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COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
~' PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND FIVE GOPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND
D GUMENT TC BE REVfEWED BY THE GQURT
r~1At)E BY: Franklin Johnston, P,E OFFICE: Road & Brid e Department _~_
Leonard Udom, Jr.
MEETING DATE: Mav4, 1993 TIME PREFERRED;
SUBJECT; (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC}: Consider possibly options for c7cceQtina n~rn~o~a~
~_~adsJnto the Kerr County Mgfntenance program __~ _ ~_
XECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: YES N O XX
~'l_EASE STATE REASON :Consider options for ac_ e tin non-COUnty roads
`~STIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION: 20 Minutes
PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT:Franklin Johnston. P.E. /Leongrc~ Odom
'erne far submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is pasted in accordance
~,~;~'rth Article b252-17 is as follows:
' Meetings held on second Tuesday: 12:00 P.M. previous Wednesday
' Meetings held on Thursdays : 5:00 P.M. previous Thu-sday
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
TI 3IS REF?UEST RECEIVED ON:

All Agenda Requests wilt be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate
,~ formation has been prepared for the Court's formal consiNr;~rrytion and action at time cf
...._ '~'ourt meetings. Your cooperation will be appreciated c~nct ~~;.~ntribute towards your request
l:aeinc~ addressed at the earliest opportunity, SeP. AgendC7 l2c~r~~~est r~ijdPlinP,S.
MEMORANDUM
'PO: Commissioners Court
FIi~ Franklin Johnston, P.E.
Leonard Odom, Jr., Road Administrator
DATE May 4, 1993
RE Accepting Roads for County Maintenance
Ken County has not updated its policy for accepting roads since 1986.
As Kerr County begins renewed development, you are all being approached by
individuals to improve the non-county roads. Because federal funded loans aze
not available to landowners unless there is access to a County Maintained
Road, this pressure will only increase.
As much as we would like to make every road a County Maintained Road, it is
trot ssible with the current Road 8t Bridge budget.
To better serve all of the citizens, there are a number of possible options:
1) Adhering to the guidelines currently in place that aze shown on the
attached Court Order #16776 passed in 1986 for roads put in before
1984, and using the Subdivision Rules for those built after 1984.
Leaving it up to the landowners to meet County standards.
2) Using the attached Attorney General Opinion as an option of assessing
the cost of repairs to the landowners. (Example: Valle Vista has 7 of
its 24 landowners requesting 1 /2 of the roads be accepted for County
Maintenance. All of the roads in the subdivision need approximately
$9,000 to make them acceptable under current Ken County standards,
resulting in an assessment of $385.00 per property owner.)
3) By having the Court set aside $ each year in a line item to be used
for non-county roads to be acquired and used in the following way:
a) The residents pay for material to bring the road up to standard, (i.e.
base, emulsion, and aggregate) placing the money in escrow.
b) The Court would then decide if the road should be accepted and
construction paid for out of this fund.
_. c) If the Court accepted the road, then the Road & Bridge Department
would either do the work, or contracted it out of this budget line--up
to the amount allocated each year, if they did not, accept the road, tt~e
escrow funds would be returned to the landowner.
We ask the Count to consider the possible options, and give us some directions
as to how we can fairly accomplish the needs throughout Kerr County wish the
funds available.
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GUIDELINES FOR ACCEPTIIPJCE OF ROADS TO I3I~ COU'i~1TY M1~IIITAITJED,
RT/GARDIi1G ROADS CONS`I'P.UCTIJD PRIOR TO ADOP`1'1'ON OP I:i;RR
COUNTY "SUBDIVISION RULES AIdD 1~GULATIONS"
On this the 11th day of August 1986, upon motion made by
Commissioner Lich, seconded by Commiss~_oner Guthrie, the
Court unanimously approved guidelines submitted by I:err
County Road Administrator, Jac1c C. Smith, for "Accepting
Roads to be County Alaintained", regarding roads constructed
prior to the adoption of I:ERR COUNTY "SUBDIVISION RULES AND
REGULA~TIOTIS" that became effective January 1st, 19II4 and
amendments to the regulations that were approved by the
Commissioners' Court on April 9th, 1984.
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t'~CCI:PTING Z:O~'1ll5 'PO I3 L'' COUN`T'Y ;•ie'~1:N`i't~INED
There exists a need to establish a set of rules, regulations
and procedures in order to incorporates roads constructed by devel-
opers prior to the established :~ubclivisio;l i~ulo~ aild rcgalati o:is
into our county road system. The following specifications wi7.1
govern the acceptance.
1. The proper i•~idth of the right-of--~•~ay shall be dedicated
to the County.
2. MAJOR STREETS: Minimum width of right-of-way to be sixt,,~
feet.. Minimum width of surface to be 20 feet with a 3
foot shoulder having a 3:1 slope to enter. of the ditch.
Minimum t•~idth from center line of- ditch to center line of
ditch to be. no less than 32'0". Minimum base coverage to
be G" in depth and 20' feet wide ~•~ith 3" crown.
3. SECONDARY STREET: D4inimum width of right-of-way to be
fifty feet. Minimum width of surface to be 18 feet
with a'"3 foot shoulder having a 3:1 slope to center of
ditch. Minimum width from center line of ditch to center
line of ditch to be no less than 30'0". Minimum base
coverage to be 6" in depth and 18 feet wide with 3" crc:•m.
4. MINOR STREETS: Minimum width of r~_ght•-of-way to be fort~.~
feet. Minimum width of surface to 1~e 18 feet caith a 3
foot shoulder having a 3:1. slope to renter of the ditch.
Minimum ~•~idth from center line of- ditch to center line of
d~.tch to be no less than 3~1' 0" Minimum base co~.~erage to
be 6" in depth and 7.8 feet wide :•~9.1-h 3" crown.
5 . STREET NAMES : Street/Roads cahich use in a1 i gnment T•: ith
existing county streets/roads Sha1~_ bear the same name.
A11 other streets/roads shall be asicVncd a name agree-
able to'all concerned property owners. In no case shall
the name duplicate existing streets/roads names nor shill.
like sounding street names be permitted, regardless of
difference in spelling or suffixes (I.r., Street, Roads,
Avenue, Lane, Place, etc.)
ALL COST TO BRING ANY ROAD UP TO THES); SPECII'.T.CATIONS SHALL I3F
AT EXPENSE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.