Oct 06, 2026 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

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TIME, THE MAYOR WILL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR 6 P.M. TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE 6TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 201 EAST NASH STREET, TERRELL, TEXAS. HAVE WITH US ON THE DAIS. DISTRICT TWO DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM. WE HAVE DISTRICT THREE, JORGE VARGAS WE HAVE DISTRICT FOUR. STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. AND WE HAVE DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE PHIL ROBISON. WE ALSO HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER. WE HAVE OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATION HERE. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. SO WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR MEETING.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK NICK ESCH TO COME FORWARD. HE'S GOING TO LEAD US IN INVOCATION. HE'S FROM CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN TERRELL. IF YOU. OH YEAH, CORNERSTONE REFORM CHURCH HERE IN TERRELL. AND IF IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR PLEDGES, LET US PRAY. ALMIGHTY AND TRIUNE GOD, FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT. GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE FOR YOU ARE GOOD AND YOUR STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOREVER. YOU HAVE MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, AND YOU WILL HOLD AND GOVERN ALL THINGS. BY YOUR SOVEREIGN HAND. YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED RULERS AND AUTHORITIES FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHOM THEY SERVE. FOR THERE IS NO AUTHORITY EXCEPT THAT WHICH YOU HAVE ORDAINED. WE THANK YOU ESPECIALLY TONIGHT FOR THE CITY OF TERRELL, FOR HER PEOPLE AND NEIGHBORHOODS, HER FAMILIES AND CHURCHES, HER SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES, AND FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO LABOR EACH DAY FOR HER PEACE, SAFETY, AND PROSPERITY. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THESE LEADERS WHOM YOU HAVE APPOINTED TO POSITIONS OF PUBLIC TRUST. YOU HAVE CALLED CIVIL MAGISTRATES TO BE YOUR SERVANTS FOR GOOD, TO UPHOLD JUSTICE, TO RESTRAIN EVIL, TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT, AND TO SEEK THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE ENTRUSTED TO THEIR CARE. THEREFORE, GRANT OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL, AND ALL WHO SERVE THIS CITY WISDOM, COURAGE, INTEGRITY AND HUMILITY BEFORE YOU AS TERRELL GROWS AND CHANGES, GIVE THEM WISDOM TO STEWARD THAT GROWTH WELL. HELP THEM TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT IS MERELY EXPEDIENT AND WHAT IS TRULY GOOD. GIVE THEM PRUDENCE IN THE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC FUNDS, WISDOM CONCERNING OUR ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, DISCERNMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, AND A PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY AND FLOURISHING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND FAMILIES.

MAY THEY GOVERN NEITHER FROM FEAR NOR SELFISH AMBITION, BUT WITH JUSTICE, PATIENCE AND A SINCERE LOVE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS. REMIND US ALL THAT THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM, AND THAT EVERY EARTHLY AUTHORITY IS ULTIMATELY ACCOUNTABLE TO JESUS CHRIST, THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS. WE CONFESS, O LORD, THAT WE ARE A SINFUL PEOPLE. WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS LOVED WHAT IS GOOD OR HATED, WHAT IS EVIL. WE HAVE TRUSTED IN OUR OWN WISDOM RATHER THAN IN YOURS. AND TOO OFTEN WE HAVE CALLED EVIL, GOOD AND GOOD EVIL.

GOD HAVE MERCY UPON US. FORGIVE US THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, WHO BORE OUR SINS UPON THE CROSS, ROSE VICTORIOUS FROM THE GRAVE, AND NOW REIGNS AT YOUR RIGHT HAND. TURN OUR HEARTS TOWARD YOU AND GRANT THAT TERRELL WOULD INCREASINGLY BE A CITY MARKED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE, WHERE JUSTICE IS DONE WITHOUT PARTIALITY, WHERE LIFE IS PROTECTED, WHERE HOMES AND MARRIAGES ARE STRENGTHENED, WHERE CHILDREN ARE WELCOMED AND NURTURED, WHERE BUSINESSES AND HONEST LABOR FLOURISH, WHERE THE VULNERABLE ARE DEFENDED, WHERE NEIGHBORS LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AND WHERE CHURCHES FAITHFULLY PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST. AND NOW, GOD BLESS THIS COUNCIL IN THE WORK IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THEM.

GRANT CLARITY AND DELIBERATION, DELIBERATION, PURITY AND DISAGREEMENT, HONESTY AND SPEECH AND JUSTICE IN EVERY DECISION. GIVE THEM EARS TO HEAR ONE ANOTHER. COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, EVEN WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT, AND HUMILITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY TOO GOVERN UNDER AUTHORITY. UNDER YOUR AUTHORITY, ESTABLISH THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS FOR THE GOOD OF THIS CITY, AND GRANT US QUIET AND PEACEFUL LIVES IN ALL GODLINESS AND DIGNITY. WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, THE CRUCIFIED, RISEN, ASCENDED, AND REIGNING LORD, TO WHOM ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

PASTOR, IF YOU WOULD. JUST A MOMENT. I PROJECT. SO HE CAN'T EVEN TELL. I PUT MY PREACHER

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[2. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND EVENTS ]

PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HAVE SOME SAD NEWS THAT I THINK TOUCHED ALL OF US IN IN DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT YOU KNOW, JT, THE COWBOY SINGING COWBOY WHO WAS A STAPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TERRELL, YOU WOULD CATCH HIM ON MOORE AVENUE, EITHER AT THE CORNER OF MOORE IN VIRGINIA OR AT THE CORNER OF ROCKWELL AND VIRGINIA. AS FAR BACK AS WHEN I WAS A KID. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD SEE JT ON THE CORNER SINGING, ALWAYS SMILING, VERY LOVING MAN, CHRISTIAN MAN. SO MAY OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS BE WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ALL THOSE WHO FELT CONNECTED TO JT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THING TO ADD ABOUT JT OR EVENTS? EVENTS OR JT EITHER OR. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TERRELL ACTION CONNECTION. THEY HAD THEIR. GATHERING HOUSING SYMPOSIUM LAST NIGHT, AND RAYLAN AND DENISE, RAYLAN SMITH AND DENISE SIMON SAT ON THE PANEL WITH DEANNA BOYD. AND IT WAS. RAYLAN CAN SPEAK MORE TO IT LATER ON, BUT IT WAS A POSITIVE MOVE IN THE DIRECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY BEING INVOLVED IN HOUSING CONCERNS. AND ON I WENT AND REPRESENTED US AT THE 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF REVEREND DANIELS AT SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH. THEY CELEBRATED HIM AND HIS WIFE THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND COMING UP OCTOBER 18TH, FLOW WRITING IS HAVING HER BREAST CANCER AWARENESS T AT MOUNT MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH. RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I SAW SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I HEARD WE HAD A MAYOR THAT USED TO GOVERN THIS TOWN THAT TURNED 99 YEARS OLD. IS THAT TRUE? I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT MENTION THAT. WHAT A BLESSING TO HEAR THAT AND TO SEE THAT. YES. AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I MAKE MY WAY THERE TO SEE HER AND TO TELL HER HOW SHE INSPIRED ME. YES.

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VEGETATION. THEN ON SATURDAY AT 11 A.M. AT BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH, 500 EAST FRANCIS STREET IN TERRELL WILL BE THE SERVICE. SO IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO ATTEND EITHER EITHER ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE. THAT. THAT IS THE PLANS FOR JT. THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING. WELL, I TO FOR MAYOR ANDERSON, MADAM MAYOR ANDERSON, I SERVED AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN DISTRICT FIVE WHEN FRANCIS WAS THE MAYOR. SO YEAH, SHE WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL TO ALL OF US WHO SERVED WITH HER. SO PLEASE PASS ALONG OUR BIRTHDAY, OUR WISHES. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER. LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING A PROCLAMATION FOR HER 100TH BIRTHDAY NEXT YEAR. YEAH. ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR. I, I HAVE ONE THING ACTUALLY ON SEPTEMBER 27TH OF LAST MONTH, 2026, ME AND COUNCILWOMAN DONNA RENEE ANDERSON HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND THE KAUFMAN COUNTY GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMORIAL MONUMENT. IT WAS AN AWESOME TO MEET THEM, THE PARENTS OR OF SOME OF THE FALLEN SOLDIERS. I JUST WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THEM. IF YOU EVER HAD A CHANCE TO GO BY THERE, PLEASE GO BY THERE. TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IT IS AN AWESOME MONUMENT THAT THEY BUILT. WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED AND DIED FOR OUR COUNTRY. IT'S A GOOD MONUMENT. PLEASE COME BY THERE, GO BY THERE, TAKE PICTURES. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, FOR FOR HELPING ME OUT THERE TODAY. THAT DAY.

THANK YOU. MA'AM, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT OUR STREET RESURFACING INITIATIVE BEGINS NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE, IS THAT CORRECT? SO JUST, YOU KNOW, I I'M ASSUMING STAFF WILL LET THE FOLKS KNOW WHO ARE GOING TO BE ON THOSE STREETS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE YOUR CARS IN YOUR DRIVEWAY, THE STREET SO THAT THEY'RE NOT DAMAGED. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE CULMINATION OF A LOT OF WORK COME TO FRUITION AND SEEING THIS TAKE PLACE. I KNOW IT'S BEEN IN DEMAND FOR SOME TIME, SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. OKAY, GOOD.

ALSO FOR ON FRIDAY, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL HAVE THE TICKET IN TOWN. SO IF YOU'RE IN AND ABOUT AND AROUND THE CITY OF TERRELL, PLEASE, IF YOU LISTEN TO SPORTS RADIO, THEY'LL BE HERE PROMOTING THE CITY OF TERRELL. AND I ALWAYS GET TO BRAG WITH ALL THE OTHER MAYORS ABOUT US BEING ON THE TICKET. AND THEY'RE NOT. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE TERRELL HIGH SCHOOL, TERRELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HALL OF FAME GAME IS FRIDAY. SO TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME AND THE HALL OF HONOR, CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. I THINK THEY HAVE A GOOD CLASS THIS YEAR. SO TO THEM, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE WISH EVERYBODY WELL AND HOPE THE TIGERS ARE VICTORIOUS ON FRIDAY. ANYONE AT THIS TIME? I WOULD LIKE TO ASK BERNIE PARKER TO COME UP. HE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I WANT TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ON THE CITY OF TERRELL AND THE DIRECTION IN WHICH WE ARE GOING. WE'VE HAD OVER 30 APPLICANTS APPLY FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR POSITION. WE HAVE THEM AS FAR AS WAY AS JAPAN, WE HAD AN APPLICANT AND GOD'S HONEST TRUTH. TOKYO, JAPAN. WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF THEM APPLY. WE HAD

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[3. HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. ]

BRIAN. OKAY. HI, I'M DEB, I'M 32. I LIVE STARTED STAYING. HE WAS A GOOD MAN. VERY GOOD. AND I TRUST HIM. AND I LIKE THE WAY HE'S DOING. HE'S STAYING OUT THE COWBOY AND HE'S STAYING UP THERE RIGHT NEXT DOOR REAL HARD, I THINK. I THINK I AGREE WITH YOU ALL, BE ABLE TO PUT. THAT TO. OF HIM MEMORY. PEOPLE REMEMBER HIM. AND I WON'T BE PROUD OF HIM AND TELL HIM BE PROUD OF HIM. AND I THINK HE GO OUT THERE AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WHAT YOU THINK, BUT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A TATTOO, I. Y'ALL. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD. IT'D BE NICE.

AND SOMEBODY SENT ME ON MY PHONE AND AND. PUT IT ON AND I WAS TELLING HER AND IT SHOULD BE RIGHT. IT SHOULD BE RIGHT. OF RIGHT. LET'S DO IT RIGHT FOR HORRIBLE. THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT HE'D BE WONDERFUL ABOUT THEM. HOW MANY LIKE HIM? I THINK HE'S A VERY GOOD CHRISTIAN MAN, I LIKE HIM. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL. YOU BET. GOD BLESS YOU. I LOVE VILLA, HE'S A GOOD MAN, A VERY GOOD, INTELLIGENT.

GOOD JOB WITH Y'ALL. OH MAN, I KNEW HIM, I KNEW HIM. WE TOOK HIM TO FLORIDA THIS WELL. AND HIS MOTHER WITH HIM. ONE OF THE. DO YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF THAT ONE? I TELL HIM THE MAYOR WOULD.

I'LL BUY THEM FROM YOU. MY SON. MY SON WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF HIM. HE. ONE OF THE NICEST, INTELLIGENT, VERY HONEST AND VERY TRUE, AND I TRUST HIM, HE SAID. I'M GLAD HE WASN'T WITH Y'ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR BEST MEETING EVER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE. JUANITA STONER, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR

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THIS IS MY DAUGHTER. WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE OUR TIME. I HAD A STROKE, SO I SPEAK A LITTLE SLOWER, SO JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE GRACE. THANK YOU TOM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JUANITA STONER. I'VE LIVED IN TERRELL FOR 11 YEARS. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO HELP ME HONOR SOMEONE WHO MEANT SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY. JT SO MANY PEOPLE IN TERRELL KNEW JT AS THE MAN WHO STOOD ON THE CORNER OF ROCKWALL MORE AS THE COW IN HIS COWBOY HAT, SMILING, WAVING, SINGING, DANCING, HAPPINESS WHILE PEOPLE PASS BY. BUT JT WAS MORE THAN A MAN WHO STOOD ON A CORNER. HE BECAME A PART OF TAROT. FOR MANY PEOPLE, THAT CORNER BECAME A PLACE WHERE YOU EXPECTED TO SEE HIM. YOU KNEW HIS SMILE. YOU KNEW HIS PERSONALITY. YOU KNEW THAT HE BECAME A PART OF TERRELL. AND WHEN HE WAS GONE, THAT CORNER FELT DIFFERENT. AND BEFORE I GO FURTHER, I WANT TO ASK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, HAVE YOU DRIVEN BY JT STANDING ON THAT CORNER? HAVE YOU SEEN HIM SMILING, SINGING, DANCING, OR HAS HE JUST MADE ONE OF YOUR BAD DAYS A LITTLE BIT BETTER? IF YOU HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY JT, I ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND TODAY SO WE CAN SEE THE IMPACT HE'S HAD ON THIS CITY. LOOK AROUND. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO SAW HIM. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE JOY HE BROUGHT ON THAT CORNER. AND THAT'S WHY I'M STANDING HERE TODAY. THAT'S WHY I STARTED THIS JOURNEY. IT WAS JUST A SIMPLE POST THAT BLEW UP OVERNIGHT, AND I NEVER EXPECTED THAT. MY VISION IS A PERMANENT STATUE OF JT PLACED AT THE CORNER TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE AS JT CORNER. I WANT PEOPLE YEARS FROM NOW TO DRIVE PAST THAT CORNER AND KNOW JT WAS AND WHAT HE MEANT TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, I'M NOT ASKING TO CHANGE THE ROCK, WALL STREET OR MOORE STREET OR ANY INTERSECTION AT ALL. I'M ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEDICATE THAT CORNER THAT WE USE FOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, WHERE JT STOOD AS JT CORNER. THIS IS ABOUT THIS ISN'T ABOUT JUST PUTTING UP A STATUE FOR THE SAKE OF IT. IT'S ABOUT PRESERVING MEMORIES AND GIVING PEOPLE A PLACE TO SIT AND REMEMBER HIM AND MAYBE EVEN TELL THEIR CHILDREN STORIES ABOUT HIM. A MAN WHO BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY TO OUR CITY. WE ALREADY HAVE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT. I STARTED A PETITION AND WE HAVE OVER 1123 VERIFIED PETITION SIGNATURES, TO BE EXACT. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO NEWS OUTLETS AND PEOPLE WHO KNEW JT PERSONALLY. I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH JAMIE FOX THROUGH HIS MANAGER AND THE CITY OF TERRELL. THE PEOPLE I HAVE SPOKE TO HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING, AND I'M JUST WAITING FOR A FEW MORE CALLS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GREEN LIGHT. I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE ABOUT QUOTES ON HOW MUCH THIS COST, AND WE'RE NOT ASKING THE CITY TO FUND THIS EITHER. MY GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS COMPLETED ON JT'S BIRTHDAY NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 13TH OF 2027, WITH A HUGE RIBBON CUTTING AND A COMMUNITY GATHERING TO CELEBRATE HIM AND HIS LIFE AND HIS BIRTHDAY. I KNOW THIS IS A BIG GOAL, BUT IT'S REACHABLE.

I'VE. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE BELIEVE BIG THINGS CAN HAPPEN WHEN A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. I'M NOT ASKING THE CITY TO FUND THIS.

I'VE HAD OVER 500 INBOXES ASKING ME WHERE TO SEND DONATIONS FOR THIS PROJECT.

SORRY. THIS VISION IS POSSIBLE. MY HELP PRESERVES A PART OF HISTORY FOR TERRELL. HELP TO GIVE JT A PERMANENT PLACE IN THE CITY, AND A PLACE WHERE HIS MEMORY CAN CONTINUE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND SEEN FOR YEARS TO COME. BECAUSE ONE DAY WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE GONE, AND THE ONLY THING THAT IS LEFT BEHIND IS OUR MEMORY. AND I BELIEVE JT DESERVES THAT. HE DESERVES TO LIVE ON THAT CORNER THROUGH THIS CITY, AND TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT COWBOY HAT AND THAT

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AND THAT'S JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND OUR SAVIOR. LORD. AND THAT'S WHY WE THINK JT DESERVES THIS. SHE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS AS WELL. OH YOU'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ANYBODY? I JUST HAD TWO. OKAY. OUR NEXT

[4. CONSENT AGENDA ]

ON THE OTHER ONES CAN STAND IN. IN THAT CASE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA 4.1, 4.3, 4.4. AND THAT'S IT. 4.4, I BELIEVE. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT 4.2 OKAY. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JORGE VARGAS. DISTRICT THREE, A SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT TWO, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 4.2 AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN

[4.2. Discuss and Consider Ordinance No. 3190 on Second Posting, Amending Appendix 2, Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map of the City of Terrell and Changing the Zoning Classification from Single Family 7.5 (SF-7.5) to Neighborhood Edge (NE) on Approximately 0.22 Acres of Land Depicted Within the Special Warranty Deed Within Exhibit "A" and Attached Hereto and Made a Part Hereof for all Purposes; Amending the Official Zoning Map; Providing a Penalty; Providing Repealing, Savings, and Severability Clauses; Providing for Publication and an Effective Date. ]

AGAIN, THIS IS THE ITEM THAT JORGE VARGAS, OUR DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE, HAS RECUSED HIMSELF OF. SO AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION ON. 4.2 MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 4.2. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM PHIL ROBINSON, OUR OUR DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE, A SECOND FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT FOUR, TO APPROVE ITEM 4.2. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I ANY OPPOSED?

[5. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ]

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UNANIMOUSLY WAS PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 5.2. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER.

APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. DON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE PLANNING AND ZONING ROSTERS IN YOUR PACKET. WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED ON THIS BOARD, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL APPLICATIONS IN THE PACKET. AND THIS FALLS UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, MAYOR PRO TEM. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR I NOMINATE JAY COOPER, JOHNNY. JIMMY COOPER FOR PLANNING AND ZONING AND. THAT'S MY ONLY NOMINATION.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. I MEAN, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT TWO AND A SECOND FROM PHIL ROBINSON, OUR DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE, TO APPOINT JIMMY COOPER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THIS TIME. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I I I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL THOSE PRESENT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 5.3. DISCUSS APPOINTMENTS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. DON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I BELIEVE THAT JORGE VARGAS OVERSEES THIS BOARD, AND I THINK HE WANTED TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM. COUNCILMAN, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM 5.3. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE, SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT TWO, TO POSTPONE ITEM 5.3 TO DISCUSSION APPOINTMENT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES DOWN TO THE PRESENT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 5.4. DISCUSS UPCOMING UPCOMING MEETINGS. MARK. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MEETINGS REMAINING FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR. WE HAVE A MEETING IN ONE MORE MEETING IN OCTOBER. WE HAVE A TWO MEETINGS TYPICALLY EACH MONTH. SO WE WOULD HAVE TWO IN NOVEMBER AND TWO IN DECEMBER.

THIS EVENING WE ARE PROPOSING TO CANCEL THE SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS, TO ALLOW COUNCIL AND STAFF A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AWAY. DURING THOSE WEEKS AROUND CHRISTMAS, WE WOULD TYPICALLY ASK THAT WE CANCEL THE SECOND MEETING IN NOVEMBER AS WELL.

DUE TO THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY OVER THIS YEAR, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT MEETING TO CANVASS THE ELECTION RESULTS. DUE TO THE CHARTER ELECTION THAT WE'RE HAVING ON ELECTION DAY IN NOVEMBER, AND THE DAY OF THE COUNCIL MEETING IS THE LAST DAY THAT WE CAN VOTE TO CANVASS THE ELECTION. WE PROMISE TO KEEP THE AGENDA LIGHT. HOPEFULLY, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT EVENING. COUNCIL, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR OUR CITY MANAGER? MARK? THANK YOU. AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT BECAUSE OF THE CANVASING AND THE VOTES, WE WILL NEED TO MEET THE SECOND MEETING IN NOVEMBER. BUT AGAIN, WE'LL TRY TO WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THAT VERY SHORT IN DECEMBER. WE'LL ONLY HAVE ONE. HOWEVER, IF THERE'S A NEED TO DO A. A QUICK MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL DO SO, AND IT'LL JUST BE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON IT? HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[6. DISCUSSION ITEMS]

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WE LIKE TO BUDGET FOR WORST CASE SCENARIO, AND WE MAY OR MAY NOT USE ALL OF THAT ALSO ON THE PENDING PROJECTS AT 4 MILLION, THAT COULD BE CONTRIBUTION TO A GRANT OR SOME ROAD DESIGN ENGINEERING. WHICH LEAVES US WITH A POSITIVE CASH FLOW OF 226,000. WE DON'T EXPECT MOST OF THE EXPENSES TO BE USED, BUT WE BUDGET FOR IT JUST IN CASE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. LOOK VERY HEALTHY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR SERVICE. COUNCIL, I KNOW YOU'RE AWARE, IS PART OF OUR BOARD AND HAS SEEN THE DETAILS OF THIS.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HAPPY TO PRESENT IT TO YOU AT ANY TIME. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN, YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT, SO I'M GOOD. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. DO WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS? DO WE ACCEPT IT? IT'S IT'S ONLY DISCUSSION. IT'S TO RECEIVE. YOU HAVE TO APPROVE PROJECT EXPENDITURES AS THEY COME UP, BUT NOT THE BUDGET ITSELF. OKAY, COOL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.1

[7. BUSINESS ITEMS ]

ALRIGHT. OH, THAT'S EVEN BIGGER DISCUSSION. A DISCUSSION, ISN'T IT? THIS IS GOING TO BE HANDLED BY OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, RAYMOND SMITH. SO CLEARLY THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CATHERINE STREET PARKLET OR PLAZA OR WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT. BUT LAST YEAR, THE PADDOCK BOARD WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A GOOD CONCEPT PLAN MOVING FORWARD. SO WHAT THIS IS, IS THE CONTRACT FOR FULL DESIGN SERVICES SO THAT WE ARE READY TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION, AND THE DESIGN SERVICES WILL BE PICKED UP BY TOURS, NUMBER ONE WITH THE DOWNTOWN BUDGET. SO THIS IS JUST SIMPLY THE CONTRACT TO PICK UP THE PIECES AND MOVE FORWARD. SO WITHOUT THE NEW NAME, GOOD. EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I THINK THE COMMUNITY, ONCE THEY SEE IT AND UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'LL BE EXCITED AS WELL.

IT'S TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THE CITY, FOR DOWNTOWN NEEDED. AND THEN THIS ALSO IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE EDC'S DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING AND BUILDING. SO A LOT OF GOOD MOVEMENT MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR DOWNTOWN. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAYLAN? I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING TO HAPPEN TO OUR DOWNTOWN IN MANY, MANY YEARS. AND I KNOW A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO IT. AND I THINK THIS KIND OF IDEA HAS BEEN BEEN PROPOSED AND DISCUSSED OFF AND ON THROUGH MANY COUNCILS ACROSS MANY GENERATIONS. I FEEL LIKE AND FINALLY MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND SEEING THIS THROUGH IS IT'S REALLY HUGE FOR OUR CITY AND CAN'T WAIT FOR WHEN TO SEE IT. I DO THINK THAT THERE IS SOME WISDOM IN THE IDEA OF RENAMING IT, BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT A PARKLET IS, BUT A PLAZA OR SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GATHERING, BUILDING EXCITEMENT, GETTING A NAME THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HAS A, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF PUBLIC MOMENTUM BEHIND IT WOULD BE GOOD. BUT I'M EXCITED. I'LL GO WITH PLAZA. I THINK PLAZA IS GREAT. YEAH. SO IT'S DEFINITELY BIGGER. YEAH.

SO ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR RAYLAN? AGAIN THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2346. IS THERE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2346. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS OR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT FOUR, A SECOND FROM PHIL ROBINSON OR DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, THREE, FOUR, SIX AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THOSE PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS. 7.2 DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2347. AUTHORIZING THE CITY

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AGAIN THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 22347. IS THERE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2347. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT TWO, A SECOND FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS OR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT FOUR TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2347 AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AN INTERVAL TO PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.3 DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2350. APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBER DONNA RENEE ANDERSON TO SERVE AT THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING ON NOVEMBER THE 12TH OF 2026. THIS IS OUR ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, ELMIRA MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. BEFORE YOU. YOU HAVE RESOLUTION 2350. WE HAVE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE COMING UP IN NOVEMBER, AND WE WOULD. I'VE DISCUSSED WITH COUNCILWOMAN ANDERSON TO BE THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE AT THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AS WE GO INTO THE NEW YEAR, THE 90TH LEGISLATURE WILL BEGIN. SO THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP FOR MEMBER CITIES TO KIND OF GET STARTED IN THAT PROCESS. THEY'LL DISCUSS RESOLUTIONS. AND COUNCILWOMAN ANDERSON HAS BEEN MORE THAN GRACIOUS TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF TERRELL THERE. AND THAT IS A RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MYRA? WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THIS GIVES THE CITY OF TERRELL EXPOSURE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ALSO SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR THAT. ALSO, THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE. AND I WAS ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAIR FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. IT OPENS UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FUNDING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, WITH SUPPORT FROM ALL THE OTHER MAYORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. I MET THROUGHOUT THE NATION. SO CONGRATULATIONS, DONNA. RENEE. I THINK IT'S WELL DESERVED AND A GOOD APPOINTMENT. IS THERE A MOTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2350? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2350. HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JORGE VARGAS. DISTRICT THREE, A SECOND FROM PHIL ROBINSON, OUR DISTRICT DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO THREE, FIVE ZERO AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AN END OF ALL THOSE PRESENT. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.4. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2351 APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBER. DID WE DO THAT? THAT WAS TMM0 THAT WAS TMLO. YOU'RE RIGHT. I SAID NLC DIDN'T I? WELL TML SAME THING WITH TML EXCEPT FOR THAT'S ON THE STATE LEVEL RATHER THAN ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. I WELL, YOU'RE DOING BOTH. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. SO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2351 APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBER DONNA RENEE ANDERSON TO SERVE AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING ON NOVEMBER THE 21ST AND 2026. THIS AGAIN IS OMAR RAMADA MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SAME THING AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, MAYOR. THIS IS ON THE NLC SIDE. MISS DONNA HAS BACK TO BACK WEEKS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER. SO THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING. SHE WOULD JUST BE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF TERRELL AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AS WELL. AND THANK YOU, OMAR. BUT ON THE NLC LEVEL, FIRST YOU HAVE TO GET INVOLVED

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YES, 90 LEGISLATURE IS RAMPING UP. YES, OMAR IS GOING TO GUIDE ME THROUGH IT AGAIN. OKAY. BE FUN AGAIN. COUNCIL, THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2351. IS THERE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2351. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM PHIL ROBERTSON, OUR DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE, A SECOND FROM STEPHANIE HOLMES THOMAS, OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT FOUR, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2351 AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I I. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 7.5 DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PAYMENT PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY 1818 INCH WATER MAIN.

A REPAIR ON BIRCH STREET. THIS WILL BE HANDLED BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BERNIE PARKER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO ENTERTAIN YOU WITH A STORY. SOMETIMES THAT WE FELT. FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN STARRING ALONGSIDE BILL MURRAY AND GROUNDHOG'S DAY. WHEN IT'S COME TO SOME WATER MAIN BREAKS. BUT ON SEPTEMBER THE 23RD, PROBABLY IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING, WE RECEIVED A CALL THAT WE HAD A LEAK ON HIGHLAND BIRCH AT THE INTERSECTION, WHICH. THIS IS A 18 INCH RCP REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE. SO ON THE INNER PART OF IT, YOU HAVE A STEEL PIPE, CONCRETE ENCASED AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF IT. THIS LINE WAS APPROXIMATELY PUT INTO THE GROUND BACK IN THE 50S, PROBABLY THE 60S. IF YOU RECALL, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE HAD TO COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL AND ASK FOR APPROVAL FOR A IN-LINE VALVE FOR THE STATE HOSPITAL. AND AS MR. SNAPP, OUR CITY ENGINEER, SAID, WE ONLY HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITHIN THIS UNITED STATES THAT WERE CAPABLE OF WORKING ON THAT. HE EQUATED IT TO BRAIN SURGERY, AND IT REALLY FELT LIKE IT WAS BRAIN SURGERY WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH THIS. SO ON THE 23RD, WE GOT THE THE CALL THAT WE HAD A LEAK AT HOME, BIRCH AS WELL. WE HAD TO DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE WE HAD POTENTIALLY APPROXIMATELY OVER 70 WATER CUSTOMERS THAT WERE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS LEAK. SOME OF THEM WERE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ALONG 80 AS WELL AS RESIDENTS TO OUR EAST AND ALSO TO OUR WEST. SO WE STARTED THE PROJECT. IN THE PROCESS OF ISOLATING OUR VALVES, WE NOTICED THAT WE HAD ANOTHER LEAK, WHICH IS SITE A, SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SITE A AND SITE B RIGHT NOW.

THAT WAS OUR FIRST COMPONENT OF IT. SO WE GOT TO SITE A DEALING WITH THE VALVE REALIZES THAT WE HAVE A MAJOR LEAK. WATER IS POURING OUT OF THERE AS WELL. SO WE. WE WENT AHEAD AND MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO THE WORK IN HOUSE. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT SPECIALTY.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WELDER. SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONTACT ANA CONSTRUCTION. THEY CAME OUT AND GAVE US A QUOTE RIGHT AROUND $62,000, MET WITH THE CITY MANAGER. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE DECISION. HOPEFULLY WE'LL WE'LL BE OUT OF WATER FOR MAYBE EIGHT, TEN HOURS AS INITIALLY WHAT WE DECIDED. SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS SITE A, THIS IS DOWN IN THE CREEK. AND IF YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A WELDER THAT'S THERE. AND AND HE IS BASICALLY, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A STEEL PIPE, CONCRETE. THEY HAD TO CUT THAT OUT. AND THEN TO YOUR RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THEY MADE THE REPAIR WITH PVC PIPE. AND WE PUT AN ADDITIONAL FLANGE, I MEAN A VALVE IN THERE REPAIRED. SO THAT ONE WAS A SUCCESS. SO THEN WE GO TO IRON BIRCH TO. WHEREAS WE'RE YOU SEE THE WELDERS THAT ARE IN THE HOLE AND THAT IS FIBER THAT'S RIGHT ABOVE THEM AS WELL. THEY'RE MAKING REPAIRS ON THAT. WE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS GREAT. EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL. WE TURNED THE WATER BACK ON AND THEN WE HAD A LEAK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT THAT BLEW OUT AND IT WENT HIGHER THAN THE POWER LINES OVER THERE. SO WE HAD A PROBLEM. AND I GET A PHONE CALL FROM KYLE MCCRARY SAYS, YOU KNOW, FIRST I THOUGHT HE WAS MESSING WITH ME. HE SAYS, HEY, WE HAVE ANOTHER LEAK. AND I SAID, DON'T TELL ME THAT BECAUSE THESE GUYS HAD BEEN WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY. SO WE STARTED AT 5:00. WE WERE TURNING THIS WATER BACK ON AT 3 P.M. AND THEN THIS HAPPENED. SO WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS RESULT OF IT. SO THIS IS THE SAME INTERSECTION THAT I SHOWED YOU WHERE THEY WERE DOWN THERE WELDING. THAT INITIAL WELD IS RIGHT THERE TO YOUR RIGHT, CLOSER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE. WE HAD TO INSTALL FIVE ADDITIONAL VALVES, PUT PVC PIPE. IF YOU NOTICE WHERE THERE'S A GREEN PIPE THAT'S OUT THERE.

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SO WE WERE 48 HOURS INTO THIS. WE COME BACK AROUND THAT EVENING, WE GET EVERYTHING FIXED. WE GET READY TO TURN STUFF BACK ON. WE RESTORED WATER ABOUT 5:00 TO OUR BUSINESSES. I KNOW I HEARD FROM A FEW OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND A FEW OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. I WANT TO SAY THEY HAD. FOR THE MAJORITY OF EVERYBODY, IT WAS AN ORDEAL.

STAFF MEMBERS REALLY ROSE TO THE OCCASION, DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB. IN A FEW MINUTES. I WANT TO READ OUT THE NAMES JUST TO GIVE THEM KUDOS PUBLICLY FOR FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID, AS WELL AS A AND A CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE ABLE TO RESTORE THE WATER AT THAT INTERSECTION OF OF HIGH AND BIRCH, EVERYTHING EXCEPT TWO RESIDENTS ON THERE. SO WE HAD TO PUT IN A TEMPORARY CONNECTION OFF OF OUR 12 INCH WATER LINE THAT WE HAD THERE.

SO THEY COULD HAVE WATER AS WELL. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN RESTORED. POSITIVE THING ABOUT THIS, NOW THAT WE HAVE A VALVES IN THE GENERAL AREA, WE CAN ISOLATE LEAKS, WE CAN DEAL WITH THINGS THAT WE COULDN'T DO IN THE PAST. AND THE AMOUNT OF I DIDN'T SAY THIS ON SITE A, THE AMOUNT OF CONCRETE THAT WAS PUT AROUND THE VALVES. IT PROBABLY WAS EASILY THREE BIG TRUCKLOADS OF CONCRETE. THEY HAD TO JACKHAMMER OUT OF THERE. SO THEY HAD THEY HAD TO DO THAT, DEAL WITH THAT AS WELL. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE WON'T BE BACK IN THIS INTERSECTION WORKING ON ANY OF THIS ANYMORE, BECAUSE WE REMOVED THAT THE RCP PIPE. SO THE NEXT ITEM THAT YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE ON THERE, WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST BECAUSE WE KNEW, HEY, WE COULD ISOLATE IT AND WE WANT TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 99,675 TO REPLACE 300 LINEAR FEET OF PIPE.

THAT'S THE RCP PIPE THAT YOU SEE ON SITE. SEE, BECAUSE THE REASON BEING, IF WE GO IN THERE AND TRY TO TO DO A REPAIR, THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO US THAT EVENING IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A CHAIN REACTION. IT'S REALLY WORKING WITH EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT PEANUT BRITTLE IS. YOU TOUCH ONE AND IT JUST SPIDERS OFF. AND SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS REPLACE THAT FOR 199,000. SO FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, A, YOU SEE IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE THREE QUOTES IN THERE. A AND A CONSTRUCTION CAME IN AT THE THE LOWEST OF THE THREE BIDS, $99,675 TO REPLACE THAT 300 LINEAR FEET OF PIPE, AS WELL AS I'M ASKING TO APPROVE THE REMAINING AMOUNT THAT THEY DID THE WORK ON OF 196,452 TO DO THAT. SO I KIND OF WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS. I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO THE MAYOR, AND I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO A FEW OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEY ASKED ME SOME STATISTICS ON OUR WATER LINE, WATER LINE BREAKS THAT WE'VE HAD REALLY, REALLY OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS. SO THEIR WATER LINE BREAKS AND THEY'RE ALSO WATER LINE LEAKS. SO WHEN WE PUT IT INTO OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM AND DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A, A DELINEATION OF WHICH ONE IT IS, BUT I WOULD SAY PREDOMINANTLY ABOUT 70% OF THIS IS WATER LINE BREAKS. THE OTHER ONE ARE LEAKS THAT YOU WOULD SEE MAYBE THROUGH A SITUATION WHERE A FRANCHISE UTILITY WAS DOING A BORE OVER THERE AND THEY HIT A SERVICE LINE AND WE HAD TO GO OUT AND REPAIR IT. THAT'S JUST HOW WE KEPT UP WITH THAT DATA. BUT IN 2025 OF THE MONTHS OF JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE SAW 51 BREAKS OF THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 84. SO WE'VE GONE UP 33. AND A LOT OF THAT REASON IS WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE HISTORY OF THE WEATHER. I MEAN, WE HAD AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. WE WERE IN TRIPLE DIGITS 20 PLUS DAYS. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE EXPERIENCED IT. MESQUITE EXPERIENCED IT. KAUFMAN. EVERYONE AROUND US. BUT THE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION, AND I DO WANT TO SAY AS FAR AS OUR DISCUSSION, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THAT WE DO HAVE AN AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE THIS I DON'T WANT THIS TO BECOME THE NEW NORM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, FAR AS ADVANCE AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MORE PROGRESSIVE STANCE. ONE OF THE REASONS WE HIRED MR. KURT COME ALONG WITH HIS EXPERTISE TO IDENTIFY THOSE SITUATIONS AS WELL. SO I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A, AS THE MY KIDS WOULD SAY, A SHOUT OUT TO SOME STAFF MEMBERS. AND THESE ARE THE GENTLEMEN THAT WORKED OVERNIGHT, CARL MCCREARY, CAL MCCREARY. I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT

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AND HOPEFULLY OUR PIPES WILL. BE COOPERATIVE WHILE THEY REST. YES, MA'AM. I'VE GOT GUYS OUT THERE THAT I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEDICATION AND AND THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR PUBLIC WORKS. THAT'S WHERE I STARTED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS AN ENGINEERING TECH. WE HAD GUYS THAT I HAD TO FORCE TO GO HOME. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE THE JOB SITE BECAUSE THEIR DEDICATION THAT THEY HAD TO THIS COMMUNITY. THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO MAKE MENTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S BY NO MEANS ANY QUESTION IS THAT WE DID NOT DROP BELOW ANY TYPE OF PRESSURE IN OUR TOWERS. WE DID NOT LOSE ANYTHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE ANY WATER BOIL NOTICE OF ANYTHING, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME THINGS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT NEVER HAPPENED. WE MAINTAIN OUR TOWERS, WE MAINTAIN OUR FIRE PROTECTION, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL AS. LET ME JUST SAY THIS. I FORGOT TO MENTION IF THIS COUNCIL APPROVES THAT THE RECOMMENDATION TO DO THE 300 LINEAR FEET, THAT WE WILL HAVE THIS CONTRACTOR START WORK TOMORROW. AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO SAY, OTHER THAN THE THE TWO WILL BE JUST THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HOOKED UP ON THE TEMPORARY SERVICE. YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF DOWNTIME, BUT NOBODY ELSE WILL BE OUT OF WATER. SO WITH THE WORK THAT WAS DONE AT THE STATE HOSPITAL AS WELL, THE WORK THAT WAS DONE LAST WEEK WERE ABLE TO ISOLATE THAT ONE THING AND THEN NOBODY WILL BE OUT OF WATER. YEAH. WAIT A MINUTE. SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THERE WAS SOME MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN CITY HALL? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT HAPPENS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE STATE FARM COMMERCIAL, AND MAYBE THIS HAS BEEN SOME TIME AGO. WHENEVER THEY SAY IF IT'S ON THE INTERNET, IT'S GOT TO BE TRUE. AND THEN THEY FOLLOW UP WITH BONJOUR. YEAH. WELL, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? ONE GOOD THING IS? KURT DIDN'T GET UP AND LEAVE THE ROOM, SO HE'S STILL THERE.

HE'S STILL SITTING THERE. OH, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD THING. ALRIGHT, SO YOU'RE REQUESTING THREE THINGS. ONE, APPROVAL OF PAYMENT OF 196,452 50 FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIR ON THE 18 INCH WATER LINE. YES, SIR. AT BRIDGE STREET. SECOND, YOU'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR AN A SITE CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $99,675 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY

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I HAVE SOME GREAT UPDATES. SO LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER, WE DISCUSSED THE KINGS CREEK PARK IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO I HEARD YOUR CONCERNS AND I TOOK THEM INTO CONSIDERATION ON HOW WE WOULD BID OUT THIS PROJECT. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE PREFACE ON WHY THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. SO BECAUSE THE RESTROOM IS SUCH A HOT TOPIC, WE WENT AHEAD AND WE SEPARATED THE RESTROOM FROM THE MAIN PACKAGE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PARK. AND WE DID THAT SPECIFICALLY TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE ESTIMATE WISE FOR A MODULAR RESTROOM BEING INSTALLED, AND ALSO ANOTHER ONE FOR A GROUND UP PER SE, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RESTROOM. SO FIRST ITEM IS GOING TO BE THE MAIN PACKAGE OF THE PARK WE OPENED UP. IT'S AUGUST 19TH AND THE BID STAYED OPEN FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS, AND WE OPENED BIDS OFFICIALLY ON SEPTEMBER. WHERE DID THAT 30TH SEPTEMBER? YES.

OPENED IT ON. YEAH, 10TH. I DON'T KNOW WHY I CAN'T SEE THAT ON MY PAPER. WE GOT A TOTAL OF NINE BIDS. IT WAS PRETTY COMPETITIVE. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAD BIDDING ON THIS PROJECT. WE SENT OUT THE RESULTS OF THE BIDDING WITH OUR PACKAGES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF TO OUR CONSULTANT, HEWITT DOLLARS, AND THEY ASSISTED US WITH THE ASSESSMENT OF THE BIDS.

AND WE HAVE A LOWEST BIDDER COMING IN AT $1,014,373.67. THIS IS ACTUALLY UNDER OUR ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS PARK. AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THIS IS A MATCHING GRANT WITH TPW, AND OUR STAFF RECOMMENDS AWARDING THIS BID TO NORTH ROCK CONSTRUCTION. SO JUST FOR CLARITY, IS THIS WITH RESTROOMS OR WITHOUT RESTROOMS? SO THIS FIRST ITEM IS GOING TO BE FOR THE MAIN PACKAGE WITH NO RESTROOMS. SO THIS INCLUDES PARK IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING THE SIDEWALK, THE WALKING TRAIL PER SE. WE HAVE OUR BASKETBALL COURT, SHADING TREES, BENCHES, MAIN PARTS OF THE PARK. TELL ME AGAIN WHY WE'RE SEPARATING THE TWO. WE SEPARATED THE TWO JUST TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE COST REALLY WOULD BE IN COMPARISON OF A MODULAR RESTROOM VERSUS A GROUND UP CONSTRUCTION OF A RESTROOM. SO YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER THE FIRST THE FIRST PACKAGE FIRST? LET ME SEE HERE. SO ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE'RE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW FOR THIS FIRST ITEM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAIN PACKAGE AND YES. GOT IT. SO THIS IS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE $1,014,373.67. YES SIR. GOT IT AGAIN COUNCIL. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ACTION. IF WE TAKE ANY TO APPROVE IT'S GOING TO BE RFP NUMBER 26-16. THE KING'S CREEK PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THAT NUMBER. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS FIRST FOR STAFF. SO I REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK WE PULLED THE BATHROOMS OUT IS BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PART OF THE PROJECT, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE KING'S CREEK AREA WHO FELT LIKE IT'S KIND OF IT'S NOT REALLY A PARK THAT YOU COMMUTE TO. PEOPLE USE IT BY THEIR HOME. THEY COME TO THE PARK AND GO BACK TO THEIR OWN BATHROOM AT THEIR OWN HOUSE. THAT WAS KIND OF THE THOUGHT, I THINK. SO IT'S LIKE, I THINK THE THOUGHT WAS WE COULD JUST HAVE A PARK THAT POTENTIALLY DIDN'T HAVE A BATHROOM. SO WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AT THE WHEN WE GET TO 7.7. BUT YEAH, I KIND OF REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A MATCHING GRANT. WE'RE SO. AND THIS IT HAS TO BE FOR THIS, I REMEMBER THAT. OKAY, SO IT'S ONLY JUST HALF OF. EVEN THOUGH THAT'S THE TOTAL. WE'RE GOING TO BE REIMBURSED 750 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YES MA'AM.

IT'S 750,000. IT'S A MATCHING GRANT, 50/50 AND ANY OVERAGES, THE CITY WILL COVER THE REMAINING COSTS. THAT'S THROUGH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. OKAY. YEAH. GOOD. IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7.6 FOR THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED ONE 1 MILLION OR 1 014373.67. GOT IT. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE, SECOND FROM PHIL ROBINSON, OUR DISTRICT FIVE REPRESENTATIVE, TO APPROVE THE RFP NUMBER 26-16, THE KING'S CREEK PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,014,373.67. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. ALL

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SO IS IT GRAFFITI PROOF OR IT DOESN'T. YOU CAN'T WRITE GRAFFITI ON IT OR IT'S EASY TO WASH OFF OR SOMETHING. YOU SURE CAN WASH IT ALL OFF WITH A PRESSURE WASHER, IT WITH THE PRESSURE WASHER, SO IT'S NOT PERMANENT. NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID. NO GRAFFITI FORCE FIELD IS BUILT INTO THE NO PROMISES. OKAY? NO, I JUST KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM NOWADAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU.

IT'S EASY TO WASH OUT. IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT A PERMANENT THING. ABSOLUTELY. AND EVEN ON THE INTERIORS OF THE RESTROOMS, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO KIND OF POWER WASH THE INSIDE. SO GREAT.

A NICE, EASY CLEANUP AS WELL. SO ARE THEY ARE THEY SINGULAR RESTROOMS, MALE MEN AND WOMEN.

WE'LL HAVE ONE STALL PER SIDE OF THE RESTROOM. WE'LL HAVE A UTILITY CLOSET WITH AN ENTRANCE IN THE BACK. OKAY. FOR ALL OUR MAIN UTILITIES ARE RUN THROUGH. SO IF THERE'S ANY MAINTENANCE REQUIRED FOR THAT RESTROOM, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR BOTH SIDES, RIGHT? OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY? I GOTTA SAY, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE ABOUT OTHER PARKS, BUT THESE BATHROOMS MAKE ME CRAZY. THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND OVER $300,000 FOR A RESTROOM, PEOPLE'S ENTIRE HOMES ARE, YOU KNOW, $300,000. BUT I JUST I UNDERSTAND THE THINKING OF NEEDING ONE. BUT TO ME, A RESTROOM AT THAT AMOUNT IS A NICE TO HAVE. THAT'S, THAT'S JUST AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF, OF MONEY FOR RESTROOM, IF YOU ASK ME. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAD A LOT OF CITIZENS COME BEFORE US AT A PREVIOUS MEETING TO TELL US THAT THEY DIDN'T FEEL A RESTROOM WAS NECESSARY AND THAT IT MIGHT INVITE FOLKS TO COMMUTE TO THE PARK AND CONGREGATE. AND THEY WANT TO JUST TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK THAT THEY WALK, WALK TO AND FROM POTENTIALLY, I THINK THE PREFERENCE WAS TO NOT HAVE A RESTROOM FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO MY FEELING IS THAT IT'S A, IT'S AN UNNECESSARY EXPENDITURE. THAT'S AN I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEIR, THEIR REQUEST AND, AND THOUGHT IS AN IDEAL SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE TIME TO GET HOME TO THEIR RESTROOM, BUT THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DANG HAPPY THAT WE PUT SOMETHING THERE FOR THEIR USE. I'M JUST SAYING, IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE AND I UNDERSTAND THEIR THINKING AND THERE'S SOME TRUTH TO IT, YEAH, THAT IT MIGHT. YEAH, ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ACTUALLY USING THE PARK. THAT'S THAT'S A YEAH, THAT CERTAINLY COULD HAPPEN. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SET A PRECEDENT OF BUILDING PARKS WITHOUT RESTROOMS. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT OR GO DOWN THAT ROAD. FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, I'M I'M SPEAKING FOR STAFF. SO IF RAYLAN OR DEMETRE YOU DISAGREE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. BUT FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE NOT BUILDING A PARK FOR KINGS CREEK. THIS IS A CITY OF TERRELL PARK AND ALL RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE PARK. WE CANNOT KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE PARK OR RESTRICT ACCESS

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THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WILL USE THIS PARK. THEY MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A RESTROOM, OR MAY HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT WOULD REQUIRE FASTER ACCESS TO A BATHROOM, AND I THINK NOT INCLUDING A RESTROOM AT A PARK IS IRRESPONSIBLE. I THINK IT IS NECESSARY. AND I THINK IF WE IF THE CITY DOES NOT DO IT WITHIN TWO YEARS, WE WILL BE COMING BACK AND AND BUILDING A RESTROOM. GOOD POINT. I, I AGREE WITH YOU. I MEAN, THE ALL PARKS IN OUR SYSTEM ARE FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND THEY SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY. IF YOU IF YOU WANT YOUR PRIVATE, IF YOU WANT A PRIVATE PARK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WELCOME TO BUY THE LAND AND I GUESS, AND BUILD YOUR OWN. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT NEEDS TO BE PUBLIC. IT IS A PUBLIC SPACE AND, AND WE WANT TO WELCOME BE WELCOMING TO EVERYBODY. I THOUGHT, MAYOR, THOSE THAT THAT PARK HAS BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND TO DATE, I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE JUST CLAMORING FOR A RESTROOM OUT THERE. IT'S IT'S NEVER EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED UNTIL WE DID THE REMODEL. IT'S BEEN A PERFECTLY HEALTHY PARK FOR MANY YEARS WITHOUT THE RESTROOM THERE. BUT NO, I SEE YOUR POINT.

I MEAN, I'M, I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S NOT VALIDITY TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I JUST THINK AS WE AS WE AS A COUNCIL LOOK AT CITY FACILITIES, I DON'T WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT WHERE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AND NOT PROVIDING RESTROOMS FOR THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY'RE OUT AT ACTIVITIES. YES. ALSO, WHILE WE WERE DISCUSSING ALL THIS, THE PRICE WENT UP. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS ON US. WE'RE $100,000 MORE THAN THE THAN BEFORE. BECAUSE BEFORE IT WAS NOT THIS HIGH, BUT BECAUSE WE DILLY DALLIED. I OWN IT BECAUSE I WANT A BATHROOM.

THERE IT IS NOW $315,000. THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY. CITY PARK. LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION REAL QUICKLY THOUGH, IS THAT I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF LOCAL BUILDERS IN WITH PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS, AND MENTIONED THAT WE'RE BUILDING BATHROOMS FOR 250,000 $300,000, AND THEY'RE ASTONISHED AT THE COST OF BUILDING THESE BATHROOMS THAT THEY'LL TELL ME THINGS LIKE THEY'RE TELLING ME, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY ON A BATHROOM. LIKE WE COULD BUILD THAT FOR WAY LESS. ALSO, WHERE WE GET CAUGHT UP BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. SO HONESTLY, IF THERE ARE FOLKS OUT THERE WHO CAN BUILD IT FOR LESS, IT WOULD HELP. WE NEED THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BIDDING. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT THE RESTROOMS, KEEP IN MIND, YOU'RE NOW ADDING MILES OF WALKING TRAILS. YOU'RE UPDATING YOUR BASKETBALL COURTS, THE PROGRAMING OF THIS PARK JUST COMPLETELY CHANGED. SO WHILE THE RESTROOMS IN THE PAST MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY, YOU NOW ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE MORE ACTIVITIES THERE.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO GO FOR THE BETTER PROGRAMING. AND I GUESS I JUST WANTED AND I MAY COUNSEL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY JUST BUILDING A, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING PARKS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE IDEA OF OUR FUTURE RESIDENTS IN MIND. RIGHT. AND ADDITIONALLY, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW MUCH THIS RESTROOM WOULD REALLY COST TO BUILD, WE ALSO HAD TO MAKE IT PART OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR BIDDING THAT THE ENGINEERING DESIGN HAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THEIR BID. SO ALTHOUGH MATERIALS, LABOR CAN BE RELATIVELY, YOU KNOW, LESS, INCLUDING ENGINEERING DESIGN IS A MORE OF A COSTLY THING, AS WE'VE ALL SEEN, RIGHT, WITH ALL OF OUR CONSULTANTS. SO PLEASE JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. OUR ADA, RIGHT. THEY ARE ADA COMPLIANT.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE WORK OUT THERE. I KNOW I'M COMING IN ON THE TAIL END OF THIS OF THIS RIGHT HERE. IT ALSO AMAZES ME ON THE THE AMOUNT OF COST FOR THE PARK.

BUT AND MY THINGS WERE SAYING, AS ALREADY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS GOING OUT THERE, I'M HOPING THAT MORE PEOPLE GO OUT THERE JUST TO, JUST TO WALK AROUND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW JUST NOTICING BINGLE PARK WITH ALL THE, THE ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY WITH ALL THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE KINGS CREEK WILL HAVE MORE, MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE, EVEN MORE RESIDENTS JUST COMING OUT THERE TO WALK AROUND. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THAT. OKAY. YEAH. AND THIS IS THIS JUST GIVES ME HEARTBURN. SAME THING THAT WE'VE APPROVED $300,000 RESTROOMS BEFORE. I'M JUST LIKE, I DON'T GET IT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BIDDING, BUT THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT BEING FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE. I MEAN, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO SPEND OVER 300,000 ON A RESTROOM. WHEN I LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER PROBLEMS AND THINGS, WE JUST APPROVED

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I PUT AC IN THEM, I MEAN FOUNDATIONS, IT'S JUST SO MUCH THAT I'M CONSIDERING WHEN I THINK ABOUT A $315,000 BATHROOM, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE CLEAN VERSION. BUT MAN, IT'S REALLY I IT'S HARD. IT HITS ME DOWN IN MY GUT, BUT THAT'S JUST WHERE I STAND. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR ME. AND THAT'S WHERE I STILL STAND. OKAY. AND IF I MAY ADD, IF WE DO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GUYS MAKE YOUR DECISION, IF YOU GUYS DO DECIDE THAT WE DO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESTROOM, I DO WANT TO INFORM YOU GUYS THAT THIS WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO TTB FOR RECONSIDERATION, THE APPLICATION AND A NEW REVIEW. SO IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO TRULY GET THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION. ADDITIONALLY, FOR THIS GRANT, WE DO HAVE A DEADLINE. SO IF WE DO PUSH THIS BACK AND CHOOSE TO CHANGE THE SCOPE A LITTLE BIT, IT WILL IMPACT THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. SO IF WE DON'T APPROVE THE BATHROOM, WE MIGHT LOSE THE GRANT. YEAH. WELL, I'VE GOT A QUESTION, BUT OUR SCHEDULING WOULD CHANGE. WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL DAYS OF REVIEW FOR THEM TO REVIEW THE CHANGE OF SCOPE WITHIN THE PARK. AND WE DO HAVE A DEADLINE TO ACTUALLY GET THIS PROJECT DONE WITH THE GRANT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US RIGHT NOW. I HAVE A QUESTION. I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE WOULD ALLOW YOU TO BUILD A PARK AND NOT HAVE RESTROOMS, ADA COMPLIANT RESTROOMS. I DON'T I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE SHOULD EVEN ASK BECAUSE IF YOU DO, THEY MAY PULL THE FUNDING. BUT I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER SEEN ANYWHERE WHERE THERE WASN'T A RESTROOM FACILITY IN THE STATE HELPED FUND IT. LET ME CLARIFY THIS. WE'RE AT ABOUT 1.3 MILLION. IF WE ADD THE BATHROOM, RIGHT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE 750,000. AND THEN OUR PART WOULD BE ABOUT THAT A LITTLE LESS THAN 7561.5 IS 750. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YEP. ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS. ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE THE MONEY? I'M GOOD. YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN, WE'RE DONE WITH THAT. I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 7.6 FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $315,000 FOR THE RESTROOM. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM JORGE VARGAS, DISTRICT THREE, A SECOND FROM DONNA RENEE ANDERSON, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM FROM DISTRICT TWO, TO APPROVE THE RFP NUMBER 26-17, KINGS CREEK PARK RESTROOM AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $315,000. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY STATING I, I ANY OPPOSED? NAY. MOTION CARRIES 3 TO 1. HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? SAME OLD STORY DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE SOMETIME. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. PHIL JUST CAN'T USE IT. I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU OUT THERE. I. NEXT ITEM

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

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

ORIGINALLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2023. DECLARING NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY INTERESTS, INCLUDING WATER AND WASTEWATER EASEMENTS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE UTILITY CONNECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH NORTH STAR, NORTH SPUR DEVELOPMENT AND ARBORETUM ESTATES DEVELOPMENT. RECOGNIZING AND RESTATING THE CITY COUNCIL'S PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE NORTH SPUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND ARBORETUM ESTATES DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

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