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UH, I'D LIKE WELCOME YOU HERE TODAY AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIGN IN AND ADDRESS THE COURT, WE HAVE A SIGN IN SHEET THERE ON THE TABLE IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK TO THE COURT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
UH, OR IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK AS WELL, YOU CAN PUT THAT DOWN AS WELL.
UH, WE'LL BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH OUR INVOCATION, AND I'VE ASKED TO DO THAT.
UH, THEN WE WILL HAVE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG JOIN.
LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE TODAY AS WE'VE GATHER HERE TO BE THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS.
UH, ASK, GIVE US SOME WISDOM TO DO THE CORRECT, UH, PROCEDURES AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR CITIZENS AND EMPLOYEES.
GIVE US THE COURAGE TO CARRY OUT OUR DUTIES.
WE SPECIALLY ASK TO GIVE SPECIAL GUIDANCE TO ELECTED FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES.
THEY STRUGGLE TO DO THEIR DUTIES AND DEAL WITH THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, WE PRAY THAT THEY MAINTAIN A STRONG MILITARY AS WE FACE THE CHALLENGES OF, UH, UNKNOWN ON A DAILY BASIS.
UH, PRAY THAT YOU GIVE THEM THE WISDOM TO MAINTAIN STRONG MILITARY, GUARD OUR BORDERS AND BE FISCALLY POSSIBLE.
UH, AS AS WE JUST PASSED THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE NINE 11.
PRAY FOR ALL THE OF PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND GIVE THEM SOLITUDE AND, UM, JUST CARRY ON THEIR LIVES AND DEAL WITH THEIR LOSSES.
AND ALWAYS WE PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY OVERSEAS AND FAMILIES FALLEN.
AND WE PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL PEACE OFFICERS, ALL THE PEOPLE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE IN THE LIBERTY OF JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR.
FLAG I TO ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
YOU'RE GOING TALK ABOUT THE LAST ITEM ON, LAID ON THE AGENDA.
UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND THERE HANDOUTS, UH, OVER ON THE TABLE IF YOU DID NOT GIVE ONE IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON SETTING SALARIES, EXPENSES, AND OTHER ALLOWANCES FOR ALL, UH, FOUR OF THE JUSTICES OF THE PRE, UH, PEACE PRECINCTS, AS WELL AS THE CONSTABLE IN PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.
UH, THIS IS AN ITEM OF DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AT OUR LAST, UH, MEETING, I BELIEVE.
AND TO CLARIFY THAT WE DID RUN ANOTHER LEGAL NOTICE IN THE PAPER, WHICH, UH, IS REQUIRED BEFORE, UH, WE WERE, UH, THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, BUT WE DO NEED TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION.
AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE, UH, NOTICE THAT WAS, UH, PUBLISHED IN THE COFFMAN.
UH, HE, AND, UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT DOES AFFECT, UH, JUSTICE OF THE PIECE, UH, 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR, UH, WITH, UH, DIFFERENT LITTLE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS.
THEY LINE UP, UH, DRAWING THE, UH, SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND IN CONSTABLE PRECINCT, IT, UH, WAS CHANGED, I BELIEVE FROM 3,600 IN DEFICIENCY TO 20.
WHAT'S YOUR A, A QUESTION ON THE PROFICIENCY PAY? I KNOW THOSE ARE GIVEN ACCORDING TO THEIR CERTIFICATES THAT THEY EARNED, AND I'M NOT SURE IF
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THEY EARNED ANY CERTIFICATES AND THEY, BEFORE THE RULE WAS CHANGED, UH, THEY STOP GETTING PROFICIENCY THAT, UH, SHERIFF MAY, I THINK HE HAS SOME INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT ONE TIME, OFFICER DID GET THE PROFICIENCY.WE DISCONTINUED THAT BECAUSE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
MY, MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT COMMISSIONER IS THAT, THAT RYAN MARTIN WORKED WITH ME WHEN THAT CAME IN AND THAT THAT IS THE LEVEL HE WAS AT AT THAT TIME.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T TAKE A DEATH OATH.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE FAIR WITH THE ONES THAT ARE GRANDFATHERED IN VERSUS THE ONES THAT HAVE GOT TRAINING AFTER THAT WAS ENDED SO THAT WE DON'T, I BELIEVE HE WAS AT THAT LEVEL WHEN HE WAS GETTING PRIOR, MY, MY RECOLLECTION, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK TO, UH, APPROVE THE, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE, WE HAVE A SECOND TO COMMISSIONER MANNING SECOND MOTION.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, YOU ALSO HAVE A, UH, HANDOUT, UH, AS WELL.
AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL HANDOUTS ON THE, UH, TABLE THERE.
THIS IS THE NOTICE THAT WE, UH, OR THIS IS THE EXACTING WHERE WE FORMALLY ADOPT OUR TAX RATE TODAY.
UH, AND YOU CAN, UH, SEE WHAT'S UH, INCLUDED THERE.
THERE IS A SECOND PAGE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THAT.
UH, THIS WILL BE AN OFFICIAL PART OF OUR MINUTES AND OF THE BUDGET.
AND, UH, THIS FOUR TIMES WE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND NOW FINALLY, WE'RE ABLE TO ADOPT THE FINAL BUDGET SO THE TAX COLLECTOR CAN START COMPUTING, UH, HER STATEMENTS AND GETTING THEM READY TO GO OUT.
SO, UH, I'LL READ THIS AND, UH, WE'LL NEED SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHERE TALKS ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BEING INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF TAX RATE OF 0.5762, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A FREE, UH, 3.5% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
UH, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE WOULD BE 0.4498.
THE ROAD AND BRIDGE TAX WOULD BE 0 7 4.
THE INTEREST IN SEEKING FUND TAX RATE WOULD BE, UH, 0 5 2 4 AT THE TOTAL TAX RATE, UH, WILL, UH, 0 7 6.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE IS A STATE BOTTOM OF THIS TAX RATE DID NOT RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.
IN FACT, IT ACTUALLY RAISES ABOUT $300,000 OR SO LESS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.
UH, THE REASON OUR TAX RATE IS GOING UP 2 CENTS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF PAYING OFF THE, AND YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THAT SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THESE BUDGET HEARINGS THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO COMMISSIONERS, WHAT, OKAY, I CAN MAKE A MOTION, I'LL STAND.
UH, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF, UH, SIX TWO, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 3.5% INCREASE IN TAX RATE.
UH, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS THAT I JUST READ, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TOTAL TAX RATE 0 1 5 7 6 2 DOES NOT RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE IN OPERATION THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.
IF YOU'LL TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, UH, THIS IS THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT THAT WILL, UH, BE, UH, SUBMITTED.
UH, WE'LL ATTACH, UH, TO AS WELL ON UH, UH, AS WELL AS ON THE BUDGET AND SAYS COMMISSIONER, IT WILL BE MY JUDGE WOOD BILLY BRUCE.
AND I DO NEED A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER.
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ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING KAUFMAN COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, AS WE'VE TALKED DURING OUR BUDGET, UH, HEARINGS, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND WE'LL ACTUALLY COMBINE THREE, UH, VERY IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS IN, UH, OUR COUNTY.
UH, THAT BEING THE KAUFMAN COUNTY FIRE MARSHALS DEPARTMENT, UH, THE KAUFMAN COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT AND THE KAUFMAN, UH, COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, UH, UH, APPOINTING RANDY RICHARDS, WHO IS CURRENTLY ASSISTING FIRE MARSHAL, UH, IN THE, UH, UH, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE TO SERVE AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF THAT DEPARTMENT OR OF THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS.
WE MAY COME BACK AT A LATER TIME AND UH, RENAME THOSE DEPARTMENTS OR SOMETHING.
BUT AT THIS POINT, THIS GET US TO THE, UH, UH, TO GET US STARTED AS FAR AS THE NEW BUDGET YEAR IS CONCERNED, UH, MR. RICHARDS HAS BEEN EMPLOYED AS AN ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL, UH, IN CAMAN COUNTY SINCE 2006.
UH, HE WILL NOW SERVE AS A COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT PENDING INTO YOUR APPROVAL AND HAVE OVER OVERALL OVERSIGHT OF ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS AS WE HAD DISCUSSED.
LAST MEETING, UH, KATHY MORRIS, A 25 YEAR EMPLOYEE OF KAMAN COUNTY AND CURRENT DEPARTMENT, HEAD OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT RECENTLY.
AND ALSO LARRY ING, WHO HAS SERVED AS THE KAMAN COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL, UH, SINCE 2002.
WE'LL BE LEAVING HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COUNTY IN DECEMBER AFTER USING EXTENDED LEAVE AND VACATION.
SO THAT NEED, UH, AND THE, UH, THE TIMING ON THIS TO CREATE ONE DEPARTMENT OUT THESE THREE, UH, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION APPOINTMENTS.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ROSA, UH, SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE.
AND AYE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
RANDY, I THINK YOU HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE WITH YOU THAT YOU'D MAYBE LIKE TO INTRODUCE WITH YOU.
THEY'RE ON THE BACK ROAD LIKE THEIR BAPTIST, NOT, THEY'RE ON THE BACK ROAD.
UH, PRETTY MUCH MY ENTIRE FAMILY'S HERE TODAY.
I HAVE MY SON CLINT, MY WIFE DEBBIE, MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW CRYSTAL, AND MY TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS, MADDIE AND MASON.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
AND THIS WILL BE A WORK IN PROGRESS AS WE ALL KNOW, AS WE COMBINE THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS.
BUT, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT WOULD BE DONE THERE AND, AND, UH, UH, THE ABILITY TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THOSE THREE AREAS.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A NEW HIGHWAY AT GRAVE CROSSING AGREEMENT AMONG UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY AND ANTHONY PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED AND THE COUNTY OF COFFMAN IN, UH, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, RELOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXISTING TRAIL AT GRAVE CROSSING PRECINCT.
WE DISCUSSED THIS AT PREVIOUS MEETING AND, UH, THANK MR. PARK.
YOU HAVE WORKED, COME BACK WITH IT THIS TIME.
AND KATRINA REPRESENT LAS MUNICIPAL UTILITY.
AND I, I THINK JUDGE THAT ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP, I MET WITH THE CITY OF TAROT AFTER OUR MEETING AND ONE OF 'EM WAS AT THE ROAD.
ALTHOUGH THIS, THIS IS ACTUALLY LIMITED.
THE, THE REQUEST TODAY IS LIMITED TO JUST GETTING THE, UH, GRADE CROSSING.
BUT THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THAT ROAD AND WHAT THAT ROAD LEVER HAD BUILT.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, STEVE ROGERS FELT THAT, UH, HE WISHES I HAD ASKED HIM TO COME, I GUESS.
BUT HE SAID THAT IF THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, HE WOULD PREFER THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T TAKE THINGS OFF OF MAP HE REQUESTED BECAUSE IT'S, IT WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY ON A THOROUGHFARE FUND.
SO, UM, I TOLD HIM I WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I WAS HAPPY TO TAKE THAT THAT OFF, BUT HE SAID, YOU REALLY CAN'T DO THAT 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT CAN'T DO THAT.
THAT'S BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AND THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
SO HE SAID IF ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
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HOW THESE ROADS ARE GONNA GET PUT TOGETHER, THAT'S GONNA BE A EVOLVING PROCESS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME WE MET, EVEN WHEN WE COME OFF THIS ACCESS OF UNION PACIFIC AND NOTHING SET IN STONE UNTIL ALL THE PARTIES GET TOGETHER, BUT THE CITY OF CORNY HAS A NEW BRIDGE AND ON THE ADJOINING PROPERTY, THERE PROBABLY WILL BE A ROAD CONNECTED TO THAT.UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON THE THOROUGH PLAN YET, BUT I'VE SEEN IT ON A LOT OF THE MAPS, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A THOROUGHFARE PLAN EVEN AS YOU SPEAK IN THE NEXT, UH, UH, 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
AND, AND STEVE, STEVE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I SHOULDN'T LET THAT PROCESS EVOLVE AND NOT, NOT TINKER WITH THIS UNTIL THAT DOES EVOLVE.
AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION WAS THE QUALITY OF THE ROAD, UM, ACCORDING TO, UH, THE COUNTY REGULATIONS, IT WOULD NEED TO BE, THIS ROAD IS, IS DESIGNATED AS SIX INCHES OF CONCRETE ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS THAT THE STATE GIVES US.
IT'S, IT'S THROUGH, UH, NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR REQUIREMENT IS SIX INCHES.
IT'S DESIGNED FOR CITIES AND OUR DISTRICT ENGINEER FOR LAS LONG IS RECOMMENDED EIGHT INCHES.
SO HE SET ON A COLLECTIVE ROAD, HE'S GONNA RECOMMEND FOR THE BOND HOLDERS THAT IT'S AN EIGHT INCH ROW AND, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE COUNTY'S REQUIREMENT IS ANYWAY.
AND MAYBE THE COUNTY WANTS TO ADOPT THAT SOME TIME AND SOME COUNTY JUST WANT FOR FIVE TO SIX INCHES RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT JUST IS WHAT THE DISTRICT'S, SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OTHER THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER, BUT UM, I THINK THOSE WERE THE ISSUES THAT WERE LEFT OUT STANDING OTHER DAY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I WOULD KIND OF LIKE THE INPUT FROM, UM, COMMISSION INCOMING COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, SINCE THIS IS GONNA BE IN HIS DISTRICT PRECINCT, UH, OUR NEAR OUR PRECINCT BOARD AT SOME POINT THEY DISTRICT SIX MORE YEARS.
THE CENSUS, IT MAY WIND UP IN PRECINCT ONE OR THREE.
AND UH, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT ONGOING MAINTENANCE.
WE KNOW THERE A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM AND I'M STILL NOT CLEAR, I STILL HAVE NOT SEEN ON THE MAP IF THAT IS IN THE LAS L CITY LIMITS OR MUD DISTRICT LIT.
IT'S, IT'S A THOROUGH FAIR PLAN'S DONE.
I I THINK THE THOROUGH FAIR PLAN MAY SHOW IT LEAVING LAS LOMAS ONTO THE HUNTS PROPERTY HUNTS AREN'T HERE, BUT WE'LL WORK WITH THE, THE HUNTS AND THAT ROAD, WHICH IS BEST FOR THEM BECAUSE I THINK THEY'LL WANT THAT ROAD BROUGHT ON.
IF IT IS THE HUNTS, I'M NOT SURE WHO OWNS THIS PROPERTY ANYMORE.
AND THEN THIS MAY BE MORE OF A DIRECT TURN OR IT MAY GO THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT WE'LL LIVE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES GIVEN TO US BY THE COUNTY AND THE CITIES WHEN THEY DO THE THIRD PARTY FUND.
NONE OF THIS PROPERTY EXCEPT FOR WHERE WE JUST BUILT THIS BRIDGE UP HERE AND THIS CITY OF TAROT ANNEXED THIS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS GONNA BE RETAIL HERE.
SO THEY ANNEX THIS PROPERTY IN HERE.
UH, BUT THE REST OF THIS IS IN THE, UM, TAR TERRELL ETJ COUNTY LIMITS.
BUT IS IT IN LOS LOOK THE PROPOSED PANEL PRESENT? WELL IF THIS IS, IF THIS IS THE, THE ROAD MM-HMM.
THIS WOULD BE PARTLY ON HUNT'S PROPERTY PART.
THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT'S THE, THE COLORED PROPERTIES ARE LAS LOMAS.
AND I REALLY THINK THIS ROAD, WHEN THE COUNTY'S LOOKING AT IT, THEY MIGHT NOT WANT IT GOING LIKE THIS.
WE MAY WANT GOING OVER LIKE THIS, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOT TO THAT POINT.
NOT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE MET WITH EVERYBODY.
THIS IS THE, THE, THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED IT WAS JUST THE EASIEST WAY TO CONNECT IT TO HELMS TRAIL.
BUT I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT HUNT PROJECT WAS THAT FAR ALONG AND I THINK IT DOES MAKE SENSE THAT WE CONNECT TO THAT, THAT HUNT BRIDGE.
WOULDN'T HOLD THE TRAFFIC, THE WING FARM BRIDGE, I'M SORRY, THE OTHER BRIDGE, THE OLD BRIDGE WOULDN'T HOLD THE, IF YOU WERE BACK DOWN RAILROAD ACROSS IN IS ACROSS FARM.
IS THAT WHERE YOU WANT TO DO IT? YES.
AND THE TEXT UP, WOULD IT, WOULD IT SUFFICE THE TRAFFIC THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO GO ACROSS THAT BRIDGE? THE UH, UH, I GUESS THAT, I GUESS THAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND, AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS AREA
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AND SOME OF 'EM ALREADY ASKED SINCE BROUGHT IT UP.THERE'S NO ON ANYTHING, IS THERE A TIME IN, IN ANYWHERE? IS THERE A, IS THERE ANY KIND OF TIMELINE WHETHER WE'RE OR WE GONNA WHERE YOU YOU HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO CLOSE ONE TO GET THE OTHER ONE.
I THINK THE COMMISSIONER CLARK'S POINT WAS THAT WE CAN'T CLOSE ANYTHING UNTIL THE ROADS BUILT AND CONNECTED.
AND WE DON'T HAVE APPROVAL TO BUILD ANY OF THESE ROADS.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE JUST FINALLY GOT UNION PACIFIC TO AGREE TO ALLOW US TO DO THIS CONNECTION, THE FARMS. AND WE DID THAT AFTER WE MET WITH THE CITY AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF
AND COMMISSIONER CLARK WAS SEEING OL, AND WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN THERE, IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING WHETHER YOU GET BACK UP ON 20 OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A VERY POORLY LAID OUT ROAD STRUCTURE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA BE RUDE, BUT IN, IN A SENSE THIS IS KIND OF POORLY LAID OUT BECAUSE WE'RE CHANGING EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE MAP AND YOU'RE SAYING, WELL IT CAN GO HERE, GO HERE AND GO THERE.
WE'RE ONLY DOING WHAT THE COUNTIES AND CITIES TELL US.
STEVE ROGERS ASKED ME, I SAID, WHEN I CAME TO THE COUNTY, THE QUESTION WAS RAISED.
SO YOU SAY, YOU SAY THE COUNTY WHO'S DESIGNING IT, THE THOROUGH FAIR PLAN THAT'S ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY IS WELL, WE'LL FOLLOW.
NO, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WANTING MEMBERS.
SO IF THIS, IF THIS DOESN'T GET DESIGNED, WE'LL BE HAPPY.
BUT I THINK CURRENTLY THIS IS WHAT'S SHOWN ON PEOPLE'S MAPS.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT OFF, UH, BECAUSE WE PREFER NOT TO BUILD THAT, BUT I CAN'T TAKE THAT OFF.
I THINK THAT'S SHOWING OF WHAT THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CITY OF CHARLESTON, THE S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED.
POINT TO ME WHERE THE AT GRADE RAILROAD CROSSING IS GOING BE.
POINT TO POINT TO ON YOUR MAP THOUGH.
THE DOTTED LINE THAT'S RUNNING DIAGONALLY OVER HERE TO THE RIGHT, IS THAT M TRAILER? YES SIR.
AND THEN THE DARK BLACK LINE THAT'S GOING UP TO THE CORNER THERE, IS THAT AN EXISTING ROAD? NO, THAT WE WOULD'VE TO THAT'S THE PROPOSED ROAD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD TO CONNECT TO THAT THE, THAT GRAY CROSSING.
AND I, AND I THINK WHEN WE BRING THAT IN, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THE COUNTY OR THE CITY WHO'S ETJ WILL SAY, LISTEN, WE REALLY WOULD PREFER THIS ROAD TO PICK UP THIS PROPERTY OVER HERE AND, AND, AND MAKE MORE OF AN A, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE THAT HAPPENING, BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT IS YET UNTIL THE PLAN IS FINISHED.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE GONNA BUILD AN UPGRADE CROSSING THAT'S ACROSS FROM WINDMILL FARM, IT'S GONNA CROSS US EIGHT AND THEN WHAT, WHAT WILL IT ATTACHED TO? IF THAT ROAD WHERE THE DARK LINE IS, IS RUNNING DIAGONALLY FROM, WHAT'S IT GOING, IN OTHER WORDS, OUR PROPOSAL IS FOR IT THAT IT'LL CROSS CONNECT RA, BUT I I I THINK IT WILL LOOKS LIKE SO YOU'RE GOING BE ABLE TO CROSS BEFORE YOU BUILD A ROAD.
WE ARE ROAD AND PART OF THIS CROSSING AND THE ROAD WOULD HAVE TO BE BUILT PRIOR TO CLOSING DOWN TRAFFIC.
THERE NEVER BE A DISRUPTION IN TRAFFIC.
AND COMMISSIONER, YOU CAN'T CLOSE.
WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THESE ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND, I MEAN THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON.
JOHN WILL TELL YOU, I MEAN WE SENT DOCUMENTS TO THEM AND IT'LL BE A YEAR BEFORE YOU GET A COMMON BACK, YOU KNOW? SO YES, THIS IS INTERESTING WHEN WE WILL NOT BE CLOSED UNTIL ALL OF THAT IS PUT IN PLACE.
WE'RE NEVER GONNA LOSE THE HILL TRAIL COSTS RIGHT NOW UNTIL AFTER ALL THAT, UNTIL ROADS ARE COMPLETE AND OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE JUST GOING PUT IN A PUT IN ACROSS PUT, IT'LL BE BLOCKED OFF UNTIL ROAD.
IS THAT SATISFACTORY TO THE, THE E TJ OF THE COUNTY? WELL, I MEAN THE CONTRACT THAT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SPECIFY THAT SPEC STATE.
WHAT'S THE REASON FOR CLOSING? THE BIGGEST UH, PROBLEM COMES TRAIL AND IT'S A PROBLEM FOR US AND FOR PEOPLE DOWN HERE IS YOU HAVE TO COME UP TO HERE, TURN RIGHT AND THEN IT, YEAH.
SPAGHETTI SECTOR HERE REALLY IS VERY CONFUSING.
ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND, AND WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE, YOU DON'T
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LIKE IT'S A ONE WAY SERVICE ROAD ON THAT SIDE.JUST WOULD TO GET OVER TO THE HIGHWAY AND YOU DID GO LEFT OF DALLAS OR RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I NOT LOCATED ISN'T THAT, ISN'T THAT A PRETTY GOOD ROAD? THAT AND ALL THAT STUFF? WELL, IT'S A, IT'S A 20 FOOT WIDE SEAL.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY FRANK'S RIGHT.
THE UNION PACIFIC, Y'ALL ARE SEEING A LOT MORE THAN WE SAW IF, UH, FRANK POINTS TO THE UPPER LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT'S REALLY ALL WE'VE LOOKED AT.
AND THE REST OF THIS IS KIND OF ALL DEVELOP.
YEAH, THERE'S NO, YEAH, THIS MEAN LAYER PLANT GENERATION, THERE'S A HUNDRED, BUT IT IT, IT'S AMAZING LIKE THIS, WE BUILT, THIS IS 10 YEARS OLD, WE JUST, WE JUST BUILT THIS NOW.
SO IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE THE PLAN AND THE COUNTY, THE CITY LIKED IT.
SO, BUT IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THESE PROJECTS OUT.
SO DO YOU PLAN ON CONSTRUCTING THE CROSSING PER QUICK? WE DO.
UH, BUT THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOS TRAIL CROSSING AND THIS CROSSING IS, IS THE QUALITY CROSSING HERE MUCH BETTER AND THERE'S GONNA BE A STACKING POSITION PUT OUT ON THE ROAD SO THE TRUCKS CAN'T BACK UP SINCE THAT ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT METRO SECTION AT 80 DOWN THE ROAD, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY AVOID AND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THAT SITUATED.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO YOU BUILD AND THAT UPGRADE CROSS, IT'LL ONLY CROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK.
IN OTHER WORDS, AFTER IT GETS BUILT WHERE YOU PUT UP BARRIERS, YARD, RAIL OR SOMETHING ON BOTH SIDES OF WHERE THEY CAN'T, THERE'S BE NO CHANCE OF SOMEBODY GETTING UP ON THEIR TRACK.
THE STATE WON ALLOW TO USE IT.
BUT WHAT'LL BE HAPPENING HERE IS I'LL BE RUNNING A PARALLEL PATH, UH, WITH THE NEW COMMISSIONER AND THE CITY OF TAROT ARGUING OUR POSITION FOR HOW THE ROADS GET LAID OUT.
ALONG THE TIME WE'LL ALL BE IN THERE ASKING FOR THE ROADS TO GO A CERTAIN DIRECTION.
AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE THIRD PLAN.
AS WE MOVE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD DAY.
WHEN Y'ALL BROUGHT IT IN HERE, BECAUSE WE SAID SAID, WELL CLOSE ONE, OPEN ONE AND OPEN ONE THAT JUST GOES TO PASTURE.
NOT, NOT GONNA DO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S MAKE SURE HUNDRED PERCENT STAY THE ROAD'S.
DOES THAT ANSWER EVERYBODY'S, ARE WE READY TO, UH, VOTE? I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE HIGHWAY READY? SHOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE A PART OF MOTION THAT STATE LAW? UH OH SURE.
JUST IN CASE THERE'S QUESTION.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE STREETS WILL BE BILLED 18.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER, SECOND.
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SAY AYE.