[1.CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:13] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE WILL GET ARE. TODAY'S THE CITY COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED BY รท551.071 OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE RIGHT TO RECONVENE AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT. IN PERSON, STORE REGISTRATION FORMS AND [4A. Discuss and deliberate on Recommendation to Award Recipients of the Cultural Arts Grant and the Gary Alexander Arts in Education Grant.] INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE TABLE OUTSIDE THE DOOR THE CONFERENCE HER. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. WE WILL MOVED TO CITIZENS' INPUT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE WORK SESSION, I DON'T 4 A, DISCUSSION ON PRESENTATION OF THE RALLY VETERANS RECOGNITION PROGRAM CERTIFICATE TO VETERANS MASTER SERGEANT HERIBERTO RECIO AND TECHNICAL SERGEANT YVONNE RECIO. WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION HERE, AS WELL. >> HELLO, COUNSEL. MAYOR PRO TEM, WE HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT A RECOMMENDATION FOR GRANTS. COOL, THANK YOU. EACH YEAR, THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION AWARDS GRANTS TO LOCAL SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS CULTURAL ARTS GROUPS. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A NUMBER OF YEARS. THEIR FISCAL 2025 GRANT BUDGET WAS $7000. AND THEY ALLOTTED $1900 TO THE GARY ALEXANDER ARTS AND EDUCATION GRANTS. GARY ALEXANDER IS THE FORMER ARTS AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION MEMBER WHO WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SUPPORTING ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. UNFORTUNATELY, GARY SUCCUMBED TO CANCER WHILE HE WAS SERVING ON THE COMMISSION. IN HONOR OF HIM, WE HAVE THE GARY ALEXANDER ARTS IN EDUCATION GRANTS. THE CULTURAL AWARDS GRANTS, THEY DECIDED, $5100 FOR THOSE GRANTS. SO THEY HAD , ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FOUR APPLICANTS FOR THE CULTURAL ARTS GRANTS. ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS FOR CULTURAL ARTS GRANTS IS IF THE PERSON OR IF THE GROUP RECEIVES THE GRANT, THEY HAVE TO DO A FREE EXHIBIT FOR ROWLETT CITIZENS OR DO SOMETHING FOR ROWLETT CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THE ARTS. SO THE GROUP REQUESTED $1750 FOR PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS DEMONSTRATIONS, FEES AND AWARDS. THEY HAVE AN ART EXHIBIT FROM THEIR CONTEST AT THE LIBRARY. ANOTHER GROUP REQUESTED $1000. THAT WAS FOR PLANNING AND PRESENTATION OF TWO MUSICALS, INCLUDING THEIR PERSONAL ROYALTIES, AS WELL AS PROPS AND COSTUMES. THEY ARE GOING TO DO A PERFORMANCE OR AGREE TO DO A PERFORMANCE OR OFFER A SELECT NUMBER OF COMPLEMENTARY TICKETS AND BACKSTAGE PASSES FOR RESIDENTS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE GRANT. SUMMER MUSICAL REQUESTED $2000 FOR COSTUMES, STAGE PIECES, SETS AND ROYALTIES. THEY AGREED TO DO AN EVENT WHENEVER THE JUDGES ARE DELIVERING ON ALL OF THE ENTRIES AND WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF FILLER ENTERTAINMENT. THERE IS A NEW ORGANIZATION MILLENNIAL MAVEN CREATIVE FOUNDATION. THEY REQUESTED $3000. THEY WOULD DO A CROSS-CULTURAL CREATIVE DAY FOR UNDERDEVELOPED YOUTH. THE COMMISSION AGREED TO FUND EACH ORGANIZATION FOR THE AMOUNT THEY REQUESTED. MILLENNIAL MAVEN , THE COMMISSION DID AGREE TO FUND THEM ONLY $350 INSTEAD OF $3000 REQUESTED. AND THEN GARY ALEXANDER ARTS IN EDUCATION GRANTS ASKED FOR $900 FOR INK FOR THEIR COLOR PRINTERS FOR THEIR STUDENT PROJECTS, AS YOU MAY KNOW, INK IS EXPENSIVE. AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAST FOR $1000 IN FUNDING TOWARDS THEIR ANNUAL COMPETITION. THE COMMISSION DECIDED , IS RECOMMENDING TO FUND BOTH OF THOSE. SO THE ARTS [00:05:05] AND HUMANITIES COMMISSION HAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THOSE GRANTS AMOUNTS. THEY ARE RECOMMENDING THAT COUNCIL SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION OF FUNDING. ANY QUESTIONS? >> QUESTIONS? >> WHAT WAS A GRAND TOTAL? >> $7000. >> I THINK THERE IS A MISTAKE OR MILLENNIAL MAVEN. >> YES, I AM SO SORRY. THAT WAS ONLY $350. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS IS JUST TAKEN OUT OF THE BUDGET OF MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE. THAT IS OUT OF THE $20,000 BUDGET WE ARE LOOKING AT . >> YES. THAT IS CORRECT. >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? >> WHAT WE SEE THIS ON MY MEETING AGENDA? >> IT WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TOMORROW. >> OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS? >> JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION. >> LAST CALL. >> THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR $3000 AND WE GAVE THEM 350? YOU SAID IT WAS AN ORGANIZATION? >> IT'S AN ORGANIZATION. WE REALLY DON'T KNOW MUC ABOUT THEM. SO THE COMMISSION DIDN'T FEEL, YOU KNOW, >> OKAY, THAT IS FAIR. THAT IS FAIR. THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. [4B. Discuss a nominee to the Rockwall Central Appraisal District (CAD) Board of Directors pursuant to a letter dated February 12, 2025. ] >> WE WILL MOVE ON TO I DON'T KNOW FOR B, DISCUSS THE BOARD OF DIRECTIONS -- DIRECTORS. I ADDED THIS TO THE AGENDA AND INCLUDED COPIES OF THE LETTER. THE ROCKWELL APPRAISAL DISTRICT VACANCY ON THEIR BOARD, WE ARE ENTITLED, AS A TAXING UNIT, TO SUBMIT THE NAME OF A NOMINEE. SHOULD WE CHOOSE ONE WITHIN 35 DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION. AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD THEN , BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THEIR BODY, SELECT A LIST, SELECT A PERSON TO FILL THAT VACANCY FROM A LIST OF NOMINEES THAT IS PROVIDED. AS A TAXING UNIT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A NAME. I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND DETERMINE IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO PURSUE? IF WE DO, WE NEED TO DRAFT A RESOLUTON AND HAVE THAT ON THE MARCH, THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH, MARCH 18TH MEETING. BUT IT WOULD PROCEED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO I REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO SEE IF THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SERVING, COUPLE PEOPLE I KNOW WHO LIVE IN ROCKWELL COUNTY. I ONLY HEARD FROM MR. HORWITZ AND HE SAID HE WOULD BE INTERESTED. I DO NOT HAVE , AS OF THIS TIME, AN ANSWER FROM MR. BAXTER. SO, ACCORDING TO WHAT THIS LETTER SAYS, WE CAN NOMINATE ONE PERSON. WE HAVE THE OPTION TO MULTIPLY -- NOMINATE MULTIPLE PEOPLE. SO, I MOVE FORWARD FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >> NO, I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST STEVE, TOO. I ASKED HIM WHETHER HE WAS INTERESTED. >> I AM PERFECTLY FINE WITH THE STEVE. >> YEAH, IT'S DISTRICT ASSUMING HE IS WILLING AND WANTED TO DO IT. WE ARE NOT DRAGGING HIM ACROSS . >> HE SAID, YES, I AM INTERESTED I WILL DO SOME READING. I TOLD HIM WE WOULD DISCUSS IT AT THE WORK SESSION AND HIS NAME WOULD NOT BE FINAL UNTIL THE RESOLUTION. I AM SURE THAT MARK WALL AND ETHAN AND ALL THE OTHER GREAT COMMUNITIES IN ROCKWELL COUNTY WILL BE PUTTING FORTH THE NAME AND HE WILL BE ONE OF MANY THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM. >> YEAH. >> ANY OBJECTION? CITY ATTORNEY, CAN WE ASK YOU TO DROP A RESOLUTION FOR THE MARCH 10TH AGENDA? >> HORWITZ. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? ALL [5. DISCUSS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR MARCH 4, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.] RIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 5, DISCUSSING ITEMS FOR THE MARCH [00:10:01] 4, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ANY ITEMS ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT? >> YES, 6 SEE. >> OKAY . LET'S GO AND PULL ITEM * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.