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          [1. Call to Order]
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          HI, EVERYBODY. 
          TODAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2026, AND THE TIME IS 5:30 PM. 
          WE'RE HERE FOR THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE COPPELL CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, SO I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER. 
          [2. Executive Session        	(Closed to the Public)        1st Floor Conference Room]
WE WILL BE CONVENING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM. 
          AT THE END OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, I'LL COME BACK OUT, ANNOUNCE WORK SESSION, AT WHICH TIME THE PUBLIC IS INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO JOIN US. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GOOD 
          [3. Work Session         (Open to the Public)        1st Floor Conference Room
Citizen comments will not be heard during the Work Session, but will be heard during the Regular Session under Citizens' Appearance.]
EVENING, EVERYBODY. 
          THE TIME IS 6:30 PM AND WE ADJOURN FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL MOVE INTO WORK SESSION IN THE FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM. 
          THE PUBLIC IS, IS INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO JOIN US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THE TIME IS 6:35. 
          WE'RE MOVING INTO WORK SESSION. 
          WE ONLY HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE, ON THE AGENDA. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS DELIBERATION REGARDING THE AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON, UH, CONSENT OR OTHERWISE? I DID HAVE ONE. 
          UM, AND ON THE PURCHASE OF THE SEATING. 
          UM, I, I WAS PUZZLED HOW, HOW BUYING IT, UM, SEPARATELY OUTSIDE THE CONTRACT IS GONNA SPEED THINGS UP. 
          AND ALSO WHO DOES THE INSTALLATION? NO. 
          NO, JAMIE, WHY DON'T YOU HANDLE THAT ONE? SURE. 
          UM - WE GOT BRIEFED ON THAT AT 4:30, SO IT, IT IS A STORY. 
          OKAY. 
          COME AROUND. 
           SO MARK'S QUESTION IS, UM, THERE, THE ORIGINAL... 
          I'LL LET JAMIE SWITCH E, CORRECT? UH, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO, YEAH, YOU MISSED OUR, OUR FUN DISCUSSION EARLIER. 
          I MISSED IT TOO, SO THANK YOU FOR THE, YEAH. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO WE HAD, UH, DURING CONSTRUCTION BIDDING, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION SEVERAL CONTRACTORS, BUT THAT WAS A VERY LONG LEAD ITEM, AND SO IT WAS CAUSING ISSUES. 
          SO THE 22 WEEKS KIND OF FROM THE TIME WE APPROVED AND APPROVALS. 
          SO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, WE WENT AHEAD AND CALLED THE SEATING MANUFACTURER, AND SO I JUST CALLED THEM DIRECTLY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS. 
          UM, SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH KENT AND MIKE LAND ABOUT THE, WE WERE ABLE TO, IF WE WERE ABLE TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT ON, ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 6TH THAT WITH THE STIPULATION UPON APPROVAL TONIGHT THAT IT WOULD BE APPROVED, THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GET THE ORDER PROCESSED AND IN LINE. 
          AND SO THE CONVERSATION WAS, WE'RE STILL IN LINE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN A HURRY, HURRY UP TO GET IN LINE. 
          AND SO THE MANUFACTURING WINDOW, IF WE ORDERED BEFORE OCTOBER 6TH WOULD BE KEEPING US WITH THE END OF JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY DELIVERY DATE FOR THOSE SEATS. 
          AND SO WE JUST MADE THAT INTERNAL DECISION TO GO AHEAD AND GET IN LINE BECAUSE IF YOU MISSED THAT OCTOBER 6TH DEADLINE, IT WAS THE MARCH, APRIL SEATING MANUFACTURING WINDOW AND WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE INTO LIKE TEMPORARY SEATING SOLUTIONS HERE. 
          SO WE JUST TOOK THAT NUMBER THAT THEY GAVE TO THE CONTRACTORS AND DEDUCTED IT OUT OF THE CONTRACTOR AWARD NUMBER. 
          BUT THEY'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTALLATION? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO APPARENTLY THEY BATCH MANUFACTURE THESE AND SO THEY ONLY DO THEM NOT CONTINUOUSLY. 
          SO THEY, YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE NEXT GROUP OF YOUR LIKE FURNITURE IS GOING TO BE MANUFACTURED. 
          WHICH HE SAID THE GOOD THING WAS WE'D ALREADY DONE ALL THE LEGWORK BECAUSE THEY HAD THE MATERIALS AND THE FABRIC AND EVERYTHING CHOSEN AND ALL THE LAYOUTS READY TO GO. 
          WE JUST HAD TO BASICALLY EXECUTE THAT TO GET LINE. 
          SO HE WAS LIKE EVERYTHING IS ALREADY ACTUALLY READY TO GO. 
          THE HARD PART'S DONE. 
          WE JUST NEED TO EXECUTE THE, THE HURRY UP AND WAIT PART OF IT WAS THAT. 
          SO WE GOT THAT EXECUTED BEFORE OCTOBER 6TH WITH THE LITTLE ASTERISK SAYING UPON APPROVAL TONIGHT. 
          SO ONCE IT'S APPROVED, THEY'LL RELEASE THAT FOR... 
          RAMESH? THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          JAMIE, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. 
          UH, SO I UNDERSTAND NOW THIS IS THE CRITICAL PATH AND SO YOU'RE PRE-ORDERING IT. 
          BUT BEFORE THIS BECAME PART OF THE CRITICAL PATH, WAS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAD, DID THEY ALSO RECOMMEND SOLDER OR WAS IT ALSO LEFT TO OUR, OUR CHOICE? UM, IT WAS OUR CHOICE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YEAH, OUR DESIGN SEAT SELECTIONS THAT WE WERE CHOOSING FROM AND THAT WAS THE SEATING THAT WAS SELECTED. 
          WE DID ASK FOR, UM, VOLUNTARY ALTERNATES AS AN OPTION TO SEE IF THERE WAS, UM, LESS EXPENSIVE OR FASTER VERSIONS, BUT THE ALTERNATES WERE NOT EQUALS TO THAT. 
          THE MATERIALS WERE SUBSTANDARD. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE OPTIONS AND THE PRICING WASN'T REFLECTIVE OF THE MATERIAL CHANGE. 
          AND SO WE JUST WENT AHEAD AND KEPT IT WITH THAT ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER, WORKED WITH THEM OUTSIDE OF THAT AND, UH, MOVED FORWARD WITH THE ONE THAT WAS SELECTED ORIGINALLY. 
          SO I THINK IT WORKED OUT IN OUR FAVOR THAT WAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          YEAH, MAY YOU MENTION YOU GOT A BRIEFING AT 4:30. 
          WHAT 
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IS THAT? CAN YOU EXPLAIN? THAT WAS THE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          IT WAS JIM AND BRIANNA AND MARK AND MYSELF WERE INVITED TO A, JUST A, BASICALLY WHAT SHE JUST TOLD EVERYBODY. 
          OKAY. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS, UH - I COULDN'T MAKE IT, SO SHE AND I WASN'T THERE. 
          I DON'T THINK MARK COULD EITHER. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS THE MAYOR AND I. 
          YEAH. 
          I KNEW MY, I KNEW I HAD IT BUT I DIDNT MAKE IT. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY LATE BREAKING CHANGES AND THIS WAS REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT WAS RELEVANT. 
          THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WAS, WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          WELL, I'M IMPRESSED WITH Y'ALL'S JUDGMENT AND THE FACT THAT YOU DID THAT, I THINK SAVED OUR BACON, SO THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE FURNITURE? THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MOVING ON TO ITEM B, DELIBERATION REGARDING NON-PARK BUILDING NAMING POLICY. 
          TRACY, WHY DON'T YOU REMIND US WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND - YES, SIR. 
          KIND OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR. 
          YES. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, I AM HERE TODAY, UH, TO TALK THROUGH OUR PROPOSED, UH, POLICY. 
          SO THE CITY HAS HAD AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOAT SINCE 2017 GOVERNING THE NAMING OF PARK FACILITIES. 
          UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD A POLICY OR PROCEDURE FOR THE NAMING OF NON-PARK FACILITIES. 
          UM, SO TONIGHT, UM, IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME, I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE A QUICK OPPORTUNITY TO RESET OUR CONVERSATION, UM, SINCE IT HAS BEEN A MINUTE SINCE JUNE WHEN WE HAD KIND OF THE LAST, UH, MEANINGFUL AND MEATY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF OUR PROPOSED POLICY. 
          SO THE GOAL OF THE POLICY WHEN WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS WAS TO RECOGNIZE SIGNIFICANT AND SUSTAINED SERVICE TO THE COPPELL COMMUNITY. 
          SINCE 2017, UH, WHICH I USE THAT MARKER JUST AS MY OWN ARRIVAL TO THE CITY OF COPPELL. 
          SO SINCE 2017, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE PARK FACILITY NAMINGS UNDER THAT PARK, UM, ORDINANCE. 
          UM, SO ONE HONORING LOU DUGAN AT THE BECK, ONE HONORING THE SHEEHAN FAMILY FOR THE PLAYGROUND WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND ONE HONORING PETE WILSON AT THE ART CENTER. 
          SO AT THE OUTSET, YOU AS THE COUNCIL, Y'ALL RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NAMING A BUILDING IN HONOR OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND ARTICULATED A DESIRE WHEN WE BEGAN THE PROCESS TO MAKE THE STANDARD VERY HIGH IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY QUALIFY TO HAVE YOUR NAME PUT ON A BUILDING. 
          SO BY DESIGN, THE RENAMING OF A NON-PARK BUILDING WILL BE A HIGH IMPACT, BUT A LOW FREQUENCY ACTIVITY BECAUSE, FOR THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SET THE STANDARD HIGH FOR WHAT IS AN, WHO IS AN ELIGIBLE, UM, APPLICANT. 
          SO IN OCTOBER 2025 IS WHEN WE HEARD THE INITIAL REQUEST FROM COUNCIL TO, TO SAY, "HEY, COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK AT THIS AND TELL ME WHAT IS OUT THERE AND WHAT CAN SOMETHING LIKE THIS LOOK LIKE?" SO IN FEBRUARY OF 26, WE BROUGHT BACK, UM, ALL OF THE RESEARCH AND THE FINDINGS THAT WE DID TO KIND OF IDENTIFY WHAT IS, WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING AROUND POLICIES LIKE THIS. 
          AND WE RECEIVED DIRECTION AT THAT TIME TO PROCEED FORWARD TO, UH, DEVELOP A DRAFT FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW. 
          WE PRESENTED A DRAFT TO YOU IN JUNE OF 2026, AND AT THAT TIME, WE RECEIVED DIRECTION ON A NUMBER OF CHANGES. 
          SO THERE WERE SEVEN CHANGES IN ALL. 
          SO THAT INCLUDED, UM, CHANGES TO SOME OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT LIKE HOW LONG THE TENURE NEEDED TO BE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY AS SIGNIFICANT. 
          UM, THERE WERE SOME PROCESS CHANGES THAT WE, UM, THAT I HEARD FROM YOU ALL. 
          UM, SO NOW ALL OF THOSE, UM, APPLICATIONS COME FROM A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UH, WE ELIMINATED THE REQUIREMENT FOR ANY SORT OF COST SHARING OF COSTS RELATED TO ANY OF THE RENAMINGS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE PUT SOME GUARDRAILS AROUND JUST GENERAL, UM, KIND OF THE GUIDELINES LIKE, OKAY, WE CAN ONLY HAVE, MARK HILL CAN ONLY HAVE ONE BUILDING NAMED AFTER HIM. 
          WE CAN'T HAVE MARK HILL BUILDINGS ALL OVER TOWN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE SET SOME PARAMETERS ON LIKE HOW, IF WE WERE TO NAME A BUILDING, HOW OFTEN IT COULD BE RENAMED. 
          SO YOU SET SOME SORT OF PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE. 
          UM, SO THOSE CHANGES WERE REFLECTED IN THE DRAFT POLICY THAT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR AUGUST 20, OUR AUGUST WORK SESSION BRIEFING THAT ACTUALLY ENDED UP GETTING PUSHED BECAUSE WE JUST RAN OUT OF TIME. 
          SO THEN AT THE SEPTEMBER WORK SESSION, STAFF RECEIVED DIRECTION ON, UM, ONE ITEM. 
          SO WE HAD KIND OF A LAUNDRY LIST. 
          WE HAD FOUR ITEMS THAT WERE INITIALLY ON THAT LIST. 
          WE, WE MADE IT THROUGH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS AND WE RECEIVED DIRECTION AROUND THE DEFINITION OF SUPER MAJORITY, AND THAT WAS CONFIRMED AT FIVE OF SEVEN VOTES. 
          SO IN ITS CURRENT ITERATION, THE PROCESS WOULD WORK AS FOLLOWS, RIGHT? SO, UM, A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD NOMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL FOR NAMING TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          SO WE WOULD RECEIVE THAT NOMINATION FROM ONE OF YOU AS A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THE CMO WOULD GO 
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THROUGH AND JUST VALIDATE THE ELIGIBILITY. 
          ARE YOU CURRENTLY NOT EMPLOYED OR ARE YOU CURRENTLY NOT A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER? HAVE YOU, WE WOULD KEEP, LIKE, TALLY UP ALL OF THE YEARS OF SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MEETING KIND OF THOSE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, SO IF THE NOMINEE MEETS THOSE ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS, IT WOULD KICK OFF THE EVALUATION PROCESS, AND THAT IS A PROCESS THAT SITS WITH YOU ALL AS THE COUNCIL. 
          SO ALL THE PRO - THE POLICY GIVES FLEXIBILITY FOR EITHER A FULL COUNCIL TO SIT AND HAVE A EVALUATION OF THAT APPLICANT, UM, OR YOU CAN HAVE LIKE AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          SO THE MAYOR JUST MENTIONED THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          UM, STAFF WOULD BE RECOMMENDING, IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE AN APPLICATION FROM ONE OF YOU ALL, WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THAT Y'ALL MIRROR WHAT THE PARKS BOARD DOES, WHICH IS THEY HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          AND SO WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT NOMINATION THEN GO TO A SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          THAT SUBCOMMITTEE PROCESS, UM, YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AS THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, TYPICALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE MAYOR WILL ASK IF ANY, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER AND YOU ALL, BASED ON YOUR INTEREST, YOUR CAPACITY, YOU GUYS ARE VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES. 
          SO WE HAVE THE WELLNESS SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          WE HAVE THE ONE FOR THE CHAMBERS. 
          UM, WE HAVE THIS SUBCOMMITTEE THAT HELPED EVALUATE AND REEVALUATE THE, UH, BOARDING COMMISSION, NOT THE BOARDING COMMISSION. 
          SERVICE. 
          THE SERVICE ORGANIZATION PROCESS. 
          SO THAT IS A PROCESS THAT YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW YOU COMPRISE THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES AND THEN HOW DOES THE SUBCOMMITTEE FUNCTION AND THEN REPORT BACK TO THE, THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          SO THAT SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD GO OFF AND DO THE FULL EVALUATION OF, UM, THE MERITS OF THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED. 
          AND THEN YOU WOULD COME BACK, UM, AND MAKE A FULL RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 
          UM, THAT RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE FULL COUNCIL AT A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. 
          AND IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO APPROVE THAT, UH, RECOMMENDATION, IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PASS A FIVE, FIVE, TWO VOTE. 
          OKAY, SUPER MAJORITY. 
          SO THE PROPOSED POLICY, AS YOU GUYS HAVE DRAFTED IT UP TO THIS POINT, IS A VERY STRONG POLICY. 
          UH, IT PROVIDES BOTH CLEAR GUIDELINES AND FLEXIBILITY FOR YOU AS THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, EVERYTHING STEMMED TO STERN, UH, FROM THE FUNCTIONS, THE PROCESS, UM, EVERYTHING IS SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, SO WHETHER THAT'S NOMINATIONS, WHETHER THAT'S EVALUATION, WHETHER THAT'S APPROVAL, ALL OF THAT LIES WITH YOU ALL. 
          SO, UM, SO WHILE THE COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED SIX ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION POINTS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN YOUR PACKET, UH, ONE OPTION THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER IS TO APPROVE THE POLICY AS IT'S PROPOSED RIGHT NOW, KNOWING THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THAT AND ALLOW YOU TO EXPERIENCE THE POLICY AT WORK. 
          SO BECAUSE OF THE STRINGENT NATURE OF THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW IN THE DRAFT, WHICH ALSO IS A NICE BALANCE OF KIND OF THE STRINGENT GUIDELINES AS WELL AS FLEXIBILITY, UM, A FEW OF THE PROPOSED DISCUSSION ITEMS ON THE LIST IN THE AGENDA PACKET, UH, WILL LIKELY NOT BE NECESSARY. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE USE THE FREQUENCY OF THE RENAMING OF PARK FACILITIES AS ANY, A GUIDE FOR US, UM, WE WILL NOT SEE A FLOOD OF RENAMINGS THAT WILL PUSH US TO HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER WE WANT TO ADD ROOMS TO THE INVENTORY BECAUSE WE'VE RUN OUT OF BUILDINGS. 
          UM, IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED TO PUT A CAP ON THE NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE EACH YEAR BECAUSE OUR HISTORY SAYS WE'RE GONNA GET LESS THAN ONE EVERY YEAR. 
          I MEAN, LITERALLY LESS THAN ONE EVERY TWO YEARS ALMOST. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW IF THERE SHOULD BE CHANGES TO ELIGIBILITY. 
          SO IF SOMETHING POPS UP AND THERE'S EITHER A ROADBLOCK OR A CHALLENGE TO SOMEBODY THAT WE'D LIKE TO CONSIDER, WE CAN RECONSIDER WHAT THE ELIGIBILITY LOOKS LIKE AT THAT POINT. 
          SO THESE ARE ALL ISSUES THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL CAN ADDRESS REALLY AT YOUR DISCRETION. 
          UM, BUT IT, IT DOES FREE YOU UP TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD THIS EVENING. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. 
          JIM? UH, THANK YOU VERY, UH, AND THANKS, TRACY. 
          SO, AND EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID WITH RESPECT TO THAT KIND OF DISCRETION IS BECAUSE THIS IS A POLICY AND NOT AN ORDINANCE, CORRECT? NO. 
          SO IF WE WERE TO, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT IS ON THE LIST IS, UH, APPROVAL BY ORDINANCE. 
          SO WE - APPROVAL BY ORDINANCE DOES NOT GIVE YOU ANY ADDITIONAL JURISDICTION, DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, AUTHORITY. 
          IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, ENFORCEMENT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING REALLY TO ENFORCE. 
          UM, IT, IT CODIFIES IT IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ALL. 
          UM, IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR Y'ALL TO AMEND, 
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FRANKLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND REVISIT PIECES OF THIS POLICY, UM, IT WOULD BE A MULTI-STEP WORKING THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, GET AN AMENDMENT DRAFTED, THAT SORT OF THING. 
          UM, THE REASON IT IS PROPOSED AS AN INTERNAL POLICY THAT YOU ALL WOULD JUST GIVE A THUMBS UP TO, UM, IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE ENTIRE PROCESS, STEM TO STERN LIES RIGHT HERE WITH YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS REALLY AN INTERNAL POLICY ON HOW YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO OPERATE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS. 
          BUT IT WILL BE CODIFIED IN AN ORDINANCE. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, SO THE REASON THAT THE PARK - SO THE REASON THE PARK ORDINANCE IS, THE PARK NAMING IS IN AN ORDINANCE IS BECAUSE AT THE TIME THAT THAT WAS, UM, APPROVED, THE PARKS BOARD AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND I'M USING THEM BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE CALLED AT THE TIME, UM, THEY WERE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO AMEND THAT ENTIRE SECTION AND CHAPTER OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. 
          AND SO THEY ADDED THAT SECTION AS PART OF THAT FULL COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF SECTION 911 FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          AND SO THAT IS WHY THAT IS A ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST PART OF, HEY, WE, WE WANT TO INCLUDE THIS. 
          UM, IT IS NOT REQUIRED THAT THIS POLICY BE APPROVED AT, AS AN ORDINANCE. 
          UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO APPROVE IT BY ORDINANCE IS WE WOULD JUST PUT THIS IN ORDINANCE FORMAT. 
          IT LITERALLY, AS YOU SEE IT HERE, IT WOULD JUST BE REFORMATTED INTO AN ORDINANCE. 
          AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THAT WOULD LOOK. 
          SO IT WOULDN'T LOOK ANY DIFFERENT. 
          IT WOULD JUST HAVE A SECTION NUMBER ASSIGNED TO IT. 
          UM, BUT REALLY THAT'S JUST - OKAY. 
          IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE YOU ANY ADDITIONAL BENEFIT. 
          IT DOESN'T, AND IT KIND OF CONSTRAINS YOU AS YOU WANT TO AMEND MOVING FORWARD. 
          RIGHT, THAT'S, I, I, I, MY QUESTION'S PROBABLY NOT VERY GOOD. 
          BUT WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING DENIED IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ORDINANCE. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE A POLICY AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MORE - THAT'S WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S - IF WE RECEIVE DIRECTION OTHERWISE FROM THE COUNCIL, THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS VERY EASY TO DO. 
          THAT'S WHAT I THOUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          DESHU? YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PARK BOARD. 
          CREATE THIS AS AN ORDINANCE SO THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT, UM, WITH THE PARK, UH, NAMING BOARD. 
          UH, IF IT DOESN'T TAKE TOO MUCH EFFORT FROM THE STAFF, YOU RESET, YOU REORGANIZE IT, CREATE THIS AS AN ORDINANCE THAT IS VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          IT'S ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW DOES THE CITY COUNCIL OPERATES, UM, NAMING A BUILDING, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY. 
          SO THIS WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE WEBSITE AS AN ORDINANCE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN READ IT TRANSPARENT WITH THE CITIZENS SO THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE, UH, GOING THROUGH. 
          IT WOULD BE IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES YOU, YOU'D END UP, IT WOULDN'T BE A STANDALONE LINK SOMEWHERE ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IT IS INCLUDED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. 
          UH, IF Y'ALL RECALL, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS NOW. 
          IN TIDBITS, WE DID HAVE A QUESTION, UH, ASKED ABOUT THE ORDINANCE. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE AREAS, IF WE DID NOT WANT TO PASS IT AS AN ORDINANCE, THE POLICY ITSELF COULD BE LINKED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PAGE ON THE WEBSITE. 
          SO THERE FROM A, IF THE GOAL IS TRANSPARENCY, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT EITHER WAY. 
          SO I'M IN FAVOR OF PUTTING THAT AS AN ORDINANCE SO IT'S VISIBLE TO PUBLIC. 
          IT CAN BE MADE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC JUST LIKE SHE SAID, JUST LIKE THE PROCLAMATION REQUEST IS VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY THROUGH THE WEBSITE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I HAVE TWO OTHER THINGS THAT I MENTIONED. 
          ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS THOSE POINTS OR DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING IT UP? IT'S, IT IS, UH, I HAVE CONCLUDED ALL OF MY COMMENTS. 
          IT IS NOW OPEN FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE YOUR DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY, YEAH. 
          SO ONE OF THEM IS THE, UM, CRI- CRITERIA FOR AD HOC COMMITTEE. 
          UM, FROM MY EXPERIENCE HERE, WE HAVE LIKE FOUR AD-HOC COMMITTEES HERE. 
          AND SOMETIMES YOU SAID WE NEED VOLUNTEERS. 
          AS SOON AS YOU FINISH YOUR STATEMENT, WE HAVE HANDS UP. 
          UM, IT'S HARD FOR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO RAISED THEIR HAND, "HEY, PUT YOUR HANDS DOWN. 
          I WANT TO BE IN THAT COMMITTEE." SO I THINK WE NEED A PROCESS IN PLACE, UH, FOR HAVING A HANDOFF COMMITTEE SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN, UH, MAYBE THEY ARE NOT PRESENT IN THAT MEETING OR THEY ARE JUNIORS, UH, COMING INTO THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE. 
          IF YOU SERVED IN ONE COMMITTEE, UH, LAST TIME, THEN THE NEXT THREE GET IT. 
          OR SELECT FROM BOARDS AND EVEN NUMBERS, UH, FOR THE AD-HOC COMMITTEES. 
          SO IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR EVERYONE TO SERVE IN A COMMITTEE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL DISCUSS. 
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THE BEST WAY AND THE FAIR WAY FOR ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMMITTEE. 
          UM, IF YOU LOOK AT LAST FOUR, UM, EVALUATING MIKE'S, UM, REVIEW PROCESS, UM, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, UM, SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, AND WHAT WAS ANOTHER COMMITTEE THAT I'M MISSING NOW? THE DESIGN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          SO PEOPLE RAISE THEIR HANDS. 
          YEAH, AS SOON AS YOU FINISH THE SENTENCE. 
          EITHER THEY HAD A PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE THEY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THAT QUESTION OR IT JUST WENT UP. 
          SO WE NEED SOME KIND OF PROCESS LIKE WE SELECT BROUGHT TO A MAYOR, UH, SO THAT WE KNOW EVERYONE HAVE A FAIR SHARE TO SERVE ON AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. 
          SO HAS ANYONE NOT SERVED ON A COMMITTEE THAT THEY WANTED TO SERVE ON? I'VE AVOIDED IT. 
           LIKEWISE. 
          THAT FAIR. 
          I, I MEAN, BIJOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CHARTER, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR HOW SUBCOMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY DETAILED OUT AND IT'S UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR. 
          THEN COUNCIL HAVE TO APPROVE. 
          NO. 
          YES. 
          GO BACK AND READ. 
          I - COUNCIL HAVE TO APPROVE. 
          THE MAYOR CAN RECOMMEND. 
          THE COUNCIL HAVE TO APPROVE. 
          I READ IT. 
          I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M JUST SAYING HAVE A FAIR WAY OF SELECTING AD HOC COMMITTEE. 
          THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. 
          ARE YOU AD HOC? YEAH. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, SELECTING A NEW COMMITTEE? SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          OKAY. 
          SUBCOMMITTEE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          IT SHOULD NOT BE RA - HOW FAST YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          BUT HAVE YOU EVER NOT BEEN APPOINTED? I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ONLY HAD THIS HANDS UP. 
          IT'S HARD TO TELL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, "HEY, PUT YOUR HAND DOWN. 
          I WANT TO BE IN THAT COMMITTEE." YOU HAD ANOTHER ONE THOUGH? YOU HAD ANOTHER ITEM? YOU HAD ANOTHER ITEM, YEAH. 
          YES. 
          UH, THAT'S ONE, YES. 
          UH, I, I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OR?  WELL, WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE, OH, GO AHEAD. 
          NO, I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I, I THINK HOW WE SELECT AD HOC COMMITTEES IS, IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE. 
          WHILE, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION OF, YOU KNOW, SELECTING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE, I THINK THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS THAT WE COULD DISCUSS. 
          UM - ACTUALLY, TO YOUR POINT, IT'S NOT ONLY - IT'S NOT. 
          YEAH. 
          EXACTLY. 
          SO THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, SO I JUST WANTED TO STAY ON, ON TRACK. 
          I GOT THE POINT. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT IT'S YOUR POINT. 
          I MEAN, I MEAN, THIS IS FOR THE DISCUSSION PURPOSE. 
          IT'S ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THIS PURPOSE. 
          BUT SORRY, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAD... 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          NO, GO. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          I, I, I THINK I WAS JUST, I, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE IT FIT, BUT I WANT TO LET YOU SAY YOUR SECOND POINT, SO SORRY. 
          FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          DISCUSSION PURPOSE. 
          OKAY, GOTCHA. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S ON THE PACKETS. 
          YES. 
          I SAW IT. 
          YES. 
          IT'S THE LAST THREE ITEMS. I THOUGH SHE WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM. 
          WE CAN... 
          ARE, ARE YOU PREPARED TO... 
          WE CAN GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          ARE YOU, WERE YOU FINISHED? I MEAN, WERE YOU - I MEAN, SO I TALKED ABOUT BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE PARK BOARD AS AN ORDINANCE. 
          THAT'S ONE POINT. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND POINT POINT IS SELECTING A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THIS PURPOSE. 
          AND THE THIRD IS THE ELIGIBILITY. 
          I WAS NOT HERE WHEN WE ALL HAD THE DISCUSSION. 
          I WAS OUT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD IN MY MIND WAS, UM, IF WE SELECTED PERSONS TO NAME AFTER THE BUILDING, LET'S SAY THAT PERSON IS 60 YEARS OLD AND THEY LIVED IN THE CITY FOR 20 YEARS. 
          ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT 20 YEARS HISTORY IN COPPELL FOR THAT PERSON? OR ARE THEY GOING TO LOOK, ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS YEARS OR BEFORE THEY MOVED TO COPPELL? THEIR COMMENTS THEY MADE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ACTIONS THEY HAD FOR, YOU KNOW... 
          I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE ELIGIBILITY WHEN WE SELECT SOMEBODY'S NAME TO BE PUTTED ON A BUILDING. 
          SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT BEFORE THEY MOVED TO COPPELL, THEY'VE BEEN ARRESTED AND BURNED JAIL FOR A YEAR. 
          RIGHT. 
          SHOULD THAT BE BEFORE THEY MOVED TO COPPEL? I THINK ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          I AGREE. 
          IT'S YOUR WHOLE LIFE. 
          I MEAN, NOT- NOT JUST HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I, I JUST... 
          I ONLY HAVE A DISCUSSION. 
          HOW DO WE SELECT A PERSON? I, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN - ABSOLUTELY. 
          IT'S, IT'S ALREADY LISTED IN HERE. 
          GOOD 
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MORAL CHARACTER AND MUST NOT HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY FELONIES OR CRIMES OF MORAL TURPITUDE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT'S ALREADY... 
          PRIOR TO THAT, THEY SAID, IT SAYS THE TIME YOU LIVED HERE. 
          SO I WASN'T SURE, IS YOUR WHOLE LIFE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT OR JUST THE TIME YOU LIVED IN COPPELL, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          IT DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY SAY JUST IN COPPELL. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BE, HAVE A CLARITY IS THE PERSON'S, YOU KNOW - SO TAKING THEM HOLISTICALLY. 
          THE WHOLISTIC. 
          AND IT'S STILL UP TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL. 
          SO THE PERSON THEORETICALLY WOULD BE WELL KNOWN TO THE PERS - TO THE COUNCIL ALREADY. 
          UM, AND SO THE COUNCIL - UH, IT MAY NOT BE IF IT'S A RESIDENT, RIGHT? IT MAY NOT BE A... 
          WELL, IT'S A GOOD CHANCE. 
          I, I SUSPECT A GOOD CHANCE THAT PERSON WOULDN'T GET RECOMMENDED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE THEN. 
          SO, SO, UH, MY CLARIFICATION WOULD BE HOW THOROUGH WOULD THE BACKGROUND CHECK, UH, THAT THE STAFF WILL PUT TOGETHER? I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THE STAFF WILL PUT TOGETHER, UH - THEY WILL NOT. 
          THEY WILL NOT. 
          THEY WILL NOT. 
          THEY CHECK, THEY CHECK ELIGIBILITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE ELIGIBILITY IS, YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT TWO SEPARATE THINGS. 
          YOU TALK... 
          SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE EVALUATE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOMINATED. 
          ELIGIBILITY IS AROUND KIND OF JUST THAT WE NEED TO... 
          YOU HAVE TO BE, UH, RETIRED, CANNOT BE A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF NINE YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE OR CUMULATIVE SERVICE. 
          THOSE ARE THE ELIGIBILITY PIECES. 
          THE EVALUATION ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          OKAY, SO NOW WE NEED TO GET INTO, THEY MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS TO EVEN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. 
          NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THEIR LIFE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO EVALUATION MAY BE THE RIGHT WORD, UH, WHEN YOU ARE EVALUATING THAT PERSON. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PERSON WE NOMINATE, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A PERSON LIKE BEAU FRENCH MAKING COMMENTS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE CAME TO KNOW AFTER WE NOMINATED HIM, UH, OR PUT A NAME ON THE CITY BUILDING, ALL THESE THINGS COMES FROM THE BACKGROUND. 
          HEY, THIS IS WHAT THIS PERSON DID BEFORE HE MOVED TO COPPEL OR SHE MOVED TO COPPEL. 
          AND WE COME TO KNOW THAT LATER. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WORRY ABOUT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A VALID POINT. 
          I THINK, UH, IF, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS SUBCOMMITTEE IS GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT, UH, THEN, THEN I FEEL, UH, COMFORTABLE WITH IT. 
          IF NOT, WE NEED TO PUT THAT IN LANGUAGE, THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD. 
          IT, IT, IT'S LISTED IN LANGUAGE THAT THIS PERSON HAS TO BE A GOOD MORAL CHARACTER. 
          MORAL CHARACTER. 
          I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND NOT FELONIES AND NOT, UH, CRIMES OF MORAL TURPITUDE. 
          I MEAN, THAT - RIGHT. 
          I FEEL LIKE THERE HAS BEEN A PRETTY GOOD FRAMEWORK ESTABLISHED HERE WITH SOME GUIDELINES THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSTANDING, WELL KNOWN TO THE COMMUNITY AND UPSTANDING IN THE COMMUNITY AND AREN'T DOING THINGS, SAYING THINGS IN THE PAST. 
          UH, BECAUSE IF THAT WAS THE CASE, I SUSPECT THEY WOULD NOT BE NOMINATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON TO BEGIN WITH. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          WHY DON'T WE HAVE A PROVISION FOR RESIDENTS TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY? BECAUSE WE DECIDED WE WERE GONNA HAVE A COUNCIL BRING IT FORWARD AND AT LEAST GET... 
          A RESIDENT CAN BRING IT. 
          WHEN DID WE DECIDE THAT? WE ARE DISCUSSING NOW IN ONE OF THESE MEETINGS. 
          WHEN WE ALREADY, WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THESE CRITERIA. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WAS ABSENT, SO I WAS NOT PART OF THE DISCUSSION. 
          SO WE ALREADY DECIDED IT'S A CITY COUNCIL. 
          THE RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          THEY CAN ALWAYS COME TO THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER AND ASK THEM TO NOMINATE. 
          IN FACT, WE THOUGH THAT WAS STRONGER THAN JUST HAVING THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO AT LEAST HAVE THE SUPPORT OF A COUNCIL PERSON - TO BRING IT FORWARD. 
          TO BRING IT FORWARD. 
          IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE SPONSORING - YES. 
          LIKE THAT RESIDENT COMING UP AND SAYING LIKE, "WE'RE GONNA CARRY THIS TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN IT." BUT A RESIDENT CAN ALWAYS COME TO US. 
          RIGHT. 
          W- WHY DO WE PUTTING A MIDDLE MAN? I MEAN, WHY CAN'T THEY NOMINATE SOMEBODY? BECAUSE IT HAS MORE, IT HAS MORE WEIGHT IF A COUNCIL PERSON - BRINGS IT FORWARD. 
          BRINGING IT FORWARD AND SAYING, "I SPONSOR AND I SUPPORT THAT THIS PERSON OUGHT TO BE PUT FORWARD." SO WE - THEY'RE AN ADVOCATE FOR HER. 
          YES, WE AGREE AND WE... 
          I'M GONNA TAKE IT TO THE COUNCIL AND SAY, YES, I THINK WE SHOULD DO THIS IF SOMEONE CAME TO ME WITH IT, I WOULD VET THE PERSON BEFORE I WOULD EVER STAND UP FOR IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          RIGHT? I WOULD RUN A SOCIAL MEDIA SEARCH. 
          I WOULD LOOK UP INTO THEIR LINKEDIN HISTORY. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD DO ALL THAT BEFORE I WOULD EVEN CONSIDER - IF WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE. 
          COMING FORWARD AND NOMINATING THEM. 
          BUT IF THEY CAME TO ME AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, OKAY - BUT THERE'S A STEP BEFORE THAT, RIGHT? SO WHERE IS THE CITY STAFF IN THIS PROCESS? THEN, THEN ONCE I MAKE THE NOMINATION, AFTER I'VE VETTED THE CANDIDATE, THEN I COME FORWARD, THEN I MAKE THE NOMINATION, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          THEN THEY DO THE ELIGIBILITY CHECK, THEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S FORMED, THEN THE DEEP DIVE STUFF. 
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BEFORE ANYONE'S NAME GOES ON ANYTHING. 
          AND TO BE CLEAR, YOU HAVE SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CHOOSE FROM, RIGHT? SO I MEAN, TO BE FAIR, IF SOMEONE CAME TO BREONNA AND I'M GOING TO PICK AND SAY BRIANNA'S LIKE, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT. 
          WELL YOU HAVE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE MAYOR OR SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          OR VICE VERSA, A RESIDENT GOES TO TWO OR THREE COUNCIL PEOPLE AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE. 
          AND YOU GET SUPPORT FROM MORE THAN ONE COUNCIL PERSON TO COME FORWARD. 
          SO IT JUST ADDS MORE STRENGTH TO IT THAN JUST OPENING UP. 
          I MEAN THE REALITY IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHOSE NAME IS GOING TO GO ON THERE, I WOULD THINK THAT THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL KNOWS WHO THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY'VE SERVED FOR SO MANY YEARS OR THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING, RIGHT? SO EVEN, SO HOW DO I SAY THAT? I, I, AGAIN, I THINK IT JUST, IT ALLOWS US TO DO THE SPONSORSHIP RATHER THAN, UM, IT STILL GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO COME FORWARD AND SHARE IT WITH US AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF GO FROM THERE VERSUS RESIDENTS JUST COMING AND SAYING, HEY, I WANT, YOU KNOW, UM. 
          YES. 
          TO BE ON THE BUILDING AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, HELP, YEAH HELP ME UNDERSTAND. 
          SO THAT'S TRUE FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND WHAT ABOUT STAFF? THERE'S ALSO A STAFF. 
          I, I PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THE STAFF WHO WORKED HERE FOR 20 YEARS. 
          WE DON'T KNOW. 
          WELL WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO NOMINATE ANYBODY. 
          I MEAN IT WOULD BE IF SOMEONE WHO STANDS OUT, I THINK IT'D BE, MY GUESS IS IT WOULD BE A HANDFUL. 
          IT WOULD BE JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD EVEN COME TO MIND STAFF MEMBER WHO'S RETIRED. 
          IT SAYS 20 YEARS THEY HAD TO WORK. 
          WE DON'T KNOW THAT PERSON. 
          WELL YOU MAY NOT, BUT YOU MAY BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH I UNDERSTAND BUT I'M JUST SAYING HOW DO WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS? I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT IF I DON'T. 
          AND IF IT GOT PAST ELIGIBILITY CHECK, THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD VET ALL THAT. 
          LIKE IS THIS WORTHWHILE BRINGING TO THE COUNCIL? AND WE CAN ALWAYS VOTE NO. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT? I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WE'VE GOT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THE PAST WHO STILL LIVE IN TOWN THAT ARE RESIDENTS THAT WORKED WITH PREVIOUS STAFF MEMBERS FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME AND THEY COULD COME TO US AND RECOMMEND, HEY, WE THINK THAT BECAUSE OF X YEAR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, PLEASE CONSIDER THEM FOR, FOR THIS. 
          AND THEN I CAN GIVE YOU MY PERSPECTIVE WORKING WITH THEM. 
          LIKE SO WE CAN, AS A RESIDENT, THEY CAN BRING THAT TO US AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD SUSPECT, I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS OR FACILITIES WE HAVE NAMED NOW. 
          I SUSPECT WE ALL KNOW WHO ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE. 
          UM - YEAH, FOR LIKE SCHOOL LIKE BONITA WHITE BUILDING, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WELL, NO, THE PARKS. 
          OH PARKS, YES. 
          THE ONES WE ALREADY HAVE NAMED. 
          WE HAVE HALF A DOZEN OR SO. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          ANDY BROWN AND POOCH. 
          I FORGOT POOCH EARLIER. 
          A REFERENCE EARLIER. 
          SO WE GOT THE ANDY BROWN SYSTEM, YOU HAVE COGBURN LIBRARY, YOU HAVE PARK. 
          YEAH. 
          AND POOCH. 
          I THINK HE'S BURIED THERE TOO. 
          UH, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUSPECT. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE. 
          I'M JUST BRINGING THIS POINTS TO YOU ALL FOR A DISCUSSION. 
          SO WE TALK ABOUT IT AND SO THAT WE COVER EVERY ANGLE BEFORE WE APPROVE SOMETHING. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE DID WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THIS DRAFT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THESE ARE THE ADDITIONAL POINTS THAT I THOUGHT THAT AFTER READING THAT, THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO DISCUSS. 
          SO I'M BRINGING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS TO ALL THESE ISSUES. 
          WELL I, I, I MEAN, GOING ALONG, I GUESS, I THINK IT IS A GOOD FRAMEWORK AND IT'S STILL COMPLETELY AT THE DISCRETION. 
          WHATEVER ENDS UP GETTING APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED IS AT THE DISCRETION OF COUNCIL AND STILL HAS TO HAVE FIVE VOTES TO HAVE HAPPEN. 
          AND I THINK THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE YOU GET - BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          HEY, GO LOOK AT THIS GUY'S FACEBOOK POST. 
          WELL THEY HAVE GUIDELINES RIGHT HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, IT MEETS. 
          I THINK THAT'S TOO BROAD DON PERSONALLY. 
          IT IS SO VAGUE. 
          WE ALL, WE ALL, WE'RE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO PUT SOMEONE'S NAME ON A BUILDING. 
          WE ALL, WE ALL HAVE A RELATIVELY HIGH STANDARD OF, I DON'T THINK, UM, DON CARROLL'S NAME NEEDS TO GO ON A BUILDING. 
          I MEAN WE ALL CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT PRETTY QUICK. 
          SO . 
          IT'S NOT ABOUT ONE INDIVIDUAL I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          IT'S, IT'S A, WHEN WE PASS A POLICY - BUT IT STILL TAKES FIVE VOTES, EVEN IF IT COMES OUT OF SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          IT STILL TAKES FIVE VOTES, A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL TO GET PASSED. 
          SO IT'S, IT TAKES A NUMBER OF CHECKS. 
          SO I, I, I THINK THE GUIDELINES 
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ARE, I MEAN, A GOOD START AND THEY CAN BE CHANGED AT ANY TIME IF WE EXPERIENCE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR US. 
          BUT IT DOES GIVE US A FRAMEWORK. 
          VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE PARKS ARE. 
          SIMILAR TO THE PARKS. 
          YEAH, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE PARKS HAVE. 
          KEVIN'S BEEN ITCHING OVER HERE TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          WELL THAT WAS, THAT WAS KIND OF MY, MY POINT WAS YOU'RE BRINGING UP THE PARKS. 
          LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE GONE THROUGH PROCESSES WHERE WE PUT NAMES ON PARK FACILITIES AND - THAT'S THE PARK BOARD. 
          YEAH, EXACTLY. 
          YEAH. 
          THE PARK BOARD HAS DONE THAT RIGHT BUT THE PARK BOARD HAD TO CONSIDER LIKE IS THIS PERSON ELIGIBLE WITH THEIR OWN FRAMEWORK, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALREADY, WE ALREADY HAVE A, A COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, HERE IN THE CITY THAT HAS GONE THROUGH SOME OF THAT. 
          AND SO I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE PROCESS OF SAYING THAT THE LOU DUGAN BIODIVERSITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, WAS, WAS - YEAH, BECAUSE THOSE DON'T COME TO US. 
          I, I CAN ANSWER THAT. 
          YEAH, PLEASE. 
          BECAUSE, UH, HE WAS OUT THERE VOLUNTEERING EVERY DAY FOR YEARS. 
          UH, BUILT A TRAIL OUT THERE. 
          OR MAYOR. 
          DID ALL THAT. 
          I MEAN, HE WAS LIKE JUST, IT WAS JUST KIND OF HIS THING. 
          THE, THAT WAS HIS THING FOR YEARS. 
          SO THE REASON THAT STUCK WITH ME WAS BECAUSE HE, HE WASN'T NAMED AFTER HIM BECAUSE HE WAS MAYOR. 
          NO, I WAS SAYING HE WAS A FORMER MAJOR DIVISION. 
          BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HE DID FOR THAT FACILITY. 
          AND HOW DO WE KNOW - IT' KIND OF LIKE PETE WILSON. 
          AND, AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN - YOU KNOW, I, MY GUESS IS WHEN THE PARK BOARD SAID, YOU KNOW, WHO'S THIS ANDY BROWN GUY? BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THAT DOESN'T EVEN COUNT TO COUNCIL. 
          THEY, THEY PROBABLY KNEW. 
          I, THAT'S MY POINT. 
          HIS NAME NEVER WOULD HAVE COME UP OTHERWISE. 
          BUT THAT'S MY POINT THOUGH, IS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS SIMILAR AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS TO PUT THEIR NAMES ON. 
          WE ARE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE TRUST US TO MAKE DECISIONS LIKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. 
          I THINK THEY WOULD TRUST OUR DECISION TO PUT A NAME ON THE BUILDING. 
          POINT OF CLARIFICATION. 
          SO WHILE THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY OUTLINED FOR HOW THE PARK FACILITIES ARE NAMED, RIGHT? SO THEY'VE GOT A SUB, THE PARK BOARD HAS A SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          IF THEY, THAT SUBCOMMITTEE MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL PARK BOARD. 
          THE PARK BOARD MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AS A COUNCIL AND THEN YOU ALL AS THE COUNCIL CODIFY THAT AND MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THAT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          SO EVERY ONE OF THOSE PARK FACILITIES HAS COME TO YOU. 
          NOW IT'S GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF THE SAME VETTING THAT YOU ALL WOULD BE CONDUCTING HERE, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE THE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS THE PROCESS IS VERY SIMILAR. 
          YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IT IN THE SAME MANNER. 
          RAMESH. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          TRACY, UH, YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY, UH, COVERED THIS. 
          I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BY EMAIL. 
          UH, ON, ON THE REVOCATION, UH, I HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT WE ALSO MAKE THE REVOCATION BASED ON SUPER MAJORITY. 
          FIVE TO TWO, YES. 
          UH, IS THAT - FIVE TO TWO, YES. 
          REVOCATION AND APPROVAL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU HAVE DONE THAT. 
          UH, AND ALSO ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION I HAD IS THAT, UH, WE LIMIT NAMING, UH, BUILDING ONCE A YEAR OR ONE BUILDING PER YEAR. 
          SO THAT WAS MY RECOMMENDATION. 
          I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S INTEREST IN, IN THE COUNCIL TO, TO THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS BEHIND THAT? SO, UH, COUNCILS CHANGE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING OF, UH, UH, IF A COUNCIL WAS MOTIVATED, THEY CAN NAME 11 BUILDINGS IN TWO MONTHS IF THEY WANTED TO. 
          AND I WANT TO AVOID THAT. 
          I, I WANT TO BE, UH, GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE COUNCILS TO NAME AS WELL. 
          OKAY, BUT CAN I MAKE A POINT? IF THEY'RE THAT FIRED UP ABOUT NAMING 11 BUILDINGS AT ONCE, THEY CAN EASILY AMEND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND SAY THAT THE LIMIT NOW IS 12. 
          ALL WE CAN DO IS COME UP WITH A FRAMEWORK THAT BASED ON KIND OF COMMON SENSE AND EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY GREAT, HONORIFIC, IT'S A VERY SPECIAL THING TO DO. 
          I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S GOING TO BE TREATING IT FRIVOLOUSLY OR, OR, OR LIGHTLY. 
          UM, I, I DOUBT SERIOUSLY THAT AFTER WE, IF THIS WAS TO PASS THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE ANYBODY NAMED MORE THAN ONCE IN A YEAR FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. 
          I, I JUST DON'T, I JUST DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING THE KIND OF THING. 
          WE'VE GOT LIKE FOUR THINGS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE. 
          AND THAT'S AN ENTIRE -  YOU PUT FIVE FINGERS UP AND YOU SAID. 
          NAMED AFTER PEOPLE. 
          AND I JUST IN, IN, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, I JUST, I JUST DON'T, I, I THINK YOU'RE CREATING A STRAW MAN THAT DOESN'T - IT STILL TAKES FIVE VOTES TOO. 
          AND WE - IT STILL - AND WE HAD TALKED FIVE TOO, RIGHT? NOT SUPER, OKAY, NOT - YEAH. 
          SO THE DEFINITION THAT WE TALKED THROUGH AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING WAS, UH, FIVE TWO, NOT SIX ONE. 
          NOT SIX ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THE MEETING BEFORE WAS 
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SIX SEVEN AND THEN LAST MEETING GOT CHANGED TO FIVE, FIVE SEVEN. 
          FIVE TWO. 
          I DON'T THINK IT WAS EVER SIX. 
          SO ORIGINALLY THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL. 
          FIVE TWO AND THEN SIX ONE AND THEN FIVE TWO. 
          THE, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I GOT FROM COUNCIL WAS CONSIDER SIX ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT IS OVERLOOKED. 
          YES. 
          UM, ONE, ONE FINAL, UH, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UH, THIS, UH, FINAL VOTING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, ARE WE THINKING IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR AN OPEN SESSION? OPEN. 
          IT'D HAVE TO BE OPEN. 
          OPEN. 
          WE WOULD PROVOKE HAVING THAT AS A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER. 
          THERE'S NO PART OF IT. 
          JUST LIKE IT GOES THROUGH FOR THE PARK BOARD. 
          IT PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN QUALIFY. 
          HM? IT PROBABLY DON'T EVEN QUALIFY FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          NO. 
          LEGALLY. 
          THAT'S ALL ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I, I GUESS I WOULD, I, I, AGAIN, I WOULD REITERATE, I THINK IT'S A GOOD FRAMEWORK SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE IN PARKS. 
          UM, AND, UM, IT CAN ALWAYS BE READDRESSED LATER. 
          I THINK STAFF'S DONE A VERY GOOD JOB GOING OUT AND FINDING OTHER EXAMPLES OF WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DO AND LOOKING AT WHAT THE PARK BOARD... 
          AND EVEN OUR PARK, UM, ORDINANCE, THE PARK NAMING ORDINANCE, THEY, IT HAS ENOUGH, UH, DECISION POINTS. 
          THEY HAVE DEVIATED FROM WHAT LAYS IN THERE BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD TO BE NAMED. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF OUR PEOPLE RECENTLY HAVE BEEN DEAD THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED. 
          UH, AND THEY'VE NAMED A ROOM. 
          ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WAS NAMING A ROOM. 
          THEY, UM, PETE'S ROOM OVER AT THE ART CENTER THAT WASN'T A BUILDING, BUT THEY, I GUESS ADJUSTED. 
          IT WAS FLEXIBLE ENOUGH THEY WERE ABLE TO ADJUST AND NAME, INSTEAD OF A WHOLE BUILDING, THEY NAMED JUST A ROOM AFTER PETE. 
          SO, UM, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS ALSO LAYS OUT. 
          IT GIVES SOME FLEXIBILITY TO WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO DO. 
          SO THAT WAS MY SUGGESTION FOR, UM, DOING THE ROOM. 
          AND, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T PIGEONHOLE US JUST, JUST TO BE ABLE, AS LONG AS THE, AS, AS WE FEEL THAT THE POLICY IS FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, ADJUST IT INTO A ROOM BECAUSE AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF, OF FACILITIES, UH, THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY NAME. 
          UH, BUT I THINK LIKE, YOU KNOW, FIRE STATION THREE OVER HERE, MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO NAME A FIRE STATION AFTER SOMEONE, BUT MAYBE WE WANT TO NAME THE TRAINING ROOM THAT'S LOCATED IN THE, IN THE, YOU KNOW, OVER THERE. 
          THAT MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE HONOR FOR SOMEONE. 
          SO AS LONG AS WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. 
          THE POLICY, WOULD YOU SAY THAT POLICY HAS THE FLEXIBILITY TO, FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION? SO IT, IT IS NOT PROHIBITED IN POLICY. 
          AND SO FROM A FLEXIBILITY STANDPOINT, YOU ALL HAVE THE DISCRETION AROUND HOW YOU INTERPRET. 
          SO IT'S YOUR DISCRETION. 
          YEAH. 
          JUST LIKE THE DEAD PEOPLE. 
          YEAH. 
           WITH THE PARKS. 
          PEOPLE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH - ACTUALLY THEY ARE STILL, THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 
          CAN WE GO BY THE COUNCIL AND ASKING HOW MANY FAVOR THIS TO BE AN ORDINANCE VERSUS A STAFF POLICY? UM - CAN I ASK, IS, IS THERE ANY LEGAL DIFFERENCE IN THIS BEING A POLICY VERSUS AN ORDINANCE OR DOES IT GAIN US SOMETHING OR WHAT'S, OR, OR, OR LET ME, MAYBE I SHOULD ASK YOU THESE. 
          IS IT, WHAT'S THE LEGAL BACKGROUND OR LEGAL - WELL, I'D LIKE TO KNOW HER THOUGH. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, SO, SO AN ORDINANCE IS, IS, AS YOU KNOW, AN, AN OFFICIAL LAW OF THE CITY. 
          AND THIS IS HOW WE DO IT AND THIS IS HOW WE DO IT EVERY SINGLE TIME. 
          POLICY IS THIS IS WHAT WE WANT STAFF, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT COUNCIL, THIS IS HOW WE WANT YOU TO OPERATE THIS, UM, UH, ITEM, THIS NAMING ITEM. 
          I WOULD SAY IT'S MUCH LIKE HAVING A PERSONNEL POLICY. 
          USUALLY WE DON'T DO THAT BY ORDINANCE. 
          WE LEAVE IT A POLICY SO THAT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IF WE NEED IT. 
          SO WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY BETTER LEAVING IT AS A POLICY OR A RESOLUTION. 
          YOU COULD DO A RESOLUTION THAT GIVES THE SENSE OF THE COUNCIL, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE POLICY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WAY YOU KEEP THAT FLEXIBILITY BUILT INTO THE PROCESS BECAUSE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS, YOU REALLY NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY. 
          YOU NEED GUIDELINES AND FLEXIBILITY AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO YOU ASKED ME THE QUESTION. 
          MY POINT, I'M GOING TO RESTATE, WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE NAMING PARK. 
          IT IS AN ORDINANCE. 
          SO LET'S BE CONSISTENT, HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR NAMING THE CITY BUILDING. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THAT'S A PROCESS THOUGH, THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT A CONSISTENCY. 
          AND I'M GOING TO GO WITH HER RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT AND I THINK THAT MAYBE WE CAN EVENTUALLY 
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GO FROM A POLICY TO AN ORDINANCE AS WE KIND OF TEST THIS OUT AND IT GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY RATHER THAN HAVING AN ORDINANCE THAT MIGHT - CONSTRAINT. 
          YEAH, MIGHT HAVE SOME CONSTRAINTS OR SOME ISSUES THAT WE HAVEN'T FULLY THOUGH ABOUT. 
          WELL IF IT'S, IF IT'S AN ORDINANCE TO KEVIN'S POINT AND IT SAYS IT'S A BUILDING NAMING ORDINANCE, THEN YOU CAN'T DO A ROOM. 
          YEAH, GOOD POINT. 
          THAT'S - YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOOD TO KNOW. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          SO - I WAS LIKE, YEAH. 
          TO BJ'S REQUEST, UM, KEVIN, ORDINANCE OR POLICY? BECAUSE THE ARGUMENT THAT YOU JUST SAID RIGHT THERE, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK LATER - WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK. 
          AND CODIFY IT IN ORDINANCE. 
          SO I'M OKAY WITH MAINTAINING IT AS A POLICY UNTIL WE WORK OUT THE CASE. 
          I'M FINE WITH POLICY. 
          RAMESH? UH, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE I - YES. 
          SO, SO, UH, WE HAVE NON-PARK CITY BUILDING NAMING POLICY. 
          SHOULD THAT BE CALLED CITY FACILITY NAMING POLICY? SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. 
          UH, UH, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE NEED THE FLEXIBILITY. 
          I THINK IT SHOULD BE IN, UH, INTERNAL POLICY AND AT A LATER DATE MADE INTO AN ORDINANCE. 
          POLICY. 
          POLICY. 
          ORDINANCE. 
          MARK? UM, POLICY AND I DO AGREE WITH THE BE CALLED FACILITY RATHER THAN A BUILDING. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT. 
          I'M FINE WITH THAT TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE PAST THIS. 
          SO WE'RE 6-1 FOR POLICY. 
          AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 
          SO WHEN WE CHOOSE - YES. 
          SUB-COMMITTEE FOR THIS PURPOSE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CHOOSE? SO WE WILL CHOOSE A COMMITTEE WHEN AN APPLICANT IS NOMINATED. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A STANDING COMMITTEE WITHOUT ANYTHING TO DO. 
          NO, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO SELECT A COMMITTEE TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          A FAIR PROCESS. 
          SO I JUST READ THE ORDINANCE AND YOU WERE CORRECT. 
          IT DOES REQUIRE APPROVAL, BUT IT IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, BUT APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL FOLLOW THAT. 
          SO THE COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE. 
          THAT'S WHAT I SAID. 
          YES. 
          AND I JUST SAID I AGREED WITH YOU. 
          SO WHEN WE HAVE A, A, SOMEBODY COMES FORWARD WITH AN - ARE WE GOING TO FORWARD? OH, NO. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. 
          SO WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE ETHICS REVIEW, BECAUSE WE JUST DID THAT LAST NIGHT, RIGHT? YOU HAVE A POOL OF PEOPLE, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE'RE THE POOL. 
          WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP, THEN I GUESS AT THAT POINT, THEN WE CAN DO, I DON'T KNOW, 135 AND THEN 246 OR I DON'T KNOW. 
          EXCEPT FOR - BUT YOU CAN DECIDE THAT. 
          EXCEPT - I DON'T KNOW. 
          I'M, I JUST THREW OUT AN IDEA. 
          I HATE TO DO THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION FOR THE COMMITTEE. 
          SHOULD THE PERSON THAT'S NOMINATING THE PERSON BE ON THE COMMITTEE? I THINK IT SHOULD PROBABLY LIKELY NOT. 
          I WOULD SAY WAIT UNTIL WE'RE THERE. 
          NOMINATED IS MY COUSIN. 
          WHAT IF WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD - WHY I SHOULDN'T BE ON THE COMMITTEE. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT WHAT IF YOU'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD ON BEHALF OF A, OF A CITIZEN AND, AND I DON'T KNOW THE PERSON ANYMORE THAN YOU KNOW THE PERSON AND I'M TRYING TO - YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE COVERED BY FI2 ANYWAY. 
          WELL, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE IT. 
          SO I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE ASK THE QUESTION. 
          RIGHT. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND EVEN THOUGH HE'LL APPOINT MEMBERS, IT'LL, LIKE WE WILL HAVE TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE AND YOU CAN STATE YOUR CASE IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD BE A PART OF THAT. 
          AND THIS HAS FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE THIS COMMITTEE OR NOT HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          OKAY. 
          EITHER ONE. 
          I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THIS FOR NOW. 
          TRACY, WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEP? THE ELIGIBILITY THAT I TALKED ABOUT, WE LOOK AT THE PERSONS, NOT JUST THE YEARS OF LIVED IN KAPPEL OR SERVICE THAT RENDERED TO THE - WELL ACCORDING TO THE BI - THE, UH, THE LIMITATIONS, WHAT'S THAT? OH, ELIGIBILITY. 
          ELIGIBILITY. 
          EVALUATION, MAYBE EVALUATION IS THE RIGHT WORD. 
          IT SAYS ANY INDIVIDUAL MUST BE A GOOD MORAL CHARACTER. 
          IT DOESN'T GIVE A TIMEFRAME FOR THAT. 
          SO IT WOULD BE AT ANY TIME. 
          I FEEL LIKE IT'S COVERED. 
          I THINK IT'S - YEAH, I'M FINE WITH IT. 
          IT DOESN'T SAY WHILE HE LIVED HERE IN OR HE OR SHE. 
          IT SAYS ANY INDIVIDUAL UNDER CONSIDERATION MUST BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER. 
          BUT THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT IT THOUGH, I MEAN, FOR THEM TO BE A REALISTIC NOMINATION, THEY'VE HAD TO HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, CONTRIBUTED AN AWFUL LOT. 
          EVERYONE AROUND THE TABLE'S LIKELY TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND HAVE A HIGH OPINION OF THEM BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN BROUGHT FORWARD. 
          I WOULD THINK. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M JUST BRINGING IT UP AS A DISCUSSION POINT SO THAT WE ALL DISCUSS THIS MATTER BEFORE WE APPROVE. 
          THAT'S ALL IT IS. 
          AND THEN IF THEY DO SOMETHING BAD, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THEM OFF. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY BUILDINGS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE. 
          LATER, MEDIA PEOPLE CAME BACK AND SAID THESE ARE THE THINGS THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST OR THEY HAVE USED RACIST COMMENTS IN THE PAST. 
          RIGHT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT 
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OF BUILDINGS THEY REMOVED FROM THAT PERSON'S NAME. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M BRINGING UP FOR DISCUSSION. 
          I WOULD RECOMMEND WE TAKE THIS POLICY AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS POLICY. 
          SHE'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WORD FROM BUILDING TO FACILITY. 
          I WILL SEND OUT A CLEAN DRAFT TO YOU ALL. 
          UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT I DID BACK IN JUNE. 
          ABSENT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, WE'LL GIVE IT, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVE. 
          CAN WE GO AHEAD AND LIKE VOTE TO APPROVE IT SUBJECT TO THAT CHANGE SO WE CAN... 
          TRACY, WHERE IS THE REVOCATION? WHAT, WHAT SECTION? REVOCATION IS... 
          UNDER FIVE. 
          IT'S AT THE VERY END. 
          5B. 
          5B. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO IT DOES NOT SAY, UH - REVOCATION. 
          MAJORITY. 
          RETAINS THE DISCRETION TO REVOKE OR ALTER THE NAME. 
          YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          CITY BUILDING AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON. 
          SO REVOCATION 5B, YOU'RE GOING TO ADD - MAJORITY. 
          YOU WILL SEND US ONE SO WE CAN REVIEW IT AND MAKE COMMENTS ON THE COUNCIL HAVE TO APPROVE, RIGHT? WELL, I WOULD SAY TONIGHT IS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING ALL OF THE COMMENTS. 
          THE ONLY TWO CHA - THE ONLY CHANGE I HEARD WAS, UH, SWAPPING OUT FACILITY FOR BUILDING. 
          BUILDING FACILITY. 
          NO BUILDING FOR FACILITY. 
          NO MORE BUILDING. 
          IT WILL SAY NON-PARK FACILITY POLICY. 
          NAMING POLICY. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM, CORRECT? TO APPROVE. 
          WE DON'T VOTE ON POLICY, CORRECT? WE DON'T, WE DON'T VOTE ON A POLICY. 
          I MEAN, OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          THE DIRECTION I'M RECEIVING TONIGHT IS TO MAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS AND THEN THAT IS THE POLICY THAT THIS COUNCIL IS DIRECTING US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. 
          THAT IS HOW I HEAR THE DIRECTION I'M HEARING THIS EVENING. 
          I'M FINE WITH THAT. 
          AS A POLICY. 
          AND TO BE CLEAR, IF WE FIND ANYTHING, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING IT BACK UP THAT LIKE THIS WASN'T, YOU KNOW, LIKE - IT'S NOT WORKABLE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S NOT WORKING. 
          MM-HMM. 
          YEAH. 
          WHY IS NOT... 
          I, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY WE DON'T HAVE, UH, THIS AS AN ITEM ITEM, I MEAN AGENDA ITEM AND APPROVE IT. 
          THERE'S NOTHING TO APPROVE. 
          THIS IS A NEW POLICY FOR THE CITY. 
          IT IS A POLICY. 
          IT'S AN INTERNAL POLICY FOR YOU ALL AS COUNCIL. 
          SO IT'S NOT A, IT DOESN'T IMPACT ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM IN TERMS OF HOW THIS PROCESS WILL BE GOVERNED. 
          AND WE CAN CHANGE IT AT ANY TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          AS A RESULT. 
          CORRECT. 
          UNTIL IT'S AN ORDINANCE. 
          AND THEN. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          IF IT WERE AN ORDINANCE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE. 
          AND THEN YOU COULD STILL CHANGE IT. 
          AND WE CAN STILL CHANGE IT. 
          NOW THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE THAT I, I DID HEAR COURTNEY TALK ABOUT IS THE - RESOLUTION. 
          RESOLUTION. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IF THE COUNCIL DIRECTS US TO APPROVE OUR RESOLUTION, WE CAN. 
          AND WE WILL BRING THAT BACK AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING. 
          NO, I'D RATHER JUST - OKAY. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A SOLID POLICY. 
          I'M GOOD TO ROLL WITH IT. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN I GET A THUMBS UP ON APPROVING THE POLICY AS THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT? AND YOU WERE, YOU WERE ADDING THE, UM, SUPER MAJORITY IN 5.5. 
          FOR REVOCATION. 
          SUPER MAJORITY AND FIVE TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT AT 6-1. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          6-4. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION ON THE COMMITTEE CASES TONIGHT. 
          THE TIME IS 7:27. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE REGULAR SESSION. 
          UH, WE ARE RECESSED FROM WORK SESSION. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE RUNNING JUST A FEW MINUTES LATE. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          UH, AS SOON AS WE HAVE EVERYBODY BACK UP, WE'LL START THE MEETING IMMEDIATELY. 
          GOOD EVENING, 
          [4. Invocation         7:30 p.m.]
EVERYBODY. 
          THE TIME IS 7:34, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          JUST AS A REMINDER, PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN'S APPEARANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING MUST SIGN THE APPROPRIATE REGISTER LOCATED OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND LIST YOUR ADDRESS. 
          UH, THIS EVENING, WE HAVE JESSICA CARLSON WITH THE ALLIES INTERFAITH GROUP HERE TO GIVE THE INVOCATION. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, SO PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. 
          DEARLY FATHER, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE TOGETHER AS CITY COUNCIL TODAY. 
          WE THANK THEE FOR OUR MAYOR, DEPUTY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ALL THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          PLEASE BLESS THEM WITH INSPIRATION, WISDOM, AND GUIDANCE AS WE DISCUSS VARIOUS ISSUE AND CHALLENGES FACING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR MANY FAITH, CULTURES, AND TRADITIONS REPRESENTED IN THE CITY. 
          DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, PLEASE HELP US TO BE SENSITIVE TO EACH OTHER'S NEEDS AND BE GOOD NEIGHBORS WHO BUILD BRIDGES AND FRIENDSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING. 
          PLEASE BLESS THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO MAY BE FACING CHALLENGES OR DIFFICULTIES. 
          HELP US RECOGNIZE THEIR NEEDS WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION SO THAT WE CAN BETTER SERVE THEM. 
          WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. 
          WE 
          [00:55:01]
PRAY THAT THE DECISION MADE BY OUR CITY LEADERS TODAY WILL BE GUIDED BY THY SPIRIT AND THAT THEIR INSPIRED EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          WE PRAY IN THE NAME JESUS CHRIST. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE 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. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BE SEATED. 
          [6. Proclamations]
ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'VE GOT A S - COUPLE OF PRES - UH, PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING, AND THE FIRST ONE IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 2026 AS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UH, CHIEF OATES AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST TO COME FORWARD. 
           ARE WE ALL SET? YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WHEREAS FIRE REMAINS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, AND MODERN HOUSEHOLDS INCREASINGLY RELY ON LITHIUM ION BATTERIES TO POWER EVERYDAY DEVICES, FROM PHONES AND LAPTOPS TO POWER TOOLS, E-BIKES, E-SCOOTERS, AND WHEREAS WHEN DAMAGED, DEFECTIVE, AND PROPERLY CHARGED OR DISPOSED OF, LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES CAN OVERHEAT CAUSING FAST-MOVING FIRES THAT THREATEN LIVES AND PROPERTY. 
          AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION REPORTS AN ALARMING INCREASE IN BATTERY-RELATED FIRES UNDERSCORING THE NEED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE SAFE USE OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES. 
          AND WHEREAS THE 2026 FIRE PREVENTION MONTH THEME, CHARGE INTO FIRE SAFETY, SAFE CHARGING IS A SUPERPOWER, SERVES TO REMIND ALL RESIDENTS THAT SAFE CHARGING CAN HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRES IN HOMES AND COMMUNITIES, AND TO UNDERTAKE THAT SAFE CHARGING AS A MEANS OF MAKING SMART CHOICES EVERY TIME THEY PLUG IN A DEVICE. 
          NOW THEREFORE, I, WES MAYS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KAPPEL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2026 IS AS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND I URGE ALL PEOPLE OF KAPPEL TO LEARN ABOUT AND PRACTICE SAFE CHARGING HABITS. 
          IN WITNESS THEREOF, I'VE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF KAPPEL TO BE AFFIXED THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2026. 
          CHIEF, DID YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS YOU WANTED TO SAY? YES, SIR. 
          IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          MAYOR, COUNCIL, THANK YOU. 
          JUST, UH, A QUICK REMINDER, UH, THE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES DO CAUSE PROBLEMS, SO MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS USE THE CORD THAT COMES WITH THE DEVICE OR THE, WHAT THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS. 
          MAKE SURE YOU DO ALL THE CHARGING ON A HARD FLAT SURFACE, NOT UNDER YOUR BED, ON THE PILLOW, WHATEVER. 
          NOTHING SOFT LIKE THAT. 
          SO QUIT DOING THAT. 
          AND THEN THIRD, UNPLUG THE DEVICE ONCE IT'S FULLY CHARGED. 
          UM, PEOPLE THAT LEAVE THEM ON, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE GARAGE, THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE THE, UH, THE POWER TOOLS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND JUST LEAVE THEM ON THE CHARGER ALL THE TIME. 
          YOU STOP DOING THAT, UNPLUG THEM WHEN THEY'RE CHARGED. 
          COUPLE OTHER THINGS REAL QUICK. 
          UM, OUR EDUTAINER TROOP WILL BE AT, UH, SCARON THE SQUARE, BUT THEY'LL BE AT THE ART CENTER ON OCTOBER 24TH FROM 9:00 TO NOON DOING A PRESENTATION. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER THOSE, UH, TIPS I JUST GAVE YOU, SHOW UP AND YOU'LL SEE TOY STORY IN ACTION, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT AGAIN. 
          YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA OFFER? I'LL BE BRIEF. 
          UH, THANK YOU, CHIEF OATES. 
          UH, HE, HE PRETTY MUCH SUMMED EVERYTHING UP, BUT I WANTED TO REALLY BRAG ON OUR, UH, CLOWN TROOP, THE EDUTAINERS. 
          THEY ARE, THEY GO TO ALL THE SCHOOLS. 
          I, I WITNESSED THE, UM, GOT TO SEE ONE OF THE ACTS TODAY AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL. 
          SO I KNOW THAT THE KIDS IN COPPELL ARE, ARE LEARNING. 
          UH, THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OUT OF OUR P - FIRE PREVENTION GROUP, AND THAT GROUP IS LED BY CHIEF OATES IN FIRE PREVENTION OFFICE. 
          SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON FIRE PREVENTION IN OCTOBER, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON AND, AND TRY TO PRACTICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          Y'ALL NEED A PHOTO? SAM'S READY. 
          SAM'S READY. 
          YEAH. 
           WE'LL GET EVERYBODY HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND IN THREE, TWO, ONE. 
           AND WE'LL GET A CLOSE UP HERE ONE MORE TIME. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          [01:00:08]
ITEM B IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 13TH AS ARBOR DAY AND, UH, JONATHAN WARD. 
          I'M GOOD. 
          I SEE PAPER IN YOUR HAND, SO I DON'T HAVE TO ASK YOU IF YOU'RE GONNA SAY ANYTHING. 
          I DO. 
          ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO. 
          WHEREAS, TREES ARE CHERISHED BY THE RESIDENTS OF COPPELL FOR THE VITAL ROLES THEY PLAY IN ENHANCING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          AND WHEREAS TREES CONNECT US TO NATURE, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, CONSERVE ENERGY, REDUCE SOIL EROSION, AND PROVIDE ESSENTIAL HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE. 
          AND WHEREAS FOR 30 YEARS, COPPELL HAS PROUDLY EARNED THE TREE CITY USA DESIGNATION BY MEETING THE PROGRAM'S FOUR CORE STANDARDS BY MAINTAINING A TREE BOARD, OPT - UH, ADOPTING TREE ORDINANCES, ALLOCATING A MINIMUM OF TWO DOLLARS PER CAPITA TOWARD COMMUNITY FORESTRY, AND OBSERVING ARBOR DAY. 
          AND WHEREAS TREE CITY USA DESIGNATIONS DEMONSTRATE OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO URBAN FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. 
          NOW THEREFORE, I, WEST MAYS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF COPPELL AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT TREE PLANTING AND PRESERVATION EFFORTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WITNESS THEREOF, I'VE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED A SEAL OF THE CITY TO BE AFFIXED AS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2026. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I TRIED TO MEMORIZE IT, SO WE'LL SEE HOW WELL I DO. 
          UH, SO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR ARBOR DAY. 
          AND THANK YOU, SPARKY. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY REMIND Y'ALL HOW TREES ARE BASICALLY JUST THE SILENT BACKDROP TO SO MANY CORE MEMORIES THAT WE'VE ALL SHARED TOGETHER. 
          THE MEMORIES THAT WE'VE HAD WITH OUR CHILDREN, THE MEMORIES THAT WE'VE CREATED WITH OUR FRIENDS, WITH OUR FAMILY, AND AS A COMMUNITY GROUP. 
          AS WE GATHER IN SO MANY PLACES AROUND COPPELL, AS WE WALK INTO THE CORE, WE'RE GREETED BY TWO GREAT BUR OAKS AND THEN WE'RE USHERED IN BY THE, UH, BALD CYPRESS THERE. 
          UH, WHEN WE GATHER AT, CELEBRATE KOPPEL, EVERYBODY RACES TO THOSE FEW TREES TO ESCAPE THE SUN BEFORE IT SETS DOWN. 
          UH, AND AS WE DRIVE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THE TREES ARE JUST SILENTLY THERE REMINDING US OF THE CHANGING OF THE SEASONS, UH, THAT LIFE PASSES US BY, BUT IT, SOME THINGS REMAINS, UH, REMAIN THE SAME. 
          AND TREES ARE THOSE THINGS THAT SILENTLY ARE THERE. 
          UH, THEY NEVER ASK FOR US TO GIVE ANYTHING BACK, BUT THERE'S SOME OF US THAT SPEAK FOR THEM, ME AND THE MAYOR. 
          UH,  AND TODAY'S OUR CHANCE AND FOR US TO PAUSE AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT OUR TREES DO FOR US. 
          UH, RECOGNIZING THAT EVERY TREE PLANTED IS PART OF SOMEBODY'S STORY, A SPOT THAT THEY, UH, RACE TO AFTER SCHOOL TO MEET WITH THEIR FRIENDS, UH, A SILENT SPOT FOR THEM TO JUST SIT DOWN AND WATCH THE WORLD PASS BY ON A SUNNY DAY AND TO ENJOY THAT SHADE. 
          AND BY PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES, NOT ONLY ARE WE, UH, INCREASING OUR ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT HERE IN THE COPPELL, BUT WE'RE ALSO, UH, ENSURING THAT MEMORIES AND MOMENTS ARE THERE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF COPPELL RESIDENTS. 
          SO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING A PART OF THIS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM C IS A PRESENTATION PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 2026 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. 
          I BELIEVE CHIEF RYAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER HINAHOSA SMITH ARE GONNA COME DOWN. 
          DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CLOSE FRIENDS THAT YOU NEEDED TO COME JOIN US? AND I, I WANNA ADMIT BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS, I WAS CHASTISED PROFUSELY FOR FORGETTING TO WEAR PINK TONIGHT AND I AM VERY SORRY. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          YOU STILL HAVE ONE MORE COUNCIL MEETING IN OCTOBER, SO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL. 
          I SAW THAT. 
           ALL RIGHT. 
          WHEREAS NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IS AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE DISEASE. 
          AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR, AN ESTIMATED 321,910 WOMEN AND 2,670 MEN IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH INVASIVE BREAST CANCER. 
          AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR, AN ESTIMATED 42,670 WOMEN AND 5,300 MEN IN OUR COUNTRY WILL LIKELY DIE FROM THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE. 
          WHEREAS WHILE BREAST CANCER MORTALITY RATES HAVE DECLINED OVER TIME, IT REMAINS THE SECOND MOST COMMON FORM OF CANCER AND THE LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS OVERALL AMONG AMERICAN WOMEN. 
          AND WHEREAS INCREASED AWARENESS, ESPECIALLY A FAMILY HISTORY AND OTHER COMMON RISK FACTORS, PREVENTATIVE CARE, REGULAR SCREENINGS, INCLUDING MAMMOGRAMS, CAN HELP SAVE LIVES THROUGH EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND PROMPT TREATMENT. 
          NOW THEREFORE, I, WES 
          [01:05:01]
MAYS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2026 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND A WITNESS THEREOF OF HA - SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL TO BE AFFIXED AS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2026. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, IT'S FOR BOTH OF US. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. 
          BUT I ALSO WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR CITY SECRETARY BECAUSE LA - WE, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS AS A PROCLAMATION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND LAST YEAR FOR SOME REASON IT WAS MISSED AND THIS YEAR LORI MADE SURE THAT IT WAS, UM, A TOP PRIORITY. 
          AND I REALLY JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU JUST READ THE STATISTICS. 
          THE REALITY IS THAT BREAST CANCER DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE, RIGHT? SO REGARDLESS OF YOUR RACE, YOUR AGE, YOUR ETHNICITY, YOUR GENDER, UM, BREAST CANCER HAPPENS. 
          IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN IN OCTOBER, BUT THIS HAPPENS TO BE A TIME OF AWARENESS AND A TIME TO REMIND EVERYONE TO JUST KNOW YOUR BODY AND GET YOUR MAMMOGRAM. 
          UM, PERSONALLY, I WAS DIAGNOSED MAY OF 2013, UM, WITH TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER. 
          UM, IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY, BUT IT WAS 13 YEARS AGO AND I'M THANKFUL TO BE HERE. 
          I ACCEPT THIS, UM, PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR BATTLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY BATTLING, FOR THOSE WHO ARE SURVIVING, AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS LIKE MY DAUGHTER WHO'S HERE. 
          UM, CANCER IS A TERRIBLE THING. 
          THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN AND, UM, THERE ARE MORE AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GIVE. 
          I WILL, WHILE WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING AS A CITY, I WILL NOTE THAT SUSAN G. 
          KOMEN, THEIR 5K IS THIS SATURDAY ON THE 17TH. 
          THE SUSAN G. 
          KOMEN, UM, 60 MILE THREE-DAY WALK IS OCTOBER 23RD THROUGH 25TH. 
          UM, I WILL DO A SHOUT OUT FOR OUR YMCA THAT HAS A LIVE STRONG PROGRAM THAT IS ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING THOSE REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR JOURNEY FOR ANY TYPE OF CANCER. 
          AND THEY WERE A BIG PART OF MY JOURNEY IN BREAST CANCER. 
          SO FOR ALL THAT, I WOULD SAY PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU, UM, HAVE YOUR MAMMOGRAMS. AGAIN, THIS AFFECTS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. 
          AND, UM, AND FOR THAT, JUST THANK YOU. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? SURE. 
          OH, AND THANK YOU TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR WEARING PINK. 
          OF COURSE. 
          AND I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I, YOU SUMMED UP EVERYTHING. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION. 
          UH, WE'RE HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS IN COPPELL. 
          UM, JUST BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE DISEASE IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE SERVICE IN GENERAL HAS ADOPTED FOR MANY YEARS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE FIREFIGHTERS WEARING, UH, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS T-SHIRTS. 
          YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE FLAGS, UH, FLYING ON THE BACK OF THE APPARATUS. 
          UH, THESE ARE PINK AND REALLY OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO, TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS DISEASE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPECTACULAR. 
          ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. 
          BIG SMILES IN THREE, TWO, ONE. 
          AND I'LL GET A CLOSE UP HERE OF YOU THREE. 
          THREE, TWO, ONE. 
          THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          OF COURSE. 
          THANKS, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, PHIL. 
          [7. Citizens’ Appearance]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS OUR CITIZEN'S APPEARANCE. 
          PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK MUST SIGN THE REGISTER AND LIST THEIR ADDRESS. 
          PRESENTATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES EACH DURING WHICH TIME SPEAKERS MUST REMAIN AT THE PODIUM, FACE FORWARD AND ONLY ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT THEY SIGNED UP. 
          IN ORDER TO, TO MAINTAIN AN ORDERLY AND RESPECTFUL MEETING ENVIRONMENT TO CON - AND TO CONDUCT THE PUBLIC MEETING EFFICIENTLY AND WITH BUSINESS, SPEAKERS WILL ADHERE TO THE STANDARDS OUTLINED IN ORDINANCE 2025 1633. 
          THERE WILL BE NO COMMENTS OR DELIBERATIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL DUE TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          WE DID HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND THE FIRST ONE IS MR. JOHN MURPHY. 
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OOPS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MY NAME'S JOHN MURPHY, 931 LAGUNA DRIVE. 
          I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT KROGER, UM, ORDINANCE, UM, A802, WHICH GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO BUILD THE GAS STATION AND IS THEIR CURRENT ORDINANCE. 
          UM, THEY PUT TWO 40 TON ROOFTOP UNITS ON THEIR BUILDING WITH NO SOUND PROTECTION. 
          MY BACKYARD WENT FROM 48 DECIBELS TO 58 DECIBELS, WHICH IS DOUBLE THE PERCEIVED NOISE. 
          UM, THAT'S BEEN FOR FOUR MONTHS. 
          UM, I WORKED WITH CITY COUNCIL, I MEAN, WITH THE CITY STAFF. 
          I'VE MET WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY'VE MET WITH KROGER. 
          UH, OVER A MONTH AGO, KROGER STILL HASN'T REALLY GOTTEN BACK ON WHAT THEIR PLAN IS. 
          THEY, THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD JUST PUT A BLANKET OVER IT, BUT AIR CONDITIONERS NEED A LOT OF AIR AND THOSE ARE BIG HOLES THROUGH A SOUND BLANKET. 
          UM, I'M ASKING YOU TO ACTUALLY REOPEN THE ORDINANCE AND THERE'S, I THINK, A LOT OF REASONS. 
          LET ME GO THROUGH THEM. 
          UH, THEY HAD A REQUIREMENT OF 320 PARKING. 
          YOU GAVE THEM 300. 
          THEY CAN'T COUNT. 
          THEY HAVE 297. 
          THEN THEY USED 18 MORE OF THEM, UH, FOR PARKING THEIR RETURN CARTS, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED BASED ON BUILDING CODE SECTION 12319. 
          THE FUEL TRUCK ROUTES THAT Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT, THEY DIDN'T REALLY EXPLAIN THAT THAT ACTUALLY M- MODIFIED ONE OF THE ISLANDS WHERE IT CAME OFF OF SANDY LAKE, WHICH WOULD LOSE YET ANOTHER PARKING SPACE. 
          THEY NEVER BUILT IT, AND I HAVE NOT SEEN A PARKING TRUCK COME BY MY HOUSE, WHICH IS BY THE PHARMACY OR BACK AROUND THE STORE. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT DOING WHATEVER... 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW THE TRUCKS ARE COMING OR GOING, BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING THE ROUTE BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T FIT ON THE ENTRANCE AND THEY AREN'T COMING BY MY HOUSE, WHICH IS FINE, BUT I'M OKAY WITH THEM COMING BY THE HOUSE. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING IS LANDSCAPE AND DEAD TREES. 
          UM, I'VE KIND OF FORGIVEN . 
          I KNOW IT'S ARBOR MONTH, BUT, UH, REALLY, THEY, THEY ONLY CUT DOWN DEAD TREES. 
          THEY PLAN THEM ONLY WHEN THEY NEED TO APPEASE THE COU - UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING APPROVED. 
          UM, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO KEEP THE LANDSCAPE. 
          THE PHOTOMETRIC PLAN THAT WAS PART OF IT HAD 21 LIGHTS ON THE GAS STATION THAT WERE 10,000, UH, LUMENS. 
          THEY ACTUALLY, THE BUILDING PLANS, THE CDS SPECIFY 15,000 LUMEN LIGHTS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ACTUALLY INSTALLED. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY DOES EITHER. 
          UH, STORAGE UNDER THE CANOPY IS NOT ALLOWED. 
          THEY HAVE A STORAGE CABINET, WHICH I THINK IS SPILL CONTAINED, WHICH IS PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU WANT. 
          I'M NOT AGAINST IT. 
          I'M JUST SAYING IT TECHNICALLY DOESN'T, UH, BELONG THERE ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCES WRITTEN, SO IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. 
          THERE'S TWO 40-FOOT LIGHT POLES, 30 FOOT'S AS HIGH AS YOU CAN HAVE IN THE CITY OF CALPELL, AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE... 
          THEY WERE IN THE NORTH SIDE WHERE THE FU - GAS STATION WAS GONNA GO. 
          DIMMING LIGHTS DON'T WORK. 
          UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING HAD THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE AN ATTENDANT AT THE GAS STATION IN HOURS. 
          THA DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE ORDINANCE. 
          UM, IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU VOTED TAKING OUT THE, THE FUEL TRUCKS DURING SCHOOL HOURS AND, UH, A, A LIGHT. 
          UM, THOSE THINGS, UM, YOU WERE VOTED OUT, BUT IN YOUR, UH, CONSENT DECREE, THOSE WERE IN THERE AND SOMEBODY ON THE 16TH SLIP SHEETED A, A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT AFTER YOU S - THE MAYOR SIGNED IT, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE, UM, ATTORNEY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT. 
          OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS CANDACE MCCRACKEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CANDACE MCCRACKEN, 824 OXFORD COURT, LOUISVILLE. 
           I APOLOGIZE. 
          I AM COMING REPRESENTING THE COPPEL INTERFAITH GROUP. 
          I AM A MEMBER OF THAT GROUP AND WANT TO THANK FIRST AND FOREMOST THE MAYOR FOR ATTENDING THAT EVENT AND ALSO FOR THE WONDERFUL SUPPORT WE RECEIVE. 
          SECONDLY, I COME AS THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR LOCAL CONGREGATIONS OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. 
          AND WE WANT TO FORMALLY INVITE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO AN OPEN HOUSE THAT'S BEING HELD, UM, IN NOVEMBER. 
          AND SO I HAVE YOUR OFFICIAL INVITATIONS. 
          UM, I CAN HAND THEM TO SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE IF I CAN GO TO THE SECRETARY. 
          I'LL HAND THAT AT THE END. 
          UM, AND JUST WANNA INVITE YOU TO THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          THE LAST TIME WE'VE HAD A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE OF A TEMPLE WAS IN THE 1980S. 
          UM, SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THIS HOUSE OF WORSHIP THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO, UH, MEMBERS OF YOUR CITY, UM, THAT WE REPRESENT. 
          UM, AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT ON THE OFFICIAL INVITED LIST, THERE'S A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND I'LL LEAVE A FEW OF THOSE CARDS, UH, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEN ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE SOME, BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT. 
          [8. Consent Agenda]
          [01:15:03]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THE CONSENT AGENDA'S ROUTINE AND NATURE IS GENERALLY ENACTED IN ONE MOTION. 
          THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THROUGH THE BUDGET OR PAST COUNCIL ACTIONS. 
          ANY ITEM MAY BE PULLED AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. 
          FULL DESCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SCREEN. 
          COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON CONSENT OR WOULD YOU WISH TO CONSIDER ANY ITEMS SEPARATELY? UH, MAYOR PRO TEM WALKER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, BARRING ANY SUCH COMMENTS, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH N. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? WALKER, HINAHOSA SMITH, CAROL, NEVILLES, PREMKAMAR, MATTHEW HILL, NONE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          [9. 2026-0408 Public Hearing: Hold a Public Hearing and consider seven text change amendments to the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 12; 1) to amend Article 25, Light Industrial District, of said chapter to add “Concrete Batching Plant (Temporary)” to permitted uses;  2) Delete “Technology Equipment Facility” from permitted uses;  3) to amend Article 30-12 Special Use Permits “LI” Light Industrial to require a Special Use Permit for a “Cryptocurrency Mining Facility” Use;  4) to require a Special Use Permit for a “Data Center” Use;  5) to amend Article 42, Special Definitions to add a definition for “Cryptocurrency Mining Facility”; 6) add a definition for “Data Center;” and 7) to delete  the definition for “Technology Equipment Facility”.]
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK... 
          IT SAYS HERE MINDY HURLEY, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU LOOK LIKE MINDY TO READ THE I - TO READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD. 
          MAYOR, COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. 
          THIS IS A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER SEVEN TEXT CHANGE AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 12. 
          ONE, TO AMEND ARTICLE 25, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS OF SAID CHAPTER TO ADD CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT TEMPORARY TO PERMITTED USES. 
          TWO, DELETE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FACILITY FROM PERMITTED USES. 
          THREE, TO AMEND ARTICLE 30-12, SPECIAL USE PERMITS LI, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITY USE. 
          FOUR, TO REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A DATA CENTER USE. 
          FIVE, TO AMEND ARTICLE 42, SPECIAL DEFINITIONS TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITY. 
          SIX, ADD A DEFINITION FOR DATA CENTER, AND SEVEN, TO DELETE THE DEFINITION FOR TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FACILITY. 
          THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS CAN BE SEPARATED INTO TWO DISTINCT CATEGORIES. 
          THE FIRST IS RELATED TO THE TEMPORARY BATCH PLANT USE, AND THE SECOND RELATES TO DATA CENTERS AND CRYPTO MINING FACILITIES. 
          BOTH ARE REGULATED WITHIN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTI - DISTRICT. 
          REGARDING THE BATCH PLANT, WE'VE HAD A PLAT CASE, UH, COME THROUGH PNZ IN JULY THAT WAS FOR A TEMPORARY BATCH PLANT, UH, FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS. 
          AT THAT TIME, A QUESTION CAME UP REGARDING HOW MANY TIMES A TEMPORARY BATCH PLANT COULD BE PERMITTED ON THE SAME PROPERTY. 
          SO TO PREVENT APPLICANTS FROM USING CONSECUTIVE TEMPORARY BATCH PERMITS TO BYPASS THE SIX MONTH SUP PROCESS, THE CITY IS PROPOSING TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE DIRECTLY. 
          THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS REQUEST IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE POPULARITY THAT DATA CENTERS HAVE BECOME IN THE STATE, THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING RAISED GIVEN THE RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND THE POTENTIAL NOISE AND IMPACT THESE HAVE ON NEARBY PROPERTIES. 
          REQUIRING C- CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITY AND DATA, DATA CENTER USES TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS A PROACTIVE ADDITION TO THE ORDINANCE, NOT IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY OF KAPPEL TO RESPONSIBLY REGULATE THE USE AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THESE PROPOSED USES ON THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. 
          THIS SETS UP A DUE PROCESS FOR BOTH DATA CENTERS AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          TEMPORARY BATCH PLANTS FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS. 
          THIS PROMO - PROPOSED AMENDMENT ALLOWS THE LAND USE CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT TEMPORARY BY RIGHT AND SETS UP THE REOCCURRENCE LIMITS IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. 
          CURRENTLY, THIS USE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT. 
          THIS IS IMPLIED BY THE REQUIREMENT THAT ONLY BATCH PLANTS THAT OPERATE FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. 
          THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS TO HELP CLARIFY WHEN THE USE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT AND WHEN IT REQUIRES AN SUP. 
          BECAUSE THIS USE IS TEMPORARY IN NATURE, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT INCLUDES A PROVISION THAT WOULD ALLOW NO MORE THAN ONE TEMPORARY SIX-MONTH BATCH PLANT WITHIN AN 18 CONSECUTIVE MONTH PERIOD FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE TEMPORARY USE. 
          SO BASICALLY, ONE TEMPORARY BATCH PLANT OF A SIX-MONTH DURATION CAN BE ALLOWED EVERY YEAR AND A HALF. 
          THE YEAR AND A HALF BEGINS FROM THE, THE DATE THE PERMIT'S BEEN ISSUED. 
          THE SIX-MONTH DURATION OF A PERMIT ALLOWS FOR THE EQUIPMENT TO BE SET UP, THE CONCRETE TO BE BATCHED, AND THE SITE TO BE RESTORED TO ITS PRE-PERMITTED CONDITIONS. 
          THIS, 
          [01:20:01]
THIS, UH, TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FACILITY, UH, CHANGE IS CITY INITIATED AMENDMENT AND IS NOT PROMPTED BY ANY ACTIVE OR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF CAPELL. 
          CURRENTLY, A TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FACILITY IS DEFINED AS STRUCTURES, HOUSING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTER AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY DATA ROUTING EQUIPMENT. 
          THIS IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT WITHIN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. 
          THIS AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO ELIMINATE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FACILITY AS A PERMITTED BY RIGHT USE. 
          MOVING FORWARD, THESE OPERATIONS WILL BE CLASSIFIED UNDER NEW DATA CENTER OR CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITY LAND USE DEFINITIONS. 
          BOTH USES WILL NOW REQUIRE SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPROVAL. 
          THIS CHANGE ENSURES CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE DISCRETION TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THROUGH THE PLANNING AND PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. 
          SO WHAT IS THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS? SO IT BEGINS WITH AN INTERNAL REVIEW BY THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF CITY STAFF TO ENSURE IN COMP- COMPLIANCE WITH ZONING SUBDIVISION AND BUILDING CODES. 
          FOLLOWING THIS, THE DRC MEETS WITH THE APPLICANT TO RES - TO ADDRESS COMMENTS AND CONFIRM THE APPLICANT'S READY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          PRIOR TO THE HEARING, THE APPLICANT MUST POST A ZONING CHANGE NOTICE OR CH - ZONING CHANGE REQUESTED SIGN ON THE PROPERTY. 
          CONCURRENTLY, CITY STAFF MAILS PUBLIC NOTICES TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET PER STATE LAW AND WITHIN 800 FEET AS A COURTESY NOTICE. 
          STAFF THEN PREPARES A FORMAL REPORT FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. 
          AFTER CON- CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING, THE COMMISSION FORWARDS A, A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          IF THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN APPROVE THE REQUEST BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY. 
          UNLESS PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 20% OR MORE OF THE LAND AREA WITHIN THE 200 FEET IS OPPOSED, UH, THIS 20% REQUIRES A SUPER MAJORITY, WHICH IS SIX OUT OF SEVEN OF THE, UH, COUNCIL. 
          IF THE COMMISSION DENIES THE REQUEST, THE APPLICANT MAY APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH ALSO REQUIRES A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE TO APPROVE THE PERMIT AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          REQUIRING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR DATA CENTERS AND CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITIES GRANTS THE CITY COUNCIL DISCRETION OVER THEIR APPROVAL WITHIN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. 
          THE SUP PROCESS ENSURES A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, INCLUDING THE SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN, TREE SURVEY, BUILDING ELEVATIONS, AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING. 
          DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WITHIN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT INCLUDE THE HEIGHT LIMITS. 
          THERE'S NO LIMIT IN, IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT EXCEPT FOR A 35-FOOT MAXIMUM HEIGHT WHEN LOCATED WITHIN 100 FEET OF A SING- SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT. 
          THE FRONT BUILDING SETBACK IS 30 FEET, WHICH INCREASES TO 60 FEET IF PARKING IS LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. 
          THE SIDE AND REAR BUILDING SETBACKS ARE 10 FEET, EXCEPT FOR WHEN YOU'RE WITHIN, UM, OR EXCEPT FOR WHEN YOU'RE ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, THEN IT INCREASES TO 50 FEET. 
          SCREENING REQUIRES A MINIMUM SIX FOOT WALL OR CITY, CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN EVERGREEN SCREENING NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
          WHILE STAFF WILL GUIDE DEVELOPERS THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AND ENCOURAGE SENSITIVITY TOWARDS NEARBY RESIDENTIAL USES, THE FINAL AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR DENY THE SUP REQUEST RELIES, OR RESTS SOLELY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          HERE ARE THE PROPOSED DEFINITIONS. 
          SO STAFF OR ORIGINALLY DEFINED DATA CENTER BROADLY. 
          HOWEVER, TO PREVENT THE CONFUSION SEEN IN OTHER TEXAS CITIES BETWEEN DATA CENTERS AND CRYPTO MINING, THE TWO ARE NOW SEPARATED INTO DISTINCT USES WITH INDIVIDUAL DEFINITIONS. 
          AFTER RESEARCHING OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DEFINITIONS, FORT WORTH'S DEFINITIONS WERE CHOSEN DUE TO THE PRECISE LANGUAGE THEY INCLUDE. 
          THE CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAVE ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DE- DEFINITIONS. 
          THE PROPOSED DEFINITION FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITY IS AS FOLLOWS. 
          CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITY ALSO REFERRED TO AS DIGITAL ASSET MINING OR HIGH DENSITY LOAD COMPUTING, REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY CONSISTING OF A BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR SPECIALIZED OPEN AIR ENCLOSURE CONTAINING NETWORK COMPUTERS, APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIR- CIRCUIT CHIPS, OR RELATED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT UTILIZED FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF VERIFYING TRANSACTIONS, SOLVING CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMS, GENERATING DIGITAL CURRENCY OR COMPUTING BLOCKCHAIN ASSETS. 
          THIS CLASSIFICATION IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN ULTRA HIGH DENSITY POWER DEMAND AND RELIANCE ON SPECIALIZED OPEN AIR VENTILATION 
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OR CONTINUOUS INDUSTRIAL HEAT DISTI - DISSIPATION SYSTEMS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE OPERATION IS PRIMARY OR ANCILLARY USE. 
          THE PROPOSED DEFINITION OF DATA CENTER IS AS FOLLOWS: DATA CENTER. 
          REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY CONSISTING OF A BUILDING, GROUP OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED OR MODIFIED TO HOUSE NETWORKED COMPUTER SERVERS, DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS, AND TRANSACTION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT THAT USE AN EXCESS OF ONE MEGAWATT OF POWER IN AGGREGATE. 
          THE PRIMARY USE OF THE FACILITY IS THE PROVISION OF DATA MANA - DATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING DATA PROCESSING, STORAGE, CONVERSION, WAREHOUSING, DISSEMINATION, WEB HOSTINGS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, OR CLOUD COMPUTING TO ONE OR MORE EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL CLIENTS. 
          THIS USE INCLUDES ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ON SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONTINUOUS POWER GENERATORS, EMERGENCY BACKUP GENERATORS, ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS, COOLING TOWERS, VENTILATION SYSTEMS, CHILLERS, AIR HANDLERS, AND LIQUID COOLING SYSTEMS, BUT EXPLICITLY EXCLUDES STANDALONE CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING F - OPERATIONS. 
          THE TERM DATA CENTER SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY FACILITY, STRUCTURE, OR PORTION THEREOF UTILIZED AS CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITY AS DEFINED HEREIN SUCH U - SUCH USES ARE DISTINCT. 
          WE'RE PROPOSING A DELETING, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FACILITY DEFINITION TO AVOID CONFUSION AS THIS USE IS NOW CO- COVERED UNDER CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING AND DATA CENTER USES. 
          IN SUMMARY, THE FIRST OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RELATES TO BATCH PLANTS. 
          THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES CLEAR PARAMETERS FOR BATCH PLANTS BY DEFINING WHEN THE USE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT, TEMPORARY LESS THAN SIX MONTHS VERSUS WHEN IT REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ANY TIME GREATER THAN SIX MONTHS. 
          TO ACCOUNT FOR THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF THESE OPERATIONS, THE AMENDMENT LIMITS THE USE TO ONE SIX-MONTH BATCH PLANT WITHIN ANY 18-MONTH PERIOD. 
          SECOND PORTION OF THE REQUEST IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE POPULARITY THAT DATA CENTERS HAVE BECOME IN THE STATE, COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING RAISED GIVEN THE RESOURCE CONSUMPTION, THE POTENTIAL NOISE AND IMPACT THESE HAVE ON NEARBY PROPERTIES. 
          REQUIRING CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITY AND DATA CENTER USES TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AGAIN, IS A PROACTIVE ADDITION TO THE ORDINANCE, NOT IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY OF COPPELL TO RESPONSIBLY REGULATE THE USE AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THESE PROPOSED USES ON A CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. 
          THIS SETS UP A DUE PROCESS FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITIES, DATA CENTERS, AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS WITH AMENDMENTS TO THE DEFINITION WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESENTED THIS EVENING. 
          IF A - IF APPROVED THIS EVENING, STAFF WILL BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE TO THE OCTOBER 27TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE CHANGE WILL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          UH, MAYOR PRO TEM WALKER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR MAYS. 
          UH, THANKS FOR THAT, MATT. 
          UH, WELL DONE AS ALWAYS. 
          COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE BATCH PLANT. 
          ON THE LIMIT TO A SIX MONTH TEMPORARY, A SIX MONTH LIMIT FOR A TEMPORARY BATCH PLANT EVERY 18 MONTHS, IS THERE ANY DISCRETION BUILT IN WHERE WE COULD EXTEND THAT FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS IF, AS COUNCIL, IF WE WANTED TO? UM, THERE IS A, UH, EXCEPTION OR A ABILITY TO GRANT A, UH, EXTENSION OF 30 DAYS BY THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - OKAY. 
          UH, DUE TO FORCE MAJEURE. 
          SO, UM - OKAY. 
          BUT - IF, IF THEY, IF THEY WANTED TO EXTEND IT ANY MORE THAN THE SIX MONTH PERIOD, THAT, THAT WOULD BRING THEM INTO THE SUP PROCESS. 
          SO THEY'D HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH IT? THEY, THEY'D HAVE TO COME THROUGH IT FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE LESS THAN SIX MONTHS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN THE, THE OTHER POINT I HAD WAS ON THE, THE ONE RELATING TO THE DATA CENTERS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD BETWEEN CONTINUOUS POWER GENERATORS AND THE, WHAT WAS THE OTHER PHRASE THAT YOU USED? THE, UH - EMERGENCY. 
          THE PORTA - EMERGENCY BA - OR BACKUP GENERATORS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          I WOULD ADD PRIME POWER GENERATORS AS ANOTHER CATEGORY. 
          OKAY. 
          CONTINUOUS POWER GENERATORS OPERATE AT 100% TWENTY FOUR SEVEN, BUT PRIME GENERATORS, PRIME POWER GENERATORS ARE ABLE TO OPERATE AT 100%, BUT THEY'RE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPERATE ON A VARIABLE BASIS, AND I WOULD JUST INCLUDE THEM IN THAT LIST TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A GAP IN THE TYPE OF POWER THAT, UH, ANY ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF CENTERS WOULD USE, BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE. 
          I MEAN, THEY'LL USE, UH, 
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A PRIME POWER GENERATOR FOR, UH, A MINERAL MINE WHERE THERE'S NOTHING, THERE'S NO GRID AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT'LL RUN 100, 100% TWENTY FOUR SEVEN, EXCEPT FOR ANY TIMES THEY LET IT GO DOWN FOR AS LONG AS THEY NEED IT. 
          AS LONG AS, AS MUCH FUEL AS YOU HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, AND THEY DISSIPATE AND THROW OFF AS MUCH HEAT, ALMOST AS MUCH HEAT, FOR OUR PURPOSES, IT'D BE EFFECTIVELY AS MUCH HEAT AS A PRIME POWER GENERATOR. 
          SO I WOULD INCLUDE A, UH, I MEAN AS A, UM, WHAT WAS THE OTHER PHRASE? THE, THE - CONTINUOUS POWER GENERATOR. 
          YES, THE CONTINUOUS POWER GENERATOR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WOULD, I WOULD ADD CONTINUOUS POWER GENERATOR, PRIME POWER GENERATOR, AND THEN THE BACKUP GENERATOR. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          INITIALLY IT WAS JUST EMERGENCY BACKUP GENERATORS. 
          THE PNZ ADDED CONTINUOUS POWER GENERATORS AND NOW WE CAN ADD PRIME POWER GENERATORS IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CARROLL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, QUICK QUESTION AND JUST CLARIFIC- CLARIFICATION ON THE PROCESS. 
          SO BY ELIMINATING TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FACILITY, ARE, DOES THAT MEAN WE WILL HAVE SOME, UM, BUSINESSES THAT ARE ACTUALLY NONCONFORMING AFTER THAT IF WE REMOVE THAT? UM - IS THAT HOW THE, IS THAT HOW THE PROCESS WORKS? POTENTIALLY WE COULD HAVE SOME LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEY WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS, AS IS, BUT THEY WOULD TECHNICALLY BE NON-CONFORMING AT THAT POINT, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE KNOW HOW MANY BUSINESSES WE WOULD HAVE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THAT? UM, MY GUESS IS ONE OR TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANKS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER NEVILLES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, ON THE BATCH PLANTS. 
          THE SIX MONTHS ON AND THE, UH, OVER THE 18 MONTH PERIOD. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE A, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED THIS, BUT WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 18 MONTHS TO THE SIX? OKAY. 
          I'VE PUT TOGETHER A SLIDE. 
          OH, THERE WE GO. 
          PERFECT. 
          SHOWING THE TIMELINE HERE BECAUSE I WAS - THIS IS AN UNPROMPTED QUESTION, BY THE WAY. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, IN MY RUN THROUGH WITH TRACY, SHE SAID, "YOU BETTER HAVE IT IN YOUR BACK POCKET JUST BECAUSE IT IS CONFUSING."  SO, UH, SO HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE TIMELINE. 
          UM, SO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA START THE CLOCK. 
          THAT'S THE SIX MONTH PERIOD WHERE THE, THE BATCH PLANT IS ALLOWED TO SET UP SHOP, BATCH PLANT, AND THEN, THEN CLEAR OUT THE SITE. 
          AND AFTER THAT SIX MONTHS, THE PERMIT ENDS. 
          AND THEN THEY GO AN ADDITIONAL YEAR BEFORE ANOTHER PERMIT CAN BE ISSUED FOR THAT SAME PROPERTY. 
          AND SO THE NEXT PERMIT WOULD START THE CLOCK AGAIN. 
          YOU'D HAVE THE, IT'S SET UP SHOP AND THEN BATCH THE CONCRETE AND THEN TAKE DOWN. 
          AND THEN THEY'D, I'D GO FOLLOW FOR 18 MONTHS AND THEN START THE PROCESS AGAIN. 
          THE IDEA WAS WE DON'T WANT ONE RIGHT AFTER THE, THE NEXT. 
          SO I GUESS SPECIFICALLY, UH, WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS THE, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE SIX MONTHS ON AND THEN THE YEAR OFF AND THE SIX MONTHS ON. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, IS THAT 18 MONTHS, IS THAT, WAS THAT JUST A, A NUMBER THAT Y'ALL LANDED ON? I MEAN, COULD IT BE TWO YEARS IN BETWEEN? LIKE, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO ARE WE - YEAH. 
          W- WHAT, WHAT WE WERE THINKING WAS TO LIMIT IT TO AROUND THREE PER FIVE YEARS PERIOD. 
          MM-HMM. 
          AND THIS, THIS KIND OF FELL WITHIN THAT SAME SCHEME. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I THINK, UH, IT WAS EITHER CARROLLTON OR FARMERS BRANCH DOES SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO, WHAT'S THE RATIONALE OF KIND OF LANDING ON THAT 18 MONTH, UH, YOU KNOW, RHYTHM, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PRIMKAMAR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, MR. SHEER, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, ON THE TOPIC OF, UM, TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FACILITY, UH, I'M NOT AS WELL VERSED ON, ON WHAT THAT IS. 
          CAN, CAN YOU, UH, GIVE ME A HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT IS? UM, WELL, THE, THE WAY I SEE IT IS, UH, WE, WE HAVE A FACILITY, UH, IT'S EITHER SPECTRUM OR FRONTIER. 
          IT'S THE ONE NEXT TO THE, THE ARBOR MANOR'S CASE, THE SHOPS AT SANDY LAKE. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FACILITY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, THE WAY, THE WAY I READ THE ORDINANCE WAS IT WAS MORE COMMUNICATIONS BASED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT THAT, THEY WOULD NOW FALL WITHIN THE, UH, DATA CENTER DEFINITION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER. 
          THANKS. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          THE DATA CENTER, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF THE CITY TODAY ADVERTISING TO USE AS A DATA CENTER THAT... 
          YES. 
          ADVERTISING THE USE? UM, I THINK THERE IS ONE PROPERTY THAT'S, THAT'S FOR SALE OR MAYBE TWO, OR MAYBE THEY'VE JUST BEEN SOLD THAT THEY WERE S- SOMEWHAT SAYING THEY COULD BE USED FOR A DATA CENTER. 
          SO WHAT ARE THEY CLASSIFIED AS TODAY? THEY'RE CLASSIFIED AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. 
          SO 
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THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE A USE IN- INSIDE AS OF YET BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A S - A CURRENT CEO FOR THAT, THAT BUSINESS. 
          THEY'RE JUST FOR SALE OR THEY'VE BEEN SOLD AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPERATOR. 
          SO WHEN THEY COME THROUGH FOR, TO GET THEIR CO IS WHEN THEY ESTABLISH THEIR USE. 
          SO WITH THIS, IF WE APPROVE TODAY, WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO TO CLASSIFY AS A DATA CENTER? UM, WELL, IF THEY COME AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE, THEY WOULD COME THROUGH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS THAT WE'RE SETTING UP RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I ATTENDED SEVERAL MEETINGS TODAY, UM, AND THEY WERE ALL IN, TALKED ABOUT DATA CENTERS, INCLUDING ONE THAT HAD FIVE US CONGRESSMEN. 
          AND WE SPENT 50 MINUTES ON DATA CENTERS WITH THEM. 
          UM, IT'S CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE VOGUE TOPIC OF, OF THE YEAR. 
          UM, THE TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO CHANGING VERY QUICKLY, AND I REALIZE THAT, THAT THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN TO BE AS BROAD AS POSSIBLE, YET WE'RE USING SOME VERY, VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. 
          ARE WE GONNA END UP WITH A, A CASE WHERE WE'RE BEING TOO SPECIFIC AND TRYING TO COVER THE, THE BROAD GENERALITY? IT COULD BE. 
          AND WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND AMEND THE ORDINANCE, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS. 
          SO ONE OF THE CONGRESSMEN WAS TALKING TO ME AND SHE WAS ASKING WHAT WE WERE DOING AND I WAS EXPLAINING OUR PROCESS AND SHE GOES, "OH, THAT'S REALLY COOL. 
          I WISH EVERYBODY COULD DO IT THAT WAY, SO CONGRATULATIONS." OH, GOOD. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. 
          I THOUGHT IN THE LANGUAGE IT SAID, UM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WHEN IT WAS LISTING ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          SO THAT LEFT A REAL, UM, WIDE RANGE OF THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED, BUT NOT NECESSARILY STATED. 
          I SAW THAT. 
          UH, I JUST GET CONCERNED WHEN WE'RE BEING VERY, VERY SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE VERY TECHNOLOGICAL TERMS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE COMING, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR. 
          SO UNDERSTOOD. 
          AND GRANTED, UM, I TAKE IT YOU, UH, IT SAYS HERE, COMMENTS BY THE APPLICANT, I, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S MR. STEER, SO... 
          UH, YES. 
          NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
           THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UH, COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUITE HONESTLY, I'M, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED WITH THIS, THESE CHANGES, UH, NOT JUST WITH THE BATCH PROCESSING WHICH WE NEEDED, BUT ALSO WITH THE, UH, CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING AND THE DATA CENTERS. 
          IT WAS, AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER DURING THE, UM, MY REPORT, BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY GONNA BECOME PROBABLY THE HOT TOPIC IN AUSTIN DURING THE 90TH SESSION. 
          COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM WALKER. 
          UH, CAN I GO AHEAD AND MOVE? YOU MAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THIS TIME I'D CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NINE ON THE AGENDA WITH THE AMENDMENT, UH, THE AMENDED WORDING TO ADD PRIME POWER GENERATORS AFTER THE PHRASE CONTINUOUS POWER GENERATORS AND OTHERWISE AS PROPOSED BY STAFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PREM KAMAR, ALL IN FAVOR? WALKER, HINOJOSA SMITH, CAROL, NEVILLES, PREM KAMAR, MATTHEW HILL, NONE OPPOSED. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT WAS A LOT OF READING. 
          [10. City Manager Reports, Project Updates, Future Agendas, and Direction from Work Session
]
ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM NUMBER 10 IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS WITH PROJECT UPDATES, FUTURE AGENDAS AND DIRECTION FROM WORK SESSION. 
          MR. COLLINS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, JUST A FEW UPDATES. 
          UH, ROYAL LANE RECONSTRUCTION, CONTRACTORS CURRENTLY PREPARING THE SUBGRADE AND EXPECT TO BEGIN POURING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO GOOD PROGRESS THERE. 
          UH, JUSTICE CENTER REMODEL, CONTRACTOR IS FINISHING UP FINAL ITEMS AND THAT, UH, PROJECT LOOKS WONDERFUL. 
          UM, FIRE STATION THREE STRUCTURAL STEEL AND METAL FRAMING ARE CONTINUING. 
          IT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A BUILDING OUT THERE IF YOU DRIVE DOWN PARKWAY. 
          AND THEN, UH, THIS IS A LATE EDITION, BUT COUNCIL CHAMBERS REMODEL WAS APPROVED JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO BY COUNCIL TONIGHT. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WILL BE USED FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          NOVEMBER 10TH AND DECEMBER 8TH WILL BE AT LIFE SAFETY PARK. 
          JANUARY 12TH WILL BE AT THE LIBRARY. 
          JANUARY 26TH AND FEBRUARY 9TH WILL BE BACK AT LIFE SAFETY PARK. 
          AND WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND ADDED THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY AT LIFE SAFETY PARK JUST IN CASE, AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T NEED THAT. 
          SO, UH, WE WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNI - AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION TO KEEP EVERYONE UPDATED. 
          [01:40:02]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I WAS GONNA ASK, ARE WE GONNA HAVE, UH, A F - A, UH, ANYBODY ROUNDING UP WAYWARD COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT MEETING LOCATION? WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEONE STATIONED OUT FRONT JUST IN CASE. 
           THEY'LL COME FIND ME. 
          PROBABLY BE ME. 
          PROBABLY BE ME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          [11. Mayor and Council Reports on Recent and Upcoming Events.]
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS ON RECENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS. 
          NO TRICKS, JUST LOTS OF TREATS AND A HALLOWEEN FLICK. 
          PUT ON YOUR COSTUMES, GRAB YOUR CANDY BUCKETS AND HEAD TO ANDY BROWN EAST ON OCTOBER 17TH FROM 5:00 TO 9:00 PM FOR AN EVENING OF TRUNK OR TREATING BEFORE SITTING BACK TO ENJOY A SHOWING OF HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA. 
          AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OCTOBER 24TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 AM, 12:00 PM, EXCUSE ME, FOR SCARE ON THE SQUARE AT OLD TOWN TO VISIT PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES FOR SWEET TREATS, FESTIVE DECORATIONS, AND PLENTY OF SPOOKTACULAR FUN. 
          AND JUST AS A REMINDER, EARLY VOTING FOR THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION BEGINS ON OCTOBER 19TH AND RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER 30TH WITH ELECTION DAY ON NOVEMBER 3RD. 
          THE CITY OF COPPELL'S POLLING LOCATION IS MOVED THIS YEAR TO THE COSBY LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY COMMONS. 
          WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY. 
          ONE, THIS FACILITY THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WILL BE UNDER RENOVATION. 
          AND NUMBER TWO, WE ARE THE, I THINK THE SECOND BUSIEST PRECINCT FOR VOTING IN DALLAS COUNTY. 
          AND QUITE HONESTLY, WE HAVE OUTGROWN THE, THE LOBBY SPACE HERE. 
          UH, SO WE WERE GETTING SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT BEING TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, SO WE'RE MOVING OVER TO THE LIBRARY. 
          THERE'S PLENTY OF SIGNAGE OUT FRONT TO REMIND EVERYBODY. 
          [12. Mayor's Report on the Metroplex Mayor's Association with no Council action or deliberation permitted.]
ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM NUMBER 12 IS THE MAYOR'S REPORT ON THE METROPLEX MAYORS ASSOCIATION WITH NO COUNCIL ACTION OR DELIBERATION PERMITTED. 
          THIS MORNING, WE HAD ABOUT 40 TO 45 MAYORS AND CITY MANAGERS ATTEND. 
          UM, THE, OUR GUEST SPEAKER WAS MONTY NGUYEN, WHO'S CEO OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. 
          HE BROUGHT FORTH THE, THE PLAN FOR TML TO GO FORTH AND, UM, REPRESENT CITIES AT THE 90TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          ONE OF THE INTERESTING COMMENTS HE MADE WAS NOT CONCERNING THE, THE UPCOMING 90TH SESSION, BUT THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. 
          AND HE WAS SAYING THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING TO SEE A RATHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE MAKEUP OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, UH, BASED ON PARTY, UH, UH, NUMBERS. 
          AND, UH, HE SAID THAT IT SHOULD WORK OUT WELL FOR THE CITIES, THAT THE, BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE ARE GONNA BE, UH, BASICALLY STRUGGLING FOR POSITION AND THEY WILL HOPEFULLY FORGET CITIES AND LEAVE US ALONE. 
          UM, FILING FOR BILLS BEGINS ON NOVEMBER 9TH. 
          THEY EXPECT TO SEE OVER 2,000 BILLS SI - FILLED ON THAT, OR FILED ON THAT DATE, AND THEY EXPECT TO SEE A TOTAL OF 9,200 BILLS FILED OVER THE SESSION. 
          AND ABOUT 2,200 TO 2,500 OF THOSE WILL IMPACT CITIES DIRECTLY. 
          UM, SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION, VERY, VERY POINTED AND, UH, ACTUALLY OFFERED QUITE A BIT OF HOPE FOR US, UH, AS A CITY GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. 
          [13. Public Service Announcements concerning items of community interest with no Council action or deliberation permitted.]
UH, ITEM NUMBER 13, P - OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WITH NO COUNCIL ACTION OR DELIBERATION PERMITTED. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER NEVILLES. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, UH, THAT THERE IS A GROUP IN TOWN CALLED COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          UH, THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION TOMORROW EVENING FROM 6:30 PM TO 8:00 AT VERY COPEL, THAT'S AT 450 FREEPORT PARKWAY. 
          UH, THEIR PRESENTATION IS TITLED UNDERSTANDING SCHOOL FINANCE AND COPEL ISD: MONEY, MANDATES AND MYTHS. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY WAS AWARE OF THAT. 
          IT'S A GREAT WAY TO, UH, GET A, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF SCHOOL FINANCE AND HOW IT AFFECTS, UH, YOUR DOLLARS HERE IN COPPELL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANY OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, UH, WE HAD NO NECESSARY ACTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO THEREFORE THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS BODY, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:25 PM.
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