Sep 24, 2024 Commissioners Court Regular Meeting

YOU DON'T, MATTER

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IT IS SEPTEMBER 21ST, 24TH, 2024.

IT IS 9:00 AM I'M GONNA CALL THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER.

[A) INVOCATION]

IF EVERYBODY WOULD PLEASE STAND BY YOUR HEAD.

OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FORGIVENESS.

WE KNOW YOUR TIMING IS PERFECT, LORD, ALL THINGS COME BASED ON YOUR TIME AND YOUR WILL.

WE COME SEEKING YOU, LORD, WANTING TO DO YOUR WILL, WANTING TO BE A REFLECTION OF YOU HERE ON EARTH.

PLEASE GIVE US THE COURAGE TO CONTINUE TO SEEK YOU.

PLEASE GIVE US THE WISDOM TO KNOW YOUR WILL WHEN WE FOUND IT.

AND PLEASE LORD GOD, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE GIVEN US.

IT IS IN YOUR SON'S NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE FLAG PLEDGE TO THE AMERICA FLAG PLEDGE RELIGIOUS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION OF THE UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE HARLEM.

AND NOW TO THE TEXAS FLAG ON HUNDRED TEXAS FLAG.

I'M GLAD TO, TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER, UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL COUNTY, TEXAS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UH, THIS BRINGS US TO RECOGNITION OF GUESTS.

AND JUST A LITTLE NOTE BEFORE WE GET TO THE RECOGNITION OF GUESTS, WE HAVE A NEW AUDIO VIDEO, UH, SYSTEM HERE IN THE COURTROOM, AND WE ARE FINE TUNING IT, TWEAKING IT AS WE GO.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAR OUT INTO THE GALLERY IT RECORDS.

SO, UH, WHAT I'VE BEEN CAUTIONING EVERYONE THIS MORNING IS DON'T SAY ANYTHING IN THE COURTROOM YOU DON'T WANT BROADCAST.

UH, SO, UH, WE, WE WILL FINE TUNE IT AS WE GO, UH, BUT HOPEFULLY THIS RESULTS SOME ISSUES OF PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE AND OR HEAR US ONLINE.

SO, UH, ANYWAY, FOR TODAY, YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

UH, YOU VERY LIKELY ARE ON A HOT MIC AS WE SPEAK.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT BRINGS

[D) RECOGNITION OF GUESTS]

AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PROCLAMATION FOR TOYS FOR TOTS, AND ASK MR. JEFF SKINNER TO COME UP.

I'M GONNA GIVE HIM A FEW MINUTES TO VISIT WITH US.

WHEREAS TOYS FOR TOTS PROGRAM RUN BY THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE IS CELEBRATING ITS 77TH ANNIVERSARY.

AND SINCE 1947, THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE HAS PROTECTED THE HOPES, DREAMS, AND POSITIVE FUTURE OF OUR NATION'S MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE ARE CHILDREN WITH THE TOYS FOR TOTS PROGRAM, AN OFFICIAL ACTIVITY FOR THE MARINE CORPS AND AN OFFICIAL MISSION OF THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE IS APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

AND EACH YEAR, LOCAL STATE COORDINATORS CONDUCT COMMUNITY TOY COLLECTION CAMPAIGNS FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON, WORKING WITH AGENCIES, LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO DISTRIBUTE THESE TOYS TO LESS FORTUNATE CHILDREN BY DECEMBER 24TH, AND IS THE GOAL OF TOYS FOR TOTS PROGRAM, THE MARINE CORPS AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE THAT THROUGH THE GIFT OF A NEW TOY AND OR BOOK, HELP BRING THE JOY AT CHRISTMAS AND SEND A MESSAGE OF HOPE TO AMERICA'S LESS FORTUNATE CHILDREN.

WE ENSURE THAT NO CHILD GOES WITHOUT A CHRISTMAS MORNING AND HELP THE NEXT GENERATIONS GROW INTO RESPONSIBLE, PRODUCTIVE, PATRIOTIC CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

AND OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 WILL BE THE KICKOFF DAY FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS TOYS FOR TOT 2024 CAMPAIGN.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT ROCKWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AS TOYS FOR TOTS KICKOFF DAY.

THAT'S MR. SKINNER.

THANK YOU.

UH, GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

I'M JEFF SKINNER, AND I SERVE AS A ROCKWELL TOYS FOR TOTS COORDINATOR.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT THAT WHILE I MAY HOLD THIS TITLE AS COORDINATOR, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS PROGRAM'S NOT ABOUT ME OR ANY OF THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM, THAT IT'S, UH, ALWAYS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS ON THE MOST VALUABLE ASSET, WHICH IS THE CHILDREN OF ROCKWELL COUNTY.

I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR TO BE KNOWN THAT ROCKWELL TOYS FOR TOTS IS A ROCKWELL COUNTY INITIATIVE.

EVERYTHING WE DO IS HERE FOR THE CHILDREN IN ROCKWELL.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S PUT ON RECORD.

THE CAMPAIGN SERVES AS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF TEAMWORK.

THERE ARE MANY, UH, MEN IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE HELPED ME BUILD WHAT WE'VE, UH, GOTTEN HERE TODAY TO BE CALLED THE ROCKWELL TOYS FOR TOTS.

SOME OF THEM SITTING HERE LIKE DENNIS LONDON, MICHAEL RANGAN, CASEY ASHMORE, QUINT ETI, ALL OF THESE GUYS HAVE MENTORED ME AND SUPPORTED ME AND DONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN FROM DAY ONE

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SO I STAND BEFORE YOU 77 YEARS AFTER THE INCEPTION OF THIS PROG, UH, PROGRAM, HONORED TO UPHOLD AND SUPPORT THE VITAL MISSION IN ROCKWELL COUNTY.

ALONGSIDE MY FELLOW MARINES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE AT PRESENT, UM, FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSION.

UH, WE LIVE BY A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE IN OUR MARINE CORPS LEAGUE DETACHMENT, AND THAT IS TO EARN THE TITLE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

MY COMMITMENT TO ROCKWELL COUNTY, THIS COURT, AND ALL THOSE PRESENT TODAY IS TO CONTINUE TO EARN THAT TITLE AND BUILD THIS INTO A MISSION THAT THE CITIZENS OF ROCKWELL ARE PROUD OF.

THANK YOU FOR THIS.

THANK YOU, MR. SCANNER.

HEY, JUDGE, DO WE ASK THE MARINE? OH, SORRY.

YEAH, IF WE COULD HAVE THE MARINES STAND UP, PLEASE, SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE PROCLAMATIONS, UH, WHEREIN THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZES THAT EVERY RESIDENT DESERVES TO LIVE A LIFE FREE OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE.

AND THROUGH THIS PROCLAMATION, WE PLEDGE TO ENSURE THAT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE.

AND THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY IS HERE TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS AS THEY COURAGEOUSLY MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE.

AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A SEVERE AND PERVASIVE CRIME THAT AFFECTS MILLIONS OF WOMEN, MEN, CHILDREN, AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

EACH YEAR, VIOLATING THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS OF SAFETY AND DIGNITY.

AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VIOLATES AN INDIVIDUAL'S PRIVACY, DIGNITY, SECURITY, AND HUMANITY THROUGH THE SYSTEMATIC USE OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SEXUAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC CONTROL.

AND ANYONE CAN BE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REGARDLESS OF AGE, GENDER, ABILITY, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, OR RELIGION.

AND AN AVERAGE OF 20 PEOPLE EXPERIENCE SOME FORM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EVERY 60 SECONDS.

216 TEXANS LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN 2022.

AND OVER 10 MILLION PEOPLE ARE VICTIMIZED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EACH YEAR.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH HIGHLIGHTS THE URGENT NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER IN PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

STANDING UNITED IN SUPPORT OF SURVIVORS.

ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WOMEN IN NEED ARE CRITICAL IN PROVIDING SHELTER AND ADVOCACY AND EMPOWERING SURVIVORS TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES WITH DIGNITY.

AS A COMMUNITY, WE MUST UNITE AND SUPPORT AND FIRMLY REJECT ANY FORM OF JUDGMENT OR CRITICISM TOWARDS SURVIVORS.

WOMEN IN NEED INCORPORATED SERVES AS A PILLAR OF STRENGTH IN THIS FIGHT, WORKING ALONGSIDE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICES TO HOLD OFFENDERS FULLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS, CREATING A UNITED FRONT THAT DELIVERS JUSTICE AND PROTECTS SURVIVORS.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED.

I FRANK NEW ROCKWELL COUNTY JUDGE TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2020 IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

MS. HEATHER.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

MY NAME IS HEATHER ADAMS. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR WOMEN IN NEED AND BEYOND.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE WOMEN IN NEED ORGANIZATION AND OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WE WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND DECLARING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IN THE COUNTY OF ROCKWALL AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

UM, OCTOBER 18TH.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UM, EACH ONE OF YOU TO OUR ANNUAL VIGIL AND LUNCHEON THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE ROCKWALL COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

THE VIGIL WILL TAKE PLACE ABOUT EIGHT 30 IN THE MORNING, AND THE LUNCHEON WILL FOLLOW IN LIBERTY HALL.

BUT AGAIN, WE JUST WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND YOUR SUPPORT, AND AGAIN, DECLARING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, HEATHER.

THANK YOU WOMEN IN NEED FOR ALL YOU DO.

ALRIGHT, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK, WHEREAS THE ROCKWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS PROUD TO HONOR THE TEXAS FOUR H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF THE TEXAS A M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE FOR 116 YEARS OF PROVIDING EXPERIENCE-BASED EDUCATION TO YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE LONE STAR STATE.

AND THIS ADMIRAL PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL YOUTH THROUGH THEIR HEAD, HEART, HANDS, AND HEALTH, HELPS YOUNG TEXANS TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE, DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS, AND FORM ATTITUDES TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SELF-DIRECTED, PRODUCTIVE, AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY.

AND WHEREAS THE PROGRAMS MORE THAN 550,000 URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL YOUTH PARTICIPANTS RANGING IN AGE FROM EIGHT TO 18 COME FROM DIVERSE ETHNIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS AND TRULY REPRESENT CROSS SECTION OF THE STATE.

AND THE PROGRAM UNDOUBTEDLY COULD NOT HAVE ACHIEVED THE SUCCESS THAT

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WERE NOT FOR THE SERVICE OF ITS MORE THAN 30,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE GIVEN GENEROUSLY OF THEIR TIME, TALENTS, ENERGIES, AND RESOURCES TO THE YOUTH OF TEXAS.

AND THROUGHOUT ITS PROUD HISTORY, THE FOUR H PROGRAM HAS DEVELOPED POSITIVE ROLE MODELS FOR COUNTLESS TEXANS THROUGH ITS INNOVATIVE AND INSPIRING PROGRAMS, AND CONTINUES TO BUILD CHARACTER AND INSTILL THE VALUES THAT HAVE MADE OUR STATE STRONG.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED.

THE ROCKWELL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT, HEREBY DESIGNATES OCTOBER 6TH THROUGH 12TH 2024 IS NATIONAL FOUR H WEEK IN TEXAS, AND COMMEND THE FOUR HU DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF THE TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE, AND THE MANY MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE THE PROGRAM A SUCCESS.

MR. TODD WILLIAMS. THANK YOU JUDGE MR. COURT.

I AM TODD WILLIAMS, COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT HERE IN ROCKWELL COUNTY FOR AGON NATURAL RESOURCES.

AND WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE ONE OF OUR COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF FOUR H WHO IS TY ROGERS, UH, AND HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN LONGSTANDING IN ROCKWELL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND SO WE DO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE FOUR H PROGRAM, WHICH IS STILL CONTINUING TO THRIVE AND GROW IN ROCKWELL COUNTY.

EVEN AS WE ARE CHANGING, UH, VERY FAST IN ROCKWELL COUNTY, STILL, THE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND LEARN LIFE SKILLS.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT, UM, THAT WE CANNOT PRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, HOW WE DO THAT.

WE WERE TALKING TO A GROUP OF, UH, OF PARENTS LAST NIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE LIFE SKILLS MEAN AND WHAT THOSE LIFE SKILLS LOOK LIKE THAT WE SO OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED.

AND I TALKED TO OUR PARENTS LAST NIGHT THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA GROW UP IN THE WORLD THAT THEY GREW UP IN.

AND SO THINGS, LIFE SKILLS THAT WE KNOW BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE HAD, THEY WILL NOT HAVE BECAUSE OF OUR CHANGING SOCIETY, BECAUSE OUR CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

AND SO WE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT SHARING THOSE PURPOSES OF WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT.

ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT FOUR H IS TEACHING THOSE LIFE SKILLS.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO YOU TODAY, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THIS FOR ROCKWELL COUNTY.

THANK YOU, TODD.

TY, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? YES, SIR.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL.

AND I'VE BEEN IN FOUR H FOR SEVEN YEARS AND IT'S AN OUTSTANDING PROGRAM.

I WOULD ADVISE ANYBODY TO DO IT.

I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT FOR A THING.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU, TY.

THANK YOU, TY.

[1. PUBLIC FORUM]

THAT BRINGS US TO THE PUBLIC FORUM.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON ANY COUNTY MATTERS.

UH, WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP, MAYOR OF MCLENDON CHISHOLM, MR. BRIAN MCNEIL, AND WHILE BRIAN COMES UP TO THE PODIUM, UH, I'LL MAKE MY STANDARD ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T FILL OUT THE FORM, WON'T PREVENT YOU FROM SPEAKING IF YOU WANT TO.

YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME.

UH, IF YOU FILLED OUT THE FORM, YOU GET TO GO FIRST.

SO, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU.

ALL NEW SYSTEMS. YEAH, YOU JUST HAVE TO SPEAK.

IT'S GONNA CAPTURE YOU.

AS I WAS WALKING UP, I WISH Y'ALL COULD PLAY LIKE I OF THE TIGER OR SOMETHING.

THAT'D BE KINDA COOL.

SO, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE.

HOPE THIS DAY FINDS YOU WELL AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FROM THE FOLKS IN MCLENDON AND CHISHOLM.

HOW ABOUT THAT RING YESTERDAY? SO ALL KIDDING ASIDE, I COME TO YOU AGAIN FOR ONE, TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COUNTY AND THE PRECINCTS IN WHICH YOU ALL SERVE.

BUT LET'S FOCUS ON THE COUNTY.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT OUR COUNTY IS GROWING AND THE FORECAST IS ALREADY SAYING A FULL BUILD OUT OF ROCKWELL COUNTY COULD HIT 300,000 RESIDENTS.

WOW.

NOW, I'M NOT A MATH WHIZ, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE 13 BY 13 SQUARE MILES.

I UNDERSTAND ROAD CROWDING, I UNDERSTAND CROWDED SHOPPING, I UNDERSTAND SCHOOLS BEING OVERCROWDED.

I UNDERSTAND FOR SURE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO A POINT WE'RE JUST NOT READY.

WHAT BOGGLES MY MIND EVEN THE MOST IS HOW A DEVELOPER ONLY SEES DOLLARS AND NOT THE COST OF THE PEOPLE.

SO LET'S TRY AND LOOK AT THAT COST.

6,000 HOMES IS THE NUMBER I'M GONNA USE TODAY, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW IT'S PROBABLY QUITE GREATER THAN THAT.

BUT IS THE DOLLAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT HAS A RUNOFF? LET'S REVISIT THAT WASTEWATER AS I AM ALSO, NO MATH WHIZ, I'M ALSO NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING I WOULD WANT TO BE AROUND.

I WOULD WANT KIDS AROUND ANIMALS, NATURE AND THE NATURAL COURSE OF HOW VEGETATION GROWS.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS AN ODOR, BUT WHEN I THINK OF WASTE, I GUESS THAT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S ON THE TIP OF MY NOSE.

THE SMALL SIZE OF THE LOTS AND THE HIGH DEMAND OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE SURROUNDING WHERE THEY WILL BUILD WILL BE A DIRECT IMPACT OF THE CITY OF MCCLENNAN CHISHOLM.

AND MORE SO PUT A STRAIN ON AN ALREADY CROWDED ROAD AND ROADS, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT WILL DAMAGE THE ROADS THAT ARE ALREADY IN NEED OF GREAT ATTENTION AND REPAIR IN MCCLENNAN CHISHOLM.

SO IN MY TRUE FASHION, I REACHED OUT TO THE CITIZENS OF MCCLENNAN CHISHOLM THROUGH ONE OF MY VIDEOS.

I HAVE 65 RESPONSES FROM EMAILS, MESSAGES, PHONE CALLS, TEXTS, AND I'M PRETTY SURE

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HERE'S THE THING.

I WOULD ALS ALMOST SAY TO A POINT BY TRULY BEING CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE, YES, THEY'RE OPPOSED TO MASS DEVELOPMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S GREATER.

I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT FEAR.

THE FEAR THAT A FAMILY MOVED HERE TO PROVIDE A QUIET LIFE TO RAISE THEIR KIDS.

THAT SEEMS SHATTERED.

NOW, THE FEAR THAT CRIME MAY INCREASE, WHICH WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INCREASE IN POPULATION IN A SMALL SIZE LIKE THAT, IT SURELY DOES.

I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THAT THE SHERIFF IS ALREADY LOOKING AT WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO MANAGE FOR THAT COUNTY'S GROWTH.

I COULD PROBABLY THINK OF 9 MILLION REASONS.

WHY WOULD BE A GUESS AS TO WHY THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE COUNTY? I URGE THE COMMISSIONERS TO STAND THEIR GROUND.

THE CITIZENS ARE WATCHING, THEY WANNA SEE YOU FIGHT FOR THEM, AND I PROMISE YOU THIS, THEY WILL HAVE YOUR BACK AND THEY WILL CHEER YOU ON.

AND WE KNOW YOU ALL HAVE THAT CHARACTER TO BRING IT TO THE TABLE.

WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT ANY OF YOU WOULD WALK A MILE TO AVOID A FIGHT.

BUT WHEN ONE STARTS, YOU WON'T BACK DOWN AN INCH.

THE FIGHT IS AT OUR DOOR AND IN OUR COUNTY, DON'T BACK DOWN ON THAT INCH.

AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH YOU ON THIS TOPIC, I STAND WITH YOU.

I STAND IN SUPPORT OF YOU, AND I'LL WALK INTO THE FIREFIGHT ALONGSIDE YOU.

TO BE HONEST, IF OUR EFFORTS EVEN WERE TO FAIL, I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THIS.

I WOULD RATHER FIGHT FOR WHAT I BELIEVED AND WAS RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE TOOK AN OATH TO SERVE THAN SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND WATCH THE PEOPLE I SHOULD CARE FOR, PROTECT, DEFEND, AND SERVE.

BECAUSE THE OATH IS ALWAYS ABOUT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THOSE BEHIND ME AND THAT YOU ARE FACING.

I'M PROUD TO KNOW EACH OF YOU.

I WON'T BACK DOWN AN INCH, AND I KNOW YOU WON'T EITHER.

THE FIGHT IS ON.

DING DING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON ANY COUNTY MATTERS? ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU.

NO ONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA

[2. Discuss/Act on the Rockwall County Strategic Plan 2050, and all related issues; (Commissioner Macalik)]

COMMISSIONER MACKLA? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

UM, I'M GOING TO PUT UP A SLIDE ON THE, ON THE SCREEN FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING IN, IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT A FEW WEEKS BACK, YOU GUYS APPROVED THE STRATEGIC GOALS FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THOSE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE THEN TO IDENTIFY THE INITIATIVES THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COURT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ON OCTOBER THE EIGHTH.

BUT ON THE GOALS WERE TO PROMOTE TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS TO POSITION THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOR GROWTH.

GOAL NUMBER THREE IS TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATE COLLABORATION.

GOAL NUMBER FOUR WAS TO INVEST IN A COUNTYWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE GOAL NUMBER FIVE IS TO FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH WHILE PROTECTING LOCAL CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.

AND GOAL NUMBER SIX IS TO EXPAND THE SUPPORT FOR OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE EMERGENCY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.

AND WITH THAT, UM, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE COMPLETED THE INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT THESE SIX GOALS, AND YOU WILL BE SEEING THOSE IN OUR WORK SESSION, UM, ON OCTOBER 8TH, WHEN ANCHOR TILL COMES.

THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON IS THAT WE WILL BE HOSTING A, UM, AND I THINK I GO TO THE NEXT SCREEN HERE.

DO I DO IT? I IS, WE, WE WE'RE LEARNING OUR NEW SYSTEM.

SO YOU'RE SEEING OUR RIGHT HERE, YOU'RE SEEING OUR LEARNING CURVE CURVE REAL TIME.

I DID, I DID.

GOT IT.

SEE, THERE YOU GO.

.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IS THAT WE WILL BE, UM, HOSTING A PUBLIC FORUM TOMORROW NIGHT ON SEPTEMBER THE 25TH AT LIBERTY HALL AT THE COURTHOUSE BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN, WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE CITIZENS AND OUR COMMUNITY THE STATUS OF THE, OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE GOALS THAT I'VE JUST SPOKE TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.

AND MOSTLY JUST TO REITERATE THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAS BEEN A, BEEN A PART OF ADDRESSING A NUMBER OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HEARD, WHICH IS SMART DEVELOPMENT, MAINTAINING LOCAL CONTROL, CONTROLLING OUR DENSITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO INVITE EVERYONE THAT IS LISTENING AND HERE IN THE, UM, THE COURTROOM TO PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM AT LIBERTY HALL.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S MY UPDATE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

M**K, I GOTTA SAY, I'VE NEVER KNOWN A COUNTY FUNCTION THAT HAS HAD SUCH A GREAT OUTREACH AND, AND HAS REALLY DONE A FANTASTIC JOB ABOUT REACHING OUT AND PULLING THE CITIZENS IN.

SO JOB, JOB, WELL DONE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA

[3. Discuss/Act on updates and progress related to the Courthouse Courtroom additions 3rd floor project, and all related issues; (Commissioner Sevier)]

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, ARE YOU? I I THINK WE'LL BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU IN OCTOBER, UM, WHEN THE NEW BUDGET CYCLES OPEN AND POSSIBLY RE RE-LOOK AT THE BIDS THAT WE

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I THINK WE'RE STILL IN, IN THE TIMELINE THAT THEY'RE NEED TO VERIFY.

YEAH.

BUT, BUT WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU SOMETHING BACK OCTOBER 8TH.

WONDERFUL.

ALRIGHT, LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

THANK YOU.

LET'S MOVE

[4. Discuss/Act on updates and progress related to the American Rescue Plan monies and the planned County Annex project, and all related issues; (Judge New)]

HERE COMES NICO WITH GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

MORNING NICO.

I'M JUST GONNA PUT IN MY US P DRIVE.

YEAH, YOU JUST SPEAK.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUSH A BUTTON NOW, SO YOU'RE GOOD.

WHAT'S THAT? OH NO, I WAS GONNA PUT IN THIS FLASH DRAFT SO I CAN SHOW SOME PHOTOS FOR YOU GUYS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A-U-S-B-R-I TAKE MINE OUT.

THINK THAT'S THERE.

I DON'T, OH YEAH, THERE'S, I'LL JUST START BY SAYING, UM, THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS HAS BEEN GOING WELL.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO PERFORM UNDER BUDGET.

UM, ON THE TOPIC OF BUDGET RECENTLY, WE'VE HAD PCO FOUR AND FIVE APPROVED.

THOSE WERE FOR THE PEER DEPTHS CREDITS BACK FOR THE PEER DEPTHS AND, AND A CREDIT BACK FOR THE DRY BO.

UM, SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A PCO SIX COME ABOUT AS FOR CCR ONE.

UM, WE'VE SUBMITTED THAT FOR I BELIEVE THE NEXT COURT'S AGENDA.

SO WE'LL DISCUSS THAT THEN MORE IN DETAIL.

UM, WE ALSO ARE EXPECTING A PCO OF SEVEN, WHICH WILL BE ANOTHER CREDIT BACK FOR, UH, THE FOUNDATION TO THE GENERATOR.

UM, WHEN HILL AND WILKINSON QUOTED IT, THEY WENT HEAVY ON THE FOUNDATION.

UM, AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE COME TO FIGURE OUT THAT IT'LL, IT'LL BE LESS, UH, LESS INVOLVED.

SO, UM, IS YOUR, IS YOUR COMPUTER SHOWING PICTURES, NICO? YEAH, NO, I'M, I'M JUST GOING THROUGH MY UPDATES, BUT I DO HAVE PICTURES AT THE END OF THIS.

IT'S DOWN AT THE MOMENT.

IT'S DOWN AT THE MOMENT.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S FINE.

THE LEARNING CONTINUES.

UM, WE'RE, WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL PERFORMING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, UH, BY 12 DAYS.

UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF RAIN DAYS, BUT NOTHING IN EXCESS OF WHAT THE SCHEDULE ALLOWS.

UM, SO HELEN WILKINSON IS, IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF STAYING ON SCHEDULE WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, COMPLETING QC INSPECTIONS ON THE, THE PANEL BOOKS, UH, FOR THE WALL PANELS, MAKING SURE ALL THE REBARS IN PLACE AND BEDS ARE IN PLACE, ALL THE ELECTRICALS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

UM, THEY THEN POURED AND CURED THE WALL PANELS AND, UH, STRIPPED THE FORM WORK.

AND, UH, THEY MOBILIZED THE CRANE TO THE JOB SITE FOR PANEL ERECTION, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN.

SORRY.

UM, AND SO PANEL ERECTION HAPPENED LAST WEEK ABOUT, UH, MIDWEEK, AND THEY ARE FINISHED WITH THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR LIFTING PANELS.

IT LOOKS NICE.

EVERYTHING'S BRACED OFF.

UH, THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, UH, WE'LL BE SEEING THEM START TO ERECT THE STRUCTURAL STEEL.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

AND START, UH, MAKING THE FINAL CONNECTIONS THERE FOR THE BUILDING SHELL.

AND, UH, THEY HAVE YET TO DEMOBILIZE THE CRANE FROM SITE, BUT THAT YOU SHOULD SEE THAT REMOVED FROM THE SITE BY THIS WEDNESDAY IS WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.

SO TOMORROW, UM, IN TERMS OF QA, QC, UH, THERE ARE TWO MOCKUPS FOR THE POLISHED CONCRETE ON SITE.

CURRENTLY.

UM, WE ARE WAITING FOR IT TO, UH, HAVE THE FINAL POLISH SEAL COAT PUT ON, UH, TO HAVE YOU ALL OUT TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER THE, THE WET CURE OR THE DISSIPATING COMPOUND, UH, LOOKS BETTER AND WHICH, WHICH METHOD Y'ALL WOULD, WOULD PREFER.

UM, WE'RE THINKING, UH, OCTOBER 8TH TOWARDS THE END OF DAY, UM, TENTATIVELY.

SO, UH, I'LL KEEP Y'ALL POSTED ON THAT.

ALSO, THERE WAS A, A DECISION MADE ON THE TRANSFORMER.

UH, THERE WE WERE LOOKING AT EITHER IT BEING A PAD MOUNTED TRANSFORMER OR A POLE MOUNTED TRANSFORMER.

HOWEVER,

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SO WE JUST WENT AHEAD AND, AND TOLD THE GUYS TO PROCEED WITH THAT.

AND I HAVE SOME, UH, SOME PHOTOS OF WHAT, WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE, THE TWO OPTIONS WE'RE DEALING WITH, JUST IN CASE YOU ALL FEEL DIFFERENTLY.

UM, SO JUMPING INTO SOME PICTURES REAL QUICK, UM, ZOOM OUT MORE AND MORE AND MORE.

OKAY.

HERE YOU CAN JUST SEE SOME OF THE, UH, SUBCONTRACTOR SAFETY AND, UH, SAFETY DOCUMENTS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH BEFORE PANEL ERECTION DAY.

UM, YEAH, THEY HAVE THEIR LIFTING AND BRACING, UH, BOOK.

AND ALSO DOWN HERE IS A PRE CRANE, UH, PRE CRANE LIFT CHECKLIST, FUNCTIONAL CHECKLIST THAT THEY WENT THROUGH BEFORE, UH, DOING ANY ACTIVITIES.

RIGHT NEXT TO THAT, YOU SEE THE TWO MOCKUPS, UH, THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.

OKAY.

UM, SO HERE ARE THE TWO TRANSFORMER OPTIONS.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT PAD MOUNTED TRANSFORMER, BIG UGLY VERSUS MORE APPEALING, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING THIS LITTLE METER THERE.

AND THEN THE TRANSFORMER BEING MOUNTED TO THE POLE AT THE, AT THE STREET.

SO, UH, HERE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOS OF THE WALL PANELS BEING LIFTED UP.

HERE'S A NICE PHOTO.

YOU CAN SEE THE SAFETY MEETING, UM, HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND HERE.

THE GUYS HUDDLED UP EARLY IN THE MORNING TALK, GOING OVER, UH, HAZARDS AND, AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PANELS BRACED OFF TO THEIR DEAD MAN LOCATIONS.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL ABOUT ALL I HAVE FOR AN UPDATE.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSION, JUDGE? I HAVE A NICO.

I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE, THE WALLS THAT HAVE BEEN ERECTED.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S WINDOW CUTOUTS.

IS THAT WHAT THOSE, THOSE ARE, YEAH.

OKAY.

MM-HMM.

, IS THAT GONNA FOLLOW ACROSS ALL THE WAY UP? YEAH.

YEP.

SO THE, THE BRICK WILL HAVE, WHEN WE START PUTTING THE BRICK, YOU'LL SEE THE, YEAH, THOSE SAME WINDOWS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SO I DO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE A, A STATEMENT JUST BASED ON CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEDGE, NEW CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEDGE.

WHENEVER YOU GO VERTICAL WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS AND YOU START, UH, ROUGHING IN ALL THE, THE HOLES, ESSENTIALLY THE DOORS, THE WINDOWS, THE ROOF, UM, CITIZENS FROM THE STREET WILL DRIVE BY AND THINK, MAN, WE'RE JUST ABOUT DONE THAT.

THEY WILL HAVE THIS BUILDING DONE BY CHRISTMAS.

THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

UH, THERE, THERE IS A CONSTRUCTION TWO STEP THAT GOES ON WHERE IT'S START, STOP, WAIT FOR INSPECTION.

ALL RIGHT, CLOSE IT UP NOW.

NOW YOU CAN PUT UP THE SECOND PART OF THE WALL.

WAIT ON INSPECTION, NOW YOU CAN PUT THE CEILING IN.

OKAY.

NOW RUN YOUR CABLES.

NOW RUN, UH, JUST, IT, IT, IT'S A WORD OF CAUTION.

JUST BECAUSE WE'RE VERTICAL AND THE BUILDING IS GOING TO VERY QUICKLY LOOK LIKE IT'S 90% DONE.

WE, WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK AND HAVE TO PROCEED AT A CERTAIN PACE.

SO, UM, YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

IT, IT, WE, WE ARE STILL A WAYS AWAY FROM HAVING A COMPLETED BUILDING.

UH, THAT IS JUST MY WORD OF CAUTION.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY WE'RE ABOUT 30%, SO WE STILL HAVE MORE THAN HALF, WELL, MORE THAN HALF TO GO, SO, ALL RIGHT.

YEP.

THANK YOU, NICO.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THIS BRINGS

[5. Discuss/Act on the Sheriffs remodel project, and all related issues; (Commissioner Sevier -Commissioner Stacy)]

COMMISSIONER SEVERE AND COMMISSIONER STACY.

WE HAD, UM, I GUESS SALVADO, I DID SEE HIM.

SAL SALVADOR IS HERE.

WE, WE ARE CLOSE TO HAVING, UM, THE RFP COMPLETED.

WE HAD A LONG MEETING WITH LISA, BARRY, AND SALVADOR JUST GOING THROUGH THE, THE PARTICULARS OF, OF THE RFP AND, AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF TAKE IT FROM HERE.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

SO WE REVIEWED THE RFP LAST WEEK, THE RFP DOCUMENT, ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S GONNA BE PUT OUT ON THE STREET FOR YOUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TO POTENTIALLY BID ON.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE ALSO BEEN, UM, CREATING A DRAFT OF THE A 1 33, UH, CONTRACT, WHICH IS THE STANDARD CONTRACT BETWEEN AN OWNER AND A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

UM, SO BOTH THOSE ARE KIND OF PART OF THE PACKAGE THAT WILL BE SENT OUT FOR BID, UH, ALONG WITH OUR, UH, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE.

UH, AND SO WE ARE PROBABLY SHOULD BE DONE TODAY WITH THOSE DRAFTS TO BE ABLE TO SEND BACK TO, UH, LISA AND CRAIG SO LEGAL CAN GET THEIR EYES ON IT BEFORE PUTTING IT OUT

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AND WE ALSO PLAN TO SEND IT TO GRANT WORKS TO REVIEW IT SINCE THERE'LL BE ARPA FUNDS, UH, UH, UTILIZED.

SO IT, HOPEFULLY OUR INTENT IS TO HAVE IT BACK TO YOU ON THE EIGHTH.

AND THEN WE'RE KIND OF ESTIMATING THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, ON THE STREET FOR, UH, ENOUGH TIME, BUT THEN STILL IN FRONT OF YOU BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS THAT WE COULD HOPEFULLY GET A VENDOR SELECTED AND, UH, BE READY TO ROLL IN JANUARY AFTER THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

SEEMS TO, SEEMS TO HAVE DIED DOWN, BUT THAT'S THE INTENT IS TO YEAH.

GET THE BALL GOING.

ALL RIGHT.

SEEMS LIKE A GOOD, GOOD PLAN.

WHAT ELSE SHALL DO? UM, SO THE ONLY THING I WILL REQUEST IS IF WE CAN GET A, A FORMAL APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN DESIGN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS SO WE CAN MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

SINCE WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO A DEADLINE AND WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DESIGN.

WE'VE BEEN NOT DOING ANY DESIGN FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW, MONTH AND A HALF OR SO, UM, WORKING ON THE RFP.

SO I JUST WANT TO REQUEST THAT FORMAL APPROVAL, UM, IF WE NEED TO REISSUE THE DOCUMENTS BACK TO THE, THE COURT, HAPPY TO DO THAT AND GET THAT APPROVAL NEXT MEETING.

BUT, UH, YEAH, WE DO NEED TO GET BACK TO DESIGNING.

OKAY.

GOT IT.

YEAH, IF YOU COULD BRING THE DESIGNS FORWARD SO WE CAN HAVE FORMAL ACTION ON IT AS, AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE THE DESIGN STUFF.

YEP.

HAVE A FORMAL ACTION.

AND, AND SALVADOR, THAT MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN CONTRACTED, CORRECT? THIS IS NOT WITH PARK HILL, CORRECT? YES, IT'S PARK HILL.

YES.

THIS PARK HILL, UH, DESIGN.

RIGHT.

SO WE JUST DON'T WANNA MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS UNTIL WE HAVE THAT FORMAL APPROVAL FROM THE COURT, UH, WHICH WE'VE BEEN KIND OF SITTING ON THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS NOW.

THOSE DD DOCUMENTS WERE MEANT TO BE ISSUED WITH THE RFP, UH, WHICH IS WHY WE GOT TO A STOPPING POINT ON THOSE.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY MORE DESIGN SINCE.

SO YOU'RE NOT INCURRING ANY MORE COSTS FROM US FROM DESIGN, UH, SINCE THEN.

GOT IT.

I WOULD SAY GET THOSE BACK TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND WE'LL, UH, LOOK FOR ACTION.

PERFECT.

GO NEXT COURT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

YOU SALVADOR

[6. Discuss/Act on approving River Rock Trails WWTP Preliminary Plat, Initial Review, and all related issues; (Judge New - Environmental Health)]

LET'S BRING THIS TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING RIVER ROCK TRAILS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PRELIMINARY PLAQUE, INITIAL REVIEW IN ALL RELATED ISSUES.

MR. MERRICK, DO YOU WANT SPEAK TO THIS OR NO? NO.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS MORNING? JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS? GOOD MORNING.

UH, JOSH LOOP 21, 21 MIDWAY AVENUE CARROLLTON.

UH, WE ARE HERE SEEKING APPROVAL, UH, APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE LISTED WITHIN THE ENGINEER REPORT FOR THIS PLAT.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

I I HAD A QUESTION.

UM, ITEM 13, UM, HAVE Y'ALL DONE A L MAR FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT? A L MAR HAS NOT BEEN PROCESSED AT THIS TIME.

OKAY.

UH, IT IS PART OF OUR FLOOD STUDY, WHICH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.

UH, BUT A LOMA HAS NOT BEEN PROPOSED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY PLANNING ON FILLING ANY OF THOSE AREAS WITHIN THE FLOOD PLAIN.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR ARE YOU, UH, I, I KNOW WE'VE ASKED, UM, FOR A HYDROLOGIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

ARE, ARE, ARE YOU THE FIRM THAT WOULD DO THAT? YES, SIR.

ARE, ARE WE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT IN THE PROCESS OF, OF COMING UP WITH A HYDROLOGIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, ESSENTIALLY WHAT ALL THIS EXTRA WATER IS GOING TO DO TO YOUR NEIGHBOR? SO THE, THE FLOOD STUDY THAT NO, THERE, THERE'S A FLOOD STUDY, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE HYDROLOGIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

CORRECT.

UM, SO ARE, ARE YOU DOING A FLOOD STUDY? THE FLOOD STUDY HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED TO YOUR CONSULTING ENGINEER.

OKAY.

BUT HAVE WE DONE THE HYDROLOGIC IMPACT, A DOWNSTREAM HYDROLOGIC IMPACT AS WELL AS TIMING STUDY WAS ALSO SUBMITTED? YES, SIR.

GOT IT.

AS PART OF THAT FLOOD STUDY.

GOT IT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S STILL IN REVIEW.

UM, AT THIS STAGE, TYPICALLY THE, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WILL GO THROUGH AND THEN THAT STUFF IS WORKED OUT DURING THE CIVIL CON OR CIVIL PLANS CONSTRUCTION SETS, AND THEN THE FINAL PLAT AS WELL? UM, YEAH, AT THIS POINT WE'RE JUST AT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT STAGE, SO O OBVIOUSLY ADJUSTMENTS CAN BE NEEDED AND WARRANTED IF ANY DEFICIENCIES ARE NOTED.

GOT IT.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK JOSH.

UM, JUDGE, I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TO THE COURT ITSELF ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS AND JUST KIND OF PUT SOME STUFF ON THE RECORD.

UM, SO ON THIS PARTICULAR PLA, UM, THEY ARE, UM, ASKING US TO, SO THEY HAVE ALL THESE CONDITIONS, AND IF YOU LOOK AT

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UM, BUT THIS ISN'T A, A STRAIGHT ONE FOR ONE GRADE ON CONDITIONS AND, AND OTHERWISE, WITH WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO SEE AND WHAT IS BEFORE US, UM, IT'S MORE OF A WEIGHTED GRADE.

SO I WILL, I WILL TRY TO KEEP MY COMMENTS PARTICULAR TO THIS ONE, AND THEN I, AND THEN I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM SHORTLY.

UM, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ON PAGE ONE 17, IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE PLATTED IN THE FLOODPLAIN WITHOUT A LOW MAR.

IT'S PLAIN LANGUAGE.

THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT, NO PLATTING, NOTHING IN A FLOODPLAIN.

AND THEN YOU SAY, WELL, HOW DO WE HAVE THAT ABILITY? WELL, IT COMES FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 2 3 2 0.030.

IF YOU WERE TO TAKE YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE BOOK WHEN THE THREE OF US FIRST GOT ELECTED, THE RED BOOK, AND YOU READ SECTION 2 32, AND THEN YOU TAKE THE NEW BLUE BOOK AND READ IT, YOU WILL SEE THAT IT'S BEING GUTTED.

THE, THE, THE, THE LEGISLATURE HAS TAKEN AWAY A LOT OF AUTHORITY AND A LOT OF POWER FROM LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

BUT ONE THING THEY HAVEN'T TOUCHED IS 2 3 2 0.030, WHICH DERIVE BACK TO THE WATER CODE SECTION 16, WHICH GIVES ALL LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES THE ABILITY TO RESTRICT LAND DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPANCY IN FLOOD PLUM PRONE AREAS THAT ADOPTS PERMANENT LAND USE AND CONTROL MEASURES WITH ENFORCEABLE PROVISIONS IN FLOOD FLOODPLAIN AREAS THAT GUIDE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPOSED FUTURE CONSTRUCTION.

WERE PRACTICAL, WERE PRACTICAL AWAY FROM LOCATIONS THAT ARE THREATENED BY FLOOD HAZARDS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS CONVEYED THE AUTHORITY OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT TO LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

AND IN OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, IT SAYS THERE IS TO BE NO DEVELOPMENT IN A FLOODPLAIN WITHOUT A LOW MAR.

THEY HAVEN'T DONE A LOAN MAR.

SO THEY'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY AGAINST OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS HERE, REGARDLESS OF THE CONDITIONS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WE CAN'T APPROVE ONE A AND ONE B BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PLANT THOSE WITHOUT A WATER TREATMENT PLAN.

WE'RE IN A CYCLE.

THEY'RE ASKING US TO DO SOMETHING WE LEGALLY CANNOT DO.

AND IN THREATENING LAWSUITS AND TRYING TO BULLY US INTO APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPLETELY OUTTA CYCLE AND IS ACTUALLY, WE, WE DON'T, IF WE GRANT THESE AUTHORITIES, IT'S ON US TO CONTROL THE FLOODPLAINS.

IT'S ON US TO MONITOR THIS STUFF.

WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT DUMPING TREATED SEWER WATER INTO A FEDERALLY PROTECTED WETLAND.

WE'RE SIMPLY TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING A FLOODPLAIN THAT IS AGAINST OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT HAVING A WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THEN TRYING TO PLAT HOUSES WITHOUT A PLAN TO TREAT THE SEWER.

THIS ISN'T ALL CREATED EQUAL.

WE CAN GET 95 OF THESE HUNDREDS DONE, BUT THESE LAST FEW ARE HUGE AND THEY'RE BIG, AND IT'S ON US, IT'S BEEN CONVEYED TO US IN THE WATER CODE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 2 3 2 0.030 THAT IT'S ON THE COUNTY TO CONTROL THESE AREAS AND, AND SEEK FEMA AND FLOODPLAIN REMEDIATION IF WE ARE TO EVEN ALLOW STUFF.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2, 3, 2, IT HAS GUTTED EVERYTHING.

WE HAVE SHOCK CLOCKS, WE HAVE THE INABILITY TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.

THEY HAVE NEVER DEVIATED FROM FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT.

IT IS 100% THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FIVE OF US TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, JUST KIND OF ON THE RECORD THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THEY FLOAT THESE TWO TOGETHER AND I JUST BELIEVE THEY'RE ASKING US TO DO SOMETHING WE'RE NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO.

UH, I I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, ADD ON TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.

SO I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE, MORE THAN A COUPLE, BUT TWO OF THE CONTESTED HEARINGS I'VE GONE TO ON BEHALF OF OTHER ENTITIES, UH, IN FRONT OF THE TCEQ, I ASKED TWO DIFFERENT SET OF PEOPLE, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TCEQ, BOTH ATTORNEYS AND ENGINEERS, UM, WHENEVER THEY'RE APPROVING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, WHO DOES THE FLOOD STUDY? NOW, I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION BEFORE I LEARNED THE, THE LANGUAGE, THE, WHAT I WAS REALLY WANTING WAS A HYDROLOGIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

BUT WHEN I'D ASK WHO, WHO, WHO DETERMINES WHAT KIND OF NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE EFFECT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE NEIGHBORS DOWNSTREAM, DOES THE TCEQ DO THAT? TWO SEPARATE INSTANCES,

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SO WE APPROVE THE PLANT.

IT'S REALLY NOT THEIR CONCERN.

WHAT IT DOES DOWNSTREAM.

AND WHEN I ASK, OKAY, IF YOU DON'T, WHO DOES BOTH ANSWER? I DON'T KNOW.

I WOULD SUPPOSE THE COUNTY DOES THAT.

UH, AND, AND ONE OF THESE RARE OCCASIONS, I AGREE WITH THEM.

UH, I, I BELIEVE IT IS THE COUNTY'S DUTY TO THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY, UH, TO TAKE CONTROL OF FLOODING OR AT LEAST MAKE A, A GOOD FAITH ATTEMPT TO PREVENT FLOODING.

AND, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE DATA TO DO THAT.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOW MAR.

WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF IMPERVIOUS COVER WE'RE GONNA HAVE.

WE HAVE TO KNOW WHERE THIS FLOWS AND WHAT, WHAT TROUBLE WE'RE CAUSING TO OUR NEIGHBORS.

UM, LIKE SAY TCQ SAYS, THEY DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THAT, AND THEY SUSPECT THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBLE.

I, I, I AGREE WITH THEM.

I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER STACY.

IT IS, UH, NOT ONLY A RESPONSIBILITY, IT'S A REQUIREMENT.

WE, WE, WE HAVE TO GET INVOLVED.

UH, SO THAT, THAT'S MY STATEMENT.

COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? YOU BOTH SAID IT VERY WELL.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

WELL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND WE WILL ATTEMPT TO USE OUR NEW VOTING MACHINE HERE.

OKAY? ALL RIGHT, JUDGE, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY THE RIVER ROCK TRAILS WWTP, PRELIMINARY PLA BASED UPON THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN A FREEZE AND NICHOLS LETTER ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024.

ALL RIGHT.

HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACEY TO DENY BEFORE WE MAKE A SECOND, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU, INSTEAD OF USING THE WORD DENY, YOU USE THE WORD DISAPPROVE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES.

OKAY.

I'LL DISPROVE IT.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LANGUAGE.

BASED UPON THE LETTER OF THE SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024 FRIES AND NICHOLS GOT AN AMENDED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACY.

IS THAT GOOD? YES.

SECOND.

GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER S.

SEVERE ALL.

AND THIS IS A VOTE TO DISAPPROVE.

SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AND REGISTER YOUR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? WE DID IT.

NOT YET.

IT'S SHOWING .

NOT YET.

OKAY.

NOW WE DID IT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UH, FOUR TO ZERO.

IT IS DISAPPROVED BY A TOTAL OF THOSE THAT ARE HERE.

SO

[7. Discuss/Act on approving River Rock Trails Phase 1B Preliminary Plat, Version #2 Review, and all related issues; (Judge New - Environmental Health)]