[ Infrastructure Meeting on April 15, 2026.]
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TO THE ROCKWALL COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUM. IT'S 530. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START THE MEETING. LET'S DO A QUICK INTRODUCTION OF EVERYONE. LET'S GO AROUND THE TABLE. SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE SO THE COUNTY CLERK DOESN'T GET MAD AT ME. THERE YOU GO. NICOLE. MAYOR ROY CITY. CARL ROSENBERG, ROSE CITY. MICHAEL. KOVACS, CITY MANAGER.
RICHARD HENSON, ROCKWALL CITY COUNCIL. MIKE JAFFE, MAYOR, TOWN OF POETRY, CITY MANAGER.
MCLENNON CHISUM. BRIAN MCNEIL, MAYOR OF MCLENNAN. CHISUM FOR 25 MORE DAYS, 25 MORE DAYS AND COUNTING. SCOTT DODSON, HEATH CITY COUNCIL. MARY SMITH, ROCKWELL CITY MANAGER. JOHN STACEY, ROCKWALL COUNTY COMMISSIONER. LAUREN LICHTY, ROCKWALL COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT THREE. CHELSEA GORDON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CITY OF HEATH. JEREMIAH MCCLURE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HEATH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. BRENDA, DO YOU WANT TO GO OVER THE ROADS? I DON'T I DON'T SEE JOHN HERE, SO. YOU ARE CORRECT TEAM THIS TIME. YEAH. WE GET THE A TEAM THIS TIME. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW THE REPORT WAS SENT OUT YESTERDAY.
AND I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN PAST THE POINT WHERE WE JUST SIT AND GO OVER THINGS WHERE, YEAH, IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, LET LET ME KNOW. WE'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT. OH, IT WASN'T WORKING. I WELL, YEAH, THAT MICROPHONE IS FINICKY. OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE? YEP. NOTIFICATIONS FOR ANY QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION, BRENDA? NO. ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS. YEP. LET'S GO RIGHT INTO QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. OKAY.
WE NEED TO WE NEED TO UPDATE THE EDWARDS ROAD DESCRIPTION. OKAY. IN THE FUTURE. AND WHERE ARE WE AT IN THAT PROCESS? I KNOW WE'VE I THINK WE'VE CLOSED THE LOOP ON WHERE WE'RE GOING NOW, BUT WHERE ARE WE AT AS FAR AS ACTUALLY SIGNING PEOPLE UP AND GETTING GOING? ERICA HAS THE SCOPE AND FEE FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF EDWARDS ROAD, AND I'M WAITING ON HER TO REVIEW IT. WE BOTH THINK IT'S A LITTLE HIGH, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR NOTES TOGETHER SO WE CAN GO BACK TO FRITZ AND NICHOLS AND DISCUSS THEIR FEE. OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE SECOND PHASE ALSO. YES, I WAS GOING TO TRY TO COMBINE THEM, BUT I WAS WAITING ON ERIKA'S NOTES BEFORE WE EVEN DID THAT, BECAUSE ASKING THEM TO GIVE ME ANOTHER SCOPE AND FEE THAT'S BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN US ALREADY. OKAY. AND WE NEED TO I MENTIONED THIS TO THE FOLKS IN MACLENNAN CHISHOLM BEFORE. WE NEED TO GET AN. ISLA GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THEM AFTER WE'RE DONE. OKAY. AND WE NEED TO GET GOING BECAUSE I HATE THE FACT THAT THOSE FOLKS IN MACLENNAN CHISHOLM ARE MOVING FASTER THAN US ON THIS ROAD. SO, OKAY, I WILL SEND AN EMAIL BACK TO ERICA TOMORROW TO SEE WHERE SHE'S AT AND REVIEWING THE SCOPE AND FEE. THANK YOU. YEAH. IT'S. COMMISSIONER. IT'S BECAUSE I HEAR THAT MAYOR TRIES TO DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT DOWN THERE ON THE EDWARDS ROAD. YES, I, I SECOND THE ISLA.
THAT'S THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET DONE BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE THE AGREEMENT IN THAT AND IN THE CITY WILL ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT I DID WANT TO ASK IS WHEN EDWARDS ROAD DOES START, BECAUSE WE WILL BE COMPLETE. MY GUESS IS SOMETIME IN MAY ON THE PORTION THAT TT I WORKED ON. WHEN Y'ALL DO THAT, ARE Y'ALL PLANNING TO SHUT EDWARDS ROAD DOWN AGAIN BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A FUN CONVERSATION WITH THE CITIZENS BECAUSE THEY LOSE THAT ROAD AND THEY USE IT BECAUSE IT TAKES SOME OF THE TRAFFIC OFF. 205 WILL Y'ALL BE ABLE TO DO THAT ONE SIDE AT A TIME SO THAT THERE CAN STILL BE ACCESSIBILITY? I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT IT SURE IS A REASONABLE REQUEST IF WE CAN. YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S WHAT THE HEATH HAS DONE ON TERRY LANE. AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT PAINFUL AT TIMES, IT'S WORKED REALLY WELL. YEAH. AND THIS ONE I KNOW IT WAS DONE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IF OR MY, MY ASK WOULD BE AT LEAST DO THE. SO WHEN WE DID THE REROUTE ON WHAT IS LEFT, I WOULD ASK THAT
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THE COUNTY DO THAT SIDE FIRST, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN AT LEAST STILL HAVE AN EXIT OUT. THEY MAY HAVE TO GO DOWN TO 548 AND LOOP AROUND, BUT IT GIVES THEM THE OPTION TO DO SO. AND THEN BECAUSE SINCE THAT'S SUCH A SHORTER DISTANCE, IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET DONE QUICKER. AND THEN WHEN THEN START THE OTHER SIDE OF WHERE LEAGUE COMES IN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. NO, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU, BRENDA. IT DOES MAKE SENSE. BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT PHASING IT AND DOING ONE FIRST AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, YOUR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND CONTRACTORS PROGRESS CAN BE IMPEDED. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE'LL REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT DURING THE ENGINEERING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND THE TRAFFIC CONTROL TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP IT OPEN. OKAY. COMMISSIONER LICHTY, WHAT ON THE DESCRIPTION WERE YOU WANTING TO CHANGE? WELL, IF I READ IT RIGHT, IT STILL SAYS UPGRADE. OH, GOTCHA. GOTCHA, GOTCHA, I SEE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAD TO SAY WAS. I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'VE GOT OUR CONTRACT SIGNED ON. 549 AND THAT THAT'S STARTING THIS SUMMER, RIGHT? THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION? YES. GREAT. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, ERICA, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. SCOTT. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS ONE'S FOR YOU OR FOR BRENDA, BUT I SEE ON THE FM 3097 FOR HORIZON ROAD THAT IT'S IS NEGOTIATED A SCOPE AND FEE WITH LTRA FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PROJECT TO PHASE. DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN THAT MIGHT BE SOCIALIZED ON WHAT THAT FEE IS? IT'S IN A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS TO THEIR ORIGINAL CONTRACT. RIGHT. AND WE'VE GOT THE FEE. WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH TEX DOT RIGHT NOW AS WELL, TO SEE IF THEY'RE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PSC AND IF THEY'VE GOT PROJECT MANAGERS ON HAND TO TO REVIEW THE PRODUCT THAT WE TAKE TO THEM. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM REAL HARD ON ON THAT. THEY'VE GOT US PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THE SCHEMATICS AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENTALS, BUT WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE GETTING PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THE PSC. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JOHN IS WORKING WITH THEM ON. OKAY, BRENDA, THANKS FOR THAT. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. AND COMMISSIONER LICHTY, THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW WHICH SEGMENT OF 549 YOU WERE REFERRING TO, BUT I SEE THAT ON THE. 740 TO 205 SEGMENT THAT THE PROJECT DESIGN WAS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND THAT IT'S ANTICIPATED THIS WILL COME TO COMMISSIONERS COURT ON AN UPCOMING AGENDA. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS HAS BEEN SLATED. JUDGE NEW ON THAT ON AN UPCOMING AGENDA YET. NOT NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, BUT IT CAN BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA AS SOON AS SOON AS THE DOCUMENTS ARE READY. OKAY. YEAH. ON FM 1777 AND FM 35 ON FM 549. ON HORIZON, I FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING ONE. OH, AND ON FM 550 I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CRAIG, THE THE ATTORNEY, TO REVIEW THOSE. TALK TO HIM THIS AFTERNOON. HE'S REVIEWING THOSE. ERIC HAS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM, SO HE WAS GETTING PREPARED TO RELEASE THEM BACK TO LISA. SO LISA COULD PLACE THEM ON THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AGENDA. SO. SO AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, THESE DOCS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE THEN. NOT YET. NOT YET. IT SHOULD BE. HOPEFULLY THE NEXT COMMISSIONER'S COURT. OKAY. BECAUSE. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANKS, SCOTT. THAT WAS I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PART. THE ROCK WALL PART? YEAH. GOTCHA. YEAH. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST JUST JUST FOR THAT. SCOTT, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT TUESDAY IS BASICALLY THE DEADLINE TO PUT COURT TOGETHER. SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE 8500 PAGE DOCUMENTS AND OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS WORKING AS FAST AS THEY CAN TO GET THEM DONE. SO THERE COULD BE 1 OR 2 OR ALL OF THEM APPROVED. SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, LIKE EVEN THOUGH IT FEELS LIKE 428, WE HAVE TIME, WE'RE GOING TO PRETTY MUCH KNOW THIS WEEK, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE.BUT THE SECOND THAT OUR LEGAL IS READY TO SIGN OFF ON THEM, WE'RE PUTTING THEM ON COURT.
WE'RE GETTING THEM GOING. GREAT. THANKS. WE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR ABOUT A MONTH TO GET THROUGH THAT, THOSE VOLUMINOUS DOCUMENTS. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT IT TO WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BOILERPLATE AND WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE AND WHAT'S WHAT TO LOOK AT. SO I THINK WE'VE STREAMLINED THE PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT YEAH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT. LACEY, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? TRYING TO FOLLOW THE RULES. CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON THE OUTER LOOP? THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOME MEETINGS THAT WERE
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HELD WITH TEX DOT AND COG IN MARCH. AND SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. STATE HIGHWAY 66 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. IT SAYS THAT CONSORT IS BEING ENGAGED. YES. IS THAT THROUGH TEX DOT OR IS THAT THROUGH? IT'S THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM. THEY WERE A PRE-QUALIFIED CONSULTANT. OKAY, OKAY. YEAH, THEY WERE PRE-QUALIFIED CONSULTANT. SO WE'VE DISCUSSED ALL THE DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS WITH THEM. THEY'RE GOING BACK AND PUTTING A SCOPE TOGETHER TO STUDY THE INTERSECTIONS AND COME BACK WITH A SCOPE AND FEE FOR US SO WE CAN NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. OKAY, COOL. THANKS.OKAY, JUST AN UPDATE ON OUR LOOP, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION BASED ON WHAT WAS IN THE REPORT? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE NORTH PART OF THE OUTER LOOP OR THE SOUTH PART IN MARCH? DID. I THINK SHE MUST BE TALKING ABOUT THE NORTH PART OF THE OUTER LOOP? YEAH. MUST BE. MATT, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT OR. NO? I'M LOOKING HALF MET WITH TEX DOT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. LACEY IS KAUFMAN COUNTY OUTER LOOP HAVE SUBMITTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEX DOT. THOSE MEETINGS ARE JUST OUR NORMAL EVERY OTHER WEEK MEETINGS IF THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT. WE MEET WITH LIANG AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE. MUHAMMAD ON TWICE A MONTH, FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS. AND I THINK WE RESCHEDULED ONE OF THOSE. I THINK ONE OTHER MEETING WAS ON THE I-30 INTERCHANGE AND RAMPING IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
SO THOSE WERE TWO REGULAR MEETINGS AND ONE MEETING ON I-30 OR. OH THERE YOU GO. YEAH.
WERE YOU. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS IF YOU WANT TO GET. OH YEAH. I WAS GOING TO SAY WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE MARCH 2ND. MARCH 23RD AND MARCH 31ST. YEAH. THOSE ARE OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED BIMONTHLY MEETINGS WITH TEX DOT. AND THE COG MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT COMMISSIONER LICHTY PENNED AND SUBMITTED TO THEM FOR REVIEW. YEAH. AND THAT THAT MOU HAS COME BACK TO US FOR EDITS AND WE'RE WORKING ON EDITS. AND AT SOME POINT WE'LL GET IT BACK TO THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SO THEY CAN HAVE A LOOK AT IT WITH COG, AND THEN IT'LL GO BACK TO THE RTC. SO IT'S BACK IN OUR COURT RIGHT NOW. THEY MADE SOME EDITS THAT I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH. SO WE'RE GOING TO REEDIT THEIR EDITS AND THEN SEND IT SEND IT BACK TO THEM. HERE. I SEE YOU HERE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LETTER CONTAINS. IS IT MORE A FOCUS ON THE SOUTH OR IS IT BOTH SOUTH, MAINLY THE SOUTH? OKAY, OKAY. YEAH, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW, HAVE HAVE PEOPLE SEEN THAT LETTER OR DOES THE CONSORTIUM NEED TO SEE THAT LETTER? THE LETTER'S BEEN CIRCULATED. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE. IT'S A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND JUDGE NEW IS 100% CORRECT. WE SENT IT TO THEM ON MARCH 11TH OR 12TH. I THINK IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO SEND TO THEM. THEY CAME BACK WITH COMMENTS WHICH DIFFERENT COMMISSIONERS OR JUDGES WOULD CATEGORIZE DIFFERENTLY, BUT I WAS GIVEN THE CHARGE YESTERDAY IN OUR COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING TO TURN IT AROUND, WHICH I DID TODAY, AND SENT IT TO MATT CRAIG AND JOHN POLSTER, OUR CONSULTANTS, AND TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, DANIEL REY, FOR HIS REVIEW. AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE WILL PRESENT IT AGAIN, THE MOU, WHICH DOES DEAL JUST WITH THE SOUTHERN PORTION THAT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING ON APRIL 28TH. BE MY GUESS. AND IF YOU WANT A COPY OF IT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU. I MEAN, I'M WITH ROYCE CITY, SO I REALLY HAVE MORE OPINIONS ABOUT THE NORTH THAN I DO THE SOUTH.
SO RIGHT WHEN YOU SAY IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED TO INDIVIDUAL PERSONS OR. WELL, IT WAS PART OF OUR PACKAGE IN THE. IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT PACKAGE IN THE PACKET. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S WHY I SAY ANYTHING THAT'S GONE TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU. I CAN GO FETCH IT. OKAY. YEAH. ONLINE. YOU GUYS, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST GIVE ME A CALL, OKAY? OKAY. BUT YEAH, IT JUST DEALS WITH THE SOUTHERN PART.
OKAY. AND THE MEETING THAT YOU GUYS HAD ON THE 27TH WAS WITH WHO AT COG, WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE THOUGH? THERE'S BEEN I DON'T THINK I HAD A MEETING ON THE 27TH AT COG. WE HAD A
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MEETING THERE ON APRIL LAST, THE WEEK BEFORE LAST. WHAT WAS THAT? APRIL. APRIL 9TH OR 10TH? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THAT WAS A MEETING COG HAD PRESENTED. WELL, NOT COG. THE RTC PRESENTED TO THEIR BOARD OUR DRAFT, AND THEY GAVE AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHY WE WERE DOING THE BACK AND FORTH ON THIS, WHICH FOR EVERYONE IN THIS IN THIS LISTENING RIGHT NOW, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE BECAUSE IT'S THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC REASON FOR THIS. WE'VE HAD A ALLEGED. THAT'S THE WRONG TERM. THERE'S BEEN A COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP IN THE PAST. SOME REFER TO AS A PARTNERSHIP. BEING A LAWYER, I CAN'T SAY THAT BECAUSE IT JUST GRATES AGAINST ME. BUT WE WORK TOGETHER TO TRY AND DO THE NORTH PART, AND THEY'VE ASKED US NOW TO PROCEED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY ON THE SOUTHERN PART. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS OUTLINE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT INCLUDED WITHIN THE DESIGN OF THAT ROAD IN THE SOUTHERN PART, TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT UPON OUR SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND THE RESIDENTS LIVING THERE RIGHT NOW. I WOULD SAY, ON THE SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES, THERE'S, IN MY OPINION, VERY LITTLE, IF ANY, DISAGREEMENT. WE'RE TWEAKING SOME LANGUAGE AND SOME THINGS THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS RAISED THAT THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT. AND LIKE I SAID, I'M REVISING THAT AND HOPE TO PRESENT IT AT THE NEXT COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING ON APRIL 28TH. OKAY, I SEE THAT MEETING WAS BETWEEN ITS HALF AND COG TO PRESENT TO THEM THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT ROCKWALL COUNTY APPROVED IN COURT, AND JUST GO BRIEFLY OVER IT AND BRIEF THEM ON IT BEFORE THEY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW. OKAY. SO IT WAS IT WAS US HALF AND US MEETING WITH COG TO GO OVER THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BEFORE THEY REVIEWED IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR THAT EXPLANATION, I APPRECIATE IT. WHO ELSE HAS QUESTIONS? IF WE'RE STILL QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER LICHTY, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE TO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN? YEAH. I'M SORRY, MAYOR MCNEAL, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T YOU'RE GOOD. I, I DIDN'T PROJECT MY VOICE. OH, THAT'S BETTER, I DID. IS THERE AN UPDATE AT ALL FOR 205 NORTH? THAT WOULD BE IN MCLENNAN. CHISHOLM. I KNOW IT'S NOT ON THE REPORT, BUT I KNOW YOU MEAN 205 SOUTH SOUTH. I'M SORRY. SO IS THERE. IS THAT STILL GOING GOOD ARE WE. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S PRETTY MUCH STATUS QUO. AND THEY'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE. WE ARE STILL ON SCHEDULE BECAUSE I, I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I, IF I UPDATE MCLENNAN CHISHOLM IN ON 205 SOUTH, THAT THEY KNOW THAT BECAUSE I KEEP GETTING TOLD IT'S GOING TO START IN 27 AND IN 28, AND I GO WITH WHAT THE REPORT SAYS EVERY TIME. YEAH, YEAH. IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT, THE SECTION IN ROCKWALL COUNTY IS THE CSG THAT ENDS WITH 053. SO IF YOU GO OVER, YOU'LL SEE THAT 053 IS STILL READY TO LET IN JANUARY OF 2028, BUT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ASSIGNED NOW A DATE OF SEPTEMBER 2028 ON THAT. SO IF AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF TO MOVE THAT FORWARD, IF A PROJECT DROPS OUT, IF PROJECTS ARE ON, COME IN UNDER WHAT THE PROJECTED AMOUNTS ARE, THEN THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE IT FORWARD FROM THAT SEPTEMBER 2028 DATE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING FOR THAT. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS NOW YOU DO HAVE A ACTUAL LET DATE, NOT JUST A READY TO LET DATE, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WERE AT ON THE LAST MEETING. YES, SIR. WHERE WE WERE LOOKING FOR ONE AND NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT. SO THAT STILL STANDS TRUE THAT IF SOMETHING DOES FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS, MCLENNAN CHISHOLM SOUTH 205. SOUTH CAN MOVE UP ON THE LIST. IT COULD. YES, SIR. AS LONG AS IT'S READY. SO IF ANYWHERE BETWEEN THAT JANUARY 2027 WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT READY TO LET. AND THAT'S SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2028 DATE. IF ANYTHING FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS IN THERE, THEN THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD BE ACCELERATED. AWESOME. THANK YOU.DID NOT MEAN TO SAY. 205 NORTH APOLOGIZE. THAT'S OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF THOROUGHFARE? I'LL BE HAPPY TO. THANK YOU. AS EVERYONE KNOWS, WE ENGAGED FREESE AND NICHOLS ON JANUARY 2ND TO DO A MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN UPDATE FOR THE COUNTY. WE
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ENGAGED. WE GATHERED A 15 MEMBER STRATEGIC STEERING COMMITTEE, I THINK IT WAS. AND THEY HAVE HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING. THERE HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWS WITH EVERY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, COURT MEMBERS. THERE HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWS WITH ABOUT 35 TO 40 STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. MANY OF YOU PROBABLY PARTICIPATED IN THAT, OR PEOPLE THAT IN YOUR CITIES PARTICIPATED IN THEM. WE HAD TWO TOWN HALL MEETINGS ON MARCH 31ST, AND IN CHANDLER'S LANDING IN ROCKWALL, AND THE OTHER ONE ON APRIL 1ST AT THE CITY HALL, TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND GIVE THEIR INPUT. WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET MORE INPUT AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANYONE THAT COULD BLAST OUT FROM THEIR WEBSITES OR WHATEVER, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO TAKE A SURVEY THAT'S ONLINE. WE'VE RECEIVED SOME INPUT FROM CITIZENS ABOUT SURVEY QUESTIONS, AND WHEN WE DID GET THAT, COMMISSIONER MCCULLOCH AND I TALKED WITH FRIESEN, NICHOLS, WE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE SURVEY TO TRY AND COVER MORE THINGS THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH, BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO GIVE US INPUT. SO IF YOU HAVE A WAY TO DO THAT ON YOUR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA SITES OR THE CITY'S ON YOUR WEBSITES OR WHATEVER, PLEASE HELP US OUT WITH THAT.WE'VE GOT, I THINK WE'RE OVER 400 NOW, 400, SOME APPROACHING 500 PEOPLE THAT HAVE TAKEN THE SURVEY, WHICH IS SHOULD BE MORE, LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY. WE SHOULD HAVE MORE. SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DO IT. WE'VE WE'VE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR THE SURVEY. IT WAS GOING TO END ON APRIL 28TH, I THINK, AND WE EXTENDED IT TO MAY 10TH, TRYING TO GET MORE INPUT. SO ANYTHING YOU ALL CAN DO TO HELP US WITH THAT AS AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO PORTIONS OF THIS STUDY. THE MAIN PORTION IS WHAT'S THE TRADITIONAL MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN STUDY. AND THE SECOND PORTION IS TO DETERMINE ANY TWEAKS WE NEED TO MAKE TO OUR PROCESS FOR APPORTIONMENT TO CHARGE DEVELOPERS FOR THEIR PORTION OF INCREASED INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, WHICH THE COUNTY HAS THE ABILITY TO DO. AND WE'VE WE'RE WORKING ON BOTH OF THEM AS AS PROMPTLY AS WE CAN. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS THEM. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER LICHTY? THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER ROAD CONSTRUCTION QUESTIONS OR QUESTIONS IN GENERAL? MAYOR MCNEIL, I THINK YOU WANTED TO MAKE A BRIEF STATEMENT. IT'S MY LAST MEETING WITH YOU GUYS AND GALS, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT'S BEEN AWESOME. IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE A GROUP OF PEOPLE BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER TO HELP ADVANCE NOT JUST OUR CITIES IN PARTICULAR, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AS CITIES WITH THE COUNTY AS ONE. AND I. IT'S BEEN HUMBLING AND HONORING TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOU ALL HAVE FUN. AND WHEN I BECOME A CITIZEN, CAN Y'ALL GET THESE ROADS FIXED A LITTLE BIT FASTER, PLEASE? YEAH. THANK YOU ALL. AT
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