Sep 28, 2021 City Council Regular Meeting

AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ALL DO.

NOT ONLY FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

SO WE JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH BECAUSE IT'S A LOT AND ESPECIALLY GOING THROUGH THE COVID 19 CRISIS AND TRYING TO ADJUST AND JUST DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND THEN HOMESCHOOL OUR CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, AT HOME AND WITHOUT INTERNET ACCESS.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, AND WE APPRECIATE THIS RECOGNITION.

WE JUST REGRET THAT SOME ACTUAL TEACHERS WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE, THEY'RE IN CLASSROOMS WITH OUR KIDS RIGHT NOW AND DOING THEIR NEVER ENDING HERCULEAN TASK OF TRAINING OUR FUTURE LEADERS.

SO WE APPRECIATE THIS RECOGNITION FOR THEM TODAY.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS FREDA POWELL SERVING AS MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS HELD EVERY OTHER TUESDAY HERE ON THE 3RD FLOOR IN CITY HALL AT 1:00 P.M..

AND SO NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC ADDRESS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER

[PUBLIC ADDRESS]

TO MS. CAT MASSEY.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

YOUR INPUT AND YOUR OPINIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND 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 PEOPLE SOUND FROM THE DAIS TO ALERT YOU THAT YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT TO WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS.

WE ASK THAT YOU STAY WITHIN THE THREE MINUTES ALLOTTED.

YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING.

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.

FIRST SPEAKER, WE HAVE TODAY IS MR. JAMES SKANK.

MR. SKANK.

WILL YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM? CAN YOU DO A CONCERT LIST OF MICROPHONES UP HERE? JUST A SECOND BEFORE, LET ME GET STARTED, NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC ADDRESS.

SORT OF DISAPPOINTED THAT IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS REQUESTED TO BE A PART OF THE AGENDA TODAY.

I'VE BEEN COMING FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND I'M SEEING NOTHING BUT A CONTINUAL PULLBACK OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WHILE YOU MAY NOT THINK SO BECAUSE YOU SAY, OH, WE'VE GOT PUBLIC ACCESS TO YOU ALL ALL THE TIME, WE NEVER HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO ALL OF YOU AT ONCE.

DEPARTMENT HEADS PUBLIC HERE.

AND YOU'VE TAKEN THAT TO WHERE WE'VE HAD THOSE JUMPS AND JIVES, WHERE WE WANTED TO HAVE A MEETING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

WE USED TO HAVE MEETINGS AT 5:00 WHEN MORE PEOPLE COULD ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PART.

AND I THINK IT'S SORT OF AN ABUSE OF THE OPEN MEETING TO HAVE IT HERE AT ONE O'CLOCK BECAUSE ONLY PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND A FEW PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE TO BE AT WORK AT

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ANY PARTICULAR TIME.

AND I'VE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHY YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING AN ADDRESS OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER THAN AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH IT SAYS IN THE OPEN MEETINGS THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS OTHER THINGS.

AND THAT'S WHY I'VE BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT I'M ADDRESSING THE PART ABOUT BEING ON THE AGENDA, AND I'VE DONE THAT, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, FOR A YEAR OR MORE EVER SINCE WE STARTED MOVING THIS THING AROUND, PUBLIC SPEAKING PUBLIC ADDRESS IS TO ALLOW US TO SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU ALL AT ONE TIME SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAYBE GET SOME THINGS MOVING IN A DIRECTION.

SURE WE CAN TALK TO YOU.

I'VE ALREADY DIGRESSED A LITTLE BIT.

WE CAN TALK TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY.

YOU'VE SEEN DISAPPOINTMENTS OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT RESPONDED TO WHEN THEY EMAIL YOU TEXT YOU.

WELL, I'VE HAD TEXTS AND YOU TEXT ME RIGHT BACK, YOU KNOW, BUT I'VE NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM MYSELF.

BUT SOME FOLKS HAVE.

SO I'M WONDERING WHEN WE CAN HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA SO WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK ON THIS? CAN WE TALK AT PUBLIC HEARINGS? OF COURSE.

BUT IF YOU TALK IN PUBLIC ADDRESS PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN YOU CAN'T SPEAK DURING THE HEARING.

WELL, IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SUBJECT, YOU KNOW OF WHAT WE MAY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND THEN YOU CAN'T TALK ON AN AGENDA ITEM THAT MAY COME UP AFTER YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.

FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU DISCUSS IT SORT OF LEAVES US IN A LITTLE BIT OF A LIMBO.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. SKANK.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC ADDRESS TODAY.

THANK YOU CAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA, I'M SORRY, MR. CITY MANAGER, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.

I DO.

SORRY, I'LL SAY IT IN THE MICROPHONE.

I DO.

WE HAVE ANNOUNCED A NUMBER OF NEW EMPLOYEES OR PROMOTIONS RECENTLY OF A LOT OF KEY POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE PRETTY MUCH LANDED JUST ABOUT ALL THE VACANCIES IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND IN SOME OF OUR KEY DEPARTMENTS RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE HAD ONE LAST VACANCY WE NEEDED TO FILL AND THAT WAS ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY.

SO WE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED STEPHANIE COGGINS AS OUR CITY SECRETARY.

STEPHANIE GIVE A WAVE, BUT WE ALSO NOW HAVE OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY, AND TURNS OUT SHE'S BEEN SERVING AS OUR INTERIM ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOME TIME.

I WANT TO WELCOME JONNI GLICK, AND THE REASON I'M INTRODUCING THIS POSITION TO YOU ALL IS BECAUSE THIS IS A POSITION THAT'S GOING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH Y'ALL IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, WHETHER IT'S JUST ANSWERING QUESTIONS, GETTING MEETINGS SET FOR Y'ALL OR SETTING UP TRAVEL FOR CONFERENCES, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT JONNI HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF AMARILLO SINCE 2017 AS AN EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH CIVIL OPERATIONS.

PRIOR TO COMING TO CITY, SHE WAS WITH THE RANDALL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR NINE YEARS, EARNED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM W.T, CURRENTLY WORKING ON A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

SO DEFINITE ASPIRATIONS TOWARDS BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS INSIDE MUNICIPAL WORK.

SO WE WANT TO FOSTER THAT.

WE WANT TO FURTHER THAT.

SHE'S MARRIED TO ONE OF OUR APD SERGEANTS, DUSTIN GLICK.

THEY GOT TWO SONS, LINCOLN AND GRANT, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT JONNI CAN DO WITH US.

REAL EXCITED ABOUT HAVING HER FINISH OUT THE TEAM HERE THAT'S SERVING COUNCIL DIRECTLY.

SO JUST WELCOME JONNI WHEN YOU SEE HER NEXT.

IS SHE HERE? YEAH, THERE SHE IS.

BACK IN THE BACK.

JONNI, COME ON UP HERE AND JUST SAY HI REAL QUICK.

SO THIS IS REALLY JUST SO WE CAN EMBARRASS JONNI A LITTLE BIT.

THANK YOU, JONNI.

WELCOME.

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, JONNI'S BEEN DOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS WITH US, EVEN PRIOR TO THIS, SHE WAS HELPING TO MANAGE THE DOWNTOWN PARKING PROGRAM THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL COURTS DEPARTMENT, SO SHE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.

SHE HAS A LOT OF GOOD SKILLS AT INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WORKING WITH PARKING, DOWNTOWN PARKING.

SO SHE'S REALLY GOING TO BRING A LOT OF GOOD SKILLS TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.

REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND WANT TO SAY WELCOME ABOARD TO THE TEAM.

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

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 1A, WHICH IS REVIEW AGENDA ITEMS FOR REGULAR MEETING AND ATTACHMENTS.

COUNCIL.

ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO TODAY'S AGENDA ITEMS? OK.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 1B, DISCUSS UPDATE ON MAYOR'S LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE.

[1.B. Discuss Update on Mayo/s Leadership lnitiative]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, MS., MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU.

I AM IN THE POSITION OF SPEAKING FOR THE MAYOR RIGHT NOW, SO I REALLY DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK.

BUT ONE THING THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT RIGHT NOW AND WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AND WITH A NUMBER OF KEY STAFF, WE HAVE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO BE

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SELECTED AS ONE OF THE VERY FEW CITIES TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLOOMBERG HARVARD CITY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE.

SO TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT A SUBSTANTIAL APPLICATION KIT THAT INCLUDES A NARRATIVE AND OTHER THINGS.

WE WERE REVIEWED AMONG, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER.

I KNOW 40 CITIES WERE SELECTED WORLDWIDE, 26 INSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND 14 INTERNATIONALLY.

BUT THIS IS A FLAGSHIP PROGRAM FROM THE BLOOMBERG CENTER FOR CITIES AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

IT OFFERS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING TO 40 MAYORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, ALONG WITH SOME KEY STAFF.

THE HARVARD LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON TEACHING LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROBLEM SOLVING CAPABILITIES.

IT DOESN'T FOCUS ON SPECIFIC POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.

IT'S APOLITICAL.

IT'S A NONPARTISAN PROCESS.

NOW, THE NAME BLOOMBERG WOULD INDICATE OTHERWISE.

HOWEVER, THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO HIS HEART, ALSO TO HARVARD'S HEART, BUT AND ALSO TO MY HEART.

SO LEARNING BETTER WAYS TO BE ABLE TO LEAD AND PROVIDE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT FOR A COMMUNITY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MAYORS, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CITY MANAGERS AND OTHERS.

THE MAYOR'S SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS HELPED THEM TO BUILD AND SUPPORT HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS, INCREASED LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT CAPACITY IN THE CITY, COMMUNICATE WITH CONSTITUENTS AND KEY PARTNERS, WHICH I THINK IS HUGE.

YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AND WITH YOUR TEAM AND WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS IS A HUGE SKILL, AND IT'S NOT NATIVE TO MOST PEOPLE.

USING DATA TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY, MAKE BETTER DECISIONS, MANAGE PERFORMANCE, EFFECTIVELY INNOVATE BY PROTOTYPING, IMPLEMENTING QUICKLY AND LEARNING FROM FAILURE AND WORKING ACROSS SILOS TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO COLLABORATION WITHIN CITY HALL AND ACROSS THE CITY.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE IT'S A YEAR LONG PROGRAM AS IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL SESSIONS TAUGHT BY THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL AND THE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL FACULTY HELPS MAYORS AND SENIOR LEADERS STEP BACK FROM DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES AND FOCUS ON PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES WITHIN THE CITY.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HUGELY BENEFICIAL TO THIS PROCESS, BUT THIS IS A VERY PRESTIGIOUS PROGRAM TO BE SELECTED TO.

WE ARE IN AMONG A LOT OF CITIES FROM ACROSS KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE.

BUT THERE'S 40 CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND I'M SORRY, I MEANT TO HAVE A LIST IN FRONT OF ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S ALSO GOT FROM BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OVER HALF THE CITIES HAVE MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE, BUT ABOUT HALF THE CITIES HAVE LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE.

SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIZE OF CITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS, FROM MANNHEIM, GERMANY TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA TO ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO IT'S A IT'S A REALLY NEAT OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN AND THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LEADERSHIP TRAINING FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN THE WORLD.

SO IT'S A NEAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US, FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND ONCE WE'RE DONE, EVERYONE IN OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS ARE ANYBODY WITH A CHALLENGE OR AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THAT DOVETAILS WITH ONE OF THE TOPICS WE'VE DISCUSSED.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO US THROUGH THE HARVARD PROGRAM NOW THAT WE ARE ALUMNUS OF THIS PROGRAM.

SO, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER FOR COUNCIL? UNDERSTANDING THAT I'VE ONLY BEEN THROUGH ONE VIRTUAL SESSION SO FAR AND THERE'S THERE'S A LOT YET LEFT TO DO.

ISN'T THAT WHERE THE MAYOR IS TODAY? THAT IS WHERE THE MAYOR IS TODAY.

SO THE MAYOR REGRETS NOT BEING ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT I THINK SHE IS ABSOLUTELY GAINFULLY EMPLOYED ON OUR CITY'S BENEFIT RIGHT NOW.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OK, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE C DISCUSS PUBLIC ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PLAN MR.

[1.C. Discuss Public Arts and Beautification Plan]

CITY MANAGER HI MAYOR, I'VE GOT MICHAEL KASHUBA.

HE'S GOING TO COME UP AND HE'S REALLY GOING TO TOUCH ON THE NEXT TWO ITEMS THE PUBLIC ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PLAN, ALSO THE HIKE AND BIKE MASTER PLAN.

SO HE'LL JUST STAND STILL WHILE HE GOES THROUGH ONE AND MOVES ON TO THE OTHER, BUT HE'LL PRESENT IT.

WE'VE ALSO GOT CONSULTANT HERE, IF NECESSARY.

HOWEVER, ARE YOU ALL DOING THESE PLANS AS WELL? OK, SO YOU'RE DOING ALL THREE.

SO THIS IS THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN.

AND SO THESE PLANS ARE STANDALONE PLANS, BUT THEY ARE ALSO INTEGRAL TO HOW WE PUT TOGETHER THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN.

SO THERE'S A REASON WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM ALL THREE ON THE SAME DAY, AND THESE TWO WILL BE UP FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OR APPROVAL AT THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING ON OCTOBER 12TH.

CORRECT.

MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION AS THE CITY MANAGER, MENTIONED LAST WEEK, WE DISCUSSED THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.

IT IS ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY FOR ADOPTION IN THE NON CONSENT PORTION.

BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO TODAY WAS KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE PUBLIC ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PLAN AND ALSO THE HIKE AND BIKE PLAN.

OUR CONSULTANT, MIG CINDY, WILL ACTUALLY WALK THROUGH THOSE VERY BRIEFLY.

BUT I THINK BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SOME ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF THE STAFF

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AND THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.

SO ON THE PUBLIC ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION THEIR ADVISORY BOARD HAS BEEN VERY ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS.

SO WE HAVE THE STAFF LIAISON SHERMAN BASS BACK THERE.

WE ALSO HAVE THEIR CURRENT BOARD CHAIR, ANDY WARDLAW, WHO'S HERE.

THEY ALSO FORMED A SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE TO REVIEW THIS PORTION OF THE PLAN.

AND OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL LIAISON, MR. DR. EDDY SAUER, ON THE HIKE AND BIKE PORTION.

WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH STAFF LIAISON DONNY HOOPER, THEIR BOARD CHAIR STEVE ROGERS, FORMER BOARD CHAIR MS. ANGELA HARNEY AND THEN THE COUNCIL LIAISON, MR. HOWARD SMITH.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THOSE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF DEVELOPING THESE PLANS.

AND WITH THAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TURN IT OVER TO MS. CINDY MENDOZA, AND SHE CAN WALK THROUGH KIND OF THE PRESENTATION.

WELCOME BACK, CINDY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU THE DRAFT PUBLIC ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PLAN, AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS REALLY TO STRENGTHEN AND COORDINATE CITY INITIATIVES AROUND PUBLIC ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THINGS THAT WILL NOT ONLY BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO RESPECT SHOW THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THE DRAFT PLAN THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU CONSISTS OF FIVE DIFFERENT SECTIONS THAT ARE DEFINED HERE ON THIS SLIDE, REALLY GIVING A GENERAL INTRODUCTION, AS WELL AS AN ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AROUND ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION AND THEN FOCUSING ON SOME OF THE KEY TRENDS THAT ARE WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE NATION IN THE PROVISION OF ARTS IN PARTICULAR, AS WELL AS BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS.

BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS AND AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, THERE ARE TWO APPENDICES AND INVENTORY OF ARTS THAT IS AN INITIAL INVENTORY THAT THE CITY CAN BUILD FROM AS THEY START TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT ART PROJECTS.

AND THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO WORLDWIDE PUBLIC ART TRENDS JUST FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE PLANNING PROCESS INCLUDED SIX DIFFERENT PHASES, AS ALREADY NOTED BY YOUR CITY MANAGER, IT DID OVERLAP WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, SO WHERE IT FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE INVENTORY AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

THOSE DIRECTLY OVERLAPPED WITH SIMILAR TASKS AND WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH SOME EFFICIENCIES IN THAT WAY WITH THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN.

WE DID HAVE VERY STRONG INVOLVEMENT FROM THE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD, AND THEIR GUIDANCE HELPED FORM AND SHAPE NOT ONLY THE STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS THAT ARE HERE, BUT AS WELL AS THAT ACTION AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

THE COMMUNITY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO WEIGH IN ON TO REALLY HELP SHAPE THE PRIORITIES, AND WE BECAME CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WHILE THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON BEAUTIFICATION IN TERMS OF OVERARCHING PRIORITIES, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS ALIGNED WITH THE FUNDING PRIORITIES OF THE CITY.

SO CERTAINLY, SUPPORTING BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS ARE KEY.

BUT IT ALSO LOOKS AT WAYS TO INTEGRATE THAT, SUCH AS INTEGRATING ARTS WITH PLAY OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT.

SO LOOKING AT THE SYNERGIES BETWEEN RECREATION, ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

AS WE NOTE IN TRENDS, YOU KNOW, ART IS CHANGING ACROSS THE COMMUNITY REGIONALLY, PUBLIC ART WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON THINGS SUCH AS MURALS AND STATUES AND SCULPTURES IN COMMUNITIES.

NOWADAYS, IT RANGES FROM WEBSITES TO POP UP EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND EVEN BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS THAT ARE ARTISTIC IN SOME WAY, SUCH AS THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE SLIDE, OR EVEN THE WAY THAT WE REPURPOSE UNDERUTILIZED SPACES TO MAKE THEM MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO THE FOCUS ON THE STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS AND REALLY IS ONLY FOUR KEY STRATEGIES BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SIMPLIFY THIS AND THE WHOLE INTENT IS TO LOOK AT THE WAY WE CAN CREATE A SUSTAINABLE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S LITTLE FUNDING AT THIS POINT TO MOVE TOWARDS IT.

SO THE FIRST STRATEGY IS REALLY ABOUT HOW DO WE START TO INITIATE A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM? YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE EVEN BEGIN? AND THEN THAT REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT ARE THE STAFFING AND FUNDING RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO GET THIS OFF THE GROUND AND TO SUSTAIN IT MOVING FORWARD? SO WE FOCUSED ON THINGS SUCH AS BRINGING ON A NEW STAFF POSITION, WHICH IS ALSO NOTED, BY THE WAY, IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN AND THEN TALKING ABOUT A NONPROFIT OR FOUNDATION THAT THEN COULD CONTINUE TO RAISE FUNDS AND CONNECT WITH PARTNERS AND ESTABLISH THOSE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE ARTS.

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AND THEN FINALLY, LOOKING EVENTUALLY AT A ONE PERCENT FOR ARTS ORDINANCE THAT AGAIN CAN CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE THE FUNDING NEEDED TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

SO IT'S NOT DRAWING OFF OF GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

SO THE SECOND STRATEGY WAS MORE SO AROUND HOW TO INSPIRE AND GROW CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE EXISTING ART COMMUNITY.

SO THOSE ACTIONS REALLY FOCUSED ON THINGS LIKE THE INSTALLATION OF A FEW NEW ART PROJECTS AND HOW WE COORDINATE AND EVEN KNOW WHAT GROUPS ARE OUT THERE TO COORDINATE WITH IN THE PROVISION OF ARTS.

AND THEN THE THIRD STRATEGY DID THE SAME THING WITH REGARDS TO BEAUTIFICATION.

WHAT RELATIONSHIPS CAN WE ESTABLISH? CAN WE CREATE FRIENDS GROUPS OR EVEN AUGMENT AND ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM? YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE CREATE POTENTIALLY A YOUTH CORPS WHERE THROUGH INTERNSHIPS OR VOLUNTEERS, YOU CAN GET YOUTH INVOLVED IN BEAUTIFYING THE PARK SYSTEM AND THEN LOOKING AT THAT FOURTH STRATEGY IT WAS MORE SO ABOUT NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING THINGS OFF THE GROUND AND HAVE FOSTERED THESE INITIAL RELATIONSHIPS.

WHERE DO WE GO NEXT? AND SO THAT STRATEGY TALKS ABOUT, CAN WE TAKE AN ARTIST CENSUS TO KNOW WHO THE ARTISTS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD? CAN WE DEVELOP A WEB PAGE THAT THEN WOULD FURTHER CONNECT AND UNITE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EFFORTS IN THE CITY AROUND ARTS.

AND SO THAT LEADS US TO THE STRONG IMPLEMENTATION PIECE, BECAUSE REALLY, AS WE WORKED WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD, THEIR FOCUS WAS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS WORK? AND SO PROVIDING THE HOW THE UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO A LOT OF THE PLAN IS DEVOTED TO THAT.

SO EITHER FORMING A NONPROFIT, THERE'S GUIDANCE THERE, THERE'S GUIDANCE WITH REGARDS TO WHAT MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR THAT DEDICATED ART STAFF POSITION.

THERE'S GUIDANCE ON THE ONE PERCENT FOR THE ARTS ORDNANCE AND EVEN A THREE YEAR ACTION PLAN, AND THE PLAN REALLY DOES END WITH THAT THREE YEAR ACTION PLAN THAT ON THIS SLIDE IS REALLY CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE TABLE.

AND THE KEY THING I WANT YOU TO REALIZE IS WE USE THE SAME FUNDING ASSUMPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY PROVIDED FOR ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

THAT IS, THERE'S ABOUT A SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLAR A YEAR INVESTMENT, THIRTY THOUSAND IN ARTS, THIRTY THOUSAND IN BEAUTIFICATION AND IN YEAR ONE ESPECIALLY.

THAT WOULD CONTINUE.

THERE'S AN EXCELLENT MURAL PROGRAM THAT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY THAT WOULD CONTINUE CONTINUING TO EXPAND ON THE BEAUTIFICATION, TREE PLANTING PROGRAMS AND EVEN THE PARK CLEANUPS AND THINGS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT LAST TIME I WAS HERE.

AND EVEN MORE SO IN THE COMMUNITY TODAY, THEN IN YEAR TWO SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDING, BUT REALLOCATING IT TOWARDS CREATING THAT ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION STAFF POSITION, WITH THE STAFF THEN ABLE TO START TO MOBILIZE EFFORTS TO EXPAND FUNDING AND RESOURCES FOR THE ARTS.

AND THEN IN THE THIRD YEAR, THAT'S WHERE YOU BRING IN THE ONE PERCENT FOR THE ARTS ORDINANCE.

SO THAT AGAIN BRINGS IN DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.

YOU START NEW FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES, THERE'S MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS AND TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD ON A COUPLE OF NEW ART INSTALLATIONS, PROGRAMS AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS.

SO IT'S A FAIRLY SIMPLE STRATEGY.

BUT AGAIN, INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSING ON INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, REALLY IDENTIFIES HOW TO REALLOCATE RESOURCES TO EXPANDING AND SUSTAINING AN ART PROGRAM.

AND I'M GOING TO PAUSE THERE.

WE CAN MOVE RIGHT INTO THE BIKE AND HIKE PLAN IF YOU PREFER, OR WE CAN TAKE SOME QUICK QUESTIONS AROUND THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PLAN FIRST BEFORE WE CONTINUE.

OKAY, COUNCIL, YES.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MENDOZA? OK, SO THIS THIRD, THIS THIRD PART WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING A ONE PERCENT ARTS ORDINANCE.

SO IF I'M CORRECT ME, IF I'M WRONG, THIS IS A REALLY A VERY MODEST NUMBER COMPARED TO WHAT A LOT OF CITIES ARE CONSIDERING.

WHENEVER THAT COMES UP, AND EVEN THOUGH THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT A LOT OF WILL HAVE A TWO OR TWO AND A HALF PERCENT KIND OF A.

THIS KIND OF THING SET UP INSTEAD OF A ONE PERCENT, IS THAT CORRECT? EXCELLENT POINT IS DOES VARY CITY TO CITY, AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT SUPPORTING THIS ART PLAN WAS JOHN GRANT OF PUBLIC ART SERVICES, WHO DOES THIS WORK ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AND SO HE DID WANT TO SET UP A VERY CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY.

THE ONE PERCENT HE FELT WAS DOABLE.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE THE SYNERGIES THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE IN BETWEEN HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE SPENT AND HOW PARKS AND REC, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE SUPPORTED.

IT CAN BE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ONE PERCENT INVESTED IN IF IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH PARK DEVELOPMENT, A NEW PLAY AREA THAT HAS INTEGRATED ART PIECES.

WHETHER IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A SHELTER OR INTERACTIVE PLAY OPPORTUNITIES, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THAT SPEND.

BUT YES, TO YOUR POINT, MR.

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SAUER, IT IS VERY CONSERVATIVE.

AND ALSO WHENEVER YOU'RE CONSIDERING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS ONE PERCENT ARTS ORDINANCE EXACTLY WHO IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED, I GUESS, SUBJECT TO THAT ORDINANCE.

SO IS THAT PLANNED OUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME YET? OR IT IS AND WHAT WHERE DO YOU START? IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.

SOME CITIES REQUIRE ONE PERCENT OF ALL FUTURE CONSTRUCTION WORK TO BE DEDICATED TOWARDS ARTS TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO HYPOTHETICALLY, IF YOU BUILT A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER THAT ONE PERCENT OF THAT PROJECT WOULD BE DEVOTED TOWARDS BEAUTIFICATION AND INTEGRATING ART WITHIN THAT PROJECT.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS NOTED IN THE PLAN TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.

AT THIS POINT, NO DEFINITIVE DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT THAT.

SO AND IT'S STILL DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE.

THAT'S EVEN AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WRITTEN IN STONE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

EXACTLY.

IT IS A STRATEGY THAT'S INTENDED IN THE LONGER TERM TO HELP MOVING THINGS FORWARD, RECOGNIZING THAT THE FIRST STEP IS TO GET THAT STAFFING AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES FIRST.

OKAY.

YEAH, JUST IN CLARIFICATION ON THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE UN ESTABLISHED AND WILL BE BROUGHT, EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED OR BROUGHT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE NORMAL FORMAT.

COUNCIL.

SO THE ONE PERCENT, IF IT WAS A ONE PERCENT OF ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION COSTS OR IF WE LIMITED IT TO NEW OR IF WE SAID, YOU KNOW, REHAB OR WHATEVER, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS.

OK, SO MOVING ON WITH REGARDS TO THE HIKE AND BIKE PLAN AGAIN, WITH THIS PLAN,

[1.D. Discuss Hike and Bike Master Plan]

IT PROVIDES A LONG RANGE VISION GUIDANCE AND STRATEGIES WITH REGARDS TO NOT ONLY WALKING AND BIKING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALL FUTURE TRAIL DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT INCLUDES ON THE STREET OPPORTUNITIES [INAUDIBLE] ENTIRE BIKE SYSTEM AS WELL AS OFF STREET.

SO THIS IS AN INTERESTING COLLABORATION BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

AND JUST BEFORE I GET INTO IT, WE'LL POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE TRAILS, STRATEGIES IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, BUT THOSE ARE MORE LIMITED TO WHAT THAT DEPARTMENT WOULD PROVIDE.

THIS PLAN IS MORE FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE BRING ALL GROUPS TOGETHER IN THE CITY TO ADVANCE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO IMPLEMENT TRAILS SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE COLLABORATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.

SO THIS PLAN REALLY INCLUDES THREE SEPARATE PIECES BEYOND THE INTRODUCTION.

IT DOES CREATE THIS NEW TRAILS VISION, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS, THEN FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

AND THEN IT ALSO CARRIES FORWARD FROM THE EARLIER HIKE AND BIKE PLAN, THE TRAIL DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WERE PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY.

THE PLANNING PROCESS SIMILAR TO BEFORE OVERLAPPED WITH THE PARK AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN TO DEVELOP SYNERGIES IN THE WAY WE WERE BRINGING TOGETHER INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF OUR ADVISORY GROUPS.

THIS TIME, THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY COMMITTEE TOOK A REALLY IMPORTANT LEAD IN HELPING US UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE OUT OF THIS PLAN, BUT THEN ALSO WORKING WITH THE PARKS BOARD AND A SUBSET OF THAT, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE, TO HELP REFINE THIS INTO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE PRACTICAL.

THERE WAS A HUGE CONVERSATION AROUND TRAILS AND ACTUALLY EARLIER IN THE PLANNING PROCESS WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

WE PAUSED AND BROUGHT SOME KEY FINDINGS TO COUNCIL IN THAT REGARD, AND I BELIEVE THE MAYOR AT THAT TIME AND OTHERS ECHOED THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAILS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WE'VE PRESENTED STATE DATA AS WELL AS CITY OUTREACH DATA THAT SHOWS THAT TRAIL DEMAND IS AMONG THE HIGHEST DESIRED PARK AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.

IT IS INCREASING, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE PANDEMIC INITIATED.

WE'RE WALKING AND BIKING HAS NEARLY DOUBLED IN THIS AREA ALONE.

AND THEN WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY DESIRE NOT ONLY FOR TRAILS THAT ARE CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS, BUT EVEN WALKING AND BIKING OPPORTUNITIES IN PARKS SUCH AS LOOP TRAILS OR MOUNTAIN BIKING OPPORTUNITIES OR BMX BIKE COURSES, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO THIS PLAN COVERS ALL OF THOSE, BUT REALLY STARTS WITH THIS KEY VISION THAT COMES FROM A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES.

IT DRAWS FROM THE GUIDANCE THAT WE HAD FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD WHO REALLY WANTED TO SEE WHAT'S THE BIG CONCEPT THAT WE WANT TO REACH TOWARDS.

THIS IS NOT A 10 YEAR THING.

THIS IS NOT A 20 YEAR THING.

IT IS A A FUTURE VISION THAT YOU WILL BE WORKING ON FOR SOME TIME.

AND IT RECOGNIZES THE FACT THAT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO CONNECT THOSE REGIONAL PARKS

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THAT YOU HAVE IN THE CITY TO IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES TO WALK AND BIKE TO THOSE REGIONAL PARKS.

IT INCLUDES THOSE SPINES.

IT INCLUDES SOME CONNECTORS TO THE REGIONAL PARK SYSTEM THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE CITY.

IT HAS A VISION FOR A DESTINATION LOOP AROUND THE TRAIL, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST VISIONARY ASPECT OF IT.

AND THEN WITHIN THAT SHORTER NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTORS TRAILS THAT ARE MORE NATURAL, RESOURCE ORIENTED.

SO NATURE TRAILS FOR INTERPRETATION AND EVEN THINGS SUCH AS THE BMX BIKE PARKS AND TRAILS IN THAT REGARD.

AND WHILE WE PUSH FOR THIS BIG TRAIL'S VISION, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT TO THE GROUND TO SOME EXTENT, RECOGNIZING THAT A KEY PART OF THIS WILL BE THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS WHERE ACTUAL ALIGNMENTS AND ROUTES ARE VETTED IN DETAIL IS PART OF YOUR NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION FOCUS.

SO WITH THAT, THE FIRST STRATEGY IS AROUND THIS TRAIL'S VISION AND HOW WE BREAK IT APART INTO THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF BICYCLE TRAILS AND THIS HIERARCHY THAT WE HAVE.

SO IT ESTABLISHES THAT HIERARCHY.

IT DEFINES THE DIFFERENT TRAIL TYPES TO MOVE FORWARD, AND IT REALLY TALKS ABOUT THAT FUTURE COORDINATION THAT'S NEEDED FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

THE NEXT STRATEGY TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT TO ACHIEVE THAT, WE NEED TO START TO VARY TRAIL SURFACES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HARD AND SOFT SURFACE TRAILS AGAIN ON STREET BIKE ROUTES TO NATURE TRAILS AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE WAYS THAT WE VARY THE TRAIL EXPERIENCES, KNOWING THAT NOT EVERYBODY IS USING IT FOR A NON-MOTORIZED COMMUTE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS THAT PEOPLE WANTED US TO ENHANCE TRAILS ACROSS THE CITY.

SO THEN THE THIRD STRATEGY IS FOCUSED ON THE OFF STREET TRAIL CORRIDORS IN GREEN WAYS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THE REASON WE BROKE THIS OUT IS SO THIS ONE FOCUSES ON THINGS THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MIGHT FIND IN THEIR PURVIEW, FOR EXAMPLE, REALLY IS THOSE GREENWAY CORRIDORS.

THE TRAIL HEADS THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE WITHIN PARKS.

AND THEN WE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH A STRATEGY THAT FOCUSED MORE ON THE ON STREET OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THAT WAY, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS MORE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PURVIEW.

SO IT'S MORE OF A TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ELEMENT THAT FOCUSES ON HOW YOU USE STREET RIGHTS OF WAYS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC ACCESS.

AND THEN THE FIFTH ONE IS AROUND, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE PROJECTS RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAILS, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WORKING TOGETHER? SO WE LOOKED AT HOW WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH THOSE PRIORITIES BY EXTENDING WHAT IS ALREADY THERE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN BY LOOKING AT THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO CONNECT TO THE PEOPLE WHO MAY MORE STRONGLY NEED OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIKE COMMUTE, FOR EXAMPLE, SUCH AS YOUR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND THEN EVEN ESTABLISHING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS AND SAFE ROUTES TO PARKS.

AND THEN AS THE SIXTH STRATEGY, YOU LOOKED AT THE WAY THERE WAS FURTHER COORDINATION, NOT JUST AMONG THE CITY, BUT WITH A REGIONAL ENTITY SUCH AS THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS THE TWO COUNTIES.

THE MPO ACTUALLY DID A PLAN THAT HAD SOME NON-MOTORIZED TRAIL ELEMENTS IN IT.

SO WE WERE COORDINATING WITH THAT AND THEN LOOKING AT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

SEVEN LOOKS AT THE SUPPORT AMENITIES THAT NEED TO BE PROVIDED TO SUPPORT TRAIL USE, AND EIGHT REALLY FOCUSES ON THE ACTIVATION OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM, HOW IT SUPPORTS DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, THE BIKE MAPS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PROVIDED.

SO THOSE ARE THE STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS THAT BOIL DOWN TO A SHORTER LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION, SUCH AS COMPLETING THE NINTH AVENUE BIKE PARK AND BIKE TRAILS THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT EXTENDING THE EXISTING ROCK ISLAND TRAIL, ESPECIALLY TO EXPAND IT TO REGIONAL PARKS, FOCUSING ON THE CITY WIDE BIKE NETWORK AND THEN REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS SUCH AS THE TORNADO ALLEY BMX RACEWAY AGAIN TO AUGMENT EXISTING FACILITIES TO SUPPORT BIKE NEEDS IN A COST EFFECTIVE WAY.

IT ENDS WITH AN OVERVIEW OF FUNDING RESOURCES.

THE BEAUTY OF TRAILS PLANNING IS FUNDING CAN COME FROM TRANSPORTATION FUNDS AS WELL AS FROM PARKS AND RECREATION FUNDS.

AND THEN THERE'S A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES ON MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS TO DRAW FROM TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS.

SO THE PLAN ENDS BY POINTING THAT OUT.

AND THAT IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFTS OF THE TWO PLANS.

AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, WHICH WE WILL TAKE BACK AND USE TO REFINE THE PLANS BEFORE WE BRING FINALS TO YOU.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE HIKE AND BIKE PLAN?

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I GOT A COUPLE.

OK, SO I'M KIND OF CURIOUS.

BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THIS PLAN AT THAT PAGE THAT'S GOT THE ALL THE TRAILS WERE POTENTIAL.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY, WITH THE CITY'S HELP AND STREETS HELP HAVE MADE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THE AND THAT'S AND THAT'S REALLY PRETTY NEAT.

TINA AND I DID THAT MAYBE A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.

WE WENT ALL THE WAY SINCE WE LIVE IN BIVINS WENT AND GOT ON.

THERE WENT ALL THE WAY, CAME ALL THE WAY, ACTUALLY HERE TO CITY HALL AND COULD TURN AROUND AND GO BACK.

AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

MY QUESTION IS IS HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT WORK? BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT IT CONNECTING TO JOHN STIFF PART BY GOING DOWN CULTURE? HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT WORK? AND THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY CHALLENGES OF A VISION PLAN.

AND AGAIN, THERE WERE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS BECAUSE THE BOARD REALLY WANTED US TO INCLUDE THIS GRAND VISION.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME KEY QUESTIONS ON HOW IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED, AND IT PROBABLY REQUIRES A LOT OF ON THE STREET COORDINATION.

AS STREETS REDEVELOP, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE EITHER OFF STREET TRAILS OR DIVIDED TRAILS, SO THEY'RE SEPARATE FROM THE ROADWAY BUT STILL ON THE STREET.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK, ESPECIALLY COORDINATION WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, TO BE ABLE TO SORT OUT HOW EXACTLY TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE CONNECTIONS.

WELL, UNLIKE THE MPO SITUATION, SO I CAN REMEMBER COMING ON COUNCIL AND GOING TO A NOT THE MPO MEETING, BUT GOING TO A TXDOT MEETING, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A SECTION OF THE LOOP AND YOU'VE GOT THE LOOP ON HERE, BASICALLY.

AND THAT SECTION HAD ALREADY BEEN DETERMINED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND WE WERE AT A POINT OF NO RETURN OF GOING BACK TO TRY AND PUT PUTTING A BIKE LANE OR THAT KIND OF THING INTO IT.

AND THANK GOODNESS WE'VE GOTTEN INTO THIS SECTION OVER HERE THAT THAT'S ACTUAL PART OF THE CONSIDERATION.

SO HOW DO WE WORK WITH? HOW DO WE GO BACKWARDS? HOW DO WE RECREATE THE THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE LIKE THAT SECTION ALONG HOLLYWOOD? HOW DO YOU CREATE THAT PART SO THAT NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THE ABILITY FOR THAT PART OF TOWN TO BE ABLE TO BIKE THROUGH THERE? SO I THINK THERE'S SO DOES THIS PLAN HELP US WITH THAT OR DID THE GUY DOES OUR STREETS AND PUBLIC WORKS? DID THEY ALREADY HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW THEY ADDRESS THAT OR I MEAN IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HELP US BACKWARD.

ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE DOING THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US, AND YOU ALL WERE AWARE BY SOME CHALLENGES WE HAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOOP THREE THIRTY FIVE WHEN WE WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING PHASE OF THE HELIUM SECTION OF 335 AND WE REALIZED THAT THE BIKE [INAUDIBLE] THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS GOING TO BE THERE WAS GONNA BE PRETTY NARROW AND ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE OF THE HIGHWAY.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN CALLED FOR THAT WE ADOPTED BACK IN 2005.

I THINK IT WAS.

IS THAT CORRECT? 2005 YEAH.

AND SO WE WE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN THIS WHOLE PROCESS THAT IS NOW FINALLY CULMINATING.

IT IS NOT A QUICK PROCESS, BUT NOW WE HAVE GUIDANCE GOING FORWARD.

SO TXDOT RESPONDS TO WHATEVER YOUR HIKE AND BIKE MASTER PLAN SAYS WHEN THEY DESIGN FUTURE SECTIONS.

SO AS WE GO FARTHER TO THE NORTH END AND THEN AROUND BACK TOWARDS 287, THOSE SEGMENTS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN DESIGNED NOW THAT WE ARE ADOPTING THIS WILL POTENTIALLY ADOPTING THIS OCTOBER 12TH WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NEW STANDARDS THAT ARE ARTICULATED IN THIS DOCUMENT, WHETHER THEY'RE [INAUDIBLE] STANDARDS OR WHATEVER WHICH IS A TXDOT STANDARD OR OURS END UP BEING UNIQUE STANDARDS THAT ARE BETTER THAN WHAT WE USED TO HAVE.

THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED, BUT IT DOES NOT HELP US BACKWARD NOW.

ANY CHANGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE TO THAT WE WOULD WOULD RELY UPON THEM, EITHER NEEDING TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE OR OUR OR OUR FUNDING OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND I WANTED TO ALSO NOTE BECAUSE WE MENTIONED A LOT OF POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES DOES NOT OBLIGATE ANY OF THEM TO FUND ANYTHING, RIGHT? RIGHT.

SO DON'T READ THIS AS CITY AND COUNTY FUNDS, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, ARE GOING TO CHANGE CULTURE.

CULTURE IS AN ASPIRATIONAL IDENTIFICATION OF A OF A USEFUL ROUTE TO CONNECT TRAIL SYSTEMS TO MAJOR PARKS.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD DO IT, WE COULD USE SOME OF THE TRASH TRUCK ROUTES ON THE GRASS ON THE EAST SIDE OF COLTER.

WE COULD USE SHARE ROADS, WHICH IT'S WAY TOO FAST OF A SPEED LIMIT TO USE SHARE ROADS, REALLY.

WE COULD USE LANE DIETS, ROAD DIETS, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S A HIGH VOLUME

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ROAD, SO THAT MIGHT NOT WORK.

I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A LOT OF MEAT LEFT ON THAT BONE, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.

WE'RE NOT PROJECTING OR REPRESENTING THAT.

WE HAVE THE ANSWER.

SO WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO READ THIS AND SAY, OH NO, THEY'RE GOING TO SHRINK COLTER.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT'S A IDEAL ROUTE TO GET PEOPLE FROM OTHER MAJOR PARKS AND OTHER TRAIL SYSTEMS TO JOHN STIFF PARK.

SO IT'S AN ASPIRATIONAL STATEMENT, AND MAYBE IT CHANGES.

MAYBE IT GOES THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.

MAYBE IT DOES A LOT OF THINGS.

BUT THIS IS JUST A A ASPIRATIONAL STATEMENT OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE OUR TRAIL SYSTEM MUCH MORE ROBUST.

WELL, I THINK PART OF THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO, I WANTED TO KIND OF BRING IT UP, AND FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IT IS BECAUSE THIS THIS LITTLE PIECE THAT WE'RE DOING, IF WE WANT TO CALL IT A LITTLE PIECE OF HIKE AND BIKE, IT HAS RAMIFICATIONS THAT ACTUALLY AFFECT WHAT THE MPO DOES, HOW THEY LOOK, METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, WHAT THEY DO, WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DO STREETS GOING FORWARD, HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS.

AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY EVEN THOUGH IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S A SMALL DOCUMENT, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A RELATIVELY POWERFUL DOCUMENT ON EXACTLY HOW WE HANDLE TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO GOING FORWARD.

AND SO IT'S I THINK THESE ARE THINGS THAT I HOPE PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT AND LOOK THROUGH THAT GO, WELL, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT AND WHAT ARE THE PLANS GOING TO BE AND HOW DO WE WORK THROUGH THOSE PLANS? AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THIS WAS KIND OF STARTED WHEN 2017, WHEN WE WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON, AND SO HERE WE ARE FIVE YEARS LATER AND WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING TO HAVING A DOCUMENT.

AND NOW THEN HOW MUCH MORE TIME WILL IT TAKE GOING FORWARD AS THE DOCUMENT ACTUALLY CREATES LIFE.

AND THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE.

SO BUT WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS I THINK THAT THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL DOCUMENTS AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION GOES IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

WELL, AND I THINK JUST TO ADD ONE THING, I MEAN, THIS IS AN ASPIRATIONAL PLAN.

IT GIVES US THE FRAMEWORK OF MAKING THOSE KEY CONNECTIONS NOW.

AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION BETWEEN MPO AND BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND STREETS AND AND ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THIS.

AND IT MAY NOT BE THE FINAL ALIGNMENT, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS AND THOSE CONNECTIONS FROM A DIFFERENT STANDPOINT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ON CULTURE, WHETHER IT'S ON ANOTHER STREET, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN NOW START TO FIGURE OUT THOSE SOLUTIONS.

I THINK THIS IS JUST WE KNOW WE NEED THESE MAJOR CONNECTIONS.

AND THEN IT'S A MATTER OF FIGURING OUT HOW THOSE CONNECTIONS WORK TOGETHER.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN AND YOU'RE DOING A ROAD PROJECT, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO CONSIDER BIKE LANES OR OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO IT'S JUST A WAY TO KIND OF GROUP AND GET ALL OF THOSE THOUGHTS ON ONE DOCUMENT.

AND THEN IT'S A MATTER OF INTEGRATING IT INTO A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND WHETHER IT'S THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHETHER IT'S THE MPOS PLAN.

ULTIMATELY, THIS IS KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE VISION AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION WILL COME IN OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

SO THIS IS HIGHLY ASPIRATIONAL, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN START TO MOVE TOWARDS.

AND I THINK SOME OF IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ASPIRATIONAL, LIKE USING 7TH AND 8TH.

THAT WAS A BRILLIANT IDEA TO JUST GO AHEAD AND STRIKE THEM.

THEY'RE RELATIVELY LOW USE STREETS, AND IT'S IT'S AN EXCELLENT WAY AND A VERY SAFE WAY.

IF YOU WANT TO RIDE A BIKE AND GET DOWNTOWN, IT'S IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO I HOPE THAT SOME OF THIS KIND OF WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO COME TO LIFE, MAYBE SOONER THAN LATER.

I DON'T KNOW [INAUDIBLE] YOU WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING.

YEAH, I COULD SEE HIM BACK THERE TWITCHING, YEAH.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S TWITCHING, BUT I LOVE THAT YOU SAID THAT AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE WANTED TO TOUCH EVERY PART OF THIS PLAN WITH EVERY DIFFERENT GROUP THAT'S WORKING SEPARATELY FROM EACH OTHER TO GET THEM WORKING TOGETHER BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE WANTED TO DO WAS TOUCH RAILS TO TRAILS, WHICH IS A PART PIECE TO DOWNTOWN HODGETOWN.

SO WE HAD THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE OF THAT AND WE PUT THAT TOGETHER, AND I THINK THE CONVERSATIONS THAT STARTED THIS WERE WELL WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE DO IS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO IN THE PARKS AND THAT THEY ALL TOUCH EACH OTHER EVEN ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE MPO.

SO THAT CAN BE A CREATIVE NETWORK ALL THE WAY TOGETHER AND SOME OF THAT STUFF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO OVERNIGHT.

CULTURE IS A BIG CHALLENGE, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE PARKS TO DEAL WITH, YOU HAVE OTHER PIECES OF PROPERTY.

YOU CAN COME UP WITH OTHER WAYS TO CONNECT ALL OF THAT STUFF TOGETHER.

SO TO ME, THAT'S WHAT ALL OF THIS PLAN IS ABOUT IS JUST WORKING TOGETHER, THREE DIFFERENT ENTITIES OR THREE DIFFERENT BOARDS WORKING TOGETHER TO REACH A COMMON GOAL.

WHAT IT IS SO AND THE DOWNTOWN PIECE WAS EASY BECAUSE IT IS LOW TRAFFIC AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO REACH OUT THERE AND TRY TO TRY TO DO THAT AND SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL TO TAKE ON BIGGER PROJECTS LIKE THAT.

SO YOU GET SOME OTHER LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PART MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE HERE IN TOWN.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND YOU CAN GET NOW FROM GEORGETOWN ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND TO JOHNSON, ALL

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THE WAY TO 15TH, BACK AROUND TO RAILS THAT WAY.

AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO GO 7TH AND 8TH AND GET BACK TO IT THERE ALL THE WAY TO COLTER.

SO WE HAVE A PRETTY LARGE CORRIDOR THAT YOU CAN HIKE AND BACK ON NOW THAT'S THAT'S USING STREET INFRASTRUCTURE.

THANKS, I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK BECAUSE I KNOW HOWARD HAS BEEN REAL INSTRUMENTAL ON THAT COMMITTEE AND HAS HELPED GET THIS PUSH THROUGH, AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT A LOT.

YES, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL KASHUBA OR MS. MENDOZA, COUNCIL? NO, GREAT PRESENTATION.

GO AHEAD.

IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

NO, NO.

THE THE PARKS MASTER PLAN WILL BE ADOPTED TODAY OR WILL BE CONSIDERED TODAY.

THESE TWO PLANS THE THE BEAUTIFICATION AND THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, WILL BE ON FOR CONSIDERATION OCTOBER 12TH.

WELL, YEAH, SO THIS IS PURELY INFORMATIONAL.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY, IF YOU IF YOU REVIEW THESE PLANS AND YOU'D LIKE TO SEE SOME CHANGES, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS FOR COUNCIL ON THE 12TH PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION.

OH, IN THE HIKE AND BIKE MASTER PLAN ON PAGE 10.

SIX E! IT LISTS THINGS SUCH AS [INAUDIBLE] I'D LIKE TO ADD CROSS BAR [INAUDBILE].

YEP, YEP.

THAT'S AN EASY AD THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT ADD.

THAT'S A THAT'S LOOKING AT LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING AROUND CORNERS, THAT'S GOOD STUFF THAT'S EASY TO PUT IN.

WE'LL MAKE SURE AND GET IT IN THERE.

AND IT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL BECAUSE MPO IS TALKING ABOUT HIKE AND BIKE AND HOW IT AFFECTS EVERY TIME THAT WE MEET, THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO GO WITH THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THIS IS THEN CHANGED THAT CONVERSATION AND WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT MORE ROBUST FOR US GOING FORWARD.

SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT, REALLY GREAT THING.

AND FOR ANYONE LOOKING MPO MEANS METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, WHICH.

NO, NO.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA LIGHT.

THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON ALL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION METHODS AND PLANNING FOR IT SO THAT WE CAN.

OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE CAN KEEP UP WITH OUR GROWING COMMUNITY.

THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION ALSO FOCUSES ON MULTIPLE MULTIPLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO YOU LOOK AT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLANS, THAT'S WHAT THIS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

SO IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT CARS, AND WE ARE A VERY VEHICLE CENTRIC, VERY AUTOMOBILE CENTRIC AREA.

AND YOU CAN SEE BY THE FACT WE HAVE 106 106 SQUARE MILES AND ONLY JUST OVER 200000 PEOPLE IN THE IN THE INCORPORATED CITY AREA.

AND YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS IN TWO COUNTIES, QUARTER-MILLION SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE.

THERE IS A FOCUS THROUGH THE MPO AND THROUGH THE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES ON MULTIPLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON.

SO IT IS A LONG LIFT, A HEAVY LIFT FOR US TO ADEQUATELY SERVICE ALL OF THOSE OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AS THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION AND STATE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES WOULD HAVE US DO.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GOT TO BE PART OF OUR PLAN.

GOOD.

MR. KASHUBA AND MS. MENDOZA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION.

APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK, YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS PROJECT.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM, SO THAT COVERS AGENDA ITEMS, ONE C AND ONE D, SO WE'RE

[1.E. Discuss Recap of 2021 National Cleanup Day]

GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE E DISCUSS RECAP OF 2021 NATIONAL CLEANUP DAY MR. CITY MANAGER.

WE'VE GOT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS DONNY HOOPER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ALAN HARDER OUT THERE, WHO WAS A KEY PART OF THIS PROJECT PROJECT AS WELL.

BEFORE I GIVE IT TO DONNY, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THIS IS NOT A CITY.

I MEAN, WE DID PARTICIPATE.

BUT THIS IS A AN INITIATIVE, AN EFFORT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WE HAD A LOT OF CITY STAFF PARTICIPATE.

I SEE THE YELLOW AND CHILI'S OUT HERE.

THEY'RE BIG MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR PASSION.

IF I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT THEIR PASSION IS HELPING CLEAN OUR CITY UP AND WITHOUT PEOPLE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THINGS LIKE THIS.

SO WE HAD NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICIPATING, WE HAD RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING, WE HAD EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING, WE HAD LEADERS LIKE DONNY AND ALAN PARTICIPATING.

SO WE HAVE ALLOTTED SEVEN MINUTES AND 23 SECONDS FOR FOUR DONNY TO GIVE YOU.

REMEMBER THAT A RANDOM NUMBER BECAUSE APPARENTLY HE'S TEST RUN THIS PRESENTATION.

AND I ASKED HIM, HOW LONG DO YOU NEED? HE SAID, I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D REMEMBER THAT.

SO JUST AS CONFIRMATION, DONNY, THAT'S WHAT WAS TOLD TO ME.

YOU KNOW, START THE TIMER.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

HE'S RIGHT.

THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK.

I DO WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF PEOPLE BEFORE WE START THE PRESENTATION.

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ONE IS ALAN HARDY BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHAT HE DID TO PUT THIS EVENT TOGETHER ON OUR SIDE WAS AMAZING.

HE SPENT LITERALLY A MONTH AND A HALF PUTTING TOGETHER THE OPERATIONAL PORTION OF THIS.

STEPHANIE COGGINS, WHO, AS I MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING, WAS OVER IN OUR DEPARTMENT AT THE TIME, AND SHE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS TOGETHER.

EMILY KOLLER AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH TORY AND THEIR STAFF.

THEY PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS AS WELL.

WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS WE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE AS A CITY IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN [INAUDIBLE] PARTICIPATES HERE.

THEY HAVE SUCH A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

HIM AND HIS LOVELY WIFE, WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND THEIRS IS MORE OF A LITTER CONTROL CAMPAIGN.

OURS WAS MORE OF A BIG, BULKY ITEM PICKUP.

WE THOUGHT IF WE COULD ASSIST IN THAT WAY COME TOGETHER, THEY COULD HAVE THEIR CLEAN UP AND WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER CLEANUP AND WE COULD REALLY ATTACK THIS THING FROM ALL ANGLES AND GET SOME THINGS DONE.

SO WE REALLY WANTED TO WORK WITH THEM TO DO THAT.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF WHAT WE DID AS FAR AS THE CLEANUP WAS CONCERNED AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAD WITH THAT.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE, THIS IS HOW MUCH EQUIPMENT WE DEDICATED TO THIS EVENT.

WE HAD 29 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE PUT ON THE STREETS AND WE DROVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT POINT SIXTY NINE MILES.

THIS IS IN A FOUR HOUR TIME PERIOD, TOO, BY THE WAY.

AND WHAT WE DID DO SOME OF THAT ON FRIDAY.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF HOURS ON FRIDAY STREET DEPARTMENT WORK.

ON FRIDAY, THEY HAD FINISHED UP WITH SOME THINGS THEY WERE DOING.

THEY SAID, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND GET AN EARLY START? AND WE SAID, SURE.

SO THEY DID A COUPLE OF THINGS ON FRIDAY, BUT WE HAD NINE DUMP TRUCKS, THREE FRONT END LOADERS, THREE ONE TON TRUCKS.

A ONE TON TRUCK IS LIKE A DUMP TRUCK, BUT IT HAS A FLAT DUMP BED ON IT AND IT'S IT'S LIKE A PICKUP WITH A DUMP BED ON IT.

SEVEN OF OUR KNUCKLE BOOM TRUCKS, THREE REAR LOADERS, THREE BRUSH TRUCKS AND ONE ROLL OFF TRUCK.

SO WHAT WE ALSO HAD WAS 32 ROLL OFF CONTAINERS.

REPUBLIC SERVICES DONATED 24 TO THIS CAUSE.

WE MAP THOSE OUT.

ANOTHER THING THAT PART OF ALAN'S JOB THAT HE DID WAS MAP OUT LOCATIONS FOR ALL THESE ROLL OFF CONTAINERS ALL OVER THE ENTIRE CITY.

WE HAD 24 OF THOSE FROM THEM.

WE DELIVERED 13 OF THOSE TO THE LANDFILL.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE 11 OF THOSE THAT CAME BACK FROM PUBLIC THAT WERE EMPTY.

THERE WAS NOTHING IN THEM.

SO IT GAVE US A CONVERSATION PIECE TO TALK ABOUT AFTER THE EVENT TO AND AFTER ACTION ITEMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER PLACE THOSE MAYBE PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE HAD EIGHT CONTAINERS THAT WE PLACED OUT, AND ALL EIGHT OF THOSE CAME BACK EMPTY.

SO WE KNOW THAT OUT OF THIRTY TWO, WE ENDED UP WITH 13.

THAT HAD SOMETHING IN IT.

SO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO THERE FOR THE NEXT EVENT AND WE ALREADY HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD IDEAS.

AND EVEN IN TALKING WITH THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZERS, THEY HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN BETTER UTILIZE THOSE NEXT TIME.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AS FAR AS THE VOLUNTEERS ARE CONCERNED, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 115 VOLUNTEERS AND THERE'S A SIDEWAYS PICTURE OF I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY END UP SIDEWAYS ON THERE WHEN THEY'RE STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN ON MY PRESENTATION, BUT THAT'S ANDREW FREEMAN.

THAT'S SIDEWAYS ON THAT SHOT.

ON THE LEFT SIDE, THEY'RE PICKING UP TRASH UPSIDE DOWN IN AN ALLEY.

BUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN VOLUNTEERS AND I TALK ABOUT EMILY AND TORI.

THIS IS WHAT THEY DID IS THEY REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING GROUPS AND THEY SAID, HEY, PUT TOGETHER SOME VOLUNTEER TEAMS. THE FOUR ORGANIZERS OF THOSE GROUPS SAID, WE WILL GET VOLUNTEERS FOR YOU.

SO THEY DID DO THAT.

WE WOULD BREAK THAT DOWN INTO GROUPS AND SHOW YOU WHAT THEY HAD AS FAR AS INDIVIDUAL.

IF I CAN GET IT TO CHANGE, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO THAT YOU WANT TO JUST CHANGE THAT TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

CAN YOU DO THAT FOR ME? WE HAD 45 FROM THE BARRIO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

THAT'S A PICTURE OF ALL OF THEM AT THE EVENT AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS A ROUTE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE BARRIO.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS YOU'LL SEE TWO DIFFERENT COLORS HERE.

THERE'S GREEN AND THERE'S BLUE.

THE GREEN IS WHAT OUR OUR VEHICLES WERE.

OUR EQUIPMENT WAS ABLE TO COVER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DID 52 PERCENT OF THE ROUTES THAT WERE PRE-ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE EVENT THAT LEFT US WITH 48 PERCENT THAT WILL HAVE TO START WORKING ON THE COMING WEEKS AND WE HAVE A MAP OF EACH OF THESE QUADRANTS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER THAT SHOWS THESE PERCENTAGES AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE AREAS THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAN THAN OTHERS, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS.

WE PUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT IN EACH EACH AREA.

EACH OF THE FOUR AREAS, WE ABLE TO DO A LOT IN THE BARRIO, BUT THAT'S THANKS TO THEM GETTING OUT THERE AND GET A LOT OF THIS STUFF CLEANED UP AHEAD OF TIME.

SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT NUMBER.

NEXT SLIDE IS THE NORTH HEIGHTS ADVISORY ASSOCIATION.

THERE HAD THEY HAD 10 THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT.

I MIGHT MENTION, TOO.

I THINK EVERY GROUP HAD TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN EVERY GROUP THAT WAS OUT THERE.

SO WE THANK THEM FOR THAT.

NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SHOWS US WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE IN NORTH HEIGHTS.

IT WAS LESS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO 25 PERCENT IN NORTH HEIGHTS.

THE GREEN IS WHAT WE COMPLETED THERE, BUT WE STILL HAD 75 PERCENT OF THAT TO COMPLETE IN THE COMING WEEKS.

WE HAVE CREWS THAT ARE WORKING THERE NOW.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ALL WEEK, SO THAT NUMBER HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.

WE'VE PROBABLY COMPLETED ANOTHER 10 PERCENT SINCE THE END OF THIS EVENT.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT A BIG CLEANUP LIKE THIS DOES FOR US IS IT IDENTIFIES WHERE WE NEED TO BE AND WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING WITH THOSE, THOSE ALLEY CREWS.

SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK THERE.

NEXT SLIDE IS THE EAST RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP.

WE HAD 40 PARTICIPANTS THERE.

APPROXIMATELY THAT PICTURE ONLY HAS ABOUT 20 IN IT, BUT THEY HAD MORE SHOW UP WHEN THEY GOT OUT THERE AND STARTED DOING THE WORK.

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EASTRIDGE, WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO COMPLETE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE ONLY ABLE TO DO 14 PERCENT OF THE ROUTES.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT.

ONE WAS THAT FAR NORTHWEST SIDE.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO START A ROUTE THERE AND WE HAD A MEDICAL ISSUE WITH ONE OF OUR DRIVERS, SO HE HAD TO BE PULLED OFF OF IT.

SO WE DIDN'T GET TO START THAT ROUTE.

AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF INVENTORY IN EAST RIDGE.

SO WE ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT AND THOSE THAT WORKED IN THAT AREA REPORTED BACK TO US THAT, HEY, THERE ARE SOME MAJOR CONCERNS OVER THERE.

SO NOW WE HAVE SOME, SOME GOOD AREAS THAT WE CAN GO START WORKING IN THERE.

WE HAVE CREWS WORKING OVER THERE AS WE SPEAK AS WELL.

SAN JACINTO.

NEXT SLIDE HAD 20 THAT SHOWED UP THERE.

AND WE'RE WORKING THERE WITH AND YOU SEE THE JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS THERE ON THE LEFT THERE THAT WERE WORKING WITH US.

NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE SIXTY THREE PERCENT IN SAN JACINTO, 37 PERCENT OF THAT'S LEFT OVER THERE.

I DROVE THROUGH SAN JACINTO.

MY STAFF, IN FACT, IT WAS STEPHANIE NOW, AND WE DROVE THROUGH THERE ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO AND WE INVENTORIED A BIG PORTION OF SAN JACINTO AND WE STARTED WORKING SOME OF THOSE WORK ORDERS IN THAT AREA PRIOR TO THIS EVENT.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT DOES FOR US AND WE GOT SIXTY THREE PERCENT DOWN.

THAT'S THE MOST WE'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUT OF ANY OF THE FOUR SEGMENTS.

SO THE NEXT PICTURES ARE SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERS JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT.

I JUST WANT TO SHOW THAT VOLUNTEERS OUT WORKING ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE SOMEBODY THAT HAS A SPRAYER THERE.

THEY HAVE A PRESSURIZED SPRAYER THAT THEY GO AROUND.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FUNDS.

SO THEY WERE OUT CLEANING SIDEWALKS, CLEANING CURBS, AND THAT WAS KIND OF A NEAT PIECE TO ADD TO IT AS WELL.

THE NEXT ONE IS MY FAVORITE SLIDE OF ALL 13 ROLL OFF CONTAINERS.

THIS WAS ELEVEN POINT NINE TONS THAT WERE COLLECTED BY HAND.

THIS WAS ALL THE VOLUNTEERS COLLECTED TWENTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED POUNDS.

THAT'S A LOT, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF MATTRESSES.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF COUCHES, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HEAVY ITEMS THAT THEY PICKED UP.

THAT WAS 100 HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE WORK COMPLETED BY THE VOLUNTEERS.

SO HATS OFF TO THEM.

THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF THAT CAME FROM EAST RIDGE.

THE MOST CONTAINERS OF THE EVENT CAME OUT OF EAST RIDGE.

OUR CITY EQUIPMENT, THOSE 29 VEHICLES, WE COLLECTED SIXTY POINT SEVEN TONS, WHICH IS A HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS.

IF YOU COMBINE ALL THAT TOGETHER, SEVENTY TWO POINT SIX TONS, WHICH ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED POUNDS AND YOU SEE ALL THOSE VEHICLES OUT THERE.

THE AVERAGE WEIGHT OF OF A COMPACT CARS THREE THOUSAND POUNDS.

SO THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO FORTY EIGHT COMPACT CARS THAT WE COLLECTED ON A FOUR HOUR PERIOD ON A SATURDAY.

SO I THINK THAT'S OUTSTANDING.

I WANT TO SHOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE THE TRANSFER STATION.

THIS WAS A BAY THAT WE DEDICATED JUST TO THIS EVENT ONLY.

SO THE FIRST SLIDE IS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SEPARATING TIRES.

EVERY TIRE THAT CAME IN.

THEY HAD TO PULL THAT OUT AS THEY WERE BEING DUMPED OUT OF THERE BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE THAT GO OUT TO THE LANDFILL.

NEXT SLIDE SHOWS WILL THE SMITH BOYS AS WE CALL THEM WILL SMITH AND JUSTIN SMITH.

WILL IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SOLID WASTE AND JUSTIN'S OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE REP SENATOR, TO SHOW YOU HOW LARGE THAT PILE IS.

AND THEN WE HAD A THIRD SLIDE JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT WAS AT THE END OF THE DAY.

THAT WAS RIGHT AT ABOUT 12:15 WHEN I TOOK THAT PICTURE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT WE TOOK OUT OF THE ALLEYS.

BUT TO ME, THE OTHER PART OF THAT STORY IS YOU SEE THIS LARGE PILE OF DEBRIS, BUT YOU ALSO SEE WHAT WAS LEFT IN THE PERCENTAGE OF THINGS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INVENTORY IS STILL OUT THERE.

SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN FRONT OF US.

NEXT SLIDE.

I WANTED TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

ALL THERE'S THIS QUESTION HAS COME UP FROM FROM SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBER, SEVERAL CITIZENS AS WELL.

WHY DO WE NOT USE KNUCKLE BOOM TRUCKS IN THE ALLEYS? THIS KNUCKLE BOOM TRUCK? IF YOU LOOK AT THAT AND IT'S GOT TREE LIMBS ABOVE IT, IT HAS POWER LIMBS.

SORRY, POWER LINES ABOVE IT, IT HAS.

THERE'S IN THE NEXT PICTURE, HE'S GOT A GAS METER.

AND IT AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE IN A FENCE AND A TELEPHONE POLE, ALL RIGHT, THERE TOGETHER THAT SHOT RIGHT THERE, THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF DEBRIS TOOK US ALMOST 30 MINUTES TO CLEAN UP, WHEREAS WE CAN GO IN THE FRONT YARD AND CLEAN UP THOSE TREE LIMBS IN LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES.

SO YOU CAN SEE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THE ALLEYS VERSUS THE FRONT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A FRONT YARD COLLECTION PROGRAM IN PLACE THAT WE THINK HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO THAT I'M JUST SO PROUD OF WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER THIS YEAR.

THAT'S A LOT OF TONNAGE.

THAT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE OFF THE OFF OF OUR PLATE, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND WE REALIZE THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THIS.

WE DO PLAN ON.

WELL, WE'LL TELL YOU THIS.

WE HAD AN ACTION MEETING WITH ALL OF THE COORDINATORS FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT.

THE FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE WORKED WITH TOOK ALL OF THEIR INPUT IN MEETING ENDED UP LASTING ABOUT AN HOUR, THINGS THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD HELP NEXT TIME GROUPING UP THE ROLL OFF CONTAINERS TOGETHER, PLACING RESTROOMS PORTA POTTIES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE IN THE WORK AREA.

SO I HAD SO MANY GOOD THINGS CAME OUT AT MEETINGS, SO I THINK WE GOT A LITTLE MOMENTUM.

WE'RE GOING TO GATHER BACK UP AND START PLANNING FOR THE SPRING AND WE'LL DO ANOTHER ONE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, TOO, THAT WE DON'T INTERFERE WITH BIG EVENTS SUCH AS THE TRI STATE FAIR PARADE.

WE THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAMPERED US A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS VOLUNTEERS ARE CONCERNED, AND I KNOW THAT BOBBSEY FEELS THE SAME WAY ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE OUR BULK CLEANUP AT A SEPARATE TIME.

EVEN NEXT SEPTEMBER, WE'LL DO IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME WHEN IT'S NOT A BACK TO SCHOOL

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SHOPPING DAY OR IT'S NOT A TRI STATE FAIR PARADE DAY.

WE'LL DO BETTER PLANNING ON THAT SO WE CAN HAVE THE MAX AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WE CAN.

WE CAN GATHER UP FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S THE PRESENTATION.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE THEM.

DONNY, THIS IS AWESOME.

JUST UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH TRASH AND GARBAGE WAS COLLECTED.

SO THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS, CORRECT? AND SO, YES, RIGHT NOW YOU GUYS WILL JUST CONTINUE TO WORK IN EACH OF THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE CLEANUP IS GOING TO CONTINUE, RIGHT? OH, ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S TWO THINGS WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE FOCUSED ON FINISHING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF.

THAT'S WHY WE CREATED THE ROUTE SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE LEFT OFF, EXACTLY WHERE WE CONTINUE.

THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE THINGS.

SO THERE'S THAT.

SECOND, THERE'S EDUCATION ABOUT OUR FRONT YARD COLLECTION PROGRAM.

WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT STUFF OUT OF THE ALLEYS.

THEN THIRD IS THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE THAT WE'RE USING NOW WITH OUR CAMERAS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN BE FED UP AS WELL MOVING FORWARD.

SO THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN FOCUS AREAS THAT WE HAVE.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ARE WE CONTINUING? ABSOLUTELY.

IN FACT, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING NOW.

WE JUST FINISHED A CONTRACT TODAY WITH FOR SOME ASSISTANCE ON SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE THE HARDEST HIT THAT WAS COMPLETED TODAY.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME CONTRACTORS WORKING TO HELP CLEAN UP SOME OF THAT STUFF AS WELL.

SO WE'LL JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND WE'LL KEEP BATTLING UNTIL WE WIN.

THAT'S THAT'S MY GOAL ANYWAY.

I THINK YOU GOT A FOURTH PIECE.

I THINK THE COMMUNICATION PART, WHICH IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FELT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO GET ACROSS, IS I THINK I THINK CITIZENS AND AMARILLO THEY NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY, REALLY, REALLY, TRULY WHAT HAPPENED.

AND I KNOW THAT COMES OUT OF JORDAN'S DEPARTMENT, THAT THERE SHOULD BE A PRESS RELEASE GOING OUT RIGHT NOW.

OH, THANKS.

DEAL.

BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS THAT KEEPS COMING UP IN EVERY ELECTION CYCLE IS THE TRASH PROBLEM IN AMARILLO.

AND FOR YOU GUYS TO BE STEPPING UP AND ADDRESSING IT ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THIS IS A THIS IS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN BEING US BEING ABLE TO REALLY HAVE A BIG EFFECT UPON AMARILLO, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE.

AND WHAT CAN WHAT CAN OUR CITIZENS BE DOING TO HELP AS YOUR CREWS ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, ON A CONTINUAL BASIS, PUTTING IT OUT FRONT AND CALLING US, THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING TOO, YOU KNOW, JUST WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE IN THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT AREN'T DOING THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THEY'RE PUTTING IN FRONT.

THEY BECOME FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE DON'T COME GET IT.

CALL US.

LET US KNOW THAT YOU HAVE IT THERE REPORT PEOPLE, IF YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT'S ILLEGAL DUMPING SOMEWHERE.

LET US KNOW.

WE HAVE MECHANISMS IN PLACE THAT WE CAN.

WE CAN GO AFTER THEM AND WE WANT TO DO THAT AND WE WANT IT TO STOP.

AND YOU KNOW, I WAS HAVING A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY EARLIER IN THE WEEK, LAST WEEK, AND I HAD TO REMIND HIM THAT WE'RE THE CITY IS NOT THE ONE THAT'S PUTTING THESE ITEMS OUT THERE.

WE'RE ON YOUR TEAM, TOO.

WE'RE TRYING TO HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, NOT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CREATE IT.

SO.

AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF OF THAT AND HAVE TO REMIND THE CITIZENS THAT SOMETIMES TOO, THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM.

WE'RE ALL TRYING TO REACH FOR THE SAME GOAL.

BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING ALL THE TIME, AND THAT'S THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF IT.

WELL, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TOO GIVE AS FREQUENTLY AS POSSIBLE EVERYONE, ALL OF THEIR OPTIONS FOR WHAT? WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH WASTE COMING OUT OF YOUR HOUSE? SO FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND I'M TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL WASTE, IF IT IS IN THE ALLEY BUT NOT IN A DUMPSTER, THAT IS ILLEGAL DUMPING.

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT FIT IN A DUMPSTER AND THEN YOU CAN PUT IT IN ON YOUR FRONT THE FRONT CURB, BUT CALL US FIRST SO THAT IT DOESN'T SIT THERE FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT IN ORDER TO GET IT.

YOU, YOU CAN ALSO, IF YOU HAVE BRUSH WASTE, YOU CAN TAKE IT TO ONE OF THE BRUSH WASTE SITES OR YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT TO THE LANDFILL.

A RESIDENT CAN GO OUT TO THE LANDFILL AND TAKE THAT BRUSH WASTE OR TAKE THAT BULKY WASTE STRAIGHT OUT TO THE LANDFILL.

MM HMM.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT OUT TO THE LANDFILL.

CALL US.

SCHEDULE A CURBSIDE PICK UP.

PUT IT ON YOUR FRONT.

SO THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS WITHOUT CREATING THAT REALLY CHALLENGING PROBLEM THAT IS THE THE THE ILLEGAL DUMPING IN THE ALLEYS.

DONNY HIT IT ON THE HEAD WHEN HE SHOWED THAT GREAT ILLUSTRATION OF THE CLAW TRUCKS OUT THERE TRYING TO THE BOOM, TRUCKS TRYING TO PICK UP STUFF IN THE ALLEYS AS COMPARED TO PICKING IT UP IN ON THE STREET.

IT IS.

ARGUABLY 10 TIMES FASTER TO PICK IT UP ON THE STREET THAN IT IS TO PICK UP IT, PICK IT UP IN THE ALLEY.

LESS DANGEROUS TO THE DRIVER.

LESS RISKY TO OUR EQUIPMENT AND FASTER FOR THE RESIDENT.

ALL OF THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS FOR FOR ALL OF US, WHETHER YOU'RE A TAXPAYER OR RESIDENT CITY EMPLOYEE OR, YOU KNOW.

FOR EVERYONE AND ACTUALLY USE LESS EMPLOYEES THAT WAY, TOO, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.

REAR LOADED TRUCK AND YOU CAN DO IT WITH A KNUCKLE BOOM WITH ONE.

BUT YOU BETTER HAVE A SPOTTER.

YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO.

SO AND YOU NAILED THAT.

WE HAVE.

I'M GLAD I HAVE AN ENGINEER ON STAFF BECAUSE I CALL IT BORGER MATH WHENEVER HE

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STARTS TRYING TO DO HIS MATH FOR ME.

BUT WE CALCULATED THAT UP.

AND ALAN SAID, YEAH, IT IS GOING TO BE 8 TO 10 TIMES FASTER TO DO IT ON THE STREET THAN IT IS.

AND WE WENT OUT AND OBSERVED, AND YOU CAN GO WATCH THEM.

THEY COME PICK IT UP.

IT'S GONE.

YOU GO IN THE ALLEY, YOU'VE GOT A SPOT, YOU'VE GOT TO GET SET, YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH FOR EVERYTHING.

YOU CAN GET KILLED IN AN ALLEY PRETTY QUICK.

AND IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF OF SPACE.

YOU'RE IN THE ALLEYS.

THERE'S GAS METERS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEY'RE NOT IN A STRAIGHT LINE.

AND THOSE OUTRIGGERS THAT HAVE TO BE PUT OUT BEFORE YOU CAN START OPERATING THE BOOM.

IT'S VERY EASY TO RUN THOSE OUTRIGGERS OUT RIGHT INTO A GAS METER, RIGHT INTO A TELEPHONE POLE, RIGHT? YOU CAN EITHER DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK OR YOU CAN DAMAGE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S IN PLACE IN THE ALLEY, AND IT COULD EVEN BE OUR METERS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THERE'S JUST SO MANY MORE OBSTACLES AND BARRIERS TO QUICK CLEANUP IN THE ALLEYS.

SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO HELP US, AND I THINK THEY WANT TO HELP.

I THINK OUR CITIZENS WANT TO HELP US.

IT'S CHANGING A LOT OF PAST EDUCATION BECAUSE AT ONE POINT WE WERE TELLING PEOPLE PUT IT OUT IN THE ALLEYS.

SO WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS WHAT WE USED TO TELL PEOPLE TRYING, AND WE ARE SLOWLY TURNING THAT GIANT SUPERTANKER TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE DOING A BETTER JOB OR ARE PUTTING IT IN THE FRONT OR TAKING IT TO THE BRUSHY WASTE OR TAKING IT TO THE LANDFILL THEMSELVES.

ALL OF THOSE ARE GREAT.

WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT'S YOUR ONLY OPTION.

WE'RE SAYING WE'LL COME PICK IT UP FOR YOU ON THE FRONT AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ANOTHER OPTION THANKS TO THIS COUNCIL.

AND WITH THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED, IT'S GOING TO BE COMING SOON.

WE'RE FIXING TO ORDER OUR ROLL OFFS.

ALL 24 OF THOSE.

SO THAT'LL BE ANOTHER PROGRAM WE'LL PUT IN PLACE NEXT YEAR FOR IT.

OK, WELL, ONE OTHER THING IS WE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND DAMAGE THE CITIZENS PROPERTY TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER THING.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT ALLEY, IT'S IT'S A VERY TIGHT, CONFINED SPACE.

SO YES, MA'AM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DONNY QUESTION.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.

I LIKE THE PICTURES.

PICTURES WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.

STARTING TODAY, I'M GOING TO CALL YOU BY A DIFFERENT NAME.

STEVEN STEVEN SPIELBERG.

ALL THESE PICTURES.

I'M NOT SURE HOW I TAKE THAT, HOWARD, BUT THANK YOU, STEVEN.

I'LL TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M REALLY PROUD FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OK, COUNCIL, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE F AND THAT IS DISCUSS UPDATES FROM

[1.F. Discuss updates from Councilmembers serving on outside Commissions]

COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING ON OUTSIDE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THAT WOULD BE A BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD, AND WE'RE PROBABLY KICKING THAT TO DR.

EDDY SAUER.

IS THAT RIGHT? COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER.

SO WE MET TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THE MAIN THINGS THAT WERE BASICALLY DISCUSSED WERE SO PART OF THE FINAL APPROVAL KIND OF COMES THROUGH FOR THE ROUTE 66 WATER TOWER EMBLEM IS KIND OF COMING THROUGH THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION BOARD.

AND SO THERE WAS A PRETTY BIG DISCUSSION ON IT AND.

WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING IN THE FONT AND THE COLOR, AND SO.

SO THAT STILL BEING DISCUSSED THE BOARD, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS OCCURRED THAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT HAS BEEN A BIT DIFFICULT IS GETTING THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT OFF THE GROUND.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT KIND OF DOVETAILS INTO THE FACT THAT WE DO NEED WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE MASTER PLAN FOR PARKS AND I MEAN FOR ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

I THINK IT'LL BE REAL IMPORTANT.

AND SO PART OF THE BEAUTIFICATION FUNDING THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE.

WE MADE A DONATION TO THAT TO PUTTING THE ROUTE 66 ON THE WATER TOWER IN SAN JACINTO.

THERE WAS A DONATION MADE FOR SIX THOUSAND TO PART OF THAT PROJECT, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WHAT IS THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE FOR THAT ONE? EIGHTEEN, EIGHTEEN THOUSAND YEAH.

EIGHTEEN THOUSAND IS WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT WILL COST TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT EMBLEM UP THERE.

SO IT'S GETTING MUCH, MUCH MORE CLOSE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE ENDED UP TALKING ABOUT WAS IN THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT WAS SINCE WE'VE HAD SUCH A HARD TIME GETTING THAT TO OCCUR.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED OUT OF THE POOL, THE THOMPSON PARK POOL, WAS THE FACT THAT THERE WERE TWO PIECES OF ART THAT ARE GOING TO BE EITHER BEEN INSTALLED OR BEING INSTALLED OUT THERE.

AND SO IN THAT BASICALLY WE'VE STANDARDIZED THE ATTACHMENT OF THE ART TO THE PLATFORMS OUT THERE.

AND SO WE BEGAN TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PLACING THAT IN SOME OF THE REGIONAL OR MAJOR PARKS OUT THERE.

AND WHAT WOULD THAT COST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST GO AHEAD AND GET THE PLATFORMS

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MADE, WHICH WOULD BE A CONCRETE [INAUDIBLE] PAD WITH SPECIFIC TYPE ATTACHMENTS? AND SO FOR SIX PARKS, IT'S FOURTEEN THOUSAND ABOUT FOURTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR US TO GET THAT DONE.

AND SO WE'RE USING PART OF THAT BEAUTIFICATION BECAUSE NOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WILL BE IN THOSE SIX PARTICULAR PARKS, WHICH IS EL ALAMO, BONES HOOKS, RICK KLEIN, TRAILS, MEMORIAL PARK, SAM HOUSTON PARK AND JOHN STIFF PARK.

NOW, THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT ABILITY FOR NOW.

THEN WE'LL HAVE TO AT THE POOL AND WE'LL HAVE SIX OTHERS.

AND SO IT WILL GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ART TO BE MOVED AROUND TOWN AND FOR DIFFERENT INSTALLATIONS OF ART TO BE ABLE TO OCCUR ALL OVER TOWN.

SO IT'S THAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ART TO BE FURTHER PURSUED IN TOWN.

ALSO CONSIDERED THE MURAL GRANT PROJECT FOR THIS COMING UP YEAR.

AND THE COMMITTEE MET AND HAD CLEANED UP AND REVIEWED.

AND SO NOW THEN THEY'VE CHANGED THE WAY THAT THE DESIGN IS GOING TO BE, HOW THE PROJECTS WILL BE GRADED AND WHAT WILL BE DONE.

AND SO THE WHOLE IDEA WAS WAS TO OPEN IT UP FOR MORE CREATIVITY.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN HAPPEN ON THE MURAL PROJECT THAT THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW UNDERNEATH THE CREATIVITY AND THE NARROWNESS OF IT.

SO THAT'S BEEN CHANGED.

AND SO THERE WOULD THERE'LL BE MORE OPENNESS FOR THAT TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN? WE ALSO THEY'VE COME UP WITH A PLAQUE FOR EACH ONE OF THE MURALS THAT WILL BE IT WON'T BE FIXED TO THE BUILDING, IT WILL BE WHAT AM I? THE ONLY WORD I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW IS GLUE.

IT'LL BE GLUED TO THE BUILDING AND IT'LL HAVE A QR CODE AND THAT QR CODE.

THE INTENTION IS IS LIKE IN THE MASTER PLAN FOR PARKS AND BEAUTIFICATION.

THEY TALKED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CATALOG.

AND SO THE IDEA IS GOING TO BE WITH THAT QR CODE.

IT'S GOING TO THEN ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE TO FIND WHERE OTHER PARTICULAR PIECES OF THAT MURAL PROJECT ARE AT.

AND SO IT WILL OPEN UP THE CITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GO AROUND IF THEY WANT TO DO A MURAL CRAWL OR WHATEVER.

SO THERE'S THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT KIND OF HAPPENED.

AND SO IT'S STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOARDS TO BE ON.

THERE'S A LOT OF LIFE AND A LOT OF ENERGY THAT COMES FROM THAT BOARD.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT ONE FOR YOU, DR.

SAUER, SO.

AS FAR AS BEAUTIFICATION GOES, DO YOU GUYS LOOK AT ANYTHING FOR LIKE THE CITY TRANSIT BUS STOPS, THE REST AREAS? ANY KIND OF COVERED AREAS WHERE WE COULD DOVETAIL THOSE INTO OUR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS? SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT WERE WE'VE TALKED, WE'VE DISCUSSED SOME OF THAT, NOT SO MUCH AS THE COVERINGS, BUT FOR HOW DO YOU DRESS THOSE UP? THERE'S EVEN ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S EVEN BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH TALKING TO NOT ATMOS ENERGY, TALKING TO XL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE BIG TRANSFORMER BOXES THAT ARE ON THE GROUND.

CAN WE PUT MURALS ON THOSE? CAN WE DRESS THOSE UP? SO THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE CONSIDERED.

I DON'T KNOW.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO SPONSOR DIFFERENT BUS STOPS AND DIFFERENT SHADE STRUCTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND PUTTING ARTWORK ON THOSE AND HELPING TO DEFRAY THE COST OF THOSE INSTALLATIONS IN THE VERY FIRST PLACE.

SO WE'VE LOOKED AT NOT ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS ARE INITIATIVES OR CONSIDERATIONS HAVE BEEN DONE THROUGH THE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT AT TRANSIT STOPS AS A WAY TO ONE, PROVIDE [INAUDIBLE] BUT ALSO AS A AS A CANVAS FOR ART.

SO WOULD IT BE SOMETHING THAT THAT WOULD QUALIFY WITH PUBLIC ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION IF WE WERE TRYING TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE AND PROVIDE NEW BENCHES, REST AREAS ALONG WITH SOME COVER? YOU MEAN THROUGH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED.

WELL OR FOR OUR FUTURE PUBLIC ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION PLAN, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING, MAYBE ALLOCATING A ONE PERCENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, CAN WE CAN WE BENEFIT OUR CITY TRANSIT THAT WAY? IT WOULD DEPEND ON HOW THAT BEAUTIFICATION ONE PERCENT IS WRITTEN IN MOST OF THE PLACES I'VE BEEN, WHERE THEY HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT, NO, IT WOULDN'T HAVE FIT BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE DEDICATED ART THAT DIDN'T SERVE.

THAT WASN'T A BUILDING THAT I WANT TO SAY IS ART, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I CAN SAY IT, THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE ART AND A COVERING THAT HAS ART ON IT, PER THE DEFINITIONS OF MOST CITIES WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED ART.

SO REALLY ALMOST CROSSES THE LINE BETWEEN ART AND ADVERTISING.

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USING PUTTING ART IN A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD PUT ADVERTISING IS NOT NECESSARILY ART.

THAT DEFINITION, BUT WE COULD ALWAYS WRITE IT WHERE IT DID.

IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO AND HOW THEY WANT TO FUND ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A IT'S A BIG STEP, YOU KNOW, TO GO INTO, YOU KNOW, FUNDING ART THROUGH A COMPULSORY CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE OF DEVELOPMENT COSTS, IN THIS CASE, ONE PERCENT.

SO HOWEVER YOU GET STARTED ON, THAT IS IS NOT A BAD THING.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION TO BE HAD THERE.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S ONE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, AND I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO SAY, HEY, THIS CITY, THAT'S REALLY INTO ART.

THEY DID IT THIS WAY, AND WE'VE GOT TO DO IT THAT WAY.

IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SAYING, BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PART OF THAT COMPONENT THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH.

ALSO IS, I MEAN, THERE'S ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT HAVE COME TO A HEAD THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO DEAL WITH OVER THESE PAST FEW YEARS.

AND ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN TRANSPORTATION WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGH TRANSPORTATION AND REDISTRICTING, HOW THE BUSSES RUN AND HOW ALL OF THAT.

AND I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE COVERINGS BASED UPON THAT AND SOME OF THAT WE ACTUALLY GET SOME REIMBURSEMENT RIGHT FROM FEDERAL DOLLARS.

AND THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT I'D ALSO WANT TO MAKE FOR SURE THAT WE WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF.

NECESSARILY OUT OF OUR POCKET, BUT IT'S MATCHING FUNDS THAT'S COMING FEDERALLY, THEN I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO MAKE FOR SURE THAT THAT THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY ALSO.

I THINK WHAT YOU WERE GETTING TO IS CAN A CAN OF ARTS CONTRIBUTION FUNDING.

GO TOWARDS AN ART PROJECT THAT OFFSETS AN OPERATIONAL COST.

OR THE PHRASE AN OPERATIONAL COSTS, TYPICALLY NO.

LOOKING FOR A WAY TO MARRY? YEAH.

FUNCTION COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, SO COULD WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD LOOKING REST AREAS THAT THAT SERVICE OUR CITIZENS AT OUR BUS STOPS WHERE WE'RE LACKING IN THAT ALREADY AND WE HAVE THIS MECHANISM TO TO PAY FOR THAT? I THINK WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE REALLY LINING OUT ALL THE DETAILS ON THAT, WE'LL PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS FOR YOU AND LET YOU GUIDE US ON HOW WE WRITE THAT UP AND FOR YALL'S CONSIDERATION.

SAUER, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? DID I MISS ANYTHING? OK.

SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT SAN JACINTO IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR ARTS PROJECT PREMIERE THIS THURSDAY, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 30TH BETWEEN 6:45 P.M.

AND 9:00 P.M.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE ROCKING ROCKING OT, WHICH IS 3100 WEST 6TH STREET.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR ARTS ARTS PROJECT PREMIERE, SO BE SURE AND COME OUT FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE G, WHICH IS DISCUSS NORTH

[1.G. Discuss North Heights Rezoning lnitiative, Part ll; and]

HEIGHTS REZONING INITIATIVE FOR PHASE TWO MR. CITY MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT EMILY KOLLER HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM, AND PRIOR TO HANDING IT TO EMILY, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT IT'S JUST AN UPDATE ON THE NORTH HEIGHTS REZONING INITIATIVE.

PHASE TWO.

SO IT'S NOT PHASE ONE, WHICH WILL BE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FOR SECOND READING IN OCTOBER.

THIS IS THE SECOND PHASE WHICH IS SOUTH OF AMARILLO BOULEVARD.

IT WAS IN FRONT OF.

WELL, I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND HAND IT TO EMILY KOLLER INSTEAD OF STEALING ALL YOUR THUNDER OR ANY OF YOUR THUNDER.

EMILY, GO AND TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.

YES, I WILL COVER ALL THOSE DETAILS AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.

WELCOME.

SO, YEAH, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND ON PART TWO BEFORE CONSIDERATION.

SO LET ME SEE HERE.

PART TWO IS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE NORTH HEIGHTS PLAN AREA.

IT'S ENTIRELY SOUTH OF AMARILLO BOULEVARD, SO THERE AREN'T ANY PROPERTIES ALONG AMARILLO AMARILLO BOULEVARD THAT ARE PROPOSED TO CHANGE.

IT'S ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT POINT EIGHT EIGHT ACRES.

ABOUT HALF OF THE PROJECT AREA IS PROPOSED TO BE REZONED, SO IT'S NOT A COMPLETE REZONING OF ALL THE LAND IN THIS PART OF THE PLAN AREA AND THE DISTRICTS THAT THE AREA WILL BE CHANGING TO.

THERE ARE FIVE OF THEM AND I'LL COVER THEM IN DETAIL.

BUT IT'S GOING TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL LIGHT COMMERCIAL, MODERATE DENSITY, GENERAL RETAIL AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

AND THE AREA RIGHT NOW IS ALMOST ENTIRELY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH SOME HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND MULTIPLE FAMILY ONES.

SO ON THE MAP, EVERYTHING THAT'S PURPLE IS CURRENTLY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AND I THINK JUST RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THIS AREA MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT EVEN THAN PART ONE TO

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ACHIEVE AN IDEAL LAND USE MIX.

BUT STAFF DOES FEEL THAT THIS PROPOSAL BETTER ALIGNS THIS PART OF THE NORTH HEIGHTS PLAN AREA WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT, WHICH IS THE GUIDING POLICY FOR ALL OF THE LAND USE DECISIONS THAT WE DO IN AMARILLO.

SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL, PART ONE AND PART TWO, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS INTENDED TO BE PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PLAN AREA WAS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE A MIX OF APARTMENTS, DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES.

IT'S INTENDED TO HAVE A GENERAL RETAIL CORRIDOR ON HUGHES STREET AND THEN ALSO ENCOURAGE NEW KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE ST.

ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL PROJECT.

SO THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL USES THAT ARE ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE SOUTH AND IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE PLAN AREA ARE MOSTLY UNAFFECTED BY THE PROPOSAL.

SO THE GENERAL PERCEPTION AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, IS THAT PEOPLE THINK OF THIS AS A COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREA.

BUT WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IS THAT CURRENTLY THE LAND USES ARE AN ALMOST EQUAL PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTIAL.

SO THE WAY THE LAND IS USED NOW IS ALMOST EQUALLY RESIDENTIAL AS IT IS IN NONRESIDENTIAL.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGES THERE.

39 PERCENT NON RESIDENTIAL VERSUS 30.

37 PERCENT RESIDENTIAL AND ANOTHER 24 PERCENT IS VACANT.

SO AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, STAFF HAS, YOU KNOW, WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE PLAN AREA IS THAT A TIPPING POINT, WHICH IS GOING TO DETERMINE HOW THIS PART OF AMARILLO DEVELOPS MOVING FORWARD.

SO IF THIS PROPOSAL IS SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED OR DEVIATED FROM OR NOT IMPROVED ALTOGETHER, WE THINK THAT THERE WILL BE CONTINUED EROSION OF WHAT WAS ONCE A THRIVING BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY CENTER FOR NORTH HEIGHTS.

AND SO OUR INTENT IS NOT TO DOWN ZONE EXISTING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, BUT TO TRY TO DEVELOP A MORE ORDERLY LAND USE PATTERN SO THAT THE COMMERCIAL USES CAN CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH OUR EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO NOW I MOSTLY HAVE PICTURES, I THINK, FOR YOU.

SO THIS IS A MAP THAT WE'VE BEEN USING WITH THE THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.

SO THIS IS THE EXISTING ZONING.

THE PURPLE IS INDUSTRIAL AND THEN THOSE PURPLE PINS ARE THE RESIDENT EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES.

SO WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE RESIDENCES.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION ASKED US IS DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE OCCUPIED? AND SO WE DID DO SOME RESEARCH WITH OUR UTILITY CONNECTIONS, AND WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE THAT ABOUT SEVENTY FOUR PERCENT OF THOSE ARE CURRENTLY OCCUPIED RESIDENCES.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN THIS AREA IS HOW DO WE HOW DO WE BLEND VERY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL USES WITH EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES.

THIS MAP WE'VE BEEN USING AT THE WORKSHOPS AND SO THIS IS A HISTORIC BUSINESS MAP THAT WHERE BUSINESSES WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH A SEPARATE INVENTORY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT MOST OF WHAT IS SHOWN HERE, THE LITTLE YELLOW SQUARES.

I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THE ON THE SCREEN, BUT MOST OF WHAT IS SHOWN HERE IS IN THE AREA THAT WAS THE HISTORIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUSINESS CENTER IN THE FLATS.

AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THIS AREA IS IS BASICALLY UNRECOGNIZABLE NOW.

AND BUSINESSES CONTINUED TO MOVE UP ALONG HUGHES AS THE NORTH HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION WAS DEVELOPED.

SO AGAIN, WE THINK THAT THIS REZONING PROPOSAL WILL REVERSE THIS TREND OF ENCROACHMENT OF THESE MORE INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL USES AND ALLOW THE POSSIBILITY OF REBUILDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO NOW I'LL JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THE FIRST MAJOR CHANGE IS HEAVY COMMERCIAL.

SO THERE'S.

FIFTY SIX POINT THREE EIGHT ACRES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO GO MOSTLY FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AND THIS IS IN KIND OF THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THE PROJECT AREA WHERE A LOT

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OF THE EXISTING BUSINESSES ARE.

AND SO THE INTENT WITH HEAVY COMMERCIAL IS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE EXISTING BUSINESSES AND PREVENT THE MOST INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL USES IN THE FUTURE.

AND RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE EIGHT RESIDENCES THAT ARE NON-CONFORMING, AND AS A RESULT OF THIS CHANGE, THOSE EIGHT RESIDENCES ARE CONTINUE TO BE WILL CONTINUE TO BE NON-CONFORMING.

BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO BUSINESS THAT'S CURRENTLY OPERATING IN THIS AREA THAT WOULD BECOME A NON-CONFORMING USE AS AS A RESULT OF THIS CHANGE.

LIGHT COMMERCIAL, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT COMMERCIAL, THIS IS MOSTLY INTENDED TO BE A BUFFER BETWEEN THAT HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND THOSE MORE INTENSIVE USES AND THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL WE HAVE CURRENTLY.

AS FAR AS NONCONFORMING USES IN THIS AREA, THERE ARE 14 AGAIN HOUSES.

AND THOSE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE NON-CONFORMING.

BUT WE'RE NOT WE WOULDN'T BE AFFECTING ANY OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL USES.

GENERAL RETAIL IS PROPOSED.

THIS IS ALONG HUGHES, SO IN ITS HUGHES RIGHT NOW IS ENTIRELY HEAVY COMMERCIAL.

AND SO IT'S PROPOSED TO CHANGE TO GENERAL RETAIL.

AND THE INTENT BEHIND THIS IS TO TRANSITION IT BACK TO MORE OF A SMALL BUSINESS CORRIDOR.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 25 NON-CONFORMING USES IN THIS CORRIDOR AND TWENTY THREE OF THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL.

AND SO THE NON-CONFORMING WE WOULD BE CREATING A COUPLE.

MOST OF THOSE RESIDENCES ARE GOING TO STAY AS OUR NON-CONFORMING USES, BUT THERE ARE TWO AUTO RELATED ONES THAT WOULD BECOME NON-CONFORMING.

AND WE DO HAVE A SOLUTION FOR ANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE IMPACTED THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY WAIVE THOSE FEES FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON.

MODERATE DENSITY, THIS IS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THOSE EXISTING RESIDENCES ARE.

SO IT'S PRIMARILY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL RIGHT NOW AND WOULD CHANGE TO MODERATE DENSITY TO MATCH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER.

AND SO RIGHT NOW IN THAT AREA, WE'VE GOT FORTY THREE NON-CONFORMING USES.

THOSE ARE ALL RESIDENCES.

AND SO BY DOING THIS, WE WE MAKE A LOT OF THOSE CONFORMING AND THERE ARE SORT OF A MIX OF LIKE UTILITY SHOPS AND PRIVATE STORAGE AND HERE AND THOSE WOULD BECOME NON-CONFORMING AND MODERATE DENSITY.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND THIS IS PROPOSED AROUND THE ST.

ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL PROJECT.

AND THE INTENT HERE IS TO ALLOW BOTH RESIDENTIAL TYPE USES, AS WELL AS A MIX OF OTHER KIND OF LOW IMPACT COMMERCIAL USES TO CREATE MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL AROUND WHAT IS PROPOSED TO BE ABOUT A $30 MILLION SENIOR HOUSING INVESTMENT.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A CATALYST FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ADJACENT USES COMPLEMENT THAT AND CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN THAT AREA.

BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PARTS OF THE PROJECT AREA.

YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF EXISTING NON-CONFORMING USES AND PROPOSED NON-CONFORMING AFTER.

THAT CONTINUES TO BE SORT OF A MIX OF BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.

SO STAFF FOUND THIS PROPOSAL TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF OUR KIND OF GUIDING POLICIES IN NORTH HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH FUTURE LAND USE MAPS FOR THE AREA, AND SO IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION, AS PRESENTED, WAS DENIED WITH A VOTE OF THREE TO FOUR.

AND SO THERE WAS NO OTHER MOTION THAT WAS MADE.

AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY OUR CODE IS WRITTEN, IF P&Z RECOMMENDS THAT A CHANGE NOT BE MADE, THEN AT THAT POINT THE APPLICANT HAS TO APPEAL.

AND SO SINCE THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE REZONING AND CITY INITIATED, THEN THE CITY APPEALED THAT DECISION, SO IT COULD BE THEN CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL.

SO JUST TO WRAP IT UP, PART TWO THEN IS SCHEDULED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

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FIRST READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, SO OCTOBER 12TH.

WE ALSO HAVE PART ONE SECOND READING THAT'S ALSO SCHEDULED FOR THAT SAME MEETING.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY SLIDES.

I THINK I'LL PAUSE HERE AND SEE IF CHRIS IS HERE, ANDREW, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ALSO.

OK, THANK YOU, EMILY.

APPRECIATE THAT.

SO COUNCIL, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A DIALOG WITH THE CITY MANAGER AS TO WHAT RESOURCES AND INFORMATION YOU NEED GOING FORWARD FOR PHASE TWO OF THE PROCESS AND WHAT YOU NEED FROM STAFF IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE REZONING INITIATIVE FOR THE NORTH HEIGHTS ADVISORY ASSOCIATION.

AND SO, EMILY, I'LL JUST START OFF.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO PLANNING AND ZONING.

WHY WAS THERE A REASON AS TO WHY THE MOTION WAS DENIED? I MEAN, DID THEY GIVE A REASON AS TO.

YOU KNOW WHY THEY SAID NO, I MEAN, WHAT WERE THEIR CONCERNS? YES, SO ACTUALLY THERE WAS VERY LITTLE DISCUSSION.

THE THE MEETING WHERE ACTION WAS TAKEN, BUT WE DID PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, SO WE DID GET SOME FEEDBACK.

AND I THINK THE PRIMARY CONCERN FROM THOSE THAT VOTED AGAINST IT WAS THAT THEY FELT THAT THAT THIS DID IMPACT THE USES AVAILABLE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

THEY FELT IT DOES AFFECT THE VALUE OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE VALUE OF THOSE PROPERTIES, AND THAT IT SHOULD BE THE PROPERTY OWNERS DECISION, WHETHER IT'S REZONED OR NOT.

THEY FELT LIKE BECAUSE THERE ISN'T CONSENSUS ON THE ON BEHALF OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

AND I THINK THAT THAT THERE WERE SOME OTHER CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT NOTHING CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS THAT THIS WAS THE THE SAME SAME PROPOSAL THAT YOU KNOW, WE'D BEEN PRESENTING SINCE THE BEGINNING, AND THEY FELT LIKE THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CONSIDERATION TO SOME OF THE FEEDBACK EARLIER IN THE PROCESS.

I'D SAY THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN ITEMS. OK, SO I'VE GOT ONE, I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION.

SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING AND THE ZONING STAYS THE SAME, YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THESE NON-CONFORMING PROPERTIES IN THERE.

SO NOW THEN THAT THEY'VE ALL OF A SUDDEN BEEN RISEN TO THE TOP OF THE OF THE HEAP.

NOW THEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE NON-CONFORMING PROPERTIES IN THIS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

WHAT HAPPENS GOING FORWARD? LET'S SAY WE DON'T DO ANYTHING AND YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE NON-CONFORMING PROPERTIES.

DO THEY HAVE TO CONFORM TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL? WELL, I THINK THAT THOSE RESIDENCES CAN CONTINUE TO EXIST THERE AS LONG AS THEIR RESIDENCES.

THEY'RE CONSIDERED [INAUDIBLE] ILLEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE.

BUT OVER TIME, AS THE AREA DEVELOPS, THEN YES, IT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO COMPLY WITH THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING.

IT'S JUST THOSE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT YEAH, AS THEY'RE TORN DOWN OR PEOPLE COME IN.

SO THE THE RESIDENTIAL USE, THAT SINGLE FAMILY ISN'T ALLOWED IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING, RIGHT.

SO WE AND WE DO HAVE ACTIVE DEVELOPERS WORKING IN THE AREA.

WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME AND SPEAK AT PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT THAT.

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING HOUSES IN THAT AREA.

THEY'RE WORKING, THEY'RE ACTIVELY WORKING IN THAT AREA.

SO THERE IS INTEREST FOR THIS TYPE OF REDEVELOPMENT ALREADY.

THERE'S EVIDENCE OF THAT ALREADY.

SO HOW IS THAT ADDRESSED IN THE NEW PLAN? SO MOST OF THE RESIDENTIAL, THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES ARE PROTECTED IN THAT MODERATE DENSITY AREA SO THAT THE THE SORT OF WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROJECT AREA IS MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN GENERAL RETAIL IS PROPOSED.

THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, LESS INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USES ADJACENT TO THAT.

AND THEN THERE IS A BUFFER LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO STEP DOWN BETWEEN THE MOST INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USES TO THOSE RESIDENTS.

SO THAT'S THE WHOLE GOAL OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS JUST SORT OF PROTECT THE

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EXISTING RESIDENTIAL, ALLOW THOSE BUSINESSES TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND ENCOURAGE A BETTER, A BETTER AND MORE COMPATIBLE TRANSITION BETWEEN THEM.

AND IF IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, I THINK I THINK I HOPEFULLY ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, BUT IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING LIKE WE EXPECT TO SEE LIKE THE SLIDE WITH THE FLATS THAT CONTINUED SORT OF ENCROACHMENT OF THOSE INTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL USES IN THIS AREA.

AND I THINK THAT'S I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION, IT'S LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SAYING THEY WANT TO SEE THIS REDEVELOP AS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND WITHOUT ACTION, I THINK WE WOULD JUST SLOWLY SEE THOSE UTILITY SHOPS, STORRS WAREHOUSES, CONTRACTOR TRADE.

NOT, I MEAN, NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

IT'S JUST LIKE IT'S THE DECISION ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THIS AREA, AND THIS IS THE BEST PROPOSAL TO TO SORT OF PROTECT EXISTING BUSINESS INTERESTS AND ENCOURAGE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD STYLE REDEVELOPMENT.

SO WHEN YOU'VE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AGAINST THIS PORTION OF THE OF THE PLAN, HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU ANY ALTERNATIVE INFORMATION OR HAVE THEY JUST SAID, NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS? HAS ANYBODY SPOKEN AGAINST THIS PORTION OF THE PLAN PHASE TWO? SO WE HAVE HEARD FROM PRIMARILY PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE TENANTS IN THIS AREA THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO FILL THOSE PROPERTIES IF THEY HAVE FEWER USES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

THE NORTH HEIGHTS ADVISORY ASSOCIATION DID A LOT OF KIND OF ON THE GROUND WORK WHERE THEY WENT AND TALKED TO A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES IN WHAT'S PROPOSED TO BE THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AREA AND FOUND VERY LITTLE RESISTANCE.

WE'VE MET WITH SOME OF THE LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS LIKE PLAINS DAIRY.

THERE'S NO RESISTANCE THERE.

IT'S MOSTLY THOSE THAT OWN PROPERTY THAT'S LEASED TO ANOTHER TENANT THAT HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN.

GO AHEAD.

ON THE P&Z PROCESS.

SO YOU'RE APPEALING THE THE VOTE AGAINST.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVES AT THIS POINT? DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU COULD PRODUCE AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN? TAKE IT BACK TO P&Z? OR IS THERE A SOLUTION THERE THAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT AND RECOMMEND? OR ARE YOU TAKING THE STANCE THAT THIS IS THE BEST YOU HAVE AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT TO THE COUNCIL AS THE APPEAL? WELL, I THINK WE ASKED P&Z, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE TO HAVE PHASE TWO BE APPROVED? AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE GOT ANY.

DID WE GET ANY CHANGES REQUESTED? WE MADE A FEW CHANGES EARLIER IN THE PROCESS, LIKE THERE'S SOME NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES THAT ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE EXISTING BUSINESSES OUT THERE.

A FEW CHANGES AROUND ST.

ANTHONY'S.

BUT AS FAR AS THE LIKE, WHERE THERE'S LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE.

I THINK INDUSTRIAL ZONING ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, THE WIDEST RANGE OF USES, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE EXPRESSED THAT THEY WANT IS THE LIKE HEAVY COMMERCIAL IS ONLY ONE STEP DOWN FROM THAT.

SO, YEAH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.

TO TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT.

AND I'M NOT SAYING I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

THIS IS THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT.

SO TELL ME IF I'M WRONG.

IF YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND THE REZONING TAKES PLACE, NOTHING REALLY HAPPENS.

IF YOU DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND NO REZONING TAKES PLACE, NOTHING REALLY HAPPENS.

SO WE'RE SAYING THAT IF YOU'RE NON-CONFORMING AND WE REZONE, YOU WILL STILL ALLOW YOU TO BE NON-CONFORMING UNTIL THAT PROPERTY SELLS.

CORRECT.

CORRECT, AND WE'RE ALSO SAYING IF WE WAIT WELL, THAT UNTIL THE PROPERTY SELLS, YEAH, WELL AND IT'S NOT EVEN THE SALE, IT'S THE CHANGE OF USE SO THAT THAT PROPERTY COULD CHANGE OWNERSHIP AND THAT SAME USE CAN CONTINUE.

SO FLIP IT AROUND.

IF YOU IF YOU DIDN'T REZONE ANYTHING AND PROPERTY WENT FOR SALE, WOULD YOU THEN BE NON-CONFORMING AND NOT ALLOW THAT AT THE SELL OF THE PROPERTY? OR WOULD IT ONLY BE UPON USAGE IN EITHER SITUATION? CHANGE OF USE? CHANGE OF USE THAT WE WOULD.

THAT WE WOULD EVER APPROACH SO I'M CURIOUS, DOES IS ANYTHING DIFFERENT?

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ARE WE REALLY? ARE WE REALLY GROWING SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL HELP US DEVELOP AND AND IMPROVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? OR ARE WE LOOKING INTO THE SAME SITUATION, WHETHER WE HAVE NON-CONFORMING RESIDENTIAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW TO BE NON-CONFORMING RESIDENTIAL EVEN WHEN IT SELLS? ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

THE THIS IS THIS IS NOT A DIFFERENCE FOR TOMORROW.

THIS IS A BENEFIT THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BEGIN TO REALIZE IMMEDIATELY.

THAT WILL FULLY REALIZE.

I MEAN, HOW LONG DOWN? EMILY, I MEAN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE PLANS BEING 20 YEAR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS BEING 20 YEAR PLANS.

SO TO CREATE THE THE THE FOUNDATION FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT, ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT, ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATED INVESTMENT LIKE THE GENERAL RETAIL IS ON THE FRINGES OF THE RESIDENTIAL.

IT WILL CREATE THE STEPPED INTENSITIES THAT WILL BE ESSENTIAL FOR HEALTHY GROWTH WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WHY CAN'T THIS PART OF TOWN BE LIKE? AND I KNOW THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE IS WHY CAN'T IT BE LIKE SOUTHWEST AMARILLO? WELL, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE WAY EVERY PART OF TOWN NEEDS TO BE.

BUT WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THAT, WELL, THERE'S A FEW FUNDAMENTAL PLANNING BARRIERS TO.

ESPECIALLY THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS DEVELOPING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD A VERY PLANNED APPROACH SINCE THEIR START, LIKE THESE NEWER PARTS OF TOWN AND I SAY NEWER PARTS OF TOWN, SOUTH WEST AMARILLO IS BY ANY DEFINITION, THE VERY SOUTHWEST EDGES OF AMARILLO ARE VERY NEW AND ONLY CAME ABOUT IN A VERY HIGH INTENSITY OR A VERY PROFESSIONAL PLANNING ENVIRONMENT.

WHEREAS YOU LOOK AT OUR OLDEST PARTS OF TOWN, THEY JUST KIND OF EVOLVED AND THEY HAVE INCOMPATIBLE USES NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

THEY HAVE NONCONFORMING USES VERY FREQUENTLY, AND THAT'S BOTH DUE TO JUST THE WAY THINGS HAPPENED AND ALSO DUE TO LACK OF ATTENTION ON THE CITY'S PART IN SOME CASES AND JUST LACK OF ATTENTION TO CODE AND ZONE ON POSSIBLY PROPERTY OWNERS PART.

IT DOESN'T MEAN ANY OF THOSE ARE BAD OR THAT THEY WERE DONE BECAUSE OF NEFARIOUS INTENT, BUT THE RESULT IS AN AREA THAT IS NOT.

POSITIONED TO REINVIGORATE ITSELF.

SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS IS A FUNCTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, WHETHER IT'S NORTH HEIGHTS, BARRIO, SAN JACINTO, EASTRIDGE, EASTRIDGE NOT FINISHED, BUT WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN OUT OF THE NORTH HEIGHTS, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IN BARRIO AND FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WITH SAN JACINTO ALL RECOMMENDING AND REQUESTING REZONING OF THEIR AREAS TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE.

I'M AT A LOSS FOR THE WORD A BETTER WAY TO GO GOING FORWARD SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

OR A MORE ROBUST NEIGHBORHOOD AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

THESE PLANS WERE PRESENTED TO P&Z.

ALL OF THEM WERE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEY ALL INCLUDED A PLAN TO REZONE.

AND THEN ONCE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE INCORPORATED INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT CALL FOR REZONING THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY OUR P&Z AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND AT THIS POINT NOW WHERE IT COMES [INAUDIBLE] TIME AND NOBODY EVER APPROVES.

NOBODY EVER IS UNANIMOUS ON, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER HAVE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR ANY REZONING, ANY COMPREHENSIVE REZONING IN ANY CITY.

AND I'VE DONE IT IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE CITY AND WITH WITH EMILY'S ASSISTANCE ON THAT ONE FOR PART OF THE PART OF THE PROJECT.

SO REALLY, AT THIS POINT, WE JUST NEED SOME GUIDANCE FROM FROM COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO THAT WAY, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT US TO DO.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OF OF, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME THIS, THIS CAME UP.

MY QUESTION WAS WHY YOU KNOW, WHY DO THIS? I THINK MY QUESTION TODAY IS MORE LIKE, WHY NOT IN THE WAY OF WE'RE ASSUMING THAT IN ORDER TO REVITALIZE AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, 100 YEAR OLD NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NOT EVER GOING TO LOOK LIKE EVERY OTHER PART OF TOWN.

AND WE DON'T WANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT AMARILLO TO HAVE ITS OWN FEEL.

WE WANT DOWNTOWN TO FEEL DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, CULTURE IS IN THAT 100 YEARS.

SO LIKE, I THINK OUR ASSUMPTION IS, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO IN ORDER TO REVITALIZE AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU HAVE TO REZONE IT.

I THINK MY QUESTION TO THAT IS, IS THAT A GOOD PREMISE TO MOVE FORWARD? DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO REVITALIZE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? OR CAN WE STILL DO EMPOWERMENT ZONES? CAN WE STILL CREATE A TIERS?

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CAN WE STILL INCENTIVIZE AND CLEAN UP AND BEAUTIFY THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND STILL PROTECT THE RESIDENCES? AND SO WHY NOT, YOU KNOW, PUT ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS IN PLACE FIRST? OR WHY NOT GO TO THE ACTUAL APPLICANTS? THE COMPREHENSIVE REZONING, I THINK, IS WHERE I GET STUCK.

COMPREHENSIVE REZONING WORKS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER REZONING I'M FAMILIAR WITH.

THE APPLICANT IS NORMALLY THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO'S MAKING APPLICATION TO BE REZONE.

IN THIS CASE, IT'S THE CITY MAKING APPLICATION, NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER.

SO WHY NOT ATTEMPT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, WHICH IS WITH GOOD EFFORT, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF HARD WORK FOR A GOOD OUTCOME LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR CITIZENS? BUT WHY NOT GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION FIRST? WHY GO HERE FIRST? WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE REAL CHANGE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE REINVESTMENT LIKE SUBSTANTIAL REINVESTMENT.

AND I I THINK THAT AND WE ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANY CONFIDENCE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTING IN AN AREA IS THAT THERE'S AN ORDERLY LAND USE PATTERN THAT WILL PROTECT THAT INVESTMENT OVER TIME.

AND SO IF I I DO THINK IF THERE'S IF THERE'S NO ACTION THAT WE DON'T CREATE THAT IN THE NORTH HEIGHTS PLAN AREA AND THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE ANY PREDICTABILITY.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK.

AND I THINK JUST TO ADD TO THAT, IT GOES TO THE LEVEL OF PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I DESCRIBED ZONING AS A FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT OF REDEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT IS IT IS THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH EVERYTHING IS BUILT.

IT BUILDS THE CONFIDENCE.

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS LIKE THE TIERS IS IN THE REINVESTMENT ZONES AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO.

THOSE ARE THINGS YOU LAYER ON TOP OF THE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BASIC FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.

OTHERWISE, WE CAN'T BUILD ON ITS UNSTABLE FOUNDATION.

I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I DON'T SEE THE BENEFIT IN ANY KIND OF PRACTICAL WAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY CHANGE ANY CONFIDENCE BECAUSE YOU DON'T CHANGE ANY USAGES YOU GRANDFATHER THOSE IN.

AND SO WE REALLY DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT WE ARE, I GUESS, AT THE AT THE UTMOST.

WE'RE CHANGING EXPECTATIONS THAT WE SHOULD NOW SEE DEVELOPERS THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND MAKE THESE LARGE INVESTMENTS.

AND AND HOW CAN THEY WIN? IT'S GOING TO BE PROPERTY BY PROPERTY OVER 20 30 YEAR OUTLOOK TO LAY THIS FOUNDATION.

AND ULTIMATELY, WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO LOOK LIKE SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT.

IT'S JUST NOT.

AND SO OUTSIDE OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I'M JUST LOOKING PRACTICALLY, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MORE WOULD WE GET OUT OF OUR TIME AND ENERGY OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS IF WE LOOKED AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES AND WE WEREN'T PUSHING FOR REZONING FIRST AS A CONSIDERATION? WELL, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHAT DO WE GET 20 YEARS FROM NOW? IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, WE GET THE SAME THING.

I DON'T MEAN THAT.

I REALLY DON'T MEAN THAT TO BE A GLIB ANSWER.

WE DO KNOW THAT WHEN WE DO LARGE SCALE REZONING, IT CREATES THE ENVIRONMENT FOR CONSISTENT LAND USE AND FOR INVESTMENT.

IT DOES HAPPEN OVER TIME.

IT'S JUST LIKE SAYING CHANGING SIGN STANDARDS FOR A LONG TIME.

YOU HAVE WHEN YOU GO FROM POLE SIGNS TO MONUMENT SIGN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR A LONG TIME, YOU STILL HAVE THOSE NON-CONFORMING PREEXISTING POLE SIGNS AND EVENTUALLY THAT BUSINESS WILL CHANGE.

THAT USE WILL CHANGE AND THAT SIGN WILL CHANGE.

AND THEN EVENTUALLY YOUR CITY, FROM A SIGN STANDPOINT, LOOKS THE WAY YOU INTENDED IT TO LOOK OR WHERE YOU ASPIRED FOR IT TO LOOK.

IT'S THE SAME WITH WITH ZONING.

EVENTUALLY, YOU WILL HAVE THAT REINVESTMENT IN THOSE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

YOU WILL HAVE THAT REINVESTMENT IN THE GENERAL RETAIL AREAS AND IN THE OFFICE AREAS THAT FACILITATES THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY CHOSE AND RECOMMENDED THE THE ZONING PLAN THAT THAT WAS ADOPTED.

BUT IT ONLY HAPPENS IF YOU SET THE FOUNDATIONAL.

IF YOU SET THE GROUNDWORK AND THEN WORK ON IT OVER TIME, IT DOESN'T.

IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.

I JUST WANT TO.

I JUST WANT TO STATE ONE ASSUMPTION JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO REZONE OR WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH REZONING DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE IN FAVOR OF DOING NOTHING.

SO GOOD LEADERSHIP HERE WOULD SAY JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT THIS WAY, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE THAT.

AND SO I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR DOING NOTHING.

I'M ADVOCATING FOR DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

I JUST QUESTION, IS THIS STEP ONE THE BEST STEP ONE YOU CAN TAKE? COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AS I SAID WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT PART ONE, WHICH ISN'T ON THE AGENDA PART TWO IS, BUT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CITY CHANGING THE ZONING HAS ANY EFFORT.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY EFFORT BEING MADE TO ASK OWNERS TO APPLY TO CHANGE THE ZONING.

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IF I DON'T KNOW WHY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR THE CITY COULD APPROACH EVERY OWNER GOING RIGHT DOWN THE BLOCK AND SAY, WE RECOMMEND YOU CHANGE ZONING TO THIS AND GET THEM APPLIED TO CHANGE IT INSTEAD OF.

THE GOVERNMENT CHANGING IT.

THAT'S WHERE I HAVE A PROBLEM.

WELL, THERE HAS BEEN PROPERTY OWNER OUTREACH.

THERE HAVEN'T BEEN, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT ASKING THEM, BUT I MEAN, THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN ASKED WHETHER THEY'RE NEUTRAL AND SUPPORT OR OPPOSED.

AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ONES THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TALKED WITH WERE EITHER SUPPORTIVE OR NEUTRAL.

SO IF WE WERE TO GO BACK WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD FIND A LOT OF OPPOSITION.

I THINK IT'S IT'S JUST THE COMPREHENSIVE NATURE LIKE THESE ZONING CASES ARE INTENDED TO BE EXAMINED.

YOU KNOW, AS A WHOLE.

AND SO WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW ONE DISTRICT TRANSITIONS TO THE NEXT.

AND AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT COMES AS A FULL PROPOSAL LIKE THIS VERSUS EVERY PROPERTY OWNER SAYING, I, YOU KNOW, I WANT THIS ONE VERSUS THAT ONE.

I THINK THAT'S WHY THESE PROCESSES ARE DESIGNED LIKE THAT IS BECAUSE THEY THEY HAVE TO BE STUDIED AND RECOMMENDED IN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE MANNER JUST TO ENSURE WE END UP WITH THE WITH THE RIGHT RESULT.

AND IF YOU HAVE AREAS WITH INCOMPATIBLE USES INSIDE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT CHEWS THROUGH THE PROCESS OR INQUIRED ABOUT TO NOT REZONE, THEN YOU HAVE A RESULT THAT IS NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH IS INCOMPATIBLE USES NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

TAKING INPUT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS FROM EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER IS APPROPRIATE, BUT AT SOME POINT THE STAFF WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WORKING THROUGH P&Z AND FINALLY THROUGH COUNCIL HAS TO MAKE DECISIONS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE KIND OF THE SAUSAGE WE'VE KIND OF MADE AND HOW WE'VE ENDED UP WHERE WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

AND AT SOME POINT EITHER YOU DO IT OR CHOOSE NOT TO DO IT, AND I'M NOT SAYING ONE OF THOSE IS WRONG OR RIGHT, AND IT COULD BE THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S CHOSEN TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW.

BUT IF YOU END UP WITH SOMETHING THAT.

IS.

THAT THAT HAS INCOMPATIBLE USES SURROUNDED BY, YOU KNOW.

LIKE INDUSTRIAL SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL OR HIGH INTENSITY USES NEXT TO LOW INTENSITY USES.

YOU REALLY HAVE DEFEATED THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESS AND YOU HAVEN'T ACCOMPLISHED THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT.

AND MAYBE IT'S THAT NOW THAT WE ARE HERE AT THIS POINT, WE REALIZE THAT DECISIONS MADE PREVIOUSLY WHEN THEY WERE CONCEPTUAL ARE NOT DESIRABLE ONCE IT'S RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

OK, COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS FOR EMILY? YEAH, MAYBE I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, SO I GUESS THE ONES THAT I WOULD BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MIGHT BE THOSE THAT ARE IN RESIDENCES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF A LONG TIME.

WE'LL JUST SAY A LONG TIME.

AND MY BIG THING IS IS AS I DO NOT LIKE SEEING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL NEXT TO RESIDENCES, I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT PART OF IT.

BUT I GUESS IT'S SO I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THIS OTHER STUFF THAT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE MADE A PROPOSAL.

SO YOU'VE GOT THESE NON-CONFORMING YOU'VE CHANGED.

YOU ALL HAVE MADE A PROPOSAL FOR MODERATE DENSITY, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY ONE DWELLINGS THERE.

SO IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU DIDN'T GO AHEAD AND CARVE THAT OUT AND LEAVE THAT GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THAT MULTIFAMILY ONE? WHY MOVE IT TO MULTI TO TO MODERATE DENSITY? AND THEN ACTUALLY THE PART THAT'S AROUND ST.

ANTHONY'S AND FAITH CITY MISSION WHERE THERE'S THE A NUMBER OF RESIDENCES THERE ALSO.

WHY DIDN'T WE MAKE A CONCESSION, BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE STILL PUT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AROUND THEM, WHY DIDN'T WE MAKE THEM MODERATE MF ONES ALSO, WHICH BASICALLY LEAVES THE RESIDENCES ALONE AND DO THE REST OF IT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AROUND THAT?

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SO I'M JUST SO I'M JUST KIND OF THINKING THROUGH.

I DON'T WANT TO THROW SOMETHING AND JUST SAY, NO, I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE SOME THOUGHT GIVEN TO, OK, SO WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN PLACE OF THAT? SO THAT WOULD BE, I GUESS, PART OF MY CONSIDERATION.

I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I DON'T LIKE LEAVING SOMETHING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO OFFER REHABILITATION FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU DARN SURE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AND I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT I JUST KIND OF WONDER.

SO LIKE ON THE MODERATE DENSITY? THEY WERE FROM PRIMARILY MULTIFAMILY ONE, WHY NOT LEAVE THEM MULTIFAMILY ONE? WELL, AND I THINK I CAN ADDRESS THAT SO THAT PROBABLY ON THE SLIDE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENTED AS PRIMARILY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

THERE'S JUST A TINY BIT OF MF ONE IN THAT MODERATE EXISTING MF, ONE IN THAT MODERATE DENSITY.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LINE ON THE EXISTING ZONING MAP, WHERE INDUSTRIAL TRANSITIONS TO MF ONE, THE MF ONE ALL STAYS.

AND SO EVERYTHING THAT'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AROUND THERE, FOR THE MOST PART, CHANGES TO MODERATE DENSITY.

SO WE DO LEAVE THAT MF ONE IN EXISTING AND THERE'S JUST A VERY SMALL BIT OF IT THAT'S KIND OF WRAPPED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.

EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF HOUSES SITTING IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

SO LIKE THAT LINE WHERE THE BROWN STARTS UP TO THAT LINE, ALL CHANGES TO MODERATE DENSITY, AND THEN THE BROWN IS MULTIFAMILY AND IT STAYS IN THE PROPOSAL.

AND SO WE DO ACCOMPLISH THAT, REMOVING THE EXISTING RESIDENCES FROM INDUSTRIAL AND NOT TOUCHING WHAT IS ALREADY ZONED MULTIFAMILY.

WHAT ABOUT THIS OVER HERE THAT YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF RESIDENCES, IT APPEARS.

BUT I KNOW THAT FROM LOOKING HERE, YOU'VE GOT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, WHICH NOW MAKES THESE RESIDENTS NON-CONFORMING.

SO ACTUALLY, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THE ZONING CODE REVISION.

LIKE THE BIG ZONING CODE REVISION IS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WILL ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY IT'S PROPOSED THERE IS BECAUSE IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF DESIGNED FOR THAT TO ALLOW A MIX OF APARTMENT, SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEXES ALONG WITH LIKE DENTIST'S OFFICE AND PET GROOMERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

OK, SO THOSE HOUSES WOULD NOT BE NON-CONFORMING THOSE RESIDENCES AND THEY COULD STAY THAT WAY EVEN IF THEY WERE RENTAL PROPERTIES OR WHATEVER.

SO I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THAT CORRECT? ALL OF THIS IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

YES, EVERYTHING THAT'S PURPLE IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AND I WILL SAY I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GROW.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SOMETHING IS, BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

HERE'S HERE'S SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US EITHER THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR CITY STAFF GIVE GUIDANCE TO THEM GO TO EVERY PROPERTY AND SAY WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SUCH AND SUCH ZONING.

JUST LIKE YOU'RE PROPOSING.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A FEE TO APPLY TO CHANGE THE ZONING.

[INAUDIBLE] SOME MONEY BE RAISED IF THEY CAN'T PAY IT.

THEN OFFER TO HELP THEM GET IT PAID.

AND YOU MIGHT IF YOU WENT THROUGH THAT, IT COULDN'T BE DONE IN A WEEK, CAN BE DONE IN A MONTH.

IT COULD TAKE A WHILE, BUT IF YOU GOT, YOU MIGHT GET 10 PERCENT OF WHAT YOU WANT.

YOU MIGHT GET 90 PERCENT.

YOU MIGHT GET 50 PERCENT.

I DON'T KNOW UNTIL THAT EFFORT IS DONE, BUT AT LEAST THE OWNERS WOULD BE DECIDING WHAT ZONING THEY APPLY FOR.

SO SOMEBODY IS ASKING FOR SOMETHING.

THAT'S WHAT I PROPOSE.

I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH THE ZONING YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT TO.

I DISAGREE WITH THE METHOD OF CHANGING IT.

WE WOULD WAIT FOR SOME DIRECTION ON WHETHER WE NEEDED TO PURSUE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

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WELL, I GUESS.

I WOULD NEED COUNCIL GUIDANCE.

THAT IS A DEPARTURE FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, SO WE'LL ABSOLUTELY DO WHAT COUNCIL WANTS US TO DO.

AND YOU KNOW, AS WE GO, THAT WOULD BE A DEPARTURE FROM THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, AND WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, THAT'S THE WAY COUNCIL WANTS TO GO ON IT.

IT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DIRECTED TO DO.

SO.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE RIGHT NOW, MR. CITY MANAGER IS FOR COUNCIL TO GET WITH YOU AND STAFF WITH THEIR CONCERNS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED BEFORE THE OCTOBER 12TH MEETING, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE BACK ON THE AGENDA AGAIN, AT LEAST SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

BUT FOR THEM TO WORK WITH YOU AND WORK WITH THE STAFF ON ON WHAT, WHAT INFORMATION DO THEY NEED IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD? SO SO THAT AT LEAST WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL.

FAIR ENOUGH.

YES, MA'AM.

OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR EMILY? NO.

OK, EMILY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, THANK YOU TO YOU AND CHRIS.

OK, SO COUNCIL, RIGHT NOW WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST BEFORE WE LET'S TAKE

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

LET'S TAKE CARE OF THIS LAST ITEM ON ITS ONE H.

SO ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER? SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.

CITY TRANSIT, BUS STOP BENCHES AND COVERINGS? OK, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER ITEMS? COUNCIL? NO.

SO COUNCIL AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE A FOUR MINUTE BREAK BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE CONSENT ITEMS FOUR MINUTES, YES, FOUR MINUTES.

YOU CAN USE THAT FOUR MINUTES ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO.

OK, WE'RE READY TO RESUME OUR MEETING HERE.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, WHICH IS THE CONSENT ITEMS COUNCIL, IS THERE

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU HAVE A QUESTION CONCERN OR YOU WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE PULLED OFF OF THE AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, MA'AM.

MAYOR PRO TEM I'D LIKE ITEM P TAKEN OFF AND CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY.

PLEASE? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM P.

[INAUDIBLE] I'M GOING TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHAT ITEM WAS THAT ONE P? SECOND, THANK YOU.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

OK, THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A FOUR ZERO VOTE MR. CITY MANAGER.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

ITEM P.

GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT HERE.

GET TO.

ITEM P ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR COVID

[2.P. CONSIDER APPROVAL - COVID VACCINE ROUND 4 GRANT FUNDING]

VACCINE AROUND FOR GRANT FUNDING.

MR. CITY MANAGER, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TELL ME TO TURN ON MY MIC.

THIS IS A A REVISION TO AN EXISTING GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE ANNUALLY TO DO IMMUNIZATION VACCINATIONS CITYWIDE IN THE LIGHT OF COVID.

THIS GRANT HAS BEEN BOLSTERED A NUMBER OF TIMES PREVIOUSLY THROUGH AMENDMENTS.

IT WAS MOST RECENTLY WE HAD, I WANT TO SAY, A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION ADDED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION WE GOT CASIE STOUGHTON, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH HERE TO JUST GIVE US THE HIGHLIGHTS, TALK ABOUT WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR, WHAT IT CAN'T BE USED FOR, THE HISTORY OF THE GRANT AND HOW WE CAME TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS MONEY.

THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY A GRANT OF MONEY, THOUGH.

IT'S AN AUTHORIZATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT UP TO AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ON ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN GRANTED THROUGH

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THIS GRANT OR AWARDED THROUGH THIS GRANT.

SO WE DO HAVE TO SHOW EXPENDITURE, WHETHER IT'S IN STAFFING, MARKETING, WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'LL BE DOING THROUGH THIS GRANT OR WHATEVER ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES WE DO THROUGH THIS GRANT, WE DO HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE SPEND IT.

THEN WE GET REIMBURSED THROUGH THIS GRANT UP TO AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS CASIE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SO AS JARED SAID, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE INITIAL AWARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT BACK IN MAY, AND THEN THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THAT GRANT ADDING AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR COVID VACCINE FUNDING.

THE INITIAL AWARD WAS AROUND FOUR MILLION, FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

SO THE ON THE STATE SIDE, THEY USE THE NOMENCLATURE NOMENCLATURE FOR COVID AROUND FOUR, BUT THAT IS THAT'S THE STATE'S NAME FOR THAT GRANT.

WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED LIKE AROUND ONE TWO THREE WE HAVE.

SO THIS WILL BE THIS IS WHAT THEY NAMED THE GRANT.

I'M NOT SURE WHY, BUT.

THAT'S JUST THE NAME OF IT, SO IT IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE LOCAL HEALTH ENTITY COVID VACCINE GRANT.

AND AS JARED SAID, WE HAVE THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES THAT ARE SET IN PLACE BY THE GRANT.

THIS THIS CONTRACT WAS AMENDED IT'S BEEN AMENDED, AND IT ADDED A SET OF DELIVERABLES FOR THE GRANT THAT ADDS MOBILE CLINICS TARGETING CERTAIN POPULATIONS AND PROVIDING EDUCATION.

SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE CRUX OF THAT, GRANT, TEMPORARY STAFFING IS REALLY KIND OF THE BULK OF IT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED? YEAH, IF YOU IF YOU WOULD BE PATIENT WITH ME.

SO I GOT THIS INFORMATION TODAY.

AND SO I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND CASIE AS MANY AS YOU CAN ANSWER OR CITY MANAGER OR MAYBE EVEN LAURA, BECAUSE IT GOES BACK AND FORTH, I'M SURE TO DIFFERENT TOPICS.

SO.

FOUR POINT FIVE MILLION ON THE ORIGINAL GRANT AND THE CITY APPLIED FOR THAT AND THAT FOUR POINT FIVE MILLION CAME FROM OUR REQUEST, SO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN IN THIS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT HERE.

WELL, THE FOUR AND A HALF WAS THE MOST OF THE MOST RECENT ONE.

I'M SORRY.

THAT WAS THE MOST RECENT AMENDMENT PRIOR TO THIS ONE, RIGHT? IT WAS THE INITIAL CONTRACT.

SO WE HAVE THERE ARE SEVERAL IMMUNIZATION GRANTS.

WE HAVE OUR YEARLY IMMUNIZATION GRANT.

AND THEN THAT CONTRACT WAS AMENDED AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THIS CONTRACT.

THIS IS SEPARATE FROM AND I APOLOGIZE.

I MISSPOKE EARLIER.

CAN WE GO BACK TO IF Y'ALL COULD HELP ME WITH THE DATES? I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS TWO WEEKS.

FOUR WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A GRANT THAT WAS ONE POINT SOMETHING MILLION.

THAT WAS FOR CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

CORRECT? AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR VACCINES.

SO THAT WAS A DIFFERENT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT GRANT.

WE HAVE ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT GRANTS.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OR ASSUME SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TRUE.

SO COVID VACCINE FUNDING JUST AS A WHOLE, WERE WE GIVEN ANY GRANTS ON THAT SO FAR THIS YEAR BESIDES THE FOUR POINT ONE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME HERE? SO WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL THAT WAS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR YEARLY VACCINATION GRANT AND THAT WAS ABOUT $99000.

AND THAT HAS I'D HAVE TO FIND LAURA, BUT I THINK THAT MONEY HAS ALL BEEN EXPENDED OR IT WILL BE AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

IS IT FAIR TO START WITH THIS FOUR POINT ONE MILLION IN ATTACHMENT B.

SO THAT YES, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL ONE CONTRACT.

SO I'M TRYING TO TO JUST GET A SOME FOOTING HERE.

I SEE PERSONNEL, I SEE SOME FRINGE COST, I SEE EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES.

AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT THE THE VACCINES AS FAR AS THE THE SYRINGES AND THE ACTUAL MEDICINE IS INCLUDED IN THESE AMOUNTS? SO THE THE SYRINGES WERE PURCHASED ON A CONTRACT LAST YEAR, LAST FISCAL YEAR, AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE THE ACTUAL VACCINE.

SO THE ACTUAL VACCINE ITSELF IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.

THE SYRINGES IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.

SO THESE ARE ADDITIONAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES, ALCOHOL, CONTAINERS.

AND THEN THE LABOR TO TO ADMINISTER THIS PERSONNEL, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE OVERHEAD COSTS AS WELL.

SO IT'S BOTH IN TEMPORARY STAFFING AND IN FULL TIME STAFFING.

OK, SO OUR CONTRACTUAL COSTS, LIKE IN THIS ONE IS FOUR POINT ONE EIGHT SIX MILLION CONTRACTS ARE THREE POINT TWO SIX FIVE.

WHO ARE THESE CONTRACTORS AND DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THEM OR WHAT DOES CONTRACTUAL MEAN? SO CONTRACTUAL WOULD BE THAT LINE ITEM SPECIFICALLY FOR ANY CONTRACTS OR

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CONTRACTORS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE.

SO TYPICALLY WE WOULD USE EITHER ANGEL STAFFING FOR A PROFESSIONAL STAFF OR EXPRESS STAFFING, WHICH IS THE CITY'S CONTRACTED PROVIDER FOR TEMPORARY STAFFING.

ANYTHING WE CONTRACT FOR FOR ANY SERVICE THROUGH THE GRANT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS CASE.

HE'S TALKING ABOUT PERSONNEL AND STAFFING, BUT THAT WOULD APPLY FOR ANY SERVICE WE CONTRACTED THROUGH IT, AND IT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH BOTH STATE AND CITY PURCHASING GUIDELINES, BIDDING GUIDELINES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

I'M CURIOUS, THOUGH, ON CONTRACTUAL, WE HAVE PERSONNEL AT FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND AND THIS IS A THIS IS A FOUR YEAR GRANT THREE THREE YEARS LEFT ON IT.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

SO WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THE AMOUNT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONIES WE'VE EXPENSED ON THIS.

YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT A REPORT, RIGHT? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO TO RUN OUR VACCINATION CLINIC? SO ON THAT AND THAT PARTICULAR GRANT SO THAT THAT FIRST SET OF FUNDING WAS, IT REQUIRED US TO AND WE HIRED A PROGRAM MANAGER, A REGISTERED NURSE AND TWO DIS.

SO THAT IS IN THE PERSONNEL.

ON THE PERSONNEL SIDE, WE HAVE FOUR FULL TIME STAFF MEMBERS.

ON THE CONTRACTUAL SIDE, WE HAVE A SET OF WE HAVE A TEAM OF OF NURSES WHO AND TEMPORARY STAFF WHO MAKE UP THAT CONTRACTUAL SIDE.

SO I WOULD BE CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT IT COSTS FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FOUR YEARS WORTH OF PERSONNEL BEING THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF AND $3.2 MILLION FOR THE NURSES THAT ARE ADMINISTERING THESE THESE VACCINES.

DO YOU HAVE A COUNT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT IS? YES, THAT IS 10 FULL TIME NURSES, 6 DAYS A WEEK FOR 18 MONTHS.

AND AND WE'VE BEEN OPEN AND THEY'VE BEEN WE'VE NEEDED 10 FULL TIME THE ENTIRE TIME, RIGHT? AND YOU PROJECT THAT FOR THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF THREE YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THE SAME.

AND SO DOES THAT ADD UP IN THE THREE POINT TWO MILLION, 10 TO 6 DAYS A WEEK? WELL, IT'S TWO POINT SIX AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE EXPRESS STAFFING, WHICH IS 10 SUPPORT STAFF, 6 DAYS A WEEK, 18 FOR 18 MONTHS.

SO IT'S WE HAVE BOTH.

BOTH CONTRACTS ARE IN THAT CONTRACTUAL LINE ITEM.

SO ANGEL STAFFING AND EXPRESS ARE BOTH IN THAT LINE.

SO YOU'RE THE THE THE ADDENDUM, I GUESS WE'LL CALL IT RIGHT HAS.

THE OTHER BREAKDOWN IS THE NO, IT'S IN THAT ONE.

SO THE THE PAGE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IN THAT CONTRACTUAL LINE ITEM, THE THREE POINT TWO IS MADE UP OF TWO CONTRACTS ANGEL STAFFING AND EXPRESS.

SO ON ATTACHMENT B ONE, WHICH IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.

WE HAVE EIGHT POINT THREE SIX SIX MILLION FOR THE SAME CONTRACTS, RIGHT? SO IS THAT THAT'S ANGEL STAFFING EXPRESS.

AND THEN WE HAVE WILL BE ALSO HIRING A EITHER A CONSULTANT OR A MARKETING FIRM TO DO THE ACTIVITIES IN THE OTHER PIECE OF.

AND THE OTHER DELIVERABLES.

SO AM I CORRECT THAT THE THREE POINT TWO MILLION IS INCLUDED IN THIS EIGHT POINT THREE? NO, IT'S ADDITIONAL.

SO WE NEED TO ADD THOSE TOGETHER.

YES.

SO WE'RE PLANNING ON SPENDING ROUGHLY ELEVEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN THESE THREE CONTRACTS TO ADMINISTER THE VACCINES WITH NURSES THAT ARE HIRED.

AND WE WOULDN'T EVER WANT TO JUST HIRE OUR OWN NURSES AND THROUGH THE HEALTH CLINIC LIKE OUT.

WE'RE REALLY STRUGGLING TO HIRE NURSES, I'VE HAD SEVERAL POSITIONS OPEN.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HIRE NURSES RIGHT NOW, BUT WE COULD.

IF WE COULD GET THEM, WE COULD FUND THEM THROUGH THIS.

THIS GRANT, LIKE OUR SALARY IS IS PRETTY IS IS LOW.

I MEAN, NURSES ARE BEING HIRED AT AT AN INCREDIBLE SALARY.

SO OUR SALARY USED TO BE IT USED TO BE QUITE COMPETITIVE SALARY AND IN THIS CLIMATE AND IN THIS AFTER THIS SUSTAINED PERIOD OF TIME.

THE MARKET HAS CHANGED ON NURSING, AND IT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND MORE REALISTIC FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO STAFF THE VACCINATION CENTERS OR THE VACCINATION FUNCTION THROUGH CONTRACT STAFFING RATHER THAN HIRING PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE OF THE THE CHALLENGES OF CHANGING THE ENTIRE CITY PAY SCALE TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM NURSES IN YOUR PAY SCALE LIKE THREE X.

OH YEAH, YEAH, LIKE IT'S NORMAL.

IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE THREE TIMES.

SO LIKE A TYPICAL NURSING SALARY, YOU KNOW YOU'D HAVE ROUGHLY ONE POINT EIGHT MILLION A YEAR GOING OUT WITH THE 6 DAYS A WEEK, 10 EMPLOYEES FULL TIME.

SO IF YOU RAN THAT FORWARD THREE YEARS, I MEAN, YOU'RE FIVE MILLION AND WE'RE ELEVEN

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POINT FIVE.

SO SO SOMEWHERE IN THERE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES THE COST TO TO HAVE THESE NURSES AND WE'RE PROJECTING, RIGHT, SO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T SPEND ALL THE MONEY, WE WOULDN'T BE, WE WOULDN'T SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR IT.

SO WE DON'T.

THE MONEY ISN'T OURS.

WE DON'T GET IT, DIDN'T GET PUT IN AN ACCOUNT.

ALL WE HAVE IS WHAT WE GET IS A BASICALLY A BANK DRAFT THAT SAYS IF YOU GIVE US RECEIPTS FOR THIS FOR UP TO EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION, YOU CAN GET EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION.

BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE THEM AN ACCOUNTING FOR ACTUALLY WHAT WE SPEND AND WE'RE ONLY GOING TO SPEND WHAT WE NEED, RIGHT? AND THE MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO TEXAS.

AND SO I FELT LIKE IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT MONEY EARMARKED FOR AMARILLO.

OK? AND SO BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR ECONOMY, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR PEOPLE LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THIS MONEY EARMARKED BECAUSE THE MONEY IS OUT THERE.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THE MONEY EARMARKED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M CURIOUS, LIKE THE THE TOTAL REQUIREMENTS I DON'T GET A LOT OF.

EDUCATION HERE ON THIS BREAKDOWN.

SO, LIKE, ARE IS THIS A LONG LIST OF REQUIREMENTS WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN WHAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO IN ORDER TO TO, YOU KNOW, QUALIFY FOR REIMBURSEMENT? RIGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER IT SAYS, LIKE, I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF A SUCCINCT WAY TO WRITE MANY OF THESE THINGS, BUT THEY'RE QUITE ROBUST ACTIVITIES.

YOU KNOW, IF I SAY BUILD A HOUSE LIKE IT'S THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, A VERY SHORT SENTENCE, BUT THERE'S A LOT IN IT, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT TO THAT, BUT IT'S ONE SENTENCE.

AND SO LIKE SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE QUITE, YOU KNOW, QUITE ROBUST, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE.

SO TO NOT GET INTO HOW HARD IT IS TO BUILD A HOUSE AND HOW WE COULDN'T EXPLAIN THAT TO ME IN FIVE MINUTES, WELL, LET'S JUST ASK SOME SOME CRITICAL GUIDELINES.

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION, DO YOU HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF THIS MONEY THAT GOES TO THAT? RIGHT, SO ON.

AND THAT IS ONLY IN THE SECOND CONTRACT.

IN THAT ROUND FOUR CONTRACT.

YES, MA'AM.

AND SO THAT IS ABOUT.

AND I DO NURSE MATH, SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PEOPLE, ALL THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM, BUT THAT'S IT'S RIGHT AROUND, IT'S ABOUT TWO POINT FOUR MILLION.

SO OUT OF OUT OF THE TWELVE, THAT'S WHAT I'VE.

SIX, SIX, SEVEN.

SO ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WILL GO TO ADVERTISING AND PROMOTING THIS RIGHT, AND THAT IS THAT THAT CHECKS OFF SEVERAL OF THE OBJECTIVES.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST FOR ADVERTISING, BUT IT PROVIDES THE LIKE.

THE EDUCATION THEY KIND OF BRINGING TOGETHER OF GROUPS, AND YES, IT'S IT'S IT'S MORE THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S OK.

I THAT'S LIKE 20 PERCENT.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I KNOW YOU PUT IT IN THE IN THE THE NOTE HERE.

NONE OF THIS MONEY GOES FOR MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES, ANY KIND OF OTHER PRETREATMENT, EARLY TREATMENT.

THIS IS STRICTLY VACCINE.

ALL OF THOSE OTHER INFUSION CENTER IS ALL BEING PAID THROUGH.

WAS THAT DHS THAT'S THAT'S PAYING DIRECTLY FOR THAT NOW.

SO THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] AND THE STATE AND THE THE MONOCLONAL ARE COMING FROM THE STATE.

SO I WAS READING THROUGH HERE AND IT DOES SAY.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE.

ADVERTISING THAT WILL BE DONE, YOU KNOW, IS BASED ON LIKE, THE VAERS REPORT.

AND SO I'M CURIOUS WHY WE HAVE THE VAERS REPORT, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFIED AND HERE'S ONE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS, BUT THEN WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY UTILIZING THAT TOOL TO EDUCATE ON SOME OF OUR ADVERSE REACTIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN.

SO ARE YOU LOOKING AT? B LIKE, NUMBER LETTER B NUMBER FIVE.

I'LL FIND IT HERE.

IT GAVE YOU A GOOD LIST OF OF MAYBE.

AS A COMMUNITY, WHAT WE CAN DO TO EDUCATE.

WAS IT A YOU CAN USE THESE THINGS OR YOU SHALL USE THESE THINGS, OR WAS IT THESE ARE THE EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO OR, BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE SECTIONS TALKED ABOUT, IT'S ACTUALLY ON.

THIS IS IS THIS B TWO? SO IT'S ON PAGE SIX OF NINE ON THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT NUMBER FIVE.

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YEAH, YOU'RE IN SUPPORT PROVIDER TRAINING AND REPORTING OF VACCINE ADVERSE EVENTS TO VAERS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPORTING THESE ADVERSE EVENTS TO VAERS.

WITH THIS MONEY.

SO THAT IS US AND AND TRAINING OTHER PROVIDERS ON ON THEIR REPORTING TO THEIRS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY MARKETING.

YEAH, WE'RE TRAINING PEOPLE.

WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT VAERS IS BEING REPORTED ACCURATELY.

WE'RE NOT MARKETING VAERS.

AND I'M NOT SAYING TO MARKET VAERS.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS IS WE HAVE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE IN A BIASED WAY TO PROMOTE A VACCINE AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO COME AND GET IT.

I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW MUCH CONTROL WE HAVE AS A CITY COUNCIL OR AS A COMMUNITY IN GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT OF IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE VACCINATED, WE WANT YOU TO GET IT AND WE ESPECIALLY WANT YOU TO BE INFORMED.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW ALL THE RISK.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW ALL THE REWARDS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO TAKE THIS RISK UPON YOURSELF TO BE VACCINATED.

SO IT'S JUST UNIQUE TO ME THAT WE DON'T UTILIZE THE VAERS SYSTEM WHEN IT'S IN THE PROTOCOL.

THAT'S GIVEN BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE HAD TALKED ABOUT VAERS, WE WERE SAYING IT WAS UNSUBSTANTIATED.

WELL, WE WE ABSOLUTELY USE VAERS AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT SYSTEM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO USE IT AS IT'S INTENDED.

AND SO WE WE WILL CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THAT TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO PROVIDERS ON THEIR ROLE AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AS VAERS GOES FOR US.

AND THE REASON WHY VAERS IS PART OF THIS GRANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH WE AND OUR PROVIDERS IN THE AREA ARE REPORTING ACCURATELY TO VAERS.

NONE OF THIS IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE US THE CAPABILITY OR TO DIRECT US TO ANALYZE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF VAERS OR THAT GOES INTO VAERS.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROVIDERS ARE ACCURATELY REPORTING TO VAERS.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT.

SO WE 100 PERCENT SUPPORT VAERS REPORTING TO VAERS AND ALL THAT.

SO MY QUESTION IS MORE PERSONAL IN THE WAY OF, YOU KNOW, ATTEMPTING TO BE A GOOD LEADER AND TO SUPPORT SOMETHING.

I'D WANT TO SUPPORT IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND IN THE WAY OF LOOKING ATTACHMENT, A ONE YOU KNOW, ONCE IDENTIFIED, GRANTEE WILL PERFORM TARGETED EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH REGARDING COVID 19 VACCINATION OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

METHODS OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH CAN INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DOOR TO DOOR EDUCATIONAL PAMPHLETS.

YOU KNOW, TOWN HALL MEETINGS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, FESTIVAL FAIR.

WE DO NONE OF THESE CORRECT.

WELL, WE'VE DONE SOME TOWN HALL MEETINGS, WE'VE DONE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, WE MET WITH THE BAR ASSOCIATION, WE MET WITH THE WAS THAT A WHILE BACK OR THE TOWN HALL WAS PRETTY RECENTLY? IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION.

UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, THE THE RESISTANCE THAT WE'RE ENCOUNTERING AND JUST THE QUESTIONS AND THEN THE DIALOG THAT'S NOT BEING GIVEN EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE, LIKE, RIGHT NOW, WE REALLY DON'T EVEN HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN AGENDA ITEM WHERE WE CAN HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO I'M ONLY I'M ONLY HEARING FROM THOSE THAT ARE REACHING OUT TO ME DIRECTLY, AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

SO LIKE IN THE WAY OF GOING DOOR TO DOOR, IF I WERE TO TAKE A PAMPHLET TO SOMEBODY'S DOOR AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT YOU A VACCINE CLINIC DOWN THE STREET, HERE'S EVERYTHING IT'LL DO, AND HERE'S WHAT IT DOESN'T DO.

AM I BEING EDUCATED WITH VAERS AND WITH, YOU KNOW, THE STATEMENTS FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS I KNOCK ON THAT DOOR? I WOULD SAY, NO, YOU'RE NOT BEING EDUCATED WITH VAERS YOU WOULDN'T BE YOU WOULD BE EDUCATED.

AS FAR AS HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN GET A VACCINATION, HERE'S WHY YOU NEED TO GET A VACCINATION.

YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE PURPOSE OF THE DHS GRANT AND THE GOVERNOR TELLING HIM TO DO IT FOR US IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE STATE THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

THAT'S I MEAN, THE STATE, I THINK, THINK WE'RE 50 OR 60, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY, I THINK, ONE OF THE LOWEST VACCINATION AREAS OF THE STATE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING SUCH A GOOD PORTION OF MONEY AND WHY THEY'VE ALLOCATED SO MUCH TO THIS AREA AND WHY CASIE'S PUT THIS MUCH INTO MARKETING.

SO WE'RE JUST WORKING TO HELP PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO, HOW TO GET IT, THINGS LIKE THAT, OK? COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY.

I KNOW THIS IS, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PLATFORM TO SPEAK ON, AND I WASN'T GIVEN THIS INFORMATION UNTIL RECENTLY.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO ANSWER THIS CASIE.

SO NONE OF THIS MONEY EVER REIMBURSES TO ANY KIND OF HOSPITAL DOCTOR ADMIN OR ANYTHING

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LIKE THAT RIGHT, UNLESS WE HIRED A DOCTOR TO WORK IN OUR VACCINATION CLINIC, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE WOULD EVER NEED, BUT WE COULD WELL KNOW LIKE NO SPECIFIC LIKE HOSPITAL OR BUT NO HOSPITAL, RIGHT? RIGHT.

THIS IS ALL FOR CITY, FOR CITY VACCINATION CLINICS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, RIGHT? AND I'M JUST TRYING TO ELIMINATE ANY KIND OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

OBVIOUSLY, IF I'M NOT ACCEPTING ANY MONEY AND I TELL YOU, HEY, I WANT EVERYBODY TO GET VACCINATED, I THINK YOU WOULD TRUST THAT.

BUT IF I'M BEING PAID TO SAY THAT, I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD NOT TRUST THAT.

AND THAT IS AND I KNOW THAT'S WRITTEN IN THIS REPORT AND IN AS A CIVIC LEADER, AM I REQUIRED TO PROMOTE THIS IN ANY WAY IF IF I WERE TO VOTE FOR IT? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I ONLY SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE IT OUTLINED TRUSTED MESSENGERS, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITY AND JUST SAID COMMUNITY AND CIVIC LEADERS.

SO JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE ANY DO WE HAVE ANY FAILURE IN THIS? WHAT IF WE TAKE THIS MONEY AND WE SPEND ALL THE MONEY? BUT BUT WE JUST DON'T INCREASE OUR VACCINATION PERCENTAGE? DO WE OWE ANY OF THIS MONEY BACK? IS THERE ANY CONSEQUENCE ON THIS REIMBURSEMENT WHERE WE COULDN'T GET REIMBURSED? NO, BECAUSE WE WE WILL.

THE STATE WILL TYPICALLY SENDS LIKE A LIKE A REPORT EITHER QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY OR, YOU KNOW, BIANNUALLY KIND OF.

HOWEVER, THEY SUBMIT OR SEND US THOSE REPORTS AND WE WOULD REPORT OUR PROGRESS BACK TO THE STATE.

SO IT'S NOT IT LIKELY WON'T BE BASED ON LIKE THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER IT WILL BE BASED ON.

OUR ACTIVITIES TOWARDS THE GRANT IS HOW OTHER GRANTS HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.

WE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED, IT'S NOT PERFORMANCE BASED.

IT'S JUST A IT IS AN ACTIVITY BASED ACTIVITY.

SO IT WOULD BE LIKE.

YOU KNOW, LIKE EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, WOULD HAVE A REPORTING METRIC ASSOCIATED, YEAH.

WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US GO BACK TO TOWN HALLS AND DIFFERENT DIALOGS THAT ARE OUTLINED HERE.

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY THAT WE KNOW WAY MORE THAN WE USED TO.

SO I KNOW THAT I WASN'T HERE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE ORIGINAL GRANT THAT WAS APPLIED FOR, I GUESS, AND I'M GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT THIS.

AND I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, REITERATE WE'VE LEARNED A LOT IN 18 MONTHS.

AND SO I KNOW THAT I PERSONALLY AM DOING THINGS DIFFERENT THAT I WASN'T DOING 18 MONTHS AGO.

AND I THINK WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THINGS DIFFERENT IF WE CHOSE TO.

AND SO IN THIS GRANT, LOOKING AT THIS, MY FINAL QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL LEAVE IT ALONE.

THE CITY READINESS INITIATIVE, OR CRI PROGRAM IS ANY OF THIS TIED INTO ANY OF THESE GRANTS OR ARE THEY TOTALLY STAND ALONE SEPARATE? THESE WILL BE TOTALLY STANDALONE SEPARATE GRANTS.

ONCE AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS AND LETTING ME GET ALL THAT OUT THERE.

I THINK THAT'S ALL.

OKAY, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM P? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? ARE WE MAKING ANY DENT IN THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED? YES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE.

WE'VE MOVED PAST THE 40 PERCENT MARK.

WE'RE PROBABLY CLOSER TO 45 PERCENT NOW.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS.

AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF BOLSTER THAT, I THINK WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, STANLEY AND SMITH, THANK YOU.

AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I WILL CALL FOR THE MOTION ON ITEM P ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE TO APPROVE THE COVID VACCINE ROUND FOR GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO DOLLARS AND TWENTY FOUR CENTS, SECOND.

TWENTY FOUR DOLLARS, THAT IS I'M SORRY.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

DO WE NEED A MOTION OR DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION MAYOR PRO TEM? WELL, I GUESS I ACTUALLY MADE THE MOTION SINCE SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER SECOND, THE MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY A SIGN OF SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY.

THAT MOTION PASSES WITH A THREE ZERO VOTE, THREE ONE THREE ONE VOTE.

I'M SORRY.

MOVING ON TO THE NON CONSENT ITEMS. ITEM THREE A, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY NINE, THIRTY

[3.A. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7938]

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EIGHT.

AND THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT, SO IT WILL SHOW UP ON THE OCTOBER 12TH MEETING.

OK, SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS 3B CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 09-28-21-4.

MR. CITY MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM.

ITEM 3B IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT WITH THE

[3.B. CONSIDER.ATION OF RESOLUTION 09.28-21-4]

CITY OF AMARILLO AND THE AMARILLO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

THIS FIRST, LET ME JUST SAY THIS HAS BEEN A MULTI-MONTH NEGOTIATION.

AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE ASSOCIATION, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP.

YOU KNOW, IT'S AS AS THE PRESIDENT ASSOCIATION SAID, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE BRINGS A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES TO THE TABLE.

BUT THE PROOF IS IN HOW WE WORK TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO COME TO A WORKABLE WAY FORWARD WHERE EVERYONE'S ON BOARD.

SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE EVERY PERSON THAT WORKED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND BOTH OF THOSE OF THE CITY.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF OF OF CONTRADICTORY VERBIAGE, BUT JUST COULDN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE ASSOCIATION PUT INTO THIS AND THE THE THE APPROACH OF THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP AS THEY'VE CONSIDERED APPROVAL.

SO OF CONSIDERATION IS THE AGREEMENT.

IT'S A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT COMMENCES OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, SO ALMOST IMMEDIATELY IT WILL EXPIRE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

IT HAS A ONE YEAR POTENTIAL EXTENSION EVERGREEN EXTENSION, WHICH WOULD REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE EARLIER OF THE DATE.

IT'S REPLACED BY A NEW AGREEMENT, OR SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2025.

COUNCIL HAS DISCUSSED THIS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW IS EXACTLY CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THE MOST RECENT DISCUSSIONS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES INCREASES TO BASE PAY OF THREE PERCENT IN YEAR ONE.

THAT'S THIS YEAR THIS COMING YEAR, FIVE PERCENT IN YEAR TWO AND FOUR PERCENT IN YEAR THREE.

IT MAKES MODIFICATION TO SUPPLEMENTAL SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY FOR OFFICERS, OFFICERS WORKING EVENING AND NIGHT SHIFTS, OR WEEKEND DAYS THAT THOSE WILL INCREASE FROM TWO AND A HALF PERCENT TO THREE PERCENT OF THEIR BASE SALARY, AND THAT WILL HAPPEN IN YEAR ONE.

THE CITY WILL PROVIDE AN ANNUAL BUYBACK PROGRAM ANNUAL LEAVE BUYBACK PROGRAM, ALLOWING OFFICERS TO ELECT SELL BACK 40 HOURS OR ONE WEEK OF ANNUAL LEAVE AT THE OFFICERS BASE HOURLY RATE IF THEY HAVE MORE THAN 10 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE WITH APD.

THAT PROGRAM WOULD BEGIN IN YEAR TWO AND ALSO EXIST IN YEAR THREE.

SO IN YEARS TWO AND THREE, THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO SELL BACK ONE WEEK OF ANNUAL LEAVE OR 40 HOURS OF ANNUAL LEAVE.

THAT EQUALS ABOUT 1.9 PERCENT OF AN OFFICER'S BASE SALARY.

SO IT IN IN AND OF ITSELF IS A.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY SUBSTANTIAL OR MOMENTOUS OR ANYTHING, BUT IT IS A NOTEWORTHY COMPONENT OF THE COMPENSATION COMPONENT OF THE AGREEMENT.

COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT IN THE CASE THAT OF VOTER APPROVAL.

TAX RATE ELECTION MODIFIES THE CITY'S ABILITY TO MEET ITS FUNDING UNDER THE AGREEMENT.

THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT EVERY CITY ACROSS THE STATE THAT HAS MEET AND CONFER OR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH THEIR ASSOCIATIONS, BE THEY FIRE, POLICE OR GENERAL FUND OR GENERAL EMPLOYEES.

BUT IT IS A REALITY THAT WE FACE FROM 2019 ON.

SO WE WILL HAVE WE ALL I SAY THERE IS WE HAD TO WRITE IN AN ACCOMMODATION IN THE EVENT THAT ANY COMPONENT OF THE AGREEMENT WAS SUBJECT TO A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION AND THAT ELECTION FAILED.

WE HAD TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER OUR AGREEMENT IS, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND IT.

SO EITHER OUR FUNDING CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THE AGREEMENT OR THE AGREEMENT CHANGES AS A AS A RESULT OF UNSUCCESSFUL VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION.

SO THAT IS, IN A NUTSHELL, THE AGREEMENT YOU HAVE THE AGREEMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU HAVE SEEN THE THE HIGH POINTS OF THE AGREEMENT AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS THESE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.

BUT YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU EXCEPT FOR JUST THIS

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MORNING.

SO I UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU NEED ME TO DO ANYTHING TO GET YOU SOME FEEDBACK RIGHT NOW.

THE ASSOCIATION HAS APPROVED THE AGREEMENT.

SO ONCE COUNCIL APPROVES IT, THIS WILL GO INTO EFFECT EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST.

SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER OR OUR CITY ATTORNEY CAN ANSWER? OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT WAS A PARTY TO THESE NEGOTIATIONS? OKAY, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, AT THIS TIME, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 09-28-21-4 CONSIDERING THE APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE MEETING MEET AND CONFER LABOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND THE AMARILLO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

THIS ITEM PASSES WITH A FOUR ZERO VOTE MS. MAYOR PRO TEM, IF I CAN JUMP IN JUST ONE MORE TIME.

YES, SIR, I CANNOT SAY HOW PROUD I AM TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM AND I'M NOT TALKING JUST ONE SIDE OF THE TABLE OR ANOTHER.

I AM VERY IN HEART.

MY HEART IS FULL.

NOT BECAUSE IT WAS EASY, BUT BECAUSE OF WE.

OUR CONVERSATIONS WERE CHARACTERIZED BY RESPECT, A VERY SPIRITED EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND AND PERSPECTIVES.

BUT A LOT OF LISTENING.

SO IT SOUNDS PANDERING.

AT THIS POINT.

IT'S ALL BEEN APPROVED, BUT WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM INSIDE THIS ORGANIZATION.

I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT COUNCIL HAS GIVEN TO THIS NEGOTIATION.

AND I DO WANT TO SAY TO OUR, I'M LOOKING AT OUR OFFICERS IN THE ROOM.

BUT BUT BUT TO OUR TEAM OVER AT APOA AND APD, THANK YOU FOR FOR FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND WILL DO AND FOR THE FOR THE CHARACTER OF THIS PROCESS.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE OUR OFFICERS AND YOU WORKING WITH THEM BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SPENT MANY, MANY HOURS ON THIS AGREEMENT FOR US TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND I DO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE AN ASSIGNED A SIGNED AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, BY THE APOA.

SO THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE C, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION

[3.C. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 09-28.21.5]

09-28-21-5 MR. CITY MANAGER RIGHT? MS. MAYOR PRO TEM WE'VE GOT MICHAEL KASHUBA, MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF TIMES RECENTLY IN AS DISCUSSION ITEMS. SO MICHAEL'S GOING TO GIVE US A REAL HIGH LEVEL OR BRIEFER PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE ABSOLUTELY READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL HAS.

WE CAN GO INTO AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE DETAIL AS YOU WANT.

I KNOW THAT ONE QUESTION THAT'S BEEN ASKED OF ME IS, DOES THIS AUTHORIZE ME TO SELL PROPERTY OR TO DIVEST OURSELVES OF PARKS? AND IT IS A IT IS A REAL QUESTION THAT THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD AND I WANT TO PAY IT A VERY SERIOUS LEVEL OF RESPECT TO SAY THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT.

NOTHING.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S NOT AN AGREEMENT, BUT NOTHING IN THIS PLAN WOULD AUTHORIZE ME TO SELL PROPERTY.

IN FACT, IT'S NOT OUR GOAL TO SELL PROPERTY.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LEGALLY COULD DO WITH NON DEDICATED PARKLAND AND WITH DEDICATED PARKLAND COULD ONLY DO WITH A VOTE TO APPROVE THAT SALE.

HOWEVER, ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD DO, BE IT A LEASE TO A PRIVATE ENTITY OR A SALE OR ANY DIVESTMENT OF A PARK PROPERTY.

IF IT'S IN AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE, WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE SERVICE CIRCLES OVERLAPPING, ALL OF THOSE WOULD COME TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ALL KNEW THAT, THAT NONE OF THIS IS DESIGNED TO SELL PARK CITY PROPERTY OR TO DIVEST CITY PROPERTY WITH WITHOUT COUNCIL'S AUTHORIZATION REALLY INPUT AND THEN AUTHORIZATION.

BUT WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT ANY OF COUNCIL'S INPUT.

OKAY.

COULDN'T LEGALLY DO IT WITHOUT ANY OF COUNCIL'S AUTHORIZATION.

WELCOME AGAIN! MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN AS THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND AS A GUIDELINE FOR FUTURE GROWTH DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S PARKS SYSTEM.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS KIND OF THE CULMINATION OF A COUPLE OF YEARS OF WORK SPECIFICALLY ON THE MASTER PLAN.

BUT FOLLOWING ON THE TAILS OF THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.

SO THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE TOOK WAS UTILIZED IN IN THE

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PLAN ITSELF.

I THINK THE THING THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS PLAN, I THINK THE THING THAT I'M MOST PROUD ABOUT IS THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM THE INITIAL SURVEY.

WE HAD ALMOST 2400 PEOPLE FILL OUT THE SURVEY.

WHEN WE DID THE PRIORITIZATION CHALLENGE, WE HAD ANOTHER SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED PEOPLE FILL OUT THE INFORMATION.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, THE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS MEETING, WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY PLUS PEOPLE SHOW UP NUMEROUS HOURS HAVE BEEN SPENT BY OUR PARK BOARD.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR PARK BOARD CHAIR MR. JOHN INGERSON AND PARK BOARD MEMBER MR. JEFF [INAUDIBLE], AS WELL AS THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT WHO SPENT NUMEROUS HOURS ON THIS.

SO THAT'S LUKE AUSTIN MR. JEFF [INAUDIBLE], FORMER BOARD MEMBER MS. ANGELA HARNEY, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER ELAINE HAYS, WHO SAT ON OUR BOARD MR. ERIC HUNTER AND MR. JOHN INGERSON.

SO THAT'S OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE THAT SPENT A LOT OF TIME REVIEWING THIS AND REALLY HELPED GIVE DIRECTION TO THIS PLAN.

OBVIOUSLY, WE PRESENTED THIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS.

I DO WANT TO WALK THROUGH JUST A COUPLE OF FINAL CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.

SO IN THE DOCUMENT AND WE UPDATED THE TABLES THAT REFLECTED THE 2019 ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN NUMBERS WHICH HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO CURRENT NUMBERS UNDER CHAPTER FIVE, TABLE 15.

WE DID ADD THE REQUESTS ARE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER TO BE DETERMINED.

AGAIN, HIRING OF A BEAUTIFICATION COORDINATOR.

THERE WAS SOME CLARIFICATION IN SOME OF OUR MAPS THAT WONDERLAND IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY, BUT IT IS A LEASE AND IS WITHIN A CITY PARK.

THERE WAS A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS TO THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

THERE WAS THE ADDITION OF SOME FIGURES AND TABLES AND MAPS UP AT THE FRONT.

AND THEN THERE WAS JUST A MINOR TYPOS, INCONSISTENT TEXT FORMATTING, ERRORS, ET CETERA.

THE PARK BOARD HAD HELD A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 20TH TO CONSIDER THIS AS A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.

IT WAS UNANIMOUS NINE ZERO VOTE, AND SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS PLAN.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL.

OK, THANK YOU, MARK.

THIS TIME, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 09-28-21-5, APPROVING THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN AS THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FOR THE AMARILLO PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

ITS APPOINTED BOARD AND CITY ADMINISTRATION AS A GUIDELINE FOR FUTURE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO PARK SYSTEM.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED PASSES WITH A FOUR ZERO VOTE.

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

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM D, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT, MR. CITY MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE KEVIN CARTER, PRESIDENT, CEO OF [INAUDIBLE], HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

AND THIS IS BUT THIS IS THE THE ABATEMENT THAT GOES WITH THE SECOND READING THAT WE DID ON CONSENT FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE 14.

SO KEVIN, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL.

BEFORE I GET STARTED, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ENCOMPASS HEALTH.

ENCOMPASS HEALTH OWNS A NATIONAL NETWORK OF INPATIENT REHABILITATION HOSPITALS.

MAYBE HERE IT GOES.

MAYBE HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE AGENCIES ENCOMPASSES THE LARGEST OWNER AND OPERATOR OF INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITIES.

THEY HAVE A NATIONAL FOOTPRINT THAT INCLUDES MANY HOSPITALS IN 39 STATES AND PUERTO RICO.

ALSO ENCOMPASS WAS RECENTLY NAMED AS ONE OF FORTUNE, ONE OF ONE OF THE FORTUNE 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR.

WITH THAT, I WANT TO INTRODUCE JOHN WELLS.

HE'S HERE TODAY FROM ENCOMPASS HEALTH FROM THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE IN ALABAMA.

WELCOME, JOHN.

WE'RE ABOUT IN ALABAMA.

THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE IN COMPASS HEALTH WANTS TO BUILD A 40 BED NEW INPATIENT REHABILITATION HOSPITAL IN THE POINTE WEST SECTION OF THE AMARILLO MEDICAL CENTER.

THEY CURRENTLY HAVE 67 MEMBERS THAT WORK HERE IN THE AMARILLO AREA CURRENTLY, BUT THEY WANT TO EXPAND THAT AND BUILD A NEW REHAB HOSPITAL.

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THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD INCLUDE A FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND.

HERE WE GO.

FORTY SEVEN POINT FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY FIVE SQUARE FOOT FACILITY ON SEVEN POINT TWENTY NINE ACRES.

IT WOULD BE A $26 MILLION CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON THE BUILDING AND THE FURNISHINGS.

90 NEW FTES WOULD BE CREATED IN YEAR ONE, AND THAT WOULD INCREASE TO 110 ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF THE 67 THAT THEY HAVE BY YEAR FIVE.

THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY WOULD BE TO ASK YOU FOR A SIX YEAR, 60 PERCENT ABATEMENT ON THE REAL AND BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY.

THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE PAST TWO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, ONE FOR BSA AND THEN ONE FOR TEXAS ONCOLOGY THAT YOU APPROVED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE WOULD HAVE IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS 60 PERCENT FOR SIX YEARS, THE NET BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO WOULD BE $3.7 MILLION.

THE BENEFITS OF ABOUT SEVEN MILLION WHEN YOU TAKE IN THE TAXABLE SALES ON A YEARLY BASIS.

ALSO, WATER USAGE FROM NEW NEW RESIDENTS.

AND THEN YOU FACTOR OUT THE COST THAT IT TAKES TO DO THOSE SERVICES.

SO A $3.7 MILLION DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AS AN ENTITY THAT WOULD CREATE 110 NEW JOBS AT $60000 PER YEAR.

NINETY TWO OFF JOBS WITH THAT, THAT'S A FIFTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AVERAGE ON THE TWO HUNDRED AND TWO NEW JOBS THAT WOULD BE CREATED, NOT COUNTING THE $26 MILLION INVESTMENT.

THE IMPACT OVER THE 20 YEAR PERIOD, WITH THE TWO HUNDRED AND TWO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES NOT COUNTING THE 67 WOULD BE $11 MILLION ANNUALLY IN NEW PAYROLL AND AROUND $3 MILLION IN TAXABLE SALES REVENUE FOR OUR AREA.

SO OVER $300 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD.

SO $15 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT ANNUALLY A HUGE PROJECT.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ENCOMPASS WANTING TO BUILD THAT FACILITY HERE, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE COUNCIL.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN.

WELL, OK, THANKS.

YES, YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.

EVERYBODY'S ASLEEP.

AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR AGENDA ITEM 3D.

MAYOR PRO TEM I MOVED TO APPROVE THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF AMARILLO AND ENCOMPASS HEALTH, TEXAS REAL ESTATE LLC AND COMPASS HEALTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF AMARILLO LLC AND PARK WEST CORPORATE CENTER LTD.

DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? OK, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

THIS ITEM PASSES WITH A FOUR ZERO VOTE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, KEVIN.

I APPRECIATE IT.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE, WHICH IS CONSIDER AWARD PROFESSIONAL

[3.E. CONSIDER AWARD PROFESSIONAL SE AGREEMENT ENGINEERING SERVICES - PROJECT #411739 PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS]

SERVICES AGREEMENT, ENGINEERING SERVICES PROJECT NUMBER FOUR ONE ONE SEVEN THREE NINE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS MR. CITY MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS RECENTLY, BOTH AS COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS AND IN DISCUSSION HERE AT CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS.

SO THIS IS THE CONTRACT FOR PHASE ONE OF THAT.

KYLE SNYDER JOHN, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING, IS HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL KYLE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

HELLO, KYLE.

HI, I'M PRIVILEGED TO BE THE LAST ON PRESENTER, BUT YOU GUYS STILL HAVE WORK TO DO SO.

BUT ALL RIGHT, SO AS JARED MENTIONED, WE'VE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS BEEN INVOLVED WITH MULTIPLE MEETINGS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER, BUT JUST IN GENERAL FOR THE FOR FOR THE BENEFIT.

THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS CAME ABOUT THROUGH LOTS OF INPUT FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND WHAT ONE OF THE RESOUNDING ITEMS WE HEARD WAS THAT OOPS, SORRY.

IT'S THAT THE LACK OF EXISTING AND EXPANDING INFRASTRUCTURE IS STARTING TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPABLE LOTS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND ACTUALLY PUSH DEVELOPMENT FROM INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE EMPHASIS THAT THAT BROUGHT MOST OF THIS CONVERSATION

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ABOUT THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE THE OF THIS IS TO CREATE A DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED, SOLUTION BASED APPROACH FOR CONTINUED AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF THE CITY THROUGH THROUGH THIS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND SO ONE OF THE WAYS WE OUTLINE TO MEET THAT MISSION OBJECTIVE WAS TO HAVE THOSE STAKEHOLDERS MEETINGS.

WE'VE MET WITH THE DEVELOPERS ON ON 817, THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION AND OTHER BUILDERS ON 824 LOTS OF SUBCONTRACTORS, THE REALTORS, AS WELL AS THE BANKERS AND APARTMENT ASSOCIATION GROUPS THEY'RE ON ON THOSE DATES.

WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS TO HIRE A HIRE CONSULTANT, HIRE A THIRD PARTY OBSERVER TO COME IN AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AND BRING US NEW IDEAS AND NEW FRESH VISION ON ON THINGS THAT THAT MAY BE UNIQUE TO AMARILLO AND MAY BE OUR IN OUR BEST INTEREST AND MAYBE OTHER IDEAS THAT THAT WOULD EXPAND THOSE THOSE IDEAS AND MOVE THINGS FORWARD.

THEN LASTLY ARE ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL APPOINT A CITIZENS PDP GUIDANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN UTILIZE THE EXPERTISE OF THAT AND AND IDEAS OF OUR CONSULTANT, AS WELL AS THAT INPUT FROM THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AND THAT CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY OUR PATH FORWARD.

SO TODAY, THE CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IS WITH KIM [INAUDIBLE] KIM [INAUDIBLE] IS AN ENGINEERING FIRM ACROSS ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAS DONE A LOT OF THIS TYPE OF WORK.

THEY HAVE WORKED WITH OVER 40 CITIES SPECIFICALLY ON IMPACT FEES, BUT ADDITIONALLY EXAMINING ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY, PROPORTIONALITY, POLICIES AND MASTER PLANNING POLICIES FOR FOR MULTIPLE CITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND AND LIKEWISE ACROSS THE NATION.

THE THEY'VE ALSO WORKED ON BOMB PREPARATION TYPE PROJECTS, AS WELL AS DESIGN STANDARD PROJECTS TO FORMALIZE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES AND BRING A WEALTH OF INFORMATION TO THIS TEAM.

LAST ONE, SORRY FLIPPING QUICKLY.

ONE FORWARD.

THERE WE GO.

ULTIMATELY, THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE AWARD OF THAT CONTRACT TO KIMBERLY HORNE, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR CARL.

SO I HAVE A FEW, KYLE.

SURE.

SO HOW HOW MANY CONSULTANTS DID WE LOOK AT? SO WE DID THIS SELECTION OFF OUR PRE-APPROVED SELECTION CRITERIA LIST.

THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 15 DIFFERENT ENGINEERS WHO HAD SUBMITTED RF PROPOSALS TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT IN THAT SELECTION LIST, AND THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO SELECT COMING ONE.

WERE THEY RATED ON CRITERIA? AND KIMBERLY HORNE, WHAT WAS HER RATING? SURE.

SO KIMBERLY HORNE? WELL, YES, THEY ARE ALL RATED BY A THREE PERSON PANEL AND THEY'RE RATED ON THEIR SUBMITTED QUALIFICATIONS.

THEY'RE NOT ALL THE ONES THAT SUBMITTED A RESPONSE OR RATED RIGHT.

SO ALL 15 SUBMITTED A RESPONSE TO THE PRE QUALIFIED LIST.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND WE DID NOT ASK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THREE PERSON PANEL CAN DO IS ASK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ANY ONE OF THOSE 15 CANDIDATES.

AND AND DO ADDITIONAL EVALUATION THAT WAS NOT DONE.

THE THE INITIAL SCORING OF THOSE OF THE THREE MEMBER PANEL IDENTIFIED KIMBERLY HORNE AS AS A AS THE FRONT RUNNER.

SO WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY SCORING ON LIKE, WELL, WE HAVE THESE OTHER THREE AND THEY THEY RANKED 32 AND 30 AND SHE HAD A 34.

OR DO WE HAVE THE THE AND IT'S NOT A SHE SAW JUST MINOR CORRECTION JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE LISTENING TO.

SO BUT THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY.

SO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT OVERSEES ALL OF THAT.

I WAS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THAT THREE PERSON PANEL, AND SO I DON'T SEE SPECIFICALLY DO NOT SEE THE SCORING CRITERIA.

THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS, BUT THAT RUNS OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, OVERSEES THAT SCORING CRITERIA AND THEY DO HAVE THOSE AND THEY THEY CAN'T BE REQUESTED.

I LOVE WHEN YOU READ FAST, KIMBERLY.

KIMBERLY HORNE IS NOT WHO WE'RE HIRING.

KIMBERLY HORNE, KIMBERLY HORNE.

I APPRECIATE THE CORRECTION ON THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

SO DO YOU OR DOES ANYBODY ELSE KNOW THEIR VIEWPOINT ON IMPACT FEES AND SPECIFICALLY

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TO LIMITS? SO I'M CURIOUS IF THEY HAD 41 CITIES THAT THEY'D DONE SUCCESSFUL ROLLOUTS OF IMPACT FEES? WHAT'S THEIR PHILOSOPHY IN? HOW LIMITED IS THIS IMPACT FEE OR WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES DO THEY BRING TO THE TABLE TO WHERE YOU AVOID THOSE IMPACT FEES AND YOU LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO TO FUND AND FINANCE THESE THESE NEEDS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I MEAN, NOT AND I WOULD SAY SPECIFICALLY THAT I HAVING READ AND RESEARCHED A LOT OF THE ONES ON THAT ON ON THAT LIST, I WOULD SAY THAT NONE OF THEM ARE THE EXACT SAME.

EACH IMPLEMENTATION HAS HAS A FLAVOR, A COMMUNITY FLAVOR, IF YOU WILL, THAT FITS AND MOLDS TO THE DEMANDS AND AND THE WANTS AND DESIRES OF THAT COMMUNITY.

THEY AS A COMPANY, THEY THEY DON'T HAVE A STANCE ON ON THE IMPACT FEE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF BRINGING IN AN EXTERNAL CONSULTANT IN THIS TYPE OF TYPE OF EXERCISE AND TYPE OF PROGRAM IN THAT MAYBE BIASES THAT THAT ARE INHERENT TO.

I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT COMES OFF AS COMBATIVE, BUT IN GENERAL, MY STAFF AS ENGINEERS ARE LOTS OF TIMES IN POSITIONS WHERE WE ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY OR THE BUILDING COMMUNITY, AND THAT JUST BRINGS ABOUT INHERENT FEELINGS OF AND THE LIKE.

AND SO IT'S BENEFICIAL TO BRING IN THIS THIRD PARTY AND TAKE A TAKE A THIRD LOOK AT IT OR A THIRD PARTY VIEW OF THE SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY IS ANOTHER FUNDING MECHANISM AND AN ALTERNATE METHOD, AND THEY SPECIFICALLY HAVE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE PROPORTIONALITY FITS THE COMMUNITY FLAVOR OF A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY VERSUS STRAIGHT IMPACT FEES.

AND SO I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT THAT THEY BRING THE BREADTH OF THAT EXPERIENCE TO US.

THAT'S REALLY, REALLY FOR THEM, IT'S A MATH PROBLEM WHAT ALL THINGS HAVE TO DO.

SO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS GOING TO GENERATE CERTAIN COSTS, WHAT ALL COSTS HAVE TO BE PAID FOR THROUGH THAT? WHAT ARE ALL THE AVAILABLE OPTIONS TO PAY FOR IT? AND THEN THEY'LL BASED ON OUR INPUT AND OUR OUR OUR COMMUNITY'S INPUT, OUR STAKEHOLDERS INPUT, OUR TAXPAYERS INPUT.

THEY'LL PUT IN THE.

DEVELOP A RECOMMENDED STRATEGY TO TO ACCOMPLISH TO GENERATE THOSE REVENUES, TO PAY FOR THE REQUIRED COSTS.

SO THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE A PERSPECTIVE ON SHOULD WE DO IT OR SHOULDN'T WE DO IT OR SHOULD THERE BE A MAX OR SHOULD THERE BE A MEN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IT'S REALLY WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO FINANCIALLY THROUGH THE PROCESS? WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS TO PAY FOR IT? AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE COSTS ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT ARE GENERATING THE NEED FOR THOSE COSTS.

ADDITIONALLY, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THIS IS IDENTIFIED AS PHASE ONE.

WE DO ANTICIPATE AN EXPLORER OR A DEVELOPMENT STAGE WHERE WHERE THEY ARE GIVEN DIRECTION AND THEY DEVELOP CERTAIN THINGS AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, AN IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.

AND YET WE DID NOT SPECIFICALLY INDICATE THE SCOPE OF THAT WORK, OTHER THAN TO A VAGUE OUTLINE SUCH THAT SUCH THAT IT IS GOING TO BE DETERMINED BY THIS PROCESS.

EVEN THE NEXT PHASES MAY AND VERY HELPFUL.

HAVE WE EVER WORKED WITH THIS ENGINEERING FIRM BEFORE SEVERAL TIMES OR IN WHAT CAPACITY? YEAH.

SO THE MOST RECENT, THE MOST RECENT, IT WAS TIED DIRECTLY TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATION TODAY.

KIMBERLEY HORN FACILITATED OUR MULTIMODAL PLAN FOR THE MPO, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY THE ABSOLUTE MOST RECENT WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH US SPECIFICALLY IN IN THIS PLANNING TIME AND MASTER PLANNING AND FUNCTION.

KIMBERLY HORNE HAS DONE MULTIPLE DESIGN PROJECTS THROUGH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

SO WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM SIGNIFICANTLY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK.

THANK YOU, KYLE.