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Wildlife Mgmt Ag Valuation — Hood County

active project Owner: @chance Updated: 2026-05-10

📐 Definition & Done

What this step is: Annual filing to convert Chance Kite's Hood County tract from agricultural (1-d-1) to Wildlife Management Use (WMU) appraisal — reducing property taxes by maintaining the ag-exempt valuation under Texas Tax Code §23.51 through wildlife management practices rather than traditional farming.
What "done" looks like: Form 50-129 (Comptroller application) + PWD-885 (TPWD Wildlife Management Plan) filed with Hood CAD before the 2026 tax year deadline; WMU status active on the parcel; Chance is paying ag-rate taxes instead of market-rate taxes.
Why this matters now: First-time WMU conversion — the filing window is county-specific and annual; missing it means another full year of market-rate taxes. Substrate gaps (county confirmation, acreage, ag history) are blocking the readiness scan.

🧭 Decision Points — calls needed to move this step forward

VERIFY BEFORE PROCEEDING

Confirm county: Hood County (~90% confidence) or Erath County? The parcel sits on the Hood/Erath border — FM1189 straddles both. Do NOT run 0200-readiness-scan until confirmed.

Hood CAD (primary): Search 8224–8270 FM1189 at hoodcad.org. If no match, try Erath CAD as fallback.
Erath CAD (fallback): erathcad.com parcel search by address.

Action: Run the CAD parcel search now — 10-minute task that unblocks the entire pipeline.

Unblocks: 0200-readiness-scan and all downstream steps · Assumption A-COUNTY active

NEEDS CHANCE INPUT

What substrate inputs can Chance provide to fill the state.md gaps required by the readiness scan?

Required from Chance: Legal description (from deed); acreage; prior ag use 2020–2025 (5-of-7 historical test); target species; current or planned management practices (minimum 3 of 7 per PWD-885 Part V).
Without these: 0200-readiness-scan cannot produce a real needs-packet, and 0300-draft-application cannot draft 50-129 + PWD-885 accurately.

TBD — needs Dan to gather from Chance · Unblocks: full pipeline

Decide by: before next session

DECISION NEEDED

What is the Hood CAD application deadline for 2026 WMU conversion — and is there still time to file for this tax year?

Typical TX deadline: April 30 (some counties extend). If 2026 window has passed, this run targets 2027 filing instead — still worth filing the groundwork this year.
Verify at Hood CAD: Call or check hoodcad.org — deadlines vary by county and can shift for first-time conversions.

TBD — needs Dan input · Shapes urgency of the entire pipeline run

Decide by: as soon as county confirmed

⚡ Next Moves — concrete actions, ordered

Confirm county: search 8224–8270 FM1189 at hoodcad.org → if no match, try erathcad.com. Note parcel ID and appraised value. Owner: @dan or Claude · By: next session
Ask Chance for: legal description from deed, acreage, 2020–2025 ag use category, target species, and planned management practices. Owner: @dan · By: next session
Check Hood CAD for 2026 WMU application deadline — call or check online. Owner: @dan or Claude · Gated by: #1 (county confirmed)
Once substrate is complete: run 0100-ingest-pdfs → 0150-distill-rule-tree → 0200-readiness-scan pipeline to generate the needs-packet. Owner: Claude · Gated by: #1 + #2
Run 0300-draft-application to produce Form 50-129 + PWD-885 draft for Chance's review. Owner: Claude · Gated by: #4

flowchart LR
  A[Confirm county\nhoodcad.org] --> B[Gather substrate\nfrom Chance]
  B --> C[0100–0200\nreadiness scan]
  C --> D[0300 Draft\n50-129 + PWD-885]
  D --> E[0400 Quality gate]
  E --> F[File with\nHood CAD]

📊 Status & Progress

Substrate incomplete — pipeline blocked 10%

County at ~90% confidence (Hood). Legal description, acreage, ag history, target species, and management practices all [NEEDS-DATA]. Do not run 0200-readiness-scan until county is confirmed (A-COUNTY active).

🔗 Dependencies

⬅ Gated by (waiting on)

County verification (Hood vs Erath) A-COUNTY active at ~90% confidence. CAD parcel search resolves this.
Chance — substrate inputs Legal description, acreage, ag history, target species, management practices.

➡ Unblocks (blocking these)

Chance tax savings WMU approval replaces market-rate taxes with ag-rate valuation annually.

📁 Assets

📋 Property State — Hood Tract 01 status: substrate-incomplete · tax_year: 2026 · scenario: B
📋 Assumption Ledger A-COUNTY + A-ECOREGION active
📂 Pipeline (10 steps) 0050-self-examine → 0600-render-index-html