Feb 08, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting

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COACH BOB, BOB SCHROEDER FROM HILLSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, BOB.

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FATHER TODAY WE COME JUST FULL OF GRATITUDE FOR THE BLESSINGS EACH DAY THAT WE DO EXPERIENCE. WE KNOW THAT ALL GOOD COMES FROM YOU.

SO OUR PRAYER TODAY IS THAT YOUR BLESSING, YOUR WATCH CARE IS OVER THIS MEETING.

OVER EACH ONE WHO PARTICIPATES, EACH ONE WHO BRINGS WISDOM.

AND WE PRAY THAT IN ALL THINGS THAT WE WILL HONOR YOU AS WE WORK IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. AMEN, THANK YOU, BOB.

THOSE WHO WANT TO JOIN IN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[PUBLIC ADDRESS]

YEAH. JOHNNY, ARE YOU READY? PUBLIC ADDRESS. WE HAD TWO ADDITIONAL SIGNUPS NOW WE CAN PASS.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, WE THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING.

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

WE INVITE OUR FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. EVERY SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE AND A HALF MINUTE, EXCUSE ME, THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL.

AT THE END OF TWO AND A HALF MINUTES, YOU'LL HEAR A WARNING BEEP LETTING YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS LEFT.

WE ASK THAT YOU STAY WITHIN THIS THREE MINUTES TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME.

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

DOING SO HELPS THE CITY COUNCIL ENSURE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE TEXAS 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 OR NOT YOU LIVE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF AMARILLO.

WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY, AND SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON ONE OF OUR ITEMS THAT HAS A PUBLIC HEARING, WE WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU MAKE YOUR COMMENT EITHER DURING PUBLIC ADDRESS OR DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP AN ACCURATE RECORD OF OUR MEETING TODAY.

IT'S UP TO YOU. IT'S YOUR CHOICE ON WHICH OF THOSE TIMES YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

SO NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THE RULES OUT OF THE WAY, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH MR. RYAN [INAUDIBLE] TODAY AND ON DECK AFTER RYAN WILL BE KIM AND COURTNEY SEYMOUR.

CAN I HAVE SOMEONE PASS OUT THIS TO EACH COUNCILOR? AM I GOOD TO GO? YEP.

OK. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021, I FOUNDED PANHANDLE TEXANS FOR MEDICAL CHOICE AFTER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED A FLURRY OF VACCINE MANDATES.

CURRENTLY, MY GROUP HAS CLOSE TO EIGHT HUNDRED MEMBERS AND TWENTY SIX TEXAS PANHANDLE COUNTIES, WITH THE MAJORITY BEING IN POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES AS THE FOUNDING MEMBER.

I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST NON CONSENT ITEM M ON THE AGENDA.

MY ISSUES ARE WITH THE PRICE TAG AT TWO POINT FIVE MILLION AND APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AMARILLO RESIDENTS.

YOU ARE SPENDING TWELVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR EACH AMARILLO RESIDENT WITH THIS AWARD MONEY.

THE PROPOSED VACCINE MESSAGING CAMPAIGN WILL ONLY PRODUCE SUBJECTIVE TALKING POINTS FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, FDA, CDC AND DR.

ANTHONY FAUCI, VOICES OF WELL CREDENTIALED AND QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS LIKE DR.

PETER MCCULLOUGH, DR.

ROBERT MALONE. THE FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PLUS MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND THREE THOUSAND PLUS OTHER MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE GREAT

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THIS VACCINE MESSAGING CAMPAIGN IS LATE.

BY NOW, MOST HAVE DECIDED WITH CERTAINTY IF THEY WILL OR WILL NOT GET THE VACCINE.

LET ME REMIND YOU, THE VACCINE WILL NOT PREVENT SOMEONE FROM CONTRACTING TRANSMITTING, A HOSPITALIZATION, VENTILATION OR DYING FROM COVID OR A VARIANT.

EARLY TREATMENT OF COVID 19, OR A VARIANT IS CRITICAL WITHIN THE MESSAGING.

VAERS REPORTS SHOULD BE SHOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED.

I THINK PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO VACCINE SKEPTICISM, ALONG WITH BEING ABLE TO MAKE HEALTH AND MEDICAL DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES.

IT IS LUDICROUS FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE THE HIGH GROUND ON WHAT IS SAFE AND HEALTHY IN TERMS OF VACCINES, WHILE ANNOUNCING YESTERDAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO FUND PROGRAMS TO HAND OUT CRACK PIPES AND OTHER ILLICIT DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

WITH THIS, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, FDA, CDC AND DR.

FAUCI HAVE LOST ALL CREDIBILITY.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING FOR SOCIETY WHO IS DEPENDENT UPON FREQUENT COVID 19 BOOSTERS AND SCHEDULE ONE DRUGS.

AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST NON CONSENT ITEM M AND SPEND THE TWO POINT FIVE MILLION ON HIGHER PRIORITIES LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EXERCISE TO FIGHT THE COVID 19 COMORBIDITY OF OBESITY IN AMARILLO, YOUR TIME IN CONSIDERATION ARE MOST APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE].

NEXT, KIM AND COURTNEY SEYMOUR, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE PODIUM AND ON DECK WILL BE KYLIE PATTERSON.

AS A REMINDER, WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, IF YOU'LL PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

MY NAME IS KIM SEYMOUR, AND THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, COURTNEY SEYMOUR, AND I'M GOING TO LET HER SPEAK FIRST. HERE'S A LITTLE PIECE OF MY STORY.

GOD HAS HEALED ME SPIRITUALLY, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

I WAS DOWN TO EIGHTY ONE POUNDS AND ACTIVELY DYING.

GOD SAVED MY LIFE.

2015 IS WHEN I HIT ROCK BOTTOM.

IN 2017, I WAS DIAGNOSED AS VACCINE INJURED IN HEAVY METALS POISONED.

I STARTED DETOXING AND HAD A SEIZURE BECAUSE THE DETOXING WAS WORKING AGAINST MY AMALGAM FILLING. IN 2018, I GOT MY AMALGAM FILLING REMOVED.

I WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR FOR A MONTH AND A HALF.

I STARTED DETOXING AGAIN, THREE YEARS LATER MY DETOXING EFFORTS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

PRAISE GOD. MY MOM AND I PUBLISHED A BOOK ABOUT MY HEALING JOURNEY.

HOLD UP THE BOOK FOR Y'ALL TO SEE IT.

I'M SO THANKFUL THAT BACK IN 2015, I HAD NO IDEA THAT SHE WAS A VACCINE INJURED AND HEAVY METALS POISONED.

I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN SO BRAVE DURING HER FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL.

AN URGENT CARE MP ASKED HER IF SHE WAS AFRAID TO GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT FOR FEAR THAT SHE WOULD NOT WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING.

COURTNEY SAID YES, AND SHE BEGAN A HARD BLUBBERING CRY WHEN THE ER HAD REFUSED TO CARE FOR HER FOR THE FIFTH TIME IN ONE WEEK.

I STARTED TELLING MYSELF EACH NIGHT.

DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU WAKE UP AND SHE HAS DIED DURING THE NIGHT.

HOWEVER, WHEN COURTNEY TOLD ME THAT AN ANGEL HAD COME TO THE FOOT OF HER BED AND TOLD HER SHE WAS NOT GOING TO DIE, THAT WAS SUCH A RELIEF TO ME AS A CHRISTIAN.

LATER, WHEN SHE WAS IN ICU AN CALL DOCTOR CAME INTO HER ROOM.

HE HAD A SHOCKED LOOK ON HIS FACE.

HE ADMITTED TO ME THAT HE EXPECTED TO SEE AN ELDERLY PERSON LYING IN THE BED.

HE SAID TO ME, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SPENT THE PAST HOUR LOOKING THROUGH HER CHART. I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND.

I THINK IT IS SAFE FOR ME TO ADMIT THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH HER.

HER CONDITION HAS ME PUZZLED I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR HER.

IN 2017 WHEN SHE WAS DIAGNOSED AS VACCINE INJURED IN HEAVY METALS POISONED IT WAS A RELIEF. AT LEAST WE WERE NARROWING THINGS DOWN.

THIS IS WHEN I BEGAN TO RESEARCH THE INGREDIENTS OF VACCINES.

I WAS HORRIFIED.

WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENTS OF THE COVID 19 SHOT? NOBODY REALLY KNOWS BECAUSE THE PACKAGE INSERT IS BLANK.

THIS IS ALMOST TWO POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS THAT IS BEING PROPOSED SHOULD BE GOING TOWARDS THE VACCINE INJURED, NOT A MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR THIS SHOT.

WE MUST SPEAK FOR THE ONES WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

THESE SHOTS ARE NOT IMMUNE BOOSTERS.

THEY ARE NEUROTOXINS.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

WE ARE COMPASSION WITH KIM.COM AND WE HAVE COAUTHORED THIS BOOK MAY GOD STRIKE THIS

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KIM AND COURTNEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS NEXT TO THE PODIUM.

KYLIE PATTERSON AND IS MR. RAE RAKES IN ATTENDANCE, IF NOT ON DECK, WE'LL HAVE BLAKE GOLDSTEIN.

MY NAME IS KYLIE PATTERSON, AND I AM IN AMARILLO CITY LIMITS.

HER STORY IS NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT VACCINE INJURIES.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT SHE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE.

AND TO HEAR STORIES OF PEOPLE GOING AND DOCTORS GOING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG.

THIS IS UNEXPLAINABLE.

THAT SHOULD BE A RED FLAG TO SHUT THIS DOWN.

I'VE PASSED AROUND TWO DIFFERENT PAPERS FOR YOU GUYS.

ONE OF THEM IS THE VAERS NUMBERS FOR U.S.

TERRITORIES.

I'D LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT TOP NUMBER, IS TEN THOUSAND ALMOST ELEVEN THOUSAND DEATHS IN THE U.S. WORTH PUSHING THIS INJECTION WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEING INJURED LIKE THIS.

FIFTY ONE THOUSAND HOSPITALIZATIONS, NINETY TWO THOUSAND URGENT CARE VISITS, MISCARRIAGES, HEART ATTACKS, MYOCARDITIS, THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING.

PEOPLE, I KNOW, PEOPLE WHO EVERY DAY WHO ARE DYING FROM THIS INJECTION AND IT BREAKS MY HEART. IT ABSOLUTELY BREAKS MY HEART.

AND IF YOU PUSH THIS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS BILL, THAT TEN THOUSAND NUMBER IS GOING TO LOOK MORE LIKE THIS TWENTY THREE THOUSAND NUMBER THAT IS U.S.

NUMBERS OF DEATHS FROM THIS INJECTION.

AND I CALL IT AN INJECTION FOR A REASON.

A VACCINE SHOULD STOP.

PREVENTION OR INFECTION.

THIS IS NOT. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE.

EVERYONE I KNOW WHO'S GOTTEN IT HAS GOTTEN COVID.

I HAVE NOT GOTTEN COVID.

I'VE ALSO, YOU KNOW, SINCE TREATED ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO HAVE COME DOWN WITH COVID, WITH DR.

PETER MAKOLA AND ALL OF THE FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOCTORS WHO HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE, YOU NEED ZINC, VITAMIN D, QUERCETIN AND VITAMIN C ALONG WITH IVERMECTIN.

I HAVE BEEN TREATING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY FRIENDS WITH THIS FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN BETTER WITHIN TWO DAYS.

AND THAT RIGHT THERE IS WHY EARLY TREATMENT, IF WE CAN FOCUS THIS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND ON EARLY TREATMENT AS OPPOSED TO A VACCINE, AN INJECTION THAT'S NOT WORKING, WE COULD STOP THIS COVID IN ITS TRACKS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M URGING YOU TO DO IS PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THE POLARIZATION ON BOTH SIDES.

WE'RE ONLY GETTING PUSHED ONE SIDE.

GET IT, GET IT, GET IT, GET IT, GET IT.

IT'S SAFE WHEN IT'S NOT AND THE NUMBERS ARE IN FRONT OF YOU.

I HOPE AND PRAY THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WILL LOOK DEEPER INTO THIS AND LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THINGS AND LOOK INTO SOME OF THE STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH LIFELONG, DEBILITATING ILLNESSES FROM THIS INJECTION AND THINK TWICE ABOUT PUSHING A TWENTY FIVE MILLION BILL.

THAT'S GOING TO ONLY PUSH ONE SIDE OF THIS BECAUSE THERE'S TWO SIDES TO IT, AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INJURED WE'RE FIGHTING FOR OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD.

SO I HOPE YOU HEAR MY VOICE TODAY AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. PATTERSON. CHECKING ONE MORE TIME, MR. RAY RAKES.

OK, COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM AND ON DECK AFTER MR. RAKES WILL ACTUALLY BE JULIE LAMB.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

I HEARD ABOUT BUC-EE'S WANTING TO COME HERE.

HOW MANY HAVE YOU BEEN TO BUC-EE'S? BIG PLACE, ISN'T IT? LOTS OF STUFF IN THERE, LOTS OF THINGS.

AND THEY'RE A BIG ORGANIZATION WITH THEY'RE COMING IN WITH BIG MONEY, AREN'T THEY? YEAH. MY QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE AWAY? FROM OTHER BUSINESSES HERE IN THE CITY.

BOTH OUR FUEL COMPANIES, BUT ALSO OUR RESTAURANTS.

PEOPLE STOP IN AND GET SOUVENIRS, THEY HAVE NO REASON TO STOP OTHER PLACES.

BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF BUSINESS IT IS, IT'S A SERVICE, ONE GREAT BIG, LOTS OF STUFF.

THEY'RE VERY NICE.

NOTHING AGAINST THEM.

BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT'S WHAT AMARILLO AND THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN AMARILLO NEED.

BECAUSE, YES, THEY'LL BRING A LOT OF JOBS.

BUT HOW MUCH AFTER TWO OR THREE YEARS WILL THEY TAKE AWAY FROM OTHER THINGS? THAT'S MY COMMENT. HOPE TO SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER.

THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. RAKES. COUNCIL WE HAD BLAKE GOLDSTEIN SIGN UP TO SHARE COMMENTS AND THOSE ARE IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING TODAY.

SO NEXT UP IS JULIE LAMB.

AND ON DECK AFTER MS. LAMB WILL BE JAMES SHANK.

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I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM THREE M.

BEFORE THERE IS A VOTE ON THE TWO POINT FIVE MILLION AWARD GRANT TO MARY COYNE MARKETING FIRM LLC FROM AMARILLO PUBLIC HEALTH.

I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN COMMENTS.

I KNOW MY QUESTIONS CAN'T BE ANSWERED AT THIS TIME, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY TO THE CITIZENS OF AMARILLO AND ADDRESS THESE PRIOR TO APPROVAL OF THESE FUNDS BEING AWARDED.

FOR THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH INFORMATION ABOUT COVID 19 AND THE COVID 19 VACCINE. IN RECENT WEEKS AND DAYS, THE VACCINATION NARRATIVE HAS BEGUN TO DISSIPATE IN COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD, GIVEN ALL THE INFORMATION THAT HAS STARTED TO SURFACE ABOUT THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VACCINE.

IN FACT, THE CEO OF PFIZER HAS STATED THAT THE VACCINE IS INEFFECTIVE AGAINST THE NEWEST VARIANT.

ALTHOUGH I'M NOT HERE TO DEBATE WHETHER ONE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT GET THE VACCINE.

BASED ON THE LATEST VAERS NUMBERS AND CDC DOCUMENTS, I THINK MANY OF US KNOW THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE LABEL IS NOW DEBATABLE, AND I HOPE THOSE USING THESE WORDS WILL ONE DAY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. BUT THAT IS A DISCUSSION FOR A LATER TIME.

I'M HERE TO ASK WHAT THE STIPULATIONS ARE FOR RECEIVING THIS GRANT FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.

IS THIS MONEY ONLY AWARD REWARDED TO EDUCATE AND PROMOTE THE COVID 19 VACCINE? CAN IT NOT BE USED TO ADDRESS HEALTHY LIVING CHOICES, ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE OR DRUG ADDICTION? THESE ARE HEALTH SERVICES THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW IS THE CITY OF AMARILLO KEEPING ANY PORTION OF THE TWO PINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS? OR IS THE PROPOSAL FROM MARY COYNE MARKETING FIRM UTILIZING ALL TWO PINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS? WERE THERE OTHER MARKETING FIRMS APPROACHED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CONTRACT THAT DIDN'T COME WITH THE TWO PINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS PRICE TAG? DOES THE CITY OF AMARILLO HAVE A MARKETING TEAM THAT CAN PERFORM THIS CAMPAIGN? WE HAVE ALREADY USED AND PAID FOR.

HAVE WE ALREADY USED AND PAID FOR MARKETING A MARKETING FIRM TO PROMOTE COVID 19 VACCINATION WITH CARES FUNDS WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED AND DISTRIBUTED? IF SO, WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OR INCREASE IN VACCINATION PERCENTAGE AFTER USING THOSE FUNDS? I REALIZE THAT THIS MAY JUST BE FREE MONEY, BUT ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WILL DEMONSTRATE WHETHER YOU ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY YOU RECEIVE AND IF YOU TRULY SPEND THE MONEY WHERE AND HOW IT NEEDS TO BE SPENT BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I PERSONALLY THINK TWO PINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF PUBLIC HEALTH MONEY CAN BE SPENT IN BETTER WAYS THAN PUSHING A COVID 19 VACCINE.

EVERYONE KNOWS IT EXISTS, AND IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE.

IF YOU CAN, AND CHOOSE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, IT MIGHT BOOST VOTER CONFIDENCE IN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS.

IT WILL DEMONSTRATE HONESTY AND FULL DISCLOSURE ABOUT THE FUNDS RECEIVED AND PUTTING THEM TO USE AND THE BEST INTEREST AND NEEDS OF ITS CITIZENS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. LAMB FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

NEXT UP, MR. SKANK, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME.

ON DECK WILL BE CLIFTON PHILLIPS.

WHEN YOU HAVE A NAME LIKE THAT. YOU GET CALLED A LOT OF THINGS.

SHANKS A BAD ONE. IT'S A BAD GOLF SHOT OR SOMETHING YOU GET STABBED WITH IN PRISON.

I'D RATHER BE A SKANK.

I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE MORE FUN.

SO ANYWAY, LET'S HAVE SOME FUN HERE FOR A MINUTE.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, THIS PUBLIC COMMENT.

I STILL THINK WE'VE GOT IT BACKWARDS.

I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT COME UP TODAY, BUT WE'RE DOING IT BEFORE THE FACT BEFORE THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM, BEFORE WHAT YOU ALL WOULD SAY, WHETHER WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IT IS.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK AFTER YOU ALL HAVE YOUR DISCUSSION NOT BEFORE, BECAUSE WE KNOW NOT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY.

AND THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO TALK ABOUT ONE G THE PROGRESS UPDATE FOR CITY HALL.

I UNDERSTAND BY ASKING AROUND THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PUT MORE MONEY TOWARD THE CITY HALL PROJECT OUT OF THE AARP BY UPWARDS OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

MAYBE Y'ALL CAN SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE OF A NEW CALCULATION THAT HAS GONE ON, AND THE CALCULATION IS CONFUSING.

NOT, IT'S REALLY NOT.

YOU BET ON THE FACT THAT WE WOULD HAVE A FOUR POINT ONE PERCENT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S REVENUES. AND THEN YOU TOOK IT OUT OF THE ARP MONEY TO GET YOU THE ELEVEN POINT TWO IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE ON THE CALCULATIONS THAT WERE SENT TO ME.

MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT AND THEN TWO D TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

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A MEDICAL. THE LITTLE PLACE OVER THERE FOR CASIE, CASIE STOUGHTON FOR POLISHING THE FLOOR, LOCKS, REPAIR DOOR JAMS. THAT'S A BUNCH OF MONEY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO TORE UP THE DOOR JAMS, BUT ANYWAY, THREE A BUC-EE'S COOL.

ON ONE LEVEL, I ENJOY THEIR FUDGE BARBECUE SANDWICH AND THE CLEAN RESTROOM ON MY TRIPS.

NOT SURE WHAT WHAT IS GOING TO DO FOR US OUT THERE.

THE 50 50 SPLIT OF SALES TAX IS WOW, OK.

A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESSES WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, I'M SURE.

THREE L, WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THE BUDGET.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT AND I'M SURE I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT ON THE ON THE WEBSITE LATER, HOW IT WAS AMENDED AND WHAT WE'LL BE DOING BECAUSE IT ONLY SAYS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO AMEND IT. AND I LOOKED THROUGH THE THING IN IT AND THEN DOWN TO WHAT PEOPLE WERE COMMENTING ON TODAY THREE M TWO POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO TELL US MORE.

AND TAKING GRANT MONEY FOR.

IT'S A WASTE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. SKANK.

NEXT IS CLIFTON PHILLIPS AND ON DECK.

OUR LAST SPEAKER WILL BE GREG GARRISON.

HI, CLIFTON PHILLIPS.

I LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

I'M HERE ON NON CONSENT.

ITEM THREE E JUST AS NEEDED IF IF QUESTIONS ARISE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS AND MR. GREG GARRISON. HI MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS GREG GARRISON.

I'M A LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE ARMY RESERVES.

I GREW UP IN SHAMROCK.

I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THERE.

I MOVED TO AMARILLO ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AND I AM A VERY STRONG BELIEVER IN FREE MARKET CAPITALISM, AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE BEST PATH, PATH TO PROSPERITY.

I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT TODAY.

I BOUGHT A STORE [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT HALF A YEAR AGO AND I TURNED IN EVERY BIT OF THE SALES TAX THAT WE COLLECT. I THINK THAT THE PROPOSAL, AS I READ IT YESTERDAY IN THE NEWS, YOU REALLY TEARING IT THE FABRIC OF FREE MARKET CAPITALISM WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THESE TYPE OF UNLEVEL PLAYING FIELDS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT AS MY COMMENT AND ASK THAT YOU KEEP IT IN MIND.

THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. GARRISON, AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC ADDRESS TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ESPECIALLY TO EVERYONE WHO MADE TIME TO COME AND SHARE THEIR IDEAS OR THEIR CONCERNS WITH THE COUNCIL, IT IS VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO HEAR FROM CITIZENS.

AND SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE WAY TO DO THAT AND YOU CAN EMAIL US, YOU CAN CALL AND LEAVE A MESSAGE. AND I STILL EVEN GET SNAIL MAIL AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

COUNCIL OCCASIONALLY GETS THAT TOO I THINK SO WE'RE OPEN TO HEARING YOUR IDEAS AND APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU TAKE IN TO COME AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.

ITEM ONE A ON THE AGENDA IS TO REVIEW THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING AND THE

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

[1.B. Updates from Councilmembers serving on outside boards and commissions:]

ITEM A UNDER THAT IS THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US ON THAT MEETING? YES, I YES, I DO.

MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME EXCITING THINGS GOING ON WITH THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU BOARD.

I MUST SAY PERSONALLY, IT IS MY OPINION THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING BOARDS TO SERVE ON WITHIN OUR CITY BECAUSE WE DO GET TO HAVE FUN, BUT WE ALSO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. SO THE 2022 STRATEGIC PLAN AND GOALS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AND THOSE ARE IN PLACE FOR THE BUREAU.

THE CONVENTION, THE CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU HAS ORGANIZED THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS MARKETING CO-OP FOR MAY 2022 THROUGH APRIL 2023.

SO THIS IS A CO-OP THAT HAS A GREAT RESPONSE AND IS SOCIAL MEDIA HEAVY.

THE THEME FOR THIS CO-OP IS GOING TO BE FAIRYTALES AND FOLKLORE WOULD BE THE THEME.

SO THEN WE HAVE THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN ALL PARTNER CO-OP PLAN WITH OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL ALLOW ANY HOTEL OR ATTRACTION CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.

THE CO-OP HAS EXCEEDED EXPECTED PARTICIPATION FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, AND ALL

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THEN WE HAVE THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

THEY HAVE FUNDED THE GREAT OUTDOORS FUND FOR A FUNDRAISING PLAN TO HELP EFFORTS TO OPEN THE CROSSBAR RANCH, AND SO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD SMITH AND I ALSO SERVE ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE. SO THAT IS GOING WELL.

THE PLAN WAS FINALIZED LAST MONTH, WHICH WAS JANUARY 2022, AND IT'S THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR EFFORTS THAT WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH A LOCAL FOUNDATION RIGHT HERE IN AMARILLO.

THE FUNDRAISING PLAN WILL COMPLEMENT THE EFFORTS OF POTTER COUNTY.

THESE ARE THE PARTNERS THAT WE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WOULD BE POTTER COUNTY, THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND THE CVB, AND GAINING THE GRANTS AND FEDERAL FUNDING NEEDED TO BEGIN THE EASEMENT. AND THIS IS FROM HIGHWAY 287 NORTH AND WE WILL BUILD OUT THE INTERIOR OF THE RECREATION AREA.

AND SO FOR THOSE LISTENING, OF COURSE, THAT'S GOING TO BE NORTH OF POTTER COUNTY AND IT'S OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

THEN WE HAVE OUR OF COURSE, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS HERE WITH US TODAY, WHICH IS KASHION SMITH, AND SHE HAS ADDED A NEW MARKETING MANAGER TO HER STAFF.

SO THAT'S EXCITING BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE SUPPORT FOR THEIR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, WHICH IS HOPE STOKES.

AND SO THE NEW MANAGER IS GOING TO BE JACKIE [INAUDIBLE] IS HER NAME, AND SO SHE'S COMING ON BOARD AND SO APPARENTLY SHE'S HAD A VERY OUTSTANDING RESUME.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AND SHE'S ALREADY DOING GREAT THINGS FOR CVB. THEN ALSO, THE TRADE SHOWS ARE BACK, YES! AND THE STAFF HAS BEEN OUT ON THE ROAD AND THEY ARE HAVING BETTER RESULTS THAN NORMAL YEARS. AND SO SOUTHWEST SHOWCASE AND THIS IS A TRADE SHOW FOR TEXAS MEETING PLANNERS.

AND THEY HAVE PRODUCED SIX REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS ON THE TRADE SHOW FLOOR.

AND THE AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION HAD A FAMILIARIZATION TOUR IN AMARILLO THAT HAD ATTENDEES TALKING ABOUT OUR CVB RIGHT HERE IN AMARILLO ALL WEEK LONG AND GRAPEVINE, TEXAS.

SO HOW EXCITING IS THAT? AND THEN WE ALWAYS SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST.

RIGHT? SO THE WORKING RANCH COWBOYS ASSOCIATION, THE WRCA RODEO, IS READY TO BOOK.

THIS HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS THAT THE HOTELS HAVE ALL BEEN CONTRACTED.

THEY ARE ORGANIZED AND THEY ARE EARLY, SO THEY'RE THEY'RE READY.

EXCELLENT. WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR THEY'LL BE RODEO-ING COME NOVEMBER 2022.

YES. GREAT REPORT.

EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN CVB.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL ABOUT THAT OR FOR KASHION? KASHION, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.

I'M GOING TO KEEP Y'ALL ARE GOING TO NOTICE, I'M GOING TO KEEP PUSHING US THROUGH THIS AGENDA. IT'S A VERY THICK AGENDA.

AND SO IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, YOU MAY NEED TO FLAG ME DOWN BECAUSE I'M GOING TO KEEP MOVING. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM B B BEAUTIFICATION OF PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD.

I THINK DR. SAUER HAD A SCHEDULE ISSUE THERE.

SO LET'S PUSH THAT ITEM AND WE'LL GET UNLESS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN GET A CHANCE TO TALK BECAUSE IT MEANT LIKE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE HERE, OK, I WAS STILL TRYING TO GET OUT OF MY OFFICE. THAT'S OK.

WE'LL PUSH THAT TO ANOTHER AGENDA AND GET AN UPDATE ON THAT AT A LATER TIME.

SO MOVING TO ITEM ONE C IS A DISCUSSION ON THE WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND MR.

[1.C. Discuss Worke/s Compensation Fund]

JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF HOW OUR WORKER'S COMPENSATION FUND HAS BEEN PERFORMING AS MOST PARTICULARLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS OR SO AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

LAURA AND LAURA, JUST TO INTERRUPT YOU FROM THE GET GO, ALSO JUST LAY SOME FOUNDATION FOR US AS A COUNCIL ON HOW WE FUND THAT.

WHAT TYPES OF TYPICAL EXPENSES WE HAVE, THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A WORKER'S COMPENSATION FUND. THERE MIGHT BE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT AREN'T AS FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

SURE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND I SHOULD THROW IN NONE OF THIS IS CRITICAL OF THE LEGISLATURE OR OF ANY PARTS OF OUR EMPLOYEE GROUP. IT REALLY IS JUST OBSERVING HOW OUR FUND IS PERFORMING AND MAKING NOTE OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS CONSIDERATIONS WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

CERTAINLY NO LATER THAN 2023.

ALL RIGHT, SO GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SO JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE I GET STARTED.

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AND SO WHAT TYPES OF ITEMS ARE GOING THROUGH THIS FUND? IF WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THAT IS INJURED ON THE JOB, WHETHER THAT'S AN ACCIDENT SLIP TRIP AND FALL, SOME SORT OF THING THAT TRIGGERS A WORKER'S COMP INJURY, WE COVER THOSE CLAIMS OUT OF THIS FUND.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME SAFETY STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE FUNDED OUT OF THIS FUND AS WELL, AND THEY ARE TASKED WITH GOING OUT AND ANALYZING WHAT'S GOING ON FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE OUT IN OUR DEPARTMENTS AND TRYING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE TO TO MAKE OUR WORKPLACE THAT MUCH MORE SAFE. WE ALSO HAVE A SAFETY FOOTWEAR PROGRAM THAT COMES OUT OF THIS FUND AS WELL.

SO THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE OUT WORKING IN THE FIELD THAT NEED GOOD, SAFE FOOTWEAR, WE ISSUE VOUCHERS FOR THEM TO GO BUY THAT SAFETY FOOTWEAR WHEN THEY COME ON TO WORK WITH US.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS ALL THROUGH SELF-INSURANCE.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA COVERAGE ON IT, BUT THOSE AMOUNTS ARE FUNDED BY AND I WON'T GO INTO GREAT DETAIL, BUT WE PAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT PER EACH EMPLOYEE, DEPENDING ON THEIR TYPE OF POSITION AND THEIR DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WORK IN INTO THIS FUND.

SO EVERY TIME WE RUN PAYROLL EVERY TWO WEEKS, THERE IS AN AMOUNT CALCULATED BASED ON WHAT RATE OF PAY WE'RE PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES AND WHAT DEPARTMENT THEY'RE IN AND WHAT TYPE OF POSITION. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER RATE FOR LIKE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY GROUP VERSUS MAYBE OUR ACCOUNTANTS.

THEIR LEVELS OF SAFETY LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT.

SO WE ALWAYS JOKE PAPER CLIPS ARE A HUGE SAFETY RISK IN ACCOUNTING, BUT THAT'S USUALLY ABOUT IT. SO IF I'M GOING THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS ON HOW THIS FUND WORKS, PLEASE STOP ME.

BUT WITH THAT, WHAT WE WANTED TO BRING YOU ALL UP TO SPEED, THIS IS JUST MORE FOR YOUR INFORMATION PURPOSES.

YOU GUYS MAY ALREADY HAVE A HEADS UP ABOUT SOME OF THIS, BUT THERE IS A NEW SENATE BILL 22 THAT WAS ENACTED THIS PAST CALENDAR YEAR ON JUNE 14TH, SO IT CREATED SOME CHANGES TO WORKERS COMP FOR MUNICIPALITIES.

AND SO IT IT PROVIDES A REPUTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT FIRST RESPONDERS CONTRACT COVID 19 WHILE IN THE COURSE AND SCOPE OF THEIR DUTIES.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THEY DEFINE HOW THIS BILL DEFINES THESE FIRST RESPONDERS AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO, THEY'RE DEFINED AS LICENSED PEACE OFFICERS AND CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTERS THAT PERFORM FIREFIGHTING FUNCTIONS.

SO WHAT THIS SENATE BILL DID IS IT MADE COVID 19 A COMPENSABLE INJURY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS UNDER WORKERS COMP.

SO THESE ARE RULES FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SIX ZERO SEVEN.

SO WHAT THIS ALSO DOES IS IT PROVIDED RETROACTIVE RELIEF TO FIRST RESPONDERS, ALLOWING THEM TO FILE THESE COVID 19 CLAIMS GOING BACK TO MARCH 13TH OF 2020.

SO IT WAS ENACTED IN THE MIDDLE OF 2021, BUT IT ALLOWED IT TO GO BACK RETROACTIVELY TO MARCH OF 2020.

IT ALSO GRANTED RELIEF TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT HAD COVID 19 CLAIMS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY DENIED BEFORE THIS BILL WENT INTO PLACE, GOING BACK TO MARCH 13TH OF 2020.

THE WAY IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THESE ALL OF THIS IS IN PLACE, AND IT'S CURRENTLY SET TO EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION BRINGS.

SO LET'S TALK NOW ABOUT KIND OF THE IMPACT THAT THIS HAS HAD, WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.

SO OUR WORKERS COMP CLAIMS OUR COSTS HAVE INCREASED APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE PERCENT SINCE THIS LAW'S INCEPTION FROM JUST OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

WORKER'S COMP COST, THEY'VE INCREASED SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO PERCENT IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.

SO WHAT IS TRICKY ABOUT THE WAY THIS LAW IS IN PLACE VERSUS NORMAL, I SAY NORMAL, CUSTOMARY WORKERS COMP CLAIMS IS THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES ARE ARE VERY LIMITED, IF NOT COMPLETELY NONEXISTENT IN THIS CASE.

SO THEY'RE VERY INEFFECTIVE BECAUSE THE EXPOSURE IS UNIVERSAL AND NOT NECESSARILY JUST LIMITED TO WHAT HAPPENS AT THE WORKPLACE.

BECAUSE THE WAY THE LAW IS WRITTEN, OR I'M SORRY, THE SENATE BILL IS WRITTEN THAT IF ONE

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SO GOING A LITTLE FURTHER ON THIS, AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS UNFORTUNATELY SUFFERED THREE FATALITIES DUE TO COVID 19.

ONE OF THOSE HAS OCCURRED THIS FISCAL YEAR AND TWO OCCURRED IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.

EACH OF THESE DEATHS WERE DEEMED AS LINE OF DUTY DEATHS.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS FROM A WORKER'S COMP STANDPOINT IS THE SURVIVING SPOUSES ARE ENTITLED TO LIFETIME PAYMENTS THROUGH WORKERS COMP, AND ELIGIBLE DEPENDENT CHILDREN ARE ALSO ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS UNTIL THEY GRADUATE EITHER HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE.

SO EXCLUDING COVID 19 CLAIMS OVER THE LAST FOUR FISCAL YEARS ON AVERAGE, WE USUALLY INCUR ABOUT ONE PINT THREE MILLION EACH YEAR ON OUR WORKER'S COMP CLAIMS. SO WITH THE ADDITION OF THIS NEW SENATE BILL AND PUTTING COVID 19 CLAIMS IN IT THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE ONE THAT ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, WE INCURRED A TOTAL OF FIVE POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN WORKER'S COMP CLAIMS. THREE POINT NINE MILLION OF THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDER COVID 19 CLAIMS. SO ON THE UPSIDE OF THIS, THE CITY DOES BECAUSE WE ARE SELF-INSURED, WE DO HAVE SELF-INSURED RETENTION INSURANCE OF ONE POINT FIVE MILLION PER OCCURRENCE.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS SELF-INSURED RETENTION INSURANCE LAST FISCAL YEAR ON ONE OF OUR CLAIMS. AND SO IT REDUCED OUR COST FROM FIVE POINT FOUR MILLION, DOWN TO FOUR POINT THREE MILLION.

SO RECOMMENDATIONS, AND AGAIN, THE REASON WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO YOU ALL TODAY IS, AS YOU KNOW, HERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING ON BUDGET.

I I HATE TO TO SPRING YOU ALL WITH SURPRISES RIGHT AT BUDGET TIMES.

SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PULSE OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THIS FUND AS WE WALK INTO BUDGET. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT ADDRESSING OUR WORKERS COMP RATES DURING OUR 22-23 BUDGET.

THAT'S THE ONE WE'LL BE WORKING ON HERE VERY SOON.

NORM SO LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE ONE THAT JUST ENDED, WE BUDGETED TWO PINT ONE MILLION FOR CLAIMS VERSUS WHAT I JUST WENT OVER.

WE INCURRED FOUR POINT THREE MILLION IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WE'RE IN.

WE HAVE BUDGETED TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR CLAIMS FOR THESE WORKERS COMP CLAIMS ONE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ONE OF THE COVID 19 DEATHS DID OCCUR IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AND WE WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE POINT FIVE MILLION IN COVID 19 CLAIMS IN THE CURRENT YEAR, ON TOP OF OUR NORMAL WORKER'S COMP CLAIMS. FOR THIS WORKER'S COMP FUND, IT IS NOT JUST A FUND MADE UP OF WORKERS COMP, IT'S OUR SELF INSURANCE FUND. IT IS MADE UP OF WORKERS COMP.

IT'S ALSO MADE UP OF OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE.

AND I KNOW YOU ALL PROBABLY REMEMBER ME TALKING A LOT ABOUT PROPERTY INSURANCE DURING THIS LAST BUDGET SEASON AND HOW WE ARE SELF-INSURED ON OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE.

WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME LARGER COVERAGE, BUT FOR WIND AND HAIL DAMAGE, IT IS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT BECAUSE THE DEDUCTIBLES ARE SO HIGH ON IT.

SO THAT ALL RESIDES IN ONE SELF INSURANCE FUND.

THIS WORKER'S COMP PROPERTY INSURANCE, WE HAVE OUR CYBER LIABILITY INSURANCE.

WE HAVE OUR GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.

IT'S ALL IN THIS ONE FUND, THIS FUND WE TARGET OUR RESERVES AS WE TALK ABOUT QUITE A BIT IN OUR FUNDS. WE TARGET BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX MILLION DOLLARS.

SO NORMALLY WHAT WE'RE TARGETING IS KIND OF WHAT CLAIMS ACROSS THE BOARD LOOK LIKE IN ONE YEAR. SO WE HAD THAT AT THAT LEVEL AS OR WE WERE PLANNING ON HAVING THAT AT THAT LEVEL AS WE WALKED INTO THIS NEW FISCAL YEAR WITH THE BUDGET.

HOWEVER, WITH THE CLAIMS WE INCURRED LAST YEAR, THOSE RESERVES ARE NOW DOWN TO ABOUT TWO POINT SEVEN MILLION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT DURING BUDGET.

THE OTHER THING JUST TO KEEP IN MIND IS WE HAVE THE SELF-INSURED RETENTION INSURANCE.

THAT'S AN ANNUAL INSURANCE POLICY.

IT'S CURRENTLY, AS I MENTIONED, A MILLION AND A HALF PER OCCURRENCE AND OUR PREMIUMS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND.

BUT YOU ALL ARE VERY WELL AWARE THAT AS YOU USE INSURANCE, SOMETIMES YOUR RENEWAL PROCESS LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WE WILL BE ACTIVELY LOOKING INTO THIS POLICY GOING FORWARD AND HOPING THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN IT AT THIS LEVEL.

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THIS IS JUST A NATURE OF TRYING TO HANDLE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THIS STATE LEGISLATOR. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO THROW IN.

I WANT TO REITERATE THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM OF PUBLIC SAFETY AT ALL.

AND LIKE, IN NO WAY IT'S REALLY MORE OF A WE NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION.

AS SOON AS WE'RE AWARE OF IT. WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN PLANNED FOR BEFORE.

OUR OUR WORKERS COMP FUND WAS STRUCTURED AROUND PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF LEGISLATIVE ACTION. SO THIS IS THIS THAT IS THE PART OF THIS THAT'S DRIVING THESE, THESE ENHANCED COSTS IS GOING TO SUNSET IN 2023, AT THE LEDGE, AT THE LEGISLATURE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, BUT IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR ON OUR UPCOMING BUDGET, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AND BE APPROVED PRIOR TO THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT. I THINK I WISH OR WANT THIS POLICY TO CHANGE.

I AM SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF IT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS NEXT BUDGETARY PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

IT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT TAX IMPACT OR REVENUE IMPACT, SOMEHOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PAY FOR THESE CLAIMS. IT IS A SENSITIVE CONVERSATION POINT, IT'S A SENSITIVE TOPIC.

EVERYONE SUPPORTS OUR TEAM AND EVERYONE WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TEAM.

MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, IT'S JUST RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT SHORTFALL COMING WITHIN ONE YEAR, MAYBE TWO.

IF CURRENT TRENDS CARRY FORWARD, WE CAN TAKE CERTAIN STEPS TO MITIGATE THAT, AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE LEGALLY CAN TO MITIGATE THAT AND KEEP OUR TEAM SAFE.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET.

THERE IS NO OTHER THING THAT WE NEED UNLESS YOU HAVE CERTAIN INPUT TO GIVE US AND GUIDANCE TO GIVE US RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S NO DECISION WE'RE ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW, WE JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR NEXT BUDGETARY PROCESS AND FOR SURE, THE FOLLOWING BUDGETARY PROCESS.

AMOUNTS, THERE'S MORE RISK.

WHAT'S THE AVERAGE AMOUNT? AND IT'S THE CITY'S PAYING IN BASED ON THE DEPARTMENT, THE POSITION THERE IN.

AND I WILL GET I WILL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.

I DON'T HAVE THAT IN MY NOTES TODAY, BUT I CAN GET IT FOR YOU.

I HAVE MOST OF OUR NUMBERS MEMORIZED, BUT NOT THAT ONE SO.

YOU DIDN'T STUMP HER SHE JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT.

YES. YES.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT PRESENTATION TO MAKE AND OUR HEART DOES GO OUT TO OUR TEAM.

JUST WE WANT YOU GUYS TO HAVE THE INFORMATION WE HAVE.

WE DON'T WANT ANY SURPRISES TO YOU AS A COUNCIL.

AND SO AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE FOLLOW UP AFTER THIS. MRS. STORRS, SIR CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY, IS THAT A STOP LOSS? IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO A STOP LOSS.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT IT'S VERY SIMILAR.

I HAVE USED THAT WORD INTERCHANGEABLY IN WEST HALL.

OUR RISK MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR HAS CORRECTED ME A FEW TIMES ON IT, BUT IT IS VERY SIMILAR.

I THINK FOR YOUR PURPOSES, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING TO KEEP IN MIND.

I THINK ONE THING YOU NEED TO TOUCH ON IS WHEN ARE WE UP NEXT FOR A STOP LOSS RENEWAL? WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT IN MAY, SO MAY OF THIS YEAR, IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, WHAT WE EXPECT.

WELL IT'S BEEN TOLD, IS THE STOP LOSS CLAIMS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ARE GOING TO DOUBLE? DOUBLE OR GO AWAY.

THE PREMIUM, THE PREMIUM, YES, OR THE PREMIUM IS GOING TO GO AND POTENTIALLY THE PREMIUMS ARE GOING TO GO UP, BUT THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO COVER IS GOING TO DOUBLE OR THE MAX IS GOING TO GO AWAY, CORRECT? I APOLOGIZE. THIS IS WEST HALL WELL, THEN YOU SOLIDIFIED.

CHANGE IN LEGISLATION FROM THE LEDGE BECAUSE INSURANCE PROVIDERS AND STOP LOSS PROVIDERS ARE GOING TO STOP PROVIDING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THEY HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN PROVIDING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS LEGISLATIVE CHANGE.

SO ONCE WE CHANGE OUR ONCE WE GO TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF COVERAGE, WE WON'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF COVERAGE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THIS CHANGE IN LEGISLATION.

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CORRECT. WHAT WE EXPECT IS THAT JUST LIKE YOU WOULD WITH YOUR CAR INSURANCE, IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CLAIMS, YOU EXPECT YOUR PREMIUMS TO GO UP.

SO WE EXPECT OUR PREMIUM TO GO UP AND I THINK THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT INSURANCE MARKET HAS HARDENED SOME OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

WORKER'S COMP IS TYPICALLY A PROFITABLE LINE FOR THE CARRIERS AND AS FAR AS WORKERS COMP AS A WHOLE GOES, IT'S STILL PROFITABLE.

REALLY, THE ONLY CLAIMS THAT ARE IMPACTING WORKERS' COMP ARE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYEES. SO A SELF-INSURED RETENTION IS ESSENTIALLY A DEDUCTIBLE.

IT'S JUST INSTEAD OF A DEDUCTIBLE WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY MANAGED THE CLAIM THE SELF-INSURED RETENTION, WE STILL GET TO MANAGE IT UNTIL WE GET TO ONE POINT FIVE.

WE EXPECT THE PREMIUM TO GO UP, AND THEN ONE OF TWO THINGS, EITHER WE GET A SPLIT RETENTION SO THAT FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES LIKE ME, THEY WILL COVER US AT ONE POINT FIVE.

AND FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WE EXPECT MAYBE A THREE OR FOUR MILLION DOLLAR RETENTION WITH THAT INCREASE IN PREMIUM AS WELL.

SO THE REASON FOR THE THREE OR FOUR IS THE TOTAL LIFETIME COST OF A FATALITY IN PUBLIC SAFETY IS EXPECTED AT AROUND THREE POINT FOUR RANGE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SETTING THAT MAXIMUM COVERAGE.

I'M SORRY THEY'RE SETTING THE PART THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COVER AT AROUND THE EXPECTED COST OF ANY TYPE OF CLAIM LIKE THAT AND ANYTHING THAT'S UNIQUE THAT GOES ABOVE THAT, IT WILL COVER.

CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT.

I THINK THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE ABOUT A THREE POINT FIVE TO FOUR MILLION DOLLARS RETENTION ON FIRST RESPONDERS.

FOR THE MOST PART, THAT EXCESS POLICY IS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES HISTORICALLY DON'T HIT THAT ONE POINT FIVE MILLION TRIGGER POINT.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE THEY DON'T HAVE THE COVERAGES AND THE AND THE AND THE CARVE OUTS FROM THE LEGISLATURE, LIKE FIRST RESPONDERS DO SO VERY RARELY AS A CIVILIAN INJURY GOING TO HIT THE ONE POINT FIVE MILLION.

SO THAT EXCESS POLICY IS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND I THINK WE'LL SEE TALKING WITH OUR BROKERS AND OUR INSURANCE EXPERTS.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A THREE POINT FIVE TO FOUR MILLION DOLLAR RETENTION ON ON PUBLIC SAFETY. SO, LAURA, I MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS FOR WEST, BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO SHIFT OUR TARGET RESERVES BECAUSE YES, THEY'RE TARGETED AT FIVE TO SIX MILLION. WE NOW HAVE A THREE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIENCY THERE.

BUT I THINK IT'S JUST BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THE TARGET RESERVE NUMBER IS TOO LOW.

SO OUR DEFICIENCY IS ACTUALLY GREATER THAN THREE POINT TWO.

I THINK THAT IS A SAFE ASSUMPTION.

AND AND AGAIN, AS WE WERE FORMULATING THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET AND THESE WERE I MEAN, THESE ARE PRETTY COMMON RESERVES THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MANY YEARS, BUT WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING IN THE CHANGE.

NO WAY TO ADJUST FOR SOMETHING.

EXACTLY. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE BEHIND THE BALL NOW.

AND SO YES, WE'RE CATCHING UP FOR WHAT'S OCCURRED AND WE'RE CATCHING UP FOR POTENTIALLY WHERE WE'RE HEADED AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT'S A SAFE ASSUMPTION THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO SIX MILLION PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE NORTH OF THAT BY A FEW MILLION.

SO YEAH, SO I MEAN, I'M THINKING WHAT WE'RE REALLY SHORT IS SIX MILLION.

THAT'S SO WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IN GROWTH FOR NEW PROPERTY COMING ON OUR PROPERTY TAX ROLLS EVERY YEAR AND INCREASE IN VALUE AND APPRAISALS THAT GENERATES NEW PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. WHAT IS THAT, LAURA? I WOULD SAY ON AN AVERAGE YEAR, PROBABLY ABOUT MAYBE A MILLION AND A HALF, YEAH.

SO WE'RE WAY SHORT FROM BEING ABLE TO CLOSE THIS GAP JUST BASED ON WHAT WE EXPECT OUR REVENUE TO GROW NEXT YEAR AT PROPERTY TAX.

WE MAY HAVE SOME SALES TAX GROWTH, BUT THAT'S SORT OF HARD TO PREDICT AND RELY ON.

SO HOW WOULD WE COME UP WITH THE OTHER FOUR POINT FIVE MILLION WE COULD GO YEAR OVER YEAR, WE COULD USE MORE THAN ONE BUDGET YEAR TO REPLENISH THE RESERVE? YES. WHAT ARE OTHER WAYS? SO OTHER WAYS WOULD BE TO OBVIOUSLY LOOK AT EITHER HOLDING BACK SOME SERVICES OR CUTTING SOME SERVICES IF WE WANTED TO LEAVE EVERYTHING AS IS? OTHERWISE, WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE OR RATE INCREASES IN THE CORRESPONDING FUNDS.

NOW, ALL OF OUR FUNDS PAY INTO WORKER'S COMP, ALL OF OUR FUNDS THAT HAVE EMPLOYEES PAY INTO OUR WORKER'S COMP FUND.

SO IT'S NOT JUST YOUR GENERAL FUND, IT'S ALSO WATER AND SEWER.

IT'S DRAINAGE, IT'S AIRPORT, IT'S THE GRANTS.

IT'S ALL OF THOSE ARE PAYING IN.

AND SO AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNDS PAY INTO WORKER'S COMP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR IMPACT ON THE WORKER.

THAT IS CORRECT, TOO. SO THE DRAMATIC GROWTH IN WORKER'S COMP COST IS COMING FROM THE

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YES AND FEES. AND SO WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THE INCREASE IN REVENUE TO THE WORKERS COMP FUND, AND I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE SAY REVENUE, IT'S ACTUALLY AN EXPENSE TO TAXPAYERS, IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM GENERAL FUND REVENUE SOURCES, WHICH IS PROPERTY TAX SALES TAX AND FEES. I WOULD RECOMMEND THE [INAUDIBLE] SHARE OF IT.

YES, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT'S DRIVING THESE DRIVING.

THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THESE.

SO WE NORMALLY INCREASE SOMEWHAT, YOU KNOW, YEAR OVER YEAR AS JUST COSTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. SO OTHER FUNDS MIGHT HAVE MINIMAL INCREASES THAT HELP TOWARDS THIS.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT SHOULD BE COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO LET'S SAY IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE, THE LEGISLATURE LETS IT SUNSET AND THEY'RE NO LONGER TREATING THIS CLAIM A COVID RELATED ILLNESS IN PUBLIC SAFETY AS A WORKER'S COMPENSATION ILLNESS OR INJURY.

THE THREE TEAM MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY LOST, THE OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CARRY NO MATTER WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES IN 2023, AND I'M ONLY ASKING BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO PLAN AND UNDERSTAND FROM THE COUNCIL'S POINT OF VIEW FINANCIALLY HOW TO HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS CHANGE.

YES. SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

IT'S NOT JUST, FATALITIES ARE TERRIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT THE COST REALIZED BY THE BY THE WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID, IT'S ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTED CLAIMS INSIDE THAT PERIOD.

SO WE WILL HAVE A RESIDUAL COST THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR DECADES IF SOMEONE CAN CLAIM A RESPIRATORY DISTRESS ASSOCIATED WITH A I'M PROBABLY SAYING TOO MUCH MORE THAN I SHOULD, BUT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE LONG.

WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO END.

YES, SO MY POINT IS SAYING, SHOULD THE LEGISLATURE BACK UP AND MAKE A CHANGE IN 2023, THAT DOESN'T JUST RESTORE US BACK TO 2020 OR 2019 BUDGET YEAR WORKERS COMP RESERVE REQUIREMENTS OR ANNUAL OUTLAY REQUIREMENTS.

WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A JUMP OF THREE POINT TWO MILLION AND THAT IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE GOING FORWARD INDEFINITELY.

AND WE NOW HAVE TO FIND A GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO CLOSE THE GAP TO THE TUNE OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND SIX MILLION DOLLARS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.

IF THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T CHANGE IN 2023, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT OUR OBLIGATIONS, WE HAVE INCURRED THESE OBLIGATIONS AND THEY CONTINUE ON NO MATTER WHAT THE 2023 LEGISLATURE.

I MEAN, IF I'M WRONG IT'S JUST IF SOMEONE IF IT IF IT ENDS IN 2023 AND THEN A COVID CASE OCCURS IN 2024, IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED THE SAME WAY.

BUT EVEN AFTER 2023, IF THE IF THE LEGISLATURE SUNSETS, WE'LL HAVE TO RESET TO A HIGHER RESERVE NUMBER THAT IS JUST BASED ON THE CLAIMS THAT WERE OR THE EXPERIENCES THAT WERE NOTED AND FILED DURING THE THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF THE AFFECTED PERIOD.

BECAUSE OUR FINANCIAL EXPOSURE CONTINUES PAST I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

THE LEGISLATURE IDENTIFIED THE PERIOD OF LOSS AS GOING BACK TO THE START OF THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION OF DISASTER. CORRECT OR YES, EMERGENCY EMERGENCY.

SO THAT GOES BACK TO MARCH OF 2020, 2020 YEP.

SO GOING TO 2023 OCTOBER THREE AND A HALF YEARS REALLY IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

POTENTIALLY IF THEY STOP IT IN 2023, NOT SAYING THEY SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T WE JUST HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO MAKE FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO DO.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND WE WORK, WE HAVE ANOTHER DEATH.

I MEAN, THIS THEN OUR EXPOSURE FINANCIALLY, OBVIOUSLY, WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER DEATH FOR MANY, MANY, MANY REASONS.

BUT TODAY WE ARE NARROWING THIS DISCUSSION AROUND HOW TO PLAN FOR AND MANAGE THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO THE CITY AS AN ORGANIZATION.

SO THAT'S STILL A REALITY.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION KIND OF IN THAT LINE, SO I DON'T WANT TO SEE US INCURRING ANOTHER INCIDENT. BUT WHEN WOULD THE STOP GAP IF WE DO THIS AND INCREASE IT, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL MAY, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE.

SO ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR IF SOMETHING UNFORTUNATE HAPPENS WITH SOMEBODY

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SO I MEAN, THERE'S STILL EXPOSURE, THERE'S STILL EXPOSURE THAT'S AT TWICE WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE MAY BETWEEN NOW AND MAY.

IT'LL JUST BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AFTER MAY.

YES. ASSUMING THAT ASSUMING THAT LOSS IS EXPERIENCED IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO. OK.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE, LAURA, THAT YOU OR WES FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO KNOW OR UNDERSTAND? NO, WE WILL.

WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR INSURANCE BROKERS TO FIND THE BEST OPPORTUNITY ON THIS SELF INSURANCE RETENTION POLICY TO BRING BACK AT RENEWAL TIME IN MAY.

BUT AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO BE REALISTIC.

I MEAN, WE UNDERSTAND, AS YOU ALL UNDERSTAND, AS YOU USE INSURANCE AND AS IT'S BEING USED ACROSS THE STATE. BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE, THOSE INSURANCE COMPANIES NORMALLY COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT QUITE AS FAVORABLE AS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

ONE MORE QUESTION, I'M JUST ANTICIPATING GETTING A QUESTION FROM A CITIZEN.

OK, SO THIS CHANGE IS COSTING US EXACTLY HOW MANY HOW MUCH IN DOLLARS? AND I KNOW. CAN'T SEPARATE IT FROM THE FACT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WHAT THEY ARE AND THAT WE'VE HAD THREE DEATHS.

THAT IS CORRECT. SO [INAUDIBLE] THE CHANGE, PLUS THOSE DEATHS THAT CREATE THIS SITUATION.

YEAH, IT'S THE TOTAL COST OF THOSE EXPERIENCES BECAUSE.

ASIDE FROM THE LEGISLATURE'S CHANGE IN 2021 THESE DEATHS WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED DISEASES OF LIFE, WHICH ARE NOT COVERED BY WORKER'S COMP IN ANY WAY.

SO. THESE COMMENTS ARE NOT MEANT TO THROW PUBLIC SAFETY UNDER THE BUS OR THE LEGISLATURE, AND I'M LOOKING AROUND TO MY OFFICERS IN THE ROOM AND MY FIREFIGHTERS IN THE ROOM.

I REALLY WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT TAKING A SHOT AT ANYBODY.

IT'S JUST RECOGNIZING COSTS THAT WE HAVE NOT FACTORED IN, RIGHT, EVER BEFORE.

SO IT'S A CHANGE IN LEGISLATION IN 2021 THAT'S CAUSING US TO HAVE TO HAVE THIS REAL.

DIFFICULT CONVERSATION, SO REALLY, WE JUST NEED TO BE PREPARED AND COUNCIL AND WE WANT COUNCIL TO BE INFORMED AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT BUDGETARY SESSION.

AS SOON AS WE'RE AWARE AND START REALIZING THE IMPACTS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING, WE WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE THIS IS IN NO WAY MEANT TO CRITICIZE OR TO ASSIGN A POSITION.

IT'S MORE AN OBSERVATION OF WHAT IS.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT, AND GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR.

SO IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE WE HAD COVERAGE PAST THE ONE POINT FIVE ON ONE OF OUR CLAIMS, THERE WAS TWO POINT EIGHT MILLION OCCURRED INCURRED FOR THESE COVID 19.

CLAIMS AND THEN SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE HAD ONE POINT FIVE MILLION.

SO CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION TOO. SO MY MY QUESTION IS THIS SO? PLEASE DON'T MISTAKE WHAT I'M SAYING, IT'S JUST IT'S THE ONLY COMPARISON I CAN MAKE.

IT'S LIKE WHENEVER WE'VE HAD THOSE HAIL DAMAGE EVENTS THROUGH, AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAD A THOUSAND DOLLAR DEDUCTIBLE ON MY ROOF AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WENT TO ONE PERCENT AND THEN TWO PERCENT.

AND I DID NOT EVEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR THE THOUSAND DOLLAR DEDUCTIBLE.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHENEVER I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND WE ARE INCURRING AN ADDITIONAL ONE POINT. IT WAS TWO POINT EIGHT LAST YEAR [INAUDIBLE] WE'RE GOING TO INCUR AN ADDITIONAL ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AFTER MAY.

RIGHT. SO KEN, IS IT IS THE ONE PINT FIVE MILLION DOLLAR EVEN AVAILABLE OR DID THEY OR DID THEY COMPLETELY TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE? WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T. WE'RE EXPECTING.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE BIDS YET.

WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO BE GONE BASED ON INPUT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM PROVIDERS THAT WE WILL NO LONGER RECEIVE THOSE NUMBERS.

BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE SMART FOR US TO AT LEAST LOOK AT IF THAT PREMIUM IS AVAILABLE.

IS THERE A CALCULATION THAT MAKES IT WORTHWHILE TO HAVE THE ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLAR STOP LOSS AS OPPOSED TO BEING YES, EVEN IF THAT PREMIUM GOES UP SIGNIFICANTLY, IT WOULD STILL BE VALUABLE FOR US TO LOOK AT IT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

WE WILL PUSH AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO EXTEND UNDER THEIR CURRENT STOP LOSS CONDITIONS OR AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS.

YES, WE'RE JUST SAYING BASED ON THE INPUT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM PROVIDERS WHO MIGHT BE INCLINED TO BID ON OUR SERVICES OR PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE CITY, WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO GO

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WE'RE JUST SAYING, BE PREPARED.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING. WE'RE NOT HEARING ANYBODY SAYING, WELL, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE CURRENT RATES, YEAH, IT'S TOO EARLY TO KNOW ON THAT.

BUT YES, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL DO THAT.

A HIGHER PREMIUM WOULD STILL BE WORTH MAINTAINING THIS COVERAGE.

SO YEAH, I AGREE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HOWARD, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LAURA. THANKS.

THANKS. ITEM ONE D IS JUST A QUICK DISCUSSION ON SOMETHING CALLED NEWBORN SAFE

[1.D. Discuss Newborn Safe Haven Boxes]

I HAD A CITIZEN EMAIL SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

THERE WAS A ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES IN NEW MEXICO HAD A TRAGIC THING HAPPEN WITH A BABY BEING LEFT IN A DUMPSTER, AND THANKFULLY THAT BABY WAS RESCUED AND FOUND.

BUT IT JUST BROUGHT THE ISSUE UP THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE A BABY WAS UNWANTED, WHERE THERE WAS A YOUNG MOTHER WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE BABY AND AND JUST TRULY FELT OVERWHELMED IN THE MOMENT TO THE POINT THAT HARMING THE BABY SEEMED LIKE THE ONLY OPTION FOR HER.

HOW DOES OUR COMMUNITY HANDLE THAT? AND THIS PERSON THAT EMAILED HAD EVEN DONE SOME RESEARCH ON SOMETHING CALLED SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH HER AND LOOKING AT PUTTING THAT IN PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I REALLY WANTED TO GIVE THE CITY MANAGER A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE A HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE CAN WITHOUT ANY PENALTY, LEAVE A CHILD, LEAVE A BABY IN THE CARE OF CITY STAFF, AND SO I'LL TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU JARED.

SO WE'VE ALSO GOT FIRE CHIEF JASON MAYES IN THE ROOM ALONG WITH I THINK SAM ASSISTANT CHIEF SAM BAULKHAM IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT OUR FIRE STATIONS ARE ALREADY SAFE HAVENS.

SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DROP OFF A BABY, THEY CAN DO SO.

WE ARE A CARING COMMUNITY AND OUR FIRE STATIONS ARE SET UP WITH SIGNAGE THAT SAYS SUCH.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS, AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE PURPOSE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL ADDRESS AND I CAN'T SAY ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL ADDRESS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL ADDRESS IS THERE'S A A DIFFICULTY WHEN YOU'RE DROPPING OFF A BABY FACE TO FACE WITH SOMEONE, SO THIS GIVES AN ABILITY TO DROP OFF ON A BABY DROP OFF A BABY THAT YOU DON'T FEEL YOU CAN CARE FOR OR SHOULD CARE FOR IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, IT'S A HEATED BOX.

IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY SET OFF AN ALARM THAT WILL NOTIFY FIRE TO RESPOND TO THE SITUATION.

I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS IDEAL AT ALL, BUT IT IS JUST ONE MORE WAY FOR A BABY TO BE CARED FOR, WHO IS COMING OUT OF A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE DON'T THINK THEY MIGHT, THEY CAN CARE FOR IT, IS THAT IS THAT AN ACCURATE WAY OF PHRASING IT, MAYOR? YEAH, I THINK SO.

AND SO THIS WILL THEY WILL RAISE THE MONEY TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL CHANGES TO OUR FIRE STATIONS, THE EXTERIOR TO ALLOW FOR THE BOX TO BE INSTALLED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. THE CITY WILL HAVE NO COST BASED ON WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD SO FAR.

THE FIREFIGHTERS WILL RESPOND JUST LIKE THEY DO TO A A CHILD IN DISTRESS OR A CHILD IN NOT IN DISTRESS THAT'S BEING DELIVERED TO A FIRE STATION THROUGH THE SAFE HAVEN PROTOCOLS. THEY WILL JUST DO IT WITHOUT HAVING INTERACTED WITH THE PERSON BRINGING THE BABY TO THE STATION.

IS THAT A. HAVE I MISSED ANYTHING THERE? CHIEF ANYTHING TO ADD WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD WITH THIS, LIKE MR. MILLER SAID, IT'S NOT IDEAL.

IT'S NOT WHAT WE WOULD WANT IN TERMS OF ALWAYS WANT KIDS TO BE WITH THEIR WITH THEIR PARENTS. BUT WE WOULD MUCH RATHER RESPOND TO A NOTIFICATION TO GO CHECK THAT BOX THAN WE WOULD TO A CALL TO A DUMPSTER OR SIMILAR SITUATION WHAT THEY FACED IN NEW MEXICO.

SO WE'RE ALL ON BOARD JUST JUST SAY WHEN.

YEAH, I SHOULD. I SHOULD HAVE POINTED OUT THE VERY START.

THIS CAME TO US AFTER THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN NEW MEXICO, WHERE A BABY WAS DISCOVERED ALIVE INSIDE A DUMPSTER.

SO WE DON'T WANT THAT. NOBODY WANTS THAT IN AMARILLO.

THIS IS A VERY CARING COMMUNITY, A VERY FAMILY, A VERY LIFE.

WELL, THAT'S TOO POLITICAL, A VERY CARING COMMUNITY, SO WELL, I APPRECIATE JUST THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DO ALREADY HAVE SAFE HAVENS AT ALL OF OUR FIRE STATIONS. JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THAT MESSAGE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT.

AND I DO APPRECIATE ALSO THAT THIS CITIZEN REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH AN IDEA FOR JUST ANOTHER WAY TO POSSIBLY IMPROVE THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN, YOU'RE LISTENING, YOU HAVE AN IDEA, YOU WANT TO GET THAT TO COUNCIL OR TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SO THAT WE THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN GOOD IDEAS COME UP FROM CITIZENS, WHICH DOES HAPPEN QUITE OFTEN AND STAFF CAN

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AND THEN THAT ORDINANCE WILL BE IN PLACE AND SHOULD THIS GROUP OF CITIZENS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND RAISE THE MONEY, THEN THEN THAT'LL BE UP TO THEM.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OK, SO WILL THIS BE PLACED IN EVERY? IT'S GOING TO BE A FUNCTION OF HOW MUCH MONEY THEY RAISED.

OK, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS OF INSTALLING ONE ON A BUILDING.

SO WE WILL FACILITATE.

EXCUSE ME. GOODNESS, COUGHED RIGHT IN THE MICROPHONE.

WE WILL FACILITATE THEIR EFFORTS IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

IT IS NO COST TO TAXPAYERS AND ONLY BENEFITS.

YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN ARE IN OUR IN OUR JURISDICTION.

YEAH. OK, MOVING ON THEN TO [INAUDIBLE].

HOW WILL THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE? WELL, RIGHT NOW, ALL OF OUR FIRE STATIONS ARE SAFE HAVENS, AND THEY HAVE SIGNAGE SAYING, IF YOU COME TO THIS STATION AND BRING A BABY, WE WILL TAKE IT.

NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

AND CARE FOR THAT BABY AND.

ACCORDING TO THE RESOURCES THAT THE STATE AND THE CITY PROVIDES, SO THAT WILL CONTINUE EXACTLY THE SAME. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY ONCE THESE ONCE THESE BOXES ARE PUT IN PLACE, WE CAN WORK THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE AVAILABLE.

UM, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY ADVERTISE THEM ALL THE TIME, WE CAN DO IT MORE.

BUT WE DO HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALL OF OUR STATIONS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IF IF THE MONEY GETS RAISED AND WE ACTUALLY INSTALL ONE, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL GO, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

AND SO IT IS JUST EDUCATING PEOPLE WHO MIGHT TURN THAT SITUATION TO AN EXTENT.

THAT QUESTION MIGHT BE GETTING AHEAD OF WHERE WE'VE PLANNED SO FAR, MIGHT BE.

OK, MORE TO COME ON THAT ONE, THEN ITEM ONE E IS TO DISCUSS A STATUS UPDATE ON THE 3-1-1

[1.E. Discuss Status Update on 311 Project;]

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.

WE'RE TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE ABOUT READY TO GO OPERATIONAL.

AND IT'S NOT THAT THE CITY'S BEEN MOVING SLOWLY.

THIS IS A NASCENT TECHNOLOGY NATIONWIDE.

SOME PLACES HAVE DONE IT.

SOME PLACES HAVE DONE IT POORLY.

SOME PLACES HAVE DONE IT FAIRLY.

WE WANT TO DO IT WELL. SO WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE ABOUT READY TO KICK IT OFF AND GO WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE DIRECTION.

BUT RICH GALEN, MANAGING DIRECTOR, ALSO RUNNING IT, IS GOING TO GIVE US THE DETAILS.

RICH AFTERNOON.

SO QUICK UPDATE.

AS YOU KNOW, 3-1-1 IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS.

THE VOICE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHICH IS THE ABILITY FOR A CITIZEN TO DIAL 3-1-1 AND REACH THE CITY AND THE SOFTWARE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHICH IS THE APPLICATION THAT RESIDES ON A PHONE SO THAT A CITIZEN CAN REPORT WORK, TRACK ITS PROGRESS AND HAVE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION VIA THEIR THEIR DEVICE.

ON THE VOICE SIDE, WE HAVE SUBMITTED ALL THE REQUESTS TO ALL THE PROVIDERS LIKE AT&T AND VERIZON TO ENABLE 3-1-1 DIALING SO THAT A CITIZEN CAN DIAL 311 ON ANY DEVICE AND ANY NETWORK AND REACH THE CITY.

WE HAVE ALSO SUBMITTED THE ORDER TO TO GIVE US THE ABILITY TO EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF INCOMING CALLS THAT WE CAN TAKE AS NEEDED.

SO DAY ONE, WE WOULDN'T EXPAND, BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT DYNAMICALLY.

SO AS DEMAND RAMPS, WE CAN RAMP UP THE AMOUNT OF PHONE CALLS THAT WE CAN TAKE INBOUND.

AND THE LAST WEEK WE'VE ALSO SUBMITTED THE CONTRACT TO ADD OUR 3-1-1 OPERATORS TO THE SAME CALL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WE USE FOR UTILITY BILLING.

SO WE'LL HAVE THE SAME DATA AND MANAGEMENT AND CALL ROUTING AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS FOR VOICE.

OUR VENDORS ARE TELLING US 10 TO 12 WEEKS, SO WE'RE TARGETING HAVING THAT PHONE NUMBER LIVE AT THE END OF APRIL.

ON THE SOFTWARE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THAT'S BROKEN INTO TWO COMPONENTS.

ONE IS THE ACTUAL APPLICATION THAT RESIDES ON THE PHONE, BUT THE OTHER IS THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM BY WHICH WE DO WORK.

SO THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM HAS TO TIE THE TWO SYSTEMS. IT HAS TO TIE TWO TO 3-1-1.

SO WHEN A CITIZEN SUBMITS A POTHOLE, FOR EXAMPLE, IT WORKS.

IT OPENS A WORK ORDER FOR STAFF TO RESOLVE, BUT IT ALSO NEEDS TO TIE IT TO THE FINANCIALS. THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE TELL YOU, YOU COUNCIL.

THAT'S HOW STAFF TELLS COUNCIL HOW MUCH WORK COSTS US.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY NOT JUST SAY WE HAD X NUMBER OF CALLS, WE CAN ACTUALLY ATTACH PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT COSTS ALL OF THAT SO YOU CAN SEE THE PRICE OF WORK.

FOR THAT REASON, WE'VE ATTACHED THE 3-1-1 SOFTWARE AND THE WORK ORDER SOFTWARE AS PART OF OUR JDE REPLACEMENT RFP.

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SO BY THE END OF MARCH, EARLY APRIL WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A HARD TIMELINE ON WHEN WE'LL ACTUALLY ROLL THE SOFTWARE.

QUESTIONS, COUNCIL FOR RICH.

YEAH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE.

OK, SO. SO YOU'VE TALKED TO THE PHONE COMPANIES, AT&T AND VERIZON.

SO WHAT IS THE RANGE? I MEAN, IS THIS LIKE GEO FENCED OR SOMETHING? HOW DOES THAT? SO IN A MOBILE NETWORK, IF YOU'RE ON A MOBILE NETWORK WITH WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, AND THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING IS HOW FAR OUT DOES THAT GO.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

IF YOU WERE TO DIAL 3-1-1, IT WOULD COME TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING.

RIGHT, RIGHT. AND THEY DO THAT BASED ON WHAT MOBILE NETWORK YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON, SO THEY CAN TELL WHERE YOU'RE AT, LIKE THE TOWER THAT YOU'RE PINGING.

EXACTLY. AND IS THAT ALREADY HAPPENING? I MEAN, IF YOU LIVE IN BETWEEN AMARILLO AND CANYON, YOU LIVE IN THE ETJ, BUT YOU DON'T LIVE INSIDE CANYON CITY LIMITS OR AMARILLO CITY LIMITS AND YOU DIAL 9-1-1.

HOW DO THEY KNOW WHICH FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SEND AND DOES IT COME TO OUR DISPATCH? I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE.

I MEAN, I LITERALLY THINK IT COMES DOWN TO ADDRESS AND HOW IT'S MAPPED.

SO IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING SOME.

IT IS. IT IS AND IN SOME OF THOSE THOSE THOSE ACTUALLY GO TO A COUNTY NUMBER AND, YOU KNOW, NOT A NOT A CITY.

SO YEAH.

QUESTIONS FROM THIS SIDE? SO, RICH, THE PHONE SYSTEM IS UP AND RUNNING APRIL 2023.

BUT THE SOFTWARE BACKING IT WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL OUT WITH REGARD TO WORK ORDERS AND THINGS LIKE YOU'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD THAT SYSTEM.

EXACTLY. AND IT'S 2022.

SO IT'S THIS THIS.

OH DID I SAY 2023. YES. THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING THAT 2022.

RIGHT. SEE, IT'S TERRIBLE.

Y'ALL ARE ALREADY TRAINING ME.

I'M LIKE, OH YEAH, THAT'LL BE COMING A YEAR FROM NOW.

WELL, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY IT WOULD ONLY ON TYPICAL TIMELINES.

THEY'RE TELLING ME 8 TO 10 WEEKS, BUT I REALLY SUSPECT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKE 10 TO 12 JUST BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN.

AND WE'RE SEEING EVERYTHING KIND OF RUN 3 OR 4 WEEKS BEHIND WHAT WERE THE ESTIMATES WE GOT BACK. WHAT WOULD A CITIZEN, LET'S SAY, ON APRIL 30TH, 2022, THE SYSTEM GOES LIVE AND THE NELSON FAMILY CALLS 3-1-1.

WHAT BENEFITS WOULD THE NELSON FAMILY HAVE FROM CALLING 3-1-1? YOU HAVE ONE NUMBER TO CALL IN THE BEGINNING.

THEY'RE GOING TO ROUTE YOU TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT.

AND AS SOFTWARE ELEMENTS COME ONLINE, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO ENTER TICKETS FROM THE 3-1-1 OPERATORS.

AND HONESTLY, AS WE'VE, YOU KNOW, TALKED TO CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THIS AS THE SOFTWARE COMES ON ONLINE, CITIZENS TYPICALLY USE THEIR THEIR MOBILE DEVICE TO SUBMIT AN ISSUE.

AND WHEN THEY CALL 3-1-1, THE OPERATORS ARE REALLY WALKING THEM THROUGH, TYPICALLY ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON HOW TO USE THEIR DEVICE MOST EFFECTIVELY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY. WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE FOR THAT ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE THAT WILL BETTER TIE WORK ORDERS AND INTERACT WITH, I GUESS, A PHONE APP? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE RFP RESPONSES BY MARCH 31ST.

SO WITH THAT WILL ACTUALLY GET A TIMELINE ON WHEN IMPLEMENTATION IS, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE.

I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE FALL IS WHEN WE WOULD WE WOULD START IMPLEMENTING THAT, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST TURN THIS ON FOR THE ENTIRE CITY ALL AT ONCE. IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO PICK SOME, SOME SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS LIKE WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, AND DO POTHOLES AND SIGNS AND KIND OF PERFECT OUR PROCESS AND THEN EXPAND AS WE LEARN AND GROW.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY A CITY HOTLINE.

IT'S A CITY HOTLINE. DOES IT OPERATE 24/7? REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.

THAT'S PART OF THE OTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS.

AS YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN HURRICANES BLOW IN, YOU'LL SEE 3-1-1 ONE GO TO EXTENDED HOURS DURING TIMES OF EMERGENCY SO THAT YOU HAVE A SEPARATE, YOU CAN SEPARATE 9-1-1 CALLS FROM 3-1-1.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, REFUGEES, AS THEY WERE COMING INTO TEXAS FROM THE HURRICANES, WOULD DIAL 3-1-1 AND 3-1-1 WOULD HAVE ALL THE ANCILLARY DATA, LIKE WHERE ARE THE SHELTERS AND HOW DO YOU GET HELP AND THAT WAY, IT KEEPS 9-1-1 CLEAR FOR EMERGENCY CALLS.

SO WE'RE WORKING OUT POLICY AND PROCEDURE, BUT I COULD SEE IT ON A REGULAR DAY.

BEING JUST LIKE THE CITY AND I SAY 9-5, BUT MORE LIKE 7-7.

BUT DURING TIMES OF EMERGENCY, I ABSOLUTELY SEE US USING THAT FOR EXTENDED HOURS.

MAYOR, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

SURE. WILL THIS BE AUTOMATED FOR FOLLOW UP? SO IF I HAD A TRASH ISSUE AND I TEXTED A PHOTO IN AND GOT A REQUEST WOULD THIS UPDATE, ME ONCE THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.

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NOT ONLY DO I SEE IT, BUT I CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE TICKET NUMBER.

AND WHEN IT GETS UPDATED BY STAFF, I SEE THE UPDATES.

SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE UPDATE TO ANY ANY ISSUE THAT YOU ACTUALLY SUBMIT.

RIGHT. YEAH. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OPTION, IF YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNS, YOU CAN CALL AND THERE'LL BE AN OPERATOR, SO TO HELP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT'S VERY EXCITING, RICH.

FINALLY, I THINK IT WILL BE TREMENDOUS COMMUNICATION WITH CITIZENS AND A GREAT IMPROVEMENT TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AS WELL.

I WOULD ADD TO YOUR QUESTION, THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, ALL OF THE SOFTWARE NOW THEY'VE IT'S IMPROVED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND NOW THEY DO TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.

SO NOT ONLY I CAN I, AS A AS STAFF AT THE CITY, CAN ALSO COMMUNICATE MESSAGES OUT TO ANYONE RUNNING THE APP.

SO TRAFFIC ALERTS THOSE KIND OF THINGS WHERE WE'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION.

IF THERE'S A MAIN BREAK, SO IT GIVES US JUST ANOTHER TOOL TO REACH OUR CITIZENS.

GREAT. THANK YOU, RICH.

THANK YOU. ITEM ONE F IS A DISCUSSION ON VEHICLE TOWING ORDINANCE AND AN OPTION FOR A

[1.F. Discuss Vehicle Towing Ordinance and Option for Single-Source Towing Contract]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

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

WE ALSO HAVE FIRE CHIEF JASON MAYES HERE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU MIGHT NEED. THIS IS AN ITEM OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

SO CHIEF BIRKENFELD, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. CITY COUNCIL.

THIS ISSUE FOR US IS ABOUT IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY BOTH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE AND THE SAFETY OF MOTORISTS ON THE ROADWAY WHEN WE HAVE A CRASH, FOR EXAMPLE, ON A MAJOR ROADWAY. IT TIES UP.

TRAFFIC SOMETIMES CAUSES SECONDARY COLLISIONS, AND THE FASTER WE CLEAR THAT ROADWAY, THE BETTER. SO THIS PROPOSAL IS WORKING TO IMPROVE THAT.

IT'S ALSO ABOUT EFFICIENCY, GETTING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR CITIZENS THE BEST SERVICE AND GETTING THEM, GETTING THEM BACK TO OTHER OTHER BUSINESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROBLEM.

IN 2021, WE HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT VEHICLES THAT WERE TOWED AT THE REQUEST OF THE POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THIS INCLUDED EVERYTHING FROM IMPOUNDS WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE ARREST THE DRIVER AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE TO RELEASE THE CAR, THEN WE IMPOUND THE CAR AND HOLD IT FOR THEM.

SOMETIMES ON CRASH SCENES, THE PERSON DOESN'T HAVE A PREFERENCE ON THE WRECKER, SO WE HAVE THAT ROTATION LIST RIGHT NOW AND SO WE CALL A WRECKER OUT FOR THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S OTHER CASES, FOR EXAMPLE, ABANDONED VEHICLES EITHER IN THE ROADWAY OR NEAR ROADWAY THAT ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE ONCE THEY'RE WARNED THAN WE CALL THE WRECKER OUT, IF THEY'RE STILL NOT MOVED AND GET THEM TOWED RIGHT NOW.

ON THE CURRENT ROTATION SYSTEM, WE HAVE FIVE COMPANIES AECC.

THE AMARILLO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER TRACKS THE ROTATION.

THEY USE SOFTWARE TO DO THAT.

THE PROBLEM IS OFFICERS ON THE SCENE.

THEY'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHICH WRECKER COMPANY IS ASSIGNED TO THE TO THE SCENE, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH CAR THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PICK UP.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CARS AT A CRASH SCENE, BOTH OF THEM NEED WRECKERS. BOTH OF THEM ARE A NON-PREFERENCE WRECKER THEN IT'S GOING TO BE TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT SHOW UP.

WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES IN THE PAST, WITH ONE WRECKER COMPANY GETTING THE WRONG CAR THAT THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO GET, AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE MIX UP THERE.

AND SO HAVING TWO DIFFERENT WRECKERS AT THE CRASH SCENE REALLY DOES CAUSE SOME CONFUSION.

THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT LESS ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE WHEN YOU'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES, THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT THAT THE WRECKER COMPANY CLEAN THE CRASH SCENE UP.

SOMETIMES ONE COMPANY MAY BE MORE ENERGETIC ABOUT THAT, OR ONE DRIVER IS MORE ENERGETIC ABOUT THAT THAN THE OTHER.

AND SO WE'VE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS FROM TOWING COMPANIES TO US SAYING, WELL, TOWING COMPANY NUMBER A DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB AT THIS AT THE SCENE.

AND WE'RE KIND OF LEFT TO KIND OF BE THE MEDIATOR IN SOME OF THOSE DEALS.

SOME MORE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE SOMETIMES COMPANIES PASS ON WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE LESS LUCRATIVE TOWS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE TOWING AN OLD FLATBED TRAILER THAT'S PROBABLY WORTH 100 BUCKS.

THEY KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO BE AS LUCRATIVE IF THEY END UP HAVING TO AUCTION THAT. AND I'M JUST I'M JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY SOME OF THE OPERATORS.

SOME COMPANIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TO TOW LARGE VEHICLES IN THE PAST.

WE'VE HAD LIKE A LARGE SEMI IN ONE CASE THAT WAS CRASHED INTO A BUILDING AND THE FIRST COMPANY WE CALLED, THEY SAID, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO GET THAT.

SO WE HAD TO CALL THROUGH AND FINALLY FIND A COMPANY THAT WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND FOR THEM, THAT'S A PASS.

BUT FOR US, IT'S A LONG DELAY IN TIME.

AND THEN SOMETIMES CITIZENS HAVE TROUBLE LOCATING THE IMPOUNDED VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT JUST ONE COMPANY, SO THEY HAVE TO CALL OUR AECC, AECC HAS TO LOOK THAT UP, FIND OUT WHERE IT WAS IMPOUNDED AND THEN THAT JUST CREATES EXTRA WORK FOR AECC OR THE DETECTIVE IF THERE'S A DETECTIVE INVOLVED IN THE CASE, BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATORS ALSO HAVE TO KNOW WHERE THAT VEHICLE IS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH COMPANY IT IS FROM THE OUTSET.

SO WE DID SOME RESEARCH.

WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

THERE'S A MIX OF SYSTEMS ACROSS TEXAS.

PROBABLY I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S 50/50, BUT IT'S ABOUT THAT WHERE CITIES USE ROTATIONS AND OTHER CITIES USE A SINGLE SOURCE.

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SIMILAR TO OURS IS WHY THEY WANT TO EITHER STAY WITH A SINGLE SOURCE FOR THAT SERVICE OR HAVE CONVERTED TO THAT.

LUBBOCK MOVED AWAY FROM THAT ROTATION JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THEN POTTER COUNTY JUST THIS LAST YEAR FOR THIS, FOR SIMILAR REASONS.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA ON ON HOW MANY TOWS EACH COMPANY GOT, YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE FAIRLY EVEN. BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT THE REASON THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T EVEN AS VARIED. BUT PART OF IT IS BECAUSE SOME COMPANIES ARE UNABLE TO TO THEY THEY PASS ON THE TOW. THEY SAY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO THEN THE AECC OPERATOR HAS TO GO BACK INTO THE ROTATION, FIND THE NEXT WRECKER COMPANY THAT'S AVAILABLE AND THEN CALL THEM.

AND IN SOME CASES, I'VE BEEN TOLD BY AECC DISPATCHERS THAT THEY'VE HAD TO CALL TWO OR THREE TIMES ON THE SAME INCIDENT JUST BECAUSE THE COMPANIES ARE EITHER BUSY OR JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO RESPOND AT THAT MOMENT.

BASICALLY, HERE WE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF WHAT OUR BASIC REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE FOR THIS.

WE JUST WANT A COMPANY THAT'S ABLE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL REGULATIONS. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND 24/7 365 TO ALL PUBLIC SAFETY REQUESTS, WHETHER IT'S FROM FIRE OR POLICE.

WE JUST NEED THEM TO GET THERE NO MATTER WHEN WE CALL.

OUR TARGET RESPONSE TIME IS 20 TO 30 MINUTES THAT'S ALREADY WRITTEN INTO THE CONTRACT, BUT OFTEN THE COMPANIES GO OVER THAT IF THEY GO OVER THAT, WE DO HAVE SOME RECOURSE TO SEND THEM A WARNING LETTER.

BUT AGAIN, THERE'S MORE BUREAUCRACY THAT'S CREATED AND AND IN THE END, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T FIRED ANY OF THE COMPANIES OFF THE CONTRACT.

WE'VE HAD A COUPLE DROP OFF FROM HERE AND THERE.

WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AND TOW ANY TYPE OF VEHICLE, REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE, WHETHER IT'S TINY OR LARGE.

AND WE WANT THEM TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP SPEED THE PROCESS UP INSTEAD OF MAKING PHONE CALLS BACK AND FORTH.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOWING COMPANIES SOFTWARE OUT THERE THAT STREAMLINES THAT PROCESS. YOU KNOW, IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO, THE OFFICER IS ABLE TO HIT THAT REQUEST FROM THEIR CAR COMPUTER.

IT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE TOWING COMPANY, AND THAT REQUEST GOES TO THE WRECKER DRIVER AND A BUNCH OF PHONE CALLS AREN'T MADE BACK AND FORTH.

SO WE WANT THEM TO USE SOME TYPE OF SOFTWARE SYSTEM TO SPEED THAT UP.

AND THEN BE ABLE TO SECURITY STORE AND RELEASE VEHICLES 24 HOURS A DAY.

NOT ALL COMPANIES ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT WE FEEL LIKE IT'S FAIR IF WE IMPOUND THE CAR AND THEN SOMEBODY NEEDS THAT CAR A COUPLE HOURS LATER AFTER THEY GET OUT OF JAIL OR AFTER THEY REALIZE IT'S BEEN IMPOUNDED, WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR CAR BACK OUT.

SO OUR PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TO MODIFY THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW FOR A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT.

THERE'S SOME WORDING IN THERE RIGHT NOW THAT RESTRICTS THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH TRENT.

I THINK TRENT'S ALREADY DONE A BUNCH OF RESEARCH ON THIS AND AND DRAFT AN RFP THAT WILL REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY REGARDING THESE NON-CONSENT TOWS.

WE'LL SELECT A VENDOR WHO WILL PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE TO AMARILLO CITIZENS.

AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP TO THAT IS HOLDING THAT VENDOR ACCOUNTABLE FOR A HIGH LEVEL OF RESPONSIVENESS AND SERVICE IN RETURN FOR GETTING THAT CONTRACT.

A LIST OF THE COUPLE OF THE ORDINANCES THAT NEED CHANGING THERE.

AND ALONG WITH THIS, WE'RE GOING TO SUGGEST A CHANGE IN THE FEES.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION CURRENTLY REGULATES THE MAXIMUM FEES ON CERTAIN TYPES OF TOWING.

THE CITIES CAN FURTHER REGULATE THAT, AND AMARILLO TRADITIONALLY HAS BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE RAISED OUR RATES IN A LONG TIME.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. SO A PART OF THIS WILL BE COMBINING THE ORDINANCE CHANGE WITH AN ADJUSTMENT OF THE FEES SO THAT OUR TOWING COMPANIES ARE PROPERLY COMPENSATED AND ARE ABLE TO DO A GOOD BUSINESS IN AMARILLO.

I KNOW THAT'S A QUICK RUNDOWN OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT? YES, SIR. SO I'VE HAD ONE OF THE TOWING COMPANIES THAT HAS GOT A HOLD OF ME OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, SEVERAL TIMES ASKING FOR THIS VERY THING, AND THE ONE THING THAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT WAS HE BASICALLY MADE ALL THE POINTS THAT YOU'RE MAKING AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M OK WITH IT, EVEN IF I DON'T GET THE CONTRACT, BECAUSE I THINK THE SERVICE TO THE CITY AND TO THE CITIZENS WILL BE BY FAR WILL BE BETTER IF YOU HAVE ONE PERSON OR ONE COMPANY THAT IS ON THE LINE FOR THESE THINGS.

AND SO THE FACT THAT HE HAD HIS BIG PROBLEM WAS THE FACT OF THE ROTATION, PEOPLE PICKING AND CHOOSING AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO I'M VERY MUCH GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS IS FINALLY RISEN TO THIS LEVEL AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT BECAUSE I THINK ORIGINALLY FROM TALKING TO THIS PERSON, THEY TOLD ME THAT AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THE CITY OF AMARILLO WAS ON A SINGLE CONTRACT.

WE WENT AWAY FROM THE SINGLE CONTRACT AND WHENEVER WE WENT AWAY FROM THE SINGLE CONTRACT IN AN EFFORT TO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TERM WOULD MAKE IT MORE EQUITABLE FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED, THEN PROBLEMS STARTED DEVELOPING AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERYBODY. IF YOU HAVE ONE PERSON OR ONE COMPANY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE AND IT'S A LOT

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YES, SIR. A CITIZEN INVOLVED IN IRAQ WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO SAY, HERE'S MY COMPANY, HERE'S MY PREFERENCE. THIS IS WHO I WON'T CALL.

YES, MA'AM. AND THAT'S THE CASE.

EVEN NOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS IF YOU KNOW WHO WHICH COMPANY YOU WANT TO USE, WE'LL CALL THAT COMPANY FOR YOU.

THAT PART IS NOT GOING AWAY. YES, MA'AM. THEY DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE.

THEN OUR DEPARTMENTS WOULD HAVE A CONTRACT THAT'S GONE THROUGH THE PURCHASING PROCESS WITH AN RFP, AND ALL OF THAT WOULD GO TO ONE PROVIDER.

YES, MA'AM. CREATE EFFICIENCIES AND BETTER SERVICE FOR CITIZENS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S OUR GOAL.

THAT'S SO HOW SOON WOULD WE SEE AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS TO TAKE PLACE? COURSE, THE NEXT MEETING. SO THEN I ASSUME FROM THERE NOW WE'LL HAVE THE RFP FOR X AMOUNT OF DAYS FOR PEOPLE TO PROPOSE THAT CONTRACT, RIGHT? DOES IT GO THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS? THE ORDINANCE CHANGE WILL HAPPEN FIRST BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR ORDINANCE SPECIFIES THE ROTATION, RIGHT? SO WE'LL MODIFY THAT WILL ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, MAKE THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE MAXIMUM RATES THAT CAN BE CHARGED.

SO WHETHER YOU'RE THE COMPANY THAT GETS THE CITY CONTRACT, WHICH IS NOT NEARLY ALL THE TOWS IN THE CITY, IT'S ABOUT 10 PERCENT OR YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS CHANGE TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR BUSINESS MODEL AND THE ASSOCIATED ENHANCEMENT TO SAFETY FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOR OUR TRAVELING PUBLIC, FOR THE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AT DISPATCH OR WITH ANY OFFICERS WHO ARE COORDINATING THESE TOWS. THERE'S NOT A DOWNSIDE.

IT IS A POLITICAL CONVERSATION FREQUENTLY.

AND WHEN CHIEF SAID THERE'S 50/50 ROUGHLY IN THE STATE THAT DO SINGLE PROVIDER TOWS FOR THE CITY ORIGINATED TOWS AND 50/50 THAT DO ROTATIONS.

MANY, MANY CITIES HAVE WORKED TO GET TO THIS, THIS IS THE BEST PRACTICE MODEL DRIVEN BY PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT IN MANY CASES, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF A VARIETY OF REASONS, NOT WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT DRIVE WHAT POSITION THE CITY TAKES.

THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE THAT'S DEFINITELY A BEST PRACTICE, DEFINITELY DRIVEN BY PUBLIC SAFETY. I WOULDN'T BE BRINGING THIS TO YOU IF MY POLICE, MY FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WEREN'T COMING SAYING WE NEED THIS.

HOW MANY TOWING COMPANIES ARE THERE IN AMARILLO? THERE'S FIVE ON OUR ROTATION, BUT I'M NOT SURE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPANIES, IT'S PROBABLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER, BUT THERE'S FIVE ON A ROTATION.

ALL OF THEM TOW A LARGE VEHICLE YOU TALKED ABOUT, SOME COULD NOT.

I CAN'T I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE COMPANIES NECESSARILY.

BUT I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF CASES WHERE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MOVE, AND IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW THE VEHICLE IS SITUATED.

IF A BIG TRUCKS JUST STALL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THAT'S NOT AS BIG OF A DEAL AS IF IT'S INSERTED ITSELF INTO A BUILDING IS WHAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BECAUSE THAT TAKES A LOT OF EXPERTISE AND EQUIPMENT TO MANAGEMENT TO GET THE BUSINESS, THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THEY CAN DO THAT.

WHAT'S THAT? THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THEY CAN? YEAH, THEY'LL HAVE SOME MINIMUM.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL WORK WITH PURCHASING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'VE GOT ALL OUR DUCKS LINED UP. BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CERTAINLY A STRONG LIST OF MINIMUMS THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO.

SO, CHIEF, WHAT IS YOUR ANTICIPATED TIME FRAME TO ISSUE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL? I'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH PURCHASING AND BUT IT WON'T BE MUCH LONGER AFTER THE ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, IF AN ORDINANCE PASSES, ALLOWING US TO DO THAT THEN WE'LL BE RIGHT ON THAT.

SO CERTAINLY I WOULD EXPECT BY THE SPRING TIME, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT.

SO IN A TYPICAL BID SITUATION, THEN SAY JUST FOR CONVERSATION PURPOSES, IF WE HAD 20 LOCAL COMPANIES IN HERE THAT IN AMARILLO THAT TOW VEHICLES, WE WOULD PROBABLY JUST BID ALL 20 OF THOSE COMPANIES AND THEN WHOEVER MEETS THAT CRITERIA WOULD BE ISSUED THAT SINGLE CONTRACT.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT.

I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON TRENT'S BUSINESS.

YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO THAT'S THE GOAL.

I MEAN THAT ANYBODY WHO'S WHO'S WANTING THAT CONTRACT WOULD HAVE THE SAME RIGHT, SAME SHOT AT IT. WHICH IS FAIR.

ONLY TWO OR THREE THAT ACTUALLY YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT.

OTHERWISE THEY'LL HAVE TO INVEST IN THE EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO.

EXACTLY. AND THEY COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT TOO, DEPENDING, YOU KNOW, BASED ON RECEIVING THAT BID. ANYBODY THAT WINS IS PROBABLY GOING TO GET SOME NEW EQUIPMENT BRINGING IN NEW PERSONNEL. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE A THE MAJORITY OF THE TOWS AND THE CITY, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE

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SO JUST DEPENDING ON WHO IT IS, BUT ANYWAY, YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

SO THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CHIEF. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, CHIEF [INAUDIBLE]? OK, THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE G.

[1.G. Discuss Progress Update on City Hall Project;]

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, WE'VE GOT DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES JERRY DANFORTH HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

COUNCIL APPROVED MID LAST YEAR OUR ARCHITECTURAL FIRM FOR THE PROJECT.

THAT COMPANY HAS BEEN WORKING NONSTOP SINCE THAT TIME, SO WE HAVE SOME ELEVATIONS.

WE'RE NOT FAR FROM HAVING LAYOUTS, FLOOR PLANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE ARE WORKING FORWARD WITH UTILITY RELOCATES WITH ATMOS AND WITH SPS, ALSO WORKING WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WATER AND WASTEWATER AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS NEED TO WORK.

WE ARE NOT TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD FROM DEMOLITIONS OF CERTAIN WAREHOUSES THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO GO DOWN TO FACILITATE THE PROJECT AND BRINGING FORWARD ALL THE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AND OTHER THINGS READY TO GO.

SO WE HAVE NOT BEEN SITTING STILL AS SOON AS COUNCIL APPROVED THIS PROJECT.

WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD IMMEDIATELY.

SO JERRY, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL JARED IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

WE'VE BEEN MOVING ALONG RATHER QUICKLY.

THE VIEW THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU BASICALLY IS LOOKING BACK INTO DOWNTOWN WITH THE FRONT ENTRANCE FACING [INAUDIBLE] TOWN, ESSENTIALLY.

SO THAT WILL GIVE YOU A POINT OF REFERENCE WITH THE DRAWINGS THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTED HERE. WE DEFINITELY HAVE MOVED FORWARD.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING CONTRACTS WITH THE UTILITY CONTRACTORS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ON THIS.

WE EXPECT TO HAVE SOME RESOLUTIONS ON THOSE CONTRACTS AND WITH WORK TO BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS ON THOSE UTILITY RELOCATES.

AS YOU CAN TELL, THAT'S AN ALLEY CURRENTLY WITH MAJOR POWER LINES AND STUFF THAT RUN THROUGH IT. THOSE WILL ALL BE RELOCATED.

YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE FROM CITY HALL, THOSE GO AWAY.

AS I SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A GOOD WHILE NOW.

SO XCEL HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH.

ALL OF OUR PRIVATE UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS TO WORK WITH ON THIS.

WE DO HAVE CONTROLLED PRICING ON IT, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID.

SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THOSE CONTRACTS AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THEM.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND FLIP TO THE NEXT VIEW.

THIS IS A CLOSE UP OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE THAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT AT CITY HALL.

WE FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES THAT YOU SEE HERE, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WHEN WE DID THE [INAUDIBLE].

THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS.

THIS DOESN'T MEAN WHAT OUR FINAL LOOK LOOKS LIKE.

WE COULD HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS, DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD FOUNDATION, A GOOD STARTING POINT FROM THE DESIGN ASPECT.

WE'RE ALSO VERY CLOSE TO HAVING THE FLOOR PLANS COMPLETED.

WE WORK WITH ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, DID A 15 TO 20 YEAR LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS WERE GOING TO BE WITHIN THE CITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE FOOLISH TO LOOK AT AT CITY HALL THAT'S CURRENTLY SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF OCCUPIED SPACE.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH WHEN WE BRING THE FLOOR PLANS FORWARD TO YOU IN THE FUTURE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE FLOOR PLANS FOR 20 YEARS FROM NOW AND WE HAVE FLOOR PLANS FOR THE CURRENT RELOCATION.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

NEXT YEAR, WE'LL OUR NEXT WEEK WE SHOULD START WORKING WITH ACMS, LOOKING AT THOSE FLOOR PLANS, MAKING SURE ALL OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS ARE ACCOMMODATED PROPERLY AND GROWTH ALLOTTED WITHIN THOSE AREAS THAT THEY WILL BE LOCATED IN.

ONE OF THE NEAT FEATURES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND I WILL SHARE THIS ON THE FLOOR PLANS WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC.

WE ARE DOING TWO FEATURES THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT THE PUBLIC GREATLY.

THE FIRST FEATURE IS WE WILL HAVE TWO TO THREE DRIVE THRU LANES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. SO THOSE THAT ARE COMING TO PAY THEIR UTILITY BILLS OR DO MINOR EXCHANGES WITH THE CITY WILL HAVE DRIVE THRU OPTIONS.

WE FEEL LIKE AND WE'VE DONE SEVERAL STUDIES LOOKING AT BANKING FACILITIES IN DIFFERENT DRIVE THRU FACILITIES FOR DIFFERENT PUBLIC UTILITIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THAT SHOULD REDUCE THE FOOT TRAFFIC IN CITY HALL FOR THE PUBLIC BY ALMOST 80 PERCENT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST FLOOR BASICALLY BEING BASICALLY THE FRONT FACING COMPONENT

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I WOULD SAY EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF THAT EXCHANGE WOULD HAPPEN ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

SO THAT ALLOWS US TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC AND MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR CITY HALL FEATURES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS IS ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER VIEW OF IT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE DOING SOME ELEVATION CHANGES ON THE BUILDING.

THEY ARE NOT DRASTIC, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPONENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CURRENT BUILDING THAT WE'RE CHANGING THOSE FUNCTIONS.

SO THAT FOR AN EXAMPLE, THE REASON THAT YOU'RE SITTING DOWN HERE AT THE FLOOR LEVEL INSTEAD OF AT THE DICE IS THE LINE OF SIGHT SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE GOOD EXCHANGE WITH EACH OTHER. THAT'S INCORPORATED IN THE DESIGN.

THE DESIGNS FOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS CHANGES GREATLY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A HIGHER ELEVATION SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SEATING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, POTENTIALLY NOT BEING STADIUM SEATING LIKE WE HAVE NOW, BUT A FLEXIBLE, MOVABLE SEATING SO THAT IF WE HAVE A SCENARIO, WE'VE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE DESIGN AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING FORWARD ON.

HOW DID COVID IMPACT US AND HOW DO WE NEED TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE? AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE WAY THAT WE DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC DEALS WITH US? WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS, THOSE CRITICAL COMPONENTS? SAFETY IS A MAJOR ASPECT OF OUR DESIGN GOING FORWARD, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SHOW THAT TO YOU NEXT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AS JARED REFERENCED.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND IT WILL BE ADVERTISED NEXT WEEK.

THE THREE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON FACING JOHNSON STREET, TWO OF THOSE BUILDINGS HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF ASBESTOS IN THEM.

WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THAT ABATED WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS AND DEMOLITION HAPPENING THE WEEK AFTER THE ABATEMENT IS COMPLETED, SO WE SHOULD START SEEING MAJOR CHANGES OVER THERE BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.

YOU'LL START SEEING THE SITE DEVELOP FOR THAT, AS WELL AS UTILITIES BEING RELOCATED.

WITH THAT, THAT'S A BRIEF OUTLINE OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

I'D TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER AT THIS TIME.

WHAT SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING AND HOW MUCH DO WE NEED FOR CITY HALL? THE THIS BUILDING HAS A HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

THE INTERESTING THING IS IS WE LOSE AROUND 15,000 SQUARE FEET JUST IN STRUCTURAL COLUMNS WITHIN THAT BUILDING, SO WE END UP HAVING CLOSER TO 130,000 SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPABLE SPACE. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY QUITE A BIT LARGER THAN WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING HERE.

AND WHEN WE DO THIS, THE FLOOR PLANS FOR THAT.

WE TAKE INTO ACCOMMODATION WHAT THOSE DEPARTMENTS WERE GOING TO BE AND WHAT THEIR FUTURES WERE GOING TO BE AND ALLOCATED EXPANSION SPACE ON EVERY FLOOR GOING FORWARD.

SO THE INTERESTING THING IS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, WE'RE TAKING OUT TWO ROWS OF COLUMNS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY PICKING UP A COUPLE OF HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF USABLE SPACE INSIDE THE BUILDING BY TAKING OUT THOSE COLUMNS BECAUSE IT'S GOT HUNDREDS OF COLUMNS INSIDE THE BUILDING AND EACH ONE OF THOSE COLUMNS TAKES OUT TWO TO FOUR SQUARE FEET OF USABLE SPACE.

SO WHEN YOU PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER FOR ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT DECKS, IT ADDS UP TO WHAT WAS IT THIRTEEN. YEAH, A LITTLE OVER THIRTEEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

FEET THAT WE LOSE JUST DO COLUMNS.

BUT YEAH, WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE SPACE.

AND WHAT'S OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SPACE RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT AT NINETY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET THAT WE WOULD DEVELOP AS WE MOVE IN THERE. FOR THE CITY HALL, FOR CITY HALL, THERE'D BE SOME EXTRA SPACE.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY EXTRA SPACE.

TO BE DEVELOPED AT A FUTURE TIME.

ABSOLUTELY, WE COULD DEVELOP AT A FUTURE TIME, OR IF THE COUNCIL FOUND AN ADDITIONAL NEED OR AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY, THAT SPACE IS AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE SOME SUBSTANTIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE AS TO WHERE, YES, WE COULD ACCOMMODATE A LEAST IF THE COUNCIL IS SO, SO INSTRUCTED US TO.

IDEALLY, WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE OFFSETTING THE COST OF THE BUILDING TO DEBT SERVICE BY LEASING IT. AND ANY LEASE THAT WE SIGNED WOULD ALSO HAVE CLAUSES WHERE WE COULD GIVE A CERTAIN PERIOD OF NOTICE AND WE COULD THEN ABSORB THAT SPACE AS THE ORGANIZATION AS THE THE FACILITY GREW FOR PUBLIC USE.

MM HMM. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE'RE FUNDING IT, IT DOESN'T CHANGE OUR DEBT ISSUANCE FROM BEING NONTAXABLE VERSUS TAXABLE BECAUSE WE'LL NEVER EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF TAXABLE SPACE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE VERSUS HOW OUR HOW WE'RE PAYING FOR IT.

THE LOWER LEVEL IS THAT A BASEMENT OR IS THAT FIRST FLOOR OR WHAT? THE LOWER THE LOWEST LEVEL IS A BASEMENT OR HALF BASEMENT.

IT DOES HAVE WINDOWS SO THAT WE DO HAVE DAYLIGHT IN THE BASEMENT OF THAT FACILITY.

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WELL, IT'S A FOUR STORY BUILDING.

FOUR STORIES. I MEAN, IT'S THREE AND A HALF ABOVE GROUND.

I GUESS [INAUDIBLE] SAY IT, BUT IT'S GOT FOUR DECKS.

JUST ONE OF THEM IS PARTIALLY BURIED.

POTENTIALLY, WHAT WOULD THE BASEMENT BE FOR, FINISHED? NO, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF DESIGN FOR THE BASEMENT.

ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BASEMENT AREA IS ACTUALLY A LARGE AREA DEVELOPED FOR THREE ONE ONE.

CALL CENTER. TO DEVELOP THAT ENTIRE CALL CENTER DOWN THERE.

I'M DONE FOR NOW.

MAYOR PRO TEM, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, MAYOR, THANK YOU.

JERRY, WERE THE ELECTRICAL UTILITIES.

WILL THEY BE ABOVE GROUND OR BELOW GROUND? ANYTHING FOR THE DESIGN? OH, GREAT. THAT'S GOING TO BE NICE.

OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP IT TRULY IS A SAFETY ASPECT WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PUBLIC ACCESS ACROSS THERE.

WE WANT TO MOVE AS MUCH AS THAT BELOW GROUND AS WE CAN.

WE'VE WORKED WITH XL HAS BEEN GREAT PARTNERS ON THIS.

YES, UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS AND ALSO LOOKING AT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR DOWNTOWN IS ALSO A COMPONENT OF THIS DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF THE PRIVATE UTILITY GROUPS FROM ATMOS TO XL TO AT&T. ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, SO AS DOWNTOWN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP BASICALLY FROM THE RAILROAD TRACKS BACK AS FAR AS FIRE ADMIN HAVE BEEN PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. JERRY, WE HAD A QUESTION DURING PUBLIC ADDRESS ABOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

THIS MAY BE MORE OF A LAURA QUESTION, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING TOWARDS CITY HALL.

THE PROJECT IS WHAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED TO THAT CURRENT COST.

PROJECT IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY WHAT WE WHAT COUNCIL APPROVED AT THE AT THE MEETING OF WHICH APPROVED IT. IT WILL BE AND WE COULD GO THROUGH EXACT NUMBERS.

BUT THE AMOUNT OF CASH THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING IN IS NOT CHANGING.

YEAH, OK. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

BUT I ALWAYS TAKE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

YEAH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'VE NOT EVEN HAD ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT CHANGING THE NUMBERS.

YEAH, THAT'S NOT A STATEMENT FORWARD.

RIGHT. IT'S A STATEMENT AS TO WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

SOMETHING THAT I HAVE HEARD MORE THAN ONE CITIZEN ASK ME.

THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT THE AMARILLO SIGN AND I SEE IT IN THE SCHEMATICS.

I KNOW THIS COULD CHANGE ALL OF THAT.

BUT THAT I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO CITIZENS BECAUSE EVERYONE SITS BEHIND HOME PLATE OR SOMEWHERE IN GEORGETOWN AND THEY SEE THAT SIGN ALREADY.

IT'S IN DISREPAIR RIGHT NOW, BUT THE SIGN SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS ABOUT.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS WITH THE SIGN? ACTUALLY, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST DIRECTIVES TO OUR ARCHITECT THAT ALL OF THAT WOULD BE UTILIZED. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO AMARILLO HARDWARE SIGNS, ONE THAT FACES TO THE NORTH AND THE ONE FACES TO THE WEST.

BOTH OF THOSE SIGNS ARE TO BE REFURBISHED AND INCORPORATED IN THE NEW CITY HALL.

NOW WE HAVE REPRESENTED JUST AMARILLO ON TOP, THAT COULD BE AMARILLO CITY HALL, IT COULD BE RELOCATED IN ANOTHER PLACE.

IT COULD BE BLUE. IT COULD BE RED.

IT COULD BE MULTICOLOR LEDS.

THAT CHANGE WITH THE SEASON JUST SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SANTA FE BUILDING DOES.

ALL OF THOSE ARE PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS IN THE DESIGN RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT OUR BUDGET IS.

I THINK HISTORICALLY YOU THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN ABLE TO REALIZE THAT ONCE YOU'VE ESTABLISHED A BUDGET, WE LIVE WITHIN THAT BUDGET AND WE DO OUR BEST TO DO THAT.

WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIT OUR TIMELINES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY COGNIZANT OF WHAT SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE.

AND AS THOSE THINGS OCCUR, WE WILL ADDRESS THEM.

AND IF ANYTHING IMPACTS US, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE LETTING THE COUNCIL KNOW WHAT'S GOING FORWARD ON THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JERRY? ANYTHING TO ADD JARED?. NO, MA'AM.

OK, GREAT. THANK YOU, JERRY, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THE MAIN TAKEAWAY NEEDS TO BE WE'RE MOVING AS AGGRESSIVELY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, KNOWING THAT ANY TIME LOST COST US MONEY.

SO WE WERE PUSHING AS HARD AND FAST AS WE CAN.

GREAT. APPRECIATE THAT.

AND JERRY, I WILL SAY WHILE I HAVE YOU AT THE PODIUM JUST ON THE ISSUE OF URGENCY, LAST WEEK WE HAD A BOILER FAIL CITY HALL.

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND WE ALSO HAD A HOT WATER CIRCULATION SYSTEM FAILED AS WELL.

WE WERE ABLE TO FIX IT OVERNIGHT BEFORE THE BUILDING GOT OCCUPIED, BUT IT TOOK US ALMOST FIVE HOURS TO CATCH IT.

BOTH OF THOSE WERE A DAY AND A HALF TO TWO DAYS BEFORE THE FREEZE.

YEAH. SO WHAT I HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT, YOU SAID, YEAH, IT'S 50 DEGREES IN CITY HALL RIGHT NOW. THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS TEN DEGREES.

IT'S A PROBLEM, PERIOD.

BUT IRONICALLY, IT HIT US LIKE THE ONE LAST YEAR DID TWO DAYS BEFORE WE HIT THE SEVERE

[01:45:06]

BUT IT WAS A CHALLENGE.

HMM. WELL, THANK YOU AND PLEASE TELL YOUR TEAM, THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO TO RUN ALL OUR FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY THIS ONE AT THIS POINT. COUNCILMAN TO ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE, AND I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE MOVE ITEM

[3.N. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 02.08.22-6]

I JUST SAW THAT DR.

CLAUDE LUSK WITH WAYLAND BAPTIST CAME IN AND HE'S HOURS AWAY FROM HAVING HIS AGENDA ITEM ADDRESSED, I THINK, BUT WE COULD MOVE HIM UP AND TAKE ACTION ON HIS AGENDA ITEM.

YOU'VE GOT A HANDOUT.

IT'S OUTSIDE OF YOUR NORMAL PACKET.

AND THEN AFTER WE DO THIS, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A BREAK.

GO TO THE RESTROOM AND WE WILL COME BACK AND PICK UP OUR WORK.

BUT ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

OK? MR. CITY MANAGER. MAYOR, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND OBVIOUSLY LAURA STORRS AND DR.

LASKER ARE ALL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

BUT THIS ACTION HAS NO IMPACT ON THE CITY OF AMARILLO CREDIT OR DEBT.

IT IS A FEDERAL TAX LAW REQUIREMENT FOR NONPROFIT PRIVATE ENTITIES WHEN THEY'RE DOING THIS TYPE OF DEBT ISSUANCE.

THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING.

I BELIEVE IN [INAUDIBLE]. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I KNOW NOT ONLY IN AMARILLO, BUT ALSO IN PLAIN VIEW, LIVE OAK, AND WICHITA FALLS.

SO THIS IS ADDRESSING A NUMBER OF THEIR PHYSICAL PLANTS ACROSS THE STATE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ANY TIME THEY DO THIS TYPE OF DEBT ISSUANCE, THIS TAX EXEMPT DEBT ISSUANCE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE SENIOR MUNICIPAL ELECTED BODY APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THAT DEBT ISSUANCE. SO THERE IS NO IMPACT ON ANYTHING FINANCIAL WITH REGARD TO THE CITY.

DR. LUSK OR LAURA, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD BEFORE COUNCIL ASK YOU QUESTIONS? I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT WE HAVE RUN THIS THROUGH OUR BOND COUNCIL AS WELL JUST TO BOB [INAUDIBLE] AND HIS TEAM JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE COULD VERIFY ALL OF THIS.

THERE HAS BEEN AN INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE ADDED IN THERE JUST TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO LIABILITY TOWARDS THE CITY, IF ANYTHING WERE TO COME UP ON THE UNIVERSITY'S BEHALF.

BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HEAR DR.

LUSK TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO WITH THIS.

AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BY ALL MEANS TO HAVE COUNCIL SUPPORT THIS.

AND I BELIEVE ALL THESE CITIES ARE BEING CONSIDERED TODAY AT THE SAME TIME.

YES, SIR. OH MY GOODNESS.

WE'RE ALL LEAVING THE SAME TIME.

A LITTLE BIT AND THEN LUBBOCK.

HE'S GOT TO LEAVE HERE TO GO TO PLAIN VIEW.

OH, WOW.

YEAH. IF WE KEPT YOU IN YOUR NORMAL SLOT, THAT WOULD HAVE REALLY MESSED UP.

YEAH, YEAH.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE. WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME BEFORE YOU.

I WANT TO BEGIN BY JUST SAYING WE APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP WAYLAND HAS HAD WITH AMARILLO FOR MANY DECADES NOW.

WE LOVE BEING IN AMARILLO.

THIS IS A REFINANCING OF A BOND ISSUE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST WINDOW THAT WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFINANCE.

INTEREST RATES ARE FAVORABLE.

THE REFINANCING OF THESE BONDS CREATES FOR US CAPITAL THAT WE CAN SPEND IN CERTAIN WAYS REGULATED BY THOSE BOND COVENANTS, BUT IT INCREASES NOT ONE BIT OUR DEBT SERVICE.

SO IT WAS A WINDOW THAT WAS VERY FAVORABLE TO US HERE IN AMARILLO AT OUR CAMPUS.

THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TARGETED, WE'RE LOOKING AT ISSUES ON THE ROOF ISSUES OF HVAC, WHICH YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH IN YOUR OWN FACILITY.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO DEAL WITH, AS WELL AS SOME PARKING LOT. THE EXPENDITURE HERE IN THE AMARILLO CAMPUS WOULD BE NO MORE THAN AROUND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THE RESOURCES TO DO SOME THINGS THAT WE WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO WITHOUT CHANGING OUR DEBT STRUCTURE AT ALL.

AND AS LAURA HAS SUGGESTED, THERE IS NO RISK TO AMARILLO FINANCIALLY AND THERE HAS BEEN AN INDEMNIFICATION PROVIDED AND I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANYBODY? DOCTOR, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PROJECT AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GET FAVOR FROM EVERY CITY THAT YOU'RE MAKING A REQUEST FROM TODAY.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL THE TIME.

YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON.

SO AT THIS TIME, LET'S ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE N ON THE AGENDA.

MAYOR I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 02-08-22-26.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR.

SAUER AND SECONDED BY DOCTORS, NOT DOCTOR, BUT HOWARD-SMITH.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SMITH TO APPROVE THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOTION? I'M SORRY, I'M NOT AS THOROUGH IS.

I KNOW.

MAYOR PRO TEM IS WITH THIS, APPLICATION WAS ADEQUATE.

OK, SO ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE FOUR ZERO VOTE.

[01:50:01]

OK, LET'S DO PAUSE AND TAKE A RESTROOM BREAK.

WE'LL COME BACK AND PICK UP AN ITEM ONE H QUICKLY.

STREETSCAPE PROJECT AND GET AN UPDATE ON THAT, SO MR.

[1.H. Discuss Polk Street Streetscape Project Update]

WE HAVE WITH US, KYLE SNYDER-JOHN, I BELIEVE BETH DUKE IS EITHER IN THE ROOM OR IN THE HOUSE, SO SHE'S ALSO AVAILABLE FROM CENTER CITY TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK.

BUT KYLE IS GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE PROJECT, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AND WHAT THE OVERALL TIMELINE IS GOING TO BE.

SO KYLE, TAKE IT AWAY.

YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE GETTING THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD AND EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

THIS IS THE EFFECTIVELY THE STREETSCAPE PROJECT FOR POLK STREET.

OUR PROJECT SCOPE, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, IS IDENTIFIED TO BE FROM SOUTHEAST 10TH AVENUE TO SECOND AVENUE.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ADDING THOSE THOSE TYPICAL DUDS IMPROVEMENTS, THOSE DOWNTOWN URBAN DESIGN, STANDARD IMPROVEMENTS THAT THAT INCLUDE THE THE FRIEND ZONE AND THE PEDESTRIAN ZONE AND THAT FURNISHING ZONE RIGHT UP ADJACENT TO THE CURB ON ON POLK STREET.

AND THERE'S SOME MORE EXAMPLES THAT'S A RENDERING THERE BY OUR DESIGN CONSULTANT, WHICH IS PARKHILL ENGINEERING.

AND THEN HERE ARE SOME JUST PICTURES OF THOSE KIND OF TYPICAL DUDS IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING AND THE THE BIKE, THE BIKE RACK AND PLACE TO LOCK UP.

AND THEN WE GOT SOME PARK BENCHES AND AND TRASH RECEPTACLES, WHICH ARE ALL ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN HIGHLY IDENTIFIED BY BY INDIVIDUALS DOWN IN THE PUBLIC AREA.

THE THE BIG PIECE IS OUR IS OUR UPCOMING SCHEDULE.

WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING PHASES AND WE'VE MADE CONTACT WITH EVERY ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER TO THE PROJECT.

OUR CONSULTING ENGINEER HAS MADE CONTACT WITH EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT AND IS HAVING AND STARTING LOTS OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS RELATED TO THAT.

THOSE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SPAN THE GAMUT OF HOORAY, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.

SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING AND WILL BE A BIG PART OF THE TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT.

SO WHAT THAT SHOWS ON OUR SCHEDULE, RIGHT THERE IS ACTUAL MOVING INTO OUR DESIGN PHASE NEXT AND MOVING INTO OUR WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR PPP, WHICH IS BASICALLY PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PHASE THAT WE'RE CALLING IT OUR PPP SECTION.

AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT WE'RE MOVING INTO THAT PHASE AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE OUR DESIGN WORK TO BE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH WITH THOSE PARTNERSHIP CONVERSATIONS AND EVEN EASEMENT CONVERSATIONS.

AND AND THEN STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON THE ACTUAL WORK ON THIS PROJECT JUST AFTER THE START OF THE YEAR 2023 AND FINISHING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR THAT THAT SAME YEAR, 2023.

I TALKED TO INDICATED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

AND I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE CORNERSTONE. AND THE KEY ASPECT TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A SUCCESS IS THE COOPERATION AND PARTICIPATION OF THE ADJACENT NOT ONLY PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT STAKEHOLDERS IN THAT IN THAT POLK STREET AREA, OUR DESIGN AND ENGINEER AGAIN HAS MADE CONTACT WITH WITH ALL THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND HAVE HAS IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE UNIQUE SOLUTIONS AND UNIQUE PROBLEMS FOR EACH AND EACH AND EVERY OWNER ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AS DETAILED AS I'VE GOT A BASEMENT THAT EXTENDS OUT TO THE CURB OR OR I'VE GOT AN OVERHEAD CANOPY OR OR EVEN KIND OF BISTRO TABLE TYPE, FENCING AND STUFF OUT OUT ON THE SIDEWALK.

AND EACH PROPERTY OWNER HAS UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE THE OVERALL PROJECT A SUCCESS.

WE ARE EXPLORING AND ENCOURAGING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND ACTUAL PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS WITH WITH THE OWNERS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS A WAY TO EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF THE OF THE TOTAL PROJECT. AND SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS TO SAY AN OWNER HAS A CORNER LOT THAT HAS THE THE SIDE STREET OR POSSIBLY EVEN SOME OF OUR OWNERS ON ALL FOUR SIDES ON THE ENTIRE BLOCK AND HAVE HAVE FOUR SIDES.

WE'RE DISCUSSING OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS WHERE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS

[01:55:04]

AND SO WE'RE HIGHLY ENCOURAGING THAT AND ENGAGING IN INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS.

AS WELL AS JARED ALLUDED, WE'VE ENGAGED CENTER CITY AND THE EVER WONDERFUL MS. BETH DUKE IN CONVERSATIONS AND UTILIZING WITH THE IDEA OF UTILIZING BETH TO INCREASE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THEIR DAY TO DAY NEEDS AND WHAT WHAT THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT BRING TO HER THAT THEY MAYBE WOULDN'T BRING TO TO ME OR AN ENGINEER.

I THINK MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO BETHANY THAN THEY DO THE GUY WITH THE HARD HAT ON AND THAT THOSE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS.

SO WE'RE ALSO GOING TO, WE WILL EVERYTHING THAT GETS BUILT DOWN THERE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE DUDS REVIEW AND DUDS CRITERIA.

AND SO THE CITY STAFF IS ABSOLUTELY TAKING SOME STEPS AND MADE CONTACTS WITH WITH OUR DUDS GROUP. WE'RE GOING TO FACILITATE WE ANTICIPATE THAT OUR PLANS ARE SCHEMATICS.

THE THINGS THAT WE BRING FORTH WILL GO FIRST AND THEN THAT SETS SOME SET SOME PARAMETERS WITH OUR DUDS GROUP.

IT LETS THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BIG PICTURE IS.

MAYBE. AND THEN HOPEFULLY THEN THAT FACILITATES SOME DETAIL WORK THAT SAY A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER MIGHT WANT TO DO.

THAT MIGHT BE JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DUDS OF THE DUDS STUFF, BUT THERE ARE VERY UNIQUE CHALLENGES UP AND DOWN THAT STREET.

THERE ALWAYS IS WHEN WHEN WE START DOING CONSTRUCTION DOWNTOWN, SO.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE WILL BE HAVING MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AGAIN.

WE'RE GOING TO USE CENTER CITY TO FACILITATE SOME OF THOSE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE LIKE WE ENVISION.

AND ACTUALLY, BETH MADE SUGGESTIONS FOR KIND OF WORKSHOP TYPE ENVIRONMENTS WITH WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE THEIR CONCERNS ARE GOING TO BE SO UNIQUE.

I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO TRASH RECEPTACLE IN FRONT OF MY BUSINESS ALL THE WAY TO.

DON'T YOU DARE PUT THAT TRASH RECEPTACLE IN FRONT OF MY BUSINESS? AND SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EXTENSIVE BACK AND FORTH AND PARTICIPATION ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENING, THEY ARE THEY ARE GETTING KICKED OFF AND ARE UNDERWAY AS WE SPEAK.

AND ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, WHAT TYPES OF THINGS WOULD BE DONE? YEP. SO IN THE BULK OF THAT WORK IS GOING TO BE IS THE SIDEWALK AREA.

WE'RE GOING TO REDO THE SIDEWALK.

IT WILL, YOU KNOW, BE FULLY BROUGHT UP TO ADA CRITERIA.

SO THAT WILL INCLUDE THE PEDESTRIAN RAMPS THAT AT THE CORNERS.

AND THEN WE'LL BE ADDING THAT WE'LL BE REFURNISHING REFURBISHING THAT FURNISHING ZONE.

THAT'S A HARD STATEMENT TO SAY.

WE'LL BE REFURBISHING THAT FURNISHING ZONE.

THAT IS THE VEGETATION THE PARK BENCH AREA.

THOSE PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES UP AND DOWN THOSE UP AND DOWN THOSE BLOCKS.

AND THEN THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY UP TO THE FACED FACADE OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS SET RIGHT RIGHT ON THE WATER RIGHT AWAY LINE. AND SO THERE'S AN INTERACTION THERE, THERE'S AN INTERACTION THERE WITH THE FRONT DOOR OF THAT BUSINESS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE IS SO PARAMOUNT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO STAND FROM THE CURB RIGHT UP TO THEIR FRONT DOOR.

HOW WAS IT WAS DECIDED TO GO FROM TENTH TO SECOND? WHY NOT 11TH OR 12TH TO SECOND? ABSOLUTELY. SO THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THAT A WAS A FISCAL, A LOOK AT IT, AT THE SPACE FISCALLY BASED ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE.

IF YOU REMEMBER THIS WERE, THESE WERE BOND FUNDS THAT WE SET ASIDE AS A MATCH, AS A GRANT MATCH FOR A LARGER PROJECT.

AND WE APPLIED FOR THAT LARGER PROJECT FOUR YEARS IN A ROW AND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

AND SO THIS MATCHING PERCENT OR THIS, THESE MATCHING DOLLARS HAVE A TIMELINE ON THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE GRANT DOLLARS.

AND SO WE IDENTIFIED A SCOPE THAT FIT THOSE DOLLARS AND THEN TOOK OFF FROM THERE.

THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR A LITTLE BIT OF GIVE AND TAKE ON THE TOTAL SCOPE THAT INCLUDES THOSE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

IF WE'RE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND SEE SOME COST SAVINGS OR EVEN SOME SYNERGY, THEN THAT SCOPE MAY ADJUST A LITTLE.

BUT THAT'S THE BOUNDARY WE CAME UP WITH.

[02:00:05]

THE CHAMBER. YES, SIR.

YES, SIR. NEXT BLOCK 11TH TO 12 FIRST BAPTIST ZONES, ALL ON ONE SIDE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS THE OTHER SIDE.

[INAUDIBLE] WENT TO 12TH.

OK. THAT'S MY OPINION.

YES, SIR. THEY'VE BEEN A LOT OF MONEY TO DO THAT.

WELL, THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME PUSH AND PULL ON SCOPE AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PARTICULARS WITH EACH PROPERTY OWNER AS WE ACCOMMODATE AN ACCOUNT FOR CERTAIN PARTS OF THE PROJECT THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE.

THERE IS THE CHANCE OF THAT MOVEMENT.

HOWEVER, WE WERE PRETTY MUCH AWARE OF ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOVEMENT HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT IF WE CAN PUSH THE SCOPE OUTWARD.

YES, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO GO TOWARDS 12TH RATHER THAN GOING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, TO THE NORTH. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARK.

YOU'LL HAVE THE PARK.

THE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THE [INAUDIBLE] PARK THAT WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL RECENTLY [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH. SO WHEN IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, SORT OF.

SO WE ARE BOUND BY.

LIKE HIS SUGGESTION OF WANTING TO GO TO ALL THE WAY TO 12TH.

WELL, IN A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, YOU COULD MAKE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN IF THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP STEPPED UP, CORRECT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY UP AND DOWN OUR CURRENT SCOPE.

AND SO ANY OF THOSE THAT ALLOW US MORE FLEXIBILITY IN OUR BUDGET WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE WE'RE ONLY BOUND BY.

WE ARE BOUND BY PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAWS AND AND CRITERIA.

AND SO WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE UP TO 30 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ON A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IF THE OWNER IS TO KEEP CONTROL OF THAT BIDDING PROCESS. AND THAT'S TYPICALLY THE CARROT FOR A PRIVATE OWNER.

AS I GET, I GET TO CONTROL THAT PROJECT.

THAT'S MY CONTRACTOR.

I'M NOT HAVING TO RUN IT THROUGH THE CITY.

AND SO THAT 30 PERCENT PARTICIPATION TYPICALLY KIND OF BECOMES THE LIMITS OF THOSE OF THOSE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS.

BUT THEY'RE ALL THEY ARE NEGOTIABLE PAST THAT WITH OTHER CRITERIA.

SO LIKE IF ORIGINALLY THEY WERE WANTING TO IN THAT PROJECT, WASN'T IT EVEN CONSIDERED HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE BOLLARDS THAT RAISE UP AND MAKE IT A WALKWAY FOR CERTAIN EVENTS OR WHATEVER, IF THEY DECIDED, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT'S NOT IN THE PLAN CURRENTLY, BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO DO BETWEEN, WHAT IS THAT SIXTH AND SEVENTH? I THINK THAT'S THE, OR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH, WHERE ALL OF THAT WAS ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT, THEN YOU COULD STILL IN A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, THE CITY COULD PARTICIPATE UP TO 30 PERCENT AND THAT IF THE THE OWNERS ALONG THERE DECIDED, HEY, WE WANT TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE. YES, SIR.

OKAY, I'M JUST.

AND THERE WERE LOTS AND LOTS OF IDEAS ABOUT THIS CORRIDOR, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT GRANT APPLICATION FROM BEFORE AND THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A BOULEVARD SECTION AND BACK IN PARKING. AND THERE, I MEAN, THERE WERE THERE WERE LOTS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT IDEAS.

WE WE ARE NOT TAUGHT TOUCHING THE TRANSPORTATION ASPECTS IN THIS PROJECT.

THIS IS THIS. AGAIN, THIS IS A REDUCED VALUE BECAUSE WE SET ASIDE CASH AS OUR GRANT.

AS A GRANT MATCH, WE WERE TRYING TO HIT MAYBE 30 PERCENT OF A TOTAL PROJECT COST.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE IN CASH.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE DOLLARS WE'RE GOING TO SPEND.

GOOD. YES.

IS THIS A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS, OR DO YOU NOT ANTICIPATE REACHING THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE GRANT PLUS THE THE MATCH? SO NO, THIS IS ONLY THAT MATCH.

IT IS A SET NUMBER.

THERE IS NO GRANT FUNDS.

THE GRANT WAS A LARGER PROJECT AND WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN THAT.

THIS WAS OUR OUR MATCH CASH THAT WE SET ASIDE.

SO WE USE THIS. WE USE THIS MONEY AS A AS A MATCH AMOUNT TO LEVERAGE AN APPLICATION FOR TIGER FUNDS, AND IT WAS LATER CALLED SOMETHING ELSE.

YEAH, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO US TO DO THE ENTIRE POLK STREET AREA PLUS DOWN SIXTH OR SEVENTH STREET, AND THAT WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT, BUT PROBABLY SIXTH STREET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE RAILS, TO TRAILS TERMINUS.

SO THE TIGER.

I THOUGHT SHE DID A GOOD JOB. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SUMMARY.

YUP THAT'S EXCELLENT LEFT THAT ON THE BACK OF THE SORRY.

BUT THAT WOULD HELP BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS EVERY YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL AND THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

LET'S APPLY FOR THAT GRANT.

[02:05:01]

THEN THE FEEDBACK FROM THE FEDS IS BUT YOU GUYS WERE SO CLOSE.

OK, LET'S TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

SO YOU SEE ALL OF THAT SUMMARIZED ON THIS ONE PAGE AND HOW WE'RE FINALLY SAYING WE'RE THE PROBLEM, I THINK WE'RE GETTING SOME PRESSURE FROM BUSINESS OWNERS [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED AND IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR LOTS OF YEARS.

SO WHEN TO MOVE FORWARD, WHEN TO KIND OF GIVE UP HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE GRANT? FOR ME, THAT DID IT.

WE ENDED UP GETTING A BUILD GRANT FOR THE BARRIO.

YES, ALMOST TWO MILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO THAT'S A HUGE WIN FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WHAT I KNOW IS THAT MEANS WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT FOR POLK STREET, BUT WE HAVE SOME DOLLARS SET ASIDE FOR POLK STREET AND WE COULD DEPLOY THE DOLLARS THAT WE DO HAVE AND THAT, I THINK, IS WHERE WE LANDED THERE.

EXACTLY. YOU'LL MANAGE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY BASED ON WHAT THE PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL OWNERS BRING TO YOU AND HOW THEY BRING IT TO YOU.

THAT'S CORRECT, THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT.

WE WANT THEM TO FIND THE SCOPE OF WHAT OF A GENERAL SCOPE OF WHAT WE THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH. AND THEN EXACTLY WE'RE IN A NEGOTIATION SLASH PARTICIPATION CONVERSATION WITH EVERY ONE OF THOSE OWNERS.

AND WE WANT TO LEVERAGE AS MUCH OF PRIVATE MONEY AS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO EXPAND THE IMPACTS OF THAT PROJECT.

AND THAT INCLUDES THOSE THOSE PARTNERSHIP TYPE OPPORTUNITIES.

OK. YEAH, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

I APOLOGIZE, I PULLED THAT OUT OF MY PRESENTATION FROM THE LAST TIME.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT SLIDE.

IT'S VERY HELPFUL. YEAH, A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THAT SLIDE.

AND AS WE GET INTO ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPACTFUL TO BUSINESSES AND TO CITIZENS IN THE AREA, WE'LL BRING REGULAR UPDATES TO YOU AND GIVE YOU PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ASK QUESTIONS.

AND WE'LL ALSO BE VERY ACTIVE.

COMMUNICATING WITH IMPACTED PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING IS AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BE MANAGED IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESS AND WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE IN STEPS WE CAN TAKE OR WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE OR SND LISTEN TO ANY IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE ON HOW WE CAN BETTER MANAGE AND BETTER PROVIDE ACCESS DURING THIS VERY IMPACTFUL CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

SO WE'LL MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, COMMUNICATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AND WE'LL PUT A LOT MORE BRIEFINGS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL ONCE WE GET TO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? NOT TO GET TOO REPETITIVE, BUT A LITTLE BIT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU EXPLORE 10TH, 11TH, 11TH TO 12 AND EVEN SOUTH OF 12TH IS WHAT USED TO BE AMARILLO COLLEGE, IT'S WHERE THE THEATER STUFF IS, A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENING IN THAT AREA. IT'D BE GOOD TO DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

THANK YOU, YES, SIR. OK.

ANYBODY ELSE? KYLE, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATES.

MAINLY, WE APPRECIATE SEEING PROGRESS ON THIS.

THANK YOU. OK.

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

ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER? OK. HEARING NOTHING, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I WANT TO START BY

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE, AS I READ THROUGH THERE ON TWO E AND TWO F, GOOD JOB CHIP ORTON.

THE WORK THAT CHIP DOES IN PULLING DOWN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THESE ARE TWO GRANTS THAT ARE BENEFITING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND YOU KNOW, THOSE GRANT DOLLARS.

THEY REALLY HELP THEIR DOLLARS WE DON'T HAVE TO COME UP WITH THROUGH PROPERTY TAX OR SALES TAX IN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PAT THE CITY MANAGER ON THE BACK AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CHIP AND HIS TEAM. AND OBVIOUSLY, I APPRECIATE THE WORK.

I KNOW THE COUNCIL APPRECIATES THE WORK THAT THE FIRST RESPONDERS DO AND PUTTING THOSE GRANT FUNDS TO WORK.

OK WITH THAT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO COME OFF FOR MORE DISCUSSION? NO, MAYOR.

I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

PULLING ITEM TWO G. OH, IS THAT CORRECT? I WANT TO PULL THOSE ITEMS OFF.

NOT ENOUGH.

BUT CAN WE PULL ITEM TO G FOR MORE DISCUSSION? OK. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM TWO G.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

LET'S MOVE ON AND JUST TAKE UP ITEM TWO G, IF WE COULD, MR.

[2.G. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 02-08-22-3]

[02:10:06]

I KNOW THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM WE HAVE BACK IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

WILL HINDON, WHO IS THE SENIOR PERSON WITH AMR AND I APOLOGIZE, HAVE ALL THE NAMES, BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUR TEAM BACK THERE.

I SEE FIREFIGHTERS [INAUDIBLE] AND SOME OTHERS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THE HIGH LEVEL OF COORDINATION BETWEEN FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMS, PD, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND FIRST RESPONDERS, AS WELL AS DISPATCH.

SO IT'S A IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CONTRACT.

CHIEF BAUCOM.

HELLO. SAM BAUCOM, AMARILLO FIRE DEPARTMENT, I'M HAPPY TO TALK IN GENERAL ABOUT SOME OF THE BENEFITS OR TO JUST ANSWER QUESTIONS DIRECTLY.

I THINK I MAINLY WANTED TO JUST GET A QUICK SUMMARY IF WE COULD CHIEF AND THEN GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, JUST ANY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE OR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTRACT.

OK, WELL, IN GENERAL, WE TOOK THE OLD PERMIT AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK. WE WERE ALSO ADVISED TO LOOK AT ARLINGTON'S PERMIT AND ALSO EVELYN'S PERMIT BECAUSE THERE'S WERE MUCH MORE RECENT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, AND THEY ALSO HAD SOME REALLY GOOD VALUE ADDED ITEMS IN THEM.

SO WE OVERALL WE IMPROVED THE COMPLIANCE AND THE OVERSIGHT OF THE PROPOSED PERMIT THAT WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF YOU.

IT INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO THE METRICS SO THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF TRACKING, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE DOING GOOD AND WHEN THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.

IT HAS A FORMAL ADDITION FOR THE BLS AMBULANCES.

SO FOR LOW ACUITY CALLS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THAT HIGH LEVEL PARAMEDIC LEVEL RESPONSE THAT TAKES PRESSURE OFF OF THE PARAMEDICS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE SYSTEM.

IT ALSO INCLUDES AN ADJUSTMENT ON THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.

IF WE GET TO A POINT SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT MEETING COMPLIANCE.

AND IT ALSO FUNDS A PERMIT ADMINISTRATOR THAT WOULD BE BASED IN THE AMARILLO FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THIS OVERSIGHT AND COMPLIANCE IS BEING MET. AND WHEN IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE THE DATA TO BACK UP AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES, THE OLD PERMIT HAD SOME AMBIGUITY IN IT.

SO WE WANTED TO TAKE A CHANCE TO CLARIFY AND CLEAN UP THAT IT INCLUDED THINGS LIKE THERE'S COMMENTARY IN THERE ABOUT DISPOSABLE ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE TO US IN GENERAL. THE THOUGHTS ARE, YOU KNOW, LIKE MEDICAL GLOVES OR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD BE DISPOSABLE.

WE ACTUALLY TOOK THE TIME TO BUILD A LIST OF WHAT WE CONSIDER DISPOSABLE.

SO IT OUTLINES THOSE EXPECTATIONS.

THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THERE NOW THAT REIMBURSES THE AFD FOR NARCOTICS.

SO BECAUSE OF THE DEA, WE CAN'T TRADE THAT OUT.

WE'RE THE ONES LICENSED FOR OUR NARCOTICS.

THEY'RE LICENSED FOR THEIRS.

SO THERE'S THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THERE SO THAT THEY CAN REIMBURSE US FOR THAT USE AND ALSO FOR REIMBURSING US WHEN A BLS AMBULANCE SHOWS UP TO A HIGH ACUITY CALL AND WE HAVE TO RIDE A PARAMEDIC IN ON THAT.

SO IT GIVES A REIMBURSEMENT FOR US TO TAKE ONE OF OUR PARAMEDICS OFF OF OUR FIRE TRUCK AND SEND IT TO THE AMBULANCE.

SO CHIEF, I CAN TELL JUST IN THE SUMMARY THAT YOU'RE GIVING US, THERE ARE A LOT OF TERMS TO THIS CONTRACT AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE NEGOTIATED A LOT OF DIFFERENT POINTS.

YES, MA'AM. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON THIS? WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS INITIALLY, WE STARTED SOME OF THIS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.

AND WITH REGARD TO THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE ASKED FOR OR WANTED TO CHANGE OR NEGOTIATED, I MEAN, IS THAT IS THAT INPUT COMING FROM INSIDE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? YES. SO WE HAVE A TEAM AND GO AHEAD AND POINT THEM OUT RIGHT NOW.

SURE. BUT CAPTAIN [INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN KIND OF THE POINT PERSON ON THIS.

AND THEN CAPTAIN [INAUDIBLE] AND LIEUTENANT MAYS HAVE TAKEN ALL THOSE PERMITS, AND FOR SOME OF THEM, THAT'S HUGE.

I THINK THE ARLINGTON PERMIT IS OVER 100 PAGES LONG.

AND THEY WENT THROUGH HIM WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB TO FIND OUT WHAT WOULD BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEY TOOK THAT TIME.

I'M TALKING HUNDREDS OF HOURS TO BUILD A PERMIT THAT.

THIS ONE'S FOR EIGHT YEARS WITH TWO YEAR RENEWALS, SO ITS INTENTION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE NEXT DECADE.

SO I KNOW YOU GUYS SIGNED UP FOR ALL THE THRILL AND FIREFIGHTING AND TRAINING AND READING

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I'M NOT JOKING THAT OFF, BUT I AM SAYING THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

BUT I'M ASSUMING ALSO THAT I MEAN, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS SO MANY HIGHLY TRAINED PARAMEDICS AND THAT'S AN EMPHASIS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS HAVE.

AND MAYBE GUYS, YOU I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR SPECIFIC TRAINING IS, BUT I'M ASSUMING THOSE THAT HAVE THE PARAMEDIC SPECIALTY IN OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT YOU GUYS HAD THEM WEIGH IN ON ALL THE THINGS YOU'RE NEGOTIATING FOR AND THEY WERE PART OF THIS PROCESS.

I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT TO MAKE SURE, I KNOW YOU DID IT, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO BRAG ABOUT HOW WELL YOU DID THAT.

ALL THREE OF THEM ARE PARAMEDICS.

AHA, OK. AND WE DEFINITELY ENGAGED THAT COMPONENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE FOCUS HERE IS IN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE.

YEAH, AND OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE PUSHING OUR FIRE TRUCKS AND ADVANCING THEIR MEDICAL LEVELS UNTIL WE CAN GET PARAMEDICS ON EVERY FIRE TRUCK.

THE PURPOSE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GENERALLY THE ONES THAT GET THERE FIRST BECAUSE OF US BEING COMMUNITY BASED.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF MEDICAL CARE THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SURE. THOSE ARE GENERALLY MY QUESTIONS.

WILL WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, BUT COUNCIL? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SURE. COOL. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR PULLING THAT OFF AND ALLOWING US TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER DISCUSSION ON IT.

SO IN REVIEWING THAT CONTRACT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE LEGALESE IN IT.

THAT CONTRACT DOES ALLOW FOR AFD TO BILL FOR SOME SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING, MAYBE TO HELP TAKE THE BURDEN OFF OF AMR OR I GUESS JUST ADDING TO WHATEVER THE NEED WAS.

IS THAT RIGHT? SO MOSTLY IT'S A SAFETY NET.

I MEAN, THE INTENT IS FOR THE AMBULANCE PROVIDER TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO DO. BUT THERE ARE TIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN THINGS ARE JUST OVERWHELMING AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A WAY THAT WHEN SAY, THEY'RE OUT OF PARAMEDIC AMBULANCES, THAT WE CAN STILL TREAT A PATIENT WITH ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDICS AND THINGS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THEM TO THE HOSPITAL IN A TIMELY MANNER.

SO LEVERAGING THESE BLS AMBULANCES IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS OF DOING THAT.

SO THAT REALLY KIND OF PUTS IT INTO A CONTEXT OF, YOU KNOW, ONE IS BETTER CARE FOR OUR PUBLIC IN AN URGENT SITUATION, BUT TWO IS PROBABLY KIND OF A PARTNERSHIP AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE SOME OF THE STRAIN IF THEY ARE RUNNING TRANSPORTS OR, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, LESS MANNED THAN THEY NEED TO BE, WOULD WE EVER FORESEE ANY KIND OF A PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENT WHERE I'M NOT SAYING WE'D HAVE 20 AMBULANCES, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, WOULD WE EVER HAVE OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU GUYS COULD UTILIZE? WELL, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, OUR FOCUS IS ON FIRST RESPONDER [INAUDIBLE].

WE'VE GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO BEFORE WE COULD REALLY WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO.

WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR OVER A DECADE NOW AND WE'VE BUILT A REALLY GOOD PARTNERSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN I AMS DO? WHAT CAN WE BRING TO THE TABLE, AS YOU MENTIONED? AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR INTENT IS, IS THAT PATH AT THIS MOMENT.

OUR INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COLLABORATIVELY AUGMENT THIS PRE-HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR PATIENTS ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

OK, UNDERSTOOD ON THAT.

AND THEN IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE IT'S PERSONNEL THAT'S REALLY NEEDED.

AND SO YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO BRING THE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AND POTENTIALLY EQUIPMENT.

SO. WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.

DURING COVID, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE SICK.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EMS CAN DO IS THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THEIR OTHER CITIES AND SURGE TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP COVER THAT.

OR ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE WHEN THE THE FACILITY THAT THEY WERE BASED OUT OF COLLAPSED FROM A SNOWSTORM.

IS THAT RIGHT? AND IT TOOK OUT HALF THEIR FLEET, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING IN AMBULANCES FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUALLY HAVE THAT LEVEL OF CARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OK. YEAH, THANK YOU, CHIEF, APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? I'LL HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.

I THINK PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT IS THE FACT THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE MAKING IT SO YOU DO HAVE PARAMEDICS ON EVERY UNIT.

I THINK AS FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL THINGS YOU GUYS COULD BE

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AND I JUST APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR NOT SLOWING DOWN, PUSHING THROUGH BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT BEEN EASY TO GET TO THIS POINT.

AND I JUST APPLAUD YOUR EFFORT AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE WAY THAT THAT DOES TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MORE THAN JUST GENERALLY YOU'RE THE FIRST ONES ON THE SCENE.

IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS YOU GUYS ARE THE FIRST ONES ON THE SCENE AND TO KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEONE THAT'S AT A PARAMEDIC LEVEL IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AT MY HOUSE, THEN YOU GUYS WILL.

THERE WILL BE A PARAMEDIC THERE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY COMFORTING.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND I THINK IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE IN TOWN. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. AND THAT'S CERTAINLY OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO THAT POINT.

WE DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT AND LEVERAGE IS WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO IS THAT THIS PERMIT ALSO INCLUDES THAT AMS GIVES US ON LOAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE EACH ONE OF OUR FRONT LINE TRUCKS PARAMEDIC READY. AND THAT ALONE IS WORTH ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN LOANED EQUIPMENT TO US.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THESE GUYS HAVE WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE WE CAN CONTINUE PUSHING THAT ENVELOPE.

AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, DOES IT TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT AMR PROVIDES FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO? IT JUST BETTERS THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE AS A FIRST RESPONDER HERE IN TOWN.

WE LOOK AT IT AS A PARTNERSHIP.

WE AUGMENT EACH OTHER, WHETHER IT'S IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE OR COLLABORATION AND TRAINING AND PREPARATION. OK, GOOD, THANK YOU ALL FOR INDULGING THAT COMING OFF OF CONSENT FOR THAT DISCUSSION. CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INFORMATION.

CHIEF MAYS, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT.

MAINLY JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE GENTLEMAN BACK HERE AND ESPECIALLY WILL WITH KIND OF AN OUTSIDE THE BOX WAY OF TAKING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND USING THAT AS OUR FLOOR AND BUILDING FROM THERE. AND AS SOON AS THAT DOCUMENT IS SIGNED, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE LEVEL OF CARE FOR EMS AND OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE IMPROVED BASED ON THE RAISING OF THAT STANDARD, ACCORDING TO THAT DOCUMENT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TRUST OF LETTING US NEGOTIATE THAT IN GOOD FAITH AND FOR AGAIN, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN AMARILLO AND IN OUR AREA.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION THEN.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEM G ON THE CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION 02-08-22-3 GRANTING OF AN AMBULANCE SERVICES PERMIT WITH AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE AMBULANCE SERVICES DOING BUSINESS AS AMARILLO MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AMBULANCE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY DR.

SAUER TO APPROVE ITEM TO G OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

MOVING ON TO THE NON CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM THREE A IS A PRESENTATION AND CONSIDERATION OF

[3.A. PRESENTATION AND CONSIDERATION OF A CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND BUC.EE'S AMARILLO. LLC]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

HI MAYOR, WE ARE ON THE FRONT END OF A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED, SO ANDREW HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THREE A. LET'S GO AND TAKE IT AWAY, ANDREW.

YES, SIR. THIS IS ALSO ADMITTEDLY BEEN A SUBJECT OF A LOT OF CONVERSATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN THE PRESS SO IT IS OF INTEREST.

APPARENTLY, I WAS TALKING TO KEVIN CARTER AT THE ADC BEFOREHAND, AND THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE GET ASKED MOST ABOUT AS FAR AS TRYING TO GET A NEW BUSINESS HERE.

IT'S ONE OF THE HANDFUL THAT DEFINITELY COMES UP OFTEN.

AND SO THIS IS FOR A PROPOSED BUCC-EE'S PROJECT CONSIDERING RELOCATING TO AMARILLO TO BUILD A NEW TRAVEL CENTER.

THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A SITE AT EASTSIDE I-40, AND AIRPORT BOULEVARD, TWENTY ACRES.

I DID WANT TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I DID SEE WAS WHY THIS LOCATION? WHY THIS SITE? THEY ACTUALLY PICKED THIS SITE AND GOT IT UNDER CONTRACT AS A POSSIBLE SITE FOR THEM. SO THIS WAS NOT SELECTED BY THE CITY.

THE CITY WASN'T INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

IT IS FIFTY THREE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET WITH ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FUELING POSITIONS.

COST IS APPROXIMATELY 30 MILLION, WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NEW FULL TIME JOBS SIX MILLION PAYROLL, WITH THE ENTRY LEVEL STARTING AT $15 AN HOUR IF APPROVED AND THE PROJECT DOES COME IN AMARILLO, THEY WOULD EXPECT AT THE LATEST TO START FEBRUARY 1ST OF NEXT YEAR. THE GOAL WOULD BE TO START BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR, BUT DUE TO COVID AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WE ARE BUILDING IN SOME BUFFER THERE IN CASE THERE ARE SOME DELAYS GETTING WHAT THEY NEED TO TO GET STARTED.

HERE IS JUST AN AERIAL OF THE SITE, SO YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION.

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THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMILAR LAYOUT, AND MELISSA, TEXAS, JUST SO YOU COULD GET AN IDEA WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FULLY BUILT AND THE IMPACT, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH ALL THOSE CARS THERE ON SITE. THEIR FOCUS, OF COURSE, IS MAINLY ON THE TRAVELING CUSTOMER, THEY'RE NOT FOCUSED REALLY ON OUR RESIDENTS AS MUCH AS I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS WILL ENJOY GOING THERE.

THIS MAP REALLY SHOWS YOU WHAT THEIR MARKET BASE IS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE DO COME FROM 50 PLUS MILES AWAY AS FAR AS THEIR TRAVELING CUSTOMER.

THIS IS JUST A CASE STUDY THAT THEY PROVIDE US.

THIS IS A LOCATION IN ALABAMA AND COMPARING IT TO A MALL IN FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUST TO SHOW YOU THE NUMBER OF VISITORS THAT THEY DO HAVE IN THESE BUCC-EE'S LOCATIONS, AS WELL AS SHOWING YOU THE 50 MILES AWAY STATISTICS.

THEY SEE 82 PERCENT OF THE BUSINESS AT THIS ONE STORE, 5.6 MILLION COMPARED TO THE LOCAL MALL THERE IN FLORENCE, NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND THERE SIX MILLION.

IT'S PRETTY GOOD COMPARABLE LOOKING AT MAGNOLIA, THEIR MALLS A LITTLE OVER SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

OURS IS A LITTLE OVER 800, AND THE MSA AND MAGNOLIA IS ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE THOUSAND COMPARED TO OUR TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND.

SO A PRETTY GOOD COMPARISON OF WHAT WE MIGHT EXPECT IF A LOCATION IS BUILT HERE IN AMARILLO. THIS IS ANOTHER CASE STUDY.

THIS IS TERRELL, TEXAS, BEFORE THE BUCC-EE'S WENT IN SO THIS IS 2014.

THIS IS WHAT BUCC-EE'S ALREADY IN PLACE AND OPERATIONAL, AND YOU COULD SEE WHAT'S STARTING TO GROW AROUND IT.

THEY ARE A REALLY GOOD ANCHOR TENANT AS FAR AS A CATALYST TO SEE MORE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TAKING PLACE AROUND THE PROPERTY.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST A RENDERING, BUT I SHOWED A STREET VIEW, SO YOU CAN SEE IT IS ACTUALLY BUILT JUST A FEW LAYERS A FEW YEARS LATER.

SO HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES THROUGH THERE ENCOURAGE NEW DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE.

AND THE LOCATION THAT BUCC-EE'S IS CONSIDERING HERE IN AMARILLO HAS OVER 100 ACRES SURROUNDING IT AND UNDEVELOPED UNDEVELOPED LAND THAT MIGHT SEE SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES.

EACH MARKET IS DIFFERENT, EACH LOCATION IS DIFFERENT.

BUT YOU CAN SEE JUST BASED ON THE TRAFFIC THAT A BUCC-EE'S LOCATION PULLS IN, IT COULD ENCOURAGE NEW DEVELOPMENTS TAKE PLACE AROUND IT AS FAR AS SPECIFIC BENEFITS OF THE BUCKEYES PROJECT.

I MENTIONED THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FULL TIME EMPLOYEES DIFFERENT FROM A LOT OF RETAIL STORES. THEY DON'T FOCUS ON PART TIME EMPLOYEES.

THEY WANT FULL TIME STAFF RUNNING THE OPERATION HERE LOCALLY.

AS PROPOSED, IT IS A SPLIT OF 50 PERCENT OF THE SALES TAX, SO THE CITY WOULD SEE INITIALLY 50 PERCENT OF SALES TAX.

THEN AFTER THE END OF THE TERM FULL COLLECTION OF SALES TAXES WITHIN THE AGREEMENT, THERE'S ALSO A TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS DONATION FOR A COMMUNITY ORIENTED PROJECT, CIVIC EVENT EVENT OR OTHER PURPOSE AS A TERM BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE'VE ALSO REQUESTED THAT AMARILLO BE INCLUDED ON THE PRIMARY FREESTANDING SIGN FOR A MARKETING OPPORTUNITY.

REQUESTED THAT THEY MAINTAIN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE AMARILLO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INCLUDING ALSO 18 SQUARE FEET OF COMMUNITY KIOSK SPACE WITHIN THE TRAVEL CENTER TO REALLY MARKET AMARILLO AND DIFFERENT PLACES THAT THE TRAVELERS MIGHT GO TO.

EXCUSE ME.

AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH [INAUDIBLE] WITH CVB, AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AS ANOTHER LOCATION TO MARKET AMARILLO AND THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE.

THEY'RE ALSO MAKE AN EFFORT TO HIRE LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS FOR THE PROJECT.

AND THEN I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE AD VALOREM TAXES ON A $30 MILLION INVESTMENT.

NO ABATEMENT OR REBATE BEING REQUESTED.

EVEN THOUGH IN THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL TOUCH ON OUR INCENTIVE GUIDELINES.

THIS PROJECT REALLY MEETS THE BENCHMARKS THAT THEY COULD HAVE REQUESTED A PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT, BUT THEY DID NOT.

THEY UNDERSTAND AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATION WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

THEY UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION THAT CITIES HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS FAR AS REVENUE AND THE BUDGET. AND THEY THOUGHT PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE APPROPRIATE TO REMAIN AND SUPPORT THE REVENUE FOR THOSE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

SO AS FAR AS A REMINDER ON OUR INCENTIVE GUIDELINES, THIS WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN AUGUST 2019 TO REALLY SET THE STANDARD OF WHAT CITY COUNCIL AND OUR TAXING PARTNERS, WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ON SOME OF THESE REQUESTS BEFORE IT WAS MORE JUST COME IN AND ASK AND KIND NEGOTIATE. THIS REALLY LAYS OUT WHAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER WHAT'S REQUIRED AS FAR AS JOB INVESTMENT, PAYROLL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

SO AS FAR AS SALES TAX REBATES, THE THRESHOLD IS FAIRLY LOW AS FAR AS THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, PAYROLL AND NEW JOBS.

BUT WHAT WE'VE LAID OUT IN THE INCENTIVE GUIDELINES ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IS THAT WE HAVE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.

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AND THAT'S A MINIMUM TAXABLE SALES.

YES. SO LIKE GAS SALES WOULDN'T QUALIFY.

WE DON'T COLLECT ANY TAXES OFF GAS SALES, BUT THERE IS BUILT INTO THE POLICY EXCEPTIONS.

IF THERE'S A UNIQUE PROJECT OR IT'S PRODUCING WELL ABOVE THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, WHICH THIS ONE IS PROPOSED AT 30 MILLION.

AND THE WAY WE'VE NEGOTIATED THIS ONE IS A 50/50 SPLIT, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY BE LESS THAN THE ONE PERCENT.

BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE BEING THAT EXTENDS FROM 10 YEARS TO 20 YEARS.

BUT COUNCIL DOES HAVE BUILT INTO THE POLICY TO CONSIDER THAT, AND SOME OF THE METRICS FOR EXCLUDING ARE THINGS LIKE CREATING 100 JOBS OR MORE BEING A MAJOR REGIONAL OR TOURISM DRAW, REVITALIZING A TARGETED AREA.

SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS REASONS FOR WHY THE COUNCIL MIGHT CONSIDER GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S LAID OUT IN THE GUIDELINES.

AS FAR AS SPECIFIC REQUESTS WE'VE TOUCHED ON, IT IS 50 PERCENT OF SALES TAX OR ZERO POINT SEVEN FIVE PERCENT OVER 20 YEARS BECAUSE THE CITY ONLY BRINGS IN THE ONE AND A HALF CENT HALF CENT GOES TO ADC.

SO THIS IS JUST A CITY SHARE.

WELL, THAT EQUATES TO IS TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR, UP TO 4.5 MILLION BASED ON 30 MILLION SALES.

SO THAT'S IF SALES REMAIN FLAT.

OF COURSE, THEY PROJECT SALES TO INCREASE AS THE YEARS GO ON.

SO THAT'S PERFORMANCE BASED BASED ON WHAT THEY BRING IN.

AND AT THE BOTTOM IS JUST A NET BENEFIT CALCULATION WORKING WITH ADC AND THE SOFTWARE, THEY'VE GOT KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHEN WE CALCULATE EVERYTHING FROM PROPERTY TAX, UTILITY REVENUE, NEW HOMES BEING BUILT, THIS PROJECT WOULD STILL HAVE A NET BENEFIT EVEN AFTER COST AND AFTER SALES TAX REBATE OF OVER EIGHT MILLION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO SPECIFICALLY.

SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE HIGHLIGHTS.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TALK MORE ABOUT THE THE PROCESS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS.

WE'VE ALSO GOT MR. STAN BEARD HERE, THE DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE FOR BUCC-EE'S.

HE'S HAPPY TO ELABORATE MORE ON BUCC-EE'S PLANS.

I DIDN'T WANT TO POINT OUT, OF COURSE, INCENTIVES.

THE GOAL OF THE INCENTIVES IS ENCOURAGE THE BUSINESS TO COME HERE THAT MAY NOT COME HERE IN THE FUTURE. BUCC-EE'S, HISTORICALLY WITH NEW TRAVEL CENTERS, THEY DO NOT GO ANYWHERE THAT THEY DO NOT NEGOTIATE INCENTIVE ON THE FRONT END.

THEY'LL LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES SO THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY NOT GONE ANYWHERE ON A NEW TRAVEL CENTER WITHOUT INCENTIVES.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT JUST ON THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

LOTS OF GOOD INFO IN THERE QUESTIONS, COUNCIL, WHERE DO WE WANT TO START? WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN PUBLIC ADDRESS, ANDREW, TALK ABOUT CONCERN FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR TRADITIONALLY ANY TIME THE CITY GIVES AN INCENTIVE.

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT EXISTING BUSINESSES IN THE CITY.

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY.

TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT PHILOSOPHICALLY ABOUT WHY, WHY THE CITY HAS THESE GUIDELINES TO ATTRACT THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS.

I THINK YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB IN PRESENTING INFORMATION ABOUT NETTING OUT ITS $8 MILLION A YEAR BENEFIT TO OUR CITY, BUT THEN ALSO LIKE THE PICTURES FROM TERRELL SEEING, THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT, MORE SALES TAX, MORE PROPERTY TAX AND ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS MEAN WE HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON PARKS AND REPAIRING ROADS AND PAYING BETTER SALARIES FOR POLICE AND FIRE. THERE ARE A LOT OF BENEFITS THAT COME TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE FROM A LARGE PROJECT LIKE THIS, BUT JUST TALK PHILOSOPHICALLY ABOUT ALL OF THOSE BENEFITS AND WHY WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS ECONOMIC POLICY, THE GUIDELINES WE HAVE.

YEAH, THE POLICY HELPS REALLY LAY OUT THE EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE OUR GOAL, WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING TO WATER DOWN OUR BUSINESSES AND SPLIT UP ALL THE ALL THE CELLS THAT MIGHT GO TO THEIR PARTICULAR STORES.

I THINK WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON DIVERSIFYING THE ECONOMY WITH THESE INCENTIVE POLICIES.

WE WANT TO LOOK FOR BUSINESSES THAT DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY OR WILL DRAW MORE PEOPLE, MORE VISITORS TO TOWN IN ORDER TO SEE, LIKE YOU SAID, A SPIN OFF EFFECT.

SO BUCC-EE'S ISN'T GOING TO GET ALL THE BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DRIVE BY AND SAY IT'S TOO FULL. I'M GOING TO GO THE NEXT PLACE.

WE'RE GOING TO FIND DIFFERENT STORE.

BUT I THINK THE GOAL WITH THE BUCC-EE'S IN PARTICULAR IS THAT THEY'LL ENCOURAGE MORE SPENDING MAYBE THAN THEY MIGHT ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEY MIGHT JUST FILL UP WITH GAS AND CONTINUE ON THE ROAD. SO I THINK THAT THAT BRINGS IN A DIFFERENT ASPECT FOR THEIR PARTICULAR BUSINESS MODEL.

BUT YES, OVERALL, THE GOAL IS TO INCENTIVIZE GROWTH AROUND A LOCATION IF YOU CAN INCREASE

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THIS IS I-40. SO WE SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE.

IT'S A VACANT PIECE OF LAND AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME, SO I THINK THE GOAL IS TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

IT'S CLOSE TO THE EAST GATEWAY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

WE COULD SEE SOME SPIN OFF THERE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A ZONE IN PLACE NOW ALSO TO INCENTIVIZE PROJECTS.

SO THE MORE YOU CAN CAPITALIZE ON PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT AND A LITTLE INCENTIVE TO ENCOURAGE IT TO TAKE PLACE CAN REALLY SPUR A LOT MORE INTO THE COMMUNITY INTO THAT AREA.

AND I THINK THE GUIDELINES JUST HELP SET A STANDARD AND EXPECTATION OF WHAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED ON THE FRONT END, WHICH WE'VE SEEN VERY HELPFUL WITH ADC IN THEIR PROJECTS, THEY'RE ABLE TO GO AND NEGOTIATE REALLY AHEAD OF TIME THAT WE KNOW OUR COUNCIL AND OUR TAXING PARTNERS ARE WILLING TO CONSIDER THESE WITHOUT IT BEING NOT TRANSPARENT OF THE A PROCESS. HOWARD, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DO, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS IN THE CITY.

YES. ALL RIGHT. IT IS.

DO YOU HAVE A MAP SHOWS WHERE THE BOUNDARIES ARE? OF THE CITY OR THE BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY OR THE CITY? BOUNDARIES ARE IN RELATION TO THE PROPERTY.

I DO NOT, BUT THE BOUNDARY CONTINUES EAST, MAYBE ANOTHER MILE FROM THIS SITE.

HOW FAR SOUTH IS THE CITY? NOT VERY FAR SOUTH, SO IT MAY GO HALF A SECTION SOUTH, SO YOU COULD SEE SOME MORE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES.

AND WHERE I'M HEADED IS SHOULD WE CONSIDER ANNEXING THAT SINCE IT'S GOING TO GROW AROUND IT LIKE IT DID IN SOME OTHER TOWN YOU SHOWED US? I THINK IF YOU ASK ME BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE CHANGED THEIR POLICY ON HOW YOU CAN ANNEX WITHOUT BEING PETITIONED.

YES, THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE WHAT A CITY WOULD NORMALLY DO.

BUT I THINK WITH THE LANDOWNERS AND WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE AND WANTING WATER AND SEWER SERVICE, THAT WOULD BE A NATURAL NEXT STEP WHEN OTHER BUSINESSES WANT TO GO OUT THERE.

BUT IT HAS TO COME FROM THE LANDOWNER.

THAT WAS THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGE IN 17.

IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.

AND I THINK IF I WAS THE LANDOWNER TO THE SOUTH, I WOULD PROBABLY BE DOING A LITTLE HAPPY DANCE RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT THE POTENTIAL WOULD BE.

SO I SEE THEM COMING TO US TO WANT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

I THINK IT.

COLE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION COLE? I DID. AND SO MORE OF A CLARIFICATION.

SO THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE EARLIER, I REALLY APPRECIATE HIS VIEWPOINT ON CAPITALISM BECAUSE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO.

AND SO I AM A CAPITALIST AND I AM A BUSINESSMAN.

AND SO THIS IS A BUSINESS DEAL TO ME, AND I WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING ANY DIFFERENT THAN IF I WERE DOING A BUSINESS DEAL.

SO. I HAVE A TOLERANCE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RISK THAT I'M WILLING TO TAKE, AND I'M NOT WILLING TO GO OUT AND BUILD 50 HOUSES AT ONE TIME.

NOW, IF I WAS AND HAD THE CAPITAL TO DO THAT, I WOULD EXPECT A BETTER DEAL FOR MY LUMBER SALESMAN. AND IF HE WOULDN'T GIVE ME ONE, THEN I'D GO OUT AND I'D NEGOTIATE A BETTER DEAL SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND SO THAT'S CAPITALISM, YOU KNOW, PURE AND SIMPLE.

SO THAT'S NOT AN UNLEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR ME TO GO TO MY LUMBER SALESMAN AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RE GIVING HIM A BETTER DEAL THAN YOU ARE ME WHEN WE'RE NOT REALLY PLAYING WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF RISK.

SO I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT THIS IN THE WAY OF LIKE IT BEING UNFAIR, I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TRUE TO OUR CAPITALISTIC ROOTS.

I JUST FEEL LIKE AS A CITY, WHEN YOU ARE INCENTIVIZING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HOLD OURSELVES LEVEL THAT AND IT'S GOOD THAT YOU PUT UP THERE KIND OF THE PROTOCOL.

IF YOU QUALIFY FOR THIS $10 MILLION GROSS SALES, THEN YOU CAN GET YOU CAN ASK FOR THAT SAME REBATE OR THAT SAME DEAL.

SINCE WE HAVE THOSE PARAMETERS, THEN I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT WHAT WE NEED TO HELP HAVE FAIRNESS AND OPPORTUNITY, NOT EQUITY, BUT OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO YOUR YOUR RISK AND YOUR TOLERANCE FOR RISK.

AND SO THAT'S MY POINT THERE AND KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT THIS THING DOESN'T SLIDE OVER INTO THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF MY CITIZENS.

THAT'S LIKE, WHY ARE WE GIVING AWAY STUFF THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO? YOU KNOW, THEY CAN AFFORD IT.

THEY'D COME HERE ANYWAY.

WELL, IN YOUR BUSINESS, YOU DO THE SAME THING, YOU BUY IN BULK OR YOU NEGOTIATE WITH DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS, YOU KNOW, IN DIFFERENT WAYS, DEPENDING ON THEIR ABILITY TO PAY YOU OR THE VOLUME THAT THEY CAN BUY IT AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT KIND OF IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL HERE TODAY AS WE'RE MAKING THIS DECISION.

I THINK I'D WANT TO ADD TO THAT, AND THE THING THAT I WOULD WANT TO ADD TO IS I WOULD THINK THIS IS WHAT I WOULD ALSO WANT TO SAY TO THE PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN WHO HAVE

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I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS IS AVAILABLE TO YOU JUST AS LIKELY AS IT'S AVAILABLE TO BUCC-EE'S. IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS OR YOU'VE GOT AN IDEA OR AS COLE SAID, YOU'RE WILLING TO TAKE THAT KIND OF RISK AND YOU'VE GOT THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT.

THIS IS NOT JUST FOR BUCC-EE'S, THIS IS FOR ANYBODY WHO CAN QUALIFY AT THIS LEVEL.

AND I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO APPROVE SOMEBODY ELSE DOING ANOTHER PROJECT THAT PROVIDES THE SAME KIND OF RESULT THAT.

OBVIOUSLY WILL BENEFIT OUR CITY, SO I THINK IT'S I THINK THE FACT THAT THESE THINGS, WHAT I WOULD HOPE THESE THINGS WOULD DO WOULD BE WOULD PERK UP SOMEBODY ELSE THAT'S HERE IN TOWN AND GOES, OH, MAYBE I CAN DO A PROJECT THAT WILL GET ME THE SAME KIND OF RESULT AND THEY WILL GET THE SAME KIND OF DEFERENCE FROM US THAT BUCC-EE'S WOULD GET FROM US IF WE VOTE FOR THIS THING ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER PART THAT I WANT TO MAKE FOR SURE THAT GETS OUT THERE IS THIS IS NOT JUST AVAILABLE TO ONE PERSON, ONE GROUP, ONE BUSINESS.

THIS IS AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY WHO CAN PROVIDE THAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S MORE RARE TO RECRUIT NEW.

IT'S BETTER TO SEE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES EXPAND OR START A NEW BUSINESS RELOCATION.

MR. BEARD. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COME TO THE PODIUM? AND JUST FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO AMARILLO AND HOPEFULLY YOUR BUSINESS AS WELL.

AND THEN MAYBE CASH IN AFTER HE'S FINISHED.

JUST YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHETHER THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, NOT A GOOD IDEA, HOW THE CVB SEES IT.

YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR COUNCIL.

MY NAME'S STAN BEARD, DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE FOR BUCC-EE'S.

BORN AND RAISED IN MIDLAND, HUSBAND TO A SPEARMAN/AMARILLO GIRL, SO I PERSONALLY AM REALLY EXCITED TO GET A BUCC-EE'S TO WEST TEXAS.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR ME PERSONALLY.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE.

THE STAFF, ANDREW, JARED EVERYBODY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH US AND I'M HERE TO TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, HANDLING ANY CONCERNS ANYONE HAS.

ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

ANDREW HAD SHOWN THAT MAP STAND ON WHERE YOUR CUSTOMERS COME FROM, AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS PAGE HAS THE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES.

ONE SAYS 12 PERCENT TYPICAL CUSTOMERS COME FROM ZERO TO TWENTY MILES.

THIRTY THREE PERCENT OF THEM COME TWENTY ONE TO FIFTY MILES, AND FIFTY FIVE PERCENT OF THEM COME FROM FIFTY ONE MILES OR MORE AWAY, SO YOU CAN ADD UP EIGHTY EIGHT PERCENT OF YOUR TYPICAL CUSTOMERS COME FROM TWENTY ONE MILES HOUR OR MORE, WHICH WOULD BASICALLY PUT THEM OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS TO SHOP AT YOUR STORE.

SO JUST COMMENT ON THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND.

SO WE ARE NOT, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY A DIFFERENT ANIMAL THAN A TYPICAL CONVENIENCE STORE.

IF I WANT A CAN OF COPENHAGEN AND A DIET COKE, I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO BUCC-EE'S.

I'M GOING TO GO TO A LOCAL CORNER STORE PARK RIGHT NEXT TO THE FRONT DOOR, RUN IN, GET MY STUFF AND GO. OUR CUSTOMERS ARE TRAVELERS, ARE HIGHWAY TRAVELERS HERE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THOSE CIRCLES ARE GOING TO LOOK EVEN DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK EVEN WIDER.

I THINK WE'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, 75 PERCENT OF OUR CUSTOMERS COME FROM ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES AWAY OR MORE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG TRAVEL SPACE.

AND WE ARE A DESTINATION.

AS MY BOSS HAS ALWAYS TOLD ME, OUR CUSTOMERS KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO A BUCC-EE'S BEFORE THEY EVER BEFORE THEY EVER GET INTO THE CAR.

IT'S JUST PART OF THE STOP.

AND SO WHAT WE HOPE TO BE IS PART OF THE STOP BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE MEXICO AND OKLAHOMA.

AND WE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS TRAFFIC COUNTS GO, THIS WILL BE ON THE LOW END.

THIS IS A BIG THIS IS KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, STRETCH IS A BIT OF A AGGRESSIVE TERM.

BUT THIS IS NEW TERRITORY FOR US.

WE'RE ASSUMING THAT WITH THE LOWER TRAFFIC COUNT HERE, WE'RE STILL GOING TO GRAB MORE OF THAT CUSTOMER OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND WE BELIEVE WE WILL.

WE HAVE A TYPICAL STORE HAS, YOU KNOW, 100,000 VISITORS A WEEK.

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AND WE HOPE THAT THAT WHEN THEY COME, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE THE AMARILLO BUCC-EE'S.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

EVERY ONE OF OUR BUCKEYES.

I AM. I AM VERY PROUD OF FORGING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE FOLKS EARLY ON AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS OF BEING THE AMARILLO BUCC-EE'S, THE BERNIE BUCC-EE'S, THE BASTROP BUCC-EE'S.

YOUR CITY IS IDENTIFIED WITH WITH WITH OUR COMPANY AND VICE VERSA.

AND SO WE'RE WE'RE REALLY I AM, YOU KNOW, HAPPY DANCES I'M DOING ONE FOR AMARILLO.

WELL, SURELY WE JUST MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE LIST BECAUSE AMARILLO STARTS WITH A RIGHT RIGHT? SO SO SO THAT LEFT.

MOVED IN FRONT OF BERNIE, WE MOVED IN FRONT OF BASTROP.

THE THE LIST AS FAR AS, BY THE WAY, WHEN WE START AND WE WANT TO GET STARTED, AS YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WE WE HAVE A OUR GOAL IS TO START THIS BUILDING THIS YEAR.

AND WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE CREEPED OUT BY SOME OF OUR DELIVERIES AND SOME OF OUR MATERIAL AVAILABILITY. BUT BUT WE'RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH WITH Y'ALL ARE GOING TO SEE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND THIS YEAR.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY YOU'D START MONDAY.

WELL, I MONDAYS KIND OF BUSY.

WE NEED TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY OUT OF BARRY'S, NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SELL US THE PROPERTY, AND THAT'S AROUND THE CORNER.

PROBABLY OUGHT TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT.

AND, YOU KNOW, GO THAT ROUTE THAT WE'RE THIS IS A OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A BIG STEP IN THE PROCESS RIGHT HERE TODAY.

IT'S GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? GREAT. WELL, CASHIN, I'D LOVE JUST TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS FROM CBB.

STAN, THANK YOU.

I SEE YOUR WIFE IS WITH YOU AS WELL.

JUDGE JULIE, THANK YOU.

WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE'RE EXCITED FROM A VISITATION STANDPOINT FROM OUR OFFICE.

WE'VE REALLY GONE INTO THE ACCEPTANCE MODE AND FOCUS ON LEISURE TRAVEL, BUT REALLY SUPPORTS US, OUR BREAD AND BUTTER, TURNING THE PASS THROUGH INTO DESTINATION, THAT MESSAGING OF SLOW DOWN GET OFF THE HIGHWAY.

WE'VE REALLY CHANGED A LOT OF OUR MESSAGING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE BEFORE THEY'RE HERE.

YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL THEY'RE ON I-40 AND TRYING TO GET THEM OFF AT THAT TIME. SO WITH THE BRAND LIKE THIS, I THINK IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE ON JUST SOMETHING THAT ENTICES AND EXCITES AND CAN EVEN CHANGE THE HIGHWAYS THAT YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE SOME TIME. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO REALLY COME BEHIND, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT THE RATES ON THE HOTELS HAVE HAD A LOT OF INTEGRITY OVER THIS YEAR, AND THEY'VE THEY'VE REALLY FOUND SOME CONFIDENCE COMING OUT OF COVID, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL.

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY GOING TO KEEP THAT INTEGRITY IN THOSE RATES AND KEEP THAT CONFIDENCE GOING AND ALLOW US TO KEEP THE BRAND GROWING.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED FROM FROM OUR OFFICE.

QUESTIONS FOR CASHIN, COUNSEL.

OK, CASHIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, DO WE NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? OK.

MAYOR, I MOVED TO APPROVE A CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND BOOKIE'S AMARILLO LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TRAVEL CENTER TO BE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST INTERSTATE 40 AND AMARILLO BOULEVARD. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ITEM THREE A AND THE 380 AGREEMENT RELATED TO ITEM THREE.

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

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

THE ITEM PASSES WITH THE FIVE 000 VOTE.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. BEARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH. WE'RE EXCITED, TOO.

ITEM 3B IS TO CONSIDER A SECOND AGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE

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MR. CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR THANK YOU. THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECT HAPPE, AN EXCITING PROJECT THAT EDC IS BRINGING TO US.

WE HAVE KEVIN CARTER, AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.

PRESIDENT, TO PRESENT THE ITEM TO US.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

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OH, SORRY. DON'T SAY THAT.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR APPROVING THAT ITEM BEFORE US.

THAT IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE QUESTIONS I GET ASKED WHEN I GO TALK TO ROTARY AND LIONS CLUB AND AND SIR OPTIMIST AND THOSE KIND OF CLUBS IS WHEN ARE WE GETTING CERTAIN BUSINESSES SO WE CAN CHECK THAT ONE OFF THE LIST? AND I THINK IT'LL BE A NICE ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND.

BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU TODAY.

THIS IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE.

THE PROJECT NUMBER IS A FEBRUARY PROJECT NUMBER.

SO A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.

AND SO I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A DESCRIPTION OF HORIZON AG PRODUCTS.

THIS IS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, WHO ASKED ME A TOUGH SCIENCE QUESTION.

SO I'VE GOT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION.

I'M READING IT. SO HORIZON AG PRODUCTS IS A SCIENCE AND RESEARCH DRIVEN PRODUCER OF INNOVATIVE PLANT HEALTH SOLUTIONS.

WE SPECIALIZE IN NATURALLY DERIVED PLANT HEALTH PRODUCTS FOR THE GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL MARKET. HORIZON AG PRODUCTS IS NOT A FERTILIZER COMPANY.

WE MAKE FERTILIZER PRODUCTS, PERFORM BETTER.

OUR TECHNOLOGIES AND FINISHED PRODUCTS ARE USED BY FERTILIZER MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS TO PROVIDE IMPROVED FERTILIZER PERFORMANCE BY INCREASING NUTRIENT UPTAKE EFFICIENCY.

HORIZON AG PRODUCTS HAS DEVELOPED PROPRIETARY CHEMISTRIES FOR THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF FERTILIZER DELIVERY METHODS, INCLUDING SOLE APPLIED DRAFT FERTILIZER, IMPREGNATION AND FULL-YEAR APPLICATIONS.

SO I HOPE THAT THAT DEFINITION HELPS YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, I DO BEFORE I GET STARTED, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE MICHAEL FARMER WITH HORIZON AG PRODUCTS WITH US, AND HE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY.

BUT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT THAT AEDC BOARD APPROVED ON JANUARY 19TH OF THIS YEAR.

THIS WOULD BE WOULD ASK FOR YOU ALL TO APPROVE THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND HORIZON AG PRODUCTS.

THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE $20 MILLION IN ESTIMATED IMPROVEMENTS IN EQUIPMENT TO AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN UNDERUTILIZED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THAT BUILDING IS LOCATED AT FOUR POINT TWENTY ONE SOUTHEAST THIRTY FOURTH AVENUE.

THAT IS THE OLD ANDERSON MERCHANDIZING BUILDING, JUST OFF OF OUR TWENTY SEVEN AND THIRTY FOURTH. OF 40 NEW EMPLOYEES WOULD BE BLESS YOU.

40 NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD PAY ABOVE $60000 A YEAR, THEY WOULD THEY WOULD HIRE FOR THIS PROJECT. SO A LITTLE OVER $2.4 MILLION IN NEW ANNUAL PAYROLL PROJECTED.

SO THE INCENTIVE THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WOULD BE FOR FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PAID OUT OVER 10 YEARS AS THE JOBS ARE CREATED AND AS THEY PERFORM.

SO ALL OF THAT LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WOULD BE AS WOULD BE IN ARREARS OR AS THEY PERFORM. SO THE LEVEL OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT, AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST PRESENTATION WITH BUCEE'S IS THE INCENTIVE GUIDELINES THAT WERE WRITTEN.

I WILL TELL YOU THOSE ARE THE BEST WRITTEN IN THE STATE.

I KNOW IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY AND AEDC BEFORE I GOT HERE, AND THEY ARE WELL WRITTEN AND I WILL TELL YOU THEY'RE BEING COPIED ALL OVER THE STATE BECAUSE I GET QUESTIONS, ASK HOW DO YOU DO YOUR INCENTIVE GUIDELINES? AND WE HAVE THE BEST IN THE STATE AND IT DOES GIVE YOU AND IT GIVES EVERYBODY A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET THOSE INCENTIVES.

SO THOSE WERE GREAT COMMENTS THAT YOU ALL MADE AND YOU ALL TO BE ARE TO BE COMMENDED, ESPECIALLY ANDREW FREEMAN AND DOUG NELSON AND BRIAN JENNINGS, WHO WHO HELPED WRITE THOSE FOR AEDC BEFORE I CAME TO AEDC.

SO THEY'RE WELL WRITTEN. SO ACCORDING TO THE INCENTIVE GUIDELINE, THE INCENTIVE WOULD BE $480000 OVER THE 10 YEARS BASED ON THEIR LEVEL OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND THE JOBS THAT THEY'RE CREATING. NOT THE PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, GRETA.

NO, NO, NO, OK.

I WILL JUST ECHO THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT ANDREW FREEMAN TOOK THE REINS FOR WHEN HE GOT HERE.

AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS LEADERSHIP FOR THAT JARED HAD SEEN THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THAT AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT SUPPORTING THAT? RANDALL COUNTY, POTTER COUNTY, EVERYBODY BEING ON THE SAME PAGE? IT SOUNDED A BIT AMBITIOUS TO ME, BUT I SAID HAVING BEEN ON THE AEDC BOARD, I KNEW HOW HARD IT WAS SOMETIMES TO COORDINATE THE TIMING.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

AND SO IT TOOK A COUPLE OF YEARS TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.

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AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS ALSO MAYOR IS THE CONSISTENCY AND THE CONSISTENCY THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE USING THE MATRIX.

AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE LATITUDE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND OR BELOW THAT.

BUT IT DOES GIVE US THAT CONSISTENCY THAT MATTERS TO PEOPLE.

YES. AND YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE MAKING THE DECISIONS ARE ON YOUR BOARD OR ON THIS COUNCIL OR ON THE CITY COUNTY COMMISSION, THOSE PEOPLE ARE CHANGING.

SO THIS FRAMEWORK GIVES STABILITY TO THE PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE SERVING THE SITTING IN THE CHAIRS.

SO THERE'S DOUG NELSON, GOOD WORK ON THIS, DOUG.

APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

SO WHAT I WOULD ALSO SAY IS THAT I THINK ANOTHER THING WHENEVER I CAME ON CITY COUNCIL WAS THE FACT THAT YOU USED TO HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, YOU'RE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS, AND THIS COMPLETELY ANNIHILATES THAT THAT STATEMENT, BECAUSE IF YOU ANYBODY THAT QUALIFIES AT THESE LEVELS ON THESE MATRIX QUALIFIED FOR THIS, AND IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE TAKING SOME RISK AND YOU'VE GOT TO PERFORM FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THESE THINGS. AND SO I I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS IN PLACE AND TO THAT FACT COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER. I THINK NEXT MONTH YOU'LL OR NEXT MEETING.

HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN EXISTING BUSINESS THAT'S GOING TO QUALIFY FOR THAT. IT'S NOT JUST NEW AND SHINY NEW PENNY, IT'S EXISTING BUSINESSES, BUT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

I TOLD MICHAEL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A QUESTION, SO YOU'VE GOT TO ASK HIM SOME TYPE OF QUESTION. I'M THINKING ABOUT IT.

OKAY. HE'S STANDING UP FOR YOU.

COME ON UP, MICHAEL.

WELCOME, MICHAEL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM MAYOR, YEAH, COUNCIL.

SO WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU IN OUR CITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE AG BASED, IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST PARTS OF OUR ECONOMY.

SO ANY AG PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK EXCITES US AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE SOMETHING WITH A NEW TWIST ON IT. SO EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND ALL THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LEARN ABOUT AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU IN OUR CITY.

WELL, THANK YOU. WE'RE EXCITED TO COME.

OK, YOU READY? KEVIN CARTER SAID YOU'RE NOT A FERTILIZER COMPANY SO EXPLAIN.

FERTILIZER WORKS BETTER IS THAT WHAT IT DOES? WELL, WHAT WE WHAT OUR PRODUCTS DO.

WE'RE A BUNCH OF CHEMISTRY GEEKS, SOIL SCIENTISTS, PLANT BIOLOGISTS, PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

AND THE RHIZOSPHERE, THE ZONE IN THE SOIL WHERE THE NUTRIENT EXCHANGE TAKES PLACE, WHERE WHAT YOU PUT IN THE SOIL ACTUALLY GETS ABSORBED BY THE ROOTS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE SOIL.

IT ISN'T JUST ONE OF OUR SAYINGS IS STOP TREATING YOUR SOIL LIKE DIRT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY ACTIVE BIOME.

AND OVER THE YEARS, WITH ALL THE ADDITIONS OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS, THINGS GET JUST LEACHED OUT AND ONE OF THOSE IS ORGANIC MATTER.

AND AS SCIENCE ADVANCES, THEY FIND OUT THAT THE ORGANIC MATTER ACTUALLY PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE SOIL AND HENCE THE PLANTS.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BASICALLY PUTTING ORGANIC MATTER IN A VERY CONCENTRATED FORM, YOU KNOW, SAY, 100 TIMES MORE CONCENTRATED THAN MANURE THAT THEN ACTS IN THAT RHIZOSPHERE TO ALLOW THOSE NUTRIENTS TO BE MORE READILY ABSORBED BY THE PLANT.

SO YOU CAN CUT BACK ON YOUR FERTILIZERS BY 10 TO 15 20 PERCENT AND STILL GET AS MUCH OR MORE NUTRIENT UPTAKE BY THE PLANT, WHICH THEN ACTUALLY GIVES YOU A HEALTHIER PLANT, MORE YIELD ON THE CROP.

AND THAT'S WHERE GROWERS END UP MAKING MONEY OFF OF IT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING I'VE GOT A HEALTHIER CROP.

THANK YOU, KEVIN CARTER COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT GOOD.

SO YOU'RE DOING THIS WITHOUT GENETICALLY MODIFYING PLANTS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIG BUZZWORDS RIGHT NOW THAT THEY DON'T WANT, THAT PEOPLE ARE AGAINST GMO TYPE DEALS AND ACTUALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE LETTING THE PLANT DO ITS VERY BEST.

WHAT WE DO IS JUST REINTRODUCE INTO THE SOILS WHAT WAS NATURALLY THERE, BUT THEN GETS USED EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A CROP.

THINGS ARE GETTING USED BY THE PLANT, SO THEY REPLACE NP AND K YOUR NITROGEN, YOUR PHOSPHATE, YOUR POTASSIUM.

BUT WHAT'S REPLACING THE ORGANIC MATTER THAT'S IN THE AMINO ACIDS THAT ARE ALL GETTING USED AND ABSORBED? THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE HAD A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL RUN HERE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS IS THE CROP SCIENTISTS RECOGNIZE YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE MORE THAN JUST IN P AND

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AND NO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BAYER MONSANTO DOING THEIR HIGH TECH SAYING, THAT'S NOT US.

INTERESTING. WELL, WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU IN AMARILLO.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN OR MIKE? OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GUYS.

GENTLEMEN, THANKS. OK.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE A LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND HORIZON AG PRODUCTS FOR A PROJECT ESTIMATED AT 20 MILLION AND IMPROVEMENTS. AND EQUIPMENT UNDER THE LOCATION AND INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL PROVIDE HORIZON AG PRODUCTS 480000 FOR THE CREATION OF UP TO 40 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES TO BE PAID TO BE PAID OUT OVER 10 YEARS BASED ON A 10 YEAR PERFORMANCE TERM.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT REFERENCED IN ITEM THREE B OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

OK? THE MOTION PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

MOVING TO ITEM 3C IS A RELATED ITEM FOR A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT.

[3.C. CONSIDER APPROVAL - TAX ABATMENT AGREEMENT - BETWEEN CITY OF AMARILLO AND AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND QUASAR AMARILLOTX. LLC AND RAH ARLINGTON I. LLC. AND HORIZON AG-PRODUCTS LLP]

HOPEFULLY IT WAS UP.

I'M SORRY. I PROBABLY HIT THE BUTTON.

OK. WELL, THIS IS A TAX ABATEMENT REQUEST ON BEHALF OF HORIZON AG PRODUCTS.

I WON'T TALK ABOUT THE COMPANY.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY IS KIND OF WHAT I STATED.

IT WAS 20 OVER $20 MILLION OF IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO THE BUILDING AT 421 SOUTHEAST 34TH AVENUE PROJECT SCOPE.

TWENTY THREE AND A HALF MILLION TOTAL OVER 30, SAY, AND THIRTY SIX NEW FULL TIME JOBS.

WE ROAD THE LOCATION INCENTIVE UP TO 40 WITH AN AVERAGE SALARY OF OVER $60000 A YEAR.

SO HIGH PAYING JOBS WELL ABOVE THE MEDIAN INCOME IN RANDALL COUNTY.

THE PROPOSAL IS FOR EIGHT YEARS, 80 PERCENT.

I KNOW THE AGENDA SAID 10 YEARS, 10 100 PERCENT, BUT THAT WAS A MISTAKE ON MY PART.

SORRY. COPY AND PASTE IS NOT ALWAYS YOUR BEST FRIEND, BUT EIGHT YEARS, 80 PERCENT, ACCORDING TO THE INCENTIVE GUIDELINES, IS WHAT THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR.

YOU CAN SEE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND, LIKE ANDREW SAID, WE USE IMPACT DATA TO HELP WITH THOSE NUMBERS AND THE NET BENEFIT TO THE CITY OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD WOULD BE ONE POINT FIVE SEVEN SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.

YOU CAN SEE THE DIRECT JOBS PAY SIXTY FIVE, THE SPIN OFFS, THE SPIN OFF JOBS THAT COME OFF OF THAT OR FORTY FOUR SPIN OFF JOBS.

AND THOSE PAY FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND STILL ABOVE THE MEDIAN INCOME AND WAGE FOR RANDALL COUNTY. SO INCREDIBLE SPIN OFF VALUE.

SO THE AVERAGE OF ALL OF THE JOBS THAT WOULD BE 80 AT LEAST 80 JOBS WOULD CREATE AN AVERAGE SALARY OF FIFTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.

HERE'S THE OVERALL IMPACT.

OVER 20 YEARS, THE OVERALL IMPACT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND $200 MILLION IN TAXABLE SALES AND PAYROLL OVER THAT 20 YEAR PERIOD, SO ABOUT A $10 MILLION A YEAR ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WOULD HELP OUR ECONOMY.

ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT YOU'D GET 20 PERCENT OF THE $20 MILLION OF IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT.

YOU'D GET THAT ON DAY ONE.

THAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS DEAL.

SO BY NOT BY DOING THE 80 PERCENT FOR EIGHT YEARS, YOU WOULD GET 20 PERCENT RIGHT AWAY, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT $4 MILLION OF TAXABLE VALUE ON DAY ONE.

CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

APPROVE A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AMARILLO, THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, QUASAR AMARILLO TEXAS LLC, RAH ARLINGTON LLC, AND HORIZON AG PRODUCTS LLP.

THE AGREEMENT WOULD PROVIDE FOR AN ABATEMENT OF FUTURE TAXES ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT COSTS THAT 80 PERCENT ABATEMENT FOR EIGHT YEARS ON $20 MILLION.

ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVEMENTS IN EQUIPMENT.

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AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OK, THAT PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE VOTE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, KEVIN.

ITEM 3D IS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 208224.

[3.D. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 02-08-22-4]

SO ANDREW, IF YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM AND THEN ALSO ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST PRIOR TO MR. BALDWIN COMING UP AND MAKING THE SECOND ONE.

YES. SO WE DO WE DO HAVE TO TODAY I'M GOING TO COVER THE BACKGROUND SO HE CAN.

THEN HE'LL JUST COVER THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT.

BUT WE'VE HAD THIS COME BEFORE YOU MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THE MOST RECENT WAS A FOUR PERCENT HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECT, BUT IT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TO DIRECT CAPITAL PRIVATE CAPITAL TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

THEY'RE AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS TO OFFSET A PORTION OF FEDERAL TAX LIABILITY, SO BASICALLY THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE TAX CREDITS AND TURN IT INTO EQUITY FOR THE PROJECT.

THERE ARE TWO TYPES.

THERE'S THE FOUR PERCENT NONCOMPETITIVE AND THEN THERE'S THE ONE BEFORE YOU TODAY, WHICH IS A COMPETITIVE NINE PERCENT, WHICH TAKES IN A LOT MORE SCORING CRITERIA AND YOU COMPETE WITHIN A REGION. OUR MAIN COMPETITOR BEING LUBBOCK WITHIN OUR REGION FOR THE THE MOST RECENT APPLICATION, AGAIN, IT WAS DESIGNED FOR EQUITY FINANCING, FOR MAXIMIZING THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS WITHIN THE STATE'S HOUSING SUPPLY.

IT'S ALSO TO ENSURE THAT IT'S MAINTAINED OPERATING AND SERVING AS A CREDIT TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY'RE BEING BUILT BY HAVING STANDARDS IN PLACE ON WHICH THEY HAVE TO OPERATE DURING THE TERM OF THEIR AGREEMENTS.

AND THEN AS FAR AS CITY COUNCIL'S ROLE, THE POINTS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE IN THE CRITERIA IS 17 POINTS ARE AWARDED IF THE MUNICIPALITY SUPPORTS THE APPLICATION AND THEN IF THE MUNICIPALITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE APPLICATION IS ONLY 14 POINTS.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY FOR BOTH PROJECTS IS TO OFFER RESOLUTION SUPPORT TO BOTH, WHICH WOULD AWARD 17 POINTS.

BASICALLY, PAST PRACTICES BEEN JUST TO APPROVE THEM AND LET THE STATE CRITERIA HAVE AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD THAN HOW THEY SCORED.

THE STATE IS WHO GETS AWARDED THE AWARD, THE POINTS.

THIS ALLOWS THESE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CYCLE TO COMPETE BETTER AGAINST THE ONES IN LUBBOCK. I BELIEVE LUBBOCK HAS THREE OR FOUR COMPETING THIS THIS CYCLE AS WELL.

AS FAR AS THE LOCATION FOR THIS ONE, IT'S THE ESTACADO ESTATES PROJECT LOCATED PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED AT SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET IN SOUTHWEST FIFTY EIGHT, WHERE THE PROJECT COSTS AT TEN POINT NINE MILLION.

IT WOULD BE FORTY SIX UNITS FOR THE ELDERLY, WHICH IS 55 AND UP.

THE RENT RANGE IS 402 TO NINE POINT SIXTY SIX A MONTH, WITH INCOME LEVELS BEING RESTRICTED TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND TO THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND, DEPENDING ON INCOME LEVELS.

THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS COMPLETED OVER 120 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

THIS IS JUST THE LOCATION ON A MAP, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S SITUATED.

THIS IS A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT THEY BUILT.

THE COUPLE OF THEM IN GEORGIA.

AND THEN AS FAR AS STAFF ANALYSIS, WE'VE ALSO ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE CITY COUNCIL HAS ON THESE PROJECTS, WE'VE GOT WELL OVER 20 ACTIVE AND APPROVED PROJECTS.

IT'S A GOOD WAY TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MULTIFAMILY MARKET AND ALLOW SOME DIFFERENT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITIZENS.

THIS WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL OPTIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF AMARILLO.

IT DOES MEET OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS OF DIVERSIFYING THE HOUSING STOCK, WHICH SPECIFICALLY INCLUDES WELL-MAINTAINED, AFFORDABLE ELDERLY RENTAL UNITS.

THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT RETAIL GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT AND THEN AND SPEAKING TO THE APPLICANT.

IF AWARDED BY TDHCA, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO START CONSTRUCTION EARLY 2020 THREE AND WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.

I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT RYAN DAVIS, WHICH WITH JES HOLDINGS, IS HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HE'S THEIR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ON THIS PROJECT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANDREW COUNCIL? ANDREW, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER OF UNITS PER ACRE? IT'S 46, TOTAL UNITS, AND I BELIEVE THE SITE IS JUST OVER AN ACRE, ACRE AND A HALF, SO.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE A LITTLE LOWER.

THEY COULD ACTUALLY, I THINK, PUT A FEW MORE UNITS BASED ON THE ZONING CODE, BUT IT WOULD BE 46 UNITS ON AN ACRE AND A HALF.

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THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY.

YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OK, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3D? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.

I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 02-08-22-4 SUPPORTING AN APPLICATION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDITS TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM BY ESTACADO ESTATES LP, A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT'S ESTACADO ESTATES, A DEVELOPMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY LOCATED NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH WEST 58TH AVENUE AND SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ITEM 3D, FURTHER QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN SUCH A LONG AGENDA TOO.

YEAH, YEAH. GOOD LUCK.

WE HOPE YOU GET IT, OK? NEXT ITEM IS 3E, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 020822-5.

[3.E. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 02.08.22.5]

HI MAYOR. THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION IN THE AREA OF WEST AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND PLUM CREEK DRIVE, GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY PLANNER CODY BALDWIN.

CODY, TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU ON.

I'M SORRY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.

YEAH, YEAH, HE'S SIR.

HE'S USED TO BE ONE OF OUR PLANNERS.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I'LL BE PRESENTING FOR THIS ITEM.

SO THIS IS FOR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED LANTANA VILLAS APPLICATION FOR NINE PERCENT HOUSING TAX CREDIT THROUGH TD HCA.

THIS IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND PLUM CREEK DRIVE.

THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COST ON THIS IS FOURTEEN POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

THIS WOULD INCLUDE 80 LOW INCOME HOUSING UNITS FOR THE ELDERLY.

THESE INCLUDE RENT RANGES FROM 330 TO 839 DOLLARS FOR INCOME LEVELS AT FIFTEEN THOUSAND THIRTY TWO, THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY.

THIS DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS COMPLETED MORE THAN TWENTY ONE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

THIS IS A LOCATION MAP FOR YOU, IF, FOR REFERENCE, THE SOUTH YELLOW ST.

THERE IS TASCOSA AND THE BIG ORANGE THERE IS WEST AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND PLUM CREEK DRIVE KIND OF CIRCLES IT THERE.

THE STAR LOCATION IS THE PROPOSED LOCATION.

HERE'S A COUPLE OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT THIS DEVELOPMENT GROUP HAS COMPLETED BEFORE.

AND THEN FOR STAFF ANALYSIS.

THIS PROJECT WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE ELDERLY HOUSING OPTIONS IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT, AND THIS IS CLOSE TO OUR MEDICAL DISTRICT, SO THAT IS A BENEFIT FOR THEM.

THIS DOES MEET OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR DIVERSIFYING AMARILLO HOUSING STOCK, AS IT ADDS WELL MAINTAINED AFFORDABLE ELDERLY HOUSING UNITS.

THIS PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE USES ALLOWED AND THE CURRENT PLANNING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IT IS IN.

IF AWARDED BY TDHCA, THIS PROJECT WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION ABOUT EARLY 2023 AND AGAIN TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM AS WELL AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE AS WELL TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

OK, ANY QUESTIONS, EITHER FOR CODY OR FOR THE PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE? WELCOME TO AMARILLO, BY THE WAY.

NO. OK, THANK YOU, CODY.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.

I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 020822-5, SUPPORTING AN APPLICATION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDITS TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM BY RST LANTANA VILLAS L.P., A PRIVATE ENTITY.

LANTANA VILLAS, A DEVELOPMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF WEST AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND PLUM CREEK DRIVE.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY DR.

SAUER TO APPROVE ITEM 3E.

ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PLEASE SAY I BY ANY ONE OPPOSED.

OK, THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE, AND WE WISH BOTH OF YOU APPLICANT AS WELL AS YOU MOVE ON IN THAT PROCESS.

ITEM THREE F IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 7954.

[3.F. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7954]

HI MAYOR, THANK YOU. WE HAVE THIS BEGINS THE FIRST OF SIX CONSECUTIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND

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TWO OF THEM ARE TO FACILITATE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT IN BEACON POINT.

CHRIS VALVERDE, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, IS GOING TO PRESENT THREE.

WE ALSO HAVE BRADY KENDRICK, PLANNER, WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING THE SECOND THREE, WE CAN MOVE AS QUICKLY AS YOU WANT, OR WE CAN TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED AND WANT TO DIVE IN AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, CHRIS, IF WE CAN MOVE IN AN EXPEDITED PACE? ABSOLUTELY. OBVIOUSLY COVERING THE HIGH POINTS, BUT SHE PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL. TAKE IT AWAY. ABSOLUTELY.

MAYOR COUNCIL, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS ORDINANCE IS TO CONSIDER THE REZONING OF 4.58 ACRE TRACK OF UNPLANTED LAND.

IT'S LOCATED IN SECTION SIXTY FIVE, BLOCK NINE, B AND F SURVEY THE PROPOSED CHANGES FROM AG TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE.

THE VICINITY IS SONCY ROAD AND HERITAGE HILLS PARKWAY, AND THE APPLICANT IS PDUB LANDHOLDINGS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE LAND WITH SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES, AND THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF THE HERITAGE HILLS SUBDIVISION.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT WHEN CONSIDERING THE LOCATION OF THE APPLICANT'S TRACT AND EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA, THIS IS A LOGICAL CONTINUATION OF SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED HOUSING, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING.

THEREFORE, THEY DO RECOMMEND APPROVE APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.

NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TO PEOPLE WITHIN 200 FEET, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE ANYBODY THAT WOULD.

BE THERE BESIDES THE GOPHERS TO BE RIGHT.

THAT'S ABOUT IT, YEAH.

OK, GREAT WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE F? MAYOR, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING O PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST ITEM THREE F WILL BE INVITED TO THE PODIUM AND HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DO JUST THAT.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3F? SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OK. MAYOR I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7954 REZONING, A FOUR POINT FIVE EIGHT ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATED LAND IN SECTION 65, BLOCK NINE BS AND F SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE IN THE VICINITY OF SONCY ROAD AND HERITAGE HILLS PARKWAY. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE.

ORDINANCE NUMBER, I FLIP TO THE PAGE, SORRY, 7954, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH 5-0 VOTE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 3G.

[3.G PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7955]

IT'S LOCATED IN RANDALL COUNTY.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO MODERATE DENSITY DISTRICT AND IS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE JUST CONSIDERED REZONING REQUEST.

THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PDUBS HOLDINGS.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE LAND WITH A MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED AND ATTACHED HOUSING, AND IS ALSO PART OF THE HERITAGE HILLS SUBDIVISION. LIKE THE JUST MENTIONED REZONING, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS BELIEVE THAT THE LOCATION OF THE REQUESTED REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT AND FITS WITH THE TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA.

WE DID SEND NOTICES OUT TO EVERYBODY WITHIN 200 FEET AND GOT NO RESPONSES EITHER FOR OR AGAINST. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS AS PRESENTED.

QUESTIONS COUNCIL? HEARING NONE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3G MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME, SO ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK.

SEEING, NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7955 REZONING, AN EIGHTEEN POINT EIGHTY NINE ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATED LAND AND SECTION 65 BLOCK NINE BS AND F SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO MODERATE DENSITY DISTRICT IN THE VICINITY OF SONCY ROAD AND HERITAGE HILLS PARKWAY.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLE STANLEY.

ANYONE HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION?

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AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

ITEM THREE H.

[3.H. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7956]

IT'S LOCATED IN RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO MODERATE DENSITY DISTRICT.

THE VICINITY IS WESTERN STREET AND SUNDOWN LANE, AND THE APPLICANT IS THE SAME AS THE TWO PREVIOUS ZONING REQUEST, WHICH IS P DUB LAND HOLDINGS.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE TRACT WITH A MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED AND ATTACHED HOMES AND IS RELATED TO THE BEACON POINT SUBDIVISION. ALTHOUGH THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED MODERATE DENSITY IS A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SECTION LINE ARTERIAL THAN WE TYPICALLY SEE, IT IS LOCATED AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE SUBDIVISION AND DOES BORDER OR STRADDLES A COLLECTOR STREET FOR THE PROPOSED BEACON POINT SUBDIVISION.

THIS HIGHER DENSITY DOES ACT MUCH LIKE YOU WOULD FIND AT THE CORNERS.

IT DOES OFFER BUFFER TO THE LESS DENSE, SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ANTICIPATED ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.

BECAUSE OF SUCH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID CONSIDER THIS REQUEST APPROPRIATE AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.

WE DID SEND NOTICES OUT TO EVERYBODY WITHIN 200 FEET.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CALLS FOR OR AGAINST.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 3H, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY NINE FIFTY SIX.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3H.

SEEING, NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

MAYOR I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7956 REZONING, A FOUR POINT EIGHTY EIGHT ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATTED LAND IN SECTION TWO, BLOCK NINE, BS AND F SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO MODERATE DENSITY DISTRICT IN THE VICINITY OF WESTERN STREET AND SUNDOWN LANE.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DEBATE OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.

HEARING NONE. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 3I.

[3.I. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7957]

THIS IS A CONSIDERATION AND PUBLIC HEARING OF AN ORDINANCE.

REZONING, A TWENTY TWO POINT SEVEN THREE ACRE TRACK OF UNPLOTTED LAND IN SECTION TWO, BLOCK NINE, BS AND F SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS OF PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE.

THE VICINITY IS ALSO WESTERN STREET AND SUNDOWN LANE, AND THE APPLICANT IS PART OF LAND HOLDINGS LIMITED.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE CHANGE IN ZONING FROM AG ORDER THREE TO DEVELOP THE TRACK OF SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AS PART OF THE BEACON POINT SUBDIVISION, AND THIS TRACK IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE JUST CONSIDERED MODERATE DENSITY REQUEST.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVE THAT WHEN CONSIDERING THE LOCATION OF THE APPLICANT'S TRACK AND EXISTING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA, THE REQUEST WAS A LOGICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE FAMILY ZONING WITHIN THIS SECTION OF LAND THAT WOULD CONFORM WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT.

NOTICES WERE SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AND NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THIS MEETING.

CONSIDERING ALL THE JUST MENTIONED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, UNANIMOUSLY.

I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION. SURE.

SO REMIND ME WE HAD THAT MEETING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING TO COMPLETELY RESTRUCTURE THINGS. AND WAS IT R2 OR R3 THAT'S GOING AWAY? R3 IS THE ONE THAT WILL NO LONGER BE IN EXISTENCE.

SO DOES THIS AUTOMATICALLY, THEN BECOME AN R 2? ONCE THAT IS ADOPTED, THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.

AND THE APPLICANTS ARE AWARE OF THAT CHANGE? YES, THEY ARE.

GREAT. GOOD QUESTION, EDDY, THANK YOU.

OK, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 3I AND ANYONE WHO'S PRESENT THE WANTS TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST ITEM THREE, WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 7957, MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. SEEING, NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON 3I.

MAYOR, I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7957 REZONING, A TWENTY TWO POINT SEVENTY THREE ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATTED LAND IN SECTION TWO, BLOCK NINE, BS AND F SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE IN THE VICINITY OF WESTERN STREET AND

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IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

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

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OK, THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

ITEM THREE J.

[3.J. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7958]

THE VICINITY IS HOLLYWOOD ROAD AND SONCY ROAD, AND THE APPLICANTS ARE WINSTANLEY ALFONS FOR CIRCLE K STORES INC.

AND SETH WILLIAMS FOR SONCY ROAD INVESTMENTS LTD..

THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING THIS CHANGE IN ZONING IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE SITE WITH A CONVENIENCE STORE.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVE THAT WHEN CONSIDERING THE LOCATION OF THE APPLICANT'S TRACT AT A SECTION LINE ARTERIAL INTERSECTION AT WHICH THERE ARE OTHER RETAIL RELATED LAND USES CURRENTLY DEVELOPED, THE REQUEST IS A LOGICAL CONTINUATION OF DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AT THE INTERSECTION AND WOULD CONFORM WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT.

NOTICES WERE SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF THE REQUEST AND NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THIS MEETING IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST UNANIMOUSLY.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM.

THEY WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 3 J, WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 7958.

ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

SEEING, NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 3J.

MAYOR, I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7958 REZONING, A ONE POINT FORTY THREE ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATTED LAND IN SECTION 65, BLOCK NINE, BS&F SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT IN THE VICINITY OF FM2186 AND FM2590, OR HOLLYWOOD ROAD AND SONCY ROAD.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7958.

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

AYE. ANY ANYONE OPPOSED? OK, THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE AND ITEM THREE K.

[3.K. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7959]

AND SETH WILLIAMS FOR LAND HOLDINGS LTD..

THE APPLICANTS ARE ALSO REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM AG, THE GENERAL RETAIL TO GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO DEVELOP THE SITE WITH A CONVENIENCE STORE.

THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT WHEN CONSIDERING THE LOCATION OF THE APPLICANTS TRACK AT A SECTION LINE ARTERIAL INTERSECTION OF THE FUTURE LOOP THREE THIRTY FIVE IN ARDEN ROAD, THE REQUEST REPRESENTS A LOGICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF GENERAL RETAIL, ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT AT THIS INTERSECTION, WHICH WOULD CONFORM WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT.

NOTICES WERE SENT AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW THAT ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET AND NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THIS MEETING.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST UNANIMOUSLY.

ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 3K, WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 7959.

ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

OK, SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7959 REZONING, A TWO POINT SEVENTY FOUR ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATTED LAND AND SECTION 65, BLOCK NINE, B AND F SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT IN THE VICINITY OF ARDEN ROAD AND HELIUM ROAD.

OK, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY DR.

SAUER TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7959.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

COUNCIL I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND DO ITEM 3L AND THEN TAKE A BATHROOM BREAK AND

[3.L. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7960]

[03:30:02]

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE DEBBIE REID, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

THIS IS A YEAR END BUDGET AMENDMENT.

NOW THAT THE AUDIT IS COMPLETE AND WE HAVE FINISHED EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH FY 21, WE ARE READY TO WRAP THIS UP THAT YEAR UP.

DEBBIE, TAKE IT AWAY. THIS IS GOING TO TOUCH FOUR DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS OR FUNDS, AND WE'LL SHARE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST QUARTER.

OF COURSE, OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.

YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THIS IS A NORMAL ANNUAL BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE MAKE AFTER THE YEAR END IS COMPLETED.

AND AS JARED MENTIONED, THE AUDIT IS PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP.

WILL BE GOING TO AUDIT COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK AND BRINGING THAT TO YOU TO COUNCIL AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. SO THIS IS OUR NORMAL YEAR END AMENDMENT, AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT ANY FUNDS WHERE MAYBE EXPENDITURES EXCEEDED THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR FUNDS THAT ARE AFFECTED HERE.

WE HAVE GENERAL FUND AND I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON EACH ONE OF THESE GENERAL FUND. THE AMENDMENT WILL BE NINE MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

THE LOCAL SEIZED PROPERTY FUND IS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND COMPENSATED ABSENCES FUND IS 800000.

AND COURT TECHNOLOGY FUND JUST TWO THOUSAND.

AND THIS IS ANY, LIKE I SAID, ANY LINE ITEM WHERE WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE ORIGINAL BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, WE LIKE TO TRUE THAT UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN THE GENERAL FUND, THESE ARE ITEMS. THIS WAS WHERE WE HAD THE EXCESS RESERVES AT THE END OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. NINE THIRTY 2020.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THIS WAS FOR THE AMARILLO HARDWARE PURCHASE, REPAIRING THE AMARILLO POLICE DEPARTMENT ELEVATORS. WE HAD PARKS, ADMINISTRATION OFFICES WORK AND THEN WE HAD SOME ITEMS IN IT THAT WERE VERY IMPORTANT FOR VOICE OVER IP AND THEN PROTECTION AGAINST PHISHING ATTACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT IS WHAT MADE UP THOSE ITEMS. AND IT WAS IN THE INNER FUND TRANSFERS LINE.

WE TRANSFERRED THAT MONEY OVER TO PROJECT ACCOUNTS FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS AND REALLY EACH ONE OF THOSE YOU HAD ALREADY SEEN AT A COUNCIL MEETING TO APPROVE THAT SPENDING. SO THIS IS JUST CHEWING UP THE BUDGET FOR THOSE ITEMS. IN THE LOCAL SEIZED PROPERTY FUND, THIS IS A FUND WHERE WE ESTIMATE HOW MUCH MONEY WE MIGHT RECEIVE DURING THE YEAR IN REVENUES, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BRINGS IN SEIZED MONEY, THEY COME TO COUNSEL FOR MOST OF THOSE PURCHASES BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE OVER $50000.

SO THAT ITEM WAS MADE UP OF FIREARMS TRAINING, CANINE TRAINING, CLASS ONE TRUCK AND BOMB DETECTION GEAR.

SO THAT'S WHAT WAS PAID FOR.

BUT WITH THAT MONEY IN THE LOCAL SEIZED PROPERTY FUND COMPENSATED ABSENCES FUND, THIS IS ANOTHER FUND WHERE WE PROJECT HOW MUCH WE MIGHT SPEND IN RETIREMENTS AND TERMINATIONS.

THIS IS WHEN WE PAY OUT SICK LEAVE AND VACATION LEAVE THAT PEOPLE HAVE EARNED, AND IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE EXACTLY SO.

WE ALWAYS TRUE THAT UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 800000 IN THAT FUND.

AND THEN IN THE COURT TECHNOLOGY FUND, IT'S ANOTHER FUND WHERE WE JUST ANTICIPATE WE JUST PROJECT WHAT WE MIGHT SPEND THERE.

AND THEY HAD ONE ADDITIONAL PURCHASE FOR SOME CAMERAS TO UPGRADE SOME CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO THIS IS JUST CHEWING UP THOSE BUDGETS AND IT'S A NORMAL THING THAT WE DO AT THE END OF EACH YEAR. SO I WOULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, AND I WILL SAY THERE WAS REVENUE IN EACH OF THOSE FUNDS TO COVER THOSE EXPENDITURES.

YES. COOL.

I DIDN'T GET THAT IN THE PACKET AS FAR AS THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT DATA.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I COULD GET FROM YOU AFTER THE MEETING? YES. YES. SURE.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? NO, I'M GOOD. OK, GREAT.

THANK YOU, DEBBIE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.

I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7960, WHICH WILL AMEND THE CITY OF AMARILLO BUDGET FOR THE 2020 2021 FISCAL YEAR AS DEFINED IN EXHIBIT A TO THE ORDINANCE.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY DR.

SAUER TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO BUDGET.

ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ITEM.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OK. ITEM L PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR JUST A MOMENT.

TAKE A BATHROOM BREAK.

COUNCIL THERE IS SOME FOOD IN THE BACK ROOM SINCE THIS MEETING IS GOING TO KEEP ON CHUGGING. IF YOU NEED TO GET A SNACK, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO AND WE'LL BE BACK IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

OUR AGENDA, MR. CITY MANAGER. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, THANK YOU.

[3.M. CONSIDER AWARD - COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING SERVICES CONTRACT TO SUPPORT VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR AMARILLO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH]

[03:35:05]

SO CASIE IS GOING TO JUST GIVE US A REAL HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL HAS. CASIE.

THANK YOU, SIR. YES.

AS JARED SAID, THIS IS JUST A PIECE OF THE GRANT THAT WAS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 28TH.

THIS WAS THE ROUND FOUR, VACCINATION ROUND FOUR PIECE OF THE CARES ACT FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. AND SO THERE'S SEVERAL DELIVERABLES IN THIS GRANT, ONE OF THOSE DELIVERABLES IS THAT IT SAYS THE RECIPIENT WILL FUND AND HIRE A DEDICATED HEALTH COMMUNICATOR TO SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENT THE JURISDICTION SPECIFIC VACCINE COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH.

SO THIS IS FULFILLING THOSE PIECES OF THIS GRANT.

YEAH. Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR CASIE? THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY LOTS OF COMMENTS IN OUR PUBLIC ADDRESS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CASIE.

THIS IS PROBABLY MORE FOR MR. DAVIS. OK.

OH, SORRY. THANK YOU.

SO I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GUYS GO OUT FOR BIDS, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT RELEASE, BUT CAN YOU AT LEAST SPEAK TO THE NUMBER OF VENDORS THAT WERE BID? THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES RECEIVED? AND I THINK CASIE PRETTY MUCH COVERED THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND THE CRITERIA AND THEN THE EXPERTISE.

THE NUMBER THAT WAS SENT OUT, I DON'T HAVE BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY LOCAL.

AND THEN ON PUBLIC PURCHASE, AS YOU KNOW, WE USE A THIRD PARTY WEBSITE TO UPLOAD THE BIDS AND THEY GO NATIONWIDE.

WE RECEIVED FIVE RESPONSES BACK AND I'M GOING TO SAY THE NAME WRONG.

BUT MODERNA COMMUNICATIONS, MARY COYNE MARKETING, VISIT HEALTH CARE, GRAY LINE MEDIA GROUP AND NOBOX CREATIVE.

OKAY. AND THERE WAS A GROUP OF FIVE PEOPLE THAT EVALUATED ALL OF THE RESPONSES.

IT WAS CASIE, CAROL HILL, HER ASSISTANT, JORDAN, ANTHONY SPANEL DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND KRISTIN SAY HER NAME WRONG [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

THEY DID MARKETING FOR PARKS AT THE TIME, AND EACH ONE IS DONE SUBJECTIVELY ON THEIR OWN.

NOT THEY DON'T GET TOGETHER.

THEY DO IT IN THEIR OWN OFFICE, ON THEIR OWN TIME.

AND THEIR RANKINGS POINTS THAT THEY EVALUATE IS EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY OF AMARILLO COMMUNICATIONS, AND THAT'S VALUED AT 20 POINTS.

NARRATIVE RESPONSE TO THE SCOPE OF WORK IS 20 POINTS.

KNOWLEDGE OF AND EXPERIENCE WITH GRASSROOT ORGANIZATIONS OF AMARILLO IS 20 POINTS.

ABILITY TO STAFF PROPERLY AND MANAGE A GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN WAS 20 POINTS.

KNOWLEDGE OF AMARILLO DEMOGRAPHICS AND NEIGHBORHOODS IS 10 AND THEN REFERENCES IS 10.

SO EACH ONE INDEPENDENTLY DID THAT.

AND THEN WE PURCHASING TAKE AND TALLY THE POINTS AND THEN RANK.

AND THEN IN THIS CASE, MARY COYNE WAS RANKED NUMBER ONE.

OK.

BUT FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE WATCHING AND THEN THE CITIZENS THAT WERE HERE TODAY ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS AND FOR TRANSPARENCY, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD SO THAT THEY COULD HEAR THE PROCESS THAT YOU ALL GO THROUGH AND NOT JUST ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT JUST ABOUT ON EVERY ITEM. AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SCOPE OF WORK TOO.

YES, MA'AM. OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT IN THIS CASE, CASIE, WORKED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THE SCOPE.

PUT IT OUT, ADVERTISE IT, DO IT BY STATE STATUTE.

DO IT BY PURCHASING POLICY, CITY POLICY, IT'S EVALUATED.

EVERYTHING IS KEPT CONFIDENTIAL IN OUR OFFICE UNTIL WE'RE READY TO MAKE THE AWARD.

OKAY. NO INFORMATION IN AN RFP IS RELEASED UNTIL THIS COUNCIL APPROVES IT.

IF THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T APPROVE IT OR ANYTHING, NOT THIS, THEN NO INFORMATION IS GIVEN OUT. OKAY, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. OK, SO, I'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION TO ASK, BECAUSE I THINK IT KIND OF CLARIFIES WHAT ACTUALLY IS OCCURRING BECAUSE I ALMOST THINK THAT THERE'S A PERCEPTION

[03:40:01]

SO SEPTEMBER THE GRANT IS BROUGHT IN FRONT OF US.

WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED EVERYTHING ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT THIS GRANT FROM THE STATE. 12 MILLION? HOW MUCH CASIE? THIS PORTION OF THE GRANT WAS EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION, AND IT WAS AN ADDENDUM TO ANOTHER GRANT, SO IT MADE IT JUST OVER 12 MILLION.

OK, SO ALL THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS THE GRANT WAS AWARDED BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS NOW GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHO IS GOING TO CARRY OUT THE GRANT.

IT'S NOT LIKE A WHOLE NEW GRANTS COMING IN AND WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ELSE.

WE'RE JUST ACTUALLY SAYING THIS IS THE GROUP THAT WILL NOW CARRY OUT THE GRANT THAT WE ALREADY PASSED BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

RIGHT. THIS IS THE WORK OF THE GRANT.

THIS IS WORKING OUT.

THIS IS NOT.

ARE WE DOING THE GRANT OR NOT DOING THE GRANT? WE'VE ALREADY SAID WE WANTED TO DO THE GRANT BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

THIS IS WHO IS GOING TO DO THE COMMUNICATION PIECE OF THE GRANT.

CORRECT. CORRECT.

YES, SIR. OK.

SO I THINK THAT KIND OF NEEDS TO BE REALLY CLEAR.

THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS OF DO WE WANT TO DO THIS, GRANT? ARE WE GOING TO ACCEPT THIS GRANT FROM THE STATE OR NOT? WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.

THIS IS JUST NOW AWARDING THIS PIECE OF THE GRANT FOR COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH AN RFP TO WHOEVER DOES, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS THAT I LEARNED THE HARD WAY COMING ON CITY COUNCIL IS ALL OF THESE THINGS, THEY MOVE SO SLOWLY AND THESE PIECES COME TOGETHER AND THEY'RE MONTHS APART AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO KEEP FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHERE DO ALL OF THESE LANES FIT? BUT THIS IS JUST BASICALLY FULFILLING WHAT WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO DO.

CORRECT. RIGHT.

AND I THINK THE OTHER PIECE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT OF THIS IN THIS SITUATION IS EVEN WITHOUT THIS GRANT, WE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK.

WE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE VACCINES AND PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH THIS TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION.

WE'RE JUST ABLE TO DO IT WITH MUCH BETTER TOOLS.

AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE IT.

SO BASICALLY, WE STILL HAVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION THAT IS REALLY UNEDUCATED ABOUT THE VACCINE IN THE PROCESS.

AND I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT, RIGHT? BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH EDUCATION OUT THERE.

CORRECT. BASED ON YOUR COMMENTS, SIR, WE ISSUED THIS RFP NOVEMBER THE 8TH, AND WE RECEIVED IT BACK IN OUR DEPARTMENT ON THE 9TH OF DECEMBER.

SO BETWEEN THE 9TH OF DECEMBER AND TODAY, IT WAS EVALUATED, REFERENCES CHECKED, EVERYTHING DONE. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY PROCESS IS SLOW.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

AND WE SOMETIMES ARE LOOKED AT BADLY BECAUSE WE SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS.

BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE TIMELINE AND IT DOES TAKE A WHILE, BUT THERE ARE BENEFITS TO YOUR PROCESS TRENT. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO WE'RE NOT SAYING, DON'T TAKE THAT BECAUSE.

OH I KNOW. IT'S JUST HOW THINGS WORK.

AND STATE LAW.

AND STATE LAW. IT'S WHAT MAKES IT FAIR.

WE'VE SET UP AS MANY BOUNDARIES AS WE CAN TO MAKE IT FAIR AND SO CASIE, JUST LET'S DO QUESTIONS FROM THIS SIDE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY. I DO.

SO, CASIE CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPREHENSIVELY THE STRINGS THAT ARE ATTACHED THE CRITERIA WITH THIS MONEY THAT 2.4 MILLION DOLLARS, DO WE HAVE ANY LATITUDE OF HOW WE EDUCATE OUR POPULATION, WHAT WE EDUCATE THEM ON WHAT THIS MONEY COULD BE USED FOR? I KNOW OUR BOOKLET SAID ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD BE SEVERELY LATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN THE GAME, YOU KNOW, TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN ABOUT A VACCINE THAT HAS ALREADY STOPPED FUNCTIONING FOR WHAT ITS INTENDED USE WAS. YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT VARIANTS THAT HAVE COME OUT.

SO TELL ME HOW MUCH LATITUDE DO YOU HAVE WITH THIS MONEY IF IT GOES TO MARY COYNE? SO THE CAMPAIGNS AND THE GRANT IS SPECIFIC TO VACCINE AND THE VACCINE IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT IT SHOULD DO.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING PEOPLE AGAINST COVID.

IT'S ALSO PROTECTING AGAINST HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S MEANT FOR.

SO IT'S DOING ITS JOB.

I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THING.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THAT RIGHT DECISION. THERE'S ALSO NEW INFORMATION THAT COMES OUT PRETTY REGULARLY.

[03:45:04]

I KNOW THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AT MY HOUSE.

AND SO THERE'S NEW INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE PRETTY REGULARLY AND SO AS THAT INFORMATION COMES ABOUT, THEN THAT IS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE, THE DIFFERENT PIECES IN THE GRANT REALLY TALK ABOUT OR IN THIS PIECE OF THE GRANT TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING YOU KNOW, IMMTRAC DATA AND OVERLYING THAT WITH ZIP CODE LEVEL DATA AND TARGETING NEEDED THOSE ZIP CODES WHERE, YOU KNOW, IMMUNIZATION UPTAKE IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

IDENTIFYING AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY PROVIDING TARGETED EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IN COMMUNITIES WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE DOOR TO DOOR EDUCATION AND TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND EQUIPPING TRUSTED MESSENGERS.

I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME WITH BACK IN SEPTEMBER, EQUIPPING TRUSTED MESSENGERS TO REALLY CARRY OUT THOSE MESSAGES.

SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST A MARKETING CAMPAIGN.

IT'S REALLY THAT GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO BRING FORWARD INFORMATION.

SO YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE NOTICING THAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED WITH NEW DATA.

THINGS ARE NOT THE SAME AS THEY WERE 12 MONTHS AGO, 18 MONTHS AGO.

LET ME ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK OFF THE CUFF, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY VACCINES COVID VACCINES WE'VE GIVEN AS THE CITY, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS? WHAT DO YOU HAVE? OH, I DON'T HAVE IN THE LAST THREE TO SIX MONTHS, I KNOW THE TOTAL IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN A DECREASE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT IS TO MAKE SURE.

HOW MUCH DECREASE HAVE YOU SEEN? I'D HAVE TO LOOK THAT INFORMATION UP.

YOU DON'T KNOW. OK. WITH NEW INFORMATION COMING OUT.

SO LIKE PFIZER, CEO SAYS THAT VACCINE DOES NOT FUNCTION AGAINST THE OMICRON VARIANT, AND THAT'S HIS STATEMENT. SO LIKE, WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT TYPE OF EDUCATION WITH THIS $2.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO LET OUR PUBLIC KNOW, HEY, THIS PARTICULAR VACCINE THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING WON'T FUNCTION IN THE TRANSMISSION OR.

GO AHEAD. THE VACCINE IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST OMICRON.

IT MAY NOT BE QUITE AS EFFECTIVE AS PREVIOUS VARIANTS, BUT IT IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST OMICRON. OK, SO LIKE AND I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT YOU HAVE THERE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE VACCINES ARE STILL DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE MEANT TO DO.

OK, SO 32 MONTHS IS THE CONTRACT TO ADVERTISE FOR THIS.

THINGS HAVE DRASTICALLY CHANGED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

THEY'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO CHANGE IN THE NEXT 32 MONTHS.

YOU'RE PLANNING ON CHANGING WITH THOSE.

SO WHEN THEY COME OUT WITH ANOTHER VACCINE, THAT'S FOR THE NEXT VARIANT OR WHATEVER.

EXCUSE ME, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE FOR THAT AND PROMOTE THAT.

OK? ANY OF THE THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT BEFORE US HERE TODAY FOR VAERS YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS LADY'S REPORT HERE, A MILLION EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND REPORTS.

THIRTY TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, THAT COULD BE THREE MILLION.

RIGHT, TWENTY THREE THOUSAND DEATHS COULD BE SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND.

ARE WE GOING TO DO AS A COMMUNITY, ARE WE GOING TO DO OUR JOB AND ADVERTISE THE VAERS DATA THAT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BECAUSE THIS IS THE CDC'S WEBSITE, RIGHT, THEY'RE, RESPONSIBLE BY LAW TO KEEP THIS UPDATED AND ACCURATE? SURE. SO CAN WE GET THIS INFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE GOOD INFORMED CONSENT ABOUT LIKE WHICH ONE IS RIGHT FOR THEM AND IF THEY SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T TAKE A VACCINE? MM HMM. YOU KNOW, I THINK AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT VAERS SEVERAL TIMES AND HOW THERE IS IS TO BE USED AND HOW THERE'S REALLY ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE USED AND VAERS TALKS ABOUT THAT ON THEIR WEBSITE. I WAS.

THOSE CASES ARE NOT CONFIRMED.

THEY'RE NOT. THAT'S RIGHT.

CASES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED, THEY'RE NOT CONFIRMED.

SO THEY'RE RECORDED BY THE PUBLIC, BY DOCTORS.

UNCONFIRMED UNDOCUMENTED. BUT ANYBODY CAN PUT THEM ON THERE.

THEY'RE NOT CONFIRMED.

RIGHT. AND I MEAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, VAERS INFORMATION IF WE WANT TO.

I'VE GOT SOME PULLED UP.

IT'S A GATHERING POT. BUT IT IS JUST A GATHERING SPOT FOR ALL POTENTIAL.

I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO TALK ABOUT VAERS BUT SPECIFICALLY LIKE THE CAUSE, WHY IT'S THERE. YOU KNOW, THESE COMPANIES WANTED LIABILITY OR IMMUNITY WITH ADVERSE EVENTS.

AND ONE OF THE CONDITIONS BACK IN WAS IT 1984 AND 1986, WHEN THEY WERE GRANTED THIS AS MANUFACTURERS WAS, THEY HAD TO KEEP THEIR OWN DATABASE.

AND VAERS IS A HUGE RED LIGHT FLASHING SYSTEM THAT IS AN ALERT SYSTEM THAT'S SPECIFICALLY

[03:50:06]

AND SO IN THE PAST, YOU HAVE 58 CASES OF ADVERSE EVENTS AND THEY SHUT THE TRIALS DOWN.

NOW WE HAVE A MILLION EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND CASES AND WE'RE SAYING, WELL, THESE AREN'T ACCREDITED CASES.

THESE HAVEN'T BEEN VERIFIED.

THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE BY LAW TO VERIFY THESE.

AND I'M SURE THAT LOTS OF THESE HAVE BEEN VERIFIED.

SO ON THIS YOU WERE ASKING WAS IS SHE GOING TO RELY AND PROMOTE THE VAERS DATA? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU ASKED HER.

YEAH. AND I THINK HER RESPONSE BACK TO YOU WAS THE VAERS DATA IS NOT INTENDED TO BE PRESENTED AS CONFIRMED ACTUAL TICKED OFF, WE KNOW THESE CASES ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

AND SO I THINK HER ANSWER TO YOU IS NO, BECAUSE VAERS DATA WAS COLLECTED, BUT IT'S NOT COMING IN THE FORM OF A REPORT THAT'S RELIABLE FOR ACCURACY.

I THINK WHAT WE CAN SAY IS THAT IT IS RAW DATA THAT IS ABSENT ANY CONTEXT OR ANALYSIS AND THOSE ENTITIES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE THAT THEIR VAERS DATA IS COLLECTED FOR THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE AND CHARGED WITH ANALYZING THAT DATA.

IF THEY DO COME UP WITH ANY USABLE INFORMATION FROM THE VAERS THAT THEN THEY DIRECT US TO ADVERTISE. WE CERTAINLY WOULD IF THAT WAS IN THE AND I THOUGHT WE KIND OF TALKED ALL AROUND IT.

I WANTED I WANTED TO HEAR THE SPECIFIC ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION.

AND THAT ANSWER WOULD BE NO WITH THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

OK. LET ME ASK ANOTHER QUESTION JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SO THERE'S A LAWSUIT RIGHT NOW.

ATTORNEY THOMAS RENZ IS REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.

SO LIKE FROM 2016 TO 2020, YOU KNOW, THEY MONITORED VACCINES IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OR MILITARY. AND SO NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES INCREASED 10 TIMES FROM A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE FROM EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND TO EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE THOUSAND.

SO THEY HAVE HYPERTENSION, THAT'S UP TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE PERCENT DISEASE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, ONE THOUSAND FORTY EIGHT PERCENT, MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR PERCENT, ELAINE BAR SYNDROME FIVE FIFTY ONE, BREAST CANCER FOUR EIGHTY SEVEN.

I'VE HEARD REPORTS OF MISCARRIAGES UP 400 PERCENT, CANCERS UP 400 PERCENT.

HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THIS? BECAUSE THESE ARE CONCERNS THAT CITIZENS ARE BRINGING TO ME, AND WE NEED SOME WAY TO HAVE SOMETHING IF WE CAN'T POINT TO THE VAERS BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A DATABASE.

SO. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO HELP IF YOU'RE PROMOTING THE VACCINE, ARE YOU PROMOTING IT SAFE AND EFFECTIVE? ABSOLUTELY. HOW DO WE BACK IT UP WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS KIND OF STUFF? YEAH. SO IN KIND OF IN LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE WANTING TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, THE CDC DOES HAVE A STATEMENT OR HAS A WEB PAGE THAT WAS UPDATED ON FEBRUARY THE 7TH, AND THE FIRST LINE IS COVID VACCINES ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE . SO I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER.

THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT IN THEIR, IN ALL OF THE DATABASES THEY HAVE, INCLUDING VAERS, THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR ADVERSE EVENTS THAT COULD BE THAT WOULD BE RELATED TO VACCINES, ANAPHYLAXIS BEING ONE ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE PER ONE MILLION WOULD EXPERIENCE ANAPHYLAXIS.

SO THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD FIND SIGNIFICANT.

FIVE PER ONE MILLION.

THROMBOSIS WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME.

THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY HAVE NOTED THAT FIFTY SEVEN PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED J&J AND THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE MODERNA VACCINE HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT . GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME THEY HAVE VERIFIED THREE HUNDRED AND SIX PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE J&J VACCINE AND MYOCARDITIS AND PERICARDITIS.

THEY HAVE ABOUT TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE VERIFIED CASES OF THAT THROUGH THEIR WORK.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DEATH, THEY HAVE IT SAYS THEY HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF THIS IS THAT VAERS RECEIVED TWELVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWO PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF DEATH, WHICH IS 0.0022 PERCENT AMONG PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED COVID 19 VACCINE.

CDC AND FDA CLINICIANS REVIEWED REPORTS OF DEATH TO VAERS, INCLUDING DEATH CERTIFICATES, AUTOPSY AND MEDICAL RECORDS, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT ONE DEATH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH VACCINE OUT OF FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE.

[03:55:03]

SO YES, THIS IS A PRODUCT THAT IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE AN RFP.

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED.

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVE THIS INFORMATION, NOT SCARY INFORMATION LIKE THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT TO THE TO THE TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE DOD INFORMATION OR ABOUT VAERS OR ANYTHING ELSE, THERE IS A SOURCE THAT'S RESPONSIBLE.

THERE IS SOMEONE WHO'S LANE THAT INFORMATION FALLS IN.

TO COME TO THE CITY AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO TELL US ABOUT THIS STUFF.

THAT'S NOT YOUR INFORMATION, NOT YOUR ABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY TO ANALYZE IS PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, PROBABLY NOT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO JUMP INTO THAT LANE BECAUSE THERE IS SOMEBODY ALREADY THERE THAT'S CHARGED WITH IT.

I WOULD REFER THEM.

ANYBODY THAT HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE DOD INFORMATION TO THE DOD OR THE CDC IF THERE ARE RESOURCE TO THE DOD ON THAT, ON WHATEVER THAT THAT IS.

SO LET ME TAKE OUR LANE, MR. MILLER BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

WE SHOULD HAVE A LANE WHERE WE HAVE A ROLE THAT WE LOOK AT AND NOT TWO SETS OF DATA FROM THE SAME CDC.

BECAUSE LIKE THE DATA YOU'RE TELLING ME AND THE DATA THAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THIS DATA IS ANALYZED.

THAT DATA IS NOT.

THAT IS RAW DATA THAT HASN'T BEEN ANALYZED, WHICH THE VAERS WEBSITE SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT DATA IS NOT ANALYZED.

SO EVERYTHING THAT I'M SEEING IN THIS LIKE SO THIS RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS SENATOR RON JOHNSON.

AND THIS IS A RANKING MEMBER ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS, SO THIS WAS DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED AT A TESTIMONY.

I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A SENATE HEARING, THOUGH IT WAS CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OF CONGRESSIONAL SETTING. RIGHT.

SO SO I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THIS IN THE SO THESE THESE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PLACED BEFORE US THAT CAUSE SO MUCH MISTRUST OF THIS AND HESITANCY.

WE'RE GOING TO ADVERTISE IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PRODUCE SOME GOOD DATA.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW US THE STUFF THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE WAY THAT MAKES SENSE. I MEAN, BECAUSE NONE OF THIS IS REALLY REFUTED.

OTHER THAN YOU'RE GIVING ME A DIFFERENT.

THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THE VACCINATIONS CAN TAKE PLACE, WHERE THE TESTING CAN TAKE PLACE.

HOW TO GET THERE.

ANY INFORMATION RELATED TO WHAT WE WERE CHARGED TO DO WITH REGARD TO VACCINATING THE PUBLIC AND SAFEGUARDING.

IS IT REQUIRING ANYONE TO TAKE A VACCINE CASIE? IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANYONE TO TAKE A VACCINE.

IT DOESN'T.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T MANDATE ANYTHING.

IT JUST PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.

CAN THE MONEY BE SPENT ON ANYTHING ELSE? I MEAN, IF WE DON'T USE THIS MONEY TO PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE DATA FROM THE CDC ABOUT VACCINATIONS, CAN WE USE IT ON ANYTHING ELSE? WE CANNOT. SO I UNDERSTAND, MAYOR, THAT WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION.

I VOTED AGAINST TRYING OR ACCEPTING THIS GRANT.

I'M NOT TRYING TO CONVINCE THE COUNCIL DIFFERENTLY.

YOU KNOW, I OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF NOT TAKING THE MONEY JUST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT IN AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN THAT'S ADVERTISING SOMETHING THAT WE ALL KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT.

SO I DON'T REALLY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO POOR STEWARDSHIP, IN MY OPINION.

HOWEVER, I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND. SO DIRECTING THIS INTO AN APPROPRIATE LANE THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF WHERE WE ACTUALLY PUT UP LEGITIMATE, VERIFIED, USABLE INFORMATION THAT HELP PEOPLE MAKE INFORMED CONSENT IS MORE MY DIRECT LINE OF QUESTIONING.

AND DO WE HAVE THE LATITUDE TO DO THIS OR ARE WE GIVEN TALKING POINTS? ARE WE GIVEN THINGS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT END UP IN YOUR LAP AND YOU JUST HAVE TO CARRY OUT ORDERS? SO I THINK WE WILL.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THOSE MESSAGES, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY PROVIDE INFORMATION.

YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE ALONG, WE WILL PROVIDE VERIFIED INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN ANALYZED.

SO I THINK PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

YEAH, AND I WOULD LOVE TO.

I WOULD LOVE TO BRING YOU SOME THINGS.

I KNOW WE'VE ALL GOTTEN BUSY.

WE'VE GOTTEN OFF TRACK FOR ME, COMMUNICATING WITH YOU.

SO THROUGH OUR CITY MANAGER, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO LET YOU EDUCATE ME ON WHY THESE THIS DOCUMENTATION ISN'T TRUSTWORTHY OR SHOULDN'T BE LOOKED AT AS A VERIFIABLE SOURCE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK.

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BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CHARGED WITH REVIEWING THAT ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSING IT, NOT AT THE I MEAN, CHANGING NATIONAL POLICY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO OR EVEN CHARGE TO DO.

BUT IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET VERIFIABLE DATA THAT SHOWED SOMETHING MORE THAN ONE DEATH FROM FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION VACCINES, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, THEN WE WOULD HAVE CAUSE FOR CONCERN AS A CITY IN PUTTING TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO WORK TO ADVERTISE FOR THIS AND SAYING IT'S SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.

AND THOSE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE PROVIDING THE DATA, THE ANALYSIS AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE EITHER DERELICT OR IN SOME OTHER WAY, PROVIDING US INACCURATE INFORMATION.

I DON'T BELIEVE SO, I THINK IT'S THEIR INFORMATION THAT I'M REFERRING TO.

I'M NOT LOOKING AT ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT'S ALL WE'RE PUTTING OUT.

SO.

AND I DID MISSPEAK. IT'S NINE, NOT ONE.

IT'S NINE. BUT IF THERE WERE 10 INSTEAD OF NINE, WE WOULD HAVE CAUSE FOR CONCERN RIGHT? OUT OF 543 MILLION.

I THINK I MEAN, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM COVID? DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER? OVER NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

WELL, THAT'S IN THE UNITED STATES, IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT THAT'S IS THAT A WORLDWIDE VACCINATION NUMBER YOU JUST GAVE CASIE FOR THE UNITED STATES? SO I MEAN, WE'VE LOST, YOU KNOW, OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE LOCALLY.

I JUST THINK IT'S A IT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO BE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE AS NUMBERS, AND WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH THAT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PANDEMIC.

BUT THE TRUTH IS, WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, WE CAN GET OFF IN THE WHAT SENATOR JOHNSON SAYS OR WHAT DR.

MCCULLOUGH SAYS AND DIFFERENT APPROACHES, AND I JUST I'M TRYING TO PULL BACK AND JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

I'M VERY MOVED BY THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER THAT WERE HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT THE JOURNEY THEY'VE BEEN ON. THAT'S A VERY REAL JOURNEY FOR THEM, AND THEY'RE MAKING A PERSONAL DECISION BASED ON HER HEALTH NEEDS, AND I COMPLETELY RESPECT THAT.

I KNOW WE ALL DO.

BUT OVERALL, THE NUMBERS ARE OVERWHELMING THAT THE DEATH RATE OF THIS VIRUS IS SEVERE AND THE NUMBERS SHOW THAT AND WE'VE ALL LOST FRIENDS.

I'VE LOST FRIENDS WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE BETTER OFF NOT VACCINATED.

AND INSTEAD, I HAD TO GO TO THEIR FUNERAL.

SO WE HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.

THERE'S SPACE FOR QUESTIONS.

THERE'S SPACE FOR DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.

BUT THE NUMBERS ARE REAL FOR DEATH WITH REGARD TO THIS VIRUS.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CDC IS TRYING TO BALANCE ON A LARGE SCALE.

OK, WITH THOSE COMMENTS, I CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION THEN? YES. YOU NEED A SECOND TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

NO. SO I MOVE TO AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE COVID 19 VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR THE AMARILLO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO MARY COYNE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS LLC, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY DR.

SAUER TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3M.

MORE QUESTIONS, MORE DISCUSSION.

ONE COMMENT.

I SINCERELY APPRECIATE COUNCIL AND YOU SPECIFICALLY CASIE BEING WILLING TO LET ME SIT HERE AND ASK YOU SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AND YOU DO IN THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY TO ANSWER THEM WITH WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN.

AND YOU GUYS HEARING ME OUT AND LISTENING TO THIS, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE AND NOT ONE THAT I WANT TO BREEZE THROUGH ON A 5-0, 4-1 VOTE.

AND SO TAKING THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND HOPE TO HAVE BETTER DISCUSSION AND MORE DISCUSSION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH CASIE. THANK YOU, SIR.

AND CASIE, JUST THE FUNDS FOR THIS GRANT ARE COMING FROM NOT IN THE CITY BUDGET, NOT AMARILLO TAXPAYER RESIDENT TAX DOLLARS.

THESE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS COMING FROM THE CARES ACT.

THEY ARE, AND THEY'RE PASSED THROUGH DOLLARS TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES.

SO IF WE DON'T USE THEM, THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY WHO MIGHT HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT VACCINES, THEY MIGHT WANT TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT.

NOTHING LIKE THAT, BUT JUST CLEAR.

I JUST NEEDED THE CLARIFICATION THAT THESE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

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AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

NO. SO THAT POSED THAT I'M TAKING THAT AS A NO VOTE, RIGHT? YES. OK. BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT NO TO OPPOSING IT.

YOU ARE ACTUALLY OPPOSED.

NO OR NAY. SPECIFICALLY, WHICH ONE? NAY IS FINE. YES.

OK. OK, SO THAT PASSES WITH A FOUR ONE VOTE.

OK, THANK YOU CASIE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.

AND THANK YOU MS. COYNE FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND SITTING THROUGH A VERY LONG AGENDA.

WE APPRECIATE THAT TOO.

THE REST OF OUR AGENDA IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[4. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

YES, MA'AM. PURSUANT TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CLOSED SESSION OF THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY THE 8TH AT 5:59 PM UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY.

SECTION 551.071 CONSULTANT ATTORNEY ON A MATTER IN WHICH ATTORNEYS DUTY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.076 DISCUSS THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL OR DEVICES.

SECTION 551.087 DISCUSS COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM AN EXISTING BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECT FROM WHICH THE CITY IS NEGOTIATING FOR THE LOCATION OR RETENTION OF A FACILITY BEFORE INCENTIVES THE CITY IS WILLING TO EXTEND OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE SAME.

SECTION 551.089 DISCUSS SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2059 OR THE DEPLOYMENT OF SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR SECURITY DEVICES.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY.

WE ARE ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.