Mar 24, 2026 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GIVE THIS TO. YOU. HAVE. AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR WILL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR 6 P.M. TUESDAY, MARCH THE 24TH OF 2026 IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 201 EAST NASH STREET, TERRELL, TEXAS. HAVE ON THE DAIS WITH US THIS EVENING. DISTRICT TWO ARE DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. WE HAVE DISTRICT THREE MAYOR RONNY VELASQUEZ, DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTATIVE STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS AND DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE PHIL ROBINSON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM. WE ALSO HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, MARK MILLS AND STAFF AND ATTORNEY. SO WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR MEETING. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR. PASTOR, ARE YOU HERE? IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, PLEASE, AND LEAD US IN INVOCATION. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGES FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR PLEDGES. LORD GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU TODAY FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US BREATH IN OUR LUNGS, THAT WE MAY PRAISE YOU AS WE STAND IN THIS CHAMBER COUNCIL TONIGHT. GOD, I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP OUR MAYOR CARMONA BEFORE YOU, LORD GOD, THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS HIM SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. GOD THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE TO LEAD OUR CITY, GOD WITH EXCELLENCY GOD AND THAT HE WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO PUT THE INTEREST, THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITY AT AT HAND, GOD, EVERY SINGLE DAY. LORD, I PRAY FOR EVERY COUNCIL PERSON HERE TODAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM COURAGE AND STRENGTH, LORD, TO STAND UP FOR THE THINGS THEY BELIEVE IN AND THE THINGS THEY OPPOSE EVERY SINGLE DAY. LORD, I, I JUST STAND HERE TODAY AND I LIFT UP EVERY EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF TERRELL. GOD, EVERY MANAGER, EVERY LEADER. GOD DOWN TO THE NEWEST LANDSCAPE PERSON, GOD THAT THEY WOULD JUST SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE, EXCELLENCY, GOD. AND JUST THAT THEY WOULD DO THE WORK IN THE WILL OF THIS TOWN TO BETTER OUR TOWN EVERY SINGLE DAY. LORD, I PRAY FOR UNITY OVER THE CITY OF GOD, THAT WE WOULD HAVE UNITY IN OUR GOVERNMENT, UNITY IN OUR RELIGIOUS SECTORS. GOD THAT WE WOULD HAVE UNITY IN OUR BUSINESS AND FOR MOST OF ALL, GOD. UNITY AMONGST THE CITIZENS.

GOD THAT WE WOULD JUST SEEK YOU FIRST IN ALL THAT WE DO. LORD GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERY LEADER THAT HAS TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS AND TOUGH DECISIONS EVERY DAY. GOD. AND I JUST PRAY THAT YOU BLESS THEM PHYSICALLY, SPIRITUALLY, AND MENTALLY. GOD TO GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH THEY NEED. EVERY DAY I PRAY THE PEACE OF GOD OVER OUR TOWN, LORD, AND I PRAY THAT AWAKENING HAPPENS IN TERRELL, TEXAS. GOD, AND WE PRAY FOR THIS IN YOUR MIGHTY NAME, JESUS.

AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. PASTOR, IF YOU WOULD REMAIN THERE FOR JUST A SECOND. AS ALWAYS, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR FAITH BASED COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND RIOT MINISTRIES IS WHERE YOU PASTOR. YES, SIR. THAT'S HERE IN TERRELL. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND KNOW THAT WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE. AND WE NEED YOUR INPUT, YOUR INFLUENCE IN THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. SO THERE'S A CHALLENGE COIN FROM THE MAYOR AND THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. ALRIGHT. NEXT

[2. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND EVENTS]

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AND LASTLY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM ALLISON WALKER ON ALL THE GOOD NEWS REPORTS.

SO I WON'T GO OVER ALL OF THE, THE, THE FUN EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP. AND WE'LL LEAVE THAT TO ALLISON. YES. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR NOT JUST THE SUPPORT AT THE NLC AND AT THE AUSTIN KAUFMAN COUNTY DAY, BUT JUST FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO KEEP US INFORMED. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. OH, CAN I I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE DAWN STYLE AND DENISE SIMON, WHO RECEIVED THE GOVERNMENT 250 AWARD, AND WE'RE 250 YEARS OLD AS A NATION. JULY THE 4TH. AND THESE PUBLIC SERVANT LEADERS WERE AWARDED ALONG WITH OTHER CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF, MOSTLY STAFF. BUT I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, DAWN. DENISE, I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING SOMEWHERE. CONGRATULATIONS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WERE RECOGNIZED? I THINK IT WAS 20.

OR HOW MANY? OH, YOU KNOW, WASN'T A WHOLE LOT, BUT TERRELL HAD TWO. WE HAD TWO 50, 256.

OKAY, 26. AND OKAY. THERE WERE 250 INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVED THE AWARD. I BELIEVE 26 OR 28 OF THEM WERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND TWO OF THEM WORKED FOR THE CITY OF TERRELL. YEAH.

THAT'S GREAT. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DESERVED. I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE. I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR STAFF. I LEARNED A LOT AT THE NLC, AT NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR CITIES. AND WITH THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE OF THE SAME MIND AND WANT TO HELP US KEEP SOME OF THE INFLUENCE IN THE DECISION MAKING, IN THE LOCAL PEOPLE'S HANDS AND IN OUR HANDS AS A GOVERNING BODY, BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERY DAY WE'RE IN FEAR OF LOSING THAT. BUT IT'S GOOD WHEN YOU CAN LOOK AT PEOPLE, MEET THEM IN WALMART AND SEE THEM AND LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS AND TRY TO MAKE DECISIONS TO HELP BETTER OUR CITY BASED ON THOSE CONCERNS. SO IT WAS VERY A GOOD SESSION. AND CITY STAFF, YOU'RE WONDERFUL. JUST WHATEVER WE NEED IT. I HAVE FULL TRUST IN YOU GUYS. WHEREVER Y'ALL TOLD ME TO GO, THAT'S WHERE I SHOWED UP. IT WAS EASY. NO THOUGHT PROCESS. I JUST HAD TO WANDER MY WAY AROUND WHEREVER YOU TOLD ME. AMARA, ALLISON, ROWLAND, MARK AND NICOLE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US. YOU ARE THE FACE OF OUR CITY. I LAUGH, I TELL RAYLAN SHE HAS A

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AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR AND I LEARNED SITTING IN OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THAT THE CITIES DON'T WORK UNLESS WE PAY, LISTEN, LISTEN TO OUR CITIZENS, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. IT'S NOT THE SAME TEN PEOPLE. IT NEEDS TO BE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER. SO HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. AND WHEN WE LISTEN WELL, THE CITY GROWS PROPORTIONATELY CORRECTLY WITH ALL THE VOICES BEING HEARD. SO THANK YOU. AND WE MIGHT HAVE SOME ISSUES, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, SOME OF THE CITIES I'VE MET TERRELL IS DOING VERY GOOD. WE ARE DEFINITELY THE JEWEL FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. GOOD. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. NOT TO GIVE DON TOO BIG OF A HEAD HERE, BUT ANOTHER ITEM IS DON RECENTLY COMPLETED. YEAH. REQUIREMENTS TO GRADUATE FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL CLERK CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

SO I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AS WELL. YEAH. YES. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

OKAY. THEN THEN ALSO WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE, I THINK, BERNIE, YOU GOT SOMEONE YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE BEFORE BERNIE COMES UP. I DO WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE ROOM. I WANT TO THANK SHERI DAVIS AND PERCY BUTLER. WE DID A LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR WHEN IT CAME TO OUR SUMMER PROGRAMING. WE ACTUALLY HAD SPRING BREAK IN THE PARK WE HAD FOR OUR FIRST YEAR. WE HAD REALLY PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT. WE HAD OVER 250 INDIVIDUALS OVER A COURSE OF FOUR OF FOUR DAYS, A LITTLE BIT LOW TURNOUT ON THE SATURDAY EVENT. BUT OF THE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, WE HAD FABULOUS TURNOUT. IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 250, ABOUT 250 PEOPLE, PARENTS AND CHILDREN THAT CAME OUT TO ENJOY SPRING BREAK, SPRING BREAK IN THE PARK AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE OFFER. AND I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM BECAUSE THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. MAYOR, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. DICK SHAVER. HE IS OUR INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. HE COMES WITH COUNTLESS EXPERIENCE. HE HAS BEEN CITY MANAGER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS, BUT ALMOST WHAT, 30 PLUS YEARS? SO HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE TO OUR PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT, HELPING US OUT WITH THE UTILITIES, BOTH WASTEWATER WATER, ALSO THE PLANT OPERATIONS. SO GLAD TO HAVE HIM HERE. HE'S HELPING US GOING IN THE IN THE PROPER IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING IN. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? SURE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. PARKER. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TO SERVE THE TOWN, TO SERVE YOU ALL, TO SERVE MR. MILLS AND MR. PARKER AND HELPING KEEP THE DEPARTMENT RUNNING FOR A LITTLE WHILE. AS MR. PARKER MENTIONED, I'VE HAD MULTIPLE ASSIGNMENTS LIKE THIS AS FULL TIME IN MY DURING MY FULL TIME CAREER, AND ALSO AS DOING IT PART TIME INTERIM LIKE I'M DOING NOW. ORIGINALLY FROM DOWN AROUND THE HOUSTON AREA, WENT TO COLLEGE OUT AT WEST TEXAS STATE. AND SO I'M HERE TO SERVE AND DO ANYTHING I CAN FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. WELCOME. WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER RECOGNITION OR EVENTS? OKAY. NEXT IS TO HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. I DO HAVE SOME CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FORMS. LET'S START. ANGIE COOPER FOR 5.100. OH. OKAY. DO WE WANT TO WE WANT TO WAIT THEN.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

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[5. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS]

ACTUALLY, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WENT AND GOT THE ZONING FOR THAT. AND WE BROUGHT THAT TO FRUITION A COUPLE YEARS AGO. WE MOSTLY DO SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITIES, AND THE ONES THAT ARE CLOSEST TO HERE WOULD BE KINGSBRIDGE DOWN THE ROAD, WHICH I'VE TALKED ABOUT. TERRA BELLA IS IN PROVIDENCE AND HE SONOMA VERDE IS JUST UP THE ROAD AS WELL. WINDERMERE SHORES AT CEDAR GLEN AND BLACKSTONE CREEK IN ROCKWALL. THESE ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF PICTURES OF SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE. I'M NOT GOING TO WASTE A LOT OF TIME WITH THAT, BUT JUST TO KIND OF LET PEOPLE SEE A LITTLE BIT, WE TAKE GREAT CARE IN WHAT WE DEVELOP. WE DON'T DO LOW END. WE GO OUT AND WE REALLY TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BY MOST DEVELOPERS. AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND AND RUN THROUGH SOME MORE OF THESE. NOW ALSO TO TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROPERTY. I REALIZE

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AND SO ALL OF THE OLD CLUBHOUSE, ALL OF THE PARKING, THE ASPHALT PARKING THAT'S THERE, ALL OF THE DEAD TREES, THIS IS THE OLD BUILDING WHERE THE GOLF CARTS WERE AS WELL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT. ALL THE FOUNDATIONS, ANY PLUMBING THAT'S UNDERNEATH. AND THEN ALL OF THE CART PATHS AS WELL. SO IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY EXTENSIVE WHAT THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE YOU EVEN START. SO AFTER HEARING COMMENTS AT THE PNC MEETING, OUR PROPOSAL WAS THIS WE WOULD START WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, A SMALLER LOT RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE MULTI-FAMILY ZONING. NOW, NOT JUST THE ZONING WHERE THERE'S ACTUALLY MULTI-FAMILY NOW. OKAY, SO THE MULTIFAMILY THAT'S THERE. AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO IS INCREASE THE LOT SIZE AND THE VALUE OF THE HOMES AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO WHERE THE OTHER HOMES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THE SINGLE FAMILY ONES ARE THERE. IF YOU LOOK DOWN INTO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE CORNER ACROSS FROM THE MULTI-FAMILY ZONING. ONE OF THE COMMENTS WERE THE SEVERAL HOMES THAT ARE RIGHT ACROSS. AND I DON'T THINK THIS THING. YEAH. IF YOU CAN SHOW THE LITTLE POND UP AT TOP. NO, THE OTHER ONE TO THE RIGHT. YEAH. RIGHT THERE. SO RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS WHERE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE THERE THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXISTING. AND I KNOW I THINK THEY'RE RUN FROM 1600 SQUARE FEET TO ALMOST 3000. I THINK IS WHAT I SAW. AT LEAST I SAW THAT ON THE TAX RECORD. THE OTHER THING IS NEXT DOOR THEY HAVE THE NEW HOME THERE. AND THEN ALSO YOU HAVE THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE BACK AS WELL THAT ARE NICE HOMES TOO.

OKAY, SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS WE CAME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD SAY THAT SAME ZONING, EVERY LOT THAT BACKED UP TO THAT TYPE OF HOME OR THOSE HOMES, THERE WOULD BE 7.5 ZONING, WHICH IS WHAT THE EXISTING ZONING IS NOW. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT ALSO WE WOULD DO IS WE HAD HOMES THAT WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE LOVERS RIGHT THERE ACROSS FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DON. AND SO WHAT WE PROPOSE, SINCE HEARING THEM, IS THAT WE WOULD DO A GREEN BELT AREA RIGHT HERE, THAT BASICALLY THIS POND WOULD BE HAVE A SPRAY IN IT WITH LIGHTS THAT WOULD LIGHT UP. AND I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO KIND OF SHOW YOU TOO ON THAT.

SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THIS IS IN KINGSBRIDGE AND WE WOULD NOT ONLY PUT IT IN THE LARGE LAKE, BUT WE WOULD PUT IT IN THE LAKE ACROSS FROM WHERE WE'RE TALKING NOW, OKAY, WITH OTHER TREES AND LANDSCAPING TO DRESS IT UP SO THAT IT WOULD HELP THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ACROSS THE STREET. SO TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. SO ALSO PARKS, WE HAVE TWO PARKS ACTUALLY, I VISITED WITH PHIL ONE TIME. THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A LOT OF AMENITIES

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THAT'S OPEN SPACE. NOW, SOME OF THAT'S FLOODPLAIN, BUT ALSO MORE THAN HALF. ROUGHLY HALF OF IT IS EXACTLY ALL OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS TO BE CARED FOR BY THE DEVELOPER OR THE COMMUNITY. SORRY. THE FISHING DOCK ON THE LAKE, BY THE WAY. WE PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUT THERE AS WELL. AND I FORGOT TO SAY THAT WE'LL HAVE EXTENSIVE TREES AND LANDSCAPING, AS I MENTIONED, AT THE SMALL LAKE AS WELL. SO HERE'S THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP. WHAT I'M PROPOSING TO YOU GUYS IS THE TRADITIONAL WAY TO DEVELOPMENT THE WAY I STARTED YEARS AGO. OKAY. AND THAT IS WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY TYPE OF A MUD DISTRICT OR A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. MOST ANYONE THAT'S PROBABLY COME TO YOU LATELY HAS ASKED FOR SOME TYPE OF FINANCING HELP. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, WAYS TO BE ABLE TO RECOUP SOME OF THE MONEY. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THAT. SO THERE'LL BE NO TAXES OTHER THAN NORMAL AD VALOREM ON ANY OF THE RESIDENTS THERE. THE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE ALSO NOT ASKING FOR ANY TYPE OF TAX REBATES OR TAX, YOU KNOW, MONIES THAT THE CITY WOULD GET FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TO COME BACK TO US TOWARDS SOME OF THAT, TOO. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ASK FOR ANY OF THAT TO BE OFFSET. SO ALL COSTS TO DEVELOP TO BE PAID BY THE DEVELOPER. AND THEN WE ALSO, WE THINK WILL BE A BENEFIT IN THE FACT THAT I CALCULATED IT AND TRIED TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE, BUT WE THINK ABOUT 606, $568,000 PER YEAR, AND AD VALOREM WOULD GO TO THE CITY BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AS IT STANDS. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. I LOVED MOSTLY I REALLY PARTNER WITH MOST COMMUNITIES. I'VE DONE THAT WITH MACLENNAN CHISHOLM A LOT. I'M THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY BROUGHT SEWER AS A DEVELOPER TO THEIR CITY. SEVEN MILES, RAN IT, DID IT UP FRONT AND ALLOWED THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK. NOW THEY'RE ABLE TO GET PROCEEDS BACK FROM COMMERCIAL. ROCKWALL.

I PARTNERED IN BEING ABLE TO GET THIS. THE EXCUSE ME, THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT UP THERE TOO, AND THEN OUR COMMUNITIES. I WOULD REALLY LOVE YOUR FULL SUPPORT. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO CONSIDER, I'M HAPPY TO DO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND THE PRESENTATION. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO. RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING THE ZONE CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. SINGLE FAMILY. FOR THIS PROPERTY AT 200. I'M AT 2000 COLQUITT ROAD. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? IF YOU WOULD, AS YOU COME FORWARD, JUST STATE YOUR NAME OR SHOULD I JUST CALL THEM OUT? IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. SO. ANGIE COOPER. GOOD MORNING, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING. NIGHT. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY I CAN'T HELP IT. HELLO, GUYS. HOPE YOU GOT ARRESTED. MY PHONE JUST KILLED OVER. SO I HAVE TO GIVE ME JUST A SECOND, OKAY? I GOTTA HAVE MY NOTES. OKAY. YOU READY? YES. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE CURRENT GOLF COURSE FACILITY. AFTER ATTENDING KAUFMAN COUNTY DAY IN AUSTIN, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ON THE VERGE OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDICAL SECTOR. WITH THE UPCOMING HEALTH CARE EXPANSION AT THE TERRELL STATE HOSPITAL, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE RECRUITMENT OF PHYSICIANS AND HIGHLY TRAINED MEDICAL STAFF. THESE. THESE PROFESSIONALS ARE LOOKING NOT LOOKING FOR JOBS. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HOMES. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN LIVE, INVEST, AND PUT THEIR ROOTS DOWN INTO. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A GAP. WHILE TERRA NOVA IS PROMISING PROJECTS AND STILL SEVERAL YEARS AWAY FROM DEVELOPING COMPLETE HOMES, EVERYONE, EVEN ONE CONSTRUCTION. EVEN ONCE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS, FULL BUILDOUT WILL TAKE ADDITIONAL TIME. THIS IS REALITY THAT WE NEED EXECUTIVE

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ELLIOT BOYD. OF COURSE. MY NAME IS NINA ELLIOT BOYD. MY ADDRESS IS 111 CLEAR CREEK LANE, TERRELL, TEXAS, 75160, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN TERRELL TERRELL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. I'M A LOCAL REALTOR HERE. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND I GIVE BACK AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN TO IT. THEREFORE, I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF AGENDA ITEM 5.1. WE DID LEARN IN AUSTIN AT KAUFMAN COUNTY, DE THAT IN ONE YEAR, THE STATE HOSPITAL IS GOING TO BE READY. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS COMING THAT FAST. AND IT IS A 250 TO $300 MILLION PROJECT. WE NEED EXECUTIVE HOUSING.

BEFORE I CAME TO THIS MEETING TODAY, I SEARCHED THE MLS, WHICH IS THE REALTORS TEXAS DATABASE. AND IN TERRELL WE HAVE 156 HOUSES THAT ARE FOR SALE, NOT BY OWNER. I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT ON THAT SERVICE. AND OF THEM, WE HAVE 21 THAT ARE OVER 450,000.

SO WE REALLY ARE IN NEED OF EXECUTIVE TYPE HOUSING HERE. MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, PROFESSIONALS OF THE HOSPITAL HAVE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE. SO WHY NOT IN THIS AWESOME CITY THAT WE HAVE? AND THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION, GROWTH IS COMING TO KAUFMAN COUNTY. WE'VE SEEN IT AND WE ARE LIVING IT EVERY DAY. WE'RE THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN TEXAS, AND WE'RE THE SECOND FASTEST IN THE NATION, AS WAS TOLD TO US MANY TIMES IN AUSTIN. AND IT'S JUST MY OPINION AGAIN, IS THAT WE CAN EITHER CHERRY PICK WHAT TYPE OF GROWTH WE WANT HERE AND REAP THOSE BENEFITS, LIKE HALF MILLION DOLLAR TAXES, OR WE CAN DO NOTHING AND LET THE GROWTH

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AND AGAIN, EVERYBODY WANTS GROCERY STORES, CHASE BANK. GUESS WHAT? WE GOT TO HAVE ROOFTOPS TO GET THOSE THOSE THEY'RE NOT SAYING WE DON'T LIKE TERRELL. THEY'RE SAYING WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEFORE WE CAN GIVE YOU WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR HOSPITALS, BIGGER GROCERY STORES AND BANKS. SO THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE THING FOR US. AND AT SOME POINT WE GOT TO DIVE INTO THE WATERS. FOR THESE REASONS, I SUPPORT THE ZONE CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, SINGLE FAMILY TO 2000 COLQUITT ROAD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EACH OF YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. JENNY. HAZEL. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M JENNY HAZEL AND I LIVE AT 302 LOVERS LANE, JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE OLD GOLF COURSE. AND I HEAR THE CONCERNS OF PEOPLE WITH THE GROWTH. BUT SF SIX AND BELOW THE SF SIX STANDARDS THAT HE'S PROPOSING FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT MAKE IT EXECUTIVE LEVEL HOUSING. HE'S ONLY GOING TO BUILD 18 7.5.

IN THE THIRD PHASE, THERE WILL BE PATIO HOMES ON THE FIRST AND THEN THE DENSE. I GAVE Y'ALL A MAP. IT'S RED AND YOU CAN SEE THE DENSITY OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO I WILL THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR HEARING OUR CONCERNS TONIGHT AND MY CONCERNS AND WHY I'M IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ZONE CHANGE. I AM VERY MUCH IN IN SUPPORT OF GROWTH. AND I KNOW WE NEED NICE HOMES, BUT THIS IS A VERY LOW. WE OUR OUR AREA IS A VERY LOW DENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIVE JUST. IF NO. IF YOU'LL COME TO WHERE THE DRIVEWAY IS RIGHT IN THERE. YES, I LIVE RIGHT THERE, JUST RIGHT ACROSS. AND SO MY HOME IS ON A HALF ACRE LOT. THESE HOMES ON THE END OF LOVER'S LANE ARE ONE ACRE LOTS, AND THE ONE ACRE LOTS. THEY'RE MORE EXECUTIVE ESTATE LEVEL, THE ONE THAT BORDERS THE GOLF COURSE, THE $633,000 VALUE ON THE TAX ROLLS. AND IN THIS AREA, ALL THESE HOMES THAT SIT ON ALMOST AN ACRE, A LOT OF THEM ARE CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, SEVEN, $800,000, INCLUDING A HALF A MILE AWAY. THERE'S A $1.4 MILLION ESTATE. THERE ARE HOMES ON GRIFFITH THAT ARE CLOSE TO THAT, YOU KNOW, PRICE POINT. AND SO THIS AREA THAT HE'S PROPOSING TO BUILD, THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M OPPOSED TO IT. AND THE MAP WILL, YOU'LL SEE IT HAS A MOCK UP OF HOW MANY HOMES WILL BE ON THAT PROPERTY. AND THE 7.5, THE 18, 7.5 WOULD BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE THREE. SO THAT WOULD BE UP BY THE MORE EXPENSIVE HOMES. BUT THERE'S ONLY 18 OF THEM AND THE REST ARE JUST FIVE FEET APART. OUR SF SIX IS SEVEN FEET APART. SO HE'S ASKING FOR LOWER STANDARDS THAN OUR STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE IN THAT. BUT MY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THE THE FLOODING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO RASH, I MEAN, NOT RASH, BUT HAYNES CIRCLE AND CALI CIRCLE THAT ARE JUST RIGHT THERE BECAUSE LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE HAVE MORE DRAINAGE. IT'S EASIER FOR THE DRAINAGE, HIGH DENSITY. YOU'RE GOING TO ADD A LOT OF CONCRETE, BUT I'LL, I'LL FINISH SAYING WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. ALL THESE HOMES, INCLUDING MINE, ARE ALL ON A HALF ACRE TO ACRE LOT. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES MY NEIGHBORHOOD AS LOW DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BEFORE YOU IS A HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT THAT CLEARLY DOES NOT MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARD OR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN I. I BELIEVE APPROVING THIS HIGH DENSITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CREATES A PUBLIC SAFETY RISK BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED TRAFFIC ON A TWO LANE ROAD THAT'S BARELY A TWO LANE ROAD. LOVER'S LANE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A CENTER STRIPE. IT DOESN'T HAVE A TURN LANE OR IT DOESN'T HAVE SHOULDERS. COLQUITT ROAD IS THE SAME WAY THAT CREATES A PUBLIC SAFETY

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SO THEY DON'T WANT THEY WANT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUY THAT. AND THOSE EXECUTIVES MAY NOT BUILD WANT THE ZONE THREE. BY THE TIME ALL THE LITTLE STUFF'S BUILT IS MY CONCERN ON THAT. SO THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S INTEGRITY AND OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD'S INTEGRITY, EXCUSE ME. AND THEN TO ENSURE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THAT THIS IS THE GOLF. THE GOLF COURSE IS GOING TO BE PARK AND REC IN THE FUTURE, AS ROLAND HAD MENTIONED. AND SO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT MEET THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT DOESN'T MEET THE CITY ORDINANCE, COMPLIANCE, DRAINAGE, INFRASTRUCTURE COMPATIBILITY, AND IT CLEARLY DOESN'T MEET FUTURE LAND USE MAP. SO IN CLOSING, I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU, COUNCIL AND MAYOR CARMONA, TO THINK OF ALL THESE THINGS. I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO AND UPHOLD THE ZONING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO DENY THIS ZONING, BECAUSE THIS DEVELOPER, HE HAS DONE KINGSBRIDGE. THAT IS QUALITY DEVELOPMENT. THOSE ARE MILLION AND MILLION DOLLAR HOMES. I MEAN, PROBABLY A MILLION AND A HALF. I WANT THIS PROPERTY TO BE CLEANED UP. I THINK THE PROPERTY OWNER NEEDS TO BE HELD TO ACCOUNT ON NOT TAKING CARE OF THE PROPERTY. AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF IT RIGHT NOW. AND THAT MEANS THE MILLIONAIRE THAT CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR THEIR PROPERTY TO BE FIXED IS NOT DOING IT. AND THE TAXPAYERS ARE. AND I UNDERSTAND CITY DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ANYMORE. I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT IT OFF YOUR BACK. AND WE DO NEED EXECUTIVE LEVEL HOUSING. I BEGGED THE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INFILL HOUSING HAPPENING. SO I BEG THIS DEVELOPER IF HE'S GOING TO COME BACK WITH 7.5 HOMES AND EXECUTIVE STATE HOMES AND THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PROPER TRAFFIC STUDIES, YOU KNOW, IS HE GOING TO HELP WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE ROADWAY? THOSE ARE ALL MY CONCERNS, AND I JUST WISH THAT YOU ALL WILL THINK THROUGH THOSE. AND I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU AND THE TIME YOU SPEND IN CITY STAFF AS WELL. I WANT TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE BECAUSE TERRELL IS EXCELLENT. AND AND WE NEED AND WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW, AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE MEETING EVERYONE'S NEEDS, BUT WE DO NEED THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE MOVING IN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO FILL OUT A REQUEST FORM TO SPEAK, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR OF THE COUNCIL? YES. OKAY. I'M DOCTOR STAN HAZEL. I LIVE ALSO AT 302 LOVER'S LANE WITH THE LOVELY LADY THAT JUST SPOKE TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. I KNOW THIS IS A THANKLESS, NOT FUN JOB. A LOT OF TIMES I GET THAT I WORK FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO I CAN APPRECIATE THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE POINT. DON, WOULD YOU MIND

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NOW THERE'S MULTI ZONE ZONING BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON MY HOUSE AND THE FIVE HOUSES NEXT TO US WERE NEVER CHANGED FROM MULTI ZONE HOUSING BEFORE THEY BUILT THOSE HOUSES. SO I GUESS I COULD BUILD AN APARTMENT IN MY BACKYARD IF I REALLY WANTED TO. AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE THIS IS GOING IF WE LOSE THIS, BUT I, I'M KIDDING. MY POINT IS OVER HALF OF THAT ROAD ARE HOUSES.

IT'S NOT OVER HALF APARTMENTS AND DUPLEXES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLARIFIED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ANYONE ELSE? YES. I DIDN'T EXCUSE ME. MY NAME IS REAGAN THIELE. I DIDN'T FILL OUT A FORM. I'M SORRY, BUT I'M A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF KAUFMAN COUNTY. AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS. I'LL GO WITH WHAT JENNY HAZEL SAID. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE COME FORWARD? THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS RITA BAHN AND I LIVE AT 137 BIRDSONG LANE, WHICH IS JUST ACROSS GRIFFITH AND OVER. I AM OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY. I AM IN THE SAME CONSIDERATION AS MRS. HAZEL. I WANTED TO MAKE SOME STATEMENTS AFTER WORKING IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WE DO NEED EXECUTIVE LEVEL HOUSING, BUT I WANT THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SOMETHING. RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A DOCTOR SHORTAGE. WE'RE NOT HAVING PHYSICIANS THAT ARE GOING TO MOVE HERE. YOU'RE LOOKING AT NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PAS. THEY MAKE BETWEEN 125 AND 158 A YEAR. SO THAT IS THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. WE DO NEED EXECUTIVE LEVEL HOUSING. BUT THE ONE I MEAN, I THINK THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HEINZ AND YOU LOOK AT CARL LEE .75 AND ACREAGE AND ABOVE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THE LOW FOR THE HIGH DENSITY ALONG LOVERS. IT IS A NIGHTMARE TRAFFIC IN OUR AREA, ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC PARTS OF OUR CITY ON GRIFFITH NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. THOSE HOMES ARE GETTING HAMMERED WITH TRAFFIC EVERY SINGLE DAY. IF YOU GO TO LOVERS AND YOU SIT THERE AT A SCHOOL HOUR, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SITTING 5 TO 8 CARS LONG, AS WELL AS COLQUITT THAT FLOODS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WESTERN PORTION OF COLQUITT AND YOU LOOK ADJACENT COMING DOWN THE 205 TRAVELING SOUTH, THAT AREA IS CURRENTLY SITTING UNDER WATER. THE MORE THE CONTINUED GROWTH IN THAT AREA, IN A FLOODING ZONE, EVEN BEHIND US WITH TERRA NOVA COMING, IS GOING TO CAUSE IMMENSE FLOODING IN THAT REGION. AND I JUST HOPE THAT EVERYONE TAKES THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE I'LL HAVE IT COME IN MY BACKYARD, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT BEHIND ME SITS HIGHER THAN MY HOME, AND THAT ENTIRE AREA IS GOING TO BE INUNDATED IF YOU TRAVEL IT WHEN IT'S RAINING. I URGE EACH OF YOU TO DO THAT. IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY PERILOUS AT TIMES. THAT BRIDGE ON COLQUITT IS ANCIENT. THEY LIFTED IT. BUT IF YOU GO LOOK AT THE PILLARS OF IT, MANY, MANY YEARS OLD, I WOULD SAY 1960S OR BELOW. SO BEFORE CONSIDERATION OF A LARGE DEVELOPMENT THERE, CONSIDER THE ROADS THAT ARE THERE AND THEY'RE NOT ADEQUATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. YES, MISTER MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE BRING TO YOU TONIGHT ORDINANCE NUMBER 3168 PD SF 20 6-01. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, AMENDING APPENDIX TWO ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAROT AND CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM AGRICULTURE TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PD F ON APPROXIMATELY 54.868 ACRES OF LAND DEPICTED WITHIN THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED WITHIN EXHIBIT A, AND THE CONCEPT PLAN SHOWN ON EXHIBIT B AND FURTHER DESCRIBED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND DEPICTED ON EXHIBIT C AND ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF FOR ALL PURPOSES, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP. PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING REPEALING SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND ALSO FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, MISTER MAYOR, PER THE CHARTER, GIVEN THE NEGATIVE VOTE ON THE PART OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, IN ORDER FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE, IT WOULD REQUIRE A 4/5 VOTE OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. SO, RAYMOND, REAL QUICK, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IS THE TRAFFIC WHERE LOVERS LANE AND

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THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF CARS AND THE IMPACTS THAT IT WOULD MAKE. AND DECISIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE ENGINEER. SO TO MOVE FORWARD, CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE TRAFFIC STUDY. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAYMOND? HI, RAY. HEY. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M CONSIDERING WHAT P AND Z HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT. CAN YOU PROVIDE THE REASONING THAT P AND Z HAD FOR DENYING THE ZONING AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS PRESENTED? DURING P AND Z, THERE WAS ONLY SF6 AND GARDEN HOMES ON THEIR. ON HIS SITE PLAN, THEY HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN REALLY WANTING 7.5, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT IS PROBABLY WHY YOU CAME. YOU GOT A DIFFERENT SITE PLAN INTRODUCED TO YOU AT THIS LEVEL, AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO LET THE DEVELOPER SPEAK TO THAT. BUT I THINK THAT, YEAH, HE CAME BACK WITH THE SITE PLAN TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS DURING PNC, DID PNC EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN BEING PARK WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE IS OBVIOUSLY A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. YES. SO I DID HAVE A SPECIFIC COMMISSIONER ASK ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE AND WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS. I DID STATE THAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION REMAINS NEUTRAL BECAUSE ANY TIME IN YOUR FUTURE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IF THE CITY AT THAT TIME WENT IN AND DECIDED THAT A PARTICULAR AREA WAS PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT WE HAVE NO PLANS FOR PURCHASE, THEN STAFF AND DEVELOPERS ARE KIND OF AT A STALL BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. UNLESS THAT LAND DOES BELONG TO THE CITY. FOR THE THOUGHT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHEN IT WAS SET FORTH, WAS FOR THERE TO BE A PARK, CORRECT? I WOULD I WOULD ASSUME SO, YEAH. OKAY.

THAT THAT'S KIND OF A WHERE I'M AT WHEN I KIND OF APPROACH THIS TO BEGIN WITH IS I THINK THROUGH WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR PLAN HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH TOWARD IN THAT AREA. I HEAR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS CONCERNS AND THEIR OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. MY MY PRIMARY CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT. YOU'VE GOT A TWO LANE ROAD THERE AT LOVER'S THAT'S ALREADY OVERRUN WITH TRAFFIC DURING SCHOOL HOURS. YOU'VE GOT A HIGH LEVEL OF WRECKS AT A COLQUITT THERE THAT THE RAILING THERE THAT WE HAVE A WRECK EVERY MONTH. I FEEL LIKE REALLY NARROW STREETS. NOT SURE IT'S READY YET TO ACCOMMODATE A DENSE DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS. MY THINKING, YOU KNOW, I, I DO AGREE WE NEED EXECUTIVE HOUSING.

WE NEED GROWTH IN TERRELL. YOU KNOW WE NEED TO GROW IN SMART WAYS, RIGHT? WE NEED THERE ARE CERTAIN GROWTH THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR FUTURE. AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PLAN AND I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS DEVELOPER, HE'S GONE OUT OF HIS WAY TO TRY TO WORK WITH US, TRY TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT WE'VE REQUESTED. HE LOOKED AT WHAT PNC ASKED. MR. PHILLIPS SAID, OKAY, WELL, LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO MAKE THIS WORK. AND THAT GOES A LONG WAY, AND THAT'S DEEPLY APPRECIATED. BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE PLAN, I STILL DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK IT MEETS OUR CURRENT NEEDS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR NEED FOR EXECUTIVE LEVEL HOUSING, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING 18 HOMES AND THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL CLASSIFICATION, I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT QUESTIONABLE WHEN YOU CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE GETTING THERE. BUT THE BULK OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, HIGH DENSITY GARDEN HOMES, GARDEN HOMES, PATIO HOMES, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THAT PIECE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK I HAVE TO CAUTION EVERYONE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR, YOU KNOW, GROWTH, GROWTH, GROWTH. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF NAMES HERE. TERRA NOVA ARBORETUM ESTATES, NORTH SPUR, EVENING STAR, CHISHOLM, TRACE, DOMINIUM ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ALREADY HAPPENING CURRENTLY. AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THAT'S THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE PHILOSOPHY NECESSARILY OF PUTTING A HOME ON EVERY SQUARE INCH OF GREEN SPACE IN OUR CITY. I THINK THAT AT A CERTAIN POINT YOU SAY, OKAY, LET'S GET WHAT WE NEED AND LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND YOU

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WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE END. SO IT'S IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO KIND OF GO, LET'S, LET'S SEE WHERE, WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY BEFORE WE JUST STEAMROLL FORWARD. RIGHT? I THINK THAT THIS, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, THIS AREA IS HISTORICALLY PRETTY MEANINGFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND FOR THAT REASON, I THINK WE, WE DESIGNATED A PARK, A FUTURE PARK FOR USE BY EVERYONE IN THE CITY, NOT JUST FOR ANOTHER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

SO I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADHERE TO THOSE PLANS AND TAKE PAZ'S RECOMMENDATION VERY SERIOUSLY. AND CONSIDERING THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS, THE DENSITY AND THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THOSE WHO LIVE ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, I'M GONNA HAVE TROUBLE SUPPORTING THIS ONE TODAY, SO YEAH, WE'LL GET TO THE WHERE WE ARE ON THE VOTING. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE CLARIFIED BY REGLAN? REGLAN? GO AHEAD. STEPHANIE, WITH THE 6.0, HOW MANY HOMES WOULD THAT BE IN THAT AREA FOR THE MULTIFAMILY TO THE BOHEMIAN THE PATIO HOMES? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE IT OPENED UP. YEAH. DO YOU KNOW THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. YOU HAVE 17. THAT WOULD BE YOUR SF7 POINT FIVE, 109 WOULD BE YOUR 6000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AND 84 ARE YOUR 3695 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, IF I MAY. YEAH. WHAT I WANTED TO KIND OF GO BACK TO IS MAKE SURE, NUMBER ONE, WE GIVE YOU THE RIGHT NUMBER, WHICH YOU DID. YEAH. BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO CAN WE GO TO THE LAYOUT PLEASE? SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M SORRY, MR. PHILLIPS. ONE OF YOUR SLIDES SHOW THE THE ENTRY AND EGRESS POINTS. DOES ONE OF YOUR SLIDES SHOW THE ENTRY AND EGRESS POINTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT? YEAH. WE STREETS THAT GO THREE OF THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT IN LIMBO BASED ON THE TRAFFIC STUDY, QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE I HEAR THAT YOU NORMALLY GET THOSE AFTER YOU GET STARTED.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO ADHERE AND DO WHATEVER IS REQUIRED BY THE BY IT. SO WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT. AND. THE LAYOUT HERE REAL QUICK TO. SORRY. OKAY, HERE WE GO. WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW WAS THE SMALL AREA IN RED WHERE THE APARTMENTS ARE, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE WANTING TO HAVE BIGGER HOMES AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GRADUATE THERE. THERE'S 116 FAMILIES THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE ON THAT CORNER. NOT THE WHOLE THING. I'M TALKING THIS CORNER, RIGHT. THERE'S 116 FAMILIES THERE. SO I WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING. I WANT TO BRING IT UP. LET ME SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT TO YOU GUYS ABOUT. THE DIFFICULTY IN TRYING TO WORK THIS. LAST YEAR THERE WERE 141 SINGLE FAMILY PERMITS IN THE CITY. ONE OF THOSE PERMITS WAS FOR A HOME OVER $500,000.

IT WAS ACTUALLY EVEN 505 WERE HOMES THAT WERE 300 TO 400,000. THE REST 96% WERE 100 TO 300,000. SO I UNDERSTAND, I REALLY DO, AND I WANT TO RAISE THE BAR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BY THESE HOMES IS, YOU KNOW, GRADUALLY GET THERE. BUT UNDERSTAND, I DON'T THINK I KNOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE THEIR, THEIR SINGLE FAMILY HOME ACROSS FROM MULTIFAMILY.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A DIFFICULT I'M TRYING TO GET HOMES IN HERE THAT WE CAN GET STARTED WITH SINGLE FAMILY AND THEN MOVE UP AS WE'RE GOING. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IS I PULLED UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OR EXCUSE ME, ZIP CODE, SORRY, ZIP CODE. THE AVERAGE SALES PRICE LAST YEAR TOTAL WAS $257,201. SO I AM LOOKING TO MAKE A LARGE INVESTMENT ON TRYING TO RAISE THAT BAR BECAUSE THE SMALLEST PRODUCT, THE SMALLEST IS GOING TO BE 300,000. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? I MEAN, IN OTHER WORDS, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS IN GOING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT TO HOW TO MAKE IT WORK, AND IT'S GOT A IT'S GOT TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ITSELF AND BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN EVERYTHING. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE AMENITIES IN TEN ACRES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH DUES ALSO TO BE ABLE TO

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THAT WAS SOMETHING. SO, RAYLAN, THIS IS A STAFF QUESTION BASED ON THE PROCESS. HE CHECKED THE BOXES. HE DID EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO BASED ON. HOW WE PROCEED, BASED ON THE FUTURE LAND PLAN, WHAT WOULD BE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. LIKE I TOLD THE PNC COMMISSION, STAFF RECOMMENDS ALONG WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, HOWEVER, FOR STAFF TO RECOMMEND THAT THAT BE A PUBLIC PARK, THEN STAFF WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THAT Y'ALL PURCHASE 54 ACRES THAT YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF RIGHT NOW.

AND SO THAT THAT WAS MY EXPLANATION TO P AND Z, IT'S BECAUSE IT WAS PUT THAT WAY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT LIMITS ANY ADVANCEMENT PAST. THE CITY'S GOING TO MAKE THIS A PARK ONE DAY. OKAY. LET ME POSE A QUESTION TO YOU. SO. IF WE WENT MOVED FORWARD WITH IT AND WE CHANGED THE ZONING, AND BECAUSE YOU MUST ADHERE TO WHATEVER THE TRAFFIC STUDY DOES, THEN MAYBE THE TRAFFIC STUDY DOESN'T MAKE IT FEASIBLE WHERE YOU WHERE IT, WHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR HOMES OR HOW YOU DEVELOP THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. NOW WE'RE STUCK WITH THE ZONE CHANGE. WE CAN'T GO BACK AND RESCIND THE ZONE CHANGE, RIGHT? YOU COULD DO A CITY IMPOSED.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU YOU COULD DO A CITY INITIATED ZONE CHANGE. CITIES HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN AND CHANGE THE CURRENT ZONING OF PROPERTIES. WHY WOULD YOU HAVE TO GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING IF THE CITY COULD DO IT TO FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS? IT'S. I'M JUST SAYING, IF THAT'S A. YOU COULD. OR YOU COULD JUST RESEND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE ALTOGETHER, WHICH WOULD TAKE IT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL. ARE YOU SURE? BECAUSE ONCE YOU CHANGE THE ZONING AND IT BECOMES IT'S RIGHT. AM I WRONG OR RIGHT? NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY. I JUST WANT

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SO IT'S DONE AT ALL HOURS. SO WE JUST DON'T GO. IT'S MIDNIGHT TO 2:00 IN THE MORNING FOR CARS.

SO I GOT A TRAFFIC STUDY GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SPRING BREAK HAPPEN. SO WE BAILED OUT AND WE DIDN'T DO ANY TRAFFIC COUNTING DURING THAT PERIOD. SO IT'S JUST NOT A ONE STOP SHOP. WE LOOKED AT IT FOR SPEND AN HOUR OUT THERE. THAT'S NOT HOW A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY IS HANDLED OF COURSE. SO IT'S DONE OVER MULTIPLE TIMES IN PERIODS TO COUNT CARS AND EVALUATION. AND THEN THE OTHER THING, THERE'S ALSO SOMEONE THERE THAT'S ALSO MONITORING BEHAVIOR. SO BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WANT TO TURN LEFT AND TAKE PARKING THE WRONG LANE, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE JUST, I JUST SAY JUST ALL THOSE THINGS ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT JUST TO THAT POINT.

THIS INTERSECTION IS ALREADY ONE OF THE MOST DISCUSSED INTERSECTIONS IN MY DISTRICT ALREADY TODAY. PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT INTERSECTION REGULARLY NOW, AND THAT'S BEFORE THIS DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. NO, NO. HEY, GIVE ME SOME CLARITY THERE. SO CAN WE CAN NOW I NEED CLARITY FROM STAFF. IF WE TABLE IT, WE'RE NOT IN ANY WE'RE NOT IN ANY. WE'RE IF WE POSTPONE IT. NO, I'M JUST MAKING SURE IF WE POSTPONE IT. OH WAIT WAIT WAIT TO GIVE THE

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SO WHETHER IT'S SUSIE OR, OR MAE OR JOHN THAT'S LIVING ACROSS FROM, FROM THE HOUSE, FROM THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, AT ANY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S COMING IN THAT WE'RE THINKING IN TERMS OF, OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THAT SPACE AND THE QUALITY AND ARE THE DEVELOPERS PRESENTING US SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO IN TERMS OF, OF WHAT WE WANT.

AND I'M, I'M SOMEWHAT TORN ON THIS ONE AS WELL BECAUSE I WANT TO STAY OPEN FOR BUSINESS, DON'T WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COME TO THE CITY OF TARA AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU FOR MORE THAN WHAT WE WOULD WHEN DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF TAROT. BUT I'M ALSO MINDFUL THAT THIS ZONING IS ZONING THAT SEEMS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER WORD TO USE AND LIKE OUT OF PLACE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN FOR A PARK AT THIS TIME. SO THEN WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? DO YOU LEAVE THE THIS LAND THERE AND AND DOES IT STAY VACANT? AND THEN WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMPLAINING IN SIX MONTHS THAT THERE'S NOTHING THERE, THAT IT'S VACANT, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF WHEN YOU HAVE A DEVELOPMENT, COULD BE THIS GENTLEMAN'S OR ANOTHER DEVELOPER COMING FORWARD SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO, TO PLACE SOMETHING IN ON THIS PROPERTY THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN ANOTHER PART OF, OF. I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE FOR AT THE END OF THIS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL AND JUST SPEAKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD ZONE CHANGE APPLICATION THAT'S COME FORWARD. AND SO THE QUESTION IS IF IF NOT THIS, THEN WHAT? BECAUSE SHE IS HAVING A HARD TIME SELLING THE PROPERTY. SO I JUST I WANTED TO SAY THAT TO YOU ALL.

YEAH. BECAUSE SOME CLARITY JUST FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. YES. AND IT THAT'S GOING TO I'M GOING TO PUT A STICK IN EVERYONE'S REAL. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS. AS A COUNCIL, WE CANNOT TELL A PROPERTY OWNER WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY OR WHO TO SELL IT TO. AND. I CAN BE TORN. I HAD MY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PARTY AT THE GOLF COURSE. THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT TAROT AS THE JEWEL OF TEXAS, YES, WE HAVE HOMES, BUT WE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE STARTED A HOME, HAVE GOTTEN PROMOTED AND NEED TO GO TO A BIGGER HOME. SO WE HAVE THESE MIDDLE HOMES. WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE GOTTEN PROMOTED AND THEY WANT A BIGGER

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I NEED THE FAMILY LIVING WITH ME. WE NEED THAT ONE, TWO, THREE STEP. NOW, WHILE WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SAYING THEY WANT ALL OF US TO OWN A HOME. SO WE'VE GOT THAT HOUSING BILL THAT IS GOING TO IS SITTING IN WHAT IT DOES IN THE LEGISLATURE OF OUR NATION AS A CITY. I DON'T WANT THE PARK IS NOT THE. IT'S A GOLF COURSE.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT I AM AWARE THAT WE HAVE PLAYED FAST AND LOOSE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ON ALL LEVELS, AND WE ARE JUST LIKE SAYING. I'M SAYING ALONG WITH MY PATRIOTS HERE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY FAST AND LOOSE ANYMORE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND MONEY ON A GOLF COURSE. I'M NOT. I DON'T WANT THAT. BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH HOW WE'VE DONE THINGS IN THE PAST, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ON MY WATCH. SO WE HAVE TO THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE, AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THE GOLF COURSE, TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY BECAUSE I USED TO LIVE ON COLQUITT, AND AT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE ON COLQUITT. NO ONE WANTED TO BE ON COLQUITT, NO ONE WANTED TO BE ON LOVER'S LANE. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.

AND WHEN YOU MAKE THAT TURN ON COLQUITT AND HIT THE, YOU KNOW IT'S THE GUARDRAIL. THERE ARE NO STRIPES, THERE'S NO LIGHTING. IT'S JUST. IT IS AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENS. IT'S NOT EVEN WAITING. ALL I'M SAYING IS I'M AGAINST. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TELLING A PROPERTY OWNER, WE'RE GOING TO STOP YOUR LETTING GO OF THIS, THAT THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT. TEXAS IS NOT GOING TO LET US DO THAT. SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE PROPERTY RIGHTS, 89TH LEGISLATURE LAND USE LEGISLATION, RULES. THEY ARE GOING TO WE ONLY TAKE IT ONE FOURTH OF THE STATE, TEXAS HAS LAND. LOXAHATCHEE. DOESN'T. EVERYBODY GOING UP THE IRVING CORRIDOR DOESN'T. WE HAVE LAND DEVELOPERS ARE COMING HERE. HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE INFORMED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? BUT. MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COLQUITT AND LOVER'S LANE.

AND I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON. 315 LOVER'S LANE. THEY DIDN'T GET A LETTER. OKAY. JUST ONE ONE LAST QUESTION TO CLARIFY IS, IS THE CITY MOWING THIS PROPERTY? IS IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? IS ARE WE MOWING IT? ONLY IF THE PROCESS IN CODE ENFORCEMENT FORCES US TO THAT LEVEL. YEAH. SO AM I HEARING YOU SAY THAT? LET'S JUST SAY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AT SOME POINT, YES, WE HAVE MODE. YES, MA'AM. I THINK THREE TIMES MAYBE OR. YEAH, I WOULDN'T KNOW THE NUMBER FOR SURE. BUT YEAH. OKAY. THOSE THE ONES I WAS MADE AWARE OF. YES.

SO I HAVE CONCERNS. LAST THING ABOUT US ABOUT STAFF BEING RELUCTANT TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PNC AND TO COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S VERY OBVIOUS WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TELLS US TO DO. RIGHT. AND I UNDERSTAND THE THINKING THERE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN FAVOR WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS TO ME, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE SHOULD BE GUIDING ALL OF OUR ZONING. AND LEGALLY, WE HAVE THE GROUNDS TO ZONE BASED ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT SHOULD BE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE.

SO I THINK ALL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE SHOULD BE BASED ON WHAT COUNCIL DECIDED, WHAT OUR PLAN WAS. OKAY. POINT TAKEN. I JUST I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST ADDRESS RUSSELL PHILLIPS AND THANK HIM FOR BRINGING FORWARD THE DEVELOPMENT. WHAT WHAT I NEED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT IF WE'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH SOMEONE, THAT WE CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP, AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE IT WORK FOR WHATEVER THE TRAFFIC STUDY SHOWS, THEN I'M GOING TO BE FORCED TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPER WHO MAY NOT HAVE YOUR STANDARDS AND MAY NOT PUT IN WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN. AND THAT'S THAT'S THE RELUCTANCE FROM THE MAYOR. NOTHING AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK, ANYWHERE ELSE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH TRAFFIC. THIS IS A SLAM DUNK.

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AND IF WE DON'T HAVE SEVEN FIVE ON THE ZONING, GUESS WHAT? THAT'S WE'RE STUCK WITH IT, RIGHT? I WANT TO SAY TO THE DEVELOPER TOO, THANK YOU. BECAUSE YOU'VE WORKED YOU'VE LISTENED TO OUR CITIZENS. I SEE THE CHANGES YOU'VE MADE, I GET IT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, SWITCHING THE BOX, DOING IT OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE YOU HEARD WHAT THE CITIZENS SAID AND GETTING THAT TRAFFIC STUDY THAT'S GOING TO HELP ME MAKE A BETTER INFORMED DECISION, YOU KNOW, EITHER YAY OR NAY OR WHATEVER THAT'S GOING TO HELP ME MAKE A BETTER DECISION BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. SO I SEE THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. THE DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. I GET IT AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU LISTEN TO TO THE CITIZENS. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT. BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD DECISION. ANOTHER THING I WANTED YOU TO THINK ABOUT TOO, JUST BRAINSTORM. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY YOU COULD BUFFER FROM THE MULTI-FAMILY TO THE OTHER HOMES AND MAYBE SOMETHING WILL COME? BUT THE TRAFFIC STUDY IS VERY HELPFUL FOR ME TO MAKE THE BEST INFORMED DECISION. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM 5.2? I MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM 5.2. 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 POSTPONE ITEM 5.2, ORDINANCE NUMBER 3168 UNTIL PENDING A TRAFFIC STUDY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AND DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE? IS THERE ANY FURTHER ANY IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, MAYOR. YES, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON TABLING BECAUSE I. MY CONTENTION IS THAT WE SHOULD BE ZONING BASED UPON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND SO I'M A. I WOULD I'D BE IN FAVOR OF VOTING AGAINST IT TODAY. OKAY.

SO SO WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I

[6. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]

RONNY, HOW MANY MORE MEETINGS YOU GOT? I WOULD ASK THAT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE I WILL BE PREPARED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IN EARLY APRIL TO APPOINT TO, WELL, MAKE REAPPOINTMENTS AND THEN APPOINT TWO NEW, TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE GABRIEL CABRERA, WHO HAS RESIGNED. AND I DID GET TO SPEAK WITH HIM. HE HE HAD FAMILY AND AND WORK. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE MR. VARGAS, WHO WILL ALSO BE TRANSITIONING TO COUNCIL. SO WE'LL ALL BE READY TO MAKE A REAPPOINTMENT FOR THAT ROLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM 6.2 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS. YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE LIBRARY BOARD ROSTER IS IN YOUR PACKET. WE HAVE VICKI BADGETT AND SUSIE SMITH AND BEVERLY VAUGHN, WHO THEIR TERMS ARE UP AND MARCH THIS THIS MONTH ACTUALLY. AND THEY HAVE ALL SERVED THREE TERMS. SO THEY ARE INELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT. OKAY. AND THIS FALLS UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS. IS THIS JUST A IT'S A DISCUSSING CONSIDER. YES, I TALKED TO YEAH.

I WOULD LIKE TO. IS YOUR MIC ON? YEAH. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MRS. CATHY RUSSELL ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. IT'S THE ONLY APPOINTMENT I HAVE READY AT THIS TIME. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS DISTRICT FOR A SECOND FROM PHIL ROBERTSON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT FIVE TO APPOINT CATHY RUSSELL TO TO OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

[7. DISCUSSION ITEMS]

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RECEIVE GOOD NEWS REPORT FROM ALLISON WALKER. COME ON UP. WE NEED SOME GOOD NEWS. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO A LOT OF WHAT IS COVERED IN THIS GOOD NEWS REPORT WAS COVERED BY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF ALREADY. BUT THIS WILL GIVE YOU A VISUAL OF SOME OF THOSE ITEMS AS WELL. HERE'S THE CONGRATULATIONS. THE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION FOR THE 250 CHAMPIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. THEY WOULD BE HONORED IN A. AT A RECEPTION ON MAY THE 1ST. IN PHILADELPHIA. SO I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO THAT. BUT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DID TO YOU. I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO WITH YOU ALL IF YOU NEED ME TO. OKAY. AND HERE'S SOME MORE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION, STARTING WITH BLAKE OVER ON THE FAR LEFT, HE HAS RECEIVED HIS CERTIFIED BUILDING OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL IN THE CENTER. THERE YOU SEE OUR FACILITY SUPERINTENDENT JAMIE CLOW, WHO RECEIVED THE JOHN LEGACY OF SERVICE AWARD FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT THEIR INDUSTRIAL DAY BANQUET.

AND THEN TRACY ROSALES, OUR SENIOR BUDGET ANALYST, RECEIVED HER PUBLIC MANAGER CERTIFICATION AND ALSO HER MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. GOOD. WOW.

THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY. THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THAT THE LIBRARY HAS RECEIVED THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF EXCELLENCE AWARD, AND THAT IS FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. AND WE'RE AMONG THE HUNDRED AND ONE OF 516 LIBRARIES IN THE STATE THAT HAVE THAT ACCREDITATION. SO THAT'S IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE LIBRARIES ARE A MUCH LARGER LIBRARY. SO OUR LIBRARY DOES A LOT WITH A SMALL STAFF AND A SMALL BUDGET. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT THAT IS A PICTURE OF OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR. AND SHE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF PLANT THAT STANDS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY ADMINISTRATORS OF NORTH TEXAS. AND SO SHE WILL BE LEADING MORE THAN 100 PUBLIC LIBRARIES. IT'S ALL DIRECTORS THAT MEET AND TALK ABOUT POLICY AND THINGS THEY CAN DO TO IMPROVE SERVICE TO LIBRARY PATRONS. STILL ON THE LIBRARY. THIS IS THE PAGES AND PLAY GRAND OPENING THAT WAS HELD WAY BACK IN JANUARY. AND THEN SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE HELD OUT THERE, THAT'S JUST HIGHLIGHTS OF THEY HAVE EVENTS DURING THE EVENINGS, DURING THE DAYTIME, AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE 2 OR 3 TIMES, AND EVERY TIME THERE'S A FULL HOUSE. SO OMAR HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH PICKING UP CRAFTS AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, AND EVERY TIME THAT IT IS PACKED, THEY USUALLY HAVE TO BRING UP EXTRA TABLES SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE, WHICH IS WHY THEY NEED A NEW LIBRARY. YES. OKAY. THIS IS THE DOCTOR SEUSS CELEBRATION. THEY DECIDED TO SWITCH GEARS THIS YEAR AND HAVE IT ON THE GROUNDS. THEY HAD A LITTLE PLAY AS WELL. AND THIS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE KIWANIS CLUB AND THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. A FUN TIME. THIS IS THE EVENT THAT RONNIE WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER. IT WAS A SILENT AUCTION AND HAPPY HOUR HELD OVER AT THE DEPOT. WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO COME AND SUPPORT THAT. YOU CAN SEE WE HAD ABOUT 50 GUESTS, AND THE LATEST NUMBER I HAD, I THINK WE'RE MORE LIKE AT ABOUT $3,500 NOW.

SO WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON PLANS TO DO THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. OKAY, HERE'S SOME PROGRESS ON TWO CITY FACILITIES ON THE LEFT. YOU CAN SEE WAY BACK IN JANUARY OF 2025, THE GROUNDBREAKING. THEN YOU CAN SEE THE TOUR THAT YOU ALL DID BACK A, I DON'T KNOW, A MONTH AGO. AND THEN THE PROJECTED OPENING IN MAY. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, THE PET ADOPTION CENTER.

AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE READY TO DO A LITTLE INTERIM TOUR OF THAT FACILITY SOON. BUT THERE'S A MOCK UP OF THE NEW FACILITY DOWN THERE AND A PROJECTED OPENING IN THE FALL OF 2026. SO.

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AND THE DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THAT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, THE DEADLINES APRIL 17TH, AND THEY MEET EVERY THURSDAY EVENING FOR TEN WEEKS, AND I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE CLASS. YES, TWO OF Y'ALL WERE IN THE SAME CLASS I WAS IN. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY FUN AND INFORMATIVE CLASS TO GO THROUGH. OKAY, THIS IS THE BOYS TO MEN'S BREAKFAST THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SPONSORS. EVERY YEAR I SEE PICTURES OF SOME OF OUR FIRE. I KNOW THE MAYOR WAS THERE PARTICIPATING, BUT THIS IS A VERY POPULAR EVENT AND SOMETHING THAT HAS GROWN EVER SINCE IT STARTED. SO OKAY, HERE IS PICTURES FROM THE ASCO GROUNDBREAKING AS WELL. I DON'T WANT FM 148 AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR CITY STAFF THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT, THAT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE NEW EMPLOYEES AND THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, SOME OF OUR MOST RECENT PROMOTIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND HERE'S THE SLIDE. TALKING ABOUT THE SPRING BREAK EVENTS, THEY WERE VERY SUCCESS SUCCESSFUL.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY STARTED WITH 20 PARTICIPANTS ON MONDAY WHEN IT WAS SO COLD AND WORKED ALL THE WAY UP TO 80 ON THURSDAY. AND THEN SHE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEN THERE WAS ALSO AN EVENT ON SATURDAY. SO SHERRY IS KEEPING EVERYBODY VERY BUSY. AND I KNOW THAT DOWN THERE YOU CAN SEE A QUOTE FROM ONE OF THE PARENTS THAT SAID THE HOST WAS SUPER ENTHUSIASTIC.

SO IF ANY OF YOU ALL WORK WITH SHERRY, WE ALREADY KNEW WHO THAT WAS. SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO MENTION NAMES. SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND THEN HERE YOU CAN SEE I COULD NOT RESIST DOING THIS. YOU CAN SEE ANGIE COOPER UP THERE IN THE LEFT AND RYLAN AND HAYA ON A ROLLER COASTER. I WAS THE ONE THAT WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE PICTURE. BUT ANYWAY, WE WENT TO A TEXAS DOWNTOWN ROUNDTABLE IN LAPORTE AND YOU CAN SEE THE AGENDA UP ON THE RIGHT OF SOME OF THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAD. BUT ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS TRIP WAS BECAUSE WE WILL BE HOSTING A DOWNTOWN ROUNDTABLE OURSELVES IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE WENT TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS THEY WERE DOING, BUT IT ALSO GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE DOWNTOWN THAT THEY HAVE AND GET IDEAS FROM THEM WHAT TO DO, WHAT NOT TO DO. ANYWAY, IT WAS VERY IT WAS A VERY GOOD CONFERENCE. HERE'S PICTURES FROM Y'ALL FOR YOUR FROM YOUR NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES TRIP. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, MAYOR CARMONA HOLDS SEVERAL CHAIRMANSHIP APPOINTMENTS AS WELL AS DONNA RENEE DOES AS WELL. SO. WE ARE LEADING THE WAY, LEADING THE WAY, AND YOU ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH CONGRESSMAN. GOOD AND I UNDERSTAND. AND THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN STRAIGHT FROM THERE YOU WENT TO AUSTIN FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY DAY. SO SOME OF Y'ALL JUST GOT BACK YESTERDAY, SOME TODAY. BUT THE GROUP THAT WENT FROM TERRELL, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, WE HAD A LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST WITH UPDATES ON THE STATE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN WE HAD MEETINGS WITH ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ENTITIES ON THE LEFT THERE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE PHIL, SEE, THERE'S THE PICTURE OF HIM BEING THE FAKE COUNTY JUDGE. AND HE DID A GREAT JOB FILLING IN AS THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR THE BREAKFAST WAS JAKE ALLEN FOR A DAY. I WOULD SAY SO, BUT I'M GONNA PASS. NO, GO AHEAD. PLEASE GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. ANYWAY, THAT IS IT. WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL THINGS COMING UP DOWNTOWN THIS SATURDAY. I DIDN'T BRING MY NOTES UP HERE, BUT WE WILL HAVE A MARDI GRAS ON MORE. WE REALIZE IT IS NOT REALLY MARDI GRAS, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T GET TO GO TO MARDI GRAS, YOU CAN GO THIS WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A WHISKEY WALK STARTING AT 11:00, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A JAZZ FESTIVAL AT THE LYRIC THAT AFTERNOON, BEGINNING AT THREE THREE. IS THAT RIGHT? I'M

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WELL I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WILL IT BE OMAIRA? WILL IT BE ONE OF OUR OUR CITY ATTORNEYS? WILL IT BE OUR CITY SECRETARY WHO WILL HELP LEAD? WHAT'S THE CITY IDENTIFIED AS HELPING LEAD THE DISCUSSION FOR CHARTER MEMBER CHARTER AMENDMENTS? WHO'S GOING TO FACILITATE MEETS? I THINK ONE OF US SHOULD SIT ON THE BOARD ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT THAT WASN'T MY QUESTION. WHO'S GOING TO FACILITATE THE MEETINGS? AMARA? MARK, WE HAVE NOT DETERMINED THAT, OKAY. WE PUT TOGETHER A TIMELINE THAT IS RELATIVELY TIGHT AND WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT. WE THINK IT'S ACHIEVABLE AND WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID IT GOING TO MAY AND BEING HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS COUNCIL ELECTIONS. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE AIMING FOR NOVEMBER. BUT AMARA AND I, WE'VE STARTED WORKING THROUGH THIS, BUT WE'VE NOT DETERMINED WHO'S GOING TO LEAD. AND THE REASON I ASKED THAT IS BECAUSE. YES, AT COUNCIL POINTING EACH PERSON FROM FROM THE DISTRICT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT. AND HAVING FOLKS THAT ARE EITHER LIKE IN THE, THE LEGAL WORLD THAT UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT'S, WHAT'S, WHAT'S REASONABLE, WHAT, WHAT CAN YOU REALLY PUT IN A CHARTER VERSUS MAYBE WHAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF AND DAY TO DAY WORK? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A REAL CLEAR UNDERSTANDING AND SOMEONE THAT IS AVAILABLE AND PRESENT AT EACH OF THOSE MEETINGS TO REALLY HELP PROVIDE THE DIRECTION OF WHAT YOU CAN DO. WHAT TYPE OF AMENDMENTS CAN BE MADE TO A CHARTER JUST TO KEEP THINGS IN LINE AND KEEP THEM MOVING, WOULD BE MY HOPE AND MY GOAL. OKAY. YES. IS THERE GOING TO BE A CLEAR PROCESS FOR HOW COUNCIL COMMUNICATES SORT OF WHAT OUR OBJECTIVES ARE FOR THIS, WHY WE'RE DOING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE? THEY UNDERSTAND SORT OF WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHAT PROBLEMS THEY'RE TRYING TO SOLVE WITH THESE AMENDMENTS. YES, SIR. SO DURING THAT AUGUST, OCTOBER TIME FRAME, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE AMENDMENTS KIND OF SEALED AND READY TO GO TO THE VOTERS, WE'RE HOPING TO BRING IN THE MARKETING FROM THAT WE HAVE UNDER CONTRACT BRAND TO KIND OF HELP US WITH THAT EDUCATION PIECE. AS FAR AS REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ON THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING IT. I'M TALKING MORE ABOUT ENSURING THE COMMITTEE UNDERSTANDS WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AS A COUNCIL, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS. YES. WHAT'S HOW HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT IT'S JUST A MEETING WE HAVE WITH THEM TO DISCUSS THAT. OR WE EACH TALK TO THE APPOINTEE. WE SAID, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? WELL, HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH. I'LL BE OBVIOUSLY, EACH ONE OF YOU WOULD TALK TO THE YOUR APPOINTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE HOPING TO GET OUT OF THIS. WE WOULD PROVIDE TO THEM ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THE COUNCIL HAS FOR THEM, THINGS FOR THEM TO LOOK AT, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT STAFF HAS. THERE'S SOME CLEANUP ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT GET INCLUDED. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE COMMITTEE TO GO ROGUE. WE'RE ASKING FOR THEM TO REALLY KIND OF TAKE COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRIORITIZE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO DETERMINE OF THOSE WHAT NEEDS TO BE WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY WANT TO CONSIDER? SO WE DON'T WANT TO SORT OF MEET AND FORMALIZE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND DO A LIST

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BUT NOT NOT A NOT A MEMBER. I MEAN NOT NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT PRESENT MEMBER. WE COULD JUST BE THERE TO ADVISE. YEAH. I'D LIKE DON TO BE A PART OF THAT AS WELL. DON. YEAH, SHE NEEDS TO BE ON THERE. ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO POINT. DON. THAT'S ONE OF THE WELL THERE A STAFF MEMBER WORKING NOW. I NEED SIX. RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE A STAFF MEMBER ALONG WITH LIKE AMARA WORKING AND, AND OUR ATTORNEY WOULD BE ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER. SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE SECOND, THE SEVEN OPEN POSITIONS IF YOU WANTED, IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE COULD STILL BE PRESENT. DOG COULD BE PRESENT. I COULD BE PRESENT. WE WOULDN'T BE BOARD MEMBERS PER SE, BUT WE COULD BE THERE TO ADVISE WHEN NECESSARY. RIGHT? I DON'T I'M NOT SURE I FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE PART OF THE OF THE COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I THINK THEY WOULD CARRY TOO MUCH WEIGHT IN THE DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND, AND POTENTIALLY DIRECT THE DISCUSSIONS IN A WAY THAT REFLECTS THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PERSONAL PRIORITIES AS OPPOSED TO THE BOARD KIND OF DOING THEIR OWN THING. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. IF I MAY JUST KIND OF CIRCLE BACK AROUND TO KIND OF ANSWER LIKE JUST A PROCESS QUESTION. SO WITH THE TIMELINE AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT, WE'RE CURRENTLY DEPARTMENT HEADS AND STAFF ARE LOOKING OVER THE CHARTER. WE'RE RECEIVING THOSE AND WE'RE KIND OF GETTING THE THIS IS THE CURRENT WORDING.

THIS IS WHAT WE THINK IT SHOULD SAY. WE'RE HOPING OUR NEXT STEP IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO DO THE SAME THING. REVIEW THE CHARTER, SEND OVER WHAT YOU WOULD PROPOSE, THAT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE ONCE IT'S APPOINTED ME AND SAYING, HERE ARE ARE THE THINGS THAT. HERE'S OUR CURRENT CHARTER. HERE ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM STAFF, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, AND FOR YOU TO REVIEW AT THAT POINT, WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL LOOK AT THE THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED FROM STAFF AND FROM COUNCIL.

THEY WILL REVIEW THAT. AND THEN IF THEY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ONES, OR MAYBE THEY DON'T LIKE ANY OF THE OTHER ONES AS WELL, THEY WILL TAKE IT FROM THAT BULK, THE THREE SEPARATE ONES AND DECIDE, OKAY, WHICH ONES DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH AT THAT POINT? THEN THOSE BY THE END OF THAT TIMELINE, BEFORE YOU HIT THAT MAY 5TH DATE, THEN THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WILL COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENTED ON. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WANT AS A BALLOT.

SO THERE'S KIND OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF HOW THE CHARTER THEY MIGHT AND HONESTLY, THEY MIGHT ALL END UP THE SAME. THERE MIGHT JUST BE THREE THAT THEY WANT TO DO. THERE MIGHT BE 57.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE UNTIL WE GET THAT COMMITTEE KIND OF GOING, BUT THEY WILL BE PRESENTED TO ANSWER YOUR EARLIER COMMENT. THEY WILL BE PRESENTED WITH COUNCIL AND MAYOR'S EDITS AS WELL AS STAFF. SO TO GET THOSE TO THIS COMMITTEE, WILL THIS BE A THING THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO SORT OF WE ALL MAYBE EMAIL DON AND DON COMPILES THEM TO PROVIDE TO THE COMMITTEE, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A DISCUSSION DURING WHICH WE COMPILE ALL OF OUR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS? WE WERE HOPING THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT INDIVIDUALLY AND HAVE IT DOWN JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY, TO HAVE IT ACTUALLY ON PAPER.

IF YOU HAVE YOUR SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CHARTER, SEND THOSE OVER AND THEN WE HAVE THEM SET IN STONE. AND LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED, IF YOU WANT TO MEET ONE ON ONE, HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT AS WELL, SPECIFICALLY WITH DON, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS LIKE THE BACK OF HER HAND. BUT THAT PROCESS, THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. OR IF

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I'M SURE OUR ATTORNEYS ARE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS ON THOSE THINGS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE ADDRESSED BY MAY 5TH. YOU NEED THE COMMITTEE. WE WOULD LIKE HOPEFULLY TODAY THAT WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT COMMITTEE LOOKS LIKE. SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT A BUSINESS OWNER, A PERSON FROM EACH DISTRICT. AND THEN ON THAT MAY 5TH, IT WILL COME FORWARD ON THE AGENDA FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO APPOINT THEIR THEIR THAT COMMITTEE, AT WHICH TIME, HOPEFULLY, THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKED TO SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE IT. OKAY. MOVING FORWARD. YES, SIR. SOUNDS GOOD.

SO TWO THINGS I THINK ABOUT WHO YOU WANT TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE. APPROACH THEM, SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED TO ANY PROPOSED CHANGE TO DON IN EITHER AN EMAIL FORM OR COME BY AND VISIT WITH HER. I'M TRYING TO. YES. SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING FROM CITY STAFF DEPARTMENT HEADS AND US. YES, MA'AM. ON THE 2021. HOW MUCH DOES THE CHARTER DEAL WITH STAFF DECISIONS? AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE ORDER, I SEE CITIZENS AND I SEE THE COUNCIL AND I SEE EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT THAT TOGETHER IN MY HEAD. SO WE DON'T HAVE CITY STAFF OF MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL. THERE'S GOING TO BE A SET FROM CITY STAFF DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEN FROM CITY COUNCIL THAT WILL THEN BE PRESENTED TO YOUR APPOINTED COMMITTEE. AND YOUR APPOINTED COMMITTEE IS GOING TO REVIEW THOSE. AND THEY WILL EITHER SAY, YES, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. NO, THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. OR THEY WILL ALSO HAVE A THIRD SET OF. THIS IS WHAT WE REVIEW AND REREAD THE CHARTER AS A CITIZEN OF TERRELL, AND THIS IS WHAT WE PROPOSE. BUT SOME OF THOSE MAY OVERLAP, BUT SOME OF THEM MAY NOT. BUT FOR CLARITY, FOR THE COUNCILWOMAN INITIAL, I MEAN, IT'LL ALL FILTER BACK TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND WE'LL DECIDE WHAT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

ABSOLUTELY. SO AFTER THAT COMMITTEE MEETS. SO THEY WILL COME BACK. RECOMMENDATION OR DENY OR JUST SAY, NO, WE DON'T NEED TO. THEY WILL COME BACK AND IT WILL BE EACH PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL COME BACK INDIVIDUALLY FOR THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TO VOTE YES. WE WANT THIS TO GO TO THE VOTERS OR NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO GO TO THE VOTERS. AND THE PURPOSE, THE PURPOSE OF THE STAFF REVIEW IS, IS NOT TO REWRITE THE CHARTER. THE PURPOSE OF THE STAFF REVIEW IS WHAT THINGS ARE IN THE CHARTER TODAY THAT CREATE PROBLEMS FOR STAFF TO DO THEIR JOB. WHAT THINGS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CHARTER THAT ARE IN CONFLICT WITH STATE LAW? IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, TO CLEAN UP THINGS AND HELP WITH PROCESSES, BECAUSE THERE ARE CASES WHERE WE WILL RUN INTO THINGS WHERE THE WHAT WHAT STAFF NEEDS TO DO IS IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT WHAT IS IN THE CHARTER. AND THEN WE NEED SOMEONE TO CONSIDER THAT AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO MODIFY THAT, OR IF WE NEED TO GO BACK AND CHANGE PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONFORMING. ALL RIGHT. GOT IT. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSS STRATEGIC WORKSHOP. AGAIN, AMARA, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST FOR YOUR TIMELINE, WE ARE COMING UP ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED COMMUNICATION REGARDING THOSE TWO DAYS IN APRIL. WE. MR. MILLS HAS PREVIOUSLY UPDATED YOU ON US CHOOSING THE PENNINGTON GROUP TO KIND OF FACILITATE THAT STRATEGIC PLAN. AND SO BEFORE YOU ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU JUST HAVE KIND OF A TIMELINE SINCE I KNOW MR. RANDY WILL BE REACHING OUT AT THE END OF THE WEEK, I BELIEVE THAT MARCH 26TH TO APRIL 6TH. SO IN CASE YOU GET A PHONE CALL OR AN EMAIL FROM HIM, YOU KNOW WHO IS CALLING YOU, MR. MILLS, PUT A BIO ON YOUR AREA SO YOU CAN KIND OF HAVE THAT JUST REFERENCE AND JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS HERE AS WELL WITH THE DATES. SO FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH RANDY, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT HE'S GOING TO BE SENDING OUT A SURVEY FOR YOU ALL TO COMPLETE BEFORE THAT APRIL 6TH DATE, AT WHICH POINT HE'S GOING TO GATHER YOUR INFORMATION, AND THEN HE'S HOPING TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH EACH OF YOU FROM APRIL 6TH THROUGH 10TH. SO THAT WILL BE COMING UP. I'M NOT 100% SURE, BUT I CAN UPDATE YOU ON WHO'S GOING TO BE FACILITATING THAT, WHETHER IT'S HIM REACHING OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY, OR IF IT'LL BE ONE OF US REACHING OUT TO YOU TO KIND OF GET THAT SCHEDULED. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS CAN BE OVER A

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[8. BUSINESS ITEMS]

LOOKING AT MY TERRORIST NUMBER ONE BUDGET AND GETTING MIDWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE FINISH THE GRADING AND LEVELING OF ALL OF THAT PROPERTY. ONE OF THE PROMISES THAT WE MADE WAS THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. WE HAVE SEVERAL TREES THAT HAVE DIED IN THAT AREA. WE NEED THE DITCHES CLEARED OUT. WE THINK THAT WE COULD WORK LEVELING AND REMOVING SOME OF THOSE TREES AND GOING AHEAD AND BRINGING IN SOME OF THE WATER FROM THE DRAINAGE ISSUES. IT IS BUDGETED WITHIN TOURS, NUMBER ONE, TO DO DOWNTOWN TOWN SQUARE IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO WHAT I'M REQUESTING TONIGHT IS AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000, WHICH WOULD LEVEL AND DO TREE REMOVAL FOR THE AREAS THEY'RE MARKED IN BLUE. AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE SEATING SO THAT WE COULD HAVE GRASS BEGIN GROWING IN THAT AREA. ONE THOUGHT THAT WE HAD IS THAT THAT A GREAT PLACE TO GO AND PUT POSSIBLY TWO SOCCER AND REALLY KIND OF OPEN UP THE THIS SPACE THIS SUMMER AS JUST OPEN GREEN SPACE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ELAINE? WHILE WE'RE NOT GETTING PAID TO JUST SAYING, HEY, WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND MORE THAN 100,000, WE WILL GET BIDS. YEAH, YEAH YEAH YEAH. NO. YES. I'M JUST YEAH, I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE KNOW THAT THE AMOUNT WOULD NOT EXCEED $100,000. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR RAYLAN? IF NOT, NO QUESTIONS. BUT WHEN I HEARD SOCCER GOALS. YAY, I KNEW. I KNEW I'D GET YOU ON THAT ONE. YEAH, BUT WE WHAT OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO HAVE ALL THE SEATING AND EVERYTHING DONE THIS SPRING SO THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH GRASS TO HAVE GOOD PROGRAMS THERE IN THE SUMMER.

IT'S REALLY EXCITING. APPRECIATE STAFF LISTENING TO ALL ALL THE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE THE SOCCER, SOCCER SPACES THAT ARE NEEDED AND FINDING A PLACE. WE HAVE FIELDS AVAILABLE NOW, DON'T WE? YEAH. SO WE'RE DOING GOOD. THANK YOU ALL. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S GREAT. JUST ONE QUICK THING. SO IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE ALL LEVELED, GRASSY, SEATED, ETC. AT WHAT POINT ARE WE LOOKING AT THE REMOVAL OF THE ASPHALT, THE STREETS AND THE GREEN SPACE? IS THAT STILL WAY DOWN THE ROAD OR THAT THAT WOULD COME UP WITH SOME DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A REALLY GOOD STRATEGIC PLAN. OKAY, CONVERSATION. SO YEAH, THERE'S A FEW UPDATES HAPPENING THERE. BUT RIGHT NOW, WHILE WE HAVE THE MONEY BUDGETED THIS FISCAL YEAR, I THOUGHT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND START BREAKING DOWN SOME OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OUT THERE. AWESOME. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION ON 8.1? MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8.1. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, HAVE A MOTION FROM PHIL ROBINSON OR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT FIVE A SECOND FOR MAYOR RONNY VELASQUEZ, DISTRICT THREE, TO APPROVE THE AUTHORIZATION OF TAX INCREMENT REFINANCE ZONE FUNDS FOR THE CLEARING, LEVELING, GRADING,

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DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION ON RESOLUTION? I'M JUST GOING TO SAY NO. NO QUESTIONS, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE NO DROP OFF SECTION, THE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR VOLUNTEERS, STAFF TO CHILD RATIO. AND OH, I KNOW I'M ACTUALLY DO HAVE A QUESTION I WROTE DOWN FOR LEGAL. AT WHAT POINT OR WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES WOULD, WOULD ESSENTIALLY LEAD US TO HAVE LIKE A, OR MAYBE WE HAVE ONE ALREADY LIKE A, A WAIVER RELEASE FORM FOR LIABILITY PURPOSES. AND THIS COULD BE FOR, I GUESS THIS COULD BE EVEN BE APPLIED TO LIKE OUR LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND ANY SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD LEAD US TO HAVE LIKE THAT WAIVER. IS IT ANY ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD LEAD US TO HAVE THAT WAIVER? WHICH ACTIVITY? AN EXAM. HEY, GREG, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE COUNCILWOMAN? I APOLOGIZE, I WAS I WAS I WAS TRYING TO ASK THE QUESTION. I WAS ANSWERING HER QUESTION. IT'S HER QUESTION. SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT WAIVERS, I GUESS. I GUESS IF WE HAVE WHAT ACTIVITY, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE. YES WE DO. THOSE. THOSE HAVE BEEN LONG STANDING. IN FACT, EVEN PREDATING THIS RESOLUTION, WE ANYTIME WE HAD ANY TYPE OF ACTIVITIES OF THIS SORT, WAIVERS ARE ALWAYS REQUIRED BEFORE ANYTHING LIKE THAT COMMENCES. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE ASKING ME. I KNOW WE JUST WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE CENTER HERE GETS IT TOGETHER WITH THE MAYOR AND THE ATTORNEY. OKAY. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A DISCUSSION. CONSIDER THIS IS RESOLUTION 2298. IS THERE A MOTION I SO MOVE 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 REPRESENTATIVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2298 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES AN END OF ALL THOSE

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

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