Nov 17, 2020 City Council Regular Meeting

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WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THIS WEEK'S BUSINESS MEETING FOR THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL.

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AND TODAY, WE HAVE ISAAC BUTLER HERE TO DO OUR INVOCATION TO START OUR MEETING.

ALTHOUGH, NOT SEEING ISAAC. STEPHANIE, HAD WE HAD A CHANGE THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT? NO, AND I BELIEVE MR. [INAUDIBLE]. ISAAC, ARE YOU THERE? I AM HERE. OH, I HEAR YOU, EVEN IF I DON'T SEE YOU, OK, SIR, WE'RE READY WHENEVER YOU ARE. ALL RIGHT, [INAUDIBLE].

TO THE ALL WISE LOVING GOD, WE SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ABUNDANT BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED TO US.

THANK YOU FOR LIFE ITSELF AND THE MEASURE OF HEALTH THAT WE NEED TO FULFILL OUR COLLEAGUES HERE IN THE EARTH. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOM TO EMBRACE YOU OR REJECT YOU.

THANK YOU. FOR LOVING US SO.

FROM YOUR BOUNDLESS AND GRACIOUS NATURE.

YOU HAVE INSTRUCTED US AS CITIZENS TO OBEY OUR GOVERNING AUTHORITIES SINCE YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THEM TO PROMOTE PEACE, ORDER AND JUSTICE.

SO TODAY. I PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR, FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CITY OFFICIALS AND FOR THIS COUNCIL, I ASK THAT YOU GRANT THEM GOD, WISDOM TO GOVERN AMID THE CONFLICTING INTERESTS AND ISSUES OF OUR TIMES.

I PRAY FOR A SENSE OF WELFARE AND THE TRUE NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE.

I ASK THAT YOU GRANT THEM A KEEN THIRST FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.

LORD, I PRAY FOR THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY, EVEN WHEN THERE IS HONEST DISAGREEMENT.

LORD, I PRAY FOR PERSONAL PEACE IN THEIR LIVES TODAY.

I PRAY FOR THE AGENDA SET BEFORE THEM TODAY, LORD, PLEASE LET THEM LEAVE HERE TODAY WITH AN ASSURANCE THAT THE DECISIONS MADE WILL PLEASE YOU AND BENEFIT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN AND AROUND OUR BELOVED CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS.

IT'S IN YOUR GREAT NAME THAT WE PRAY, AMEN.

YOU'RE MUTED MAYOR.

THANK YOU, ELAINE.

ISAAC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE WORDS, I JUST TAKE THEM TO HEART AS I KNOW THE REST OF THE COUNCIL DOES, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TODAY TO COME AND SPEAK LIFE OVER OUR CITY, AND OVER US AS WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS TODAY.

SO MAY YOU BE BLESSED FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION LISTED NEXT.

[PROCLAMATION]

LOOKING FOR FLOYD ANTHONY.

THERE HE IS, I SEE FLOYD ANTHONY.

WELCOME, FLOYD. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? MIGHT BE ON MUTE, FLOYD.

OK, YEAH, I'M DOING WELL MAYOR.

HOW ARE YOU? I AM WELL, TOO.

WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN POWELL, DO YOU HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION IN FRONT OF YOU? YES, MAYOR, I DO.

OK, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO READ IT AT THIS TIME, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. IT'S AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

AND WE DO HAVE ON WITH THIS FLOYD ANTHONY, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMARILLO BRANCH NAACP AND FLOYD, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

AND IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO HONOR YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WHEREAS OUR COMMUNITY HONORS FLOYD ANTHONY FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE AMARILLO BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, FOR ANTHONY HAS SERVED FOR A TOTAL OF 16 YEARS AND 14 OF THOSE YEARS AS PRESIDENT.

HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE AMARILLO BRANCH NAACP IN 1982.

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AND WHEREAS KNOWLEDGE CAN STRENGTHEN THE INSIDE OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS REGARDING THE ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE GREATEST STRIDES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE CRUSADE TO ELIMINATE THE BARRIERS, THE BARRIERS OF EQUALITY FOR MINORITY GROUPS, AND THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION POVERTY.

WHEREAS MR. ANTHONY WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET HISTORY BECAUSE IF WE FORGET HISTORY, IT IS DOOMED TO REPEAT ITSELF.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER AND SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES AS WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR PROGRESS. A LOT HAS CHANGED, BUT WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.

AND WHERE AS WE HONOR FLOYD ANTHONY FOR HIS COMMITMENT, TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP, THAT HE HAS DILIGENTLY CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, WE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS, RECOGNIZES YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CELEBRATES YOUR BEING SUCH A ROLE MODEL FOR SO MANY.

WE ARE AMARILLO PROUD.

GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND FIELD OF OFFICE, THE 17TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, TWENTY TWENTY, THE HONORABLE MAYOR GINGER NELSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS ELAINE HAYS, FREDA POWELL, EDDY SAUER AND HOWARD SMITH.

AND FLOYD, I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE AMARILLO BRANCH NAACP AS OUR MEMBERSHIP IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT OVER THE YEARS FOR US TO GET TO THIS POINT.

AND NOW I'LL HAND IT OFF TO THE MAYOR IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENT.

I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MANY HOURS, FLOYD, THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND TO THAT ORGANIZATION, AND I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ADMIRE YOU AS A LEADER, MYSELF INCLUDED. I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO GET TO KNOW YOU SOME OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND IT'S JUST AN HONOR TO KNOW YOU.

BUT JUST IT'S HUMBLING TO KNOW THAT 16 YEARS YOU HAVE WORKED HARD IN THAT LEADERSHIP, EITHER AS THE PRESIDENT OR AS A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION, JUST TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER AND TO PUT FORWARD THE CAUSE OF ALL PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THAT I DO ADMIRE YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE? WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, MR. ANTHONY, I KNOW I CAN SEE YOUR FACE EARLIER, SO WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW, BUT I CAN'T SEE YOU IF YOU'LL CLICK ON THAT AND START YOUR VIDEO.

SO THERE YOU ARE.

YEAH. GOOD.

YOU CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE, [INAUDIBLE], YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE SURPRISES NOW, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ALL THE TIME.

OK, BUT.

EXCEPT THIS TIME.

[INAUDIBLE] AND I'M NOT GOING TO FORGET THIS YEAR, BUT LOOK [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU IN ONE CAPACITY OR ANOTHER OVER THE YEARS.

AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, 16 YEARS OLD WAS ENOUGH TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE BRANCH.

ACTUALLY, AT 15 YEARS I SERVED I WAS OUT ONE.

BUT THAT'S A LONG TIME.

AND WE NEED TO GET SOME NEW BLOOD IN THERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE FOR YOU TO SAY WE'RE REFLECTIVE, OUR MEMBERSHIP IS REFLECTIVE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR CITY.

AND I'M PROUD OF THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF AMARILLO, BECAUSE I GO BACK.

WOW, I MEAN, I WAS [INAUDIBLE].

BUT WE'RE QUITE A CITY, I BOAST TO EVERYBODY THAT HEY, WE'RE THE BEST CITY IN TEXAS AND BELIEVE ME, I GO ALL OVER THIS STATE AND Y'ALL ARE Y'ALL ARE WONDERFUL . EVERYBODY ON THAT COMMISSION CARE ABOUT THIS CITY AND THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED.

YOU KNOW, WE CARE ABOUT OUR PEOPLE.

WE CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU THERE, MAYOR, AND ALSO THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

YOU'RE AWESOME.

AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

I'M STILL GOING TO BE ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NAACP, BUT NOT AS PRESIDENT,

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BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND FREDA, I OWE YOU.

OK? YEAH, CUZ FLOYD KNOWS THAT I ALWAYS KEEP HIM INFORMED, BUT THIS WAS THIS WAS THE EXCEPTION, SO.

YEAH. YES, IT IS INDEED.

THANK YOU. IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED BY YOU ALL.

WELL, IT WAS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO START THE MEETING ON SUCH A POSITIVE NOTE, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PORTION OF THE MEETING, WHICH IS PUBLIC ADDRESS.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYONE SIGNED UP.

BUT STEPHANIE, FRANCES, HAS THAT CHANGED SINCE I WAS LAST INFORMED? NO SIGN UPS, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THEN MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE A IS TO REVIEW THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AND ANY ATTACHMENTS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT RIGHT UP FRONT BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE MEETING.

ANYTHING COUNCIL? I HAVE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, MAYOR.

OK, I DON'T, NOT SEEING HEADS SHAKE.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ONE B AND DO A CORONAVIRUS UPDATE, MR.

[1.B. Coronavirus Update; and]

WE HAVE CASIE STOUGHTON, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, HERE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON CORONAVIRUS. I'M ALSO GOING TO AS SOON AS SHE'S DONE, TALK ABOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT GOING TO DISCUSS WITH COUNCIL THAT WOULD PROVIDE TOOLS FOR BUSINESSES AND ALSO SOME ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITY FOR THE CITY TO HELP US ALL WORK TOGETHER TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AS FAR AS FACE COVERINGS AND TAKING THE STEPS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED AS APPROPRIATE TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL HERE IN AMARILLO FOR SURE.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT A VACCINE COMMUNICATION PLAN, OR AT LEAST THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR WHEN A VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE.

HOW WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE IT.

AND THEN SOME BASIC QUESTIONS ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE ALLOCATED AND DISTRIBUTED.

SO, CASIE, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU, JARED. SO AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF NINETEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE CASES OF COVID-19 IN POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES.

TEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT CASES IN POTTER COUNTY AND EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE CASES IN RANDALL COUNTY.

WE'VE A TOTAL OF TWELVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE RECOVERIES AND WE ARE UP TO TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR DEATHS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT LEAVES US WITH SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT ACTIVE CASES.

EACH OF THE CASES DO REPRESENT A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.

THE ROLLING SEVEN DAY POSITIVITY AVERAGE FOR POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES 19 PERCENT AND THE POSITIVITY RATE AT THE DRIVE THRU TESTING SITE IS AT FORTY EIGHT PERCENT.

THE FIVE DAY POT NEW CASE AVERAGE IS AT FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NEW CASES PER DAY, AND THAT'S UP FROM LAST WEEK.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH DRIVE THROUGH TESTING SITE DOES REMAIN OPERATIONAL, INDIVIDUALS CAN STILL CALL 378-6300 TO BE SCREENED AND DIRECTED TO THE TEST SITE.

YESTERDAY, WE SET A NEW RECORD AT THE TESTING SITE AND OUR STAFF THERE TESTED TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO PATIENTS.

OUR COMMUNITY DOES REMAIN AT LEVEL RED.

CONDITIONS REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH LEVEL RED AS ALL INDICATORS REMAIN OVER THE THRESHOLD FOR THAT LEVEL RED STATUS.

WE WILL REEVALUATE NEXT WEEK AND ISSUE THE STATUS LEVEL ACCORDING TO THOSE INDICATORS.

GA THIRTY TWO'S HOSPITALIZATION RATE FOR THE TWENTY FIVE COUNTY PANHANDLE RAC REGION HAS BEEN OVER 15 PERCENT FOR 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS NOW.

YESTERDAY, THE RACS HOSPITALIZATION PERCENTAGE WAS THIRTY FIVE POINT EIGHTY EIGHT PERCENT, MEANING THAT THIRTY FIVE POINT EIGHT EIGHT, OR ALMOST THIRTY SIX PERCENT OF ALL HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS HAVE COVID-19.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID IS UP TO THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT PATIENTS.

ADULT BED UTILIZATION IS AT NINETY EIGHT POINT FIVE PERCENT, ICU UTILIZATION IS AT NINETY THREE POINT FIVE PERCENT AND VENTILATOR USE IS AT SIXTY SIX PERCENT.

THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE IS CURRENTLY AT FIVE PERCENT.

THAT MEANS THAT FIVE PERCENT OF THE ACTIVE COVID-19 PATIENTS ARE REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION. SO I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE CRISIS THAT'S CURRENTLY OCCURRING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

PREVENTION OF COVID-19 BY WEARING A MASK, LIMITING SOCIAL GATHERINGS, STAYING HOME, IF YOU'RE POSITIVE OR IF YOU'RE EXPOSED TO COVID-19 AND GOOD HANDWASHING REMAIN CRITICAL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.

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I DO, HOWEVER, WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO HOPEFUL THINGS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT HOPE HASN'T BEEN LOST. SO LATE LAST WEEK, THE CDC PUBLISHED INFORMATION STATING THAT MASKS NOT ONLY PROTECT THOSE AROUND YOU, BUT THEY PROTECT THE WEARER, ESPECIALLY DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF FABRIC, THE NUMBER OF LAYERS AND HOW WELL THE MASK FITS.

SO THERE'S INFORMATION ON AMARILLOALERTS.COM.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT THAT WEBSITE OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS HAS BEEN WORKING TO PUT INFORMATION UP THAT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT THOSE THINGS, THE NUMBER OF LAYERS.

SO YOU WOULD WANT TO WEAR A MASK THAT HAS MORE THAN ONE LAYER OF FABRIC.

SO TWO TO THREE LAYERS OF FABRIC THAT'S MADE OUT OF A TIGHTLY WOVEN FABRIC, LIKE A COTTON FABRIC OR A COTTON BLEND FABRIC.

SO LIKE A FABRIC, LIKE A FLEECE FABRIC, IT'S REALLY STRETCHY.

SO I HAVE A PENCIL IN MY HAND.

IT'S REALLY STRETCHY OR HAS LOTS OF HOLES IN IT.

THAT WOULDN'T BE A FABRIC THAT WOULD BE PROTECTIVE TO THE WEARER AND THEN A MASK THAT FITS REALLY WELL.

SO A MASK THAT FITS SNUGLY AROUND YOUR FACE IS GOING TO BE BETTER THAN A MASK THAT FITS REALLY LOOSE. AND AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT TO WEAR THE MASK OVER YOUR NOSE AND YOUR MOUTH THE WHOLE TIME BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE PLACES GO INTO YOUR BODY.

AND SO IF THEY'RE NOT BOTH COVERED, THEY'RE NOT PROTECTING YOU OR THOSE AROUND YOU.

SO THERE WILL BE SOME INFORMATION AT AMARILLOALERTS.COM AND ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES THAT HAVE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF MASKS OR HOW YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR PROTECTIVITY WITH THE MASKS THAT YOU WEAR.

SO THAT IS REALLY GREAT NEWS.

NOW'S THE TIME TO BE SELFISH.

PUT YOUR MASK ON AND WEAR IT BECAUSE IT WILL PROTECT YOU AND IT WILL PROTECT THOSE AROUND YOU. THE OTHER GREAT NEWS THAT WE HAVE.

IS THAT TWO VACCINE COMPANIES HAVE REPORTED REALLY PROMISING INFORMATION AND RESULTS DURING THEIR PHASE THREE TRIALS WITH OVER 90 PERCENT EFFICACY, AND THAT IS GREAT.

THAT MEANS THAT THEY ARE OVER 90 PERCENT PROTECTIVE.

SO THAT WORD EFFICACY MEANS PROTECTIVE.

AND SO THAT IS REALLY GREAT NEWS.

OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, WITH THEIR DISTRIBUTION PLANNING, AS THEIR AS THOSE PLANS ARE BEING DEVELOPED.

AND WE ARE READY WHEN THAT VACCINE IS AVAILABLE AND WHEN THOSE PLANS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED.

WE STAND READY HERE IN AMARILLO.

THE TIME FOR US RIGHT NOW IS TO FINISH STRONG.

WE CANNOT FORGET THOSE PREVENTION EFFORTS.

WE CANNOT FORGET TO WEAR OUR MASKS.

EVEN WITH THE VACCINE ON THE HORIZON, THOSE PREVENTION EFFORTS REMAIN CRITICAL.

I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I KNOW JARED HAS SOME MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE, BUT I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO CAN I MAKE JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS, AS ALWAYS? AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE THE FACT ABOUT THE TWO VACCINES, ABOUT BEING 90 TO 95 PERCENT EFFECTIVE, BECAUSE CASIE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, MOST OF THE FLU VACCINES COME IN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 60 PERCENT IN THEIR EFFICACY.

AND THAT IS CONSIDERED A WIN.

RIGHT? SO THIS IS STELLAR.

THIS ISN'T JUST KIND OF GOOD.

THESE ARE STELLAR KIND OF NUMBERS AS FAR AS PROTECTION IS CONCERNED.

AND SO I REALLY I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT OF HOW HARD THEY WORKED.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT VACCINE COMING OUT SOON.

I WANT TO GO BACK AND JUST REITERATE EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE HOSPITALS.

I JUST HAVE TO.

SO WE GOT A FIVE PERCENT HOSPITALIZATION, RATE.

WE GOT A SEVEN DAY AVERAGE OF FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT NEW CASES.

THAT MEANS THAT EVERY DAY TWENTY FIVE PEOPLE ARE WALKING UP OR BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A DIRE SITUATION.

AND SO IF WE'RE ALREADY AT NINETY EIGHT POINT FIVE PERCENT BED UTILIZATION AT THE HOSPITAL, WHERE DO WE PUT 25 NEW PATIENTS EVERY DAY? SO THIS DEAL ABOUT WEARING A MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AND WASHING YOUR HANDS, IT IS IT GETS MORE CRITICAL EVERY DAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT LAST WEEK THE NUMBER WAS THE SEVEN

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SO WE JUMP TWO HUNDRED AND SOMETHING CASES IN A WEEK PER DAY.

SO THIS IS THIS ISN'T GOING AWAY.

IT'S NOT LEVELING OFF.

IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING WORSE.

AND WE'VE GOT TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS VIRUS ISN'T GOING TO GO AWAY.

AND WE DO NOT KNOW IF WE'RE NOT WEARING A MASK WHO AND WE MAY HAVE THAT VIRUS, WHO WE COULD BE EXPOSING.

AND I WOULD HATE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING SOMEBODY TO THE HOSPITAL OR WORSE YET, BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM PASSING AWAY, BECAUSE I COULDN'T WORRY, I COULDN'T BE MORE INTERESTED IN RESPONSIBILITY OVER MY RIGHTS.

SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPERATIVE AND VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR CASIE? THERE WAS AN ARTICLE DISCUSSING THAT THE GOVERNOR WAS POSSIBLY GOING TO BE SENDING SOME PLASMA THERAPY AS WELL.

DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT INFORMATION KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT, BY ANY CHANCE? NO, MA'AM, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT.

ANYBODY ELSE? OK, MR. CITY MANAGER? MAYOR, THANK YOU.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS WE NEED TO TOUCH ON BEFORE WE GET FINISHED WITH THIS ITEM.

I E-MAILED COUNCIL A PRELIMINARY DRAFT COPY OF A POTENTIAL ORDINANCE THAT WE COULD CONSIDER. AND IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER IT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE EITHER SCHEDULE A CALL MEETING FOR FRIDAY OR SOMETIME VERY SOON.

OUR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY IS GOING TO CREATE A COMPLICATION FOR NEXT WEEK.

WE CAN LEGALLY GET IT DONE FOR THIS WEEK.

AND IN THIS TYPE OF EMERGENCY, A DECLARATION OF DISASTER, WE CAN PASS THIS ORDINANCE IN ONE READING. THE.

AS OPPOSED TO THE NORMAL TWO.

THE ORDINANCE THAT WE, I WOULD PROPOSE, IT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL JUSTIFICATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR BUSINESSES TO.

EXERCISE ENHANCED MEASURES INSIDE THEIR FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PATRONS ARE BEING SAFE. THIS IS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THEIR PATRONS, THAT THEY'RE NOT FACILITATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEIR PATRONS COULD PASS ON COVID-19 TO EACH OTHER OR TO THEIR EMPLOYEES.

THE ORDINANCE WOULD MAKE USE OF THE TEXAS STATE, THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, CHAPTER 341, OR I'M SORRY, SECTION 341.011, WHICH HAS A DEALS WITH NUISANCES, HEALTH NUISANCES. AND THERE'S A SECTION IN THERE THAT DEFINES AS A NUISANCE, A SITE THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW THE MINIMUM STANDARDS BECAUSE IT'S A PLACE OR CONDITION THAT IS POSSIBLE AND PROBABLE MEDIUM OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION IN AND BETWEEN HUMANS.

NOW, OUR DRAFT ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT BECAUSE COVID-19 IS A DISEASE CONDITION THAT CAN BE PASSED ON BETWEEN HUMANS.

BUT THIS ORDINANCE MAKES IT VERY CLEAR.

AND LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE, THAT COVID-19 IS A DISEASE CONDITION THAT CAN BE PASSED BETWEEN HUMANS, SO WE'VE MODIFIED THAT LANGUAGE INSIDE THIS ORDINANCE TO HAVE IT READ.

AND IF YOU'LL GO TO PAGE TWO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, PARAGRAPH A AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS FOR EVERYONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF THEM.

CRIMINAL OFFENCE AND PUBLIC NUISANCE, A SITE THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW THE MINIMUM STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN THIS ORDINANCE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE BECAUSE IT IS A PLACE OR CONDITION THAT IS POSSIBLE AND PROBABLE MEDIUM OF COVID-19 TRANSMISSION IN OR BETWEEN HUMANS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, AND THIS WOULD BE ENFORCED BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSONNEL, COULD ALSO BE ENFORCED BY POLICE.

HOWEVER, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE POLICE OFF OF THEIR IMPORTANT DUTIES THAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW UNLESS IT WAS NEEDED BY EITHER THE BUSINESS OR BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER WHO TYPICALLY ARE REGISTERED SANITARIANS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS AND OBSERVE THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE NOTED INSIDE THE ORDINANCE.

WOULD BE LOOKING FOR CUSTOMERS OR PATRONS OR EMPLOYEES OR ANYBODY INSIDE THE FACILITY THAT'S NOT WEARING THEIR FACE COVERING AND IS WITHIN SIX FEET OF SOMEBODY ELSE.

GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE INSIDE THE FACILITY, FAILURE TO USE SANITATION MEASURES AND HANDWASHING MEASURES ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND CERTAINLY SANITATION MEASURES TO PROTECT THE PATRONS.

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THE STATE, THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES DO PROVIDE THOSE MEASURES.

BUT THIS MAKES VERY CLEAR THAT COVID-19 IS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT AGAINST. AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THERE'S NOTHING MORE SIGNIFICANT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT AGAINST RIGHT NOW THAN CORONAVIRUS.

THE ORDINANCE WOULD IT ALSO HAS A PENALTY CLAUSE, AS DOES THE TEXAS STATE, THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE THAT WOULD REFER TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE A FINE OF NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IF A CITATION IS ISSUED.

A CITATION IS NOT ISSUED UPON FIRST WITNESSING THE CONDITION THAT IS A VIOLATION.

IN NOTICE OF VIOLATION IS ISSUED.

THE ENTITY OR BUSINESS HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEDY OR CORRECT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EMPLOYEE OR CITY EMPLOYEE WHO IS CHARGED WITH DOING THIS WOULD THEN REVISIT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. AND IF THEY WITNESS IT THAT SECOND TIME WHERE THE CONDITION IS NOT BEING CORRECTED, THEN A CITATION WOULD BE ISSUED.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS NOT TO BE A BURDEN ON OUR BUSINESSES.

THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A TOOL FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND A JUSTIFICATION FOR OUR BUSINESSES TO HELP THEIR PATRONS BE SAFE.

AS WE MOVE INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING OUT AND ABOUT.

WE KNOW, BASED ON HARD FACTS PROVIDED BY CDC AND OTHER PLACES, THAT CORONAVIRUS CAN AND IS TRANSMITTED BY FAILURE TO WEAR THE FACE COVERINGS, FAILURE TO USE SANITATION MEASURES, INTERACTING IN LARGE GROUPS INSIDE OF SIX FEET OF EACH OTHER.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT IF WE'VE BEEN OUT ABOUT SHOPPING, WHILE SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE VERY DILIGENT ABOUT WEARING THE FACE COVERINGS, THERE ARE A NUMBER WHO ARE NOT.

SO WE DO KNOW WE HAVE THE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS IN AN AREA THAT WE CAN TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT THROUGH THE USE OF THIS ORDNANCE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE LARGE GATHERINGS ARE TAKING PLACE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO UTILIZE AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE INCENTIVE FOR THOSE LOCATIONS LIKE CHURCHES AND OTHER PLACES. WE'RE NOT ADVOCATING THAT WE DO THAT.

THOSE ARE CLEARLY SPOKEN OF IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER.

IT DOES NOT CONTRADICT ANYTHING IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER.

AND THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF AND OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE UTILIZED THIS ORDINANCES SAID THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO IMPLEMENT THE MEASURES THAT I PUT IN PLACE IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, GA32 AND GA29 SPECIFICALLY.

SO THIS WILL PROVIDE US A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BUSINESSES ESPECIALLY ALSO LEVERAGE THOSE BUSINESS EMPLOYEES TO PROVIDE A MUCH MORE ROBUST COVERAGE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND UTILIZATION OF FACE COVERINGS.

AND IF WE WERE JUST OUT TRYING TO UTILIZE THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER GA32 TO WRITE TICKETS TO INDIVIDUALS, WHICH HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES AS FAR AS ENFORCEABILITY, PRACTICALITY AND LEGALITY. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN ENHANCE THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. AND THIS IS THE KEY WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY SO FAR.

A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE UTILIZING IT ALREADY.

IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY LIKELY ADOPTED IN CITIES NEARBY LIKE LUBBOCK AND OTHER PLACES, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY HAVE SET A DATE FOR IT.

I KNOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT JUST LIKE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

WE'LL OBVIOUSLY BE IN VERY CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AS WE GO FORWARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I WANTED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE ON THIS.

WE ALSO HAVE A VACCINE COMMUNICATION PLAN, WANTED TO TREAT THESE AS TWO VERY SEPARATE ISSUES BECAUSE THEY ARE.

SO ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER ON THIS.

IS THERE A DESIRE FOR US TO BRING THIS FORWARD? IF NOT, THAT'S OK, TOO.

I THINK THE VERY GOOD THING IS THAT, LIKE CASIE SAID, THERE'S A MESSAGE OF HOPE THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGE WE FIND OURSELVES IN.

AND THIS IS A TOOL TO HELP US WITH THAT.

IN THE VERY SHORT TERM, HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND WE CAN ANGLE TOWARDS THAT, BUT WE CAN'T.

WE CAN'T LAY DOWN AS WE GET CLOSE TO THE END OF HOPEFULLY THE END OF THIS CORONAVIRUS PERIOD WITHOUT A VACCINE. WE NEED TO TAKE FORWARD LEANING STEPS THAT HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF REDUCING OUR SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.

SO NOW I KNOW I'VE INDICATED I WANT TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

NOW, I ACTUALLY DO WANT TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

IS THERE AN INTEREST ON COUNCIL'S PART IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY QUESTIONS, IS THERE AN INTEREST? [INAUDIBLE] HAS QUESTION JARED. OH, I'M SORRY.

YES, MA'AM. THAT'S OK, I WAS MUTED JARED.

I WOULD TELL YOU THAT I'M INTERESTED IN IT.

I'VE GOT TOO MANY FRIENDS WHO ARE PHYSICIANS THAT ARE HANDLING THIS ON THE FRONT LINE, WAY MORE THAN I WOULD EVER BE HANDLING THIS ON THE FRONT LINE.

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I'M HEARING FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY SAYING, WHY CAN'T WE DO THIS? AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THE FACT THAT HOW ENFORCEMENT OF THE GOVERNOR'S GA.

I THINK IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO, WHAT GA29 ACTUALLY IN JULY.

WHENEVER THIS WHEN THE MASK MANDATE FIRST CAME OUT.

AND THE INTERESTING THING IS MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE THE GOVERNOR EVEN HAD A MASK MANDATE. THAT WENT INTO EFFECT IN JULY.

THAT'S HOW WEAK THAT THAT ENDED UP BEING.

AND I THINK, OF COURSE, I'VE GOT A DIFFERENT VIEW.

I'VE BEEN WEARING A MASK SEEING PATIENTS IN MUCH LESS THAN A SIX FOOT RADIUS AND REALIZING HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE.

I'VE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I MISSED A DAY OF WORK FOR BEING SICK.

AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME IN THAT HAVE HAD ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEY THERE'S BEEN NO TRANSMISSION.

SO I KNOW FOR A FACT HOW MASKS ACTUALLY WORK.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I THINK I DON'T THINK THIS STOPS THE VIRUS BY NO MEANS.

THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE THAT COMPLETELY STOPS THE VIRUS.

BUT REALLY, WHAT WE IF WE GO BACK TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE JUST NEED TO FLATTEN THE CURVE. WE JUST NEED TO FLATTEN THE CURVE TO GIVE THE HOSPITALS A CHANCE TO CATCH UP.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY.

BOTTOM LINE, I THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND GIVING EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT SHOWS UP AT THAT HOSPITAL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SURVIVE AND.

THE POSITION THAT WE'RE GETTING IN RIGHT NOW, WITH THE HOSPITAL, THERE ARE SOME I'VE HAD A FRIEND OF MINE THAT SENT ME A POST ABOUT A PATIENT THAT HE ENDED UP LOSING BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ICU SPACE AND THEY WERE SEVENTH ON THE LIST.

AND SO I THINK WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR US TO DO TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BEND THE CURVE, NOT TAKE THE VIRUS AWAY, JUST BEND THE CURVE.

I AM ALL FOR IT.

WELL, I WOULD ADD TO THAT.

I HAD YOU MENTIONED HAVING CALLS, I HAD A CALL YESTERDAY FROM A DOCTOR, A LOCAL DOCTOR WHOSE SPOUSE IS ALSO IN A FIRST RESPONDER AND HEALTH CARE, AND THEY WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT JUST HOW TIRED THEY ARE.

WHAT WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT CAN WE POSSIBLY DO? WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER WITH REGARD TO ENFORCEMENT AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO DO TO TRY AND ENHANCE THAT SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS TO GO AHEAD AND WEAR THAT FACE COVERING. EVERYBODY SAYS THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR FIRST RESPONDERS.

EVERYBODY IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SAYING HOW MUCH THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITALS AND NURSES AND DOCTORS WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINE.

BUT IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING THE FACE COVERING WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, WHEN YOU'RE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF PEOPLE, IT CONTRADICTS THAT STATEMENT.

IT ACTUALLY SAYS YOU DON'T CARE.

YOU CARE MORE ABOUT. NOT WEARING A FACE COVERING THAN YOU DO ABOUT THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE FALLOUT OF US NOT WEARING OUR FACE COVERINGS.

WHICH IS THE VOLUME THAT WE'VE SEEN AT OUR HOSPITALS.

IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT CAN REDUCE THE SPREAD IS WEARING FACE COVERINGS. IT'S VERY SIMPLE THING TO DO.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING TO THE SAME CROWD RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE REALLY NOT PROBABLY VERY LIKELY NOT REACHING A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO REACH RIGHT NOW THROUGH THIS MEETING.

BUT THIS WILL PROVIDE AN ENHANCED MEASURE AND ENHANCED MEANS FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR RESIDENTS JUSTIFICATION TO WEAR THOSE FACE COVERINGS, THEREBY REDUCING THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS. COUNCIL, WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK? I NEED TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT IT? I GUESS I JUST NEED ONE MORE PERSON.

MAYOR, I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE BECAUSE I, TOO, HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS AND LAST RESPONDERS CALLING ME ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE THEY'RE PRESSED ON BOTH ENDS IN TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, AGAIN, TO HELP SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, IS BEND THE CURVE.

BUT IF WE CAN JUST SLOW IT DOWN TO GIVE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR LAST RESPONDERS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD HELP THEM A GREAT DEAL.

CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE ORDINANCE GIVES AUTHORITY TO THE BUSINESS OWNER OR TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? WELL, IT GIVES JUSTIFICATION AND A REASON TO THE BUSINESS OWNER WHO GIVES AUTHORITY TO THE

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IN THIS CASE, I WOULD NOT HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH EMPLOYEES OUT DOING THIS.

I WOULD HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SANITARIANS AND ARE TRAINED TO DO EXACTLY THESE TYPE OF INSPECTIONS.

IN FACT, THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 341 IS A TOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AT ITS CORE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS BASED ON.

SO I WOULD PROPOSE TO USE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND THEN WHEN APPROPRIATE AND WHEN AVAILABLE POLICE OFFICERS.

NOW, I WOULD NOT TASK POLICE OFFICERS [INAUDIBLE] IN THIS.

BUT IF THEY NEEDED TO ASSIST AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EMPLOYEE OR SOMETHING ELSE, THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY NEED TO BE [INAUDIBLE].

OK, I NEED YOU TO CLARIFY, I AM STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING THE ENFORCEMENT ARM OF THIS ORDINANCE. SO NUMBER ONE, RIGHT NOW OUR BUSINESSES AGAIN.

THERE IS ALREADY A STATE MASK MANDATE TO REITERATE, WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE.

SECONDLY, I HEAR QUESTIONS ABOUT BUSINESSES BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT ALONG THE LINES, YOU KNOW, REFUSING TO PROVIDE SERVICE WITH SOMEBODY WITHOUT A MASK, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.

RIGHT? I MEAN, THROUGH THIS CURRENT RULING THEY, BUSINESS OWNERS ALREADY HAVE THAT AUTHORITY CORRECT? CORRECT. SO IS THIS ORDINANCE ARE YOU TRYING TO SET IN PLACE WHERE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR WHO YOU WERE DESCRIBING, THEY ARE CALLED IN AT THE BUSINESS OWNERS REQUEST? NO.

YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE THIS ORDINANCE WOULD THEN SEND CITY STAFF INTO ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS CHECKING FOR COMPLIANCE AND THEN FINING THE BUSINESSES OR THE INDIVIDUAL PATRONS THAT WERE COMING THROUGH? IT WOULD BE THE BUSINESS.

IT WOULD BE THE BUSINESS.

THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER DOES NOT PROVIDE THE CAPABILITY TO ISSUE A CITATION, NOT IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY WITH REGARD TO INDIVIDUALS.

HOWEVER, A BUSINESS WITH REGARD TO THE TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO TRANSMITTING CORONAVIRUS OR DISEASE FROM PERSON TO PERSONS.

ONE THING WE DO KNOW IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE NOT WEARING MASKS WITHIN CERTAIN DISTANCES OF EACH OTHER, WHEN YOU'RE NOT SANITIZING AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS ARE LISTED INSIDE THE ORDINANCE, THOSE ARE THE CONDITIONS WHERE IT DOES SPREAD.

WE KNOW THAT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE A CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE.

WE ALSO KNOW ANECDOTALLY AND ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN OUT SHOPPING IN SOME STORES, SOME STORES DO A BETTER JOB THAN OTHERS.

SOME STORES DO WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, REFUSE SERVICE TO PEOPLE THAT AREN'T WEARING FACE COVERING, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE WEARING THE FACE COVERINGS WHILE THEIR INSIDE THE FACILITY, POLICE THAT TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY AND SOME BUSINESSES DO NOT.

OUR OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO HAVE A HEAVY ENFORCEMENT.

OUR OBJECTIVE IS COMPLIANCE.

BUT THIS PROVIDES THE MOTIVATION TO THE BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE INSIDE THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS ARE ADHERING TO THE GUIDELINES IN THE TEXAS STATE, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, AS WELL AS THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER GA29.

OK, WELL, WITH THAT CLARIFICATION, I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ORDINANCE.

I FEEL THAT OUR BUSINESSES CURRENTLY ARE ALREADY UNDER SO MUCH STRESS, SO MUCH PRESSURE, THEY ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS A HEALTHY RESPONSE AND SUPPORTIVE OF OUR BUSINESSES.

I ABSOLUTELY HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

AND TRYING TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS ON THE MASK, TRYING TO ENCOURAGE A PUNITIVE APPROACH, I DO NOT BELIEVE IS THE APPROACH WE AS A CITY WANT TO GO RIGHT NOW.

AFTER LAST WEEK'S MEETING.

YOU KNOW, I JUST TOOK A STEP BACK AND THOUGHT, WHAT ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES DOING THAT WE'RE MISSING? I KNOW WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE MASK.

I KNOW THAT CONTINUES TO BE A DISCUSSION.

AND THAT IS STEPPING BACK AND GOING, ARE WE AN ANOMALY? IS THERE SOMETHING WE ARE NOT DOING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING? AND YOU LOOK ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS ON FIRE RIGHT NOW WITH COVID.

WE ARE NOT ISOLATED.

IT'S NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE KNOWS THE SECRET AND WE ARE MISSING IT.

THERE ARE THE SAME SIMILAR REPORTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND FROM AREAS THAT HAVE HAD

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AND THEIR NUMBERS ARE THE SAME AS OURS.

AND SO I DO RECOGNIZE THE DIFFICULTY OUR LOCAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE IN, ESPECIALLY.

BUT I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS RESPONSE IS GOING TO HAVE THE OUTCOME THAT WE ARE HOPING FOR AND INSTEAD POSSIBLY CAUSE A BIGGER PROBLEM, TRYING TO ADDRESS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. I THINK THE ONLY OUTCOME WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THAT PEOPLE ARE WHEN THEY'RE IN BUSINESSES AND OUT AND ABOUT, IS THAT THEY'RE WEARING FACE COVERINGS AND THAT THE BUSINESSES ARE SANITIZING.

I THINK THIS WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THAT.

AND I THINK THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA? I NOW HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS SAYING, YES, I WOULD BE A THIRD.

I WANT TO DISCUSS IT AS A AS AN IDEA.

SO I THINK I'M HEARING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS THAT SHE'S NOT IN FAVOR OF PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA, DOESN'T WANT TO DISCUSS IT.

AND JUST TO GIVE COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH THE CHANCE TO SAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD SUPPORT PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA TO BE DISCUSSED.

I'VE HAD SEVERAL CALLS IN THE LAST WEEK.

PEOPLE ASKING WHAT CAN BE DONE MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I KNOW AT LEAST WEEKLY, WE'VE HAD A REPORT ON THE CORONAVIRUS.

IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED.

IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS AND WEAR MASKS AND WASH YOUR HANDS AND KEEP YOUR DISTANCE SIX FEET OR MORE.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T DOING THAT.

AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET FINED, BUT I THINK WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.

THIS WOULD JUST TELL BUSINESSES WE NEED YOUR HELP.

TO ENFORCE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND SO I'D BE FOR PUTTING IT ON OUR AGENDA TO DISCUSS.

COUNCIL AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY SHARING THEIR IDEAS.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF OUR IDEAS TO BE OUT THERE, EVEN IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS FROM EACH OTHER. SO I AGAIN, THINK THIS COUNCIL DOES A GOOD JOB OF THAT.

BUT WE NEED TO, I THINK, RESPOND QUICKLY ON THIS, WHICH I'LL BE IN.

SUPPORTIVE OR CAN WE GET A CONSENSUS ON POSSIBLY DOING A SPECIAL MEETING ON FRIDAY WITH THIS BEING THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA? YES, MA'AM. YES.

YES.

YES. IF IT'S FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

YES, IT WOULD BE FRIDAY AFTER 1:44 SO I WILL ASK FRANCES TO GO AHEAD AND START WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

AND IT WILL PROBABLY LIKELY BE POSTED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THREE O'CLOCK BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THAT PROCESSED AND POSTED.

OK. I'M I'M LOOKING AT MY CLOCK AND IT SAID 1:44.

OK, AND YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THAT ORDINANCE IN YOUR EMAIL BOX, OBVIOUSLY, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, TO WALK THROUGH THAT WITH YOU LINE BY LINE, TO TALK ABOUT OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DOING IT, THE EFFECTIVENESS THAT IT'S HAVING THERE, WHATEVER YOU NEED IN ORDER TO GET PREPARED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ON FRIDAY.

I DID REACH OUT TO THE AMARILLO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND PROBABLY NEED TO ALSO MAKE TIM GASSAWAY AWARE WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SO THAT IT COULD HAPPEN QUICKLY AT A FRIDAY MEETING BECAUSE THIS WOULD TAKE ONLY ONE MEETING, CORRECT, JARED, TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE? YES, MA'AM. AND CITY ATTORNEY, IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE OF OPINION THERE, GIVEN THE EMERGENCY AND DECLARATION OF DISASTER ASSOCIATED WITH CORONAVIRUS MEASURES TO PROTECT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS CAN BE CONSIDERED EMERGENCY ORDINANCES.

ORDINANCES LIKE THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE WHICH CAN BE APPROVED IN ONE READING INSTEAD OF TWO.

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THE. I DEFINITELY HEAR COUNCIL AND THE PERSPECTIVES.

WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GO IN ANY DIRECTION COUNCIL WANTS TO DO.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING AND ASKING US TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WHILE WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO BE.

TAKE ENFORCEMENT, NOBODY WANTS TO EVER TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO SPEEDING THE THING THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE SPEEDING TOPIC, WE SPEED.

AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE I KNOW AND POSSIBLY MYSELF VERY MILITANT ABOUT NOT DOING IT.

THE SAME IS TRUE WITH OUR FACE COVERINGS, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN OUT AND ABOUT CAN ATTEST TO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SO WE'RE JUST [INAUDIBLE] FOR VIABLE AND EFFECTIVE WAYS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WEAR THEIR MASKS. AND JUST IN THE SAME WAY THAT FOR OFFICERS ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO NOT SPEED, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT THERE'S A CARROT AND A HAMMER THERE.

CARROT IS WE CAN BE [INAUDIBLE], YOU MIGHT GET A CITATION.

SO WE NEED OUR BUSINESSES TO PARTNER WITH US.

AND THAT'S THE WHOLE FOCUS.

BUT WE ABSOLUTELY HEAR WHAT COUNCIL'S SAYING, WHERE EVER DIRECTION COUNCIL WANTS US TO GO. CAN I GET ONE MORE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS? KIND OF SEE WHAT THIS ENDS UP DOING? THIS IS THE WAY THAT THE PERSPECTIVE THAT I HAVE.

I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT PUNITIVE DAMAGES ON THIS AT ALL, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT I WOULD SEE THIS IF I OWNED A BUSINESS OTHER THAN A DENTAL PRACTICE, WHICH, OF COURSE, TAKES THE WHOLE DIFFERENT VIEW ON THIS.

THE WAY I WOULD, IT'S KIND OF LIKE SAYING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO DO THIS NOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY, I KNOW WE NEED TO BE WEARING MASKS NOW, THEN I CAN BLAME IT ON SOMEBODY ELSE.

I HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE.

I'VE GOT TO DO THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BREAK THE LAW, SO LAW ABIDING CITIZENS ARE GOING TO BE MORE LIKELY TO SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE GOT TO DO.

I'M SORRY, WE DON'T LIKE WEARING MASKS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO SO THAT NOBODY GETS IN TROUBLE.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HELP SAVE OUR CITIZENS AND HELP OUR HOSPITALS.

AND SO I SEE IT MORE.

I DON'T SEE IT AS A PUNITIVE THING.

I SEE IT AS GIVING THEM AN ABILITY TO SAY WE HAVE TO DO THIS.

SO JOIN IN AND HELP US.

IT IS A LAYERED APPROACH FOR SURE.

TEXAS STATE, TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE ALREADY PROVIDES THE CAPABILITY TO DO THIS EXACTLY THE WAY THAT WE'RE DESCRIBING IT.

THIS JUST ADDS THE ADDITIONAL LAYER INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF AMARILLO.

TO CLARIFY, IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT WHETHER OR NOT COVID-19 IS A DISEASE, CLARIFIES THAT COVID-19 IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE.

OUTSIDE IN UNINCORPORATED RANDALL COUNTY AND POTTER COUNTY, WE ALSO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DOING THE SAME THINGS AND ENFORCING STATE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE AND WOULD DO THAT WITH STATE AND HEALTH, HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 341.011.

SO WE WOULD DO THIS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RANDALL AND POTTER COUNTY AREAS FOR WHICH WE ARE RESPONSIBLE AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT.

SO THE FOOTPRINT IS LARGE AND TWO DIFFERENT LAYERED METHODS TO EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE INSIDE THE ENTIRE REGION.

AND THE GOAL IS NOT ENFORCEMENT AT ALL.

THE GOAL IS COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE COMPLIANCE AND ADHERENCE TO THE FACE COVERINGS IS WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE THE POSITIVITY RATE DOWN.

WE'RE SEEING BETTER AND BETTER ADHERENCE ALREADY.

OUR DIRE SITUATION HAS CAUSED THAT, BUT.

ALL THAT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO IN WHATEVER DIRECTION COUNCIL WANTS TO GO, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY, IF WE DO END UP CALLING THIS MEETING FOR FRIDAY, THEN AND I THINK I'VE ALREADY BEEN DIRECTED TO DO THAT.

CORRECT? OR I'VE GOT CONSENSUS FOR THAT.

CORRECT? YES.

IF BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME A CALL AND I WILL GET YOU THOSE ANSWERS.

BUT I'LL HAVE THEM. THEN I'LL GET THEM TO YOU ASAP.

OK, THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CORONAVIRUS JARED? YES, MA'AM, WE ALSO HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE VACCINE COMMUNICATION PLAN.

IT'S VERY ROBUST. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A NUMBER OF MODES TO COMMUNICATE IT OUT.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN OUR VACCINE IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.

ONCE THEY ARE AVAILABLE, WHO GETS THEM? AS THEY RAMP UP PRODUCTION, THEN WHO GETS THEM AND WHAT ARE THE SCHEDULES AND THINGS LIKE

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ALTHOUGH UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT EXACT VACCINE AND WHAT THE APPLICATION METHOD IS GOING TO BE, SOME OF THEM HAVE TO BE KEPT AT CERTAIN TEMPERATURES, ONE AS LOW AS MINUS 70 DEGREES CELSIUS. AND SOME REQUIRE ONE DOSAGE, SOME REQUIRE TWO, SOME REQUIRE TWO THAT ARE VERY CLOSE IN TIME TOGETHER.

SOME REQUIRE TWO THAT ARE AS MUCH AS THREE WEEKS APART.

SO DEPENDING ON WHAT VACCINE COMES OUT AND WHAT THE MEANS OF HOW QUICKLY IT CAN BE PRODUCED, THAT WILL AFFECT THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE WILL BE ADVERTISING.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE EXACT INFORMATION TO GIVE OUT, BUT WE HAVE VERY GOOD PROJECTED INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GIVE OUT.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I CAN ANSWER THAT.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ONCE THAT'S AVAILABLE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION PLAN SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO AND WHO CAN GO AND WHEN THEY CAN GO. WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE.

ALL THOSE THINGS, IMPORTANT THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW IMMEDIATELY UPON HEARING THAT IT IS AVAILABLE.

[INAUDIBLE] QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER ON THAT.

THIS WON'T BE LIMITED TO JUST EITHER THE PFIZER OR THE MODERNA, WHICH OF THE TWO THAT ARE AT THE FRONT RIGHT NOW? THIS WOULD BE EVEN IF THREE OR FOUR OF THEM CAME OUT, IT WOULD BE WE'LL TAKE ALL THE VACCINATION? YES.

IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING MULTIPLE CONCURRENT.

PLANS AND TIMINGS BASED ON WHICH DRUG WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH VACCINE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK THERE'S FIVE THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE WITH TWO THAT ARE VERY LIKELY TO BE READY SOONER THAN ALL THE REST.

DR. SAUER, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE, SO WHICHEVER VACCINE THEY GET THE FIRST TIME, LIKE IF IT'S A TWO DOSE SERIES, THAT'S THE VACCINE THEY NEED TO GET NEXT TIME.

AND BOTH THE PFIZER AND THE MODERNA ARE BOTH TWO.

YES. AND THE ASTRAZENECA PRODUCT.

MAYOR? YES, AND IN PREPARATION FOR OUR MEETING FRIDAY, I WOULD JUST ASK CASIE OR ANY OF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL THAT THAT HAS DEFINITIVE INFORMATION.

I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FROM A DATA BACKGROUND ON MAKING THIS DECISION.

AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, OR JUST AFTER SEEING OUR NUMBERS, LOOKING FOR ANSWERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TRYING TO FIND A CONTROLLED STUDY ON MASK WEARING AND WHERE THERE WAS ACTUALLY SPECIFIC DATA WITH A LARGE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.

I THINK THAT MOVES THE NEEDLE MORE THAN PUNISHMENT, SHAMING, FRIGHTENING.

THEY ARE ALL THINGS THAT DATA THAT WE NEED TO BRING TO THE TABLE.

AND IF THOSE ARE AVAILABLE, I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN REVIEWING IT.

AND THE ONLY STUDY I HAD SEEN HAD BEEN STUDYING A THOUSAND COUNTIES.

IT WAS OUT IN OCTOBER, BUT THEY WITHDREW THAT STUDY LAST WEEK BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY HAD NOT BEEN EFFECTIVE.

AND SO THEY WITHDREW THAT CONTROLLED STUDY.

SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GET AHEAD OF TIME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND JUST FOR PREPARING AGAIN FOR FRIDAY.

I'LL GIVE YOU ONE REAL QUICK.

GO LOOK UP THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND UNITED AIRLINES AND WEARING MASK ON AN AIRPLANE.

THAT ONE'S REALLY DEFINITIVE.

OK, WELL, MAYBE TEXT THAT ONE AND MAYBE WE CAN BE TRADING SOME DATA BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY WOULD BE GREAT.

AND SO DO WE GO THROUGH FRANCES FOR THAT? IF WE HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE, WE SEND IT TO FRANCES AND SHE CAN DISTRIBUTE TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL? YEAH, THAT'D BE FINE.

SURE. YES, MA'AM. AND.

JUST THAT THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS DIVIDING US AS A COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE DIVIDED BY POLITICAL PARTY, BY RACE, BY GENDER, BY INCOME.

AND THE MASK HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY ODD, DIVISIVE ENTITY.

AND SO I JUST WANT US TO BE VERY, VERY PRUDENT AS WE

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AND IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE, TO BE SURE THAT IT IS A SUCCESSFUL FOR THE OUTCOME THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

ANYTHING ELSE, MR. CITY MANAGER? WE WELCOME THE DATA, WE WILL LOOK AT THE DATA AND WE WELCOME, YOU KNOW, WELCOME PRAYERS FOR WISDOM FOR US.

IF YOU'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, IT IS HEART WRENCHING AND I HAVE YET.

TO FEEL THE BURDEN OF LEADERSHIP IN THE WAY THAT I DO WHEN I TALK WITH THOSE FOLKS AND THEY'RE NOT JUST SPEAKING OUT OF THEIR OWN EXHAUSTION AND THEIR OWN SACRIFICE AWAY FROM FAMILY TIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE SPEAKING ABOUT NOT FEAR.

THEY'RE SPEAKING ABOUT REALITY, OF WATCHING FAMILIES BE SEPARATED FROM THEIR LOVED ONES WHO ARE SICK, WATCHING PEOPLE PASS THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT DISEASE, AND WATCHING PEOPLE LIKE MY FRIEND WHO HAD AN APPENDECTOMY, EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY.

SHE WAITED IN PAIN FOR EIGHT HOURS IN THE E.R.

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A ROOM FOR HER.

SO SHE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING COVID RELATED GOING ON.

BUT YET THIS WHOLE HOSPITAL SITUATION AFFECTED HER.

AND THANKFULLY, HER APPENDIX DID NOT RUPTURE IN THE EIGHT HOURS THAT SHE WAS WAITING IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. SO I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF VIEWPOINTS HERE AND THERE ARE NO EASY OPTIONS. AND I'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU GUYS AS A COUNCIL.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE PRAYERS THAT WE COULD GET FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

OR IF YOU'RE NOT A PRAYING PERSON, THEN.

PLEASE JUST SHOW US GRACE AND SEND US ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT. I SHOULD ALSO NOTE, AS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION, EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATIONS OR EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION OF ANY ORDINANCE IS REQUIRED TO BE UNANIMOUS IF IT IS NOT UNANIMOUS, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND MEETING IN ORDER FOR THAT ORDINANCE TO TAKE EFFECT.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, WHILE YOU'RE BROUGHT UP AGAIN, THE THING WITH OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE PTSD RIGHT NOW AND THAT THEY ARE IN A WAR ZONE AND.

I WOULD JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO BE REACHING OUT TO INDIVIDUALS THAT, YOU KNOW, REQUESTING OUR FAITH COMMUNITY TO ORGANIZE, TO REACH OUT.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER JUST YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS AND TANGIBLE OUTREACHES.

AND I THINK OUR HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY IS IN GREAT NEED OF THAT RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THEY ARE EXHAUSTED PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY.

AND IF WE COULD BE ASKING OUR COMMUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO STEP UP TO BEING ACTUALLY PUTTING TOGETHER SOME ORGANIZED OUTREACHES, AS WELL AS JUST THE THINGS WE CAN DO ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW PERSONALLY THAT ARE HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YEAH, GOOD IDEA, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

OK, ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO CORONAVIRUS UPDATE? OK, SEEING NOTHING, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT ITEMS, ANYTHING UNDER ITEM TWO THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? MAYOR, DO YOU WANT TO ASK FOR ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? OH, I DO.

YES, THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED TO ADD TO A FUTURE AGENDA? THANKS FREDA. YES, MA'AM.

OK, NOT SEEING OR HEARING ANYONE RAISE ANYTHING.

SO NOW LET'S GO ON TO THE AGENDA.

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

DO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN WITH REGARD TO THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THE

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I SEE FIVE THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE A ON THE AGENDA.

[3.A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7892]

MR. CITY MANAGER? THANK YOU.

WE'VE GOT ANDREW FREEMAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES, TO PRESENT THE, I'M SORRY, I'M ON CONSENT.

APOLOGIZE.

ITEM A THREE A, AGAIN ANDREW TO PRESENT THE ITEM, SHOULD HAVE JUST KEPT ON GOING.

EXPANDING THE BOUNDARY FOR TIRZ NUMBER TWO.

ANDREW? YES, SIR.

AS MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL RECALL THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROBABLY SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSING THIS TOPIC AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE TIRZ NUMBER TWO BOARD, AS WELL AS OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO GET US TO THIS NEXT STAGE.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND.

THE BOARD DID GIVE US DIRECTION IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR TO PROCEED WITH INVESTIGATING THIS OPTION A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

EXISTING TIRZ DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED TO EITHER EXPAND THE BOUNDARY, EXPAND THE YEARS BASED ON THE TAXING ENTITY THAT CREATED THE ZONE, CONSIDERING TO DO SO.

BASICALLY DO THE EXACT SAME PROCESS THAT CREATED INITIALLY, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE TO CONSIDER THE ZONE.

WE CAME TO COUNCIL IN MARCH AND JUNE DISCUSSING KIND OF THE BOUNDARIES.

WE STARTED WITH A MUCH LARGER AREA, REALLY HONED IT DOWN TO UNDEVELOPED LAND AND WHERE WE SAW THE MOST OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH JUST SOUTH OF I-40.

WE HAD MEETINGS WITH AMARILLO COLLEGE AND POTTER COUNTY AND THEY BOTH EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IF WE WERE TO EXPAND.

WE'VE ALSO HEARD SUPPORT FROM PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE BOUNDARY THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN AS THEY KNOW SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES WITH DEVELOPING IN THAT AREA AND SOME OF THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING BOUNDARY.

ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, THE TIRZ NUMBER TWO BOARD DID VOTE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS HAD BEEN CLEARED IN YOUR PACKET TO THE FINAL PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN, WHICH I'LL TOUCH ON HERE SHORTLY AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.

JUST TO RECAP WHERE THINGS STAND, SORRY IT'S CLICKING A LITTLE FAST, HERE'S THE CURRENT BOUNDARY, 940 ACRES.

IT STARTED WITH A BASE VALUE IN 2016 OF JUST UNDER 40 MILLION, AND IT'S GROWN ALREADY TO 57 MILLION JUST IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THIS IS THE BOUNDARY PROPOSED WITH THE ORDINANCE TO EXPAND, WHICH IS SOUTH OF I-40 AROUND WHITAKER AND 24TH.

THE MAJORITY IS THE WEST SIDE OF WHITAKER BETWEEN WHITAKER AND EASTERN NORTH OF 24TH WITH A SMALL PIECE OF LAND THAT'S UNDEVELOPED TO THE EAST.

CURRENTLY HAS A TAX VALUE IN 2020 OF ONE POINT FOUR FOUR MILLION.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE ENTIRE BOUNDARY BE IN BLUE IS THE CURRENT BOUNDARY. AND THE RED IS THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGE.

IF THEY WERE TO BE COMBINED.

SOME OF THE TIRZ RESEARCH THAT WE PREPARED FOR COUNCIL IN THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS JUST TO SHOW HOW MUCH ACREAGE THIS WOULD MAKE UP COMPARED TO THE CITY'S OVERALL ACREAGE, IT WOULD BE UP TO TWO POINT ONE PERCENT FROM THE CURRENT ONE POINT FOUR PER CENT.

AND THEN COMPARED TO TIRZ NUMBER ONE, THAT BOUNDARY CURRENTLY IS 1165 ACRES OR ONE POINT EIGHT PERCENT OF THE CITY'S ACREAGE JUST TO COMPARE THE TWO.

AND THEN WE ALSO PULLED SOME RESEARCH AND SOME EXAMPLES ACROSS TEXAS AND HOW THEY RANGE IN VARIOUS SIZES FROM VERY SMALL ALL THE WAY UP TO 4 ALMOST 5000 ACRES.

SO IT'S REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD.

AS FAR AS TEXAS CITIES ARE CONCERNED.

WHAT'S TODAY'S ITEM IS IT'S PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ADD THE 449 ACRES AND THE COMPANY PROPERTY VALUE AS DISCUSSED.

THE ENTIRE ZONE WOULD STILL BE SET TO EXPIRE IN 2046.

SO THERE'S NO CHANGES THERE.

BASICALLY JUST COMBINES THAT ONE POINT FOUR FOUR MILLION INTO THE 2016 BASE VALUE MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN SOME OF THE MINOR AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE FINANCE, THE FINAL PROJECT FINANCE PLAN INCLUDE SHOWING AN ADDITIONAL 30 MILLION POSSIBLE INVESTMENT IN COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY THAT COULD OCCUR DUE TO BEING WITHIN THE [INAUDIBLE].

KEY GOALS WERE ALSO ADJUSTED.

WE HAD A DEVELOPMENT OF NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO HELP SPUR NEW RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.

THE PREVIOUS PROPOSAL WAS VERY SPECIFIC AS FAR AS RETAIL, RESTAURANT AND THE OUTDOOR OR THE INDOOR ATHLETIC FACILITY.

SO WE GOT A LITTLE MORE BROAD AS FAR AS LANGUAGE PROJECTS BE CONSIDERED.

AND THEN WE DID REVISE THE PLAN TO REFLECT THAT THE RECREATION ATHLETIC FACILITY COULD BE

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AND WE'VE ALSO UPDATED ALL THE MAPS, EXHIBITS AND DATA THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET TO REFLECT THE NEW BOUNDARY FOR THE ZONE.

SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WITH THAT SAID, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OR THIS IS THE FIRST READING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR ANDREW? WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, THEN I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER, AND IF THERE'S ANYONE ON THIS CALL WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3A, ORDINANCE NUMBER 7892, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS.

STEPHANIE, DO WE HAVE ANY ONE ON THE LINE? IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE.

CLICK RAISE HAND BUTTON.

IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE HAVE ANY ONE PUSHING TO SPEAK.

OK, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM IS CLOSED AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN THE MOTION WITH REGARD TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 7892.

MAYOR [INAUDIBLE].

WITH THE CURRENT BOUNDARY AND APPROVING AN AMENDED FINAL PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN FOR TAX INCREMENT THE REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO.

WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7892.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM COUNCIL WITH THIS MOTION? I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE BOUNDARY, THE NEW BOUNDARY.

EXPLAIN HOW, IF YOU CAN, HOW IT IS THAT IS NOT ALL CONNECTED? SO THE WAY THE BOUNDARIES WORK, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS.

SO THE EASTERN PORTION IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE.

SO THAT ONE IS A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE, BUT THE REST OF THE REMAINDER HERE WAS ABLE TO STILL BE ALL CONTIGUOUS.

THIS TRACK WHY IT WAS INCLUDED.

WE HAVE RECEIVED VERY SPECIFIC INTEREST IN THAT SITE, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND TRY AND CAPTURE THAT WITHIN THIS CHANGE.

NOW TO THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, THERE'S A LARGE PORTION OWNED BY ROCKROSE [INAUDIBLE] AND ALSO CURTIS SINCLAIR THAT HAS THE OLD RESIDENTIAL PLAT THAT'S SEEN A LOT OF DIFFICULTY THERE WITH DEVELOPMENT, BUT REALLY WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO MAKE IT ALL CONNECT, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY THAT FIT WELL.

THOSE BARRIERS BETWEEN THEM.

YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE I'M POINTING.

YES, SIR? [INAUDIBLE] WERE NOT INTERESTED IN BEING INCLUDED? SO WHEN WE INITIALLY CAME, WE DID CAPTURE A LOT ON THE INTERSTATE.

WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE ANALYZED THE TAX VALUES IS THAT THEY'D ALREADY SEEN QUITE A BIT OF GROWTH, WHICH KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF TRYING TO CAPTURE INTO THE ZONE AND BUILD THAT VALUE IF IT'S ALREADY SEEING THAT GROWTH OCCUR.

SO WHAT YOU LOOK FOR IS LOWER PROPERTY VALUES AND UNDEVELOPED LAND THAT ARE HAVING ISSUES CREATING THAT TAX BASE.

AND THAT'S WHY THAT LEFT OUT.

THOSE PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED AREAS WILL DEPRECIATE OVER TIME.

SO WOULD ACTUALLY WORK AGAINST THE OBJECTIVE.

THEY'LL CONTINUE TO [INAUDIBLE] UNTIL THEY HAVE.

BUSINESS IS DIFFERENT FROM RESIDENTIAL, A LOT OF TIMES THEY GET PUSHED DOWN IN VALUE RATHER THAN GOING UP IN VALUE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT AND CAPTURING THOSE MAX INCREASE SCENARIOS THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH VACANT PROPERTY OR DILAPIDATED.

ONE OTHER QUESTION. WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP ABOUT EXPANDING THE VALUE, EVERYTHING WAS NOT WITHIN THE CITY, BUT IT IS IN THE CITY NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO THE WHITAKER ROAD RIGHT HERE IS THE CITY LIMITS LINE, AND THEN IT CUTS ACROSS TO THE EAST. SO EVERYTHING WE'RE SHOWING IS CURRENTLY IN THE CITY LIMITS.

THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU.

YES SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I SEE FIVE THAT PASSES, WITH A FIVE ZERO VOTE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE B, CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION FOR A SPECIAL FOR A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL

[3.B. CONSIDER RESOLUTION - SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION]

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SHE MIGHT BE HAVING A PROBLEM GETTING OFF.

SHE MIGHT BE. WE GOT PLENTY OF TIME.

WE'LL WAIT. IT SHOWED HER AS AN ATTENDEE.

SO, FRANCES, I HAVE PROMOTED YOU TO PANELIST.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT NOW.

THANK YOU OK, NOW WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR FRANCES.

THANK YOU. WE DID RECEIVE FINAL NUMBERS FROM POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTY AND THEY ARE ATTACHED TO YOUR RESOLUTION.

SO WE ARE READY TO CANVASS THE VOTES FOR THE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD.

OK. COUNCIL, YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR FRANCES ABOUT THAT? IF NOT DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, THE CANVAS THAT CANVASSES THE RETURNS AND DECLARES THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION FAILED ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH REGARD TO THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER 3RD.

THIS WAS ABOUT TO KILL ME.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

[3.C. CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 7893 - BUDGET AMENDMENT]

HI MAYOR, THE PRESENTATION FROM LAURA STORRS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, IS GOING TO RELATE TO A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED TO US BY THE HERITAGE HILLS BID BOARD TO UTILIZE AND EXPAND SOME OF THE RESERVE HEDGE FUNDS.

SO LAURA? YES. THANK YOU, JARED. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS ORDINANCE IS A FIRST READING TO AMEND THE HERITAGE HILLS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 2021 BUDGET, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO 2021 BUDGET AS WELL.

AND THE HERITAGE HILLS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MET ON NOVEMBER 9TH 2020 AND HAVE DISCUSSED USING EXCESS RESERVES FUNDS IN ORDER TO PAY THE DEVELOPER FOR PARK AMENITIES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THAT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

WE DID VERIFY THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT EXCESS RESERVE FUNDS THAT CAN SUPPORT PAYING THE DEVELOPER FOR THOSE PARK AMENITIES THAT WERE COMPLETED IN A RECENT PHASE.

AND THE AMOUNT OF THE HEADBOARD IS REQUESTING TO AMEND THE BUDGET IS FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THAT WOULD BE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO REIMBURSE AND TO PAY THAT DEVELOPER FOR THOSE PARK AMENITIES HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY COMPLETED.

THE REASON WE HAVE TO BRING THIS FORWARD AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT IS IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.

AND SO IN ORDER BEFORE WE CAN WORK TO USE THOSE EXCESS RESERVES TO PAY THE DEVELOPER, WE NEED TO GET THEIR BUDGET AMENDED.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST READING FOR THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT ORDINANCE.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS? AND THIS IS THE FIRST PAYMENT THAT IS BEING MADE TO THIS DEVELOPER FOR THESE PARK AMENITIES, SO THIS IS A NEWER PID AND SO THEY'RE LEARNING KIND OF THE PROCESS OF HOW TO DO THIS. AND NORMALLY WE TRY TO INCORPORATE THESE IN THEIR BUDGETS AS WE SEE THEM UPCOMING. SO THAT IS, AGAIN, WHY THIS IS COMING FORWARD AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT THIS YEAR.

AGAIN, LAURA I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I SAW SOME MISINFORMATION IN AN ARTICLE THIS WEEK ABOUT NOT THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT AGENDA ITEMS REGARDING PIDS, THE PIDS HAVE THEIR OWN MONEY THAT THEY SPEND.

THEY'RE NOT SPENDING OUT OF OUR GENERAL AMARILLO TAX DOLLARS, THEIR BUDGETS ARE COMING FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND PAY THE ANNUAL SERVICE FEES.

AND THEY KNOW THAT BEFORE THEY BUY THE HOUSE.

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CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THIS IS A SEPARATE ASSESSMENT THAT IS ON THE RESIDENTS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL, BUT IT IS A SEPARATE ASSESSMENT THAT IS ONLY RELATED TO THE RESIDENTS INSIDE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OVERALL CITY OF AMARILLO PROPERTY TAXES.

IT DOES NOT GENERAL FUND DOLLARS DO NOT SUPPORT ANY OF THESE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. IT IS ALL FROM REVENUES THAT ARE COLLECTED FROM RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS INSIDE THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE AMENITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE USUALLY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE NORMAL CITY STANDARDS ARE AS NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING DEVELOPED. AND SO THEY ESTABLISH THESE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND THEY CHARGE THEY OR THEY ASSESS EXTRA AMOUNTS TO THE RESIDENTS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL PARK AMENITIES THAT ARE FULLY SUPPORTED AND PAID FOR BY THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT'S CONTROLLED BY THE PID HAS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THAT THOSE SPENDING DECISIONS, ALL OF THAT IS MADE IT'S MADE BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THEIR REPRESENTATION ON THAT PID BOARD.

THAT IS CORRECT. YES, THERE IS A BOARD AND THEY DEVELOP THE BUDGET.

THEY RECOMMEND IT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

THE WAY THEY'RE SET UP, COUNCIL DOES HAVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET, BUT THE BUDGET IS COMPLETELY DEVELOPED AND THE SPENDING IS OUTLINED BY THE MEMBERS ON THAT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD.

AND BY STATE LAW, THEY HAVE TO PRESENT A FIVE YEAR PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

AND THAT HAS TO SHOW THAT THE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING COLLECTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE OPERATING COSTS AND ANY OUTSTANDING DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

AND AGAIN, THAT JUST SHOWS THAT IT'S FULLY SELF SUPPORTING AND NOT UTILIZING ANY CITY OF AMARILLO DOLLARS.

OK, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN REGARDING THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA COUNCIL? YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7893 TO AMEND THE HERITAGE HILLS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 2020, 2021 BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO 2020, 2021 BUDGET.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS CHANGE TO THE HERITAGE HILLS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 2020, 2021 BUDGET.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH A FIVE ZERO VOTE.

[3.D. CONSIDER RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION]

THIS WOULD BE PAID FOR USING THE PID ON GREENWAY'S RESIDENTS.

SO THE PAYMENT MECHANISM NON CITY TAX RATE, THE CITY IS NOT MAKING THESE PAYMENTS, THESE PAYMENTS ARE BEING MADE BY REVENUES GENERATED BY THE ASSESSMENT ON GREENWAY'S RESIDENTS.

IT WOULD BE, NO CITY RESOURCES GOING INTO THIS THESE PID PAYMENTS.

THIS WOULD REIMBURSE THE DEVELOPER FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES THAT ARE AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE PID AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE PID BOARD.

I KNOW I GAVE ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION, LAURA, BUT LAURA STORRS IS HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM. LAURA IS THERE SOMETHING I DIDN'T SAY BECAUSE I REALLY DIDN'T INTEND TO STEAL ALL YOUR THUNDER. NO, THAT IS OK.

A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO ADD IN, AND THEN I WILL INTRODUCE STEVEN ADAMS. HE HAS THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY TO GO OVER WITH US RELATED TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION.

ONE ITEM TO MENTION SAY THAT THE ONLY THING BEING CONSIDERED IN THIS IS THE PROPOSED DEBT TO BE ISSUED FOR THE GREENWAY'S ITEM. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ITEM THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED LATER ON IN THE AGENDA THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR THE GREENWAY'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ITEM.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND THIS IS NOT AUTHORIZING DEBT OR ANYTHING.

THIS IS JUST ADVERTISING THAT THERE IS AN INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE GREENWAY'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS.

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AND AS MENTIONED AGAIN, IT IS THE DEBT SERVICE IS FULLY SUPPORTED BY THE ASSESSMENTS FROM THE RESIDENTS INSIDE THE GREENWAY'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

ONE THING TO NOTE, THIS IS THE FINAL PURCHASE OF PARK AMENITIES FROM THE INITIAL DEVELOPER THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THE GREENWAY'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

SO THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MANY YEARS.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE THE FINAL PURCHASE FROM THE INITIAL DEVELOPER AND BOARD, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MET ON NOVEMBER 9TH AND BROUGHT FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO LOOK AT ISSUING THE MILLION DOLLAR OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT TO THE DEVELOPER.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE BUDGET, THE FIVE YEAR PLAN AND THE CURRENT ASSESSMENTS.

AND WE DO AGREE THAT THEY ARE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS POTENTIAL DEBT ISSUANCE.

SO AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO TURN THIS OVER TO STEVEN ADAMS WITH SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE. I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION THAT HE'S GOING TO GO OVER WITH. AND STEVEN, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO. SO I'M GOING TO SWITCH AND SHARE MY SCREEN REAL QUICK.

THANK YOU, LAURA. CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? YES, THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT TO ADD THAT CITY MANAGER AND LAURA DIDN'T SAY, BUT YOU GO TO THE FIRST PAGE, THIS ACTION ITEM IS AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF THE INTENT TO ISSUE.

UNDER STATE LAW. THIS HAS TO OCCUR TWICE ON THE SAME DAY OF THE WEEK AND TWO SUCCESSIVE WEEKS. AND THE ACTUAL CERTIFICATES CANNOT BE ISSUED UNTIL 45 DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL PUBLICATION. WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THE INTEREST RATE WILL BE TWO POINT TWO ONE PERCENT RIGHT NOW, AND THAT REFLECTS A 25 BASES POINT CUSHION.

BASE INTEREST RATES MOVE UP BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY.

WHEN WE SELL CERTIFICATES, THE DEBT SERVICE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR AND IT WILL GO FOR 20 YEARS.

BONDS WILL BE RATED TRIPLE-A BECAUSE CERTIFICATES ARE SUPPORTED BY THE CITY'S TAX BASE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'LL BE PAID OUT OF PID REVENUES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE OVER 20 YEARS.

ONE MILLION AND 50000 IN PRINCIPLE, THAT WILL COVER THE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PID AND THEN 50000 DOLLARS FOR COST OF ISSUANCE.

NEXT SLIDE.

EXCUSE ME, THIS IS THE SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS WHICH SHOWS THAT THE CERTIFICATES WILL BE USED FOR THE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION FUND AMOUNT OR THE PURCHASE, AND THEN FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE COST OF ISSUANCE.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A TIMETABLE OF EVENTS, IF YOU AUTHORIZE THIS PUBLICATION TODAY, IT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER ON DECEMBER 3RD AND 10TH, WE WILL GO THROUGH A RATING PROCESS TO GET THESE BONDS RATED BY STANDARD AND POOR'S AND MOODY'S.

WE WILL SELL THE BONDS ON A COMPETITIVE BID BASIS ON MONDAY, THE 25TH IN THE AFTERNOON.

LEADING TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 26TH OF JANUARY.

AND IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED AND WE APPROVE ALL THIS WE WILL CLOSE [INAUDIBLE] THE TWENTY FIFTH. NEXT SLIDE AND FINAL SLIDE.

JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW WHERE INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE, THEY'RE VERY LOW.

RIGHT NOW THEY'VE GONE UP JUST HAIR, BUT THEY'RE STILL VERY LOW.

SO IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR THE PID TO BE SELLING BONDS.

LAURA, BACK TO YOU.

THANK YOU, STEVEN. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER FROM COUNCIL?

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THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN ON THIS RESOLUTION? YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF THE CITY'S INTENT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

NOT TO EXCEED [INAUDIBLE] DOLLARS TO BE USED FOR COST INCURRED FOR ACQUIRING CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVING AND EQUIPPING PARK [INAUDIBLE] PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION WITH REGARD TO ISSUING DEBT FOR THE GREENWAY'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE VOTE? YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELAINE, I CAN SEE MAY BE TALKING, BUT YOUR MICROPHONE'S OFF.

MY LITTLE SPACE BAR TRICK THAT EDDY TAUGHT ME WASN'T WORKING, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE, BUT I JUST HAD A CURIOSITY QUESTION FROM [INAUDIBLE] OF JUST WHAT WHAT IMPROVEMENT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A MILLION DOLLARS? THE RESIDENTS MAY ALREADY KNOW, BUT IT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO KNOW WHAT IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING OVER THERE IN THAT PART OF THE CITY.

WELL, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN DONE . SPECIFICALLY JUST SOUTH OF HILLSIDE.

IF YOU SEE A NEW PARK AREA WITH A GAZEBO TYPE STRUCTURE, THAT WAS THE LATEST AND FINAL PART OF THE PARKWAY'S, I GUESS, MASTER PLAN.

OF COURSE, THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE PARKWAYS THAT ALREADY EXISTS THERE.

BUT THIS IS JUST THE FINAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR A LITTLE BIT THAT WAS LEFT OVER FOR THE PREVIOUS IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THEN ALSO THIS PARKWAY AND WALKING TRAILS AND THE GAZEBO THAT WAS FINISHED ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, FOUR MONTHS AGO, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO.

THANK YOU. I WILL SAY, THIS ITEM PARTICULARLY I SAW SOME MISINFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CITY WAS ISSUING DEBT AND JUST AGAIN, WANT TO BE AS CLEAR AS WE CAN POSSIBLY BE THAT THIS IS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DEBT.

THEY'RE ISSUING IT BY THEIR OWN ACTION, AT THEIR OWN CHOICE, BY THEIR OWN BOARD.

THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT COMMUNITY ARE AWARE OF THAT AND RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF IT.

THIS IS NOT COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

IT DOES NOT AFFECT YOU IF YOU ARE AN AMARILLO PROPERTY TAX OWNER, PAYER, UNLESS YOU ARE A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES IN THAT PID AND RECEIVES THE BENEFIT OF THAT.

SO, AGAIN, THIS IS COMING AT THE REQUEST OF THAT PID BOARD.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE 100 PERCENT CLEAR JUST TO TRY AND WORK CLARIFY THAT MISINFORMATION I SAW PUT OUT THAT CITY WAS TRYING TO RAISE TAXES ON PEOPLE.

OK, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I THINK FREDA'S FROZEN, BUT I SEE FOUR HANDS.

SO, WE'LL COUNT IT AS IS YOUR HAND UP? YES, IT'S UP.

OK, I SEE IT NOW. OK, THAT'S GREAT, THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE AS WELL.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THREE E, AND THAT'S AN UPDATE ON PUBLIC PRIVATE FUNDING

[3.E. UPDATE ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE FUNDING COMMITTEE FOR CIVIC CENTER]

YOU KNOW, PROP A DID NOT PASS ON NOVEMBER 3RD.

AND I'M SURE AS I AM, ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHY IT DIDN'T PASS. MANY PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME THEY'RE FOR THE PROJECT, BUT JUST COVID AND ALL OF THE UNCERTAINTY THAT THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME.

AND SOME PEOPLE ARE EVEN SAYING, YOU KNOW, WERE THEIR PUBLIC PRIVATE FUNDING OPTIONS THAT WE COULD HAVE LOOKED AT THAT MIGHT REDUCE THE COST OF THE PROJECT.

SO TAKING THAT FEEDBACK, I KNOW WE ALL FEEL LIKE WE WANT TO RESPOND TO THE VOTERS.

WE DO. AND SO WE'LL INVESTIGATE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP FUNDING OPTIONS.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO I'VE APPOINTED A SMALL COMMITTEE TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE JUST TO GO AND GATHER MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

I'VE ASKED JASON HERRICK TO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE.

HE'S A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN.

AND THEN I'VE ASKED JARED MILLER, OUR CITY MANAGER, FOR PERMISSION TO APPOINT ANDREW

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HE IS REALLY A JACK OF ALL TRADES.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ANDREW DOES FOR OUR CITY AS HE IS IN CHARGE OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT INSIDE THE CITY.

SO I THINK THOSE TWO CAN WORK QUICKLY AND GET STARTED ON LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE SO QUICKLY IS THE LEGISLATURE IS MEETING IN MAY AND IF SOME OF THESE OPTIONS COULD APPROVE, COULD INVOLVE SEEKING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL, WE NEED TO GET RIGHT ON THAT.

SO AS A LEGISLATURE IS ABOUT TO MEET, THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO QUICKLY TALK WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THERE THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY REDUCE THE COST OR THE BURDEN ON PROPERTY TAX PAYERS FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION, I THINK, WERE DISAPPOINTING.

BUT IT'S OUR SYSTEM AND I RESPECT AND HONOR EACH PERSON WHO CAST A VOTE.

I THINK THE MOST DISAPPOINTING THING WAS THE MISINFORMATION PUT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE TAX RATE.

THERE WERE MANY ADVERTISEMENTS SAYING THAT THE PROJECT WOULD INCREASE YOUR TAX RATE BY THIRTY NINE PERCENT.

AND THAT WAS JUST NOT TRUE.

THE PROPOSED CHANGE WAS A FIVE TO SIX PERCENT INCREASE ON YOUR TAX BILL, YOUR TOTAL TAX BILL. IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE INCREASE ON YOUR MUNICIPAL PORTION OF YOUR TAX BILL, THAT WAS THIRTY THREE PERCENT, BUT THIRTY NINE PERCENT IS NEITHER OF THOSE NUMBERS.

SO THAT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO ME.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO LET CITIZENS KNOW THAT NO ALTERNATE PLAN WAS EVER BROUGHT TO US. MR. FARLEY WAS OFFERED TIME ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TWICE AND DID NOT ACCEPT OUR INVITATION TO COME AND DISCUSS ANY DIFFERENT PLANS.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO SAY, WELL, WHAT WOULD A PLAN ENTAIL? A PLAN IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN JUST IDEAS.

TO BRING THIS PLAN TO THE VOTERS TOOK OVER TWO YEARS OF WORK.

IT WAS STUDIED BY EXPERTS AND A PLAN, HAS MANY SPECIFIC, DETAILED COMPONENTS TO IT THAT EXPERTS HAVE CRAFTED TO WORK TOGETHER.

SO I THINK SIMPLY CANCELING THE EXISTING PLAN IS NOT A PLAN, AND ANY NEW PLAN WOULD ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED BY A FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE ECONOMIC EXPERTS LOOKING AT ANY CHANGES TO SHOW THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A SMALLER ARENA, OR IF YOU WERE TO REMOVE THE EXPANDED EXHIBITION SPACE.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE STUDIED ECONOMICALLY TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT YOU GET. SO A PLAN IS MORE THAN JUST AN IDEA.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PLAN WAS NOT RUSHED INTO.

THIS PLAN HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN ON IT.

AND IT WAS PREPARED WITH THE HELP OF WORLD RENOWNED EXPERTS, BOTH IN THE ARCHITECTURE FIELD AND IN THE FEASIBILITY ECONOMICS FIELD.

SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY WE HEARD WHAT YOU SAID, VOTERS.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO BACK UP AND TRY TO FIND ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND I THINK THE TIMELINE FOR THAT, FOR CERTAINLY IF WE GO THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE, THAT GOES THROUGH THE END OF MAY.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE TWO YEARS AWAY FROM TALKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN, BUT MAYBE SIX MONTHS AWAY FROM TALKING ABOUT IT AGAIN.

A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE DOES REQUIRE THE TIME TO LOOK UNDER EVERY ROCK AND TURN OVER EVERY STONE. SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD APPROACH AND THE RIGHT WAY TO GO, AND THAT COMMITTEE CAN BRING BACK IDEAS AND COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE IDEAS AND YOU WANT TO THROW THEM OUT TO THAT COMMITTEE. PLEASE DO SO.

IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN AND YOU HAVE IDEAS AND YOU WANT TO THROW THEM OUT TO THAT COMMITTEE, PLEASE CONTACT US OR CONTACT ONE OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LET THEM KNOW SO THAT WE CAN GET YOUR IDEAS IN FRONT OF THIS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE AND KEEP LOOKING FOR HOW TO MAKE THAT PROJECT WORK.

THAT'S REALLY JUST AN UPDATE, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCIL.

OK. [INAUDIBLE] SORRY, I WAS SLOW.

OK, SORRY.

[INAUDIBLE] UNMUTE BUTTON TODAY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. WELL, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO PURSUE.

I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS THROUGH THE COURSE OF JUST WHAT ABOUT PUBLIC PRIVATE

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BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO DIG FURTHER INTO THAT AND TURN EVERY ROCK POSSIBLE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, MY ONLY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE HAD TWO LOUD VOICES ON THIS TWO A LOUD VOICE IN SUPPORT A LOUD VOICE IN OPPOSITION.

AND I THINK AT THIS GROUND LEVEL THAT IT WOULD BE VALUABLE TO HAVE A VOICE FROM THE SIDE THAT OPPOSED OUR CURRENT PLAN.

AS YOU SAID, MAYOR, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE TABLE, WE DUG INTO A LOT OF DETAILS FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

BUT THAT DESIGN THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY WAS REJECTED.

AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SIDE THAT DID NOT LIKE THE PLAN, THAT WE CAME FORWARD TO BE THEIR PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE ABLE TO NOT DOWN THE ROAD SAY, WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE IN THE DESIGN.

WE CERTAINLY WENT WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] CIVIC CENTER WHERE WE'RE WELL AWARE.

WE GAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT.

BUT JUST TO HAVE NO QUESTION THAT IN THIS RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE BOTH SIDES OF THOSE VOICES ASKING QUESTIONS AND LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS.

AND I DON'T HAVE ANY ONE TO SUGGEST I'M JUST SAYING, IF THERE WERE A REPRESENTATIVE, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A COMMITTEE OF THREE MIGHT BE BETTER THAN A COMMITTEE OF TWO.

I'LL THINK ABOUT THAT.

AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW TO PUT IT TOGETHER.

I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT PUT ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE WHO HAS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST MR. FARLEY BRINGING HIS CONNECTIONS TO THE SPORTS TEAMS AND THE FACT THAT HE WROTE A CONSTRUCTION BOND FOR HODGETOWN, I JUST THINK THAT CREATES A CONFLICT.

AND YOU'RE NOT PUTTING HIM FORWARD AS THE PERSON.

BUT I'LL JUST IT'S AN OBVIOUS QUESTION, SO LET'S NOT LEAVE IT UNASKED.

I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO STEER AWAY FROM ANYBODY THAT MIGHT HAVE A POTENTIAL CONFLICT IF HE WAS LOOKING AT WRITING A CONSTRUCTION BOND ON THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEW CIVIC CENTER PROJECTS, ANY OF THOSE PIECES.

AND IF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SPORTS TEAMS AS AN ANCHOR TENANT CREATES A CONFLICT, LET'S JUST STEER AWAY FROM THAT.

BUT I'LL THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID.

AND MAYBE ANOTHER NAME WILL COME TO MIND AND WE CAN CONSIDER PUTTING A THIRD PERSON ON THAT COMMITTEE. IT'S A GOOD POINT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OK, ITEM THREE F IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACQUISITION OF 500 SOUTH GRANT STREET, 621

[3.F. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACOUISITION OF 5OO SOUTH GRANT STREET. 621 SOUTH JOHNSON STREET. AND 7O7 SOUTH JOHNSON STREET]

MR. CITY MANAGER? HI, MAYOR. ITEMS F, G AND H.

WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH AND WE HAVE THE ADDRESSES LISTED ON ITEM F, THAT WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH THE PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMARILLO HARDWARE ACQUISITION.

PURCHASE OF AMARILLO HARDWARE WAS APPROVED SOME TIME AGO.

AT THAT TIME, WE WOULD BRING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE ENDING OF OUR FEASIBILITY PERIOD, WHICH ENDS LATER ON THIS WEEK, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US A GO, NO GO DECISION.

WHEN AT A POINT IN TIME WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WITHDRAW FROM THIS PURCHASE, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS POINT IN TIME HAPPENED AFTER THE ELECTION TOOK PLACE. SO YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION WITH FULL INFORMATION ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CIVIC CENTER PROJECT THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT AND WITH REGARD TO OUR ALL OF OUR LAND ACQUISITIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TO THAT END AND ALSO TO THE END OF HAVING A PLACE FOR CITY HALL TO GO.

SO ITEM F TALKS ABOUT ALTERNATIVE FUNDING METHOD.

WE REALLY HAVE THREE WAYS TO LOOK AT BUYING THIS BUILDING.

WE CAN EITHER NOT BUY IT, ITEM ONE.

OR WE CAN BUY IT WITH CASH OR WE CAN BUY IT WITH BY ISSUING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WHICH WOULD HAVE A TAX RATE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

[INAUDIBLE] I'D LIKE TO HAVE ANDREW FREEMAN DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THEN HAVE LAURA STORRS DISCUSS THE PURCHASE METHODS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AND THEN THAT WILL DETERMINE WHAT WE DECIDE ON WHAT YOU DECIDE ON THIS ITEM WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE EVEN VISIT ITEMS G AND H, WHICH ARE THE NOTICE OF RESOLUTION DECLARING EXPECTATIONS TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES WITH PROCEEDS FROM FUTURE DEBT AND ALSO THE AUTHORIZATION FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE DEBT.

SO, ANDREW, TAKE IT AWAY ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THEN LAURA STORRS WILL WALK US

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AND AT ANY POINT, IF COUNCIL HAS A QUESTION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT AND WE WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME.

WE ALSO HAVE A QUESTION OPPORTUNITY AT THE END OF BOTH OF THESE PRESENTATIONS.

ANDREW, TAKE AWAY. YES, SIR.

SO JUST TO RECAP WHAT JARED WAS MENTIONING, HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPERTY MAP OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL APPROVAL.

THERE'S A BUILDING TO THE NORTH, THE MAIN HARDWARE BUILDING AT 6TH AND GRANT A COUPLE OF SMALLER BUILDINGS AND SOME LAND JUST TO THE WEST FRONTING ON JOHNSON AND THEN A PARKING LOT FURTHER SOUTH ON SOUTH JOHNSON.

AS FAR AS DETAILS ON THE CONTRACT ARE CONCERNED, THE EFFECTIVE DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 10TH.

THE PURCHASE AMOUNT WAS FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS CLOSING COSTS. THE FEASIBILITY PERIOD IS SET TO END ON NOVEMBER 19TH, JUST A COUPLE DAYS AWAY.

AND THE CLOSING DATE IF TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT WOULD BE NOVEMBER 30TH.

SO OUR FACILITIES DIRECTOR, JERRY DANFORTH DID COORDINATE A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT TO BE COMPLETED ON THE PROPERTIES AS PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE SITE.

THEY DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY CONCERN AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OR ANY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. SO WE DID NOT HAVE TO MOVE TO A PHASE TWO STUDY.

AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.

WE ALSO HAD BASKETT APPRAISAL SERVICES DO APPRAISALS ON THE PROPERTY.

THE WAY IT WAS DONE, 500 SOUTH GRANT, 621 SOUTH JOHNSON AND 707 SOUTH JOHNSON.

THE LAND PARCELS WERE ALL SEPARATE APPRAISALS AND YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, SORRY, MY ONCE WE GOT THE FINAL APPRAISAL IN FROM BASKETT APPRAISAL, I CALLED THE SELLER AND TOLD THEM THAT THE APPRAISAL DID NOT COME UP TO THE PURCHASE PRICE.

NOW, WE ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO THE APPRAISED VALUE.

WE CAN PAY ANY MARKET VALUE FOR A PROPERTY IN THAT MARKET VALUE IS, WHAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO BY THE SELLER AND THE BUYER.

HOWEVER, I DID TELL THEM THAT COUNCIL HAD I QUESTION THE APPETITE FOR A SALE ABOVE THE APPRAISED VALUE IN THIS INSTANCE AND AT THIS TIME, IN LIGHT OF THAT, HE DID AGREE TO REDUCE THE SALE PRICE TO THE APPRAISED VALUE, WHICH IS FOUR POINT SEVEN FOUR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. NOW, THAT'S NOT A HUGE SAVINGS ON A FOUR AND THREE QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR PURCHASE. HOWEVER, IT DOES INDICATE A GOODWILL ON THEIR PART AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT CLIMATE WE FIND OURSELVES IN.

SO WHERE IT SAYS PURCHASING ON FOUR POINT SEVEN FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, IT'S ACTUALLY FOUR POINT SEVEN FOUR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS PLUS CLOSING COSTS.

AND I GOT THAT INFORMATION DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING.

SO GO AHEAD, ANDREW. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PURCHASE AMOUNT LISTED ON THIS SLIDE IS INCORRECT.

IT WAS CORRECT AT THE START OF THE MEETING, BUT IT'S NOT CORRECT NOW.

RIGHT. RIGHT, SO THE.

SO THE APPRAISAL, YES, THERE WAS A SMALL DIFFERENCE IN THE APPRISE VERSUS THE SALES PRICE . IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPRAISER, THE LARGE BUILDING ENDED UP COMING BACK A LITTLE LOWER THAN WE EXPECTED, MAINLY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF COMPS, FOR A HUNDRED PLUS THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE 23 SQUARE FOOT RANGE.

THE BUILDING TO THE NORTH WAS 50 DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT AND THE LAND WAS SEVEN DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE BEFORE LAURA HOPS ON TO GO OVER SOME OF THE FUNDING OPTIONS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

OK, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO AS MR. MILLER MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, WE HAVE A FEW OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL.

THE TWO FUNDING OPTIONS IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE TO EITHER FUND THE PROPERTY OUT OF EXCESS CASH RESERVES OR TO ISSUE DEBT THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT WOULD BE BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES.

SO I WANT TO WALK COUNCIL REAL QUICKLY THROUGH THE.

THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THE EXCESS CASH RESERVES AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE FROM THAT STANDPOINT. SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE ENDED OUR MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2020. WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING OUR YEAR END AUDIT FROM OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS AND WE ARE MAKING SEVERAL YEAR END ADJUSTMENTS AT THIS POINT.

SO OUR NUMBERS AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR ARE VERY PRELIMINARY AT THIS POINT.

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SO WE STARTED RUNNING NUMBERS AND KIND OF LOOKING AT OUR RESERVE LEVELS.

SO IN THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, THERE WERE SOME VERY LARGE MEASURES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE EARLY ON WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST BEGAN, AND IT WAS JUST TO SLOW DOWN THE SPENDING JUST BECAUSE WE WERE UNSURE OF THE OVERALL EFFECTS THAT THE PANDEMIC WAS GOING TO HAVE ON OUR REVENUES COMING IN.

SO, AS YOU CAN REMEMBER, THERE WAS A HIRING FREEZE THAT WAS PUTTING IN PUT IN PLACE.

AND THERE WAS ALSO CAPITAL PROJECTS AND CERTAIN EXPENDITURES THAT WERE POSTPONED THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

NOW, THE OTHER THING THAT WE SAW OVER THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR IS WE DID HAVE DECREASED SPENDING, BUT WE ALSO HAD REVENUES COMING IN STRONGER THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL VERY UNPRECEDENTED.

WE WEREN'T SURE HOW HARD WE WERE GOING TO BE HIT.

WE DID SEE REVENUE REDUCTIONS LAST FISCAL YEAR, BUT THEY WERE NOT AS LARGE AS WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.

DURING THIS PAST BUDGET PROCESS.

WE DID RECOGNIZE MOST LIKELY AT THE END OF LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE SOME EXCESS RESERVES THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO CARRY OVER INTO THE NEW YEAR TO HELP US AS WE CONTINUE TO COMBAT THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC AND TO HELP US KIND OF STEP BACK INTO NORMAL OPERATIONS. FOR ONE THING, WE ARE NOT SEEING REVENUES BACK UP AT NORMAL LEVELS AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE MADE A LOT OF RECOVERY SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

SO A CERTAIN PORTION OF OUR CASH EXCESS CASH RESERVES WERE ALREADY INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR BUDGET TO HELP US KIND OF STEP BACK INTO A NORMAL FISCAL YEAR.

WE ALSO LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO UTILIZE GRANT FUNDING TO FUND SEVERAL OF OUR OPERATIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS COVID-19.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE SAW SOME RELIEF COMING INTO ESPECIALLY OUR GENERAL FUND AS WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE GRANT FUNDS TO COVER SOME OF OUR ONGOING COSTS AND OUR COSTS THAT WERE SPECIFIC TO ADDRESSING COVID-19.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY FINISHED WITH OUR YEAR END AUDIT, WE HAVE DONE A FULL ANALYSIS OF OUR RESERVES AND WE DO SEE THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT RESERVES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

IF COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO FUND THIS PROPERTY PURCHASE WITH CASH FROM EXCESS RESERVES, THERE WILL ALSO BE WHAT WE FEEL WOULD BE SUFFICIENT EXCESS RESERVES TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING COVID RESPONSE EFFORTS THAT ARE ON IN PLACE NOW AND WILL MOST LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THAT'S THE OPTIONS FROM A CASH RESERVE STANDPOINT, WE CAN GO INTO CERTAINLY MORE DETAIL. WE'VE GOT TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT DEBT ISSUANCE. AND I ALSO HAVE STEVEN ADAMS AVAILABLE TO SHOW A PRESENTATION.

IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PRESENTATION SPECIFIC TO WHAT FUNDING WOULD LOOK LIKE IF COUNCIL CHOSE TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES IN ORDER TO FUND THIS PURCHASE.

BUT WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND STOP AND SEE IF COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS AND HOW COUNCIL WANTS US TO PROCEED FROM A PRESENTATION STANDPOINT.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? REMIND ME HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN RESERVE.

I KNEW THAT SOMEONE WAS GOING TO ASK ME THAT, AND I HATE TO PIN IT DOWN TO A SPECIFIC NUMBER. I DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT YOU.

[LAUGHTER] WELL, SO IT'S VERY PRELIMINARY AT THIS POINT.

BUT I WILL SAY WE DO HAVE EXCESS RESERVES THAT ARE WELL ABOVE THE AMOUNT OF THIS PURCHASE PRICE AT THIS POINT. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS RELATED TO OUR YEAR END AUDIT.

NOW, AS A REMINDER, OUR RESERVE POLICY IS FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDS.

BUT LET'S TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR GENERAL FUND.

OUR RESERVE POLICY IS TO ALWAYS HAVE ON HAND A 90 DAY OPERATING RESERVE.

NOW FOR OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

WE ALSO DO A 90 DAY OPERATING RESERVE PLUS ONE YEAR'S CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

AND AGAIN, WE ARE VERY DILIGENT IN MAINTAINING THESE RESERVE POLICIES.

THEY CERTAINLY HAVE HELPED US OVER THE YEARS TO MAINTAIN A VERY HIGH BOND RATING, A

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SO WE ARE VERY DILIGENT WITH THOSE RESERVE POLICIES.

AND I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE FUNDS, EXCESS FUNDS ABOVE THAT POLICY AND ENOUGH TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY AND STILL SUPPORT THOSE COVID-19 EFFORTS THAT ARE ONGOING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE ARE STILL ACTIVELY BEING FUNDED.

PUBLIC HEALTH IS NOT FULLY GRANT FUNDED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

AND SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THOSE DIRECT COVID-19 RESPONSES AT THIS POINT.

BUT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO CONTINUE THAT FOR A LONG TIME INTO THE FUTURE.

JARED, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ON THAT? NO, NO, WE'VE TAKEN PRETTY AGGRESSIVE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDS TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR.

NOT AN EXACT INDICATION OF WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO END OR WHEN IT CAN END AND WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REDUCE OPERATIONS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT.

WILL NOT IMPACT THAT ABILITY, SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN A SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED POSTURE FOR CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AS WE ARE CURRENTLY POSITIONED INTO A RELATIVELY LONG TERM FUTURE WHILE STILL HAVING THE ABILITY TO MAKE THIS PURCHASE AND [INAUDIBLE] A 90 DAY RESERVE FUND. SO WE WILL MAINTAIN ADEQUATE RESERVE FUNDS WHILE DOING THIS AND RESPOND AND CONTINUE TO RESPOND CORONAVIRUS.

SO IN ESSENCE, WE WON'T JEOPARDIZE OUR BOND RATING? CORRECT. YEAH, BOND RATING WILL NOT [INAUDIBLE] AS A RESULT OF THIS PURCHASE.

HOW CONSERVATIVELY LAURA, HAVE YOUR CALCULATED REVENUE OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING, I MEAN, STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT VIRUS WISE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS? IT'S HOLIDAY TIME, SO OBVIOUSLY.

I WOULD EXPECT PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO BUY THE GIFTS THEY WOULD BUY EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GET, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET TOGETHER AS A FAMILY TO OPEN THEM . HOW? JUST WALK US THROUGH HOW CONSERVATIVELY YOU HAVE CAST THE REVENUE, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND RESERVES.

HAVE YOU HAVE YOU COME ABOUT CALCULATING REVENUE? YES. AND SO AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE WERE WORKING WITH YOU ALL DURING THE JULY TIMEFRAME AND AUGUST TIMEFRAME, AND THAT WAS STILL EARLY ON IN THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE.

AND SO THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE LONG TERM RELATED TO REVENUES.

SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC IS WE'VE SEEN IT HAVE AN EFFECT DIRECTLY ON OUR SALES TAX.

WE'VE SEEN IT HAVE AN EFFECT DIRECTLY ON OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES.

WE SAW DECREASED FRANCHISE FEES.

I WON'T SAY THAT'S NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC.

IT'S MORE DRIVEN BY THE LOW FUEL FACTOR.

BUT AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, THOSE THREE ITEMS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL VERY LARGE REVENUE SOURCES TO OUR GENERAL FUND, WE PUT VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES IN PLACE FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.

AND AS YOU KNOW, SALES TAX IS THE LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

AND WE'VE GOT OUR COLLECTIONS IN THIS PAST WEEK FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

NOW, AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE FOR SEPTEMBER SALES.

AND WE WERE UP OVER 12 PERCENT OF WHAT WAS COLLECTED AT THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

SO THAT FAR EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET THAT WE HAD PUT IN PLACE.

WE HAD PUT A VERY CONSERVATIVE BUDGET ACTUALLY DOWN NUMBERS BECAUSE OF NOT KNOWING HOW LONG THE EFFECT OF THE PANDEMIC WOULD BE ON EVERYTHING.

AND SO THAT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN ENCOURAGING.

MAYOR, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT APPEARS PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING OUT AND PURCHASING ITEMS. THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS ARE GOING TO BE VERY TELLING.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE A TWO MONTH LAG, SO WE WON'T KNOW HOW THE HOLIDAY SALES DO UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME.

BUT I DO WANT TO ASSURE COUNCIL THAT WE HAD REVENUE PROJECTIONS IN SOME OF THOSE MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES. WE ACTUALLY HAD THEM LOWERED FROM WHAT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AMOUNTS WERE, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THE PANDEMIC WAS NOT GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH OFF AT THE START OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, AND IT WOULD TAKE US TIME TO STEP BACK INTO A NORMAL REVENUE

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HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES WERE REDUCED, PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET BECAUSE WE SAW A TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OVERALL DECREASE LAST FISCAL YEAR.

I WILL SAY OCTOBER HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES WERE ACTUALLY ALMOST FLAT UP SLIGHTLY FROM THE OCTOBER IN 2019.

SO THAT HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING.

IT'S I MEAN IF WE CAN EVEN MEET WHERE WE WERE AT BACK IN 2019, I THINK THAT'S A WIN CONSIDERING WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC.

SO YES.

YOU HAVE CONSERVATIVE REVENUE PROJECTIONS IN PLACE.

WE DID UTILIZE SOME OF THE SAVINGS FROM LAST YEAR TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

BUT THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN INTO THIS ANALYSIS THAT WE WENT OVER WITH YOU ALL AND THERE ARE EXCESS RESERVES ON TOP OF THAT THAT COULD BE USED TO SUPPORT THIS PURCHASE.

SO, MAYOR, DOES THAT KIND OF GET YOU WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? YES, I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL.

SO, COUNCIL, I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS, WE CAN ANSWER Y'ALL CAN ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OF LAURA, BUT LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND STEER OUR CONVERSATION, AND THAT WILL BE DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PURCHASING THE BUILDING AND HOW DO WE WANT TO PURCHASE IT WITH RESERVES OR WITH CO'S? SO JUST KNOW THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED OR TO ANSWER THOSE TWO QUESTIONS TOGETHER.

AND LAURA AND ANDREW ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE BEFORE WE START THAT DISCUSSION. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO STEP IN AND STATE MY SUPPORT FOR PURCHASING THE PROPERTY, AND I WANT TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT IN HISTORY OF WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THIS COUNCIL REALLY RIGHT AFTER OUR ELECTION.

AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STOOD OUT.

ONE IS THAT WE HAD NO CURRENT LAND ACQUISITIONS TO DO A PROJECT.

THERE WERE TWO PROPOSALS.

ONE HAD DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR CURRENT CIVIC CENTER, AND THE OTHER THEN WAS MORE THE SOUTH EASTERN SIDE.

AND BUT THERE WAS NO LAND THAT WAS ACQUIRED TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING EITHER OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND WHEN WE LOOKED NORTH, ESPECIALLY, IT WAS VERY CONVOLUTED OF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS, ENTITIES. IT HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES OF TRYING TO PURCHASE THE NECESSARY LAND IF WE WANTED TO EXPAND THAT DIRECTION.

BUT ANOTHER DRIVE TOWARDS WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATION WAS JUST THE PREFERRED LOCATION, THE PREFERRED DESIGN, THE PREFERRED HAVING THE THINGS, THE CIVIC CENTER, A NEW ARENA, AND HODGETOWN ALL WORKING AROUND A CENTRAL PLAZA.

SO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS PUSHED THE COMMITTEE TOWARDS PURCHASING LAND IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE. SO NOW WITH THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, WE WOULD HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO HAND OVER LAND NECESSARY TO A FUTURE COUNCIL TO BE DESIGNING AND COMING UP WITH SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY DID WANT TO SUPPORT.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS THE FINAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.

THE AMARILLO HARDWARE BUILDING ITSELF, I THINK IS JUST A REALLY INTERESTING, INCREDIBLE PROPERTY THAT I STILL BELIEVE WOULD MAKE A BEAUTIFUL RENOVATED PROPERTY FOR A CITY HALL.

BUT ALL OF THAT, REGARDLESS OF HOW IT IS USED, THEY'RE ALL CONTIGUOUS.

IT COMPLETES THAT PURCHASE.

AND SO I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE.

AND I'LL QUICKLY MAKE MY POINT ON THE SECOND THAT BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A RESOUNDING THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF ISSUES AT PLAY, BUT ONE WAS NOT WANTING PROPERTY TAXES TO BE RAISED, EVEN THOUGH THIS WOULD BE A SMALL AMOUNT.

I THINK IT JUST WOULD NOT BE A PROPER MOVE TO NOT LISTEN TO THE VOTERS.

I AM VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE REMAINING RESERVE BALANCE AND THE PROTECTION OF OUR BOND.

AND SO I AM VOICING MY MY SUPPORT OF PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CASH PURCHASE. THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT GOING AHEAD AND PURCHASING.

AND THE REASON, I THINK IS THAT WE WILL RECEIVED NUMBERS ON THE COST OF PRESENT CITY

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AND I THINK BUYING THIS AND TURNING THE AMARILLO HARDWARE BUILDING INTO CITY HALL CAN BE DONE POSSIBLY FOR SOMEWHAT LESS THAN WHAT IT WOULD BE TO UPGRADE CITY HALL.

AND SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE RESERVES AND WHAT THEY ARE TO GO AHEAD AND PAY IN CASH FOR IT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAYOR, I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS WOULD BE A PURCHASE TO JUST HAVE IT IN OUR INVENTORY.

THIS IS NOT AN AMOUNT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY COVER A CONVERSION AT THIS TIME, BUT IT WOULD JUST ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY AND HAVE IT IN OUR INVENTORY FOR FUTURE USE.

AND WHAT I WOULD INTEND TO DO AND BRING TO COUNCIL AT A RELATIVELY NEAR FUTURE DATE IS BRING A PROJECT TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDINGS THAT WOULD NOT BE USED IN THE FUTURE SO THAT WE COULD MAKE THEM AS PARKING RIGHT NOW.

SO WE WOULD HAVE A PROJECT TO DEMOLISH TWO BUILDINGS, THREE WELL, TWO DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DO THE PRELIMINARY PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DRAWN FOR A FUTURE CITY HALL WOULD HAVE TO BE TORN UP AT ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE.

IN OTHER WORDS, NO WASTED MONEY.

BUT THAT WOULD COME BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO WEIGH IN ON EITHER QUESTIONS FROM LAURA OR ANDREW OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE BUILDING? I DO I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE BUILDING.

I THINK IF WE GO BACK AND WE LOOK AT HOW BADLY WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE CURRENT CITY HALL, THE THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY.

IT PROVIDE MORES CITY SERVICES THAT WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE IN CURRENT CITY HALL.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT OUR CITY STAFF DID SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH THE PAST YEAR'S BUDGET THAT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT WITH CASH RESERVES, THE FACT THAT WE CAN DO IT ON WITH A TRIPLE-A BOND RATING.

I'M ALL FOR MOVING FORWARD AND MAKING PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY PREVIOUSLY, IF WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR CURRENT CITY HALL, I MEAN, WE MAY BE SPENDING PROBABLY MORE THAN 30 MILLION TO DO THAT. AND THAT WOULD CERTAINLY NOT INCLUDE DRIVE UP LANES EITHER.

SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTED COST OF THE REPAIRS WOULD BE.

AT THIS POINT, BUT, YES, I'M IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY USING CASH RESERVES. OK.

OK, SO THIS IS SUCH AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.

WE'RE DOING THAT BEFORE THE MOTION AND THAT'S OK.

SO I'M GOING TO JUST CHIME IN ON THAT AS WELL, THAT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.

I THOUGHT COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS DID A GREAT JOB OF JUST SUMMARIZING WHY IT'S STRATEGIC AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE FACED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AND SOME OF THE BENEFITS WE'VE HAD BECAUSE PEOPLE BEFORE US THOUGHT OF THINGS AND TOOK OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY PRESENTED THEMSELVES.

AND I SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IS RIGHT NOW PRESENTING ITSELF.

WE ACTUALLY TRIED TO GET THIS PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

AND I KNOW THE PRICE HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

MAYOR HARPOLE HAD A CHANCE WITH ONE OF HIS COUNCILS TO GET THIS PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT AND FOR A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER PRICE.

AND IT DIDN'T JUST EVERYTHING DIDN'T COME TOGETHER AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

SO I THINK ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AS DOWNTOWN CONTINUES TO GROW IN ACTIVITIES AND ECONOMIC STRENGTH, THE PRICE TAG FOR ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY WILL GO UP AND EVENTUALLY SOMEONE

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AND THERE THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, I THINK CONTROLLING THIS PROPERTY, JUST THE CONTROLLING OF THIS PROPERTY PRESENTS A GREAT AMOUNT OF VALUE TO THE CITY.

WHETHER WE USE IT FOR A CITY HALL OR WHATEVER COMES OUT OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL MOVE THOSE THINGS FORWARD.

JUST BECAUSE PROP EIGHT FAILED DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE NEEDS AT THE CIVIC CENTER OR THE NEEDS AT CITY HALL DON'T EXIST, THEY VERY MUCH SO EXIST AND THE PRICE TAGS AROUND THEM ARE WHAT THE PRICE TAGS ARE AS MUCH AS WE WISH THEY WEREN'T.

SO I THINK FOR VERY LITTLE MONEY, WE CAN TAKE THIS SMALL STEP THAT GIVES FUTURE COUNCILS THE ABILITY TO STRATEGIZE AND MAKE DECISIONS WITH COOPERATION OF THE VOTERS AND THE TAXPAYERS. AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO BUY IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M FINE WITH USING THE RESERVES TO DO THAT TO.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT, I THINK NOW WHAT WE NEED IS A MOTION.

OK, MAYOR.

I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF 500 SOUTH GRANT STREET, 621 SOUTH JOHNSON STREET AND 707 SOUTH JOHNSON STREET IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS CLOSING COST EXCUSE ME, GETTING ALL TONGUE TIED THERE.

ISN'T THAT PRICE SUPPOSED TO BE 5000 LESS THAN THAT.

SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND? IT IS.

I'M SORRY, WHAT IS IT.

FOUR MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS CLOSING COSTS? OK, SO I AMEND MY MOTION TO CORRECT THE PURCHASE PRICE OF FOUR MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS CLOSING COST.

I'LL SECOND THE AMENDED MOTION.

OK, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER AND COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, BUT WE'LL GO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THIS MOTION TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTIES LISTED THERE UNDER ITEM THREE F AND TO DO SO THROUGH A CASH PURCHASE USING RESERVES.

ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE MOTION? OK, HEARING NONE, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, I SEE FIVE HANDS, SO THAT WILL PASS WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

ITEMS, G AND H THEN.

MR. CITY MANAGER, IS IT CORRECT THAT WE DO NOT NEED THOSE ITEMS SINCE WE WENT WITH THE CASH PURCHASE OPTION? YES, MA'AM. THESE ITEMS ARE RENDERED MOOT AT THIS POINT.

OK, COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO DO ITEM 3I AND THEN TAKE A BATHROOM BREAK AND COME BACK AND DO OUR BOARDS APPOINTMENTS, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH EVERYONE.

SO ITEM THREE I, MR.

[3.I. CONSIDER APPROVAL - TAX ABATMENT AGREEMENT]

[INAUDIBLE] MAYOR, WE APPROVED ON SECOND READING.

REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 11 EARLIER IN THE AGENDA DURING THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO TO PRESENT A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE BRAND NEW REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 11, WE HAVE KEVIN CARTER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AEDC.

KEVIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY TO PRESENT A PROJECT THAT GOES INTO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 11.

THIS IS MCKESSON COMPANY, A FORTUNE SEVEN COMPANY, AND IT HAS A SUBSIDIARY THAT'S TEXAS ONCOLOGY. TEXAS ONCOLOGY CURRENTLY OPERATES IN OUR COMMUNITY JUST NORTH OF THE TEXAS TECH CAMPUS. THEY OPERATE A FACILITY THERE AND ARE WANTING TO EXPAND AND BUILD A NEW FACILITY.

THEY WILL KEEP THE CURRENT EXISTING FACILITY AND WILL EXPAND TO THIS LOCATION.

THEY'VE PURCHASED 4.85 ACRES AT THE CORNER OF POINT WEST AND AMARILLO BOULEVARD.

THEY WILL CONSTRUCT A NEW FIFTY THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY ON THAT FOUR POINT EIGHT

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IT WILL BE THREE POINT THREE MILLION IN NEW PAYROLL AND THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND ABOUT THIRTY THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND.

THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, I DO HAVE SOME SLIDES TO SHOW IF WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, IF WE CAN GET THAT UP, I WILL.

STEPHANIE. KEVIN, DO YOU WANT ME TO SHARE IT FOR YOU? YES, PLEASE. I'M SORRY.

YES, MA'AM, PLEASE.

LET'S SKIP TO THE FOURTH SLIDE WHERE THE MAP IS, THIS WILL KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT IS. THIS IS THE LOCATION, IT'S JUST SOUTH OF BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.

LIKE I SAID, AT POINT WEST AND AMARILLO BOULEVARD.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THE NEXT SLIDE IS A SIX YEAR, 60 PERCENT TAX ABATEMENT ON THE REAL AND BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY.

THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE INCENTIVE GUIDELINES THAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN 2019.

NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT NUMBERS OF THIS PROJECT.

OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A 15 MILLION DOLLAR NET BENEFIT WITH GIVING THE SIX YEAR 60 PERCENT ABATEMENT.

THIS PROJECT PROJECTS TWENTY SEVEN NEW JOBS, TWENTY SEVEN POINT SIX ADDITIONAL JOBS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE DIRECT JOBS FOR FIFTY FOUR AND A HALF TOTAL JOBS.

THE SALARY RANGE IS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO THOUSAND ON THE DIRECT JOBS AND FIFTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE ADDITIONAL SPINOFF JOBS.

THEIR CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS THIRTY ONE POINT ONE MILLION IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY PURCHASED THE LAND FOR.

WITH RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THIS IS GOING TO ADD ONE POINT SIX NEW HOMES AND TEN POINT SEVEN RELOCATIONS IS WHAT OUR DATA SOURCE IS PROJECTING.

THE NEXT PAGE KIND OF BREAKS DOWN THAT 15 MILLION DOLLAR NET BENEFIT, AS YOU CAN SEE.

AND THIS IS A NET BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO, NOT THE OVERALL NET BENEFIT OF THE PROJECT. AND IF YOU INCLUDE POTTER COUNTY, BUSHLAND ISD AND AMARILLO COLLEGE, IT'S A TWENTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR NET BENEFIT OVERALL BUT 15 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

THAT SHOWS THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE STEPHANIE, I'M SORRY.

ALSO, WE'RE FORTUNATE TODAY TO HAVE TWO MEMBERS THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS PROJECT MAYOR, ERIC PALMER, WHO IS WITH TEXAS ONCOLOGY HERE IN AMARILLO, AND THEN JOHN LENIO WITH CBRE, WHO IS THE CONSULTANT ON THIS PROJECT.

AND SO VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THEM ON THE CALL AS WELL TODAY AND WOULD WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE ON THIS PROJECT.

STEPHANIE, CAN YOU PUT THOSE NUMBERS BACK UP THERE, THAT FINAL SLIDE, PLEASE? THERE YOU GO. THANKS. YEAH, ONE OF THOSE TWO, AND THIS WAS STUDYING A LITTLE BIT MORE.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN OR HIS TEAM? I THINK ANOTHER BENEFIT, MAYOR, LET ME EXPAND ON IS THE FACT THAT FORTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND THAT THEY EXPECT EVERY YEAR ARE GOING TO BE FROM OUT OF TOWN, 10 TO 15 PERCENT OF THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OUT OF STATE.

AND SO YOU SEE ONE OF THE BIG HUGE BENEFITS ON THIS IS THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.

WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT 11 MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE 20 YEARS IN THE HOT TAX ADDITION TO THE HOT TAX. SO LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE EXPECTING TO SEE ABOUT FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND PATIENTS A YEAR WITH 40 TO 45 PERCENT OF THAT OUT OF THE AMARILLO MSA AND 10 TO 15 PERCENT OF THAT WILL BE OUT OF STATE. SO IT'S GOING TO SERVE QUITE A LARGE PART OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE, EASTERN NEW MEXICO, THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO.

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EXCUSE ME. OKAY, NOT HEARING ANY QUESTIONS.

THIS IS NOT A NEW PROJECT AS FAR AS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN INFORMATION ON IT BEFORE.

NOW IT'S IN ITS FINAL FORM.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

JUST A QUESTION ON THE TIMELINE, KEVIN, AND HOW SOON WOULD THIS START ONCE THE COMPLETION, WHEN WOULD IT ACTUALLY BE AN OPERATIONAL FACILITY? WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND ERIC MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BETTER THAN I CAN.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE TAX ABATEMENT FOR THE LAND PURCHASE TO GO THROUGH.

AND THEN THAT PROCESS WOULD WITH THE LAND ACQUISITION WOULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND THEN THEY WOULD HOPE TO BE OPERATIONAL SOMETIME IN 2022 OR 2023.

YEAH, IT WOULD BE 2023, SO OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO HOPEFULLY ASSUME THE PREMISES IN MAY OF 2023.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ERIC, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE INVESTMENTS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY MADE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE OF THAT.

WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS AND TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING HERE IN AMARILLO, AND I'LL SAY FOR MYSELF, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR ALL OF US.

OK, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.

I MOVE TO APPROVE AN ABATEMENT OF FUTURE TAXES ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT UPGRADES WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INCENTIVE GUIDELINES ADOPTED IN 2019 FOR 60 PERCENT FOR A SIX YEAR PERIOD ON NEW CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT FOR NX AMARILLO MOB LLC, PHYSICIAN RELIANCE LLC AND PARKWEST CORPORATE CENTER LIMITED MCKESSON.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT TO ABATE FUTURE TAXES FOR THIS PROJECT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? I WOULD JUST COMMENT THAT THIS IS AGAIN, MOVING UNDER THE REDEVELOPED POLICIES WHERE WE HAVE CHANGED, WE NOW HAVE CONSISTENT POLICIES ACROSS BOTH COUNTIES, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF AMARILLO. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JARED MILLER AND ANDREW FREEMAN AND THE AEDC TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET THAT POLICY IN PLACE. AND I THINK IT MAKES IT SUCH A SMOOTHER TRANSITION AND OPPORTUNITY TO PUT PROJECTS LIKE THIS TOGETHER, BUT IT ALSO BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY FINANCIALLY BECAUSE IN DOING THOSE POLICIES, WE BACKED OFF OF THE 100 PERCENT, 90 PERCENT ABATEMENTS THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN FOR MANY YEARS TO GET THINGS STARTED ECONOMICALLY.

AND SO I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT THESE POLICIES ARE NOW ATTRACTING PROJECTS.

AND I'M ALSO PLEASED TO SAY THAT AT LOWER ABATEMENT RATES.

SORRY, ERIC, BUT THAT'S GOOD FOR OUR CITY.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PROJECT AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET YOU AT A LOWER ABATEMENT RATE, SO.

OK, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY ABOUT THE PROJECT OR THE MOTION? OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, I SEE FIVE HANDS, THAT MOTION WILL PASS WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

AND WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BATHROOM BREAK, COME BACK AND GET STARTED ON OUR BOARD APPOINTMENTS, FOLLOWED BY AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM.

FREDA, CAN YOU HEAR US?

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OK, YOU READY TO MOVE FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T SEE YOU? SURE. YOU WANT US TO WAIT? NO, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET BACK ON.

WE CAN PAUSE AT ANY TIME FREDA SO JUST.

GREAT ALL RIGHT. OK, COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO START THIS OFF BY COMMENDING

[3.J. CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS - BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]

AND I WAS VERY HUMBLED TO RECEIVE THE PACKET.

AND I KNOW THE FIRST YEAR I SPENT ABOUT EIGHT HOURS CALLING THROUGH ALL OF IT, AND THIS YEAR WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT IN A MUCH SHORTER TIME FRAME.

AND A LOT OF THAT IS JUST DUE TO THE WAY FRANCES AND JAN PREPARED THE PACKETS AND THE SOFTWARE THAT THEY'RE USING NOW.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THOSE TWO LADIES.

AND THANK YOU, JARED, FOR THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE LED AND SUPPORTED THAT EFFORT TO MAKE THIS PROCESS MORE STREAMLINED FOR THE COUNCIL AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE APPLYING.

AND ON THAT FRONT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE APPLYING.

WOW, WE JUST HAVE AMAZING CALIBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR CITY WILLING TO SERVE.

MAKES ME WANT TO JUST CREATE HALF A DOZEN MORE COMMITTEES SO THAT THERE WOULD BE ROOM FOR EVERYBODY TO SERVE, BECAUSE WE REALLY DID HAVE SOME INTERESTING APPLICANTS THIS YEAR.

BUT IF IT'S OK WITH THE COUNCIL, I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS JUST FOLLOW THIS LIST THAT ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN, THE ONE THAT HAS BLUE AND YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED.

WE'LL JUST GO COMMITTEE BY COMMITTEE AND THEN SO WE'LL GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, AS JAN AND FRANCES HAD PRESENTED ALL THE INFORMATION TO US.

SO ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT APPROACH? OK, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SHOWS TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE REAPPOINTED AND ARE WILLING TO SERVE WARREN COBLE AND BRIAN MCCULLOUGH.

AND THEN WE HAVE ONE VACANCY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY NO THAT'S A DIFFERENT ONE, ONE VACANCY.

SO CAN WE START BY CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO REAPPOINT THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE AND ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT? YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO NOMINATE WARREN COBLE AND BRIAN MCCULLOUGH FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

SECOND. MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPOINT WARREN COBLE AND BRIAN MCCULLOUGH TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FOR A SECOND TERM.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM THAT ON COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AYE. THANK YOU FREDA.

THAT IS A 5 0 VOTE TO REAPPOINT THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN.

NOW WE NEED TO FILL THE VACANCY.

COUNCIL DO WE HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO CONSIDER? OK. A MOTION FOR MELISSA WALKER.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YES, THIS IS FREDA.

OK, COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL HAS SECONDED THAT MOTION.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL.

I THOUGHT ANN STITCH WAS ALSO A GREAT SUGGESTION, BUT I'M IN FAVOR, SO ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF MELISSA WALKER SERVING IN THAT VACANCY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.

AYE. THAT PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

MOVING ON TO THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

WE HAVE ONE PERSON, CECIL LLOYD BROWN, UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

COUNCIL DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THAT POSSIBLE REAPPOINTMENT.

HE IS WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO NOMINATE CECIL BROWN OR LLOYD BROWN FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO REAPPOINT LLOYD BROWN TO SERVE FOR A SECOND TERM ON THE AEDC BOARD.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? AND IS MR. BROWN CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT? YES.

YES. THAT IS ANOTHER REASON I SUPPORT HIS REAPPOINTMENT AND CONTINUING THAT CONSISTENCY.

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ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.

AYE. OK, THAT PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

RECOMMENDATIONS OR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THE APPLICANTS, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR ASSISTANT AND DEPUTY CITY OUR ENTIRE MANAGEMENT TEAM, AS WELL AS EACH DIRECTOR AND BOARD LIAISON ON THE CALL.

SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU.

I HESITATED TO SLOW YOU DOWN BECAUSE YOU'RE ON SUCH A GREAT ROLE.

[LAUGHTER] THAT RESOURCE IS THERE FOR YOU. GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO HERE, JARED.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT EFFICIENTLY.

MAYOR. I'M GLAD SAM BASS AND DR.

EDDIE BOYD TO THE AMARILLO HEALTH FACILITIES CORPORATION BOARD.

SECOND. SO THAT'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO MAKE THOSE TWO REAPPOINTMENTS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.

AYE. OK, I SEE FIVE VOTES TO REAPPOINT THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN.

NOW WE NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE POSITION THAT WAS HELD BY LARRY [INAUDIBLE].

DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THAT.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO PUT PATRICK WILLIAMS IN THAT PLACE.

SECOND.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO PUT PATRICK WILLIAMS IN THAT POSITION.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

JUST ONE QUESTION. YES.

HE'S ON THE HOSPITAL BOARD TOO.

ALREADY, SO IS THAT AN OK THING.

YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT, I BELIEVE ACCORDING TO THE NOTES I GOT, HE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON BOTH. YES.

AND YOUR AMARILLO HEALTH FACILITIES CORP.

BOARD IS NOT A VERY ACTIVE BOARD.

THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON.

THEY MEET AT MOST ONE TIME A YEAR.

AND SO IT IS NOT A HUGE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT FOR ANYONE TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD.

AND AS I MENTIONED, JUST NOT MUCH ACTIVITY GOING ON.

SO NOT A LOT OF DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY THAT BOARD CURRENTLY.

IS THERE A BENEFIT LAURA TO HAVING A HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBER SERVE ON THAT FACILITIES BOARD? YOU KNOW, I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT I COULD CERTAINLY SEE HOW THERE MIGHT BE A BENEFIT OF THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE, BUT THEY ARE BOTH TO HELP PROMOTE THE HEALTH WITHIN THE PUBLIC, WITHIN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

AND SO ONE FOCUSES MORE ON THE INDIGENT CARE, BUT STILL PROMOTING THE OVERALL HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I COULD CERTAINLY SEE THAT AS A BENEFIT.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A CHECK OR A VOICE OF CONCERN ABOUT OR WANT TO SPEAK AGAINST THE MOTION? NO, MA'AM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE FOR SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT EVERYTHING THAT THERE WASN'T ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING AT ALL, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE [INAUDIBLE] TO DO THAT.

OK. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPOINTING PATRICK WILLIAMS TO THE AMARILLO HEALTH FACILITIES CORPORATION MOTION.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.

AYE. OKAY THAT HAS FIVE VOTES MOVING ON TO THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD OF MANAGERS. WE HAVE ONE PLACE FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND IT HAPPENS TO BE PATRICK WILLIAMS. DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? I MOVE TO APPOINT PATRICK WILLIAMS. SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO REAPPOINT PATRICK WILLIAMS, WHO IS WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN TO ANOTHER TERM TO THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE].

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.

AYE. I THINK THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

AND THEN WE HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT NEEDED DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR A SUGGESTION ON WHO SHOULD SERVE.

YES MA'AM. I MOVE THAT WE NOMINATE MICHELLE BONNER TO THAT POSITION TO REPLACE SPEAKERS]. YEAH, CAN THE WHOLE COUNCIL JUST SECOND THAT MOTION.

I MEAN, EVERYONE SAY YES.

NO KIDDING.

YES. MICHELLE BONNER.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

YES, WE DO.

OK, SO WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL MOTION FROM DR.

SAUER AND A SECOND FROM ELAINE HAYS.

AND ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MICHELLE BONNER MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.

AYE. THAT PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

[02:30:02]

IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.

YES. AND I AGREE.

AND THANK YOU FOR PAUSING TO SAY THAT.

AND I JUST AGREE WITH THAT GRATITUDE TOWARD SAM LOVELADY.

HE AND CAROL HAVE SERVED THIS COMMUNITY FOR SO MANY YEARS.

CAROL'S DAD WAS MAYOR.

AND SO THEY HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF SERVING AND WE DO APPRECIATE THEM.

I'M REALLY GLAD YOU PAUSED TO SAY THAT, ELAINE.

OK, MOVING ON TO THE AMARILLO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT WILLING TO SERVE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO APPOINT MICHAEL HANING AND ALSO PAUL MATNEY TO BE REAPPOINTED TO THE AMARILLO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION BOARD.

SECOND.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO REAPPOINT MICHAEL HANING AND PAUL MATNEY.

ANYONE HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL I CAN SAY IS BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE TWO FANTASTIC COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM ON THAT BOARD AND SERVE WITH THEM, BOTH OF THEM VERY BRIGHT BRING A LOT TO THE TABLE AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE WITH THEM.

GREAT COMMENTS. OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE. AYE. FREDA I DIDN'T HEAR YOU IF YOU VOTED.

HAVE WE LOST FREDA. I THINK SO.

MOTION PASSES WITH A 4 0 VOTE AND WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE FOR JUST A MINUTE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET FREDA BACK IN THE LOOP.

SHE'S IN ZOOM PRISON.

YEAH. OK, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW MAYOR? YES. OK, YES.

YES. YES, THAT WAS AN AYE ON MY PART, I COULD HEAR YOU GUYS BUT YOU COULDN'T HEAR ME.

OK, GOOD.

SO THAT PASSES WITH A FIVE ZERO VOTE THEN.

THE AMARILLO POTTER EVENTS VENUE DISTRICT BOARD HAS ONE REAPPOINTMENT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT TODD MAYFIELD TO THE AMARILLO POTTER EVENTS VENUE DISTRICT. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO REAPPOINT TODD MAYFIELD, WHO IS WILLING TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE. AYE. I'M HERE, AND THAT'S AN AYE.

YES.

OK, THAT MOTION PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE ON THE BEAUTIFICATION OF PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE APPOINTED.

I'M SORRY, FIVE PEOPLE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND A RECOMMENDATION FROM SHERMAN BASS, WHO SERVES AS THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THAT COMMITTEE, THAT WE STAGGER THEIR TERMS. SO AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THESE FOLKS, WOULD YOU ALSO CONSIDER WHOEVER MAKES A MOTION ASSIGNING YEARS TO THEIR TERMS. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'D LIKE MOVE THAT DR.

EDDY SAUER REMAIN ON THAT BOARD. YOU'D LIKE TO WHAT HIM. DID YOU SAY REMOVE.

NOMINATE HIM.

WOW, THAT WAS FIXING TO BE INTERESTING, YOU'RE GOING TO MOTION TO REMOVE EDDY OFF OF THAT COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT HE SAID.

[LAUGHTER] OH, MY.

YEAH.

RIGHT. YES. REALLY.

OK, SO YOU WANT TO BACK.

SO HOWARD HAS MADE A MOTION FOR EDDY SAUER TO CONTINUE AS OUR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION.

SECOND. FROM ELAINE HAYS AND SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT COUNCIL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, I SEE 4 HANDS, EDDY, ARE YOU WILLING TO SERVE.

YES MA'AM.

OK, THAT'LL PASS WITH A 4 0 VOTE.

NOW BACK TO REAPPOINTING PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO CONTINUE SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE.

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SECOND. THANK YOU FOR THAT MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES, I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ON THIS BOARD.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A VERY LONG ESTABLISHED BOARD.

THIS IS SOMETHING KIND OF NEW.

AND SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WITH PEOPLE STAYING ON.

I JUST KIND OF WANT US TO BE THINKING.

I DO THINK THE ROTATION OF TERMS THAT WE'RE FIXING TO ADDRESS MAY TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST REAPPOINTING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S SO MANY IF THERE ARE ANY INDIVIDUALS WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THAT MIGHT ALSO BE CONTRIBUTORS AND THE ON RAMP MAY WORK AS PEOPLE ROTATE OFF AND JUST NOBODY [INAUDIBLE].

SO JUST KIND OF WANTED SOME FEEDBACK FROM EDDY A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

OK, SO HERE'S WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK THE BOARD IS I DO WANT US TO BE ABLE TO ROTATE PEOPLE ON AND OFF OF THAT BOARD.

CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THE ONE THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU IS LIKE BETH DUKE, SHE'S A CENTER CITY BOARD MEMBER.

SO WE DID JUST APPOINT RHONDA, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO WE APPOINTED RHONDA DITTFURTH SHE WAS FILLING THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF KEITH GRAYS.

ALSO, WE PUT DENISE CHESNUT ON.

YES. BUT KELLY SIMS IS NOT A REAPPOINTMENT.

YEAH, KELLEY SIMS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED, SO WE WILL BE REPLACING ONE.

AND SO I WOULD TELL YOU THAT ALREADY THAT MEANS WE'VE HAD ONE, TWO AND THERE'LL BE THREE OF THOSE THAT WE WILL HAVE REPLACED WITHIN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

SO I THINK IT IS TURNING OUT THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING THOSE PEOPLE ON.

AND ACTUALLY ALSO STERLING MCKINNEY SHE'S FILLING THE POSITION SONJA GROSS HAD.

I JUST DROPPED MY EAR.

SO I THINK IT'S ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, IT'S KIND OF WORKING ITSELF OUT A LITTLE BIT.

SO I THINK WE'LL BE I THINK WE'RE DOING REALLY PRETTY GOOD AT THIS POINT.

GOOD. THOSE ARE GREAT REMINDERS ON SOME OF THOSE UNEXPIRED TERMS THAT WERE FILLED.

AND SO THERE IS A FRESHNESS WITH IT AND THAT THERE IS ONE SLOT THAT WILL BE A BRAND NEW PERSON. YES.

THANKS FOR THAT. I WONDERED COUNCILWOMAN POWELL, IF YOU MIGHT BE WILLING TO AMEND YOUR MOTION. I THINK KELLEY SIMS HAD INDICATED HE HAS ACTUALLY RESIGNED.

YES, HE HAS.

OK, SO THAT MAY NEED TO BE A CHANGE ON THE MOTION.

AND THERE WAS AN EMAIL I INCLUDED FROM SHERMAN THAT HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE TERMS, AND SO WE MIGHT AS WE'RE AMENDING THAT MOTION, WE MIGHT WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ADD IN THE LENGTH OF TERMS WHICH ONE WE ARE STAGGERING.

REMIND ME OF THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE.

THE MOTION MADE WAS TO REAPPOINT STERLING MCKINNEY, RHONDA, DITTFURTH JASON BOYETT, ANDI WARDLAW, DENISE CHESNUT AND KELLEY SIMS. SO IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG ON YOUR SHEET, YOU CAN SEE SIX OF THEM ARE YELLOW FOR REAPPOINTMENT, BUT THAT KELLEY ACTUALLY HAS RESIGNED AND HE'S BLUE, SHOWING HIS POSITION NEEDS A NEW APPOINTMENT.

SO I'LL AMEND THAT MOTION, IF THAT'S OK.

SO I'LL AMEND IT TO THE DELETE KELLEY SIMS AND THEN ALSO FOR THE TERMS OF JASON BOYETT AND

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AND RHONDA DITTFURTH WHOEVER WE SO CHOOSE TO PLACE IN THE PLACE OF KELLEY SIMS WILL BE A ONE YEAR APPOINTMENT. OK, I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO IS EITHER HAVE FREDA WITHDRAW HER MOTION OR VOTE IT DOWN.

I WILL RESCIND MY MOTION.

OK, GREAT, NOW, EDDY, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A NEW MOTION ON THE TABLE.

YES MA'AM. FOR THOSE FIVE PEOPLE TO BE REAPPOINTED AT THOSE TERM LENGTHS.

SECOND. OK, AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY HOWARD ALREADY, SO THANK YOU, ELAINE.

BUT SO CLEARING OUT OUR PROCEDURE ON ALL OF THAT, I THINK WE NOW HAVE A MOTION THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT TO REAPPOINT THOSE FIVE PEOPLE AT THOSE TERMS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I WILL SAY HOW COMMENDABLE IT IS THAT JASON BOYETT, WHO WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, HAS ATTENDED ALL 26 MEETINGS EVERY TIME THIS BOARD HAS MET HE HAS BEEN THERE. YEAH. AND SOMETIMES, I MEAN, OFTEN WE HAVE THINGS COME UP THAT YOU CAN'T PREDICT OR STEER AROUND, BUT IT CERTAINLY TAKES EFFORT ON SOMEONE'S PART TO MAKE ALL TWENTY SIX MEETINGS. SO THANK YOU, JASON.

OK, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO REAPPOINT THOSE FIVE AT THOSE TERM LENGTHS PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, THAT PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

AND NOW WE NEED TO CONSIDER FILLING THE ONE VACANCY.

LOTS OF GOOD NAMES TO CHOOSE FROM, AND WHILE Y'ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT A MOTION, I WILL SAY THIS WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OUT OF CITIZENS THAT FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION AND CHOSE, HEY, THIS IS A COMMITTEE I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.

THIS COMMITTEE WAS VERY POPULAR.

AND I THINK THAT GOES TO COUNCILWOMAN HAYS' POINT OF ARE WE ROTATING PEOPLE ENOUGH SO THAT THE GREAT PEOPLE WHO APPLIED ARE GETTING A CHANCE TO SERVE? THAT WAS EXACTLY MY THOUGHT, MAYOR.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU CIRCLING AROUND BECAUSE IT WAS I REMEMBER, ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING BOARDS TO FILL WHEN WE FIRST CREATED IT AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING IN SOME OPPORTUNITIES.

YEAH, AND IT'S DOING GOOD WORK AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THIS BOARD IN OUR CITY, SO MAYOR I WOULD NOMINATE STEPHANIE [INAUDIBLE].

SECOND.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPOINT STEPHANIE [INAUDIBLE] INTO THAT VACANCY.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MOTION? JUNG.

J U N G.

JUNG. YOUNG.

HMM, OK, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU'RE THE ONE WHOSE DAUGHTER HAS MORE LANGUAGE SKILLS THAT I HAVE, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU, WHO IS LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH VALERIE? SO YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW. ALL I'LL SAY IS WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR RESUMES HER RESUME, IT'S INCREDIBLE.

YES. YEAH. SHE IS INCREDIBLE AND I DON'T PERSONALLY KNOW HER, BUT I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING HER BECAUSE I WOULD THINK SHE WOULD HAVE LOTS OF GREAT IDEAS.

SOMEONE ELSE WAS ASKING A QUESTION A MINUTE AGO AND WE STEPPED ON IT.

IT WAS EITHER ELAINE OR FREDA.

HE ANSWERED IT, I WAS KIND OF ASKING I WAS WANTING SOME SUPPORT INFO OF WHY YOU WERE NOMINATING THAT PARTICULAR PERSON AND YOU PROVIDED IT.

I'M GOOD. HERE'S THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WILL SAY WAS ORIGINALLY AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE THAT FULFILLS THIS PART OF IT IN THE APPLICATIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, KELLEY SIMS WAS ON THERE.

AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, ORIGINALLY, WHEN WE PUT THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER, WE PUT HIM ON BECAUSE HE WAS A LANDSCAPE PERSON.

AND THAT PART OF THE ART [INAUDIBLE] WE WANTED TO MAKE [INAUDIBLE] BEAUTIFICATION.

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THE PROBLEM IS, IS NOBODY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WITH THOSE CREDENTIALS THAT APPLIED THIS TIME AROUND.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY FOR THE NEXT YEAR THAT SOMEBODY GET THE WORD OUT, THAT WE'D REALLY LIKE TO END UP SEEING THAT POSSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO ADD SOMEONE LIKE THAT TO THE COMMITTEE. BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU, HE WAS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.

AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

OK, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO APPOINT STEPHANIE? OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, STEPHANIE IS APPOINTED WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

AND LOOKING AT THE CENTER CITY TIRZ NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE ONE PERSON, AUSTIN SHARP, WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO BE REAPPOINTED AND WILLING TO SERVE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THAT? SO, YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT AUSTIN SHARP TO THE CENTER CITY TIRZ ONE BOARD.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO REAPPOINT AUSTIN SHARP.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS TWO PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE GINGER WHITE AND MILDRED DARDEN.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THAT PORTION OF THIS COMMITTEE? YES, MAYOR. GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD FREDA. YES, MAYOR I MOVE GINGER WHITE AND MILDRED DARDEN TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT THESE TWO LADIES FOR ANOTHER TERM.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THAT COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

WE HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT NEEDED, AND IT'S AN AT LARGE POSITION, WHICH IS MUCH EASIER TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT FOR THAN TRYING TO FIND THE TARGET AREAS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICE OPPORTUNITY THERE.

YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO APPOINT.

AMANDA [INAUDIBLE]. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AN A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPOINT AMANDA HOLCOMB.

EASY FOR ME TO JUMP IN, AND SECOND, THAT I WAS GOING TO NOMINATE HER.

THAT'S GREAT.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS.

HEY, ELAINE, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

NO, NOT AT ALL.

NO APOLOGY NEEDED WE'RE TAG TEAMING.

OK, HERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION FOR AMANDA HOLCOMB, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, GREAT, THAT PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

ON THE CONDEMNATION APPEALS COMMISSION, WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE CURRENTLY SERVING ALL OF THEM UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND WILLING TO SERVE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THAT COMMISSION? MAYOR, BEFORE WE DO THAT, COULD WE GET AN UPDATE ON JUST THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, HOW FREQUENTLY THEY MEET, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE, WHAT THEIR ACTIVITIES ARE? MR. CITY MANAGER. YES MA'AM I'VE GOT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FLOYD HARTMAN.

THIS IS ONE OF HIS DIRECT REPORTS.

SO, FLOYD, TAKE IT AWAY.

SO, YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS WAS A CREATED BOARD A FEW YEARS AGO AND CREATED THE CONDEMNATION PROCESS TO MEET STATE LAW.

SO THERE ARE SOME REQUIREMENTS TO BE ON THIS BOARD.

ONE OF THOSE IS THAT YOU ARE ON THE CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY APPEALS COMMISSION, WHICH IS THE NEXT ONE. SO THERE'S A PRE REQUISITE TO BE A MEMBER.

AND THIS IS THE BOARD THAT LOOKS AT THOSE CONDEMNATION APPEALS PROCESS FOR PROPERTY BEING CONDEMNED. DO YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION THAN THAT.

HOW FREQUENTLY THEY MEET. IS THIS A MONTHLY THAT THIS BOARD REVIEWS APPEALS OR IS IT JUST

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THE PROCESS, IT'S AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS FOR CONDEMNATION.

AND IT IS AS WE GENERATE THOSE CALLS AND HAVE PROPERTIES READY AFTER WE'VE LOOKED FOR THE OWNER TRYING TO GET THE RESOLUTION PRIOR TO THAT PROCESS.

DOES THAT TEND TO BE ON A MONTHLY BASIS OR ON A QUARTERLY BASIS? THEY DON'T MEET BY [INAUDIBLE] QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY THEY MEET WHEN WE HAVE A NEED, BUT THEY MEET FREQUENTLY, THEY PROBABLY MEET AT LEAST EVERY OTHER MONTH.

THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION HISTORICALLY, JUST KIND OF WANTING TO KNOW THE FREQUENCY OF THAT COMMISSION. THANK YOU, FLOYD.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING REAPPOINTMENTS.

YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO APPOINT JOEL FAVELA, RICHARD CONSTANCIO, JAMES BARNES AND TOM ROLLER, AND THAT IS REAPPOINT THEM TO THE CONDEMNATION APPEALS COMMISSION.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO REAPPOINT THOSE FOUR GENTLEMEN TO SERVE ON THE CONDEMNATION APPEALS COMMISSION.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

THE NEXT BOARD, I WANT TO FIRST ASK FOR FLOYD TO GIVE US JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FLOYD CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A LITTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY AND APPEALS COMMISSION? YES, AND [INAUDIBLE] MAY WEIGH IN ON THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD, BUT IT IS AN AVENUE FOR THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE IS LATITUDE WITHIN THE CODES AND OUR DESIGN PROJECTS FOR CONSTRUCTION ON SITE PLANS TYPICALLY SUCH AS SETBACKS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE OUR PUBLIC AND OUR CONSTRUCTION PUBLIC HAS AN AVENUE TO GO APPEAL CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED AND THAT CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY AND APPEALS COMMISSION WOULD HEAR THOSE APPEALS FOR VARIANCES AND WAIVERS.

THANK YOU.

SO, COUNCIL I SEE THAT WE NEED ONE REAPPOINTMENT ON THIS COMMISSION.

AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THAT? YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO REAPPOINT FRANK WILBURN TO THE CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY AND APPEALS COMMISSION. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO REAPPOINT FRANK WILBURN, WHO IS WILLING TO SERVE FOR ANOTHER TERM ON THE CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY AND APPEALS COMMISSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL ON THIS.

AND ONE QUESTION ON JUST FROM THE COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, WHEN APPEALS COME BEFORE THIS AND IT'S BASICALLY OVERTURNING A CITY STAFF DECISION, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, FLOYD HOW FREQUENTLY ARE THOSE APPEALS SUCCESSFUL? BECAUSE TYPICALLY [INAUDIBLE] ORDINANCE WHAT QUALIFIES FOR THAT SO IS NOT FREQUENT THAT THEY OVERTURN. BUT THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE THERE'S A MORE OBJECTIVE VIEW FROM JUST A PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF A RULE THAT DOESN'T APPLY IN THIS CASE.

SO MORE THAN NOT, THEY'RE NOT GRANTED, BUT THEY ARE GRANTED.

AND THIS COMMISSION ACTUALLY HAS AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.

BUT I WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE JUST NOT CHECKING THE BOX, THAT WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THIS, BUT FOR OUR CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT THERE REALLY IS A PATH FOR RESOLUTION OF GRIEVANCES. THERE ARE SOME THINGS [INAUDIBLE] FOR THIS COMMITTEE.

BUT WHAT IS DEFINED IN THE ORDINANCE, THIS IS WHERE IT GOES.

SO, YES, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T FORGIVE, LIFE SAFETY ISSUES, BUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE OF A DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY LIFE SAFETY CAN COME TO THIS BOARD.

THANK YOU. SURE.

OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, THEN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

WE REALLY NEED TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO FILL THE POSITION LISTED THERE, DO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR SOMEONE TO SERVE IN THAT OTHER POSITION?

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SECOND. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPOINT ROBERT MARTIN TO FULFILL THAT TERM THROUGH DECEMBER TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL ON THE MOTION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

ON THE EAST GATEWAY TIRZ 2 THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS THERE FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND BOTH ARE WILLING TO CONTINUE SERVING.

COUNCIL DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THOSE REAPPOINTMENTS? YES, MAYOR I MOVE. GO AHEAD ELAINE.

JUST BEFORE WE RENOMINATED, I DID NOTICE ON MR. REED'S APPLICATION THAT HE HAD STATED POSSIBLY AN INTEREST IN SWITCHING BOARDS AND WOULD BE OPEN TO COUNCIL, REPLACING HIM ON THIS ONE.

AND SO I JUST I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE NOTING THAT AND IT IS ASKING A LOT FOR PEOPLE TO SERVE. AND IF THEY EXPRESSED AN INTEREST POSSIBLY IN SWITCHING, IF SOMEBODY ELSE KNOWS SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS FROM THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT THEY THINK WOULD BE A GOOD FIT, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SLIDE THEM INTO THAT SPOT AND SAVE MR. REED FOR A DIFFERENT BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN ON THESE TWO POSITIONS, POSSIBLY JUST ONE POSITION.

ELAINE, SINCE YOU KIND OF OPENED THE DOOR ON THAT, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE ABOUT THAT? NO, THERE WAS I DON'T HAVE OTHER APPLICANTS OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT I WAS THINKING OF THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T MISS AN OPPORTUNITY OF [INAUDIBLE] THIS, I'M NOT SURE THIS IS A BOARD THAT HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF AWARENESS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OF WHAT IT DOES, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF APPLICANTS FOR THIS BOARD.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S TRYING VERY HARD TO MAKE AN IMPACT, BOTH WITH WHAT WE APPROVED TODAY AND IN ENLARGING THE BOUNDARIES OF IT, AND IT JUST I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ABILITY TO DO SOME PROJECTS AND SO JUST ADDING THAT ONTO THE CONVERSATION.

AND IF NOBODY HAD SOMEONE ELSE IN MIND FOR THAT SLOT, I AM FINE WITH REAPPOINTING BOTH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. JUST I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF THAT AND THAT THAT WAS A POSSIBLE OPENING.

OK, SO I THINK THAT [INAUDIBLE] HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN SERVING ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARD AND THAT PERSON COULD REPLACE CHRIS [INAUDIBLE].

I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THAT LAST LITTLE COMMENT THAT YOU SAID, FREDA.

I SAID THAT TRACY SHEA HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN SERVING ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARD SO SHE COULD REPLACE CHRIS [INAUDIBLE].

IS THAT A MOTION. SO THE FIRST THING THAT I WOULD DO IS I WOULD MOVE TO REAPPOINT JASMINE PATEL TO THE EAST GATEWAY, TIRZ NUMBER TWO.

OK. AND IT'S MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO REAPPOINT JASMINE PATEL TO THE EAST GATEWAY TIRZ 4.

ANYONE HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I SEE FIVE, SO JASMINE IS REAPPOINTED.

OK, AND THEN NEXT, I WOULD MOVE TO APPOINT TRACY SHEA.

THAT'S TRACY SHEA TO THE EAST GATEWAY TIRZ NUMBER TWO BOARD.

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DOES ANYONE KNOW TRACY OR IS THIS A MR. TRACY SHEA OR A MS. TRACY SHEA? I THINK IT'S A MR., BUT I CAN SEE [INAUDIBLE] IT IS A MISTER. OK.

HE'S WORKED WITH THE WT SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER BEFORE AND IS AN ENTREPRENEUR IN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS SO HELPFUL EVERY TIME SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME TO ATTACH A RESUME TO THEIR APPLICATION, AND SO I WANTED TO THANK THE IT DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING THAT AN OPTION AND MAYBE MAKING IT SMOOTHER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN YEARS PAST, BECAUSE I KNOW WE SAW SO MANY RESUMES ATTACHED TO THE APPLICATIONS AND IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE QUALIFIED IN OR WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCES IN AS WE ARE MAKING THESE APPOINTMENTS.

SO I WILL COMMENT ON THAT.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE MOTION FOR TRACY SHEA? OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

FIVE, THAT'S A 5 0 VOTE.

UP NEXT IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE AND THERE AGAIN WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE TO BE REAPPOINTED. AND LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT.

YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO REAPPOINT ADAM SCHAER, JOHN RYAN ZIMMER, HOWARD SMITH, DAVID MOODY, ROGER GLOE TIM DILLON AND BLAIR SNOW TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE BOARD.

SECOND. SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION COUNCIL ABOUT THE MOTION? JUST A COMMENT.

REASON EVERYBODY'S TERM WAS UP THAT COMMITTEE WAS SUNSETED AT THE LAST MEETING, WE EXTENDED THE LIFE OF IT TWO YEARS.

SO HOW WILL THIS GOING FORWARD? FRANCES. WE EXTENDED IT FOR ONE YEAR.

TWO YEARS MA'AM. I THOUGHT IT WAS TWO YEARS, MAYOR.

CORRECT. SO DOES THAT MEAN ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE REAPPOINTED ARE GETTING IT SAYS, A ONE YEAR TERM OR A TWO YEAR TERM? IT WILL NOW BE A TWO YEAR TERM.

AND THEN IT SUNSETS AGAIN.

YES, CORRECT.

OK, SO THE MOTION IS TO REAPPOINT THOSE SIX PEOPLE, PLUS BLAIR SNOW AS THE CITY EX OFFICIO MEMBER. AND WE HAVE A SECOND FOR IT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

WE DO NEED ONE NEW APPOINTMENT FOR THIS BOARD.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT.

MAYOR I WOULD NOMINATE FAITH [INAUDIBLE] AND DON'T KNOW HER PERSONALLY AND GOING OFF OF THE RESUME THAT WAS SUBMITTED.

AND TO GET A FEMALE ON THE BOARD, A LITTLE BIT OF DIVERSITY.

I SECOND. MAYOR.

YES. IS THAT FLOYD? YES, I NEED TO MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE.

SHE LIVES OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE. AND I'LL PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND TO SAY THAT WE DO HAVE A POLICY THAT THEY HAVE TO BE A VOTER REGISTERED IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

I THINK THAT OUR POLICY IS THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS SAID COUNCIL.

IS THAT POLICIES ARE THERE TO SET THE ROADMAP FOR HOW WE USUALLY DO IT, BUT WE CONTROL THE POLICIES. THE POLICIES DON'T CONTROL US.

AND SO IN A SITUATION WHERE WE THINK WE HAVE A CANDIDATE WHO BRINGS SOMETHING UNIQUE TO THE BOARD, I THINK WE HAVE THE DISCRETION TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE POLICY AND SAY THIS CANDIDATE IS WORTH MAKING AN EXCEPTION TO THE POLICY FOR.

BUT I APPRECIATE FLOYD THAT YOU POINTED THAT OUT BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS CANDIDATE.

SO COPPER RIDGE, HER ADDRESS, I SHOULD NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, DOES LIST

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MAYOR THE ORDINANCE THAT IS THE GUIDELINE FOR THESE STIPULATES THAT MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WITH A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN ARTICLES INCORPORATION, SHALL BE REGISTERED VOTERS INSIDE THE CITY.

SO IT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POINT IN TIME WHERE YOU CAN MOVE BUT STILL BE A REGISTERED VOTER OR LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, BUT STILL BE REGISTERED BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED YOUR REGISTRATION.

THERE'S ALSO A TIME WHERE YOU MIGHT LIVE IN THE CITY, BUT YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED YET.

SO SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED HERE FOR 10 YEARS BUT NEVER REGISTERED IS NOT ELIGIBLE.

WE CAN CHANGE THOSE ORDINANCES TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT BASED ON CURRENT ORDINANCES, I'M HEARING YOUR INTERPRETATION, JARED, IS THAT SHE WOULD NOT QUALIFY. YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE MORE BLACK AND WHITE THAN HER OBSERVED HISTORICALLY.

SO YOU'RE SAYING IT'S NOT IN THE POLICY, IT'S IN AN ORDINANCE? YES, MA'AM. WELL, I WOULD LIKE.

AND THE ORDINANCE SAYS SHALL AT THIS TIME, SO IT'S PRETTY DIRECT.

IN THE SHORT TERM, MAYOR, I WITHDRAW MY NOMINATION.

YOU COULD LEAVE THAT VACANT.

I WAS GOING TO SAY CAN WE LEAVE THIS VACANT UNTIL WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CONSIDER THAT A CHANGE IN THAT ORDINANCE? YES MA'AM.

COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD YOUR TEMPERATURE BE ON THAT? MAYOR I MOVE TO TABLE THIS APPOINTMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE.

SECOND.

I THINK THE MAYOR FROZE.

I THINK SO, TOO. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT COUNCIL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

AT THIS SAME TIME, THEN I WOULD DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA A DISCUSSION POINT FOR US TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND THEN BASED ON THAT DISCUSSION, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ACTION FOR US TO TAKE.

AND AFTER WE TAKE ANY ACTION, IF WE DECIDE WE WANT TO TO BRING BACK THIS ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE APPOINTMENT.

WHEN I BRING THAT FOR DISCUSSION, I CAN ALSO BRING A DRAFT REVISION FOR YOU THAT WILL GIVE YOU FLEXIBILITY. IT WOULD IT WOULD SAY SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF SHOULD RATHER THAN SHALL.

OR MAY OF EXCEPTIONAL BENEFIT TO THE CITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT, COUNCIL? WHAT KIND OF TO THOSE WHO LIVE INSIDE THE CITY AND ARE VOTING, BUT IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE.

RIGHT, IT'D GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY THEY YOU NEED BUT STILL PROVIDE THE GUIDANCE.

OUR OBJECTIVE IS FOR REGISTERED VOTERS TO BE SERVING ON THESE THINGS, BUT IF WE HAVE A JUSTIFIABLE REASON, YOU CAN DEFINITELY DO ANYTHING YOU WANT.

YEAH. SO MAYBE IT'S PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED.

RIGHT, IN COUNCIL'S DISCRETION OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

SO, YEAH, BRIAN AND COMPANY CAN GET OUT THEIR MAGIC PEN AND BRING THAT BACK TO US.

IT'S GOING TO COME UP AGAIN, I THINK, ON ANOTHER BOARD.

SO AND THERE WERE.

THERE WAS ONE OTHER APPLICANT, I NOTICED, [INAUDIBLE] BEAN, WHO WORKS WITH THE TEXAS TECH SYSTEM HERE IN TOWN, IS JUST REALLY SHARP AND HARDWORKING, HAS GOOD CREATIVE IDEAS.

SHE LIVES IN SPEARMAN, AND I WAS VERY HUMBLED TO SEE THAT SHE WANTED TO SERVE ON AN AMARILLO BOARD. SHE WORKS IN OUR CITY AT ONE OF A VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER.

AND I THOUGHT I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT, THAT SHE WANTED TO SERVE ON A BOARD AND THAT POLICY OR THAT ORDINANCE WOULD AFFECT HER APPLICATION AS WELL.

OK, SO WE PAUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE NEED TO MOVE ON TO GREENWAYS PID.

WE SEE ONE REAPPOINTMENT FOR SETH THOMASON.

HE'S WILLING TO SERVE.

SO CAN WE GET A MOTION ON THAT? YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT SETH THOMASON TO THE GREENWAY PID BOARD.

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ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

WE DO NEED TO MAKE TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THAT BOARD.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION SUGGESTING POSSIBLE PEOPLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS? YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPOINT TOMMY STAFFORD AND ALSO JEFF GREENLEE TO THE GREENWAYS PID BOARD.

SECOND. OK, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPOINT, TOMMY STAFFORD AND JEFF GREENLEE TO THIS GREENWAYS PID BOARD.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE GREENLEE GUY I GOT MY CONCERNS THERE [LAUGHTER].

GOT SOME SKETCHY PEOPLE. I LOVE SEEING CITY STAFF THAT'S NOW THEY GOT ALL THIS FREE TIME ON THEIR HANDS, THEY'RE WILLING TO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. OUTSTANDING. OK, IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS ON THAT, THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, THAT PASSES WITH A FIVE ZERO VOTE.

ON THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.

MAYOR CAN I MAKE A COMMENT [INAUDIBLE] SETH THOMASON. BUT IT SHOWS ON MY SHEET THAT HIS TERM IS UP, MAY 8TH OF 2021.

HMM. I MISSED THAT WHEN I REVIEWED THE PACKET.

IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A CUTOFF IN JUNE TO GET EVERYBODY INTO THE DECEMBER TIME LINE AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY HE'S ON THERE.

OK. AND THE REASON HIS DATE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE HE WAS APPOINTED TO [INAUDIBLE] SO WHEN IS HIS TERM UP? GOOD QUESTION. WE WILL CHANGE THAT, SO THREE YEAR, TERM, TWENTY TWENTY THREE.

OK. OK.

GOOD CATCH, HOWARD. THAT WAS GOOD TO GET AN EXPLANATION ON THAT.

THANK YOU, FRANCES. OK, BACK TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD TWO APPOINTMENTS NEEDED.

LET'S TAKE THEM SEPARATELY RATHER THAN PUTTING THEM TOGETHER ON ONE MOTION, PLEASE.

OH, OK. ALL RIGHT, SO I MOVE TO APPOINT BRUCE BUILDER TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO PUT BRUCE [INAUDIBLE] ON THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.

I'LL TAKE A MINUTE HERE JUST TO SAY THAT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE RESUMÉ FOR HOWARD RODRIGUEZ [INAUDIBLE].

AND SO JUST IN STEERING WHERE WE WANT TO GO, MAYBE WITH A SECOND APPOINTMENT, I WANT TO PUT THAT NAME OUT THERE.

I WAS ALSO IMPRESSED WITH KYLA [INAUDIBLE] RESUME.

SO. OTHER COUNCIL THOUGHTS ON THAT, IF Y'ALL MISSED HOWARD'S RESUME FOR THIS AREA ON THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, PROBABLY NOBODY MORE QUALIFIED IN THE ENTIRE WORLD THAN HIM TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. I HAD HIS NAME IN THAT VACANCY AS WELL.

VERY IMPRESSIVE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, WE'VE GOT A MOTION OUT THERE FROM BRUCE [INAUDIBLE].

OK, AT THIS TIME, THEN LET'S VOTE ON THAT MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF BRUCE TO FILL ONE OF THE VACANCY POSITIONS ON THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

THAT PASSES WITH A FIVE ZERO VOTE.

AND NOW LET'S TAKE A SECOND POSITION, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO FILL THE SECOND VACANCY.

MAYOR, I'M GOOD WITH EITHER KYLA OR HOWARD, SO I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE.

I WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR HOWARD RODRIGUEZ [INAUDIBLE] TO SERVE IN THAT VACANCY.

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ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, THANK YOU, THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

FOR THE PARKS AND REC BOARD, WE HAVE 2 REAPPOINTMENTS, TERRY WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THOSE POSITIONS.

YES. MAYOR I MOVE TO REAPPOINT TERRY [INAUDIBLE] AND ALSO LUKE RECREATION BOARD.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO MAKE REAPPOINTMENTS FOR TERRY PRICE AND LUKE AUSTIN ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH A FIVE 0 VOTE.

WE'VE GOT FIVE VACANCIES THAT WE NEED TO FILL, BUT BEFORE WE ADDRESS THOSE, LET'S JUST TAKE NOTE OF ANGELA HARNEY, WHO HAS BUSINESS INTERESTS IN OUR CITY HAS RECENTLY MOVED OUT OF STATE. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER SHE CONSIDERS HER RESIDENCE TO BE IN AMARILLO, WHETHER OR NOT SHE'S STILL VOTING IN AMARILLO.

BUT IF WE MADE A CHANGE ON THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWED US SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE, THEN WE WOULDN'T REALLY EVEN HAVE TO ADDRESS HER.

WE COULD JUST ON THE MERITS OF HER SERVICE, AS LONG AS SHE'S MAKING MEETINGS AND ATTENDING MEETINGS, WE COULD CHOOSE TO LEAVE HER ON THERE WITHOUT HER RESIDENCY BEING IN QUESTION. SO I'M JUST GOING TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS AND ASK IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM, IF WE JUST PUT THAT ISSUE ON HOLD UNTIL WE CONSIDER A CHANGE IN THAT ORDINANCE.

NO. OK, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR SILENCE AS NO, THAT'S OK, LET'S JUST PUT THAT ON HOLD.

SO NOW BACK TO FILLING THOSE FIVE APPOINTMENTS PROBABLY WOULD NEED TO TAKE THEM INDIVIDUALLY. JUST GIVES YOU GUYS, ALL OF US, THE CHANCE TO TAKE EACH CANDIDATE, TALK ABOUT THEM. SO SOMEONE WANT TO JUMP OUT WITH A MOTION ON SOMEBODY THEY WANT TO SEE SERVING ON THAT BOARD? WELL, I THINK ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY INDICATED THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE REAPPOINTED BECAUSE IT RAISED A BIT OF A QUESTION TO ME WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STEPPING DOWN AT ONCE.

MAYBE IT'S COINCIDENTAL BUT WE HAVE.

THERE WERE THREE INDIVIDUALS, THERE ARE TWO VACANCIES THAT WE'RE NEEDING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, BUT THE THREE INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY ARE STEPPING DOWN.

AND SO ANGELA'S CERTAINLY WAS UNDERSTANDABLE JUST BEING OUT OF TOWN, MOVING OUT OF TOWN, BUT THIS USED TO BE A BOARD THAT WAS VERY HIGH INTEREST, PEOPLE WANTING TO SERVE AND THEN EVERYONE'S STEPPING DOWN AT ONCE.

I'M JUST SAYING I'D KIND OF LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BOARD.

SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME FREDA.

THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS WANTED TO SERVE ONE TERM, SO HAS THAT CHANGED OR DIFFERENT.

THEY HAVE SERVED ONE TERM.

SO IT'S SAYING THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WILL ONLY SERVE ONE TERM.

SO THEY ARE STEPPING DOWN AFTER ONE TERM.

OK, ALL RIGHT.

[INAUDIBLE] EXPRESSED ANY REASONS WHY THEY WANTED TO STEP DOWN.

COUNCIL, WE COULD CERTAINLY HAVE MICHAEL KASHUBA FILL YOU WITH MORE DETAILS.

BUT IN SEVERAL OF THESE CASES, THESE MEMBERS [INAUDIBLE] FULFILLED THEIR COMMITMENTS TO THESE BOARDS, TO THIS BOARD.

AND HAVE NOT ATTENDED ENOUGH MEETINGS, ETC.

SO DON'T MEET OUR ATTENDANCE POLICIES IN THE LIKE.

SO IF I CAN'T, I'LL HAVE MICHAEL KASHUBA GET ON AND HE CAN GIVE YOU MAYBE SOME MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL? ABSOLUTELY. AND SO ON THE VACANCIES, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD ONE PARK BOARD MEMBER THAT WAS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA.

ANOTHER ONE HAD FAMILY MEDICAL ISSUES THAT THEY NEEDED TO ADDRESS.

THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE TWO VACANCIES.

AND THEN THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS JUST EXPRESSED THAT THEIR WORKLOAD IS TOO MUCH TO BE

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SO THAT'S WHY THOSE THREE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR APPOINTMENT.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION ELAINE.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT BOARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORK THAT MICHAEL'S LEADING THERE, THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN AND SOME OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT THAT BOARD IS DOING.

AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RELY ON THESE CITIZENS TO GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK, BOTH AS CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVES, BUT JUST AS THE LEADERS THAT THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL BOARD.

AND I THINK CERTAINLY STAFF NEEDS TO USE IT AS A RESOURCE OF THAT KIND OF VALUE.

SO BASED ON THAT MAYOR, I WOULD FIRST OFF, I WOULD NOMINATE JEFF BRAIN.

SO, YOU KNOW, JEFF FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, LIVED IN BORGER, ACTUALLY SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF BORGER AT ONE POINT IN TIME.

HE'S GOT A LOT OF LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES.

I THINK HE'D BE A GREAT PERSON TO ACTUALLY PUT ON THIS BOARD.

AND I AGREE WITH THAT, I SECOND THAT MOTION.

SO I MOVE TO NOMINATE JEFF BRAIN TO FILL ONE OF THE VACANCIES ON THE PARKS AND REC BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

OK, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPOINT JEFFREY BRAIN TO THIS PARKS AND REC BOARD.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

PASSES WITH A FIVE 0 VOTE, HE'LL BE AN EXCELLENT MEMBER, SO CONGRATULATIONS, MICHAEL KASHUBA, YOU NOW HAVE A MAYOR ON YOUR PARKS AND REC BOARD.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY THE PARKS AND REC BOARD WAS PRETTY HEAVILY WEIGHTED TOWARDS GOLF.

AND I THINK IT IS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION.

BUT WITH THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY, THIS IS A REALLY CRUCIAL BOARD OF WE NEED SOME STRONG LEADERSHIP AND VISION, FAR SURPASSING MAYBE THE NARROW NICHE WHERE IT WAS THEIR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY WERE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO OUR GOLF PROGRAM.

MAYOR, YOU'RE YOUR MUTED.

I APOLOGIZE, I'VE JUST ASKED STEPHANIE TO MUTE EVERYONE IF YOU ALL CAN USE YOUR SPACE BAR AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS IF YOUR SPACE BAR IS NOT WORKING I UNDERSTAND? THERE WAS A RINGING GOING ON.

WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT. AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MESSAGES THAT IT WAS MAKING SOME HEADACHES. SO IT'S WORKING RIGHT NOW.

BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIT SPACE BARS TO TALK.

NO PROBLEM. THANKS FOR LETTING US KNOW.

I DO AGREE WITH THAT, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS BOARD TO HAVE GOOD VISIONARY LEADERS ON IT, ESPECIALLY AS MICHAEL BEGINS TO EXPLORE DEVELOPING SOME OF THE FRINGE PIECES OF OUR PARKS FOR GENERATING REVENUE FOR THE PARKS PROGRAM.

THAT'S A VISIONARY THING.

AND YOU NEED FOLKS, MICHAEL, ON THIS BOARD THAT CAN SEE THE VISION, CAN ADD TO THE VISION, CAN HELP CARRY THE VISION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND BECAUSE CHANGE ISN'T ALWAYS RECEIVED WITH WELCOME ARMS. SO AS YOU DRIVE SOME OF THIS CHANGE, I THINK YOUR BOARD WILL CARRY A LOT OF THE WATER FOR YOU. THEY'LL BE A PART OF IT, AND THEN THEY'LL BE GREAT MESSENGERS FOR IT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. OK, NOW WE HAVE FOUR MORE PLACES TO APPOINT ANY MOTION.

MAYOR I'LL NOMINATE ERIC HUNTER.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUR AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPOINT ERIC HUNTER.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT COUNCIL? I'LL JUST SAY I'VE KNOWN ERIC SINCE FOR A LONG TIME, I HAD HIM WHENEVER WE WERE TEACHING SUNDAY SCHOOL IN PARAMOUNT BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE COLLEGE AND CAREER DEPARTMENT, AND I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR THAT AND THAT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE.

AND HE'S BEEN OUT ON THE MISSION FIELD WAS IN EITHER TURKEY OR GREECE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND HE'S BACK IN TOWN.

I THINK HE'S GOT A BROAD BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND HE'S GOT A REALLY LEVEL HEAD.

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GOOD. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ERIC HUNTERS MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, THAT PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE AND WE'VE GOT THREE MORE THAT WE NEED TO FILL.

MAYOR, I HAD A QUESTION POSSIBLY FOR ANDREW IF HE THOUGHT MR. REID WOULD BE A GOOD FIT ON THIS BOARD.

HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT IT IS PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT AND IT'S FINE TO SAY THINK THAT HE WOULD WORK BETTER IN A DIFFERENT SLOT, BUT DIDN'T JUST WANT TO PASS [INAUDIBLE].

MY BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH HIM IS THAT HE WAS MORE INTERESTED IN DIFFERENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED BOARDS.

AT LEAST IN THE SHORT CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THEM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF HE'D BE INTERESTED IN PARKS.

SPEAKERS]. WE'RE HOPING IT WILL BE WE ARE LOOKING FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES OUT OF THIS SECTOR OF OUR CITY.

GIVEN SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENED ON THIS TOPIC SO FAR.

IT MIGHT BE. AND WE'VE DONE IT IN A COUPLE OF OTHER BOARDS.

IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO FILL ONE OF THOSE VACANCIES WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER.

IN MANY CITIES, IT'S COMMON TO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER ON A BOARD LIKE PARKS AND RECREATION. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY INTEREST.

WELL, I'VE GOT INTEREST, I'M NOT SURE IF I GOT TIME.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING [INAUDIBLE]. ANOTHER THING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT OVER TIME AND WE COULD DO THIS AT WHATEVER PACE COUNCIL'S COMFORTABLE IF YOU WANTED TO.

ANOTHER THING THAT'S VERY COMMON IN PARK SPORTS IS THAT THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD IS A COMPONENT OR THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION ACTIVITY IS A COMPONENT OF THE PARKS BOARD, SO WE COULD RE ENVISION HOW THOSE THINGS WORK BECAUSE IN MANY CASES, PUBLIC ART DISPLAYS, SIGNAL ART PROGRAMS, MURAL ART PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE ALL THE BRAINCHILDS OF A VERY IMAGINATIVE PARK STAFF.

AND THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED IN, WELL, REALLY THE TWO LARGE CITIES THAT I CAME FROM.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT.

BUT THAT COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGE WITH TIME FOR DR.

SAUER, WHERE THOSE THINGS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AT ONE BODY RATHER THAN AT TWO SEPARATE BODIES. WELL, I'D BE GLAD.

I BET I CAN WORK IT OUT.

I'D BE GLAD TO. I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD MOVE TO HAVE A PERMANENT COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS BOARD, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEEDS, HOW MUCH WE HAVE INVESTED IN GATHERING DATA AND RESEARCH ABOUT THIS PART OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET. AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I HEAR SOME FRUSTRATION.

SOMETIMES INDIVIDUALS ON THE BOARD ARE JUST FEELING CONNECTED BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

AND SO I DO SUPPORT THAT.

AND I ACTUALLY WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE.

I KIND OF WANT TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE OR HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT COMBINING THOSE. WE'RE KIND OF YOU KNOW WE'VE COMBINED SOME OTHER COMMITTEES I WANT TO THINK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE MADE THAT TRANSITION TO COMBINE THOSE KIND OF THINGS THROUGH PROS AND CONS OF THAT.

TALKING ABOUT [INAUDIBLE], I THINK I WOULD RATHER HOLD OFF COMBINING FOR MAYBE ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL THE BEAUTIFICATION PART OF IT GETS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AND AN ART, YOU KNOW, THE MURAL PROJECT THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR AND DOING A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT THAT GOT PUT ON HOLD LAST YEAR BUT WILL COME BACK UP THIS YEAR.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE KIND OF BE IN PLACE AND PRETTY STEADY BEFORE I WOULD REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT FOLDING THE TWO COMMITTEES INTO ONE.

I AGREE, I AGREE WITH THAT EDDY THAT YOU EXPRESSED KIND OF WHAT MY CONCERN WAS, AND I KNOW

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IT'S JUST NOT PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE AND CERTAINLY WITH THE SIZE OF COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT I LEARNED SO MUCH OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND BOARDS HEARING THE REPORTS BACK WHEN THERE'S BEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER SITTING THERE AND GETTING THAT FEEDBACK.

AND SO JUST BASED ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT IS IN FRONT OF THE PARKS AND REC BOARD, I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A PERMANENT, AT LEAST FOR NOW, THAT A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD FILL ONE OF THOSE VACANCIES.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO ARM WRESTLE IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS INTERESTED IN THAT AS WELL, I WILL CERTAINLY STEP BACK. BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO STEP IN AND FILL THAT ROLE.

DOCTOR SAUER ARE YOU STEPPING BACK YOU KNOW I'M FINE EITHER WAY.

I MEAN, BEING ON THE BEAUTIFICATION BOARD, I CAN FIND THE TIME FOR IT.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO STEP IN ON ANYTHING, SO I'M FINE EITHER WAY, REALLY.

OK, WELL, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT ELAINE HAYS AS OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT BOARD.

I WILL ALSO SAY I FEEL PRETTY STRONGLY THAT THE ARTS BOARD NEEDS TO STAND ON ITS OWN FOR A WHILE, MAYBE A LONG WHILE.

I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE A SUBCATEGORY OF PARKS AND REC.

IT IS ITS OWN THING.

AND THE PRIORITY THAT IT GETS BY STANDING ALONE ON ITS OWN THING FOR NOW, I THINK IS A REALLY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.

SO I SECOND [INAUDIBLE] SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, ALL OF THOSE.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON EITHER A COUNCIL MEMBER SERVING OR THAT IT'S ELAINE? OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF A COUNCIL MEMBER SERVING AND ELAINE SERVING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR GETTING A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S JUST WOO HOO.

BUT WE NEED TWO MORE PEOPLE TO SERVE.

I WOULD PUT OUT JONATHAN GRAMMAR AND I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION APPOINTING HIM.

AND I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR JONATHAN GRAMMER TO SERVE ON THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.

DISCUSSION COUNCIL. HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT PASSES WITH A 5 0 WE NEED ONE MORE.

MAYOR COULD WE POSSIBLY TABLE FILLING THAT VACANCY UNTIL STAFF HAS A CHANCE TO MAYBE REACH OUT TO MR. REID AND SEE IF KIND OF WITH THE NEW VISION, THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING, IF HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THAT BOARD.

IS THAT A MOTION? NOT NECESSARILY JUST ASKING THE QUESTION.

I'LL SECOND. WHY DON'T YOU MAKE IT A MOTION.

IT'S A MOTION, I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THE FILLING THE REAPPOINTMENT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. REID. SECOND. OK, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS, THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO TABLE THAT FINAL VACANCY AND TO ASK STAFF TO REACH OUT TO MR. REID TO SEE IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN SERVING THERE.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OK, THAT PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

ON THE PINNACLE PID WE HAVE THREE REAPPOINTMENTS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING YES MAYOR. I LOST MY PLACE

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SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO REAPPOINT THESE THREE GENTLEMEN TO THE PINNACLE PID.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT WILLING TO SERVE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT ROB PARKER AND ROYCE GOOCH TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL SECONDED, BY A COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPOINT ROB PARKER AND ROYCE GOOCH FOR A SECOND TERM, MAYBE EVEN A THIRD TERM [INAUDIBLE] PARKER.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH A FIVE WE DO NEED IT LOOKS LIKE TWO APPOINTMENTS, SO DO LET'S TAKE THEM SEPARATELY.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR A NEW APPOINTMENT TO THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO FRED GRIFFIN.

HE'S A LOCAL REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY, WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF GOOD EXPERIENCE AND INPUT ON THAT BOARD AND IS WILLING TO SERVE.

I WILL SECOND.

SO IT'S BEEN I MOVED IT SECONDED BY HOWARD SMITH TO APPOINT FRED GRIFFIN TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS COUNCIL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY THAT PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

DO WE HAVE ANOTHER MAYOR YOU'RE MUTED. WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION FOR THE SECOND VACANCY.

MAYOR I'LL MOVE TO NOMINATE RENEE WHITTAKER.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPOINT, RENEE WHITTAKER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

ALL THOSE. GO AHEAD EDDY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I'VE KNOWN RENEE FOR A LONG TIME, I THINK SHE'LL BE GREAT AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN YOU START SEEING OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE INVOLVED ON COMMITTEES THAT HAVEN'T EVER DONE IT BEFORE.

SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY.

GOOD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH A FIVE 0 VOTE.

POINT WEST PID NEEDS A REAPPOINTMENT THERE FOR DICK [INAUDIBLE].

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT. YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT DICK [INAUDIBLE] TO THE POINT WEST PID BOARD.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO REAPPOINT DICK [INAUDIBLE] TO THE POINT WEST PID BOARD, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

THE PORTS-TO-PLAINS BOARD OF DIRECTORS WE NEED A REAPPOINTMENT, LOOKS LIKE FOR KEVIN CARTER AND HE'S WILLING TO SERVE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION. YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT KEVIN CARTER TO THE PORTS-TO-PLAINS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPOINT KEVIN CARTER TO THE PORTS-TO-PLAINS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

OH ELAINE YOU HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE A COMMENT THAT POSSIBLY ON A FUTURE AGENDA TO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM KEVIN ON JUST KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT COMMITTEE AND BOARD.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, THEY JUST HAVE HAD SOME THINGS HAPPEN THAT REALLY HAVE MADE SOME BIG SHIFTS IN THEIR PROJECT, SO THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU MIND GETTING THAT ON EITHER DECEMBER OR A JANUARY AGENDA? YES, MA'AM. WE WILL SHOOT FOR DECEMBER.

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AND I'LL ALSO GIVE A NOD TO THE CITY MANAGER WHO'S BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE KEVIN ON THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY, ECONOMICS STUDY THAT THE TXDOT'S BEEN DOING AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU A REPORT ON THAT. BUT JARED'S PUT A LOT OF HOURS INTO THAT OVER THE LAST SIX TO EIGHT.

WELL, NINE MONTHS PROBABLY.

AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING ON THAT JARED.

RIGHT THAT PRODUCT IS FINISHED AND WE CAN ACTUALLY PROBABLY DO ALL THAT TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME UNLESS WE LOOK AT AND JUST DETERMINE THEY'RE NOT GERMANE ENOUGH.

AND THAT WE'LL SET THEM UP AS TWO SEPARATE REPORTS ON SEPARATE DAYS.

SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU.

DID WE VOTE ON THAT MOTION? NO. OK.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT MOTION TO APPOINT KEVIN CARTER.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. AND TEXAS PANHANDLE CENTERS, WE HAVE TWO REAPPOINTMENTS POSSIBLE AND BOTH WILLING TO SERVE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO REAPPOINT LINDA BRIAN AND JERRY WILLIAMS TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE CENTER'S BOARD? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO REAPPOINT LINDA BRIAN AND JERRY WILLIAMS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY BOARD NEEDS THREE REAPPOINTMENTS, ALL OF WHOM ARE WILLING TO SERVE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT COUNCIL? SO, YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT SCOTTIE SOUTH CHARLIE GRAM AND JIMMY MUNCY TO THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY BOARD.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPOINT THESE THREE GENTLEMEN TO THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY BOARD.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HAS FOUR REAPPOINTMENTS.

FLOYD DO YOU NEED TO GIVE US AN EXPLANATION ON THIS BOARD? YES, MA'AM, PLEASE, IF I COULD FOR A MOMENT.

YOU HAVE THE 4 REAPPOINTMENTS, WHICH ARE THE VOTING MEMBERS, SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF PAUL FRENCH, CRAIG DAVIS CHRIS [INAUDIBLE] AND COREY MATHIS.

HOWEVER, THIS IS A UNIQUE BOARD IN THAT YOU HAVE ALL ALTERNATE MEMBERS AND WE TYPICALLY PROMOTE THOSE ALTERNATE MEMBERS UP TO VOTING BOARD MEMBERS.

AND YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER IN AL PATEL WHO HAS ANOTHER YEAR.

SO YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION OF PUTTING AL PATEL AS A VOTING MEMBER AND MOVING ONE OF THESE TO A NON-VOTING MEMBER, AND I'LL LET YOU RESOLVE THAT FIRST AND THEN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ALTERNATE MEMBERS AFTER YOU MAKE THAT DECISION.

MAYOR MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION ON THIS WOULD BE JUST NOTICING THAT MR. DAVIS AND MR. RINEHART HAD BEEN SERVING SINCE 2013, SO THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN SOME OF OUR TERMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTING TODAY AND JUST NOT NECESSARILY RECOMMENDING THAT WE DON'T REAPPOINT, BUT JUST HIGHLIGHTING IT TO THE COUNCIL THAT THEY DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TERM.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND, FLOYD, TO BE SAYING THAT WE COULD APPOINT AL PATEL INTO ONE OF THOSE REAPPOINTMENT POSITIONS IF WE DIDN'T WANT TO EXTEND SOME OF THOSE LONGER SERVING MEMBERS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY FLOYD.

AL PATEL IS ELGIBLE TO BE A VOTING MEMBER FOR HIS FINAL YEAR.

HOWEVER, ALL FOUR OF THESE COULD BE REAPPOINTED AS VOTING MEMBERS.

BUT YOU HAVE THE OPTION ON THE FOUR VOTING MEMBERS OF THESE FOUR OR TO INSERT AL IN THERE AND DESIGNATE ONE OF THESE AS AN ALTERNATE.

I THINK THAT AND NEXT YEAR, BUT AL IN AS A VOTING MEMBER OR A TERM AND TYPICALLY AL WOULD GO UP NOW, BUT THERE'S JUST NOT ROOM IN THE WAY THIS WORKS.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU REAPPOINT THESE FOUR VOTING MEMBERS THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, PUT AL ON FOR A FULL TERM AS A VOTING MEMBER.

THANK YOU FLOYD. DO WE HAVE A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT PAUL FRENCH, CRAIG DAVIS, CHRIS RINEHART AND COREY MATHIS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

SECOND.

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COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? HEARING NONE ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, THAT PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

WELL, NOW, MAYOR, IF I MAY, ON THE ALTERNATES.

JACKIE PAYNE HAS INDICATED THAT SHE DOES NOT WANT TO SERVE ANYMORE.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT SHE WOULD BE REPLACED BY ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE WHO HAS APPLIED AND THAT IS TIM DILLON.

[INAUDIBLE] O'DELL HAS NOT RESPONDED WHETHER OR NOT HE DOES WANT TO SERVE OR NOT, BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU EXTEND HIM AS AN ALTERNATE.

AND MATTHEW TAVERN HAS RESIGNED AFTER WE DID THIS IN NOVEMBER.

HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER APPLICANT WHO'S WILLING TO SERVE AT THIS TIME, SO I RECOMMEND THAT ALTERNATE BE LEFT OPEN.

THANK YOU, FLOYD. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPOINT TIM DILLON AS AN ALTERNATE TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SECOND. THAT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPOINT TIM DILLON AS AN ALTERNATE FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS COUNCIL.

OR DO WE WANT TO AMEND THAT TO ALSO INCLUDE JOHNNY ODELL? ISN'T THAT THE OTHER ALTERNATE THAT WE ARE APPOINTING? COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL WOULD YOU CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT? OK, SO WE ARE APPOINTING HIM AS WELL, OR IS HE ALREADY AN ALTERNATE.

HE'S AN ALTERNATE WITH HIS TERM EXPIRING, HE NEEDS REAPPOINTED.

OK, SO I SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED HIM IN THE REAPPOINTMENT THEN.

DO YOU WANT TO DO A SEPARATE MOTION, MAYOR, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO? AN AMENDMENT WOULD WORK FINE, THANK YOU.

OK, I'D LIKE TO AMEND MY MOTION TO INCLUDE JOHNNY ODELL AS AN ALTERNATE ON THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

I'LL SECOND.

OK, THE MOTION HAS BEEN AMENDED AND SECONDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

OK, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT LIST IN ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.

GOOD JOB, COUNCIL, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO ALL THE CITIZENS WHO FILLED OUT APPLICATIONS AND INDICATED A DESIRE TO SERVE THAT.

AGAIN, VERY HUMBLING WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH THE STACK OF VERY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AN ALL OF YOU WILLING TO SERVE.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR HEARTS.

ANYTHING FURTHER, COUNCIL BEFORE WE MOVE OFF OF THIS ITEM, WE'VE GOT A FEW FOLLOW UP ITEMS TO CLEAN UP IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE AGENDAS, AND WE'LL GET TO THOSE.

BUT ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? JUST ALSO TO SECOND, YOUR THANK YOU TO FRANCES AND JAN.

IT WAS INCREDIBLY SMOOTH AND EASY REVIEWING ALL THE INFORMATION.

AND JUST THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR ALL YOUR WORK YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT THE MAYOR HAD SAID.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

OK, THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM, SO IF AT THIS TIME, MR.

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JARED, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.

NO, MA'AM. WE WILL BRING YOU WE HEARD WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT A COUPLE OF POSTPONEMENTS AND WE WILL BRING YOU BACK AN ORDINANCE FOR YOU TO DISCUSS ON DECEMBER EIGHT AND THEN WE CAN PUT A DRAFT ORDINANCE FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION AFTER THAT, IF APPROPRIATE, AFTER THAT DISCUSSION. OK, GREAT, SO, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU MIND READING OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION LANGUAGE? NOT AT ALL. PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT CLOSED SESSION, OF THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER THE 17TH, 2020 AT FIVE P.M.

UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY, SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO EIGHT SEVEN TO DISCUSS COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM EXISTING BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECT, WHICH THE CITY IS NEGOTIATING FOR THE LOCATION, RETENTION OF A FACILITY OR FOR

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