RE-ROUTING DITCH FOR KELLY TOUCHET:

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RE-ROUTING DITCH FOR KELLY TOUCHET: General Manager Shadden - If you look at the map here this is on Meneley close to 1406, just north of that. The ditch belongs to the County and State until it gets down to Haze and then it turns off of a street road and goes through Kelly and Reed Touchet’s property and comes out on Mike McBride’s property and goes down and ends up into Spindletop. At one time they asked to re-route this ditch down the front and turn back and tie in to the existing at McBride’s. Now they are asking if we can re-route it through the pond, at the top it would be 150 feet of 36” pipe would run it into the pond and at the bottom it would take about 50 feet of 36” pipe to run it there and then fill in the existing ditch. I talked to Kelly about it and I do not see where it would benefit Trinity Bay. He made the comment that the pond would be some more detention, but if the pond is full, that is really not any detention. So, it is up to the Board, they are asking us if we would re-route this ditch and fill the old ditch in. Vice President Turner — You are saying we do not have an easement on that ditch? General Manager Shadden ~ Yes, we do have an easement it is where the red line is and across, but it would be a matter of buying 200 feet of 36” pipe and filling in the existing ditch. David put the cost together and the possible cost is $38,169.70. That would be to buy the pipe and have the machine come in there, they would have to dig the dirt out of the pond

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.5/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.