May 10, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting

[INVOCATION ]

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[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME TO BE WITH US.

PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND PRAY WITH ME.

[INVOCATION] HEAVENLY FATHER WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO GATHER THIS DAY.

WE DO ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING ON THIS MEETING.

WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BESTOW EXTRA WISDOM AND STRATEGIES FOR THE COMPLICATED SITUATIONS THAT ARISE IN OUR CITY.

WE ALSO PRAY FOR ANOINTING AND BLESSING OVER OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES.

AND GOD, WOULD YOU ALSO RISE UP JUST A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM IN OUR CITIZENS TO EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AHEAD OF US? GOD, WE JUST APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE HEALTH AND THAT COVID IS ON THE DECLINE.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY LEADERS.

AND WE PRAY ALL THIS IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. AMEN.

JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[PROCLAMATIONS ]

SO IF YOU'RE HERE.

KRISTIN, ARE YOU HERE? YEP. THERE YOU ARE RIGHT THERE. WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US UP FRONT.

KRISTIN [INAUDIBLE] IS FROM OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

YOU CAN STAND RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

WHEREAS MAY 21ST, 2022 IS THE 12TH KIDS TO PARKS DAY, ORGANIZED AND LAUNCHED BY THE NATIONAL PARK TRUST, HELD ANNUALLY ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF MAY.

WHEREAS KIDS TO PARK DAY EMPOWERS KIDS AND ENCOURAGES FAMILIES TO GET OUTDOORS AND VISIT LOCAL PARKS, PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS.

WHEREAS WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO LEAD A MORE ACTIVE LIFESTYLE TO COMBAT ISSUES OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, AND HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA.

THAT'S A BIG WORD, KRISTIN.

AND WHEREAS, KIDS TO PARKS DAY WILL BROADEN CHILDREN'S APPRECIATION FOR NATURE AND OUTDOORS.

AND WHEREAS, KIDS TO PARKS DAY WILL BRING FORWARD THE IMPORTANCE OF RECREATING I'M SORRY, RECREATING RESPONSIBLY WHILE ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF THE OUTDOORS.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 21ST, 2022, AS KIDS TO PARKS DAY IN AMARILLO, GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 10TH DAY OF MAY 2022, SIGNED BY THE WHOLE CITY COUNCIL.

KRISTIN, YOU WANT TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS? DO I JUST. OKAY, COOL.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? MAYBE.

OKAY. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING THAT ACTUALLY GETS KIDS OUTDOORS.

OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE FIVE KIDS, AND I LOVE THEM BEING OUTDOORS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

IT SPARKS KIDS CURIOSITY, MAKES THEM TIRED, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT MAKES THEM THEIR OWN CREATIVE THINKERS, AND I THINK THAT KIDS, WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE THE OUTDOORS, THEY CARE ABOUT THE OUTDOORS MORE.

THEY BECOME STEWARDS OF OUR RESOURCES.

AND SO AS A PARKS LIAISON, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT KIDS SHOULD BE PLAYING OUTDOORS.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW AS A KID, I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME OUTDOORS.

I THINK THAT WAS MY BENEFIT OF MY PARENTS.

BUT I REMEMBER, LIKE MOST OF YOU, THAT WE STAYED OUT UNTIL THE STREETLIGHTS CAME ON.

AND SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET KIDS OUT TO REMIND THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU TO OUR COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING OUR CAPITAL NEEDS AND PUTTING MORE EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR PARKS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE 14 NEW PLAYGROUNDS IN THE NEXT YEAR.

OUR ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING IS SEEING SOME MUCH NEEDED LOVE AS WELL AS SOME OTHER CAPITAL NEEDS ARE BEING ADDRESSED.

AND SO THAT WILL JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP THE KIDS OUT IN THE PARKS, OUTSIDE, OUTDOORS, AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO GROW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THE OUTDOORS HAS TO OFFER.

SO THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.

[APPLAUSE]

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THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, AD IF LISA HANCOCK IS HERE AND HER GROUP, I INVITE YOU TO COME UP AND JOIN US AS I READ THE PROCLAMATION.

WE BROUGHT A BIG GROUP TODAY.

AWESOME. LOVE IT.

LOVE IT. LOVE IT.

YES. SO YOU'RE GOING TO FIT RIGHT IN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD SMITH AND MYSELF BECAUSE I'M READING THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF US.

SO WHEREAS OUR CITY INCLUDES A GROWING NAME, GROWING NUMBER OF OLDER AMERICANS WHO COMBINE THEIR STRENGTH, WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE AS COMMUNITIES, BENEFIT WHEN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND BACKGROUNDS ARE WELCOMED, INCLUDED AND SUPPORTED.

AND WHEREAS, WE RECOGNIZE OUR NEED TO CREATE A COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDES THE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS OLDER AMERICANS NEED TO THRIVE AND LIVE INDEPENDENTLY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

AND WHEREAS, OUR CITY WORKS OUR CITY WORKS TO BUILD AN EVEN BETTER COMMUNITY FOR OUR OLDER RESIDENTS BY PLANNING PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENCE, ENSURING ACTIVITIES ARE RESPONSIVE TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND PREFERENCES, AND INCREASING ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT SUPPORT AGING IN PLACE. NOW, THEREFORE, WE, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2022 AS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH IN AMARILLO AND URGE EVERY RESIDENT TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR OLDER CITIZENS, HELP TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY, AND JOIN EFFORTS TO SUPPORT OLDER AMERICAN CHOICES ABOUT HOW THEY AGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 10TH DAY OF MAY 2022, THE HONORABLE MAYOR GINGER NELSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS COLE STANLEY, FREDA POWELL, EDDY SAUER, AND HOWARD SMITH.

SO I'M GOING TO INVITE LISA TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

HONORED TO DO IT.

SO I DO REPRESENT THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING BECAUSE I AM AND WE ALL ARE.

THAT'S EVEN THOSE KIDS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ARE AGING.

YOU KNOW, YOU START AT BIRTH.

SO I'M FROM THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING AND WE ARE CELEBRATING OLDER AMERICANS MONTH ON FRIDAY.

IT'S GOOD FRIDAY, RIGHT THE 13TH.

GOOD LUCK DAY.

FRIDAY THE 13TH WILL BE AT REGION 16.

WE ARE CELEBRATING THE ANNUAL THEME IS AGE MY WAY AND I THOUGHT THAT JUST REALLY SCREAMED TALENT SHOW.

SO WE'RE HAVING A TALENT SHOW THIS YEAR AND IT'S ALWAYS FUN BECAUSE THE CONTESTANTS COMPETE AND FIRST PRIZE WIN WINS $500.

SO WE'RE MAKING IT WORTH THEIR WHILE.

AND IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENTER THE COMPETITION, YOU HAVE TO BE 60 OR OVER AND HAVE A TALENT.

I'M ALL IN OK. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE LIST.

AND THEN WE'RE HAVING LUNCH PROVIDED BY THE CRAIG.

WE HAVE ENCHILADAS AND WE'RE HAVING BREAKOUT SESSIONS SO YOU CAN GET IT ALL IN ONE DAY IF YOU'LL COME TO REGION 16 ON FRIDAY THE 13TH. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK I'M SORRY, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, THE LADIES FROM AAA AREA AGENCY ON AGING.

THIS IS TERRY, OUR DIRECTOR SUNDAY, AND CATHERINE, OUR OPERATIONS COORDINATOR, AND THEN WE HAVE APRIL HERNANDEZ FROM THE ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.

AND YOU'RE NOT HERE.

HE'S AN OLDER AMERICAN CITIZEN.

THAT'S RIGHT

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A CHANGE IN OUR ORDER OF OUR AGENDA TODAY.

COUNCIL. A DEAR FRIEND OF MANY OF US PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK, TOM BIVINS, AND HIS FUNERAL STARTS AT 2:00.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO DO A COUPLE OF ITEMS OF BUSINESS HERE AND THEN TAKE A RECESS SO THAT THOSE OF US ON THE COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THAT SERVICE COULD SHOW OUR RESPECTS TO THE BIVINS FAMILY AND BE PRESENT FOR THAT SERVICE.

I SEE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HERE.

CANYON HAS AN ITEM ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND JUST OUT OF COURTESY FOR THEIR TIME.

I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE OKAY COUNCIL IF WE GO AHEAD AND JUST DO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN THAT WON'T LEAVE THEM HANGING WHILE WE RECESS AND GO TO A FUNERAL AND COME BACK TO FINISH THE REST OF OUR AGENDA.

SO JUST MANEUVERING, NAVIGATING TODAY A LITTLE BIT.

THAT BEING SAID, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME?

[2. CONSENT ITEMS ]

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

EVERYONE IN FAVOR OF THAT, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? OK CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PASSED WITH A 5-0 VOTE VOTE.

THEN I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO.

WE HAVE 15 MINUTES COUNCIL, JARED DISCUSSION ITEMS. YOU THINK WE CAN DO THE RECAP OF EARTH DAY AND GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT DISCUSSION AGENDA? OKAY. THAT'S WHAT WE'LL PLAN TO DO COUNCIL, AND THEN WE'LL RECESS AND COME BACK AND DO OUR ACTION AGENDA.

DR. [INAUDIBLE], HEATHER, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY.

WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING TO TAKE CARE OF KIDS IN OUR CITY AND IN THE CITY OF CANYON.

WE'RE PARTNERS IN THAT MISSION.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOUR FOR YOUR WORK.

AND I TOOK A PICTURE OF Y'ALL AND SENT IT TO SOME BIG FANS OF YALLS.

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU ARE HERE.

OKAY, DONNY, LET'S DO ITEM 1B DISCUSS RECAP OF EARTH DAY.

[1.B. Discuss Recap of Earth Day; and ]

EXCITED TO BRING YOU PRESENTATION DAY ABOUT EARTH DAY.

WE HAD SOME HIGH EXPECTATIONS GOING INTO EARTH DAY.

WE TOOK A FEW DIFFERENT APPROACHES GOING INTO EARTH DAY FOR SOME LESSONS LEARNED WHEN WE HAD THE NATIONAL DAY OF CLEANUP IN SEPTEMBER AND WE WERE RIGHT ON TARGET.

BUT I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE PRESENTATION TO THE TO THE CITIZENS OF AMARILLO WHO REALLY SHOWED UP AT THIS EVENT.

AND WHAT WE HAD SET AS A GOAL, WE SHATTERED IT.

AND IT WAS THANKS TO THEM.

NUMBER TWO, THANKS TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

THEY ROLLED OUT A COMMUNICATIONS PACKAGE THAT WAS JUST AWESOME.

EVEN TALKED ME INTO GETTING INSIDE OF A DUMPSTER AND POPPING UP OUT OF IT, WHICH I LOOK BACK ON THAT NOW AND SAY, I'M NOT DOING THAT, BUT I DID IT ANYWAY.

BUT WHAT THEY DID TO PUT THE MESSAGE OUT AND THEN WHAT STAFF DID TO SHOW UP AS WELL AND PUT THE EXTRA HOURS IN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WAS REALLY GREAT FOR US.

SO WE GO THROUGH THIS THE FIRST THE FIRST SLIDE HERE, JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAD AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT, THE 24 NEW ROLL OUT CONTAINERS, THANKS TO YOU THIS COUNCIL FOR APPROVING THAT BACK IN OCTOBER.

IT HAS BEEN ALREADY A SUCCESS JUST WITH ONE EVENT, AND WE LOOK FOR MANY MORE WAYS TO USE THIS.

YOU SEE ON THE PICTURE THERE, THIS IS WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO THIS YEAR IS PLACE THEM IN ALL THE ALL THE FOUR QUADRANTS ON EARTH DAY LIKE WE DID IN SEPTEMBER.

BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE PLATOON THEM ALL.

WE GROUP THEM ALL TOGETHER.

AS YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE, THERE'S FOUR OF THEM LINED UP NEXT TO THIS PARK HERE AND IN EVERY LOCATION, THE SIX LOCATIONS WE PUT THEM IN, WE GROUPED THEM ALL TOGETHER INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM OUT SEPARATELY IN SINGLE CONTAINERS.

IN THE FIRST EVENT WE HAD, OF COURSE, WE WERE USING PUBLIC ROLL OFF, BUT WE HAD PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE OF THEM OUT OF THE 24 THAT HAD ITEMS IN THEM.

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AND THEN AS WE LOOK THROUGH THAT, WE DECIDED THAT WAS THE WAY TO GO 24 ROLL OFF CONTAINERS.

WE HAD SIX KNUCKLE BOOM TRUCKS, THREE REAR LOADER TRUCKS, THREE BRUSH TRUCKS AND 37 EMPLOYEES ON THE CITY SIDE OF THAT TO WORK IN THE ALLEYS TO WORK WITH OUR BUS TRUCKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT WE WERE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO DO ON EARTH DAY ON THE 22ND.

WE ACTUALLY DID THIS ALL WEEK LONG.

WE STARTED ON MONDAY AND WE TOOK IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE WEEK.

THAT WAS ANOTHER LESSON THAT WE LEARNED.

WE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE ROUTES DURING THE SEPTEMBER RUN BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST TOO MUCH OUT THERE TO DO IN A DAY OR TWO.

SO WE DID IT FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK.

EVERY ROUTE THAT WE PROJECTED TO COMPLETE, WE DID.

SO THAT'S THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAD.

AND WE START LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.

JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU WHAT WE DID AS FAR AS THE ROLL OFF DUMPSTERS, THESE ARE THE 24 THAT WERE OUT.

THESE ARE THE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

WE HAD 8.3 TONS AT SAN JACINTO SCHOOL PARK, 6.6 AT THE SOUTHWEST LIBRARY, WHICH REALLY SURPRISED US.

WE THOUGHT THE SOUTHWEST LIBRARY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN THE LAST TIME THEY WERE EMPTY, COMPLETELY EMPTY, NEVER HAD ANYTHING IN THEM OVER THERE. BONES HOOKS HAD 3.3 TONS.

THE EAST LIBRARY HAD TON AND A HALF.

EAST RIDGE SCHOOL PARK, BIG NUMBERS THERE 8.3 THEY HAD A LARGE VOLUNTEER GROUP OUT AGAIN WORKING IN THAT AREA AND THEN 6.6 FROM THOMPSON PARK.

AND THAT WAS A VERY ORGANIZED EVENT THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAD THAT ADDED ANOTHER 6.6 TONS TO OUR EVENT.

SO THEY HAD A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS SHOW UP FOR THAT AS WELL.

BUT JUST IF YOU LOOK AT THESE INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS ON HERE, THE LAST CLEANUP, WE HAD A TOTAL OF A LITTLE OVER 11 TONS COLLECTED FOR THE WHOLE ROLL OFF PROGRAM.

WE HAD ALMOST THAT AT ONE LOCATION THIS TIME.

NEXT WOULD BE A AND BY THE WAY, I MEANT TO MENTION IN THAT LAST PICTURE THAT WAS SOME OF OUR HARD WORKING PEOPLE.

I WAS GOING TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE AND AND POINT THEM OUT.

THAT'S ROBERT HERNANDEZ IN THAT LAST PICTURE.

THAT'S WITH THE ROLL OFF TRUCK THERE.

JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY LOAD ONE OF THOSE UP, TOO, AND PUT IT ON THE TRAILER.

THAT'S OUR OLD TRUCK. WE HAVE THE TWO NEW TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE VERY SHORTLY.

THE NEXT PICTURE HAS SOME OTHER HARDWORKING EMPLOYEES, SCOTT TILLERY RUNNING THAT TRUCK RIGHT THERE, ALONG WITH DEVONTE HARDAWAY AND NICK RENTERIA.

THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD THAT WHOLE WEEK TO GET THE NEIGHBORHOODS CLEANED UP IN THE ALLEYS WITH THAT TRUCK THAT THEY'RE USING THERE.

AND YOU SEE WHAT WE COLLECTED AS FAR AS THE CITY CREWS WERE CONCERNED, 25 TONS IN EAST RIDGE, 31 IN NORTH HEIGHTS, 89 IN SAN JACINTO AND 10 IN THE BARRIO.

AND WHAT'S KIND OF ALARMING ABOUT THAT IS WE WENT THROUGH A COMPLETE CLEANUP IN SEPTEMBER AND WE GOT ALL OF THAT, ALL OF IT.

AND HERE WE'VE ALREADY REGENERATED AGAIN, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE INNOVATION TEAM IS WORKING ON JUST THAT.

ONE OF THE KEY PIECES THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IS COMMUNICATION.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, WELL, WE JUST CLEANED THE WHOLE AREA IN SEPTEMBER AND NOW WE OR ALL OF THESE AREAS, ALL FOUR OF THEM, AND NOW WE'VE ALREADY GENERATED THIS MUCH. THE WORD'S JUST NOT GETTING OUT.

THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE EDUCATED BETTER ON THAT.

AND THEY'RE WORKING HARD ON THAT AND THAT INNOVATION TEAM.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO DOWN.

SO HERE'S THE MY MY FAVORITE PIECE THAT I DID FOR JUST FOR HOWARD, AND BACK TO THE VOLKSWAGEN GRAPH HERE.

THESE ARE OUR TOTAL NUMBERS.

WE HAD 24 CONTAINERS.

WE DID 34.8 TONS OR 69,600 POUNDS AS OPPOSED TO 11.9 TONS IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN OUR PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT DID 156.6 TONS OR 313,200 POUNDS AS OPPOSED TO 60 TONS THAT WERE DONE IN SEPTEMBER FOR A TOTAL OF 191.4 TONS, OR 382,800 POUNDS 72.6 IN SEPTEMBER.

SO JUST OVER DOUBLE WHAT WE DID IN THAT FIRST EVENT.

WE'VE LEARNED SOME THINGS 95.7 VOLKSWAGENS IS WHAT WE COLLECTED.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEIGHT OF VOLKSWAGEN, IT'S LIKE 3,900 POUNDS.

SO THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION JUST TO KIND OF AGAIN, JUST GIVE CREDIT TO THE CITIZENS OF AMARILLO WHO SHOWED UP IN BIG NUMBERS, OBVIOUSLY, OR WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE ROLL OFFS FULL AND OUR STAFF ARE DOING ALL THE HARD WORK.

AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN THIS TIME THAT YOU THINK WILL MAKE NEXT YEAR'S EARTH DAY CLEAN UP BETTER? REPEAT THAT I'M SORRY. WHAT DID YOU LEARN THIS YEAR THAT YOU THINK WILL MAKE NEXT YEAR'S BETTER? YOU KNOW, WELL, WE LEARNED THAT IT WORKS TO GROUP THEM, FOR ONE THING.

AND I THINK THAT THE OTHER THE OTHER LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED WERE GETTING OUT AHEAD OF IT, A WEEK AHEAD OF THAT IS GOING TO HELP.

AND WE MAY EVEN EXPAND THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT.

AND WE'RE ALSO PROBABLY GOING TO EXPAND OUR OUR ROUTES.

WHAT WE GOT DONE IN ONE WEEK IN THOSE FOUR AREAS COULD PROBABLY BE WE COULD PROBABLY ADD A COUPLE OF AREAS TO THAT JUST BY EXPANDING THAT OUT TO A WEEK.

SO, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE COMPARED IT TO WHAT WE DID INCH BY INCH IN SEPTEMBER TO THIS ONE.

AND AND WE JUST DID A MUCH BETTER JOB.

WE'RE WE'RE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT IN THIS AND AND GETTING IT DONE.

AND BY THE WAY, I MIGHT THROW THIS IN THERE, TOO.

YOU KNOW, THE THE SANITATION DRIVERS THAT ARE DRIVING THESE TRUCKS, THEY ALSO HAVE SANITATION ROUTES THEY HAVE TO RUN.

THEY HAVE OTHER DUTIES THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SPLITTING.

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AND THEY'RE ALL VERY WILLING TO DO THAT WORK AND GET OUT THERE AND DO IT.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE LEARNED THIS TIME WAS WE REALLY PUT THEM TO THE TEST TO ASK THEM TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD, AND THEY RESPONDED TO IT.

SO OUR COMMUNICATIONS ARE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR.

OH THIS EVENT, COMMUNICATION WAS UNBELIEVABLY, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT WE DID A BAD JOB THE FIRST TIME WAS JUST JOY COMING ON BOARD SHE REALLY TOOK THIS THING AND RAN WITH IT.

AND WAS CALLING DAILY AND SAYING, WHAT CAN WE PUT OUT NOW? CAN WE PUT THIS INFORMATION OUT? YOU KNOW, AND WAS JUST REALLY ON IT.

SO HATS OFF TO THEM BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT WAS A BIG KEY TO MAKING THIS SUCCESSFUL, JUST PEOPLE KNOWING ABOUT IT, WHICH THEN GIVES ME SOME POSITIVE THOUGHT GOING TOWARD GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT TOO.

THEY HAVE A CREW THAT UNDERSTANDS HOW TO TALK TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET A MESSAGE OUT.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

WHEN YOU COMBINE THEIR EFFORT WITH WHAT THE INNOVATION TEAM IS DOING, I JUST I SEE IT GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.

OUR GOAL WAS 80 TONS, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

WE JUST WE KILLED THAT.

YEAH, WE KILLED IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE LEARNED, MAYOR, IS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUR GOAL A LITTLE MORE HARDER TO REACH NEXT TIME.

I THINK WE CAN WE CAN DO MORE.

WHAT WOULD YOU ASK OF CITIZENS GOING FORWARD, NOT JUST ON THE NEXT EARTH DAY, BUT IN GENERAL, DO YOU HAVE AN ASK TOWARDS CITIZENS? YEAH. WELL, I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE ASKED THIS, BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT THE LESS THAT THEY, THE MORE THAT THEY HELP US WITH THE ILLEGAL DUMPING ISSUE THAT WE HAVE, THE FURTHER WE CAN TAKE THESE EVENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE LESS TO DO.

SO WE CAN MAKE THEM STRETCH FURTHER INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AND WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL BEING TO TO CLEAN ALL OF AMARILLO.

AND IT'S IT'S QUITE A CHALLENGE, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK THEM IS JUST HELP US CONTINUE TO HELP US WITH THE ILLEGAL DUMPING ISSUES THAT WE SEE REPORT THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING OUT THERE. LET US KNOW ABOUT IT.

LET US KNOW WHERE YOU HAVE TROUBLED AREAS, WHERE PEOPLE ARE REPETITIVELY ILLEGAL DUMPING.

AND THEN THAT HELPS US WHEN WE HAVE A BIG CLEANUP LIKE DAY LIKE THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO AS A CITIZEN, WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS DON'T PUT YOUR TRASH IN THE ALLEY BESIDE THE DUMPSTER.

CORRECT. THAT'S POINT NUMBER ONE.

YOU CAN USE THE CURBSIDE PICK UP NUMBER.

AND NUMBER TWO, AS YOU DO SEE TRASH BESIDES YOUR DUMPSTER TO CALL THE CITY AND GET IT ON THE ALLEY CLEANUP LIST.

YES, WE ARE ACTUALLY TO TO KIND OF TAG ON TO THAT.

AND I DON'T WANT TO RUN Y'ALL OVER I'M WATCHING. THANK YOU.

THE MESSAGE WE'RE GOING THOSE ARE ALL OFF CONTAINERS.

DON'T HAVE A MESSAGE ON THE SIDE OF IT.

IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE, WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING LOGOS ON THERE NOW.

THIS CAME THIS EVENT HAPPENED BEFORE WE COULD GET IT DONE.

WE HAVE LOGOS AND WE'RE PUTTING A SIMPLE MESSAGE ON THE SIDE THAT SAYS DO NOT PLACE ITEMS NEXT TO YOUR DUMPSTER IN THE ALLEYS.

IT'S JUST A SIMPLE MESSAGE WITH BOLD LETTERS ON THERE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THAT EVERYWHERE WE PUT THIS OUT THAT IT'S OKAY TO PUT THEM IN THERE.

BUT DON'T DON'T PUT IT IN THE ALLEYS NEXT TO YOUR DUMPSTER.

AND THE CURBSIDE COLLECTION NUMBERS ARE BIG TIME.

WE'RE WE SAW 900 REQUESTS LIKE IN THE THIRD WEEK OF APRIL.

AND THAT'S A LOT COMPARED TO WHAT WE NORMALLY SEE SO.

I THINK THE MESSAGE IS GETTING OUT AND JUST CONTINUE TO HELP US WITH THOSE ITEMS. YEAH, GREAT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR DONNY? GREAT DONNY. THANK YOU.

PLEASE TELL YOUR CREW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY DO IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCIL, AT THIS TIME, I THINK WE WILL TAKE THAT RECESS AND WE WILL PLAN TO CONVENE HERE AROUND 3:00 AS A LOOSE ESTIMATE OF WHEN THAT SERVICE WILL BE CONCLUDED AND WE COULD BE BACK.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE RECESSED.

AND WE WILL PICK BACK UP.

ITEM 1C DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER? HEARING NONE. LET'S MOVE ON NOW WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[3.A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7977]

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, WE'VE CREATED A NUMBER OF REINVESTMENT ZONES RECENTLY.

HERE TO DISCUSS ANOTHER ONE IS KEVIN CARTER WITH EMERALD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

KEVIN, WELCOME. MAYOR COUNCIL.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 17.

THIS WOULD BE LOCATED, I THINK JENNY'S GOING TO PUT A MAP UP.

WELL, THERE WE GO.

IT IS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF US HIGHWAY 287 AND INTERSTATE 40, WEST OF FM 1912.

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THE REASON YOU CREATE A REINVESTMENT ZONE IS TO ALLOW THE TAXING ENTITIES TO GIVE AN INCENTIVE LIKE A TAX ABATEMENT FOR A FUTURE PROJECT. THIS HAS TO BE POSTED SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE AND WE HAVE COMPLIED WITH THAT.

AND THIS WOULD BE A MANUFACTURING FACILITY THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AT A LATER DATE TO GO IN THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE.

COUNCIL DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN ABOUT CREATING THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE? OKAY. THANK YOU, KEVIN.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN A HEARING FOR ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3A.

ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.

HEARING NO ONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7977, WHICH DESIGNATES A ZONE OF THE CITY THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 1,108.70 ACRES IN THE VICINITY OF US HIGHWAY 287 INTERSTATE I-40 AND WEST OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1912 AS REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 17 FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENT.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE ITEM 3A ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL ON THAT MOTION? OK HEARING NONE. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

[3.B. PUPLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7978]

HE'S GOT ANOTHER ONE TO PRESENT.

KEVIN, TAKE IT AWAY.

GOT EXCITING TIME TO BE IN AMARILLO.

SO WITH THE REINVESTMENT ZONE CREATIONS, THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE IS 539.8 ACRES LOCATED AT US HIGHWAY 60 AND PARSLEY ROAD, YOU CAN SEE THAT PROPERTY IS KIND OF BASICALLY NORTH OF OR THE TOP PART OF THAT ABOVE FOLSOM.

I DON'T THINK I'LL SEE IF THIS THING HAS A POINTER ON IT.

YEP. THERE YOU GO.

WELL, IT DOES, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK WITH THOSE TVS.

PERFECT. OH, IT'S JENNIFER MOVING.

SHE'S GOT A MOUSE. SO IN THAT AREA RIGHT THERE, THERE'S 539 ACRES JUST TO THE WEST OF PARSLEY ROAD THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED FOR THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE, NUMBER 18. ALSO A MANUFACTURING FACILITY WILL BE BROUGHT UP AT A LATER DATE TO GO IN THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN FROM THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU, KEVIN.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 3B FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? SEEING NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7978, WHICH DESIGNATES A ZONE OF THE CITY THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 539.8 ACRES IN THE VICINITY OF US HIGHWAY 60 AND PARSLEY ROAD AS REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 18 FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENT.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY DR.

SAUER TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7978.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL? HEARING NONE ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

[3.C. CONSIDERATIO N OF ORDINANCE NO. 7979]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

SORRY I COULDN'T GET THAT TO TURN ON.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'VE GOT EMILY KOLLER HERE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

EMILY, TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M HERE WITH ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT.

AS YOU KNOW, BY CITY CODE, PROPERTY OWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF DAMAGED SIDEWALKS.

AND THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD, THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL COST SHARE PROGRAM AS A HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT, IN PART DUE TO THE POOR CONDITION OF SIDEWALKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN ALSO KNOWING THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE A BURDEN TO A LOT OF THE LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN SAN JACINTO.

SO THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AS IT'S DRAFTED IS APPLICABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AREAS ONLY, AND FUNDING MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE

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AND SO RIGHT NOW THE SAN JACINTO PLAN AREA WOULD BE THE ONLY ACTIVE FUNDED PROGRAM AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS ALLOCATED $200,000 OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING INITIATIVE MONEY TO GO TO THIS PROGRAM.

OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AREAS COULD CHOOSE TO DO THIS IF THEY WANTED TO.

THERE AREN'T ANY PLANS RIGHT NOW, OR IF THE CITY RECEIVES SOME GRANT FUNDS OR ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE WE COULD RUN AROUND THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AREAS. THE PARTICIPATION IS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND SO THE ORDINANCE PERMITS A 50% COST SHARE FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, BUT IT ALLOWS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO ADOPT AN ADDITIONAL POLICY WHERE THEY COULD FURTHER DEFINE CRITERIA. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SAN JACINTO HAS HAS DONE.

AND I'LL SHOW THAT ON THE SECOND SLIDE.

THE PAYMENT AGREEMENTS ARE MADE THROUGH THE CITY FOR 12 OR 18 MONTHS.

THERE'S NO INTEREST THAT'S CHARGED.

THEY'RE JUST ABLE TO PAY THIS OFF OVER TIME.

AND IF AN UNPAID BALANCE EXISTS AT THE END OF THE PAYMENT PERIOD, LATE FEES WOULD BE ASSESSED AND THE AGREEMENTS ARE SECURED BY A LIEN AND RELEASED UPON FINAL PAYMENT. OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WOULD OVERSEE A CONTRACT TO COMPLETE THIS WORK.

AND THEN ON THE SECOND SLIDE IS JUST HOW THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD HAS FURTHER PRIORITIZED PROPERTY USE.

AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY COOL PROGRAM, SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER DONE HERE BEFORE.

SO THEY WANT TO TRY TO HELP OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSEHOLDS IN SAN JACINTO FIRST AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO OFFER THROUGH THIS INITIAL ROUND COVERING 100% OF THE COST FOR VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY NEED THAT INCOME QUALIFICATION.

THOSE ARE BASED ON HUD'S AREA INCOME REQUIREMENTS.

BUT IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO PROVE YOUR INCOME LIMITS, THEN DOCUMENTATION ISN'T REQUIRED AND YOU CAN STILL APPLY FOR THE 50% COST SHARE. AND THEN THEY WILL CONSIDER A TENANT OCCUPIED PROPERTIES.

BUT THEY WANT TO LIMIT IT TO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT OWN NO MORE THAN THREE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO THEY'VE ADOPTED THIS POLICY.

THIS IS IN PLACE BY THEIR BOARD.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS FIRST AND THEN THEY'LL COME TO THE CITY.

SO IT'S A REALLY ANOTHER REALLY INTERESTING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR EMILY? SO ON AN AVERAGE HOUSE IN SAN JACINTO.

WHAT IS THE WHAT'S THE COST TO EITHER REPLACE OR TO BUILD A NEW SIDEWALK? SO WE'VE ESTIMATED BETWEEN LIKE $1,500 AND $3,000 JUST BETWEEN LIKE IF THERE ARE DRIVEWAY RAMPS ARE INCLUDED OR THEY ARE REPLACING THE WHOLE SIDEWALK OR JUST A PORTION OF IT.

SO THEN IT WOULD BE THAT PERCENTAGE SCALE BASED ON.

WELL, I WAS JUST ASKING BECAUSE IT SAID A MAXIMUM OF $5,000.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS EXACTLY WHAT THE PLACEMENT COST ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO BE.

SO. SO BASED ON THE HIGH END, AS A WAY TO JUST SORT OF COVER IF IT'S A CORNER LOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AT THE TOP END, A RESIDENT WOULD HAVE TO PAY $2,500 BUT BASED ON YOUR AVERAGE ESTIMATE, IT'D BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $750 AND $1,500. YEAH.

AND SO AND THEN THEN YOU'VE GOT A PLAN FOR THEM TO HAVE 12 TO 18 MONTHS INTEREST FREE TO TO PAY THAT BACK TO THE CITY THEIR PORTION.

YES. I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GREAT DEAL, ACTUALLY.

SO, EMILY, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ABOUT THE WARRANTY FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE AS FAR AS THE SIDEWALKS BEING REPLACED? AND IF SO, WHERE DO THOSE FUNDS RESIDE? THE SO THE WORK IS GOING TO BE DONE THROUGH A LICENSE AND BONDED CONTRACTOR.

THAT CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE OVERSEEN BY THE CITY.

AND SO ANY OF THAT WORK WOULD BE WARRANTED LIKE ANY OF OUR OTHER SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

THERE IS SOME.

THERE'S A BUFFER IN THIS FUND.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE SET $200,000 ASIDE, THEY PLAN TO SPEND ABOUT $180,000.

SO THERE WOULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING LEFT TO TAKE CARE OF ANY KIND OF UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND THEN IT'S KIND OF LIKE A REVOLVING LOAN FUND.

LIKE AS THOSE AS THAT MONEY COMES BACK IN, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING NEW HOUSEHOLDS IN THE FUTURE.

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OKAY. THANK YOU.

OF ALL THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

SORRY. I'M SORRY. NO, GO AHEAD, HOWARD.

OF ALL THE PROPERTIES IN SAN JACINTO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE OWNER OCCUPIED? SO I JUST PULLED. EMILY, CAN YOU PARDON MY INTERRUPTION? DO YOU MIND PULLING THAT MICROPHONE? JUST MAYBE STRAIGHTEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE? JUST IT'S NOT QUITE AS TALL AS OUR OTHER MICROPHONES, SO JUST.

SO I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THAT TODAY, I PULLED RECENT DATA AND.

HOW'D YOU KNOW I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT? [LAUGHTER] I THOUGHT SOMEONE MIGHT ASK THAT.

37% ARE OWNER OCCUPIED.

SO OF ALL OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS, SAN JACINTO HAS THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTIES.

AND WHEN THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED, THE THE NUMBER THAT WE USED WAS 40%.

SO ACTUALLY THAT NUMBER JUST EVEN IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IS DECREASING.

AND ONE OF THEIR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES REALLY IS TO INCREASE HOME OWNERSHIP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THIS IS INTENDED TO HELP SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.

THANK YOU. QUESTION.

THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO JUST AGREE WITH EDDY I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DEAL.

AND THE THING THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND YESTERDAY WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT WAS THE THE LOW INCOME 100% THAT'S INCORPORATED IN THAT.

SO I THINK IT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER.

QUESTION THAT I HAD FOR YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY ON THE LIST ALREADY OR HAS THE ASSOCIATION GIVEN YOU ANY INCLINATION AS TO HOW MANY RESIDENCES ARE INTERESTED IN THIS OR HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP? SO THEY'VE STARTED DOING SOME PROMOTION OF THIS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T SHARED, I THINK, THIS THIS NEW TIERED APPROACH.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT 12 APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY HOPING TO DO SOME CITY LED PROMOTIONAL AFTER THIS IS ADOPTED.

AND I THINK THAT WE'LL SEE A LOT OF INTEREST, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PROMOTING THE FULL COVERAGE FOR THAT VERY LOW INCOME.

BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND REPORT ON THAT.

OR MAYBE JUST SOMETHING EMAIL, EMAIL US.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE KEPT UP TO SPEED ON HOW SUCCESSFUL IS.

I KNOW FOUR OF US LIVE IN OLD NEIGHBORHOODS WITH OLD SIDEWALKS AND SO I KNOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

HOWARD AND I LIVE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S STRUGGLED TO KNOW HOW TO ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNERS TO WORK ON THIS.

SO I THINK IT'S GREAT.

IT'S A REAL ISSUE IN OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DOES GREAT WORK AS FAR AS PULLING TOGETHER, WORKING ON THEIR PROBLEMS, PRIORITIZING WHAT THEY WANT TO START FUNDING.

AND SO THEY'RE OFF TO A GREAT START.

I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.

I KNOW THEY'RE NOT DOING IT ALONE.

THEY'RE DOING IT WITH PLANNING, HELPING THEM.

SO GOOD JOB EMILY.

ONE MORE EMILY, SO DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOMES EXIST IN SAN JACINTO? I DO YOU KNOW THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW AT THIS MOMENT.

I CAN I CAN LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'S OKAY. THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS $1,500 PER IT'S ABOUT 120 HOMES SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW MANY HOMES AND I KNOW THEN THEY'RE GOING TO THEN OVER THE NEXT YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MONEY COMING BACK IN TO THEN FUND MORE HOMES.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF WE KNEW HOW MANY HOMES WERE ACTUALLY IN THE.

WELL, I ANSWERED ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE BARRIO TODAY.

SO THERE ARE ABOUT 1,600 HOUSING UNITS IN THE BARRIO NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO JUST FOR A POINT OF COMPARISON.

YEAH. OKAY.

WILL THERE BE RENEWAL FUNDING OR IS THIS A ONE TIME FUNDING OF $200,000? SO THIS IS A ONE TIME FROM THERE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN INITIATIVE FUNDING.

THEY HAVE ALLOCATED THE REST OF THAT TO OTHER PROJECTS.

BUT I THINK IT'S OUR HOPE AND I'VE TALKED WITH ENGINEERING ABOUT THIS, THAT THIS IS MAYBE SOMETHING WE COULD PUT IN THE CIP AND FUND THIS, MAYBE NOT AT THIS LEVEL, BUT CONTINUE FUNDING THIS IF THIS IS SUCCESSFUL.

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IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, TRY TO FUND IT EACH YEAR THROUGH THE CIP.

AND ARE THESE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS JARED THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FOR NORMANDY GROUP TO HELP US FIND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR.

I MEAN, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT LIKE THIS IN PLACE.

THIS TO ME FEELS LIKE SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE ASKING EITHER HUD TO HELP US WITH OR, YEAH, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I MEAN, THIS IS RELATED TO THE WALKABILITY AND THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS IN OUR CITY.

SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A PROJECT LIKE THIS AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS, THAT IT WOULD BE PREPARED IN A WAY THAT WE COULD LOOK FOR ALL SOURCES OF FEDERAL FUNDING.

YES, MA'AM. THERE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR EXACTLY FOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

SO WHETHER IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT FUNDS OR EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY AND ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO MEET ALL THE CRITERIA, LIKE OUR LIKE OUR TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN PROGRAMS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR FUNDS LIKE THIS, I CANNOT GUARANTEE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY WELL PREPARED THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS TO HAVE PROJECTS IN THE CAN THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR AND GUARANTEE THEM THAT WE CAN PUT THESE PROJECTS IN THE GROUND VERY QUICKLY.

SO THIS WOULD BE REALLY FERTILE, FERTILE, FERTILE GROUND FOR GRANT SEEKING.

YEAH. SO WHOEVER'S KEEPING THAT LIST OF THINGS THAT SHOULD GO ON THAT FEDERAL REQUEST, THEY ARE WATCHING THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW AND HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH US, SAYING CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU AND WE ARE ALREADY WORKING FOR YOU.

OKAY, GOOD.

SO, EMILY, THAT MONEY THAT GOES OUT AND THEN LET'S SAY WE'VE GOT A PORTION THAT ARE GOING TO PAY BACK 50% AND A PORTION THAT ARE GOING TO PAY BACK 25%.

WILL THAT MONEY THAT COMES BACK IN, WILL IT BE EARMARKED TO TURN RIGHT AROUND AND GO BACK OUT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S SIDEWALK? YEAH, LIKE IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN SEPARATE FUND AND THAT'S PART OF HAVING THE CITY PROCESS.

WE CAN TRACK THAT AND THEN THEY CAN JUST SPEND OUT OF THAT AGAIN DIRECTLY INTO SAN JACINTO.

SO THIS PROJECT COULD SLOWLY DEPLETE ITSELF, BUT IT COULD GO ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU, EMILY.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3C? YES, MAYOR, WE DO I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7979, AMENDING THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 4-6, ARTICLE 4, BY ADDING SECTION 4-6-191 REGARDING THE CITY'S SIDEWALK COST SHARE PROGRAM.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE ITEM 3C ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

[3.D. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7980]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A PROPOSED MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT TO THE TIERS ONE PROJECT PLAN AND COSTS.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE RECAPPING THE CONVERSATION WITH TIERS ONE AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

ANDREW FREEMAN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, HAS A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND WE'RE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

ANDREW. YES, SIR.

SO THE TIERS NUMBER NUMBER ONE BOARD MET LAST WEEK TO CONSIDER THIS ITEM.

IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD.

AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, THE CITY COUNCIL HIRED GARFIELD PUBLIC PRIVATE LATE OR LATE LAST SUMMER TO WORK ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND THE CIVIC CENTER PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST TEN, TEN OR SO YEARS.

AND PART OF THAT DISCUSSION IS THEY'VE BEEN EVALUATING THE DIFFERENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING, AND IT WAS DISCUSSED WITH GARFIELD.

WHILE WE HAVEN'T YET GOTTEN THE FINAL REPORT FROM THEM, THEY HAVE LET US KNOW OF SOME OF THESE BARRIERS THAT WOULD PREVENT CITY COUNCIL FROM HAVING A FULL ARRAY OF FINANCING, TOOLS AND OPTIONS TO CONSIDER TO FUND THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.

AND ONE OF THOSE IS THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE THE PROJECT LISTED IN ALL YOUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS.

BACK IN 2019, WE TOOK ACTION ON ONE OF OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS, THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2008, PRIOR TO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS TAKING PLACE WITH THE CIVIC CENTER.

SO IN 2019, YOU CAN SEE THE LANGUAGE THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN THAT WAS ADDED TO THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.

AND DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH GARFIELD, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU ALSO NEED TO INCLUDE IN YOUR REINVESTMENT ZONE LANGUAGE TO INCREASE YOUR YOUR CAPABILITIES AND YOUR TOOLBOX FOR FUNDING THIS PROJECT.

SO WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED AND WHAT TIERS NUMBER ONE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AT THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK IS JUST A VERY SIMPLE CHANGE TO THE PROJECT PLAN COST

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AND IMPORTANTLY, AND PART OF WHAT WE DISCUSS WITH TIERS, ONE WAS ALSO ADDING A SENTENCE THAT IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE COST OF THESE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO BE FINANCED WITH TIERS REVENUES.

AND THEN THAT'S OTHER FURTHER EMPHASIZE LATER IN THAT SECTION WHERE IT SAYS THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST, THE ABOVE PUBLIC INITIATIVES INTENDED TO BE FINANCED BY THE PROPOSED REVENUE OR FINANCED BY THE TIERS REVENUES DELETING PROPOSED IS NOT CHANGED.

SO THAT $34 MILLION NET PRESENT VALUE OR $102 MILLION GROSS THAT'S FROM THE ORIGINAL FINAL PROJECT PLAN FROM BACK IN 2006.

SO THIS IS NOT PROPOSED TO MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES.

ALL IT IS IS A SIMPLE CHANGE TO IDENTIFY THE PROJECT, TO ALLOW COMPLETE FLEXIBILITY ONCE YOU ALL RECEIVE THE REPORT FROM GARFIELD TO CONSIDER ANY AND ALL OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR ANDREW.

? NO. OK WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ONE, DO WE? NO, MA'AM, WE DO NOT. SO ALL WE NEED THEN IS A MOTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 7980.

YES, MA'AM. I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7980, WHICH AMENDS THE PROJECT PLANS AND COSTS AS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 7076 AND AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 7578, AS STATED WITHIN THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE , CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS FINAL PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7980.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION? HEARING NONE ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

[3.E. CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE HARRINGTON CANCER AND HEALTH FOUNDATION SAFE KIDS GRANT]

THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE STARTED WORKING ON BEFORE COVID, AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO PROTECT KIDS FROM PREVENTABLE INJURIES.

SO I BELIEVE CASIE'S IN THE HOUSE, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE SHE IS.

SHE IS SHE'S IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM.

THAT'S VERY TRUE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.

THEY WERE WORKING ON PRE COVID AND KIND OF PAUSED IT BECAUSE THEY HAD A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAME ON THEIR PLATE WHEN COVID AROSE.

AND SO THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS COMING TOGETHER ON THIS GRANT JUST TO HELP KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE FROM PREVENTABLE INJURIES THAT DO UNFORTUNATELY HURT AND TAKE LIVES OF CHILDREN EVERY YEAR.

SO WITH THAT, HOPEFULLY CASEY WILL BE.

SO DOES THIS GRANT MEAN THAT HOWARD HAS TO STOP RUNNING WITH SCISSORS? I THINK THAT IS A SAFE THING.

I MENTIONED OR NOT EAT ANY OF THE LAUNDRY DETERGENT PODS OR USE SUNSCREEN, USE SUNSCREEN, WEAR A HAT WHEN GOING OUT.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF MONEY TO ASSIST WITH COVID PLANNING, COVID PREVENTION, ETC.

THIS IS NOT A COVID RELATED GRANT AND REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COVID.

CASIE I DON'T KNOW WE WERE EFFICIENT.

RIGHT NOW WERE WATCHING FROM THE BACK AND SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING THIS ITEM TODAY.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE HARRINGTON HEALTH AND CANCER FOUNDATION FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS ON THIS GRANT.

AND COVID DID KIND OF GET IN OUR WAY A LITTLE BIT AS I THINK IT'S GOTTEN IN EVERYONE'S WAY, BUT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH HARRINGTON HEALTH AND CANCER FOUNDATION ON DEVELOPING A SAFE KIDS PROGRAM.

AND THE SAFE KIDS PROGRAM REALLY TARGETS ALL CHILDREN, PARENTS, CAREGIVERS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ON CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY, FIRE SAFETY, HOME SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, WATER SAFETY, SUPPORT SAFETY, SAFE SLEEP, AND WHEELED SPORTS SAFETY.

SO REALLY TARGETING UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES.

SAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE HAS HELPED REDUCE THE US CHILDHOOD DEATH RATE FROM UNINTENTIONAL INJURY BY 57%.

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SO I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY A GOOD THING.

WHAT KIND OF METRICS WILL YOU TRACK? SO, SO MANY OF THESE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE DIFFERENT SAFETY TOPICS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CAR SEATS AND CRIBS TO FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, THE TRADITIONAL LIKE HELMET RODEOS THAT YOU SEE.

BUT REALLY IT'LL BE COALITION BUILDING.

SO WE'LL WORK WITH PARTNERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN KIND OF WORKING IN THIS REALM TO PULL TO PULL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER.

SO KIND OF YET TO YET TO COME ON ON EXACTLY WHAT METRICS.

BUT I THINK DEFINITELY CERTAINLY THOSE NUMBERS.

IN THE 2018 COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT INFANT MORTALITY.

SEEMS SO LONG AGO.

YEAH. THE INFANT MORTALITY WAS IDENTIFIED AS A HUGE PRIORITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THE STATE RATE FOR INFANT MORTALITY IS 5.48 INFANT DEATHS PER 100 BIRTHS.

I'M SORRY, 1,000 BIRTHS IN SOME OF OUR ZIP CODES, WE HAVE INFANT MORTALITY UPWARDS OF 18.36 PER 1,000 BIRTHS.

SO HOPEFULLY OVER TIME WE'LL SEE INFANT MORTALITY GO DOWN CLOSER TO THAT STATE RATE OR EVEN BELOW.

THAT WOULD BE OUR GOAL.

WELL, I KNOW THAT JENNIFER DOES A GREAT JOB WITH HER PROGRAM.

AND JUST SPEAKING ABOUT COALITION BUILDING.

Y'ALL HAVE HAD SOME REAL HEADWAY IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS ABOUT SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS WORKING WITH HER IN.

SHE HAS GREAT RESOURCES AND GREAT MESSAGING.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING IT OUT INTO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, NEED TO HEAR IT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR CASIE COUNCIL? OKAY. THANK YOU, CASIE.

DO WE HAVE MOTION WITH REGARD TO 3C? YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE SAFE KIDS GRANT THAT WILL BE AWARDED BY THE HARRINGTON CANCER AND HEALTH FOUNDATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $180,000.

SECOND.

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

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I WOULD JUST SAY, MAYOR, I LEFT MY SCISSORS AT THE OFFICE.

WELL, WE'RE ALL RELIEVED TO HEAR THAT.

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

ANYONE OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR ACTION ITEM AND INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THIS TIME, I'D ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO READ OUR DISMISSAL LANGUAGE.

[4. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

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

THANK YOU.

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