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WE TALKED ABOUT AT, UH, DOING A VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITY.SO, SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD INCLUDE EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO GET THIS THING UP AND RUNNING AND TAKEN OFF.
AND IF YOU SEE THERE, THAT 75,000 I, IT COULD BE LESS NO MATTER WHAT.
DOESN'T BEEN ASKING LIKE THE, AND STUFF WHERE THEY TAKE THEIR VEHICLES AND CURRENTLY THEY TAKE OUTSIDE OF 18, UH, AND I KNOW WE NEED TO MOVE ON.
JUST WHERE ARE WE EXACTLY ON THE CARPET IN THIS BUILDING.
I KNOW WE RUN INTO IT ASBE, HE SAID I MOVE ALL THE AND STUFF ON THE WEEKEND.
WELL THAT WOULD REMOVE THE CARPET.
SO, UM, WHEN THEY CAME IN, IT WOULD BE A CLEAN SLATE.
HOW, HOW MUCH TIME ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T BE IN THE BUILDING WHEN THEY DO THAT.
HE HAD TALKED, HE SAID ABOUT TWO, TAKE IT HOME, TAKE IT UP.
IT MAY BE TWO WEEKENDS, BUT I THINK YOU WAS SAYING TWO NEED TO VERIFY.
I HARD TO CLOSE DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS.
SO, AND WE, WE HAD DISCUSSED BREAKING IT UP INTO THIRDS, UM, MAYBE DO ONE WEEKEND, DO THE FRONT TAX OFFICE ANOTHER WEEKEND, ALWAYS IN OFFICE AREAS.
AND THEN WHERE IS WHERE? STOP UP HERE AT THE, HERE.
AND IT, IT'S UNDERNEATH FLOOR TILE MAY, YOU KNOW, ASBE, BUT THE, THEY USE TO GLUE IT DOWN.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE YOU RUN INTO ASBE, WHICH PON THAT WE BREAK A FEDERAL LAW.
ALRIGHT GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A LARGE NUMBER.
WE PUT ALL THESE TOGETHER, BUT, UH, AND, AND, AND NO WAY DO I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ALL THESE BASED ON SOME OF THE OTHER REQUEST I WANTED YOU TO SEE, AND WE'LL PUT SOME NUMBER RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE WE HAVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET FOR MAINTENANCE PREPARED, GENERAL PREPARED.
AND YOU GUYS GO THROUGH THAT PRETTY, PRETTY QUICK AND YOU'RE DOING SOME GOOD THINGS.
I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UH, MAKING OUR BUILDINGS LOOK BETTER AND, AND SHARPLY, BUT, UH, AND ENERGY EFFICIENT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE THE LIGHTS IN HERE, WE CHANGE ALL THESE OUT AND L LED D RIGHT.
AND IT UP FRONT, FRONT OUT THERE TOO SQUARE.
YOU KNOW, ONE THING I PUT ON HERE WAS DOING THE COMMISSIONER'S BUILDINGS RECENT, I GET THE PAINT I KNOW.
WHAT WAS THAT? EXTERIOR? THE EXTERIOR CAME UP WITH SOME KIND, I GUESS THE SAME THING.
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YEAR PRECINCT FREE BARN OR WHATEVER, ALL FOUR OF, ALRIGHT.UH, AND THEN DAVID THROUGH THIS DEPARTMENT I THE COST OF THE PAINT.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEY QUICK BEFORE YOU GET FINISH, FINISH IT.
GUARANTEE, I DUNNO, YOU GOTTA ROLL A FOR ABSOLUTELY.
WELL THAT KAREN AND I, WE LOOK SOME OF THAT YEAH.
AS WE GET DOWN TOWARDS THE END OF THE BUDGET YEAR, WE SEE WE HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY.
WE MAY COME BACK TO YOU WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT, A LINE ITEM TRANSFER OR SOMETHING.
SOME OF THIS STUFF OUR COLLECTIONS ARE DOING VERY WELL.
AND SO MAYBE THERE'S SOME OF THIS WE CAN GET KNOCKED OUT BEFORE DISTRICT HONOR BUDGET, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR DOING A GREAT JOB.
NEXT ITEM IS MR. OLDFIELD TO DISCUSS THE REVISED COUNTY INVESTMENT PROCESS.
UH, THIS IS, UH, A DRAFT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN YOUR PACKET AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S A MARKUP DRAFT OF LINDA DOUGLAS OF GUADALUPE COUNTY IS A TREASURER FRIEND OF MINE.
AND GUADALUPE COUNTY IS, SE SE IS ATTACHED TO BAYER COUNTY VERY SIMILARLY TO HOW HOFFMAN COUNTY'S ATTACHED TO DALLAS COUNTY.
THEIR POPULATION AT THE 2010 CENSUS WAS 131,000.
SO THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OURS.
THERE ARE ABOUT 79%, UM, ANGLO, AND, UM, NEARLY 30% WERE HISPANIC AND, AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS DRAFT POLICY THAT WE'RE USING, UH, HAD BEEN, UM, REVIEWED BY TAG.
SO, SO OUR ATTORNEYS AND I FOCUSED ON THIS AS THE BEST TEMPLATE THAT WE LOCATED, UH, TO, UH, TO USE.
AND THE, THE, THE, THE POLICY THAT'S IN PLACE IS SUBSTANTIALLY OUTTA DATE.
SO, UM, THE, WHEN WE COME AFTER A COMMENT PERIOD HERE TO SEE ANYBODY'S COMMENTS, I FULLY RESPONSIVE SI WANT OUTSIDE THOUGHTS IF, IF YOUR QUESTIONS ARE DEEPER AND, UM, AND COME TO A POLICY THAT WILL REALLY WORK.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT STILL CONTROLS THE INVESTMENT POLICIES.
YOU KNOW, IN THIS POLICY THERE IS A PROVISION OR AN INVESTMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE SO THAT, UH, WE GET PEOPLE WITH EXPERTISE, UH, TO GIVE US COUNSEL AND GUIDANCE.
AND WE COME TO THE COURT PROPOSALS AND STRUCTURES DISCUSSING WITH THE COURT AND, UH, PROCEED.
I THINK OUR TIMING ON THIS IS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
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OF THE LAST ISSUANCE OF THE, YOU'LL HAVE, WE WERE DISCUSSING A LITTLE OVER 23 MILLION.YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY 8 MILLION OF THE FIRST ROUND OF ROAD BONDS STILL SITTING IN OUR DEPOSITORY ACCOUNT.
AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS TO ISSUE THE BONDS HAVE A RELIABLE INVESTMENT POLICY AND, AND AN APPROVED INVESTMENT PROCESS SO THAT AS THESE FUNDS ARE IN OUR DEPOSITORY, WE CAN, AT LEAST FROM THE THREE AND HALF PERCENT INTEREST THAT WE'RE GONNA PAY, UM, HOPEFULLY WE WOULD HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INTEREST IN INCOME TO, UM, SOFTEN OFF THAT BURDEN UNTIL WE DEPLOY THOSE FUNDS.
AND RIGHT NOW, THE, THE TREASURY YIELD CURVE IS, UH, IT'S APPROACHING THAT POSITION OF TURNING NEGATIVE.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, 10 YEAR INVESTMENTS ARE ABOUT 1.4% AND ONE YEAR AND 18 MONTH INVESTMENTS ARE, UH, APPROACHING 1% TO A LITTLE BIT OVER 1%.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THE, UH, YIELD CURVE OR NEGATIVE, THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY INDICATORS FOR THE ECONOMISTS THAT WE'RE GOING ENTER INTO A, A RECESSIONARY PERIOD.
SO, UH, YOU TAKE ALL LOOKING AT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THE FUNDS.
SO AS WE'RE PLANNING PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'LL BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO GET A DRAW DOWN SCHEDULE THAT THE COURT COULD AGREE ON SO THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH, UH, THE DATES THAT FUNDS WILL BE NEEDED SO THAT WE CAN INVEST THOSE FUNDS ACCORDINGLY TO PRODUCE AS MUCH YIELD AS POSSIBLE.
UNTIL, SO I DIDN'T NECESSARILY EXPECT YOU TO BE HAVING QUESTIONS TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO GET THIS OUT SO THAT, UH, WE CAN START HAVING DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU CONSIDER APPROPRIATE.
I THINK PROBABLY, UH, UH, AS WE START THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER 1ST, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD GOAL TO HAVE THE POLICY IN PLACE, THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN PLACE AND, AND OUR PLAN FOR GOING FORWARD.
SO YOU SAID WE HAVE HAD A POLICY IN PLACE.
THE, UH, OUR ATTORNEYS INDICATED TO ME THAT THE EXISTING POLICY LOOKED LIKE IT DID NOT INCLUDE, UH, THE CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT ACT FROM 2009.
AND SO I FELT LIKE IT WAS CRITICAL THAT WE EMBARK UPON THIS SOMEWHAT TEDIOUS LITTLE PROCESS.
THOSE ARE THE ATTORNEYS THAT WE'RE, OKAY.
FREEZING NICHOLS, I BELIEVE YOU GUYS ARE HERE AND YOU'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, UH, SELF THINGS THIS MORNING.
YES, I HAVE, HAVE, THIS IS OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR, UM, COUNTY THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT BEEN COPIES OF DISCUSSION FOR SOME MONTHS NOW.
SO WE DO HAVE A, A POWERPOINT THAT WE KIND BE TALKING FROM, WE PROMISE IT WON'T BE DONE BY POWERPOINT, BUT, UH, BE, BE COURT.
BUT IT IS JUST TO KIND OF HELP TRACK OUR CONVERSATION AND, AND, UH, WHERE WE ARE WITH THE STUDY.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, UH, SINCE WE STARTED THE PROCESS, REALLY AT THE BEGINNING YEAR IN EARN AND, UM, JUST THE, UH,
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU'LL RECALL THAT THE CA WAS REALLY CONSIST OF TWO PARTS.
THERE WAS A THOROUGH FAIR PLAN AND OVERALL COUNTYWIDE PLAN.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A KIND OF A SUB AREA OR A CORRIDOR PLAN FOR THE US 80 CORRIDOR SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED, UH, THE US 80, UH, COURT, COCO.
NOW, AS A, AS A PLANNING DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE DOCUMENT IS DESIGNED REALLY TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT.
AND TO THAT END, WE'VE, UH, COORDINATED WITH ALL OF THE CITIES
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WITHIN KAUFFMAN COUNTY.WE'VE COORDINATED WITH TDO N CT, COG, DT, N-T-R-M-A AGENCIES.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO OBTAIN INPUT TO THIS PLAN FURTHER, AS PART OF OUR, UH, THE, THE EVOLVING PROCESS, WE'VE HAD TWO SEPARATE STEERING COMMITTEES, UH, STEERING COMMITTEE THAT LED THE TRANSPORTATION COMPONENTS.
THOSE WERE MORE OF FOLKS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT WERE MORE OF MORE POLICY, UM, ADMINISTRATION TYPE FOLKS.
AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER COMMITTEE FOR THE US 80 CORRIDOR, WHICH MORE TECHNICAL FOLKS, REALLY MORE DEPARTMENT HEADS, THINGS LIKE THAT FROM THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AFFECTED, UM, ALONG THE US 80 QUARTER.
SO WE REALLY HAD A ROBUST SET OF INPUT.
AND THE INPUT DIDN'T REALLY JUST STOP AT, AT MEETINGS.
I MEAN, WE, WE HAD OUTREACH, THE INITIAL SET OF WHAT WE CALL TOWN HALLS IN JANUARY OF 2016, WHERE WE HAD THREE SEPARATE MEETINGS.
ONE IN TER, ONE IN 41 HERE AT, AT TVE BUILDING.
UM, AND THEN A SECOND ROUND OF TOWN HALLS, UH, HERE THIS PAST, UH, AT THE END OF MARCH WHERE WE WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES AGAIN.
SO, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THE DRAFT PLAN, AND THAT'S THE DRAFT PLAN THAT'S UP ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE, BUT OBTAINING FURTHER FEEDBACK, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU MISSED TO VOTE ON? AND, AND REALLY TO THAT, TO THAT END, WE'VE ALSO, THERE'S BEEN OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE CROSSED UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, I SHOULDN'T SAY ISSUES, BUT PLANNING, PLANNING CONTINUES WITH ALL THE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES ONLY ADOPTED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW CERTAIN COURTS COULD BE IMPLEMENTED FINANCIALLY.
UH, THERE'S THING, ACTIVITIES GOING ON WITH ROCKWALL COUNTY THAT WE MET WITH THEM LAST WEEK.
SO THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL TWEAKING THE DOCUMENT A LITTLE BIT.
THE BOTTOM LINE THAT THE OVERALL COUNTY PLAN HAS BEEN, UH, OUT TO THE COUNTY, UM, SINCE MARCH IS THE PLAN THAT WE'RE REALLY BUILDING FROM.
SO, UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THIS, THIS INVOLVEMENT HAS REALLY BEEN WHAT WE SEE IS THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PLAN OF KIND OF COLLABORATION THAT'S OCCURRED, UM, WITH ALL THE COMMUNITIES AND AGENCIES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A, A SLIDE THERE ON WHY WE WANT TO DO ALL THIS PLANNING.
AND NOT ONLY IS IT FROM THE COORDINATION PERSPECTIVE AND PERSPECTIVE AND THE NEEDS OF, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, BY WAY OF PROGRAM AND FUNDED IMPROVEMENTS, BUT ALSO THIS PLAN IS REALLY GONNA HELP SERVE AS A FRAMEWORK FOR LONG-TERM GROWTH SINCE WE'RE LOOKING 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP FOR NOT ONLY MOBILITY, NOT ONLY FOR SAFETY, BUT ALSO ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNTY.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE, THE, THE PLAN REALLY HELPS TO, TO SET THE STAGE FOR FUNDING STRATEGIES.
THAT'S KIND OF THE POLICY DOCUMENT TO INFORM THE NPO AND CT COG ON WHAT THE DESIRES OF COMAN COUNTY BECOMES.
THIS, THE FRAMEWORK FOR HOW, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS AND HOW PROJECTS COULD BE, UH, INITIALLY FUNDED.
SO, UH, IN, IN THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WE HAD SEVERAL CATEGORIES THAT WE REALLY LOOKED, UH, CLOSELY AT, NOT ONLY FROM A CALL THE ROADMAP, IF YOU'LL LOOKING AT EXISTING CONDITIONS, BUT WE ALSO, UH, LOOKED AT SOME RECOMMENDED NETWORKS, UM, DEVELOPED SOME, A VARIETY OF ALTERNATIVES THAT WE'VE VETTED THROUGH STEERING COMMITTEE, OBTAIN INPUT FROM THE FOOD STEERING COMMITTEES.
UH, BUT THEN ALSO KEY OUT THE PLAN IS THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION NETWORK.
THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE BIGGIES.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL CITIES THAT HAVE PREPARED PLANS.
I MEAN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE COORDINATING THOSE PLANS, WE'RE COORDINATING THOSE PLANS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT WE'VE GOT A FUNCTIONAL, UH, NETWORK, UH, THAT KIND OF ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO WE HAVE ALL THAT STUFF DOCUMENTED IN, IN THREE DOCUMENTS, UH, THAT YOU'VE HAD.
UH, YOU'VE HAD THE WORKING DRAFT OF DOCUMENT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW FOR THE OVERALL THOROUGH CARE PLAN AND THE USAID CORRIDOR.
UH, THE STEERING HANDOUT IS, IS MORE OR LESS AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
WE KIND OF PUT ALL THAT, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A BOW ON IT, UH, A SHORTER DOCUMENT.
BUT THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS, UM, GOOD READING, 127 PAGES WORTH OF READING.
UM, THE US 80 SUB COMPONENT IS ABOUT, UH, 50 PAGES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE DOCUMENT THIS STUFF, 'CAUSE IT NOT ONLY EXPLAINS WHAT ARE THE ISSUES, WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, BUT ALSO IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED FROM A SHORT RANGE AND A LONG RANGE PERSPECTIVE.
ESTIMATED COSTS FOR GENERALIZED PLANNING TO SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT THE DOCUMENT HIGHLIGHTS ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO FROM AN EXISTING, UM, UH, EXISTING ISSUES
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AT THE OUTSET OF THE PLAN, PLAN PROCESS, WE CONCURRED.NORTH SOUTH MOBILITY WAS AN ABSOLUTE HUGE ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PLAINTIFF EAST WEST OPPORTUNITY BY WAY OF US 80 I 2175.
THEY NOT THE BEST ON US 80, BUT NORTH SOUTH MOBILITY IS WHAT'S BEEN, UH, AN OVERWHELMING FACTOR.
AND WE HEARD THAT NOT ONLY FROM, UM, THE STEERING COMMITTEE, BUT FROM A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'VE GOTTA FIND A BETTER WAY TO LINK UP SOME OF OUR, OUR EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY.
UM, AND TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PRESSURES IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTOR OF THE COUNTY TOWN, UM, THAT'S WHERE GROWTHS OCCURRING.
BUT IN 20 YEARS, THAT GROWTH IS GONNA BE BEYOND THAT.
IT'S GONNA BE IN THE, IT'S GONNA BE IN CITY PROPER.
AND SO YOU'RE GONNA BE FACED WITH, AS YOU ALL AS DECISION MAKERS, YOU KNOW, THE COMPETING ISSUES OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT VERSUS MOBILITY.
THOSE, THOSE, THAT KEY BATTLE WILL GO ON DAILY.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HEAR THE COMMENT, WE MOVED OUT HERE FOR A REASON.
WE'RE SITTING AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOLKS NOW COUNTYWIDE, WE'RE GONNA GO TO 200,020 YEARS EMPLOYMENT.
THAT'S BEEN INCREASED BY 50,000.
SO THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE, ARE SUGGESTING THAT A MORE ROBUST NETWORK AND THIS DRAFT PLAN WE PUT TOGETHER, WE THINK HELPS TO ADDRESS ALL THOSE THINGS.
AGAIN, NOT ONLY FROM MOBILITY, BUT ALSO FROM SAFETY, AND THEN ALSO A CERTAIN DEGREE OF TIMING OF KEITH SABLES.
NOW WE HAVE BEEN ASSISTED IN ANOTHER RESPECT THAT WE DEVELOPED A TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL FOR KIND OF A TECHNICAL TOOL TO HELP US UNDERSTAND DAILY DEMANDS AND HELP US ON ROADWAY SIZE AND THINGS LIKE THAT WAS KIND OF A BIGGIE, UH, FOR US.
UM, TAKING THE, THE N CT COLLEGE REGIONAL NETWORK, DEVELOPING A SPECIFIC SUB AREA MODEL, TAILORED
SO, SO THE PLAN, YOU KNOW, YOUR CURRENT PLAN AS YOU HAVE NOW IS THE 2003 KAUFMAN COUNTY PLAN.
WE HOPE THAT THIS PLAN, UM, SUPERSEDES THAT, THAT PLANNING DOCUMENT, UM, AS THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR
SO I'LL JUST KIND OF HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, AND THEN FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS AS YOU, YOUR, I HEARD 50 WORDS EARLIER, I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT IN 5,000 WORDS, MAYBE 50,000.
BUT IT IS A, IT'S A VERY, UM, IT'S A VERY COMPLEX QUESTION THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING AND, UM, BUT A LOT OF THOUGHT HAS GONE INTO IT.
I HOPE THAT, THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY FIVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT NORTH SOUTH MOBILITY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE SAW WAS BECAUSE YOUR, YOUR QUE LAID OUT IN THE LOBBY, THESE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF A, IF YOU WILL, A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.
WE GOT EAST WEST CORRIDORS THAT ARE MORE OR LESS, UH, UH, ZERO OR, OR 180.
AND HOW DO WE SYNC UP THOSE THINGS? AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE HAVING TO KIND OF TRAVERSE QUADRANTS OR SECTIONS OF LAND TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.
BUT ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT WE HEARD WAS, UH, THE NEED FOR A NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR BETWEEN 40 AND TAROT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A CORRIDOR JUST TO THE EAST OF BRUSHY CREEK, UH, THAT WE THINK SERVES THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITIES.
MOST OF THE, THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED WAS ALL FOR A CORRIDOR.
WE HEARD FOR THE MOST PART, CORRIDOR EAST OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
UH, THERE WAS ONE COMMUNITY THAT FELL ALLOWED TO BE ON THE WEST SIDE, BUT GIVEN THE EXISTING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRED, COST PROHIBITIVE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THAT NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR IS IT SYNS UP WITH, UH, THE ROCKLAND COUNTY, UH, OUTER LOOP, WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THEIR OUTER LOOP.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A, A HUGE DEAL.
WE HAVE MADE SOME, SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.
IN FACT, STA AND, AND KEVIN MET WITH ROCKWALL COUNTY COMMISSIONER LAST WEEK, KIND OF LOOK AT SOME THINGS, UH, FOR HOW WE MIGHT ADDRESS, UH, ROCKWALL CONNECTIVITY.
BUT IT SYNCS UP WITH THEIR OUTER LOOP, UH, GENERALLY IN THE SH 2 0 5 AREA.
BUT IT PROVIDES THAT KEY MOBILITY OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN, UH, THE NORTHERN COUNTY LIMIT TO 80 TO I 20 DOWN TO ONE SEVEN.
NOW WE'RE CALLING THIS NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR, POTENTIALLY A FREEWAY, A HIGHWAY CORRIDOR.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE BUILDING A HIGHWAY CORRIDOR AT THE OUTSET.
OBVIOUSLY WE MIGHT START, UM, KEY WITH DRIVEWAY PRESERVATION, BUT IMPLEMENTING TWO LANES.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT, IMPORTANTLY, SETTING THE STATE FOR NETWORK.
SO WE'VE GOT THIS THING THAT IF, IF NORTH SOUTH OR THIS POTENTIAL REGIONAL ISLAND NEVER HAPPENS, IF YOU HAVE A NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR THAT CAN HELP PROVIDE THAT KEY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE FOCUSED.
IF WE WERE TO LOOK SOLELY AT, WITHIN KAMAN, SOMETHING THAT CONNECT 80, UH, AND 1 75.
BUT THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, ALL THOSE GROWTH AREAS
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THAT ARE OCCURRING.SO WE'RE CALLING THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTY LIMITS TO 1 7 5.
AND WE'VE GOT THIS, WHAT WE CALL THE SOUTHERN CONNECTOR.
AND THE REASON WE CALL IT THE SOUTHERN CONNECTOR IS THERE'S LITTLE VARIATION IN WHAT THAT'S IN THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE CORRIDOR.
WE SAID, RATHER THAN A HIGHWAY KIND OF CLASSIFICATION, WHICH MIGHT HAVE A LARGER RIGHT OF WAY ENVELOPE, ANYWHERE 400, PERHAPS EVEN GREATER 500 FEET, WE'RE SAYING SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE, UH, LESS IN THE, IN THE 1 50, 200 FOOT RANGE, PRIMARILY BECAUSE SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED, UH, SCURRY, UH, SOUTH OF 1 75, THERE'LL BE MORE OF A, A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE SAID, BECAUSE VOLUME IS ANTICIPATED, YOU LOWER THE SOUTH 1 75.
LET'S, LET'S BUMP THIS SCORE DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE MANAGEABLE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, FROM 1 75 DOWN TO 34, IT CONNECTS BACK IN TO 34, WHICH IN TURN GETS YOU THAT REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY WITH 34 AND OTHER COUNTIES ADJACENT TO YOU.
UH, WE, WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE, UH, UNIVERSITY CONNECTOR, AND IT JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THERE ON THE SCREEN.
AND THIS IS MORE OF AN EAST WEST CONNECTION, UH, TO HELP FACILITATE A LOT OF GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHERN NECK OF WOODS, UH, OF THE COUNTY, UH, LOMA GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT, ALL THOSE KINDS OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING.
AND THEN IN, IN NORTHERN TAROT TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, WE WANTED TO, TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF EAST WEST SUPPORT WITHIN, WITH ALL THAT FUTURE GROWTH.
RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL FUNNELED TO US 80, YOU'RE ON A TRACK, SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO GET YOU TO NORTH SOUTH, UH, THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR.
AND SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A CORRIDOR, UM, THAT, THAT REALLY, BECAUSE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR IS GONNA BE MORE OF AN ACCESS CONTROLLED FACILITY, PROVIDES AN OPTIMAL LOCATION FOR, UH, SYNCING UP WITH THAT FACILITY.
AND I, AND I WANNA POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, WE MET WITH THE GATEWAY FOLKS.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A DIFFERENT ALIGNMENT ON THEIR MAP OF SOME KIND OF EAST WEST CONNECTION, BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF CONNECTION WITH THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR LOOP, THEY, THEY JUMPED ON BOARD.
SO, UH, TERRELL'S ALL ON BOARD.
SO WE KIND OF SYNCED UP SOME KEY ROADWAYS TO MAKE THAT, THAT EAST WEST CONNECTION, WHAT WE CALL THE UNIVERSITY, UH, F NINE EIGHTY SIX CONNECTOR, UH, 1392.
UM, THIS WAS A, A KEY CORRIDOR, UH, TO THE WEST BATAR THAT CURRENTLY HAS A LOT OF 90 DEGREE BENDS, MORE OR LESS INDICATIVE OF PRESCRIPTIVE ROCK REALIGNED AND RECONFIGURED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, TYING AN EXISTING 1392 WITH, UH, 5 57 ULTIMATELY TO FM 1 48 CAN SERVE ALMOST AS A BACKAGE ROAD, IF YOU WILL, TO DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRING, UH, IN THAT NECK WOODS BETWEEN 2080, UH, THE SPUR AND THAT POTENTIALLY THIS NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR.
OBVIOUSLY LAS LOMAS HAS, UM, SET ASIDE SOME RIGHT OF WAY FOR A NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR.
THEY SEE 1392 AS BEING KEY CORRIDOR, UH, THE EASTERN END, THE AIR DEVELOPMENT, ALL THE STUFF GOING ON WITH THE HOSPITAL, BUCKY'S, ALL THAT NEW STUFF THAT, THAT MIKE SIMS WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT ALL KIND OF LENDS TO THE CREDENCE OF IT IS SUPPORTING PACKAGE ROAD.
IF YOU'LL, UH, LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE.
THIS IS MORE OF A, OF A CONNECTOR TYPE FACILITY BETWEEN NORTH SOUTH, UH, CORRIDOR, UH, AND STATE HIGHWAY 34, MAINLY AIMED AT, AT CONNECTING THOSE FACILITIES ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE CITY OF COFFMAN, BUT ALSO AS AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT TOOL, UH, FOR THE COFFMAN, UH, FOR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COMAN.
UH, WE, WE GENERATED SOME EXCITEMENT WHEN WE DID NOT SHOW REALIGNED 34 ON THE MAP.
UH, OUR BAD, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING THAT WENT INTO THAT, UH, CORRIDOR.
YOU SEE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TYING CURRENT 34 HERE IN KAUFMAN AROUND THE BYPASS, UH, TO TERRELL AND AND BEYOND TERRELL.
SO THAT'S ALIGNMENT, WHICH WAS ON YOUR O THREE PLAN, REFLECTED ON THE MAP.
AS FOR THAT'S THAT BENEFIT, UH, TO LEVERAGE THAT, UH, THAT PREVIOUS ADVANCED PLAN.
WE DO THINK, QUITE FRANKLY, THAT, UM, THERE, THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR, THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE TRAVEL DEMAND ON CORRIDOR UNLESS WE ON THERE, BECAUSE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR COULD BE 2010 TO 20 YEARS IF NOT LONGER.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU'VE GOT A CORRIDOR THAT'S ALREADY GONNA A LINE AND SET, UM, PARTIES ARE ON BOARD, YOU KNOW, THAT SERVES AS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE, UH, THE US 1 75 CORRIDOR, OBVIOUSLY, UH, IT'S A THREE WAY CLASSIFICATION, THEN YOU GET TO THIS OR THE CITY.
BUT THEN AS YOU MOVE DOWN SOUTH TOWARD KEMP AND, UH, MAYBANK, OBVIOUSLY IT TRANSLATES BACK TO A, AN OLDER HIGHWAY CONFIGURATION.
LONG TERM WE SEE THAT GOING TO FREEWAY, FREEWAY NEED, UH, COMPLETE REFERRING ROAD.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME CONSIDERABLE SAFETY ISSUES IN CAMP WITH THOSE GREAT SEPARATIONS.
THE SPEED ON THE 1 75 AND, AND THE, UH, MOVEMENT COMING OUT OF KEMP.
SO THE GREAT SEPARATIONS THERE AT KEMP IS PART OF THAT OVERALL CORE IMPLEMENTATION ARE GONNA BE KEY.
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BOTTOM LINE OF, UH, FREEWAY CLASS FACILITY, UH, FM 27 28, UH, THIS IS MORE OF A, AN ARTERIAL CLASS FACILITY THAT WE SEE AS ANOTHER CONNECTOR, QUITESO WE SEE SOME BENEFIT LONG TERM TO CREATING CONNECTIONS.
AND THAT'S YOU A LOT OF THE, AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL CLASSES AND, UM, BY THEMSELVES.
AND BASICALLY A LOT OF PLANNING THAT WE DID WAS TRYING TO FIND WAYS FOR BETTER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EXISTING ROADS AND HOW TO ACHIEVE BETTER ABILITY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY CONNECTING DOTS, IF YOU WILL.
UM, BUT TO, TO THE DEGREE THAT WE THINK IS BEST FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEN ALSO DEVELOP, UH, THE COUNTY ROAD.
UH, COUNTY ROAD 1 0 1 POPPED UP.
UH, YEAH, JESSE'S, OH, THERE, IT'S, THERE IT IS.
UH, MAYBE YOU CAN USE YOUR CURSOR TO HIGHLIGHT THAT STRAND.
SO WE, WE CALL IT, UM, WE CALL IT THE, THE, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S MORE OF A CONNECTION BETWEEN, UH, 2 43 TO, UH, OTHER COUNTY ROADS AND REALLY KIND OF DEVELOPING OR EMERGING, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREA TO THE SOUTHEAST.
NOT AS MUCH GROWTH ANTICIPATED.
THE SOUTHEAST IS TO FURTHER, FURTHER TO, UH, THE, THE NORTH, UH, NORTHEAST RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE KNOW THERE'S RESIDENTIAL GROWTH NORTH OF KEN.
SO WE SEE THE NEED FOR SUPPLEMENTAL COORDINATION, UH, IN, UH, TO THE SOUTHEAST, OR AT LEAST PROVIDING ACCESS OVER TO 1 75 FROM, UH, FROM 2 43.
I MEAN, THE PLAN HAS A, A SIGNIFICANT OTHER NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS AND I'VE ONLY HIT KIND OF KEY ITEMS AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE BIGGER ONES.
BUT, UM, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT, YOU'LL SEE A SPECIFIC SECTION THAT TAKES LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM, UH, FOR SOME OF THE PLANS WE CALL THOSE A THERE A SOUTH TAROT LOOP.
UM, 19 5 57, OVER TO, UM, UH, 2 83.
IT REALLY AIMED AT ECONOMIC BENEFIT, UH, TO LEVERAGE I 24.
SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF STRATEGIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THERE.
OKAY, SO THE, WE TALKED ABOUT FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CLASSIFYING THESE STREETS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT AS IT INTO THE REGIONAL NETWORK.
THIS GRAPHIC HERE TALKS ABOUT HIGHWAYS AND FREEWAYS.
UH, THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLACK ON THE SCREEN SCREEN.
UH, THESE ARE KEY FOLDER THAT WE SEE ARE GONNA BE FOUR.
THE REGIONAL CORRIDORS, UH, AIM AT MOVEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC LONG TERM IN THE COMMUNITY OF OUR DIVIDE OF WAY, UH, NEEDED.
BUT ALSO THEN AGAIN, MORE ACCESS CONTROL.
THE PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL NETWORK THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.
NOW, THOSE CONSIST OF FACILITIES LIKE STATE HIGHWAY 34 5 48, 2 0 5.
BUT REALLY WE'VE EMBELLISHED, UH, THAT NETWORK, UH, A LITTLE BIT TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WE DON'T SHOW ON THE GRAPHIC ON THE SCREEN IS WE INVERT, WE LEFT OFF, UH, REALIGN 34.
UH, THE TRUST'S ON THERE, IT'S ON THE OVERALL MAP.
SO, UH, CONNECTION THERE BETWEEN TERRELL AND KAUFMAN IS IN FACT THERE.
THIS, THE PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS, UM, ARE AIMED AT REALLY BEING, UH, 120 TO 1 1 4 40 FOOT OF DRIVEWAY, FOUR TO SIX LANES, NOT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT AT ALL AT ONE TIME OVER, UH, PHASED IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT AIM AT, UM, KIND OF CROSS CITY TO COUNTY, UH, MOVEMENT.
THE MAJOR ARTERIAL NETWORKS THAT HAS HIGHLIGHTED HERE, THOSE ARE THE, UM, THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE.
UM, GENERALLY FOUR, SIX LANES WITHIN RIGHT AWAY OF ABOUT ANYWHERE AROUND 20 FEET, REALLY, AGAIN, CONNECTING, UH, ARTERIAL CLASS FACILITIES TO MAJOR ARTERIAL FACILITIES.
UM, BUT THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, KIND OF PROVIDING BIGGER AND BETTER CONNECTIONS TO SOME OF THOSE REGIONAL, UH, FACILITIES IN AND THROUGHOUT THE TALKING.
THOSE ARE FACILITIES LIKE FM 27, 28, UH, 7 41, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
THE, UH, MINOR ARTERIAL NETWORK THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.
UH, THIS WAS KIND OF AN IMPORTANT CLASS FACILITY TO RETAIN WITHIN HOFFMAN, YOU KNOW, THE HOFFMAN IS, IS IS A GENERALLY A RURAL TO SUBURBANIZED COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTOR, THAT'S WHERE WE HAD MORE ARTERIAL CLASS FACILITIES.
BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE LESS DENSE IN THE, IN THE EASTERN SECTOR OF THE COUNTY, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF THE COUNTY, THIS, THIS MINOR ARTERIAL NETWORK, WHICH COULD BE THREE TO FOUR LANES WITHIN A DRIVEWAY, ANYWHERE FROM A HUNDRED TO 20 FEET.
THIS IS KIND OF MORE OF A ROBUST NETWORK NEEDED FOR LONGER TERM CONNECTIONS.
UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL CONNECTIONS THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, UM, COUNTY
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ROAD 4 61, UH, OVER TO, UM, STATE HIGHWAY 1 75, 4 61 TO TIES IN WITH 24 51.RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF A KIND OF SMALL COUNTY ROAD SLEEPY TWO LANEER, BUT LONG TERM THERE'S STILL KIND OF DIRECT EAST WEST CONNECTION.
SO WE WERE FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE PROVIDE A CONNECTION BETWEEN, UM, KENT MAYBANK 1 7 5 OVER TO 34, SO THAT AS THAT AREA DEVELOPS, YOU HAVE KEY THAT YOU CAN BE FOCUSING ON.
ANOTHER KEY OUT THAT ARTERIAL NETWORK OR THE MINOR IS KIND OF TO PROVIDE NORTH SOUTH, WE FOUND FELT LIKE CONNECTING A FEW MISSING LINKS TO I 20, IN FACT, BEYOND I 2080 INTO THE NORTHERN THE COUNTY IMPORTANT AS ANOTHER SUPPLEMENTAL NORTH SOUTH BORDER, WE THINK THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL TERM.
FINAL CLASSES WE HAVE CALLED OUT AND PLANNED IS COLLECTOR CLASS STREETS.
THIS IS WHAT REALLY GIVES YOU ACCESS TO THE LOCAL NETWORK NEIGHBORHOODS.
TWO AND THREE LANE TYPE STREETS, EIGHT TO A HUNDRED FOOT WAY THAT ARE AIMED REALLY AT, AGAIN, TRANSITION BETWEEN LOCAL STREETS, FACILITIES, REALLY AIM CONNECTIONS.
TWO, THE LARGER NETWORK FOR MOBILITY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, MISSING LINKS FOR SAFETY.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE CONNECTIONS ALONG THE EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PARLEY COMMUNITY, UH, THE COUNTY.
SO WE ARE OBVIOUSLY LOOKING TO ENHANCE THE CERTAIN, UH, THERE IS ONE OTHER CORRIDOR THAT I DO WANT TO CALL OUT, UM, THAT IS, UH, NOW ON THE PLAN.
THIS HIT REALLY, UH, AFTER WE PUT OUT THE DRAFT PLAN IN MARCH, AND THAT WAS A NORTH EXTENDING MONEY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS.
THIS IS A NORTH SOUTH ARTERIAL CLASS FACILITY EXTENDING FROM US 80 SOUTH TO 20.
AND THE REASON WE, WE WANT TO CALL THIS OUT ON THE PLANS AND WE GET BACK THERE, THERE WE GO.
YOU'RE ON THE SIDE OR SHOULD I SAY, LISTEN, USE, USE THE MOUSE TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT.
THE REASON WE'RE CALLING THIS OUT, THIS CONNECTION OUT IS THE, THE RECENT APPROVAL OF THE FORNEY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DID NOT CONTINUE THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN SECTION, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE REVERTING BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHICH IS, UH, I BELIEVE OH OH 7, 0 8, AND IT'S BEEN MINE UPDATES.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY HAD AN ARTERIAL CLASS FACILITY WITHIN THEIR ETJ TO THE EAST OF A FLOOD PLAIN.
UM, THERE IS SOME, WE HAVE SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH MESQUITE TO SEE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT CORRIDOR DOES NOT, UH, SOLELY AND FULLY ETJ HITS SOME OF MESQUITE TJ WE'RE GONNA BE VISITING WITH MESQUITE ON THE, ON THEIR THOUGHTS ON WHETHER THEY LIKE THAT CONNECTION.
IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN 80 AND 20, WE THINK FROM AN ARTERIAL OR AT LEAST A CONNECTION PERSPECTIVE, UH, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD CONNECTION TO HAVE.
THERE IS SOME DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THERE, AND SO OBVIOUSLY IT KIND OF LINKS UP THOSE, UH, SOME OF THE EXISTING STREETS THAT PROVIDES ACCESS DOWN TO 20, UP TO FOUR 60, UH, WE THINK WOULD BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN THE LONG TERM.
SO WE HAVE ADDED THAT, UH, TO THE NETWORK.
NOW, THERE WAS ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POTENTIALLY EXTENDING THAT KIND OF THAT CONNECTOR ROUTE.
SEE IF YOU COULD HIGHLIGHT IT.
SOUTH OF 20 ALL THE WAY DOWN, UM, I'M SORRY, SOUTH OF 1 75, DOWN TO PERHAPS 34.
THE LOWER DENSITY OF THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF THE COUNTY REALLY IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO A FACILITY LIKE THAT.
IT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOUR CLOSE PROXIMITY TO FLOODPLAIN MAYBE NOT THAT MUCH OF A BENEFIT.
SO WE FELT THAT THE NORTH SOUTH, UH, CONNECTOR, THAT BIGGER CLASS FACILITY WOULD BE MORE CONDUCIVE TO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ONLY SHOWED THE CONNECTION FROM 80 TO 20 AND POTENTIALLY FROM 20, UH, FROM 20 DOWN TO 1 75.
ALRIGHT, UM, I'LL HIT BRIEFLY SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OTHER PART OF OUR TASK.
AND THAT WAS THE US 80 CORRIDOR.
UH, THIS IS WHERE WE TOOK A LITTLE MORE OF A REFINED LOOK AT THE USAID HOLDER.
NOT ONLY NUMBER ONE FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE USING THAT REGIONAL MODEL, BUT WE TOOK A LOT OF THAT OUTPUT, UM, FROM THE, THE REGIONAL CROWD DEMAND MODEL AND DEVELOPED A MICRO, UH, MORE OR LESS A MICRO OR SUB SUB AREA NETWORK THAT LOOKED SPECIFICALLY AT ACCESS AND CONNECTIONS ALONG THE USAID CORRIDOR.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME THINGS GOING ON NOW WITH USA CORRIDOR THERE.
RAMP RELOCATIONS CORN, UH, FM 5 48 NORTH OF US A TO IMPROVE SOME, SOME CAPACITY NEEDS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THERE'S SOME PLANNING RIGHT NOW
SO THERE, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME, SOME PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE NEEDED TO LOOK KIND OF, AGAIN, BIGGER PICTURE IF YOU WILL, ALONG
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THAT CORRIDOR.AND SO WE LOOKED AT NOT ONLY WHAT ARE GONNA BE SOME OF THE NEEDS FOR MAIN LANE NEEDS, BUT THEN ALSO SOME OF THE SUPPORTING ACCESS, BY THE WAY, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, RAILROAD GRID SEPARATIONS, AND THEN OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AS IT RELATES TO BRIDGE WIDENINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN THE, THE SUB REPORT, THE US AID REPORT, WE DETAIL A LOT OF THAT KIND OF OF ANALYSIS AND, AND THAT SEC, THAT SECTION REPORT, WE NOT ONLY HAVE SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT TALK ABOUT SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS, UM, OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS, BUT ALSO FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENTS, BUT THEN ALSO KIND OF LEVEL OF URGENCY AS IT RELATES TO THE US 80 CORRIDOR.
AND THEN SOME ESTIMATED COSTS WITH SOME SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
AND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IN, IN THE US 80 CORRIDOR, WE HAVE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BETWEEN THE FIRST, UH, ZERO AND 10 YEARS.
AND THEN FROM THE 10 TO 20 YEAR TIMEFRAME IMPROVEMENTS LIKE, UH, IMPROVING THE ENTRY RENT CONFIGURATION FROM FM FOUR 60, ULTIMATELY THAT'LL GO TO, UM, THAT USA THAT ULTIMATELY TYING WITH, WITH, UH, ONE 90 TIMING.
ONE 90 IS ON THE HORIZON, IF YOU WILL, WITH IMPLEMENTATION GENERALLY AROUND 2022.
AND SO IF THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN GRANT RECONFIGURATIONS AT, AT FOUR 60 WOULD BE KIND OF DIRECT CONNECTIONS.
THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC ACTIONS OF HOW TRIAL LEVERAGE AUX RELATES TO TYING INTO THOSE DIRECT CONNECTIONS.
BUT ALSO WIDENING MAIN LANE CROSSINGS.
YOU'RE CURRENTLY CONSTRAINED ON SOME OF THE, THE, THE CROSSING BRIDGES AT FOUR 60 AND 7 4 8 WIDENING THOSE THINGS, UH, THOSE, THOSE BRIDGES UPGRADING INTERSECTION CONTROLS, UH, THIS IS OVER IN ELMO.
THERE'S SOME OPERATIONAL ISSUES, UH, WITH A LOT OF TRUCKS ON THAT 27, 28 AT UA, SOME SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
IDENTIFY TARGETING LEFT TURN BAY, RIGHT TURN BASE THINGS TO TRY TO CLEAN UP SOME OPERATIONS AND ADDRESS SAFETY ISSUES.
UM, BUT THEN WE HAVE SOME, SOME OF THE FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
WE THINK THAT IN THE FIRST 10 YEARS, UH, US 80 NEEDS TO BE WIDE IN SIX LANES FROM ONE 90 OVER TO FOUR 60.
THAT'S KIND OF A CRITICAL NEED AS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ONE 90 CURVES.
WE THINK THAT THAT'S CRITICAL NECESSARY FOR, UH, THAT THAT WHOLE FOUR 60 GET IF YOU'LL, YEAH.
AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, ALSO UPGRADING SOME OF THE INTERCHANGE LOCATIONS, UH, WITH US.
A, UH, AT NOT ONLY FOUR 60, BUT 7 45 48 RAILROAD UNDER LIKE THAT OPERATIONAL THINGS THAT CAN HELP NETWORK, UM, ENHANCEMENTS.
SO IF YOU CLICK ON
UM, IN THE 10 TO 20 YEAR TIMEFRAME, WE SEE THE NEED FOR, UH, ENHANCING US 80 TO SIX LANES, THREE LANES, NO TOS, THREE LANES, I MAKE SURE I GOT RIGHT.
FRONTAGE ROADS, CONSISTENT BURNING ROADS ON US 80 FROM FOUR 60 OH TO 5 57.
WE THINK THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WITH TIMING POTENTIALLY OF THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR.
CLEANING UP 5 57 NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR, THAT WHOLE CURRENT INTERCHANGE WHERE USA COMES TOGETHER, KIND OF CLEANING ALL OUT AT ONCE.
UH, LONG TERM WE SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, RECONFIGURATION OF 1392, HOW THAT TIES IN WITH 5 57, 1 48.
UH, WE SEE THOSE, THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS AS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
UH, ALSO, UH, FROM A NON VEHICULAR PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE SEE THE, WE SEE TRANSIT.
UH, WE DO HAVE A COMPONENT IN PLAN THAT ADDRESSES TRANSIT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY STAR TRANSIT IS PROVIDING A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF DEMAND RESPONSE TYPE.
UH, NOW WHAT'S ON THE PLANT CIRCULATOR SERVICE AROUND ED AND TAR, WE SEE LEVERAGING THAT, UH, THAT NETWORK TO PROVIDE TRANSIT.
BUT REALLY, UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY IN TWO LOCATIONS, A TRANSIT, UM, TRANSIT STATION THAT WE SEE ENVISIONED, UM, BETWEEN GATEWAY BOULEVARD AND LAS LOMAS.
KIND OF A, A TRANSIT CENTER, UM, EASTERN SECTOR FOING, BUT THEN ALSO LEVERAGING THE OLD HISTORIC DEPOT IN TERRELL AS A TRANSIT CENTER MATERIAL SO THAT THE START, YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE, UH, TRANSIT SERVICE ED THROUGH, UM, STAR TRANSIT AND THOSE OPERATING PLANS THAT THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING.
UM, THE OTHER CHAPTER OF THE REPORT, UH, ADDRESSES SOME IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AT THE END OF THE REPORT, UH, THAT WE THINK ARE, ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THESE ARE TIED TOWARD FISCAL YEARS AND HOW YOU, YOU COLLABORATE WITH TECH STOCK TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE SHORT RANGE, UH, STRATEGIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THROUGH, UM, THROUGH THE, UM, THE REPORT, BUT THEN ALSO SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AIMED AT MOBILITY AND SAFETY.
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A SECOND SET OF STRATEGIC, UH, IMPLEMENTATION ACTION ACTIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING, FOR FISCAL YEARS.SO IT'S VERY SPECIFIC, UM, ACTIONS AS, AS IT TIES ON SA CORRIDOR AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN MOTION NOW 'CAUSE OF PLANNING PROCESSES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES, CLEARANCES, AND THOSE THINGS ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT, UH, KEY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SA CORRIDOR.
SO FROM THERE, UH, STA LET'S SEE.
SO BY, BY WAY OF SUMMARY, UM, THE DRAFT DOCUMENT, UH, IS HAS ABOUT EIGHT CHAPTERS THAT KIND OF CAPTURES ALL THIS BY WAY OF AN INTRODUCTION.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, A CHAPTER DEDICATED TO GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF MOBILITY WITHIN KAMAN COUNTY.
IN OTHER WORDS, HOW, HOW THE PLAN IS ROOTED IN THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO INFORM
YOU'VE DEDICATED A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO EXISTING CONDITIONS, NOT REMAIN SAFETY ISSUES, ALL THE BRIDGE ISSUES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, AS PART OF THAT CHAPTER, CHAPTER THREE, PLANNING ISSUES AND NEEDS IN CHAPTER FOUR, THAT'S WHERE ALL THE MODELING, UH, VARIOUS NETWORKS THAT WERE MODELED SET THE STAGE FOR OUR ANALYSIS IN FIVE, ULTIMATELY THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN SIX IMPLEMENTATION ACTION IN SEVEN.
SO THAT'S THE, THE, THE GIST OF THE MAIN BODY OF THE REPORT.
STANDARD HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF DOCUMENTING IN THAT DOC, IN THAT, IN THAT DOCUMENT PER SE, BUT THEN ALSO TRYING TO CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF THAT IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
KIND A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF A VERY, A COMPLEX ISSUE.
I TRY TO KEEP IT IN 50,000 WORDS, I DUNNO THAT I DID, BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
OUR PLANNING PROCESS, STEPS, STEPS AS WE GO FORWARD.
I GUESS I DIDN'T SHOW THE LAST SLIDE.
THE IDEA HERE IS WE HAVE TED DRAFT PLAN, UM, IN SERIES OF TOWN HALLS AND WE MET INDIVIDUALLY WITH COMMISSIONERS.
WE'VE MET INDIVIDUALLY WITH TWO CITIES.
WE THINK WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT STEP.
UM, THAT WOULD BE FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, COMMISSIONERS COURT.
BUT IF YOU ALL FELT THAT WE NEEDED SOME MORE OUTREACH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT ALSO.
YEAH, IT JUST, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFICULT, UM, IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE BECAUSE WE'RE IN SOME CASES HITTING LARGER PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN WITH FAMILIES FOR A LONG TIME.
WE'VE MET WITH INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE GONNA BE THE BENEFITS ECONOMIC WISE IN ADDITION TO, SO IT'S, UM, IT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT, A VERY GOOD PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE IT THAT WAY.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE READY FOR THINGS GO ON.
IS THERE STILL AVAILABLE TO CAUSING THINGS TO QUESTION THERE? YEAH.
THAT, THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW, UH, AND SAY YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHED SOME LIGHT MORE ON THE NEXT, UM, UPDATE NTP, BUT THIS DOCUMENT WOULD THEN INFORM THAT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT A PLAN GO NOWHERE.
WELL BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE PROBABLY, THEY WERE COORDINATING WITH YOU ALL, BUT NOW HERE'S THE ESSENCE OF HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
THEY KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD.
IT'S BEEN A HOLD UP FOR 50 YEARS.
AND MY IMPRESSION IS THAT
SO THERE ARE, THIS SETS THE STAGE FOR A LOT OF THINGS TO, TO HAPPEN AND IT'S A VERY NECESSARY DOCUMENT.
WHAT'S OUR NEXT PLAN TO THE NEXT STEP? THE TIMELINE NEXT STEP WOULD BE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS DUE THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
IF YOU SEE THAT IT'S A ONE HEARING PROCESS, YOU SEE MULTIPLE, HOWEVER YOU ALL SEE THAT GOING.
WE TYPICALLY HAVE ONE HEARING.
I MEAN THIS, WE'VE HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THIS NUMEROUS TIMES ALL AROUND COUNTY.
SO, UH, I THINK WITH WORK WITH YOU ON THAT WE, A PUBLIC HEARING, CAN YOU ADOPT IT THE SAME DAY THAT WE HAVE THE HEARING? SO, AND, AND I DUNNO IF THE COUNTY CHARTER MIGHT SAY MAYBE LEGAL OPINION MIGHT BE HERE ON THIS.
IF YOU ALL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF COUNTY REGULAT COUNTY REGULATIONS, STIPULA POLICE, YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE IF THAT CAN BE READ IN THE SAME NIGHT OR IF THAT'S WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ADOPTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES ARE, BUT UM, I'M THINKING RECOMMENDATION
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AND APPROVAL.I DUNNO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'M JUST LOOKING OVER IT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING BUT WE'LL RELY, YOU KNOW, ON CIRCULATIONS CHECK THAT OUT.
UH, MY IMPRESSION IS THE SOONER WE CAN GET THIS DONE, NOT JUST FOR SAKE RUSHING IT THROUGH, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN USE THIS IMPRESSION STARTED BACK IN AUGUST WHENEVER, APRIL 14TH OR WHATEVER.
SO YES, TWO YEARS OF WORK, RIGHT? SO, BUT WE, WE STILL ARE OPEN IS, WE HAVE IT CALLED A WORKING DRAFT.
SO IT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED TO THE STEERING AS OF LAST WEEK.
SO IF YOU WANT TIME PERIOD WHERE THERE'S STILL MAYBE QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY DO THAT.
SO AS SOON AS YOU GUYS GET READY AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AS A PART REGULAR COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING AND, UH, ADOPT IT THAT DAY.
WE'LL, IF NOT, WE'LL COME BACK AND ADOPT IT TIME.
SO I JUST, IT'D BE NICE IF WE COULD GET THIS ALL WRAPPED UP DURING THE MONTH, NO LATER THAN ALL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TYPICAL NOTIFICATION PROCESSES ARE, COUNTY LEVEL, IF IT'S UH, 72 HOURS OR WELL, SEVEN, TWO HOURS.
I DON'T GUESS WE HAVE TO HAVE A LEGAL NOTICE IN THE PAPER, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL RELY ON THEM TO SURE.
I WOULD THINK FOR SOMETHING THIS BIG TIME.
JUST SO APPRECIATE IT BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A VERY, UH, VERY TIMES PROCESS, BUT A VERY NECESSARY ONE.
AND I THINK THAT WE, WE'VE GOT, SO WE KIND OF S Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? JOB.
ALRIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE.
NEXT ITEM WILL BE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UPDATE HOW THE STATION AND POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OP.
WE ALSO HAVE CHARLES RE AND
UH, JASON, I BELIEVE YOU DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF US, HOW WE MAKE WORK BETTER.
AND SO WELL, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT UPDATE SO FAR THIS YEAR, TWO, WE'VE HAD 205 PEOPLE VISIT THE STATION FOR THE YEAR.
THAT'S ABOUT ONE PERSON PER DAY.
OKAY? SO THEN WE'VE TAKEN IN LESS THAN $4,500 TOTAL REVENUE, WHICH YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME REVENUE COMING IN, BUT IT'S NEVER OFFICE, UM, OFFICE IN CONJUNCTION, UH, WHAT TO DO, DO WE DON'T WANT TO SHUT IT COMPLETELY DOWN.
THAT WOULD NOT BE BENEFICIAL TO THE, THAT END OF THE COUNTY.
SO YOU OPEN IT FOR MAYBE FREE DUMPING TWO DAYS, WEEK FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH.
UH, STILL CHARGED FOR TIRES BECAUSE THEY WILL LOAD US UP ON TIRES WHICH GET TIRE CHANGE IN THE STATION WHEREVER YOU DISPOSAL FEE ANYWHERE.
SO THAT WOULD BE, WE NO LONGER TAKING AN HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD PLACE WAS THE EXPENSE.
WE DON'T GET THAT MUCH ANYWAY.
UM, I'VE HAD ONE GROUP SAY THAT THEY WOULD VOLUNTEER TO MANAGE, I HATE TO DO THAT, BUT VOLUNTEERS MAY OR MAY NOT SHOW UP THAT DAY.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN'T COUNT ON.
UM, IF WE DID THE OTHER AND PARTNERED WITH YOU, WHAT DO YOU TAKE IN YOU RECYCLE THAT BRINGS IN REVENUE.
THAT'S LIKE WE HAVEN'T PAID A LITTLE BIT.
I'M, UH, THESE PLASTIC BOTTLES AND Y COTTON, WE'VE HAD 'EM SITTING ON THE LOT FOR TWO YEARS.
SO YOU CAN'T SELL THOSE BANKS.
NOW CARDBOARD, THE MORE CARDBOARD WE RECYCLE, WHICH IS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE FOURS OF WHAT WE RECYCLE, THE MORE WE RECYCLE, THE MORE WE LOSE.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW.
THEY, SO WE'VE GOT ONE IN TAR, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY, IT'S NOT OPEN.
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IT'S NOT OPEN.WELL THE WHOLE, AND I GO AHEAD SIR.
THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE INITIALLY IN NINE SEVEN WAS TO TAKE VERY SPECIFIC STEPS ABOUT A LANDFILL AND IT WOUND UP THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT ONE AND IF THEY, IF THEY WERE FORCED TO TAKE IT, THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PUT IT IN VERY SPECIFIC PLACES IN THE COUNTY.
SO THE LEVEL OF THE PROCESS, THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED OFF WAS LANDFILL ISSUES.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THE 20 YEAR PLAN GOT, ITS GOT ITS IMP INPUTS WAS TO NOT HAVE ONE OR BE ABLE TO CONTROL IT.
AND WAY BACK THEN, WHEN WE WERE MORE ABOUT EDUCATIONAL ENTITY, WE WERE ALMOST GETTING AS MUCH MONEY THEN AS WE'RE NOW WITH THE RECYCLING PLAN.
UH, AND SO WE WERE TAKING UH, MATERIAL, WE'RE TAKING ESPECIALLY PLASTIC BOTTLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN'T GET RID OF.
THE PROBLEM IS, I ASSUME MY BOARD AND THIS GOVERNING BODY HERE WOULD RATHER US TAKE IT HOLDING IT THAN HANDING OUT ON, YOU KNOW, COUNTY ROADS IN THE DUMP AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO YOU THINK THE HUMANE SOCIETY'S IN TOUGH SHAPE? UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RECYCLING, BUT RECYCLING MARKET, WHETHER IT'S THE UNITED STATES OR UNITED KINGDOM, UH, IS IN ADULT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WASTE MANAGEMENT IS LOSING MONEY WITH RECYCLING, YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM IN THE INDUSTRY NOW WITH GASOLINE AT $48 A BARREL, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, CHINA, YOU MAKE THOSE THINGS CHEAPER, YOU KNOW, THE RECYCLING EFFORT AND ALL THAT, OR $3 A GALLON WITH A WHOLE DIFFERENT SITUATION.
UH, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THE FACTS, THAT CARDBOARD DEPENDING, UH, 60, 70, 80% OF WHAT WE RECYCLED.
SO, UH, IT'S NOT PAYING US ANYTHING, BUT WE HAVE TO RECYCLE THAT STUFF THAT WE GET MORE MONEY FOR, LIKE THIS GOOD LEGAL PAPER OR WHITE PAPER.
WE DON'T GET ENOUGH OF IT AT THE TIME LIKE WE DO CARDBOARDS.
SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF BUILD UP THEN RECYCLE.
SO IT'S, UH, AND I'M MAKE THIS POINT TOO, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY PLACE ELSE, CERTAINLY IN NORTH TEXAS THAT'S TAKEN ELECTRONICS AND NOT CHARGED THEM FOR NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT PAY US $20 FOR A MEMBERSHIP.
THEY BRING ELECTRONICS AS MUCH AS THEY WANT.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE ELECTRONICS TO BENT IN CRANDALL OR KAUFMAN, THAT'S FREE.
UH, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE DOING THAT.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU GET THE ELECTRONICS AND LOAD 'EM ON THE TRUCK AND SEND THEM OUT, YOU HAVE TO CUT CARDS OFF OF THEM.
THE COMPANY WE'RE DEALING WITH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF, YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY TVS, YOU GOTTA HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF MONITORS OR COMPUTERS.
EVERYTHING'S GOTTA BE WRAPPED AND ALL THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS AND IT'S NOT A QUICK PROCESS.
AND SO I HAVE TO UH, YOU KNOW, TALK TO Y'ALL LIKE THIS BECAUSE BEFORE WE ADDRESS THE HAZARDOUS WASTE SITUATION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN DIRE STRAITS NOW.
WE COULD HAVE A BAD MONTH AND NOT HAVE ANY MONEY.
NOW, THIS PAST MONTH WE DID PRETTY GOOD ON NEW MEMBERS, UH, COMPANIES CONTRIBUTING MONEY, INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTING MONEY, YOU KNOW, MAKE A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE.
IF YOU DO THAT EVERY MONTH, UH, YOU ARE OKAY, WE HAVE CUT STAFF, WE HAVE A BARE BONES BUDGET.
THOSE COSTS SAVE US OF CUTTING HOURS BACK AND CUTTING STAFF SHOULD SAVE US ABOUT $15,000 A YEAR.
AND WHEN THINGS GET BETTER, UH, AND WE CAN DO MORE THINGS, UH, WE CAN'T HAVE MORE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
IN FACT, WE'VE GOT SOMEONE WORKING AT THE BAY, THE BAY ALL THE TIME NOW.
AND COMMISSIONER ONE ADDRESS THE HAZARDOUS WASTE.
AND UH, MY OPINION FOR BEING IN THIS INDUSTRY IS WHY WE NOT A HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD, UH, THE GUYS TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION EXPANSION ABOUT THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY OR WHATEVER.
THERE'S PEOPLE IN PHONY THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE HEMP IS.
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KNOW WE'RE, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS THIS IS, UH, I KNOW Y'ALL WANT IT DONE IN IMMEDIATE FASHION, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOTTA BE WELL THOUGHT OUT.WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO IT OR LIKE TO DO IT OR EVENTUALLY THAT MY PEOPLE, CITIZENS ARE GONNA FORCE YOU TO DO IT.
IF THE POPULATION NOW IS 115,000 AND, AND YOU GOT SOME CITIES ALREADY WITH CURBSIDE RECYCLING, THE DEMAND IS GONNA BE GREATER.
YOU KNOW, NOT LESS THE CITIZENS, UH, ALTHOUGH THEY CALL RIGHT NOW, THINK THE CITIZENS NOT GONNA COME HERE BY THEIR CAR.
THEY'RE GONNA COME, YOU KNOW, TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONS PLACE.
YOU GONNA DO THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN COFFMAN, YOU, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET AWAY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT IS THE COUNTY, CITY, WHATEVER, CENTRALLY LOCATED, YOU KNOW, BUTT, IT'S A REAL BIG MONEY LOSER.
I MEAN, AT SOME POINT IN TIME YOU'VE GOTTA CUT THE BLEEDING OR YOU GOTTA STOP IT AT SOME POINT.
YOU JUST CAN'T CONTINUE FIGHT TO OTHER PEOPLE HERE THIS MORNING.
AT SOME POINT THE TAXPAYERS IS GOING BE ON THEIR BACK, RIGHT? SO WE'VE GOTTA MANAGE IT BETTER AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR WAYS IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE HAZARDS WASTE THAT YOU'RE GONNA COLLECT, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDS, WASTE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S CANS OF BUG SPRAYED THAT COME ON, YOU'VE GOT SOME, UH,
SOMEBODY BROUGHT IN A PART OF A BAG OF WHEATED AND FEED AND FERTILIZER.
UH, WELL YOU SHOULDA GONE UP THERE AND FERTILIZED MOW THEN.
I MEAN IT AND, AND UH, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH COMING IN TO CHARGE.
WE WERE CHARGED $25 GO DOWN 95 25 THAT IT GOES UP ACCORDING TO THAT.
RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE BEFORE WE CAN RECYCLE SOME MATERIAL, WE HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH OF IT TO RECYCLE.
SO IT'S SITTING THERE UNTIL WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT PRODUCT TO RECYCLE.
AND YOU KNOW, WHILE I'M ON MY PIG WAGON, I MIGHT AS WELL YOU THIS, WHEN OUR GUYS DO, YOU KNOW, THIS PAPER, IT WORTH A LOT MORE THAN CARDONE.
SO IT'S MORE MONEY DOING THE WHITE IF THERE'S ANY LITTLE BLUE YELLOW STICKING OUT, THEY HAVE TO CARRY IT OFF BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY SAID NO, THAT'S NOT GOOD.
SO, SO THERE'S RECYCLING AND PUTTING STUFF IN A BALER.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE JUST ANYBODY DONE.
IT'S NOT JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, GUY STANDING THERE.
JUST ALL THEY GOTTA DO IS THROW IT IN THERE BECAUSE THERE IS SOME SORTING TO IT.
BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME BEFORE WE GET ENOUGH PAPER TO RUN A BALER.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE COUNTY SENDS US STUFF AT ONE TIME, THEN OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST STOP AND DO PAPER.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, UH, IT IS NOT A CONSISTENT BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE TO TRACK.
YOU KNOW, OUR GUYS ARE DOING ONE THING ONE DAY AND THEN THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING ELSE IN THAT.
AND WE'VE GOT FOUR BAILERS GOT ONE BALER BECAUSE MR. MCCHAM AND HIS GUYS MOVED APART AND WE'VE GOT THREE OTHER BAILERS RUNNING ALL THE TIME.
SO, AND THESE ARE VERTICAL BAYERS, THESE BAYERS, UH, YOU KNOW, COMING TO YOU TODAY.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT 'EM DOING RESEARCH.
I COULD NOT FIND OUT HOW OLD THEY ARE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EIGHTIES, YOU KNOW, BAILERS, YOU KNOW, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW AND THE CITY OF TUBS WORKING WITH US, MR. SIMS, ON HOW WE CONTROL WHAT WE'VE GOT.
WELL WE'VE GOT PROGRESSIVE COMING OUT THERE, GETTING THE 20 OR 30 YARD CONTAINERS AND EMPTY 'EM, BUT WE GOT MORE INPUT GOING IN, YOU KNOW, FASTER THAN THEY DO THE OUTPUT.
BUT WE'RE TAKING THE MATERIAL, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, AND ONE SIDE OF OUR PLANT WHERE THE RATED THE SHIP, IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY MARBLE.
YOU KNOW, THE OTHER SIDE LOOKS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.
BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT VARIES FROM TIME TO TIME.
WELL, LET, LET'S KIND GET BACK, REFOCUS BACK ON HERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST UP TO ME, IT'S UP TO THE COURT.
WHAT WE WANT DO WITH THIS, THE STATION, UH, I DON'T WANT SEE IT ON THE SIDE ROADWORK TO GET OFF ROAD QUICK, PICK UP TRASH.
UH, BUT THERE AGAIN, WE NEED TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY.
AND THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE DO IT? YOU OUT THERE 20 OR WHATEVER, IT'S, THEY, WE HAVE VERY FEW BATTERIES AND YOU CAN SELL THEM FIVE BASICALLY.
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TRASH.WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE.
I SENT THE JUDGE, UH, UH, A PICTURE OF OP PROPERTY AT QUEEN, UH, IN 4 29.
THAT'S BECOME, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW HOW FAST THE STATE WORKS SO YOU COULD BE THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, A WHILE.
BUT, UH, THAT'S, THEY QUIT PUTTING A TRASHCANS DOWN.
YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO THEY USED TO PUT OUT TRASH CANS.
YOU CAN'T FIND ONE OF THEM ANYMORE.
WHAT'S Y'ALL CONSIDERATION ON SOMETHING? WE, YOUR THOUGHT, WHY DON'T WE MOVE IT TO
WE'RE PAYING FULL TIME, YOU KNOW, CITY AND COUNTY SHERIFF.
THAT EMPLOYEES BEEN, YOU HAVE A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE, HAVE ONE FULL TIME EMPLOYEE THAT MAY BE RETIRING, I THINK MAY, MAY.
DID YOU CHECK AND SEE IF EVERYBODY, PAM WAS THE BIGGEST PART OF IT.
THERE WERE GRANT, UH, THERE WERE TWO GRANTS.
ONE WAS HOUSEHOLD HAZARD, THE SPACE, AND ONE WAS FOR THE STATION.
SO WE OWNED THE BUILDING AND THE
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE STATION OR JUST THE HOUSEHOLD? 30 PEOPLE IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE THING.
THAT HAPPENED SEVERAL YEARS AGO BEFORE THE OTHER COMMISSION.
CURRENT COMMISSIONERS HERE, UH, MANNING ESSENTIALLY SAID MAKING OPERATION.
AND HE INVITED US TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN HERE.
AND SO WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD NO CHOICE IN THAT MATTER, BUT OUR, ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OP AT THE TIME AND EVERYTHING, ALL THE PROJECTS WE'RE BIG EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT.
WE PUT MATERIAL OUT ABOUT HERE'S WHAT, TAKE THE STATION, HERE'S WHEN THE HOURS ARE OPEN, THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.
AND SO WE WERE OUT OF THE PICTURE AND THOSE THINGS DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND SEVERAL MONTHS LATER HE SAID, WELL YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE RIGHT.
YOU CAN'T MAKE THESE INTO PROFIT MAKING OPERATIONS.
YOU KNOW, I HAD BEEN AWARE OF THAT EVER SINCE I WAS ASKED TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS MANY YEARS AGO.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU BROKE EVEN SMILE AND GO ON, JUDGE.
LEMME MAKE SURE I MAKE THE POINT THAT WHEN THE ECONOMY'S DIFFERENT, UH, THERE IS, UH, LESS NEED FOR FUNDS FOR THE CO-OP FROM THE COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN TIMES ARE BETTER, YOU KNOW WHEN CARDBOARD, UH, YEAH, IT'S HIGHER PRICE AND WE GET TO SELL THE ORDER RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE TO PAY, HAVE TO COME PICK IT UP.
IT'S LIKE ANYTHING MENTALLY, YOU GET ENOUGH OF IT, GUESS WHAT HAPPENS? PRICE GOES DOWN.
BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE TO GIVE THIS EXAMPLE BECAUSE THIS FARM, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING TO SPEAK TODAY.
THIS FORM, ME BEING ABLE TO TALK TO Y ALL TODAY AND THE PEOPLE HERE AT THE PRINT MEETING, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CO-OP IS DOING ALL RECYCLING.
ALRIGHT? BUT CARDBOARD'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.
IF I SEND A DRIVER THAT'S MAKING NINE SOMETHING AN HOUR, JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF MATERIAL, PICK UP A LOAD CARDBOARD, YOU KNOW, 16 FOOT TRAILER, 10 FOOT SIZE, HE FILLS IT UP, HE COVERS IT UP, HE BRINGS IT BACK TO THE CO-OP.
IT MAY TAKE HIM 30 MINUTES OR AN HOUR TO LOAD THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THE FIRST NEAR GOD CHURCH WHERE IT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OR WHATEVER.
HE COMES BACK AND HE AND A COUPLE GUYS UNLOAD THAT AND THEN ONE BAILS IT AND THAT BAIL TAKES AN HOUR AND A HALF OR WHATEVER TO GET THAT THOUSAND POUND BAIL OUT.
AND WE HAVEN'T LEFT CASH AND WE LOST MONEY.
YOU KNOW THAT BAIL THAT MAY PAY US 20, $25, WE MAY HAVE 30, $35 IN IT NOW.
PRETTY MUCH ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
IT USUALLY A WEEK, MAYBE A WEEK AND A DAY.
WE HAVE TO LOAD CARDBOARD GOING OUT.
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NOW THAT LOAD OF CARDBOARD, WHATEVER MAY BE 25 TO 30,000 POUNDS WILL PAY US SIX, $700.BUT WE'VE GOT AT LEAST A THIRD MORE IN THAT CARDBOARD AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR.
BUT THAT'S THE THING THAT WE RECYCLE THE MOST AND THE MORE WE RECYCLE, I THAT POINT, I DON'T THINK WE COULD RESOLVE THIS HERE TODAY.
BUT WE TRY TO RESOLVE IT BEFORE WE ADOPT IT WOULD BE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING GOING, AT LEAST CUTTING DOWN THE COST.
UH, THE, COULD WE HELP CO-OP? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE THE MORE THEY CAN RECYCLE, I THINK IT HELPS NOT ONLY THE COUNTY, BUT I THINK IT YOU AS KEEP THAT STUFF OFF THE SIDE TELL OR WHATEVER.
AND UH, BUT I, THAT WOULD BE MY, AND OUR CALL IS GOING DICTATE ME EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
IT'LL GO BACK TO THE BOARD AND I HAVE TO FOLLOW, I HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR DIRECTION.
RIGHT? YOU'RE ASKING FOR 125,000.
UH, THAT WOULD BE HALF OF OUR BUDGET AND 75,000, 85,000, THE HUNDRED 25,000 DEPENDING ON WHAT WE CAN SHOW YOU THAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, THAT IS THE MONEY WE NEED, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS TIMES WE NEED DIFFERENT MONEY.
AND RIGHT NOW Y'ALL ARE FUNDING ABOUT A THIRD OF COOP RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU THAT NOW I BELIEVE WE HAVE TENANT BE PLUGGED IN, I BELIEVE $70,000, WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT WE GAVE YOU THIS THIS CURRENT.
AND SO, UH, IF AS SHANE SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO COME IN AND GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM SHUTTING DOWN THE CAMP OPERATION, THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO KEEP YOU, HELP KEEP YOU GUYS, UH, VIABLE AS AN INSTITUTION AND THE RECYCLING PART COMING.
AND THERE MAY BE, I KNOW PAM WAS RESEARCH AND MAY, UH, WAY WE CAN GET SOME, SOME BRAND HELP OR UH, MAYBE GET A BETTER PRICE FOR SOME OF THE MATERIALS WE ARE SELLING.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I THINK THAT MARYLAND DOES HIS COMMODITIES.
THERE ARE OTHER PLACES, OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT GET MORE FOR WHAT? FOR THE, FOR WHAT THEY'RE SELLING IN.
SO THAT'S THE PART YOU NEED TO INVESTIGATE.
WE, WE HAVE WORKED OUT AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CARROLL AND MARYLAND TO EXPLORE THAT PARTICULAR AVENUE AS WE SPEAK.
AND THEY'RE GONNA EXPAND THAT CITY OF CARROLL TO EXPAND THAT TO SOME OF THEIR PROPERTIES THAT ARE SITTING VACANT.
TO HAVE MATERIALS IN THEM PROBABLY ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO BE SOLD AS RECYCLABLE.
UH, MR SIM AND I WERE TO PUT SOMETHING, PUT THAT TOGETHER.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS A, THAT WAS PART OF THE PROPOSAL I WAS GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHEN I GOT THAT PUT TOGETHER.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE THAT OFF.
THE THINGS I HAVEN'T CALLED YOU ABOUT.
WELL AGAIN, TODAY'S A WORKSHOP.
YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE OTHER REQUESTS WE'VE HAD THIS MORNING AS A COURT, YOU KNOW.
WE'RE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ALL HANDS ARE ALWAYS OUT.
YEAH, I THAT I KNOW AND THERE AND IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S BAD REQUESTS, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LIMIT ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN AFFORD TO DO.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS UPDATE ON 2016.
UH, THIS WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET.
THE, UH, CHRIS PEACE, UH, TALKED TO HIM LATE FRIDAY AND THEY ARE HAVING WHAT THEY HOPEFULLY THEIR LAST APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING,
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UH, THIS WEDNESDAY.AND THEY WILL CERTIFY A FINAL, WELL THEY ACTUALLY DID AMENDED, UH, UH, FINAL VALUES SO WE CAN GO TO THE UH, UH, TAX ASSESSOR AND HAVE HER START FIGURING OUR EFFECTIVE TAX RATE AND ROLL BACK CALCULATION RATE.
HARD TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE GET THAT FINAL FIGURE.
SO, UH, I EXPECT IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE LESS THAN WHAT FROM THE FIRST, THE FIRST SOUTHWEST SHOWED THIS MORNING.
UH, BUT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET IT.
IT IS GONNA BE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE, BUT IT'S UH, ONE THING WE WANT KNOW AND WE CAN'T DO A LOT OF OUR BUDGET.
WE MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT OUR EFFECTIVE TAX RATE IS AND THEN WHAT THE ROLLBACK RATE IS BECAUSE UNDER NO CONDITION, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE WANTS TO GET ROLLBACK TAX RATE WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? AS SOON AS I GET THOSE, I'LL EMAIL 'EM TO EVERYBODY OR I'LL HAVE KAREN OR SOMEONE EMAIL THEM AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH OUR TAX OFFICE AND GET THEM TO UH, START THAT CALCULATION SO WE CAN SEE UH, WHAT WE'LL BE USING WAY OF UH, UH, WHAT WHAT, HOW THAT WILL WORK OUT.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 10 TO DISCUSS THE COUNTY EMPLOYEE'S HEALTH INSURANCE WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, UH, THROUGH THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION COUNTIES.
AND THIS IS A LITTLE GOOD NEWS, VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS.
UM, THE POOL IS DOING VERY, VERY WELL AND UM, SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY LOOK AT THE POOLS OVERALL AND THEN THEY TAKE THEIR BIGGER COUNTIES AND KIND OF LOOK AT WHERE THEY STAND.
SO THE POOL OF US OVERALL RECEIVED A SLIGHT UM, INCREASE BUT UM, US INDIVIDUAL COUNTY IS RECEIVING A 2% DECREASE IN OUR RATES AND I ALWAYS, THAT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF.
I ALMOST FAINTED WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS.
SO I MEAN I ANTICIPATED OUR RATE TO GO DOWN FROM LAST YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN DOING REALLY WELL AND OUR CLAIMS ARE LOWER AND JUST OVERALL, BUT UM, YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA DO A DECREASE.
SO WHAT I DID FOR YOU IS I WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME ALTERNATIVES.
SO ON THAT COVER SHEET THERE, OUR CURRENT PLAN, UH, WHICH IS THE PLAN 1300, UM, HAVE A $1,500 DEDUCTIBLE.
AND I MEAN THE PACKET I GAVE Y'ALL IS PRETTY LARGE BUT UM, THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT I I GAVE Y'ALL, BUT IT'S A $1,500 DEDUCTIBLE WITH A $3,500 OUT OF POCKET, $30 COPAY AND $40 SPECIALIST.
THAT'S THE GENERAL COST OF IT.
SO WITH OUR CURRENT PLAN, AND WE CURRENTLY PAY $758 86 CENTS PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH, WHICH IS ABOUT $9,106 32 CENTS A YEAR FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.
SO, UM, WHICH IS TAX NON-TAXABLE, RIGHT? THIS IS ALL PRE-TAX.
SO THEN IF WE, IF WE KEEP OUR CURRENT PLAN WITH OUR NEW RENEWAL RATE WITH THE 2% DECREASE, IT WILL DECREASE THAT, UM, EMPLOYER RATE COST TO $741 AND 68 CENTS.
EVERYBODY LOOKING AT THIS, THIS, I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT MY SUMMARY, RIGHT? YEAH, BUT UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER RATE, IT DOES GIVE YOU THE, UM, EMPLOYEES PORTION.
SO IT NOT ONLY IS THE EMPLOYEE ONLY RATE GONNA GO DOWN, THE COST FOR EMPLOYEE WITH CHILD, CHILDREN, FAMILY, SPOUSE, ALL OF THAT'S GONNA GO DOWN AS WELL.
SO, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT AFFECTS THE, THE COUNTY'S BUDGET.
SO WITH THE, IF WE KEEP THE SAME PLAN, UH, WE'LL HAVE A SAVINGS OF $111,120 IS OUR SAVINGS.
OKAY? SO, UH, THEY HAVE LIKE GIVEN US THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF THREE DIFFERENT PLANS.
THERE'S THE PLAN 1100, 1200 AND THEN THE 1200 NGS, WHICH IS A SPECIALIST COST.
SO, UM, THE PLAN 1100 WAS THE ONE THAT DECREASED.
UM, THE 1100 PLAN WOULD BE A $750 DEDUCTIBLE FOR EMPLOYEES WITH A $3,000 OUT OF POCKET, A $25 COPAY AND A $25 SPECIALIST.
SO THAT'S THE OVERALL LOWERING LOWEST PLAN, NOT THE LOWEST.
WE CAN GO EVEN LOWER, BUT THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN BENEFITS.
BUT THAT PLAN WOULD COST US, IT WOULD INCREASE THE EMPLOYEE ONLY TO $806, WHICH WOULD COST US $306,000 PER YEAR FOR THAT PLAN.
UM, THE $1,200, A 1200 PLAN WOULD INCREASE OR DECREASE THE DEDUCTIBLE TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND DECREASE OUT OF POCKET TO 3000.
IT WOULD KEEP IT OUT OF $30 COPAY, BUT IT WOULD DECREASE A SPECIALIST COPAY TO $30.
SO INSTEAD OF 40 IT'D BE 30 AND THEN THE 1200 IS THE SAME, A THOUSAND
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DOLLARS TO 3000 BUT KEEP THE SPECIALIST PAY AT $40.SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME DIFFERENT BREAKDOWNS OF UM, AND THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET.
IF THIS PAGE RIGHT HERE, A COUPLE PAGES IN THIS EXPLAINS THE, THIS ONE EXPLAINS THE CHANGES, JUDGE, THE ONE YOU HAVE IS JUST OUR RENEWAL ONE.
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE SHOWS THE DIFFERENT PLANS AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE PLANS WOULD BE ON THAT COVER SHEET IS WHAT I, IS THE NUMBERS THAT I SHOWED YOU.
SO IF WE, IF WE CHANGED THAT LAST PLAN, WHICH WE'RE STILL REDUCING THE DEDUCTIBLE, WE'RE KEEPING COPAYS THE SAME, IT WOULD ONLY COST US $104,000.
SO IN MY OPINION WE KIND OF BREAK EVEN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE INSTEAD OF SAVING 11 FOR KEEPING IT THE SAME IF WE WERE NOT RENEWING TYPE OF THING.
SO WE'RE DEDUCT 500 AND OUT OF POCKET BY 500.
SO YOU'RE YOU OPTION THREE WOULD BE THE YEAH.
AND THE OTHER PLAN, LIKE THE 1200 NG, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT'S STILL THE CO THE ONLY THING THEY'RE CHANGING IN THAT FOR A LOT MORE COST IS THEIR, THEIR DE DEDUCT THEIR COPAY FOR A SPECIALIST.
SO YOU'RE STILL LEAVING THEIR COPAY SPECIALIST AT $40.
WHICH I CAN REASONABLE AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE A DECISION TO THEM BEFORE THE 1ST OF AUGUST.
SO WE'LL NEED THAT'S, BUT IT'S GOOD NEWS.
I MEAN I KNOW THE COUNTY DOESN'T PAY THAT, RIGHT, BUT THE EMPLOYEE PAY PERCENT OF THAT AND IT DECREASED 95%.
SO THE, THE RATE FOR THE EMPLOYEES ARE GONNA GO DOWN.
SO NOT ONLY ARE THE RATES, YOU KNOW, GONNA GO DOWN FOR THE MEDICAL, IT'S GONNA GO DOWN FOR THE DENTAL AS WELL.
YOU WANT TELL THEM THE OTHER BIT OF GOOD NEWS THAT UH, WE WE'RE GOING BE GETTING A SURPLUS UH, DISTRIBUTION.
AND WE ARE GOING TO GET A SURPLUS CHECK OF $190,000.
I BELIEVE IT WAS 1 98 5698 56.
UM, SO WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT IS THEY LOOK AT YOUR, YOUR COSTS THAT YOU PAID IN AND YOUR COSTS THAT YOU PAID OUT FROM YOUR CLAIMS. BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE GO THROUGH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, WE'RE STILL TACK PAYS FOR ALL OUR CLAIMS. SO IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE WERE PAYING WAY, THEY WERE PAYING WAY MORE CLAIMS OUT THAN WE WERE PAYING PREMIUMS AND THAT'S WHY OUR RATES WERE SO HIGH.
BUT NOW WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GETTING HEALTHIER.
UM, EMPLOYEES ARE KIND OF GETTING A BETTER HANDLE ON THEIR HEALTH, UM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND SO OUR CLAIMS GOING OUT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN WHAT WE ARE, OUR REASONS THAT WE'RE PAYING IN.
SO THERE WAS A SURPLUS OF MONEY IN THE OVERALL POOL AND THEY DO GET IT OUT ACCORDINGLY AND WE'RE GONNA GET A NICE PRETTY CHECK FOR $190,000.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHECK THAT WE'RE GETTING FOR 190,000 AND THEN Y'ALL LOWERING THE DEDUCTIBLE, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE GETTING MORE MONEY BACK.
IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH OPTION THREE THEN? THAT REALLY HELPS OUR BUT THE OPTION, THE 1100 OPTION I THINK IS TOO MUCH OF A JUMP IN THAT, IN THAT REGARDS.
I THINK IT'D BE GREAT FOR THE EMPLOYEES FOR THAT 700 DEDUCTIBLE, BUT THE COST IS TOO MUCH OF A JOB EVEN FOR THE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY THEIR CHILDREN RATE AND THEIR SPOUSE RATE.
SO EVEN THAT JUMP FROM THEM IS, IS A LITTLE, IS A LITTLE HIGH.
SO I THINK A THOUSAND IS STILL SAVING THEM A THOUSAND DOLLARS IF SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENED.
AND IF YOU READ THE FINE PRINT ON THIS, ON THIS 190,000, IT SAYS THAT YOUR C DISTRIBUTION CHECK WILL BE MAILED OUT BY THE END OF JUNE JULY.
WHICH I MEAN WE'RE ALMOST THERE AT THAT AMOUNT.
SO THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR THE AUDITOR IS, WILL THAT MONEY NEED TO BE CREDITED BACK TO THE UH, I GUESS THE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM AND THAT COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE CHOSE TO DO SO THROUGH THE COURT LINE TRANSFER? CORRECT? YES.
THAT KIND OF HELPS ON SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT WE MIGHT WANNA GO AHEAD AND TRY TO TRY TO DO.
NOW I SAY THAT WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT THE TOTAL, YOU KNOW, OUR TOTAL BUDGET AND SEE WHAT WE KIND OF HAVE TO THINK ABOUT TWO IF Y'ALL AVENUE EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEAR, THIS COST TO YA HUNDRED.
SO, BUT THAT WOULD BE FOR NEXT YEAR'S.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT UH, THIS FOR OUR, AND JUST TO NOTE, OUR VISION AND OUR LIFE INSURANCE, UM, RATES ARE LOCKED IN FOR ONE MORE YEAR.
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DISTRACTING.FIRST YEAR IT WAS 14 AND HALF PERCENT I THINK ALREADY.
WELL, TACTIC IS GREAT ORGANIZATION AND WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME UNUSUAL, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD BAD YEAH, WE DID.
WELL WE HAD AND WE HAD A LOT OF RETIREES ON OUR PLAN.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR HR PERSON? ALRIGHT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND WITH THE FOOD IS HERE, WE'VE GOT FOOD COMING IN.
DO YOU WANT TO BREAK DOWN FOR LUNCH THEN WE'LL COME BACK.
COPIES THAT YOU AND JIMMY, I MEAN AND KEN NEED TO BE MEETING BASICALLY OTHER ITEMS, UH, INCLUDING KIND OF A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF BUDGET.
SO LET'S TAKE A LITTLE BIT A BREAK WHERE FOOD IS THEN BACK IN THE TABLE IN THE KITCHEN.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK HERE.