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[6. DISCUSSION ITEMS]
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FIELDS FOR THAT FOR ME. IF WE COULD FIND SOMETHING WITHIN THE CITY THAT IS TECHNOLOGICAL OR,
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YOU KNOW, EDUCATIONALLY RELATED FOR DOCTOR PHILLIPS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE MEANINGFUL[00:21:30]
THAN JUST A STREET TOPPER. THAT'S MY $0.02 PERSONALLY. ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK THAT'S[00:21:39]
THE ADDITION OF THE BIOGRAPHIES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY[00:21:46]
GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRAW LINES AND MATCH SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, LIKE OBVIOUSLY BRADY, BARRY AND THEN RAYFORD WITH SOFTBALL THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MATCHING IT UP TO THE RIGHT PLACE, WHICH IS A NEAT REASON WHY YOU'RE HERE, MR. MCKINNEY. THAT'S RIGHT. I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS TOWN TO.AS MUCH AS I USED TO. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON HISTORICAL RENAMING POLICIES? ANY SUGGESTIONS? THOUGHTS? NO. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO 6.4. DISCUSS HONORARY STREET TOPPER.
WE KIND OF SLID INTO THIS FOR DOCTOR RAYMOND PHILLIPS AND PLACEMENT OF SIGNS. SO THE REQUEST CAME FROM HIS FAMILY. THE REASON THEY WERE ASKING FOR THE STREET TOPPER IS HIS. HIS WIDOW CURRENTLY LIVES ON FRANCIS, AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THEY ASK FOR.
THEY ASKED FOR A RENAMING OF FRANCIS. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS WILLING TO DO THAT. WE CAME UP WITH A SUGGESTION IF WE WERE GOING TO DO IT, TO DO A STREET TOPPER.
BUT BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD THIS EVENING, NOT SURE THAT THAT'S APPROPRIATE BASED ON THE DIRECTION THAT THE COMMITTEE IS GOING. SO WE WILL NEED TO FIND ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR HIM IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL, UNLESS YOU WANT TO PROCEED.
YEAH, I THINK I THINK ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND I, I HAVE BRAINSTORM SOMETIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, PERHAPS PARTNERING WITH SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE AND SEEING IF THEY HAVE A FACILITY THAT PERHAPS WE COULD PARTNER IN NAME. I KNOW, I BELIEVE HE TAUGHT THERE. HE HE GRADUATED WITH HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, I BELIEVE, AND THEN LATER I BELIEVE IN THE 90S HE WAS GIVEN AN HONORARY MASTERS. SO HE HAS A LOT OF CONNECTIONS WITH THAT COLLEGE HERE IN TOWN, OR PERHAPS A STREET THAT'S ADJACENT TO SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. THAT KIND OF WAS A THOUGHT I HAD IN TERMS TO MAKE SURE, TO VERONICA'S POINT, THAT WE KIND OF TIE IN WHY WE'RE NAMING IT, WHAT WE'RE NAMING IT. SO HE DID HAVE A VERY LARGE IMPACT ON THAT CAMPUS, AND I THINK THEY WOULD BE VERY OR POTENTIALLY RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA OF HONORING HIM ON CAMPUS. AND SO MAYBE THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE COULD HAVE WITH THEM. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? ARE YOU SPEAKING OF I HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE FAMILY, THE . SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY. I THINK IT WOULD BE BOTH. I THINK I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN TERMS OF FINDING THE RIGHT PLACEMENT FOR HIS HONOR. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD GO AROUND THE FAMILY. I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT
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CONVERSATION OR AT LEAST HEAR THEIR REMARKS AND THEIR THOUGHTS ON IT. THAT WOULD BE PROPER, BECAUSE IT IS A FAMILY WHO IS REQUESTING THAT FRANCIS STREET BE NAMED AFTER HIM, FRANCIS STREET, BECAUSE HE LIVED ON FRANCIS AND THEY WANTED. AND IT GOES BACK TO WHAT I SAID IN THE IDENTIFICATION ALIGNED WITH NAMING THE STREET. AND THAT WOULD BE, IN MY MIND, A PROPER IDENTIFICATION THAT HE LIVED ON FRANCIS, HIS FAMILY. HE HAS FAMILY WHO STILL LIVES ON FRANCIS WIFE LIVES THERE, AND THE FAMILY HAS IN THE PAST REQUESTED FRANCIS STREET BE NAMED AFTER HIM. AND SO THAT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFINITELY INCLUDE THEM IN WANTING TO CONSIDER MAKING A CHANGE. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE FAMILY, OR AT LEAST HEAR THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THE WHY, RIGHT? TO BE FAIR AND CONSISTENT, WHEN WE LOOK AT NAMING OR RENAMING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY HISTORICAL LIKE THE WHY WE DON'T WANT TO TOUCH THESE STREETS. BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE HE'S HONORED IN THIS TOWN BECAUSE HE HAD A HUGE IMPACT TECHNOLOGICALLY FOR THE CITY OF TERRELL. SO DEFINITELY NOT INTERESTED IN TAKING HIM OFF THE LIST OR NOT FINDING A SPACE FOR HIM. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FIND THE PROPER SPACE FOR HIM AND ENSURE THAT THE FAMILY IS OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL. SO AND I'M NOT SURE HOW TO FACILITATE THAT. I KNOW THERE ARE RULES IN TERMS OF BOARDS AND QUORUMS AND ALL OF THAT. SO WE WE HAVE STAFF OR WE AS STAFF, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MEMBER OR TWO OF THE COMMITTEE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND GO VISIT WITH THEM, CAN INVITE THEM TO A FUTURE MEETING.OKAY. DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIRST STEP IN TERMS OF JUST KIND OF MEETING WITH THEM AND EXPLAINING THE WHY AND OKAY. ANY MORE THOUGHTS ON DOCTOR RAYMOND PHILLIPS? ALL RIGHT. WELL, OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM IS 6.5. DISCUSS FUTURE MEETING DATES. I HAVE TO LOOK AT MY CALENDAR. I APOLOGIZE THIS.
SO THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR. FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEW TO THE COMMITTEE, WE TYPICALLY TRY TO HAVE THEM THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 6 P.M. SO THE NEXT ONE THAT WE HAVE IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, THE 19TH OF MARCH. AND I'M JUST VERIFYING THAT I DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I DID, BUT I DO NOT. SO I WILL BE HERE FOR THE 19TH AND IT'LL BE AT 6:00 AS LONG AS THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF YOU. DOES THE THIRD THURSDAY STILL WORK FOR EVERYONE? I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT LIKE WE HAVE LOTS OF BOARDS ON THE THURSDAY, BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE IF IF AT ANY POINT IT CHANGES, IT'S NOT SET IN STONE. WE CAN CHANGE IT.
OKAY. BUT I THINK THE THIRD THURSDAY IS STILL GOOD FOR EVERYONE. SO OKAY. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE MARCH 19TH AT 6 P.M. IN THESE CHAMBERS, I ASSUME. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AND THAT IS OUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. IF NOTHING ELSE, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION. WE ARE
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