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          YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. THE PUBLIC TAX RATE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO 
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OUR REGULAR AGENDA. FIRST ITEM IS GOING TO BE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MOTION WILL BE FOR REGULAR. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? COMMISSIONER SMITH, WERE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. AGENDA IS APPROVED. NEXT WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC 
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COMMENT. WE DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I DO KEEP TIME HERE AT THE FRONT. I WILL LET THE SPEAKER KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING. THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL WE HAVE SIGNED UP IS MARVA WILLS. WANT TO SAY GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I STAND HERE TO INVITE YOU TO A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT. NOW, YESTERDAY WAS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW FOR SURE IN WALLER COUNTY, WE WERE OUT DOING THAT. BUT THE JOB IS NOT DONE. THIS SATURDAY. WE'RE HAVING A NONPARTISAN COMMUNITY EVENT THAT'S THE 19TH FROM 10 TO 1. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE CORNER OF 362 AND 290. BUSINESS 290. AND THE TITLE OF OUR EVENT IS TURN UP THE VOTE. NOW, ANYTIME YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE FREE HOT DOGS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FREE HOT DOGS AND THE TRIMMINGS, CHIPS AND DRINKS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PRESENTERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE EXPERIENCED AND WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO DO VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE VOTES AND ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. THEN AT 1130, WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL SPEAKER. HIS NAME IS ANTHONY COLLIER, AND HE'S GOING TO TELL HIS JOURNEY AS HOW HE GOT TO BE SUCH AN INSPIRING PERSON TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT ONLY A PRIVILEGE, IT IS A RIGHT. AND THOSE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE, WE WANT THEM TO EXERCISE THAT RIGHT. SO WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WHY VOTE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE AND HOW. I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER KENDRICK JONES, WHO CAME TO OUR THE ONES THAT WE ANNOUNCED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND HE INSPIRED EVERYONE. 
          SO I REALLY WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO COME OR THINK ABOUT COMING OR INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT IT, I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SHOW UP AS WE DO OUR BEST IN WALLER COUNTY TO TURN UP THE VOTE. THANK YOU, MISS WELLS. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. YES, I HAVE. YOU HAD ME AT HOT DOG. 
          OKAY, LET'S MAKE THAT CLEAR. OKAY. IS AT THE CORNER OF 362 AND BUSINESS 290. IT'S AN OUTDOOR EVENT. OKAY. SO IS IT ON THAT? THAT NORTHWEST NORTHEAST WHERE THE LIMOUSINE IS? THERE'S A LITTLE HOUSE THERE. YES, YES. AND BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER. WE'RE GOING TO BE AT GRACE TEMPLE CHURCH IN WALLER ON 12TH AND FAR STREET, WHERE THE PASTOR IS, SIMON WELDON. SIMON. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE LIST IS GREG HENRY. MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M PROUD TO STAND BEFORE YOU TO RECOGNIZE A NATIONAL IT PROFESSIONALS DAY. IT WAS YESTERDAY. I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON YESTERDAY ON BEHALF OF WALLER COUNTY'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. NATIONAL IT PROFESSIONALS DAY IS ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EVERY SEPTEMBER. AND I JUST LIKE TO TOOT MY OWN HORN BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TO TOOT VERY MUCH. WE RUN AND DO. AND COUNTY 
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GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY IS NOT A LUXURY. IT'S A VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CONNECTS OUR CITIZENS TO THEIR GOVERNMENT. AND WHEN A RESIDENT PAYS THEIR TAXES ONLINE, WHETHER ONLINE OR IN PERSON, WHEN OUR CLERKS SECURELY ACCESS LAND AND COURT RECORDS, OR WHENEVER FIRST RESPONDER RELIES ON DISPATCH DATA, THEY'RE RELYING ON THE INVISIBLE WORK OF THE COUNTY, IT PROFESSIONALS, AND OUR TEAM MANAGES THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF MANY DEPARTMENTS ACROSS DOZENS OF FACILITIES. WE WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO STRENGTHEN OUR CYBERSECURITY DEFENSES, PROTECT SENSITIVE PUBLIC DATA, AND ENSURE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS AGAINST ANY DISRUPTION. A QUIET DAY IN OUR COUNTY NETWORK IS THE ULTIMATE METRIC OF PROACTIVE SUCCESS. I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK OUR TEAM FOR THEIR UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO WALLER COUNTY'S WORKFORCE AND THE PUBLIC WE ALL SERVE. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU GREG. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE IMPRESSIVE IF YOU WOULD HAVE BROADCAST THE HOLOGRAM THERE TO GIVE YOUR TALK WHILE YOU SIT AT HOME IN YOUR UNDERWEAR. I'LL WORK ON THAT FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S A CHALLENGE. ALL RIGHT. LAST WE HAVE ON THE SIGN UP IS DOCTOR MADDOX. DOCTOR MADDOX, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW OR ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT TILL 41, 42 AND 43. AND OSCAR THANK YOU JUDGE. WELL, FIRST I WANT TO THANK MADAM PRESIDENT BARBARA WILLS FOR DOING THAT COMMUNITY EVENT WITH VOTING. SHE SAID VOTING IS A RIGHT. IT'S IN OUR CONSTITUTION. AND SECOND, I WANT TO THANK GREG HENRY FOR HIS SPEECH ON IT. I AM STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT, BUT I CAN NEVER RESIST AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN AND IT HAS NOT BEEN STRUCTURED SO THAT THESE AI DATA CENTERS, SURVEILLANCE CENTERS, BLOCK CAMERAS DON'T WIND UP SURVEILLING US, RIGHT? WE LOSE ALL ACCESS TO PRIVACY, WHICH IS ANOTHER LAW IN OUR CONSTITUTION. SO I'VE NOTICED THE FLOCK CAMERAS, ESPECIALLY ON WHAT IS IT, 1488 I DON'T KNOW WHO WHO AUTHORIZED THOSE OR IF IT WAS BY THE LANDOWNERS, BUT I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT. AND AND EVEN THOUGH YOU THINK YOU HAVE THAT ANONYMITY TO USE THOSE. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS I CAN CALL FOR AN AUDIT OF THOSE FLOCK CAMERAS. I CAN CALL FOR AN AUDIT THAT TELLS ME WHO ACCESSED THE DATA, WHEN DID THEY ACCESS IT, WHAT DATA DID THEY ACCESS? SO IF IT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT, I CAN FIND OUT WHO WAS LOOKING AT WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE. RIGHT. I MAY NOT ACCESS THE DATA, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN DO. SO MAYBE, MAYBE THAT WAS WHY SHERIFF GLENN SMITH WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO WAS AGAINST THOSE FLOCK CAMERAS. RIGHT. SO REMEMBER THAT. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS I'M DEEPLY WORRIED. I'M YOUR DULY ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR THE WALLER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I AM THE CHAIRWOMAN. AND WE I'M ALSO ON THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION, ALONG WITH MADAM CLERK, ALONG WITH MADAM TAX ASSESSOR, COLLECTOR, ALONG WITH THE DEMOCRAT, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR, THE MADAM CHAIR, ME, AND THEN THE LONE MAN ON THE COMMISSION IS JUDGE DUHON. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING. WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING. I'M DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT HOW OUR ELECTIONS OFFICE IS GOING RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE CANDIDATES WHO ARE TO APPEAR ON THE BALLOT, AND I SEE THEM NOWHERE MENTIONED BECAUSE WE LOST A CANDIDATE DUE TO INELIGIBILITY AND HAD TO REPLACE HER. BUT THAT'S NOT SHOWING UP IN THE ELECTIONS OFFICE. SO PERHAPS THE COMMISSION SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND DECIDE, DO WE NEED SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO THAT? MAYBE MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS NOW, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T CONTROL HOW THE OFFICES RUN, HOW MISS EASTON CAN DO BETTER? I AM DEEPLY, DEEPLY, DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT THAT. SO IF I CAN'T GET THE JUDGE TO CALL A MEETING, I'LL CALL A MEETING. I'LL CALL A MEETING. SO THE LAST THING. LET ME SEE. I THINK THAT THAT'S IT. WE CAN WAIT FOR. OH, YEAH. YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE REVENUE WAS NOT AS GOOD AS IT SHOULD BE. AND YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE CORPORATIONS AREN'T REALLY PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE IN TAXES. AND I'M LIKE, YOU GAVE YOU GAVE TESLA ANOTHER TAX BREAK. YOU SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY SALES TAXES. YOU ALL VOTED ON THAT, RIGHT. IT WAS UNANIMOUS. AND THEN YOU DO ALL OF THESE TAX ABATEMENTS. SO I SPOKE WITH OUR APPRAISAL PERSON, BECKY GUERRERO, WHO I THINK IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB GIVEN THE CONFINES SHE, THE THE CONFINES SHE HAS IN DOING HER JOB. AND I TOLD HER I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS HER. I DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS THE CAUSE OF US NOT HAVING ENOUGH REVENUE. I THINK ALL THESE TAX ABATEMENTS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, WE VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BILLIONAIRES AND MILLIONAIRES. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE. BUT ANYWAY, 
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WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT MEETING FOR THE ELECTION COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS, EVERYONE THAT WE HAD SIGNED UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP? ALL RIGHT. CAN I MAKE ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT? I KNOW WE GOT THE RICH KIDS HERE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THEM, BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE WALLER COUNTY FAIR IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR, MINUS THE HEAT. KIDS ARE GOING TO START MOVING THEIR ANIMALS IN THE LAST WEEK OF THIS MONTH. THE SALE IS GOING TO BE SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 3RD, I BELIEVE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY BRING YOUR FAMILIES OUT. IT'S A FANTASTIC WEEK. 
          THEY'VE GOT CONCERTS. I KNOW WE HAVE A PARADE THAT FRIDAY BEFORE, BUT IT'S GREAT FUN FOR THE FAMILY AND IT HELPS PROMOTE THE YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE IN WALLER COUNTY. SO PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR. WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU. ABSOLUTELY. AND WITH THAT IN MIND, I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE A SMALL ADJUSTMENT ON OUR AGENDA. WELL, LET'S I'M SORRY, WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA 
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FIRST. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE CONSENT AGENDA MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO 
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MAKE A SMALL CHANGE. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE UP THE PRESENTATION BY THE EXTENSION OFFICE ON 4/8. WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS HERE WITH US TODAY, AND I KNOW THEY ARE JUST CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL AS SOON AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO 46, WHICH WILL BE A PRESENTATION BY THE EXTENSION OFFICE FOR AGE. JUDGE. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO TAKE THEIR SIDE AND AT LEAST ALLOW THEM TO SIT HERE THROUGH LUNCH, SO THEN THEY CAN GO BACK TO SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE MORE HOURS LEFT. HEY, MAN, YOUR SON'S GETTING BIG. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, MEMBERS OF THE COURT. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS RUSSELL FORD. I AM ONE OF THE FOUR H AGENTS HERE SERVING AS AN AGENT HERE IN WALLER COUNTY. 
          I'LL LET SHAWN INTRODUCE HIMSELF. AND WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF EIGHT, I MEAN, 11 AMBASSADORS HERE TODAY, THREE JUNIORS AND EIGHT SENIORS. AND WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF RUN DOWN THE LINE AND LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. WE HAVE THREE GRADUATING SENIORS WHERE THIS WILL BE THEIR LAST TIME APPEARING AT COMMISSIONERS COURT ON PROCLAMATION DAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF LET THEM TAKE LEAD ON READING THE PROCLAMATION. AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR FOUR H PROGRAM HERE THAT THEY WILL GIVE YOU ALL TO TO SHARE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE LUJAN AND COMMISSIONER SHAWN RUSSELL, ONE OF THE FOUR H AGENTS HERE FOR THE COUNTY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US TODAY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. 
          I AM BRYCE ANDERSON AND I AM IN THE BRAZOS VALLEY FOUR-H CLUB. I'M DEBORAH FOUNTAIN AND I'M IN THE HUNTING HOOK. FOUR-H. THERE'S SOME BLAZE. ROSEHILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOUR-H. I'M LANE FORD AND I'M IN TOWN AND COUNTRY. FOUR-H. I'M CHARLES DILLARD AND FIELD STORE FOUR-H. 
          I'M WESLEY FORD AND I'M IN TOWN AND COUNTRY FOUR H ARE YOU A SENIOR OR JUNIOR? I'M A JUNIOR THIS YEAR. YEAH, YOU'RE GETTING OLD. YES, SIR, I GOT ONE. I GOT ONE MORE YEAR LEFT. I'M NEAL JOHNSON AND I'M IN ROSEVILLE, FOUR-H. JESSICA MITCHELL AND I'M IN ROCK ISLAND, FOUR-H I, ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, ROSEVILLE, FOUR-H. I'M TAMMY HARRIS AND I'M AN 1836 OUTPOST. FOUR-H. 
          I'M MADISON JACKSON, I'M IN THE FOUR H HORSE CLUB. WELCOME, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, JUDGE. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MADISON REAL QUICK. AND SHE'S GOING TO READ OVER THE PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR YEAR THAT SHE JUST THAT LIAM JUST GAVE Y'ALL. AND IT'S JUST A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF, OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR YEAR, OF THE IMPACTS THAT WE'VE MADE ON THE YOUTH IN WALLER COUNTY. OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE WALLER COUNTY EXTENSION FOUR-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DELIVERED INNOVATIVE STEM AGRICULTURE, HEALTH, LIVING AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT REACH THOUSANDS OF YOUTH AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT WALLER COUNTY AND BEYOND THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND VOLUNTEERS, EXTENSION PROGRAMING CONTINUES TO PROVIDE HANDS ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT PREPARE YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE CAREERS AND LIFELONG 
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SUCCESS. FOR SOME OF THE WALLER COUNTY END OF YEAR HIGHLIGHTS, THERE WERE 10,963 YOUTH ENGAGED IN INTENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING, 19,880 INDIVIDUALS REACHED WERE REACHED THROUGH OUTREACH EFFORTS. HYDROPONICS PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED IN EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. EMBRYOLOGY PROGRAMS WERE IMPLEMENTED IN ALSO, EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ROBOTICS, AGRICULTURE, HEALTHY LIVING AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WERE DELIVERED YEAR ROUND. STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND VOLUNTEERS ACROSS WALLER COUNTY AND THE REGION. WALLER COUNTY FOUR-H BARBECUE REACHED APPROXIMATELY 1800 SUPPORTERS, SHOWCASING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND STRENGTHENING STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT FOR FOUR-H. REAL QUICK JUDGE, WE FINISHED LAST YEAR'S FOUR-H ENROLLMENT. WE HAD 440 YOUTH ENROLLED IN WALLER COUNTY FOUR H PROGRAM. WITH THAT, WE HAD SOME VOLUNTEERS THAT CONTRIBUTED OVER 4095 HOURS, WHICH WITH THE VOLUNTEER STIPEND, EQUATED TO 166,000,063, EXCUSE ME, $166,063.30 OF ESTIMATED VOLUNTEER FUNDS THAT WE WOULD HAVE PAID OUR VOLUNTEERS. SO WE COULDN'T DO OUR PROGRAM WITHOUT US. I MEAN, WITHOUT THE VOLUNTEERS, IT'S JUST SEAN AND I IN THE OFFICE, AND WE RELY HEAVILY ON OUR VOLUNTEERS, SO I'LL TAKE THAT REAL QUICK AS A PLUG. IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS A CERTAIN NICHE THAT THEY THINK IS IMPERATIVE AND IMPORTANT TO THE YOUTH, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE. LET US KNOW. WE WILL GLADLY PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE RIGHT FOLKS, GET YOU TRAINED AND GET YOU TEACHING AND WORKING WITH SOME OF THESE KIDDOS IN OUR COUNTY. NEXT, IF Y'ALL ARE READY, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE PROCLAMATION. Y'ALL. OKAY? OKAY. 2026 NATIONAL FOR A WEEK PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL FOUR WEEK THEME, BEYOND READY REMINDS US THAT FOUR-H IS BUILDING A READY GENERATION IN A WORLD OF CHANGE AND EQUIPS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE WHILE MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE TODAY. WHEREAS, FOUR-H IS AMERICA'S LARGEST YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, SUPPORTING 6 MILLION YOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND WHEREAS, FOUR-H PROGRAMS ARE DELIVERED BY A COOPERATIVE, EXTENSIVE SYSTEM, A COMMUNITY OF MORE THAN 100 PUBLIC LAND GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE NATION THAT PROVIDES EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN BY DOING. WHEREAS, FOR AGES, IN EVERY CITY COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES AND HELPS 6 MILLION YOUTH BECOME ENGAGED SUCCESSFULLY AND INDEPENDENTLY. AND WHEREAS FOUR-H CONNECTS YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS TO THEIR COMMUNITY, PREPARING THEM FOR WORK AND LIFE THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL, INQUIRY BASED LEARNING, WHILE PROVIDING IMMERSIVE RESEARCH FOR POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEREAS, EXPANDING FROM STRONG AGRICULTURAL ROOTS, FOUR-H HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE EXPLORE THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND GROW INTO PRODUCTIVE ADULTS. AND WHEREAS, SUPPORTING FUTURE LEADERS IN SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IS AN IMPORTANT IMPERATIVE FOR OUR U.S. 
          DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. NATURAL OR NATIONAL INSTITUTION OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE FOUR-H PROGRAM. I JUDGE THAT CONCLUDES US READING THE PROCLAMATION. IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHEN WHERE Y'ALL ARE FINISHED, IF WE CAN TAKE A BIG GROUP PHOTO LIKE WE DO EVERY YEAR, WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT WITH YOU. WE WOULD WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT. FIRST OFF, BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION, I JUST WANT TO EXTEND. MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF YOU BEING HERE TODAY. THIS IS I WILL SAY THIS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE SHARPEST GROUP I'VE EVER SEEN. Y'ALL LOOK GREAT. Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, I, I CAN NEVER SAY ENOUGH ABOUT FOUR-H AND THE SKILLS THAT IT GIVES YOU AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROGRAM AND LEARN THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING. I PROMISE YOU, WHEN YOU GET ON IN LIFE, WHETHER YOU GO TO COLLEGE OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MILES AHEAD OF THE PACK BECAUSE OF THE SKILLS THAT YOU'VE ACQUIRED DURING YOUR TIME FOR AGE. IT IS, YOU KNOW, HELPING TO SHAPE YOU AS A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE. AND Y'ALL ARE SHARP AS A TACK. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING. I WISH Y'ALL ALL THE BEST IN THE UPCOMING SHOW. 
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I KNOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND FOR THOSE OUT THERE WHO ARE LISTENING OR WATCHING, PLEASE. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE PROBABLY THE BEST THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN IN WALLER COUNTY, WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUTH AND EDUCATION IN WALLER COUNTY. AND THESE FOLKS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THEIR PROJECTS. THEY'RE READY TO SHOW THEIR PROJECTS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY, THEY LEARN THESE SKILLS DURING THE PROCESS AND THEY CAN RAISE SOME GOOD MONEY FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION. SO OUTSTANDING JOB, EVERYONE. I WANT TO JUST TELL Y'ALL EACH INDIVIDUALLY. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SUCCESSFUL. IF YOU'VE GOT YEARS AHEAD OF YOU, CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH FOUR-H. 
          YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE TO GRADUATION. GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVORS. I KNOW YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL IN FOUR-H WILL BE A BIG PART OF THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE DYESS BEFORE WE TAKE. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD WE ARE OF YOU GUYS. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WATCH SEVERAL OF YOU GROW UP. CHARLES, I KNOW YOU'RE ALMOST SEVEN FEET TALL NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, FOUR H AND FFA HAD SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON ME. AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON YOU GUYS. YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT NOW, BUT IT'S SUCH A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION. YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S DEPRESSING TO TURN ON THE TV OR GET ON FACEBOOK. YOU SEE ABOUT KIDS GETTING IN TROUBLE DOING THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T. BUT CHIEF, I GUARANTEE YOU PROBABLY NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF THESE KIDS IN THE GREEN JACKET BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET IN TROUBLE. THEY'RE OUT IN THE PEN TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS. BUT YOU GUYS ARE AN INSPIRATION TO US AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PROUD TO SUPPORT YOU THIS COMING UP WEEK. SO BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN EVER DO FOR YOU GUYS AND MR. FORD AND SEAN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH THESE KIDDOS. YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE A SECOND FAMILY TO THEM. 
          BUT, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, FORD AND SEAN. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL AND WHAT YOU ALL DO TO POUR INTO THE NEXT GENERATION. I FEEL LIKE WE GREW UP TOGETHER FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. BEING ABLE TO, TO SEE SOME OF YOU ALL AND HOW YOU ALL GOT BETTER. 
          LOOK THE FLOOR OF WHAT YOU COULD, YOU COULD BECOME AND DO IS COMMISSIONER OR JUDGE ELECT JUSTIN. AND SO FEEL ALL THE PRESSURE OF GOING OFF TO DO BETTER THINGS THAN HE'S DONE. 
          AND THESE GUYS DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT YOU TOO MUCH BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO SPEED UP THE MEETING TO HAVE YOU ALL UP HERE EARLY SO YOU GUYS CAN GO BACK TO CLASS. I WAS THE ONE THAT WAS REALLY TRYING TO LOOK OUT FOR YOU ALL. BUT BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE PROCLAMATION, I'D LIKE TO USE A BIT OF MY TIME TO DO SOMETHING AND ASK FOR THE THREE SENIORS TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT FOUR-H HAS DONE FOR THEM, AND THEN WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU ALL, WHETHER THAT'S COLLEGE OR. I'M TAMMY HARRIS. I AM A SENIOR AT WALLER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY, SORRY. HE JUST LAUGHED AT ME. FOR EACH HAS ACTUALLY DONE A LOT FOR ME. I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN HOCKLEY AND I STAYED IN A HOUSE MY WHOLE LIFE. I WAS THAT KID THAT YOU SAW ON A PHONE CONSTANTLY. I WAS THE IPAD KID. WELL, NOW YOU'LL EVER YOU'LL RARELY EVER SEE ME ON MY PHONE. 
          I'M ALWAYS AT THE BARN WORKING MY HEIFERS. I'M CONSTANTLY DOING SOMETHING FOR FOUR-H. SO FOR H HAS PUT ME OUT THERE AND TURNED ME FROM AN INTROVERT OR AN EXTROVERT. SO IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP ME IN MY LONG RUN OF ACTUALLY HOPING TO GO TO TEXAS A AND M. AND THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP ME JOIN THE CLUBS I WANT TO JOIN BECAUSE I WANT TO DO THE TEXAS A AND M CATTLEWOMEN AND SO THAT WOULD, I THINK FOR ME IS JUST PUT THAT UPPER HAND AND IT'S GIVEN ME A BETTER WAY TO DO INTERVIEWS AS WELL TO GET THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW TEXAS A AND M IS NOT THE CHEAPEST SCHOOL TO GO TO. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. MAKE SURE TO COUNTY JUDGE WRITE YOU A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION. MY NAME IS MADISON JACKSON. I'M A SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. 
          THIS IS ONLY MY THIRD YEAR IN FOUR-H, BUT I HAVE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH BEING GIVEN A LOT OF LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MY FOUR-H HORSE CLUB THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS A HUGE JUMP BECAUSE I NEVER SAW MYSELF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND SO IT'S BEEN A HUGE BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE AND DO THINGS LIKE THIS AND BE ABLE TO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND GROW THE THE PEOPLE I KNOW AND THE PEOPLE I'M SUPPORTED BY AND THE PEOPLE THAT I LEARN FROM. SO MY NEXT STEPS IS I PLAN ON GOING TO COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL AND BEING ABLE TO DO LICENSING WITH HAIRSTYLING, MAKEUP AND EVERYTHING, BECAUSE MY MAIN GOAL IN LIFE IS TO BE A GODLY WIFE AND MOTHER AND HOMESCHOOL MY STUDENTS AS WELL. BUT I DO BELIEVE ALSO IN PROVERBS 31, IT SAYS, A VIRTUOUS WOMAN DOES LEARN A TRADE, AND SHE'S ABLE TO ALSO HELP, PROVIDE AND BRING FOR HER HOME, NOT AS HER MAIN PRIORITY, BUT AS A SECONDARY SOLUTION IN CASE THEY DO NEED MORE. AND SO THAT IS MY PLAN WITH GOING TO COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ALEXANDER JOHNSTON AND I'VE BEEN IN FOR SINCE I WAS TEN, SO ABOUT 7 OR 8 YEARS. AND HONESTLY, MY MOM 
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MADE ME DO IT. SO. BUT BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO STAY HOME ALL THE TIME, BUT IT REALLY GOT ME OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND BEING BECOMING A JUNIOR AMBASSADOR REALLY STEPPED UP MY LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND BECAME, BECAME LIKE, LIKE SHOWED MY LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL BECAUSE LIKE, NOW I'M THE PRESIDENT OF FFA FOR OUR SCHOOL, I'M VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT COUNCIL, AND I'M A CAPTAIN ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM. AND LIKE, IT'S JUST IF I DIDN'T HAVE FOUR-H OR ANY OF THAT, I WOULDN'T HAVE SHOWN THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT I HAVE TODAY. AND I WOULDN'T HAVE MET ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE AS FRIENDS NOW. AND IT'S JUST REALLY JUST, I MEAN, STEPPED UP MY WHOLE LIKE GAME IN LIFE, STEPPED ME UP A STEP AHEAD AGAINST EVERYBODY ELSE. AND THAT'S, I MEAN, JUST PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT DID FOR ME. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TO TELL MOM. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. DALTON. OH, AND I PLANT. OH. GO AHEAD. AND I GOT ACCEPTED TO TARLETON STATE, BUT I'M STILL SHOOTING FOR TEXAS A AND M, BUT IF I DON'T GET INTO THAT, I'M JUST GOING TO TRANSFER AFTER A YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO YEAH, HANG IN THERE. HANG IN THERE. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. SEE, THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THAT JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND, AND HOW IT CAN HAVE AN OUTSTANDING IMPACT IN A YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE. SO, YOU KNOW, AND JUDGE, YOU KNOW, TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S 100% FREE TO JOIN. AND THEY, THEY DON'T DO JUST ANIMALS. THEY DO ROBOTICS, THEY DO HEALTHY LIVING, THE LEADERSHIP STUFF. AND SO IF YOU'VE GOT A YOUNG CHILD AT HOME OR KNOW A KID THAT YOU KNOW, NEEDS SOMETHING TO DO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CHAPTERS DO WE HAVE NOW? 14. TWO COUPLE NEW ONES. SO WE'VE GOT RIGHT AT 13 CLUBS, 13, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE GOT THEM FROM THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY TO THE SOUTH END. 
          AND SO IT'S A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION. THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH, BUT THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND IT'S ALL FREE TO JOIN. AND SO IF YOU KNOW OF A YOUNG PERSON THAT THAT THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD FIT, GET WITH MR. FORD OR SEAN, THEY'LL POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, YOU KNOW THIS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THANK Y'ALL. YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATE IN FOUR-H. BUT REALLY THE, THE TRUE STARS IS, YOU KNOW, OUR EXTENSION OFFICE STAFF AND YOU GUYS, WHAT YOU ALL DO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, ALL THE MOM AND DADS, EVERYBODY THAT IS JUST INVOLVED AND SPENDS HOURS UPON HOURS UPON HOURS INVESTING IN THEIR FUTURE. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. THAT'S ONE OF THE THAT'S WHAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES WALLER COUNTY ONE OF THE BEST COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WITHOUT A DOUBT. SO IT TAKES A VILLAGE. YEAH. SO. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MAKE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE SUCCESSFUL. SO WITH THAT, YEAH, LET'S WHY DON'T WE VOTE ON THE PROCLAMATION? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. AND SECOND, TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          ALL OPPOSED. PROCLAMATION IS APPROVED. LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S OKAY. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO BE 181 DAY IN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, PLEASE. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. 
          OH MY GOD. I GOT. I'M AFRAID OF CHICKENS. I APPRECIATE THAT GOT. OKAY. THAT WAS AWESOME. I LOOK 
          [COUNTY JUDGE (Part 1 of 2)]
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FORWARD TO THAT EVERY YEAR. OKAY SO NOW WE WILL JUMP BACK TO NUMBER 41. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION BECAUSE IT HAS THERE'S SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. SO I JUDGE DUHON MOVE TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE BASED ON NEW VALUE REFLECTED IN THE 2027 BUDGET. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. 
          I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THAT'LL MOVE US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 42. AGAIN THIS IS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE PRESCRIBED BY STATUTE. I JUDGE DUHON MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY AN ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE 0.558466, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 3.5% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE IN ADOPTING THIS 2026 TOTAL TAX RATE, THE COURT ORDERS THE TOTAL TAX RATE TO BE LEVIED AS FOLLOWS FOR THE FOLLOWING FUNDS 42.428905 PER $100 OF TAXABLE PROPERTY FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE GENERAL FUND. 0.023116 PER $100 OF TAXABLE PROPERTY FOR THE FARM TO MARKET ROADS, AND 0.106445 PER $100 OF TAXABLE PROPERTY FOR INTEREST AND SINKING FUND OF THE GENERAL FUND. THAT IS THE MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. JUDGE. THIS NEEDS TO BE A ROLL CALL. VOTE A ROLL CALL VOTE. OKAY. SO THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE. SO I'LL JUST CALL EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY'S NAME OUT. YOU SAY YAY OR NAY. COMMISSIONER BECKENDORFF COMMISSIONER JONES YEAH, MY VOTE IS YAY, COMMISSIONER SMITH. YAY, YAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN COMMISSIONER AMSLER IS NOT HERE TODAY, SO THE MOTION WILL PASS 4 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE WILL NOW AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A SMALL CHANGE. WE'RE GOING TO DO 44 FIRST AND THEN WE'LL DO 43. SO 44 IS A PRESENTATION OF THE 50% CD BUDGET CONSTRUCTION DESIGN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT STANDS FOR. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. 
          BUDGET ESTIMATE ON THE JUSTICE TOWN. DAMN. GOOD MORNING COURT. WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING FROM. SADAKO AND BSW ARCHITECTS ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE JUSTICE TOWER PROJECT. RUSS GARRISON WAS GOING TO BE HERE THIS MORNING, BUT HE GOT CAUGHT UP IN SOME BAD TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF FORT WORTH AND WASN'T GOING TO MAKE THE TIME, SO HE HAD TO TURN BACK. I'M SURE HE'S WATCHING. SO I HAVE DAVID RITZ HERE THIS MORNING. COME ON UP. HE'S GOING TO TAKE OVER FOR RUSS AND RYAN. ARE YOU GOING TO COME TO SOME OF THE PRESENTATION. WE HAVE OUR LEAD ARCHITECT RYAN MCLEMORE TO BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION AND YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          AND THEN THEY WILL BE TURNING THAT OVER TO BEN ROSENBERG WHO WILL DISCUSS THE FINANCING. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. JUST A SECOND TO. GET THE PASSWORD IN AND BRING THIS UP. OKAY. SO I HAVE RYAN MCLEMORE WITH BS ARCHITECTS WITH ME. 
          FIRST OFF, I'M DAVE RITZ, PRECONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR CIDCO. THANKS FOR HAVING US TO PRESENT. I ALSO HAVE GABBY HERE TO SUPPORT ME IN CASE I FALL. I DIDN'T GO TO FOUR H SO 52 YEARS OLD STILL GET NERVOUS DOING THIS. BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT A BRIEF BUDGET UPDATE FOR YOU FOR THE WALLER COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER. THERE'S YOUR RENDERING OF WHAT THE FACILITY WILL GENERALLY LOOK LIKE, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN. AND JUST A UPDATE ON ON THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH FOR ABOUT THE LAST FIVE WEEKS. WE RECEIVED A SET FROM THE ARCHITECT, AS COMPLETE AS THEY COULD GET IT. IN MID-AUGUST, WE SOLICITED THE TRADE CONTRACTOR COMMUNITY AND RECEIVED 35 DIFFERENT TRADE CATEGORY RESPONSES AND 56 DIFFERENT BUDGET ESTIMATES TO HELP US ASCERTAIN WHAT WE BELIEVE THE PROJECT IS WORTH. MULTIPLE BUDGET ESTIMATES ACROSS OUR MAJOR TRADE CATEGORIES. WE ALSO PERFORMED IN-HOUSE QUANTIFICATION AND OUR OWN ESTIMATING TO VALIDATE WHERE WE ARE TODAY. MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE THAT THERE 
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HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM SINCE THE JUNE BUDGET PRESENTATION, SO THIS SLIDE SEEKS TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THOSE. THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT WAS WAS MOVED A LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST. 
          THIS HELPS FOR A FUTURE TOWER EXPANSION. IF WE NEED THAT TO MOVE BACK TO THE WEST WITHOUT ENCROACHING ON THE POND. WE ARE ALSO FULL OF FULLY DEVELOPING THE POND TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE SITE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH. SO THOSE COSTS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED IN WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. WE HAVE A SECURE CORRIDOR LEADING FROM THE JAIL TO THIS FACILITY. WE HAVE ENCLOSED THAT CORRIDOR. WE'VE EXTENDED THAT CORRIDOR, AND WE HAVE INCLUDED TEMPORARY COOLING FOR THAT. WE HAVE THE GEOTECHNICAL REPORT. THE PROJECT IS BEING BUILT ON PART OF THE DETENTION POND AS IT SITS TODAY. SO THE SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LED TO A REQUIREMENT FOR A SUSPENDED FOUNDATION FOR THE PROJECT. WE HAVE INCLUDED THE FINISH OUT OF THE D, A SPACE ON THE FOURTH FLOOR THAT WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU HAD SEEN BEFORE. 
          WE'VE ALLOWED FOR POSSIBLE TRAFFIC IMPACT DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY TO FOR MAYBE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR DECELERATION LANE, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT WE MIGHT GET IMPACTED WITH. WE'VE WE'VE INCLUDED IN MOVING THE FACILITY TO THE EAST. BASICALLY, IT ENSURES THAT THE 506. OPERATION CAN STAY IN PLACE WHILE THIS FACILITY IS BEING BUILT, WHICH WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS, OR AT LEAST THE USERS OF THAT THAT FACILITY. AND THEN THE BUDGET BASICALLY INCLUDES RESTORATION OF THAT AREA TO BASICALLY A GRASSY AREA. WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE COUNTY, MOVING THOSE MODULAR BUILDINGS OFF OF THAT LOCATION, WE HAVE ALSO INCORPORATED INCORPORATED A MASONRY EXTERIOR, NOW A LIMESTONE MASONRY INSTEAD OF THE CERAMIC. PRODUCT THAT WE USED ON THE OUTSIDE. IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGET, WE'VE EXPANDED THE DETENTION REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH FLOOR. WE'VE INCLUDED A D, A, D, A S CELLULAR SYSTEM THAT WILL, JUST LIKE THIS BUILDING HAS. AND WE'VE INCLUDED A KIND OF A LATE ADD FOR A DELIVERY BUILDING ADDITION OF 1000FT THAT BECAME NECESSARY. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO ACCOMMODATED GAS SERVICE EXTENSION, WHICH WILL KEEP THE THE CURRENT GENERATOR FOR THE 506 ONLINE. AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROJECT. BOY, THAT'S NOT VERY BIG, IS IT? ALL RIGHT. HOW DO WE DO THAT? ANY IT PEOPLE CAN HELP ME BLOW THAT UP. CONTROL. OH, IT'LL BE RIGHT THERE. I THINK. THERE WE GO. 
          HOW'S THAT? NOT BAD FOR AN OLD AG. OKAY, SO JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY HERE. WE ARE TOTALING ON THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET ITSELF AT A AT $114,500,000. THIS GIVES YOU SOME PARAMETERS. 
          AND MR. ROTH HAS THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL. BUT THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY AT 100 AND ALMOST 172,000FT. YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COST SITE VERSUS BUILDING VERSUS THE CONTINGENCIES WE'RE CARRYING. WE'RE CARRYING ESCALATION THROUGH THE FEW MONTHS WE HAVE HERE TO, TO GET THE PROJECT TO A GMP, OUR, OUR INSURANCES AND FEES AND DESIGN COST AND PRE-CONSTRUCTION. SO THAT'S WHAT TOTALS THOSE ELEMENTS. WE DO HAVE SOME REIMBURSABLES THAT HAVE BEEN PAID TO DATE. SO THAT'S BEEN FACTORED IN. AND EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LINE IS COMING TO THE WELL. AND I SHOULD SAY THE YOU CAN SEE THE COST WITH DESIGN FEES AT 114 500 IN THIS RED BOX, LESS THE DESIGN FEES CURRENTLY PAID AT A -4 MILLION IS 110 FOR THE PROJECT, PLUS THE OWNER'S FEE. SOFT COSTS. SO WE'VE ALLOWED 
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12%, WHICH IS WHAT WAS ALLOWED AT THE LAST BUDGET. VERY UNLIKELY THAT YOU WOULD EVEN GET CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER. SO THAT THAT CAN PROBABLY BE WORKED ON. BUT INCLUDING THAT VALUE, WE ARE SITTING AT 123.6 MARK AND FULLY INTEND TO TO BRING THE PROJECT IN UNDER THAT MARK. JUST A FEW QUICK QUALIFICATIONS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE 506 AND THAT WE'LL KEEP THAT UP AND RUNNING AND MOVE THOSE MODULARS OFF AT THE END OF THE JOB. THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT MAYBE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT THE DETENTION POND, SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS AND THAT KIND OF THING. WE'VE NOT ACCOMMODATED ANYTHING LIKE THAT YET. WE'VE WE'VE JUST GRADED THAT HYDRO, MULCHED IT AND TEMPORARY IRRIGATED THAT. BUT OUT OF THE 12% BELOW, WE WOULD EXPECT THE FEE COST, THE MATERIAL TESTING, THE NORMAL, THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES, ELECTRICAL SERVICES, AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, LICENSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR ACCESS CONTROL AND MAYBE BUILDING AUTOMATION. WE DO HAVE THE FULL SYSTEMS INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT. SO WITH THAT MOVING TO ANOTHER SLIDE, IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUT OF THIS. PROBABLY WAY TOO MUCH ZOOM. LET'S SEE. ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO OUR NEXT STEPS IN PROJECT DELIVERY, WE ARE SET TO COMPLETE THE GMP. THE GMP BID SET IS DUE TO CIDCO BY ACTUALLY, OCTOBER THE 30TH, WE WILL BEGIN TO SOLICIT THE TRADE CONCEPT CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOP THE GMP, WHICH IS DUE TO DUE TO YOU GUYS ON THE NINTH TO BE APPROVED AT THAT TIME. 
          AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL GET NOTICE TO PROCEED IN JANUARY AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT WITH A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS OF A PROJECT TO BE COMPLETE IN MARCH OF 2029. WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S JUST QUESTIONS. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN THOSE. NOW I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. WHAT WERE THE IMPACTS ON THIS BUDGET OF THOSE CHANGES THAT YOU ITEMIZED? AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION, SINCE THE LAST TIME WE HAD A PRESENTATION, THOSE SCOPE CHANGES WERE PROBABLY IN THE $10 MILLION RANGE PLUS MARKUPS. AND WHAT, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR MOVING FROM THE ONE FINISHED EXTERIOR TO THE LIMESTONE? IS IT PURELY JUST AN ESTHETIC THING? GO AHEAD. I'LL LET THE ITS ESTHETICS IN LONG TERM. JUST GOING SOLID MASONRY LIKE THAT. I MEAN THAT'S IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A 50 YEAR PLUS BUILDING THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IT OUT OF. OKAY. THAT ONE DIDN'T MAKE UP TOO MUCH OF THE COST, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ADDED. ANYTHING. DISCUSSION. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE THE ALL IN PRICE OF FURNITURE AND EVERYTHING? YES, SIR. AND THAT F.F.A. YES, SIR. 
          WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD BEHIND THE SCENES TRYING TO GET THIS PUT TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, IT'S A LITTLE IRONIC THAT THIS MORNING AS I WAS GETTING DRESSED, THERE WAS A LITTLE BLURB ABOUT THE FED MEETING TODAY AND THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY RAISING THE INTEREST RATE. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF UP AGAINST THE CLOCK UNFORTUNATELY. BUT THE COUNTY IS NOT SLOWING DOWN. THE GROWTH IS NOT SLOWING DOWN. THE DOCKETS ARE NOT GETTING SMALLER BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION. SO BUT ANYWAY, I, I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BSW THAT ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THESE NUMBERS. SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHEN WE GET TO THAT GMP, THAT'S GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. WE DO NOT. ONCE WE EXECUTE THAT, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EXPOSURE ABOVE THAT. SO EVEN IF SOMETHING GOES CRAZY, INTEREST RATES GO CRAZY. INFLATION GOES CRAZY. WE, WE, WE ARE LOCKED IN. SO AND WE HAVE SEEN MANY TIMES BEFORE WITH OTHER PROJECTS THAT GENERALLY OUR PAST EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN, WE END UP COMING IN UNDER BUDGET, WHICH IS GOOD. SO ANYWAY, JUST WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING TO GET GET TO THIS NUMBER. SO IT'S A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. I SEE ON THEIR 2029 WE CAN SQUEEZE IN 2020 8TH DECEMBER. WE'LL GO AS FAST AS WE CAN, SIR. AND WE'RE 
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NOT TO WE'RE NOT EVEN TO GMP YET. SO WEATHER PERMITTING. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. AND NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 43. THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION BY OUR FINANCE ADVISOR, BEN ROSENBERG. REGARDING TO THE REGARDING RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF CEOS. WHERE ARE YOU, BEN? THERE YOU ARE. SORRY. LOOKING OUT HERE. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU AGAIN. MY NAME IS BEN ROSENBERG WITH US CAPITAL WEALTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCING OF THIS POTENTIAL JUSTICE TOWER WE'VE LOOKED AT, AND I ASKED THEM TO GO FIRST, BECAUSE YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FINANCING. AND I THINK I APPRECIATE THAT GOING FIRST AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNT. WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT FINANCING ALTERNATIVES FOR THE COUNTY. WE CHOSE THE CERTIFICATE OF CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION FINANCING INSTRUMENT. IT HAS STIPULATIONS AND STATUTES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. SO WE TRY TO DO THAT. 
          IN AN IDEAL WORLD, YOU WOULD BORROW MONEY RIGHT AT THE TIME THAT YOU KNEW EXACTLY HOW MUCH THE THING COST AND NOT BORROW A PENNY MORE. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE STATUTES, WE HAVE TIMING AND REGULATIONS. SO TODAY, IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT FINANCING OF IT, WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC. IT'S OUR INTENT TO BORROW THIS MONEY, AND OUR INTENT IS THAT WE'LL BE BACK HERE ON THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER. WE HAVE TO WAIT 45 DAYS. WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. ON THE SAME DAY, PUT IT ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE FOR 45 DAYS, AND AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. SO BASED ON THEIR LAST BUDGET, WE PUT IN $125 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE, AND I'VE TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT THEM IN COLORS HERE AND IN IN GREEN, A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. TODAY WAS THE FIRST ONE WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT AMOUNT, BUT WE HAVE TO TELL THE PUBLIC AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. SO AND THEN WE WILL BE BACK HERE ON THE 18TH OF DECEMBER IS WHEN YOU WOULD ACTUALLY LOCK NOVEMBER WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOCK IN THE RATES. SO RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT. THE FED IS EVERYBODY IS SAYING THEY'RE EXPECTING TO RAISE THE RATES TODAY. THERE IS A BIG ELECTION BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. SO MAYBE THE MARKETS WILL STABILIZE. NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO. BUT WE WE POSITIONED THAT A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE ELECTION. SO AND THAT HAS TO BE AT A REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING. SO THERE'S ALL THESE STIPULATIONS. SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC. IT'S OUR INTENT TO BORROW THIS MONEY AT A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. AND WE'LL BE BACK HERE ON NOVEMBER THE 18TH. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN BETWEEN. PREPARE ALL THE OFFERING DOCUMENTS, SECURE THE CREDIT RATING, AND THEN WE WILL DO A COMPETITIVE MARKET SALE AND HOPEFULLY GET YOU THE LOWEST INTEREST RATE AVAILABLE TO YOU AT THAT TIME. ON THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? WE'RE NOT BORROWING MONEY TODAY. WE'RE JUST TELLING THE PUBLIC'S OUR INTENT TO BORROW THIS MONEY. AND ON THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER, THEY'LL HAVE 100% OF THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. SO WE COULD LOWER THE AMOUNT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY ADVERTISE. AND ON THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER, WE CAN ACTUALLY LOWER THE AMOUNT. ON THE DAY THAT YOU BORROW A PERCENTAGE AMOUNT. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE TIMES THAT WE CAN GO BELOW THAT IF WE WANT TO BORROW LESS THAN THAT. IF YOU SO CHOOSE. ANY QUESTIONS. I LIKE TO TALK A BIT. WELL, BEN, WE, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY AND APPRECIATE THE, THE INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD SUCCESS WHEN WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY ON THE INTEREST RATE SIDE. SO FINGERS CROSSED. I SAID IT SEEMS LIKE THE CLOCK IS ALWAYS TICKING. 
          THAT'S FOR SURE. BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE TIME FRAME IS. AND AT THAT COURT MEETING YOU NEED SUPERMAJORITY ALSO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY INITIATING A TAX. TODAY IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THAT. 
          BUT YOU WILL NEED FOR THERE ON ON THE 18TH AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU BEN. OKAY. THAT 
          [AUDITOR ]
CONCLUDES NUMBER 43. WE'VE ALREADY DONE 44. 45 IS GOING TO BE WITHDRAWN AT THIS TIME. THEY ARE NOT WE'RE NOT I THINK THEY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. I THINK YOU NEED TO VOTE. 43 
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I'M SORRY TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. OH, THERE IS AN ACTION ITEM IN THERE. YES, SIR. 
          [COUNTY JUDGE (Part 2 of 2)]
OKAY. SO WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT. I'M SORRY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL FOR CALLING MY ATTENTION TO THAT. ALL RIGHT. 45 IS WITHDRAWN. 46. WE'VE ALREADY DONE. LET'S GO TO 
          [TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR ]
NUMBER 47, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION OF THE AUGUST 26TH COLLECTION REPORT BY CAROLYN MCKEE, OUR TAX ASSESSOR. COLLECTOR. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO BEFORE YOU YOU HAVE THE AUGUST COLLECTION REPORT FOR THE COUNTY. WE COLLECTED 197,000, A TOTAL OF 443,000 FOR ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THAT WE COLLECT FOR THE LAW FIRMS COLLECTED PURDUE. PURDUE COLLECTED 104,000 AND LINEBERGER WAS ALMOST 7000. YOU'LL SEE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS THE VEHICLE REPORT. THE MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT. WE HAD ALMOST 30,000 TRANSACTIONS. 
          AGAIN AND TO THE TEXAS DMV WAS $650,000 THAT WE COLLECTED AND TURNED OVER TO THEM. WALLER COUNTY GOT 93,000 THAT WE COLLECTED FOR THE COUNTY WAS A TOTAL OF 744,000 THAT WE DID. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A COPY OF THE REPORT. OH. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. I MEAN, YOU'VE GIVEN US ALL THE NUMBERS. I JUST I DIDN'T SEE IT. IT'S NOT IN THE PACKET. OKAY. I THOUGHT IT GOT SCANNED INTO Y'ALL'S SCREENS. I'M SORRY. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. SORRY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. ALL RIGHT. HOW MUCH CAN YOU TOUCH ON THE FACT OF WHEN WE GIVE. YOUR HISTORY AND INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE, WHEN WE GIVE TAX ABATEMENTS, HOW THAT PLAYS A PART I. THAT'S A SEPARATE DEAL THAN US RECEIVING COMMERCIAL TAXES. SO WHENEVER THEY'RE GETTING THEIR ABATEMENT, Y'ALL PUT RESTRICTIONS ON THOSE COMPANIES TO HOW MANY EMPLOYEES THEY'RE GOING TO EMPLOY. AND THAT AND ALSO THE TIME FRAME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE. AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE BEING EXCUSED OF THEIR TAXES. USUALLY IF IT'S DONE, LET'S SAY ON A TEN YEAR SPAN THEIR FIRST YEAR, THEY MAY NOT BE PAYING ANY TAXES. AND THEN IT'S GOING TO PROGRESSIVELY GO UP UNTIL AT THE END OF THEIR ABATEMENT, THEY'RE AT FULL TAX RATE. AND BECAUSE OF THEIR VALUE, IT'S AN INCENTIVE TO COME INTO OUR COUNTY. AND IT'S AN INCENTIVE TO BRING THESE LARGER COMPANIES IN. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR A WHILE. SO IN THE LONG RUN, AS OPPOSED FOR THEM TO GO INTO HARRIS COUNTY OR FORT BEND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY'RE WE'RE BRINGING THE REVENUE IN. SO DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. IT DOES. OKAY. AND I WILL SAY THIS, AND I APPRECIATE SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TAXES, I DO WANT TO I EXPAND ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THAT. OUR SHORTFALL ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE IS DUE TO ABATEMENTS. WE'VE GRANTED THAT THAT FIRST OFF IS IS JUST FALSE. COULDN'T BE FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH. IN FACT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE DOING ABATEMENTS, IT'S BECAUSE IT ONE, IT'S A COMPETITIVE SITUATION. THAT COMPANY HAS A CHOICE. THEY'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE SITES. WE WANT THEM TO BE IN WALLER COUNTY BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY'RE BRINGING JOBS. THEY'RE BRINGING VALUE. SO WHEN TESLA OF ALL COMPANIES, WANTS TO MANUFACTURE SOMETHING IN WALLER COUNTY, WE'RE GOING TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS WE CAN BE AND AS WE SHOULD. THEY'VE ALREADY HAD OTHER FACILITIES IN WALLER COUNTY, AND THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT CORPORATE PARTNER. BUT THE PROBLEM THIS YEAR, AND THIS WAS THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT AT THE BUDGET HEARING ON THE TAX APPRAISAL, EXCUSE ME, THE WALLER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THEY HAVE ONE COMMERCIAL APPRAISER. RIGHT. THAT COMMERCIAL ONE ONE COMMERCIAL APPRAISER FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY, THAT APPRAISER DURING THE ARB PROCESS LEFT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND DECIDED TO NO LONGER THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE. SO WE WERE LEFT WITHOUT A COMMERCIAL APPRAISER AT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, WHICH WE DO NOT OVERSEE. THEY DO THEIR OWN ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR VALUES, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD DIRECTLY TO COMMISSIONER BECKENDORFF BY BECKY COROLLA THAT BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HAD TO TAKE A LOT OF COMMERCIAL APPRAISALS AT FACE VALUE BASED ON THE TAXPAYER'S VERSION. SO, AND I CAN PROMISE YOU THIS I WAS IN THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY, DRIVING DOWN ONE OF THE TEAM. MAC HAD A GRAND OPENING OF THEIR NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY. SEEING THE VALUE THAT'S ON THE GROUND DOWN THERE, I CAN TELL YOU WE ARE NOT GETTING THE VALUE WE SHOULD BE GETTING AND HOPEFULLY WE'VE GOT A THERE IS A PLAN IN 
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PLACE. I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PLUG THE GAPS AND HAVE THE COMMERCIAL STAFF, THE STAFF ON HAND, OR IF THEY HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY OUTSIDE TO MAKE SURE WE DO A BETTER JOB ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, BECAUSE WHEN THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAXPAYERS DON'T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, THEY ARE SHIFTING THAT BURDEN OVER TO OUR RESIDENTIAL TAXPAYERS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE CANNOT ALLOW TO HAPPEN. THANKFULLY, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE STILL HAVE A STRONG TAX BASE. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEW VALUE ON THE GROUND AND YOU LOOK AT OUR TAX BASE AS A WHOLE AND THE WALLER COUNTY TAX BASE, EXCLUDING ALL THE NEW STUFF, ONLY GREW BY $5 MILLION COUNTY WIDE. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S AMISS. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GET CORRECTED. AND JUDGE ELECT BECKENDORFF WILL HAVE THE REVENUE THAT HE NEEDS TO PLUG THE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BASICALLY MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT NEED TO BE PROVIDED AND ALSO MAYBE LOWER THE TAX RATE IN THE PROCESS. I MEAN, IT REMAINS THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER BUDGET CYCLE. BUT THE REASON IS NOT BECAUSE OF AN ABATEMENT THAT WE GAVE THE TESLA. I'M SORRY. NO. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU GIVE AN ABATEMENT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY THAT WAS IN AG EXEMPTION WHERE WE WERE COLLECTING A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS. EVEN WITH AN ABATEMENT, WE ARE STILL COLLECTING TENS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE FROM THAT PROJECT, EVEN WITH THE ABATEMENT. ABSOLUTELY. SO I HAVE ONE QUESTION. WELL, AND ONE OF THE ABATEMENTS, WE DON'T ABATE THE DIRT. THE THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN'T ABATE THE DIRT. IT'S EVERYTHING ABOVE GROUND. SO THAT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. CORRECT. AND SECONDLY, IT WAS BECAUSE I THINK FACTS ARE IMPORTANT. WE CAN'T JUST MAKE UP OUR OWN FACTS. SO DO YOU COLLECT SALES TAX. SOME OF THE JURISDICTIONS WE DO. RIGHT. BUT DOES THE COUNTY COLLECT SALES TAX. DO YOU COLLECT SALES TAX? I DO NOT WALLER COUNTY DOES NOT NOW AND NEVER HAS COLLECTED SALES TAX. 
          AND MOST OF THE TIME MANUFACTURING ON THE WHOLESALE. THERE IS NO SALES TAX BECAUSE IT'S WHOLESALE. SO WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS THAT WE ABATED THE SALES TAX FOR TESLA. I MEAN YOU COULD NOT BE MORE WRONG ON EVERY SINGLE COUNT THERE. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THE OTHER THING THAT THE JUDGE AND I TALKED ABOUT, WHY WAS THAT CONFERENCE THAT CAME UP THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR VALUE WAS WAS H.B. FIVE THAT BUSINESSES THIS PAST YEAR, WHENEVER THEY HAVE A LOWER VALUE, THERE HAS BEEN A LAW THAT'S PASSED THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER TAXED ON THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY ASSETS. SO THAT AFFECTED US SOME TO THAT WAS LIKE SMALL BUSINESS THING. IT IS, IT IS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANOTHER BENEFIT TO THE ABATEMENT PROCESS TOO, IS THAT THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE. REVENUE FROM ROLLBACK TAXES THAT HAPPEN ON LAND THAT GENERALLY HAS BEEN UNDER SOME SORT OF A. EXEMPTION. 
          SO THAT CAN'T BE OVERLOOKED EITHER, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S A SIZABLE AMOUNT. WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF THOSE COME IN. A LOT OF THIS PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN IN AG FOR YEARS AND YEARS NOW THAT, AS WE KNOW, IS BEING DEVELOPED INTO SUBDIVISIONS AND OTHER THINGS AROUND. SO WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF AG COME IN THAT'S BEING ROLLED BACK. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL 
          [FIRE MARSHAL ]
RIGHT. THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE COLLECTION REPORT. AND NOW THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO AN UPDATE ON THE BURN BAN BY OUR FIRE MARSHAL. JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ACTION, BUT JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A QUICK UPDATE TO TELL YOU WHERE WE'RE AT. SO OUR AVERAGE IS AT 600. OUR MAX IS AT 677. SO WE'RE STILL EXTREMELY DRY OUT THERE. JUST FOR REFERENCE, THERE'S 213 COUNTIES NOW THAT ARE UNDER A BURN BAN DUE TO THE DROUGHT. 16 BURN BAN CALLS THANKS TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THANKS TO THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE FOR TENDING TO THOSE. WHEN FOLKS CALL IN TO GO OUT THERE AND EITHER ISSUE THEM CITATION OR HAVE THEM EXTINGUISH THE FIRE IN THE SEVEN DAY NUMBERS. SO IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, WE'VE ALSO HAD FOUR GRASS FIRES. SO THANKS TO THOSE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN 108 DEGREE WEATHER, PUTTING OUT THOSE FIRES AND KEEPING US SAFE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU MARSHAL. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, RIGHT BEFORE WE HAD THE BURN BAN, EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A BURN BAN? AND THEN WE PUT THE BURN BAN ON. AND I THINK LIKE TWO DAYS. OF COURSE, ANYTIME WE DO A BURN BAN, IT'S LIKE DOING A RAIN DANCE. AND WE HAD A 
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LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. AND I SAY A LITTLE BIT, IT WASN'T LIKE HUGE AMOUNT. THEN PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WERE STILL UNDER A BURN BAN. LIKE IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. YOU KNOW, WE GO AGAIN FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW, WE GO BY THE K B, D I INDEX, WHICH IS A MEASURE OF HOW DRY IT IS AND THE CONDITIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD CAUSE FIRE HAZARDS AND STUFF. TYPICALLY, ANYTIME THAT THAT INDEX IS OVER 500, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY PUT ON A BURN BAN. AND YOU SAID RIGHT NOW OUR AVERAGE IS AT 600. YES, SIR. SO WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO TAKE THIS. WE'RE A WAYS OFF. YES, SIR. AND, JUDGE, I WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT. YOU KNOW, I SAW THE OTHER DAY THAT SOMEBODY PUT ON FACEBOOK. I CAN'T BELIEVE WALLER COUNTY LIFTED THE BURN BAN AFTER THE FIRST RAIN. WE DIDN'T. I KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID, YOU CAN'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ ON FACEBOOK. YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW. NO. IF YOU SEE IT ON FACEBOOK, DON'T, DON'T DON'T BELIEVE IT. GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT THAT THAT IS ACCURATE. AND SO, BUT YEAH, DON'T GO AND START AND GETTING MAD AT THE COUNTY FOR TAKING THE BURN BAN OFF WHEN WE DIDN'T. SO I HAD SOMEBODY ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO ME THIS WEEK. THEY WERE UPSET BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING WHERE ON THE WEBSITE THE BURN BAN INFORMATION IS LIKE, GO TO THE HOME PAGE AND IT POPS UP. IT'S A POP UP. YEAH, IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT'S GOING TO HIT YOU IN THE FACE WHEN YOU CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER UNLESS YOU CLICK IS UNDER A BURN BAN. SO JUST GO TO THE HOME PAGE. IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING YOU SEE. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT WILL NOW BRING US TO NO CHANGE ON THE BURN BAN AGAIN. 
          REPEAT. THERE IS NO CHANGE ON THE BURN BAN UNDER A BURN BAN. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO 49, 
          [COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT 3 ]
WHICH IS A DISCUSSION ON THE WALLER COUNTY TRAVEL POLICY. THIS WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER JONES. YES. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FIRST THANK ALAN, MIKE, ROBERT, URIEL AND STAFFORD COMING TOGETHER TO WORK ON SOMETHING. IT'S NOT DRAFTED TODAY. BUT I THINK HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE HAVE WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OUR COUNTY STAFF ON HOW TO BE ABLE TO. TRAVEL OR BOOK THEIR BE MORE COUNTY FRIENDLY, AND THEN BOOKING THEIR HOTELS AND STUFF WHENEVER THEY ARE GOING TO CONFERENCES AND STUFF TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY. SO I JUST ONE REASON WHY I WANTED THIS ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE I RECEIVED EMAILS, WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT, HOW WE FOUND THE, THE SOLUTION IN WHICH BE PUSHED OUT AND MASSAGED OUT. NO. AND IF BOBBY WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON IT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, WE DID MEET AS A GROUP LAST WEEK TO TO DISCUSS THIS. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE ONE PAGER FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT WILL MAKE IT VERY CUT AND DRY AS TO WHAT THE TRAVEL POLICY IS AND HOW THEY CAN PAY FOR THE TRAVEL OR GET REIMBURSED FOR THE TRAVEL. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING SOME TRAININGS SO THAT EVERYBODY IS UP TO SPEED ON WHAT WHAT THE POLICY IS. AND WE THINK THAT THAT THAT SHOULD HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND CONFUSION. I CAN SAY MYSELF, I LEARNED A FEW THINGS IN THE MEETING LAST WEEK. SO I THINK THAT HAVING SOME WORKSHOPS WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND STAFF SHOULD HELP WITH ANY CONFUSION THAT THAT THAT THERE IS WITH THE POLICY. I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT EVERY EMPLOYEE HAS TO SIGN OFF, THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THE TRAVEL POLICY AND OTHER POLICIES WHEN THEY CAME TO WORK FOR THE COUNTY. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN EDUCATE THEM. 
          I SAY YOU EDUCATED ME AND BOBBY DID, BECAUSE I THINK I PROBABLY GOT TO SIGN THAT SAME THING, TOO. I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT. WELL, WE CAN CHANGE THE POLICY MORE EFFECTIVELY IF WE NEED TO. 
          IF WE JUST KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON IT. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL CONCLUDE 
          [COUNTY ENGINEER ]
49. NOW THAT'S GOING TO MOVE US TO NUMBER 50. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A FINAL REPLAT OF SENTARA LAGOON, PARCEL NUMBER ONE. JUDGE. OKAY. OH, NO. PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS 10:19 A.M. THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ROSS, DID YOU WANT TO GIVE US A JUST A BRIEF LITTLE SYNOPSIS. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONERS. THERE'S THERE'S NOT MUCH TO REALLY UPDATE. IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACKUP, IT'S A 
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DIVISION OF THAT RESERVE INTO TWO TWO PROPERTIES, TWO PARCELS. THEY BOTH HAVE FRONTAGE. ONE IS RETAINED BY THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION. THE OTHER ONE WON'T BE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS WHOLE DIVISION. VERY GOOD. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REPLAT. ONCE, TWICE. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 10:20 A.M. THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. THAT WILL NOW MOVE US TO NUMBER 51. I'LL MOVE THAT. WE TAKE UP 51 THROUGH 55. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND TO TAKE UP 51 THROUGH 55. 
          BEFORE WE GO AND TAKE THE VOTE. ROSS, WHY DON'T YOU WALK US THROUGH THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? YES, SIR. SO THE VOTE IS 50, 51, 52 AND 53 ARE DONATION DEEDS FROM DEVELOPERS FOR TO BE USED FOR THE MORRISON ROAD MOBILITY BOND WIDENING PROJECT. AND SO THAT'S LAND DONATIONS. 54 IS THE ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION. SO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR DOUBLE CULVERT AT CEDAR CREEK. AND SO THAT'S THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT FOR YOUR APPROVAL. AND THEN NUMBER 55 IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING INSPECTION SERVICES. WE'VE ACTUALLY THERE WERE TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE DESIGNED FOR THE MOBILITY PROJECT, PINNOCK ROAD. AND THEN TO THE NORTH WAS MATHIS ROAD. 
          AND SO WE DIVIDED THOSE INTO TWO PROJECTS, TWO DIFFERENT DESIGN FIRMS. AND FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES, WE'VE COMBINED THOSE SO THAT WE HAVE ONE INSPECTOR DOING ALL OF THAT. SO IT'S MORE EFFICIENT. WE GET A BETTER PRICE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT AMENDMENT IS. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THOSE AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. THEN. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. THAT COVERS 51 THROUGH 55. THANK YOU ROSS. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. LET'S GO AHEAD. CAN WE TAKE 
          [GRANT MANAGER ]
THESE ALL UP TOGETHER? YEAH. OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON 56 THROUGH 59. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. SO 56 AND 57 KIND OF GO TOGETHER. THOSE ARE TWO GRANTS FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RELATIVE TO TRAFFIC SAFETY ENFORCEMENTS. 56 IS RELATIVE TO COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC STOPS. SO THAT'S JUST EVERY DAY NORMAL PEOPLE BEING PULLED OVER. AND 57 IS CMV, WHICH IS THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. BOTH HAVE A LOCAL MATCH. BUT THAT FUNDING LINE ITEM IS IDENTIFIED. 58 IS THE ANNUAL INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION FORMULA GRANT. SO IT'S JUST SEEKING THE COURT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THAT AWARD. AND 59 IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND ESD 200, AND THAT IS RELATIVE TO THE HB 3000 GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE RURAL AMBULANCE SERVICE GRANT PROGRAM. SO IT'S JUST ESTABLISHING SOME TERMS AND CONDITIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE ESD. SINCE THE ESD WILL BE UTILIZING THE AMBULANCE THAT THE COUNTY WILL BE PURCHASING WITH THOSE GRANT FUNDS. I WILL SAY ONE MINOR CHANGE TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WAS MADE AFTER THAT WAS PROVIDED AS PART OF YOUR BACKUP, THE ESD RECOMMENDED THAT THE TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE BE A 90 DAY NOTICE PERIOD, AND WE ARE AMENABLE, ACCORDING TO THE DA'S OFFICE, TO CONCEDE THAT TERMINATION. 
          OKAY. ONE THING. THANK YOU. BROOKE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ON NUMBER 58, YOU KNOW, THE INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION'S FORMULA GRANT AWARD. WE ARE RECEIVING $51,693 FOR INDIGENT DEFENSE, WHICH WE ARE. WAIT, THAT DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T PAY FOR ALL THE INDIGENT DEFENSE. YEAH, I'M GOING TO GET TO THAT. 
          I'VE OFTEN SPOKE ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES. AND WE ARE REQUIRED AS A COUNTY TO PROVIDE ATTORNEYS TO THOSE THAT CANNOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY BETWEEN OUR MISDEMEANOR DOCKET AND OUR FELONY DOCKET AND THE ATTORNEYS THAT WE HAVE TO HIRE TO DO THAT, WE PAY PROBABLY $750,000 PLUS A MILLION, OVER A MILLION. WE PAY OVER $1 MILLION IN TO THESE ATTORNEYS TO PROVIDE INDIGENT DEFENSE. WE GET $51,000 BACK FROM THE STATE TO REIMBURSE US FOR THAT EXPENDITURE. BUT YET 
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YOU SEE GREG ABBOTT ON TV TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE STATE DOES NOT COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES. AND HE'S REAL PROUD OF THAT. AND HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE THE PROPERTY TAXES THERE, IT'S OUT OF CONTROL, LOCAL SPENDING. I HAVE TO SPEND OVER $1 MILLION TO PROVIDE INDIGENT DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, BUT I GET $51,000 BACK FROM THE STATE. I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE COULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY IF THE STATE WOULD REIMBURSE US WHEN WE HAVE TO GO AND SPEND MONEY. AND BY THE WAY, IS REALLY A FUNCTION OF THE STATE BECAUSE WHEN WE PROVIDE OUR COURTROOMS, OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ALL OF THAT IS RELATED TO PERFORMING A STATE FUNCTION. BUT THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO PAY FOR IT, WHICH WE DO. BUT THEN TO POINT THE FINGER AT US AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FURTHER RESTRICT COUNTIES ABILITIES. IT'S JUST I MEAN, WE JUST PASSED A BUDGET TRYING TO KEEP THE TAX RATE FLAT. I WISH WE COULD LOWER IT, BUT WE KEPT IT, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH FLAT. AND WE'RE THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN TEXAS. WE'VE WE'VE PASSED NO NEW REVENUE BUDGETS IN THE PAST. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DO RIGHT BY THE TAXPAYER. BUT THIS IS THIS IS WHERE YOU GET THE THE THE DOUBLESPEAK FROM THE STATE OFFICIALS. YES. THEY DO NOT COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES. THEY COLLECT SALES TAXES. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY DO? THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE WILL LOOK AT OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AND IF THEY DON'T APPRAISE WHAT THEY THINK THEY SHOULD, THEY PENALIZE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THEIR FUNDING. THAT'S A STATE FUNCTION, NOT A LOCAL FUNCTION. THAT'S THE STATE DOING THAT. SO ANYWAY, I'LL GET OFF MY HIGH HORSE. BUT $51,000 IS WHAT WE GET BACK FROM THE STATE. IS THAT LIKE A FORMULA? IS THAT HOW THEY COME UP WITH THAT FORMULA? GRANT. YEAH, FORMULA GRANT. YOU EVER WANT TO SEE IT? IT'S ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE GRANT AWARD. WE'LL SHOW IT TO YOU. YOU KNOW, THE FORMULA, THE YOU KNOW, THE FORMULA IS WE WILL REIMBURSE THE COUNTY 0.01% OF THEIR TOTAL COST. THAT'S THE FORMULA. IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME OR SOMETHING CLOSE TO THAT. BUT ANYWAY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BROOKE? SORRY, BROOKE. OKAY, I'LL GET IT. SEEMED LIKE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT? YOU'RE GOOD WITH IT. THANK YOU. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF 56 THROUGH 59. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL. ALL OPPOSED. AND 56 
          [CHIEF OF STAFF ]
THROUGH 59 CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING RIGHT ALONG. LET'S GO TO NUMBER 60, WHICH I THINK IS DISCUSSION. TAKE ACTION ON FM 1774 180 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. ROBERT. 
          YES, SIR. THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A EXCUSE ME, A DEVELOPMENT IN PRECINCT TWO. IT'S 180 ACRES. IT'S NEAR OBVIOUSLY FM 1774 AND EAST HOLLY HILL DRIVE. THIS IS AT THE VERY EDGE OF THE COUNTY. AND IN FACT, A SMALL PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS IN IN GRIMES COUNTY. IT'S AT THE BORDER OF GRIMES, MONTGOMERY AND WALLER COUNTY. THE DETAILS OF THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR 564 LOTS. THERE'S GOING TO BE A CAP ON ON THIS OF 700 LOTS. WHAT THE COUNTY IS, WHAT THE PROPOSED GIVES ON THE COUNTY'S SIDE ARE THE. THE USUAL SUSPECTS PER SE, LOT SIZE, SIDE STREET BUILDING LINE SETBACKS, FRONT BUILDING LINE SETBACKS. SIX FOOT CUL DE SAC. RIGHT OF WAY RADIUS, CENTER LINE RADIUS AND. 50 FOOT OR. I'M SORRY. YEAH, 500 FOOT RADIUS ON COLLECTOR STREETS. 
          THOSE ARE GENERALLY WHAT THE COURT HAS APPROVED IN THE PAST, WHAT THE COUNTY IS GETTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. ALL LOTS WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 5000FT■!S. THE DEVELOPER IS GOIG TO REIMBURSE THE COUNTY FOR ALL LEGAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ADDED INTO OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AS OF LATE. THE DEVELOPER WILL BUILD THE CONNECTION TO TOSCA LANE AND AND RE ASPHALT THAT ROAD, THE DEVELOPER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES THAT MAY BE NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT. THE COMMUNITY WILL DO A CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 50%, BUILD OUT MULTIFAMILY AND BUILD TO RENT ARE PROHIBITED. THERE IS A CAP OF LOTS UNDER 50FT AT 35%. THE DEVELOPER WILL BE CONTRIBUTING A TOTAL OF $75,000 TO THE COUNTY FOR PARKS AND ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THIS WILL BE PAID IN THREE DIFFERENT PAYMENTS AT THE FINAL PLANNING OF LOTS ONE, 201 AND 
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551, AND THEY ARE UPGRADING SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING. THE FENCING IS BEING IS BEING UPGRADED AT THE ENTRANCE. THERE IS SOME DRY DETENTION DUE TO SOME ENGINEERING ASPECTS SO THEY COULDN'T GET PAST. HOWEVER, ALL DRY DETENTION WILL BE AMENITIZED TO ENSURE THAT IT IS ESSENTIALLY ADDED PARK. SO I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER BECKENDORFF IS NOT A HUGE FAN OF THE DRY DETENTION, SO I TRIED TO MAKE HIM A LITTLE BIT HAPPY AND GIVE HIM SOME ADDED PARK SPACE WITH THAT. I'VE SEEN THIS IN OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AND IT GENERALLY WORKS OUT WELL. SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COURT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. 
          SO IS THIS CONSIDERED A LOW IMPACT? NO, SIR. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          WE'RE HOPING TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU HERE IN THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO. THIS THIS WOULD NOT BE A LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT THOUGH. SO THIS DOESN'T LOOK AT THIS MAP. IT DOESN'T TOUCH ANY COUNTY ROADS. NO SIR. IT ONLY TOUCHES FM 1774. THE REASON FOR THE PROVISION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. IF THERE IS ANY, IF THERE'S ANY CONNECTIONS ELSEWHERE OR IF THERE IS A CONNECTION, SAY ON 1774 AND TXDOT COMES IN AND ASKS THE COUNTY FOR SOME SORT OF CONTRIBUTION, THIS COVERS US IN THAT. I WANTED TO ADD THAT THE DEVELOPER WAS SEEKING MUCH SMALLER LOTS, WHICH WE DID NOT AGREE TO DO, SO I. I WOULD LIKE TO GO OFF ON A BIT OF A. SINCE JUDGE DUHON WENT OFF, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A PRIVILEGE REAL QUICK. THE. A LOT OF THE DEVELOPERS ARE ARE ASKING FOR SMALLER LOTS, AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMALLER LOTS. I'VE TRIED TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE DEVELOPERS, AND BRAD HAS BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT WORKING WITH ME. 
          BRAD'S HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE, BUT. SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS ARE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUNTY'S POSITION. SOME ARE ARE NOT, AND HAVE PUSHED BACK ON THAT. I'VE TOLD THEM THAT THIS IS A A PRETTY STRONG STANCE THAT COMING TO THE COUNTY WITH DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE 50% OF THEIR COMMUNITY OR, OR GREATER, WHERE THEY'RE 40 AND 45 FOOT LOTS IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. AND THEY'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK AROUND THAT. IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT THE COURT HAS HAS GONE ALONG WITH. AND THE PUSHBACK I'VE GOTTEN ON SOME OF THESE INSTANCES HAS BEEN HAS BEEN A BIT FRUSTRATING. SO IT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WHEN IT MAKES IT TO MY DESK, I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN AGAIN, THIS DEVELOPER HAS BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT WORKING WITH US, BRINGING IT DOWN TO, TO A LEVEL THAT I THOUGHT WAS ACCEPTABLE. BUT AGAIN, THAT SAID, WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE SENDING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OUR WAY AND IT'S 50, 60% OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS VERY SMALL LOTS. AND THEN GETTING FRUSTRATED WITH THE COUNTY WHEN WE SAY THAT'S NOT WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE COUNTY, AND THE COUNTY DOES HAVE THE RIGHT WHEN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS SUBMITTED TO SAY THESE ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE TERMS TO US. SO I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE VERY CLEAR TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT, WELL, I WANT TO WORK WITH THEM. WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR A CONTRACT, THAT'S A TWO WAY STREET. SO THERE'S MY RANT FOR THE DAY. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE ARGUMENT BACK IS, WELL, AT THE PRICE OF THE LAND, WE NEED THAT DENSITY FOR THE DEAL TO WORK. TO WHICH MY RESPONSE IS, WELL, THEN YOU NEED TO RENEGOTIATE YOUR. COST OF THE LAND IN THE PROJECT, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS DRIVEN UP LAND VALUES SO, SO SIGNIFICANTLY IS, IS THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THE PROPERTY. SO WHEN SOMEBODY IS LOOKING AT A PIECE OF LAND TO DEVELOP AND THE PRICE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THE COUNTY IS NOT INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THAT DEVELOPER TO MAKE THAT PRICE WORK WITHIN THE, THE DUE DILIGENCE PACKAGE THEY'RE DOING ON THE PROJECT. SO WE DON'T WANT TO SACRIFICE GOING TO SMALLER LOTS JUST BECAUSE LAND COSTS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY. BELIEVE ME, IF IF IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE TO DEVELOP, SUDDENLY THE PRICE WILL COME DOWN. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELP IMPROVE THAT PRO FORMA THAT PROJECT BY GOING TO SMALLER LOTS. AND I UNDERSTAND I DON'T I UNDERSTAND WHERE DEVELOPERS ARE COMING FROM, BUT WHEN YOU START GETTING DOWN TO 180 ACRES, THERE'S A PRICE POINT. WHEN YOU START FIGURING, YOU KNOW, THE UTILITIES AND THE RETENTION AND THE ROADS AND EVERYTHING. YEAH, YOU GET DOWN TO THAT. YOU GET YOU GET DOWN TO UNDER 200 ACRES, 
          [01:20:02]
YOUR RETURN GETS REAL TIGHT, YOU KNOW? SO BY GETTING MORE LOTS IN THERE, YOU CAN GET, YOU KNOW, THE RATE OF RETURN. YOU'RE THE END OF THE DAY. I MEAN, I, I DON'T WANT ALL OF, YOU KNOW, 150 ACRE SUBDIVISIONS OF SMALL LOTS. THAT'S JUST WHAT THIS COUNTY IS NOT WILLING TO DO. SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF, IF, IF, IF YOU CAN'T FIND A LARGE TRACT OF LAND THAT MAKES THE NUMBERS WORK BETTER THAN IT'S PROBABLY LIKE COMMISSIONER SMITH SAID, RENEGOTIATE THE DEAL OR LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT TRACK. THIS DEVELOPER HAS BEEN GOOD TO WORK WITH. SO I WANT I WANT THAT TO BE OUT THERE, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN VERY. WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND YOU KNOW BRAD. BRAD SCHWEITZER OVER AT EHRA. HE'S HE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. HE'S VERY EASY TO WORK WITH. HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS. BUT IN A LOT OF THE SUBMITTALS THAT WE'VE SEEN AS OF LATE, IT'S IT'S BEEN A BIT FRUSTRATING, TO SAY THE LEAST. 
          WELL, YEAH. SO SO LET ME. SO TWO OF THE PONDS ARE WET BOTTOM AND THEN THE OTHER THREE ARE DRY BOTTOM. YES SIR. AND AND SPEAKING OF BRAD, PART OF IT IS WELL, A BIG PART OF IT IS THAT THEY, IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THE SLOPES WERE NOT GOING TO WORK WITH. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? BECAUSE I'M NOT I'M SORRY, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE SLOPING WASN'T GOING TO WORK TO TO MAKE IT WET BOTTOM. THEY WANTED WET BOTTOM. WE. WE OBVIOUSLY WANT WHAT BOTTOM. IT JUST WASN'T GOING TO WORK WITH THIS. BUT THE. THEY HAVE THEIR ENGINEER HERE TO EXPLAIN THAT. AMPLE DEFENSE. YES. AS OPPOSED TO A LOT OF THE OTHER TRACKS IN WALLER COUNTY. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF CONTOURS, A LOT OF TOPOGRAPHY. AND SO THIS IS REALLY JUST A DIRT, DIRT WORK EXERCISE. WE WOULD MAKE THE PONDS WET IF WE COULD, BUT THEN THERE'S EXCESS DIRT ON SITE AND THERE'S NOWHERE TO PUT IT. AND SO JUST TO KIND OF GET EVERYTHING TO BALANCE, RIGHT, SOME OF THE PONDS CAN BE WET, BUT THEN A FEW OF THE PONDS WHERE THERE'S MORE TOPOGRAPHY NEEDED TO BE DRY. AND SO THAT'S THE ONES THAT WILL BE AMENITIZED WITH THE BACKSTOPS AND SOCCER GOALS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND MY OTHER QUESTION, ARE THERE ANY AMENITIES? YES. 
          YEAH. YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S ALL THE PARK SPACE THAT, THAT ARE PROVIDED IN THE STANDARD DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. AND SO YES, THERE WILL BE PARKS, DOG PARK, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          YEAH. I GUESS LIKE MORE LIKE OF A, A REC CENTER WITH. YEAH, THERE'LL BE A REC CENTER. YEAH. 
          WORKOUT EQUIPMENT OR. YEAH. I MEAN, THE, THE SPECIFICS HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN DEFINED YET, BUT YES, THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE A REC CENTER. YEAH. FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO. RIGHT. WELL, I MEAN, SOME OF THEM HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SOUL CLUB, IT'S ONTARIO, IT'S, IT'S IT'S A HUGE FACILITY. SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WAS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING IN BETWEEN. BUT YEAH, I MEAN. IT'S NOT A FAN OF 40 FOOT LOTS. I'VE SEEN THE PRODUCT THAT THAT GOES ON A 40 FOOT LOT. AND IT'S JUST WE'RE FIXING TO BE A COUNTY OF OF 40 FOOT LOTS WITH STARTER HOMES. THAT SCARES ME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 61. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. 
          THEN. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. CARRIES. HAVE YOU VOTED ON ONE DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR? NO. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP 62 THROUGH 64. 
          MOTION JUDGE, I NEED 61. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. I'M SKIPPED YOU. YEAH, YEAH. 
          LET'S GO TO 61 WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION. GO AHEAD AND WAIT. DO YOU NEED TO? BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAID HAVE THE VOTE, YOU HELD IT ON 61. YOU DIDN'T HOLD IT ON 60. THAT'S HOW COME THERE CONFUSION. I. YEAH, WE'RE ON 60. BUT YOU ASKED FOR. OH OKAY. WE DIDN'T. YEAH. BECAUSE THE ACTION ITEM REALLY DOESN'T SAY APPROVAL. OKAY, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S BACK UP. WE TOOK A VOTE, BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THAT. WE HAVE THE MOTION ON 60. DO WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION. WE DID. 
          OKAY. YEAH. BUT WHEN YOU ASKED FOR THE VOTE, YOU ASKED FOR THE VOTE ON ITEM 61, NOT ITEM 60. 
          OKAY. WELL, THEN I JUST MISSPOKE. OKAY. SO THAT'S OKAY. WE DON'T. YEAH. NO, I DON'T THINK SO. BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE ON 60. YEAH. 
          SO I JUST MISSPOKE WHEN I SAID 61. ALL RIGHT. SO AND WE VOTED THAT CARRIED 3 TO 1. OKAY. NOW WE'RE ON 61. I VOTED FOR IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE COUNTING. YES. NO. COMMISSIONER BECKENDORFF VOTED AGAINST. ALL RIGHT. 61 ROBERT, GO. ALL RIGHT. SO THE 2027 LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS ESSENTIALLY UPON US. I MET WITH OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DISTRICT COURTS AND COUNTY COURTS, AND THEY ARE ALL IN FAVOR. AND SEAN, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS 
          [01:25:02]
AT ALL, THEY ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF CREATING A NEW DISTRICT COURT IN WALLER COUNTY FOR THE 2027 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I SPOKE TO SENATOR HUFFMAN, WHO WAS VERY RECEPTIVE TO THIS IDEA, AND SHE'S ASKED THAT THE COUNTY GET HER A A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THIS SO THEY CAN GET THIS ADDED INTO WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE OMNIBUS BILL FOR THE THE JUDICIAL, THE WHOLE JUDICIAL PART OF THE STATE NEXT YEAR. SO D A IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE FLOOR. YEAH. I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE CIVIL JURISPRUDENCE AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND THEY BASICALLY SAID THE SAME THING. THEY WANT THIS RESOLUTION, AND THEN THEY WANT THE NUMBERS FROM OCA SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THE CASELOAD TO JUSTIFY IT, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, THE CASELOAD THAT WE'RE CARRYING IN OUR IN OUR DISTRICT COURT IS ABOUT TWICE WHAT THE CASELOAD IS IN A DISTRICT COURT IN HARRIS COUNTY, AND THEY'RE MEETING EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND WE HAVE TO SHARE OUR DISTRICT COURT WITH GRIMES COUNTY. SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. I DON'T SEE THE LEGISLATURE GIVING US ANY TROUBLE WHATSOEVER ON. THIS IS A DEDICATED DISTRICT COURT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR. WE ARE ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION FOR A DISTRICT COURT DEDICATED SOLELY FOR WALLER COUNTY, AND THAT'S WHY YOU NEED THE COURTHOUSES BEFORE 2029, RIGHT? YES. WELL, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S CLEAR, THIS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE GARY OR JUDGE CHANEY AT ALL. HE'S STILL GOING TO BE HERE, AND WE WILL STILL SHARE HIM WITH GRIMES COUNTY. BUT THIS IS ADDING ONE SPECIFICALLY FOR WALLER COUNTY. SO WE WILL HAVE TWO DISTRICT COURT. YES. WHICH IS WHAT WE USED TO HAVE YEARS AGO. BUT SOME CHANGES WERE MADE. 
          THEY HAVEN'T REALLY WORKED OUT VERY WELL. FAYETTE COUNTY YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. THE DISTRICT COURTS HAVE A AN AREA DELINEATED THAT THEY COVER. YES. SO IF WE WERE TO HAVE THREE DISTRICT COURTS WOULD ONCE YOU'RE IN THE COUNTY. NO, THEY HAVE CO-EQUAL JURISDICTION IN THE COUNTY. SO THEY BREAK IT DOWN BY COUNTY SIGNED BY WHOEVER ASSIGNED THE CASES. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE DISTRICT COURTS COVERING ONE COUNTY BY LOCAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL DETERMINE HOW THE CASES ARE SPLIT. AND USUALLY IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT TWO DISTRICT COURTS AND THEY'RE BOTH HANDLING STATE CRIMINAL CASES, THEN ONE WILL TAKE ODD NUMBERED CASES AND ONE WILL TAKE EVEN NUMBERED CASES, OR THEY'LL ALTERNATE EVERY WEEK OR EVERY MONTH. WHO GETS CASES THAT MONTH? IT'S JUST THEY WORK THAT OUT. AND YOU KNOW, ON THAT NOTE, ALSO, IF WE WERE IF WE WERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL GETTING A DISTRICT COURT, A BIG PLUS FOR US IS WHEN IT COMES TO A DISTRICT COURT, THE STATE PAYS THE BULK OF THE FREIGHT ON A DISTRICT COURT, LIKE WHEN WE ADDED A COUNTY COURT AT LAW, SOME SOME FOLKS WERE SAYING, WELL, WE CAN JUST REQUEST ANOTHER COUNTY COURT AT LAW, WHICH WE COULD. BUT THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW THAT'S ON THE COUNTY. WE. WE PAY THE BULK OF THE FREIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO A COUNTY COURT AT LAW. SO HOPEFULLY THE STATE, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT $51,000, HOPEFULLY THE STATE WILL SEE THE. WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND GIVE US A DISTRICT. YES, JUDGE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF IT, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WE ALWAYS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. BUT THE SHEER CASELOAD VOLUME THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE, LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS COURT, IT'S NOT EVEN A, IT'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION. BUT YEAH, AND, AND LIKE, LIKE COMMISSIONER BECKENDORF SAID, I MEAN, LIKE IT IDEALLY, WE WOULD LIKE THE START DATE, PROBABLY BE, YOU KNOW, LATER IN 2028 OR 2029, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SHARE COURT SPACE FOR AS LONG, BUT WE DO NEED WE NEED THE COURT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S GOING TO GET BAD IF WE DON'T HAVE IT. SO THAT IS WHY WE NEED THE BUILDING. SO. BUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS JUDGE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AS SOON AS ASSUMING Y'ALL Y'ALL APPROVE THIS, WE WILL SEND THAT RESOLUTION UP TO SENATOR HUFFMAN'S OFFICE AND THEY WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE. THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. SO WE'LL BE IN GOOD HANDS AND I'LL START FOLLOWING UP AS WE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE SESSION, JUST FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, FILING FOR THE 2027 SESSION STARTS IN NOVEMBER. IT'S ALWAYS 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE SESSION. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETIME AROUND NOVEMBER 9TH OR 10TH IS WHEN FILING WOULD START. AND SO WE WILL START SEEING BILLS MOVE VERY QUICKLY LATER ON THIS YEAR AS FAR AS JUST GETTING THEM FILED. AND THEN ONCE THE SESSION STARTS, THEY'LL GET ASSIGNED TO A COMMITTEE AND ACTUALLY START GETTING THEIR LEGS AND WALKING. THAT'S WHEN THE CHAOS STARTS. YES, SIR. 
          VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 61. YEAH. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO 
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THE JURY, JURY, SHEPHERD AND THE BAILIFF IN THAT PACKAGE FOR THE JUDGE. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU, BUT TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED? THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. NOW, LET'S TAKE UP 62 THROUGH 64. MOTION, MOTION AND SECOND, JAMIE. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS. 
          62 IS AN AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THIS IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS. THIS IS A RECORDING LOGGING SYSTEM FOR THEM. AND ITEM 63 AND 64 IS ALSO FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THIS IS A TOTAL OF SIX VEHICLES. 63 IS TWO CHEVY CARGO VANS, AND ITEM 64 IS A TOTAL OF FOUR. IT'S FORD EXPLORERS, POLICE PACKAGE EXPLORERS. ITEM 63. 
          THERE IS A CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO BE REQUESTED. THERE WAS A TRANSPOSING OF NUMBERS. THE FUNDING LINE ITEM SHOULD ACTUALLY MATCH THE SAME. THAT'S IN ITEM 64. AND THAT ITEM FUNDING LINE IS 125518581700. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND 63 ON THE LINE ITEM FOR 125518581 700. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, TO AMEND ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO AMEND. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 62 THROUGH 64 WITH 63 AS AMENDED. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED 62, 63 AND 64. CARRIED. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. MOVING 
          [DISTRICT ATTORNEY ]
RIGHT ALONG. LET'S GO TO 65 MOTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND ON 65. SEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? NO, JUDGE. THIS IS JUST TO COVER WHILE WE WAIT THE MONEY FROM THE STATE FOR OUR VICTIM WITNESS ASSISTANCE GRANT. OH, I GUESS WE'LL JUST CARRY THE LOAD. I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF USED TO THAT. YEP. THANKS AGAIN. TO MAKE SURE OUR VICTIM'S ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR CONTINUES. WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE GRANT MONEY TO PAY THE SALARY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. 
          [DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES ]
ALL OPPOSED? 65 CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE UP 66 THROUGH 68. MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. 
          AND SECOND, DANNY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. YES, SIR. WE HAVE A PROPOSAL HERE FOR SURVEYING FOR OUR PRECINCT TWO LOCATION. YOU ALL KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE. ROBERT HAS BEEN VERY DILIGENT IN TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A LAND DEAL FOR A PARK THERE AND A PRECINCT TWO BUILDING. IT'S A FAIRLY COMPLICATED SURVEYING SITUATION. THERE WILL BE SOME LAND WILL BE LEASED. THERE'LL BE SOME LAND THAT WILL BE PURCHASED. SOME OF THE LAND DOES STAY WITH THE LANDOWNER, THE QUINCIES, WHO OWN DRAKES PLASTICS, A BIG. AND SO WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THAT UNTIL WE GET SOME SURVEYING DONE. AND SO IT'S FAIRLY EXTENSIVE. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A OVERALL PARENT TRACK OF ABOUT 100 ACRES, OVER 100 ACRES. ACTUALLY, A GOOD CHUNK OF THAT TO ITS NORTH IS FLOODPLAIN, WHICH WORKS GREAT FOR A PARK. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THIS. BUT THEN THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THAT, WE NEED TO BREAK IT INTO FOUR DIFFERENT PIECES OF PROPERTY FOR OTHER OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. SO THE SURVEYING FOR THE PARK PART OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS AROUND 100 ACRES, IS ONE WHICH WOULD BE METES AND BOUNDS FOR PROPERTY CONVEYANCE WOULD BE $13,270. THEN YOU COME DOWN TO THE PROPERTIES ALONG JUSTICE ROAD TO THE WEST, THERE IS A PROPERTY WITH A VERY NICE, QUAINT LITTLE CHURCH ON IT THAT WILL REMAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY THE QUINCIES, AND THEY WILL OPERATE THEIR FACILITY THERE AS THEY CHOOSE TO SURVEY. THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS $5,630, AND THEN WE MOVE DOWN TO THERE IS AN EXISTING CONFERENCE CENTER ON THE PROPERTY. BY THE WAY, THE CHURCH PROPERTY IS ABOUT 6 OR 7 ACRES, I BELIEVE. AND THEN YOU HAVE ABOUT A 5 OR 6 ACRE TRACT THAT IS A CONFERENCE CENTER EXISTING THAT WILL PROBABLY BECOME PART OF SOMETHING THE COUNTY LEASES AS PART OF THE PARK, AN AMENITY FOR THE PARK. SO TO SURVEY THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY WILL BE $7,710. AND THEN YOU MOVE DOWN TO THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THE COUNTY WHICH IS WISHES TO PURCHASE, WHICH IS 4.3 ACRES FOR PRECINCT TWO SITE, THAT'S A MORE INVOLVED SURVEY THAT NOW INCLUDES TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, LOCATION OF ALL TREES AND THOSE 
          [01:35:04]
KIND OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TO BUILD THE PRECINCT TWO BUILDING AT. THAT IS $16,040. AND THEN LAST, THERE IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO THE EAST. IT'S A CORNER LOT THAT THE QUINCY'S WANT TO MAINTAIN IN THEIR POSSESSION. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT FIVE ACRES. SO WHEN YOU TOTAL ALL OF THIS UP, IT COMES TO $45,940 TO GET THE SURVEY DONE FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE PRECINCT TWO LOCATION. OKAY. MAY I ADD, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE A LEADER FOR THE PARK OR A BIG TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY THAT'S NOT IN HERE. I THINK ULTIMATELY, WHEN WE START MOVING FORWARD ON ANY KIND OF PARK DESIGN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAD OUR TOPO THE ENTIRE 100 ACRE. BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. DIDN'T WE DO LATER WITH HGAC? YEAH, THEY DID, BUT THE, THE YEAH. THE YEAH THEY DID. 
          BUT HERE'S THE ISSUE IS THAT THE DETAIL ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE COULDN'T HAVE AFFORDED THAT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY. SO IT WILL GIVE SOME DRAINAGE PATTERNS FROM THE COUNTY LEADER. 
          BUT THERE MAY BE MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED THAT REQUIRES MORE DETAIL. LET ME I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. I GUESS IT WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO THAT THE APPROACHED ME ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF LEASING THIS PROPERTY, 100 AND SOME ACRES AT THE CORNER OF KICKAPOO AND JOSEPH ROAD, NORTHWEST QUADRANT. AND FOR US TO TURN INTO A PARK AT A VERY NOMINAL CHARGE. ALMOST A DONATION, BUT NOT QUITE. IT'LL BE A LEASE. SO INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY ARE SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE OVERALL DEAL, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BE A COUNTY. PARK COUNTY WANTS TO PURCHASE ONE SITE OUTRIGHT THAT WILL BELONG TO THE COUNTY ON WHICH TO BUILD A THE PRECINCT TWO ANNEX. SO THAT IS THE OUTRIGHT PURCHASE. THE COUNTY'S DID WANT TO RESERVE THAT CORNER THERE BECAUSE IT'S QUITE VALUABLE. AND SO THE LAST THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE SURVEY OF THAT CORNER. SO IT COULD BE ACCEPTED FROM THE DEAL AND NOT A PART OF THE DEAL. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE NEED ALL THESE THINGS. I'VE LOOKED AT THE COST OF IT FROM A SERVER STANDPOINT. 
          IT'S VERY REASONABLE IN MY OPINION, WHAT PAUL IS CHARGING US. AND SO I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO PROCEED AS DANNY'S PLANNING TO PROCEED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. DANNY, YOU WANT TO GO OVER 67. ALL RIGHT. 
          67 IS I'M SORRY. MICROPHONE ON 67 IS THE FIRST APPLICATION FOR THE JUSTICE TOWER, MAINLY INVOLVING DESIGN. WE ARE GOING TO START OVER AT AT APPLICATION NUMBER ONE AND START THAT PROJECT OVER. AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW INVOLVING THIS BUILDING AND THE, THE ANNEX AND SOME OTHER PROJECTS, THE MODULARS THAT WAS ALL ROLLED INTO ONE VERY LARGE DESIGN BUILD APPLICATION. IT WAS VERY WELL DONE BY SADAKO AND CLINT. THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB PUTTING TOGETHER A APPLICATION THAT I'VE NEVER QUITE SEEN BEFORE, BUT IT HAS GOTTEN QUITE COMPLICATED. SO WE'RE GOING TO BREAK BACK DOWN TO A NEW APPLICATION FOR THE NEW PROJECT THAT YOU ALL DID APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO FOR THE DESIGN FEES. 
          AND THIS IS THEIR FIRST APPLICATION FOR DESIGN FEES OF 1.2 MILLION. EXCUSE ME. YEAH, 1.1 MILLION $256,953.86. AND WE STILL NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF REVIEW WITH THE AUDITORS. WE ALWAYS HAVE A MONTHLY REVIEW WITH THE AUDITORS. FOR 36 MONTHS IT GOT PRETTY COMMON AND WE DID IT AND DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF IT. AND TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER, WE GOT, I GUESS SO USED TO IT THAT THEN SOME THINGS DIDN'T GO QUITE RIGHT AND PEOPLE COULDN'T QUITE MAKE THE MEETING. SO WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF REVIEW WITH THE AUDITORS, BUT I'D LIKE TO PROCEED WITH AT LEAST APPROVING THE APPLICATION. AND I WILL BE WITH MIKE, AND I'LL BRING THIS UP NEXT MONDAY TO MEET WITH MIKE. OKAY. DOES IT NEED TO BE SUBJECT TO THAT? IT'S UP TO THE AUDITORS AUDITOR'S OFFICE. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE OKAY, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, THEN WE'LL COME BACK. AFTER MONDAY, RIGHT? I CAN BRING THIS BACK ON MONDAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 68. 68 IS ONE ONE AGAIN. I KEEP 
          [01:40:05]
SAYING IT'S ALMOST THE FINAL, BUT WE ARE DOWN TO THE VERY FINAL PART OF THIS PROJECT. 
          SADAKO IS ACTUALLY THE REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE LEAVING THE PROJECT NEXT FRIDAY. NO LONGER ON SITE. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. I'M SO PROUD OF THIS BUILDING AND WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE, AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB HERE CLEANING UP EVERYTHING, FIXING THINGS, GETTING THINGS RIGHT, GETTING THE AC RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN SOME CHALLENGES. IT'S NICE TO HAVE THESE GENTLEMEN ON SITE WITH ME FINISHING THAT, BUT THEY'LL BE LEAVING NEXT THURSDAY OFFICIALLY. THEY'LL STILL BE AROUND. THEY'LL STILL BE ON PHONE CALLS. THEY'LL STILL COME BY WHEN WE NEED THEM. NOT LEAVING FOREVER OR ANYTHING. BUT WE'RE DOWN TO THE FINAL PAY APPLICATION. CLINT AND I MET ABOUT SOME THINGS YESTERDAY, WRAPPING UP THE EXTRA REQUESTS BY THE JUDGES ON THE THIRD FLOOR, THE THINGS THAT THEY ADDED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COVER UNDER THE BUDGET. AND ONCE CLINT FINALIZES THAT, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCRETE WORK TO DO OUTSIDE THAT I THINK STARTS NEXT WEEK. THAT AND A FEW OTHER ODDBALL ITEMS, AND WE WILL BE DONE. AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE STILL WILL BE MORE SAVINGS OR MORE MONEY GIVEN BACK TO THE COUNTY, AND A DEDUCTIVE CHANGE ORDER. EXCELLENT. GOOD. I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COURT? ANY OF THESE THREE? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSE. 768, 66. OKAY. THANK YOU. MURIEL, WHAT DO WE NEED TO TALK 
          [MISCELLANEOUS ]
ABOUT? WE CAN WITHDRAW 70 AND 74. OTHERWISE WE NEED EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY, 70 AND 74. ALL RIGHT, SO I NEED A MOTION ON 69 MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND OF 69. ANY DISCUSSION? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED 69 CARRIES. WE WILL NOW ADJOURN IN 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
EXECUTIVE SESSION ON 71, 72 AND 73. IT IS 10:57 A.M.
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