Jan 12, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting

[INAUDIBLE] BROWN FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

[INVOCATION]

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YOU BET.

LET ME LEAD US IN PRAYER AS WE BEGIN.

GOD, WE ARE MOST OF ALL GRATEFUL FOR WHO YOU ARE AND FOR WHAT YOU PROVIDE FOR US, GOD, FOR OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS TO WORK TOGETHER TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER.

AND WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU GIVE US.

WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THESE LEADERS, FOR THE MANY WHO WOULD BE A PART OF THIS MEETING AND OTHERS THAT WORK SO DILIGENTLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY AND TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS.

SO, GOD, WE PRAY YOUR HAND OF BLESSING ON THIS MEETING, ON THEIR TIME TOGETHER.

WE PRAY TO PROTECT US AND CONTINUE TO LEAD OUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT ONE ANOTHER WITH OUR COVID VIRUS RESPONSE.

GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE WAYS THAT VACCINES AND PROGRESS AND SO MANY GOOD THINGS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY AND DOING SUCH GOOD THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE WISDOM AND CLARITY FOR ALL THE DECISIONS BEING MADE AND FOR THOSE THAT WILL BE MADE TODAY.

GOD, WE PRAY MOST OF ALL THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO KNOW YOU MORE AND MORE AND THAT WE MIGHT KNOW YOUR WILL MORE FULLY, THAT WE MIGHT CARRY IT OUT ON THIS EARTH.

GOD, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING OVER THIS MEETING AND PRAY ALL THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, DR. BROWN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

NEXT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION REGARDING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY, WHICH IS

[PROCLAMATION]

SO I'VE ASKED COUNCILWOMAN FREDA POWELL TO READ THAT PROCLAMATION FOR US TODAY AND INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS.

COUNCILWOMAN POWELL.

YES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU, MAYOR, AS WELL AS MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY.

WHEREAS AS A HUSBAND, FATHER AND PASTOR, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED CIVIL HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS IN HISTORY AND DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO PREACHING PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING.

AND WHEREAS IN A TIME OF DIVISION AND STRIFE, DR. KING SOUGHT UNITY IN THE FACE OF DISCRIMINATION, HE FOUGHT FOR UNIVERSAL RESPECT.

AND WHEREAS WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES IN THE MORE THAN 50 YEARS SINCE DR. KING'S MOVEMENT AND WE HOPE OUR NATION CONTINUES TO EMBRACE UNITY IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS.

NOW, THEREFORE, WE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 2021, AS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY IN AMARILLO AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO MAKE IT A DAY ON AND NOT A DAY OFF AND CELEBRATE DR. KING'S LEGACY BY VOLUNTEERING TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY.

GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND FULL OF OFFICE THIS 12TH DAY OF JANUARY 2021.

THE HONORABLE MAYOR GINGER NELSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS ELAINE HAYES, FREDA POWELL, DR. EDDY SAUER AND HOWARD SMITH.

AND THEN I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY, AS WE CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., IT IS A DAY FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER THAT WHATEVER DIFFERENCES WE MAY HAVE IN TERMS OF ETHNICITY OR CULTURE, WE CAN OVERCOME THEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITY AND FOR SOCIETY.

WITH THE 2021 NEW YEAR JUST BEGINNING, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TIME FOR US AS PARENTS TO HELP OUR CHILDREN SET A RESPECTFUL AND KIND TONE FOR EACH OTHER AND FOR THE YEAR AND THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL RJ [INAUDIBLE].

HE IS THE PRINCIPAL AT BIVINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE IN AMARILLO, AND HE'S GOING TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND ALSO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.

SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ON BEHALF OF MAYOR GINGER NELSON AND OUR COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, GUYS.

I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE AND JUST HONORED TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION TODAY FOR THE CITY, FOR MLK JR DAY.

SORRY, SCHOOL STILL GOING ON.

AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO DO THAT AND JUST CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT HIS LEGACY IN A WAY WHERE TODAY WE ARE STILL SEEING MANY OF THOSE SAME ISSUES IN SOCIETY AND CHALLENGING OUR COMMUNITY TO BE THE CHANGE.

THAT IS OUR MOTTO FOR THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MARCH THAT WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY.

AND WE ARE CHALLENGING OUR COMMUNITY TO BE PART OF THAT CHANGE.

AND WE SEE THE MOTIONS AND THE PIECES IN PLACE.

I'M IN THE POSITION I AM IN BECAUSE AISD HAS DECIDED AS WELL TO BE PART OF THAT CHANGE AND LEAD IN TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE SCHOOL

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SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE JUST SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE DAY.

WE WILL HAVE THAT MARCH ON MONDAY.

IT WILL BE-- WE'LL BEGIN LINING UP ABOUT 10:00 OUTSIDE OF NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH.

THAT'S UP OFF OF TENTH-- OR EXCUSE ME, 900 NORTH [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEN WE WILL BE TRAVELING TOWARDS [INAUDIBLE] PARK ALONGSIDE OF THE AISD MARCHING BAND, WHICH IS AN EXCITING MOMENT BECAUSE OUR MARCH HAS NEVER HAD A MARCHING BAND GOING ALONG WITH IT.

SO THAT WILL BE NEW AND IT WILL BE JUST A GREAT EVENT FOR THE DAY.

WE'LL BEGIN THE WALK AT 11:00.

WHEN WE GET TO THE PARK, THERE WILL BE A FEW SHORT SPEECHES AND WE'LL DISPERSE AFTERWARDS.

I JUST WANT TO TELL THE COMMUNITY, PLEASE BE A PART OF THIS DAY BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ARE CHALLENGING YOU TO BE THE CHANGE.

IT IS CITY PERMITTED AND COVID-19 SAFE.

SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU BRING YOUR MASK, WALKING SHOES, A POSITIVE MINDSET AND, YOU KNOW, JUST READY TO BE A PART OF THE GREAT THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON.

AND JUST I'D LIKE TO JUST END WITH SOME THANKS TO YOU GUYS FOR STEPPING FORWARD AS A CITY COUNCIL AND KNOWING THAT EACH YEAR THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EVENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WALKING BESIDE US.

AISD, OF COURSE, I'D LIKE TO THANK.

[INAUDIBLE] ENERGY, UNITED SUPERMARKETS, TRINITY FELLOWSHIP, NEWS CHANNEL SEVEN AND HAPPY STATE BANK FOR ALSO JUST BEING HELPING SPONSOR THE EVENT.

AND THEN ALSO A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CHIEF [INAUDIBLE], BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS AND THE SAFETY OF THIS EVENT ISN'T LOOKED AT THE SAME.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT IN THAT.

WELL, MR. [INAUDIBLE], WE AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT, AND I WOULD SAY WE'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS IN HAVING YOU JOIN US AT OUR MEETING TODAY AS AN AMARILLO AND ON THE MOVE NAMED BY THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE NEW YEAR.

IT MAKES ME VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOUR WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THIS PROJECT WITH MLK.

AND WE'RE REALLY HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE AS A GUEST AT OUR MEETING TODAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR, SO TO SAY THE LEAST.

BUT I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES WILL ALSO REAP OUR BIGGEST REWARDS.

AND THEY'RE COMING OUT.

AND AGAIN, BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

AND I'M JUST GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT.

YEAH, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND THAT FOR SURE.

AND I WOULD JUST ECHO I HAVE VISITED WITH THE ORGANIZERS.

I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH KEITH GRAVES THIS WEEK ABOUT KEEPING THAT COVID SAFE TO DO THIS EVENT.

IT IS OUTDOORS.

THEY WILL BE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE, WHICH THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO BE THERE, SPACED OUT FROM EVERYONE ELSE AND ASKING YOU TO WEAR MASKS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GATHER, BUT WE NEED TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS OUR HOSPITALS AND OUR MEDICAL WORKERS.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS YOU GUYS ARE MAKING IN PUTTING THIS EVENT TOGETHER TO KEEP IT COVID SAFE.

THANKS, MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

COULD WE JUST REPEAT THE DETAILS AGAIN ON THE TIME THAT IT STARTS AND THE LOCATION? JUST ONE MORE TIME FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE POSSIBLY NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE DETAILS AT THE VERY BEGINNING? YES, MA'AM.

YES.

WE WILL BEGIN LINING UP FOR THE MARCH AT 10:00 AT NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 900 NORTH [INAUDIBLE].

THEN WE WILL PROCEED TO-- THE MARCH WILL BEGIN AT 11:00.

WE WILL MARCH TO [INAUDIBLE].

SO THAT'S WHY I SAID BRING YOUR WALKING SHOES.

IT'S A LITTLE OVER A MILE, ONE POINT ONE MILES TO BETWEEN THAT LOCATION AND [INAUDIBLE] PARK.

AND THEN IT WILL BE WHEN WE GET THERE, THERE'LL BE A FEW SHORT SPEECHES AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL DISPERSE QUICKLY AFTERWARDS.

THANK YOU, SIR, I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME TIME TO GRAB MY PEN AND GO BACK AND WRITE ALL THAT DOWN.

YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND IT WAS A PLEASURE HAVING YOU WITH US TODAY.

LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT MONDAY.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND I HOPE TO SEE ALL Y'ALL THERE.

THANKS, MR. [INAUDIBLE].

THANKS, COUNCILWOMAN POWELL, FOR DOING THAT PROCLAMATION FOR US.

AND I WILL TURN IT OVER NOW TO STEPHANIE COGGINS, OUR CALL MODERATOR TO OPEN UP

[PUBLIC ADDRESS]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC ADDRESS TODAY.

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NO DISPARAGING COMMENTS.

KEEP IT TO THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.

JUST KEEP IT TO THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

SO MS. [INAUDIBLE] IS WITH US.

AND MS. SANTIAGO, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK NOW.

YOU MAY NEED TO PRESS STAR SIX ON YOUR TELEPHONE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM, WE CAN.

PLEASE START WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

OK.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LEADERSHIP AND IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS BEEN DOING.

OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO ALWAYS AGREE ON THINGS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO COMMENT ON IS--.

LET'S SEE, AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE BUSINESS DUMPING IN [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE AMAZON, THE TAX ABATEMENT.

BUT THEN I DID MY RESEARCH AND I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING THAT THE ECONOMIC ONE OF KEVIN PROJECTS THAT I GUESS HE WAS WORKING ON PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT.

AND SO I SUPPORT ANY KIND OF BUSINESS THAT IS COMING IN.

BUT I JUST BEG OF YOU NOT TO ALLOW ANY FOREIGN PEOPLE TO TAKE OUR JOBS BECAUSE IT'S OUR PRAYER THAT WE'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS THAT OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN GROW UP TO BE LEADERS AND NOT FOLLOWERS.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, I GREW UP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AMARILLO AND WE COULD REALLY USE A LOT OF LEADERS AND [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT PRECINCT OR WHATEVER.

BUT WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO DISCUSS ON BRINGING OUTSIDE ENTITIES OR FOREIGN ENTITIES, THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY, REALLY BELIEVE IN AMARILLO AND CHILDREN IN SCHOOL AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR IT, YOU WOULD NOT BRING OUTSIDE PEOPLE IN TO TAKE OUR JOBS.

AND SO THAT'S MY COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

STEPHANIE, DO WE KNOW WHETHER OTHER PEOPLE FOR A PUBLIC ADDRESS? WE CONCLUDE PUBLIC ADDRESS AT THIS TIME.

OK, THANK YOU THEN.

WANT TO SPEAK AND WE FORWARDED THOSE TO COUNCIL.

OK, THANK YOU, JARED.

APPRECIATE THAT.

[1.A. Review agenda items for regular meeting and attachments; ]

ITEM ONE A IS REVIEWING THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AND ATTACHMENTS.

ANY QUESTIONS UP FRONT, COUNCIL, ABOUT THE PACKET YOU RECEIVED? I HEAR NOTHING.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE B, THE CORONAVIRUS UPDATE.

[1.B. Coronavirus Update; ]

RIGHT MAYOR.

WE'VE BEEN A BEEN BIT PAST OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

WE'VE GOT CASE IN [INAUDIBLE] HERE TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED WITH WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE PRESENTATION REALLY ANSWERING QUESTIONS COUNCIL HAS.

THANK YOU.

I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE AND THEN I HAVE SOME PICTURES.

I THINK PICTURES SOMETIMES ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.

SO WE'LL KICK THINGS OFF THIS MORNING WITH THE DATA.

SO AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF THIRTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN CASES OF COVID-19 IN POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES.

FIFTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT CASES IN POTTER COUNTY AND FOURTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE CASES IN RANDALL COUNTY.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND AND THIRTY RECOVERIES AND THAT IS EXCELLENT NEWS.

WE, HOWEVER, ARE UP TO FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT DEATHS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT IS VERY SAD ABOUT EACH AND EVERY DEATH.

THAT IS A STARK NUMBER.

THAT LEAVES US WITH THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE ACTIVE CASES.

EACH OF THE CASES, AGAIN, DO REPRESENT A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.

THE TOTAL ROLLING SEVEN DAY POSITIVITY AVERAGE FOR POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES IS AT 13 PERCENT.

THE POSITIVITY RATE AT THE DRIVE THROUGH TESTING SITE IS AT TWENTY NINE PERCENT.

AND THE FIVE DAY NEW POSITIVE CASE AVERAGE IS AT TWO HUNDRED AND NINETEEN

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THE PUBLIC HEALTH DRIVE THROUGH TESTING SITE DOES REMAIN OPERATIONAL AND INDIVIDUALS CAN CALL THREE SEVEN EIGHT SIX THREE ZERO ZERO TWO SCREEN AND DIRECTED TO THE TEST SITE.

[INAUDIBLE] HOSPITALIZATION RATE FOR THE TWENTY FIVE COUNTY [INAUDIBLE] REGION HAS BEEN OVER 15 PERCENT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

YESTERDAY, THE [INAUDIBLE] HANDLE HOSPITALIZATION PERCENTAGE WAS AT TWENTY ONE POINT FOUR PERCENT, MEANING JUST OVER TWENTY ONE PERCENT OF ALL HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS HAVE COVID.

OUR COMMUNITY DOES REMAIN AT STATUS LEVEL RED.

CONDITIONS REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH INDICATORS BEING OVER THAT THRESHOLD FOR STATUS LEVEL RED.

LOCAL HOSPITALIZATION RATE IS AT SIX POINT FIVE PERCENT.

THAT MEANS THAT SIX POINT FIVE PERCENT OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACTIVE COVID-19 ARE REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN PATIENTS CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19.

ADULT BED UTILIZATIONS AT EIGHTY EIGHT POINT FIVE PERCENT.

ICU UTILIZATION IS AT 83 PERCENT AND [INAUDIBLE] IS DOWN TO 40 PERCENT.

THE OUTPATIENT [INAUDIBLE] INFUSION CENTER IS CURRENTLY OPEN AND WE'RE SERVING PATIENTS.

WE'VE SEEN A TOTAL OF SIXTY FIVE PATIENTS THROUGH THE CITY'S [INAUDIBLE] INFUSION CENTER, AND ONLY ONE PATIENT HAS REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION.

SO THAT CENTER HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A SUCCESS.

A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT [INAUDIBLE] CENTER.

WE'VE HAD BEEN OPERATING OUT OF A TENT THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE [INAUDIBLE] ON THE BSA PROPERTY.

WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE [INAUDIBLE] AND DSHS FOR THAT OPERATION.

MONDAY, HOWEVER, WE MOVED FROM THE TENT TO A MORE PERMANENT LOCATION ACROSS THE STREET FROM CITY HALL.

THE BUILDING AT 509 SOUTH JOHNSON IS A PERFECT PLACE FOR OUR INFUSION CENTER.

THE PROXIMITY TO THE CIVIC CENTER WAS IDEAL FOR STAFFING AND HAVE SOME AMENITIES THAT ARE HELPFUL TO PATIENTS.

AND SO WE HAVE HAD A SEAMLESS TRANSITION THERE TO THAT NEW LOCATION AND ARE STILL SERVING PATIENTS.

IN FACT, WE MADE THAT MOVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SUNDAY, AND WERE ABLE TO SERVE PATIENTS MONDAY MORNING.

AND I HAVE PICTURES OF BOTH THE TENT AND THE THE CENTER AT 509 SOUTH JOHNSON.

SO I'LL SHOW YOU THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE.

ON THE VACCINE FRONT, THAT'S ANOTHER HUGE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE.

AS OF TODAY, THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OUR TEAM AT THE CIVIC CENTER CLINIC HAS GIVEN ALMOST ALL OF THE VACCINE SUPPLIED BY THE STATE.

IT IS A HUGE SUCCESS.

WE'RE CURRENTLY OPEN AND GIVING VACCINE.

THE LINES ARE FAIRLY SHORT TODAY.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GET VACCINE OR IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO HASN'T, PLEASE SEND SOMEONE YOU KNOW.

WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOSES OF VACCINE.

AND SO FAR SINCE THIS MORNING, WE'VE GIVEN AS OF THIS MORNING WHEN WE STARTED CLINIC DECEMBER TWENTY EIGHT, WE'VE GIVEN FIFTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED DOSES.

SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TEAM IS REALLY RUNNING THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY.

OUR HIGHEST THROUGHPUT DAY WAS OVER TWENTY EIGHT HUNDRED PATIENTS IN ONE DAY AND EACH DAY WE IMPROVED THE WAIT TIME DRAMATICALLY.

SOCIAL DISTANCING HAS BEEN OBSERVED TO KEEP PATIENTS SAFE.

AND I'VE GOT PICTURES OF THAT OPERATION AS WELL.

OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO PROMOTE THE VACCINE CLINIC IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

EACH DAY WE SEND A PRESS RELEASE, OUR PRESS NOTICE ABOUT THE VACCINATION CLINIC AVAILABILITY AND HOURS.

WE HAVE POSTS DAILY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

AGAIN, ABOUT THOSE HOURS, AVAILABILITY OF VACCINE.

WE RUN MULTILINGUAL ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS ANNOUNCING CLINIC TIMES.

EMAIL ALERTS, DOT COM HAS TRULY BEEN A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THIS COVID VACCINE RESPONSE.

AND WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL PLACE ON E-MAIL ALERTS, DOT COM DEDICATED TO VACCINE.

AND WE'VE HAD OVER TEN THOUSAND VISITS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

SO PEOPLE TRULY ARE ACCESSING THAT WEBSITE.

ON THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A AVAILABLE OR UNAVAILABLE MARKER TO DENOTE IF WE HAVE VACCINE OR NOT.

THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN A CLINIC IS OPEN OR CLOSED.

IT JUST MEANS IF WE HAVE VACCINE AVAILABLE.

YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK DOWN RIGHT BELOW THAT TO SEE WHAT THIS CLINIC HOURS ARE.

OUR STAFF DO EVENTUALLY HAVE TO GO HOME.

IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT WE LET THEM GO HOME EVERY NOW AND THEN.

WE HAVE SPECIAL PRESS RELEASES AND SOCIAL MEDIA ALERTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS NEEDED.

IF THE LINE GETS SHORT, WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT SO THEY CAN COME DOWN AND BE VACCINATED.

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WE'RE SENDING OUT MULTILINGUAL POSTCARDS TO EVERYONE IN OUR UTILITY BUILDING DATABASES SO EVERYONE SHOULD BE GETTING A POSTCARD HERE PRETTY QUICK TO LET THEM KNOW EVEN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLINIC DIRECTLY INTO EMAIL ALERTS.

WE'RE PUSHING IT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING OUT A POLL TO MEASURE OUR DISSEMINATION PROCESS AND TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON THE CLINIC.

AND THEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS SO THAT THEY CAN GET THE WORD OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE IN THEIR CIRCLES.

AND SO I COULD NOT SAY THANK YOU MORE TO, FIRST OF ALL, OUR COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE SHOWN UP TO BE VACCINATED IN WAYS THAT ARE JUST THAT ARE JUST BIG.

I COULDN'T SAY THANK YOU MORE TO OUR TEAM.

WE HAVE A TRULY OUTSTANDING CITY TEAM FROM TRANSIT TO PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMUNICATIONS, FIRE, POLICE, THE LIBRARY STAFF.

I KNOW I'M GOING TO FORGET SOMEBODY, BUT WOW, WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM AND OUR CIVIC CENTER STAFF.

WOW.

TALK ABOUT FLEXIBLE.

THEY HAVE MADE IT WORK.

I THINK THEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN THEIR TRAINING FROM DISNEYWORLD BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH THE LINE.

AND SO I JUST COULDN'T APPRECIATE OUR CITY STAFF MORE.

WE WORKED WITH [INAUDIBLE].

WE HAVE TWENTY FIVE NURSES THAT HAVE COME IN FROM [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT HAS REALLY SPED UP OUR PROCESS EVEN MORE SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE AN HOUR IF WE HAVE KIND OF PRESSURE ALL DAY LONG.

SO WHILE WE'VE HAD WELL, WE'VE SEEN TWENTY EIGHT HUNDRED PATIENTS IS OUR HIGHEST NUMBER.

I THINK WE CAN SEE MORE IF WE MAINTAINED PRESSURE ALL DAY.

WE WORKED WITH GREAT CARE TO HAVE TO BRING IN MORE WHEELCHAIRS AND OXYGEN.

WE NEEDED TO SWITCH OUT SOME OXYGEN CONTAINERS EARLY ON.

AND SO WE HAVE JUST-- YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TRULY AMAZING.

I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES.

SO IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME WHILE I SHARE MY SCREEN.

AND SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR OPERATION CENTER, WHERE WE DO CONTACT INVESTIGATION THERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TEAM WORKING, IT'S ALSO COLD.

AND SO WE HAVE PEOPLE ARE KIND OF BUNDLED UP, YOU CAN SEE, BUT THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO DO THE DATA ENTRY AND THE CONTACT INVESTIGATIONS.

THIS IS A SCHEMA OF THE LAYOUT OF THE CIVIC CENTER.

SO PEOPLE COME IN THROUGH DOOR THREE, IF THE LINES ARE SHORT, WE'RE ABLE TO CUT THIS PATH DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY AND THEY JUST MOVE INTO THE SOUTH EXHIBIT HALL.

IF NOT AND THE LINES ARE VERY LONG, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN STAY INSIDE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE HAVE SEVEN AND A HALF FOOTBALL FIELDS WORTH OF LINES.

AND SO THEY COME IN FIRST, GO INTO THE HERITAGE ROOM AND THEN DOWN THE HALL, WRAP AROUND THE COLISEUM AND THEN BACK INTO THE SOUTH EXHIBIT HALL, WHERE WE HAVE TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT CHAIRS TO WELCOME THEM FOR A REST UNTIL THEY MOVE INTO THE NORTH EXHIBIT HALL WHERE WE PROVIDE THEIR VACCINE WITH [INAUDIBLE] VACCINATION PROVIDERS AND IN THE POST MONITORING POST VACCINE MONITORING AREA WHERE THEY WAIT 15 MINUTES.

SO AGAIN, NOT LIKE A DISNEY WORLD, BUT KIND OF LIKE DISNEY WORLD WHERE YOU COULD STAND IN LINE AND THEN GET YOUR VACCINE HERE AT THE END.

THIS IS A PICTURE.

IT'S NICE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT [INAUDIBLE] LOOKS LIKE.

OUR STAFF ARE THERE TO WELCOME THEM.

WE DO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL DISTANCING.

YOU CAN SEE THERE AT THE HERITAGE ROOM, IF WE DO HAVE TO OPEN THAT SPACE UP AND THEY CAN WAIT THERE IN THE HERITAGE ROOM.

CAN WE PAUSE RIGHT THERE? I WOULD ANTICIPATE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO, I'M HEARING PEOPLE SAY THAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE CLINIC.

I'M NOT GOING TO THE CLINIC BECAUSE I CAN'T WAIT IN A LONG LINE.

AND SO A PICTURE OF THIS GENTLEMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR AND I'M SAYING TO CITIZENS AS THEY'RE GREETED AT THE DOOR, THEY CAN ASK FOR A WHEELCHAIR OR JUST SAY, I KNOW I CAN'T STAND FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.

TALK US THROUGH HOW THE STAFF IS HANDLING THAT.

ABSOLUTELY, SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WHEELCHAIRS AT THE FRONT DOOR AND ARE READY TO SERVE PATIENTS WHO MAY HAVE MOBILITY CHALLENGES OR HAVE ANOTHER NEED FOR THAT.

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AND IF SOMEONE JUST CAN'T STAND IN THAT LINE, THEN WE'RE READY TO SERVE THEM IN THAT FAST TRACK AREA [INAUDIBLE] FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OUR TEAMS ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT SERVICE AND ARE ALSO ABLE TO SERVE PEOPLE WHO ASK FOR THAT SERVICE.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE THIS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.

WHEN WE MOVE INTO THE SOUTH EXHIBIT HALL, WE'VE GOT TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT CHAIRS HERE AND WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH THIS ROOM VERY QUICKLY.

CAROL.

THIS IS OUR PICTURE OF OUR SCREENING TEAM.

THEY DO JUST AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

I PUT A PICTURE OF THE MICROPHONE IN HERE JUST TO REMIND YOU, CAROL AND MARCUS ARE KIND OF MANNING THIS TEAM, CAROL, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND THEY DO A REALLY AMAZING STAND UP ROUTINE WHILE THEY'RE GIVING INFORMATION.

BUT IT'S ALSO VERY SIMILAR TO LIKE A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES WHEN YOU GO ON YOUR BOARDING AND THEY'RE TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT THE OXYGEN AND EVERYTHING.

SO CAROL AND MARCUS HAVE WORKED UP A ROUTINE WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CLINIC IN THE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES [INAUDIBLE].

SO IT'S REALLY FUN.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ROOM WHERE YOU ACTUALLY GET VACCINES.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE OUR NURSES AND THE PATIENTS THERE.

WE AGAIN, WE HAVE 30 BOOTHS WHERE OUR NURSES GIVE VACCINES.

AND SO, AGAIN, THAT PROCESS [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEN INTO PATIENT MONITORING FOR 15 MINUTES.

AND THESE ARE JUST A PICTURE OF THE WHEELCHAIRS.

AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE GREAT CARE FOR WE CALL THEM IN A HURRY AND THEY BROUGHT THOSE WHEELCHAIRS DOWN VERY QUICKLY.

WE HAVE SIX TO START AT THE CLINIC AND THEY BROUGHT WHEELCHAIRS VERY QUICKLY FOR US.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE TENTS WHERE WE WERE SERVING PATIENTS WITH THAT [INAUDIBLE] INFUSION WE HAD.

WE DID HAVE TWO TENTS AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE INSIDE OF THE TENT.

AND SO OUR PATIENTS WERE BEING SERVED HERE.

WE DID THEN DID MOVE ON MONDAY TO FIVE OH NINE SOUTH JOHNSON.

AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF WHAT THE INSIDE OF THAT SPACE LOOKS LIKE.

SO JUST A MORE PERMANENT STRUCTURE.

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR CASEY? I DO.

[INAUDIBLE] I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS FIRST.

A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ARE I THINK THAT CASEY DESERVES A STANDING OVATION FOR THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE.

IT'S OUTSTANDING.

PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE KNOW WHO SHE IS.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR HER FORWARD THINKING.

AND PART OF IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT PERSONAL.

AND I DIDN'T FIND OUT.

I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT THROUGH THE PANHANDLE DISTRICT DENTAL SOCIETY.

SHE CONTACTED THE PANHANDLE DISTRICT DENTAL SOCIETY AND SAID, YOU GUYS ARE OUTPATIENT CLINICS.

YOU QUALIFY TO BE ONE A.

AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

THE SECOND YOU DID THAT, CASEY, THE TDA KNOWS WHO YOU ARE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR THAT DESIGNATION.

AND IT'S COMING FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT ARE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTORS LOCALLY RECOGNIZED THE FACT THAT WE DO SEE PATIENTS LESS THAN SIX INCHES CONSTANTLY.

AND SO AND I APPRECIATE THAT ABILITY.

I WAS THERE MONDAY AT NOON.

WHENEVER YOU OPEN IT UP, I GET MY VACCINATION.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THANK YOU.

THE OTHER ONES THAT I WANT TO SAY A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO IS ALSO CITY MANAGER JARED MILLER AND OUR MAYOR, GINGER NELSON.

GINGER.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE MADE IT A CONSTANT EFFORT TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, BECAUSE IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU STAYING IN TOUCH WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'D HAVE THE 25 [INAUDIBLE] NURSES THAT ARE HELPING US GET THROUGH THIS.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY FOR US WITH THE GOVERNOR.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED A RAPPORT WITH HIS OFFICE AND THEY TAKE YOUR CALLS.

JARRETT, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE MARSHALED ALL OF THIS AND MADE SURE THAT IT CAME TO PASS AND CAME TO FRUITION.

IT STARTS AT THE HEAD.

IT DOESN'T START SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD.

AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY DONE.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE ABOUT THE NUMBERS, CASEY.

I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE-- I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO, BUT THEY'RE OUTSTANDING.

I KNOW THE DIFFICULT DAYS THAT WE HAD MONDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING.

AND I KNOW WHAT OUR RATES WERE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

WE WERE AVERAGING OVER 500 CASES A DAY.

OUR HOSPITALIZATION RATE THAT DAY WAS 40 PERCENT.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO, BUT AT OVER 500 PATIENTS A DAY AND NOW OUR SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE IS 219 A DAY, THAT SAYS SOMETHING FOR WHAT HAS

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AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY EVERYBODY STEPPED UP.

EVERYBODY'S BEEN AFRAID OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THANKSGIVING, AFTER CHRISTMAS, AFTER NEW YEAR'S.

AND WE ARE FAR ENOUGH PAST THE NEW YEAR THAT WE WOULD START TO BE SEEING NUMBERS REALLY GOING UP.

AND THEY HAVEN'T STARTED DOING THAT YET.

SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL.

I THINK EVERY ALL OF THESE CHANGES AND HOW WE GOT SERIOUS ABOUT THINGS COINCIDING WITH THE RELEASE OF THE VACCINE AND GETTING PATIENTS VACCINATED, GIVE US A LEG UP BECAUSE WE ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW.

EVERYBODY'S TRENDING UP.

THEY'RE IN THE WORST POSITIONS THAT THEY'VE EVER BEEN.

AND WE'RE AT ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE WORST POSITION THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO.

I'M JUST REALLY MAKING THESE OBSERVATIONS AND JUST IT'S A DEBT OF GRATITUDE AND A PRAYER OF THANKS FOR THE WAY THAT THINGS HAVE ACTUALLY GONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST CONTINUE TO ASK OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO STAY THE COURSE JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

AND WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK REALLY WELL.

I WANT TO ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] CLINIC, THE REGIONAL INFUSION CENTER.

SO YOU'VE ONLY GIVEN SIXTY FIVE-- YOU ONLY HAD 65 INFUSIONS SO FAR.

SO THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO ASK ABOUT IS DO YOU-- HOW DOES A PERSON WHO IS POSITIVE WITH COVID THAT'S STARTING TO SHOW SYMPTOMS, HOW DO THEY-- DO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEIR DOCTOR? CAN THEY CALL THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT NUMBER ONE? HOW DID THEY GET THAT INFUSION? SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A REFERRAL AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A REFERRAL FROM THE PHYSICIAN AND SO AND THAT CAN BE ANY PHYSICIAN OR A NURSE PRACTITIONER, A PROVIDER, A NURSE PRACTITIONER OR A PHYSICIAN.

BUT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A REFERRAL AND THEY HAVE TO MEET THE CRITERIA SET IN PLACE BY THE FDA FOR THAT MEDICATION.

AND SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE HEALTH ADVISORIES TO OUR EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR, INCLUDING THE [INAUDIBLE] MEDICAL SOCIETY, SO THAT OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.

WE WILL SEND INFORMATION AGAIN.

HOWEVER, WE CAN MAKE CONTACT WITH ANYBODY BUT THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE A REFERRAL.

OK, SO ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK IS SO MY MOM CAME DOWN WITH COVID RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING AND SHE STARTED HAVING TO CALL AND SHE'S DEFINITELY HAS COMORBIDITIES INCLUDING HER AGE.

AND SO SHE ENDED UP AT NORTHWEST TEXAS EMERGENCY ROOM [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SHE WENT TO GET HER PCR TEST SO SHE COULD GO SEE MY DAD IN MEMORY CARE FACILITY.

AND SO SHE ENDED UP GOING THERE.

SO WHENEVER THEY ADMINISTER [INAUDIBLE] THERE, THAT'S NOT PART OF WHAT THIS ALLOWANCE IS AT ALL, IS IT? NO.

SO WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE SITES THAT ARE ABLE TO ADMINISTER AND SO THE HOSPITALS ARE ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH ALL OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS.

I THINK THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO DO SOME THROUGH URGENT CARES.

AND THEN WE HAVE A SEPARATE LOCATION NOW HERE AT 509 SOUTH JOHNSON.

OK, SO AND THE THING ABOUT THAT WAS MOM WENT THERE AND THEY WERE BASICALLY WERE HER REFERRING PHYSICIAN AND THEY DID IT THERE AND IT WAS I BELIEVE MY MOM HAD STARTED TO DEVELOP A COUGH AND SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WEEK OR THE WEEKEND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A GOOD SITUATION FOR HER.

AND SO AND THEN I HAD ANOTHER FRIEND WHO GOT A HOLD OF ME WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS AND I HOPE I DON'T OVERRUN THE NORTHWEST TEXAS EMERGENCY CENTER OUT THERE AT [INAUDIBLE] AND HILLSIDE.

BUT THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

IT'S A SHOUT OUT TO THEM THAT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS.

YOU COME IN, YOU QUALIFY WITH THE CO MORBIDITIES.

THEY'VE GOT PHYSICIANS ON STAFF.

THEY'RE MAKING SURE IT'S IN.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S A LIFE SAVING OPPORTUNITY.

AND I WISH MORE PEOPLE WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.

AND I WILL SHOUT OUT THE FACT THAT THIS MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TREATMENT IS VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE.

AND TO SAY THE LEAST, THERE'S BEEN 65 INFUSIONS DONE, WHICH I THINK ARE WAY TOO FEW.

AND OUT OF THAT, ONLY ONE PERSON HAS ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL SAYS SOMETHING STELLAR TO WHAT'S GOING ON.

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FIFTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED VACCINES HAVE BEEN GIVEN SO FAR.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

I GIVE YOU A STANDING OVATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR, I APPRECIATE IT.

HEY, ADDING ON TO OUR TEAM.

ON THAT NOTE, I REALLY DO WANT TO GIVE CASEY A STANDING O.

I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD ALL LITERALLY I WANT TO SEE IT ON BEHALF OF CITIZENS.

HOLD IT.

I'M ASKING STEPHANIE TO TAKE A PICTURE FOR US.

SHE'S A ROCK STAR.

DID YOU GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN? OK, THANK YOU.

BECAUSE IT'S WORTHY OF THAT CASEY AND JARED, BOTH OF YOU AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

I WON'T REPEAT ALL OF THAT.

IT'S BEEN AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE.

AND CASEY, I WANT YOU TO TELL YOU'VE HAD EVEN SWEET CITIZENS SAFELY DELIVERING THINGS TO THE CLINIC THAT TELL THE STORY ABOUT THERE WAS A LADY THAT BROUGHT DONUTS BUT TELL THE STORY ABOUT THE LADY THAT BROUGHT THE SIGNS.

YES, SO SATURDAY WE HAD A CLINIC AND A SWEET, SWEET LADY, NAMED PT BROUGHT US DONUTS.

SO THANK YOU, PAT, IF YOU'RE WATCHING AND THEN ANOTHER LADY.

SO I LOVE HOW INVESTED AMARILLO IS.

LIKE WE ARE ALL IN.

YES.

AND SO ANOTHER LADY IN THAT ROOM IN THE SOUTH EXHIBIT HALL WITH TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT CHAIRS, IF YOU'RE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, IT CAN BE A LITTLE HARD TO SEE.

AND SO OUR SCREENERS WILL PUT THEIR HAND IN THE AIR AND ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE SCREEN HERE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO.

AND THIS SWEET LADY CAME BACK TO THE CLINIC AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO SEE THE SCREENER FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

SHE SAID, SO I JUST WENT HOME AND MADE THESE SIGNS THAT YOU COULD HOLD UP SO THAT WE COULD SEE YOU FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

SHE SAID, I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I DIDN'T-- I THOUGHT THE CLINIC WAS PERFECT, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER.

SO SHE WENT HOME AND MADE SOME SIGNS THAT WE COULD HOLD UP AND WE ARE USING THEM.

SO I KNOW THEY'RE IN THERE RIGHT NOW USING THOSE SIGNS.

SO THANK YOU TO THE SWEET LADY WHO MADE THE SIGNS.

WE'RE USING YOUR SIGNS.

IN FACT, WE ADDED NUMBERS TO THEM.

SHE MADE THEM OUT OF GREEN KIND OF CRAFT FOAM.

AND SO WE ADDED NUMBERS.

SO NOW WE CAN SAY IN THE VERY BACK ROOM, GO TO SCREENER NUMBER 14.

AND SO, LIKE AMARILLO IS TRULY INVESTED IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS CLINIC.

AND I COULD NOT APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY MORE.

COUNCIL, OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CASEY? THANK YOU, CASEY, FOR TELLING THAT STORY.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAYES.

ALSO WANT TO JUST PASS ALONG, I'VE HAD SEVERAL CITIZENS JUST CALL OR TEXT AND COMPLIMENT, JUST THE LOGISTICS, THE SYSTEM, IT'S BEEN VERY EFFICIENT.

PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRIVACY, HOW YOU SET OUT JUST THE PRIVACY DURING THE ACTUAL VACCINATIONS.

AND SO JUST WELL DONE.

AND THE COMMUNITY IS VERY APPRECIATIVE AND WE ARE HEARING FROM THEM.

I WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT GETS PASSED ALONG TO YOU.

IF YOU WOULD, AGAIN, JUST ADDRESS RIGHT NOW WHO QUALIFIES.

DR. SAUER TALKED ABOUT ONE A, ONE B.

AND JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW RIGHT NOW WHO QUALIFIES TO COME TO THE CIVIC CENTER AND GET THE VACCINATIONS.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN PHASE ONE A AND ONE B.

AND SO ONE A IS, ARE THOSE FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND ONE B IS ANYBODY SIXTY FIVE AND OLDER, AND ANYBODY UNDER SIXTY FIVE TO THE CLINIC AT THE CIVIC CENTER, THE 18 AND OLDER WITH A CHRONIC HEALTH CARE CONDITION.

AND THAT CHRONIC HEALTH CARE CONDITION THAT WOULD PUT THEM AT RISK FOR COMPLICATION IF THEY GOT COVID.

SO SOME OF THOSE MIGHT BE HEART DISEASE OR DIABETES OR COPD, IMMUNOSUPPRESSION, SO ANY KIND OF A CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION THAT WOULD PUT THEM AT RISK FOR A COMPLICATION OF COVID.

AND SO THAT IS WHO THAT'S THE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT IF YOU HAVE HAD A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY LIKE THE [INAUDIBLE], THEN YOU OR REGENERON OR [INAUDIBLE], THEN YOU NEED TO WAIT 90 DAYS TO GET THE VACCINE.

IF YOU'VE HAD ANOTHER VACCINE LIKE YOUR FLU SHOT OR YOUR SHINGLES VACCINE, THEN YOU NEED TO WAIT 14 DAYS TO GET YOUR COVID VACCINE.

YOU ALSO NEED TO WAIT 14 DAYS FROM YOUR COVID VACCINE TO GET ANOTHER VACCINE.

SO TIMING IS IMPORTANT THERE.

AND THEN IF YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO ANY OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE VACCINE AND WE GIVE THE

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IF YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO ANY OF THOSE COMPONENTS, THEN YOU SHOULD NOT GET THE VACCINE.

AND WE'VE GOT-- WE HAVE FACTSHEETS.

AND IN THOSE FACTSHEETS, IT HAS A LIST OF ALL OF THE COMPONENTS.

SO WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO ANYBODY REALLY QUICKLY.

IT CURRENTLY HASN'T THE MODERNA VACCINE HAD FEWER COMPLICATIONS, SIDE-EFFECT COMPLICATIONS THAN THE PFIZER UP TO THIS POINT? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK, I'M SURE YOU'RE RIGHT.

I KNOW OUT OF 15 THOUSAND PEOPLE, WE'VE HAD ONE PERSON AND IT WAS A FAIRLY MINOR REACTION.

YEAH.

AND I THINK EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN READING, ALL THE DOCUMENTATION IS REALLY CONCERNING THE PFIZER VACCINE.

YEAH.

CASEY, CAN YOU KIND OF TALK US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ON WHO ADMINISTERS TO OUR AT RISK POPULATIONS IN NURSING HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, JUST, YOU KNOW, THE PRIVATE DELIVERANCE OF VACCINATIONS VERSUS CITY OUTREACH? ABSOLUTELY.

OUR NURSING HOMES AND THOSE LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP WITH THE FEDERAL PROGRAM AND A STATE PROGRAM.

AND SO THIS PHARMACIES LIKE CVS AND WALGREENS ARE PARTNERING WITH THOSE NURSING HOMES AND LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES AND WILL BE MAKING APPOINTMENTS IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY TO GO ON SITE TO VACCINATE THEM.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S BEING DONE HERE LOCALLY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

AND CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT, AGAIN, LIKE THE SECOND ROUND OF VACCINATIONS.

HOW IS THAT MANAGED, KIND OF THE TIME FRAME WHEN YOU BEGAN GIVING NOTICES, THINGS LIKE THAT? I KNOW THERE HAVE ALL THOSE TIME FRAME TIMELINES YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

YOU GET TOO SOON, YOU HAVE ISSUES, YOU WAIT TOO LONG, YOU HAVE ISSUES.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? ABSOLUTELY.

SO THERE WITH THE MODERNA VACCINE THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU TO WAIT AT LEAST TWENTY EIGHT DAYS BEFORE YOU GET YOUR SECOND DOSE.

ANY TIME AFTER TWENTY EIGHT DAYS IS OK TO GET THAT SECOND DOSE.

SO YOU DO IT ANY TIME AFTER 28 DAYS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO START YOUR SERIES OVER, YOU JUST GET THE SECOND DOSE, BUT NOT SOONER THAN 28 DAYS.

WITH THE PFIZER VACCINE, THAT'S TWENTY ONE DAYS.

AND SO BRING YOUR CARD BACK WHEN YOU COME BACK TO THE CIVIC CENTER AND THAT'S KIND OF YOUR FAST PASS THROUGH THE CLINIC.

WE ARE MAKING PLANS TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THAT.

BUT WHAT WE WILL HAVE CLINIC AND SO WILL WE-- THEN WHAT WE'RE DEVELOPING AN FAQ THAT WILL HAVE ON THE EMAIL ALERTS DOT COM AND WE'LL HAVE YET ANOTHER SIGN.

SO WE'LL HAVE LIKE PHASE ONE A AVAILABLE, PHASE TWO AVAILABLE IN SECOND DOSES.

SO WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER INDICATOR THERE ON EMAIL ALERTS, STARCOM WHEN THE SECOND DOSES ARE AVAILABLE.

YOU CAN'T GO GET YOUR SECOND DOSE AT 28 DAYS WITH THE MODERNA AND YOU END UP NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THERE UNTIL THREE MONTHS LATER, YOU HAVE COMPROMISED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VACCINE.

YOU JUST HAVE WAITED.

OK.

RIGHT.

THERE'S NOT A TIME LIMIT, THOUGH.

THERE'S NOT A MAXIMUM TIME.

THERE'S ONLY A MINIMUM TIME.

OK.

OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAD ONE MORE, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER A CHANCE TO JUMP IN THERE.

I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE OF THE POINTS THAT DR. SAUER MADE, AND IT'S ON THE [INAUDIBLE] INFUSION.

AND I ECHO HIS SAME POSITION THAT I WISH WE WERE SEEING MORE.

I THINK IT IS AN UNDER USED RESOURCE AND TO ONLY TO HAVE--.

AGAIN, WANTING TO FOCUS ON EARLY INTERVENTION AND THINGS THAT ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MORE AT RISK POPULATION.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE ENCOURAGING OUR CITIZENS THAT IF YOU FALL IN THOSE CATEGORIES AND CASEY YOU MAY WANT TO JUST RE-EMPHASIZE THOSE AGAIN, I'VE HEARD A FEW DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE PRETTY FLEXIBLE IN OPENING AND WE HAVE AVAILABILITY TO DO TREATMENTS FOR MORE INDIVIDUALS.

AND SO I JUST WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, DON'T WAIT.

IF YOU FALL IN THESE CATEGORIES THAT CASEY'S FIXING TO ADDRESS, YOU DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE SHOWING A LOT OF SYMPTOMS. DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOUR HEALTH BEGINS TO DECLINE.

IT'S PROACTIVE.

IT'S GETTING AHEAD OF IT.

AND AS DR. SAUER POINTED OUT, IS BEING VERY EFFECTIVE.

AND SO IF YOU CAN JUST SPEAK TO THAT AND JUST ENCOURAGING PEOPLE THAT WOULD FALL IN THOSE CATEGORIES, THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS TREATMENT AND TRYING TO HEAD

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AND HAVING TO BE HOSPITALIZED.

YES, SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO THE [INAUDIBLE] AND I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE CRITERIA RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, SO I'LL SPEAK KIND OF IN GENERAL TERMS, BUT ANYONE SIXTY FIVE AND OLDER WOULD QUALIFY.

FIFTY FIVE AND OLDER THERE IS A SET OF LIKE HEALTH CARE CONDITIONS.

AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE MORE LIKE RESPIRATORY AND HEART RELATED.

AND THEN ANYONE 18 AND OLDER AND THOSE WOULD BE AGAIN THOSE RESPIRATORY HEART AND THEN MORE IMMUNOCOMPROMISING DIABETES AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND SO THERE'S SO AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO THAT PHASE ONE B SO BE THAT I CAN SEND THAT TO THE COUNCIL, THOSE CRITERIA SPECIFICALLY.

BUT IT'S THAT SO FIFTY FIVE AND OLDER COPD RESPIRATORY HEART DISEASE.

AND THEN AS WE MOVE YOUNGER THE CRITERIA WOULD BE MORE AND MORE LIKE AN IMMUNOSUPPRESSION, ANYBODY WITH DIABETES, THOSE KINDS OF CONDITIONS.

SO I WOULD AGAIN SAY TO OUR COMMUNITY, ASSUME THAT YOU CAN QUALIFY.

FOLLOW IT UP AND FIND OUT THAT YOU DON'T, AS OPPOSED TO ASSUMING THE OTHER DIRECTION, TRY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AND ESPECIALLY WITH US MOVING INTO THAT PERMANENT FACILITY.

IT JUST THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE-- IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

YOU HAVE FACILITATED A GREAT LOCATION.

REMINDING OUR COMMUNITY, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

CALL, BE SURE, FIND OUT IF YOU CAN QUALIFY FOR IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN YOU EXPLAIN? WE GOT 200000 PEOPLE IN AMARILLO, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE OVER 65? AND I KNOW IT'S VOLUNTARY TO GET A SHOT, BUT WE THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT WE VACCINE FIFTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED.

SO HOW MANY MORE DO WE HAVE TO GO, ASSUMING 95 PERCENT OF THEM GET A VACCINE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, TOO.

I THINK SOMEWHERE PROBABLY BETWEEN 40 AND 50 PERCENT OF OUR COMMUNITY WOULD PROBABLY QUALIFY.

THE CRITERIA FOR PHASE ONE B IS ANYBODY WHO IS WHO HAS A CHRONIC HEALTH CARE CONDITIONS, IT EVEN LISTS PREGNANCY AS A CHRONIC HEALTH CARE CONDITION, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT CHRONIC HEALTH CARE CONDITION DOES END AT SOME POINT AND THEN IT INCLUDES OBESITY WITH SOMEONE WITH A BMI OF OVER 30.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE-- I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT QUALIFY.

AND SO, AGAIN, JUST LIKE MS. HAYES SAID, IF YOU THINK YOU QUALIFY, LET'S SEE KNOW IT'S GOOD.

IT'S BETTER TO SEEK IT OUT AND FIND THAT YOU DON'T QUALIFY THAN IT IS TO ASSUME THAT YOU DON'T.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY-- I THINK THAT WAS A VERY WISE THING TO SAY.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT I TOLD MY MOM.

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE QUALIFIED AND I SAID, WHAT'S YOUR WORST CASE SCENARIO MOM? THEY'RE GOING TO SEND YOU HOME, RIGHT? WHAT'S YOUR BEST CASE SCENARIO? THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE ME INFUSION, AND THAT'S SO TRUE.

HOWARD, ON THE DSHS WEBSITE, THEY HAVE SOME DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR OUR HEALTH DISTRICT, SO IF YOU'LL GRAB A PEN, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT CAME OFF OF THAT WEBSITE.

OK, AS FAR AS PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOVE AGE SIXTY FIVE, SIXTY FIVE OR OLDER IN RANDALL COUNTY, THAT'S TWENTY ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR.

IN POTTER COUNTY, THAT SIXTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN.

SO THAT'S ABOUT THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO FIT THAT AGE CRITERIA.

THEN OUR CATEGORY 1A WORKERS, SO OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS.

WE HAVE I COULD GIVE YOU THOSE EXACT NUMBERS AGAIN, IT'S FORTY SIX EIGHTY THREE FOR RANDALL COUNTY.

TWELVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY FOR POTTER COUNTY.

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AND THEN IT ALSO INCLUDES NURSING HOME RESIDENTS.

SO IN RANDALL COUNTY, THERE'S EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE NURSING HOME RESIDENTS.

IN POTTER COUNTY, THERE'S ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN.

SO IF YOU JUST ROUND ALL THOSE NUMBERS, THE TOTAL FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WE JUST TOUCHED IS ALMOST FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AGE 18 TO 64 BUT HAVE AN UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITION.

SO WE KNOW THE BASELINE NUMBER OF POPULATION WISE IS BASICALLY FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND.

AND THEN YOUR GUESS AT HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD FIT INTO THAT UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITION, YOU WOULD ADD ON TOP OF THAT.

AND THAT'S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE.

IT'S A BIG NUMBER.

IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.

IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, BY THE WAY.

DO WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL GET VACCINES TO KEEP DOING IT LIKE WE'RE DOING IT? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY DOSES THAT WILL BE.

SOMEBODY ELSE MAY KNOW, BUT.

THIS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN AN AMAZING TEAM EFFORT, SO WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND--.

SO, CASEY, ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THE VACCINATION THING.

I KNOW THAT WE ARE A HUGE REGIONAL HUB, SO IF SOMEONE IS COMING IN FROM OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE, COMING FROM WESTERN OKLAHOMA, COMING FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO, ARE YOU GUYS TURNING THEM AWAY? NO, SIR.

I DIDN'T THINK.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE CORRECT ANSWER.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S KIND OF ANOTHER ABOUT WHO WE ARE.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE RECEIVE HEALTH CARE AND SHOPPING.

AND SO IT'S--.

ONE MORE THING.

WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED, THE LINES WERE VERY LONG, VERY COLD.

THE LINES WERE OUTSIDE.

I LIKE IT THAT YOU BASICALLY MOVED MOSTLY INSIDE.

SO I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THE COMPLIMENTS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE.

I HAVE A SON LIVES IN WACO NOW.

THE SON LIVES IN PLANO.

WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF THEM IN A PROCEDURE OF DOING THIS.

STOP ME.

YOU, CASEY AND THE OTHERS, IT COULD ALWAYS PLAYING TOGETHER WAS.

KEEP IT UP.

THANK YOU.

VACCINATION AREA AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME PERSONALLY, HEARING YOU DESCRIBE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WHO MAYBE CANNOT STAND PHYSICALLY IN A LINE THAT WOULD BE FACILITATED, HELPED THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH VACCINATION LOCATION.

THE WAY YOU HAVE IT SET UP RIGHT NOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE REALLY YOU'RE ALREADY ADDRESSING THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT NEED THAT TYPE OF SERVICE.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE WANT TO PULL THEM THROUGH OUR FAST TRACK AREA AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING THEM VERY QUICKLY.

I THINK OUR TEAM TALKED FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD DO IT IN A DRIVE THROUGH.

WE HAVE TO MONITOR PEOPLE FOR 15 MINUTES.

AND SO IF WE HAD ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING THROUGH OUR CLINIC IN CARS AND WE HAD TO PARK, AND IF SOMEBODY DID HAVE A PROBLEM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HONK OR FLASH THEIR LIGHTS OR SOMETHING.

AND THAT WOULD THAT JUST MIGHT MAKE IT A LITTLE HARDER TO RESPOND IF SOMEBODY WERE HAVING A PROBLEM, AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE THROUGH THE LINE VERY QUICKLY, BUT ALSO DOING IT IN A VERY SAFE WAY.

SO WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO IT, BUT WE LIKE FLEXIBILITY HAS BEEN THE NAME OF THE GAME HERE.

AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE CERTAINLY SEEING THE ADAPTABILITY AND THE FLEXIBILITY OF ALL OF THE TEAMS INVOLVED.

OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CASEY? OK.

CASEY, WE APPRECIATE YOU.

THANKS FOR THE REPORT.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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I DO APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS FROM DR. SAUER AND FROM OTHERS, BUT IT IS VERY APPROPRIATE AND IT IS USUALLY ALMOST ALWAYS APPROPRIATE TO SHIFT PRAISE TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE HARD WORK.

IN THIS CASE, IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE CASEY SHE'S NOT JUST A LOCAL EXPERT.

THE GOVERNOR KNOWS HER NAME AND SHE'S JUST DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB, NOT ONLY LOCALLY BUT ALSO STATEWIDE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE MODEL.

WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS THE MODEL FOR WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT AT OTHER MASS INFUSION SITES OR VACCINATION SITES.

SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHERS.

YOU KNOW, KEVIN STARBUCK, DEPUTY MANAGER, DOING A LOT TO HELP COORDINATE THIS EFFORT AND LEAD IT.

CASEY SHERMAN, CIVIC CENTER, MERITA WITH TRANSIT, AMANDA WITH THE LIBRARY, MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE] OVER AT PARKS JORDAN WITH COMMUNICATIONS, ANDREW PLANNING CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

CHIEF MAISE, CHIEF BIRKENFELD WITH THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

THERE'S PEOPLE I'M LEAVING OFF, BUT IT'S THESE PEOPLE, EACH LEADING SMALL PARTS IN THEIR TEAMS, BRINGING VALUE ADD WITH THEIR CREATIVE IDEAS, WITH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IDEAS.

I CAN'T GO DEEP ENOUGH INTO THE ORGANIZATION.

I MEAN, I HAVE TO BECAUSE OF TIME, BUT I CAN'T GO DEEP ENOUGH INTO THE ORGANIZATION AND RUN OUT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING UP A GREAT IDEAS TO MAKE THIS THING WORK BETTER.

SO I REALLY DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY DOING THE GOOD HARD WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON THEIR FEET ALL DAY LONG, MOVING THE LINE, MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE WATER, MAKING SURE THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO, WHERE THE RESTROOM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE THIS THING SUCCESSFUL.

IT'S BEEN A HUGE HOME RUN.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MENTIONED THAT.

EVERYONE I FORGOT.

GOOD.

THANK YOU, JARED.

LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE C, WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND

[1.C. Update on Animal Management and Welfare; ]

RIGHT, WE'VE GOT OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE, ROB SHERLING, HERE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

HE'S ALSO GOT SOME TEAM THERE WITH HIM THAT CAN HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAS.

ROB, TAKE IT AWAY.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR COUNCIL, IT'S GOOD TO FINALLY SEE EVERYBODY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MET ME.

BEEN HERE SINCE THE END OF OCTOBER AND HAPPY TO SAY THAT ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE IS RUNNING PRETTY WELL, ALWAYS HAVING ISSUES.

BUT EVERYTHING ELSE DOES.

WANT TO SHARE A POWERPOINT THAT WE'VE PREPARED FOR YOU GUYS.

AND AFTER WE'RE DONE, PLEASE ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POWERPOINT, JUST PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

ALL RIGHT.

CAN YOU SEE THAT? NO, NOT YET.

ALL RIGHT.

WE SEE IT NOW.

YES, WE DID.

ALL RIGHT.

ALWAYS TECHNICAL.

OK, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU IS THE PHILOSOPHY THAT I THINK KIND OF NEEDS TO GUIDE THE DECISIONS HERE IN ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE.

NUMBER ONE, I THINK A SERIOUS THING THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IS WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, FROM DANGEROUS ANIMALS.

AND WE ARE DOING THAT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE PRESENTATION A LITTLE MORE ABOUT OUR ANIMAL MANAGEMENT OFFICERS, OUR FIELD DIVISION, THE FOLKS THAT GO OUT TO THE CALLS OF DANGEROUS DOGS, STRAY DOGS, ANIMAL WELFARE CALLS.

AND THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

THE SECOND PART IS TO PROVIDE A HEALTHY SHELTER FOR ALL THOSE ANIMALS WE BRING IN, ALL STRAYS THAT WE GET FROM THE FIELD.

AND THE THIRD PART IS WE WANT TO INCREASE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM OUR SHELTER, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE BRINGING ANIMALS IN, YOU NEED TO GET ANIMALS OUT IN A POSITIVE WAY.

IN DOING THAT, WE HAVE INCREASED ANIMAL MANAGEMENT OFFICERS TO ANSWER CALLS FOR SERVICE.

WE HIRED FOUR NEW TRAINEES JUST THIS WEEK.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING SIX WEEKS OF TRAINING, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME THAT'S BEEN DONE.

MY UNDERSTANDING.

IT'S A MUCH MORE FORMAL PROCESS.

SO WE HOPE THAT OUR RETENTION IS QUITE LONGER THAN IT HAS BEEN.

IN THIS TRAINING THEY'RE RECEIVING HELP FROM AMARILLO PD FOR CRIME SCENE AND REPORT WRITING.

THE [INAUDIBLE] TEACHES CAD AND DISPATCH BEST PRACTICES.

AND ALSO THE OFFICERS GET TO GO DOWN THERE AND SEE HOW THIS ALL WORKS TOGETHER.

A STATE MANDATED CLASS FOR ANIMAL PATROL OFFICERS IS MANDATED AND WE'LL HAVE THAT.

I THINK THE LADY WHO DID THE LAST ONE WILL BE BACK HERE IN MARCH.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME GOOD NEWS.

WE HAD FIVE ANIMAL MANAGERS, OFFICERS, COMPLETE TRAINING.

THESE PEOPLE WERE HIRED IN AUGUST AND THEY RECEIVED THEIR BADGES ON THE 5TH.

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SO OUR BADGE CEREMONY WITH MASKS AND GREAT, SO THEY'RE EXCITED, THEY'RE MOTIVATED AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

WANTED ALSO BRING UP WE'VE HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM A LOT OF FOLKS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THE REAL SUCCESS STORY IS IMPROVING OUR PUBLIC ACCESS VIA ONLINE REPORTING.

WE PUT SOME PROCESSES IN OUR WEB SO WE CAN CITIZENS CAN NOW JUST ELECTRONICALLY FILE ANIMAL REPORTS LOST AND FOUND BY THE INVESTIGATIONS.

A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS, CAN I ADOPT THIS ANIMAL? AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF SOMEBODY DOWN ANIMAL MANAGEMENT.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THIS PROVIDES A RECORD AND IT NOTIFIES EVERYBODY IN THE MANAGEMENT GROUP AND WE SIMPLY ASSIGN IT TO EACH GROUP THAT NEEDS TO WORK IT.

IF IT'S A FIELD PROBLEM, WE SET IT TO FIELD PEOPLE.

AND IF IT'S ADOPTION, WE HAVE THE ADOPTION FOLKS CAN CONTACT THEM.

AND IT IS REALLY, REALLY REDUCE THOSE CALLS TO THE DISPATCH CENTER.

AND I THINK THAT CITIZENS ARE MUCH MORE SATISFIED WITH THAT SERVICE AND WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT A LONG TIME AGO.

BUT IT'S WORKING WELL.

WE'LL LOOK FOR MORE WAYS TO IMPROVE IT AS WE GO ON.

ROB, CAN I INTERRUPT YOU FOR A SECOND? AND CAN YOU GIVE US THE URL OF THAT WEBSITE TO DO THAT ONLINE REPORTING AND REQUESTING? IT IS ON THE AMARILLO ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AND IF YOU GO ON TO THAT WEBSITE, YOU WILL HAVE GENERAL REPORTING.

ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DAILY REPORT CARD THAT WE PRODUCE, AND IT HAS A TON OF INFORMATION ON TOP SCROLL.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN AND YOU CAN GO DOWN AND MAKE A REQUEST OF US AND IT'S JUST GOT TO FILL IN THE BLANK.

AND YOU FOUND A STRAY ANIMAL, YOU FOUND ALL THIS STUFF.

WE GET THAT INFORMATION AND WE JUST SIMPLY ASSIGN IT TO SOMEBODY.

SO YOU START WITH AMARILLO.GOV AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO AN ANIMAL MANAGEMENT.

AND AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING UP THERE THAT YOU COULD GET AHOLD OF.

OK, SO JUST WANTING PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WALK US THROUGH OF WHERE YOU START AND THEN YOU START VETTING AFTER THERE.

CORRECT.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TOTALLY CORRECT, WE'LL WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE PROBLEMS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME DROP DOWNS AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T REALLY APPLY TO THOSE.

WE'RE ANSWERING EVERY ONE OF THOSE WE CAN.

SO IF THEY LEAVE A PHONE NUMBER OR CONTACT, WE GET AHOLD OF THEM.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS INCREASING OUR STAFFING.

THE STAFFING HERE GOT PRETTY LOW.

BUT WE'RE AT 74 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGETED POSITIONS ARE NOW FILLED AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR VACANCIES.

ONE OF OUR SUCCESS STORIES IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAS BEEN WE'VE FINALLY HIRED A PART TIME VET THAT'S WORKING OUT TREMENDOUSLY.

WE HAVE OUR THREE VET TECH POSITIONS WHO SUPPORT THAT VET THAT HANDLES THE MEDICAL CALLS IN THE SHELTER.

SO PREVIOUSLY WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS HAVING TO PACK OUR ANIMALS UP THAT WERE SICK, TAKE THEM TO A LOCAL VET.

AND I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF THE VETS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT'S HELPED US OUT.

BUT WE WAITED IN LINE.

WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

OUR NEW VET HANDLES ALL THESE CHRONIC ILLNESSES THAT KEEPS OUR SHELTER ANIMALS HEALTHY.

THE PLAN IS TO GET THIS NEW OBSERVATION BUILDING ONLINE AND OUR EQUIPMENT IN HERE SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR OWN IN-HOUSE SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES AND SO THAT WE CAN GET THESE ANIMALS FROM THE TIME THEY COME IN UNTIL THEY LEAVE, THEY'LL BE SPAYED OR NEUTERED, FULLY VACCINATED.

EVERYTHING'S WORKING AND WILL BE MUCH MORE STREAMLINED ONCE WE GET THAT UP.

WE ARE CURRENTLY INTERVIEWING FOR ANIMAL CARE WORKERS, WHICH IS A CONSTANT NEED.

THOSE ARE OUR FOLKS THAT CLEAN OUR KENNELS EVERY DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT THESE KENNELS ARE CLEAN SO WE CAN KEEP DISEASES DOWN AND OUR ANIMALS HEALTHY.

KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.

ALSO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S BEEN ONLINE FOR SOME TIME.

THIS IS A DAILY REPORT CARD.

AND IT IS JUST SIMPLY A PIECE OF INFORMATION.

AND I THINK THE CITIZENS WOULD LOVE TO SEE.

NOTE THAT IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT AND INTAKES, THIS WAS A DAILY COUNT.

NOW, THE INTAKE AND OUTCOMES THAT COMES FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY.

THE KENNEL PERCENT FULL AND CAPACITY ARE RIGHT THEN AT THE MORNING.

SO THAT IS AN IMMEDIATE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE KENNELS.

AND WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IS THE FIELD, WHICH IS THOSE NEW ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS OUT THERE IN THE FIELD.

THEY PICKED UP NINE DOGS THE DAY BEFORE.

AND SO IN THE SHELTER BROUGHT IN SIX MORE ANIMALS FROM A VARIETY OF OWNER SURRENDERS OR PEOPLE JUST BRINGING IN STRAY ANIMALS.

AND THEN YOU'VE LOOKED DOWN AT OUTCOMES, YOU HAVE THREE ADOPTIONS.

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SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PART.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS THIS IS KIND OF A CONSTANT ISSUE WITH SHELTERS.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CAPACITY FOR DOGS, WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED FORTY TWO KENNELS.

WE'RE 114 PERCENT.

AND THE OTHER DAY BEFORE THAT WE WERE AT ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE DOGS.

CATS DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT WE HAD A HOARDING CASE JUST THIS LAST WEEK AND WE WENT OVER CAPACITY, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND GET SOME OF THOSE CATS OUT.

THE THING THAT I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT AN ISSUE ABOUT THE SHELTER IS EUTHANASIA.

AND SO WE'RE TRANSPARENT.

WE GET THAT NUMBER OUT THERE AND WE HAVE TO DO EUTHANASIA FOR EITHER OWNER REQUESTED OR THE ANIMALS INJURED.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.

AND WE WELCOME QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON WHY WE DO IT.

BUT WE'RE AN OPEN ADMISSION SHELTER AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THAT FOR ANIMALS THAT ARE NOT ADOPTABLE.

THE NEW OBSERVATION BUILDING IS I'M SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A REMODEL ON THE OLD BUILDING.

THIS BUILDING WAS FUNDED BY PROP TWO.

IT CONTAINS THE FIELD SERVICES OFFICE.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOT A WORKSPACE FOR OUR FIELD OFFICERS AND A PLACE FOR THEM TO DO THEIR REPORTS, A TRAINING ROOM WHICH WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW FOR THOSE NEW ANIMAL MANAGEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE GETTING TRAINED, LOCKER ROOMS, WHICH THEY HAVEN'T HAD.

AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WE HAVE A BRAND NEW VET MEDICAL AREA, WHICH I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHOWING YOU GUYS WHEN IT'S EQUIPPED.

WE HAVE A BUNCH OF SURGICAL EQUIPMENT THAT I THINK ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT WORK WITH ME AND GETTING THE SAME EQUIPMENT THAT TEXAS TECH'S VET SCHOOL HAS.

SO WHEN WE HAVE FOURTH YEAR VET STUDENTS COME OVER, THEY'LL BE WORKING ON THE SAME EXACT EQUIPMENT THAT TEXAS TECH DID.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE IT AT TEXAS TECH'S CONTRACT RATE.

SO IT WAS A VERY GOOD DEAL.

AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK REALLY, REALLY WELL FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS TECH.

WE ALSO HAVE QUARANTINE KENNELS OVER HERE FOR OUR ANIMALS THAT ARE IN QUARANTINE, UNDER RABIES INVESTIGATION, AND THAT WILL KEEP THEM OUT OF THE PUBLIC AREA IN A MUCH MORE SECURE FACILITY OVER HERE.

OUR PUBLIC ACCESS AREA WHERE IT'S BEEN, IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SHELTER WAS BUILT IN NINETEEN SEVENTY FOUR IS BEING REMODELED WITH MORE OF AN OPEN CONCEPT.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER FLOW FOR ADOPTIONS.

AND THEN OUR OWNER SURRENDERS SIDE, HOPEFULLY WILL BE DONE AND WE CAN HAVE KIND OF A SEPARATION OF THOSE TWO TRANSACTION'S.

ADOPTIONS ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED A HAPPY THING.

OWNER SURRENDERS ARE NOT SO HAPPY, THEREFORE YOU TRY TO KEEP THOSE SEPARATE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THOSE TOGETHER.

THE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SELECTION CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE HAD 11 APPLICANTS FOR THE DIRECTOR.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO REMAINING FOR FINAL INTERVIEW AND WE ANTICIPATE GETTING THIS POSITION FILLED BY BEFORE THE END OF JANUARY.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE REVIEWS CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD AND WE ANTICIPATE FILLING THAT POSITION BEFORE MID-FEBRUARY.

AND I'LL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS.

SO ROB, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND BRINGING SOME ORDER AND SOME DEVELOPING A FOUNDATION THAT HAS BEEN MUCH NEEDED HERE FOR ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE.

VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU'RE GETTING STARTED AND OFF THE GROUND.

AND FROM THE THINGS THAT I'M HEARING AND THE THINGS THAT I'M SEEING AND THE PEOPLE THAT I'M TALKING TO, THAT THEY'RE SAYING IT JUST IS REALLY CHANGING THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE.

YOU'RE DEVELOPING A DIFFERENT CULTURE OUT THERE.

AND I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WAY THAT YOU ARE SETTING UP AND REESTABLISHING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ANIMAL ADVOCACY GROUPS GOING FORWARD.

I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT YOU'RE SETTING SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT WILL BE FOUNDATIONAL FOR DECADES TO COME AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE AND HOW YOU'RE HELPING US MOVE THIS FORWARD.

THE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ROB, COUNCIL? ROB IT WAS A GOOD REPORT AND A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND THINGS ARE TRENDING IN A MUCH BETTER DIRECTION.

SO WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU'RE MAKING FOR US.

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SAME.

OK, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE D, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION A REPORT ON

[1.D. Presentation and Report on the Amarillo Community Investment Program (CIP) for FY 2020/21 – FY 2024/25;]

WE'VE GOT KYLE SCHNEIDERJAN IS GOING TO BE MAKING THAT PRESENTATION, SO YOU BUCKLE UP.

THANK YOU.

I HOPE I CAN DELIVER, SO YES, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I THINK IT CAN GET A LITTLE DRY SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LONG RANGE PLANNING OF LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

BUT IT IS EXCITING.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE LIGHT OF IT.

KYLE, TAKE IT AWAY.

NO PROBLEM.

I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN AS WELL, SO I THINK THAT'S UP AND RUNNING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

KYLE SCHNEIDERJAN, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MR. CITY MANAGER FOR THE WARM INTRODUCTION.

AND TO THIS TOPIC.

THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

AND SO I'M INTRODUCING THE TOPIC.

COUNCIL MEMBER THE BIG BOOK WAS PART OF YOUR PACKAGE.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION HOW THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW ALSO.

BUT BASICALLY, THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION OF THAT DOCUMENT AND THE START OF THE CONVERSATION THAT THEN WILL MOVE FORWARD ON.

SO WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM? WHAT IS THE CIP? THIS REALLY IS A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR STAFF AND FOR THE CITIZENS, EVEN INVESTORS INTO OUR CITY.

IT'S A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT THAT HELPS OUTLINE WHAT THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING IN AND WHAT WE SEE AS NEEDS AND PRIORITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT GENERALLY IS A DOCUMENT THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND MANAGEMENT TEAM AND ELECTED OFFICIALS HELP PUT TOGETHER BY ENGAGING WITH STARTING OUT THERE WITH CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND REVIEWING MASTER PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND OUR BUDGETING TARGETS.

AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS MELD TOGETHER INTO THIS DOCUMENT THAT HELPS US PRIORITIZE AND ORGANIZE AND THEN ULTIMATELY COORDINATE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACQUISITION OF ASSETS THAT WILL BE UTILIZED FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.

SO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS OUR FIFTH YEAR, WE STARTED THIS CAPITAL PROGRAM IN THE 2016, SEVENTEEN FISCAL YEAR.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR FIFTH VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT.

AND IT DOES BUILD ON THOSE ANNUAL BUDGET.

IT DOES BUILD ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ASSETS THAT WE HAVE, ASSETS THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN, ASSETS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO USE.

VERY, VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AFTER THAT COVID UPDATE, IT DAWNS ON ME.

AND I LOVE THOSE PICTURES OF OUR CIVIC CENTER AND OUR AND THE ASSETS THAT THOSE [INAUDIBLE].

THE NEW BUILDING THAT GIVES THEM SOME FLEXIBILITY.

[INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING STAFF ACROSS THE BOARD AND THIS PLAN GIVES THEM THE TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL HERE AND ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO, [INAUDIBLE] TO BE A PART OF THAT.

BUT EFFECTIVELY, THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE [INAUDIBLE].

AND YEAR ONE OF THOSE IS APPROVED IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS.

AND THEN YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE ARE NOT APPROVED IN THE FACT THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PHYSICAL MONEY ASSIGNED TO THEM.

THEY ARE A PLAN.

THEY ARE AN OUTLOOK ON THE PRIORITIES AND NEEDS OF THOSE STAFF, OF THAT STAFF OF MOVING FORWARD.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD BRAG THEN AND LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT MAYBE IS AN UPDATE TO YOU GUYS.

AGAIN, AS THE FIFTH YEAR OF THIS PLAN, I AM REALLY STARTING TO NOTICE AND SEE A BENEFIT OF THE PROACTIVITY THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THIS PLAN SUCH THAT THE OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE BEGINNING TO START TO BE ABLE TO USE THINGS, OTHER TOOLS THAT THEY'VE HAD AT THEIR DISPOSAL THAT MAYBE THEY JUST COULDN'T GET MOVING FORWARD.

AND THAT OF MASTER PLANNING DOCUMENTS, THOSE THOSE STUDIES, THOSE PLANS THAT THEY'VE THEY IN THE PAST, MAYBE EVEN WE'VE BOUGHT THEM BEFORE WE'VE HAD THIS DONE

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AND THIS PROACTIVE OUTLOOK REALLY IS STARTING.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THOSE PLANS TO IMPLEMENT INTO THIS PROGRAM.

SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT PROGRESS.

SO WHERE ARE WE AT? THIS IS BASICALLY THE FUNDING HISTORY OF OF OUR PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR PLAN.

OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE AUTHORIZED THE EXPENDITURE OF FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX DOLLARS MILLION IN CAPITAL ASSETS.

AND IN THOSE CATEGORIES THERE YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT IS HOW THEY'RE ORGANIZED HERE.

THE BIG THE BIG BAR AND THE BIG GREEN BAR IN THE MIDDLE IS OUR IS OUR BOND PROCEEDS THAT THAT HAS BEEN MADE UP SIGNIFICANTLY OUT OF THE PROPOSITION ONE, THE PROPOSITION TO OUR DRAINAGE AND SOME DRAINAGE UTILITY BONDS ISSUED IN THAT TIME PERIOD AS WELL.

AND THEN AND THEN THE NEXT THE NEXT KIND OF BIG BAR IN THE CHART THERE IS THAT KIND OF LIGHT BLUE, WHICH IS OUR WATER AND SEWER, OUR BIG ENTERPRISE FUND EXPENDITURES.

THIS IS WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND WATER TREATMENT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF HAVE HAD LASTING IMPACTS ACROSS ANY CAPITAL PROGRAM.

BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS.

AND THEN OUR FUTURE FIVE FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK LOOKS LIKE THIS.

AND SO YOU KIND OF START TO SEE THE THE THE BOND PROJECTS TAPERING OFF THERE AS WE AS WE GET OUR PROPOSITION ONE, A PROPOSITION TWO PROJECTS FULLY IMPLEMENTED, THE FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR THOSE PROJECTS, THEN WE KIND OF ROLL BACK INTO MORE A MORE CONVENTIONAL NON BOND PROGRAM CAPITAL SCENARIO WHERE THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS KIND OF START TO DOMINATE THE CHART THERE.

BUT THAT'S MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS AN AUTHORIZATION.

AND WHAT THIS PLAN IS, IS ASKING YOU GUYS TO EVALUATE IS THE FIVE YEAR PLAN TO ALLOCATE TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE MILLION DOLLARS IN A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.

THIS THE CHART HERE IS IS JUST A NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT OF THE LAST CHART.

AND SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU SOME SOME VOLUMES THERE, IF YOU WILL, OR SOME SOME DEPTH TO THOSE NUMBERS.

AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT AS BOND PROCEEDS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN ISSUANCE OF FIFTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL CULMINATE IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION FOR THE SUMMER, FOR THIS UPCOMING SUMMER, WHO WE WILL BE FINISHING UP A VERY LARGE MAINTENANCE STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECT, AS WELL AS UNDERTAKING MULTIPLE ARTERIALS AND ARTERIAL RECONSTRUCTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

I WILL I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO THINGS IN AS WE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS.

YOU CAN OBSERVE IT IN THE SAME WAY ON THE CHART.

BUT FOR AS YOU GUYS TAKE THIS HOME AND AND GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION AND THINK ABOUT IT AND LOOK AT IT, THERE'S TWO THINGS I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.

THE FIRST BEING OUR AIRPORT, THE AIRPORT DOLLARS HERE OVER THE LAST.

THAT'S A PRETTY DECENT NUMBER.

THERE'S A THERE'S SOME NUMBERS OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE OR IN THE MIDDLE THAT ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED, GRANT DOLLARS FOR THE AIRPORT AND WE KNOW ANYTIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS AND WILL WE RECEIVE FEDERAL DOLLARS WAS IN COLUMN ROW NUMBER TWO THE FEDERAL GRANT AND AID, YOU SEE THOSE THOSE PREDICTIONS OF FEDERAL DOLLARS OUT THERE IN YEAR THREE AND YEAR FOUR AND THAT THOSE PREDICTIONS, THOSE ARE FUTURE ALLOCATIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED.

BUT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT FEDERAL GRANT AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AIRPORT, WE NEEDED TO TRUE UP OUR CAPITAL PLAN WITH THE CAPITAL PLAN, SAY THE FAA AND OR FEDERAL OTHER FEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME TRANSPORTATION FUNDS.

AND THEY HAVE FIVE THEY HAVE 10 YEAR OUTLOOKS.

AND WE NEEDED TO TRUE UP OUR CAPITAL PLAN TO THOSE TO THOSE FEDERAL OUTLOOKS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES.

SO THEY ARE PROJECTIONS OF PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED, BUT THOSE ARE NOT GUARANTEED FUNDS OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE.

WE CANNOT COMMIT TO THE RECEIVING THAT GRANT WITH THAT FEDERAL AID, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE NOT QUITE POSITIVE WHAT THE FEDERAL AID WOULD LOOK LIKE THREE YEARS FROM NOW.

SO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A PLANNING DOCUMENT.

AND SO THAT HELPS US.

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SO WHERE WE GO FROM HERE? SO OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE YOUR BOOKS IN FRONT OF YOU.

THEY WILL TALK ABOUT BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

BUT WE'RE BASIALLY [INAUDIBLE] OF AN ORDINANCE THAT THAT SAYS, HEY, WE SUPPORT THIS PLANNING DOCUMENT AND THAT DIRECTION FROM YOU.

TRANSLATE IT INTO DIRECTIONS TO YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS OF LET'S MOVE TOWARDS THESE PRIORITIES.

WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 26, WHICH IS THE NEXT TIME THIS GROUP IS TOGETHER.

AND THEN WE'RE AIMED AT THE NEXT THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON FEBRUARY 9TH.

THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND MYSELF AND OUR STAFF ARE ALREADY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE YEAR ONE PROJECTS THAT ARE PRESENTED IN THIS AS THOSE PROJECTS ARE PART WERE PART OF OUR ALREADY APPROVED ANNUAL BUDGET.

BUT THEN WE IMMEDIATELY WE'LL JUST WE'LL ROLL RIGHT OVER AND START LOOKING AT THOSE FUTURE PRIORITIES.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE DOING TO PREPARE FOR THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN ALSO IDENTIFYING THE NEXT NEXT NEEDS AND THE NEXT ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN NEXT YEAR.

KYLE CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT WAS PREVIOUS, JUST SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND GO OVER SOME QUESTIONS NOW OR DO YOU WANT US TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION? IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THE LAST THE.

YEAH, LET'S DO IT RIGHT NOW.

CAN YOU WALK THROUGH ONE, YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE SURE OUR COMMUNITY IS AWARE THAT.

AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT YEAR, 2022.

2023, THAT, THAT THOSE BOND PROCEEDS DRY UP THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING TO DO A LOT OF PROJECTS, THERE WILL BE NO MORE ISSUANCES AT THAT TIME.

I WOULD I'D LIKE TO GET AN ANSWER ON THE WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES IN 2020.

2021 AND IT'S ALMOST DOUBLE THEN THE NEXT YEAR.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THE BIG DROP OFF AND IN GENERAL THIS 2020, 2021 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FIVE YEAR PLAN, BUT WE'RE ALREADY IN 2021 SO THIS IS WHAT STARTED THIS LAST OUR CURRENT BUDGET.

CORRECT.

YES, MA'AM.

THAT COLUMN OF 2021, THOSE EXPENDITURES WERE APPROVED IN IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND THEN THE CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PLAN REALLY DOES START IN THAT 2021-2022 AND OR YEAR TWO.

AND THEN THE NEXT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AFTER.

I GUESS MY TWO LINE ITEM QUESTIONS HAVE TO DO WITH THE WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES.

WHY IT WAS DOUBLE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET VERSUS ALMOST HALF OF THAT IN YOUR PROJECTION FOR 21-22 AND THEN ALSO ON THE DRAINAGE UTILITY OF WHERE IT WAS ONLY FORTY THOUSAND THIS YEAR TO MORE THAN TWO MILLION FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND A SEVEN MILLION IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF THIS PLAN.

I STARTED TO USE THAT EXAMPLE INSTEAD OF THE AIRPORT.

BUT SO I'LL HIGHLIGHT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

SO WE'LL START WITH WATER AND SEWER.

THE ISSUE OR THE NUMERICAL DIFFERENCE IN WATER AND SEWER IS THAT WE IN YEAR 2021, THERE ARE BOND PROCEEDS.

THE DRAINAGE UTILITY IS THROUGH A REVENUE BOND SCENARIO WHERE THAT DEPARTMENT IS ISSUING HAS THAT THEY'RE BORROWING MONEY AND THEY ARE FULLY MAKING THE PAYMENT OF THOSE ON THAT LOAN OR THOSE BONDS [INAUDIBLE] OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YEAR ON IN YEAR TWO AND OR 2020, 2021 AND 2021 2022 IS THAT YOU SEE THOSE BONDS ROLL OFF.

SO IN THE YEAR TWO 2021 2022 THE EIGHT POINT EIGHT MILLION IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY, WITH WHAT THE WATER AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT CAN SUPPORT CAPITAL WISE WITHOUT BEING IN A BONDING SCENARIO.

AND THEN AS THEY, AS THEY MOVE OUT IN FURTHER YEARS THAT WE, THEY ARE THE

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AND THEY'RE FORECASTING TO US THAT WE MAY BE IN A SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE ENTERTAINING AN ADDITIONAL BOND OR OTHER FUNDING MECHANISM THAT THEY WOULD BE COMING IN ASKING FOR THAT AUTHORIZATION FOR.

AND THAT'S A THAT IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE OF THE DRAINAGE UTILITY AS WELL THERE.

WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DIVE INTO YOUR PLAN AND YOU START LOOKING AT THE BIG TABLE OF WHAT THE DRAINAGE UTILITY IS GOING TO SPEND, THERE WERE THERE'S 10 MILLION DOLLARS OF OF A DIRECT BOND THAT'S THAT IS SUPPLEMENTING THE DRAINAGE UTILITY IN YEAR ONE.

THEIR CAPITAL BUDGET IS IS TEN MILLION FORTY THOUSAND RATHER THAN FORTY THOUSAND THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE INCLUDED IN IN THAT BONDING VALUE.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE DEPARTMENTS RIGHT NOW IN YOUR BOOK.

AND SO THEIR DEPARTMENT, THEIR REVENUE BASED ON BEING AN ENTERPRISE FUND IS SOME PEOPLE PAYING THAT DRAINAGE UTILITY BILL AND THEIR WATER BILL CAN SUPPORT SOMEWHERE AROUND TWO MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CAPITAL IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.

AND SO IN THIS YEAR, THEY THEY WERE UTILIZING THAT REVENUE TO SUPPORT A REVENUE BOND.

AND THEN WE SEE THE EQUALIZATION OF THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WHERE THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND BORROW ANYTHING ELSE.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO SPEND WHAT WE HAVE CASH.

SO TO HANDLE WHAT WE HAVE CASH TO INVEST.

AND THEN WHEN WE SLIDE OUT TOWARDS THAT YEAR FIVE, THEY ARE STARTING TO FORECAST TO US THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL NOT MEET OUR NEEDS.

SPENDING TWO MILLION DOLLARS BASED ON THE REVENUE OF OUR DEPARTMENT WILL NOT MEET OUR FUTURE NEED.

AND THEY ARE FORECASTING TO US THAT THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR YOUR FUNDING OF SOME MECHANISM AND THAT'S NOT IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME THAT THEY COULD COULD GO FOR A BOND.

WE COULD SEE THAT WE WON'T SEE TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS, BUT WE COULD SEEK OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FROM OTHER MECHANISMS TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO THAT'S THAT TRANSITION FROM ONE BEING AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED TO A PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS OUT TO EVEN IN YEAR FIVE.

WE WERE IDENTIFYING THAT THIS IS A PROJECTION OF NEED.

DOES THAT HELP? YES, THANK YOU, KYLE, AND I KNOW YOU STATED THIS, AND I JUST WANT TO REPEAT IT AGAIN FOR OUR CITIZENS LISTENING THAT IT'S THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN.

IT ALLOWS US ENCOURAGES OUR DEPARTMENTS TO BE TAKING A LONG TERM VIEW AND BEING PREPARED AND KIND OF SEEING WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON.

BUT IT IS ONLY FUNDED ONE YEAR AT A TIME.

IT IS APPROVED BY COUNCILS IN THAT ANNUAL BUDGET ONE YEAR AT A TIME.

AND IT IS FLEXIBLE.

EVEN THOUGH THIS COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE A FIVE YEAR CIP, A NEXT COUNCIL IS ABLE TO REEVALUATE THAT AND CHANGE PRIORITIES, SHIFT THINGS AROUND INSIDE THOSE CATEGORIES ONE YEAR AT A TIME.

SO TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND AN INDICATION OF GETTING THE PUBLIC AND HAVING THEM HAVE THEIR INPUT THE TOP, THE WEB ADDRESS AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS WHERE THE WHERE THIS DOCUMENT WILL PHYSICALLY BE POSTED ON THE CITY OF AMARILLO'S WEBSITE.

BUT THE SIMPLEST, IF [INAUDIBLE] THAT WITH YOUR PHONE REAL QUICK OR WATCH THIS LATER AND PAUSE IT AND TYPE ALL THAT OUT, THE SIMPLEST ABSOLUTE WAY IS TO GO TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO WEBSITE AT THE DEPARTMENTS AND WITHIN DEPARTMENTS.

YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

AND AS A FINANCIAL INFORMATION PAGE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF AMARILLO WEB PAGE, THIS DRAFT DOCUMENT WILL BE POSTED RIGHT HERE ABOVE THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAMS. AS YOU SEE, THERE'S THE LAST OF THE LAST THREE, THE 16-17 ISN'T UP EITHER.

SO I DID SAY THIS WAS THE FIFTH ITERATION OF THE PLAN.

THE DRAFT WILL BE POSTED RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST FOR THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT TO DISSECT AND AND ASK ASK QUESTIONS IF THEY WISH.

SO THAT IS ALL OF MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M SURE I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MIGHT HAVE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR KYLE COUNCIL?

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YEAH, WE HAD TWO DATES IN THE PRESENTATION.

ONE IS THE TWENTY SIX FOR POSSIBLE FIRST APPROVAL OF IT, AND THEN FEBRUARY NINE WOULD BE A SECOND STEP IS GOING TO TAKE TWO VOTES BECAUSE IT IS AN ORDINANCE.

AND SO COUNCIL HAS THEIR BIG BOOKS AND YOU GUYS CAN LOOK THROUGH THERE.

COME PREPARED WITH MORE QUESTIONS ON JANUARY TWENTY SIX, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, THOUGH, IT IS ALWAYS AN OPTION FOR YOU TO REACH OUT TO JARED AND ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION, ASK FOR A MEETING, ANYTHING IN THE BOOK THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON.

YOU WANT TO WORK THOSE QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THAT MEETING THAT DOORS WIDE OPEN.

AM I RIGHT JARED? YES, MA'AM.

DOES THAT TELL YOU WHERE WE'RE HEADED, ELAINE? AS FAR AS TIMELINE? OK, GOOD.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? OK, KYLE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU GUYS AS STAFF ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING IT AS A TOOL FOR THE LONG TERM PLANNING, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH COUNCIL WOMAN HAYS THAT THAT IS REALLY A BENEFIT TO OUR CITY TO HAVE THAT LONG TERM VIEW.

SO GOOD JOB.

ITEM [INAUDIBLE] ON THE AGENDA IS A REPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON ITS

[1.E. Amarillo Fire Department Accreditation Strategic Plan Update; ]

FIRE CHIEF JASON MAYES IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC AND THEN HAND IT OFF TO CHIEF MASON .

CHEIF MAYES.

AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

HELLO, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND ANYBODY WATCHING AT HOME.

IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS BRANDON MASON.

HE'LL BE HE'S BEEN ASSIGNED THE ROLE TO COORDINATE OVERSEEING OUR ACHIEVING OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF MASON.

THANK YOU, CHIEF MAYES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENT.

WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FROM THE LAST PLAN THAT YOU WERE ACTUALLY A PART OF, THE THREE PILLARS THAT WE LOOK AT FOR WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING OUR ACCREDITATION.

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STANDARD OF COVER.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR WHAT WE CALL FESSAM FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE SELF-ASSESSMENT MANUAL.

AND THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE GOT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT TODAY, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS GOING TO BE COMPRISED OF EIGHT DIFFERENT GOALS.

AND I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON EACH ONE OF THESE GOALS JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

AGAIN, AT ANY POINT DURING THIS PRESENTATION, IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE STOP ME.

WE CAN LOOK AT THEM ONE BY ONE OR AT THE END.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

GOAL NUMBER ONE IS TO IMPROVE OUR INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSIONS AND VALUES.

THIS HAS BEEN EASIER SAID THAN DONE BASED ON ALL THE COVID SITUATIONS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH, MUCH IN THE SAME WAY YOU ALL ARE HAVING TO REVAMP ANY OF YOUR PROCEDURES.

WE'RE TELLING OUR PERSONNEL TO STAY APART, TRY TO DISTANCE AS THEY CAN, BUT WE'RE STILL NEEDING TO CONVEY IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THEM ON A DAILY BASIS.

A MEANS TO A VIRTUAL PLATFORM VIA ZOOM.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THOSE SHIFT BY SHIFT AND INCORPORATE NOT ONLY WHEN WE WERE JUST GETTING AN OFFICERS GROUP TOGETHER TO VISIT ABOUT KEY TOPICS, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO VISIT WITH THE WHOLE SHIFT AT ONE TIME AND OR THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT, IF NEED BE.

SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WE DIVE INTO A LITTLE FURTHER EXPLANATION, SO WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE VIDEO MESSAGES FROM STAFF AND PUT THEM OUT TO THE MASSES AND FURTHER EXPLAIN THINGS IN A MAYBE A MORE SUITABLE PLATFORM.

INCORPORATED OUR LOCAL 542, WHICH IS OUR EMPLOYEE UNION, AND IN THE PAST THOSE RELATIONS HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT STRAINED.

WE'VE TAKEN A PROACTIVE STEP TO MEET QUARTERLY WITH THOSE FOLKS TO TRY TO WORK OUT SOLUTIONS WITH CHIEF MAYES, CHIEF [INAUDIBLE] MYSELF WITH THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARD,

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MOVING ON TO TWO, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE AN EFFECTIVE [INAUDIBLE] AND TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSIONS.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, AGAIN, WE HAVE MUCH OF OUR JOB IS BASED UPON OUT BEING AROUND EACH OTHER FOR ANY OF THESE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP UP OUR ANNUAL CE PROGRAM.

WE WANT TO MAKE MAKE AN EFFORT TO TRY TO KEEP.

A SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT SUITABLE FOR OUR INTERNAL NEEDS, THOSE CAN BE ANYTHING FROM JUST OUR ANNUAL RETURN TRAINING TO ANY TYPE OF COMPLIANCE THAT MAY GO ALONG WITH THAT.

THE CONTENT CAN TAKE US FROM INCIDENT COMMAND ALL THE WAY TO EMS LEVEL TRAINING.

SO IT'S VERY VERSATILE AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.

ALSO, WE'VE WORKED WITH HUMAN RESOURCES TO DELIVER ANY OF THE HR SPECIFIC CONTENT THAT WE MAY NEED TO VIEW THOSE AS WELL, ALL IN ONE PLATFORM.

AS ALWAYS, WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO KEEP OUR TRAINING COSTS DOWN.

THESE INCLUDE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH SOME IN-HOUSE RECRUITING, BEING THAT WE CAN INCREASE OUR DIVERSITY, AS WELL, AS ALWAYS LOOKING AT INCREASING OUR LEVEL OF E.M.S.

TRAININGS TO HOPEFULLY KEEP KEEP THE CITY AS SAFE AS WE CAN.

AMARILLO COLLEGE IS A VALUABLE PARTNER THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THIS PROCESS OVER THE LAST PROBABLY 20 YEARS.

WITH WORKING WITH THEM, IT DOES PRESENT ITS LEVEL OF CHALLENGES AT TIMES.

THEY ARE THE MAIN PROVIDER OF FIREFIGHTERS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, ONCE THEY GET TRAINED UP BY AMARILLO COLLEGE, THEY COME IN AND WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE THEM OFF OF A CIVIL SERVICE TEST TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEM TO WORK.

WE ALSO HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE AMARILLO COLLEGE DEANS TO DISCUSS ANY CURRICULUM CHANGES AND TRY TO PICK UP ANY ISSUES BEFORE THEY'RE ACTUALLY BIGGER, A BIGGER PROBLEM.

OUR GOAL NUMBER THREE, AGAIN, HINGES BACK TO OUR EMS PROVIDED CAPABILITIES TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

IN 2020, WE'RE ABLE TO PUT FORTH A EMS MOBILE CLASSROOM.

AND WHAT THIS IS, IS A DECOMMISSIONED AMBULANCE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT ADVANCED LEVELS OF FTL FIELD TRAINING OFFICER PERSONNEL OUT THERE TO RUN TO EACH STATION.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO WORK ON ADVANCED LEVEL SKILLS THAT WOULD NORMALLY REQUIRE A CLASSROOM.

AND MORE PEOPLE GATHER TOGETHER.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO PUT FORTH THESE EFFORTS TO TAKE SOME OF OUR HIGH RISK, LOW FREQUENCY EVENTS AND TRAIN ON THEM IN A MORE INTIMATE SETTING.

WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO ADD TWO PARAMEDIC ENGINES TO OUR FLEET AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT STATION SIX AND STATION NINE.

BOTH OF THESE TRUCKS CARRY MANY OF THE CAPABILITIES OF WHAT YOU WOULD FIND ON A STANDARD AMBULANCE JUST WITHOUT THE TRANSPORTING CAPABILITIES.

SO IN THE EVENT THAT EMS OR AMBULANCE PROVIDER IS OUT OF UNITS, WE CAN DEPLOY ONE OF THESE OTHER TWO TRUCKS TO YOUR LOCATION IN THE EVENT OF A CRITICAL NEED AND STILL GET THE CARE THAT YOU THAT WE'VE PROMISED TO OUR CITIZENS DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE PARAMEDICS GRADUATE OUR TRAINING PROGRAM, WE'RE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY EXPLORE MORE OR MORE PARAMEDIC ENGINES ON THE STREETS.

GOAL NUMBER IS TO INTERACT, EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC ON WHAT WE DO AND TRY TO IMPROVE OUR TRANSPARENCY AND VISIBILITY.

AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A CHALLENGE TO STILL REACH OUR TARGET AUDIENCE, MOST YEARS WE'VE [INAUDIBLE] VIRTUAL STATION AND VIRTUAL TRUCK TOURS.

THESE CAN BE TO THE DISTRICT.

BUT INSTEAD OF BRINGING THE KIDS CLOSER TO OUR APPARATUS, WE'RE ABLE TO PUT FORTH THE SAME.

SAME [INAUDIBLE] WITH LITTLE DIFFERENT DYNAMIC ON THE MATERIAL IS GOING TO BE DELIVERED TO THE.

WE'VE ALSO LOOKED TO TRY TO CREATE ALL OF OUR CONTENT DIGITALLY, WHETHER IT BE FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING, ANY OF THE LIKE, AND WE WANT TO TRY TO WORK TOWARD UPDATING OUR WEBSITE TO ALLOW ALL THAT CONTENT TO BE AVAILABLE TO OUR ENTIRE AUDIENCE THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT AS IDEAL AS WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THEM, BUT IN OUR TRYING TIME, THIS IS A VERY GOOD WAY TO STILL KEEP CONNECTED WITH OUR WITH OUR AUDIENCE.

WE ALSO HAVE INCREASED OUR SOCIALLY DISTANCE ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDED DRIVING AROUND WITH SOME OFF DUTY PERSONNEL WITH SPARKY THE FIREDOG, TO NOTIFY NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN THE TRUCK WOULD BE OUT AND AVAILABLE IN THEIR AREA.

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GOAL NUMBER FIVE.

WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP A GREATER SENSE OF OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING OF PHYSICAL RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY.

INTERNALLY, WE HAVE ASKED EACH ONE OF OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS TO START PRIORITIZING THEIR [INAUDIBLE] MUCH IN THE SAME WAY OF A ZERO BASED BUDGET, BUT OFFERING THEM UP THE ABILITY TO PRIORITIZE ANY NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE FOLLOWED BY WANTS.

AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY FUNDING LEFT OVER ACTUALLY TACKLING FROM A WISH LIST APPROACH.

THIS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL NOT ONLY IN THE SENSE OF TRYING TO ADEQUATELY.

FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FLOW OF THE FINANCES ARE GOING, BUT IT ALSO GIVES THE PROGRAM MANAGERS MORE BUY IN TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS [INAUDIBLE].

WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS, ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO INCORPORATE OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, AS YOU'RE AS YOU'RE AWARE, THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THIS JUST WITHIN OUR VACUUM OF JUST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND HINGE ON ALL OF OUR OTHER TEAMMATES IN THESE MATTERS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE COVERED ALL OUR BASES WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT INCORPORATING A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE ALSO LOOKED TO IMPLEMENT A STRONGER INVENTORY, TRACKING MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ARE QUITE EXPENSIVE.

AND BY ALLOCATING EACH ONE OF THESE RESOURCES TO THE INDIVIDUAL, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT STATION SUPPLIES AND THE LIKE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT ACTUALLY TAKES TO RUN ONE OF THESE.

STATIONS FOR THE COURSE OF A DAY, A MONTH, A YEAR, SO THAT WE CAN BETTER ACCOUNT FOR THE TRACK RESOURCES.

GOAL NUMBER SIX IS TO LOOK AT TH ENHANCED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AT ALL LEVELS TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

CHIEF MAYES IS A MEMBER OF THE AMARILLO COLLEGE CURRICULUM BOARD.

THIS INTERACTION HAS ALLOWED US TO HAVE A VOICE IN HOW OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE TRAINED FOR THE FUTURE.

AGAIN, THE PRIMARY PROVIDER FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE CONTINUALLY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR DIVERSITY THROUGH AC.

SOME OF THESE WE'RE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS, FOR THE UNDERSERVED AREAS, WHETHER THAT BE A SCHOOL, A PRINCIPAL, LOCAL PASTOR, OR POSSIBLY SOMEONE WHO HAS A CONNECTION WITH SOME OF THESE KIDS, THAT WE CAN KIND OF FUNNEL THEM IN A DIRECTION WHERE WE CAN HELP GUIDE THEM THROUGH AMARILLO COLLEGE AND HOPEFULLY GET A SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT TO SOMEDAY COME WORK FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SOME OF THESE THINGS, AGAIN, THAT HAVE BEEN HIT BY COVID A LITTLE HARD AS OUR HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS WHILE WE MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO ARE HANDS ON WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT IT'S BEEN AN AVENUE THAT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE KIDS, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, WORK WITH THEIR TEACHERS THAT HAVE THEM USUALLY ASSIGNED TO THE STATION, AND TRY TO INCORPORATE A BETTER PLAN TO TRY TO GET THEM CONNECTED UP WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

OFTENTIMES, THESE KIDS ARE LEFT WITH WE COULD BE A LAST RESORT FOR THEM TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE.

AND WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED, EVEN IN A SENSE OF COVID TIMES LIKE WHAT WE'RE IN.

GOAL NUMBER SEVEN IS GOING TO BE DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN AN EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE, TO SUPPORT AFD MISSION, VALUES AND VISION THAT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.

CHIEF [INAUDIBLE] AND MYSELF, WE HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO A STAFF RESOURCE COMMITTEE, AND WHAT THIS IS LOOKING AT IS TO TRY TO FIND WAYS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.

ONE OF THE WAYS WHETHER THIS BE WITH THE CPSE, WHICH [INAUDIBLE] AGENCY, THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF PATHS, LEARNING PATHS THAT CAN GET THESE CERTIFICATIONS TO HOPEFULLY AWARENESS OF THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS, AS WELL AS MAKE US AS PROFESSIONAL AS WE CAN BE.

GOING TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS WHEN WE STARTED OUR ACCREDITATION PATH, THIS WAS A VALUABLE COMPONENT.

WE'RE ABLE TO GET A COMMUNITY OF A VAST ARRAY OF OUR COMMUNITY, VERY GOOD CROSS-SECTION, TO COME IN AND ACTUALLY ALLOCATE WHAT THEY FELT WAS IMPORTANT.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD OUR PLANS AROUND THOSE THOSE THOUGHTS AND VISIONS FROM OUR FROM OUR PUBLIC OR FROM OUR CITIZENS, WHICH ARE ULTIMATELY [INAUDIBLE].

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH AMARILLO COLLEGE ON HOW TO ATTRACT A MORE DIVERSE FIRE ACADEMY.

AND AGAIN, WHILE WE'RE LIMITED HAVING TO WORK WITH A THIRD PARTY, THOSE CONVERSATIONS STILL ARE ONGOING.

EACH TIME BEFORE WE OPEN UP A NEW WHETHER IT BE A DAY OR NIGHT ACADEMY, WE TRY TO VISIT WITH THE DEANS AT AMARILLO COLLEGE TO TRY TO SEE BOTH WHAT WE'RE NEEDING

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GOAL NUMBER EIGHT IS TO ACHIEVE OUR INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION.

WE HAVE SINCE THIS LAST UPDATE TO YOU ALL.

[INAUDIBLE] MANAGER, HE WILL ACTUALLY THIS TEAM WILL BE LED BY DISTRICT CHIEF DAVID [INAUDIBLE] AND HIS TEAM.

IT WILL BE LOOKING AT THE ACCREDITATION AS A WHOLE, THE INSURANCE SAFETY ORGANIZATION AND THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT GO ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

AS OF THE REPORTING OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR 2020 ACCREDITATION AND AGAIN CONTINUE TO LOOK, TO STRIVE AND KEEP THAT 2021 [INAUDIBLE] ON THE HEELS OF 2020 SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE POSITIVE STRIDES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

ALL OF THIS GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

MANY OF THESE ITEMS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, AND THAT GOES FOR CITY STAFF AS WELL AND THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

IT'S DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT WITHIN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EFFORTS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UPDATE.

WELL, CHIEF, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING DONE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, DEFINITELY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CITIZENS TALK A LOT ABOUT THE SERVICE THAT THEY GET, BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE IN NEED OF YOUR SERVICES, YOU GUYS COME AND IT'S VERY HUMBLING TO BE ON THE OTHER END OF THAT.

SO WE APPRECIATE THE LONG TERM VISION FOR MAKING THE DEPARTMENT BETTER, BUT WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'LL CERTAINLY PASS THAT ALONG TO THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[1.F. Thompson Park Pool Update;]

WE HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH A NUMBER OF PRETTY MEATY INFORMATION REPORTS THIS AFTERNOON, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE.

THIS IS GOOD STUFF AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, IS GOING TO UPDATE US ON THE PROGRESS OF THE THOMPSON PARK POOL.

I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT OF A LOT OF INTEREST AND BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT ON TIME.

IT'S UNDER BUDGET.

MICHAEL, TAKE IT AWAY.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, EXCITED TO PROVIDE A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ON, OBVIOUSLY, THE NEW POOL.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST TO WALK THROUGH A FEW SLIDES AND THEN OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.

SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SCREEN SHARE.

SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF PROVIDE A FINAL RENDERING, SO THIS WAS THE RENDERING OF THE PROJECT.

AGAIN, THE PROJECT AND THE PLAN WERE BASED ON THE SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE THAT WE GOT TO THE THOMPSON PARK SURVEY.

WE HAD OVER FOURTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE RESPOND TO THAT SURVEY.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD IN THE SURVEY WERE LAZY RIVER NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

THE COMMUNITY DID NOT WANT LAP SWIMMING, AND THE COMMUNITY ALSO WANTED MORE OF AN AQUATIC STYLE PARK STYLE FACILITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED THAT WE FELT IS MORE THEIR EXPERIENCE IS JUST MORE OPEN SPACE SO THAT THERE'S A LOT OF GRASS AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME WITHOUT BEING KIND OF CROWDED ON THE DECK.

SO AS WE LOOK AT THE PLAN, THE LARGE POOL NUMBER 11, JUST SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE INCLUDED, THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THE ZERO DEPTH ENTRY YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE AT NUMBER 10.

THERE'S A LARGE ENTRY AREA.

THERE'S A LOT OF INDEPENDENT WATER FEATURES [INAUDIBLE] AND GEYSERS.

ON NUMBER 13 IS A SUN SHELL.

AND THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE WILL HAVE SOME LOUNGE CHAIRS IN THE POOL THAT ARE, THE WATER IS ABOUT SIX INCHES DEEP SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SIT IN THE WATER, ALSO IN THEIR LOUNGE CHAIR.

WE'VE GOT SOME BENCHES THAT ARE LOCATED KIND OF IN THE LARGER IN THE CIRCLE AREA, AREA 11, WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT IN THE WATER AND KIND OF OBSERVE.

WE'VE ALSO GOT THE LARGE VOLLEYBALL AREA, NUMBER 12, SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY PLAY WATER, VOLLEYBALL.

THERE ARE SOME BASKETBALL GOALS THAT CAN BE PUT IN BETWEEN NUMBER 11 AND 16.

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SO WE HAVE ACCESSIBLE ENTRIES INTO THE FACILITY.

AS WE LOOK AT THE LAZY RIVER, A COUPLE OF THE THINGS WORTH NOTING THERE IS YOU'VE GOT AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE CHANNEL.

ONE OF THE REASONS WE LIKE THE EIGHT FOOT WIDE CHANNEL IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO BE ADAPTIVE IN OUR PROGRAMING.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT PROGRAMING IS KAYAKING.

THE RADIUSES ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO PUT A KAYAK IN THERE SO PEOPLE CAN GET SOME RESISTANCE TRAINING.

IF THEY'RE ON SOME TRIPS TO EITHER COLORADO, NEW MEXICO.

THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME TIMES WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO USE THAT FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THERE'S ALSO SOME SPRAYS, OBVIOUSLY SOME PIPE FALLS.

THERE'S A HYDRO JET SO YOU CAN SIT IN THE WATER.

THERE'LL BE SOME JETS IN YOUR BACK, THE VORTEX.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS FACILITY IS ALSO ACCESSIBLE.

SO THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] AQUATIC FEATURES.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR TWO SLIDES.

AND ON THE IMAGE HERE, YOU CAN SEE NUMBER SEVEN IS A STORAGE BUILDING.

SIX IS OUR TICKET AND STAFF AREA.

AND NUMBER FIVE IS YOUR RESTROOM AND CONCESSION.

NUMBER NINE AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS IS THE PUMPHOUSE.

THAT'S WHERE ALL THE PLUMBING AND PIPING FOR THE FACILITY OCCUR.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL STEP INTO SOME CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS.

SO THIS IS AN AERIAL AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER IS A KEY MAP.

WE'VE PUT AN ARROW THAT KIND OF SHOWS THE ANGLE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT OR THE VIEW.

SO THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING ACTUALLY TO THE NORTH SO YOU CAN SEE THE LEISURE POOL RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT OF YOU.

YOU CAN SEE THE AIR, THE FINGER AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE VOLLEYBALL.

OVER TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE SLAB OF THE STORAGE BUILDING AND THEN RIGHT WHERE THAT TRAILER IS IS THE FOOTINGS FOR THE REST OF THE BUILDING, THOSE FOOTINGS ARE IN PLACE.

AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO START GOING VERTICAL THERE.

DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE LEISURE POOL.

YOU CAN SEE THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE PUMPHOUSE THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING FORMED UP AND THERE'LL BE A CONCRETE POUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE LAZY RIVER.

THIS IS A VIEW IF WE FLIPPED AND LOOK THE OPPOSITE WAY SO YOU CAN SEE THE LAZY RIVER RIGHT BELOW US AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, THOSE BIG BOXES ARE THE DRAINS.

SO ALL THE DRAINS PIPING, ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BELOW IS IN PLACE.

THE PROCESS IS YOU PUT THE PLUMBING IN, THEN YOU PUT A LEVEL OF CRUSHED ROCK IN THERE.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT IS THE REBAR.

SO YOU CAN SEE FOR THE LAZY RIVER, ALL OF THE GRAVEL IS IN PLACE, THE PLUMBING IS IN PLACE.

THE NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE THE REBAR.

SO THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING MORE TO THE EAST, SO THIS IS THE LEISURE POOL ITSELF, YOU CAN SEE THE CONSTRUCTION CREWS OUT THERE PUTTING IN THE REBAR.

THIS WAS TAKEN ON FRIDAY.

SO I ANTICIPATE THAT THIS POOL IS COMPLETED FOR THE REBAR AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE SHIFTING OVER TO THE LAZY RIVER.

THE PLAN IS FOR ALL THE REBAR TO BE IN PLACE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A A GROUP MEETING ON FRIDAY AND AN EXPECTED CONCRETE POUR OF THE MAIN SLABS ON MONDAY.

SO ALL REBAR IS IN PLACE AND WE'RE GOING TO START POURING CONCRETE AS EARLY AS THE START OF NEXT WEEK.

THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE LEISURE POOL, MORE FROM THE SIDE, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN KIND OF WHERE THAT SUN SHELF IS GOING TO BE.

A LOT OF THAT REBAR IS IN PLACE.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GETTING READY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION POURS.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND AT THE VERY TOP, THERE'S A BUNCH OF PLYWOOD STACKED UP.

THOSE ARE THE CONCRETE FORMS. SO ONCE THAT BOTTOM SLAB IS POURED, IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE THEY START PUTTING UP THE FORMS AND POURING THOSE SIDE WALLS.

SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OBVIOUSLY THE BOTTOM POUR THEN THOSE SIDE POURS WON'T BE TOO FAR BEHIND.

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE PUMPHOUSE.

THIS IS AND HAS BEEN AN ITEM OF A LOT OF COORDINATION THERE, A LOT OF SLEEVES AND A LOT OF PIPES, LARGE PIPES GOING INTO THIS ROOM.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WAS ON SITE YESTERDAY, AND THE GOAL IS TO POUR THAT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

SO THE FORM BOARDS WILL BE GOING UP ON THE OUTSIDE AND THAT PUMPHOUSE WILL BE POURED.

JUST ANOTHER VIEW JUST KIND OF SHOWING THE NUMBER OF SLEEVES AND ALSO THE SIZE OF THOSE SLEEVES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THE WORKERS THAT ARE ON SITE, IT'S A LOT OF PLUMBING AND A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THIS.

THIS IS A VIEW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FROM THE RESTROOM CONCESSION BUILDING TO THE NORTH SO YOU CAN SEE THE CONCRETE SLAB AT THE TOP OF THE PICTURE IS THE STORAGE BUILDING, THE AREA RIGHT IN FRONT OF US WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL THAT CONDUIT THAT IS

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THERE IS A LOT OF CONDUIT, WE HAVE GOT ALL THE BASICALLY THE FOOTINGS IN PLACE, THE PLUMBER [INAUDIBLE] ARE WORKING ON GETTING ALL OF THOSE [INAUDIBLE] OUT, [INAUDIBLE] IN PLACE.

SO THOSE [INAUDIBLE] ARE GOING TO RUN EVERYTHING FROM OUR LIGHTING CONNECTIONS TO OUR I.T.

CONNECTION, CAMERA CONNECTIONS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT'S GOING ON AND WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO FINISHING THAT UP.

ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE, THE [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN THE BUILDINGS CAN GO VERTICAL.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE IS IF WE GO, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT HERE IN A MINUTE.

BUT THE SPECIAL EVENT SPACE IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BLOWN PROJECT.

WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS THAT ALL OF THE CONDUIT WAS IN PLACE TO FACILITATE THAT AS A SEPARATE PROJECT.

SO WE'VE DONE A CHANGE ORDER THAT ALLOWED AND EXTENDED ALL OF THOSE CONDUITS OUT THAT WOULD BASICALLY BE IN PLACE FOR THAT SPECIAL EVENT SPACE.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE CONDUITS GOING THROUGH AND BACK TO THE POOL AREA.

SO, AGAIN, VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL, WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY 2021, WE'RE STILL IN BUDGET.

THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET WAS EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.

THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR WILEY HICKS WAS THAT SIX POINT TWO ONE EIGHT NUMBER.

AND SOMETHING WORTH NOTING IS THAT SPECIAL EVENT SPACE IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE ARE JUST GOING TO BE DOING THAT AS A STANDALONE PROJECT.

SO AND ONE MORE THING TO INCLUDE IS THAT TOTAL PROJECT COST INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT.

SO THAT'S THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT.

WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

HEY MICHAEL, DOES THAT EIGHT MILLION OR THAT SIX POINT TWO MILLION, DOES IT INCLUDE THE DEMOLITION OF THE CURRENT POOL? THAT DOES NOT, BUT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.

OK, OK.

SO IN THAT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IS FUNDS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPECIAL EVENT SPACE.

IT WASN'T ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO ADD IT TO THE CURRENT CONTRACT.

SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT AS A STANDALONE PROJECT, EITHER AS A SEPARATE BID OR THROUGH FACILITIES.

SO IS THERE A PLAN FOR WHERE THE DEMOLITION OCCURS OF THE OLD POOL? CURRENTLY, NOT THE PLAN WOULD BE TO BASICALLY REMOVE THE STRUCTURE BACKFILL AND JUST PUT TURF.

SO RESTORING BACK TO MORE OF A NATURAL CONDITION.

BUT THERE'S NO PLANS ASIDE FROM THAT.

WELL, ACTUALLY, THAT SEEMS LIKE A PLAN TO ME BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE.

ARE WE GOING TO AT LEAST MAKE IT TURF SO THAT IT COULD BE USABLE AGAIN OR WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN? SO YOU ANSWERED IT PERFECTLY.

AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE THERE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIRT ON THIS SITE THAT'S HAD TO BE MOVED BECAUSE OF THE POOL SIZE.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY STOCKPILING THAT BEHIND THE ZOO FOR FUTURE USE.

SO WE CAN USE THAT DIRT TO BACKFILL SO IT'LL REDUCE THOSE COSTS.

GREAT.

OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL COUNCIL.

MICHAEL, DO YOU HAVE A TIME FRAME ON THAT DEMOLITION? NO, WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THIS PROJECT GETS DONE FIRST, THEN MAKE SURE WE'RE DONE WITH THIS, BECAUSE THERE ARE, AS A PART OF THAT SECOND PROJECT, THE SPECIAL EVENT SPACE, RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE AREA NUMBER EIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.

THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DIRT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GET IT TO GRADE.

THERE'S ABOUT A SEVEN OR EIGHT FOOT GRADE CHANGE ON THAT BOTTOM CORNER.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE THAT DIRT THERE FIRST BEFORE WE START DOING THE DEMOLITION AND THAT OTHER SITE.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE THE DILIGENCE YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING TOWARD THIS PROJECT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT OPENING THIS POOL IN MAY.

WE'RE EXCITED.

OK, COUNCIL, I HAD THOUGHT WE WOULD MAKE IT ALL THE WAY, AT LEAST TO CONSENT, MAYBE JUST PAST CONSENT BEFORE WE NEEDED A BATHROOM BREAK.

ANYBODY NEED A BREAK? CAN WE DO THIS NEXT ITEM AND MAYBE GET TO CONSENT.

OK, LET'S DO THAT.

ITEM 1G IS A PRESENTATION ON SPEED LIMIT CHANGES AT LOOP 335.

[1.G. Presentation on Speed Limit Changes on Loop 335/Soncy; and ]

MAYOR WE WILL MOVE IN A WORKMANLIKE WAY.

WE'VE GOT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS DONNY HOOPER HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

DONNY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE.

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I WANT TO SHARE MY SCREEN IF I CAN FIND THE RIGHT SCREEN, TO PUT UP THERE.

SEE THAT? THIS IS A PRESENTATION TODAY TO TALK ABOUT AN ORDINANCE CHANGE COMING YOUR WAY, A REQUEST [INAUDIBLE] CHANGE WILL COME YOUR WAY NEXT WEEK OR SORRY AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT CAME TO US FROM TXDOT AND TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY.

BUT SINCE WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, WE, OF COURSE, HAVE TO BRING THAT BEFORE YOU.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS GOING TO BE TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHANGES.

AND, OF COURSE, THAT ORDINANCE ABOUT THE LIMIT FOR SONCY, HOLLYWOOD LOOP 335 FROM AMARILLO BOULEVARD TO I 40, CHANGING THAT FROM 50 TO 40 FROM I40 TO THIRTY FOUR FROM FIFTH TO COULTER FROM 60 TO 50 AND TXDOT'S GOING TO BE SUBMITTING THIS INFORMATION ONCE IT GOES THROUGH COUNCIL, AS THEY NORMALLY WOULD TO THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY.

AND I MIGHT ALSO MENTION THAT WES KIMMEL IS ON THE MEETING TODAY WES KIMMEL IS WITH THE TXDOT AMARILLO OFFICE AND ACTUALLY A FORMER FRIEND OF MINE HE WAS THE AREA ENGINEER IN PAMPA WHEN I WAS OVER THERE.

SO GOOD TO HAVE WES WITH US.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM.

THIS IS THE EXISTING SPEED LIMITS YOU CAN START.

THIS IS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.

YOU SEE AMARILLO BOULEVARD TO I-40.

THERE'S IS LISTED AS FIFTY AND THEN THE GREEN AREA AT FORTY FIVE MILES AN HOUR, BETWEEN I 40 AND 34TH.

AND THEN OF COURSE FROM THIRTY FOUR, JUST PAST 45TH FIFTY MILES AN HOUR AND THEN SIXTY MILES AN HOUR ALL THE WAY UNTIL YOU GET TO JUST [INAUDIBLE] COULTER STREET WHERE IT GOES TO FIFTY FIVE.

THAT'S THE EXISTING, THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDING FOR THAT CHANGE AND THIS WOULD BE CHANGING IT FROM AMARILLO BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY TO FORTY FIFTH TO FORTY MILES PER HOUR, THEN FIFTY MILES PER HOUR FROM THAT LOCATION ALL THE WAY AROUND TO WHERE IT MEETS UP WITH COULTER AND THEN FIFTY FIVE AS IT GOES BACK TO TOWARD CONNECTING UP WITH I27.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS, IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE SUBDIVISIONS ALONG SONCY HAVE MADE NUMEROUS REQUESTS TO THE CITY TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ABOUT THE SPEEDS ON LOOP 335.

AND THAT PROMPTED TXDOT TO OF COURSE DO A SPEED STUDY IN THAT AREA ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

ONCE THEY COMPLETED THAT STUDY, THEY DID INDICATE THAT THE SPEEDS ON THAT CORRIDOR HAD DROPPED BELOW THE POSTED SPEED LIMITS ALONG SONCY IN HOLLYWOOD.

AND IT MIGHT BE WORTH MENTIONING THAT THEY USED THE EIGHTY FIFTH PERCENTILE OF TRAFFIC.

IF YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT THAT IS, IT'S BASICALLY SAYING THAT EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE VEHICLES THAT THEY STUDIED WERE TRAVELING AT A CERTAIN SPEED ON THERE IN ORDER TO FEEL SAFE.

AND THAT HAS CHANGED A LOT OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRED ALONG SONCY STREET.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY THAT THE AVERAGE SPEEDS ARE PROBABLY DROPPED ON THAT CORRIDOR DUE TO ALSO HEAVY TRAFFIC THAT'S IN THAT AREA, AS WELL THERE IS SEVERAL FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO THAT.

BUT WHEN THEY DID THEIR SPEED STUDY, THAT'S WHAT IT REVEALED.

OTHER TRAFFIC FACTORS, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED, THE INTERSECTION OF SONCY AND PERRY THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE SOMETIME IN THE EARLY SPRING WHEN WE GET THAT IN.

TRAFFIC SPEED STUDY WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED AFTER [INAUDIBLE] TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN TO SEE IF THE SPEEDS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE NEW SPEED LIMITS.

AND WE DON'T ANTICIPATE IN TALKING WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND OUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT THAT WE WILL SEE ANY AREAS OF CHANGE THERE ALONG SONCY ONCE THESE CHANGES ARE MADE.

CITY STAFF WILL BE SENDING OUT PRESS RELEASES NEXT WEEK TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL.

WE'LL ALSO, IF THE CHANGE IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, WE'LL GET WITH TXDOT AND WE WILL SEND OUT MEDIA RELEASES TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF ANY CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE ON THAT CORRIDOR.

TXDOT HAS REQUESTED THE CITY OF AMARILLO COUNCIL PROCEED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THAT ORDINANCE.

AGAIN, THOSE SPEED LIMITS THAT WE JUST LISTED AND WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU AS AN ACTION ITEM IN THE FUTURE.

ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.

OR AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WES IS ON THE CALL AND HE COULD PROBABLY ANSWER IT AS WELL.

SO, DONNY, THIS PROJECT IS BASICALLY BEING DRIVEN BY THE CITIZENS RIGHT THAT ARE IN THAT AREA.

THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED THIS RECENT STUDY TO TAKE PLACE.

YES.

OK.

AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE 85TH PERCENT TOTAL RULE, I GUESS, HOW THAT WORKS OR.

YEAH, I'D BE GLAD TO.

THE DEFINITION OF IT IS TRAFFIC ENGINEERS USE THE 85TH PERCENTILE AS A STANDARD TO SET A SPEED LIMIT AND WHAT THE PUBLIC WOULD CONSIDER A SAFE SPEED, OF COURSE, TO MINIMIZE CRASHES, TO PROMOTE UNIFORM TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG ANY CORRIDOR.

NOW, WITH THE DEFINITION OF THAT, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT WOULD BE HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL IN DETERMINING WHAT THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED IS.

BUT REALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.

AS YOU DIVE INTO THE PERCENTILE RULE, IT HELPS TO REVEAL WHY IT'S A MAJOR CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING THE SPEED LIMITS IN THOSE AREAS.

THE SPEED DEFINES THE EIGHTY FIFTH PERCENTILE DRIVERS THAT DRIVE BELOW UNDER FREE

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MOST PEOPLE DON'T DRIVE ACCORDING TO THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.

WE USUALLY SEE THAT ABOUT 15 PERCENT OF THOSE PEOPLE WOULD AND SO YOU WANT TO SET THE SPEED IN THAT EIGHTY FIFTH PERCENTILE SO THAT THEY HAVE SAFE AS THEY'RE TRAVELING DOWN THAT CORRIDOR.

AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT CAN INFLUENCE THAT CHANGE IN TRAFFIC BEHAVIOR LANE PRESENCE OF ANY KIND OF CURVES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ALSO, ACCESS MANAGEMENT CHARACTERISTICS, MEDIANS, TURN LANES, CONFIGURATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO BASICALLY, I HOPE IT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION THAT THIS IS REALLY JUST TRAFFIC BEHAVIOR THAT'S OBSERVED TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE TRAFFIC IS DOING IN THAT AREA BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.

THE DECLINE IN THE SPEEDS IS AND DONNY MENTIONED IT TRAFFIC VOLUMES IF THE CONGESTION IS DRIVING AS MUCH AS ANYTHING, AND THAT DOES NOT YET REFLECT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THERE SOON IN THAT AREA.

IT MIGHT ALSO BE WORTH NOTING, TOO, THAT WE KNOW THAT ONCE THIS GOES INTO PLACE, WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN TO BE PROACTIVE IN THE AREAS AROUND THAT, SUCH AS COULTER 45TH OR 34TH HILLSIDE, THE AREAS THAT CONNECT UP TO SONCY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN LINE WITH THAT, TOO.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STUDYING AS OF RIGHT ON SPEED CHANGES AS WELL BECAUSE OF THIS.

THERE'S ALSO SOME MOVING PARTS HERE, BECAUSE AS WE FINISH ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WE'VE RECEIVED THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR FOR THE LOOP 335 PROJECT IS BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY BENEFITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REPRESENTED BY THAT.

THAT ACCESS CONTROLLED AREA ROAD IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF VOLUME OFF OF SONCY WHICH HAS A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THE SAME IS TRUE OF I 27.

IT'S GOING TO RELIEVE VOLUME OFF OF I 27 NORTH OF HOLLYWOOD THROUGH DOWNTOWN.

SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT SAFETY BENEFITS THAT WILL AFFECT THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON SONCY AND TWENTY SEVEN.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TWENTY SEVEN, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING BE DRIVING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT [INAUDIBLE] YEARS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OK, DONNY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.

THANK YOU.

ITEM 1H IT'S TO REQUEST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS FROM THE CITY

[1.H. Request future agenda items and reports from City Manager.]

COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TODAY THAT YOU WANT TO REQUEST? OK, NOT HEARING ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY, THEN I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON TO SECTION TWO OF THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE CONSENT ITEMS. BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK JUST IN FIVE OR SO MINUTES.

OK.

I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON THEN TO CONSENT AGENDA, ANYTHING THERE COUNCIL THAT

[2. CONSENT ITEMS:]

AND NOT HEARING ANYTHING ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY, COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

MOVING TO SECTION THREE ON THE AGENDA, ITEM 3A IS CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE

[3.A. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7897]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

HI MAYOR IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, AS WE WERE DISCUSSING IN NOVEMBER, THE APPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUALS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COUNCIL HAD ASKED FOR US TO PREPARE A DRAFT ORDINANCE A MODIFIED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW COUNCIL SOME FLEXIBILITY, WHERE IN SITUATIONS WHERE IT BENEFITED THE CITY OR THE COUNCIL SAW A UNIQUE BENEFIT TO THE CITY, THEY HAD THE FLEXIBILITY TO APPOINT SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OR A REGISTERED VOTER OF THE CITY.

SO WE MADE SOME VERY SIMPLE CHANGES.

IF YOU HAVE THE ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU, ORDINANCE NUMBER 7897 IN AGENDA ITEM PACKET A.

YOU CAN SEE UNDERLINED IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OR IN PARAGRAPH 2-6-3, THE QUALIFICATIONS DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM PRIMARILY, BUT IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS, AS WE CHANGED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WE ADDED COMMISSIONS TO THE BOARDS.

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ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THEY DO NOT HAVE DIRECT AUTHORITY TO SPEND ANY MONEY.

I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED PREVIOUSLY.

YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL.

THE SPENDING OR AUTHORIZATION OF SPENDING IS EITHER DONE THROUGH THE BUDGET OR DONE THROUGH UNIQUE REQUESTS.

THE COUNCIL FOR THINGS THAT ARE EXCEED 50000 DOLLARS LIKE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THIS ADDRESSES THE DESIRE OF THOSE EXPRESSED TO GIVE COUNCIL THAT FLEXIBILITY.

IT ALSO CAPTURES THE INTENT THAT THE PREFERENCE IS FOR A RESIDENT AND REGISTERED VOTER TO BE REPRESENTING THE CITY AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL THROUGH THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

HOWEVER, IT DOES GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO UTILIZE SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A REGISTERED VOTER OF THE CITY IF THEY BRING UNIQUE BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND IF YOU DETERMINE THAT THEY BRING UNIQUE BENEFIT TO THE CITY.

WITH THAT, CITY ATTORNEY BRYAN MCWILLIAMS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING IT.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I OR BRIAN WILL ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT WE HAVE THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED.

QUESTIONS COUNCIL FOR BRYAN OR.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS.

YES, MR. CITY MANAGER, I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF YOU WERE AWARE OF ANY OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE THIS EXCEPTION OR THE CITY'S POLICIES ARE RESTRICTED TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BEING CITIZENS OF A LOCAL COMMUNITY? I AM NOT WE HAVE NOT DONE AN EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH ON IT.

BRYAN MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION, BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE IN THE CITIES THAT I WORKED IN, THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REQUIREMENTS FOR A REPRESENTATIVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO BE RESIDENTS OR REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE CITY.

THAT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BRYAN COUNCIL.

OK, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM WHICH WOULD THEN BE FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION? YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY EIGHT NINETY SEVEN TO AMEND SECTION TWO, DASH SIX, DASH THREE OF THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE CITY TO BE APPOINTED TO VARIOUS CITY BOARDS COMMISSIONS IF THEY POSSESS SPECIAL EXPERTISE OR KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO THE BOARD OR COMMISSIONS, OPERATION AND OR CHARGE.

OK, COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL HAS MOVED TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH HAS SECONDED THE MOTION.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? MAYOR, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I APPRECIATE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND THE STAFF, PREPARING AND GIVING US AN ALTERNATIVE AND JUST SITTING WITH US, LOOKING AT COMPARING TO OTHER CITIES AND THE FACT THAT AS FAR AS WE KNOW, OTHER CITIES DON'T HAVE THIS EXCEPTION.

I THINK THERE IS A REASON, AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEAKING INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY ARE OUR RESIDENTS.

WE JUST SAW HOW MANY LOCAL RESIDENTS WE HAD APPLY THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH SLOTS FOR THAT WE HAD TO REJECT MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS.

AND SO I AM NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE CHANGE.

I THINK IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.

I THINK IT HAS A REASON FOR BEING THERE.

I UNDERSTAND THE DISCUSSION AND WANTING TO CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVE, BUT I THINK IT IS A GOOD POSITION FOR COMMUNITY TO RESERVE THOSE SPOTS ON THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR LOCAL VOTERS, PROPERTY TAXPAYERS AND CITIZENS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR DISCUSSION ON THAT? THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS, COUNCILWOMAN HAYS.

I'D SAY.

THE SENTENCE THAT IS UNDERLINED HERE, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

I'D LIKE TO STICK MAINLY TO PEOPLE THAT ARE REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE CITY.

BUT WHERE I THINK WE CAN MAKE EXCEPTIONS IS WHERE THERE IS SUBJECT MATTER

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WE HAVE TO DECIDE THAT AT APPOINTMENT TIME IN EACH NOVEMBER WHEN WE APPOINT PEOPLE.

I THINK I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE ALONG THE SAME SIDE WITH HOWARD, I EXPECT FOR US TO RARELY SEE THIS BEING USED.

I THINK THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME SPECIAL TIMES WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE ON THAT WE NEED ON A SPECIFIC BOARD AND THEY'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL EXPERTISE AND MAYBE THEY LIVE IN GREAT HAWK OR MAYBE THEY LIVE IN TANGLEWOOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN EVER.

IT SHOULD NOT BE.

I THINK THE ORDINANCE MAKES IT VERY CLEAR IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AN EVERYDAY EVENT.

BUT I THINK FOR WHEN WE HAVE AN EXCEPTION.

WE NEED TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO USE THAT EXCEPTION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

I THINK I HEARD YOU DR. SAUER MAKING A GOOD POINT THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DON'T LIVE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

AND I THINK THAT IS A DISTINGUISHING FACTOR ABOUT US AS WE ARE THE CENTRAL REALLY THE ONLY CITY FOR TWENTY SIX COUNTIES OF OUR SIZE, AND YET WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST AND EXPERTISE AVAILABLE TO US AND HAVE HAD PEOPLE APPLY WHO LIVE IN THOSE TWENTY SIX COUNTIES.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE THE UNIQUE, RARE OCCURRENCE FOR US TO APPOINT SOMEONE BUT I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE EVERY OTHER TEXAS CITY, IS THAT WE ARE THE REGIONAL HUB.

I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

ANYBODY ELSE? OK, WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THIS MOTION, THEN ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY EIGHT NINETY SEVEN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND THOSE OPPOSED.

SO THAT MOTION WILL PASS WITH A FOUR ONE VOTE.

ITEM THREE B IS CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 7901.

[3.B. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7901]

HI MAYOR WE HAVE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AEDC KEVIN CARTER HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM ONCE HE'S DONE IN ADDITION TO KEVIN AND I, WE ALSO HAVE ANDREW FREEMAN, LAURA STORRS AND EVERYONE ELSE [INAUDIBLE] ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE ABOUT THE ZONE.

SO, KEVIN, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU, JARED, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I BRING TO YOU ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY NINE ZERO ONE.

IT'S A CONSIDERATION OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 12.

I'VE BEEN ASKED BY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF WHY WE HAVE TO DO THIS.

AND SO I WANT TO DO THAT, IF THAT'S OK BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE.

IS THAT OK MAYOR? SURE.

OK, SO THIS IS A FIRST STEP IN A FIVE STEP PROCESS, REALLY TO GET A PROJECT APPROVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THE FIRST STEP IS THE REINVESTMENT ZONE, THE FIRST READING, THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE SECOND IS FOR OUR BOARD.

IF WE'RE GOING TO DO LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH THAT PROSPECT, THAT'S THE SECOND STEP.

OUR BOARD CONSIDERS THAT AND EITHER APPROVES OR DOESN'T APPROVE.

THE THIRD STEP IS THE SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH WILL OCCUR ON THE TWENTY SIXTH.

THE FOURTH STEP IS THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS A TAX ABATEMENT.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU SET UP THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE IS WHERE YOU CAN IT ALLOWS YOU TO GIVE A TAX ABATEMENT TO A PROSPECTIVE CLIENT.

AND THEN THE FIFTH STEP WOULD BE THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER THE APPROVED LIA FROM THE AEDC BOARD.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF A FIVE STEP PROCESS AND THAT'S THE PROCESS WE GO THROUGH.

BUT THE REINVESTMENT ZONE HAS TO BE DESIGNATED FOR THE CITY OR THE COUNTY OR ANY TAXING JURISDICTION TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A TAX ABATEMENT.

SO THIS ORDINANCE APPLIES TO THIS IS REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 12.

IT IS FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND TEN POINT THIRTY NINE ACRES IN THE VICINITY OF NE TWENTY FOURTH STREET AND

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I THINK STEPHANIE HAS A MAP FOR US TO SHOW WHERE EXACTLY THAT PROPERTY IS LOCATED.

YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE PURPLE SHADING, IT'S ACROSS FROM OUR CENTER PORT BUSINESS PARK THERE, JUST WEST ACROSS THE LOOP FROM [INAUDIBLE].

BUT ANYWAY, THE DESIGNATING THE REINVESTMENT ZONE IS JUST THE STEP UNDER THE TAX ABATEMENT PROCESS UNDER CHAPTER 312 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TAX CODE THAT ALLOWS FOR TAXING JURISDICTIONS TO DO TAX ABATEMENTS.

AND SO THIS WOULD SET UP THAT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST READING YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO READINGS.

THE POSTING HAS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE.

I BELIEVE IT WAS DONE LAST MONDAY.

SO YOU'RE EIGHT DAYS OUT ON THAT.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE KIND OF THE EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST SETTING UP THIS ZONE WHERE THE COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER TAX ABATEMENT AT A FUTURE DATE.

SO I WOULD CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE AEDC TEAM.

I REALLY APPRECIATED THE FIVE STEP FOUNDATION KEVIN, THANKS FOR WALKING THROUGH THAT.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

NO QUESTIONS FOR THEM.

OK, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE B.

OH, MAYOR BEFORE YOU CAN I INTERRUPT YOU FOR JUST A SECOND? SURE.

11, WHEN WE BROUGHT UP THE ONCOLOGY CENTER, I KNOW THERE WAS A MISTAKE THAT WAS MADE ON A MEMO THAT WAS SENT IT WASN'T A LEGAL DOCUMENT, IT WAS JUST A MEMO THAT WE WERE PUTTING A MEAT PROCESSING FACILITY OVER IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.

THAT WAS A TYPO ON MY PART.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I CLARIFIED THAT, THAT WE ARE NOT PUTTING A MEAT PROCESSING FACILITY IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT ON REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 11.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A CANCER TREATMENT FACILITY.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.

I HADN'T REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO CLEAR THAT UP PUBLICLY.

AND SO I WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP FOR THE COUNCIL AND FOR THE PUBLIC THAT'S LISTENING.

THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A CANCER TREATMENT FACILITY ON REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 11 THAT WAS DONE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

SO MY APOLOGIES FOR THE TYPE O.

THANK YOU, KEVIN.

AND MAYOR, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ONE.

OH, THANK YOU FREDA.

YEP WE SURE DO.

YES MA'AM.

OK, AT THIS TIME, THEN LET'S OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AND ANYBODY WHO IS PART OF THIS CALL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 7901, YOU MAY NOTIFY THE CALL ADMINISTRATOR.

STEPHANIE, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE FOR THEM TO NOTIFY YOU? IF YOU ARE ON THIS CALL AND YOU WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE PRESS YOUR RAISE HAND BUTTON IN THE ZOOM APP OR PRESS STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE.

AGAIN, THAT IS ON THE PHONE OR THE RAISE HAND BUTTON.

MAYOR, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS.

OK, THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AND THEN ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY NINE ZERO ONE DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY AS REINVESTMENT ZONE #12 FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENT IN THE VICINITY OF NORTH EAST TWENTY FOURTH AVENUE AND LOOP 335.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY NINE ZERO ONE, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? MAYOR I HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TO MAKE ON JUST I DO APPRECIATE THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING REZONINGS NOW THAT WE DO ATTACH THAT TYPICALLY TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT INSTEAD OF JUST BLANKET REZONING THAT IT DOES MATCH WITH NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE WITH POTENTIAL BUSINESSES MOVING TO AMARILLO.

AND THAT MY RESERVATION ON THIS, I HAVE SOME MAJOR RESERVATIONS ON JUST THE UNDERLYING PROJECT AND THE PARTNER IN THAT PROJECT.

AND MY INTENTION TODAY IS TO ABSTAIN ON THIS VOTE UNTIL WE WE ARE MY UNDERSTANDING IS GOING TO HEAR THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS PROJECT AND THE FINAL ISSUES

[02:25:04]

AND SO I AM ABSTAINING ON APPROVAL OF THIS PARTICULAR TAX ABATEMENT REZONING.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CONFLICT, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS, OR BECAUSE YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY.

I HAVE RESERVATIONS ON THE UNDERLYING PROJECT THAT IT IS ATTACHED TO.

OK.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GOT A QUESTION.

YES, WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? AND THIS WOULD BE FOR YOU, MAYOR OR KEVIN CARTER, IF THE WHOLE COUNCIL WENT ALONG WITH WHAT ELAINE HAYS IS SAYING, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS? WELL, IF IT DIDN'T PASS TODAY ON FIRST READING THAN FIRST READING, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SECOND READING AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING UNLESS WE HAD A CALLED MEETING TO RECONSIDER PRIOR TO THAT, THAT NEXT MEETING.

THANKS.

KEVIN.

IF YOU WERE TALKING YOUR MUTED.

IT WOULD PUSH THE TIMELINE BACK EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID JARED.

IS THE TIMELINE IMPORTANT TO THIS PROJECT, KEVIN? IT IS I KNOW THAT IT'S A TIME SENSITIVE PROJECT.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER OUR BOARD IS GOING TO CONSIDER PART OF THIS PROJECT NEXT TUESDAY AT OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.

AND THEN IT'LL GO TO COUNCIL.

THE PROJECT AND THE TAX ABATEMENT WILL GO TO THE COUNCIL NEXT TUESDAY, OR IN TWO WEEKS.

AND THEN IT GOES TO THE COUNTY ON THE 8TH OF FEBRUARY.

AND THEN THEY ARE WANTING TO CLOSE THAT PURCHASE OF THAT PROPERTY EITHER THE AFTERNOON OF THE 8TH BECAUSE THE COUNTY WILL TAKE THAT UP.

POTTER COUNTY WILL TAKE THAT UP ON THE MORNING OF THE 8TH.

AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S APPROVED THERE, THEN THEY ARE HOPING TO CLOSE SOMETIME THAT WEEK.

SO I THINK THE 8TH IS ON A MONDAY.

SO SOMETIME THAT WEEK THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT PROPERTY CLOSED AND MAKE THEIR FINAL DECISION BASED ON WHAT AEDC DOES AND WHAT THE COUNCIL AND POTTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES.

SO JARED OR BRYAN? THE ACTION THAT WE'RE TAKING TODAY DOES NOT BIND US TO DOING THE PROJECT, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.

BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS ACTION IF WE WANT TO DO THE PROJECT.

WELL, NO, IF WE WANT TO HAVE PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS ON THIS PROPERTY WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS ACTION.

IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO DO A TAX ABATEMENT, SO IT'S JUST A FORMALIZED VEHICLE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND TO CONSIDER IT AT SOME FUTURE MEETING.

IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR TIMELINE RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OR TWO DAYS DELAY.

NOT WEEKS OR MONTHS THAT IF I FOLLOWED YOUR THIS IS THE FIRST READING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO READINGS AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO GET THE SECOND READING AT THE SAME TIME AS THE VOTE ON THE ACTUAL PROJECT.

IT WOULD MAKE A FIRST READING ON THE TWENTY SIXTH A SECOND READING ON THE NINTH, WHICH IS JUST TWENTY FOUR HOURS PAST WHAT THE GOAL WAS FOR A CLOSING.

BUT IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

YES, MA'AM.

BUT THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO WAIT.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION THAT MICHAEL BRINGS UP.

THE COUNTY CAN'T ACT UNTIL Y'ALL ACT BECAUSE THEY ADOPT.

IF THE COUNTY SO CHOOSES TO DO A TAX ABATEMENT, THEY ADOPT WHAT YOU ALL DO.

SO YOU'LL HAVE TO ACT FIRST.

SO THEN IT PUSHES IT BACK ANOTHER TWO WEEKS TO THE 22ND OF FEBRUARY.

SO GOOD POINT, THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

SO THE CITY HAS TO ACT FIRST, AND THAT'S HOW MOST OF THEM ARE STRUCTURED ACROSS TEXAS, THAT THE OTHER TAXING JURISDICTIONS, FOR LACK OF A WORD, THEY PIGGYBACK ON TOP OF WHAT THE CITY DOES.

SO OR THEY TETHER THEMSELVES TO WHAT THE CITY DOES? AND WOULD YOU RESTATE WHEN THE NEXT COUNTY MEETING WOULD BE AFTER THE AMARILLO

[02:30:03]

SO IT WOULD BE 14 DAYS.

I MEAN, THEY MEET EVERY OTHER, THEY MEET THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAYS, I BELIEVE.

OK, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION.

FOR WHOEVER CAN ANSWER, PROBABLY KEVIN.

THE PROSPECT THAT MAY BE COMING TO AMARILLO.

THEY'RE CONSIDERING AMARILLO, BUT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY TOWN THEY'RE CONSIDERING, IS THAT RIGHT? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

NOT FROM A DISCLOSURE, I JUST I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

THEY LOOK AT SEVERAL COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR THESE PROJECTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT COMPETITION THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS FACILITY.

BUT IF WE HAVE ANY COMPETITION WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER FOR US TO MOVE AHEAD WITH TAKING ACTION ON THIS TODAY? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, I MADE THAT QUESTION EASIER.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OK.

THE MOTION IS TO PASS ORDINANCE NUMBER 7901 AND HAS BEEN SECONDED, SO WE'RE READY, I THINK, TO VOTE IF WE'RE DONE DISCUSSING.

YES.

OK, I CALL THE QUESTION ON THIS.

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

AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

AND I NOTE ONE ABSTENTION.

SO THE MOTION PASSES WITH A FOUR 0 VOTE.

OK, MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE C.

[3.C. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE 2020/21 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL ACTION PLAN]

MAYOR, WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, JASON RIDDLESPURGER, AND ALSO JUST WITH SOMEONE, I WANT TO COMMEND LILLIA [INAUDIBLE] FOR STICKING WITH US FOR A LONG TIME TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS PRESENTATION AND BRINGING THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL FOR THESE, BUT TO THE CDBG BLOCK GRANT AND HOME PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

SO, JASON, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE'VE PRESENTED YOU WITH OUR TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY ONE CDBG AND HOME [INAUDIBLE] ACT WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN BY OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND LIKE MR. MILLER SAID, I AM VERY HONORED TO HAVE LILLIA [INAUDIBLE] JOINING US.

MOST OF YOU KNOW HER AND WE'RE SO BLESSED THAT SHE HAS CHAIRED.

AND I'D LIKE FOR HER TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, FIRST OF ALL, [INAUDIBLE] HOME WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COMPANIES I EVER SERVED ON WAS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE BACK IN OH GOSH, I WON'T TELL YOU HOW MANY YEARS AGO THAT WAS, BUT IT WAS A WHILE BACK.

SO IT'S SORT OF LIKE COMING HOME.

AND THIS IS MY PASSION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE THROUGH THE BANK OVER SEVERAL YEARS.

AND SO THIS FITS UP MY ALLEY.

FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND JASON FOR HELPING US PROCESS ALL OF THIS AND ALSO ALL OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO GAVE THEIR TIME AND AND KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SO THE THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH MONEY RIGHT NOW.

EVERYBODY ALWAYS WANTS EVERYTHING QUICKLY.

BUT WE HAVE SOME VERY DIFFICULT CHOICES TO MAKE.

AND WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SOME DIFFICULT CHOICES JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY.

AND IN THE TIME THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN THESE AGENCIES THAT ARE RECEIVING THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT MONIES ARE CERTAINLY THE ONES THAT ARE DEALING WITH OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE IN DIRE NEED OF ALL THE SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED.

SO I WANT TO THANK THAT COMMITTEE FOR BEING ON TOP OF THINGS AND APPROVING AND ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.

IT WASN'T A RUBBERSTAMP COMMITTEE BY ANY MEANS.

THEY ALL HAD QUESTIONS AND HAD RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO FOR THE CITY STAFF THAT DOES ALL THIS WORK, THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING SOME OF THESE ITEMS AND FOR MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE COMMITTEE TO DO ITS WORK.

[02:35:05]

I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN ON EVERY ONE OF THESE BOARDS THAT I'VE MENTIONED, SO I KNOW WHAT THEY DO.

AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO STILL CONTINUE TO HELP.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

AND AGAIN, MANY THANKS TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HELPED COME TO THESE DECISIONS.

THANK YOU, LILLIA.

JASON.

I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT GREAT COMMITTEE, WHAT A FANTASTIC GROUP, AND WE'RE SO BLESSED TO HAVE LILLIA'S LEADERSHIP ON THAT COMMITTEE AND WE DID [INAUDIBLE] THAT PRETTY MUCH ASKED FOR FUNDING, WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE SOME FUNDING.

WE DO HAVE CATHOLIC CHARITIES THAT ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR FUNDS, BUT DURING THE HEARINGS ACTUALLY WITHDREW THEIR REQUEST.

SO THAT WAS ABLE TO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT THEY HAD A ZERO AMOUNT THERE.

THEY ACTUALLY SO GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED THAT TO BE SPACED OUT WITH OTHER GROUPS THERE.

SO I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOUT OUT THERE.

BUT OTHERWISE, WE'VE GOT YOU SEE, WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO GREAT, GREAT THINGS WITH THAT.

SO I WANT TO POINT OUT OUR HOME, GRANT.

YOU SEE, WE'VE GOT SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND.

THAT'S THAT'S THERE.

I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THE TBRA.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PROGRAM.

WE ACTUALLY BEGAN USING THAT IN OUR LAST FUNDING CYCLE AND DID SOME GREAT WORK AND ABLE TO HELP OUR CITIZENS WITH SOME OF THEIR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT TO THE TUNE OF FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX THOUSAND.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP SOME LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FOLKS THAT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, WHETHER IT'S FOLKS THAT ARE ELDERLY, ALSO FOLKS THAT HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLING DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO USE THAT MONEY FOR THAT CAUSE.

SO.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS OUT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB ON CALLING PEOPLE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND SOME OF THEM HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THEIR CORONAVIRUS SHOTS AND THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

AND SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO.

SO THANKS TO THE CITY FOR MAKING THIS SUCH AN EASY TRANSITION FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE.

THANK YOU, LILLIA.

WE CERTAINLY AGREE WITH THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WONDERFUL BUT APPRECIATE HEARING IT FROM CITIZENS WHO ARE ALSO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YEAH, THANKS FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO.

OK, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JASON OR LILLIA COUNCIL.

OK, LET'S MOVE IN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS ITEM.

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE ACTION PLAN BEING PRESENTED CAN DO SO AT THIS TIME.

IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS ITEM IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE ON YOUR PHONE OR PRESS THE RAISE HAND BUTTON AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR, I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, STEPHANIE.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM THREE C AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, TO APPROVE THE TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY ONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN DOLLARS PER THE ALLOCATED DESIGNATIONS AND THE INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE DOLLARS FOR THE ALLOCATED DESIGNATION TO THE MIC] DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU, THAT'S A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS, THAT WAS QUITE A MOUTHFUL FREDA.

YES MA'AM.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE MOTION.

I HAD A QUESTION FOR JASON OR YOU, MAYOR.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THE HOME PROGRAM OR WHAT WE STARTED AT?

[02:40:01]

AND IF ANYONE COULD POINT OUT THE HISTORY ON THAT.

I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHERE WE STARTED TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

YEAH, I WISH I HAD A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU FOR THAT.

I CAN CERTAINLY RESEARCH THAT AND COME BACK WITH A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HISTORICALLY CORRECT.

MS. HAYS.

WE COBBLED IT TOGETHER AT THE VERY START AND USED THAT SUCCESS, AND I WANT TO SAY IT WAS OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT WE USED THE SUCCESS OF THOSE FUNDS TO JUSTIFY ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS FROM HUD RIGHT AWAY.

AND THEN THAT SUCCESS WAS USED FOR SUBSEQUENT ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS LIKE THIS.

BUT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS.

JASON CAN GET THAT FOR ME AND I CAN GET THAT TO YOU ALL SHORTLY.

BUT THAT SEEMS ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THAT FIRST YEAR.

SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS VERY HIGHLY TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM.

I AGREE.

AGREED.

ANY ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION ON ITEM THREE C, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I SEE FIVE HANDS, SO THAT MOTION WILL PASS WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

GOING ON JASON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LILLIA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN JOINING OUR LONG MEETING, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE MOST OF ALL.

[3.D. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE 2020 CARES EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG) TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (TDHCA)]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE 2020 CARES EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, THE ESG GRANT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TDHCA.

WE'VE GOT JASON RIDDLESPURGER STILL WITH US.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S A PRETTY SURE THING.

BUT JASON'S GOING TO WALK US THROUGH WHAT THIS SHORT FUSE OPPORTUNITY IS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT WITH REGARD TO PREVENTION AND RAPID REHOUSING.

JASON.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SO THIS IS OUR ROUND TWO APPLICATION FOR ESG FUNDS THROUGH THE CARES FUNDING.

AND WE ARE INTENDING TO USE THAT FOR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND RAPID REHOUSING.

THE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION IS JUST WHAT IT SAYS.

WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO KEEP FOLKS FROM BECOMING HOMELESS AND BE ABLE TO GET THEM WITH THEIR ASSISTANCE, WITH THEIR RENT, SOME PAST RENT THINGS THAT THAT MAYBE THEY'VE GOTTEN BEHIND ON THEIR RENT.

WE CAN ALSO USE THAT FOR SECURITY DEPOSITS, UTILITY PAYMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO USE OUR FOR RAPID REHOUSING, VERY SIMILAR FOLKS THAT HAVE BECOME HOMELESS.

AND WE'RE WANTING TO GET THEM BACK INTO HOMES REAL QUICKLY.

AND AGAIN, SAME TYPE OF THING WITH RENTAL FEES, DEPOSITS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM BACK INTO THE FLOW OF THINGS TO HELP THEM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.

AND HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SUCCESS WITH THAT.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO HELP THEM WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CASE MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS ASSISTING THEM FOR A LONG TERM.

SO NOT JUST SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS.

THIS IS TO THE TUNE OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN NINETY NINE IS WHAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR.

AND FROM ALL INDICATIONS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING SIMILAR TO THAT IF ONCE WE FINISH OUR APPLICATION.

JASON THIS IS SEMI-RELATED TO THIS ITEM, IT MAY NOT BE EXACTLY, BUT WITH THE EXTRA DOLLARS I KNOW ONE OF THE TARGETS WE HAD BEEN AIMING TOWARDS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WAS TO MOVE OUR NUMBER OF HOMELESS VETERANS, THAT NUMBER LOWER AND LOWER WITH A TARGET OF HAVING IT ZERO.

DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? AND RELATED TO HOW THESE FUNDS, IF WE COULD APPLY IT TOWARDS THAT, OR IF WE HAVE ALREADY MET THAT GOAL.

JUST A GREAT UPDATE THAT I CAN GIVE YOU ABOUT OUR HOMELESS VETERANS IS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY BASICALLY WE CAN CONSIDER OURSELVES AT WHAT'S CALLED, OH, MERCY, THERE YOU GO.

FUNCTIONAL ZERO.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT NUMBER TO CALL OURSELVES FUNCTIONAL ZERO FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS NOW.

SO WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD WITH THAT.

OUR COMMITTEE STILL MEETS REGULARLY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON THE VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT FOLKS OUT THERE THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY HELPING OUR HOMELESS VETS AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THAT WE ARE HELPING, THAT THEY MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING, THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THEM THAT RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS AND WORKING WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE HAD CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.

IT'S A STRUGGLE FOR A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS.

AND SO IT TAKES A TEAM AND WE'VE GOT A TEAM THAT EVEN THROUGH COVID, WE CONTINUE TO MEET REGULARLY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LET THEM SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS.

SO THIS KIND OF MONEY DEFINITELY HELPS WITH THOSE FOLKS.

[02:45:01]

YOU KNOW, NONSTOP, REALLY VERY SAD STORIES WITH ELDERLY FOLKS, PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES THAT ARE REALLY STRUGGLING.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THINGS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T LIVING IN THEIR CARS OR POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO MOVE TO OTHER PLACES THAT CAN TAKE BETTER CARE OF THEM.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S A GREAT UPDATE, JASON.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

GREAT NEWS TO HEAR.

OK, NOW YOU'LL HAVE TO REMIND ME, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE HAVE MOTION ON THIS OR NOT.

WE DO NOT HAVE A MOTION YET.

OKAY GOOD.

I THINK WE'RE AT THE DISCUSSION POINT.

OK, THANK YOU FREDA.

YES, MA'AM.

SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YES, MA'AM.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AMARILLO CONTINUUM OF CARE TO APPLY FOR THE ADDITIONAL 2020 FUNDING FROM THE CARES EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM, UP TO THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE DOLLARS PER THE ALLOCATED DESIGNATIONS TO PROVIDE HOMELESS PREVENTION AND RAPID REHOUSING TO PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

SECOND.

WONDERFUL.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

I SEE FIVE THAT'LL PASS WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

JASON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL.

OK.

ITEM THREE E IS TO CONSIDER THE ASSIGNMENT OF A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE REAL ESTATE

[3.E. CONSIDER ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACT -- PURCHASE REAL ESTATE LOCATED AT 812 SOUTHWEST 4th AVENUE]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AS IT PRESENTS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RAMP UP THE FACILITY SIDE OF OUR BOND PROPOSITIONS FROM TWENTY SIXTEEN.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO STEAL CHIEF MAY'S THUNDER, SO CHIEF TAKE IT AWAY AND WALK US THROUGH THE ACQUISITION.

SURE.

WE JUST BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ACQUIRING THIS LAND AT THE ADDRESS AND WE WANT TO EVENTUALLY PROCEED WITH PURCHASING THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY TO RELOCATE OUR AFD FLEET AND THIS IS THE GROUP OF OUR DEPARTMENT THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF OUR FIRE TRUCKS.

WE AGAIN, FROM 2016, WE HAD PLANNED THIS WAS PART OF THE PROP TWO PLANS.

WE HAD MONEY ALLOCATED TO ACQUIRE SOME PROPERTY RIGHT BEHIND THE ADMIN BUILDING AT THIRD AND VAN BUUREN AND DO JUST SOME BRIDGES OF THE OTHER JOBS OF THE FIRE STATION REBUILDS.

IT KIND OF RAN US INTO A REAL TIGHT WINDOW WHERE WE KIND OF THOUGHT THIS WAS OFF OUR RADAR TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO THANKS TO ONE OF OUR LIEUTENANTS, RYAN JAMES AND TO DEPUTY CHIEF SAM BALKAM, THEY HAD SITUATIONAL AWARENESS TO NOTICE THIS AVAILABLE PROPERTY.

AND WHEN WE GOT TO LOOKING AT IT AND HAD SOME OFF DUTY TOURS OF THAT LOCATION, WE REALIZED THIS WOULD BE PERFECT.

SO ONCE WE STARTED TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE PRICE AND WE DECIDED FOR BASICALLY IF WE ACQUIRED THIS FOR A THIRD OF THE COST FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE COULD COME UP WITH A GREAT SOLUTION.

WE CAN CHECK ALL THE BOXES OFF OF THE PROP TWO GOALS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR AFD AND I BELIEVE WE MATCH PD IN THERE.

WE WERE ABLE TO CHECK BOTH FOR ALL OF OUR GOALS OFF FOR BOTH AGENCIES, AND WE ACQUIRE A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT DOUBLES OR TRIPLES OUR WORKABLE SHOP AREA WITH HIGHER, CEILINGS, IT ALLOWS US TO FIT SEVEN TO EIGHT FIRE TRUCKS INSIDE RATHER THAN HAVING TO DRAG EVERYTHING OUT EACH, NIGHT DRAIN THE PUMP.

SO THERE'S EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS FOR OUR FLEET MAINTENANCE, AND THAT MEANS LESS DOWNTIME ON OUR FIRE TRUCKS AND THE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL FOR THIS LOCATION, WE GOT 7000 SQUARE FOOT OF OFFICE SPACE THAT ALLOWS FUTURE GROWTH INTO DIFFERENT PHASES TO REMODEL FOR A CLASSROOM WHERE THIS COULD EVENTUALLY BE OUR LOCATION FOR OUR QUARTERMASTERS AND WHERE WE COULD JUST BE MORE EFFICIENT AS A DEPARTMENT FOR ORDERS FOR TRUCKS AND SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR CLOTHING.

THERE'S JUST SO MANY WAYS WE CAN EXPAND WITH THIS.

AND THERE'S ALSO A HALF ACRE LOT LIKE THIS THAT WE CAN FENCE IN THAT COULD BE USED FOR PAVE.

I MEAN, IT JUST ALLOWS ANOTHER AREA FOR GROWTH.

BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL THE CITY STAFF SUPPORT AN CONSIDERATION FOR THIS.

AND AGAIN, THE TWO FIREFIGHTERS, CHIEF BALKUM AND LIEUTENANT JAMES, FOR

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JUST FROM A HISTORY STANDPOINT, I KNOW, WE MENTIONED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES INSIDE TO MAKE THIS PART OF THE PROJECT HAPPEN PROP 2 INCLUDED FROM THE FIRE SIDE, IN ADDITION TO SOME EQUIPMENT, THE FIRE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND NEW STATIONS, THREE, NINE AND FIVE.

WHEN WE STARTED DOING THE BIDDING ON STATION THREE, IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDS BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOT CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THOSE STATIONS TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THREE STATIONS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION ON THE FIRE MAINTENANCE FACILITY THE FLEET MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

SO WE VERY QUICKLY ACCELERATED STATION FIVE AND STATION NINE, WHICH WERE SCHEDULED IN YEARS, FOUR AND FIVE OF THE BOND PROGRAM UP TO AT THAT TIME WE'RE IN THE YEAR TWO, AND JUST PUSHED THEM BOTH FORWARD IMMEDIATELY.

WE ALSO POSTPONED THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE KNEW EVEN PUSHING ALL PROJECT TO IMMEDIATE, WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THEM ALL.

SO WE WERE LOOKING AT EITHER WAITING FOR CONSTRUCTION PRICES TO COME DOWN, WHICH IS PROBABLY A LONG WAY TO FOREVER TO POSSIBLY USING THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO MAKE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE CURRENT FLEET MAINTENANCE FACILITIES THAT FIRE IS CURRENTLY USING.

BOTH OF THOSE ARE NOT OPTIMAL.

THIS SITE THAT WAS FOUND BY A COUPLE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS IS IDEAL, AND CHIEF I DON'T RECALL IF YOU MENTIONED IT WAS BUILT AS A BUS MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

SO THE DOORS, THE SLAB, THE WEIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BUILDING THAT IT CAN HANDLE, ALL OF IT IS ALMOST CUSTOM BUILT, PURPOSE BUILT FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAINTAINING THE SIZE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAINTAINING AND THE FLOW THROUGH THE MOVING THROUGH THE FACILITY.

INSTEAD OF PULLING IN AND BACKING OUT OR HAVING SOMETHING STICK OUT OF THE FACILITY.

WE CAN DO ALL THOSE THINGS SHORT OF EXERCISING LADDERS INSIDE THIS BUILDING.

SO IT IS PERFECT FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND LIKE CHIEF MAY SAID AT A THIRD OF THE PRICE.

SO GREAT WORK TO THE TEAM.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT HISTORY TO SHOW YOU, SHORT OF FINDING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, HOW FAR AWAY FROM GETTING WHAT WE NEEDED TO GET THROUGH THESE BOND FUNDS WE WERE.

AND THIS IS GOING TO MAKE IT ALL UNDER BUDGET? THROUGH 2016 FOR THE FIRE FACILITIES, FIRE FACILITIES.

SO THIS IS GOING TO ENABLE US TO GET ALL THE WAY THERE.

RIGHT.

HOPEFULLY THAT LIKE TO SEE TAXPAYER DOLLARS SPENT AND WE LOVE BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDERS AND MEET THEIR NEEDS, TOO.

BUT IT'S JUST LIKE LILLIA SAID IN THE LAST PRESENTATION OR TWO PRESENTATIONS AGO, THERE NEVER ARE ENOUGH DOLLARS TO GO AROUND.

SO ANY TIME YOU GUYS CAN FIND A VALUE BASED PROJECT THAT MEETS YOUR NEEDS SO WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO ALL BE EXCITED ABOUT.

OK, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY MANAGER OR CHIEF MAYS ABOUT THE PROJECT? OK, DO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN ON ITEM THREE E? YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN ASSIGNMENT OF A CURRENT CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A BUILDING AND LAND LOCATED AT 812TH SOUTH WEST 4TH AVENUE FOR NEW FIRE FLEET MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN THE AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS CLOSING COSTS AND RELATED EXPENSES, WHICH IS FULLY FUNDED BY THE TWENTY SIXTEEN VOTER APPROVED PROPOSITION TWO BONDS.

SECOND.

OK, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOTION? MAYOR JUST, AGAIN, I KNOW, FREDA JUST READ IT, CHIEF STATED IT, BUT THIS IS FULLY FUNDED BY BOND MONEY THAT WAS ALREADY VOTER APPROVED THIS REAL ESTATE PURCHASE, DOES NOT HAVE ANY ASSOCIATED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE, ANY SPENDING FROM GENERAL FUND.

IT IS BEING USED SPECIFICALLY FOR A PROJECT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IMPROMPTU.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AGAIN, VERY, VERY CLEARLY, BECAUSE WHENEVER PEOPLE SEE ON OUR AGENDA THAT WE ARE PURCHASING PROPERTY OR PURCHASING REAL ESTATE, THAT IS A CONCERN.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT ONE MORE TIME.

GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT.

ANY OTHER POINTS OR QUESTIONS? OK HEARING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

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

THOSE OPPOSED 5 0, SO WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TO PASS THAT ONE.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR NON EXECUTIVE AGENDA.

SO, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU MIND READING OUR DISMISSAL LANGUAGE TO

[4. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPENING ACT CLOSED SESSION, THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL

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DUE TO THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITIES, SECTION 551.072 DISCUSS, PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE SALE VALUE REAL PROPERTY, PUBLIC DISCUSSION.

SUCH WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY'S BARGAINING POSITION.

SECTION 551.087 DISCUSS COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM EXISTING BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS, WHICH THE CITY IS NEGOTIATING FOR THE LOCATION OR [INAUDIBLE] OF A FACILITY [INAUDIBLE] IS WILLING TO EXTEND OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE SAME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WE ARE ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.