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          YOU READY, DON? 601. AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR WILL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER]
MEETING FOR 6 P.M. TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 18TH OF 2026 IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 201 EAST NASH STREET, TERRELL, TEXAS. HAVE WITH US ON THE DAIS OUR DISTRICT TWO DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, WHO IS MAYOR PRO TEM. WE HAVE DISTRICT THREE JORGE VARGAS AND NOT WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT EXCUSED AS DISTRICT FOUR. STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. AND THEN WE HAVE REMOTE DISTRICT FIVE. PHIL ROBERSON, OUR CITY MANAGER'S PRESIDENT. 
          WE HAVE OUR LEGAL TEAM HERE. SO WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR MEETING THIS TIME. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR INVOCATION, REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR PLEDGES. YES, PASTOR. PLEASE. GOD OUR FATHER, WE THANK YOU THIS MORNING. THIS EVENING FOR GRACE AND FOR MERCY AND GOD. BEFORE WE ASK FOR ANYTHING, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN BETTER TO US THAN WE'VE BEEN TO OURSELVES. THANK YOU, GOD, FOR YOUR PROVISION. THANK YOU, GOD, FOR ANOTHER DAY THAT WASN'T PROMISED. NOW, GOD, AS WE STAND IN THE MIDST OF THESE YOUR PEOPLE, WE PRAY NOW, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD TOUCH EACH AND EVERYONE THAT'S HERE. GOD, OUR THOUGHTS AND GOD OUR ACTIONS. WE PRAY FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY, FOR THE MAYOR, FOR THE COUNCILMEN, FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM CLARITY OF THOUGHT, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THEIR THOUGHTS AND GUIDE THEIR ACTIONS, THAT YOU WOULD BE THE UNSEEN COUNCIL PERSON IN THIS ROOM, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD KEEP US IN YOUR CARE. WE PRAY FOR THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS CITY, THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER THEM AND LOOK OVER THEM. GOD PROTECT OUR CITY. GOD PROTECT US FROM ALL HARM AND FROM EVIL. WE CANCEL THE DEVIL'S WICKED PLAN AND WE SPEAK PEACE AND JOY AND LOVE INTO THIS CITY. WE PRAY FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS. GOD THAT YOU WOULD TOUCH THEM, GIVE THEM WHAT TO SAY AND WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO HELP US. GOD AND GOD, WE THANK YOU NOW FOR WHAT'S ABOUT TO BE DISCUSSED IN THIS MEETING. WE PRAY THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE IN THIS CITY AND GOD, IF YOU START WITH US, GOD WILL MAKE ROADS AND ROADS TO OTHER CITIES, OTHER COUNTIES, OTHER STATES. GOD, YOU CAN START WITH US AND WE'LL IMPACT THIS WORLD. 
          WE PRAISE YOU AND WE GIVE YOU GLORY. IN JESUS NAME, 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. FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, AND I APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED HIM, BUT THE INVOCATION WAS DONE BY PASTOR JAMES E LEE THE SECOND, WHO IS A PASTOR AT HOLY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST HERE IN TERRELL. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE HIM. I HAVE A PROCLAMATION IN HIS HONOR. AND THE THE THE PROCLAMATION IS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TERRELL. AND IT READS, WHEREAS JAMES E LEE THE SECOND GRADUATED FROM JARVIS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. AND WHEREAS PASTOR LEE SERVES AS THE PASTOR OF HOLY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST IN. TERRELL, ONE OF KAUFMAN COUNTY COUNTY'S OLDEST CHURCHES. AND WHEREAS, PASTOR LEE ALSO LEADS. NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF PRAYER, CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST IN DALLAS. AND WHEREAS A FOURTH GENERATION SERVANT OF THE CHURCH, PASTOR LEE, HAS SUCCESSFULLY GUIDED THESE CONGREGATIONS WITH A HUMBLE HEART AND A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO SERVANT LEADERSHIP. AND WHEREAS FOR OVER 20 YEARS, PASTOR LEE'S DEDICATION TO KINGDOM BUILDING HAS INSPIRED MANY TO EMBRACE CHRIST. AND. WHEREAS, THROUGH STRONG COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PASTOR LEE ACTIVELY ENGAGES WITH AND UPLIFTS THOSE IN NEED, FOSTERING A SPIRIT OF FAITH AND UNITY. AND WHEREAS PASTOR LEE HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED BOTH THE LATE BISHOP JAMES E LEE AND THE LATE BISHOP ROBERT L NICHOLS, SENIOR FORMER PRELATE OF THE EAST OF THE TEXAS EAST JURISDICTION AS CHIEF OF STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, RESPECTIVELY. AND WHEREAS, PASTOR LEE HAS ALSO SERVED AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SD LEE MEMORIAL DISTRICT, AND WHEREAS, PASTOR LEE'S PROFOUND 
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LOVE OF GOD IS EVIDENT IN HIS TEACHING AND PREACHING, BUT EVEN MORE SO IN HIS UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO HIS WIFE, LAKISHA LEE, HIS CHILDREN, ALONZO JAYLA, JAMES E LEE THE THIRD, AND IS ALSO IN HIS LOVING CARE FOR HIS MOTHER, CHERYL BAXTER LEE. NOW THEREFORE, I, RICK CARMONA, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST THE 7TH OF 2026, BISHOP JAMES E LEE, THE SECOND DAY IN THE CITY OF TERRELL. WE INVITE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN HONORING THIS LEADER FOR HIS DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO BOTH HIS CONGREGATIONS AND TO HIS COMMUNITY. PASTOR, CONGRATULATIONS. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. SO THOSE WHO ARE HERE TODAY. IS ALSO NECESSARY, AS MANY AS YOU CAN'T DO THAT. AND THEN WE NEED. THANKS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND THE CITY OF WORKING TOGETHER AND DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR US. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF HERE ON AND LATER THE COUNCIL, WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND ALL OF YOUR FAITHFUL CONGREGATION IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN THE CITY OF. AND THE PROCLAMATION THERE. AND THEN. FOLLOWING THIS. THE COUNCIL AND. 
          YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? THANK YOU. PLEASE. SECOND. AND WE WON'T STOP THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ARE MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNITY 
          [2. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND EVENTS]
RECOGNITION AND EVENTS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? WELL, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ON THE. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ON THE 6TH OF AUGUST, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, VARGAS AND I WENT TO THE KAUFMAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT, AND WE HEARD OUR REPRESENTATIVE, KEITH BELL, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET BILLS PASSED IN THE UPCOMING LEGISLATURE. SO THAT WAS INTERESTING. THEN WE HAD SPEAKERS FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE COUNTY MAYOR. I HAVE TO SAY THAT OUR MAYOR MADE TERRIBLE PROUD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND FOR ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT OR THE MOST INTERESTING WAS THE STATE DEMOGRAPHICS. THE STATE DEMOGRAPHER GAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE NUMBERS IN TAROT, THE NUMBERS OF CITIZENS, WHAT DRIVES US, WHAT MOVES US. AND SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE DYING IN KAUFMAN COUNTY THAN BEING BORN. I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. SO ONE OTHER THING THEY DID PUT FORTH WAS THE CENSUS IS COMING UP IN 2030, AND THEY WOULD LIKE AS MUCH PARTICIPATION AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THAT GENERATES SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED AS CITIES. AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, OR HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING? BILL? GOOD. I'M GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ASKING YOU TO FILL OUT A FORM. BUT AT THIS TIME, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS ON ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK. OH, OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL. WE MAY 
          [4. CONSENT AGENDA  ]
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ACCEPT ALL OF THE ITEMS OR PULL AN ITEM IF YOU SO WISH TO CHOOSE TO DO SO. IS THERE A MOTION ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JORGE VARGAS, OUR DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE, A SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT TWO. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AND A VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE 
          [5. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS (Part 1 of 2)]
AGENDA IS OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS. ITEM 5.1 IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND. APPENDIX TWO. THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TERRELL. ARTICLE THREE ZONING DISTRICTS. THIS WILL BE HANDLED BY OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT, RAYLEN SMITH, RAYLEN MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS A POWERPOINT PROJECT POWERPOINT THAT ACTUALLY SPEAKS TO SOME OF OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS AND SOME OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LAST MONTH AND WAS APPROVED SEVEN ONE, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU MOVE TO ORDINANCE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST. AND THEN IF YOU'LL COME BACK THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND HEAR REMARKS FROM ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON OUR ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TERRELL. ARTICLE THREE ZONING DISTRICTS. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST HAVING NONE? WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.2. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS. ORDINANCE NUMBER 3186 AMENDING APPENDIX TWO ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TERRELL. RAYLAN. SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS COMBINED YOUR LOT INDUSTRIAL WITH WHAT WAS HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS YOUR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY. WE HAD A LOT OF CROSSOVER BETWEEN THE USE CATEGORIES. SO WE MADE SURE THAT THE SAME USES THAT WERE ALLOWABLE IN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY WERE ALSO ADDRESSED IN YOUR INDUSTRIAL. YOUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL UPDATES INCLUDE MAINLY YOUR MASTER PLANNED EMPLOYMENT CENTERS. WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THOSE LARGER PARCELS OF LAND THAT WE RECOGNIZE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE DEVELOPED IN TERRELL. SO ANYTHING THAT OVER 75 ACRES IS FOR A PARTICULAR UNIT, OVER 100 ACRES FOR JUST REGULAR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES HAS TO COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PNC AND CITY COUNCIL AS A MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT. WE PUT SPECIAL REGULATIONS IN THERE REGARDING SPACING AND SETBACKS TO RESIDENTIAL USES, NOT RESIDENTIAL ZONING, AND WE WERE SURE TO SPECIFY THAT BECAUSE DEPENDING UPON, WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS IN TERRELL THAT ARE ZONED A PARTICULAR WAY, BUT THEY MAY HAVE A PARTICULAR USE, WHICH WOULD BE A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING SITTING THERE. SO WE, WE KIND OF REWORDED SOME OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DIDN'T REFERENCE BACK TO THE ACTUAL ZONING, BUT WHAT IT WAS CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR. OKAY. 
          SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGES. THIS HAS BEEN LOOKED OVER BY YOUR DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT AND ALSO LEGAL COUNSEL. SO COUNCIL, AS WE HAVE SO MUCH GROWTH GOING ON IN THE COUNTY AND ALSO IN THE CITY OF TERRELL, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET PUT THE CITY IN A POSITION TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE SOME CONTROL. AND MOST OF THAT CONTROL IS THROUGH OUR ZONING PROCESS, AND THEN BE ABLE TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS MOVING BACKWARDS OR FORWARDS THROUGH ZONING. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAYLAN? THE IS THIS SOMETHING I KNOW WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE. I'LL START WITH THAT. BUT IS THIS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO IN LIGHT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT'S GOING OUT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND EMPLOYMENT CENTERS? WE'LL CALL THEM THAT. SO THERE'S A MORATORIUM ON ALL OF THAT. THAT'S THERE'S A MORATORIUM ON A CERTAIN PARTICULAR GROUPS APPLICATIONS WITH THE STATE. YES, MA'AM. AND WHAT I WHAT I'LL SAY IN LISTENING TO ALL THE INTERIM HEARINGS UP TO THIS POINT, THEY ARE STILL ENCOURAGING MUNICIPALITIES TO BE PROACTIVE BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME DEVELOPERS NEVER DISCLOSE THE END USE. AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE AN APPLICATION 
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FOR A USE THAT MIGHT MIGHT BE DEBATED IN AUSTIN TODAY, YOU DO HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS AND YOU DO HAVE DEVELOPERS LOOKING FOR PROPERTY THAT THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND START A PROCESS WITHOUT KNOWING THE END USER. SO WHAT WE'RE MORE OR LESS PREPARING FOR IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY LIMITS OF TERRELL, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE STILL HAVE LARGE PARCELS OF LAND. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE REALLY WENT TO THAT 75 ACRE TO 100 ACRE MINIMUM THAT IF YOU'VE GOT A DEVELOPER COMING IN WITH A LARGE PARCEL, WE REALLY NEED TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE BECAUSE AS OUR ZONING ORDINANCE STANDS TODAY, YOU HAVE YOUR BASIC 50 FOOT SETBACK. IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT ASKING A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO MASTER PLAN IT. SO THE NEW ORDINANCE MAKES SURE THAT YOU MASTER PLAN IT WITH OPEN SPACE AND YOU HAVE EXTRA, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, EXTRA GUIDELINES NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL USES, IT'S NOT SO MUCH IN PREPARATION, BUT IT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE HOT TOPICS IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS OUT THERE BUYING PROPERTY. OKAY, OKAY. YEAH, NO. AND SO FOR THE COUNCIL, I THINK WE SHOULD BE OUT FRONT. AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN AUSTIN, BE IN A POSITION TO WHERE THE CITY OF TERRELL HAS ADDRESSED THE ISSUE AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHETHER THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH IT OR IF THEY HAVE ADJUSTMENTS TO IT. AND THEN. I DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO REACT TO A SITUATION. I'D RATHER BE RESPONSIVE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS STUFF'S HAPPENING. LET'S GET OUT FRONT. LET'S DO WHAT WE CAN TO MANAGE IT AND HAVE US DICTATE THE CONVERSATION AND THE DISCUSSION WITH THESE DEVELOPERS, WHETHER IT WHETHER SO THAT IT'S NOT REVERSED OR THEY'RE COMING TO US AND REQUESTING THINGS, WE CAN JUST SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY OF TERRELL IS GOING TO REQUIRE. AND I HOPE IT'S TOUGH ENOUGH FOR THEM. IT IS. YES. IT'S ABSOLUTELY RECOGNIZING THAT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF VACANT PROPERTY RIGHT IN TERRELL. WE HAVE. SO LET LET'S ADDRESS THAT IN LARGER PARCELS RATHER THAN BEING ABLE TO COME IN. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3186. IS THERE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE 3186? I GOT ONE QUICK QUESTION. THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE DID. WE DO HAVE AN SUP ON THIS. IN THIS ISSUE FOR TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE CAMPUS DON'T HAVE TO REQUEST. IT SHOULD BE BEFORE YOU. YES WE WE DID ADD SPECIFIC USE PERMITS ON SOME OF THOSE IDENTIFIED USES. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. I'M SORRY. I MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3186. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? THE MAYOR WILL SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTION. WHERE IS THE LANGUAGE REGARDING THE SUP WITHIN THE RESOLUTION? IT'S IN YOUR USE CHART. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PARTICULAR ITEM ANY NUMBER OF USES. SO IF YOU GO TO THE SPREADSHEET ON YOU HAVE YOUR LIST OF USES THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. AND THEN THE CODING TO THE RIGHT TELLS YOU WHETHER IT'S BY SUP, WHICH IS S OR PERMITTED BY RIGHT, WHICH IS P. AND SO I BELIEVE MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY REFERRING TO TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE CAMPUS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A FEW PAGES DOWN. OKAY, THERE WE GO. AND THAT REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY. 
          WE REMOVED IT OUT OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY. OKAY. I'M SEEING IT LISTED UNDER EXHIBIT C, BUT LET'S SEE REGARDING LET ME SEE IF I'M I'M JUST NOT SEEING THE VIDEO YOU'RE SAYING OKAY, SO IS IT NUMBER 450 THERE? YES. THAT'S OKAY. AND THEN THAT SPECIFICALLY REFERENCES YOU BACK TO SECTION 30 OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, WHICH ON TOP OF THE MASTER EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, THE MASTER PLANNED EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SETBACKS AND CONDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PARTICULAR, FOR THAT USAGE, THERE IS A LARGER SETBACK. 
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THERE ARE CERTAIN STUDIES THAT ARE REQUIRED. THERE'S APPLICATIONS THAT WILL NEED VERIFICATION FROM FROM THE STATE. AND SO THERE'S THAT TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE CAMPUS, WHICH REQUIRES ADDITIONAL STUDIES UP FRONT. GENERALLY, MOST OF YOUR STUDIES DON'T COME FORWARD UNTIL CONSTRUCTION PLAT. BUT IF SOMEONE IS APPLYING UNDER THIS TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE CAMPUS, THERE IS A LIST OF NOISE WATER, DIFFERENT SITE REQUIREMENTS. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE WE HAVE OUR SPECIFICATIONS LABELED IN THERE. AND A LOT OF THOSE BASELINE STUDIES ARE DUE AT APPLICATION. OKAY. GOOD DEAL. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE, SECOND FROM THE MAYOR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AND ALL THOSE PRESENT OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE WITH US, SOMEONE. DIANE, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD. DIANE WILSON, WHO IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. TO REPRESENT THE JAKE WILSON MEMORIAL. IT'S A FOUNDATION THAT WE CREATED IN 2018. MY SON, JAKE WILSON WAS WENT TO MEXICO AND WAS KILLED ON THE JOB. AND AFTER THAT HAPPENED, IN ORDER FOR ME TO CONTINUE DAILY, WE DECIDED WE WOULD DO SOMETHING IN HIS HONOR AND THE INFLUENCE THAT HE MADE CONTINUES EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE. AND THE REASON IS, IS THAT WE'VE BEEN SO BLESSED WITH DONATIONS AND OTHERS THAT COME UP AND HELP US. WE HAVE GIVEN AWAY 54 SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE TUNE OF $59,000, AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE FOR TAROT RECIPIENTS, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THAT'S WHERE JAKE WAS WAS IN TAROT. 
          AND WE JUST. MR. CARMONA HAS SO GENEROUSLY GAVE US A PROCLAMATION ABOUT JAKE WILSON DAY. AND THE DAY THAT HE WENT TO HEAVEN WAS AUGUST THE 30TH. AND SO I COME EACH YEAR TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW WE ARE DOING AND SOME OF OUR PROGRESS. AND WE'RE WE'RE RICHLY BLESSED. 
          WE HAVE AN ANNUAL FISHING TOURNAMENT THAT WE DO. AND THIS YEAR WAS OUR NINTH ONE. AND THE PROCEEDS FROM THAT IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO DO THE SCHOLARSHIPS. SO WE. JAKE WAS THE CHILDREN'S PASTOR AND PRAISE TEAM LEADER, AND HE ALSO DID PRISON MINISTRY. SO HE HAD SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL. BUT MAMA'S TRYING. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. YEAH. THANK YOU DIANE. AND YOU KNOW, CONDOLENCES FROM ALL OF US ON THE PASSING. HOW MANY YEARS HAS IT BEEN NOW? NINE. NINE YEARS. MY GOODNESS. IT'S GONE BY QUICK. RIGHT? WE'VE ALREADY GOT OUR DATE FOR OUR ANNUAL FISHING TOURNAMENT. WHAT DATE IS THAT? APRIL 17TH. APRIL 27TH. APRIL THE 17TH, THE 2020 SEVENTH. WELL, AGAIN, WE JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND WE RECOGNIZE WHAT JAKE MEANT TO YOU AND TO THE COMMUNITY. AND HIS LEGACY CONTINUES. IF WE'RE GIVING OUT ALMOST $60,000 WORTH OF SCHOLARSHIPS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEP. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS 5.3. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING UPDATING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES, RATES AND CHARGES. BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. THE COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WILL BE NO INCREASE IN WATER OR SEWER SERVICE RATES THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THOSE. AT THE CURRENT RATE. BUT WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SCHEDULED. SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, WE CAN. BUT THERE'S REALLY NO NEED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH THOSE. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. CORRECT. HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THEIR NEXT ITEM. OR DO I NEED TO DO I NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CLOSE IT LEGAL? GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE WE WANT TO STAY WITHIN THE LEGALITIES OF MUNICIPALITIES. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST HEARING NONE. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC 
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HEARING, MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR. DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THAT ORDINANCE OR NO? OKAY, NO. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.5. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING APPROVING A SERVICE PLAN AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE MARKET CENTER. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, DON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE MARKET CENTER, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE WAS CREATED BY VOLUNTARY PETITION OF THE LANDOWNERS ON NOVEMBER 26TH, 2014. THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT DISTRICT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 89.323 ACRES ALONG INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN SPUR 557 AND FM 148 IN TERRELL, TEXAS. THE NATURE OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ARE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN A COMMON DRAINAGE, COMMON DRAINAGE STRUCTURES AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THE COST TO BE APPORTIONED IN TAX YEAR 2026 AMONG AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS, BASED ON EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE CITY, ARE $125,000. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO MAKE COMMENTS REGARDING THE PUBLIC CENTER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE? HEARING NONE. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.6. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 3193 FOR THE TERRELL MARKET CENTER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE. 
          DON, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DON REGARDING THIS ITEM? OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 3193. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3193. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM JORGE VARGAS OR DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3193 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 5.7. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 SERVICE PLAN AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CROSSROADS CENTER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. NUMBER TWO, DON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS REGARDING ASSESSMENTS TO BE LEVIED AGAINST THE ASSESSABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CROSSROADS CENTER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. NUMBER TWO, THE PIT WAS CREATED BY VOLUNTARY PETITION BY THE LANDOWNERS ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2016. THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT DISTRICT CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY 77.23 ACRES ALONG INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN SPUR 557 AND FM 148 IN TERRELL, TEXAS. THE NATURE OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ARE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN COMMON DRAINAGE AND OTHER COMMON IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          THE COST TO BE APPORTIONED IN TAX YEAR 2026 AMONG AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS, BASED ON EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE CITY, ARE $187,500. OKAY, AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE CROSSROADS CENTER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.8, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 3194 FOR THE CROSSROADS PUBLIC. THE CROSSROADS CENTER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. DON, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DON REGARDING THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 3194. MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3194. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM PHIL ROBERTSON, OUR DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE, A SECOND FROM JORGE VARGAS, TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3194 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 5.9 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 SERVICE PLAN AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NINTH STREET RESIDENTIAL PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. CITY OF TERRELL. PIT NUMBER THREE. DON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE. THIS PIT WAS CREATED BY VOLUNTARY PETITION OF THE LANDOWNERS ON DECEMBER 5TH 15TH, 2017. THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT DISTRICT ARE BETWEEN WEST STATE STREET, FM 986, STATE HIGHWAY 34 AND TOWN NORTH DRIVE IN TERRELL, TEXAS. THE NATURE OF 
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THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ARE TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A SERIES OF FUTURE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT, PRIMARILY THE CONSTRUCTION OF NINTH STREET TO TOWN NORTH AND CREEKSIDE TO FM 986. THE COST TO BE APPORTIONED AMONG AFFECTED PROPERTY AND TAX YEAR 26 OWNERS WILL BE BASED ON $0.25 PER $100 VALUATION. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A DISCUSSION CONSIDER OR IS THIS A PUBLIC HEARING? PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DON. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR REMARKS IF ANYONE HAS ANY FROM FOR THE NINTH STREET RESIDENTIAL PARTNER CAPITAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR CITY OF TERRELL, PIT NUMBER THREE. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, MOVE ON TO ITEM 510, WHICH IS DISCUSSION, AND CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 3195 OF. FOR THE NINTH STREET RESIDENTIAL PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, CITY OF TERRELL, PIT NUMBER THREE. DON, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DON ON THIS ITEM? THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 3195 COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3195. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM HART VARGAS DISTRICT THREE. SECOND FROM PHIL ROBERTSON. 
          DISTRICT FIVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3195 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AND OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 511 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 SERVICE PLAN AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NINTH STREET RESIDENTIAL PARTNERSHIP MAINTENANCE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. CITY OF TERRELL. PIT NUMBER FOR DON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS PIT NUMBER FOUR HAS THE SAME BOUNDARIES AS PIT NUMBER THREE THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. THE NATURE OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IS TO PROVIDE THE GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF THE LAND AREA BY PROVIDING MOWING SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE OF LANDSCAPING OF NEWLY ESTABLISHED PUBLIC LANDS AND RIGHTS OF WAY WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THE COST TO BE APPORTIONED AMONG AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS AND TAX YEAR 26 WILL BE $0.03 PER $100 VALUATION OF PROPERTY. ALL RIGHT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SO WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR REMARKS REGARDING THE NINTH STREET RESIDENTIAL PARTNERSHIP MAINTENANCE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. NUMBER FOUR. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 512, WHICH IS DISCUSSING CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 3196 FOR THE NINTH STREET RESIDENTIAL PARTNERSHIP MAINTENANCE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, CITY OF TERRELL, PIT NUMBER FOUR. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DON ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 3196. I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3196. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, A MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE, TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3196 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I I ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES WITH WITH UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 513, WHICH IS CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 SERVICE PLAN AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR AUTHORIZED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CROSSROADS. NORTH WEST CITY OF TERRELL, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE, DON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE CROSSROADS NORTHWEST CITY OF TERRELL. PIT NUMBER FIVE WAS CREATED BY VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF THE LANDOWNERS IN DECEMBER 14TH, 2021. THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT DISTRICT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 119.34 ACRES ALONG INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN SPUR 557, SAGE HILL PARKWAY AND AMERICAN WAY IN TERRELL, TEXAS. THE NATURE OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ARE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN WETLANDS, OPEN SPACE, COMMON DRAINAGE AND OTHER COMMON IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY. THE COST TO BE APPORTIONED AMONG AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS IN TAX YEAR 26 ARE BASED ON EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE CITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND BEING .037 $0.05 PER $100 VALUATION OF EACH PARCELS ASSESSED VALUE BY KAUFMAN CAD. THANK YOU DON. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE CROSSROADS NORTHWEST CITY OF 
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TERRELL, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE ON TO ITEM 514 DISCUSSION. CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 3197 FOR THE CROSSROADS. NORTHWEST CITY OF TERRELL, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE. COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO QUESTION DON ON ANYTHING? NO. AGAIN, THIS IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 3197. IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE WE APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3197. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM PHIL ROBERTSON OR DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3197 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I ANY OPPOSED? 
          [6. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS  ]
MOTION CARRIES PRISONER. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AT 6.1 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER. AT LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM. DO I NEED A MOTION TO POSTPONE PLEASE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THE LIBRARY APPOINTMENTS. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, SECOND FROM JORGE VARGAS, OUR DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE, TO POSTPONE OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I, I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 6.2 DISCUSSING CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. DON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION ROSTER IS IN YOUR PACKET. THERE ARE. LET ME GET TO THAT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE THAT WOULD THAT NEED TO BE REAPPOINTED TROY DROLLINGER AND BRIAN THAYER. AND ALSO THERE ARE TWO OPEN POSITIONS ON THIS BOARD, AND THIS BOARD FALLS UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF PHIL ROBERTSON. COUNCILMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THESE APPOINTMENTS. GOT IT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM PHIL ROBERTSON, DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE, A SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OR MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT TWO, TO POSTPONE ITEM 6.2. THE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I, I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 6.3 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. DON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN YOUR PACKET IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. WE HAVE DEBORAH KELLY THAT HER TERM EXPIRES IN AUGUST OF 26. SHE DOES WISH TO BE REAPPOINTED AND WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED ON THAT BOARD. AND THIS BOARD FALLS UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF JORGE VARGAS. NO, I'M SORRY, THIS IS DONNA RENEE ANDERSON. OH, I'M SORRY. DONNA RENEE, MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'D LIKE TO. I SPOKE WITH DEBORAH KELLY. SHE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE. SO I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE DEBORAH KELLY TO CONTINUE WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. AND I HAVE STILL NOT HEARD BACK FROM. THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH. OKAY, JUST FOR DEBORAH KELLY. 
          SO JUST THE REAPPOINTMENT. YES. OKAY. GOT IT. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, A MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO. A SECOND FROM JORGE VARGAS DISTRICT. THREE TO REAPPOINT DEBORAH KELLY TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. 
          IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES NONE OF THOSE PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 6.4. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER. APPOINTMENT TO THE PARK BOARD. DONE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE PARK BOARD ROSTER IS IN YOUR PACKET. KELLY HARDIMAN. HER POSITION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WE DO HAVE ONE APPLICATION IN THE PACKET, AND THIS FALLS UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF JORGE VARGAS. COUNCILMAN. YES. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND APPOINT TRAVIS PERRY FOR TO THE PARK BOARD. TRAVIS PERRY. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM. 
          OKAY. VARGAS, OUR DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE, A SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, TO APPOINT TRAVIS PERRY TO OUR PARK BOARD. IS THERE ANY 
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FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE. AYE. 
          AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. AND OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSS OR TO RECEIVE GOOD NEWS REPORT. ALLISON. YES. WE NEED GOOD NEWS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          TONIGHT, I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU THE GOOD NEWS REPORT. AND WE HAVE THREE MONTHS OF GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST. SO. MAYBE. ALLISON. ALLISON, WOULD YOU MIND? LET'S SUSPEND THE RULES. CAN I SUSPEND THE RULES AND AND DO THE GOOD NEWS AFTER I FINISH? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MAYOR SUSPENDING THE RULES? NO, NO. OKAY. BECAUSE THE REASON WHY WE GOT SOMEONE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, AND I APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS EARLIER. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING RESOLUTION NUMBER 232336. SO I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.1 WHICH IS DISCUSSING CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 
          [8. BUSINESS ITEMS  ]
23366. NAMING THE SOFTBALL FIELDS AT BEN GILL PARK TO RAYFORD HARWELL MEMORIAL COMPLEX SOFTBALL COMPLEX. BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THIS ITEM, JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT RAYFORD AND HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CITY OF TERRELL. IF YOU WERE HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR TERRELL FOR SOME TIME. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. SO I THINK IF YOU HAVE LIVED THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW WHO RAYFORD HARWELL IS, WHETHER YOU KNEW HIM FROM HIS GAS STATION OR YOU KNEW HIM OUT AT THE PARKS, OR YOU RAN INTO HIM WHEN HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF TERRELL. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, AS A KID, I REMEMBER RAYFORD. I DIDN'T KNOW HIS NAME. HE WAS AN UMPIRE. I WAS A CATCHER OUT AT BEN GILL PARK AND THE TERRELL REC PROGRAM THAT WE HAD. AND WHAT I REMEMBER IS HE HAD THE FUNNY HANDLEBAR MUSTACHE, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW HIM AS MISTER HARWELL. I GUESS IF YOU KNEW CAREY AND THE HARWELL FAMILY, IF YOU GREW UP WITH THEM, YOU DID. AND ANYONE PAST THEM YOU DID. BUT I WAS A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN CAREY, JUST ABOUT THIS MUCH. OLDER THAN CAREY. 
          AND, AND. SO I REMEMBER AS A KID, EVEN BACK THEN, WHEN THEY ASSIGNED UMPIRES TO THE DIFFERENT FIELDS AS A CATCHER, I ALWAYS WANTED RAYFORD CALLING OUR GAMES BECAUSE HE WAS CONSISTENT AND HE WAS. HAD A GOOD STRIKE ZONE AND A FAIR IN THE GAME. AND WE RARELY DID WE HAVE ANY ISSUES OR PROBLEMS WHEN RAYFORD WOULD CALL. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER OF RAYFORD. HE WAS ALWAYS. A GOOD UMPIRE AND. BUT HE WOULD CALL YOU OUT IF YOU DIDN'T SWING ON THE THIRD STRIKE. I DO REMEMBER THAT. SO YOU BETTER BE SWINGING IF IF THE BALLS ARE. STRIKE. AND HE DIDN'T CARE WHO YOUR MOM AND DADDY WERE EITHER. HE WAS GOING TO CARE. HE WAS GOING TO CALL IT. RIGHT. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT. WHAT I FOUND OUT WAS THE WHOLE TIME HE WAS UMPIRING AND WE I'M SURE THE CITY PAID THE UMPIRES AND THOSE WHO WERE OUT THERE KEEPING SCORE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT RAYFORD WOULD DO WHAT HE WOULD JUST SIGN THE BACK OF HIS CHECK AND GIVE IT BACK, EITHER TO THE ORGANIZATION OR TO GIVE IT TO. AN ORGANIZATION, JUST THE BASEBALL ORGANIZATION, TO KEEP IT AFLOAT. YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T WANT THE MONEY. HE ENJOYED BEING OUT THERE, AND WE ENJOYED HAVING HIM OUT THERE. AND THERE'S PLENTY OF HARWELL'S I SEE IN IN THE CHAMBERS, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY. I'M GOING TO USE THE MAYOR'S PRIVILEGE TO DO THAT. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT HE DID WAS IF YOU CALLED 
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RAYFORD, I REMEMBER MOM TELLING ME WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE AND SHE WOULD LOCK HER KEYS IN THE CAR OR THE BATTERY WAS DEAD, SHE WOULD CALL RAYFORD, AND RAYFORD WOULD BE THERE AND NO CHARGE TO HER. AND I'D GO BY AND TRY TO PAY HIM FOR GOING BY TO SEE MAMA. HE WOULDN'T ACCEPT THE MONEY, BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON RAYFORD WAS. I'M. I'M HONORED THAT I'M HERE AS MAYOR AND ABLE TO DO THIS GESTURE FOR RAYFORD TO REMEMBER HIM AND WHO HE WAS. AND I KNOW HE LOVED SOFTBALL AND HE LOVED BASEBALL. HE LOVED THE KIDS. HE LOVED THIS COMMUNITY. SO I'M SO HAPPY AND PLEASED TO BE MAYOR AND BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS RESOLUTION IN HIS HONOR AND RENAMING OF THE PARKS. AGAIN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THIS ITEM AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME FORWARD. AND IF NOT, WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE. BUT IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT RAYFORD OR. ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FEEL FREE TO COME FORWARD. THANK YOU KERRY. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, CARRY THAT RAYFORD SON, REDFORD AND SHIRLEY'S SON. SO. ANYONE ELSE? NOPE. OKAY. COUNCIL. ITEM 2336. 
          MARK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THE CITY FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE MET ON JULY THE 16TH TO CONDUCT A WORKSHOP TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE NAMING OF THE FACILITY. AND THEY TOOK A VOTE THAT EVENING AND RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY THAT CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER RENAMING THE SOFTBALL FIELD AT BEN HILL AFTER RAYFORD HARWELL. ALL RIGHT. SO THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2336. THE NAMING OF THE SOFTBALL FIELDS AT BEN HILL PARK TO RAYFORD HARWELL MEMORIAL SOFTBALL COMPLEX. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE MAYOR, SECOND FROM PHIL ROBERTSON, DISTRICT FIVE, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, THREE, THREE, SIX AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I, I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AN END OF ALL THOSE PRESENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HARWELL FAMILIES. I KNOW THERE'S A BUNCH OF YOU HERE AND. 
          AND YOU'VE BEEN WAITING. I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T MOVE THIS EARLIER AND Y'ALL HAD TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE? KERRY, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD AND TAKE A PICTURE? WE GOT EVERYONE. 
          I JUST WANT TO TALK TO ME. I KNOW I HEARD YEAH, COME ON, WE GOT EVERYBODY. 
          Y'ALL GET IT. I KNOW THERE'S MORE HARWELL HERE THAN. 
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO BEFORE I GOT SOME HOUSEKEEPING I'M SORRY ALLISON 
          [5. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS (Part 2 of 2)]
DON'T LEAVE. DON'T LEAVE. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE. OKAY? I'VE GOT A HOUSEKEEPING. EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T DO A ANY CHANGE OF RATES FOR OUR WATER SEWER. WHERE'S THAT? WHICH ITEM WAS THAT? FIVE, 554. SO UNDER ADVICE FROM COUNCIL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PASS ORDINANCE NUMBER 3189. THIS THAT WOULD BE ITEM 5.4. WE NEED A MOTION. WE NEED A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3189. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. DID WE DO THIS BEFORE. NO WE DIDN'T. WE DIDN'T TAKE A VOTE ON IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DIDN'T TAKE A VOTE. BUT OKAY. LEGAL'S GIVEN US THE ADVICE TO DO SO. SO WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE. YES. 
          MAYOR, CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION REGARDING. YES, SIR. I KNOW THAT WE OPTED TO ABSORB SOME OF THE COSTS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED ALONG BY WHAT, HOW MUCH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OR HOW MUCH OF THE COST DID WE ABSORB? THIS WAS A PRESENTED TO US BY NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. WE WE ABSORBED THE ENTIRETY OF WHAT WAS PASSED ON TO US FROM NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. IT WAS AN 8 TO 10% INCREASE. WAS IT 8%? YEAH. SO PASS THAT ON TO THE CUSTOMERS. WE THE CITY'S TAKEN THAT. GOOD DEAL. GOOD. GOOD QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE, A SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON OR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 3189 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NONE OF THOSE PRESENT. NOW, ALLISON, IF YOU WOULD. THE THIRD TIME'S A CHARM. OKAY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THAT WAS GOOD NEWS. WE WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. NO, NO, 
          [7. DISCUSSION ITEMS]
SERIOUSLY. I COULD REALLY IF Y'ALL COULD. Y'ALL CAN'T SEE HER FACE FROM BEHIND HER. BUT IT IT WAS IT WAS WORTH IT. GO AHEAD. THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU'RE ON YOUR. OKAY. MAYBE NOT. YEAH. 
          OKAY. WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO JUNE. YOU CAN SEE THEIR PICTURES FROM THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION THAT THE CITY CO-HOSTS WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF BREEZY HILL PARK. AND I BELIEVE MOST OF THE COUNCIL CAME OUT FOR THAT. AND IT WAS A GREAT DAY. AND WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN TO COOL EVERYTHING OFF. AND THEN ALSO THE TRADITIONAL AWARDING OF THE FIRST FRUITS FROM THE COMMUNITY GARDEN TO THE POLICE AND FIRE CHIEF AND THE RECOGNITION OF HONOREES THIS YEAR, JC JACKSON AND KEITH FURLOW, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE NEW PLAY. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THOSE ARE CALLED. THERE WE GO. 
          PLAY AWAY COMPUTERS AT THE LIBRARY. THESE WERE MADE POSSIBLE BY DONATIONS TO THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND THEY'RE PRE-LOADED WITH 75 DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING STEM, MATH, SCIENCE AND STEAM. AND THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER THEY WERE INSTALLED. AND SO THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING A LOT OF USE THERE FOR KIDS AGES THREE THROUGH TEN. THIS WAS. 
          THE MAYOR HAD GONE OUT TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM TO MEET WITH THE FAMILY OF BFTS HE'S A BRITISH 
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ROYAL AIR FORCE CADET, RAYMOND BRINLEY BOSHER, AND HE HAD DIED WHILE HE WAS IN TRAINING HERE. 
          AND ALL THIS TIME THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY TO COME AND VISIT. BUT THEY CAME ALL THE WAY OVER HERE AND TOURED THE MUSEUM AND THEN WENT OUT TO THE OAKLAND MEMORIAL PARK TO SEE HIS GRAVE. AND THEN FOR THE WORLD CUP, WE HAD SEVERAL PROMOTIONS HERE IN TERRELL, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ALSO HAD CANNON LILIES, FAMILY MEMBER HERE FROM BRAZIL. 
          AND ADRIANO WAS HERE AND HE TOOK PART IN PLAYING SOME OF THE TRADING CARD GAMES THAT WE HAD. AND HERE'S PICTURES OF HIM WITH ANGIE AND THE MAYOR. AND HE HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING THAT. 
          AND HE SAID THAT TERRELL WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE STOPS WHILE HE WAS OVER HERE FOR THE GAMES. 
          SO THAT'S EXCITING. I FORGOT WHERE WAS KEN? HE WAS PLAYING. HE WAS PLAYING. OKAY, HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THE NEW STREET SIGNS THAT ARE GOING UP THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS IS A LONG TERM PROJECT, BUT YOU WILL SEE THEM AS THEY'RE PUT UP THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THEY LOOK REALLY NICE. OKAY. AND THEN HERE'S PICTURES OF ALL OF THE COUNCIL AT THE TERRELL FIRST ASSEMBLY, PRIME TIMERS PIE CONTEST, AND THE MAYOR. I AM GOING TO TELL ON HIM. HE SAID THAT HE WAS ONLY GOING TO JUDGE WHAT THE PIES LOOKED LIKE THIS YEAR, BUT HE INSTEAD INDULGED IN EVERY ONE OF THEM. HE SAID HE COULDN'T RESIST, COULDN'T RESIST, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW HE FELT AFTERWARDS, BUT I WENT HOME, TOOK A SHOT. OKAY. YEAH. SO ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT. THERE'S SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE BLOOD DRIVE. GEORGE VARGAS, WHO SERVES AS OUR LIONS CLUB PRESIDENT, AND ALSO JENNA WAMPLER AND AS A NEW MEMBER OF THE KIWANIS CLUB. SO WE HAVE SOME VERY ACTIVE EMPLOYEES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. HERE'S JUST A LITTLE SUMMARY FROM PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THEIR SUMMER PROGRAM. WE HAD 300 STUDENTS IN THE TIGER SWIM WHO LEARNED WATER SAFETY, 647 PARTICIPANTS IN THE RED CROSS LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM, 6221 POOL GUESTS AND 47 POOL PARTIES. WE HAD ON THE PARK EVENTS, WHICH WERE FAIRLY NEW. THIS YEAR WE HAD 250 PLUS GUESTS ACROSS ALL THE FAMILY ACTIVITIES AND MOVIE NIGHTS THAT WERE HOSTED, AND THOSE PROGRAMS WERE PUT ON WITH 28 SEASONAL AQUATICS STAFF, INCLUDING SEVEN NEW HIRES AND 21 RETURNING STAFF MEMBERS. AND THEN THIS IS A PICTURE OF A RUN FOR THE BLUE FIVE K TERRELL PD WAS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS EVENT IN DALLAS, AND THIS RECOGNIZES FIRST RESPONDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILIES. THAT WAS ALL THE WAY BACK IN JULY. 
          SO THANK YOU TO OUR PD WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT EVENT. THIS WAS AN EVENT THAT MAYOR PRO TEM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON ATTENDED. IT WAS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DO EVERY YEAR, AND THEY DO GIVEAWAYS AND HEALTH SCREENINGS. 
          AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO ON HAND TO ENGAGE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND SUPPORT THE EVENT. 
          AND THEN HERE'S PICTURES FROM THE ANNUAL GED GRADUATION HELD AT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK. THIS WAS A REALLY NICE EVENT. IT WAS A FULL HOUSE THAT NIGHT AS WELL. AND WE WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE, KEITH BELL, WHO WERE ON HAND FOR THE CEREMONIES. OKAY, HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF SOME EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE HAD NEW CERTIFICATIONS. LAUREN KERRY, SHE'S. HAD I HAD GOTTEN HER TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE CERTIFICATION. AND THEN SEAN RUTKOWSKI, WHO GOT HIS CERTIFICATION, B WATER CERTIFICATION. AND THEN THIS EVENT WAS RECOGNIZING MISSUS RIESINGER AND ROSA'S COUNTRY STORE. THEY WERE THE FIRST EVER TERRELL BUSINESS TO RECEIVE THIS DESIGNATION. IT'S THE TEXAS TREASURER BUSINESS AWARD, AND IT'S FOR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 50 YEARS OR MORE. SHE HAD STARTED GIVING US INFORMATION TO APPLY 
          [01:00:05]
FOR THIS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, BUT WE SURPRISED HER, DIDN'T TELL HER THAT WE HAD RECEIVED IT, AND IT WAS A REALLY NICE EVENT AND SHE WAS VERY EXCITED. IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE HER BIRTHDAY, SO. AND THEN THIS IS THE 911 CARES SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE THAT OUR DISPATCH TEAM SPONSORS EVERY YEAR. AND EVERY YEAR THEY DO A BIGGER AND BETTER JOB. AND THIS YEAR THEY COLLECTED OVER 2700 ITEMS. AND THEY ALSO HAD PARTICIPATION FROM SOME OTHER RESTAURANTS THAT HAD NOT EVER PARTICIPATED, BUT THEY ACTUALLY CALLED. AND BUBBA'S 33 ACTUALLY SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO BE A, YOU KNOW, A PLACE THAT PEOPLE CAN DROP OFF. SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. HERE'S AN UPDATE ON THE BREEZY HILL SPLASHPAD UNLESS SOMEBODY HERE KNOWS ANY DIFFERENTLY THAT WE'RE STILL PLANNING ON THAT OPENING ON AUGUST THE 27TH FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY. SO. AND THEN WE SAY 27TH OR 22ND THERE, 27TH, 27TH. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN AT THE LIBRARY, THEY ALSO HAVE THESE LIFE KITS, THEIR KITS THAT ARE IN BACKPACKS, AND THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE ILLNESSES, THEY WITH DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMER'S OR OTHER MEMORY DISORDERS. AND THEY'RE DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR SHORT TERM MEMORY AND THEIR MENTAL SPEED. AND SO THEY HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT THEMED KITS RIGHT NOW BIRD WATCHING, BOARD GAMES, CATS, OCEANS AND TRAINS. SO ANYBODY CAN GO CHECK THOSE OUT. AND THEN THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING THING TO ANNOUNCE. THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION AWARDS ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE THE RECIPIENTS OF A GRANT IN EXCESS OF 189 MILLION FOR THE TEXTILE AT LOS ALAMOS PROJECT, AND THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR SOME TIME. 
          THIS DATES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 2019 KAUFMAN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION BOND THAT PROVIDED THE INITIAL FUNDING FOR THAT. AND THEN THE GRANT ITSELF WILL PROVIDE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, FINAL DESIGN, RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION. AND WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PARTNERS WHO WORKED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. TXDOT, THE EDC, KIMLEY-HORN, AND THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. AND THEN THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM HERE. EMORY BLACKBURN CODE ENFORCEMENT, JAMIE HARPER, ASHLEY MONTGOMERY JOHNSON AT THE LIBRARY. CODY BAKER, SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, KURT CASSIDY, WHO WILL BE JOINING US ON MARCH THE 28TH, SEPTEMBER 28TH. AND THEN NATHAN DANIEL, MAINTENANCE WORKER. OKAY, NOW WE'RE JUMPING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER. WE DO NOT HAVE THIS CALENDAR FULL YET, BUT THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IS ON SEPTEMBER THE 25TH, TERRELL WILL BE HOSTING THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE. AND EACH OF YOU SHOULD HAVE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU. IF YOU WANT TO REGISTER, THERE'S A CODE, A DISCOUNT CODE THERE, AND WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU ALL TO JOIN US FOR A FULL DAY FROM 9 TO 3 DOWNTOWN, AND ALSO, THE CHAMBER IS WORKING TO. ANGIE, YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE AND HELP ME WITH THIS? THE CHAMBER IS WORKING TO HELP PUT SOME DISPLAYS IN SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS THAT ARE A REFERENCE TO OUR PAST AND OUR FUTURE. AND WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO SAY? SOME OF OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES THAT ARE EMPTY SPACES, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A PICTURE OF OUR HISTORY IN THEM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT A QR CODE FOR WHAT WOULD I BE WHEN I GROW UP BUILDING? YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HERE? AND WE GET SOME GOOD INPUT IN THAT SO WE CAN TAKE TO I SEE WE GOT I SEE SC AND WE'RE ALSO DOING THE UTILITY WRAPS DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE THREE UTILITY WRAPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER IN HISTORICAL THINGS ABOUT TERRELL HISTORY ABOUT TERRELL, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY COOL. YOUR DISCOUNT CODE IS NOT IN THERE. I FORGOT TO WRITE IT DOWN THERE. SO IF YOU CALL ME, I WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU A DISCOUNT CODE, BUT IT'S NOT IN YOUR POCKET. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THEN ALSO PLEASE SEE THAT THE NINE OVER 11 MEMORIAL IS WILL BE AT CITY HALL OR AT THE IN FRONT OF THE FIRE STATION OVER HERE BEGINNING AT 8 A.M. AND Y'ALL WILL GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          ALLISON. ANYBODY? ANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS FOR ALLISON? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ALLISON, 
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BECAUSE GOOD NEWS IS ALWAYS GOOD. BUT IT ALSO SHOWCASES OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT OUR CITY. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. BUT THEY DID. YEAH, THAT WAS WONDERFUL. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. THANKS, ALLISON. GOOD JOB. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA DISCUSS FY 2027 BUDGET MARK. SO ON AUGUST THE 7TH, WE HAD THE BUDGET WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD A PROPOSED BUDGET. THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 1ST. THAT WILL BE THE FIRST. IT'LL BE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FIRST VOTE ON THE FY 27 BUDGET, AS WELL AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FY 26 BUDGET. WE WILL THEN HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER THE 8TH, WHICH IS THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY AT A SPECIAL MEETING. THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON THE CITY'S TAX RATE. STAFF HAS PROPOSED A TAX RATE TO CITY COUNCIL OF 76.4 $0.02. 
          THIS IS THE NINTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THE TAX RATE HAS BEEN PROPOSED AT 76.42, AND IF ADOPTED, IT WILL BE THE NINTH YEAR ADOPTED AT THAT TAX RATE. THAT'LL BE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 8TH, AND THEN ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, WE WILL BRING FORWARD A BUDGET FOR THE FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE FOR THIS EVENING COMING OUT OF THE AUGUST THE 7TH WORK SESSION, THERE REALLY WASN'T A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FOLLOW UP ITEMS. I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD DIRECTION AND A BUDGET THAT IS SET FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO CHANGES THAT I WANT TO PROPOSE TO COUNCIL THIS EVENING AND GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL, AT LEAST VERBALLY, ON HOW TO PROCEED. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND WE ARE TWISTING AND TWEAKING AND AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO FUND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FUND FOR FY 27. WE HAVE COME UP WITH SOME FUNDS, AND THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO RECOMMEND AND ASK YOU TO CONSIDER. THE FIRST OF THOSE IS THE ADDITION OF A KENNEL TECH AT OUR ANIMAL SHELTER. WE ARE OPENING A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. THE FACILITY IS MORE THAN TWICE THE SIZE OF THE EXISTING OF THE EXISTING FACILITY. WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING HOURS TO SIX DAY A WEEK OPERATION. WE SIMPLY NEED TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER TO OPERATE THE FACILITY PROPERLY AND PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE ANIMALS THEMSELVES. THE OTHER ITEM THAT I'M PROPOSING THIS EVENING TO TO INCLUDE IN THE FY 27 BUDGET IS A ONE TIME LUMP SUM PAYMENT TO FULL TIME, NON-CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES. 
          WHEN WE BUILT THE BUDGET, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE SWORN, WHICH ARE OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THEY ARE RECEIVING THEIR ANNUAL STEP INCREASE BASED ON THE COMPENSATION PLAN, BUT THERE IS NOT ANYTHING BUILT INTO THE FY 27 BUDGET FOR NON-CIVIL SERVICE STAFF. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY FUNDS TO ACCOMMODATE A $1,000 LUMP SUM PAYMENT IN LIEU OF A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, SO IT WOULD ONLY IMPACT US IN FY 27. IT WOULD NOT BE A RECURRING AMOUNT. AND THE $1,000 FOR OUR LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEE, THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT JUST OVER 2.5% OF THEIR TAKE HOME PAY. SO AS THE MORE AN INDIVIDUAL MAKES, THE LESS PERCENTAGE OF AN INCREASE OR LESS PERCENTAGE OF THEIR PAY THAT THE PAYMENT WOULD BE. BUT THIS WOULD PROVIDE A ONE TIME PAYMENT TO THE NON-CIVIL SERVICE STAFF IN LIEU OF A COST OF RECURRING COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. OKAY, MARK, DID WE NEED TO PROBABLY VISIT WITH YOU BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER 1ST MEETING? RIGHT. SO, COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD TAKE THOSE TWO REQUESTS UNDER CONSIDERATION, I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO CONSIDER BOTH. 
          WE NEED A TECH ON DUTY FOR THE. THE PET CENTER, AND THEN ALSO, I KNOW OUR A LOT OF YOU FEEL ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES AND TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. AND THIS ONE TIME ALLOTMENT OF $1,000 WOULD WOULD HELP. SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONSIDER THOSE AND AND MEET WITH MARK ONE ON ONE IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING NOW, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO. 
          AND WE HAVE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY FUNDING. SO WE'RE WE'RE COMING WHEN WE WHEN WE BRING THESE BRING THESE TO YOU. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCES TO MAKE THESE HAPPEN. 
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THAT'S CORRECT. MARK, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND THE REST OF STAFF FOR KIND OF THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX HERE AND APPROACHING THIS AS A ONE TIME BONUS, JUST OFFERING SOMETHING TO OUR EMPLOYEES. I THINK IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL. YOU KNOW, IN LIEU OF A COST OF LIVING RAISE, I THINK THIS IS A THIS IS A VALUABLE STEP FORWARD THERE. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHTS ON THE KENNEL TECH, I THINK IT'S IT BEHOOVES US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FULLY STAFFED. 
          WE'RE OPENING A NEW FACILITY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT IT FULLY STAFFED AND OPERATIONAL. SO I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE GETTING THAT FUNDING TOGETHER TO FUND THAT ADDITIONAL KENNEL TECH. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND LOOKING FOR THOSE FUNDS AND PUTTING THIS FORWARD. AND IS THIS GOING TO INCREASE OUR RESERVES WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED GOING FORWARD? WE'VE IDENTIFIED ENOUGH FUNDING TO OFFSET THE COST OF THESE AND HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO CONTRIBUTE TO RESERVES. SO THE COST. COME AND VISIT WITH YOU? YES, MA'AM. AND I CAN SHARE SOME NUMBERS. THE, THE, THE, THE $1,000 COST, THE IMPACT OF THE GENERAL FUND IS $160,000 IN TOTAL. IT'S ABOUT $210,000 ACROSS ALL FUNDS. THE KENNEL TECH, I'VE GOT AN ESTIMATE OF ABOUT $60,000. IT'S BASED ON THE PAY OF THE CURRENT KENNEL TECH, PLUS SOME UNIFORMS AND SOME TRAINING COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE, THE IMPACT, THE GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT $220,000. 
          WE'VE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN. WE TWEAKED THE DEDUCTIBLE SLIGHTLY FROM WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE TALKED TO YOU LAST FRIDAY ON THE ON THE SEVENTH. BY DOING THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE ABOUT $133,000. AND THEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OTHER FUNDING THAT WE CAN SHIFT AROUND AND PAY FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED FUNDS THAT WILL COVER THAT. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE. SO AGAIN, WE'VE I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT IT WAS WE WERE ABLE TO BREAK EVEN AND, AND, AND REDUCE THE USE OF RESERVES FOR THE PLANNED USE OF RESERVES FOR FY 27. SO IT WILL TAKE YOUR, YOUR ENDING BALANCE YOUR AN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE RESERVE. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ON MY END, MARK. THANK YOU FOR, FOR NOT LEAVING THAT ALONE AND JUST CONTINUING TO SEARCH IN THE WORK. I DO APPRECIATE IT FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. AND MY IDEA, AND YES, IT'S YOU GOT MY APPROVAL ON THIS, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK. YOU'RE WELCOME. YES, I DO WANT TO SAY PLEASE GIVE MY THANK YOU TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RECEIVE STAR 
          [9. INFORMATION REPORTS  ]
TRANSIT MONTHLY REPORT COUNCIL. THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE REVIEW IT. IF YOU 
          [10.  ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS  THE FOLLOWING]
GOT ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO STAFF ON THAT ITEM. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FIVE FIVE, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEYS. 
          SECTION 5510.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS. SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATION. WE'RE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ARE WE GOOD? THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO 
          [11. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF  ANY, ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ]
RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY, ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MOTIONS? HEARING NONE.
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