Nov 08, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting

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[INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE SPENDING TIME WITH US HERE TODAY.

[INVOCATION]

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

GREG, I'LL TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU.

PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE.

FATHER, WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE GOD.

YOU ARE HOLY, YOU ARE MIGHTY.

YOU ARE POWERFUL. AND YOU ARE JUST.

AND SCRIPTURE ALSO REMINDS US, FATHER, THAT YOU ARE COMPASSIONATE AND GRACIOUS, SLOW TO ANGER, ABOUNDING IN LOVE.

MAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES REFLECTING THE REALITIES OF YOUR CHARACTER.

WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU GIVE THIS GOVERNING BODY COURAGE, COMPASSION, DISCERNMENT, SO THAT THEY CAN LEAD OUR CITY.

WE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

MAY THEY HAVE A SENSE, FATHER, OF YOUR PRESENCE.

OUR GREATEST GOOD AS YOU.

I PRAY THAT YOUR NEARNESS AND YOUR PRESENCE WILL ALWAYS GIVE US GREATER PEACE AND HOPE.

AS OUR NATION ELECTS ITS LEADERS TODAY.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS LORD.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR DEMOCRACY.

BUT NO MATTER OUR POLITICAL PREFERENCES OR THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION, YOU ARE GOD.

YOU ARE THE GREAT SHEPHERD.

YOU ARE THE ALMIGHTY.

YOU ARE OUR LORD.

AND OUR HOPE AND OUR SALVATION COMES FROM YOU AND YOU ALONE.

MAY WE BE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR COMPLETE TRUST IN YOU AND EXTEND YOUR LOVE AND PEACE TO OTHERS.

AMEN.

[PROCLAMATIONS]

AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO COME UP HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO READ A PROCLAMATION ABOUT MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK.

Y'ALL, COME ON. OH, SORRY.

THANK YOU. JARED, I THOUGHT WE HAD A LITTLE OPENING THERE.

YEAH. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TEAM IN THE CITY AND THEY DO VERY IMPACTFUL WORK.

SO WE'RE GLAD TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK AND I'M GOING TO READ A PROCLAMATION ABOUT IT.

WHEREAS MUNICIPAL COURTS PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE IN TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS, MORE PEOPLE COME IN CONTACT WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS THAN ALL OTHER TEXAS COURTS COMBINED, AND THE PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF THE TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THE PUBLIC'S EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF AMARILLO IS COMMITTED TO THE NOTION THAT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT AN INDEPENDENT, FAIR AND COMPETENT JUDICIARY WILL INTERPRET AND APPLY THE LAWS THAT GOVERN US AND THAT JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND ACT IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY.

WHEREAS, AMARILLO MUNICIPAL JUDGES ARE NOT POLICY MAKERS FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO, BUT ARE BOUND BY THE LAW AND THE CANONS OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT, AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE DECISIONS INDEPENDENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.

WHEREAS, IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL COURT AND SALUTE ITS CRITICAL ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY, DETERRING FUTURE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, AND PROTECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN AMARILLO.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, WE, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 7TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 11TH, 2022, AS MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK IN AMARILLO, TEXAS, IN RECOGNITION OF THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JUSTICE OFFERED TO OUR CITIZENS BY THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL COURT, GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022, SIGNED BY ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO, DONNA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF COURT SERVICES.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK THAT THE STAFF AT THE COURT, THE JUDICIAL MEMBERS AND THE PROSECUTORS ALL DO EVERY DAY TO HELP THE CITIZENS.

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THEY HAVE ALMOST 48 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY, KAREN LACY AND SANDRA DOYLE [APPLAUSE].

WE APPRECIATE, DONNA KNIGHT AS OUR COURT DIRECTOR AND ALSO JUDGE HAMILTON AND EVERYTHING THAT EACH ONE OF YOU DO TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES FOR THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

I'M GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE REAL QUICK, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

AT THIS TIME. WE'LL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC ADDRESS PORTION OF THE AGENDA AND I'LL PASS THE MICROPHONE TO STEPHANIE COGGINS, OUR MODERATOR.

[PUBLIC ADDRESS]

YOUR INPUT AND YOUR OPINIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TO SHARE THEM.

AT EACH POSTED MEETING, WE INVITE OUR FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. EVERY SPEAKER HAS 3 MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL AT THE END OF TWO AND HALF MINUTES.

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

WE ASK THAT YOU STAY WITHIN YOUR ALLOTTED 3 MINUTES.

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

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON ONE OF THOSE ITEMS, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU MAKE YOUR COMMENTS EITHER DURING PUBLIC ADDRESS OR THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT NOT BOTH.

IN ORDER FOR US TO KEEP ACCURATE RECORDS.

AND IT'S YOUR CHOICE ON WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, WHEN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE AMARILLO CITY LIMITS.

AND PLEASE STATE IF YOU ARE SPEAKING ON FOR OR AGAINST THE ITEMS THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING ON TODAY.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US.

WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC ADDRESS TODAY.

THE FIRST IS TIM KEATING AND ON DECK AFTER MR. KEATING WILL BE MICHAEL FORD.

MY NAME IS TIM KEATING.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST AGENDA ITEM E.

I LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, BUT I HAVE A BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS PLAINS BUILDERS, INC.

I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF PLAINS BUILDERS.

WE SUBMITTED A BID ON THE TRANSIT, THE NEW TRANSIT PROJECT.

OUR BID AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS SUBMITTED WAS A LOW BID BY ABOUT $289,000, AND IT WAS ABOUT 40 DAYS FASTER CONSTRUCTION TIME.

WE INADVERTENTLY FORGOT TO INCLUDE WITHIN THAT BID TWO FORMS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUESTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THERE.

WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE PUBLIC, BY THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CONSIDER OUR BID NON RESPONSIVE BECAUSE WE HAD NOT INCLUDED THOSE TWO FORMS. WE SPOKE WITH MR. [INAUDIBLE] THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, AND WE ALSO CONTACTED THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION TO SEE ABOUT ASKING FOR A WAIVER ON THOSE FORMS. WE HAVE FILED THE WAIVER FORM WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATION, AND WE HAVE YET TO HEAR BACK FROM THEIR CHIEF COUNSEL.

IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT UNTIL THE CHIEF COUNSEL HAS MADE A DETERMINATION ON THAT WAIVER REQUEST THAT AN AWARD CANNOT BE MADE ON THAT PROJECT ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL

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EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL, IF IT WAS PUT BACK OUT FOR REBID.

IT WOULD TAKE YOU ALL THREE WEEKS TO DO IT.

YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT YOU WOULD STILL SAVE THAT MONEY BY REBIDDING THE PROJECT WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT SCOPE CHANGE.

AND IF WE TURNED IN OUR BID 40 DAYS FASTER, THAT THREE WEEKS WOULDN'T MATTER ON THE CONSTRUCTION TIME.

SO MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU DO NOT AWARD THAT PROJECT, ESPECIALLY UNTIL THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE THEIR RULING, WHICH IS ACCORDING TO FEDERAL GUIDELINES.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE MADE A PRELIMINARY CONTACT WITH THE CITY, BUT WE HAVE YET TO SEE AND WE HAVE CONTACTED THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY HAVE NOT MADE A RULING AS FAR AS WE KNOW OF AS OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU ALL WOULD REJECT THAT AWARD UNTIL THE REST OF THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KEATING. NEXT, MR. FORD. AND ON DECK NEXT AFTER HIM WILL BE JAMES SKANK.

ADJUST JUST A LITTLE BIT.

MY NAME IS MIKE FORD, AMARILLO, TEXAS.

I FEEL LIKE THE WIDOW IN LUKE APPEARING BEFORE THE JUDGE SEEKING JUSTICE.

AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO REMIND YOU THAT THE FALSE STATEMENTS OF LAW THAT COME IN HERE REGARDING PUBLIC ADDRESS.

ANYBODY WANTS TO STEP UP HERE AND SAY ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.

THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ASTROS.

THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY'S ELECTION, AND THEY CAN DO THAT.

AND THAT GUIDES YOUR DISCUSSION HERE.

IF THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME, IF YOU'D WANTED TO HAVE QUESTIONS WITH THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME, HE SAID, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM AGENDA ITEM THREE, WHATEVER IT WAS, YOU COULD HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.

AND MADAM MAYOR.

WELL, YOUR INTERPRETATION DOES IS IT ROBS YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF AN ABILITY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEIR FOLKS, THE PEOPLE WHO'VE ELECTED THEM.

AND THAT'S THE MOST EGREGIOUS THING OF ALL.

AND THE MR. CITY ATTORNEY, HE'S SITTING THERE NOT LOOKING AT ME.

HE NEVER LOOKS AT ME DURING THESE CONVERSATIONS.

HE IS ALSO PROVIDING A FALSE STATEMENT OF LAW.

YOU'RE BOTH LAWYERS HAVE BEEN TO THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, AND THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THE RULE OF THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.

I'LL LET YOU LOOK IT UP, BUT YOU CONTINUE TO VIOLATE THE LAW BY MISS COGGINS STATEMENTS THERE.

THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO TODAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE VOTING TO PERHAPS DISCUSS, APPEALING THE RECENT COURT DECISION WHERE BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT WAS CONTESTED WAS WAS REVERSED OR VOIDED.

I WOULD SUGGEST NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE IN THE IN THE IN THE RECORD AND THE EVIDENCE BEFORE YOU IN THAT CASE.

AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO EVEN FATHOM HOW THESE TWO PARAGRAPHS WERE ADEQUATE PUBLIC NOTICE.

HOW COULD THEY BE 22 PAGE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $262 MILLION IN TAX NOTES.

AND THIS WAS YOU THINK THIS IS WORTH GOING APPEALING ON THAT WAS ADEQUATE PUBLIC NOTICE.

THERE'S NOT ONE MENTION OF $262 MILLION IN THAT AND IN EITHER THOSE PARAGRAPHS AND THAT ALONE JUST ONE ITEM THAT WAS REVERSED AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO CAN BE REVERSED.

WHAT YOU WHAT HAPPENED IS YOU RAN INTO SOMEBODY WHO HAS WHO SAYS THAT'S ENOUGH AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD THE MONEY TO GO AND RISK THAT MONEY IN A COURT PROCEEDING.

THEY WERE POTENTIALLY FACING A MILLION DOLLARS IN JUDGMENT IF THEY IF THEY DID NOT PREVAIL.

AND THAT'S THE WAY THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY IS RUN.

THINGS HAPPEN.

YOU DO. YOU RUN IT RIGHT UP TO THE LAW OR BEYOND THE LAW, AND YOU CHALLENGE ANYBODY TO GO SUE YOU IN COURT.

AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT WORKS.

AND MOST PEOPLE, I WOULD SAY 95% OF THE PEOPLE CANNOT DO THAT.

BUT YOU RAN UP AGAINST SOMEONE WHO COULD AND THANK GOD FOR ALEX FAIRLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FORD. NEXT, MR. SKANK AND OUR LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER AFTER HIM WILL BE KATHRYN TRAVES.

JAMES SKANK CITY.

ALL GOOD GOVERNMENT BEGINS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

SO DOES ALL BAD GOVERNMENT.

AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME BAD GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY THIS LAST SIX MONTHS.

I KNOW ON THE ITEM TODAY YOU ALL ARE GOING TO JUST HAVE A WORK SESSION TALKING ABOUT UPCOMING DEBT ISSUES.

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THANK GOODNESS FOR ALEX FAIRLY.

I WANT TO SPEAK JUST FOR ONE SECOND ON 2K.

WE GOT THIS KIMBERLY KIMLEY-HORN THAT'S FIXING A GOOD $110,000.

AND THEY WERE THE GROUP THAT HELD OUR PDP CONSULTANTS AND.

I THINK THAT THING WAS FALSELY BROUGHT.

I DON'T THINK 80% OF THE PEOPLE IN THERE AGREED WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

IF THEY DID, IT REALLY WAS MELTED DOWN TO ABOUT 15 PEOPLE AND I WAS INCLUDED IN THAT AND ATTENDED ALL OF THEM.

WE WERE PUSHED DOWN A LITTLE ROAD OF JUST INCREASING FEES, AND WE KNEW THAT FROM THE BEGINNING.

ONE OTHER POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS ON THREE A AND B ON TIRZ.

YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST ALMOST ABUSING THIS TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT.

MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST MAKE THE WHOLE CITY.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GOT THROUGH REPLACING AN AC HEATING AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE SOME REINVESTMENT MONEY COMING BACK OUT OF OUR TAX. JUST LOCAL CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE TO REMODEL AND DO THINGS.

BUT YET WE JUST HAVE IT FOR THE SELECT FEW AND MAYBE TO ATTRACT SOME PEOPLE.

BUT WE DO HAVE THE LOWEST TAX IN TOWN.

IN THE STATE, AS YOU KNOW.

AND THAT SHOULD ATTRACT ENOUGH.

OK TODAY'S VOTING DAY.

I WISH THIS WAS AN ELECTION OF THIS COUNCIL.

WE'LL WAIT UNTIL 23 BECAUSE LIKE I SAID.

WHAT A SUMMER. THE LAWSUIT DECISION WAS SUCCINCT AND VOIDED EVERYTHING. AS YOU READ OVER THE CLAIM THAT WELL, I CAN JUST SAY THIS, I THINK YOU'RE GETTING BAD ADVICE, EVEN FROM ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST OR ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE LAW FIRMS AND MAYBE EVEN LOCAL COUNCIL ON WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING.

BECAUSE REALISTICALLY, YOU KNEW THIS WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE.

AS FAR BACK AS JUNE, I WOULD SAY, BECAUSE THE AG WOULD HAVE NEVER CONSIDERED ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN.

BUT YET YOU CONTINUE TO PUSH IT FORWARD.

AND HERE WE GO MILLIONS OF BUCKS.

THANK GOODNESS FOR ALEX FAIRLY.

NO ONE TOLD HIM YOU CAN'T SUE CITY HALL.

THANK YOU, MR. SKANK.

AND OUR LAST SPEAKER, MISS TRAVES.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING HAPPY.

I AM KATHRYN TRAVES, PRESIDENT OF THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATES, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THROUGH THE CITY OF AMARILLO. WE BEGAN MEETING VIA ZOOM IN THE SPRING OF 2020 DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THEN WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL SAN JACINTO PARK THAT SUMMER TO MEET IN PERSON TO FORM SJ&A.

WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD OBTAINING OUR 501C3 STATUS AND SOLIDIFYING OUR BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS OUR BUILDING OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.

DURING THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, WE HAVE WORKED WITH EMILY KOLLER AND HER TEAM AS WELL AS SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS.

CHANGE CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT.

AS YOU AS YOU ALL KNOW.

EMILY HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO HELP US IMPLEMENT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR MAKING SAN JACINTO A CLEANER AND SAFER PLACE TO LIVE WHILE ALSO CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSE POPULATION AND OUR RICH ROUTE 66 HISTORY.

SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OR ARE ONGOING INCLUDE: LIGHTING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND RE-ENVISIONING SAN JACINTO PARK, NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK WATCH WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OFFICER AMANDA WILLIAMS, INSTALLING ADDITIONAL AND CREATIVE CROSSWALKS, DEAD TREE REMOVAL, THE SIDEWALK REPAIR COST SHARE PROGRAM, THE SAN JACINTO ART ON ROUTE 66 PROJECT AND THE PAINTING OF THE ROUTE 66 EMBLEM AND VISIT AMARILLO LOGO ON THE WATER TOWER.

WE'RE ALSO ADDING STREET SIGN TOPPERS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CAN BE SPONSORED FOR $100.

SO GET OUT YOUR CHECKBOOKS OR DONATE TO OUR AT OUR WEBSITE AT SJ IN AMARILLO DOT ORG OR ON FACEBOOK.

IN CONCLUSION, WE COULD SIMPLY NOT DO THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITHOUT THE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP

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THANK YOU, MR. TRAVES.

AND MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC ADDRESS.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO AGENDA ITEM ONE A IS THERE ANYTHING IN YOUR PACKET COUNCIL THAT YOU NEEDED MORE INFORMATION OR HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT FROM THE GET GO?

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

[1.B. Discuss Solid Waste update]

AS A REMINDER, THIS ITEM IS GOING TO BE ON THE CONTINUE TO BE ON THE COUNCIL'S AGENDA EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEETING UNTIL WE MOVE BACK TO TWICE A WEEK PICKUPS FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN. WHICH IS WHY WE CAN START CALLING DONNY FRONT ROW DONNY.

HE'S JUST STARTED SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

SO, DONNY, THANK YOU.

MAYOR COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET PAST THIS, WE'LL HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE UP HERE TO GET THE MICROPHONE ON THE PODIUM, BUT WE'LL BE GLAD TO STAY AND DO THAT.

IT'S BEEN KIND OF AN ENJOYABLE JOB.

WE'LL START OUT WITH THE STAFF AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT EQUIPMENT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REQUESTED LAST MEETING.

SO I WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE EQUIPMENT.

WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT LESS TIME ON STAFFING, BUT I DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS IN THIS FIRST WEEK THAT OUR STAFFING LEVELS CONTINUE TO GO UP.

WE ACTUALLY HAD SEVEN NEW POSITIONS START THIS WEEK.

NOW FOUR OF THOSE WERE APPRENTICE POSITIONS.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THEM IN THEIR ROLES.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY WORKING.

WE HAVE THE SCHEDULES COMPLETED.

THEY'RE DRIVING, THEY'RE IN THE TRAINING, THEY'RE IN THE BOOKS, THEY'RE DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE SET OUT FOR THEIR APPRENTICES TO DO.

SO FOUR OUT OF THE SEVEN ARE APPRENTICES.

THERE ARE THREE THAT STARTED THIS WEEK THAT HAVE CDOS.

SO DISTRIBUTING THOSE OUT, THIS IS WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE.

AGAIN, THAT NEEDED COMBINATION.

THIS IS JUST RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE CDL AND SOLID WASTE, BUT WE NEED 58 TO BE FULLY STAFFED.

THAT PUTS US RESIDENTIAL AT 29.

AFTER WE ADD ONE, WE NEED 42 THERE TO BE COMPLETELY FULL AND WE LOST ONE IN COMMERCIAL LAST WEEK AT THE VERY END OF THE WEEK ON FRIDAY.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR NET THOUGH, IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.

SO WE LOST ONE. WE'RE PUTTING ONE BACK IN COMMERCIAL.

WE HAVE THAT ALREADY IN A CDO DRIVER AND THEN ONE WILL GO TO THE KNUCKLE BOOM TRUCKS TO HELP OUT WITH THE FRONT YARD COLLECTIONS OPERATION THAT WE HAVE.

SO THAT'S WHERE I WILL DISTRIBUTE THOSE THREE.

THERE'S A CORRECTION TO THE NUMBER UP THERE IN THE SIDE LOADER EQUIPMENT NUMBER THAT'S 35.

THAT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE 40.

AND AS YOU'LL SEE, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER CORRECTED LATER IN THE SLIDES.

BUT THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE DAILY IN THE AVAILABLE FLEET.

WE GET A REPORT EVERY DAY IN MY OFFICE THAT WE EVALUATE ON HOW MANY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE DOWN FOR REPAIRS, WHAT THE TYPES OF REPAIRS ARE AND WHAT THE EXPECTED RETURN TO SERVICE IS. SO THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE 40 INSTEAD OF 35.

WE HAVE FIVE FRONT LOADERS AVAILABLE OUT OF TEN THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, AND I'LL TALK MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT THAT AS WE GO.

SO AS WE START TO HAVE OUR EYES OPEN NOW TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE FILLING THOSE POSITIONS, IT'S REALLY PUTTING IT ON THE FRONT PAGE FOR US THAT WE REALLY HAVE SOME EQUIPMENT ISSUES THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET TAKEN CARE OF.

SO NEXT SLIDE SHOWS JUST WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS OUR CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS.

WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.

THERE'S A DOTTED RED LINE THAT RUNS UP AND DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE THERE.

THAT'S RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME THAT WE STARTED ONCE A WEEK COLLECTION, YOU CAN SEE IN RESIDENTIAL LAST WEEK, WE CONTINUE THE TREND OF DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB AS FAR AS THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE WERE RECEIVING DOWN TO 22 THIS WEEK, COMMERCIAL COLLECTIONS WAS AT 39 AND DOING A GOOD JOB THERE AND WE'LL PROBABLY SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO UP IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IN COMMERCIAL BECAUSE WE DID SEE A LOSS OF EQUIPMENT OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, OVER THE PAST WEEK, AND YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE IS JUST OUR WEEKLY TRUCK AVAILABILITY.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE WE TRACK AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT IS CONCERNED.

THIS IS JUST OUR FRONT LOAD COMMERCIAL TRUCKS.

THOSE ARE THE LARGER TRUCKS THAT YOU SEE THAT PICK UP THE LARGE EIGHT YARD COMMERCIAL CONTAINERS.

THEY PICK THEM UP FROM THE FRONT AND COMES UP OVER THE FRONT OF THE CAB TO DUMP.

WE ARE NOW SITTING AT FOUR AS OF TODAY.

WE HAVE TEN OF THOSE ON THE FLEET.

THERE'S ONE OF THOSE THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR USE BECAUSE IT IS IS NOT REPAIRABLE.

AND I KNOW THAT GLENN LAVENDER, OUR OUR FLEET SUPERINTENDENT, IS WATCHING THIS PRESENTATION NOW AND HIM AND I DISCUSS THE NUMBERS DEEPLY ON A ON A DAILY BASIS PRETTY MUCH. AND THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO GET AS MUCH OF THAT EQUIPMENT BACK OUT IN SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BUT WHAT YOU SEE THERE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREND ACROSS THERE AND NEEDING TEN TO BE FULLY STAFFED, WE'VE NEVER REALLY COME CLOSE TO THAT MARK SINCE WE STARTED ONCE A WEEK COLLECTION. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ENTERTAINING THE CONTRACTS AND GOING DOWN THE ROAD FOR THOSE.

AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH TWO OF THE COMMERCIAL COLLECTORS AND GETTING SOME CONTRACTS FINALIZED WITH THEM.

I KNOW THE LEGAL OFFICE IS REVIEWING THOSE CONTRACTS AS WE SPEAK.

NEXT SLIDE WOULD BE ABOUT OUR WEEKLY AVAILABILITY OF SIDE LOADERS.

SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 49 SIDE LOADERS.

THERE ARE SIX OF THOSE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO COMMERCIAL COLLECTIONS BECAUSE NOT ALL THE COMMERCIAL CONTAINERS ARE FRONT LOAD CONTAINERS.

SOME OF THEM ARE THE SAME THINGS THAT YOU SEE IN AN ALLEY, THE THREE YARD DUMPSTERS.

WE HAVE 43 THAT ARE DEDICATED TO RESIDENTIAL.

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THERE WAS A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT WE GOT UP TO 40 AND ONLY ONE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN PAST 40 AT 44.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MATH OF THIS, WE'VE GOT IF WE GO BACK TO TWICE A WEEK, WHEN WE GO BACK TO TWICE A WEEK COLLECTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 60 ROUTES A DAY THAT WE WOULD BE RUNNING INSTEAD OF THE IS THAT RIGHT? OR AM I AT 30, 30 PER DAY.

I'M SORRY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING 15 AT ONCE A WEEK AND THEN WE'D BE DOING 30 A DAY.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 30 TRUCKS.

WE'D LIKE TO HAVE 32 TO MAKE THAT WORK.

AND THEN IF YOU TAKE THE SIX AWAY FROM THE TOTALS THAT WE HAVE HERE, YOU SEE THAT WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO THAT MARK RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.

WHAT HAPPENS TOO DURING THE MORNING IS WHEN WE USUALLY SEE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THESE TRUCKS SO WE CAN JUST BARELY GET INTO A DAY.

WE MAY LOSE THREE OR FOUR.

SO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A CUSHION THERE TO BE ABLE TO HIT THAT MARK.

OTHERWISE, WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR OPEN ROUTES TO START A DAY AND IT JUST PUTS US BEHIND AS WE GO FORWARD.

SO WE'RE WATCHING THOSE NUMBERS VERY CLOSELY.

EQUIPMENT REPAIRS, THIS IS JUST THE KIND OF A RUNDOWN OF WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS REPAIRS ARE CONCERNED.

OUR FRONT LOADERS, WE EXPECT TO HAVE TWO OF THOSE BACK IN SERVICE LATER THIS WEEK.

THERE'S ONE THAT'S TOTALED THAT I MENTIONED.

WE EXPECT TO HAVE ONE IN SERVICE NEXT WEEK AND THEN TWO THAT WILL RETURN TO SERVICE IN DECEMBER.

NOW, WITH THAT, WE CAN'T PREDICT HOW MANY ARE GOING TO GO DOWN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

SO THERE'S THAT FLUCTUATING NUMBER THAT WE SEE.

WE GET IN A GOOD SPOT AND WE THINK, ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT EIGHT AGAIN AND THEN WE GO BACK DOWN TO FIVE AND THEN WE GO TO EIGHT.

IT'S A VERY RUGGED ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY'RE WORKING IN.

AND THOSE EQUIPMENT, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO THEM.

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST THE CITY OF AMARILLO THIS IS INDUSTRY WIDE THAT PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE ISSUES WITH TRASH TRUCKS JUST DUE TO THAT ENVIRONMENT.

OUR SIDE LOADERS, WE DO EXPECT TO HAVE SEVEN OF THOSE RETURN TO SERVICE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP WITH OUR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS FOR SURE.

AND THEN WE HAVE A ONE SIDE LOADER THAT'LL BE IN DECEMBER AND THEN WE HAVE ONE THAT EXCEEDS ITS VALUE FOR REPAIRS.

IT HAS AN ENGINE, I BELIEVE, AND A TRANSMISSION BOTH OUT AND IT'S AN OLDER IT'S PROBABLY THE OLDEST EXCUSE ME, THE OLDEST TRUCK THAT WE HAVE.

SO THE COST OF REPAIRS OVER TAKES WHAT THAT THING'S VALUE IS.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE REPAIRING IT.

AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT, SCHEDULED DELIVERY, THESE ARE THE ORDERS THAT WE PLACED.

WE HAVE SEVEN SIDE LOADERS THAT ARE ON ORDER.

THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE NOT ONLY DELIVERED BUT PREPARED.

ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PREPARATION PROCESS TO GET THEM READY.

GLENN THINKS THEY'LL BE READY TO HIT THE STREETS IN MARCH OF 23.

WE HAVE ONE ASL CART TRUCK.

THAT'S THE TRUCKS THAT PICK UP THE POLY CARTS THAT'LL BE DELIVERED IN MARCH OF 23.

WE HAVE TWO FRONT LOADERS DELIVERED IN APRIL OF 23, AND THEN THE THREE MOST RECENT SIDE LOADERS THAT WE ORDERED WILL BE DECEMBER OVER A YEAR AWAY, DECEMBER OF 23 WHEN THEY ARRIVE HERE.

JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE GO THROUGH IN OUR FLEET SERVICES AS WELL, THEY HAVE 11 POSITIONS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO WHAT THEY CALL A FLEET MECHANIC TO THAT IS THE SAME PEOPLE THAT WOULD WORK ON THESE TRASH TRUCKS.

THEY WOULD ALSO WORK ON THE OTHER THOUSAND PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

SO THEY HAVE A LARGE RESPONSIBILITY.

WE HAVE FIVE OF THOSE POSITIONS FILLED AND WE'VE STAYED AT AROUND FOUR OR FIVE IN THAT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, AND AS JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH THE TRASH TRASH TRUCK DRIVERS AND THE OTHER CDL PAY WAGE INCREASES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HR ON THAT. THERE IS A WAGE ADJUSTMENT THAT'S IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW FOR THOSE MECHANIC TWO POSITIONS TO GET THOSE POSITIONS FILLED AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT AS IT IS THE DRIVER POSITIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE MECHANICS TO WORK ON THEM.

THE TURNAROUND TIME IS A LOT LONGER FOR THIS TO GET THEM OUT OF THE SHOP.

WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE FARMED OUT.

THEY'RE GOING OUT TO LOCATIONS THAT WORK ON TRUCKS, BUT THE TURNAROUND TIME AT THOSE LOCATIONS IS A LITTLE BIT SLOW.

IT'S SOMETIMES TWO BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN FACTORS INTO THAT AS WELL.

WE HAVE SOME PARTS THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT ON LITERALLY FOR 60 DAYS BEFORE WE GET IT IN.

IT MAY JUST BE SOMETHING THAT'S HYDRAULICALLY ABUSIVE IN A TRASH TRUCK TO FOR THE COMPACTOR UNIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT SOMETIMES WE SEE 60 DAYS JUST TO GET ONE OF THOSE PARTS IN.

WE'RE TRYING TO ORDER THOSE IN ADVANCE AND HAVE THEM IN STOCK SO THAT WE CAN USE THOSE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING MOVING FORWARD IS WE'RE REALLY LOOKING NOW AT THE TECHNOLOGY PHASE.

WE'RE DIGGING DEEP INTO TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE WE'VE REALIZED AND THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THIS THIS THIS TRAIL THAT WE'VE GONE DOWN SINCE JULY AND RESEARCHING MULTIPLE AVENUES FOR TECHNOLOGY IT'LL STAY FOCUSED ON OUR EFFICIENCIES BOTH INTERNALLY AND PROVIDING CUSTOMER SERVICE.

I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE IS TO PROVIDE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY TIMES WE'RE PICKING IT UP.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE.

SO WE'RE RESEARCHING TECHNOLOGY THAT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL DATA AVAILABILITY, AVAILABILITY NOT ONLY FOR US AS DRIVERS AND MANAGERS, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITIZENS DASHBOARDS THAT CITIZENS CAN LOOK AT, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE REALLY IMPROVING OUR SERVICE DELIVERY.

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ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS CALLED RUBICON SMART CITY, SOLID WASTE SOLUTIONS.

THEY HAVE AN INCREASE. CREDIBLE PACKAGE THAT DEALS EXACTLY WITH THIS TOPIC THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING A PILOT ON THAT.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A COMPANY CALLED NORD SENSE, AND I BROUGHT THAT UP TO YOU RECENTLY AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

IT'S THE THE THE PUCKS THAT GO INSIDE OF THE DUMPSTER THAT CALCULATE THE CAPACITY AND HOW MUCH HOW MUCH ACTUAL WASTE IS INSIDE OF THAT DUMPSTER.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE WE WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE BEST WORKING FOR US.

IT'S MELISSA ASHURST AND SHE'S HERE TODAY.

AND SHE'S GOING TO COME UP AND TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RUBICON EXPERIENCE AND WHAT SHE'S HOW SHE FOUND THEM AND WHAT THEY WILL PROVIDE TO US IN THIS 90 DAY PILOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN FOR THEM.

SO SHE'S THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF IMPACT BROADBAND, A LONGTIME PARTNER OF OURS, AND WORKING MAINLY WITH IT.

AND THAT'S THE COOL THING ABOUT IT TO ME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH RICH AND THAT TEAM FOR A LONG TIME, AND NOW THEY'VE TRANSITIONED THAT OVER TO SAY, HEY, YOU NEED SOME SOLUTIONS IN SOLID WASTE, LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN FIND.

AND SHE WENT TO WORK AND STARTED SWINGING THE BAT AT THESE CONFERENCES AND THINGS THAT SHE'S HAD AND SHE'S FOUND SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE ITEMS. SO, MELISSA, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

THANKS, DONNY. HELLO, EVERYONE.

AS YOU'VE LEARNED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I LOVE A GOOD CHALLENGE.

SO IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO ENGAGE WITH DONNY AND ALAN ON REALLY IDENTIFYING THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON SINCE JUNE.

SO LUCKILY FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO, OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THESE TYPES OF ISSUES FOR DECADES.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE ARE SEVERAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES ACROSS THE GLOBE THAT HAVE REALLY PUT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS TO HELP ADDRESS THESE NEEDS.

OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME FOCUSING ON SPECIFICALLY WHAT AMARILLO'S CONCERNS ARE THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT YOU ALL HAVE, AND THEN INTERVIEWING VARIOUS COMPANIES TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE RIGHT PARTNERS ARE TO BRING TO THE TABLE.

SO THE FIRST ONE THAT WE HAVE FOUND IS ACTUALLY RUBICON.

THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.

AGAIN, THEY THEY REALLY MADE THEIR THEIR PROGRESS IN EUROPE AND HAVE COME TO MARKET WITH 80 COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THEY ALSO DO WORK WITH PRIVATE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AS WELL.

THEIR ENTIRE FOCUS IS ON IMPROVING COMMUNITIES BY ELIMINATING SOLID WASTE.

AND IN DOING SO, THEY ARE ALSO A CERTIFIED B CORPORATION.

SO THEY'RE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING.

THEY'VE PROVIDED COUNTLESS CASE STUDIES, ACCESS TO OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR US TO TALK TO AND VERIFY THE RESULTS OF THEIR SERVICES.

THE FIRST ONE THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS HARRIS, HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA.

THIS ONE REALLY HAD A LOT OF SIMILARITIES WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN AMARILLO.

THEIR MANAGEMENT TEAM WAS REALLY LOOKING TO FIND MORE EFFICIENT, COST EFFECTIVE WASTE SERVICES.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IS A LOT OF THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT DONNY'S TEAM HAD WHERE THERE'S THERE'S JUST INCONSISTENCY AND THERE'S NOT REAL DATA TO IDENTIFY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A CITIZEN'S ISSUE, WHAT'S A WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUE.

AND IT'S RESULTED IN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE INEFFICIENCIES IN ADMINISTRATION AND HOW THE CITY IS ADDRESSING ADDRESSING WASTE MANAGEMENT.

SO SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE, THEY THEY TEAMED UP WITH RUBICON.

THEY PUT TOGETHER 20 DRIVER ROUTES TO IDENTIFY HOW THEIR CURRENT TRASH ROUTES ARE GOING.

AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY INSTALLED THEIR TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS A CAMERA THAT GOES ON THE FRONT OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT VEHICLE AND THEN AN ACTUAL PHONE THAT'S GIVEN TO THE DRIVER.

DURING THE ENTIRE ROUTE.

THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF DATA POINTS THAT ARE COLLECTED TO IDENTIFY THINGS AS A CITIZEN, HASN'T PUT THEIR TRASH OUT SO THAT IF DONNY'S TEAM GETS A CALL SAYING THAT THEIR TRASH WASN'T PICKED UP, THERE'S A PHOTO THAT SHOWS THAT, NO, THE TRASH CANS WEREN'T THERE.

SO THERE'S SHARED ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE BEING RESPECTFUL OF THE RESOURCES THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE AVAILABLE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THEIR EFFICIENCY WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

NOT ONLY WERE THEY ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUES, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT, THEY ALSO REDUCED THEIR THEIR MILES AND THEIR MINUTES PER ROUTE.

SO THEY IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL COST SAVINGS BEYOND ANYTHING THAT THEY WERE HOPING TO SEE.

I KNOW THAT WHEN DONNY AND ALAN AND I WERE SPEAKING, WE THINK THAT THERE'S EVEN ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS THAT THEY'RE MISSING WHEN THEY'RE CALCULATING THE COST SAVINGS AND

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HERE IN TEXAS, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DENTON, TEXAS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND THEY'VE THEY'VE SEEN, AGAIN, SUBSTANTIAL COST SAVINGS. THEY WERE LOOKING TO REALLY COME OUT WITH ROUTING SOLUTIONS TO HELP OPTIMIZE THEIR OPERATIONS.

THEIR CHALLENGES WERE SIMILAR TO DONNY'S.

THEY HAD INCONSISTENCIES WITH NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.

THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH TRUCKS GOING DOWN CONSISTENTLY AND INABILITY TO ANTICIPATE, I THINK WAS THE WORD YOU USED WHEN THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND RUBICON WAS ABLE TO NOT ONLY OPTIMIZE THEIR TRASH COLLECTION, BUT ALSO THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT THAT CAN ACTUALLY COLLECT ALL OF THE ENGINE CODES SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND AND IDENTIFY WHEN A VEHICLE IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE ISSUES AND START PLANNING.

SO THE WHOLE KEY AROUND ALL OF THIS SMART CITY TECHNOLOGY IS ABOUT USING DATA TO ANTICIPATE THE CITIZENS NEEDS VERSUS REACTING TO A CITIZENS COMPLAINT.

SO WHEN WE HAVE REAL DATA, WE'RE ABLE TO BE FAR MORE EFFICIENT IN HOW WE DELIVER CITY SERVICES.

IT ALSO ALLOWS DONNY'S TEAM TO BE MORE FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING AND READING THE DATA VERSUS SPENDING CYCLES AND COLLECTING AND REVIEWING DATA.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT I KNOW THIS IS HARD FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE, BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY LOOKS LIKE.

YOU CAN SEE THE CAMERA BEACON.

YOU CAN SEE THE PHONE.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT DONNY'S TEAM HAD EXPERIENCED HERE IN AMARILLO, SPECIFICALLY WITH RESIDENTIAL, WAS FINDING AN APPLICATION THAT WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALLEYWAYS.

AND THIS IS THE ONLY PARTNER WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT ACTUALLY HAS THE CAPABILITY TO MERGE THE CITY'S GSI FILES, WHICH HAVE BEEN PAID FOR TO OUTLINE ALL OF THOSE ALLEYWAYS AND COMBINE IT WITH GOOGLE SO THAT THEY GET THE ROUTE GUIDE BY GUIDE.

THAT'S NECESSARY.

SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED.

THIS PARTNER SEEMS LIKE ONE WHO HAS A TRUE COMMITMENT TO WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES.

AGAIN, THEY'RE DOING THIS FOR NO COST FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS, AND FROM EVERY COMMUNITY THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO PERSONALLY, THEY'VE SEEN ANYWHERE FROM $200 TO $1,000,000 IN COST EFFICIENCIES.

SO WITH THAT I QUESTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FOR ME OR FOR DONNY, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? MELISSA, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO HELP DONNY.

WE HAVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRUST IN DONNY AND HIS STAFF AND HOW HARD THEY'RE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

COUNCILMEMBER SMITH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, JUST SOUNDED LIKE A SMART WAY TO DO THINGS.

IT IS. IT'S NICE WHEN YOU HAVE DATA TO HELP YOU MAKE REAL DECISIONS, RIGHT? YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER SMITH IS [INAUDIBLE] HE'S OUR DRIVER ON THIS.

I KNOW. THAT'S MY BIGGEST TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTER.

I LOVE IT. EXACTLY.

HE IS. HE IS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MELLISA.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DONNY, COUNCIL? DONNY, WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE AND THE WORK THAT YOU AND ALAN ARE LEADING.

SO KEEP IT UP.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

YOU HAD 13 VEHICLES LISTED.

ARE THEY ALL BUDGETED? YES. THEY COME.

YES. OKAY.

YES. THANKS.

IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DONNY. I HAD SKIPPED OVER AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ANDREW FREEMAN.

SO, MR. CITY MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT, ANDREW, IF YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND COME ON UP TO THE FRONT, I WANT TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION.

ANYTIME WE HAVE NOTEWORTHY [INAUDIBLE].

ANY TIME WE HAVE NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS, PROMOTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT, I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION.

SO THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THAT.

ANDREW HAS RECENTLY BEEN DESIGNATED AS A INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION CREDENTIALED MANAGER.

IT'S A BIG DEAL. AND AND JUST TO ILLUSTRATE HOW BIG OF A DEAL IT IS WITH OVER 2000 CITIES IN TEXAS, THERE'S ONLY 119 ICMA CREDENTIALED MANAGERS IN THE STATE. SO THAT'S WELL, AND THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST CREDENTIALED CITY MANAGERS, BUT ALSO CANDIDATES.

SO THERE'S ONLY 119.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL. ICMA, IN ORDER TO BE QUALIFIED TO BE AN ICMA CERTIFIED MANAGER, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO ADHERE TO THE CODE OF ETHICS.

AND IN THIS CASE, THE TEXAS CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND ICMA USE THE SAME CODE OF ETHICS.

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SO DOING A GREAT WORK ON THE ETHICS SIDE AS FAR AS BEING A EXAMPLE, AND ALSO A TEACHER ON HOW WE UPHOLD THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SHOWN DEMONSTRATED PROGRESS IN THE MANAGEMENT FIELD OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH STAFF MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, EXCELLENCE, POLICY FACILITATION, IMPLEMENTATION, ASSISTING COUNCIL WITH POLICY CREATION, AND THEN ALSO SERVICE DELIVERY.

EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS ARE ALSO THERE.

ANDREW HAS A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHER CERTIFICATIONS, SO HE'S CARRYING OUT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CITY MANAGEMENT AND THAT'S RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, GIVING HIM THE THE, I WOULD SAY, RARE AND COVETED CREDENTIALED MANAGER STATUS AND DESIGNATION.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANDREW OR JUST KUDOS, I WANT TO ADD MINE TO WHATEVER YOU MIGHT SAY OR THINK, AND THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO AND THE DEDICATION TO CONTINUED EDUCATION AND CONTINUED CERTIFICATIONS.

JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ANDREW, AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU CHOOSING TO COME TO AMARILLO.

ABSOLUTELY. THANKS.

YES, SIR. HAS IT BEEN FIVE YEARS, ANDREW? BE SIX YEARS IN APRIL.

YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.

I REMEMBER MEETING ANDREW IN THE PARKING LOT AT POLK STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE MEETING.

ADC MEETING? THE ECONOMIC STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLAN.

YES. AND YOU COULD TELL EVEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT HE WOULD BE A YOUNG MAN THAT'S REALLY GOING TO MAKE SOME MOVES.

AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU, ANDREW, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I DO THINK YOU EXEMPLIFY, ANDREW, THAT ONCE YOU I MEAN, YOU'VE MADE A LOT OF MOVES.

HOW MANY DIFFERENT POSITIONS HAVE YOU BEEN IN SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE? AT LEAST FOUR, THREE, FOUR.

SO EVERY ONE OF THOSE MOVES WAS SOMETHING YOU WERE STRIVING FOR.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT EXAMPLE.

THE CULTURE THAT YOU HAVE HERE AT CITY CITY HALL AND CITY STAFF IS THAT, YEAH, YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE CONTENT OR SATISFIED WITH THAT.

AND I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE MORE NOTCH IN THAT STICK FOR YOU THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS PUSHING YOURSELF TO DO MORE AND TO BE BETTER TRAINED AND TO HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU BRING A LOT OF VALUE TO THIS, TO THIS TEAM.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO THE WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE DOING TO MAKE YOURSELF A BETTER TEAM PLAYER.

THANK YOU. AND I THINK JARED DOES A GOOD JOB OF CREATING THAT CULTURE HERE AT CITY HALL.

ABSOLUTELY. I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, TOO.

THANK YOU TO COUNCIL AND SAY MANAGEMENT JUST FOR SUPPORT TO DO THE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND CONTINUE TO BE UP TO SPEED ON ALL THE NEW INFORMATION OUT THERE.

YEAH, IT'S IMPORTANT.

WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO IT.

THANKS, SHARON. THANK YOU.

[1.C. Discuss City Plan Kick-Off Presentation by MIG]

WE'VE GOT EMILY KOLLER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC AND BRING ON OUR GUESTS FROM MIG, WHO A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALSO CITY STAFF HAVE SAT IN ON PRELIMINARY MEETINGS EARLIER TODAY.

SO, EMILY. THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR FIRST ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS FOR CITY PLAN.

WE'VE BEEN CALLING THIS A SOFT LAUNCH BEFORE THE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY KICKOFF IN JANUARY.

SO FAR WE'VE INTRODUCED THE PLAN AND THE PROCESS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE NEWLY FORMED STEERING COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT.

WE'VE HELD SEVERAL LISTENING SESSIONS AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ATTENDED THOSE, SO THANK YOU.

AND THOSE SESSIONS WERE INTENDED TO REACH PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH THE PDP PROCESS, PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS AND THE ZONING CODE REVISION PROJECT. AND WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT TEAM AND MIG, SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM.

JAY RENKENS IS OUR PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE, AND THEN WE HAVE KRISTIN RAMIREZ, OUR PROJECT MANAGER HERE TODAY, TO PRESENT.

THEY MAY LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO MIGS' ALSO THE GROUP THAT COMPLETED OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN, WHICH WE'RE PROUD OF, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEIR EXPERTISE ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EMILY. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

WANTED TO RUN THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION RELATIVELY QUICKLY AND ALLOW ANY TIME FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER.

I KNOW YOU HAVE A FULL AGENDA, THOUGH, SO I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.

OUR PROJECT TEAM REALLY QUICKLY.

AGAIN, I'M JAY RENKENS, A PRINCIPAL WITH MIG.

AND MIG IS A PLANNING AND DESIGN FIRM.

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DEPENDING ON THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE JOINED BY THREE PARTNER FIRMS, WALTER P MOORE.

WE'RE WORKING PRIMARILY WITH THEIR DALLAS OFFICE.

THEY'LL BE FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTATION, PARKING AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

EPS OUR ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS. THEY WILL BE FOCUSED ON MARKET RESEARCH, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY, AS WELL AS FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS.

AND CLEAR AND ASSOCIATES, WHICH IS ANOTHER FIRM THAT ACTUALLY DOES COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AS WELL THAT WE DECIDED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO THAT INSTEAD OF COMPETING ON EVERY PROJECT THAT WE WOULD JOIN FORCES ON SOME OF THESE, THEY'RE PARTICULARLY GOOD AT THE POLICY SIDE OF THINGS, WHEREAS I THINK WE ARE STRONGEST IN THE ENGAGEMENT, LAND USE PLANNING AND KIND OF BUILT FORM ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.

I'M ON THE SCREEN THERE.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE A COUPLE OF OUR OTHER PROJECT ASSOCIATES.

WE'LL BE TAPPING INTO THOSE FOLKS AS WELL AS OTHERS WITHIN OUR FIRM AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

I MENTIONED THE DIFFERENT ROLES ON THE PROJECT IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE EXPERTISE AREAS THAT I ALREADY MENTIONED, WE'LL BE PROVIDING OVERALL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, LEADING THE VISION GOALS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLE DEVELOPMENT FACILITATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS, AS I MENTIONED, LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN, BUT ALSO CARRYING FORWARD SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN THAT WE LED.

AND THEN I THINK THE OTHERS WE HIT SUFFICIENTLY ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.

SO CITY PLAN OVERVIEW.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

FIRST IS THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE ENGAGEMENT.

WE ARE IN FACT REALLY EARLY IN THE PROCESS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 6 TO 8 WEEKS AND SORT OF BEGINNING TO LAY THAT GROUNDWORK, ESTABLISH THE BASELINE, BEGIN TO LOOK AT PREVIOUS PLANS AND EFFORTS, UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CURRENT CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE DOING THIS SOFT LAUNCH, SO TO SPEAK, AS EMILY MENTIONED, BUT THAT'S REALLY TO GEAR US UP TO PROVIDE OR HAVE SOME WORK DONE WHEN WE ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO IN TERMS OF HAVING THAT ESTABLISHED BASELINE WITHIN EXISTING CONDITIONS, REPORT WE'LL BEGIN THAT CONVERSATION IN JANUARY WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY ANTICIPATING ABOUT A YEAR LONG PROCESS FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.

SO IDEALLY HAVING A DRAFT PLAN LATE 2023 WITH ADOPTION EITHER AT THE END OF THE THIS COMING YEAR OR EARLY IN 2024. BREAKING THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, WE HAVE A KICK OFF VISION, GOALS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS THE FIRST STEP THAT REALLY SORT OF LEADING THE WAY TO LOOKING AT EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

NOT ALL PLANS, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AS THE CITY PLAN VISION 2045 IS INCLUDE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

WE THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT, THOUGH, IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT METRICS THAT WE CAN USE TO EVALUATE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO SCENARIOS HERE IN A MOMENT.

SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THOSE AS WELL AS SET MEASURABLE METRICS AND THAT WE CAN USE TO TRACK PLAN PROGRESS AFTER ADOPTION.

SO ARE WE IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN EFFECTIVELY? THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WILL HELP IN DOING SO.

THEN LOOKING AT PLAN ELEMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THIS IS BOTH IN AS IT IS DEFINED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AS WELL AS MOST STATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

THERE ARE A SET OF PLAN ELEMENTS AND TOPICS THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO WE CAN LOOK TO THE 2010 PLAN, THE UPDATE IN 2016 AS EXAMPLES OF THOSE SUCH AS LAND USE, THINKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND FACILITIES, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT EACH OF THOSE.

A LOT OF TIMES THE PLAN IS ORGANIZED BY THOSE ELEMENTS AND THOSE WILL ACTUALLY BE THE CHAPTERS OR SECTIONS.

A TREND IN COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING IS ACTUALLY TO LOOK AT THEMES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION AND GROUPING SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS SO THAT YOU'RE NOT SILOING THOSE TOPICS AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY BEGINNING TO CONNECT SOME OF THOSE DOTS IN A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY.

SO WE'LL NAVIGATE THAT PROCESS WITH YOU ALL AND WITH STAFF AND WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT IS MOST FITTING HERE.

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES WILL BE KEY AND THEN DRAFTING AND FINALIZING THE PLAN ITSELF.

ENGAGEMENT. THESE ARE JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE DETAILS OF AN ENGAGEMENT PLAN.

PART OF OUR KIND OF FACT FINDING IN THE SOFT LAUNCH VISIT IS UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE NUANCES OF WHO WHO ARE TYPICALLY ENGAGED, WHO ARE NOT TYPICALLY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S GEOGRAPHICALLY OR DEMOGRAPHICALLY, AND THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE FINE TUNE THAT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO HAVE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT AND A FEEDBACK LOOP SO THAT WE CAN REALLY ENSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT WHAT THEY'RE

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SO WE'LL HAVE A SERIES OF SMALL GROUP AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS, INCLUDING THE STEERING COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENTS WITH YOU ALL.

I'LL ELABORATE ON BOTH OF THOSE IN JUST A SECOND.

WE HAVE BIWEEKLY PROJECT TEAM MEETINGS, COMMUNITY WIDE ENGAGEMENT.

WE'LL BE DOING INTERCEPTS AND POP UPS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, MORE TRADITIONALLY GOING TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE.

WE WOULD INTERPRET THAT AS GOING TO DIFFERENT EVENTS, DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WHERE THOSE BE ORGANIZED, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS OR OTHERWISE COMMUNITY SURVEYS WILL BE A PART OF THAT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT IN IN WHATEVER EFFECTIVE WAYS WE CAN.

WE KNOW THAT MAILERS WILL LIKELY BE A PIECE OF THAT.

THE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA, THE STEERING COMMITTEE, WE'RE REALLY ASKING THEM TO TACKLE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE IS TO HELP DIGEST THE COMMUNITY INPUT.

WE WORK ON COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANS ALL OVER TEXAS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING IT RIGHT.

AND SO THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN SORT OF DIGESTING ALL OF THE VOLUME OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVING THROUGH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT MODALITIES THAT I SHOWED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

WE THEN WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFTS AND THE DELIVERABLES AS WELL AS ON THE PROCESS ITSELF.

SO THE STEERING COMMITTEE WILL BE HELPING TO FINE TUNE THINGS A BIT, MAKING SURE WE'RE SORT OF FRAMING THINGS CORRECTLY PRIOR TO GOING TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, AS I MENTIONED, THE FIRST BULLET.

PROCESSING THE INFORMATION WE GET ONCE WE HAVE TALKED WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OVERALL PLAN IS REFLECTING THE COMMUNITY'S DIRECTION.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, PROBABLY EIGHT OR NINE IN TOTAL, BUT COVERING SEVEN TOPICS.

A COUPLE OF THESE ARE MEDIA ENOUGH THAT THEY'LL REQUIRE MULTIPLE MEETINGS, BUT GOING ALL THE WAY FROM OUR ORIENTATION MEETING, WHICH WE HAD YESTERDAY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION AND THE DRAFT PLAN.

WITH YOU ALL. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A SERIES OF WORK SESSIONS, AT LEAST THREE KEY MILESTONES IN THE PROCESS AFTER ORIENTATION HERE.

SO THREE MORE WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT.

SO ONCE WE HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT ON VISION, GOALS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES, WE WANT TO COME TO YOU ALL AND TO PLANNING AND ZONING WITH THOSE AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THE PLAN ELEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AS WE'RE BEGINNING TO CRAFT THE PLAN ITSELF.

AND THAT WOULD BE PRIOR TO BRIEFINGS AND OR HEARINGS, BRIEFINGS AND ASSOCIATED WITH ADOPTION.

SO THE ROLE OF CITY PLAN, I'VE REFERRED TO IT MANY TIMES ALREADY WITHOUT DEFINING IT.

APOLOGIES THERE, BUT IT IS, IN FACT, AN UPDATE TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE DEFINED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND I SAID A LOT OF OTHER STATES ADOPT A SIMILAR PLANNING PROGRAM FOR THEIR STATES, BUT IT IS INTENDED TO BE A LONG RANGE LOOK AT HOW THE CITY GROWS, EVOLVES AND INVESTS. SO THAT HAS TO DO WITH THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE BALANCE EQUITABLE GROWTH ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED RECENTLY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING INITIATIVES, WITH THE PDP AND OTHER SUCH EFFORTS .

THINKING ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS AND THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GUIDE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY.

THINKING ABOUT THEN WHERE THESE DIFFERENT PIECES GO, SO THINKING ABOUT LAND USE IN THAT RESPECT, BUT ALSO AMENITIES.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE WAY THAT WE INTERACT WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND TACKLING ALL THOSE TOPICS TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN THERE.

I MENTIONED QUALITY OF LIFE ALREADY, BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, NEIGHBORHOODS, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH AND SAFETY AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT.

ZONING CODE REVISIONS.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION, PARTICULARLY THIS YEAR, WITH THE ANTICIPATED UPDATE TO THE ZONING CODE THAT STALLED OUT.

TYPICALLY IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPON SORT OF THE ON THE HEELS OF ITS ADOPTION.

ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IS TO REVISIT THE ZONING CODE, WHETHER THAT BE SORT OF MINOR UPDATES OR A LARGER REWRITE OF THE ZONING CODE.

OBVIOUSLY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 2010 PLAN ADOPTION OF THE EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO I THINK IN PART BECAUSE OF THAT TIME LAPSE, IN PART BECAUSE OF COVID, THERE WERE SOME PROCESS CONCERNS THE COMMUNITY EXPRESSED, PARTICULARLY THAT THEY WERE SURPRISED BY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BEING ADDRESSED IN THERE, DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE FULLY ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS.

AND SO OUR UNDERSTANDING, ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT EFFORT, IS THAT THAT IS THE PAUSE BUTTON HAS BEEN PUSHED.

BUT WITH OUR TIMELINE WRAPPING UP, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF 2023 OR VERY EARLY 2024, THAT THAT CODE UPDATE CAN ACTUALLY PROGRESS ON THE HEELS OF THIS EFFORT, PROVIDING THAT OVERALL VISION, ALIGNING OUR DIFFERENT PLANNING EFFORTS, POINTING THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

AND IN FACT, THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE.

WELL, WHAT DOES THAT KIND OF MEAN FOR THAT CODE UPDATE?

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AND SO IT'LL BE TWEAKS AND IT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU A PRETTY GOOD JUMPSTART ON THE CODE UPDATE, WHICH NORMALLY WOULD TAKE 3 TO 4 YEARS IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN HAPPEN IN A MUCH MORE EXPEDIENT FASHION.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANTED TO MENTION WAS THE PDP, THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY VIEWING THAT AS AN INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS.

IT DOES A LOT AROUND PROCESS, AROUND THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT.

BUT WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN DO IS ADVANCE THAT FURTHER AND THINKING ABOUT DIFFERENTIATION ACROSS THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE AND PDP OBVIOUSLY GIVING US A JUMPSTART ON THE HOW WE ACHIEVE WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE.

SO THE PDP, OTHER PLANS AND STUDIES FEEDING INTO THIS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS RESONATING IN SOME OF OUR PRESENTATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS IS THINKING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER PLANS THAT EXIST, WHETHER THOSE BE OUR UTILITY PLANS, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN.

AND THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE AND IN MOST CASES FEED INTO THIS PROCESS AND LOOK AT THEM ALL IN CONCERT.

THEY WERE DEVELOPED IN ISOLATION, INDIVIDUAL KIND OF DISCUSSIONS, MAYBE SOME OVERLAP AMONGST THE STAKEHOLDERS, BUT A LOT OF TIMES DIFFERENT PEOPLE WORKING ON DIFFERENT PLANS. AND SO THIS ACTUALLY ALLOWS THE DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ENGAGED IN THOSE AS WELL AS A NEW AUDIENCE TO LOOK AT HOW DO THEY ALIGN, HOW MIGHT THEY MISS ALIGN, WHERE THERE ARE GAPS IN THOSE PROCESSES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE POINTING IN THE SAME DIRECTION IN ALL CASES.

THAT FEEDS INTO THE VISION AND GOALS, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AS I MENTIONED.

AND THEN FIVE KIND OF KEY TOPIC AREAS THAT WE'RE USING TO GUIDE THE PLAN ELEMENT WORK.

SO THE FIRST BEING LAND USE AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EXISTING LAND USE, THAT FUTURE LAND USE THAT WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

ULTIMATELY, THE ZONING CODE AND THE COMMUNITY'S VISION ARE ALL IN ALIGNMENT.

WE ALSO WANT TO THINK ABOUT CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES AND WHAT HOW IS CHARACTER DEFINED IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT ARE THOSE KEY ELEMENTS THAT WE MAY WANT TO CODIFY IN A PLAN LIKE THIS? GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND CAPACITY WILL ACTUALLY BE WORKING WITH THE STATE DEMOGRAPHERS PROJECTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF POPULATION, TRANSLATING THOSE TO HOUSING UNITS AND JOBS, AND THEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT TRADE OFFS, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO INFLUENCE NOT THE NUMBERS SO MUCH, BUT THE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT MAY BE NEEDED DEPENDING ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND AND HOW WE MIGHT SHAPE THAT, AS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT AND THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE MAY BE GROWING WITHIN.

AND SO THOSE WILL THEN BE USED TO INFORM ALTERNATIVE GROWTH SCENARIOS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY THEN BE TRANSLATED TO THE NEW FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS, WE'LL BE USING THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CITY IN TERMS OF COST ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH SCENARIOS AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.

HOUSING NEIGHBORHOODS, REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE ENHANCE AND IMPROVE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENSURE THAT NEW NEIGHBORHOODS ARE OF A QUALITY THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF, LOOKING AT AMENITY BASED NEIGHBORHOODS, KIND OF LEARNING FROM HOW AMARILLO AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES STARTED, WHICH WAS PUTTING HOUSING AND ORGANIZING THAT AROUND COMMUNITY AMENITIES LIKE SCHOOLS AND PARKS, CHURCHES, PLACES THAT WE WANT TO GATHER AND GO SOCIALIZE WITH EACH OTHER.

PARKS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.

BUILDING ON THE THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL PARTNERS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT AND REALLY LOOKING AT HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ASSETS, HOW DO WE INTEGRATE THOSE INTO THE PLAN IN DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AS WELL AS THEIR OWN SECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS TRULY A PLAN THAT'S OF AND FOR AMARILLO AND NOT JUST SIMPLY A PLAN THAT YOU COULD GRAB FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE AND DO A FINDING, REPLACE WITH THE DIFFERENT NAMES.

AND THEN FINALLY, COMMUNITY MOBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

WORKING WITH THE CITY, WORKING WITH THE MPO, WORKING WITH TXDOT, POTENTIALLY, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO TAKE THINGS AND LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION, ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE GET AROUND, TRANSLATE OR RELATING THAT VERY CLOSELY TO LAND USE AS WELL, AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE THINKING UP AS WELL AS PLANNING FOR THE GROWTH AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, BOTH IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH THAT WE ANTICIPATE AND TARGET IN DIFFERENT AREAS. ALL OF THAT WOULD BE FOR NAUGHT IF WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION.

AND SO WHEN WE GET TO THE IMPLEMENTATION STEPS, WE'LL BE TEEING UP SEVERAL FOLLOW ON ITEMS SUCH AS, AS I MENTIONED ALREADY, THE UPDATE TO THE ZONING CODE.

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THERE'S ALSO ALL THOSE INPUTS OF DIFFERENT SYSTEM PLANS THE WATER PLAN, THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO TAKE THINGS. AGAIN, WE WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE A BIG DEVIATION, BUT THERE COULD BE UPDATES NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO WE'LL IDENTIFY THOSE LOOKING AT INFORMING THE CIP PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES.

WE HAD A REALLY GREAT INTERDEPARTMENTAL MEETING TODAY.

A LOT OF TIMES WE RUN INTO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR ANY PLAN FOR THAT MATTER, BUT ESPECIALLY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BEING SORT OF VIEWED AS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S DOCUMENT. AND WE'RE WE FOUND A LOT OF I THINK I THINK ENTHUSIASM AND I THINK VOCALIZED SORT OF BY IN THIS MORNING THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN USE IN THEIR DAY TO DAY AS WELL, AGAIN, AS KIND OF THAT GUIDING STAR, MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS POINTING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

AND THEN FINALLY, AND THIS ISN'T A GUARANTEE, BUT BEGINNING TO IDENTIFY PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE CITY CANNOT IMPLEMENT A VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY ON ITS OWN. THERE'S A LOT OF PLAYERS ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR, I SHOULD PROBABLY SAY PUBLIC PRIVATE, NONPROFIT ENTITIES AS WELL.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS.

WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DISCUSSING DIFFERENT WAYS TO KIND OF REFLECT WHAT WE'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

SOME OF THE BIG QUESTIONS PEOPLE ARE ASKING, PROVIDING DATA IN A WAY THAT'S REALLY USABLE FOR PEOPLE TO INFORM THE WORK AHEAD.

WE'LL BE LAUNCHING A PROJECT WEBSITE IN DECEMBER.

WE'LL BE KICKING OFF THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY WIDE ENGAGEMENT IN JANUARY.

IN THE FIRST QUARTER, TWO THINGS WILL BE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY.

ONE WILL BE AS WE'RE COLLECTING THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING OR BEGINNING TO DEVELOP THE DRAFT VISION AND GOALS.

BUT SORT OF BEHIND THE SCENES FOR KIND OF ROLL OUT ON THE HEELS OF THE VISION AND GOALS TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO.

SO AS WE'RE DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE GROWTH SCENARIOS, WE WANT TO COMPARE THAT TO SOMETHING.

AND SO THAT WILL BE LOOKING AT EXISTING POLICY, EXISTING TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT AND TAKING OUR BEST GUESS AT WHERE THAT WOULD TAKE US IN 2045.

AND THAT WILL PROVIDE A GOOD COMPARISON AS WE LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES TO THAT, SEE HOW MUCH WE MAY OR MAY NOT WANT TO DEVIATE FROM BUSINESS AS USUAL.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

QUESTIONS, COUNCIL.

WELL, JAY, I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB, COVERED IT ALL.

I THINK MOST OF US HAVE ALREADY HEARD THAT PRESENTATION TOO SO, AND I THANK YOU FOR ENDURING IT ONCE AGAIN.

YEAH, NO, IT'S GOOD.

AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE TO HELP GUIDE US AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE OUR PLANNING COMMITTEE, OUR STEERING COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO TO DRIVE THIS PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. EMILY ANYTHING TO ADD? KRISTEN ANYTHING TO ADD? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM ONE D, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS UPCOMING DEBT ISSUANCES.

[1.D. Discuss upcoming debt issuances; and]

HI THERE. WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE DEBT ISSUANCES PROJECTED THROUGH THIS YEAR, BOTH BUDGETED AND NOT BUDGETED, AND GIVE IT COUNCIL A CHANCE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT NOT JUST THE TWO THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL OF POSTING NOTICE TODAY.

THAT IS THE PIDS AND THE LANDFILL EXPANSION, BUT ALSO WATER AND SEWER AND DRAINAGE ENHANCEMENTS ALONG WITH THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL REQUIRED [INAUDIBLE] ENHANCEMENTS TO THE TO HODGE TOWN.

SO LAURA, WE ALSO HAVE STEVEN ADAMS HERE OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO ASSIST OR FINANCIAL ADVISORS.

FINANCIAL ADVISOR YEAH, I DIDN'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE HIM SOUND LIKE A LAWYER.

I DON'T WANT TO GIVE HIM TOO MUCH CREDIT OR WANT TO.

I'LL STOP NOW. BACK UP, JARED.

DANGER. BUT, LAURA, TAKE IT AWAY.

OKAY, SO I'LL JUST BRIEFLY INTRODUCE THIS.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UPCOMING PROPOSED DEBT ISSUANCES.

THESE WERE ALL DISCUSSED AND INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET THAT WENT INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

THERE WAS ONE EXCEPTION TO THAT.

WE ARE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY ISSUE SOME ADDITIONAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BONDS DUE TO SOME CHANGES IN THE REQUIREMENTS BY THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ASSOCIATION TO OUR FACILITY AND TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE.

THERE ARE SOME REQUIRED CHANGES AND THAT IS NATIONWIDE.

IT'S NOT JUST HERE IN AMARILLO.

THESE ARE UPDATED STANDARDS THAT WE MUST COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH.

AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.

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IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT PROJECT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

I'VE GOT JERRY DANFORTH HERE.

OTHERWISE WE'VE GOT WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS TO COVER SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED DURING BUDGET, ALONG WITH DRAINAGE UTILITY REVENUE BONDS, AND THEN ONE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT IS COMBINED FOR LANDFILL COLONIES, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THE HERITAGE HILLS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

THAT IS THE ONLY ITEM WE HAVE AND ACTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE REST OF THESE ARE JUST DISCUSSION/ PRESENTATION WE'LL BE BRINGING IT BACK IN JANUARY FOR NEXT STEPS. AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO STEVEN ADAMS AND I'M HERE TO CERTAINLY ANSWER QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.

OKAY. JUST WAITING ON A PRESENTATION RIGHT QUICK.

THANK YOU. THERE IT IS.

THIS IS PART OF IT. ALL RIGHT.

SO THERE ARE THREE ITEM THREE BOND ISSUES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.

WE ARE PLANNING ON SELLING THESE AT THE JANUARY 10TH MEETING AND FOR THE WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS AND THE DRAINAGE UTILITY BONDS.

WE PLAN ON TAKING BIDS THAT MORNING ALONG WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT AT AN AGENDA ITEM LATER.

THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BONDS WILL BE NEGOTIATED THE DAY BEFORE, AND WE'LL BRING THAT OFFER ON THE SAME DAY ON THE 10TH.

SO THE WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS ARE [INAUDIBLE] THE PROJECT FUND DEPOSIT IS $46,500,000.

WE PLAN ON SELLING 20 YEAR DEBT WITH A TEN YEAR CALL THE CITIES ALREADY THE RATE INCREASES TO PAY THESE BONDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT INTO EFFECT. AND WHAT WE HAVE ON HERE IS THE BLUE IS THE ANTICIPATED DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BONDS TO BE SOLD IN JANUARY.

THE GRAY THAT IS DEBT BY THE CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY THAT AMARILLO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

THE GREEN IS BOTH EXISTING REVENUE BONDS AND SOME CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WHICH WERE SOLD, WHICH ARE SUPPORTED BY THE WATER UTILITY THAT WERE SOLD TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS AT A 0% INTEREST RATE.

SO WE COMPLY WITH THEIR REQUIREMENTS TO HIT THAT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE RED LINE ABOVE IS YOUR PROJECTED NET REVENUES WITH YOUR RATE INCREASE BASED ON 2021.

YOU STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT COVERAGE AND YOU CAN SEE BEGINNING OF 27 YOUR DEBT SERVICE FALLS OFF.

SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF CAPACITY FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

THIS IS THE DEBT SERVICE ON THAT THE TOTAL THE $46,500,000 WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION FUND DEPOSIT.

WE WILL PROBABLY RECEIVE A NET PREMIUM ON THE BID TO COVER THE COST OF ISSUANCE AND ITS LEVEL DEBT SERVICE BETWEEN 2023 AND 2043, APPROXIMATELY $3.78 MILLION PER YEAR.

SO WHEN THE TIMING ON THAT, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE BIDS ON THAT ONE AT TEN IN THE MORNING COMPETITIVE SALE AND AWARD THAT THAT AFTERNOON WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL THAT AFTERNOON FOR THAT ONE AND WE WILL CLOSE ON FEBRUARY THE 16TH IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED.

FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BONDS, AS LAURA DISCUSSED, THIS IS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO COMPLY WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL REQUIREMENTS, WE RAN NUMBERS HERE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION FUND POSITIVE $3.5 MILLION.

I BELIEVE THAT'S A MAXIMUM.

I THINK THERE ARE SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT FROM FROM OTHER SOURCES FROM THE TEAM THAT WILL POSSIBLY REDUCE THIS AMOUNT AND THIS WILL BE PAID FOR FROM BOTH HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUES AND LEASE REVENUES FROM THE TEAM, COMBINATION THEREOF.

AND WE'LL HAVE A FINAL AMOUNT PROBABLY LOWER THAN THIS.

BUT IF WE DO ISSUE THIS, IT SHOULD BE 20 YEARS WITH THE TEN YEAR CALL.

AND ON THIS ONE, YOU CAN SEE YOUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, THE PLEDGED REVENUES THAN THE DEBT SERVICE, WHICH INCLUDES ALL YOUR OUTSTANDING HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX BONDS.

THESE WILL BE TAXABLE BECAUSE THEY BENEFIT A NON GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, WHICH IS THE BASEBALL TEAM.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT AND BECAUSE OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX PLEDGE, WE CAN'T REALLY COMPETITIVELY BID THESE.

SO WE WILL NEGOTIATE THEM WITH UNDERWRITERS.

SO THE DEBT SERVICE FOR THIS TOTAL AMOUNT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE POINT I MEAN $375,000 A YEAR.

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AND WE ARE GOING TO EVALUATE BUYING AN INSURANCE POLICY INSTEAD OF PUTTING IN THE $380,000 IN CASH, IF THAT IS AVAILABLE, AND THAT SHOULD REDUCE THE SIZE AS WELL.

SO ON THIS ONE, WE'RE GOING TO NEGOTIATE IT THE DAY BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN BRING THE RESULTS OF THAT NEGOTIATION TO THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 10TH AND ALSO CLOSE ON FEBRUARY THE 16TH.

THE THIRD ONE THAT WE WERE ARE DISCUSSING HERE IS FOR DRAINAGE UTILITY BONDS.

AND WE EXPECT THE BONDS TO HAVE A PROJECT FUND AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM.

THIS IS REPAID WITH DRAINAGE FEE REVENUES WHICH HAVE ALSO WENT INTO EFFECT OF OCTOBER 2022.

SO THOSE MONIES ARE IN THE BUDGET AND AVAILABLE TO PAY THIS DEBT SERVICE.

AGAIN SELLING ON JANUARY THE 16TH AND CLOSING ON FEBRUARY THE 16TH.

THE DEBT SERVICE AGAIN ON THIS IS FAR BELOW YOUR NET REVENUES.

USE MOST OF THIS MONEY TO PAY FOR JUST ONGOING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM.

AND THE SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS ON THIS ONE.

AGAIN, $5 MILLION.

EXPECT TO GET A PREMIUM FOR THAT TO PAY FOR THE COST OF ISSUANCE AND THE TIMING WILL TAKE BIDS ON THIS AT 1 P.M.

IN THE AFTERNOON. I'M SORRY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE BIDS ON THIS AT 10 A.M., SO WE'LL HAVE BIDS AT 9:00, 9:30 AND 10:00 FOR THE THREE DIFFERENT BOND ISSUES, INCLUDING THE COS TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL MEETING ON JANUARY THE 10TH.

AND THEN JUST KIND OF FOR INFORMATION WHERE INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT THEY HAVE COME UP SINCE THEY WENT REALLY, REALLY DOWN LOW DURING COVID WHEN THERE WAS SO MUCH MONEY PUT INTO THE SYSTEM, LIQUIDITY PUT INTO THE SYSTEM TO HELP OUT WITH GETTING US THROUGH COVID, BUT THEY'RE STILL ON A RELATIVE BASIS, VERY LOW. SO SHOULD BE A HOPEFULLY A DECENT TIME TO SELL BONDS IN JANUARY.

I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON ANY OF THESE.

EXPLAIN THE TEN YEAR REDEMPTION TO ME.

ALMOST EVERY BOND ISSUE IS SOLD WITH THE ISSUERS, RIGHT, OR THIS COUNCIL'S RIGHT TO CALL AND REFUND THOSE BONDS IN TEN YEARS.

SO IF INTEREST RATES GO DOWN AT THAT TIME OR YOU WANT TO RESTRUCTURE THE DEBT, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT THAT POINT TO REFUND THE BONDS.

THE BOND HOLDERS WANT TEN YEARS OF INTEREST EARNINGS TO GET YOU THE LOWEST INTEREST RATES, AND THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY.

SO WE COULDN'T DO IT BEFORE THAT.

YOU COULD, YOU WOULD PAY A HIGHER INTEREST RATE.

OKAY. GOTCHA.

THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU, STEVEN THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR LAURA COUNCIL? I'VE GOT ONE. YOU MENTIONED THAT JERRY DANFORTH MIGHT COME AND EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THE BALLPARK.

SURE. YEAH.

WE'LL HAVE JERRY COME GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

THANKS. MAYOR COUNCIL, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE BALL FIELD.

MLB CHANGED TO YEARS AGO.

IT USED TO BE THERE WAS A MINOR LEAGUE AND THE MAJOR LEAGUE.

THE MAJOR LEAGUE DID NOT CONTROL THE MINOR LEAGUE AT THAT TIME.

THEY HAD RECOMMENDATIONS AND STANDARDS THAT THEY HAD TO MEET.

THAT CHANGED. NOW MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CONTROLS THE MAJOR MINOR LEAGUE FIELDS.

WHEN THEY DID THAT, THEY CHANGED THE STANDARDS THAT THEY HAD FOR THEIR FIELDS.

FORTUNATELY, WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW THAT FALLS IN THE CATEGORY THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A MAJOR IMPACT.

I CAN SAY THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL FIELDS WITHIN THE TEXAS LEAGUE THAT OUR TEAM PLAYS AGAINST THAT ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DIFFERENCE TO DO THAT WORK TO GET TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS.

SOME OF THE STANDARDS, JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE TO THINK ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS IS LOOKING AT MORE WOMEN BEING INVOLVED IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, FROM THE COACHING TO THE TRAINING TO THE UMPIRES.

WE HAVE TO PROVIDE LOCKER FACILITIES FOR THEM THAT WOULD MEET THOSE STANDARDS.

CURRENTLY, WE DON'T MEET THOSE STANDARDS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE'RE BUILT.

ALL OF THAT FUNCTION HAPPENS ACTUALLY BELOW GRADE AT THE HODGE TOWN RIGHT NOW.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE AREAS.

MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, WE HAVE ENOUGH SQUARE FOOTAGE TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE TASKS, BUT ONCE WE DO THAT, WE CONSUME AREAS THAT SOME OF THE RETAIL COMPONENTS THAT THE TEAM HAS TO

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SO WE HAVE TO BUILD ANOTHER AREA THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT SORT OF STUFF.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME ADDITIONAL STUFF THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE THERE THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE REVENUE FOR THE TEAM AS WE GO FORWARD AND INCREASE THE FUNCTION AND FLEXIBILITY OF THE FIELD.

THANK YOU. COST, TOTAL COST AROUND $4 MILLION.

WE'RE THINKING WE CAN DO IT FOR THREE AND A HALF WITH AROUND A HALF MILLION FOR A&E.

WHAT IS THE WHAT'S THE CONTRACT ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE BALL TEAM AND THE CITY FOR THE HOT TAX SHARE? I WOULD HAVE TO LET LAURA ANSWER THAT.

OKAY.

AND SO THE CITY UTILIZES THOSE FUNDS AS NEEDED TO PAY BACK THE DEBT.

THAT'S OUTSTANDING. LET ME REPHRASE THAT QUESTION.

I SAID IT INCORRECTLY.

SO WHAT IS THE SHARE OF IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN THE BALL TEAM AND THE AND THE CITY OF AMARILLO? SO THERE IS THE THE BALL FIELD, AS YOU KNOW, IS ACTUALLY AN ASSET BY THE CITY OF AMARILLO THAT THEY'RE LEASING.

THEY'RE PART OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT STATES THAT THEY WILL PAY AN ANNUAL AMOUNT, THAT A PORTION OF IT GOES TO HELP FUND THE DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIELD, THE EXISTING FIELD.

AND THEN ANOTHER PORTION OF IT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS AROUND $225,000, GOES INTO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND RESERVE ACCOUNT.

AND IT'S ONE THAT THE CITY HOLDS AND WE HOLD IT IN OUR NAME.

BUT IT IS A NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE BALL TEAM AND THE CITY OF AMARILLO OF WHEN TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO EITHER CONDUCT REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AT THE BALL FIELD.

SO PART OF THOSE DOLLARS WE'RE LOOKING TO DO TO UTILIZE TO PAY FOR SOME OF THESE FOR THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE ON THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

NOT ALL OF IT, BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S STILL FUNDS AVAILABLE IF THERE'S AN UNEXPECTED REPAIR THAT COMES UP OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE UTILIZED.

THAT'S WHAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE SITTING THERE FOR.

AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO USE EVERY LAST PENNY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S STILL SOME FOR UNEXPECTED THINGS THAT MIGHT COME UP.

TO RECAP THAT, DID YOU SAY $225,000 PER YEAR? YES. IS WHAT GOES INTO THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND RESERVE ACCOUNT? YES, SIR. AND HAVE WE USED ANY OF THAT MONEY YET? WE'VE USED SOME.

I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE WE HAVE UTILIZED SOME AND JERRY MIGHT REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE.

I THINK WE MAYBE PURCHASE SOME AWNINGS AND DID SOME PLUMBING REPAIRS I BELIEVE.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP.

BUT THERE IS THERE ARE FUNDS SITTING IN THAT ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH ON A NEGOTIATION WITH THEM TO POTENTIALLY USE SOME CASH TO PAY DOWN THIS. THAT'S WHY IN THE PRESENTATION IT SAYS THE DEBT ISSUANCE WILL BE UP TO THREE AND A HALF MILLION, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO BE LOWER.

WE JUST KIND OF NEED TO WORK OUT WITH THEM HOW MUCH WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH PULLING OUT OF THAT ACCOUNT TO PAY FOR IN CASH UPFRONT.

OKAY. SO TO CLARIFY, IT IS A NEGOTIATED AMOUNT.

IT IS NOT CONTRACTUAL.

THAT IS CORRECTLY. SPELLED OUT FOR A PERCENTAGE OR A DOLLAR FIGURE.

THAT IS CORRECT. IT'S GOING TO BE A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU, LAURA.

YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU, LAURA.

STEVEN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE.

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

I'D LIKE TO ASK A MEETING BEFORE LAST OR SOMETIME WE HAD A LETTER FROM A MAYOR IN UKRAINE WANTING US TO BE A SISTER CITY.

AND I FOUND OUT LATER THAT WE HAD A SISTER CITY.

BUT WENT BACK 20 YEARS OR SO.

I DON'T KNOW. THINK ABOUT THAT.

MEXICO. MEXICO.

I'D LIKE TO SEE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO GET A REPORT ON THAT.

THE MEXICO SISTER CITY.

AND THEN CONSIDER WHETHER WE WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE AN ACTION ITEM IN CASE WE LIKE IT.

WE COULD MOVE FORWARD, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE OBLIGATIONS WOULD BE FOR US AND FOR UKRAINE.

OKAY, GOOD. WE'LL GET YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THAT FOR SURE.

MAYOR, IF I COULD. SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL.

THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

IF I COULD GET OR IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT THAT IS AND THE CRITERIA INVOLVED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MOST HELPFUL.

SURE. THANK YOU.

[01:20:03]

I WOULD REQUEST A DISCUSSION WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL ON PANHANDLING AND ROADWAY SAFETY.

PLEASE. OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

ANYBODY ELSE. OKAY, GOOD.

LET'S MOVE ON THEN, INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

LET'S PAUSE HERE COUNCIL AND TAKE A BREAK BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OUR ACTION ITEM AGENDA.

LET'S TRY TO BE BACK IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES.

OK. WE'LL GO BACK INTO SESSION AND START WITH ITEM THREE A, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 8032 MR.

[3.A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8032]

YES, SIR. SO THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH PREVIOUS COUNCILS, CURRENT COUNCIL AND THE TIRZ BOARD HAS BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR PROBABLY THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THE CURRENT YEARS FOR THE DOWNTOWN CENTER CITY TIRZ NUMBER ONE.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND.

IT WAS ESTABLISHED FIRST IN 2006 WITH AN EXPIRATION OF 2036.

FOUR TAXING ENTITIES CONTRIBUTE THEIR TAX RATE TO THE ZONE.

THAT'S THE CITY POTTER COUNTY, AMARILLO COLLEGE AND THE WATER DISTRICT ALL GIVE 100%.

IT STARTED WITH A BASE VALUE OF JUST UNDER $140 MILLION AND HAS GROWN TO $269 MILLION.

SO A PRETTY LARGE INCREASE THERE.

THE GOALS OF CENTER CITY, OF COURSE, ARE HOTELS, RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, COMMERCIAL RETAIL, AS WELL AS THE BALLPARK AND ANY ENTERTAINMENT VENUES.

AND HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROGRESS THAT HAS KIND OF LED TO SEEKING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO IMPLEMENT THESE GOALS.

SO HOTEL ROOMS ARE ONLY ABOUT 37% OF THE GOAL THAT WAS LAID OUT IN THE PLAN.

URBAN RESIDENTIAL IS ONLY ABOUT 13%, OFFICE COMMERCIALS ABOUT 19%, 56% IF YOU LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT AMOUNT AND THEN RETAIL ONLY SQUARE FOOTAGE IS ABOUT 28%.

SO REALLY, THERE'S WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS.

AND I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF PICTURES THAT SHOWS THAT PROGRESS ON AN AERIAL.

BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE TO BE DONE.

AND THERE'S A IT'S A IT'S A REALLY LARGE ZONE, LARGE BOUNDARY.

WE'VE SEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS REALLY IN THE CORE ALONG BUCHANAN OVER TO POLK.

BUT AS FAR AS PERIPHERY, THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD NEED THAT ADDITIONAL TIME FOR ASSISTANCE.

HERE'S A GOOGLE AERIAL FROM 2006.

THIS WAS WHEN THE ZONE WAS ESTABLISHED.

JUST SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF KIND OF THE BEFORE PICTURE.

AND THEN THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

SO, OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE, PARTICULARLY ON BUCHANAN WITH THE BALLPARK, THE HOTEL, EXCEL BUILDING, TOOT'N TOTUM, HAPPY STATE BANK.

AND THEN YOU CAN EVEN SEE SOME OF THE DEMOLISHED PROPERTIES LIKE AIG AND THEN THE NEW FOOTPRINT WHERE AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATIONS BUILDING THEIR BUILDING IS TAKING PLACE. SO YOU GET A REAL IDEA OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE DOWNTOWN SINCE THIS ZONE WAS ESTABLISHED.

AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND.

SO THE TIRZ BOARD LOOKED AT MANY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

ONE WAS DO WE LOOK AT 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS? DO WE LOOK AT CONTINUING AT THE 100% TAX RATE? DO YOU REDUCE THAT DOWN AND ONLY DO HALF OF THE TAX RATE INSTEAD? AND WHAT THEY KIND OF SETTLED ON AS A RECOMMENDATION IS 20 YEARS AT 50% OF THE TAX RATE JUST TO ALLOW EACH TAXING ENTITY THAT HAS INVESTED THEIR DOLLARS IN THIS ZONE TO AT LEAST AFTER 2336 RECOUP THAT IN THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THEIR FOR THEIR PRIORITIES.

AS FAR AS THE TAX CODE THAT ESTABLISHES TIRZ, THEY DO HAVE A WAY TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARY, TO EXPAND THE TIME THAT'S LAID OUT IN CHAPTER 311.007 OF THE TAX CODE.

DOES REQUIRE NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER, WHICH WAS DONE AS WELL AS A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, AND THEN JUST AS AN FYI, THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF TERMS ON THESE ZONES ACROSS THE STATE. SOME ARE FIVE YEARS, SOME ARE 50 YEARS.

MANY HAVE ALREADY BEEN AMENDED TO EXTEND.

HERE IN AMARILLO WE'VE NOT EXTENDED THE TIME, BUT WE HAVE EXPANDED THE BOUNDARY OF ONE, THAT WAS THE EAST GATEWAY TIR.

SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS ON ANOTHER ZONE.

NOW THIS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ SPREADSHEET CAPTURES WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE PROJECTING OUT THROUGH 2036 JUST SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT 100% TAX RATE BRINGS

[01:25:03]

THE CURRENT BUDGET BRINGS IN ABOUT $1.7 MILLION, AND THEN AFTER DEBT PAYMENTS AND INCENTIVE REBATES, THERE'S ABOUT $605,000 REMAINING FOR FOR OTHER EXPENSES.

AND THEN BY 2036, THAT WOULD END UP AROUND $3.1 MILLION.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS ABOUT A 4.32% GROWTH AVERAGE BETWEEN 2007 AND 2022.

AND THESE PROJECTIONS ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE, TWO AND A HALF PERCENT.

AND THEN THIS NEXT SLIDE IS THE PROJECTION FOR IF THIS WAS EXTENDED ANOTHER 20 YEARS AT HALF THE PERCENTAGE RATE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE STARTING IN 2037.

IT WOULD STILL BE BRINGING IN BASICALLY ALMOST WHAT IT'S BRINGING IN TODAY.

THE DIFFERENCE BEING IS THAT IN 2036, ALL THOSE REBATES, DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ALL GO AWAY.

SO THE ZONE WOULD START OVER IN THAT TIME FRAME.

GRANTED, IF THIS WAS EXTENDED, WE MIGHT GET A REQUEST TO HAVE A REBATE THROUGH 20.

THE NEXT 20 YEARS, 2056.

SO THOSE WOULD BE ACCOUNTED IN AS FAR AS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN 2037, WOULD BE FOR A FUTURE PROJECT.

SO THAT ADDS TO THE VALUE.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT COLUMNS, THAT'S THE HALF PERCENT PARTICIPATION RATE.

SO WE CAN BASICALLY EQUATE THAT TO THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING $510,000, BUT IN 2037 WOULD BE RECEIVING $510,000.

SO BASICALLY SPLITTING THE THE REVENUE COUNTY WOULD GET $812 AMARILLO COLLEGE, $280,000 AND THE WATER DISTRICT, $11,000 IN THIS SCENARIO.

SO AS FAR AS THE PROPOSAL TODAY, THE ORDINANCE WAS DRAFTED TO EXTEND TIRZ YEAR NUMBER ONE FOR 20 YEARS WITH THE NEW EXPIRATION OF 2056 AT THE CITY PARTICIPATION RATE OF 50% OF THE TAX INCREMENT.

AND THEN IF IT'S APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD GO TO EACH TAXING ENTITY TO REQUEST AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR EXISTING PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS TO EXTEND THE TERM WITH THE NEW PERCENTAGE PARTICIPATION RATES.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

ANDREW, JUST FOR ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING AT HOME.

WE GO BACK OVER ONE MORE TIME.

JUST WHAT IS A TIRZ AND WHY IS IT SUCH A GOOD TOOL? SURE. SO TIRZ IS A TOOL TO BASICALLY YOU SET A BASELINE FOR A ZONE AS FAR AS THE TAXES, SAY IN 2006, WE SET THAT BASELINE. ANY INVESTMENT AND GROWTH DEVELOPMENT IN THAT ZONE GROWS YOUR TAX BASE THAT CONTINUES TO TO COLLECT TAXES, BUT THAT IS THEN INVESTED INTO THE ZONE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, ENCOURAGING INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE OR JUST GENERAL PLANS FOR THE FOR THE AREA.

AND THEN AT THE END OF IT, YOU GROW ALL THAT AND THEN AT THE END OF THE ZONE, ALL THE ENTITIES IN WOULD RETURN TO COLLECTING THAT TAX REVENUE BASE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

SO WHO HAS ACCESS? IN OTHER WORDS, IN 2006, WE DREW THE LINE.

YES. SO IN 2007, WHATEVER NEW PROPERTY CAME ONLINE BETWEEN 2006 AND 2007 GENERATED A LITTLE BIT OF NEW PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

IT'S THAT LITTLE BIT OF REVENUE THAT GETS PULLED ASIDE AND TIRZ HAS AVAILABLE INCOME.

YOU'VE GIVEN US A GREAT SPREADSHEET SHOWING THE INCOME.

WHO CAN THAT INCOME BE PAID OUT TO? SO THE TIRZ BOARD IS A TEN MEMBER BOARD THAT CONTROLS THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHERE THAT FUNDING GOES.

IT CAN GO TOWARDS CITY PROJECTS, IT CAN GO TO OFFSET DEVELOPERS EXPENSES FOR PROJECTS.

IF IT'S MEETING THE GOALS OF THE ZONE, IT COULD BE FOR GRANTS TO PAY FOR STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT ULTIMATELY IT NEEDS TO BE BENEFITING THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE ZONE.

CAN ONLY BE SPENT INSIDE THE ZONE.

AND SO THERE ARE POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS AND ALL OF THOSE ARE PUBLIC.

AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT OR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN IF THEY OWN PROPERTY INSIDE THE ZONE AND THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR SOME SORT OF TIRZ BENEFIT, YES, THEY CAN FIND THAT OUT. ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE'VE GOT ALL THE PLANS AND DOCUMENTS, WE'VE GOT APPLICATION FORM AND WE'VE GOT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT THEY CAN CAN REVIEW.

AND IF THEY WANT TO CUT THAT SHORT, WHO WOULD THEY JUST CALL AND SAY IN 10 MINUTES YOU CAN TELL ME MORE THAN I CAN.

THEY CAN CALL ME. THEY CAN ALSO CALL THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

CODY BALDWIN IS OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.

SO HE'S ULTIMATELY THE ONE THAT WILL TAKE THEIR APPLICATION, KIND OF WALK THEM THROUGH IT AND SEE WHAT QUALIFIES.

I NOTICED THAT CODY'S DOING ALL OF HIS WORK LATELY WITH ONE HAND TIED BEHIND HIS BACK, RIGHT? MM HMM. RIGHT, CODY? MM HMM. YEAH. OKAY, GOOD.

HE CAN DO IT ONE HANDED.

YEAH. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, ANDREW.

APPRECIATE THAT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING WITH REGARD TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 8032.

ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM MAY HAVE 3 MINUTES TO DO SO.

[01:30:03]

THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO COME TODAY AND TO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING EXTENDING THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE TALK IN ACRONYMS AND PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.

BUT THE IMPACT THE TIRZ ZONE HAS MADE IN OUR DOWNTOWN IS AMAZING.

I'VE WORKED DOWNTOWN MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE AND THE THE BEAUTY THAT IS COMING TO DOWNTOWN THROUGH THE TIRZ, THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS, THE INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES TO COME DOWNTOWN.

WHEN WE WERE WORKING TO GET THIS PASSED IN 2006, COMMISSIONER MADISON SCOTT SAID THIS IS ONE WAY THAT DOWNTOWN CAN PAY FOR DOWNTOWN AND IT HAS REALLY MADE THE INVESTMENT AMAZING.

BEFORE TIRZ, THERE WAS NOT A HOTEL THAT WAS WILLING TO BUILD DOWNTOWN.

THE IDEA WAS IF YOU WEREN'T ON INTERSTATE 40, IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THROUGH TIRZ AND HISTORIC TAX CREDITS AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

NOW WE HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL HOTELS DOWNTOWN, AND I'M PROUD OF HOW FAR WE'VE COME.

WE'RE NOT DONE YET.

AND I THINK EXTENDING THIS WOULD ONLY WOULD ONLY MAKE IT MORE EXCITING.

WHEN WE TALK TO ALL THE PARTICIPATING TAXING ENTITIES TO GET THIS PASSED.

WE SAID WE WANT TO BE THE FIRST TIRZ, BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO BE THE ONLY TIRZ.

WE THINK WE ARE LEADERS IN SHOWING HOW THIS CAN WORK TO HELP A NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I'M A NATIVE, I KIND OF THINK A TIRZ IS SORT OF LIKE PLANTING A TREE.

THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A TREE IN AMARILLO, TEXAS IS TODAY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GROW AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PLANTING TREES THAT WE MAY NEVER SIT UNDER. BUT LOOK WHAT A LEGACY WE'RE LEAVING.

AND SOME OF THESE ARE GENERATIONAL PROJECTS THAT WILL KEEP WILL KEEP AMARILLO GROWING FOR YEARS TO COME.

SO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS.

IF YOU CAN'T TELL HOW PROUD I AM, THEN GIVE ME A CALL AND I'LL TELL YOU, BECAUSE WE HAVE COME WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY TOGETHER.

I TELL EVERYBODY WE'RE IN THE 15TH YEAR OF A TEN YEAR PLAN, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

SO THANK YOU. BETH DUKE.

WE ALL WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PLANTING A TREE IN 2006 BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SITTING UNDER THE SHADE OF IT NOW.

AND OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AND THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE YET TO COME ARE ARE BENEFITING FROM THE WORK THAT YOU AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE DID BACK IN 2006.

SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM THREE A.

MAYOR I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8032 AUTHORIZING A 20 YEAR EXTENSION OF TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PURPOSES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 311 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 2006.

FOR 30 YEAR TERM, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ITEM THREE A ORDINANCE NUMBER 8032, 8032.

THANK YOU, FREDA. ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM, THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

ITEM THREE B IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 8033.

[3.B. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8033]

THE THIS IS GOING TO BE AT SOME POINT IN OUR FUTURE, ONE OF OUR STRONGEST INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DRAINAGE AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER CANNOT, CANNOT ADDRESS IN AND OF THEMSELVES.

AND THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US THE TOOLS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THIS AREA TO BECOME THE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT IT CAN BE FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO, AMARILLO COUNTY AND EMERALD COLLEGE. SO, ANDREW, GO AHEAD AND GIVE US THE DETAILS, ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, CONCERNS.

AND YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR DAIS.

THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN WAS LEFT THERE FOR YOU.

[01:35:03]

LET ME GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.

SO JUST TO COVER THE HIGHLIGHTS, OF COURSE, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE THE SUCCESS OF THE DOWNTOWN TIRZ, THE THE ULTIMATE TIRZ BENEFITS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN STATE LAW AND THROUGH THE COMPTROLLER'S WEBSITE IS THAT IT'S HELPS TO BENEFIT NEEDED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN AN AREA THAT MIGHT BE LACKING FOR ADEQUATE DEVELOPMENT TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES.

IT ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT, INCREASES PROPERTY VALUES AND LONG TERM TAX COLLECTIONS AND GROWTH.

IT ALSO REDUCES THE COST OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING REIMBURSEMENT FOR FOR THOSE ELIGIBLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.

THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON SLIDE HERE THAT KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHAT MAYOR AND I WE JUST DISCUSSED AS FAR AS SHOWING THE BASE VALUE THERE IS IN BLUE THAT SHOWS OVER THAT TIME THAT CONTINUES TO BE COLLECTED BY ANY OF THE TAXING ENTITIES.

THE YELLOW IS THAT INCREASED TAX BASE THAT GROWS OVER TIME AND THAT'S PUT BACK INTO THE ZONE.

AND THEN AT THE END, THAT NEW POST PROJECT AV IN THE ORANGE, THAT'S WHEN ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES THAT MIGHT BE PARTICIPATING IN A NEW ZONE WOULD COLLECT ALL THAT REVENUE FROM THE GROWTH. BUT ULTIMATELY TIRZ IS TO BE A CATALYST TO TO GROW AND INCREASE THAT PROPERTY TAX BASE OF REALLY UNDEVELOPED LAND, BLIGHTED PROPERTY, THINGS THAT HAVEN'T SEEN IMPROVEMENTS IN A LONG TIME, WHICH, AS I GO OVER THE DETAILS OF THIS AREA, HAS BEEN SITTING STAGNANT FOR MANY YEARS.

AS FAR AS THE ADOPTION PROCESS TO CREATE A NEW ZONE, YOU HAVE TO PREPARE A PRELIMINARY FINANCING PLAN WHICH YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE DAIS.

WE HAD TO PUBLISH HEARING NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS BEFOREHAND, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN THIS ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY WOULD BE TO DESIGNATE THE REINVESTMENT ZONE.

AND THEN WHEN THE ZONE IS ESTABLISHED, THAT ESTABLISHES A BOARD OF TEN BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD THEN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN TO CREATE A FINAL DOCUMENT THAT WOULD THEN HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AGAIN FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN AFTER ALL THAT'S DONE, THAT IS WHEN THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE TAX INCREMENT FUND BY THE OTHER TAXING UNITS WOULD BEGIN.

EACH YEAR THEY'RE INVOICED THAT GROWTH IN VALUE, THAT MONEY IS COLLECTED AND PUT INTO A FUND THAT CAN ONLY BE SPENT IN THIS ZONE, AND THEN THAT'S IMPLEMENTING THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

THAT'S WHEN WE WORK EITHER WITH THE CITY OR THE DEVELOPERS TO INSTALL PROJECTS EITHER ON THE FRONT END, GET REIMBURSED AFTERWARDS AS NEW PROPERTY COMES ONLINE. AND THEN THROUGH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, THERE IS AN ANNUAL REPORT PROCESS THAT WE COMPLETE EACH YEAR ON EACH OF OUR ZONES.

AS JARED MENTIONED, THIS IS THE LOCATION AND IT'S 1046 ACRES IN THE AREA OF HOLLYWOOD.

AND I 27 YOU'VE GOT BELL ON THE EAST AND COLTER ON THE WEST COVERING AREA INSIDE THE CITY AS WELL AS INSIDE THE THE ETJ BOUNDARY.

AND TOWARD THE CENTER THERE BASICALLY IN A REVERSE L IS WHERE KIDS INK IS PROPOSED FOR THEIR THEIR PROJECT.

HERE'S ANOTHER AERIAL OF THE ZONE.

IT'S CURRENTLY A MIX OF MOSTLY VACANT, UNDEVELOPED LAND.

IT'S GOT SOME RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES WITH LIMITED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO ABOUT 10% OF THE ZONE HAS ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON IT.

SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH VACANT LAND THERE IS, HOW MUCH OPPORTUNITY THERE IS IF WE'RE ABLE TO MEET, MEET THE NEED OF FILLING THE GAP ON SOME OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

THERE'S ALSO A LARGE PLAYA ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE ZONE THAT THE WHOLE AREA DRAINS TO.

AND PART OF THE BIGGEST EXPANSE IS REALLY FIND THE WAY TO GET THE DRAINAGE PAST ALL THOSE STATE HIGHWAYS OVER TO THAT PLAYA.

AS FAR AS THE ORDINANCE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE FINDINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE AND FOUND BY COUNCIL WHEN CONSIDERING A NEW ZONE.

THE FIRST ONE BEING THAT DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLE WOULD NOT OCCUR SOLELY THROUGH PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND THE REASONABLE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WHICH IN THIS CASE THIS HAS BEEN DECADES IN THE MAKING OF UNDEVELOPED LAND.

SO THAT ONE'S PRETTY, PRETTY CLEAR.

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ZONE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE OUTLINED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE VALUE OF ALL THE TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY IN THE ZONE WILL BE OF GENERAL BENEFIT TO THE CITY, ITS RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.

THE ZONE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO BE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OR WITHIN THE ETJ OF THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, WHICH IT IS.

AND THEN AS FAR AS OTHER OTHER THINGS THAT SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIR OR ARREST THE SOUND GROWTH OF THE CITY, INADEQUATE SIDEWALK OR STREET LAYOUTS, FAULTY LOT LAYOUT, RELATION TO SIZE, ADEQUACY, ACCESSIBILITY AND USEFULNESS.

UNSANITARY AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS.

DETERIORATION OF SITE AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND CONDITIONS THAT MIGHT ENDANGER LIFE AND PROPERTY BY FIRE OR OTHER CAUSES.

AND THEN THAT'S A ZONE IS PREDOMINANTLY OPEN OR UNDEVELOPED AND BECAUSE OF OBSOLETE PLANNING.

DETERIORATION OF STRUCTURES OR SITE IMPROVEMENTS OR OTHER FACTORS SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIR OR ARREST THE SOUND GROWTH OF THE CITY.

A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS THAT ARE REQUIRED AND SHOWN IN THE FINDINGS.

YOU CANNOT EXCEED 25% OF THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE OF TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY, WHICH THIS FALLS WELL BELOW, AND THEN 30% OR LESS OF THE PROPERTY

[01:40:09]

IF THAT WERE THE CASE, IT REQUIRES A PETITION PROCESS FROM THE OWNERS TO BE CONSIDERED WITHIN A TIRZ.

A LITTLE BIT ON THE ON THE FINANCIALS AND SOME OF THE GROWTH WE'VE SEEN IN AREA.

THIS TOP CHART SHOWS A COMPARABLE TO THE OVERALL CITY FROM 2012 TO 2022, WHICH IS 58% GROWTH THAT THE CITY SAW.

AND THEN THIS PROPOSED TIRZ AREA ONLY SAW ABOUT 25% IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.

AND THEN JUST IN THE LAST YEAR, THE CITY OF AMARILLO WENT UP 3.69%.

WHILE THE TIRZ AREA PROPOSED IS ONLY 0.75%.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE IN THIS AREA AS A SUBSET.

AS FAR AS THE THE MAKEUP OF THE ZONE, THE 2022 BASE YEAR VALUE WOULD BE JUST ABOUT $30 MILLION.

AND THEN THE 2042 ESTIMATE FOR A 20 YEAR ZONE, THE PROJECTED GROWTH WOULD GET IT TO ABOUT $167 MILLION OVERALL.

THE REVENUE THAT THAT COULD BRING IN IF THE CITY AMARILLO COLLEGE AND RANDALL COUNTY PARTICIPATED WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $15 MILLION.

AND THAT'S BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INVESTMENT SCENARIOS.

AS FAR AS ANCHORS AT $52 MILLION RETAIL AND HOTELS $37 MILLION, RESTAURANTS AT $11, AND THEN JUST OTHER COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY OR RESIDENTIAL AT $22 MILLION.

AND THEN THE BASE GROWTH IN THAT $30 MILLION VALUE WOULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION.

AND THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD OCCUR IN 12 YEARS OR LESS, THE MAJORITY IN YEARS 1 THROUGH 8, IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THAT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN THE TAX INCREMENT PARTICIPATION AS OPPOSED TO TIRZ ONE AND TIRZ TWO, WHERE IT'S 100% PARTICIPATION FOR 30 YEARS, THIS ONE WOULD BE 100% IN YEARS 1 THROUGH 10 AND THEN YEARS 11 THROUGH 20 WOULD ONLY BE AT 50%.

SO THE CITY AND THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES WOULD SEE THOSE NEW DOLLARS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BY SPLITTING IT DOWN TO HALF OR HALF THE AMOUNT IN YEAR 11.

AND THEN WE PROPOSE TO HAVE A SIMILAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS THE OTHER TIRZ ZONES.

IT'D BE TEN WITH THREE SELECTED BY THE CITY, THREE BY RANDALL COUNTY, AND THEN THE OTHER ENTITIES WOULD EACH HAVE ONE FOR THE BOARD MAKEUP.

AS FAR AS WHAT THIS ZONE MIGHT SPEND THE DOLLARS ON OR SPEND TOWARD REIMBURSEMENTS TO DEVELOPERS, IT'S REALLY HIGHLY FOCUSED ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS ZONE VERSUS MAYBE INCENTIVES OR GRANTS OR THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO IT'D BE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO WATER, WASTEWATER AND DRAINAGE, POTENTIAL LIFT STATION, UTILITY EXTENSIONS, PARTICIPATION ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR, STREET CONSTRUCTION, PARTICIPATION IN WATER, WASTEWATER IN DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR CHAPTER THREE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.

BUT MOST LIKELY IT WOULD GO TOWARD REIMBURSEMENTS EITHER TO THE CITY OR THE DEVELOPER INSTALLING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE FRONT END AND THEN BEING REIMBURSED OVER THAT 20 YEAR TIME PERIOD TO RECOUP THOSE COSTS.

AND THEN AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST THAT COULD BE FINANCED BY THE PROPOSED TIRZ WOULD BE UP TO $15 MILLION.

ANY REVENUES THAT GENERATE IN EXCESS OF THAT WOULD GO TOWARD THE SAME SAME PRIORITIES.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO, ANDREW, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SO THERE ARE THREE TAXING ENTITIES AND THAT WOULD BE AMARILLO, AMARILLO COLLEGE, AND RANDALL COUNTY.

RANDALL COUNTY. WE'VE HAD PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH BOTH AMARILLO COLLEGE AND RANDALL COUNTY, AND THEY SEEMED AMENABLE TO PARTICIPATING.

BUT WE CAN'T HAVE THE OFFICIAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT UNTIL ZONES ESTABLISHED.

SO THAT WOULD BE A NEXT STEP.

IF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES, THEN WE'D GO TO EACH OF THEM TO GET AN AGREEMENT EXECUTED.

AND THIS IS A 20 YEAR TERM.

20 YEAR TERM. YES, MA'AM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, ANDREW. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON AGENDA ITEM THREE B RELATED TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 8033.

ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM MAY HAVE 3 MINUTES TO DO SO.

ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.

MR. GRIFFITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M MATT GRIFFITH, 4211 PALACIO.

I WANTED TO SPEAK FOR JUST A MINUTE IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE.

FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE ANDREW AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON THIS PROPOSED TIRZ DISTRICT.

I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE I'VE BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE PROMOTION OF AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMARILLO. AND I LOVE THIS TOWN.

AND TO ME IT'S A NO BRAINER TO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE YOUR BUSINESS TO AMARILLO, TEXAS.

BUT IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO NATIONAL DEVELOPERS, NATIONAL BUSINESSES AND SO FORTH THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT TO AMARILLO. IT'S A SLOG, BUT IT'S WORTH IT.

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BUT I CAN SPEAK FIRSTHAND TO THE CHALLENGES THAT THERE ARE IN TRYING TO ENTICE AN ORGANIZATION, A RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER, A NATIONAL TENANT OF MANY NAMES THAT YOU COULD ALL IMAGINE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE COME TO AMARILLO.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY SEE US, BUT THEY'RE NOT SOLD JUST COMPLETELY RIGHT.

SO IT TAKES A MINUTE TO GET THEM WARMED UP TO THE IDEA OF MOVING TO THE PANHANDLE.

AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT KEEP THEM FROM COMMITTING ARE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS THEIR LIMITATIONS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO AND THEY CAN'T SPECULATE AND GO SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO IN THE HOPES THAT SOMETHING'S GOING TO BE ATTRACTED TO THAT.

AND WE CERTAINLY CAN'T DO THAT EITHER.

HOWEVER, WE'RE WILLING TO COMMIT TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT AS A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER TO ATTRACT THESE BUSINESSES TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, AND THEN IT BECOMES NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.

SO WITH THESE SORTS OF INCENTIVES, THAT'S THAT LITTLE ADDED PUSH THAT'S NEEDED TO ALLOW THIS CHICKEN AND THE EGG SCENARIO TO FINALLY TAKE PLACE, RIGHT.

THE RETAILER SAYS, WELL, WE WOULD COME, WE LIKE YOUR NUMBERS, BUT WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THE DRAINAGE.

YOU DON'T HAVE A STREET THAT SERVES US.

WE DON'T HAVE WATER AND SEWER PROVIDED TO THIS PARTICULAR SITE AND WE'RE JUST NOT QUITE READY TO COMMIT.

SO THIS IDEA ALLOWS THE CITY, ALLOWS THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO SUDDENLY THINK, OKAY, WELL, IF THERE IS A HOPE OF SOME INCENTIVE OF GETTING SOME OF THAT REBATE, NOW, WE CAN KIND OF GO OUT ON A LIMB AND DO WHAT WE OTHERWISE WOULD NOT DO.

SO FOR ME, IT JUST BOILS DOWN TO A BUT FOR STATEMENT.

BUT FOR THIS TIRZ DISTRICT, IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE THAT SORT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MATT.

WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING ON THAT PROJECT SPECIFICALLY.

ANYBODY ELSE WHO? YES. MR. LACKEY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'LL BE BRIEF.

I'M GOING TO SAY THANK YOU TO ANDREW.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE HE WENT.

SEVERAL MEETINGS THROUGH OUR PROCESS.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BUILD A YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX.

WE'RE DOING IT PRIVATELY.

WE HAVEN'T ASKED THE CITY FOR ANY MONEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY MONEY FROM THIS TIRZ DISTRICT.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THESE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT MATT'S REFERRING TO ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED IN THIS AREA.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IN 2016 WE PASSED A BOND TO TO EXTEND COLTER ROAD FROM THE LOOP TO TO SUNDOWN LANE.

BUT WE CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PASS THE DRAINAGE SIDE OF THINGS.

AND SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT MAPS REFERRING TO ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED.

HERE'S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, MR. MILLER. COUNCILMAN SAUER, YOU WENT WITH US AND KEVIN STARBUCK AND OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, MICHAEL KASHUBA, AT ELK CITY RIGHT BEFORE COVID HIT US.

AND YOU SAW OUR COMPLEXES IN ELK CITY.

AND OUR GOVERNOR DIDN'T SHUT US DOWN IN ELK CITY.

WE BUILT SOME REALLY PRETTY FACILITIES OVER THERE THROUGH A DIFFERENT TAX STRUCTURE.

AND I PROMISED THEM IN 5 TO 7 YEARS THEY'D RECOVER THOSE DOLLARS IF THEY'D SPEND FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TURFING OUR TWO COMPLEXES OVER THERE.

OUR CITY MANAGER CALLED ME INTO HIS OFFICE A YEAR AGO AUGUST AND SAID, JIMMY, YOU HAVE MISSED, GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATED WHAT THE RETURN ON THIS INVESTMENT IS GOING TO BE.

AND I SAID, WELL, EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT YOU MEAN.

HE SAID, WE RECOVERED IT IN TWO.

FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN TWO YEARS DURING A PANDEMIC WITH ALL THE TOURNAMENTS AND ALL THE ACTIVITY THAT WE HOST AT THOSE TWO LITTLE COMPLEXES IN ELK CITY, OKLAHOMA, OF A TOWN OF 12,000.

SUZANNE AND MATT HAVE GIVEN US 90 ACRES OF LAND.

PUT THIS PROJECT TOGETHER OUT THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE.

WE'RE ABOUT $17 MILLION OF THE WAY THERE OF THIS $30 MILLION THAT WE NEED.

WE'RE [INAUDIBLE] RAISING IT ALL PRIVATELY.

I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH BETH.

THIS TIME PLANT TREES 20 YEARS AGO, SECOND BEST TIME, SECOND BEST TIMES TODAY.

SO YOU'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLANT A BIG TREE TODAY THAT CAN CONTINUE TO GROW OUT THERE IN THIS AREA.

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO THE CITY OVER THE 20 YEARS.

IT'S NOT COMING TO KIDS INC, BUT THE CITY IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM IT.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU'LL REALLY CONSIDER THIS ONE.

THANKS. THANK YOU, JIMMY.

APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM THREE B.

MAYOR I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8033 CREATING SOUTH GATEWAY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER THREE, CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PURPOSES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 311 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE AND ITS BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND THE

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THE 1046 ACRE ZONE WOULD BE LOCATED IN THE AREA OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 27 AND LOOP 335.

THIS IS FOR A 20 YEAR TERM AND IT WOULD BE 100% TAX RATE PARTICIPATION IN YEARS 1 THROUGH 10 AND 50% IN YEARS, 11 THROUGH 20.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 8033.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS MOTION? HEARING NONE. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED BY THE SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

MR. CITY MANAGER, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS PROJECT AND SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT ANDREW FREEMAN, PAT HIM ON THE BACK.

I MEAN, WHAT HE'S HANDED US IN A PACKET, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY JUST HIT A BUTTON ON SOFTWARE AND IT SPITS THIS OUT.

THIS IS A TON OF WORK TO CALCULATE THE BOUNDARIES TO COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE STATE LAW WITH REGARD TO TIRZ AND TO CHECK THE BOXES ON ALL THE PERCENTAGES AND ALL OF THAT, AND THEN TO RUN THE REVENUE CALCULATIONS.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK, AND I APPRECIATE THE PRIVATE CITIZENS WHO'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS.

KIDS INC, JIMMY LACKEY, YOUR LEADERSHIP, MATT, MARK, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOUR WOULD BE HERE TODAY, BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PART OF THE PROCESS BECAUSE I AGREE IT IS A TREE AND THE CITY WILL HAVE A LOT OF BENEFIT IN THE DECADES TO COME FOR IT.

BUT I SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO CALL ANDREW OUT.

THIS WAS HIS IDEA.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE PUSHED FOR AND ASKED COUNCIL TO SUPPORT INVESTIGATING, AND WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT IT.

CERTAINLY WITHOUT ALL THE PACKET AND THE WORK, WITHOUT ANDREW'S VISION AND LEADERSHIP AND JARED'S SUPPORT OF THAT.

MAYOR WITH JIMMY AND MATT AND TEAM IN THE ROOM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A JIMMY'S PROJECT, THE KIDS INC PROJECT WAS THE CATALYST.

THE CATALYST. GREAT WORD.

THANK YOU.

FOR US TRYING TO GET CREATIVE ON HOW DO WE MAKE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA, BECAUSE IT HAD HAD A BARRIER TO DEVELOPMENT FOR A LONG TIME.

IT'S AN OBVIOUS LOCATION THAT EVERYBODY WOULD WANT TO BE WITH A BUSINESS OR ANYTHING, WITH A HOTEL BUSINESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND THE KIDS INC PROJECT THAT NOBODY CAN NOT GET BEHIND.

EVERYONE CAN GET BEHIND KIDS INC, YOU KNOW, FIELDS FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO RECREATE AND PLAY.

IT'S UNREMARKABLE IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THIS MEETING, IF YOU IF YOU WATCH THIS MEETING AND WHAT HAPPENED, YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT TIRZ THREE, IN ADDITION TO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE CITY WITH OTHER COUNCILS, AND THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN. IT'S GOING TO BE AN ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A POWER INTERSECTION LIKE FEW PLACES THAT WE HAVE IN AMARILLO.

SO I JUST WANTED TO I'M IT'S A LITTLE MORE RAH RAH THAN WHAT YOU WANT YOUR CITY MANAGER TO SAY.

BUT THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

IT'S A BIG DEAL. AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR YOU, JIMMY, AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO, BUT ALSO FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, MAYOR, GOOD JOB TO ANDREW AND ALL OF OUR TEAM.

THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU, GUYS.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

ITEM THREE C IS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 11-08-22-2.

[3.C. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 11-08-22-2]

RIGHT. AND ALSO WE ALSO HAVE A GUEST WHO HAS ALREADY SPOKEN ONCE THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE WITH US, TOO.

SO, YES.

SO AS A RESOLUTION, THIS ITEM WOULD TYPICALLY BE ON CONSENT, BUT WE REQUESTED THAT IT BE PLACED ON NON CONSENT BECAUSE ITS PURPOSE IS RECOGNITION.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS CAN BE A MOMENT OF CELEBRATION.

THE RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PROGRAM IS NEW.

AS A COUNCIL, YOU ADOPTED THIS IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

IT SETS ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO MEET TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE RUNNING TRANSPARENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT FAIRLY REPRESENT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SJ AND AMARILLO OR SJNA WOULD BE OUR FIRST RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

THEIR APPLICATION WAS REVIEWED BY STAFF AND RECOMMENDED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER.

AND SO WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.

YOU HEARD THE JOURNEY OF SJNA FROM THE PLANNING PROCESS TO THE CREATION OF THE

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THERE ARE, I THINK, FOUR REPRESENTATIVES FOUR HERE, AND IF APPROVED, THEY REQUESTED THAT MAYBE THERE COULD BE A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, COUNCIL FOR EMILY.

OKAY. THANK YOU, EMILY.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE C? YES, MAYOR, WE DO. I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 11-08-22-2 RECOGNIZING THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD AMARILLO OR SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS THE RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL, AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 11-08-22-2.

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

ANYONE OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE AND WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE TO CELEBRATE.

EMILY, BEFORE YOU STEP AWAY, WE HAVE HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS? FOUR. SO WE HAVE FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BUT IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO MEET THIS CRITERIA.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF SAN JACINTO BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE THE THIRD CITY NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, BUT ACTUALLY THE FIRST ONES TO CHECK ALL THE BOXES TO BE AT THIS POINT.

SO IT'S JUST ABOUT THIS IS SOMETHING Y'ALL PRIORITIZED, BUT WELL DONE.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU.

WELL, WHAT'S REAL INTERESTING IS EACH ONE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE ONE UPPED, THE ONE BEFORE THEM.

SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT ACTUALLY ENDS UP HAPPENING WITH THE FOURTH ONE.

YEAH, WITH THE EASTRIDGE.

YEAH. EASTRIDGE. YEAH.

YEAH. YEAH.

SPURRING EACH OTHER ON.

YEAH. THAT'S GOOD.

OKAY. ITEM THREE D IS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 11-08-22-3.

[3.D. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 11-08-22-3]

THIS WILL BE THE DISCUSSION OF TWO SPECIFIC ITEMS OR THREE, REALLY, BUT LANDFILL DEVELOPMENT FOR CELL TEN AND ALSO PID PROJECTS FOR THE COLONIES AND HERITAGE HILLS.

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LAURA. LAURA STORRS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

AND THEN STEVEN ADAMS WITH SPS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, JARED.

AND THIS IS THE ONE ACTION ITEM THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO BRING TO YOU ALL AHEAD OF TIME, TO START THE TIME PERIOD FOR ADVERTISING, TO LET OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ENTER INTO AN ISSUANCE FOR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

AS JARED MENTIONED, IT WILL BE COMBINED INTO ONE ISSUANCE AND IT WILL BE FOR LANDFILL.

IT WILL BE FOR COLONY'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND FOR HERITAGE HILLS.

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT COLONIES HAS SEVERAL DEBT ISSUANCES OUTSTANDING THAT THEY'RE ACTIVELY PAYING ON AND HERITAGE HILLS THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST ONE THAT THE CITY WILL ISSUE FOR THEM.

JUST A REMINDER ON THOSE THAT THEY HAVE TO SET THEIR ASSESSMENTS AT A LEVEL THAT THEY CAN APPROPRIATELY PAY FOR ANY MAINTENANCE GOING ON IN THE PID ALONG WITH THIS ANTICIPATED DEBT SERVICE.

AND THEY SHOW IT OUT OVER A FIVE YEAR PLAN.

YOU ALL ADOPTED THEIR FIVE YEAR PLANS DURING OUR BUDGET SEASON.

AND SO THOSE HAVE ALL GONE INTO PLACE AS OF OCTOBER 1ST AS WELL AS WE ADJUSTED THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FEES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE LANDFILL PORTION OF THIS CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION.

AND THAT WENT INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 AS WELL.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO STEVEN TO REVIEW.

THANK YOU, LAURA. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

SO I THINK LAURA HAS LAID THIS OUT ALREADY.

BUT JUST TO GET TO SPECIFIC NUMBERS, IT'S $2 TO THE CONSTRUCTION FUND, $6.3 MILLION TO THE LANDFILL, $3 MILLION TO COLONY'S PID AND $1,000,250 TO HERITAGE HILLS PID.

WE BID THAT OUT AS ONE PROJECT.

WE BREAK IT OUT INTERNALLY, SEPARATE TO THE PENNY.

GIVE IT TO THE CITY TO DO THEIR TO DO THEIR BUDGETS AND TO ALLOCATE THE COST TO THE APPROPRIATE COST CENTER.

THIS WILL BE A 20 YEAR AMORTIZATION AGAIN WITH A TEN YEAR CALL.

WHILE WE'RE PLEDGING PROPERTY TAXES TO GET TO HIGH CREDIT RATING, WE, OF COURSE, AREN'T PLANNING ON USING THEM ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WHERE YOU'RE PLANNING ON TAKING BIDS AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING AND PRESENTING IT TO COUNCIL AT 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON ON JANUARY THE 10TH, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY CLOSE ON FEBRUARY THE 16TH.

HERE IS THE DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

WE'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE THING.

WE SHOW A TEN POINT $10,550,000 PAR AMOUNT WITH A PREMIUM OF $100,000 WHEN THE BIDS COME IN. WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GET A PREMIUM OR A DISCOUNT.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW THEY PLACE THEIR COUPONS.

AND WHILE IT'S PRETTY COMPLEX, IF THEY DO A COUPON OF, SAY, 6%, THAT'S HIGHER THAN THE TRUE INTEREST COST.

THEY HAVE TO PAY MONEY TO THE CITY.

IF THEY DO A 2% COUPON, THEN THAT'S LESS THAN THAT.

THEN WE HAVE TO SELL MORE, MORE BONDS FOR THAT.

AND SO IT WOULD STILL BE THE LOWEST OVERALL PRICE TO THE CITY.

BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'VE ASKED FOR THE AUTHORIZATION TO BE UP TO $12 MILLION IN THE PUBLICATION.

AND THAT'S WHERE THAT IS COMING FROM.

WE WILL NOT WE WILL CHANGE THE SIZE TO GET EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION FUND, THOUGH.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BRING THE CITY COUNCIL.

JUST TO LOOK AT THE THREE SEPARATE ENTITIES, YOU CAN SEE THE SOLID WASTE SYSTEM IS ABOUT $490,000 PER YEAR.

THAT'S ON THE LEFT.

THE COLONY'S PID IS ABOUT $230 TO $235,000 A YEAR.

AND ON THE RIGHT, THE HERITAGE PID, THEIR DEBT SERVICE WILL BE JUST UNDER $100,000 A YEAR AS PROJECTED.

AGAIN, THE TIMING ON THIS ONE, WE DO HAVE TO PUBLISH TWO TIMES IN THE NEWSPAPER AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE AUTHORIZING TODAY IF YOU PASS THIS ORDINANCE.

THE FIRST PUBLICATION WILL BE NOVEMBER THE 17TH.

THE SECOND ONE WILL BE ON NOVEMBER THE 24TH.

BY STATUTE, THOSE HAVE TO BE ON THE SAME DAY OF THE WEEK FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.

AND WE CAN'T SELL THE DEBT UNTIL 45 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST PUBLICATION, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, SO FAR AHEAD OF A JANUARY 10TH SALE.

WITH THAT, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEVEN? MAYOR I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS JUST IN GENERAL ON LIKE THE PID PROCESS.

SO IS IT TYPICAL TO TO GROUP THESE TOGETHER ON THE CO?

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THERE ARE OTHER DEVELOPER PIDS WHICH WHICH ARE A LOT LARGER THAT INVOLVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND THOSE ARE GENERALLY SOLD AS UNRATED PID BONDS.

BUT FOR CITIES THAT HAVE EXISTING PIDS THAT ARE JUST DOING WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER MINOR IMPROVEMENTS RATHER THAN AN ENTIRE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF TAX BASE ALREADY DOWN.

IT IS PRETTY COMMON FOR A CITY TO TO BACKSTOP THAT TYPE OF PIDS SUCH AS THESE.

YES. SO DOESN'T NECESSARILY JUSTIFY A PID BOND.

THE CO ACCOMPLISHES THE SAME THING.

IT DOES, AND THERE'S NOT NEAR AS MUCH RISK TO DO A PID BOND FOR DEVELOPMENT.

THE VALUE IS NOT THERE YET.

AND SO THAT IN OUR VIEW WOULD PROBABLY PUT MORE RISK ON THE CITY THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WHEN WE SET THESE UP ORIGINALLY WAY BACK WHEN.

I THINK THE CITY SAID WHEN YOU GET 75% OCCUPIED ROOFTOPS THAT THE CITY WOULD BACKSTOP WITH A PID RATHER THAN SO THE DEVELOPER WOULD ONLY OWN 25% OF THE OF THE HOMES.

AND SO UNDER THAT SCENARIO, SIGNIFICANTLY LESS RISK TO THE CITY THAN DEVELOPER PID.

YES. OKAY.

AND MR. ADAMS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE THE CO ON THE LANDFILL PIECE AS WELL? IS THAT THE ONLY INSTRUMENT AVAILABLE FOR THE LANDFILL BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND OR ARE THERE OTHER TOOLS AVAILABLE? I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S FOR THIS LONG OF A DEBT THAT THAT'S THE ONLY ONE SHORT OF HAVING AN ELECTION AND DOING A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND YOU COULD PROBABLY DO THAT AS WELL.

AND CAN I CLARIFY, LAURA, THAT IS IN THE GENERAL FUND OR..

OKAY, SO NOT A REVENUE.

OTHERWISE, IF IT WAS SAY, WATER AND SEWER, WE WOULD DO A REVENUE BOND, CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. ADAMS. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STEVEN? OKAY. THANKS, STEVEN.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE D? YES, MAYOR WE DO.

I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION NUMBER 11-08-22-3 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 11-08-22-3.

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

ANYONE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE E, WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION OF AN AWARD FOR A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE NEW TRANSIT MULTIMODAL TERMINAL LOCATED AT 6TH AVENUE

[3.E. CONSIDER AWARD – CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE NEW TRANSIT MULTIMODAL TERMINAL LOCATED AT 6TH AVENUE & BOWIE ST IN AMARILLO TEXAS]

COUNCIL JERRY DANFORTH IS PREPARED TO DO PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO STEP INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION JUST FOR A MOMENT TO DISCUSS SOME LEGAL ASPECTS SO THAT YOU'RE UP TO SPEED BEFORE YOU HEAR THAT PRESENTATION AND BEFORE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM.

SO I WOULD ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO READ OUR DISMISSAL LANGUAGE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE.

YES, MA'AM. SO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS AT A CLOSED SESSION OF THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON THE 11TH OF NOVEMBER OF 2022.

THE TIME IS 3:31 P.M.

UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY, CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY ABOUT A MATTER IN WHICH THE ATTORNEY'S DUTY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND OR THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR THIS CHAPTER.

AND I WOULD JUST CLARIFICATION, IT'S THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER.

OH, I'M SORRY. THAT'S GOOD.

WE'RE WATCHING. IF FREDA HAS TO REMIND ME ABOUT PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE CAN REMIND YOU ABOUT DATES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AS WE WORK BACK TO OUR AGENDA, WE ARE ON ITEM THREE E.

I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. CITY MANAGER, FOR US TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION.

JUST SHORT, BASIC FACTS FROM MR. DANFORTH. JERRY.

THIS ITEM IS FOR CONSENT ON THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE NEW MULTIMODAL TRANSIT FACILITY, AS WELL AS THE AMENDMENTS FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK TO REPAIR AND REPLACE THE TWO ROADS ON BOWIE AND 5TH STREET.

IT WAS A SEALED BID PROJECT ON THIS AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE MET ALL OF THE SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO THE PLAN

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AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE E? YES, WE DO. MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE DEMOLITION SITE, FOR PREPARATION, SITE SECURITY AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TRANSIT MULTIMODAL TERMINAL LOCATED AT 6TH AVENUE AND BOWIE STREET IN AMARILLO, TEXAS, TO TRI-STATE GENERAL CONTRACTORS GROUP, INC.

IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,661,800.

AND THAT WOULD BE CONTINGENT UPON CONFIRMATION FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION'S APPROVAL WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD. FURTHER, FINDING THAT DELIVERY OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE UNDULY DELAYED BY FAILURE TO MAKE THE AWARD PROMPTLY.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD SMITH.

I DO THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO PAUSE AND JUST GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS AGENDA.

WE'VE GOT A TAX PAYER HERE WHO HAD PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THIS.

SO JUST MAYBE COUNCIL SHARING SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE ON ON THIS ISSUE.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY ON THIS IS THE THE COST OR THE POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

BUT I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED SINCE THIS IS BASICALLY OVER 90% FEDERALLY FUNDED.

I DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT AT RISK BY US MISHANDLING THE BID PROCESS AT ANY POINT.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE FOR SURE THAT THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOSE THOSE FEDERAL MONIES BECAUSE THAT'S 90% OF $8 MILLION.

$8.6 MILLION IS BASICALLY $8 MILLION.

AND SO THAT'S REAL.

IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE FOR SURE THAT WE DON'T LET THIS GET TO A POINT WHERE WE LOSE THE FEDERAL FUNDING ON THIS.

I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ALMOST FROM THE DAY THAT WE THAT THE FOUR OF US, ANYWAY, STEPPED INTO OFFICE IN 2017.

SO IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE THIS FEDERAL FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN EVERYBODY ON STAFF HAS WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO IN FAIRNESS TO THE TO THE BIDDER WHO DID TURN FORMS IN IS PART OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT THAT THAT PROCESS. YES, MA'AM.

IS AT PLAY HERE? YEAH. OKAY.

YOU KNOW, AND, MR. KEATING, I.

I REALLY REGRET THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM INADVERTENTLY OVERLOOKED THOSE TWO FORMS. AND I TOO HAVE HAVE WORKED IN PROCUREMENT FOR MANY YEARS.

AND I KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO FEDERALLY FUNDED DOLLARS, WHICH ARE GRANT DOLLARS, WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE WE PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS ITSELF SO THAT OTHER VENDORS WHO DO BID IN THE FUTURE WILL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS.

BUT I DO HAVE THE OTHER CONCERNS.

AS YOU KNOW, IF WE DO DELAY THE PROJECT, THE COST WILL GO UP, ESPECIALLY DUE TO INFLATION.

AND THEN, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, IT'S HARD TO GET CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES AT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE PROJECT.

SO I KNOW THAT WE WANT TO DEFINITELY BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAX DOLLARS ENTRUSTED TO US AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS STARTS ON TIME AND THAT WE DON'T INCUR ADDITIONAL COSTS, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEND LESS THAN WHAT THE PROJECT CALLS FOR.

I'D LIKE TO SAY BOTH COMPANIES INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE, BOTH PLAINS AND TRI-STATE, HAVE DONE JOBS IN THE PAST FOR THE CITY.

THEY'VE DONE EXCELLENT JOBS.

AND I WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO PRESERVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH COMPANIES.

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YEAH, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

YEAH, I WOULD ECHO THAT.

I MEAN, I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT CONSTRUCTION IS COMPETITIVE IN NATURE AND YOU HAVE TWO GOOD COMPETITORS OUT HERE THAT BOTH WENT AFTER SOMETHING.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALLOW THE REFEREE TO BLOW THE WHISTLE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE WAY THE THE PLAY HAS ENDED.

AND SO LIKE IN YOUR APPEAL, I APPRECIATE YOU FIGHTING FOR THAT FIGHT AND FOR YOUR COMPANY AND FOR THE RIGHT TO THE JOB.

AND I THINK THE COUNCIL'S TRIED TO DO A GOOD JOB TO ALLOW FOR THAT.

AND WE HAVE TWO WEEKS TO HEAR FROM THE FTA.

IF THERE IS SOMETHING THERE, THEN THEN WE WANT TO BE WISE IN HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

BUT BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR A, YOU KNOW, A PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK WE'RE MAKING A GOOD DECISION HERE WITH WITH TRI-STATE FOR TODAY.

TIM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST ABOUT ANY OF THAT.

YEAH. COULD YOU.

COULD YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE? TIM. THANK YOU.

AND I APPRECIATE YALLS TIME AND EFFORT IN DOING THIS.

I GUESS MY MY CLARIFICATION IS, IS THE GENERAL COUNCIL ISSUES THE WAIVER WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

IS THAT WHAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT IS IF THE GENERAL COUNSEL ISSUES HIS FINDING IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, SAYING THAT THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED WITH OUR BID. DOES THAT MEAN THAT Y'ALL WILL ACCEPT THAT FINDING? I GUESS I'M UNSURE AS TO WHAT THAT RESOLUTION WAS.

SO I THINK FOR US WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT TARGET TO BE IN OTHER WORDS THE TARGET IS WAS A WAIVER FILED OR WAS A WAIVER NOT FILED AND IT WASN'T A VALID WAIVER.

DID THE GENERAL COUNSEL ACCEPT A WAIVER OR NOT? IF THEY SEND US SOMETHING THAT SAYS THEY DID, THEN WE PAUSE.

IF THEY DON'T SEND US ANYTHING, WE MOVE FORWARD.

BECAUSE ALSO IN FEDERAL LAW, IT SAYS THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY UNNECESSARY DELAYS IN THE PROJECT.

BRIAN MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US MORE DETAIL ON THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE UNLESS WE HAVE A VALID REASON TO PAUSE.

SO WE WANT THEM TO EITHER TELL US THEY'VE GOT A REASON TO PAUSE OR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

OKAY. WE HAVE THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS HERE AND THOSE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS ARE A BARRIER AND WE HAVE TWO, LIKE ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAID, WE HAVE TWO VERY VALUED PARTNERS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT? WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE ON THE PROJECT, WE NEED THE FTA GENERAL COUNCIL TO TELL US TO PAUSE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET TO OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

BUT IF WE DON'T GET ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT BASED ON COUNCIL'S INPUT AT THIS POINT.

SO AND AGAIN, I'M JUST SO IF THEY SAY THAT THEY'VE GOT A WAIVER FILED, PROPERLY FILED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REVIEW, THEN THE JOB IS PAUSED FOR NOW UNTIL THEY'VE MADE A DETERMINATION.

WELL, BASED ON THEIR GUIDELINES, ONCE THEY GIVE US THAT INFORMATION AND THEY'RE DETERMINING THAT THERE IS A JUSTIFIABLE REASON TO PAUSE THE PROJECT AND DELAY THE PROJECT REGARDLESS OF THE COST, THEN WE WILL OBVIOUSLY GOING TO DEFER TO THEM BECAUSE IT'S THEIR MONEY.

OKAY. NO, I UNDERSTAND.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT ENTIRE WORKING SITUATION.

SO, YEAH, THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL JUST FOR YOU TO ASK SPECIFICALLY ANY QUESTION THAT YOU HAD.

OKAY. SO WE'LL WAIT ON THE FTA'S DETERMINATION OR RESPONSE, I GUESS, IS PROBABLY A PERIOD OF TIME, CORRECT? RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. YOU ALL CAN HELP US WITH THAT, TOO.

I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING THEM.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING THEM, SO.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? I'M READY FOR THE QUESTION.

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

OH, WAIT. I'M SORRY.

SURE? YES.

HI, JERRY. JERRY REYNOSA, PRESIDENT OF TRI-STATE.

APPRECIATE ALL THE BUSINESS YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN US OVER THE YEARS.

I JUST WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION AS FAR AS BEING LABELED NON RESPONSIVE.

HOW WILL THAT BE? HOW WILL YOU ADDRESS THAT? I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN LABELED NON RESPONSIVE.

WILL THAT JUST GO AWAY OR? IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THE FTA SAYS.

YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN? YES, EXACTLY.

WHATEVER THE FTA SAYS, WE'LL FOLLOW, IT'S THEIR MONEY.

WELL, I JUST IN ALL MY YEARS OF DOING CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

NON RESPONSIVE IS NON RESPONSIVE, PERIOD.

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I'VE SEEN OTHER BUSINESSES BEEN LABELED NON RESPONSIVE.

GAME OVER. PERIOD.

NEXT BIDDER. I THINK YOU MIGHT SET A PRECEDENCE HERE.

THANK YOU. I THINK THE CHALLENGE FOR US ALSO IS THAT THIS WAIVER HAS BEEN FILED.

AND SO WE'RE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ALLOW ENOUGH TIME PROCEDURALLY FOR THAT TO PLAY OUT BECAUSE NOW WE'RE TRYING TO YOU KNOW, WHICH THING ARE WE BOUND BY, THE WAIVER OR THE BID PROCESS? AND WE WANT TO BE COMPLIANT IN BOTH PLACES.

DID YOU WANT TO CLEAN THAT UP? I THINK YOU'RE DEAD ON.

THAT IS THE SCENARIO THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT I DON'T EVER REMEMBER US HAVING.

SO. YEAH.

SO BACK TO CALLING THE QUESTION, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE .

ANYONE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

MOTION PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE F IS THE CONSIDERATION OF BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.

[3.F. CONSIDER BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS]

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY READY? YES, MA'AM. STEPHANIE, I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO.

OKAY. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAVE AROUND 50 BOARD COMMISSIONS WITH AMARILLO.

APPOINTMENTS ARE CONSIDERED ANNUALLY IN NOVEMBER AND THEN AGAIN MID-YEAR IF WE HAVE TO DURING THE YEAR.

SO CITIZENS HAVE APPLIED ONLINE, GOT SOME GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS UP THERE THAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE BEFORE WE GO.

WE'VE GOT 28 BOARDS TODAY TO WORK THROUGH, SO HAPPY TO GO AT YOUR PACE AS SLOW OR FAST AS YOU WANT TO GO ON THESE.

BUT WE'LL START WITH AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THIS IS A FIVE MEMBER BOARD SERVING THREE YEARS ON THEIR TERMS, AND THEY ARE TERM LIMITED TO TWO TERMS. WE'VE GOT ANDREW HALL UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

LAURA STREET HAS ALMOST COMPLETED HER SECOND TERM AND SHE HAS SENT A LETTER IN RECOMMENDING HELEN BURTON TO BE HER REPLACEMENT.

SO I WANT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.

AND I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION OR MOTIONS FOR THESE TWO POSITIONS.

OKAY, I'M READY.

SO I MOVE TO REAPPOINT ANDREW HALL TO THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD.

SECOND. DID YOU WANT.

YES. GO. NO.

HAPPY FOR YOU TO GO. ALL RIGHT.

I'M ON IT. OKAY, SO LET ME FIND MY PLACE HERE.

[INAUDIBLE] THIS IS FOR A THREE YEAR TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2023.

SECOND. OK.

ANY MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO REAPPOINT ANDREW HALL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

GOOD THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

AND THEN I MOVE TO APPOINT MISS HELEN BURTON TO THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2023.

SECOND. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE DIVERSITY TO THIS PARTICULAR BOARD, WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED.

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I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT.

THAT WOULD BE A FIRST.

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

ANYONE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0.

OK. OUR NEXT BOARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD OF MANAGERS.

THIS IS A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD AND THEY SERVE TWO YEAR TERMS. WE'VE GOT MICHELLE BONNER UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND THEN TWO PEOPLE COMING OFF MARY BEARDEN AND PATRICK WILLIAMS TO REPLACE THOSE.

OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MICHAEL ALEXANDER AND LAURA STREET AND BOTH ARE WILLING TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ABOUT THAT? I MOVE TO REAPPOINT MICHELLE BONNER TO THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD OF MANAGERS FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

SECOND, AND THAT'S BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

SORRY. OKAY.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT MICHELLE BONNER.

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

ANYONE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

OKAY. AND THEN I MOVED TO APPOINT MICHAEL ALEXANDER.

ALEXANDER AND LAURA STREET TO THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD OF MANAGERS FOR A TWO YEAR TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 20 23.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPOINT MICHAEL ALEXANDER AND LAURA STREET.

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

ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT BOARD IS THE ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE ADVISORY BOARD.

JUST A NOTE ON THIS ONE.

WE'VE GOT A COUNCIL MEMBER SERVING ON THIS ONE, WHICH IS DR.

EDDY SAUER, IN THE POSITION THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO LOOK FOR AN APPOINTMENT FOR ON THIS ONE IS LINDA SMITH.

WE APPOINTED MS. SMITH MID-YEAR AND SHE WAS INTERESTED IN SERVING, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON SHE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMMIT THE TIME.

WE'VE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO HER AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HER.

AND SO WE ARE ASKING THAT SHE BE REPLACED FOR THE UNEXPIRED PORTION OF HER TERM, ENDING 12-31-2023, AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ONE IS ALEXANDRIA IBARRA.

OKAY, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPOINT SKYLAR GALLOP, SO TO THE ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE ADVISORY BOARD. SHE'S PART OF ELEVATE AMARILLO AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOMEBODY IN THAT POSITION.

SECOND. OKAY, SO FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.

I THINK SKYLAR WOULD PROBABLY BE A BETTER FIT FOR THE I THINK IT'S THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. OR THE OR THE BEAUTIFICATION BOARD, ONE OF THOSE TWO.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M FINE WITH THAT BECAUSE.

BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO UTILIZE HER, AND I THINK IT'LL BE A BETTER FIT.

AND JUST LOOKING INTO MY PACKET FOR PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, WE HAVE FOUR POSITIONS TO FILL AND ONLY THREE APPLICANTS.

SO THAT ONE MIGHT BE I THINK THAT'S GOOD.

SO THEN JUST A THOUGHT.

THEN I TAKE HOW DO YOU TAKE BACK YOUR, IF YOU LIKE TO, YOU CAN AMEND IT TO SELECT THE STAFF.

SO I'LL AMEND MY MOTION MOTION TO ALEXANDRIA IBARRA . CAN I SAY I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT PARKS AND REC? WE NEED FOUR. YEAH, WE DO, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE SHORT.

SO ON THAT ONE, THERE'S ONE THAT'S NOT IN RED ON YOUR WORKSHEETS AND THAT'S JONATHAN GRAMMAR.

AND SO YOU'RE RIGHT.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT'S THE CLARIFICATION I NEEDED.

RIGHT. THANKS. AND THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT TO.

OKAY, I'LL AMEND MY SECOND FOR ALEXANDRIA IBARRA.

OKAY, GREAT.

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

ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

MOTION PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD AND I FAILED TO MENTION THIS YEAR, IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE PRESENTATION WE HAVE ATTENDANCE PERCENTAGES IN THERE.

SO WE HAVE TRACKED MEETING ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT 2022 TO GIVE YOU GUYS A GOOD VIEW OF THAT.

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YOU HAVE FOUR THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED.

THE ONE THAT IS NOT HAS TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT APPLIED TO FILL THAT SPOT.

SO WE WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR ALL FIVE PLACES.

SO MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE REAPPOINT JOHN DENTON, THOMAS DEVLIN, KEVIN GOLDEN AND THOMAS HICKMAN TO AN ADDITIONAL TERM ON THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD.

I SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO REAPPOINT THESE FIVE GENTLEMEN TO SERVE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

AND MAYOR I MOVE TO APPOINT LOUIS MONTANO TO THE AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2023. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPOINT LOUIS MONTANO.

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

ANYONE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR TIRZ ONE.

THIS IS YOUR CENTER CITY TIRZ.

WE'VE GOT THREE AMARILLO MEMBERS ON HERE, JUST TO REMIND YOU GARY JENNINGS AND JOSEPH PETERSON ARE THE OTHER TWO.

AUSTIN SHARP IS UP FOR A TERM ENDING THIS YEAR.

HE IS NOT LOOKING TO SERVE AGAIN.

WE DO HAVE AN APPLICANT, AMY RAINEY, WHO IS WILLING TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.

OKAY. SO, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPOINT AMY RAINEY TO THE CENTER CITY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

SECOND, DO WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND WITH REGARD TO AMY RAINEY.

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

ALL OF THOSE OPPOSED PLEASE SAY SIGN.

THAT MOTION PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT BOARD IS BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD.

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER SERVING DR.

EDDY SAUER. WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT THIS YEAR AND THEY ARE BOTH WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

MAYOR, I'D MOVE TO REAPPOINT STERLING MCKINNEY AND MATT MORGAN.

TO THE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD.

YES, JUST FOR OUR CITIZENS WATCHING SO THEY KNOW WHICH WHICH BOARDS THEY'RE GOING ON TO.

GOOD. YES, MA'AM. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT STERLING MCKINNEY AND MATT MORGAN, REAPPOINT THEM TO THE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT MOTION? THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD WANT TO PUT IN THERE IS MATT ACTUALLY, DID HE FULFILLED A UNFINISHED TERM OF DENISE CHESTNUT.

AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE SO.

I WOULD NOT WANT IT TO BE HELD AS HIS SECOND APPOINTMENT.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD STILL BE PART OF HIS FIRST APPOINTMENT.

I MEAN, HE'S A HE'S A GREAT MEMBER OF THAT BOARD AND HE'S GOT A LOT TO OFFER.

SO I WOULD HATE TO CUT THAT SHORT.

WE CAN NOTATE THAT IN OUR SYSTEM.

DR. SAUER. OKAY.

OK. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS OUR CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

THIS IS AN 11 MEMBER BOARD.

THEY SERVE THREE YEAR TERMS. WE HAVE TWO RENEWALS ON THIS ONE OR TWO RE APPOINTMENTS EXCUSE ME, COCO DUCKWORTH AND BOBBY LEE.

WE ALSO HAVE A REQUEST FROM CASHIN SMITH WHO IS WITH US TODAY TO EXTEND OUT AL PATEL'S TERM ONE YEAR.

WE HAVE THREE HOTEL POSITIONS ON THIS BOARD AND WE'D LIKE TO STAGGER HIM OUT TO 2025 SO THAT WE HAVE ONE ROTATING OFF EACH YEAR SO THAT THERE'S CONTINUITY.

MAYOR I MOVE TO REAPPOINT COCO DUCKWORTH AND ALSO BOBBY LEE TO THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU COUNCIL TO SERVE A. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY.

NO, THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY.

I'VE LOST MY LANGUAGE HERE.

HOLD ON. A THREE YEAR TERM.

A THREE YEAR TERM. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COCO DUCKWORTH AND BOBBY LEE TO BE REAPPOINTED TO THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU BOARD TO SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM.

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

ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

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MAYOR I MOVE TO EXTEND AL PATEL'S TERM BY ONE YEAR TO END DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO EXTEND AL PATEL'S TERM BY ONE YEAR ON THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU BOARD.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. AND I FAILED TO MENTION THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER SERVING AND THAT IS MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL ON THIS BOARD.

NEXT IS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

WE HAVE DR. SAUER SERVING ON THIS BOARD AND WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR APPOINTMENTS NEEDED.

TIFFANY PODZEMNY IS WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN, AND SO WE WOULD WELCOME HER REAPPOINTMENT.

AND THEN JASON TILLERY TERM IS COMING UP.

ERIC HUNTER HAS A UNEXPIRED TERM, BUT HE HAS LET THE CITY KNOW HE'LL BE STEPPING DOWN FROM THAT.

AND THEN OUR FOURTH ONE THAT WAS NOT IN RED IS JONATHAN GRAMMER, AND HE HAS HAD SOME ATTENDANCE ISSUES.

AND SO WE WOULD ASK THAT WE COULD MAYBE REFILL HIS POSITION WITH SOMEONE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND MEETINGS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUORUM ISSUES WITH THIS BOARD.

OKAY, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPOINT SHERRY FERGUSON, JOHN DAVID, TERRY AND SKYLAR WAS SKYLAR'S LAST NAME, GALLOP.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT COLE, TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION RECREATION BOARD FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT SHERRY FERGUSON, JOHN DAVID TERRY AND SKYLAR GALLOP TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR TERMS OF THREE YEARS.

DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? AND IF I MAY, TWO OF THOSE POSITIONS ACTUALLY END 12-31-2023 THE ONES FOR MR. GRAMMER AND MR. HUNTER.

OKAY. SO WE NEED TO MAKE AN ASSIGNMENT THEN.

DO YOU WANT A MINUTE? YEAH.

WE NEED TO APPOINT TO THE INDIVIDUALS TO FILL OUT THOSE TERMS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

RIGHT? TO COMPLETE THOSE TERMS. SO THAT WOULD BE MR. ERIC HUNTER AND MR. GRAMMER. SO WE'RE PUTTING TWO PEOPLE ON FOR A ONE YEAR TERM OR ONE YEAR TERM.

RIGHT. BUT SORT OF LIKE WHAT EDDY SAID, SHOULD THEY PROVE TO BE GOOD MEMBERS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A BONUS YEAR BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO NOT COUNT THAT RIGHT AS WE GIVE THEM ANOTHER TERM.

I MEAN, A FULL TERM, RIGHT? RIGHT. YOU GOOD WITH THAT? YES, MA'AM. SO I WOULD SAY LET'S LET'S PUT SHERRY IN THE POSITION OF.

IS IT? WHICH ONE IS THE ONE THAT'S IN? IS IT ERIC'S? NO.

TWO OF THEM. TWO OF THEM.

SO, JASON AND JONATHAN GRAMMAR AND ERIC HUNTER ARE THE TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE ENDING NEXT YEAR.

THAT ARE ENDING NEXT YEAR. SO I WANT TO PUT SHERRY IN THE ONE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WE WON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

OK. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. IS IT IS IT YOUR MOTION, MAYOR PRO TEM? [INAUDIBLE] OKAY, SO YOU'RE MOVING THAT SHERRY BE IN JONATHAN GRAMMAR'S TERM? YES. AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED WITH REGARD TO APPOINTING SHERRY FERGUSON TO FINISH OUT JONATHAN GRAMMER'S TERM IN 2023 FOR PARKS AND REC BOARD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

NOW WE NEED TO FILL ERIC HUNTER.

RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD BE JOHN DAVID TERRY.

CORRECT. THAT WILL WORK.

OKAY. BECAUSE SKYLAR, THAT WAY SHE WOULD HAVE GETS A FULL TERM.

SO IS THAT YOUR MOTION? THAT IS MY MOTION. OKAY.

DO HAVE A SECOND. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPOINT JOHN DAVID TERRY TO FINISH OUT ERIC HUNTER'S TERM, ENDING 2020 DECEMBER 2023 ON THE PARKS AND REC BOARD. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE FULL TERM.

SO I MOVE TO APPOINT SKYLAR GALLOP TO A THREE YEAR TERM.

ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH REGARD TO A THREE YEAR TERM FOR SKYLAR GALLOP ON THE PARKS AND REC BOARD.

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

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THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

DID WE HANDLE TIFFANY? NO, WE DIDN'T. OKAY, WE BETTER CIRCLE BACK THERE THEN.

SO, MAYOR, I MOVED TO REAPPOINT.

YEAH, GO AHEAD. I MOVE TO.

GO AHEAD. OH, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT TIFFANY PODZEMNY TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR THREE YEAR TERM.

I SECOND. OKAY, GREAT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH REGARD TO A THREE YEAR TERM ON THE PARKS AND REC BOARD FOR TIFFANY PODZEMNY, ALL OF THOSE.

ANYBODY HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? EVERYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

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

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS OUR NEXT BOARD.

IT'S A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD WITH THREE YEAR TERMS, AND WE'VE GOT ONE VACANCY ON THIS BOARD FOR A TERM ENDING 12-31-2023.

JUST A QUICK NOTE ON ONE OF THESE APPLICANTS.

ANTONIO CHARLES WAS ONE THAT WAS CONNECTED TO US THROUGH ELEVATE AMARILLO.

MAYOR, I'D WANT TO MOVE TO APPOINT LEX GRAHAM TO THE PARKS.

I MEAN, TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

HE ORIGINALLY TURNED IN HIS APPLICATION FOR LGC, AND I DON'T I'M NOT FOR SURE WHETHER HE'S INVOLVED WITH ELEVATE AMARILLO OR NOT, BUT HE'S STILL HE'S A HE'S A YOUNG MAN WHO'S A REALLY HE'S A GREAT GUY WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN AMARILLO.

HE'S GOT A GOOD FAMILY HISTORY.

AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONSIDER PUTTING LEX ON TO PLANNING AND ZONING.

SO I MOVE TO.

I MOVE TO NOMINATE LEX GRAHAM FOR THREE YEAR TERM ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

SECOND, WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH REGARD TO LEX GRAHAM ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED.

GOING BACKWARDS ON PARKS AND REC.

JOHN DAVID TERRY I KNOW IS ALSO IN ELEVATE AMARILLO.

SO WE HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO ELEVATE APPOINTMENTS THERE.

OKAY, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

YES. AND THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE THEY CONNECTED WITH US.

SO VERY APPRECIATIVE TO OUR FRIENDS AT ELEVATE AMARILLO FOR GETTING US SOME APPLICANTS.

STEPHANIE, WAS ON P&Z.

WAS THAT ONE YEAR TERM OR THREE YEAR TERM? IT IS A IT IS A ONE YEAR.

IT'S FILLING THE TERM FOR ONE YEAR.

IT'S FILLING A VACATED TERM.

OH, IT IS, YES.

OKAY. SO AGAIN.

SHOULDN'T COUNT AGAINST HIM, RIGHT, AS FAR AS IF HE WANTS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

THIS IS A FIVE MEMBER BOARD WITH THREE YEAR TERMS. WE'VE GOT THREE APPOINTMENTS NEEDED TODAY.

TWO ARE RE APPOINTMENTS AND ONE IS AN UNEXPIRED TERM FOR BRIAN MCCULLOUGH, WHO IS PLANNING TO STEP DOWN IN DECEMBER.

SO THAT WILL BE A ONE YEAR APPOINTMENT.

OKAY, MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT JAMES CLEMMER AND ALISON ROMAS PIERCE TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO REAPPOINT JAMES CLEMMER AND ALISON RAMOS PIERCE TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FOR THREE YEAR TERMS. ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0.

OKAY. I DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR.

BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO APPOINT.

YES. FOR THE ONE YEAR TERM.

MM HMM. THERE WERE THERE WERE TWO GOOD, STRONG CANDIDATES.

I THOUGHT HEATHER MALONE AND JOSEPH ROGERS BOTH HAD GOOD EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA.

OKAY. I'M GOOD WITH EITHER ONE.

I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU? I DON'T KNOW EITHER.

I WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR JOSEPH ROGERS TO SERVE THE REMAINDER OF BRIAN MCCULLOUGH'S TERM ONE YEAR ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. A SECOND.

OK IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR MR. ROGERS TO SERVE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

CLARIFICATION WHO WAS THE SECOND ON THAT? I THINK WE CAN GIVE IT TO HOWARD.

THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE, BUT YEAH.

OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL GO TO THE AMARILLO AREA PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD.

THIS IS ANOTHER MULTI JURISDICTIONAL BOARD.

THERE ARE EIGHT TOTAL MEMBERS AND CITY OF AMARILLO HAS TWO.

KEVIN HAWKINS SERVES ON THIS BOARD FOR US.

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AND STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED JENNIFER POTTER BE APPOINTED TO REPLACE MS. TAYLOR. OKAY.

I MOVE TO APPOINT JENNIFER POTTER TO THE AMARILLO AREA PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM TO REPLACE MISS BELINDA.

BELINDA TAYLOR.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT JENNIFER POTTER TO A THREE YEAR TERM ON THE AMARILLO AREA PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR AMARILLO POTTER EVENTS VENUE DISTRICT.

THIS IS A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD, ALSO MULTIJURISDICTIONAL BETWEEN AMARILLO AND POTTER.

SO WE HAVE FOUR MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD, DIPAK PATEL, VANCE REID AND ALBERT RIOS.

EXCUSE ME, ALBERTO RIOS ARE THE THREE MEMBERS NOT UP FOR RENEWAL.

TOD MAYFIELD IS UP FOR A TERM ENDING.

HE IS WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN AND STAFF RECOMMENDS HIS REAPPOINTMENT.

OKAY, MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT TOD MAYFIELD TO THE AMARILLO POTTER EVENTS VENUE DISTRICT BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO REAPPOINT TOD MAYFIELD TO THE AMARILLO POTTER EVENTS VENUE DISTRICT BOARD FOR TWO YEAR TERM.

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

ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

OUR NEXT BOARD IS BOARD OF REVIEW FOR LANDMARKS HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD PLUS ONE ALTERNATE SERVING THREE YEAR TERMS. WE HAVE ONE SPOT UP ENDING THIS YEAR FOR ALAN COX.

HE IS WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN AND STAFF RECOMMENDS HIS REAPPOINTMENT.

MAYOR I MOVE TO REAPPOINT ALAN COX TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR LANDMARKS HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND DOWNTOWN DESIGN FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT ALAN COX TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR LANDMARKS HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN DOWNTOWN DESIGN FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT BOARD IS THE CRM CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THE CITY HAS TWO MEMBERS SERVING ON THIS BOARD, AND MR. HALLERBERG IS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND IS WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

STAFF RECOMMENDS HIS REAPPOINTMENT.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT WILLIAM HALLERBERG TO THE CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT WILLIAM HALLERBERG TO THE CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

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

ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

AS A REMINDER, THIS ONE WORKS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN MOST OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

IT'S IN STATE LAW AND THE CITY MANAGER APPOINTS THESE POSITIONS, COUNCIL CONFIRMS THEM.

AND SO WE'VE GOT LAWRENCE WALKER, WHO'S TERM IS ENDING.

WE ARE ASKING YOU TO CONFIRM MR. MILLER'S APPOINTMENT OF LAWRENCE WALKER TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM ON THIS BOARD.

AND IT IS A THREE MEMBER BOARD WITH THREE YEAR TERMS. MAYOR I MOVE TO REAPPOINT LAWRENCE WALKER TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT LAWRENCE WALKER TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? DID I HEAR THAT CITY MANAGER APPOINTS.

IT IS A CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT, BUT I THINK THE LANGUAGE WOULD WOULD WORK.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

YOU'RE JUST CONFIRMING THAT APPOINTMENT.

THE COUNCIL HAS TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT MR. WALKER SERVING? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

GOOD. THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'VE GOT OUR CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY AND APPEALS COMMISSION.

THIS IS A NINE MEMBER BOARD WITH THREE YEAR TERMS. THIS IS ONE OF OUR BOARDS THAT HAS VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR WORKSHEET THE ROLES THAT EACH OF YOUR MEMBERS FILL.

WE'VE GOT TWO MEMBERS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT, JEFF BRYANT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL EXCUSE ME RESIDENTIAL BUILDER AND RICHARD CONSTANCIO FOR ARCHITECT.

THEY ARE BOTH WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPOINT JEFF BRYANT AND RICHARD CONSTANCIO TO THE CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY AND APPEALS COMMISSION FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

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WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT JEFF BRYANT AND RICHARD CONSTANCIO TO THE CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY AND APPEALS COMMISSION FOR THREE YEAR TERMS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR CONDEMNATION APPEALS COMMISSION.

THIS IS A FIVE MEMBER BOARD PLUS AN ALTERNATE, AND IT'S MADE UP FROM MEMBERS OF THE CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY AND APPEALS COMMISSION.

WE'VE GOT TWO MEMBERS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND BOTH ARE WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT RICHARD RICHARD COSTANCIO AND FRANK WILLBURN TO THE CONDEMNATION APPEALS COMMISSION FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

SECOND.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT RICHARD CONSTANCIO AND FRANK WILLBURN TO THE CONDEMNATION APPEALS COMMISSION FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR LIST IS THE COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE.

THIS IS A FIVE MEMBER BOARD WITH THREE YEAR TERMS. WE'VE GOT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS CURRENTLY SERVING ON THIS, AND THAT'S MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL AND DR.

SAUER. WE HAD LAURA STREET FROM THE EDC BOARD SERVING.

SHE WILL BE ROLLING OFF OF THAT BOARD AND STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO DEAN FRIGO, WHO SERVES ON OUR AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND PREVIOUSLY ALSO SERVED AS ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND FINANCE DIRECTOR BEFORE THAT.

AND HE IS WILLING TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.

I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THERE IS A BETTER QUALIFIED PERSON THAN AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO STEP ASIDE ON THAT ONE.

AND SO I THINK LET THE MAYOR SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE.

OKAY. SO, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPOINT DEAN FRIGO TO THE COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEAR TERM.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPOINT DEAN FRIGO TO THE COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT MOTION? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

SO, MAYOR, I WOULD MOVE TO DISMISS OR REMOVE DR.

EDDY SAUER FROM THE COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE AND NOMINATE MAYOR GINGER NELSON THREE YEAR TERM.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REPLACE DR.

SAUER WITH GINGER NELSON AS FAR AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE ARE CONCERNED, ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

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

AND THE LAST PIECE ON THIS ONE IS I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE OTHER THREE.

SO, MAYOR, I WOULD MOVE TO REAPPOINT FREDA POWELL, JARED MILLER AND MS. LAURA STORRS FOR ANOTHER THREE YEAR TERM TO THE COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT JARED MILLER, FREDA POWELL AND LAURA STORRS TO THE COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE.

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

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT BOARD IS EAST GATEWAY TIRZ NUMBER TWO.

THIS IS A MULTI JURISDICTIONAL BOARD.

AMARILLO HAS THREE POSITIONS ON IT.

JOHN ATTEBURY IS NOT UP FOR APPOINTMENT THIS YEAR.

JASHMIN PATEL AND TRACY SHEA ARE BOTH UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND STAFF RECOMMENDS SUCH.

MAYOR I MOVED TO APPOINT JASHMIN PATEL.

EXCUSE ME. I MOVED TO REAPPOINT JASHMI PATEL AND TRACY SHEA TO THE EAST GATEWAY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT JASHMIN PATEL AND TRACY SHEA TO THE EAST GATEWAY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO BOARD FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE ,AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT BOARD IS THE FIRST RESPONDERS EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND.

THIS IS A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD WITH ONE YEAR TERM.

SO EVERYONE IS UP FOR APPOINTMENT.

EVERYONE IS WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FORMER [INAUDIBLE] HARPOLE, WE DO HAVE AMY HAMILTON AS AN APPLICANT WILLING TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.

MAYOR I MOVED TO APPOINT AMY HAMILTON TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND FOR A ONE YEAR TERM . SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT AMY HAMILTON TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.

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ANY OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE VOTE.

MAYOR I MOVED TO REAPPOINT CHIEF MARTIN BIRKENFELD.

CHIEF JASON MAYS.

MR. CITY MANAGER THAT WOULD BE JARED MILLER, MAYOR GINGER NELSON, COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD SMITH.

AND TIM WILLIAMS TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND FOR ONE YEAR TERM.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT THOSE LISTED BY MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR.

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

ANY OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.

THIS IS A FIVE MEMBER BOARD WITH THREE YEAR TERMS. SHAWN REED IS UP FOR A TERM ENDING AND HE IS WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

STAFF RECOMMENDS HIM.

AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW FROM AMANDA BREWER, WHO'S THE LIAISON, HE SERVES AS THE CHAIR AND DUE TO A HIGHER THAN USUAL AMOUNT OF RESIGNATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO WITH LIBRARY BOARD.

THREE OF THEIR MEMBERS ARE VERY NEW, AND SO KEEPING MR. REED ON HIS CONTINUED SERVICE WILL PROVIDE SOME STABILITY AND CONTINUITY TO THAT BOARD.

OKAY, SO MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT SHAWN REED.

APPROPRIATE LAST NAME, RIGHT? REED LIBRARY TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD FOR THREE YEAR TERM.

SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT SHAWN REED TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? I WILL SAY I WAS IMPRESSED WITH SOME OF THE RESUMES AS OTHER APPLICANTS.

I HOPE THEY'LL HANG AROUND AND MAYBE APPLY ANOTHER YEAR WHEN WE HAVE MORE OPENINGS.

WITH THAT ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF SHAWN REED, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT ON THIS SEVEN MEMBER BOARD WITH THREE YEAR TERMS ARE MICHAEL PADILLA, WHO SERVES AS THE EX-OFFICIO STAFF LIAISON.

STEVE ROGERS, WHO IS APPOINTED AS THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR, AND HOWARD SMITH, WHO SERVES ON HERE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND THEN WE HAVE ONE OTHER POSITION VACATED BY MR. INGALLS, AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT ONE IS ISAIAH FLORES.

MAYOR I MOVE TO APPOINT ISAIAH FLOORS TO THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPOINT ISAIAH FLORES TO THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEAR TERM.

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

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

MAYOR I MOVE I MOVE TO REAPPOINT MICHAEL PADILLA, STEVE ROGERS AND COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD SMITH TO THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEAR TERM.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT THOSE NAMED TO THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEAR TERMS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR LIST IS YOUR TRAFFIC ADVISORY BOARD.

THIS IS A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD WITH TWO YEAR TERMS. WE'VE GOT THREE EXCUSE ME, THREE TERMS COMING ENDING THIS YEAR.

TWO ARE WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

SCOTTIE SOUTH AND THOMAS WARREN THE THIRD.

THE THIRD POSITION IS NOT WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER APPLICANTS FOR THAT ONE.

SO WE WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY NAMES FROM YOU AS WELL.

OKAY. MAYOR, I MOVE TO REAPPOINT SCOTTIE SOUTH AND THOMAS WARREN, THE THIRD TO THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY BOARD FOR TWO YEAR TERM.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT SCOTTIE SOUTH AND THOMAS WARREN THE THIRD, REAPPOINT THEM FOR ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR TERMS TO THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY BOARD.

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

ANY OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

MAYOR, I DO NOT HAVE A NOMINATION AT THIS TIME FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOARD.

I DON'T KNOW IF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A SUGGESTION. I WAS THINKING ABOUT DR.

KEITH BJORK, WHO HAD NOMINATED HIMSELF FOR THE AIRPORT BOARD.

THAT WOULD BE ONE I WOULD THROW OUT.

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DO YOU THINK YOU CAN SERVE ON THIS BOARD? I WOULD THINK SO.

OPEN FOR OTHER OPTIONS, IF ANYBODY HAS ONE.

YEAH. ARE THERE OTHER NAMES? AND WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER APPLICATIONS.

I DO HAVE ANOTHER NAME.

LUIS PENA. OH, YEAH, I KNOW HE WOULD BE A GOOD APPLICANT BECAUSE HE WAS OVER ON THE OTHER.

HE WAS ON AEDC.

YEAH. DO YOU KNOW HIM COLE? I'VE MET HIM AND I ENCOURAGED HIM TO TURN IN HIS APPLICATION.

HE SENT ME A FOLLOW UP EMAIL AND SAID, HEY, THANK YOU I'VE APPLIED.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING.

SO LET ME.

I MOVE TO NOMINATE LUIS PENA FOR TRAFFIC ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM LENGTH OF TWO YEARS.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH REGARD TO LUIS PENA SERVING ON THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY BOARD.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE CENTER'S.

I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH WHAT TEXAS PANHANDLE CENTERS DOES.

WE'VE GOT THREE POSITIONS ON THIS MULTIAGENCY, MULTI JURISDICTIONAL BOARD THAT THE CITY APPOINTS.

WE DID PUT LETTERS AT YOUR PLACES AT THE DAIS AND EMAIL YOU TODAY, LETTERS FROM MELISSA TALI RECOMMENDING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF EACH OF THESE THREE AND THEY ARE WILLING TO CONTINUE SERVICE.

MAYOR I MOVE TO REAPPOINT LINDA BRIAN, PATTY LADD AND JERRY WILLIAMS TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE CENTER'S BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT THESE THREE PEOPLE TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE CENTER'S BOARD FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

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

THANK YOU. NEXT IS ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.

AND I DO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE HERE ON THE WORKSHEET I SENT OUT.

WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR EXPIRING TERMS THAT WERE NOT RED.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR, POSSIBLY FIVE APPOINTMENTS.

THIS IS A FIVE MEMBER BOARD WITH UP TO FOUR ALTERNATES.

THEY SERVE TWO YEAR TERMS. WE'VE GOT CRAIG DAVIS, PAUL FRENCH, J.C.

MATHIS AND CHRIS RHYNEHART UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN ALTERNATE POSITION, MR. JOHNNY O'DELL, WHO DOES NOT WISH TO SERVE AGAIN.

SO IF YOU ALL HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR THAT ONE, BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE.

OTHERWISE WE CAN LEAVE THAT ALTERNATE VACANT IF WE NEED TO.

THREE SERVING ALTERNATES, YOU CAN HAVE UP TO FOUR, CORRECT.

OKAY. AND WE'VE GOT IF I'M SAYING ANYTHING WRONG, WE HAVE JOHNNY SCHOLL IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE.

HE'S ONE OF THE BOARD LIAISONS FOR THAT.

SO HE CAN HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFIC.

MAYOR I MOVE TO REAPPOINT CRAIG DAVIS, PAUL FRENCH, J.C.

MATHIS AND CHRIS RHYNEHART TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

SECOND. OK WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT THE FOUR PEOPLE LISTED IN THE MOTION TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT DID I THINK I.

DID I SAY PAUL FRENCH? SO WE DO NEED ONE, STEPHANIE, FOR AN ALTERNATE.

YOU DID SAY IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE YOU'D LIKE TO MOTION FOR THAT POSITION.

WE DO HAVE AN ALTERNATE POSITION.

IT'S NOT ONE WE HAVE TO.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO APPOINT TRENT MORGAN FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR A LENGTH OF TWO YEARS.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT TRENT MORGAN TO THE ZBA FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS AS AN ALTERNATE.

YES, MA'AM. CORRECT.

AND WHO'S WHO'S HE WITH COLE? HE'S WITH MORGAN MEYERS ROOFING.

SO HE'S CONSTRUCTION RELATED.

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

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

THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR COLONIES PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD.

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TWO ARE DEVELOPER RECOMMENDED AND ONE IS OWNER RECOMMENDED.

SO WE'VE GOT MS. EXCUSE ME. WE'VE GOT TRACY BYERS, WHO IS GOING TO STEP DOWN FROM THEIR POSITION.

AND LUKE AUSTIN HAS APPLIED AND IS WILLING TO FILL THAT TERM.

OKAY, SO DOES ANYONE KNOW LUKE AUSTIN? I DO, YEAH. YES, HE'D BE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPOINT LUKE AUSTIN TO THE COLONY'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR A THREE YEAR TERM. SECOND.

I KEEP JUMPING THE GUN. AND IF I MAY THIS AS AN UNEXPIRED TERM SO IT WOULD END IN 2024.

I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A REALLY GOOD MOVE.

I MEAN, HE'S REALLY BEEN INVOLVED WITH.

THANK YOU. COLONIES PID BOARD.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

LAST YEAR. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT LUKE AUSTIN TO THAT UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING IN 2024.

CORRECT. SO THAT'S A FINISH THAT OUT FOR THE COLONIES PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

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

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

THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR GREENWAYS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

WE HAVE TWO.

EXCUSE ME. THIS IS A FIVE MEMBER BOARD WITH THREE YEAR TERMS. IT HAS THREE HOMEOWNERS AND TWO DEVELOPER RECOMMENDED POSITIONS.

WE'VE GOT STEPHEN CARTER'S TERM AND KIM DRYDEN'S TERM UP.

MS. DRYDEN IS WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

MR. CARTER IS NOT LOOKING TO, BUT WE HAVE GREG HALLETT WHO APPLIED AND MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS.

OKAY, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPOINT GREG HALLETT.

TO THE GREENWAYS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPOINT GREG HALLETT TO THE GREENWAYS PID FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

MAYOR I MOVE TO REAPPOINT KIM DRYDEN TO THE GREENWAYS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT KIM DRYDEN TO ANOTHER THREE YEAR TERM ON THE GREENWAYS PID ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE, AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS THE QUAIL CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

THIS IS A THREE MEMBER BOARD WITH THREE YEAR TERMS. SMALL NOTE ON THIS.

THEY ARE CHANGING FROM A DEVELOPER RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENT ON THE POSITION.

THAT'S UP TO AN HOA RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENT.

SO KRIS CULP IS STEPPING DOWN AND TAMMY SWARTZ, WHO HAS APPLIED DOES MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THAT POSITION.

MAYOR I MOVE TO APPOINT TAMMY SCHWARTZ TO THE QUAIL CREEK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT TAMMY SCHWARTZ TO THE QUAIL CREEK PID FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS.

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

ANYONE OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES. AND MISS STEPHANIE, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE PINNACLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT? YES, I SURE CAN.

WE WILL HAVE ONE MORE BOARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT WILL BRING ON DECEMBER 13TH.

WE DID NOT HAVE THEM IN THE LIST FOR THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, BUT THEY ARE A THREE MEMBER BOARD AND THEY HAVE THREE MEMBERS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.

AND SO IF COUNCIL GIVES CONSENSUS, WE WILL BRING THAT AS A CONSENT ITEM AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THOSE THREE MEMBERS.

OK. SO I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, CORRECT? FIRST, WELL, NOT FIRST.

I WANT TO SAY TO STEPHANIE AND TO JOHNNY JUST WHAT A TREMENDOUS JOB THEY DO PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

I THINK THE FIRST YEAR WE DID THIS, I SPENT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS GOING THROUGH THE PACKET AND THEN WE SPENT ANOTHER 4 HOURS.

DID I SAY YEARS? I MEANT FOUR OR 5 HOURS.

IT WAS SOUND. IT FELT LIKE YEARS.

AND THEN ON THE DAIS WE DID LIKE 4 HOURS TO TO MAKE ALL THESE SELECTIONS.

SO THE WORKSHEETS AND THE PROCESS THAT YOU ALL HAVE COME UP WITH, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE EFFICIENCY AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU GUYS PUT INTO IT SO THAT IT SAVED US TIME.

THANK YOU. THE APPLICANTS ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, WHICH REALLY HELPS.

IT VERY MUCH HELPS.

THIS ONE WAS THE EASIEST OF ALL TO EVER GO THROUGH.

YEAH, THIS IS SIX FOR US.

I THINK THIS IS RECORD TIME.

LAST YEAR, WE TOOK A LITTLE OVER 2 HOURS.

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WE WORKED WITH THEM.

THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL, GETTING EVERYTHING.

AND SO IF THERE'S ANY FEEDBACK, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT, BUT I'M HAPPY WITH HOW THE PROCESS HAS EVOLVED.

YEAH, THAT'S. THAT'S TRUE.

OKAY, LAST THING ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM.

[4. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL WILL RESUME ITS CLOSED SESSION ON NOVEMBER THE 8TH, 2022, AT 5:12 P.M.

UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY, SECTION 551.071 CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY ON PENDING LITIGATION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.