[00:00:02] ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE. I'M GOING TO CALL OUR REGULAR COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING TO ORDER. [INVOCATION: Commissioner John Stacy] IT IS JULY 14TH, 2026, 9 A.M.. I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER STACEY TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION, AND THEN I'LL LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGES. PLEASE STAND AS YOU ARE ABLE. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE BOW WITH ME. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU THANKFUL OF THE MANY GIFTS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US, INCLUDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE BUSINESS OF THIS COUNTY TODAY. PLEASE BE WITH ALL OF OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN AND FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY STAND IN THE GAPS OF DANGER TO KEEP US FREE AND SAFE. PLEASE BE. PLEASE BRING OUT YOUR WISDOM AND ALL THE DECISIONS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY. IT IS IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 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 THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO THE PUBLIC FORUM. THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COURT REGARDING ANY COUNTY MATTERS. NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT THAT WILL NOT PREVENT YOU FROM SPEAKING. SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, COME FORWARD NOW. SEEING NO ONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. [3.A Discuss/Act on updates and progress related to the Courthouse Courtroom additions 3rd floor project, and all related issues; (Commissioner Gallana)] AGENDA ITEM THREE WILL GO INTO THREE A DISCUSS AND ACT ON UPDATES AND PROGRESS RELATED TO THE COURTHOUSE COURTROOM ADDITIONS, THIRD FLOOR PROJECT, AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. COMMISSIONER GALLINA IS ON ASSIGNMENT IN ITALY WITH HIS FAMILY. WE'LL RETURN WITH SOME ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPS. MAYBE. SO TAKE IT AWAY. SAL. THE AUDIT STILL. I'VE SENT A COUPLE DIFFERENT REQUESTS OR ISSUED A COUPLE DOCUMENTS FROM A FEW SEPARATE REQUESTS FROM THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR. ON A FEW DIFFERENT OCCASIONS NOW. SO AS LONG AS THERE'S NO MORE DOCUMENTS, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE FINAL VERSION. BUT I, EVERY TIME I, I ASK FOR AN UPDATE, I GET A REQUEST FOR MORE DOCUMENTS. SO. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT SHE'S ASKED FOR MORE DOCUMENTS AND YOU'VE PROVIDED THEM. AND THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS. OKAY. I'VE ASKED FOR AN UPDATE AS WELL. AS SOON AS I HAVE THAT, I'LL PROVIDE IT. BUT I DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATED TIMELINE. GOT IT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAL? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HOLD TIGHT FOR JUST A MINUTE. WE'LL GO ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE B, DISCUSS AND ACT ON UPDATES AND PROGRESS RELATED TO THE SHERIFF'S REMODEL AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. [3.B Discuss/Act on updates and progress related to the Sheriff's remodel, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy)] COMMISSIONER STACY. BIGGEST SURPRISE WE HAD IS FINDING A WINDOW IN THE THE OLD EVIDENCE COLLECTION. NOW GOING TO BE THE NEW BREAK ROOM. SO THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD THING. WE WANT MORE WINDOWS IN THE BREAK ROOM. SO THAT IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST SURPRISE OF DEMO THAT WE'VE HAD IN THAT KIND OF NEW LAST AREA OF DEMOLITION THAT WE HAD. SO IT'S A GOOD SURPRISE. THAT DOES REQUIRE US TO ADJUST SOME OF OUR MILLWORK AND CABINETS THAT WE HAD IN THAT SPACE TO KIND OF BETTER SERVE AND UTILIZE THAT WINDOW. BUT THAT HAS BEEN THE LARGEST SURPRISE THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE SINCE, SINCE THE LAST BIT OF DEMO'S BEEN DONE. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE PCO'S THAT SHOULD BE ON THE NEXT COURT. ONE FOR SURE, I THINK JUST WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY AND THEN MAYBE 1 OR 2 MORE AFTER THAT. SO WE CAN GET INTO THOSE A LITTLE BIT AND THEY'RE IN MUCH SMALLER AMOUNTS THAN THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY. YEAH. SO THAT'S EVEN BETTER. AND I WANT TO CLARIFY, WE'VE SEPARATED THE PCO'S OUT FROM TRUE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE CHANGES AND THINGS WE DIDN'T FORESEE. AND THEN THERE'S ARE SOME THAT WE'RE BREAKING OUT TO WHERE WE HAD ALLOWANCES IN THE PROJECT BEFORE AND WHAT WE'VE DONE I GUESS WHAT, 4 OR 5 MONTHS AGO NOW, WE DRAINED ALL THE ALLOWANCES AND CONTINGENCIES INTO ONE OWNER CONTINGENCY. SO SOME OF THOSE ALLOWANCES WERE ITEMS THAT THE CONTRACTOR ALREADY HAD LISTED FOR COSTS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE. THEY JUST COULDN'T PUT A FINAL DOLLAR AMOUNT ON IT. SO WE'VE BROKEN THOSE ALLOWANCES OUT INTO THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL PCO. SO IT'S REALLY CLEAR WHICH ONES WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AND WHICH ONES WERE NEW SCOPE. AND THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAD TO DO A CONTRACT CHANGE AND USING ALLOWANCE, WE HAD TO VOTE ON IT ANYWAY. SO WHEN WE HAD THE BUDGET ISSUES AND THE RESCHEDULING, I JUST HAD EVERYTHING DUMPED INTO THE CONTINGENCY BECAUSE FROM OUR STANDPOINT, IT'S ALL THE SAME. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. WE HAVE TO ACT ON IT. NONE OF THE ALLOWANCES WERE ABLE TO BE USED WITHOUT OUR ACTION ANYWAY. SO IT JUST KIND OF MADE SENSE TO DO THAT. BUT SAL IS RIGHT. THERE'S ONE THAT'S COMING IN THAT WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT'S GOING TO TECHNICALLY BE A CHANGE ORDER, BUT IT IS AN ALLOWANCE. DO YOU THINK WE COULD BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR, YOU KNOW, A YEAR. COULD WE HAVE A SPREADSHEET THAT KIND OF SHOWS ALL OF THOSE ALL IN ONE, YOU KNOW, SO WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE BECAUSE IF IF A CONSTITUENT ASKS US A QUESTION, I WOULD HAVE TO REALLY DO A LOT OF RESEARCH ON ALL I CAN PROVIDE THAT. SO WE HAVE IN OUR OAC MEETINGS, OUR AGENDAS THAT HAPPEN EVERY WEEK. [00:05:01] THE CONTRACTOR HAS PROVIDED A CONTINGENCY AND ALLOWANCE LOG. IT SHOWS EVERYTHING'S BEEN DRAINED NOW, BUT IT DOES SHOW THE AMOUNT THAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD AND EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM THAT WAS LISTED AND THE PCOS, PCOS THAT WERE TAKEN OUT OF THEM. SO WE DO HAVE THAT AND IT KIND OF TOTALS WHAT OUR CONTINGENCY IS AT THE BOTTOM. THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAL? THANK YOU SAL. THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM THREE. [3.C Discuss/Act on reviewing the bids received and selecting a vendor for inmate commissary services at the Rockwall County Detention Center, and all related issues; (Commissioner Gallana)] C DISCUSS AND ACT ON REVIEWING THE BIDS RECEIVED AND SELECTING A VENDOR FOR INMATE COMMISSARY SERVICES AT THE ROCKWALL COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. MAJOR CULKIN'S IS COMING UP. YES, SIR. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE RESULTS OF THE RFP COMMITTEE. WHEN IT CAME TO WE HAD THREE VENDORS PUT SUBMISSIONS IN. OF THOSE THREE VENDORS. KEEFE COMMISSARY WAS THE WHO WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS. WE DIDN'T GET ANY BIDS. I NEVER SAW ANYTHING ON THIS. I'M SORRY. WE NEVER GOT ANY INFORMATION. NO BIDS. WE GOT JUST TO SAY THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM. YES. AT. THIS CONTRACT IS TYPICALLY SIGNED BY THE SHERIFF. THIS IS A COURTESY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. THAT WE ARE GOING TO GO WITH KEEFE COMMISSARY AS OUR. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ACT ON IT. NO, SIR. OH, OKAY. COULD YOU TELL US WHAT THE BIDS WERE? IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH. THE THERE'S A THE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT THE JAIL BIDS THEIR COMMISSARY SERVICES EVERY FIVE YEARS. THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE HAD AN ASSISTANT AUDITOR IN MY OFFICE AND THEN THE SHERIFF'S TEAM THEY WERE THREE BIDS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE COULD JUST. I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY ASPECTS TO IT. I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD JUST GIVE YOU A NUMBER OF WHO OFFERED WHAT. IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM OFFER INMATE PACKETS WHEN THEY COME IN. I MEAN, THERE'S A WHOLE LINE OF EVERYTHING THAT THAT SERVICE OFFERS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY IF THERE WAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT DIFFERENCES OR IF IT WAS JUST THE SERVICE. LET ME KIND OF ASK SOME LEADING QUESTIONS HERE. SO IT'S ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS AND ACT FOR THE COURT. DO WE NOT HAVE TO HAVE ACTION? I MEAN, ARE WE REQUIRED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS? NO, YOU'RE NOT OKAY BECAUSE I'M UNCOMFORTABLE TAKING A VOTE WHEN I'VE NOT SEEN THE BID, BUT COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH YOU GUYS SELECTING WHO YOU WANT TO SELECT. I JUST, I DON'T WANT TO DO A LUSION OF A OF A VOTE UP HERE. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR MAJOR CALKINS? THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM THREE. [3.D Discuss/Act on accepting a donation from the Federal Correctional Institute Seagoville of riot gear for the Rockwall County Jail, and all related issues; (Judge New - County Sheriff)] D DISCUSS AND ACT ON ACCEPTING A DONATION FROM THE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION. SEAGOVILLE OF RIOT GEAR FOR THE ROCKWALL COUNTY JAIL AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. SHERIFF, YOU WANT TO BRIEFLY UPDATE? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED A BIG, BIG PRESENTATION. WE'VE GOT A LIST OF OF WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING US. AND IT WOULD THOSE ITEMS ARE THROUGH THE SURPLUS PROGRAM, THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO IT ALLOWS US TO GET TAKE OWNERSHIP OR POSSESSION OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE MIGHT NEED. AND OBVIOUSLY IT SAVES THE COUNTY FUNDS TO DO THAT. GOT IT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, YOU'RE GETTING A GOLF CLAP FROM COMMISSIONER LIECHTI. YEAH. WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT THE DONATION FROM THE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION. SEAGOVILLE OF RIOT GEAR FOR THE ROCKWALL COUNTY JAIL. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. WE GOT MY MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LIECHTI. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW, PLEASE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT. THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM THREE E DISCUSS AND ACT ON THE ROCKWALL COUNTY DISASTER DECLARATION POLICY AND ALL [3.E Discuss/Act on the Rockwall County Disaster Declaration Policy, and all related issues; (Judge New - Emergency Management Coordinator)] RELATED ISSUES. JARED AND COMMISSIONER STACY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND I THINK WE'VE KIND OF GOT IT IRONED OUT OF OF. I BELIEVE SO, YEAH. AND ANYONE KIND OF MENTIONED IN THE POLICY. THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND TALKED TO. SO, YOU KNOW, WE THIS ISN'T ANYTHING WE WROTE IN A BUBBLE. GOT IT. SO ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IF I CAN. I'M SORRY JUDGE. [00:10:03] DID WE HAVE A POLICY BEFORE THIS? THAT WAS A QUESTION I HAD. I BELIEVE SO. THAT THERE WAS KIND OF I WOULD SAY KIND OF LIKE AN EOC POLICY. AND SO WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET DONE AND IT KIND OF CAME FROM JUST DISCUSSIONS WHEN WE STARTED REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE WINTER POLICY AND OTHER OTHER THINGS WE WERE, WE WERE GOING TO WRITE KIND OF LIKE A WINTER POLICY, A WIND POLICY, A HAIL POLICY, LIKE WE WERE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. AND THEN WE REALIZED THAT MOST OF IT STANDARDIZED INTO KIND OF A DOCUMENT. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING AN OPERATIONAL EOC, WE DECIDED TO HAVE AN ALL HAZARDS POLICY ON TOP OF THE WINTER POLICY. SO THIS IS MORE OF LIKE A GOVERNING DOCUMENT OF WHAT WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN WHEN WE EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN, AND HOW WE EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN AS A COURT. BUT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE ACTIONS OF THE EOC WHEN THEY'RE REALLY OPERATING ARE THE JUDGE AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. THIS IS JUST MORE OF SETTING EXPECTATIONS WITH WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR IN OUR PERSONNEL AND WHO WE EXPECT TO BE AVAILABLE AND COMMUNICATE WITH. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SET UP AS A CLEAR LINE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO THAT WAS KIND OF MY GOAL. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS STARTS TO DO. WHEN SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN IN THESE INSTANCES, REALLY IT'LL START WITH JARED OR WHOEVER IS RUNNING THAT DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THE PROCESSES ARE. EXACTLY. OKAY. YEAH. SO THE NOTE THAT I HAVE HERE JUST SAYS TRAINING. WE WE WE JUST NEED PREEMPTIVE TRAINING FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS. JUST MAKE SURE THEY KNOW. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS IN A DECLARED EMERGENCY. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE REVISIONS TO THE ROCKWALL COUNTY. ALL HAZARDS DISASTER DECLARATION POLICY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACY. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LICHTY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW, PLEASE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT. THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM THREE F DISCUSSED AND ACT ON UPDATES OF THE ROCKWALL COUNTY MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND ALL [3.F Discuss/Act on updates of the Rockwall County Master Thoroughfare Plan, and all related issues; (Commissioner Liechty – County Engineer)] RELATED ISSUES. COMMISSIONER LICHTY. I WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE AND THEN I WILL LET ERIKA FILL IN THE DETAILS AS NECESSARY. WE HAD A MEETING. WE, I THINK AS WE ANNOUNCED LAST TIME, WE RECEIVED WHAT I WOULD CALL A ROUGH DRAFT OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN FROM OUR CONSULTANTS FREESE AND NICHOLS, COMMISSIONER MICHALIK, MYSELF AND ERIKA MET FOR THREE HOURS. FOUR HOURS WALKED THROUGH IT. WHAT WE GOT HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS WHICH WE WERE GOING TO PASS BACK TO THEM, AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAD RECEIVED COPIES OF THAT ALSO. AND IF YOU HAD ANY COMMENTS, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ANYONE ELSE THAT HAD THEM TO GET THEM TO ERIKA, BECAUSE SHE'S SENDING HER RESPONSES TO FREEZE NICHOLS. AND THEN THEY WILL GIVE US A, WHAT I WOULD CALL NOT A ROUGH DRAFT, BUT HOPEFULLY A FIRST DRAFT, AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. SO ERIKA, TAKE IT ALL TAKE AWAY. YES, SIR. WELL, THAT WAS A VERY GOOD SUMMARY. WE HAD QUITE A FEW COMMENTS. AND THE PLAN IS TO SEND ALL THE COMMENTS BACK TO THEM, GIVE FREESE AND NICHOLS A CHANCE TO REVISE THEM. AND THEN OUR NEXT STEP IS TO ENGAGE OUR PUBLIC. OUR STEERING COMMITTEE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND THEM THE DRAFT, THE REVISED DRAFT OF THE FIRST FEW CHAPTERS, INCLUDING THE NEW THE NEW PROPOSED MAP AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO JUST GET ENGAGED AND, AND LET US KNOW WHERE THEY THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME REVISIONS. AND THEN AFTER THAT SORRY, JUST READING MY NOTES REALLY QUICK. AND THEN I WOULD ASSUME THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A FEW UPDATES THAT'LL HAVE TO HAPPEN AFTER THAT. AND THEN SOON AFTER WE WILL HAVE THE FULL DRAFT COME OUT, I BELIEVE. AND THEN THE TOWN HALL MEETING THE NEXT, I GUESS TECHNICALLY TOWN HALL NUMBER THREE WILL BE SCHEDULED. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING IT SOMEWHERE LIKE LIBERTY HALL. THAT'S THAT'S EASILY AVAILABLE TO, TO EVERYBODY. SO I BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR NOW. WITH OUR PROJECT COORDINATION MEETING, UNFORTUNATELY, IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE WE INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD HAVE WE ARE LOOKING AT MAYBE PUSHING THINGS A MONTH OR SO LATER THAN WE THOUGHT THAT [00:15:08] THEY WOULD BE FINISHED. AND PART OF THAT IS THAT WE WANTED MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THIS THIS SPRING. SO THAT DELAYED THINGS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON ALL THE MODELING RIGHT NOW. SO WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A GOOD PRODUCT AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO IF, IF THAT TAKES AN EXTRA MONTH OR SO HOPEFULLY THE COURT'S OKAY WITH IT. YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH THAT. WE WANT A GOOD ACCURATE PRODUCT. QUESTIONS FOR ERIKA. NO QUESTIONS THAT JUDGE. I JUST WANTED TO AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK THE COMMUNITY INPUT, IT WAS A LITTLE LIGHT IN THE SPRING TIME THAT WE HAD. SO. AND THAT REALLY HELPED SHAPE WHATEVER THE OVERALL VISION AND THE GOALS. YOU KNOW, IT HELPS SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLAN. SO WE ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE COME OUT WITH A REAL STRONG COMMUNICATION PLAN SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS. AND JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND KNOW THAT WE'RE MINDFUL OF THE BUDGET WE HAD, WE'RE DOING AN EXTRA MEETING OF THE. STEERING COMMITTEE THAT WE'VE JUST DECIDED IS IMPORTANT SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE OUR LOCAL INPUT ON IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE RUN BY COMMISSIONER MCCULLOCH, MYSELF AND ERICA, RATHER THAN RUN BY OUR CONSULTANTS. SO WE DON'T GET CHARGED FOR ANOTHER MEETING. ALL RIGHT. WELL DONE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE. [3.G Discuss/Act on an order authorizing installation of stop signs on the Crenshaw Road and Blockdale Road approaches at the intersection with FM 2453 in accordance with Sections 251 & 544 of the Texas Transportation Code, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy - County Engineer)] G DISCUSS AND ACT ON AN ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS ON THE CRENSHAW ROAD AND ROCHDALE ROAD APPROACHES AT THE INTERSECTION WITH FM 2453, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 251 AND 544 OF THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. COMMISSIONER. STACY. AND THIS IS KIND OF APROPOS BECAUSE WE CAME UP WITH THIS SOLUTION AT THE FIRST TOWN HALL MEETING WITH TXDOT. THAT IS BEING PRESENTED FOR YOU TODAY. SO ERIC, I'LL LET YOU DO THE SUMMARY AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. YES, SIR. I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF BECAUSE AS YOU PROBABLY SAW IN YOUR PACKETS, THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE. SO BUT I THOUGHT THAT THIS IS PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE DOING IT THE CORRECT WAY AND GETTING THE REGULAR REGULATORY STOP SIGNS IN PLACE. SO BUT I WANT TO KEEP THIS VERY, VERY BRIEF FOR YOU. SO THIS ITEM IS FOR INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS AT CRENSHAW ROAD AND BLOCK DALE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION WITH 2453. I HAVE A QUESTION. JUST NEED SOMEONE TO JOG MY MEMORY. DIDN'T WE AT THE LAST COURT OR THE ONE BEFORE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING IN REGARDS TO THESE STOP SIGNS? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. IF YOU NOTICE AT THE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, IT GIVES THE THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE PAPER ON MAY 22ND. AND THEN WE HAD A SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC HEARING. WE WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT 30 DAY NOTICE AHEAD OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO THEN AT THE JUNE 23RD MEETING, WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING. GOT IT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. SO BASICALLY, WE'RE FOLLOWING EVERYTHING THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN THESE THESE STOP SIGNS THE RIGHT WAY. THE MAJOR ROAD IS FM 2453. AND THAT IS THE, THE NORTH ROAD, THE NORTH SOUTH RUNNING ROAD AT THAT INTERSECTION. AND THEN THE TWO MINOR ROADS ARE CRENSHAW ROAD THAT'S RUNNING EAST WEST AS WELL AS BLOCKED. L ALSO RUNS EAST WEST. SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS HERE ARE HIGH SPEEDS ON FM 2453. IT IS A 55 MILE AN HOUR ROAD. WHICH IS IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AS YOU'RE HEADING SOUTH TOWARDS THAT INTERSECTION WITH ROCKDALE AND CRENSHAW. THE ROAD ACTUALLY TAKES A REALLY SHARP 90 DEGREE TURN TOWARDS BLOCK DALE. SO THAT THAT GEOMETRY IS, IS A PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT OR IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE THAT TURN. POOR VISIBILITY, POOR SIGHT VISIBILITY CAN ALSO BE AN ISSUE, AT POINTS WHEN THERE HAS BEEN VEGETATION AT THAT CORNER. IT'S JUST DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE MINOR ROADS TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW FAST AND HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS COMING BEFORE NAVIGATING INTO THE INTERSECTION. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH ADDING THESE STOP SIGNS JUST ON THE MINOR APPROACHES. SO WILL THERE BE LIKE SOME TYPE OF FLAGS OR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO THERE'S GOING TO BE A STOP SIGN. [00:20:04] AND I KNOW THIS IS A STOP SIGN, BUT THIS IS A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL SOLUTION WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO COORDINATE WITH THE STATE AND THE COUNTY TO DO ALL THIS BECAUSE THE STATE HAS AGREED TO PUT OUT A STOP SIGN APPROACH. WHAT WE LEARNED AT THE TOWN HALL IS THAT THIS CORNER IS A COUNTY CORNER, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS A STATE CORNER. BECAUSE THIS IS A STATE ROAD INTERSECTING A COUNTY ROAD. SO WE WENT TO TEXDOT AND SAID, YOU HAVE TO HELP US SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING ALL THESE ISSUES. AND TEXTILE SAID, THIS IS YOUR CORNER. AND THEN ERIC AND I WERE LIKE, OH, WELL, WE WILL TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT WOULD THAT SOLUTION LOOK LIKE? AND TURNING IT INTO A STOP SIGN. SO TEX-DOT HAS AGREED TO PUT IN A STOP AHEAD. FOR, FOR THAT COMING OFF OF 2453. BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS ROUTINELY ABOUT 2 OR 3 CARS A WEEKEND ARE ENDING UP IN A BARN. AND THERE'S A GUY THAT LIVES ON THE CORNER THAT CALLS ME EVERY SINGLE TIME A CAR ENDS UP IN A BARN. AND, AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE THEY GO TO HIT THAT CORNER AND THEY DO NOT REALIZE IT'S A 90 DEGREE CORNER AND THEY CANNOT MAKE THE TURN AND THEY'RE MAKING IT AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AND SO HE WOULD DEDICATE SOME LAND. IT'S NOT HIM. SO IF YOU SEE, IF YOU JUST KEEP GOING STRAIGHT, YOU SEE A LITTLE STRUCTURE RIGHT THERE. THAT STRUCTURE GETS ABOUT TWO CARS. YEAH. INTO THAT FENCE LINE AND THEY GO ALL THE WAY UP INTO WOW. INTO THAT. THEY'RE GOING SO FAST AND IT HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SO IT'S SO WE WERE TRYING, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE IT FOR A WHILE, AND THEN IT TAKES ALMOST A MONTH AND A HALF TO GET A STOP SIGN PUT IN FROM WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT IT SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PATROL IT. SO YES, SO, SO TEX-DOT HAS AGREED. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A PROBLEM AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION IS WEIRD. AND SO THIS WILL JUST, THE STOP SIGNS WILL PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN WHEN CRENSHAW WAS DONE. WE'RE JUST KIND OF GETTING AHEAD OF IT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THE STOP SIGNS ARE GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF PEOPLE DRIVING TOO FAST. STOP SIGN AHEAD, AND THEN TO STOP SIGNS WILL AT LEAST GET PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO GET THEM TO SLOW DOWN. BUT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ONE ON ON 24, 53? WELL, SO THAT SINCE IT'S NOT A COUNTY OWNED AND MAINTAINED ROAD, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTROL THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO TXDOT. WE HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO INSTALL IT ON THAT LEG OF THE INTERSECTION, BUT WE CAN ONLY CONTROL THE TWO MINOR ROADS, INTERSECTIONS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE ON BLOCK DALE AND CRENSHAW. BUT 2453 IS STILL GOING TO GET A STOP SIGN. BUT WE ARE NOT THE STATE AND CORRECT AND WE CANNOT. BUT FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, IF YOU CAN GET THAT DATA ON HOW MANY TIMES IT'S ENDED UP IN THAT BARN, I THINK TXDOT WOULD BE MORE. YEAH, MAYBE MORE OPEN TO FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, JUST A STOP SIGN. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. THESE THINGS ARE HARD TO SOLVE. AND I DON'T MEAN TO CORRECT COMMISSIONER STACY BECAUSE HE'S RARELY WRONG. BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE A 90 DEGREE TURN AT 55 MILES AN HOUR. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS ON CRENSHAW ROAD AND BLOCK DALE ROAD APPROACHES AT THE INTERSECTION WITH FM 2453, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS TWO, FIVE, ONE, AND FIVE FOUR FOR THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. THANK YOU. MY MOTION THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LICHTY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT. THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM THREE H DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING ROCKWALL COUNTY SPEED HUMP PROCEDURE AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. [3.H Discuss/Act on approving Rockwall County Speed Hump Procedure, and all related issues; (Commissioner Liechty - Commissioner Stacy)] COMMISSIONER LICHTY AND STACY. YEAH. SO WE OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS A BRAND NEW POLICY THAT WE WROTE A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND THEN ITS FIRST TESTING, WE REALIZED WE WANTED TO MAKE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES, WHICH ARE NOW REFLECTED IN THE NEW POLICY. AND THE MAIN THING IS, IS GETTING IT DOWN TO 51%. IT WAS ARBITRARY TO DO THE 60%, 51% IS STILL A MAJORITY. AND THAT'S REALLY BEEN THE BIG CHANGE. AND THEN JUST CLEANING UP HOW TO CERTIFY THE VOTE. THOSE WERE THE THOSE WERE THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE FIXED IN THIS DOCUMENT. I HAVE A QUESTION. THAT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT I'M GOING TO GET STUCK ON. BUT. SO WE WE HAVE THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS OF THIS. IS THAT WHERE WE DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF SPEED HUMPS, THE INVESTIGATION BECOMES A, A WARRANT. AND SO, SO WE EITHER HAVE TO STUDY IT OR INTERNALLY STUDY IT. THERE'S GOING TO BE CRITERIA THAT IS SET UP. AND THEN THERE WILL BE A RECOMMENDATION OF THEY ARE WARRANTED OR THEY'RE NOT WARRANTED. AND THEN IT BECOMES, IT COMES BACK TO THE THEN WE GET INTO THE THE NUMBER AND LOCATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH OUR COUNTY ENGINEER, [00:25:08] WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THIS IN-HOUSE BECAUSE THE COST THAT WAS ASKED TO DO A WARRANT STUDY WAS, IN MY OPINION, TOO HIGH. AND SHE'S MORE THAN CAPABLE OF DOING IT AND HAS VOLUNTEERED TO DO IT. SO SHE HAS A SOMEWHAT SURPRISED LOOK ON HER FACE. NO, NO, NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND SAY I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT DATA. SO THAT'LL DEPEND ON US EITHER UTILIZING SHERIFF'S OFFICE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO ASSIST OR ENGAGING AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO GET THE DATA. SO, BUT YES, I'M HAPPY TO DO THE WARRANTS. YEAH. AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS AT LEAST I KNOW DOWN IN HIGH POINT LAKE ESTATES HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. THEY'VE ALREADY COOPERATED ONCE AND PUT A SPEED METER DOWN THERE. SO WE JUST WORK IT OUT WITH THEM. BUT I DIDN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO LITERALLY BE DOING EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE TAKING THE PROCESS IN-HOUSE. AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE SHERIFF SINCE HE'S HERE. THE INITIAL STUDY IN ALEXANDER RANCH WASN'T TO TO WHAT ERICA WANTED. ERICA MADE A REQUEST, AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FILLED THAT REQUEST AND THEN WENT RIGHT BACK OUT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE DATA WE NEEDED FOR ALEXANDER RANCH. SO THANK YOU, SHERIFF, FOR, FOR YOUR DILIGENCE ON THAT BECAUSE AND OBVIOUSLY FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT IS DIFFERENT THAN A WARRANT STUDY. SO ALL THE DATA WE HAD WASN'T EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED TO, TO DO THIS. AND SO HE WAS ABLE TO TO WORK WITH US AND GET IT ALL BACK OUT THERE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT. SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE DATA IN ALEXANDER RANCH. I KNOW, I DON'T, I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING REPORTS ON THAT SOON. AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CLEAN UP THIS PROCESS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BRAND NEW PROCESS FOR US. AND, AND LAUREN AND I JUST HAVE A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE FEEL FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER. AND SO THANK YOU COURT FOR WALKING US THROUGH THIS. AND NOW THAT WE'VE TESTED IT, WE'VE FIGURED OUT WHAT KIND OF CRITERIA THAT WE NEED. AND AGAIN, THIS CRITERIA STARTS THE STUDY. THIS CRITERIA DOES NOT WARRANT THE SPEED HUMPS. THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES FOR US TO LOOK INTO IT AND FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO. AND THEN FROM A FINANCIAL IMPACT, WE'LL WE'LL THAT WILL COME BACK AT THE YEAH. AT THE SECOND PART OF ALL THIS. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ROCKWALL COUNTY SPEED HUMP PROCEDURE POLICY AS REVISED. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. WE HAVE MY MOTION A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LICHTY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES, PLEASE. THAT PASSES FOR TWO ZERO. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM THREE. [3.I Discuss/Act on approving the final plat of Lots 1 & 2, Block 1 of Highline Addition subject to approval of a Subdivision Waiver to Section 5.4.1 of the Rockwall County Subdivision and Land Development Regulations (RCSLDR) and conditioned on the applicant addressing all "Technical Commentary Impacting the Final Plat" comments and Comment F of the "General Conditions and Disclaimers" in the attached Highline Addition (Dollar General) Final Plat, Version #1 Review memo dated June 2, 2026, and all related issues; (Commissioner Liechty - County Engineer) (Part 1 of 2)] I DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF LOTS ONE AND TWO, BLOCK ONE OF HIGHLINE ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF A SUBDIVISION WAIVER TO SECTION 5.4.1 OF THE ROCKWALL COUNTY SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONED ON THE APPLICANT ADDRESSING ALL TECHNICAL COMMENTARY IMPACTING THE FINAL PLAT. COMMENTS AND COMMENT F OF THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF DISCLAIMERS IN THE ATTACHED HIGHLINE EDITION. DOLLAR GENERAL FINAL PLAT VERSION ONE REVIEW MEMO DATED JUNE 2ND, 2026 AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. COMMISSIONER LICHTY. THANK YOU JUDGE. IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, THIS WAS ON OUR AGENDA AT THE LAST MEETING AND THE APPLICANT ASKED TO BE THAT IT BE REMOVED. I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE OR NOT TODAY. SURE. I DON'T THINK SO. NO, I GUESS NOT. BUT THIS IS THIS COMES TO US WITH A REQUIRED IF WE APPROVE IT, A REQUIRED WAIVER REQUEST FOR OUR LOT SIZE. BECAUSE THERE, THERE'S TWO LOTS. THERE'S ONE LOT THAT'S BEING DIVIDED INTO TWO. AND NEITHER OF THOSE LOTS IS ONE AND A HALF ACRES. THEY NEED ONE AND A HALF ACRES TO DO A SEPTIC. SO I'VE ASKED ERICA TO CHECK AND SEE WHAT, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S SOME SORT OF SEPTIC OR SOMETHING. IF WE CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD, WE COULD DO THAT WITH. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN HERE. THE FREEZE NICHOLS ANALYSIS I THOUGHT WAS DONE VERY WELL. AND THE TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE APPORTIONMENT ASSESSMENT I ALSO THOUGHT WAS DONE VERY WELL. SO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE TO LOOK AT AND I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE LOOKED AT IT. SO ERICA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE JUST GIVE US KIND OF A RUNDOWN AND A SUMMARY OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE OUR DISCUSSION. SURE. SO AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE HIGH LINE EDITION FINAL PLAT DISCUSSION. JUST A VERY, VERY QUICK OVERVIEW. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF EAST HIGH LINE AND STATE HIGHWAY 276. CURRENTLY IT'S A, IT'S ONE ONE LOT OR PARCEL. AND IT'S ABOUT, IT'S JUST UNDER THREE ACRES, ABOUT 2.89 ACRES. [00:30:08] AND THEN THIS IS AN OVERALL LOOK AT THE PLAT AND, AND THE FIRST WAIVER, THE. WELL, THE WAIVER REQUEST THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZE. NOW, THE GRAYED OUT AREA THAT YOU SEE ALONG EAST HIGH LINE IS ACTUALLY A RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION. SO THAT REDUCES THAT LOT SIZE A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN THERE'S SEVERAL EASEMENTS THAT, THAT ARE KIND OF HARD TO SEE. ONE IS A LARGE ELECTRICAL EASEMENT THAT CUTS THROUGH THE PROPERTY KIND OF BISECTING THE PROPERTY. AND THEN THERE'S WATER EASEMENTS ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF 276 AND EAST HIGH LINE. NOW I THINK THIS SLIDE MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SEE WHAT WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING REQUESTED. OUR STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZE CONSIDERATION, YOU REMOVE ALL THE EASEMENTS AS WELL AS RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION FROM CONSIDERATION OF DEVELOPABLE LOT. SO THE LIGHT BLUE IS IS THE MOST CONCERNING. LOT TWO, BLOCK ONE. IT'S ABOUT 0.6 ACRES OF DEVELOPABLE LAND. OUTSIDE OF THE EASEMENTS. AND ACTUALLY WHERE THE DOLLAR GENERAL IS INTENDING TO GO IS ON LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE, AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED SOME PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN THAT, THAT SHOWS THAT THEY CAN FIT EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO FIT ON LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE, BUT THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT'S BEING REVIEWED. IT'S NOT, IT'S, WE HAVE COMMENTS ON IT. SO I'M NOT SAYING FOR SURE THAT THAT IS THAT IT IS ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED THE WAY THEY WANT IT TO. OKAY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE. WHY ARE THEY WANTING IT TO BE TWO, TWO LOTS? DID THEY STATE THAT? WELL, IN INITIAL CONVERSATIONS, IT, IT SOUNDED LIKE THE PERSON THAT THEY WERE BUYING IT FROM WAS LOOKING TO RETAIN WHATEVER THEY DIDN'T WANT. SO I, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE REASONING, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE LITTLE TRIANGLE THAT'S IN LIGHT BLUE. WHAT IS THE INTENTION OF THAT? WELL, I JUST HIGHLIGHTED THAT LITTLE BLUE TRIANGLE BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF LOT TWO. THEY THEY SPLIT THE LOT THERE. AND IT'S JUST A LEFTOVER PIECE, BUT IT'S NOT ENCUMBERED BY EASEMENTS. IT IS IN ALMOST ENTIRELY IN THE 50 FOOT SETBACK. SO YOU REALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO MUCH IN IT. LIKE IN THE, IN THE SETBACK, YOU CAN PUT PARKING, BUT YOU CAN'T PUT ANY SORT OF STRUCTURES. SO IT'S KIND OF A, IT'S KIND OF A UNUSABLE PIECE, I GUESS. WELL, IT DOES HELP WITH THE CALCULATIONS. IT DOES. BUT ERICA, IF I TO GO TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE A MINUTE AGO, IF JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, IF WE APPROVE THIS PLAT WHILE THE OWNER MAY RETAIN WHAT'S GOING TO BE NOW DESIGNATED LOT TWO, THAT WILL BE A LOT. YES, SIR. IT WILL NOT BE PART OF ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY. CORRECT. IT'LL NOW BE A LEGAL LOT. THAT'S VERY UNLIKELY TO EVER BE DEVELOPABLE. CORRECT. AND I DID SPEAK, SO THE APPLICANT WASN'T ABLE TO GET ANY SORT OF A EXHIBIT FOR ME. I, I WAS TRYING TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM THEM. SO THESE ARE MY, MY ROUGH CALCULATIONS OF WHAT, WHAT IS USABLE. BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. SO I DID ALSO TALK WITH CARISSA HAUSER, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR, ABOUT WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS FOR DEVELOPMENT ON LOT TWO, BLOCK ONE. GIVEN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A OSF. AND WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME SIMILAR SIZE LOTS AND WHAT THEY'VE HAD TO DO OR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP ON THOSE LOTS AND ON SOMETHING AS SMALL AS THIS, IT WOULD LIKELY BE A SMALL BUILDING LIKE A RESIDENTIAL HOME PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 2000 ACRE OR SORRY, 2000FT². AND IT WOULD REQUIRE A DRIP SYSTEM. SO IF Y'ALL DID WANT TO APPROVE THE WAIVER, I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR THAT WOULD NEED TO BE THAT THEY ACTUALLY ENGAGE A LICENSED SANITARIAN OR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE SYSTEM. [00:35:01] WHAT'S THE LARGEST BUILDING THAT COULD GO ON THAT LOT? AND WHAT TYPE OF SYSTEM DRIP SYSTEM I'M ASSUMING IT'LL BE, BUT THOSE WOULD NEED TO BE CONDITIONS. THOSE WOULD NEED TO BE NOTES THAT ARE PUT ON THE PLAT SO THAT WHEN THE PLAT COMES, WHEN LATER ON SOMEBODY TURNS INTO BUILDING PERMIT, WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THE PLAT AND LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS WERE. WELL, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LOT TWO NOW. YES, SIR. I IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS COURT, I THINK WE SHOULD NOT GRANT A WAIVER FOR LOT TWO AT THIS TIME. WE CAN IF WE DECIDE TO GRANT ONE FOR LOT. LOT ONE, THAT'S DIFFERENT. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD NOTE SPECIFICALLY, AS SHE SAID ON THE PLAT, THAT OUR ANY WAIVER, IF WE GRANT IT, IS ONLY FOR LOT ONE BECAUSE I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS WAY OF THINKING, BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT. I CAN'T IMAGINE APPROVING A ANY KIND OF SEPTIC SYSTEM ON LOT ONE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LOT TWO, I'M SORRY. MAYBE SOMEBODY COULD CONVINCE ME AND SHOW ME THE THE SCIENCE FOR IT AND AT WORK. BUT IF WE MAY, IF WE GO FOR A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THIS WAIVER, I THINK THE WAIVER SHOULD BE LIMITED TO LOT ONE ONLY. I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO DENY OR DISAPPROVE THE PLAT IN THAT CASE. IF IF THEY DON'T. WHY IS THAT? WELL, IF ONE OF THE LOTS DOES NOT COMPLY, IF ONE OF THE LOTS IS NOT THE THE ADEQUATE SIZE, THEN I THINK THE ENTIRE PLAT WOULD NOT BE IN CONFORMANCE AND YOU'D HAVE TO DENY DISAPPROVE IT UNLESS YOU HAD SPECIFIC CONDITIONS. WELL, THERE'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION I'D LOVE TO GET OUR LEGAL INSIGHT FROM, BUT I WOULD THINK WE COULD APPROVE A WAIVER FOR LOT ONE, BUT NOT APPROVE A WAIVER FOR LOT TWO, WHICH MEANS IT'S UNDEVELOPABLE. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD THINK. BUT I COULD EASILY BE WRONG. I AGREE WITH WHAT SHE'S SAYING. I THINK YOU HAVE TO DISAPPROVE THE ENTIRE PLAT BASED ON THAT THE WAY THAT THE APPLICATION IS SET UP AND ALL OF THE RULES THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS PUT ONTO THE COUNTY ABOUT APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL. I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WITHOUT CREATING A LEGAL DETRIMENT LATER ON THAT COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH LOT TWO'S OWNER BEING ABLE TO COME BACK AND SAY THAT THE ACTION ITSELF WAS INVALID UNDER THAT CHAPTER 212 THAT'S CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION. OKAY, GREAT. THAT MAKES IT EASY FOR ME. SO REALLY THE MIDDLE SECTION HERE IS, IS THAT THE THAT'S THE ACREAGE THAT THE, THE LANDOWNER IS WANTING TO RETAIN RIGHT NOW. OR THE MIDDLE SECTION THAT'S WHITE. THAT'S CLEAR. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THE ELECTRICAL EASEMENT THAT'S CUTTING THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THAT'S ALL OF IT. YES, MA'AM. YOU SAID THAT HE, I THOUGHT YOU HAD SAID THAT THE OWNER WANTED TO RETAIN SOME SOME ACREAGE. WELL, IT'S THE BLUE PART, I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. YEAH. SO THE OKAY, THEY'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP THE ORANGE PART AS THE DOLLAR GENERAL AND THEN THE THE LOT TWO, THE BLUE AND THEN THAT PART OF THAT ELECTRICAL EASEMENT. THAT'S ALL PART OF LOT TWO AND THAT THAT WOULD BE RETAINED BY THE OWNER. YEAH I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. SO, ERICA. YES, SIR. MAY BE AN UNFAIR QUESTION. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME DEVELOPMENT DOWN HIGH LINE THAT PEOPLE DEVELOPING HAVE STRUGGLED TO GET FIRE SUPPRESSION DOWN THERE, EITHER HYDRANTS OR WHAT KIND OF IS THERE A WATER LINE HERE THAT THEY CAN HOOK INTO THAT HAS HYDRANTS SINCE THEY'RE ON 276 THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED THE SAME THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD GO WITH THIS LOT. THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO EXTEND WATER LINE AS NEEDED, WORK WITH THE, THE PROVIDER AND, AND PROVIDE FIRE FLOW AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? JUDGE, I WOULD LIKE TO RECESS ON THIS FOR A MINUTE SO WE CAN TALK WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROPERLY. I WANT I INTEND TO MAKE A MOTION FOR DISAPPROVAL. OKAY. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I STATED PROPERLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS. I WAS THINKING WE COULD APPROVE IT, BUT I CAN'T. HOW ABOUT WE JUST CONTINUE. WE WILL TAKE NO ACTION ON THREE I AND COME BACK TO IT FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. THAT'S FINE. WE'LL DISCUSS IT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. NO ACTION ON THREE. I AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE J. [3.J Discuss/Act on updates and completion of the American Rescue Plan monies and the County Annex project, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy)] DISCUSS AND ACT ON UPDATES AND COMPLETION OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONIES AND THE COUNTY ANNEX PROJECT AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. COMMISSIONER STACY. YES, A HEART ATTACK. I THOUGHT, MY GOODNESS, WE WERE DONE WITH THAT. I WAS DOING A HAPPY DANCE AND IT SHOWS BACK UP. [00:40:02] THIS IS ACTUALLY BECAUSE WE ARE DONE WITH IT COMPLETELY, 100%. SO AND THE LAST COURT WE APPROVED $4.55 TO CLEAR OUT THE AUDITING. SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS BACK UP SPECIFICALLY TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY ON THIS PROJECT PUBLICLY. SO IF YOU CAN JUST JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT. I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER BAILEY AND COMMISSIONER SEVIER FOR THEIR WORK IN GETTING THIS PROJECT STARTED FOR COMMISSIONER MCCULLOCH AND JUDGE NEW AND AND THEY CAME IN KIND OF AS WE WERE FINISHING THE PROJECT THIS WAS THE FIRST BUILDING THAT I'VE EVER BUILT, SO IT WAS QUITE A JOURNEY. SO I WANT TO THANK BARRY FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME DURING THIS PROCESS BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT I WANT TO THANK THE TREASURER PEAKE FOR HIS STEWARDSHIP OVER THE ARPA MONEY. AS WE CUSSED AND DISCUSSED THIS PROJECT, HE WAS EARNING US INTEREST THE ENTIRE TIME. AND SO THAT WAS ABLE TO, WE WERE ABLE TO PARLAY THAT INTO MULTIPLE PROJECTS. I WANT TO THANK SPECIFICALLY ELENA AND LISA AT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK A BRAND NEW GRANT THAT IS ONLY GOING TO BE A ONE TIME GRANT THAT HAD TO BE FIGURED OUT. AND AND WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, PARK HILL AND HILL AND WILKINSON FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK FOR CRAIG, FOR HAVING TO JUMP IN ON A LOT OF LEGAL GUIDANCE THROUGH ARPA. BUT ELENA, LISA AND CRAIG CARRIED A HUGE LOAD THROUGH THIS PROJECT FROM, FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT, WHEN YOU'RE ADMINISTRATING A $20 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT, THERE'S A LOT OF STRESS AND PRESSURE THAT COMES WITH THAT. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. I THINK THAT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT, WONDERFUL BUILDING THAT IS BEING USED EVERY DAY BY LOTS OF PEOPLE. AND ANYWAYS, IT IS FINALLY DONE. IT IS CLOSED, IT IS AUDITED, ALL THE BILLS ARE PAID AND IT IS A ZERO ON OUR LEDGER. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR EVERY, FOR ALL OF THE EFFORT THAT WAS PUT IN TO, TO BUILDING THAT BUILDING. IT WAS QUITE A JOURNEY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD JUDGE DAVID SWEET TO THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE IT STARTED WITH HIM SITTING HERE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOU, COMMISSIONER STACY, BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG PROJECT. YOU YOU HAD A GREAT TEAM, BUT YOU WERE LEADING IT AND, AND FORGING THROUGH WITH IT. SO YOU DID A GREAT JOB. AND NOW YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR RESUME WHAT YOU BUILT. WE BUILT THE BUILDING, SO WE BUILT A BUILDING LIKE THAT. SO I, LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THIS BACK ON THERE AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL OF, ALL OF THE EFFORT AND JUDGE, THIS AGENDA ITEM WILL NOT BE ON THE AGENDA ANY MORE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM BECAUSE THIS BUILDING IS DONE. THAT IS THE BEST THANKS I COULD GET IS HAVING THAT OFF THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STACEY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE K DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING COPIER LEASES WITH CPI FOR VARIOUS COUNTY [3.K Discuss/Act on approving copier leases with CPI for various County departments, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy)] DEPARTMENTS AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. COMMISSIONER STACEY YEAH. SO YOU KNOW TONGUE IN CHEEK DURING THE CAMPAIGN I HAD SOMEONE GO ON FACEBOOK AND SAY ALL I'M GOOD FOR IS COPIER LEASES. SO AT LEAST I'M GETTING MY UTILITARIAN OUT OF THIS. SO SO GOOD FOR THAT. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH ALL THE LEASES ON EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS AN OPEN LEASE EXCEPT THE LIBRARY. JUST FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M STILL WORKING ON SOME STUFF WITH MARCIN AND CPI TO, TO GET THAT DONE. AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO PUT IS FOR SOME REASON MACHINE 23 IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT DOESN'T SAY THAT IT'S COLOR. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IS A COLOR MACHINE. IT IS THE EXACT MACHINE THAT'S GOING INTO ADULT PROBATION. IF I FIND OUT IT'S NOT A COLORED MACHINE, IT WILL BE BACK ON THE AGENDA NEXT TIME BECAUSE I WON'T LET THEM INSTALL IT. BUT BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT IS A COLOR MACHINE AND IT IS THE EXACT MACHINE THAT'S GOING INTO ADULT PROBATION. BUT THIS GETS A LOT OF OUR, OUR LEASES UP TO DATE. AND I WENT BACK AND TALKED TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ASKED THEM ABOUT THE MACHINES. ARE THEY GETTING WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF THEM? DO THEY WANT US TO CHANGE ANYTHING? AND SOME OF THESE ARE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE. SO WE JUST KIND OF TOOK A MOMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING WHAT WE NEEDED TO PROVIDE. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME. THIS IS ALSO AN ELENA MISSION THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HER ON SINCE MARCH TO GET THIS DONE. AND CRAIG, FOR ALL OF THE LEGAL WORK ON ALL THESE BRAND NEW LEASES HAS BEEN QUITE AN ADVENTURE. I KNOW IT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT THIS TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET ALL OF THIS STUFF DONE. [00:45:01] BUT I THINK IT'S FOR THE BETTER BECAUSE WE DO CHANGE A LOT OF THE MACHINES AND A LOT OF THE USAGE, AND TRYING TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE PERSONAL MACHINES THAT ARE SITTING ON DESKS. THAT IS A GOAL OF MINE BECAUSE THE TONER IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. WHEN WE DO THAT. SO THIS WAS AN EFFORT TO WORK WITH ALL THESE DEPARTMENT HEADS AS MUCH AS I COULD TO, TO MOVE US IN THAT DIRECTION. AND AGAIN THE LIBRARY IS NOT DONE YET, BUT WE'RE REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO HAVING SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE ON THE NEXT COURT, BUT I'M WORKING DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO GET THE LIBRARY'S MACHINES ADDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT'S MY REPORT ON THIS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT JUDGE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE COPIER LEASES WITH CPI FOR ALL THE VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE LISTED. I'LL SECOND THAT. GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACEY, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCCULLOCH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES, PLEASE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STACEY. THAT WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM THREE. [3.L Discuss/Act on approving the Rockwall County Board and Commission Appointment Policy, and all related issues; (Commissioner Stacy)] L DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING THE ROCKWALL COUNTY BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENT POLICY AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. YEAH. SO COMMISSIONER LICHTY AND I WORKED ON THIS. I WENT TO EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTY AND KIND OF READ HOW THEY DID BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND TRIED TO APPLY IT. THIS IS A SIMPLE POLICY THAT'S REALLY ABOUT DIRECTING THE PIO MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GIVE VERY CLEAR DIRECTION TO OUR DIRECT EMPLOYEES. YOU KNOW, YOU SAY, HEY, GO DO THIS. AND SOMEONE SAYS, NO, I WANT YOU TO DO THIS. SO WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, I WAS THINKING, MAYBE WE DON'T WRITE A POLICY. MAYBE WE JUST KIND OF GIVE THEM SOME DIRECTION. BUT THEN I KIND OF SAT BACK AND SAID, NO, IT'S PROBABLY BEST. SO WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS TRYING TO CREATE A POOL OF INTERESTED CITIZENS THAT WANT TO SERVE ON OUR COMMITTEES. SO THIS IS AUTHORIZING HIM TO PUT OUT, TO FIND A PROCESS, TO PUT OUT A BOARD AND COMMISSION UPDATE SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO CREATE A POOL OF APPLICANTS, SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED WHEN THE APPOINTMENTS COME OUT. SO THIS IS ABOUT PUTTING CITIZENS ON THE NECESSARY BOARDS. WE OBVIOUSLY DO NOT HAVE AS MANY AS A CITY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE DONE, I WOULDN'T SAY A POOR JOB. WE JUST HAVEN'T REALLY DONE A JOB ADVERTISING, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THESE BOARDS EXIST, FINDING PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE COUNTY LIBRARY, THE CHILD WELFARE BOARD THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT WE DO THAT ARE PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT. SO THIS IS REALLY JUST ABOUT TRYING TO AUTHORIZE JIM TO JUST DO MORE ADVERTISING OF BOARDS AND GETTING US THOSE INFORMATION AND CONNECTING US WITH THOSE CITIZENS SO THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND TALK TO THEM. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS. AND JUST KIND OF FORMALIZING THAT SORT OF ADVERTISING. IT'S A GOOD PLAN, AT LEAST FOR THE CITY OF ROCKWALL. AS I SERVED ON THE COUNCIL, IT. WE ALWAYS HAD A FAIRLY GOOD NUMBER OF CANDIDATES TO TO REVIEW, SO WE'LL. BUT. BUT IT WAS BASED ON HOW IT WAS MARKETED, AS YOU'VE JUST SAID. AND ON THE WEBSITE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GO TO THE WEBSITE AND THEY'LL READ ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THEY'LL SAY, I'D LIKE TO SERVE ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TRYING TO DO IS JUST GIVE THEM DIRECTION OF, WE WANT YOU TO ADVERTISE, WE WANT THIS TO GO OUT, AND WE WANT TO START GRABBING APPLICANTS BEFORE THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS ARE DUE. GOOD. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ROCKWALL COUNTY BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENT POLICY AS PRESENTED. I'LL SECOND. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, LAUREN? YEAH I DID, BUT I CAN I NOW IN THE DISCUSSION. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STACY NOW OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. I WOULD ASK YOU TO MAKE A COUPLE CHANGES TO THIS. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT CATCHING THESE. OKAY. THE FIRST DRAFT, BUT, ON THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH, WHERE IT LISTS THE BOARDS, IT'S NOT THE CHILD WARFARE BOARD, IT'S CHILD WELFARE BOARD. AND, AND THEN WHERE IT SAYS ROCKWALL CENTRAL APPRAISAL, THAT SHOULD BE ROCKWALL COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THEN ON THE NEXT PARAGRAPH, SECTION ONE, I THINK THIS COUNT, THIS IS IT MAY BE PICKY, BUT I THINK IT ACTUALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. WHAT THIS SAYS WILL CREATE A POOL OF INTERESTED CANDIDATES. I'M ON THE THIRD LINE AND DISTRIBUTE THE APPLICATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATE PRECINCT COMMISSIONERS. ACTUALLY, I THINK THOSE APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ALL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. BECAUSE I, I, I KNOW WE JUST FINISHED THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS IN THE LIBRARY WHERE PRECINCT CHAIRS OR PRECINCT COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING MYSELF PICKED A PERSON AND THAT PERSON WAS CHOSEN, WHICH I WOULD EXPECT. SO I DID IT FOR PRECINCT THREE, COMMISSIONER MOLATE FOR TWO, BOBBY GALLINA FOR PRECINCT ONE AND COMMISSIONER STACEY FOR PROCEEDING FOUR. AND THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL SEE WHO'S OUT THERE. [00:50:05] AND I THINK EVEN IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF WHO IS APPLIED AND THOSE THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT AS A COURT. SO IT SHOULDN'T JUST GO TO THE APPROPRIATE PRECINCT COMMISSIONERS. THOSE SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE JUDGE AND ALL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I AGREE WITH THAT. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. IS THE AUTHOR OF THE POLICY OPEN TO THE AMENDMENT? YEAH, 100%. I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND ON THOSE TWO TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND ALSO TO CHANGE SECTION ONE TO INCLUDE THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ALL COMMISSIONERS FOR THE APPLICATIONS. AND I WILL AMEND MY MOTION TO INCLUDE SUCH AS. WELL, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCCLUNG. ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHTY, IF YOU WILL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW, PLEASE. THAT PASSES 4 TO 0. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR. [4. CONSENT AGENDA] CONSENT AGENDA. JUDGE, COULD I NOT REALLY PULL, BUT I'D LIKE TO JUST DO A RECAP ON 4G. AS FAR AS THE URBAN COUNTY CONNECTIONS REPORT THAT WAS SENT TO YOU GUYS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER. LIKE I SAID, 4D444GG. YES. G I'M SORRY, I WAS LOOKING LOOKING AT MY NAME I APOLOGIZE. YES. 4G URBAN COUNTY CONNECTIONS YES. NO GO AHEAD. WHAT I WHAT I WANTED TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU GUYS. AND I KNOW THIS IS IN THE PACKET FOR ANYONE TO LOOK AT THE THE QC PUT OUT ON JULY 10TH, WHICH I DID EMAIL TO YOU OR MEREDITH. THANK YOU FOR EMAILING TO ALL OF YOU, BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS AND AGENCY MEETINGS THAT HAVE EITHER HAPPENED OR ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING THAT HAVE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO COUNTIES. OKAY, SO I CAN EITHER GO OVER THEM WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE AGENCIES THAT MET THE TEXAS JUDICIAL. THEY'VE GOT SOME NEW PROCEDURES THAT COULD HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR COUNTY ATTORNEYS, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, OUR CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND HOW THAT COULD AFFECT OUR COURT PROCESSES. ALSO, UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THEY HAD WELL, THEY HAD, THEY HAD SEVERAL PROPOSED RULINGS THAT EITHER DEAL WITH WATER QUALITY. THEY DEAL WITH ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND OUR SURVEYING CONTRACTS, WHICH SOME OF THAT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT WITH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OF OUR, OF OUR PRIVATE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS THAT, THAT WE'RE USING OR COULD BE. AND THEN I ALSO THOUGHT ONE OF THE COMMENTS, I MEAN, ONE OF THE POSSIBLE CHANGES IS WITH FCC BECAUSE THEY ARE WANTING TO ADVANCE SOME BROADBAND PERMITTING PREEMPTION ON PROPOSALS THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO TAKE SOME OF THE CONTROL FROM LOCAL COUNTIES, SO THAT COULD HAVE SOME IMPACT FOR US. AND THEN AGAIN, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT OVER, REALLY THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. AS FAR AS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL BE MEETING. AND IN AUSTIN THAT I THOUGHT SOME OF US MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE EVEN GO AND. GIVE OUR OPINIONS ON HOW THAT AFFECTS ROCKWALL COUNTY. SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER TIME. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. IT WAS A PRETTY INCLUSIVE UPDATE. SO THAT'S ALL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF SOMEBODY IS SO INCLINED. JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A THROUGH FOUR N. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACY. I WILL. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LICHTY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES, PLEASE. THAT PASSES 4 TO 0. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE. PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS. [5. PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS/DISPOSITIONS] DISPOSITIONS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT FOR THE RECORD. SOME OF THIS IS A COUNTY LOGO DESIGN FOR EQUIPMENT. THERE IS A CAR WRAPPING POLICY THAT IS PUT INTO THE FLEET. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IS AWARE OF THAT SAID POLICY. TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WRAPPING IS APPROVED THROUGH THE FLEET, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING WITH THE COUNTY LOGO, THE COUNTY SEAL OR COUNTY VEHICLE IS DONE APPROPRIATELY. I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF FLEET. BOBBY IS HE'S NOT HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE A WRAPPING POLICY THAT THAT WE NEED TO ADHERE TO. BUT WITH THAT, I AM GOOD TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS FIVE A, 5B5C, AND FIVE D! WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACY. I'LL SECOND IT. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOLATE IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW PLEASE. THAT PASSES 4 TO 0. AND I WILL REMIND COORDINATOR RAWSON ABOUT OUR POLICY. THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM SIX. NONEMERGENCY BUDGET TRANSFERS. [6. NON-EMERGENCY BUDGET TRANSFER(S)] [00:55:03] JUDGE, I MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE NONEMERGENCY BUDGET TRANSFER SIX A WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACY. I'LL SECOND THAT. I HAVE MY SECOND. IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW THAT PASSES 4 TO 0. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS, BILLS, CLAIMS AND PAYROLLS. [7. APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS, BILLS, CLAIMS, AND PAYROLL(S)] MISS LISA. THANK YOU JUDGE. I'M SUBMITTING TO THE COURT. PAID CLAIMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $688,311. AND I ASKED FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL. SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOLATE. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STACY. YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES, PLEASE. THAT PASSES FOR TO ZERO. I'M ALSO SUBMITTING TO YOU UNPAID CLAIMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,678,318.42, AND I ASK FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL. MOVE TO APPROVE. GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACEY. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BEFORE WE VOTE. JUDGE. THAT'S REALLY HIGH. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY OF HEATH IS FINALLY GETTING $1.5 MILLION OF THE MONEY THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE FOR THEM, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR MOST OF THE. YEAH. SO ANYWAYS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, BUT I DO, I DO MOVE TO APPROVE, BUT WE FINALLY PAID THE CITY OF HEATH 1.55, $5 MILLION FOR THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS PASSED BEFORE WE TOOK OFFICE. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW, PLEASE. THAT PASSES 4 TO 0. AND I'M SUBMITTING THE PAYROLL REPORT FOR THE PAY PERIOD ENDING JUNE 20TH, 2026, IN THE AMOUNT OF $334.26, AND I ASKED FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL. SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOLATE. I'LL. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STACY. IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES. THAT PASSES 4 TO 0. THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT EXECUTIVE SESSION. [8. EXECUTIVE SESSION] THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF ROCKWALL COUNTY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA OR IN THIS ITEM IN THE ORDER DEEMED APPROPRIATE, AS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 551 OPEN MEETING SUBCHAPTER D TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, OR TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY ON THOSE ITEMS. WE WILL BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON DISCUSSION OF D.R. HORTON LITIGATION AND MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT'S SECURITY RELATED MATTERS, SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO ON AGENDA ITEM THREE, I. AT 957 WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE AT 1044 EXCUSE ME. [9. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION] WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CHAPTER 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.001. THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION TO TAKE ANY ACTION NECESSARY ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE ARE GOING TO RETURN AT THIS TIME TO AGENDA ITEM. YEAH, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO AGENDA ITEM THREE. I DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF LOTS ONE AND TWO, [3.I. Discuss/Act on approving the final plat Of Lots 1 & 2, Block 1 Of Highline Addition subject to approval Of a Subdivision Waiver to Section 5.4.1 Of the Rockwall County Subdivision and Land Development Regulations (RCSLDR) and conditioned on the applicant addressing all WTechnical Commentary Impacting the Final Plat" comments and Comment F of the "General Conditions and Disdaimers" in the attached Highline Addition (Dollar General) Final Plat, Version #1 Review memo dated June 2, 2026, and all related issues; (Commissioner Liechty - County Engineer) (Part 2 of 2)] BLOCK ONE OF THE HIGH LINE ADDITION, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF SUBDIVISION WAIVER TO SECTION 5.4.1 OF THE ROCKWALL COUNTY SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONED ON THE APPLICATION ADDRESSING ALL TECHNICAL COMMENTARY IMPACTING THE FINAL PLAT. COMMENTS AND COMMENT F OF THE GENERAL CONDITIONS AND DISCLAIMERS IN THE ATTACHED HIGH LINE EDITION DOLLAR GENERAL FINAL PLAT VERSION ONE REVIEW MEMO DATED JUNE 2ND, 2026 AND ALL RELATED ISSUES. JUDGE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TWO MOTIONS RELATED TO THIS MATTER, IF THAT'S OKAY. YES, SIR. FIRST MOTION I MOVE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT DENY THE REQUESTED SUBDIVISION WAIVER FROM SECTION 5.4.1 OF THE ROCKWALL COUNTY SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THE FINAL PLAT OF LOTS ONE AND TWO, BLOCK ONE HIGH LINE ADDITION ON THE GROUND, THAT THE REQUEST DOES NOT SATISFY THE SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND DOES NOT CREATE A UNIQUE PHYSICAL HARDSHIP. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LICHTY. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STACY. IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES. NOW THAT PASSES 4 TO 0. OKAY. AND I HAVE A SECOND MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT DISAPPROVE THE FINAL PLATS OF LOTS ONE AND TWO BLOCK ONE HIGHLINE ADDITION. PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTIONS TWO, 32.0025 AND 232.0026 FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS, EACH OF WHICH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ROCKWALL COUNTY SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND CHAPTER [01:00:04] 232, SUBCHAPTER A. FIRST, THE PLAT PLAT DOES NOT CONFORM TO ROCKWALL COUNTY SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. SECTION 5.4, 1.5.4.1, WHICH REQUIRES A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF ONE AND A HALF ACRES FOR LOTS UTILIZING OCF SYSTEMS. THE PLAT SHOWING THAT PROPOSED LOT ONE AND LOT TWO EACH CONTAIN LESS THAN 1.5 ACRES. AND THE COURT AND THE COURT HAS DENIED THE REQUESTED WAIVER FROM SECTION 5.4.12. THE PLAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ROCKWALL COUNTY SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, SECTION 5.4.1. AND THEN I A THIRD MOTION, IF I MAY. THAT'S MY SECOND MOTION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LICHTY. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STACY IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES NOW. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE PRESENT. ONE MORE MOTION ON THIS TOPIC. I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE COURT ADOPT THE WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE REASONS PRESENTED BY THE COUNTY ENGINEER. DIRECT THAT IT BE PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT TODAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.0026 IN DIRECT STAFF TO PROCESS ANY APPLICANT RESPONSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS TWO, 32.0027 AND 232.0028 OF THE. TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LICHTY. I'LL. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STACY. IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES. THAT PASSES 4 TO 0. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LICHTY. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? YES, JUDGE, IF I COULD I HAVE ONE OTHER MOTION RELATED TO MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT THE COURT OR THE COUNTY HIRE BRENDA MCDONALD AS A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO REPRESENT ROCKWALL COUNTY AND THE OTHER DEFENDANTS IN THE LAWSUIT IN THE MATTER OF D.R. HORTON AND DMDS LAND COMPANY VERSUS ROCKWELL COUNTY. GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LICHTY. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCCULLOUGH. IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES. THAT PASSES 4 TO 0. AND, JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE I T DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER FOR SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY. GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STACEY. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOLATE. IF YOU'LL REGISTER YOUR VOTES, PLEASE. THAT PASSES 4 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM TEN. COMMISSIONER COURT REPORTS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5510415, [10. COMMISSIONERS COURT REPORTS] THE COUNTY JUDGE AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. EXPRESSION OF THANKS. CONGRATULATIONS, CONDOLENCES, INFORMATION ABOUT SCHEDULES, RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS, REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER MOLATE. THANK YOU. I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TODAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GO DOWN TO COMMISSIONER STACY. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EITHER, SIR. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. JUDGE. I HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANT TO MENTION. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR WONDERFUL ADMIN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, MEREDITH, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS BEAUTIFUL BINDER FOR ME AND MADE REVIEWING THIS SO EASILY. AND THANK YOU. SECOND, A REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE TOOK ACTION TO OPPOSE A BATCH PLANT IN THE UNINCORPORATED PORTION OF THE COUNTY, BUT ON THE BORDER OF MCLEAN AND CHISHOLM ON SOUTH SMITH ROAD AND MCLENDON, CHISHOLM TOOK SIMILAR ACTION TO OPPOSE IT. AND WE DID EVERYTHING WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR ABLE LEGAL COUNSEL, AND MCLENNAN AND CHISHOLM DID. AND THIS WAS ALL FILED AND THEY WITHDREW THEIR BATCH PLANT REQUEST. SO THAT WAS A A GOOD RESULT. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. FINALLY, I HAVE ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION. TO THE, TO ANYONE LISTENING, IF ANYONE WANTS INFORMATION FROM ME ABOUT ISSUES AFFECTING THE COUNTY, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL AND TO DISCUSS AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS A FIRST STEP. [01:05:03] EARLIER THIS YEAR, I RECEIVED A QUESTION FROM A ROCKWALL COUNTY RESIDENT, AND I GAVE A DIRECT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WITHOUT EVER CALLING OR EMAILING ME BACK. THAT RESIDENT MADE AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST ASKING FOR RECORDS REGARDING THE SAME QUESTION, WHICH HE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DO. HE RECEIVED VOLUMES OF INFORMATION AND WE ARE STILL GATHERING OTHER INFORMATION THAT REVEALED THE SAME ANSWER THAT I GAVE HIM. BUT THE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST HAS COST THE COUNTY OVER $15,000, NEARLY $20,000, AS I UNDERSTAND, IN LEGAL FEES, TO RESPOND. I THINK THAT HAD THIS INDIVIDUAL AND I HAD A DISCUSSION, I COULD HAVE EXPLAINED THE FACTS BEHIND MY RESPONSE AND SAVED THE COUNTY A LOT OF MONEY, WHICH I'M SURE IS WHAT HE WOULD HAVE APPROVED OF DOING ALSO. AGAIN, CITIZENS HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO MAKE OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, AND I AM NOT TRYING TO DISCOURAGE THAT UNDER THE PROPER CIRCUMSTANCES. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION AT A FOR A LOWER COST WITH DIRECT COMMUNICATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LICHTY. I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER JUST BRIEFLY SOME DATA WE GOT FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL GOT THIS, BUT IT WAS A A BREAKDOWN OF THE 2025 TEXAS GDP. TEXAS PRODUCED $2.9 TRILLION LAST YEAR, WHICH MAKES IT THE EIGHTH LEADING ECONOMY ON THE PLANET. AND OF THAT, SO ALL THE REGIONS ARE BROKEN DOWN. AND WHAT REALLY SURPRISED ME, I THOUGHT THE GULF COAST, WITH THEIR IMPORT EXPORT BUSINESSES, WOULD LEAD THE WAY. AND THEY HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT. 767.7 BILLION IS WHAT CAME GDP THROUGH THE GULF COAST. THE METROPLEX, HOWEVER, 825.4 BILLION LEADS LEADS THE STATE BY FAR. OTHERS AREN'T EVEN CLOSE. THAT THAT PUTS US GDP IN THE METROPLEX MORE THAN MOST COUNTRIES. NOW, ROCKWALL COUNTY GDP IS RIGHT AT 8 BILLION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IN THE TOTAL OF 825.4 BILLION DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT. BUT FOR A LITTLE 12 MILE BY 12 MILE ROCKWALL TO PRODUCE 8 BILLION IS IMPRESSIVE. I MEAN, THERE'S THERE IS. YOU CAN SEE THE REASON WHY THE STOCK MARKETS ARE OPENING HERE. THE FINANCIAL COMPANIES ARE COMING HERE. PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE. IT IS THE TEXAS MIRACLE IN IN ACTION. SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT DATA OUT THERE JUST SO PEOPLE IN THE METROPLEX KNOW THAT WE, WE HAVE SOMETHING YET AGAIN, SOMETHING ELSE TO BE PROUD OF. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AT 1055, WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.