[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES. CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 6 P.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 201 EAST NINTH STREET, TERRELL, TEXAS. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT. MYSELF. DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, MAYOR PRO. TEM. JORGE VARGAS, COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT THREE. STEPHANIE THOMAS, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. DISTRICT FOUR. DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL MEMBER. PHIL ROBINSON. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE MAYOR WILL NOT BE WITH US THIS EVENING. IT IS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. WE ALSO HAVE CITY MANAGER MARK MILLS AND ATTORNEY ROBERT F BROWN. I'VE ALREADY HIT THE GAVEL. OKAY. AT THIS TIME. I WILL ASK CHAPLAIN BRITTANY DULL FROM TERRELL STATE HOSPITAL TO COME AND GIVE US THE INVOCATION. LET US ALL STAND. AND AFTER SHE IS FINISHED, WE WILL SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE TEXAS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I WANT TO FIRST GIVE HONOR TO THE COUNCIL AND TO ALL OF OUR CITY LEADERSHIP, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND AND CITY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS SACRED OPPORTUNITY. LET US PRAY. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY, ITS FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND ALL WHO CALL THIS PLACE HOME. YOUR WORD REMINDS US THAT IF ANYONE LACKS WISDOM, THEY SHOULD ASK OF YOU. SO TODAY WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM TO REST ON EVERY CONVERSATION AND EVERY DECISION MADE IN THIS ROOM. GIVE OUR LEADERS CLARITY WHEN CHOICES ARE DIFFICULT, HUMILITY TO LISTEN WELL AND COURAGE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, AND THE COMPASSION TO REMEMBER THE PEOPLE BEHIND EVERY POLICY AND EVERY LINE ITEM. BLESS THOSE WHO CARRY RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS CITY. HELP THEM TO LEAD AND SERVE IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS OUR COMMUNITY TO STAY STRONG, VITAL, AND THRIVING. WE PRAY FOR PEACE IN OUR CITY AND PROTECTION OVER THOSE WHO SERVE IT. LORD, ABOVE ALL, MAY WHAT IS DONE HERE BRING HONOR TO YOU.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HAND AT WORK, EVEN IN THE PLACES WE CANNOT SEE IT YET. WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THE DOORS YOU ARE OPENING, THE GROWTH YOU ARE BRINGING, AND THE GOOD YOU ARE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHING ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMUNITY. LET US MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HOPE AND EXPECTATION, KNOWING THAT WITH YOU, OUR BEST DAYS ARE STILL AHEAD. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN. AMEN. I 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. OH, CHAPLAIN, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
[2. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND EVENTS]
OKAY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS MAYOR COUNCIL, COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND EVENTS. AND THE RECOGNITION IS FOR J AND T NURSERY. AND I HAVE SOMETHING HERE. J AND T NURSERY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1994 BY JOHN AND TWEEDEN. OVER THE YEARS THE BUSINESS GREW TO INCLUDE TEN GREENHOUSES OFFERING A WIDE VARIETY OF TREES, SHRUBS, FRUIT TREES, ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS.[00:05:06]
IN ADDITION TO THEIR NURSERY OPERATIONS, THEY PROUDLY PROVIDED LANDSCAPING SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING PROJECTS FOR TERRELL ISD CAMPUSES. THEY HAVE ALSO COMPLETED LANDSCAPES FOR CHURCHES, HOMES AND THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, THIS FAMILY'S WORK HAS HELPED SHAPE THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR COMMUNITY.TREES, SHRUBS AND FLOWERS FROM THIS HIGHWAY 80 BUSINESS CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY, CREATING LASTING BEAUTY FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. NANCY DOAN SHARES WITH US AS A FAMILY BUSINESS, WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN KNOWING THAT OUR LEGACY CONTINUES TO GROW IN THE PARKS, SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PUBLIC SPACES WE HAVE HELPED CULTIVATE THROUGH DEDICATION, HARD WORK, AND A COMMITMENT TO QUALITY. WE HAVE NOT ONLY GROWN PLANTS, WE HAVE HELPED PLANT ROOTS AND CREATE A LASTING IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY WE PROUDLY CALL HOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE. COME. CAN THE FAMILY COME? IS THE FAMILY? SURE? IGNORED ALL MY LIFE. IF SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT SHOWS ON THE PROPERTY, BUT NOT FOR ME. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE THAT I HAVE NO. PROBLEM WITH THAT. THE BEST WAY.
TO. DO. NOW IS TO. AND I THINK YOU JUST SAID THAT OFTEN. AND PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY AND ON OUR. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. FOR. THAT. YOU AND MY FAMILY. YOU. KNOW, MY BUSINESS AND HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. AND THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS. THANK YOU. BUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH FOR.
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ALSO, WE HAVE. JUNE IS WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY MONTH AND JUNE 15TH WAS WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY TO BRING INTO AWARENESS THAT THOSE OF US WHO ARE OF A CERTAIN AGE, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER, TAKE CARE OF OUR ELDERS. SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT. AND THEN JUNE IS ALSO SMALL CITIES MONTH, 40% OF THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARE FROM CITIES OF 50,000 PERSONS OR LESS. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS UNDER 5000 POPULATION ARE THE HOME TO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND CONSTITUTE THE VAST MAJORITY OF MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS STRIVE TO STRENGTHEN THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS AN ESSENTIAL PARTNER IN THE SUCCESS OF SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS, AND MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND LEGISLATION THAT STRENGTHENS SMALL COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS, STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE PARTNERS IN THE SUCCESS OF SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS, AND MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT KEY PROGRAMS AND LEGISLATION THAT STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES. AND. WHEREAS, ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS ARE PARTNERS IN THE SUCCESS OF SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS AND MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE TO GROW THEIR EFFORTS TO MAKE SMALL COMMUNITIES A VIABLE CHOICE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN. AND WHEREAS, DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, ECONOMIC TIMES, THE NEED FOR A RENEWED INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND GROWTH OF SMALL TOWN AMERICA. AND WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES PRESIDENT AND SMALL CITIES COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES HAVE DECLARED JUNE 2026 AS SMALL CITIES MONTH. NOW, THEREFORE, I I'M SPEAKING FOR OUR MAYOR, RICK CARMONA. BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 26TH AS SMALL CITIES MONTH. YES. WE ALSO HAVE SOME MORE RECOGNITION. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. THIS WEEKEND I ACTUALLY HAD THE THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE FIREMAN FIRST CEREMONY, FIRST TIME FOR ME, MARK MILLS AND THEN DONNA RENEE ANDERSON ALSO ATTENDED. IT WAS AWESOME. IT WAS GREAT. I DO APPRECIATE BEING INVITED. THEY GAVE OUT SOME GREAT AWARDS AND SOME OF THE FIREMEN THERE THAT HAVE BEEN LIT OVER, I THINK 25, 25 YEARS SERVING. IT WAS IT WAS MY HONOR AND PLEASURE TO, TO GO OUT THERE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MARK, I'M GOING TO ASK DENISE SIMON TO STEP FORWARD.DENISE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND SHE HAS A NEW EMPLOYEE TO INTRODUCE TO Y'ALL. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. I AM HERE TO PRESENT OUR NEW EMPLOYEE. BUT FIRST I WANT TO GIVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR IN ALL THE WONDERFUL, CHALLENGING EVENTS THAT I ENCOUNTER. CODE AND ANIMAL SERVICES AND. HOUSING IS A BEAST. BUT WE HAVE A NEW EMPLOYEE. THIS IS EMERY BLACKBURN. WE STOLE THEM FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS. SO HE'S WITH US NOW AND HE HAS BEEN HERE TWO WEEKS AND HE IS AN ASSET TO OUR DEPARTMENT. Y'ALL. Y'ALL KNOW JEAN. SO THEY ARE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER. THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP TERRELL BEAUTIFUL. THEY'RE GOING TO ENFORCE THE CODE THAT WE HAVE. AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT SOME POINT WITH SOME NEW CODES AND ADAPTING WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. BUT HE'S ALREADY WORKING. HE ACTUALLY SENT AN EMAIL TO ONE OF OUR PROPERTY OWNERS. THAT'S OFTEN MORE BECAUSE I CAME TO HIM ONE MORNING. I SAID, YO, WHAT IS ALL THOSE WEEDS AND ALL THAT TALL GRASS? I THOUGHT WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. SO IMMEDIATELY HE FOUND WHO THE OWNER WAS. HE SENT HIM AN EMAIL. AND PROFESSIONALLY,
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THE NEXT DAY THEY HAD MOWED THE GRASS. I SAID, NOW THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I LIKE. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SEND A VIOLATION. WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY, SO IT'S LOOKING MUCH BETTER. SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE EMERY HERE WITH US AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.WELCOME. WOULD YOU LIKE TO WELCOME ABOARD? WELCOME. WELCOME AGAIN, IT'S AN HONOR PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE CITY OF TRURO. I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING. I COME WITH A GREAT WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE, EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AS MISS DENISE STATED, I'VE SERVED WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, SO AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU ALL HERE IN TRURO AND HOPEFULLY AGAIN, WE CAN EDUCATE AND KEEP TERRELL BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELCOME, WELCOME. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO SAY THAT IF YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING THIS WEEKEND, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2020 FIRST, JOIN THE ASSOCIATION OF BREEZY HILL PARK AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEY'LL BE CELEBRATING THE WEEKEND. WE HAVE A LOT OF BANDS, EVENTS. IT'LL BE SOME EDUCATIONAL THINGS GOING ON, SO JUST COME AND JOIN US. WE'LL BE HONORING A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THIS COUNTY. SO IF YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING, PLEASE COME JOIN US. YES, THERE'S A PARADE AT 10:00 ON FRIDAY MORNING. WE'RE GOING TO WALK FROM W H BURNETT TO THE BREEZY HILL PARK, AND THEN THE OFFICIAL CEREMONY STARTS AT 4:00. THERE'S A LIVE BAND SATURDAY NIGHT. BRING YOUR CHAIRS AND WATER HYDRATE. I WANTED TO MENTION, I SEE ANGIE BACK THERE. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGE OF PLANS YOU GUYS HAVE MADE TO HAVE THE AMERICAS. 250 FREEDOM FEST DOWNTOWN. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. APPARENTLY IT'S GOING TO BE A LIVE MUSIC. YOU KNOW, VENDORS CAN BE A REALLY FUN EVENT. SO NO VENDORS LOOKS LIKE WHAT DO WE HAVE? LET'S SEE SPONSOR VENDORS. OKAY, SO LOCAL BUSINESSES OPEN UP. WE HAVE TO SEE THE FIREWORKS FROM DOWNTOWN, WE THINK, OR WILL BE IN. OKAY, OKAY. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE CARNIVAL OUT AT SHOPPES AT TERRELL. SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY FUN EVENT. SO YES, WONDERFUL. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I CANNOT, I WILL NOT BE I WILL BE REMISS IF I DON'T SAY SOMETHING ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY EMPLOYEES OF TERRELL. YOU ALL. IT'S SUMMERTIME. CHILDREN ARE OUT. YOU ALL HAVE COME TOGETHER.
WE'VE EVEN THOUGH THERE'S SOME STRATEGIC MOVING GOING ON, I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I'M SEEING.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT EXCITED ABOUT THE HEART OF THE EMPLOYEES AND THE IDEAS THAT ARE COMING FORTH.
I AM JUST PAST HAPPINESS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE NO ONE SEES YOU, BUT I DO, I DO, AND I WANT TO SAY, SHOUT OUT TO THE POLICE FOR TAKING CARE OF FRANCIS STREET AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WAS DOING LAUNDRY AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE LAYING CONCRETE AT SAINT FRANCIS AND FOUND OUT WHEN THE AMBULANCE AND THE FIRE MARSHAL'S TRUCK WENT BY THAT NO, THAT WAS NOT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. SO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ALL PUT YOUR LIVES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO. AND YOU EXPECT YOU DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING. WELL, I'M SAYING THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW, THE MAYOR SAYS I CAN TAKE AS LONG AS I WANT. WE HAVE THE NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. OH. I'M SORRY. YEAH, I JUST MISSED ALL THAT. THE NEXT THING IS NUMBER THREE, HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. DO WE HAVE ANY REMARKS FROM VISITORS? OKAY. NOBODY WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING. OKAY. WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO ON
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE ARE THE. IS THERE A. MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT IS. I HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT IS FROM. COUNCIL MEMBER JORGE VARGAS. IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER. STEPHANIE HOLMES. THOMAS. I'M SORRY EVERYBODY, I'M TAKING NOTES.[00:20:11]
OKAY. YOU'RE DOING GOOD. OKAY. AND THEN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY I, I, I, THOSE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. YES. YES. OKAY. WE NOW GO TO PUBLIC[5. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS]
HEARINGS. WAIT, WE NOW GO TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS, AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT RAYLAN SMITH. HELLO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR PRO TEM ANDERSON THIS EVENING. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR A ZONE CHANGE FROM COMMERCIAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, MULTIFAMILY, JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE AREA FOR YOU. THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY 34 AND INTERSTATE 20. YOU'LL NOTICE THE ENTIRE PARCEL IS CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL.THE PARTICULAR PARCEL THAT WE'RE PULLING OUT IS THAT ONE, TWO, TWO, ONE, TWO. THAT'S THE TOTAL 54 ACRES. AND THE REQUEST THIS EVENING IS THAT 12 OF THOSE 54 ACRES BE ZONED FOR MULTIFAMILY. THE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH WAS THE FUTURE LAND USE AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF THE PD SITE SPECIFIC STANDARDS AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS WERE MET BY THE APPLICANT. I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. AS I STATED, 15 OF THE 54 ACRES WOULD BE PART OF THE MULTIFAMILY. THE REMAINING 39 ACRES WOULD STAY COMMERCIAL ZONED. THERE ARE PROPOSED APPROXIMATELY 32 STORY TOWNHOME UNITS AND 280 TOTAL UNITS IN THREE STORY UNITS ACROSS. OKAY, THIS IS TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAYLAN? OR.
ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN NOW I. OKAY. WE'RE NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK? DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? A SECOND TIME? DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? WE'RE CLOSED. OH OKAY. WE ARE NOW GOING TO ITEM 5-2.
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION ORDINANCE NUMBER 3180. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE ORDINANCE. ORDINANCE 3180 IS FOR THE ZONE CHANGE FROM A PORTION OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL TO BE PUT INTO A PD FOR MULTIFAMILY. AS I STATED, THE. THIS IS 30 UNITS OF TWO STORY TOWNHOMES AND ALSO 280 UNITS OF MULTIFAMILY. AS PART OF THE PD, THERE IS A SITE PLAN THAT IS FILED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND THIS IS JUST THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN FOR THIS SITE. THIS WENT BEFORE PNC LAST MONTH, AND IT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE PNC. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A FEW, RAYLAN, WERE ANY OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS OR RESIDENTS CONSULTED REGARDING THIS, OR DID WE SEND OUT LETTERS ABOUT THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT COMING?
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YES. SO WE SENT OUT LETTERS TO THIS LIST OF ABUTTING LANDOWNERS. YOU DID HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO SPOKE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. THEY WERE NOT PART OF THE 200 FOOT RADIUS, BUT THEY DID COME FORWARD. AND ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAME BACK AND VISITED WITH THE OFFICE THE NEXT DAY AND FELT AS THOUGH ALL OF HIS CONCERNS WERE ANSWERED, AND HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE. OKAY. WHAT WERE THE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED? JUST SOME OF THE CONCERNS WAS THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND JUST THE DENSITY THAT CLOSE TO THE KING'S CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS EXPRESSED AND TALKED ABOUT DURING THE PNC. THE AMOUNT OF THIS PROPERTY THAT REMAINS IN THE FLOODPLAIN THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THAT MAP, AND I FEEL AS THOUGH THAT RESIDENT WAS SATISFIED WITH IT ONLY BEING A THREE STORY COMPLEX, THAT THE VISIBILITY, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT HE HAD, THAT IT WOULD BE FINE FROM THE NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT IS ONE OF MY CONCERNS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME FLOODING IN THAT PARK NEXT TO KING'S CREEK ALREADY. HAVE WE ADDRESSED THE DRAINAGE CONCERNS THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY OCCUR IF WE PUT A DEVELOPMENT THERE? SO MOVING FROM THE ZONE CHANGE TO CONSTRUCTION PLAT, PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PLAT PROCESS WILL BE A FULL DRAINAGE STUDY. AND WE DO NOT ALLOW LOT TO LOT DRAINAGE. SO THEY WILL HAVE TO PROVE WITHIN THEIR STUDY AND THEIR ENGINEERING PLANS HOW THEY WILL MOVE THE WATER WITHIN THEIR PARCEL. OKAY. ARE WE ALSO GOING TO EVALUATE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT AS WELL? I'M ASSUMING YES. TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WILL BE DUE AT CONSTRUCTION PLAT. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT THEY HAVE ALSO THAT ALSO WILL BE FILED WITH THIS PD. THEY ARE ALLOWING FOR THE FOUR WAY LIGHT THERE AT TANGER AND HIGHWAY 34. SO WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO IS BOTH BOTH OF THEIR ENTRANCES WILL BE OFF THE EXTENSION OF TANGER ONTO THEIR PROPERTY. SO WE WILL NOT BE IMPACTING HIGHWAY 34. THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT AT THE STREET LIGHT. SO THERE WILL ALSO BE A TIA ON FILE. OKAY. IS THIS ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. IS IT SENIOR LIVING OR IS IT JUST SORT OF A GENERAL APARTMENT COMPLEX MARKET RATE, MULTI MARKET RATE, MULTIFAMILY. OKAY, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE REAL QUICK. I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THE CONCERNED OWNERS OUT THERE. HIS, AND LIKE I HAD MENTIONED HE DID, WAS CONCERNED ABOUT COMING OUT OF HIS FRONT YARD AND SEEING A BUNCH OF BUILDINGS. AND THAT WAS CLEARED UP BECAUSE OF THE TREE LINE THERE. SO IT WAS GOOD FOR HIM.IT'S A GOOD TRANSITION AREA RIGHT THERE. INSTEAD OF HAVING THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THEN THE TOWNHOMES IN THE FRONT KIND OF BLOCKING IT THERE, I THINK IT'S A IT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA. I DON'T SEE ANY MUCH OF AN ISSUE IN REGARDS TO THAT AREA. SO.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT. OKAY. IF OUR DRAINAGE STUDY DOES COME BACK INDICATING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FLOODING THERE OR ANY ISSUES, HOW ARE WE GOING TO APPROACH THAT? WHAT'S WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? THEY WOULD NOT BE APPROVED TO CONSTRUCT WITH ADDITIONAL FLOODING. THEY WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER IN THEIR PLAN IS HOW TO ADDRESS THAT FLOODING. IT WILL BE ON THE OWNER AND BE APPROVED BY YOUR CITY ENGINEER. OKAY, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. YEAH. THIS COMPANY, HAVE YOU GUYS LOOKED AT ANY OTHER PROPERTIES THAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED OR PLANNED, DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY'VE DONE? WE HAVE SPOKEN TO A FEW OTHER CITIES. HE GAVE US SOME EXAMPLES DURING HIS PRESENTATION AT PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE TALKED TO, JUST IN REGARDS TO PERMITTING AND THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDINGS HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED. YOU HAVE SOME FRISCO, SOME PLANO AREAS UP NORTH THAT THEY HAVE BUILT. COUNCILWOMAN, I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO TOUR ONE OF THE LOCATIONS. YES, MA'AM. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE BOX SPRINGS AREA, CORRECT. I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AND IT DID WORK. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DISMISS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3180. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 3180. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, COUNCIL MEMBER VARGAS HAS MADE A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS HAS SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR I I. THOSE OPPOSED. NAY. OH. SO. THE
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MOTION PASSES. WE HAVE A THREE ONE VOTE. THANK YOU. WE NOW GO ON TO 5-3. OOPS. AND IT IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW USE NUMBER 49 BED AND BREAKFAST INN. THIS IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT AGAIN RAYLEN SMITH. NOT TOO LONG AGO WE PRESENTED TO YOU SOME GENERAL UPDATES TO OUR BED AND BREAKFAST ZONING, AND WE HAVE AN APPLICATION BEFORE YOU. THIS IS ACTUALLY LOCATED AT 705 GRIFFITH AVENUE. IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE CORNER OF GRIFFITH AND NINTH STREET. THE PROPERTY. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES OR CPS. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OR ANYTHING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS ASKING FOR, WHICH ME, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY MEET ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS THAT WERE SET FORTH IN YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE. I DO HAVE INFORMATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO EXTEND THEIR PARKING LOT, EVEN THOUGH THEY DO MEET THE CURRENT PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND THEY JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WOULD BE ADDRESSING ANY COMPLAINTS. AND THEN ALSO REMEMBER THAT WE MADE THIS CONTINGENT UPON A ONE YEAR APPLICATION. AND SO IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MONITOR AND NOT RE APPROVE FOR APPLICATION NEXT YEAR. SO THESE ARE GOOD FOR 12 MONTHS AND IT CAN BE RENEWED ADMINISTRATIVELY THROUGH THE OFFICE. BUT IT DOES REQUIRE A CO EVERY 12 MONTHS.SO WE GET TO REVISIT THE SITES. WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS ITEM ON OUR AGENDA? AGAIN, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM ON OUR AGENDA? HEARING NONE.
PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. RAYLAN. WHAT HAPPENED? WE NOW MOVED. OH YES. WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM 5.4. APOLOGIES. YOU DON'T FIND. ITEM NUMBER 5.4 IS THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3181. THIS WOULD BE TO GRANT THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE BED AND BREAKFAST AT 705 GRIFFITH AVENUE. THIS WENT BEFORE PNC LAST MONTH AND WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE BOARD AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. THE CITY COUNCIL AND I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS? DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ITEM. I JUST LIKE TO. THAT'S A NICE OLD HOUSE AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD LOCATION FOR THAT. I MEAN, THEY HAVE THE PARKING, EVERYTHING MEETS THAT THEY THEY'RE REQUIRING AND THE OWNERS ARE LIVING THERE.
ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE THAT I'VE READ EARLIER TODAY. SO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT. IT'S IT'S GOOD THAT YOU KNOW WHERE THAT HOUSE IS. IT'S ONE ON THE CORNER OF. ARE THERE ANY. YES.
ANY OTHER ARE THERE WERE THERE THERE WERE NO CONCERNS FROM ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS REGARDING SORT OF LIKE A IN AND OUT TRAFFIC THERE PEOPLE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BEING BEES CAN SOMETIMES BE CONSIDERED A PUBLIC NUISANCE IF PEOPLE ARE THERE PARTYING OR MAKING NOISE OR ANYONE EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS ABOUT ANY OF THAT. ONE LETTER FILED. NO ONE SPOKE FOR OR AGAINST. YOU'RE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. BUT I WILL STATE THAT WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC IN THE ORDINANCE ABOUT NOISE AND PARKING AS WELL AS TRAFFIC, AND THIS ADHERES TO ALL OF THAT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3181. MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3181. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL ROBINSON. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR. DID I SAY THAT
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RIGHT? ALL IN FAVOR. I, I I. THE MOTION PASSES AND WE CAN GO ON TO. I NEED TO MAKE WE'RE[6. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]
GOING ON TO SECTION SIX. MAY I. MAKE A MOTION. MAY I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER SIX. FOR SIX. ONE MAKE A MOTION FOR 616263 TO BE POSTPONED. MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM 616263 UNTIL TO A LATER MEETING. SECOND. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VARGAS. ALL IN FAVOR? I AND THE MOTION PASSES. OKAY. AND NOW. OH GOODNESS. YES. WE ARE GOING TO NUMBER SEVEN. WE'RE GOING TO[7. DISCUSSION ITEMS]
HAVE THE GOOD NEWS REPORT. YES. COME ON UP HERE, ALLISON. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER ALLISON WALKER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU, SO BEAR WITH ME. SO SOME OF THIS WILL BE OLD NEWS TO YOU, BUT IT'S STILL GOOD NEWS. OOPS. OKAY. OKAY, HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO APRIL. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THE SIGNS, BUT IT'S VERY NICE TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE WHOLE LENGTH OF 34 AND SEE THE JACOB CARDENAS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. SO THAT'S A NICE REMINDER FOR ALL OF US. WE'RE THANKFUL TO THE ROCK CHURCH FOR OPENING THEIR DOORS TO HOST THE CEREMONY, AND THEN FOR THE DEDICATION AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAD OUR FIRST COMMUNITY KITE FESTIVAL. YOU CAN SEE SHERRY. SHE'S OUR AQUATICS MANAGER AND RECREATION COORDINATOR. AND IN SPITE OF THE WEATHER WE HAD THAT DAY, IT TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY NICE EVENT. AND THERE WERE 150 KITES THAT WERE GIVEN AWAY. AND WE WANT TO ALSO THANK THE LIBRARY FOR SPONSORING A KITE MAKING WORKSHOP THE SAME WEEK. SO WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF NOT WE, BUT THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF COORDINATING SO THAT OUR EVENTS KIND OF ARE WE'RE COLLABORATING ON A LOT OF EVENTS. AND SO THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE THE GALS CONFERENCE. THAT IS ONE OF DONNA'S PROJECTS. THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AS WELL. WE HAD FIVE CITY OF TERRELL STAFF MENTORS THAT PARTICIPATED, AND WE HAD FOUR CITY OF TERRELL PANELISTS AND THEN THE SPEAKER, AND WE'RE ALREADY MAKING PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR'S EVENT TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER. AND SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. THAT WAS ENJOYABLE. THE TACO FESTIVAL FOR Y'ALL THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. IT WAS A REALLY FUN DAY. GREAT WEATHER, GREAT PARTICIPATION. ONE OF THE NEW THINGS IS WE DID GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR STATISTICS FROM THAT DAY. SO WE HAD ABOUT 3400 VISITORS, AND THAT'S ONLY ABOUT 200 SHY OF WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. SO THAT'S A BIG CROWD. JUST SOME OTHER INTERESTING FACTS THAT THE MEDIAN AGE WAS 31 YEARS OLD, AND EVERYBODY STAYED HERE ABOUT 58 MINUTES. AND THIS DATA THAT WE GET, I JUST LIKE TO LOOK AT SHOWS WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE THEY CAME TO THE TACO FESTIVAL, WHERE THEY WENT AFTER AND THEY WENT HOME. SO THAT MEANS WE CAN KEEP THEM HERE LONGER NEXT YEAR. SO YES. ANYWAY, TERRELL WON THE TERRELL'S TOP TACO FOR THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW, AND ZOE AND EMMA'S CAFE WON THE TOP DESSERT FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. SO. OKAY, RUN FOR THE WALL. THIS WAS THE 36TH ANNUAL RIDE, AND WE HAVE BEEN A FUEL STOP HERE FOR A ALMOST ALL OF THAT TIME, IF NOT ALL OF IT.AND THERE'S ALL OF THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ASSISTED WITH THAT. AND THEN I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS LOOKS THIS WAY ON HERE. IT DIDN'T LOOK THAT WAY IN THE PRESENTATION, DID IT? SO SORRY, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE CELEBRATE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS DAY IS MAY 19TH, AND THERE'S PICTURES OF YOU ALL OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I WILL I TOLD MARK TODAY, I SAID I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH AN ACTIVE COUNCIL. SO ANYWAY, KUDOS TO YOU ALL FOR
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GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST BEING HERE ON TUESDAY NIGHTS. OKAY. THE NEXT WAS THE BEN GILL PARK CONCESSION STAND RIBBON CUTTING. ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. YOU CAN SEE THERE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT IT TOOK TO COORDINATE THAT AND TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR BEING ON SITE TO HOST THE RIBBON CUTTING. SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE MAYOR INTENTIONALLY TRIED TO BLOCK MY FACE SO IT WOULDN'T BE IN THE PICTURE THERE. HE ALMOST WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED. SO ANYWAY. AND THEN I HATE IT THAT DENA LEFT BECAUSE THIS WAS A WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION FOR DENA'S 24 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, SHE'S ONLY THE EIGHTH RECIPIENT TO RECEIVE A KEY. SINCE THIS PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2021. SO SHE DOES A LOT FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THEN THERE'S THE FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE DEDICATION. I WAS ON VACATION FOR A LOT OF THIS, SO THANK GOODNESS FOR PEYTON. THAT WAS OUT AND ABOUT TAKING PICTURES.SO SHE DID A GREAT JOB. AND THEN HERE'S OUR LIST OF NEW EMPLOYEES. AND I JUST THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE. NOW WE HAVE INTERNS, WE HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LETTING THE KIDS GET ON THEIR APPARATUS. AND WE HAVE THE YOUTH COUNCIL AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER. SO WE'RE WE'RE STARTING TO RECRUIT THEM YOUNG AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO RETIREMENT. AND WE HAVE MIKE WHITE OVER THERE FOR HIS 21 YEARS OF SERVICE BEING HONORED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE INTERNS NAME AT THE BOTTOM. AND WE HAVE 27 LIFEGUARDS. SO YES, THERE YOU GO. THERE'S THE SUMMER READING KICK OFF THAT GOT RESCHEDULED. AND I JUST LOVE THIS LITTLE GIRL ON THE LEFT. I DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS, BUT LOOK AT HER. SHE'S ALL IN HER LITTLE DINO UNIFORM AND LOOKING ALL THE PARTS. SO. AND THERE'S A QUOTE FROM OUR FACEBOOK PAGE ABOUT WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME. AND THIS WAS FROM A PARENT. SO ANYWAY, THIS IS ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT. YES, THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES I HAVE ENROLLED I AM. HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE YOU READ SO FAR? ONLY THREE, BUT I HAVE 12 1250 MINUTES COUNTING MINUTES OF READING. I'M GOING FOR THE GOLD. NOT THAT SHE'S GOING FOR THE GOLD. IT'S LIKE WE HAVE THE LIBRARY ALONG WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CALENDAR OF EVENTS FROM THE LIBRARY. SO THANK YOU, BECCA AND I WANTED TO BRAG ON BECCA AND HER STAFF BECAUSE IT WAS A RESCHEDULED EVENT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, AND THEY STILL HAD OVER 450 PEOPLE ATTEND. I KNOW I DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A RAIN DATE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE LIKE, YES, WE ARE. SO THAT WAS GREAT. IT WAS WONDERFUL. OKAY.
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST FRIDAY. SEE IF Y'ALL CAN SAY THIS WITH ME. FIRST FRIDAY FAMILY FUN EVENT AT THE POOL. AND IT WAS AT CAPACITY. SO IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE SUCCESS. AND SHERRY'S ALREADY SO EXCITED BECAUSE THE NEXT THEME, WHICH WILL BE JUNE THE 26TH, IS 80S NIGHT. SO Y'ALL COME DRESSED APPROPRIATELY FOR WITH YOUR BIG HAIR AND ALL THAT. ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN OUR DISPATCHERS, I DON'T THIS HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS. YOU KNOW HOW MANY CHIEF THIRD. FOURTH. ANYWAY, THIS IS A GREAT DEAL THEY DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S 911 CARES AND THEY COLLECT SCHOOL SUPPLIES. AND SO NICE. BUBBA'S 33 BRAND NEW RESTAURANT. THEY CALLED US AND SAID, CAN WE BE A DROP OFF POINT? OF COURSE THEY SAID YES. SO THERE'S ANGIE DROP OFF AND HAVE A WONDERFUL MEAL. THERE YOU GO. SO IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY. THAT IS THROUGH JULY 30TH. SOCCER MANIA AND ANGIE MAY WANT TO COME UP HERE AND ASSIST WITH THIS, BUT THIS KICKED OFF ON JUNE THE 14TH. THIS IS THE CHAMBER'S CAMPAIGN TO KEEP VISITORS THAT ARE IN PERIL WHERE THEY CAN HAVE WATCH PARTIES. THEY CAN DO A LOT OF FUN THINGS HERE AND NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE ACTUAL MATCHES. IT'S NOT VISITORS, IT'S CASH BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THEM GOING TO ARLINGTON OR DALLAS OR ROCKWALL TO HAVE TERROR. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE STREETS DECORATED. I KNOW CJ'S BEEN WORKING HARD ON GETTING THE STREETS DECORATED, AND WE'VE GOT TEN LOCATIONS OR 11 LOCATIONS THAT YOU STOP AND YOU DROP OFF AND YOU GET THESE TRADING CARDS THAT TELL YOU A
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BIT ABOUT THE STORES. THIS IS A CITY'S TEAM, IS IT NOT? OF COURSE, THE GOALKEEPER HERE.AND THEN YOU COLLECT THEM ALL AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO WIN A GAMING SYSTEM. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. SO. BUT YES, COME OUT AND SHOP LOCAL GUYS. THAT'S THE GAME OF YES OF THE GAME. SO YES.
ANYWAY, WE I'M GOING TO ADD I DON'T I DON'T PLEASE PARTICIPATE. YES. WELL I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM I'M GOING TO GIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THEIR FIRST CARD. YES. BUT Y'ALL Y'ALL ARE ON YOUR OWN TO GET THE REST OF THEM. BUT THE LIBRARY IS OUR COLLECTION POINT FOR OUR CARDS. AND SO PLEASE GO VISIT THE LIBRARY. BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU ALL A CARD, BUT YOU HAVE TO GO GET THE REST. HOW DO WE GET A CITY OF TERRELL SOCCER JERSEY? I KNOW, THEY'RE SO COOL. AWESOME. BUT WE JUST THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A FUN WAY. ACTUALLY, DEMETER WORKED ON THE CARD WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ANGIE STAFF, AND WE JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A FUN WAY TO PROMOTE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE FIELDS THAT CAN MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR OUR FIELDS AND GIVE US SOME EXPOSURE TO SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY, YOU KNOW, BE OUT OF TOWN VISITORS. AND THEN THIS I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO ATTEMPT, BUT I GAVE Y'ALL ALL A PRINTED COPY OF IT. BUT THIS IS JUST A SMALL GLIMPSE OF HOW BUSY THE CITY IS. AND ALSO THE CHAMBER. AND JESSICA'S BACK THERE WITH HER HERITAGE NIGHT MARKET AND WINE WALK. BUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT USED TO SAY THERE'S NOTHING TO DO IN TERRELL, GIVE THEM A COPY OF THIS. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. OH, YES. YES YES YES. OKAY. ON JUNE THE 28TH AT 3 P.M. LEGEND BROWN, WHO HAS PRODUCED I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY NOW MULTIPLE. HE PRIMARILY DOES CHRISTIAN FILMS. HE IS GOING TO DO THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HIS NEWEST FILM CALLED WHERE IS YOUR FAITH AT FILM ALLEY AT 3:00. AND SO THE TICKETS RANGE FROM 15 TO $30. AND THERE'S DETAILS ON THE CHAMBERS. MUSEUM WEBSITE. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. AND SO Y'ALL TRY TO MAKE IT OUT FOR THAT. WE WILL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU ALISON. YOU'RE WELCOME. DONE A LOT.
WE'VE HAD LOTS OF GOOD NEWS. YES, THAT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL REPORTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. SHOUT OUT TO JESSICA KING AND THE TERRELL HERITAGE MUSEUM FOR PUTTING TOGETHER SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. JESSICA, I SEE YOU BACK THERE. OKAY. NOW
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WE'RE GOING TO BUSINESS. OUR FIRST BUSINESS ITEM IS 8-081. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CROSSROADS PARK DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE AND UPDATE REGARDING THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE LOCAL PARK GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION. AND WE WILL HAVE ASSISTANT. WELL, NO, YOU'RE JUST CHRIS. YOU'RE THE YOU'RE THE YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR. SORRY I APOLOGIZE, I WAS READING FROM MY NOTES COME UP HERE. SO YEAH SO COUNCIL WANT TO BRING FOR YOU THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD BEFORE CONCERNING THE GOLD, THE GOLD PARK GOLD STAR PARK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE CROSSROADS AREA, ABOUT THAT ONE TIME WAS GOING TO BE USED AT THE FACILITY. NOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO COME TO FRUITION. AND NOW WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE CROSSROADS PARK DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT? IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AGAINST THE AMERICAN WAY LOCATION. HERE'S A PIC OF PICTORIAL OF WHAT'S BEEN CONCEPT PLANNED BEFORE ON THIS. AND THIS IS A GRANT THAT IS ACHIEVED AT $750,000. SO I'LL OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. CHRIS, IF WE WEREN'T TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR PARK PLAN, DO WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FUNDS FOR A DIFFERENT PLAN? OR IS IT KIND OF THIS PLAN OR NOTHING? SO YOU COULD GO FROM A DIFFERENT PLAN IF YOU ELECT TO, BUT THERE'S BE ENGINEERING COST ON TOP OF THAT THAT WE'D ALREADY INCUR. OKAY, SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE ENGINEERING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PART. SO IT MAKES IT EASY TO KIND OF GO AHEAD AND GET IT DONE. YES. I THEREFORE, I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY REASON NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CREATING A PARK THAT WE'RE GETTING GRANT MONEY FOR. YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT THE PLAN, HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SOME PAVILIONS AND PICNIC TABLES.[00:50:02]
THE IT SAYS THE PLAYGROUND TO BE PROVIDED BY THE OWNER IS THAT THE OWNER OF THE OF THE GEORGE ALLEN AND THE PROPERTY, GEORGE AND JUSTIN. OKAY. THE ONES DID THE CROSSROADS, THE CROSSROADS AREA THERE. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. OKAY. I MEAN, I, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD. WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE GRANT MONEY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THE GRANT IS 750,000. WILL WE HAVE ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE? ANY PORTION. YES.SO THE REMAINING BALANCE I BELIEVE THIS WAS AT 1.5, 1.6 MILLION, I BELIEVE. SO THE REMAINING BALANCE WOULD BE THE CITY. OKAY. SO THE GRANT COVERS HALF ROUGHLY THE HALF. OKAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE CONTINUOUSLY TWEAKED AND LOOKED AT AND EVALUATED. AND STAFF IS STILL HAPPY WITH THE DESIGN. IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO CHANGE OR YOU'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE HAVE? AND PRETTY MUCH OVERALL. YES. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. SO THE WHOLE INTENT IS REALLY TO SCRUB IT NOW. BUT THERE THIS HAS GONE THROUGH ABOUT 2 OR 3 ITERATIONS. OKAY.
OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, FIRST, IS PART OF IT STILL RUN ALONGSIDE THE SORT OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH AREA BACK THERE BEHIND? OR DO WE KIND OF CUT THAT PIECE OFF? OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT. THERE WOULD BE A TRAIL THAT ACTUALLY GOES ALL THE WAY FROM AMERICAN WAY OVER TO THE PARK, SORT OF A JOGGING OR WALKING TRAIL THAT LEADS TO THE PARK AND YOU CAN OKAY, LOTS, ETC. BENCHES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. IF THERE IS NO OTHER QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PARK DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE AND UPDATE? MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CROSS ROADS, PARK DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE AND UPDATE REGARDING THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE LOCAL GRANT APPLICATION. I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES THOMAS AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I I THOSE OPPOSED. THERE.
HEARING NONE, THE MOTION PASSES. DO I HAVE TO HIT THE GAVEL? OKAY. DID I DO THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
AND NOW WE GO ON TO SECTION EIGHT TWO, WHICH IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FUNDING REQUESTS FOR THE NORTH TEXAS LONGHORNS SUMMER TRACK CLUB TO ASSIST WITH TRANSPORTATION AND LODGING EXPENSES FOR ATHLETES COMPETING IN THE 2026 TEXAS AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION SUMMER GAMES IN COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. AND WE WILL HEAR FROM RAELYNN SMITH, YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL REQUEST FROM THE NORTH TEXAS LONGHORN SUMMER TRACK CLUB ASSOCIATION. I DO HAVE COACH WILLIS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST, YOU HAVE HELPED SPONSOR THESE KIDS THAT ARE TRAVELING OUT OF STATE FOR THE TRACK MEET. IF YOU'LL NOTE IN THE STAFF COMMENTS, WE DID WANT TO MAKE CITY COUNCIL AWARE OF THESE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH IS THAT WE WE'RE NOT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE EXACT AMOUNT OF FUNDING, BUT JUST THAT IT BE A GENERAL GRANT AND NOT NECESSARILY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LODGING OR TRANSPORTATION, JUST SIMPLY FOR LIABILITY PURPOSES. SO ANY STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD JUST BE THE APPROVAL OF AN A GRANT AMOUNT IF Y'ALL CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO BRING UP COACH WILLIS. I DID ASK HIM TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. YES. CAN THE COACH COME FORWARD? AND DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. HOW MUCH HAVE YOU RAISED SO FAR? THIS FOR? FOR THIS TRIP. AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION. SOMETIMES WE DO CHARTER BUSSES. IT'S MORE FEASIBLE FOR US TO DO RENTAL VANS, AS NOTED. AND I THINK THE PRICE WAS LIKE, YEAH, I SEE THE PRICE 2000. YEAH. MY QUESTION WAS HOW MUCH HAVE YOU RAISED SO FAR? WE WE HAVEN'T RAISED ANYTHING SO FAR. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING DONATIONS. OKAY. AND, AND HAVE THE KIDS DO FUNDRAISERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF DOING ALL THAT. WE DO
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HAVE BUSINESSES IN THE CITY THAT THAT DO HELP OUT AND SPONSOR. AND THEN WE DO HAVE THE KIDS WORK AS WELL. OKAY. AND BEFORE WE GET GOING, IF YOU DON'T MIND, YOU TAKE DOWN I KNOW ME BEING A MEMBER OF THE LIONS CLUB, WE'VE IN THE PAST HAVE HAVE DONATED. PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM TO THE LIONS CLUB. OKAY. DO THE PARENTS HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY IN GETTING THEIR KIDS THERE? DO THEY GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT TOWARD THE TRIP OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? WE HAVE PARENTS THAT DO PARTICIPATE AND ARE GOOD ABOUT TAKING THEIR KIDS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE NOT, AND WE TRY TO SHOULDER THAT RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE KIDS TO MISS OUT JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A PARENT CAN'T AFFORD TO GO OR DON'T WANT TO GO OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND WE HAVE A LARGE MAJORITY OF KIDS THAT FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY, AND WE DON'T WANT THE KIDS TO MISS OUT. WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENTED KIDS HERE IN TERRELL, AND WE WANT TO TAKE THEM AND LET THEM, YOU KNOW, DISPLAY THEIR TALENT. WAS NOTHING STANDARD THAT YOU SAY, HEY, THIS KID'S GOING TO GO HERE, WE NEED $50. IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT. SET IN STONE. THE REGISTRATION FEE IS 1250125 AND YOU GET INTO UNIFORM CALLS. AND TO ACTUALLY REGISTER THE KID IN, IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AS WELL AS A YOU AND USA AND ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, COST, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PRICES. I THINK REGISTRATION IS LIKE MAYBE 25, A $40, YOU KNOW, USA $50. YEAH. SO WE TRY TO REGISTER IN ALL THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE KIDS, ESPECIALLY THE OLDER KIDS, THEY WANT TO IT OUT AND, YOU KNOW, GET DISPLAYED AND LET THE COLLEGES SEE THEIR TIMES AND THEIR WORK AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND SO IF THEY ASK TO BE REGISTERED IN USA OR, OR A U. WE TRY TO PUT THEM IN THAT. AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT IS HAVE THEM REGISTERED BEFOREHAND BEFORE REGISTRATION CLOSES.YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT 85 YOUNG ADULTS, YOUNG THIS YEAR. WE'VE SEEN A TREMENDOUS GROWTH. WE'RE UP TO 135 AT THIS POINT. AND WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO COME IN. SO THE GROWTH OF THE CITY. YEAH, WE'RE AT 135 ALREADY BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH OF THE CITY, I BELIEVE. AND WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF NEW PEOPLE, A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE COMING IN. AND SO OUR NUMBERS ARE GROWING AND WE ANTICIPATE HAVING AT LEAST 180 TO TRAVEL TO THE MEET. ALL THOSE KIDS WON'T MAKE IT, UNFORTUNATELY. THEY TAKE TOP 3 OR 4 THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SO IT'LL BE A PROCESS OF THEM QUALIFYING TO GO TO STATE, REGIONAL. AND LIKE I SAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENTED KIDS HERE IN TRURO. SO NORMALLY WE WE, WE DO TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 70 TO 80 KIDS OUT OF OUR NUMBERS.
COACH IN THE PAST, HOW HAVE YOU FUNDED THIS IN THE PAST? THE CITY HAS HELPED OUT QUITE A BIT.
WE'VE GOT DONATIONS FROM BUSINESSES AND LIKE I SAY, WE GET THE KIDS. SOME OF THEM WILL DO CAR WASHES OR, OR, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT WE DO IS WE SEE WHAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, AND, AND ONCE WE START GETTING TO THAT POINT, WE KNOW WE NEED, WE NEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT. WE JUST HAVE TO GET OUT AND WORK HARD AND TRY TO GET THERE. SO HOW DO YOU TYPICALLY SOLICIT THOSE FUNDS? DO YOU SORT OF HAVE PUBLIC FUNDRAISERS? YOU SAID A CAR WASH. DO YOU KIND OF GO BUSINESS TO BUSINESS DOOR TO DOOR? HOW DO YOU BUSINESS TO BUSINESS FOR THE MOST PART. AND THEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS BECAUSE THE THE TEAM IS BROKE DOWN INTO GROUPS EIGHT AND UNDER TEN AND UNDER 12 AND UNDER 14 AND ALL THE WAY UP TO 18. AND THAT'S BOYS AND GIRLS.
SO EACH INDIVIDUAL GROUP, WE HAVE GOOD COACHES THAT GO OUT. ONE OF OUR GROUPS, THEY LIKE TO DO BARBECUE. SO THEY DO A BARBECUE PLATE LUNCH SALE. YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE AT ONE OF THE BUSINESSES, SOME GROUPS ARE, ARE WELL CONNECTED WITH, WITH, WITH BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. SO THEY'LL GET THEIR FUNDING FROM BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY. SO LIKE I SAY, WE, WE, WE, WE GET A TARGET AMOUNT, FIND OUT WHAT WE NEED, HOW MANY KIDS WERE TAKEN, AND THEN WE, WE GO FROM THERE. I DO APPRECIATE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT, YOU KNOW, TO AVOID SORT OF ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, APPROACHING THIS LIKE A, JUST AN OVERALL GRANT FOR YOUTH, YOU KNOW, YOUTH PROGRAMING. BUT KEN, DO WE HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW MUCH WE'RE GRANTING SPECIFICALLY? IS THAT JUST KIND OF WHAT THEY'VE OUTLINED HERE AS FAR AS THEIR, THEIR SPECIFIC EXPENSES COVERING THE FULL $3,781? THAT'S THE GRANT. IS THAT THE IDEA? NO. WHAT'S THE WHAT IS THE GRANT FOR WHAT AMOUNT? THE TOTAL AMOUNT. WE. YEAH. 7000.
OKAY. A COMBINATION OF THE HOTEL STAY AND THE TRAVEL EXPENSES. YES. QUESTION ABOUT.
THAT. OKAY. SO COACH, HOW CAN YOU TELL US HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE NOW? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK, I KNOW HOUSTON SMITH DONATED 250. WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT DONATED SEVEN DAYS, DONATED 250.
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AND SO LIKE I SAY, WE'RE ONGOING WITH THE DONATIONS AND THEY WILL COME IN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL DONATE, BUT IT'S NORMALLY IN THE 200 100 RANGE, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO RAISE 7000 THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT NEEDS TO BE, BUT THAT'S JUST FOR TRANSPORTATION AND ON LODGING. YES. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE FOOD AND CLOTHING UNIFORMS. WE WE TRY TO GET, I THINK IN THE PAST, DEANS HAVE BEEN GOOD ABOUT DONATING FOOD. AND WE TELL THE PARENTS THAT WE'LL TRY TO TAKE CARE OF TWO NIGHTS OF THE THREE NIGHT STAY, AND THEN THE KIDS ARE ON THEIR OWN AFTER THAT. YOU KNOW, THE HOTEL ITSELF HAS BREAKFAST, SO WE DON'T REALLY WORRY ABOUT BREAKFAST. BUT AS FAR AS LUNCH AND DINNER, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO TELL THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, WE TELL THEM THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT ANY, ANY OF THE KIDS TO GO DOWN THERE AND NOT HAVE ANYTHING. SO WE TRY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. ARE ALL OF THESE KIDS TERRELL RESIDENTS? MOST OF THEM ARE NOT ALL OF THEM. NOT ALL OF THEM. SOME OF THEM ARE HAVE TERRELL AFFILIATION, LIKE THE PARENTS ARE FROM TERRELL OR WENT TO TERRELL. OKAY. AND THEY MOVE OUTSIDE THE CITY. ARE THEY OUT OF THE KAUFMAN AREA OR. YES, THEY ARE KAUFMAN, KAUFMAN COUNTY. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF SUMMER TRACK TEAMS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT GOING TO DRIVE TOO FAR, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE A PART WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PROGRAMS IN THE AREA. BUT IN THE PAST, AS THE CITY OF TERRELL COVERED THE BULK OF YOUR EXPENSES. YES. OKAY. OKAY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I RECALL THIS COMING BEFORE US. IS THAT JUST TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN. I'M NOT. WHAT'S THAT? THIS IS A FIRST. YEAH. AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD WITH TRANSPARENCY, WE WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO YOU ALL.THIS IS TYPICALLY BEEN HANDLED THROUGH CITY MANAGER AND GLENN CALDWELL. YEAH. THEY THEY WOULD WORK TOWARDS THIS, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO BRING TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. MARK, CAN I ADD THE TWO NUMBERS UP. I GET SIX $6,613.70. WHEN IS WHEN ARE Y'ALL GOING. IS THIS AUGUST? YES. END OF JULY 30TH. EARLY AUGUST. JULY THE 31ST THROUGH AUGUST THE 3RD. YOU SAID NOT ALL KIDS WOULD WOULD MAKE IT RIGHT. SO BY JUNE OR BY JULY, IN THE CLOSE TO AUGUST, YOU'LL HAVE MORE KIDS OR MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN 85. YES, YOU COULD HAVE MORE THAN 85 KIDS GOING. I DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, IN FUNDING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, THAT WE COULD BE SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU FUND A PROGRAM HERE, ANOTHER ONE COMES FORWARD AND SAYS, WELL, WE, WE LIKE OURS FUNDED AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE CONSISTENT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE YES, I, I AGREE, COACH, I, THIS IS MY CONCERN. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. WHAT MONIES YOU HAVE, HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST, WHAT'S YOUR TOTAL COST AND. AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE ON A FIGURE ON WHAT THE GRANT WILL BE. CAN WE MAKE A MOTION THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A MONETARY NUMBER AT THIS TIME. OR SHOULD WE HAVE A MONETARY NUMBER AT THIS TIME? OKAY. I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW MEANINGFUL IT WOULD BE TO JUST SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT SOMETHING WITHOUT ANY REAL CLEAR. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. YEAH, I APOLOGIZE, IS IT POSSIBLE, COACH, FOR YOU TO GET US THOSE NUMBERS? AND I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO A LATER DATE, TO A LATER DATE. WHAT WOULD BE THE LATEST? YOU NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING FROM US, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH. IF WE HAVE SOME US, SOME STUDENTS FROM HERE. AND I WOULD SAY JULY THE 1ST, JULY 1ST. SO THAT'S ABOUT TWO WEEKS OUT. WE'LL BE RIGHT BEFORE OUR REGIONAL MEETING AND THEN THAT'LL BE DANGEROUS. SO THIS IS THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WE COULD POTENTIALLY. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS. SO JUST BEING RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THOSE TAX DOLLARS ON OUR RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER SPENDING MONEY ON. THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF EXPENDITURES THAT EXTEND BEYOND OUR RESIDENTS, OUR CITIZENS. YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE US. AT THAT TIME. OKAY, OKAY. LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION.
AND WITH THE NUMBERS CHANGE, IF YOU HAVE MORE STUDENTS GOING, ARE WE PRETTY LOCKED IN? NOT
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DRASTICALLY. NOT NOT. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH AT OUR OUR PEAK, OUR REGISTRATION. I WOULD SAY WE STILL HAVE SOME COMING IN AND THE THE NUMBERS HAVE ONLY CHANGED IF WE HAVE A LOT MORE KIDS QUALIFYING. AND THEN. BUT I DON'T REALLY SEE THAT HAPPENING. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. LET ME SHARE THIS WITH STAFF TOO. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF PEOPLE VERSUS PEOPLE IN THE KAUFMAN COUNTY AREA. CAN YOU GIVE HER THAT BREAKDOWN AND SHE CAN SHARE THAT WITH US. OKAY. OKAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM WITH AMENDED CHANGES REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL. FOR OUR JULY 2ND. SEVENTH MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THAT? YOU MADE THE MOTION. I MEAN, YES, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. I MADE A MOTION. I MADE THE MOTION, AND COUNCILMAN ROBESON MADE THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I THOSE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. AND NOW WE'RE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 8.3. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARD OF UTILITY CUT AND PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE REPAIR CONTRACT. AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BERNIE PARKER. EVENING MAYOR PRO TEM GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING. AS FAR AS FOR CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU GUYS TONIGHT IS AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR OUR UTILITY CUTS. AND I KNOW SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE LOVES TO TALK ABOUT STREETS WITHIN OUR CITY. AND AS FAR AS THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE, NOT ONLY WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE COMING IN, BUT ALSO WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. IF YOU REPAIR OUR STREET WHENEVER WE DO UTILITY CUTS. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACK HISTORY ON THIS, WE WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF TRANSITION OF LEADERSHIP IN OUR PUBLIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT, AND WE'VE HAD A HAD SOMEWHAT OF A MISS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THAT REALLY WAS THE IMPETUS BEHIND THIS CONTRACT THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 55 UTILITY CUTS THAT CONSIST OF ANYWHERE FROM DRIVEWAY REPAIRS. WE HAVE SIDEWALK REPAIRS ON THERE. ALSO, THERE IS ASPHALT REPAIRS AND THEN CONCRETE AS WELL. WE INITIALLY WERE GOING TO BRING THIS ITEM TO YOU IN MAY, AND THROUGH THE CHANGE OF A FEW OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE THOSE TIME FRAMES WITH THE SOLICITATION FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD GET ON THIS. WE DID RECEIVE SOME THAT, AND WE CAN COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY. AGAIN, WE FOUND A DISCREPANCY INITIALLY WITH THAT, THAT BID. SO WE DISQUALIFIED ALL ONES AND WE REDID THE THING AGAIN. AND AS YOU SEE WITHIN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAD THREE BIDS. WE HAD THE LOWEST BID, A MEDIUM AND A HIGH IN THE CONCRETE. SAWING UTILITY CUTS WAS THE LOWEST APPLICANT. AND THERE IS A DISPARITY WITHIN THOSE NUMBERS. SO ONE OF THE REASONS WE INITIALLY DID THAT, WE WANTED TO GET WITH OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, WITH OUR INSPECTORS, TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE VET THIS OUT PROPERLY AND THAT WE'RE IN PROPER COMMUNICATION WITH THESE CONTRACTORS BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR CITIZENS, BUT ALSO OUR CONTRACTORS THAT ARE BIDDING ON THE JOBS AS WELL. SO THEREFORE, I KNOW CHRIS'S TEAM, OUR TEAM WITHIN THE UTILITIES VETTED THIS OUT. THEY PRESENTED IT HAD ALL THE NUMBERS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, SQUARE YARDAGE, LINEAR FEET, AND THEY CAME BACK AND THEY BID ON THIS AS WELL. I WILL BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TELL YOU, I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I SAW THE THREE ONES COMING IN MYSELF AND MARK SAT DOWN, BUT WE CALLED CHRIS AND WE WENT THROUGH AND WE VOTED IT OUT. AND THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE. I WANT TO ASSURE THE COUNCIL THAT WE ARE STEADILY TRYING TO WORK TO EARN YOUR TRUST BACK IN THIS REGARD, BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE SPOKE TO A FEW OF YOU GUYS WITHIN YOUR DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH UTILITY CUTS, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO MYSELF, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CHRIS AND IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT WORKS IN UTILITIES THAT WE DO HAVE PRIDE IN OUR WORK, AND WE'RE ENSURING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD WITHIN OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF DOING THIS. SO AS I SAID, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 55 UTILITY ONES THAT ARE ON THERE.WE DO HAVE A PROCEDURE IN PLACE NOW THAT WE'RE FIXING IT. SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU DURING OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP WILL CONSIST OF MAYBE OUTSOURCING THIS IN
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FUTURE, MAYBE AT AND WE'LL GIVE YOU DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO CONSIDER IT AS WELL. BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. MYSELF AND CHRIS, ARE THERE ANY THIS THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND I'VE BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE TO WHERE EVERY TIME UTILITY CUT IS DONE, IT TRIGGERS A RESPONSE THAT WE GO BACK AND DO A SITE RESTORATION AND MAKE SURE IT'S, IT'S REPAIRED. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO REQUEST. IT JUST AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERS IT. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE WITH WITH THIS VENDOR POLICIES? WHEN YOU HAVE A UTILITY ON THIS LIST, AND I WOULD BE PART OF THIS TOO, IT'S NOT ONLY UTILITY CUTS, BUT AS FAR AS WE HAD ON SOUTH ROCKWELL, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PROBABLY DATES BACK TO NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, WHEN WE HAD A SEWER ISSUE. WE HAD A BREAK AND WE HAD A WATER. ALL OF OUR UTILITIES GO RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF SOUTH ROCKWELL, SO WE HAD TO GO OUT THERE AND REPLACE A BIG PORTION OF IT. AND TO BE TRANSPARENT, WE WERE JUST GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LEADERSHIP CHANGE AND THEN THE BALL GOT DROPPED. THERE'S NO OTHER WAY OF SAYING IT. WE ADMIT THAT WE MADE A MISTAKE AND THAT WE'RE HERE TO RECTIFY IT. UNDERSTANDABLE. AND SO THAT'S THERE IS A POLICY. ONCE WE MAKE A UTILITY CUT, WE COME BACK AND WE PUT A BASE IN.WE'RE TRYING TO GET A COMPACTION ON THAT. WHEREAS IF YOU WHAT WE'RE SEEING, IF YOU COME BACK AND PUT A ROAD BASE DOWN AND THEN YOU PUT COLD MIX RIGHT ON TOP OF IT AGAIN, THEN IT'S GOING TO RAIN, SETTLE DOWN, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN INVERTED SPEED SPEED HUMP. SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS AS FAR AS MAYBE PURCHASING A LITTLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING FOR COLD MIX, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME HOT MIX WHERE WE CAN PUT A TACK DOWN AND WE HAVE COMPACTORS, WE CALL THEM JUMPING JACKS THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND COMPACT THAT.
AND BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU, I KNOW MYSELF, I KNOW CHRIS AND I KNOW, MR. MILLS, WHAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING OUT THERE IS NOT WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO PUT OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE THERE'S SO MANY TIMES WE'VE WE'VE FIXED THESE STREETS OR RESURFACED THEM. AND WE GO BACK A FEW MONTHS LATER AND WE TEAR THEM UP, YOU KNOW, THE UTILITY CUTS, THEN THEY'RE REPAIRED POORLY. SO WE END UP WITH A DAMAGED STREET. I LOVE THIS IDEA AND USING A VENDOR, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO KIND OF MOVING FORWARD. SO THIS PARTICULAR ESTIMATE IS NOT TO CORRECT THE ONES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST. THIS IS THIS AMOUNT IS GOING FORWARD. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE EACH TIME THE ONES THAT ARE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU AND I, WHEN WE WENT ON WENT ON CHARLES LANE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON POINSETTIAS. OKAY. POINSETTIAS. SURE. CARTWRIGHT.
WE TOOK CARE OF THAT ONE TODAY BECAUSE, OKAY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT'S GOT OFF THE LIST.
SO OKAY, SOUTH ROCKWALL IS ON THERE. SO WE HAVE ONES WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT, EVERY DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS TO ADDRESS THE THE ONES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST. CORRECT. OKAY. THIS IS JUST FOR THAT. AND THEN SO WE'LL ENGAGE THE SAME CONTRACTOR FOR FUTURE UTILITY CUTS. WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK AN OPTION FOR YOU THIS COUNCIL DURING BUDGET TO UTILIZE THAT MOVING FORWARD.
BECAUSE ONE THING YOU ARE SEEING IT WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN, WHEN THEY ARE DOING A UTILITY CUT, THEY DO PAY FEES TOWARDS THAT OR WHEN THEY'RE DOING INFILL. LOTS JUST WANT TO BE SPECIFIC. AND SO YOU HAVE PERCENTAGES GOING, THIS IS NOT COMING OUT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND.
THIS IS ALL COMING OUT OF YOUR ENTERPRISE FUND. AND SO THEREFORE, YOU'RE ABLE TO GO BACK AND MAKE THAT THAT REPAIR, NOT IT'S, IT'S GOING TO PAY FOR YOUR PIPE, IT'S GOING TO PAY FOR YOUR MAN HOURS, IT'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE WATER METER, ETCETERA, ETCETERA. AND THEN CONTINGENT ON BECAUSE ONCE WE GO OUT THERE AND MAKE A CUT, WE COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S 12IN, 24IN, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE GET IN THERE. FOR EXAMPLE, CLAY TILE WITHIN OUR SEWER, IF YOU EVEN SNEEZE ANYWHERE REMOTELY AROUND LIKE TOWEL, EVERYTHING, JUST BREAK IT. AND SO THEN WE GOT TO COME BACK AND CUT SOME MORE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A PERFECT SCIENCE EVERY TIME THAT WE DO IT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO COME BACK AND REPAIR IT. SOMETIMES IT'S A WIN AND SOMETIMES IT'S IT'S NOT A WIN. SO IS THE HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD, OUR PROCESS WILL BE THAT WE CAN DO THESE REPAIRS, THESE SITE RESTORATIONS OURSELVES. WE'RE EVALUATING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE IT'S MORE COST BENEFICIAL ONE AND SECONDLY, QUALITY OF WORK. SO TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO AND DO THIS, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON EQUIPMENT AND THEN LOOK AT A MORE OF A SPECIALIZED EMPLOYEE THAT'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADHERE TO THAT. SO THAT'S PART OF OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL HAVE WITHIN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP. I'M OF THE OPINION THAT THAT'S A A CORE CITY FUNCTION. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR OUR ROADS WHEN THEY'RE DAMAGED. SO I I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF GETTING THE, WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, TO MANAGE OUR STREETS AND FIX, YOU KNOW, UTILITY CUTS, REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED, POTHOLES, ETC. I THINK THAT'S REALLY KEY TO US MAINTAINING OUR ROADS RATHER THAN JUST ENGAGING A CONTRACTOR EACH TIME THAT KIND OF SERVICE IS NEEDED. COUNCILMAN. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, CUTTING ROADS. YEAH. IF WE CAN COME IN AND WE CAN DO A DIRECTIONAL
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BORE THAT WE CAN GO UNDER THE STREET, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. UNFORTUNATELY, ON A LOT OF OUR OUR UTILITIES THAT WE HAVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THERE'S A SANITARY SEWER GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE OF THE STREET. AND THOSE IDEAL WAY THAT IT WAS ENGINEERED, I THINK THEY WENT TO TEXAS A AND M ON THAT ONE, BUT I'M NOT REALLY. THE POINT IS, IS THAT THAT ONE CUT DEEP WHENEVER WHENEVER IT. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO A DIRECTIONAL BOARD. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. SO I HAVE TO SAY FINAL THING HERE, HOW. I'M ASTONISHED THAT ONE OF THE BIDS WAS $456,000 JUST FOR OUR EXISTING UTILITY CUTS, JUST TO RESTORE THOSE SITES. HOW MANY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? LET ME LET ME KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF YEAR. WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE FIRST SET OF BIDS, THEY WERE THEY WERE QUITE ALL OVER. OKAY. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS CLARITY WITH THE BIDDERS. AND THAT'S WHEN WE BROUGHT IN THE ENGINEERING SIDE AND THE INSPECTORS. WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT WITH THESE BIDDERS AND SAID, LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE. THIS IS THE SIZE, THE DEPTH, THIS IS THE TYPE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF FLAVORS ACROSS THERE. SO THERE'S NOT JUST ONE STOP FIX ON ALL THESE. SO WE WENT THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE. AND SO WE FELT MORE CONFIDENT THAT THERE WAS MORE CLARITY OF WHAT THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS. OF THE 55 OKAY, UTILITY CUTS, THEN IT COMES OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PUT A LOT OF THEORY INTO THIS AND SAY ONE JUST DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO DO IT UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO PAY THAT. YEAH, DO IT IF YOU WANT TO REALLY LET ME DO IT. SO THIS IS THE NOISE THAT CAME OUT IN THE END. AND, AND SO DO YOU. DO WE HAVE AN ITEMIZED LIST OF ALL OF THE UTILITY CUTS WE'RE LOOKING TO REPAIR WITH THIS MONEY. AND LET ME. YES, SIR. AND LET ME ADD THAT B AND B CON CONCRETE. THEY WORKED WITHIN THE CITY OF TERRA BEFORE WE HAD THEM ALL OVER. SO WE'RE. I KNOW CHRIS IS HAPPY WITH THEM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT SOMEBODY THAT HAS NOT WORKED. LET'S SEE. YEAH. OKAY. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE US WITH A REALLY CONCRETE PLAN, YOU KNOW, SO TO SPEAK, GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE THESE WHEN THEY OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.I THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WORK ON IT, SIR. AND THIS IS OUR UTILITY CUTS LIKE SEWER AND WATER. YES, MA'AM. DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THAT WITH THE ATMOS STUFF. THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. WE GOT A LOT TO SAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER COMPANY COMING IN HERE VERY SHORTLY THAT IS GOING TO BE PUTTING IN FIBER OPTICS ALL OVER THE TOWN. AND SO WHETHER IT'S ATMOS OR THIS FIBER OPTIC COMPANY OR WHOEVER, THAT WE WORK WITH THEM TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. SO GENERALLY THE PUBLIC JUST CALLS AND SAYS, HEY, CITY, YOU SCREWED UP MY SEAT AFTER A DRIVEWAY. THEN WE WILL GET INVOLVED AND WE'LL GO OUT AND FIND OUT WHO WAS THE ACTUAL PERSON WE KNOW, WHO'S ON WHAT STREET, AND WE CAN IDENTIFY IS IT ATMOS? AND THEN WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO FIX THAT ROAD. YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDRESSED THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WENT PROPERTY BY PROPERTY OR WHATEVER. REPAIR BY REPAIR. IS IT THE SAME PROCESS? LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUBBASE OR SOME OF THEM NEED DIFFERENT STUFF, BUT THEY ALL BID IT ON THE SAME THINGS AND KNEW WHAT IT NEEDED. AND I'M LOOKING AT THE SAME LINEAR FEET TO HAVE EVERYTHING, SAME CONCRETE AND DO ALL OF OUR SPECS. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO IT'S APPLES TO APPLES. OKAY, THAT'S WHY WE DID IT AGAIN. OKAY. THANK. FIRST TIME I JUST I WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THAT'S WHY I GOT THIS. OKAY. WILL THERE BE ANY TIME FRAME FOR THEM TO START? WHEN DOES TIME FRAME TO START. WE PASS THIS. WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS CONTRACT AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS FAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. THE REASON I WAS ASKING IS WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS BEING DONE ALREADY. SO BY THE TIME WE, WE, WE, WE DO THE WORKSHOP, WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ALREADY DONE. SO WE CAN KIND OF GO SEE THEIR WORK, HOW THEY, HOW, HOW SOME OF THE STUFF IS DOING. THAT WAY WHEN WE DO GO TO WORKSHOP, WE'LL HAVE A KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT KIND OF JOB THEY'VE ALREADY DONE.
OKAY. IS THERE ANY VERBIAGE IN THE CONTRACT ABOUT THE WORK LASTING OR WHAT USE WILL GET OUT OF IT VERSUS YES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S THE REASON WE CHOSE NOT TO PUT IT ON. WHEN YOU WOULD SEE THAT, YOU'RE PROBABLY SEE ADDITIONAL. 4563 90 IN TERMS TESTAMENT TO THAT COST. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS THIS IS GOING TO GET US WHERE WE NEED TO GET IT TO BE BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO TOO, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK ON SOME OF THESE UTILITY UTILITY CUTS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE IN A SMALLER DIVISION THAT THEY PROBABLY HAVE. I KNOW THEY BUILT AT LEAST 4 OR 5 HOUSES ON THERE THAT WE CAN'T WE COULDN'T PUT THEM ON UTILITY EVERY YEAR. WE GOT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WAYS OF REPAIRING THE WHOLE STREET. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME ITEMS COME BACK. AND I'LL TELL YOU, A LOT OF IT HAS IT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
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BUILDING HOUSES AND PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF CARROLL. YOU HAVE A LOT OF INFILL LOTS THAT WERE VACANT. NOW THEY HAVE HOMES ON THEM. SO NOW THEY'RE GOING TO INCREASE OUR AD VALOREM TAXES, WHICH GIVES YOU ADDITIONAL REVENUE. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION ON EIGHT THREE ABOUT AWARDING THE OF UTILITY CUT AND PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE REPAIR CONTRACT MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8.3 MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERSON. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VARGAS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I I I. ALL OPPOSED THE MOTION PASSES. WE NOW MOVE TO 8.4, WHICH IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 3185. GOOD EVENING REBECCA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.WE'RE BRINGING BACK ORDINANCE 3000 185. WE ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THIS TO YOU LAST AUGUST TO ADJUST SOME OF OUR FEES. I DON'T WANT TO SAY FINES AND CHARGES FOR THE LIBRARY. AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO AMEND. ONE IS THEY'RE BOTH REGARDING LIBRARY CARD REGISTRATION FEES. AND THE FIRST IS WE OFFER FREE LIBRARY CARDS TO MINORS. AND IN THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, IT SAID AGES UP TO 12. AND SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT TO AGE UP TO 16 SO THAT WE'RE INCLUDING ALL MINORS. AND THERE'S NO CONFUSION THERE. THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS. THERE. IT IS. WE ARE AN ACCREDITED LIBRARY, AND WE FOUND AS WE WENT THROUGH AND DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE THAT WE WERE CHARGING OR WE HAD PASSED IN THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE TO CHARGE KAUFMAN COUNTY RESIDENTS FOR A LIBRARY CARD. HOWEVER, TO MAINTAIN OUR ACCREDITATION WITH THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION, BECAUSE WE DO ACCEPT FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY, WE CANNOT CHARGE THOSE COUNTY RESIDENTS. YES, FOR CARDS BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY. THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT ENOUGH, BUT THE AMOUNT, THE THE THE AMOUNT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER WHAT THE COUNTY IS GIVING US ANYWAY, SO WE NEED TO AMEND THAT TO. CARDS ARE FREE FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY RESIDENTS AT THIS TIME. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T CHANGE LATER. WHEN THAT'S CORRECT, THAT STAYS THE SAME IN ADJACENT COUNTIES. YES, THAT PART WILL STAY THE SAME. REBECCA, YOU'RE SAYING THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE GETTING, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM COUNTY RESIDENTS. IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT YOU'RE YOU'RE GETTING MORE FROM THE COUNTY THAN YOU WOULD GET USING THE.
OKAY. EVENTUALLY, I THINK WE WOULD GET WE WOULD SURPASS THE AMOUNT WE GET FROM THE COUNTY, BUT IT WOULD TAKE TIME. AND SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO AND SEE HOW WE MIGHT COULD WORK AROUND THIS OR CHANGE SOMETHING, BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE OUR ACCREDITATION. WE'VE BEEN ACCREDITED SINCE THEY STARTED THAT PROCESS IN 1973. WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE FIRST WAVE OF LIBRARIES TO PARTICIPATE AND RECEIVE ACCREDITATION. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAINTAIN THAT. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'RE IN THIS POSITION RIGHT NOW. AND I APOLOGIZE WHEN YOU SAY WE'LL SURPASS IT EVENTUALLY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TEN YEARS JUST ROUGHLY. I MEAN, THREE YEARS. I'M CURIOUS HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO OH, I WOULD SAY I WOULD SAY 3 TO 4, PROBABLY FIVE. WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, AND NOBODY WANTS TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE. AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE CHOSE NOT TO, WHICH A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ENDED UP HAVING TO COME BACK BECAUSE THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER IN THE AREA, WE OFFER IT, YOU CAN'T BEAT IT. AND WHAT THEY WERE PAYING IS LESS THAN WHAT OTHER LIBRARIES WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY OUT OF A NONRESIDENT FEE, BUT IT TAKES TIME FOR THAT FOR PEOPLE TO, TO REALIZE THAT. AND SO IT WASN'T WASN'T AS FINANCIALLY, HONESTLY. YEAH. AND YOU'VE WE'VE PETITIONED THE COUNTY TO LET THEM KNOW WE HAVE THESE KAUFMAN COUNTY RESIDENTS USING THE LIBRARY. THIS IS THE FUNDING WE'RE GETTING. CAN WE GET MORE. WE'VE GONE TO OUR COMMISSIONERS
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AND JUST. NO, NO, I DID NOT. I DID NOT ASK FOR MORE FUNDING LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE LAST, BECAUSE WHEN THE PROCESS STARTED, THEY SAID, YOU YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO INCREASE FUNDING. AND SO, BUT I DO ASK EVERY YEAR, I DO GIVE THEM STATISTICS ON THE NUMBER OF COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT WE SERVE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS. SO THEY'RE AWARE. I HAVE THIS YEAR, I PRESENTED AT THE KAUFMAN COUNTY RESOURCE COALITION MEETING, GAVE THEM AN UPDATE FROM THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THEY WERE BLOWN AWAY. AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THE MORE I DO THAT, THE MORE WE TALK TO THEM, THE MORE WE SERVE THESE INDIVIDUALS. THEY'LL START TALKING ABOUT IT A LITTLE MORE. AND AND THE COUNTY WILL INCREASE THEIR SUPPORT. IT'D BE NICE FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS TO TALK TO THE COUNTY. YES, MA'AM. THEY'RE GETTING RESOURCES AND THEY'RE USING OUR RESOURCES. IT'S SAD THAT THEY WON'T CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE MORE.THAT'S DISAPPOINTING. WELL, YES, MA'AM. YOU SEND OUT A CITIZEN EMAIL OR HOW MANY ARE OR KAUFMAN HOW MANY CARDS ARE OUT THERE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY THAT WE KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA. I HAVE A A QUARTERLY REPORT THAT I CAN SEND TO YOU. GREAT. I THOUGHT YOU WERE ALREADY ON THE LIST, BUT YOU WERE NOT. SO I WILL FIX THAT AS WELL AND GET THAT TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO WE'RE ONLY LOOKING. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A CHANGE OF AGE. CORRECT. AND NO. AND A FREE FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY RESIDENTS. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3185? THE FEE SCHEDULE AMENDING APPENDIX ONE OF THE FEE SCHEDULE. SECTION TWO. MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3185 AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL WOMAN HOLMES. THOMAS. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VARGAS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I I I I THOSE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE NOW MOVE TO EIGHT FIVE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2323. THE PUBLICATION, THE PUBLISHING AND MAILING OF ALL NOTICES. SO I FEEL LIKE WE CONTINUE TO SING THE SAME SONG, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SINGING IT. THIS IS THE ANNEXATION FOR THE BAND. WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE BAND TRUST PROPERTY. THIS IS THE INDUSTRIAL LAND OVER BY NORTH SPUR. THIS IS FOR THE EXTENSION OF RIVERVIEW WAY TO 1392. THIS IS SIMPLY TO ALLOW STAFF TO PUBLISH AND MAIL OUT NOTICES.
YOU WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY THE 7TH, AND THAT'S WHEN. YOU'LL ALSO HAVE THE FIRST READING OF YOUR ANNEXATION ORDINANCE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, THREE, TWO, THREE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2323. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VARGAS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I, I I.
THOSE OPPOSED, THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO 8.6. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2324. THIS RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN SO THAT IT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR. FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH THE POLICE CHIEF TO, UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ACTION REGARDING ANY PARK OPERATIONS DUE TO PUBLIC SAFETY, SEVERE WEATHER, ETCETERA. LOOKING AT OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSES, THIS JUST GIVES THE MAYOR THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO IN CASE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS. AS ALLISON WAS TALKING EARLIER DURING OUR EVENTS AND SUMMER READING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE HAVE LARGE CROWDS THAT ARE GATHERING THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. SO THIS WOULD JUST BE TO MAKE TEMPORARY OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS. IF THE CASE, IF IF THAT HAPPENED TO BE THE CASE, THIS WAS SIMPLY A RESOLUTION.
WE WILL BRING THIS BACK DURING OUR SEPTEMBER ORDINANCE UPDATES TO PUT THIS INTO THE PARK REGULATIONS ORDINANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, RAYLAN. SO BY TEMPORARY OPERATIONAL JUSTICE, WE MEAN SHUTTING THE PARK DOWN. A LOT OF TIMES JUST SAYING, HEY,
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IT'S CLOSED. YES. IF IF THE CROWD GOT TOO LARGE OR IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO FOR A PARTICULAR EVENT WITHIN A PUBLIC SPACE, ETC. OKAY. AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, HELP US OUT WITH SOME OF THESE WE'RE SEEING AROUND THE COUNTRY, SOME OF THESE TEEN TAKEOVER SITUATIONS IN PARKS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. I WOULD IMAGINE YOU COULD RESPOND TO THAT PRETTY QUICKLY. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. YEAH. I, YOU KNOW, MY DAY JOB, I, YOU KNOW, I'M A FARMER IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND I SEE THESE HAPPEN AND SOMETIMES THINGS GET REALLY WILD REALLY QUICKLY. HOW QUICKLY MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR CHIEF. WILL THIS ENABLE US TO TO RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS WE NEED TO, TO SHUT THINGS DOWN OR. OKAY. IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WERE TO OCCUR, THE SAME ACTION, THIS CODIFIES IT AND MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE TEETH. OKAY. I MEAN, AND HOW WOULD THAT LOOK IN PRACTICE WHEN YOU, IF YOU'RE SHUTTING DOWN A PARK AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE JUST TO CONVERGE AT THE ENTRANCES AND YOU JUST BROADCAST THE PARK IS CLOSED, YOU'RE ORDERED TO LEAVE. OKAY, DISPERSE YOU AND YOU HAVE TO DISPERSE YOU IN A DIFFERENT WAY. WE'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. JESUS. TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE. LIKE, HOW WAS THIS DONE? IF WE WERE TO NEED TO DO THIS NOW, YOU WOULD JUST APPROACH AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS. WE NEED Y'ALL TO CLEAR OUT, START LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUAL VIOLATIONS THAT YOU CAN CHARGE. THIS JUST GIVES US AUTHORITY TO SAY THE PARK IS CLOSED. IT'S DONE. SO THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO IT TODAY BEFORE THIS ORDINANCE IS JUST GO THERE AND FIND OKAY.THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN ROBINSON IN REGARDS TO ESPECIALLY WITH THESE TAKEOVERS. I HAD THAT IN MY NOTES HERE TO, TO SAY THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. AND I AM ALL ABOUT KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO JUST HAVE FUN AT THE PARKS, AT OUR PARKS, WE'VE GOT OUR STAFF DOING A WONDERFUL JOB BRINGING OUR FAMILIES OUT. AND SO I WANT EVERYONE TO BE SAFE. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2323. MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 232423232320. I'M SORRY 2324. CORRECT. THANK YOU. A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2324 MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBISON. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HOLMES. THOMAS IS ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I I THOSE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT WAS 8.6. WAS THAT 8.6? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. OH, I WAS BEHIND. I'M SORRY. NOW WE GO TO 8.7. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2327. OUR CITY'S PURPOSE STATEMENT. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR CITY MANAGER, MARK MILLS MAYOR COUNCIL, AS A RESULT OF A WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD BACK IN APRIL, THE COUNCIL DEVELOPED A NEW PURPOSE OR MISSION STATEMENT, VISION STATEMENT, AND THEN A LIST OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. WHEN WE PUT THIS ITEM TOGETHER AND WE WANTED TO PUT THIS ITEM TOGETHER AND BRING IT FORWARD TO YOU SO THAT THESE COULD BE ADOPTED. SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE HAVE THESE ITEMS APPROVED AND AVAILABLE FOR DIRECTION FOR STAFF. THE DAY THAT I PUT THE AGENDA ITEM OUT AND THAT DAWN PUBLISHED THE AGENDA THE VERY NEXT DAY, WE ACTUALLY GOT THE COMPLETE PLAN. SO YOU WILL SEE THE COMPLETE PLAN AGAIN AT THE AT THE JULY 7TH MEETING, JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE THE PLAN.
THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST THE PURPOSE, VISION, AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL.
ACTIONS UNDER IT. I BLANKED ON THE WORD SORRY, BUT THIS EVENING WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2327, WHICH WOULD APPROVE THE PURPOSE STATEMENT, VISION STATEMENT AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES INCLUDED IN THAT PLAN AGAIN, SO THAT STAFF CAN HAVE DIRECTION ON HOW BEST TO PROCEED AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? HAVING NO QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8.7, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2327 APPROVING THE CITY'S PURPOSE STATEMENT, VISION STATEMENT AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2327 AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION FROM
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COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES THOMAS. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VARGAS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE NOW[9. INFORMATION REPORTS]
WE HAVE THE INFORMATION REPORTS FROM OUR POLICE CHIEF AND FROM STAR TRANSIT. WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THOSE REPORTS. THEY'RE VERY INTERESTING. AND AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN TO[10. ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING]
EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FIVE FIVE, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. OH, HERE WE GO. SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. SECTION 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS AND SECTION FIVE. 5.087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION I. OKAY. SO WHAT DO I SAY. WHAT DO I SAY? WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. THERE ARE NO ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE ARE ADJOURNED. OH.[11. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY, ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION]
MOTION TO ADJOURN. NO. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MAKE A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.