* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT IS 10:00 AM IT IS MARCH 30TH. WE ARE AT THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE. I'M GONNA CALL TO ORDER OUR SPECIAL MEETING. ASK COMMISSIONER LICHTY TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION. THEN I'LL LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGES. PLEASE STAND AS YOU ARE ABLE. YOU HAVE ANY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. WE'VE GOT GREAT EMPLOYEES HERE. THAT AMEN. LET'S PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. 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. NOW, LET'S PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AN INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU EVERYONE. WE WILL ROLL RIGHT INTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. IT IS THE PUBLIC FORUM AS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COURT REGARDING ANY COUNTY MATTERS. NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP, BUT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SPEAK, THEY CAN COME FORWARD NOW SEEING NO ONE WILL [2. Discuss/Act on repairs with respect to Cedar Creek Sites 16 and 16A, appointing a member of the court to be the Contracting Officer for the Cedar Creek Sites 16 and 16A on behalf of Rockwall County, the execution of a certification titled “Assurances Relating to Real Property Acquisition” and other documents, certificates and instruments related to Sites 16 and 16A, and all related issues; (Commissioner Liechty)] MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, DISCUSS AN ACT ON REPAIRS WITH RESPECT TO CEDAR CREEK SITE 16 AND 16. A APPOINTING A MEMBER OF THE COURT TO BE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER FOR THE CEDAR CREEK SITE 16 AND 16 A ON BEHALF OF ROCKWALL COUNTY, THE EXECUTION OF A CERTIFICATION TITLED ASSURANCES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, CERTIFICATES AND INSTRUMENTS RELATED TO SITE 16 AND 16 A AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. COMMISSIONER LICHTY. THANK YOU, JUDGE. UM, THIS IS, THIS MATTER RELATES TO TWO OF THE NRCS DAMS AND LAKES IN THE PRE IN PRECINCT THREE. THEY'RE DOWN IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY, UM, JUST SOUTH OF HEATH. UH, ONE OF THEM 16 A. THE DAM APPEARS, ALTHOUGH THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS A LITTLE BIT FUZZY, IT APPEARS TO ACTUALLY CROSS INTO KAUFMAN COUNTY. AND FOR PURPOSES OF DOING THIS, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT IT DOES. UM, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH KAUFMAN COUNTY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER A YEAR. AND THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD HAVE RELATED TO, UH, OBTAINING A REQUIRED LEGAL OPINION, Y'ALL MAY HAVE RECALLED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS. WE BROUGHT, UM, APPROVAL FOR SPENDING ADDITIONAL LEGAL FEES ON THIS WITH GARRIN HORTON, OUR COUNSEL ON THIS MATTER, AND WE HAVE NOW REACHED A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE. I APOLOGIZE TO EACH OF YOU FOR CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING, BUT, UM, THEY PUT A MARCH 31 DEADLINE, AND AS WE WERE GETTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER, WE REALIZED THAT THE PRIOR CONTRACTING OFFICER IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF THIS COURT, AND SOMEBODY HAS TO SIGN ALL THESE PAPERS AND GET 'EM SUBMITTED. SO I, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET THIS MORNING IN A SPECIAL MEETING TO DEAL WITH THIS. UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE. I LEFT IN YOUR, AT YOUR DESK THIS MORNING, THERE ARE TWO DOCUMENTS. THEY'RE IDENTICAL DOCUMENTS, ONE RELATED TO 16, UM, AND ONE RELATED IS 16 A AGAIN, 16 A IS ENTIRELY WITHIN ROCKWALL COUNTY. 16. UH, IT APPEARS TO TRANSFER INTO KAUFMAN COUNTY, A PORTION OF IT. UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING CRAIG STOT, OUR COUNCIL HAS BEEN COORDINATING WITH, UH, HIS COUNTERPART, UH, IN KAUFMAN COUNTY. AND WE'RE CLOSE TO HAVING THAT ALL RESOLVED. THE LEGAL OPINION, WE WERE ON THE PHONE, CRAIG AND I, NEGOTIATING WITH, UM, THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE. IS IT, UH, RCS, I THINK IT'S US FISH AND WILDLIFE. ANYWAY, AND WE NEGOTIATED THE FINAL TERMS OF, UH, OF A LEGAL OPINION. WE SHOULD GET THOSE TODAY ON 16 A AND HOPEFULLY BY TOMORROW ON 16. BUT WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE. SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS I, I'M ASKING THE COURT TO APPROVE, UH, APPOINTING A CONTRACTING OFFICER, WHICH I ASSUME WILL BE ME. UM, AND SINCE IT'S IN MY PRECINCT, AND THEN APPROVING EXECUTION OF THESE TWO DOCUMENTS AND ANY OTHER [00:05:01] DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, OR AGREEMENTS THEY THROW AT US AT THE LAST MINUTE, WHICH SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERY NOW AND THEN. AND, UM, WITH REGARD TO ONE OF THOSE, IT'S GONNA BE SUBJECT TO GETTING KAUFFMAN COUNTY SIGN OFF. ALSO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING. UH, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THE COURT HAS, HAS AN ISSUE WITH COMING TO A SPECIAL MEETING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S THIS IMPORTANT. UH, AND, AND I AGREE, I THINK YOU WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE CONTRACTING OFFICER FOR, FOR THIS AND ANYTHING ELSE IN PRECINCT THREE, WHICH, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF SOIL CONSERVATION LAKES IN PRECINCT THREE. AND WE, WHICH WE DO, AS YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE GET TO THE , THE NEXT ITEM OF COMMISSIONER STACY PUT ON. SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT COMMISSIONER LICHTY TO BE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER FOR THE CEDAR CREEK SITE 16 AND 16 A ON BEHALF OF ROCKWALL COUNTY. I'LL SECOND GOT MY MOTION. GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALANA. COULD, COULD WE, COULD WE AMEND THAT MOTION SLIGHTLY TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THESE ASSURANCES RELATED TO REAL PROPERTY AND WITH RESPECT TO 16 THAT WE, IT'S SUBJECT TO OBTAINING THE EXECUTION BY KAUFFMAN COUNTY. ALSO, WOULD YOU WANT A SEPARATE RESOLUTION? WE CAN PUT YOU AS THE SIGNER IN THE, WE CAN DO THAT TOO. WE CAN DO THAT TOO. IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SUBJECT TO COFFMAN COUNTY SIGNING OFFLINE, SUBJECT TO GETTING FINALIZED ATTORNEY. OKAY. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WANTED. ALRIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, LET'S JUST DO YOUR RESOLUTION THEN. I'LL DO ANOTHER ONE. OKAY, PERFECT. UH, SO WE HAVE MY MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOANA, IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW PLEASE. WE'RE GETTING THERE. PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION THAT, UH, THE CONTRACTING OFFICER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENT TITLED ASSURANCES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION WITH RESPECT TO BOTH CEDAR CREEK SITE 16 AND CEDAR CREEK PSYCHED 16 A AND, UM, SUBJECT TO RECEIVING THE FINAL LEGAL OPINION FROM OUR LEGAL COUNSEL. I'LL SECOND THAT. WE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LICHTY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER M**K, YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW, PLEASE. THAT PASSES FIVE TO ZERO AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. COMMISSIONER LICHTY, UH, THAT TAKES US [3. Discuss/Act on funding opportunity through the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and the Regional Flood Planning Groups (RFPG) for development of dam breach analysis and emergency action plans for NRCS Watershed Program dams, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy)] INTO AGENDA ITEM THREE, DISCUSS AND ACT ON FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, TWDB AND THE REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING GROUPS, RFPG FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A DAM BREACH ANALYSIS AND EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS FOR NRC CS WATERSHED, PROGRAM DAMS, AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. COMMISSIONER STACY? YEAH, SO THIS ONE'S GONNA KIND OF BE QUICK. IT WAS JUST KIND OF FORTUNATE WHEN, UM, LAUREN SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THESE LAKES. AND I SAID, WELL, THEN LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND ADD THIS TO IT. UM, THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT IS AUTHORIZING OUR COUNTY ENGINEER TO GO BACK TO, UH, THE TEXAS REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING GROUP AND REQUEST, UH, 33 SEPARATE , UM, GRANTS. UM, AND THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN FAST. THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN I CALLED ERICA AND SHE'S WELCOME TO COME UP HERE AND TALK. SHE HAS DONE THESE BEFORE, UM, IN, UH, IN, UH, BRAZOS COUNTY. SO SHE'S REALLY AWARE OF THE PROCESS AND HOW TO DO IT. AND I THINK THAT THIS ENABLING RESOLUTION JUST KIND OF GIVES HER GO AHEAD. YOU CAN COME UP, UM, JUST KIND OF GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND GIVES HER KIND OF SOME STUFF SAYING, HEY, MY COURT WANTS ME TO DO THIS. I'M NOT JUST ACTING AS A RANDOM COUNTY EMPLOYEE. SO YOU WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO. SURE, SURE. GOOD MORNING. UM, SO I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION THAT I HAVE WORKED ON GRANT FUNDING FOR THROUGH THE TEXAS, UH, WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. UM, AND THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE, THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS BASICALLY TO START REQUESTING SOME FUNDS FOR THIS. UM, DAMS ARE A BIG ISSUE. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DAM INFRASTRUCTURE IN NORTH TEXAS IN PARTICULAR, UH, THAT IS AGING. UM, MANY OF THE DAMS I WAS LOOKING AT, UH, OUR DAMS ON THE NATIONAL DAM DAM INVENTORY LAST WEEK, AND MANY OF THEM WERE BUILT IN THE FIFTIES. UM, AND THEY DON'T HAVE EMERGENCY, UH, MANAGEMENT PLANS THAT GO ALONG WITH THEM. AND SO THE FLOOD INUNDATION AREA WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD STUDY. IF WE GET THE GRANT FUNDING, UM, FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL DAM, THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN, UM, WITH AN INVENTORY MAP, OR SORRY, AN INUNDATION MAP THAT LOOKS AT WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED IF THE DAM WERE TO BE BREACHED AND KIND OF SETTING UP THE, THE ORDER OF WHO WOULD CONTACT WHOM. AND, [00:10:01] UM, BASICALLY HOW WE WOULD HANDLE AN EMERGENCY FOR EACH AND EVERY DAM. SO, UM, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED. I DIDN'T HAPPEN TO SEE THAT ANY OF OUR DAMS HAVE THOSE EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS, UH, ALTHOUGH I MIGHT'VE MISSED 'EM, I LOOKED AT SEVERAL OF THEM. BUT, UM, ANYWAY, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I KNOW PROBABLY ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, I KNOW IT'S SINCE THE THREE OF US HAD BEEN ON THE COURT WHEN WE, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ONE AT LAKE RAY, UM, AT, ON LAKE ROCKWALL STATES, AND THAT ONE IS ALSO ONE OF AN OLDER ONE. SEVERAL OF BUYERS ARE OLD AS WELL, AS YOU POINTED OUT. AND, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION FOR SOME GRANT MONEY, BUT I DON'T THINK WE WERE EVER, UM, AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE ANY. AND IT MAY JUST BEEN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU FOLLOWING THROUGH AND TRYING TO, TRYING TO WORK, WORK THE SYSTEM. YEAH. AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY FLOODING IN TEXAS IS A BIG DEAL. MM-HMM . AND SO GOVERNOR ABBOTT HAS MADE THIS KIND OF A SPECIAL ROUND OF, OF FINANCING FOR THIS EFFORT. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO TAKE AS MUCH ADVANTAGE AS POSSIBLE. SO, UM, AT FIRST I THOUGHT ABOUT JUST GOING TO, UM, OUR, OUR HIGH HAZARD DAMS, UM, BUT THAT WOULD ONLY LEAVE OUT ABOUT FOUR. UM, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST GO AHEAD AND PASS THE RESOLUTION FOR ALL OF THEM. AND THEN ERICA IS WILLING TO AT LEAST, UH, YOU KNOW, SEND THE EMAILS AND REQUEST THEM IN INDIVIDUALIZED. THIS GIVES HER PLENTY OF TIME TO DO IT BEFORE THE CUTOFF. SO I WAS GONNA PUT THIS ON THE NEXT COURT, BUT WHEN I SAW THIS, I SAID, HEY, LET'S JUST KNOCK THIS OUT. DO, DO WE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING THROUGH MR. CANTRELL AND THAT GROUP? I, I, THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY KIND OF WHERE THIS GOES. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, I REMEMBER THAT'S WHO WE SPOKE TO LAST TIME. MM-HMM . OKAY. GOOD. YES. ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF SOMEBODY IS SO INCLINED. ONE SECOND. UM, THANKS FOR DOING THIS, UH, COMMISSIONER STACY, APPRECIATE YOU, YOU BRINGING IT UP? GOOD IDEA. EXCEPT THERE'S, THERE'S ONE DAM MISSING FROM THIS LIST THAT'S 16. YEAH. YEAH. I NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT THIS MORNING. SO WE NEED TO ADD, UH, BETWEEN, I PUT IT BETWEEN W-S-S-C-S SITE 14 DAM AND THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS 16 A INSERT CEDAR CREEK W-S-S-C-S SITE. 16 DAM. YES. AND I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY. AND THEN CHANGE IT TO, YEAH, THERE'S STILL 33. THERE WAS, THERE WAS. IT WAS JUST MISSING. IT WAS JUST MISSING. OKAY. TOTALLY FAIR. UM, AND SO I GUESS WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A, A RE A, UH, A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ON TEXAS REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING GROUPS WITH THE AMENDMENT TO ADD SITE 16 BETWEEN SITE FOUR AND SITE 16 A. HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACY, I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LTY. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW, PLEASE. THAT PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. THAT BRINGS US TO, WHAT DOES THAT BRING US TO AGENDA [7. COMMISSIONERS COURT REPORTS] ITEM SEVEN, COMMISSIONER COURT REPORT. AND IT'S OKAY IF THERE'S NOTHING, LET'S START PRECINCT ONE . I'LL JUST SAY WE HAD A REALLY GREAT, UH, COUNTY CONVENTION, UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND, UM, THAT SEVERAL OF US WERE AT FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM AND WE GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED AND I'M, UH, I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THOSE THAT PUT A LOT OF WORK IN. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER M**K, UM, I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYONE, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE PRETTY PINWHEELS, THE BLUE AND SILVER PINWHEELS ON THE, ON THE YARD OF THE, OF THE COURTHOUSE. IT LOOK HERE AT THE HISTORIC, IT LOOKS VERY NICE. AND I BELIEVE IT'S THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WEDNESDAY AT FIVE OR FIVE 30, I BELIEVE IS WHEN, UH, IS THAT RIGHT? TUESDAY? YES. TOMORROW. OKAY. TUESDAY. OKAY. TUESDAYS, EXCUSE ME, THAT, UM, THEY WILL BE HAVING, UM, THIS, THE CHILDREN'S FC CENTER WILL BE KICKING THAT OFF ALONG WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH THEM. COMMISSIONER LICHTY, I WOULD REMIND EVERYONE THAT TUESDAY NIGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE HAVE TOWN HALL MEETINGS FOR OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN UPDATE AND ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING TO COME OUT. WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH PUBLIC INPUT AS WE CAN. UM, TUESDAY NIGHT IS A CHANDLER'S LANDING BACK IN THE CLUB, AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS AT FATE CITY HALL. UH, SIX 30. BOTH OF THEM, I BELIEVE. SIX 30, CORRECT? CORRECT. COMMISSIONER STACY, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS, THERE'LL BE RUNNING A PLAY CALLED 1776 AT THE ROCKWALL COUNTY PLAYHOUSE. UM, OTHER THAN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE, ROCKWALL COMMUNITY PLAY COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE. I APOLOGIZE. I SAW IT ON SATURDAY WITH MY WIFE AND OTHER THAN, UM, THE PERSON PLAYING BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, IT WAS WELL CAST. NO, I'M TOTALLY KIDDING. LAUREN. LAUREN DID AMAZING AS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, BUT, UM, . BUT ANYWAYS, I, I STRONGLY [00:15:01] ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO. IT IS A REALLY GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE DEBATE AND WHAT IT, WHAT IT REALLY KIND OF WAS THE REALITY OF WHAT IT WAS PASSING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. IT WASN'T JUST THOMAS JEFFERSON WRITING A SIMPLE DOCUMENT AND THEN IT GETTING PASSED. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE, VERY IMPACTFUL. SO 250 YEARS OF THE DOCUMENT, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO OUT AND SEE THE, SEE THAT PLAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT 10 15, WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.