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ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, I'M GOING TO CALL THE ROCKWALL COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUM TO ORDER. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. IT IS. 530. MATT CRAIG AND TEAM WITH HALF AND
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ASSOCIATES GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE OUTER LOOP. SO TAKE IT AWAY, MR. CRAIG, AND I'M GOING TO GO SIT OUT THERE. YEAH, I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU.SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? OUT HERE WHERE I CAN SEE THIS. YEAH. WELL GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. WE'LL JUST DO A VERY SHORT BRIEFING HERE. JUST A DOZEN SLIDES OR SO TO TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE OUTER LOOP AND GET YOU ALL UP TO SPEED ON OUR PUBLIC HEARING. THAT'S COMING UP HERE AT THE END OF OCTOBER. AND AGAIN, MY MY NAME IS MATT CRAIG. I'M WITH HALF ASSOCIATES AND ALSO HELPING ME HERE IS AARON CRUMPLER BEHIND ME. SHE'S OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THE THE OUTER LOOP WITH US ON THE TEAM. SO SHE'LL GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON, ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS. ALL RIGHT, SO JUST A LITTLE REFRESHER. THIS IS A PROJECT LIMITS ALMOST SIX MILES. IT'S RUNNING FROM 276 ON THE SOUTH TO THE COUNTY LINE. COLLIN COUNTY LINE TODAY. COUNTY LINE ROAD. SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE. TRYING TO CATCH MY BREATH FROM RUNNING IN HERE. IT TOOK AN HOUR AND A HALF TO DRIVE HERE. TAKE YOUR TIME. IT'S STILL THERE. WE GOT TO LET IT. I GOTTA LET MY BLOOD PRESSURE DROP A LITTLE BIT TOO. SO YEAH.
APPRECIATE IT. SO ANYWAY, THIS IS WHAT WE CALL PHASE ONE OF THE OUTER LOOP. THE OTHER SOUTHERLY HALF DOWN TO 205 IS CALLED PHASE TWO. ALRIGHTY. AND FOR MORE INFORMATION I'M NOT GOING TO COVER EVERY SINGLE DETAIL ABOUT THE OUTER LOOP TONIGHT UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT TO YOU ALL FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S COMING UP ON OCTOBER THE 29TH. AND THERE'S A QR CODE. WE'LL REPEAT THAT AGAIN AT THE END. SO WE'LL HAVE INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING POSTED AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING DATE. AND THEN THAT'LL STAY UP THERE FOR THE THIRD FOR THE DURATION AFTER THAT. SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE MATERIALS AVAILABLE AND ALSO FOR Y'ALL'S FOR THE CITIES, IF YOU'D LIKE, LIKE A HARD COPY. DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE LIKE PAPER, THEN WE CAN PRINT OUT THE SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS FOR THOSE AS WELL AND PROVIDE A COPY FOR THE THE CITIES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ONE FOR YOURSELF OR FOR DISPLAY.
ALL RIGHT. THE OVERALL PURPOSE AND NEED PRETTY BASIC ON THIS ONE TO IMPROVE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIVITY AND MOBILITY. WE ARE ALSO TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE IMPACTS. AND THE REASON WHY WE NEED THIS IS BECAUSE THE LACK OF THAT NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIVITY. AND REALLY FOR THIS PART OF THE COUNTY, THERE'S NOT A CONTINUOUS ARTERIAL ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE COUNTY UNLESS YOU COUNT 548, WHICH IS, I GUESS CONTINUOUS BUT NOT DIRECT. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THE OUTER LOOP. AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES. ROCKWALL IS NOT THE ONLY ONE DOING A SEGMENT OF THE OUTER LOOP. WE ARE BASICALLY DOING ALL THESE AT THE SAME TIME. SO KAUFMAN HAD THEIR PUBLIC HEARING EARLIER THIS SUMMER, AND THEY'RE EXPECTED TO HAVE CLEARANCE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. COLLIN COUNTY IS GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING. THEY DECIDE TO BEAT US. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON OCTOBER 27TH FOR THEIR PUBLIC MEETING, AND WE'RE ON THE 29TH. SO THEY GET US BY TWO DAYS. BUT THEY WILL HAVE INFORMATION ON THEIR ALIGNMENT, WHICH WE HAVE TO TIE TO RIGHT AT COUNTY LINE ROAD. SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COORDINATION ON THAT. AND AGAIN, A THANK ERICA AND THE TEAM FOR HELPING COORDINATE THAT EFFORT WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY TEAM THAT'S DOING THEIR PART. AND THEN DENTON COUNTY AS WELL. THEY'RE DOING A FULL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ON THAT, AND IT'LL TAKE THE OUTER LOOP ALL THE WAY OVER TO 35 NORTH OF DENTON. SO WE'RE ALL GENERALLY MARCHING IN STEP IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS FOR ALL FOUR COUNTIES ON THIS, OUR PROJECT HISTORY. I WON'T GO INTO THAT. I THINK SOME OF US HAVE LIVED THAT HISTORY, BUT IT'S REALLY STARTED SINCE THE EARLY 2000.
AND WE STARTED THIS WORK ON PHASE ONE, BASICALLY IN 2023. AND I KIND OF SKIPPED OVER 2011.
THAT'S WHEN THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, YOU HEARD FROM MICHAEL MORRIS LAST FALL ON THE OUTER LOOP AND THE OVERALL REGIONAL ASPECT OF IT THAT BASICALLY STUDIED THIS LOOP AND REALLY GOING ALL, ALL THE WAY AROUND DALLAS AND FORT WORTH. SO WE ARE ESSENTIALLY TEARING OFF OF THAT WORK THAT WAS DONE BACK AND PUBLISHED IN 2011. SO FOR OUR PREVIOUS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, FOR FOLKS TO WANT TO KNOW HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE'RE AT, THEY CAN GO TO THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE REALLY LIKE THE LOOK OF THE NEW COUNTY WEBSITE. THAT'S PRETTY NICE.
AND IT'S GOT OUR INFORMATION FROM ALL THE WAY BACK FROM THE PUBLIC MEETINGS WE'VE HAD SINCE WE STARTED THIS IN 2022. I GUESS WE COULD HAVE PUT THIS OFF A COUPLE MORE DAYS AND THEN PUT IT IN NOVEMBER JUST TO BE CONSISTENT. BUT WE'RE IN OCTOBER 29TH. AND FOR THE
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SEQUENCE OF THIS, WE TALK ABOUT PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, PHASE ONE BEING THE NORTHERN HALF IN THE COUNTY'S PHASE TWO IS THE SOUTHERN HALF, BUT IT'S ALSO PROJECTED TO BE BUILT IN STAGES, VERY MUCH LIKE LOOP NINE HAS BEEN BUILT, AND HOW COLLIN COUNTY IS DOING THEIR PART OF THE OUTER LOOP. SO INITIALLY ACQUIRE THE ENTIRE RIGHT OF WAY, ABOUT 500 FOOT TYPICAL BUILD ONE FRONTAGE ROAD AND OPERATED TWO WAY ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION. AS TRAFFIC MOVES UP, BUILD THE SECOND FRONTAGE ROAD AND OPERATE THOSE ONE WAY AS YOU WOULD IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN FINALLY, AS TRAFFIC BUILDS UP TO A HIGHER DEGREE THAN TO BUILD THE MAIN LANES FOR THE OUTER LOOP FOR THIS PART OF THE PROJECT, IT'S JUST A BIT OVER $900 MILLION. AND THAT'S INCLUDING ALL THOSE PHASES THAT YOU SAW THERE FOR CONSTRUCTION OR ALL THOSE SEGMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION WE TALKED ABOUT THERE. AND IT IS ON THE PROGRAMING RIGHT NOW FOR CONSTRUCTION TO TO BEGIN IN 2034. NOW LET'S GO ON TO A LITTLE BIT ON THE NEPA. AND I GET OUTSIDE OF MY EXPERTISE, BUT WE GOT AN EXPERT HERE NAMED ERIC JOHNSON. THANK YOU MATT.ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION PREPARED FOR THE ROCKWALL COUNTY OUTER LOOP PHASE ONE PROJECT IS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEPA OR THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT. THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO ALLOW FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE FEDERAL FUNDING AND TO DECREASE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION. SO ROCKWALL COUNTY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HAS PREPARED A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, OR EA. THIS EXAMINES A WIDE VARIETY OF RESOURCES, ALL OF WHICH ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN UP HERE. THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND SO IT'LL BE POSTED BOTH ONLINE AS PART OF THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING, AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN PERSON AT THE OPEN HOUSE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS OF THE STUDY.
BUT IN CONCLUSION, THE STUDIES, ANALYZES AND EVALUATIONS PERFORMED TO DATE INDICATE THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD CAUSE NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. APPROXIMATELY 416 ACRES OF NEW RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE REQUIRED. THIS INCLUDES SIX POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL AND ONE POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL DISPLACEMENT. HOWEVER, NO PUBLIC FACILITIES, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS OR CEMETERIES WOULD BE DISPLACED AS A RESULT OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. ALL RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION WOULD BE COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1970, AND MORE INFORMATION ON RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION WILL BE POSTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO KEEP AN EYE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE. AT THIS STAGE THAT'LL CONSIST OF VARIOUS MATERIALS PREPARED BY TXDOT TO HELP ANYONE AFFECTED BY RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS. SO SPEAKING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE IN-PERSON OPTION WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH AT THE ROCKWALL COUNTY COURTHOUSE. NOT THIS ONE. THE NEW ONE FROM 530 TO 7:30 P.M. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT IN PERSON, ALL OF THE MATERIALS WILL BE POSTED ONLINE STARTING AT THE SAME TIME FOR ANY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM. NOTIFICATIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO GO OUT ON OCTOBER 7TH. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR STAKEHOLDERS? THOSE NOTIFICATIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO GO OUT ON OCTOBER 9TH. AND THEN OUR FIRST NEWSPAPER NOTIFICATION SHOULD BE PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 14TH. JUST SO YOU CAN KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR MAILBOXES AND YOUR EMAIL INBOXES. FOLLOWING THE PHASE ONE PROJECT PUBLIC HEARING, WE WILL PREPARE DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING RESPONSES TO ANY COMMENTS RECEIVED. WE'LL THEN TRANSITION INTO PREPARING THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WITH ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE IN SPRING 2027.
FUTURE STEPS, INCLUDING RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, UTILITY, RELOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION ARE ALL PENDING IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING. SO THAT 2034 DATE WE SAW EARLIER STILL PENDING IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING. I'LL NOW PASS IT BACK TO MATT SO HE CAN GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON PHASE TWO. KAREN. APPRECIATE IT. JUST TO WRAP THIS UP AGAIN, THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS ALL ABOUT PHASE ONE NORTH OF 276. SO JUST A BRIEF STATUS ON PHASE TWO IS THAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, I BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, AS WELL AS BEING APPROVED AND SIGNED OFF ON. AND THAT'S HELPING TO SET SOME OF THE PROVISIONS THAT
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WERE PRESENTED EARLIER ON, COORDINATING PHASE TWO ACTIVITIES THAT WILL INCLUDE ALIGNMENT ALTERNATIVES, AND THEN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO CLOSE THAT PROJECT OUT. SO I THINK THAT'S LOOKING AT TIMING WISE, PROBABLY THE FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR TO, TO, TO START ON THAT PART. AND THEN FINALLY OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. SO QUESTIONS FOR MATT. I GOT A QUESTION. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO DO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS TO IDENTIFY THE FINAL AREA OF WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO, THE FINAL ROUTE IN THE NORTHERN SECTION, AT WHICH POINT CITIES AND COUNTIES CAN TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THAT AREA. IS THAT CORRECT? AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO DO THAT? YEAH. SO THE CAN I GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE HERE? SO RIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED THAT BASICALLY SAYS THAT YOU CAN START TO ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY AND WORK TOWARDS THAT PRESERVATION OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY. THE NEXT STEP AFTER BASICALLY ONCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL IS RECEIVED, THEN YOU COULD DO THE SURVEY TO SET THE ACTUAL BOUNDARY LINES ON THE GROUND AND THEN RIGHT USING THAT FOR PRESERVING THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING FOR THE CITY OF FATE AND, AND ROYSE CITY IN PARTICULAR TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE IT. DO THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY TO PRESERVE IT? OR CAN THEY JUST TAKE ACTION TO IDENTIFY WHERE IT'S GOING TO PRESERVE IT? I THINK THAT'S A. I, I'M PRETTY SURE IT CAN BE PRESERVED ONCE IT'S IDENTIFIED AND ESSENTIALLY SURVEYED TO GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION ON WHERE TO PRESERVE IT. BUT IT WOULD STILL NEED TO BE ACQUIRED IN THAT PRESERVATION, RIGHT? YEAH. EVENTUALLY YOU GOT TO ACQUIRE IT. BUT THAT'S RIGHT. I SOME WAY THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY TO IDENTIFY WHERE IT'S GOING SO THAT THEY CAN SAY, YOU CAN'T DEVELOP HERE BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A ROAD RIGHT THERE. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO WE'LL, WE'LL ACTUALLY GIVE THE GEOMETRY TO THE CITY SO THAT THAT CAN BE USED FOR YOUR PRESERVATION WORK.AS YOU HAVE DEVELOPERS COME IN AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT IT'S NOT A COMPLETE BOUNDARY SURVEY UNTIL THAT'S DONE BY THE SURVEYORS AND SIGNED AND SEALED FOR, FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS AND ALL, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION. SO WE CAN COORDINATE WITH DEVELOPERS IF THEY DO MOVE FORWARD INTO DEVELOPMENT TO, TO GIVE THEM THE ACTUAL BOUNDARIES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. NO, NO, NO. HE HAD ONE. NO, WAIT A MINUTE. ALL RIGHT. JUST GO BACK. HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO DRIVE THIS? IT'S A LEADING QUESTION, SIR. IF YOUR ATTORNEY WAS HERE, HE WOULD TELL YOU NOT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. BUT YOU FEEL FREE. MATT, IF IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, JUST HAVE A COMMENT. YEAH. NO. YEAH. ENTITY HAS A STANDARD COST PER MILE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. BUT ANYWAY, I, I'LL TAKE THE FIFTH ON THAT ONE OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WHATEVER YOU SAY. YEAH. YOU HAVE A COMMENT TO GO TO. COMMISSIONER LISH'S QUESTION. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT PRESERVED AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY ON US AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGHT THEM OFF AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MAKING THREATS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF. SO THE QUICKER WE CAN PRESERVE THAT RIGHT AWAY, THE BETTER OFF WE'RE GOING TO BE. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND WE'VE BEEN CONTACTED AS WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS ASKING WHAT'S THE STATUS AND CAN YOU SHOW ME THOSE LIMITS? SO WE HAD SOME EARLY COORDINATION, I THINK, WITH A COUPLE OF LANDOWNERS IN THAT AREA. BUT YES, THAT'S, THAT'S THE IDEA. AND THAT'LL BE THE FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR WHEN IT GETS FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE. THANK YOU MATT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. HEY, CHAD, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM TO US? AND THEN THEN MISS ERIC AND YOU CAN GO OVER THE PROJECTS? SURE. THANK YOU. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. I AM CHAD HUMPHREY WITH I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER. AS WE TRANSITION FROM ONE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SEROLOGY, AND THE THREE OF US WILL BE THE CORE TEAM OF THE PROGRAM. ALL THREE OF US ARE RAISING OUR FAMILIES HERE IN ROCKWALL COUNTY. SO WE'RE HERE, WE'RE LOCAL. WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. ALEX IS IN CHANDLER'S LANDING. LESLIE'S IN CHISHOLM, AND I LIVE IN HEAT. SO AGAIN, BEING LIVING HERE, RAISING OUR FAMILIES HERE, WE'RE EXTREMELY MOTIVATED AND IMPACTED BY THE CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY FOR ROCKWALL COUNTY. SO VERY EXCITED. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU CHAD.
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MISS ERICA, TAKE IT AWAY.OKAY, STARTING OUT WITH FM 549. CURRENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CONSTRUCTING THE TEMPORARY PAVEMENT, SUBGRADE EMBANKMENT AND FLEX BASE. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE INTERSECTION, SOME DRAINAGE INSTALLATION AND WORKING ON THE BRIDGE SUBSTRUCTURE. STATE HIGHWAY 66 INTERIM INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THE SCOPE AND FEE FROM CONSORT THAT THE COUNTY STAFF IS LOOKING AT. STATE HIGHWAY 205, GOLIAD REIMAGINING CORRIDOR ASSESSMENT AND REFINEMENT ARE UNDERWAY AND TRAFFIC MODELING IS ONGOING. A SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING RECORDS RESEARCH IS ONGOING AND ROADWAY NETWORK ANALYSIS, TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANT ANALYSIS AND PROGRAMING ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS. FUTURE STATE HIGHWAY 205 MIDDLE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, TXDOT, ROCKWALL COUNTY THE CITY OF ROCKWALL AND ITS ARE WORKING ON AN MOU FOR AN INTERIM PROJECT TO SWITCH THE SWITCH THROUGH TRAFFIC TO JOHN KING BOULEVARD. A MEETING IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 29TH. FM 35. BGE CONTINUES EFFORTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL REPORTS.
PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD ON AUGUST 20TH IN ROYSE CITY AND THERE WERE 33 ATTEND. FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE 11 COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND I BELIEVE THE. THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING IS STILL AVAILABLE ONLINE. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO AND SEE IT. FM 1141 PAPE DAWSON SUBMITTED THE CSG APPROVAL TO TXDOT. THEY HAVE A SITE VISIT SCHEDULED WITH TXDOT AND THEY ARE. THEY HAVE SCHEDULED SURVEY ACTIVITIES AND ANTICIPATE RECEIPT OF RECEIPT OF DELIVERABLES IN NOVEMBER. FM 548 BURNS AND MCDONNELL IS IS WORKING TOWARDS COMPLETION OF THE 100% PLANS. SORRY, THAT WAS FM 548 FROM WINDMILL FARMS TO 205548 FROM STATE HIGHWAY 66 TO SOUTH OF CRENSHAW ROAD. CONFORMITY APPROVAL WAS RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, AND THEY'RE AWAITING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FROM TXDOT. HOPEFULLY THIS NEXT WEEK. CRENSHAW ROAD IS MOVING ALONG. THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING ON EARTHWORK OPERATIONS RIGHT NOW AND INSTALL. THEY'VE ALREADY INSTALLED THEIR BARBED WIRE FENCE MATERIALS, MATERIALS, SUBMITTAL, REVIEWS AND APPROVALS HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON DRILL SHAFT OPERATIONS. Y'ALL JUST HEARD AN UPDATE ON THE OUTER LOOP, SO MAKE SURE YOUR CALENDARS ARE UPDATED FOR THAT. OCTOBER 29TH PUBLIC MEETING. HORIZON ROAD. WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH BRIDGE FARMER EARLIER THIS WEEK. THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE SCHEMATIC PLAN VIEW DEPICTING A FOUR LANE CONFIGURATION. THEY'VE UPDATED THE PRELIMINARY CROSS SECTIONS TO IDENTIFY THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY LIMITS. COMPLETED TOPOGRAPHIC STUDY. SORRY SURVEY COMPLETED EXISTING TRAFFIC DIAGRAM AND DRAFTED PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS REPORT.
AND THEY'RE CONTINUING DEVELOPING THE DESIGN SCHEMATIC. VILLAGE DRIVE. THE AFA HAS BEEN FULLY EXECUTED AND LAMB STAR IS WORKING ON DATA COLLECTION. ESTABLISHED FIELD ESTABLISHED FIELD CONTROL, COMPLETED BOUNDARY RESOLUTION AND TOPOGRAPHIC DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL. ANTICIPATE SUBMITTAL OF 30% PLANS IN DECEMBER. FM 550 FROM WILDER TO 1139. CMP UPDATED THE ESTIMATE PER THE REVISED SUBURBAN DESIGN AND SUBMITTED TO TXDOT ON AUGUST 31ST. TMP IS WORKING TOWARDS A 30% SCHEMATIC SUBMITTAL, HOPEFULLY IN OCTOBER. FM 549 FROM 740 TO 205. WSB IS IS COORDINATING WITH FEMA DRAINAGE MODELS AND DELINEATING DRAINAGE
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AREAS. THEY'RE BEGINNING TO IDENTIFY ALIGNMENT OPTIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE, AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF RIGHT OF ENTRY LETTERS IS CURRENTLY BEING PREPARED TO SEND A PROPERTY OWNERS THAT DID NOT RESPOND TO THE INITIAL LETTERS, AND APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THE OWNERS HAVE RESPONDED TO DATE. SURVEY DATA IS BEING PROCESSED AND THEN ON THE UTILITIES LEVEL B C DATA IS UNDERWAY AND IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER. FM 1777. FM 35 CONNECTOR ROAD, LAMSTER DOCUMENTED DESIGN CRITERIA AND TYPICAL SECTIONS AND DEVELOP PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY ALTERNATIVES. I THINK CURRENTLY IT'S DOWN TO TWO ALTERNATIVES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. THEY'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR PERMIT FOR RIGHT OF ENTRY TO THE RAILROAD, AND THEY ANTICIPATE HAVING A 30% SCHEMATIC IN DECEMBER. FM 740 THE KICKOFF MEETING WAS HELD SEPTEMBER 2ND. OTHON IS DEVELOPING LOCATIONS FOR TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTION, SUPPORTING SURVEY CONTROL FOR AERIAL MAPPING AND UPDATING DSR FOR TXDOT REVIEW, AND PROVIDING PRELIMINARY ASD TO TXDOT.THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON SCHEDULING THEIR MONTHLY PROGRESS MEETING WITH THE COUNTY AND TXDOT FM 2453 THERE'S CURRENTLY AN RFQ THAT IS. OPEN AND SHOULD BE CLOSING SOON. I KNOW WE'RE STILL ACCEPTING QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF THE ANY OF THE CONSULTANTS IN THE ROOM. WE'RE STILL TAKING QUESTIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. THOROUGHFARE PLAN UPDATE. SO FREESE AND NICHOLS HAS SUBMITTED REVISED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT CHAPTER TO THE COUNTY, AND WE HAVE ALSO SENT THAT TO OUR PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THEM TO LOOK AT.
AND WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 29TH, I BELIEVE, IS WHEN WE SCHEDULED OUR PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING AT THE ANNEX. SOUTH BEND ROAD. COORDINATION IS ONGOING BETWEEN ROCKWALL COUNTY AND CITY OF FATE. I HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT COURT. ON TUESDAY. WE WILL FULFILL THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND GIVE FAITH THEIR $10 MILLION SO THEY CAN START MOVING. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S A GOOD UPDATE. GOOD DAY.
ALL SURVEYING COMPLETE AS WELL. MISS MAY DRIVE EXTENSION UTILITIES. AT&T HAS COMPLETED THEIR RELOCATIONS. ONCOR HAS RECEIVED PERMIT FROM TXDOT AND IS WORKING ON THEIR RELOCATION SCHEDULE. CURRENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CLEARING ON NORTH KING SIDE OF THE PROJECT.
INSTALLATION OF SEWER LINE ALONG NORTH KING. OH, THERE'S THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS MOVING, SO I'M NOT I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THEM, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S ONGOING. EDWARDS ROAD CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY-HORN WAS APPROVED AUGUST 25TH, AND THE NOTICE TO PROCEED PROCEED HAS BEEN PROVIDED. AND KIMLEY-HORN IS COORDINATING WITH COUNTY STAFF AND HNTB TO COORDINATE THE KICKOFF MEETING. HOPEFULLY SOON. POETRY ROAD. IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE ROADS THAT IS IN THE. OR IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE COUNTY ROADS IN THE RFQ THAT IS CURRENTLY OPEN.
SAME THING WITH THE NEXT PAGE COUNTY ROADS. IT'S ALSO PART OF. INCLUDED IN THE RFQ. IH30 BASS PRO SHOP INTERCHANGE. THE ONLY THING THAT IS UPDATED ON THIS ONE IS JUST SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. I-30 DOWN TO 205. THEY'VE ALSO BEEN VERY BUSY. I WON'T READ ALL THE ACTIVITIES, BUT THE. OVER THE LAST MONTH, WORKING ON PUNCH LISTS, CONSTRUCTING APPROACHES, PAINTING. EASTBOUND. FRONTAGE, ROAD SUBCONTRACT. SORRY SUBSTRUCTURE. CONSTRUCTION ON THE WESTBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD. BRIDGE DECK. CONSTRUCTION AND PAINTING ON THE EASTBOUND MAIN LANE. WIDENING. ANYWAY, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. Y'ALL CAN READ THE REST OF THE ACTIVITIES, BUT THEY'VE BEEN VERY BUSY ON THAT ONE AS WELL. I 30 FROM 205 TO 2642. THE HUNT COUNTY LINE.
AGAIN, JUST A FEW OF THE ACTIVITIES THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON INSTALLING DRAINAGE,
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CONCRETE, PAVEMENT AND STRIPING ON THE FRONTAGE ROADS, SUBGRADE ON MAIN LANES FROM 205 TO JOHN KING INSTALLING DRAINAGE, SUBGRADE, EMBANKMENT, ASPHALT UNDERLAYMENT AND CONCRETE PAVEMENT ON THE FRONTAGE ROADS. I DID WANT TO ASK NICK BEFORE BEFORE I LEAVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THESE? I KNOW EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH I-30. ARE THERE ANY NEW CLOSURES OR ANYTHING? ANY TRAFFIC PATTERNS SWITCHES TO TO MAKE ANYBODY AWARE OF? ALL RIGHT. SO WE WE SWITCHED THE MAIN LANES ON DOWN NEAR ROYSE CITY HERE RECENTLY. AND THE NEXT SWITCH THAT IS PLANNED TO HAPPEN IS THE ONE NEAR JOHN KING TO WHERE WE SHIFT THEM TO THE MIDDLE, THE NEW BRIDGES WE BUILT, AND FLIP THOSE PEOPLE AROUND. AND THEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, WE PLAN ON OPENING THE EASTBOUND BRIDGE ACROSS THE LAKE. THOSE ARE THE NEXT FEW SWITCHES WE PLAN ON DOING. WE DON'T HAVE EXACT DATES ON THEM. YEAH, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE COMING UP. AND MAYBE NEXT MONTH I WOULD LIKE KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL. SO YOU SAID IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT THE EASTBOUND ACCESS LANES WILL BE OPEN. WHEN WILL THE WESTBOUND BE OPEN? WHEN WILL THE BRIDGE OVER HORIZON? AND THEN I WOULD JUST KIND OF LIKE A HIGH LEVEL, NOTHING I WOULD HOLD YOU TO. BUT WHEN WILL CONSTRUCTION BE THROUGH THE CITY OF ROCKWALL AND THEN WHEN WILL CONSTRUCTION BE THROUGH FATE? AND THEN WHEN WILL IT BE TO THE COUNTY LINE? OKAY, SO JUST KNOW I CAN BRING A HIGH LEVEL OF WHERE WE'RE PORTIONS WILL BE DONE THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE SEGMENTS. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. IF YOU DON'T MIND, DON'T MIND. THE, THE JOHN KING ONE. DEPENDS HOW QUICKLY THEY BUILD THE MIDDLE BARRIER. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE HOLDUP IS THEY GOT TO BUILD THAT MIDDLE BARRIER BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY SWITCH THE TRAFFIC ON IT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM TO WORK ON AND PRIORITIES SHIFT. JANET HAS SOME QUESTIONS FOR NICK. I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS EARLIER ABOUT THE 548 WESTBOUND EXIT RAMP WAS TAKEN AWAY. YES, MA'AM. GOING TO AFFECT A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN THERE. YOU SAID THERE WASN'T ANYWHERE TO PUT ONE FURTHER BACK TEMPORARILY. YES. IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD DO SOME SORT OF A MESSAGE BOARD BACK WHERE THEY SHOULD EXIT TO GET TO THOSE LOCATIONS, TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE OUT? I GUESS I'LL ASK, IS THERE NOT ONE OUT THERE? THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OUT THERE. I DID NOT DRIVE THERE.DRIVE ALL THE WAY OUT THAT WAY. I TURNED AROUND AT 2642 TODAY, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE ONE AT THE EXIT AT 2642. YES, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE ONE PRIOR TO 2642 STATING, I'M NOT SEEING IT.
I'LL DRIVE OUT THERE WHEN I'M DONE AND CALL THE CONTRACTOR AND TELL THEM OR NOT TELL THEM.
ASK THEM WHY IT'S NOT OUT THERE, AND TELL THEM TO PUT IT OUT THERE WITH THOSE NAMES ON IT.
YES, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SAYING BASICALLY FM 35 OR FM 548 CLOSE. USE THIS EXIT. OKAY.
HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE EXITS SHUT DOWN? IT VARIES DEPENDING ON THE EXIT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT TO KNOW FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD. 548 THERE IS NOT COMING BACK. YES. SO THE 548 EXIT WESTBOUND NEVER COMES BACK. IT IS AN ENTRANCE RAMP THAT COMES BACK. YES, BETWEEN 35 AND 548. THERE WILL BE AN ENTRANCE RAMP TO GET ON TO 32. THERE WILL NOT BE AN EXIT RAMP BETWEEN WHAT JUDGE JUST ASKED YOU TO DO WHEN YOU PRESENT THAT, IS ALL THAT STUFF GOING TO BE ON THERE SO WE CAN SEE ALL THIS. IF YOU WANT ME TO SHOW YOU WHERE ALL THE FUTURE, ALL THE FUTURE EVENTS WILL BE, I CAN SHOW THAT AND EXPLAIN THAT. YES. AND PUT ON THEIR ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATES OF THOSE RAMPS. BE OPEN. BACK UP. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR NICK? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NICK. APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ROYSE CITY, WHAT'S GOING
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ON IN ROYSE CITY? WE JUST HEARD THAT. I JUST HEARD SOME OF IT. I HEARD THAT I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER STUFF. WE DO HAVE SOME BUSINESSES THAT ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAMPS TAKEN AWAY ON BOTH SIDES, EAST AND WESTBOUND, AND WE'RE TRYING TO HELP WITH ALL THAT. AND I KNOW YOU'VE TRIED TO HELP WITH IT AS WELL, JOHN, THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT WITH THAT SAID, WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF FOLKS WANTING TO COME TO ROYSE CITY FOR COMMERCIAL AND EVERYTHING STILL MOVING ALONG. SO THAT HAS NOT SLOWED DOWN. WONDERFUL CITY OF FAITH. MEET SOME. WELL, WELL APPRECIATED. MAINTENANCE IS COMING ON. 551 NICK OCTOBER OUR DOWNTOWN HAS OUR FIRST OKTOBERFEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND WE HAVE CELEBRATE FAITH THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IS OKTOBERFEST. YES. OKAY. AND OCTOBER OCTOBERFEST IN SEPTEMBER. ALL RIGHT. GOOD ENOUGH. I'M ALWAYS CONFUSED. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CELEBRATION. QUIET CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY. IT'S GOING TO BE A DRONE SHOW INSTEAD OF FIREWORKS. OH HOW COOL. PLEASE TELL PEOPLE WHAT'S GOING ON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR JAFFEE, WHAT'S GOING ON IN POETRY? POETRY IS MOSTLY QUIET. APPRECIATE NICK AND HIS TEAM. THEY JUST RESURFACED ONE OF OUR TWO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, FM 986. AND THEN THE PARIS GUYS DID 1565, WHICH HELPS US TRAGICALLY.IT DRAWS TRAFFIC THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POETRY, BUT THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT. BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE TWO GOOD ROADS IN POETRY. SO WORK WITH THAT WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL COMMISSIONER LICHTY, PRECINCT THREE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE I'LL APPEAR TO BE BRAGGING, BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD BRAGGING. IT'S BRAG. BRAG GOOD ENOUGH. I'LL ACCEPT THE SUMMARY. MAYOR BREWER, EVERYTHING'S GREAT. MCLENNAN, CHISHOLM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR TRACTOR SUPPLY BUILT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FOUNDER'S DAY, OCTOBER 17TH WITH LIVE BANDS AT CITY HALL. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT 11 FOR. AND WE WRAP UP OUR BUDGET NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. SO ALL'S GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR GRAY, WHAT'S GOING ON IN MOBILE CITY? OUR FAVORITE PARTNER, OUR NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR CAME AND FIXED THE SEWER LINE LEAK WE HAD THAT WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM, SO THEY FINISHED THAT UP TODAY. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO PATCH UP POTHOLES IN THE STREETS RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU MA'AM. COMMISSIONER GALENA. HI.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT OUR MEETING WITH RTC AND TEXDOT AND THE CITY OF ROCKWALL ON SEPTEMBER 29TH TO DISCUSS 205 MIDDLE. AND I EXPECT THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT INFORMATION TO SHARE. THE NEXT ONE IS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SIR. COMMISSIONER STACY, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING. GLAD THAT WE GOT A FIVE ZERO BUDGET PASSED OUT OF THIS ROOM ABOUT A WEEK AGO. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. SO IT FEELS GOOD AROUND ROCKWALL COUNTY RIGHT NOW. GOOD.
MAYOR MCCLURE OF HEATH HEATH'S DOING WELL. WE'RE WRAPPING GOT A COUPLE MONTHS LEFT ON HARBOR DRIVE, WHICH IS A BIG CORRIDOR TO OUR WATERFRONT. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. WE'VE OPENED UP SOME MORE NATURAL TRAILS. SO THE EDC LAND, WHERE WE'RE DOING A TEMPORARY DOG PARK, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR NEW TOWN CENTER PARK. SO WE'VE GOT NOW INTERCONNECTIONS ON ABOUT 70 ACRES. SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING FOR THE CITY OF HEATH BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S LAND THAT'S NEVER BEEN UTILIZED. AND SO YEAH, WE'RE DRILLING WELLS.
WE'RE HOPEFULLY ABOUT TO START BREAKING GROUND ON OUR RAISED STORAGE TANK. WE'VE GOT A 1.5 MILLION GALLON STORAGE TANK GOING UP IN HEATH GOLF AND YACHT, AND WE PLAN TO DRILL WELL THERE. AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN OUT OF APPROVALS. SO WE'RE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL. SO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. AT
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