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>> THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA WILL MEET ON OCTOBER 8,
[1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.]
2024 AT 6:00 P.M IN THE ANNA MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LOCATED AT 1217 STREET TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. WELCOME, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AN OPEN SESSION AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE OPINION SPEAKER REGISTRATION FORM AND TURN IT INTO THE CITY SECRETARY.
AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE ALL MEMBERS PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL DO THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE. IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STAND.
FATHER GOD WILL COME BEFORE THIS EVENING TO ASK FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND DO WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY.
LORD I ASK FOR OPEN HEARTS AND OPEN MINDS AS WE GO FORWARD, GIVE US THE ABILITY TO DISCERN WHAT WE NEED TO DISCERN AND DO THE RIGHT THINGS FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE AROUND US.
LORD, WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS PROTECT THEM AND PUT A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND THEM AS THEY GO THROUGH THEIR DAYS AND ENDURE THINGS THAT MOST OF US DON'T EVER WANT TO HAVE TO ENDURE.
WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME. I PRAY. AMEN.
>> THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3, NEIGHBOR COMMENTS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? NO NEIGHBOR COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
[4. Reports.]
TAKE US TO NUMBER 4 REPORTS, RECEIVED REPORTS FROM THE STAFF OR THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE MENTION THAT OCTOBER IS DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, DOWN SYNDROME IS A BIRTH DEFECT CAUSES A THIRD 21ST CHROMOSOME AND AUTISM IN THAT EVERYBODY WITH DOWN SYNDROME HAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THEM, BUT THEY ARE HIGHLY FUNCTIONING PEOPLE USUALLY, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT IS DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU.
>> ON THAT NOTE, IT IS ALSO BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, SO EVERY WOMAN NEEDS TO GET A MAMMOGRAM AND MEN ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THIS EITHER.
CHECK YOUR BREASTS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SAFE, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
I KNOW MY NEIGHBORHOOD PERSONALLY HAD A GREAT TURNOUT AND I SAW PICTURES OF A LOT OF OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DID AS WELL, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. ANYONE ELSE? THAT'LL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5, WORK SESSION.
[5. Work Session.]
PRESENTATION OF ANNA CROSSING PARK MASTER PLAN, PARK PLANNING AND MANAGING DEVELOPMENT MANAGER DANA WALKER.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL.
WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE ANNA CROSSING PARK MASTER PLAN THIS EVENING.
THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD THREE TIMES, AND WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING TO GET INPUT ON THIS, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BRIEFLY THROUGH IF I CAN GET THE CLIPPER TO WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS REAL QUICK.
WE HAVE HIRED HUITT-ZOLLARS TO CREATE A MASTER PLAN AND CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS FOR THE PROJECT ONCE WE HAVE AN APPROVED MASTER PLAN.
ON OUR KICKOFF MEETING, WE MET WITH HUITT-ZOLLARS TO DEVELOP A PRELIMINARY PROGRAM AND THEN THE GENERAL SCOPE FOR THE PROJECT.
THEY THEN TOOK THAT INFORMATION AND DEVELOPED WHAT WE WOULD CALL MAYBE A 40, 50% CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN JUST SO WE'D HAVE A STARTING POINT.
WE COULD TAKE THAT TO THE PUBLIC AND GET INPUT.
WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING AT OUR PARKS ADVISORY BOARD ON JUNE 17, AT HARLOWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT AT THAT.
WE TOOK THE INPUT THAT WAS GATHERED FROM THAT AND ORGANIZED IT AND REVIEWED IT, AND THEN THE MASTER PLAN WAS REVISED TO REFLECT SOME OF THE INPUT RECEIVED AT THAT MEETING.
THAT WAS THEN PRESENTED TO THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD ON THE 15 JULY, AND THE BOARD HAD SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
WE THEN REVISED IT AGAIN TO REFLECT THOSE COMMENTS, AND THEN WE UPDATED THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD AGAIN AT THE AUGUST MEETING.
THEN HERE RECENTLY ON SEPTEMBER 16,
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WE TOOK AS PART OF THE PARK CIP TOUR, WE TOOK THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD OUT TO THE ANNA CROSSING PARK SITE.WE WALKED ON THE SITE, HAD PLANS IN HAND TO SHOW THEM WHERE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED WOULD GO.
SOME OF THE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS, EACH PARK HAS ITS OWN CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN REFLECTS THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THIS PARK, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
IT'S A LARGE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, IT'S ABOUT 28 ACRES, BUT IT IS NOT A COMMUNITY PARK, IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, THE TERRAIN AND THEN THE TREES GUIDED THE MASTER PLAN TO BE MORE OF A RETAIN SOME OF THE NATURAL FEEL OF THE SITE.
THEN THE FUNCTIONALITY AND PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE ALL AMENITIES AT ALL PARKS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED PUBLIC INPUT.
THERE WAS A CONSENSUS DURING THE MEETING THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO INCLUDE AMENITIES THAT WOULD CREATE A REGIONAL DRAW OR INCREASE TRAFFIC SIGNIFICANTLY.
THEY'RE VERY SENSITIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO TRAFFIC.
THERE WERE, IN FACT, MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIKED THE PLAN AS IT WAS AT THE TIME.
SOME OF THE REQUESTED AMENITIES ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LOCATION, BUT WILL BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE PARKS AND AT SOME OF THE AMENITIES.
SHOULD BE LOCATED IN A PARK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE TO THIS PARK, A LITTLE BIT TO THE SOUTH IN THE INNER RANCH AREA.
THEN SOME AMENITIES REQUESTS ARE EITHER ALREADY PROVIDED NEARBY OR IN THE PLANNING STAGES.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT AREN'T REALLY SUITED FOR THIS PARK, BUT WOULD BE BETTER SUITED IN PARKS THAT WE KNOW ARE ON THE HORIZON THEY'RE COMING UP.
MANY OF THE NEIGHBOR REQUESTED AMENITIES THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE IN THE PARK ARE DRINKING FOUNTAINS ALONG THE TRAILS, SHADE ON AND AROUND THE PLAYGROUND, SWINGS, GRILLS NEAR THE PAVILION, AND THEN DOG WAY STATION.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE REQUESTED.
AS I MENTIONED, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE RESPONDENTS, LIKE THE PARK AS IS.
EVERY NEIGHBOR REQUESTED AMENITY, HAD SOME NEIGHBOR OPPOSITION TO THAT AMENITY.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS JUST THE AMENITIES THAT WERE REQUESTED, BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE WERE ALSO OPPOSITION TO LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE ITEMS UP THERE.
THE NEIGHBORS WERE SPLIT ON PARKING AND TRAIL LIGHTING, YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE WE CAME TO A COMPROMISE ON BOTH.
SOME OF THE AMENITIES REQUESTED THAT WE FEEL WOULD CREATE A REGIONAL DRAW OR THE DOG PARK, BASKETBALL COURTS, FLASH PAD, PICKLEBALL COURTS, TENNIS COURT, BASEBALL FIELD, AND MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL.
THEN SOME OF THE REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE TO THE MASTER PLAN BASED ON THE INPUT.
WE DID ADD SOME TREES AT THE WEST END OF THE PARK TO PROVIDE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE HOUSES ADJACENT TO THE PARK.
WE SLIGHTLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
THERE'S 26 TOTAL IN THE PLAN RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS A SEGMENT, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T TYPICALLY LIGHT TRAILS IN ANNA, THERE IS A CENTRAL LOOP THAT WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND LIGHTING.
IT WAS A PRETTY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS PARTICULAR PARK.
WE'RE PROVIDING ZONES FOR FUTURE EXPANSION, WHICH COULD INCLUDE SPORTS COURTS, SOME SMALLER COURTS.
WE REDUCE THE SCALE OF A SHADE STRUCTURE IN THE POND.
WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL BOLLARDS AT THE END OF MAY STREET.
THAT STREET DEAD ENDS INTO THE PARK ON THE WEST SIDE AND THAT'S JUST TO KEEP VEHICLES OUT OF THE PARK.
THEN WE'RE CONSIDERING ADDING WORKOUT STATIONS ALONG THE TRAIL.
THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ASKED FOR THAT.
THE DESIGN DOES INCLUDE CONCRETE TRAILS, A PRETTY GOOD SIZED PAVILION, RESTROOMS, A GOOD SIZED PLAYGROUND, BENCHES AND BENCH SWINGS, DRINKING FOUNTAINS, PARKING, TRAIL LIGHTING, AND THEN MOST LIKELY WORKOUT STATIONS.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE AMOUNT OF TRAIL THAT'S IN THIS CURRENT DESIGN.
THERE'S ABOUT 7,400 LINEAR FEET OF TRAIL IN THE PROPOSED DESIGN,
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AND THERE'S ABOUT 10,000 LINEAR FEET IN NATURAL SPRINGS PARK AND A LITTLE OVER 11 LINEAR FEET IN SLATER CREEK PARK.KEEP IN MIND THOSE ARE COMMUNITY PARKS. THEY'RE VERY LARGE PARKS.
FOR WHAT IT IS, A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IS AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF TRAIL IN THIS PARK.
THEN THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS THAT WILL BE IRRIGATED, ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE PARK WILL BE KEPT NATURAL, AND THOSE INCLUDE AREAS ALONG THE FINLEY RIGHT AWAY BETWEEN THE TRAIL AND THE BACK OF CURB.
THE TREES ON THE WEST SIDE WILL BE IRRIGATED, AND THEN THE CENTRAL LAWN IN THE AREA OF THE MAJOR AMENITIES WILL BE IRRIGATED.
THIS IS THE OVERALL PROPOSED MASTER PLAN.
THERE'S AN EXISTING POND ON THE WEST SIDE THAT WILL BE KEPT NATURAL IN THAT AREA.
THERE'S A SLIGHT COLOR DIFFERENCE.
THERE'S TWO GREEN COLORS, THAT CENTRAL AREA IS MORE OF A COOLER COLOR.
THAT WILL BE MANICURED AND IRRIGATED AND THEN THE REST OF THE PARK THAT HAS A MORE YELLOW GREEN AROUND THE OUTSIDE, IT WILL STILL BE MOWED, BUT IT WON'T BE IRRIGATED.
I'M GOING TO ZOOM INTO THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS HARD TO SEE.
YOU CAN SEE THE POND AREA, WHICH IS ELEVATED.
YOU HAVE TO GO UP A BERM TO GET OVER TO THE POND.
THERE'S TRAIL ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF TRAIL WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOOPS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON WAYS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE DISTANCES OF THOSE READILY AVAILABLE, SO PEOPLE WALKING WILL KNOW HOW FAR THEY WALKED IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN APP THAT TELLS THEM.
THE PARKING AND THE PLAYGROUND PAVILION, RESTROOM ALL THAT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS GRAPHIC.
THEN THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK, AND THAT'S FINLEY BOULEVARD, IT RUNS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND ALL OF THIS.
THERE'S A CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH THE PARK.
THERE'S TWO LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON THE WEST SIDE.
THE CROSSING ON THE FAR EAST SIDE IS GOING TO REQUIRE A BRIDGE.
THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OF THE TREES THAT ARE A LITTLE TRANSPARENT ARE EXISTING TREES.
IF I GO BACK, YOU CAN SEE ALONG THE TOP LEFT, THE DARKER TREES, THOSE ARE PROPOSED TREES.
THERE'S SOME LANDSCAPING PROPOSED IN THE AMENITY CENTER AREA AND THE PARKING AREA.
BUT A LOT OF THE TREES ON THE SIDE ARE EXISTING, THEY'RE VERY MATURE TREES.
IT'S A VERY COOL SITE IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE.
THEN THIS IS JUST ZOOMING IN TO SHOW YOU ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS GRAPHIC.
IT SAYS, FUTURE EXPANSION. THAT'S JUST A ZONE.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT ANY SPORTS COURTS OUT HERE TO BEGIN WITH.
WE'D LIKE TO BUILD WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE PLAN, SEE HOW PEOPLE REACT TO IT, SEE WHAT TRAFFIC IT GETS.
WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK IN THE FUTURE IF WE WANT TO DO A PICKLEBALL COURT TOO OR A DOG PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT TO BEGIN WITH, WE JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW EVERYONE'S GOING TO REACT TO THE PARK AND WE DON'T WANT THIS PARK TO GET OVERCROWDED BECAUSE IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
I THINK THAT'S ABOUT EVERYTHING.
CHRIS, IF I MISSED IT. CHRIS SCOTT WITH HUITT-ZOLLARS IS HERE.
HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFICALLY FOR HIM.
IS THERE ANYTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE I MISSED, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE NEXT STEP ONCE WE'VE GOT BUYING FROM YOU GUYS IS TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION.
>> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WHAT MAJOR CHANGES WAS MADE AFTER THE MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SINCE THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK? ONE OF THEM WAS PROBABLY THE WATER FOUNTAINS, CORRECT?
>> THE WATER FOUNTAINS WERE READY.
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE DRINK OUT OF WATER FOUNTAINS THESE DAYS?
>> I CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.
THE OVERALL THE GENERAL FEEL AND THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF THE TRAILS, THOSE DID NOT CHANGE.
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>> PARKING CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, ONE THING.
THE LIGHTING DID ACTUALLY CHANGE?
>> THAT WAS ONE PERSON I ADDED FOR THAT.
>> IT'S BASICALLY THE AREA WHERE THE BLUE OR GREEN.
THE MANICURED IRRIGATED LAWN IN THAT CENTRAL AREA.
THE LIGHTING WILL BE AROUND THAT LOOP, SO IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY ALMOST TO THE PWD ALONG FINLEY BACK DOWN NEAR THE PARKING LOT AND THEN ACROSS BASICALLY ALONG THE TREE LINE.
WE FELT THAT WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE SO THAT THE TRAIL CAN BE USED A LITTLE BIT INTO THE DARKER HOURS OF THE DAY WHILE MAINTAINING, THERE'S A LOT OF WILDLIFE OUT THERE.
WE WANTED WE DIDN'T WANT TO DISTURB ANY OF THE NOCTURNAL GOING ONE OUT OF THE PARK ON THE EAST SIDE.
>> WHY NOT LIKE A SMALL DOG PARK? WE SEE WE SEE HOW MUCH NATURAL SPRINGS DOG PARK PALL PARK GETS USED A LOT.
>> WELL, THE GENERAL CONSENSUS ON THAT WAS WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE WERE COMMENTS EITHER IN THE MEETING OR WRITTEN DOWN.
WE HAD WE HAD A MEETING WHERE WE WROTE DOWN THE COMMENTS AS THEY WERE BEING ADDRESSED, AND WE ALSO HAD WRITTEN COMMENTS.
THERE WAS OPPOSITION TO A DOG PARK AT THIS LOCATION FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT SHOWED UP AT THE MEETING.
I THINK THE GENERAL CONSENSUS AMONG THE DESIGN TEAM WAS, IF WE WANT TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE THAT ONCE WE SEE HOW THIS PARK IS USED, I THINK THAT'S COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.
IF THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO START OUT WITH THAT BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA AND MAKE THIS PART OF REASONABLE.
>> WILL THE WATER FOUNTAINS HAVE DOG WATER?
>> BECAUSE I SEE THIS BEING A LOT OF DOGS THERE WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD?
>> ABSOLUTELY, NO. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD.
>> THEN HAS A PLAYGROUND BEEN CHOSEN YET?
>> NOT KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A MASTER PLAN.
WE HAVE NOT STARTED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
IT ALL. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
>> I CAN'T ASK ONE WISH PERSONALLY.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON OUR OTHER PLAYGROUNDS.
EVERY PLAYGROUND WE BUILD HAS SOME TYPE OF INCLUSIVE PART TO IT.
UNFORTUNATELY, NATURAL SPRINGS GOT SKIPPED ON THAT ONE.
BUT EVERY PLAYGROUND WE BUILD FROM NOW ON, I FEEL NEEDS SOME TYPE OF AN INCLUSIVE SECTION FOR KIDS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I ASKED FOR ON THAT PLAYGROUND.
>> YES, SIR. THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY ACCURATE ON NATURAL SPRINGS.
WE DO HAVE TRANSFER POINTS, AND WE HAVE SOME LOWER LEVEL OF PLAY FEATURES ON THAT PLAYGROUND THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE.
BUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AT THAT PART IS THE PORT AND PLACE RUBBER MATTING THAT MAKES IT INCREDIBLY EASY TO GET AROUND LIKE WE DO AT JOHNSON.
>> I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, CORRECT?
>> WILL THAT HOA MAINTAIN IT OR WOULD THAT BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY?
>> THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE CITY THIS PARK.
THE CITY OWNS THIS PARK AND WILL MAINTAIN IT.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO VOICE THIS BECAUSE IT WAS VOICED TO ME, AND I AGREE WITH IT.
I DON'T LIKE HOW WE WENT ABOUT THIS.
WE SHOWED UP WITH SUBSTANTIALLY FINISHED PLANS AND IT COMPLETELY STIFLED THE CREATIVITY BECAUSE NO EVERYONE'S GOT LOCKED IN.
YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING, THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SEE.
I AM NO SURPRISED AT THE COMMENTARY THAT YOU'RE COMMUNICATING TONIGHT OF THE RESISTANCE TO CHANGE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A CONCEPT, TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER IDEA IS CHANGE.
I WOULD ASK THAT IN THE FUTURE, THAT WE WOULD PRESENT THE RAW INFORMATION, LET THE DIALOGUE HAPPEN.
YOU'VE GOT IT IN YOUR HIP POCKET.
YOU'RE ABLE TO SHOW AFTER THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PARKS BOARD, AND IN THIS CASE, THE COMMUNITY, LET THEM GIVE YOU THE IDEAS OF WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE, WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE, INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM SOMETHING THAT THEY START STORMING THE CASTLE WITH.
THAT IS MY CRITIQUE OF THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE IT A DISSERVICE.
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I KNOW WE HAVE THE PART TO THE SOUTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON WITH A LOT OF OTHER FEATURES, BUT I AM NOT HAPPY WITH HOW WE APPROACH THIS ONE.I WANT OUR STAFF TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GIVE INPUT AND LET THEIR VOICE BE HEARD, AND THEN WE PRODUCE AN IDEA.
>> I AGREE 120,000% WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT WE WERE TOLD HOW IT WAS GOING TO GO, AND THEN WE ALL SHOWED UP AT THE MEETING AND IT WENT HERE'S YOUR PARK AND IT WAS LIKE, WHAT? EVERYBODY I THINK EVERYBODY WAS IN THE SAME WAY.
WE GOT SOME LIGHTING AND A FEW MORE EXTRA PARKING SPOTS OUT OF IT, WHICH I DISAGREE ABOUT THE PARKING SPOTS.
I JUST DON'T THINK IF IT'S JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS 26 PARKING SPOTS.
I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO BE WHEN THEY HOLD THE FAR MARKET OVER THERE.
>> IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
THEY DON'T WANT TO DO A FARMING MARKET BECAUSE IT'S A THAT'S IT'S A MORE OF A DRAW FOR THE COMMUNITY AND NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT DRAWS FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT'S MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THING.
BECAUSE HE SAID NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ABOUT 20 TIMES SO WE PRESENTED.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST DISAGREE AND I'M WITH BEHIND COUNCILMAN CAR.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, DELLA.
BUT THAT SAID, IT HAS GONE THROUGH OUR PARKS BOARD AND THEY DID MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.
UNLESS THE COUNCIL HAS ANY VARIATIONS I'D LIKE TO REQUEST, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT WORK SECTION.
>> THE NEXT TIME YOU WILL SEE THIS, WE'LL BE ON CONSENT TO MOVE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
>> THANK YOU FOR INDULGING OUR CONVERSATION.
>> THAT WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6 CONSENT ITEMS.
[6. Consent Items.]
THESE ITEMS CONSIST OF NON CONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW.ITS ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING SUCH REQUESTS PRIOR TO A MOTION AND VOTE ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. ANYTHING THE COUNSEL, ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING THAT I'D LIKE TO REMOVE? MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 6 A, B, C, AND D.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE'LL BE CALLING THE ROLE THIS EVENING.
>> THAT TAKES US ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 7 ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
[7. Items For Individual Consideration.]
ITEM A, CONSIDER DISCUSS, ACT ON NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2025 COLLEN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MISS LAND.>> THE CONCAD HAS SENT US OPPORTUNITY TO SENT A NOMINATION FOR TO MAKE NOMINATIONS.
NOMINATIONS CAN BE A COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN BE AN ANNA NEIGHBOR, CAN BE A BOARD MEMBER.
WE CAN SEND UP TO FIVE POSITIONS OR WE CAN SEND ONE, OR WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT AT ALL.
THIS IS UP TO ALL IF YOU WANT TO NOMINATE SOMEONE, BUT I HAVE TO HAVE IT INTO THEM BY FRIDAY.
>> COUNSEL, ANYBODY HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS I'D LIKE TO MAKE?
>> I KNOW OF ONE, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET SOMEONE FROM ANNA ON THIS BOARD.
>> I THINK HE SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT WITH IT, BUT DARREN HAYES FROM TEXAS THE TEXAS BANK.
BEING A FINANCIAL GUY, I THINK HE WOULD BE GOOD AT THAT.
>> WHEN DID THEY TELL US THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THIS?
ANYBODY ON THE COUNSEL WANT TO BE NOMINATED? COUNSEL MILLER. I CAN'T.
>> I'LL NOMINATE COUNSEL MILLER.
>> TURN YOUR MIC ON, AND WE'LL NOMINATE YOU.
>> LEE MILLER ONE. WE SHOULD JUST LOAD IT UP.
>> I THINK WE SO THROW BOB HALBERG INTO THIS MIX AS WELL. HE'S GOT THE TIME.
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>> BOB HABERG. HE'S ON OUR OTHER BOARD BINFEL.
>> SHE'LL HELP YOU WITH SPELLING.
>> I HAVE ENOUGH ON MY PLATE, THANKS.
>> FIND ANOTHER ONE TO TAKE THAT FIFTH SPOT.
WE JUST NOTIFY YOU BY FRIDAY OR WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW.
>> WE HAVE FIVE SPOTS, BUT ONLY FOUR.
>> I'D LIKE TO. I'D LIKE TO THROW IN LISA BILES NAME.
>> SHE EVERY YEAR HELPS PEOPLE PROTEST ALL THIS STUFF.
>> THAT'S FIVE. GOOD. THANK YOU, COUNSEL.
CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND ACT ON MEETING DATES FOR NOVEMBER, DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
>> SHE MIGHT NOT WANT TO DO IT.
>> MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE LISTED NAME THAT CARRIE HAS IN HAND ON ITEM 7A.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
NOW THAT WILL ACTUALLY TAKE US ITEM 7B.
CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND ACT ON MEETING DATES FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2024, MISS LAND.
>> LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER THIS YEAR, THE DECEMBER MEETING FALLS ON HOLIDAY.
I FALLS ON CHRISTMAS IN NOVEMBER, IT FALLS ON THE WEEK OF THANKS GIVING, SECOND MEETING.
>> WE USUALLY JUST DO ONE MEETING THOSE MONTHS ANYWAY.
TYPICALLY IN THE PAST, THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS DONE, CORRECT? IF I JUST MAKE A MOTION THAT WE'LL MEET THE OTHER DAY.
WHAT IS? THE SECOND TUESDAY NOVEMBER AND THE SECOND TUESDAY OF DECEMBER?
>> BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, DOESN'T OUR ORDINANCE REQUIRE US TO HAVE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH?
>> WE HAD TO HAVE TWO MEETINGS.
WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THIS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON WHERE IT LANDS.
>> YES, MA'AM. THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS YOUR MOTION.
YES. I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND ON ITEM B.
IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL LAND?
>> AYE. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT TAKES US AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8 CLOSED SESSION, WHICH WE DO NOT NEED THIS EVENING.
>> ONE THING I KNOW A LOT OF YOU IN THIS ROOM ARE ABOUT TO GET INTO A CAR AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO DRIVE TO HOUSTON.
I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO BE SAFE ON YOUR TRAVELS, GET DOWN THERE SAFELY ON YOUR OWN TIME.
THEN LET'S MEET UP AND HAVE A GOOD MEETING WHILE WE'RE DOWN THERE. BE SAFE, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSEL BILLS. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE ENTIRE COUNCIL WILL BE AT TML, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU ALL WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT.
I THINK THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR THIS COUNSEL, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
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SEEING NO OBJECTION, WE ADJOURNED.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.