Jun 08, 2021 Commissioners Court

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GOOD MORNING

[Call to Order]

TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 8TH, 2021 9:00 AM.

AND WE'RE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING ROOM AND THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX, AS WE ALL ALWAYS DO AT OUR MEETINGS, WE'LL START OFF WITH AN INVOCATION PASTOR KYLE, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR, GIVE US AN INVOCATION.

AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.

SO PLEASE STAND.

GOOD MORNING, FATHER.

WE THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US TODAY.

FATHER, FATHER HELP US TO HAVE THE EYES AND EARS TO SEE AND HEAR WHAT YOU GOT FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF HIS FATHER, FATHER.

WE KNOW THAT THINGS DON'T LOOK THE WAY THAT WE WANT THEM TO LOOK, BUT FATHER, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN CONTROL ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL THINGS.

BLESS THIS TIME, FATHER, GOD GIVE THE RIGHT CHOICES AND RIGHT DECISIONS TO BE MADE FOR OUR COUNTY AND FOLLOW.

WE ASK YOUR BLESSING OVER OUR COUNTY IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, THIS IS NORMALLY THE TIME WE TALK, WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS TODAY.

I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, UH, WE HAVE MAYOR DAVID LINDSAY WITH US TODAY.

I, OUR GOOD MORNING.

UM, HE'S MAYOR OF CRANDALL.

YEAH, THERE'LL BE COMING UP ON THE AGENDA SHORTLY.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENTS TO SHARE? UM, IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

THERE'S ONE ITEM ON MIRROR.

UH, DOES ANYONE CARE TO TALK ABOUT THE COURT MINUTES OR DO WE WANT TO TAKE A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED I'LL MAKE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS OUR SECOND SEGWIT COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES.

UH, GENTLEMEN, UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE UP TO NEXT.

UM, WE HAVE A ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MY COLOR WITH US THIS MORNING AND TO EXPEDITE HIS SCHEDULE THIS MORNING, HE'S GOING TO OUT, WE'RE GOING TO ASK HIM TO COME.

AND W THIS IS ITEM EIGHT,

[8. Raylan Smith; Receive Humane Society of North Texas proposed Pet Adoption Center operation plan and description of services]

UH, MR. HOLDER WAS ON OUR ORIGINAL COMMITTEE.

HE'S THE ONLY PERSON I THINK THAT WE HAVE IN COFFIN COUNTY THAT HAS, UH, EXPERIENCE WITH ANIMAL SHELTERS.

HE WAS A CHIEF OF POLICE IN COLLEYVILLE AND WAS INVOLVED IN THE STANDING UP, I THINK OF THE SHELTER IN KELLER.

SO IF HE COULD GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT HIS EXPERIENCE WAS AND HOW WE KIND OF MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS.

UH, AGAIN, I AM MY COLDER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF KAUFFMAN.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.

UH, THIS HAS BEEN A, A LONG PROCESS, SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT BACK WHEN I WAS CHIEF OF POLICE HERE IN KAUFMAN BACK IN 2008.

UH, SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, UH, COMING.

UM, BUT AS THE JUDGE SAID, UM, I DID, I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH A REGIONAL CENTER.

UH, WHEN I FIRST WENT TO THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, UH, WE CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY OF HEARST, UH, FOR, UM, OUR SHELTER.

UH, WE HAD AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER THAT WORKED FOR MY CITY.

HE WORKED FOR ME, UH, BUT WE CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY OF HEARST, UM, VERY SIMILAR TO KAUFMAN COUNTY, THAT AREA OF NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY AT THE TIME WAS EXPERIENCING A HUGE GROWTH, UH, IN ALL OF OUR CITIES.

AND, UM, CITY OF HEARST WAS RUNNING OUT OF SPACE AND I DIDN'T HAVE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION, UH, TO DEAL WITH, UH, OUR ANIMALS.

SO, UM, US IN THE CITY OF KELLER AND THE CITY OF SOUTH LAKE BEGAN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CREATING A REGIONAL CENTER.

UH, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH KELLER, THE CITY OF KELLER BEING THE HOST OF THAT FACILITY, UH, IN 2012, UM, AND THEIR FACILITY MET THE CURRENT NEEDS, BUT NEEDED EXPANSION.

UH, SO WE JOINED WITH THEM ON A CAPITAL PROGRAM AND BUILT A STATE-OF-THE-ART, UM, ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER AND, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES

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UM, WHEN WE DID THAT, THAT CAME ONLINE IN 2014.

UH, WE RECOGNIZED THAT WE WERE EITHER GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE A BUNCH OF EMPLOYEES MANAGEMENT TO RUN THAT FACILITY, UH, OR WE COULD BRING SOMEBODY IN THAT ALREADY HAD EXPERIENCED DOING THAT.

SO, UM, ALL OF US AND THE COMMUNITIES UP THERE HAD DEALT WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS.

THEY WERE VERY ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR ANIMAL ADVOCATES.

MANY, MANY OF THE VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITIES WERE ALREADY VOLUNTEERS WITH THAT, UM, ORGANIZATION.

AND SO IT MADE SENSE FOR US TO REACH OUT TO THEM.

UH, AND, UM, WE ENDED UP CONTRACTING WITH THEM TO RUN THE SHELTER OPERATIONS, UH, AND IT WAS A, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I EVER DID AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

UM, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

THEY HAD AN ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION, THEY HAD RESPECTED LEADERSHIP.

UH, AGAIN, THEY WERE KNOWN WITH THE ANIMAL ADVOCATES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TRUSTED, UM, AND THEY JUST DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

THEY ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, OUR ADOPTION RATES WENT UP, UM, A LOT, WHICH WAS GREAT.

SO WHAT YOU WANT, YOU WANT THESE ANIMALS ADOPTED OUT.

UM, AND SO, UM, EVERYTHING FROM MY EXPERIENCE WENT VERY WELL.

THEY WERE VERY EASY TO DEAL WITH.

THEY WERE VERY RESPONSIVE TO US IF THERE EVER WERE ANY ISSUES.

UH, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SOME TIME NOW THAT I'VE BEEN GONE, BUT I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY OF KELLER, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THINGS WERE STILL GOING WELL.

I MEAN, WE'RE SEVEN YEARS INTO THAT PARTNERSHIP NOW.

AND, UH, HE ONLY HAD GOOD THINGS TO SAY, UH, IT'S STILL A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY'VE EXPANDED, UM, THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT TO MORE THAN JUST THE ADOPTION PORTION OF IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE COUNTY FACILITY OR WITH THIS GROUP, UM, THEY WOULD CERTAINLY GET MY RECOMMENDATION, HAVING DEALT WITH THEM IN THE PAST.

UH, THANK YOU, MIKE, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOLDER? UH, I DON'T KNOW.

WE, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND THE, THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO IT AND, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THE CITY OF KAUFMAN LETTING US BORROW YOU.

AND, UH, CAUSE YOU DID SPEND, I KNOW QUITE A BIT OF TIME AND WE MIGHT ASK YOU TO HELP US MORE LATER, SO I'M HAPPY TO DO IT AND YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU MAY FEEL DIFFERENT WHEN YOU SEE THE INVOICE FROM THE CITY, BUT WELL, JUST BECAUSE YOU INVOICE SOMEBODY DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET PAID ON IT.

I UNDERSTAND.

OKAY.

NOW IT'S, IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING, UH, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A NEED FOR US, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY SELFISH ON MY PART BECAUSE, UH, THE CITY OF KAUFFMAN DOESN'T HAVE A LONG TERM SOLUTION, UH, FOR OUR ISSUES AND BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY.

UH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA COME DOWN TO THE CITY COUNCIL, MAKING A BUSINESS TO SURGEON, BUT, UH, I CERTAINLY THINK, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY IN THIS NEW FACILITY.

UH, AND ESPECIALLY IF WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THE ORGANIZATION, THAT'S, THAT'S RUNNING THE FACILITY, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP AND I'M HAPPY TO HELP.

AND I THINK I'VE BEEN JUST A SMALL PART OF IT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO LEND MY EXPERIENCE.

WELL, THAT'S ON RECORD NOW THAT YOU'RE HAPPY TO HELP.

SO I MAY SEND YOU A COPY OF THIS VIDEO, SO YOU'LL REMEMBER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

UH, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT TWO ITEMS IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS ITEM EIGHT, RECEIVE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS PROPOSED PET ADOPTION CENTER, OPERATION PLAN AND DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE.

SO GOOD MORNING I HAVE WITH ME TODAY, UH, SUSAN, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE HERE JUST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

I DID INCLUDE THE PROPOSAL IN YOUR PACKET.

UM, SO I JUST ASKED THAT SHE COME UP AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE PROCESSES AND THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, ET CETERA, AND JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT TO THEIR ORGANIZATION.

THANKS RAELYNN.

I'M SUSAN GULLETT, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR FOUR YEARS, SO I WASN'T THERE WHEN THE KELLER AGREEMENT STARTED, BUT I'VE BEEN THERE, UH, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND WE'VE ACTUALLY EXPANDED IT.

AS MIKE SAID TO WHERE NOW WE TAKE OVER, WE HANDLE ALL OF THE ANIMAL INTAKE FROM THE TIME THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS BRING THE PETS TO THE FACILITY.

WE VACCINATE TAKE CARE OF THEM, DO THE KENNELING.

AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE READY FOR ADOPTION, WE MANAGE THAT.

UM, WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE PARTICIPATED

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WE SEE THAT THAT WE WOULD BE RUNNING THIS VERY SIMILAR TO HOW THE KELLER FACILITY WORKS.

AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BUILD A COMMUNITY HERE.

WHEN, WHEN, UH, THE KELLER FACILITY STARTED, I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT SOME, SOME NUMBERS, UM, IN THE CASE OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY, WE WERE TAKING IN ALL THE ANIMALS IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, THE LARGEST, UH, SHELTER IN TARRANT COUNTY.

AND THAT KELLER FACILITY GAVE US ANOTHER OUTLET FOR ADOPTING SOME OF THE PETS FROM US.

WE TAKE IN 500 OR SO PETS FROM KELLER, BUT WE ADOPT OUT 1700 PETS OUT OF THAT FACILITY.

SO WE BUILD THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE EXCELLENT SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING.

WE HAVE OVER 175,000 FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS.

WE'RE ON TWITTER.

UH, WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE'S INSTAGRAM.

AND, UM, WE JUST STARTED TIK TOK TOO.

SO THIS IS OUT OF MY AREA.

I HAVE AN EXCELLENT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE WOULD USE TO BUILD A COMMUNITY HERE.

WE'D HAVE A SEPARATE, UM, IT'LL BE PART OF OUR WEBPAGE, BUT WE'D HAVE A SEPARATE PAGE FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.

AND, UM, WHERE WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THE PETS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERING AND FOSTERING.

FOSTERING IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE, UM, HEALTH OF THE PETS THAT COME INTO THE FACILITY.

SO TAKING IN THE TWO YOUNG AND THE, OR MEDICALLY, UH, THOSE THAT NEED MEDICAL TREATMENT TO GET THEM OUT OF A SHELTER ENVIRONMENT IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT, GENERALLY IT'S FOR LIKE TWO TO SIX WEEKS, THEY COME BACK, THEY'RE READY FOR ADOPTION.

WE HOLD A NUMBER OF ADOPTION EVENTS.

WE PARTNER WITH PETCO AND PETSMART.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE TWO ADOPTION TRAILERS THAT WE BRING OUT AND WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT PERIODICALLY HERE, UH, TO, TO JUST SHOWCASE THE ANIMALS.

UH, WE TAKE EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE PETS.

IT'S AMAZING HOW A GOOD PICTURE OF A PET CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN GETTING IT ADOPTED.

AND, UM, ALSO AGAIN, PARTNERING PETSMART, THEY HAVE A GROOMING ACADEMY WHERE THEY'RE TEACHING ALL THEIR GROOMERS ARE PETS, ARE THE, ARE THE GUINEA PIGS, SO TO SPEAK FOR THEIR GROOMING ACADEMY, BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO GET THOSE THINGS, THOSE PETS, UM, UM, LOOKING NICE AND ADOPTED.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT DOING HERE IS COMING IN.

UM, UH, THE JUDGE HAS, UH, HAS, UH, WE'VE BEEN INVITED AND WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON, UM, SOME OF THE INPUT ON JUST KENNELING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY ON A GREAT LOCATION, VISIBILITY AND EASY ACCESS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE KEY FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND, AND, UM, ADOPT THE PETS.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL USE THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEB PAGES AND EMAILS.

WE'LL BUILD AN EMAIL COMMUNITY OF THE PEOPLE HERE FOR BOTH VOLUNTEERING AND FOSTERING AND GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE PETS.

SO I'VE TALKED FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

I'LL LET YOU ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SUSAN? UM, YEAH, I MEAN, Y'ALL PROVIDE ALL THE STAFFING THEY WOULD BE OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD BE MANAGING FROM INTAKE ON THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS WOULD DROP OFF.

WE'D TAKE THEM IN VACCINATE, YOU KNOW, IN BACK AND GIVE THEM AN INSPECTION AND LOOK THEM OVER.

AND THEN WE'D TAKE ALL THE ANIMAL REC RECORDING AND THINGS AND THEN MOVE THEM INTO THE ADOPTION AREAS.

AND THEN SO NO COUNTY EMPLOYEES OUT THERE WITH ENTREPRENEUR.

AND THEN I GUESS WE PROVIDED THE BUILDING AND THE UTILITIES, RIGHT? YEAH.

AND Y'ALL PROVIDE EVERYTHING ELSE.

WE TAKE CARE OF THE FOOD AND VACCINATIONS.

WE TAKE CARE OF THE DAMAGE TO THE PHYSICAL PLANT.

THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS WITH KELLER.

LIKE, SO ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE WERE TALKING SOME YESTERDAY, UH, SO LIKE THE LANDLINE PHONES AND ALL THE UTILITIES AND THINGS WE'D HAVE CELL PHONES OURSELVES, BUT, UM, BUT FOR THE INCOMING CALLS AND THINGS, THE LANDLINES AND INTERNET AND ALL OF THAT WOULD BE THROUGH THE COUNTY, UM, AND THE ACTUAL FACILITY ITSELF.

SO, BUT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE PARTNERS WITH PURINA ON PET FOOD.

WE PARTNER WITH OTHER, UM, UH, VETERINARY PHARMACIES FOR THE VACCINATIONS AND THINGS.

SO WE WOULD HAVE ALL OF THAT HERE.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEING THEM, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CONTRACT SEEMED OFF.

SO THEN THEY GAVE ME A LOT OF BONUSES FOR A YEAR EMPLOYEES FOR DOING WELL TOO.

YEAH.

WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A PROGRAM.

WE TRY TO GET EVERYONE ON HIT ADOPTION GOALS AND NEUTER PETS.

WE ALL ARE, YOU KNOW, IN FAITH, ALL PETS WOULD BE ALTERED BEFORE THEY'RE ADOPTED.

SO WE TRY TO GET EVERYONE, YOU GOT A LOT OF PARTNERS YOU DO, AND THEN THAT'S REALLY GOOD AND IT'S A GOOD ORGANIZATION Y'ALL ARE DOING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND YOU, UH, CAN YOU OR THE SHERIFF JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE, UH, COORDINATION AND INTERACTION BETWEEN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS AND, AND THE, YOUR, YOUR STAFF AND FACILITY? UM, WELL, THE WAY IT WORKS WITH KELLER'S, THEY WOULD DROP THEM OFF.

AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE JUST THE BASIC INFORMATION ON THE ANIMAL, LIKE WHERE IT WAS LOCATED AND THINGS.

CAUSE IF IT'S FREE, IF IT'S LIKE A STRAY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRY AND GET THE INFORMATION BACK TO THE OWNER.

SO WE WOULD SET UP A PROCESS TO WHERE WE'D HAVE A BASIC REPORT.

I WOULD THINK ON WHAT, WHERE THEY FOUND THE ANIMAL CONDITION IT WAS IN, UM, WE WOULD SCAN IT FOR A MICROCHIP CAUSE THAT WOULD HELP IDENTIFY THEN AN OWNER.

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AND, UM, AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, HAVE THOSE REPORTS AND THEN WE'D BE ABLE TO GENERATE REPORTS BASED ON THAT.

WE WOULD CALL THAT A TRANSFER IN FROM THE COUNTY IN OUR SYSTEM.

AND WE'D BE ABLE TO TELL YOU ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO ANY ANIMALS THAT CAME IN AS A TRANSFER IN, IN OUR PROPOSAL, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OWNER SURRENDERS IF THEY WANTED TO COME TO US DIRECTLY.

SO WE WOULD RECORD THAT SEPARATELY, THEN IT THEN A COUNTY, UM, TRANSFER IN.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASSUME I CAN LOOK AND SEE IF THEY'RE SPECIAL PROCESSES YOU HAVE NOW, BUT THAT THE PET TRACKING SYSTEM THAT WE USE, IT'S CALLED PET HEALTH PET POINT.

IT'S NATIONAL, IT'S THE LARGEST ONE THAT'S OUT THERE.

AND, UM, WE'D BE ABLE TO THEN, LIKE I SAID, TRACK ALL THE OUTCOMES OF THE ANIMALS THAT CAME IN FROM THE COUNTY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE CATTLE PENS OUT THERE.

YEP.

WE DO HAVE A RANCH IN JOSHUA, TEXAS WHERE WE'VE TAKEN IN CATTLE BEFORE AND HORSES AND PIGS AND BABY GOATS, THINGS WE NEED.

DO YOU HAVE A, DID YOU HAVE A GIRAFFE ONE TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE'VE HAD WAY BACK LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS AND A CAMEL CAMEL FAMILY.

WE HAD A CAMEL BEFORE MY TIME.

YEAH.

WELL HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE HAVING ANY CAMELS.

YES, YES.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT AND BRAVING THE RAIN.

I'M SURE YOU GOT A DOSE OF THAT COMING OVER, SO THANK YOU.

UM, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS RFP.

UM, OKAY.

WE RECEIVED THAT REPORT ON ITEM EIGHT AND MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE,

[9. Raylan Smith; Discuss & Consider award of contract for RFP 21-15: Animal Services & Pet Adoption Center Operations.]

THIS WOULD BE A REQUEST TO MOVE FORWARD INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTH QUESTIONS.

IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO AWARD, UH, OF CONTRACT RFP 21 DASH 15? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM ALL RIGHT.

NOW BACK TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA.

UH, WE'RE GOOD.

I COULD MAKE A SNARKY COMMENT THAT WE'RE LUCKY NOT TO HAVE RALPH DAVIS TODAY.

WE HAVE KATHY KATIE HERE TO GIVE US PRESENT, UH, COMMISSIONER

[3. Ralph Davis; To present Commissioner Ken Cates with the V.G Young Institute of County Government certificate for completing the Commissioner's Court Leadership Academy Class IX - Session 1.]

ANY GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE.

THANK YOU FOR NO SNARKY COMMENTS.

SO I HAVE A OF PARTICIPATION FOR KIM KATE'S, UM, FOR THE LAST, FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, THE VG YOUNG INSTITUTE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS SERVED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN TEXAS SINCE 2005, THE INSTITUTE, WHICH IS A PART OF TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION HAS OFFERED THE COMMISSIONERS COURT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE PROFESSIONALISM, BROADEN THE KNOWLEDGE AND ENRICH THE EXPERIENCE OF COUNTY JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS IN TEXAS.

SO THE CCLA INVOLVES FOUR SESSIONS OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD, THREE THREE-DAY SESSIONS IN TEXAS COUNTIES AND ONE SEVEN DAY SESSION IN WASHINGTON DC.

SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION TO KEN KATES FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE CLASS OF NINE AND COMMISSIONER.

SURE.

WHY DON'T YOU GO DOWN THERE AND LET THEM TAKE A PICTURE, DONNA YOU'RE BACK THERE.

CAN YOU TAKE A PICTURE? LIKE WHERE DID HE GO? HE'S COMING AROUND CAMERA THEN THE WARRANTY PHOTO.

YEAH.

RALPH HAS, HAS SOME CAR TROUBLES.

SO HE WAS FRANTICALLY TEXTING ME SATURDAY MORNING GOING, I CAN'T MAKE IT OUT IT OKAY.

HE PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT TO DRIVE IN THE RAIN.

SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM

[4. Ralph Davis; To present monthly report for the County Extension Office for April and May 2021.]

AND I'M GOING TO FILL THOSE SHOES TOO.

I KNOW YOU ARE, CARRIE IS AT ROUTE FOR A ROUNDUP, WHICH IS THE STATE CONTEST FOR THE KIDS.

UM, THIS WEEK IN COLLEGE STATION AND RALPH IS, HAS CAR TROUBLE.

SO I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO, UM, REPORT THEIR HIGHLIGHTS.

UM, ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN FIRST IS THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OPENED UP FOR US TO COME BACK TO THE OFFICE AND BE, UM, FRONT AND CENTER AND BE ABLE TO HELP HOLD, UM, CLASSES AND THINGS.

SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR US BECAUSE NOW

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AND THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE WITH ALL OF THIS RAIN.

UM, THEY'VE HAD LOTS OF FERAL HOGS AND HE HAD BOTH TRAPS OUT.

AND I THINK HE SAID THAT HE CAUGHT SEVERAL SOUNDERS OF PIGS OF HOGS.

SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY ARE IN A SOUNDER OF ME.

NEITHER.

I CAN TELL YOU HOW TO COOK HAWK, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY NEEDS IN A SOUNDER.

UM, IN MAY THEY, UH, THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM STARTED RELAXING OUR COVID RESTRICTIONS AND, UM, THERE WAS AN UPPER SABINE COW CALF CLINIC.

UM, IT WAS STARTED 21 YEARS AGO AND HE HAD 90 PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT PROGRAM.

AND THAT WAS HELD, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH KAUFMAN COUNTY VAN SANT COUNTY AND RAINS COUNTY.

OUR MASTER GARDENERS HAVE CONTINUED TO MEET THROUGHOUT THE COVID, UH, BUT THEY'VE BEEN MEETING VIA ZOOM.

WE'VE ALL GOTTEN REALLY TECHNOLOGY SAVVY.

SO, UM, THEY MET IN ON ZOOM IN APRIL, BUT IN MAY, I BELIEVE WAS THEIR FIRST TIME TO MEET FACE TO FACE.

AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY.

UH, THEY HAD A BOOTH AT THE TERRELL JUBILEE AND APPARENTLY 164 PEOPLE RECEIVED EDUCATION, UM, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AT THE TERRELL JUBILEE, AND THEY HAD A PLANT SALE AT THE END OF MAY AND THEY'VE PLANTED THE DEMONSTRATION GARDEN.

SO THEY'RE CONTINUING THEIR WORK, HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT, UM, WASHED AWAY WITH ALL THE RAIN.

SO, UM, MY PROGRAMS I'M REALLY EXCITED.

I'VE JUMPED INTO TWO, UM, VERY IN-DEPTH PROGRAMS. ONE OF THEM IS, UH, RURAL TEXAS WELLNESS PROJECT.

WE'VE CREATED A COLLABORATION BETWEEN TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES AND TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION IN THREE DIFFERENT COUNTIES.

AND THE COUNTIES, UM, ARE NOT IN OUR AREA.

SO IT'S KAUFMAN COUNTY, MYSELF, UH, JOHNSON COUNTY AND ERF COUNTY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS VIA ZOOM, UM, AND TRYING TO TEACH FOLKS IN OUR AREAS, UM, SELF CARE AND SELF, UM, HEALTH MANAGEMENT THROUGH, UM, DIABETES EDUCATION.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT COHORT WITH, UM, ABOUT 30 PEOPLE.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET 10 IN EACH COUNTY TO COME IN.

AND WHAT THIS IS DOING IS IT'S SETTING UP AS A PILOT SO THAT WE CAN SEE LEARN BEST PRACTICES SO WE CAN TAKE THIS STATEWIDE.

SO IT'S A GOOD PROJECT FOR THAT.

WE'LL BE TEACHING, DO WELL, BE WELL COOKING WELL WITH DIABETES AND WALK ACROSS TEXAS WITH THAT PROGRAM.

AND I DID APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE A GRANT FOR $2,000 FROM SUPERIOR HEALTH PLAN TO HELP PAY FOR THE EXPENSES.

SO THERE WON'T BE MANY EXPENSES FROM THE COUNTIES FOR THAT.

ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I HOPE TO GET OFF THE GROUND HERE IN KAUFMAN IS CALDWELL CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CONFERENCE PROJECT.

AND I'LL BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CHURCHES.

IT'S A TWO YEAR PROGRAM.

AND, UM, THROUGH COVID, WE'VE LEARNED THAT A LOT OF THE CHURCHES ARE GOOD NETWORKS TO GET TO PEOPLE, TO, UM, LEARN AND TAKE CARE, LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT'LL BE, UM, ON PROGRAMS AND HEALTH EDUCATION WILL BE ON THE PREVENTION OF OPIOID AND USE, UM, SAR, CV SCIO V2, WHICH IS COVID AND ANY CHRONIC DISEASES.

WE WANT TO HAVE SOME WIDESPREAD ADOPTION AS SUSTAINABILITY IN RURAL COUNTIES FOR, UH, EDUCATION AND LEARNING HOW TO HELPING PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

SO I DID VOLUNTEER FOR THIS PROJECT.

IT'S VERY NEW.

IT IS A GRANT THROUGH TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY WITH USDA.

SO HOPEFULLY A LOT OF THE EXPENSES WILL BE COVERED THROUGH USDA.

SO, UM, I ALWAYS LIKE TO JUMP IN WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO COST US ANY MONEY I'M GOING TO REPORT FOR CARRIE.

SHE, UH, WE DID ALL, ALL THREE OF US DID PARTICIPATE IN FOUR H DISTRICT ROUNDUP.

UM, IT WAS HELD OVER A WEEKEND IN, UM, I CAN'T OUT OF TOWN.

SO WE ALL WENT UP THERE AND, UM, WE'RE IN A CHURCH WITH JUST THE KIDS AND DID THE ROUNDUP AND ALL THE CONTESTS.

AND IT WAS REALLY FUN TO GET TO KNOW THE KIDS AND ALL THE, UH, GET TO SEE ALL THE OTHER AGENTS.

SO CARRIE DOES HAVE QUITE A FEW KIDS WHO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR STATE AND, UM, SHE'S WITH THEM NOW IN COLLEGE STATION, LET'S SEE,

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COMMISSIONER BARBARA KNOWS WHAT A SOUNDER IS.

OKAY.

JUST TALK TO INFORM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, LET'S SEE.

UH, OKAY.

GOOGLE SAYS THAT A SOUNDER HAS THAT NOTE.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE RUDE TO GIGGLE ON STANDING IN FRONT OF Y'ALL THAT'S IT'S A HERD OF FERAL HOGS, PRIMARILY COMPRISED OF ONE OR MORE ADULT CELLS IN ONE OR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF OFFSPRINGS.

OKAY.

SO WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH A GROUP OF HOGS TELL RALPH THAT HE DID NOT DAZZLE US WITH HIS VOCABULARY SOUNDER.

OKAY.

I'LL TELL HIM, WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE JUDGE? I JUST LIKE TO REMIND THE COURT THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE ANTICIPATED RETIREMENT OF RALPH DAVIS, OUR COUNTY AG AGENT, AND WE CERTAINLY ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ENSURE THAT THESE PROGRAMS GO FORWARD AND, AND CONTINUE, UH, UNABATED.

AND, UH, UH, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO SUPPORT THE EXPEDITIOUS REPLACEMENT OF OUR COUNTY AG AGENT.

I THINK WE ALL HAVE IDEAS ON WHO THAT COULD BE.

SO ANYBODY WANTS TO LISTEN.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS.

OKAY.

NEXT UP.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM

[5. Lynn Fanion; To present the Collection's Department Monthly Report.]

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, WHEN I GOT IN HERE, I REALIZED THAT, UM, THE REPORT I GAVE YOU IS NOT THE FORMAT I USED TO USE IN THE MONTHLY REPORT, BUT SINCE I'VE ONLY BEEN GIVEN QUARTERLY ONES, I WAS KIND OF OUT OF PRACTICE.

SO NEXT MONTH YOU'LL SEE THE ONE I USED TO GIVE YOU.

BUT, UH, IN MY, UH, WE HAD, UH, COLLECTIONS OF 96,800 1364.

UM, OUR DISBURSEMENTS DO IN IS, UM, THE SAME AS THE OUTSTANDING DISBURSEMENTS IS 14,009 61 OH EIGHT.

AND, UM, DISBURSEMENTS MADE LAST MONTH FOR $23,082 AND 34 CENTS.

IT WAS UP A LOT MORE IN APRIL.

IT CAME DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN MAY, BUT I THINK OUR QUARTERLY REPORT WILL SHOW THAT WE'RE INCREASING AGAIN AFTER 2020.

ALL RIGHT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MS. ? OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

NEXT UP ITEM SIX,

[6. Alexa Gooden; Discuss/Consider County participation in TIRZ for 25% for Cartwright Ranch.]

UH, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE JUST A PRESENTATION THERE'S NO, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE READY FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT SOME DETAILS OF THE INNER LOCAL, BUT, UH, ALEXA, WOULD YOU LIKE KURT JUDGE COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.

DO YOU GUYS HAVE THE HANDOUTS? YES, SIR.

WE DO.

I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE IT ON SCREEN.

SO WE'LL JUST WALK WITH IT BY PAGE.

AS, AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, THIS PROJECT WAS, UM, OWNED BY THE HARVEY BURKE HARVEY AND HIS FAMILY OWNED THIS PROPERTY.

AND I STARTED WORKING ON THIS AND I THINK 2005.

SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT THE PROBLEM BACK IN 2005 IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT CRANDALL FACES TODAY.

AND THAT IS LONG-TERM WATER AND SEWER, AND ALSO RHODES OVER TIME AS MORE HOMES GET THERE, THERE'LL BE A DEMAND FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND INTERCHANGE CHANGES AND THINGS THAT THE COUNTY I KNOW IS WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH COG AND WITH YOUR TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS, THE WATER AND SEWER PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, FROM 2005 TO TODAY, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON IN THESE SLIDES.

THE CAR RANCH PROJECT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 3,975 LOTS.

WE'LL HAVE FORTIES, FIFTIES, AND SIXTIES.

WHEN WE SAY FORTIES, FIFTIES, AND SIXTIES, THAT MEANS IT'S A 40 FOOT FRIED OR A 50 FOOT FRIED OR A 60 FOOT FRONT.

THOSE ARE A LOT TYPES.

THEY'LL BE IN THE FIRST PHASE, THERE'LL BE 600 TO 64 LOTS.

THAT IS A VERY LARGE PHASE IN DEVELOPMENT.

NORMALLY 150 200 LOTS.

THAT'S A LARGE PHASE, BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX AND HIGH GROWTH AREAS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE'RE DOING PROJECTS THAT HAVE 600 AND EVEN A THOUSAND LOTS IN THE FIRST PHASE UP IN DENTON COUNTY ON THREE 80, WE'RE DOING A THOUSAND LOTS IN THE FIRST PHASE.

AND EVEN NORTH OF THAT ALL THE WAY NEAR GUNTER,

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AND WHEN YOU GET OUT IN THAT AREA, YOU SEE THESE HIGH GROWTH AREAS, DEMAND FOR ROADS AND SEWERS.

THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING HERE.

AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS THAT COME IN WITH 500 TO 600 LOTS IN THE FIRST PHASE.

NOW OVER TIME AS THE HOUSING MARKET GOES UP AND DOWN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY SELL 300 HOUSES NEXT YEAR AND 300 THE NEXT, AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR MAY GO DOWN TO 200.

SO WHENEVER YOU HAVE A LARGE PROJECT LIKE THIS, IT TAKES A LOT OF FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY.

SO DEVELOPERS THAT COME IN AND WITH THESE KINDS OF THINGS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME BIG NUMBERS IN BEDS.

I'M KIND OF PREPARING YOU FOR THE BIG NUMBERS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE KINDS OF NUMBERS, YOU HAVE TO THINK OF WHEN THE DEVELOPERS PUTTING IN THESE LARGE SUBDIVISIONS WITH THESE AMENITIES, THEY MAY NOT MAKE MONEY UNTIL THEY SELL 2000 OF THE 4,000 LOTS.

SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE PERFORMANCE FOR DEVELOPERS, THEY'RE IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE RED UNTIL A LOT LATER IN THE PROJECT, THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO INCLUDE LARGE OPEN SPACES, PARKS, AMENITIES, CENTERS, AND TRAILS.

CARTWRIGHT'S GOING TO PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES OF FUTURE COMMERCIAL LAND ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY ONE 75.

AND WHEN YOU SEE THE COMMERCIAL SPOTS HERE, I THINK WHEN YOU GO THROUGH CRANDALL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE, PROBABLY MAJOR COMMERCIAL EXIT.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE HERE.

THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN WITH GEORGE SCHULER'S PROJECT AND JIM MIRA, THAT, THAT AREA, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF A COMMERCIAL SPOTS.

SO ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL HERE, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL, UH, CORNER FOR CRANDALL, UH, THE COMMUNITY IMPACT ON THE PROJECT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW SCHOOL SITE FOR CRANDALL ISD.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PARKS AND AMENITIES CENTER.

THE RETAIL PROPERTY THAT WE DISCUSSED A MOMENT AGO, THE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE FUTURE EXPANSION OF FM ONE 48, AS WELL AS OTHER MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND ROADS.

THE EXPANSION OF THE UTILITIES THAT ARE SUFFICIENT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURING, COMMERCIAL, AND DEVELOPMENT, SEWER ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE ELIMINATION OF THE MUD TAXING DISTRICT.

THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW HAS A TAXING DISTRICT.

AND THAT TAXING DISTRICT COULD ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO DEVELOP IN THE ETJ AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TYPE OF DISTRICT THAT IS IN PLACE NOW.

AND THE ONE THAT WE ARE CREATING WITH THE CITY IS KEY IN ONE SPECIFIC AREA.

AND THAT'S TRANSPARENCY.

WHEN A HOME PURCHASER GOES IN TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY IN A MUD THEY'RE HANDED, I NOTICED A PURCHASER AND THAT NOTICE BASICALLY STATES THE HIGH AMOUNT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS AUTHORIZED AND BONDS.

PERHAPS IF THIS PROJECT WAS IN THE MUD, IT WOULD SAY THEY'VE AHPRA AUTHORIZED $200 MILLION IN BONDS AND THE TAX RATES CURRENTLY A DOLLAR THAT'S, ALL THE PURCHASER WOULD SEE.

THEY WOULDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH THEY'RE EVER GOING TO PAY OR WHEN THE TAX WILL EVER STOP.

BUT WITH A PIT DISTRICT, WHICH IS AN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT THAT THE CITY WILL CREATE, THAT DISTRICT SETS FORTH IN A SPECIFIC LEVY FOR EACH LOT.

SO IF COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS WALKED IN AND LOOKED AT 200 MAIN STREET, HE'D BE AT IT, HE'D BE HANDED A NOTICE THAT SAID THE LEVY ON THAT 200 MAIN STREET BLOT MAINSTREAM MAIN STREET LOT IS $20,501 AND 27 CENTS.

AND THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE IS, IS THIS 30 YEAR PAYMENT SCHEDULE.

SO THE PURCHASER KNOWS EXACTLY HOW MUCH THEIR DAD IS WHEN THEY BUY THE HOME AND HOW MUCH THEIR PAYMENTS ARE EVERY YEAR WITH THIS TYPE OF DISTRICT, YOU COULD ACTUALLY PAY OFF THE ASSESSMENT AT ANY TIME AND ELIMINATE THE PAYMENT PEOPLE.

DON'T GENERALLY DO THAT.

THE REASON THAT ONLY 3% OF THE PEOPLE DO THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S JUST ON THE TAX STATEMENT.

SO IT'S YOUR MORTGAGE AND PEOPLE DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT IT THAT MUCH, BUT IT IS MORE OF A CHALLENGE FOR THE HOME BUILDER TO SELL THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE THE MUD DISTRICT GUY DOWN THE STREET JUST SAYS, OH, LOOK, YOU'RE IN THE MUD DISTRICT.

THE TAX IS A DOLLAR.

DOESN'T TAKE MUCH COMPUTATION IN THIS OTHER ONE.

THEY SEE HOW MUCH THEIR LEVY IS AND THEY SEE HOW MUCH THEY OWE.

SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPLANATION REQUIRED IN THIS TOP DISTRICT, BUT TRANSPARENCY IS WHY THE LEGISLATURE SUPPORTED THE CHANGES BACK IN OH FIVE THAT ALLOWED FOR THESE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS TO EXIST.

AND MORE AND MORE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA.

THIS IS REALLY WHAT DEVELOPERS ARE DOING AS OPPOSED TO JUST CREATING TAX DISTRICTS IN THE ETJ.

BECAUSE WHAT ULTIMATELY HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES WITH THOSE DISTRICTS IS THE CITY IS NOT ABLE TO ANNEX IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND THE CITY SERVICES ARE BEING USED BY THE MUD OR TAX PEOPLE IN THE TOWN, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A CITY TAX.

SO WITH THIS APPROACH, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS CREATING A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WITH ASSESSMENTS, EVERYONE, ALL THE 4,000 LOTS THAT WE SELL.

EVERYONE WILL KNOW HOW MUCH THEIR OBLIGATION IS FROM THE DAY THEY START.

SO THE TAXING DISTRICT IS ELIMINATED IN THE AREA OF SEWER PHASE.

ONE

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ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

OUR LONG-TERM WASTEWATER PLAN IS TO CONSTRUCT A LINE TO THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, LOWER EAST SYSTEM.

THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 20,000 LINEAR FEET FROM OUR PROPERTY.

THE PROPOSED LINE WILL SERVE THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S READY TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS THE 664 LOTS.

THE SEWER LINE ALLOWS FOR FUTURE GROWTH AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY OF CRANDALL AND KAUFMAN COUNTY KEEPING DEVELOPMENT, MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION ON WATER.

WE HAVE A MASTER WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN PORTION OF THE PROPOSED LINES WILL BE BUILT IN PHASE ONE, OTHERS WITH FUTURE PHASES, CARTWRIGHT PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A WATER LINE CONNECTING THE MOSQUITO LINE WEST.

AND THAT LINE IS 24,700 LINEAR FEET.

THE PROPOSED LINE WILL ALLOW FOR CURRENT CONSTRUCTION AND A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY AND THE AVAILABLE ACCESS AND CONNECTIONS FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

THIS LINE HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THE CITY HAS WORKED WITH MESQUITE AND THE OTHER PROVIDERS IN THE AREA.

AND THIS IS A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS AND IT'S FINALLY COMING TO REALITY UNDER THIS PLAN WITH ROADS, UM, CAR RIDES LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY ONE 75 NEAR FM ONE 48.

THE CURRENT PLAN WILL PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL STREETS THROUGHOUT CARTWRIGHT, BUT ALSO CREATE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY, THE ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT AND RELOCATION OF FM ONE 48 THROUGH THE CARTWRIGHT COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S SHOWN ON THE MAP THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AND FUTURE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AS THE CITY OF CRANDALL CONTINUES TO GROW AND DEVELOP.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY TERS AGREEMENT PER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.

WE'VE THE CITY HAS COMMITTED 55% TO THE TOUR'S AGREEMENT WITH THE PLAN MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL KAUFMAN COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY.

THE DEVELOPER SEEKS 25% PARTICIPATION FROM THE COUNTY.

AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS, AS YOU KNOW, UTTERS IS AN AREA CREATED IN THIS CASE, IT'S ONLY ON OUR DEVELOPMENT PIECE AND THE BASELINE WOULD BE ESTABLISHED AS OF JANUARY ONE OF THIS YEAR.

IF THE COUNTY DECIDES TO PARTICIPATE 25% OF THE INCREMENT OVER TIME, THE GROWTH WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE PROJECT.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE COUNTY WILL ALWAYS GET WHAT THEY GET RIGHT NOW IN THE BASELINE.

BUT AS THE VALUES GROW THE UNDER THIS PLAN, IF THE COUNTY APPROVES IT, 25% OF THAT INCREMENT WILL BE PUT INTO THE PROJECT.

THE CITY WE PUT IN 55% OF THE INCREMENT AND IT'S FOR 31 YEARS BY PHASE.

SO PHASE ONE, THE 664 LOTS THAT WILL RUN A DURATION OF 31 YEARS.

IF WE DO ANOTHER PHASE OF 600, MAYBE THAT'S THREE YEARS FROM NOW THAT RUN 31 YEARS ON THAT CALENDAR.

AND THEN THE FINAL PHASE, PERHAPS HAVING LOST THAT LEAVES THAT WOULD RUN A 31 YEAR PHASE AS WELL UNDER THIS PLAN.

NOW THE NUMBERS YOU SEE BELOW THE MAXIMUM GRANT ON 3,975 LOTS WE'VE ESTIMATED, AND THIS IS A CAP.

SO THE WAY THAT THE AGREEMENT WILL WORK IS YOU'LL HAVE A DURATION AND A MAXIMUM, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST WILL BE THE END.

SO IF YOU REACH THE MAXIMUM BEFORE THE DURATION, THEN THAT WILL END THE, IF YOU REACHED THE DURATION AND THE MONEY HADN'T BEEN BEEN CAPTURED, THEN IT ENDS ANYWAY.

SO IT WILL BE A MAXIMUM OR DURATION.

WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.

AND THE LAST PAGE IS OUR BUILD-OUT SLIDE ON THE PROJECT.

AND THIS IS OUR 3,975 LOTS.

AND THESE ARE THE AVERAGE HOME PROCESS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED THAT WE'VE ESTIMATED, AND THIS IS CALLED A LINEAR EVALUATION.

MEANING THE HOME PRICES ARE NOT GOING UP EVERY YEAR.

IF YOU WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS IN A GROWTH SCENARIO, YOU'D SAY MAYBE 2% GROWTH ANNUALLY, AND THAT WILL PROVIDE A LARGER NUMBER, BUT WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE HERE IN ESTIMATING A BILLION DOLLAR BUILD OUT FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND THE LAST SLIDE IS WHAT WE CALL THE TAX STACK.

THIS IS THE TAX EQUIVALENT.

WHEN SOMEONE LOOKS AT THEIR, UH, TAX STATEMENT, THEY'RE PAYING AN EFFECTIVE $3 AND 9 CENTS PER HUNDRED IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS PROJECT.

AND THAT TAX STACK IS COMPARABLE OR LESS THAN MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING IN THE KAUFMAN COUNTY AREA, THE METRIC IN THE DALLAS COUNTY AREA, IT GOES ANYWHERE FROM $2 AND 28 CENTS UP TO $3 AND 30 CENTS, SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE, AS FAR AS YOUR TOTAL EQUIVALENTS, AND DEPENDS ON WHERE WE'RE BUILDING, ABOUT HOW HIGH WE CAN HAVE THOSE THINGS.

IF THIS TAX

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IF THEY WERE HAVING A HARD TIME SELLING LOTS, THEY COULD CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

AND WE HAVEN'T EVER HAD TO DO THAT.

BUT THAT OPTION IS THERE WITH THIS TYPE OF APPROACH.

WHEREAS IN A TAX DISTRICT, THE TAX HAS TO BE IMPOSED TO THE LEVEL TO SATISFY THE BOND DEBT, NO MATTER WHAT.

SO IT'S AN UNLIMITED TAX PLEDGE.

YOUR TAXES COULD GO UP IN A MUD DISTRICT.

IF THE VALUES WENT DOWN, TAXES WOULD HAVE TO GO UP AND PAY THE DEBT WITH AN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT.

THE NUMBERS NEVER CHANGE.

SO THAT PERSON THAT BOUGHT THE HOUSE AT 200 MAIN STREET IS LEVY OF ASSESSMENT, 20,500 OR WHATEVER THE STATED AMOUNT IS THAT CAN NEVER GO UP.

BUT WITH A MUD DISTRICT, THE TAXES CAN GO UP.

IF THE REVENUES ARE NOT THERE TO MEET THE DEBT OBLIGATION, WELL, I'M THE MAN IN THE MUD DISTRICT.

THEY CAN RAPE, THEY CAN REDO ANOTHER BOMB, RIGHT? YES, YOU CAN, YOU CAN REFILL, YOU CAN REFINANCE.

AND THEN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT, HE CAN'T KNOW THE DEVELOPERS YOU'RE SET.

YES.

SO AT THE END OF THE 31 YEARS, THEY'RE TACKED RIGHT.

GOES WHITE FOR THAT.

IT SAYS THE DISTRICT.

YES.

AND THEN THEY JUST HAVE THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TAX, CORRECT.

OR WHATEVER'S BEEN ADDED WELL, YEAH.

YEAH.

I UNDERSTAND.

OKAY.

YEAH.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

THANK Y'ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO I GUESS THE PLAN GOING FORWARD, WE WON'T, UH, I WON'T, UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS A MOTION, WE WILL WE'LL PASS ON ANY CONSIDERATION OF THAT.

WE'LL PASS ON ANY CONSIDERATION OF THAT.

AND, UM, WE'LL SEE THAT ONCE THE CONTRACT TO INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT LANGUAGE IS WORKED OUT WITH, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

YES, SIR.

WE JUST ASK IF THE CITY HAS, IF THE CITY HAS, UH, ANYTHING TO ADD OR MORNING, UH, THE CITY'S EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

WE ARE, UH, PERSONALLY FOR TWO, TWO REASONS FOR ME, UH, THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT WILL COME INTO THE CITY.

WE ACTUALLY VOTED LAST NIGHT TO ACCEPT THE, UH, PETITION FOR ANNEXATION.

UM, YEAH, THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE IN A CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CRANDALL.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN OUR CITY LIMITS.

UH, WE'RE EXCITED THAT IT WILL BE.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PART, THERE'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR AT ALL WITH CRANDALL, WE HAVE, FOR YEARS STRUGGLED TO FIND ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF WATER ARE LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY ON THAT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, I THINK HAS COST US SOME OPPORTUNITIES.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING TO A POINT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF HOUSES, UM, BUT, UH, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THAT'LL BE PART OF THIS PROJECT ON THAT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, AS WE GROW, THAT WILL BE, UH, VERY NECESSARY AND WILL GIVE US SOME LEVERAGE.

I THINK, AS WE GO FORWARD, UH, ON FUTURE PROJECTS, KNOWING THAT THAT'S IN PLACE, WE'RE NOT STRUGGLING TO GET CAUGHT UP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, WE ARE, UH, AS, AS WAS MENTIONED, UH, SEEING SOME THINGS MOVE FORWARD THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO, UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.