* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] MIDWAY. SHE WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY ONE. ALRIGHT, MORNING EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO A REGULAR MEETING OF THE, UH, KAMAN COUNTY, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT TODAY. WE EMBARK ON MEETING EVERY WEDNESDAY, UH, ALMOST EVERY WEDNESDAY, I THINK, ABOUT THE REST OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. AND, UH, SO WE WILL, UH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, OPEN THE MEETING. I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A FORUM PRESENT. UH, IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU WISH, UH, TO ADDRESS, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, FILL OUT A FORM THAT'S OUT IN THE HALL AND GIVE THAT THROUGH THE COUNTY WORK, AND WE WILL ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OR IMPROVE YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THAT TIME. WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR INVOCATION AND, UH, UNLESS, UH, COMMISSIONER MARKER, WOULD YOU DO THAT, SIR? YES, SIR. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PS PLEASE. I HAVE YOUR FATHER, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT THIS MORNING TO, UH, BE INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, PROCESS THAT WE DO HERE AT COMMISSIONER'S COURT. WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH US ALL AND GIVE US THE WISDOM, UH, TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY. AND, UH, PLEASE KEEP IT SAFE AND GIVE US OUR SINS AND YOUR SON'S NAME AND PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE THE ELGI TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR OF TEXAS. FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVIDUAL NONE. UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ON THE AGENDA. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, AND I DON'T HAVE A HANDOUT TO YOU, BUT I DO WANT TO, UH, BRING THE COURT, UH, UP TO DATE ON SOME CORRESPONDENCE THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. UH, AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A GREAT, UH, DEAL OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UH, 6 35 EAST PROJECT, ABOUT IT BEING TOWED OR NON TOLD, OR TOW LANES OR WHATEVER. SO I GOT A CALL EARLIER, AND IT'S ALSO ON THEIR AGENDA FOR TOMORROW. THAT ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT THE, THE RTC IS PROPOSING TO, UH, THE, UH, STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OR THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, IS THAT THERE'S AROUND $230 MILLION, GIVE OR TAKE TO 20 SOMEWHERE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT AMOUNT THAT IS NOW DESIGNATED FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS OF, OF HIGHWAY 80, UH, FROM I BELIEVE TOWN EAST BOULEVARD, ALL THE WAY INTO, INTO, UH, VILLE COUNTY. UH, I BELIEVE IT, I BELIEVE IT ALSO INCLUDES THE BRIDGES. JOHN, UH, POSTER WILL BE HERE LATER, AND PERHAPS WE CAN DISCUSS WITH HIM THAT, BUT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING DOING IS TAKING THE MONEY THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR HIGHWAY 80 AND USING IT TO FUND THE 6 35 EXPANSION. NO QUESTION 6 35 EAST NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED, BUT WE DO NOT WANT THEM TAKING THAT MONEY AWAY FROM OUR COUNTY, AND THEY SHOULD FIND THE MONEY ELSEWHERE. SO WE ARE AN ALTERNATE, UH, POSITION ON THAT BOARD. ON THE RT C BOARD. I CONTACTED JUDGE BUSH, WHO IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE, UH, FROM ELLIS COUNTY, AND ASK HER AS, WOULD SHE MIND RELINQUISHING IN HER SEAT TOMORROW SO I COULD REPRESENT OUR COUNTY AND, UH, HAVEN'T HEARD BADGE FROM HER, BUT I I, I THINK SHE WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO THAT. UH, BUT ANYWAY, JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT. AND, UH, THEY'RE ALSO DOING THE SAME THING ON INTERSTATE 30, OR THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO THE SAME THING ON INTERSTATE 30, WHICH GOES INTO ROCK WALL COUNTY. I BELIEVE IT'S FROM THAT ROCK ROAD EAST ON, OR HOW FAR IT GOES. AND THEN ALSO ON I 35, UH, WHICH GOES UP INTO DEN COUNTY. SO, UH, THAT'S, IT HADN'T BEEN APPROVED. IT MAY BE APPROVED, IT [00:05:01] MAY NOT BE APPROVED, BUT IT IS ON THEIR AGENDA TO TAKE ACTION. BUT WE NEED TO, UH, THAT CERTAINLY BE AWARE OF IT, CERTAINLY OPPOSED, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, UH, WE'LL DO. THE MEETING IS OPEN TOMORROW. IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO GO, IT'LL BE AT THE, UH, COG, UH, BEGINNING AT ONE O'CLOCK. UH, SO IF YOU WANT BE OVER THERE AND, UH, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE, HAVE THE TIME AND THE AVAILABILITY MAINLY, I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF IT AND WE'LL, WE'LL QUESTION JOHN HERE A LITTLE BIT, UH, SO THAT HE CAN BRING US UP TODAY. ALL THAT'S NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND ITEM A IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING A SPECIAL MEETING, OUR SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR JANUARY THE 17TH, 2018 IN JANUARY 24TH, 2018, AND REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FROM JANUARY THE 31ST, 2018. UH, ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING COUNTY RURAL EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING THIRD SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2017. UH, WE ALSO HAVE A REPORT FROM LORETTA WILLIAMS, THE CHILDREN'S DIRECTOR, UH, FOR THE SHELTER FOR OCTOBER, THE NOVEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, 2017, AS WELL AS JANUARY, 2018. UH, WE DO HAVE A REQUEST, UH, CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FROM FARMERS ELECTRIC PROPERTY INCORPORATED TO, UH, CONSTRUCT THE ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES UNDER UNIVERSITY DRIVE WITH CROSSING LOCATION BEING APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTH OF 5 48 COFFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER TWO. UH, ITEM E IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING ANNUAL VIEWS FOR THE COUNTY JUDGES AND COMMISSIONER'S ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS. AND THEN ITEM F IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, APPROVING DEPUTATION OF WILLIAM MCKENZIE AS DEPUTY FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, CONSENT ATTENDANT? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE AS PRESENTED. THANK HAVE THAT, UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I'M NOT THOSE OPPOSED. THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, NUMBER THREE, AND THAT IS TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING A AND THAT WAS PUT ON JUST AS KIND OF TRYING BE PREPARED ON THE AGENDA. I WE'RE, I BELIEVE WE'RE SAFE TO SAY THAT, UH, WE PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO CONSIDER DUE TO THE REASON. I DID HAVE JUST A FEW NUMBERS TO SHARE. THE REASON THAT DID PLACE THE, THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2017, COMBINING THE HAY, GRASS BRUSH, PIPE FIRE, THOSE ALL RELATED. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 80 CALLS IN OUR COUNTY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2018, WE HAD 117, SO 47% INCREASE. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TREND. THAT'S WHY WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. BUT FORTUNATELY, THANK QUESTION. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE OUT A MOTION? MR. ALLEN? SECOND. SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. OKAY, SO NEXT TIME WE GET ON TRY, LET'S PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. YES, SIR. WE'LL DO IT. UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCRUING ALLOCATIONS OF THE FAMILY PROTECTION FEE TO THE LONE STAR CONCEPT INCORPORATED. KAMAN COUNTY CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER, THE GENESIS CENTER, AND THE KAMAN COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER IN EQUAL SHARES OF $1,980, TOTALING $7,920. THIS IS THE FEE THAT WE COLLECT AND THESE ARE THE FOUR AGENCIES THAT WE HAVE, UH, ALWAYS, UH, PRESENTED THIS, UH, MONEY TO. SO, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? DO I HAVE A MOTION CONCERNING? I MAKE MOTION? COMMISSIONER MAKES THAT MOTION. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECONDS. ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE. A OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING, UH, A $29,984 50 CENTS PURCHASE FROM KEY WARDEN FOR THREE KW TOUCH SYSTEM FOR COFFMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UTILIZING BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 4 9 8 15. LISA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING US UP DATE ON THAT? YES, AS YOU SEE, I MEAN, IT, IT'S, UH, DOESN'T EXCEED THE $50,000 LIMIT TO NEED TO BE PUT ON OUT FOR BID, BUT IT ALSO, UH, SINCE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WANTS TO SEE ANYTHING, ANY PURCHASES OVER 50,000, IT'S STILL CLOSE ENOUGH TO THAT $50,000 MARK THAT WE WANT IT TO, TO BE AS, UH, TRANSPARENT AS [00:10:01] POSSIBLE. SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAME TO COURT. JIM KNEW THAT WE WERE SPENDING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY UTILIZING THAT CONTRACT. AND THAT'S IN THE, UH, BUDGET FOR FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT? YES. YES, WE DID. WE PREPARED FOR IT. YES. AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, WELL WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ALL OUR KEYS IS ALWAYS IN THE JAIL. IT'S BEEN SIGNED OUT SIGNING THIS AND PAPER LOG AND, YOU KNOW, THEY LOSE KEYS HERE AND THERE AND THEN WE SHUT DOWN THE HOTEL, TRY FIND THE, AND FIND THEM. UH, THIS SYSTEM IS GONNA LOCK EVERYTHING UP IN THE CABINET. EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO CODE WHO CAN GET THAT KEY. AND THEN IF THAT KEY IS NOT TURNED BACK BY THE TIME THEY OF THEIR SHIFT, IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY EMAIL THE WHOLE COMMAND STAFF AND WE'LL KNOW WHEN I SIGNED REALLY QUICK BEFORE WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE JAIL. THAT'S GOOD. IT'S A GOOD SYSTEM. ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LISA? ALL THE CHAIR? NO, NO, I'M GOOD. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION. I HAVE A SECOND. MR. ALLEN SECONDS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UH, LET'S TURN OVER NOW. ITEM NUMBER SIX AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PURCHASING, UH, 1 6 70 G MOTOR GRATER AND THE AMOUNT OF $238,150 AND 1 4 10 L BACKHOE LOADER FOR, UH, $116,785 RDO EQUIPMENT, THE PRECINCT FOUR ROAD AND BRIDGE, UTILIZING THE NATIONAL JOINT POWERS ALLIANCE COOPERATIVE TOTALING 354,940. THAT'S JUST DONE ANOTHER COOPERATIVE THAT WE'VE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN HAD CHECKED ON, HE, HE, THEY, HIS DEPARTMENT'S GOTTEN SEVERAL QUOTES ON THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND IT WAS ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, UH, IN THE COUNTY'S BEST INTEREST TO GO WITH THIS PARTICULAR COOPERATIVE OVER THE BUYBOARD AS THEY OFFERED BETTER PRICING. OKAY. THOUSAND. YEAH, THAT'S ONE DIFFERENT COOPERATIVE. FOUR 5,000 PER, PER. BUT WE'RE MEMBERS OF THAT TOO, BY THE WAY. SO THE WEREN IS STILL FREE. HOW'S IT GONNA BE PAID FOR OUTTA YOUR BUDGET? YES MA'AM. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF I NEEDED TO SECURE FINANCE IF I DON'T. KEITH'S GOT MONEY OR MINE. NO, NO, NO. IT'S OKAY. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN. WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING PAY FOR IT FAR OUT BUDGET. SO WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOTION CARRIED. AND THEN I, NUMBER SEVEN IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A BOARD OF BID, UH, 18 DASH OH FOUR FOR SIX FOUR POLICE INTERCEPTOR UTILITY VEHICLES FOR THE COFF SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $173,220. UH, ALL MURRAY FORD HERE AT COFF. I'M SORRY, HOW MUCH DID WE SAY? QUITE A BIT? WELL, UH, ABOUT 7,000. OVER 7,000 I INCLUDED IN YOUR BID TABULATIONS. UM, THAT THE TWO ANSWERS THAT WE RECEIVED TO THE BID, WHICH WERE PALM MURRAY FORD AND, UH, TRI COUNTY FORWARD. AND THEN I ALSO INCLUDED THE FIVE BOARD PRICING. JUST AS A COMPARISON. WHENEVER WE DO TAKE THE TIME TO BID THESE OUT, A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN SAVE MONEY. UM, WE TURN TO BUYBOARD A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR WE DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO, UH, GET TOGETHER A SPECIFICATION TO SEND OUT TO DO. UH, BUT WHENEVER WE'RE WANTING TO DEAL LOCALLY AND WE HAVE A LOCAL VENDOR THAT IS WANTING TO WORK WITH US, IF, IF YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE TIME ON ANY OF THIS, MEAN BIDDING OUT, AS YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST A ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT EVERY TIME COUNTS THE LOCAL BUSINESS. IT KEEPS IT HERE. WIN-WIN DEAL. THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF VEHICLE THAN YOU'VE BEEN BUYING, I BELIEVE. YES, SIR. WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO TRY THESE VEHICLES AND GET AWAY FROM THE TAHOE STUFF BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE, OKAY. UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY THESE IN THE FLEET THIS TIME. LIKE I SAID, WE PUT A COUPLE CHARGERS IN, THERE'RE A LITTLE BIT, SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK WHICH WAY IS OUR BEST AVENUE. 'CAUSE TAHOES IS UNCOMMON. THEY'VE GOT THE MARKET RIGHT NOW. OH, ONCE YOU GET ALL THE ACCESSORIES AND STUFF, YOU'RE TALKING 45,000 BUCKS FEES AND THIS IS BUDGETED FOR. AND SO, UM, [00:15:01] ANY QUESTIONS? THE POLICE OR THE SHERIFF? NOPE, I'M, WE HAVE A MOTION. I MAY MR. HAVE A SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALRIGHT. NOW IS TO REVIEW AND ADOPT THE KAMAN COUNTY INVESTMENT POLICY AND APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY. GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU JUDGE. AND I GO AHEAD, WON'T GO THROUGH THE POLICY IN DEPTH. IT IS THE, THE POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. UH, SO GENTLEMEN ARE ALL FAMILIAR, BUT I DID PREPARE A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHLIGHT SHEET THAT ON PAGE ONE UNDER THE HEAD IN COUNTY'S INVESTMENT OFFICER, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE COUNTY TREASURER MYSELF. AND, AND ON THE DOCUMENTS CLEAR THAT, THAT THE COUNTY TREASURER AS THE COUNTY INVESTMENT OFFICER IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. SO MYSELF AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ARE HERE TO BRING INFORMATION TO Y'ALL AND, AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOU GIVE US ON PAGE TWO AND THREE. UNDER THE HEADING TWO, INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, SAFETY, LIQUIDITY, DIVERSIFICATION, THEN YIELDING RETURNS ON PAGE FOUR, POOLED FUNDS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION THERE. UH, IT THAT DISCUSSES THE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONSIDERS. NOT NECESSARILY THINGS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND, BUT THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER. AND PAGE SEVEN, UNDER SAFEKEEPING, THE SECURITIES PURCHASED AND HELD BY THE COUNTY, OR THEY'RE HELD IN A THIRD PARTY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT Y'ALL HAVE AGREED TO AND APPROVED. OKAY. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT ACTIVITY CURRENTLY. THEN LASTLY, SUITABLE AND AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS PAGES NINE THROUGH 13. AGAIN, UH, GIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SECURITIES THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE FO WE HAVE FOCUSED ON, UH, BANK CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, WHICH ARE IN A AND B SUBHEADINGS, AND THEN SUBHEADING G ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT COURT. SO, THANK YOU JUDGE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR? NO. ALRIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INVESTMENT POLICY AS PRESENTED. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, BUT I'M GOING PASS THIS AROUND. UH, THIS IS FOR YOU TO SIGN, THIS IS THE INVESTMENT POLICY AND UH, GET THAT BACK TO ME. WE'LL MOVE IT RIGHT ON. TO JUDGE, ONE THING TO REEMPHASIZE FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS RONNIE FIELD, KAREN, OUR COUNTY AUDITOR, AND YOURSELF. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM. UH, ALRIGHT, WE TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT ITEM AT LEAST ANYWAY. UH, WELL IT WAS IN POINT A WHERE WE JUST TOOK THE VOTE AND POLICY AND POINTING MEMBERS OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISOR. THAT WAS ALL. ITEM NUMBER NINE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE KAUFMAN COUNTY INVESTMENT ADVISOR. SPELL MY NAME, UH, TO TAKE THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO PREPARE THE DOCUMENTS FOR COMMISSIONER COURT APPROVAL TO ADD TECHSTAR LOGIC AND TEXAS CLASS AS ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT POOLS AND TO ADD MULTI-BANK SECURITIES INCORPORATED FINANCIAL NORTHEASTERN COMPANIES AND AMERICAN BANK, UH, PROMONTORY FINANCIAL NETWORK, LLC AS CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT PROVIDERS. THANK YOU MOUTH. IT IS, AND IT'S BEEN, UH, A DILIGENCE ON THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE'S PART, UH, TO FROM THE WHOLE POPULATION OF THE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS. UH, THE THREE OF US USE OUR PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMPANIES THAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE SUITABLE MATCHES FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY. SO TO EXPAND OUR, OR TO CREATE DIVERSITY IN OUR POOL ALLOCATIONS. CURRENTLY ALL MONEY IS A TECH POOL AND WE'RE INVESTING IN TECH POOL PRODUCT. WE WANT TO ADD TECHSTAR LOGIC AND [00:20:01] TEXAS CLASS, WHICH ARE TWO OTHER POOL PROVIDERS. TECHSTAR LOGIC IS VERY SIMILAR TO TEXT POOL AND IT IS KIND OF A GOVERNMENT RUN POOL. UH, TEXAS CLASS IS, UH, RUN BY A PRIVATE, UH, PRIVATE ENTITY, PUBLIC, PUBLIC ENTITY. UM, THEN FOR COMPANIES THAT CAN PROVIDE US CD FLOW, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE CERTAIN ROAD BOND MONIES THAT, THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT MAY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE INVESTED FOR 18 MONTHS OR TWO YEARS OR 30 MONTHS, WE WILL BRING IDEAS TO YOU. THOSE WE CAN GET MORE DIVERSITY AND YIELD WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF, OF, OF, UH, SECURITY SAFETY. AND THESE THREE PEOPLE WOULD SHOW US THEIR CDS THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE. THEY, THEY HAVE, THEY OPERATE DIFFERENTLY THAN IF WE GO IN, WE AS A COUNTY GO INTO A RETAIL BANK TO BUY A CD. THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS TOO, I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ENHANCE YIELD SUM AND AS THE, UM, PURCHASING AGENT JUST SAID, DIMES THAT UP. AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF ADDING TWO POOLS SO THAT WE WOULDN'T MOVE MONEY EVERY DAY. BUT IF A POOL IS CONSISTENTLY YIELDING MORE THAN ANOTHER POOL, WE COULD MAKE A DECISION TO ALLOCATE FUNDS IN TO ENHANCE THAT YIELD. THE SAME WITH CDS. WE WANT TO SELECT CDS FROM VERY HIGH QUALITY BANKS WHERE THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE RECOMMENDING THE CD KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE BANK. THEY'VE DONE THEIR WORK, THEIR, THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. SO WE'RE TAGGING ON TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO INCREASE OUR, OUR SAFETY. EVEN THOUGH IN LAW WE FDIC INSURED, NONE OF US WANT TO DEAL WITH THE CD THAT'S BEING HELD BY BAIL BANK, RIGHT? SO THERE'S THE, THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT. UM, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO USE ALL OF THESE AT ALL OF THE TIME, BUT WE DID FEEL LIKE THESE WERE FIVE HIGH QUALITY ENTITIES THAT COULD, UH, SERVE KAUFMAN COUNTY'S NEEDS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO, UH, UH, AUTHORIZE THESE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE SHOWN HERE. SO MR. ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. MR. PHILLIPS SECOND THE MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. THOSE OPPOSED. THANK YOU. I THANK, THANK YOU JUDGE. AND WHEN WE GET DOCUMENTS, UH, PREPARED, MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD DAY FOR A WORKSHOP AND TO LOOK AT THOSE AND, AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT ALL ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO JUST CONSIDER TAKING POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, CONCERNING AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE PARTIAL REDEMPTION OF KAMAN COUNTY, TEXAS PUBLIC PROPERTY FINANCE, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS SERIES 2015. UH, WHAT THIS IS, AS IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THIS OVER, WHEN WE BUDGETED THIS CURRENTLY BUDGET, WE, WE INCLUDED 715,000 OR 35,000, UH, WHATEVER THE AMOUNT WAS IN ADDITIONAL PAYMENT PRINCIPAL PAYMENT TO REDUCE THE, UH, UH, PRINCIPAL ON THE, UH, RADIO EQUIPMENT THAT'S THERE. SO WE REDUCED THAT WITH OUR REGULAR PAYMENT, UH, REGULARLY SCHEDULED PAYMENT AND THIS REDUCES THAT, UH, MILLION DOLLARS. AND TO DO THAT, WE HAD TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO HAVE SOME LEGAL WORK AND LEGAL DOCUMENTATION, WHICH HAS BEEN DONE HERE, UH, BY UH, OUR, UH, LAWYER VICAR STAFF. UH, HE AND, UH, SO THIS IS ALL, THIS IS JUST KEEPING WITH WHAT'S IN THE AGENDA, BUT IT DOES REDUCE OUR DEBT BY AND ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT BY A MILLION BUCKS WHEN YOU TIE IT IN FOR THE REGULAR PAYMENT. SO IT'S A GOOD THING. YES, IT'S, AND UH, SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'VE GOT A TONS OF STUFF HERE TO SIGN, SO I DON'T THINK IT TAKES EVERYBODY'S SIGNATURE. UH, ALRIGHT. NO, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT DOES. IF YOU DO, WE'LL TRACK IT DOWN. OKAY. UH, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING SIGNING? I MAKE MOTION. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND A SECOND FRONT OF COMMISSIONER ALLEN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S GOOD. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO [00:25:01] CONTINUE THAT IN THE, IN THE FUTURE. ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER, UH, 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPLYING FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FUNDING TO CREATE THE CLEANUP KAMAN COUNTY PROJECT. AND, UH, SO PAM IS HERE, SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UH, GRANT AND, UH, SO PAM I'LL THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, I KNOW YOU'RE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT I'M, IT'S VERY EXCITING, BUT THE, I DID GET THE BID IN FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WE'RE GIVING US AN, UH, COST OF WHAT A HOUSE IS WASTED IN THAT COST. SO I WAS FLOORED. IT IS $13,543 FOR ONE EVENT. SO YOU DOUBLE THAT. WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TRY TO OFFER FOUR. SO I TALKED WITH THE COG THIS MORNING AND SAID THESE ESTIMATES ARE COMING IN. THEY SEEM AWFULLY HIGH. SHE SAID THAT IT'S ABOUT RIGHT AND THAT WE COULD ASK FOR A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IN THE 1ST OF MARCH, 2019 IF WE HAVEN'T SPENT OUR MONEY. SO IF WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, IF WE WENT UNDERBID ON SOME OF THOSE AND WE COULD HAVE MORE CLEANUPS. SO THEY WANT US TO USE ALL THE MONEY. UM, THE CLEANUPS ALONE TOGETHER FOR ELECTRONICS FOR AND FOUR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE ARE GONNA BE ABOUT $71,000. AND IF WE CAN GET THIS MONEY, WE CAN CLEAN UP OUR COUNTY. 'CAUSE THE PICTURES THAT, THAT MR. HUNT SHARED WITH ME YESTERDAY WERE JUST HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE. UM, WE WILL GO ON THE 21ST AND 22ND. UM, I'VE ASKED COMMISSIONER HUNT TO GO WITH ME AND WE WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR PROJECT. THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT I NEED, JUST SOME COSTS OF SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AT THE CLUB TOO. SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION JUST ASKING YOUR, YOUR BLESSING TO GO AHEAD AND APPLY FOR THIS. RIGHT? YOU, I JUST PASSED YOU A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION SO YOU, WE HAVE IT, BUT, UH, UH, IT, IT, NO GUARANTEE WE'LL GET IT. NO GUARANTEED. WE DON'T ASK. WE WON'T. AND WE WANNA ASK FOR AS MUCH AS WE NEED AND THEY MAY TAKE OFF SOME OF THAT. SO WE'LL GET THAT OUT. SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANYTHING? NO. MOTION COMMISSIONER FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO THIS RESOLUTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. GO. OPPOSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS ITEM 12 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPLYING FOR FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION FOR A RECORDS DEPLOYMENT VEHICLE FOR THE COUNTY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, SWAT TEAM. AND SHERIFF, YOU WANT TO VISIT WITH US ABOUT THIS? YEAH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST, ONCE AGAIN, THE GRANTS ARE COMING AROUND AND TRYING SOMETHING. WE'RE, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THE 98 VAN THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ACROSS A FEW YEARS. SO WE'RE REACHING OUT TO TRY JUST TO, TO GET A RAPID DEPLOYMENT VAN TO, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY AND OUR TAX TEAM. AND IT'S GONNA RUN US ABOUT 67,850 IS WHAT WE'RE FLYING FOR. SO NO GUARANTEES, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET EVERYTHING WE CAN OUTTA GRANT MONEY. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE, THE VEHICLE A LITTLE BIT? I MEAN, I, I IN GREAT DETAIL, BUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE IS A KIND OF LIKE, YOU SEE THESE, UH, MERCEDES VANS, THE BIGGER HIGH TOP ONES WHERE YOU CAN STAND UP, THEY'LL HAVE RAILS, BENCHES, EVERYTHING'S CARRY A GUN, OUR BALLISTIC STUFF. AND WHEN WE GET DEPLOYED ON EITHER HAZARD, IT'S THE WARRANTS OR BARRICADED SUSPECT WHEN WE GO, IT'S NOT BALLISTIC, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON DOING THAT THROUGH THE, UH, MILITARY SURPLUS PROGRAM TO GET SOME FAR AS THAT ASPECT OF IT. BUT THIS IS JUST FOR A RAPID DEPLOYMENT OR ASSIST GOING TO ANY SCENE. BUT IT'S NOTHING OUTRAGEOUS IS A VAN, BUT THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT AND THE WAY IT'S SECURE IS A BIG THING ABOUT, IT'S NOT BEING ABLE TO STAND UP TANK OR SOMETHING. NO, THIS IS IT. IT IS A REGULAR, IT IS A REGULAR VAN THAT'S WITH NO SEATS IN IT BESIDE BENCHES THAT'S TURNED OPPOSITE WHERE YOU CAN STAND UP AND DEPLOY OUT OF THE BACK OR THE FRONT WITH DIFFERENT RAILS AND THEN STORAGE AREAS FOR ALL OUR WEAPONS AND STUFF. BUT THEY'RE NOT JUST RIGHT IN THE VEHICLE. OKAY. AND AGAIN, THIS, IT'S NOT, YEAH, WHETHER WE ARE GRANTED OR NOT, WE WON'T KNOW. BUT AGAIN, IF WE DON'T ASK, WE DON'T. RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SHERIFF ABOUT THIS? NO. ALRIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TURNING OUT ON NUMBER 12. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND BARBARA SECONDS AND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY A, THOSE OPPOSED ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPLYING FOR FUNDING FOR BODY CAMERAS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AND AGAIN, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THIS GRANT DETAILS, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS AS FAR AS WHO'S THE FIRST ONE TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE. THIS IS NOT THE WHOLE SHERIFF'S [00:30:01] DEPARTMENT, UH, THE COURTHOUSE WHO RESPOND TO US, TO THE SCENE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO UPGRADE OUR CAMERA SYSTEM BECAUSE WE GOT IN THE CAMERA SYSTEM REAL EARLY IN THE GAME AND WE'VE GONE WITH SOME REALLY, WE THINK THEY'RE GOOD CAMERAS. THEY'RE NOT THE MOST HIGH DOLLAR AND THE MOST HIGH TECH ONES, BUT THEY MEET OUR NEEDS VERY WELL. SO WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THE CAM, SAME CAMERAS THAT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, BETTER DIGITAL QUALITY. THEY HAD A FEW FLAWS IN THE FIRST ONE THAT WE HAD. IF YOU LET THE BATTERY RUN DOWN, THE DATE WOULD CHANGE. AND IF THE DEPUTY DIDN'T FIX THE DATE ON IT, THEN WE HAD PROBLEMS. BUT THE SYSTEM, SO THEY FIXED ALL THESE PROBLEMS. I'M GETTING CAMERAS FOR $295 A PIECE. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR 50 OF THEM. UH, IT'S GONNA BE A TOTAL AND PLUS DOCKING STATIONS, WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY CAN SET 'EM IN, DO THEIR REPORTS. I CAN DOWNLOAD A LOT MORE. UH, THAT'S THREE DOCKING STATION, THAT'S 3,500. SO THE TOTAL OF THE GRANT IS GONNA BE 18,356. AND OUR PART IS GOING TO BE, UH, 3000 AND SOMETHING. WE GOTTA PAY A PART OF IT, BUT I CAN PAY THAT OUTTA, EXCEPT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BOARD. SO, OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MAKE A MOTION. HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, OR TO APPLY FOR BODY. SECOND. MR. HUNT. SECOND. MOTION. FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU. AND UH, ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPLYING FOR FUNDING FOR NIGHT VISION GOGGLES FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY SWAT TEAM THROUGH THE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT FUNDING PROGRAM. WE'RE, WE'RE CHASING EVERY GRANT. WE CAN JOB OTHER THINGS. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, UH, WE'VE RUN ACROSS MENTION THIS NEEDED NIGHT VISION, UH, FOR OUR, OUR DEPUTY. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET BARRICADE SUSPECT AT LAND. THAT PUTS US OUT THERE FOR A GOOD WHILE. WE DON'T HAVE VERY, UH, GOOD NIGHT VISION. SO WE'RE GONNA APPLY FOR 12 OF 'EM AND 3000 A PIECE. SO WE'RE GOING ASK FOR 36,000 THROUGH THAT. TRY TO GET EYE VISION FOR OUR GUYS THAT'S SITTING OUT THERE. GIVE 'EM A LITTLE BETTER EYE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE. OKAY? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO. A MOTION. HAVE A SECOND. MR. BAR SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU'ALL ONE. ALL RIGHT. JOHN'S NOT HERE. SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE GO RIGHT ON INTO, UH, A CONSIDERATION NUMBER 16TH, CONSIDER PROVING PAYROLL. AND, UH, YOUR PAYROLL FOR THIS TWO WEEK PERIOD IS 1,000,100 28,000 478 9. ALRIGHT. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? COMMISSIONER BILL. SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER ALLEN. ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED ALL. ITEM NUMBER 17 IS OUR, UH, APPROVING LINE ITEM TRANSFERS. WE EMAIL THESE TO YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. THE ONLY ONE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WOULD BE, UM, RECORDS MANAGEMENT WITH, UH, THE COUNTY CLERK. BUT THAT IS TO COVER THE COST FOR THE RENOVATION DOWN FOR YOUR SOUND SYSTEM AND CAMERAS. AND, OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO MOTION. HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER TO HAVE A SECOND THANK. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AND THEN NUMBER 18 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIM FOR PAYMENT. UH, YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE 631,000 904 75. TOTAL OF ALL THE CHECKS GOING OUT THIS WEEK IS 1,000,700 60,000 383 65. THAT'S BILLS AND PAYROLL. OKAY. MAJOR, UH, EXPENDITURE IN THAT 600 AND, UH, 31,000 WAS THE ROAD REPAIR THAT YOU HAD APPROVED FOR A BID ON, UH, COUNTY ROAD 2 43, WHICH WAS 232,000. WE, WE SENT OUT UTILITY BILLS TO, UH, MR. BRIDGES AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM, BUT COMMISSIONER BARBER CALLED IT TO MY ATTENTION OF HIS ATMOS. ENERGY USAGE WAS EXTREMELY HIGH. IT WAS HIGHER THAN THE COURTHOUSE DURING THE COLD PART. SO WHEN I ASKED THE BRIS TO BE BROUGHT TO ME SO I COULD REVIEW 'EM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THAT READING YOUR BEGINNING AND YOUR ENDING, RIGHT? WELL THE ENDING WAS THE BEGINNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTH, [00:35:01] BUT THEN THE ENDING READING FOR THE JANUARY WAS TOTALLY BONKERS. SO WE CALLED THEM AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN OUT THERE YESTERDAY, BUT THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE TODAY BETWEEN 12 AND FOUR. THEY THINK THERE MIGHT POSSIBLY BE A LEAK FOR THE METER TO HAVE DONE THAT, BUT WE'LL KNOW BETTER. WHAT, WHAT LOOKED LEXUS BUZZ. I SAW IT ON THERE TOO. WHEN I FIRST, MY FIRST STEP FOOT IN THAT OFFICE, THERE WAS A GAS LEAK. I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE REASONS WHY I GOT THERE, BUT, BUT ANYWAY, I, WE FOUND IT AND IT WAS UPSTAIRS WITH THE WATER HEATER HOOKS IN. OH REALLY? YEAH. SO WE'LL SEE IF THEY FIND SOMETHING IN. BUT I'VE CALLED IN THE NIGHT, I'VE CALLED IN THE NIGHT LEAVING ONE NIGHT. THAT'S NOT GAS. SO THEY CAME UP HERE SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL CALL AND LET OUR OFFICE, WHAT KIND OF ADJUSTMENT THEY'RE GONNA DO. UM, AND I ALREADY HAVE TALKED TO COMMISSIONER MAR SO HE'S AWARE THAT THEY'LL BE OUT THERE TO CHECK IT. I JUST WANTED TO CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION 'CAUSE THE BILL IS EXTREMELY HIGH. Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK AT YOUR BILLS AND NOT RELY ON MR. BRIDGES TO CHECK EVERYTHING FOR YOU. 'CAUSE WE SENT 'EM TO YOU AS COPIES SO YOU CAN LOOK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, AND HE ASKED ME, HE SAID, KAREN, THAT SEEMS EXTREMELY HIGH. HE SAID, CAN YOU JUST CHECK IT FOR ME? SO I WENT AND LOOKED THE PAST TWO YEARS AND IT WASN'T OVER $200, THIS WAS 12 SOMETHING KNEW ISSUES JUST LIKE WE FOUND THAT WATER LEAK OUT AT THAT MEMORIAL. REMEMBER THAT JUDGE WOOD? NO, I FOUND IT. YEAH. I KEPT SAYING IT'S RIDICULOUS. GOT BOBBY ON IT. BIG LEAK. I THING IS, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, WORRIED ABOUT IT. BUT WE HAD TWO METERS OR SOMETHING. STRANGE. YEAH, BUT NO, I CUT MY GAS OUT. I PUT A REUSABLE OIL BECAUSE I COULD COLLECT ALL THE OIL AND ALL THAT. YEP. SO WE BURNED ALL THE OIL THAT PEOPLE BRING AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE GAS IN THERE ANYMORE. ALL SELF-SUFFICIENT. YEAH, WE SAVE A LOT OF MONEY. YEAH, WELL THAT'S GOOD THING. AND IT RUNS OUT TOO. IT IS HOT. , THANKS FOR GETTING ON THAT FORM. APPRECIATE IT. OH, YOU'RE WELCOME. ALRIGHT, CARRY THAT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS. HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. UH, COMMISSIONER BARBARA SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A NO OPPOSED. ALRIGHT JOHN PO SHOULD BE HERE MOMENTARILY. I DON'T SUGGEST, UH, WE TAKE A BREAK AND I'LL CALL HIM AND SEE WHERE HE IS AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN AND HE'S GONNA GIVE US UPDATE ON THE, ALRIGHT, SO ITEM NUMBER 1715 IS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS ON COFFMAN COUNTY ROAD PROJECTS. AND SO JOHN, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I KNOW, UH, THERE'S COLD MORNING FOR YOU TO GET OUT ALL THAT. SO SOME OF OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS HERE. COLD. COLD. I GOT IT. WE'LL, UH, AS ALWAYS, WE WILL PUT THIS ON OUR WEB PAGE, THIS COUNTY WEB PAGE SO PEOPLE CAN KEEP UP WITH IT HERE. JOHN, THIS, YOU'LL, UH, AND THIS IS JUST A SMALL DEVELOPMENT. THIS WAS IN DALLAS, USED A THOUSAND HOMES. WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE GOT GOING ON IN THE COUNTY. SO ANYWAY, OKAY. SO, UH, I'LL JUST GO OVER THE REPORT REAL QUICK ON THE PROJECTS AND THEN IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, TO STOP ME. UH, ON THE TWO FIRST PROJECTS, THE 2 43 AT 25 15 AND 2027. 27. UH, TALKED TO BRENDA YESTERDAY AND SHE'S THINKING THAT WE'LL HAVE 60% PLANS. WE WERE AT 30, BUT SHE THINKS WE'LL HAVE 60% COMPLETED BY, UH, [00:40:01] THE END OF THIS MONTH WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT PLANS BEING DONE IN OCTOBER. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO GIMME A SCHEDULE UNTIL SHE SEES THE 60% PLANS TO MAKE SURE THERE REALLY ARE 60 AS OPPOSED TO 37, WHATEVER. BUT ONCE SHE SEES THAT, SHE WILL GIVE US A SCHEDULE ON, UH, THE LETTING DATE FOR THESE PROJECTS. REMEMBER THESE ARE HAVE, UH, SOME BOND FUNDS IN IT AND A LITTLE BIT OF A NET RA FUNDS FOR THEIR, UH, LOCAL PROJECTS. SO WE SHOULD BE SEEING THESE PROJECTS TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR COME TO, UH, TO AHEAD AND GO INTO CONSTRUCTION. SO THEN THE USA RAMP RELOCATION PROJECT, YOU ARE IN THE FINAL THROW OF THIS PROJECT. THE, UH, CONTRACTOR HAS A REPORT ON PAGE FIVE. IT LOOKS LIKE MOSTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THE FINAL HOT MIX AND PINE IN THE DRIVES. THAT'S WHAT MOST ITEMS. SO EVEN THOUGH I'LL BE PROBABLY REPORTING THIS PROJECT FROM A CONTRACTUAL STANDPOINT, STAYS OPEN THE ROAD WILL ACTUALLY BE OPERATING THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO. AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T CARE HOW LONG IT TAKES THE GRASS TO GROW AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHICH ARE CONTRACT ISSUES. THEY KEEP OPEN UNTIL THEY, THEY MEET THE CRITERIA. RIGHT. SO WHEN IT SAYS MARCH OF 2018, IT REALLY JUST TALKING TO 'EM ABOUT THE YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY DRIVING THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO IT'S, IT'S WHAT WE CALL SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, RIGHT? WHICH MEANS TO THE DRIVER THEY'RE HAPPY. SO WE STILL HAVE TO GET THE CONTRACT CLOSED FOR PUNCHLESS ITEMS. OKAY, SO YOUR 5 48 ADVANCED PLANNING PROJECT, WE'VE HAD A LOT GOING ON ON A LOT OF THE PROJECTS IN COFFMAN COUNTY. THE, UH, TEX DISTRICT IS REORGANIZED AGAIN AND, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE HAVING MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGERS, WHICH IF YOU GET THE RIGHT PROJECT MANAGER, THAT'S GOOD, BUT, UH, YOU STILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND EDUCATE 'EM ON SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE IN THE PAST. SO ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, WE ARE GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE, UH, SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT, THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT MANAGER IS UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE WERE GOING ON THIS PROJECT. AND THEN THE MAIN ISSUE RIGHT NOW WE'RE WAITING ON THE SCHEMATIC IS THE DRAINAGE APPROVAL. AND ONCE WE GET THAT, IT'LL INFORM US ON HOW FAR THE PURSUIT OF THE SCHEMATIC. IF YOU LOOK ON THE NEXT PAGE, REMEMBER THAT'S THE MACRO PROJECT. THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED IN THE, UH, EARMARK FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE, THE SEGMENT THAT'S JUST FROM THE SOUTH UP TO, UH, GLENDALE FARMS IS THE PART WE'RE GONNA CONSTRUCT. FIRST WE HAVE A, UH, KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE DESIGN. UH, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON FEBRUARY 13TH, SO A COUPLE WEEKS, COUPLE DAYS FROM NOW TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE DESIGN SPEED, UH, STUFF LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST A NORMAL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DESIGN CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, UH, MEETING. SO WE'LL MOVE FULL TILT INTO THE, UH, DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT. REMEMBER THIS, THIS HAS $41.7 MILLION IN, UH, TATTOO FUNDING ALLOCATED TO IT. SO AS SOON AS WE GET IT READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION, THE FUNDING IS THERE. 9 86 ADVANCE PLANNING PROJECT IS ON HOLD AT THE REQUEST OF THE, UH, CITY OF CHARLES HAD OTHER PRIORITIES WITH THE FUNDING, UH, IN YOUR CITIES. AND SO YOU MOVE OVER TO, UH, THE NEXT PAGE. THIS IS THE 2 0 5 US 81 48 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT. GOOD NEWS IS WE'VE GOT THIS SCHEMATIC APPROVED ON JANUARY 26TH, WHICH MEANS WE CAN GO FULL TILT TO FINALIZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE DOCUMENT. AND WE ANTICIPATE WE WERE ANTICIPATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE BEING DONE IN AUGUST OF 2018. WE MOVING THAT UP TO MAY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, SOON ENOUGH SO WE CAN HIT A MAY, 2018 TIMEFRAME. WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO AFTER THAT IS EXPEDITE THE TIMEFRAME FOR RIGHTAWAY ACQUISITION UTILITY LOCATIONS, AND THEN, UH, CONSTRUCTION. THIS, CURRENTLY, THIS PROJECT IS, IS RIGHT AROUND, I'M GONNA SAY 10 MILLION BUCKS BECAUSE IT'S 8.9 NOW AND WE'RE NOT CONSTRUCTING IT NOW. AND SO LATER IT'LL BE MORE BECAUSE IT ALWAYS IS. SO I'M EARMARKING ABOUT 10 MILLION THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO GET PARTNERSHIP ON FROM A TEXT OUT IN THE REGION. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY STRONG CANDIDATE PROJECT FOR THE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING FOR BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT, UH, THREE MAJOR ARTERIALS. IT ALSO IS THE EXTENSION OF THE PASS THROUGH TO, AND THAT TERRELL'S [00:45:01] GOING TO THE SOUTH AND USA IS A CRITICAL PROJECT FOR NORTH TEXAS AREA, WHICH WILL COVER A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT LATER. SO I BELIEVE ONCE WE GET THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED AND RIGHT START TO ACQUIRE WHAT THE FUNDING WILL BE ONLINE BEFORE AS WELL AS THE NEWS 2 0 5 COMING IN, THAT'S, THAT'S REPORT. OKAY. YES. THAT'S THE OTHER REASON WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. IT'S THE WE PEN. SO NOW ON THE 1 7 5 SOUTH FURNACE ROADS, UH, AND YOU GOTTA TAKE THESE TWO IN, IN, IN, IN CONJUNCTION 1 75 SOUTH FURNACE ROAD AND THE F1 48 BYPASS 'CAUSE THEY ARE CONNECTED. AND SO WE GOT TWO ENGINEERING FIRMS WORKING ON TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS, BUT IT'S REALLY ONE BIG PROJECT. AND SO THERE'S SOME COORDINATION THAT WE CONSTANTLY HAVE TO DO WITH THESE GUYS. AND UH, SO IN ORDER TO MEET THE FACT THAT WE THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE SUMMER ON THIS PROJECT, WE'RE MEETING, UH, IN TWO DAYS TO TALK TO TXDOT ABOUT THE SCHEDULE. UM, AND WHAT TXDOT ALLOWED US TO DO WAS, UM, PICK UP SOME OF THE ENGINEERING SERVICES THAT THEY WOULD'VE DONE, BUT IT WOULD'VE TAKEN THEM A LONG TIME TO DO, WANTED TO CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY. BUT THEY ASKED US TO USE A CERTAIN FIRM FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION AND THAT FIRM IS A GOOD FIRM, BUT THEY'VE GOT TOO MANY EGGS IN THEIR BASKET. IT'S SLOWING DOWN SOME OF OUR, OUR PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TOO MUCH WORK TO DO. AND IT'S LIKE A BALLOON WHEN I SQUEEZE 'EM ON 1 75, 1 48 SLOWS DOWN AND SQUEEZE 'EM ON 1 48. UH, SO WE'RE MEETING WITH T SEE ABOUT, UH, GIDEON, THE FIRM. YEAH. UH, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HAD IDENTIFIED A GOOD FIRM DOES ENVIRONMENTAL WORK. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY COME TO JESUS MEETING. I'M GONNA HAVE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS ON THE SCHEDULE. UH, 'CAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT'S HOLDING US UP IS THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS. YEAH. THEY DRAG MACHINE. YEAH. I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. I CAN'T. I CAN SEE YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. SO THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE, ARE BASICALLY, UH, LINKED TOGETHER RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE ALSO HAVING A LOT OF WORK WE NEED TO DO IN FEBRUARY TO GET THE PROJECT SUBMITTED AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT FOR TEXT BOX TO REVIEW. BUT A LOT OF IT'S CONTINGENT TO FARM 1 7 5. SO STILL CONNECTED. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO JUST PUT KIND OF AS AN EXAMPLE ON PAGE 11, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST 28 MILLION 3 33. RIGHT. AND YOU SEE WE'RE PUTTING IN 1500, I MEAN 1,000,005. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT. YEAH. WE CALL THAT FAITH BASED ENGINEERING. YEAH. MM-HMM . THEY ALWAYS, IF YOU GET 'EM READY, THEY'LL FIND THEM. DO THEY NEED ALL THE HELP THEY GET? SO THEN THIS IS THE 1 48 SEGMENTED INTO THREE COMPONENTS. THE, UH, SOUTHERN PORTION WAS FUNDED WITH, UH, $4 MILLION IN CAT ONE PROGRAMMING. AND YOU'LL SEE THE CONSTRUCTION REPORT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING IN THAT SEGMENT ON PAGE 13 COMPLETED BY THE END OF, UH, SEPTEMBER, I WANNA SAY MAYBE END OF THE YEAR. BUT, UH, THAT'S A PROJECT WHERE THEY ARE COMING IN AND ADDING THREE FOOT SHOULDERS AND, AND RE RECONSTRUCTING 11 FOOT LANES. SO THEN THE SEGMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM ARE, UH, THE ADDITIONAL SEGMENTS TO THE NORTH. WE, UH, BRIAN AND GRACE SUBMITTED 95% PLANS ON THIS PROJECT BACK IN NOVEMBER. AND WE'RE, 'CAUSE OF THAT MUSICAL CHAIRS TEXT, THEY WERE, THE PROJECT MANAGERS WE'RE STILL WAITING ON, UH, ON UH, THE TEXT DO TO GET US OUR COMMENTS. SO WE DID HAVE AN NANCY PERONE AS OUR PROJECT MANAGER. NOW WE HAVE, UH, TERRA, I CAN'T SAY HER LAST NAME, BUT SHE'S GOOD. BUT SHE JUST CAME ON THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT AGO. AND SO SHE'S GOT A BACKUP AND UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE ISSUES. SO, UH, THAT'S REALLY ALL WE'RE WAITING ON IS FOR, UH, TERRA TO COME UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE TODAY. AND AGAIN, THE SCHEDULES THAT YOU LOOK AT, THE ONLY ONE THAT YOU REALLY, THE ONLY SCHEDULES THAT REALLY NEED TO BE LOOKED AT NOW ARE, IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE CAN TARGET. 'CAUSE EVERYTHING AFTER THAT IS EITHER A GUESS OR WORST CASE SCENARIO. AND WE CAN BEST THOSE ONCE WE GET INTO THOSE AREAS. AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH RIGHT AWAY WE'RE GONNA NEED AND WHAT THOSE PARCELS ARE AND ET CETERA. SO DON'T LET THE SCHEDULE SCARE YOU. NOW, SH 34 IN OUR WORLD WAS ONE LARGE PROJECT FROM BASICALLY THE KAUFMAN COUNTY LINE UP INTO, UH, INTO COFFINS. UM, BUT [00:50:01] TPOS SEGMENTED INTO THREE SET SEGMENTS. AND I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU WHY AS WE GO ALONG. BUT THE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH LTRA TO DO THE SEGMENTS CALLED SECTION ONE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE. SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU WHY THEY DID THIS, WHATEVER THEY DID. AND THAT'S A SEGMENT WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE AND WE'VE GOT SOME MONIES ALLOCATED TO THIS PROJECT. AND SO WE WILL, WE HAVE SOME RTR FUNDS THAT THE NPO WANTED BASICALLY TRADE US. SO WE HAD ABOUT $7 MILLION IN, UH, RTR FUNDS. THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE US ABOUT 10 AND A HALF, 11 MILLION BUCKS IN FEDERAL DOLLARS. SO I'M THINKING WHEN WE GET CLOSER, THIS OR THE 82 0 5 1 48 PROJECT, THOSE ARE BOTH IN THAT 10 MILLION RANGE. WE'LL TALK AND Y'ALL TELL ME WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DO AND I'LL MAKE REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT RTR REGIONAL TOLL REVENUE FUNDS, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WITHIN COFFMAN COUNTY THAT HAVE TOLL TAGS. WHENEVER THERE IS A TOLL REVENUE PAYMENT MADE TO THE REGION, UH, BASED ON THE TOLL ROAD, EACH COUNTY GETS A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT, UH, ALLOCATED TO THAT COUNTY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TOLL USERS IN THEIR COUNTY. AND IT DOESN'T, THEY DON'T EVER HAVE TO USE THE TOLL ROAD. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO USE THE TOLL TAG. THEY JUST HAVE TO OWN IT. AND IF THEY OWN IT, THERE'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL OF THOSE OWNERSHIPS THAT ARE INSIDE KAUFMAN COUNTY. THAT'S OUR PERCENTAGE OF WHATEVER THE PAYMENT IS. SEE, WE PROMOTE EVERYBODY INMAN COUNTY BY TO YEAH, WELL THE ONLY IS IS THEY CHARGE YOU A USER FEE. SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T USE IT, YOU'RE PAYING, UH, YEAH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY CHARGE. THEY MAKE YOU DO YOUR CREDIT CARD. IT'S 30 BUCKS LESS YEAR, YOU'RE IN A DISADVANTAGED COUNTY AND THEN I THINK IT DROPS TO 20. YEAH. AND THEY CHARGE THAT EVERY YEAR THOUGH. UH, EVERY TIME YOU CAN GET CLOSE TO BEING OUT. MM-HMM . EVERY, IT DEPENDS ON HOW FAST YOU USE IT. SO, UH, MINE GETS CHARGED ABOUT EVERY 10 DAYS. DO ALL I DRIVING. I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN HERE TODAY IF I HAD TO USE MY, UH, WHERE WE GO. SO THIS SEGMENT ONE, SECTION ONE IS A PROJECT WHERE THEY'RE GONNA, IF YOU LOOK ON THE NEXT SEGMENT, SEGMENT TWO, SECTION TWO IS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 18, OVER 18 MILLION BUCKS. TECH DOTS FUNDING ALL OF THAT. THEY'RE GONNA COVER ALL OF THAT THROUGH THEIR, UH, CAT ONE AND CAT SIX, WHICH IS A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE DOTS ARE, IS BRIDGES. SO T.IS ON A, ON A SCHEDULE, OF COURSE WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM WITH LTRA, WE ARE PROVIDING THE ENGINEERING, THEY'RE PROVIDING THE FUNDING ON SECTION TWO. UH, AND THEN SO YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PAGE AND IT'S OUR GONNA, WE, OUR PART IS GONNA BE TO FIND A WAY TO WORK WITH, UH, SEX ITEM AND COG TO COVER THAT NINE TO 10 MILLION BUCKS FOR SECTION ONE. AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR RR FUNDS AND WHAT YOU WANT DO. I'M NOT SUGGESTING, NOR WOULD EVER SUGGEST WE PUT MORE OF OUR OWN BOND MONEY INTO THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE THOSE DOLLARS ARE TOO PRECIOUS AND HARD TO COME BY. BUT WE ARE GETTING LEVERAGING. SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN ENGINEERING AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT A LITTLE OVER 18 MILLION BUCKS COMMITTED TO THE FIRST NORTHERN SEGMENT OF 34. THE LAST SEGMENT SOUTH IS JUST, WE'RE PUTTING IT ON HOLD AND THE REASON WE'RE PUTTING IT ON HOLD IS YOUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN SHOWS THE, THAT NORTH SOUTH ARTERIAL JUST TO THE WEST OF, UH, KAUFMAN, UH, IN BETWEEN POINT AND KAUFMAN HAS THE OUTER LOOP AS A CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITY. AND YOU'LL PICK 34 SOMEWHERE IN LEFT SECTION. AND THEN ESSENTIALLY IT WILL CONTINUE ON AS THAT CONTROL ACCESS FACILITY INTO ELLIS COUNTY AND HIT 45 RIGHT THERE IN IT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT EXPENDING ANY EFFORT ON THAT PART BECAUSE THE REGION IS LOOKING AT THAT HOUR LOAD WORK. SO IT'S GETTING PLANNED, IT'S JUST NOT PART OF THE 34 PROJECT. AND THEN, UH, COUNTER ROAD ONE 50. SO WE HAVE, UH, UH, LATEST FROM THE CITY IS THAT THEY'RE, LOOKS LIKE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH THE CONTRACT DAYS, THEY'RE STILL SAYING CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE 2018. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE MANAGING THAT PROJECT, UH, FOR THE COUNTY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SEEN IT, I HAVEN'T DOWN HERE. SO I TRIED TO DRIVE DOWN IT YESTERDAY OR DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. SO I DO KNOW THAT WHAT [00:55:01] THEY ARE DOING, AND IT MAY, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE PROCESS IS, BUT THEY HAVE REQUESTED THE TAKE OFF SYSTEM SO THAT SOME PORTIONS OF 34 OFF SYSTEM SO THAT THEY CAN ROUTE THEIR TRAFFIC DOWN, UH, 1 51 AND GET 'EM OUT OF THAT INTERSECTION, THAT BOTTOM. SO THEY ARE MAKING EFFORTS TO, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZE THE USE OF 1 51 ROAD. OKAY, SO TALKED ABOUT 2 0 5 80 AND, AND, UH, 1 48. THIS IS THE SOUTHERN LEG DOWN TOWARDS 20 AND 5 57. BASICALLY THIS IS A SCENARIO WHERE, UH, THE TAR HAD REQUESTED THE USE OF THE COUNTY'S RPRI, MEANING PASS TO PAYBACK TO HELP OFFSET THE SHORTFALL. WE DECLINED, WE COORDINATED AND HELPED THEM WORK OUT A PASS TONY SWAPPED WITH THE, UH, COG FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS. AND SO COGS GOING TO PUT IN THE 8.6 OR 7 MILLION BUCKS IN RETURN FOR THE, UH, 6.4 MILLION OF TERRA'S PART OF THE PASS. TONY, WE STILL KEEP OUR FOUR SOMETHING, UH, PAYBACK. AND THIS ALLOWS TERRELL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FINISHING THE JOB. AND IF THEY DON'T EVER FINISH IT, WE DON'T EVER GET PAID BACK. SO THIS IS A GOOD, GOOD STEP. ALL 1641 ADVANCE PLANNING. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE, UH, IS IT A PURCHASING AGENT OR A PURCHASE FEE DEPARTMENT PURCHASE? AN AGENT DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, SHE'S THE HEAD OF IT. SHE'S A RIGHT. I JUST WANT BE, UH, LATE PROTOCOL PROPERLY BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. I JUST WASN'T SURE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS. BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH HER OFFICE AND, UH, TO GET THESE FIRMS ON, ON CONTRACT AND UH, WE THINK BY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME WHEN THE END OF FEBRUARY, MARCH, WE'LL HAVE THEM ON CONTRACT TO, UH, BE GETTING THE WORK OUT THERE ON THAT JOB. AND UH, AND OF COURSE THERE'S NO GATE ON THERE, BUT WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY HERE THAT'S REAL INTERESTED IN 1641 WHO LIVES THERE. SO HE'S, HE'S REAL INTERESTED IN. SO TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WE BRING THE FIRM ON CONTRACT, RIGHT? THEN, UH, THEY PROVIDE US A SCOPE, WE PROVIDE THAT SCOPE TO TECH SITE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE CONTRACTING ON THEIR BEHALF IS WHAT THEY WANT. THEN WE GET A FEE, NEGOTIATE THE FEE, WE BRING IT UP TO COURT, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL, WE GET 'EM ON A CONTRACT, AND THEN WE GO MEET WITH TECH SITE TO DO A KICKOFF MEETING TO DETERMINE THE DESIGN, UH, CONCEPTS. AND THEN THAT SETS THE SCHEDULE. SO WE'RE, AND THAT'S KIND OF AWAY, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'VE TOLD HIM THIS MORNING WHEN I SAID, YOU KNOW, I SAID, WE HAVE THE EXPERT COMING HERE. AND THEN HE KNEW THAT HE, SO YOU GOT, YOU BELIEVE IN A POLITICIAN OR A CONSULTANT . IT'S, IT'S A, THERE'S NOTHING WONDERFUL ABOUT 1641. LIKE I TOLD HIM ALL MY LIFE, IT'S BEEN A BAD ROAD AND IT'S NOT CHANGING, RIGHT? I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE. BUT EVEN IF IT'S SIX LANES, THERE'S STILL GONNA BE ACCIDENTS ON LIKE T HOLD ON. NEW DESIGN CRITERIA. THE ROADS ARE GONE THROUGH NOW. THEY LEARNED FROM THEIR MISTAKES IN A, IN A URBAN FACILITY, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT WE'LL END UP DESIGNING DOWN HERE IS SIGNIFICANTLY GEOMETRICALLY SAFER THAN A NORMAL TWO LANE HAWK BACK, YOU KNOW, FARM TO MARKET OR, SO THE ROAD ITSELF WILL BE SAFER. WELL THE GOOD NEWS IS THE CARS ARE GETTING SAFER. YOU KNOW, MY LEGS ONE PUTS THE BRAKE ON FOR YOU. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY, RIGHT? I CAN TAILGATE ANYBODY. WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED IS THE DEVELOPMENT THAT GOING IN OUT THERE. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BUILD 1,680 HOMES YES. IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING SOON ENOUGH ON A CROSS SECTION WHERE WE CAN START COMMUNICATING WHAT WE THINK IS GONNA BE OUT THERE. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE FEDERAL, STATE LAW IS, IS THAT THEY PROTECT PROPERTY RIGHTS, WHICH IS NOT A PROBLEM, MEANS THAT WAY. UH, THE, SO UNTIL WE'RE ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAR, WE CAN'T PROTECT THAT CORRIDOR. AND SO IF THEY WANT TO BUILD A MCDONALD'S FIVE FEET OFF THE DRIVEWAY AND THE ZONING ALLOWS 'EM TO DO IT, YOU CAN'T STOP IT. SO, UH, A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, UH, KNOW THAT THAT PART UP AGAINST THE ROAD, THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE IS A ROAD. SO THAT'S WHY THEY DEVELOP IT SO THAT THEY CAN GET PAID IN THE FUTURE. SO THERE'S, WE'RE TRYING, AND WE STARTED ON THIS QUITE SOME TIME AGO. THE DELAY WAS WE THOUGHT WE HAD A PASS THROUGH TOING AGREEMENT AND PONY HAD A AGREEMENT WITH THAT WENT OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION. SO THEY HAD TO CANCEL THAT. SO WE DECIDED TO PICK UP THE ENGINEERING FORUM. SO WE WERE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE. UH, BUT YOU GOT DOG EARS, PEOPLE, EARS AND HIGHWAY YEARS. IT JUST TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THESE PROJECTS TO [01:00:01] . THEY ALREADY OWN THE RIGHT OF TO EXPAND OR WAGON? NO, THEY OWN WHAT THEY HAVE OUT THERE, WHICH I'M BETTING THERE'S NOT MORE THAN 90 FEET. I THEY HAD 120, BUT THEY MAY HAVE 120. BUT I, I BET YEAH, IT STILL, IT STILL HAS TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAR. THIS IS THE PROBLEM. BUT IT ALSO, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, GOING TO, UH, EVEN A FOUR LANE NOW WITH YOUR, UH, FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SIDEWALKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND YOUR PARKWAY, YOU'RE STILL LOOKING AT PROBABLY 135 FEET A RIGHT OF WAY. THAT'S NOT INCLUDING AT INTERSECTIONS WHERE YOU FLARE OUT FRATERNITY MOVEMENTS. SO I'M CONFIDENT IT'LL BE RIGHT AWAY. IT'S GONNA BE NEEDED IN THIS PROJECT. THERE ALWAYS IS. WE NEVER GET LUCKY. I BE THE CORNER HOUSE. YOU, YOU DON'T. SO, SO LUCKY SX 34. UH, THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE KELLY, SOMEONE AGREED THAT THE DISTRICT ENGINEER TO PICK UP THE ADVANCED PLANNING, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MEETING WITH THEM I THINK FIRST PART OF MARCH TO ESTABLISH, UH, VARIOUS PROJECTS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT ON, AND THIS IS ONE OF 'EM. SO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF MARCH I'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE YOU A FIRM THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND A SCHEDULE THAT T PUT IN WHAT THEY CALL THEIR SANDBOX, WHICH IS A GAS ON THE TIMING, ON, ON THE PROJECT. AND THE STRATEGIC PROJECTS IS REALLY JUST IN ACCOUNTING TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE SPENT YOUR MONEY ON WHERE Y'ALL SPENT YOUR MONEY ON STRATEGIC PROJECTS. SO WE HAVEN'T USED THAT IN A LONG TIME. SO THERE'S NOTHING NEW FROM THE LAST TIME WE, UH, TALKED YOUR 2 0 5 SOUTH PROJECT. WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THE SCHEMATIC APPROVED IN IN FEBRUARY, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN GO HARD, FAST AND TILTED INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT. AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE, UH, APPROVAL MID 18, WHICH THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT, UH, OPTIMISTIC GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE SCHEMATIC APPROVED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. YOU USUALLY NEED ABOUT SIX MONTHS BETWEEN SCHEMATIC APPROVAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE. YOU GOTTA EARN 60 DAYS IN SOMETHING NOTICE PROCESS. SO, UH, WE'RE CLOSE ON, ON THE 2 0 5 SOUTH PROJECT BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED. IT'LL HAPPEN SOMETIME THIS SUMMER. AND THEN AGAIN, ONCE WE KNOW THAT, THEN WE CAN MOVE MORE AGGRESSIVELY INTO IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT OF WAY. 'CAUSE REMEMBER THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND UTILITY RELOCATION IS IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT POT ACCOUNT AND CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS. BUT THAT'S A BIG POOL MONEY STATEWIDE AND YOU ACCESS IT WHEN YOUR PROJECT GETS ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED. SO YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS ON A PROJECT TO ACCESS THE RIGHT OF WAY AND UTILITY LOCATION. OKAY. 20 FRENCH ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH, UM, WITH, UH, THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL AND, UH, TEXAS, IT'S ABOUT A HALF A BILLION DOLLAR JOB. WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, UH, IN, IN THE REGION TO IDENTIFY, UH, A FUNDING AMOUNT SOMETIME IN THE 10 YEAR PLAN. UH, IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH RIGHT NOW, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE, YOUR US 80 WIDENING PROJECT, UH, THERE IS A, YOU MIGHT HAVE READ IN THE PAPER, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CARES, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN DALLAS IN 6 35, BUT THERE IS A WAR, OH, WE CARE A LOT. THERE'S A TUG OF WAR GOING ON BETWEEN, UH, UH, THE LEGISLATURE AND THE REGION ON HOW BEST TO MOVE ON 6 35. AND IT'S DRAWN IN A LOT OF AREAS WHERE YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY THINK WOULD BE IMPACTED. BUT THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL IS BEING, UH, BLACKMAILED INTO HAVING TO MOVE FORWARD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE PROPOSING IS, I'M CALLING IT CANALIZE, BUT THEY'RE CALLING IT DELAY, UH, CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS. AND ONE OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IS EIGHT. SO THAT'S TOMORROW I'M GONNA BE MEETING WITH THE JUDGE. I THINK WE'VE GOT THE DALLAS COUNTY JUDGE, THE DENTON COUNTY JUDGE, TARRANT COUNTY JUDGE, COUNTY JUDGE, ROCKWELL COUNTY JUDGE, UH, ALL, UH, ON OUR SIDE MAKING A CASE, UH, OF WHAT THE IMPLICATION THEY WANNA TAKE AWAY FROM 32, 30 THEY 35, THEY GOT EVERYBODY. WELL, THEY GOT EVERYBODY IN SENATOR HALL AND INE DISTRICT. THAT'S THE POINT. THEY, THEY, THEY, THOSE TWO ARE THE ONES THAT CAUSING THE PROBLEM. SO THE, SO THE REASON GOES, OKAY, YOU SAY THIS IS THE WRONG PRIORITY, WE'RE TAKING THEM OUTTA YOUR DISTRICT. SO IT'S KIND OF NEAR REVERSE NEAR NEIGHBOR NEAR TIMEFRAME INSTEAD OF BEING POSITIVE, IT'S NEGATIVE. SO I'LL BE TALKING TO JUDGE AFTER THIS, [01:05:01] UH, FOR STRATEGY FOR TOMORROW'S RTC MEETING. UH, BUT WE'LL LET YOU KNOW AFTER THAT. BUT I THINK WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY, UH, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS ARE. BUT I THINK THERE'S A PLAN WHAT, UH, TO UH, GET 6 35 DONE THE RIGHT WAY WITHOUT IT IMPACTING OTHER PROJECTS. 'CAUSE IT'S, I THINK IT'S MORALLY INDEFENSIBLE TO SPEND 1,000,000,008 ON A PROJECT THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF TAKING 800 MILLION AND LEVERAGING IT. ANOTHER BILLION OF PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? WHETHER YOU PAY FOR IT OR WHETHER YOU LEVERAGE YOUR FUNDS, WHICH A GOOD STEWARD SHOULD DO THAT. RIGHT? THEY GET THE MOST OUT OF THEIR INVESTMENT. AND THE RE EVERY COMMUNITY ALONG 6 35, EVERY COMMUNITY HAS VOTED PASS RESOLUTIONS SUPPORTING RT C'S POSITION FOR THE CONCEPT ON 6 35. AND THEIR, THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ARE LISTENING TO A COUPLE OF SENATORS THAT ARE NOT EVEN FROM THIS AREA REALLY. AND IT'S, UH, THEY'RE IGNORING THE WILL OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHO REPRESENT THE LOWEST CLOSEST ACTIVITIES TOWARD THE ELECTED, TOWARDS THE VOTER. SO WE'LL WORK IT OUT. BUT HIGHWAY 80 IS RIGHT NOW, SA IS ON THE BUBBLE DEPENDING UPON WHAT HAPPENS. THAT'S LET, WE'RE GONNA DO MORE THAN HOPE. WE'RE GONNA MAC AND I'VE EXPLAINED BEFORE HERE EARLIER THAT IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING. THEY ATTEND I'M SURE, PROBABLY. BUT YOU KNOW, YEAH, THEY TYPICALLY ARE THAT THAT'S THE MOST, SO HERE'S THE DEAL, 85 TO 90% OF WHAT HAPPENS AT RTC ALSO HAPPENS AT AZTEC. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE REPRESENT I DID IT SOUND LIKE I WAS COMPLAINING. YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE DOING EXTREMELY WELL FOR, HEY, JOHN, ON THE 9 96 PROJECT, BEEN ON HOLD YOU IDEA HOW LONG. I HAD A LANDOWNER CALL ME JUST YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS. SO THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT CITY OF TERRELL, UH, THAT WAS A CITY TAR INITIATED PROJECT AND THEY ASKED US TO PUT IT ON HOLD. SO, I MEAN, I CAN GET WITH THE CITY TO SEE WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS, IT'S PRETTY INDEFINITE. YEAH. OKAY. I JUST GET STEVE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. CALL STEVE. YEAH, CALL. ANYTHING AROUND. I AM. ALRIGHT. GOOD. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD UPDATE. YOU ANSWERED THEM PRETTY WELL. ARE YOU, YOU GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION. YOU GOOD? YOU GOT LOT OF THE INFORMATION? YES, IT IS. APPRECIATE IT. YOU WELCOME. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. I CAN TAKE US BACK. MONEY. THERE YOU GO. EVERYBODY'S GOT PEOPLE. . ALRIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON INTO THE NEXT ITEM. AND THAT IS A, I'M SORRY, YOU GOT SOMETHING? ADJOURN? I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH. ARE YOU PUTTING THAT IN A MOTION? I'M WE A MOTION TO HAVE SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.