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CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK TO ORDER.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH AN INVOCATION.
[INVOCATION]
AND BRINGING THAT TODAY IS SEAN VOKES FROM HILLSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SEAN.
GOD THANK YOU FOR TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY LEADERS.
I'M THANKFUL FOR OUR MAYOR AND FOR OUR COUNCIL AND FOR ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
GOD, I AM THANKFUL THAT YOU'VE CALLED THEM TO LEADERSHIP IN THIS SEASON OF LIFE.
I PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSING ON THEIR LIVES, THEIR HEALTH, AND THEIR FAMILIES.
TO NAVIGATE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
AND I PRAY FOR UNITY IN THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE.
IT'S IN CHRIST'S NAME, I PRAY.
BLACKWELL, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US UP HERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
PERFECT. YES, THAT WORKS GREAT.
ONE OF THE PROCLAMATIONS WE HAVE TWO TODAY AND ONE IS FOR NATIONAL CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH.
[PROCLAMATIONS]
WHEREAS THE OPIOID CRISIS CONTINUES TO TAKE A TOLL ON THE HEALTH AND LIVES OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND HAS WORSENED IN SOME COMMUNITIES DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.AND WHEREAS, ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, AS MANY AS ONE IN FOUR PATIENTS WHO RECEIVE PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS LONG TERM FOR NON-CANCER PAIN STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTION.
WHEREAS, THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS RELEASED UPDATED LOW BACK PAIN TREATMENT GUIDELINES IN 2017 THAT PROMOTE THE USE OF NONINVASIVE NON-DRUG APPROACHES SUCH AS SPINAL MANIPULATION AS A FIRST LINE DEFENSE OF BACK PAIN BEFORE THE USE OF PAIN MEDICATIONS AND SURGERY.
WHEREAS THERE'S A GROWING BODY OF RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE EARLY USE OF CHIROPRACTIC SPINAL MANIPULATION IN HELPING PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THEIR NEED LATER FOR PRESCRIPTION OPIOID PAIN MEDICATIONS AND SURGERY.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2022 AS NATIONAL CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH IN AMARILLO, AND WE OFFICIALLY JOIN WITH THE AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION AS IT PROMOTES THE NONDRUG TREATMENTS THAT CAN HELP LESSEN OR ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR RISKIER POTENTIAL ADDICTIVE TREATMENT WITH ITS CHIROPRACTIC ON THE FRONT LINE FOR PAIN CAMPAIGN.
AND HERE TO HELP US CELEBRATE THAT IS DR.
BLACKWELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? I JUST WANT TO THANK MAYOR NELSON, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF AMARILLO FOR RECOGNIZING CHIROPRACTIC.
I REPRESENT TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION AND OUR DISTRICT, WHICH REPRESENTS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.
SO ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, AS WELL AS ALL THE CHIROPRACTORS, BOTH IN AMARILLO AS WELL AS OUR AREA, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS, ESPECIALLY TO OUR PATIENTS. OUR PATIENTS ARE REALLY WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.
AND IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF AMARILLO AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING AREA, BEING THAT WE'RE A HUB FOR A LOT OF HEALTH CARE, BOTH MEDICALLY AS WELL AS FROM A CHIROPRACTIC STANDPOINT AND BEING ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE, WHICH IS WHAT ANY OF US DESIRE.
SO VERY THANKFUL AND HOPE WE HAVE A GREAT MONTH AND ENJOY THAT.
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THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR RON PALMER DAY, WHICH IS VERY FITTING THAT WE DO THIS.AND. WHEREAS, MR. PALMER GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IN 2000 AND WHILE AT TEXAS A&M, MR. PALMER WAS A THREE TIME ALL-BIG 12 TEAM SELECTION.
AND. WHEREAS, SINCE JOINING THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION TOUR IN 2002, MR. PALMER HAS PLAYED IN 465 TOURNAMENTS ACROSS THE WORLD AND HAS WON FOUR TIMES.
AND. WHEREAS, MR. PALMER AND HIS FAMILY ESTABLISHED THE RYAN PALMER FOUNDATION IN 2003 TO CREATE LIFE CHANGING AND BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR COMMUNITIES AND UNDERSERVED FAMILIES BY OFFERING ACCESS TO EDUCATION, SELF CARE AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEREAS, THE TEXAS GOLF HALL OF FAME HAS CHOSEN TO INDUCT RYAN PALMER INTO ITS ORGANIZATION AS THE CLASS OF 2022 PROFESSIONAL PLAYER AT ITS 2022 GATHERING OF EAGLES AND INDUCTION DINNER IN SAN ANTONIO ON OCTOBER 17, 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 17TH, 2022, AS RYAN PALMER DAY IN AMARILLO, AND CONGRATULATE MR. PALMER ON HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER.
[APPLAUSE] I'M WEARING THE RYAN PALMER FOUNDATION CAP AND THIS IS HONOR, BUT I'VE KNOWN RYAN SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER, ONE OF THE NICEST GUYS AROUND, NOT ONLY A VERY DANG GOOD GOLFER COMPARED TO ME, BUT ANYBODY BE BETTER THAN ME.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE MY PLEASURE.
I KNOW OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM FREDA POWELL, WILL BE DOWN THERE TO DELIVER IT TO HIM ON MONDAY AFTER THE GOLF TOURNAMENT AND WHERE WE OPEN A SHOW OF THE STATUES AND EVERYTHING.
I ALWAYS VOTE FOR HIM EVERY YEAR BECAUSE I'M A VOTING MEMBER OF THE TEXAS GOLF HALL OF FAME.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF RYAN PALMER.
GLAD TO CALL HIM THE PERSON I REALLY LIKE AND ALSO GLAD TO CALL HIM A FRIEND.
THANK YOU, AMARILLO, FOR HELPING OUT.
[1.A. Review agenda items for regular meeting and attachments;]
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WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE DOWN IN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TODAY FOR A PUBLIC ADDRESS.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
SO ITEM AGENDA ITEM 1 A IS TO REVIEW THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AND ATTACHMENTS.
IS THERE ANYTHING COUNCIL THAT YOU NEEDED RIGHT UP FRONT MORE INFORMATION ON? ANYTHING MISSING OUT OF YOUR PACKETS? NOT HEARING ANYTHING. ITEM ONE B IS TO DISCUSS AN INVITATION FROM DNIPRO UKRAINE.
[1.B. Discuss invitation from Dnipro, Ukraine and possible sister city relationship; ]
AND I'M SURE THAT GLENDA, YOU CAN HELP ME PRONOUNCE THAT MORE PROPERLY AND CONSIDER CREATING A POSSIBLE SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP.NO. CAN YOU START IT? CAN YOU MAKE IT INTO A SLIDER? [VIDEO] CAN WE DO IT AS A SLIDESHOW.
OH, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IS PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID TO UKRAINE.
THERE'S AN AREA OF UKRAINE THAT HAS BEEN AT WAR SINCE 2014.
AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE PROVIDED FOR THE HEAT FOR THOSE HOMES AND FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THAT LITTLE STRIP OF LAND, WHICH WE CALL THE BUFFER ZONE.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS I WENT TO UKRAINE IN 2013 AND I MET DIMITRI PACHINKO AND HE IS MY PARTNER WITH KIND HOUSE UKRAINE BAKERY.
WELL AS YOU KNOW AND TO IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, THERE WAS ANOTHER STRIKE FROM RUSSIA.
AND WHENEVER THAT HAPPENED, WE HAD TO KIND OF CHANGE OUR COURSE.
SO BESIDES JUST PROVIDING FOR HUMANITARIAN AID IN EASTERN UKRAINE, WE STARTED TO DO RESCUE MISSIONS.
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DOES THIS WORK FOR ME? DO WE NOW? LET'S TRY.OH, GOOD. SO I ACTUALLY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO BAKE, BY THE WAY.
I HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THEM IN 2013.
I HAD BEEN TO A YOUTH CAMP THERE.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR AISD FOR 20 YEARS AS A TEACHER AND I WENT THERE TO HELP WITH THE ORPHANAGE IN THE SUMMERTIME THERE I'M GOING TO JUST GO BACK ONE. AND SO I WAS WORKING ON AN EDUCATIONAL REALM AND WORKING WITH THE ORPHANS THERE AND WORKING ACTUALLY IN THE SPRING TIME WE WOULD GO AND WE WOULD WORK WITH TEACHERS THERE AS WELL.
THIS IS MY MOTHER AND SHE PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
BUT KIND HOUSE IS SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM HER HEART, SOMETHING THAT SHE WOULD HAVE WANTED.
SO UKRAINE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BECOME A PART OF MY HEART AND A PART OF MY WORLD.
AT THIS MOMENT, IF YOU ARE UKRAINIAN, WOULD YOU STAND UP? YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THIS, BUT.
SHE IS A NEPHROLOGIST HERE IN AMARILLO, AND SHE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US WITH MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM DONORS FROM BSA NORTHWEST AND AS WELL AS LUBBOCK ALL THE WAY TO DNIPRO AND KIEV, UKRAINE.
THIS IS MY FRIEND ARINA AND MY FRIEND TOMA.
AND SO THESE ARE MY MY FELLOW UKRAINIAN FRIENDS.
AND SO WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO NOW.
SO I'M SUPER GRATEFUL TO THEM.
SHE'LL FIX ME. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING TODAY.
SO KIND HOUSE GOT STARTED BECAUSE MY MOM TAUGHT ME TO BAKE.
AND WHAT WE DID IS WE STARTED BAKING CINNAMON ROLLS.
AND SO THOSE ITEMS ARE OFFERED FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
PEOPLE CAN COME AND THEY DONATE WHATEVER THEY WANT TO GIVE FOR THOSE SUPPLIES.
WE NEVER HAVE CHARGED ANYTHING AND WE NEVER WILL.
PEOPLE COME AND PUT FLOUR AND SUGAR AND BUTTER AND EGGS ON OUR PORCH.
98% OF THE THINGS THAT WE BAKE ARE BAKED FROM THE THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY DONATED.
AMARILLO IS A WELL KNOWN PLACE THAT IS VERY GENEROUS AND THAT WANTS TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
I WANT TO TELL YOU ALSO ABOUT UKRAINIANS.
UKRAINIANS DO NOT WANT OUR PITY.
THEY DO NOT WANT US TO THROW MONEY AT THEM.
THEY ARE NOT SOMEONE WHO WANTS US TO PET THEM.
THEY WANT TO ENTER INTO A FRIENDSHIP WITH US AND NOT A FRIENDSHIP THAT IS FINANCIAL.
ANYTHING THAT IS COMING FROM FINANCIALLY IS COMING FROM OUR NONPROFIT.
IT IS NOT COMING FROM A FRIENDSHIP WITH THE CITY.
ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN AT WAR FOR THE LAST SEVEN AND A HALF MONTHS.
WE DROVE PASS [INAUDIBLE] AND BUTA AND THERE THE DESTROYED OBJECTS RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.
THEY WERE ERECTING NEW BUILDINGS.
THEY WERE REPAIRING THEIR ROADS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS A MAP OF THE MISSILES THAT WENT OFF ON FEBRUARY 24TH.
AS YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY, 84 MISSILES WENT OFF AGAIN.
THIS IS DMITRI PACHINKO AND HIS WIFE, ANYA, ON THE RIGHT.
THIS IS ANDRE VELIKONJA ON THE LEFT.
DMITRI IS MY PARTNER WITH KIND HOUSE UKRAINE.
HE AND HIS WIFE WORK WITH REFUGEES.
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THEY RESCUE THEM EVERY DAY.THIS IS THE DAY AFTER IN KIEV.
THIS IS THE DAY AFTER FEBRUARY 24TH.
THIS IS THE CITY. THESE ARE THE CARS LEAVING THE CITY.
MY HUSBAND AND I VISITED KIEV JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO.
AND YES, THERE ARE SOME ROADBLOCKS THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO GO OVER BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING REPAIRS.
IT'S STILL MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THERE NOW BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR CITY AND THEIR COUNTRY TO THRIVE AND TO BECOME WHAT IT WAS ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS MY MOTHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER WHO TAUGHT HER TO BAKE.
SO SHE IS STILL WITH US TODAY.
MY MOTHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER, IF THEY WERE STILL ALIVE TODAY, I WOULD WANT THEM TO KNOW ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES THAT THEY HAVE SAVED IN UKRAINE BECAUSE THEY WERE WILLING TO TEACH ME TO BAKE AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW I WAS THAT SPOILED, ROTTEN KID THAT ATE BALONEY SANDWICHES AND WOULD NOT MAKE AND EAT ANYTHING THAT MY MOTHER DID.
BUT WE HAD SOME FAITH AND WE HAD SOME BACKING FROM AMARILLO.
THE SEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN AMARILLO ARE GIVING AND LOVING AND KIND AND GENEROUS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE RESPECTFUL TOO.
HE IS THE SECOND PERSON THAT RECEIVED COAL FROM US IN THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN WE WERE FOUNDED.
HE DID NOT WANT US TO TAKE HIS PICTURE.
HE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD MAKE FUN OF HIM.
HE, UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM, WAS RAISED IN A PLACE THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE WERE NOT PARTICULARLY KIND.
HE HAS SOME MENTAL DISABILITIES.
WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT WE WERE PROVIDING COAL FOR HIM AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE STOOD PROUD AND CONFIDENT, THEN HE WOULD LET US TAKE HIS PICTURE.
AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT WE GET TO DO THEM.
THESE ARE THE PACKAGES THAT WE'VE SENT.
WE'VE SENT WELL OVER 200 PACKAGES TO UKRAINE FILLED WITH MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
ONE OF THE MEDICAL OBJECTS THAT WE SENT WAS TO KIEV, UKRAINE, TO AN OPHTHALMOLOGY CLINIC.
IT WAS 10,000 AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO SEND BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY DELICATE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
BUT WE CELEBRATED WHEN IT GOT THERE.
IT WAS AWESOME. AND THAT WAS DONE THROUGH KIND HOUSE UKRAINE BAKERY, THROUGH OUR NONPROFIT.
IF WE BECOME SISTER CITIES WITH UKRAINE, THAT DOES NOT INCUR US FINANCIALLY WITH THEM.
THIS IS A DREAM THAT WE WANT TO HAVE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE INVITE AMARILLO TO DO WITH US.
THIS WILL BENEFIT KIND HOUSE UKRAINE BAKERY.
IT WILL HELP US TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR HORIZONS AND TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THEM.
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND SHE IS 19 YEARS OLD.
ACTUALLY, SHE JUST FINISHED THERE AND SHE'S ABOUT TO HEAD OFF TO W.T.
AND I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED FOR BOTH MY DAUGHTERS TO EXPAND THEIR HORIZONS AND FOR THEM TO KNOW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLACES CULTURALLY THAT THEY CAN BE A PART OF. AND I THINK AMARILLO CAN BE A PART OF THAT, TOO.
A CULTURAL AND BUSINESS EXCHANGE WOULD BENEFIT US BOTH WOULD HELP US TO SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT OTHER COUNTRIES AND OTHER PLACES GO THROUGH TO BE ABLE TO NOT JUST SURVIVE, BUT TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP AND TO REBUILD AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO.
WE'RE NOT PERFECT HERE IN AMARILLO.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE ARE THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT WE PULL OURSELVES UP BY OUR BOOTSTRAPS AND WE WANT TO PASS THAT ON TO UKRAINE TOO, THAT SO MANY TIMES WHEN DIFFERENT HARDSHIPS HAVE COME ON US TORNADOES, THINGS THAT HAVE DESTROYED CROPS, THINGS THAT HAVE DONE NOT WELL FOR AMARILLO, WE HAVE KEPT ON GOING AND WE HAVE SURVIVED AND THEY HAVE THAT TO TEACH US AS WELL.
SO WE INVITE YOU FROM OUR WONDERFUL MAYOR IN DNIPRO, UKRAINE.
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THE D IS SILENT.MAYOR NELSON, THANK YOU FOR THE HELP ON THAT.
OH, I'M GOING TO SAY HIS NAME WRONG.
FEEL THAT. WONDERFUL MAN WHO HAS AGAIN AND AGAIN THANKED US AND HAS TALKED TO TATIANA ON THE PHONE AND SAID, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPLIES THAT YOU'VE SENT ME FOR UKRAINE.
THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT US AND LET US BECOME LET US ENTER A FRIENDSHIP WITH EACH OTHER.
AND THAT DOES NOT TIE US FINANCIALLY.
SO LET US CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
LET US CONSIDER WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND WHAT YOU DO AS A CITY COUNCIL IS YOU WOULD ADD YOUR OWN AGENDA ITEMS THAT WOULD DETAIL EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BECOME A SISTER CITY SO YOU WOULD GET TO BE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE VOICE IN THAT AND YOU WOULD SAY, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS.
AND IT WOULD BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A EXCHANGE BETWEEN US AND THEM.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ON THE SPOT AND SPUR OF THE MOMENT.
WE DON'T JUST THROW IT TO THE WIND.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT FROM OUR HEARTS.
AS WE OPEN UP OUR STOREFRONT IN THIS NEXT MONTH, I WOULD INVITE EACH ONE OF YOU TO COME AND VISIT THE STORE BECAUSE ON THE WALLS YOU WILL SEE THE PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HELPED. AND YOU WILL MEET THE VOLUNTEERS OF AMARILLO AND THE PEOPLE IN AMARILLO WHO HAVE POURED THEMSELVES INTO THIS BAKERY AND HAVE WANTED VERY MUCH TO KNOW MORE ABOUT UKRAINE. BECAUSE THE WAR WILL NOT LAST FOREVER.
IT WILL BE DONE, IT WILL BE GONE, AND WE WILL NEED TO REBUILD IN UKRAINE.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, I WOULD SO MUCH ENJOY IF EACH ONE OF US COULD GO TO DNIPRO, UKRAINE, LEARN ABOUT THEIR CULTURE, LEARN FROM THEM, AND BECOME BETTER CITIZENS OURSELVES OF AMARILLO, TEXAS.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
BUT JUST TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE CITIZENS OF UKRAINE AND PEOPLE WITH STRONG UKRAINIAN CONNECTIONS LIVING IN OUR CITY, YOU'RE ALREADY OUR FRIENDS, OUR NEIGHBORS.
YOU ARE AMARILLOIANS, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE ALSO UKRAINIANS.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
SO, COUNSEL, YOU EACH HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER FROM MAYOR FILATOV.
FILATOV, DID I SAY THAT, RIGHT? YES. AND YOU CAN SEE THE REQUEST FROM DNIPRO IS THAT WE BEGAN CONVERSATIONS TO ENTER INTO A SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS ON THAT OR YOU HAVE RESERVATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY? OH, NO, MA'AM. I WOULD JUST WANT TO DO A THOROUGH VETTING OF THE 501C3 AND EVERYTHING THAT'S KIND OF TIED TO IT.
JUST SO WE HAD MORE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY ON WHERE YOU COME FROM, WHERE YOU BEEN BEFORE WE DID ANYTHING FORMAL, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH WITH TAKING A GOOD HARD LOOK AT IT. SO COUNCIL I THINK WHAT THE NEXT STEPS LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO MOVE THAT FORWARD WOULD BE TO PUT AN ACTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR US TO CONSIDER JOINING THE SISTER CITIES AND THE MEMBERSHIP IS IT'S SMALL.
IT'S A $1,000 KIND HOUSE HAS OFFERED TO PAY THAT FOR US, WHICH I APPRECIATE THAT.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY SHOULD PAY THAT, NOT ASK THE NONPROFIT TO PAY THAT.
BUT HAVING THAT MEMBERSHIP WOULD SUPPORT THAT SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP AS WELL.
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DISCUSSION AGENDA ITEM? JARED I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF CONSENT YOU NEED DOCUMENTING THAT UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTIONS.AND THEN I THINK WE'LL BEGIN A CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR FILATO ABOUT WHAT DO WE WANT THIS TO LOOK LIKE? AND BEFORE WE ENTER INTO ANY FORMAL DOCUMENT ABOUT THAT, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY HAS SOME QUESTIONS THAT HE WILL WANT TO ASK.
I THINK OTHERWISE THOUGH, ANYONE ELSE? I THINK THAT'S PASSED ON MY DOCUMENTATION TO YOU.
ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE ABOUT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL THAT TO MAYOR NELSON.
SO YEAH, IF WE COULD GET THAT I'D BE GREAT.
SURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
GLENDA, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
I SEE THE MAP INCLUDED WITH THIS INFORMATION, BUT I GOT THIS LETTER FROM THE MAYOR OF DNIPRO.
IS THAT THE WAY TO PRONOUNCE IT? I LOOKED ON THE MAPPING APP THAT I HAVE ON MY PHONE, AND I SAW TWO TOWNS WITH THAT NAME.
ONE NORTH OF KIEV, AND THEN ONE THAT'S ON THIS MAP.
WHICH ONE IS IT? DNIPRO IS SHORTENED FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND SO ACTUALLY THEY ARE BY REGIONS.
SO EVEN KIEV, THE CITY, IT IS THE CAPITAL OF ITS DOMAIN, WHICH WE WOULD CONSIDER A STATE.
SO [INAUDIBLE] IS ONE WHOLE REGION.
AND THEN DNIPRO IS THE CAPITAL OF THAT REGION.
MAYBE THERE'S A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SPELLING TO IT.
TATYANA, DO YOU WANT DO YOU WANT TO.
THAT WAY PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE CAN HEAR THAT MICROPHONE AND PULL IT A LITTLE CLOSER.
A LITTLE CLOSER, GLENDA. THANK YOU.
HEY, SO THE OLD NAME OF THE CITY WAS DNIPROPETROVSK.
WHY IT WAS PETROVSK? BECAUSE PETROVSK IS WAS A COMMUNIST AND REVOLUTIONARY.
A FEW YEARS BACK, THE CITY OF DNIPRO CHANGED ITS NAME FROM DNIPROPETROVSK TO DNIPRO, DROP PETROVSK AND THE REGION BECAUSE WAR STARTED KIND OF.
SO CITY IS ALREADY DNIPRO, BUT THE WHOLE REGION IS DNIPROPETROVSK.
IT'S REALLY THE SAME CULTURE, THE SAME ECONOMY.
PEOPLE ASK ME, HOW DID YOU ADOPT TO AMARILLO TO THE UNITED STATES OR WHATEVER? I SAID, PERFECTLY FINE.
AND IF ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.
AND ANOTHER REASON THAT DNIPRO MADE IT MIGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN ON YOUR MAP IN THE NORTH OF KIEV IS THE DNIPRO RIVER, ORIGINATES NORTH OF KIEV AND RUNS ALL THE WAY THROUGH DNIPRO AND THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE OCEAN OR INTO THE SEA.
IT'S A HUGE RIVER WITH THE SAME NAME DNIPRO.
SO IS THIS DNIPRO I'M SEEING ON THIS MAP? IT'S NEAR. IS THAT [INAUDIBLE]? ISN'T THAT WHERE THEY.
ISN'T THAT WHERE THEY HAVE THE NUCLEAR REACTOR THAT THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING OVER? RIGHT. RIGHT.
UKRAINE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? I WAS A YOUNG PHYSICIAN, WHICH CHERNOBYL HAPPENED.
SO I COULD TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT UKRAINE AND ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR REGION.
THANK YOU. ONE OTHER QUESTION.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, BOTH OF YOU.
BUT WHAT'S THE ADDRESS OF YOUR RESTAURANT OR BAKERY? IS IT OPEN YET OR NOT? IT WILL BE OPEN IN MID-NOVEMBER.
YEAH, IT'S JUST DOWN FROM ACE HARDWARE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GLENDA.YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR GINGER AND COUNCILORS, I APPRECIATE AS A CITIZEN OF AMARILLO.
THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GROW CULTURALLY, BUT ALSO JUST FOR PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE AS PART OF AMARILLO CULTURE.
AND THAT WAS WHY WHEN I GOT THIS LETTER, I FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND TO AT LEAST GET SOME DIRECTION AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL ON HOW WE WANT IT TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO OK LET'S GO BACK UP TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MR.
[ANNOUNCEMENT]
CITY MANAGER. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, THANK YOU.MATT POSTEN IF YOU COULD JUST STAND UP AND COME ON OVER TO THE MICROPHONE JUST IN CASE.
ATTENTION TOO, HE'S REAL ATTENTION HOUND, JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS NOW.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S SOME SOMEONE YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE FOR MANY YEARS.
MATT BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE TO US, BUT MORE THAN THAT, HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF PROVEN, EXTREMELY HIGH LEVEL WORK PERFORMANCE FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO, WHICH MADE HIS SELECTION AS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD SELECTION.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND.
BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREES IN ACCOUNTING FROM W.T.
SO WE'RE HIS HOME AND I LOVE THAT MATT, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT APPEARS TO BE COMMITTED AND HAS THE HOOK THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, ESPECIALLY IN A REALLY HIGH PERFORMING PERSON WHO'S GOING TO BE WITH US FOR A LONG TIME.
SO MATT POSTON, AND OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT POSITION.
WE'VE RECEIVED AWARDS FOR DECADES BASED ON OUR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND OUR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING.
MATT'S GOING TO CONTINUE THAT AND HAS BEEN A PART OF IT FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT, HE CAN ANSWER THEM OTHERWISE.
MATT, WE COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A BETTER PERSON TO BE THAT POSITION.
AFTER SERVING ON THE AUDIT SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND WATCHING YOU MOVE YOUR WAY UP, IT'S KIND OF NICE THAT WE'RE NOW THERE'S ANOTHER GUY THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THAT MEETING FOR A CHANGE.
THAT'S ALL WOMEN ALL THE TIME.
WOMEN KNOW HOW TO PINCH PENNIES.
THERE WAS NEVER A QUESTION THAT HE COULDN'T END UP ANSWERING ANY TIME.
WE'RE TALKING THROUGH THESE THINGS AND I DON'T THINK THEY COULD HAVE PICKED ANYBODY BETTER.
SO, MATT, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME.
THANKS, MATT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THE TEAM THAT YOU LEAD.
THANK YOU. OK GOING BACK TO THE AGENDA, LOOKING AT ITEM 1C IS A SOLID WASTE.
[1.C. Discuss Solid Waste Update; ]
UPDATE MR. CITY MANAGER.HI DONNIE. DONNIE HOOPER, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS, IS GOING TO TAKE THIS ONE.
YOU SAW THE FIRST TAKE ON THIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS TILL WE'RE ABLE TO GET TO TWO COLLECTIONS PER MONTH, PER WEEK.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL.
MATT MAKES ME FEEL MY AGE, VERY OLD.
I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIS DAD, SO KIND OF PUTS THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE.
BUT HE WAS A QUALITY INDIVIDUAL AS WELL.
AND STILL IS IN FACT IS WHAT THE CITY OF AMARILLO ALSO.
BEFORE I GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES, I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY.
I WENT TO TML THIS PAST WEEK AND..
WHAT IS TML DONNIE? TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND WANTED TO GO AND NETWORK WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY.
AND HE SAID, WELL, I ACTUALLY OWN A SMALL TRUCKING COMPANY.
AND HE SAID, I OWN A TRUCKING COMPANY HAS ABOUT FIVE TRUCKS.
WE'RE OVER THE ROAD TRUCKING COMPANY, BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS.
AND I SAID, YOU'RE DRIVING AN UBER.
AND HE SAID, TRYING TO KEEP THE COMPANY AFLOAT.
WE HAVE AT THE MOST WE CAN KEEP TWO DRIVERS AT A TIME.
AND HE SAID, I JUST GOT BACK FROM A TRIP TO ALASKA WHERE WE HAD THAT TRIP BOOKED.
WE HAD A DRIVER. HE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR WORK FOR TWO DAYS.
I HAD TO JUMP IN A TRUCK AND DRIVE TO ALASKA.
HE'S GONE FOR TWO WEEKS AND HAD TO BROKER THAT TRIP ALL THE WAY BACK.
HE WENT TO SEATTLE AND WENT TO ATLANTA AND THEN CAME BACK AND TOLD THIS GREAT STORY OF THAT.
SO I GOT TO PICK HIS BRAIN FOR QUITE A WHILE ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH IN THE INDUSTRY.
AND IT MADE ME FEEL THAT WE'RE PRETTY NORMAL WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH HERE.
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I'M ACTUALLY IN HOUSTON AT A CONFERENCE WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CDL DRIVERS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO PUT THEM IN THE CAB.AND SO REALLY PICKED HIS BRAIN FOR FOR ALMOST AN HOUR.
THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY IS FACING THAT AS WELL.
THE SAME THING WE'RE FACING HERE IN AMARILLO.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
AND IT JUST MADE ME REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
AND THEN TO TOP THAT OFF WITH BOTH OF THEM, I SHARED WITH THEM WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
YOU KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THINGS BETTER IN OUR OPERATIONS.
JUST TO START TO RECAP, TALK ABOUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PRESENTATION LAST WEEK.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER ALL THESE, BUT THESE WERE THE 16 ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME.
I WANT TO JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE THEN.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THE LAST MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 27TH.
STARTING AT THE TOP LEFT, WE HAVE NEW PAY RATES FOR CDL DRIVERS THAT HAS NOW BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
THEY HAVE RECEIVED THOSE ON THEIR PAYCHECKS.
IN FACT, I THINK THERE WAS A GREAT AMOUNT OF ENTHUSIASM AFTER THEY RECEIVED THOSE.
SOME OF THEM WERE EVEN SURPRISED, I THINK, THAT THIS HAPPENED SO QUICK AND WE GOT THESE.
OUR APPRENTICE PROGRAM CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED.
BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY ALAN AND RICKY LAST WEEK SPENT THREE DAYS JUST GOING THROUGH APPLICATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAD ALL THE INTERVIEWS SET UP AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING THAT AND SPENDING SOME TIME ON THAT.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE REGISTERS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THEY SHOULD BE ON ON BOARD SIX THAT WE PLAN TO HIRE SHOULD BE ON BOARD PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, OR AT LEAST BE READY TO GO INTO ORIENTATION.
SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD QUICKLY.
AND IT WAS ONE. SO THAT NET NEGATIVE THAT WE PRESENTED LAST TIME IS STARTING TO TAKE A TURN ALREADY.
HAPPY ABOUT THAT. OUR TRAINING TRACK HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND BUILT.
I'LL SHOW YOU PHOTOS OF THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
WE PUT THAT TOGETHER IN ONE WEEK AND WE NOW HAVE A TRAINING FACILITY WHERE WE CAN TRAIN THE APPRENTICES AS WELL AS TRAIN AND ON BOARD EMPLOYEES THAT ARE COMING ON THAT MAYBE HAVE NEVER OPERATED A TRASH TRUCK BEFORE.
IN FACT, THEY'RE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THOSE TO YOU HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
WE'VE PURCHASED DUMP TRAILERS AS A PART OF THAT APPRENTICE PROGRAM.
SO IT'S QUITE A PROCESS TO GET THAT.
SO VERY MINIMAL COST TO GET THAT GOING AND IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE PROGRAM GREATLY.
OUR ROLLOUT PROGRAM IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED.
NOW AS FAR AS BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I WANT US TO SHARE SOME NUMBERS WITH YOU ON THAT IN JUST A MOMENT ALSO.
WE PURCHASED GPS UNITS FOR ALL OF THE SOLID WASTE VEHICLES.
WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING THOSE SOON.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ENHANCEMENT THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT MAKING.
AND AS WE DISCUSS THAT FURTHER AND FURTHER, WE REALIZED THAT WHEN THEY WOULD GET A REQUEST TO HAVE TO GO PICK UP AN EXTRA ROUTE OR SOMETHING THAT THEY WEREN'T NOT FAMILIAR WITH, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT SMALL GPS UNITS AND ALL THAT.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP THEM.
THOSE ARE IN, THEY ARRIVED, IN FACT, I GOT THEM IN MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW GETTING READY TO GO OUT.
WE BEGAN THE ANALYSIS FOR THE EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL SERVICES.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.
THERE WAS SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH ON THAT.
WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 75% COMPLETE WITH THAT ANALYSIS, AND WE'LL HAVE THAT IN TWO WEEKS FOR YOU.
AND ALSO, OUR INNOVATION TEAM CONTINUES TO PUSH FORWARD WITH CONVENIENT CENTERS.
IN FACT, WE HAVE A MEETING THIS THURSDAY TO DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF THAT.
I WILL BE IN THAT MEETING WITH THE INNOVATION TEAM AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING THAT AS FAST AS WE CAN GET THAT DONE, AT LEAST TO HAVE ONE PILOT CONVENIENCE CENTER PUT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN OUR FINAL ONE IS THE CONTRACT FOR COMMERCIAL ASSISTANCE.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION ON THAT WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES.
THEY REACHED OUT TO ME LAST WEEK.
I DID MEET WITH THEM WHILE WE WERE AT TML AS WELL.
CONTRACTS ARE IN THEIR HANDS RIGHT NOW.
THEIR LEGAL TEAM IS REVIEWING THAT.
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I TALKED TO JW THIS MORNING AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE REACHING OUT WITHIN THE NEXT BY THE END OF THE WEEK, AND THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THOSE TWO TRUCKS IN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.SO WE SHOULD GET ROLLING WITH WHAT HE DIDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEM.
TOLD ME THIS MORNING THAT THAT SHOULD BE GOING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT ASSISTANCE FOR OUR COMMERCIAL PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AGAIN, THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THAT IS TWO WEEKS TO TALK TO DIVERSIFIED AS WELL.
HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH BRANDON.
I THINK THEY'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THAT.
I SEEM TO GO BACK AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE WAS LOOKING AT IN THE CONTRACT THAT HE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT WANTING TO GO BACK AND LOOK THROUGH THAT AND WE'D GET BACK TOGETHER AGAIN, WAITING ON HIM TO CONTACT ME BACK SO THAT WE CAN FINISH OUR CONVERSATION ON THAT CONTRACT FOR THEM.
NEXT SLIDE WOULD BE OUR CDL APPRENTICE PROGRAM.
THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY COOL.
WE DID CREATE A MISSION STATEMENT TO PROVIDE SAFE, RELIABLE, CONTINUOUS AND EFFICIENT WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF AMARILLO BY TRAINING AND EQUIPPING NEW OPERATORS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THEIR WORK AT A HIGH LEVEL.
WITH US TODAY IN THE AUDIENCE BACK HERE, WE HAVE THE FIRST EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO APPRENTICE TRAINERS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH OF A PROGRAM THAT WE BRING THEM HERE.
THESE SELECT MEMBERS WERE THEY WERE SELECTED BY ALAN AND I.
WE SPENT TIME GOING THROUGH PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A TENURE, THAT THEY THEY WERE VERY EXCELLENT OPERATORS.
THEY WERE RESPECTED BY THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WORK WITH.
SO WE WENT THROUGH QUITE A PROCESS WITH THAT.
BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE STUCK WITH US THROUGH THICK AND THIN.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE WORKED THE LONG HOURS.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR FAMILY TIME.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO BRING THEM HERE AND RECOGNIZE THEM IN FRONT OF YOU SO THAT YOU COULD HEAR THEY COULD HEAR US SAY THESE THINGS THAT WE SAY EVERY WEEK OR EVERY TWO WEEKS WHEN WE'RE HERE.
ALSO, THE COORDINATORS ARE HERE AS WELL.
BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE APPRENTICE PROGRAM, FIELD TRAINERS TO YOU.
DANA HAS BEEN IN A CDL OPERATOR FOR 40 YEARS AND BEEN WITH THE CITY OF AMARILLO FOR FOUR YEARS.
BUT IF YOU JUST GET 5 MINUTES TO TALK TO DANA, YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND DRIVE ONE YOURSELF.
JUST A GREAT PERSON TO BE AROUND.
SO THANK YOU, DANA, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND COMMITTED TO DO THIS.
JUAN CERVANTES IS A KNUCKLE BOOM OPERATOR AND JUAN IS THE SAME THING.
YOU TALK TO HIM FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND YOU JUST GET EXCITED ABOUT WHAT HE'S DOING.
HE'S BEEN AN OPERATOR FOR 20 YEARS, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THAT HE BRINGS THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, JUAN. APPRECIATE IT.
WHAT IS A KNUCKLE BOOM? A KNUCKLE BOOM TRUCK IS WHAT GOES AND DOES THE FRONT YARD COLLECTIONS ARE BIG BULK COLLECTIONS.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. WE GET USED TO ALL THESE TERMS AND WE JUST SPIT THEM OUT.
JOE. WE DIDN'T EVEN GET 2 SECONDS INTO THE CONVERSATION.
HE SAID, I WANT TO DO IT. I MAN, I WANT TO TRAIN.
I LOVE TRAINING PEOPLE. I LOVE HELPING PEOPLE.
GREAT OPERATOR. BEEN WITH US, HE'S A COMMERCIAL OPERATOR.
HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR TEN YEARS.
THANK YOU, JOE. EDGAR TILLERY.
ALL OF THESE HAVE REALLY THE SAME STORY.
THEY JUST HAVE A MAGNETIC PERSONALITY, GOOD PEOPLE.
HE'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR TWO YEARS, BUT HE'S BEEN AN OPERATOR FOR SEVEN YEARS AND HIS COMMENTS WERE HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO TRAINING PEOPLE AND BRINGING THEM UP IN THE BUSINESS AS WELL. SO AND RETAINING EMPLOYEES.
I APPRECIATE IT. AND LEON RAY HORSE, LEON'S A RESIDENTIAL OPERATOR.
HE HAS FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH US.
AND LEON SAID, THIS IS FUNNY AND I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TELL A STORY ON HIM.
LEON SAID, WHAT IF THEY DON'T LIKE THE TEMPERATURE IN THE TRUCK THAT I LIKE IT TO BE AT? AND I SAID, I BET YOU ALL CAN WORK IT OUT.
AND HE SAID, YEAH, I'LL BET YOU WE CAN.
SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS REAL FUNNY.
AND I THINK HE WAS HE WAS BEING FUNNY ABOUT IT, BUT VERY DEDICATED EMPLOYEE.
AND LEON DOES A REALLY GOOD, GREAT JOB FOR US.
THIS IS THE NEWEST OPERATOR THAT WE HAVE THAT WE WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT HAD MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, BUT WITH A YEAR AND A HALF OF IT AND TALKING TO THE COORDINATORS, THE SUPERVISORS, THEY WERE LIKE, OH, NO, ERIC IS TOP NOTCH.
WE APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SERVICE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE.
SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU TWO MORE REAL QUICK.
AND THEN AND THEN IF YOU ALL HAVE A COMMENT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE, I'LL LET YOU DO THAT.
RICKY RIVERA IS A SUPERINTENDENT.
HE IS OVER ALL OF SOLID WASTE.
RICKY COMES TO US AND I THINK I'VE MET RICKY BEFORE, SO NO INTRODUCTION NEEDED THERE.
AND ALSO WE HAVE THE COMMERCIAL COORDINATORS.
APOLOGIES. AND ALSO JAMES LESTER IS HERE AND JAMES IS OUR RESIDENTIAL COORDINATOR.
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DANA IS OUR COMMERCIAL COORDINATOR.THEY ARE THE ONES WHEN YOU GO PULL THEIR TIME CARDS, THEY HAVE 70 HOURS ON THERE.
JUST DEDICATED, DEDICATED, DEDICATED EMPLOYEES.
SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU.
AND IF YOU ALL WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, I'M GOING TO LET THEM GO.
BECAUSE THEY ASKED ME BEFORE THE MEETING, I SAID, DO WE HAVE TO STAY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FINISH OUR ROUTES? THAT'S HOW DEDICATED THEY ARE.
SO I'M GOING TO LET THEM GO AND DO THE ROUTES.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FIRST WITH A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] IT IS RARE WHEN WE GET TO SEE EMPLOYEES FACE TO FACE AND TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO IMPACT THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE BRINGING THE COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
AND WE WANT TO SAY WE'RE GRATEFUL AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.
WE SEE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO ADD TO THAT? I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU AND THE REST OF YOUR STAFF IS DOING.
I'M CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
YEAH. I'M SORRY YOU ALL HAD TO COME TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU'VE GOT REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO, SO GO AND GET THEM DONE.
WE APPRECIATE THE ATTITUDE AND THE WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP TO THE TRAINING POSITIONS AS WELL.
AND DONNIE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP TO.
ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU.
AND WE WANTED TO REALLY FIND A WAY THAT WE COULD GAUGE HOW THEY WERE DOING, BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH NATIONAL CLEANUP DAY AND WE COLLECTED 84 TONS OF MATERIAL IN .. MONICA, CAN YOU JUMP OUT THERE AND TAKE THEIR PICTURE BEFORE THEY ALL HOP ON THE ELEVATOR? THANK YOU. YEAH, GREAT IDEA.
I SHOULD'VE THOUGHT OF THAT. WE WANTED TO, 84 TONS DURING NATIONAL CLEANUP WEEK.
THAT WAS A WEEK WORTH OF COLLECTIONS.
AND WE SURPASSED OUR GOAL THAT WE HAD OR OUR NUMBERS THAT WE HAD FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
WELL, WE DECIDED WE WOULD LEAVE THEM OUT AS CONVENIENCE DROP OFF LOCATIONS WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS TIME UNTIL WE COULD GET BACK TO TWICE A WEEK COLLECTIONS, SEE HOW THAT THEY WOULD DO. WE MADE SURE THAT WE TRACK THE NUMBERS SO THAT WE COULD COME BACK AND SEE WHICH ONES WE'RE DOING WELL, WHICH ONES WERE NOT, WHERE WE NEEDED TO POSSIBLY MOVE SOME, MAKE SOME CHANGES, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBER ON THIS GRAPH.
WE DID 360 TONS IN FOUR WEEKS THAT DO THE MATH REAL QUICK.
SO THERE WE'RE SEEING SUCCESS THERE.
WE'VE HAD RESIDENTS CALL US AND SAY, HEY, DON'T TAKE THOSE AWAY.
WE'RE USING THEM. AND THEY ARE.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE SNEAKING SOME COMMERCIAL ITEMS IN THERE.
THAT'S OKAY. IT'S NOT IN THE ALLEYS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S REALLY FOR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE 360 PLUS TONS OF MATERIAL THAT'S BEEN TAKEN OFF.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
THE SUCCESS OF THAT THAT PROGRAM AND GIVING CITIZENS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, ANOTHER PLACE THAT THEY CAN PUT THEIR ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT NUMBERS ON EQUIPMENT OPERATORS.
THIS IS A NEW CHART THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
THE STARTING THIS WEEK NUMBER ON THE FAR LEFT IS TWO NEW EMPLOYEES THAT ARE STARTING THIS WEEK.
THEY WERE IN ORIENTATION YESTERDAY.
WE HAVE SEVEN EMPLOYEES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STARTING NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE SEVEN EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED EMPLOYMENT AND THEY SHOULD BE STARTING IN A WEEK.
SO WE'RE ALREADY SEEING, I THINK, THE FRUITION OF THE PAY RAISES GOING INTO EFFECT.
THIS IS IN ALL OF SOLID WASTE EQUIPMENT OPERATORS.
AND THEN SO THAT PUTS OUR CURRENT WORKFORCE AT 45, 61.
AND THEN 61 WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL IF WE HIRED ALL 16 AND THEY STAYED ON.
SO THAT HAPPENS. AND WE'RE BEING CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS TIME.
BUT THESE ARE THE POTENTIAL NUMBERS AND NEEDED FOR 100% WOULD BE 79.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL BREAK THAT DOWN AND GO TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
OUR CURRENT RESIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE NUMBER NUMBERS STILL AT 20, WE NEED 42.
AND THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE TWO THAT STARTED THIS WEEK.
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SO STILL, THE 20 AND 42 IS THE NUMBER WE NEED NINE AND COMMERCIAL AND 16 IS WHAT WE NEED IN THAT AREA.SO HOW ARE WE DOING WITH WHAT WE HAVE NOW? THIS IS THE CHART.
THIS IS WHAT WE CALL OUR CARDIAC MONITOR.
OUR CARDIAC MONITOR SHOWS US WHEN WE HAVE A SPIKE, WE'VE GOT AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU SEE IN RESIDENTIAL, WE'VE WE'VE COME DOWN AND WE'RE HOLDING OUR OWN.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO STAY AT A STEADY RATE AND RESIDENTIAL, SO WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL THERE.
EVEN WITH THE SHORTAGE OF EMPLOYEES, WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL KEEPING UP WITH IT.
WHAT WE STARTED TO SEE IN COMMERCIAL AFTER WE LOST SOME THERE, YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE LOST THREE PRIOR TO THAT PREVIOUS REPORT THAT WE HAD.
WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED SEEING THAT SPOT GO UP.
WE PUT 12 OF THOSE IN RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WOULD PUT OUR NUMBERS UP THERE AT 32 INSTEAD OF 20, AND WE WOULD ADD FOUR TO COMMERCIAL, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT 13 OF 16 POSITIONS THERE.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST DISTRIBUTION THERE.
AND WE MAY FIND SOMEBODY THAT REALLY WORKS WELL IN COMMERCIAL, THAT MAY BE FIVE AND IT MAY BE 11.
BUT THAT REALLY FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT.
COUNCILMAN SMITH, THAT YOU SAID YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT.
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
I THINK WE'RE 62 DAYS AWAY FROM THE 90 AS OF TODAY.
WELL, IF THESE NUMBERS HOLD, WE'LL BE AT 32.
AND BY THE TIME I TALK TO YOU NEXT WEEK, WE'LL BE AT LEAST AT 32 IF THESE NUMBERS HOLD TRUE.
SO THAT SHOULD HELP US WITH THAT.
THIS IS OUR, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE APPRENTICE TRAINING FACILITY THAT WAS BUILT.
THERE'S AN EIGHT YARD DUMPSTER ON THE RIGHT THAT WOULD REPRESENT A COMMERCIAL IN THE BIG PHOTO.
THEN THERE'S THREE ON THE LEFT.
WE USE THESE BARRIERS BEHIND THE DUMPSTERS TO REPRESENT FENCES AND AN ALLEY.
WE HAVE TWO OR THREE OF THOSE.
IN A WAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CONES AROUND, SOME OF THE CURVES AS WELL AS THEY GO THROUGH THAT.
BUT I DROVE IT IN MY PICKUP TRUCK AND I WOULD HAVE HIT A COUPLE OF CONES IN THAT.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING FOR THEM.
BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS WHERE THEY DON'T EVEN REALLY HAVE TO DRIVE THE COURSE AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO OPERATE THE MECHANISMS TO PICK UP THE DUMPSTERS, THE CONTAINERS, GET THEM SOME REAL EXPERIENCE BEFORE THEY GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND WORK AS A CDL OPERATOR.
THE CDO, WHICH WAS OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE WHEN IT COMES TO CDO.
WELL, SHE'S INSTRUCTING OUR TRAINERS ON HOW TO PUSH THEM THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE FINAL SLIDE FOR THIS REPORT.
JUST TELLING YOU WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO THE NEXT UPDATE.
WE'LL BE DISCUSSING COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, REVENUES, ASSETS, OPTIONS FOR DISCUSSING THE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING AWAY FROM COMMERCIAL TRASH COLLECTION SERVICE. WE'LL GO OVER THE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS AGAIN AND WE'LL DISCUSS A TIMEFRAME FOR RETURNING TO TWICE, PUT TWICE PER WEEK.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT A REALLY GOOD PLACE.
I THINK WE'VE MADE PROGRESS AND I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMBINED ARE WHAT IS MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BEAT THE 90 DAYS AND GET BACK TO TWICE A WEEK COLLECTION.
THANK YOU DONNIE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S START WITH YOU. NO QUESTION.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN JUST KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT.
I FIGURED IT WOULD TAKE YOU A LOT MORE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.
AND YOU'RE ALREADY SETTING THAT UP TO BE FOR SURE
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DEAL. SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME.I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK.
THIS SAYS DECEMBER 8TH IS THE NEXT UPDATE.
IS THAT A TYPO OR SHOULD WE EXPECT AN UPDATE? OH, NO, IT WAS A TYPO IN THERE.
I'M SORRY. THIS IS IN TWO WEEKS.
I'M GLAD YOU CAUGHT THAT. TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.
SO THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE APPLYING.
BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP THAT IT TAKES TO KIND OF SET A GOAL, WHETHER IT SOUNDS REALISTIC OR NOT, BUT TO GO AHEAD AND GET EVERYBODY'S KIND OF FEET ON THE FIRE BECAUSE I KNOW WE WERE ALL FEELING IT FROM OUR CITIZENS UP HERE AS WELL AS YOU GUYS.
SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND ON OUR END, IT'S NOT JUST SOLID WASTE.
IT'S NOT JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT IT'S ALSO THE LEADERSHIP FROM MR. MILLER. MR. HARTMAN BEING FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING AND GIVING US THE LATITUDE TO COME UP WITH CRAZY IDEAS AND THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE BOX TO TRY TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOP DOWN AND BOTTOM UP DOING IT ALL.
BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR THE COMPLIMENTS, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
LAST QUESTION. YOU'VE MENTIONED THE PHRASE CONVENIENCE CENTER A FEW TIMES.
JUST FOR ANYBODY WHO WASN'T PART OF LAST WEEK'S CONVERSATION, WHAT IS A CONVENIENCE CENTER? IT'S A PILOT IDEA, BUT WHAT IS IT? WHAT THE INNOVATION TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR? I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR NOW.
IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? COMING UP ON A YEAR, IT'S DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO ENHANCE ILLEGAL DUMPING EFFORTS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS AND IT KIND OF PARLAYED INTO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW, TOO, IS REALLY NICE.
THEY CAME UP WITH AN IDEA THAT WE WOULD CREATE A CONVENIENCE CENTER THAT WOULD BE LOCATED ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE BIG ENOUGH FOR A CITIZENS TO COME TO DRIVE THROUGH THAT AND BE ABLE TO JUST DISPOSE OF ITEMS SUCH AS TIRES, TREE LIMBS, WOOD WASTE, JUST JUNK AND DEBRIS, HOUSEHOLD TRASH, WHATEVER THEY HAVE, AND HAVE A FACILITY THAT CAN COLLECT ALL OF THAT WITH IN MIND THE LANGUAGE BARRIER THAT WE HAVE.
SO THEY CAME WITH A BRILLIANT IDEA.
WE'LL PUT PICTURES ON THERE. WE PICTURES OF TIRES ON THIS ONE.
THEY'LL BE PICTURES OF TREE LIMBS ON THIS ONE.
IT'LL BE IN A HORSESHOE SHAPE WHERE YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH AND HIT EVERYTHING ALONG THE WAY.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BUT TO ME, THE GREATEST PART OF IT IS IS WATCHING I SAID THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT WATCHING A LIBRARIAN, A POLICE OFFICER, SOMEBODY WHO'S INVOLVED IN THE COMING HOME PROGRAM OR WHEREVER THEY COME FROM, SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS THAT HAVE IDEAS THAT WE NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF JUST IN OUR AREA THAT WE BOX OURSELVES IN, IN PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY HAVE GREAT IDEA. IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET THAT PERFECTED AND MOVE IT TO ONE AREA IN EACH QUADRANT OF THE CITY WITH THE FIRST ONE BEING IN A QUADRANT THAT WOULD STAY IN THAT AREA WOULD BE CITY OWNED PROPERTY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIND AS PLACES THAT WE ALREADY OWN PROPERTY, WHETHER IT BE TAX DELINQUENT PROPERTY, PROPERTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE WE CAN HAVE IT LARGE ENOUGH TO PUT THE FOOTPRINT DOWN.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
IT'S REALLY A SIMPLE OPERATION.
SO BUT GREAT CONCEPT FOR CITIZENS TO USE.
THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, DONNIE.
[1.D. Discuss Police Reserve Force;]
ITEM 1 D IS TO DISCUSS POLICE RESERVE FORCE, MR. CITY MANAGER. ALL RIGHT.WE'VE GOT POLICE CHIEF MARTIN BIRKENFELD TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
THANK YOU SIR, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY OFFICERS WHO HAVE EITHER RETIRED OR LEFT IN GOOD STANDING, ASKING, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A RESERVE PROGRAM AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? BOTH OF OUR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS HAVE A RESERVE DEPUTY PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN BRING IN VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICERS AND USE THEM AS NEEDED ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS.
IT DOES REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THIS.
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AND SO I WANTED A CHANCE TO GET BEFORE YOU AND JUST TALK ABOUT IT AND SEE IF THERE'S FEEDBACK OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OR ANY CONCERNS THAT I CAN ANSWER BEFORE WE TRY TO BRING A PROPOSAL TO YOU.ONE EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THE BOMBING INCIDENT OVER IN THE PARAMOUNT NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAD TO HOLD A PERIMETER FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THAT REQUIRED QUITE A BIT OF OVERTIME, QUITE A BIT OF SWITCHING OF OFFICERS HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE COULD ALSO CALL ON OUR RESERVES AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU COME HELP US SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE'RE DOING? IT ALSO ALLOWS OUR HONORABLY RETIRED OR DISCHARGED POLICE OFFICERS TO KEEP THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY STILL THEY LOVE THE POLICE FORCE.
AND SO THIS GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO KEEP THEIR ROOTS HERE AND VOLUNTEER SOME OF THEIR TIME.
FOR THE APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CREATE THE POLICY.
OUR APPLICANTS INITIALLY ARE GOING TO BE FORMER AMARILLO POLICE OFFICERS, AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST MODEL TO START WITH BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE OFFICERS TRAINING, WE KNOW THEIR HISTORY, WE HAVE THEIR RECORDS READILY AVAILABLE.
SO THE BACKGROUND CHECKS WILL BE EASY FOR US TO GET STARTED ON.
THE OFFICERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND ALL OF THE TRAINING THAT ARE FULL TIME POLICE OFFICERS.
THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THEM TO VOLUNTEER A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE SENDING OUR RESERVE OFFICERS JUST OUT ON PATROL.
GENERALLY, WE WOULD HAVE THEM SERVE AS BACK UP OR RIDING WITH ANOTHER OFFICER OR DOING INTERNAL WORK SUCH AS INVESTIGATIONS, DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE THEY WILL HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OVERSIGHT BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, ONCE WE'RE SEPARATED FROM A JOB, SOMETIMES WE START LOSING THOSE SKILLS QUICKLY.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYBODY IN A BAD SITUATION.
THIS IS IN NO WAY MEANT TO SUPPLEMENT OUR MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENTS.
THOSE WILL BE IN PLACE AND THOSE WILL ALWAYS BE STAFFED WITH OUR FULL TIME POLICE OFFICERS.
IT'S SIMPLY AN AUGMENTATION OF THAT.
AND CERTAINLY IN TIMES WHERE WE NEED EXTRA OFFICERS LIKE THE PERIMETER THING I WAS TALKING ABOUT, OR WE HAVE LIKE THE TRI-STATE PARADE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE IT REQUIRES 20 TO 30 OFFICERS.
MOST OF THE TIME WE CAN GET THAT FILLED.
OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE SOME GAPS THAT WE MIGHT ASK OUR RESERVE OFFICERS TO COME IN AND VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO HELP FILL THAT, AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM AT FIRST WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE THAT ON IN HOUSE.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A QUICK SUMMARY OF IT.
I'M WELCOME TO ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL, QUESTIONS.
WILL RETIRED OFFICERS BE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS.
ONE, WE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT A RESERVE PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER OFFICERS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO HAVE GONE TO ONE OF OUR LARGE WEAPONS FACTORIES NEARBY, THAT THEY LOVE THEIR JOB OUT THERE, BUT THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT CONNECTION HERE. SO WE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO BRING SOME OF THOSE OFFICERS BACK AS RESERVES AS WELL.
GOOD. AND THEY MAINTAIN THEIR OTHER FULL TIME JOB.
THANK YOU. WOULD AH, CHIEF WITH THESE RESERVES BE ABLE TO WORK FOR PAY IN THE COMMUNITY AT DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OR EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT? BASED ON ALL THE WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT CITIES, FORT WORTH IS AN EXAMPLE OF A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS RESERVES, AND GENERALLY WE WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, WE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO OUR FULL TIME OFFICERS, BUT IT CREATES A LOT OF ADDITIONAL ISSUES BECAUSE THE OVERSIGHT OF OFF DUTY WORK FOR US IS A BIG DEAL. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT OUR OFFICERS ARE WORKING AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN TYPES OF JOBS THAT WE DON'T ALLOW POLICE OFFICERS TO WORK IN AN OFF DUTY OFFICER CAPACITY.
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I ASSUME ALL THE LIABILITY ISSUES HAVE BEEN CHECKED OUT BY LEGAL.WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WITH LEGAL, AND THERE ARE PROVISIONS THAT COUNSEL CAN ALLOW THE RESERVE OFFICERS TO HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF INJURY PROTECTION IF THEY'RE INJURED ON THE JOB AND THAT BEING ON THE JOB INJURY.
AND SO THE JOB THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING WOULD BE SIMILAR TO A FULL TIME OFFICER.
AND SO THERE'S NO ADDED LIABILITY PER SE BECAUSE THE JOBS ARE THE SAME.
WHAT KIND OF COVERAGE DO THEY GET? WE DO HAVE INSURANCE AVAILABLE FOR RETIREES, BUT THAT'S NOT A THEY HAVE TO SELECT IT AND PAY THE RATE FOR IT.
THEY MAY HAVE BUT WHAT THE CHIEF WAS SAYING IS IF THEY'RE INJURED, THAT INJURY, WHILE WORKING IN A VOLUNTEER CAPACITY FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO, WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE CITY.
AND AS FAR AS CARRYING WEAPONS, CHIEF, I MEAN, AGAIN, SOME OF THESE ARE ALL OFFICERS.
WE TRUST THEM AND CARRY WEAPONS.
THEY'VE ALL BEEN TRAINED TO CARRY WEAPONS.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE TRAINING.
ALL THAT I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS GOING TO ASK ME, WILL THEY CARRY WEAPONS? YES, THEY WILL. YES.
AND THEY'RE SORT OF THEY'RE ALL CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICERS.
AND THIS VOLUNTEERING WITH THE CITY OF AMARILLO THROUGH A RESERVE PROGRAM IS ALSO A COMPONENT OF SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP THEM CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THAT PEACE OFFICER LICENSE IN THERE. CORRECT. SO THERE'S A BENEFIT TO THE VOLUNTEERS.
THERE'S A BENEFIT TO THE FULL TIME OFFICERS.
THERE'S A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A WIN FOR EVERYBODY CONCERNED.
AND I EVEN JUST LIKE THE IDEA OF CONTINUING THE WISDOM IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT OCCASIONALLY RETIRES DUE TO PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS OR WHATEVER WOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE DO TOO. YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD AN OFFICER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO RETIRED WITH OVER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE AND JUST THE WEALTH OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT GOES WITH A PERSON LIKE THAT IS INVALUABLE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SUPPORT FOR IT.
SO.. THANK YOU. WHATEVER WE NEED TO PUT ON THE AGENDA AS FAR AS AN ACTION ITEM.
WE'LL GET TO WORK ON IT. YEAH, GET TO WORK ON IT.
EXACTLY, MA'AM. THANKS, CHIEF.
AGENDA ITEM 1 E IS UPDATES FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING ON OUTSIDE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
[1.E. Updates from Councilmembers serving on outside boards and commissions]
MAYOR PRO TEM FREDA POWELL IS NOT WITH US TODAY BECAUSE SHE COVERED A COMMITMENT ON OUR OTHER SISTER CITY.SHE IS VISITING WITH A GROUP OF CITIES, AMERICAN CITIES, WHO HAVE SISTER CITIES IN MEXICO.
SO SHE'S AWAY FOR THAT EVENT TODAY.
SO WE WON'T DO THAT REPORT ON THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.
BUT PARKS AND REC AND ANIMAL MANAGEMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER SAUER, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO THE MEETING WAS PRETTY MUCH UNEVENTFUL.
AND ACTUALLY WE DIDN'T GET VERY FAR IN THE MEETING WHEN MICHAEL KASHUBA SAID SOME STUFF THAT I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF TOOK MY MIND OFF THE REST OF THE MEETING.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HE SAID WAS HE TALKED ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN AND WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT IS THE FACT OF WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT DIRECTORS IN THE CITY.
DO THEY EVER GO ANYWHERE? THIS ONE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS WITH THOSE MASTER PLANS.
SO THEY MET WITH STAFF AND THEY DISCUSSED.
SO HE SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS MASTER PLAN IS A TEN YEAR MASTER PLAN.
BUT HE PICKED THAT THING UP, TURNED IT INTO A LIVING DOCUMENT AND IS NOW IT'S BEEN ASSIGNED AND WE HAVE OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IS TAKING CARE OF THAT AND THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS AND SEE THAT PLAN BE COMPLETE AND COME TO FRUITION.
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AND I THINK THAT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN THE CITY.YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW PROBLEMS WITH PARKS AND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT EVER SINCE MICHAEL HAS COME ON, HE HAS HELPED SET UP SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TURN IT AROUND.
AND THOSE PARKS ARE GOING TO BECOME AN ASSET TO US AGAIN.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PART OF IT.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE PADDLEBOARDS OUT ON A COUPLE OF THE LAKES.
AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THERE'S A THERE'S A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BE OUT ON PADDLEBOARDS OR WHATEVER, OUT ON SOME OF THESE AREA LAKES THAT WE HAVE.
CORRECT. SO WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, BUT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT NON-MOTORIZED WATERCRAFT IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY LAKES. SO THINGS LIKE MEADOW PARK, THOMPSON, HE NEW MARTIN ROAD, ONCE IT'S COMPLETED, SOUTHEAST PLAYA POTENTIALLY.
SO EVERYTHING FROM STILL WATER TO MOVING WATER.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT AGAIN IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
PRETTY COOL OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK THAT I'M MICHAEL.
I ASSUME THAT'S COMING FROM CITIZENS ASKING QUESTIONS, ASKING FOR ACCESS AND YOU GUYS BEING RESPONSIVE TO THOSE CITIZEN REQUESTS MIC] YEAH, GREAT.
SO THAT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP COMING FROM BOTH OF THOSE PLACES.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE ADVISORY.
SO WHENEVER VICTORIA GAVE US A LOT OF INFORMATION ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT'S ENDED UP WE'RE SEEING IS I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ACTUALLY REALIZE THAT THE INTAKE OF ANIMALS IN THE POUND AND THE ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE IS OVER 900 ANIMALS A MONTH.
SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE BRINGING IN 900 ANIMALS A MONTH AND HOW DO WE HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE ANIMALS, GET THEM TO RESCUES, GET THEM BACK INTO THEIR OWNERS HANDS, OR DO ALL OF THAT.
YOU CAN REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE GOT A PRETTY HUGE TASK OF GETTING THAT TO ACTUALLY END UP HAPPENING.
AND SO THAT PROBABLY IN AND OF ITSELF IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONUNDRUMS THAT THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY FACING, IS HOW DO THEY HANDLE THAT? ANOTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY INTERESTING WAS THAT CURRENTLY THERE'S FIVE FIELD OFFICERS AND ON AN AVERAGE DAY THEY FIELD ABOUT 75 CALLS A DAY.
AND IF YOU IF WE WERE TO PUT THAT OUT TIMES 365, IF YOU DID IT TIMES FOUR, 400 TO MAKE IT REALLY EASY, THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF CALLS. THAT'S A LOT OF CALLS THAT THEY'RE TAKING IN AND THINGS THAT ARE HAVING TO HAPPEN THERE.
AND SO THEY'RE SLOWLY WORKING THROUGH THAT BECAUSE JUST LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON IN ALMOST EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS STAFFING AND HAVING ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF STAFF TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE THINGS, NOT ONLY HAVING ENOUGH FACILITIES, BUT HAVING ENOUGH STAFF TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO IN THE SHELTER ITSELF, OVER THE PAST QUARTER, THERE HAVE BEEN 11 NEW HIRES AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE SIX POSITIONS THAT ARE POSTED AND AVAILABLE.
WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT THE FIELD SERVICES, THEY'VE GOT TWO NEW FIELD OFFICER TRAINEES AND THEY'VE PROMOTED THREE OF THE OFFICERS TO THE SECOND LEVEL OF OFFICER.
AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE FIVE FIELD OFFICER TRAINEES THAT ARE POSTED FOR NEW JOBS AND ALSO A FIELD
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SUPERVISOR. SO THERE IS SIX THERE'S A NEED FOR SIX MORE FIELD OFFICERS AS FAR AS SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, WHICH HAS BEEN ALSO BEEN IN THE NEWS IS AUGUST THE 15TH.THE HUMANE SOCIETY NOTIFIED THE CITY THAT THEY WOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE SHELTER AND THAT ENDED AND THEY WOULD VACATE THEIR SPACE ON SEPTEMBER THE 30TH. SO THEREFORE, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE ASSUMED THE RESCUE PLACEMENT DUTIES ON AUGUST THE 16TH.
SO NOW THEN THAT'S BEEN ADDED TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
THEY HAD A MEETING THAT THEY HELD ON THE 15TH.
THEY'VE HIRED TWO STAFF FOR RESCUE AND RESCUE MANAGER AND A RESCUE SPECIALIST.
THEY HAVE FIVE OFFICIAL RESCUE PARTNERS IN AMARILLO AND TWO NEAR DALLAS.
THEY PLACED 190 PETS SINCE THE 16TH OF AUGUST.
22 WERE SENT TO DALLAS ON SEPTEMBER THE THIRD.
THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED A BEST FRIENDS INCENTIVE PROGRAM WITH THE RESCUE PARTNERS THAT AS THEY TAKE THESE ANIMALS, THEY CAN RECEIVE UP TO 125 TO $200 PER ANIMAL.
AND THERE HAS BEEN OVER $6,000 THAT HAS BEEN AWARDED IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THAT.
JUST IMAGINE AUGUST, THERE WERE 122 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT WENT ON AT THE.
SO THE CITY IS STEPPING UP, TRYING TO HELP WITH THE CITIZENS ARE TRYING TO HELP WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE THAT ARE GOING ON AND TRYING TO HELP THEM MAKE BREACH THAT THAT DIFFERENCE THAT'S GOING ON.
THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SINCE MAY, THEY HAVE HAD NINE DIFFERENT EVENTS FROM MUD FEST AT STARLIGHT RANCH TO EVEN AT THE STATE OF THE CITY. THERE WERE FIVE DOGS ADOPTED AND LOTS OF CHEWY ITEMS THAT WERE AND ALL THROUGH THAT THERE WERE.
THEY'VE DONE AN AWFUL LOT LIKE CLEARED THE SHELTER.
THERE WERE 73 ADOPTIONS ON THAT DAY FROM 10 TO 5.
SO THERE'S A LOT THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON.
THEY'RE ALSO ON HAVE WEEKLY MEDIA SPOTS ON CHANNEL FOUR ON ON THE EAGLE AND ON ABC, CHANNEL SEVEN.
THERE'S FREE MICROCHIPS AT THE SHELTER THROUGH OCTOBER AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE POP UP CHIP MICROCHIP CLINICS HELD EACH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AT DIFFERENT PARKS.
AND THEY'VE HAD SOME I DON'T KNOW, VICTORIA, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT THE POP UP AND IT MIGHT BE WORTH TALKING ABOUT EXACTLY HOW GREAT THAT THAT HAS WORKED AND WHY ON SUCH A LATE NOTICE DOING THOSE THAT'S BEEN SUCH TURNED OUT TO BE THEY'VE HAD GREAT RESPONSE.
WHAT OUR POP UP SHELTERS HAVE, ARE OUR POP UP VACCINE CLINICS AND MICROCHIP CLINICS.
WHAT THEY'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO FOR US TO DO IS LOOK AT THOSE HIGH AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STRAY ANIMALS, WHERE WE'RE PICKING UP A LOT OF ANIMALS, AND WE'RE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY WANT THE ANIMALS PICKED UP.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE WITH 900 TO 1000 ANIMALS SOMETIMES COMING IN A MONTH LIKE IT WAS IN AUGUST, WE REALLY HAD TO LOOK ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS? AND SO WE LOOKED AT THE AREAS WHERE WE HAD OUR HIGHEST CALLS FOR STRAY ANIMALS.
AND SO WE'RE STILL DOING FREE MICROCHIPS OUT AT THE SHELTER ALL THIS MONTH.
A LOT OF TIME IT IS A MONETARY PROBLEM.
AND SO WE GO OUT INTO THE PARKS.
WE WERE JUST AT WE'RE JUST AT EAST RIDGE.
BUT WE'VE EVEN GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE'LL SEND OFFICERS OUT AND OUR VOLUNTEERS, WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS FROM AMTECH WHO HAVE BEEN AMAZING AND TEXAS TECH, THAT SCHOOL AND VERO, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM OUT OF W.T.
AND SO THEY'VE ALL COME OUT AND THEY DON'T MIND GOING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TALKING.
AND OUR OFFICERS ARE ALSO BEING ABLE TO GO UP TO DOORS.
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WE SEE SOMEBODY WITH, HEY, COME ON, LET'S MICROCHIP IT.AND THAT WAY WE CAN MICROCHIP IT OUT IN THE FIELD AND IT NEVER HAS TO COME TO THE SHELTER.
IDEALLY, THE OFFICER COULD PICK UP THE ANIMAL, SCAN IT, CALL IT AND GET IT BACK TO THE OWNER.
SO WHEN THEY'RE OUT ON A CALL AND THEY'RE TALKING TO SOMEBODY ABOUT HOW TO KEEP A DOG IN THERE, ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY AT THIS TIME THEY HAVE MICROCHIPS ON THEIR TRUCKS TO MICROCHIP ANIMALS WHEN THEY'RE OUT ON CALLS AND JUST TRY TO BE MORE PROACTIVE BEFORE THEY EVEN GET TO THE SHELTER.
IT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO THAT'S REALLY PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT I HAD, OTHER THAN JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THE FACT OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH TEXAS TECH VET SCHOOL, THEY'VE THEY'VE GOT THEY'VE TAKEN 20 OF THE DOGS AND HAVE ADOPTED 16 CATS, I THINK, SO FAR, WHICH THAT I THINK THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING ALONG WITH THE RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS BEEN. CREATED WITH THE VET SCHOOL, ALSO THE ONE WITH IMTECH.
THERE ARE WHAT, SIX INTERNS? WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX INTERNS FROM THE PROGRAM THAT ARE AMAZING.
THE KIDS ARE THERE ALL THE TIME.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SHOWING UP TO ON THE WEEKENDS.
THEY ARE. THEY'LL GO OUT AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR ANIMALS.
SO THEY'VE BEEN A REALLY GOOD ADDITION.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST YEAR.
SO, MAN, THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I HAD.
ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL FOR VICTORIA OR COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER? OK. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
ANYTHING ON AGENDA ITEM 1 F? MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[2. CONSENT ITEMS]
ANYTHING THERE THAT NEEDS TO COME OFF FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NOTHING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, MAYOR. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY AYE.
AYE. ANYONE OPPOSE SAME SIGN THAT PASSES WITH A 4-0 VOTE.
MOVING ON TO SECTION THREE OF OUR AGENDA.
WHO'S HERE THAT'S A WT STUDENT? ARE Y'ALL ALL EXCITED THAT WE JUST PASSED OVER ALL THOSE AGENDA ITEMS AND YOU WERE THINKING YOU WERE GOING TO SIT THROUGH THEM? YEAH. YEAH.
I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE THE SMILE ON YOUR FACES.
OK. ITEM 3 A IS TO CONSIDER AN AWARD AND IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE
[Items 3A - 3D]
PLANNING SOFTWARE.ITEMS A, B, C, AND D ARE ALL PART OF THE SAME PROJECT.
IT'S OUR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE SOFTWARE.
REALLY. THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE THAT WE'VE BEEN USING, THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE THE COMPANY SOLD IN 2010, I THINK THE LAST TIME THE SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED WOULD HAVE BEEN 12, POSSIBLY 13.
BUT WE KNOW AND WE KNEW IT WAS COMING FOR A LONG TIME, THAT IT WAS GOING TO STOP BEING A VIABLE SOFTWARE FOR US TO USE TO MANAGE THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION. SO AND PRIMARILY IT'S THE INWARD FACING PART OF WHAT WE DO FROM A SOFTWARE STANDPOINT, MANAGING ALL DEPARTMENTS, FINANCE, ALSO COORDINATING WITH OUR EXTERNAL FACING SOFTWARE IN AREAS LIKE UTILITY BILLING.
SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL. WE KNEW IT WAS A BIG NUMBER.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A DECADE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT AGGRESSIVELY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS KNOWING THAT IT WAS ABOUT TO END.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, WE HAVE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LAURA STORRS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO DO A LARGE PRESENTATION.
WELL, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LONG PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO COVER A, B, C, AND D, THEN YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, TAKE ACTION ON A, WE'LL HAVE A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION BEFORE BC AND D JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S VERY CLEAR ON WHAT THOSE COMPONENTS REPRESENT.
SO AND THESE ARE THINGS WHERE IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO APPROVE ONE OF THEM, WE'RE THEN GOING TO ACTUALLY BE KILLING OR KILLING THE WRONG WORD, NOT APPROVING ALL FOUR BECAUSE THEY DO FOR ONE TO GO FORWARD, ALL FOUR HAVE TO GO FORWARD.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, WITH THAT VERY BRIEF INTRODUCTION, LAURA STORRS, TAKE IT AWAY.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AS JARED MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
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ENJOYING THE MOUNTAINS ON HER FIRST TRIP IN RETIREMENT.BUT SHE HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY HER ENTIRE TIME.
SHE WAS AT THE CITY OF AMARILLO, SO FOR TWO YEARS WORKING TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
THIS PROJECT IS SEVERAL YEARS IN THE MAKING.
BUT ALONG WITH THAT, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MATT POSTON, OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR.
DEBBIE HAS PASSED THE TORCH ON TO HIM, SO SHE KIND OF GOT IT TO THIS POINT.
AND NOW MATT IS TO TAKE IT AND RUN WITH IT AND TO MOVE IT FORWARD AND GET IT IMPLEMENTED.
WITH US TODAY, WE HAVE RYAN DOYLE WITH BARRY DUNNE, AND HE WILL BE COMING UP TO DO A PRESENTATION RELATED TO THESE FOUR AGENDA ITEMS. WE ALSO HAVE ANTHONY GARCIA WITH WORKDAY, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE SOFTWARE PROVIDER THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
SO A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS I WANTED TO ADDRESS BEFORE I HAND THIS OVER TO RICH.
FIRST OFF, ON ITEM A IN ITEM C AND D, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF UPFRONT COSTS, A LOT OF INFORMATION, IMPLEMENTATION COSTS THAT WILL SPAN MOST LIKELY ABOUT A 2 TO 4 YEAR PERIOD.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE US SOME TIME TO IMPLEMENT THIS SOFTWARE.
IT TOUCHES EVERY ASPECT OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
BUT AS WE LOOK AT ITEM B, WE ARE LOOKING AT AN ACTUAL SOFTWARE CONTRACT THAT SPANS A 15 YEAR PERIOD.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD.
WE DON'T NORMALLY BRING 15 YEAR CONTRACTS TO COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, IN THE RISING RATE ENVIRONMENT, WE'RE IN ON EVERYTHING.
WE ALSO BROUGHT THIS FORWARD BACK IN LATE AUGUST AND TO DO A DEBT ISSUANCE FOR PART OF THE UPFRONT COST OF THE THIS SOFTWARE.
THERE WAS A TAX NOTE THAT WAS APPROVED FOR HALF OF IT.
ABOUT 4 MILLION WAS TO PAY FOR THE UPFRONT COST OF THIS.
WE GOT THE MONEY IN THE BANK BACK IN SEPTEMBER THAT IS IN PLACE READY TO GO.
THAT'S THE GENERAL FUNDS PORTION OF THIS.
THE OTHER FUNDS ALREADY HAD DOLLARS APPROVED THROUGH THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS TO FUND THE UPFRONT COST AND THEN THE ONGOING COSTS THAT ARE HEAVILY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNUAL COST OF ITEM B3B, WHICH COMES TO ABOUT 1.2 MILLION ROUGHLY PER YEAR.
THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY YOU ALL DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND IS IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE WATER AND SEWER, THE AIRPORT AND THE DRAINAGE, ONGOING ANNUAL BUDGETS.
AND SO AGAIN, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THESE ARE LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
EVERYTHING HAS COME IN WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT YOU ALL HAVE AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, THE BIGGEST PIECE HERE ON ITEM THREE B IS WILL BE PAID OUT OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD.
WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT $1.8 MILLION OVER THAT 15 YEAR PERIOD.
WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A HUGE WIN.
THOSE ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SAVING, LOCKING IT IN FOR THIS TIME PERIOD.
PERSPECTIVE, ERP OR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE IS THE BACKBONE OF ANY ORGANIZATION.
IT IS NOT JUST ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE AND PURCHASING AND PAYROLL AND HR SOFTWARE.
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AS SUCH, THIS IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL AND CRITICAL SOFTWARE UPDATE THAT THE CITY WILL DO OR HAS DONE UP TILL NOW.I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT DISCLOSING DETAILS, WE'RE ALREADY MAKING SPECIAL EFFORTS IN I.T.
THIS IS NOT THE SOFTWARE WE WANT TO BE EXPIRED END OF LIFE AND NOT GETTING SECURITY UPDATES.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT.
AND LAURA REALLY HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
WE'RE SEEING 30% INCREASE IN HARDWARE COSTS.
AND LIKE ANY GOVERNMENT CONTRACT, THE ABILITY TO STEP OUT OF THAT CONTRACT.
SO SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO DO IT? SO IT'S REALLY A WIN WIN FOR US.
THE LAST THING I WOULD CLOSE WITH IS, AS YOU KNOW, I'M A PRIVATE SECTOR GUY.
I COME FROM COMPANIES WITH MODERN ERPS.
I CAN'T OVERSTATE THE IMPACT THAT THIS WILL HAVE ON US AS AN ORGANIZATION IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, EVEN FROM STARTING WITH AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT, AS THE IT DIRECTOR WITHOUT MANY HOURS OF ADMIN WORK, I COULDN'T TELL YOU HOW WE WERE PERFORMING AGAINST BUDGET TODAY.
AND WITH THAT COMES NOT ONLY ACCOUNTABILITY AT OUR DIRECTOR LEVEL, BUT IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY.
OUR TRANSPARENCY RIGHT NOW IS A 400 PAGE PDF THAT WE POST ON THE WEBSITE EVERY DAY.
THESE KIND OF TOOLS GIVE US THE ABILITY TO HAVE MUCH BETTER TRANSPARENCY WITH OUR PUBLIC, NOT ONLY ON WHAT OUR BUDGET IS FOR THE YEAR, BUT HOW WE'RE PERFORMING AGAINST THAT ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
OKAY WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO RYAN DOYLE WITH VERY DONE.
AND HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. COUNCIL.
AND THANK YOU, RICHARD LAURA, FOR THE OPENING COMMENTS.
THEY STOLE A LITTLE BIT OF MY THUNDER, SO THEY'VE HELPED TO SET THE STAGE FOR THAT.
SO WE'VE PREPARED A LITTLE BIT OF A PRESENTATION TODAY THAT WILL WALK YOU THROUGH.
AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL WALK THROUGH THESE FOUR DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS, SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND WHERE THE CITY IS LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. IT REALLY HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
AS I WALKED INTO COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY, I'VE SEEN FOLKS THAT WE'VE MET WITH OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS, WHETHER IT BE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, PARK AND REC, KRISTEN BACK HERE, SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED ON A REGULAR BASIS AS WELL.
STEPHANIE MAKES AN APPEARANCE AT CAMEO IN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
IT REALLY HAS BEEN A STRUCTURED PROCESS.
IT REALLY HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH PARTICIPATION FROM ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF, ABOUT THE FIRM BERRY DUNN AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
I'M A SENIOR MANAGER WITHIN BERRY DUNN.
WE ARE TRADITIONAL CONSULTING AS WELL AS TAX ASSURANCE AND AUDIT FIRM.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR NOW FOR JUST ABOUT 37 YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME WE'VE WORKED WITH OVER 400 DIFFERENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING OVER 100 DIFFERENT ERP SYSTEM PLANNING PROJECTS.
SO AGAIN, ERP ACRONYM FOR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING, REALLY THAT BACKBONE OF SOFTWARE THAT USED TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY THE TECHNOLOGY BUT THE BUSINESS PROCESSES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SO THINKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BERRY DUNN.
AGAIN, WE ARE INDEPENDENT OBJECTIVE.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT OUR FIRM AND WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE.
SO HELPING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE CITY TEAM HAS THE INFORMATION, TOOLS AND PROCESSES IN FRONT OF THEM TO MAKE A WELL INFORMED AND EDUCATED AND THOROUGH DECISION THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT BACKGROUND, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE APPROACH, REALLY.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK RICH TOUCHED UPON THIS A LITTLE BIT.
WE ARE SEEING THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
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SO WE USE A STRUCTURED COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE CITY DOING TODAY AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WORKAROUNDS THAT ARE BEING USED AS BAND-AIDS, IF YOU WILL, TO SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES? AND ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT A LOT OF SHADOW SYSTEMS EXISTED WITHIN THE CITY.SO PEOPLE ARE USING THE CORE SOFTWARE, THE CORE ERP SYSTEM, BUT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS NEEDS HAVE ARISEN AND FOLKS HAVE FOUND ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS TO USE OUTSIDE OF THE CORE ERP SYSTEM.
NOW, WHY IS THIS SUCH A CHALLENGE? THIS LEADS TO DECENTRALIZATION OF DATA BECOMES DATA MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES.
FOLKS ARE ENTERING DATA INTO SEPARATE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND UNABLE TO REPORT OR QUERY IN REAL TIME INTO THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO PERFORM THEIR JOB DUTIES ON A DAILY BASIS. I WILL COMMEND CITY STAFF IN THAT THEY HAVE MADE IT WORK.
THAT BECAME VERY EVIDENT THROUGH MEETING WITH CITY STAFF IS THAT FOLKS HAVE MADE THIS WORK OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, BUT IT HAS REACHED A CRITICAL POINT WHERE FOLKS ARE SPENDING AS MUCH TIME IN MANAGING DATA AS THEY ARE ANYTHING ELSE.
AND REALLY THERE'S A STRONG DESIRE AMONG THE FOLKS THAT WE MET WITH TO NOT JUST MANAGE DATA, BUT TO TAKE THAT DATA AND MAKE IT MANAGEABLE, BE ABLE TO ANALYZE IT AND BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT IN THE USE OF DATA ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO BARRY DUNN WAS BROUGHT IN TO HELP WITH THAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS, THAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS PLANNING FOR AN RFP, ISSUING THE RFP AND EVALUATING SOFTWARE SYSTEMS HAS TAKEN JUST 12 MONTHS NOW.
SO LAST OCTOBER IS WHEN WE STARTED OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY FOR THIS PROCESS.
I'LL TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE STEPS IN JUST A MOMENT HERE.
SO I MET STEPHANIE. MAKE A QUICK LITTLE CAMEO HERE.
YOU'LL SEE TRENT, YOU'LL SEE KYLE AND SOME OTHERS AS WELL FROM THE TEAM.
BUT REALLY WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT STAFF PARTICIPATION.
THIS REALLY HAS BEEN A HERCULEAN EFFORT BY CITY STAFF.
THIS IS REQUIRED A LOT OF TIME TO GET TO THIS POINT.
FOLKS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO IT.
AND I THINK PROBABLY THE COLLABORATIVE WORKDAY TEAMS WOULD ECHO AS WELL A LOT OF THE STEPS TAKEN IN PLACE ALREADY TO POSITION THE CITY FOR SUCCESS DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS. ONE THING THAT IS REALLY RANG TRUE THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS THAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO THIS CORRECT AND TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY FROM THE START.
AND THAT STARTED WITH AN EXECUTIVE PROJECT TEAM TO REALLY STEER THE PROJECT, PROVIDE THAT TACTICAL VISION AND SUPPORT A PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM TO HELP MANAGE THE DAY TO DAY ORGANIZATIONAL AND DECISION MAKING, A CHANGE MANAGEMENT TEAM AS WELL TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS BEYOND THAT CORE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.
THIS COLORFUL GRAPHIC YOU SEE HERE WAS ACTUALLY A BANNER THAT WAS DEVELOPED AND USED DURING THE SUMMER STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCHEON SO THAT FOLKS COULD GO OUT AND FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT AS A WHOLE.
WHAT ARE THE KEY MILESTONES AND WHAT IS THE ROADMAP FORWARD THROUGH THIS ASSESSMENT AND SOFTWARE SELECTION PROCESS? LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO CONTRIBUTE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
SO IT REALLY HAS BEEN AN ENGAGING AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
ULTIMATELY, THE CITY DID DEVELOP JUST SHY OF 4000 FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT WAS SENT OUT TO THE VENDOR COMMUNITY. THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATIONS TO BRING STAFF UP TO DATE ON WHAT A MORE MODERN SYSTEM MAY LOOK LIKE AS WELL.
OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VENDOR DEMONSTRATION PROCESS ONCE PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED, AS WELL AS RECURRING CHANGE MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND UPDATES THAT HAVE GONE OUT TO STAFF. SO REALLY A GREAT TEAM EFFORT UNDERTAKEN BY THE CITY AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF RICH AND LAURA TO GET HERE TO THIS POINT TODAY.
SO IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE KEY MILESTONES, I WON'T WALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE HERE.
BUT REALLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AS A WHOLE IS THAT THIS PROCESS, AS YOU'LL SEE, WE'LL MENTION SOFTWARE QUITE A BIT THROUGHOUT THIS, BUT REALLY IS A BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION PROCESS.
ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF THE PROJECT OVERALL WAS REALLY SPENT DISCUSSING WITH CITY STAFF WHAT IS WORKING WELL, WHAT IS NOT WORKING WELL, WHERE ARE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE FUTURE AND HELPING TO IDENTIFY BASED ON THAT, WHAT ARE THE SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FUTURE? HOW CAN WE ALIGN BUSINESS PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE FUTURE ENABLED ENABLING STAFF TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN THEIR DAY TO DAY PROCESSES? IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THE CITY DID ISSUE AN RFP WITH RESPONSES COMING IN.
FOUR CITIES OF A SIMILAR SIZE, SIMILAR EMPLOYEE BASE, SIMILAR STAFF POPULATION AS WELL.
SO VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESPONSE RATE TO THE RFP.
THE CITY TEAM THEN WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF REVIEWING THE PROPOSALS.
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AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THOSE WERE THREE RING BINDERS ABOUT THIS THICK WITH EACH PROPOSAL, WITH ALL THE CONTENT RELATED TO THE VENDORS BACKGROUNDS, THEIR METHODOLOGY ON TRAINING, HOW TO BRING DATA FROM THE OLD SYSTEMS INTO THE NEW SYSTEMS, AND ULTIMATELY HOW TO HELP POSITION THE CITY FOR SUCCESS.SO THROUGH THAT EVALUATION PROCESS, THE CITY ULTIMATELY BROUGHT IN SEVERAL VENDORS FOR THE DEMONSTRATION PROCESS, IDENTIFYING THE VENDORS THAT ARE HERE TODAY FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH THE CONTRACTING PROCESS.
LEADING UP TO THAT, THERE WAS A BEST AND FINAL OFFER PROCESS AS WELL.
SO OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK TO THE VENDORS AND SAY, OKAY, YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE CITY OPERATOR TO DISCUSS YOUR PRODUCT, YOUR PROJECT AND YOUR APPROACH TO LEARN FROM THE CITY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR DESIRED OUTCOMES AS WELL.
NOW IT'S TIME TO HELP SHARPEN THE PENCILS.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP BRING THE COST DOWN OVERALL? SO THOSE BEST AND FINAL OFFER RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED AS PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS, ULTIMATELY THROUGH THE CONTRACTING PROCESS.
THANK YOU, LESLIE, FOR ALL OF YOUR CONCERTED EFFORT IN HELPING WITH THAT.
AGAIN, ULTIMATELY LOOKING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE CITY IS DOING THIS CORRECT AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THE PLANNING THAT HAS GONE ON IN THE PAST SEVERAL OF YEARS FOR THE CITY. SO ABOUT TWO MONTHS OF CONTRACTING PROCESSES LED US TO HERE TODAY, OCTOBER.
SO EMPLOYEE FILES, TIME AND ATTENDANCE, PAYROLL APPLICANT TRACKING, HOW ARE WE MANAGING OUR PEOPLE WITHIN THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM? SO THAT PROCESS WILL ULTIMATELY TAKE FROM THIS NOVEMBER UNTIL JANUARY OF 2024.
BUT AGAIN, THE CITY IS LOOKING TO DO THIS CORRECT THE FIRST TIME SET REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS ABOUT TIMELINES AND TO DO IT IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT CITY RESOURCE AVAILABILITY LOOKS LIKE AS WELL.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE AGENDA ITEMS THREE THROUGH THREE C AND I'LL TOUCH UPON EACH OF THESE AT A HIGH LEVEL, AND MOSTLY BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY WILL NEED A MICROSCOPE IN ORDER TO READ THAT UP ON THE SCREEN THERE.
BUT THE FIRST ONE TO BRING UP HERE IS COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS.
THEY ARE A WORKDAY SERVICES PROVIDER.
BUT COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS IN THEIR OWN WORDS, IS 100% FOCUSED ON WORK DAY PRACTICE AND 100% DEPLOYMENT SUCCESS THEY HAVE ACROSS THEIR ORGANIZATION ABOUT 850 DIFFERENT WORKDAY CONSULTANTS AND HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THE TOP 2 TO 3 OF ALL OF THE LARGEST WORKDAY PRACTICE AMONG PARTNERS IN THEIR ECOSYSTEM. THOSE UNFAMILIAR SOFTWARE VENDORS IN THE MARKETPLACE TODAY, SUCH AS WORKDAY, SOME OF THE OTHER VENDORS AS WELL.
SO TAKING OUR OLD DATA, MANIPULATING IT TO HELP LOAD IT INTO THE NEW SYSTEM, THAT IS THE ROLE OF COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS, A REALLY CRITICAL ROLE OVERALL IN TERMS OF HELPING TO BE HANDS ON IN THE SYSTEM AND ENABLE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO USE AND LEARN THE SYSTEM EFFECTIVELY.
WORKDAY IS THAT SOFTWARE THAT THE CITY HAS SELECTED FOR THAT CORE ERP.
SO LOOKING TO PROVIDE THAT CORE FUNCTIONALITY TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE WHAT THE CITY IS USING IN THE LEGACY ERP, BUT ALSO EXPAND HOW THE CITY IS USING ITS ERP AND TO RE-ENVISION HOW SOFTWARE IS USED.
SO AGAIN, MUCH LESS ABOUT DATA MANAGEMENT, WHICH WE SEE A LOT OF HAPPENING TODAY, BUT MUCH MORE ABOUT HOW CAN WE GET TO THAT LEVEL OF ABSTRACTING THAT DATA, ANALYZING IT AND HELPING OUR STAFF TO DO MORE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS WITH THEIR JOB FUNCTION AS OPPOSED TO MANAGING THE DATA IN THE SYSTEM? THE THIRD VENDOR YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE IS CANDY.
I'M TECHNOLOGY IS A POINT OF SALE AND CASH SHARING SYSTEM.
THIS IS A SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT IS INTENDED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR CITIZENS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS THAT COME TO THE CITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE FOR DIFFERING SOFTWARE SYSTEMS. SO THIS IS A CENTRAL POINT OF SALES SOLUTION TO TAKE IN MONIES FROM CITIZENS AND CONTRACTORS ACROSS VARYING SOFTWARE SYSTEMS IN USE AT THE CITY.
THE NEXT ONE. IS BARRY DONE IN TERMS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND WHAT THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LOOK LIKE? I'D MENTIONED COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS IS ULTIMATELY PROVIDING THAT ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES IMPLEMENTATION MANAGEMENT FOR THE WORKDAY SOLUTION.
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ON THE BARRY DUNNE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO PROVIDE OUR EXPERTISE IN HAVING GONE THROUGH PROJECT MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF ERP SYSTEMS TO REALLY BE AN EXTENSION OF THE CITY TEAM DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.WHILE OUR TEAM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING AND OVERSEEING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM, DIRECTING THE WORK OF CITY STAFF AND WORKING AS THAT MAIN CONDUIT BETWEEN THE VARIOUS SOFTWARE VENDORS AND THE CITY OF AMARILLO.
SO WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUTURE STATE GOALS AND SOME OF THE ANTICIPATED BENEFITS.
AND I WON'T BORE EVERYONE WITH READING EACH OF THESE BULLETS THAT ARE HERE ON THE SCREEN.
YOU'LL SEE HERE WE'VE ADDED SOME EMPHASIS TO CALL OUT SOME OF THE THEMES.
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND MEET WITH ABOUT 16 DIFFERENT CITY STAFF TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT AND WHAT ARE OUR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE, FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO? AND ULTIMATELY FOLKS IDENTIFIED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT'S UNTAPPED IN OUR CITY STAFF TODAY BECAUSE FOLKS ARE CONSTRAINED BY SOME OF THE LEGACY SOFTWARE, SOME OF THE PROCESSES THAT ARE IN PLACE IN ORDER TO WORK WITH AND AROUND THAT SOFTWARE AS WELL.
SO ONE OF THE GOALS IS REALLY TO LOOK AT WHAT RESOURCES THE CITY HAS IN STAFF, EMPOWER THOSE RESOURCES TO DO MORE WITH THE SOFTWARE AND DO LESS IN MANAGING THE SOFTWARE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.
WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE STAFF WITH MORE VISIBILITY INTO PROCESSES AND WORKFLOWS.
CURRENTLY, IT OFTEN TAKES A PHONE CALL, A WALK DOWN THE HALL, A FEW EMAILS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE STATUS OF A CERTAIN BUSINESS TRANSACTION, WHETHER IT BE HAS A POSITION BEEN BUDGETED AND APPROVED? WHAT IS THE STATUS OF A CONTRACT? DO I HAVE AN EXPIRATION? COMING UP, A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM STAFF ABOUT HAVING TO SET UP OUTLOOK TICKERS TO REMIND THEM WHEN THEY HAVE CONTRACTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EXPIRING.
SO AGAIN, REALLY LOOKING TO APPROACH THIS AS A BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE AS A WHOLE.
YOU'LL SEE HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN HERE, WE BORROWED SOME LANGUAGE FROM WORKDAY WITH THEIR PERMISSION, JUST SOME SAMPLE METRICS THAT THEY HAVE SEEN FROM SOME OF THEIR CUSTOMERS IN TERMS OF VALUE REALIZATION.
SO TAKING A LOOK AT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE A CLIENT TO PROCESS CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS BEFORE ADOPTING WORKDAY AND THEN AFTERWARD? CIRCLING BACK TO THOSE FOLKS AND SAYING, OKAY, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SAVE ON A REGULAR BASIS? WHERE ARE THE EFFICIENCIES THAT HAVE BEEN REALIZED? AND YOU'LL SEE HERE, SOME OF THEM INCLUDE 50% DECREASE IN OPEN ENROLLMENT PROCESSING TIMES, 53% REDUCTION IN THE REQUISITION TO PURCHASE ORDER CYCLE TIME, A 33% REDUCTION IN TIME TO COMPLETE ANNUAL GRANT AUDITS AND A 79% REDUCTION IN PAYROLL PROCESSING TIME.
SO WE'RE TALKING REAL STAFF SAVINGS HERE.
SO I'VE COVERED A LOT OF CONTENT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RYAN OR FOR RICH OR FOR LAURA? I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH BASED ON THE TIMELINE THAT WE'VE INVESTED KNOWING THIS WAS COMING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, FAMILY, DO YOU HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. SURE.
NOT IN A NEGATIVE WAY NOT IN DOUBTING THE SELECTIONS THAT ARE MADE OR THE ABILITIES OF THE SOFTWARE, BUT JUST IN KIND OF DUE DILIGENCE, BECAUSE IT IS A 15 YEAR CONTRACT, WHICH IS A LENGTHY ONE.
RICH MENTIONED BEFORE CANCELLATION POLICY.
COULD YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE CANCELLATION POLICY IN THE TERMS? SURE. AND I'LL LOOK TO ANTHONY TO CORRECT ME IF I MISSTATE ANYTHING, BUT AS PART OF THE WORKDAY CONTRACT, WHAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING IS LEVERAGING A PRE COMPLETED CONTRACT THROUGH THE TEXAS DA.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT TEXAS DIR CONTRACT VEHICLE WAS CHOSEN FOR THIS PROCESS IS BECAUSE IT DOES INCLUDE A TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE PROVISION, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS TYPICALLY INCLUDED IN A SOFTWARE CONTRACT.
SO BY USING THAT PRE COMPLETED AGREEMENT, IT HELPS TO LOOK TO LESLIE TO CONFIRM THIS.
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FOR ME, IT HELPS IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT REVIEW PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN VETTED AND COMPLETED PREVIOUSLY AND IT IS A CONTRACT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR USE AND IT DOES INCLUDE THAT TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE PROVISION, WHICH WAS ATTRACTIVE TO THE CITY TEAM.SO TERMINATION, 30 DAYS NOTICE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IS THAT RIGHT? I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK.
I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO LOOK AT THE PARTICULARS FOR THAT.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE LANGUAGE IS IN THERE, THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF TERMINATION.
WE NO IN ADVANCE, TYPICALLY WITH A SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACT THERE IS SOME PERIOD OF WINDOW AS IT RELATES TO A RENEWAL TERM ABOUT WHEN YOU WOULD NEED TO SUBMIT THAT SORT OF CONVENIENCE. THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT IS PRETTY HEAVY ON THE FRONT END BECAUSE OF ALL THE DATA INTERFACE AND TRANSFER.
SO THAT'S CLOSE TO 4 MILLION OR SO.
IS THERE ANY REIMBURSEMENT OR OPT OUT FOR ANY OF THAT MONEY? NO, BUT ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION THAT I WILL ADD AS WELL FOR THE SOFTWARE SIDE OF THINGS, THERE ACTUALLY IS A RAMP UP OVERALL ON THE SOFTWARE FEES.
SO THE INITIAL FEES AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, WORKDAY DID GRANT THIS CITY A REDUCTION IN FEES FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS TO HELP AID WITH THAT. IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES ON THE COLLABORATIVE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THOSE ARE BILLED AS INCURRED SERVICES SO THAT IT'S NOT ATYPICAL.
I WILL SAY THAT WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT THE ANTICIPATED COSTS WERE BEFORE BARRY DUNN WAS ACTUALLY ENGAGED WITH THE CITY, WHEN WE WERE FIRST IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY, WE PROVIDED SOME ESTIMATES OF WHAT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE FOR A CITY OF THIS SIZE, THE COST TO BE WITHOUT ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY AND STAKEHOLDERS OR DEFINING FUTURE STATE REQUIREMENTS. THE FINAL COST CAME IN RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO SEE.
SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT.
AND ON YOUR RFPS, CAN YOU GIVE ME A RANGE OF WHAT YOU TOOK IN? I MEAN, WE HAD SOME THAT WERE MAYBE NOT QUITE DOUBLE THIS PROPOSAL, BUT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DID WE HAVE VERY MANY THAT WERE LESS? HOW DOES THIS RANK IN COMPARISON? YEAH, AMONG THOSE VENDORS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY EVALUATION PANEL TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS OF THIS SIZE AND COMPLEXITY, THERE'S TYPICALLY A PRESCREENING OF THE WRITTEN PROPOSALS.
DO WE HAVE VENDORS THAT JUST FROM A TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGY STANDPOINT, DON'T QUITE FIT THE BILL OF THOSE VENDORS THAT MOVED IN TO THE PROCESS FOR THE DEMONSTRATIONS? I BELIEVE COLLABORATIVE WAS THE SECOND MOST COSTLY, LEAST COSTLY EXCUSE ME IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL COST AND THAT INCLUDES THE CAN-AM, THE WORKDAY, EVERYTHING ELSE IS PART OF THAT OVERALL PROPOSAL.
APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, RYAN, VERY MUCH.
RICH LOWRY, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE TEAM THAT'S WORKED ON THIS HAVE DONE.
BUT JUST BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID, RICH, $1.8 MILLION IN SAVINGS BY NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT THIS WAY.
THOSE ARE REAL DOLLARS AND THEY'RE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
SO, JARED, YOU WANT US TO TAKE ACTION ON 3 A.M.
AND THEN COME BACK AND TAKE ACTION ON THREE B, C, AND D? YES, MA'AM. THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDED WAY OF DOING IT.
A, B, C, AND D, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, WOULD BE TAKING ACTION ON THREE.
FIRST, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND WHEN WE GET TO B, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE.
AND THEN C AND D, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY STOP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN, WITH OR DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? SORRY, LAURA. NO, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO REITERATE ON ALL FOUR OF THESE IS THESE ARE NOT TO EXCEED.
THIS IS JUST THE UPPER LIMIT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT ON THESE.
AND THE FIRST ONE ON IDA MAE, AGAIN, IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES.
AND SO THAT'S THE UPFRONT COST THAT WILL BE PAYING OUT OVER PROBABLY THE NEXT 2 TO 4 YEARS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE TAX NOTES WERE DONE FOR.
YES, THE TAX NOTES WERE DONE FOR THE GENERAL FUND PORTION.
THERE WAS THE BUDGET WAS ABOUT $7 MILLION UP FRONT, AND THAT COVERS IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES.
IT ALSO COVERS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND THEN KIND OF THOSE UPFRONT SOFTWARE COSTS.
AND SO, YES, THE TAX NOTES WITH AND THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BANK NOW DO COVER ALL OF ITEM A ALONG WITH WHAT WE HAD IN THE WATER AND SEWER AIRPORT DRAINAGE BUDGETS AS WELL. SO IN ESSENCE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS NOW THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING THE MONEY THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED IN THE BUDGET.
THAT IS CORRECT, YES. SO NOW YOU'RE JUST AWARDING IT.
AND THOSE THOSE BUDGETS ARE SET WITHIN WHAT THESE NOT EXCEED AMOUNTS ARE.
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AND SO, YES, THIS IS JUST ACTUALLY APPROVING US TO MOVE FORWARD, SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS.SO I MOVE TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES FOR THE NEW FINANCIAL ERP SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR CITY FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS AND OTHER RELATED SYSTEMS TO COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS.
A COGNIZANT COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,382,515.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS AWARD WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES CONTRACT FOR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY I ANYONE OPPOSED.
THAT PASSES WITH THE FOUR O VOTE.
B THIS IS THIS IS THE SOFTWARE.
THIS IS FOR THE WORKDAY SOFTWARE.
BACK ON THE AGENDA TRANSMITTAL MEMO.
WE KIND OF OUTLINED THAT THE OPERATING BUDGET.
SO THESE ANNUAL COSTS ARE DIVIDED UP ABOUT 57%.
GENERAL FUND, 35% WATER AND SEWER, 4% DRAINAGE AND 4% AIRPORT FUND.
AND AS MENTIONED, THOSE ARE ALREADY INCLUDED.
SO THEN THEY'LL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS.
THAT IS CORRECT. YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
OKAY. I MOVED TOWARD A 15 YEAR AGREEMENT FOR SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FOR THE NEW FINANCIAL ERP SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR CITY FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS AND OTHER RELATED SYSTEMS TO PRECISION TASK GROUP INC.
AND AUTHORIZED RESELLER OF WORKDAY SERVICE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $18,067,068.
ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSE SAME SIGN THAT PASSES WITH THE FOUR O VOTE.
ITEM THREE C IS ACTUALLY FOR OUR CASH HEARING SYSTEM.
THIS ONE IS A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT AND THIS IS POINT OF SALE.
SO THIS IS IN PERSON AND THIS IS ALSO ONLINE AND THIS IS INCLUDED AGAIN IN THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGETS FOR YOUR VARIOUS FUNDS.
OK. I MOVE TO AWARD A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT FOR SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FOR THE CASHIER SYSTEM TO BE PART OF THE NEW FINANCIAL ERP SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR CITY FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS AND OTHER RELATED SYSTEMS TO CAN-AM TECHNOLOGIES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $566,211. SECOND.
SAUER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY TO APPROVE ITEM THREE.
SEE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOTION.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSE SAME SIGN THAT PASSES WITH THE FOUR ZERO VOTE.
ITEM THREE D OK AN ITEM THREE D IS FOR RYAN DOYLE AND HIS TEAM, BERRY DUNNE, TO DO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE FULL SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS AGAIN PART OF THE UPFRONT COST.
SO THIS WAS BUDGETED THROUGH CAPITAL PROJECTS ACTUALLY IN LAST FISCAL YEAR FOR WATER AND SEWER DRAINAGE AND AIRPORT AND THEN ALSO WAS PART OF THE TAX NOTE ISSUANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND PIECE WILL GO TO PAY THIS PORTION.
OKAY. I MOVE TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR FULL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW FINANCIAL ERP SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR CITY FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS AND OTHER RELATED SYSTEMS TO BERRY DUNN IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1,765,000.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR.
SAUER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ITEM THREE D.
ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSE. SAME SIGN THAT PASSES WITH THE FOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU, LAURA. THANK YOU, RICH, VERY MUCH.
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ITEM THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 8022.I'M THERE. THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT BRADY KENDRICK PLANNER TO TO PRESENT THE ITEM.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR REZONING BRADY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. IN COUNCIL.
JASON'S ZONING CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICTS, ONE TO THE WEST, NORTH AND EAST.
AND LIKE IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH, ADJACENT LAND USES CONSISTS OF SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES TO THE EAST AND NORTH, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX TO THE WEST, AND INSTITUTIONAL USE A CHURCH TO THE SOUTH.
USE A NEW USED AUTO SALES LOT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REFERS TO THE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT, THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING PATTERNS IN THE AREA. THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP RECOMMENDS GENERAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TYPES FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRACT.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED LAND USE AND ZONING IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S OPINION IS AT THE HIGHER END OF THE SPECTRUM IN TERMS OF THE SCALE AND INTENSITY OF RECOMMENDED DEVELOPMENT TYPES FOR THIS TRACT.
GIVEN THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING PATTERNS ADJACENT TO THE APPLICANT'S TRACT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT IF APPROVED, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INCOMPATIBLE ZONING DISTRICTS AND OR LAND USES ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND DEVELOPMENT WOULD RESULT, \AND WOULD BE CONTRARY TO THE INTENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT TYPE FOR THIS AREA.
OUTSIDE OF A FEW EXCEPTIONS, FUTURE ENCROACHMENT OF COMMERCIAL ZONING NORTH AND NORTHEAST SEVENTH COULD ERODE THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OVER TIME AND LEAD TO MORE INCOMPATIBLE LAND USES ENCROACHING ON RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN DEVELOPMENT.
NOTICES WERE SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET REGARDING THE PROPOSED REZONING, AND AS OF THIS MEETING, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECEIVED ONE COMMENT REGARDING THE REQUEST IN THE FORM OF A GENERAL INQUIRY.
CONSIDERING THE JUST MENTIONED INFORMATION.
IT WOULD NOT PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL ZONING AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT AND WOULD NOT MEET THE INTENT OF THE RECOMMENDED DEVELOPMENT TYPES FOR THE GIVEN AREA. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND TO DENY THE REQUEST WITH A UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO VOTE.
QUESTIONS FOR BRADY COUNCIL ABOUT THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, BRADY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM THREE E.
ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THE ITEM MAY HAVE 3 MINUTES TO DO SO.
YES, SIR. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND GIVE US YOUR NAME.
NOAH DAWSON, ANDERSON. NOW, I'LL BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THIS.
I DON'T KNOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON JUST A HANDFUL OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THEORY.
NUMBER TWO, PROPERTY RIGHTS IN PRACTICE.
AND NUMBER THREE, THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE IN THE EVIDENCE GIVEN.
NUMBER ONE, IS THE TIMER GOING? MS. COGGINS. THANK YOU.
ZONING LAWS SUCH AS THIS, IN MY MIND, ARE A VIOLATION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS, WHICH IS THE CORE REASON WHY GOVERNMENTS EXIST IS, IN THEORY, TO PROTECT PROPERTY RIGHTS. SO THIS IS AN AFFRONT TO ZONING.
LAWS JUST IN GENERAL ARE AFFRONT TO THE VERY PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT, TO MY MIND.
AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE ACTUAL REASONS FOR SUPPORTING THESE BASIC RIGHTS.
AND SO I MOVE ON TO MY SECOND POINT, WHICH IS THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY ECONOMIST WORTH THEIR SALT, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, WILL TELL YOU THAT MIXED USE ZONING IS GOOD.
AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS TANTAMOUNT TO.
AND SO I FIND IT PRETTY LAUGHABLE THAT THE ARGUMENT AGAINST DOING THIS IS TANTAMOUNT TO AN ARGUMENT AGAINST WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY MIXED USE ZONING. SO THE IDEA THAT THIS IS CHANGING THE CHARACTER OF IT THAT YOU'RE INTRODUCING COMMERCIAL INTO WHAT IS CURRENTLY
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RESIDENTIAL IS A NEGATIVE THING JUST FROM THE ECONOMICS OF IT IS BAD POLICY.AND THEN YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I.
THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO ASKED FOR SOME MORE CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE PROJECT, BUT ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS THAT'S IN THE AGENDA PACKET, THEY DIDN'T SAY AFTERWARDS THAT THEY OPPOSED IT, THEY DIDN'T SAY THAT SUPPORTED, BUT THEY DIDN'T SAY THAT THEY OPPOSED IT AND NO ONE ELSE PUT FORWARD ANY COMMENTS.
SO FOR THE REASONS THAT'S NUMBER ONE, PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE RIGHTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE VIOLATED.
ANY COMMENTS THAT'S WORTH THEIR SALT AGAIN, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION.
AND NUMBER THREE, EVEN THOUGH NEIGHBORS SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SELL THEIR NEIGHBORS HOW TO AND HOW NOT TO USE THEIR PROPERTY, NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY EXPRESSED ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED USE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? HI, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
DO YOU MIND GIVING US YOUR NAME, PLEASE, FOR THE RECORD.
THE PLANNING AND THE WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THE LAND.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR SIGNS SAYING THAT THEY ACTUALLY AGREE WITH WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.
WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO DO.
A COUPLE OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING BEEN CHILDREN SINCE IT IS LIKE THE CLOSEST SCHOOL.
BYE. AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY BY IF WE GET APPROVED, WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT A SIDEWALK ON THE PROPERTY ALONG THE FRONT SIDE AND THE SIDE.
AS WELL AS LIKE A BARRIER TYPE, LIKE A PULLS AROUND.
THE CROSSWALK AREAS FOR THE KIDS SO THEY COULD BE SAFER.
SO WE WOULD TRY TO REDUCE WASTE OF ANYTHING THAT WE OR THAT WE THROW AWAY OR.
AS WELL AS. RECYCLE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN.
YES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DOES YOUR DAD WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? NOT AT ALL. OKAY.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ALVARADO? YES, MA'AM.
CAN I SEE YOUR PETITION, PLEASE? YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR THAT.
THANK YOU. WE'LL GO THERE. THANK YOU.
SINCE YOU'VE SAID EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY.
DO WE KNOW IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD SPEAK AGAINST THIS? CAN I ASK THAT QUESTION IN ADVANCE? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? AND IN A MOMENT, WE MAY HAVE BRADY COME BACK AND JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT P&Z WAS THINKING [INAUDIBLE].
YEAH, SO I THINK DEFINITELY WE'LL DO THAT IN A MINUTE.
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS DIRECTLY FROM MR. OR MR. ORBAN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PLANS FOR YOUR BUSINESS.
SO ARE YOU PLANNING ON BUILDING A STRUCTURE? IS THERE A STRUCTURE THERE? ARE YOU PUTTING UP A FENCE? WILL THERE BE PARKING, PAVING, LIGHTING? WHAT'S YOUR PLANS THERE AND WHAT IS THE EXISTING PROPERTY CONSIST OF? SO THE EXISTING PROPERTY HAS NOTHING.
IT'S IT'S JUST AN EMPTY PLANNED LOT.
SO WE DO WANT TO PUT A METAL BUILDING ON CONCRETE AND LIGHTING.
SO YOU'LL HAVE AN OFFICE BUILDING.
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YES. AND THEN YOU'LL LEAVE THE DIRT PARKING OR YOU HAVE PLANS FOR PAVING.SO WE WOULD PAY MOST OF THE PROPERTY AND THEN THERE WILL BE SOME PARKING.
AND THEN DO YOU HAVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN IN LINE? ARE YOU CURRENTLY IN THE AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS OR ARE YOU RESELLING CARS? YES, WE ARE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE AUTOMOTIVE.
WHERE'S YOUR SHOP AT RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW. OUR ADDRESS IS 515 SOUTH.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN BUSINESS? FOUR YEARS.
NO, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL INFO.
MR. ALVARADO, WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOUR BUSINESS? IT'S THE AREA WHERE IT'S A WELL TRAFFICKED AREA.
SO IT'D BRING MORE BUSINESS TO US.
IS IT LARGER THAN WHERE YOU'RE CURRENTLY DOING YOUR BUSINESS? LIKE COMPARE IT IN SIZE FOR US.
I'D SAY IT'S ABOUT TWICE AS BIG FROM WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT.
AND YOU PICKED IT BECAUSE IT'S A LONG A HIGH TRAFFIC STREET NEAR.
YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL.
DID YOU ALREADY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY? YES. IT HAD TO HAVE PURCHASED IT IN ORDER.
DO THEY HAVE TO? BRADY IN ORDER TO COME AND REQUEST THE REZONING? CAN YOU DO THAT PREEMPTIVELY BEFORE YOU PURCHASE? THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO BE THE ONE THAT REQUESTS THE REZONING.
YEAH. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. ALVARADO OR MR. ALVARADO? WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU. BRADY CAN YOU JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DISCUSSION AT PLANNING AND ZONING AND WHY THEY ARRIVED AT THE DECISION? THEY DID. YES, SURE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT INDUSTRIAL ZONING TO THE SOUTH THAT CONTAINS A INSTITUTIONAL LAND USE CHURCH, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES IN THAT AREA IN ADDITION TO THE HOMES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE WEST, EAST AND NORTH.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WEIGHED ON THEIR DECISION IS HOW THE AREA IS ULTIMATELY DEVELOPED.
WE DO HAVE INDUSTRIAL ZONING TO THE SOUTH, BUT A LOT OF THAT IS DEVELOPED RESIDENTIALLY.
SEVENTH IN THIS AREA IS KIND OF THE DIVIDING LINE FOR THE MOST PART BETWEEN A LOT OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY FURTHER TO THE SOUTH TO WHAT IS A MAJORITY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BETWEEN SEVENTH AND THE BOULEVARD.
NOW YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE TRACTS NORTH OF SEVENTH THAT ARE ZONED INDUSTRIALLY.
THOSE WERE TWO EXISTING TRACKS THAT WHEN THE ZONING WAS ESTABLISHED IN THIS AREA, INITIALLY THEY WERE GIVEN A ZONING THAT ESSENTIALLY MATCHED THE USE, IF YOU WILL, THAT LIGHT COMMERCIAL TRACK TO THE WEST THERE.
THE MINI STORAGE FACILITY, THE BIGGEST.
I WENT BACK AND READ THE NOTES FROM THE DISCUSSIONS ON THAT.
AND ULTIMATELY THE REASON THAT P AND Z AND COUNCIL FELT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE WAS THAT IT WAS ALMOST SERVING AS A BUFFER TO THE INDUSTRIAL LAND USES AND ZONING ON THE WEST SIDE AND SOUTH SIDE OF THAT TRACT.
AND THEY ALSO HAD CONCERNS THAT.
MAYBE BY ALLOWING CONTINUED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ENCROACHING NORTH OF SEVENTH.
OVER TIME, YOU MAY BEGIN TO ERODE THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTY NORTH OF SEVENTH.
THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE USED CAR LOT.
A LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT DOES ALLOW FOR A WIDE RANGE OF COMMERCIAL USES AND IF YOU WOULD INCLUDE TRUCK STOPS, AUTO BODY SHOPS, MILK DEPOTS, THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF USES IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ALLOWING IN THAT CLOSER PROXIMITY THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
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JUST SOUTH TO THE PROPERTY.ARE THOSE HOUSES THERE? IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE PLATTED FOR RESIDENTIAL.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME APARTMENTS THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET TO THE WEST, YOU HAVE APARTMENTS AS WELL.
SO HOW IS IT CURRENTLY ZONED? MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ONE IS THE CURRENT ZONING.
THAT'S A PRETTY BUSY STREET TO VERY BUSY STREET.
KIND OF AN ARTERIAL, ISN'T IT? IT FUNCTIONS IN A VERY SIMILAR MANNER.
THAT IS CORRECT. DID P AND Z TALK ABOUT THE ARTERIAL FUNCTION OF THAT STREET? TRAFFIC DISCUSSIONS REALLY DID NOT COME UP AT P&Z AT THAT MEETING.
LET'S CHECK WITH OUR P AND Z EXPERT.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, MR. SMITH? I LIKED THE WAY THAT PLANNING AND ZONING WENT.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO VERBALIZE YOUR THINKING ON THAT AS TO WHY, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? WELL, WE'VE APPOINTED HIM TO DIG INTO THE DETAILS, AND I THINK THEY PROBABLY DID.
SO THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A SPLIT VOTE.
AND BRADY, AGAIN, WHAT LOOKS LIKE IS ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THAT BLOCK, WHAT IS THAT LARGE STRUCTURE? THAT IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, ACTUALLY.
I DID LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE IT ALSO CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AS WELL.
BUT THAT WAS ACTUALLY A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
SO WHAT'S THE ADDRESS OF THAT? I DO NOT RECALL.
SO THEY ACTUALLY SIGNED THE PETITION.
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, IT LOOKS LIKE BOTH HOUSES TO THE EAST, ACROSS THE ALLEY SIGN THE PETITION.
A NUMBER OF HOUSES ON THE EAST SIDE OF MIRROR TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY SIGNED IT AND A WHOLE LOT OF HOUSES TO THE SOUTH ACROSS SEVENTH AVENUE SIGNED IT. THE WEST SIDE, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THEY HAD ANY WEST SIDE SIGNATURES ON THE 600 OR THE 700 HUNDRED OR 500 BLOCK OF.
BUT A LOT OF SIGNATURES ON THE EAST SIDE.
DO YOU HAVE LEGAL COUNCIL, MR. ALVARADO? DO YOU HAVE A LAWYER HERE WITH YOU TODAY? NO. OKAY.
MAYOR, COULD I ASK IF BRADY, WOULD YOU OPPOSE RETAIL IN THAT LOCATION? I THINK. FROM A STAFFS PERSPECTIVE, THAT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CALLS FOR THAT GENERAL COMMERCIAL CATEGORY.
BUT WE WOULD CERTAINLY FEEL A LITTLE BETTER ABOUT THAT THAN LIGHT COMMERCIAL.
SO IF IT'S ZONED RETAIL AND OUTDOOR CAR LOTS IS NOT AN ALLOWED USE IN A GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT AND NOR COULD IT BE REQUESTED WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SO YOU CAN'T DO A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT UNDER A GENERAL RETAIL? FOR AN OUTDOOR CAR LOT.
UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO THEREFORE IT COULDN'T BE GENERAL RETAIL.
THAT'S CORRECT. WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH YOUR THINKING, MR. STANLEY? IT DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO OUR ONE OR OUR THREE.
YOU KNOW, EVEN MULTIFAMILY, RIGHT? THERE'S NOT A NOT A A VALID OPTION FOR WHAT WE WOULD SEE SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO INVEST IN THAT PROPERTY, IN MY OPINION.
AND SO MY OPINION WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE A INFILL LOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVE ENTREPRENEUR HERE WHO'S TRYING TO GROW AND IMPROVE HIS CITY AND IMPROVE HIMSELF AND HE'S ALREADY PURCHASED THE LOT.
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THE OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND HIM.FOR A USED CAR LOT, I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES ON OURS.
SO TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT AREN'T GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
PARKING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PARKING ON THE STREET, WHATEVER IT WOULD BE.
SO THOUGH IT MAY NOT COMPLY WITH THE MAP, IT DEFINITELY DOES FIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE.
AND I'D BE IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THE APPEAL.
MR. ALVARADO, HAVE YOU SHOWN THIS TO BRADY? HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PETITION? WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT AS OF TODAY.
HOW OUT OF THE ORDINARY WOULD IT BE FOR US TO CONTACT THESE NEIGHBORS, VERIFY THAT THEY SIGNED THIS? GET THEIR OPINION ON I MEAN, AND THEN FOR US TO SEE A MAP OF WHERE THEY ARE, A MAP OF WHO WAS NOTIFIED.
JARED, DO YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON.
PROCEDURALLY, IF THAT'S A BAD IDEA.
WELL, BRADY, THE NOTIFICATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN 200 FEET IN EVERY DIRECTION, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE MAP OF WHO ALL HAS BEEN NOTIFIED IS PROBABLY TWO HOUSES TO THE NORTH, TWO HOUSES TO THE SOUTH, AND POSSIBLY GOING ACROSS.
THAT'S CORRECT. BUT KNOWING WHERE THESE NEIGHBORS ARE.
OFFER THE PETITION WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACTUALLY SIGNED IT.
I MEAN, PROCEDURALLY, DO WE EVER DO THAT? DO WE EVER FACT CHECK WHEN SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE HAVE IN THE INSTANCES OF THE IF THERE IS A REQUEST THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE LIKELIHOOD OF A PROTEST, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A VERIFICATION CHECK OF THOSE SIGNATURES AND MAPPING THE DATA OUT.
SO WE HAVE DONE THEM IN THOSE INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO PROTEST THE REQUEST.
WHERE WAS MR. ALVARADO PRESENT EITHER ONE OF THEM AT THE P AND Z MEETING? THEY WERE NOT. MR. ALVARADO WERE YOU NOTIFIED OF THAT? PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING? BOARD MEETING? WE WORK HERE.
WE'RE OUT OF. YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN.
TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER STANLEY ON THIS ONE.
I MEAN, IT'S THE WAY I MEAN, I'VE DRIVEN THIS STREET BEFORE AND I'VE SEEN EXACTLY HOW HARD THIS STREET GETS DRIVEN AND THE KIND OF TRAFFIC THAT GOES ON HERE.
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS THING STAYING IN A MULTIFAMILY OR ANYTHING.
I KIND OF LIKE THAT ALTERNATIVE.
OF COURSE, THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES ME GIVES ME PAUSE IS THE FACT WHEN IT GOES TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL, LET'S SAY THEY'LL EITHER LEAVE OR CLOSE THAT BUSINESS AND MOVE IT SOMEPLACE ELSE.
NOW, THEN, THIS BUSINESS, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS NOW ZONED LIGHT COMMERCIAL.
BASED ON. WELL, NOT ALL THE COUNCIL'S INPUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE.
SAWERS COMMENT JUST THEN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CHOSE TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION OR WENT OUT OF BUSINESS, THEN WE HAVE LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND SOMEWHAT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL TO MULTI-FAMILY TYPE AREA.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE WOULD BE.
BRADY COULD SPEAK TO THIS IN DETAIL, I KNOW, BUT WE COULD GO TO GENERAL RETAIL WITH AN SEP.
THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT.
THAT WOULD NOT BE A LIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING, BUT WOULD ALLOW.
SO THAT WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION.
IN THIS CASE, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WOULD MAYBE BE AN ALTERNATIVE POTENTIALLY, PROVIDED IT WOULD MEET THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA THAT'S LAID OUT IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. BUT THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ROUTE REALLY ISN'T AN OPTION IN THIS INSTANCE GOING THE GENERAL RETAIL.
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CAN I ASK BRADY, WHAT IS THE WORST POSSIBLE SCENARIO IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL? GIVE ME THE THE WORST THING THAT WOULD PUT A SHOP UP THERE FOR YOU IN A COUPLE OF YEARS? SURE. IN TERMS OF LAND USES.YEAH. IF THEY THE LOUDEST DIRTIEST.
YEAH TELL ME THE WORST ONE UGLIEST NEIGHBOR TO BE BESIDE.
YOU KNOW, THOSE COULD BE PRETTY LOUD TRUCK STOPS.
THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE EXTREME END AS WELL.
A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING AND GOING, SEMIS, YOU KNOW, THOSE CAN BE QUITE NOISY AS WELL.
THOSE ARE PROBABLY TWO OF THE MORE IMPACTFUL ONES.
BARS AREN'T ALLOWED USE AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL AS THEY ARE.
SO ANY RESTAURANT IS NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED BUT WOULD BE ALLOWED, RIGHT? RESTAURANTS WILL BE ALLOWED LIKE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THOSE I MEAN IF A BAR WENT UP THERE AND IT DIDN'T CLOSE TILL 1 A.M., THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN.
OK AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
OR REPEAL THE THE APPEAL FOR THIS ITEM AS STATED.
SECOND OK COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY HAS MADE THE MOTION AND COUNCILMEMBER SAUER HAS SECOND IN THE MOTION TO NOT. THIS WOULD BE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND REVERSE THE PLANNING AND ZONING DECISION TO DENY THE CHANGE IN ZONING.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE.
CORRECT? YES, I GUESS THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S CORRECT. FOR WALKING ME THROUGH THAT.
YES. SO, IN ESSENCE, THEY DIDN'T THEY WANTED TO DENY THE ORDINANCE WE WOULD BE ADOPTING.
YES. DO I NEED TO CLEAN THAT MOTION UP OR IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, THERE'S SOME MOTION LANGUAGE THAT ACTUALLY WILL SPECIFICALLY SAY THE REZONING.
LET ME GET TO YOU, STEPHANIE PAGE TWO.
I'VE BEEN READING WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME ALL DAY.
OKAY, SO I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8022 FOR THE REZONING OF THE WEST, 125 FEET AS STATED IN THE REST OF THIS ORDINANCE. NUMBER 8022.
I HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO BRADY.
YOU MENTIONED A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AS A WAY THAT WOULD I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT NOT WHAT THE ALVARADO'S WANT TO USE THE LAND FOR, BUT WHO WHOEVER COMES AFTER THEM.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS ON THE MAP, IT IS SQUARELY RESIDENTIAL IN THE HOUSES THAT ARE LOCATED AROUND IT ON ALL SIDES, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A STREET THAT'S HIGHLY TRAFFICKED.
AND SO THIS IS MORE LIKE AN ARTERIAL CORNER.
SO WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS FOR ALLOWING THE USE FOR THE CURRENT OWNERS BUSINESS BUT NOT SETTING IT UP AS LIGHT COMMERCIAL FROM HERE ON OUT? WE COULD EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY TO SEE IF THEY ARE QUALIFIED FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT A PROPERTY HAS TO MEET TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN RESEARCH AND SEE IF THEY ARE INDEED ELIGIBLE FOR THAT.
AND WITH THAT, WE COULD ALLOW FOR THEIR LAND USE WHILE ALSO LIMITING SOME OF THOSE OTHERS.
THAT IS AN OPTION THAT WE HAVE AND WE HAVE DONE ON SANTEE ROAD, FOR EXAMPLE, MANY OF THOSE CAR DEALERSHIPS, IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IN THIS INSTANCE.
SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? WELL, I'D LIKE TO TABLE IT.
INTERESTING. I THINK A MOTION TO TABLE CAN COME FROM ANYBODY.
IT'S GREAT IF COLE WANTS TO MAKE IT, BUT.
SEE, I WOULDN'T HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION ON GENERAL RETAIL.
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BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT ALL OF THOSE ALL THE WAY DOWN S.C., ALL DOWN I 27 EVERYWHERE ARE ALL SPECIAL OR ALL PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS, OR MAJORITY OF THE ONES ON S.C.ARE A LOT OF THE ONES THAT I 27, I BELIEVE ARE IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL ALREADY BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF THE ZONING ALONG 27 IS LIKE COMMERCIAL OR HEAVY COMMERCIAL, BUT A MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL THE ONES ALONG S.C.
LET ME SAY THIS THEN I DON'T SHARE IN THE SAME CONCERN OF THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL LIKELIHOOD THAT A A BAR OR LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY WOULD TAKE SPOT ON THAT PARTICULAR STREET.
AND THIS ISSUE TO ME DOESN'T HAVE A TIMETABLE ON IT.
SO I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO MOVE TO TABLE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I MEAN, I MEAN IF WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A D AND GR, IT WOULD LIKELY NEED TO GO BACK TO P AND Z, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? OR CAN WE COME STRAIGHT BACK TO COUNCIL WITH IT? LESLIE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IF WE GO WITH A MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE, WE DON'T HAVE THE RE NOTIFIED, CORRECT.
IF YOU CAN JUST MAKE IT FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.
COUNCILOR STANLEY IT MIGHT NOT BE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, MIGHT BE THE ONE AFTER THAT.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO. IF WE'RE REQUIRED TO GO TO P AND Z, THEN TO CLARIFY MY AMENDED MOTION TO TABLE THIS WOULD BE FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING WHEN WE'RE READY TO BRING THIS BACK AS A POTENTIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
SO YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO PUSH IT TO A FUTURE MEETING.
DO YOU MIND MAKING THAT MOTION? I DO NOT. I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND MY AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION TO PUSH TO A FUTURE MEETING.
ORDINANCE 8802 TO SECOND, MY SECOND TO THE SECOND OK.
SO HOW LIKELY IS THIS WHOLE SCENARIO? SHOULD BE A POSSIBILITY FOR THEM.
IF YOU'RE ADJACENT TO AN ARTERIAL, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT MOST OF THE TIME MEANS YOU'RE ELIGIBLE.
SO WITHOUT JUST KNOWING EVERY BULLET POINT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I NEED THE.
INCORRECTLY SPEAK ON THAT, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF REVIEWING THAT CRITERIA AMONGST STAFF AND IN COMMUNICATING WITH THE APPLICANT BECAUSE THERE'S AN ACREAGE CRITERIA, LOCATION CRITERIA.
THERE'S ALSO CERTAIN USES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS AUTOMATICALLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAKE A COMMENT THAT I WOULD GO ALONG WITH THAT CRAZY MOTION THAT MR. STANLEY JUST MADE TO EXPLORE OTHER WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE'RE AFTER.
BUT BUT I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE I SAID, A WHILE AGO, WE HAD SIX PEOPLE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING LOOK AT IT, AND I WASN'T THERE.
BUT HOPEFULLY THEY CONSIDER NOT ONLY THE CURRENT SITUATION BUT FUTURE LONG TERM SITUATIONS.
BUT IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO ACCOMPLISH IT FOR THEM, I'M FOR IT.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
SO IT PASSES WITH THE FOUR OH VOTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ACTION TODAY.
SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO DO IS TO HELP YOU WITH THIS PIECE OF LAND.
BUT WE WANT TO DO IT WITH AN EYE ON THE FUTURE THAT SOMEDAY YOU MAY SELL THIS LAND.
IT'S NOT AS FAMILY FRIENDLY AS YOUR BUSINESS.
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CITY MANAGER, COULD YOU TELL MR. ALVARADO AND MR. ALVARADO WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, PLEASE? RIGHT OFF THE BAT, STAFF ARE GOING TO EVALUATE WHAT COUNCIL HAS ASKED THEM TO CONSIDER, WHICH WOULD BE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO THE WHAT YOUR BUSINESS PLAN IS, BUT WOULD ALSO MAKE ENSURE THAT THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES WOULD BE PROTECTED FROM A USE THAT WOULD NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH RESIDENTIAL USE LIKE WHAT COULD COME IN A LIGHT COMMERCIAL.THEY WILL I'M SORRY, THEY WILL EVALUATE IT AND THEY'LL GET BACK TO YOU RIGHT AWAY REAL QUICK.
YES, MA'AM. YES, BRADY WILL BE THERE.
CONTACT THAT, CORRECT? BRADY? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND BRADY, YOU KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM.
AND YES, I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THEM, SO I HAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND MR. ALVARADO, DO YOU HAVE BRADY'S CONTACT INFORMATION? OKAY, GREAT. SO WE'LL INVESTIGATING ALL THE WORK ON THAT.
AND THEN WHEN IT NEEDS TO COME BACK ON A CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, YOU'LL GET NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT, TOO.
I WONDER IF THE APPLICANTS GOT ANY QUESTIONS NOW.
YES. MR. ALVARADO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NOW? NO. OK OK.
JUST LIKE BRADY, THANK YOU FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS DEAL WITH US AND COMING UP WITH SOME OTHER OPTIONS SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO JUST BE BLACK AND WHITE AND CUT AND DRY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
[3.F. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8023]
THEN LET'S MOVE ON TO THREE F, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 8023.THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER REZONING A 5.24 ACRE TRACT OF UNPLANTED LAND IN SECTION 191, BLOCK 2.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS TOMMY NIELSEN.
ADJACENT LAND USES CONSISTS OF UNDEVELOPED LAND IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THIS CHANGE FOR TO DEVELOP THE NEXT PHASE OF THE VINEYARD SUBDIVISION WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOUND THAT THIS ISN'T THE RULE.
AND GIVEN THE CHANGES IN DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS WITHIN THIS SECTION OF LAND SINCE THE MAPS ADOPTION PRIMARILY BEING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VINEYARD SUBDIVISION, THEY FEEL THAT DEVIATING FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN THIS INSTANCE IS WARRANTED.
OWNER NOTICES WERE SENT TO EVERYBODY WITHIN 200 FEET AS REQUIRED AND NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY COUNCIL? OKAY. THANK YOU, BRADY.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON AGENDA ITEM THREE F, WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 8023.
ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS MATTER MAY HAVE 3 MINUTES TO DO SO.
SO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
SEEING, NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
MAYOR I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER EIGHT 0 TO 3 REZONING OF A 5.24 ACRE TRACT OF UNPLANTED LAND IN SECTION 191 BLOCK TO A B AND M SURVEY, POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE IN THE VICINITY OF HASTINGS AND BROADWAY.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSE SAME SIGN THAT PASSES WITH THE FOUR ZERO VOTE.
[3.G. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8024]
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE G.THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER REZONING A 7.08 ACRE TRACT OF UNPLANTED LAND IN SECTION 191 BLOCK 2 A.M.
SURVEY POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 402 FOR A MINI STORAGE FACILITY.
THE VICINITY IS ALSO HASTINGS AVENUE AND BROADWAY DRIVE AND THE APPLICANT AS TOMMY NELSON.
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OF THE SECTION LINE ARTERIAL INTERSECTION, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FELT THAT THE REQUEST WAS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE CHANGING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THIS AREA.SINCE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAPS ADOPTION AND REGARDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT, THEY THE PLANNING COMMISSION BELIEVED THAT GIVEN THE LOCATION AND RELATION TO THAT INTERSECTION, THE REQUEST WOULD CONFORM WITH THE CONCEPT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DOES NOTE THAT TYPICALLY LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS THE FIRST ZONING DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOR A MINI STORAGE FACILITY, AND IT IS NOTED THAT IN THE UPCOMING ZONING ORDINANCE REVISION PROJECT, MANY STORAGE FACILITIES WILL BE ALLOWED IN GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT AND FELT THAT THIS WAS WORTH CONSIDERING WITH THIS REQUEST AS WELL.
AND GIVEN THE LOCATION AND THESE CHANGES, THEY FELT THAT THIS USE IS APPROPRIATE.
NOTICES WERE SENT AS REQUIRED AND NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
AND GIVEN THIS, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY COUNSEL? THANK YOU, BRADY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 8024, ITEM THREE G.
ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM MAY HAVE 3 MINUTES TO DO SO.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? SEE, NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM THREE G.
SURVEY POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 402 FOR A MINI STORAGE FACILITY IN THE VICINITY OF HASTINGS AVENUE AND BROADWAY DRIVE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.
SAME SIGN THAT PASSES WITH THE FOUR ZERO VOTE.
[3.H. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8025]
ITEM THREE H IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 8025.THE VICINITY IS WESTGATE PARKWAY AND SANTEE ROAD, AND THE APPLICANT IS FIVE JAI'S LLC.
ADJACENT ZONING CONSISTS OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 346 TO THE NORTH, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ONE TO THE SOUTH PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 108 W TO THE EAST AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 359 TO THE WEST.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR THE ADDITION OF AN ADULT DAYCARE AS AN ALLOWED USE WITHIN THE CURRENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE CONTAINED WITHIN AN EXISTING BUILDING. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DOES NOTE THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORY FOR THIS TRACT IS GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED USE WOULD FIT WITHIN THIS CATEGORY.
THE ORIGINAL TEN OF THE PDR PD 108 SERIES WAS TO CREATE A REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER THAT FEATURES THE WESTGATE MALL AND USING THESE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS TO PROTECT THIS ECONOMIC ASSET TO THE CITY.
THE APPLICANT'S USE WOULD BE CLASSIFIED UNDER THE INSTITUTIONAL LAND USE CATEGORY, WHILE THE PROPOSED USE IN ADULT DAYCARE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT AS IT IS CLASSIFIED AS INSTITUTIONAL LAND USE.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THE USE WHICH THE COMMISSION NOTES IS ALLOWED IN GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY DISCERNIBLE EXTERNAL IMPACTS AND WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE LAND USE IN THIS AREA.
THE COMMISSION BELIEVED THAT THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE STANDARDS PROVIDE THE PROPER PROTECTION AS NECESSARY TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO NOTE THAT FUTURE SIMILAR REQUESTS WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A ZONING CHANGE AND REQUEST COULD BE ASSESSED FOR APPROPRIATENESS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
NOTICES WERE SENT AS REQUIRED IN NOTE, AND ONE COMMENT WAS RECEIVED IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
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THANK YOU, BRADY.ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM MAY HAVE 3 MINUTES TO DO SO.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? SEE, NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM THREE H.
I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8025 REZONING OF 1.01509 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE EAST PORTION OF LOT FIVE BLOCK 42 WESTGATE MALL UNIT NUMBER SIX AND ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN SECTION 42 BLOCK NINE BSF SURVEY POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS. SECOND THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSE SAME SIGN THAT PASSES WITH THE FOUR ZERO VOTE.
[3.I. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8026]
ITEM THREE I WITH REGARD TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 8026.IT WOULD BE FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENT.
THE ZONE IS APPROXIMATELY 30.3 ACRES IN THE VICINITY OF CENTER BOULEVARD AND FOLSOM ROAD.
THIS 30.3 ACRE PROPOSED TRACK FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 21 WOULD BE FOR A MANUFACTURING FACILITY THAT IS NEW TO OUR CITY.
WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM THREE, WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 8026.
IS THERE ANYONE, IF YOU'RE PRESENT, YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, YOU MAY HAVE 3 MINUTES TO DO SO.
YOU CAN SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THE ITEM.
ANYONE PRESENT, MR. DAWSON. I'M, AS I'M SURE IS PROBABLY NO SURPRISE TO THIS COUNCIL.
MY POSITION ON TAX PAYMENTS IS THAT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY GOVERNMENT PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS.
SO I'M OPPOSED TO IT FOR THAT REASON.
I'VE ALSO WRITTEN SEVERAL RESEARCH PAPERS DURING MY UNDERGRAD WHEN I WAS AT W.T.
SHOWING THAT THESE KIND OF INCENTIVES ARRANGEMENTS ARE, IN THE END CALAMITOUS TO CITY GOVERNMENTS AND TO LOCAL ECONOMIES. IT'S KIND OF PARADOXICAL HOW IT WORKS OUT THAT WAY, BUT IT TRULY IS.
IT ENDS UP NOT ACTUALLY HELPING ANYONE, REALLY.
WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS YOU END UP SEEING CITY GOVERNMENTS DOING A RACE TO THE BOTTOM OF WHO CAN GIVE AWAY THE MOST ABATEMENTS AND THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS THAT'S UTILIZED SHOWING THAT THERE WILL BE BENEFITS EVEN AFTER THE ABATEMENTS EXPIRE IS DEEPLY FLAWED AND BASED ON OUTDATED ECONOMIC MODELS. AND YET CITY GOVERNMENTS SUCH AS AMARILLO CONTINUE TO USE THOSE KIND OF ANALYSIS TO APPROVE THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
ON ONE OTHER SIDE NOTE, JUST FROM A MORE NEUTRAL POSITION, I WOULD REQUEST THAT THIS COUNCIL MAYBE WAIT ON THIS ITEM.
I NOTICED THERE WAS IN THE PRESENTATION AN ACTUAL MAP OF IT.
THOSE KIND OF LEGAL NOTICES AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS, BECAUSE IT DOES INCLUDE QUITE A BIT OF TECHNICAL LANGUAGE AND NOT EVERYONE HAS THE MEANS TO OR EDUCATION TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT. AND JUST SO FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EXACTLY THIS AREA IS, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO WAIT UNTIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THIS MAP AND ACTUALLY VISIT VISUALLY KNOW WHERE THIS IS INSTEAD OF HAVING TO RELY ON A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE PUBLIC FOR BEING ABLE TO GIVE MORE INPUT ON THIS.
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ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I WOULD URGE VOTING NO OR AT THE VERY LEAST DELAYING CONSIDERATION OF THIS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OK AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM THREE.
NUMBER 21 FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENT.
THE ZONE IS APPROXIMATELY 30.3 ACRES IN THE VICINITY OF CENTER PORT BOULEVARD AND FOLSOM ROAD.
SECOND. OKAY, WITH THAT, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, ANY OPPOSED I GUESS NOT.
THERE'S ONLY THREE OF US THAT PASSES WITH A30 VOTE.
YES. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM J.
[3.J. CONSIDER AWARD – DEMOLITION OF OLD LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND INSTALLATION OF NEW LED FIELD LIGHTING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES]
MR. CITY MANAGER. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR.WE'VE GOT JERRY DANFORTH, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM.
PRETTY EXCITING PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN VERY VISIBLE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LAST BUDGETARY PROCESS.
I'M GOING TO PULL MICHAEL UP AS MY BACKUP IN CASE I FORGET SOME OF THESE AREAS.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS FORWARD.
THIS IS AN AWARD TO MOSCOW FOR THE FIELD LIGHTING AS A POINT OF REFERENCE.
MOSCOW LIGHTING IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE HODGE TOWN.
SO THE LIGHTING THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEW FIELD, THE NEW LIGHTING THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE FIELDS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE AT THE CURRENT BASEBALL FIELD THERE AT HODGE TOWN. THIS THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT ENTAILS REMOVAL OF ALL THE OLD WOODEN POLES, PUTTING IN NEW METAL POLES, PUTTING IN THE NEW LED LIGHTING SYSTEMS IN THOSE AREAS, AS WELL AS RETROFITTING SOME OF THE EXISTING METAL LIGHT POLES WITH THE NEW LED LIGHTING ON THOSE LIGHTING UP SOME ADDITIONAL FIELDS, WHICH WOULD BE SOCCER FIELDS AT RICK KLEIN ADDING IN SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTING AT THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
WE DID SOME CHANGES AS FAR AS THE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS FOR ALL OF THE FIELDS.
TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE AND DID ANALYSIS ON THOSE LOOKING AT WHAT UPGRADES WE CAN DO.
SO THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE AS WELL.
SOME ADDITIONAL FEATURES WE ADDED WAS SOME PEDESTALS, POWER PEDESTALS AND SEVERAL OF THE LARGER FIELDS TO ALLOW FOR FOOD TRUCKS TO COME IN THERE AND PLUG IN AND NOT HAVE TO RUN GENERATORS SO THAT WE COULD DO EVENTS THERE AS WELL DURING THIS PROJECT.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU'VE GOT.
THANK YOU, JERRY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE, JAY? YES, MAYOR. I MOVED TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE DEMOLITION OF OLD LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND INSTALLATION OF NEW LED FIELD LIGHTING AND UTILITY PADS FOR SEVEN PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES TO MOSCOW SPORTS LIGHTING LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,551,372.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER AND SECONDED BY MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE AWARDING THIS CONTRACT FOR YOUTH SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON IT? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSE. SAME SIGN THAT PASSES WITH THE 4-0 VOTE.
AND WITH THAT WE COME TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
THAT'S NOT EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA.
[4. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
I WOULD ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY TO READ OUR DISMISSAL LANGUAGE, PLEASE.PURSUANT TO THE TEXT ITSELF, THE MEETINGS ACT, A CLOSED SESSION OF THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON THE ABOVE DATE AT OCTOBER 11, 2022, AT 4:00 PM UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY.
SECTION 551.087 DISCUSS COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM AN EXISTING BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECT WITH 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.
WITH THAT, WE'RE TURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.