COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS
TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Franklin Johnston P.E. OFFICE: Road & Bridge
MEETING DATE: July 8, 2002 TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC) Consider and discuss obstruction to County Bridge
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
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Franklin Johnston, P.E.
County Engineer
Kerr County Road & Bridge
4010 San Antonio Hwy
Kerrville, Texas 78028
Telephone: 830.257-2993
Leonard Odom, Jr.
Koad Administrator
Truby Hardin, Coordinator
tva Gass, Secretary
FAX: 830-896-8481
Email: kcruads a(~tc.com
TO: COMMISSIONERS COURT
COUNTY ATTORNEY .,~
FROM: FRANKLIN JOHNSTON, P.E., COUNTY ENGINEER !C~i
DATE: June 27, 2002 '~j t /
RE: SEAGO BRIDGE
The County has maintained Seago since August 8, 1995, and since that time the bridge has been
"stopped up" with metal sheets, lumber, rocks, sack Crete, etc. County maintenance crews have
cleaned it out several times but it always seems to come back.
We have found that Heart of the Hills Camp is using this bridge for a dam to raise the level of
the river. We have a problem with this practice for several reasons:
It is the Road & Bridge Department duty to maintain the county infrastructure and adjacent
landowners may not place obstructions in county right of way.
2. Using the bridge as a dam impounds water on property not owned by the people who place
the obstruction at the bridge.
3. Liability - If this practice results in damage to the bridge, is the camp liable to pay for
repairs or replacement?
It is my recommendation that Kerr County should not give individuals permission to obstruct
Kerr County bridges for their convenience.
TNRCC has been notified and they made an inspection. A permit is required to impound water
on the river.
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1,,, ON FRIDAY EVENING ON SUNE 7, 2002, KERR COUNTY ROAD AND
BRIDGE FOREMAN FOR THE WEST AREA AARON WHEELER ARRIVED AT
APPROXIMATELY 3:00 P.M. AT SEAGO ROAD CROSSING TO CHECK TO SEE
IF THE BOX CULVERT WAS STOPPED UP. UPON ARRIVAL, HE OBSERVED
THREE (3) MEXICAN MALES PLACING BAGS OF READY MIX CONCRETE,
QUICKRETE, IN THE WATER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BOX CULVERT,
LOCATED AT SEAGO ROAD CROSSING ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE GUADALUPE
RIVER,
AARON WHEELER IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED KERR COUNTY ROAD AND
BRIDGE OFFICE IN KERRVILLE BY RADIO TO ADVISE OF THE SITUATION.
TRUBY HARDIN AT KERR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE OFFICE ADVISED AARON
WHEELER TO GET A CAMERA AND GET PICTURES OF THIS SITUATION.
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 P,M., AARON WHEELER ARRIVED AT THE
INGRAM YARD OF KERR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT TO PICK
UP THE REST OF HIS WEST CREW. THESE CREW MEMBERS ARE RAY LYNCH
AND EDWARD MARTIN. RAY LYNCH USED HIS PERSONAL 35 MM CAMERA.
AARON WHEELER, RAY LYNCH AND EDWARD MARTIN ARRIVED BACK AT SEAGO
ROAD CROSSING AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 P.M..
UPON ARRIVAL AT SEAGO ROAD CROSSING, THERE WERE NO PEOPLE
AT THE CROSSING. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT BAGS OF QUZCKRETE AND
ROCKS HAD BEEN PUT IN THE OPENING OF THE BOX CULVERT ON THE
WEST SIDE OF SEAGO ROAD CROSSING. RAY LYNCH TOOK 21 PICTURES
OF THZS SCENE, WHICH ARE INCLUDED WITH THIS REPORT.
THE WEST CREW OF AARON WHEELER, RAY LYNCH AND EDWARD MARTIN
LEFT THIS SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 4:20 P.M..
THIS REPORT IS WRITTEN TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION,
SIGNED,
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AARON WHEELER, FOREMAN
KERR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE
DEPARTMENT, WEST CREW
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT - SEAGO ROAD CROSSING
BOX CULVERT STOPPED UP
ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 8, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:32 P.M.,
RAY LYNCH ARRIVED AT SEAGO ROAD CROSSING TO CHECK THE STOPPED
UP BOX CULVERT, PER KERR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT
FOREMAN FOR THE WEST END, AARON WHEELER. UPON ARRIVAL, LYNCH
OBSERVED THAT THE BOX CULVERT WAS NOT OBSTRUCTED AND THAT ALL
ROCKS AND BAGS OF QUICKRETE HAD BEEN REMOVED ENTIRELY FROM THE
SCENE. THIS REPORT IS IN REFERENCE TO JUNE 7, 2002, WHEN THE
BOX CULVERT WAS OBSTRUCTED.
RAY LYNCH LEFT THE SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 2:37 P.M.
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KERR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE
DEPARTMENT
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JUNE 7, 20D2 3:00 P.M.
BOX CULVERT INTENTIONALLY SEAGO ROAD CROSSING
STOPPED UP AGAIN HUNT, TEXAS
1.) SEAGO ROAD CROSSING, WEST SIDE OF CROSSING, SOUTH SIDE
OF GUADALUPE RIVER.
2.) IN REFERENCE TO PHOTO # 1.
3.) IN REFERENCE TO PHOTO'S # 1 AND # 2, NOTE ROCKS AND SACKS
OF QUICKRETE THAT HAS BEEN STACKED IN OPENING.
4.) WEST SIDE OF CROSSING, OPENING OF CULVERT, SACK OF
QUICKRETE.
5.) NORTH SIDE OF BOX CULVERT, WEST SIDE OF CROSSING, SACKS
OF QUICKRETE DELIBERATELY PUT IN OPENING OF CULVERT.
6.) NORTH SIDE OF CULVERT, WEST SIDE OF CROSSING, IN REFERENCE
TO PHOTO # 5.
7,) NORTH SIDE OF CULVERT, WEST SIDE OF CROSSING, SACKS OF
QUICKRETE AND ROCKS DELIBERATELY PUT IN OPENING OF CULVERT.
8.) IN REFERENCE TO PHOTO # 7.
9.) WEST SIDE OF CROSSING, NORTH END OF CULVERT, SACKS OF
QUICKRETE.
10.) IN REFERENCE TO PHOTO # 9, MORE SACKS OF QUICKRETE.
11.) IN REFERENCE TO PHOTO'S # 9 AND # 10, SACKS OF QUICKRETE
AND ROCKS.
12.) WEST SIDE OF CROSSING, TOWARDS SOUTH SIDE OF CULVERT, MORE
ROCKS AND QUICKRETE IN OPENING.
13.) IN REFERENCE TO PHOTO # 12, ROCKS IN OPENING.
14.1 WEST SIDE OF CROSSING, SOUTH SIDE OF CULVERT, ROCKS PLACED
IN OPENING.
15.) WEST SIDE OF CROSSING, SOUTH SIDE OF CULVERT, SHOT FROM
SOUTHWEST DIRECTION.
16.) IN REFERENCE TO PHOTO # 15.
17.) SEAGO ROAD CROSSING OVER GUADALUPE RIVER, NORTH SIDE.
18.) IN REFERENCE TO PHOTO # 17, VIEW OF OPENING ALSO.
19.) VIEW OF SEAGO ROAD, LEAVING S.H. 39, CROSSING TO THE LEFT.
20.) STREET SIGN, SEAGO ROAD, WHERE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE.
21.) ADDITIONAL PHOTO, SEAGO ROAD, STREET SIGN,
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A.M., THE KERR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT WEST CREW
RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM THE ROAD AND BRIDGE OFFICE THAT WATER
WAS RUNNING OVER THE BRIDGE AT SEAGO ROAD CROSSING, WEST OF
HUNT, TEXAS.
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 8, 2001, THE WEST
CREW ARRIVED AT SEAGO ROAD CROSSING TO INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINT,
AND OBSERVED WATER RUNNING OVER THE BRIDGE. IT WAS ALSO OBSERVED
THAT THERE WAS A SHEET OF TIN OVER THE MOUTH OF THE BOX CULVERT,
WEST SIDE. UPON REMOVING THE SHEET OF TIN, IT WAS ALSO OBSERVED
THAT THERE WERE ROCKS STACKED UP INSIDE THE BOX CULVERT. THE
WEST CREW THEN LEFT SEAGO ROAD CROSSING AND RETURNED TO INGRAM
ROAD AND BRIDGE YARD. AARON WHEELER, FOREMAN OF THE WEST CREW,
NOTIFIED LEONARD ODOM, JR., KERR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE ADMIN-
ISTRATOR, BY TELEPHONE AT APPROXIMATELY 3:10 P.M.
ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 9, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00
A.M., THE WEST CREW ARRIVED BACK AT SEAGO ROAD CROSSING WITH
A BACKHOE AND LONG PIPE TO PUNCH ROCKS OUT OF THE BOX CULVERT.
PUNCHING BEGAN ON THE EAST SIDE (DOWNSTREAM SIDE) OF THE
CROSSING. THEN THE BACKHOE MOVED TO THE WEST SIDE TO BEGIN
MOVING ROCKS THAT HAD BEEN PUNCHED OUT. AFTER THE ROCKS WERE
REMOVED FROM THE WEST SIDE, THE BACKHOE AND PIPE WERE USED TO
PUNCH ANY OTHER ROCKS STILL LEFT IN BOX CULVERT, OUT AND DOWN-
STREAM. BACKHOE IS STILL ON THE WEST SIDE. WHILE BACKHOE WAS
^ PUNCHING FROM THE WEST SIDE, IT ALSO PULLED LOOSE A 2" X 10"
X 12 FOOT BOARD THAT HAD ALSO BEEN USED TO STOP THE FLOW OF
WATER. THE BOARD WAS REMOVED FROM THE AREA. THEN THE BACKHOE
MOVED FROM THE WEST SIDE BACK TO THE EAST SIDE TO REMOVE
ADDITIONAL ROCKS FROM THE CROSSING.
PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN DURING THE ORDEAL OF UNSTOPPING
THE BOX CULVERT AND ARE INCLUDED WITH THIS REPORT.
CLEANING OF THE BOX CULVERT BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00
A.M. AND WAS COMPLETED AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 NOON.
THIS REPORT IS WRITTEN TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION.
SIGNED,
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NOVEMBER 8, 2001 2:30 P.M.
BOX CULVERT INTENTIONALLY SEAGO ROAD CROSSING
STOPPED UP HUNT, TEXAS
1.) STREET SIGN, SEAGO ROAD, WHERE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE
2.) EXIT S.H. 39 ONTO SEAGO ROAD, NOTE CROSSING ON LEFT
3.) SEAGO ROAD CROSSING OF GUADALUPE RIVER
4.) SHEET OF TIN REMOVED BY KERR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE CREW.
TIN WAS USED TO STOP FLOW OF WATER UNDERNEATH BRIDGE ON
WEST SIDE (UPPER SIDE) OF CROSSING
5.) ANOTHER SHOT OF SHEET OF TIN FROM NORTH DIRECTION
6.) WEST SIDE OF CROSSING, MOUTH OF BOX CULVERT. ROCKS
DISCOVERED STACKED UP IN MOUTH OF BOX CULVERT AFTER SHEET
OF TIN REMOVED
7.) WEST SIDE OF CROSSING, MORE ROCKS
8.) NORTHEAST SHOT OF ROCKS STACKED IN BOX CULVERT
9.) IN REFERENCE TO PICTURE NUMBER 8
10.) KERR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE CREW RODDING OUT BOX CULVERT
WITH PIPE TO CLEAR CULVERT OF ROCKS
11.) WEST SIDE OF CULVERT, ROCKS PUNCHED OUT BY PIPE
12.) IN REFERENCE TO PICTURE NUMBER 11
13.) BACKHOE CONTINUES TO MOVE ROCKS FROM UNDER BOX CULVERT
14.) IN REFERENCE TO PICTURE NUMBER 13
15.) CHAIN ATTACHING PIPE TO BACKHOE BUCKET CAME LOOSE SEVERAL
TIMES AND HAD TO BE REATTACHED
16.) ROCKS (WEST SIDE) PUNCHED OUT FROM LOWER SIDE (EAST SIDE)
BEFORE MOVING BACKHOE TO WEST SIDE
17.) WEST SIDE OF BRIDGE, IN REFERENCE TO PICTURE NUMBER 16
18.) BACKHOE OPERATOR REMOVING ROCKS FROM MOUTH OF BOX CULVERT
19.) BACKHOE FINALLY HAS TO GET IN THE RIVER TO GET ALL OF THE
ROCKS AWAY FROM THE MOUTH OF THE BOX CULVERT
20.) IN REFERENCE TO PICTURE NUMBER 19
21.) THIS BOARD WAS ALSO REMOVED FROM MOUTH OF BOX CULVERT
22.) CLEARING ROCKS FROM WEST SIDE OF ENCOUNTERS DEEP WATER
AND UNEVEN, SLIPPERY RIVER BED
23.) ROCKS REMOVED FROM WEST SIDE OF BOX CULVERT AND PLACED
ALONG RIVER BANK ON NORTH SIDE OF GUADALUPE RIVER, S.H.
39 SIDE
24.) THIS PILE OF ROCKS AND GRAVEL WAS REMOVED FROM THE EAST
SIDE OF BOX CULVERT, THAT CAME OUT FROM UNDERNEATH BRIDGE
WHILE PUNCHING WITH THE PIPE
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