YOU'RE GOOD. WE'VE NOT HEARD FROM THE OTHERS, SO. OKAY. WHETHER THEY WERE ATTENDING OR
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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NOT. ALRIGHT, WELL, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER THE FACILITY'S NAMING COMMITTEE MEETING ON THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, 2026. DO I HAVE ANYONE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE INVOCATION? I'LL VOLUNTEER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, THIS WONDERFUL WEATHER. WE DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY. LORD. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GUIDE US AND GIVE US THE WISDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE, AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE, TO CELEBRATE THOSE LIVES AND HONOR THE RICH LEGACY AND HERITAGE THAT THIS TOWN IS SO VERY WELL KNOWN FOR. WE ASK ALL THIS IN YOUR SON'S NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO NUMBER THREE REMARKS FROM VISITORS. NICOLE, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY. OKAY.[4. ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
ADOPTION OF MINUTES. DISCUSS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE CITY FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 19TH. HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? DO WE NEED ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES? NOT HEARING ANY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 19TH. I HAVE A MOTION. CAN I GET A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED MINUTES HAVE[5. BUSINESS ITEMS (ACTION ITEMS)]
BEEN APPROVED. ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON TO SECTION FIVE. BUSINESS ITEMS. DISCUSSING CONSIDER RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE FACILITY NAMING COMMITTEE POLICY AND GOVERNANCE.GOVERNANCE. I THINK I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO MR. MILLS. THANK YOU. SO AFTER OUR LAST MEETING.
I HAVE FOUR ITEMS FOR YOU THIS EVENING AND WANT TO SEE IF YOU HAVE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IN THE POLICY. THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TO CITY COUNCIL IS A CHANGE IN THE TERMS. RIGHT NOW, EVERYONE IS IS APPOINTED FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO COUNCIL EVERY DECEMBER. WE'RE GOING TO ASK COUNCIL IF YOU ALL AGREE TO SET THOSE AT THREE YEAR TERMS, AND WE WILL STAGGER THEM SIMILAR TO COUNCIL. SO YOU WILL HAVE A GROUP THAT IS UP IN ONE YEAR OR ONE THAT IS UP IN TWO YEARS, ONE THAT IS UP IN THREE YEARS. THE THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD, AS FAR AS THE OFFICERS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. WE'D HAVE A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. THEY WOULD REMAIN ONE YEAR TERMS. THE SECOND ITEM THAT WE ARE GOING TO BRING TO COUNCIL, AGAIN, IF YOU ALL AGREE, IS A CHANGE IN THE PROCESS BY WHICH YOU ARE CHARGED TO NAME THINGS. RIGHT NOW, A LIST COMES FROM CITY COUNCIL AND THAT RESTRICTS YOU AS FAR AS WHAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO CONSIDER. WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE TO CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL IS APPROPRIATE, BECAUSE THEY HOLD THEY HOLD ULTIMATE POWER IN DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT IT MOVES FORWARD. BUT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO NAME SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE WE BRING FORWARD, USUALLY WHITE AND BENGAL, IF THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT YOU ALL WANT TO CONSIDER OR SOMETHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT YOU ALL WANT TO CONSIDER, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF, OKAY, WE WANT TO NAME THIS. SO THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET COUNCIL TO PUT IT IN A CHARGE. AND THEN IT COMES BACK. IT'S IT'S A 2 TO 3 MONTH PROCESS JUST FOR ALL THE MEETINGS TO OCCUR, TO GET YOU TO PLACE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO NAME SOMETHING. AND WE'D LIKE TO REWRITE IT SO THAT IT BASICALLY THE CHARGE, THE CHARGE DOES NOT MATTER. IT'S YOU ALL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON YOUR POSITION AND THEN COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER IT FROM THERE. THE OTHER ONE IS BOARD MAKEUP. WE WANT TO. I BELIEVE THIS WAS CHAIRWOMAN'S SUGGESTION AT THE LAST MEETING OR OR MAYBE NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHO IT WAS, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS YOURS OR AUTUMN'S THAT ON THE BOARD WE INCLUDE A POSITION THAT IN. IN THE CASE WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS TAPPED INTO THE HISTORY OF TERROR LIKE YOURSELF FOR AUTUMN, THAT THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH IT IS, IS IF THERE IS A FEELING THAT THERE IS NOT HISTORICAL EXPERTISE ON THE COMMITTEE, THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN REQUEST THAT THE MAYOR APPOINT A NON-VOTING, EX-OFFICIO, EX OFFICIO. SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL TO FILL THAT ROLE THAT WOULD NOT BE A VOTING MEMBER. SO WE STILL HAVE NINE VOTING MEMBERS, BUT THAT WOULD BE IN A CASE WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE PANEL TO FILL THAT ROLE. AND THEN THE FINAL ITEM IS THE NAMING OF HISTORIC STREETS. IT WAS
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REQUESTED THAT WE NOT INCLUDE HISTORIC STREETS FOR RENAMING OR STREET TOPPERS GOING FORWARD.THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU IS, DO DOES THE COMMITTEE WANT TO DESIGNATE WHAT THOSE STREETS ARE OR DO WE WANT TO LEAVE IT? LEAVE IT NEBULOUS AS FAR AS HISTORIC STREETS. SO I BELIEVE I SENT NICOLE A LIST OF THE ORIGINAL STREETS IN IN THE SURVEY, AND THAT COMES FROM DOCTOR HORACE FLATT'S RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE AT THE MUSEUM. AND THAT HAS BEEN ESSENTIALLY THE BIBLE FOR TAROT. I THINK AUTUMN HAS A COPY OF IT, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES I THINK THAT THE ESPECIALLY THE TAROT HERITAGE SOCIETY. BUT I THINK AS A WHOLE, WE KIND OF AGREED THAT AS THE FOUNDERS OF THE TOWN, THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT WE SPECIFICALLY WERE LOOKING AT PROTECTING, LIKE FRANCIS VIRGINIA, ALL OF YOUR CROSS STREETS. AND THEN YOU HAVE AN.
AND HIGH. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL. BUT IT'S THE ORIGINAL STREETS OF THE TOWN THAT WERE FOUNDED BY THE FOUNDERS. SO. OKAY, SO WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE IN A LIST. AND THEN WOULD YOU WANT TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO RENAMING OR STREET TOPPERS FOR HISTORIC STREETS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING WITH A LIST, AND THEN FOLLOW IT UP WITH OTHER STREETS TO BE DEEMED OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. AND THAT GIVES YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE FUTURE. IT LEAVES A LITTLE OPEN ENDED, WHICH MAKES ME A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT BUT DOES IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP THAT WAY, YOU'RE YOU'VE GOT AN OPTION TO SAY NO. WE THINK THAT'S TOO HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT. THERE'S A STORY BEHIND THAT NAME. WE DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.
YEAH. SO I'M ALWAYS A FAN OF NOT PAINTING OURSELVES INTO A CORNER AND LIMITING OUR ABILITY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I LIKE THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE IN THINGS, BUT I'M ALSO VERY WILLING TO KIND OF GO WITH THE COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF GIVING IT, ALLOWING THIS BOARD TO DECIDE IF THAT'S A HISTORICAL STREET AND WE DON'T WANT TO TOUCH IT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO I THINK WE NEED TO GET WITH MISS JOHNSON, AND I THINK SHE CAN GIVE YOU THE HISTORY OF THE STREETS, MOUNT OLIVE, NEW HOPE, ALL THOSE STREETS WERE NAMED AFTER THE CHURCHES. AND SHE CAN.
THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST. YES. HAROLD WILSON ACTUALLY BROUGHT THOSE TO ME AS WELL. SO I THINK THOSE CAN BE ADDED, OR AT LEAST PERHAPS I DON'T KNOW. SO WE HAVE THE NAME RESERVE LIST. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THE STREET, THE HISTORICAL STREET LIST, RIGHT. SO AS WE LOOK TO HAVE ROLLOVER ON THIS COMMITTEE, THEN PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THE THE STREET AND THE WHY. BUT NO, I DID SPEAK WITH HAROLD ABOUT THOSE STREETS AS WELL. SO I THEY'RE NOT IN CAPTAIN CHARLES TOWN, BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST. SO PERHAPS SOMETHING LIKE THE NAME RESERVE LIST WE CAN CREATE. AND THAT MAY BE THE WAY A COMBINATION OF THE 2ND MAY BE A WAY TO HANDLE IT. WHERE WE WE WERE THE POLICY IN A WAY THAT IT'S IN OTHER STREETS TO BE DEEMED OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE AND THEN OR SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANCE. AND THEN WE CREATE A LIST OF STREETS AND FACILITIES INELIGIBLE TO BE RENAMED. YEAH. AND I THINK THE WAY WE APPROACH ADDING PEOPLE TO THE NAMING LIST IN TERMS OF BIOGRAPHIES AND THE REASON WHY WE SHOULD APPROACH THE STREETS AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT NEW HOPE AND ALL OF THE STREETS THAT WERE NAMED AFTER CHURCHES, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF A Y, WE DON'T WANT TO RENAME THIS. WE DON'T WANT TO TOPPER ON IT BECAUSE IT ALREADY HAS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MAINTAINS. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR THOUGHTS ON CHANGES TO THE POLICY? SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. THEN IF THE BOARD'S OKAY WITH IT, WE WILL MAKE THESE CHANGES AND TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL AT ONE OF OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE THE NEXT MEETING IN MARCH. WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THE MEETING IN THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL. THANK YOU SIR.
THANK YOU. OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE ADDITION OF NAMES TO THE NAMES RESERVE LIST. DID ANYONE HAVE ANYONE TO ADD? I KNOW WE HAVE QUITE THE LIST. AND I DO.
NICOLE FOR YOU HAVE SPELLING CORRECTIONS ON SOME OF THEM, SO I'LL MAKE SURE TO GET THAT FOR YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ACTUALLY, IT'S VERONICA. YOU CAN THINK SHE DID IT FOR ME. I'VE GOT
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SEVERAL. OKAY. OKAY. I KNOW I'M THE NEW GUY, BUT THINKING ABOUT THIS MARIE BALLARD. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHO MARIE WAS? SHE WAS A SAINT WHO DID UNTOLD THINGS FOR PEOPLE IN THIS CITY FOR 60 YEARS. 70 YEARS. COLONEL ABBY ANDERSON, I MEAN, HE WAS HEAD OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD HERE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AND DID A WONDERFUL JOB. AND THEN, OKAY, THEN I HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE THE PARK NAMES, BUT THOSE, THOSE FOR THE RESERVE LIST, MARIE AND COLONEL ANDERSON. AND I THINK GOING OVER SOME NAME SUGGESTIONS ALONG WITH MR. MCKINNEY IS, YOU KNOW, AND IN LOOKING AT BEN GIL, WHICH SEEMS TO BE KIND OF OUR PROJECT RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANTED TO ADD ON HENRY MADGWICK. I HAD HENRY ON MONDAY AND I WANTED TO ADD ON JOYCE LEWIS. AND JOYCE WAS AN EDUCATOR HERE AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST. AND SO LOOKING AT AT SOME OF THE PARKS, THE LITTLE PARKS THAT WE'RE NAMING AND YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SHE HELD FAST TO KIDS PLAYING AND DEVELOPING. AND SHE WAS A PRESCHOOL TEACHER FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND AN EDUCATOR IN REGULAR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I WAS GOING TO SEE IF WE COULD ADD THOSE TWO NAMES ON FOR CONSIDERATION. SO IN TERMS OF HENRY MADGWICK, HE ALREADY HAS SOMETHING NAMED AFTER HIM. SO I DID NOT KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO ADD HIM TO THE LIST. AND DESPITE THAT, YES, BECAUSE HE WAS I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN READING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE READ SO MUCH. I HAVE SUCH RESPECT FOR PEOPLE WHO DO HISTORY AND KEEPING THE NAMES STRAIGHT. IT'S ALMOST LIKE READING DOCTOR ZHIVAGO AGAIN. ALL THE NAMES. HENRY, HE EITHER WAS VERY INTEGRAL IN, YOU KNOW, THE BASEBALL IN THE FIELDS OR HE WAS AN UMPIRE. BUT AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF PUT HIS NAME UP FOR PERHAPS HE WAS HEAD OF THE THE BASEBALL WHILE RAYFORD WAS SOFTBALL. YEAH, I THINK WELL, BUT HE WASN'T AN UMPIRE. HE WAS HE WAS HEAD OF THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION. OKAY. FOR MANY YEARS. AND I KNOW MR. MAGIC WAS ALSO VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN BRITISH FLYING MUSEUM. AND SO THAT WAS A BIG NAME. AND OF COURSE, HE WAS, I BELIEVE HE WAS MAYOR FOR A LITTLE BIT.YEAH, I BELIEVE HE WAS MAYOR AS WELL. SO, SO AGAIN, JUST THOSE TWO NAMES THAT I WANTED TO MAYBE ADD TO THE NAME BANK. YEAH. THE CONFERENCE ROOM AT THE AIRPORT IS NAMED AFTER HIM.
SO YOURS IS COMING UP TOO, SIR, ONE DAY. SO. YEAH. SO WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO ADD THOSE NAMES TO THE LIST. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE. THE BENGAL FACILITIES ALSO OR. THAT'S NOT YET. THAT'S THE NEXT ONE. YES. SO THIS RIGHT NOW IS JUST LOOKING AT ADDING OR REMOVING NAMES FROM THE NAMES RESERVE LIST. I DON'T SEE ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED, BUT IF WE'D LIKE TO ADD THOSE, WE JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN A VOTE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THESE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THESE NAMES INTO THE MAIN NAME BANK.
CAN YOU LIST THE NAMES FOR ME? SECOND. THE NAMES WERE MARIE BALLARD. YOU SAID COLONEL ANDERSON. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. COLONEL. ABBY ANDERSON, ABBY ANDERSON, HENRY MADGWICK AND JOYCE LEWIS. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADD THESE FOUR NAMES INTO THE NAME RESERVE LIST. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. I'M SORRY, WE HAVE A SECOND. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL ADD THOSE FOUR NAMES TO THE NAME RESERVE LIST. OKAY. MOVING
[6. DISCUSSION ITEMS]
ON TO DISCUSSION ITEMS. FACILITIES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR NAMING AT BINGO PARK. WE HAVE ALL OF THEM STILL. WE HAVE NOT NAMED BEN GILL, BUT THAT'S OKAY. I'M COMPLETELY OKAY WITH TAKING OUR TIME TO MAKING SURE THE NAME FITS. WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST PUT A NAME ON IT. I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING I EXPRESSED LAST TIME IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE IT FITS. SO I LIKE THE IDEA THAT THERE WAS A BASEBALL UMPIRE OR THERE WAS A SOFTBALL COACH, THINGS LIKE THAT.BECAUSE AUTUMN HAS BEEN WORKING ON BIOS FOR EVERYONE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE, AND SHE'LL BE MAKING SURE NICOLE GETS IT. THAT WAY SHE CAN SEND IT TO THE BOARD AND ALL OF THAT. SO AND WE WANT TO START INCLUDING THAT TYPE OF STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE, PARTICULARLY WITH LIKE THE HISTORIC STREETS AND EXPLAINING WHY THEY'RE NAMED, WHAT THEY'RE
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NAMED. AND AS WE GO THROUGH IN THIS COMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL THAT ARE ACCEPTED. WE WANT TO START INCLUDING THAT. SO THERE'S A RECORD OF OF WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE. SO IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH DALLAS, THERE'S STREETS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE THAT NOBODY HAVE ANY IDEA WHO THEY ARE. SO WE WANT TO AVOID TRY TO AVOID THAT. I LOVE THAT IDEA. SO I AGAIN, WE'VE GOT SLIDES FOR YOU THIS EVENING. IT'S THE SAME PRESENTATION WE'VE INCLUDED THE LAST COUPLE TIMES. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO YOU. THE PLAYGROUNDS, THE BASKETBALL COURTS, FOOTBALL FIELD, TENNIS COURTS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS, WALKING TRAIL. THOSE ARE THE FACILITIES OUT THERE. IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER SOMETHING ELSE.AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THE POLICY TO COUNCIL THAT WILL UPDATE THE POLICY AND ALLOW YOU SOME SOME FLEXIBILITY. AND SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT'S NOT IN THIS ORIGINAL CHARGE LIST, YOU'LL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. BUT THESE WERE RIGHT NOW IT WAS JUST FACILITIES AT BEN GILL. AND AS STAFF, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND IDENTIFIED THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE APPROPRIATE. BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT BEN GILLET'S WITHIN THE CHARGE, AND YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, EXCEPT YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO NAME THE RESTROOMS AFTER SOMEONE. SO WE WANT TO HOLD THAT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL.
EXACTLY. THOSE WILL BE AT THE TOP OF THE GOLD STAR LIST. I'VE GOT SEVERAL. ARE WE READY TO DO THAT? YEAH. YOU CAN. WE CAN DISCUSS POSSIBLE NAMING OF FACILITIES. I BROUGHT IT UP LAST TIME. PAULINE GILL SULLIVAN FOR THE PAVILION, WHICH IS NOT IN HERE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO NAME IT OR NOT, BUT SHE SHE GAVE THE FUNDS FOR THE PAVILION. DID DID WE ADD HER TO THE NAME RESERVE LIST? NO, NO. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. AND RANDY SNOW FOR EITHER TENNIS COURTS OR WALKING TRAIL. YOU KNOW, RANDY IS PROBABLY THE BEST ATHLETE TO EVER COME OUT OF TERRELL IN ONE. GOLD MEDALS IN THE PARALYMPICS. AND YOU KNOW HE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT IS NOT ON OUR LIST. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. SO RANDY'S NOT RANDY HAS A STREET IN BEN GILL ALREADY. HE HAS AN HONORARY STREET. I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT THE TENNIS COURTS THOUGH, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT HE DOES HAVE ONE OF THE HISTORICAL STREETS AND I'D FORGOTTEN IT. YEAH. NO NO, NO YOU'RE FINE. ALSO, ONE OTHER PERSON AND THIS WOULD BE TENNIS COURTS. DESI SAMUEL'S. BUT JESSE'S NOT PASSED AWAY YET. YES. DO. IS THIS LIMITED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE GONE? SO THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR BEING APPLICABLE FOR HAVING THINGS NAMED. CAN WE MAKE SURE WE SEND OUT THAT JUST SO THAT WAY, IT KIND OF REFRESHES EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THEY QUALIFY. BUT THEY DO EITHER HAVE TO BE DECEASED FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS, OR THEY HAVE TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. I WANT TO SAY I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TRUTH ON THAT. AND AS FAR AS PASSING AWAY, I BELIEVE WE PUT A MECHANISM IN THE POLICY ORIGINALLY WITH THE WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF THE COMMITTEE, THAT BY SUPERMAJORITY OF THE TOTALITY. TOTALITY OF THE MEMBERS. SO NOT JUST THOSE PRESENT, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE A SIX PERSON VOTE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL PARAMETERS. SO YOU CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND OUTSIDE THOSE NORMAL PARAMETERS, BUT IT TAKES A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD TO DO IT. YES. OKAY, SO I WITHDRAW AND THIS STANFORD BALLARD JUNIOR ON THE LIST, STANLEY, STANLEY AND JUNIOR, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM ON THERE THAT WE'VE BEEN WITH NICOLE AND WE'RE GETTING IT UPDATED. BUT YES, RAYFORD, REEVE, HOLMES AND THEN MISS BREWSTER NEED TO BE CORRECTED.
STANLEY STANLEY BALLARD IT'S NOT JUNIOR THAT'S ALSO BEEN CORRECTED. IT'S SENIOR JUNIORS OBVIOUSLY STILL HERE WITH US. AND REEVE HOLMES, YOU KNOW REEVE HOLMES. YES, SIR. AND YOU'LL HAVE THOSE. MISS NICOLE, I HAVE THE CORRECTIONS FOR THOSE. SO DO WE HAVE. CAN YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY ON IF THEY HAVE TO BE UNDER A NAME RESERVE LIST IN ORDER FOR US. THEY DO NOT. OKAY. THAT'S JUST THAT IS A LIST TO MEMORIALIZE NAMES FOR FUTURE COMMITTEES. OKAY. THAT YOU CAN DRAW FROM BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DRAW FROM. OKAY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DID NOT
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HAVE THAT MISTAKEN IN MY HEAD. SO I GUESS LET'S SPEAK PAVILION BECAUSE YOU DID MENTION THAT LAST MEETING YOU STATED WHAT'S HER NAME ONE MORE TIME? PAULINE GAIL SULLIVAN. SHE BEN'S DAUGHTER? BEN'S DAUGHTER? YES. OKAY. I MEAN, I IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ALIGNMENT AND APPROPRIATE NAMING, I THINK THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE ONE THAT WE COULD CONSIDER TOO.I'LL HAVE ANY THOUGHTS. AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, AUTUMN CAN KIND OF PUT TOGETHER THAT IF, IF I COULD JUST KIND OF THROW THIS OUT THERE, THERE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE AFFECTED THAT MAYBE ANOTHER MEMBER WON'T KNOW. AND SO I THINK IF WE DO PUT A NAME UP FOR LIKE WHAT MR. MCKINNEY HAS DONE, MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT IN THE MINUTES, OBVIOUSLY. AND THEN AT THE NEXT MEETING, AUTUMN HAS A PACKET READY TO GO. AND THEN WE CAN REVIEW THAT AND THEN SUBMIT THAT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, IF THAT'S OKAY. AND THEN THAT WAY, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO THE PERSON IS AND WHAT THEIR RELEVANCE IS.
AND YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS I DON'T KNOW, OKAY, THIS EVENING, THIS IS JUST A WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION. THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM BECAUSE THE NEXT STEPS ARE WHAT WE WOULD DO IS ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT THAT YOU. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THE PAVILION FOR NEXT TIME, WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'LL PUT OUT A NOTICE TO ANYBODY THAT'S WITHIN 200FT OF THE PARK AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON IT. OKAY. SO THE NEXT MEETING THAT YOU ALL HAVE WOULD INCLUDE A WORKSHOP ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO NAME THE PAVILION AFTER HER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS THE FIRST TIME WE WENT THROUGH IT, WE DID NOT INCLUDE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS, AND WE HAD PEOPLE SHOW UP CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO THIS NOTICE WOULD GO OUT SAYING THAT THIS IS WHAT THE BASICALLY ESSENTIALLY HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RENAMING OF THE PAVILION AFTER PAULINA GIL.
SULLIVAN. THANK YOU. I WROTE IT DOWN. AND THEN AFTER THAT, AFTER THE WORKSHOP AND PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS, THEN YOU ALL WOULD MAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO CITY COUNCIL. OKAY, SO STILL A PROCESS. YES. FOR SURE. YEAH.
SO ON THE PAVILION THERE IS A MARKER ON THE PAVILION. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT INCLUDED.
SO I DO HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT THE PAVILION IS NOT ALREADY NAMED. WHAT TYPE OF LIKE HISTORICAL A PLAQUE OF SOME SORT. YEAH. IN THE PAVILION ITSELF. OKAY. I CAN TAKE A FIELD TRIP JUST TO SEE WHAT IT IS. AND THEN I TOOK IT OFF BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A PLACARD UP THERE FOR BEN HILL. OKAY. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT SAYS? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I HAVE A PICTURE OF IT EITHER. OKAY. IT'S BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS. HEY, FIELD TRIPS ARE FUN. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO BEN GILL IN, LIKE, TWO DAYS. WE WILL, WE WILL INVESTIGATE. AND IF IT'S ALREADY NAMED, WE'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW. AND IF IT'S ALREADY NAMED, WE'LL PUT IT BACK ON HERE SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE ACTION ON IT IF YOU WANT TO RENAME IT OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO IGNORE IT. WE CAN IGNORE IT AT THAT POINT AS WELL, NOT IGNORE IT OR JUST AN HONORARY PLAQUE OR SOMETHING. MAYBE NOT OFFICIALLY RENAME IT, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT TALKS ABOUT HER AND HER CONTRIBUTION. PERFECT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER YOU MENTIONED AN UMPIRE, BASEBALL COACH. RAYFORD. OKAY. ON THE NAME BANK. OKAY, PERFECT. IF BEN GILL IS A DISCUSSION POINT, I WAS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE MAP AND LOOKING AT THE MAP ON PAGE 15 AND THE BASEBALL THAT IS THE BASEBALL FIELDS RIGHT THERE AND T-BALL, AND THEN SOFTBALL IS OVER HERE. CORRECT.
NEITHER OF THOSE ARE PICTURED. SO ARE THEY. THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR NAMING. IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE THE PICTURES THAT WE HAVE ARE OF THE PLAYGROUNDS AND THE TENNIS BALL AND PICKLEBALL. THEY WERE THE THINGS THAT WE FELT THAT THEY ARE THE THINGS THAT WE INCLUDED.
OKAY. YOU ARE YOU ARE CHARGED WITH THE ABILITY TO NAME THINGS AT BEN GILL PARK. OKAY. SO IF THEY DO NOT ALREADY HAVE A NAME, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE. SO THE BASEBALL FIELD AND THE SOFTBALL FIELD ARE ALREADY CURRENTLY HAVE A NAME. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY DO, BUT I DO NOT KNOW.
I DON'T THINK ANYTHING. BEN IS NAMED SHORT OF THE RANDY SNOW LANE. SHORT OF THAT. THAT'S IT.
YEAH. AND THEN THE PLACKET, THE PAVILION, WHICH WE CAN GO FIELD TRIP AND RESEARCH AND SEE WHAT THAT SAYS. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING. SO I THINK THEY COULD BE ADDED. YEAH. BY REQUEST BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S YOU RECOGNIZE THE WEIGHT OF THIS WHEN YOU REALLY START
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THINKING ABOUT IT, THAT THERE ARE PERFECT FITS FOR SOME THINGS LIKE SNOW FOR THE TENNIS COURTS OR, OR LIKE YOU SAID, DESI, YOU KNOW, OR EVEN BJ FOR THAT MATTER. BUT WE DON'T WANT THE WHOLE TOWN NAMED BALLARD, DO WE? BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, AND YOU LOOK AT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT MADE ME KIND OF QUESTION, OKAY, WHY AREN'T THE SOFTBALL. HAVE THEY BEEN NAMED? BECAUSE IF THEY HAVEN'T, THAT WOULD BE A RAYFORD HARWELL. THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY. SO YEAH, SO IF THAT COULD BE RESEARCHED, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. YEAH, I'VE ALREADY STARTED A DOCUMENT WITH ALL OF THE NAMES AND SOME BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THEM. SO IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT, I CAN BRING THAT AND TALK WITH NICOLE FOR THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING RESPECTFUL IN THE WAY THAT WE NAME THINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT IT REFLECTS THE THE IDEAS OF THAT PERSON. SO. PERFECT. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ASKING THAT THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS BE LOOKED AT JUST TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE FACILITIES, WE COULD NAME THAT. BINGO. OKAY. ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THE FACILITIES TO BE NAMED AT BEN GILL? SO NEXT TIME WE'RE BRINGING BACK TENNIS COURTS WITH. RANDY, RANDY? RANDY SMITH. NO. POTENTIALLY BALL FIELDS. YES, SIR. DO WE WANT TO NAME ALL OF THE BALL FIELDS OR A BALL FIELD? SO I I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. YOU WERE THE ONE WHO RECOMMENDED. I WAS THINKING A COMPLEX. KIND OF LIKE WE DID SERGEANT BRADY, STAFF SERGEANT BRADY CR12. YEAH, YEAH. DON'T GET ALL I MEAN I WOULDN'T THAT'S UP TO THAT'S UP TO THE MEMBERS. BUT. RIGHT. I SAY IT'S ALREADY CONFUSING ENOUGH GOING TO A LITTLE LEAGUE GAME. RIGHT.AND THERE WAS A THIRD ONE THAT I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN THE PAVILION. PAVILION. THANK YOU.
AND I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I BELIEVE AUTUMN HAD A THOUGHT ON THE WALKING TRAIL, WHICH ACTUALLY IS ON OUR. OH YEAH, DOC RYAN. HE WAS AN EDUCATOR, FOOTBALL COACH, TRACK COACH. SO WE DO HAVE THAT FOOTBALL FIELD AT BEN GILL THAT COULD WORK OR THE WALKING TRAIL AS WELL. SO JUST TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. COULD I ALSO ASK A FAVOR NEXT TIME AS WE LOOK AT NAMING THE FACILITIES AT BEN GILL? I KNOW WE HAVE ALSO BEEN CHARGED WITH ARLEIGH WHITE AND OTHER PARK AMENITIES, SO THERE MAY BE ANOTHER WALKING TRAIL OR ANOTHER SOCCER FIELD, ANOTHER TENNIS COURT. I'M HONESTLY NOT COMPLETELY FAMILIAR WITH ARLEIGH WHITE PARK. I SHOULD PROBABLY LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. WE WILL BRING PICTURES AND A LIST. OKAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THAT WAY IF WE HAVE TWO THAT MAKES SENSE IN BASEBALL, THEN WHAT ARE ALL THE BASEBALL FIELDS WE HAVE IN TOWN? RIGHT? WHERE DOES THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE THAT THEY BE NAMED AND THINGS LIKE THAT? THAT WOULD HELP ME. I THINK IN TERMS OF GREAT. I LIKE HOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF LEARNING AS WE GO WITH THIS COMMITTEE. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND WE'RE STILL LEARNING HOW TO DO IT. THAT'S OKAY, I LOVE IT. SO PERFECT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON BEN GIL? ONLY THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK AGAIN AND BRING UP AGAIN WAS AS WE THIS IS A CITY THING AND, AND A DEVELOPMENT AND AN EDC PROBABLY MULTIFACETED THING. BUT WE KIND OF TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN AND MAYBE THE CITY OF TERRELL HAVING THE WHETHER IT'S 5% OR 10% OF THE TOTAL NAMES OR THE TOTAL STREETS THAT ARE PLATTED OR PLANNED, THAT MAYBE THE CITY HAS THE THE OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER THE CITY TAKES IT OR NOT IS AGAIN, UP TO THE CITY AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT MAYBE THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL SAYING THAT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT AS AN ENTITY TO NAME FUTURE STREETS THAT ARE COMING IN AGAIN, AFTER OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE AN IMPACT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND SO I WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS AND CERTAINLY WITH YOU, SIR, ABOUT WHAT? NOT DOING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS FOR A LIVING. WHAT IS A GOOD FRACTION OF THAT, OR WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD PERCENTAGE TO PRESENT TO A DEVELOPER? OR IS THAT A WORKSHOP ITEM AS WELL? PROBABLY A WORKSHOP ITEM, BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOMEBODY THAT I BRING IN TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. OKAY. IT CAN BE A TOUCHY SUBJECT FOR THE DEVELOPER BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO THEME THEIR STREETS. AND, AND I'VE KNOWN DEVELOPERS THAT ARE NAMING THEM AFTER THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS. SURE. WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE CURRENTLY
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ALREADY HAVE OBVIOUSLY OVER THERE WITH NORTON DRIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT YEAH, JUST IF THAT COULD BE KIND OF PUT ON MAYBE THE FUTURE OF SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT. AND AGAIN, THE CITY ITSELF COULD SAY, HEY, IF THIS IS A DEAL BREAKER, THEN, YOU KNOW, SORRY, WE CAN'T NAME ANYTHING, BUT AT LEAST IT PUTS OUR FOOT OUT THERE THAT. NO, BUT IT'S A IT'S A POSSIBLE ASK AT LEAST. YES. ANSWER IS ALWAYS NO UNTIL YOU ASK. ABSOLUTELY, SIR. MAYBE. MAYBE IT'S NOT STREETS. MAYBE IT'S PARKS. YES. LIKE SO. THE DOG PARKS THAT ARE COMING IN AT CROSSROADS OR PARKS THAT ARE COMING IN AS PART OF TERRA NOVA, CORRECT? YEAH. RIGHT. SO I MEAN, WHICH I MEAN, THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ARE OBVIOUSLY DONE.HOWEVER FUTURE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE SOME KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD BE, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE RECOGNIZED AS SOME OF OUR HERITAGE. LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT A DEVELOPER. DON'T WANT TO MAKE THEM MAD, DON'T WANT TO, DON'T WANT TO, BUT I DON'T WANT TO CUT US OUT EITHER. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND JUST PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE? EXACTLY. IT'S OUR CITY. SO YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME HERE. BUT YEAH, AND THERE ARE TWO PARTICULAR PARKS THAT RAYLAN AND I HAVE IN MIND THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR OR MONEY FOR YET. YEAH. SO WE'LL BRING THOSE TO YOU AT SOME POINT. ONCE THERE'S, ONCE WE, ONCE THEY, ONCE WE HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO LAND, WE'LL PITCH OUR IDEA TO YOU. AND, AND I THINK TO HAVING KIND OF THE LAY OF THE LAND AND AT LEAST SOMETHING IN WRITING, I GUESS, TO VISIT BACK, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE AS OTHER MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, GO OFF THE BOARD OR WHATEVER. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT AREN'T ON THE AGENDA? THANK YOU, MARK AND NICOLE. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? I MOVE TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.