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COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF TffiS
REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Jonathan Letz
MEETING DATE: February 28, 2005
OFFICE: Commissioner, Pct. 3
TIME PREFERRED:
SUBJECT: Presentation concerning Trans Texas Corridor.
EXECUTNE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT: Comm., Pct. 3/Sharon Spenrath
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
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accordance with Title 5, Chapter 551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
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All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate
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Meetings. Your cooperation will be appreciated and contribute towards you request being
addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Rules Adopted by Commissioners'
Court.
LAZY S BAR RANCHES
February 17, 2005
Kerr County Commissioners
Deaz Commissioners:
As residents of Kerr County we would like to address your court on February 22, 2005 regazding the
Trans Texas Corridor as it relates to Kerr County.. The following are topics to be included in our presentation:
••• Economics
••• Water
••• Private property
• The State of Texas in Competition with pavate enterprise
• International control of activities/income off of TTC
• Resolution opposing Trans Texas Corridor
Sincerely,
Shazon Spenrath
Nelda Shazringhausen
Susan Heffington
Bill Reese
RESIDENTS OF KERR C OUNTY
275 ALLERKAMP ROAD COMFORT, TX (KERR COUNTY) 78013
BOX 10 ' SHIRLEY BASIN, W'Y ' 82615
PHONE: 830-995-3678 FAX: 830-995-3888
-'a ~e . o.: ~.
Kerr County Judae/Commissioners' Court
From: "JonathanLetz" <ccr@hctc.net>
To: "Kathy Mitchell" <kerrcocc@ktc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:56 AM
Subject: Fw: news from Quorum Report
Kathy, please print this email and attach as additional agenda backup. Thanks, Jonathan
---- Original Message ----
From: Real Edwards Conservation & Reclamation District
To: Billy Georae Casey ;Butch Wardlaw ;Garry Merritt ; Garv Gilmer ;Jerry Blalock ; L. A. Malechek Jr. ;Mel
Stayton ;Perry Bushong ;Roland Trees ;Sam A. Epperson
Cc: Canyon Broadcaster ; JonathanLetz ; mcuwd anwcc.net ;Dan Bvfield ;Donna Hoffman ;Eddie Stes~hens ;
John C. Worden ;Jonathan Letz ;Sky Lewey ;Sonja Klein ;Susan Walker ;Bill Holt ;James (Buddy) Weaver ;
Jesse Lockhart Jr
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 5:51 PM
Subject: FW: news from Quorum Report
A bit more on the Trans Texas Corridor
From: Janet Adams [mailto:fdwsc@overland.net]
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 5:30 PM
To: Adams
Subject: Fw: news from Quorum Report
---- Original Message ----
From: Linda Fernandez
To: 'Janet Adams'
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:38 PM
Subject: news from Quorum Report
February 18, 2005 3:16 PM
Copyright February 18, 2005 by Harvey Kronberg, www.quorumreport.com, All rights are reserved
BILL FILED TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS IN TRANS TEXAS CORRIDOR LEGISLATION
Would protect rurals and limit private sector control of the road
HB 1273, Rep. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brehnam) and Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton) have filed H61273 which
addresses some frequent criticisms of the Trans Texas Corridor package passed last session.
The bill limits the proposed Trans Texas Corridor to 800 feet from 1200 feet, eliminates the franchising of
businesses along the corridor by road contractors and requires access on, off, and across every state highway
and local FM road. The bill also eliminates the "non-competition" clause in the TTC, which currently allows the
TTC operators the ability to stop other public road projects in an area if they felt it would lower profitability of their
investment. Lastly the bill requires that any toll fee increase or collection fee increase must meet approval of the
Transportation Commission and not be left to the private company exclusively. The intent is to allow for more
transparency, accountability and less of a footprint on the land. Also to ensure that rural areas can access the
TTC.
2/23/2005
Copyright February 18, 2005 by Harvey Kronberg, www.auorumreoort.com, All rights are reserved
Linda Fernandez
Fernandez Groan. Inc.
PO Box 816
Austin.. TX 78767-Q816
Tel: 512/477-5445
~~Y~ ~~?ia7z_~a~n
www. FernandezGrouplnc. com
2/23/2005
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nuance of oblrga ~ ' ' n
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.ken to11 roads to
turner ~ ~ ~~
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That Constitutional
Amendment Passed with
67,3% voting Yes
That was in 2002
That Constitutional Amendment enabled
the passage of a law titled HB 3588. On
September 1, 2003 HB 3588 became Law
establishing the Trans Texas Corridor.
Little did we know that
This...
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Medina for?
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advocate of the Corridors, asked TxDoT that
very question.
"Why do we need to expand I-10?"
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answer.,...
`...water."
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Is the routing of this Corridor for traffic?
Or scenery?
Or does it have to do with passing over 3 Aquifers?

license ~rant~d for n~ ~ur~os~, including use
as a facility ar~d use fair unrelated corn rcial,
m.

Franchising & wader
thinking that
pon~t sta-~ ~Zarka gur9er Barns"'
means
h~ to
t ranting rig
is abou 9 erty and
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ter Wells on the Corridor
drill W a ; elines along e State
the p e the Water as th
ut-lize
to distr-b Wishes
he ones being granted the Franchises will
And t
be the Water Marketers.
these groups
I Dominated by Oil men, ve
have a Wildcatter's flair• • • "tof water
tied up millions of gallons many
rights but have yet to sell very
drops.
The Trans Texas Corridor refle flunhedeas.
convergence of two hurried and far 9
.Unparalleled use Eminent the State
Centralize Water Issi es at t
I Leve
.Provide an "in pace" Infrastructure to
Concessionaires for Water Dis~~eloon
via a statewide p-peline ne
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corridor atwn.
e a .~25 ,mile l0 9aid~n9 TranSP°~u the
w aeC the auspice appears more f Water•
u When in fa~~ ~
and distribution o
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s to ~ rr~dor
a ear on ~°
so ~t pp ile 1 9
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Kerr County,Texas
e-tY of ~o
venient~y kisses the arke ers
Con water M
active
It is very important to point out
The corridors are not engineered at this time
The corridors are termed "conceptual", yet...very
accurate when it comes to water specific situations
To our knowled a no laws have been broken and no
g
such activity is implied in this presentation.
This is not a matter of whether....
s there is marketable water in Kerr County
•the Water Marketers are right or wrong
there will be 4 traffic lanes or 6
~~the concrete is first or the pipeline is
It is all about
_ h roportions that me SA
p, tak~n9 of sup p rehend the scop
of us cannot comp With an eye
ceived only Trans
.,vision" con rendition, the
artists a beast
toward an
as Corridor ~S ~n~u ook,oVeab-e•
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that W~11 make A
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s g0$ s~uar main for th
g~ acre C Went ao lus bo
tely ,g~,4 rough em- ets a f ra-I, p , cie
f A prox~ma e ,fate th neS~ two s ess to veh-
p ken by th vehrc1e la ~ .. Any pcc ncY
will be ~ . 4 sets of ,~ util-t-es. Emerge
erhighway" above'groun r separat-ons
sup Duna and flyove
unaergr. 're expens-ve ~ hi hway
wi11 reQu- , if~icult. eX~stin9 g rriaar
lanes w-Il be d way f rom on the c°
ccess alone raw tray f~c a . s to re~,arn
a , n it will a m°t0r-st i~-es.
dBy aes-g ' ~ I encourage as Common ~ not -n the
s. It w-I ds of hex for the ~
system ~ n thousan king land
hile pass- ~ to staff to
w s ready ~uerations-
/She `fate ~ ow, for future 9 ~n ~~ s
but r-ght n ~orridar ~ ~ru~-t be
future ~rve the m ones ~e~~ew)
f''.~a 'fires for all co of Way r 0
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mended +n franch~sed-
~ode- as a be leased' ted
s ortat-on erty may e for unrela her new
The Iran p t ~~ pr°p ~ cluding us es,~5 Anot ..
rov~des tha urp°Se' ~n ~ rural purpos ' 1arY fac~l~t1es
p d for any p or agr,cul d for anal , tenance,
license ~ industrialr acquire Ian ~tian- main
mmercral, -~XppT to ~ he constru er these
co permits or use ~n t ken to9eth d by
author~~i revenue f ~ eot.~s Ta , ting of Ian
enerate ike pr°~ limited tak ~ onaire
that g . n of a turnp , n for an un to concess~
or operatic t erm,ss~o ,tor `ts prrva impeded
'sons gran p meat by ~ ciliate un d by NB-
prov~ r develop .~~, ~'o fa so eXpande
he State fo long the ion Was al
t rs on and a condemnat
panne over of he T~C.17
kings- the p cilit~es °f t
to include fa , ~ 2~7,o8zc~~
35$$ to ,~tton crode~ ~'' an ~6,~1~2,(d)t5~
err c,~ction 22~'n41~a}
~i5)T~as ~rans~ ~
as,rranSportation C~o~
~~' 7).~e as Yrans~°~tion
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slows the taking of
al X oPe~ Public Land~-
authority granted to ations
re P or resery
/ NeW ~ountY °wn h'-ghWaYs- alle a~y compensation
city or Streets. ayin9
parkw ohibits TXpot from P iocai
b
foathat~a ~Hg.3588,19Wi11 be paid Y the
-acement costs
f hand rep ayment of
taxpayer eXempt from P fees,
10n or assessed
~ RMA is also Utility conned used e~ owners
/ The meet fees, ~Ce fees imp
develop and Sere ent~tY or any prop
assessment enta , bers•2~ land Will be
by any e0wne s association me taxable
or hom va~Ues WiU decline and
/ ProPe~ from ~oun~ roUs•
re ed a
mOV ~p~ 370.169( 1
~ (19)T~5?ransP°~ti0n Code lion 370.1751b)
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It is equal y
rridors come to the Hill Country.
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to 350o acres
lose Z~40 ~ ndera-
rr Co. will ~n Kerr- Ba
Ke w~li be lost
~6-ppp acres sties.
Almost Kimble Cou
Kendall ~ it homes.
~111eSp~e- .. uid lose the
p0 fam~l1es co traff ~c
any as 3 reduced
As m i pollars from


Kerr Co. will lose rcea- ~~..~. -
from IH-10 round Water
Kerr Co. wi~~ dose control of ~~so ~ of oun~ users
Kerr Co. w~~~ lose its water to
Local Water Is
~, Major Concern
/The State W~~~ have the right to drill,
pump and transport groundwater
located on all rights of way under the
rule of capture, with the possible
outcome being the depletion of aquifers
and the transporting of water out of
I counties, states or possibly to Mexico.
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law 15 n°t
ea that the na by
conclud are boo
s recently the rtTC} e °rt
m-~ee ha such as jct the r ~ p •
ubcom ate land C n a,str s ab~i~tll
~ senate ~ ees of st nservab° , e a d-str~ct .
A r that less nawater co unaerm~n whjch it ~s
dea of a 9r°u „Dula easily aquifer for to the
the rules empt1on c ~~on of an ommena~ng lands
s such ex jfer or po Is also rec te.owned
say a e the aqu committee ed from sta •
to man 9 „ the sub er produc long this d not
esp „Grounawa
ons~ble' t e.'r ~n ma ittee cool
r • tore that Instate us e ~ubcomm another
~egrsla e!~ed for de that th s' water to
ould be res we conciu rt'ing ~Cexa
sh enaation ~ .. on o f eXpa mi~~
c°~CII"~ hjbltt ~ the ~~,~;te Select Com
re current pro
a ~c°, 21 r R~~hts Interim Repo'
fin yen ~,ex tew~e
`~ ate ~r a on the Lease of sta Her 3~'°~
St ee ed lyovem
Hate Suhcomm 8~' Interim} issu
t~l~ o Water ~~~~ ~
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er is ~r~m ~° Se
Exc P press Relea
ned by GOB. Perry.
for Progress M~~~o~SEnrique Ma The agreement
a~,nersh-P aulip n meet,
The Reg+onal P Yarr-ngton of Ta Gonzales of Nuevo --~~'de~elop and
as -onal econ°rr'~nfrastructure,
Gov. Tom and Gov. Nat~v~dad to reg healthy
Coahuila, idor,.a 4,
an integrated ~e ~ommun-cabons, 000
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STATE OF TEXAS } FEB 0 3 ~ 005
RESOLUTION
COUNTY OF MtLENNAN } ~~1[~!: CO.
A RESOLU1T01 ~ OF THE CONIIVIISSIONERS COURT
OF N[cLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS
OPPOSING THE 1RANS TEXAS CORRIDOR
WHEREAS, the Taans Tixar Corridor plan is beinag implemented as a resuh of the
passing of H.B. 35ES, which grained the Texas Transportation Commission sweeping authority,
and
WHEREAS, the Trams Tetras Corridor could be as much as a quarter of a mile wide
with muhiple vehicle lanes, train transportation, and right-of-way property within the corridor,
and
WBEREAS, the Tarns TE:oas Corridor would negatively affect local economy, as well
as rural Texas by splitting fauns ~tnd ranches, uprooting wildlife, and cresting pollution and
trash; and
WB~EREAS, the tolls on tt~e 7Ya~rs •Texas Corridor, a form of double taxation, would
place undue hardship oo many Texas: citizces; and
WHEREAS, the projected cost of the Trans Texas Corridor, which is estimated to be as
much as 5184 billion will place an uemecessary financial burden on state taxpayers; and
WHEREAS, the Tessa Department of Transportation should provide a complete
economic impact analysis of the proposed Trans Texas Corridor an the existing IH-35/YY-I-30
corridors before any further develop went of the Trnns Torras Corridor taken place; and
WHEREAS, the McLenna=~ County Comrnissianers Court wants to protect those whose
economes are dependant upon the millions of dollars per year generated along the 1H-35/IH-30
corridors; and
WHEREAS, the 594-mik )::I-35/II3-30 comdor~running from Laredo to Texarkana is an
established NAFTA trade route for Mexico and Canada bound truck-borne shipments traveling
through the State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, the lV[cLennrs~ County Commissioners Court believes that the existing IH-
35 corridor must be expanded to s: pport existing and future growth by taking advantage of the
existing infrasttuctwe and right-of-~vay, and that this can be accomplished at a much lower cost
than constructing a separate corridc•i; and without disrupting the local economies; and
WHEREAS, the McLennan CotrMy Connnissioners Court strongly believes that other
sources of transportation and techr..ology should be corasiderexl, and the Texas Department of
Transportation should deveb_ p vis~~le, acceptable solutions to existing right-of-ways, and future
transportation issues; and
WHEREAS, the placement of concentrated resource conveyances in the corridor will
better enable terrorists to attack these resources and disable them, especially in remote areas; and
R~EREAS, if H.B. 3588 is left unaltcred, it will give tla; Tcanaportation Comorisaion
legal at:tltority to cot~rce route ~efecxion and the right to cordemn prrurrte property for its use
in budding the T}sues TaaQS Corridsr, and
WHEREAS, the McLemu~ County Commissioners Cant is dedicated to working with
the Terms D~rtmdst of Tranapt~ltibr, the Tomas Traasportntion Cooamissio,, and other
clotted and public offiicisls to dev~dap solutions that will protect the existing corridor and resolve
congestioq safety and pollution isseres that can~rently exist along Texas lrigbways; and
NOW, TSF.REFORE, BE~ 1'Y` RESOLVED that the Mclennan County Cwnurissioners
Court opposes the ?!~ Te,~ f.'orridor concept duc to tfx negative economic impact on
Mcl.e~nnan County, and urges the ~.e~sb~ture to amend H.B. 3586 to albw Further public input
before imp)etnentiog this plan; and
BE IT FiTR1~R RES1:ILVED that a copy of this RESOL1tJTION be made a
p part of the minutes of thy: Gourt.
VKITNESSED OUR HAND AND :SEAL thfs Sth day of February, 2005.
.~
:.a4t LEWIS, Ca
Pct. t
Cotnrn. l'ct. 3
Attest:
J_ A "Andy" Harv~-edl, Calmty Cleric
Mclennan County, Texas
By: bcputy aunty Clerk