2023-10-10 CC MinutesCity of Farmers Branch Farmers Branch City Hall
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Tuesday, October 10, 2023 6:00 PM Council Chambers
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Council Present: Mayor Terry Lynne (Study Session only), Mayor Pro Tern Richard Jackson, Deputy
Mayor Pro Tem Omar Roman, Councilmember Martin Baird, Councilwoman Tina
Bennett -Burton, Councilmember David Merritt
City Staff Present: City Manager Ben Williamson, Deputy City Manager Mike Mashburn, Deputy City
Manager Jaw °a Tareen, City Secretary Stacy Henderson, Deputy City Secretary Erin
Flores, City Attorney Pete Smith, Police Chief Kevin McCoy, Fire Chief Daniel
Latimer, Director of Sustainability & Public Health Shane Davis, Director of Economic
Development Allison Cook, Director of Finance Tammy Zimmerman, Director of
Communications Jeff Brady, and other City staff
CALL T - STUDY SS I4.)
Mayor Lynne called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
A.1 Discuss Regular Agenda items.
Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Roman, Councilmember Baird, and Mayor Pro Tern Jackson had questions on Item
.14 as it related to purchases made by the City through the BuyBoard Purchasing Cooperative.
Councilwoman Burton discussed Item H.13 as it relates to contracts with Public improvement Districts.
.2 Receive Parks and Recreation BoardBiannual update.
Robert Stewart, Chair to the Parks and Recreation Board, gave a presentation highlighting past events and
upcoming activities, revenues for the recreation and aquatics center, special projects currently being worked
on, and upcoming projects.
A.3 Provide a brief update on the progress of Joya at Oran Good Park.
Deputy City Manager Mike Mashburn gave an overview of the progress of the Joya project including the
current status of installation, the properties and uses of metal slides, and the estimated dates of completion of
the project.
AA Discuss the implementation of a Street Name Change Policy.
City Engineer Danielle Rix gave a presentation explaining the background of the proposed policy on street
name changes and highlighted the process street name change requests would go through if the policy is
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