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OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
AND CAN I HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. NINO? MR. GARCIA PRESENT? MR. FLORES? PRESENT.
CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? OH, I'M SORRY.
I'M JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD, UH, HOMER GARCIA IS HERE.
AND THEN DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, UH, IS REGARDING A S C P H C P MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH, UH, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING THEIR LOOP 1604 PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS.
SPECIFICALLY, THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF, UH, JUST OVER 1,535 ACRES, UH, 28.2 MILES OF EXISTING AND FUTURE RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, AND IT IS LOCATED ON LOOP 1604, UH, FROM STATE HIGHWAY 16 TO INTERSTATE 35 IN NORTH SAN ANTONIO.
UH, THE PROJECT PROPOSES TO EXPAND LOOP 1604 FROM A FOUR LANE EXPRESSWAY TO A 10 LANE EXPRESSWAY.
UH, AS PART OF THE PROJECT'S FORMAL, UH, FORMAL SECTION SEVEN CONSULTATION, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE, THEY ARE CHOOSING TO MITIGATE THROUGH PARTICIPATION WITH THE S E P H C P THROUGH THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
UH, THERE IS ANTICIPATED DISTURBANCES WITHIN CAR ZONES ONE, TWO, AND THREE, BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THERE ARE ZERO ACRES OF GOLDEN CHEEK WARBLER HABITAT.
UH, NOR DOES THE PROJECT HAVE ANY, UH, IMPACT ON BLACK CAPE VERIO HABITAT.
UH, SPECIFICALLY TDOT IS PROPOSING, UH, A PAYMENT TO THE SS E P OF JUST OVER $10.1 MILLION.
UH, IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS, UH, MEMORANDUM OF UNDER AGREEMENT, I SHOULD SAY.
UH, OF COURSE, STAFF DOES, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
WE ALSO HAVE FOLKS HERE TODAY FROM, UH, TXDOT.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, JENNY BLAIR WITH BLAIR WILDLIFE CONSULTING, UH, AS WELL.
UH, I CAN GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO TDOT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS CLOVER KLEMENS.
I'M THE NATURAL RESOURCES SECTION DIRECTOR FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DIVISION OF TDOT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH STAFF ON, UM, COMING UP WITH MITIGATION.
UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IT'S OUR, UH, JOB MAINLY TO BUILD TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTAIN THE TRANSPORTATION THAT WE HAVE.
WE WOULD PREFER TO WORK WITH OTHER LANDSCAPE SCALE MITIGATION PROVIDERS, UH, ENTITIES LIKE THE SSEP.
UH, WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY ON MITIGATION BEFORE, UM, AND, AND DO MITIGATION WHERE MITIGATION'S GOING TO WORK BEST.
SO PARTNERING WITH EXISTING ENTITIES SUCH AS THE SEP, H C P TO PUT SOME MITIGATION ON THE GROUND.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UM, THE SERVICE ASKED US THROUGH OUR SECTION SEVEN CONSULTATION TO PUT DOWN A, A MINIMUM 40 ACRE PRESERVE, UH, PREFERABLY WITHIN THE AREA AROUND THE PROJECT.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF TO, TO, FOR THEM TO IDENTIFY THAT.
AND THE AGREEMENT IS THE, THE MITIGATION MOVING FORWARD.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, LET ME LOOK OVER TO MY LEFT OVER HERE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD JUST, UH, THE ENTIRE PROJECT LIMITS ARE ALL WITHIN THE CURRENT RIGHT OF WAY, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DOWN THERE? NO, NO QUESTIONS.
WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY HOMER GARCIA, SECOND BY ROBERT BROCK.
ANY ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ANY OF ANY OF OUR MINUTES? DO I HAVE A MOTION
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MOVE TO APPROVE? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROBERT BROCK.DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THERE IS A SECOND FOR THIS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA.
IT IS 2 0 6 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.