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YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.[Notice of Commissioners Court Consortium Meeting on November 20, 2024.]
CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.I WANNA START IT REAL QUICK WITH MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS SIGNED, IF YOUR NAME'S NOT ON HERE, UH, WRITE YOUR NAME ON HERE.
AND THEN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE JUST A A, A GOOD THING TO GO AROUND THE TABLE AND JUST INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GO CLOCKWISE.
MY NAME'S FRANK NEW, I'M YOUR ROCKWELL COUNTY JUDGE.
DENNIS LEWIS, ROCKWELL CITY COUNCIL.
MARY SMITH, ROCKWELL CITY MANAGER.
MITCH OBE, EMS. CHIEF ROCKWELL COUNTY EMS. CITY COUNCIL.
MAYOR FA, DEB DEPUTY MAYOR PRO.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, MR, YOU WANNA TAKE THIS PROJECT? UH, YEAH.
SO IN THE PAST FOR THE RECENT FEW, I HAVE GONE OVER EACH OF THE PROJECTS BEFORE, SO I'VE JUST HAD PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS.
SO THEY STUFF YOU DON'T WANNA, SO I, I CAN GIVE YOU A QUICK RUN OR YOU JUST ASK QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
SEND AN EMAIL, LET THEM AND I'M HERE FOR THE DURATION CODE.
I GUESS I JUST, ON 5 51 I'M RIGHT.
IT'S SO I KNOW YOU GET SOME OUTLINE, RIGHT.
I THINK DECEMBER WAS SOME DEADLINES FOR ENGINEERING.
SO I THINK DECEMBER WAS 100% ENGINEERING, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
ARE WE STILL ON TRACK ON THAT SCHEDULE? I HAVEN'T HEARD NOT SO, OKAY.
THE ENGINEERING'S THE EASY PART.
WE ARE STILL CONTRACTED WITH
SO ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THAT PROJECT WILL BE ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAR, WHICH THEN ALLOWS IT TO BE ABLE TO, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENED WITH TECH STOCK'S, UH, BUDGET START RIGHT AWAY.
SO ARE WE, IS THIS PROJECT DEPENDENT UPON THE 89TH SESSION
I, I, I, I KNOW THAT TDOT HAS PROJECTED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THEIR FUNDING TO DROP FROM 200 BILLION EVERY BUYING THEM TO ONE IN THE ONE EARLY LOW ONE 90 AND THEN BELOW 180 BY THE TIME 2030 COMES IN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS ANYTHING, UH, BUILT IN WITH THE LEGISLATURE, BUT, UH, THEY ARE IN A DOWNWARD TREND ON THEIR FUNDING AT THIS POINT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.
SO THAT'S REALLY NOT THE PART TO WORRY ABOUT.
BECAUSE WE GET OUR PROJECTS READY.
WHAT'S ALSO HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME IS TEXTILE HAS ALSO REDUCED, UM, YOUR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE DISTRICTS, YOUR CONSULTANT BUDGETS FOR THE DISTRICTS, WHICH STILL WOULDN'T HURT US 'CAUSE WE DO OUR STUFF OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM, BUT THEY ALSO REDUCE THEIR, UM, RIGHT OF AWAY BUDGET.
SO THE STATE USUALLY HAS ABOUT A $2 BILLION ALLOCATION FOR RIGHT OF WAY STATEWIDE EVERY YEAR.
AND THE DALLAS DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE GET OUR PROJECTS DONE SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER THAN OTHER DISTRICTS, THE DALLAS DISTRICT IS USUALLY 700 BILLION, UH, UH, 700 MILLION OF THAT 2 BILLION BECAUSE THAT MAKES THEM LOOK GOOD, RIGHT? THEY, THEY GET THAT MUCH TIME.
SO THE, THE COMMISSION ALLOWS 'EM TO GO OVER THEIR 400 MILLION BUDGET BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS THAT DON'T MAKE THEIR BUDGET THIS CYCLE.
THEY TOLD HIM IN JUNE, WHICH SEPTEMBER'S THE END OF THE YEAR IN JUNE, THAT YOU HAD TO LIVE WITHIN YOUR $400 MILLION BUDGET.
WELL AT THAT TIME IN JUNE, THE DALLAS STICKERS WAS ALREADY AT 500 MILLION.
SO THE DISTRICT SAID, I MEAN THE HEADQUARTERS SAID, OKAY, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE 500 FOR THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, STARTING OCTOBER, LAST OCTOBER, THIS LAST MONTH.
YOUR NEW BUDGET'S 400, BUT WE'RE GONNA SUBTRACT THAT A HUNDRED.
SO NOW YOU GOT 300, THE DISTRICT PUT A FULL STOP ON ALL RIDEAWAY ACQUISITION ON ALL PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY HAVE ABOUT 150 MILLION IN, UH, PARCELS THAT ARE IN IMMINENT DOMAIN AND THEY CAN'T STOP THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SCHEDULED FOR HEARINGS BECAUSE IT COSTS THEM MONEY IF THEY DO THAT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA WAIT UNTIL LIKE JANUARY, FEBRUARY UNTIL ALL THOSE HEARINGS BLEED OUT TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE LEFT.
UH, AND THEY THINK IT'S 150 MILLION.
SO THEY HAVE 150 MILLION LEFT.
SO WHAT'S GONNA STOP OUR PROJECT MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO IS RIGHT OF THE ACQUISITION.
SO DOES THAT MEAN IF THEY HAVE, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
SO JUST BEAR WITH ME A SECOND.
SO IF WE HAVE REDUCED BUDGET BY DALLAS FIRST STREET, DOES THAT MEAN THE OFFER THE HOMEOWNER ARE PROBABLY LESS? NO, NO, NO, NO.
NO, JUST MAKE, THEY'LL JUST BUY FEWER PARCELS SO THAT OH, I SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
THE INDIVIDUAL PARCEL PROPERTY OWNERS IS PRETTY MUCH SET IN STATUTE.
THEY HAVE TO GIVE THEM A FAIR MARKET VALUE
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AND THEY USED TO DO IT WHERE IF THEY TOOK THE PROPERTY OFF THE FRONT, THEY WOULD VALUE IT OFF THE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE BACK END BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING YOU'RE STILL GETTING FRONTAGE DURING THAT TEXT.UH, TRANS TEXAS CORRIDOR DEBACLE UNDER PERRY, THE LEGISLATURE CAME IN, DID PROPERTY BILL OF RIGHTS.
AND SO NOW THE STATE HAS TO OFFER YOU FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE.
AND SO EVEN IF YOU'VE GOT A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S VACANT AND THE COMMUNITY IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU'RE IN, UH, DESIGNATES YOUR AREA AS COMMERCIAL, THEY GOTTA BUY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, NOT RAW LAND.
WHAT THE LAST MEETING YOU TOLD US THE MEETING IN OCTOBER ON SEVERAL PROJECTS TRYING TO MOVE THEM UP.
DID I IMAGINE THAT OR THE, UH, RTC WAS LOOKING AT, UH, MOVING SOME PROJECTS IN OCTOBER IN THE REGION.
SO THEY, THEY DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE OF THE NOTIFICATION THEY GOT FROM THEM FROM THE HEADQUARTERS ON THE FUNDINGS.
THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE I THINK IT MAY BE A SCENARIO WHERE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT STEPS IN ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT THEY CARE ABOUT OR WE'RE INTERESTED IN AND THEY'LL FUND THE RIGHT AWAY.
SO I GUESS, SO JUDGE, SO I GUESS WE DON'T ADVOCATE FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN THE BUDGET STATE BUDGET, RIGHT? WE JUST HAVE TO GET THE STATE STATES JUST FUNDS THE AGENCY THE DECISION, RIGHT? ESSENTIALLY.
OKAY, SO LIKE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW, 5 51, 5 48, 39 7, THEY'RE STILL GOT A YEAR OR SO, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS.
SO I'M PRETTY CERTAIN, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST STOP BUYING R, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO BY THE TIME WE GET TO THOSE PROJECTS WHERE THEY NEED TO HAVE RAWAY ACQUISITION, THE SITUATION WILL RESOLVE ITSELF.
SO MY CONCERN IS THE CONTROLLERS SALES CASH FORECAST DECLINING ALMOST AND THEY'RE DECLINING, WHICH IS PREDICTED NOW DE DE DECLINING, WHICH MEANS THAT GROWTH IS REDUCING OR ACTUAL DECLINE.
SO THERE'S ONLY 3.4% DOWN TO 1.2% FORECAST FOR SALES TAX, WHICH IS GONNA HURT THE STATE BUDGET.
SO THE QUESTION IS, DO WE START EDUCATING OUR TWO REPS OR STATE REPS ON, HEY, WE GOT STUFF IN HERE, YOU GOTTA FUND TECH STOCK.
OR DOES THAT EVEN MATTER? BECAUSE THEY JUST PROVE A BIG NUMBER.
THAT, THAT ABSOLUTELY MATTERS.
IT, IT, IT, OKAY, IT LET ME KNOW IF YOU DISAGREE.
I THINK WE SHOULD EDUCATE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ON WHAT WE NEED AND BECAUSE AS IF HAGAR'S CORRECT AND HE'S PRETTY GOOD AT THIS, IF GP GIRLS GO TO 25% OF 20 25, 20 26, WHICH HE'S STILL PREDICTING, WE'RE GOT A LOT LESS MONEY HERE AND LOTS OF STUFF.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED FOR AT LEAST WE ALREADY ADVOCATE FOR IT IN ADVANCE BEFORE WE GET BEHIND THE CURVE ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE BEING ON A CURB, BUT IF I CAN AVOID IT, SO JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
WE CAN DEB, EDUCATE SENATOR HALL AND YOU KNOW, KATRINA, YOU KNOW,
WE JUST GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AND WHO DOESN'T, WHO WE EDUCATE THERE, THERE IS THE QUESTION THERE.
I MEAN I CAN DO FAKE STUFF, BUT I DUNNO IF THIS'S THE RIGHT WAY OF KNOWING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE WAS IS, I DUNNO Y'ALL REMEMBER, BUT ABOUT JUST LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, T STOCKS WAIVED THE 10% LOCAL MATCH ON WIDE RATE PARTICIPATION BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE RURAL DISTRICT BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR LOCAL, STILL PAY THE 10%.
SO THEY WAD IT ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE, I'VE SENT UP A FLARE TO HEADQUARTERS TO SAY, LISTEN, IF, IF FUNDING FOR RIDEAWAY BECOMES AN ISSUE, YOU HAVE TO START TO PICK PROJECTS.
IF THERE ARE LOCAL ENTITIES THAT ARE WILLING PAY TO 10% RIGHTAWAY, DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MOVED THEM UP IN THE FOOD CHAIN? WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU SAY WE CAN MOVE THIS PROJECT.
WE AGREED TO PAY 10% OF THE, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER QUESTION.
THE, UH, 5 49 SECTION BETWEEN 2 0 5 7 40.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A MEETING BACK IN JULY AND IT SAYS YOU GUYS ARE NEGOTIATING THE SCOPE FEE OF AT WSB FOR THE PROJECT.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA, IS THAT ON THE, THE RADAR JUST YET OR ARE WE GONNA WAIT UNTIL 2 0 5 SOUTH IS COMPLETE OR IS KIND? WHAT DO WE SEE FOR A TIMELINE THAT'S PAGE 24.
I MAY NOT HAVE AN ANSWER YET, BUT I'VE GOT THE SCOPE AND FEES FROM THEM.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NEGOTIATION.
IT MAY BE ONE OF THE PROJECT THAT, UH,
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WAIVE TO ISSUED DEBT COVER THE COST CONTRACT.DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES.
WHEN AT FIVE 40 WORDS ARE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE MICROPHONES GO OFF.