Mar 04, 2026 Commissioners Court

[CALL TO ORDER]

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RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR WEDNESDAY, MARCH THE 4TH, 2026 COMMISSIONERS COURT. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN COMMISSIONER AMSLER AND A PRAYER FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE LED BY COMMISSIONER SMITH. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE LORD'S PRAYER. OUR FATHER, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME. THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT. THAT IS KINGDOM, POWER, POWER AND GLORY FOREVER. AMEN. PRAISE AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. RIGHT. HONOR THE TEXAS RIGHT. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MOTION.

SECOND, HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND OPPOSE. THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. THAT'S GOING TO BRING

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[PROCLAMATION]

I THINK THEY STARTED OFF DOING ABOUT A MILE OF JOSEPH ROAD. IS THAT CORRECT? AND HAVE KIND OF PROBABLY EXPANDED THAT A LITTLE BIT WORKING ON IT. WELL, I WISH THERE WASN'T ANYTHING TO CLEAN

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THOSE ARE THE FUN ONES. THEY PROBABLY WANTED US TO PUT THEM LAST SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. ALL RIGHT. WE STILL GOT A VOTE ON IT, DON'T WE? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE PROCLAMATION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? THE PROCLAMATION IS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOING TO MOVE US TO ITEM NUMBER 44. MOTION. SECOND MOTION. SECOND TO DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MARCH 2026 AS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH IN WALLER COUNTY. IN MARCH, WE CELEBRATE RED CROSS MONTH IN HONORING OUR NEIGHBORS WHO MAKE IT MAKE ITS HUMANITARIAN MISSION POSSIBLE IN WALLER COUNTY. EVERY DAY, THEIR ACTS OF KINDNESS CHANGE LIVES, BRINGING RELIEF, COMFORT, AND HOPE WHEN THEY CAN'T WAIT.

THIS COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT RUNS DEEP IN OUR COMMUNITY, JUST AS IT HAS FOR 145 YEARS THROUGH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. TODAY, THOSE WHO SERVE WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS LIGHT IN THE WAY DURING EMERGENCIES, WHETHER IT'S DELIVERING SHELTER, FOOD AND COMFORT AFTER DISASTERS, PROVIDING A SAFE, SAFE LIVING SPACE, BLOOD SUPPLIES FOR PATIENTS FACING CONDITIONS LIKE CANCER TREATMENTS, CHILDBIRTH COMPLICATIONS AND TRAUMATIC INJURIES. ASSISTING MILITARY MEMBERS, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH 24 OVER SEVEN GLOBAL SUPPORT OR EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS WITH SKILLS LIKE FIRST AID AND CPR THAT SAVE LIVES. THESE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ARE A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY LIES IN OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO ONE ANOTHER. AS WE MARK RED CROSS MONTH, LET'S CELEBRATE OUR LOCAL HEROES AND RESOLVE TO CONTINUE LIFTING EACH OTHER UP SO NO ONE FACES AN EMERGENCY ALONE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE DUHON OF WALLER COUNTY, THAT'S NOT ME, BUT HE'S WORKING TODAY BY VIRTUE AND AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE LAWS OF WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2026, RED CROSS MONTH. I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY TO REACH OUT AND SUPPORT ITS HUMANITARIAN MISSION. AND WHEREAS, THEREFORE, I HEREBY HERE UNDO THE SET IN MY HANDS THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH AND THIS YEAR OF OUR LORD 2026, IN HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? PROCLAMATION IS APPROVED. I WILL SAY RED CROSS.

IT'S A HUGE ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY HAVE DONE A LOT HERE IN WALLER COUNTY WHEN WE'VE HAD DISASTERS, WHETHER IT'S THE WILDFIRES OR FLOODS, SETTING UP SHELTERS AND ASSISTING IF THEY'RE HERE. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SAY A FEW WORDS? YEAH, SURE. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JESSICA AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS COASTAL PLAINS CHAPTER. WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE THE COUNTY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED

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THANK YOU. UP AND DOWN. SO. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS

[COUNTY ENGINEER (Part 1 of 2)]

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IT DIDN'T MATTER IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND YOU HAD A BAD LINE OF SIGHT AND ALL THOSE THINGS. WE'RE DEALING WITH ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR BEING HERE AND EXPRESSING YOUR OPINION. THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO INFRINGE ON ANYBODY'S RIGHTS. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AT THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A FEELING OUT THERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COME IN AND TAKE LAND AWAY FROM PEOPLE WE'RE NOT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND ACTUALLY, ON THE ROAD, WE DIDN'T GO TO CONDEMNATION. WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT CONDEMNATION. THE ONLY TIME WE USED IT THAT I KNOW OF IS ON WOODS ROAD. WE NEEDED THREE FEET ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AND THE GENTLEMAN WANTED.

IT WAS LIKE SEVEN TIMES MORE THAN THE, THE HIGHEST APPRAISAL. AND BY LAW WE WE CAN'T GO AND DO THAT. SO YEAH. SO THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME WE USED IT. I DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL LIKE WE WERE DOING ANYTHING. IT'S BEEN OUT IN THE OPEN THE WHOLE TIME. OBVIOUSLY ALL OF YOU GOT NOTICES THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO IT. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? ROSS. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS ON. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN MAP ON THE ON THE TV SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE ASSISTANCE COME UP AND TALK, THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO REFERENCE. BUT I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A FEW COMMENTS I RECEIVED. I SPOKE TO SEVERAL CITIZENS AND RECEIVED EMAILS FROM SOME OF THEM, AND I WANTED TO TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. I TOLD TOLD THE CITIZENS I WOULD SHARE THAT WITH THE COURT. AND SO AS A COURTESY, I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF UPDATE YOU ON THE GIST OF THOSE. FROM THE WIND STATE. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT. KEEPING THE LAND RURAL AND. IMPACTS TO THE THE NATURE WILDLIFE USING BEES AS. YOU KNOW, HONEYBEES AND PRODUCTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH WILDLIFE HARVESTING. CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC NOISE AND LOSS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND USE. THERE'S ALSO CONCERN FROM THE STATE ABOUT IMPACTS TO THE TO THE VALUE OF THE LAND. RECEIVED ANOTHER COMMENT FROM. JUBIN ALEXANDER. AND I APOLOGIZE IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING THIS. THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE RED ALIGNMENT, WHICH WOULD BE ALIGNMENT THE FURTHEST TO THE EAST, THE EASTERN ALIGNMENT, AND IT WOULD. THERE WAS A MENTION OF A PAST GAS PIPELINE THAT CROSSED THIS PROPERTY,

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AND PARDON ME IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING THIS, ANDREA LIBEL LEGAL. THERE ARE COMMENTS ABOUT THERE'S NO HYDROLOGIC OR DRAINAGE STUDY THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED APPROVING A ROUTE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING HOW ALL THIS IS IMPACTED. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS. LANDOWNERS HAVE A LONG TIME, LONG TERM PROBLEMS AND AND MAINTENANCE COSTS AS A RESULT OF OF. B AND C, WHICH IS THE ALIGNMENTS B AND C ARE THE EASTERN OR THE WEST AND EAST. SO BASICALLY LEAVING IT WHERE IT IS IS HOW I'M INTERPRETING THESE COMMENTS. CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACTS TO A SEASONAL CREEK. SO THERE'S THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACT TO THE NATIONAL NATURAL WILDLIFE SOUNDS DISRUPTING WATER SOURCES THAT NATURE GOT TWO MORE. TWO MORE COMMENTS. MISS NANCY BERRY, THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT OPPOSITION OF OPTION A AND OPTION B OPTION A BEING THE WESTERN. ALIGNMENT, THE YELLOW ALIGNMENT, OPTION B BEING THE EXISTING THOROUGHFARE PLAN ALIGNMENT. THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR OPTION C, WHICH IS MOVING IT FURTHER TO THE EAST. THE RED ALIGNMENT IS BEING LEAST DISRUPTIVE ALTERNATIVE AND ALLOWS THE COUNTY TO PLAN FOR FUTURE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.

AND THEN THE FINAL EMAIL COMMENT THAT I RECEIVED WAS. IS FROM MR. MARK SMITH. I SPOKE TO HIM ON THE PHONE AND THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT JUST WHAT THE PROCESS IS. I WENT OVER THE PROCESS ABOUT ACQUISITION, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND THAT THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS A PLANNING TOOL. IT JUST EXPRESSES A NEED. MY FRIENDS AND I ALWAYS SAY, ROSS, THIS ISN'T SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IT. IT JUST IT'S JUST SAYING THAT, HEY, WE WE NEED TO GET TRAFFIC NORTH TO SOUTH IN THIS AREA. SO AS COMMISSIONER SMITH SAID, THIS IS A PLANNING TOOL THAT WE CAN HOLD DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE SO THAT IN THE FUTURE I DON'T HAVE TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO GO BUY LAND. WE CAN SET ASIDE LAND, WHATEVER SUBDIVISIONS ARE IMPORTANT. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS I RECEIVED VIA EMAIL, AND I THINK WE'RE WAITING FOR TRYING TO HOOK UP THE TV, THE MONITOR, SO WE CAN VIEW THE THE ALIGNMENTS. BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. AND. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START CALLING THE LIST OF CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK. I'M JUST GOING TO GO IN ORDER. AND THE FIRST ONE WHO SIGNED UP IS ANY HERE. AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT MAY BE YOUR FIRST TIME. YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY ALLOW FOR A THREE MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT. AND SO. AND THE OTHER THING TO VERY LOUDLY. YEAH. YES IT WORKS. ONE

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JESUS SAID SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. YOU SAID, DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU. WELL, THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL DOES THINGS TO PEOPLE. AND IF YOU WERE LIVING FOR THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING, AND WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CHURCH, AND WHERE THESE PEOPLE HAVE SPENT THEIR MONEY AND THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORT, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT JUST HOW CONCERNED THEY ARE NOW TO ADDRESS THE IDEA THAT EMINENT DOMAIN WON'T BE HAPPENING FOR ANY OF THESE TO BE ADOPTED, EMINENT DOMAIN WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN. IT GOES THROUGH PEOPLE'S HOUSES. IT GOES DOWN. I LIVE WITH A CORNER KICK. JOSEPH. SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THE CHURCH, THE CORNER OF JOSEPH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM BECAUSE IT CUTS THROUGH PART OF THEIR PARKING LOT. YOU ADD THE EASEMENT TO IT, THEY CAN'T GROW.

I TEACH BIBLE STUDY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT CHURCH. ONE OF THESE PROPOSALS GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE PLACE. I AM WELL AWARE THAT PROPERTY THERE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO WALLER COUNTY FOR PRECINCT TWO. RIGHT NOW. PRECINCT TWO COMMISSIONER IS RETIRING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. BUT IT'S IN THE BUILDING NOW. THERE'S THE LADY. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT SHANNON REICHENBACH SITTING THERE. SHE'S RUNNING FOR YOUR POSITION.

SHE HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES. THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A RUNOFF. THE THE THING THAT WOULD ASK YOU MOST OF ALL BECAUSE I SAW WHAT IT SAYS TO ADOPT, DON'T ADOPT. PUT IT OFF.

PUT IT AWAY. LET THE SITTING PERSON WHO REPRESENTS US PRECINCT TWO, BECAUSE THIS IS A REPRESENTATIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT, EACH ONE OF YOU ARE ELECTED FROM THE PRECINCT THAT YOU REPRESENT. THESE PEOPLE ARE FROM THE PRECINCT WHO THEY WANT TO HAVE A SAY. THEY WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE IMPACT IS. SOME OF THESE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE IN THE FOURTH GENERATION, RIGHT THERE AT KICKAPOO. JOSEPH, THE FOURTH GENERATION. THAT CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1888. IT'S BEEN THERE THAT LONG. WHEN I WAS A HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER, I'VE BEEN SHOT AT. I'VE BEEN AT HIGH SPEED CHASES. I THEN WENT TO THE ACADEMY. I HAVE TAUGHT POLICE OFFICERS, TROY, WHEN THIS ALL THIS STUFF GOES, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MORE OFFICERS. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THIS STUFF. AND WE ALL KNOW WHY IT'S HAPPENING, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BUYING UP THE FARMLAND, AND THEY WANT TO HAVE LOTS OF MONEY.

WHEN THEY PAY FOR FARMLAND OUT THERE, THEY PAY MORE THAN IT'S WORTH. BUT THEY KNOW IF THEY SUBDIVIDE IT UP AND IT BECOMES WHAT? OKAY, WOULDN'T THEY ACCEPT IT? VERY GOOD. WHEN THEY SUBDIVIDE IT UP, THEN IT'S WORTH MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THAT'S WHERE THE PRESSURE COMES ON YOU. WE DON'T WANT SUBDIVISIONS OUT THERE. WE WANT TO KEEP THE STREETS THE WAY THEY WERE. WE DON'T CARE. WE DON'T WANT THEM TO COME OUT THERE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE WANTS WALLER TO GROW THAT WAY. SO IF IT HAS TO GROW, WE WANT AN INPUT. NOW, THERE'S THREE PROPOSITIONS THAT ARE ON HERE. ALL THREE OF THEM WILL HAVE TO TAKE EMINENT DOMAIN AND PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. AND PEOPLE SAYING, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT YOU DON'T DO THAT.

NOW, LET ME TELL YOU HOW WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE, SIR. I'LL GO QUICKLY. SHANNON WAS HERE ON FEBRUARY THE 17TH. SHE SAID, Y'ALL NEED TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. SHE LET ME KNOW. I GOT A DIGITAL MAP. I PUT IT AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WE HAD A MEETING SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH AND WE SAY, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON? SO LET ME ASK YOU FIRST TO DROP THIS PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW COMPLETELY UNTIL AT LEAST THE NEW PERSON IS IN YOUR POSITION. AND THEN LET US TALK WITH OUR PRECINCT. THIS IS A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. IT'S SUPPOSED TO ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED YOU. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING IT

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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, THOUGH. YEAH. LET ME RESPOND TO SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS. MY OWN PREFERENCE AT THIS POINT, IF I WERE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT, IS THE ONE FARTHEST AWAY FROM THE CHURCH. MATTER OF FACT, IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT PROTECTING THAT CHURCH, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHICH WE ARE DOING. SO WE DON'T PUBLISH SOMETHING WITH NO ALTERNATIVES. WE PUBLISH SOMETHING THAT HAS 2 OR 3 ALTERNATIVES SO THAT WE CAN STUDY THEM AND FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS BEST. SO I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS GOING TO PROPOSE DOING ANYTHING THAT HAS ANY DETRIMENTAL EFFECT TO THAT CHURCH. MOST OF US GO TO CHURCH AND MOST OF US HOLD OUR CHURCHES PRECIOUS. I KNOW I DO, AND I'M SURE YOU DO. WELL, SO THE THE, THE ALL THREE OF THOSE PROPOSALS WOULD HAVE TO TAKE PEOPLE'S LAND. I'LL LET YOU SPEAK UNINTERRUPTED. OKAY. SO. THE THERE IS NO PLAN TO GO IN THERE AND CONDEMN PROPERTY AND TAKE LAND FROM PEOPLE. AS I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, IN SEVEN YEARS, I THINK WE ONLY HAD ONE ONE INSTANCE THAT MR. BECKENDORF ACTUALLY REMINDED ME WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO CONDEMNATION. BUT BUT THE ONLY REASON WE WERE ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT IS BECAUSE THEY KNEW WE HAD THAT IN OUR POCKET AS A BARGAINING CHIP, WAS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BECAUSE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN A COURT THAT'S GONE OUT AND TRIED TO TAKE LAND AWAY FROM PEOPLE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON HERE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT. BUT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE A MEANS OF SAFE TRAVEL IN THE FUTURE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE AT SOME POINT. THAT ROUTE THAT I'M FAVORING ALSO USE IS THE MOST EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS KICKAPOO DRIVE GOING NORTH. IF WE WERE TO GO SWING WEST, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUY MUCH MORE LAND THAT THE TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IN ORDER TO GO NORTH IF WE HAVE TO BUY LAND. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE DEAL ABOUT THE HERITAGE OF OWNING THE LAND, AND I RESPECT THAT VERY MUCH.

THE PLANNING PROCESS IS THE MEANS WHEREBY WE CAN ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY AT THE TIME IT IS PLATTED. SO IT REALLY IS A TOOL TO PROTECT THE COUNTY. WHEN PROPERTY IS PLATTED. IT'S NOT A TOOL TO GO IN THERE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, COUNT ON ACQUIRING A LOT OF RIGHT OF WAY OURSELVES. SO IT'S ALSO SAVES MONEY FOR THE TAXPAYERS. BELIEVE ME, WE UNDERSTAND THE INDIVIDUAL IMPACTS ON PEOPLE. SO IF IF ANYBODY HAS A ROUTE FOR THE FUTURE THEY THINK IS BETTER THAN THE ONE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, I'M ALL FOR HEARING IT. BUT REALIZE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN CONSTRAINTS IN THE DESIGN OF A ROAD THAT CARRIES AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE ONE DAY WILL. THAT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. SO I THINK IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT WE WOULD EVER ADOPT THAT ROUTE THAT IMPACTS THE CHURCH. SO I THINK THAT THAT THE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, I WOULDN'T BE FOR IT. I WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR THAT. AND AS THE COMMISSIONER IN WHOSE PRECINCT THAT LIES, I THINK THE COURT WOULD RESPECT HEAVILY MY INPUT ON HOW WE ROUTE THAT ROAD. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DANGER OF US DOING ANYTHING TO IMPACT THAT, THAT CHURCH NEGATIVELY. WELL, SIR, I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR TALKING BACK. I JUST I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH YOU AND I WOULD ASK THAT THIS WHOLE THING BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEW REPRESENTATIVE, WHOEVER THAT MIGHT BE, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A RUNOFF WHO WILL TAKE YOUR POSITION. AND I ASK THAT COMMISSIONERS COURT TABLE THIS MOTION, THAT BECAUSE IT SAYS HERE A MOTION TO ADOPT, WELL, JUST TABLE IT. LET US MEET WITH PRECINCT THE WHOEVER THE NEW COMMISSIONER IS, LET US TALK IT THROUGH. LET'S BE A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT SO THAT YOU HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE THERE. AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOU'RE RETIRING. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. I BELIEVE THOSE SAME PEOPLE VOTED ME TO REPRESENT THEM AS WELL. SO UNTIL I AM NOT THE COMMISSIONER, I AM THE COMMISSIONER. SIR, I REALIZE I'M NOT. I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU. YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. YOU ARE. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE ELECTION WAS HELD LAST NIGHT, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE A RUNOFF, AND YOU'RE NOT

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DID I SAY THAT RIGHT CAROLYN. NO I'M JUST GOING TO BRING IT BACK. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK ON THIS. MY NAME IS CAROLYN HOSMER WORKING. AND I STAND BEFORE YOU NOT JUST AS A LANDOWNER, BUT AS THE LIVING CARE TAKER OF 130 YEARS OF FAMILY HISTORY IN WALLER COUNTY. FOR PROOF OF THIS, I DIRECT YOU TO THE WALLER COUNTY DEED RECORDS, VOLUME 18, PAGE 83, VOLUME 28, PAGE 302. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS PROPOSED ROUTE WILL DISPLACE ONE STRUCTURE AND HAVE LESS SEVERE IMPACT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS FEWER LANDOWNERS. BUT LET ME MAKE YOU ABSOLUTELY CLEAR. THIS IS NOT JUST A STRUCTURE. AND NOT JUST LAND. THIS IS A HOUSE MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS MOVED IN. THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT MY HUSBAND AND I STARTED OUR MARRIAGE IN 47 YEARS AGO. THIS IS A HOUSE I BROUGHT THREE OF MY FOUR SONS HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL. THIS IS THE LAND MY FATHER AND GRANDFATHER WERE BORN ON. THE LAND THAT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS BORN ON. THIS IS THE LAND MY ANCESTORS TILLED, THE SOIL THAT WITH THEIR HANDS WORKED ON, LIVED ON, AND HAVE BLED ON, AND THEY DIED THERE. HOLDING DEAR IN THEIR HEARTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. I AM LIVING PROOF OF THAT. I HAVE NEVER LEFT. THIS IS THE LAND THAT REMAINED IN THE HOSMER NAME FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, UNTOUCHED, UNBROKEN, AND NOT FOR SALE. I HAVE HEARD IT SAID IN THIS COURT THAT YOU WANT TO SECURE THIS LAND BEFORE DEVELOPERS DO, BUT MY FAMILY HAS A 130 YEAR TRACK RECORD OF SAYING EXACTLY THE SAME THING. THIS LAND IS NOT FOR SALE. NOT THEN, NOT NOW, NOT TO DEVELOPERS, NOT TO THIS PROJECT. MY MY LAND IS NOT SPECULATIVE PROPERTY. IT IS NOT AN EMPTY FIELD WAITING FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S PLAN. IT IS PHYSICAL PROOF OF MY FAMILY'S STORY, ROOTED IN WALLER COUNTY. BEFORE ANY OF US WERE BORN AND PRESERVED BECAUSE EACH GENERATION BELIEVED IT WAS WORTH PROTECTING. YOU HAVE POWER IN THIS ROOM, BUT I HAVE SOMETHING JUST AS STRONG MY FAMILY'S HISTORY BEHIND ME. MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

FUTURE AHEAD OF ME. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING. CONDEMNING THIS LAND WOULD NOT JUST ERASE A HOUSE, IT WOULD DIVIDE LAND. IT WOULD ERASE A PART OF WALLER COUNTY'S OWN HERITAGE AND SET A PRECEDENT THAT NO MULTI-GENERATION FAMILY SHOULD EVER HAVE TO FEAR. I'M ASKING YOU. I'M URGING YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT NOT ALL LAND IS EQUAL. SOME PLACES HAVE MORE

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PLEASE CHOOSE A ROUTE THAT DOES NOT DIVIDE. LAND THAT WE HOLD SACRED. PLEASE DO NOT ADOPT THE RED LINE OPTION. SEE? THIS ROUTE AFFECTS MY SACRED HOME. AND I ALSO WANT TO ADD TO THIS I HAVE THREE EMINENT DOMAINS ON MY PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. WELL, THREE PIPELINES AND A POWER LINE. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN. I THINK ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I ALREADY HAVE IT.

THANK YOU MA'AM. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT REPEAT ONE MORE TIME MA'AM, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO CONDEMN ANYTHING. OKAY. AND IF THE IF YOU DON'T SELL THE PROPERTY, THEN YOU'RE NOT AFFECTED BECAUSE THIS WILL ONLY BE EMPLOYED WHEN THE WHEN IF IF IT'S SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE IF IF AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE YOUR PROPERTY DOES SELL TO SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO DEVELOP IT, THEY WILL HAVE TO RESPECT THIS RIGHT OF WAY. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTION OF GOING IN AND TRYING TO TAKE ANYTHING FROM YOU. WELL, AND THE PIPELINES OF EMINENT DOMAIN I KNOW ALL ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN. I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. OKAY, BUT THE COUNTY IS NOT CONNECTED TO PIPELINE COMPANIES. THAT RED LINE IS GOING DIRECTLY THROUGH THIS LITTLE STRUCTURE THAT YOU'RE CALLING A HOME. AND MY FAMILY. THE OTHER THING I WOULD WANT TO POINT OUT, TOO, IS, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO ARGUE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I'M TRYING TO LET YOU KNOW HOW IT'S IMPLEMENTED. WHAT HAPPENS IS AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE TO WHEN WE LOOK AT TRYING TO RELOCATE SOMETHING THAT'S REALIGNED, SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY THERE, WHICH IS THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHICH HAS. MR. BECKENDORFF POINTED OUT, HAS BEEN THERE FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS AT LEAST. WHAT FOLLOWS AFTER THAT IS A MORE DETAILED STUDY AS TO WHAT EXACTLY IS IMPACTED. AND THE LINE CAN BE ADJUSTED AT THAT TIME BASED ON WHEN WHEN IT'S DONE. ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO ARGUE FOR OR AGAINST. I'M TRYING TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN MOVE THAT HOUSE AS OLD AS IT IS? I'M NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL. I'M NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL, MA'AM. I'M SAYING MOVE THE LINE, NOT THE HOUSE. I'M SAYING THAT ONCE WE GO INTO MORE DETAILED STUDIES AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, THEN THERE MAY BE OBSTACLES THERE THAT WE THAT WE FIND OUT DURING THAT STUDY. WELL, THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE IT HERE, MOVE IT THERE. BUT AT SOME BUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE.

YOU ASK ABOUT DELAY, WHAT'S THE URGENCY? ALL THOSE THINGS, THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT WE AND OTHER COUNTIES HAVE ADOPTED AFFECTS THE PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH IS GOING ON AS WE SPEAK.

MOST 362 STRAIGHT DOWN TO 290. YES, MA'AM. LET ME LET ME FINISH MY POINT. I CAN REMEMBER IT. NOW. WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT AS WE GET IN THERE AND TRY TO ACTUALLY START PLANNING THE ENGINEERING PART OF A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE WE IDENTIFY A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE FIND OUT MAKE US HAVE TO MAKE A FURTHER ADJUSTMENT, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, TO TRY TO PROTECT THINGS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO THERE IS NO EXACT TO THE NEAREST FOOT DESIGNATION OF WHERE THAT LINE IS. BUT WHAT IT DOES DO IS WHEN SOMEONE IS GOING TO COME IN AND DEVELOP.

IF THEY DO, AND I APPLAUD YOUR YOUR RESTRAINT ON SELLING THE PROPERTY, I REALLY DO. I RESPECT IT QUITE A BIT. I DON'T IS RIGHT HERE. ALL THREE OF THEM THAT ARE STILL ALIVE. I LOST ONE TO COVID IN 2021, BUT THE THREE THAT ARE STILL ALIVE ARE RIGHT HERE AND THEY'LL TELL YOU THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SELL IT. I'M FINE WITH THAT. I'M NOT TRYING TO TALK YOU INTO SELLING IT, MA'AM. I'M NOT. HONESTLY I'M NOT. I HOPE IT STAYS FOR TEN MORE GENERATIONS, I REALLY DO. BUT IF SOMEHOW IT DOES SELL AT ANY POINT. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST TO YOU, I'M

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GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. HOW Y'ALL DOING. GOOD MORNING SIR. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS CHANCE CURRY. MY WIFE SYDNEY CURRY. HERE WE OWN A HOME ON THE ACREAGE OF OLD JOSEPH ROAD. WE'RE HERE TODAY IN FIRM OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED RED LINE. THAT ALIGNMENT AND DESIGNATION OF A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE DIRECTLY AFFECTS OUR HOUSE. WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY. WE DID SO INTENTIONALLY. WE CHOSE RURAL RESIDENTIAL LAND ON A QUIET DIRT ROAD BECAUSE WE WAY WE WE WANTED PRIVACY, SAFETY AND SPACE FOR OUR CHILDREN. THE PEACEFUL CHARACTER OF OUR ROAD WAS THE ONE PRIMARY REASON WE INVESTED HERE AND BUILT OUR LIVES IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE ALSO RELIED ON THE COUNTY'S EXISTING PLANS. I'VE MADE SEVERAL MENTIONS OF THIS FROM. IT WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2012. FROM THE RESEARCH THAT I DID, WE MADE OUR DECISIONS BASED ON THAT LINE THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE WHAT HAPPENS ON OUR DIRT ROAD WITH THAT, DESIGNATING THIS NEW PROPOSED ROADWAY DOES MORE THAN JUST AFFECT TRAFFIC PATTERNS. IT PERMANENTLY CHANGES THE NATURE OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH CURRENTLY SITS ALONG A DIRT ROAD. I GOT SOME PHOTOS OF MY HOUSE RIGHT HERE, OUR NICE LITTLE COUNTRY ROAD THAT WE SIT ON EVERY DAY. MY KIDS GET TO RUN UP AND DOWN AND PLAY, RIDE OUR FOUR WHEELERS, DO ALL OF OUR FUN STUFF. MAKING THIS CHANGE CONVERTS RURAL, RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL LAND INTO CORRIDOR FRONTAGE. TRAFFIC, VOLUME AND SPEED WOULD INCREASE. THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA WOULD SHIFT TOWARD HIGHER INTENSITY DEVELOPMENT. LET ME BE CLEAR. WE DID NOT PURCHASE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. WE DON'T WANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. WE INVESTED IN A HOME ACREAGE TO RAISE OUR FAMILY AND CARE FOR OUR LIVESTOCK. YES, IT HAS BEEN STATED IN THIS ALIGNMENT SUPPORTS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WITH RESPECT, FUTURE DEVELOPERS ARE NOT THE ONES FACING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DECISION. WE ARE AND WE WILL DELIBERATELY, WE WILL BE DELIBERATELY, DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY IT. WE WERE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS THOROUGHFARE, IF ADOPTED, COULD AFFECT OUR SAFETY. DRAINAGE, INCREASED TRAFFIC WOULD MAKE OUR HOME AND DRIVEWAY MORE DANGEROUS. ROADWAY CHANGES COULD INCREASE RUNOFF FLOOD RISK DUE TO THE ELEVATION OF THE ROAD. RIGHT NOW, IT'S ABOVE OUR PROPERTY.

HOW'S THAT GOING TO LOOK? YOU DID STATE THAT Y'ALL WILL DO THOSE AS IT COMES, BUT IT'S A MAJOR SITUATION. WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOW THIS DESCRIBES LONG TERM PLANNING MEASURE RATHER THAN IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION POWER. EVEN AS THE PLAN THE DESIGNATION CARRIES REAL CONSEQUENCE. IT AFFECTS HOW OUR PROPERTY IS VIEWED, VALUED MANAGED TODAY BECAUSE LONG TERM PLANS BECOME POLICY, POLICY IMPACTS PROPERTY OWNERS. NOW, THE PROPERTY DOES NOT SIMPLY MOVE A LINE ON A MAP, IT SHIFTS A LONG STANDING ALIGNMENT THAT ALTERS THE LIFE WE INTENTIONALLY BUILT HERE. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE COUNTY REJECT THIS PROPOSED ALIGNMENT. MAINTAIN THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED 2012 TO PROTECT THE FAMILIES WHO RELIED ON THE PLAN. WE ASKED. WE ASK THAT OUR HOME, OUR LAND AND OUR FAMILY LIFE HERE BE REPRESENTED.

JUST THE ORIGINAL PLAN PROPOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, MR. CURRY. ONE OTHER THING I HAD TO ASK FOR YOU. YOU SAID THAT IF YOU DO ADOPT THAT RED LINE, IT COULD MOVE. SO LET'S SAY WE GET INTO THIS AND WE DO DO THAT. WHAT'S WHO'S TO SAY THAT IN THAT TIME YELLOW DOESN'T GET BOUGHT. GREEN DOESN'T GET BOUGHT. NOW THERE'S NO THOROUGHFARE THROUGH THERE BECAUSE WE BUT WE'RE TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, AS YOU'RE SAYING.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR US THEN WHEN YOU TRY TO MOVE THAT LINE? LET ME UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. WOULD YOU STATE IT AGAIN? SO YOU YOU STATED, MISS CAROLYN, THAT THIS IS JUST FOR RIGHT OF WAY. SO IF IT DOES GET SOLD, LET'S SAY YOU ADOPT THIS RED LINE TODAY. WHAT HAPPENS IF ON THE YELLOW OR THE GREEN, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS THERE WITH SOME DEVELOPER COMES IN AND PURCHASES UP THAT LAND AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT LINE STATED WHERE THEY THEY CAN'T BUILD, THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS. AND YOU'RE STILL HOLDING THIS RED LINE AS OUR OPTION AT THE TIME. SO WHAT. AND THEN YOU CAN'T MOVE IT IF. IF, IF THERE IS NO DESIGNATION THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE. SO IF WE DESIGNATE THE RED IF I'M

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WELL, WELL, AS, AS AS CONSTRAINTS COME IN, WHATEVER THEY ARE, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE FEWER CHOICES IN THE FUTURE. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO STICK WITH WHEN HE SAYS MOVE. SO BASICALLY THIS IS LIKE A 30,000 FOOT VIEW. SO I THINK WHAT HE SAYS MOVE. SO IF ONCE YOU GET TO A CLOSER VIEW, IF THERE'S A HOUSE, A CEMETERY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT COULD MOVE ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU, I GOT PHOTOS OF DIRT, THAT DIRT ROAD THAT'S A 20 FOOT WIDE DIRT ROAD SITTING RIGHT THROUGH THERE. MY HOUSE IS JUST A FEW FEET OFF OF THAT, AND MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSES ARE EVEN CLOSER TO THAT. RIGHT? SITTING ON THAT DIRT ROAD, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THAT WE'RE USING EXISTING RIGHT OF WAYS FOR THAT RED LINE CONTINGENT, BUT WE'RE BUILDING ALL NEW RIGHT OF WAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT. THAT'S AN EXPENSE.

THERE'S LAND ACQUISITION. THERE'S GOING TO BE ALL THAT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. RIGHT. SO WE'RE SAYING THAT THE RED LINE IS THE CHEAPER OPTION HERE. BUT IN REALITY, IS IT TRULY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RE EVERYTHING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF JOSEPH ROAD IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE REBUILT. KICKAPOO ROAD DIRT. KICKAPOO IS NOT AN ESTABLISHED RIGHT OF WAY ROAD. IT FLOODS.

IT DOES EVERYTHING. IT'S ESTABLISHED FROM A STANDPOINT OF RIGHT OF WAY. BUT YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT AND IT'S NOT THAT LONG. AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT YOU'RE CUTTING THIS BASICALLY AT THE BRIDGE RIGHT THERE AT KICKAPOO WHERE IT TURNS RIGHT. YOU'RE CONTINUING STRAIGHT. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RIGHT OF WAY RIGHT THERE. THE COUNTY'S ALREADY GOING TO HAVE THIS LAND ACQUIRED BASICALLY THE FULL DISTANCE. THAT SAME DISTANCE IS ALREADY ACQUIRED BY THE COUNTY ON A 99 YEAR LEASE RIGHT THERE. SO AT THAT POINT THERE COULD BE DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT LANDOWNER WITH THAT PARK TO TO FIGURE THAT OUT VERSUS US ESTABLISHING THIS RED LINE, TAKING PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN GENERATIONS. THOSE ARE MY FRIENDS JUST UP HERE SPEAKING AND HAS BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS AND NOW MOVING INTO US. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SAID ONE ONE ROUTE IS CHEAPER THAN THE OTHER. WELL, IT HAS BEEN STATED. WELL, WHAT I SAID WAS THAT THAT RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PORTION WOULD BE CHEAPER BECAUSE. BECAUSE OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY THAT SIMPLY LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION'S CHEAPER. OKAY. ROSS DID WE WHAT WAS THE CONSIDERATION ABOUT WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT? WHICH WHICH WAS WHICH DOES MAKE SOME SENSE. I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING IT DOESN'T, BUT WHAT WAS IT IN OUR DISCUSSION? SO I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE GREEN LINE, THE EXISTING THOROUGHFARE, YOU ANYTHING IN THAT BLUE AREA, THE FLOODWAY, YOU HAVE TO ELEVATE IT. AND SO A BRIDGE WOULD BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE WOULD BE MORE. SO ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO SHORTEN THAT, TYPICALLY WE TRY TO CROSS PERPENDICULAR. AND SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT THE YELLOW IS MORE PERPENDICULAR. HOWEVER YOU ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY RIGHT OF WAY COST IMPACTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL OR OTHER CONCERNS, IMPACTS TO STRUCTURES, RELOCATIONS OR OTHER CONCERNS THAT AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 30,000FT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THERE IS AN ARGUMENT THAT CONSTRUCTION WISE COULD BE LESS REGARDING THE BRIDGE. BUT AS FAR AS ACQUISITION COSTS, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT DATA AT THIS POINT. WE'RE YOU'RE ACQUIRING QUITE A BIT OF LAND ON THAT SOUTH SIDE OF, OF JOSEPH ROAD. YEAH. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE GOING PERPENDICULAR, LET'S MAINTAIN A GREEN LINE WITH AN ALTERNATE WITH A COMBINED YELLOW OPTION. IF YOU WANT TO CROSS PERPENDICULAR, WHY COULDN'T WE MAINTAIN A GREEN AXIS WITH A. WELL FOR ONE THING I WOULD POINT OUT IS AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU LIVE IT EVERY DAY. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HARD BEND IN KICKAPOO RIGHT THERE ON THAT GREEN LINE. THAT'S REALLY WHAT PRECIPITATED THE CONSIDERATION. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW WHERE WE HAVE. I KNOW THE GUY THAT LIVES. WE TALK ABOUT HARD BENDS ON KICKAPOO. WE'D BE GOING DOWN A LONG ROAD RIGHT THERE BECAUSE I DRIVE. I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. YEAH. AND GENERALLY, GENERALLY FOR A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, YOU HAVE MUCH MORE GENTLE CURVES SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SITUATION. ACTUALLY, FOR THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT CHURCH, I THINK THE GREEN LINE IS THE MOST DIFFICULT FOR THE CHURCH PROPERTY, BECAUSE IT WOULD MEAN TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THAT INTERSECTION. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT STRAIGHTEN IT TOWARDS THE CHURCH, OR WOULD YOU STRAIGHTEN IT OPPOSED TO THE CHURCH BECAUSE YOU COULD GO EITHER DIRECTION RIGHT THERE. MAKE A GREAT POINT. EVERYBODY IS IMPACTED NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. OKAY. SO IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO GET AWAY FROM THE CHURCH AND DRAW AND GET GET THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC AWAY FROM THE

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SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, NO MATTER, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WANT IT TO BE THE ONE LINE PEOPLE.

OH YEAH. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT THIS WHOLE I THINK THIS WHOLE SITUATION, EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE HAPPY. THAT HAS TO BE REALIZED UPFRONT. BUT THE THE ROUTE THAT ACTUALLY IMPACTS THE CHURCH THE MOST IS THE GREEN LINE. I'M JUST SAYING IT'S THE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED THAT HAS BEEN THE UNDERSTANDING SINCE 2012. YEAH. AND IT MAY. BUT WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT DOESN'T STAY CONSTANT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT BECAUSE. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS PLANNING PROCESS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN IN ORDER TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TRY TO KEEP THINGS AS ORDERLY AS WE CAN. OTHERWISE THINGS HAPPEN THAT ARE UNRELATED. MAYBE THEY'RE HALF A MILE APART IN ONE GUY WANTS TO DO IT THIS WAY AND THIS AND THIS WAY. AND THEN SUDDENLY YOU'RE YOU'RE TRYING TO CONNECT THE TWO AND IT JUST DOESN'T MATCH UP. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BRING SOME ORDER TO THAT PROCESS REALLY. BUT AND IN TERMS OF DELAYS, WE COULD DELAY THIS 1520 YEARS. WHAT EFFECT IS THAT GOING TO HAVE IN THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SAFE TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. WE'RE DOING 15 TO 20 YEARS WORTH OF PLANNING. BUT IF YOU ADOPT THAT RED LINE TODAY, THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT FAMILIES THAT HAVE NO PLAN OF SELLING ZERO. I KNOW EVERYBODY ON THAT ROAD RIGHT THERE, AND THERE'S ZERO PLANS OF ANYBODY EVER SELLING LAND. I'M ACQUIRING MORE LAND THERE. IT'S THERE'S ZERO PLAN OF SELLING ON ANY OF THAT PROPERTY. WE'RE PLANNING ON BEING THERE FOR GENERATIONS. WE ESTABLISHED A BASE HERE IN WALLER COUNTY. WE LOVE OUR COUNTY. WE ENJOY WHERE WE LIVE ON OUR QUAINT LITTLE ROAD. AND IT REALLY AFFECTS MAJOR HOMEOWNERS RIGHT HERE. I AGREE, GENERATIONS TO COME, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT ARE THE OLDER GENERATIONS THAT HAVE HELD THIS LAND, IT'S THE ONES THAT COME AS WELL, ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AFFECTED IN THIS 30 YEAR PERIOD.

SO LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. THERE'S A LOT OF LAND THAT HAS SOLD THAT WAS IN THAT SAME SITUATION AS IT PASSES FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS GOOD.

I'M JUST SAYING IT'S REALITY AS IT PASSES FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. THAT COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING THAT, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF THE DOLLARS THAT ARE OFFERED NOW, AND I'M I'M NOT ENDORSING THAT EITHER, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT REALITY. YOU KNOW, LAND THAT WAS PURCHASED AT $5,000 AN ACRE AND SOMEONE COMES IN AND OFFERS YOU 20 TIMES THAT EVENTUALLY THAT CAN POSSIBLY. AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN YOUR CASE, BUT IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THAT CHAIN OF INTENTION TO MAINTAIN OVER ETERNITY GOES AWAY. AND THEN WHAT THE COUNTY IS FACED WITH IS SOMEBODY DOES. WELL, I JUST CAN'T TURN THAT DOWN. BOOM. IT'S IN A DEVELOPER'S HAND AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT TRYING TO MAINTAIN IT. SO THAT'S WHAT REALITY IS. I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMITMENT AND I APPLAUD IT, I HONESTLY DO, I'M JUST MY OPPOSITION IS HEAVY RED. YEAH. THROUGH AND THROUGH. THE COUNTY HAS CURRENT WITH A 2012 ALIGNMENT OF THE GREEN. THE COUNTY NOW HAS CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY THAT THAT GREEN DIRECTLY AFFECTS. NO WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF IT YET. YET. BUT IT'S IN I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER AND THEY'RE WE'RE TRYING TO. YEAH IT IS TRYING TO BUT IT'S NOTHING'S DONE UNTIL IT'S DONE AS YOU KNOW. SO YEAH YOU'RE RIGHT. Y'ALL ARE CLOSER TO THAT THAN YOU ARE WITH ANYTHING WITH THE RED. ISN'T THAT RIGHT AT THIS POINT? YEAH. YEAH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. HONESTLY WE DO. NEXT IS GOING TO BE JUSTIN WORKING. YOU'RE UP SIR YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JUSTIN WATKIN AND I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF MY ENTIRE FAMILY. CAROLYN, MY MOTHER SPOKE EARLIER. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THEM REGARDING THE THE PROPOSED RED ROUTE, THE ALIGNMENT C OPTION THOROUGHFARE THROUGH OUR LAND ON OLD JOSEPH ROAD. BEFORE I GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. DUHON AND MRS. BIRKELBACH FOR WANTING TO BRING THIS TO THE LANDOWNERS ATTENTION FOR THE. IT WAS ACTUALLY VOTED ON THE LAST SESSION. SO MY FAMILY HAS LIVED ON AND CARED FOR THIS LAND. 1896 THAT'S WHAT THE DEED SAYS.

THIS IS NOT JUST ACREAGE, PARCEL ID IT IS OUR HOME, OUR LIVELIHOOD AND OUR LEGACY.

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ALL MY BROTHERS, ALL MY BROTHERS LIVE ON THE PROPERTY. WE RAISE OUR CHILDREN THERE, WE FARM, WE CARE FOR LIVESTOCK. THIS IS A FUNCTIONING, FUNCTIONING, MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOMESTEAD AND IT HAS BEEN FOR WELL OVER A CENTURY. WE ARE NOT A WEALTHY FAMILY. WE ARE NOT A PROMINENT FAMILY. BUT WE ARE A PROUD FAMILY, PROUD OF OUR HERITAGE, PROUD OF OUR HISTORY, AND PROUD TO CALL WALLER COUNTY HOME. ANYONE CAN OPEN THE BOOK A HISTORY OF WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS, AND SEE OUR FAMILY'S NAME, HOSMER NAME LISTED AS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FAMILIES HERE.

OUR ROOTS, THEY RUN DEEPER THAN LINES, PROPOSED LINES ON MAPS. THE RED ROUTE OPTION C WOULD CUT STRAIGHT TO THE HEART OF OUR PROPERTY. IT WOULD DESTROY A FAMILY HEIRLOOM HOME, SPLIT OUR LAND IN TWO, PERMANENTLY ALTER HOW WE LIVE AND OPERATE ALONE. THIS ROUTE AFFECTS 23 HOUSEHOLDS, AND I KNOW ANY OTHER ROUTE WOULD AFFECT MORE OR LESS. THE HUMAN IMPACT IS FAR GREATER THAN WHAT THE MAP SHOW. OUR LAND HAS ALREADY BEEN CONDEMNED BY THE STATE AND MAJOR ENERGY COMPANY THREE TIMES FOR PIPELINE AND MISSION LINES. THE FOURTH PIPELINE, THE MUSTANG EXPRESS. IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS. WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE DAMAGE AND DISRUPTIONS FROM THOSE PROJECTS, FLOODING ALL THE THINGS THAT COME WITH IT. WE EXPECTED THAT KIND OF TREATMENT FROM BIG OIL, THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT I NEVER EXPECTED TO BE STANDING HERE IN WALLER COUNTY BEFORE COMMITTEE, HAVING TO YET DEFEND MY FAMILY'S PROPERTY. ONCE AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND GROWTH IS COMING. WE ARE NOT FIGHTING GROWTH, BUT EMINENT DOMAIN CONDEMNATION, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, SHOULD ONLY BE USED WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND WHEN NO REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES EXIST. IN THIS CASE, REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES DO EXIST. THOSE MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY THREE LINES YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT. WE ARE ASKING YOU RESPECTFULLY BUT FIRMLY CHOOSE RESEARCH TABLE THIS. CHOOSE AN ALTERNATIVE TABLE THIS SO WE CAN CHOOSE AN ALTERNATIVE. PROTECT OUR HOMES, OUR AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS, AND A FAMILY LEGACY THAT STOOD FOR 130 YEARS. ONCE THIS LAND IS DIVIDED, IT CAN'T BE MADE WHOLE AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR ATTENTION AND WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO THE FAMILIES WHO WILL LIVE, TO THE WHO WILL LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DECISION FOR GENERATION. AND ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO ASK IS WHAT DO YOU CALL A DEVELOPER? YOU SAID BEFORE DEVELOPERS GET A HOLD OF IT. WHEN I GET OLD ENOUGH. TEN, 15, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO BUILD A HOUSE RIGHT WHERE THAT RED LINE IS ON THAT PROPERTY I INHERIT. IS SHE A DEVELOPER? NO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SIR. NEXT IS GOING TO BE DUANE WORKING. YOU CAN DEFINITELY TELL YOU GUYS ARE BROTHERS. YES. THIS IS THIS IS HOW STRONGLY WE FEEL ABOUT IT. THAT ALL THREE OF US ARE HERE. BUT GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING.

YOU KNOW, I WAS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING MY OTHER BROTHER SAID, BUT WE'VE ALREADY ON THAT. I LIVE ON JOSEPH ROAD, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE PROPERTY WHERE Y'ALL ARE PUTTING THE PRECINCT TO JP OFFICE AT KICKAPOO. RIGHT THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE. FLOODS. IT FLOODS BAD EVERY TIME IT RAINS. IF Y'ALL GO ROUTE, SEE, Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ELEVATE THAT ROAD. WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO FOR FLOODING? AND THEN WHEN Y'ALL GO TO BUILD Y'ALL'S JP OFFICE DOWN THE LINE, Y'ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD IT UP EVEN MORE BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE INDUCED FLOODING IN THAT AREA. THEN. NOW WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO TO ME ACROSS THE ROAD? YOU KNOW, THAT IS MY CONCERN WITH ROOT SEAT. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO EASE TRAFFIC. I WAS LOOKING AT THE JOSEPH ROAD WORK PHASE TWO AND IT IS SHOWING A RED LIGHT GOING IN RIGHT THERE. JOSEPH AND KICKAPOO. WHY CAN'T Y'ALL MODIFY THE INTERSECTION RIGHT THERE? GET RID OF THAT SHARP BEND. ADD A TURN LANE TO KICKAPOO SHOULDERS. IF YOU WANT TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING KICKAPOO. I DRIVE DOWN KICKAPOO ROAD EVERY DAY. I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED TRAFFIC ON KICKAPOO. THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER HIT ANY TRAFFIC HAS BEEN IN HARRIS

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GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. MY NAME IS DAN AYALA. I AM THE PASTOR THERE AT FRIENDSHIP CHURCH AT THE CORNER OF KICKAPOO AND JOSEPH ROAD. OBVIOUSLY, WE RECEIVED A LETTER LAST WEDNESDAY WITH GREAT CONCERN. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE NOW.

CHURCH MEMBERS AND ALSO FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, AND YOU PROBABLY DO KNOW, THE CHURCH HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1888. IT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK THEN. IT'S BEEN IN, IN IN SERVICE FOR 138 YEARS. WE'VE SERVED THE COMMUNITY. WE PLAN ON SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR ANOTHER 138 YEARS. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT HISTORY. BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2005, WE HAD HURRICANE RITA. IT WAS THE BIGGEST EVACUATION IN THE US HISTORY OF A CITY.

EVERYBODY WAS LOCKED DOWN. IT WAS COMPLETE GRIDLOCK AROUND THERE. WHAT THE CHURCH DID WAS WE OPENED THE DOORS, WE PROVIDED FOOD. WE PROVIDED WATER. FOLKS DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO. THEY WERE SCARED. THEY RAN OUT OF GAS. BUT WE WERE THERE TO HELP THE FOLKS.

THEY WEREN'T OUR CHURCH MEMBERS. THERE WERE FOLKS FROM HOUSTON AREA AND THE COMMUNITY. IN 2011, THE FIRES WAS DEVASTATING. WE DID THE SAME PROCESS, BUT WE DID A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. WE PROVIDED FOOD, WATER, CLOTHING AND FURNITURE BECAUSE SOME OF THE FOLKS THERE ACTUALLY LOST EVERYTHING THEY HAD, AND MOST OF THEM DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE. SO THE CHURCH CAME TOGETHER AND PROVIDED ALL THE THINGS THAT THESE PEOPLE NEED. THEY WALKED OUT ONLY WITH WHAT THEY HAD A SHIRT, PANTS AND SHOES. AND THAT WAS IT. AS A PASTOR THERE, I PLAN ON BEING THE PASTOR AS LONG AS GOD WANTS ME TO BE THERE. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE SERVE. YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A MAN THAT CAME IN DURING ONE OF THE SERVICES. DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. HE HAD A MASK OVER HIS HEAD, WALKED IN WITH A CIGARETTE AND A GUN IN HIS HAND, AND I SAID, CAN I HELP YOU? HE SAID, I'M GOING TO GO ROB THE SHELL STATION THERE ON 1488. I SAID, WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? HE GOES, BECAUSE MY FAMILY'S HUNGRY AND I GOT NO FOOD. I GOT NO JOB. AND THAT'S WHAT WE CAN HELP YOU HERE AT THE CHURCH. BUT YOU GOT TO TAKE YOUR MASK OFF. YOU GOT TO GIVE ME YOUR GUN. AND PLEASE PUT YOUR CIGARETTE OUT. WHICH HE DID. WE GAVE HIM SOME MONEY TO LAST THEM THROUGH THE WEEK. I INVITED HIM BACK TO CHURCH THE NEXT SUNDAY. HE CAME BACK. HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO CHRIST. WE FOUND HIM A JOB. NOW HE'S A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN. HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS THERE WITH HIM. THEY'RE HAPPILY MARRIED. WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THIS. IF THE CHURCH WASN'T THERE, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THIS GENTLEMAN? IF THE CHURCH WASN'T THERE? WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THE INDIVIDUALS, HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS? IF THE CHURCH WASN'T THERE? WOULD HE HAVE GONE DOWN TO THE SHELL STATION AND PROBABLY HURT OR MURDERED SOMEBODY JUST FOR A COUPLE OF BUCKS OR A GALLON OF MILK? WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS THE CHURCH HAS BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WE PLAN ON BEING THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T SERVE THE CHURCH. WE'RE THERE TO HELP EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY, EVERYONE THAT'S ON THESE PATHS. WE'RE THERE TO HELP THE CHURCH. SOME OF THEM

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WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THE CHURCH THAT'S BEEN HERE, THAT'S BEEN FOR THE COMMUNITY. THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE A LETTER AFTER HE WROTE THE FIRST AMENDMENT SEPARATING THE CHURCH AND THE STATE. AND HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE DANBURY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION IN CONNECTICUT. AND HE SAID, THERE SHALL BE A WALL BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE. AND WHAT HE MEANT WAS THIS. AND IT'S IN HIS LETTER HE SAID, THERE SHALL BE A WALL. THE CHURCH IS THE GARDEN, AND THE OTHER SIDE IS THE WILDERNESS OF THE WORLD. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY IN THIS PANEL HERE, NOT ONLY FOR THE CHURCH, BUT FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE, IS DON'T CHIP AT THAT WALL. COMMUNITY NEEDS A CHURCH. WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR 138 YEARS AND WE WANT TO BE THERE ANOTHER 138 YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU PASTOR. NEXT IS GOING TO BE MR. BILL HUBBARD. GOOD MORNING SIR. GOOD MORNING. I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING WRITTEN DOWN THIS MORNING, BUT I WAS INVOLVED IN A I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH. ACTUALLY, DANNY'S A PASTOR. I WAS INVOLVED IN EMINENT DOMAIN CASE IN PEARLAND. AND THERE WAS A SUBDIVISION CALLED SOUTH CORRIGAN. IT FLOODED ALL THE TIME, AND THEY NEED TO FIND SOME KIND OF RELIEF FOR THE WATER FOR THIS SUBDIVISION. AND WE HAD A MOBILE HOME PARK IN PEARLAND.

SO THEY TOOK THE BACK TWO ACRES OF OUR PROPERTY. SO WE LOST LIKE 16 SPACES AND QUITE A BIT OF INCOME. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IT DID, THE GOOD, I MEAN, IT WAS WORTHWHILE FOR US TO DO THAT. BUT HERE IT'S A SMALL CHURCH. WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND BUILT A PRETTY NICE FENCE AROUND IT. A BIG PIPE FENCE, I GUESS, IS WHAT, TEN INCHES, EIGHT INCHES IN DIAMETER, BIG OLD FENCE. AND ANYWAY, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT REALLY ENOUGH ROOM FOR EVERYBODY TO PARK. YOU TAKE THIS LAND AWAY. THAT'S EVEN LESS SPACE FOR PEOPLE CAN GO AND WORSHIP GOD.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S AN IMPORTANT PLACE AND SOMETHING WE LOVE GOING TO, AND A LOT MORE PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP IF THEY HAVE A PLACE TO PARK. SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE OUR LAND.

THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. NEXT IS GOING TO BE MISS KAY AYALA. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KAY AND I AM PASTOR DANNY'S WIFE. WE HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OUT HERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT ALL OF THESE LINES CONVERGE ONTO SHEFFIELD ROAD. AND IS THAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL FOR ALL OF THESE ROUTES TO TRY TO GET? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE HEADED FOR OUT THERE? WELL, ALL THREE OF THE LINES CONVERGE ON SHEFFIELD ROAD.

SHEFFIELD ROAD IS CURRENTLY ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AS AN EXTENSION OF KICKAPOO. AND SO IT'S JUST A TRANSITION TO GET US OVER FROM WHERE KICKAPOO IS SOUTH OF THE CREEK TO WHERE IT IS NORTH OF THE CREEK. SO THERE'S NOTHING PLANNED FOR SHEFFIELD ROAD. YEAH, EVENTUALLY THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY IN SOME PLANNING STAGES BY US. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE GROUP IS, BUT. SO YEAH, THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AS KICKAPOO ROAD IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT RICE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S. WELL WHOEVER DEVELOPS ALONG THERE. YES OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IS RICE UNIVERSITY IS ON. YEAH. RICE UNIVERSITY IS PART OF IT GOES

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SO NOW YOU KNOW SAFETY YOU KNOW THIS IS FOR SAFETY. NOW I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY YOU KNOW AND OUR PROPERTY WOULD BE BETWEEN TWO MAJOR BIG ROADS AND THE FLOODING ALSO. YEAH. YEAH.

THAT FLOODPLAIN COMES RIGHT UP TO THE ROAD THERE. RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE I SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE FUTURE? IF THIS DOES DEVELOP FOR OUR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY. RIGHT. SO ACTUALLY THE THE POINT WHERE ALL THOSE CONVERGE CAN MOVE NORTH AND SOUTH DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE TIME. SO IT'S, IT'S IT'S MORE OF A CONCEPT OF WHERE IT SHOULD GO THAN IT IS EXACTLY THE LOCATION OF IT. AS I STATED EARLIER, THIS IS A VERY EARLY STAGES PLANNING TOOL THAT ALLOWS US TO TRY TO CONTROL WHERE IT DOES GO.

AND SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS AT THE TIME IT'S IMPLEMENTED WOULD WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE IN THE PROCESS OF APPROVING ANYTHING UP THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'M GOING TO. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT WHO MAYBE CAME IN LATE OR DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. IF YOU DON'T MIND, YOU'VE COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. I'M NOVELLA SHEFFIELD, AND THIS IS OUR PROPERTY RIGHT HERE THAT

[01:25:07]

NORTH OF 1488, SIR. ON THE NORTH SIDE. WE'RE ON THE NORTH SIDE. YES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT MY FAMILY HAS GIVEN LAND BEFORE, AND WE'RE NEVER I DON'T KNOW. HE GAVE THE LAND AND WAS TAXED FOR IT UNTIL HE DIED FROM WALLER COUNTY. AND. MY HUSBAND'S BACK THERE, AND HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER BURIED ON THE CORNER RIGHT THERE WHERE IT'S GOING TO INTERSECT SHEFFIELD ROAD. AND I'VE GOT NEIGHBORS UP THERE. IS THAT THE CEMETERY THAT WE MET UP? YES, YES, YES, IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THAT CORNER WHERE IT'S GOING TO RUN OVER THE GRAVE. YEAH. WE WOULDN'T IT WOULDN'T PASS THROUGH THE CEMETERY. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW 1488 IS GOING TO COME ABOUT 15FT FROM MY HOUSE. I'M BACK 100FT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO FLOOD. WE'RE ALREADY GETTING FLOOD FROM SHEFFIELD ROAD BEING PUT IN. IT'S COMING THROUGH THE BACK. WHEN WE HAD THE HURRICANE I HAD 19IN OF WATER. MY HOUSE IS ON BLOCKS THREE FEET TALL. I HAD SIX INCHES BEFORE IT WAS IN MY HOUSE ALREADY. AND MY HUSBAND WAS SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS THAT WITH YOU TOO. AND YOU SAID IT WOULD BE CORRECTED WHEN THEY BUILD THE SUBDIVISION ON RICE ROAD. I MEAN, ON THE RICE PROPERTY. AND ALSO I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT TOO, WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING 250,000 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY OUT OF THE GROUNDWATER THERE. WHERE'S OUR WELL GOING? WHERE'S THE WATER TABLE GOING? THESE PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN AWARE OF THAT. WELL. LET ME JUST QUICKLY ADDRESS THAT ONE POINT, BECAUSE I'VE HAD IT POP UP. AS MR. FINLEY WILL TELL YOU ON ANOTHER, ANOTHER TRACK. AND I DON'T WANT TO GET OFF OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING. BUT JUST QUICKLY, TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS OUT TO PEOPLE WHEN THESE WHEN THEY DO DRILL THOSE WELLS, THEY GO DEEP TO AN AQUIFER THAT YOU'RE NOT DRAWING FROM. NOW IT'S MUCH DEEPER AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT THAT. AND IT'S CONTROLLED MAINLY BY THE BLUEBONNET CONSERVATION WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. BUT THAT'S SO THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER ISSUE. AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT ALL DAY LONG WITH YOU AFTER IF YOU WANT TO. BUT BUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS THE RIGHT. IS THAT SO? I UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF THE CEMETERY, OBVIOUSLY THE CEMETERIES ARE CONTROLLED. WE CAN'T GO IN THERE AND MESS WITH THE CEMETERY, SO WE WOULDN'T BE DOING THAT. BUT ALSO I WANT TO SAY OUR WE WERE HERE BEFORE THE WEDDINGS AND OUR FAMILY IS SEVENTH GENERATION NOW. YEAH, SEVEN GENERATIONS AND OUR GRANDKIDS ARE GROWING UP ON THIS LAND. THEY'RE GOING TO BE CUT OFF FROM WHERE OUR COWS ARE. ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CROSS KICKAPOO TO GO FEED OUR COWS ON THE TRACTOR? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT OUR HOUSES ARE ON ONE SIDE AND THE COWS ARE ON THE OTHER. YES, MA'AM. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A RED LIGHT FOR US TO MOVE OUR COWS. I MEAN, I'M JUST. AND I'VE GOT FRIENDS THAT LIVE DOWN THERE.

SAME THING. THEY'VE GOT HORSES AND IT'S GOING TO CUT INTO THEIR PROPERTY. YES, MA'AM. I'M NOT I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE FUN OF YOU OR ANYTHING, BUT YEAH, I KNOW I AGREE WITH YOU. THOSE ARE ALL CONCERNS. MY LIFE, MY GRANDCHILDREN. JUDGE IF IT'S OKAY. I MEAN, FUTURE JUDGE, JUDGE FOR THE DAY. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE MR. HARRY'S ADVICE. I THINK I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT. WE JUST WITHDRAW THIS FROM CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME. SO THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE. YEAH, MOTION TO TABLE. BUT I JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY THINKING THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT HERE IN ANY WAY TO HARM THE CHURCH. THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT IN ANY WAY TO FORCE ANYBODY TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY. THIS IS A PROCESS. AND AS YOU SEE, THE PROCESS WORKS. SO. I HOPE THAT YOU'LL STAY AS CONCERNED ABOUT ALL COUNTY BUSINESS AS YOU ARE ABOUT THIS, SO THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S IT. NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY BEING HERE. THIS IS THIS IS HOW THE PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. UNFORTUNATELY, I KNOW WE'RE ALL BUSY AND SOMETIMES SOME OF THE GREEN LINE HAS BEEN ON THE MAP FOR PROBABLY 20 YEARS. I KNOW THEY'VE GOT THOROUGHFARE PLAN MAPS GOING BACK TO THE 80S, AND THAT'S HOW COUNTIES PUT ROADS IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BECAUSE I HEARD A LOT WHEN WE WERE CAMPAIGNING, WHY DON'T Y'ALL MAKE THESE DEVELOPERS PLAN BETTER? AND THIS IS THAT TOOL. SO IF, IF, IF SOMEBODY AND I WHEN I WAS RIDING AROUND

[01:30:07]

SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO FOR SURE. SO BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE AND TAKING TIME. I KNOW EVERYBODY'S BUSY. AND AGAIN, KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR FOR STEPPING UP. AND LIKE COMMISSIONER SAID WE DEAL WITH ISSUES LIKE THIS AND DIFFERENT. WE'D LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO STAY ENGAGED BECAUSE THAT'S I LOVE HEARING WHEN WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WHY DID YOU DO THAT? WELL, WE HAD 3 OR 4 MEETINGS AND NOBODY SHOWED UP TO SAY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SO SOMEBODY HAD THEIR HAND UP. YES, SIR. BEFORE WE GO, COMMISSIONER IN PRECINCT TWO SAID THAT HE THOUGHT Y'ALL SHOULD TABLE IT. CAN WE WAIT TILL WE HAVE THE TABLE VOTE AND THEN WE CAN GO HOME? WE'LL VOTE ON IT RIGHT NOW. AND YOU CAN GO HOME. YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY FOR THE REST OF IT. IT GETS REALLY EXCITING. YES, MA'AM. HOW HOW LONG IS THIS TABLE FOR? IS THIS A MONTH? IS THIS SIX MONTHS A YEAR? THERE'S NO TIME FRAME ON IT. IT COULD. WHEN YOU TABLE SOMETHING, IT COULD STAY THERE FOREVER. TABLED UNTIL IT'S BROUGHT UP AGAIN. UNTIL SOMEBODY BRINGS IT BACK UP. AND IF IT'S BROUGHT BACK UP, IT WILL BE POSTED ON THE AGENDA TO WHERE EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO COME. AT THAT TIME. I WILL NOT BRING IT BACK UP. THANK YOU. OH, IF IT COME, IF IT IT COMES BACK UP, IT'LL BE SOMEONE ELSE THAT BRINGS IT UP. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? YES, MA'AM. MISS SHEFFIELD, WHERE IS THIS AGENDA POSTED? BECAUSE I HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING. IT'S POSTED ONLINE. I BELIEVE IT'S POSTED IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE, BUT TYPICALLY THE BEST WAY TO FIND IT. WE HAVE OUR COURTS EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY, AND SO WE WILL ALWAYS POST THE AGENDA AT LEAST THAT FRIDAY BEFORE. AND IT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE, WHEN YOU GO TO THE MAP. OR THE CALENDAR, SORRY, WHEN YOU GO TO THE CALENDAR AND YOU SEE A WEDNESDAY, IT'LL SHOW YOU THE MEETINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AND YOU CAN CLICK THERE AND CLICK AGENDA, AND IT'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS WITH THE BACKUP AS WELL.

THAT IS PROVIDED. ANYBODY ELSE ALL RIGHT. YES, MA'AM. CAN WE GO TO SEE LIKE THE PROPOSED ROUTE FOR WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER ON SHEFFIELD ROAD? WHERE CAN WE GO TO FIND THAT WHAT'S PLANNED FOR SHEFFIELD ROAD, THE MAP WE JUST. OH, THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE UNDER COUNTY ENGINEER. IT'LL SAY THE 2019 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN MAP. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO AND

[01:35:02]

[TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR]

BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE THE JANUARY COLLECTION REPORT FOR THE TAX OFFICE FOR WALLER COUNTY. WE COLLECTED 33 MILLION FOR FARM AND ROAD. IT WAS OVER A MILLION, A TOTAL OF 77 MILLION. AND ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL NOTICE THE COLLECTIONS FOR THE ATTORNEYS. PERDUE COLLECTED 27,000 FOR THE COUNTY AND 1300 FOR FARM AND ROAD. A TOTAL OF 62,000 FOR PERDUE. AND ALSO OUR NEWEST ONE, WE HAVE LINEBERGER, WHICH IS COLLECTING FOR CITY OF BROOKSHIRE AND BROOKSHIRE MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. AND THEY HAD A LITTLE OVER 4000. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER THAT OUR ATTORNEYS THAT WORK FOR US, THAT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING, THAT IS TOTALLY DONE FOR US BY THE TAXPAYERS OF WHAT FUNDS THEY HAVE RECOVERED. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT. I HAD SET A GOAL FOR THE 2ND FEBRUARY, SECOND FRIDAY IN FEBRUARY TO FINISH ALL OF OUR MAIL THAT WE HAD GOTTEN IN. A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF TAX PAYMENTS COME IN BY MAIL, AND I HAD SET THAT GOAL TO COMPLETE ALL THE MAIL BEING POSTED AT THAT POINT, AND THE TAX OFFICE STAFF WORKED SO HARD ON THIS, AND THEY FINISHED IT THE PREVIOUS WEDNESDAY. SO WE FINISHED BEFORE THE GOAL TIME.

WE HAVE THREE NEW EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WITH US AT THIS TIME. THEY'RE ALMOST ALL FINISHED DOING THEIR TRAINING AND WILL BE ON THE WINDOWS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY FULL STAFFED ON THE WINDOWS. SO THAT LINE THAT Y'ALL SEE DOWN THERE SHOULD BE MOVING QUICKLY. AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW, LAST WEEK WE SENT OUT OVER 500 LETTERS TO TAXPAYERS THAT WE'RE HOLDING MONEY IN THEIR ESCROW. SO WHENEVER THEY PAID THEIR 26 TAXES, 25 TAXES, EXCUSE ME, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDUE THAT WAS LEFT THAT THEY HAD BEEN PUTTING ASIDE. SO THEREFORE I'VE SENT THEM A LETTER AND ASKED THEM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET A REFUND OR DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING US HOLD THIS MONEY AND WE WILL USE IT TOWARDS YOUR 26 TAXES? AND WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO GET SOME OF THOSE LETTERS BACK. I'M GUESSING THOSE PEOPLE WANT THEIR MONEY BACK. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME TODAY? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UPDATE. THANK YOU. ALL

[COUNTY COURT AT LAW II]

[01:40:01]

SO THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU. THE OTHER THING IS WE PREVIOUSLY, HOPEFULLY, JUDGE HUFFMAN IS GOING TO HELP A LOT WITH THE MAGISTRATE. I THINK I TOLD YOU LAST TIME WHEN THE DAYS THAT I WOULD COME IN FOR JUDGE DUHON AND MAGISTRATE WHEN HE WAS IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT, SOME DAYS I WOULD SPEND FOUR HOURS JUST MAGISTRATE. THE PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN ARRESTED THE LAST 24 HOURS. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS RING THAT BELL FOR YOU. AS WE ARE GOING INTO BUDGET SEASON AND SAY WALLER COUNTY IS NOT THE PLACE TO JUDGE. FOUR YEARS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE PLACE. THAT WAS IN 2007 WHEN I FIRST TOOK OFFICE. SO WE'VE GOT TO START DOING SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND ADDRESS THIS NEW PLACE THAT WE LIVE IN.

AND I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOUR PERMISSION AND FOR EITHER JUDGE BECKENDORFF OR JUDGE DUHON, WHOEVER'S AVAILABLE TO SIGN THIS AND GET HIM ON BOARD BEFORE MY DOCKET ON FRIDAY. AND, JUDGE, WHILE WE HAVE YOU FOR MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T KNOW OR IS LISTENING AT HOME, WE EXPLAIN WHAT INDIGENT DEFENSE, WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE AND HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS. US SUPREME COURT HAVE FOR A LONG TIME HAS RULED THAT ANYONE THAT IS INDIGENT IS ENTITLED TO THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH LEGAL COUNSEL IN ANY CASE IN WHICH THEY CAN BE IMPRISONED. SO IF YOU EVER HEARD THE MIRANDA RIGHTS ON COPS, IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD AN ATTORNEY, ONE WILL BE APPOINTED TO YOU. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR.

AND SO BASICALLY, THE STATE SAYS IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD AN ATTORNEY, YOU'RE THE CONSTITUTION. YOU'RE GUARANTEED LEGAL REPRESENTATION. SO IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT, IT'S THE COUNTY'S OBLIGATION OR THE STATUTE. IT'S WE CALL IT AN UNFUNDED MANDATE BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT IS. BUT WE HAVE TO DO THAT. SO IT'S NOT AN IF AND OR BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE. IF ANYBODY AT HOME WONDERING WHY WE HAVE TO SPEND THIS MONEY, THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE TO. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE JUDGE? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE OR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. UNOPPOSED. 46 IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. JUDGE. THAT WILL

[CONSTABLE, PRECINCT 3]

[01:45:01]

[COUNTY ENGINEER (Part 2 of 2)]

OH, I GUESS JUST 48. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION. HAVE A SECOND, A MOTION SECOND FOR NUMBER 48.

ROSS, IS THERE ANYTHING ON HERE THAT YOU WANT TO GO OVER? NO, SIR. RECOMMEND THESE FOR ASSIGNMENT AND REQUEST PERMISSION TO NEGOTIATE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF 48, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. NOT OPPOSED. 48 IS APPROVED. WE'VE

[JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, PRECINCT 3]

SO JUDGES IS AWARE SHE SENT US A MEMO OF THEM DOING IT. WE'LL PROVE IT EVERY YEAR I THINK THIS YEAR JUST TWO MEMBERS GOING. AND TYPICALLY I THINK WE SEE ONE. BUT SHE USUALLY EATS UP HER CONFERENCE BY SENDING EACH INDIVIDUAL TO A CONFERENCE THAT WORKS FOR HER. SO GOTCHA.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 52 HEARING? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

NOT OPPOSED TO DO IS APPROVED. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I HAVE OUR CONFERENCES ARE NEVER

[GRANT MANAGER]

I SPOKE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THEY WILL BE ELECTING TO RECEIVE THAT AMMUNITION DIRECTLY FROM THE NRA INSTEAD OF GETTING A CHECK CUT AND THEN GETTING THE AMMUNITION THEMSELVES. SO I GUESS YOU'LL JUST TELL THEM WHAT YOU WANT AND THEY SHIP IT TO YOU. MAKES IT. THAT MAKES IT THAT MUCH EASIER. PARDON ME. THAT'S WHY IT'S THE NRA FOUNDATION. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. 54 WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. YES. SO 54 IN Y'ALL'S BACKUP, I DID NOT INCLUDE THE BUDGET. I JUST GOT A QUOTE FROM MOTOROLA THIS MORNING. SO WHAT THE REQUEST IS, IS WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUESTING NINE PORTABLE RADIOS AND 11 MOBILE RADIOS. CURRENTLY THAT'S GOING TO SPAN THE FIRE MARSHAL EMTS OFFICE AS WELL AS THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. SO THE

[01:50:04]

CONSTABLE PRECINCT ONE IS REQUESTING THREE MOBILE RADIOS. CONSTABLE PRECINCT TWO IS REQUESTING TWO PORTABLE RADIOS. CONSTABLE PRECINCT THREE IS REQUESTING FOUR MOBILE RADIOS FOR MOBILE RADIOS AND TWO PORTABLE RADIOS. CONSTABLE FOUR IS REQUESTING FOUR MOBILE RADIOS. AND THE TOTAL QUOTE THAT I GOT IS $219,439.86. SO THIS IS A GRANT THAT WILL BE REQUESTING FUNDS FROM THE STATE PURSUANT TO THE STATE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM. REGULAR PROJECTS. THE STATE ACTS AS A CONDUIT FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDS FLOWING DOWN THROUGH THEM, AND THERE'S NO MATCH REQUIREMENT. OH, WOW. THAT'S EVEN BETTER. AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE GRANTS FOR RADIOS IN THE PAST. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PORTABLE RADIO AND A MOBILE IS PORTABLE? THE ONE THAT GOES IN THE CARS AND THE MOBILE IS THE OPPOSITE. MOBILE'S IN THE CAR.

PORTABLE, PORTABLE HANDHELD. OKAY, I WILL SAY THIS. BRIAN AND I HAVE ALWAYS WORKED CLOSELY ON THIS GRANT PROGRAM BECAUSE HE'S ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE AT HJC, WHICH SCORES AND RANKS THE APPLICATION. THIS PROGRAM IS NOTORIOUS FOR BEING OVERSUBSCRIBED, MEANING THAT THERE'S MORE APPLICATIONS THAN FUNDING AVAILABLE. I WANT TO GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT IF ANY OF THESE OFFICES HAVE AN URGENT NEED TO DEFINITELY CONSIDER THAT, BECAUSE EVEN IF WE WERE SELECTED FOR AWARD, THE EARLIEST THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO START PROCUREMENT IS SEPTEMBER. SO ARE THEY GOING TO BE INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS PER DEPARTMENT, OR IS IT GOING TO BE ONE APPLICATION FOR EVERYTHING COUNTYWIDE? IT'S GOING TO BE A LAW ENFORCEMENT, INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE.

AND THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY THAT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO ON THE APPLICATION IS MAKE THE REQUEST SCALABLE, MEANING THAT WE WILL ACCEPT LESS GRANT FUNDS THAN WE ARE ASKING FOR JUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME IF POSSIBLE. YEAH, IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BROOK? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF 53 AND 54, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? MOTION DOES PASS. THANK YOU. BROOK. MOTION FOR 55 TO 62. HAVE A

[PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR]

THERE'S 31 UP THAT HAVE DROPPED OFF THE LEASE PAYMENTS. AND WE ARE PURCHASING THESE VEHICLES WITH FOR THE RESIDUAL VALUE AND ACQUIRING THE TITLES. ITEM 56 IS VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND UPFITTING FOR FIVE SHERIFF'S OFFICE VEHICLES. TWO ARE TAHOES, TWO ARE MUSTANGS, AND ONE IS A TRUCK AND A 57 THROUGH 60. THESE ALL PERTAIN TO ONE TAHOE FOR THE MUD 55. THIS IS PURSUANT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT COURT APPROVED ON JANUARY 21ST. IT'S REGARDING THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE COUNTY FOR THESE ITEMS. ITEM 61 IS ARCHIVAL SERVICES WITH MARSH.

THIS IS FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT. AND ITEM 62 IS A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR A LARGE PRINTER SCANNER COPIER, FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE, FOR ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, AND SO FORTH. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE ITEMS WE HAVE? ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION. IS IT? YES, SIR. I BELIEVE IT'S 24 INCH WIDE. ON WHICH WHICH ON ON THE PLOTTER. IT'S 36, 30, 36. I'M SORRY. 36.

36. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF 55 THROUGH 62, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? MOTIONS ARE APPROVED. THANK YOU. JAMIE. NEXT IT'S GOING TO BRING US TO

[FIRE MARSHAL]

HAD A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. THAT'S ME. GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONERS 63 IS BASICALLY IT'S THE BEAUTIFUL BILLBOARD THAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN 290 WITH THE JUDGE'S PICTURE ON IT BY CLEAR CHANNEL. IT'S A NO COST AGREEMENT WITH THEM. WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ONE ON I-10. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR. 64 IS ANOTHER OUT OF STATE CONFERENCE VR POLICY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. THIS ONE IS IN. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, I BELIEVE

[01:55:04]

SHAWNA. RUSSELL I KNOW SHE'S WORKED VERY HARD TO GET IT, SO. YES, SIR. I'M HAPPY FOR HER. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN HEARING NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF 63 AND 64. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND ON OPPOSED MOTIONS ARE APPROVED. THANK YOU BRIAN. NEXT IS GOING TO BE FOR THE

[TREASURER]

[DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES]

GOOD MORNING. COURT. THIS IS THE STANDARD PAY APPLICATION NUMBER FIVE FOR CONSTRUCTION ON THE SHERIFF'S MAINTENANCE GARAGE. THE PROJECT IS IN GREAT SHAPE. WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY. ALMOST NO ITEMS TO DISCUSS. WE ARE ON AUTOPILOT TO FINISH THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

THERE'S REALLY NO ISSUES GOING ON. METAL SIDING IS GOING ON IN THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. THE BIG FANS HAVE ARRIVED. THE TWO THREE GARAGE DOORS THAT WE APPROVED A FEW WEEKS AGO HAVE ARRIVED. PROBABLY BE INSTALLED TODAY. PROJECT IS IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE, SO? SO THE 60 DAY YOU KNOW, DON'T KNOW. THAT'S NOT AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT IS THAT TO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING AND HAVE IT WILL BE IN MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT'S BEEN PURCHASED. AIR COMPRESSORS AND SO FORTH HAVE ALL BEEN PURCHASED. I BELIEVE CHARLES HAS QUITE A BIT OF IT SITTING SOMEWHERE ON SITE THAT COULD BE OPERATIONAL IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS. VERY GOOD.

AWESOME. THAT'S FANTASTIC. NO MAJOR ISSUES THAT I KNOW OF. AWESOME. THAT WORK WELL, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S EXCITED TO SEE IT AND NOBODY MORE THAN THE SHERIFF. SO. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FOR DANNY HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. NOT OPPOSED. 67 IS APPROVED. 68 AND 69 ARE GOING TO BE WITHDRAWN. WE DO HAVE ONE THING TO DISCUSS

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]