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OK, I WANT TO WELCOME Y'ALL TO THE BUSINESS MEETING HERE TODAY FOR THE CITY AND ASK
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YOU TO JOIN CAROL SMITH, WHO'S GOING TO OPEN OUR MEETING IN PRAYER.OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY WITH A SPECIALLY GRATEFUL HEARTS.
WE THANK YOU, DEAR LORD, FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIREMEN AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT PROTECTED OUR CITY FROM WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGEDY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
AND DEAR LORD, WE'RE JUST THANKFUL FOR THEM WHO WENT OUT IN HARM'S WAY TO SEE THAT OUR SAFE CITY IS SAFE.
DEAR LORD, WE PRAY FOR A SPECIAL BLESSING ON KEVIN STARBUCK, DEAR LORD, AS HE GOES OUT ON A NEW VENTURE, WE PRAY FOR SUCCESS AND JOY IN HIS LIFE.
BUT WE THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE HE'S GIVEN.
DECISIONS THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE MADE IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER.
WE ASK FOR YOUR DIRECTION AND LEADERSHIP, ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK AND PRAY IN YOUR BLESSED NAME.
CAROL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEADING OUR PRAYER FOR US TODAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE WORDS.
I'M GOING TO HAND THE MICROPHONE OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, JARED MILLER,
[EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION]
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SAY AND WE WANT TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE KEVIN STARBUCK.THIS IS HIS LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH US, SO JARED? WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO, AS I MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, KEVIN IS GOING TO BE TAKING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BEING ONE OF SEVEN NUMBER TWO PEOPLE IN THAT DEPARTMENT WORKING FOR CHIEF [INAUDIBLE] WHO WORKS FOR THE GOVERNOR.
SO IT'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR KEVIN.
HE'S GOING TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF AMARILLO WELL, HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY OF AMARILLO.
KEVIN, EXACTLY HOW LONG IS IT? 20 YEARS 20 YEARS ON TWO STENTS.
WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO SHOW HERE IN JUST A MINUTE THAT'S GOING TO ILLUSTRATE THAT.
BUT KEVIN HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTED, ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER WORKED WITH.
I'VE PREVIOUSLY ALREADY LOST ANOTHER RIGHT HAND.
I'VE PROVEN THAT WE CAN GROW GOOD RIGHT HANDS IN THIS ORGANIZATION.
BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.
AND THE FOCUS FOR ME IS NOT TO FOCUS ON THAT.
THE FOCUS ON ME IS TO FOCUS ON THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR KEVIN AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STATE.
KEVIN'S GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF ONE SEVENTH, ONE OF SEVEN ASSISTANT CHIEFS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
HE'LL BE IN CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE METROPLEX AREA AND THIRTY SOMETHING COUNTIES AROUND THE DALLAS AREA.
SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR TEAM WHEN THEY CAN BE ELIGIBLE TO BE APPOINTED TO A ROLE LIKE THIS WITHOUT EVEN HAVING A JOB SEARCH.
CHIEF [INAUDIBLE] DIDN'T EVEN OPEN UP THE JOB TO APPLICATIONS BECAUSE HE KNEW WHO HE WANTED AND HE ALREADY KNEW WHO WE WANTED, WE HAD HIM.
SO HE HAD THE ABILITY TO COME GET HIM.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD THAT AGAINST HIM BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE STATE, AS GREAT AS HE'S BEEN FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO.
AND HE HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY BEEN TESTED OVER THIS LAST YEAR, EIGHT LAST 18 MONTHS, BEING THE [INAUDIBLE] THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ALSO BEING THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER IN CHARGE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF OUR RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS.
KEVIN'S HAD HIS HAND VERY ELBOWS DEEP IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
SO HE IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE ONE OF THE CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES DOING VACCINATIONS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE WITH A BETTER COMMUNICATION PLAN TO OUR RESIDENTS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE WELL.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY CHALLENGING PROCESS, BEEN A REAL CHALLENGING 18 MONTHS, BECAUSE THE GUIDANCE TO THE CITY HAS CHANGED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER, THROUGH THE GOVERNOR AND THROUGH THE CDC AND THROUGH FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND THROUGH KEVIN'S LEADERSHIP, CASIE'S LEADERSHIP.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAY ON TOP OF THOSE BEING IN FRONT OF THOSE IN AS MUCH AS ANY JURISDICTION CAN.
I THINK, A, IF YOU CAN JOIN ME IN APPLAUSE FOR KEVIN BECAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] I WALKED INTO HIS OFFICE EARLY THIS MORNING AND I SAID, OH, MY GOODNESS, KEVIN, I JUST REALIZED NEXT FRIDAY IS YOUR LAST DAY WITH US AND IT'S GOING TO GET REAL WITH ME, I KNOW, NEXT WEEK.
AND I KNOW IT'S REAL WITH HIM ALREADY BECAUSE HE'S LOOKING FOR HOUSES AND IT'S A CHALLENGING HOUSING MARKET ALL OVER THE STATE IN THE UNITED STATES.
BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A CHALLENGING HOUSING MARKET IN THE METROPLEX.
BUT I REALLY CAN'T THINK OF A BIGGER LOSS TO THIS ORGANIZATION THAN KEVIN RIGHT NOW.
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IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE REST OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND OUR COMMUNITY IF IF AT ALL, I CAN ADVISE US TO THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE PRESENTED BY WHAT KEVIN IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO FOR THE STATE, AND ALSO TO UNDERSTAND THAT KEVIN'S BUILT A GREAT CADRE OF LEADERS BELOW HIM OR THAT REPORT TO HIM.AND WE HAVE A GREAT CADRE OF LEADERS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP IN THIS ORGANIZATION.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PRODUCTIVELY AND QUICKLY IN A DIRECTION THAT'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ORGANIZATION, THIS COMMUNITY.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU, KEVIN.
[INAUDIBLE] I THINK THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU.
IT'S A BIT OF A TRADITION WE YOU GET YOU GET THE TRADITIONAL STREET SIGN, KEVIN.
[APPLAUSE] WE WERE TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT COLOR TO MAKE THE SIGN.
A LOT OF OUR CITY SIGNS ARE GREEN, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE CONSTRUED WITH A BUSINESS HERE IN TOWN, A GREEN SIGN THAT SAYS STARBUCK.
[LAUGHTER] I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD SMITH WANTS TO KNOW IF THIS STREET IS NOW GOING TO BE IN DALLAS.
200,000 CITIZENS THAT YOU'VE SERVED FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THIS MORNING, AS I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS THAT I WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE YOU, I THOUGHT, WELL, HOW DO YOU SAY OBSTINATE IN A NICE WAY? HOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW, A CHARACTERISTIC BUT YOU DO IT WELL? AND SO THREE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED IN WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS, ARE THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE AWARE AND BECAUSE OF YOUR AWARENESS IN THE WAY YOU WATCH AROUND CORNERS, WE HAVE AVOIDED MANY PROBLEMS OR PREPLANNED THOSE PROBLEMS SO THAT WE WERE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.
AND THAT'S A TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE TO BE IN.
AND THAT'S WHAT I DECIDED WAS THE POSITIVE OF OBSTINATE.
I DECIDED THAT I ALWAYS KNEW WHAT YOUR OPINION WAS, ESPECIALLY IF IT DISAGREED WITH MINE AND YOU WERE NEVER AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS, TO POINT OUT DIFFERENCES.
AND YOU RELIED HEAVILY ON THE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE.
AND YOU ARE VERY WELL TRAINED AND YOU HAVE 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I THOUGHT WAS THAT YOU'RE HARD WORKING BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW THE CONVERSATION ENDED UP, WHATEVER PLAN THE TEAM PUT TOGETHER, YOU WENT OUT AND YOU EXECUTED IT DILIGENTLY.
AND SO I WOULD PICK YOU A DOZEN TIMES TO BE ON OUR TEAM, BUT IT GIVES ME A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF JOY TO BLESS YOU AND KARA AND YOUR BOYS.
AND Y'ALL GO OUT ON THIS NEW ADVENTURE AND YOU MAKE THE STATE OF TEXAS TEAM THAT MUCH STRONGER.
AND WE'LL GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT HERE IN AMARILLO.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE] OH, RIGHT, THE PICTURE.
MIC] ALL RIGHT, I GIVE US AN A.
WE DIDN'T NEED A WHOLE BOX OF KLEENEX TO DO THAT ONE.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC ADDRESS, AND I WILL HAND THAT TO OUR MODERATOR,
[PUBLIC ADDRESS]
MS. JENNY RODRIGUEZ, RAMIREZ.SORRY, I ALWAYS ALMOST DO THAT JENNY.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE OFFICIALLY DONE IT, THOUGH.
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
YOUR INPUT AND YOUR OPINIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
WE ARE GLAD YOU'RE HERE TO SHARE THEM.
AT EACH POSTED MEETING, WE INVITE OUR FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS ABLE TO SPEAK.
WE LIMIT EACH SPEAKER'S TIME TO THREE MINUTES.
AT THE END OF TWO AND A HALF MINUTES A WARNING BEEP WILL SOUND FROM THE DAIS TO ALERT YOU, YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT TO WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS.
WE ASK THAT YOU STAY WITHIN THE THREE MINUTES ALLOTTED.
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND STATE LAW SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO ITEMS POSTED ON THE AGENDA.DOING SO WILL ENSURE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES AND ARE ABLE TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE MEETING FOR ALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROCESS AND FOR YOUR VALUABLE INPUT.
THE FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE DORA MARONEY AND SHE IS SPEAKING ON ITEM THREE A.
HELLO, MY NAME'S DORA MARONEY, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE WATER TOWER PROJECT.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT WE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE PASSED THE 5000 DOLLAR FUNDRAISING MARK, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LEFT TO GO.
BUT IF WE COULD GET 195 PEOPLE TO DONATE SIXTY SIX DOLLARS EACH, WE WOULD WE WOULD BE THERE.
OUR GROUP HAS THERE'S THREE GROUPS THAT WENT TOGETHER, THREE NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS, THE HISTORIC 6TH ON ROUTE 66 ASSOCIATION, THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE OLD ROUTE 66 ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS HAVE ALL PARTNERSHIP IN THIS EFFORT TO RAISE THE 18,000 DOLLARS.
WE HAVE SEVEN STATES DONATING BESIDES THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TWO COUNTRIES.
WE THANK EVERYBODY THAT HAS DONATED SO FAR, INCLUDING THE MAYOR, AND WE HOPE THAT A LOT OF OTHERS WILL.
GET ON BOARD AND DONATE, AND ANY AMOUNT IS WELCOME.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SIXTY SIX DOLLARS.
IT CAN BE A DOLLAR OR IT CAN BE A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT'S DONATED ALREADY AND HOPE TO GET THE EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS RAISED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU, MS. MARONEY, NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM MAYOR.
OK, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE A, ANYTHING TO REVIEW FOR ITEMS ON THE REGULAR MEETING OR ANY ATTACHMENTS COUNCIL? NO.
CITY ATTORNEY? WHAT WAS THE TOPIC? THAT IS CORRECT.
YOU CAN ONLY YOU CAN ONLY YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ON SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT IS STATE LAW.
AND IT'S ALSO THE PRACTICE OF THIS OF THIS COUNCIL.
YOU HAD A DISCUSSION WITH MR. MILLER ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING? YES.
OK, SO SO HE MADE YOU AWARE OF THAT, CORRECT? YES, HE DID.
OK, ITEM ONE A ON THE AGENDA IS TO REVIEW THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AND THE ATTACHMENTS.
IS THERE ANYTHING, COUNCIL, THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN AGENDA ITEM ONE A ?
[1.B. Coronavirus update]
MR. CITY MANAGER? HI MAYOR, THANKS.WE HAVE CASIE STOUGHTON, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION CASIE? GOOD AFTERNOON.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT NUMBERS AND THEN WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR STATUS LEVEL ORANGE AND OTHER TOPICS.
SO AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE CASES OF COVID-19 REPORTED IN POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES.
TODAY, WE HAD AN INCREASE OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE CASES.
WE DO HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO ACTIVE CASES AND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR DEATHS IN POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES.
WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN 298 ACTIVE CASES.
THE ADULT BED UTILIZATION AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS IS SEVENTY SIX POINT FIVE PERCENT.
ICU UTILIZATION IS AT 60 PERCENT AND THE VENTILATOR USE IS AT 48 PERCENT.
OUR FIVE DAY NEW CASE AVERAGE HAS INCREASED TO 81 NEW CASES PER DAY, AND THAT'S UP FROM 63 NEW CASES PER DAY ON JULY 22ND.
WITH THESE METRICS, WE DID MOVE IN TO LEVEL ORANGE.
ON JULY 22ND, WE WILL BE IN LEVEL ORANGE FOR TWO WEEKS, EVALUATING THE DATA.
NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE WILL EITHER STAY AT LEVEL ORANGE OR MOVE TO ANOTHER STATUS LEVEL, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE DATA TELLS US.
LEVEL ORANGE DOES INDICATE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL CAPACITY IS
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LIMITED.YESTERDAY, OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS REPORTED 58 PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19.
THAT IS AN INCREASE FROM TWENTY EIGHT PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID ON JULY 13TH.
THE SEVEN DAY ROLLING POSITIVITY RATE IS CURRENTLY AT 12 PERCENT, AND THAT'S UP FROM EIGHT PERCENT ON JULY TWENTY SECOND AND THREE PERCENT ON JULY SEVEN ON JULY 13TH.
THE POSITIVITY RATE AT THE DRIVE THRU TESTING SITE IS CURRENTLY AT 36 PERCENT.
AND AGAIN, THE FIVE DAY NEW CASE AVERAGES AT 81 NEW CASES PER DAY.
OUR GA 34'S HOSPITALIZATION PERCENTAGE WAS AT FIVE POINT EIGHTY ONE PERCENT YESTERDAY.
AND THAT MEANS THAT JUST UNDER SIX PERCENT OF ALL OF OUR HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS HAVE COVID-19.
TESTING HAS RAMPED UP AT THE DRIVE THRU TESTING SITE.
AND SO WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE THERE WITH THE NEED FOR TESTING.
SO THAT DRIVE THRU TESTING SITE IS OPERATIONAL.
PATIENTS CAN CALL 378-6300 IF THEY NEED TESTING.
OUR CURRENT VACCINATION COVERAGE RATE IN POTTER COUNTY IS HAS INCREASED AT 37.03 PERCENT AND IN POTTER COUNTY IS 38.79 PERCENT.
OUR COMMUNITY DOES STILL REMAIN UNDER THE 40 PERCENT MARK.
AUGUST SIXTH, AMARILLO PUBLIC HEALTH WILL MOVE FROM THE CIVIC CENTER AND PROVIDE COVID-19 VACCINES AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT THERE ON 1000 MARTIN ROAD.
THE VARIANT INFORMATION THAT WE THAT WE HAVE INDICATES THAT THE UK VARIANT, THE BRAZIL VARIANT, THE U.S.
CALIFORNIA VARIANT AND THE DELTA VARIANT ARE ALL CIRCULATING HERE IN POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTY.
I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS OF THE VARIANTS.
HOWEVER, THE LAB DID TELL ME THAT ABOUT FIVE WEEKS AGO THE DELTA VARIANT CONSTITUTED ABOUT 15 PERCENT OF ALL OF THE VARIANTS THAT THEY TESTED.
THREE WEEKS AGO, ABOUT FIFTY TWO PERCENT AND TWO WEEKS AGO ALMOST 90 PERCENT.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE DELTA VARIANT IS CIRCULATING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE REMAINS CONSISTENT.
IF A PERSON HAS NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO BE VACCINATED.
MASKING IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT.
FOR ALL OF US IF WE'RE SICK, WE NEED TO STAY HOME.
GOOD HAND WASHING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO OFTEN.
AND THIS YEAR, SINCE IT APPEARS THAT MASKING WILL NOT BE AS ROBUST AS LAST YEAR, IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THE FLU VACCINE AS OUR HOSPITALS ARE SEEING OTHER RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES LIKE FLU AND RSV IN ADDITION TO COVID.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? HOWARD.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED GIVING VACCINATIONS AT [INAUDIBLE] GAMES? THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR TEAM HAS TALKED ABOUT ON OUR LIST OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLACES.
WE HAVE SEVERAL [INAUDIBLE] GAMES LEFT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY.
HOW ARE WE TESTING FOR THE VARIANT? SO.
PCR TEST STILL? YES, SO WE DO PCR TESTING.
WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THE ANTIGEN TESTING AT THE AT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DRIVE THRU.
BUT THE VARIANT TESTING IS DONE.
SO ALL OF THE ALL OF THE TESTING THAT'S DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE HOSPITALS, THE PUBLIC HEALTH TESTING, THAT'S ALL SENT TO THE STATE LAB, AND THEN THEY SEND THAT OUT FOR VARIANT TESTING.
SO WE STILL USE THE PCR TEST FOR ANY COVID TESTS.
AND THEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THEY'RE ABLE TO DECIPHER WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S COVID-19 OR DELTA VARIANT, WHATEVER IT WOULD BE.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE POSITIVE FOR COVID AND THEN ONCE SO THEN THAT THE SAMPLE IS SENT ON TO THE TO THE STATE LAB AND THEN AND ALL OF THE ALL THE LABS.
SO THE LABS THAT ARE ARE CONDUCTED, THERE AT PPL, IF THEY'RE POSITIVE FOR COVID, THEN A SAMPLE OF THAT IS SENT ON TO THE STATE LAB AND THEN FROM THERE IT'S TESTED FOR THE VARIANTS.
AND, ARE WE DID THE CDC ISSUE ANY NEW GUIDELINES ON THE PCR TEST? SO THAT.
I'M CONFUSED A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT THEY RECALLED AND WHAT THEY DIDN'T.
SO THEY DIDN'T RECALL ANYTHING.
THEY JUST SO EVERY NOW AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE UPDATES TO THE PROCEDURES.
AND SO THAT WAS THEY JUST ADDED THE ABILITY TO ADD THE COVID VAX, THE COVID TESTING TO THE MULTIPLEX.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ALLOWS IF YOU HAVE A MULTIPLEX PLATFORM, THEN YOU CAN TEST LIKE BASICALLY DO ONE SWAB AND IT WILL TEST FOR ALL OF THE EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THAT MULTIPLEX IN ONE TEST.
AND SO IT HASN'T CHANGED ANYTHING.
IT JUST HAS ALLOWED FOR THOSE PROVIDERS WHO DO HAVE A MULTIPLEX TO TO TEST FOR A
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NUMBER OF CONDITIONS.AND THAT THAT HAS WE YOU KNOW, OUR HOSPITALS HAVE THAT SYSTEM, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND THEN HOW ARE WE DO YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE TRIAGING, TRIAGING PATIENTS THAT GO INTO THE HOSPITALS? SO IN THE WAY OF IF I GOT SICK AND I WENT IN AND THEY SAID, HEY, HAVE YOU BEEN VACCINATED? AND I SAID, NO, WOULD WOULD THEY TEST ME FOR ANYTHING ANY DIFFERENT THAN IF I WENT IN AND THEY SAID, HEY, HAVE YOU BEEN VACCINATED? I SAID, YES? I DON'T.
THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE HOSPITALS.
OK, AND YOU AND I HAVE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION LAST WEEK, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU EDUCATING ME.
AND I THINK EVEN FOR MR. MILLER HERE, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO HEAR YOU AND THE CITY MANAGER MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN WHAT YOUR ROLE IS.
BECAUSE I KNOW FROM FROM THAT SIDE OF THE ROPE WATCHING LAST YEAR, IT SURE FELT DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
AND SO EVEN LIKE WHY WE WENT TO LEVEL ORANGE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE STILL BELOW A THOUSAND ACTIVE CASES AND WE WERE HOVERING RIGHT BELOW FIVE PERCENT.
SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND KIND OF YOUR ROLE AND HOW YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO MEET ALL THOSE GUIDELINES? SURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, OUR ROLE AS A LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS IS IS ONE OF OUR WE'RE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH BY THE CDC AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF OF OF RESPONSE ACTIVITIES THERE.
WITH WITH SPECIFIC REGARD TO OUR OUR COLOR LEVELS.
THAT IS A YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS THE VERY BEST INFORMATION AND KNOWS KIND OF WHERE OUR COMMUNITY STANDS.
AND SO WE VERY EARLY ON, WE SET KIND OF PARAMETERS FOR EACH COLOR DESIGNATION.
AND AGAIN, THAT ALLOWS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHERE OUR ESPECIALLY OUR HOSPITALS STAND WITH REGARD TO THEIR CAPACITY, IN THIS TIME OF PANDEMIC.
YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, SAVING LIVES IS IS MOST IMPORTANT, SAVING OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE DO GET SICK, THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO GO IS THERE IS IS PRIORITY.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS WHERE WE STAND.
SO WHEN WE MOVE FROM LEVEL YELLOW TO LEVEL ORANGE, WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY IS LIMITED.
AND SO WITH THAT INFORMATION SHARING PIECE IS IS IS CRITICAL IN THIS IN THESE STATUS LEVELS.
I THINK ONE THING TO NOTE, CASIE MENTIONED HOSPITAL CAPACITY, THE MAIN DRIVING VARIABLE OF WHAT OUR CONDITION IS AND REALLY THE MEASURES TAKEN BY THE STATE AS WELL WAS NOT THE RAW NUMBERS, BUT THE HOSPITAL CAPACITY.
WHY ARE WE GOING TO ORANGE WHEN OUR NUMBERS ARE NOT NEARLY WHAT THEY WERE WHEN WE CAME OUT OF ORANGE? RIGHT.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY HAS BEEN ADJUSTED.
IT ADJUSTED UP AND RAMPED UP SIGNIFICANTLY SO WE COULD HANDLE A LOT MORE COVID CASES.
AFTER WE MADE IT THROUGH AND I AIR QUOTE, MADE IT THROUGH GIVEN OUR CURRENT SITUATION WITH DELTA AND OTHER VARIANTS.
BUT AFTER WE MADE IT THROUGH IN, SAY, APRIL OR MAY, THE HOSPITALS RELEASED AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES REALLOCATED THE NURSING SURGE THAT ALLOWED US TO HAVE THE ENHANCED CAPACITY OR THE INCREASED CAPACITY.
SO AS THAT CAPACITY WENT DOWN, A SMALLER NUMBER OF COVID PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITALS EAT UP A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THE CAPACITY BECAUSE YOU JUST HAVE FEWER BEDS ALLOCATED.
AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MANAGE IT TO WHERE IT DOESN'T NEED TO GO UP.
SO THAT'S WHY WE PUT OUT THE WE CHANGE TO ORANGE BECAUSE ORANGE, WE ALREADY HAD PRESET TRIGGERS WHICH WILL MOVE US TO ORANGE, WHICH IS A PERCENTAGE OF VENTILATORS, PERCENTAGE OF BEDS, PERCENTAGE OF ICU, ICU PATIENTS, RIGHT OUT OF OUT OF TOTAL ICU CAPACITY.
THE FIVE DAY NEW CASES AVERAGE.
THE FIVE DAY NEW CASE AVERAGE, SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ABOVE THE TRIGGER FOR ORANGE AT THIS POINT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE MOVED TO ORANGE LAST WEEK.
AS FAR AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ROLES THAT WE PLAY, WE ALL HAVE LANES, SO DSHS, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, FDA, CDC, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL LANE, STATE LANE, LOCAL LANES, THE LOCAL JOB.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE DON'T CARE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVING CONCERNS ABOUT THE EFFICACY, SAFETY, ALL THESE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT VACCINES.
THOSE ARE APPROPRIATE THINGS THAT GUIDE WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT INDIVIDUALS DO.
BUT AS FAR AS FEDERAL POLICY, WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, NOR DO WE HAVE THE RESOURCES OR THE MANPOWER PERSON POWER TO BE ABLE TO FACT CHECK OR DISPROVE OR PROVE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT RECOGNIZED EXPERTS THAT HAVE LED TO THE VACCINE PROTOCOLS AND THE VACCINES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
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SO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ROLES, OUR ROLE IS TO AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND GET THESE SHOTS IN ARMS AS DICTATED BY THE BEST PRACTICE THAT WE GET FROM THE FED, FROM FROM FDA, CDC, DSHS AND OTHER PLACES THAT PROMULGATE ALL THAT GUIDANCE USING A TON OF EXPERT GUIDANCE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO COULD BE CONSIDERED EXPERTS, NOT SAYING THEY ARE AND THEY ARE NOT.
HOWEVER, THE LOCAL VENUE IS OR THE LOCAL JURISDICTION IS PROBABLY NOT THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE AN EFFECTIVE EVALUATION OF POLICIES, PROTOCOLS, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.
SO I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE IT'S IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.
AS FAR AS WHAT WE DO, THOUGH, IN THE IN THE HERE AND NOW, WE FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES.
WE FOLLOW EXPERT GUIDANCE TO ADDRESS THE EMERGENCY TO THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THOSE AREN'T VALID CONCERNS.
THEY JUST NEED TO BE TAKEN UP WITH SOMEONE THAT CAN ACTUALLY IMPACT FEDERAL POLICY.
AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
AND I'M ASSUMING HOSPITAL CAPACITY PROBABLY REGULATED TO STAFFING AS WELL.
RIGHT? WE RAMPED UP STAFFING FOR A WHILE AND SO WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
TWO MORE QUICK QUESTIONS AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON.
SO DO YOU IN IN EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
EXPERT, I GUESS DATA, WOULD BE CDC, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE RELY ON, AND SO THE VAERS DATA, DID YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO LOOK AT THAT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT LIKE DEATH RATES FROM THE VACCINE AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD BE LIKE A TRAUMA? I DID.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF.
INTERRUPT AND ASK WHAT IS VAERS DATA? YES.
SO VAERS IS THE VACCINE ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING SYSTEM.
AND SO THAT IS WHERE ANYONE SO THE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDERS, THE PUBLIC CAN MAKE REPORTS ABOUT ADVERSE EVENTS INTO THIS SYSTEM.
AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT SYSTEM.
IT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE OVERALL CLIMATE OF VACCINE SAFETY.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS AND THE VARE SYSTEM NOTES THOSE LIMITATIONS ON A DISCLAIMER RIGHT ON THE WEBSITE.
AND SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE VAERS DATA IS VERY, VERY VALUABLE.
HOWEVER, THEY DO STATE IN THEIR THEIR DISCLAIMER RIGHT ON THE WEBSITE THAT VAERS REPORTS ALONE CANNOT BE USED TO DETERMINE IF A VACCINE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO AN ADVERSE EVENT OR ILLNESS.
THE REPORTS MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS INCOMPLETE, INACCURATE, COINCIDENTAL OR UNVERIFIABLE.
IN LARGE PART, REPORTS OF VAERS ARE VOLUNTARY, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE SUBJECT TO BIASES.
THIS CREATES SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS ON HOW THE DATA CAN BE SCIENTIFICALLY.
DATA FROM VAERS REPORTS SHOULD ALWAYS BE INTERPRETED WITH THESE LIMITATIONS IN MIND.
SO THERE'S AND JUST A CURSORY GLANCE AT SOME OF THOSE VAERS REPORTS.
I PULLED ALL OF THE VAERS REPORTS THAT HAD BEEN ENTERED AND A COUPLE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST LOOKING AT THEM, ONE, ONE ENTRY SAID COUGHING UP BLOOD, SIGNIFICANT [INAUDIBLE].
CARDIAC ARREST STARTED THE DAY AFTER VACCINE, BUT LIKELY RELATED TO ONGOING PROGRESSION OF LUNG CANCER.
SO LIKELY NOT RELATED TO THE VACCINE AT ALL.
THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS TO NOTE AND VERY SIGNIFICANT TO PATIENTS.
BUT VERY YOU KNOW, ANYONE CAN MAKE THESE REPORTS.
IT SAYS, AGAIN, REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE, INACCURATE, COINCIDENTAL, UNVERIFIED INFORMATION.
IT'S AND IT GOES ON TO FURTHER STATE THAT VAERS DATA AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, INCLUDE ONLY THE INITIAL REPORT, DATED REPORT GIVEN TO VAERS AND UPDATED INFORMATION, WHICH INCLUDES FACTS FROM MEDICAL RECORDS AND CORRECTIONS REPORTED DURING FOLLOW UP, ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THE REPORTS ARE INCONCLUSIVE.
AND SO THE VAERS, WHILE VAERS DOES PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE, THEY HAVE WHAT ARE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THESE SAFETY CHECKS.
AND WHEN THEY START TO SEE PATTERNS, JUST LIKE WITH THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE, THEY'LL PUT A PAUSE.
THEY WILL DO MORE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS.
AND THEN IF, YOU KNOW, IF THE FDA, THE CDC SAY, YEP, THIS THIS IS THIS PROVES TO BE SAFE, THEN WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THAT.
SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DATABASE.
BUT TO SIMPLY TAKE THE DATA AND AND APPLY IT UNIVERSALLY IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE AND MISLEADING.
SO AND THEY SAY THIS ON THEIR WEBSITE.
AND SO IT'S IT'S REQUIRED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'VE READ THE DISCLAIMER BEFORE SEARCHING THROUGH THE DATABASE.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIMITATIONS AND THE STRENGTHS OF VAERS BEFORE KIND OF APPLYING IT UNIVERSALLY TO.
TO THE REPORTS THAT ARE IN VAERS.
AND SO IN A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES, LIKE WHERE ARE WE AS A COMMUNITY RELYING ON VALID DATA?
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BECAUSE I LOOKED AT THE VAERS.THERE'S PROBABLY SOME COINCIDENTAL CIRCUMSTANTIAL THINGS THAT ARE ADVERSE REACTIONS.
BUT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A DEATH AND THEN YOU KNOW THAT WITHIN SO MANY HOURS, LET'S SAY, CAN YOU PULL THE VAERS DATA AND SEARCH THROUGH IT IN 72 HOURS, LIKE WITHIN 72 HOURS.
THIS IS HOW MANY DEATHS WE'VE HAD WITHIN SO MANY WEEKS OR WHATEVER.
IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? YOU CAN.
THERE'S IT'S A IT'S A DATABASE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO QUERY WHATEVER PARAMETERS THAT YOU SET IN THAT QUERY.
AS AN EXAMPLE, 7/16 JULY 16TH, ELEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIVE DEATHS IN THE USA REPORTED OF VAERS.
COULD WE GO THROUGH THAT DATA, SHOULD WE GO THROUGH THAT DATA AS A COMMUNITY AND LOOK AND SEE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S HOW MANY OF THOSE HAPPENED WITHIN 72 HOURS? THE OTHER REASON FOR CONCERN IS JUST HISTORICALLY, WHAT HAVE WE DONE WITH VACCINES IN THE PAST, LIKE THE SWINE FLU, YOU KNOW, 54 DEATHS AND THEY PULLED THAT VACCINE OFF OF THE MARKET.
YOU KNOW, THIS VACCINE, THESE THREE VACCINES THAT CONSTITUTE THIS HERE IN THE USA.
WOULD BE FAR AND ABOVE WHATEVER THAT WAS.
SO I'M TRYING TO GET SOME REALISTIC COMFORT.
IN WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS PARTICULAR REPORTING.
SO WHEN I PULLED THE VAERS DATA TODAY, THERE WERE ONLY 8000 LITTLE OVER 8000 REPORTS.
SO THAT 11,000 NUMBER, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
SO THAT'S AN INACCURATE NUMBER.
OK, AND I'M SURE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN THE WAY OF HOW YOU CAN QUERY THAT, I MEAN, WE HAVE SO THERE'S ALL EVENTS WAS JUST A LITTLE OVER EIGHT THOUSAND.
SO THERE COULDN'T BE 11,000 DEATHS.
AND YOU HAD 8000 EVENTS OR 8000 DEATHS, 8000 TOTAL EVENTS.
SO THERE CANNOT BE 11,000 DEATHS.
IF THERE ARE ONLY 8000 TOTAL ENTRIES.
CAN YOU GIVE CAN YOU GIVE ME THE TOTAL DEATHS AS THE WAY YOU DO RESEARCH? I'D HAVE TO GO PULL I'D HAVE TO GO PULL THAT INFORMATION.
BUT THERE ARE ONLY THERE'S JUST A LITTLE OVER 8000 TOTAL ENTRIES LIKE ALL OF THE ENTRIES, LIKE THIS PERSON, YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WAS ENTERED INTO VAERS, THERE'S ONLY JUST OVER 8000 OF THEM.
AND HOW MANY VACCINES GIVEN? YOU KNOW, THERE'S I MEAN, SOME WEEKS THERE'S MILLIONS.
SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, THERE'S MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF VACCINES THAT ARE GIVEN.
WE'VE GIVEN OVER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND ALONE HERE IN OUR JURISDICTION.
BUT THAT 8000 NUMBER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS OVER THE COURSE OF SPEAKERS] U.S.
SINCE, SINCE YES, SINCE THE BEGINNING.
I WOULD LOVE IT AS A COUNCIL IF WE COULD RECEIVE MAYBE THAT DATA ALONG WITH.
YOU KNOW, I DO RECEIVE SEVERAL EMAILS A WEEK WITH CONCERNS THAT I FEEL ARE VALID AND, YOU KNOW, THE VACCINE AND THE ROLLOUT AND HOW WE'RE TRACKING IT LOCALLY.
AND SO I WANT TO BE ARMED AS BEST I CAN WITH ACTUAL CONFIRMED FACTS.
AND THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY TRACKING THESE FACTS, EVEN LOCALLY AND, OF COURSE, NATIONWIDE.
AND SO I GET THAT THERE'S A DISCLAIMER, BUT THERE'S ALSO A VALID NUMBER THERE.
AND SO MAYBE WE CAN'T GET RIGHT ON IT.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO BRING US TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, KNOWING THAT WE CAN BE COMFORTABLE IN WHAT THE REPORTING ACTUALLY IS BECAUSE OUR BIG DEAL IS INFORMED CONSENT.
I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER STRESSES THAT.
SO THIS DATA IS REALLY WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN WEIGH THEIR RISK AND THE REWARD.
I WANT EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO HAVE A VACCINE TO TO BE VERY WELL INFORMED AND UNDERSTAND BOTH THE EFFECTS AND THE SIDE EFFECTS.
TOTALLY AGREE THAT IT IS ABOUT ACCURATE DATA.
CAN YOU JUST GUIDE CASIE OR JARED SPECIFICALLY WHAT DATA YOU WANT HER TO PROVIDE? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT.
DATABASE, IT COMES THROUGH THE CDC AS WELL AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
AND THAT IF WE CAN GET EVERY TWO WEEK UPDATE OFF OF THAT VAERS DATABANK, THEN THEN IF IT CAN BE VERIFIED AND IF IT'S NOT VERIFIED, I THINK AT LEAST IF WE CAN WATCH IT AS A BASELINE, THEN WE COULD WE COULD KIND OF BEGIN TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT THE BIG PICTURE IS.
I THINK TO COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY WAS ASKING OR YOU WERE ASKING HOW MANY VACCINATIONS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AS OF TWO DAYS AGO, THE ESTIMATE IS 342 MILLION DOSES HAD BEEN GIVEN IN THE UNITED STATES AND AS OF TWO DAYS AGO, 163 MILLION WERE FULLY VACCINATED.
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IT REPRESENTS FORTY NINE POINT SEVEN PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY.NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE FULLY VACCINATED OR DOSES GIVEN.
I WOULD THINK IT'S FULLY VACCINATED, BUT IT DOES NOT SAY VERY CLEARLY.
PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION FULLY VACCINATED IS FORTY NINE POINT SEVEN.
AND THEN I THINK AT LEAST LOCALLY, WE PROBABLY HAVE A MUCH BETTER HOLD ON, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A WAY TO DECIPHER THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR DATA AS IT RELATES TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.
AND THAT'S ALL WE REALLY WANT TO WATCH IS, IS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE HAVING ANY ADVERSE, YOU KNOW, SERIOUS EFFECTS, SIDE EFFECTS? SURE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO KNOW THAT.
SO I GUESS WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEN, JARED IS JUST CAN CASIE BRING THAT DATA, LIKE THE NUMBER OF VACCINES GIVEN LOCALLY, THE NUMBER OF EVENTS REPORTED.
LOCALLY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY DEATHS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I WILL LOOK TO SEE WHAT I MEAN.
I KNOW I CAN GET THE NATIONAL NUMBERS.
I WILL LOOK TO SEE WHAT HOW HOW THE QUERY SYSTEM WILL ALLOW, HOW FAR DOWN THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO OUR TARGET WILL BE TO OUR GOAL WILL BE TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION ON OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT, WHICH IS OUR TWO COUNTY AREA.
OK, AND THEN IF WE CAN GIVE YOU A BROADER DATA ABOUT THE PANHANDLE, WE WILL.
BUT BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MUCH WE CAN MANIPULATE THAT DATA.
AND I THINK EVEN TRACKING THE NATIONAL DATABASE, JUST AS THOUGH IT IS PUT OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ANYONE CAN GO AND LOOK, THAT'S VERY BENEFICIAL ON A ON EVERY OTHER WEEK BASIS FOR US, EVEN IF WE CAN'T GET THE LOCAL DATA.
SO I, I WANT TO BE EQUIPPED WHEN I GET AN EMAIL THAT SAYS THERE'S 45,000 DEATHS FROM THE VACCINE, I WANT TO KNOW, LIKE, NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE REAL NUMBER AND THIS ISN'T OR WHATEVER.
AND I'M RELYING ON YOU MUCH LIKE THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY, TO BE ABLE TO SIFT THROUGH THAT.
AND I THINK YOU DO A GREAT JOB OF LOOKING OUT OVER EVERYBODY.
AND SO I HOPE THAT'S PART OF IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TOOL THAT WE CAN HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD SAFELY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
ITEM ONE C IS A REPORT ON THE AMARILLO FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCREDITATION MR.
[1.C. Amarillo Fire Department Accreditation]
CITY MANAGER.WE GOT CHIEF JASON MAYES TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM, BUT THE REAL HEAVY LIFTERS CHIEF IS GOING TO INTRODUCE CHIEF KOUBA HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
SO, CHIEF, CHIEF, CHIEF, CHIEF, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF CHIEFS IN THE ROOM.
I ALWAYS FEEL THAT WAY WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S AROUND.
FIRST OF ALL, HE'LL BE GLAD THAT YOU GOT HIS NAME RIGHT.
SO [INAUDIBLE] I ALMOST DID IT INTENTIONALLY IN OTHER WAYS AND SAID THAT YOU TOLD ME TO DO IT THAT WAY.
FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR EVERYBODY'S TIME HERE TODAY.
MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY LEADERS WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS.
AND PRESENTING TODAY WILL BE DISTRICT CHIEF DAVID KOUBA.
HE SERVES AS KIND OF A DUAL ROLE WITH AFV AS THE B SHIFT, ONE OF TWO B SHIFT SHIFT COMMANDERS.
AND HE'S ALSO SERVES AS OUR ACCREDITATION MANAGER.
HE'S OUR HE'S OUR EXPERT ON ALL THINGS ACCREDITATION.
AND HE'S DONE HE'S LIFTED A TREMENDOUS BURDEN OFF THIS DEPARTMENT BY ASSUMING THAT ROLE.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DAVID.
TODAY, I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 2021 UPDATE.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS ONE OF THREE PILLARS WITHIN THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS, THE OTHER TWO OR THE COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT, STANDARDS OF COVER AND THE FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES SELF-ASSESSMENT MANUAL.
GOAL NUMBER ONE IS TO IMPROVE INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION AND VALUES.
THE DEPARTMENT BEGAN LOOKING AT AN INFORMATION PORTAL CALLED FIRST ARRIVING THIS YEAR.
AND IT'S BASICALLY A MODULAR INFORMATION PORTAL THAT'S DISPLAYED ON A TELEVISION SCREEN AT EVERY STATION THAT WILL DISPLAY RELEVANT INFORMATION TO CREWS AT THE FIRE STATION, SUCH AS TRAINING, WEATHER, STAFFING, BASELINE PERFORMANCE DATA AND ALSO RESPONSE DATA.
REAL TIME AS THAT ALARM COMES IN.
GOAL NUMBER TWO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TRAIN PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION.
THIS YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT PURCHASED A NEW ONLINE DELIVERY TRAINING SYSTEM CALLED FIRE RESCUE ONE.
IT IMPROVES THE DELIVERY OF TRAINING AND IMPROVES THE REQUIRED REPORTING FOR STATE FOR THE STATE REPORTING.
AND IT ALSO GIVES COMPANY OFFICERS AND INDIVIDUALS A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THEY DO THEIR TRAINING AND HOW THEY COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING AND WHERE THEY COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING.
IT ALSO SERVES HAS SEVERAL OTHER TOOLS TO ACCOMPLISH THE TRAINING NEEDS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS.
ANOTHER THING WE DID THIS YEAR TOOK OUR SIX WEEK ORIENTATION PROGRAM
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AND NARROWED IT DOWN TO A THREE WEEK PROGRAM.AND WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTERS THE MOST RELEVANT CRITICAL TEST THEY NEED TO BE ASSIGNED TO A FIRE ENGINE AND THEN THAT FIRE COMPANY THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO WILL COMPLETE THE TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR OF THAT PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTER.
GOAL NUMBER THREE IS ENHANCE OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE CAPABILITIES TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S BEEN GREATLY ENHANCED WITH THE FIRE RESCUE ONE TRAINING PLATFORM THAT WE PURCHASED, TRAIN DIVISIONS NOW ALLOWED TO DELIVER CUSTOMIZED TRAINING TO EACH OF OUR THREE CERTIFICATION LEVELS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS EMT BASIC, ADVANCED EMT AND EMT PARAMEDIC.
WE'RE CONTINUE TO UTILIZE OUR FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS OUR FTOS TO DELIVER THE HANDS ON SKILLS TRAINING THAT'S NEEDED FOR ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS IN EMS, THAT HAVE AN EMS CERTIFICATION, AND ALSO PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING THOSE NEW ALS PROVIDERS AND PARAMEDIC FIREFIGHTERS.
IN COORDINATION WITH AMS AND AFD'S MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
A THIRD PARAMEDIC ENGINE WAS LAUNCHED THIS YEAR, LOCATED AT STATION SEVEN AT GRAND AND EMERALD BOULEVARD EAST, AND CURRENTLY SIX MEMBERS ARE ATTENDING THE EMT PARAMEDIC PROGRAM ALONGSIDE WITH AMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
GOAL NUMBER FOUR IS TO INTERACT, EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC ON WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND VISIBILITY.
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTED THE PERSON IN PERSON INTERACTIONS GREATLY.
BUT SINCE ABOUT MARCH THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE INTERACTIONS FROM YOUTH ALL THE WAY TO ADULTS AND ALSO BEGIN OTHER PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING THAT WE HAVE.
THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM DOES DELIVER.
IT'S COMING SOON, WHICH WILL ALLOW EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO GET ON THAT WEBSITE, GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE, WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO UTILIZE THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO DELIVER PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DEPARTMENT, ABOUT THE STAFF AND ABOUT ALSO ANY INCIDENT INFORMATION THAT'S HAPPENING AT THAT MOMENT.
GOAL NUMBER FIVE IS TO DEVELOP A GREATER SYSTEMS OF OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING, THE FISCAL RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY.
OUR LOGISTICS CHIEFS CHIEF CREATED AN E-SCORE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE CITY INTERNET SITE.
AND WHAT THAT'S DONE IS IMPROVE THE WAY WE, THE COMPANY'S ORDER STATION SUPPLIES FOR MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING SUPPLIES AND ALSO IMPROVE TRACKING OF THOSE SUPPLIES AND ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE.
WE SHIFTED OUR ANNUAL MEDICAL EVALUATIONS FROM AN OFF DUTY TASK TO AN ON DUTY TASK, AND WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE OVERTIME FUNDS THAT WERE USED IN THE PAST AND NOW BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT FOR OTHER AREAS AND NEEDS IN OUR DEPARTMENT, SUCH AS SOFTWARE, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUIPMENT.
EXECUTIVE STAFF CONTINUES TO PRESENT ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN REQUESTS, AND THE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO MONITOR RESPONSE DATA, LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF PERFORMANCE GAPS AND NOT HAVE THAT IMPACT.
WHAT PHYSICAL RESOURCES COULD CLOSE THAT GAP, SUCH AS FIRE STATIONS, APPARATUS OR EQUIPMENT.
GOAL NUMBER SIX IS TO ENHANCE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AT ALL LEVELS TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
THE FIRE RESCUE ONE PLATFORM IS DEFINITELY INCREASED THAT, ONCE AGAIN, IS A GREAT PURCHASE WHAT WE CAN.
THE TRAINING DIVISION NOW CAN CUSTOMIZED LEARNING TRACKS BASED ON CERTIFICATIONS SUCH AS A HAZMAT PROGRAM.
PERSONNEL GET THIS TRAINING, AIRPLANE RESCUE.
FIREFIGHTERS CAN GET THIS CUSTOMIZED TRAINING, TECHNICAL RESCUE AND SO FORTH.
THAT'S BEEN A GREAT PLATFORM FOR US TO REALLY DIAL IN THAT TRAINING.
WE'VE MADE A COUPLE OF POSITIONAL TESTS [INAUDIBLE] THIS YEAR.
THE FIREFIGHTER AND DISTRICT CHIEF LEVELS THE FIREFIGHTERS SOME SMALL CHANGES.
THE DISTRICT CHIEF LEVEL INCLUDED A JOB SHADOW PROGRAM AND ALSO A MORE SPECIFIC DIALING IN ON FOCUSING IN ON THE MAJOR PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT WHERE THAT ELIGIBLE.
DC WOULD BE ABLE TO BE EXPOSED TO THAT, PARTICULARLY THE ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS, IF THAT PROMOTION DID OCCUR TO GET THEM PREPARED FOR THAT.
AND THEN ALSO NEW STATE CURRICULUM TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES HAVE OPENED UP WHERE FIREFIGHTERS CAN NOW ACHIEVE THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION CERTIFICATIONS AND DRIVER OPERATOR AND PUMPER, FIRE INSTRUCTOR AND FIRE OFFICER CERTIFICATIONS.
DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN AN EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE TO SUPPORT THE AFD MISSION, VISION AND VALUES THAT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.
WE HAVE AN APPLICANT SHORTAGE NOW.
THE IMPACT STAFFING RIGHT NOW AND MOST LIKELY IN THE FUTURE, UNLESS WE COME UP WITH A PLAN.
WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON UNDERREPRESENTED AREAS OF THE CITY AS WE DEVELOP A RECRUITING, HIRING AND TRAINING PROCESS FOR A NEW DEPARTMENT FIRE ACADEMY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE GAPS THAT ARE PERSONNEL PERFORMANCE GAPS WITHIN WITHIN THE CITY AND WHAT PEOPLE WHAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE NEEDED IN AREAS TO BE ON THOSE FIRE APPARATUSES AT THAT STATION TO CLOSE THAT GAP.
GOAL NUMBER 8 IS TO ACHIEVE INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION, WHICH WE DID IN 2018.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROGRESS IN MEETING THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, WHICH THIS IS OUR FOURTH UPDATE TO THIS PLAN, THERE'LL BE A NEW PLAN
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ENTIRE NEW PLAN NEXT YEAR WHENEVER, PROBABLY AROUND THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS OF THE WAY THE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM PERFORMS BY THE ADDITION OF THE NEW STAFF THAT WE'VE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED A COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.
I'M THE MANAGER OF IT, AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE STAFF TO HELP ASSIST ME IN THE DEPARTMENT WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH ACCREDITATION AND ISO RATING.
WE DID GET OUR 2020 ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORT APPROVED AND WE JUST SUBMITTED OUR 2021 REPORT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND I ANTICIPATE THAT BEING APPROVED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF KOUBA? IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK, COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY.
SO AMARILLO COLLEGE CURRENTLY HAS A PROGRAM, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
THIS WILL GO ALONG WITH ENHANCING THAT AND GIVING YOU GUYS ANOTHER TOOL IN ORDER TO RECRUIT AND BRING PEOPLE IN AND TRAIN THEM UP.
I'M GONNA LET THE CHIEF SPEAK ON THIS.
PART OF ANY EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS WE WE TRY TO ANTICIPATE ANY CHALLENGES THAT WE MAY SEE COMING ON THE HORIZON.
AND WHAT WE'VE HAD IS WE'VE HAD AN APPLICANT SHORTAGE.
WE'VE HAD STRUGGLES IN OUR AREA ON PASSING THE STATE EXAM FOR FIREFIGHTER CERTIFICATION.
AND ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ANTICIPATE IF WE'RE EVER GREEN LIGHTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORM AND START UP AN AMARILLO FIRE DEPARTMENT ACADEMY TO RUN IN CONJUNCTION WITH AC ACADEMY.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS AND STAVE OFF IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF A SHORTAGE THERE, AS WE HAVE KIND OF CURRENTLY SEEN A DIP THAT WE WILL HAVE A WAY TO TO MEET THAT NEED AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE FOUR FOLKS ON EVERY FIRE TRUCK.
I THINK I THINK A GOOD WAY TO PHRASE IT IS AMARILLO COLLEGE IS A HUGE, POSITIVE PARTNER FOR THE CITY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
LARRY HART IS A GREAT LEADER FOR THAT ORGANIZATION, IS A GREAT MANAGEMENT TEAM, A LEADERSHIP TEAM WORKING WITH HIM.
IF WE CAN FACILITATE THAT PROGRAM AND HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN A WAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FULLY STAFF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IF WE'RE NOT GETTING ADEQUATE NUMBERS, WE HAVE TO LOOK CREATIVELY TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FULLY STAFF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS.
THEY'RE A PART OF THAT SOLUTION.
AND AND WE WOULD ONLY GO A DIFFERENT AN INDEPENDENT ROUTE IF WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ENOUGH NUMBERS OUT OF THE AMARILLO COLLEGE PROGRAM.
BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO HELP SEE IF WE CAN PLAY A POSITIVE ROLE IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
THE LAST THING WE CAN DO IS JUST BE SHORT ON FIREFIGHTERS BECAUSE IT'S A IT IS A WE CAN MAKE IT UP THROUGH OVERTIME FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT WE'LL HIT BURNOUT AT A CERTAIN POINT WITH OUR TEAM.
SO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADEQUATELY STAFFED, BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS IS NOT SAYING WE WANT TO DO ONE THING OR ANOTHER.
IT IS RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE TO DO ONE THING OR ANOTHER.
AND THAT GOES KIND OF HAND IN HAND WITH AC AND THE APD.
CORRECT? AND WE WE HAVE A APD PROGRAM ACADEMY HERE.
AND SO THIS IS SOMEWHAT MODELED IN THE SAME WAY CHIEF? YES, SIR.
AND THEN IT SOUNDED A LITTLE BIT LIKE YOU KIND OF GOT A BUDGET WORKED OUT IN THERE OF LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIAL COSTS AND BEING ABLE TO RAMP THIS UP.
SO AM I HEARING YOU CORRECTLY THAT SOMEWHERE IN THERE WE'RE SPENDING SOME MONEY ON THE BACK SIDE THAT WE WE COULD SPEND ON THE FRONT END AND TRAIN AND BRING IN SOME FIREFIGHTERS WITH HOPEFULLY A BREAK EVEN TO OUR BUDGET? YES, SIR.
EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE OR WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS COST NEUTRAL AS POSSIBLE.
IF WE CAN FIND SAVINGS, JUST LIKE ANY CITY DEPARTMENT, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN FIND UNDER THAT PROVERBIAL COUCH CUSHION THAT WE'RE THAT WE COULD REALLOCATE, SUCH AS THE MOVING THINGS OR OUR PHYSICAL'S OFF DUTY, WHERE WE'RE PAYING TIME AND A HALF, USUALLY A MINIMUM OF TWO HOURS TO GET BLOOD WORK AND THEN LATER TWO HOURS FOR A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION.
WE CAN FUNNEL THAT MONEY TOWARDS AREAS OF NEED THAT ARE CURRENTLY THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN SOMETHING IS SERIOUS, SUCH AS IF WE EVER NEEDED TO OFFSET THE COST THAT WOULD BE INITIATED IN STARTING UP OUR OWN ACADEMY.
I THINK THERE'S COST TO OUR TEAM AND TO OUR ORGANIZATION, NO MATTER WHICH WAY WE GO, WHETHER WE'RE FOCUSED ON HELPING GET ADEQUATE NUMBERS OF PASSING STUDENTS THROUGH THE AC PROGRAM, OR DOING OUR OWN PROGRAM.
THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE A UNILATERAL DECISION THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE AC IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE WHAT WE DO DOES AFFECT AMARILLO COLLEGE.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING AFFECTS THE CITY OF AMARILLO.
WE HAVE A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AND WE WILL CONTINUE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT EXHAUSTIVELY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT WE HAVE ALSO ESTIMATED BOTH THE COST OF CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR PROGRAM AND DOING AN ACADEMY OURSELVES.
THERE ARE BENEFITS OF BOTH, AND WE HAVE THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS ON BOTH OF THOSE.
WE'LL WORK THROUGH THIS NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO TO TO REALLY HELP IDENTIFY WHAT
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THE WAY FORWARD IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE.WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, WE'RE TAKING A PROACTIVE AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY AGGRESSIVE.
THAT'S TOO TOO TOO HARSH OF A WORD, BUT PROACTIVE AND FORWARD LEANING STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING STEPS TO LOOK LIKE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO RECRUIT FIREFIGHTERS OF COLOR.
WE WANT TO RECRUIT AND LOOK LIKE OUR COMMUNITY, LOOK LIKE EVERYONE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING THIS ON TV.
SO THAT'S THAT'S A CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
CHIEF, DO WE HAVE ANY WOMEN ON OUR DEPARTMENT FORECE? WE DO NOT, OUR LAST ENTRANCE EXAM, WE DID HAVE ONE WOMAN ON THAT DID SUCCESSFULLY PASS THE TEST OUT OF THE TWELVE.
AND WE'RE IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO PASS THE TEST.
THEN THERE'S THE PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST.
AND SO OUR FINGERS ARE CROSSED THAT SHE'LL MAKE IT SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THAT.
IN THE PAST, HAVE WE HAD WOMEN SERVE IN OUR DEPARTMENT? WE HAVE.
IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY SHORT LIST AND ONE THAT WE WANT TO DO OUR PART IN EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN TO TO.
AGAIN, LIKE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, BETTER REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY.
YEAH, WELL, WE ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE ANY COST SAVINGS IDEAS THAT YOU GUYS COME UP WITH.
I THOUGHT OF A QUESTION FOR CHIEF KOUBA WITH REGARD TO ACCREDITATION.
ARE WE REQUIRED TO KEEP FOUR MEN ON OUR TRUCKS OR CAN WE BE ACCREDITED AT THREE? OK, SO WITHIN THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF WHERE YOU'RE AT TODAY.
SO SHORTLY THE SHORT ANSWER OF WHATEVER WHATEVER ONE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH, FOUR MEN, FOUR PERSON STAFFING, IS GOING TO BE THE BEST STAFFING BASED ON NUMEROUS WAYS OF WAY WE CROSS FIRE TRUCKS.
SO LOOKING AT IT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF EVERY FIRE STATION HAS EITHER A SPECIALTY TRUCK, A GRASS UNIT AND AN ENGINE, A HAZMAT UNIT AND AN ENGINE, A [INAUDIBLE] UNITS OR TECHNICAL RESCUE.
AND SO THE FOUR, THE FOUR PERSON CREW ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO SPLIT THAT UP AND RESPOND TO WHATEVER INCIDENT WE'RE GOING TO.
THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST PLAN.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST PLAN TO FOLLOW DEFINITELY THE BEST PLAN.
BUT WOULD WE LOSE ACCREDITATION IF WE WENT BACK TO THREE MAN TRUCKS? YOU JUST YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW.
THREE PERSON TRUCKS? HOW WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPROVE PROVIDE THAT SAME LEVEL RESPONSE WITH THREE PERSONS ON THE TRUCK AS OPPOSED TO FOUR, WHICH IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE AT THAT POINT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WITH ACCREDITATION IS ESPECIALLY THE STANDARDS OF COVER.
SO WHERE THAT STATIONS AT, HOW MANY PEOPLE, WHAT TYPE OF APPARATUS THEY HAVE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AT THAT STATION AND HOW FAST THEY CAN GET TO THAT INCIDENT.
AND WE LOOK AT ALL SIX EMERGENCY INCIDENTS.
SO YOU HAVE FIRE, EMS, WILD AM, HAZMAT, [INAUDIBLE] AND TECHNICAL RESCUE AND ALL THOSE HAVE DIFFERENT CRITICAL TASKS THAT THEY PERFORMED.
AND THAT'S HEAVY ON THE PERSON SPECIFIC.
AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT BENCHMARK STANDARD TIMES ON FROM THE NFPA OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO, THAT'S WHAT WE USE OUR BENCHMARK STANDARD TIMES ON ALL OF OUR TIME SEGMENTS OF TURN OUT TIME, RESPONSE TIME, DRIVE TIME AND THEN THE TOTAL EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE TO GET THERE.
SO YOU COULD DO IT, BUT IT WOULD TAKE MORE FIRE TRUCKS WITH LESS PEOPLE ON IT AND IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET IT IN THAT SAME WAY.
YEAH, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE FOR OUR CITY FOR SURE.
ANY IDEA ON THE COST DIFFERENTIAL IF WE WERE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE? THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OK, WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO.
THERE ARE ACCREDITED THREE PERSON DEPARTMENTS IN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
HOWEVER, WE ARE SO MUCH BETTER POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT ACCREDITATION WITH THE FORMAT FOUR PERSON APPARATUS, LIKE CHIEF KOUBA SAID, BECAUSE WE CAN ATTACK A FIRE IMMEDIATELY IF WE IF WE NEEDED TO.
HOWEVER, OUR POLICY DOESN'T COINCIDE WITH WHAT I JUST SAID RIGHT NOW I DON'T BELIEVE, BUT IT DOES PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION TO GAIN THAT ACCREDITATION.
HOWEVER, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO IMPLY THAT THREE PERSON TRUCKS CAN'T GET ACCREDITED.
THEY ARE, SOME ARE, BUT WE ARE PUT IN A BETTER POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AND WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE COST DIFFERENTIAL IS.
OK, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE D.
[1.D. Thompson Park Pool update]
THOMPSON PARK POOL UPDATE.WE GOT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION MICHAEL KASHUBA TO TALK TO US ABOUT PROGRESS OVER THERE, THE OPENING OVER THERE AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF BAD NEWS.
SO MICHAEL? MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THOMPSON.
I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF MIXED EMOTIONS TODAY, SO WE'LL START WITH THE GOOD
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NEWS.ON FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK, WE DID A SOFT OPENING TO TRAIN STAFF AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE FACILITY TO THE PUBLIC SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE RIBBON CUTTING.
SO WE WERE EXCITED TO FINALLY OPEN THE FACILITY WHILE WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE POOL ON THE FACILITY INSIDE.
THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE OUTSIDE.
SO THERE WILEY AND HIS CREWS ARE STILL WORKING ON THE LANDSCAPING AND SOME OTHER TOUCH UP WORK AROUND THE SITE, THINGS LIKE PUNCH LIST ITEMS, SITE WORK, LANDSCAPING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST AS A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE ITEMS THAT WE DO HAVE OUT THERE, WE DO HAVE OUR LEISURE POOL WITH THE ZERO ENTRY AREA.
WE HAVE THE SUN SHELF WHERE YOU CAN SIT IN THE WATER IN ABOUT FOUR INCHES OF WATER.
WE'VE GOT THE VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL AREAS THAT ARE BOTH IN THAT LEISURE POOL.
IN THE LAZY RIVER, WE HAVE THE VORTEX AND WE HAVE THE HYDRO JET AREAS.
WE'VE GOT THE TWO SLIDES, WE'VE GOT SHADE CABANAS, CONCESSIONS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE TUBES AND LIFE JACKETS FREE OF CHARGE FOR THOSE THAT ARE AT THE FACILITY.
OUR HOURS OF OPERATION ARE 11 A.M.
THE FULL DAY PASSES FROM 11 A.M.
WE HAVE A HALF DAY FROM TWO TO 4:30.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN EVENING SWIM FROM FIVE TO SEVEN.
SO THE FULL DAY IS TEN DOLLARS AND THEN THE HALF DAY IS FIVE DOLLARS.
AND THEN THE EVENING SWIM IS ALSO FIVE DOLLARS.
THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO BE DONE ON THE SITE, BUT WE'RE WE'RE WORKING WITH WILEY TO GET THAT DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ON ON THE FLIP SIDE, WE'VE BEEN OPEN LESS THAN 72 HOURS AND WE HAD SOMEBODY BREAK INTO THE FACILITY LAST NIGHT WITH ABOUT TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGED OR STOLEN GOODS, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE DAMAGED COMPUTERS, FOOD ITEMS, CHIPS, SODAS, CANDIES THAT WERE STOLEN, A BUNCH OF DEPARTMENT BRANDED STUFF, TOTE BAGS, CUPS THAT WERE FOR SALE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE CAMERA SYSTEMS ON SITE AND WE'RE TRYING TO ASSIST APD WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION.
SO WE'RE ASKING ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC TO CONTACT APD IF THEY'VE GOT INFORMATION AT THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER.
WE HAVE DONE A FACEBOOK POST AND WITHIN THE LAST TWO HOURS IT'S REACHED OVER 42,000 PEOPLE WITH OVER PROBABLY 21,000 ALREADY ENGAGED IN THAT POST.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE EXCITED TO OPEN, BUT WE'RE ALSO VERY SADDENED BY THE FACT THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN BROKEN INTO.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO I THINK THAT Y'ALL WOULD PROBABLY AGREE WITH ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORD IS FRUSTRATING, VERY ANGRY WHEN ONE OF OUR OWN LIKELY, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY A RESIDENT OF AMARILLO IS BREAKING INTO A AMARILLO FACILITY, AN AMENITY, NOT A FACILITY AN AMENITY THAT WE BUILT FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY, PAID FOR BY OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
IT COSTS OUR OWN COMMUNITY MONEY TO WHEN SOMEONE ONE OF OUR OWN BREAKS INTO IT AND DAMAGES IT.
I KNOW I'M PROBABLY NOT PUTTING ANY WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, Y'ALL ARE THINKING, BUT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO TO TO FIND THEM AND TO SAFEGUARD THE ASSET THAT WE BUILT.
WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS A DELIGHTFUL EVENT ON SATURDAY MORNING, AND I WAS THRILLED TO SEE KIDS OUT THERE WITH THEIR PARENTS AND I MADE A NEW FRIEND, PHILIPPE, FROM COLORADO, WHO WAS IN AMARILLO VISITING HIS AUNT, AND HE WAS EXCITED TO SPEND THE DAY AT THE POOL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY CAME TO SWIM, I GUESS, IN THE CONVERSATION OF THE GATES GETTING OPEN, THEY DECIDED TO GO BACK HOME AND GET MORE OF THEIR FAMILY AND BRING THEM FOR MAKING MEMORIES AND HAVING FUN TOGETHER, TOO.
SO, YOU KNOW, MICHAEL, MY WORDS TO YOU WOULD JUST BE, DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.
YOU HAD TONS OF SUPPORT THERE FROM YOUR PARKS AND REC BOARD, THEY'RE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY SERVANTS WHO HAVE WISE WORDS TO ADD INTO HOW THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT DOES ITS JOB.
AND YOU JUST HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND I'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE ASK ME, WELL, DOES IT HAVE DEEP WATER AND HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THOSE SLIDES WILL LAST? AND DID YOU GET IN AND ACTUALLY TRY? I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF CHATTER AROUND TOWN ABOUT THE POOL.
SO PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE A NEW FACILITY.
AND IT IS OK FOR US TO HAVE NICE THINGS.
AND I'M SAD ABOUT THIS, BUT YOUR TEAM WILL BE RIGHT ON IT AND APD WILL BE RIGHT ON IT.
AND WE'LL MOVE PAST WHOEVER MADE THIS BAD CHOICE AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT NOT MAKING THAT CHOICE AGAIN.
COUNCIL? IT'S A BEAUTIFUL POOL.
[INAUDIBLE] ANYBODY ELSE? APPRECIATE IT, ALL OF YOU MAKING TIME ON SATURDAY MORNING TO BE THERE.
OK, AGENDA ITEM ONE E IS I KNOW EVERYBODY'S BEEN WAITING BREATHLESSLY
[1.E. Policy 2: Governance Policy]
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TO GET TO THIS ITEM, SO EXCITING POLICY.YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN THE 2017 COUNCIL WAS ELECTED, EMBARKED ON CREATING AND PUTTING DOWN SOME SOLID WRITTEN POLICY THAT WOULD GOVERN THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE'RE JUST PERIODICALLY GOING BACK THROUGH THAT AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PROVISIONS, ESPECIALLY.
IT'S FUN TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WASN'T THERE FOR THE JOURNEY OF DOING ALL THAT.
SO WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBERS STANLEY, AND HOW HARD HE'S WORKING TO LEARN ALL OF THE THINGS IT TAKES TO BE ON COUNCIL.
TRULY, I WANT TO SAY TO YOU GUYS, HE IS SPENDING SO MUCH TIME AND WORKING SO HARD TO BE UP TO SERVING THE CITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A COMPLIMENT.
COLE BE REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT DOING THAT.
SO THIS POLICY, POLICY NUMBER TWO IS THE COUNCIL STAFF LINKAGE, THE FIRST ONE WAS REALLY JUST COUNCIL'S LANE.
THIS ONE DEFINES OUR LANE WITH REGARD TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, JUST AS A LEAD IN TO READ THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH THAT AS COUNCIL'S SINGLE OFFICIAL LINK TO OPERATING CITY GOVERNMENT, THE CITY MANAGER'S PERFORMANCE WILL BE CONSIDERED SYNONYMOUS WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE AS A TOTAL.
SO ESSENTIALLY, THE ONLY EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE IS JARED.
NOW OUR ORG CHART ALSO GIVES US THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, BUT REALLY JARED IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND HE ANSWERS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR WHETHER OR NOT HE GETS THAT DONE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS POLICY AT TWO POINT TWO, IT SAYS ALL COUNCIL AUTHORITY IS DELEGATED TO STAFF.
IT'S DELEGATED THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER SO THAT ALL AUTHORITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF STAFF AS FAR AS WE, THE CITY COUNCIL ARE CONCERNED IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE AUTHORITY AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE CITY MANAGER.
SO JUST THAT CONCEPT REALLY HIT HOME FOR ME WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS PROCESS WITH THE ANALOGY OF GETTING IN THE TAXICAB, THAT IT'S LIKE THE CITY'S ON A JOURNEY AND THE CAB IS GOING TO TAKE US THERE.
THE COUNCIL GETS IN THE BACK SEAT AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GO TO 10TH AND NORTH STREET.
AND IT'S THE TAXI DRIVER DECIDES WHETHER HE'S GOING TO TAKE TWO RIGHTS AND A LEFT OR TWO LEFTS AND A RIGHT TO GET THERE.
AND THE CITY MANAGER IS THE DRIVER OF THE CAB.
SO WE DECIDE THE DESTINATION, BUT HE DECIDES OPERATIONALLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO ARRIVE AT THAT DESTINATION.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT POLICY TWO IS REALLY ALL ABOUT.
QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, ANYTHING THAT AS YOU GUYS READ THROUGH IT, THAT YOU WANTED TO REVISIT OR TOUCH ON AGAIN? IT DOES AS ITS LAST POINT ON PAGE 11 UNDER TWO POINT THREE, ITEM FOUR SAYS AT A MINIMUM, AT A MINIMUM ANNUALLY, THE COUNCIL WILL INSTITUTE A FORMAL EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER.
THIS EVALUATION WILL CONSIDER ONLY MONITORING DATA AS DEFINED HERE AS IT'S APPEARED OVER THE INTERVENING YEAR.
SO THIS UPCOMING EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER WILL MARK HIS FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH THE CITY.
AND I'VE I HAVE MENTIONED TO JARED I HAVEN'T YET MENTIONED TO MITCH THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
BUT I WAS WONDERING IF Y'ALL HAD INPUT ON THIS TO DO A 360 EVALUATION, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ASK HIS PEERS AND HIS COWORKERS, YOU KNOW, HOW'S HE DOING AT THE FIVE YEAR MARK? IT'S MORE OF AN IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT TACT THAN WHAT WE'VE TAKEN IN YEARS PRIOR BECAUSE IT'S MORE WORK INTENSIVE AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF COST INVOLVED TO GATHER ALL THAT DATA.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE VALUABLE INPUT TO JARED AND TO US.
BUT I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT.
YES, YES, YES, I THINK THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
I DO WANT TO SAY, MITCH, I'D LIKE TO TAP KEVIN STARBUCK WHETHER HE'S WILLING TO DO IT NOW BEFORE HE LEAVES, PROBABLY NOT BEFORE FRIDAY, BUT I THINK HE WOULD BE VERY IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE KEVIN'S FEEDBACK IN THAT 360 JUST BECAUSE HE WORKED SO CLOSELY WITH JARED.
HOW WE CAN GET YOU TO COMMIT TO DO THAT FOR US, KEVIN, EVEN AFTER YOU'RE GONE, I'LL LET MITCH WORK OUT THE DETAILS.
BUT OK, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
MAYOR, I HAD I HAD ITEM FOUR HIGHLIGHTED IN MY GOVERNANCE BOOK AS WELL, BUT ALSO HAD ITEM FOUR HIGHLIGHTED, WHICH WHICH I LIKE A LOT, WHICH IS THE CITY MANAGER WORKS FOR
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THE COUNCIL AS A BODY AND NO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER MAY GIVE DIRECTION.SO I LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE OPERATE AS A TEAM PRETTY MUCH WHEN WE WHEN WE'RE GIVING OUR DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER.
YEAH, AND I THINK JARED IS GOOD AT THAT.
HE'S VERY SOFTLY REMINDS US THAT WE OPERATE AS A BODY AND THAT HE TAKES HIS DIRECTION FROM US AS A BODY.
ANYTHING ELSE THERE THAT YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR DISCUSS? NO, THAT'S ALL I HAD.
COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, ANYTHING? NO MA'AM.
COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY? NO, MA'AM.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS KIND OF AT A SLOW PACE SO THAT OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS OR SO WE WILL HAVE TOUCHED EACH PROVISION AND HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT, ASK QUESTIONS, MAKE CHANGES.
THE DESTINATION IS TO ULTIMATELY HAVE A VOTE ON THIS WHERE WE'RE AFFIRMING THIS POLICY.
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO RUSH THROUGH THAT AT ALL.
I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY TIME TO READ THINK ON IT, BUT.
WE'LL JUST TACKLE ONE POLICY AT A TIME AND TRY TO GET THROUGH THAT.
OK, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THERE, THEN WE'LL FINISH ITEM ONE E AND MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE F
[1.F. Partners for Development Progress]
PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS, MR. CITY MANAGER.WHAT IS THIS? IT'S KIND OF AMBIGUOUS.
WHAT IT IS, IS PARTNERING TOGETHER WITH ALL OF OUR VESTED STAKEHOLDERS INSIDE THE CITY, BOTH THE ORGANIZATION, DEVELOPERS, REALTORS, BUILDERS, HOMEBUYERS, EVERYBODY IN TOWN THAT HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN HAVING HOMES AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUY A HOME INSIDE THE CITY OF AMARILLO.
EVERYONE'S SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONWIDE, STATEWIDE AND CERTAINLY LOCALLY.
IF YOU'VE TRIED TO BUY A HOUSE LATELY, YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING ABOVE ASK AND THEY'RE GOING ABOVE ASK BECAUSE SUPPLY IS LIMITED.
THAT IS A CERTAINLY A LOCAL REALITY.
BUT AS KEVIN'S FINDING, IT'S A STATEWIDE REALITY.
IT'S ALSO A NATIONAL NATIONWIDE REALITY.
SO HOW DO WE TAKE A PROACTIVE, INTENTIONAL APPROACH TO CREATING THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE DEVELOPMENT CAN TAKE PLACE AT THE PACE THAT IT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN THE PACE THE MARKET WILL SUPPORT? THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO WORK TOGETHER, TO MODIFY OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS SO THAT IT CREATES A VERY CLEAR WAY FORWARD FOR DEVELOPERS, FOR BUILDERS, FOR REALTORS TO SELL HOUSES AND FOR HOMEOWNERS FOR.
CITIZENS TO BUY HOUSES, SO THIS PROCESS IS ALL ABOUT THAT, IT'S NOT ONE THING, IT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IMPACT FEES, IT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT OVER SIZING.
IT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] PROPORTIONALITY.
IT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CONSTRUCT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
SO WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT IS HOW DO WE BRING THE STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER? AND IT'S NOT JUST CERTAINLY IT'S REALLY NOT EMPLOYEES AT ALL.
IT'S ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A ROLE, IT IS ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO WE WANTED TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND MAYOR I WANT TO THROW IT TO YOU TO LET YOU GET SOME THOUGHTS.
WE HAVE FLOYD, WE HAVE KYLE, WE HAVE ANDREW.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TEAM HERE THAT WILL BE KEY PLAYERS IN THIS PROCESS.
BUT THE PROCESS IS LED BY COUNCIL, LED BY OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT Y'ALL ARE GIVING US GUIDANCE AS WE STEP INTO THIS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND.
SO COUNCIL, I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DISCUSS HOW DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD? DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD BY CREATING A PROCESS THAT HAS A CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE ? I THINK MR. CITY MANAGER, TYPICALLY CITY WOULD HIRE A CONSULTANT.
IN THIS PROCESS, WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE IS THAT WE USE AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT, AN ENGINEERING FIRM.
A LOT OF ENGINEERING FIRMS DO THIS AND THEY WILL HELP US DESIGN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT IN A VACUUM OR JUST LOOK AT WHAT SOME OTHER CITY DID AND MODIFY IT FOR AMARILLO.
WE WANT STAKEHOLDER INPUT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER PROCESS RESULTS IS SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS THE WILL, THE PREFERENCES, AND IS CUSTOMIZED FOR OUR LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST TAXPAYERS, IT'S NOT JUST BUILDERS.
YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED ALL THOSE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, BUT IT'S NOT ANY ONE OF THEM.
IT'S EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR AMARILLO.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MODELS THAT WORK THAT WE CAN USE AS TEMPLATES OR AS SOMETHING TO DISCUSS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT THEY WOULD PROVIDE THAT THAT LOCAL HAND ON THE WHEEL THAT GUIDES THE CONSULTANT AS THEY DRAW UP WHAT ULTIMATELY WILL BE ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, COUNCIL.
SO MAYOR, COULD WE HAVE LIKE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THE DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, SERVE ON A COMMITTEE AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE
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CONSULTANTS, YOU KNOW, AS THEY DEVELOP THE PROCESS.SO IF WE HAD REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE CITY OF THAT, THOSE GROUPS OF PARTNERS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
PARTNERS, YOU MEAN LIKE THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION? JUST HAVE ONE OR TWO REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE YOU BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT YOUR COMMITTEE TO TO BE TOO HUGE, BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, YOU DON'T GET MUCH DONE WHEN YOU'VE GOT 30 PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH.
OK, WHAT DO YOU THINK, MR. STANLEY? I LIKE THE DIRECTION FREDA IS GOING, I GUESS, TO BACK UP A STEP.
ANNEXATION, GROWTH, INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT COULD BE MILES AWAY FROM FROM WHERE WE ARE, RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? HOW DO WE GET THERE? IS THAT OUR ORIGINAL CHALLENGE WE'RE FACING HERE JARED? YEAH, WE'RE TALKING WHEN WE'LL TALK LATER ON DISCUSSION ABOUT INFILL DEVELOPMENT, SOME OTHER TOOLS WE CAN USE TO FACILITATE INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS HOW DO WE GROW THE CITY? WHERE IT MAY, IT'S FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE FOR BOTH THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE IN THE CITY IN THE FUTURE, BUT BUT ALSO WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY LIVE IN THE CITY, DO THEY PAY FOR THAT GROWTH OR DOES DEVELOPMENT PAY FOR THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION, AS WE HAVE.
WE HAVE EATEN UP THE LOW HANGING FRUIT WITH REGARD TO ANNEXATION OVER THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS.
AND WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE FUTURE ANNEXATIONS THAT ARE COMING AND WE SEE SOME OF THOSE, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO OUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY COULD BE IN EXCESS, WELL IN EXCESS OF 25 MILLION DOLLARS UPSIDE DOWN FOR THE CITY.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE FACILITATE GROWTH.
WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT ON THE BACKS OF OUR EXISTING TAX OR THAT THAT PHRASES LIKE I HAVE AN OPINION.
WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OUR EXISTING TAXPAYERS AS WE CONSIDER HOW WE DO THAT, PROBABLY MUCH MORE POLITICALLY CORRECT WAY OF PHRASING THAT.
BUT IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION TO HAVE.
AND MAYBE EVERYONE IS GOING TO SAY, NO, WE WANT TO KEEP DOING IT THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT.
BUT WE ARE SOMEWHAT TO AN EXTENT AT AN IMPASSE WITH OUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND AND HOW THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THE CITY PAYING THE COST OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE EXTENSION.
HOWEVER, IT ALSO SAYS THAT ONLY THE CITY ONLY PAYS IF THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT.
BUT WE KNOW WE WON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES AT LEAST.
SO WE'RE KIND OF AT A DEVELOPMENT IMPASSE.
SO WE HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A VERY CLEAR WAY FORWARD FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DEVELOP AND BUILD THAT IS FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE AND ACKNOWLEDGES THOSE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY HAS.
WE KNOW WE HAVE AND WE'VE ARTICULATED OVER THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THAT MAYOR WOULD SAY THAT SOUNDED A LITTLE BIT BUREAUCRATIC, BUT IT IS A WAY OF PHRASING OR CHARACTERIZING OUR CURRENT CHALLENGE WITH A CATCH 22, CHICKEN AND EGG KIND OF THING.
CAN YOU ANSWER A QUESTION FOR ME IN THE WAY OF DO WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT OUR CHALLENGES ARE AND ARE WE AT A PLACE WHERE WE COULD HIRE A CONSULTANT OR SHOULD WE GO BACK TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS, DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS, CITIZENS, TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE CHALLENGES COULD BE WITH A COUPLE OF THESE FUTURE PROPOSED ANNEXATION SITES AND DEVELOPMENTS AND THEN BE ABLE TO BETTER GO TO A CONSULTANT AT THAT TIME AND GIVE DIRECTION? I WOULD AT RISK OF PUTTING WORDS IN FLOYD, ANDREW OR OTHERS MOUTHS.
WE HAVE WE HAVE PICKED THAT PRETTY CLEAN AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR CURRENT CHALLENGES ARE, WORKING WITH OUR DEVELOPERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN RIGHT NOW.
NOW IS THE TIME WE ARE READY TO DO A FACILITATED PROCESS WITH AN ENGINEER WHO DOES THIS, WHO CAN HELP US FIND A SUSTAINABLE WAY FORWARD.
AND I DO NOT MEAN AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WAY FORWARD.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE WAY FORWARD.
FLOYD, YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT YOU WANT TO ADD THERE.
HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S CHAMPING AT THE BIT.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FLOYD HARTMAN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE THING I WOULD POINT OUT ON THAT QUESTION TO ANSWER THAT DIRECTLY IS WE ARE POISED TO DO THAT WITH THE CONSULTANT AT THIS POINT.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
BUT THOSE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT START WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT GOES INTO EACH DISCIPLINE, WHETHER THAT ARTERIALS, WATER, WASTE WATER, THOSE PLANS ARE ALL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING UPDATED.
AND WE RELISH THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THOSE PARTNERS IN THIS PROCESS.
AND THE TIME IS RIPE FOR ALL OF THAT TO OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME.
AND YET DOING THOSE THINGS, CON AT THE SAME TIME WILL BE A BENEFIT TO ALL OF THOSE
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PLANS FOR THEM TO BE BEING DRAFTED.AT THE SAME TIME, HOWEVER, IT IS NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY THE FINANCIALLY VIABLE WAY FORWARD FOR DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE WILL START GRINDING, I DON'T WANT TO SAY GRINDING TO A HALT, GRINDING TO A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN OUR CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO ADD NEW HOUSING INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND WILL BE PUSHING HOUSING OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WHEN THAT EFFECT HAPPENS, WHAT YOU SEE IS MUCH LOWER DENSITY, MANY FEWER HOUSES BEING ABLE TO BE BUILT PER SECTION.
AND WHAT WE NEED IS MORE DENSITY AND THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO ADD HOUSES WITHOUT EXTENDING OUR BORDERS DRAMATICALLY BEYOND BECAUSE THAT THAT THAT EXPANSION OF AREA FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO NEEDS TO BE MANAGED IN A WAY WHERE WE'RE NOT.
THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN DENSITY AND AREA.
SO THE MORE AREA YOU HAVE WITH THE LOWER DENSITY, THE MORE COST PER ACRE YOU'RE SPENDING ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
DO YOU HAVE HAVE YOU TAKEN RFPS, RFQS ALREADY FROM ENGINEERS, YOU HAVE LOCAL ENGINEER THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST OR SOMEBODY YOU'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND? WE HAVE NOT ON THIS TOPIC AND WE ARE POISED AND READY TO GO WITH A SCOPE TO INITIATE PHASE ONE, WHICH WOULD BE INTERACTING WITH OUR CITIZENS, THESE GROUPS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF TO EVALUATE IT AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A PHASED APPROACH.
WE ANTICIPATE A PHASE TWO AND A PHASE THREE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEFINE THAT IN THIS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
THIS RFQ IS GOING TO GO OUT BASED OF EXPERIENCE AND ABILITY TO DO ALL THREE PHASES, BUT FOCUSED ON EVALUATING WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT THAT CONSULTANT WOULD COME UP WITH WITH ALL OF THAT INTERACTION COMBINED.
I THINK GRAIN OF SALT ON LOCAL ENGINEERS OR LOCAL PROVIDERS, BECAUSE MOST WE DO HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL VENDORS.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE CAVEAT TO THAT IS MOST OF OUR LARGE, EITHER NATIONAL OR STATEWIDE ENGINEERING FIRMS DO HAVE OFFICES INSIDE THE CITY OF AMARILLO.
JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE PERSPECTIVES.
WE HAVE WE HAVE A STANDING PRE-APPROVED LIST OF CONSULTANTS, HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO GO OUT AND ADVERTISE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ONE WILL BE UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE SCOPE OF THIS WOULD WE WOULD JUST ADVERTISE SEPARATELY FROM THE PRE-APPROVED LIST OR USE THAT.
BUT THE LOCALS AND THE NATIONALS ARE ON BOTH OF THOSE LISTS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND IT BASED OFF QUALIFICATIONS.
AND THIS IS HEAVY AND QUALIFICATIONS OF COMBINING STATE LAW WITH DEVELOPMENT, WITH LOCAL POLICIES AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO IT IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS TYPE OF TASK.
AND ONE OF THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS OF FINDING A COMPANY THAT HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH A CITY OF OUR SIZE, BUT THE COMPLEXITIES THAT COME WITH THE LARGER CITY.
SO WE DO HAVE LOCAL COMPANIES THAT CAN DO IT.
WE ALSO HAVE COMPANIES THAT THAT WILL APPLY, I'M SURE, THAT ARE NOT NOT SOLELY LOCAL.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO WEIGH ALL THOSE THINGS AS WE GET THOSE PROPOSALS IN.
COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TWO THINGS ALWAYS HATE ADDING THINGS TO YOUR LIST TO DO, BECAUSE I KNOW SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, YOU'RE A BUSY GUY, BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO MEET WITH FLOYD AND ANDREW, JUST TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, THE PRELIMINARY WORK OVER THE LAST PROBABLY 18 MONTHS.
I KNOW I HAVE WATCHED YOU GUYS DO BE INVOLVED IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT AND JUST LISTEN TO THE STEPS THAT THEY FOLLOW THROUGH.
BUT THEN I'M WONDERING, TOO, LIKE, HOW WOULD YOU STRUCTURE? BECAUSE WHILE THIS PROCESS IS GETTING STARTED, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY YOU COULDN'T.
YOU HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BUILDING COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY TARGETING, IS MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE HOUSING WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESS GROWTH AND THE REGIONAL GROWTH THAT WE HAVE COMING INTO THE CITY.
SO I WONDER WHAT'S ON THE TOP OF BUILDER'S MINDS AND THEY'LL DEFINITELY GET REPRESENTATION IF WE'RE MOVING TOWARD A CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE, REALTORS, BUILDERS, OTHER TYPE PEOPLE.
BUT I THINK WE COULD GET SPECIAL BENEFIT OUT OF A GROUP FORMED THROUGH YOUR RELATIONSHIPS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY THINKING WHILE THIS PROCESS IS COMING TOGETHER AND AND YOU'RE GETTING UP TO SPEED WITH FLOYD AND ANDREW, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TO DO THAT FOR US? YES, MAYOR, I'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT AND GET EDUCATED ON THAT AND TO STEAL A WORD FROM MR. MILLER HERE CONCURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH THE DIRECTION FREDA IS GOING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULDN'T RUN THESE CONCURRENT WHERE I'M GETTING UP TO DATE.
THESE REPORTS MAY COULD GO TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL IN THE WAY OF PHASE ONE.
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THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, STAFF IS ALREADY RECOMMENDING TO GO AND THEN WE'LL BE IN FRONT OF THE EIGHT BALL ON THIS DEAL INSTEAD OF BEHIND IT WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING OUT.I MEAN, WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS TO SHOOT AN EIGHT BALL FROM THE COUNCIL ROOM OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AT ALL.
IN SOME WAYS, I FEEL LIKE ONE GOT SHOT A WHILE AGO AND IT'S BEEN BOUNCING AROUND THE TABLE KNOCKING BALLS IN THE HOLE.
AND AND NOW WE'RE WE'RE THE ONES KIND OF LEFT HOLDING IT IN A HOUSING SHORTAGE, SAYING, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO FOR DECADES GOING FORWARD? AND AND WHEN WE WHEN WE FORM THIS COMMITTEE, I DO THINK WE NEED PEOPLE ON THERE WHO PERHAPS LIVE IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE CITY AND UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE DON'T CHANGE OUR POLICY, IT INCREASES THE BURDEN.
IT FALLS RIGHT ON OUR ON OUR PROPERTY TAX PAYER.
SO IT'S JUST BALANCING ALL OF THE VOICES AT THAT TABLE.
SO IF YOU THINK THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE AFTER MEETING WITH FLOYD AND ANDREW AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A GROUP OF BUILDERS OR WHOEVER YOU THINK NEEDS TO KIND OF KICK START THIS, I THINK I'M FINE WITH THAT.
AND I WOULD GUESS THAT COUNCIL WOULD BE OK WITH THAT.
HOWARD, WHAT DO YOU THINK? HOWARD MAY WANT TO DO THE SAME THING WITH THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION.
WELL, I'D SAY I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL FOUR YEARS, AND THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN THE MOST COMPLAINTS I'VE GOTTEN.
BECAUSE I'M A REALTOR BEING A REALTOR 41 YEARS, I HEAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.
ADDRESS THIS AND COME TO SOME CONCLUSIONS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED.
THE REALTORS DEFINITELY WILL WANT REPRESENTATION ON THE COMMITTEE.
THE BUILDERS WILL, MAYBE THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND [INAUDIBLE].
YOU KNOW, AS MAYOR PRO TEM FREDA'S POINT.
THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE RIGHTLY SIZED SO IT CAN DO THE WORK, BUT MAYBE THESE FEEDER COMMITTEES INTO THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO GENERATE A BROADER SCOPE OF IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS.
AND THEN OFF OF THAT COMMITTEE MIGHT COME ONE PERSON TO COME REPRESENTING THE INDUSTRY, THE REALTORS, THE BUILDERS, APARTMENT OWNERS.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO REACH OUT, HOWARD, ARE YOU WILLING TO REACH OUT TO THE REALTORS TO KIND OF START THIS? YES.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY WILLING TO REACH OUT TO THE BUILDING COMMUNITY.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MEET WITH ANDREW AND FLOYD AND THEN BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
OK, I THINK COUNCIL IT MIGHT BE GREAT IF WE COULD AGREE ON A YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING ARE INDUSTRY SPECIFIC WORKING GROUPS.
AND SO YOU'RE WANTING TO KNOW IDEAS.
STEERING QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, IT IS THERE REALLY NO LIMIT TO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE SEEKING, BUT I THINK THE BEST TERM FOR THOSE MIGHT BE WORKING GROUPS LEADING TOWARD.
INDUSTRY HAVING A SEAT AT THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE THAT WALKS THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE CONSULTANT.
AND I THINK THE TIMING ON ON THAT IS ACTUALLY OK.
CUZ Y'ALL CAN GET RIGHT TO THAT WORK WHILE WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THE SELECTION OF THE CONSULTANT, FLOYD, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT TIME FRAME LOOKS LIKE? HAS TRENT BLESSED IT? YOU KNOW, IT'LL HAVE TO GO TO TRENT'S BLESSING, BUT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE IN TWO TO THREE MONTHS HAVING THAT HERE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FOR A VOTE.
OK, YEAH, WE GOT PLENTY OF TIME THEN.
YEAH, I THINK Y'ALL HAVE GOT TIME TO DO THOSE.
I COULD ADD ONE GROUP THAT I THINK THE LENDING INSTITUTIONS MIGHT BE INVOLVED AS WELL AS A GROUP.
YEAH, OK, SO WE'RE TAKING NOTES ON THAT OTHER OTHER INDUSTRY GROUPS, COUNCIL THAT WERE THINKING ABOUT REALTORS, BUILDERS, BANKERS.
YOU SAID APARTMENT ASSOCIATION DEVELOPERS.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERSONS WE NEED TO INCLUDE AND WE ALSO NEED TO MANAGE THE NUMBER.
SO THAT IT'S A CAN BE A PRODUCTIVE PROCESS, BECAUSE AS YOU GROW, IT CAN GET A LITTLE BIT.
OK, COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU IF WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH A CONSULTANT, PERHAPS FROM WE WOULD HAVE A SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH ONE OF THOSE FIVE INDUSTRY GROUPS YOU JUST MENTIONED.
BUT IT MAY BE YOU'RE WORKING GROUPS WOULD SELECT THAT.
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BUT I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO BE THINKING ABOUT A SHORT LIST OF FOLKS THAT WE COULD THE FIVE OF US COULD EACH MAKE A SHORT LIST, SUBMIT THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THEM TO PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNITY, A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY WELL.SO, MAYOR, WHAT'S YOUR DEFINITION OF A SHORT LIST? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE A SHORT LIST.
YEAH, AGAIN, WHEN WHEN WE PUT THESE COMMITTEES TOGETHER, WE LOOK AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE WANT A VARIETY OF AGES, 20 YEAR-OLDS UP TO OLDER, A VARIETY OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY RESIDE IN, PEOPLE FROM EVERY QUADRANT OF THE CITY, A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES, WHETHER THAT'S INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE OR EVEN ETHNICITY.
AND SO THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO THE COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A LIST FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE CAN USE AS A RESOURCE TO BUILD THAT COMMITTEE, THE MORE NAMES YOU PUT ON THE LIST, THE I REALLY THINK THE MORE DIVERSE IT ALLOWS OUR COMMITTEE TO BE.
BUT YET WE WANT THOSE NAMES TO BE TIED TO INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S I YOU KNOW, WE'VE KIND OF BEEN DOING THIS FOR FOUR YEARS NOW.
I REALLY THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
MAJOR SUBCONTRACTORS SHOULD BE REPRESENTED.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
WHO ELSE DRIPPERS? CONCRETE WORK.
WE MISSING ANY SUBS COLE? THE ONLY PEOPLE WE'RE LEAVING OUT ARE ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN GATHER MOST OF THAT IN YOUR BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, DEVELOPERS GROUPS.
ANYTHING COME INTO YOUR MIND THAT WE'RE NOT THINKING OF? THE ONLY ONE I THOUGHT OF ON OUR LIST WAS OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES COULD BE INVOLVED, WATER DISTRICTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
DO YOU THINK THE WATER DISTRICT NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED? OK.
AND I KNOW THAT FLOYD ANDREW AND JARED HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH.
WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, AND I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO.
AT LEAST GIVE THEM VISIBILITY ABOUT ANY CHANGES WE'RE MAKING IN THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND, WE REALLY VALUE PARTNERSHIP HERE.
YOU KNOW, OUR CITY SITS ON TWO COUNTIES AND SITS CLOSE TO CANYON AND WE'RE DEVELOPING INTO EACH OTHER, SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO.
INCLUDE THEM IN THE PROCESS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY SITTING AT THE TABLE, THAT CERTAINLY THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY HAS IN MIND.
AND WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING POTTER COUNTY, RANDALL COUNTY AND CITY OF CANYON.
CANYON IS WORKING FORWARD ON SOMETHING ALREADY THAT WILL BE CONSISTENT, WHAT WE END UP CONSIDERING AS WELL IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, POTTER COUNTY AND RANDALL COUNTY, WE'LL BE WORKING, I BELIEVE AT LEAST INDICATIONS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE SIMILAR PROJECT.
WE INITIALLY HAD LOOKED AT A SINGLE PROJECT THAT WOULD HAVE ALL FOUR JURISDICTIONS PARTNERING TOGETHER ON IT.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE SO DIFFERENT, CITY OF AMARILLO AND CANYON ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN SIZE AND SCOPE.
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HOWEVER, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAN BE VERY SIMILAR.AGAIN, WITH POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTY, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE SIMILAR.
HOWEVER, OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM A COUNTY AUTHORITY WITH REGARD TO DEVELOPMENT AND A MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY WITH REGARD TO DEVELOPMENT.
SO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAD IT WAS SO DIFFICULT TO GET A ONE UNIFIED PROJECT TO ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE THOSE VERY DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS NEEDS.
WE'RE GOING TO INSTEAD WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY INSTEAD OF THROUGH THE SAME CONTRACT.
WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.
BUT WE CANNOT MAKE ANY I DON'T WANT TO WANT TO MAKE ANY TYPE OF STATEMENTS AS TO WHAT THEY WILL DO BECAUSE THEY WILL DECIDE WHAT THEY DO.
KNOW WE'RE AT A COURSE WHERE WE NEED TO, IN GOOD STEWARDSHIP, ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS GOING FORWARD.
AND TO THE EXTENT THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED, THEY'LL BE INVOLVED IN THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL.
COORDINATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THE END GOAL BEING THAT.
AND YOU PHRASED THIS BEST EARLIER THIS MORNING WHEN YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS, THE STANDARDS ARE COMPLIMENTARY SO THAT SOMEBODY DEVELOPING IN RANDALL COUNTY IS NOT GOING TO RUN AFOUL OF SOMETHING WHEN THEY GO TO AMARILLO IS NOT GOING TO RUN AFOUL OF SOMETHING WHEN THEY GO TO POTTER COUNTY OR CITY OF CANYON, THEY NEED TO BE COMPLIMENTARY STANDARDS.
SO THEN JARED, WHAT I HEAR IS THAT HOWARD IS GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE REALTORS ABOUT A WORKING GROUP, COLE GONNA REACH OUT TO THE BUILDERS ABOUT A WORKING GROUP.
YEAH, OK, SO WE MAY NEED TO REACH OUT OR AT LEAST DEVELOP A SYSTEM FOR REACHING OUT ON EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WE HAVE ON THE LIST.
LET ME REACH OUT TO DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS.
YOU WANT ALL THE SUBS? MM HMM.
SO WHAT THAT LEAVES COLE IS BANKS, THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
[INAUDIBLE] BE GLAD TO REACH OUT TO THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.
SO IF Y'ALL WOULD WHATEVER Y'ALL FIND AS FAR AS NAMES OR RECOMMENDATIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT JUST IF YOU CAN, WHETHER IT'S FIVE, 10 OR HOWEVER MANY SUBMIT THOSE TO ME AND WE'LL COMPILE AND COLLATE ALL THAT, MAYOR.
MAYBE LOOKING AT HAVING NAMES BACK IN 30 DAYS OR SO.
THAT GIVES TIME TO DO SOME WORKING GROUP, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE STARTING TO WORK ON THIS SO THEIR JUICES GET TO FLOWING AND THINKING ABOUT IT AND.
GIVES Y'ALL TIME TO DO WORKING GROUP MEETINGS IF YOU WANT.
CERTAINLY, IF YOU WANT ANY CITY STAFF WITH YOU IN THOSE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS, SOMEBODY TO TAKE NOTES OR ANSWER QUESTIONS I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA FOR STAFF TO BE AVAILABLE.
OK, BUT WE'RE TARGETING A 30 DAY.
TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT, 10 NAMES FROM THIS GROUP? YEAH, WELL, I WANT 10 NAMES FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND THEN IDEALLY OFF OF THIS BIG GROUP OF INDUSTRY REPS, WE WOULD HAVE ONE NAME.
I'M GLAD WE'RE CLARIFYING THAT, HOWARD, FROM THE REALTORS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE ONE NAME AND THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE ON YOUR LIST.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE EACH COUNCIL PERSON HAS.
A PERSON OR TWO AT THE TABLE ALONG WITH THESE INDUSTRY REPS, AND THAT IT REPRESENTS CITYWIDE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SAY FROM THE REALTORS WORKING GROUP, THESE THREE PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE, PROBABLY ONE OF THEM THERE WOULD BE ROOM FOR ON THE COMMITTEE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SIZABLE COMMITTEE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD LAND IT SOMEWHERE AROUND 15, I THINK THAT WOULD BE WORKABLE.
BUT STILL REPRESENTING A LOT OF OUR CITY.
SO, YOU WANT TO? Y'ALL SUGGEST ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY? YOU WANT US TO HAVE A WORKING GROUP MEETING? YES.
TO LISTEN, TO CAST OUT THE VISION FOR WHAT'S COMING WITH THE CONSULTANT AND TO SAY AS WE'RE GETTING STARTED, WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS? WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS? WHAT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STEER THE CONSULTANT TO OR STEER THE CONSULTANT AWAY FROM?
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SO THIS IS THEIR CHANCE TO KIND OF THROW IN THROW ANYTHING OUT THERE.THAT'S WHAT I HEARD YOU ASKING FOR, COLE.
IN THE WAY OF IF WE GET THE CONSULTANT FIRST AND THEN WE GO AND WE KIND OF GET OUR DIRECTION AND THEN WE GO SIT DOWN WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE THINK.
WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL.
SO THIS WAY, IF WE GO OUT AND GET PEOPLE THAT CAN COME AND SIT DOWN AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I RAN INTO LAST TIME, THESE ARE THE ISSUES WE ALWAYS RUN INTO, YOU KNOW, HEY, I HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW WE COULD WORK TOGETHER.
THEN WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THOSE BACK TO THE CONSULTANT AND DEVELOP A BETTER PLAN.
OK, SO WORKING GROUPS GOING TO BRING BACK A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND IDEAS.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN AGENDA WHEN WE MEET WITH THOSE WORKING GROUPS OTHER THAN FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROCESS IS ABOUT TO START.
IT WILL INVOLVE A CONSULTANT AND WE REALLY WANT THEM TO BE A PART OF IT.
AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE LIMITED IN HOW THEY INTERACT OR BRING VALUE TO THE PROCESS.
YEAH, OK, THEN, AN ADDITION TO THE WORKING GROUP FEEDBACK.
LOOKING FOR A LIST OF PEOPLE NAMES, CITIZENS THAT YOU THINK WOULD DO A GOOD JOB SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE, AND THERE CAN BE OVERLAP, BUT NEED THAT FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.
YEAH, FLOYD, ANDREW, DOES THAT WORK ON Y'ALLS TIMETABLE? OK, GOOD.
I THINK THIS IS WE'RE HEADED IN A GOOD DIRECTION ON THIS THEN.
THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
ANYTHING ELSE JARED? OK, MOVING ON TO ITEM ONE G REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING ON OUTSIDE
[1.G. Reports from City Councilmembers serving on Outside Boards]
BOARDS.WE WILL PASS OVER PARKS AND REC AND BEAUTIFICATION UNTIL DR.
DO WE, HOWARD, HAVE A REPORT FROM LGC? YES, WE MET THIS LAST WEEK AND BRIEFLY, LAURA STORRS PRESENTED, IMMA CALL IT A ROUGH DRAFT OF BUDGET, WE DID QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL IT'LL BE TWEAKED IN THE NEXT MEETING.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE ADOPTING A BUDGET.
AND THEN WE HEARD REPORTS FROM TONY [INAUDIBLE] DEALING WITH THE BALLPARK.
HAD THE MANAGER OF THE HOTEL THERE.
HEARD ABOUT THE PARKING GARAGE ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED A LOT THERE BECAUSE OF THE BALL GAMES.
HOTELS HAVE A VERY GOOD BUSINESS FILLED UP.
I HAVE A SON CAME AND TRIED TO GET A PLACE AT THE HOTEL AND COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE THEY WERE FILLED UP.
BUT TONY [INAUDIBLE]'S PLEASED WITH THE ATTENDANCE AT THE BALL GAMES, NOT THE RECORD OF THE TEAM YET.
BUT THAT'S THE GIST OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE BUDGET OR SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR? WE'LL FIND OUT NEXT MONTH.
LAURA IS HOLDING YOU IN SUSPENSE.
OK, ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL FOR HOWARD ABOUT THAT? HOWARD, YOU WANT TO DO PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY? I WILL.
THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE SAFETY COMMITTEE MET JUNE 21ST FOR REGULAR MEETING.
THAT WE HEARD A REPORT FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT ON HIGH ACCIDENT LOCATIONS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND GIVE MORE INFORMATION.
DEVELOPING SOME LOCATIONS WHERE WE NEED CROSSINGS AT AMARILLO BOULEVARD.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TXDOT IS IN CHARGE OF AMARILLO BOULEVARD.
AND SO THEY'RE PLANNING ON PUTTING CROSSING GUARDS AT THREE PLACES, INTERSECTION NORTH GARFIELD, NORTH ARTHUR AND AMARILLO BOULEVARD.
NORTH ROBERTS AND NORTH WILSON AND AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND NORTH [INAUDIBLE] STREET, SO WE'RE GLAD TO GET THOSE.
THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND OUT FROM A PREVIOUS REPORT FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT MET ACCIDENTS.
A CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO DO THOSE, AND SO THEY'LL BE STARTING WON'T BE.
PUT OUT NORTH CULTURE FROM FAIRWAY DRIVE TO LOOP THREE THIRTY FIVE.
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FROM INTERSTATE 40 TO THE NORTH, BIKE LANES CONNECTING JULIAN TO 15TH, 15TH TO JOHNSON AND JOHNSON TO HODGETOWN.BIKE LANES CONNECTING RAILS TO TRAILS, HODGETOWN ON 7TH AND 8TH.
SO WE HADN'T GOT THEM ALL MARKED WITH THE BICYCLE LOGO ON THERE YET, BUT WE HEADED THAT WAY.
WE WANT TO GET MORE PEOPLE RIDE BICYCLE TO BALL GAMES.
SO WE COVER A LOT OF TERRITORY.
RELATED TO THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE MPO YESTERDAY APPROVED THE MULTIMODAL PLAN FOR THE CITY.
SO I THINK THAT WILL BE COMING SOON TO MAYBE YOUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT.
AND COUNCIL IS GETTING A COPY OF THAT, I THINK, JENNY.
THANKS, JENNY, FOR PASSING THAT OUT.
IT'S, GOOD, SOMEWHAT TECHNICAL, BUT IT HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN OUR CITY, WHETHER YOU ARE A BIKER OR A WALKER OR JUST SOMEBODY WHO IS CURIOUS ABOUT CRASH DATA AND TRAFFIC DATA IN THE CITY.
THIS THIS PLAN YOU WILL FIND VERY INTERESTING.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE MPO AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SUGGESTED IN THIS NEW PLAN.
BUT IT DEFINITELY WILL BRING AS TXDOT CONTINUES TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT OUR LOOP 335.
RIGHT, RELEVANT TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, HOWARD, AND WANTING MORE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO BIKE SAFELY, THIS PLAN ALLOWS THEM TO DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR LOOP 335, A HIKE AND BIKE PATH THAT FOLLOWS THE LOOP, BUT IT DOESN'T SHARE THE SAME.
IT'S A SEPARATE PATH THAT'S SEPARATE FROM TRAFFIC FLOW.
SO IT ONLY TOOK THREE YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WORKING ON IT, BUT I WANT TO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO [INAUDIBLE] AND TRAVIS [INAUDIBLE] AND JUST THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE AND PUT IN BEHIND THIS PLAN, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR TXDOT PARTNERS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THIS CHANGES OUR CITY FOR THE BETTER.
I NEEDED SOMETHING ELSE TO READ.
ONE MORE THING TO PUT ON COLE'S NIGHTSTAND.
I'M SURE SHILOH'S GETTING TIRED OF ALL THE CITY THINGS THAT ARE STACKED UP TO READ THERE.
I'M GLAD MY CITY, MY MY FAMILY STILL TEASES ME WHEN, I DON'T KNOW, FIRST MONTH OR TWO I WAS ON COUNCIL.
THEY OVERHEARD ME SAY ON THE PHONE, EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN SOLID WASTE.
AND SO THAT'S A BIG JOKE IN MY FAMILY, IS THEY STILL GO BACK AROUND TO THE THINGS THAT EXCITE ME.
MY ISSUE IS YOU CAN'T SIT IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY TRUCK ANYMORE.
THERE'S TOO MANY THREE RING BINDERS.
OK, COLE, I'M GOING TO THROW IT TO YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE IS IS STILL NEW AND GETTING GOING AND HAD A COUPLE GOOD MEETINGS REALLY TRYING TO WORK OUT A GOOD VISION AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS, OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND BEING ABLE TO PARTNER AND WORK TOGETHER, INCENTIVIZE BOTH DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS, SELLERS ON ONE SIDE AND BUYERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY TO CAST A VISION FOR HOMEOWNERS.
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE RENTERS.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE MULTIFAMILY SPECIFICALLY NOT SAYING THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN, BUT REALLY LOOKING FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP.
AND SO KIND OF THE FOUR PILLARS THAT WE'VE OUTLINED HERE IS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OBVIOUSLY IS HELPING TO DRIVE THIS.
AND WE ARE IN THE FOREFRONT OF TRYING TO HELP CRAFT THIS ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LENDER SIDE AND THE SELLER SIDE TOGETHER, BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE MARKET THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HIT IS YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN PAY THE MONTHLY COST OF OWNING THAT HOUSE, BUT THEY EITHER CAN'T QUALIFY BECAUSE OF BAD CREDIT OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE CASH DOWN OR THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE IN THEIR WAY.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THEM FROM BEING A HOMEOWNER.
SO BRINGING CDFI, I BELIEVE, IS IF I GET THOSE.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT A FEW THINGS.
SOME OF OUR LOCAL BANKS ARE HELPING AND WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO OVERCOME SOME OF THE HURDLES THAT WE SEE IN THESE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT KEEP THEM FROM DEVELOPING
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AND UTILIZING SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT DOESN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT JARED WAS TALKING ABOUT AND GOING TWO OR THREE MILES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, BUT REVITALIZING THESE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, ON THE OTHER SIDE.YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HAVE THE BUYER IN MIND AND WE HAVE THE NEIGHBOR IN MIND.
SO WE'RE THINKING NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE THINKING THE BUYER, HOMEOWNER.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO HELP DEVELOPER, BUILDER, SELLER, AND THE CITY'S REALLY TRYING TO HELP CRAFT THIS.
AND SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS TOGETHER, LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD PEOPLE INVOLVED THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING A LOT OF CONTEXT TO IT AND OUTLINE SOME CHALLENGES WE'LL OVERCOME A LOT OF THESE BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS SO THAT THEN WHEN WE DO HAVE SOMETHING READY TO PRESENT, IT'S VERY DOABLE.
IT'S NOT JUST A, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PICKED OUT.
Y'ALL GO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU CAN BUILD A HOUSE OVER THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY CAME DIRECTLY OUT OF THE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS MEETING THAT WE HAD END OF MAY, 1ST OF JUNE TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING AND OUR NEED FOR HOUSING IN THE CITY, WHETHER THAT'S A BRAND NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN OR IT'S AN INFILL PROJECT IN AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS STRUGGLED TO ATTRACT NEW BUILDING AND NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANTED TO LISTEN TO THOSE VOICES AND CONCERNS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING.
AND SO THIS HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE IS A IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY AND I SERVING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT HOW CAN WE ENCOURAGE INFILL DEVELOPMENT IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.
I THOUGHT YOU DID A GREAT JOB SUMMARIZING IT.
COLE AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE IT WON'T TAKE THREE YEARS, BUT IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO BETWEEN POINT A AND POINT B.
SO JUST SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ABOUT SIX WEEKS ON IT AND I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE OR THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE SO FAR? NO.
ITEM ONE H REQUEST FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
[1.H. Request future agenda items and reports from City Manager.]
SOME REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER.ANYBODY HAVE SOMETHING FOR A FUTURE AGENDA? ENVIRONMENTAL TASKFORCE.
OK, MET COULDN'T GET A REPORT.
I DIDN'T HEAR THAT, HOWARD, WHAT'D YOU SAY? ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE.
COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY, YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF CHALLENGED TO OUTWORK HOWARD SMITH; HE SERVES ON MORE SUBCOMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES--I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL RIVALS HIM TOO, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE UP TO THE TASK.
WELL, NO, HOWARD'S JUST GETTING HIS STRIDE, TOO.
ANYBODY ELSE? OK, YES, BATHROOM BREAK.
OK, Y'ALL READY TO GO AGAIN? WE'LL START WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA, ANYTHING, COUNCIL, THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE
[2. CONSENT ITEMS]
PULLED OFF FOR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NOTHING I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE: AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH A 4-0 VOTE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM 3A, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A FIRST READING FOR AN
[3.A. CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO. TEXAS AMENDING THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE. TITLE IV. CHAPTER 4.6. ARTICLE III. DIVISION 4. SECTIONS 4.6.153 TO 158 FOR REGULATION OF EMBLEMS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES: PROVIDING FOR A SERVERABLIITY: PROVIDING FOR REPEALER: AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.]
ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND OUR MUNICIPAL CODE WITH REGARD TO EMBLEMS FOR A WATER TOWER ON ROUTE 66.HI, MAYOR, WE'VE GOT ANDREW FREEMAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND SPECIAL PROJECTS, TO PRESENT THE ITEM.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME CITIZENS WHO HAVE PERSEVERED TO THIS POINT IN THE MEETING TO BE HERE FOR THIS ITEM.
SO THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION AT THE END OF MAY ON SOME FEEDBACK RECEIVED ON HOW TO BEST PROCESS THESE REQUESTS THAT WE STARTED TO RECEIVE AS FAR AS EMBLEMS ON WATER TOWERS.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE THAT TOOK THE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND TRIED TO ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS WE HEARD FROM THAT MEETING.
SOME OF THE MAJOR ONES WE DID INCLUDE THAT IT WOULD GO TO THE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD FOR A RECOMMENDATION BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
IT'LL CONSIDER THE COLOR OF THE TOWER, COLOR OF THE EMBLEM, SIZE OF THE EMBLEM AND OTHER FACTORS APPROPRIATE FOR THE SIZE AND SCALE OF THE WATER TOWER TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS APPROPRIATE.
AND THEN AS PART OF THE PROCESS, CITY STAFF WILL EVALUATE MATERIALS, USED EXPECTED LIFESPAN, AND ALSO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR WHEN THE EMBLEM WOULD NEED TO BE
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REPAINTED OR REPLACED TO MAKE SURE IT STILL LOOKS GOOD.ALSO, THERE IS A FOLLOWING CRITERIA.
IT WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL OF AMARILLO SUCH AS THE CITY LOGO OR REPRESENT CULTURAL OR HISTORICAL THEMES OF NATIONAL HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT CAN FURTHER THE GOAL OF CITY BRANDING, TOURISM OR COMMUNITY PRIDE AS PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME OTHER MINOR CHANGES INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE, ONE OF THEM IN PARTICULAR BEING THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND NOTIFICATION, MORE OF AN OPTIONAL PROCESS NOW, UNLIKE STREET RENAMING WHERE IT'S MORE PERSONAL AFFECTING SOMEONE'S ADDRESS, THIS ONE'S NAMING A FACILITY OR WATER TOWER EMBLEM IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
KIND OF TAKE THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
IF WE HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION NEWSPAPER PROCESS, WHILE IT'S BEING REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OR CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE'VE GOT IT ON TODAY'S AGENDA FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, AND FIRST READING AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANDREW, WOULD THIS EFFECT LIKE IF PARKS AND REC WANTED TO START A PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE COULD ADOPT AMENITIES, PARK BENCHES, WHATEVER, AND BY ADOPT I MEAN PAY FOR, WOULD THAT WOULD THIS POLICY GOVERN THAT? SO THIS ONE FIT INTO MORE OF PARKS AND BUILDINGS AND LIKE ROOMS WITHIN A BUILDING.
IT DOESN'T REALLY COME INTO, SAY, AS FAR AS LIKE DONATING A TREE OR A PARK BENCH TO THE SMALLER, SMALLER ITEMS. BUT IF IT'S RENAMING A ROOM AT CITY HALL OR THE NAME OF CITY HALL, THIS ORDINANCE APPLIES TO THOSE.
OK, SO THAT ONE'S NOT REALLY TOUCHED ON.
MAYOR, IF I MIGHT, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IS ADOPTING POLICIES TO START ALLOWING FOR THE NAMING OR SPONSORSHIP OF AMENITIES AS A MEASURE TO TRY TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO OFFSET EXPENSES WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM.
SO THEY'VE STARTED TO DO THAT AT LIKE THE TENNIS CENTER AND SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS.
SO IT'S IN ITS INFANCY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE INTERNALLY WORKING ON SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS RELATED TO THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD, KEVIN, IF WE COULD IF COUNCIL MAYBE COULD GET SOME JUST INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND IDEALLY A MENU THAT WE CAN START PUTTING OUT TO CITIZENS THAT SAY IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WANT TO HONOR SOMEONE OR HERE'S WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I'LL GO WITH MICHAEL AND WE'LL GET YOU AN UPDATE TO BE SENT OUT TO THE COUNCIL.
BACK TO ANDREW'S PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? OK, THANK YOU, ANDREW.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON AGENDA ITEM 3A.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST THIS MATTER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE PODIUM TO DO SO.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TODAY.
SEE, NO ONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 3A.
YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE FOUR CHAPTER 4-6, ARTICLE THREE, DIVISION FOUR, SECTIONS 4-6-153 TO 158 FOR REGULATION OF EMBLEMS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE AS IT RELATES TO THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WITH REGARD TO AGENDA ITEM 3A.
ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE: AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 4-0 VOTE.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE, [INAUDIBLE] AND STAYING THE WHOLE TIME, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE SAN JACINTO COMMUNITY ARE DOING TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
OK, ITEM THREE B IS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING WITH REGARD TO APPROVING THE 2021-2022
[3.B. CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE 202112022 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.]
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.HERE WE HAVE STEFANIE RODARTE-SUTO, ASSISTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE REQUIRED APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO BE SUBMITTED TO HUD BY AUGUST 16TH IN ORDER TO ACTIVATE OUR ANNUAL FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP GRANT.
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THE ALLOCATION FOR THIS YEAR, AS NOTED, IS FOR THE CBG, IS ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE HOME PARTNERSHIP GRANT IS SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS.WE OPENED TO THE NOFO IN APRIL AND CLOSED OUR NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY THIRTY DAYS LATER IN MAY.
[INAUDIBLE] MET ON JUNE 8TH AND 10TH TO APPROVE THE ALLOCATIONS.
THE DEPARTMENT MADE ALLOCATIONS [INAUDIBLE] HAD THEIR OPEN HEARINGS AND DECIDED DETERMINED THOSE ALLOCATIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
THE 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD HAS CONCLUDED.
AND SO I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF [INAUDIBLE]'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? STEPHANIE? I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE WITH US TODAY YOUR BOARD CHAIR, LILIA ESCAJEDA, WHO IS A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND LILIA, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE ON THE BOARD.
VERY MUCH SO APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU'VE COMMITTED TO BE HERE TODAY JUST TO REPRESENT THIS PLAN.
OH, YES, MA'AM, WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR [INAUDIBLE] HERE TODAY, AND WE DO APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT THEY TAKE TO COME AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE ALLOCATION GIVEN TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY EACH YEAR.
WHO ELSE IS HERE THAT SERVES ON THAT BOARD? JUST RAISE YOUR HAVE IF YOU WANT TO.
THANK YOU, LADIES, BOTH VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME SERVING.
OK, AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AND ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON, OR AGAINST ITEM 3B WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, SEEING NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 3B.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION BEFORE THE 2021-2022 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP, ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH WE WOULD ALLOCATE ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND FUNDING SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS IN THE HOME FUNDING GRANT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEMP POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE CDBG AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE: AYE.
ANY OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH A 4-0 VOTE.
ITEM THREE B IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 FOR THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
CITY MANAGER? AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT JUMPING INTO THIS EARLIER FOR YOU.
IF IT'S POSSIBLE, WE HAVE A GUEST HERE WHO NEEDS TO CATCH A PLANE, WHO'S ONE OF THE APPLICANTS THAT KEVIN IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT.
SO IF WE CAN MOVE 3F UP TO BE CONSIDERED PRIOR TO 3C, THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ONE OF OUR ATTENDEES WHO NEEDS TO CATCH A PLANE.
OKAY, COUNCIL, ANY ISSUES WITH DOING THAT? JUST GOT A TEXT FROM KEVIN CARTER ON THAT.
[3.F. CONSIDER PROJECT # 21.01.03 (UTILITIES) - TORKWORX]
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP TO ITEM THREE F, WHICH IS PROJECT 21-01-03 TORKWORK.HI, HOW ARE YOU? WHAT AN EXCITING DAY.
IF YOU GET YOUR BUDGET APPROVED, YOU MEAN? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
[CHUCKLING] WELL, HOPEFULLY THESE THREE PROJECTS HELP US GET THAT DONE.
SO THIS IS TO CONSIDER AN APPROVAL FOR A LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND TORKWORKS LP.
TORKWORKS L.P IS AN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL BOLTING SERVICE AND SUPPLY COMPANY WITH A FOCUS ON THE POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY, SPECIFICALLY WIND, SOLAR GAS AND STEAM TURBINES.
TORKWORKS HAS CREATED A UNIQUE BUSINESS MODEL TO SERVICE THAT INDUSTRY.
THEY HAVE PURCHASED A NEW FACILITY HERE IN THE AMARILLO COMMUNITY AND WANT TO LOCATE UP TO 80 NEW WIND SERVICE TECHNICIANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THEY HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH US, PROVIDED YOUR APPROVAL TO AEDC WOULD PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE OF 960000 FOR NEW JOB CREATION.
THAT'S 12000 PER JOB FOR THOSE 80 JOBS.
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ACCORDING TO OUR INCENTIVE GUIDELINE, THOSE JOBS WOULD PAY AT LEAST THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY.AND SO ACCORDING TO THE INCENTIVE GUIDELINE, THAT WOULD QUALIFY THEM FOR TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER JOB.
ALSO A RELOCATION INCENTIVE OF 200000 TO ATTRACT NEW TALENT TO OUR AREA.
SO THIS IS A WAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GROWTH IN THE CITY GROWTH DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS WHERE WE CAN HELP AS AN ORGANIZATION WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GROW BECAUSE THAT TALENT IS CURRENTLY NOT AT LEAST TRAINED YET HERE.
THEY HAVE MET WITH AMARILLO COLLEGE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT REINVIGORATING THEIR WIND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL MODEL AND ARE CERTAINLY WILLING TO TAKE THOSE GRADUATES THAT GO THROUGH THAT PLAN WITH AMARILLO COLLEGE.
SO IT'S A WAY TO GROW A NEW INDUSTRY HERE IN AMARILLO AND THEN ALSO BRING SOME FOLKS FROM OUTSIDE OF TOWN TO HELP WITH THE INITIAL SERVICING OF THIS INDUSTRY.
OUR GUEST HERE IS KEVIN CORLEY WITH TORKWORKS THERE, CURRENTLY HEADQUARTERED IN SPRING, TEXAS.
AND WE ARE CERTAINLY GLAD TO HAVE KEVIN WITH US TODAY AND ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT TORKWORKS BRINGS TO THE AMARILLO AREA.
OUR BOARD DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT.
THEY VOTED ON THAT ON A 5-0 VOTE ON JULY 19TH TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
WOULD CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE COUNCIL.
I'D LOVE IT IF KEVIN WANTED TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND JUST TELL US ABOUT WHAT WAS ATTRACTIVE ABOUT AMARILLO OR HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB, EVEN, ATTRACTING.
TORKWORKS IS LOCATED IN SPRING, TEXAS, AND WE'VE TAKEN A GOOD, HARD LOOK AT SEVERAL COMMUNITIES.
AMARILLO APPEARS TO US TO BE GIVEN THE LOCATION AND OUR CURRENT DIRECTION TO MOVE INTO THE WIND INDUSTRY.
THAT AND THE AMARILLO COLLEGE CAN PROVIDE US WITH GOOD LABOR, TO KIND OF SUPPORT OUR BASE WHICH SEEMS TO BE CHALLENGING MORE AND MORE, YOU KNOW, THE COVID SITUATION.
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY EXCITED TO COME HERE AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE REALLY, REALLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
WE KNOW THAT YOUR EMPLOYEES TO BE HAPPY TO BE HERE, ANYBODY THAT RELOCATES TO OUR CITY, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO WELCOME THEM AND LOVE HAVING THEIR FAMILIES HERE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND JUST PART OF THE AMARILLO COMMUNITY.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEM.
WELL, THAT'S THE MESSAGE KEVIN AND HIS TEAM HAS BROUGHT TO US.
AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO CONVEY THAT MESSAGE BACK TO YOU GUYS THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, WANT TO BE AN ACTIVE CONTRIBUTOR.
WELL, YOU CAN TELL WE'RE WORKING ON HOUSING.
WE'RE WORKING ON ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE.
SO, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR PICKING AMARILLO.
COUNCIL, ANYTHING ELSE? OTHER QUESTIONS? ONE THING I MIGHT ADD, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE INCENTIVE WOULD BE PAID OUT OVER 10 YEARS AND IT WOULD BE PAID AS PERFORMANCE IS DONE.
SO IT WOULD BE PAID EVERYTHING WOULD BE PAID IN ARREARS ON THIS AS THEY PERFORM IN THAT STANDARD, RIGHT KEVIN? YES, MA'AM.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THOSE VARIABLES IN THE NEXT PROJECT.
BUT IN THIS CASE, IT WILL BE PAID IN AS THEY PERFORM.
OKAY, DO HAVE MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3F? YES, WE DO, MAYOR.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND TORKWORKS WITH A JOB CREATION INCENTIVE OF $960000 AND A RELOCATION INCENTIVE OF $200000 TO ATTRACT NEW TALENT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH OR ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, COUNCIL? OK, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE: AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 4-0 VOTE.
OK, LET'S BACK UP TO THE BUDGET, ITEM 3C.
[3.C. CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 202112022 FOR THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.]
MR. CITY MANAGER OR KEVIN CARTER HAS SOMEBODY HE'S APPOINTING TO DO IT? NO, THIS IS KEVIN AGAIN.KEVIN COMES FOR THE FUN STUFF? HE'S GOING TO MAKE DOUG DO THE BUDGET? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
[CHUCKLING] THIS IS PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET COUNCIL NEEDS TO APPROVE THE BUDGET EACH YEAR PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY'S BUDGET.
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SO, KEVIN.YES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I BRING TO YOU BEFORE YOU OUR BUDGET.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LOADED ON THE SCREEN.
WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS JUST A SUMMARY PAGE OF OUR BUDGET REQUESTS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM FISCAL YEAR 17-18, ALL THE WAY UP TO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 AND 22, TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR US OF ONE POINT SEVEN, ONE FOUR MILLION.
THAT'S ABOUT A FOUR PERCENT INCREASE.
IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR, WE DID NOT ASK FOR AN INCREASE.
THAT'S THE FIRST INCREASE IN TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR.
AND PART OF THAT FOUR PERCENT IS THAT WE DID ADD TWO NEW STAFF MEMBERS LAST YEAR.
ONE WAS A REPLACEMENT AND ONE WAS A TOTALLY NEW POSITION THAT WE ADDED.
I WILL TELL YOU THE TWO NEW ADDITIONS TO OUR TEAM.
ONE CAME LAST AUGUST AND ONE CAME IN OCTOBER.
AND THEY HAVE JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND COULD NOT BE MORE THRILLED WITH THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE OVER AT THE AEDC.
MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS AN INCREASE OF $50000 OR A SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE.
WE THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO REALLY MARKET OUR CITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JUST BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT CLIMATE IN CERTAIN STATES.
WE CERTAINLY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HOT MARKET THAT AMARILLO IS.
THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND OTHER PLACES FOLKS MAY NOT SAY THAT AS MUCH ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WORKING ON TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT SITUATION AND MARKETING AMARILLO TO THOSE COMMUNITIES IN OTHER STATES.
AND SO WE ARE ASKING FOR A SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE.
ALSO, WE DID NOT ASK FOR AN INCREASE LAST YEAR IN THAT PART OF THE BUDGET.
SO TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND MARKETING, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TWO POINT FOUR SIX FOUR MILLION OVER LAST YEAR WAS TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED FORTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED.
THAT'S A FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT ELEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT OF OPERATING COST ON OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS A VERY LEAN ORGANIZATION WHEN YOU LOOK AT ORGANIZATIONS AND WE'RE RUNNING ON ELEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT OPERATING, THAT ALLOWS US TO USE THE OTHER 88 PERCENT FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND INCENTIVES FOR COMPANIES COMING IN.
AND SO VERY EXCITED TO KEEP THAT LOW.
TOTAL PROJECT SUPPORT THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THAT.
LAST YEAR WAS 800000 AS THE YEAR BEFORE.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE ASKING FOR ONE POINT FOUR MILLION.
WITH THAT INCREASE, THERE'S $600000 THAT WE WOULD PUT BACK INTO THE ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE.
THE WEST TEXAS ENTERPRISE CENTER HAS ASKED US TO REVIVE THAT PROGRAM AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THE LOCAL BANKS ARE NOW GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT DECISION MAKING.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT BETTER.
IT WAS ALREADY GREAT FOR THE FIRST TWENTY FOUR YEARS THAT WE HAD IT; WE TOOK A TWO YEAR HIATUS.
THIS WILL BE THE TWENTY FIFTH ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER THAN IT HAS BEEN.
AND THERE'S SOME NEW THINGS GOING ON WITH THAT.
AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND TO PARTNER WITH THE ENTERPRISE CENTER TO REVIVE THE ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE.
AGAIN, THAT MODEL HAS BEEN AROUND FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE THAT HAVE COPIED THAT PROGRAM.
AND SO WE'RE EVEN GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE A BETTER PROGRAM THAN IT HAS BEEN.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT REVIVING THAT PROGRAM.
AND THAT WOULD BE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT ONE POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN PROJECT SUPPORT.
SO, A GRAND TOTAL BUDGET OF THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX DOLLARS.
CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT THREE PAGES.
THAT JUST PRETTY MUCH IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE SUMMARY THAT I WENT OVER, BUT CERTAINLY WOULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
KEVIN, WHAT WAS YOUR PREVIOUS INVESTMENT IN THE WT ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE? IT'S THE SAME INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE HAD FOR PROBABLY THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS.
IT'S BEEN THE 600000, THE LAST 10 MINUS THE LAST TWO THAT WE TOOK A HIATUS ON.
SO THAT NUMBER HAS NOT GONE UP.
AND TO BREAK THAT DOWN, 500000 GOES TO THE RECIPIENTS AND THEN WE PAY THE ENTERPRISE CENTER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IN THAT HUNDRED THOUSAND IS MARKETING THEIR MANAGEMENT, SOME COACHING FOR THE WINNERS.
AND SO 500000 TO THE RECIPIENTS AND 100000 TO THE ENTERPRISE CENTER FOR MANAGING THAT PROGRAM.
IS THAT ROUGHLY 10 DIFFERENT BUSINESSES ON AVERAGE? IT CAN BE.
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THE LAST TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WERE SIX WINNERS IN THAT.AND THE JUDGES ONLY DECIDED TO GIVE FOUR HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND AWAY.
SO TWO YEARS AGO, IT WAS A FIVE HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR INVESTMENT AND NOT THE WHOLE 600.
THOSE JUDGES REALLY SCRUTINIZE THOSE BUSINESS PLANS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE AWARDED IS GOING TO GO TO WHAT.
AND THEN AND THEN DOUG AND THE FINANCE TEAM DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WIN THE CHALLENGE STILL UPHOLD THE THING THAT YOU'VE GOT TO BE A PRIMARY JOB PROVIDER.
APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH IS BROUGHT IN TO AEDC ANNUALLY? TYPICALLY THAT NUMBER HAS JUST HOVERED RIGHT UNDER 20 MILLION.
THIS YEAR WITH SALES TAX GOING THROUGH THE ROOF, WE SEE THAT NUMBER, WE'RE GOING TO REACH 21 MILLION.
WE'VE NEVER REACHED 20 MILLION.
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BLOW PAST THAT THIS MONTH.
AND WE WENT AHEAD AND TOOK A CONSERVATIVE BUDGET AND JUST KEPT IT AT 21 MILLION WITH NO INCREASE.
AND SO THAT'S THE NUMBER WE'RE USING FOR REVENUE.
WE THINK IT'LL BE LARGER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY.
SO DO YOU THINK, KEVIN, THAT ENTERPRISE CENTER IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WERE PARTICIPATING IN WHEN YOU TOOK A BREAK, HOW TO RESTRUCTURE THE PROGRAM FOR--ENTERPRISE CENTER ASKED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THAT JUST JUST TO SEE IF WE COULD REVAMP IT, AND KYLA AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF INCORPORATING THE BANKS.
THERE'S THREE BANKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT, WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE IN A THREE YEAR ROTATING BASIS, WHICH BANK IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED AND THIS YEAR, SO WE'VE MET WITH THE FIRST BANK THAT'S UP IN THE ROTATION AND THEY'RE DEVELOPING THAT.
WE'RE STILL KIND OF DEVELOPING THAT PLAN AS FAR AS HOW THAT FOR SURE IS GOING TO WORK.
WELL, WE THINK IT'S GOING TO STRENGTHEN SOME OF THOSE NEWER BUSINESSES THAT MAY NOT HAVE THAT BANKING RELATIONSHIP YET.
IT GIVES THEM A BANKING RELATIONSHIP ON THESE BUSINESSES.
AND SO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT BETTER PROGRAM.
AND IT JUST ENORTH HEIGHTSANCES THAT PROGRAM, HAVING THAT BANKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WINNERS AND FOR US AND FOR THE ENTERPRISE CENTER.
BUT YOU WOULD THINK THAT YEAR OVER YEAR THAT'S A PROGRAM YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY COMMITTED TO? ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK IT I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME REALLY HUGE SUCCESS STORIES.
ENTERPRISE CENTER HAD THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION LAST WEEK.
AND WHEN YOU WALKED IN, THERE WERE 10 OF THOSE WINNERS THAT WERE ON THESE BIG PLAQUES.
AND I MEAN, YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, A COUPLE OF THEM HAVING DONE THIS, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE WINNERS OF THE ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE.
LIKE, WOW, THEY'RE BIG COMPANY NOW.
AND THEY STARTED OUT AS WINNERS OF THE ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE AND IN THE SUCCESS THAT THEY'VE HAD FROM JUST RECEIVING, YOU KNOW, FUNDS FROM THIS PROGRAM IS JUST INCREDIBLE, THE SUCCESS THAT THEY'VE HAD.
KIND OF RELATED TO, HOW DID TORKWORKS FIND US? SO THERE ARE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT ARE THE PRIMARY OWNERS OF THE CORPORATION THAT GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY FOUND AMARILLO.
SO THEY PURCHASED TORKWORKS FROM ANOTHER COMPANY, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND AMARILLO.
HOW DID [INAUDIBLE] FIND US? THAT WAS FROM A SITE SELECTION IN A RELATIONSHIP THAT WE BUILT WITH SITE SELECTORS.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW WE DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
WE JUST THINK WE DO IT BETTER BECAUSE WE BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE.
WHEN WE GO OFF TO SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO SEND US TO, WE GO OFF AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FIVE TEAM MEMBERS THAT TRAVEL AND THOSE FIVE TEAM MEMBERS, WHEN THEY GET ON THE GROUND TO THESE EVENTS, WE GO AND WE NETWORK AND WE MAKE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE PEOPLE AND WE ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS HAD MADE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SITE SELECTER THAT BROUGHT US [INAUDIBLE].
AND THEN WHEN THEY GOT HERE THAT FIRST NIGHT, THAT [INAUDIBLE] CAME TO AMARILLO THAT WE KNOW OF AT LEAST AND MET WITH US, JUST THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING THEY FELT AT HOME IN AMARILLO, WHICH IF YOU LIVE HERE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT FEELING THAT YOU GET FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT BEING HERE AND
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AMARILLO.AND THAT'S WHY WE DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.
AND NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN? THANK YOU, KEVIN.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND, UM.
YOUR GROUP GROWING FUN TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S FUN TO WATCH YOUR TEAM GROWING AND YOU HAVE THE FRUIT TO PROVE THAT WITH A BIGGER TEAM, YOU CAN GO OUT AND GET MORE DONE.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO KEEP GROWING THE THINGS AROUND YOU THAT YOU NEED, SUPPORTING AMARILLO COLLEGE, SUPPORTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SUPPORTING THINGS LIKE SPEAKERS] THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT AFFECT HOW YOU CAN RECRUIT AND SELL OUR CITY.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM WITH THE CITY.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM WITH THE TWO COUNTIES THAT WE HAVE, THE FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE AND ALL OUR OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE.
WORKFORCE IS A HUGE PART OF THAT.
AND SO WE'RE CERTAINLY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THIS BY OURSELVES.
OK, DO YOU HAVE MOTION WITH REGARD TO AEDC BUDGET? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE 2021-2022 BUDGET FOR THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING WAREHOUSING, INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE EMPLOYMENT.
AND THE PUBLIC WELFARE AND THE BUDGET IS IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX DOLLARS.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR 2021-2022.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE: AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES WITH A 4-0 VOTE.
[3.D. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND NORTH HEIGHTS LINEN SERVICE. LLC.]
SO I'LL HAND THE MIC BACK TO YOU, KEVIN.COUNCIL, THIS IS THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN NORTH HEIGHTS LINEN SERVICE LLC.
NORTH HEIGHTS LINEN SERVICE WILL BE A WORK OWNED CO-OP THAT PROVIDES LINEN SERVICE TO REGIONAL HOSPITALS AND OTHER BUSINESSES IN OUR AREA.
I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IT TRULY IS A GIVING BACK PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO HIRE FOLKS THAT HAVE NOT ALWAYS HAD EVERYTHING GO THEIR WAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DEAL.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE SERVICE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TO THESE REGIONAL HOSPITALS.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE WORKED ON THIS PROJECT, AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THOSE FOLKS HERE TODAY BEFORE I GET INTO THE PUFF.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE PUFF AND SHE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE WITH THE LINEN SERVICE.
BUT PUFF NIEGOS HAS KIND OF BEEN OUR CONTACT HERE.
AND I'M GOING TO LET HER INTRODUCE US HERE AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MILDRED DARDEN.
SHE'S ON OUR BOARD AS WELL AS MATT MATHIAS AND MARY [INAUDIBLE] AND KIMBERLY MCDANIELS IS OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
AND FOR THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS.
[INAUDIBLE] OH, HI, [INAUDIBLE] BACK IN THE CORNER.
YES, HE SNUCK IN WITHOUT ME NOTICING.
WELCOME [INAUDIBLE] AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY THERE, THE BUILDING IS JUST INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S 25000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY LOCATED AT 601 WEST AMARILLO BOULEVARD.
THE PROJECTION IS THAT THEY WOULD EMPLOY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THEY WOULD BE AT FULL EMPLOYMENT OF 100 NEW EMPLOYEES WITH THREE POINT THREE MILLION IN NEW PAYROLL PROJECTED BY YEAR FIVE.
THIS INCENTIVE WOULD BE AMARILLO EDC WOULD PROVIDE NORTH HEIGHTS LINEN SERVICE A $250000 INCENTIVE FOR MAINTAINING AN AVERAGE OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN PAYROLL OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
SO AN AVERAGE OF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR OVER FIVE YEARS.
THE $250000 I DID SAY THERE WAS ONE VARIABLE WE WOULD PAY THIS $250000 UP FRONT.
IF THEIR PERFORMANCE ISN'T MET, THEN THEY WOULD WOULD REPAY THE AMOUNT BASED ON THE FORMULA OF NOT MAKING THE MILLION DOLLARS IN PAYROLL.
BUT WE'RE CERTAIN THAT THEY WILL MAKE THAT PAYROLL.
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ANYWAY, THE BOARD APPROVED THAT LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT ON JUNE 28TH, 2021, WITH A 3-0 VOTE WITH ONE ABSTENTION.SCOTT BENTLEY ABSTAINED FROM THAT BECAUSE HE SITS ON THEIR ADVISORY BOARD.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AS A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE A GREAT SERVICE THAT IS NEEDED IN OUR AREA WITH LINEN .
WOULD CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE REASON FOR THE 250K LIKE WHERE THAT CAME ABOUT, SO WE'RE PROJECTING IT TO BE 50000 OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
WE'RE PAYING 50000 A YEAR FOR THEM TO PROVIDE A MILLION DOLLARS IN PAYROLL.
SO IT'S NOT TRULY 250 UP FRONT, OR IS IT? WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PAY THE 250 UP FRONT, THAT WAY IT HELPS THEM WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO GET STARTED.
BUT THEN THERE WOULD BE SOME RECAPTURE IF THAT MILLION DOLLAR PAYROLL IS NOT MET OVER THE AVERAGE OF FIVE YEARS.
OK, SO THEY HAVE A FIVE YEAR PERFORMANCE? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IF THEY MEET, LET'S SAY, 800000 IN YEAR ONE AND THEN THEY MEET THE MILLION DOLLAR THRESHOLD THE OTHER FOUR YEARS, THEN THEY ONLY HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE BIT BACK ON THE FIRST 800.
BUT IF THEY AVERAGE, LET'S SAY THEY MAKE SIX MILLION DOLLARS OVER FIVE YEARS, THEN THEY'RE GOOD.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I DON'T THINK, KEVIN.
IT'S AN INNOVATIVE AND EXCITING PROJECT, AND IT'S FUN TO WATCH CITIZENS GET INVOLVED AND TAKE AN IDEA ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY MOMENTS IN THE PROCESS WHERE SOMEONE SAID, I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE FACES OF PEOPLE WHO SAID, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.
SO JUST THE WINSTON CHURCHILL IN EACH ONE OF YOU SAID NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP.
AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU.
AND IT'S AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS PROJECT TODAY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN NORTH HEIGHTS LINEN SERVICE LLC WITH AN JOB CREATION INCENTIVE OF 250000.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD SMITH TO APPROVE THIS LIA BETWEEN NORTH HEIGHTS LINEN SERVICE AND THE AEDC.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OK, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE: AYE.
ITEM THREE E IS TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF AN LIA BETWEEN THE EDC AND ROBERSON
[3.E. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ROBERSON CARTRIDGE COMPANY. LLC.]
CARTRIDGE COMPANY LLC.KEVIN? WHAT AN EXCITING DAY, THIRD PROJECT.
I MEAN, THIS IS GREAT AND YOU ALL APPROVED MY BUDGET, SO I'M IN GOOD SHAPE.
[CHUCKLING] THIS IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ROBERSON CARTRIDGE COMPANY LLC OR RCC BRASS AS THEY'RE COMMONLY KNOWN.
ROBERSON CARTRIDGE COMPANY MANUFACTURES BRASS CARTRIDGES FOR FIREARMS OF ANY TYPE.
THEY ACTUALLY MANUFACTURE THE BRASS PART OF IT.
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY AT THIS TIME MANUFACTURE THE AMMUNITION, JUST THE BRASS CARTRIDGE FOR THAT.
I HAVE A PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING YOU TO, JEFF ROBERSON, WHO'S HERE TODAY, WHO IS THE OWNER OF RCC BRASS.
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE A NEW FACILITY THAT THEY'VE PURCHASED FOR FORTY ONE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET IN OUR AREA.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE A LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT FOR 50 NEW EMPLOYEES.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN HERE.
THEY ARE GOING ON THIS AGGRESSIVE GROWTH MODEL.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO REVAMP AND GET OUR BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION UP TO SPEED BECAUSE PEOPLE ALREADY LIVE HERE AND WE WANT THOSE BUSINESSES TO EXPAND.
AND IT'S EASIER BECAUSE THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT.
THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW GREAT IT IS TO BE HERE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SELL AMARILLO.
WE JUST HAVE TO SELL THEM ON GROWING THEIR BUSINESS AND AMARILLO.
SO THE 50 NEW EMPLOYEES WOULD PROVIDE A PAYROLL OF NEW ADDITIONAL PAYROLL OF
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TWO POINT TWENTY FIVE MILLION PROJECTED BY YEAR THREE, WITH AN AVERAGE SALARY OF AT LEAST FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.ACCORDING TO OUR INCENTIVE GUIDELINE.
THAT WOULD BE A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR PER JOB INCENTIVE FOR THOSE FIFTY NEW JOBS OF 500000.
AND THEN ALSO IN THAT THERE'S SOME VERY TECHNICAL CNC MACHINES THAT ARE PART OF THE PROCESS.
IN THE BEGINNING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RECRUIT SOME TALENT FROM OUTSIDE OF TOWN.
AND SO INSIDE THIS AGREEMENT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE $50000 IN RELOCATION FOR UP TO 20 EMPLOYEES OF $2500 PER EMPLOYEE.
THAT AGREEMENT WOULD BE OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AND WOULD BE PAID AS THEY PERFORM.
SO THIS ONE WOULD BE PAID ON OUR NORMAL MODEL WHERE WE PAY AS THEY PERFORM.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, BEFORE JEFF CAME AND VISITED WITH US, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US KNEW THAT THIS MANUFACTURING FACILITY WAS LOCATED HERE IN AMARILLO.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT HE'S WANTING TO EXPAND THIS FACILITY.
AND IT'S PRETTY HIGHLY TECHNICAL.
MOST OF THE JOBS ARE VERY HIGHLY TECHNICAL AND VERY HIGHLY PAID.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPANSION WITH RCC BRASS AND SO CERTAINLY WOULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OUR BOARD DID APPROVE THIS ON JULY 19TH, 2021 WITH A 5-0 VOTE.
SO TOTAL DEAL WOULD BE 550000 IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.
SO, MR. CARTER, I KNOW THAT I COULD PROBABLY GOOGLE THIS REALLY QUICK, BUT YOU COULD PROBABLY TELL ME QUICKER THAN I CAN DO THAT.
WHERE EXACTLY IS GARRISON DRIVE? SO IT'S ON I-27, JUST SOUTH OF IT IS WHERE IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE BACKYARD ADVENTURES WAS, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THAT BUILDING.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A PROJECT IN RANDALL COUNTY.
I KNOW THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
OTHER QUESTIONS? NO? OK, AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE E? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ROBERSON CARTRIDGE COMPANY, LLC, WITH A JOB CREATION INCENTIVE OF $500000 AND A RELOCATION INCENTIVE OF $50000 TO ATTRACT NEW TALENT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS LIA.
MR. ROBERSON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT YOU'RE HERE.
LONG ENOUGH THAT YOU'RE PART OF US NOW, SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU GET STRONGER AND BIGGER AND HAVE MORE OF AN ECONOMIC IMPACT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE PAYROLL DOLLARS THAT YOU BRING TO OUR CITY AND ALL THE OTHER ECONOMIC IMPACT.
OK, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE: AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSED? OK, PASSES WITH A 4-0 VOTE.
[CHUCKLING] I THINK YOU ARE OFF.
BECAUSE WHAT I ADD UP, KEVIN, IS 230 EMPLOYEES AND ADDITIONAL PAYROLL IN OUR CITY OF NINE MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND SO YOU GUYS JUST KEEP CHUGGING ALONG AND BRINGING MORE ECONOMIC IMPACT INTO OUR CITY.
THAT HELPS OUR PROPERTY TAX PAYERS AND IT HELPS OUR BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND I SEE [INAUDIBLE] REEVES' NODDING HIS HEAD.
[INAUDIBLE], YOU GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU HERE.
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF JOBS TO FILL..
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A GREAT WORK.
YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT, SO THANK YOU, EDC TEAM, I'M VERY PROUD, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
OK, ITEM 3G IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE WITH REGARD TO A
[3.G. CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REZONING A 178.43 ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATTED LAND IN SECTION 18. BLOCK 2. A.B.&M. SURVEY. RANDALL COUNTY" TEXAS. PLUS ONE. HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 395 FOR AN INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS PARK.]
REZONING.ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, WE'VE GOT BRADY KENDRICK PLANER II IN PLANNING SERVICES WORKING WITH ANDREW AND HIS TEAM TO PRESENT THE ITEM.
YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS A PRESENTATION AND CONSIDERATION OF ITEM G, A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REZONING OF A ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT POINT FOUR THREE ACRE TRACK OF UNPILOTED LAND IN SECTION 182 BLOCK TWO [INAUDIBLE] SURVEY, RANDALL COUNTY,
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TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL [INAUDIBLE] STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS.THE CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 395 FOR AN INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS PARK.
THE VICINITY IS GEORGIA STREET AND FARMERS AVENUE, AND THE APPLICANT IS KEVIN CARTER FOR THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
THE ADJACENT ZONING CONSISTS OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO THE WEST.
NO ZONING EXISTS ON THE ADJACENT LAND TO THE NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH DUE TO THE ADJACENT LAND BEING OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
ADJACENT LAND USES CONSIST OF VACANT LAND TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AND UNDEVELOPED LAND TO THE WEST AND INDUSTRIAL LAND USE TO THE EAST.
REZONING OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WAS RECENTLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY IN MARCH OF 2021, IS BEING REQUESTED IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS PARK.
ALTHOUGH THE ENTIRE SITE IS BEING CONSIDERED ENCOMPASSES APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT ACRES, THE SOUTHERNMOST FIFTY FIVE ACRES OF THE OVERALL SITE, PHASE ONE IS CURRENTLY BEING PREPARED TO DEVELOP [INAUDIBLE] FACILITY THAT WILL MANUFACTURE A VARIETY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS AND WITH SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR PHASE TWO ARE NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME, BUT THE PROPOSED STANDARDS IN THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT WOULD APPLY TO THE ENTIRE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT ACRES.
USING THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING AS A TOOL, THE CITY IS ABLE TO SET DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WILL ATTEMPT TO MITIGATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT WEST ACROSS GEORGIA STREET.
SOME OF THE KEY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ADDRESSED BY THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE SETTING ALLOWED AND PROHIBITED LAND USES, SIGN STANDARDS, SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, SETBACKS, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, OUTDOOR STORAGE REGULATION AND OTHERS.
ANALYSIS OF A ZONING CHANGE BEGINS, REFERRING TO THE CONFORMITY TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP, THE RECOMMENDED NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT [INAUDIBLE]DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT IMPACTS, IF ANY, A PARTICULAR REQUEST WILL HAVE ON THE EXISTING AREA ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP IDENTIFIES THE TRACK AS SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL AND SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY AS BEING THE RECOMMENDED DEVELOPMENT TYPES WITHIN THE APPLICANT'S TRACT.
YOU CAN SEE A MAP ON YOUR SCREEN ILLUSTRATING THIS, AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A THIRD RECOMMENDED DEVELOPMENT TYPE INDUSTRIAL ADJACENT TO THE SITE WITHIN SECTION 182 TO THE EAST.
THE YELLOW SHADED AREAS IS A SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL AND THE PINK SHADED AREAS ARE SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL.
AND THE PURPLE SHADING INDICATES THE INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY, THE APPLICANT'S TRACT AS OUTLINED IN RED.
WHILE THE PROPOSED ZONING DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE TWO RECOMMENDED DEVELOPMENT CATEGORIES WITHIN THE TRACT, THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND UNIQUE MIX OF RECOMMENDED LAND USE CATEGORIES WITHIN THIS PORTION OF SECTION 182 WEST OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS CREATES A SITUATION IN WHICH A DEPARTURE FROM THE RECOMMENDED LAND USE CATEGORIES COULD BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S OPINION IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT ONE PORTION OF SECTION ONE EDDY TO WEST OF THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY IS LARGELY UNDEVELOPED.
THAT SAID, ALL EXISTING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE SAME SECTION OF LAND IS EITHER COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL IN NATURE, SUCH AS THE [INAUDIBLE] MANUFACTURING FACILITY AND AN XCEL ENERGY SUBSTATION.
2.) APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS OF THE SAME AREA IS DESIGNATED FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES PER THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP, WITH THE REMAINING THIRD BEING DESIGNATED FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IF DEVELOPED IN STRICT CONFORMANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, A SITUATION WHERE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO OCCUR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
SUCH SITUATIONS ARE GENERALLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE INCOMPATIBILITIES INHERENT WITH SUCH A SITUATION IF IT WERE TO BE DEVELOPED WITH STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
WITH THE AREA BOUNDED BY MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS SUCH AS LOOP 335 AND THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY, THIS SECTION OF LAND IS MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP NONRESIDENTIAL LAND USES THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE TRANSPORTATION LINKS.
GEORGIA STREET WILL BE UPDATED TO A FULL SECTION LINE ARTERIAL RIGHT OF WAY.
AND AS SUCH, A PHYSICAL SEPARATION OF 120 FEET WILL SEPARATE THE RESIDENTIAL LAND USES WEST OF GEORGIA FROM THE NONRESIDENTIAL LAND USES EAST OF GEORGIA AND WILL REPRESENT A CLEAR AND DEFINING DELINEATION OF SUCH USES.
REGARDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT, THIS TRADITIONALLY, CALLS FOR MORE INTENSIVE LAND USE IS LOCATED AT OR NEAR SECTION LINE ARTERIAL INTERSECTIONS WITH A TRANSITION OF ZONING INWARDS TOWARDS THE CENTER OF A SECTION IF SECTION 182 WEST OF THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY WERE TO DEVELOP AS RECOMMENDED BY THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT WOULD NOT BE ADHERED TO IN ANY MANNER, WHEREAS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL WITH NO TRANSITION AND ZONING USES OR ZONING PROVIDED IN BETWEEN.
CONSIDERING THESE FACTORS, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT IT
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WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PORTION OF THE SECTION TO DEVELOP WITH NONRESIDENTIAL LAND USES RATHER THAN A PATTERN DEPICTED BY THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CURRENTLY.IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT, AS ALLUDED TO SECTION 182 WEST OF THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY, IT WAS UNTIL RECENTLY LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
CONSIDERING THE LAND HAS RECENTLY ANNEXED, THE CITY OF AMARILLO NOW HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REGULATE THE LAND USES WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF LAND VIA LAND USE CONTROLS, WHEREAS IF NOT ANNEXED CONTROLS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITH ZONING.
NOTICES HAVE BEEN SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET REGARDING THE PROPOSED REZONING.
AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING, ONE PHONE CALL WAS RECEIVED EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT IMPACTS TO THEIR HOMES, PROPERTY VALUES.
AND THIS WAS A RESIDENT IN THE CITYVIEW SUBDIVISION.
AND THAT IS THE ONLY CALL WE HAVE RECEIVED AT THIS POINT IN CONSIDERING THE ABOVE.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THE REQUEST REPRESENTS A LOGICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF NONRESIDENTIAL LAND USES IN A SECTION OF LAND THAT IS MORE CONDUCTIVE TO SUCH AND HAS ALREADY BEGUN DEVELOPING WITH SUCH LAND USES, ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST, ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
THEREFORE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS PRESENTED BY A 7-0 VOTE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE OVERALL SCOPE OF THE SITE WITH THE SITE DEVELOPMENT NOTES LISTED ON THERE THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED TO THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND WILL GOVERN THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS AREA.
AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN AS PART OF THIS AS WELL FOR THE 55 ACRE SITE FOR [INAUDIBLE].
AND THIS IS ALSO THE LANDSCAPING PLAN THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? THANK YOU, BRADY.
WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3H COUNCIL.
MAYOR, DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING? A PUBLIC HEARING? YES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT REMINDER.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON, OR AGAINST THIS MATTER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE PODIUM TO DO SO.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? SEEING NO ONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE REZONING A ONE SEVEN EIGHT POINT FOUR THREE ACRE TRACT OF UN-PLATTED LAND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTH GEORGIA STREET AND FARMERS AVENUE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS CHANGE WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE G.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE: AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES WITH THE FOUR VOTE? OK, MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE H.
[3.H. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REZONING A 6.78 ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATTED LAND. IN SECTION 138. BLOCK 2. A.B.&M. SURVEY. POTTER COUNTY. TEXAS. PLUS ONE.HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETSALLEYS. AND PUBLIC WAYS. TO CHANGE FROM MULTIPLE.FAMILY DISTRICT 1 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 396 FOR GENERAL RETAIL LAND USES PLUS SIGN PRODUCTION AND ASSEMBLY. STORAGE WAREHOUSE. FLEET VEHICLE PARKING. AND FLEET VEHICLE WASHING.]
MR. CITY MANAGER.HI, MAYOR IT'S THE BRADY KENDRICK SHOW.
YOU'VE GOT THIS ONE AND A COUPLE MORE AFTER THIS, TOO.
THIS IS A REZONING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE OLD NATIONAL GUARD SITE.
ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES IS GOING TO BE USING IT AS A SERVICE CENTER.
ITEM H IS REZONING OF A SIX POINT SEVEN EIGHT ACRE TRACK OF UN-PLATTED LAND IN SECTION 138 BLOCK TWO [INAUDIBLE] SURVEY, POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL [INAUDIBLE] STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS THAT CHANGE FROM MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE, THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 396 FOR GENERAL RETAIL LAND USE, PLUS SIGN PRODUCTION AND ASSEMBLY STORAGE WAREHOUSE FLEET VEHICLE PARKING AND FLEET VEHICLE WASHING.
THAT VICINITY IS TEE ANCHOR BOULEVARD AND HIGHLAND STREET AND THE APPLICANTS ARE JAMAL ENTERPRISES FOR AWARDS RECOGNITION CONCEPTS LLC.
THIS REZONING IS BEING REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT AND IN ORDER TO REPURPOSE AND UTILIZE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE SITE ON THIS PARCEL, WHICH ONCE WAS AN ARMORY AS A BUSINESS SUPPORT CENTER FOR [INAUDIBLE], WHICH WOULD INCLUDE LAND USES SUCH AS OFFICES, SIGN STORAGE AND ASSEMBLY WAREHOUSING AND FLEET VEHICLE PARKING, ALL OF WHICH ARE NOT ALLOWED WITHIN THE EXISTING ZONING AND IS THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST.
THE REQUESTED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WILL SET GENERAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE SITE AND WILL ALLOW ALL USERS IN GENERAL RETAIL PLUS THOSE JUST MENTIONED THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP RECOMMENDS THE APPLICANT'S TRACT TO DEVELOP A GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES.
THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL CATEGORY CALLS FOR A MIX OF DEVELOPMENT TYPES, INCLUDING RETAIL AND SERVICE RELATED LAND USES AS THE PRIMARY FOCUS.
INITIALLY, THE APPLICANT ACQUIRED ABOUT LIGHT OR HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING.
HOWEVER, IT WAS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S OPINION THAT CONSIDERING THE RECOMMENDED DEVELOPMENT TYPE FOR THIS AREA PLUS QUARTER HORSE DRIVE SERVING AS A CLEAR DELINEATION BETWEEN RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL ZONING THAT EXIST IN THE AREA, THESE WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE.
ADDITIONALLY, GR WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR ALL THE USES PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT FOR THE SITE.
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT TYPICALLY CALLS FOR MORE INTENSIVE LAND USES TO BE LOCATED AT OR NEAR SECTION LINE ARTERIAL INTERSECTIONS WITH THE TRANSITION, THE LESS INTENSIVE USES IN THIS SECTION.THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THE REQUEST BEING A RETAIL PLAN DEVELOPMENT ALLOWING A HANDFUL OF COMMERCIAL LAND USES AND WHAT THE SITE SITUATION ADJACENT TO A HIGHLY TRAVELED THOROUGHFARE TEE ANCHOR BOULEVARD BETWEEN HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING TO THE WEST AND MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO THE EAST WOULD REPRESENT AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION AND ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE TWO JUST MENTIONED ZONING DISTRICTS NOTICES HAVE BEEN SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET REGARDING THE PROPOSED REZONING.
AS OF THIS MEETING, NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED CONSIDERING THE ABOVE.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS PRESENTED WITH A SEVEN TO ZERO VOTE.
AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY, COUNCIL? OK, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS OUT AND TO ENTERTAIN COMMENTS FROM ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON, OR AGAINST ITEM 3H ON THE AGENDA.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE PODIUM.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? OK, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE REZONING A SIX POINT SEVEN EIGHT ACRE TRACT OF UN-PLATTED LAND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IN THE VICINITY OF TEE ANCHOR BOULEVARD AND HIGHLANDS STREET.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE AN ITEM ON 3G--IT'S THROWING ME OFF, WE DON'T HAVE ORDINANCE NUMBERS YET--TO APPROVE THE ITEM OF 3G.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? OK, HEARING NONE.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE: AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 4-0 VOTE.
ITEM 3I IS, AGAIN, A PUBLIC HEARING WITH REGARD TO REZONING ORDINANCE.
[3.I. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REZONING THE REMAINING PORTION OF LOT 6. BLOCK 5. MAR.GOULD ACRES UNIT 9. B.S.&F. SURVEY. POTTER COUNTY. TEXAS. PLUS ONE.HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS. ALLEYS. AND PUBLIC WAYS. TO CHANGE FROM MULTIPLE.FAMILY DISTRICT 1 WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 94 TO GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT.]
BRADY.ITEM I IS A REZONING OF THE REMAINING PORTION OF LOT SIX BLOCK FIVE MARY GOLD ACRES UNIT NUMBER TWO, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN SECTION 26, BLOCK NINE, BNSF SURVEY, POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL [INAUDIBLE] STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NINETY-FOUR TO GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT.
THE VICINITY IS AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND PORT LANE, AND THE APPLICANT IS THE [INAUDIBLE].
THE REZONING IS BEING PROPOSED IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITH A SHORT TERM LODGING ESTABLISHMENT.
THE SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY USED AS AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT YEARS.
THE APPLICANT, WHO RECENTLY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, INTENDS TO REPURPOSE AND REMODEL THE CURRENT BUILDING FOR THE PROPOSED USE.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IDENTIFIES THE APPLICANT TRACT AS BEING THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL CATEGORY, WHICH THE APPLICANTS REQUEST COMPLIES WITH REGARDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT.
WHILE THE APPLICANT TRACT IS NOT LOCATED IN A LOCATION THAT GENERAL RETAIL ZONING WOULD TYPICALLY BE LOCATED, SUCH AS A SECTION LINE ARTERIAL INTERSECTION, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID KNOW THAT THIS SECTION IS NOT DEVELOPED IN A TRADITIONAL SENSE DUE TO AMARILLO BOULEVARD, A COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL CORRIDOR BISECTING THE SECTION.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THE REQUESTED CHANGE WOULD BE LOCATED IN AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION ALONG AMARILLO BOULEVARD, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING PATTERNS FOUND IN THE AREA AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONAL ZONING IS IN PLACE THAT WILL MITIGATE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT.
NOTICES WERE SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET AND WE DID RECEIVE ONE CALL.
ONCE THE REQUEST WAS EXPLAINED TO THE CALLER, THEY EXPRESSED NO OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.
AND CONSIDERING THE ABOVE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL THE REQUEST WITH A SEVEN TO ZERO VOTE.
AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OK, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE ON THE AGENDA.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON, OR AGAINST THIS MATTER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE PODIUM TO DO SO.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NOBODY.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE REZONING THE REMAINING PORTION OF LOT SIX BLOCK FIVE, MARY GOLD ACRES? IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IN THE VICINITY OF AMARILLO BOULEVARD IN PORT LANE.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY TO
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APPROVE ITEM 3I.ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE: AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, THAT PASSES WITH A 4-0 VOTE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE J.
[3.J. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REZONING THE WEST 60 FEET OF LOT 5 AND ALL OF LOT 6. BLOCK 21. REPLAT OF BLOCK ..A" PAFIAMOUNT TERRACE UNIT NO. 4. AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF Attt^E,il f ar ti,t cErATtrrll.t tte E.t l\av t a Et.Q.ttt ettE'\tEv D^l'trr^r r COUNTY. TEXAS. PLUS ONE.HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS. ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM MULTIPLE.FAMILY DISTRICT 1 TO GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT]
BRADY? MAYOR, I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ONE TO STEP OUT.ALL RIGHT, ITEM J IS A REZONING OF THE WEST 60 FEET OF LOT FIVE AND ALL OF LOT SIX BLOCK 21 REPLAT OF BLOCK A PARAMOUNT TERRACE UNIT NUMBER FOUR, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN SECTION 228 BLOCK TWO [INAUDIBLE] SURVEY, RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNTY'S STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS.
THE CHANGE FROM MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE, THE GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT, THE VICINITY IS JANET DRIVE AND WESTERN STREET AND THE APPLICANT IS THE CITY OF AMARILLO.
A CHANGE IN ZONING IS BEING REQUESTED IN ORDER TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WITH RETAIL RELATED ACTIVITIES.
CURRENTLY A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER'S UNDER CONTRACT TO BUY THE SITE AND DEVELOP THE SITE WITH A COFFEESHOP SHOULD THE REZONING BE APPROVED.
THE SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY USED AS A MUNICIPAL FIRE STATION.
THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP DEVELOPMENT TYPE FOR THIS TRACT IS MULTIPLE FAMILY.
THIS CALLS FOR CONCENTRATED DEVELOPMENT TYPES SUCH AS APARTMENTS AND CONDOMINIUMS. WHILE THE REZONING DOES NOT STRICTLY FIT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORY FOR THIS TRACT IT'S THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S OPINION THAT GIVEN THE PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO THIS TRACT AND THE INTERSECTION IN GENERAL, THE CHANGE COULD BE WARRANTED WITH THE REASON BEING THE FOLLOWING: THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT CALLS FOR MORE INTENSIVE LAND USES SUCH AS RETAIL OFFICE, A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO BE LOCATED AT OR NEAR SECTION LINE ARTERIAL INTERSECTIONS WITH THE INTENSITY OF USE SCALING DOWN AS YOU MOVE INTO THE SECTION.
THIS TRACT DOES FALL WITHIN THE RECOMMENDED AREA FOR SUCH USES AND ZONING, AND THAT IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF WESTERN STREET AND JANET DRIVE.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT THREE OF THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE JUST MENTIONED INTERSECTION HAVE DEVELOPED NONRESIDENTIAL LAND USES, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT ALLOWING RETAIL ON A THIRD CORNER IS APPROPRIATE AND IN LINE WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT.
WITH THIS, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THIS IS A LOGICAL CONTINUATION OF EXISTING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA.
NOTICES WERE SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET REGARDING THE PROPOSED REZONING.
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID RECEIVE ONE PHONE CALL REGARDING THE REQUEST, BUT THEY DID NOT EXPRESS OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.
CONSIDERING THE ABOVE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS PRESENTED BY A SEVEN TO ZERO VOTE.
AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OK, AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM THREE J.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST ITEM THREE J? SEEING NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE REZONING THE WEST 60 FEET OF LOT FIVE AND ALL OF LOT SIX IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IN THE VICINITY OF JANET DRIVE IN WESTERN ST..
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ITEM THREE J.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE: AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? OK, AND WE HAVE ONE ABSTENTION.
SO THAT PASSES WITH A THREE OH VOTE.
JENNY, DO YOU MIND LETTING COUNCIL MEMBER STANLY KNOW WE'RE DONE WITH THAT ITEM ACTUALLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
WE'RE MOVING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE TO THE EXECUTIVE
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SESSION PORTION OF OUR AGENDA AND I'LL ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO READ OUR DISMISSAL LANGUAGE, PLEASE.SO PURSUANT TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT A CLOSED SESSION OF THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON JULY 27TH, 2021 AT 4:09 P.M.
UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY, SECTION 551.071 CONSULT WITH ATTORNEY ON THE MATTER IN WHICH ATTORNEY'S DUE TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY.
UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER SECTION 551.076 AND 551.089 DISCUSS THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
SECURITY PERSONNEL OR SECURITY DEVICES.
SECTION 551.087 DISCUSS COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM EXISTING BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECT, WHICH THE CITY IS NEGOTIATING FOR THE LOCATION OR RETENTION OF A FACILITY, OR FOR INCENTIVES THE CITY IS WILLING TO EXTEND OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE [INAUDIBLE].
WE ARE ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.