[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
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TIME, THE MAYOR WILL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER THE 15TH OF 2026, AND THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 201 EAST NASH STREET IN TERRELL, TEXAS. WE HAVE WITH US ON THE DAIS. DISTRICT TWO DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, WHO IS MAYOR PRO TEM. WE HAVE DISTRICT FOUR STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. WE HAVE DISTRICT THREE GEORGE VARGAS. AND ON HIS WAY IS OUR DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE PHIL ROBINSON. HE'LL BE HERE SHORTLY. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR BEN WILLIAMS TO COME FORWARD AND LEAD US IN INVOCATION. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR PLEDGES. WELL, WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THIS DAY. LORD. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE THIS PRESENCE TOGETHER AND LIFT UP YOUR NAME. LORD, I ASK THAT YOU LET YOUR WILL BE DONE OR TOUCH THE HEARTS OF EVERY MEMBER OF THIS CHAMBER. OUR MAYOR. GOD, ASK YOU TO TOUCH THIS CITY. GOD, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE IN ANY CITY, WE ASK THAT YOU MOVE HERE. YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE IN ANY HOMES, MOVE IN OUR HOMES, MOVING OUR SCHOOLS, GOD, UP AND DOWN OUR STREETS. GOD, WE ASK THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE. ANOINT EVERY DECISION THAT'S MADE TONIGHT. AND GOD, WE BELIEVE THAT ALL THINGS ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD LORD, WE TRUST YOU. WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS ARE ALWAYS. EVEN WHEN WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM. GOD, YOU GET THE GLORY OUT OF THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE PRAISE FOR IT BECAUSE YOU ALONE ARE WORTHY. WE THANK YOU. WE ASK YOU TO HAVE YOUR WAY TONIGHT. IN JESUS NAME, 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 PACE OF LIFE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. ALRIGHT, PASTOR.
THANK YOU FOR PASTOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SHE HAD A THANK YOU. HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT OUR STAFF? I KNOW EXACTLY HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
FOR THE RECORD. DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE PHIL ROBINSON IS WITH US. HE'S LATE, BUT HE'S HERE. JUST JOKING. THANK YOU, I MADE IT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS MAYOR AND COUNCIL
[2. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND EVENTS]
COMMUNITY RECOGNITIONS. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY THAT I HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ. THIS IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. IT'S A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TERRELL. AND IT READS, WHEREAS REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD R ROBLE OF LOS ANGELES SPONSORED LEGISLATION TO SET ASIDE A COMMEMORATIVE WEEK TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND INFLUENCE OF HISPANIC AMERICANS TO THE HISTORY, CULTURE, ECONOMY, AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS, PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON SIGNED THE LEGISLATION INTO LAW IN 1968, AND WHEREAS, IN 1988, THE COMMEMORATIVE WEEK WAS EXPANDED TO A MONTH THROUGH LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE TOM ESTEBAN, EDWARD TORRES, AMENDED BY SENATOR PAUL SIMON AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN. AND WHEREAS, NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WAS FIRST PROCLAIMED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE H. W BUSH ON SEPTEMBER THE 14TH OF 1989. AND WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO CELEBRATE THE COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS OF MORE THAN 62 MILLION HISPANIC AMERICANS WHO MAKE UP THE LARGEST MINORITY GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS, HISPANICS ALSO MAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE SERVING IN VARIOUS BUSINESSES AND[00:05:03]
INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING EDUCATION, NON-PROFITS, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, AND HEALTH CARE, JUST TO NAME A FEW. AND WHEREAS THIS POPULATION SERVES IN OUR MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, COMPRISING HALF OF OUR BORDER PATROL AGENTS AND WORKING IN CAREERS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO THE DEFENSE OF OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS, THE KAUFMAN COUNTY HISPANIC COUNCIL WAS CREATED IN 2021 FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNITING THE KAUFMAN COUNTY HISPANIC COMMUNITY THROUGH THE CREATION OF PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, I. RICK CARMONA, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE TERRELL CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER THE 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER THE 15TH OF 2026 AS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF TERRELL, AND ASK ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY AND BEYOND. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE CORPORATE SEAL OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED. THIS. THE 15TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER OF 2026. SO. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. NEXT IS TO HEAR. I MEANT TO CONTINUE THE RECOGNITION AND COUNCIL COMMUNITY EVENTS. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK SOMEONE TO COME FORWARD. AND SHE DID NOT WANT ME TO PUT HER ON THE SPOT. BUT NICOLE BROWN, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU SPECIFICALLY FROM THE MAYOR. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE SCHEDULES, MY SCHEDULE, MY CALENDARS IN ORDER. I KNOW WHENEVER I HAD A MEETING OR SOMEONE WANTED TO MEET WITH ME, I WOULD ALWAYS SAY, CALL NICOLE BROWN. AND WITHOUT FAIL, THEY WOULD CALL BACK AND TELL ME HOW WELL THEY RECEIVED. YOU RECEIVED. SO THE MAYOR'S EVEN NEED AS NICOLE. AND IF THERE WAS A MAYOR'S MEETING OR IF WE WERE GOING TO GET TOGETHER SOMEWHERE, THEY'D ALWAYS ASK ME, YOU WANT ME TO CALL NICOLE? I SAY, YES, PLEASE. AND I KNEW IT WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. SHE'S MOVING OUT OF STATE. I'LL SAY THAT. AND WHERE THE WEATHER ISN'T SO HOT AND I ENVY. I ENVY YOU ON THAT. IF YOU GET A CHANCE, SEND SOME OF THAT COLD WEATHER BACK DOWN THIS WAY. MAYOR PRO TEM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YOU KEPT MY SCHEDULE GOING AND MADE SURE THAT. MY CALENDAR WAS SET. MORE THAN THAT, YOU WERE AN EAR. WHEN I HAD QUESTIONS. AND I DO BELIEVE WE DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP AND I'M GOING TO. IT WASN'T JUST MORE. IT WAS A. MORE THAN JUST TAKING CARE OF MY CALENDAR. IT WAS LISTENING TO THE HEARTBEAT OF THE CITY. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. TO SAY I WILL MISS YOU IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. YOU WILL ENJOY WHERE YOU'RE GOING. THANK YOU. NICOLE. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK HERE AT THE CITY. YOU REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES AND MINE PERSONALLY, JUST ALWAYS BEING THERE AND TAKING ALL THE PHONE CALLS AND PROBLEMS WITH THE EMAIL AND THE THE PASSCODE AND ALL THAT, THE VERIFICATION CODE. EVEN TODAY I WAS WANTING TO REACH OUT TO YOU, BUT PEYTON TOOK CARE OF ME, SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE MOVING. I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT FAMILY AND, AND THIS TIME IS. IT'S IMPORTANT. FOR ME TO THANK YOU FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS. I DIDN'T WORK WITH YOU MUCH LONG, BUT THE TIME THAT I HAD THE SHORT TIME THAT WE DID WORK TOGETHER, NOTHING BUT HELPFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH EVERYTHING, GET ME SET UP, ESPECIALLY BEING THE NEW GUY HERE. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT AND I WISH YOU WELL, MA'AM. NICOLE IS PROBABLY YOUR MOST ANNOYING COUNCIL MEMBER WHO BUGGED YOU THE MOST WITH RIDICULOUS, ABSURD NEW PROJECT IDEAS. I WANT TO SAY YOU CAN'T LEAVE. YOU'RE STAYING. WE NEED YOU. YOU'RE PRETTY INDISPENSABLE. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. SINCERELY. AND I THINK WE'VE DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP AS WELL. WE'LL MISS YOU ON OUR TRIPS AND THINGS AS BEING OUR COORDINATOR. GOOD LUCK IN YOUR YOUR NEW HOME AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NICOLE. I
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WON'T MAKE YOU SPEAK. I KNOW I SAID I WAS GOING TO TEASE YOU AND MAKE YOU SPEAK. SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH. NO, SHE'S. SHE WAS REALLY TO ALL OF US, VERY HELPFUL, TO SAY THE LEAST. AND EVERYBODY'S RIGHT. WHETHER IT WAS EMAILS OR CODES THAT WE FORGET, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR US AND WE APPRECIATE IT. SO GOOD LUCK. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMUNITY? YES, I HAVE SOMETHING, MAYOR. YES. THE BRITISH FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL HAD AN EVENT ON THE FOURTH. THEY HAD A GENTLEMAN COME IN. WHO? HE WAS THE NAVIGATOR ON THE AIR FORCE ONE AT 911. AND THEN THE YOUNG EAGLES RALLY WAS ON SATURDAY THE 12TH. AND BOTH EVENTS WERE WELL ATTENDED. THE YOUNG CHILDREN LOVED THE. IT WAS MY SECOND YEAR AND THE CHILDREN LOVED GETTING IN THE PLANES AND GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO FLY. WE DID BROKER THE SUGGESTION THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO IT FOR ADULTS ALSO. BUT IT WAS A FUN TIME FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MAYOR, I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY THIS WEEK. ACTUALLY. ON FRIDAY WE.THE LIONS CLUB DOES HAVE A ALL YOU CAN EAT HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS. I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO EAT. IT'S OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FOR THEM. IT'S GOING TO BE HELD AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FROM 11 TO 2 P.M. SO PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIONS CLUB FOR ALL YOU CAN EAT HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS. THANK YOU. AT FIRST BAPTIST. YES, MA'AM.
FIRST NOTICE I'M WRITING THAT DOWN. ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO PAT MARTIN, WHO INVITED ME TO THE GLA. CAMPUS. I WAS STARTED THIS MORNING WITH SEVEN YEAR OLDS, THREE CLASSES, AND THEY HAD ELECTED MAYORS. SO THEY WANTED TO HEAR FROM A MAYOR. AND AND THEY WERE QUITE INTERESTING. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS, DOES THE MAYOR LIVE IN A MANSION? AND I SAID, WELL, GOOD QUESTION. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT PAID FOR BY THE CITY. I DON'T I DON'T CONSIDER IT A MANSION, BUT. AND THEN I, I STARTED GETTING THE HINT THAT THEY THOUGHT THE MAYOR HAD A LOT OF MONEY. AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, I WORK FOR FREE THAT THERE'S VOLUNTEERS AND THERE'S PAID AND I'M DEFINITELY VOLUNTEER. SO IT WAS JUST FUNNY TO SEE AND HEAR THEIR REACTIONS. BUT. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WHEN THEY WERE BORN WAS THE FIRST YEAR I STARTED SERVING AS MAYOR. SO THEY'RE SEVEN YEARS OLD. THIS IS MY SEVENTH YEAR AND IT'S KIND OF COOL. ALSO, I TALKED WITH, I WENT FROM THE SEVEN YEAR OLDS TO THE RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. AND I WANT TO THANK RANDY PERRY, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THAT ORGANIZATION, FOR INVITING THE MAYOR TO COME AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TERRELL. HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION. AND SO I HAD A REALLY GOOD DAY TODAY, AND I THANK THOSE ORGANIZATIONS FOR HAVING ME. ANYONE ELSE? NOPE.
HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON. OH, YEAH. NO NO, NO, WE DO HAVE SOMEONE THAT WE NEED TO INTRODUCE A NEW EMPLOYEE. DENISE, ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? OKAY. ANIMAL SERVICES MANAGER. OH, WOW. HER NAME. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER. SHE'S ALREADY RUNNING. AND SO SHE'S GOING TO BE WONDERFUL. AND. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. JACQUELINE. WELCOME ON BOARD.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR OF THE COUNCIL? WELL, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR EVENING, BUT ABOUT MYSELF. SO I HAVE THREE YEARS WITH THE SEC IN TEXAS AND THE ANIMAL WELFARE INDUSTRY. AND THEN PRIOR TO COMING HERE, I WAS WITH THE CITY OF OUR CITY FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AS AN END. IN THAT TIME I LEARNED I WAS DOING THIS. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. AND MY GOAL IS TO MAKE
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THIS THE DEPARTMENT OF THIS DEPARTMENT AGAIN. SO. A LOT THIS FIRST WEEK, I THINK I'VE KIND OF HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. SO SOME PEOPLE STILL HAVE SOME PEOPLE TO MEET. SO. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED ANYTHING FROM ME, FEEL FREE. THANK YOU JACQUELINE. THANK YOU,[3. HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. ]
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS TO HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. I DO HAVE A REQUEST FROM SAM BHATT. IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. FOR. THE. WITNESS NAME AND 77. THIS IS I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT. AS YOU.ABOUT TAILGATING, WE HAVE MANY OTHER BUSINESSES. WE HAVE. HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS IN THE PAST. IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY OF TERRELL AND WE HAVE THE LICENSE FOR IT.
SO MY, MY, MY PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE DONE OUR RESEARCH BEFORE WE BROUGHT THOSE GAMES IN AND THEIR SKILL GAMES, THEY ARE NOT OLD GAMBLING GAMES. AND THE COUNTY JUDGE, AS WELL AS THE FANNIN COUNTY JUDGE, HAS DECLARED THEM LEGAL. AND I HAVE SUBMITTED NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.
THE JUDGMENT FROM THE JUDGES. AND KEN PAXTON'S OPINION, INCLUDING ONE OF THE SENATOR, NOT THE SENATOR. I'M SORRY. THE CONGRESSMAN ASKED FOR KEN PAXTON'S OPINION, AND IT CLEARLY SAYS, AND I HAVE PROVIDED ALL THOSE COPIES TO THE CITY. AND MY QUESTION IS THAT WHY AM I ASKED TO TAKE THEM AWAY? IT'S A LITTLE EXTRA INCOME FOR US, AND IT SEEMS LIKE I'VE BEEN FORCED BY THE POLICE OFFICERS OR THE DA. AND OF COURSE, I'M GOING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH DISTRICT ATTORNEY AS WELL TO SEE THEIR OPINION. AND BOB HALL IS AGAINST IT, BUT HE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS LEGISLATURE NEXT YEAR AND THE 90TH LEGISLATURE, AND IT HAS NOT BECOME A LAW YET. THEN WHY ARE WE PUSHED BY AG. S OPINION THAT THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE? I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY OR THE COUNTY HAS ANY RIGHTS TO GO OVER SHADOW OR GO OVER THE JUDGE'S OPINION, WHICH HAS BEEN ALREADY GRANTED, AND THE COPIES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. AND I BELIEVE WHICH NUMBER IS IT THAT WE NEED TO PULL? 4.2 WE NEED TO PULL THAT ONE BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO A POLL OF THE COUNCIL. SO YOUR CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL WILL ENTER WILL INCLUDE A FOUR, THREE AND FOUR FOUR. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ONE, FOUR, 4.1 IS THE ITEM 4.2 IS NO. 4.1 IS THE. WHAT WE'RE APPROVING IS THE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING. BUT YES, THAT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT WE'RE GOING TO PULL A 4.2. SO IN YOUR MOTION, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PULL 4.2, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA PULLING ITEM 4.2. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM JORGE VARGAS FROM DISTRICT THREE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE ABSENCE OF 4.2. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WANTED TO ALSO PULL ITEM 4.3. 4.3. YEAH. WE HAVE 4.2 AND 4.3. WHICH LEAVES 4.4 ON THE CONSENT[00:20:15]
AGENDA. 4.441 IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THE MINUTES. OKAY. THAT'S THE MINUTES. OKAY. YEAH.ITEM FOUR IS THE CONSENT AGENDA 410 YEAH. 4.1 I'M SORRY, I WAS SAYING IT WRONG. YES, YES. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION ON 4.1 TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE. THE ONE AND ONLY THING LEFT ON CONSENT, MAYOR, IS 4.1 AND 4.4 AT THIS POINT. OKAY, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WHILE REMOVING ITEM 4.2 AND 4.3.
OKAY. OH, THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIRST ONE? IT'S BEING APPROVED. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE TAKE THEM IN WHICH ORDER? THE LAST ONE, WE JUST TOOK HIM.
YOU YOU WOULD VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF CONSENT ITEMS WITH 4.1 AND 4.4. AND THEN 4.2 AND 4.3 HAVE BEEN PULLED. THERE'S A MOTION AND WE JUST YES, I HAVE A MOTION. WHO IS THE SECOND? ME.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON TO APPROVE 4.1 AND 4.2, 4.1 AND FOUR POINT AND 4.4 OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. NOW, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I ANY OPPOSED?
[4.2. Discuss and Consider Ordinance No. 3192 on Second Posting, An Ordinance Of The City Of Terrell, Texas, Amending A Budget For The Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2025, And Ending September 30, 2026; Approving And Adopting A Budget For The Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2026, And Ending September 30, 2027; Providing That Expenditures For Said Fiscal Years Shall Be Made In Accordance With Said Budgets; Appropriating And Setting Aside The Necessary Funds Out Of The General Fund And Other Fund Revenues For Said Fiscal Years For The Maintenance And Operation Of The Various Improvements And For Other Activities And Improvements Of The City; Providing A Repealing Clause; Providing A Severability Clause, And Providing An Effective Date.]
MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 4.2 DISCUSSING. CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 3192 ON SECOND READING. I WOULD ASK THAT. IS THERE A MOTION ON IT? WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3192. I HAVE 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 TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3192. HOWEVER, THIS ONE NEEDS TO BE PULLED. SO, DON, WOULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR. DONNA. RENEE ANDERSON, I JORGE VARGAS I STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS I PHIL ROBERTSON A MAYOR. RICK CARMONA I. MOTION PASSES WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THOSE PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 4.3.[4.3. Discuss and Consider Resolution No. 2342, Authorizing the City Manager to Complete Negotiations, Execute Contract and Take All Actions Necessary to Implement Request for Proposal (RFP) 26-12: South Alley Beautification Project- Ornamental Fence & Dumpster Enclosure Installation, as Recommended by PADIC Board.]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2342 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO COMPLETE NEGOTIATIONS. EXECUTE CONTRACT AND TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THE SOUTH ALLEY BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT. STAFF. RAYLAN. GO AHEAD. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE BIDS THAT WERE RECEIVED FOR THE WROUGHT IRON FENCING AND ALSO THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES FOR THE SOUTH ALLEY PROJECT. WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED WAS CONCORDE COMMERCIAL SERVICES. YOU'VE GOT QUITE A FEW ITEMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON YOUR BID SPREADSHEET. SO ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS THE BASE BID. THE LOW BID WAS CONCORDE COMMERCIAL SERVICES. BUT WHEN YOU DID THE TOTAL BASE BID, WHICH INCLUDED MOBILIZATION, TRAFFIC CONTROL, ETC. THE TOTAL BASE BID, LOW BID WAS ESTRADA AND SONS. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE PRICE OF THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF WAS THE BASE BID PLUS ALT ONE, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR US TO UPGRADE THE FENCE POSTS ALONG THE SOUTH ALLEY RAILROAD TRACKS.AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR STAFF IS CONCORDE COMMERCIAL SERVICES FOR $254,305.11. AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE UNIT PRICING. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO. I THINK IT'S WORTH US ADDRESSING THE. AND CALLING ATTENTION TO THE EFFORT BEING MADE TO BEAUTIFY SOUTH VALLEY. I THINK STAFF IS DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB HERE. AND IT'S A IT'S A AN IMPORTANT PROJECT. YOU THROW OUT IRON FENCING UP AND THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES.
IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY IMPACTFUL TO SOUTH ALLEY. SO I WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR YOUR WORK ON IT. SO APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I THINK THE BID I REVIEWED, WHAT YOU'RE
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TALKING, YOU'RE TALKING THROUGH WITH REGARDING WITH REGARD TO THE BIDS, I THINK WE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION THERE AS WELL. SO IT WAS VERY CONFUSING. BUT WE WE KNEW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PLACES THROUGHOUT OUR PARKS AS WELL WHERE WE NEED TO ADD THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES. AND SO WE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LINEAR FEET PRICING ON THE RIGHT ARM, FENCING FOR FUTURE DOG PARKS, AND ALSO THE UNIT PRICING FOR THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES. YEAH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TO GET THOSE BY CONTRACT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RAYLAN. ALL RIGHT.SO THAT IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2342. IS THERE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER NUMBER 2342 AND A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM PHIL ROBERTSON OF DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE, A SECOND FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT FOUR, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2342 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I I I I ANY OPPOSED?
[5. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS ]
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THOSE PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS. 5.1 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A ZONE CHANGE REQUEST FROM SINGLE FAMILY. 7.5 OR SF 7.5 TO NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE IN E ON APPROXIMATELY 0.22 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN THE ORIGINAL EDITION. LOT TWO, BLOCK 46, CITY OF TERRELL KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS. IDENTIFIED AS CAD PARCEL ID 40126, ALSO KNOWN AS 107 EAST BRANCH STREET IN TERRELL, TEXAS. RAYLAN. BUT YEAH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. GO AHEAD. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE FOR 107 EAST BRIDGE STREET. A LOT OF YOU WILL KNOW THIS AS THE FORMER BLESSINGS ON BRIN LOCATION. WHEN THE SANDWICH SHOP WAS PREVIOUSLY THERE AT THIS ADDRESS, IT WAS LEGAL NONCONFORMING WHEN IT OPENED.AND SO WE HAVE SOMEONE INTERESTED IN OPENING UP ANOTHER RETAIL SLASH SANDWICH SHOP IN THE SAME LOCATION. SO WITH THE ADDITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE AND OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WITHIN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL. OKAY, NOW WE'LL DO THE PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO HEAR REMARKS ON THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.2. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 3190. AMENDING APPENDIX TWO AGAIN FOR ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS AND CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM SINGLE FAMILY 7.5 TO NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE. BEFORE WE BEGIN, YES, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM VOTING ON ITEM FOUR. 5.2. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY FAMILY MEMBERS. OKAY, FOR THE RECORD, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT JORGE VARGAS HAS ABSTAINED HIMSELF FROM ANY VOTES. GO AHEAD. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY APPROVE THE ZONE CHANGE FOR THIS ADDRESS. ON AUGUST 27TH, PNC MET HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ALSO RECOMMENDED SEVEN ZERO APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE AS PRESENTED. OKAY, SO IS UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO FROM PNC. ALL RIGHT. NOT ONLY DID HE RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THE VOTE, BUT WHERE HE, VARGAS DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY DISCUSSION. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAYLEN HEARING? NONE. IS THERE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 3190. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3190. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, A MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT FOUR TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 3190 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN
[6. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ]
BY STATING I, I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AN HONORABLE PRESIDENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS 6.1 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS. REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. DON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IN YOUR PACKET IS THE ROSTER FOR THE. FOR THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. WE HAVE TROY DROLLINGER AND BRIAN THAYER THAT WOULD BOTH LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED IN. THIS FALLS UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF PHIL ROBINSON. DONE CORRECT IS. AS YOU STATED, I SPOKE WITH BOTH TROY AND BRIAN AND I BOTH WOULD LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED TO THIS[00:30:01]
BOARD AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR, OUR STAFF REACHING OUT TO KIND OF GET THEM UP TO SPEED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO THEY'RE KIND OF NOT LEFT HANGING THERE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. ALRIGHT, THAT'S A MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM PHIL ROBINSON, DISTRICT FIVE, A SECOND FROM JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE TO REAPPOINT TROY DROP DROLLINGER. AND BRIAN. WHAT'S THAT? THAYER TO THE.BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
PRESIDENT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. DISCUSSING. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. COUNCILWOMAN, YOU HAD EXPRESSED. YOU MIGHT WANT TO POSTPONE. YES. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE THE ITEM 6.2. GOT IT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE TO POSTPONE ITEM 6.2. THE APPOINTMENT 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 ANY. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS. 6.3 DISCUSS APPOINTMENT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. DON. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO. OKAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE OR TO POSTPONE ITEM 6.3. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE, SECOND FROM PHIL ROBINSON, DISTRICT FIVE TO POSTPONE 6.3. THE APPOINTMENT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL THOSE
[7. DISCUSSION ITEMS ]
PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO RECEIVE. PRESENTATION BY NORRIS DESIGN REGARDING THE CITY OF TERRELL. FUTURE LAND USE MAP UPDATE INCLUDING STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEW PROPOSAL AND PROJECT NEXT STEPS. RAYMOND. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS MORE EXCITED THAN ME ABOUT A FUTURE LAND USE MAP, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO INTRODUCE YOU TO RICK LESNAR.LESNAR. HE IS WITH NORRIS DESIGN AND HE IS HERE TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF THIS PLANNING IS GOING TO LOOK AT. LOOK LIKE THERE'S SOME COMMITTEES THAT WE NEED TO START PUTTING TOGETHER. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT Y'ALL NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT. AND HE HE'S JUST AS BIG OF A PLANNING NERD AS I AM. AND I REALLY ENJOYED TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THIS PROCESS. SO I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE RICK. THANK YOU.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER. HELLO. MY NAME IS RICK LESNAR. I'M A SENIOR PLANNER AT NORRIS DESIGN. OUR OFFICES IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS. AND I'LL JUST GO RIGHT AHEAD AND GET INTO A LITTLE. A LITTLE PRESENTATION. I THINK I GOING THE RIGHT WAY. SHOWING 7.1 DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ATTACHED. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY ATTACHED.
ALL I CAN DO THAT QUITE WELL. EXCELLENT. AGAIN, MY NAME IS RICK LESNAR. I'M A COMMUNITY PLANNER WITH NORRIS DESIGN. TONIGHT. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TALK TO YOU JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. LIKE TERRELL, OUR TEAM MEMBERS, AND KIND OF SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS, THE EARLY STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND EVERYTHING. NORRIS DESIGN IS A PLANNING, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, URBAN DESIGN BRANDING FIRM BASED OUT OF DENVER, COLORADO. BUT I DON'T TELL TOO MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE REALLY WE HAVE A LOT OF TEXAS ROOTS. I'VE BASICALLY HAD MY ENTIRE CAREER HERE IN NORTH TEXAS AND EVERYTHING. SO YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF TEXAS FOCUS AND EVERYTHING AS A PART OF OUR TEAM. WE ALSO HAVE AN ECONOMIST WITH OURSELVES, JASON CLAUNCH WITH CATALYST COMMERCIAL. HE'S HE'S BEEN WORKED HERE IN TERRIBLE FOR. HE WILL PROVIDE FISCAL ANALYSIS. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE COST AND BENEFITS OF THESE DIFFERENT PROPOSED AND POTENTIAL FUTURE LAND USE PLANS AS A PART OF OUR TEAM. ALSO, WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING FIRM, A BILL, A WHAT'S THE BILL'S LAST NAME? I CAN'T THINK OF A BILL'S LAST NAME, BUT HE'S WITH DAWSON. THEY ARE AN EXCELLENT FIRM HERE IN HERE IN NORTH DALLAS ALSO.
AND THEY'LL BE HELPING US WITH INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AS WE LOOK AT THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. I'VE MENTIONED SCENARIOS SEVERAL TIMES. IN ESSENCE, WE GO THROUGH A FAIRLY
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LENGTHY AND DETAILED PROCESS TO GET TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGH A WHOLE MEANS OF DIFFERENT EFFORTS. WE CONDUCT INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS. WE WILL FORM A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT WILL WORK WITH EVERY MONTH DURING THE PROCESS, WHICH WILL BE ROUGHLY A LITTLE BIT RIGHT AROUND A YEAR, A LITTLE BIT LESS POSSIBLY. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ESTABLISH FIVE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC COMMITTEES OF ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE EACH. AND THEY WILL GIVE US SPECIFIC INPUT ON THE PROPOSED AND POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA. ONE WOULD BE DOWNTOWN, ONE WOULD BE. DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE AN IN-TOWN ONE. WE ALSO HAVE ONE OVER NEAR THE AIRPORT AND THE BUSINESS PARK. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS. AS WE LOOK AT BOTH THE CITY OF TERRELL AND ITS ETJ, WE THIS WILL BE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH AFTER WE GATHER INPUT AND EVERYTHING AND ESTABLISH A SET OF GOALS OF WHAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TERRELL TO BE AT ITS EVENTUAL BUILD OUT. IN ESSENCE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 40 TO 50 YEAR PLAN TIME HORIZON. WE DEVELOPED A SET OF SCENARIOS, THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, A, B, AND C. EACH OF THOSE SCENARIOS ARE ARE VALID. WE WILL COME UP WITH THREE DIFFERENT LAND USE SCENARIOS TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, DENSITY PATTERNS, LOOKING AT SPECIAL USES SUCH AS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, MEDICAL FACILITIES AND EVERYTHING, NEW NEW ROADWAY ALIGNMENTS AND EVERYTHING. SO WE'LL HAVE THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS A, B AND C, AND WE'LL HAVE A PRETTY MASSIVE PUBLIC MEETING. WE'LL ALSO HAVE A A PROJECT WEBSITE. SO ALL THAT INFORMATION WILL BE ON ON THE WEB. AND PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GIVE US INPUT AT THEIR TIME, DURING THEIR TIME FRAME AND EVERYTHING. THE INPUT IS NOT THAT ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS IS THE RIGHT SCENARIO. WHAT ALWAYS HAPPENS IS THERE'S PARTS OF ALL THREE THAT ARE THE THAT ARE THE DESIRED CONCEPT. SO WE GET THAT, WE GET THAT INPUT WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS AND AND CITY COMMUNITY LEADERS. IN THOSE MEETINGS. WE HEAR ABOUT THE THE LIKES AND DISLIKES OF THOSE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WHERE THERE'S GOOD, WHERE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT THEY DON'T LIKE. AND THEN WE CRAFT A PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO FOR A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. WE THEN COME BACK TO YOU ALL WITH ANOTHER ROBUST PUBLIC MEETING, PUT THAT OUT ON THE ON OUR WEBSITE AND EVERYTHING. AGAIN, IT'LL BE IT'LL BE COMBINED WITH A FISCAL ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND COSTS AND BENEFITS AND TIMINGS AND EVERYTHING OF ALL THOSE LAND USES. THAT FINAL PREFERRED SCENARIO THEN BECOMES THE DRAFT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN MAP UPDATE.THAT WILL BE THE DOCUMENT, THE MAP THAT YOU ALL AND FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PNC MEMBERS AND EVERYTHING WILL USE IN ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS AND ZONING DECISIONS. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT TRENDS, WHAT'S GOING ON IN EAST TEXAS AND THE DFW AREA, THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING HERE RIGHT NOW, CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH. AND ALSO, AGAIN, HOW DO WE CREATE AND EXTEND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW USES WITHIN THIS AREA THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE? AGAIN, ROUGHLY 10 TO 12 MONTHS, AND WE'D LIKE TO START THE PROJECT AND EVERYTHING HERE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, AND GET SOME OF THE PUBLIC INPUT ASPECTS GOING ON. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO START TO FINISH FROM YOUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNTIL WE HAVE A A LAND USE FINISHED PRODUCT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY AT A MINIMUM TEN MONTHS, TEN MONTHS. YEAH. MINIMUM. AND, AND WAIT, SO YOU, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU BEST ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY? WHAT, WHAT IS WORKED THAT GETS OUR RESIDENTS INVOLVED? WE WILL MEET WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND HAVE WORK SESSIONS AND WHICH WILL BE ADVERTISED ON YOUR WEBSITE AND OURS. SO WE'LL HAVE INDIVIDUAL ONE ON ONE MEETINGS AND GROUP MEETINGS. WE'LL ALSO HAVE PUBLIC SURVEY THAT WILL BE ONLINE. SO CITIZENS WILL BE ABLE TO GO ON AND GIVE US SOME DETAILED INPUT. SO IT'S BOTH USING YOUR EARS AS TOOLS THAT WE LISTEN TO AND ALSO TECHNOLOGICAL COMPONENTS AND INPUTS THAT THEY GIVE US. SO SOCIAL MEDIA IS HOW YOU EXPECT TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. YES, WE WILL ALSO IN OUR SCOPE, WE ALSO HAVE TWO, WHAT WE'RE CALLING POP UP EVENTS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO COME IN, HAVE A AGAIN, DEFINE SOME AREAS THAT ARE KIND OF ACTIVE AND LIVELY.
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ONE COULD BE AT A AT A FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME WHERE WE WILL HAVE A TENT AND WE'LL HAVE CITIZENS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN AND WE'LL GET INPUT FROM FROM THEM DURING THAT FOOTBALL GAME. ANOTHER COULD BE AT A COFFEE SHOP HERE IN TOWN THAT'S RATHER ACTIVE OR SOMETHING ON A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY TO, TO MEET WITH INDIVIDUALS TO AGAIN, GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, LET THEM KNOW WHAT THIS IS, WHAT A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS ABOUT, AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET INVOLVED. YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE FULL SPECTRUM OF WHAT WHO OUR CITY IS, AND NOT JUST I LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING OUT AT THE FOOTBALL GAMES, BUT WE NEED TO FIND A COUPLE OTHER EVENTS SIMILAR TO THAT WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN GET THE INPUT THAT WE WANT, RIGHT? OKAY. SO ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. YOU'RE GOING TO ENGAGE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. WOULD THAT INCLUDE SORT OF EXISTING FORUMS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE OR JUST SORT OF POSTING ON THE CITY WEBSITE? HOW WOULD YOU INTERACT WITH THE CITIZENS OF TERRELL VIA SOCIAL MEDIA? THAT'S THE BIG IMPORTANT THING IS WE WOULD LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA IN YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND EVERYTHING TO TAKE THEM TO OUR WEBSITE. THAT'LL HAVE ANALYTICS AND DATA AND METRICS ON BOTH WHAT'S GOING ON IN TAROT RIGHT NOW FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE. OKAY, DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND EVENTS TO ATTEND EITHER IN PERSON OR ELECTRONICALLY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DATA AND INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE TO GET INVOLVED IN. I THINK THE REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TERRELL IS LARGELY AN AGING COMMUNITY AND MANY AREN'T ON SOCIAL MEDIA. A LOT OF TIMES YOU'VE GOT TO INTERACT WITH THEM DIRECTLY. YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE A SORT OF CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, SOME TOWN HALL APPROACHES POTENTIALLY MAYBE IN OUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS WHERE SOME THINGS CAN BE DISCUSSED AND THOSE OPINIONS CAN BE EXPRESSED. WE HAVE A VERY OPINIONATED COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, I THINK MORE SO THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES, TO SAY THE LEAST.SO I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS. YOU KNOW, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE UPDATED OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN 2019? WE'RE TALKING NOW ABOUT DEVELOPING A PLAN THAT'S 20, 25 YEARS OR 25, 50 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE, RIGHT? SO 40, 50, 40 TO 50, 40. WHY DID THIS ONE ONLY LAST FROM 2019 TO 2026? I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHILE WE'RE THIS CURRENT PLAN ISN'T LASTING 25, 50 YEARS, YOU ALSO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU HAVE ANNEXED A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PROPERTY. YOUR ETJ HAS CHANGED, AND ALSO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS GENERALLY ONLY LAST ABOUT TEN YEARS. SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN YOUR FULL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NEEDING TO BE UPDATED. IT WAS A FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT WE KEPT RUNNING INTO SPEED BUMPS ALONG THE WAY, BECAUSE THE MARKET TRENDS AND YOU'LL LEARN A LOT ABOUT THAT IN THE PROCESS, BUT MAYBE HALFWAY THROUGH YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP OR YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, A LOT OF THE MARKETING TRENDS CHANGE, BUILDING STANDARDS CHANGE, LEGISLATION CHANGES AS FAR AS WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY ALLOW. AND SO PART OF THE REASON WHY WE WERE BRINGING THEM IN FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP ITSELF IS BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO RUN INTO THAT WITH OUR ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT REQUEST. OKAY. I JUST, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WHATEVER PLAN WE PUT FORTH REALLY DOES REFLECT WHAT THE PEOPLE OF TERRELL ARE LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITY. AND SO I'D LIKE TO REALLY HAVE SOME CLARITY AROUND HOW THESE KEY STAKEHOLDERS ARE DEFINED AND KIND OF WHAT THEIR ROLE IS. AND ARE THEY SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS OR NEIGHBORING BUSINESS OWNERS, OR HOW DO WE DEFINE WHO'S IMPACTED AND WHO A STAKEHOLDER IS. SO KIND OF NEXT STEPS FROM STAFF TO ADMIN AND CITY COUNCIL IS YOU'RE GOING TO GET A FULL TIMELINE. AND SO YOU'LL GET A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THOSE STEERING COMMITTEES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MET THE CONSULTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE ASK YOU FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE KICKING THIS PROCESS OFF. WHENEVER WE SUPPLY THE INFORMATION TO YOU, WE'LL DEFINITELY DEFINE WHAT THOSE COMMITTEES ARE GOING TO BE AND WHO EXACTLY IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THERE'LL BE A LOT OF ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS, BUT THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE SEPARATE COMMITTEES WHERE WE'LL BRING PARTICULAR GROUPS OF PEOPLE TOGETHER. SO A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE DEFINED WHENEVER WE MAKE THE DIRECT ASK FROM CITY COUNCIL. BUT WE WANTED TO BRING THE CONSULTANT FORWARD JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS AND KIND OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IT'LL BE DIFFERENT, SEVERAL DIFFERENT STEERING COMMITTEES AND WHAT WILL SORT OF BE EACH OF THEIR
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PURVIEW, LIKE, HOW DO YOU DEFINE LIKE, WE NEED A COMMITTEE FOR THIS AND FOR THAT AND FOR THAT? IS IT FOR CERTAIN GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE CITY, OR IS IT LIKE ONE COMMITTEE FOR RETAIL, ONE COMMITTEE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT? WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS COMMITTEE? GOOD QUESTION. FORMATION, SINCE THERE'S A THERE'S A PROJECT OVER A LAND USE STEERING COMMITTEE THAT'S ROUGHLY 10 TO 15 PEOPLE. THEN WE'LL HAVE THOSE FIVE GEOGRAPHIC TASK FORCE IN. IN ESSENCE, THEY DON'T JUST FOCUS ON ONE LAND USE, BUT THEY FOCUS ON THAT GEOGRAPHY BECAUSE EACH OF THE PLACES, THE DISTRICTS ARE VERY, VERY UNIQUE. SURE. SO WE'LL MEET WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY. AND THEN AGAIN, HAVING SPECIAL MEETINGS OR PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT PUBLIC MEETINGS SCHEDULED, BUT I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH YOU ALL, BEING SPONSORED IN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS AND EVERYTHING WITH CITIZENS. YES. BECAUSE I'M SORRY. OH GO AHEAD. YOU LIKE IT FOR NOW UNTIL YOU. YEAH. GO AHEAD. YOU MIGHT. KNOW IN MY DISTRICT, THE SOCIAL MEDIA USES FOR THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND PICTURES. AND THEY WILL NOT BE INTERESTED IN ANY DATA THAT I PUT OUT THERE, AS MUCH AS I WOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO FOR ME, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WOULD HAVE TO INCLUDE SOMETHING FACE TO FACE WITH PICTURES. I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE GOING TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, AND LIKE MY COLLEAGUE, WE HAVE A VERY VOCAL COMMUNITY, NOT NECESSARILY VISIBLE, BUT VOCAL.AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET AS MUCH TO HELP YOU WITH THAT PARTICIPATION AS MUCH AS I CAN.
I'M THINKING ABOUT MISS WILSON. I MEAN, CLEARLY THESE TOOLS ARE THE BEST TOOLS REALLY ARE.
WE'RE BIG ON BIG GRAPHIC MAPS AND EVERYTHING, AND MANY TIMES WE FIND OUT IN THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GET INTO SMALLER GROUPS. BIG MEETINGS ARE NICE AND EVERYTHING, BUT THERE ARE SOME GROUPS THAT JUST NEED A LITTLE SPECIAL TIME AND ATTENTION. AND WE'VE WORKED OUT A SCHEDULED MEETING THIS MORNING. AND AGAIN, EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT TIME WITH RECOGNIZABLE. THE IMPORTANCE IS, IS WHERE DO THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOP? WHERE DO THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES? IF YOU TRAFFIC AND NOISE AND EVERYTHING. SO JUST A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF COMPONENTS THAT MAKE THAT PIECE OF LAND, WHICH IS IN ESSENCE THE BACKBONE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE. BUT I DEFINITELY THINK HAVING THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEMBERS AS PARTS OF THE STEERING COMMITTEES AND THEN BEING INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING GOES A LONG WAY TOWARD THEM FEELING MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PLAN BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING THEY'RE PART OF THE PLAN. THAT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? TYPICALLY, ONE THING WE LIKE TO ALWAYS SAY IS, AND I'M GLAD WE'VE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY PRESENTATION. I THINK WHEN YOU ALL ARE ASKED TO MAKE SELECTIONS FOR THESE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS MAKE SURE YOU PICK PEOPLE THAT WILL GO TO THESE MEETINGS AND THEY'LL TAKE IN THE INFORMATION, AND THEN THEY NEED TO GO OUT AND DISTRIBUTE THAT INFORMATION AMONG THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR, THEIR CHURCH INDIVIDUALS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THIS. SO IT'S REALLY A TWO WAY STREET.
SO THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT SOME POINT TO LOOK AT THE EAST MAP WHOLE, RIGHT? HOW DO WE AND HOW ARE YOU ANTICIPATING ENSURING THAT THE RESIDENTS OF TERRELL THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO, IF YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU'RE GIVEN INPUT, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE RESIDENTS OF TERRELL. MANY TIMES WE ASK THEM TO PUT DOWN THEIR ADDRESS, BUT WE REALLY WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE AMOUNT OF INFLECTION THAT PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY IS RATHER SMALL AND NOT HERE. WE ASK THEM FOR THEIR ADDRESS AND WE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I RECENTLY PUT OUT A POLL ON MY OWN SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WAS REGARDING A CERTAIN CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN TERRELL, AND IT HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LOCAL RESPONSE. BUT THEN AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS, A BOT ARMY THE POLL AND COMPLETELY SKEWED THE RESULTS. SO I KNOW THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KIND OF BE ON GUARD FOR OUR OUR POLLS BEING MANIPULATED BY SOME EXTERNAL FACTORS. YEAH. WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN GET SOME IN-PERSON PARTICIPATION AT, LIKE YOU SAID, THE TOWN HALL HALLS AT YOUR OWN DISTRICT OR HERE AT CITY HALL. THAT WAY WE
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ARE ABLE TO CHECK IN PEOPLE AND WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH ADDRESSES, SOCIAL MEDIA, WEBSITES, ALL OF THAT IS AMAZING. BUT HONESTLY, JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPEN CONVERSATION AND THE STICKIES ON THE WALL AND, YOU KNOW, SITTING DOWN WITH A MAP, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS MORE THAN JUST READING QUESTIONS. SO WHENEVER WE SEND OUT THE LIST OF COMMITTEES AND STUFF, JUST BE THINKING ABOUT THOSE THAT WOULD REALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE WHOLE PROCESS. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE A 9 TO 10 MONTH PROCESS AND WE'LL BE MEETING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET MORE OUT OF IT AT THE END. PERSON DISTRICT MEETINGS AND TOWN HALLS. I JUST, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE LAND USE MAP. YOU KNOW WHAT, WHILE IT IS FOR 40 OR 50 YEARS, IT'S JUST A GUIDELINE BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, CONDITIONS CHANGE, RULES CHANGE, ORDINANCES CHANGE. AND THE STATE IS GOING TO TELL US EVENTUALLY, I GUARANTEE YOU WHAT WE WERE PLANNING FOR TODAY, IN 50 YEARS WILL CHANGE. AND SO IT WON'T BE ANY GOOD. THE COUNCILMAN ROBISON HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, SEVEN WHAT WAS IT, 7 TO 10 YEARS? THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD. IS THAT ABOUT NORMAL OR BECAUSE YOU'RE A FAST GROWING COMMUNITY? A LOT OF TIMES COMPREHENSIVE PLANS. THAT CRYSTAL BALL GETS A LITTLE FOGGY REAL QUICK. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE A FAST GROWING COMMUNITY, I AM SURE. YES, PROBABLY EVEN FASTER THAN YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VITAL THAT WE JUST GIVE VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THESE LAND USES OF THESE DENSITIES, THE RELATIONSHIP TO ROADS, CREEKS AND EVERYTHING. SO, OKAY, I'D LIKE TO SAY IT SHOULD LAST YOU EASILY. IT SHOULD BE AN ACCURATE TOOL EVERY BIT OF 15 YEARS. OKAY. BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY ROBUST AND DETAILED PROCESS. OKAY. HOW MANY OF THESE HAVE YOU DONE BEFORE? I GUESS A LITTLE BIT OVER 50. OKAY. 50. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A PART OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.OKAY. ALL RIGHT. RAYLAN, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEP? SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SEEING AS A FEW NOTES AND RECOMMENDATIONS, PROBABLY IN YOUR MANAGER'S REPORTS, THINGS TO BE THINKING ABOUT, AND THEN WE'LL BE PUTTING TOGETHER THE COMMITTEE. SO YOU'LL START SEEING THOSE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS, BUT WE'LL BE SURE AND GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ABOUT THE PARTICULAR COMMITTEES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THAT WAY, YOU CAN START THINKING ABOUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO TALK TO RICK, AND I'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF JUST AN OVERVIEW AND SOME DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR FEEDBACK ON, AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED. IS THERE A AN AMOUNT FOR FUNDING THAT WILL BE COMING BACK FOR A REQUEST TO THE COUNCIL? THIS WAS IN YOUR 2027 BUDGET UNDER CAPITAL C, I P SO IT'S ALREADY FUNDED. YES. OKAY. YEAH. WE WE APPROVED THIS RFQ RECOMMENDATION BACK IN JULY.
OKAY. AND PUT IT IN YOUR BUDGET FUNDING FOR 27. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ANYBODY? YES. 110 GO AHEAD. WE GOT SOME RIGHT HERE. GO AHEAD. WHAT OTHER CITIES KIND OF COMPARABLE TO TERRELL HAVE YOU DONE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GROWTH. AND CAN YOU GIVE ME A COUPLE. BEEN WORKING FOR ME AND WORKING IN GREENVILLE. WE'VE DONE WORK IN CRANDALL. TEXARKANA, ATHENS. WHEN WE LISTEN TO OUR CITIZENS. AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE, BUT IT LOOKS TOTALLY DIFFERENT NOW THAN WHEN IT WHEN WE WERE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE, COULD THIS TYPE OF PLANNING INVOLVE ANY TYPE OF EMINENT DOMAIN WHERE WE CHANGE AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHITE PEOPLE OUT AND BUSINESSES AND THEN PUT WHAT WE WANT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZENS? COULD THAT HAPPEN IF WE MADE SOME, YOU KNOW, NO, BUT CITIES HAVE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE GOOD OF THE PUBLIC. TO. POWER. IF THERE IS A NEED FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH. WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT.
I JUST WONDER, WILL IT BE JUST LIKE TOTAL BIG SHIFTS WHERE YOU'D HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT MASSIVE TO GET THAT FUTURE LAND USE TO CHANGE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CITIZENS WAY OF DOING THE TYPE OF LAND. COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING BACK. LIKE YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED, OKAY, SO JUST ONE FINAL POINT OF CLARITY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON HOW WE ZONE
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AND THE PROCESS FOR ZONING. YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY P AND Z JUST LOOKS AT WHAT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS. AND THEY RUBBER STAMP AND LARGELY, YOU KNOW, TO APPROVE WHAT OUR LAND USE PLAN IS. WHAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAINTAINING THE PROPER CONTROLS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE IN PLACE. HOW LET'S SAY WE CHANGE SOME AREAS, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF MEET WITH WHAT CURRENT DEMAND IS. BUT WE KIND OF WANT TO MAINTAIN SOME. WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS AND THINGS TO KIND OF KEEP TIGHT CONTROLS OVER WHAT CAN AND CANNOT GO IN CERTAIN REGIONS. CORRECT. LIKE I JUST WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW ARE WE, IF, YOU KNOW, SAY, CERTAIN STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANT TO GO IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION, HOW IS THE COUNCIL AND CITY LEADERSHIP KIND OF MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE KIND OF CITY WE WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PROCESS AND AFTER IT'S COMPLETED, I CAN CLEARLY THE PLAN IS BUILD IN FLEXIBILITY. AND MANY TIMES WE DEVELOP CATEGORIES THAT HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPECIFIC USES WITHIN THAT CATEGORY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT FLEXIBILITY. SO OKAY, SO WE CAN BUILD IN SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SGP REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS INTO THE PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, GET REALLY GRANULAR WITH IT. OR IS IT KIND OF MORE BROAD? IT'S AS SPECIFIC AS YOU WANT. OKAY. REALLY, I THINK A LOT OF THIS WILL COME FROM THE EMPATHY YOU RECEIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND HOW DETAILED AND PRECISE THEY WANT. GOTCHA. WILL REPORT THAT BACK TO YOU ALL. AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEES ON THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AND THEN INPUT FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. OKAY. THAT INFORMATION. THAT FLEXIBILITY IS, IS OKAY.THANK YOU. STRATEGIES DO YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE THAT AREN'T REALLY OUT VISIBLE OR BE DIFFICULT? AND WE COULD GET THEIR INPUT, LIKE PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND ELDERLY OR INDIGENT. HOW WOULD WE INCLUDE THOSE PEOPLE TO GET SOME? YEAH, I MEAN, WHAT WE HAVE IS ACTUALLY CREATED FLIERS THAT. AND JUST ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE CITY CAN MAKE THOSE FLIERS FOR SENIOR HOMES AND OTHER SITES SO THAT WE CAN PUT THEM THERE FOR THE CONSTRUCTED ON BOTH THE MECHANISMS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUALLY TURNING OFF, SAYING IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE, IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE WHEN WE DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS. AND WHEN I SAID IN THAT MEETING THAT NIGHT, WE HAD TABLES AND MAPS AND WE WANT THIS HERE AND THIS WILL GO GOOD HERE. AND IT JUST IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE AND THOSE SAME PEOPLE I SEE NOW. AND NOW I'M SITTING I'M SITTING HERE 8 OR 10 YEARS LATER. SO I JUST I'M WONDERING IF I WOULD SUGGEST TO REACH OUT AND THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE YOUNGER FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE IN PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HOME, LET THEM HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW. THERE'S INDIVIDUALS HERE THEY WANT TO. TAG TEAM UP WITH A SIGNIFICANT OTHERS OR SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING. IT'S A VERY FLEXIBLE WE'RE TALKING SERIOUS TREE BEATING THE TREES, BEATING THE BUSHES, GOING TO THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS. SO WHICH IS A LOT OF THAT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. I MEAN, WE'VE ALL WE'VE WE'VE WORKED IN COMMUNITIES WHERE, AGAIN, THEY WANTED TO CREATE A PUBLIC AWARENESS THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE GOING ON. AND THEY LITERALLY CREATED FOUR BY SIX PLASTIC OR VINYL BANNERS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT THERE.
COMMUNITY INTEREST BEFORE THE PUBLIC MEETING. IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, HERALD FUTURE GROWTH PATTERNS, COME TO THESE MEETINGS WEBSITE AND YEAH, OKAY, CREATE SOME ENERGY. LEAVE YOUR TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS AT HOME. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[8. BUSINESS ITEMS ]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IS WHAT? I LOST MY MONTH. IS 8.1 DISCUSSING. CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 234 FOR CONFIRMING AND RATIFYING THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH 2027. BUDGET AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 102.007 C OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. THE CITY HAVING ADOPTED A BUDGET THAT WILL REQUIRE RAISING MORE REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE[01:00:01]
DATE. THIS IS OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MATT. POSTED. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE ARE FINISHING UP OUR BUDGET AND PROPERTY TAX ITEMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE BECAUSE THE BUDGET PASSED, RAISES MORE REVENUES FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. THIS IS JUST RATIFYING. WE APPROVED THE BUDGET EARLIER. THIS IS RATIFYING. THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED, AND THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS IN THAT BUDGET. SO I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT WE WENT THROUGH PRESENTATIONS THE LAST TWO MEETINGS AND THEN AT THE COUNCIL. RIGHT. YEAH. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY NEW QUESTIONS FOR MATT ON THIS ITEM.BECAUSE I WAS REMOTE. AND THEN WE HAD SOME ISSUES LAST WEEK. THE SO TAX RATE STAYING THE SAME. REVENUES COMING IN HIGHER BECAUSE OF VALUATIONS. OKAY. JUST SO THERE'S CLARITY. GOTCHA.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, DON, WOULD YOU POLL. WELL, IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2344. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE, SECOND FROM PHIL ROBERTSON. WEIGHT. OKAY. A SECOND FROM PHIL ROBINSON, DISTRICT FIVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2344 AS PRESENTED. DON, WOULD YOU PLEASE IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. DON, WOULD YOU PULL THE COUNCIL? YES. DONNA. RENEE ANDERSON I JORGE VARGAS I STEPHANIE. HOLMES. THOMAS. PHIL ROBINSON, MAYOR. RICK. CARMONA I. MOTION PASSES WITH UNANIMOUS VOTE. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA 8.2 DISCUSSING CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 3191 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING THE TAX RATE ON ALL PROPERTY TAX WITHIN THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH 2027 AND LEVYING AN ORDER ORDERING COLLECTION FOR THE TAX YEAR OF 2026, PROVIDING A LIEN ON ALL REAL PROPERTY AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF TAX TAXES ASSESSED CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS THEREOF, AND CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MATT, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE, THE FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE TO PASS THE TAX RATE FOR NEXT YEAR FOR TAX YEAR 26, THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. SO THIS IS WHAT'S BUILDING THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. WE WENT OVER THIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY NEW QUESTIONS FOR MATT? HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.764200, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 2.06% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. HAVE A MOTION RIGHT? YES, I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, THE MAYOR PRO TEM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE TO APPROVE OR APPROVE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BY INCREASING THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE OF 0.764200, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 2.06% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. I HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE. OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. WOULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? DONNA RENEE ANDERSON I JORGE VARGAS I STEPHANIE. HOLMES. THOMAS I PHIL. ROBINSON. MAYOR. RICK. CARMONA I. MOTION PASSES WITH
[9. INFORMATION REPORTS ]
UNANIMOUS VOTE OF PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IS RECEIPT. POLICE. MONTHLY.DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORTS AND OUR STAR TRANSIT RIDERSHIP REPORTS COUNCIL I'LL ASK THAT YOU REACH OUT TO STAFF ON THOSE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GOING
[10. ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING]
TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FIVE FIVE, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. WE ARE NOW IN THE. ALL RIGHT. THIS TIME WE'RE[11. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY, ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ]
GOING TO RECONVENE IN THE REGULAR SESSION. CONSIDER ACTION IF ANY, ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? HEARING N* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.