Apr 12, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting

THAT I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN THE APPEARANCE IS THAT DOING

[*This meeting was joined in progress*]

[PUBLIC ADDRESS]

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SO GOING FORWARD AND HOWEVER THIS HAPPENS TO GO FORWARD, THOSE THINGS CAUSE ME A LOT OF CONCERN. AND THAT CAME UP AT THE FIRST MEETING.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL GOT WIND OF THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DID.

AND THE REASON THAT'S TRUE IS BECAUSE IT LEAVES THE APPEARANCE, EVEN THOUGH THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE, BUT IT LEAVES THE APPEARANCE THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING WHEREBY THEY OBTAIN WHAT'S NOT THEIRS.

AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE INTENT, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE GOOD PEOPLE AND YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT FROM MY OWN PUBLIC WORK AS THE LIBERTARIAN CHAIR FOR RANDALL COUNTY AND AS THE STATE LIBERTARIAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE FOR SD 31 TO THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, THE STATE OF TEXAS, THAT EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY CAN BE BAD. AND SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP US INFORMED ANYWAY IN ADVANCE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND, ALSO MAKE SURE WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH WHAT ARE WE DOING, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CAUSING A BURDEN ON THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK.

I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.

HAVE A BLESSED DAY.

THANK YOU. MR. WESTBROOK.

NEXT, MR. SKANK.

AND OUR LAST SPEAKER AFTER MR. SKANK, ON DECK IS KENNETH FLORES.

IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

JAMES SKANK, CITY.

Y'ALL HAD MY TEXTS AND STUFF THAT SPEAKING INTO THESE MICROPHONES ARE REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE LIKE JUST NOW, YOU SEE HOW MUCH BETTER YOU CAN HEAR ME IN THE ROOM.

IF YOU CAN'T HEAR YOURSELF IN THE ROOM, THEN WE DON'T HEAR YOU ON TV.

AND I'VE BEEN HOME WITH HIP SURGERY AND I WOULD LIKE TO LISTEN TO Y'ALL, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SOUNDS LIKE WAY OFF.

ANYWAY, THAT'S MY COMMENT.

PLEASE. SPEAK INTO THE.

IF YOU WAS IN MY BAND, YOU WOULD BE LIKE, HEY, COME ON, EAT THAT MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY. PLANNING AND ZONING DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT WHEN IT FIRST CAME ABOUT.

AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO ONE THING THAT ANDREW AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS AIRBNB'S, AND THAT THEY CAN GO IN BASICALLY ANYWHERE, INCLUDING THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO YOU. AND I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS OR ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE CAN DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE.

BUT MUCH LIKE WE DO WITH OTHER ZONING THINGS, AS YOU MAY KNOW, TO SEND OUT A BULLETIN TO THOSE OTHERS THAT ARE RIGHT AROUND AND SAY, HEY, WOULD YOU, WOULD IT BE OKAY IF THEY HAVE TO REGISTER WITH YOU? BUT RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE TO EVEN REGISTER WITH YOU ALL TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT ONE IN.

AND WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO IS IT'S A HOTEL ROOM NEXT TO YOU, A HOTEL HOUSE THAT COULD BE IN AND OUT WITH SEVERAL FAMILIES MULTIPLE TIMES.

IS THAT A PROBLEM? NO, NOT IF THEY KEEP IT RIGHT.

AND IT'S NOT A BIG PARTY HOUSE.

OKAY. THAT'S JUST MY STATEMENT ON THAT, TOO.

AND I'LL TALK TO THE ZONING COMMITTEE ALSO ABOUT IT.

UNDER THE CONSENT ITEMS, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY CONSENTING TO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MR. MCWILLIAMS SPEAK TO THAT WE DID WITH BRENT BECAUSE IT JUST GIVES A LIMITED AMOUNT OF INFORMATION HERE. AND WHAT HAPPENED? DID WE WIN, LOSE, DRAW? IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, JUST PERSONAL INFORMATION.

AND ONE OTHER SITUATION THAT I'VE RESEARCHED AND GONE THROUGH WITH IS THE REVENUE RECOVERY THAT WE HAVE.

AND WE'RE CURRENTLY PULLING 11.2 OUT TO PUT INTO THE CITY GENERAL FUND.

BUT I ALSO REALIZE FROM TALKING WITH LAURA THAT THERE MAY BE A NEW EQUATION THAT'S GOING TO GET MORE MONEY THAT YOU CAN PUT OVER THERE.

AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT NUMBER WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING THAT NUMBER AND HOW MUCH IT MOVED UP, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT DID.

AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE NEW EQUATION YET TO LOOK AT THAT.

SO. ANY QUESTIONS? OH, THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU, MR. SKANK.

OUR LAST SPEAKER SIGNED UP TODAY IS KENNETH BRYANT FLORES.

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IF MR. FLORES IS NOT HERE, MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC ADDRESS.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

WE'LL MOVE ON THEN.

MR. CITY MANAGER, COULD WE HAVE SOMEONE STEP OUT WITH MR. SKANK JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GETS HIS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND ALSO ARPA FUNDING ANSWERED? SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

SKANK.

YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW? FORMAT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT ASKED ANSWERED.

SO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE, WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE STEP OUT AND DO THAT NOW, OR WE CAN SET A TIME WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IT LATER.

I DON'T THINK HE WANTS SOMEONE TO STEP OUT THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THEN I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT TO THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE.

I JUST WANT TO KIND OF COMMENT ON THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE.

SO I THINK THIS TIME AROUND IT'S BEEN REAL INTERESTING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEAL THAT IT HAS WHATEVER THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN HAS KIND OF STIRRED THINGS UP.

THE REALITY OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEAL ACTUALLY STARTED ABOUT THE TIME THE FOUR OF US CAME ON COUNCIL, AND PART OF THE REASON THAT IT CAME UP WAS WE WERE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HADN'T BEEN ADDRESSED AND ONE OF THEM WAS PLANNING AND ZONING.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE LAST TIME PLANNING AND ZONING HAD BEEN LOOKED AT AS A WHOLE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO WAS ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE I STARTED FIRST GRADE, 1968.

AUGUST OF 1968.

AND TYPICALLY, MOST OF THE TIME, THOSE ORDINANCES ARE REHASHED OR LOOKED AT AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 5 TO 10 YEARS.

AND YET IT HAD SLIPPED BY FOR 54 YEARS NOW.

SO IT SLIPPED BY FOR 54 YEARS.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR THE PAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, AND THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN REALLY SLOW.

AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT GINNED UP ALL OF THE THE WHOLE DEAL, BUT THE WHOLE IDEA IS JUST THAT THE RULES WERE SET UP BASED UPON A 1968 AMARILLO, TEXAS.

AND A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN 50 YEARS, INCLUDING POPULATION, THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES WE HAVE, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE SITTING ON HERE, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN THINGS HAVE COME BEFORE US CONCERNING PLANNING AND ZONING, AND THEY DIDN'T FIT OUR MOLD, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE FIT OUR MOLD.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT? WE SHOULD HAVE HAD EITHER A SECTION OF THE WAY IT FALLS UNDER PLANNING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND IT WASN'T THERE.

AND SO THIS ISN'T A GET PEOPLE CATCH PEOPLE OFF GUARD.

THIS IS JUST TRYING TO BRING THE CITY OF AMARILLO'S PLANNING AND ZONING AND GIVE THE DEPARTMENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO FUNCTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY IS WHAT I WOULD REALLY TELL YOU HAS HAPPENED.

AND SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.

I DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVER ANY INTENT TO CATCH PEOPLE OFF GUARD AND SAY, YOU NO LONGER FIT IN THIS ZONING SITUATION.

I THINK WHAT IT WAS WAS JUST TRYING TO BRING US UP TO MODERN DAY SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE ON A MUCH BETTER BASIS.

OKAY. MOVING ON THEN TO AGENDA ITEM 1 A AND JUST THANK YOU TO EACH CITIZEN WHO MADE TIME TO COME AND MAKE A COMMENT TODAY AND ANYBODY WHO'S SENT US AN EMAIL TOO.

WE DO APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU.

ITEM 1 A IS REVIEW AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AND ANY ATTACHMENTS.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT UP FRONT OR ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU NEEDED THAT YOU DIDN'T GET? ITEM ONE B IS TO DISCUSS EARTH DAY AND GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.

[1.B. Discuss Earth Day Update;]

CITY HAS SOME ACTIVITIES ABOUT EARTH DAY THAT WE NEED TO GET AN UPDATE ON.

YES, MA'AM. DONNY'S GOING TO HAVE A GOOD PRESENTATION.

DONNY HOOPER, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, ARE GOING TO TAG TEAM THIS.

DONNY, TAKE IT AWAY. YEAH, THANK YOU.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES TODAY FOR YOU, HOWARD, BUT THE PROCLAMATION IS A GREAT LEAD INTO EARTH DAY.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

EARTH DAY BEGAN BACK IN 1970, AND IT'S KIND OF GAINED SOME MOMENTUM THROUGH THE YEARS.

AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO DO IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN WE'VE EVER DONE IT AS FAR AS OUR PARTICIPATION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 24 OF OUR ROLL OFFS.

THAT'S ALL OF OUR NEW ROLL OFFS THAT ARE IN OUR PROGRAM.

WE'RE REPLACING THOSE OUT ALL ACROSS THE CITY.

WE HAD A GRAPHIC. I DON'T KNOW IF JENNY HAS IT OR NOT.

DO YOU? THAT GRAPHIC I SENT TO YOU?

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BUT WE HAVE A FLIER. WE HAVE THE FLIER LYING AT YOUR PLACES ON THE DAIS.

Y'ALL HAVE IT. GREAT. SO THAT HAS THE LOCATIONS ON THERE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE PLACING THOSE ROLL OFF CONTAINERS, SOMETHING THAT WE LEARNED BACK IN SEPTEMBER IN OUR CLEANUP WAS THAT SCATTERING THEM OUT AMONG THE ENTIRE CITY DIDN'T WORK AS WELL AS GROUPING THEM UP IN CERTAIN PLACES. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS PLACING TWO OF THOSE AT THE EAST LIBRARY THAT SERVES THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE.

SOUTHWEST LIBRARY WE'LL HAVE 4 ROLL OFF CONTAINERS.

BONES HOOKS WILL HAVE FOUR CONTAINERS, EASTRIDGE WILL HAVE FIVE.

AND THE REASON THAT EASTRIDGE HAS FIVE IS THEY'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD GROUP TOGETHER OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE READY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT.

AND ALSO THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE FIRST GROUP TO PARTICIPATE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR ROLLOUT PROGRAM BY SCHEDULING EVERY THIRD WEEKEND OF THE MONTH AND HAVING ROLL OFFS IN EASTRIDGE THEY CAN HAVE CLEANUP.

SO EVERY THIRD WEEKEND OF THE MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO BE PLACE IN THERE, FOR THEM A COUPLE OF THOSE. AND EMILY AND THE PLANNING GROUP HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT AND WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT.

SAN JACINTO PARK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE ROLL OFF CONTAINERS AND THOMPSON PARK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR. WE'RE GOING TO PUT THOSE OUT ON MONDAY MORNING AND THEY WILL BE OUT ALL WEEK LONG AND THEN WE'LL COLLECT THEM THE FOLLOWING MONDAY WE WILL OF COURSE BE CHECKING ON THEM PERIODICALLY.

WHEN ONE GETS FULL, WE'LL GO OUT AND PICK IT UP.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO SEE SOME PARTICIPATION.

I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, EVEN IF IT'S JUST AN INDIVIDUAL WANTING TO GO DOWN THEIR STREET AND COLLECT THINGS EITHER IN THEIR ALLEY OR THEIR STREET OR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR THEIR PARK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PART OF A BIG GROUP TO DO THIS, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF GROUPS OUT THERE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN EARTH DAY THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO UPDATE ON OUR SIDE.

I KNOW THAT THE PARKS DIRECTOR, MICHAEL KASHUBA, ALSO HAS AN UPDATE ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON A SPECIFIC CLEANUP IN THOMPSON PARK.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON A COUPLE OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED.

SO APRIL 23RD AT THOMPSON PARK FROM NINE TILL NOON.

WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A CLEANUP OF THOMPSON PARK.

SO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INTERESTED CAN JUST MEET AT THE ZOO.

AS OF THIS MORNING, WE HAVE OVER 50 PEOPLE ALREADY SIGNED UP TO GO AND HELP CLEAN UP THE PARK. SO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INTERESTED CAN JUST MEET ON SITE AT THE ZOO.

WE ALSO HAVE A GROUP THAT IS GOING TO DO A CLEANUP OF THE TENNIS CENTER AND THE AREA AROUND IT IN JOHN STIFF PARK.

THEY'RE DOING THAT THE AFTERNOON OF THE 22ND, SO THAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSED MORE ON THAT AREA AROUND THE TENNIS CENTER.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD, I GUESS, WORD IS GETTING OUT.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A LOT OF CITIZEN GROUPS REACHING OUT TO PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF TO COORDINATE, PICK UP OF TRASH BAGS ON SITE.

SO A LOT OF GROUPS HAVE REACHED OUT TO TRY TO DO SHORELINE CLEANUP OF OUR DIFFERENT LAKES. AND SO PARK MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THOSE GROUPS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE THAT ARE SCHEDULED AS WELL.

SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE COUPLE OF ITEMS TO YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR THOSE TWO REPORTS COUNCIL? NO.

JARED, I WOULD JUST SAY THIS IS GREAT.

THIS HAS BEEN GRADUALLY GETTING TO BE A BIGGER AND BIGGER EVENT EVERY YEAR AND WORKING WITH GROUPS LIKE KEEP AMARILLO BEAUTIFUL AND BABJI YALAMANCHILI.

AND THIS IS GETTING A LOT OF TRACTION.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DONNY, THANK YOU TO MICHAEL, THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFFS INTERNALLY FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO GROW THIS, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN OUR CITY THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE TO ONBOARD AND HELP.

AND SO THIS IS GOOD AN THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM OR WHOEVER PUT THIS FLIER TOGETHER.

GREAT JOB. I JUST THINK I'M REALLY PLEASED.

AND I KNOW CITIZENS ARE GOING TO BE PLEASED TO SEE THIS PROJECT.

IT'LL BE GOOD FOR OUR CITY.

MAYOR I THINK IT'S GOOD TO RECOGNIZE STUFF LIKE THAT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, THOUGH, THAT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER. RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE ADDITIONAL ROLL OFFS, THE ADDITIONAL TRUCKS TO MOVE THE ROLL OFFS AROUND. IT'S ALL A RESULT OF THE BUDGET WORK THE COUNCIL DID LAST SUMMER, AUTHORIZING AND ALLOCATING FUNDS TO FACILITATE THIS PROJECT, NOT JUST THE CLEANUPS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON EARTH DAY, BUT ALSO THE ROLL OFFS AND ROLL OFF PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND ALL OVER TOWN ALL YEAR LONG.

SO THIS IS DIRECTLY TIED BACK TO COUNCIL ACTION.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS THAT.

WELL, IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE RESULTS OF IT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 1 C IS A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE AMARILLO CDS RESLNTEL

[1.C. Present and Discuss the Amarillo CDS Reslntel Housing Study 2022;]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR THIS IS THE PRESENTATION OF RESULTS OF THE HOUSING STUDY.

GOT ANDREW FREEMAN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

ALSO INTRODUCE OUR FRIENDS FROM CDS.

YES, SIR. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT GOING ON, I GUESS FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.

WE STARTED LAST FALL.

THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

THIS IS WORKING WITH THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION, AMARILLO, EDC, TIRZ NUMBER ONE DOWNTOWN AND ALSO CITY COUNCIL TO HELP FUND THIS PROJECT, KNOWING THAT IT WAS A HOT TOPIC, HIGH PRIORITY ITEM TO REALLY ANALYZE OUR HOUSING MARKET, SEE WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE, SEE WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE. AND JUST PROVIDE A LOT OF GOOD DATA AND INFORMATION FOR OUR BUILDERS AND OUR REALTORS IN THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE HEADING INTO THE FUTURE, PARTICULARLY NOW DEALING WITH INCREASED PRICING AND LOW, LOW SUPPLY OF HOUSING.

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SO HERE TODAY WE'VE GOT STEVE SPILLETTE AND HIS TEAM WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION AT THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION OFFICE THIS MORNING WITH GOOD TURNOUT TO HEAR THE RESULTS.

AND THEN AFTER THIS MEETING, WE'LL BE POSTING THE FULL REPORT, WHICH IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WELL OVER 200 PAGES.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE ON THE WEBSITE.

WE'LL ALSO PUT THE KEY FINDINGS THERE WHERE THEY'RE EASY TO FIND, AS WELL AS A RECORDING OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION FOR THOSE THAT COULDN'T MAKE IT TO TO ATTEND IN PERSON.

SO I'LL PASS IT ALONG TO STEVE.

WELCOME, STEVE. GREETINGS, EVERYONE.

MAYOR COUNCIL SO WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF OUR WORK.

ALL THE FACTS AND FIGURES THAT YOU SEE IN THIS REPORT, JUST SO YOU KNOW THIS.

AS ANDREW REFERRED TO, WE STARTED THIS LAST FALL.

AND SO THERE AS OF WHATEVER DATE IN 2021 THAT WE HAD DATA AVAILABLE.

SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH THIS VERY, VERY QUICKLY.

AS ANDREW SAID, IT'S A VERY THICK REPORT.

SO THIS IS ALREADY A CONDENSED VERSION OF WHAT THAT IS.

AND I'M GOING TO CONDENSE IT EVEN FURTHER.

JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHY THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED.

WE WERE ASKED TO BASICALLY ASSESS WHAT IS THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TYPES AND PRICES OF HOUSING AND AMARILLO.

WE LOOKED CLOSELY AT YOUR ECONOMY, YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, AND AS WELL AS THE SUPPLY OF VARIOUS KINDS OF HOUSING THAT YOU HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.

AND WHETHER THAT SUPPLY WAS OR WAS NOT MEETING DEMAND WITH A FOCUS ON THE WORKFORCE THAT YOU HAVE HERE IN AMARILLO NOW AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE, AS WELL AS INCLUDING A COMPONENT OF SENIOR AND RETIREE HOUSING.

IT ALSO INCLUDED A SURVEY OF YOUR WORKFORCE REGARDING THEIR HOUSING NEEDS AND PREFERENCES AND EXPERIENCES.

AND I'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE RESULTS OF THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.

I WON'T GO THROUGH IN DETAIL ON THE ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH THAT WE DID IN THIS REPORT. ALL THE NUMBERS ARE IN THERE AT LENGTH, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO INVESTIGATE.

BUT BASICALLY, YOU HAVE BEEN GROWING STEADILY.

YOU'RE A VERY MIDDLE CLASS COMMUNITY, DOMINANTLY IN TERMS OF YOUR INCOMES AND WAGES, AND THAT IT PLAYS STRONGLY INTO THE KINDS OF FINDINGS THAT WE HAD REGARDING YOUR HOUSING NEEDS AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD.

JUST NOTING THE KINDS OF INDUSTRY YOU HAVE HERE AND THE HEALTH CARE AND MANUFACTURING THAT FORM A LOT OF THE BACKBONE OF THE PRIMARY ECONOMY FOR THE AMARILLO REGION, AS WELL AS OTHER INDUSTRY SECTORS SUCH AS RETAIL AND ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE KNOWN FOR HAVING.

WHEREAS HEALTH CARE MANUFACTURING PROVIDE FOR MIDDLE CLASS WAGES.

OFTENTIMES AND SOME OF THESE OTHER SECTORS ARE NOT SO HIGH WAGES.

WE DO EXPECT FURTHER GROWTH IN YOUR JOB BASE.

AEDC HAS ANNOUNCED TWO SIGNIFICANT EVENTS COMING UP WITH THE CACIQUE PLANT AND THE AMAZON FACILITY. THERE WILL BE ADDING ALMOST 1000 JOBS BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.

AGAIN, THIS WILL FURTHER REINFORCE THE WORKING AND MIDDLE CLASS WAGES THAT TYPIFY A LOT OF THE AMARILLO ECONOMY.

AND YOU'VE BEEN RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMIC.

AND, OF COURSE, WE WERE MINDFUL OF THE IMPACTS OF THAT AS WE CONDUCTED THE STUDY.

SO I WANT TO BRIEFLY JUST GO OVER SOME OF THE FINDINGS BY THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE HOUSING REAL ESTATE MARKET THAT WE UNCOVERED AS WE DID OUR RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS.

YOU HAVE ROUGHLY WE'RE GOING TO START WITH RENTAL HOUSING, AND I'M GOING TO START WITHIN THAT WITH RENTAL APARTMENTS, YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 16,000 UNITS OF RENTAL MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS RIGHT NOW.

3000 OF THOSE PERMITTED SINCE 2010.

AND OVER THREE QUARTERS OF THOSE ARE MARKET RATE UNITS, MEANING THEY ARE NOT INCOME RESTRICTED IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF TENANTS THAT CAN LIVE THERE.

THEY CAN RENT TO WHATEVER TYPE OF TENANT THEY WOULD LIKE.

OCCUPANCY AND DEMAND IS VERY, VERY STRONG.

MOST OF THESE COMPLEXES ARE VERY HIGHLY OCCUPIED.

IT IS VERY HARD FOR SOMEONE, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO FIND A DECENT APARTMENT UNIT IF THEY'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW.

SO THE MARKET IS VERY TIGHT AND IT HAS BEEN AND YOU JUST HAVE A LOT OF DEMAND.

DESPITE THAT, YOUR RENT LEVELS ARE NOT VERY HIGH.

HISTORICALLY, YOU'VE BEEN A VERY AFFORDABLE RENTAL MARKET THAT CONTINUES.

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THAT TO CHANGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

BUT FOR NOW, IT HAS STILL BEEN FAIRLY MODERATE RENTS, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE YOU'RE HELPING PEOPLE AFFORD HOUSING.

YOU DO HAVE ONE COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.

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THE REMAINDER ARE WHAT WE CALL INCOME RESTRICTED.

THAT MEANS SUBSIDIZED OR OTHERWISE ASSISTED IN SOME WAY.

THEY'RE BASICALLY SERVING LOW TO MODERATE INCOME POPULATIONS AND RESTRICTED TO SERVING THOSE. YOU DO HAVE OVER 12,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE AMARILLO AREA THAT ARE ESTIMATED TO BE HOUSING COST BURDENED, MEANING THAT THEY SPEND AT LEAST 30% OF THEIR GROSS INCOME ON DIRECT HOUSING COSTS.

AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO EARN UNDER 35,000 A YEAR.

THAT SAID, YOU HAVE UNDER 3,000 INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS.

SO THERE'S STILL LIKELY A NEED THAT YOU NEED MORE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS TO HELP SERVE THIS POPULATION, A LOT OF WHICH IS WORKING.

THEY ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, WORKING PEOPLE, BUT THEIR INCOMES ARE VERY LOW AND THEY ARE STILL HOUSING COST BURDENED IN TERMS OF THE RENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY AS A SHARE OF THEIR INCOME. AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE, EVEN FOR THOSE MAKING OVER 35,000 A YEAR, THE HOUSING THAT IS SERVING THEM, THE RENTAL HOUSING, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THE SHARE OF COST BURDEN HOUSEHOLDS FOR THOSE FOLKS TO RISE ANY MORE THAN IT IS.

IT'S REASONABLY LOW RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU DON'T WANT IT GOING UP.

WHAT IS THAT ACRONYM? NOAH. NOAH IS AN ACRONYM AND YOU'LL SEE OTHER ACRONYMS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE STOP ME AND ASK.

IT MEANS NATURALLY OCCURRING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THAT MEANS BASICALLY HOUSING THAT IS NOT SUBSIDIZED OR RESTRICTED TO SERVING PEOPLE OF LOWER TO MODERATE INCOMES.

IT'S JUST PERHAPS OLDER APARTMENT COMPLEXES OR OLDER HOMES THAT ARE LOW PRICED, LOW ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN LOW TO MODERATE INCOME RANGES CAN AFFORD THEM REASONABLY.

WE ALSO LOOKED THE OTHER MAIN COMPONENT OF YOUR RENTAL MARKET IS SINGLE FAMILY RENTALS OR NON APARTMENT RENTALS, MOST OF WHICH ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

STRONG, STRONG DEMAND FOR THAT AS WELL.

VACANT UNITS DO NOT STAY VACANT AT ALL.

YOU DO GET PREMIUM RENTS FOR WELL-LOCATED AND HOMES IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT STILL THE RENTS HERE FOR MOST UNITS ARE NOT TERRIBLY HIGH.

SO RENTAL MARKET WISE OVERALL YOU HAVE A VERY, VERY TIGHT MARKET, BUT IT HAS NOT GOTTEN TOO EXPENSIVE YET.

WE DO THINK THAT BASED ON THE CURRENT TIGHTNESS OF YOUR RENTAL MARKET SUPPLY AS WELL AS THE EXPECTED JOB GROWTH AND AGAIN, THOSE SORT OF MODERATE TO MIDDLE WAGE RANGES THAT YOU COULD ACCOMMODATE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, DEMAND FOR, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST 500 ADDITIONAL APARTMENT UNITS.

WE WOULDN'T RECOMMEND BUILDING ALL OF THOSE AT ONCE.

YOU BASICALLY DO IT COMPLEX BY COMPLEX WHERE YOU GET ONE COMPLEX FULLY LEASED UP.

THE NEXT ONE THEN CAN COME ONLINE.

BUT WE DO THINK ABOUT 500 MORE UNITS IN THE NEAR FUTURE WOULD BE REASONABLE AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW WHAT WE CALL LOW DENSITY RENTAL CLUSTERS.

THESE ARE GROUPS OF IT COULD BE TOWNHOMES OR DUPLEXES OR EVEN SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES ON SMALLER LOTS THAT ALL HAVE SOME LITTLE YARD SPACE.

AND WE THINK THERE'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE AND YOU CAN PROBABLY GET ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER RENTS FOR THOSE BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE ARE SERVING FOLKS.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FOR SALE HOUSING HERE IN A MINUTE.

BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR FOR SALE MARKET, THAT'S THE KIND OF OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE RIGHT NOW.

AND A LOT OF THOSE CAN ALSO HAPPEN ON INFILL SITES IN YOUR URBAN CORE AREA.

SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST SUBURBAN EDGE SITES.

THESE COULD HAPPEN ON REDEVELOPMENT OR OTHER VACANT SITES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.

MOVING TO FOR SALE HOUSING.

THE BIG STORY HERE IS THAT THIS IS AN AREA UNLIKE THE RENTAL MARKET.

THIS IS AN AREA WHERE PRICES HAVE CHANGED A WHOLE LOT AND ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO A STATISTIC ABOUT HOMES.

THE SHARE OF HOMES THAT SOLD UNDER $125,000.

IN 2011, THAT WAS ALMOST HALF THE MARKET BY THE YEAR TO DATE, 2021 STATISTICS THAT WE WERE USING, IT WAS DOWN TO 17%.

SO ALL OF THOSE LOWER PRICE RANGES ARE DRAMATICALLY SHRINKING AS A SHARE OF YOUR MARKET.

AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THOSE MIDDLE CLASS AND MODERATE WAGE LEVELS AND INCOMES THAT DOMINATE YOUR WORKFORCE HERE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE HOMES ARE SORT OF WHAT'S TRADITIONALLY BEEN AVAILABLE FOR FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS, MAKING THOSE KINDS OF WAGES AND INCOMES.

RIGHT NOW, AS PRICES HAVE BEEN MOVING UP, YOU'VE HAD AN INCREASING ROLE OF RETIREES OR PASSIVE INCOME OR AFFLUENT HOUSEHOLDS AND REMOTE WORKERS WHO ARE INCREASINGLY DRIVING THE

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IT'S 215,000 AS OF LAST YEAR.

AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MOST CURRENT STATISTIC.

BUT I MEAN, THIS IS A PRETTY DRAMATIC CHANGE.

AND AGAIN, ESPECIALLY SINCE MAY OF 2020, WHEN ALL AROUND THE NATION HOME PRICES STARTED RISING DRAMATICALLY.

SO THAT TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE EXISTING HOME MARKET.

WE LOOKED A LOT ALSO AT THE NEW HOME MARKET AND WHAT PRICES WERE FOR NEWLY BUILT HOMES AND WHAT IT COST TO BUILD HOMES.

THE BAD NEWS IS THAT LAND COSTS, DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE ALL GOING UP. THIS IS ALL YOU KNOW THIS IS A FUNCTION OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS, SUCH AS SUPPLY CHAIN AND LABOR AVAILABILITY AND OTHER FACTORS.

SO IT'S HARDER AND HARDER TO BUILD HOMES THAT IN PRICE RANGES THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY AFFORDABLE TO YOUR CORE WORKFORCE MARKET FINISHED LOT PRICES TO BUILDERS HAVE BEEN GOING UP A LOT.

IT'S VERY HARD TO GET NEW HOMES ON THE GROUND NOW UNDER 200,000.

AND IN FACT, 200,000 IS EVEN PRETTY MUCH AT THE LOW END OF WHAT YOU CAN REALLY BUILD NEW, DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR.

I WANT TO NOTE THAT IN A MODEL WE MODELED AS WE DO IN ALL THESE STUDIES UNDER AN FHA MORTGAGE, WHAT WOULD THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME BE ABLE TO AFFORD IF IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME PURCHASE UNDER AN FHA MORTGAGE WITH THREE AND A HALF PERCENT DOWN AND THAT PRICE OF HOME WOULD BE $175,000.

SO YOUR YOUR PRICES ARE ALREADY MOVING WELL PAST THAT AT THIS POINT.

WE DO THINK BASED ON THE LOT SUPPLY THAT FOR WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO GET DATA IN TERMS OF PLANNED AND LOTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADEQUATELY SERVE YOUR MORE AFFLUENT HOMEBUYERS.

WE THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A REASONABLE SUPPLY OF LOTS FOR HOMES THAT ARE 250,000 AND UP. BUT YOUR MAIN CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE BEING ABLE TO SERVE THOSE, ESPECIALLY FIRST TIME WORKFORCE HOMEBUYERS THAT NEED HOMES IN THE 175,000 TO 250,000 RANGE.

AND IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO EVEN BUILD A HOME FOR 175,000 AT THIS POINT.

SO WE'RE MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT THE LOW TWO HUNDREDS.

YOU DO HAVE, AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE OLDER HOMES THAT MAY BE AT THE LOW END OF THE PRICE SCALE. BUT IF YOU ARE GETTING AN FHA OR VA MORTGAGE, THEY REQUIRE AN INSPECTION AND A LOT OF THOSE HOMES ARE NOT LIKELY TO PASS INSPECTION AND THUS THEY WOULDN'T BE REALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THAT KIND OF PURCHASE.

SO THIS IS A PRESSING SITUATION AT THIS POINT.

SOME OF THE FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE REGARDING WHAT WE'VE SEEN OF YOUR EXISTING AND NEW HOME MARKET FOR SALE MARKET IS THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BETTER CAPITALIZE ON INFILL SITES WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY EXISTS AND YOU ALREADY HAVE DEVELOPED LOTS.

MAYBE IT'S TEAR DOWN HOMES OR JUST OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUR OLDER AREAS BECAUSE IN THIS CASE YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO BUILD EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH.

THERE'S ALSO MEASURES THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO REDUCE THE COST WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING ON THE EDGE OF TOWN AND WHAT WE CALL A GREENFIELD.

THERE'S WAYS TO REDUCE FINISHED LOT COSTS THAT THAT GO TO BUILDERS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE THE PRICE OF THE HOME.

AND ANOTHER WAY THAT BUILDERS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE AROUND TEXAS AND THE NATION IS ACTUALLY BUILDING SMALLER HOMES THAN THEY HAD BECAUSE THAT HELPS REDUCE THE COST TO THE CORE MARKETS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SERVE.

JUST A NOTE ON THE SURVEY THAT WE CONDUCTED THAT WENT OUT THROUGH THE EMPLOYERS TO THEIR EMPLOYEES, WE HAD OVER 1000 RESPONDENTS SAMPLE SLIGHTLY SKEWED TOWARDS HIGHER INCOME AND HIGHER EDUCATION WORKERS AS WELL AS THOSE THAT HAVE CHILDREN IN THE HOME.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A MINORITY SHARE OF HOUSEHOLDS IN AMARILLO.

MAIN FINDINGS IS THAT PEOPLE HERE ARE USED TO NOT SPENDING THAT MUCH FOR HOUSING, AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CONSUMER EDUCATION REQUIRED ABOUT THE REALITIES OF THE MARKET HERE GOING FORWARD.

MOST OVER HALF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO SPEND MORE THAN 1500 A MONTH IN DIRECT HOUSING COSTS, AND THAT MAY HAVE TO CHANGE.

THERE IS STRONG RECOGNITION AMONGST THE PEOPLE WHO ANSWERED THE SURVEY THAT THERE IS A NEED TO SERVE, PROVIDE HOUSING, RENTAL, AND OR FOR SALE THAT SERVES THAT MIDDLE CLASS FIRST TIME WORKFORCE BUYER MARKET.

SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE THAT IS NEWS TO PEOPLE OR THEY ARE PREDISPOSED TO WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT'S NEEDED.

THE CITY ITSELF, RATHER THAN AREAS OUTSIDE THE CITY, WAS BY FAR THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE.

SO CREDIT TO YOU THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERED A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE, AND IT DIDN'T MATTER

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THEY SAID CITY OF AMARILLO IS THE NUMBER ONE PLACE WHERE WE WANT TO LIVE IN THIS REGION.

PEOPLE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING HOUSING OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAD MOVED RECENTLY, SOMETIMES A LOT OF DIFFICULTY AND PEOPLE ARE STILL VERY STRONGLY ORIENTED TOWARDS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AS FAR AS WHAT THEY WANT TO LIVE IN, BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT FAIRLY SMALL HOMES.

SO AS I SAID EARLIER THIS MORNING, YESTERDAY'S 1900 SQUARE FOOT HOME IS TODAY'S 1500 SQUARE FOOT HOME. PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO LIVE IN SMALLER HOMES THAN PERHAPS EVEN WITH WORK FROM HOME. THIS WAS ALL PAST A POST-PANDEMIC SURVEY, BUT STILL THE HOME SIZES THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT ARE SMALLER THAN YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.

AS FAR AS SENIOR RETIREES GO, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THEY ARE A MAJOR COMPONENT OF YOUR MARKET AND THAT THEY ESPECIALLY FOR EXISTING OR NEWER HOMES, THEY ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. THEY LOVE SINGLE STORY HOMES.

THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED AN AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY, BUT THEY'RE COMPRISING UP TO A THIRD OVERALL, PERHAPS OF YOUR HOME SALES.

AND A LOT OF THEM, MOST OF THEM, FROM WHAT WE COULD TELL, WE DON'T HAVE HARD NUMBERS, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY COMING FROM WITHIN THE GREATER AMARILLO PANHANDLE REGION.

THEY'RE NOT MOST OF THEM ARE NOT NECESSARILY COMING FROM OTHER STATES.

THEY ALREADY LIVE IN THIS REGION.

AND WE DO THINK THAT FOR THOSE THAT DO CHOOSE TO RENT, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A POPULATION THAT IS HEAVILY OWNER OCCUPIED ORIENTED, WE DO THINK THERE'S JUSTIFICATION MARKET WISE FOR ANOTHER 200 AGE RESTRICTED INDEPENDENT LIVING SENIOR UNITS ON THE RENTAL SIDE, BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS VERY, VERY FULL.

I WANT TO ESPECIALLY ADDRESS DOWNTOWN HOUSING.

WE KNOW THAT THE CENTER CITY TIRZ HELPED FUND THIS STUDY, AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED FOR A JUSTIFICATION FOR ADDING MORE HOUSING IN THE CENTER CITY AREA.

FOR RENTAL HOUSING.

WE WOULD SUGGEST SMALL PROJECTS AND THERE'S REALLY TWO AUDIENCES YOU'RE SERVING HERE FOR THAT HOUSING. ONE ARE MORE AFFLUENT LIFESTYLE RENTERS THAT ARE WILLING TO PAY TOP OF MARKET RENTS FOR THE REGION TO HAVE THAT MORE URBAN AND DOWNTOWN LIFESTYLE.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE, AS YOU'VE BEEN, REVITALIZING CENTER CITY AND ADDING RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND HOSPITALITY VENUES, ADDING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, ETC.

YOU ALSO HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THOSE FACILITIES THAT DON'T MAKE THEY'RE NOT AFFLUENT. THEY'RE MAKING MODERATE WORKING, AND MIDDLE CLASS WAGES.

AND YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A NEED TO HELP HOUSE THEM.

HELP HOUSE THE WORKERS AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE HELPING REVITALIZE CENTER CITY RIGHT NOW . WE WOULD RECOMMEND SMILING ON SORT OF SMALLER RENTAL PROJECTS RATHER THAN LARGE IN THE NEAR TERM, LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, SO 50 UNITS OR LESS AT A TIME.

WE DO THINK THAT YOU'LL GET TO A POINT IN REVITALIZATION WHERE A LARGER RENTAL PROJECT IS JUSTIFIED, JUST MAYBE NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM.

THERE WE GO. ON THE FOR SALE SIDE, SMALLER INCREMENTS OF 10 TO 15 UNITS AT A TIME.

CONDOS IS ONE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT SERVES THAT MARKET.

YOU DO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THERE'S USUALLY CONDO FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, SO THAT FACTORS INTO AFFORDABILITY AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE BEST LOCATED IN YOUR MOST HAPPENING WALKABLE AREAS WHERE THE MOST IS GOING ON.

BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO AS KIND OF A REFERRED TO EARLIER ATTACHED OR SMALL LOT DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY FOR SALE HOMES THAT CAN INFILL ON OPPORTUNITY SITES BOTH IN THE CORE OF CENTER CITY AND IN SOME OF THE AREAS, MAYBE ELSEWHERE IN THE URBAN CORE THAT ARE VERY CLOSE AND TRYING TO KEEP PRICES UNDER 400,000 DOLLARS FOR THOSE KINDS OF UNITS.

SO I WANT TO FINISH AND PERHAPS EMPHASIZE SOME OF THE STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR FINDINGS.

AND BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THIS SITUATION, WHEREAS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND HOUSING PRICES, ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR SALE HOUSING, BUT IT WILL PROBABLY START COMING FOR YOUR RENTAL HOUSING AS WELL.

IT'S GETTING IT'S GOING UP SO MUCH AND IT'S REALLY OUTPACING WHERE THE INCOMES AND WAGES OF YOUR WORKFORCE ARE AT.

SO YOU REALLY NEED TO FIND WAYS TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HOUSING THAT CAN BE ATTAINABLE FOR THOSE FOLKS.

AND WE DO HEAR FROM VARIOUS SOURCES AND PEOPLE WE TALK TO WHO ARE INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE INDUSTRY, THAT THERE'S STILL IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED IN YOUR REVIEWING AND PERMITTING PROCESS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT EVERY DELAY, EVERY INCONSISTENCY IN FEEDBACK, EVERY AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY THAT A DEVELOPER OR BUILDER HAS TO DEAL WITH ADDS COST TO THEIR

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SO YOU REALLY HAVE YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON IMPROVING YOUR REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESS TO MAKE THAT AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE AND ADDING AS FEW UNNECESSARY COSTS AS POSSIBLE IN THAT REGARD SO THAT YOU CAN THAT IS AS MINIMAL A COMPONENT AS POSSIBLE FOR DELIVERING NEW HOUSING.

WE WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND INCREASING THE HOUSING TYPES AND SIZES THAT ARE AVAILABLE BY RIGHT UNDER YOUR REGULATIONS IN MORE AREAS OF THE CITY, SHRINKING THE MINIMUM LOT SIZES FOR YOUR SINGLE FAMILY.

WE'RE SEEING AROUND TEXAS, THEY'VE BEEN GOING TO 40 FOOT WIDE, LOTS OR EVEN LESS.

AND THE LOT SIZES THERE ARE UNDER THE 5,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM THAT YOUR CURRENT SINGLE FAMILY ZONING HAS.

AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING AT THAT TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THAT BY RIGHT RATHER THAN HAVE TO GET SPECIAL PERMITS OR SPECIAL PROCESS TO GET THAT APPROVED.

BUILD TO RENT, WHICH KIND OF RELATES TO THAT LOW DENSITY RENTAL CLUSTERS THAT I DISCUSSED EARLIER, MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT SPECIAL APPROVALS AS WELL, MAKING SURE THAT AN URBAN INFILL AND URBAN CORE LOCATION, CENTER CITY AND ADJACENT AREAS, THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING REGULATIONS THAT INHIBIT THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP THOSE THAT HOUSING, ESPECIALLY ON REDEVELOPMENT OR OTHER VACANT SITES THAT ARE NOT PRODUCING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. AND THAT THE KINDS OF HOUSING THAT MIGHT GO INTO THOSE PLACES LIKE TOWNHOMES, SMALL LOT SINGLE FAMILY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND VERTICAL MIXED USE DON'T HAVE ANY REGULATORY BARRIERS.

IN GREENFIELD SITES MITIGATE THE COSTS OF NEW PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THE STREETS, WATER AND SEWER LINES AND SIMILAR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

AROUND TEXAS A VARIETY OF WAYS ARE USED TO DO THIS, WHERE YOU CAN MITIGATE OR HELP LIFT THE COST BURDEN FROM THE DEVELOPER SO THAT THEY CAN DELIVER FINISHED LOTS AT A CHEAPER COST AND THUS HAVE CHEAPER HOMES BUILT ON THAT LAND, SPECIAL FINANCING DISTRICTS.

SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE USED CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENTS FOR THIS.

REIMBURSING DEVELOPERS FOR THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ETC.

IS AN IMPORTANT METHOD.

THAT'S THIS IS ALL BEING DONE IN OTHER LOCATIONS IN TEXAS.

AND THE INFILL. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE NORTHERN HALF AND THE OLDER AREAS OF YOUR CITY TO ADD HOUSING ON SITES THAT ARE VACANT OR WHERE YOU HAVE TEAR DOWN HOUSES AND OTHER SITES WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE MAY EXIST.

MAYBE IT PERHAPS NEEDS TO BE REHABBED TO SOME EXTENT.

WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO FACILITATE THAT KIND OF INFILL HOUSING, THAT THAT NOT BE THE BURDEN OF A DEVELOPER OR A BUILDER.

BECAUSE THESE ARE YOUR BEST SITES FOR DELIVERING HOMES, NEW HOMES AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE THAT WOULD BE MORE ATTAINABLE TO THAT CORE WORKFORCE IS WHERE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT SOME OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT.

AND SO LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE IN AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF THAT OPPORTUNITY IMPROVE IF REHAB IS NEEDED OF WATER AND SEWER OR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES THROUGH YOUR CIP, THROUGH A TIRZ OR A CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT, FINDING WAYS TO LIFT OR MITIGATE THAT BURDEN FROM A DEVELOPER OR BUILDER AND OTHER INCENTIVES CAN BE PROVIDED THAT WILL HELP ENCOURAGE EITHER NEW HOUSING TO BE BUILT IN THESE AREAS OR TO REHAB EXISTING HOUSING. YOU CAN USE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES.

YOU CAN HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WHERE YOU'RE WORKING WITH CDC'S OR OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP WITH THIS.

SOMETIMES FEDERAL FUNDS CAN BE BROUGHT TO BEAR, ALTHOUGH THEY TEND TO HAVE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE ULTIMATE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE IN TERMS OF THE INCOME LEVELS AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS.

BUT THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS OF DEALING WITH THAT.

AND SO WE THINK THAT THIS BUILDING NEW INFILL HOUSING AND REHABBING YOUR EXISTING HOUSING CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROVIDING THE NEEDED HOUSING SUPPLY FOR YOUR LOCAL WORKFORCE. AND OUR LAST MAJOR STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IN CENTER CITY, YOU KNOW, THEY PROBABLY YOU DON'T NEED TO FINANCIALLY NECESSARILY INCENTIVIZE HIGH END NEW HOUSING.

BUT FOR THAT SECOND GROUP THE WORKERS, THE SERVICE WORKERS AND HOSPITALITY WORKERS, THE STUDENTS AND SO ON, THAT WILL PROBABLY NEED SOME KIND OF ASSISTANCE IF WE'RE BUILDING NEW HOUSING FOR THEM.

AND THERE'S OTHER VARIOUS WAYS OF POTENTIALLY DOING THAT.

THE TIRZ CAN FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S ALLOWED BY STATE LAW.

LOW INCOME TAX CREDITS ARE A FEDERAL PROGRAM, AND IN TEXAS, WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS THAT CAN HELP PROVIDE THAT AS WELL, ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHETHER

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BUT I'M HERE AND I HAVE MY COWORKERS HERE.

I FAILED TO INTRODUCE THEM AT THE BEGINNING.

MIKE PRAT'S AND SCOTT REINEKING, WHO REALLY DID THE LEGWORK ON THIS STUDY.

AND SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, THEY'RE HERE TO HELP ME ANSWER ANY DETAILS THAT I CAN'T GET TO RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

AND WE'RE WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, STEVE. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR OUR CONSULTANTS? I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION.

WHILE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS STUDY WE'VE BEEN GOING FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS UPDATING OUR ZONING. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE KEPT UP ANY WITH THAT, WHERE YOU SUGGESTED SMALLER HOUSES, SMALLER LOTS.

HAVE YOU REVIEWED ANY OF THE ZONING WE'RE CONSIDERING? WE DID LOOK AT, AT LEAST THE ZONING YOU HAVE IN PLACE NOW.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON FOR INCLUDING THAT COMMENT IN THE PRESENTATION IS THAT IN YOUR R3 ZONING, I BELIEVE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS 5,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND IN OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE, AS I MENTIONED, DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS ARE STARTING TO GO SMALLER THAN THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HOUSES AT A MORE REASONABLE PRICE.

AREN'T WE GETTING RID OF THE R3 AND PUTTING R2 AND R3 TOGETHER? DID I MISS IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THEN WE WERE DOING LARGER OR SMALLER LOT SIZES IN MODERATE DENSITY.

SO BASED ON THIS FEEDBACK AND THAT'S THE NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM, BUT IT COULD BE LET'S KEEP R3 BUT MAKE THEM SMALLER LOT.

SO WE COULD USE THIS AS JUSTIFICATION FOR EXPLORING A DIFFERENT POSSIBILITY.

OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

REALLY GOOD. A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THAT AND A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION.

I HOPE WE'LL GRAB ON TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL.

SENIOR MEDIAN PRICE PER UNIT NEW AND EXISTING.

YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A RANGE ON THAT AS FAR AS THAT SENIOR POPULATION, WHAT THEIR AVERAGE PRICE HOME WOULD BE IN YOUR STUDY? SCOTT WORKED ON THE SENIOR PORTION.

SO. OKAY WE CAN GET NUMBERS OF THIS.

WELL. GENERALLY.

ABOUT 25% TO 35% OF ALL HOUSING IS FOR SENIORS RIGHT NOW.

HOWEVER, WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE QUESTION YOU WANTED TO KNOW HOW? SO I'M CURIOUS IF IT MAKES UP ALMOST A THIRD OF OUR BUYERS IN A AND LET'S JUST TAKE IT AS A CONSTRUCTION ITEM AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD TO SUIT THAT POPULATION.

DO WE HAVE AN AVERAGE PRICE PER MEDIAN THAT WE WOULD TARGET? ARE THESE SENIORS LOOKING FOR 250 OR 500 ON AVERAGE? IT SEEMS THAT THE SENIOR MARKET BASICALLY IS LOOKING FOR A DEAL AS FAR AS THEY'RE CONCERNED. THEY DO NOT LIKE TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSES, BUT WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT THEIR HOUSE IS TOO BIG, GETTING TOO OLD OR WHATEVER, THEN THEY START LOOKING FOR OTHER ALTERNATIVES. AND PRETTY MUCH LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, THEY'RE NOT.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE INCOME AS YOUNGER PEOPLE HAVE, BUT THEY HAVE WELLS THAT THEY USE.

SO THEY CAN DO A LOT WITH IT.

THEY BUY A LOT OF HOUSES HERE IN CASH.

THEY BUY A LOT OF THEM WITH LARGE DOWN PAYMENTS.

SO IT'S REALLY NOT A PROBLEM.

BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WELL, SOME OF THEM WILL, BUT THEY'RE NOT, FOR THE MOST PART GOING TO SAY, YEAH, I WANT A $500,000 DOLLAR HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MOVING FROM A HOUSE WHICH THE MARKET IS REALLY FAVORING THEM RIGHT NOW.

THEY HAVE LARGER HOUSES AND EVEN SOME OF THEM THAT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH UPKEEP, THAT KIND OF THING. THEY'RE STARTING TO DETERIORATE.

BUT THE MARKET COMING UP AND IS BUYING THESE HOUSES NOW, THEY DON'T CARE.

THEY'RE THAT WAY. THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

SO SENIORS ARE IN AN EXCELLENT POSITION, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE GOING INTO THE RETIREMENT TYPE SITUATION AND SAY, OKAY, I GOT TO HAVE A REALLY TAJ MAHAL HERE THAT I'M GOING TO DO.

SO I WOULD SAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THAT MID RANGE PROBABLY 230 TO $300,000 DOLLARS WOULD BE A GOOD PRICE FOR THEM.

AND WE DO KNOW WHAT THE VINEYARD'S WHO BASICALLY RIGHT NOW HAS ABOUT 50% SENIOR IN THERE.

THOSE ARE GOING EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT.

BUT THE PEOPLE AND A LOT OF THEM ARE FROM POTTER COUNTY, FROM SMALLER COMMUNITIES COMING IN TO THAT AREA IN THE, WELL ON THE NORTH SIDE, OBVIOUSLY.

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SO THEY'RE JUST VERY HAPPY THERE.

PLUS, THEY HAVE QUICK ACCESS TO ALL THE MEDICAL FACILITIES, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A KEY ROLE THAT THEY HAVE.

THANK YOU, SCOTT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S HELPFUL. VERY INFORMATIVE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? SURE.

SURE. I'LL BE QUICK. DIRECT QUESTIONS STEVE.

PERMITTING AND REVIEW PROCESS ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO STREAMLINE THAT? AND DID YOU HAPPEN TO LOOK AT THAT PROCESS AND TELL US THESE ARE THINGS YOU'RE REQUIRING THAT OTHER CITIES AREN'T? WE DID NOT DO A THOROUGH SORT OF ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS REVIEW OF THAT.

THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING WE WERE ASKING ABOUT TO SEE IF IT WAS A FACTOR OR A CHALLENGE OR BARRIER TO GETTING HOUSING ON THE GROUND OR GETTING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE GROUND. I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT WE TALK TO IN THE INDUSTRY HAD DIFFERENT THINGS THEY EMPHASIZED, BUT THEY DID.

AND THEY ALSO, I WILL SAY, RECOGNIZED THAT THE CITY HAD ATTEMPTED BEEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT PROCESS.

IT'S JUST THAT FURTHER WORK IS NEEDED AND THAT THINGS LIKE THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN HAD SOME GOOD THINGS, BUT THEN IT WAS ALSO SOMETIMES LOCKING SMALLER DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS OUT OF THE SYSTEM OR DE-PRIORITIZING THEM IN FAVOR OF, SAY, FOLKS THAT WERE BRINGING A WHOLE BIG LOT PACKAGE INTO THE SYSTEM AT ONCE.

AND SO, AS I SAID, THEY'RE GETTING DELAYED AND DELAYS COST MONEY.

THAT'S ONE ASPECT.

ALSO NOT NECESSARILY GETTING TIMELY RESPONSES ABOUT THE STATUS OF A SUBMITTAL.

AGAIN, THAT'S A DELAY.

THAT'S UNCERTAINTY, IT'S A COST.

SO IT WAS KIND OF MULTIPLE ASPECTS TO IT AND THE SENSE THAT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING AND THAT WAY ALLOWS MORE SPECIALIZATION AND PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH CERTAIN PROCESSES OR PRODUCTS CAN CONSISTENTLY REVIEW THINGS AND THAT WOULD HELP. SO I CAN'T SAY THAT THOUGH WE CAN MAKE REALLY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T INVESTIGATE THAT ON A THOROUGH BASIS.

STILL HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I THINK MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU GUYS, THE TABLE IS OPEN, SO LET'S JUST HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION HERE.

WHERE DO WE WANT STAFF TO GO WITH THIS INFORMATION? I MEAN, WE HAVE TWO PAGES OF STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY STAFF NEEDS SOME DIRECTION FROM US ON WHERE TO GO.

AND IF YOUR ANSWER IS, WELL, LET'S SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP AND TALK ABOUT IT OR PUT THAT NEXT ON DISCUSSION AGENDA WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IF YOU WANT STAFF TO KIND OF TAKE A MINUTE, PREPARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND BRING TO US OR DO YOU HAVE SPECIFICS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THAT? YEAH, I DO. SO ON THE PART DOWN HERE, IT SAYS FACILITATE INFILL IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.

THERE'S THIS WHOLE LIST OF THINGS.

BUT I SEE MOST OF THAT COMING OUT OF CITY DOLLARS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THOSE END UP HAPPENING. AND I WOULD LIKE A BREAKDOWN OF UNDERSTANDING HOW DOES A TIRZ HELP THIS HAPPEN? HOW DOES A CHAPTER 380 HOW DO NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES WORK? HOW DO THEY MAKE IT SO THAT WE CAN INFILL OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT? WHAT FEDERAL FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE? WHAT DOES A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS IT ACTUALLY? COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND INTERESTING TERM, THAT COULD BE A MYRIAD OF THINGS.

SO I WOULD LIKE A SIGNIFICANT MORE INFORMATION ON THESE STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS.

WHAT THEY REALLY ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? THE FIRST THING I LOOK AT IS LIFT MITIGATE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE, REHAB FROM DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS. WELL, IF YOU DO IT THERE, IT ONLY GOES ONE OR TWO PLACES.

IT EITHER GOES ONTO THE CITY OR IT GOES ON TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PURCHASING THE HOMES, WHICH THEN COMPLETELY DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

IF IT GOES BACK ON TO THE CITY, THEN DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT HELPS FUND THAT? SO THERE JUST ARE SOME THINGS I'D REALLY LIKE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS GO FORWARD AND MAKE IT BE? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEP.

THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.

YES. I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M ON THE SAME PAGE WITH COUNCILMEMBER SAUER AND LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR BULLET ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS FACILITATE INFILL IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. AND AS I UNDERSTOOD IT FROM THE PRESENTATION, THE MAJORITY OF THAT SEEMS

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AND WHEN WE LOOK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE BEGIN TO SEE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES LEAVING AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE CITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF YOU HAD LOOKED AT A LOT OF THE RESTAURANTS AND STUFF ALONG AMARILLO BOULEVARD, A LOT OF THOSE ARE NOW GONE, YOU KNOW, NO, NO LONGER EXIST. SO WHATEVER DEVELOPMENT THAT WE CAN DO IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, I THINK WOULD BE GREAT. YOU KNOW, TO HELP GET IT STARTED.

WE'VE DONE A LOT ALREADY AS A COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, BY TRYING TO BRING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH THE HELP OF KEVIN CARTER AND HIS STAFF.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO DO MORE.

I GUESS ONE OF THE WAYS I LOOK AT IT IS IT'S ALSO KIND OF THIS.

I REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED DENTAL SCHOOL IN 1983 AT BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, THAT WAS BASICALLY ALMOST DOWNTOWN DALLAS, AND IT WAS A WRECK.

I MEAN, I GOT THE WHEELS STOLEN OFF MY CARS THE FIRST DAY AT DENTAL SCHOOL.

I PARKED ON PARKING LOT ON A STREET THAT ANYBODY COULD ACCESS.

AND NOW THEN AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT IS A VERY UPWARD MOBILE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS COMPLETELY AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S KIND OF HARD, I THINK, FOR THE STUDENTS TO FIND PATIENTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT LOWER INCOME POPULATION THAT'S THERE ANYMORE.

SO HOW DID THEIR TRANSFORMATION END UP OCCURRING? AND WAS IT ORGANIC? WAS IT PLANNED? DID THE CITY HELP? DID WHAT KIND OF THINGS HAPPENED THAT WE CAN HELP THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS MAKE THAT TRANSFORMATION? I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO ANY OF LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT THIS REALLY LOOKS LIKE.

THERE'S NO SHAME IN CLONING A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

YEAH. JARED, DO YOU HAVE? I HAVE A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION? I'M SORRY.

JUST A MOMENT. ACTUALLY, WE DON'T TAKE FROM THE AUDIENCE, SO IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH A QUESTION AFTERWARDS, THAT'D BE AWESOME.

OKAY. OKAY.

JARED COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ANOTHER DISCUSSION ITEM TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS.

I WILL SAY THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS IS BEING, I'M NOT SAYING IS BEING ADDRESSED TO COUNCIL'S PREFERENCE BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDERWAY, BUT AS FAR AS THE SOFTWARE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH MOVING TO A DIFFERENT SOFTWARE PACKAGE.

MOST OF THE OTHER ITEMS ON HERE WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS PROJECT ZONING CODE REWRITE, WHICH IS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT NEXT.

AND WE'LL PROBABLY EXPERIENCE SOME DELAYS ON THAT.

AND THEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS LAST TIME THAT WAS REVIEWED, I BELIEVE WAS IN 2010 OR 2011.

IS THAT RIGHT? TYPICALLY WHEN YOU DO A ZONING CODE I'M SORRY, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REWRITE, YOU FOLLOW THAT UP WITH THE ZONING CODE REWRITE.

WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT BACK IN 2011, 2012, SOMETHING LIKE THAT A ZONING CODE REWRITE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BRAND NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE DID NOT DO THAT.

SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW.

JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF STACKED UP.

THEY WILL ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

AND ABSENT THOSE PROJECTS BEING FINISHED, IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO TOUCH SOME OF THEM.

WE TALK ABOUT TOWNHOMES, SMALL LOTS, SQUARE FOOTAGE, ADU'S, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FOR EVERYONE LOOKING AT THAT.

VERTICAL MIXED USE. THOSE ARE ALL GREAT TYPES OF HOUSING.

THE CHALLENGE IS WHERE DO YOU PUT THEM? BECAUSE AS YOU GO THROUGH THE ZONING CODE REWRITE, THINGS LIKE THAT, EVERYBODY IN CONCEPT SAYS ADU'S ARE GREAT, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

BUT THEN THEY START THINKING, ARE YOU GOING TO RENT THEM? WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THEM? DO I WANT ONE NEXT TO MY HOUSE? YOU KNOW, TINY HOMES ARE THE SAME THING.

A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT SAME CHALLENGE.

IT'S AN EXCELLENT HOUSING TYPE.

IT DOES PROVIDE AFFORDABILITY, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO QUESTION WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IT? SO WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THESE PROCESSES THAT WILL INCORPORATE A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT. WE NEED THAT PUBLIC INPUT AND BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PRODUCT OR RECOMMENDED SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THAT TAKES IN ALL OF THE INPUT THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY GET FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON VERY EFFECTIVE METHODS TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME INNOVATION, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME LOOKING AT NEW WAYS OF ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING ON OUR INNOVATION TEAMS HERE AT THE CITY.

SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS.

SOME OF IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT FORWARD THINKING, SAYING, HERE'S A PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET TO AN ANSWER ON THAT QUESTION.

IN FACT, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT QUITE FINISHED. WE'RE A LITTLE WAYS FROM BEING FINISHED WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY A LITTLE WAYS FROM BEING FINISHED WITH THE ZONING CODE REWRITE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REWRITE.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS WORKING FORWARD SIMULTANEOUSLY IS GOING TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN'T WORK THROUGH.

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SO THAT'S A REQUEST THAT I WOULD MAKE.

AND THEN I DO THINK WE WILL PUT THIS ON A FUTURE AGENDA, A DISCUSSION ITEM TO HEAR.

SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS, BUT I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT ON THIS LIST IS ALREADY IN THE WORKS? WHAT'S ITS PROGRESS? WHAT'S ITS TIMELINE? AND THEN HOW WOULD WE HELP THEM PRIORITIZE THE THINGS THAT AREN'T YET UNDER WORKS? AND SO I'D LIKE FOR US TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE.

STAFF IS ALREADY CARRYING A LOT OF THESE.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES, BUT I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THE PROCESS.

SO GIVING YOU GUYS A CHANCE TO WORK THIS, COME BACK TO US WITH AN AGENDA ITEM WHEN YOU'VE WORKED THROUGH THIS LIST AND SAID THIS IS WHAT'S IN PROGRESS, THIS IS ITS STATUS, THIS IS ITS TIMELINE, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOT YET PRIORITIZED.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRIORITIZE THEM COUNCIL? ANYBODY WANT TO ADD OR SHIFT THAT? OK. GOOD? YES, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS.

IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL IN STEERING OUR CITY.

THANKS. ANDREW, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THIS PROJECT, TOO.

THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 1 D, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OF OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT.

[1.D. Discuss Point-in-Time Update;]

HI MAYOR. WE HAVE JASON RIDDLESPURGER, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT THAT TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY.

JASON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

DO YOU HAVE OUR? THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON THE WINTER 2022 POINT IN TIME COUNT.

SO WHAT IS THE POINT IN TIME COUNT? WANT A REMINDER THAT THAT'S A 24 HOUR SNAPSHOT OF OUR SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED HOMELESS IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO? WE CONDUCT 2 A YEAR.

HUD MANDATES THAT WE CONDUCT ONE WHICH IS IN THE JANUARY COUNT.

SO THAT WAS THE ONE WE JUST COMPLETED.

BUT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO DO THAT SECOND ONE, SO WE GET GOOD DATA.

AGAIN, THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE REPORTING ON THE JANUARY 28TH POINT IN TIME COUNT.

SO HUD USES THIS DATA TO UNDERSTAND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE US ADMINISTER.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE FUNDING NEEDS THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR EXCUSE ME, AMARILLO CONTINUUM OF CARE.

SO WE UTILIZE THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM TO GO THROUGH OUR DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEANING THAT UP REALLY GOOD TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT COUNTING PEOPLE TWICE. WE UTILIZE THE COUNTING US MOBILE APP MAKES IT VERY, VERY EASY TO DO THIS.

WE DO OUR INTERVIEWS OVER THE APP.

IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD. WE'VE BEEN USING THIS FOR THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS NOW.

THIS IS OUR ACTUAL COUNT HERE.

YOU'LL SEE THE TOTAL THERE IS 539.

THE NUMBERS DID GO UP A LITTLE BIT.

THE NUMBERS I WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.

YOU SEE, THERE 171 OF THOSE WERE SHELTERED IN THE VERY CONCERNING NUMBER IS OUR UNSHELTERED TOTAL OF 368.

I'VE GIVEN YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT UNSHELTERED LOOKS LIKE.

THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE STREETS, TENTS AND VEHICLES AND OTHER PLACES NOT MEANT FOR HABITATION. I BROKE DOWN THE SHELTER COUNT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE OUR SHELTERED INDIVIDUALS ARE STAYING, ANYWHERE FROM 59 DOWN TO SEVEN IN THOSE THOSE VARIOUS LOCATIONS THERE. A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DIGGING INTO THE NUMBERS.

WE'VE GOT OUR NUMBER OF ADULTS THERE.

YOU SEE OVER AGE 18 WAS 467 CHILDREN, 50.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO CALL TO ATTENTION WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT THE CHILDREN UNDER 18.

YOU SEE THERE THAT THE PREDOMINANT NUMBER OF THOSE ARE IN SHELTERS.

OUR CITY IS VERY GOOD AND OUR RESOURCES IN THE CITY ARE VERY GOOD ABOUT WHEN WE SEE ANYONE WITH CHILDREN, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, THAT THEY DON'T STAY HOMELESS IN UNSHELTERED SITUATIONS FOR VERY, VERY LONG.

WE PRIORITIZE THOSE TO GET THEM INTO SOME KIND OF SHELTER OR EVEN INTO TO HOUSING VERY QUICKLY. YOU SEE, WE BROKE IT DOWN BY GENDER AND THEN A CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS A NUMBER THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

THAT NUMBER IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AT 43.

THAT'S ABOUT AN 8% OF OUR POPULATION IS CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. BUT WE ARE STILL DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF FOCUSING ON THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.

AND THEN AGAIN, OUR VETERANS, WE STILL HAVE A BY NAME LIST.

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WE HAVE A GROUP THAT WORKS THROUGH THOSE NAMES EVERY MONTH TO TRY TO GO THROUGH THE BARRIERS THAT THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEM INTO SOME KIND OF SHELTER OR MOVING THEM ON INTO HOMES.

THERE ARE A LOT OF RESOURCES TO GET OUR VETERANS INTO HOMES.

WE DO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, BUT WE WORK THROUGH THOSE AND WORK THROUGH THOSE INDIVIDUALLY WITH THEM. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A COMPARISON OF OUR LAST THREE COUNTS.

THESE ARE ALL WITHIN THE LAST TWO.

I'M SORRY LAST YEAR.

SO FROM WINTER 2021, THE SHELTERED WAS 191 WENT DOWN TO 183 AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO 171.

YOU SEE OUR SHELTER NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN.

OUR UNSHELTERED NUMBERS ARE GOING UP 304 UP TO 368 THIS PAST COUNT.

THOSE ARE OUR NUMBERS. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ROSE ABOUT 40 FROM THIS PAST SUMMER.

A COUPLE OF INTERESTING FACTS OR ONE PARTICULARLY INTERESTING FACT THAT I WANTED TO KNOW WAS DID OUR NUMBERS GO UP RECENTLY BECAUSE OF COVID? AND SO THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS IN OUR INTERVIEWS.

AND ACTUALLY, WE ONLY HAD 15 OF OUR INDIVIDUALS THAT IDENTIFIED COVID AS BEING A CAUSE OF THEIR HOMELESSNESS, WHETHER THAT'S MEDICAL OR, YOU KNOW, LOSING A JOB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS JUST KIND OF A GRAPH TO KIND OF SHOW YOU.

THE ONE I'M ALWAYS WATCHING IS THAT ORANGE LINE THERE.

I'M SORRY. THE GRAY LINE, ACTUALLY, THE UNSHELTERED.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY LOWER THAN THE ORANGE LINE, WHICH WAS THE SHELTERED.

IT'S NOW RISEN WHERE IT'S THE PREDOMINANT NUMBERS ARE UNSHELTERED.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE SEEING OUT IN THE STREETS, THE TENTS THAT ARE POPPING UP IN THE VARIOUS PARKING LOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I'VE MISSED THAT. I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 85 VOLUNTEERS AND ABOUT 40 TEAMS THAT ASSISTED WITH OUR COUNT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THIS COUNT CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT THOSE VOLUNTEERS.

AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS HELPING US LOCATE THE UNSHELTERED. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS.

LIKE I SAY, IT'S OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD.

WE DO THAT FROM APPROXIMATELY 8 A.M.

TO 8 A.M. THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

SO WE'VE GOT TEAMS OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THAT ARE COUNTING.

YEAH. SO IT'S, VERY HELPFUL THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE VOLUNTEERS AND IT COULDN'T BE DONE WITHOUT THEM. SO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JASON, DO YOU THINK OUR NUMBER IS GOING UP BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING BETTER AT COUNTING OR ARE OUR NUMBERS GOING UP BECAUSE THE POPULATION IS SHIFTING? IS IT A COMBINATION OF THOSE THINGS? IT CAN'T BE SIMPLE.

I KNOW THE ANSWER IS NOT SIMPLE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S. YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S NOT SIMPLE. I DON'T.

I WOULD BE MORE CONCERNED IF THE NUMBER WAS, LET'S SAY, 100 OR 150 HIGHER.

I THINK THAT THAT'S A WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BETTER COUNT THAT WE DO.

WE DO FIND PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

BUT I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO I THINK OUR COUNT IS PRETTY SOLID.

I THINK THAT WE ARE GETTING A MORE INFLUX NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE UNSHELTERED.

I THINK THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES ARE SEEING UNSHELTERED HOMELESS.

SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KIND OF PAY ATTENTION TO.

AND WHAT ARE WE DOING IN ORDER TO KIND OF HELP MITIGATE THAT AND.

I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON STRATEGIES AND YOU'RE NOT READY TO TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY, SO I'M NOT GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT THERE.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SOON HAVING A DISCUSSION ITEM AGENDA FOR YOU TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIES, WHAT YOU AND NOT JUST YOUR TEAM INSIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A CITYWIDE TEAM WORKING TOGETHER ON SOME SOLUTIONS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, JASON. THANK YOU.

ITEM 1 E IS TO DISCUSS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S POSTPONEMENT OF THE ZONING

[1.E. Discuss Planning & Zoning Commission's postponement of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Revision Project, impacts related to the expected Comprehensive Plan Update, and next steps; and]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M GOING TO MAKE A REAL BRIEF INTRODUCTION.

I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO ANDREW TO KIND OF WALK US THROUGH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE ZONING CODE FOR COMING UP ON THREE YEARS NOW.

WE ARE A, LITTLE BIT OF NOTE ABOUT ZONING CODES IS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ANY CITY.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LIKE WE SAID, WAS MODIFIED IN 2010 AND OUR ZONING CODE CURRENTLY IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR ZONING CODES.

WE WANTED ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPOSED ZONING CODE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED FOR CONVERSATION WITH P AND Z AND THEN ULTIMATELY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AFTER LATE IN THE PROCESS, WE HAD A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, FROM P AND Z, FROM DEVELOPERS AND FROM THE DAIS REQUESTING A NUMBER OF CHANGES.

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THE CHALLENGE IS THAT THAT MODIFIED ZONING CODE WAS NO LONGER CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WE WOULDN'T BY STATE LAW, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ADOPT IT.

SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO AND I'M GOING TO JUST BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE IS THAT WE POSTPONE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE ZONING CODE UNTIL WE COMPLETE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS.

LETTING THAT DRAFT ZONING CODE AS FINAL AS WE'VE FINALLY CONSIDERED IT, INFORM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL ALLOW THE TYPES OF USES IN THE AREAS THAT IN THE ZONING CATEGORIES THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FACILITATES THE ZONING CODE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS. AND THEN WE WILL DO THE ZONING CODE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHATEVER ZONING CODE OR I'M SORRY, WHATEVER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMES OUT OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS THAT WILL BE IN FRONT OF YOU TO KICK OFF HERE VERY SOON. SO I'VE REALLY TAKEN MOST OF ANDREW'S THUNDER, BUT ANDREW, JUST WALK US THROUGH IN A MORE SUCCINCT WAY THAN WHAT I DID, AND HOPEFULLY IN A MORE UNDERSTANDABLE WAY THAN WHAT I WHAT I SAID.

IT WAS PERFECT GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT CAME ABOUT ACCIDENTALLY OR WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT AND A LOT OF EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE CONSULTANTS, THE COMMUNITY, THE TEAMS THAT WERE HELPING THE STAFF AND THE CONSULTANTS GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF INPUT DID COME IN THERE AT THE END, AND WE WANT TO RESPECT THAT AS WELL.

SO THEN THERE'S ALSO THE STATE STATUTE CONCERNS WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.

SO WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE ALL THOSE PIECES FIT TOGETHER TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE CAN BE PLEASED WITH. ALL RIGHT.

AND FIRST, I DID WANT TO APOLOGIZE UP FRONT FOR THOSE THAT WERE AT THE P AND Z MEETINGS.

I DID SAY THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY ON THE PROJECT, BUT OUR LEGAL NOTICE WAS VERY PARTICULAR AND SAID THAT IT WAS ONLY IF IT WAS APPROVED BY P AND Z.

SO THAT'S WHY THERE WAS NO PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED TODAY.

BUT WE DID WANT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ITEM AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS ARE CONCERNED.

AND JARED TOUCHED ON A LOT OF IT, BUT THE ORIGINAL PROJECT GOALS WERE TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS ADOPTED IN 2010.

WHEN THIS KICKED OFF, WE WERE 5 TO 6 YEARS REMOVED DUE TO COVID AND WORKING ON THE NORTH HEIGHTS PLAN. THERE WERE SOME DELAYS, WHICH IS WHY IT'S ALMOST THREE YEARS IN AND NOW WE'RE ALMOST 12 YEARS REMOVED FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BUT THE GOAL WAS TO IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN.

THE CONSULTANTS CAME IN AND DID A ZONING ASSESSMENT AND GOT OUR FEEDBACK BASED UPON THAT PLAN, BECAUSE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF MEETINGS BACK IN 2010 THAT REALLY SET THE VISION AND THE GOALS FOR THE CITY MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE CONSULTANT'S ROLE, IT WAS REALLY TO HONE IN ON MODERNIZING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, ADDING SOME OF THOSE NEW USES WE HAVEN'T SEEN, MAKING IT EASIER, CONSOLIDATING THE INFORMATION, ADDING GRAPHICS AND JUST MORE USER FRIENDLY IN GENERAL.

AS FAR AS THE PROGRESS OF THAT PROJECT IT DID KICK OFF IN JUNE 2019 AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF STEPS THAT THE CONSULTANTS WENT THROUGH AS FAR AS THE ASSESSMENT AND THE MODULES, WHICH WERE THE SECTIONS OF THE ZONING CODE AS IT WAS DRAFTED.

WE HAD THE ORIGINAL CONSOLIDATED DRAFT IN JANUARY 2021 AND HAD SOME REVIEW MEETINGS AS WE WORK THROUGH IT IN MARCH AND OCTOBER.

THAT WAS THE DELAY AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THE NORTH HEIGHTS REZONING INITIATIVE, AND THEN WE HAD THE MOST RECENT DRAFTS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

OH SKIPPED A FEW SLIDES.

LET'S GO BACK.

AS FAR AS THE PROJECT MEETINGS WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CITIZEN AND DEVELOPER AND BUILDER PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, KICKING OFF BACK IN JUNE 2019.

THESE ARE A LIST OF ALL THE DAYS THAT WE HELD MEETINGS.

WE HAD FOCUS GROUPS, WE HAD [INAUDIBLE] COUNCIL MEETINGS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, ADDING THEM ALL UP WE ENDED UP HAVING 18 MEETINGS TOTAL UP UNTIL THE MOST RECENT POSTPONEMENT.

AND I ALSO WENT BACK AND JUST TO CHECK HOW MUCH INVOLVEMENT WE HAD IN THE 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THEY HAD 11 MEETINGS ON THAT PROJECT AS WELL AS SEVEN STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS. SO ALL OF THESE PLANNING PROCESSES INVOLVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK, BUT THROUGH THAT IS GETTING THE WORD OUT, MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS.

AS FAR AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT JARED DISCUSSED, AS FAR AS WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO FOCUS, SHIFT FOCUS BACK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DURING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT, KNOWING THAT IT HAS BEEN TEN PLUS YEARS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE UPDATED 5 TO 10 YEARS AS WELL.

JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE STILL IMPLEMENTING THE POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE CITY AND CITIZENS WANT TO SEE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS.

WE JUST COMPLETED INTERVIEWS WITH THE FINALISTS THIS WEEK AND WAITING ON THEIR FINAL

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IT'S A BIG PICTURE AND VISION AND THE GOALS FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. HOW DO YOU HANDLE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT? WHERE DOES THAT OCCUR? IT ALSO ADDRESSES THE ZONING CODE AND WHAT KIND OF NEW USES YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, TINY HOMES.

THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REINTRODUCE TO THE COMMUNITY NOW THAT WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK OF PROS AND CONS OF EACH.

SO AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHAT WE THINK, WHAT WE THINK WE'RE HEARING, IF YOU WAIT LONG ENOUGH, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE OPPOSITE.

SO WE REALLY NEED MORE ENGAGEMENT BEYOND THE SMALL SAMPLE SIZE THAT WE'RE GETTING ON THE ZONING CODE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD BE MUCH LARGER IN SCOPE AS FAR AS BRINGING IN THE COMMUNITY, HAVING SURVEYS, GETTING THAT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THOSE THAT SHOW UP TO THE MEETING.

WE VALUE THAT. BUT THERE ARE 200,000 PEOPLE WERE HOPING TO HEAR FROM THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THIS SETS THE VISION AND THE PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

AND IF WE DON'T AT LEAST GET A GOOD SWATH OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, WE MIGHT END UP BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL THAT THE NEXT DAY YOU HEAR A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

WE DO NOT WANT TINY HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE JUST DON'T WANT THEM, PERIOD.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, GETTING CLOSE TO ADOPTION, THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION THAT ARE EXCEEDING WHAT WE HEARD IN 2010. SO NOW WE KNOW WE'VE GONE LONG ENOUGH WITHOUT UPDATING THAT PLAN THAT WE REALLY NEED TO REGROUP WITH THE COMMUNITY, ENGAGE THEM, AND LEARN MORE OF WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE CITYWIDE. AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS.

AGAIN, JARED MENTIONED PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID VOTE TO POSTPONE THE ITEM.

THEY WANTED TO SET UP A SUBCOMMITTEE TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THE PROJECT TO CONSIDER THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS HEARD.

I THINK WHAT WE'D HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH IS PIVOTING WITH THOSE THAT WANTED TO VOLUNTEER AND HOPEFULLY PUT THEM ON THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THOSE P&Z COMMISSIONERS KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF UPDATING THE ZONING CODE.

BECAUSE ONCE WE UPDATE THE COMP PLAN, REALLY THAT'S THE TIME TO GET FEEDBACK.

IT'S NOT WHEN YOU'RE DRAFTING THE CODE, IT'S WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION, PUT IT IN THE CODE AND BRING IT FORWARD TO ADOPTION.

FINE TUNING THINGS HERE AND THERE, BUT IT'S NOT FOR THOSE MAJOR CHANGES OF DO WE WANT TINY HOMES OR NOT. DO WE LIKE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS? THOSE ARE REALLY DECIDED AT THE COMP PLAN TIME AND THEN WE'RE JUST IMPLEMENTING IT, CODIFYING IT. SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPERS IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK ONE THING WE'D WANT TO DO IS I MENTIONED WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE INPUT.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH ZONING, WITH COMP PLAN, REALLY WITH ANYTHING THAT'S THIS LARGE AND FAR REACHING, IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY ON THINGS. YOU EVEN HEARD SOME OF THAT DURING PUBLIC ADDRESS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO BE ABLE TO DO A SHORT TERM RENTAL ANYWHERE.

WE HAVE SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO HAVE A REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR THAT SHORT TERM RENTAL SO THEY KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE.

AND MAYBE SO THEY EVEN HAVE AN ABILITY TO APPROVE WHETHER OR NOT A OR TO AT LEAST CONTRIBUTE TO THAT CONVERSATION ON WHETHER OR NOT A SHORT TERM RENTAL IS GOING TO BE CLOSE TO THEM. WE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WANT MORE REGULATION.

THERE WEREN'T MANY. I WOULDN'T SAY THERE WAS A LOT.

I WOULD SAY MOST PEOPLE WANTED MORE FLEXIBILITY AND WE WANTED TO BUILD THAT IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. WHAT WE WERE FINDING WAS TIT WAS VERY OUR COMP PLAN WASN'T CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS BEING REQUESTED.

I THINK IF WE CAN GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND I THINK IF ANYTHING, THE AMOUNT OF INPUT LATE IN THE ZONING CODE REWRITE PROCESS HAS ENGAGED AN ACTIVATED A LARGE CHUNK OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH WE CAN USE THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS.

WE WILL NEED TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE ENGAGED.

WE NEED THEM ENGAGED EARLY IN THE PROCESS RATHER THAN LATE IN THE PROCESS.

AND I THINK IF WE CAN COMMUNICATE ANYTHING TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR DEVELOPING COMMUNITY, TO OUR REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY, TO OUR HOMEOWNER COMMUNITY, TO JUST OUR TAXPAYERS IN GENERAL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PRODUCT THAT WE COME OUT THROUGH THIS AND THIS WHEN I SAY EVERY PRODUCT, WE'RE NOT TALKING AMORPHOUSLY EVERY PRODUCT I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FOLLOWED BY OUR ZONING CODE, ASSISTED BY OUR PDP PROCESS, OUR PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS.

ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IN A COMPLEMENTARY WAY, AND THEY CANNOT BE MUTUALLY, THEY CAN'T BE CONTRADICTORY.

SO WE ARE GOING TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.

I THINK THAT FROM A STAFF'S STANDPOINT, WE WERE WORKING ON ENGAGEMENT.

OBVIOUSLY, WE DID NOT WORK HARD ENOUGH OR WERE NOT EFFECTIVE ENOUGH.

I THINK THEY WORKED HARD.

I THINK WE WEREN'T AS EFFECTIVE AS WE NEEDED TO BE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE INPUT AND PARTICIPATION FROM EVERYONE WE NEEDED.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY INNOVATION.

WE'RE WORKING ON INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS, AND WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT'S GOING TO COME UP WITH AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THESE

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AND THAT SAME ENGAGEMENT COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH CITY COUNCIL, WITH P AND Z AND EVERYONE WHO HAS A STAKE IN THIS PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT ANDREW ANYTHING TO ADD? JUST TOUCHING ON, OF COURSE, WE'RE STILL EVALUATING THE COMP PLAN AND THE DIFFERENCES.

I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS WHICH YOU HAVE THE FORTH NEIGHBOR PLAN ON YOUR AGENDA. THAT IS ACTUALLY AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO THAT IS NEWER INFORMATION WE RECEIVED, WHICH WE'RE ALSO HEARING AS CONFLICTING WITH WHAT WE'VE HEARD THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SO EVEN THROUGH THE COMP PLAN UPDATE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AREAS AND JUST HAVE TOUCHPOINTS WITH THEM AS WELL AND MAKE SURE WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS AS FAR AS IMPACT OF SOME OF THESE CHANGES.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TIMELINE AND MOVING FORWARD BASED ON WHAT WE SEE IN THE RFP IS IT'S ANYWHERE FROM A 12 TO 16 MONTH PROCESS TO COMPLETE.

I'D LEAN MORE TOWARDS 16 MONTHS JUST SO WE HAVE THE TIME TO REALLY COMMUNICATE WHEN WE'RE HOLDING THOSE MEETINGS AND REALLY WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT, BUT I HOPE TO HAVE THOSE OUTLINED SO UPFRONT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT INNOVATION.

KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE.

SO YOU'RE NOT FINDING OUT A MONTH AHEAD OF TIME, JUST SCHEDULE OUT THE YEAR IN ADVANCE.

HERE'S WHEN WE'RE HOPING TO HOLD THEM CONSISTENTLY SO PEOPLE KNOW WHEN TO COME TO THE MEETINGS. SO I THINK THAT'LL HELP.

ARE YOU GOING TO SCHEDULE TIME TO HAVE A PANDEMIC IN THE MIDDLE OF IT? HOPEFULLY NOT. OKAY. I HOPE.

THAT. OKAY. YES.

AND WE PIVOTED ON THE ZONING CODE AND WITH VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND THAT DIDN'T PAN OUT AS WELL AS WE'D HOPED EITHER. BUT YES, AS JARED SAID, WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH MORE INVOLVEMENT.

AND I THINK IT REALLY PROVES THE PROCESS WORKED.

IF IT ENDS UP DELAYING A LITTLE BIT, IT DID WORK BECAUSE NOW WE'VE GOT THE COMMUNICATION TAKING PLACE. AND A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD WAS TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THIS.

SO I THINK IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN THIS PATH TO STARTING THE COMP PLAN FIRST.

SO ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER STANLEY? YES, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.

SO. JARED, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING WILLING TO SAY, LIKE, WE DIDN'T ENGAGE, WE DIDN'T ASK, BUT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

THAT'S NOT TRUE. OKAY.

HE DIDN'T SAY THAT. YOU DID.

AND HERE AT THE END, I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT OUR STAFF AND OUR CITY MANAGER ON HOW MUCH ENGAGEMENT YOU HAD AND HOW WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE REQUESTS AND THOSE NEEDS AND THE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS.

AND SO WE'RE HERE NOW MOVING FORWARD, I THINK, IN A GOOD WAY.

AND SO, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO SAY I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER, BUT LIKE I'M VERY PLEASED THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND THAT THIS IS GOING BACK THROUGH.

AND I THINK YOU'LL HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUR CITIZENRY AND YOUR POPULATION.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND NOT JUST LISTEN AND THEN PUSH FORWARD WITH WHATEVER YOU'D ALREADY PUT ALL YOUR WORK IN.

YOU REALLY WENT BACK AND YOU LOOKED FOR WAYS TO SAY YES AND LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT AND LET'S TWEAK THIS. AND SO THAT'S CREATED MORE WORK, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME IN IT AND THE CITY MANAGER'S DIRECTION ON IT.

IT'S DEFINITELY A PRODUCT FOR THE COMMUNITY, NOT ON STAFF.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND GET RIGHT FOR WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.

I DID FORGET MY LAST BULLET UP THERE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE, LIKE THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY, THE AIRPORT OVERLAY.

SOME OF THOSE WERE MORE STANDARD OR NOT AS IMPACTING SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE IS MORE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.

SO A FEW OF THOSE WE MIGHT BRING FORWARD TO P&Z AND COUNCIL AS KIND OF STANDALONE.

WE WANT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO TOO MANY OF THOSE, BUT SOME OF THOSE THAT MEET THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ARE MINOR AND IMPACT LIKE THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE OR THE OVERLAY WHICH ALL THE OVERLAY WAS GOING TO DO WAS ADD MULTIFAMILY WITHIN A BOUNDARY OF DOWNTOWN AND TAKE AWAY PARKING AND ADD MORE DENSITY JUST TO ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THOSE LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT COULD POSSIBLY MOVE FORWARD IF COUNCIL AND P&Z WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE SO.

OKAY. SO, ANDREW.

WE'VE DONE ALL OF THIS.

YES, SIR. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS AGAIN? NO, SO I FAILED TO MENTION THAT AS WELL.

SO WE'VE GOT THE COMPLETE DRAFT FROM THE CONSULTANTS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

SO WE'VE GOT THE WORKING DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN PICK UP AND RUN WITH ONCE WE FINISH THE COMP PLAN. IT'S GOT THE FORMATTING, IT'S GOT THE SECTIONS.

IT'S REALLY GETTING THAT LAST FEEDBACK AS FAR AS USES AND OTHER IDEAS.

BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO EDIT THE DOCUMENT, BRING IT FORWARD IN A TIMELY MANNER AFTER THE COMP PLAN IS COMPLETE.

NO, THE GOAL IS NOT TO CREATE A NEW DRAFT, IT'S TO TWEAK WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD DOCUMENT. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PRODUCT TYPES AND THE RIGHT USES AND THE DENSITY RIGHT.

AND WE CAN HANDLE THAT BRINGING IT FORWARD.

SO IT WAS NOT A WASTE OF TIME OR WASTE OF MONEY TO GET THE PRODUCT WE'VE GOT.

AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CONSULTANTS TO GET US TO A GOOD POINT AND THEY'LL HAND OFF ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PICK THEM RIGHT UP.

[01:20:01]

YES. IS IT EVEN RELEVANT NOW ONCE WE GO BACK THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? OH, YEAH, IT IS, YEAH.

THE DEFINITIONS AND THE FORMATTING AND THE GRAPHICS.

WE'VE GOT A SOLID DOCUMENT WE JUST GOT TO GOT TO WORK OUT THESE KEY, POINTS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME, 12 TO 16 MONTHS, AND HOW THAT FITS INTO THE POTENTIALLY THIS COUNCIL COULD CHANGE EVERY TWO YEARS.

CORRECT. AND SO THAT WOULD BE AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION.

WHETHER THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO PLAN ON RUNNING AGAIN.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

BUT COME IN ON THAT.

THAT'S ALWAYS A FACTOR.

I THINK THE GOAL WOULD BE TO PRESENT A COMP PLAN, A DOCUMENT THAT ANY COUNCIL WOULD THEN PICK UP AND HELP IMPLEMENT BASED ON THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH AS WE GO THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS, IS THERE'S GOING TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL DECISION POINTS AT MULTIPLE PHASES THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN DECISIONS TO INFORM FUTURE DECISIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO GET THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THOSE.

AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PRETTY CHALLENGING MEETINGS WHERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ARE EXPRESSED P&Z AND ALSO COUNCIL ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HEAR THOSE DIFFERENCES OF PERSPECTIVE AND OPINION FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE DECISIONS.

AND THEN THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT IS GOING TO BE BUILT ON SOME OF THOSE FOUNDATIONAL DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO THAT YOU AND P&Z WILL MAKE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

SO, YES, THERE WILL BE CHANGES IN MAKEUP.

AND I WOULD SAY ALSO, NO MATTER WHAT THE CITY IS, WHEN YOU GET INTO A LONG PROJECT LIKE A COMP PLAN OR A ZONING CODE REWRITE, YOU DO BRIDGE ELECTIONS AND VERY FREQUENTLY YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE APPROVING OF DOCUMENT THAN WHO KICKED OFF THE PROCESS.

WE'LL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE HAVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT IT SURVIVES CHANGES IN COUNCIL.

YES.

OF TIME AND RESOURCES, COMMUNITY AND CITY ORGANIZATION RESOURCES.

AND SO IF WE CHANGE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVING YOU GUIDANCE ON WHAT DIRECTION TO GO RIGHT NOW. AND IF IT'S TOO DRASTIC OF A CHANGE, THEN WE WILL HAVE WASTED THAT.

WE WOULD EXPECT COUNCIL TO APPOINT A SUBCOMMITTEE TO FOCUS ON THIS THAT WOULD GO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROJECT. SO THAT WOULD BE A CONTINUATION OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS BETWEEN COUNCILS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, ANDREW. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, GREAT.

ITEM 1 F IS TO REQUEST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

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

I'VE HEARD BITS AND PIECES OF WHO ALL IS INVOLVED HERE AND WHAT TYPES OF THINGS.

YEAH, I THINK THAT COULD DEFINITELY BE AN ITEM ON THE DISCUSSION AGENDA TO GET AN INNOVATION TEAM UPDATE.

YES. YEAH. AND THEIR PROJECT IS ILLEGAL DUMPING.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH HERE ON COUNCIL.

BUT I THINK, MR. CITY MANAGER, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK TOWARD GETTING AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL ON? ABSOLUTELY. YES, MA'AM. AND THAT WOULD BE AN EXCITING PRESENTATION.

A LOT OF [INAUDIBLE], A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE LEARNING OUT OF THAT.

SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT PRESENTATION.

OKAY, GOOD.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON THEN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

I'D JUST LIKE TO VOTE INDIVIDUALLY ON THAT PLEASE.

OKAY. MR. CITY MANAGER, I TELL YOU WHAT.

THEN LET'S WE'LL PULL ITEM Y AND LET'S TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THEN.

MAYOR, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM Y AS PRESENTED.

OK. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OK. ITEM PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

LET'S TAKE UP ITEM Y.

[2.Y. CONSIDER AWARD - DEMOLITION SERVICES CONTRACT FOR NEW CITY HALL PROJECT]

DO WE HAVE A REPORT ON THAT? WELL, IT'S A DEMOLITION OF THREE BUILDINGS FOR THE PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED A FEW MONTHS AGO, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO FOR CITY HALL.

I'M ESTIMATING ON THE DATE WHEN THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

SO I DON'T REMEMBER THAT EXACTLY.

OKAY. SO THIS IS JUST FOR A VOTE.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR INFORMATION ON IT.

[01:25:01]

IT'S JUST THE FUNDING OF IT, THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDING.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THAT ITEM INDIVIDUALLY.

YOU WANT TO USE A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF FUNDING? NO, MA'AM. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER FOR THAT.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I JUST PRINCIPALLY STAND AGAINST THE WAY THAT THAT WAS FUNDED.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M VOTING AGAINST THAT TODAY.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA IS THE DEMOLITION AND THE DEMOLITION FUNDING.

SO DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION ABOUT THAT? SO SPECIFICALLY THAT.

I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS YOU'RE STILL NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE VOTE THAT WE TOOK MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? SO I VOTED AGAINST THE RELOCATION OF CITY HALL INTO THAT BUILDING BECAUSE PRIMARILY IT WAS RESOURCED THROUGH A CO.

AND SO THAT HAS CHANGED.

AND SOME OF THAT FUNDING IS DIFFERENT.

NO, I MEAN, WE NEVER VOTED ON A CO ABOUT IT.

SO ORIGINALLY THAT'S WHAT WAS PROPOSED.

AND THEN TO GO BACK THROUGH THAT, NOW WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF FUNDING.

AND SO I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE FORM OF PAYMENT, THE FUNDING.

AND SO MY STANCE HASN'T CHANGED AND I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ISSUE WITH THE AMOUNT OF THE DEMOLITION OR THE NEED FOR THE DEMOLITION.

I'M NOT TRYING TO AFFECT THE PROJECT IN ANY NEGATIVE WAY.

I'M JUST MAINTAINING A STANCE AGAINST THE PROJECT AS AN OVERALL.

HOWARD DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I JUST WANT TO CALL FOR A MOTION.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT FOR DEMOLITION OF THREE WAREHOUSES AT THE OLD AMARILLO HARDWARE BUILDING IN THE PROPOSED NEW CITY HALL LOCATION AT 1600 SOUTH GRANT STREET IN AMARILLO, TEXAS.

79101 TO LLOYD D NABORS DEMOLITION, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $139,700 DOLLARS.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE DEMOLITION SERVICES CONTRACT.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT IT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? NO. THAT PASSES WITH THE 4 1 VOTE.

MAYOR, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU PULLING THAT OFF AND BEING WILLING TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON IT. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I THINK YOU AND I NEED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS.

I'D APPRECIATE A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR TIME TO UNDERSTAND BETTER.

SURE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE ITEM, THEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE VOTING AGAINST IT. SO JUST MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND.

WOULD BE HAPPY TO. OKAY.

MOVING ON TO THE NON CONSENT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, ITEM 3 A IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND

[3.A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 04.12.22.6]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, WE'VE GOT JASON RIDDLESPURGER, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

HE'S GOING TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

THIS IS A PRETTY EXCITING ITEM THAT DOES DOVETAIL RIGHT ALONG WITH THE PRESENTATION YOU MADE EARLIER IN THE MEETING.

AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TO EXPAND ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT'S SHOWN A LOT OF SUCCESS.

AND I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING THIS MONEY AND EXPANDING OUR STAFF AND PERSONNEL TO DO THIS PROJECT SHOWS THE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE IN JASON IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A COMMUNITY.

SO JASON.

YES, THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE'VE REQUESTED FROM TDHCA FOR $1,274,112 DOLLARS.

AND IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO BASICALLY DOUBLE THE SIZE OF OUR COMING HOME TEAM.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIRE TEN AND A HALF MORE STAFF FOR THE COMING HOME PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THE BENCHMARKS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO MEET WITH THIS IN THE IT'S A TWO YEAR GRANT.

SO IN THE TWO YEARS WE ARE GOING TO OUTREACH TO 100 NEW CLIENTS AND THE INTENT OF THE THOSE 100 IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOUSE ANOTHER 80 CLIENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE PROGRAM TO RUN, BUT IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL.

LIKE I'VE REPORTED TO YOU GUYS BEFORE, THE COMING HOME PROGRAM IS OVER 85% SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR WELL OVER THREE YEARS NOW.

SO IT WORKS.

AND TDHCA HAS RECOGNIZED THE FACT THAT WE'RE VERY GOOD AT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE MAKING AN IMPACT.

EARLIER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT NUMBERS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO START TO REALLY BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN, JUST AS WE DID FROM 2019.

SO. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FOR JASON? IT'S EXCITING. OK.

[01:30:01]

AND ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST PUBLIC.

SORRY. ITEM 3 A YOU CAN STEP TO THE PODIUM AND HAVE 3 MINUTES TO DO THAT NOW.

SEEING NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 3 A.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 04-12-22-6 APPROVING THE 2022 ERA2 HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES PROGRAM AWARD AND AUTHORIZING THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO ACT AS THE CITY'S AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,274,112 DOLLARS.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE ITEM 3 A.

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

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED. THE ITEM PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

[3.B. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7973]

A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 7973.

MR. CITY MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, WE'VE GOT BRADY KENDRICK PLANNER 2 HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF REZONINGS HERE, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ITEM FOR BRADY TO PRESENT.

BUT BEFORE BRADY STARTS CAN I JUST GIVE YOU A GUNS UP FOR THAT REALLY EXCELLENT OUTFIT YOU HAVE GOING ON THERE RIGHT.

FROM ONE TEXAS TECH PERSON AMONG MANY IN THE ROOM.

WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE RIVALRY HAPPENING IN THE CITY TONIGHT AT SOD POODLES AT THE HODGETOWN STADIUM. SO I'LL MENTION WHAT'S KIND OF FUNNY ABOUT IT I'M ACTUALLY A OU GRADUATE SO.

[LAUGHTER] I WAS ABOUT TO SAY I'M NOT SURE IT'S RED ENOUGH MR. CITY MANAGER.

MANY IN THE ROOM. WAY TO PANDER.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO CONSIDER REZONING A LOT 12 BLOCK 3 JOHNSON AND MCCLUSKY ADDITION.

IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN SECTION 139 BLOCK 2 A.B.&M.

SURVEY POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS TO CHANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 1 TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 1 WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 200 FOR THE PLACEMENT OF A CARPORT WITHIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK. THE VICINITY IS MARRS STREET AND SOUTHEAST 19TH AVENUE, AND THE APPLICANTS ARE CHARLES LYNCH FOR GRACE MONTOYA.

ADJACENT ZONING CONSISTS OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ONE AND ALL DIRECTIONS AND ADJACENT LAND USES CONSIST OF TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING IN ORDER TO ALLOW AN EXISTING CARPORT TO REMAIN IN PLACE WITHIN THE FRONT YARD AS SETBACK AS IT WAS BUILT WITHOUT A PERMIT.

SECTION 4-10-191.

ACCESSORY BUILDING REGULATIONS STATE THAT AN ACCESSORY BUILDING SHALL HAVE A FRONT YARD SETBACK NO LESS THAN SPECIFIED FOR THE MAIN BUILDING.

IN THIS INSTANCE, A FRONT YARD SETBACK FOR R-1 IS 25 FEET.

AS CONSTRUCTED, THE CARPORT DOES ENCROACH PAST THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE AND THE PROPERTY LINE WITH THE NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH.

THE APPLICANT DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE ENCROACHMENTS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO REMOVE THEM IF THE SUP IS APPROVED AND EXAMINING A TWO BLOCK RADIUS AROUND THE SUBJECT TRACK STAFF NOTED THAT THERE WAS ONE CARPORT THAT APPEARED TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CARPORTS IN THE AREA THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED WITH THE APPROPRIATE SETBACKS THAT OUR EXISTING.

ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LIMITED NUMBER OF CARPORTS LOCATED WITHIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK IN THE AREA, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS OF THE OPINION THAT SHOULD THE ENCROACHMENTS BE REMOVED, THE REQUEST WAS APPROPRIATE AS THE CARPORT HAS A LOWER PROFILE AND FLATTER ROOF THAN A TYPICALLY CONSTRUCTED PRE-FABRICATED CARPORT, WHICH LESSENS THE VISUAL IMPACT. AND ALSO NOTED THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CARPORTS IN THE AREA, ALTHOUGH MOST OF THEM DO MEET SETBACK STANDARDS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE EVALUATION BY THE REAL ESTATE APPRAISER THAT IS REQUIRED DURING AN SUP PROCESS STATED THAT IF APPROVED, IN HIS OPINION, THERE WOULD NOT BE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.

NOTICES WERE SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET AND AS OF THIS MEETING, ONE CALL IN OPPOSITION HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY STAFF.

CONSIDERING THE JUST MENTIONED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, PROVIDED THE ENCROACHMENTS WERE REMOVED ACROSS THE PROPERTY LINES WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

QUESTIONS FOR BRADY COUNCIL? THANK YOU, BRADY. AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 3B ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3B MAY COME TO THE PODIUM AND DO SO AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR NELSON AND COUNCIL JACK WESTBROOK AND I RISE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS FOR LIBERTY AND GIVEN THE OPPOSITION TO IT THAT WAS RECEIVED.

I THINK IT'S MINIMAL IN THE REST OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE INDICATE THAT A FOUR VOTE IS APPROPRIATE.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE?

[01:35:04]

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7973.

EXCUSE ME. I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7973, REZONING LOT 12, BLOCK 3, JOHNSON AND MCCLUSKEY ADDITION AND ADDITIONS TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND SECTION 139 BLOCK 2 A.B.&M.

SURVEY POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL ABOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ONE TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ONE WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 200 FOR THE PLACEMENT OF A CARPORT IN THE FRONT YARD, SETBACK IN THE VICINITY OF MARRS STREET AND SOUTHEAST 19TH AVENUE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOTION? BRADY. I JUST I'M SURE YOU SAID IT, BUT WILL YOU REPEAT ONE MORE TIME WHAT THE ONE OPPOSITION COMMENT WAS.

SO BASICALLY A SUMMARY OF THE COMMENT.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THE CAR PORT WAS ILLEGAL UNTIL THEY RECEIVED THE NOTICE.

IT'S A HOMEOWNER ABOUT FIVE HOUSES DOWN AND THEY WEREN'T EVEN AWARE IT WAS ILLEGAL.

AND ONCE THEY FOUND OUT PER THE MAIL OUT WE GOT, THEN THEY WERE IN OPPOSITION TO IT SINCE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY ALLOWED.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

NO PROBLEM.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, DID THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE CARPORT, ARE THEY THE ONES THAT LIVE IN THE RESIDENCE AT THIS POINT IN TIME? YEAH. SO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT BUILT THE CARPORT ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN THIS HOUSE? THAT'S CORRECT. WE READY TO CALL THE QUESTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

ITEM 3 C IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 7974.

[3.C. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7974]

IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN SECTION 230 BLOCK 2 A.B.&M.

SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS.

THE CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 235 C TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 235 E FOR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND LAND USES. THE VICINITY IS OFFICE PARK DRIVE AND BUSINESS PARK DRIVE AND THE APPLICANT IS BRENT LANE FOR PARADISE BUILDERS CUSTOM HOMES, LLC.

ADJACENT ZONING CONSISTS OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 235 C IN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO THE EAST AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 235 C TO THE WEST. ADJACENT LAND USES CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE MULTI-TENANT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS TO THE NORTH, UNDEVELOPED LAND TO THE SOUTH AND EAST, AND UNDEVELOPED LAND IN A MULTI-TENANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING TO THE WEST.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A CHANGE IN ZONING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE ENTIRETY OF THE TRACK WITH MULTIPLE OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED PARKING.

THE APPLICANT'S TRACT, WHILE MOSTLY ZONED APPROPRIATELY FOR THE PROPOSED USE, IS PARTIALLY ZONED AS AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, WHICH ARE NOT ALLOWED FOR THE PROPOSED USE AND IS THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST BY EXPANDING THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ALLOWED USES AND THIS IS ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS AN ILLUSTRATION SHOWING WHERE THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINE IS BETWEEN THE AG AND THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOUND THAT THE REQUEST WOULD CONFORM WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP.

AND WHEN CONSIDERING EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING PATTERNS IN THE AREA, THE EXPANSION WOULD REPRESENT A LOGICAL CONTINUATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING PATTERNS IN THE AREA OF THE WESTERN BUSINESS PARK AND SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING AREA. NOTICES WERE SENT AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THIS MEETING ON THE REQUEST.

CONSIDERING THE JUST MENTION THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

QUESTIONS FOR BRADY COUNCIL? THANK YOU, BRADY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 3 C.

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

SEEING NO ONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 3 C.

MAYOR I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7974 REZONING LOTS 20 A THROUGH 22 A, A PORTION OF LOT 22 B, LOT 23 A, AND LOTS 24 AND 25 BLOCK 2 SOUTH SIDE ACRES, UNIT NUMBER 20.

IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND SECTION 230 BLOCK 2 A.B.&M.

[01:40:05]

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

OK IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THAT VERY LONG MOTION.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT IT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

[3.D. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 04.12.22.7]

BRADY.

ALL RIGHT. THE JUST MENTIONED RESOLUTION IS TO CONSIDER ALLOWING THE CITY MANAGER TO FORMALIZE AN AGREED SERVICE PLAN RELATED TO A LANDOWNER INITIATED ANNEXATION REQUEST AND TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE REQUEST.

THE STATE LAW REQUIRES ONE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ANNEXATION ORDINANCE.

THIS RESOLUTION WILL SET THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE FOR THAT HEARING AS THE APRIL 26, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

DUE TO THE CITY CHARTER, THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A SECOND READING AS WELL. THE LAND PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION IS APPROXIMATELY 77.29 ACRES IN SECTION 73 BLOCK 9 BS AND F SURVEY AND INCLUDES THE WEST PLAIN HIGH SCHOOL SITE AND ADJACENT UNDEVELOPED LAND ALONG THE LOOP AND AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE SCHOOL SITE.

PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING BEING HELD STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER SIGNS THE APPROVED SERVICE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNEXATION.

THE AGREED SERVICE PLAN IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE LANDOWNERS REQUESTING ANNEXATION THAT DETAILS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY EACH PARTY SHOULD THE ANNEXATION ACTUALLY OCCUR.

THE DOCUMENT COMES INTO EFFECT AND IS BINDING IF THE ANNEXATION IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL UPON THE ANNEXATION'S SECOND READING.

THE SERVICE PLAN WAS SIGNED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON MARCH 21ST OF THIS YEAR.

ANNEXATION IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY MEANS BY WHICH A CITY GROWS AND ALSO ALLOWS A MUNICIPALITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO URBANIZING AREAS AND EXERCISE REGULATORY AUTHORITY NECESSARY TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND ENSURE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OCCURS AT THE FRINGES OF A CITY.

AND TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT BARRIERS ARE NOT CREATED, THAT WOULD PROHIBIT FUTURE CITY GROWTH IN THE FUTURE.

IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT ALTHOUGH CITY SERVICES TYPICALLY AREN'T PROVIDED TO A SITE UNTIL ANNEXED PER AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, THE CANYON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SITE CURRENTLY HAS WATER, SEWER AND STORMWATER SERVICE.

THE LAND EAST OF THE CANYON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SITE WAS NOT PART OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, BUT IF ANNEXED WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE THE JUST MENTIONED SERVICES ADJACENT TO THEIR SITE.

OF ADDITIONAL NOTE SHOULD THE LAND BE ANNEXED THE REMAINING CITY SERVICES SUCH AS SOLID WASTE, CODE ENFORCEMENT, FIRE, POLICE, AMONG OTHERS, WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL LAND WITHIN THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED.

CONSIDERING THE JUST MENTIONED STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT A DATE, TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING BE SET FOR APRIL 26, 2022, AT 1 P.M.

IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREED SERVICE PLAN. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, COULD YOU ADVANCE TO THE NEXT? OKAY. OKAY.

QUESTIONS FOR BRADY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BRADY.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS RESOLUTION.

YES, MAYOR. I MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 04-12-22-7, SETTING THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE, WHICH WOULD BE APRIL 26, 2022, FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A LAND OWNER ISSUED ANNEXATION REQUEST AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FORMALIZE AN AGREED SERVICE PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION IN THE VICINITY OF ARDEN ROAD AND HELIUM ROAD.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE ITEM 3 D.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? OKAY. HEARING NONE ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

AND THE LAST THING ON THE.

[3.E. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. O4-12.22-8]

HI MAYOR. THE WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO HAS TO BE REVIEWED, AMENDED AND ADOPTED EVERY FIVE YEARS.

LAST TIME WE DID THIS WAS 2017.

FLOYD ARE YOU DOING THIS ONE? FLOYD HARTMAN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OVER UTILITIES, IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.

AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND THEN WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. WE CAN GO AS DEEP OR SHALLOW AS YOU WANT TO GO.

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PUN INTENDED. THANK YOU, FLOYD, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

AND YES JARED, THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR REVIEW OF THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.

JUST FOR A LITTLE CORRECTION, JULIE ALLEGRETTI, THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, IS GOING TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.

OK. I DIDN'T KNOW IF JULIE WAS DOING IT. SO JULIE ALLEGRETTI IS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. SO DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE HER OUT.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS DOING IT.

I DID WANT TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC.

JUST KNOW THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW.

BUT IT IS A REQUIRED DOCUMENT UNDER OUR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM AND IT WORKS IN COORDINATION WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY WATER SUPPLY CORPORATIONS LIKE CRMWA AND THEN OUR WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS LIKE CANYON, BUT ALSO STATE AGENCIES LIKE THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. WE GET A LOT OF, THIS IS A REQUIRED DOCUMENT WHEN WE DO THOSE APPLICATIONS THERE.

BUT JULIE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF IT.

WELCOME, JULIE. ALL RIGHT.

YES. LIKE FLOYD SAID, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF LOOK AT IT.

AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I THINK WE INCLUDED THE PLAN ITSELF FOR YOUR REVIEW.

SO.

SO THE KEY POINTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON IS THE FACT THAT IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE FIVE YEAR PLAN. IT DOES CONTAIN OUR GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USE, WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND OUR MAIN CAUSE OF CONCERN BEING IRRIGATION. OVERALL, OUR GOALS ARE TO JUST REDUCE CONSUMPTION AND TO ALSO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF USE.

MAYOR NELSON POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

CAN WE MOVE THE MIC CLOSER, PLEASE? THANK YOU, JULIE. IS THAT IT? DOES THAT WORK? YES.

THANK YOU. AND JUST LIKE ANYTHING THAT YOU DO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EFFECTIVE MEASURES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOALS THAT ARE CREATED IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN EXECUTE THEM SUCCESSFULLY.

SO THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT AREAS SUCH AS SUPPLY SIDE DEMAND DRIVEN MEASURES AND ALSO HOW MUCH CONSERVATION WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.

LOOKING AT THE SUPPLY SIDE IS WHAT'S UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CITY.

LIKE FLOYD MENTIONED, THAT'S OUR WHOLESALE CONTRACTS TO CITY OF CANYON.

THAT'S OUR CONTRACT WITH CRMWA AND WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM THEM.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE UNDER IN OUR CONTROL.

OUR DEMAND DRIVEN MEASURES THAT IS COMPLETELY UP TO OUR CONSUMERS AND THE DYNAMIC POOL OF CONSUMPTION. WE CATER THOSE MEASURES TO THAT AND HOW WE'RE AFFECTED WITH THAT.

AND LIKE I SAID, THE DEGREE OF CONSERVATION THAT WE WANT TO SEE, HOW AMBITIOUS DO WE WANT TO GET? WHAT CAN WE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH? AND SO WE TAKE ALL OF THESE IN DEVELOPING OUR GOALS.

IN THE SUPPLY SIDE.

WE DO HAVE IN THE PLAN 13, 13 MEASURES THAT COVER DIFFERENT AREAS.

THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT MEASURES.

ONE OF THE MAIN ONES IS THAT WE DO INCLUDE CONSERVATION PROVISIONS IN OUR WHOLESALE CONTRACTS. SO IF WE SEE AN INCREASE IN USAGE WITHOUT A CORRELATING INCREASE IN POPULATION, THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT BECAUSE IT IS IN THOSE AGREEMENTS THAT THEY WILL KEEP CONSERVATION IN MIND.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS.

ONE OF OUR BETTER CONSERVATION MEASURES ACTUALLY ONE THAT AMARILLO CAN SAY, WE STAND OUT BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING BIG THAT WE DO AND THAT'S OUR RECLAIMED WATER THAT WE SELL TO XCEL ENERGY.

LAST YEAR WE SOLD AND THEY REUSED APPROXIMATELY 3.5 BILLION GALLONS OF THAT RECLAIMED WATER. AND THAT IS A VERY EASILY QUANTIFIABLE AND SUCCESSFUL MEASURE OF CONSERVATION THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR YEARS.

AND WE ARE, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE BRAGGING RIGHTS ON THAT ONE BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY BIG ONE AND A GOOD ONE FOR OUR CITY.

SO THAT'S THE SUPPLY SIDE.

MOVING ON TO DEMAND DRIVEN.

SO A LOT OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP WITH THOSE DEMAND DRIVEN CONSUMER MEASURES IS EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, BE OUT THERE, ENGAGE, BE PART OF COMMUNITY EVENTS OUR EVERY DROP COUNTS PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE BIG ONES THAT WE LIKE TO PUSH.

THIS SUMMER SO FAR, I THINK WE HAVE 13 EVENTS OR SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AT.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR KIDS CONTEST, WHICH WE LOVE DOING, AND THEN WE LOVE BRINGING THEM BACK IN HERE WITH YOU GUYS BECAUSE THAT WE HAVE THAT IN MIND, THAT THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. IT STARTS WITH OUR KIDS.

IT STARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY IN EDUCATING.

WE DO STILL HAVE OUR RAIN FREE SENSOR REBATE PROGRAM AND IT IS ACTIVE.

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ALSO, OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH AREA AGENCIES, WE LIKE TO SEE OUR COLLABORATIONS GROW.

LIKE I MENTIONED, 13 EVENTS THIS SUMMER.

A LOT OF THEM ARE WITH CENTER CITY OF AMARILLO.

WE ARE WORKING WITH PANHANDLE COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THEY PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE WITH BILLS.

AND SO IF WE PROVIDE EDUCATION ON HOW TO SAVE ON THOSE BILLS, THEN EVERYBODY ENDS UP SAVING IN THE END.

AND SO THAT IS THE CORE OF OUR DEMAND DRIVEN AND THEN CONSERVATION GOALS.

SO IN GENERAL, YES, WE WANT TO SEE CONSUMPTION GO DOWN.

THAT'S THE MAIN POINT OF IT.

BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN SEE IF THOSE GOALS ARE BEING MET AND THAT WATER LOSS PERCENTAGE IS ONE OF THEM, OR WASTEWATER TREATED AND OR RECLAIMED IS ANOTHER.

OUR PEAK TO AVERAGE DAILY USE RATIO AND OUR OVERALL TOTAL USAGE NUMBERS QUANTIFIED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND SO WE ALSO DO OUR RESIDENTIAL GALLONS PER CAPITA DAILY.

CURRENTLY, WE STAND AT 96.

THE WAY THAT'S CALCULATED IS JUST TOTAL USAGE RESIDENTIAL.

WE'VE GOT THAT AVERAGE IS, LIKE I SAID, 96 GALLONS OF USAGE PER PERSON PER DAY.

AND OUR FIVE YEAR GOAL IS TO SEE THAT DROP TO AROUND 92.

AND HOPEFULLY WITH THESE MEASURES IN PLACE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING TOWARDS.

AND THEN OUR LAST ONE, THAT IS THE BASICS OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND WE HAVE IT UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, JULIE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JULIE COUNCIL? ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN? I'VE GOT JUST ONE ABOUT THE PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION OUTREACH PART.

THE RAIN AND SENSOR REBATE PROGRAM.

EXACTLY HOW DOES THAT WORK? OK. SO THE NUMBER ONE PART OF IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT BEFORE JANUARY 1ST OF 2009, IT WAS NOT REQUIRED PER CODE TO HAVE A RAIN FREE SENSOR DEVICE ON YOUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM. SO THEY'RE TECHNICALLY KIND OF GRANDFATHERED IN.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT AFTER THAT.

YOU DO. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO BE THE HOMEOWNER.

YOUR SYSTEM HAS TO BE OLDER THAN JANUARY 1ST OF 09.

CONTACT US WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ON.

WE SELECTED A FEW THAT ARE UP TO DATE AND GOOD AND COMBINATION RAIN AND FREEZE PICK ONE OUT SEND US THE RECEIPT INSTALLATION PROOF OF INSTALLATION.

AND SO WE'LL GET ALL THAT TOGETHER.

WE'LL SEND IT OVER TO UTILITY BILLING AND YOU'LL RECEIVE UP TO $50 BACK ON THAT NEXT UTILITY BILL. SO THE SAVINGS STARTS IMMEDIATELY WITH THAT $50 CREDIT.

SO LIKE WE MOVED INTO THE HOUSE THAT WE'RE IN, IN 2019, DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON IT.

WE PUT IN A [INAUDIBLE] CONTROLLER, WHICH AUTOMATICALLY KEEPS UP WITH ALL OF THAT STUFF.

SO IF WE HAD HAVE TURNED THAT IN, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE GOTTEN THE $50 REBATE? WELL, UNLESS THE SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED BEFORE 2009.

AND THEN ALSO WE SINCE WE'RE RELAUNCHING THE PROGRAM, WE DID HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT TO SEE THE SUCCESS OF IT AND THEN PUSH IT FORWARD.

WE DID REQUEST THAT PEOPLE RESERVE A REBATE, CONTACT US, RESERVE A REBATE WE HAD AT THE TIME WE HAD 50 UP FOR GRABS.

AND SO IF PEOPLE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT IT WITHOUT RESERVING, THEN WHAT IF WE HAD MORE REQUESTS THAN REBATE AVAILABILITY? SO FIRST IS TO RESERVE IT, RECEIVE THE LIST OF SENSORS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

SO BUT IF YOU WOULD HAVE CALLED US.

SO THEY'VE GOT TO KNOW IN ADVANCE, THEY HAVE TO CONTACT YOU, THEY HAVE TO GET THE LIST.

YOU'VE GOT TO RESERVE A SPOT BEFORE ANYTHING CAN TRANSPIRE? YES. OK.

YEAH. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE.

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD GET CAUGHT.

THEY'D GO OUT AND DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.

AND THEN SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COMMUNICATION BECAUSE HONESTLY, EVEN SITTING ON CITY COUNCIL FOR FIVE YEARS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE EVER UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY HOW THIS REBATE. HOW IT WORKS. SO SOMETHING'S GETTING AGAIN.

SOMETHING'S GETTING MISSED IN THE INFORMATION.

YEAH, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT ANOTHER ONE OF OUR MEASURES IS REVIEWING OUR CONSERVATION MATERIALS AND PROGRAM MATERIALS CONTINUOUSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MESSAGE IS CLEAR.

THAT'S ONE THAT I SAW BEFORE.

AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, THAT'S A LITTLE WEIRD.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE I INCLUDED THE PICTURE.

THE ONLY PICTURE IN HERE IS THAT HOW TO DO IT.

AND WHAT IS EASIER THAN HAVING IT BE NUMBERED? NUMBER ONE STEP.

ACTUALLY, THERE'S A POSTER.

I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT.

BUT THE NUMBER ONE STEP ON THE POSTER IS CONTACT US.

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SO IS THAT 378-6025? YES. THIS IS WHERE THEY SHOULD CONTACT YOU? YES, MA'AM, THAT IS CORRECT. OR THEY CAN EMAIL YOU AT SENSOR REBATE.

YES. S E N S O R R E B A T E SENSORREBATE@AMARILLO.GOV.

YES, MA'AM. THAT IS CORRECT OR EVEN AMARILLO.GOV/SENSORREBATE IS THE DIRECT WEBSITE LINK TO ALL THAT INFORMATION.

SO HOW MANY REBATES ARE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR? I ACTUALLY JUST GOT AN EMAIL RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD BE NUMBER ONE FOR THIS YEAR.

SO THERE'S IF WE'RE KEEPING IT THE SAME, THEN WE STILL HAVE 49 LEFT.

49. SO THERE ARE REBATES THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS YEAR? YES, SIR. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION.

YOU DID GREAT ACTUALLY.

ANYBODY ELSE? YOU DID.

THANK YOU. OK.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3 E, COUNCIL? YES, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 04-12-22-8 OF THE CITY OF THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL, AMENDING THE WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO, ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 2002 AND LAST AMENDED IN 2017.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE ITEM 3 E THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN FOR 2022.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED.

THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE.

AND THAT FINISHES THE NON EXECUTIVE PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.

[4. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

BE GLAD TO.

PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT THAT CLOSED SESSION THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON APRIL THE 12TH, 2022, AT 3:19 P.M.

UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY SECTION 551.087 DISCUSS COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM AN EXISTING BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECT IN WHICH THE CITY IS NEGOTIATING FOR THE LOCATION OR RETENTION OF A FACILITY OR FOR INCENTIVES THE CITY IS WILLING TO EXTEND OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE SAME.

THANK YOU. WE'RE DISMISSED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.