Feb 23, 2021 Commissioners Court

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YEAH, THEY TOLD ME HAD TO LEAVE BY 15.

THIS REGULAR MEETING

[Call to Order]

TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2021.

IT'S 9:00 AM.

AND WE'RE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING ROOM IN THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX.

UH, AS A NORMAL, WE'LL START OFF WITH AN INVOCATION IN A PLEDGE TO OUR FLAGS.

UH, I'LL OFFER THE INVOCATION FOR US AND COMMISSIONER KATES.

WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES, PLEASE STAND FATHER.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THIS LIFE.

UH, WE LIFT UP THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, HAD SO MUCH INCONVENIENCE AND SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE WINTER STORMS. AND WE ASK THAT YOU, UH, PARTICULARLY BE WITH THOSE WHO WORK TO, TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS FOR THEM AND ASK THAT, UH, ASK THAT YOU SPEED UP THAT PROCESS.

UM, BE WITH THOSE OF US WHO MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY TODAY AND, UH, HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE WISE AND JUST IN BEST PRACTICES FOR OUR, FOR OUR CITIZENS.

WE ASK ALL THIS IN JESUS' NAME OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG, THE TEXAS ONE STATE WINE.

UH, WELL WELCOME EVERYBODY.

IT'S, UH, ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE FOLKS THAT COME AND SHOW AN INTEREST IN THE, IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT THE COUNTY.

UH,

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

UH, THE SHERIFF AND I HAD HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS OVER THE WEEKEND AND I THINK THAT, AND HE HAS SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP TO US TO TALK ABOUT CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONER.

I'D LIKE TO JUST, UH, REACH OUT AND THANK BENNY KEITH COMPANY.

UH, WE HAD SOME SHORTAGE OF WATER, I THINK IN THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY, EVERYBODY KIND OF SEEING WHERE WAS HE GOING WITH THAT? AND, UH, IT WAS WORKING ON GETTING QUITE A BIT OF WATER COMMISSIONER CATES AND THEM GOT THEM, GOT A BUNCH OF WATER IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE NEEDED A LITTLE MORE, UH, SO I'LL REACH OUT TO BENNY KEITH, THE HALLAMS, UH, WHICH ARE REAL GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE AND THEY DONATED SIX PALLETS.

I WANT TO FIND, PICK THEM UP FOR.

SO I WANT TO THANK BENNY KEITH PERSONALLY, UH, IN FRONT OF COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE HIGHLANDS FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR US.

UH, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF, THEY DISTRIBUTED A LOT OF STUFF IN OUR COUNTY.

THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE IN OUR COUNTY, SO, UH, THEY HELPED US OUT AND THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP US OUT ANYTIME WE CAN.

SO IT'S JUST BUILDING THAT GREAT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE NEED WITH OUR PARTNERS OUT HERE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO COURT AND TELL THEM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY DID.

I APPRECIATE YOUR BRINGING THAT TO US.

AND, UH, LIKE WE TALKED THE OTHER DAY, I'LL ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, I'LL SEND THEM A LETTER OF APPRECIATION THAT, AND, UH, I'VE ALSO ALREADY SENT LETTERS TO HIM ALSO.

SO, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

AND ONE THING I WILL, I WANNA APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER HUNT FOR COMING TO OUR PARKING LOT AND CLEANING IT OUT.

WHERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WAS VISITING AND WORKERS DIDN'T HAVE ACCIDENTS.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE, JUDGE? I JUST ADD TO WHAT THE SHERIFF SAID THAT WE HAD, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT THEY REALLY STEPPED UP TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE WATER SHORTAGE, UH, BASED, UH, RESULTING FROM ALL THE BROKEN PIPES.

UH, TRI-COUNTY FORD, UH, DOWN IN MAYBANK.

UH, THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS DONATING WATER AND, UH, AND ADDITIONALLY, SOME SPONSORS FOR THE CRANDALL, RACETRACK RPM RACETRACK, UH, THEY, AND THEY ANTICIPATE BRINGING SOME PALLETS OF WATER DOWN HERE AS WELL.

SO I JUST THINK IT'S, UH, WORTH MENTIONING THAT NOT ONLY DO REALLY ALL OUR AGENCIES GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY IN THESE TIMES WITH OUR COMMUNITY REALLY STEPS UP TO, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE TO SHARE? OKAY, THEN THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT ITEM, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, WE HAD THE, UH, A THROUGH D AND, UH, I'LL SAY WE NEED TO ITEM D

[2D. Discuss/Consider accepting the Kaufman County Fire Marshal’s Racial Profiling Report for 2020.]

AND THAT IS DISCUSSED.

CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE COUNTY, THE KAUFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, OFFICIAL OFFICES, RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FOR 2020 SHERIFF.

THANK YOU, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS.

I'VE JUST HANDED.

Y'ALL A BOOKLET THAT

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YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2002, WHEN THE LEGISLATOR AND SENATE BILL 10 74 DID RACIAL PROFILING.

AND IF YOU CAN GO TO THE VERY FIRST PAGE IN THE SUMMARY OF THIS, YOU CAN SEE ALL OUR CONTACTS.

WE HAD OVER 3,114 CONTACTS, WHICH IS 92% OF THE, WHAT WAS REPORTED FROM A CAD REPORT, WHICH IS, UH, NOT REAL HAPPY FOR ME.

I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THAT NUMBER.

I NEED TO STAY WITHIN TWO TO 3%.

SO I HAVE TAKE SOME CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WITH, UH, IN THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT TRAFFIC CALLS ARE NOT CHANGED, STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE DOING A FEW CHANGES.

UH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NO INDICATION OF ANYTHING, YOU CAN SEE THE VARIANCES, UH, BECAUSE ONE THING WE DO WHEN WE COLLECT OUR DATA, WE COLLECT ALL OF IT.

AND THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS WE'VE GOT INTERSTATE 20, 81, 75 OF PEOPLE THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THAT GETS STOPPED.

SO THE ONLY WAY TO COMPARE AND ANALYZE THE DATA THAT WE'VE DONE EVERY YEAR IS DO IT TO RESIDENTS.

SO WE ALSO BREAK DOWN THE RESIDENTS, WHEREAS YOU CAN SEE THE VARIANCES IN THAT OF COMPARING THE CENSUS DATA TO OUR RESONANCE OF WHAT IT STOPPED.

SO YOU CAN SEE OUR PARENTS, THESE ARE NOT BAD AT ALL.

IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD AND WE SEE NO SIGNS OF RACIAL PROFILING AT ALL.

AND WE HAD NO COMPLAINTS FOR THE LAST YEAR, IF ANYBODY, IN WHICH WE POST ALL OF OUR COMPLAINT, PROCESS EVERYTHING ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND IT'S ALSO ON ALL THE BACK OF THE TICKETS OF HOW TO MAKE A COMPLAINT.

SO THROUGH THE YEAR, IT'S REALLY GOOD.

SO YOU'LL SEE ALL OUR DATA.

YOU ALSO SEE THE COPY OF THE SENATE BILL, YOU'LL SEE OUR POLICY.

THAT'S ALSO MANDATED WITH THE RACIAL PROFILING AND YOU ALSO SEE HOW BIAS POLICY THAT WE HOLD IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

SO OVERALL IT'S, IT'S PRETTY GOOD YEAR, BUT THERE'S SOME CHANGES THAT I WANT TO MAKE BECAUSE I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE REPORTING NUMBER COMPARED TO CAT.

AND, UH, THAT PROBLEM WILL BE ADDRESSED AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN MET WITH ALL THE STAFF.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE IT'S BETTER.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN OFF BY MORE THAN 3%.

SO, UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS THE SHERIFF ABOUT HIS RACIAL PROFILING REPORT? UH, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE HAVE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBARA, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER IN CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING I WAS OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

AND BEFORE I GO ON TO WE, WE NEED TO ADOPT THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS THAT I'VE SKIPPED OVER.

UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT, UH, CONCERNING ONE PARTICULAR ITEM.

AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT WHEN WE GET WE'LL INVITE YOU TO COME UP AND SPEAK WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THAT ITEM.

SO IT WOULD BE FRESH ON EVERYBODY'S MIND.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE DO, I, I FAILED TO MENTION, WE DO HAVE A I'M SO USED TO US HAVING A FULL COURT EVERY DAY THAT I'LL NEVER MENTION THIS, BUT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM TODAY.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, UH, IS, UH, YOU SENT ME A NOTE THIS MORNING AND HE'S GOING TO BE RUNNING LATE.

SO BACK TO THE CONSENTED

[CONSENT AGENDA]

DO YOU ANY OF YOU CARE TO DISCUSSING ANY OF THOSE ITEMS OFF IN DETAIL? IF NOT AS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ITEMS A THROUGH C AS PRESENTED, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER HUNT TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED ACE THROUGH C.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, SECOND, COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES NEXT UP RIGHT ON SMITH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER PURCHASE

[3. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider the purchase / finance of JOHN DEERE 6110M CAB TRACTOR, in the amount of $148,577.08; from Shoppa’s John Deere, utilizing Sourcewell Contract #110719-JDC for Precinct #1.]

THIS IS FOR PRECINCT ONE.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, SO THIS WOULD BE THE PURCHASE OR ACTUALLY THE FINANCE OF A CAP TRACTOR FOR PRECINCT ONE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

WE HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR FINANCE OR LEASE.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE TOTAL PRICE AND WE WILL BE USING SOURCE SOURCE, WELD PURCHASING, GO OFF AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE OPTIONS AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE BEST FOR THE COMMISSIONERS BUDGET THAT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

SO FOR YOUR LEASES, THE BEST OPTION.

YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT WE FIGURED IT WOULD BE.

BUT LIKE I SAID, Y'ALL MAKE THE DECISION WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COUNTY AND US, AND THEN WE'LL JUST MOVE FORWARD.

SO BANK CORP CAN CLOSE, BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH.

YEAH, IT SOUNDED, IT SOUNDED LIKE A PRETTY SWEET DEAL.

AND, AND I WILL SAY THAT EVEN WITH SOURCE, WELL, I MEAN THE SAME IDENTICAL TRACTOR FROM THE SAME VENDOR, I MEAN, EVERYTHING IDENTICAL USING BUYBOARD VERSUS SOURCE.

WELL, IT WAS LIKE A $15,000 DIFFERENCE.

I MEAN, SOLE SOURCE, WELL, IT'S WORKED OUT REAL WELL FOR US.

AND, UH, SO, BUT ANYWAY, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE TRACTOR.

I'M GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO REPLACING

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IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO HAVING DECENT EQUIPMENT THAT WON'T DIE ON HIM.

SO I CAN MAKE A MOTION WITH THE WIND PARTS MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HUNT TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE HAS PRESENTED ON ITEM THREE.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES ITEM FOUR.

[4. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider award of contract for RFP 21-02: 2019 KAUFMAN COUNTY ROAD BOND PROGRAM – Construction of the Justice Center and the Kaufman County Pet Adoption Center.]

OKAY.

SO WE FINALLY OPENED BIDS FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER AND THE PET ADOPTION FACILITY.

UM, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW IS THE LIST OF CONTRACTORS AND THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT.

UM, WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE, UH, ARCHITECTS, AS FAR AS THE VALUE ENGINEERING, THE REQUEST WOULD BE FOR APPROVAL OF THESE CONTRACTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THAT FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR EACH CONTRACTOR.

UM, THE ESTIMATES BELOW ARE ALL GOING TO BE WITHIN THE GALLAGHER CONTRACT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

UM, AND I DO HAVE GALLAGHER HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL, UM, PROPOSALS THAT WERE RECEIVED WITH THIS WOULD BE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTH FACILITIES, THE QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

UH, THEN, UH, UH, BE LOOKING FOR EMOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE, UH, BID PROPOSALS.

UH, AND THAT'S THE TOTAL BEST FOR BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOTH FACILITIES IN THE AMOUNT OF 39 MILLION, FOUR 78 OH 47.

OF COURSE, THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR OR FACILITIES BOND PROGRAM.

IS THERE A MOTION I'LL MAKE THE MOTION JUDGE WHERE THE MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER CAGE? IS THERE A SECOND? NO.

SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES AND RAVEN AGAIN, RECEIVED

[5. Raylan Smith; Receive construction updates regarding the Kaufman County Justice Center and Kaufman County Pet Adoption Center.]

I THOUGHT WE JUST DID THAT.

WELL, NOW WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS I'M GOING TO INVITE GALLER GALLAGHER TO COME UP AND JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN TO YOU KIND OF WHAT THE NEXT 30 DAYS LOOKS LIKE.

CAUSE WE WILL START SIGNING CONTRACTS AND THERE WILL BE MOVEMENT ON THE PROPERTY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE CONTRACTORS ON TO THE FACILITY.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE.

GOOD MORNING.

SO WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACTS TODAY, IT TAKES US ABOUT TWO WEEKS OR SO TO PROCESS ALL THE CONTRACTS, GET INSURANCE BONDS BACK FROM OUR CONTRACTORS.

SO WITHIN ABOUT THE NEXT 30 DAYS, YOU'LL SEE AS MOBILIZING ON SITE, GETTING TEMPORARY FENCE, PUT UP, COORDINATING WITH THE SHERIFF TO MAKE SURE, KEEP HIM IN OPERATION, UH, START PUTTING IN OUR EROSION CONTROL.

ALL THE BMPS REQUIRED IN OUR SWIFT BOOKS ISSUED, AND WE'RE GONNA START MOBILIZING DIRT WORK AND UTILITY GUYS TO START WORKING ON THE ROAD AND A PARKING LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE PRIOR TO GETTING THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE JUSTICE CENTER, WORKING ON THE PET ADOPTION CLINIC, SAME THING, WE'LL BE PUTTING UP TEMPORARY FENCE AND ALL THE EROSION CONTROL AND START THE DIRT WORK ON THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

UH, WE ARE PLANNING, UH, AND, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF JERRY IS WORKING WITH YOU OR NOT, BUT JERRY IS, IS IN CHARGE OF, UH, DOING A FORMAL, GROUNDBREAKING TO FORMAL GROUNDBREAKINGS FOR THOSE FACILITIES.

SO, UH, WE'LL BE DOING, WE'RE HOPING TO DO ONE OF THEM IN LATE MARCH AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, A FEW WEEKS LATER IN APRIL, I SAW THE EMAIL THIS MORNING.

SO WE'LL COORDINATE WITH JERRY ON THAT.

ALSO GET EVERYTHING SET UP FOR THAT.

WE WANT TO MAKE IT, UH, UH, THESE ARE IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE COUNTY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE A REALLY NICE PRESENTATION BY THAT POINT OF THE DATES WE'LL BE MOVING CONSTRUCTION ON HAPPENING.

SO IT WAS GREAT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT COMMUNICATING WITH US, UH, GOING IN, GOING OUT, ANYTHING CHANGES.

SO THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE REALLY, REALLY WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE OPERATION DAY TO DAY.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR REACHING OUT TO US EVERY TIME SOMETHING CHANGES OR ANY AVENUES THAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, OKAY, SO THAT'S AN UPDATE.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING ON.

THEN ITEM

[6. Monique Hunter; Discuss/Consider motion to approve replat of lot 22 of the Meadow Ranch Estates. (Part 1 of 2)]

SO WE'LL HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR

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YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM.

OKAY.

UM, THIS IS A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN PRECINCT FOUR OFF COUNTY ROAD, 41, 25 AND 41 26.

IT'S A LOT RIGHT OFF THAT CORNER.

UM, IT WAS A 10 ACRE TRACK TO BEGIN WITH THE DEVELOPER PURCHASED IT AND SUBDIVIDED IT INTO SIX LOTS AND HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE PLANNING THROUGH THE COUNTIES DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

IT HAS ALL APPROVING AUTHORITIES AND, UM, WE'RE ASKING THE COURT TO APPROVE IT.

OKAY.

UH, PRIOR TO ANY ACTION ON THAT, UM, GOSH, WE HAVE, I HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS HERE AS SUBMITTED, UH, A CARD TO SPEAK TO THE COURT.

AND ONE OF THEM, I NOTICED THAT I HAD SOME, OR MAYBE MORE THAN ONE THAT WANTED TO YIELD THEIR MINUTES TO THOMAS MCCAIN.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, BACKGROUND AND WHAT WE DO NOW IS EVERYONE IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

IF ONE PERSON IS SPEAKING ON HALF OF OTHERS, THEN THAT PERSON CAN SPEAK FOR UP TO NINE MINUTES.

UH, AND WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU, UM, TRY TO ADHERE TO THAT, TO THAT TIMEFRAME.

AND SO WE'LL S WE'LL START WITH MR. MCCAIN AND THEN ANYONE ELSE THAT CARES TO SPEAK AFTER THAT.

SO, UH, MR. MCCAIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? YOU'RE WELCOME.

IF YOU WOULD, UH, GIVE US YOUR, UH, RE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU LIVE AND ALL THAT STUFF.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND ALSO HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS, UH, TO PASS OUT TO THE COMMISSIONER.

THAT'D BE FINE.

MY NAME IS THOMAS MCCAIN.

UH, THOMAS MCCAIN.

I LIVE AT 1450 COUNTY ROAD, 41, 25 AND SCARY MEN AROUND THE STATES 32 YEARS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, LET'S SEE, UH, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE REMOVING YOUR MASK AT THIS DISTANCE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO THIS VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

NOT A FAN OF THE MATH.

UM, LIKE I SAID, I'VE LIVED OUT THERE FOR 33 YEARS.

WE MOVED OUT THERE FROM THE CITY AND WITH THE INTENTIONS OF HAVING QUIET COUNTRY LIFE AND, UH, AND NOT BEING ON TOP OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND, UH, IN A SUBDIVISION THAT WAS ADVERTISED AS HAVING 10 ACRE OR MORE TRACKS AND TO NOT BE SOME DIVIDED IN THE FUTURE AND PER THE ORIGINAL DEEDING, IT DOES SAY THERE IS LANGUAGE SAYING THAT THEIR, UH, THE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, AND THEN THEY WILL, UM, CONTINUE.

AND FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS, INDEFINITELY PRETTY MUCH IS WHAT IT SAYS.

UM, AND THE LITTLE PACKET I GAVE YOU, THIS WAS THE, UM, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE METAL RANCHES STATES.

AND IT DOES SHOW PEACEFUL COUNTRY LIVING 10 ACRE TRACKS, QUALITY, BLACKTOP, ROADS, QUALITY WATER LINES, UM, THE ROADS WITH THE POPULATION DENSITY WE HAVE.

NOW, IT'S VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN MR. CATES.

I GOTTA HAND IT TO YOU.

YOU DO A GOOD JOB.

I KNOW IT'S A BIG COUNTY AND ALL Y'ALL DO A GOOD JOB, BUT, UM, I'VE JUST REBUILT THE FRONT END ON MY TRUCK.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE ROADS THERE IT'S, EVERYONE KNOWS THE ISSUES WE HAVE THERE.

UM, BUT THAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERYONE HAD BUYING OUT THERE WAS THAT THESE TRACKS WERE NOT GOING TO BE SUBDIVIDED.

THE POPULATION DENSITY WAS GOING TO BE THAT ONE FAMILY PER 10 ACRES.

AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO SUBDIVIDE THAT INTO, UH, BELIEVE IT'S SEVEN LOGS, SIX LOSS PONY.

OKAY.

UM, AND, UH, WHAT WE HAVE NOW, AS WE SAW WITH THE WATER AND EVERYTHING, IT'S HARD TO KEEP WATER TO THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE OF NO FAULT OF THE COUNTIES.

THEY, WE HAD A TRAGIC, UH, DRAMATIC LEAK.

UM, I THINK THEY DID A BANG UP JOB, GETTING EVERYTHING BACK UP AND RUNNING AGAIN, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WAS DONE.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT DID THAT AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THE SACRIFICES FOR THAT.

UM, BUT THE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND, UM, POPULATION DENSITY IN THAT SUBDIVISION WILL JUST ADD TO THE PRESSURE ON THE ROADS, THE PRESSURE ON THE UTILITIES AND, UH, FROM

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UM, I'LL JUST WONDER MONEY.

HAS THAT BEEN DONE? THE FEASIBILITY, WE SEND THE DEVELOPER TO THE WATER COMPANY PRIOR TO, AND WE GET AN APPROVAL LETTER FROM THE WATER COMPANY IN WEST CEDAR CREEK.

GOOD SIGN OFF ON LETTER.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WATER COMPANY MADE THEM.

DO I JUST GET A LETTER SAYING THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED? OKAY.

WELL, IT DOES SAY IN THE, UM, UM, THE DEED AND EVERYTHING THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE.

UM, THE INCREASED COSTS OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE WATER AND THE UTILITY AND THE, THE INCLUSION OF, UH, WATER HYDRANTS, UH, FIRE HYDRANTS, UM, FOR EACH ADDITIONAL TRACK THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE, UM, THE REPLANTING.

AND, UH, I BELIEVE I'VE HIGHLIGHTED SOME THINGS ON, THIS IS OUR ORIGINAL DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS FOR METTA RANCHES STATES.

AND, UM, I PUT SOME ASTROCYTES BY SOME OF THE, THE, THE KEY POINTS.

UM, THE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS RESTRICTIONS OF PROPERTY SHALL BE USED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

AND, UM, BY REPLANTING, WE'RE TAKING THE 10 ACRES THAT WAS INTENDED AND ADVERTISED ORIGINALLY AS FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND TURNING IT INTO A MULTIPLE FAMILIES.

AND, UH, WHO'S TO SAY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BRING IN THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL, WHICH HAS HAPPENED ON THE 10 ACRE TRACKS ARE THERE NOW, BUT IT'S ALL FAMILY, THEY'RE NOT SUBLETTING IN ANY MEANS OR FASHION AT ALL.

UM, AND THAT WAS THE END TALKING TO ALL THE RESIDENTS.

I, I SPOKE WITH ALMOST 60 OF THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE IN METTA RANCHES STATES AND GOT DOG BIT TWICE.

AND, UM, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

WE LOVE DOGS.

UM, SO I'VE GOT A LITTLE SKIN IN THE GAME, SO TO SPEAK, UH, EVERYONE MOVED OUT THERE FOR THE SAME REASON BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION DENSITY WAS GOING TO BE LOW.

AND SO THAT WE ALL HAD THE FREEDOM TO ENJOY OUR PEACE AND QUIET.

WELL, OVER THE YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE MOVED MORE FAMILY INTO THEIR, ONTO THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH.

I THINK FAMILY COMES FIRST AND THAT'S TOTALLY FINE, BUT NOISE HAS GONE UP.

TRAFFIC HAS GONE UP THE PRESSURE ON THE UTILITIES HAS GONE UP.

AND I THINK BY ADDING EVEN MORE PEOPLE TO THE PLAT, THE SUBDIVISION OF THIS LOT WILL INCREASE THAT EVEN MORE.

AND LIKE I SAID, ONCE THEY MOVE IN WHO SAY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BRING EVEN MORE PEOPLE IN, WHICH WOULD BE THEIR RIGHT, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS COMMUNITY WAS STARTED OUT FOR.

BE IT WHAT IT WAS ADVERTISED TO BE AND WHY THE PEOPLE HAVE MOVED OUT HERE.

I SPOKE WITH MANY RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

I, I BEING ONE OF THEM, BUT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUT.

THIS IS NOT WHAT WE MOVED HERE FOR.

WE MOVED HERE FOR THE POPULATION DENSITY AS ADVERTISED, AND WE, WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS, ALL OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH ALL OUR NEIGHBORS, BUT THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ALL COME TOGETHER WHENEVER NEED BE TO HELP EACH OTHER.

AND, UM, I'LL SAY ONE GOOD THING THAT, THAT HAS COME FROM THIS SUBDIVISION.

THIS RE THE REPLANTING.

I'VE MET ALMOST ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS, EVEN THE ONES MILE AWAY FROM ME WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT METTA RANCHES STATES, WET PLACES WHERE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WHEN, AND I GOT TO MEET PEOPLE THAT I'D NEVER MET BEFORE, AND EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PETITION THAT I TOOK AROUND TO THE NEIGHBORS, I HAVE ALMOST 90% OF THE RESIDENTS AND MEDICAL RANCH ESTATES WHO HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION AND WHO ARE AGAINST THE REPLANTING OF THIS LOT, UM, IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF R D.

IT SAYS THAT IF 60% OR MORE COME TOGETHER, UM, CAN BE CONSIDERED AN ASSOCIATION AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE

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UM, WHAT AM I FORGETTING? JUST TALKING TO ALL, BUT ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND ALL THE PEOPLE, THEY WERE JUST, UM, OH, ONE OTHER THING.

UM, MONIQUE CAME, UM, 71 LETTERS IS THAT RIGHT? REGISTERED LETTERS, 78, 78, THERE WAS A LOT CERTIFIED LETTERS.

AND THREE WEEKS AGO, WHENEVER I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, I'D NEVER HAVE GOTTEN A LETTER TO MY HOUSE.

UM, I TALKED ON THE FIRST EIGHT OR ABOUT 20 RESIDENTS, AND THERE WERE TWO WHO HAD GOTTEN LETTERS AND WITH ALL THE WEATHER THAT WE'VE HAD, AND IT'S BEEN HARD TO GET OUT AND GET ANY SIGNATURES WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH JUST KEEPING OUR HOMES AFLOAT.

AND, UM, LAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AROUND AND GET THE REMAINING SIGNATURES OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND, UM, I HAD ALWAYS ASKED EACH ONE, HAVE YOU GOTTEN A LETTER? AND I WOULD SHOW THEM, HAVE YOU GOTTEN THIS? AND THE VAST MAJORITY HAVE NOT.

SO THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO AWARENESS THAT THIS WAS EVEN TAKING PLACE.

AND ON A SIDE NOTE, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR, THE FIRST EDITION THAT HAPPENS.

WHEN WAS THAT, UM, FOR SHARING LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR, I NEVER GOT A LETTER ABOUT THAT, OR I'D BEEN UP HERE FOR THAT.

AND THEY DID A REPLANTING APPARENTLY THAT I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT.

SO, UM, UH, MR. MCCAIN, YOU'RE ABOUT LITTLE OVER A MINUTE OVER THE 9%.

WE DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT IF YOU COULD GRAB YES, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE, UM, UM, THE EXTRA TIME, UH, I PRETTY MUCH SAID IT ALL.

YEAH.

WE HAVE A, A GENERAL CONSENSUS OF 90% OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE RANCHES STATES THAT THEY DON'T WANT MORE PRESSURE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE UTILITIES, THE ROADS AND EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE EXTRA TIME AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, MAKING SURE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UM, SO LET ME SORT THROUGH THESE AND MAKE SURE I DON'T.

SO I HAD A, OKAY.

I CAN'T QUITE READ THE RADIO IS THAT, UM, LANITA WOODDALE IS YIELD OF YOUR TIME.

I SEE.

UM, AND, UH, JEREMY WADDELL, UH, YIELD OF HIS TIME.

AND NOW I HAVE, UH, BENNY HILLIS.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.

WOULD YOU CARE TO SPEAK MR. ELLIS? SORRY.

I WAS SETTING MY TIMER.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT I NEED TO SAY.

UH, I M MORE DIRECTLY, UH, BOTHERED, BOTHERED SUBDIVISION BY THE REPLANT BECAUSE I AM THE NEXT LOT NEXT TO HIM.

WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PLACE IN 91, IT WAS 10 ACRES LIKE MR. MCCANN SAID, AND THEN IN PHASE TWO, THEY PUT SIX OR SEVEN LOTS THERE.

NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT SIX MORE ADJACENT TO MY PROPERTY.

UH, LIKE HE WAS SAYING IN THE ROAD THROUGH ALL THE TRAFFIC AND ALL OF THAT, WHICH I KNOW MR. KATE'S BEEN DOING THE WORK SINCE WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE.

IT'S PROBABLY BEEN REDONE THREE TIMES OR MAYBE FOUR, BUT I'M AGAINST THE REPLAT OTHER SUBDIVISION.

HE HAS AN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE COMING AT SIX MORE FAMILIES, AT LEAST.

SO THAT'S ALL I'LL HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND THEN I HAVE A TAMRA SCOTT.

GOOD MORNING.

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TIMUR SCOTT, 6,104 COUNTY ROAD, 41, 27 SCURRY.

I WAS HERE LAST YEAR.

Y'ALL PROBABLY REMEMBER ME NOW.

I KNOW WHY I DIDN'T HAVE SO MUCH SUPPORT BECAUSE NO ONE RECEIVED THE LETTERS.

WE ARE ALL AGAINST IT, WHICH YOU'LL KNOW THAT THE WATER COMPANY TRIED TO STOP THE DIVISION FROM DEVELOPING.

BUT I HAD SOME LOOP POSTS THAT GOT BY.

I HAVE A FEW PICTURES THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEE FROM WHAT YOU PASSED LAST YEAR.

SO I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM TO YOU DIRECTLY, OKAY.

ARE NOT BUILDING 50 FEET OFF THE FENCE LINE.

NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE THE ONE I GREW LOTS WILL NOT ALLOW THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM.

THEY ARE NOT, UH, PROVIDING A DRIVEWAY, WHICH IN OUR, IT SAYS THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE A DRIVEWAY AND MAINTAIN IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO PARKING ON THE STREET.

THEY HAVE NOT PUT ROCKY IN TO GET DRIVEWAYS.

THEREFORE THEY'RE PARKING ON THE STREET.

SOME OF OUR STREETS ARE ONE CAR STREETS ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MAINTAINED.

THEREFORE, WHEN SOMEONE PARKS ON IT, YOU CAN'T GO BY ALSO TALKED TO YOU ABOUT ALL THE DOGS.

THERE'S A PICTURE OF THEIR DOGS SITTING IN THE STREET BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE YARDS TO PUT THEM IN.

WE DON'T NEED MORE OF THIS TO CONTINUE.

ONE THING I WANT YOU TO ADDRESS AND TAKE CARE OF IS ONE OF THE PITCHERS.

HE PUT HIS DRIVEWAY COLBERT ON TOP OF THE COLBERT UNDER THE COUNTY ROAD.

NOW, WHEN IT RAINS, IT CAN'T GO THROUGH THE COPER BECAUSE OF HIS DRIVEWAY.

SO NOT FLOODS.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

IT GOES ACROSS THE ROAD AND IT'S GOING TO TEAR OUR ROADS UP.

WE NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM.

THE PAGE ONE IS 50 FEET.

NOT OFF THE FENCE.

PAGE TWO IS 50 FEET.

NOT OFF THE FENCE.

PAGE THREE IS A DIFFERENT PICTURE.

I COULDN'T QUITE GET TO IT.

PAGE FOUR IS HIS DRIVEWAY ON TOP OF THE COLBERT THAT RUNS UNDER THE COUNTY ROAD.

UH, PAGE SIX IS PAGE FIVE.

THEY DON'T HAVE A DRIVEWAY.

THEY'RE STUCK RIGHT NOW.

I WATCHED THEM FOR 30 MINUTES TRYING TO GET THE SECOND TRUCK OUT BECAUSE I CAN'T DRIVE.

AND APPARENTLY THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT IN ROCK OR CAN'T AFFORD IT.

I DON'T KNOW THE, UH, THE PICTURE THERE WITH THE FRAME STRUCTURE.

IS THAT, IS THAT HOUSE OR IS IT A BARN OR WHATEVER? YUMMY.

NO, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A HOUSE.

OKAY.

IT'S THEIR BUILDING OF, YEAH, THAT'S A LITTLE DISTURBING.

ISN'T IT? YEP.

OKAY.

PAGE SIX IS HE CAN'T PULL IN HIS DRIVEWAY.

HE'S PARKED AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM THERE.

TAILGATED THEIR TRUCK IS IN THE STREET.

IT'S PAST THEIR MAILBOX BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE, NOW I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE OTHER GUY THAT'S BOUGHT THIS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS, MR. WILLIAMS OR SOMETHING.

BUT MANNY STOOD HERE IN COURT AND LIED TO EVERYONE IN HERE.

WE WILL PROVIDE ALL THESE RULES.

WE'RE ONLY REPLOTTING.

WE ARE NOT.

BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND ALL THIS LAND IS STILL IN MANNY'S NAME.

SO HE'S THE ONE THAT WE NEED TO CORRECT THIS AND TAKE CARE OF IT.

GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

OKAY.

UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE CARDS.

UM, SO BACK TO YOU, MONIQUE, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR DOES ANYBODY WELL WE'LL HAVE A OR DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY.

WE NEED TO ADD SOMETHING TO THIS.

UM, AS FOR THE MAILING OF THE LETTERS, THE CODE SAYS THAT WE NEED TO GO OFF THE APPRAISAL ROLES.

AND SO THE, UM, DEVELOPER, UM, GOES WITH THE APPRAISAL, ADDRESSES, PROVIDES US THE LIST, AND THEN WE MAIL THOSE OUT VIA CERTIFIED $6 PER LETTER GOES OUT DURING COVID.

THE POST OFFICE WAS NOT GETTING PEOPLE TO SIGN THEM, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED GREEN CARDS BACK FROM THE POST OFFICE.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, ONCE THEY GO OUT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECOURSE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE POST OFFICE DOES WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

BUT WE DO GO OFF THE CERTIFIED ROLES.

WE MAILED OUT 76 BASED OFF OF THAT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE LETTERS.

SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY YOUR PERCENTAGE OF RETURN? HOW MANY DID WE GET BACK? WE GOT IT.

THE LITTLE STACK.

SO SOMEBODY GOT THE LETTER.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WENT CAUSE OFF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

IF THEIR ADDRESS IS NOT CORRECT WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THEN I CAN'T, IT GOES TO THE WHOEVER'S ON THE APPRAISAL ROLE FOR THAT PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S HOW THE LETTERS, IT COULD GO SOMEWHERE ELSE IF THEY, IF THEY OWN THAT LOT, BUT THEY DON'T LIVE THERE.

AND THE APPRAISAL ROLE HAS IT, THAT THEIR ADDRESS IS IN GARLAND.

IT'S GOING

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SO WE HAVE TO GO BY IT.

THAT'S THE CODE, CORRECT? CORRECT.

DID ANYBODY WHO LIVES OUT THERE GET A LETTER THIS TIME? SO A FEW PEOPLE GOT LETTER.

OKAY.

I DID NOT GET A LETTER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1983.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME.

AND TWO LETTERS WERE SENT OUT LAST YEAR.

NOT ONE, TWO, NONE OF THESE PEOPLE GOT THEM.

IT'S SAFE LIKE THAT.

AFTER I SPOKE WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WENT TO THE POST OFFICE AND ASK THEM THE VATICAN.

REMEMBER I TOLD YOU THAT NO ONE WAS GETTING THE LETTERS.

IT SEEMED LIKE THEY STARTED DATING.

I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED YOUR POST OFFICE.

AND THAT INQUIRED ABOUT IT.

I REACHED OUT TO THEM WITH NOT A LOT OF RESPONSE BACK, BASICALLY, BASICALLY, BASICALLY STAY IN YOUR LANE.

SO WE USE THE ONE IN COCKNEY.

CAN, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I MEAN, IS THIS ARE MOST OF THE FINANCING HERE THAT WARRANTY DEEDS, I'M SORRY, THERE'S A LOT OF THIS WARRANTY.

DEEDS.

SOME OF THEM ARE WARRANTY DEED.

SOME ARE CONTRACT FOR DEEDS.

IT JUST DEPENDS.

SO THEY WOULD GO TO THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY IS SELLING THE PROPERTY INSTEAD OF THE PERSON THAT LIVES THERE.

RIGHT? WELL, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING THE CONTRACT FOR DEEDS, BE RECORDED.

THAT'S IN THE PROPERTY CODE.

THEY HAVE TO RECORD THAT CONTRACT FOR DEED IN THE PAST, NOT TO RECORD IT.

IN FACT, WE FOUND SOME LANGUAGE WHERE IT SAID, DO NOT RECORD THIS.

AND WE CAUGHT THEM AND WE PRESENTED THE PROPERTY CODE TO THEM WHERE THEY HAVE TO RECORD THAT CONTRACT FOR DEED.

SO IF IT'S RECORDED IN THE PRICERS WOULD HAVE THE, BUT IN THOSE CONTRACT FOR DEEDS, THE TAXES ARE RESPONSIBLE BY THE PERSON OF THE PROPERTY.

AND SO ONCE THEY PAY THEIR TAXES THE FIRST YEAR, THAT'S WHAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS IS AN ADDRESS.

SO THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL OWNERS.

OKAY.

SO ANY, SO ANY CONTRACT FOR DEED ADDRESS IS GOING TO BE THE, THE LESS OR RIGHT.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT I GUESS IS THE ORIGINAL IS STILL THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

IF IT'S A CONTRACT FOR DEED, NO, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, ONCE THEY RECORD THEIR CONTRACT FOR DEED, AND THEN THEY PAY THEIR TAXES THAT FIRST YEAR, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT WILL HAVE THE PERSON THAT PAID THOSE TAXES AS THE OWNER.

OKAY.

RIGHT.

WE HAVE THESE A LOT.

IT'S LIKE THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION, THERE ARE THESE LOTS OF PRE-SOLD.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? OR SO FAR, THESE ARE JUST, THIS IS JUST THE, THE REQUEST TO REPLANT.

SO, SO THESE PARTICULAR LOTS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH TODAY HAVE NOT TRANSFERRED.

WELL, THEY CANNOT SELL IT OR TRANSFERRED IT, THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD UNTIL THE PLANT IS RUNNING.

RIGHT.

SO, SO I WANT TO BUY IT.

THE DEVELOPER IS STILL THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY AS OF TODAY, AS OF TODAY.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

AND IF THEY, IF THEY, IF HE CARRIES THE NOTE AND THAT'S WHY YOU WERE SEEING CONTRACTS, THEY DON'T RECORD IT.

BUT WHEN YOU RECORDED, THE DEED KNEW IF I OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY, I SELL IT TO SOMEBODY AND I GIVE THEM A CONTRACT AND I'M COLLECTING THE MONEY.

THEN YOU CAN RECORD IT.

AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE OWNER, I'M THIS, THE ACTUALLY THE LIEN HOLDER OR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO CONTRACT.

THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY COME AND REPOSSESS THEM OVERNIGHT.

BASICALLY, IF THEY DON'T MAKE PAYMENTS.

WELL, EVEN THOUGH VETERAN LAND BOARD, THEY DO CONTRACTS FOR, FOR D D YOU DON'T GET THE DEED UNTIL YOU PAY THAT ONBOARD PROCESS.

IT'S NOT AS, YOU KNOW, THE VETERAN, LANDLORD'S A LOT BETTER AT HANDLING THAT THAN MAYBE SOME OF THEM.

YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH.

YEAH.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HASTE.

HE MENTIONED SOMETHING AND I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR VOTING RIGHTS.

THEY HAD SOMETHING IN THE CONTRACTS, SIR.

WE, WE KNOW ABOUT THAT.

I MEAN, THE WE'VE, SEND THE PACKET THAT I AM.

I CAN'T READ IT.

OKAY.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, HAVE YOU VOTED A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION OUT THERE? I'VE BEEN GOING, YEAH, I HAVE NOT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO, APPARENTLY WE NEED TO, WE GOT 90% OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE WILLING TO VOTE AND WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT, CREATE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, BECAUSE I ALSO ASKED THE RESIDENTS IN MY TRAVELS BE OPPOSED TO, OR IN FAVOR OF A CHANGE AWAY UNANIMOUSLY AGREED.

OKAY.

SO, UH, OKAY.

THE WAY I READ THIS, LET ME, LET ME JUST SHARE IT, BUT JUST A SECOND.

SO IF I KNOW THAT, UH, THE COUNTY CLERK OVER THERE IS GONNA IS SHOOTING ME.

I, I BOUGHT DARK DARKS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE SPEAKING THAT ARE NOT BEING PICKED UP AT THE MICROPHONE.

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SO THE WAY AND CARE, MAYBE YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AS WELL.

THE WAY I READ THAT SECTION, IT'S IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS THAT ABSENT OF A VOTED AND APPROVED HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THAT THE, THAT THE ORIGINAL COVENANTS WILL CONTINUE IN SUCCESS OF TEN-YEAR PERIODS, UNLESS YOU GUYS VOTE TO CHANGE THEM.

SO, SO FAR THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.

OKAY.

SO THE ORIGINAL COVENANTS AS WRITTEN ARE STILL IN EFFECT.

OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT, AND IF, AND IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION OR THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, THERE ARE NO, UM, THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON REPLANTING THOUGH.

THE WHAT THE DEED AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT GO WITH THE SUBDIVISION STATE IS THAT THERE TO BE REPLANTED OR RE SUB YOU KNOW, SUBDIVISION CHANGES PER THE KAUFMAN COUNTY REGULATIONS.

SO THAT'S WHERE THERE'S KIND OF A HARD, DIFFICULT POSITION BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A RESTRICTION ON REPLANTING.

YEAH.

YEAH.

I THINK WE SHOULD, LET ME READ THAT INTO THE RECORD, CHERYL, THIS WAS, THIS WAS, UH, OUT OF ARTICLE TWO OF YOUR GENERAL RESTRICTIONS.

IT'S A PARAGRAPH ONE B SUB B.

IT SAYS REPLANTING OR SUBDIVIDING PROPERTY SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY.

AND ALL THE RESTRICTIONS HERE IN SHALL APPLY TO EACH LOT RESULTING FROM THE SUBDIVISION IN THE SAME MANNER AS APPLICABLE TO LOTS.

SO EVEN YOUR ORIGINAL COVENANTS DID PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR REPLANTING AND, AND, UH, SUBDIVIDING.

AND, AND THAT WAS POINTING MY QUESTION.

YOU HAVE NOT, YOU GUYS HAVE NOT, UH, UM, ESTABLISHED A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THEN VOTED TO CHANGE ANY OF THESE DEED RESTRICTIONS.

YET YOU WILL, YOU'LL HAVE TO COME TO THE OUTCOME OF THE, SO, BECAUSE WE'RE, THIS IS BROADCAST AND RECORDED.

SO WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT.

UH, THANK YOU.

YES.

AND, UM, THAT'S WHY I GAVE YOU THE, BECAUSE I DID SEE THAT AND IT IS TRUE.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THEY CAN BE REPLIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH KAUFMAN COUNTY.

UM, HAD WE KNOWN THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THIS, HAD WE ALL GOTTEN PRIOR NOTIFICATION LAST YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY NOW, JUST BY SEEING ALL OF THE SIGNATURES, 90% OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THIS, AND THAT WOULD FORM AN HOA AND WE WILL FORM AN HOA.

UM, IT MAY BE TOO LATE NOW FOR THIS REPLANTING.

HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT, YOU'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION CAUSE WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE, THE NUMBERS TO DO SO.

OKAY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

AND I WILL SAY THAT WHEN WE SEND OUT THE LETTERS IT'S TO, UM, FOR THAT FACE.

SO IF YOU ARE IN PHASE ONE OF MEADOW RANCH, AND THE LOT DIVISION IS OCCURRING IN PHASE TWO, THEN THE LETTERS GO TO WHOEVER RESIDES IN PHASE TWO, BECAUSE IS, IS CHANGING THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD ON FILE IT'S TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE PLAT THAT THEY HAVE HAS BEEN AMENDED.

SO IF YOU'RE IN PHASE ONE, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THOSE LETTERS.

YOU HAVE TO RESIDE IN THE PHASE IN WHICH THE DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING.

CORRECT.

SO IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY, EVERY LETTER MIGHT NOT GO TO EVERY RESIDENT, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM, BUT YOU'RE IN PHASE ONE, GOT IT.

RIGHT.

SO, AND WE ALSO MAKE ALL DEVELOPERS, UM, ON TOP OF THE LIGHT DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT WE SEARCHED IN THE COUNTY RECORDS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT OFFICIAL TITLE SEARCHERS.

WE ALSO MAKE THE DEVELOPERS SIGN, UM, A, UH, NOTARIZE, A DOCUMENT THAT SAYS THEY GOT LEGAL AND TITLE COMPANIES TO REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS PRIOR TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, BECAUSE I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL TITLE SEARCHER.

I DON'T HOLD THAT DEGREE.

SO THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY GET THAT INTERPRETATION, GET IT NOTARIZED AND TURN IT INTO US BEFORE WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.

NOW I WILL COMMENT ON THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.

IF THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT GOES AGAINST YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, THEN THAT IS CIVIL SUIT.

THE HOMEOWNER MUST ADDRESS THAT AND PRODUCE THEIR REGS.

EITHER HIRE AN ATTORNEY, FILE SOMETHING, BUT THAT'S A CIVIL SUIT.

THE COUNTY DOESN'T GET INVOLVED IN ENFORCING DEED RESTRICTIONS.

SO IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT'S GOING ON, OR IF YOU SEE THAT THERE'S NO COVERT, UM, I WILL SAY THAT ON THE WEBSITE, IF YOU SEE A CULVER VIOLATION OR THAT TYPE, I HAVE IT FILLABLE DOCUMENT, OR YOU CAN SEND THAT TO US AND WE'LL SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE.

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YOU CAN, IT'S ANONYMOUS.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PUT YOUR NAME, BUT YOU CAN LET US KNOW BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS VERY LARGE.

AND IN ORDER TO TRACK ALL THIS DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE CITIZENS TO TELL US SOMETHING'S WRONG.

SO WE HAVE PUT THAT IN PLACE.

UM, OKAY.

WELL I THINK, UH, WHAT I WOULD DO, AND THIS IS A COMBINATION QUESTION TO, TO YOU AND MAYBE SUPPORT WITH KAREN, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS AS A COMMISSIONER'S COURT RIGHT NOW? WELL, BASICALLY WHENEVER THERE'S A SUBDIVISION PLAT THAT'S BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT, IF THAT PLAT MEETS THE COUNTY REQUIREMENTS, THEN IT'S REALLY A MINISTERIAL ACTION WHERE IT SHOULD BE APPROVED.

AND WE HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS TO DO THAT.

I BELIEVE IT'S 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE THAT THE FINAL DOCUMENTS ARE SUBMITTED AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT DATE THEY WERE SUBMITTED.

AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS SOMETIMES THAT 30 DAY PERIOD CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IF YOU WANTED TO TABLE IT.

BUT, UM, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION IF BY THE COURT AND APPROVING IT.