[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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TO CALL TO ORDER THE FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE. 6 P.M. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH. AND ON THE DAIS, I BELIEVE WE HAVE EVERYONE PRESENT. TASHA, YOU'RE MISSING TASHA. SO I WOULD ASK MISS JOHNSON TO GIVE THE INVOCATION. SO IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE STAND. TOGETHER.
AND. REMEMBER. WE ASKED PEOPLE TO GATHER IN THE. LIKE. THERE WAS ONE OTHER REASON THEY.
MENTIONED. THANK YOU. AND MOVING TO SECTION THREE, HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. I
[3. HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS]
BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. THOMAS BROWN. YES. GOOD EVENING. COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME AGAIN IS THOMAS BROWN, AND I HERE I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER, KATIE MAE BROWN SMITH.IF YOU DON'T IF YOU DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HER. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, INTELLIGENT YOUNG LADY, DEDICATED, COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE TARA HAD THE BEST THINGS TO OFFER ALONG WITH HER COMMUNITY, HER BELOVED STALIN'S ADDITION. SHE LOVED STALIN AUDITION. SHE'S A LONGTIME MEMBER, A RESIDENT HERE IN THE CITY OF TARA. SHE WORKED VERY HARD IN MANY THINGS HERE IN THE CITY. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE DID, SHE WAS A TERROR UNIVERSITY. GRADUATE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. THAT'S HAPPENED SOMETIME AGO. BUT IT WAS IT'S A UNIVERSITY THAT THEY ESTABLISHED TO BE ABLE TO GET THE COMMUNITY FAMILIAR WITH THE WORKINGS OF THE CITY. AND SO PEOPLE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND LEARN. WHAT DID IT TAKE TO MAKE DECISION IN THE CITY? HOW CAN YOU MAKE HER BETTER? SO THEY CAME UP WITH HER UNIVERSITY. SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF THAT UNIVERSITY. MY MOM, HER PASSION WAS VOTING RIGHTS. SHE I MEAN, SHE GOT OUT DAYS, NIGHTS. YEARS, CONSTANTLY, COUNTLESS DAYS AND NIGHTS AND YEARS, REGARDLESS OF THE ELECTION, WHETHER IT WAS A CITY LOCAL ELECTION, WHETHER IT WAS A NATIONAL ELECTION, WHETHER IT'S A COUNTY ELECTION. SHE WAS HERE IN THIS CITY, IN THIS COUNTY, GETTING PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE. SHE RAISED THE PEOPLE TO VOTE. AND NOT ONLY DID SHE WALK THESE NEIGHBORHOODS GETTING PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE. SEE ALSO CHECK THIS OUT. SHE ALSO PICKED HIM UP AND TOOK HIM TO THE POLLS. SO SHE SO THEY COULD BE ABLE TO VOTE AND CAST THEIR BALLOT. SHE WORKED IN THE BOWLING, IN THE POLLING PLACES, YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND THE ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT MY MOM, KATIE SMITH, SHE WAS FIGHTING SPUNKY YOUNG LADY. IF YOU WAS GOING TO BE INTO A FIGHT, IF YOU WERE GOING TO BE A CANDIDATE IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU WANT HER ON YOUR TEAM. YOU WANT HER LEADING YOUR CAMPAIGN OF BEING A PART OF YOUR CAMPAIGN. AND IF IVAN JOHNSON WAS HERE, HE WOULD TELL YOU, THAT LADY RIGHT THERE, I WOULD THINK THAT SHE WAS PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ME WINNING THE COMMISSION TO SEE. KC JACKSON IF HE WAS HERE, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER, HE WOULD SAY THE SAME THING. KATIE MAE BROWN SMITH WORKED HER BUTT OFF TO MAKE SURE THAT I WOULD HAVE A SEAT ON THAT COUNTY COMMISSION.
MAY FRANCIS ANDERSON, THE MAYOR, FORMER MAYOR HERE OF THIS TERM, TEXAS. SHE WORKED HARD IN HER CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS THE MAYOR OF TARA, TEXAS. NOT ONLY DID SHE WORK, SHE LOVED,
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YOU KNOW, IT WAS A DIE HARD DEMOCRAT. YOU COULDN'T TELL HER NOTHING ABOUT THAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SEE, SHE LOVED HER PARTY, BUT SHE WAS WISE ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO CROSS OVER TO BE ABLE TO GET THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED DONE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR CITY.SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO CROSS OVER, YOU HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. AND THAT'S WHAT SHE DID. DIDN'T MATTER WHERE YOU WERE REPUBLICAN. DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU WAS A DEMOCRAT. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE LOVED SHE LOVED THEM DEMOCRATS. BUT IF YOU WAS REPUBLICAN AND YOU WERE GOING TO GET SOMETHING DONE HERE IN TOWN, IF YOU WERE GOING TO GET SOMETHING DONE IN HER COMMUNITY SILENCE AUDITION, YOU GOT HER VOTE. SHE WAS GOING TO WORK HEARTLESSLY TIRELESSLY FIGHTING FOR YOU TO WIN. AND SHE DID IT.
IT'S OKAY. TAKE YOUR TIME. I'M KATIE ABRAHAM SMITH WAS A WOMAN WHO LOVED THIS CITY. SHE LOOKED AT ME. TO THE DAY SHE DIED. JUST. THE 22ND, 2026. BUT I'M SURE. GOD TOLD HER. WELL DONE, MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. WELL DONE. SO. TO THE COMMITTEE, WHEN YOU ARE CONSIDERING NAMING, RENAMING A STREET OR PARK OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS CITY, IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER KATIE MARIE BROWN SMITH, THOMAS BROWN WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THE FAMILY OF KATIE MAE BROWN SMITH WOULD APPRECIATE IT. WE LOVED OUR MOTHER. SHE IS PRICELESS. AND WE THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR JUST PUTTING HER NAME AND CONSIDERING HER ON THIS RESERVE LIST. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE VISITORS? OKAY. SO WE'LL
[4. ADOPTION OF MINUTES ]
MOVE TO SECTION FOUR. ADOPTION OF MINUTES. HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THE MINUTES FROM JULY 16TH, 2026? ANY ADDENDUMS, CORRECTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IF NOT, I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM MISS JOHNSON TO APPROVE THE MINUTES TO HAVE A SECOND. OKAY. MOTION FOR MISS JOHNSON, A SECOND FOR MISS MONROE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I WILL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. MINUTES ARE APPROVED FOR THE JULY 16TH MEETING. MOVING ON TO SECTION FIVE. DISCUSSION ITEMS DISCUSS[5. DISCUSSION ITEMS ]
FINAL APPROVAL OF RAYFORD HARWELL MEMORIAL SIGN. I DO HAVE TO SAY THIS IS GAINED A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING. I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS BOARD AND THIS DECISION, AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT BEHIND THIS. SO I WANT TO THANK NICOLE AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF, MR. MILLS, FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD. IT HAS BEEN A HUGE MOMENTUM FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THIS COMMITTEE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DEDICATED TO THIS TIME AND THE CONVERSATIONS AND ALL OF THAT. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT SITS ON THE DAIS, BUT ALSO STAFF FOR SURE. I PERSONALLY THINK THE FINAL RENDERING OF IT IS AMAZING, BUT DEFINITELY OPEN TO DISCUSSION ON ADJUSTMENTS OR CHANGES.[00:10:04]
NICOLE, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. YEAH, THIS WAS JUST A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM SINCE IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, CIRCULATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ANY FEEDBACK OR IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT SPOKE OUT TO YOU THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO CHANGE. OR IF THIS IS GOOD TO GO, THEN WE CAN PLACE THAT ORDER AND GET THAT IN PRODUCTION. SO I WILL SAY THE FEEDBACK I'VE RECEIVED IS THAT THE SERGEANT BRADY SIGN WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. I PERSONALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ARE CREATING A, I GUESS, A BRANDING, A CONTINUITY. THANK YOU FOR OUR SIGNAGE. AND SO I HAVE HEARD NOTHING NEGATIVE, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY ENTERTAIN ANY CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS UNVEILING. I'M READY TO SCHEDULE IT. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. LIKE PEOPLE HAVE COME INTO THE MUSEUM AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, JESS, WHEN DO WE GET TO SEE IT? AND I WAS LIKE, WE'RE SO CLOSE. SO ONCE AGAIN, I JUST, I THINK EVERYONE THAT SITS ON THIS DAIS, AND I THINK EVERYONE THAT DOES THE HARD THINGS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND I'VE HEARD NOTHING NEGATIVE, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO OPEN IT TO CONVERSATION. I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THIS GOING TO BE THE STANDARD FOR ANYTHING THAT WE NAME FROM THIS POINT ON BESIDES, YES, THIS IS ALL PRETTY MUCH UNIFORM AS WHAT'S GOING ON OUT AT BEN GILL AND THEN OVER AT BREEZY HILL WHEN WE DID THE NEW PARK SIGNS. THIS IS WHAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS LEANING TOWARDS. SO EVERYTHING LOOKS UNIFORM. PUSH OUR BUTTON.I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE MR. SHAW SIGN UP. DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS? NO. EP SHAW'S MATCH. THE SCOREBOARD COLORS BECAUSE WE HAD NAMED THE MEMORIAL FIELDS AFTER EP SHAW. SO IT WAS. WAS THE BASEBALL COMPLEX CORRECT? YES. ISN'T THIS A MEMORIAL SOFTBALL COMPLEX? AND THEN BASICALLY THE SAME. I MEAN, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THE SIGNS ARE DIFFERENT. THAT'S ALL.
I THINK ON EP SHAW, WE HAD AGREED THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU ENTERED BREEZY HILL, YOU HAD THE BIG PARK SIGN ALREADY, AND THEN WE SINCE IT WAS JUST ONE FIELD, WE WENT WITH THE PLACEMENT ON THE SCOREBOARD. THIS ONE IS BECAUSE THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT FIELDS, SO IT WOULD BE HARDER TO PLACE THEM ON THE SCOREBOARDS. AND WE'RE NAMING ALL FOUR FIELDS AS THE COMPLEX. OKAY, THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING BECAUSE I'M THINKING THAT THE CITIZENS ON, ON, ON THE, IN THAT SIDE OF TOWN, THAT DISTRICT, THEY PROBABLY WON'T EVEN NOTICE THAT SIGN IS EVEN UP THERE. THAT'S THE REASON I WAS ASKING, BECAUSE IF IT'S ON THE SCOREBOARD, HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T EVEN LOOK UP AT THE SCOREBOARD UNLESS THEY HAVE AN A GAME OR SOMETHING? I MEAN, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT WHEN YOU GO INTO BEING GUILD, YOU'RE GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY SEE THIS SIGN. AND I WAS JUST ASKING, WHY WAS IT DIFFERENT? YEAH. AND WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT THE EP SHAW MEMORIAL SIGN. IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT, I WOULD. YEAH. OKAY. AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT PLACEMENT WOULD SUPPORT THAT. I WOULD SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE HE WAS HE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND OF COURSE, INITIALLY I HAD WANTED THE WHOLE PARK NAMED AFTER HIM BECAUSE OF HIS CONTRIBUTION.
AND SO I WOULD DEFINITELY WOULD SUPPORT THAT, THAT IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE WITHOUT LOOKING AND HAVING TO COME UP ON IT AND SAY, OH, EP SHORT FIELD. AND SO IT WAS THE FIELD THAT WE NAMED AFTER HIM AND NOT THE SINNER. OKAY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN EXPLORE THAT. THANK YOU. NICOLE. SO ARE THERE ANY MORE FEEDBACK OR STATEMENTS ON THE RAYFORD HARWELL I, I WOULD ASK THAT MAYBE WE ADD THAT TO THE NEXT AGENDA OR THE ONE AFTER THAT TO JUST KIND OF REVISIT DESIGN IDEAS. I THINK IT'S A NICE I THINK I THINK THE RAYFORD SIGN LOOKS GREAT AND I WOULD MOVE THAT WE GO FORWARD WITH IT AS IS. OKAY, SO I HAVE
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A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SIGN AS IS. AND DO I HAVE A SECOND MOTION? OKAY. WELL PERFECT.THEN I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. GOTTA KEEP YOU IN LINE, SIR.
IT'S OKAY. SO, NO, I THINK I THINK NICOLE AND STAFF DID A FANTASTIC JOB ON THE SIGN DESIGN. AND LOOKING AT THE EP SHAWL SIGN AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO PERFECT. SO HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RAYFORD HARWELL SIGN, WE'LL MOVE ON TO 5.2. DISCUSS FUTURE NAMING IDEAS. IS THIS A PRESENTATION, MR. MILLS? OKAY, BUT YOU'RE STANDING UP, SO.
WELL, I GET TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO YOU ALL. OH, I LOVE IT. NO, ANY PRESENTATION, WE ARE AT A POINT THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE A LIST OF NAMES. WE'VE GIVEN YOU ALL A LIST OF PARKS AND FEATURES OF THE PARKS. WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED. NOW WE GOT COUNCIL TO BASICALLY AUTHORIZE YOU ALL TO NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR COUNCIL TO CHARGE YOU WITH. OKAY, GO NAME THIS. SO IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR PARK, PARTICULAR FEATURE, PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO BRING FORWARD NEXT TIME FOR CONSIDERATION, BE IT A PARK OR, OR A FEATURE OF A PARK, OR IF IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU WANT US TO FIND SOMETHING APPROPRIATE TO CONSIDER. WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED AT THIS POINT. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE JUST A MOMENT WITH THE BOARD ON RECORD. OF COURSE, I'VE BEEN CALLED UNORTHODOX AND OUT OF THE BOX MY ENTIRE CAREER. I HAVE A COUPLE OF MASTER'S DEGREES THAT BACK UP MY INSANITY. SO AUTUMN ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF SIGNS ALONG WALKING TRAILS. AND SO IT IT SPURRED IN MY BRAIN THE IDEA THAT 99% OF OUR PARKS HAVE WALKING TRAILS. SO WE HAVE A VERY LARGE LIST OF NAMES ON RESERVE. AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE THIS BOARD TO THINK ABOUT IS THE IDEA OF HISTORICAL WALKING TRAILS. YOU HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES OF THE HERITAGE SOCIETY ON THE BOARD, SO WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE BIOGRAPHIES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK IT CREATES THE ABILITY TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE OR MAY BECOME CONTROVERSIAL. IF WE NAME A FACILITY AFTER THEM. NOW, THAT'S NOT SAYING SHOULD WE PUT JUST, FOR EXAMPLE, EP SHAW ON A WALKING TRAIL AT BREEZY HILL THAT HE WOULD NOT BE NAMED AFTER THE SOFTBALL FIELD.
HOWEVER, THE RECOGNITION WOULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND THE ABILITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE MORE INDIVIDUALS THAN THE FACILITIES WE HAVE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I HAVE AN ISSUE OR A CONSIDERATION ON THE PAVILION AT BEN GILL. RIGHT. DO WE NAME IT AFTER BEN GILL'S DAUGHTER, OR DO WE WAIT AND GIVE HER A PLAQUE ALONG THE WALKING TRAIL? NOW, MY QUESTION TO NICOLE AND MR. MILLS IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED IN OUR REQUEST? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE HERITAGE SOCIETY CAN PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO ACHIEVE? IS THAT SOMETHING THIS BOARD RECOMMENDS TO A HISTORICAL NONPROFIT WITHIN THE CITY? I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I STAND, RIGHT, BECAUSE MR. BROWN GAVE AN AMAZING SPEECH. I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A FACILITY IN STALLINGS THAT WE'RE READY TO NAME, BECAUSE STALLINGS IS GOING TO UNDERGO A MASSIVE RENOVATION.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO IGNORE MRS. SMITH'S NAME. SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN PUT A PLAQUE UP ABOUT HER AND WHAT SHE DID? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TIE TO THE PARKS AND THE PUBLIC AREAS? AND I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE TO THE BOARD, OR AM I JUST INSANE? AND THAT'S COMPLETELY OKAY AS WELL. SO I'LL COME IN ON THAT. I THINK THAT CERTAINLY, HAVING KNOWN KATIE MOST OF HER LIFE, ALSO SERVED ON COMMITTEES WITH HER VERY WELL AWARE OF HER
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ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, I DO THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON STALLINGS SEDITION BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SHE LIVED AND THAT'S WHERE SHE DID A LOT OF HER WORK. HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW THAT THE VOTE GETTING PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE, ETCETERA, WAS COMMUNITY WIDE. BUT SHE I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE AREA THAT REALLY I FEEL THAT SHOULD BE DEDICATED IN HER HONOR, NOT NECESSARILY A. A FACILITY, BUT THERE'S A PARK OUT THERE. AND I KNOW SHE PROBABLY HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT PARK THERE. I MEAN, THERE'S STREETS AND I THINK COLLEGE BOUND. SO I WONDER WHAT DOES THAT REPRESENT? WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. I DO THINK WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING IN HER HONOR. ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD OPPOSE TO IS THAT I WOULD WANT TO DO A TOPPER. I'VE LOOKED AT THE COMMUNITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE. I THINK WE HAVE 7 OR 8 TOPPERS. THAT, TO ME, DOESN'T REALLY REFLECT THE QUALITY OF INDIVIDUALS WORK. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT LIKE WE DID. JUDGE WILLIAMS RECOGNITION. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE STREETS ACTUALLY WITH THE STREET SIGNS AND NOT TOPPERS ON THERE. IT LOOKS TO ME CHEAP AND VERY CHEAP AND AND I'LL STOP THERE BECAUSE THERE'S ONE TOPPER. I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO CONSIDER REMOVING AND THAT'S JAMIE FOXX. WE NEED TO NAME THAT BRADSHAW STREET FROM 80 OF SOUTHWOOD ALL THE WAY THROUGH BRADSHAW. THAT'S WHERE HE LIVED THAT HE MAKES DONATIONS TO THE CITY. I JUST THINK JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO RE. WE NEED TO CONSIDER NO MORE TOPPERS. I'M I'M OPPOSED TOPPERS. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A COMMENT. WHEN I WAS APPROACHED BY MISS BROWN, I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE RENOVATION TO THE PARK OUT THERE AND. AND I TOLD THEM ALSO THAT THEY COULD PICK WHAT THEY WANT TO NAME AFTER.AND THEN AFTER THE RENOVATION, IF IT'S APPROVED, THEN IT WOULD BE NAMED AFTER THAT. IS THIS THE PART YOU. LEONARD? YEAH. YEAH. AND I, I BY NO MEANS WAS NOT SUGGESTING NAMING FACILITIES OR PARTS OF PARKS, BUT I THINK INCLUDING THEM IN A WALKING TRAIL AS A QUALITY OF LIFE INCENTIVE THAT THE CITY IS GOING FOR BASED ON COUNCIL DECISIONS. AND ALL OF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE BEN GILL, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD HAVE A PLAQUE ON THE WALKING TRAIL AT BEN GILL PARK, RIGHT? EP SHORE WOULD HAVE A PLAQUE AT BREEZY HILL PARK, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS THE COMPLEX, IT'S ONE OF THOSE. IT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY TO INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE. AND THAT IS MY MY GOAL OF INCLUSION IN ALL OF THE PARKS. BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY FACILITIES, WE CAN'T ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO BUILD PLAYGROUNDS SO WE CAN NAME THINGS. WELL, YES, OF COURSE. ABSOLUTELY. AND LOOKING AT THINKING OF PLAQUES VISUALLY, IT CAME TO MY MIND ONE OF THOSE STANDARD, A PRETTY FIRM STANCE, LIKE A LECTURE STAND WITH A PLAQUE ACROSS WHERE YOU CAN READ. WHEN PEOPLE WALK UP, THEY CAN READ IT AND VERSUS A LITTLE LOW RECOGNIZED PART OF PLAQUES. I THINK WE NEED TO RAISE IT UP WHERE IT COULD BE. DO YOU HAVE CAN YOU VISUALIZE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO YES, MA'AM. SO MY VISUALIZATION ONLY BECAUSE OF MY HISTORICAL CONNECTION TO THE CITY CURRENTLY IS LIKE THE TEXAS HISTORICAL MARKERS. SO THEY ARE AT EYE LEVEL AND THEY DEPICT THE EVENT OR THE PERSON THAT THAT PLACARD REPRESENTS.
AND IT CAN GO AS FAR AS, AND I KNOW WE WILL CRINGE IN TERMS OF COST AS NICOLE, JUST LIKE, BUT EVEN A PORTRAIT, RIGHT OF THAT PERSON. AND THEN THE BIOGRAPHY WE CHOOSE AS A BOARD TO INCLUDE IN IT. AND OF COURSE, THAT WOULD GO BEFORE COUNCIL AND APPROVAL AND ALL OF THAT. BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WORKING WITH THE CITY IN TERMS OF LIKE CATHERINE PARKLET AND ALL OF THAT, AND WHY THE STREETS ARE NAMED, WHAT THEY'RE NAMED, AND WORKING WITH THAT
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PLAQUE IDEA PIGGYBACKED ON AUTUMN'S IDEA. AND I DON'T MEAN TO OVERSTEP, BY ALL MEANS, IN THAT I THINK IT WOULD GIVE US SUCH AMAZING FLEXIBILITY TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE AMAZING PEOPLE THAT ARE ON OUR LIST, BECAUSE THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THAT MANY FACILITIES IS ACTUALLY ALMOST UNREACHABLE. AND I MEAN IT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. MILLS, BUT UNTIL TERRA NOVA IS DONE, WE WON'T HAVE THAT MANY THINGS TO NAME. SO THAT WAS WHERE THE IDEA CAME FROM, AND IT JUST KIND OF GREW FROM THAT. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. WE I LIST CONTINUE TO GROW. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO SUGGEST TO THINK ABOUT PRIORITIZING NAMES THAT CAME UP EARLIER ON THAT NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND THEY STILL KIND OF LINGERING OUT THERE INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, JUST SELECTING A NAME. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US THINK ABOUT PRIORITIZING OUR RESERVE LIST. AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS DEVELOPERS COME IN, THAT WE WERE GOING TO VISIT WITH CITY COUNCIL AND SEE IF THERE WAS A PERCENTAGE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S THEY GET TO NAME EVERYTHING CORRECT, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE DEVELOPERS AND, AND THEY'RE SPENDING THE MONEY. BUT I THINK WE TALKED VERY. AND WE WERE GOING TO DO A WORKSHOP AND MAYBE INTRODUCE THIS TO THE COUNCIL TO MAYBE GIVE US OR THE CITY. I'M SORRY, THIS, THIS AS PEOPLE COME INTO THIS MEMBERSHIP THAT WE WOULD HAVE MAYBE 10%, MAYBE ALL OF THE ROADS, ONCE THEY'RE PLOTTED OUT THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE SOME SAY IN THE NAMING OF 10% OF IT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO I THINK THAT THAT IS ON THE HORIZON. I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN TABLED. AND I WANT TO NOT I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT. SO, JESSICA, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT MAYBE AT THE ENTRYWAY OF THESE PARKS AND THESE MULTIPLE FACILITIES, IS THE CITY, LIKE YOU SAID, QUALITY OF LIFE THAT MAYBE THAT THERE'S LIKE A, LIKE AN ENTRYWAY TYPE THING THAT SAYS ALONG THE TRAIL. AND THEN THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ON PLAQUES. DOES THAT, IS THAT KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT? YEAH. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BEN GILL, THEY HAVE THAT LONG, ALMOST A MILE LONG TRAIL THAT GOES AROUND. SO AT THE START OF THE TRAIL, THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF SIGNAGE, TIGER WALKING TRAIL, WHATEVER WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT BEING. AND THEN AS YOU WALK DOWN THE TRAIL, YOU'RE MET WITH SIGNS ABOUT PEOPLE FROM TERRELL. THAT'S NOT JUST THEIR NAME, BUT YOU COME TO LEARN ABOUT THEM AND HOW THEY CONTRIBUTED. SO AS YOU'RE WALKING, YOU KNOW, IT INCENTIVIZES PEOPLE TO COME TO THE PARK AND TO LEARN ABOUT. I REALLY LIKE THAT IDEA JUST BECAUSE JUST ME CALLING IT MAYBE HERITAGE TRAIL. AND THEN WHEN YOU COME INTO ANYTHING, WHETHER IT BE STALLINGS, WHERE WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, OR WHETHER IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN PLACE LIKE BEN GILL, BECAUSE I THINK THIS COMMITTEE HAD A KIND OF A. I THINK WE HAD A HESITATION OF NAMING ONE, NAMING ONE BIG THING AFTER ONE PERSON. AND I THINK WE ALL SHARE THAT BECAUSE TERRELL IS SO DIVERSE. SO I REALLY LIKE THAT IDEA OF MAYBE COMING INTO THE TRAIL. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT LIKE NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, AND NO ORDER OF IMPORTANCE. AND THEN AS THEY GO TO THE TRAIL, THEY CAN GO AROUND AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY. SO YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE SUPER. AND THEN THAT WAY WE COULD AGAIN, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, WE HAVE SUCH, WE'RE BUILDING AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE NAMES. SO THAT WOULD BE A REALLY NEAT THING. I WEAR THIS OUT, BUT I WANT TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, KIND OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN I WENT UP TO THE, THE CEMETERY THERE ON BREEZY HILL, AND I READ THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE IRVINE FAMILY. I GOT REALLY EXCITED. I STARTED DOING MY RESEARCH BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION.AND I ACTUALLY, VERONICA, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE IDEA OF TYING THEM ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE I THINK INITIALLY IT WAS, YOU KNOW, STALLINGS, BREEZY HILL, BEN GILL, BUT THE IDEA OF IT BEING AN ENTIRE TRAIL THROUGH THE TOWN WOULD BE AWESOME, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE MY TOURISM BRAIN TURNS ON AND MY HOT FUNDS REALLY KICK IN, ALMOST LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT.
THAT'S WHY I HIRED HER TO THAT, LIKE THE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT FRANK SMITH. HE WAS BEHIND THE SCENES ON BREEZY PARK. HE PRETTY MUCH DONATED ALL THE MONEY AND EVERYTHING, AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE GREAT, RIGHT? TO RECOGNIZE HIM? CORRECT. AND HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT. AND IT'S AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO VISIT MULTIPLE SPACES IN TERRELL AND TO CONNECT ALL OF THE HERITAGE OF
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THE TOWN, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH LIKE IT THERE. THERE IS SO MUCH HISTORY. THAT WAS CROW. I ABSOLUTELY ATE WHEN I TOOK OVER THE MUSEUM BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, HOW MUCH HISTORY COULD YOU GUYS HAVE? MY BAD. YOU GUYS GOT A LOT. SO BUT NO, I, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT IDEA. SO I THINK MAYBE WE COULD EXPOUND ON THAT IN TERMS OF MAKING IT A WHOLE EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TOWN. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. I, SOMEBODY MENTIONED PUTTING PICTURES UP ON THERE. I THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA. VANDALISM WISE, I'M AFRAID THEY'D BE VANDALIZED PRETTY QUICKLY. THE PICTURES. MAYBE IT'S JUST A QR CODE THAT GOES TO A WEBSITE THAT SHOWS A PICTURE. AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH PEYTON AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT NICOLE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, AND ALLISON AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT A SECTION OF THE WEBSITE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WHAT'S IN A NAME WHERE WE IDENTIFY THOSE HISTORIC STREETS IN TERRELL AND HAVE A LITTLE ARTICLE ABOUT WHY IT'S NAMED, WHAT IT'S NAMED AND WHY IS BREEZY HILL CALLED BREEZY HILL? AND WHY IS BEN HILL PARK CALLED BEN HILL PARK? WELL, WHO IS BEN GILL? SO I THINK A QR CODE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. NO, I THINK IT TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S ULTIMATELY THE GOAL. I THINK THIS TOWN AND I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT IT ON THE THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE. ON TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO MOVE TOGETHER TO MAKE IT A THING. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE QR CODE THAT TAKES YOU TO THE WEBSITE THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT'S IN A NAME, RIGHT? LIKE WHO WAS E P SHAW? WHO WAS BEN GILL? WHO WAS RAIFORD? WHO WAS RAIFORD? RIGHT. AND YOU'LL GET A VAST VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS VISITING. AND I, I LOVE IT. I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO FIGHT A COHESIVE WORKING OF HISTORY AND CITIES. SO YOU'LL NEVER GET THAT FROM ME. ABSOLUTELY. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON NAMING IDEAS? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. JUST KIND OF TOSSING AROUND SOME IDEAS ON MOVING FORWARD. AND NICOLE, MAKE THAT LOOK REALLY PRETTY ON THE MINUTE. WE'LL PUT SOME THOUGHTS TOGETHER AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE 5.3 DISCUSS DATE FOR NOVEMBER 26TH MEETING. I'M ASSUMING A CONFLICT WITH THANKSGIVING IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S AN ACTUAL CONFLICT WITH WITH THANKSGIVING PROPER.BUT BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY AND PEOPLE TRAVELING, WE WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A MEETING IN NOVEMBER, AND IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A MEETING IN DECEMBER.
OKAY, WE'LL JUST DO 5.3 AND 5.4. IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT, THAT'S FINE. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH HAVING THE MEETINGS? I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE DID NEGATE THE DECEMBER MEETING, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAD THE NOVEMBER MEETING, DID HAVE THE NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. WE DID NOT HAVE A DECEMBER MEETING. CORRECT. I DO WANT TO SAY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RE FOR RAIFORD HARWELL SIGN, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ACTION ITEMS. SO IF WE WANT TO TAKE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OFF, I KNOW EVERYONE ON THIS COMMITTEE IS SUPER BUSY DURING THE HOLIDAYS DOING NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH THINGS. SO I AM COMPLETELY OPEN TO WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE. IF WE WANT TO STALL AND OR POSTPONE UNTIL JANUARY. I'M COMPLETELY OPEN TO THAT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. IT'S A BUSY TIME, YOU KNOW. IT IS FAMILY. NOT ONLY IS IT A BUSY TIME, BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS TIME FOR THOSE THAT YOU THAT DO NOT KNOW, NICOLE IS LEAVING. YES. UNACCEPTABLE. ALASKA. ALASKA. GIVE PAYTON A MINUTE TO GET HER FEET UNDER HER. LET HER GET HER FEET UNDER HER. YEAH. SO I HONESTLY AM COMPLETELY OKAY WITH CANCELING NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, PICKING BACK UP IN JANUARY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AND ALL OF THAT. ARE THERE ANY OPPOSITIONS TO THAT OR. OKAY, PERFECT. WE WILL MEET IN OCTOBER, I BELIEVE SO, YES. YES. WE'RE STILL PLANNING TO MEET IN OCTOBER. OCTOBER? YES. DO WE BEFORE THE 100%. NO. NO. NOVEMBER. NO. DECEMBER. DO WE HAVE A DATE FOR THE RAYFORD HARWELL DEDICATION? SIMILAR TO. IT'LL BE AFTER THE SIGN IS RECEIVED. WHEN WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA, WHEN WE'RE. THE SIGN IS COMING IN, WE'LL SCHEDULE IT. BUT THE SIGN HASN'T. THE ORDER
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HASN'T EVEN BEEN PLACED AT THIS POINT, HAS IT? NO. OKAY, SO PROBABLY END OF OCTOBER OR BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER. OKAY. IT'S ABOUT SIX WEEKS TIME. 4 TO 6, THREE TO 4 TO 8. OKAY.DEPENDING ON HOW BUSY THEY ARE AT ANY TIME. OKAY. TAKE A MINUTE TO GET A FREE. YEAH. SO YEAH, SO I'M COMPLETELY OKAY WITH THAT BEING OUR LAST THING ON CALENDAR 2026, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY SEVERE OPPOSITION TO THAT. AND THEN WE'LL JUST PICK UP JANUARY 2027 WITH PAYTON. OH YOU BETTER. BUT WE'LL STILL PLAN ON AN OCTOBER MEETING. YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. MAYBE WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT. WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT. SO OKAY. HEARING CONVINCE HER OTHERWISE. BUT I KNOW SHE ENJOYS BEING MARRIED, SO IT'S NOT WORKING, UNFORTUNATELY. SO HEARING NO OPPOSITION, ARE WE GOOD IF WE CANCEL NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER? FACILITIES NAMING. PERFECT. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. SO MOVING INTO BUSINESS ITEMS,
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THIS IS THE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADDITIONS TO THE NAMES TO THE NAMES RESERVE LIST. I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO ADD KATIE MAE BROWN SMITH TO THE NAME RESERVE LIST.SHE'S ALREADY IN THERE I DON'T KNOW. THERE WE GO. FIRST THING I CHECKED, FIRST THING I CHECKED, FIRST THING I CHECKED. SEE, THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD BE IN CHARGE. THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD BE IN CHARGE. ARE THERE ANY NAMES TO ADD AND OR REMOVE AT THIS TIME? NO, IT'S STILL A JOHNSON. OH. I'M GOING TO NEED AN APPLICATION, MA'AM. WELL, OKAY. WE DO HAVE QUITE A ROBUST LIST, WHICH IS WHERE I THINK THE IDEA IS FOR THE WALKING TRAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT COME FROM. AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT FACILITIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO IF EVERYBODY WILL JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK OVER IT, IT HASN'T CHANGED A LOT IN THE LAST COUPLE MEETINGS, BUT. AND I THINK THEY'RE STILL TAKING NOMINATIONS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL.
SO AGAIN, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT TIES IN WHERE WE COULD, IF WE COULD SUPPLY THIS LIST FOR IS OBVIOUSLY MISS BROWN SMITH BEING AN EDUCATOR. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THINGS TIE IN.
THAT'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS TOWN IS THAT EVERYTHING TIES IN TOGETHER. SO SOME DAYS IT'S LIKE BEING A FAMILY. THAT'S A GOOD THING AND A BAD THING. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S A GREAT THING. SOMETIMES WE DON'T NAME IT, WE JUST APPLY THE LIST OF NAMES AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO HEARING NO MOTIONS ON THE ADDITION OR REMOVAL OF NAMES TO THE NAMES RESERVE LIST, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT FOR THE FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE. I MOTION TO ADJOURN. PERFE
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