Mar 03, 2026 City Council

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR WILL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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[2. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND EVENTS]

EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE THEIR OWN ROOM, THEIR OWN BATHROOM. WE'LL HAVE A FULL SIZE GYM.

IT'S GOING TO BE STATE OF THE ART. WHEN WE GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. WE'D LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO COME OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT YOUR MONEY'S GOING TO. I THINK IT'S GOING TO

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APPRECIATE IT. YES, WELCOME. THANK Y'ALL. NEXT ONLY TO BE RECOGNIZED, I THINK WE HAVE OUR FIRE CHIEF. CHIEF LACROIX, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. GETTING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO I BRING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE ACTIONS ON JANUARY THE 13TH OF THIS YEAR SAVED THE LIFE OF A YOUNG WIFE AND A MOTHER OF THREE WHO UNEXPECTEDLY EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN CARDIAC EVENT. THE INDEPENDENT ACTIONS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS COLLECTIVELY PROVIDED THE NECESSARY LINK TO THIS YOUNG WOMAN'S CHAIN OF SURVIVAL. EARLY RECOGNITION 911 NOTIFICATION AND CPR INITIATION AND PRE-HOSPITAL ADVANCED MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS PROVIDE THE CRUCIAL CHAIN OF SURVIVAL NECESSARY TO SAVE HER LIFE, IF NOT FOR THE TEAM EFFORT AND THE GRACE OF GOD, HER CHILDREN WOULD BE MISSING THEIR MOTHER AND HER HUSBAND WOULD BE WITHOUT HIS WIFE. SO I NOW ASK OUR EMS MANAGER, JOSH MCKENZIE, TO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH THIS EVENT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. ON JANUARY 13TH, 2026, FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF JORDAN SAGER GATHERED AT THE LOS RAMONA'S RESTAURANT IN TERRELL TO ENJOY DINNER TOGETHER WHEN, WITHOUT WARNING, THIS FAMILY DINNER TURNED INTO A LIFE SAVING RACE AGAINST TIME FOR JORDAN. AT APPROXIMATELY 6:02 P.M. MISS SAGER EXPERIENCED WHAT INITIALLY WAS DESCRIBED AS SEIZURE AS A SEIZURE, AND COLLAPSED TO THE FLOOR. SHE BECAME PULSELESS AND APNEIC, MEANING HER HEART STOPPED BEATING AND SHE HAD STOPPED BREATHING. MISS SAGE'S COUSIN KATIE MINCH BEGAN BEING A REGISTERED NURSE, RECOGNIZED THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR HELP, AND BEGAN CPR, WHILE OTHERS CALLED 911. WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS KYLE ZAGURSKI, GARRETT MARSHALL, AND RYAN LIPS, AND WITH TERRELL FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ENGINE 611 ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY FOUND MISS SAGER LYING SUPINE ON THE FLOOR WITH CPR BEING PERFORMED. ENGINE 611 CREW MEMBERS QUICKLY PLACED CARDIAC MONITORING PADS ON MRS. SAGER AND IDENTIFIED HER CARDIAC RHYTHM TO BE VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. MISS SAGER WAS IMMEDIATELY DEFIBRILLATED, FOLLOWED BY THE CONTINUATION OF CHEST COMPRESSIONS AND ORAL PHARYNGEAL AIRWAY, OR AN OPA WAS INSERTED TO OPEN MISS AIRWAY AND ALLOW FIRE CREWS TO BREATHE FOR HER. UTILIZING A BAG VALVE MASK WITH SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN, AN INTRAOSSEOUS NEEDLE WAS PLACED IN THE LEFT LEG OF MISS SAGER TO ALLOW FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRITICAL CARDIAC MEDICATIONS GIVEN DURING CARDIAC ARREST.

EPINEPHRINE AND AMIODARONE. CAPTAIN MICHAEL ANGEL, WHO WAS RIDING UP AS BATTALION CHIEF THAT DAY, ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER ENGINE 611 AND QUICKLY ENGAGED THE FAMILY TO OBTAIN CRITICAL PATIENT INFORMATION AND TO WORK IN CLOSE LIAISON WITH THE FAMILY TO KEEP THEM INFORMED ON MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS BEING PROVIDED. A SECOND PULSE AND RHYTHM CHECK WAS PERFORMED, WHICH NOTED VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION STILL BEING PRESENT. A SECOND DEFIBRILLATION WAS PERFORMED, FOLLOWED BY THE CONTINUATION OF CPR. AFTER AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE OF CPR, PAULSON RHYTHM WERE CHECKED ONCE AGAIN AND WERE RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION OR ROSC WAS NOTED. CPR WAS DISCONTINUED AND LACTATED RINGERS WAS ADMINISTERED THROUGH HER I O FOR FLUID RESUSCITATION. HOWEVER, MISS SAGER ONCE AGAIN BECAME PULSELESS AND CPR WAS RE-INITIATED, FOLLOWED BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL LIFE SAVING MEDICATIONS. APPROXIMATELY NINE MINUTES AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF ENGINE 611, CAREFLIGHT ARRIVED ON SCENE AND MISS SAGER WAS TRANSFERRED TO THEIR STRETCHER TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. IN 41, MEMBER OF ENGINE 611, RYAN ACCOMPANIED MISS SAGER TO THE HOSPITAL AND ORDERED TO CONTINUE CARE AND ASSIST EMS DURING TRANSPORT. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL, MISS SAGER EXPERIENCED ROSC ONCE AGAIN AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL STAFF, WHERE SHE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS AND TREATMENTS AND WAS EVENTUALLY RELEASED TO GO HOME. MISS SAGER WOULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF HER FAMILY AND FIRST RESPONDERS, WHOSE QUICK AND DELIBERATE ACTIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUM OF HER RESUSCITATION SUCCESS. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D ASK JORDAN AND CATHY IF YOU'LL COME UP AND CREW 611. YEAH, YEAH, THIS WAY IS RECORDED.

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JORDAN WAS STILL FAR FROM BEING IN THE CLEAR, BUT SEEING YOU WALK THROUGH THOSE DOORS GAVE ME AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF RELIEF, AND I COULD FINALLY BREATHE. IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU'RE CALLED TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE SO YOUNG, BUT THE WAY YOU SHOWED UP IN THAT MOMENT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF EXTRAORDINARY. YOU SHOWED UP WITH CONFIDENCE AND SKILL. YOU COULD TELL THAT THIS WASN'T JUST A JOB FOR YOU, BUT THAT YOU ACTUALLY CARED. YOUR CALMNESS BROUGHT A SENSE OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS. THERE WAS NO DELAY, NO HESITATION, NO CONFUSION. YOU WALKED INTO THAT RESTAURANT, AND EACH OF YOU SEAMLESSLY FELL INTO A ROLE AND BEGAN TO WORK ON JORDAN. ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, JORDAN, AND OUR ENTIRE FAMILY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR WHAT YOU DO. YOUR JOB IS ONE OF THE HARDEST JOBS THERE IS, AND BECAUSE OF YOU, BECAUSE OF YOUR SKILL, YOUR URGENCY, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHOW UP. JORDAN IS WITH US TODAY BECAUSE OF YOU. THREE BABIES STILL HAVE THEIR MOM. HER HUSBAND STILL HAS HIS WIFE, HER PARENTS STILL HAVE THEIR DAUGHTER. AND BECAUSE OF YOU, OUR FAMILY IS STILL WHOLE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT GOD PLACES PEOPLE EXACTLY WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, EXACTLY WHEN THEY NEED TO BE THERE. AND YOU WERE PLACED INTO JORDAN'S STORY AND WE WILL NEVER, EVER FORGET THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL.

WELL DONE. JORDAN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME BACK UP AND KATIE, IF YOU'D COME BACK. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU ALL TOGETHER REMEMBERING WHAT HAPPENED. I AGREE 100% WITH WHAT YOU SAID. GOD PUT THIS IN A PLACE FOR A REASON AND IT'S JUST AN AMAZING STORY THAT IS TOLD. WE INVEST A LOT IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK THE COUNCIL FOR STEPPING UP AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THE TRAINING THAT THEY DESERVE, SO THAT WHEN THEY RESPOND, THEY'RE ABLE TO PERFORM. SO HERE'S A COIN FROM THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO RECESS IN JUST A MINUTE AND ALLOW EVERYBODY TO TAKE PHOTOS AND PICTURES. SO GIVE ME JUST A SECOND AND I'LL READ IT. BUT AMAZING JOB GUYS. I HAVE THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY CHIEF. EVERYBODY INVOLVED. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR. THANK YOU. ARE THEY TAKING PICTURES? OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR

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WE HAVE A LOT OF AUTOGRAPHED BOOKS AND A LOT OF OTHER ITEMS. SO COME ENJOY A GLASS OF WINE AND, YOU KNOW, EAT FIRST AND THEN GO TO THE. ANYWAY, WE'LL BE THERE FROM 5 TO 7. IT'S A $10. OKAY, GOOD. ANYONE ELSE? OH WELL I WANT TO SAY WHAT A REMARKABLE STORY. FIRST OF ALL, FROM THE POLICE. WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT? YES. GO AHEAD. STORY. OH, THAT WAS BETTER THAN A REMARKABLE STORY. OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE ALWAYS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. YES.

FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I'M GOING TO ADD PUBLIC WORKS. YES. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. MY FIRST YEAR AND A HALF IN OFFICE, I REMEMBER THE COUNCIL MEETING WHERE I SAID TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE CITY, I WOULD GIVE MY TRAINING BUDGET TO THE CITY, AT WHICH TIME I WAS ENCOURAGED TO. DON'T DO THAT. SO IN THE YEAR AND A HALF THAT I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE, I HAVE LEARNED A LOT. AND THE LAST TWO TRAININGS I'VE LEARNED EACH EACH TRAINING SESSION HAS BEEN A LOT. BUT THIS LAST ONE I LEARNED THERE WAS BOOTS, BUDGETS, AND BALANCE SHEETS THAT I WENT TO NACOGDOCHES FOR AND LEARNED HOW FISCAL MANAGEMENT WORKS GIVES ME A BETTER IDEA ON HOW BUDGETING OCCURS AND WHY IT HAPPENS THE WAY IT HAPPENS. BUT THE NEXT ONE I HAD WAS JUST RECENTLY WAS STRENGTHENING THE COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER RELATIONSHIP. AND WHAT GOES INTO THAT AS A HOME RULE CITY. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR SUPPORTING ME IN THIS ENDEAVOR. WHETHER IT'S ENGINEERING, PARKS, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT WHICH KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING, CITY SECRETARY, WHICH DON YOU ARE AMAZING IN WHAT YOU DO AND JUST LEARNING HOW TO BE A MORE EFFECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT THE STAFF I REALLY BELIEVE I AM MEANT TO SERVE AND PROTECT AND THE CITY THAT I SERVE. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR. TAKING A CHANCE ON ME. HOWEVER, YOU DO KNOW THAT WITH ALL THAT LEARNING, FOX IS LOOSE IN THE HEN HOUSE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANTED TO SAY KUDOS. I WISH THE FIREFIGHTERS WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE ON THE JOB WELL DONE. AND REVIVING THE YOUNG LADY. AND I KNOW HER FAMILY'S GOING TO ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL. AND IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO AFFECT HER CHILDREN'S LIFE TO HAVE THEM, HER HERE WITH THEM A LITTLE LONGER. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE MAY HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. DO WE

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

[5. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]

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TERRY DARST, IS THAT THE ONE I RECEIVED ONE FROM TERRY THAT JUST CAME IN TODAY. THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE. KATHY RUSSELL. NO. OH. RAYMOND HICKS. OKAY. NOT. HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH RAYMOND HICKS. MY APOLOGIES. I NEED TO VISIT WITH HIM. DID YOU SPEAK WITH HIM OR DID HE JUST FILL UP? OH, OKAY. GOOD. OKAY, SO I HAVE TALKED TO TERRY. DORIS AND I HAVE TALKED TO HAL. SO I AM WANTING TO. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT HAL RICHARDS ONTO THE AIRPORT ROAD BOARD AND THEN ALSO APPOINTING TERRY DARST TO THE AIRPORT BOARD. AND THEN I WILL REACH OUT TO THE THIRD APPLICANT. SO MY MOTION IS TO REAPPOINT HAL RICHARDS AND TO APPOINT TERRY DARST AS A NEW MEMBER OF THE AIRPORT BOARD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE MAYOR, A SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, TO APPOINT REAPPOINT HAL RICHARDS AND TO APPOINT TERRY DOSS TO THE AIRPORT BOARD. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. I ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIED IS PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 5.2. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS. DON. YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD ROSTER IS IN YOUR PACKET. BEVERLY VAUGHN, SUSIE SMITH, AND VICKI BADGETT HAVE ALL THREE SERVED. THEY'VE SERVED THREE TERMS, SO THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF APPLICATIONS IN THE PACKET, AND THIS FALLS UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF STEPHANIE HOLMES. THOMAS COUNCILWOMAN, I HAVE A CALL IN TO THE TWO APPLICANTS, AND I STILL HAVEN'T TALKED TO THEM YET. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK TO HAVE THIS POSTPONED. IS THAT A MOTION? OH, IT IS A MOTION TO POSTPONE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES. THOMAS, DISTRICT FOUR. A SECOND FROM MAYOR RONNY VELASQUEZ, DISTRICT THREE, TO POSTPONE ITEM 5.2, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE LIBRARY BOARD APPOINTMENT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. I ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES AMENDABLE THOSE

[6. DISCUSSION ITEMS]

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IF YOU RECALL, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE SAT AND TALKED ABOUT THE NINTH STREET SIDEWALK, AND WE TALKED ABOUT GOING ALL THE WAY FROM COLQUITT ALL THE WAY BACK TO PAST STATE STREET. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF WAYS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK. SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE CLOSE TO THE CURB, ETC. SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH. IF YOU RECALL, YOU SENT A CHARGE OUT GOING, WHY DON'T YOU FIND THE BEST WAY? BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CROSS OVER BECAUSE THERE'S SOME AREAS DOWN THROUGH THERE BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE CURB AND THE FRONT OF THE GARAGE IS ONLY LIKE TEN, 12FT. AND WE HAVE SOME ADA COMPLIANT ISSUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE AND MAKE SURE WE ADHERE TO. SO I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH TALK STARTING FROM COLQUITT, SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET A FEEL OF HOW THIS SIDEWALK IS GOING TO LAY OUT. AND IF YOU RECALL, PART OF THE SIDEWALK IS GOING TO BE FUNDED AND INSTALLED BY THE CREEKSIDE DEVELOPMENT GROUP. IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, THAT WAS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PUT IN SIDEWALKS. SO ANYTHING IN THE YELLOW IS BASICALLY THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. ANYTHING THAT'S JUST A NORMAL WIDER LINES.

THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE CREEKSIDE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SO IF YOU'LL LOOK, WE'LL START AT COLQUITT ON THE FAR LEFT. AND THEN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW IS PRETTY MUCH ALREADY ALL

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IN SOME AREAS WE'RE REALLY TOO CLOSE TO THE HOUSE, THE SIDEWALK, THE DRIVEWAYS ON THAT SIDE ARE VERY STEEP. SO TO GET THE SLOPE OF THE SIDEWALK CORRECT, THERE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME DIPPING IN AND TOO MUCH SLOPES IN THERE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE YELLOW, WE COME DOWN AND. THERE'S MAPLE DRIVE AND WE'RE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE OF NINTH. WE'RE

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THIS IS AT THE POINT WHERE AT WEST EIGHTH STREET, WE CROSS OVER. AND THE REASON WHY WE CROSS OVER, IF YOU KNOW THE DRIVEWAYS ON THE WEST SIDE THERE ARE VERY SHORT AND THEY'RE VERY STEEP. SO WE CROSS OVER AT THIS POINT. AND THIS SIDE OF THE THE ROAD ON NINTH STREET IS VERY FLAT. SO WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT. SO WE'LL HAVE ONE CROSSOVER AND YOU KEEP GOING DOWN TO THE NEXT PAGE, I MEAN NOT THE NEXT PAGE AT THE BOTTOM YOU SEE IT CROSSES BACK OVER TO THE WEST SIDE OF NINTH STREET AND IT CONTINUES ON. AND THEN IT CONNECTS INTO THE CREEKSIDE SIDEWALKS EXISTING. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FLAVOR OF WHAT WE COME UP WITH. SO NOW YOU WANT TO KNOW SOME OF THE DETAILS OF OKAY HOW DOES THIS WORK AND HOW DOES HOW MUCH DOES THIS COST. SO I ASKED TARA TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT THE CITY PORTION WOULD BE ESTIMATED AT.

AND GRANTED, THESE ARE NOT IN-DEPTH. BASICALLY, IT'S THE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE OPCC ACRONYM THAT WE USE. AND WHAT SHE'S COME UP WITH IS ENGINEERING ESTIMATE OF AROUND $704,000 FOR EVERYTHING IN THE YELLOW FOR SIDEWALK. SO THE OTHER PORTION OF THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CREEKSIDE RESPONSIBILITY. SO IF WE WANT TO PROCEED FORWARD, WE CAN DO A MORE IN-DEPTH DESIGN AND FINE TUNE THAT $700,000 AND SEE WHAT THAT COMES OUT TO BE. BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF WHAT WE CAME BACK WITH. THERE IS ONE CUT OVER AND THEN CUT BACK OVER TO THE SIDEWALK. AND THAT WAS JUST MERELY JUST TO ACCOMMODATE HAVING SOME FLAT SIDEWALKS. SIDEWALKS HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN SLOPE. SO WE GOT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. AND THEN ALL THE INTERSECTIONS WILL BE ADA RAMPS ON THERE. SO THERE WON'T BE ANY STEPS. AND AT THE CROSSWALKS THERE'LL BE SPECIAL LIGHTING ETC. STRIPING, ALL THAT THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD DO.

SO I'LL LEAVE IT WITH THAT WITH QUESTIONS. YEAH. SO THIS ACCOMPLISHES THE GOAL SET BY THE COUNCIL, WHICH WAS TO GET SIDEWALKS FROM OAKWOOD ALL THE WAY TO DEVELOPMENT. AND IT WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. INITIALLY WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT. WE KNEW IT WOULD BE, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE CONTINUED TO FIND A SOLUTION TO IT. IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. WE RECOGNIZE. I KNEW THAT, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT AND DO IT RIGHT, AND IF IT WE TRULY CARE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND CONSIDER AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK. WHAT'S THE PORTION? SO THE 700,000 COVERS WHAT NOW THAT'S GOING TO COVER THE DESIGN OF IT AND THE LAND ACQUISITION. LAND ACQUISITION PART PORTION OF IT AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT. SO 700,000 TURNKEY. YES. OKAY. HOW MANY DO WE KNOW HOW MANY FEET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OR HOW MANY. WHAT IS THAT. DO WE DO WE KNOW A TOTAL TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. GO TO HER. YES, YES. LITTLE MATH. THERE'S A CENTER LINE ON THERE CHRIS. WELL OKAY. AND HOW HOW WIDE ARE THE SIDEWALKS? THEY RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 5FT. 4 TO 5FT. WE HAVE A WALL. THEY MIGHT STRETCH TO SIX. OKAY. NO, NO. AND THEN WHAT? WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE PORTION OF CREEKSIDE? EVERYTHING THAT'S IN. I DO KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER. I MEAN, ARE WE PAYING FOR MORE THAN HALF OF IT OR. NO PAYING FOR ALL THAT CREEKSIDE FUNDING? NO, I KNOW, BUT THE CITY'S PORTION IS 700,000. WHAT WOULD CREEKSIDE BE SPENDING FOR THEIR SIDEWALKS? PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE. ABOUT THE SAME, BUT AROUND FIVE, ABOUT 500,000. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

JUST TO GIVE US AN IDEA, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO PICK UP 100% OF IT, THEY WERE JUST GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN IT. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE AGREEMENT WAS 5050 ON IT OR IF IT WAS JUST. NO, THAT'S THEIR PORTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S CLARITY FOR ME.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR. YEAH I THINK HE WAS ASKING. AND I WAS THINKING HOW MANY FEET FROM COLQUITT. YES. TO TYING IT IN TO CREEKSIDE. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT.

IS THAT 1000FT, 5800FT, I MEAN, LINEAR FEET. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.

DO YOU HAVE A GUESSTIMATE? BE GOOD. YEAH. THERE'S A THIRD LINE. OH, I DON'T HAVE CONTROL

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THESE THESE ARE VERY RIGHT. YES. SO FROM PHIL, HE'S ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE PROGRESS BEING MADE ON NINTH STREET SIDEWALKS PLANNING AND FOR THE CATHERINE STREET PARK. NO, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. I'M SORRY. DON'T TELL HIM. I KNOW HE'S EXCITED ABOUT THE SIDEWALK PROJECT AS WELL. AND. YES. OKAY. IT'S OKAY. LET'S GET IT RIGHT.

YEP. LET'S GET IT RIGHT. CONCRETE SIDEWALK 750, PLUS THE WALK WITH THE WALL. SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY ALMOST CLOSE TO 1000YD■!S. THOUSAND SQUARE YARDS FOR THE SECTION WITH THE WALL WAS QUANTIFIED. SO OKAY, SO BUT IT'LL BE DONE AND DONE RIGHT ADA. THAT'S CORRECT. AND WIDER.

WELL. AND WHEN SHE SAID FOUR FOOT WE LOOKED AT IT I CAN'T MAKE IT 5 OR 6FT. BUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE AREA THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT I'M TOO NARROW, I'M GOING TO GET INTO THE FENCES. SO FIVE FIVE FOOT WOULD PUT IT AGAINST ALMOST BACK OF CURB TO THE FENCE. WELL, WE'RE FOUR FEET FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE WAY AND THEN FIVE FEET WHEN WE CAN SPREAD IT OUT. I'M I'M JUST COUNCIL. I'M JUST PLEASED WITH STAFF LISTENING TO THE COUNCIL AND SAYING FIND A WAY, A SOLUTION. AND FOR THE PROBLEMS THAT THAT WE WERE TOLD WE WERE GOING TO HAVE. ISSUES WITH. AND, AND THAT'S REFRESHING TO HAVE STAFF THAT'S WILLING TO DO THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR SUPPORT AND HELP WITH THAT. BUT NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING IT HAPPEN. YES. I APPRECIATE YOUR ENGINEERING STAFF DOING THE WORK. IT'S METICULOUS AND. I APPRECIATE THE GROUP EFFORT THAT WENT INTO ALL OF THE WORK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF THE ENGINEERS THAT WORKED ON THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. SO I THINK

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PARALLEL THINGS IS ONE I CAN GET CREEKSIDE CRANKED UP, I THINK FOR TWO OF THE TWO OPTIONS, I PREFER THIS OPTION. ARE WE IN FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE WAS GOING TO TAKE US AROUND. RIGHT. THAT WAS YEAH. YES. Y'ALL RECALL THAT? YES. AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY MORE I THINK. NO ONE. YEAH. LIKE THIS IS WHAT FEEL. YES. YES. REALLY WANT IT.

YES. THIS IS A STRAIGHT LINE. YEAH. NINTH STREET. HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA. HE DRIVES THAT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TIMES A YEAR. SO I SUPPORT THAT OKAY. ALRIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE ONLY QUESTION I, I HAVE, I SUPPORT THIS OPTION IS, IS WELL THE TRAFFIC FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH, ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE PARK. HOPEFULLY IT PROVIDES MORE MORE WALKABILITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TO WALK TO THE PARK AND THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. BUT SAFETY. SO THE SECTION BETWEEN WEST STATE STREET AND EULALIA I, I HEARD STAFF MENTION THAT DUE TO I'LL CALL IT FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, THE SLOPE OF THAT BLOCK, THE NEED OR THE RECOMMENDATION TO CROSS OVER ACROSS ACROSS THE STREET AND HAVE THAT BLOCK THERE. AND THEN I ALSO THINK ABOUT TIMES WHERE I'M TRAVELING AND I'M DRIVING THROUGH AUSTIN OR DRIVING THROUGH OTHER COUNTRIES, THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU KNOW, THE US, WHEREVER IT MAY BE. WERE THEY ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SLOPES AND MUCH HIGHER SLOPES THAN WHAT I BELIEVE THIS SECTION HAS, THEY STILL CONTINUE ON ON THIS PATH. WHAT? I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF OF HESITATION, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF OF CROSSING OVER, BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT SAFETY OF FAMILIES OR KIDDOS STILL TRYING TO LIKE STILL HAVING TO CROSS THE STREET OVER. AND IF IT'S LIKE A RAINY DAY, I MEAN, THEY'RE PROBABLY DOING IT ALREADY, RIGHT? BUT BUT STILL JUST HAVING TO CROSS OVER FOR ONE BLOCK AND JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT TEND TO STILL HAVE SIDEWALKS ON STREETS OR BLOCKS THAT HAVE A SLOPE. I THINK THERE'S ONE INHERENT THING THAT JUST GOES UNSAID IS WHEN WE GET THROUGH. AS FAR AS THE DESIGN, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH IS ACTUALLY THE TRAFFIC FLOW WITH THE SPEED, ETC. WE MIGHT HAVE TO PUT SOME STOP SIGNS IN TO KIND OF HELP SLOW THE PATH DOWN, ESPECIALLY AT CROSSWALKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ALL THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE REEVALUATED. SEE IF WE CAN PUT ANY TYPE OF TRAFFIC CALMING IN THERE. WE'LL PROBABLY PUT SOME SIGNS UP AS FAR AS FLASHING STOP SIGNS, ETCETERA, THINGS THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE STUDIED ONCE WE KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF ACTUALLY THE PATH AND GO FROM THERE. SO I WOULD THINK AT THE VERY MINIMUM YOU'D HAVE A YELLOW FLASHING LIGHTS INDICATING THAT THERE'S A WALK, A WALK PATH THERE. EXACTLY. I'VE SEEN WHERE YOU CAN. WE DID IT OUT AT THE AIRPORT WHERE THEY'RE SOLAR POWERED. AND SO THEY'RE ON AT NIGHT AND THERE'S FLASHING BEACONS. SO WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO CROSS, THEY PUSH A BUTTON AND IT ACTUALLY DOES IT. I'VE SEEN THEM IN GRAPEVINE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT AUTOMATICALLY INDICATE THAT, HEY, I'M TRYING TO CROSS ALL THE LIGHTS, FLASH, ETC. SO ALL THAT WILL HAVE TO BE EVALUATED. WE ALREADY DO IT ON SOUTH ROCKWALL IF YOU TAKE THERE SOUTH ROCKWALL THAT FIRST. YES, THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS COME ON ALL THE TIME WHEN SOMEONE'S READY TO CROSS. SO THAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE. BUT IT CAN BE.

I'LL REPHRASE MY MY QUESTION BECAUSE I APPRECIATE ANY ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES FOR FOR PEDESTRIANS. BUT I GUESS THIS IS THE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR HAVING THE SIDEWALK ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BLOCK BETWEEN STATE STREET AND EULALIA IS THE THE SAFETY FACTOR OF THE THE SLOPE OF THAT BLOCK, SO, SO HIGH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T KEEP THE PATH ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET AND ACROSS THE STREET. I JUST, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE THE WEST SIDE OF THAT STREET IN THAT SECTION WHERE WE HAVE TO JUMP ACROSS, THERE'S 3 OR 4 DRIVEWAYS, CORRECT? THREE THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET, 12FT FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB TO THE GARAGE, AND THEY'RE AT A VERY STEEP SLOPE. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A SIDEWALK, IT HAS TO BE

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SO IT'S IT'S NOT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SAFETY OF THE THE SIDEWALK ON THAT SECTION, BUT IT WOULD BE THE IMPACT TO THE INDIVIDUALS DRIVING INTO THE DRIVEWAYS AT THOSE. THAT AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT ADA COMPLIANT. JUST THAT'S THE PROBLEM I HAVE. IT'S UNACHIEVABLE, I THINK, I THINK FOR THE COUNCILWOMAN IS SUGGESTING THAT AT SOME LOCATIONS WITH A RETENTION WALL OR SOMETHING, THE SIDEWALK IS ABLE TO CONTINUE WITHOUT IMPACTING THE THE THE SLOPE OF THE DRIVEWAY. I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT AND DON'T KNOW, BUT IN SOME I GOT ACROSS THE DRIVEWAY IN SOME FORM OR FASHION. YEAH, I KIND OF THOUGHT IT WHEN HE SAID IT, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AND I JUST VISUALLY DIDN'T SEE THAT THIS GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE I LOOK AT IT. I'M JUST LIKE I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT, LIKE, EVEN IF IT WAS AN ADDITIONAL COST, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, CHRIS, YOU WOULD RECOMMEND OR OR I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME A MOMENT AGO. CLEAR. IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, EVEN IF IT WAS A. YEAH. AN ADDITIONAL COST TO TO KEEP ONE PATH VERSUS HAVING TO CROSS OVER. IT'S IT'S ONLY ONE BLOCK. YEAH. IT'S FOR SUCH A SMALL SECTION. IF YOU ALL WERE WILLING WE COULD GET BECAUSE AGAIN WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SURVEYED. THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, VISUAL OUT IN THE FIELD. I WENT OUT WITH MY, MY ROLLER AND IT WAS MEASURING CLEARANCES AND GETTING AN IDEA OF PHONE WITH THE SLOPES ON THE DRIVEWAYS. SO WHAT WE COULD DO IS GO AHEAD AND SURVEY BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, AND WE WILL HAVE AN ACTUAL TOPO THAT WOULD TELL US EXACTLY WHAT THOSE SLOPES ARE. AND DO YOU KNOW A LITTLE MORE FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEFORE YOU LAND ON THE EXACT ROUTE OF THIS, THIS SECTION. SO IT COSTS A LITTLE EXTRA WITH THE SURVEY AND A LITTLE MORE IN-DEPTH ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, IN YOUR OPINION, WOULD IT CREATE A HIGHER RISK TO CONTINUE ON THE DRIVEWAY SIDE VERSUS CROSSING OVER? BECAUSE BECAUSE I'M THINKING THE CONCERN IS IF SOMEBODY'S BACKING UP AND YOU'RE WALKING BY, THAT MIGHT CREATE I DON'T KNOW. I'M THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID? NO, YOU'RE NOT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN NINTH. OKAY. THEY'RE BACKING OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS ONTO NINTH. I THINK THE ISSUE IS WHEN WE MAKE A AND THIS IS ME JUST SPEAKING ENGLISH. WHAT I'M THINKING YOU'RE SAYING IS WHEN WE MAKE THE SIDEWALK HAPPEN, IT WILL CREATE A PROBLEM FOR THE HOMEOWNER TO GET INTO THEIR DRIVEWAY. IF WE MAKE THE ADDITIONS SLOPING SIDEWALK SLOPE. SOMEHOW MY GETTING INTO MY DRIVEWAY IS GOING TO BE NOT THE SAME AS BEFORE. THAT'S CORRECT. SO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT PORTION, IF YOU. YEAH, WE CAN DO A STUDY TO SEE WHATEVER. BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO CAUSE HEARTBURN TO A HOMEOWNER IN THAT AREA. AT THE SAME TIME I'D LIKE I, I JUST I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE LIKE YESTERDAY TO SEE THIS AREA.

RIGHT. YOU DRIVE THROUGH AND IT JUST SOMEWHAT ALL LOOKS THE SAME, RIGHT I RECOGNIZE YES.

THERE'S THERE'S A SLOPE, YOU KNOW, YOU CURVE AROUND AND THERE'S A SLOPE IN THOSE AREAS.

BUT I'M ALSO HEARING THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL STUDY THAT WITH A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION THAT COULD COME FORTH. IF WE LOOK AT IT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO TO ALSO GET AWAY FROM IS, IS THE THE ASIDE FROM JUST THE, THE STRAIGHTFORWARD CONNECTIVITY ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOT HAVING TO CROSS OVER. AND YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO ADD, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL SAFETY GUARDS BECAUSE YOU'RE CROSSING OVER. BUT THIS, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHERE IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU ADDED OR YOU FIXED A SECTION OF THE ROAD, BUT THEN YOU STOPPED HERE. AND SO WHY WOULD YOU NOT JUST CONTINUE? AND I KNOW WE'RE

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[7. BUSINESS ITEMS]

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I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THOSE THAT CALL, THOSE THAT SHOW UP, THOSE THAT HOLD ME AND HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT OR THE BEST THAT WE CAN. AND TO OUR DEDICATED CITY STAFF. YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE.

SOMETIMES SAYING THANK YOU TAKES ME TIME, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE TIME, THE EDUCATION AND ALLOWING ME TO PUSH WHEN YOU PROBABLY HAD HEARD ENOUGH ALREADY FROM US. AND OF COURSE, THAT THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR'S ROLE IS ONE TO REALLY SUPPORT AND GUIDE AND MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HEARD. AND HE HAS TRULY EMBODIED THAT AND HAS BEEN A LEADER FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, DONNA RENEE, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE HOW JUST YOU JUST SAY WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND AND, AND WE GET A KICK OUT OF IT AND IT MAKES SENSE MOST OF THE TIME. RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES THOMAS FOR ALWAYS REMINDING US OF OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF THOSE, TAKING CARE OF THOSE THAT DO THE WORK, THAT THEY REALLY DO THE WORK, OUR STAFF MEMBERS. YOU KNOW, THE TAKING THE LEAD AND SPEARHEADING, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A JUST OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT A FAIR COMPENSATION FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS. AND PHIL, HE'S NOT ONLINE. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED EARLIER AND HE ALSO GAVE ME THE SAME MESSAGE THAT HE GAVE THE MAYOR TO READ FOR NINTH STREET, BUT HAVE REALLY ALWAYS APPRECIATED HIS PERSPECTIVES. AND YES, ALSO, EVEN WHEN HE STEALS MY MY M&MS AND I HAVE TO TAKE THEM BACK FROM HIM. BUT I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND I CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO WAYS THAT I CAN LEARN FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FROM STAFF, THOSE ON THE DAIS. AND THEN I AM HONORED AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE CITY, SUPPORTING OUR NEXT DISTRICT THREE COUNCIL MEMBER, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS AND THE FUTURE OF OF TERRELL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND REMARKS. AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT COUNCILWOMAN RONNIE VELASQUEZ IS ALWAYS HAD HER DISTRICT DISTRICT THREE. AND THE BEST INTEREST AT HER HEART ALWAYS ENJOYED CONVERSATIONS. AND WHILE WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, I KNEW THAT IT WASN'T PERSONAL. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE WAS REALLY FIGHTING FOR, FOR HER DISTRICT WHEN SHE WAS IN SUPPORT OF SOMETHING, AND TO JORGE VARGAS AND TO OUR MAYOR PRO TEM PHIL ROBERTSON'S CONGRATULATIONS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THAT COUNCILWOMAN, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I THINK RONNIE ALREADY KNOWS HOW I FEEL ABOUT HER AND HOW MUCH I RESPECT HER.

EVEN THOUGH I'M HER SENIOR. BY MANY YEARS. I'VE TOLD HER THIS MANY TIMES, AND THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED DURING THE ANNEXATION WHERE SHE GAVE AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN TIME TO TALK THAT DIDN'T CARE ABOUT RULES AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. AND AND I CALLED HER THAT NIGHT TO JUST TELL HER THAT HOW MUCH I LOVE AND RESPECT I HAD FOR HER FOR THAT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MATURITY AND FOR YOUR THOUGHT PROCESSES. TAKING THE TIME TO ARTICULATE WHAT YOU'RE THINKING AND ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS. I ALSO, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK, FOR PUTTING THE CITY OF TERRELL AND THE CITIZENS FIRST ABOVE YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. WHEN

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THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR ■SERVICE, AND I'LL DEFINITELY BE CALLING ON YOU, BECAUSE I HAVE LOVE AND RESPECT FOR YOU, AND WE'LL KEEP YOU INVOLVED. AS MUCH AS YOU'D LIKE TO BE. AND I'LL KEEP ANSWERING. GOOD. I'M HAVE A A NEW RESPECT FOR. STRATEGIC PLANNING. BECAUSE OF YOU. THE METICULOUSNESS OF IT, REMEMBERING WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE AND WHAT WAS THE PLAN AND WHAT WAS THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. JUST HOW YOU THINK THROUGH YOUR QUESTIONS AND HOW YOU SEE THINGS FROM A. PLANNING POINT OF VIEW. I'M GOING TO MISS THAT. AND YOUR HEART FOR THE CITY. YOUR HEART FOR THE CITY. THAT'S THAT'S A BIG THING BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DONNA RENEE. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. PRESIDENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.2. DISCUSSION. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2291 AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR FUNDING UNDER THE DEPARTMENT, THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROGRAM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CATHERINE PARKLET PROJECT. THIS IS GOING TO BE RAELYN SMITH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MONEY. THIS TIME IT'S NOT GOING TO COST US ANYTHING TO APPLY, SO IT'S WELL WORTH IT. WE WILL BE HANDLING THIS APPLICATION IN-HOUSE. IT IS UP TO A $1 MILLION GRANT. PADDOCK HAS BEEN EXPLORING AND DONE SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF CLOSING BOTH CATHERINE FROM MORE TO SOUTH ALLEY AND FROM MORE TO NORTH ALLEY. PROVIDED SOME PICTURES IN YOUR PACKET. SO THIS RESOLUTION JUST SIMPLY AUTHORIZES THE APPLICATION ITSELF. THERE WOULD BE A 10% MATCH, WHICH WOULD BE $100,000, WHICH COULD BE BUDGETED INTO PADDOCK'S BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. SHOULD WE BE AWARDED. SO WE THINK THAT IT IT CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES SUCH AS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES AND GATHERING SPACE.

SO JUST LOOKING AT THE PAST FEW YEARS, AWARD AWARDEES, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED THESE FUNDS, WE THINK WILL HAVE A GOOD APPLICATION. IT LOOKS REALLY NICE, REALLY NICE. GOOD.

GREAT JOB THIS ONE TOO. COUNCILMAN PHIL ROBERTSON WAS EXCITED ABOUT AND HOPES THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. NOT A DOG PARK, NOT A DOG PARK. WE'RE GETTING THERE. DON'T TELL HIM THAT. I'M GOING TO TELL HIM THAT ONE. NO, NO. ALRIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAYLAND ON THIS RAYLAND. NO. YEAH. NO HARD QUESTIONS TODAY. BUT I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND EVERYONE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS FORGET SOMEBODY AND IT'S NOT IT'S NOT EVER MEANT LIKE LIKE YOU MEAN TO AT LEAST I TRY NOT TO, BUT JUST A BIG THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO TO PUSH FOR FOR DOWNTOWN AND BRING SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, AN ASPECT THAT WE TEND TO SEE IN OTHER DOWNTOWNS TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE HOPE YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS LIKE SOMEWHAT OF LIKE A KIND OF LIKE A START, BUT NOT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF A LOT OF PLANNING ALREADY. BUT I'M REALLY HOPEFUL AND THAT WE WILL RECEIVE THIS GRANT AND THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY. I JUST KNOW THAT PADDOCK'S GOING TO WANT TO TAKE THIS UP. AND AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M EXCITED, AND I'M SURE THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY WILL ALSO BE

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SO THIS IS A WOULD BE A MOTION TO EITHER APPROVE OR DENY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TERRELL LEAST HOUSING ASSOCIATES AND LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND THE CITY OF MOTION. OH GO AHEAD.

SORRY. HOW DID YOU GUYS COME UP WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS PREFERRED EMPLOYEE PROGRAM, HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT'S LISTED HERE? LIKE THAT WAS ACTUALLY A DOCUMENT PROVIDED TO US LATE LAST NIGHT BY DOMINION. IS IT THE LARGER EMPLOYERS THAT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION? OH, OKAY. BECAUSE I WAS THINKING LIKE, NO, I BELIEVE THEY INCLUDED THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. EXAMPLE. OKAY. THEY PICKED MAJOR EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY. STATE HOSPITAL DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST. I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD. NO, IT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION. BUT WE GOT THIS LATE LAST NIGHT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT GOT IN YOUR PACKET SINCE. SINCE WE CAN'T SPECIFICALLY ENGAGE AND RESTRICT TO RESIDENTS, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT MORE AVAILABLE EARLIER ON TO THEM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN FOR YOU. THANK YOU.

IF IF WE CAN, BECAUSE I DID MY HOMEWORK A LITTLE EARLY THIS TIME AND DID NOT SEE THIS COME IN LAST NIGHT, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE LIKE AN OVERVIEW OF LIKE THE PREFERRED EMPLOYER PROGRAM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY. IF, IF WE CAN GET A WALKTHROUGH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU'RE VOTING ON TODAY. YOU'RE VOTING ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THIS IS JUST THIS WAS INCLUDED AS INFORMATION TO ADDRESS COUNCIL'S CONCERN ABOUT TERRELL RESIDENTS FIRST, BUT THIS IS NOT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THIS IS JUST THEIR MARKETING PLAN. AND AGAIN, IT CAME IN 10:00 LAST NIGHT OR SO I BELIEVE. SO WORK IN PROGRESS.

WE CAN STILL HAVE THE CONVERSATION AFTERWARDS. THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS. IT JUST EVEN AT THE LATE HOUR IT CAME IN BECAUSE THEY HEARD OUR CONCERN. SOUNDS LIKE I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. I AGREE 100%. THIS IS I, I WISH THAT MY THANK YOU, RAYLAN, FOR FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. MARK. OF COURSE, RAYLAN AND STAFF, EVERYBODY INVOLVED FOR DOING THIS. I DO WISH SOME OF THE MEMBERS FROM MY DISTRICT WOULD WHO HAVE CALLED ME, EMAILED ME, SENT ME TEXTS IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT THAT HAS GROWN LEGS IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS

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ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. LET IT BE KNOWN STATING I, I ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES AN ENVELOPE.

PRESENT OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA DISCUSSION CONSIDER AUTHORIZATION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TERRELL AND THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COOPERATING COOPERATIVE PURCHASING. THIS IS GOING TO BE MARK MAYOR COUNCIL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY INCLUDE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IT'S FAIRLY ROUTINE, BUT BECAUSE I'VE NOT BROUGHT AN ITEM LIKE THIS TO YOU BEFORE, I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY AND TALK THROUGH IT.

WHAT THIS DOES IS IF APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS. THEIR CITY COUNCIL WILL EXECUTE IT, WILL APPROVE IT, AND THEN I WILL ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEIR CITY MANAGER SO THAT WE CAN ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT. AND WHAT THAT WILL ALLOW THE CITIES TO DO IS NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CAN THEN BUY GOODS AND SERVICES THROUGH CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE BID, AND WE CAN PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES OFF OF CONTRACTS AND RFQS AND THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE, BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT SAVES US THE STEP FROM HAVING TO DO IT. WONDERFUL STREAMLINING THINGS. YOU HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE SEEING SOME MORE OF THESE IN THE FUTURE. THERE'S A PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THIS. AND I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT IT IS AND WHY YOU'RE SEEING IT. AND THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE, WHEN IT'S ON CONSENSUAL, AT LEAST HAVE A POINT OF REFERENCE. GREAT, MARK. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT THE CITY IN THE BEST POSSIBLE POSITION AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO GROW, SO THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I'VE REVIEWED THIS. MR. MAYOR FOUND IT TO BE VERY LEGALLY SUFFICIENT AND WOULD RECOMMEND ITS APPROVAL. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MARK, FOR. KEEPING US IN THE LOOP. IT'S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION ON. THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TERRELL AND NORTH RICHLAND HILLS? HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR RONNY VELASQUEZ, DISTRICT THREE. A SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT TWO, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF OUR CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TERRELL AND THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COOPERATIVE PURCHASING. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY

[8. INFORMATION REPORTS]

I DO READ THE REPORTS. WHETHER IT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. I READ THOSE REPORTS AND I GET A PICTURE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR CITY, FROM HOUSING TO THE TYPES OF ARRESTS AND THE TYPES OF CRIME THAT WE HAVE. AND I

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I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MARK, AND THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR. AND DENISE AND CHIEF LACROIX FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE REPORTS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT THINK I, BUT I READ THEM. THEY DON'T GO INTO THE END ZONE. YOU KNOW OF SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH. ANYONE ELSE ALL RIGHT? AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN INTO

[9. ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING]

[10. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY, ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS. YES. HOW DO I SAY IT I MOVE I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2294. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE TERRELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FIXED BASE OPERATOR RFP 2413, AND TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO RFQ 20 603. PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TERRELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, SECOND FROM STEPHANIE THOMAS, DISTRICT FOUR, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2294, AUTHORIZING OUR CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. I ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMO

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