET'S SEE HERE. GET WHERE I WAS AT. OKAY. ITEM G ACCEPT EQUIPMENT DONATION FROM THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD. [7.G. Accept equipment donation from the City of Weatherford. (Jason Lane / Judge Deen)] HOW ARE YOU, SIR? DYLAN MCFARLAND, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST FOR THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND ON BEHALF OF JASON LANE. THIS IS ACCEPTING A DONATION OF BALLISTIC GEAR FROM THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD FOR SEVERAL OF OUR EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY LISTED GEAR. IT IS EXPIRED EQUIPMENT, BUT THE DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES DISTRICTS ARE AWARE THAT IT IS EXPIRED AND WE HAVE DONE THIS APPROVAL PREVIOUSLY FROM ANOTHER PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY THAT DONATED EQUIPMENT. OKAY. WE HAVE ONE NOTE TO THAT. WE'VE CREATED WAIVERS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE RECEIVING THESE BALLISTIC VESTS TO SIGN PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES. BRAVO. THANK YOU. SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT SO LONG. I SHOULD HAVE GOT TO YOU QUICKER THAN THAT. MOVE DOWN TO ITEM L7L, DISCUSS APPROVING SIGN RESOLUTION 2621 FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE [7.L. Discuss/Approve and sign Resolution 26-21 for the application of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice grant for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). (Bianca Lord / Judge Deen)] ASSISTANCE VJA OF THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS OJP US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT FOR THE STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. SCAP BIANCA, SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT. OH. NO WORRIES. YES. WE'RE JUST SEEKING APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR THE STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, KNOWN AS CAP, FOR THE FY 2025 GRANT. THE PROGRAM REIMBURSES STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF SOME OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH INCARCERATING UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIMES. SO WE'VE RECEIVED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR GOING FOR IT. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BIANCA. CARRIES FIVE ZERO. MOVE ON TO ITEM O AND DISCUSS CREATING A COUNTY POLICY AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF OT IN THE FUTURE FOR DECLARED LOCAL DISASTER AND OTHER SIMILAR EVENTS, [7.O. Discuss creating a county policy authorizing payment of OT in the future for declared local disasters and/or other similar events and take any action the court deems necessary. (Commissioner Holt)] AND TAKE ANY ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY. COMMISSIONER HOLT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST COURT. I BELIEVE BECKY WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT DRAFTED A COUPLE OF LETTERS, AND I BELIEVE SHE SENT THEM OUT TO Y'ALL A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. TWO WEEKS AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHAT I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS IS IF WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE HAVING TO RESPOND IN THE EVENT OF A TORNADO AND THERE'S TREES IN THE ROAD AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TREES OUT OF THE ROAD, OR IF IT'S CONSTABLE'S OR WHOEVER IT IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, I WOULD LIKE TO INITIATE THE POLICY THAT THEY CAN AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT OF OVERTIME VERSUS JUST ACCRUING ADDITIONAL COMP TIME, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE. SO, YES, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, I SENT OUT THAT ORIGINALLY DRAFT B THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED BEFORE. I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK OR ANYTHING ON IT. THE AUDITOR AND I SAT DOWN AND KIND OF READ PENDANT OURSELVES AND KIND OF READ IT OUT LOUD AND WHAT GIVES US SOME HEARTBURN. SO LAST WEEK I SENT OUT ADDITIONAL COPY OF THE DRAFT AND I HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW WHAT WE UPDATED. I ALSO PROVIDED HARD COPIES TO IT TODAY. I THINK TO YOU TWO TODAY. I THINK IT, IT ADDRESSES THAT, BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED IS IN BUDGET, HAVING AN OT BUDGET BUILT IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS. AND I'VE ALREADY HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH ONE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WHAT WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO DO IS JUST SOME, YOU KNOW, OPEN CHECKBOOK TO, HEY, I WANT TO PAY MY GUYS OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS CERTAIN JOB. [02:10:02] SO MAYBE IN EACH OF YOUR PRECINCT BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU HAVE AN OVERTIME BUDGET BECAUSE WE WROTE IT THE VERY, VERY FIRST PART WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT PURPOSE FOR PURPOSES OF THIS POLICY, OVERTIME COMPENSATION SHALL ACCRUE AS COMPENSATORY TIME UNLESS COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS APPROPRIATE, APPROVED, APPROPRIATE PAYOUT OR APPROPRIATED OVERTIME FUNDING IN THE CURRENT BUDGET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS POLICY. SO DURING BUDGET, IF Y'ALL SAY, SURE, YOU CAN HAVE SOME MONEY IN AN OVERTIME LINE, THEN THAT WOULD GIVE THE DEPARTMENT HEAD SOME DISCRETION, SOME SOME THEM LEEWAY TO BE ABLE TO PAY OT OUT. OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MANAGED. WE DID PAY OUT ALL OF THE OVERTIME IN THE LAST PAYROLL. I SENT REPORTS TO YOU ALL SO YOU CAN SEE HOW QUICKLY THOSE DOLLARS ADD UP AND AFFECT YOUR BUDGETS. THE ONE QUESTION OR COMMENT THAT I HAD WAS TO SEE IF YOU ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN A PRO FORMA ON WHAT THE IMPACT MIGHT BE ON AN ANNUAL, IF WE'RE DECIDING TO DO THESE PAYOUTS AND VERSUS JUST TO PUT IN SOMEONE'S BUDGET. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. LIKE FOR, FOR LIKE THE EOC. SO I'VE ALREADY WORKED WITH THEM THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REQUEST AN OVERTIME BUDGET LINE PUT INTO THEIR BUDGET. HIS REQUEST WAS $5,000. OKAY. AND SO THEN WE CAN FIGURE WHAT WOULD TAXES BE BEYOND THAT. WHAT WOULD RETIREMENT BE ON THAT? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S JUST KIND OF KNOWING THAT INFORMATION. IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DECIDING AND HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS. RIGHT. BUT I ALSO NEED A NUMBER. SURE. HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO PAY OUT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE PAYOUT FOR PRECINCT ONE IS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN THE PAYOUT FOR PRECINCT TWO. WHEREAS PRECINCT THREE AND FOUR, YOU DON'T HAVE A PAYOUT AT ALL RIGHT NOW. SO. WELL, THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT, IS THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH ANYBODY THAT WE HAVE AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD TODAY. BUT WHEN WE START SETTING THE PRECEDENT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK WHAT MIGHT BE DOWN THE ROAD. AND IF YOU HAVE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S PAYING OVERTIME TO EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME, THEN YOU, THEN YOU, THEN YOU START HAVING AN ISSUE ON DOWN THE ROAD. AND, AND THE OTHER IS THE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN SIMILAR DEPARTMENTS. SURE. SO THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT VERY STRONGLY BEFORE WE ADOPT A POLICY, I THINK. BUT IF YOU COULD GIVE US SCENARIOS, YOU'D COME BACK WITH SCENARIOS OF WHAT, SAY, THIS EVENT THAT HAPPENED NOW, WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE. AND, AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE OVERTIME BUDGETS, I'M, I'M SAYING THAT FOR THE PRECINCTS, AT LEAST THOSE OVERTIME BUDGETS WOULD BE FROM YOUR MONEY, FROM YOUR MONEY. ABSOLUTELY NOT FROM GENERAL FUND MONEY. YEAH, YEAH. GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. SO FAR, THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS REQUESTED INFORMATION TO BE PUT INTO BUDGET IS, IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WE DID DO A PAYOUT FOR CONSTABLE ONE AND CONSTABLE TWO. SO, YOU KNOW, I COULD KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS TO GIVE YOU ALL AN IDEA, BUT, BUT I, I AGREE, I MEAN, I'M VERY, YOU KNOW, CAUTIOUS, YOU KNOW. YEAH. FOR THIS. SO I GUESS IF WE HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT OR WHAT THAT MEANS MOVING FORWARD. LOOKING BACK AT WHAT HAS OCCURRED HERE AND WHERE WE'RE AT. AND THEN YOU KNOW, I GUESS IF YOU WERE TO ASK DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE PLACING IN THEIR BUDGET AND POTENTIALLY WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE THERE AS WELL. OKAY. IT MAY NOT BE FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT, EVERY DEPARTMENT MAY NOT BE INCLUDED. IT MAY JUST BE CERTAIN ONES WHO ARE. YEAH. SO I GUESS THE END OF THE DAY, I NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION. OH, I, I AGREE. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ACTION TODAY. I THINK TYING THIS TO THE BUDGET CYCLE IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA. I THINK SO. I THINK IT PUTS IN SOME AUTOMATIC CONTROLS TO ADDRESS THE VARIOUS CONCERNS WE HAVE. AND MY SUGGESTION TO THE COURT IS THAT WE DISCUSS THIS MORE DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AND THAT ANYTHING IF WE WERE TO HAVE, GOD FORBID, ANOTHER HORRIBLE EVENT BETWEEN NOW AND TEN ONE, WE JUST HANDLED THAT ON AN INDIVIDUAL CASE BY CASE BASIS, RIGHT? WE'VE ALREADY SEEN LIKE IN THE SECOND PAYROLL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY OVERTIME FROM YOUR OFFICE. WE DIDN'T HAVE WE THE CONSTABLE'S NO MORE OVERTIME. I THINK MAYBE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAD A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME FROM PRECINCT ONE, SO SURELY WE SHOULD START TO SEE THAT DWINDLE. AND THEN AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER PICTURE OF THE IMPACT OF YOUR BUDGET. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? JUST THE STATEMENT THAT BECKY READ. [02:15:01] PART OF THAT IS IF YOU DON'T ALLOTT THE BUDGET, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. THAT IT WOULD ACCRUE AS COMP TIME. AND THEN IT WOULD COME BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO DECIDE WHETHER ANY OF THAT COMP COMP TIME RELATED TO THE EVENT WOULD BE PAID OUT. SO THAT IS A WAY TO CONTROL THAT PORTION IS IT WOULDN'T AUTOMATICALLY BE PAID OUT IF YOU DON'T ALLOTT THEM THE BUDGET. BUT IF YOU DO HAVE SOME DEPARTMENTS AND YOU YOU COULD PUT IT IN THE BUDGET. IF NOT, IT WOULD COME BEFORE COURT TO DECIDE WHETHER IT WOULD STAY AS COMP TIME TO BE USED OR ACTUALLY PAY A PAY OUT. SO AND THAT'S HOW THAT STATEMENT IS WRITTEN. WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE MORE SATURDAY THIS COMING SATURDAY, AND THAT'LL BE THE END OF OUR OVERTIME STUFF. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. UNDER ITEM. OH THAT WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THEM UNDER P DISCUSS TAKE ACTION ON USING COUNTY FUNDS FOR TORNADO DAMAGES [7.P. Discuss/Take action on using county funds for tornado damages inside city limits. (Commissioner Holt)] INSIDE CITY LIMITS. COMMISSIONER HOLT. SO I HAD A. CITY THE CITY OF MINERAL WELLS REACHED OUT TO ME REGARDING THE 4 MILLION THAT WE ALLOCATED, AND THEY ASKED WHAT OUR POLICY WAS ON ANY OF THAT GOING DIRECTLY TO A CITY, I. I INFORMED THEM THAT IT WAS MY OPINION THAT THOSE FUNDS WERE DEDICATED TO DIRECT ASSISTANCE VIA TREE REMOVAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT OR DEBRIS REMOVAL FOR COUNTY FOLKS AND THAT WE HAD NO INTENTION AT THIS TIME TO SEND DIRECT FUNDS TO CITIES. HOWEVER, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO BRING BEFORE THE COURT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD NEVER DO THAT, BUT I'M SAYING FOR NOW, WE NEED TO GET A BETTER GRASP ON THE SITUATION AS A WHOLE AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE TOTAL SUM. SO I'M I'M MY POSITION IS IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A NO, BUT IT'S A NO FOR RIGHT NOW. LET'S WAIT AND SEE. I THINK THE INTENT, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WAS THAT IT WAS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY INSURANCE, PERHAPS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THE DEBRIS IN. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE THAT OR DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THAT, BUT BUT IF THEY'RE GETTING PAID BY AN INSURANCE COMPANY FOR, FOR DISPOSAL, THAT IT'S NOT OUR, IT WAS NOT OUR INTENTION TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A CHEAP PLACE TO GET RID OF IT AND THEN KEEP THE INSURANCE PROCEEDS. BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSPECTIVE, Y'ALL. SOMEBODY ELSE MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA. COUNSELOR. WHAT? LEGALLY, WE CAN'T GIVE MONEY TO THE CITY. YOU CAN HAVE INTER LOCALS WITH THE CITY TO HELP WITH CERTAIN DISPOSAL. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S A DECISION AS THE COURT AS A WHOLE. I SUGGEST NO ACTION WOULD TAKE CORRECT THE CORRECT PATH FORWARD. I WOULD SAY THAT WE KEEP IT IN MIND. AND AS WE PROGRESS WITH THIS, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE COME BACK AND POSSIBLY LOOK AT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HOLT, FOR PUTTING THAT ON THERE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. ITEM Q APPROVED TEN DAY WAIVER FOR COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR AN OPEN POSITION IN THE COURT [7.Q. Approve 10-day waiver for County Clerk’s office for an open position in the Court Division. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)] DIVISION I RECENTLY HAD AN EMPLOYEE TRANSFER AND I HAD DID A JOB ANNOUNCEMENT, AND NOW I HAVE ANOTHER VACANCY. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SELECT SOMEONE FROM THE PRIOR JOB ANNOUNCEMENT. I DID WISH I MAY, BY COMMISSIONER HOLTZ, BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOVE TO ITEM R. [7.R. Take action regarding claim representation in the class action Construction Equipment Rental Antitrust litigation. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] TAKE ACTION REGARDING CLAIM REPRESENTATION OF THE CLASS ACTION CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL. ANTITRUST LITIGATION. JOHN. AND IF AUTHORIZED, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO ENTER INTO A CLASS ACTION WITH THIS GROUP FOR EMISSIONS. IT'S BASED ON EMISSIONS VIOLATIONS. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES FIVE ZERO. MOVE TO ITEM S. DISCUSS. APPROVE THE CCI GLOBAL PAYMENTS INTEGRATED AGREEMENT. [7.S. Discuss/Approve the MCCI Global Payments Integrated Agreement. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] JOHN. THIS IS FOR A CREDIT CARD USE FOR THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE STILL WORK OUT ON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. SO THAT WOULD BE WITH THE WORK, LIKE DISCUSSED CHANGES, RIGHT? YES. BUT WE WERE GOING TO COMPLETE THOSE AFTER. RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. AND IT'S CONTINGENT UPON THERE'S A VENUE ISSUE. YEAH. IT'S GOING TO GO FOR IT'S FOR GOV BUILT FOR THE ONLINE PLATFORM FOR PERMITTING AND FOR PLANNING. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM T AND DISCUSS APPROVED GUV'S AGREEMENT FOR ONLINE AUCTION PORTAL JOHN. [7.T. Discuss/Approve GovEase Agreement for Online Auction Portal. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] AND THIS IS FOR THE SALE OF PROPERTY ONLINE. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CURIOUS FIVE ZERO. MOVE TO ITEM. YOU DISCUSS. APPROVE THE COUNTY JUDGES ON THE FIRST RIGHT OF ENTRY REQUEST LETTER FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. [7.U. Discuss/Approve the County Judge to sign the First Right-of-Entry Request Letter from the Texas Department of Transportation. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] [02:20:05] JOHN. AND THIS ALLOWS TXDOT TO GO ON TO PROPERTY ON DENNIS ROAD AND OLD DENNIS SOUTH BOWIE DRIVE. AND THIS IS TO DO EXPLORATION FOR THE FRONTAGE ROADS. OKAY. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOLT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CURIOUS. WILL MOVE TO ITEM B AND DISCUSS. APPROVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF SPRINGTOWN FOR LIBRARY SERVICES. [7.V. Discuss/Approve Interlocal Agreement with City of Springtown for library services. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) (Part 1 of 2)] JOHN. AND WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS ONE. OKAY. MOVE TO ITEM W AND ORDER 26-4 FOR THE DISPOSITION OF CREMATION OF A PAUPER AND AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF 850 TO PICKARD FUNERAL CHAPEL AND CREMATION SERVICES [7.W. Order 26-24 for the disposition by cremation of a pauper and authorize payment of $850 to Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services for disposition of an indigent person. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)] FOR DISPOSITION OF INDIGENT PERSON. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CURIOUS. PAVEL, MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES UNDER ITEM A PARKER COUNTY PERMITTING DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT. [8. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES] ITEM B, PARKER COUNTY, SD. NUMBER THREE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AUDIT ITEM C EXECUTED AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT AUTHORIZATION. L2 MOTORS, LLC FOR AUTO REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS. ITEM D EXECUTED AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT AUTHORIZATION. FIREHOUSE MOTORS, LLC UPDATED FOR AUTO REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS ITEM E EXECUTED AUTOMATIC DRAFT AUTHORIZATION. MEADOWS LAKE ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED FOR AUTO REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS. ITEM G EXECUTED. F HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT. ITEM G EXECUTED SECOND AMENDMENT FOR CONTRACT WITH COLLECTION SOLUTIONS. THE RECORDS SHOW THAT THOSE ARE ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES. MOVES TO ITEM NINE AS WE GO INTO THIS. [9. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)] WE NO LONGER HAVE E SINCE JAMES GAVE THAT REPORT OUT FRONT. IS THERE ANYTHING ON HERE? I KNOW THESE ARE STANDING ITEMS ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE ANY OF THESE THAT WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH. AND WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DON'T WANT TO GO IN THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO THESE. THESE ARE STANDING ORDERS. ITEM D, ITEM D OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THESE JUST IN CASE YOU MIGHT. YOU YOU YOU RECOLLECT SOMETHING UNDER OUT OF ME ON EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION MEETING WILL BE HELD PURSUANT TO SECTIONS FIVE FIVE, 1071 AND 2129 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO CONSULT WITH AND SEEK ADVICE FROM ITS ATTORNEYS REGARDING AN UNDERWRITER. MAY THE ACTIVE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF PARKER COUNTY BE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO TEXAS. EXCUSE ME. COUNTIES AND SEE ITEM. ANY OTHER MATTER RELATED TO THE DESCRIBED IN THIS MEETING AGENDA UNDER ITEM B UPDATE DISCUSS PARKER COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER AND JAIL AND TAKE ANY EXTRA COURT DEEMS NECESSARY. C DISCUSS TAKE ACTION REGARDING ALLOCATION IMPROVEMENTS. COUNTY REAL ESTATE ITEM D DISCUSS TAKE ACTION REGARDING COUNTY WEBSITE SECURITY UPGRADES AND RECORDS. SHOW THAT WE WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'LL TAKE A RECESS AT 1122. LET'S TRY TO GET IN THERE BY 1130. I WAS JUST WANTING TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD. [5.A. Discuss/Take action on Old Weatherford Road additional services. (Chris Bosco / Commissioner Hale) (Part 2 of 2)] SO UNDER FIVE A THERE WAS A MEMORANDUM AND THEN A PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR OLD WEATHERFORD ROAD FROM FREESE AND NICHOLS. MR. BOSCO HAD MENTIONED THAT THESE WOULD BE COVERED FROM COG THROUGH OUR GRANT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT GRANT AMENDMENT AWARDING THOSE FUNDS. THEN MY THOUGHT WOULD EITHER BE NOT TO INCUR ANY EXPENSES UNDER THIS UNTIL WE RECEIVE OFFICIAL NOTICE FROM COG THAT WE HAVE INCREASED OUR FUNDING OR IN THE EVENT THAT IT WASN'T, WHERE WOULD THE FUNDS WHERE WOULD THE REVENUE COME FROM TO COVER THESE EXPENDITURES? I'M SURE WE'VE HAD OTHER TIP MODIFICATIONS THROUGH THIS PROJECT. IT'S BEEN AWARDED, BUT AGAIN, I WASN'T SURE THIS WAS A MEMORANDUM. IT WASN'T AS A WORK AUTHORIZATION. SO IF THIS WAS AN ACTUAL CONTRACT THEN I THOUGHT WE NEEDED FUNDING FOR THAT. SO I THINK IT'D BE UNDER YOUR AUTHORITY TO REQUEST THAT, RATHER THAN THE COURT HAVING TO TAKE ACTION TO GIVE THEM A CALL. OKAY. AND TELL THEM, HEY. RIGHT. AND I CAN JUST ASK CHRIS IS JUST ENSURING THAT WE DON'T EXPEND ANY FUNDS UNDER THIS UNTIL WE RECEIVE WORD FROM COG THAT THOSE EXPENSES WILL BE COVERED FOR THAT PURPOSE WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO ALSO GO TO SEVEN. [7.V. Discuss/Approve Interlocal Agreement with City of Springtown for library services. (John Forrest / Judge Deen) (Part 2 of 2)] DISCUSS APPROVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SPRINGTOWN FOR LIBRARY SERVICES. AND THAT'S JUST CONTINUATION CONTRACT WITH CITY OF SPRINGTOWN. OKAY. WHAT DID YOU SAY? SEVEN. 7BV AS IN VICTOR. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? BY VOTE CARRIES. [02:25:04] JUST A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING ON THAT. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO ITEM NINE ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER ITEM A. [9. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)] WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION UNDER ITEM B WILL TAKE NO ACTION UNDER ITEM C, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ITEM D, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION. AND THEN ITEM E WAS DISCUSSED ALREADY IN OPEN SESSION. [10. A. PRECINCT 1] TAKES US TO ITEM TEN ON PLATTS ITEM A PRECINCT ONE. ITEM ONE. I BELIEVE THE FINAL REVISION FOR A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SUNSET HIGHLAND ESTATES, CONSISTING OF 3.43 ACRES WITH THREE LOTS LOCATED ON BELLE PLACE BY WILMA SMITH WITH WALNUT CREEK SOOY WATER AND PRECINCT ONE. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING AT 1219. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM A? PRECINCT ONE? ITEM ONE PUBLIC HEARING OPENED AT 91219. SO MISS SMITH IS DIVIDING THESE INTO. LET ME LET ME CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SORRY, SORRY. THE PUBLIC. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS NO ONE IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT. AND AT 1220 AND GO TO THE ITEM. YOU MAY PROCEED. SORRY, YOUR HONOR. SO MISS SMITH IS SPLITTING IT BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO SELL TWO OF THEM. THOSE LOTS RANGE FROM ONE ACRE TO 1.43 ACRES. COUNSELOR. EVERYTHING GOOD FOR FINAL AND PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTING DATE, TIME, LOCATION, PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING PERMITTING. DID APPROVE PUBLIC WATER THROUGH WALNUT CREEK. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ONE LOT THAT'S AN ACRE AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL. THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TECH CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE, AND ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. OKAY. THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. CARRIES MOVE TO ITEM B, PRECINCT TWO. [10. B. PRECINCT 2] ITEM ONE APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR THE REVISION OF A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF EASTER, CONSISTING OF 2.56 ACRES WITH FOUR LOTS IN PRECINCT TWO. SO WE HAVE A WELL REPORT FROM MORRIS WATER WELL SERVICE, WITH AN ESTIMATED YIELD OF 13 GALLONS PER MINUTE WITH A 180 FOOT PUMP DEPTH. SEVERAL OF THESE LOTS ARE WERE ALREADY SMALLER THAN ONE ACRE. THIS IS NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. SO. OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? JUST TO CONFIRM, NONE OF THOSE LOTS ARE FOR RESIDENTIAL, CORRECT? CORRECT. ONE OF THEM. WELL, ONE OF THEM ALREADY HAS A WELL AND IS GETTING ADDED TO. BUT THOSE OTHER LOTS ARE NOT RESIDENTIAL. SO CURIOUS. MOVE TO ITEM TWO AND APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION FOR SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF EASTER, CONSISTING OF 2.256 ACRES WITH FOUR LOTS LOCATED OFF OF LEE STREET BY TED BRITTON AND PARKER COUNTY ESD ONE WITH WALDEN PRECINCT TWO. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I'M GOING TO OPEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING AT 1221. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM B? PRECINCT TWO. ITEM TWO. PUBLIC HEARING AT 1221. HEARING NONE. SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1221 AND GO TO THE ITEM. SO THOSE LOTS RANGE IN SIZE FROM 0.036 ACRES TO 1.017. THAT 0.036 ACRES IS ACTUALLY A TOWER. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO A TRANSACTION WITH THE ESD, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF LAND BACK TO ONE OF THOSE LAND OWNERS IN, IN THIS. AND AND PART OF IT'S, THEY'RE BUYING THE OLD FIREHOUSE. SO. COUNCIL ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER? YES. PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTED DATE AND TIME, LOCATION PURPOSE. TODAY'S HEARING COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL. THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE. THIS IS INSIDE THE CITY OF EASTER. AND WE DO DO THE PLANNING FOR THEM. THE CITY OF EASTER IS GETTING A BUILDING ALSO FROM THAT ESD FOR A PURPOSE OF COMMUNITY CENTER. SO THAT'S KIND OF FILLING OUT THE REST OF THAT TRANSACTION. MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? GREAT. MOVE TO ITEM THREE ON THE APPROVE THE ORDER AWARD 26-22 FOR THE CANCELLATION PROCESS OF A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS BUCHANAN ACRE SYSTEM 2.500 ACRES. DEVELOPED BY LISA NICHOLS AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL OPEN THAT AT 1223. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM B? PRECINCT TWO? ITEM NUMBER THREE. HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1223 AND GO TO THE ITEM. THIS IS A CANCELLATION OF THE SUBDIVISION. SO COUNCIL ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER AND OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOVE TO ITEM FOUR. APPROVE THE ORDER FOR D 23 FOR THE CANCELLATION PROCESS OF TRACK FOUR IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS B AND K BUSINESS CENTER, CONSISTING OF 15.968 ACRES DEVELOPED BY B, H AND K LLC AND SHANNON WHEELER, AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT [02:30:09] DEEMS NECESSARY. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND I'LL OPEN THAT AT 1224. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM B? PRECINCT TWO? NUMBER FOUR? HEARING NONE. SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1224 AND GO TO THE ITEM. SO THIS IS A CANCELLATION OF A SINGLE TRACK WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION. THE PURPOSE IS TO INCLUDE THAT IN A FUTURE SUBDIVISION THAT IS BUTTING UP TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. COUNCIL ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER? YES, EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER, BUT WE WOULD ASK THAT IT BE APPROVED BASED ON THEM GETTING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR FILING PURPOSES. SO WE WILL HOLD IT. Y'ALL CAN APPROVE IT TODAY. WE'LL HOLD THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND THEN FILE IT WITH THAT CONTINGENCY PLEASE. MOVED WITH THE SUB. NOTE THAT HE ADDED PLEASE. NOTED COMMISSIONER MADE THE MOTION AND THEN SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIES. BRAVO. [10. C. PRECINCT 3] MOVE TO ITEM C, PRECINCT THREE. ITEM ONE APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY FOR SUBDIVISION B, KNOWN AS THE SHEPLER OAKS, CONSISTING OF 13.535 ACRES WITH TWO LOTS IN PRECINCT THREE. SO WE HAVE A REPORT FROM A NEARBY LOT BY JACKSON DRILLING SERVICE. WITH A YIELD OF 60 GALLONS PER MINUTE, ZERO FOOT DROP DRAW DOWN. AFTER AN HOUR OF THE PUMP DEPTH OF 260FT. EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE A MOVE TO APPROVE THE WAIVER GROUNDWATER STUDY BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE YIELD IS 60 GALLONS PER MINUTE WITH ZERO DRAWDOWN AFTER ONE HOUR. OKAY. MOTION. HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. MOVE TO ITEM D. PRECINCT FOUR, ITEM ONE. [10. D. PRECINCT 4] APPROVE THE VARIANCE FROM THE PARKER COUNTY SUBDIVISION. RULES AND REGULATIONS OF PARKER COUNTY. OSSF RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE 50 FOOT ROAD WIDTH IN A SUBDIVISION TO BE KNOWN AS RIO VISTA. PHASE TWO A AND TAKE ANY ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY IN PRECINCT FOUR. SO THESE ARE MUD ROADS IN THE PREVIOUS PHASES. ALSO HAD 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAYS. AND SO THE PLAT PRESENTED IS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OTHER PLATS. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A VARIANCE ON THIS PARTICULAR PHASE. SO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONNELLY. ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. AND THEN JUDGE ON TWO AND THREE WE'RE TAKING NO ACTION. SO ON WHICH ONE TWO AND THREE. OKAY. TWO AND THREE IS NO ACTION TAKES ITEM 1011. I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.