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Trinity regional flood planning meeting on April 21; watch on video conference

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The Trinity Regional Flood Planning Group’s April 21 hybrid public meeting will be at 10 a.m. as the group continues the process of developing the first-ever regional flood plan for Texas’ 38-county Trinity River Basin.
The meeting will be in Dallas City Hall, L1 auditorium, 1500 Marilla Street or virtually: Via WebEx videoconference at: https://bit.ly/3w7Xezx – or via phone at 408-418-9388, access code 2498 483 7327.
Among the meeting action items will be consideration of a new person to fill the Water Districts category vacancy on the RFPG, along with the potential approval of a list of recommended Flood Management Evaluations, Flood Management Strategies and Flood Mitigation Projects that have been identified to date by the Trinity RFPG.
The public is welcome to attend the meeting and participate in the public comment session, either in-person or virtually. Written public comments are also accepted at any time via this form or by email to [email protected].
If you wish to provide oral public comments at the meeting, you are encouraged to register in advance by emailing Reyne Telles at [email protected] no later than 9:00 a.m. on April 21, 2022, providing your name, phone number, email address and who are you representing, and indicating if you wish to comment on a specific agenda item or provide general comments.
During the meeting, those who have registered to speak, either in-person or virtually, will be called upon by the chairperson during the appropriate comment period.
At the chair’s discretion, unregistered attendees who wish to speak may also have the opportunity to provide oral comments during the public comment periods of the agenda.
• Those participating by videoconference will be asked to use the “raise hand” function, visible by hovering the cursor over the attendee’s name onscreen, to indicate their interest in speaking during the appropriate public comment period.
• Those participating by teleconference will be asked to enter *3 to indicate their interest in speaking and be placed into the queue to be called upon during the appropriate public comment period.
The Trinity RFPG, aka Region 3, was designated in April 2020 by the TWDB as a result of Senate Bill 8 during the 86th Texas Legislature, which established a groundbreaking, new regional and state flood planning process in the wake of historic statewide flooding. The Trinity RFPG is responsible for creating its first Regional Flood Plan by Jan. 10, 2023. This plan will then become part of Texas’ first-ever State Flood Plan by Sept. 1, 2024.
The initial members of the Trinity RFPG were designated by the TWDB last year. The group’s membership includes at least one voting member from each of the following interest categories: the public, counties, municipalities, industry, agriculture, environment, small business, electric-generating utilities, river authorities, water districts, water utilities and flood districts. In April 2021, the Trinity RFPG engaged a technical consultant team led by Halff Associates to support its planning effort.
The Trinity RFPG’s planning region (Trinity River Basin, or Region 3) has an estimated population of almost 8 million and spans a nearly 18,000-square-mile, 38-county region from Cooke County in the north to Chambers County on the Gulf Coast. For more information, visit the Trinity RFPG website www.trinityrfpg.org, follow the group on Twitter or email the group via [email protected].

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Early deadline for New Year’s week paper

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The Bowie News office will be closed Dec. 24-25 for the Christmas holiday, and Dec. 30 and Jan. 1.
There is an early deadline of 4 p.m. on Dec. 27 for the Jan. 1 Bowie News for all news and ad items.
Your Jan. 1 edition will be delivered to the mail and racks one day earlier due to the New Year’s holiday. We hope you have a great Christmas week.

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Your Bowie News staff wishes you the blessings of a wonderful Christmas as you enjoy time with family and friends. Our offices will be closed Dec. 24-25 for the holiday.

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County obligates ARPA funds for sewer plant project

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Montague County Commissioners wrapped up a few items before the end of the year as they met on Dec. 23.
Grant Coordinator Charley Lanier asked the court to go ahead and obligate $276,961.84 from the American Rescue Funds to complete the new wastewater treatment plant that will serve the courthouse complex.
He explained Dec. 30 is the last date where grant funds can be obligated, and he did not expect any issues since this project had already been approved in court using ARPA funds, he called it a “safety net,” to avoid any problem and possible return of the funds to the federal government.

Montague County has about $276,961.84 in grant funds which has not been allocated.
The court gave approval on the request.
Lanier also asked the court to apply for a grant for a tire cutter. Funded through the Nortex Regional Planning Commission and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the application will ask for $26,865 to purchase a larger gas-powered cutter on a trailer, which can be moved around for use. It would cut the larger tires into four pieces, which would be allowed into a landfill. Lanier said if the cutter comes through the county would need to obtain a permit for its use from TCEQ, which he added should not be an issue.
Commissioner Mark Murphey said he picks up more tires abandoned on the county roads than he disposes of at his own yard, adding he probably has 500 at his yard. The court gave approval to apply for this competitive grant.
The remainder of Monday’s brief meeting were year-end items. Bonds for the justice of the peace one, county clerk, county attorney, district attorney, sheriff, commissioner three and constable two were accepted.
A cooperative agreement with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the county was approved, along with a license and services agreement with Local Government Solutions to provide software for both justice of the peace officers. The county attorney’s Chapter 59 Asset Forfeiture report was presented with no new seizures or forfeiture.

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