Jan 13, 2026 City Council

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[5. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS]

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I JUST THE ZONING MAP THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU. THE PD WAS THERE AND WAS PUT INTO

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AND I'LL PAUSE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. THANK YOU JENNA, AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL. SEE ON THE .447 ACRES IN THE RENTAL. NO ADDITION. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS? IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. MY NAME IS FRANK ROBERTS, BROKER FOR REMAX LANDMARK HERE IN TOWN. WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS WE HAD AN OFFER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY, AND A SPECIFIC USER WAS A PAWN SHOP. IT WAS A VERY LARGE NATIONAL PAWN SHOP ORGANIZATION THAT DID NOT FIT IN THE CURRENT ZONING. THAT DEAL DIED. IT WENT AWAY. SO WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS TO RESUBMIT OUR APPLICATION FOR HOW WE CORRIDOR AND DROP THE IDEA OF SUBMITTING A COMMERCIAL ZONING CHANGE. SO I THINK IT'S A MOOT POINT AT THIS POINT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. ANYONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO 5.6. YES. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE WOULD BRING TO YOU TONIGHT ORDINANCE NUMBER 3165, ZONING APPLICATION ZC 20 5-28, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, AMENDING APPENDIX TWO, ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TERRELL AND CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL C ON APPROXIMATELY 0.447 ACRES OF PROPERTY AS LOCATED IN THE RANDALL KNOW EDITION BLOCK ONE, LOT TWO, IN THE CITY OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS. IDENTIFIED AS KAUFMAN COUNTY. CAD PROPERTY ID 50331 AND FURTHER KNOWN AS NINE FOUR NORTH SH 205 TERRELL, TEXAS, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AND DEPICTED WITHIN THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED, WITH VENDOR'S LEAN ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A, AND MADE A PART HEREOF, FOR ALL PURPOSES, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING, REPEALING AND SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND LET ME STATE, MR. MAYOR, IF IF IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL TO TO ADOPT THE FINDINGS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEN THE MOTION THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION AND TO DENY THIS REQUEST. RIGHT. AND FOR FRANK, I GUESS YOU WALKED OUT.

BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO KEEP THINGS CLEAN, IT ISN'T ON OUR AGENDA ITEM. I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON IT. I'M GLAD THAT THEY'VE RESCINDED THEIR REQUEST. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID THAT FORMALLY OR NOT, BUT PRETTY SIMPLE TO. SO WE WOULD. THIS IS IN THE FORM OF AN ORDINANCE. SO IT'S 3165. YES, SIR. WE DO. SO WE WE WOULD DENY THAT. YES, WE WOULD ACCEPT THAT.

YOU WOULDN'T ACCEPT IT WOULD NOT ACCEPT THAT. TAKE THE THE NTSB'S RECOMMENDATION. EXACTLY.

RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION ON SIX POINT? I MEANT 5.6 MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION TO DENY ORDINANCE NUMBER 3165. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND?

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[6. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]

CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE NAMING THE FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE MARK. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON THE FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE THAT REMAINED. ALL OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE WILLING TO SERVE HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED. WE NEED A APPOINTEE FROM DISTRICT TWO AND AN APPOINTEE FOR DISTRICT FIVE. DAVONA THOMAS IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS WELL AS STEVE. HUEY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO NOT CONTINUE TO SERVE FOR DISTRICT FIVE. WE DO HAVE ONE APPLICANT FOR DISTRICT TWO. HER NAME IS AUTUMN. I DO NOT RECALL HER LAST NAME. IF YOU CAN GO BACK FOR ME, DON. SORRY. WAGNER. AUTUMN WORKS AT THE TERRELL HERITAGE SOCIETY MUSEUM FOR US. AND SHE IS. SHE FALLS WITHIN DISTRICT TWO, SO SHE IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER FOR APPOINTMENT. AND UNLESS YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL APPOINTEE YOU WANT TO CONSIDER, AND WE STILL NEED AN INDIVIDUAL FOR DISTRICT FIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

MARK. SO, COUNCILWOMAN ANDERSON, YES, I HAVE MET AUTUMN AND I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, APPROVE THE NOMINATION OR THE SELECTION OF AUTUMN WAGNER TO THE NAMING COMMITTEE.

OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, DISTRICT FOUR, TO APPROVE AUTUMN WAGNER AS A MEMBER OF OUR NAMING COMMITTEE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AND PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.1. YES. REGARDING DISTRICT 5.20, YOU HAVE SOMEONE I WANTED TO INDICATE. I DO HAVE AN APPOINTEE WHO I'VE DISCUSSED THE MATTER WITH AND THEY'VE EXPRESSED INTEREST. BUT I HAVE ONE MORE CONVERSATION BEFORE I GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THE APPOINTEES. SO PROBABLY I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE THAT APPOINTMENT UNTIL THE AGENDA. COUNCILMAN. OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. YOU HAVE TO POSTPONE IT. I THOUGHT YOU IT'S. SESSION TONIGHT. NO, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO RESCIND MY MOTION TO WAIT. IT IS ON POINT OF ORDER. IT'S ON THE AGENDA. IT'S NOT ON THE

[7. DISCUSSION ITEMS]

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EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE THERE WE CAN DO WITH WHAT'S IN THE THE GROUND NATURE, EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO US. SO IS THAT ON THE SAME DATE OR IS IT TWO DIFFERENT DAYS, SAME DAY? YEAH. DO YOU HAVE IT THE SAME DAY? I HAVE I WILL HAVE HOPEFULLY EXTRA STAFF MEMBERS TO HELP OUT ON THIS LOCATION. WILL ALREADY HAVE IT PROGRAMED AND PREPPED AND THE ITEMS ARE ALREADY AT EACH LOCATION. SO IT'S GOING TO BE EASIER. AND I'M GIVING MYSELF A TWO HOUR WINDOW TO WRAP UP AT. ASK ANY QUESTIONS FROM FAMILIES OR KIDS TO GET TO SORRY TO THE NEXT LOCATION, SO THAT WAY IT'LL BE EASIER. LIKE I SAID, IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT. IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION ON IF YOU THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH IN ONE DAY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. WHAT'S YOUR SUGGESTION? NO, I THINK HAVING BOTH PARKS USED IS A GOOD IDEA. LET'S JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I DID HAVE ONE PICKED, BUT I FIGURED I WOULD TRY TO REACH OUT TO BOTH AND HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T OVER STEP. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. IT'S PILOT.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS. THE NEXT ONE IS IF YOU DID NOT KNOW, APRIL IS NATIONAL FLIER KITE MONTH, SO WHAT BETTER WAY TO MAKE OUR FIRST ANNUAL FLIER KITE? I HAVE REACHED OUT TO ACADEMY AND I'M REACHING BACK FROM WALMART. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COST IS NOT VERY MUCH TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS. WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND HAND OUT SOME KITES TO FAMILIES AS THEY COME IN. WE CAN SET UP AT THE PAVILION. WE WOULD EVEN LOVE FOR YOU TO COME OUT AND MEET AND GREET THE COMMUNITY ON THIS EVENT. OUR MAYOR PRO TEM WAS WONDERING IF THE KITES HAVE THE CITY LOGO ON IT. I DID NOT PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET. SO NEXT YEAR TO SEE ANY OF THE MAYOR'S FACE ON THEM. THE NEXT ONE IS IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HIS NAME, IF YOU'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HIS NAME IS ALFONSO SOLIS. HE IS. SEND ME DFW. HE DOES SURVIVAL TRAINING AND FAMILY CAMPS IN MESQUITE. I SPOKE TO THE MAYOR TODAY OF MESQUITE. HE VOUCHED FOR HIM AND HE SAID HE'S A HE'S A HE KNOWS HIM PERSONALLY. HE'S A REALLY GREAT GUY. HE SENT ME ALL HIS CERTIFICATIONS TODAY.

THIS WOULD BE A FREE EVENT. I PICKED MAY BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE SUNNIER. AND I FIGURED WE CAN GET THE KIDS OUT THERE DURING SCHOOL TIME, YOU KNOW, AFTER ON THE WEEKEND. ANY QUESTIONS ON HIM? YEAH. OKAY. TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING, LET'S DO MOVIE NIGHT IN THE PARK.

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AND IT GETS DARKER THE LATER IT GETS INTO SUMMER. SO THIS IS A TURNKEY EVENT FOR THAT PRICE.

AND THAT'S THE PRICE FOR TWO SHOWINGS. WE ONLY WANTED TO PICK TWO TO SEE HOW THEY GO, BECAUSE IF NO ONE SHOWS UP ON THE FIRST ONE, AT LEAST WE KNOW YOU KNOW THE INCOME THAT WE PUT INTO IT. AND THEY EVEN KEEP A TECH ON STAND ON, ON THE PREMISES DURING THE WHOLE EVENT.

THEY BRING EVERYTHING OUT. AND WHO PICKS THE MOVIES? WE CAN PICK THE MOVIES. STAR TREK, CALLING THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY, I WAS EVEN LOOKING AT THE DATE FOR THE SECOND ONE. HAVE YOU GUYS HAD ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF RESALE PARK? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING THIS YEAR WITH JUNETEENTH, IT'S USUALLY AT 2 OR 3 DAY EVENT, BUT I'LL TALK TO THAT. IS THAT THAT IS RIGHT. I, I WAS JUST PICKING EVERY OTHER WEEKEND. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

ALSO JUST THIS IS AN AWESOME IDEA I LOVE IT. MY MY CONCERN THAT SUMMER MOVIE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT GETS DARK SO LATE IN THE SUMMER. IT WAS STARTING SO LATE. ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE MIGHT BE A BETTER SPRING EVENT BECAUSE IT GETS DARK AT SIX, 630. YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT MAYBE MOVE A LITTLE EARLIER. MOVE THAT ONE TO MAY. POTENTIALLY. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND BECAUSE IT WAS OVERWHELMING LAST YEAR TO EXTEND THE POOL HOURS, WE WILL BRING BACK FAMILY NIGHT. BUT IT WON'T BE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. IT WILL BE EVERY OTHER FRIDAY NIGHT TO KIND OF GO ALONG WITH OUR THEME IN THE PARK. SO THAT WAY WE STILL HAVE ONE EVENT IN THE PARK, ONE EVENT AT THE POOL, AND THEN I PUT ON THEME NIGHT. SO THAT WAY YOU CAN LET YOUR PATRONS KNOW YOU CAN DRESS UP AS YOU COME IN, AND WE WILL JUST HAVE FUN WITH IT. THAT IS GOOD. AND THEN TO END THE SUMMER, AS WE'RE COMING FOR THE LAST TWO EVENTS, WE WOULD LIKE TO GLOW PLAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE SOME PEOPLE SOME LANYARDS, SOME NEON LIGHTS, GLOW STICKS TO GO OUT THERE, MEET US AT THE PAVILION, GET THEM ACTIVE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND THEN GLOW UP OUR PARK. GO PLAY YOUR PICKLEBALL, YOUR BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL. IT WAS JUST AN IDEA. YOUR THOUGHTS, I LIKE IT. I AND OH, A SCAVENGER HUNT. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS SCAVENGER HUNT TO KEEP IT FUN. WE ALREADY HAVE THE SCAVENGER HUNT PADS AND DRY ERASE MARKERS FOR THE PARENTS TO GO OUT. YOU PICK IT UP AT THE PAVILION, GO THROUGHOUT THE PARK, GO HAVE FUN, SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND THEN WE CAN HAVE PRIZES. MAYBE SOME FOOTBALLS, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE AWAY FOR THOSE WINNERS THAT THAT GO OUT AND FIND ALL THEIR CHECKLISTS.

THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE ALTERED, BECAUSE I DID PRESENT THIS TO THE PARK BOARD, AND I DID SPEAK WITH MISTER BALLOON FROM TISD. SO THE BASH IS ACTUALLY HELD AT THE EXCEL ON, I BELIEVE THE 31ST OR THE FIRST ONE OF THESE TWO DATES. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND HAVE A BOOTH THERE AND THEN PRESENT ANY OTHER TYPE OF ITEMS RECOMMENDING FROM THE CITY VERSUS ANY OTHER. IF THIS PILOT PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL FOR WHATEVER WE HAVE COMING UP FOR THE FALL OR WINTER TIME. THIS ONE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THE ESTIMATED COST PROJECTION, THE FUNDING, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE THE MONEY FROM AND THE COMMUNITY INPUT GROWTH CONSIDERATIONS AND THE FLEXIBILITY. SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU THE TOTAL EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE. THAT 2000 WAS FOR OUR FISH THAT WE PURCHASED FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. AND THEN AS YOU SEE, THE OTHER BIG DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD BE FOR YOUR TURNKEY FOR THE MOVIE NIGHT.

EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP VERY MINIMAL AND KEEP OUR BUDGET LOW TO SEE HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS. OKAY. SO THIS MONEY IS ALREADY IN OUR BUDGET. THAT'S WITHIN THE EXISTING BUDGET. OKAY. THAT THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT ANY EXTRA MONEY. JUST KIND OF LETTING YOU KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT. AND THAT INCLUDES ANY STAFF REQUIRED FOR THESE EVENTS AS WELL. WE WILL HAVE PART TIME STAFF THAT WILL BE PULLING FROM OTHER EVENTS. SO YEAH, IT'S ALL

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I THINK THEY'LL APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK YOU. WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKS COMING SO I'M HOPING TO GET THE FOOTPRINT DOWN SO WE CAN GROW THIS THROUGHOUT ALL THESE LOVELY PARKS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY. SO THE ONLY THE ONLY EVENT THAT IS COSTLY IS COSTING IS THE FRIDAY NIGHT POOL. ALL THE OTHERS ARE FREE OR THEY'RE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, CORRECT. THE POOL NIGHT IS $3 OR IT'S $10. I THINK FOR A FAMILY TO GET IN.

THAT WAS THE COST PREVIOUS YEARS TO BEFORE COVID WHEN WE HAD FAMILY NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT, FAMILY NIGHT. THAT IS CORRECT. EVERYTHING ELSE IS FREE. THE KITES WILL PURCHASE AND THE SCAVENGER HUNT INFORMATION AND CRAYONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL THE CRAFTS WE ALREADY HAVE BEEN PURCHASING. SLOWLY AS YOU CAN SEE, IT SHOULD NOT COST US AN OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT. WHAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION DID YOU HAVE ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT? POOL HOURS? PRE-COVID, IT WAS. I STARTED IN 2017, SO IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY BUSY. WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THEY WOULD HAVE ALL THE FAMILIES EXIT AT FIVE AND THEN GO BACK OUT, AND THEN YOU CAN ONLY COME IN AS A FAMILY. SO THAT'S FOUR MEMBERS FOR $10, AND EVERY ADDITIONAL MEMBER WAS ONLY A DOLLAR. BUT YOU HAD TO HAVE A PARENT WITH YOU. SO THAT WAY YOU DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE TEENAGE FLOCK AT THE POOL. I'M, I'M ASKING BECAUSE. IF WE WANTED TO PUT SOME NUMBERS TOGETHER WHERE WE MADE MAYBE NOT ALL OF THEM FREE, BUT EVERY OTHER ONE FOR THE POOL FREE, WE WOULD HAVE A KIND OF IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF MONEY WE'RE USING. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BETTER

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THIS IS REALLY WHAT CITIZENS ARE TALKING ABOUT. THEY WANT TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND LET'S EXPAND IT AND KEEP THE IDEAS COMING. THANK YOU I LIKE IT. PLEASE GIVE ME ALL YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON EVENTS. YOU'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE LIBRARY, RIGHT? YES. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO ADVERTISE TO IT'S A LOT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COME IN ON A DAILY BASIS. THEN YOU SAID A BANNER MAYBE AND JUST CIRCULATE AT THE PARKS. YES. YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS HERE, A FEW DAYS THERE, SO THEY'LL KNOW.

BUT YEAH, MARKETING IS GOING TO BE KEY. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF PUT TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, THAT IT'S ALMOST AS THIS IS BETTER THAN WONDERFUL TO TO SEE THAT YOU ALL ARE PARKS AND FAMILY ORIENTED, AND LET'S DO THE OUTDOORS AND YOU HAVE SOME GREAT PROGRAMS THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO JUST EXPLODE. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT HOW OVERWHELMED WE'RE GOING TO BE. I THINK SO, YES, I AGREE, THE OTHER THING IS JUST THE PERCEPTION, THE FACT THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO REACH OUT AND DO SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOT DOING ANYTHING AT ALL. SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS AND MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMENTS. YES. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSS STREET SIGN DESIGN. I KNOW RAYLAND CANNOT WAIT TO HOLD SOMETHING OR WHO'S GOING TO DO THIS. IS THIS CHRIS SOMEBODY OH HE'S TALLER, HE'S TALLER. I'M SURPRISED IT'S NOT AGGIE MAROON. BELIEVE ME, THE NAMES WILL BE THERE. WE HAVE REVELEY WAY DOWN THE ROAD HERE. SO WHO DO WE HAVE? ONE NAME. SO, COUNCIL, THIS IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A DECISION SO WE CAN JUST HAVE FUN. WHILE BACK, PROBABLY A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, RAVEN BROUGHT FORWARD THE THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. AND Y'ALL LOOKED AT STREET SIGNS AND IT GOT A LOT OF CONVERSATION. SO I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. AND THEN ABOUT 2 OR 3 WEEKS LATER, BERNIE AND OVER IN THE PUBLIC WORKS THERE WAS LOOKING AT DOING SOME SIGNS, AND WE'RE JUST REPLACING SOME SIGNS. WE GOT A LOT OF STREET SIGNS THAT ARE NOT BY CODE. WHEN MADE BY CODE, THEY'RE NOT AT THE RIGHT HEIGHT. THEY'RE LEANING OVER, THEY'RE DIRTY, THEY GOT TREE LIMBS OVER THEM JUST DOING SOME CLEANUP. SO AS A RESULT OF THAT AND THEN I'M INVOLVED WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SAID OKAY, WE WE REALLY IN OUR STANDARDS NEED TO COME UP WITH A STREET SIGN DESIGN. THAT WOULD BE MORE OF SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GIVE THE DEVELOPERS SAYING, THIS IS WHAT THE FORM WE WANT TO GO WITH. SO I WANT TO PRESENT SOME OPTIONS TO YOU, AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU THIS ONE THAT I HAVE HERE. THIS ONE HERE IS PLAIN JANE. IT'S A BLUE BACKGROUND. IT'S YOUR ONLY LIMITED TO CERTAIN COLORS BY SIGNS. BUT HERE THE BLUE. THEN YOU ADD A BORDER AROUND IT. AND THEN YOU CAN ADD JUST A LINE UNDERNEATH IT. THEN YOU CAN DOUBLE IT UP. SO SOME OF YOU

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AND HOW ARE HOW MANY LETTERS THERE CAN BE, HOW MANY CHARACTERS, ETC. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON IS THE NAMES OF THE STREETS. WE GOT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE 911 TYPE OF COMMUNICATION. THE STREET DOESN'T NEED TO BE SOME WEIRD LONG ENCRYPTED NAME THAT WHEN SOMEONE THAT HAS A DIALECT OF SOME CULTURE THAT IT'S HARD TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE 911 AND, YOU KNOW, SMITH STREET BECOMES VERY HARD TO EVEN UNDERSTAND SMITH STREET. BUT IF IT WAS A EUCALYPTUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT BECOMES READILY WAY.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THAT IS. SO. SO YEAH, I'M SORRY. WE GOT SEVERAL HULLABALOO. THERE'S SEVERAL. YEAH. BUT THE OBJECTIVE IS, IS COME UP WITH A STANDARD THAT WE CAN GIVE THESE DEVELOPERS. SO I'LL OPEN IT UP, KIND OF GET SOME FEEDBACK. THE LOGO. NO LOGO. WHAT'S YOUR FLAVOR? YEAH, I CAN TELL I LOVE THAT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRAND YOUR CITY. BUT THE OTHER THING IS AND I'VE SAID THIS WITH OUR LOTS, MAN, WE'RE JUST NOT UNIFORM. IF YOU DRIVE AROUND, YOU MIGHT SEE AN AMBER LIGHT OVER HERE OR A WHITE LIGHT OVER HERE AND A YELLOW LIGHT OVER THERE. WHY CAN'T WE GET UNIFORM WITH LIGHTING? THE SAME THING WITH OUR STREETS. I THINK IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU ARE, AND I. THAT LOOKS THAT LOOKS SHARP. SO IT'S NOT THAT SIZE THOUGH, RIGHT? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE ROAD. THIS IS MOORE AVENUE, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BIGGER SIGN VERSUS SOMETHING LIKE BRYN OR SOME OF THE SIDE STREETS, LANE STREET AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IT WON'T BE THIS BIG. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I SAW THE, THE LOGO. I MEAN, HOW OLD IS THAT LOGO? 15, TEN YEARS? I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW, BUT I MEAN, TERRELL, TEXAS IS TERRELL, TEXAS. I WISH WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING MORE GENERIC THAT IF THE LOGO DID CHANGE, IT WOULDN'T BE SO COSTLY. IF YOU KNOW THE NEXT COUNCIL, IF IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO. SO I DO LIKE THE WAY THE SIGN LOOKS JUST IN GENERAL, BUT THAT WAS MY FIRST CONCERN WAS THAT, WELL, THE, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO SOME OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE SIGNS, THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE A REFLECTIVITY FACTOR IN THEM.

SO IT'S NOT JUST A PIECE OF STEEL. SO THAT'S WHY IT KIND OF GETS A LITTLE BIT COSTLY. BUT THE WHOLE OBJECTIVE IS WHEN YOU MAKE A YOU MAKE A DECISION, WE START IMPLEMENT THIS. WE'LL START WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE GROUP. AND THAT'LL INCLUDE THE STOP SIGNS TOO. SO THOSE WON'T CHANGE OKAY. BUT THE WHOLE OBJECTIVE IS TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE FLAT JUST LEANING OVER THERE, NOT AT THE RIGHT HEIGHT, ETC. SOME AREAS WE MIGHT FIND THAT WHERE IT'S A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA, IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BRING IN VIRGINIA. WE PUT IN FLASHING STOP SIGNS TO HELP. WE HAD SOME ACCIDENTS THERE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE SOME AWARENESS SAYING, HEY, YOU NEED TO STOP. SO SOME OF THEM YOU CAN'T SEE REALLY. EXACTLY. YOU CAN'T SEE THEM. THERE'S NO REFLECTION. THAT'S WHAT INITIATED ALL THIS DISCUSSION.

SO BEFORE WHEN RAYLAN BROUGHT DOWN THE DOWNTOWN, I WAS LIKE, WE I NEED TO GET SOME INPUT FROM YOU. I DO LIKE THE BORDER TO THE ONE WITH THE BORDER. MY FEEDBACK, AND I'M HAPPY TO QUOTE MY SOURCES, TOO. BUT THE ALL CAPS VERSUS NOT ALL CAPS, AND I THINK I MIGHT HAVE HEARD

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YEAH. YEAH. IT IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN DESIGN. YEAH. THESE SIGNS WILL NOT BE THE DOWNTOWN CORE OUTSIDE OF YOUR DOWNTOWN CORE. SO WHERE WOULD THIS BE? THESE WOULD BE OUT IN THE PERIMETER LANE STREET, MOORE STREET. OKAY. SO I, I DO LIKE STREETS MORE FOR LIKE THIS WILL NOT BE DOWNTOWN COLQUITT OR. THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE. YES. WHAT'S THAT LOVER'S LANE GRIFFITH. THIS IS LIKE THAT. IT'S THAT. THAT'S GREAT. I JUST THINK FOR THE HISTORIC AREA DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC. YEAH, THAT THAT WOULD STAY THE SAME AS IT IS. OKAY. GOOD DEAL THEN. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I, I DO THINK WE SHOULD REALLY STRONGLY CONSIDER WHETHER WE WANT TO HAVE A LOGO THAT MAY OR MAY NOT CHANGE AT SOME POINT, BUT I WOULD GO WITHOUT THE LOGO. THE A LOGO DOES LOOK GOOD THOUGH. LOOK GOOD, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IT MIGHT NOT. YEAH, I COULD CHANGE. AND IF IT CHANGES. YEAH. I MEAN WELL I, I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY ON THAT POINT. BUT OKAY FOR MARKETING PURPOSES IF YOU'RE GOING TO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO HAVE TERRELL, WHETHER IT'S TERRELL, AMERICA OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, MAYBE IT MAY BE TIME THAT WE LOOK AT LOGOS, ALTHOUGH. I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I GUESS THAT COULD BE A DIFFERENT THING. BUT REALLY THE SIGN ARE WE ARE WE GOOD THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE OR COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF UNIFORM SIGN? YEAH, DEFINITELY THINK WE DO. AND I ALSO BELIEVE I THINK COUNCILWOMAN VELASQUEZ HAD A GOOD POINT, THAT IT WOULD LIKELY LOOK BETTER WITH THE SOME LOWERCASE LETTERS. YEAH. WOULD THAT I'M OKAY WITH THE DESIGN? I THINK AS LONG AS I WORK IN LOWERCASE LETTERS AND IT'S NOT DOWNTOWN, I COULD LIVE WITH HAVING THE LOGO ON IT AND IT'S GOING TO BE SMALLER, RIGHT? WOW. WHAT'S THE SIZE OF THE I MEAN, BECAUSE THE SIZE OF NOW IT'S USUALLY THE STREET SIGNS ARE SIX INCHES. THIS IS MORE LIKE NINE INCHES. YEAH. SO I MEAN, SO WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN BEFORE YOU HAS THE LOWERCASE LETTERS. AND THIS IS THE CAPITALS. BUT SO STREET SIGNS ARE GOING TO BE MUCH THINNER.

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IS IT TOO EXPENSIVE TO GO WITH THE LARGER SIGN OR? WELL, THE SIGNS ARE KIND OF BASED OFF THE THE THE SIGN, THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROADS. SO NATURALLY MORE AND ROCKWALL ARE MUCH MORE THAN YOUR SMALL STREETS LIKE LANE AND SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE SIDE STREETS, YOU KNOW, SO THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE SO YOU KIND OF DOWNSIZE IT. YOU GET IT PROPORTIONAL TO THE TRAFFIC FLOW, PLUS THE TRAFFIC IN THE SIDE STREETS SHOULD BE AT A LOWER SPEED. SO THE SIGNS CAN BE A LITTLE SMALLER. AND YOU CAN SEE IT. IT SHOULD BE SLOWER SPEEDS SHOULD BE. YEAH I LOVE IT. SO WE'RE HAVING THE THIS WAS THE DISCUSSION Y'ALL KIND OF MILL OVER IT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT SOME MORE. THIS WAS JUST TO GET YOU GOING AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND MAKE A FINAL SELECTION AND GO. IS THERE A TIMELINE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO MOVE SOMETHING? I'LL DO IT THE NEXT MEETING OR WITHIN THE MEETING OR NEXT COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD. TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION AND SEE IF THERE'S DIRECTION.

WE COULD GIVE CHRIS TO MOVE FORWARD. CHRIS AND RAYLAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ALL IN. CHRIS.

OKAY. SHE HAS HER SON'S. I DON'T HAVE MY SON. YOU'RE OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY, LISTEN, THE CITY IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION BECAUSE WE HAVE THE NAMING COMMITTEE THAT HAS NAMED TWO STREETS. AND WE'VE DELAYED PUTTING THE NEW SIGNS IN UNTIL WE GET DIRECTION ON THE STREETS. I THINK THAT'S SMART. I THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S A THAT WAS A GOOD APPROACH. I LIKE THE BORDER. I LIKE THE BORDER TOO I DO TOO, YEAH I LOOK GOOD TO ME AND I CAN SEE IT AT NIGHT. I'LL BE FINE. I MEAN I'M, I'M OKAY WITH ALSO LIKE COMING TO A CONSENSUS TODAY AND HAVING IT PUT ON THE. IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO IT, THAT'S FINE WITH ME NEXT MEETING.

ALRIGHT. NO, I THINK SO TOO. HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M COMFORTABLE AS WELL MOVING FORWARD WITH WITHOUT THE LOGO AND JUST ONE OF THE BORDERS, I THINK IT CAN GET TOO BUSY. IF YOU USE BOTH OF THEM, IT MAY BE TOO BUSY, BUT ONE OR THE OTHER, THE ONE ALL THE WAY AROUND, THE ONE YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, THE EAST MORE AVENUE 17. THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. IT'S NICE AND CLEAN. IT'S NOT TOO BUSY. WE LIKE THIS ONE. YES, YOU SEE THAT ONE? THAT ONE? YEAH. NO.

THAT ONE. NO NO NO NO NO NO THAT'S TOO BUSY. THAT'S. NO. THERE YOU GO. THAT ONE. YEAH.

THERE YOU GO. THAT'S PLAIN JANE. YEAH. YES. NO. THE BORDER. GOTCHA I LIKE YEAH. WE ALL AGREE. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THE COLOR SCHEME RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE? I LIKE THE BLUE. THAT'S REALLY COOL. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WAIT. IS IT LIGHT BLUE OR THAT BLUE? BLUE. THAT BLUE. I LIKE THAT BLUE. THIS. THIS WAS DONE WITH A SOFTWARE.

SO IT'LL BE THIS. IT'S THAT BLUE. OKAY, I THOUGHT SO. YEAH. THIS IS JUST SOFTWARE BLUE THAT WHATEVER BLUE WE CAN GET MAKING SURE THAT WE ALL. BECAUSE WHEN WE GET IT BACK AND IT SAYS, HEY, THAT AIN'T THE ONE THAT I WAS LOOKING AT. IT'S THAT ONE. AND POST THEM UP IN THE CARMONA WAY AND PHIL, PHIL AVENUE OVER THERE. NO, THIS COULD BE NO PHIL AVENUE LAMAR I KNOW RIGHT.

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH OKAY. GREAT. GREAT GREAT DISCUSSION. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR BUSINESS

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ORIGINALLY WE HAD LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CHARGING INTEREST FOR THE TWO YEARS IN CASE THIS WAS A PROPERTY THAT THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY HAD PROBLEMS ON. SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE POLICY AND HOW THAT WOULD WORK OUT ON THE SIX PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE NOW. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS IF VACANT LOTS ARE ABLE TO HAVE NEW CONSTRUCTION ON THEM, THAT WOULD QUALIFY THEM FOR THIS POLICY. AND AS SOON AS THEY WERE READY WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WAIVE THE INTEREST. IS THERE A TIME ONCE YOU WAIVE IT OR IS IT INDEFINITE IT IT'S INDEFINITE. OKAY. BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IT IS A DEVELOPABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO EVEN IF THAT BUILDING PERMIT FELL THROUGH OR THEY DIDN'T COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION, WE AT LEAST NOW HAVE A LOT THAT CAN BE SOLD AND STILL DEVELOPED. OKAY. NO, I'M GOOD MAYOR. WE WOULD RECOVER THE COSTS OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY PUT INTO IT TO BEGIN WITH. IF I MAY SAY, I WANT TO SAY RAYLAND HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THIS. SHE BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEEDED TO DO FOR A LONG TIME. THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'VE KIND OF DONE IN A ONE OFF BASIS IN THE PAST. AND BUT WE NEVER HAVE REALLY HAD A POLICY.

SHE'S BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY MUCH TO HER CREDIT. AND AS YOUR ATTORNEY, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU ADOPT THAT RESOLUTION. OKAY. GOOD. NO, I LIKE IT TOO. I THINK GETTING IT BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS IMPORTANT. WHO IS ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAYMOND? MAN. AT LEAST I THINK IT'S GREAT. AT LEAST THESE LOTS I THINK I MIGHT HAVE. I DONE IT NOW. OH I THINK THIS IS A IS THAT A RECUSAL FROM THE VOTE. GREAT JOB WORKING ON THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE REVENUE. WE GET A HOUSE ON IT. GET SOME FAMILIES LIVING IN THAT PROPERTY. WE GOT THAT INCOME COMING FOR MANY YEARS. SO I JUST APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING THIS IN. WE WANT WE'VE WANTED TO WORK WITH THE BUILDERS. AND SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL CHECKING WITH THE POLICY. WELL DONE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2279. IS THERE A MOTION I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2279. MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND.

SECOND HAVE A MOTION FROM OUR PHIL ROBERTSON OR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT FIVE A SECOND FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS. DISTRICT FOUR TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2279 AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES WITH UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA 8.2. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2281. ADOPTING THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL SS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. THIS IS GOING TO BE AGAIN, RAYMOND SMITH. I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO DON. I THINK I TOOK UP TO 300 PAGE OF YOUR PACKET. BUT LAST FISCAL YEAR WE DID RECEIVE THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT. AND SO WITH THAT GRANT, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER THIS COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, LOCAL COLLEGES, AS WELL AS COUNTY. AND WITH OUR ACCIDENT REPORTS, WE WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE AREAS IN TOWN WHERE WE HAD FREQUENT ACCIDENTS. IT BROUGHT WE'RE ABLE TO WRITE SOME ACTION PLANS FOR THAT. NINTH STREET AND COLQUITT. IT BROUGHT US TO THE FOREFRONT SOME OF THE THE CURVATURES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR ROAD, WHICH MAY BE SOME ISSUES, SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTING THAT WE NEED. THE BEST PART ABOUT HAVING THIS PLAN IS EVERYTHING THAT YOU IDENTIFIED WITHIN THIS PLAN. NOW YOU CAN GO AND APPLY FOR GRANTS FOR. SO THERE WERE SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS LIGHTING, EXTRA STOP SIGNS, EXTRA LIGHTING FOR THE STOP SIGNS. AND SO WITH EVERY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE IN THE PLAN, WE NOW CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING. SO ONE THING A PART OF THE SS FOR A BECAUSE WE DID THIS SUCCESSFULLY THIS YEAR, WE WERE ALSO GRANTED ANOTHER SS FOR A GRANT, WHICH WE WERE RECENTLY AWARDED. AND WHAT THIS WILL DO IS HELP US DO OUR ADA TRANSITION PLAN, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT FOR TEX-DOT FUNDING. AND SO STREET SAFE STREETS FOR ALL IS GOING TO PAY FOR OUR

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IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING THERE IS WHEN YOU USE THIS DOCUMENT IN FUTURE GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS AND THEN INTEGRATING IT INTO POLICIES. YES, YES. OKAY. BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'LL GET IDEAS OUT OF THIS FOR POLICY CHANGES, FOR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE UPDATES, THINGS LIKE THAT. GOTCHA. BUT NO, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU HAVE, WE'RE ABLE TO TO ADDRESS THOSE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK BECAUSE I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, IS THERE A MAYBE THERE'S A COUPLE OF STREETS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED? I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT ONE DID NOT MAKE IT TO, YOU KNOW, THE THE TOP. SO TO UNDERSTAND THE THE STREETS THAT ARE LISTED IN HERE CAME FROM THE STATE AND NATIONAL ACCIDENT RECORDINGS. SO WE HAD TO START WITH THAT. EVEN THOUGH POLICE AND TISD, BECAUSE WE THOUGHT CERTAIN STREETS SHOULD HAVE RANKED HIGHER, IT WAS ACTUALLY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF WRECKS ON STREETS. AND SO SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GOES BACK TO PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES AND ALSO ACCIDENTS AND THEN ALSO VEHICULAR. SO THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE ACCIDENT REPORTS THAT ARE FILED WITH THE STATE. SO GUIDING DOCUMENT, IF I FEEL LIKE A A INTERSECTION WAS MISSED, IT REALLY ISN'T GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE. IF WE DELAY APPROVING THIS THIS DOCUMENT. AND THEN WE'LL SEE THE GUIDING SOME OF THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN FUTURE POLICY. YES. YEAH. IS THERE AN EASY WAY TO SORT OF SIFT THROUGH THE 800 PAGES TO FIND THE SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED, OR THE. IS THERE A PAGE THAT WE COULD JUST LOOK AT THAT WILL GIVE US? SURE. WHAT I CAN DO IS THERE IS A SMALL POWERPOINT THAT WE SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT BROKE DOWN THOSE TOP 20 INTERSECTIONS, BASED ON OUR WRECK REPORT. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I CAN GIVE THAT TO MR. MILLS AND HE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU. OKAY. IT IT WENT AHEAD AND RANKED ALL OF THOSE CROSS SECTIONS OR INTERSECTIONS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE ONES THAT MADE THE LIST JUST SIMPLY FROM OUR ACCIDENT REPORTS WITH THE STATE. OKAY. SO AND THAT'S JUST A TWO PAGE DOCUMENT THAT I CAN SHARE. SO I CAN THINK OF SO MANY SECTIONS OF DISTRICT FIVE THAT ARE JUST FAR TOO DARK, LIKE FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE LIKE COLQUITT OUT BY THE GOLF COURSE WHERE THE BRIDGE IS AND CARTWRIGHT STREET PLACES LIKE THAT WHERE I FEEL LIKE THERE JUST AREN'T MANY LIGHTS AROUND. AND WE COULD PROBABLY USE MORE OF THAT NOW. I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, UPON EXAMINING IT, I MIGHT FIND THAT A LOT OF THAT'S

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OKAY. BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN YOUR PLAN. OKAY. THE OTHER FACT I WAS CONSIDERING IS, YOU KNOW, IT TALKS ABOUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO IMPACT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SEE, ROADWAY FATALITY, SERIOUS INJURIES, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO PEDESTRIANS, ETCETERA. DOES ANY OF THIS PLAY INTO SIDEWALKS OR BIKE LANES OR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE ROADWAY THEMSELVES. OKAY. AND SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS ADDITIONAL CROSSWALKS AND ADDITIONAL LIGHTED SIGNS AT CROSSWALKS. BUT NO ADDITIONAL WALKWAYS WOULD BE ASSISTED OR FUNDED AT ALL. RIGHT, OKAY. BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN PREVENT. PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES IS HAVING PLACES TO WALK. YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM CURRENTLY IS PEOPLE AREN'T WALKING ON THE, YOU KNOW ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEY'RE LOOKING ON THE ROAD, YOU KNOW. SO YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS ITEM 8.2 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2281. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION.

NUMBER 2281A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND I HAVE A MOTION FOR MAY RONNY VELASQUEZ, DISTRICT THREE SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2281 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THOSE PRESENT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 8.3. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF PARKS DEPARTMENT SPORTS FIELD RESERVATION ALLOCATION AND USE POLICY. RAYLAN. SO THEY'RE STILL HERE, Y'ALL. CAN I JUST THANK Y'ALL AGAIN FOR LETTING ME WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE US SO MANY TIMES COMING UP, AND WE'RE DOING SOME REALLY FUN THINGS. AND I JUST THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FACILITY USE AGREEMENTS, WHICH COUNCIL DID AGREE TO LET THOSE GO. AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH, WE WILL NOT RENEW FACILITY USE AGREEMENTS. SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A DRAFT FIELD RESERVATION AND USE POLICY. I HIGHLIGHTED A FEW THINGS WITHIN THE PACKET BECAUSE I WANTED TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT THIS POLICY IS GOING TO SET STANDARD RENTAL FEES, RESERVATION PROCEDURES, AND FIELD USE GUIDELINES. TOP PRIORITY WILL BE FOR CITY SPONSORED PROGRAMS IN RESIDENCE, WHILE MAINTAINING FAIR ACCESS FOR NONRESIDENTS. AND THAT WILL BE A QUESTION THAT WILL COME BACK TO AND JUST AGAIN, CONTINUE TO ALIGN WITH OUR CITY GOALS. SO ONE OF THE OH, IT'S NOT IN HERE. OKAY. WELL, SO IT'S A GREAT POLICY AND I'M SO SORRY THAT IT IS NOT IN YOUR PACKET. I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE TOOK IT TO PARK BOARD LAST THURSDAY. IT'S VERY STANDARD. I'LL BE GLAD TO SEND EVERYONE A COPY OF THIS. WE'VE LISTED EACH ONE OF THE EACH ONE OF THE PARKS AND WHAT FIELDS ARE AVAILABLE. WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ANY JUST PRACTICE AREAS WITHIN OUR WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY FIELD IS LISTED, WHICH FIELDS HAVE LIGHTS AVAILABLE. THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE'LL WE'LL ADVERTISE OUR SPORTS FIELD CONDITIONS. WE'LL WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING SOME SOFTWARE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN NOTIFY PEOPLE DUE TO RAIN DELAYS OR FIELDS AREN'T GOING TO BE USABLE FOR THAT DAY. THE MAIN THING IS THAT WE'RE WE'RE TAKING ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THE FIELDS AND THAT THEY WOULD ALL BE ABLE TO BE RESERVED. ONE QUESTION FOR CITY COUNCIL. WE GO DOWN AND WE START TALKING ABOUT RENTAL. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS BROKEN DOWN BY BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, SOCCER, ETC. FOOTBALL. YOU HAVE YOUR SPECIAL EVENTS, YOU HAVE TOURNAMENT PRICING, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR LOTS PER HOUR. ORIGINALLY WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS THURSDAY, WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARTICULAR WINDOW TO GO AHEAD AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEIR GAME SCHEDULES LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THEIR PRACTICE SCHEDULES LOOK LIKE. ONCE THAT WINDOW CLOSES, THEY LOG ON AND THEY DO THEIR SCHEDULING JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. SOMETHING THAT WE HAD THROWN AROUND JUST AS STAFF IS. THIS YEAR IS A PILOT YEAR. DO WE WANT TO PUT

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SO I WANTED TO HAVE A QUICK CONVERSATION ABOUT THE THE RESIDENT REQUIREMENT FOR RESERVATIONS. I'M MAINLY THINKING ABOUT LIKE, LET'S SAY I'M NOT SO MUCH THINKING ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF LIKE, IS THE PERSON RESERVING? OR MAYBE I JUST NEED TO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SEPARATING THIS CORRECTLY OR I'M GROUPING THEM, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS WHO RUNS A, WHETHER IT'S A ANY TYPE OF SPORT. RIGHT. AND THEY'RE REQUESTING A FIELD AND MAYBE THEY DON'T LIVE IN CITY LIMITS, BUT THEY HAVE A GROUP OF, OF, OF YOUNG KIDDOS AND THOSE YOUNG KIDDOS, SOME OF THEM LIVE IN TAROT, MAYBE SOME LIVE IN WILLS POINT, MAYBE SOME LIVE IN FORNEY, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME THAT, YOU KNOW, LIVE HERE IN IN TERRELL. SO HOW DO WE AVOID, YOU KNOW, REJECTING OR OR NOT GIVING PRIOR EITHER REJECTING OR NOT GIVING PRIORITY TO, TO THAT TEAM THAT DOES HAVE, YOU KNOW AND PERHAPS IT'S A QUESTION. RIGHT. LIKE HOW MANY OF YOUR TO YOUR PRIORITIZATION AS I'M TALKING OUT LOUD ABOUT THIS TO PRIORITIZE LIKE OKAY WELL X NUMBER OF OF OF THEIR TEAMMATES DO RESIDE IN THE CITY OF TERRELL. SO IF WE SAY NO THEN WE'RE YOU KNOW I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF, OF OF AN EXAMPLE THAT I'VE, I'VE COME ACROSS WHERE IT'S LIKE, HEY, BUT AND THEN YOU TALK TO YOU, YOU KNOW, I'VE WALKED UP TO A COUPLE OF SMALL GROUPS AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WELL, MY COACH LIVES HERE, BUT I LIVE IN WILLS POINT OR MY COACH DOESN'T LIVE HERE, BUT I LIVE HERE, AND HERE'S MY KIDS AND WE START TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL. SO IT'S JUST GONNA HAVE.

BE FAIR IN, IN IN THOSE TERMS TO, TO TO THE KIDS THAT ARE FROM HERE MORE SO LIKE THE COACHES AND. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I WAS BRINGING IT UP IS BECAUSE IT IS IT IT'S GOING TO BE TRICKY ACROSS THE BOARD. I UNDERSTAND WHY FACILITY USE AGREEMENTS WERE IN PLACE BECAUSE THEN YOU KNEW THAT YOU HAD AN ORGANIZATION. YOU KNEW WHO THAT ORGANIZATION WAS, AND THEY WERE THERE TO SERVE TERRELL. HOWEVER, WE WERE NOT SERVING PEOPLE WHOSE KIDS WERE NOT A PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ASK WHEN PEOPLE ARE RESERVING FIELDS OR, YOU KNOW, WE OPEN IT UP, WE SET OUR RENTAL RATES, AND WE TRY THIS FOR A YEAR. AND GOODNESS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TELL US WHERE IT'S NOT WORKING AND HOW WE MIGHT COULD DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. AND SO ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE SPRING SEASON, STAFF WOULD BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH AN IDEA OF WE TRIED IT WIDE OPEN. NOW LET'S FIGURE OUT BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, BASED ON SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD AT THE FIELDS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. SO I THINK NOT THAT I WOULD WANT TO SIMPLIFY IT, BUT I DO THINK GETTING THIS STARTED AND TURNING THE FIELDS BACK OVER TO THE COMMUNITY, IT MAY BE EASIER JUST TO SAY THIS IS OUR RENTAL RATE, AND WE EXPECT OUR ORGANIZATIONS TO RESERVE THE FIELDS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. SO IT IS JUST FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE AND IT'S WHO'S READY. THEN, AS WE HEAR ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO STILL DON'T HAVE ACCESS OR PEOPLE WHO YOU KNOW ARE HAVING TROUBLE ACCESSING THE FIELDS, WE, YOU KNOW, WE DIVE AND CUT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS AS WE GO. WE'LL GIVE IT OUR BEST.

WE'LL GIVE IT OUR ALL THIS SPRING TO ACCOMMODATE. AND THEN I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE SOME IDEAS COMING INTO THE FALL OF HOW TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY NEXT YEAR. I'M THINKING I'D LIKE TO GIVE OUR RESIDENTS. FIRST CHOICE. OKAY, I AGREE, I GET IT AND BUT I'M THINKING TOO REVENUE

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SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE HAVE A WINDOW WHERE RESIDENTS CAN RESERVE FIELDS. WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THREE DAYS BEFORE THAT DAY, THEN IT OPENS UP TO EVERYBODY.

OR MAYBE RESIDENTS CAN RESERVE UP TO TWO WEEKS OUT. NONRESIDENTS CAN ONLY RESERVE UP TO FIVE DAYS OUT OR SO. THAT WAY THEY CAN THEY CAN CONSTANTLY CHECK TO SEE IF WE HAVE FIELDS THAT THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS RESERVED. SO WE CAN LOOK AT DOING THAT. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHERE'S THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THIS? HAVE WE TALKED TO THEM AT ALL. YES. SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL STILL HAVE THE SOCCER FIELDS DEDICATED TO THE SOCCER PROGRAM.

THOSE FIELDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAVING THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDER SOME, WEREN'T THEY, UNDER SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT, THEY ALSO HAD A FACILITY USE AGREEMENT. AND THERE'S HAS SINCE CHANGED TO AN MOU TO GO INTO THE DETAIL OF THE SINCE WE ADDED THE IRRIGATION AND WE WERE HAVING TO DELAY THEIR SPRING GAMES, THEIR GAMES THIS YEAR ARE GOING TO BE PLAYED INDOORS AND THEY'LL HAVE PRACTICES OUTDOORS. SO I MET WITH AJ LAST WEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THEIR CALENDAR, BECAUSE WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SOCCER PROGRAM THAT THE ISD HAS IS A CITY SOCCER PROGRAM. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT THAT IS THE CITY SOCCER ORGANIZATION. SO. I LOVE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON WHO'S USING THESE FACILITIES. BUT IF I'M A COACH AND I'M NOT FROM TERRELL, BUT I TELL YOU I AM FROM TERRELL, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO VERIFY THAT THERE WILL BE AN ADDRESS VERIFICATION BASED ON WHO'S MAKING THE RESERVATION? NOW, I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT PREVENT A PARENT FROM BEING THE ONE THAT RESERVES. BUT AT LEAST NOW YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A PARENT ON THE TEAM. BUT WITHIN OUR SOFTWARE, THEY DO HAVE TO UPLOAD THEIR PICTURE ID. AND SO BEFORE WE LET THE RESERVATION GO THROUGH, WE VERIFY THEIR ADDRESS. AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH. AND IF THE FIELD IS TAKEN UP BY A NONRESIDENT HOW DO WE. ADDRESS THAT. IS THAT CITY OF TERRELL EMPLOYEE. YEAH.

THE PARK BECAUSE WE WE WOULD BE THE ONES THAT. SO IT'S THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD APPROVE THE NONRESIDENT. YEAH. NO I AND I'M I'M NOT. YEAH. ONE WAY TO I'M JUST MAKING SURE WE'VE THOUGHT ALL OF THIS THROUGH. YES. SO I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF PRIORITIZING OUR RESIDENTS. THEY'RE PAYING TAXES FOR THESE FIELDS. THEY SHOULD GET FIRST DIBS ON THEM FOR SURE. I THINK THAT'S A NO BRAINER. BUT I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND FOR SURE. ARE WE GENERATING ANY REVENUE CURRENTLY FROM, SAY, LIKE THINGS LIKE SPORTS TOURISM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USING THE FIELDS OR COMING TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO TOWN TO USE OUR FIELDS AND THEY SPEND MONEY IN OUR BUSINESSES, THAT KIND OF THING. YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN TELL? ARE WE GOING TO RUN INTO PROBLEMS THERE? YOU KNOW, LIKE, IS THAT GOING TO DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD? POTENTIALLY? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AND I WANT TO I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THIS. TODAY AT OUR TUESDAY MORNING MEETING, MARK AND I WERE THERE.

THEY PRESENTED THE SALES TAX NUMBERS THAT THEY ALWAYS DO. RIGHT. TERRELL'S ALWAYS LEADING IN SALES TAX. SOME OF THAT IS OUTSIDE FOLKS COMING INTO THE CITY OF TERRELL. SOME OF IT ARE KIDS AND SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL. THE IF YOU GO OUT TO EXCEL ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, YOU SEE ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY EVEN ON FRIDAY NIGHT. SO THERE IS A BENEFIT THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HOW MUCH. AND I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU. I THINK IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF TERRELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMEWHERE THAT YOU CAN GO AND PLAY AND PARTICIPATE. SO THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE FOR ME AT ALL. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TEAMS THAT ARE 100% TERRELL THAT YOU WOULD, YOU KNOW, SET THAT ASIDE I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S AN UNKNOWN FOR ME. THAT'S WHY I THINK THE BALANCE IS GOOD TO HAVE THE SITUATION WHERE YOU SAY THERE'S A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME WHERE ONLY RESIDENTS CAN RESERVE IT. THEN AFTER A CERTAIN WHEN YOU GET CLOSER TO THE DATE, YOU OPEN IT UP TO ANYONE ELSE WITHIN THE THREE DAY WINDOW OR WHATEVER. AND I WILL TELL YOU, BECAUSE YOU ASKED THE FACILITY USE AGREEMENTS, THE REVENUE THAT YOU HAD COMING IN FROM THOSE, THERE WAS A SET AMOUNT THAT EACH ORGANIZATION PAID PER TEAM MEMBER. I THINK IT WAS LIKE $5 PER TEAM MEMBER, AND THAT CARRIED THEM THROUGH THE WHOLE SEASON. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD PAY THE SAME AS ANY PARENT WHO LOGGED IN FOR EACH OF THOSE FIELD RENTALS. SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TRACK HOW MUCH, IF

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OKAY. YEAH I THINK SINCE IT'S A DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, MR. MAYOR, SINCE WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE IT.

BUT I KNOW RAYLAN WILL GET IT TO US. IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT, YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SPORTS FIELD RESERVATION ALLOCATION AND USE POLICY AS PRESENTED BY RAY. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION. OR IS IT GOING TO BE IN THE FORM? I MEAN, IS IT IS IT IS IT A RESOLUTION? IS IT A THIS IS A JUST A JUST ADOPTION OF POLICY. WHAT WHAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU LATER IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN AND TWEAK YOUR THE, THE CITY ORDINANCE. YEAH. AND SO IT'LL BE ORDINANCE. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO DIVE IN AND FIGURE OUT WHICH PARAGRAPHS WERE AFFECTED. IF YOU'RE MORE COMFORTABLE. IF YOU WANTED TO TABLE THIS ITEM I CAN BRING IT BACK EVEN ON CONSENT IF Y'ALL WANTED TO SEE THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT. NO, I'M OKAY. OKAY. Y'ALL GOOD? OKAY. ARE YOU ALL GOOD? YEAH. OKAY. YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP BRINGING IDEAS IF IT'S NOT WORKING, SO. YEAH. LET'S VOTE. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE ADOPTION OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT? SPORTS FIELD RESERVATION AND ALLOCATION USE POLICY. MOTION TO ADOPT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, SPORTS FIELD RESERVATION ALLOCATION AND USE POLICY AS PRESENTED BY RAYLAN. HAVE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MAY. RONNY VELASQUEZ, DISTRICT THREE. A SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, DISTRICT TWO, TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SPORTS FIELD RESERVATION ALLOCATION AND USE POLICY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY THOSE PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 8.4. DISCUSSION. CONSIDER TRANSFERRING CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY THE CCN FROM POETRY TO CITY OF TERRELL. THIS IS JOHN GODWIN. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS ONE THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT WAS ON YOUR AGENDA, I THINK JUST FAIRLY RECENTLY. AND WE ARE FINALLY IN OUR CLOSING STAGES OF THIS. AND JUST FOR REVIEW AND SOME OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN OTHERS, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR FIVE YEARS, OFF AND ON. AND THIS IS BASICALLY TO ACQUIRE THE CCN CERTIFICATES OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY, WHICH IS THE RIGHT THAT THE STATE GIVES FOR SOMEONE TO SELL RETAIL WATER IN AN AREA. ALL OF THAT PORTION OF THIS CCN, THIS WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION, LAWRENCE, THAT'S ALSO INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF TERRELL. AND SO WE FINALLY REACHED AN AGREEMENT LAST YEAR, AN AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED AND EXECUTED. AND SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL CLOSING SALE. IT'S IT'S LIKE THIS IS A THIS IS A PURCHASE, THIS PORTRAIT. I'M SORRY. OH I'M SORRY. WELL, I'LL TALK POETRY. LET ME BACK UP. I'M SORRY I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION. IS IT EXCITING? AS THE MEETING WAS, I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION BACK THERE ON THE BACK ROW. I'VE BEEN TO A FEW HUNDRED COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND I DON'T MISS THEM, HONESTLY. BUT THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T GET PAID. BLESS YOU. I, I ALWAYS THOUGHT, MAN, IT'S AMAZING THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL DO THIS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WHEN I RETIRED, I WAS GOING TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL. I WAS LIKE, NOPE, NOPE, NOT A CHANCE. IT'S TOO MUCH WORK AND NOT ENOUGH GRATITUDE.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR TERRELL. ANYWAY, POETRY IS A IS A SIMPLER DEAL. POETRY IS AN AREA, NOT A SALE THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE. THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST A TRANSFER. IT'S AN AREA THAT THAT POETRY CANNOT SERVE VERY WELL. AND SO THEY'VE AGREED TO TRANSFER THAT INTO THE CCN. THAT PORTION INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AGAIN, THE CCN, SO THAT THE CITY OF TERRELL CAN SERVE THAT THERE ARE FOR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE THAT ARE AFFECTED. I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVING WATER NOW, BUT FOUR METERS OLD METERS THAT ARE IN THERE, THERE WAS A FIFTH ONE, BUT WE'RE LEAVING IT IN INTO POETRY. SO AT ANY RATE, THIS IS SIMPLY THE APPROVING THAT SALE. I WAS HERE A MONTH AGO AND TRANSFER EXCUSE ME. THE

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AND THERE'S A DEVELOPER OUT THERE THAT THEY CAN'T PROVIDE FIRE SERVICE TO. AND SO THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM FOR THEM OKAY. DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PRESSURE. ALRIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CCN TRANSFER AGREEMENT. SO MOVED I HAVE A MOTION. AND IS THERE A SECOND SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO. A SECOND FROM MAYOR RONNIE VELASQUEZ, DISTRICT THREE, TO APPROVE THE CCN TRANSFER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TERRELL AND POETRY WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION AND AN AMOUNT OF WHAT I SAY $39,408.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 8.5.

DISCUSSION. CONSIDER CLOSING THE PURCHASE OF A PORTION OF THE LAWRENCE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY CCN. SO THIS ONE REALLY IS LAWRENCE.

AND THIS IS JUST TO APPROVE THE CLOSING DOCUMENTS. THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ROSE HILL INTERFERED FOR A TIME. THE PUC WHICH HAS TO APPROVE ALL THESE CHANGES, THE PREVIOUS ONE AS WELL AS THIS ONE, CHANGE THEIR MINDS ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS. I DON'T NEED TO GO ALL THE DETAILS, BUT WE'RE FINALLY ALMOST TO THE END OF THIS AT AT THE THE. IF THIS IS APPROVED, IT'S ALREADY THE THE GENERAL MANAGER OF LAWRENCE HAS ALREADY BEEN AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT, JUST LIKE PHILIP WAS FOR POETRY. ONCE THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THIS, THE DOCUMENTS WILL BE EXECUTED WITH, I ASSUME, THE CITY SECRETARY'S GUIDANCE ON THAT. SO WE GET ALL THAT DONE, HOPEFULLY REALLY SOON. AND BUT JUST TO CAUTION YOU, ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THIS JUST LIKE THE POETRY AGREEMENT, IT STILL HAS TO GO BACK TO THE PUC YET AGAIN FOR APPROVAL. SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT CHANGES TOMORROW. UPON EXECUTION OF THE DOCUMENTS, ONE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE EXECUTED. THIS STILL HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE PUC. AT THIS POINT. WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL BE ON BOTH OF THOSE VERY EASILY, BUT THAT'S STILL A PROCESS AT THIS POINT, JUST AS A REMINDER OF THE HISTORY OF THIS. ONCE THAT IS APPROVED BY THE PUC AND BECOMES EFFECTIVE, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 110 CUSTOMERS THAT ARE NOW CUSTOMERS OF LAWRENCE THAT WILL BECOME OFFICIALLY YOUR CUSTOMERS. BUT THE OTHER PART OF THAT WHICH CONFUSED THE PUC PEOPLE FOR SOME REASON, WAS THAT TERRELL IS GOING TO ACTUALLY HIRE AS A CONTRACTOR. YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE LAWRENCE TO KEEP SERVING THOSE PEOPLE. SO THE CUSTOMERS OUT THERE WON'T NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? THEY'LL HAVE THE SAME RATES. THEY'LL HAVE THE SAME GUY THAT READS THEIR METERS. THEY'LL HAVE THE SAME LADY IN THE OFFICE THAT THEY CALL. IF THEY HAVE A LEAK, IT WILL JUST BE OWNED BY YOU, SO THAT AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT'S A YEAR OR 19 YEARS WHEN TERRELL WANTS OR NEEDS TO SERVE OUT THERE FOR REAL, THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT. AND THAT WILL ALREADY BE OUT OF THE WAY. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 8.5. THE CLOSING THE PURCHASE OF A PORTION OF THE LAWRENCE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION CCN. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, DISTRICT FOUR, TO APPROVE THE CLOSING, THE PURCHASE OF A PORTION OF THE LAWRENCE WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION. CCN. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. JUST AS I WALK OUT THE DOOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU WILL BE SERVING WATER TO MORE OF YOUR CITIZENS THAN YOU ARE NOW. RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE SERVING WATER TO YOUR CITIZENS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, THAT YOU CAN SERVE YOUR OWN CITIZENS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA DISCUSSING CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2282A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION FOUR THREE OF THE CITY OF TERRELL INVESTMENT

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8.7 THE MAYOR MAKES A MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY. ITEM 8.7 IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE MAYOR. SECOND FROM PHIL ROBERTSON OR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT FIVE TO POSTPONE ITEM 8.7 INDEFINITELY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THE PRESENT.

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COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OR TO MARK AND HAVE

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