Feb 08, 2022 Commissioners Court

IS ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

WELL, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.

OF COURSE.

SO FIRST THE FIRST ITEM UP

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY MONEY, ANYTHING THAT YOU GOT ON YOUR MIND.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A CLEANUP, EVEN THOUGH THE ASS WENT ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT CLEANUP WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE ICE AND SNOW, WE STILL HAD.

THEY OPENED UP HOME SATURDAY STILL, WHICH KIND OF SURPRISING, BUT ANYWAY, UM, SO ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT, SO ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE, CONSENT AGENDA.

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

UM, WE HAVE THE MEETINGS AND LAST WEEK AS THEY MIGHT HAVE IN DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THEM.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. MARVIN.

WE ALL SAY, COME SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT ALL IN FAVOR.

THREE, WHICH IS FREEZING NICHOLS RESENT MY PRESENTATION BY FREESE AND NICHOLS, UH, FOR THE UPDATES ON THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR ENGINEER MARK ARE Y'ALL DOING TODAY.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO NUMBER

[3. Freese and Nichols; Presentation by Freese and Nichols for updates on the flood infrastructure grant.]

GOOD.

WELL, AS YOU KNOW, THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND GRANT GOT AWARDED TO US A WHILE AGO AND, UH, DIVVIED WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS IS HERE TO PROVIDE A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.

UM, AS AL MIGHT KNOW THE FREAKS AND NICHOLS KIND OF GOING TO BE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT, WE'LL BE GATHERING ALL THE DATA AND DOING THE REVIEWS AND PROPOSING SOLUTIONS TO CERTAIN ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR COUNTY.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL LET THEM TAKE OVER.

SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS AND I'M GOING TO BE THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT.

UM, TODAY WITH ME MR. JOHNSON, HE'S GOING TO BE OUR SENIOR ADVISOR.

UM, HE BRINGS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.

SO IT'S A GREAT, UM, ALWAYS GREAT TO WORK WITH CHRIS.

UM, AND TODAY WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO TODAY IS KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT ITSELF, THE SCOPE, WHAT IS IT THAT WE INTEND TO DO? UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT IS THE CONNECTION OF THIS PROJECT WITH THE STATE FLOOD PLAN AND HOW THE FUNDING OF PROJECTS WILL WORK TOGETHER, UH, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THESE PROCESS.

SO IT'S KIND OF A TWO, TWO SET OF GOALS THAT I WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND TODAY, THE SCOPE ITSELF AND THAT CONNECTIVITY WITH THE STATE FLOOD PLAN.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, IF WE JUST LOOK AT THE VERY, UM, DIRECTLY THE SCOPE OF THE, OF THE JOB THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TWO, THEY WERE GOING TO PRESENT A RECOMMENDED VISION AND A SET OF GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT IS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THEM.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO TELL ME IF YOU AGREE, IF THAT'S THE VISION THAT YOU WANT TO PURSUE WITH THIS PROJECT AND THE GOALS.

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SO WE'LL PRESENT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN AT THE END, WE CAN LOOK AT THEM TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT MORE CAREFULLY AFTER I EXPLAINED THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

AND YOU CAN GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK.

SO THIS, THIS PROCESS STARTED WHEN WE WENT OUT AND STARTED IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES ACROSS THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT AND FLOODING RISKS.

UM, THE MAP THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS SOMETHING THAT WE GENERATED, UM, TOGETHER, BECAUSE YOU PROVIDED A LOT OF THOSE RED PINS THAT ARE UP THERE IN THE SCREEN SHOWING LOCATIONS OF, OF KNOWN FLOOD RISK WITHIN THE COUNTY.

SO THOSE, UM, ALL THOSE THINGS WERE INCLUDED IN THIS MAP THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AS PART OF THE APPLICATION, UM, JUST TO SHOW THAT THERE IS A WIDESPREAD FLOODING RISK ACROSS THE COUNTY, ACROSS THE COUNTY.

UM, THOSE AREAS IN RED AND ORANGE ARE KIND OF THE AREAS WHERE MOST OF THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE COUNTY ARE CURRENTLY AT RISK OF FLOODING ON UNDER THE REGULATORY FEMA 100 YEAR FLOOD EVENT.

SO IT'S ANOTHER INDICATION THAT THERE'S WIDESPREAD, UM, RISK OF FLOODING, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTY.

SO OF COURSE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A MAP LIKE THIS, IT'S KIND OF TELLS YOU, WELL, UM, THE ISSUE IS WIDESPREAD.

WE ALSO NEED SOME COUNTY-WIDE MITIGATION SOLUTIONS AND THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO THAT KIND OF PROJECT AT A COUNTY SCALE, RIGHT? SO WE NEEDED FUNDING FOR THAT.

SO WHAT THE COUNTY DID IS THAT THEY VERY PROACTIVELY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THE STATE GENERATED AS A NEW SOURCE OF FUNDING.

IT'S CALLED A FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.

THE F I F YOU'LL HEAR THAT A LOT.

AND THAT IS MANAGED BY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, THE FUNDS.

SO THEY, WHAT THE STATE DID IS THAT THEY PUT AHEAD A, BASICALLY A POT OF MONEY AVAILABLE FOR EVERY ENTITY WITHIN THE STATE TO INITIATE EFFORTS, TO REDUCE FLOOD RISK.

KIND OF, I SAY A PREAMBLE TO THE STATE FLOOD PLAN THAT OF COURSE WOULD TAKE A LOT MORE TIME TO DEVELOP SO THAT MONEY WAS MADE AVAILABLE.

THE COUNTY TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY AND TOOK THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND APPLIED FOR A, A STUDY, RIGHT? AND THAT, THAT STUDY WAS APPROVED IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR.

THAT'S WHEN THE FUNDS WERE COMMITTED TO THE COUNTY, UM, IS THE $240,000 PROJECT WHERE THE BOARD IS FUNDING A PORTION OF IT AS A GRANT OF 180,000, AND THEN THE LOCAL SHARE OF 60,000.

SO THAT'S KIND OF, UM, YOU SEE, IT WAS BACK IN APRIL AND HERE WE ARE IN FEBRUARY OF 22.

SO PAPERWORK DOES TAKE TIME WITH THE BOARD AND THERE'S A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MEET, BUT, YOU KNOW, HERE WE GO.

AND WE ALREADY HAD A MEETING WITH THEM WITH THEIR PM AND GOT GOING.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

UM, VERY SIMPLE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT IS JUST LIKE HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC EXERCISES AND MODEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE COUNTYWIDE TO STUDY DRAINAGE PATTERNS IN THE COUNTY AND IDENTIFY ISSUES WITHIN THE COUNTY.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT PART OF THE TECHNICAL MODELING ASPECT, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK INTO THE STORM WATER POLICIES AND DESIGN CRITERIA THAT YOU GUYS HAVE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE CHEAPEST WAYS TO REDUCE FLOODING IS TO LOOK AT THOSE POLICIES, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE UPDATED, THAT THEY ARE NOT.

UM, UM, IN CONTRAST TO OTHER LOCATIONS THAT THERE ARE TWO BURDENS.

SOME, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO LOOK AT IN, IN THAT ASPECT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE SCOPE TO LOOK INTO THOSE AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.

ALSO, THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED, UM, THIS GRAPHIC IS JUST TO SHOW YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THE F I F FUNDS WERE DISTRIBUTED.

UM, THERE ARE 117 COMMITMENTS FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UM, THE RED DOTS OR THE CATEGORY ONE PROJECTS AS THE ONE FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.

SO THOSE ARE THE STUDY TYPES.

THEN THE BLUE ONES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MORE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

SO YOU SEE ACROSS THE STATE, THERE ARE SEVERAL ALREADY, UM, GOING ON AT THIS TIME.

UM, THERE IS THE IMPORTANT PART OF THIS GRAPHIC OF THAT.

THIS WILL BECOME THE CONSISTENT SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS IN THE STATE, MOVING FORWARD.

NOW THESE 117 WORK PROJECTS THAT WERE COMMITTED WITHOUT BEING IN THE STATE FLOOD PLAN, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST YET, BUT ONCE IT DOES PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE STATE FLOOD PLANS, OR THE ONLY ONES THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.

SO IF WE DON'T GET OUR PROJECTS IN THAT PLAN, WE CANNOT GET FUNDING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER.

IS THE INTENT OF THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WITH THIS TYPE OF CATEGORY ONE GRANTS, THESE TYPE OF STUDIES THAT I'M EXPLAINING HERE TODAY? THE IDEA THAT THEY HAVE IS TO ENSURE THAT THESE STUDIES BASICALLY GENERATE WHAT THEY'RE CALLING FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS FMPS IS THE TERMINOLOGY THEY USE FOR THE STATE FLOOD PLAN.

SO WHAT

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AND THE IDEA IS THAT YOU STUDY YOUR PROBLEM AREAS AND GENERATE ENOUGH INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO INCLUDE AN FMP AND FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT IN THE STATE FLOOD PLAN.

OTHERWISE IT IS SIMPLY A STUDY AND YOU DON'T GET TO THAT LEVEL OF SUBMITTING A PROJECT AND REQUEST FUNDING FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

YOU CAN REQUEST STUDIES AND THAT'S FINE.

AND I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT LATER.

UM, BUT THE IDEA OF THIS STUDY IS TO GENERATE IN THIS CASE, AT LEAST SIX PROJECTS THAT WE CAN SUBMIT TO THE STATE FLOOD PLAN AND MAKE IT ELIGIBLE FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING IN THE FIRST CYCLE OF THE PLANT.

SO HERE'S WHERE I WANTED TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR FIS STUDY AND THE STATE FLOOD PLAN.

SO KAUFMAN COUNTY HERE IN THE MAP IS WITHIN THE TRINITY, UM, WATERSHED, RIGHT? SO THE TRINITY HAS A REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING GROUP THERE.

THIS IS, UM, REGION THREE OUT OF THE 15 IN THE STATE.

SO THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE GENERATED BY THIS STUDY WOULD FIRST GO TO WHAT IT'S CALLED THE TRINITY REGIONAL FLOOD PLAN.

THIS PLANNING GROUP BASICALLY RECOMMENDS PROJECTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REGIONAL PLAN.

AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF SUBMITTING THOSE REGIONAL PLANS IN JANUARY OF 23, THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WILL PUT ALL OF THEM TOGETHER, ALL 15 REGIONAL PLANS INTO ONE STATE PLAN.

AND ALL OF THAT WILL BECOME THIS, THE, THE FLOOD PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE STATE AND THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WILL PRIORITIZE THOSE PROJECTS BASED ON CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT IS NOT CLEAR YET HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO.

WE HAVE AN IDEA AND WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO PRIORITIZE FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS.

UM, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR YET, BUT THEY WILL DO THAT, RIGHT.

AND THEY'LL GENERATE THE ONE LIST FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IN PRIORITY OF ALL THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE STATE.

AND THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ASSIGN FUNDING, WHICH AGAIN IS SUPPORTED BY THIS FIFF, UM, FUN SOUND.

SO WE NEED TO ABIDE BY THOSE RULES THAT ARE SET BY THE LEGISLATURE, ESSENTIALLY.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE CONNECTION.

NOW, ONE, ONE IMPORTANT THING THAT I WANTED TO SHOW IS WE IN FREESE AND NICHOLS, WE ARE PART OF THE REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING GROUP AS THE TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS.

SO I'M ALSO THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THAT PROJECT.

SO WE'RE INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF THE REGIONAL AND STATE FLOOD PLANS.

SO THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THIS PROJECT THAT I BASICALLY, WHATEVER PROJECTS WE GENERATE WITH THIS ONE, I'M GOING TO BE THE ONE TYPING THE MEAN IN THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET AND PUTTING THEM IN THE REGIONAL FLOOD PLAN.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONNECTED THERE.

SO THAT'S AN ADVANTAGE THAT WE HAVE.

AND I WANTED TO SHOW THIS JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS, UM, THURSDAY IS THE NEXT MEETING FOR THIS GROUP AT TWO 30, IT'S A VIRTUAL MEETING.

SO IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN KIND OF LISTENING AND GET AN IDEA OF HOW THE PROCESS IS GOING, WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED? THAT'S THE NEXT MEETING ON THURSDAY AND THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY ON THE 17TH.

THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE TRINITY PLANNING GROUP TO JUST AN INVITATION FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS.

THAT ALL OVER OR OF INTEREST, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR THE FUNDING TO PERFORM A FULL ANALYSIS.

SO THAT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN STATE FLOOD PLAN AND THE FIS STUDY.

NOW, WHAT WE WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY IS THIS POTENTIAL VISION FOR THIS PROJECT IS TO LEVERAGE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS CURRENT AND FUTURE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AT A COUNTY SCALE, WITH FUNDING SUPPORT, FROM THE STATE SIMPLE VISION STATEMENT WE WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU, WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT, CHANGE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.

AND IN TERMS OF GOALS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOUR PRIMARY GOALS.

FIRST OF ALL, IS IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS OF GREATEST FLOOD RISK WITHIN THE COUNTY.

THEN PERFORM DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THOSE ARE THE MOST CRITICAL AREAS AND DEVELOP THOSE MITIGATION PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BECOME CANDIDATES FOR, UM, UM, BEING IN THIS STATE FLOOD PLAN.

WE ALSO, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE FOCUS AND DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN, CAN'T ALSO INCLUDE STUDIES.

WE FIND SOME LOCATIONS

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WE CAN STILL SUBMIT THEM AS STUDIES AND THEN FOR THE NEXT CYCLE, FOR THE SECOND CYCLE, THEY COULD BECOME PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S ALSO PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S POSITIONED THE COUNTY FOR STATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK.

THAT'S BEEN SET UP BY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, ALL THE RULES AND REQUIREMENTS.

WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL OF THAT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS WILL BE PART OF THE STATE FLOOD PLAN AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE, UM, FUNDED.

SO VERY BRIEFLY IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THE PROJECT, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SOME COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION SESSIONS.

SO TODAY IS THE FIRST ONE WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE VISION AND THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT.

THAT'S THE FIRST ONE, THERE'S A SECOND ONE THAT WE'RE CALLING A STRATEGY WORKSHOP, WHERE ESSENTIALLY WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO, UM, WORK WITH THE COUNTY STAFF AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, UNDERGROUND EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OUT THERE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND ESSENTIALLY START IDENTIFYING THOSE CRITICAL AREAS BECAUSE ALL OF THAT WILL KIND OF TRANSLATE INTO THE SECOND STEP, WHICH IS THE DATA COLLECTION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA START ASKING YOU FOR A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF DETAIL DATA, PREVIOUS STUDIES THOROUGH FOR MASTER PLANS.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A TWO DAY SITE VISIT WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT THERE AND KIND OF DOCUMENT THOSE AREAS OF CONCERN AND START, YOU KNOW, HAVING A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVING US A CHANCE TO OBSERVE, TAKE PICTURES, YOU KNOW, TAKE NOTES AND JUST, JUST BE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S UPCOMING.

THEN THE THIRD ITEM ON THIS GRAPHIC IS WHAT I WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE STORMWATER POLICY AND DESIGN CRITERIA.

UM, THIS IS KIND OF A SEPARATE EXERCISE, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

KNOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THOSE POLICIES WITH YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO IDENTIFY CONCERNS THAT EFFICIENCIES, INCONSISTENCIES, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY WATER, THE THINGS THAT ARE COSTING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HEADACHE WITH THE POLICIES, OR PERHAPS YOU FEEL YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TEETH IN THOSE POLICIES TO REGULATE DEVELOPMENT.

SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND DISCUSS, AND WE'LL COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UPDATING THE POLICIES AS NEEDED.

IMPACT THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, WITH OF COURSE, A TECHNICAL REPORT.

SO THE NEXT TWO STEPS IS WHERE WE GET MORE TECHNICAL, UM, ESSENTIALLY A SCREENING ASSESSMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A, A MODEL THAT IS GOING TO BE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

OF COURSE, THAT'S GOING TO BE AT A HIGHER LEVEL.

AND THE IDEA THERE IS TO START IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS OF GREATEST NEED OR, OR HIGHEST FLOODING RISK.

SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR FIRST STEP SCREENING LEVEL.

AND OUT OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY SIX CRITICAL AREAS.

AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEFINE THOSE? WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.

UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR REGIONAL TYPE PROJECTS.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS THAT WILL HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON A LOT OF PROPERTIES, UM, BECAUSE WE EXPECT THAT THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO GET THE HIGHEST SCORES WHEN IT GOES TO THE STATE CLUB PLAN, IT'S ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GENERATED OUT OF THESE PROJECTS.

SO THESE ARE NOT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SMALL, YOU KNOW, MINOR THINGS, REPAIRS.

IT'S REALLY NOT THAT THAT'S NOT THE VISION OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT WE CAN ADD LOTS OF SMALL PROJECTS TOGETHER AND CREATE WHAT IS CALLED A FLOOD MITIGATION STRATEGY.

AND THEN ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER CAN BE SUBMITTED AS ONE STRATEGY.

AND THAT'S ALSO A VALID REQUEST TO, TO THE STATE FLOOD PLAN.

SO THERE, THOSE ARE THE TWO KIND OF WAYS OF DOING THIS.

UM, BUT WE'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT ARE THOSE CRITICAL AREAS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THOSE ARE AREAS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT, THEN THOSE WILL HAVE A LOT MORE CHANCE OF GETTING HIGHER SCORES, YOU KNOW, MAJOR ROADWAYS THAT NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, A BRIDGE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT NEEDS TO BE RAISED THAT IT'S AN EMERGENCY ROUTE, OR THERE'S A HIGH VOLUME OF TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THERE EVERY DAY.

ALL THAT IS IT'S PART OF, OF THE SCORING SYSTEM EVENTUALLY.

AND SO WE NEED TO KIND OF LOOK FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE LARGER SCALE.

AND FOR THOSE SIX, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON CREATE THESE TARGETED EVALUATIONS, THIS TARGETED ANALYSIS, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT THEM AS PROJECTS WOULD GENERATE TWO ALTERNATIVES PER SITE.

AND THEN, UM, OUT OF THOSE TOOLS, SELECT OF COURSE THE ONE THAT HAS THE GREATEST

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AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC OUTREACH COMPONENT.

THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU, HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

UH, WE HAVE SET UP, UM, IN THE SCOPE TO PREPARE A WEBSITE FOR THE PROJECT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT ARE SCOPED UNDER THIS PROJECT.

HOW, WHEN AND WHERE THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL WORK TOGETHER AND TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT.

UM, BUT KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, FUNDS TO PERFORM THOSE ACTIVITIES.

UM, VERY QUICKLY.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE SCREENING ASSESSMENT FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE OUT OF THAT EFFORT, WE EXPECT THAT WE CAN GENERATE WHAT ARE CALLED FLOOD MANAGEMENT EVALUATIONS.

SO THESE ARE THE STUDIES ESSENTIALLY THAT CAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE FLOOD PLAN.

THESE ARE AREAS THAT THESE ARE NOT THE SIX CRITICAL AREAS THAT WE'LL GO INTO DETAIL, BUT IF WE'RE STUDYING THE ENTIRE COUNTY, I WOULD EXPECT TO FIND A LOT OF PLACES WITH ISSUES, RIGHT? IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT TO THE TOP SIX, WE CAN STILL SUBMIT THOSE AS STUDIES AND REQUEST FUNDING FOR FURTHER STUDIES IN THE NEXT CYCLE AND KIND OF POSITION YOURSELF AGAIN FOR A POTENTIAL PROJECT LATER ON.

SO THAT'S THE IDEA OF THE FLOOD MANAGEMENT EVALUATIONS, THE FMS, YOU DON'T NEED A LOT OF DETAIL.

YOU JUST NEED TO IDENTIFY A PROBLEM, KIND OF ASSIGN A, A, A PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATE TO THAT STUDY.

AND YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT TO THE PLAN, UM, FOR FUNDING.

SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE EASIEST ONES THAT WE CAN SUBMIT.

NOW, MOVING TO THE NEXT ONE, TARGETED ANALYSIS, THESE ARE MORE DIFFICULT, AND THESE ARE THE FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS FOR THESE, WE NEED THE EXACT, THE EXACT SAME SET OF VARIABLES THAT WE NEED TO SUBMIT TO THE BOARD.

BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WE NEED TO CALCULATE REDUCTION IN FLOOD RISK AS A FUNCTION OF THE PROJECT.

WHAT ARE WE ACHIEVING WITH THAT PROJECT IN TERMS OF REDUCING FLOOD RISKS? SO THAT NEEDS TO BE CALCULATED.

WE ALSO NEED TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO ANY SURROUNDING PROPERTIES UPSTREAM, DOWNSTREAM.

THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE CERTIFIED BY AN ENGINEER THAT THESE PROJECTS WILL NOT COST ADVERSE IMPACTS TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.

AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO DO A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS JUST TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, HOW GOOD OF A PROJECT IT IS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, COMPARING COST VERSUS BENEFITS.

SO ALL OF THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE BOARD AND ALL OF THAT REQUIRES MOTHERING.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING FOR THOSE SIX LOCATIONS.

SO WHEN WE COMPLETE THIS STUDY, HERE ARE THE TWO MAIN TANGIBLE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THE STUDY.

NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE FUTURE STUDIES.

THOSE SMES THAT I WAS MENTIONING AND PROJECTS THAT ALL MADE THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD REQUIREMENTS FOR INCLUSION IN THE STATE FLOOD PLAN AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNK.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN OUTCOME OF THIS STUDY.

AND THEN ALSO THE SECOND ONE IS TO UPDATE THOSE STORM DRAIN POLICIES AND DESIGN STANDARDS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER MANAGE GROWTH AND PROTECT RESIDENTS.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO TANGIBLE OUTCOMES.

NOW I CANNOT COME HERE AND TELL YOU THAT ALL YOUR PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE FLOOD PLAN.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO GENERATE ALL THE INFORMATION AND THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT WOULD SCORE HIGH WHEN THEY COME AND DO THEIR PRIORITY.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE GOING TO BE SUBMITTED.

SO THAT'S ALSO, I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE BOARD IS BEGGING FOR PROJECTS.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH AT THIS POINT.

I KNOW IN THE REGION ONE FOR THE CANADIAN RIVER BASING THERE'S ABOUT 30 PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING SUBMITTED.

THE TRAINING THE ONLY HAS ABOUT 30.

SO IMAGINE THE ENTIRE TRINITY BASING ONLY HAS 30 PROJECTS AS OF TODAY FROM TOP TO THE BOTTOM.

IS NOT GOING TO BE THAT FIERCE, RIGHT? THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT MANY.

SO THE BOARD IS SAYING, HEY, THAT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH.

WE KNOW THERE'S MORE OUT THERE THAN IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

SO THERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING EVEN MORE MONEY INTO THE, UH, REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING PROCESS.

AND THERE ARE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON AFTER AUGUST, WHEN WE SUBMIT THE DRAFT PLAN TO HELP COMMUNITIES AND WHAT THEY CALL SPONSORS TO SUBMIT MORE PROJECTS.

SO IF WE CAN GENERATE THIS PROJECT AND SUBMIT THEM IN THIS FIRST CYCLE, YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY GETTING A HEAD START.

YOU'RE GETTING A HIGHER CHANCE OF GETTING FUNDING SIMPLY BECAUSE YOUR COMPETITION

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SO THAT'S AN ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROCESS.

UM, HERE'S A GENERAL SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECT.

WE'RE STARTING NOW, FEBRUARY.

WE'RE JUMPING TO DATA COLLECTION RIGHT AWAY.

AND AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO TASKS IN PARALLEL, WE'LL WORK WITH THE POLICIES AND THEN START DOING THAT SCREENING ANALYSIS.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THOSE TESTS TWO THROUGH FIVE.

THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, WE'LL FOCUS ON THE TARGETED ANALYSIS FOR THOSE SIX CRITICAL SITES.

UM, ALONG THE WAY, WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC OUTREACH, OF COURSE, AT DIFFERENT POINTS DURING THE PROJECT AND THE TECHNICAL REPORT AT THE END OF THE PROCESS.

NOW, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE SCHEDULE.

NUMBER ONE, IS THAT THE DRAFT REGIONAL PLANS OR DUE AUGUST 1ST OF THIS YEAR, SO, WELL, WHAT I'M PLANNING ON DOING IS COMPLETING THE SCREENING ANALYSIS SO THAT WE CAN GET A CHANCE TO SUBMIT ANY STUDY THAT WE FIND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT AND THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE.

WE CAN DO THAT EVEN FROM THE DRAFT PLAN.

SO IT, IT IT'S THERE IN THE PLAN, RIGHT THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE UNTIL JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR TO COMPLETE TESTS, SIX, THE TARGETED ANALYSIS.

AND IF WE DO THAT, THEN WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO SUBMIT THE PRODUCT IN THAT PLAN.

AND THAT BASICALLY IS A DAY THAT WILL NOT MOVE THOSE DATES ARE SET BY THE LEGISLATURE.

SO WE NEED TO MEET THOSE DEADLINES AND WE NEED TO BE READY.

SO THAT'S WHY THIS SCHEDULE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MEET THESE DEADLINES BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'LL JUST MISS OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO ALMOST FINISHING HERE, UM, WHAT WE CONSIDER THE KEYS TO SUCCESS TO THIS STUDY, OF COURSE, WE WILL NEED A STRONG COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND I NEED THAT.

I NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND, AND YOU CAN HELP ME KIND OF FOCUS ON WHERE WE NEED TO, UM, DO OUR EFFORTS.

UM, THEN WE NEED TO BE STRATEGIC WHEN WE SELECT THOSE CRITICAL AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE TARGETED ANALYSIS.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE AREAS WHERE THE MOST WIDESPREAD IMPACTS OR FOUND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA DRIVE THE BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

AND THE OVERALL SCORING WILL BE DRIVEN A LOT BY HOW MANY STRUCTURES ARE BEING IMPACTED.

UM, WHAT'S THE REDUCTION IN FLOOD RISK.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CHOOSE LOCATIONS AND PROJECTS THAT WHEN WE ANALYZE ALL THESE FACTORS ARE GONNA COME UP HIGH IN THE RANKINGS, RIGHT? UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, MEANING PROJECT MILESTONE DATES IS CRITICAL FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND THEN CORY, THE NATION FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH IS SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY I NEED YOUR HELP.

I NEED YOUR INPUT.

I WANNA, UM, BE SURE I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT ASPECT OF THE PROJECT.

AND THAT'S A KEY ELEMENT.

THAT ROADWAY IS CLOSE BECAUSE IT'S FLOODED AND THAT CAUSES HARDSHIP TO RESIDENTS AND TO BUSINESSES AND TO ALL OF US.

SO GOING BACK TO VISIONS, VISION AND GOALS, UM, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PRESENTED EARLIER, AND NOW THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT IN MORE DETAIL, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT OUT.

WELL, I THINK HE DID A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION HERE.

I THINK WE CAN SEE THE DEADLINE REALLY CLEAR AND YOU BROUGHT UP AND YOU KEPT MENTIONING THE WORD PROPERTIES.

WELL, WHEN YOU MENTIONED PROPERTIES, IF YOU, IF YOU INCLUDE HOUSES AND PEOPLE ON THE PROPERTIES AND IT'S EVEN A GREATER, SO, I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THAT.

AND WHEN YOU COME IN THE BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS, THEN I GET A HIGHER PRIORITY.

I MEAN, DOES THAT, DOES THAT, DOES THAT IT, DOES IT MOVE IT UP? YEAH.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE PRIORITY SYSTEM IS GOING TO WORK.

WE JUST KNOW THAT THEY WILL CONSIDER ALL OF THAT AS CRITERIA AND ALL TO, TO THE SCORING OF THIS PROJECTS.

UM, NORMALLY WHEN YOU DO A BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS FOR A ROADWAY PROJECT, THEY TEND TO SCORE HIGH.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A HIGH TRAFFIC COUNT, IF IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS USED FOR EMERGENCY, UM, ROUTES OR EMERGENCY EVACUATION.

UM, SO IT'S, WE'RE GOING TO NEED INFORMATION ALSO FOR THAT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT'S CRITICAL IS, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TRAFFIC COUNTS? DO WE HAVE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION? I DON'T KNOW, FOUR MAJOR ROADS IN THE COUNTY.

UM, CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS LOSS OF FUNCTION IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH TIME

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SO ALL THAT STUFF GETS CONSIDERED IN INDIANA.

WE WANT TO BRING THEM IN AND, AND BE SURE THAT, UH, WE HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE FLOODING ISSUES AND, AND, UM, REALLY THE IMPACT OF STORM WATER RUNOFF FOR THEIR LITTLE CITIES.

JUST TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THAT, IF YOU KEEP IN MIND THAT WHAT THE STATE IS ULTIMATELY REALLY LOOKING FOR IS PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY PROPERTY.

SO THINK IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGES, UM, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DAMAGES AND, UM, LIKE SAFETY, CULTURAL DAMAGES AGRICULTURE.

AND SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING WHAT THE, HOW THEY'LL WAIT, ALL THAT IS NOT FULLY DEFINED, BUT IF WE KEEP ALL THOSE THINGS IN MIND AND WE IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, THAT'LL GIVE US A CHANCE FOR SUCCESS.

WELL, I KNOW THAT LIKE EACH ONE OF US, YOU KNOW, OUR AREAS ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE THAT GETS PRETTY LONELY AND MINE'S A LITTLE HIGHER, BUT GUESS WHAT? I'VE DANCED ME IN, IN NUMBERS OF HOUSES AND PEOPLE AND IN THE MORE DENSITY IT GETS, AND ME AND GARRETT BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT IT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PUTTING IN PROJECTS AND WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER IT.

I HAPPENED TO BE IN DALLAS AT THE DAY.

AND SO THEY FORM THEM AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GET INTO THE FLOOD ISSUE ON IT BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET ALL THESE ROOFTOPS AND ALL THESE HOUSES AND ALL THESE STORM DOORS THAT THEY'VE PUT IN AND IT ALL GETS TO THE SPOT A LOT QUICKER THAN IT USED TO.

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF PROJECT THAT I'M, I'M GETTING MORE INTERESTED IN REALLY QUICK BECAUSE IT WE'RE, WE'RE SUFFERING.

I MEAN, AND WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT WERE SUFFERING PRETTY BAD FROM THE FLOOD, UH, YOU KNOW, MASS WATER COMING IN A HURRY.

UM, AND EVERYBODY SAID, WELL, NEVER IT NEVER RAIN LIKE THIS BEFORE.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO SAY THAT IT'S HARD TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS A GREATER CAPACITY OF RAIN THIS YEAR OR THAT YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THEY GAUGE IT, THEY GAUGE IT 30 MILES AWAY.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE DUG HERE 50 MILES THERE, HOW FAR AWAY IT IS.

SO YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW THE IMPACT OF RAINFALL SOMETIME, BUT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT, PEOPLE IN THE HOUSES, THEY UNDERSTAND IT.

THEY SAY, HEY, I USED TO, DIDN'T HAVE WATER ON MY FLOOR NOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT, THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME A LOT, YOU AND CONCERNS MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PEOPLE THAT I DEAL WITH.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AFTER THEIR BEST INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO THEM AND WHERE IT HAS HAPPENED.

MAYBE THERE'S A CORRECTION WHEN THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S A PROJECT, MAYBE THERE ARE CORRECTIONS THAT WE CAN GRADE, WHICH WAY SHARE HOPE, YOU KNOW, AND WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'LL DEAL WITH GARRETT EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS GOING TO, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO LOAD YOUR WEB PAGE.

I, I ALSO THINK THAT, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS THAT YOU MADE, YOU KNOW, UH, FIRST OF ALL, MY PRECINCT PRECINCT FOUR IS THE LOW LINE PRECINCT IN THIS COUNTY.

EVERYTHING I'D HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT YOUR, AT YOUR MAP, EVERYTHING DRAINS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST, UH, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE A HUGE INCREASE PERCENTAGE-WISE AND STORMWATER RUNOFF AS DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY ACCELERATES.

UH, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, UH, TO BEAR IN MIND, UH, AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF FLOOD MITIGATION REALLY, UH, IS PROBABLY GONNA, GONNA NEED TO IMPACT PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO A LOT OF THAT, A LOT OF THE, UM, THE FLOOD PLAIN FLOWAGE AND THE NATURAL WATERCOURSES ON PRIVATE LAND, WHICH TYPICALLY IS JUST NOT ACCESSIBLE TO, TO, UH, DAY-TO-DAY COUNTY OPERATIONS.

SO IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC GET INVOLVED IN PARTICIPATING IN AND, UH, AND BEING, UH, YOU KNOW, A CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS STUDY.

SO I THINK THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, ARE GOING TO BE REALLY CRITICAL IN MY PRECINCT FOR SURE, BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF AG LAND THAT STANDS IN WATER AND, AND, UH, LIKE IT NEVER HAS BEFORE.

SO THE PUBLIC REALLY NEEDS TO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY THEIR PROBLEMS, BUT TRY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW MITIGATION CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, BE A POSITIVE FACTOR.

RIGHT? THE NEXT THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT, UH, UH, WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT OUR CITIES ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT AS WELL, BECAUSE A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE ISSUES ARE, ARE WITHIN CITY LIMITS.

SO, UH, CERTAINLY WE HAVE SOME BIGGER CITIES IN THE COUNTY, BUT EVEN OUR SMALL COMMUNITIES, OUR SMALL INCORPORATED COMMUNITIES,

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AND THEN, UH, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, YOU ALSO MENTIONED THIS, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO, UH, WE NEED TO TAKE OUT OF THIS STUDY, WHAT SORT OF MODIFICATIONS OR CHANGES, UH, THAT WE NEED TO INCORPORATE IN OUR SUBDIVISION RIGS.

UH, SO THAT, SO THAT WE AREN'T JUST DOING AN INSTANT FIX, BUT THERE WERE ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE'RE BEING STRATEGIC IN OUR THINKING, SO THAT, UM, AS DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHICH SEEMS INEVITABLE IN, IN LARGE PART, AS IT DOES TAKE PLACE THAT WE'RE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSING, UM, THAT THE, THE TOTAL IMPACT, NOT JUST THE IMMEDIATE AREA RUNOFF WHERE THAT DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE.

SO, SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SUBDIVISION REGS, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE INTEGRATED WITH THE FINDINGS OF YOUR STUDY.

SO, UM, UH, I, FOR ONE, I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF THIS.

IT'S CLEARLY A PROBLEM THAT ALREADY EXISTS.

IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE.

IT'S GETTING WORSE IN MY PRECINCT.

UH, EVERY SPRING, EVERY SPRING, WE HAVE CALLS FROM CONCERNED CITIZENS THAT I GOT WATER IN MY FRONT YARD.

I NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE.

AND, UH, AND FREQUENTLY, UH, THE PUBLIC THINKS THAT THAT'S, UH, RELATED TO THE, THE COUNTY ROAD BAR DITCH SYSTEM, BUT IT'S REALLY A MUCH BIGGER, MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM.

SO THE MORE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT WE CAN GET IN THE MORE PUBLIC EDUCATION, BOTH THROUGH YOUR STUDY AND THROUGH THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

SO GOOD PRESENTATION.

I AGREE WITH KEN ON THAT AND LUCK, LIKEWISE, IN MY PRECINCT, BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE'VE HAD OR COMPLAINTS WHERE YOU SAVE, OR FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE UPSTREAM.

WE FOLKS THAT HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS LONGER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE GETTING WATER THAT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT AS, YOU KNOW, OUR DEVELOPERS, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? THEY'RE MOVING DIRT AROUND AND THEY'RE CHANGING WATERFLOW.

AND THERE'S SOME, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER THAT.

SOMETHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.

UH, CAUSE I'VE, I'VE GOT ONE PARTICULAR COUNTY ROAD IN MY PRECINCT THAT IT'S HAD FLOOD GATES FOR YEARS.

AND I'VE SEEN THEM USED A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT HERE LATELY, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT EVERY TIME WE GET A RAIN, THEY HAVE TO PUT THEM UP BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF THEM.

IT'S PUSHING WATER ON THEM.

SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, I THINK.

THAT, AND I'D LIKE TO SAY, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID UP HERE, BUT I GUESS THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY IS DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR ROAD SUPERVISORS AT THE GROUND ZERO.

THEY'RE THE ONES YOU DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN GETTING DATA AND LOOKING AT MAPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SPEND TIME WITH THE PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH IT EVERY TIME A STORM COMES IN AND THEY CAN TELL YOU EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTY THAT WE HAVE PROBLEMS. PERFECT.

YES.

I MEAN, START AT THE BOTTOM AND THEN KIND OF WORK YOUR WAY UP YOUR DATA.

IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T START PUSHING DRUGS WITHOUT DOING CPR.

FORGET ABOUT DOING CPR.

SO YOU GET THE BICYCLE.

SO, UH, CIRCLING THE YES.

KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP THIS AS A DESKTOP ANALYSIS ONLY, RIGHT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU GUYS THAT PRODUCE AS A, A RESULT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

I'M TAKING ADVANTAGE OF STATE FUNDING, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A SLOW PROCESS AND WE NEED TO JUMP THROUGH THE HOOPS.

UM, BUT JUST KNOWING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONSISTENT SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR FLOOD MITIGATION, THAT'S NEW IN TEXAS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, YOU WON'T BE FIRST ON THE LIST, IF YOU CAN, AND YOU KNOW, AT 30 PRODUCTS YOU WOULD THINK THAT YOU GET DOWN ON THE BOTTOM END OF THE TRINITY, THEN JUST HAVE 30 PROJECTS DOWN THERE BY THEIR SELF.

YOU WOULD THINK INSTANTLY, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE W WE WANT TO INCLUDE, UH, AT LEAST A CURSORY REVIEW OF OUR LEVY SYSTEM UP AND DOWN THE TRINITY AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS A, UH, IT'S A CONTINUING CONCERN WITH OUR LEVEE DISTRICTS.

AND IT NEEDS TO BE A STATE LEVEL DEAL BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM FROM SOME LEVY DISTRICTS.

UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS STATE FLOOD PLANNING EFFORT, YOU KNOW, IS THE FIRST CYCLE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF WAS TO LEARNING AS WE GO, RIGHT.

THE BOARD IS LEARNING AS THEY GO.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BASED ON THE WATER PLAN, THE WATER PLANTS BEING DONE FOR 45 YEARS.

SO THAT ONE OF COURSE IS VERY MATURE.

THIS IS A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE STILL KIND OF LEARNING AS WE GO.

UM, BUT THE RECOGNITION THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONSISTENT SOURCE OF FUNDING, YOU KNOW, TO START TACKLING ALL THESE ISSUES IS THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF BREAKING GROUND HERE AND,

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I MEAN, WE CAN'T WORK ON IT IN JUST ONE DISTRICT.

IT HAS TO BE, IT HAS TO BE THE WHOLE STATE.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, CAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS YOUNG PEOPLE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE FLOODING.

AND THEN THEY CAME UP WITH RETENTION, DATA TEAMS AND PONDS AND THEY THOUGHT THAT WHEN START LAMINATING AND THEN IT HASN'T HELPED A LOT, YOU KNOW? AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

AND YOU'RE, IT'S LOOKING AT, AND WE'RE WORKING ON BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BUILDING AND REMOVING TREES AND THEY'RE DOING THIS AND THEY'RE SHOVING MORE WATER INTO THE SAME PLACE FASTER.

AND SO I'M, I'M GETTING NERVOUS ABOUT NOT WHERE THEY ARE, BUT I'M GETTING NERVOUS ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY.

ARE THEY GONNA IMPACT THAT ROAD SO BAD THAT, THAT ROAD'S GOING TO GO IN THE WATER EVERY TIME WE, WE HAVE A FLOOD BECAUSE IT'S NEVER GONE UNDERWATER AND I HAVE ONE THAT WOULD HAVE SHUT DOWN NOW THAT I'VE NEVER SHOT DOWN.

SO IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

I MEAN, I CAN EASILY SEE, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL DETENTION AS A POTENTIAL PROJECT.

IF WE CAN FIND A, A, A GOOD SPOT TO DO SOME SORT OF REGIONAL DETENTION THAT CAN ONLY BE BENEFICIAL, IT'S JUST AN IDEA AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT COULD BE ONE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT YOU CAN THINK OF NOW AT THIS SCALE, RIGHT.

THAT YOU LOOK AT AT A COUNTY LEVEL AND, YOU KNOW, IN MIAMI, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE CAUSING THE FASTER RUNOFF, UH, FOR PRECINCT FOUR, YOU KNOW, OR EVEN THREE, IT WAS HELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, CAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, TRINITY RUNS DOWNHILL.

YOU KNOW, AND SO IF THEY'RE BELOW YOU AND THEY'RE SOUTH OF YOU, THEY'RE CATCHING YOUR WATER.

BUT WE'RE TRYING NOT TO ALSO FLOOD THE PEOPLE IN BETWEEN AND ROADWAYS IN BETWEEN AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND IT'S, IT'S GETTING KIND OF TOUCHY.

THEY EVEN BE ABLE TO SLOW IT DOWN FAST ENOUGH OR FIND THE CORRECTION BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

IT'S A GOOD COMBINATION OF EFFORTS LOCALLY AND REGIONAL SCALE.

I KNOW THIS WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO START LOOKING AT IT THAT WAY.

SO WHILE I'M IN THE PRESS, THIS IS A GOOD THING AND IT'S A GOOD START AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

OTHER QUESTIONS? I APPRECIATE IT, CHRIS OFF.

I DON'T KNOW.

UH, SO IS THERE SOMETHING WE NEED TO KNOW? THERE'S NOT ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO ON THIS RIGHT NOW.

I'LL BE WORKING WITH THIS, WORKING WITH GARRETT AND GETTING THEM, GETTING THEM ALL THE PROJECT SET UP AND NO ACCIDENT.

I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, SO, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE AND THEY WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD THANK WELL Y'ALL CAME AND YES, SIR.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE ON THIS JOB.

YES, MY PLEASURE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

I'LL KEEP THEM IN LINE TO, YEAH.

I THINK EVERYTHING WOULD PROBABLY BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

WE'RE GOING TO SWAP FOUR AND FIVE AROUND.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHTY.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO,

[5. Constable Johnson; Discuss/Approve Deputy Xavier J. Jamison to fill a vacant approved full time position with Kaufman County Pet. #2 Constable's Office Contract Patrol for the Travis Ranch Patrol Contract.]

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO FIVE FIRST AND FIVE IS CONSTANT WITH JOHNSON DISCUSSING IMPROVED DEPUTY M EXHIBIT OR DAY JASON DAVISON, UH, FELLA, MACON APPROVED, FULL TIME POSITION IN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND THE PRECINCT TO CUSTOMER'S OFFICE FOR CONTRACT PATROL FOR TRAVIS RANCH.

THAT'S CORRECT.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, THIS POSITION WAS ALREADY ACCEPTED AND APPROVED, UM, THROUGH COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UM, ALONG WITH PURCHASING AND AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

SO NOW WE ARE TRYING TO FILL THAT POSITION, UM, WITH, UH, MR. JAMISON, MR. JAMESON COMES FROM A METHODIST HEALTH, UM, HOSPITAL POLICE DISTRICT, OR HE'S BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

UM, HE'S ACTUALLY A NEW OFFICER AND WORKED HIS WAY UP WITHIN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AS THE ACTING SERGEANT.

SO WE WERE HIGHLY IMPRESSED WITH, UH, IT WAS, UH, MINISTRATIVE ABILITIES.

UM, THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL WITH THIS DEPARTMENT.

OH, WHAT A HERO MOTION.

I'LL MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS, BUT ANYWAY, SO ANYWAY, ALL IN FAVOR.

NO EMOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA AND THE SECOND FROM MR. MASON AND KATE'S RIGHT HERE.

KATE'S NAME AND THEN TRYING TO REMEMBER IT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS GET IT, BUT UH, THEY'VE, YOU KNOW,

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THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND FORTH AND PICK

[4. Constable Johnson; Discuss/Approve the deputation of Xavier J. Jamison as a Deputy Constable with the Kaufman County Pet. #2 Constable's Office.]

UP FOUR POINTS.

AND THIS IS ALSO ONE JOHNSON TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE DEPUTATION I'M EXECUTOR JAMISON.

DEPUTY IN CONSTABLE COMMON COUNTY PRECINCT TWO CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.

SO THIS WOULD BE HIS ACTUAL DEPUTATION TO EMPLOY HIM WITH THE US OFFICE SO WE CAN GET HIM TRIED TO WORK.

I'M GOING TO GET MOTION ALL.

WE HAVE A MOTION WITH COMMISSIONER HUNT.

SECOND, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER AND BARBARA.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

NATHAN COLLINS IS DISCUSSING, APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, JURY CONTRACT.

APPRECIATE IT.

NUMBER SIX,

[6. Nathan Collins; Discuss/Consider approving amendment to the Tyler Technologies Jury contract.]

NO.

DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO GET MORE MONEY OR? UM, NO, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST SMALL LITTLE CHANGES BECAUSE OF 'EM.

SO THIS IS IN REGARDS TO TYLER JURY SOFTWARE THAT Y'ALL, UH, APPROVED BACK IN OCTOBER.

UM, THE TIMELINE HAS KIND OF BEEN PUSHED OUT A LITTLE BIT.

SO THIS IS JUST SPECIFICS ON THE TRANS BACK TRANSACTION-BASED SERVICES.

UM, AND A REMINDER ALL TRANSACTION-BASED SERVICES, UH, FOR WHAT THEY BILL US.

THEY CREDIT US BACK FOR WHAT WE DON'T USE.

SO, UM, THIS IS JUST TO, UH, KIND OF CHANGE SOME OF THE DATES ON THE SUMMONS, DIRECT TYLER JURY MESSAGE SERVICES AND THE ANNUAL SOURCE UPDATE.

WELL, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION EXCEPT JAMES IN THE CONTRACT HERE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA, HAVE A SECOND AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT ALL IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH EMOTIONAL PROGRAM.

ALL RIGHT NOW, NUMBER SEVEN,

[7. Deborah Bonner; Discuss/consider Senate Bill 160 and potential changes to the Annual Road Reports.]

NEVER MAHLER.

I'M SORRY.

AN ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SENATE BILL ONE 60 AND THE POTENTIAL CHANGES IN THE ANNUAL ROAD REPORTS.

GOOD MORNING.

HOW ARE Y'ALL? WE'RE GOOD.

GOOD, GOOD.

SO IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM, ONCE AGAIN, THE SENATE, THE LEGISLATURE MADE A CHANGE.

UM, THIS WAS SENATE BILL ONE 60 AND INCENTIVE BILL ONE 60.

THEY ACTUALLY ELIMINATED SOME SECTIONS OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE, SPECIFICALLY THE SECTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE THAT REQUIRES Y'ALL TO DO AN ANNUAL ROAD REPORT.

SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THAT CHANGE WAS MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE AND TO SUGGEST THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER CONTINUING DOING THOSE ROAD REPORTS, BECAUSE IT PROVIDES THE COUNTY WITH VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION FROM YEAR TO YEAR ON THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS, THE NUMBER OF ROADS, UM, AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

SO WHILE WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUBMIT IT TO THE GRAND JURY BECAUSE THAT'S NO LONGER REQUIRED, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSIDER, UH, CONTINUING THOSE ANNUAL ROAD REPORTS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THOSE RECORDS AND JUST FOLLOW THEM WITH THE CHLORAMINES FOLLOW WITH THE CLERK.

UM, CAN I ASK THE QUESTION? WHAT I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT.

I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A NEED.

WHAT WAS THE INTENT OF THIS LEGISLATION? IS IT TONS OF LEGISLATURE WAS TO CLEAN UP, UM, THE GRANT PROCESS.

IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WHY THEY DECIDED TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT OF THE ROAD REPORTS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AT ALL.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE OTHER YEAH.

EDIT THAT THEY COULD VERY WELL ADD IT BACK NEXT, NEXT SESSION.

ONCE THEY REALIZE WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DID.

STATE ALSO USE SOME OF OUR, OUR COUNTY ROAD MILEAGE IN A STATE REPORT, I GUESS, TO JUSTIFY FUNDING FOR REGIONS.

EVEN THOUGH WE SUBMITTED OUR ROAD REPORTS TOO, AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THE ROAD REPORT BECAUSE LOTS OF PEOPLE READ IT AND, AND IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS A GOOD TOOL TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING NEEDS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT, UH, JUST EDUCATE ME.

I KNOW WE SUBMITTED TO THE GRAND JURY, BUT THEN DIDN'T IT JUST GET FILED AT IT ACTUALLY EVER GO TO THE STATE.

I DID NOT GO TO THE SITE.

IT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE GRAND JURY APPROVED AND FILED, AND THEN THINK THAT IN IT POPULATION BASED TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW BIGGER COUNTIES LIKE DALLAS AND STUFF DON'T FILE IT TO THE GRAND JURY.

SO I GUESS, I GUESS SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, MAYBE THAT WAS PART OF THEIR THINKING TOO, THAT MAYBE IT'S KIND OF EQUAL FOR ALL COUNTIES.

NOT THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DELIBERATE IN IT.

THE GRAND JURY MIGHT BE THAT THEY JUST ACCEPT THEM.

THEY JUST TAKE SYMPTOMS. AND I'M GOING TO PUT MONIQUE ON THE SPOT HERE.

CAUSE I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M RIGHT OR WRONG HERE, BUT I, I THOUGHT THAT THE

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WELL, THAT'S SEPARATE, THAT'S THE ONE THAT GOES AS THEY SEPARATE REPORTS, IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF REPORT.

IT'S THE SAME DATA AND STUFF, BUT IT DOESN'T COME FROM, IT'S NOT THAT I, IN FACT POSTER USED TO DO IT FOR US.

AND UH, I MEAN THE FIRST YEAR I WAS IN OFFICE, I DID IT THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND THEN POSTER TOOK OVER DOING IT.

AND NOW, UM, PROCESS WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS RIGHT HERE.

LIKE YOU DO LIKE YOU DO NOW.

AND WE'LL JUST FILE IT WITH THE CLERK AND THEN WE'LL ALL HAVE A MESSAGE AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

SO I GUESS WE'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT, YES, WE'LL TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND WE'LL CONTINUE DOING OUR ANNUAL ROAD REPORTS AND WE'LL BRING THEM TO THE COURT EACH YEAR AND DISLIKED NORMAL AND ACCEPT THEM AND BE FILED IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE.

AND I'LL MAKE THAT AS A MOTION AND A SECOND AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER.

CAN YOU SAY THAT MAYBE YOU SPELL THAT.

YOU'RE OKAY WITH CAPITALS ANYWAY.

A FAVORITE CHAIR FAVOR SHERIFF PERMIT, PRESENT HIS MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

THANK YOU, SHERIFF REVERSE

[8. Sheriff Beavers; Present/Accept the Sheriffs Office monthly report for the months of November and December 2021.]

SO YEAH, I KIND OF, I THINK I'VE SENT, I'LL LET SEE, I GIVE, GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES.

SOME OF THE STUFF DIDN'T CALCULATE.

UH, SO I GAVE YOU AN UPDATED ONE.

UH, IT WAS REALLY AT THE VERY FIRST OF IT.

SO THE MAIN THING I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IS JUST THE NOVEMBER, UH, CAUSE I'M GOING TO GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN, CAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S BEST FOR HELPS YOU ALL THE BEST.

JUST TO FINANCE REPORT IN NOVEMBER, WE BROUGHT IN 51,000 6, 15 38 THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AND IN DECEMBER WE DID 87,000 7 39, 24, BUT REALLY GOOD TO THE END OF THE YEAR REPORT KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME, SOME DATA ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE WE DID OVER 660 3034 AND 48, UH, THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN BONDS, MONEY ORDERS, RECORD SERVICE, CASH, BONDS, SSIS, AND OTHER AGENCIES AND CIVIL STUFF.

SO THE BIG THING I THINK, I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK AT IS THE END OF YEAR STUFF WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF TELL WHERE THINGS ARE MOVING UP, UH, IN THE CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION SIDE, YOU CAN NOTICE THAT WE'VE INCREASED BY EIGHT STANDBY.

THESE ARE INCIDENT REPORTS.

THESE ARE NOT CALLS FOR SERVICE OR INCIDENT REPORTS BY 8%.

THEN YOU CAN SEE FORWARD TO CID.

UH, THAT'S A 9% GROWTH OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOTTA BE INVESTIGATED AND HANDLED BY THEM.

UH, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT AND THE REST IS WENT UP BY 15%.

UH, YOU CAN SEE PROPERTY RECOVERED UP BY 69%.

WE GOT ALMOST $2 MILLION IN RECOVERIES LAST YEAR.

AND THEN I WILL GIVE CREDIT TO PATROL.

THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB, YOU'LL KNOW SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS THAT WE PROVIDE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THEY'RE UP BY SINCE EVEN WE CALLS THE SERVICE.

SO THEY'RE REALLY HUSTLING AND DOING A GOOD JOB IN BEING SEEN AND MOVING.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE JAIL IS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AVERAGE POPULATION HAS WENT UP BEFORE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, TDC, THE HOUSING IS WENT DOWN, UH, BY 28.

SO THAT MEANS TDC IS TAKING THEIR PRISONERS, UH, FOR US A LITTLE BETTER.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE INCOME FROM THE HOUSE AND, UH, INMATES FOR, UH, US MARSHALS THAT'S DOWN JUST BECAUSE OF COVID AND HAVING ROOM AND BEING 18 DOWN IN THE JAIL WHERE JUST NOT GOING TO TAKE ON, UH, ANY LIABILITY UNTIL WE CAN GET OUR SELF-SUSTAINED AGAIN, WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO COMMUNICATION, YOU SEE 30%, NINE 11 CALLS IS INCREASED BY 30%.

UH, THAT'S QUITE A BIT, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND THEN CALLS FOR SERVICES UP BY 12, UH THAT'S YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THINGS ARE GROWING IN THE COUNTY.

THEN THE OTHER BIG CONTEXT, COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT, YOU CAN SEE THAT'S MOVED UP QUITE A BIT.

YOU CAN SEE THEY, THEY HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP AND DONE A GOOD JOB.

AS LONG AS THEIR TRAINING HAS MOVED UP NARCOTIC DIVISION, YOU CAN SEE THE NARCOTICS IS WENT UP.

YOU CAN SEE CASES, FILE BUP 20 CENT.

UH, SO FIREARMS, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, QUITE A BIT OF FIREARMS BY 50% PERCENT THAT WE'VE JUST SEIZED IN NARCOTICS.

UH, SO EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY WELL, THE SAME ENVIRONMENTAL CITATIONS UP A 50%, UH, CANINE AND THE CALL-OUTS ARE UP.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING THE CORE.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE EVERYTHING IS GROWING AND MOVING AND THE CASE LOAD IS DONE.

THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE HAD IS THE ARTICLE ON MENTAL HEALTH TO KIND OF FILL Y'ALL UP ON MENTAL HEALTH.

I THINK Y'ALL SEEN THAT ARTICLE.

I WAS PROVIDED BY THAT ARTICLE THAT WAS COUNTY PUBLISHED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, HOW MUCH IT'S DROPPED AND YOU KNOW, THE STATE'S OUT OF ALLOCATED 54, 23 FOR, UH, PER DAY FOR BEDS.

UH, Y'ALL NOTICED THAT OVER THE LAST WITH, UH, THE STATE HOSPITALS, 450

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BEDS OF FORENSIC INTERVIEW BEDS HAS BEEN DROPPED BY 40% AND THAT MAXIMIZED BEDS THAT'S OFFLINE OVER 30% OF TOTAL FORENSIC BEDS ARE NOT EVEN AVAILABLE FOR US.

SO TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEAL, I KIND OF GIVE A BREAKDOWN AND THE FORENSIC BEDS WE'RE WAITING FOR VERNON AND STUFF.

WE'VE GOT FOUR PEOPLE WAITING FOR THAT.

OUR WAIT TIME IS 620 DAYS FOR THEM.

THAT'S HOW LONG WE'RE HAVING TO KEEP THEM IN COUNTY.

AND AT OUR RATE, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THAT ASPECT OF WHERE THE COUNTY WE'RE DOING.

MY RATE RIGHT NOW IS $56 AND 85 CENTS A DAY.

UH, THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT TERRELL STATE, WE'RE UTILIZING TERRELL STATE, OUR MENTAL HEALTH OFFICE THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM AND MOVING STUFF, BUT STILL WITH ALL THE BEDS AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN, I'VE GOT SIX PEOPLE WAITING AND IT TAKES ME 300 DAYS TO GET THEM IN TERRIBLE STATE AND OUR OWN STATE HOSPITAL.

SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU IDEA OF WHAT MENTAL HEALTH IS.

AND WE'RE DOING MORE MENTAL HEALTH IN THE COUNTY THAN PROBABLY A LOT OF COUNTIES HAVING, UH, WITH THE SOUTHERN HEALTH PARTNER PLUS HAVING THAT PSYCHOLOGIST ON HAND.

AND MAN, WE'RE DOING A LOT AND PLUS ON THE STREET FOR US DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH TO TRY TO STOP RECIDIVISM COMING BACK IN THE JAIL OF KEEPING THEM SERVICES, GOING TO THEM.

SO, UH, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK PROGRESS AND WE STILL GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO DO, UH, HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR SENATOR AND OUR STATE REP TALKING ABOUT THIS, OF HOW THEY'RE DOING IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY'VE PUT IN THERE ABOUT THE NATIONAL GUARD, THAT'S UP TO THEM.

I DON'T CARE, BUT THEY NEED TO HELP US WITH THIS MENTAL HEALTH THAT WE CAN MOVE THESE PEOPLE OUT OF THE COUNTY JAIL BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

IT'S HARD ON MY STAFF.

UH, I HANDLED SOME OF THESE.

SO SHERIFF, WHAT DO YOU KNOW, AS WE SUBURBANIZED AT LEAST IF NOT URBANIZED, HOW DO THE BIGGER COUNTIES HANDLE FOR INSTANCE, MENTAL HEALTH? HOW DOES DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY, YOU KNOW, BORDERING DENTON COUNTY? HOW DO THEY, HOW DO THEY ADDRESS THAT SAME CHECK? THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING WE'RE DOING, BUT THEY'RE SETTING UP THE DALLAS COUNTY HAS GOT A WHOLE NOTHER MENTAL WARD.

THEY HAVE MADE A WHOLE WARD, UH, JUST LIKE A STATE HOSPITAL.

AND THEY, THEY IMPACT THEM.

EVERYBODY'S DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, TRYING TO PUT ON, UH, MORE, BUT THEY'RE MAKING, THEY'RE JUST SITTING WHOLE WARDS, BUILDING WHOLE GOURDS AND PARTS JUST TO DO THAT UNTIL THEY CAN GET THEM.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR SAME THING THEY'RE DOING IS ON THE STREET IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP OFFICERS AND GET THEM TO GO ONLY SCENES AND FOLLOW UP WITH THE PEOPLE OUT THERE TO TRY TO KEEP THEM THEIR MEDICATION AND DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND STOP HER CITIZEN FOR.

WE DON'T PUT THEM IN JAIL.

UH, TH DOES THE SHERIFF OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE VERY ACTIVE WITH MENTAL.

WE'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE EVER SINCE.

WHAT DOES THE STATE SAY WHEN YOU GUYS TALKED TO THEM? WHAT I MEAN, DOES THE, IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY, SAME THING.

THEY TALK ABOUT US AND THEN THEY SET MANDATES AND THEY UNFUNDED THEM AND THEY SEND THEM TO US.

AND THEN US AS LOCAL TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY FOR, UH, AND THEN LIKE SAY THEN THE STATE SHUTS DOWN MENTAL HEALTH AND TAKE THE BEDS OFF LINE.

WELL, THAT IMPACTS US AGAIN BECAUSE NOW WE'RE HOLDING PEOPLE EVEN LONGER AT OUR RATE.

WELL, YEAH, I'M STILL STUCK ON THE 600 DAYS.

OH YEAH.

IT'S IT'S I ASKED MY STAFF ABOUT IT.

IT'S DEALING SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, THEY GOT SOME MAJOR MENTAL HEALTH AND WE SHOULDN'T BE TREATING PEOPLE LIKE THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP SOMEBODY 600 DAYS.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN GO GET THEM HELP.

AND THEN THEY COME BACK ONE UNTIL I'M SAYING.

BUT WHEN, WHEN YOU SAY NOW THE COUNTY, WHEN THEY FORM AWARD, DO THEY FORM IT IN THEIR JAIL? YEAH.

I GOT A, THE WHOLE SIDE IS A WAR AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THEY GOT, BUT I SURE DON'T WANT, I KNOW I GOT JUST AS MUCH AS I'VE GOT SURE.

THEY HAVE MORE, A LOT MORE BECAUSE THEY'RE HOLDING ALL THESE PEOPLE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM THEY'VE GOT AND LUCKILY WE'VE GOT, WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL THE POLICE CHIEFS AND EVERYBODY, AND WE'VE REALLY WORKED A LOT BETTER WHERE WE HAD THESE PEOPLE MENTAL HEALTH AND THEY SAID WE DON'T HAVE POLICE OFFICERS AFTER JUST THROWING THEM IN JAIL FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK FOR THEM, GET THEM TO STAY AT HOSPITAL AND TRY TO STOP THAT RACISM IN THE JAIL BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

WE NEED TO HAVE THEM SOMEWHERE.

SO, UH, UH, THAT'S 600 DAYS AND 600 NAMES SOONER.

THE LETTER YOU'RE GOING TO BE FULL OF THE IS GOING TO BE A BY THE SALE.

OH YEAH, EXACTLY.

AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY IN PLACE FOR THE CRIM.

AND THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS WE TRY TO WORK WITH MENTAL HEALTH IS VERY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT.

BUT WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS KIND OF KEEP THEM ALL TOGETHER IF THEY'LL BE TOGETHER, BUT SOME PEOPLE JUST CAN'T BE TOGETHER.

AND THEN WHEN YOU PUT THEM BACK IN A SMALL SINGLE CELL.

IT, THEY DETERIORATE EVEN WORSE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE THEM.

LIKE THEY NEEDED ME MOVING THE STATE HOSPITAL, BUT THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU THE ASPECT OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT OUR STAFF IS HAVING TO DEAL WITH, ESPECIALLY IN THE JAIL.

CAUSE THAT'S, IT'S HARD WORK WHEN YOU DEAL WITH THESE MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE.

WOW.

UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH.

I JUST STAY UP BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOTTA BE ADDRESSED.

I'M BLESSED.

WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE.

WE JUST NEED TO STAY ENGAGED WITH OUR STATE SENATOR AND OUR STATE REPS AND THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO WRITE LETTERS AND LET THE, LET THE LEGISLATURE KNOW THAT

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I MEAN, CLEARLY IT'S A STATEWIDE.

THE STATEWIDE PROBLEM WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SINCE I'VE BEEN CHIEF, I WAS SHERIFF.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD FOUGHT FOR AND FOUGHT FOR.

AND THEN WE DID GET SOME MONEY THIS LAST TIME.

BUT LIKE I SAY, WHEN EVERYTHING TAKES STUFF OFFLINE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE HAVE.

I NEED TO TAKE THE FIGURING OUT A WAY TO GET THE RESPONSIBILITY BACK ON THE STATE.

IT'S NOT THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY THE SHERIFFS TO DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS.

THAT'S NOT YOUR JOB.

WELL, I WILL TELL YOU, EVERY SHERIFF IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAS A JAIL, WE'RE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY THERE IS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WELL, I KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE CONFERENCE THAT WE ALL GO TO EVERY EDUCATIONAL CLASS WE GO TO, WE GENERALLY HAVE A SHERIFF THERE TALKING TO US AND TELLING US THE SAME THING HERE, STANDING HERE AND TELLING US.

AND I THINK WE ALL A HUNDRED PERCENT KNOW IT ALREADY.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION.

IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET IT WHERE WE CAN GET OUR LEGISLATORS START FUNDING AND PUT THE MONEY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

THE BIG DEAL IS THEY'RE SPENDING 600 DAYS AND THEY'RE NOT NEEDED THE HELP THAT THEY NEEDED TO PROFESSIONALS THEY NEED.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'VE GOT A PROFESSIONAL THAT WE'RE TALKING TO THEM AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM THE MEDICATION THEY CAN, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT MORE DIFFERENT SERVICES THEY OFFER THAT I CAN OFFER.

IN THE END.

IT'S JUST A, AS YOU POINT OUT, IT'S A QUESTION OF RESOURCES.

I MEAN, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE TO BALANCE THE BALANCE, WHAT YOU NEED VERSUS WHAT EVERYBODY'S TAX BILL IS.

SO IT'S, WE GOTTA HAVE SOME HELP OUTSIDE OF THIS COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, I FORGOT THE NUMBER, BUT, BUT I KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT HAVE THAT NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE HAD LOTS OF STATE HOSPITALS.

I MEAN, IN THE NEXT RANK AND THAT REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF BEDS X RANK, BUT IT'S, IT'S A LOT.

SO IF YOU THINK THAT BACK IN THE FIFTIES AND THE SIXTIES, THEY HAD ALL THESE MEDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND NOW THEY HAVE HALF THE NUMBER OR A QUARTER.

THE NUMBER, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE.

THEY'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY.

AND WE'RE CALLING, I THINK THE KNEADING HALE, THE WAY THINGS HAS CHANGED IS IF YOU NOTICE OVER THE YEARS, BECAUSE TERRELL STATE USED TO HAVE, IF MY, MY UNDERSTANDING, RIGHT, ABOUT 3000 BEDS THAT WANT TO HAVE ONE, AND THEN NOW I THINK THEY GOT 400, MAYBE NAVY IS, IS, I MEAN, THEY HAVE WHAT? SIX, THEY HAVE LIKE FOUR PEOPLE TO EVER PERSON OR SIX OR SOMETHING THAT EVERY PERSON THERE.

SO THEY HAVE LIKE 1200 EMPLOYEES FOR 350 PEOPLE.

THEY COULDN'T FUNCTIONAL NASA.

SO YOU CAN SAY THE CHANGE, BUT YOU'VE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS IS WE'VE ALL GROWN UP AND Y'ALL BEEN AROUND LONGER THAN I HAVE.

AND I'M NOT CALLING YOU OLD.

I'M JUST SAYING, HEY ARE AROUND LONGER THAN I HAVE.

BUT Y'ALL NOTICE YOU USED TO, UH, PEOPLE WENT TO MENTAL HEALTH.

THEY TRIED, AND SOME PEOPLE JUST HAD TO STAY THERE.

THEY NEEDED THAT QUALITY A LOT.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIX EVERYBODY THESE DAYS.

SOME PEOPLE JUST CAN'T BE FIXED.

I'M SORRY.

THAT WAS A, THAT WAS REALLY A NATIONWIDE SORT OF SOCIETAL CHANGE THAT WE MADE IN THE SEVENTIES.

AND, AND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS INCUMBENT ON THE PUBLIC TO LET THE, LET PEOPLE OUT OF THESE MENTALIST LONG-TERM MENTAL INSTITUTIONS AND D T DETENTIONS.

AND, BUT WE MADE NO PROVISIONS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, WHAT THAT RE GENERAL RELEASE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE UNDER BRIDGES AND THAT KIND OF THING ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.

SO IT'S JUST MIKE AND SHAREWAY, THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND LIKE I SAY, KEEPING YOU ALL INFORMED AND I'LL KIND OF ADD THEM NUMBERS ON YOUR, HOW LONG WE'RE WAITING.

BUT AS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NUMBERS WENT UP, WE GOT DOWN, I THINK AROUND 450 AND NOW WHAT THEY'VE CUT THE BEDS WERE AT 600 NOW.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL DOWN.

AND LUCKILY OUR STAFF ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP LITIGATION DOWN ON LEGAL ASPECT OF IT.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, AS I SAY, KUDOS TO MY STAFF, BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS WHAT YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH.

AND, UM, I'M BLESSED TO HAVE THE PEOPLE I GOT.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE DO APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH, REALLY GOOD REPORT.

SO ANYWAY, I MADE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT HIS REPORT.

SO MOVED, SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CAPES.

I HEAR A SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBER ALL IN FAVOR.

10 MEN HAVE TO PRESENT AND THEY ACCEPT THE LEXINGTON'S OFFICE QUARTERLY REPORT.

OUR NEXT STEP NUMBER NINE,

[9. Tandi Smith; Present/Accept the Elections office quarterly report.]

GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.

I EMAILED YOU OUR QUARTERLY REPORT LATER IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

SO I HOPE YOU'VE HAD TIME TO REVIEW THAT.

UM, JUST TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS WE DID TOUCH ON.

WE HAD A 6% TURNOUT IN NOVEMBER.

UM, WE DID GET OUR REDISTRICTING COMPLETED, WHICH WAS NO EASY TASK, THANKS TO THE SUPPORT FROM GIS BECAUSE WITHOUT THEIR HELP, WE WOULDN'T GOT IT DONE.

UM, WE COMPLETED OUR MASS MAIL-OUT ON JANUARY 12TH, 84,440 VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS WENT OUT.

WE ENDED THE MONTH OF JANUARY WITH 21,200 NON TRANSACTIONS DONE INSIDE OUR OFFICE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN QUITE BUSY, NO DOUBT.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE BEGIN PREPARING FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS EARLY VOTING KICKS OFF ON MONDAY.

EVERYBODY'S BEEN TRAINED FOR THAT.

WE WERE HERE SATURDAY, TAKING CARE OF TRAINING FOR EARLY VOTING.

OUR EQUIPMENT

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WILL GO OUT THIS THURSDAY.

SO WE'LL BE READY TO KICK THAT OFF.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN PREPARING FOR THE MAY 7TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION AND JOINT ELECTION FOR LOCAL CITIZENS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS IT STANDS, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 23 ENTITIES JOINING US ON THAT MAY BALLOT WOLVES, WHICH WILL HELP US SIGNIFICANTLY WITH OUR COST FOR AN ELECTION THAT WAS NOT PLANNED.

ALRIGHT.

Y'ALL HAVE BEEN COMMENTS FOR YOU.

WELL, DO YOU WANT TO JUST MENTION ON THE TOPIC THAT YOU EMAILED US? I WILL.

IT WAS NOT PART OF THE QUARTERLY REPORT, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED ME TO BRING IT UP AND I WILL.

UM, I DID RECEIVE AN ADVISORY FRIDAY EVENING AT FIVE 40 DURING THE SNOW.

I SMELLED THE STATE SCENT AND ADVISORY ON BALLOT BOX REQUIREMENTS.

OUR CURRENT BALLOT BOXES DO NOT MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

AND BY BALLOT BOX, I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT OUR BALLOT COUNTER.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BLUE BIN THAT GOES UNDERNEATH AND THEY ACTUALLY BRING BACK FOR US TO STORE THOSE BALLOTS WHILE IT DOES CONTAIN TWO LOCKS.

THEY ARE NOT TWO DISTINCT CLOCKS.

UH, TWO DISTINCT FLOCKS ARE REQUIRED.

FURTHERMORE, WE'RE PRESENTED WITH AN ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE PREVIOUSLY, WHEN THOSE BOXES WOULD BE RETURNED, YOU COULD MOVE THOSE RECORDS INTO ANOTHER BOX FOR STORAGE.

UM, THOSE RECORDS CAN'T BE TOUCHED FOR 60 DAYS.

SO WHILE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SWITCH OUT FROM MARCH 1ST TO OUR MAY 7TH ELECTION, WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPEN THOSE BOXES AGAIN, BETWEEN THE MAY 7TH ELECTION AND THE MAY 24TH PRIMARY AND FROM THE MAY 24TH PRIMARY, UM, TO THE JUNE 18TH JOINT RUNOFF ELECTION.

SO TO COMPLY WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE VENDOR TO AGREE TO SUPPLY OUR CURRENT BOXES WITH A SECOND LOCK AT NO COST, WHICH WAS ABOUT A $400 SAVINGS.

UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PURCHASE OF AT LEAST 70 ADDITIONAL BOXES TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS ELECTION YEAR.

I HAVE AN EMAIL OUT TO THE LEGAL TEAM WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THEIR PRIMARY FINANCE DIVISION TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THAT COST CAN BE CHARGED BACK TO THE PRIMARY RUNOFF.

BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE USING OUR BOXES FOR OUR STATEWIDE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION.

UM, AS IT STANDS, SECTION 51.034 OF THE CODE, DOESN'T ALLOW US TO CHARGE FOR THOSE BOXES.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE, WILL THEY PRORATE IT? CAN WE GET ANY KIND OF HELP WITH THAT COST? UM, THESE BOXES TYPICALLY RUN $425 A PIECE.

THEY'RE NOT A CHEAP BOX.

WE WERE ABLE BECAUSE WE DID JUST DO THAT EQUIPMENT PURCHASE TO GET THAT COST DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

THEY WERE WILLING TO LET US PURCHASE THEM FOR TWO 90 POP THAT'S BETTER THAN 30,000 THE OTHER WAY AND MATCHES IT THIS WAY.

IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT $22,000, NOT $22,000, UM, WITH THE SECOND BOX, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT JUNE 18TH ELECTION AND THAT'S DUE TO THAT MAY 7TH.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT THOSE COSTS BACK A PERCENTAGE OF THAT ONTO THOSE ENTITIES AS WELL.

UM, HOW ABOUT STORAGE? YOU'VE STILL HAVE ADEQUATE STORAGE FOR, UM, NOW WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING, SIR.

SO WHILE WE MAY BE STANDING ON OUR HEADS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, TRYING TO PUT SOME THINGS TOGETHER, HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME WE DO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN MOVE, WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST A PLACE TO STORE THOSE BOXES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SMALL.

ALRIGHTY.

I HEAR A MOTION TO ACCEPT OUR REPORT.

MIKE, THAT MOTION A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA.

SECOND.

10, GOING TO START THE WRANGLER AND JOE, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, AND A LITTLE MORE DAN AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVED MASTER PLAN AGREEMENT, TASK ORDER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DANNY.

[10. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider approval of Master Service Agreement, Task Order 1: Architecture Services - Courthouse Annex Renovation; utilizing RFQ 20-09.]

NUMBER ONE, ARCHITECT SERVICES, COURTHOUSE, ANNEX RENOVATION.

SO IF YOU'LL RECALL, WHENEVER WE CAME BACK AND DID THE OUTDOOR RECREATION PLAN, THE SHOW BARN, UM, HOK IN WITH US WORKING WITH THE RFQ, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT COME OUT OF OUR NEEDS.

ASSESSMENT WILL FALL UNDER THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT, WHICH WAS THE RFQ 2009.

SO WE WILL NOT HAVE SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR EACH OF THESE FACILITIES, BUT WE WOULD THEN JUST TURN THEM INTO TASK ORDERS.

AND THIS WILL ALSO HELP WHEN, WITH HOW I EXPLAINED HOW GALLAGHER WILL ALSO DO THEIR CONTRACTS FORWARD.

SO EVERY EVERYTHING'S

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LINKED TO AN ORIGINAL CONTRACT AND THEN WE'LL JUST APPROVE TASK ORDERS MOVING FORWARD.

UM, THESE FOR THE NEXT FOUR ITEMS ARE ALL OF THE UPCOMING DESIGN SERVICES THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED IN THE MASTER LIST.

SO, SO ADAM NUMBER 10 IS JUST FOR THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX.

COMES INTO AN APPROVED MASTER AGREEMENT, TASK ORDER, NUMBER TWO ON ARCHITECT SERVICES.

ONCE I WILL TAKE A MOTION ON NUMBER 10, THE MOTION MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.

H YEAH.

SECOND A SECOND FROM THE GUY I'LL WEAR UNKNOWN COMMISSIONER CASE ALL IN FAVOR.

THEN WE'LL DO NUMBER 11

[11. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider approval of Master Service Agreement, Task Order 2: Architecture Services - Historic Courthouse Renovation; utilizing RFQ 20-09.]

SO AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE FOR THE TASK ORDER TO COMPLETE THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE RENOVATION DESIGN.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION THOUGH.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

COMMISSIONER MARTIN MAKES A MOTION.

SECOND, SECOND, MR. CATES.

[12. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider approval of Master Service Agreement, Task Order 3: Architecture Services - Juvenile Detention Facility; utilizing RFQ 20-09.]

THIS ONE IS MASTER AGREEMENT, TASK ORDER, NUMBER THREE ON DARK THINGS.

SO, UM, MAKE HIM THINK ABOUT MOTION FOR THAT.

MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE AS WRITTEN.

UH, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER KATE'S I'LL SECOND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.

THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER APPROVAL MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT, TASK ORDER.

BUT NUMBER 13,

[13. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider approval of Master Service Agreement, Task Order 4: Architecture Services - KSO Sub-Station; utilizing RFQ 20-09.]

NUMBER FOUR.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT ONE.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION RIGHT? MR. BARBER LIKES THE MOTION.

SECOND COMMISSIONER.

KATE MAKES THE SECOND, UM, FAVOR, SAY AYE.

NUMBER 13.

OH, IS THAT WITH THIS NEW THIRD THINGS? OKAY.

THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHT WE WERE THOUGHT LET'S KEEP IT UP.

NUMBER 13, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MASTER AGREEMENT AND TASK ORDER ON 14.

NOW WE'RE ON

[14. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider approval of Amended Professional Services Agreement between Kaufman County and Freese and Nichols, Inc. to perform Kaufman Countywide Orainage Study, as outlined in the approved Flood Infrastructure Fund (FIF) grant, as awarded by TWDB.]

14.

WELL, THIS ONE IS THE STM.

YOU SAID NO, WE'RE ON 13.

YOU'RE GETTING THESE TASKS.

YOU'RE GETTING THESE TASK ORDERS.

IT'S GETTING MAD.

IN RECEIVING A TRANSFER AND DISPOSAL CANNY OWN PROCESS.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT.

THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE TO THE F I F A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND FRIESEN NICHOLS.

UM, THERE WAS SOME WORDING THAT THE STATE BOARD HAD ASKED FOR US TO INCLUDE, AND IT IS JUST SIMPLY UNDER THAT TERM AND CONDITION.

WE ADDED A SENTENCE, UM, BASICALLY JUST LINKING OUR CONTRACT BACK TO THE TW DB CONTRACT, JUST STATING THAT THEY ALSO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE, UH, DOCUMENTED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE STATE'S REQUIRING.

WELL, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

COMMISSIONER HUNT MAKES A MOTION.

SECOND, SECOND.

UH, SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER BARBARA, ALL IN FAVOR, VERY MUCH.

NUMBER 16, RAYLAND SMITH AGAIN.

WELL, NUMBER 15, COMMIT.

THAT'S HIS FAVORITE TOPIC IN IT? IT IS DISCUSSING, DISCUSSING CONSIDER

[15. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider receipt, transfer, and disposal of County owned assets.]

UH, WE JUST HAVE A FEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT LISTED FOR A PUBLIC AUCTION, RIGHT.

AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN, HAVE A COMMISSIONER FROM COMMISSIONER KATES, HAVE A MOTION GATES.

I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER, BARBARA SECONDS, ALL IN FAVOR.

RAYMOND SMITH AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SOLE SOURCE VENDOR APPROVAL PRE-MARRIAGE DEAL.

NUMBER 16, ALSO

[16. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider Sole Source Vendor approval for Premier Steel.]

SO WHAT WE HAVE, UM, IS ACTUALLY A SOLE SOURCE LETTER THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BY PREMIER STEEL.

THEY, UM, ARE A MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT'S OFFERING WHAT'S CALLED A FAST CAST BRIDGE SYSTEM.

AND SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE LETTER, UM, AND JUST MAKING SOME PHONE CALLS, THEY ARE ALSO LISTED AS A SOLE SOURCE VENDORS WITH OTHER ENTITIES IN THIS WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT.

THIS IS, UH, UH, REALLY A CRITICAL

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NEED FOR PRECINCT FOUR.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO, UH, BRIDGES THAT ARE IN SERIOUS NEED OF REPLACEMENT.

UM, THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE AND PROBABLY EVERY COMMISSIONER HAS IS THAT, UH, NUMBER ONE OF THE COSTS OF BRIDGES HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF.

AND NUMBER TWO, UM, IN THIS INSTANCE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RESIDENCES AND, AND CITIZENS THAT LIVE BEYOND THE BRIDGE WITH ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT.

SO WE'RE, UH, UH, A TRADITIONAL BRIDGE THAT SOMETIMES TAKES WEEKS OR MONTHS, UH, AND WITH TXDOT CAN TAKE YEARS, UH, JUST DOESN'T WORK FOR, FOR THAT.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR BRIDGE THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH RIGHT NOW IS, UH, ON, UH, LANE AVENUE.

AND, UH, WE'RE SURPRISED THAT THAT BRIDGE HAS LASTED THIS LONG.

AND WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ITS INTEGRITY WHEN THE SPRING RAINS HIT.

SO, UH, THE, UM, THE BENEFIT, AT LEAST THE PURPORTED BENEFIT OF THIS PREMIER STEEL FASTCAST BRIDGE IS THAT THE THING CAN GO UP AND BE IN PLACE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AT THE MOST.

AND, UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, WE'VE HAD THE SPECS REVIEWED BY OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANT AND THE COUNTY ENGINEER, AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD, UH, UH, IT'S FACT, IT'S OUR ONLY OPTION TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS BRIDGE REPLACED AND GET IT DONE QUICKLY.

SO, UH, I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE SOLE SOURCE VENDOR, UH, AS WRITTEN, ALRIGHTY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GATES, UH, HAVING A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA ALL IN FAVOR.

TO PRESENT EXCEPT INCIDENT AND HEALTH QUARTERLY REPORT MARY THIS MORNING, DID Y'ALL GET A COPY OF THE REPORT.

WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE PODIUM IN HERE.

OH RIGHT.

THAT RAY POOL

[17. Desiree Pool; Present/Accept the Indigent Health Quarterly Report.]

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING? UM, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT I DID LAST MONTH OR JANUARY.

UM, I DID A CASE AUDIT REPORT ON EACH OF MY CASES ONLY HAD THREE OUT OF 51, UM, THAT I ACTUALLY HAD TO PULL OUT AND CALL THE INDIVIDUAL AND LET THEM KNOW WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

UM, I'VE HAD ONE THAT'S SENT THEIR INFORMATION IN AND TWO THAT ARE WORKING ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION.

BUT TOP INFORMATION I NEED IS UPDATED ON THEIR STATUS WAS SO SECURITY AND, UM, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE CASES LOOK GOOD.

YOU'VE SEEN AN INCREASE TO IMAGES.

I HAVE SEEN A LITTLE INCREASE.

AND, UH, IF YOU ALSO NOTICE WHEN I DID THE AUDIT ALSO BROKE IT DOWN, UM, THAT TELLS YOU, UM, BY THE SEX, THE AGE, THE RACE, THE PRECINCT WHO'S ON HOW MANY IS DOING SSI.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, HOW MANY IS MARRIED AND NOT MARRIED.

SO IT KINDA JUST HELPS US SEE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THE TOP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN.

NO, BUT GOOD REPORT.

I THINK IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW OBVIOUS IT IS THAT THE DEMAND FOR COUNTY SERVICES JUST CONTINUES TO ESCALATE.

YES.

THE DEMAND TO PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO ESCALATE.

WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.

I BET.

WELL, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ACCEPT OUR REPORT? YEAH.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA.

NO SECOND AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AND GET THE AUDITOR, DO LINE ITEM TRANSFER AS FAR AS, SO THE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN EMAILED PREVIOUSLY, UM, WITH THE DETAILS ATTACHED.

UH, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WAS SKIPPED DOWN CAUSE WE'VE GOT, UH, THE NEXT THING IS EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS SKIP DOWN

[22. Auditor; Discuss/Consider line-item transfers.]

UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ENTERTAIN THOSE.

NO, WAIT, I MEAN, QUESTIONS ON THAT? WELL, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

NONE OF THEM TRANSFERRED.

SO MOVE DON'T MOVE FROM COMMISSIONER.

KATE'S HERE.

SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FROM PROFESSOR HUNT ON FAVOR.

UH, I LIKE VERY MUCH ALSO FROM THE AUDITOR, WE'LL

[23. Auditor; Discuss/Consider claims for payment.]

HEAR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.

SO YOUR, UM, CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT THIS WEEK ARE, UM, 1 MILLION, 439,460 AND 27 CENTS FOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.

UM, AND THEN OUR PAYROLL CAME IN AT $1,440,743 AND 53 CENTS FOR A TOTAL PAYOUT OF 2,880,203 AND 57 CENTS.

NOW I HEAR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CLAIM FOR PAYMENTS.

[01:20:02]

SO ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER AND KATE'S MOVES THE ACCEPTANT SECOND AND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER.

MARMER ALL IN FAVOR.

AND MOVE INTO, UH, CONSIDER EXITING REGULAR MEETING AND ENTERING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK UP

[18. Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter executive session.]

I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER AND A SECOND FROM SECOND COMMISSIONER CATES, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AND WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE

[19. Executive Session; Pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code, the Commissioners Court will meet in closed session to discuss real estate negotiations.]

SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.072 AND THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN THIS CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE GUEST WILL STAY IN HERE, DO THAT, AND EVERYBODY ELSE WILL HAVE TO VACATE THE ROOM TODAY.

ALL

[20. Discuss/Consider exiting executive session and enter back into regular meeting.]

RIGHT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO INTER BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION AND MOVE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER.

I'LL SECOND.

NOW THE COMMITTEE IN COMMISSIONER HUNT.

[21. Discuss/Consider taking any action resulting from executive session,]

DISCUSS ANY ACTIONS RESULTS IN.

WE HAVE NO ACTIONS, SO I'LL MOVE ON FROM THAT ONE.

AND WE'LL GO DRIVE

[24. Adjourn Meeting]

IN THE NUMBER 22, WHICH NORMALLY LANDS, I GUESS.

UH, I MEAN NOT 22, 24.

UM, I'M THE NEXT OLDEST.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

ALL RIGHT, THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER KATE'S MAKES A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AND I DON'T THINK IT THE SECOND FROM THE NEXT SECOND IS I GUESS I'M THE NEXT DOOR? WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE HAIR COMING UP, BUT I LOOK BACK AT IT.

IT'S A TOSS UP ANYWAY.

SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER KATE, ALL IN FAVOR TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.