Jan 11, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting

AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE CAN JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

YOU BET.

OK, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO REMAIN STANDING AS I'M GOING TO CALL JASON HARRISON WITH THE AMARILLO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO THE PODIUM TO DO A PRESENTATION

[ANNOUNCEMENT]

FOR US.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A BUSY DAY AND YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.

SO I JUST REALLY QUICK WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BRIEF BACKGROUND.

IN 2020, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STARTED A SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE REALIZED DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES NEEDED HELP MORE THAN EVER.

YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE COULD HAVE BARBEQUE TEAMS AND BUSINESS CONNECTION BOOTHS, SO WE NEEDED TO GIVE BACK TO THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES, IN PARTICULAR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED AND SO WE CAME UP WITH INITIATIVE, WE FOUND PARTNERS AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH EVENTS THAT THEY CAN BE A PART OF AT ZERO COST BECAUSE IT WAS ALL HELPED OUT BY THE PARTNERS AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF AMARILLO, THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL JARED FOR ALL YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, I KNOW I SEE IT WITH THE CHAMBER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW THAT KEVIN SEES IT AND I DON'T THINK THAT YOU ALL GET ENOUGH KUDOS FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT IT STARTS THERE.

SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS PARTNERSHIP RECOGNITION.

I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD GET A PICTURE OR SOMETHING, AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU ALL AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR BUSINESSES.

SO THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] YEAH, MAYBE NOW IS A GOOD TIME, YES.

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RIGHT ALONG WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM, WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH OUR ONLINE PUBLIC ADDRESS SIGNUP SYSTEM.

SO IF ANYBODY IS HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RAISE YOUR

[PUBLIC ADDRESS]

HANDS IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL.

SO I'M GOING TO THROW IT OVER TO CATHERINE MASSEY AND LET HER CALL PEOPLE UP.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT, I BELIEVE I SEE ONE HAND RAISED, I'M GOING TO RUN THIS THROUGH.

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

YOUR INPUT AND YOUR OPINIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE TO SHARE THEM AT EACH POSTED MEETING.

WE INVITE YOU, OUR FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. EVERY SPEAKER HAS THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.

A WARNING BEEP WILL SOUND TO ALERT YOU THAT YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS.

WE ASK THAT YOU STAY WITHIN THE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES.

SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO ITEMS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

DOING SO HELPS THE CITY COUNCIL ENSURE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ARE ABLE TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE MEETING FOR ALL.

WHEN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER YOU LIVE WITHIN AMARILLO CITY LIMITS.

I BELIEVE THE FIRST SPEAKER I SEE IS MR. JAMES S.

ISN'T WORKING ANYWAY IS IT.

IT'S WORKING.

OH, IT IS? HELLO.

HEY.

OH HELLO, EVERYBODY ONLINE, IF THERE ARE ANY.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.

OK, I WANT TO BRING UP SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN REFERENCE TO THE CONFUSION THAT I WATCHED LAST MEETING, WHICH WE'VE ONLY MET TWICE: ONCE IN NOVEMBER, ONCE IN DECEMBER.

DECEMBER MEETING HAD THE THING WHERE YOU ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT THE REVENUE RECOVERY AND THE ARP MONEY AND HOW WHEN YOU DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE ARP, IT'S NOT TO BE USED FOR FACILITIES, BUT YET WE'RE DOING SOME SORT OF A MANIPULATION OF RUNNING IT THROUGH SOME WAY TO GET IT AROUND TO WHERE WE CAN USE ELEVEN POINT TWO MILLION FOR YOUR AGENDA BASICALLY TO GET THIS BUILDING INTO ANOTHER BUILDING OR THIS CITY HALL AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CAPTURED FROM THE ARP MONEY, BUT YOU CAN FLIP IT AROUND, AND I GOT CONFUSED WHEN LAURA WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN I WATCHED IT AGAIN ON HOW YOU GET TO THE REVENUE RECOVERY MONEY AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE WERE BECAUSE IT'S RATHER IT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LAUNDERING THAT WENT ON AND MOVE IT OVER THERE TO WHERE YOU COULD RELEASE IT TO USE TO DO WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON, WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE REMODELING OF THE.

HARDWARE BUILDING.

SO AND THEN ALSO KNOWN IS THAT THERE IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE LAWSUIT AND I KNOW YOU ALL RESPONDED BACK TO AND YOU'RE STILL WAITING RIGHT NOW FOR A JUDGE TO RULE ON THAT.

AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT SPOKEN TO, TO WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE WITH USING THIS MONEY AND I'M CONCERNED WITH WHY WE'RE NOT USING THE MONEY IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS INTENDED, WHICH IS TO HELP PANDEMIC VICTIMS, PANDEMIC PEOPLE, THERE WAS PEOPLE HERE, NOBODY IN CITY HALL REALLY LOST A CHECK.

WOW, BUT YET MANY BUSINESSES WERE HIT HARD, AND NONE OF THIS MONEY IS GOING.

NOT ALL, YOU'RE USING NINE MILLION TO DO SOME OTHER SORT OF THINGS AND THEN YOU'RE GETTING INTO THE SEWER AND WATER TO USE AS SOME MORE MONEY TO SHORE UP THE 35 MILLION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND APPARENTLY, WE HAD 22 MILLION EXTRA IN THE WATER AND SEWER RESERVES, BUT YOU'RE STILL ASKING FOR A RATE INCREASE ON TOP OF THAT.

ARE THERE OTHER SPEAKERS, CAT? NOT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

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IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.

DID YOU NOT GET MINE? BECAUSE IT SAID IT RECEIVED IT.

THAT'S WHERE THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY'S LYING IN RECEIVING THEM.

GETTING ON TO YOUR WEBSITE WAS TOUGH ALL MORNING.

OK, THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

MR. CITY MANAGER WITH REGARD TO ARPA FUNDS AND THE INTENT BEHIND ARPA FUNDS.

CERTAINLY, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT HOW TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIALOG ABOUT IT AND CONVERSATION, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD JUST TAKE THAT QUESTION AND ADDRESS HOW WE WERE ABLE TO USE SOME FUNDING FROM ARPA TO PURCHASE NOT TO PURCHASE, SORRY TO REHAB A FACILITY.

AND THEN WITH REGARD TO THE LAWSUIT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT LAWSUIT MR. S.

IS TALKING ABOUT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT AN ONGOING LAWSUIT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IS THAT--THAT IS CORRECT; WE TYPICALLY DO NOT SPEAK ABOUT ANY LITIGATION THAT'S GOING ON.

SO AND I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF LAURA OR SOMEBODY COULD STEP OUT WITH MR. S.

AND JUST RIGHT NOW ADDRESS HIS QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT REALLY IS PRETTY EASY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE FUNDS WERE USED AND HOW IT COMPLIED WITH THE INTENT BEHIND THOSE FUNDS.

SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

THE PURPOSE OF THE REVENUE RECOVERY COMPONENT OF THE ARPA FUNDING WAS TO REPLACE FUNDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT THEY LOST THROUGH THE PANDEMIC YEAR EARLY ON IN THE YEAR, WHETHER IT'S SALES TAXES OR OTHER REVENUE STREAMS, THE CALCULATION IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED FORMULA, BUT IT INDICATED THAT THE CITY HAD ELEVEN POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS THAT WERE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED FROM THE ARPA MONEY AS REVENUE RECOVERY TO THE CITY.

REVENUE RECOVERY FUNDS CAN BE SPENT, HOWEVER THE CITY CHOOSES TO SPEND THEM.

IN THIS CASE, WHAT COUNCIL DIRECTED WAS TO USE IT AS A FUND, AS A CASH FUNDING SOURCE TO OFFSET THE TAX INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY HALL PROJECT.

SO THAT GIVES IT IN A NUTSHELL, BUT LAURA WILL STEP OUT AND WALK YOU THROUGH HOW THE CALCULATION WORKS AND ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT REVENUE RECOVERY.

AND IF YOU HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTION, JAMES, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S A TOUGH CALL.

I MEAN, INCREASE THE TAX RATE OR SPEND THE DOLLARS OUT OF REVENUE RECOVERY.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO EASY CHOICE THERE, BUT I'M OPEN TO VISITING WITH YOU ABOUT IT IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AFTER YOU VISIT WITH LAURA.

LAURA WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU, TOO.

OK, THANK YOU, LAURA, FOR HELPING MR. S.

SO THAT'S IT AS FAR AS PUBLIC COMMENT.

OK, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, ANYTHING IN YOUR PACKET COUNCIL THAT WE NEED TO MOVE

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

UP TO THE FRONT FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION? OK, HEARING NOTHING? LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 1B UPDATES FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING ON

[1.B. Updates from Councilmembers serving on outside boards and commissions: a. Beautification and Public Arts Advisory Board]

OUTSIDE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD.

DR. SAUER.

YES, MA'AM, SO THE BOARD ACTUALLY MET TODAY AT 11:30, AND SO SEVERAL THINGS ACTUALLY ENDED UP HAPPENING TODAY.

OF COURSE, THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO REORDER THE OFFICERS.

SO ERIC BERRY WILL BE SERVING AS THE CHAIR FOR THE BOARD, AND STERLING MCKINNEY WILL BE THE VICE CHAIR.

SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ALSO HAPPENED, AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO KIND OF SAY SOME KUDOS TO SHERMAN BASS, SO THEY'RE GOING SINCE THE BEAUTIFICATION AND ARTS BOARD IS REALLY PRETTY MUCH UNDERNEATH PARKS AND RECREATION.

THEY'VE MADE THE DECISION THAT MICHAEL KASHUBA WILL TAKE OVER AS THE BOARD LIAISON FOR SHERMAN AND SHERMAN'S PLATE IS PRETTY FULL RIGHT AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES JUST TO SAY I DON'T THINK OUR OUR BEAUTIFICATION AND ARTS HERE IN AMARILLO WOULD BE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE IF IT WASN'T FOR THE ALL OUT EFFORT THAT SHERMAN MADE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WAS ABLE TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT HE DID, PLUS DO HIS POSITION AS RUNNING THE CIVIC CENTER, BUT I SO APPRECIATE HOW SHERMAN WAS ABLE TO HELP US COALESCE AS A BOARD GET THINGS OFF THE GROUND ACTUALLY HELPED US START MOVING TOWARD ACTUALLY HAVING A BEAUTIFICATION ARTS MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS NOW PART OF THE PARKS AND RECREATIONS MASTER PLAN AND SO ALL I CAN TELL YOU, IS I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO SHERMAN FOR ALL THE THINGS

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THAT SHERMAN DID AND HAS DONE, AND I APPRECIATE HIS SELFLESS GIVING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND MAKE THE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU, SHERMAN, VERY, VERY MUCH AND SO NOW THAT MICHAEL WILL BE TAKEN OVER AND MICHAEL'S GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT MICHAEL CAN DO IT.

I'VE ALREADY SEEN THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE, SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND WAS VOTED ON WAS WE'VE BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME WITH BEAUTIFICATION, TRYING TO GET PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND, AND THERE HAS BEEN 30000 TO FUND THAT BEAUTIFICATION AND SO IN JUST A MINUTE, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW THAT 30000 WAS USED THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAVE CHOSEN TO USE THAT TO HELP FUND OUT OF THE MASTER PLAN.

THE RECOMMENDATION WAS IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A FULL TIME STAFF MEMBER AND THAT POSITION WOULD BE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS COORDINATOR AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP US FURTHER PUSH THIS FORWARD AND BE ABLE TO GET THIS COORDINATED WELL.

SO, 30K WILL GO TO PARTIALLY FUND THAT AND WE'RE WORKING ON OTHER WAYS AND GRANTS AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS TO GET THE FUNDING FOR THAT POSITION AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REAL IMPORTANT IN HELPING MOVE THINGS FORWARD.

AS FAR AS THE MURAL GRANT PROJECT, THE MURAL GRANT PROJECT IS STILL OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 21ST, WHICH I BELIEVE IS NEXT FRIDAY, AND IT IS REAL IMPORTANT.

IT'S A VERY INTERESTING THING.

I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE REALLY REALIZE EXACTLY HOW THIS WORKS.

SO IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS OUT THERE AND YOU'RE LISTENING AND YOU OWN A BUILDING AND YOU'VE GOT A WALL THAT'S AVAILABLE, THIS IS WHERE YOU REALLY COME IN BECAUSE WE'VE GOT LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH ONE OF OUR CREATIVE PEOPLE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND DESIGN A MURAL FOR THE SIDE OF YOUR BUILDING.

AND WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THERE'S UP TO $5000 MATCHING GRANT AVAILABLE.

IN MOST CASES, IT IS USUALLY INITIATED BY AN OWNER OF A BUILDING HERE IN TOWN, AND THEN IT'S A COLLABORATION, THEN WITH THEM AND AN ARTIST IN PARTICULAR TO COME UP WITH WHAT THAT THEY WANT TO PRESENT.

SO WE'VE STILL GOT THAT AVAILABLE, ARTISTS.

I WOULD TELL YOU GUYS THAT I WOULD GO START KNOCKING ON DOORS, AND YOU MIGHT BE REALLY SURPRISED AT THE RECEPTION THAT YOU'LL HAVE AT USING YOUR BUILDING AS A CANVAS FOR ART.

IT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL WITH THE PROJECTS OF THE PAST THREE YEARS AND ALSO WITH THE WAY HOODOO MURAL FESTIVAL HAS TAKEN OFF AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, IT'S REALLY, REALLY AN EXCITING THING, BUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS ACTUALLY CLOSES THIS COMING FRIDAY WEEK AND I FORGET WHAT IS THE WEBSITE? ONE OF YOU GUYS, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE GO TO? THEY CAN EMAIL YEAH.

YEAH, MURALGRANTS@AMARILLO.GOV IS THE EASIEST WAY TO GET THE REST OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'D NEED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

ALSO, THE NEXT THING THAT ALSO HAPPENED AND I'M I WISH WE COULD PUT THIS UP ON THE SCREEN JUST DIDN'T GET IT IN TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, BUT YOU GUYS UP HERE AT THE FRONT, YOU'VE GOT A PICTURE OF THIS.

I WANT YOU ALL TO PICK THIS UP.

SO, WHAT WAS CHOSEN AND VOTED ON BY THE COMMITTEE SINCE WE COULD NOT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT GOING, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOING TO STIMULATE SOME BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS OR SOME ART HERE IN TOWN IS WE TOOK THAT $30000 AND WE HAVE PUT INSTALLATIONS AT SIX OF THE DIFFERENT REGIONAL PARKS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN TOWN.

SO THERE WERE ALREADY TWO THAT WERE PLANNED FOR AT THE POOL AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE THOSE UP SOON.

SO THE CONFIGURATION, IF YOU COULD SEE IT, IS BASICALLY IT'S A TWO FOOT SQUARE WITH BOLT PATTERN COMING OUT.

SO WHATEVER THAT YOU--OH, THANK YOU, YOU DID GET IT UP THERE, THAT'S AWESOME.

SO THAT TWO FOOT BOLT PATTERN WILL BE YOU CAN FIX YOUR SCULPTURE, YOUR ART PROJECT, WHATEVER IT IS TO THAT BASE AND THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT'S AT MEMORIAL PARK.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE SIX OTHERS AND THAT'S AT THE ROSE GARDEN.

THERE IS ONE AT ALAMO ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK, ONE AT RICK KLEIN AND THIS ONE OUGHT TO BE REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S AT THE START OF THE NEW MOUNTAIN BIKE COURSE.

SO THAT OUGHT TO BE A PRETTY COOL PLACE TO END UP HAVING SOME VERY INTERESTING ART.

MEMORIAL PARK AT AT THE ROSE GARDEN, JOHN STIFF, IT'LL BE ON THE MAIN ROAD, RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHERE THE SOFTBALL FIELDS ARE.

SAM HOUSTON IS GOING TO BE RIGHT OF THE MAIN STAGE AND THEN BONES HOOK IS GOING TO

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BE WEST NEAR THE STAGE.

SO ALL OF THESE PLACES FOR ART INSTALLATIONS ARE BEING SET UP SO THAT IT WILL BE EASILY ACCESSED SO ANYBODY CAN SEE THESE THINGS AND IT'LL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ART TO BE ABLE TO BE SEEN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE LONG TERM THOUGHTS ARE THAT MAYBE WE WOULD EVEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMISSION SOME PIECES AND PROBABLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN WILL BE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THERE'LL BE AN OPEN CALL FOR ART AND YES, AND THE GRADING FOR THAT ART WILL BE THERE WILL BE SOME PREFERENTIAL POINTS GIVEN FOR BEING LOCAL AS OPPOSED TO REGIONAL AS OPPOSED TO OUTSIDE OF OUR REGION, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT SO THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE ALL EIGHT OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND SO I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE THAT WENT ON TODAY.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO PART OF THE IDEA IS THAT THOSE COULD BE TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO EASY TO MOVE IN AND OUT, THEY COULD SWITCH FROM ONE PARK TO ANOTHER, WE COULD ADD MORE PADS ALL ACROSS THE CITY.

SO THIS IS THE GETTING STARTED OF WHAT YOU HOPE IS A GROWING PROJECT FOR MORE ART AND MORE PLACES.

I THINK IT GIVES US A REAL OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMEWHAT BEEN KIND OF LIMITED JUST TO THE MURALS.

BUT NOW THEN I KNOW THAT THERE'S PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN THAT ARE DOING SCULPTURES AND WORKING WITH METAL AND DOING DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS THAT BASICALLY, IF THEY CAN COME UP WITH A WAY TO FIX IT TO THAT FOUR BELT PATTERN, THEN WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DISPLAY THE ART HERE IN TOWN AND I THINK BY DOING THAT, IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ART ALL OVER TOWN.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS THE SCULPTURE GARDEN THAT'S AT SUNSET CENTER, I THINK, BUT THIS IS NOW IT WOULD ALLOW THINGS TO BE ALL OVER THE CITY, AND IT JUST GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE CREATIVE FOLKS HERE IN TOWN WHO ARE DOING THAT KIND OF WORK TO BE ABLE TO DISPLAY WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CREATIVITY HERE IN TOWN AND IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THIS ACTUALLY THE DOORS THIS ACTUALLY OPENS.

EXCELLENT.

OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ABOUT IT.

JUST SPECIFICALLY TO SHERMAN, THE COUNCIL APPRECIATES WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO LEAD THIS IS A BRAND NEW IDEA.

IT'S FIVE YEARS NOW OF WORK AND A LOT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN FIVE YEARS AND TRULY, THIS IS SEED PLANNING WORK.

I THINK 20 AND 30 YEARS FROM NOW, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PROUDLY LOOK BACK AND THINK I WAS A PART OF THE GROUP THAT VERY IN THE VERY BEGINNING STARTED TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC ART IN OUR CITY.

AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE GREAT IMPACT, I THINK, IN OUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THE KIND OF LEADER THAT CAN TAKE SOMETHING THAT'S JUST A VISION FROM THE COUNCIL AND PARTNER WITH PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO START SEEING THINGS ACTUALLY COME OUT OF THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON IT.

OK, EDDY, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT VERY MUCH.

ITEM 1C IS A QUARTERLY BUDGET UPDATE.

[1.C. Quarterly Budget Update]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

NOW, KEEP IN MIND, THEY'RE PRELIMINARY.

WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE YEAR END AUDIT, SO THE NUMBERS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED OUR PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.

SO I'M GOING TO SEE IF ANY OF THIS WILL.

THERE WE GO.

THE FIRST FUND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IS THE GENERAL FUND AND AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE MAIN OPERATING FUND OF THE CITY, AND THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE CITY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.

SO IN THE GENERAL FUND, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE BUDGETED REVENUES THROUGH FOR THE FULL FISCAL YEAR WERE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE POINT ONE MILLION.

ACTUAL REVENUES CAME IN AT TWO HUNDRED ONE POINT ONE MILLION.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A POSITIVE VARIANCE THERE ON REVENUES OF 10 MILLION AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

DEBBIE, PARDON MY INTERRUPTION, BUT I'M GOING TO LET ANYBODY KNOW IN THIS ROOM THAT MICROPHONES ARE WORKING, THE SPEAKERS ARE WORKING IN ROOM 306, IF FOR ANY REASON, YOU WANTED TO MOVE DOWN THE HALLWAY.

IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU.

OK, THANK YOU.

SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT VARIANCE IS MADE UP OF AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE NOTE THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE FLUCTUATION IN THE REVENUES FROM BUDGET TO ACTUAL AND OF COURSE, THE TWO MAIN AREAS YOU'LL SEE OUR SALES TAX WERE EIGHT POINT SEVEN MILLION OVER BUDGET AND THEN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX THREE POINT ONE MILLION AND WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE DETAILS OF THOSE TWO ITEMS AND THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER ITEMS LISTED HERE.

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WE'LL TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THOSE AS WELL.

JUST TO NOTE ON CHARGES FOR SERVICES, THAT WAS A CATEGORY, OF COURSE, THAT GOT HIT BY COVID AS FAR AS CIVIC CENTER ACTIVITIES, GOLF ACTIVITIES, RECREATION FEES.

THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS HAD IMPACT FROM COVID THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ALSO THE LAST ITEM THERE, THE 2.7 MILLION WITH INTEREST INCOME AND OTHER, OF COURSE, INTEREST EARNINGS WERE DOWN.

THE MARKET WAS AFFECTED BY COVID AND THEN ALSO SOME OF OUR GRANT FUNDING CAME IN A DIFFERENT WAY FOR TRANSIT.

SO THAT LINE ITEM JUST REFLECTED A VARIANCE HERE.

THE MONEY CAME IN DIRECTLY THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.

SO THE FIRST ITEM WILL DIVE INTO DEEPER IS SALES TAX REVENUE AND AS YOU KNOW,

[1.D. Quarterly Sales Tax Update]

COUNCIL, YOU RECEIVE MONTHLY REPORTS ON THIS.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SALES TAX CAME IN VERY WELL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AT ELEVEN POINT SEVEN PERCENT MORE THAN LAST YEAR AND THIRTEEN POINT FIVE PERCENT MORE THAN BUDGETED.

THIS IS ABOUT A $7 MILLION DIFFERENCE, SO THAT MUCH MORE IN SALES TAX REVENUES.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WE BUDGETED VERY CONSERVATIVELY DUE TO THE ONGOING IMPACTS OF COVID, NOT KNOWING WHEN WE SET THE BUDGET A WHOLE YEAR AGO FOR THE YEAR THAT WE JUST CLOSED HOW IT WOULD REBOUND, BUT THE ECONOMY HAS REBOUNDED WELL, AS YOU KNOW, SO SALES TAX PERFORMED VERY WELL FOR THE YEAR.

THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE'LL DIVE INTO A LITTLE DEEPER AS HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, AND WE PROVIDE THIS CHART JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE TO SHOW THE TEN YEAR HISTORY FOR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTIONS.

YOU CAN SEE THE CITY HAD REGULAR INCREASES ALL THE WAY A SLIGHT DECLINE IN 2017 AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU SEE IN 2020 THE IMPACTS OF COVID THE SIGNIFICANT DECREASE THERE OF TWENTY FOUR PERCENT, BUT AGAIN, THIS WAS ANOTHER AREA THAT REBOUNDED VERY WELL FROM THE EFFECTS OF COVID AND THIS CHART AGAIN, WE REPORT TO.

THIS IS REPORTED TO YOU AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT HOTEL OCCUPANCY REVENUES CAME IN VERY WELL FOR FISCAL YEAR AT SEVENTY ONE POINT SEVEN PERCENT MORE THAN LAST YEAR AND 53 PERCENT MORE THAN BUDGET.

AND ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF LAST YEAR WERE PRE-COVID.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, THAT'S WHY THERE ISN'T AS LARGE OF A VARIANCE FROM THE OCTOBER 19 TO THE OCTOBER 2020, BUT AGAIN, AMARILLO IS EXCEEDING THE PRE-COVID NUMBERS AND EXCEEDING FISCAL YEAR '18-19 NUMBERS BY ON AN AVERAGE OF 20 PERCENT FOR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.

THIS CHART HERE IS KIND OF INTERESTING.

THIS SHOWS YOU THE OCCUPANCY TAX IN RELATION TO THE OCCUPANCY PERCENTAGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO THE BAR CHART PART THE BLUE IS 2020 ACTUAL COLLECTIONS.

THE RED IS 2021 ACTUAL AND THE GREEN IS 2021 BUDGET AND THEN YOU SEE THE TWO LINE CHARTS THERE.

THE PURPLE IS 2020, SO THE OCCUPANCY IS WAY DOWN AND THEN YOU SEE THE BLUE IS 2021.

SO AGAIN, THE COLLECTIONS CAME IN VERY, VERY WELL FOR FISCAL YEAR 21.

ANOTHER REVENUE SOURCE IN THE GENERAL FUND, A BIG ONE IS GROSS RECEIPTS BUSINESS TAX.

THIS IS JUST A LIST THAT SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENT FEES THAT WE CHARGE.

THESE ARE FOR BUSINESSES THAT RUN THEIR LINES THROUGH OUR RIGHT OF WAYS AND WE CAN CHARGE THEM FEES FOR THAT ACCESS.

SO THIS CHART JUST SHOWS YOU HOW WE CHARGE THOSE TO THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND THEN HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF THAT.

SO FOR THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX, THIS IS FRANCHISE FEES THAT CAME IN AHEAD OF BUDGET BY ONE POINT EIGHT MILLION OR 10 PERCENT MORE THAN BUDGETED AND REALLY, THE TWO MAIN AREAS THERE WERE GAS AND ELECTRIC FRANCHISE FEES WERE THE MAIN AREAS THAT WERE OVER.

SO NOW WE'LL LOOK AT GENERAL FUND EXPENSES.

THIS IS, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE FULL FISCAL YEAR, THROUGH THE BUDGET FOR THE WHOLE YEAR WAS ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR POINT TWO MILLION.

ACTUAL CAME IN AT ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX POINT ONE MILLION.

SO THAT MADE US OVER BUDGET THROUGH SEPTEMBER BY ONE POINT NINE MILLION, BUT I WILL NOTE, AND THIS WAS ALSO NOTED IN YOUR MONTHLY BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL REPORTS THAT IF WE EXCLUDE THE CAPITAL PROJECT SPENDING THE APPROVED CAPITAL PROJECT SPENDING FROM THE PRIOR YEAR'S EXCESS, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE AN EIGHT POINT THREE VARIANCE TO THE POSITIVE.

WE WOULD BE UNDER BUDGET BY EIGHT POINT THREE MILLION.

SO MOST AREAS IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WERE UNDER BUDGET AND OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST CATEGORY WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS OUR STAFF VACANCIES.

SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS, ALONG WITH THE CITY AREA, EXPERIENCING A HARD TIME HIRING STAFF AND FILLING THOSE POSITIONS.

SO THAT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON THE BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL.

SO WHEN YOU BRING THE REVENUE VARIANCE AND THE EXPENDITURE VARIANCE TOGETHER, WE HAVE A NET VARIANCE, A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF EIGHT POINT ONE MILLION AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT I'LL MENTION AGAIN THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU REALIZE THESE NUMBERS ARE PRELIMINARY.

WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE AUDIT, SO THE NUMBERS ARE PRELIMINARY.

WE ARE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE AUDITORS AND COULD HAVE SOME YEAR END ADJUSTMENTS STILL THAT MIGHT HIT THE BOOKS.

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SO JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT NUMBER IS STILL A PRELIMINARY NUMBER.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY, YES, OCCASIONALLY, I'LL HEAR A CITIZEN SAY, WELL, THE CITY SHOULD GET AUDITED.

PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE CITY DOES GET AUDIT AUDITED EVERY SINGLE YEAR BY A THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT AUDITOR AND JUST GIVE US A LITTLE UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THAT IS.

YES, THE CITY DOES GET AUDITED AND PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE WE'RE GOVERNED BY STRICT RULES ON HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR THINGS.

WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT FUNDS AND THE MONEY HAS TO BE SPENT FOR THE PURPOSE THAT THEY WERE INTENDED.

YOU CAN'T CROSS THE MONEY BETWEEN FUNDS.

SO WHEN THE AUDITORS COME IN, THEY'RE AUDITING US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE FINANCIAL RULES AND THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY, BUT ALL CITIES HAVE TO BE AUDITED BY A THIRD PARTY, AND IT'S A VERY THOROUGH AUDIT.

THEY AUDIT OUR REVENUE SOURCES, THEY AUDIT OUR BANK RECONCILIATIONS AND THEY AUDIT OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS AND THEY REVIEW ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND HOW OFTEN DO WE DO THAT AUDIT? IT'S EVERY YEAR.

IT'S ANNUALLY, EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

AND IF SOME IF A CITIZEN WANTED TO FIND OUR AUDIT FROM LAST YEAR, WHERE WOULD THEY FIND THAT THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'S OUT THERE FOR ALL OF THE PREVIOUS YEARS AND IN THERE THERE'S THE FINANCIAL SECTION THAT HAS THE AUDITOR'S OPINION LETTER, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT MOST CITIES.

WE WANT TO HAVE A CLEAN AUDIT.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY FINDINGS.

SO WE'RE AUDITED FOR SINGLE AUDIT IS ALL OF OUR GRANT PROGRAMS AND WE'RE AUDITED FINANCIALLY FOR ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING.

SO WE'RE AUDITED FOR THOSE TWO CATEGORIES, BUT IT IS ON THE WEBSITE.

IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR CITIZENS IF THEY WANT TO KNOW.

I ALWAYS SAY TO DOCUMENTS, THE BUDGET DOCUMENT TELLS YOU WHAT THE CITY IS PLANNING TO DO.

WHAT WE'VE MAYBE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO AND THEN THE ANNUAL REPORT IS WHAT THE CITY ACCOMPLISHED AND THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS REALLY ARE A GREAT RESOURCE, AND THE ANNUAL REPORT IS THOROUGHLY AUDITED BY THE AUDITORS TO SHOW THE CITIZENS THAT WE'RE REPORTING OUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION CORRECTLY AND IT ALL IS TICKED IN TIED.

YOU KNOW, IT ALL BALANCES OUT.

GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT EXTRA EXPLANATION.

YEAH, AND AUDIT LOOKS ABOUT LIKE THAT THICK.

THE NEXT AREA IS UTILITY SALES.

YES, OK.

SO HERE WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT THE CITY HAS FOR UTILITIES, AND THERE ARE REALLY THREE FUNDS THAT RECORD UTILITY REVENUE.

ONE IS THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT'S WHERE THE SOLID WASTE REVENUES ARE RECORDED AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART ON THIS SCHEDULE THAT WE WERE JUST SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF BUDGET AT SIXTY NINE THOUSAND.

IN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND, WE HAVE WATER SALES, SEWER SALES AND WATER SALES WERE SLIGHTLY UNDER BUDGET, BUT IN THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE WATER SEWER FUND, IT'S NOT A LARGE NUMBER, IT'S 1.6 MILLION ON THE REVENUES.

I WILL NOTE IN THE WATER SEWER FUND THAT THE EXPENDITURES WERE UNDER BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE OF VACANCIES THERE AS WELL.

SO THE FUND OVERALL IS IN GOOD SHAPE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

SEWER SALES WERE JUST SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF BUDGET BY TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEN IN THE DRAINAGE FUND, WE PRETTY MUCH WERE RIGHT ON TARGET WITH BUDGET, SLIGHTLY AHEAD AT FORTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

THIS IS ALWAYS AN INTERESTING CHART THAT JUST SHOWS THE IMPACT OF THE WEATHER ON OUR WATER SALES, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE BAR CHARTS ARE THE REVENUES, THE WATER SALES ARE IN THE BLUE SEWER OR IN THE RED AND THEN THE PRECIPITATION.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE REVENUES AND IN THE CONSUMPTION WOULD FLUCTUATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, WHETHER IT'S A DRY YEAR OR A WET YEAR.

SO THAT'S JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE IS COVERING THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND.

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO MONITOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMS EXPENSE THROUGHOUT EACH FISCAL YEAR TO MAKE SURE OUR HEALTH FUND STAYS ON TRACK AND YOU CAN SEE BY THIS CHART THAT OUR MEDICAL CLAIMS ARE UNDER BUDGET AT THE END OF THE YEAR BY EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE THOUSAND.

SO THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS IN REGARDS TO THE HEALTH FUND.

THAT'S KIND OF A FUND THAT YOU HAVE TO WATCH.

IT CAN BE VERY UNPREDICTABLE.

WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THERE COULD BE MAJOR CLAIMS, BUT IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR OUR MEDICAL CLAIMS. WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE HEALTHIER.

YES, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD HOPE FOR AS WELL AND I THINK THAT IS A REFLECTION OF THAT, HONESTLY.

SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED STRONG.

AGAIN, THE AUDIT IS ALMOST COMPLETE.

OUR PLAN IS TO BRING THE AUDIT REPORT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND TO COUNCIL IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

IF WE STAY ON TRACK WITH THE AUDIT, THEY'RE JUST ABOUT DONE, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE PRELIMINARY AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, DEBBIE.

QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? I GOT A COUPLE, IF YOU'RE OK.

SO THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE VARIANCES THAT YOU HAVE, TWO POINT SEVEN MILLION LOSS, I

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GUESS LESS THAN WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR INTEREST AND INCOME.

WHY IS THAT A BUDGETED REVENUE SOURCE? INTEREST INCOME, IT IS BUDGETED.

IT'S PART OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE SOURCE.

SO WE BUDGET FOR ANY REVENUE SOURCE THAT COMES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL.

SO WE CAME IN LESS THAN BUDGETED, BUT WE DIDN'T LOSE MONEY ON OUR INVESTMENTS.

WE JUST DIDN'T EARN AS MUCH AS WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED.

IS THAT BECAUSE OF CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING? WELL, NO, IT'S BECAUSE WELL WE WERE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR BUDGET, BUT THEN THE MARKET KIND OF GOT HIT HARDER THAN EXPECTED WITH COVID.

YEAH, A LOT LOWER.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT TURN AROUND, BUT IT'S JUST A VARIANCE THERE, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACTS OF COVID.

IT WAS HARD TO PREDICT.

WE BUDGETED FOR LOW INTEREST RATES, EVEN LOWER THAN THAT.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO THE TWO POINT SEVEN WAS A NET LESS.

ONLY 900000 OF THAT WAS RELATED TO INTEREST INCOME.

THE LINE ITEM IS INTEREST INCOME AND THEN OTHER CATEGORIES.

THERE WERE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES THAT FLUCTUATED AS WELL.

OK, SO IT JUST KIND OF CAUGHT EVERYTHING TOGETHER THERE.

IF WE LISTED EVERYTHING, IT WOULD BE A LONG LIST.

YES, WE DIDN'T LIST ALL.

SO WE JUST KIND OF GROUPED THE OTHER CATEGORIES.

OK, MY OTHER QUESTION ON HOT TAX, IS THAT A NET HOT TAX AFTER I'M GOING TO SAY THIS THE WRONG WAY REBATE'S NOT A GOOD WORD, BUT FUNDING THAT GOES BACK TOWARDS THE EMBASSY SUITE RIGHT, SO IF YOU ON THIS CHART AND I DON'T THINK IT MIGHT BE SLIDE SEVEN OR PAGE SEVEN, YOU SEE AS YOU HAVE THE HOT TEXT THERE.

SO AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT, YOU SEE WHERE THE REBATE IS AT THE BOTTOM.

SO THE FIRST SUBTOTAL IS THE GROSS HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTIONS AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE REBATE IS DOWN THERE, SEE THE YEAR TO DATE HOT REBATE TOWARD THE BOTTOM? MM HMM.

THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE WHERE WE NET OUT THE REBATE.

SO THEN YOU CAN SEE BOTH.

WE LIKE IT FOR YOU TO SEE THE GROWTH AND THEN THE IMPACT OF THE REBATES AND THEN WHAT THE NET COLLECTIONS WERE.

SO AM I SAYING THIS CORRECT, THAT WE GROSSED EIGHT POINT THREE, REBATED SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND AND NETTED SEVEN POINT SEVEN? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.

GREAT, I THINK THAT MAY BE IT.

ANYBODY ELSE? DEBBIE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

I REALLY, REALLY LIKE THIS TOOL THAT Y'ALL HAVE SETTLED INTO.

I MEAN, I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS WORKED FOR FIVE YEARS TO HAVE A GOOD QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORT THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS TRADITIONALLY DONE WHEN WE STARTED.

I THINK IT'S GOOD AND YOU GUYS HAVE SETTLED INTO WORKING HARD FOR THE TOOL TO BE EFFICIENT EVERY TIME YOU BRING IT TO US.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

OK, THANK YOU.

ANDREW, NEXT.

OKAY.

GET THE SLIDES UP, IT'S A ONE PAGE SLIDE.

IT'S IN YOUR PACKET, WE'LL GET ON THE SCREEN HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

SO I'LL BE VERY BRIEF ON SALES TAX BECAUSE AS YOU SAW IN DEBBIE'S PRESENTATION, THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL.

SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT, EXCEPT THAT IT'S GOING WELL.

SO ON YOUR SLIDE, WE'VE GOT THE TOP CATEGORIES OF THE INDUSTRY BY CALENDAR YEAR TO DATE.

SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEBBIE'S PRESENTATION THIS ONE IS CALENDAR YEAR JANUARY TO DECEMBER, WHICH IS NOVEMBER SALES THROUGH NOVEMBER.

SO IT'S TWO MONTHS BEHIND WHEN WE GET OUR ACTUAL INDUSTRY DATA.

SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, JUST NOVEMBER SALES THAT PRODUCED THIS NUMBER.

SO OF COURSE, THE TOP CATEGORY WE HAVE IS RETAIL, AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT WE ARE 15 PERCENT HIGHER COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR, GENERAL SERVICES A LITTLE OVER 13 PERCENT HIGHER AND THEN FOOD IS ALMOST 18 PERCENT HIGHER.

SO WE'RE STILL SEEING DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES IN OUR MAJOR CATEGORIES WHEN COMPARING YEAR OVER YEAR AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME OF OUR MAIN RETAIL CATEGORIES ARE ALSO SEEING DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES.

GENERAL MERCHANDISE, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE IN THE RETAIL CATEGORY, IS UP A LITTLE OVER 10 PERCENT.

NON STORE RETAILERS, THESE ARE YOUR ONLINE COMPANIES THAT DON'T HAVE A PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN AMARILLO, BUT DO IN THE STATE JUST A LITTLE OVER 20 PERCENT INCREASE.

WE HAVE SEEN THOSE COME BACK DOWN TO REALITY DURING THE MAIN COVID MONTHS.

WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, WE WERE SEEING ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TO TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN PERCENT INCREASES IN THAT CATEGORY ALONE.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS FOLKS ARE SPENDING MORE TIME SHOPPING BRICK AND MORTAR OR OTHER ONLINE STORES THAN JUST SOME IN THAT CATEGORY.

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES ARE UP THIRTY ONE PERCENT, BUILDING MATERIALS UP 19 PERCENT, SPORTING GOODS AND BOOK STORES UP 18 PERCENT, AND ELECTRONICS AND APPLIANCES

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UP 14 PERCENT AND THEN THE FOOD CATEGORY, WHICH IS ANOTHER MAJOR ONE FOR US THAT WE TRACK, OF COURSE, IS OVERALL IS UP 17 PERCENT, BUT THEN WE BREAK IT DOWN BY FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT.

THAT CATEGORY IS UP TWENTY FIVE PERCENT AND THEN THE LIMITED SERVICES DRIVE-THRU IS JUST UNDER 10 PERCENT INCREASE OVERALL.

AS FAR AS OUR LABOR FORCE, WE INCLUDE THAT IN THIS SLIDE AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE SITTING FOR THE MSA AT ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND, WHICH IS AN INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR OF THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EMPLOYEES FOR THE MSA, SITTING AT AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF THREE POINT ONE PERCENT, WHICH STILL LEADS THE STATE.

WE ARE NUMBER ONE IN UNEMPLOYMENT, FOLLOWED BY AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK MSA AT THREE POINT TWO PERCENT IN COLLEGE STATION-BRYAN AT THREE POINT FIVE PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN COMPARISON, IS AT FOUR POINT FIVE PERCENT IN THE UNITED STATES AT THREE POINT NINE.

RULE OF THUMB, COUNCIL, ON UNEMPLOYMENT, FOUR PERCENT IS THE RULE OF THUMB FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MORE EMPLOYED THAN THE STANDARD THAT'S USED TO MEASURE WHETHER OR NOT EVERYONE THAT CAN WORK IS WORKING.

AND AS FAR AS JUST SOME OF THE MORE DETAILS IN THOSE CATEGORIES THAT ARE TRACKED AT THE MSA LEVEL, MANUFACTURING WAS UP ZERO POINT SEVEN PERCENT FOR THE MONTH AND TWO POINT ONE PERCENT YEARLY.

RETAIL TRADE TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES, UP ONE POINT NINE PERCENT AND TWO POINT THREE PERCENT YEARLY.

LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY WAS DOWN JUST UNDER A PERCENT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, BUT UP TEN POINT FOUR PERCENT FOR THE YEAR AND THEN GOVERNMENT WAS UP ONE POINT EIGHT PERCENT AND THREE POINT SEVEN PERCENT YEARLY.

LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TOUCH ON WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT COUNT AT THE MSA CATEGORY, THAT'S ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND JOBS.

THE CLOSEST WE GOT TO THAT NUMBER PREVIOUSLY WAS NOVEMBER 2019, AT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE POINT FOUR HUNDRED.

SO WE'RE AT OUR NEW HIGH LEVEL OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND.

COMPARING THAT TO THE 2020 PANDEMIC TIME PERIOD, WE FLUCTUATED BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND BETWEEN APRIL AND DECEMBER OF 2020.

SO WE'RE SEEING A LARGE NUMBER OF JOBS THAT HAVE BOUNCED BACK AND NOW WE'RE REACHING NEW HIGHS AS FAR AS NEW EMPLOYEES ADDED TO THE MSA.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

QUESTIONS, GUYS? ANDREW, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING INFORMATION, I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO COMPILING IT, WE ALL DO AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO US TODAY.

YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU.

OK, ITEM 1E IS TO DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON PEER REINTEGRATION EMPLOYMENT PARTNERSHIP, THE

[1.E. Discuss Update on Peer Reintegration Employment Partnership (PREP) Academy]

PREP ACADEMY.

MAYOR, IF I COULD, CAN WE PUSH THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING? THE PERSON THAT'S MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS UNAVAILABLE TODAY AND HE REALLY WANTS TO BE THE ONE.

JASON [INAUDIBLE] THE DIRECTOR WANTS TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

YEAH, YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

I'VE ALREADY HAD PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ASKING ME ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, SO I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

[1.F. Discuss replacement of Athletic Field Lighting]

ITEM 1F, DISCUSS REPLACEMENT OF ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING.

MR. CITY MANAGER? YES, MA'AM, WE'VE GOT MICHAEL KASHUBA, WHO'S GOING TO MAKE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

ALSO SPEAKING IS GOING TO BE LAURA STORRS, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

MICHAEL? MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE WENT INTO BUDGET LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING AND SO WE WANTED TO BRING THAT CONVERSATION BACK UP, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT WINS WE'VE HAD.

WE'VE LOST SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT POLES WITH THOSE HIGH WINDS, AND SO, I WANTED TO JUST BRING THAT CONVERSATION BACK TO THE FOREFRONT.

SO WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING, THE COMPLEXES THAT WE'VE REALLY IDENTIFIED ARE OUR MAIN COMPLEXES.

SO WE'VE GOT EL ALAMO, WHICH TYPICALLY SERVES MORE OF OUR SOCIAL RECREATIONS OF KICKBALL AND THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. YOU'VE GOT JOHN STIFF SOCCER, JOHN STIFF SOFTBALL, YOU'VE GOT MARTIN ROAD, RICK KLEIN RIVER ROAD, SOUTHEAST SOCCER AND SOUTHEAST SOFTBALL AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THOMPSON PARK SOFTBALL FIELD.

SO THOSE ARE JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

WE'VE GOT A MAP THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THEY ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED, BUT REALLY, WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS JUST SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING.

THIS FIRST SLIDE IS A SLIDE OF THE MARTIN ROAD SOFTBALL FIELDS, YOU CAN SEE.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RICK KLEIN, ALL OF OUR POLES ARE WOODEN POLES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE LEANING FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTLY.

I WISH WE HAD A VIDEO AND I WISH THE VIDEO WOULD DO JUSTICE TO HOW MUCH THOSE

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POLES SWAY WHEN THE WIND STARTS TO BLOW.

EVERY TIME WE GET A WIND STORM OR A WIND EVENT, WE'VE GOT STAFF OUT THERE BASICALLY MONITORING TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO LOSE ANY MORE POLES.

THOSE ARE ALL WOODEN POLES, RIGHT? THEY'RE ALL WOODEN POLES--THEY'RE JUST LIKE THE ONES THAT HAVE BROKEN; THEY JUST HAVEN'T BROKEN YET? CORRECT.

OK, SO ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON THE PICTURE ON THE SCREEN, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF IT, THIS IS THE TRANSFORMER.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH XCEL ABOUT.

THEY WANT TO UPGRADE THIS TRANSFORMER.

IF YOU SEE THE BOTTOM OF IT, IT'S RUSTING THROUGH AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT A LOT OF LITTLE KIDS WITH STICKS AND THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THOSE LIVE WIRES THROUGH THOSE RUSTED AREAS.

SO WE'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH XCEL ABOUT TRYING TO TEMPORARILY PATCH THAT TO AVOID SOME OF THE RISKS THERE.

SO THAT'S JUST A SNAPSHOT OF MARTIN ROAD.

JOHN STIFF SOCCER FIELD, THIS WAS A POLE THAT WE JUST RECENTLY LOST WITH ONE OF THE WIND EVENTS.

I SAY FORTUNATELY, THIS WAS ONE OF THE POLES THAT WASN'T CHARGED.

THIS WAS ONE THAT WHEN XCEL UPGRADED THE TRANSFORMER, WE COULDN'T RE-ENERGIZE.

SO THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY TO THIS POLE, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT FELL IN ONE OF THE LAST WIND STORMS. THIS IS A PICTURE FROM LAST YEAR OF HINES MEMORIAL.

YOU CAN SEE THAT POLE STARTED TO ROT THROUGH AND BASICALLY FELL.

ALAMO, WE HAVE THE SAME CHALLENGE AND ALONG WITH THOSE WOODEN POLES, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE COME ACROSS AS THOSE POLES MOVE AND SHIFT, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT ON THE TWO PICTURES TO THE LEFT.

AS THOSE POLES MOVE, THOSE CONDUITS ARE STARTING TO SEPARATE AND SO WHAT YOU START SEEING IS EXPOSED WIRE, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SEE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THROUGHOUT OUR COMPLEXES.

THIS IS NOT ONE ISOLATED AREA, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE START TO SEE AS THOSE POLES MOVE AND SWAY.

THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, THE REASON WE HAVE THAT IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL THE TOP OF THAT POLE, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH TORQUE HAS BEEN PUT ON THOSE POLES OVER THE YEARS.

SO THAT POLE IS ACTUALLY FACING IT SHOULD BE FACING THOSE LIGHT FIXTURES SHOULD BE FACING PERPENDICULAR TO THE FIELD, AND THEY'RE AT BASICALLY A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.

SO THOSE POLES ARE ACTUALLY TWISTING.

SOME OF IT'S THE POLE THEMSELVES, SOME OF IT'S JUST IN THE GROUND, THEY'RE TWISTING.

SO THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON SIGHT WHEN YOU GO TO A DIFFERENT ATHLETIC COMPLEX, IS YOU START TO SEE THOSE POLES TWISTING AND TURNING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP AS AN EXAMPLE, AND AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ATHLETIC FIELDS.

THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THINGS LIKE OUR COURTS, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE GENERAL PARK LIGHTING.

SO THIS CONVERSATION IS MORE FOCUSED ON THOSE BIGGER ATHLETIC COMPLEXES, BUT WE ALSO SEE IT AT PLACES LIKE MEMORIAL WITH OUR COURTS AND THE REASON I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP IS I WANT TO SHOW AN EXAMPLE.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE A TOOL THAT DOES RESISTOGRAPHS.

IT'S A TOOL TO MEASURE BASICALLY THE DENSITY OF WOOD.

IT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF SEE WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE FROM THE OUTSIDE.

AND SO OUR FORESTRY TEAM USES IT TO DETERMINE IF A TREE'S GOT ROT OR DECAY ON THE INSIDE.

IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALSO USE TO EVALUATE WHAT THE STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF THOSE POLES ARE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS RESISTOGRAPH READING FROM THE POLE AT MEMORIAL THAT ACTUALLY FELL AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN, BUT HOPEFULLY IT'S EASIER TO SEE ON YOUR HANDOUTS.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN EKG WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE PULSE RATE THINGS GOING UP AND DOWN.

THE SPIKES THAT YOU SEE ARE TYPICALLY THE WOOD GRAIN.

SO WHERE YOU SEE THOSE HIGHER SPIKES, THAT'S THE HIGHER DENSITY WOOD, WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SPIKE, WHERE IT'S DENSER WOOD AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE ON THE SIDE OF THIS, YOU KIND OF SEE THAT UP AND DOWN PATTERN.

IN THE MIDDLE THERE YOU SEE ALMOST NO RESISTANCE AND SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE AREAS OF ROT AND RESISTANCE OR ROT AND DECAY ARE HAPPENING.

SO THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A FAILED POLE.

WE PULLED JUST SOME SAMPLE ONES, THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY TO REPRESENT ALL OF THEM.

WE JUST KIND OF PULLED THEM AT RANDOM.

THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OTHER RESISTOGRAPHS THAT WERE DONE RECENTLY, AND YOU CAN START TO SEE IN THOSE RED AREAS, AREAS WHERE THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SUBSTANCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE POLES.

SOME OF THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY JOHN STIFF SOCCER.

THERE'S SOME AT THE SOUTHWEST BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL, THEY'RE KIND OF SCATTERED THROUGHOUT , BUT WHAT YOU START TO SEE IS THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISOLATED THING.

WE START TO SEE IT REPEATED THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE PARK NETWORK, WHERE THOSE WOODEN POLES ARE JUST STARTING TO ROT AND REALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED.

THE OTHER CHALLENGE THAT COMES WITH THOSE OLD WOODEN POLES IS A LOT OF IT WAS DIRECT BURIED CABLE AND SO IT'S NOT JUST PULLING NEW WIRES THROUGH THE CONDUIT, IT'S HAVING TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE AS WE START LOOKING AT THE

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EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE.

THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE OF JUST SOME MORE WHERE YOU CAN START TO SEE THAT CORE IS STARTING TO ROT THROUGH AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME WHEN WE HAVE A WIND EVENT WHERE WE MAY LOSE SOME ADDITIONAL POLES AND AGAIN, THESE WERE JUST KIND OF PULLED AT RANDOM.

AS WE LOOK AT KIND OF A TIMELINE, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT COUNCIL HAS APPROVED AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IS THE SPORTS COMPLEX STUDY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO IS LOOK AT IF WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE LIGHTS, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT SPENDING OUR MONEY TWICE.

LET'S LOOK AT WHAT OUR END GOAL IS GOING TO BE IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE COMPLEXES COULD BE.

AND SO WE'VE KICKED OFF THIS SPORTS COMPLEX STUDY AND REALLY WHAT IT IS IS TO LOOK AT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF OUR MAJOR COMPLEXES LOOKING AT WHAT IT COULD BE IN TERMS OF THE CONCESSION AREA, THE LIGHTING, PARKING RESTROOMS, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WE ACTUALLY KICK THAT OFF IN DECEMBER.

OUR CONSULTANT HAS BEEN WORKING ON SITE RECONNAISSANCE AND ANALYSIS SINCE THAT FIRST MEETING.

THIS THURSDAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ALL DAY CHARRETTE WITH THEM TO START LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE CONCEPTS COULD BECOME.

YOU KNOW, DO YOU KEEP THE SAME RESTROOM CONFIGURATION? DO YOU START MOVING IT? DO YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT LAYOUTS FOR THE FIELDS AND THE AMENITIES THAT GO WITH IT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN NOVEMBER AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.

LIKE I SAID, THE DESIGN CHARRETTE, THE FULL DAY IS GOING TO BE THURSDAY WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT ON THOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK, OBVIOUSLY FOR COUNCIL REVIEW AND APPROVAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T JUST JUMP INTO LIGHTING AND FORGET THAT THERE'S OTHER ISSUES.

SO WE WANTED TO TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH AND IF WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ELECTRICAL PROJECTS, WE CAN DO WHAT WE CALL AN EARLY OUT PROJECT AND DO THOSE FIRST, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DUPLICATE SERVICE WITH OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT MIGHT COME IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND THAT'S THE DESIGN CONCEPTS.

THAT'S THE HIGH LEVEL THIRTY THOUSAND FOOT VIEW.

ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT AND GET KIND OF A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT THAT CONCEPT SHOULD BE, WE'LL VISIT WITH COUNCIL AND SEE WHAT PROJECTS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IN TERMS OF ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

SO WE WANTED TO GET A HIGH LEVEL IDEA OF WHAT THOSE COSTS COULD BE AND WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS.

SO AS WE LOOK AT WHAT THOSE COSTS COULD BE, WE'VE GOT SOME BUDGETARY COSTS ESTIMATES AND AS A RULE OF THUMB, IT'S GENERALLY SPEAKING ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PER FIELD TYPICALLY.

SO EL ALAMO IS ONE FIELD.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THREE THIRTY.

TO DO THE SOFTBALL COMPLEX AT RICK KLEIN, AGAIN, THAT'S FIVE FIELDS.

THAT'S ONE POINT THIRTY FOUR MILLION.

TO DO THE SOCCER FIELDS, THAT'S ONE POINT ZERO TWO MARTIN ROAD IS JUST UNDER A MILLION AND AS A NOTE ON THAT ITEM, THAT IS AN ITEM THAT WE HAVE APPLIED TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOR A GRANT ON.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD IF WE'VE BEEN SELECTED FOR THAT, BUT THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR THAT TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT, WHICH WOULD COVER THE LIGHTING FOR THAT FACILITY AND ALSO THE PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT FACILITY.

RICK KLEIN COMPLEX THAT IS UPGRADING THOSE LIGHTS.

RICK KLEIN IS OUR NEWEST COMPLEX IT'S STILL 15 YEARS OLD, AND SO THAT WOULD JUST BE UPGRADING THOSE FIXTURES AND LIGHTS AT THE TOP TO KIND OF KEEP THEM IN LINE WITH OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

RIVER ROAD SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND, THAT'S THREE FIELDS.

SOUTHEAST SOCCER, WE'VE GOT JUST UNDER A MILLION AS A BUDGETARY.

WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE IS ACTUALLY MOVING THOSE FIELDS, THOSE LIGHTS FROM SOUTHEAST PARK TO RICK KLEIN.

WE THINK IT'S MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO HAVE THOSE SOCCER FIELDS OVER THERE.

SOUTHEAST SOCCER COMPLEX FROM TIME TO TIME WILL FLOOD WHEN WE GET RAIN AND SO MOVING IT TO RICK KLEIN, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE FLOODING ISSUES AND PROVIDING THAT SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE.

THOMPSON, WE'VE GOT THE TWO FIELDS THERE AND THEN ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION HERE LATELY HAS BEEN THE TENNIS CENTER AND SO WE HAD SOME OTHER BUDGETARY NUMBERS FOR TENNIS AND WE'VE JUST INCLUDED THOSE.

SO TO UPGRADE THE INDOOR COURTS IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, SWITCHING OUT THE BALLAST AND THE METAL HALIDE AND GOING TO MORE OF AN LED SYSTEM.

THE OUTDOOR COURTS, THAT'S KEEPING A LOT OF THE CONDUIT IN THE UPGRADE AND THE STUFF BELOW GROUND IN PLACE.

IT WOULD JUST BE REPLACING THE LIGHT POLES AND THE LIGHT FIXTURES AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE A NUMBER FOR OUR PICKLEBALL COURTS IN TERMS OF MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A HIGH-LEVEL ON THE BUDGETARY COSTS FOR WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER OUR ATHLETIC FACILITIES.

AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION PARKS THAT HAVE COURTS AND OTHER JUST GENERAL PARK LIGHTING.

IF YOU ADD ALL THAT UP, IT'S ABOUT EIGHT POINT TWENTY SIX MILLION.

I YOU TAKE OUT RICK KLEIN AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS, IT'S ABOUT SIX POINT

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EIGHT, SEVEN POINT SEVEN IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT ATHLETICS ITSELF.

CITY'S MATCH OF THAT WOULD BE HALF.

SO SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND IS WHAT WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IF WE'RE AWARDED THAT GRANT.

TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, YES, MA'AM AND SO WE SHOULD FIND OUT ABOUT THAT FAIRLY EARLY THIS SPRING AS TO WHETHER WE'VE BEEN SELECTED FOR THAT GRANT OR NOT.

BUT THAT'S JUST A HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT THOSE ANTICIPATED COSTS MIGHT BE.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TURN IT OVER TO LAURA STORRS AND SHE CAN KIND OF TALK THROUGH SOME POTENTIAL FUNDING.

THIS MAP, JUST AS A QUICK RULE OF THUMB, IS JUST AGAIN, THIS IS THE LOCATION OF ALL OF OUR ATHLETIC COMPLEXES OVERLAID WITH THE CDBG BOUNDARIES.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS MAP HERE.

CAN I ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO I SEE THAT ALL OF THE POLES ARE WOODEN.

THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY HOW THINGS ARE DONE TODAY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS WHEN WERE MOST OF THESE POLES PLACED? IN THE SEVENTIES? SO THEY'RE WELL OVER 50 YEARS.

YES, CORRECT AND THERE'S BEEN SOME THAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED AS THEY FALL; PARK MAINTENANCE HAS COORDINATED TO PUT IN A NEW WOODEN POLE, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY WERE PUT IN IN THE 70S.

AND WHAT'S THE USUAL LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A POLE? I COULDN'T SPEAK TO THAT, BUT IT'S NOT 50 PLUS YEARS.

SO, EDDY, THE WARRANTY ON THAT IS TWENTY FIVE YEARS.

SO IF YOU REPLACE IT WITH A NEW POLE LIGHT, SO I BELIEVE MUSCO IS THE COMPANY THAT IS USED MOST LIKELY AND SO JUST IN RESEARCH IN THIS LOOKING AT A FEW COSTS, I THINK IT COMES TO THE TWENTY FIVE YEAR WARRANTY.

THE NEW STUFF? CORRECT.

SO YOUR COST HERE INCLUDES NEW POLES THAT ARE STEEL NEW BASES.

DOES IT INCLUDE THE SERVICE CONDUIT AND WIRE FROM THE--IT'S BASICALLY A COMPLETE REDO FROM THE POINT OF DELIVERY.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVEN'T WORKED THROUGH THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, SO THAT'S THE NEXT STEP IS ACTUALLY COMING UP WITH THOSE ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS AND WE WOULD DO THAT IN COORDINATION WITH THOSE OVERALL ATHLETIC FIELD REDESIGNS.

SO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S COORDINATED BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS GO IN AND PUT IN LIGHTING AND COMPLETELY FORGET ABOUT THE BUILDING AND HAVE SOME DISCONNECTS THERE.

SO WE'RE DOING THE OVERALL DESIGN FIRST AND THEN WE WOULD GO IN AND DO SITE SPECIFIC DESIGN WITH AN EARLY OUT PACKAGE FOR THE ELECTRICAL.

OK, SO, COLE, REAL QUICK, THAT TWENTY FIVE YEAR WARRANTY IS THAT METAL POLES OR WOODEN POLES? THAT'S STEEL.

SO WE WOULD NOT EXPECT A WOOD POLE TO COME CLOSE TO HAVING A 25-YEAR WARRANTY.

HONESTLY, PROBABLY SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE THESE.

I'M CURIOUS HOW THESE HAVE FALLEN ALL IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

YOU KNOW, LIKE NOT NOT ONE HAS FALLEN OVER ON A FENCE OR A BLEACHER OR A TENNIS COURT AND SO TO BE GETTING A 50 YEAR LIFESPAN OUT OF YOUR EXISTING LIGHTING IS.

IT'S A THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILE CAR LIKE WE SHOULDN'T BE DRIVING OUT OF TOWN IN IT.

SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

NOW IS THIS INCLUDED.

I'M SORRY, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

IS THIS MARTIN ROAD COMPLEX INCLUDED IN OUR AGENDA ITEM FOR THAT TOTAL? IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LIGHTING.

IT DOES NOT.

NO, IT'S PURELY WORKING ON, WELL, THE ITEMS LISTED.

SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS LIKE TRAILS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LISTED.

TRAIL LIGHTING, BUT IT'S NOT SPORTS COMPLEX.

YEAH AND THE GRANT, I'M CURIOUS WHAT QUALIFIES MARTIN ROAD FOR THAT GRANT, BUT DOESN'T QUALIFY, SAY ANOTHER COMPLEX FOR THE SAME GRANT? WE COULD.

WHAT WE DID WAS WE IDENTIFIED OUR HIGHEST RISK FIRST, WHICH WAS MARTIN ROAD.

WE'VE GOT MORE ASSOCIATIONS THAT USE THAT THAN ANY OF OUR OTHER COMPLEXES, AND WE HAD THE KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSFORMER, SO WE WANTED TO APPLY FOR THAT ONE FIRST.

THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM APPLYING FOR OTHER GRANTS IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT WAS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THE GRANT IN FOR THAT ONE FIRST.

DO YOU KNOW IS THERE? DO YOU KNOW AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS? I DON'T, BUT THEY WILL BE AWARDING, I THINK, EARLY SPRING, SO WE SHOULD KNOW HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE IDENTIFIED AS A RECIPIENT AND MY LAST QUESTION, JUST THE ROUGHLY $550000 FOR THE TENNIS CENTER.

WHAT IS YOUR BASIS OF NEED ON THAT? LIKE HOW NEEDED IS IT IN YOUR OPINION? IT'S NEEDED.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE WITH THE TENNIS CENTER, SPECIFICALLY THE INDOOR COURTS, IS FROM TIME TO TIME WE'LL HAVE A LIGHT GO OUT.

THAT REQUIRES US TO GO RENT EQUIPMENT TO GO IN THERE AND REPLACE THOSE LIGHT FIXTURES.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT WITH AN IN-HOUSE ELECTRICIAN.

WE NO LONGER HAVE AN IN-HOUSE ELECTRICIAN AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST GO REPLACE A LIGHT.

SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN NEEDED.

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WE'VE BEEN LIMPING IT ALONG FOR A LONG TIME IN TERMS OF REPLACING LIGHTS, WHEN AND WHERE WE CAN.

WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IS STARTING TO SWAP FROM METAL HALIDE TO LED, SO KIND OF BYPASSING THE BALLAST AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT IT IS NEEDED.

THE PICKLEBALL OUTDOOR AREA IS THE OLD WOODEN POLES.

THOSE LIGHTS ARE POINTED AT EVERY DIRECTION AND OBVIOUSLY THE OUTDOOR COURTS FOR TENNIS.

IT'S A NEED AS WELL.

THERE'S LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS OUT THERE.

AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO GO IN AND PUT A WHOLE NEW SERVICE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE BASICALLY PULLING OUT THOSE EXISTING TENNIS COURTS.

SO IT WOULD BE PULLING OUT THE OLD POLES, THE FIXTURES AND PUTTING DOWN NEW POLES AND NEW FIXTURES TO PROVIDE A HIGHER LIGHT QUALITY AND SO THIS ONE'S THE AMARILLO NATIONAL BANK, CORRECT? OK AND THIS WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE WE HAD BUDGET TALKS DURING BUDGET ABOUT ROUGHLY A $6 MILLION NUMBER, A LITTLE BIT OVER TO REPLACE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPORTS FIELDS LIGHTS, BUT IT DID NOT INCLUDE TENNIS CENTER, AND IT ALSO DIDN'T INCLUDE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN HERE.

CORRECT AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER THAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW AND THE NUMBER THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED A HANDFUL OF MONTHS AGO DURING BUDGET.

THE SIGNIFICANT ONE OF NOTE WOULD BE RICK KLEIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT.

SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DELTA, AND THAT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OTHER FIELDS IF WE MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

THE QUALITY IS STILL THERE, BUT AS WE START TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE, THEY'RE 15 YEARS OLD.

AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO REPLACE THOSE AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE TENNIS CENTER.

SO ONE OTHER THOUGHT JUST IN RESEARCHING THIS IN OUR OFFICE.

CAN YOU CONFIRM, I BELIEVE.

IS THERE A 10 PERCENT INCREASE COMING IN MARCH? AND WE'RE SEEING THAT KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND SO DO YOU KNOW YOUR BUDGET ITEM? HAVE YOU FORECASTED THAT INCREASE ALREADY OR IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY? MAYBE IF WE DID GET THIS DONE THAT WE COULD BUY THIS FOR LESS THAN WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING US.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN THOSE BUDGETARY NUMBERS AND WE ADDED FIVE PERCENT.

THIS WAS WHEN WE PUT THEM IN FOR THE CAPITAL PLANNING.

OBVIOUSLY, THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

SO THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS THAT WE PUT IN WHEN WE SUBMITTED OUR CIP REQUESTS.

THEY HAVE A FIVE PERCENT BUFFER IN THERE, BUT THAT'S THAT'S THOSE NUMBERS FROM THE CAPITAL PLAN.

SO IT DOESN'T REFLECT THE 10 PERCENT INCREASE IN MARCH.

IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE 10 PERCENT INCREASE.

SO AND JUST IN THE WAY HOW IT WORKS, LIKE IF BY A MIRACLE, IT CAME IN AT LESS THAN WHAT YOU PROJECTED.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND IT JUST BECAUSE YOU PROJECTED IT TO BE AN ADDITIONAL COST.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

OK, BUT IF IT COSTS MORE THAN WHAT YOU PROJECTED, THEN YOU'RE CAPPED AT WHATEVER THE COUNCIL APPROVES YOU TO SPEND AND THEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS LIST AND BEGIN TO PRIORITIZE.

IS THAT CORRECT? DO YOU WANT TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT? OK.

SO JUST IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL BE WRAPPING UP THE DESIGN CONCEPTS IN MARCH.

AT THAT POINT, WE'LL BE GOING FULL THROTTLE INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS IF THE COUNCIL SO DIRECTS US.

SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF THE NEXT STEP IS SHIFTING FROM DESIGN.

SO WE KNOW WHAT THOSE COSTS FOR A COMPLEX RENOVATION IS, AND THEN IT WOULD BE MOVING FULL THROTTLE INTO DESIGN DRAWINGS.

SO ONCE YOU GET THROUGH DESIGN, WHAT IS START TO FINISH OF HAVING THE LIGHTS REPLACED? WELL, OUR GOAL WOULD BE AND PART OF IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT IF WE IDENTIFY ONE COMPLEX, THEN WE DO ONE COMPLEX AT A TIME.

IF WE LOOK AT MAKING SIGNIFICANT RENOVATIONS OVER MULTIPLE COMPLEXES, OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL CHANGE THAT SCHEDULE.

SO IF WE SAY WE DO THEM ALL AT ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, WE GET A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO START KNOCKING THOSE OUT RIGHT AWAY.

IF YOU START KIND OF STAGING THOSE AND DOING ONE PROJECT AND THEN THE NEXT AND THEN THE NEXT, IT COULD BE A FIVE YEAR PROJECT.

IT COULD BE A TEN-YEAR; IT'S JUST GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW WE WANT TO MOVE THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD AND HOW WE FIND THOSE PROJECTS.

LET ME OH, I'M SORRY, HOWARD, GO AHEAD.

THE TENNIS CENTER, IS THAT AT AUSTIN OR RICK KLEIN PARK.

THAT'S IT JOHN STIFF.

THAT'S THE AMARILLO NATIONAL TENNIS CENTER AT JOHN STIFF.

IS THE ONE THAT'S AT AUSTIN SCHOOL DISTRICT OWNED OR DO WE HAVE ANY PART? MOST OF THOSE, I BELIEVE, ARE OURS, AND THOSE ARE THE COURTS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS.

SO WE'VE GOT BASKETBALL COURTS, WE'VE GOT TENNIS COURTS.

SOME OF THOSE ARE, SOME OF THEM ARE UNLIT AND THOSE ARE SEPARATE FROM THESE MAJOR ATHLETIC FIELD COMPLEXES.

TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE AT AUSTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE OURS? I BELIEVE SO.

SO THE WOODEN POLES, SOME OF THE LAST 50 YEARS AND METAL POLES THEY INSURE FOR 25 YEARS.

ANOTHER QUESTION.

YEAH, WELL, WE TALKED WITH ONE OF THE MANUFACTURERS, THEY'VE SAID IT'S 25 YEARS TURNKEY, BASICALLY.

SO FOR 25 YEARS, THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY IS WHAT SOME OF THE MANUFACTURERS AT THIS POINT ARE PROVIDING BECAUSE OF THE LED BECAUSE OF THE METAL.

THERE'S A LOT OF OF EXTENDED WARRANTIES NOW BECAUSE THOSE PRODUCTS ARE LASTING SO MUCH LONGER.

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WHAT'S THE COST OF A METAL POLE COMPARED TO THE WOODEN POLE? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER.

JUST CURIOUS.

I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS ALL THE CONDUIT AND THE WIRING THAT'S GOING TO THOSE WOODEN POLES.

THAT STUFF IS STARTING TO FAIL AS WELL.

SO YOU'VE GOT THE ABOVE GROUND ISSUE WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE POLES THAT ARE STARTING TO FAIL, BUT YOU'VE ALSO GOT WIRING ISSUES THAT ARE IN THE GROUND AND SO ANECDOTALLY, THINGS LIKE JOHN STIFF, SAND VOLLEYBALL LIGHTS HAVE BEEN OUT FOR A LONG TIME.

THE LOOPS AROUND META PARK ARE HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES, SO IT'S JUST SYSTEMATIC OF AGE OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE.

A LOT OF THEM FAIL AND I THINK THE GOAL WOULD BE TO START FOCUSING ON ATHLETICS AND THEN WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THOSE OTHER ITEMS. META PARK'S NOT IN THIS? AROUND THE LAKE.

NO, THIS IS JUST THE ATHLETIC FIELDS.

ARE THE METAL POLES DESIGNED AROUND THE TYPE WINDS WE HAVE HERE? THEY WOULD REQUIRE A STRUCTURAL DRAWING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN WITHSTAND THE WINDS AND MEET OUR CODES.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THE URGENCY OF THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T DO LEAGUE PLAY AFTER NIGHT AT JOHN STIFF OR AT RIVER ROAD AT JOHN STAFF.

WE HAVE ELECTRICAL ISSUES AT THOMPSON, WHERE SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS WILL TURN OFF.

I BELIEVE THAT ALSO HAPPENS AT RIVER ROAD AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE CONCERN WITH MARTIN WROTE ABOUT THE TRANSFORMER THAT IS SOMETHING THAT XCEL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REPLACING.

OK, BECAUSE I'M VERY IN-TUNE TO WHAT EDDY IS ASKING AS FAR AS TIMELINE.

I MEAN, OUR USE OF THESE PARKS BY OUR KIDS AND BY ADULTS IS IMPACTED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE I MEAN, I GOT A LOT OF EMAIL ABOUT THAT LAST SUMMER.

HEY, WE HAVE TO TURN THE LIGHTS, I MEAN, THE LEAGUE PLAY STOPS WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN.

SO THAT'S FRUSTRATING TO PEOPLE.

I WOULD HATE TO JUST DO ONE PARK AND THEN GO TO ANOTHER PARK AND THEN TO ANOTHER PARK.

I'M GOING TO BE WAY MORE INTERESTED IN HOW DO WE GET BACK TO THE POINT WHERE WE SHOULD BE? AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY ONCE WE GET THAT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO COME BACK WITH A CONTRACT FOR MOVING STRAIGHT INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WITH THE FOCUS BEING ON THE START ADDRESSING THOSE ELECTRICAL ITEMS. WHILE WE START LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE AND MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS SO KIND OF WORKING SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE THINGS TO FIX ELECTRICAL'S THE FIRST THING AND WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP IT IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE.

SO THE WHOLE PROJECT COULD THEORETICALLY BE COMPLETED IN LESS THAN A YEAR.

IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT.

SO IF WE FINISH DESIGN IN MARCH, WE WOULD POTENTIALLY ROLL INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE COUNCIL APPROVAL.

I WOULD ANTICIPATE, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO START BIDDING THAT STUFF OUT, PROBABLY LATE 2022, EARLY 2023 AND THEN START THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE CONSTRUCTION ITSELF, BECAUSE THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN THERE FOR DOING THE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS, MAKING SURE IT MEETS CODE KIND OF THE WHOLE PROJECT AND THEN MOVING IT FORWARD.

SO NO FIX FOR SUMMER OF TWENTY TWO.

CORRECT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT AT BEST, TWENTY THREE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL? WE CAN ALWAYS BRING HIM BACK UP, BUT.

THE SUN SETS LATER IN THE SUMMER.

THAT'S IN OUR FAVOR.

YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

LAURA.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL .

SO TALKING THROUGH A WAY TO LOOK AT FUNDING A PROJECT LIKE THIS, WHETHER IT'S BROKEN IN PIECES OR A BIG LARGE SCALE PROJECT ALL AT ONCE.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WAS PUT IN FOR PARKS.

NOT ENOUGH NEAR TO SUPPORT THE SIZE OF A PROJECT AND NOT, I THINK, THE FULL SCOPE OF WHAT COUNCIL HAD ADOPTED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS TO PUT INTO PARKS BUDGET BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.

SO WE COULD UTILIZE SMALL AMOUNTS OF CASH FUNDING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WOULD BREAK AN OVERALL PROJECT LIKE THIS DOWN INTO SMALL PIECES SPREAD OUT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.

SO THAT COULD TAKE YEARS.

AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, THE TOTAL OF ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WAS EIGHT POINT TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS, AND IT WOULD TAKE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE FIVE TO SEVEN TO

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EVEN TEN YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF PROJECTS COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO DO EACH YEAR FROM A CASH FUNDING STANDPOINT.

ANOTHER OPTION THAT COUNCIL HAS AVAILABLE IS ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, IT SHOWED THE CDBG OUTLINED AREA, SO THAT IS THE IDENTIFIED LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREA AS IF YOU REMEMBER BACK TO THE ARPA INTERIM FINAL RULES, THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU COULD UTILIZE SOME OF THAT FUNDING IN THOSE SPECIFIC TARGET AREAS TO DO IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS BECAUSE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE SEEN THAT THOSE OPEN SPACE, OPEN PLAY AREAS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER AND CHILDREN TO PLAY.

SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS LIST, THERE ARE FOUR OF THESE PROJECTS.

DO YOU MIND FLIPPING BACK TO THE LAST ONE? THERE WE GO.

ON THIS YOUR PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE OR EL ALAMO, MARTIN ROAD, RIVER ROAD AND THOMPSON PARK.

THOSE TOTALED TWO POINT MILLION.

AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, THERE'S ALREADY A GRANT APPLICATION IN PLACE FOR MARTIN ROAD, SO IF WE BACK THAT OUT, BUT IT ONLY INCLUDE THE MATCH OF SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND.

THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND APPROXIMATELY.

THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ELIGIBLE OUT OF THE, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING.

WE WILL BE BRINGING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL AND SOME DISCUSSION POINTS TO COUNCIL, PROBABLY LATE MARCH.

I'M SORRY, PROBABLY APRIL TIME POINT, MAYBE APRIL, MAY-ISH TIME POINT AND SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN THAT.

WE DON'T EXPECT TO GET THE--WE WON'T HAVE THE MONEY YET--THE FUNDING UNTIL THEN, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT PRIORITIES.

LIKE WE DID LAST TIME, WE ANTICIPATE UNLESS COUNCIL WANTS TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE, WE WILL BRING A LIST OF ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

WE'LL BRING A LIST OF PROJECTS AND AS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL CAN LOOK AT AS WAYS TO GO WITH THE MONEY, INCLUDING THE ELIGIBLE LIGHTING PROJECTS, BUNKER GEAR FOR FIREFIGHTERS, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO THAT ARE ELIGIBLE THROUGH THESE FUNDS.

BUT THIS WOULD DEFINITELY BE ONE WE WOULD RECOMMEND COUNCIL AT LEAST DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AS ONE PLACE TO SPEND SOME OF THAT MONEY.

WE ANTICIPATE HAVING A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AMOUNT OF REVENUE RECOVERY, BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE SPENT DIRECTLY FROM AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS.

ON THOSE FOUR PROJECTS.

YES, FOUR PROJECTS.

THAT IS CORRECT.

MM-HMM.

AS WELL AS PPE PROJECTS LIKE THE FIRE ONE I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

AND IF COUNCIL WILL REMEMBER, COUNCIL AWARDED FOUR PLAYGROUND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING, AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING AND I'M GOING TO LOOK BACK AT MICHAEL, BUT I THINK THERE ARE MORE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROJECTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY COME FORWARD FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION AND I KNOW THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS.

I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT IN YOUR MIND FOR THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE ARPA FUNDING.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER OPTION.

THERE'S SOME ELIGIBILITY HERE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THAT FUNDING.

ANOTHER OPTION COULD BE IF COUNCIL WANTED TO LOOK AT TAKING THIS A FULL LIST LIKE THIS AND TRYING TO KNOCK IT OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SOMETHING OF THIS SIZE WOULD NEED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH SOME SORT OF A DEBT ISSUANCE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND AT ONE TIME.

SO LET'S TALK REAL BRIEF NUMBERS ON THAT.

WE COULD DO A DEBT ISSUANCE THAT GOES OUT ABOUT 20 YEARS.

I WOULD RECOMMEND PROBABLY 20 TO 30 YEARS BASED ON THIS LAST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WARRANTY PERIOD.

YOU TRY TO MATCH THOSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT WHATEVER OPTION FROM A DEBT STANDPOINT TO DO THE FULL EIGHT MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND, THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE WOULD BE ABOUT FOUR TENTHS OF A PENNY.

SO WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO IS ON LIKE A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT A FOUR DOLLAR INCREASE PER YEAR.

IF WE WERE TO TALK ABOUT ONLY DOING THE ONES THAT WERE MAYBE DISCUSSED DURING BUDGET.

I MEAN, YOU COULD TAKE ANY VERSION OF THIS.

IF YOU PICK HALF THE PROJECTS, IT'S GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT.

IF YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE TENNIS CENTER AND RICK KLEIN THAT HAVE KIND OF BEEN ADDED IN MORE RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, THAT NUMBER MIGHT GO DOWN TO THREE AND A HALF TENTHS OF A

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PENNY, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR ON A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME.

SO I THINK FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT, ANY OF THESE OPTIONS COULD BE UTILIZED OR A COMBINATION OF THEM COULD BE UTILIZED AS WELL.

SO WE'VE GOT CASH FUNDING, AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO KIND OF BE INCORPORATED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WOULD BE SPREAD OUT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.

THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THE GRANT THAT MICHAEL TALKED ABOUT, BUT ONLY ON THE ONE PROJECT AND THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS MATCH.

THEN THERE'S ALSO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING THAT COULD DO ABOUT FOUR OF THESE PROJECTS AND THEN THERE'S ALSO DEBT ISSUANCE THAT COULD BE UTILIZED IF COUNCIL WANTED FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THESE PROJECTS AND IN LIGHT OF COUNCILMAN STANLEY'S COMMENTS ABOUT INFLATION PROJECTED TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND WHENEVER WE WOULD ISSUE THAT BEGIN THE PROJECT, I THINK BEFORE WE BRING YOU FINAL BASED ON YOUR GUIDANCE TODAY, WE WOULD NEED TO GET WITH VENDORS AND KIND OF PENCIL IN WHAT TYPE OF INFLATION WE NEED TO PENCIL INTO THIS TO INCLUDE IN THIS PROJECT SO THAT ONCE WE INITIATE THE PROJECT, HOWEVER, YOU DECIDE TO FUND IT AND WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO FUND THAT WE ARE FUNDING THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT TO DO WHAT YOU'VE SAID YOU WANT US TO DO.

SO I DON'T WANT US TO GET TOO MARRIED TO THIS EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE IT MIGHT CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, I MEAN, IF IT'S A 10 PERCENT CHANGE, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FULL PROJECT.

MAYBE IT'S NOT THAT MUCH.

HOPEFULLY, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH.

OK, SO THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.

THAT'S A BIG CLARIFICATION THERE.

OKAY.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR DIRECTION, SO WE NEED TO GIVE THEM SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT FUNDING IDEAS.

YOU'RE DONE, LAURA? YES.

OK, QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS.

NUMBER ONE, DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT? DO YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT? AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD, HOW WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN PAYING FOR IT? MY INITIAL THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WE DO IT ALL AT FOUR TENTHS OF A CENT FOR KIDS.

YEAH, AT FOUR DOLLARS A YEAR ON ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOUSE.

AT THIS POINT, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS.

OK, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE THOUGHTS? I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

I'M GOING TO BE JUST I'M PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE RIGHT IN LINE WITH HOWARD.

I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

HOW MANY POLES ARE WE GOING TO LOSE NEXT WINDSTORM? AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S I THINK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE'VE GOTTEN 50 YEARS OUT OF THESE POLES, 40 TO 50 YEARS OUT OF THESE POLES AND I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT PART OF QUALITY OF LIFE, THAT ENJOYMENT, FAMILY ACTIVITIES ARE, THE SPORTS ARE AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT.

MATTER OF FACT, WHAT I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I'M GOING TO BE THE MOST INTERESTED IN IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE SET THIS UP SO THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING BACK, WHOEVER WE'VE TURNED THIS OVER TO 40 YEARS FROM NOW, IS NOT LOOKING BACK AND GOING, WHAT THE HECK? THERE WAS NO PLAN FOR HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE MAINTAINED, HOW IT WAS GOING TO BE REPLACED AND I'M NOT SAYING SOMEBODY DID A BAD JOB.

I'M JUST SAYING WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB.

QUESTION, LAURA, ON THE ARP MONEY, IS THERE ANYTHING ALLOWABLE FOR, I KNOW WE CAN'T CATEGORIZE IT AS FACILITIES, BUT LIKE FOR THE LIGHTING IN ANY KIND OF SECURITY OR, YOU KNOW, WELLNESS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO THE FOUR THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED.

YOU MEAN, OUTSIDE OF THIS, QUALIFY BASED ON PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE OTHER PROJECTS, IS THERE ANY WAY TO QUALIFY THOSE FOR THE ARP MONEY? SO AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING THERE'S, BUT AGAIN, THE TREASURY IS STILL ISSUING INFORMATION.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT WE ARE DIGGING THROUGH.

SO, I WILL MAKE SURE AND DIG THROUGH THAT AS WELL TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY SOMETHING

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OUTSIDE OF THESE AREAS.

AGAIN, THE ELIGIBILITY FOR PARKS ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE TREASURY, AND THEY RESPONDED BACK WITH SOME INFORMATION ON IT.

BUT THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC THAT IT HAD TO BE IN THIS OUTLINED TARGETED AREA.

SO WE WILL WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE NEW INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN RELEASED TO SEE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE, BUT AT LEAST UP THROUGH THE INTERIM FINAL RULING, WHICH IS WHAT THE GUIDANCE IS THAT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.

THERE WAS NOT ANY ELIGIBILITY.

SO BUT WE CAN DO MORE RESEARCH ON THAT AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW.

WE WILL HAVE SOME REVENUE RECOVERY AVAILABLE, BUT WE ANTICIPATE IT'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN WHAT IT WAS.

IF WE HAVE SOME, IT'LL BE A SMALL AMOUNT.

SO WE DON'T KNOW.

WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN ESTIMATE REALLY ON WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE, AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE WON'T GET ANY BECAUSE WE DID PERFORM WELL LAST YEAR.

YES AND THAT IS AN OPTION THAT IF THERE IS SOME, THAT COUNCIL COULD UTILIZE THAT OUTSIDE OF THE TARGETED AREA.

THE REASON THEY TARGETED THE PARK FUNDING INTO CDBG AREAS IS IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, IT WAS DEMONSTRATED THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN LOW AND MODERATE INCOME AREAS HAD DIFFERENT OUTCOMES FROM COVID AND HAD DIFFERENT AVAILABILITY TO OUTSIDE RECREATION, SO THEY'RE NOT.

IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE LOWER RISK FOR COVID TRANSMISSION TO BE RECREATING OUTSIDE SO THEY SAID, WELL, YEAH, YOU CAN SPEND SOME OF THIS MONEY FOR PARKS PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS.

SO AND SINCE WE ALREADY WORKED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROCESS, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE AND WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK THAT.

WE CAN LOOK AT ANY OF THE OTHER ALTERNATE FUNDING METHODS THAT LAURA MENTIONED TO FUND ALL OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING GRANTS AND REVENUE RECOVERY AND DEBT ISSUANCE.

AND ONE OTHER THAT I DIDN'T MENTION AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE COMPLEXES DO HAVE USERS AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO ADD IN TO USER FEES TO HELP SUPPORT THE COST OF THIS.

SO, IF I COULD CONTINUE, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR AND PROPOSING MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ENTIRE DEAL BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THE BENEFIT IN KNOWING YOU'VE GOT STUFF FALLING APART AND WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO PICK AND CHOOSE KIND OF THIS SIDE OR THAT SIDE OF TOWN AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A WAY TO ANALYZE THIS AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS ENTIRE COMPLEX IS IN DECENT ENOUGH SHAPE TO LEAVE AND TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST RATHER MAKE A BETTER DEAL THAN MAYBE WHAT WE'RE BEING PROPOSED.

SO THE 8.2 MILLION COMES DOWN 2.1 MILLION OF ARP MONEY.

OBVIOUSLY, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF USING THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR SOMETHING THAT HELPS OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

HOWEVER, I WOULD TRY TO EXPEDITE THIS.

I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY IN GETTING ENGINEERING AND GETTING ALL THE NUTS AND BOLTS AND ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS.

HOWEVER, THE LIGHT POLE ITSELF, THE ANCHOR BOLTS, THE NUTS AND WASHERS, THOSE DON'T REALLY CHANGE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO KNOW OUR HEIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO KNOW OUR WIND LOAD AND WHATEVER ELSE WE NEED.

IF WE COULD MAYBE PUT AN OFFER ON THE TABLE AND TRY TO BUY IN ADVANCE, MAYBE WE CAN GET MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK AND BUY EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED, EVEN IF WE HAD TO PHASE IT OUT OVER TIME OF INSTALL.

I WOULD HOPE OUR CITY WOULD HAVE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE COULD KEEP THESE STORED AND SO IF WE WERE TO MAKE AN OFFER AND WE COULD GET A QUOTE ON, SAY, A MUST GO OR SOMETHING LIKE [INAUDIBLE] QUALITY TO DO EVERYTHING, I THINK NOW IS A BETTER BUYING TIME THAN WHAT WE'RE FORECASTING IN BUSINESS FOR BUYING LATER AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THIS COST GO UP.

W COULD DO THAT.

BASED ON COUNCIL'S GUIDANCE AND APPROVAL, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND INITIATE THE BID PROCESS.

ON A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AT LEAST A MINIMUM TIMEFRAME BID PROCESS.

SO TAKE THEM TIME TO PREPARE THE BIDS, THEN FOR US TO EVALUATE THE BIDS AND TO SELECT AND BRING TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE PURCHASE FROM A VENDOR AND THEN GO AHEAD AND IMMEDIATELY INITIATE THE PURCHASE OF ALL OF THE MATERIALS.

SO WE COULD ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG A ABSOLUTE BARE BONES EXPEDITED BID PROCESS WOULD TAKE, DO YOU? I WOULD SAY PROBABLY SOMEWHERE CLOSER 90 TO 120 DAYS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE.

AND KEEP IN MIND, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE FULL ENGINEERED DRAWINGS AND HAVING CONTRACT LABOR AND EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT FOR FIELD VERIFICATIONS AND ALL OF THAT.

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I'M TALKING MATERIAL ALONE LIGHTING PACKAGE POLES, ANCHOR BOLTS, NUTS, WASHERS.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT.

I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS WE DON'T HAVE ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS RIGHT NOW, AND A LOT OF THE NEW LIGHTING SYSTEMS DON'T REQUIRE THE SAME NUMBER OF POLES.

SO WE WOULD BE ACTUALLY MOVING THOSE LOCATIONS AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO STILL DO OUR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DRAWINGS.

SO WHAT WE COULD DO IS WE COULD BRING A CONTRACT TO START A DESIGN CONSULTANT ON THE ELECTRICAL PORTION OF IT, KNOWING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN CONCEPT.

ONE OF THE REASON WE DID THE DESIGN CONCEPT FIRST IS WE DON'T WANT TO OVERPAY CONSULTING FEES.

YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE BUILDING A $5 MILLION PROJECT, WE DON'T WANT TO PAY FEES FOR A $10 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DID THE OVERALL DESIGN SCOPE FIRST TO SEE WHAT THE TOTAL COST OF THESE PROJECTS ARE, THAT WAY, WE WEREN'T OVERPAYING ON OUR CONSULTING FEES, BUT WE COULD ABSOLUTELY USE THESE NUMBERS AND LOOK AT BRINGING BACK AN ENGINEERING AGREEMENT TO START MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ELECTRICAL SIDE, KNOWING THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE DESIGN OF THE OVERALL COMPLEX.

I WOULD PROPOSE THAT YOU COULD GET EACH VENDOR THAT YOU'D BE LOOKING AT TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN FOOT CANDLE AND THEIR OWN LIGHTING PLAN.

MOST OF THOSE CAN DO THAT IN-HOUSE.

I WOULD THINK THEY COULD TURN IT AROUND QUICKER THAN WE COULD AND I BET YOU IF YOU LAID OUT THREE OF THEM, THEY'RE NOT ONE POLE DIFFERENT IN COUNT AND SO KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO MOVE UP AND KNOWING IT'S GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE IF WE AIRED ON THE SIDE OF ORDERING MAYBE ONE EXTRA POLE THAT WE HAD TO INVENTORY, I STILL THINK THAT'S A FAR COST SAVINGS LONG TERM THAN GETTING THIS BACK AND IT BEING EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION OR WHATEVER.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'LL WRAP UP JUST BY SAYING A DEBT ISSUANCE WOULD BE MY LAST WAY TO DO THIS WHEN WE'RE SITTING ON CASH THAT WE HAVE EXCESS RESERVES AND MONEY THAT WE NEED TO SPEND AND SO PUTTING THIS MONEY BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY FOR THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE, LIFESTYLE, YOUTH ACTIVITIES, IT'S EVERYTHING WE NEED TO BE DOING AS A COUNCIL, IN MY OPINION.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US USE ALL THE ART MONIES THAT WE CAN AND THEN CASH FUND THE BALANCE, BUT GET OUT THERE AND HUSTLE AND DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF NEGOTIATING A GOOD DEAL.

HOW WOULD YOU CASH FROM THE BALANCE, BECAUSE WHAT I HEAR LAURA SAYING IS IT'S GOING TO TAKE US FIVE TO TEN YEARS, SO IF WE JUST TAKE THE TWO MILLION OF ARPA FUNDS, SO WE'VE JUST REDUCED OUR PROJECT FROM EIGHT POINT SIX TO SIX POINT FIVE.

MM HMM.

FOLLOWING ME? YES.

WE'VE GOT A SIX AND WE WANT TO DO IT ALL IN ONE PIECE.

NOW WE'VE GOT A SIX POINT FIVE MILLION THAT WE HAVE TO COVER AND YOU'RE SAYING DO THAT IN CASH.

SO I WOULD, CITY MANAGER, MATH IT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THREE TO FOUR YEARS TO DO THAT IN THE BUDGET.

SO WE'RE PIECING THE PROJECT OVER THREE TO FOUR YEARS RATHER THAN DOING IT AT ONE TIME IF WE USE CASH.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES AND SO AND THAT WOULD BE SO IT WOULD BE, IN THAT CASE, ABOUT $2 MILLION TO DO IT THREE TO FOUR YEARS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, EACH YEAR? AND YES, I MEAN, WE AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BUDGETED IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL PARKS FUNDING THAT CAME IN.

I LOOK AT MICHAEL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FULL TWO MILLION THAT WE COULD SWING IN THIS CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING TO KNOCK OUT SOME OTHER PRESSING NEEDS FOR PARKS.

SOME OF THOSE WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING FORWARD ARE SOME PLAYGROUNDS AND SOME OTHER IMPORTANT REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE TO SOME EXISTING PARKS.

SO THAT COULD STRETCH THAT TIMELINE OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THEN IT WOULD SPEAKERS] TWO MILLION A YEAR.

EXACTLY AND AGAIN, IF COUNCIL SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TOP PRIORITY, EVERYTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE PUT ON HOLD.

WE COULD MAKE THE $2 MILLION A YEAR WORK, BUT DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE OUT.

FUNDING FOR THIS WE WERE HOPING WAS A COMPONENT OF THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE SPEAKERS] COMPONENT THAT WAS NOT APPROVED IT.

IT WAS IN THAT AREA RATHER THAN IN THE UNDER THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE BECAUSE OF PRIORITIES.

SO MAINTENANCE WAS A HUGE PRIORITY, BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE PARKS WE HAVE AND THEN ALSO TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THE PLAYGROUNDS AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT DOING WITH AVAILABLE CASH.

HOWEVER, THERE'S ALWAYS A PUSH PULL ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS MONEY THAT IS GOING TO GO TOWARDS CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE USED OR RECOMMENDED, IT'S GOING TO BE Y'ALL'S DECISION, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AS WE START THE 2023 BUDGET PROCESS--IT SOUNDS CRAZY, WE JUST TURNED 2022 AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE

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BUDGET FY 2023 BUDGET PROCESS, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN 2023 COMMITMENTS WITH REGARD TO POLICE, FIRE AND GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND WORK IN UNDER THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PUSH OURSELVES INTO A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION.

DOING THIS, AND THOSE MIGHT PUSH US INTO A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION, WHICH I KNOW COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO AVOID IF POSSIBLE, BASED ON HOW THE LAST ONE WENT.

SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE VALUE BASED DECISIONS THAT Y'ALL WILL NEED TO MAKE AND GUIDE US AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS BECAUSE NONE OF THEM ARE FREE.

I KNOW, Y'ALL KNOW THAT.

SO JUST BACK TO YOU THEN.

ARE YOU SAYING YOU WOULD RATHER NOT DO THE REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE MADE AND TO DO THE LIGHTS INSTEAD? AND EVEN DOING THAT PULL THIS PROJECT OUT OVER FOUR YEARS TO DO IT USING ARP AND CASH ONLY.

LET ME WORK A MATH PROBLEM HERE FROM UP THERE IF WE COULD PRIORITIZE.

SO IF YOU TOOK THE EL ALAMO DOWN THROUGH THOMPSON FOR THE TWO POINT ONE, ASSUMING YOU GET THE GRANT AND THAT ALL COMES OUT OF ARP, BUT I THINK IT'S NOT GOOD TO ASSUME THAT WE GET THE GRANT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT.

SO I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S NOT A CONSERVATIVE WAY? YEAH AND THEN YOUR MONEY AHEAD.

SO YOU'RE SAYING, DON'T DO THAT PROJECT IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT? NO, I THINK YOU WOULD STILL DO THAT PROJECT BECAUSE IT QUALIFIES FOR THE ARP MONEY AND I THINK I WOULD WANT TO PUSH THAT ARP MONEY, THAT DIRECTION AND THEN I WOULD PRIORITIZE A FEW OF THE OTHER COMPLEXES UP THERE WHERE PERHAPS MAYBE WE DON'T DO TWO SOCCER FIELDS, WE DO ONE AND TRY TO GET THIS THING DOWN CLOSE.

I WOULDN'T DO THE TENNIS CENTER, PROBABLY IF I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY AND I WOULD STILL TRY TO CASH FROM THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE $8.1 MILLION JUST FROM THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO CAPEX AND I'M SURE WE HAVE SOME OTHER NEEDS WE CAN LOOK AT, BUT IF YOU WERE TO PULL THREE MILLION OUT OF THERE ON A $6 MILLION PROJECT, YOU'RE REAL CLOSE AFTER YOU TAKE A FEW OF THOSE THINGS AWAY.

SO YOU'RE SAYING, DON'T DO IT ALL YOU'RE SAYING, PIECE IT OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO PICK PRIORITIES.

SOME THINGS ON THE LIST ARE GOING TO TAKE PRIORITY OVER OTHER THINGS.

I THINK IF WE ARE SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT ALL FROM A CASH STANDPOINT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT OUR DISCUSSION, WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, OUR DISCUSSION HERE IS, IS THAT IF WE WERE TO SAY WE HAVE TO USE CASH THAT'S ON HAND, OR IF WE WERE TO SAY WE WERE GOING TO PAY IT OUT OVER FOUR YEARS OF BUDGET.

I'M NOT SAYING WE TOUCH THE BUDGET, I'M SAYING WE USE THE MONIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND IF WE DID THAT AS AN OPTION, WE WOULD WHITTLE THAT DOWN, NOT DO IT ALL, BUT DO THE PRIORITIES THAT WE COULD AGREE ON.

NOW, IF WE WERE TO PUSH IT FORWARD OVER FOUR YEARS OR WHATEVER, THEN I WOULD STILL BE IN FAVOR OF THAT OVER A DEBT ISSUANCE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW THE SIMPLE MATH PROBLEM, BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD HOWARD SAY WAS HE THINKS THE POLES ARE ALL FAILING.

WE SHOULD WE SHOULD DO IT ALL BECAUSE THE 50 YEAR POLES ARE ALL OVER THE PARKS, IS THAT RIGHT? AND I HEARD EDDY SAY I THOUGHT THE SAME THING THAT IT MIGHT BE A PRIORITY TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE, BUT I'M NOT HEARING THAT FROM YOU.

I'M HEARING YOU SAY THE PRIORITY FOR YOU IS TO USE CASH PLUS ARPA AND TO PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE PROJECTS OVER OTHER PROJECTS.

JUST SAYING WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THE ONES THAT CASH PLUS ARPA WOULD PAY FOR, BUT HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHAT'S MOST NEEDED IF THERE ARE WOOD POLES AT EVERY PARK? I THINK WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS PRIORITIZE PROBABLY BASED ON USE, WHICH MEANS THAT SOME OF THE LOWER ONES WOULD PROBABLY SLIDE DOWN.

THE FOCUS WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY MARTIN ROAD AND SOME OF THOSE HIGHER VISIBILITY, HIGHER USE FACILITIES.

THE REALITY IS WHEN WE HAVE A BIG TOURNAMENT THAT WE'RE USING EVERY SINGLE FIELD WE HAVE.

SO WHEN WE'VE GOT OUT OF TOWN TEAMS AND TOURNAMENTS, THEY'RE USING ALL OF THESE, ESPECIALLY SOFTBALL, ALL OF THOSE COMPLEXES.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

I KNOW, MARTIN ROAD, IS ABSOLUTELY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AND JUST TO CLARIFY, AUSTIN TENNIS COURTS ARE NOT CITY-OWNED.

THOSE ARE OWNED BY AISD.

JUST, I THINK, TO COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY'S POINT ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE POLES, YES, USE IS IMPORTANT.

THAT'S WHAT WE GET A LOT OF EMAIL ABOUT, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL REALLY WORRIED ABOUT A HIGH WIND DAY.

ANY OF THOSE POLES COULD GO DOWN ON A SET OF BLEACHERS OR JUST KIDS FROM ACROSS THE STREET WHOSE MOM THOUGHT THEY WERE PERFECTLY SAFE TO PLAY AT A CITY PARK.

SO, I KNOW, A LEGIT CONCERN, A SAFETY CONCERN FROM ALL OF US.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT IF WE RELY ON CASH.

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SO CAN YOU HELP ME CLOSE THE GAP THERE? YEAH, SURE.

I THINK THAT IT'S A QUESTION OF FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU TO POINT OUT HERE IS LET'S NOT SPEND ALL OF OUR CASH ON ONE CAPEX PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER NEEDS THAT WOULD BE MET THROUGH THAT REMAINING MONEY FOR CAPEX.

AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECT? I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU.

YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING THAT AT ALL.

BECAUSE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS WHAT LAURA GAVE US INFORMATION, WE'VE GOT PARK FUNDING, WHICH WE INCREASED THIS YEAR TO TRY AND ADDRESS LOTS OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ISSUES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING IS PART OF THAT, BUT SHE'S SAYING WE WOULD HAVE TO PIECE IT.

SO YOU'RE TALKING LIKE THERE'S OTHER CASH THAT I DON'T HAVE WRITTEN DOWN HERE.

TO GO BACK TO DEBBIE REID'S REPORT EIGHT POINT ONE MILLION THAT WE HAVE IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT HAVE COME INTO THE CITY THAT WILL GET AUDITED AND BACK HERE THIS NEXT MONTH AND THOSE ARE ALREADY I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE CAPEX PROJECTS IDENTIFIED FOR THOSE FUNDS.

NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT MOST.

SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE ON THAT THEN? SO THE AND AGAIN, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILLION, AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED UNALLOCATED EXCESS RESERVES AND SO AS A REMINDER, TO COUNCIL THOSE ARE HOW WE FUND ALL OF OUR GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS EACH YEAR THROUGH A BUDGET PROCESS.

SO HISTORICALLY, THE CITY HAS NOT ISSUED DEBT FOR GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS.

NOW I KNOW THE 2016 BOND ELECTION WAS DIFFERENT ON THOSE, BUT WE HAVE CASH FUNDED ALL OF OUR GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO WHAT WE DO IS TAKE ANY SAVINGS, WHETHER THAT'S FROM EXCESS REVENUE COLLECTIONS OR UNDERSPENDING OUR EXPENSE BUDGET TO FUND THE NEXT YEAR'S CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO BRING THOSE DOLLARS BACK TO COUNCIL FOR PRIORITIZATION AND CAPITAL PROJECTS THROUGH THIS UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO WORK ON.

NOW, IF COUNCIL DECIDED TO UTILIZE THAT FUNDING FOR SOMETHING ELSE, THERE WOULD BE NO FUNDING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS OR IF THERE WAS A PIECE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE, WE COULD THEN INCORPORATE THE REMAINING PIECE FOR THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND, THAT'S ALL YOUR GENERAL CAPITAL.

SO THAT IS ALL YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT'S EVERYTHING WITH PARKS, LIBRARIES, ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE ALL OUT OF YOUR GENERAL, ALL YOUR FACILITIES, I MEAN, EVERYTHING.

ANY CAPITAL PROJECT THAT HAPPENS IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT IS CORRECT AND SO ARE IS THAT EIGHT MILLION ALSO TAGGING INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WERE SCRUBBED IN 2020 AS A RESULT OF COVID SHUTDOWN SPENDING? SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT BRINGING THOSE PROJECTS BACK IN LINE.

YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, THE SAVINGS FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN FROM SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SCRUBBED AND I SAY SCRUBBED BECAUSE, SPEAKERS] I JUST THOUGHT WE WERE FINALLY SEEING THE BASICALLY THE REVENUE FROM HAVING LOCKED DOWN SPENDING AND THOSE PROJECTS WERE PRIORITIZED AS THE TOP PRIORITY TWO YEARS AGO AND HAVEN'T BEEN DONE.

SO I DON'T VIEW THOSE.

I MEAN, TYPICALLY, I MEAN, THEY'RE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ALLOCATE THEM, BUT IN MY MIND, THEY SHOULD GO TOWARD PROJECTS THAT WERE THE TOP PRIORITY TWO YEARS AGO THAT WERE SHELVED AS A RESULT OF CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING TO TRY AND SURVIVE COVID, WHICH YES, WE DID DO.

WE DID.

SO, YEAH, WE THERE WERE APPROVED CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HELD OFF ON AND THAT WERE NEVER COMPLETED AND THEN HAVE OTHER FUNDING FOR THOSE APPROVED CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WERE PRIORITY THAT WEREN'T DONE THEN.

NO, THAT WOULD ALL COME OUT OF THIS SAME, IT WOULD JUST BE A REPRIORITIZATION OF THE SAME MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR AGAIN, WE HAD A SCALED BACK NUMBER OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AGAIN JUST DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAD RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC.

SO LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

YOU WOULD RATHER USE MONEY FROM THOSE CAPEX PROJECTS TO GO TOWARD FIXING THE LIGHTS, THEN ISSUE DEBT.

DEFINITELY BE IN FAVOR OF A DISCUSSION TO WHERE WE COULD LAY THOSE ITEMS OUT AND AS A COUNCIL, BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE.

MAYBE MOST OR ALL OF THIS.

I THINK IT'S HARD TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON LOOKING AT THE ONE NEED AND KNOWING WE JUST HAVE A LUMP SUM OF MONEY SITTING HERE AND SO BRINGING SOME OF THOSE CAPEX PROJECTS BACK ONTO THE TABLE THAT I WASN'T A PART OF THAT I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL , BUT IN THIS DISCUSSION, AS FAR AS TRYING TO EXPEDITE AND BE ABLE TO BUY THE

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POLES, I ACTUALLY WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF SPENDING MONEY OUT OF OUR RESERVES TO AT LEAST BUY THE MATERIAL, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T WANT TO FUND THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

WE COULD THEN GO AHEAD AND TRY TO PURCHASE THIS AS AN EXPEDITE AND THAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING TO GET TO, AND I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE MUDDY.

IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING GO LEFT AND GO RIGHT.

NO, MA'AM.

SO I'M NOT FOLLOWING THAT BECAUSE WHAT? BUT IN THE WAY OF--BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT GOING.

I WANT TO UNDERSTAND.

SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND.

HOW CAN YOU EXPEDITE, BUT NOT JUST IMMEDIATELY MAKE A PRIORITIZATION DECISION TO CONTINUE TO SHELVE THOSE 2020 CAPEX PROJECTS THAT WERE UNFUNDED.

THEY WERE FUNDED, BUT WE REPRIORITIZED WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT.

THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH.

LET ME ASK A QUESTION OF IF OR WOULD YOU BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU COULD, AS A COUNCIL SAY SIX MILLION WOULD BE AN ALLOCATED MONEY HERE OF LET'S GO GET THE BEST DEAL DONE WE CAN WITH SIX MILLION AND USE THE TWO POINT ONE ARPA MONEY THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE AND THEN GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE REST OF THE MONEY BEING SPENT OUT OF SAVINGS VERSUS ISSUANCE OF DEBT THE STAFF GOING TO GET THE BEST DEAL THEY POSSIBLY CAN ON SUPPLIES AND DESIGN? I THINK EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? DEAL POSSIBLE WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO DO THAT.

HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S GOING TO EXCEED WHAT WE HAVE IN CASH FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE PARKS BUDGET.

SO NOW THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN ON AN EXPEDITED SCALE OR EXPEDITED TIMELINE IS TO TOUCH RESERVES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED TO OTHER PROJECTS.

HOWEVER, THOSE RESERVES HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOCATED TO ANY OTHER PROJECTS.

THESE ARE UNALLOCATED FUNDS.

YOU'RE ASKING US TO REVISIT THAT.

NOW I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE CAPEX PROJECTS THAT YOU DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH, BUT THEN THOSE HAVE GONE AWAY AND I KNOW THEY'RE STILL NEEDED, BUT THEN THESE MONIES HAVEN'T BEEN ALLOCATED TO ANYTHING ELSE.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M TRYING TO GO BACK AND TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM A PROJECT AND PUT IT TOWARDS THIS ONE.

I'M SAYING THESE ARE NEW MONIES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR.

YOU'RE ASKING TO REALLOCATE PROJECT MONEY AWAY FROM THOSE CAP EXPENDITURE AND FLOYD, THEY'RE STILL THERE, RIGHT? THOSE PROJECTS HAVEN'T BEEN DONE WITH OTHER MONIES.

WE JUST HIT PAUSE; THOSE PROBLEMS THAT WERE PRIORITIZED THEN ARE STILL PROBLEMS. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THE TYPICAL PROJECTS THAT WERE PUT OFF SINCE WE HAD THE 2016 BOND FOR ROADS, MAYOR, IF YOU'LL RECALL THE CASH PROJECTS THAT WE PUT OFF DUE TO COVID AND THOSE OTHER RESPONSES TYPICALLY WERE ROADS, WHICH REMEMBER IT'S IN THAT ONGOING NEED OF ROADS.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO POINT OUT THERE AND SAY IT WAS THIS BLOCK.

WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE HAVE THIS GREAT BIG NEED FOUR HUNDRED MILLION WAS THE ESTIMATE FROM SOME PLACES AND WE WERE GOING TO ADD THIS 2016 BOND.

WE WERE GOING TO ADD THAT CASH THAT WAS FUNDED IN THOSE PREVIOUS BUDGET YEARS.

AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE BUDGET YEARS, THOSE CASH PROJECTS WERE PUT OFF BECAUSE OF THAT IN 2020, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GOT INTO STOP CAPITAL, BUT REMEMBER, WE ALSO HAD THE FLEET.

WE HAD FLEET DELAYS, WHICH WAS A MAJOR CAPITAL, TYPICALLY ABOUT SIX POINT EIGHT MILLION IN A YEAR FROM FLEET.

SO I DON'T HAVE THOSE SPECIFIC ONES THAT WE PUT OFF.

REMEMBER, WE PUT SOME OF THE PARKS BACK IN IMMEDIATELY.

WELL, THIS ONE GOT PUT OFF.

YOU HAVE THIS ONGOING NEED FOR ROAD FLEET.

IT WAS THOSE THAT WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DO.

WE TOOK DIFFERENT APPROACHES AT THE LANDFILL TO PUT OFF THE [INAUDIBLE] TEN DEVELOPMENT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, WHICH IS A GENERAL FUND CAPITAL.

SO THOSE WERE THE BIG THREE WAS FLEET ROADS AND LANDFILL THAT NOW ARE COMING DUE.

OK AND SO WE'LL HAVE TALKS ABOUT THOSE IN CAPITAL, BUT I CAN GO INTO MORE SPECIFICS WITH A LITTLE MORE TIME, BUT MOST OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GOT PUT OFF.

I WOULD ARGUE THAT THERE'S SOME IN IN POLICE YOU KNOW, RELATED TO THE WE FOUND ALTERNATIVE FUNDING AS AS FUNDING CAME BACK FOR WE FINISHED THE ROOF.

AND IN THE EVIDENCE BUILDING, I THINK NOW IS FUNDED.

YES AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT WAS CANCELED, THAT NOW FUNDING CAME BACK.

SO IT WENT BEYOND ROADS.

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THOSE WERE SMALLER ONES IN THE OTHER AREAS.

SO CAN WE LOOK AT IT THIS WAY? SO THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT IT'S APPEARING TO ME IS YOU SEE ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP COMING UP THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO.

THE PROBLEM IS IS WE'VE SEEN ALL THESE PROJECTS, BUT WE HAVE STUCK OUR HEAD IN THE SAND WHEN IT COMES TO PARKS AND RECREATION, AND WE HAVEN'T TAKEN CARE OF AND DONE SOME OF THOSE BIG DEALS THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.

LET'S SAY THOSE POLES BACK 50 YEARS AGO HAD A 25 YEAR WARRANTY ON THEM, AND WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF THIS 25 YEARS AGO AND THE DEAL IS IS WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PUT THEM IN THE MIX, BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE NOW AND THEN PUT IT IN THE MIX, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN.

WOULD THAT BE FAIR? COULD I ADD TO THAT PICTURE? YEAH.

AS YOU JUST DESCRIBED IT, I WOULD SAY WE WE IGNORED MORE THAN PARKED POLES, ROOFS, YOUR PARKING LOT ON THE EAST SIDE OF CITY HALL, PARKING LOTS ACROSS THIS CITY IN CITY FACILITIES ARE IN THAT SAME BOAT AIR CONDITIONING FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE, ROADS.

IT ALL COMES INTO THAT SAME IMAGE THAT THERE'S THIS HUGE NEED THAT GETS PUT OFF.

SO I WOULD ADD TO YOUR IMAGE; THERE ARE MANY OTHER DISCIPLINES THAT THOSE FUNDS SHOULD GO TO, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT GOT PAUSED.

LOOK AT THE PARKING LOTS QUALITY ON THE EAST SIDE OF CITY HALL.

IT'S JUST A PROJECT THAT'S NOT EVEN LISTED BECAUSE WE CAN'T EVEN GET A THOUGHT PROCESS WHERE THAT FUNDING WOULD COME FROM AT THIS POINT.

DOES THAT HELP? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, FLOYD.

OK, SO JUST BACK TO GIVING STAFF DIRECTION.

I HEARD DO IT IN ONE PROJECT ISSUE DEBT.

DO IT IN ONE PROJECT ISSUE DEBT, CORRECT, COUNCILMAN SAUER? YEAH, I LEAN TOWARD DO IT IN ONE PROJECT ISSUE DEBT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE, IF YOU'RE DOING IT IN ONE PROJECT, IT'S A BIGGER SCOPE, YOU GET MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAT WAY.

I LIKE THE EXPEDITED IDEA.

I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THAT WORKS, HOW WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF IT IF WE'RE RELYING ONLY ON CASH TO ME.

WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE CERTAINTY OF FUNDING UP FRONT FOR Y'ALL TO NEGOTIATE THAT, FOR YOU TO PLAN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT TO COVER ALL OF IT RATHER THAN PRIORITIZING SOME.

I MEAN AND IF I'M MISUNDERSTANDING, COLE, PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS ALL THE WOODEN POLES IF WE'RE ONLY GOING TO PICK SOME OF THE PARKS, AND THAT IS A GIGANTIC SAFETY ISSUE.

SURE, SO LET ME TRY TO HELP MYSELF HERE AND LET'S GET ON BOARD WITH DO IT ALL.

WE'VE GOT STAFF MAKING A COMPREHENSIVE RECOMMENDATION HERE TO DO IT ALL, AND LET'S JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ALL AND THEN IT COMES DOWN TO A POINT OF WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE GUIDANCE ON HOW WE PAY FOR IT.

I WOULD MUCH RATHER MAKE A DECISION BASED ON EXCESS RESERVES THAT WE HAVE CASH OR DEBT WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO BRING BACK MAYBE A BETTER OVERALL COST FOR MATERIAL AND BE ABLE TO SAY, LOOK, THIS IS HOW MUCH THIS WOULD COST US NOW IF WE WERE TO JUST BUY ALL OF THE STUFF WE NEED AND THEN WE LOCK IN OUR PRICE CAN MAYBE CONTINUE THE DESIGN PROCESS AND DO OUR INSTALL.

YOU CAN DO THE INSTALL A FIELD AT A TIME, MAYBE, BUT IF YOU WERE ABLE TO BUY THE BULK OF ALL YOUR MATERIAL, THEN PERHAPS WE WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT WITH ARP MONEY PLUS CASH, AND WE COULD BITE THAT PIECE OFF AND THEN MOVE FORWARD IN BUDGETING THE REST OF IT AROUND THE REST OF THE NEEDS OF THE CITY, FOR CAPEX, I'M SAYING.

BUT THAT FEELS LIKE PHASING TO ME AND SO THEN YOU'RE DETERMINING WHICH PLACES YOU'RE GOING TO START AS A POINT OF GUIDANCE, I GUESS I'M JUST I'M PRACTICALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS.

GUIDANCE, I'M ASKING FOR STAFF TO GO OUT AND GET A HARD COST OF WHAT CAN WE BUY ALL OF THESE POLES FOR NOW WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE THINK WE NEED IN ENGINEERING? TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY AND THEN MAKE OUR DECISION FROM THERE.

MR. CITY MANAGER, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? I MEAN, I THINK I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM RESEARCHING WHAT IT TAKES TO EXPEDITE AND SAVE US MONEY.

I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.

I'M CONCERNED WITH WHAT WILL BE ESSENTIALLY A PHASING IF WE GIVE YOU DIRECTION TO STICK TO CASH PLUS ARPA ONLY TO ME, IT FEELS LIKE WE JUST NEED TO COMMIT TO PAY THE PRICE TAG AND THEN GO GET THOSE NUMBERS MAY.

SO MAYBE MICHAEL NEEDS TO SPEAK PRACTICALLY TO WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET ACTUAL

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CONSTRUCTION NUMBERS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, COLE? WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DESIGN PROCESS TO HAVE AN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION NUMBER.

LIKE COUNCILMAN, STANLEY SAID, THE NUMBER OF POLES, ONCE WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING FROM SOME VENDOR, HOW MANY POLES THEY EXPECT TO DO PER FIELD, AND SOME OF THAT'S GOING TO BE UNIQUE BECAUSE YOU GOT CERTAIN FIELDS ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER AND YOU CAN KICK LIGHT BOTH WAYS OFF ONE POLE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO VERIFY WITH THEM DO THEY HAVE PROPRIETARY POLES? DO THEY USE POLES FROM DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS? AND ARE THEY WILLING TO USE SOMETHING FROM SOMEONE ELSE? YOU KNOW, SO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN HAVE A GOOD BIDDING PROCESS AND WHATEVER WE BOUGHT WOULDN'T EXCLUDE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ELSE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK THROUGH, BUT I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY GET WITH SOME PEOPLE AND GET SOME GOOD UNDERSTANDINGS OF CERTAIN MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE TO GET, AND WE COULD PROBABLY GET MATERIALS THAT ARE USABLE BY ANY VENDOR.

YEAH, I THINK WE COULD GET SOME BUDGETARY NUMBERS FOR THE MATERIAL COSTS ONLY BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS INCLUDE INSTALLATION AND MATERIALS.

SO WE COULD LOOK AT GETTING A TRUE MATERIAL COST, TALKING TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VENDORS AND SEEING WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS MATERIALS, WHAT IS INSTALLATION AND WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCURATE NUMBER FOR THAT.

SO BOTTOM LINE, I'M NOT SAYING A PHASED PROCESS.

I'M JUST SAYING STEP ONE OF FOUR IN MAKING A GOOD DECISION HERE FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

SO I'M JUST NOT TRYING TO GIVE GUIDANCE OF SAYING, HEY, JUST IF IT COST EIGHT MILLION, IT COST EIGHT MILLION.

I'LL GO GET IT DONE.

I WOULD RATHER GO ONE STEP AT A TIME.

I GUESS MAYBE I JUST HAVE A HIGHER TRUST LEVEL BECAUSE I KNOW STAFF WOULD NEVER NOT DO THAT AS PART OF THE PROCESS.

I MEAN, YOU WILL NARROW IT DOWN, WHITTLE IT DOWN, NEGOTIATE.

SO JUST BECAUSE I MIGHT SAY TO YOU, I'M IN FAVOR OF DOING THIS, ALL AS ONE PIECE AND I SEE THE VALUE THAT COULD BE ADDED BY DESIGNING IT AS ONE PIECE.

THERE IS AN UNDERLYING EXPECTATION THAT YOU WOULD ABSOLUTELY NEGOTIATE TO THE NTH DEGREE, AND YOU WOULD NEVER SPEND ONE DIME MORE NECESSARY TO GET THE PROJECT DONE.

SO I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED IN OUR COUNCIL TIME HAVE COME IN UNDER BUDGET, AND THAT'S BEEN BECAUSE OF THE STAFF'S WORK.

SO MAYBE IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE IN HAVING A LONGER WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STAFF OR AN EXPECTATION THAT STAFF WILL DO THAT PART OF THE JOB? WELL.

NO, MA'AM, I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK IT'S JUST THE INCOMPLETE PLAN.

WE DON'T HAVE A FULL SET OF DRAWINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE A FULL PLAN.

WE HAVEN'T PUT IT OUT FOR BID YET.

SO THE HESITANCY THAT I HAVE IS TO ISSUE DEBT AS A WILLINGNESS TO SAY, HEY, I'M IN FAVOR OF ISSUING DEBT FOR THIS PROJECT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT COMES BACK AT AND THEN LETTING STAFF GO AND DESIGN TO THAT IS THE FLIP SIDE OF HEY, LET'S NOT ISSUE DEBT.

LET'S LET'S USE THE MONEY WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN EXCESS REVENUES, CASH.

AND SO THAT'S OUR DIFFERENCE, BUT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO BE THE SAME, AND I DON'T SEE HOW THIS WOULD DO ANYTHING BUT BENEFIT US TO GO AHEAD AND GET OUT THERE AND GET IN FRONT OF THIS AND GET SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGNS BACK AND SEE HOW MUCH THE MATERIAL COST IS IN THIS PACKAGE.

LAURA, I MEAN, JARED, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE THE DIRECTION YOU NEED FROM US THEN? BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE ARE THREE--I'LL LET COLE SPEAK FOR HIMSELF--THREE REALLY STRONG MOVE QUICKLY, WE WANT TO DO THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE, ESPECIALLY FOR SAFETY CONCERNS.

SO I MEAN, I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU GUYS WOULD COME BACK TO US.

WE'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION TODAY ON HOW MUCH MONEY TO SPEND OR HOW MUCH DEBT TO ISSUE.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION ABOUT KIND OF WHAT LANE DO YOU WANT TO GO IN ON LOOKING FOR THE FUNDING WHEN YOU COME TO ASK FOR IT? WHAT I HAVE AND WHAT I'M HEARING--AND YOU ALL CORRECT ME--IS WE WILL BRING YOU MAYBE LIKE WE DID WITH CITY HALL.

PROJECT REVISED ESTIMATED COSTS.

TALKING WITH VENDORS TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THOSE MATERIAL COSTS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE ARE WE EXPECTING TO SEE A 10 PERCENT INCREASE ON GALVANIZED STEEL POLES AND CONCRETE REBAR AND ALL THE THINGS WE WOULD NEED TO DO THIS, THE WIRING AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF? WE WILL ALSO BRING YOU A FULL PROJECT AND SOME FUNDING OPTIONS.

WE WILL BE ABLE TO REALIZE SOME ENERGY CREDITS, SO WE'LL FACTOR THAT IN, WE'LL WORK WITH JERRY AND SPS TO GET AN ESTIMATE ON ENERGY TAX, ENERGY CREDIT SAVINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH THE PROJECT.

SOMETIMES THEY EVEN PAY FOR A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROJECT BASED ON THE ENERGY USAGE THAT YOU'RE GOING BE ABLE TO REDUCE.

GOING FROM THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE SO TERRIBLY OLD TO NEWEST MODEL LIGHTING WILL SAVE SOME MONEY, SO WE'LL FACTOR THAT IN.

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WE'LL BRING YOU AS FULLY BAKED A PROJECT AS WE CAN, KNOWING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH FULL DESIGN AND COMPLETE COST ESTIMATION UNTIL WE HAVE A DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO THAT'S GOING TO STEER WHAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO GIVE US A BID FOR.

SO, I WILL BRING BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME, MAYOR, AND WHAT I'M HEARING FROM A CONSENSUS, AT LEAST A FULL PROJECT WITH FUNDING OPTIONS FOR HOW WE CAN DO IT, THAT ARE WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION AT A COUNCIL MEETING.

IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A DIFFERENT WAY, I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AND YOU CAN PROVIDE US FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN THEN TRY AND ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH AS REASONABLE IN THE AGENDA.

OR WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER IT MORE AND COME BACK AT A NEXT MEETING.

I KNOW I'M TRYING TO TAKE INPUT FROM FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND PUT TOGETHER A FUNCTIONAL WAY FORWARD FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

DID I EXPLAIN THAT RIGHT? YOU DID GOOD.

YES, SIR, I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THE NEXT STEP.

EDDY? YES, MA'AM.

OK, SO I MEAN, CERTAINLY PART OF THE CONSENSUS IS LET'S MAKE SURE WE DON'T OVERPAY FOR ANYTHING.

LET'S DO IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND I'M SORRY, IT'S 2023 BEFORE WE SEE IT FINISHED.

YEAH, THERE'S THAT.

OK, ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, GUYS FOR THAT DISCUSSION.

ANYTHING ON ITEM 1G REQUESTING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REPORTS FROM THE

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

CITY MANAGER.

OK, LET'S TAKE A BATHROOM BREAK BEFORE WE DO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IF WE MOVE RIGHT TO THAT CONSENT AGENDA, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER COLE STANLEY

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

WOULD LIKE TO PULL H AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON IT BEFORE WE VOTE.

YES, MA'AM, JUST DISCUSSION.

OK, IS THE CITY MANAGER AWARE WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT OR DO YOU WANT TO BRING IT UP? WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO? SURE.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

[2.H. CONSIDER AWARD SUPPLY AGREEMENT FOR FIREFIGHTING GARMENTS]

JARED, DO YOU WANT TO GO? WELL, H IS FUNDING AND PURCHASE OF 100 SETS OF BUNKER GEAR.

IT'S NOT COMPLETE SETS OF BUNKER GEAR.

IT'S 100 JACKETS AND PANTS AND THEN SMALLER AMOUNTS OF A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR FIREFIGHTING.

BUT THEY ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE LESS LIKELY TO NEED TO BE CLEANED OR REPAIRED AFTER A FIRE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS CARCINOGENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S THINGS LIKE SUSPENDERS, HELMETS, BOOTS, BUT THERE WOULD BE 100 SETS OF COATS, PANTS, HOODS AND GLOVES, AND THAT ITEM IS ON THERE AS A DIRECT RESULT OF A REQUEST FROM? THIS IS AN ANNUAL BUDGET PURCHASE OF BUNKER GEAR FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

DOING 100 SETS A YEAR WILL GET US TO WHERE WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED TWO SETS OF BUNKER GEAR PER FIREFIGHTER WITHIN A HANDFUL OF YEARS, THREE OR FOUR YEARS, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE NUMBER IS.

WE ALSO HAD ADDITIONAL BUNKER GEAR THAT WAS IN THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION THAT DID NOT GET APPROVED.

WE WILL BE I'LL BE ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL BE DISCUSSING WITH COUNCIL DURING THE MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IS I'M SORRY DURING THE AS WE GET THE MONEY FOR THE UPCOMING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ALLOCATION IS USING SOME OF THAT MONEY TO BUY ADDITIONAL BUNKER GEAR TO REPLACE THE BUNKER GEAR, REPLACE IS THE WRONG WORD TO PURCHASE THE BUNKER GEAR THAT WAS NOT FUNDED THROUGH THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION.

SO WE WILL BE DOING MORE THIS YEAR THAN WHAT WE ARE PROGRAMING TO DO FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, BUT THAT WILL ENABLE US TO ACCELERATE GETTING THAT SECOND FULL SET OF BUNKER GEAR FOR EVERY FIREFIGHTER WE- WELL, TO AN EXTENT, WE WANT TO AVOID BUYING IT ALL AT ONE TIME SO THAT WE CAN SPREAD OUT SO WE CAN STAGGER THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS STUFF BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU FIND WHEN YOU BUY EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE IS YOU'VE GOT TO SLUG OUT THERE WAITING FOR YOU.

WE DO WANT TO PROTECT THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SECOND SET OF GEAR, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.

DID WE MAKE ANY PLANS FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS IN THE FUTURE? SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET HIT WITH ONE SLUG ALL AT THE SAME TIME WHILE STILL MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE REASONABLY CAN, BUT THAT'S A LONG INTRODUCTION FOR I KNOW WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY WANTED TO TOUCH ON.

HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH MR. MILLER EARLIER AND JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

SO, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS GEAR IS REPLACEMENT OF OLD WORN OUT GEAR AND THAT THE REQUEST IS FOR ADDITIONAL SETS OF GEAR SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF ON ONE SHIFT YOU'VE GOT TO WORK A FIRE AND THEN GO BACK OUT AND PUT THAT SAME GEAR BACK ON WITH CARCINOGENS, AS YOU SAID OR WHATEVER.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I WAS ASKING, COULD WE INCREASE THAT FROM 100 UNITS TO 200 UNITS SO THAT WE GO AHEAD AND GET THAT PURCHASE ALL AT ONCE? AND I AGREE THAT PHASING IT IS BETTER BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THE ROLL ON ROLL OFF IN THE DURATION OF THAT EQUIPMENT.

AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THIS WOULD QUALIFY FOR ARP MONEY AND SO IT WOULDN'T BE MONEY THAT WE WOULD NEED TO COME UP WITH OUT OF OUR EXCESS REVENUES FROM LAST FISCAL

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YEAR, WHICH I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF SPENDING IF WE NEEDED TO, BUT IF WE CAN PUT IT OVER TO ARP AND THEN THAT'S GOOD.

SO THE POINT OF THE DISCUSSION WAS JUST TO.

BE ABLE TO KIND OF PUT IT OUT THERE THAT'S A NEED THAT I SEE AND SOMETHING THAT I WOULD TRY TO PRIORITIZE WITH OUR ART MONEY THAT'S COMING UP AND THEN I'M GOOD WITH IT AS IT SITS GOING BACK INTO CONSENT IF WE'RE GOOD.

SO ARE YOU FOR NOT PULLING IT NOW OR PULLING IT? NOT PULLING.

NOT PULLING IT.

NOT A NEED TO VOTE ON IT SEPARATE BECAUSE WE'RE IN FAVOR OF IT AND ALSO JUST WANTED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION THAT I'D HAD WITH CITY MANAGER HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.

OK, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE THING, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WANT.

I DEFINITELY WANT TO PULL.

SO I'D LIKE TO PULL F AND G AND THOSE ARE THE ON SITE CLINIC PROVIDER SERVICES CONTRACT IN THE WELLNESS PLAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CONTRACT.

JUST IN ASKING SOME QUESTIONS OF STAFF, I JUST HAD SOME.

THEY'RE STILL OPEN.

I THINK STAFF IS STILL LOOKING FOR ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WAITING TO VOTE ON THAT AS SOON AS I HAVE THE ANSWERS FROM THEM.

KIND OF JUST REFERRING.

LOOKING AT THE SHEETS, HOW THEY WERE SCORED.

I WANTED TO KNOW HOW OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES FARED VERSUS AN OUT-OF-TOWN BUSINESS AND SO I'M WAITING TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON THAT, AND I'D LIKE TO PULL THAT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TILL WE GET THAT INFORMATION.

NOW.

MAYOR I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PULLING ITEMS F AND G AND REPLACING WITH THE REVISED MINUTES.

THE MINUTES WERE REVISED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE MINUTES REVISED, SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH A FOUR ZERO VOTE.

MOVING ON TO OUR NON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 3A, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND

[3.A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7946 (Contact: Martin Birkenfeld, Chief of Police)]

CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 7946 MR. CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR WE HAVE POLICE CHIEF MARTIN BIRKENFELD HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

CHIEF.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THE CURFEW ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND IT'S A VALUABLE TOOL IN HELPING KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE IN AMARILLO.

IT APPLIES TO KIDS WHO ARE 16 AND UNDER UNDER THE DEFINITIONS AND THE CURFEW HOURS ARE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6:00 A.M.

DAILY, SO A SIX HOUR PERIOD THAT PERSONS UNDER 16 CANNOT BE OUT EXCEPT FOR SPECIFIC REASONS.

THERE'S BASICALLY FOUR GOALS THAT WE HAVE IN ASKING COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THIS ORDINANCE FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS BEFORE IT'S UP FOR REVIEW AGAIN.

ONE OF THE REASONS IS TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY JUVENILES, AND WE'RE NOT ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT SERIOUS CRIMES.

SOMETIMES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VANDALISM OR OTHER MINOR THINGS, BUT NONETHELESS, THERE'S RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THAT IT IS MODERATELY EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING JUVENILE CRIMES.

WE ALSO WANT TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF JUVENILES BECOMING CRIME VICTIMS. AS WE KNOW, AS GRANDMA USED TO SAY, NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SHE WAS RIGHT.

I WORKED MIDNIGHT FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS TO GET IN TROUBLE, AND SO WE'D LIKE TO AVOID THAT.

IT'S ALSO GIVES OUR POLICE OFFICERS A VALID REASON TO TALK TO JUVENILES WHEN THEY'RE OUT, IF WE SEE A CARLOAD OF KIDS THAT ARE UNDER 16.

WE'RE GOING TO STOP THOSE KIDS AND ASK THEM WHAT'S GOING ON IF IT'S AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SOMETIMES THERE'S VALID REASONS THAT ARE COVERED UNDER THE ORDINANCE, SUCH AS GOING TO AND FROM WORK OR BEING OUT WITH THEIR PARENTS ON AN ACTIVITY OR BEING JUST IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN HOUSE.

THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE SITUATIONS WHERE THE ORDINANCE WOULD APPLY.

IT ALSO KIND OF GIVES US A BACKUP FOR PARENTS.

YOU KNOW, MOST PARENTS HAVE HAVE MORE STRICT CURFEWS THAN THIS, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, THE PARENT CAN SAY, LOOK, YOU CAN'T BE OUT PAST MIDNIGHT NO MATTER WHAT, EVEN IF I WANTED TO LET YOU.

SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR GOALS AND CONTINUE THIS ORDINANCE.

WE'RE SOMETIMES ASK HOW OFTEN IT'S USED AND THE NUMBERS ARE REALLY LOW.

IN 2021, WE CITED NINE DIFFERENT JUVENILES, AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A SUPER LOW NUMBER AND IT IS AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE DO ISSUE A LOT OF WARNINGS IF WE HAVE A KID OUT THAT PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE CURFEW.

WE CAN CALL PARENTS, SAY, HEY, LOOK YOUR 15 YEAR OLDS OUT, IT'S PAST CURFEW.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO WARN THEM.

THIS TIME YOU NEED TO COME PICK THEM UP OR WE TAKE THEM TO THE HOUSE.

HOWEVER, WE CAN RESOLVE THAT.

THE OTHER REASON WE FEEL LIKE IS THE CURFEW IS GENERALLY FOLLOWED.

WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH KIDS UNDER 16 OR 16 AND UNDER WHO ARE AT AFTER MIDNIGHT IN SITUATIONS WHERE THIS ORDINANCE APPLIES.

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SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE CRIMINALS OUT OF KIDS, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO WRITE A BUNCH OF TICKETS.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BASED PURELY ON KEEPING KIDS SAFE.

THERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE.

WE'RE JUST IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, I ASKED FOR SOME ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE TO SHOW WHY WE BELIEVE THIS ORDINANCE IS IMPORTANT.

ONE EXAMPLE IS IN JULY OF 2019, WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE THERE WERE FIVE JUVENILES AND A 17 YEAR OLD ADULT THAT WERE ARRESTED AROUND 5:00 IN THE MORNING.

THEY WERE OUT AND ABOUT RUNNING AROUND TOWN.

THEY ENDED UP BEING AT A CONVENIENCE STORE.

THEY WERE IN A STOLEN CAR AND THERE WAS A GUN IN THE STOLEN CAR.

OBVIOUSLY A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

IN THAT SAME MONTH, WE HAD TWO 14 YEAR OLDS WHO WERE TRYING TO BREAK INTO A CLOSED CONVENIENCE STORE AT 3:45 IN THE MORNING.

IN APRIL OF 20 WE HAD AT ABOUT 3:00 A.M., OFFICERS DETAINED A CAR THAT HAD TWO KIDS AND TWO ADULTS.

THERE WAS ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA AND A GUN IN THE CAR.

IN JULY OF 21.

OFFICERS FOUND A STOLEN CAR AT 1:00 A.M.

IN SOUTH LAWN, SEVERAL JUVENILES WERE IN THIS CAR, INCLUDING ONE THAT HAD A FIREARM.

SO THESE ARE JUST ANECDOTAL EXAMPLES OF WHY WE THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS ORDINANCE.

THERE'S ALSO SOME DEADLY CONSEQUENCES, AND WE WANT TO KEEP OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SAFE, BUT IN TWO DIFFERENT CASES HERE.

JUVENILES LOST THEIR LIVES, AND IN DECEMBER OF 2019 THERE WAS A CAR CRASH ABOUT 2:20.

IN THE MORNING, KIDS WERE RIDING AROUND.

THEY WERE ALSO DRINKING ALCOHOL, WHICH IS A WHOLE ISSUE IN AND OF ITSELF.

THE JUVENILE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND A 14 YEAR OLD IN THAT CAR DIED IN THAT CRASH.

VERY TRAGIC AND IN AUGUST OF 2021, ANOTHER TRAGIC CRASH.

A 16 YEAR OLD WAS OUT DRIVING AROUND ABOUT 1:00 IN THE MORNING.

LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR AND CRASHED AND DIED AS A RESULT OF THAT CRASH.

THERE'S SOME RESEARCH TO BACK THIS UP.

BASICALLY, THE RESEARCH FROM GROSSMAN AND MILLER SAYS THAT THE IMPACT THE QUESTION WAS WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF JUVENILE CURFEW LAWS ON THE WELFARE AND CRIME RATES OF YOUTH.

AND THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE LAWS ARE MODESTLY EFFECTIVE AT REDUCING JUVENILE CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION, BUT THEY DO EFFECTIVELY REDUCE YOUTH HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, WHICH INCLUDES INJURIES AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES.

IN A SEPARATE STUDY, KLINE CONCLUDED THAT CURFEWS APPEAR TO HAVE AN IMPORTANT EFFECT ON THE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OF YOUTH.

THE ARREST DATA SUGGESTS THAT BEING SUBJECT TO A CURFEW REDUCES THE ARREST OF JUVENILES BELOW THE CURFEW AGE BY APPROXIMATELY 10 PERCENT IN THE FIVE YEARS FOLLOWING ENACTMENT.

ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH AND WE DON'T EXPECT THIS TO SOLVE ALL THE JUVENILE CRIME AND AMARILLO.

WE FEEL LIKE WHAT DATA WE HAVE AND THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE READ DOES SUPPORT THE CONTINUING OF THIS ORDINANCE.

WE FEEL LIKE IT'S WELL-WRITTEN AND FAIRLY ENFORCED, AND IT ENABLES US TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF OUR KIDS BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME OR BEING VICTIMS OF CRIME.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF ABOUT THIS REQUEST? CHIEF, THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3A ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 7946.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7946 RE ADOPTING AND CONTINUING CHAPTER 10-3 ARTICLE SIX, SECTIONS 10-3-71 THROUGH 10-3-75, INCLUSIVE OF THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE WITHOUT CHANGE PROVIDING FOR A NOCTURNAL CURFEW STARTING AT MIDNIGHT FOR PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 17.

SECOND, OK, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER.

I THINK IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, SO I'LL GO COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY, BUT WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.

SO ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED PASSES WITH THE FOUR ZERO VOTE.

CHIEF, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THE DEPARTMENT DOES AND CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU GUYS IN OUR PRAYERS AND I THINK YOU'RE UP FOR ACTUALLY THE NEXT ITEM TOO.

[3.B. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7947]

IS THAT CORRECT? MR. CITY MANAGER? CHIEF.

THIS IS GOING TO ACTUALLY MAKE US FAR MORE EFFECTIVE AS FAR AS CODE ENFORCEMENT, ALLOWING A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE TO TO ISSUE CITATIONS ON THAT.

SO CHIEF, TAKE IT AWAY.

IT DOES.

THIS CLARIFIES THE ORDINANCE ALLOWING POLICE EMPLOYEES, THE POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER AUTHORIZED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO TOW VEHICLES.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE TWO PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS IS ASSIGNED TO GO THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ANSWER COMPLAINTS ABOUT PARKING, FOR EXAMPLE, ILLEGALLY PARKED TRAILERS OR ABANDONED VEHICLES.

CURRENTLY, WHEN THAT PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FINDS A VEHICLE THAT'S IN VIOLATION, THEY'RE WARNED AND THEN AFTER THE WARNING PERIOD, THEY GO BACK AND CHECK AND IF THAT VEHICLE IS STILL THERE AND THEN AND THE LAW APPLIES AND THAT VEHICLE CAN BE TOWED RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CALLING A POLICE OFFICER OVER TO TO BE PRESENT AND TO VERIFY THE TOW INFORMATION.

IT'S KIND OF A REDUNDANCY.

WE FEEL LIKE THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE THAT CAPABILITY ALREADY AND

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THEY KNOW THE LAW.

SO OTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, FOR EXAMPLE, BUILDING OFFICIALS THAT HAVE CARS TOWED FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF ORDINANCE.

SO THIS JUST CLARIFIES THAT A POLICE OFFICER OR AN AUTHORIZED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CAN TOW THOSE VEHICLES WHEN THEY'RE ILLEGALLY PARKED OR STANDING IN THE STREET.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OK, THANK YOU, CHIEF.

WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ONE, SO JUST A MOTION, PLEASE.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7947 TO AMEND THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 8 THROUGH 4 ARTICLE ONE SECTIONS 842 AND 843 TO ENABLE AUTHORIZED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ASSIST WITH MOVING OR IMPOUNDING VEHICLES.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7947.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A FOUR ZERO VOTE.

[3.C.CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7948]

ITEM 3C IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 7948.

MR. CITY MANAGER.

HI MAYOR, WE'VE GOT BRADY KENDRICK PLANNER TWO WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

WHO'S GOING TO BE MAKING THE NEXT FIVE PRESENTATIONS.

THIS IS GOING TO MAKE HIM THE MOST PROLIFIC PRESENTER IN THIS COUNCIL MEETING, SO CONGRATULATIONS.

THIS FIRST ONE IS A SPS SUBSTATION PROJECT BRADY, TAKE IT AWAY.

YEAH, SURE.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO CONSIDER THE VACATION OF A SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR SQUARE FOOT PORTION OF A PUBLIC ALLEY LOCATED ADJACENT TO LOTS TWO THROUGH FOUR BLOCK THIRTY THREE, LAWRENCE PARK UNIT NUMBER TWENTY THREE AND LOT SIX BLOCK TWENTY FOUR LAWRENCE PARK UNIT NUMBER 89, ALL IN SECTION TWO TWENTY SEVEN, BLOCK TWO, AB AND M SURVEY POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS.

THE VICINITY IS SOUTHWEST TWENTY SIXTH AVENUE IN BRITAIN DRIVE IN THE APPLICANT IS SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY.

THE VACATION OF THE ABOVE ALLEYWAY IS BEING CONSIDERED IN ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE THE LAND INTO A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SITE FOR AN UPCOMING SUBSTATION PROJECT.

THE VACATION REQUEST HAD BEEN REVIEWED BY THE HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE RELEVANT CITY DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL UTILITY COMPANIES, AND WITH THE APPLICANT PLANNING TO DEDICATE AND CONSTRUCT A NEW ALLEY SEGMENT AND RELOCATE EXISTING UTILITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE EXISTING ALLEY.

ALL REVIEWING ENTITIES OR AMENABLE SHOULD IT BE APPROVED.

IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT THE VACATION OF THIS PORTION OF ALLEY WILL RESULT IN A DEAD END ALLEY.

HOWEVER, THE NEXT ITEM TO BE CONSIDERED ITEM 3D ON THE AGENDA PROPOSES TO DEDICATE AN ALLEYWAY TO AVOID THIS SITUATION.

FAIR MARKET PAYMENT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS REQUEST BECAUSE THE DEDICATION OF THE AREA BEING DEDICATED FOR THE NEW ALLEYWAY AND THE AMOUNT OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THE RELOCATIONS EXCEED THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE AREA PROPOSED FOR A VACATION.

PUBLIC NOTICES OF THE REQUEST WERE SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS AS REQUIRED, AND ONE COMMENT WAS RECEIVED EXPRESSING NO OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

CONSIDERING THE JUST MENTIONED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS OF THE OPINION THAT THIS REQUEST WOULD NOT RESULT IN ANY DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH A SIX TO ZERO VOTE.

I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

NO.

OK, HOLD TIGHT, BRADY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ORDINANCE? WELL, THANK YOU.

I KNEW IT.

TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION TO ALL OF THAT.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THIS ITEM UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3C ORDINANCE NUMBER 7948 MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO DO SO? SEEING NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 7948 FOR THE VACATION OF THE 7544 SQUARE FOOT PORTION PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY IN THE ALLEY, LOCATED ADJACENT TO LOTS 2 THROUGH 4 BLOCK 33, LAWRENCE PARK UNIT NUMBER TWENTY THREE AND LOT SIX BLOCK TWENTY FOUR IN LAWRENCE PARK.

UNIT NUMBER EIGHTY NINE IN SECTION 227, LOT 2 AB AND M SURVEY POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHWEST 26TH AVENUE IN BRITAIN DRIVE.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7948.

ANYONE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

MOTION PASSES WITH A FOUR ZERO VOTE.

BRADY MOVING ON TO ITEM 3D PLEASE, SIR.

[3.D CONSIDER DEDICATION OF 4,201 SQUARE FOOR TRACT OF LAND FOR PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY PURPOSES.]

YES, ITEM 3D IS DEDICATION OF A FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED ONE SQUARE FOOT TRACT OF LAND FOR PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY PURPOSES AND ALLEY BEING LOCATED IN LOT FOUR BLOCK THIRTY THREE.

LAWRENCE PARK UNIT NUMBER TWENTY THREE IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND

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SECTION TWO TWENTY SEVEN BLOCK TWO AB AND M SURVEY.

POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS.

THE VICINITY IS ALSO SOUTHWEST TWENTY SIXTH AVENUE IN BRITAIN.

DRIVE IN THE APPLICANT IS SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY.

THIS ITEM IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE JUST CONSIDER VACATION REQUEST, THE DEDICATION IS FOR A NEW ALLEY SEGMENT TO ENSURE A DEAD END ALLEY SITUATION IS NOT CREATED BY THE JUST CONSIDERED VACATION.

THE DEDICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALLEY BY THE APPLICANT NOT ONLY ENSURES THE CONTINUED THROUGH ACCESS, BUT WILL ALSO SERVE AS A NEW LOCATION FOR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN RELOCATED BY THE APPLICANT.

THAT'S PART OF THE VACATION REQUEST REGARDING THE PROPOSED DEDICATION.

ALL PERTINENT CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND PLANS AND APPROVED THE NEW ALLEY SEGMENT SHOULD IT BE APPROVED.

CONSIDERING THE ADJUSTMENT, CONSIDERING THE JUST MENTIONED STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE DEDICATION AS PRESENTED AND ALLOWING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE INSTRUMENT UPON APPROVAL OF A SECOND READING OF THE JUST CONSIDERED VACATION REQUEST.

QUESTIONS COUNCIL? OK, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MAYOR I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE DEDICATION OF A 4201 SQUARE FOOT TRACT OF LAND FOR PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY PURPOSES, BEING IN LOT 4 BLOCK THIRTY THREE, LAWRENCE PARK UNIT NUMBER TWENTY THREE IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND SECTION TWO TWENTY SEVEN, BLOCK TWO AB AND M SURVEY POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF A SECOND AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 7948 .

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ITEM 3D.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

MOTION PASSES WITH A FOUR ZERO VOTE.

[3.E. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7949]

ITEM 3E.

BRADY.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO CONSIDER THE VACATION OF A 20 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY AND ALLEY LINE AND BLOCK 13 SUNRISE ADDITION UNIT NUMBER THREE AND SECTION 123 BLOCK TWO AB AND M SURVEY, POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS.

THE VICINITY IS EASTERN STREET AND THE INTERSTATE 40, AND THE APPLICANT IS JAMAL ENTERPRISES L.P..

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE VOCATION OF THE ABOVE ALLEY IN ORDER TO CREATE A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SITE FOR AN UPCOMING NEW CONVENIENCE STORE.

CITY STAFF AND PRIVATE UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE REVIEWED THE REQUEST, AND AS OF THIS WRITING, NO OBJECTIONS TO ABANDONING THE ALLEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

IN THIS INSTANCE, THE COST OF RELOCATION OF THE WATER MAIN IN THE ALLEY EXCEED THE FAIR MARKET VALUE, AND AS A RESULT, NO FAIR MARKET VALUE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS REQUEST.

NOTICES WERE SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS AS REQUIRED, AND NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED CONSIDERING THE JUST MENTIONED.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THIS WOULD NOT RESULT IN ANY DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS TO THE AREA AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A SIX TO ZERO VOTE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY, OK AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE ONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3E ON THE BUDGET CAN DO SO AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO? HEARING NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7949, APPROVING THE VACATION OF A 20 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY ALLEY LYING IN BLOCK 13 SUNRISE ADDITION UNIT NUMBER THREE IN SECTION 123 BLOCK TWO SURVEY POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, IN THE VICINITY OF EASTERN STREET AND I-40.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 7949.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION? HEARING NONE.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH THE FOUR ZERO VOTE.

BRADY YOU COMING TO THE END HERE.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST, THIS IS ITEM ORDINANCE 7950 PUBLIC

[3.F. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7950]

HEARING AND FIRST READING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REZONING, A 20 ACRE TRACK OF UNPLATTED LAND AND SECTION FIFTY THREE BLOCK TO AB AND M SURVEY.

POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNTY STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

THE VICINITY IS PULLMAN ROAD AND INTERSTATE 40, AND THE APPLICANT IS SARDARI LLC.

ADJACENT ZONING CONSISTS OF HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO THE NORTH, A COMBINATION OF AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO THE EAST AND WEST AND AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH.

ADJACENT LAND USES CONSISTS OF VARIOUS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS TO THE NORTH AND UNDEVELOPED LAND IN ALL OTHER DIRECTIONS.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING TO DEVELOP THIS TRACT OF LAND WITH A COMMERCIAL LAND USE, A HOTEL.

WHEN CONSIDERING A REQUEST, THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT, FUTURE LAND USE AND

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CHARACTER MAP AND EXISTING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ARE ALL EXAMINED.

WHILE THE APPLICANT'S TRACT DOESN'T STRICTLY CONFORM WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OR FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT BELIEVES THAT BASED ON THE EXISTING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS WITHIN THE AREA AND THE LOCATION OF THE APPLICANT'S TRACT ALONG AN ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS IN CHARACTER WITH THE AREA AND A LOGICAL CONTINUATION OF EXISTING HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING.

PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ON THE REQUEST AS OF THIS MEETING.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH A SIX TO ZERO VOTE.

QUESTIONS FOR BRADY? AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

ITEM 3F ORDINANCE 7950 ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

SO ANYONE HERE THAT WANTS TO DO THAT? SEEING NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7950 TO REZONE ON A 20 ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATTED LAND IN SECTION 53, BLOCK TWO AB AND M SURVEY, POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN THE VICINITY OF PULLMAN ROAD AND INTERSTATE 40.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7950.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? OK, THAT MOTION PASSES WITH THE FOUR ZERO VOTE.

[3.G. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7951]

ITEM 3G ORDINANCE.

SEVENTY NINE FIFTY ONE BRADY.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND A FIRST READING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE.

REZONING A TWO POINT EIGHTY NINE ACRE PORTION OF LOT TO BLOCK THREE.

AMENDED SOUTH SIDE ACRES UNIT NUMBER TWELVE.

IN ADDITION, AND SUBURBAN SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN SECTION 230, BLOCK TWO AB AND M SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS.

THE CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE.

THE VICINITY IS SOUTHWEST 58TH AVENUE AND RAY STREET, AND THE APPLICANT IS ATTEBURY ELEVATORS LLC.

ADJACENT ZONING CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE TO THE NORTH AND EAST AND AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT IN ALL OTHER DIRECTIONS.

ADJACENT LAND USE CONSISTS OF UNDEVELOPED LAND TO THE NORTH, PLAYA LAKE TO THE SOUTH AND APARTMENT COMPLEX TO THE EAST, AND AN OUTDOOR ATHLETIC COMPLEX AND PLAYA LAKE TO THE WEST.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE CHANGE IN ZONING IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE ENTIRETY OF THIS LOT WITH A FUTURE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

WHEN CONSIDERING THE REQUEST, THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT, THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP AND EXISTING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ARE ALL EXAMINED .

WHILE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST WOULD NOT CONFORM WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OR THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION NOTED THAT A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF SOUTHWEST 58TH AVENUE HAS NOT DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH EITHER, LIKELY DUE TO DEVELOPMENT BEING INFLUENCED BY THE PLAYA LAKES AND FLOOD HAZARD AREAS TO THE SOUTH, WHICH MAKES MUCH OF THIS SECTION UNDEVELOPABLE.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALSO NOTES THAT ALL THE PROPERTY ALONG THE CUL DE SAC, WHICH THE APPLICANT'S TRACT IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO, IS EITHER DEVELOPED OR ZONED FOR NON SINGLE FAMILY USES, INCLUDING APARTMENTS AND OFFICES.

THE APPLICANT'S TRACT AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S OPINION WOULD BE IN CHARACTER WITH THE EXISTING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND WOULD BE A LOGICAL CONTINUATION OF THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY ZONING IN THE AREA.

NOTICES WERE SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS AS REQUIRED, AND NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THIS MEETING.

CONSIDERING THE JUST MENTIONED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A SIX TO ZERO VOTE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY? OK, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST PROPOSED ORDINANCE 7951 MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANYBODY? NOT SEEING ANYONE.

SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7951 TO REZONE A TWO POINT EIGHTY NINE ACRE PORTION OF BLOCK TWO BLOCK THREE AMENDED SOUTH SIDE ACRES, UNIT NUMBER TWELVE AND ADDITIONS, AND A SUBURBAN SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN SECTION 230.

BLOCK TWO AB AND M SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ONE IN THE VICINITY OF PULLMAN ROAD AND INTERSTATE 40.

DID I READ THE RIGHT ONE? SECOND.

OK, IS THERE ANY FURTHER? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION?

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OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH THE FOUR ZERO VOTE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 3H.

CITY OF SOUTHWEST, 58TH AND RAY STREET, YEAH, YEAH, THAT PULLMAN ROAD, I REALIZED SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.

WAS THAT THE ONLY PART THAT WAS WRONG? YEAH.

SO, STEPHANIE, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO REVOTE THAT? IS THAT BETTER? REREAD THE MOTION FOR AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF YOU NOTICED, IF YOU NOTICE WE WEREN'T TALKING TO STEPHANIE JUST THEN WE'VE HAD TO GET HER ON THE ROAD TO GET TO AN ELECTION LAW SEMINAR.

OK, GREAT.

OUT OF TOWN.

SO THIS IS JOHNNY GLICK, ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY.

FULLY QUALIFIED TO DO EVERYTHING SHE'S DOING.

GREAT RECOMMENDATION.

AND SORRY, JOHNNY, BUT I CAN'T SEE YOU FROM AROUND THE CORNER AND THAT'S WHERE STEPHANIE NORMALLY SITS.

SO.

FIND WHAT I SHOULD SAY ON THIS ONE.

OK, SO TRYING TO.

SO IS EVERYTHING RIGHT DOWN TO IN THE VICINITY OF PULLMAN ROAD.

WE GOT THE LANGUAGE WRONG.

SO YES, EVERYTHING IS CORRECT, EXCEPT YOU NEED TO GO TO AGRICULTURAL TO MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ONE AND.

THEN JUST STOP.

IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHWEST 58TH AND RAY STREET, YEAH.

SO OK, I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7951 TO REZONE A TWO POINT EIGHTY NINE ACRE PORTION OF LOT TO BLOCK THREE AMENDED SOUTH SIDE ACRES, UNIT NUMBER 12 AND ADDITION, AND A SUBURBAN SUBDIVISION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN SECTION 230.

BLOCK TWO AB AND M SURVEY, RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ONE IN THE VICINITY OF FIFTY EIGHT STREET AND RAY STREET, RIGHT? THAT TIME IT WAS RIGHT.

WE WERE ALL FOLLOWING WORD FOR WORD.

YEAH, OK, MOVED BY DR.

SAUER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

OK, STILL PASSES FOUR ZERO.

ANY OPPOSED.

[3.H. CONSIDER AWARD . MARTIN ROAD LAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PHASES 3 AND 4]

ITEM 3H IS TO CONSIDER AN AWARD REGARDING MARTIN ROAD LAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PHASES THREE AND FOUR.

MR. CITY MANAGER.

HI MAYOR, THIS GOING TO THIS IS A MAJOR PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE FLOODPLAIN IN THE AREA AROUND MARTIN ROAD, MARTIN ROAD LAKE, RATHER.

IT'S ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE A LOT OF AMENITIES IN THE AREA.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF KYLE IS GOING TO TOUCH ON THIS, I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS.

THIS IS DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS, NO DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH A FIVE YEAR PROCESS THAT WAS BEGUN IN 2016.

I BELIEVE, TO INCREASE DRAINAGE FEES FOUR PERCENT EACH YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS.

THAT CREATED THE DEBT CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO DO $20 MILLION OF PROJECTS, OF WHICH THIS IS A MAJOR PART OF THAT.

SO THAT GIVES YOU THE HISTORY ON THIS, HOW IT STARTED, WHY IT STARTED.

KYLE HAS A PRESENTATION TO SHOW US ON IT AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO BE SPEAKING AND NOT HEAR YOURSELF.

SO I'LL PROBABLY GET USED TO THAT AS WELL, BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND MAKE YOU A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROJECT AND FIRST, I'LL ADD A LITTLE CONTEXT TO THAT AND MAYBE A LITTLE HISTORY AS WELL.

SO THIS PROJECT ORIGINALLY STARTED AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PHASES THREE AND FOUR.

SO OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE THERE WERE PHASES ONE AND TWO AND SO THE ORIGINAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT WERE TO REMOVE APPROXIMATELY 143 STRUCTURES FROM THE FLOODPLAIN SURROUNDING THAT LAKE.

THAT WAS THAT WAS OVER $15 MILLION WORTH OF PRIVATE PROPERTY VALUES.

AND THAT WAS AT THE TIME OF THEIR EVALUATION, THE KIND OF START OF THIS AND THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BACK IN 2013 2014, SO THAT $15 MILLION IS A LOW NUMBER OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY VALUES THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING HERE.

THIS MAP SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE.

IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO TELL IN SCALE WISE, BUT THE BOTTOM MAP IS THE OLD FLOODPLAIN, THE BLUE, THE BLUE BLOB THERE IN THAT MAP THAT ENCOMPASSES WAY LARGER FOOTPRINT THAN THAN YOU CAN SEE THE LAKE DOES OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OUT INTO THE ADJACENT SCHOOL AND LOTS OF COMMERCIAL FACILITIES ALONG THE MIRROR STREET SIDE AND SO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, THE CULMINATION OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO AND THEN THESE THIS SUBSEQUENT PHASES REDUCES THAT FLOODPLAIN BOUNDARY NEARLY TO THE FOOTPRINT OF THE LAKE.

IT'LL JUST BARELY EXTEND THAT PAST THE FOOTPRINT OF THE LAKE ON THE SOUTH CORNER THERE AND THEN NORTH THERE ON 16TH STREET AND SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN

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THE SIZE OF THAT FLOODPLAIN AND AGAIN, REMOVING 143 STRUCTURES OR MORE THAN $15 MILLION WORTH OF PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM FROM THAT FLOODPLAIN BOUNDARY.

IT ALSO GIVES US SOME OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE LAKE AND HOW WE MAINTAIN IT.

IT GIVES US SOME FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE WE HAD.

WE HAD EXTENSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND ONE OF THE THING WE CONSISTENTLY HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC WAS WAS ACCESS TO THE WATER.

THEY WANTED THE ABILITY WATER IN WEST TEXAS IS SPECIAL AND ACCESS TO THAT WATER AND ANY KIND OF THOSE WATER FEATURES IS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO HAVE AND SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WE'VE ACHIEVED THAT GOAL AND THEN WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH A MORE MAINTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR INTERNAL STAFF.

THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR PARKS CREWS AND AS WELL AS OUR DRAINAGE UTILITY GROUPS AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO KEEP THESE FACILITIES OPERATIONAL AND PERFORM IN THE FUNCTION THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO PERFORM.

SO THE PROGRESSION OF THE PROJECT PHASE ONE WAS THE ORIGINAL EXCAVATION OF THE EAST AND THE WEST LAKE.

WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTED, THERE WAS AN ISLAND IN THE WEST LAKE AND LITERALLY THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAD POWER LINES WENT THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND OF THAT LAKE AND THERE WERE THE POLES WERE SET OUT ON THE ISLAND OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE.

WE MOVED THOSE TRANSMISSION MAINS.

WE REMOVED THE ISLAND AND THE EARTHWORK TO REMOVE THAT ISLAND, EXPANDED THE FOOTPRINT AND CAPACITY OF THE OF THE EAST LAKE AND THEN THEN WE TOOK A WE TOOK A BREAK IN THE PROJECT.

WE FOUND SOME DEFICIENCIES IN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE AND DESIGN, AND WE RETOOLED A LITTLE BIT AS WELL AS DOUBLE BACK AND HAD LOTS OF THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE DESCRIBED AND TOOK SOME GOOD INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND RETOOLED TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR THE FUTURE.

PHASE TWO WAS SOME REPAIRS AND TO INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE EAST LAKE AND SPECIFICALLY ADJACENT TO DALE STREET, WHERE WE HAD A SOME INFRASTRUCTURE, BASICALLY A DRAINAGE STRUCTURE THAT WAS ENTERING THE LAKE.

THAT WAS THAT WAS CAUSING SOME EMERGENCY TYPE PROBLEMS ADJACENT TO DALE STREET.

WE WERE IN A CONDITION WHERE WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO IMPACTING THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL STREET WITH WITH EROSION AND EFFECTIVELY LOSING THAT STREET INTO THE LAKE.

SO WE DID AN EARLY OUT PROJECT IN PHASE TWO, WHICH PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SCOPE IF WE'D HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S HOW IT WORKED OUT.

THAT'S WHAT PHASE TWO WAS AND SO PHASE THREE AND FOUR WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY, WHICH IS THE FINAL SOME FINAL TOUCH UP ON ON THAT EAST LAKE, AS WELL AS SOME WORK ON THE WEST LAKE AND THE AMENITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

SO HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROJECT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AWARDING TODAY.

WE ARE CONSTRUCTING NEW STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS AND OUTFALL STRUCTURES INTO THE WEST LAKE.

THERE ARE SIX MAJOR STRUCTURES THAT ENTER THAT LAKE, TWO OF WHICH YOU KNOW YOU CAN STAND STRAIGHT UP WHILE JARED CAN'T STAND STRAIGHT UP, BUT I CAN STAND STRAIGHT UP AND WALK INTO THEM.

I'VE GOT ABOUT A 96 ON ONE SIDE AND DOWN TO 36 AND 48 AND THE OTHER END.

SO MAYBE I CAN SCRUNCH A LITTLE BIT.

ME AND COLE, WE'LL MAKE IT.

THAT'S RIGHT, BUT THEY'RE BIG STRUCTURES.

THESE ARE THESE ARE BIG PIPES, BIG STRUCTURES THAT ARE COME INTO THAT LAKE AND THEN WHAT WE'RE ADDING IS THAT THE FISHING AMENITY OVER ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND SIDE OF THAT PICTURE THERE RIGHT SOUTH OF THE BALL FIELD, THE MARTIN ROAD BALL FIELD THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS TODAY, WE'RE EFFECTIVELY ADDING THAT AS A AS AN AN ACCESS TO THE WATER FEATURE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET PEOPLE ACCESS TO THE WATER, THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WATER, TO DO THOSE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SAFELY.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT EVEN THOSE LISTENING, THOSE MAIN PONDS ARE 35 40 FEET DEEP, FOUR TO ONE SIDE SLOPES, MEANING THEY DROP THEY OVER FOUR DOWN ONE, BUT THEY'RE STEEP SIDES, AND SO THEY PROVIDE A DRAINAGE FUNCTION, NOT A RECREATIONAL FUNCTION AND SO WE WANTED TO DELINEATE THOSE TWO THINGS AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE WATER IN A SAFE AND FUN AND AMENABLE WAY.

SO WE'RE ADDING THAT FISHING AMENITY.

WE'RE ALSO ADDING WALKING TRAILS AND AROUND BOTH OF THE FACILITIES AROUND THE MAIN LAKES, AS WELL AS THE NEW FISHING AMENITY AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE OBSERVED IN IN PREVIOUS PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER WAS JUST A CONNECTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST DESIGN FEATURES THAT WERE INSIDE THE BOX THAT DIDN'T STOP TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE BOX TIED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD TIED TO THE BOX.

AND SO WE REALLY TRIED TO ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE SURE WE WERE PROVIDING THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS.

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SO THAT'S CROSSWALKS AT THE INTERSECTIONS.

THAT'S NEW ADA RAMPS THAT AT THE CORNERS.

THAT'S THINGS THAT JUST MAKE IT EASIER TO GET IN AND OUT OF THAT PARK AND ACCESS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SITE SECURITY, MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE STEEP SLOPES AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE'RE ENCOURAGING PLAY AND ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE AROUND THOSE AREAS.

SO WE'VE ADDED A WE'VE ADDED A FENCE THAT DELINEATES THE AREA THAT WE THAT IS FUNCTIONING IN A DRAINAGE FUNCTION AND FUNCTIONING LIKE A DRAINAGE UTILITY AND DELINEATE THAT AREA FROM THE RECREATIONAL AREA, THE AREA THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING THOSE ACTIVITIES TO TAKE PLACE AND AND TO BE USED LIKE THAT.

WE ARE MAINTAINING PARKING.

WE THE FISHING AMENITY EFFECTIVELY SITS IN THE EXISTING PARKING LOT FOR THE FOR THE BALL FIELDS RIGHT NOW AND SO WE'VE MOVED THAT PARKING LOT FOR A NET NEUTRAL DESIGN ON PARKING FOR THE BALL FIELDS AND BALL DESIGN.

THE LAST BIT WAS TO TO MAINTAIN AND ESTABLISH A MORE MAINTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE'VE DONE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD THROUGH THE THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS.

THE DRAINAGE STRUCTURES ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DEPOSIT THE WATER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE HEAD WALLS THAT THEN LET THEM LET THE WATER CASCADE OVER THE EDGE OR DOWN DOWN THE SIDE.

BASICALLY, ALL THE HYDRAULIC ENERGY IS IS TAKEN UP INSIDE THOSE STRUCTURES AND THEN WE DISCHARGE THE WATER AT THE AT THE BASE OF THE LAKE RATHER THAN HAVING THE SOIL TAKE UP THAT ENERGY AND HAVE TO DISSIPATE THAT ENERGY AND SO WE'VE ALSO WE'VE ALSO SOFTENED THE SLOPES ON THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE WEST LAKE AND ON SPECIFICALLY ON THAT NORTH NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE EAST LAKE, WE'VE TAKEN THOSE SIDE SLOPES FROM FROM APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO ONE IN MOST PLACES, DOWN TO A 10 TO ONE SLOPE THAT IS RECOVERABLE, AS WELL AS JUST MORE AMENABLE TO TO A PARK LIKE FEATURE.

EVEN THOUGH THAT IS DELINEATED AS PORTIONS OF THE DRAINAGE UTILITY AREA THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ENCOURAGING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY.

IT'S DEFINITELY A SAFER ENVIRONMENT TO HAVE THAT.

BE HAPPENING AND THEN THE FISHING DESIGN WAS THAT WAY, TOO.

WE WE WE'VE LOOKED AT SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS, DESIGNS THAT CAN BE REUSED AND REHABILITATED AS NEEDED, BUT THERE WILL BE BUDGET IMPACTS TO TO THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE ON BEING OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR DRAINAGE UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND SO WE'VE HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS AND GOOD INPUT ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT RESPONSIBLY AND WE DON'T NOT CREATE THAT BURDEN THAT A LOT OF TIMES MR. SAUER EXPRESSED VERY WELL IN THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION OF LET'S DON'T BE IN THAT POSITION AGAIN.

LET'S LET'S DO OUR DESIGN WORK.

LET'S GET THESE RIGHT AND NOT PERPETUATE THAT PERPETUAL MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS DOWN THE LINE.

SO I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION.

WE'VE TRIED TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS.

ULTIMATELY, BRINGING TO YOU A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AWARD OF THIS PROJECT.

AGAIN, THIS IS PHASE TWO AND THREE, THE IMAGE CIVIL CONSTRUCTORS INC.

BROUGHT TO US THE BEST EVALUATED BID.

THEIR BASE BID FOR THE PROJECT BEING 10 MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND ALTERNATE BID NUMBER ONE WAS A.

WE CONSIDERED MULTIPLE METHODS TO REDO THOSE THE PATHWAYS AROUND THE PARK.

WE CONSIDERED CRUSHED GRANITE AND CONCRETE AND SOME ASPHALT OPTIONS.

EFFECTIVELY, $1000 GOT US CONCRETE SIDEWALKS ALL THE WAY AROUND AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.

IT'S, IN MY OPINION, A NO BRAINER FOR THAT, FOR THAT AMENITY AND ALTERNATE BID.

NUMBER TWO WAS I'M DRAWING A BLANK.

SO SORRY, ADAM WHAT WAS TWO? OH, THANK YOU.

ALTERNATE BID NUMBER TWO WAS SOME HABITAT STRUCTURES IN IN THE FISHING AMENITY.

IT'S AN ADD ALTERNATE, VERY SIMPLE STUFF TO ADD TO ADD INTO THE PROJECT AND WE WERE RECOMMENDING WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT FOR A LONG TERM STABILITY OF THE OF THE HABITAT.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO A TOTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT PRICE OF 10 MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND, PROPOSING A COMPLETION DATE OF JULY OF

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2023.

AND ULTIMATELY, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT AWARD TO INMATE CIVIL CONSTRUCTORS.

QUESTIONS.

SO LOTS OF REASONS GENERALLY, BECAUSE IT'S A LAKE AND IT'S GOING TO KEEP FILLING UP WITH WATER.

SO I THINK THAT IS GENERALLY A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE ON ON TIME, AND WE ALLOWED THE CONTRACTORS TO BID THEIR TIME IN THIS JOB TO BASICALLY TELL US AS PART OF THE PERFORMANCE BASED EVALUATION HOW LONG THEY NEEDED TO BUILD THE JOB.

THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WE DO ON SOME OF OUR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE WORK WHERE WE SAY IT HAS A COMPLETION DATE OF X AND I THINK THE CONTRACTORS BEING A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE WHERE IF WE HAVE A RAINY, RAINY SEASON THAT THEY END UP DOING A LOT MORE PUMPING VERSUS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE IT'S IF THEY HAVE BUILT IT.

IF WE WERE BUILDING IT THIS YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN AHEAD OF THAT SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RAIN.

THE REASONS, HE'S SAYING THE RIGHT THING, BUT IT'S SO MUCH EXCAVATION.

THAT WEST LAKE IS BIG AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY DEEP, LIKE 45 OR 50 FEET DEEP.

YEP, YEP.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR PHASES THREE AND FOUR OF THE MARTIN ROAD LAKE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT TO INMATE CIVIL CONSTRUCTORS INC.

FOR A BASE BID OF 10 MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND.

I MOVED TO APPROVE AN ALTERNATE BID OF BID ONE OF ONE THOUSAND AND AN ALTERNATE BID NUMBER TWO OF TEN THOUSAND FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE OF TEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER THAT INCLUDE PUTTING FISH IN THE LAKE? SO NOT.

COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY.

NO, SIR, IT DOES NOT.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE A WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.

THEY THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, THEY HAVE STOCKED THIS POND AND THEY MOVED SOME OF THAT S TOCKING OVER TO THE MCDONALD LAKE KIND OF IN AN INTERIM BASIS, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT'LL BE STOCKED THROUGH A THROUGH AN AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND OUR CURRENT PARKS DEPARTMENT.

YES, SIR.

THANKS.

GOOD QUESTION.

MOTION PASSES WITH A 4 ZERO VOTE.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, WELL, IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO WELCOME NEW PARTNERS TO TOWN, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THAT TONIGHT, AND WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH KEVIN CARTER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

[3.I. CONSIDER APPROVAL. LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND MATEEN BAR USA]

SO KEVIN, TAKE IT AWAY.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANKS FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY.

THIS IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND MATEEN BAR USA.

AMARILLO HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS ONE OF THREE LOCATIONS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED BY MATEEN BAR AND SO TODAY I BRING THIS PROJECT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AN INCENTIVE TO MAKE THIS MAKE US ONE OF ONE THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING.

SO JUST KIND OF SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROJECT.

MATEEN BAR IS A FIBERGLASS.

IT'S A GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER IS THE PRODUCT THAT THEY WILL BE MANUFACTURING IN A FACILITY THAT THEY INTEND TO BUILD HERE IN AMARILLO IF CHOSEN, THAT WOULD BE 800000 SQUARE FOOT MANUFACTURING FACILITY ON 77 ACRES.

LOCATED IN OUR CENTER PORT BUSINESS PARK CENTER PORT BUSINESS PARK IS OUR PREMIER PREMIER BUSINESS PARK.

IT'S LOCATED AT LOOP 335 AND 24TH STREET.

THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BE OVER $100 MILLION IN CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY NEW EMPLOYEES PROJECTED AT $60000 PLUS PER YEAR IN ANNUAL SALARY.

THE INCENTIVE THAT AEDC.

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THE AEDC BOARD APPROVED WAS A $10000 PER JOB INCENTIVE OR A $12000 SORRY, $12000 PER JOB INCENTIVE BASED ON A 10 YEAR PERFORMANCE PERIOD.

SO THAT WOULD BE PAID IN AS THEY PERFORM FOR ONE POINT NINETY TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN JOB CREATION INCENTIVE AND THEN ALSO AEDC WOULD CONVEY 77.1 ACRES OF LAND, 40 ACRES IN THE FIRST TRACT AND 37.1 IN THE SECOND TRACT AS MATEEN BAR PERFORMS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE TODAY SAM COSTA.

HE IS THE PRINCIPAL WITH MATEEN BAR, SO SAM BACK IN THE BACK AND THEN ALSO JARED DUNAWAY WITH ESRP AND THEY ARE THE CONSULTANT THAT BROUGHT THE PROJECT.

SO SURE GLAD TO HAVE SAM AND JARED WITH ME, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS OUR BOARD VOTED ON DECEMBER 13TH.

THE AEDC BOARD VOTED ON DECEMBER 13TH ON THIS LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND APPROVED THAT WITH A FOUR ZERO VOTE.

I WOULD CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OK, I THINK YOU MUST HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN YOUR PRESENTATION, WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY COVERED IN MULTIPLE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS FOR US, BUT DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THIS AGREEMENT? I MOVE TO APPROVE A LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND MATEEN BAR USA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 800000 SQUARE FOOT MANUFACTURING FACILITY ON SEVENTY SEVEN ACRES IN THE CENTER PORT BUSINESS PARK, UNDER WHICH THE AEDC WILL PROVIDE MATEEN BAR WITH ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE CREATION OF UP TO 160 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES TO BE PAID OUT OVER 10 YEARS BASED ON A 10 YEAR PERFORMANCE TERM AND CONVEY 77.1 ACRES OF LAND TO MATEEN BAR USA AT A VALUE OF THREE MILLION EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DR.

SAUER, A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

IT PASSES WITH A FOUR ZERO VOTE AND I JUST WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS AND GRATITUDE FIRST TO JARED THAT WE'RE AMARILLO IS ON HIS RADAR SCREEN AND I SAY, HEY, THE GATES WIDE OPEN, BRING AS MANY CLIENTS AS YOU WANT.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT GOOD LAND, GOOD PEOPLE AND A LOT OF POTENTIAL.

SO PLEASE KEEP US IN MIND FOR FUTURE PROJECTS AND SAM.

WELCOME.

I'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO MEET YOU AS YOU'VE COME TO CHECK OUT AMARILLO AND GET TO KNOW US AND MAKE THIS DECISION.

SO NOW YOU'RE ONE OF US AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO KNOW US ON AN EVEN DEEPER, BETTER LEVEL.

SO THE WEATHER'S WARM HERE COMPARED TO TORONTO AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT TO SAY IN JANUARY THAT WE'RE WARM.

SO COME BACK ANY TIME.

BRING YOUR SWIMSUIT.

GOOD, KEVIN, YOU'RE UP NEXT.

I THINK, OK, THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN

[3.J. CONSIDER APPROVAL . TAX ABATMENT AGREEMENT - BETWEEN CITY OF AMARILLO AND AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND MATEEN BAR USA]

THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND MATEEN BAR USA.

AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, MATEEN BAR IS LOOKING TO CONSTRUCT AN 800000 SQUARE FOOT MANUFACTURING FACILITY ON 77 ACRES IN OUR CENTER PORT BUSINESS PARK.

JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPANY AND PROBABLY WENT INTO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT KIND OF WHAT INFORM THE PUBLIC IN WHAT THEY DO IT IS THEY ARE THE WORLD'S LEADING GFRP REBAR TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING GROUP, AND GFRP IS THE GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER.

THEY SPECIALIZE IN THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF A HIGH PERFORMANCE GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER REBAR USED FOR CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT.

THIS PRODUCT, THE PRODUCT THAT THEY WOULD MANUFACTURE, ELIMINATES THE RISK OF CONCRETE CANCER IN MODERN BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, EVEN IN HIGHLY AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTS LIKE WATER.

SO IT IS IS A BETTER PRODUCT, AND THAT'S WHY THEY FEEL THAT THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THEIR PRODUCT AND GET IT OUT TO TO FOLKS THAT TO MAKE OUR CONCRETE BETTER.

SO THE OPPORTUNITY SRP IS THE SITE SELECTOR IS ASSISTING PROJECT STRONG IS WHAT WE'VE GIVEN THIS PROJECT NAME AND SOURCING LOCATIONS FOR THIS NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY.

AMARILLO IS A FINALIST IN THIS SEARCH PROCESS.

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECT SCOPE SEVEN SEVEN TO EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, OVER $100 MILLION IN CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AND UP TO 160 NEW JOBS.

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THE PROPOSAL THAT I BRING TO YOU TODAY IS TO ASK FOR A 10 YEAR, 100 PERCENT TAX ABATEMENT ON THE REAL AND BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR MATEEN BAR USA.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A FEW TIDBITS ABOUT WHAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BRING WOULD MEAN TO AMARILLO.

IT WOULD BE 155 DIRECT JOBS AND IT WOULD CREATE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN POINT NINE SPINOFF JOBS.

SO IT HAS A LARGE MULTIPLYING FACTOR, ALMOST TWO TO ONE.

HERE'S WHAT WE WERE SURPRISED ABOUT WITH WITH THIS SEGMENT.

SO WE USED IMPACT DATA IS THE COMPANY THAT WE USE TO TO PREPARE THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, AND THAT THOSE SPINOFF JOBS AT $60000 A YEAR ON THE PRIMARY JOB.

THE SPINOFF JOB IS ALMOST AS MUCH AS THE PRIMARY JOB AND SO THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN AND SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS PROJECT BRINGS TO US.

JUST A FEW OF THE NUMBERS ON A TWENTY YEAR BASIS.

THIS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT COULD POTENTIALLY BE $511 MILLION.

THAT'S A LITTLE OVER $25 MILLION ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR AREA.

SO IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANCE TO BE A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR AREA AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A 10 YEAR, 100 PERCENT ABATEMENT FOR MATEEN BAR USA.

QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN.

OK, KEVIN, THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT AND ONE THAT YOUR TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB NOT JUST SELLING BUT WORKING THROUGH ANY CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACED IN ORDER TO MAKE IT THE BEST CHOICE FOR THE COMPANY AND OBVIOUSLY STILL A GOOD DEAL FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THIS PROJECT? YES.

I MOVED TO APPROVE A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AMARILLO AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND MATEEN BAR USA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 800000 SQUARE FOOT MANUFACTURING FACILITY ON 77 ACRES IN THE CENTER PORT BUSINESS PARK, PROVIDING FOR AN ABATEMENT OF FUTURE TAXES ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT COSTS AT 100 PERCENT ABATEMENT FOR 10 YEARS ON 72 MILLION ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS IN FOUR PHASES AND EIGHT MILLION IN NEW EQUIPMENT.

GOOD.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

OK, THE MOTION PASSES WITH THE FOUR ZERO VOTE.

THANK YOU, KEVIN.

SAM, COME BACK JARED.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT TIME.

AT THIS TIME, WE ARE DONE WITH OUR AGENDA THAT IS NON EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO I WOULD ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PLEASE READ OUR DISMISSAL LANGUAGE.

[4. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

YES, MA'AM.

PURSUANT TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, A CLOSED SESSION THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 11TH.

2022 AT 4:44 P.M., ON THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY SECTION 551.071 CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY IN A MANNER IN WHICH ATTORNEYS DO [INAUDIBLE] GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT CONFLICT WITH THIS CHAPTER.

SECTION 551.072 DISCUSS THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY, A PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF WHICH WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TEXAS OR THE CITY'S BARGAINING POSITION.

SECTION 551.087 DISCUSSED COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM EXISTING BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECT, WHICH THE CITY IS NEGOTIATING FOR RELOCATION OR RETENTION OF A FACILITY OR FOR INCENTIVES THE CITY IS WILLING TO EXTEND OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE SAME.