Special City Council Meeting and Workshop

AGENDA Special City Council Meeting and Workshop 6:00 PM - Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Trinity Valley Community College Health Science Center, 1551 SH 34 South, Terrell, TX Mayor Rick Carmona Council Members District 2 - Grady Simpson District 3 - Mayrani Velazquez District 4 - Charles Whitaker District 5 - Tim Royse City Manager Mike Sims NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Terrell City Council will conduct a Special City Council Meeting and Workshop at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at Trinity Valley Community College Health Science Center located at 1551 State Highway 34 South. The meeting is open to the public with limited seating in the Health Science Academy. Recommendations of the CDC regarding social distancing will be practiced during the course of the public meeting to slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). If you choose not to attend in person and you wish to submit public comments, email support@cityofterrell.org and title the email ”Public Comment”. All public comments submitted by 12:00 pm on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 will be provided to the City Council members and read into the record for the Tuesday, March 23, 2021 City Council Meeting. Page 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. INVOCATION 3. PLEDGE TO AMERICAN FLAG AND TEXAS FLAG. 4. HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. This time is set aside on the agenda to invite any person to address the Council on issues not subject to a public hearing. Routine administrative Page 1 of 23  matters are best discussed with the appropriate City Staff before bringing them to the Council. Prior to the meeting, please complete a "Citizen Participation Form" and present it to the City Secretary. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.042, the City Council cannot discuss, consider, or take action on matters not listed on the agenda. Speakers should limit their comments to 3 minutes and are asked to speak into the microphone provided, identifying themselves for the record. The total amount of time set aside for this place on the agenda is 15 minutes. Comments of a personal nature directed at the Council or Staff are inappropriate. 5. DISCUSSION ITEMS 5.1. Discuss Agency Updates. 3 - 23 1. City of Terrell 2. Terrell Economic Development Corporation 3. Terrell Independent School District EDC_TISD_CITY SLIDES 5.2. Discuss Workforce Development. 5.3. Discuss Broadband Opportunities. 5.4. Discuss Legislative Update. 6. ADJOURN. I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above NOTICE OF MEETING of the Governing Body of the City of Terrell is a true and correct copy of said NOTICE, which has been posted on the front OUTDOOR BULLETIN BOARD CABINET FOR AGENDAS of the Terrell City Hall, Terrell, Texas, a place convenient and readily accessible to the General Public and on the website at cityofterrell.org, and which has been continuously posted for a period of seventy-two (72) hours prior to the date and time said meeting was convened. Posted Tuesday, March 16, 2021 –4:15 p.m. _______________________________________ Dawn Steil, City Secretary This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for accommodations or interpretive services must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting. Please contact the City Secretary’s office at 972-551-6600 for further information. Braille is not available. Council Reserves the Right to Adjourn into Executive Session to Seek Legal Counsel on a Matter Which the Canon of Legal Ethics Demands to Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege Pursuant to Section 551.071(2) of the Texas Government Code. Page 2 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 3 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 4 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 5 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 6 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 7 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 8 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 9 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 10 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 11 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 12 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 13 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 14 of 23  ITEM 5.1. The City’s Workforce Responsibility: Develop the quality of life necessary retain and attract the next generation. Page 15 of 23  Our workforce isn’t just our way of attracting ITEM 5.1. employers, it’s the start of the next generation. Terrell Workers Moving In Workforce The Next Terrell Generation Parents Youth Moving Out Page 16 of 23 Terrell Schools  ITEM 5.1. Quality of Life Changes the Moving In / Moving Out Balance; thereGreat is No Middle quality of lifeGround. helps attract a talented workforce; a talented workforce values a great education for their own children. Poor quality of life reduces the pool of talented workforce and robs the schools of motivated Page 17 of 23 parents.  Recent City of Terrell Quality of Life ITEM 5.1. Success Stories New Police Department Headquarters, Fire Department transition to Paramedics Crossroads, Buc-ee’s, New Investment Deferred Park Maintenance Page 18 of 23 Park and Downtown Improvement Corporation  ITEM 5.1. What’s next for the City of Terrell and Quality of Life? An Page 19 of 23 Audit.  Quality of Life Audit Measures Aren’t Hard to Find… ITEM 5.1. Page 20 of 23 The Challenge is to Grade Ourselves from the Point of View of the Workforce We Want to Retain and Attract. ITEM 5.1. Page 21 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 22 of 23 ITEM 5.1. Page 23 of 23