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          ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE 6:00. WE HAVE A QUORUM, AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR APRIL 
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2ND, 2026 MEETING. AND IF YOU WOULD. AND ABLE TO JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          AND, FRIEDA, YOU COULD EITHER SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR US [LAUGHTER] OR LEAD US IN A
PLEDGE. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, AND WELCOME TO EVERYBODY. 
          ITEM 1 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON THE SUBMISSION OF A COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. 
          [1. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON THE SUBMISSION OF A COMMUNITY  DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROGRAM  APPLICATION, INCLUDING SELECTION OF AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO PROVIDE  PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. ]
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND THANK YOU,
STAFF. 
          I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY ALLOWING US THE TIME TO GET OUR APPLICATION AND OUR PROCESS IN
ORDER FOR THIS TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. JUST A JUST A SIMPLE AND QUICK REMINDER THAT THE 2026 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROGRAM COULD AWARD THE CITY OF DECATUR UP TO $1 MILLION. SO WHEN WE PAUSED,
BASED ON OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO SOLICIT MORE APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, THAT WAS IN AN EFFORT TO SELECT THE MOST APPROPRIATE FIRM TO CARRY THIS APPLICATION
FORWARD AND TO ALLOW US TO BE COMPETITIVELY RANKED WHEN WE GET INTO THE PROCESS. 
          SO VERY GRATEFUL AGAIN FOR YOU ALLOWING THE SPECIAL MEETING TO HAPPEN AND BEING PRESENT
TONIGHT. 
          VERY GRATEFUL FOR STAFF. YOU CAN SEE WE USE FIVE STAFF EVALUATORS TO GRADE A TOTAL OF SIX
PACKETS THAT CAME IN THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          KIMLEY-HORN WAS THE HIGHEST SCORING PACKET. AND SO OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT WILL
BE FOR YOU TO AWARD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO KIMLEY-HORN AND ALLOW US TO KEEP MARCHING FORWARD TOWARDS OUR APRIL 7TH DEADLINE OF HAVING THIS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT SUBMITTED. 
          AND I WILL PAUSE AND SAY THAT JAKE AND CONNOR,
REPRESENTING KIMLEY-HORN ARE HERE TONIGHT. 
          IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, STAFF IS HERE. 
          FRIEDA HAS ALSO PREPARED MAIN STREET CAKE FOR YOU. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY AFTER AND LEARN ALL ABOUT
IT. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? LOOK FOR A MOTION. AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE ITEM. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THAT. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO SELECT KIMLEY-HORN AS OUR
ENGINEERING FIRM FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. 
          MR. MAYOR I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SUBMISSION BY KIMLEY-HORN FOR A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
GRANT FOR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROGRAM APPLICATION, INCLUDING SELECTION OF THE ENGINEERING FIRM OF KIMLEY-HORN TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT GETS US TO ADJOURNMENT. 
          AND WE'LL ADJOURN BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT AT 6:03. 
          THANKS, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.