[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY AT SIX O'CLOCK.
I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.
WE HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT AND, UM, ITEM TO A CONSIDER AUTHORIZING BOND ELECTION ORDINANCE PREPARATION.
WE HAVE THE LACK OF SOME PRESENTING MAYOR COUNCIL.
I THINK, UH, IF WE COULD TONIGHT, UH, IF WE COULD ENTERTAIN, HAVE YOU ENTERTAINED THE IDEA OF MOVING SOME OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS UP WITH APPRECIATE THAT? TYPICALLY IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S POSITION AND THEN MR. NAVARRO, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE THIRD MATTER.
[3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
CAN I GET A MOTION FOR COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM THREE, SECTIONS 5, 5, 1 0 71 AND 5, 5 1 0 74.I HAVE A QUESTION OF CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS ON CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, FROM A TIME PERSPECTIVE.
DO YOU THINK THAT WE CAN COVER ALL THOSE IN THE BACK OR DO WE NEED TO GO BACK LATER? I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN PROBABLY COVER TWO OF THEM AND ALSO, UH, AND STILL HAVE TIME TO GET THE BOND ISSUE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM, UH, THREE CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
TIME IS 6 0 1 CITY COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION
[4. RECONVENE ]
WHEN 13 AND COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE INTO THE SPECIAL SESSION.DO I HAVE A MOTION? CAN YOU STATE YOUR MOTION CLEARLY ON ITEM TWO, A PLEASE.
EXCUSE ME TO BE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF, UM, BREE NOW AS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
THE MOTION COUNCIL NUMBER CLOUDS ARE MADE THE MOTIONS EMORY MADE THE SECOND.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
BRENE NETTLES AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPER DIRECTOR SAY, YAY.
UH, WE WERE, UH, RECRUITING FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AFTER A VERY CAPABLE PERSON.
I RETIRED AND LEFT US AND, UH, ANYWAY, WENT THROUGH A SEARCH FOR THE PAST A YEAR OR SO AND AUBREY NETTLES.
UH, AUBREY, IF YOU COULD, UH, AUBREY IS JOINING US FROM CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, UH, WHERE SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM.
SHE'S MBA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.
UH, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN, UM, SEEING A LOT OF REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COLLEGE STATION AREA.
AND SO WE WANT TO WELCOME HER ABOARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER.
SHE'LL BE STARTING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
[2. (a) Consider authorizing Bond Election Ordinance Preparation. (Proposed presenter: Interim City Manager Bill Atkinson) ]
HEY, ITEM TWO, A CONSIDER A THRIVING, THE BOND ELECTION ORDINANCE PREPARATION, BILL MAYOR, PROTONS MEMBERS COUNCIL.AT THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD DISCUSSED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BOND PROPOSAL.
THE COMMITTEE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT DILIGENTLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THEY HAD PROVIDED A PRESENTATION TO YOU PREVIOUSLY WITH, UH, NO QUESTIONS AT THE END, UH, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, THEY GO WITH THE 19.58, RIGHT? AND, UH, THAT WOULD RAISE ROUGHLY $86 MILLION.
THEY HAD ALSO PROVIDED TO YOU, UH, WHAT THE, UH, PROPHECIES WOULD GO TOWARDS THAT BEING, UH, TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND PARKS.
AND, UH, THOSE WERE DIVIDED UP, UH, ACCORDING TO NEED.
WE ALSO FIRST PRESENTED TO THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD BEEN LOOKING AT WITH REGARD TO HOW THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION OF WHAT PROJECTS TO RECOMMEND AND NOT.
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HAVE WITH US TONIGHT, THE CHAIRMAN, UH, MR. LAND, AND ALSO, UH, JONATHAN WENTZVILLE, WHO IS THE VICE CHAIR.AND, UH, IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM OR MYSELF, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER IT.
AS WE MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE, WE DO NEED TO GET AN ORDINANCE, UH, IF YOU WOULD DECIDE TO GO FORWARD, UH, DRAFTED AND WE NEED AUTHORIZATION TONIGHT TO DO SO AT WHAT RATE AND MT YOU WANT TO DO.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET IT INTERPRETED.
AND ALSO BEFORE YOU FOR THE AUGUST 16TH MEETING, WHICH IS, WELL, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? DO WE WANT MR. LAND TO COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING BRIEFLY? YEAH, PLEASE.
THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE KIND OF A RECAP FROM OUR MEETING.
HE JOINED ME BRIEF, MR. LANDON, MR. FIELDS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME FORWARD.
MY NAME IS EVERLANE, I'M THE CHAIR.
AND, UM, WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.
THERE WAS SOME THINGS THAT WERE NEW CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED AND THIS BOND IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF MOST OF IT.
UH, WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE THE 1956 AS A STAR.
AND WHEN WE GOT THROUGH WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO SEE THAT WE NEEDED TO DO, WE NEED THAT ALL OF THAT MONEY, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS, LIKE I SAID, IN NEGLECT, UM, AND, AND OVERSIGHT, UH, WE MADE TO GET IT FIXED.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR APPROVE WHAT WE HAVE SET FORTH AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
FLOYD, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING ELSE? RIGHT.
THERE WAS A QUESTION AT ONE TIME ON A STATEMENT.
AND, UH, I THINK, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WORKING WITH, UH, UH, THE PARKS DIRECTOR, UH, THAT CAN BE PHASED.
SO, UH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, UH, AN EXPENDITURE FOR THE, UH, THE FULL AMOUNT ON DAY ONE, OR, YOU KNOW, AS IT PROGRESSES BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE PHASED IN.
SO I THINK THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S HARD WORK.
I UNDERSTAND FROM THE PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, UH, WHERE YOU GUYS ALSO HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY MONEY IN THERE.
SO IF WE DON'T GET ALL THE STREETS DONE, WE'VE GOT A BACKUP PLAN.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT IN YOUR PLAN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT A BOND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEES, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR, UH, THE 19.1956 RATE THERE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
IS THERE A FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY, YAY.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
AND THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE BOND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN TIME.
THAT'S BEEN ON MAKING THIS A, SO THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS HEARING? NONE.