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Mertzon City Council May 4 2026

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Agenda Analysis | Meeting Review | Meeting Documents | Commentary | Last Meeting


The heavy construction machinery coming down 4th St. is already crumbling the new pavement forming the entrance to the flood detention area, so Gallagher’s folks need to rethink the design of the project. IC ISD uses the street regularly for its buses, so it needs to be constructed well enough to handle daily bus traffic, plus direct stormwater into the detention area without becoming waterlogged.
The heavy construction machinery coming down 4th St. is already crumbling the new pavement forming the entrance to the flood detention area, so Gallagher’s folks need to rethink the design of the project. IC ISD uses the street regularly for its buses, so it needs to be constructed well enough to handle daily bus traffic, plus direct stormwater into the detention area without becoming waterlogged.


A. Agenda Analysis

  1. 2nd Street drainage, item 5: Kudos to the City for not letting this issue die.

  2. Resolution 5-4-26, item 6: I think, but am not certain, that this is to give the Mayor authority to explore and negotiate a potential 391 Commission with the County and others to address the potential 765 kV line going through the county. Also, see my commentary below.

  3. Speeding on Duncan, item 7: Yes, it needs to be addressed. The Council should also be mindful that the County Commissioners Court may still place a new Community Center in the Park with a larger Duncan street main entrance.





B. Meeting Review

Pending





C. Commentary

  1. A “Prayer” in a legal pleading is simply a request from the party that the Court grant them what it is they want. I am continuing to monitor the next leg of the 765 kV line that Oncor/LCRA and the PUC are proposing. (I’ve also intervened in that leg, CCN 59475, but I don’t know yet whether the judge will accept my intervention.) This week I came across the "Prayer" below in the 59128 case written by a pro se landowner ( a non lawyer) opposed to the line. While I am in the 59128 case trying to intervene in the 59475 case, she is in the 59475 case trying to intervene in the 59128 case. (We are aligned parties.) In my 35 years as a licensed attorney, I don't think I've ever read a better Prayer than this one:


    Here’s my message to all those landowners out there sitting on your hands and doing nothing but waiting to collect the imminent domain money from Oncor/LCRA: stop praying to the almighty dollar. Remember this landowner, and all those like her, that you aren't helping.

  2. Pending




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