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Anna Tuesday, July 8, 2025 @ 5:30 PM
Anna Municipal Complex - Council Chambers
120 W. 7th Street, Anna, Texas 75409
The City Council of the City of Anna met in a Closed Session on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 5:30
PM, in the Anna Municipal Complex — Council Chambers, located at 120 W. 7ch Street, to
consider the following items.
Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.
Mayor Cain called the meeting to order at 5:30 PM.
Members Present:
Mayor Pete Cain
Mayor Pro Tern Kevin Toten
Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Stan Carver II
Council Member Nathan Bryan
Council Member Kelly Herndon
Council Member Manny Singh
Members Absent:
Council Member Elden Baker
2. Closed Session (Exceptions).
Consult with legal counsel regarding pending or contemplated litigation and/or
on matters in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the
Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas
clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Government Code (Tex. Gov't Code
§551.071). City of Grand Prairie, et al. v. State of Texas, et al., 53rd District
Court, Travis County, Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-23-007785.
b. Discuss or deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property
(Tex. Gov't Code §551.072).
Discuss or deliberate Economic Development Negotiations: (1) To discuss or
deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the City has
received from a business prospect that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or
expand in or near the territory of the City of Anna and with which the City is
conducting economic development negotiations; or (2) To deliberate the offer of
a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described by subdivision
(1). (Tex. Gov't Code §551.087).
d. Discuss or deliberate personnel matters (Tex. Gov't Code §551.074). City
Manager
MOTION: Council Member Herndon moved to enter closed session. Mayor Pro
Tern Toten seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
Mayor Cain recessed the meeting at 5:31 PM.
Mayor Cain reconvened the meeting at 6:19 PM.
The Council further reserves the right to enter into Executive Session at any time
throughout any duly noticed meeting under any applicable exception to the Open
Meetings Act.
3. Consider/Discuss/Action on any items listed on any agenda - work session, regular
meeting, or closed session - that is duly posted by the City of Anna for any City Council
meeting occurring on the same date as the meeting noticed in this agenda.
No action taken.
4. Adjourn.
Mayor Cain adjourned the meeting at 6:19 PM.
APPROVED this AQ, day of , 2025
Mayor Pete Cain
ATTEST:
City Secretary Carrie L. Land
Regular City Council Meeting
Meeting Minutes
If F-fF; Cl T"+r`OF Tuesday, July S, 2025 @ 6:00 PM
Anna
Anna Municipal Complex - Council Chambers
120 W. 7th Street, Anna, Texas 75409
The City Council of the City of Anna met on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 6:00 PM, in the Anna
Municipal Complex — Council Chambers, located at 120 W. 7th Street, to consider the following
items.
Call to Order, Roll Call, and Establishment of Quorum.
Mayor Cain called the meeting to order at 6:20 PM.
Members Present:
Mayor Pete Cain
Mayor Pro Tern Kevin Toten
Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Stan Carver II
Council Member Nathan Bryan
Council Member Kelly Herndon
Council Member Manny Singh
Members Absent:
Council Member Elden Baker
2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Cain led the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
3. Neighbor Comments.
Mr. Longmire spoke in reference to item 6.b., Texas Combination Tax and
Revenue Certificates of Obligation.
Mr. Tucker, Superintendent of Anna ISD, made an introduction and looks forward
to a partnership with the city.
Ms. Sharp spoke about neighborhood developments in the city.
4. Reports.
a. Review of 89th Texas Legislative Session (Assistant City Manager Taylor Lough)
Assistant City Manager Taylor Lough provided a report on legislation that passed
and failed during the 89th Texas Legislative Session.
Mayor Pro Tern Toten expressed his appreciation to the Parks & Recreation and
all other departments who made the 2025 Boots and Boom a success.
Consent Items.
MOTION: Council Member Herndon moved to approve Consent Items 5a
through 5d. Council Member Singh seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
a. Approve City Council Meeting Minutes for June 24, 2025, and June 30, 2025.
(City Secretary Carrie Land)
b. Review Minutes of the May 1, 2025, Joint Community Development Corporation
and Economic Development Corporation Board Meeting. (Director of Economic
Development Bernie Parker)
C. Review Minutes of the May 22, 2025, Special Called Joint Community
Development Corporation and Economic Development Corporation Board
Meeting. (Director of Economic Development Bernie Parker)
d. Approve a Resolution suspending Oncor Electric Delivery Company's requested
rate change. (City Secretary Carrie Land)
Oncor Electric Delivery Company ("Oncor" or "the Company") filed an application
on or about June 26, 2025, with cities retaining original jurisdiction seeking to
increase system -wide transmission and distribution rates by about $834 million,
or approximately 13% over present revenues. The Company asks the City to
approve a 12.3% increase in residential rates and a 51.0% increase in street
lighting rates. If approved, an average residential customer would see a bill
increase of about $7.90 per month.
The resolution suspends the July 31, 2025, effective date of the Company's rate
increase for the maximum period permitted by law to allow the City, working in
conjunction with the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor, to evaluate
the filing, determine whether the filing complies with the law, and if lawful, to
determine what further strategy, including settlement, to pursue.
The law provides that a rate request made by an electric utility cannot become
effective until at least 35 days following the filing of the application to change
rates. The law permits the City to suspend the rate change for 90 days after the
date the rate change would otherwise be effective. If the City fails to take some
action regarding the filing before the effective date, Oncor's rate request is
deemed administratively approved.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ANNA SUSPENDING THE JULY 31, 2025
EFFECTIVE DATE OF ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY'S
REQUESTED RATE CHANGE TO PERMIT THE CITY TIME TO STUDY THE
REQUEST AND TO ESTABLISH REASONABLE RATES; APPROVING
COOPERATION WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF CITIES SERVED BY
ONCOR TO HIRE LEGAL AND CONSULTING SERVICES AND TO
NEGOTIATE WITH THE COMPANY AND DIRECT ANY NECESSARY
LITIGATION AND APPEALS; FINDING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS
RESOLUTION IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW;
REQUIRING NOTICE OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE COMPANY AND LEGAL
COUNSEL FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
6. Items For Individual Consideration and Public Hearings.
a. Conduct a Public Hearing/Consider/Discuss/Action on an Ordinance regarding
a request to annex 808± acres at FM 455 and Cowan Road. (ANX 25-0003)
(Director of Development Services Stephanie Scott -Sims, AICP)
OPP-Oak Ridge, LP is seeking to develop the property as "Oak Ridge", a mixed -
use, master -planned development located west of US 75. The development
features 3,000 single-family residential, neighborhood commercial, townhomes,
and land dedicated for municipal uses.
The City Council approved a Pre -Annexation Development Agreement ("PADA")
for the Oak Ridge project at its meeting on May 27, 2025 (Res. No. 2025-05-
1782), requiring the developer to submit a voluntary annexation petition within 90
days. The PADA is attached as Exhibit 2 of this Ordinance. In approving the
PADA, the City Council also approved the Agreement for Services in Subsection
9.6 of the PADA. Pursuant to Section 43.0672 of the Texas Local Government
Code, the Agreement for Services requires that immediately upon the effective
date of the annexation of the property, the City must provide the property with all
municipal services currently offered within the City, including, but not limited to,
water, sewer, police, fire, animal control, trash collection, and any other services
currently provided by the City or which may be offered by the City in the future.
Staff recommended approval of the annexation request.
Mayor Cain opened the public hearing at 6:50 PM.
Mr. Culbertson expressed concern with regard to the approval process of the
Development Agreement.
Mayor Cain closed the public hearing at 6:55 PM.
MOTION: Mayor Pro Tern Toten moved to approve. Council Member Singh
seconded. Motion carried 5-1. Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Carver opposed.
AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TERRITORY
TO THE CITY OF ANNA, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND EXTENDING THE
BOUNDARY LIMITS OF SAID MUNICIPALITY SO AS TO INCLUDE SAID
HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY WITHIN SAID MUNICIPAL
CORPORATE LIMITS AND GRANTING TO ALL THE INHABITANTS OF SAID
PROPERTY ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OTHER CITIZENS AND
BINDING SAID INHABITANTS BY ALL OF THE ACTS, ORDINANCES,
RESOLUTIONS, AND REGULATIONS OF SAID CITY AS SET FORTH
HEREIN; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
b. Consider/Discuss/Action on the adoption of an Ordinance Authorizing the
Issuance and Sale of up to $85,500,000 City of Anna, Texas Combination Tax
and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2025 to fund New Police Station
and Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Project; Levying an Annual Ad
Valorem Tax and Providing for the Security for and Payment of said Certificates
of Obligation; Approving an Official Statement; and Enacting other Provisions
relating to the Subject. (Budget Manager Terri Doby)
Anna continues to see our needs for City facilities expand as we continue to grow.
One means of financing large capital projects is through the use of municipal
debt. One common form of borrowing is Certificates of Obligation (COs). In the
City of Anna, debt is used to fund roads, facilities, parks, equipment and water
and sewer infrastructure.
The City Council approval of the Ordinance will authorize the issuance and sale
of approximately $8.5 million in Certificates of Obligation.
MOTION: Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Carver moved to approve. Council Member
Herndon seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF UP TO
$85,500,000 CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE
CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2025 TO FUND NEW POLICE
STATION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PROJECT;
LEVYING AN ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX AND PROVIDING FOR THE
SECURITY FOR AND PAYMENT OF SAID CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION;
APPROVING AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT; AND ENACTING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
C. First reading of a Resolution approving a project involving a Ground Lease
Purchase Agreement and Performance Agreement between the Anna
Community Development Corporation and GTP Food Group, LLC for restaurants
and entertainment on property in the Anna Downtown District. (Director of
Economic Development Bernie Parker)
Two readings of the Resolution are required prior to authorizing a project of the
Anna Community Development Corporation. This was the first reading of the
Resolution. Mayor Cain read the following:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN ANNA DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION PROJECT INVOLVING A GROUND LEASE OF REAL
PROPERTY AND CONDITIONAL OPTION TO PURCHASE SAID PROPERTY.
Second reading of a Resolution approving a project involving a Ground Lease
Purchase Agreement and Performance Agreement between the Anna
Community Development Corporation and GTP Food Group, LLC for restaurants
and entertainment on property in the Anna Downtown District. (Director of
Economic Development Bernie Parker)
Two readings of the Resolution are required prior to authorizing a project of the
Anna Community Development Corporation. This was the second reading of the
Resolution. Mayor Cain read the following:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN ANNA DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION PROJECT INVOLVING A GROUND LEASE OF REAL
PROPERTY AND CONDITIONAL OPTION TO PURCHASE SAID PROPERTY.
e. Consider/Discuss/Action on a Resolution approving a project involving a Ground
Lease Purchase Agreement and Performance Agreement between the Anna
Community Development Corporation and GTP Food Group, LLC for restaurants
and entertainment on property in the Anna Downtown District. (Director of
Economic Development Bernie Parker)
MOTION: Mayor Pro Tern Toten moved to approve. Council Member Singh
seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN ANNA DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION PROJECT INVOLVING A GROUND LEASE OF REAL
PROPERTY AND CONDITIONAL OPTION TO PURCHASE SAID PROPERTY.
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Professional Services Agreement for Executive
Recruiting Services. (Acting City Manager Marc Marchand)
MOTION: Mayor Cain moved to select Affion for Executive Recruiting
Services. Council Member Herndon seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
Closed Session (Exceptions).
a. Consult with legal counsel regarding pending or contemplated litigation and/or
on matters in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the
Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas
clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Government Code (Tex. Gov't Code
§551.071). City of Grand Prairie, et al. v. State of Texas, et al., 53rd District
Court, Travis County, Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-23-007785.
b. Discuss or deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property
(Tex. Gov't Code §551.072).
C. Discuss or deliberate Economic Development Negotiations: (1) To discuss or
deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the City has
received from a business prospect that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or
expand in or near the territory of the City of Anna and with which the City is
conducting economic development negotiations; or (2) To deliberate the offer of
a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described by subdivision (1).
(Tex. Gov't Code §551.087).
d. Discuss or deliberate personnel matters (Tex. Gov't Code §551.074).City
Manager
MOTION: Council Member Herndon moved to enter closed session. Council
Member Bryan seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
Mayor Cain recessed the meeting at 7:15 PM.
Mayor Cain reconvened the meeting at 8:20 PM.
The Council further reserves the right to enter into Executive Session at any time
throughout any duly noticed meeting under any applicable exception to the Open
Meetings Act.
8. Consider/Discuss/Action on any items listed on any agenda - work session, regular
meeting, or closed session - that is duly posted by the City of Anna for any City Council
meeting occurring on the same date as the meeting noticed in this agenda.
MOTION: Council Member Herndon moved to approve a contract with the Acting
City Manager as approved and to form by City legal counsel. Council Member
Singh seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
9. Adjourn.
Mayor Cain adjourned the meeting at 8:21 PM.
APPROVED this __day of 41 , 2025 JAY,
ATTEST:
City Secretary Carrie L. Land