Special City Council Meeting and Workshop

AGENDA Special City Council Meeting and Workshop 1:00 PM - Friday, April 12, 2024 Terrell Police Headquarters, Rosenbaum Room,1100 N. State Highway 34, Terrell, TX Mayor Rick Carmona Council Members District 2 - Grady Simpson District 3 - Mayrani Velazquez, Mayor Pro-Tem District 4 - Stephanie Holmes-Thomas, Deputy Mayor Pro-Tem District 5 - Phil Robison 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 Friday, April 12, 2024, at Terrell City Hall located at 201 East Nash Street. The meeting is open to the public with limited seating in the Council Chambers. 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 Friday, April 12, 2024 will be provided to the City Council members and read into the record for the Friday, April 12, 2024 City Council Meeting. Page 1. CALL TO ORDER 1.1. Invocation 1.2. Pledge of Allegiance 4 Pledge of Allegiance 1.3. Texas Pledge of Allegiance 5 Pledge to the Texas Flag 2. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND EVENTS Mayor and Council may report on items of community interest such as announcing community meetings and events, employee or community Page 1 of 5  recognitions and other general announcements for Terrell citizens. Elected officials may also delegate such announcements to staff. 3. HEAR REMARKS FROM VISITORS. This time is set aside to invite any person to address the Council on any matter of City business not subject to a public hearing. Routine administrative 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. Please provide your contact information to facilitate follow up. 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. Please note that the City Council members may not respond to any comments or questions but will listen, and as appropriate, staff follow up may occur after the meeting or at a later date. 4. DISCUSSION ITEMS This time is set aside so that Council may receive information, question staff, and discuss the individual topics of each agenda item. As appropriate, items may return as discussion items again or as business items in the future. 4.1. Discuss City of Terrell Street Conditions and Improvement Plans. 5. ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING: All items listed in this section will be deliberated in a closed session in accordance with Section 551 of the Texas Local Government Code. Members of the public are not permitted to attend a closed session. The City Council will not take any votes or other action in closed session. Section 551.072 Deliberations Regarding Real Property. Section 551.087 Deliberations Regarding Economic Development Negotiations. Page 2 of 5  6. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY, ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. Council will reconvene in open session and may take action on any items listed from the Executive Session section of this agenda. 7. 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 Monday, April 8, 2024 –5:00 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 3 of 5 ITEM 1.2. Pledge of Allegiance 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. Page 4 of 5 ITEM 1.3. Pledge to the Texas Flag Honor the Texas Flag, I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. Page 5 of 5