Dec 13, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting

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WITH US, THE FIRST PART OF THE MEETING IS REALLY KIND OF OUR FAVORITE PART BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS FULL OF FACES AND SO MANY CITIZENS HERE, WHETHER YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION OR YOU'RE ON THE DISCUSSION AGENDA, WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD FOR YOU TO BE HERE WITH US.

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WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE WISDOM OF AN EIGHT YEAR OLD CHILDREN MIRACLE NETWORK CHILD THAT WROTE.

FOR OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT, WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE TO YOUR ENEMY FORGIVENESS.

TO A FRIEND, YOUR HEART.

TO ALL, CHARITY.

TO EVERY CHILD, A GOOD EXAMPLE.

TO YOURSELF, RESPECT, AND SO GOD MADE THAT SAME WISDOM THAT INSPIRED MASON, INSPIRE OUR MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, AND LEADERS IN ALL OF THE DECISIONS, IMPLEMENTATIONS AND CONSENTS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THIS DAY.

WE JUST PRAY A BLESSING UPON THEM AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU.

OUR GOD, WE BELIEVE.

AMEN.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THOSE THAT ARE HERE REPRESENTING THE NORTHSIDE TOY DRIVE TO JOIN US UP FRONT, AND I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE

[PROCLAMATIONS]

IT HAS GROWN TO BE A FANTASTIC EVENT, BOTH WITH GREAT COMMUNITY IMPACT, AND THAT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN.

IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND DEDICATION.

SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ON THIS EVENT.

FREDA? GOOD AFTERNOON. AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT HEARD THAT THERE IS A BLACK TIE AFFAIR GOING ON HERE? [LAUGHTER] WAS I THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT THE MESSAGE TODAY OR WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED, GUYS? OH, I GUESS I'M EARLY, RIGHT? OKAY, THAT'S NOT UNTIL FRIDAY.

OKAY, ALL RIGHT, I GET IT.

THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SO WHEREAS THE NORTHSIDE TOY DRIVE AND THE CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY BEGAN IN 2012 AS AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE CHRISTMAS MORNING FOR A FEW CHILDREN IN AMARILLO, TEXAS, AND WE'RE AS THROUGH THE GENEROUS DONATIONS BY AMARILLO-ANS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, THE NORTHSIDE TOY DRIVE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BRIGHTEN THE CHRISTMAS SEASONS OF MORE THAN 15,000 CHILDREN.

WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THE NORTHSIDE TOY DRIVE AND THE CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE MANY TYPES OF NECESSITIES TO CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS, SUCH AS CLOTHES, BOOKS, SHOES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND EVEN CHRISTMAS DINNERS, AND WHEREAS, THE NORTHSIDE TOY DRIVE AND CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY CONTINUES TO GROW AND WITH THE HELP AND SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SMILES TO THE FACES OF CHILDREN IN AMARILLO AND BEYOND.

WHEREAS, THE NORTHSIDE TOY DRIVE AND THE CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY HAS BECOME A BEACON OF LIGHT FOR SO MANY IN WHICH THIS SEASON MAY OTHERWISE SEEM DIM.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, WE, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 17TH, 2022, AS NORTHSIDE TOY DRIVE DAY AND AMARILLO, AND WE THANK THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO GIVE BACK IN ANY CAPACITY DURING THIS SEASON OF GIVING, GIVEN UNDER OUR HAND SEALS OF OFFICE.

THIS 13TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2022 THE HONORABLE MAYOR GINGER NELSON.

COUNCIL MEMBERS COLE STANLEY, FREDA POWELL, DR.

EDDY SAUER AND HOWARD SMITH, AND SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I'M VERY PROUD OF THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS FOR THE NORTHSIDE TOY DRIVE, AND JUST APPRECIATE YOU ALL STEPPING UP AND KIND OF GOING FORWARD OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MARY HAZELRIGG LEFT OFF TO HELP THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK THE VICE PRESIDENT, WHO IS ALLISON ROBERTSON, TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

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THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FREDA.

WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION TO THE COUNCIL.

WE APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.

WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE GENEROSITY OF THE AMARILLO COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.

SO WE'RE GRATEFUL.

[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO PASS THE MICROPHONE TO THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A STAFF MEMBER.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IN THE AREA OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE HAVE INCLEMENT WEATHER.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO WHERE WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND, AND THE PERSON THAT COORDINATES THAT RESPONSE IS A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO, MORE SO THAN IN MANY CITIES BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER WE CAN GET, BECAUSE THE FOREST FIRES ARE NOT FOREST FIRES, BUT WILDLAND FIRES AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN HERE IN THE PANHANDLE UNIQUE TO THE REST OF THE STATE.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION, AND WE'VE HAD SOME VERY CAPABLE PEOPLE IN THAT ROLE IN THE PAST, INCLUDING KEVIN STARBUCK AND MOST RECENTLY, CHIP HORTON.

I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND THAT'S MAX DUNLAP.

MAX IS COMING TO THE CITY.

HE CAME TO US IN 2019 AS AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNER.

MAX QUICKLY ROSE TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION IN 2020, AND HE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A LEADER AND A TRUSTED PERSON BY BOTH MYSELF AND EVERY OTHER PERSON THAT HAS TO RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOCUSING HIS CAREER ON MULTI-AGENCY COORDINATION, MAX BRINGS A DECADE OF CRISIS, LEADERSHIP, DISASTER RESPONSE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE EXPERIENCE TO THE DIRECTOR'S POSITION.

HE PRAISES HIS SMALL COLORADO TOWN.

DID I SAY THAT RIGHT, MAX? COME ON UP HERE, BY THE WAY, REAL QUICK.

DID I SAY COLORADO, RIGHT? COLORADO. OKAY, I KNEW IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT TEXANS SAY AND IT'S OFFENSIVE IN COLORADO, BUT HE PRAISES A SMALL TOWN MOUNTAIN UPBRINGING FOR INSTILLING HIM TRUE MEANING OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT COMMUNITIES LIKE PREPAREDNESS ARE BUILT BY THE INDIVIDUAL FIRST.

MAX ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS, TINKERING ON PROJECTS AND MOST OF ALL, SPENDING TIME WITH HIS WIFE, CAITLIN, AND THEIR SON, SAMUEL.

SO, MAX, WELCOME; COUNCIL, THIS IS MAX.

DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE MET HIM. IF YOU'VE GONE TO THE EOC ON ANY OF OUR EMERGENCY CALLOUTS, BUT HE DOES A FABULOUS JOB LEADING THAT DEPARTMENT.

HE'S GOING TO DO AN EXCELLENT JOB LEADING NOT ONLY THE CITY OF AMARILLO EMERGENCY RESPONSE, BUT ALL OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PREPAREDNESS. SO, MAX, WELCOME.

THANK YOU, AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU TO THE COUNCIL AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU.

MAX, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON MOVING INTO THIS DIRECTORSHIP.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, THEN WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT PORTION ON OUR AGENDA AND THAT IS PUBLIC ADDRESS.

[PUBLIC ADDRESS]

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

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.

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AT THE END OF TWO AND A HALF MINUTES, A WARNING BEEP WILL SOUND TO ALERT YOU THAT YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT TO WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS AND WE ASK YOU TO STAY WITHIN YOUR 3 MINUTES ALLOTTED. SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO ITEMS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY ON THE AGENDA.

IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM WITH A PUBLIC HEARING, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU MAKE YOUR COMMENT EITHER DURING PUBLIC ADDRESS OR DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT NOT BOTH, IN ORDER TO HELP US KEEP ACCURATE RECORDS, IT IS YOUR DECISION AT WHICH TIME YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

WHEN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN AMARILLO CITY LIMITS.

PLEASE STATE IF YOU ARE SPEAKING FOR ON OR AGAINST THE AGENDA ITEMS, AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY WILL BE JAMES SCHENCK.

AFTER MR. SCHENCK.

ON DECK WILL BE DEAN BOYD.

WELCOME TO YOU ALL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE, TOO.

JAMES SCHENCK IN THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY WANT TO SPEAK TO AS I PUT DOWN THE PUBLIC ADDRESS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT YOU MAYBE NEEDED TO DO A REDO ON WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BECAUSE I FEEL IT VERY FORCEFUL AND IT KEEPS PEOPLE FROM WANTING TO COME.

AS I'VE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE ABOUT COMING AND AIRING OR TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THEIR ISSUES, AND I KNOW THEY CAN ALWAYS DO AN EMAIL, BUT IT DOESN'T GO TO ALL OF YOU.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEND IT TO ALL OF YOU OR WHATEVER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT, BUT OR PHONE CALLS AND, YOU KNOW, HOUSE BILL 2840 WAS WRITTEN IN SUCH AN INTERESTING WAY TO MAKE IT WHERE WE CAN ONLY TALK ON AGENDA ITEMS AND CAN'T REALLY BRING ANOTHER IDEA TO YOU, ANOTHER THOUGHT AND EVEN, BUT YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER ALLOWING US TO DO THAT BY ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TO OTHER ISSUES CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE THAT THINGS CHANGE IN THAT AREA OF REDO.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TOO, THOUGH, TODAY IS THE TIRZ 1 THAT'S CONSENT AGENDA 2B AN EXTENSION FOR 20 MORE YEARS ON THAT TIRZ 1.

THE ACCORDING TO WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THAT TIRZ 1'S NOT UP UNTIL 2026 ON THE CURRENT 30 YEAR TIME.

WHY ARE WE GOING AFTER IT ALMOST THREE YEARS EARLIER? INSTEAD OF WAITING IT TO GET CLOSER TO BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE IN THE NEXT LITTLE FEW YEARS AS WE KNOW HOW QUICKLY THINGS CHANGE IN OUR ECONOMY AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND PLUS, IT WAS INVOLVED IN THE LAWSUIT THAT EXPOSED AN ATTEMPT, I GUESS, IS WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THERE TO AVOID VOTERS AND MOVE DEAD TO THE INSIDE OF THE BUDGET.

WHICH STOPS THE 3.5% CAP THAT YOU HAVE TO STAY WITHIN.

MAYBE YOU ALL CAN SPEAK TO IT IN A LITTLE WHILE.

NEXT ONE IS ON THE TIRZ 3.

THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY ABOUT THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S 1.046 ACRES OF WHERE, I MEAN, THAT'S ALMOST GOING TO BE LIKE SOUTH PORT OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LIKE A CENTER PORT, AND WE'VE GOT EAST PORT, WEST PORT.

ARE WE MAKING A SOUTH PORT? BECAUSE YOU, YOU DO THAT TO 1000 PLUS ACRES.

YOU'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF TIRZ OUT THERE.

SO JUST THE CONCERN, I HOPE YOU ALL WOULD SPEAK TO IT INSTEAD OF IT JUST BEING ON A CONSENT ITEM AND IT ROLLED PAST US.

THANK YOU, MR. SCHENCK.

MR. DEAN BOYD HAS ASKED TO WAIT AND GIVE HIS COMMENTS DURING THE ITEM TO BE CONSIDERED.

NEXT WOULD BE BARBARA BURNETT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR [INAUDIBLE] ALSO.

OKAY NEXT, BARRY WILSON.

OKAY.

TOM [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY.

CARRIE [INAUDIBLE].

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THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE A, IS THERE ANYTHING IN YOUR PACKET COUNCIL THAT YOU NEEDED INFORMATION OR HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT YOU WANTED TO BRING UP BEFORE WE START THE

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

[1.B. Discuss Transformation Park;]

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, WE'VE GOT JASON RIDDLESPURGER AND LAURA STORRS TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TO BOTH WITNESS AND TO SOME EXTENT PARTICIPATE IN THIS ITEM.

SO, JASON, WE'LL LET YOU KICK IT OFF AND THEN JUST CALL UP WHOEVER YOU NEED AND WE'LL WE'LL RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

APPRECIATE THAT. SO, YES, I DID A VERY SMART THING TODAY.

I BROUGHT SOME GREAT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WITH ME TO TO BACK US UP AND TO REALLY SHARE THIS FANTASTIC THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU.

SO AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I'VE COME TO YOU MANY TIMES TO KIND OF PRESENT THE PROBLEM AND THEN WHAT MY HOPES AND DREAMS ARE.

THE HOPES AND DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE ON THIS PROJECT.

I FEEL LIKE I'M REVERBERATING A LOT.

YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. AM I GOOD? ALL RIGHT, THE PROBLEM.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM AGAIN.

REMEMBER, IN 2022, IT'S ALMOST BEEN A YEAR NOW WHERE WE'VE DONE OUR WINTER POINT IN TIME COUNT.

WE HAD A TOTAL OF 539.

SO THE REAL CONCERNING NUMBER ABOUT THAT IS OUR 368 OF THOSE ARE UNSHELTERED.

THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING IN THE STREETS, TENTS IN THEIR CARS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST WENT ON A TRIP BEFORE, AND I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS AND IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO FIND THOSE FOLKS.

SO WE'VE REALLY GOT TO START CONCENTRATING ON THAT, BUT THE GIST OF IT IS THAT WE'VE GOT WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT LIVING IN A SHELTER.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE GOT, AND I'LL TELL YOU FROM MY OFFICE AND I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT HOMELESS FOLKS THAT ARE TRESPASSING ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, THAT THEY'RE SOMEWHERE BEHIND THE PROPERTY, MAYBE EVEN SETTING FIRES TO KEEP WARM, AND SO IT IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM THAT WE GET CALLS ON, BUT MORE THAN THAT, WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S JUST UNSAFE, AND IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING TO LIVE LIKE THAT.

I KNOW FOR ME, I'M COLD ALL THE TIME.

SO THIS IS TERRIBLY COLD WEATHER THAT WE'VE GOT, AND I WANT PEOPLE TO BE WARM.

SO WE'VE GOT EXTREME WEATHERS HERE, BOTH WARM AND COLD.

FIRE DANGERS ARE VERY BAD AROUND HERE WITH THE WINDS LIKE IT IS TODAY.

SO THAT'S A BAD THING, AND JUST REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY COMMON MISCONCEPTION WHEN IT COMES TO FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IS THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PERPETRATING CRIMES TO OUR CITIZENS.

IN REALITY, THEY ARE ACTUALLY THE EASIEST FOLKS TO BE VICTIMIZED.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE THAT ARE IN DANGER OF BEING VICTIMIZED.

SO WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THAT AND BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AS WE HELP THEM.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A LACK OF RESOURCES SUCH AS BATHROOMS, SHOWERS, FOOD, WATER AND SAFETY.

THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED.

THAT'S THE MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE THINGS IN ORDER TO HELP THEM SO THAT THEY CAN START MAKING BETTER DECISIONS IN THEIR LIVES.

IF WE GET THOSE BASIC THINGS MET FIRST, IT MAKES THE REST OF IT A LOT EASIER, AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE KNOW ABOUT THE TEXAS STATE LAW, ABOUT ANTI CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO HELP FOLKS THAT HAVE PROPERTY IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO.

WE'RE JUST BASICALLY MOVING THEM FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER.

SO WE'RE NOT REALLY SOLVING THE PROBLEM.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ARE THE CURRENT RESOURCES? WHERE CAN THEY GO RIGHT NOW TO BE SAFE? WE'VE GOT DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME OPTIONS HERE FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER.

MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE GUYON SAUNDERS RESOURCE CENTER.

BACK WHEN IT WAS FIRST CREATED, IT WAS CALLED THE TYLER STREET RESOURCE CENTER.

THEY HAVE ABOUT 100 TO 150 CLIENTS USING THAT FACILITY A DAY.

IT IS ONE OF THE VERY BEST THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO THE EFFORT FOR ALL THE AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM.

IT'S A ONE STOP PLACE WHERE WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY KNOW WHERE WE ARE.

YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE PARC.

THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER DAY SHELTER.

THEY SEE ABOUT 25 CLIENTS A DAY.

IT'S VERY PROGRAM-CENTERED, SO NOT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE ABLE TO USE THAT FACILITY.

FAITH CITY MISSION IS A NIGHTTIME FACILITY FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER.

THEY HAVE SPACE FOR ABOUT 40 CLIENTS A DAY AND THEY ARE PRIMARILY USING THEIR SPACE FOR THE WOMEN.

THEY'RE IN THE WORKS OF RAISING CAPITAL TO BUILD A WOMEN'S AREA.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LESS THAN TEN FOLKS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP.

SO THE PROBLEM WE'VE GOT THOSE 368, WE NEED TO HELP.

THIS IS NOT MEETING OUR NEEDS.

SALVATION ARMY, LAST I HEARD, THE LAST TIME I TALKED WITH THE MAJOR OVER THERE, THEY'RE HOUSING ABOUT 30 CLIENTS PER NIGHT IN THE SHELTER.

REMEMBER, THAT FACILITY IS CAPABLE OF HAVING OVER 200.

THAT IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE.

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THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN EVERY NIGHT SCHEDULED TO BE THERE.

YOU HAVE TO THERE'S JUST A WHOLE LOT OF RULES THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW, AND IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW THOSE RULES, THEY'RE KICKED OUT.

THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COME BACK TO THE SHELTER.

SO THAT'S NOT HELPING A LOT OF FOLKS.

WE NEED TO START ELIMINATING THE BARRIERS WE NEED TO LOOK FOR REASONS WHY THEY CAN COME WHILE WE CAN HELP THEM, NOT REASONS WHY WE CAN'T.

A LOT OF FOLKS THAT I'VE TALKED TO WHEN I WAS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, PTSD, SHOVING THEM IN A SINGLE ROOM WITH MULTIPLE BEDS.

IT'S VERY DAUNTING FOR THEM.

SO WE ARE LEANING MORE TO A NON CONGREGATE SHELTER RATHER THAN THE CONGREGATE SHELTER.

SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP WITH THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AND A BIG ONE IS PETS.

THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN TAKE THEM BOTH DAY AND NIGHT.

THERE ARE NO OPTIONS. SO WE HAVE LOOKED AND OUR ANSWERS THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH, A SOLUTION TO THIS IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR PLACES WHERE WE CAN HELP THE PETS, HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE GOT A PLACE TO TAKE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE THEM AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM.

WE CAN'T TELL THEM YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM, BECAUSE HONESTLY, PETS LOVE US MORE THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING, I THINK--MINE DO, ANYWAY.

LACK OF OUTDOOR RESOURCES, JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, THAT POLICE RESPOND TO THESE KINDS OF THINGS WHERE THEY'RE TRESPASSING, EVEN CAMPS ARE COMING, YOU KNOW, TEN, 12 PEOPLE STRONG AND THEY'RE BASICALLY COMING IN AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, FOLKS, YOU CAN'T BE HERE.

YOU'RE TRESPASSING. SO THEY'RE JUST MOVING THEM OUT OF THAT SITE.

NOW, WHERE DO THEY GO? THEY GO TO THE NEXT SITE AND THEN I GET A CALL AND I GET AN EMAIL ABOUT THE NEXT SITE.

SO IT'S JUST MOVING FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER, AND I KNOW THAT THOSE THAT HAVE CONTACTED ME THROUGH EMAIL AND PHONE, THEY WANT A SOLUTION TO THIS.

I WANT A SOLUTION TO THIS.

OUR OUTREACH TEAMS ARE THE SAME WAY.

THEY'RE TRYING TO COME OUT THERE AND GIVE THEM SOLUTIONS.

THEY WANT TO HAVE SOMEPLACE THAT THEY CAN TAKE THEM.

SO IT'S A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.

ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PLAN, AND I TOLD YOU ALL I BROUGHT GREAT PEOPLE HERE.

I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE, TOMMY POLITZ.

TOMMY POLITZ IS GOING TO COME UP HERE AND INTRODUCE TO YOU WHAT OUR PLAN IS TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS THAT I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND TO OUR COMMUNITY, GRATEFUL TO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS CITY.

WHEN JASON APPROACHED ME AND ASKED, IS THERE ANY WAY HILLSIDE COULD HELP FROM A VOLUNTEER STANDPOINT BECAUSE HE KNEW MOBILIZING PEOPLE TO MAKE AN IMPACT FOR THE HOMELESS WOULD BE A GREAT CHALLENGE.

WE PRAYED THROUGH IT, AND QUITE FRANKLY, TWO THINGS CAME TO MIND.

FIRST, THE WORDS OF ISAIAH ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY DOING SOMETHING FOR THOSE WHO DON'T.

THAT IS THOSE WHO ARE IN POSITIONS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, DOING SOMETHING FOR THOSE WHO ARE VOICELESS OR POWERLESS TO DO SOMETHING, AND THAT AND THE WORDS OF CHRIST WHEN JESUS WAS LIKE, WHATEVER YOU'VE DONE TO THE LEAST OF THESE, YOU'VE DONE UNTO ME, AND SO OF COURSE, WE WERE VERY INTERESTED, BUT WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKED LIKE, AND AS WE BEGAN TO DISCUSS THIS, I HAD SHARED WITH JASON THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IS IF THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THEN IT REALLY NEEDED TO INVOLVE THE THREE C'S OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD BRING TOGETHER THE CITY, COMMERCE AND CHURCH.

THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE THREE LEGS, THE STOOL IS NOT GOING TO BE HELD UP, AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE NEED TO DO IT IN A BIG WAY AT A LARGE SCALE AND PUT LOTS OF RESOURCES INTO IT, BOTH FROM A HUMAN CAPITAL STANDPOINT BUT ALSO FISCALLY AND FINANCIALLY, AND I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS GROWN THESE MANY FINE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE A PART OF THE TRANSFORMATION PARK, THE FIRST MEETING, I HAD NO IDEA WHEN I STEPPED IN THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU CHAIR IT? AND I WAS LIKE, THAT WASN'T MY PLAN.

BUT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE CHAIRMAN OF TRANSFORMATION PARK.

I TOLD THEM I WOULD DO IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN HAND IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE IN KICKING SOMETHING OFF AND GETTING ENOUGH PEOPLE TOGETHER.

SO TRANSFORMATION PARK IS WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE.

A COMMUNITY WHERE A PERSON THAT NEEDS AN OPPORTUNITY CAN END UP GETTING JOB TRAINING SKILLS AND ULTIMATELY FIND WAYS BEYOND JUST THE SHELTERING NEEDS, BUT ENGAGEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WE REALIZE AND SEE THIS IS BECOMING TRULY A NATIONAL CRISIS.

WE'RE SEEING IT FROM OVER AND OVER.

IN FACT, JUST THIS PAST WEEK I WAS LAST NIGHT ACTUALLY, I WAS LOOKING ON BLOOMBERG AND AS I WAS LOOKING AT MANY OF THE ARTICLES COMING IN, THE INTENSITY IS

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I THINK WE CAN BE A LEADING VOICE IN MICRO POLITAN AREAS TO MAKE A REAL IMPACT IN DIFFERENCE, AND SO HILLSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS VERY COMMITTED TO THIS, COMMITTED TO RECRUITING AND ENGAGEMENT FROM CHURCHES, BUT ALSO FROM COMMERCE.

WE ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL BUSINESS LEADERS THAT HAVE COMMITTED BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE COMMITTED SERIOUS RESOURCES.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE ONE OF THEM TODAY AS FAR AS AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS LATER FROM OUR NEWLY HIRED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MARK ZIMMERMAN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FEED THREE MEALS A DAY TO EVERYONE THAT COMES IN.

AND WE ALREADY HAVE AN ENTITY, AN ORGANIZATION, A LARGE BUSINESS HERE IN TOWN, WHO IS COMMITTED TO FUNDING ALL THE MEALS EACH DAY, AND THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THE FOOD THAT WILL BE INVOLVED.

SO THIS IS A MASSIVE, SIGNIFICANT GIFT AS WELL AS THEY ARE GOING TO COMPLETELY FURNISH AND FINISH OUT THE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN.

THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE PROPERTY.

THE SECOND THING IS THAT HILLSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS COMMITTED, AND I THINK AS SOON AS WE HAVE A CHANCE BECAUSE WE'RE JUST NOW GOING PUBLIC TO GET OTHER CHURCHES INVOLVED, BUT WE HAVE PLEDGED HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO THIS PROJECT AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT SUPPORTING THIS ENDEAVOR BECAUSE WE REALLY SEE THE DEEP NEED THAT WE HAVE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE OVER TWO DOZEN FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES AND WE JUST HAVE GOTTEN STARTED THAT ARE ALSO PLEDGING COMMITMENTS TO THIS SO THAT IT CAN BE SOMETHING WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY PROUD OF.

THAT IS OUR COMMUNITY, THOSE THAT ARE PART OF THE CHURCH, THE CITY AND COMMERCE, BRINGING BUSINESS AND FAITH LIFE AND THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR TOGETHER SO THAT WE ALL OWN THIS TOGETHER.

SO ONE OF OUR EARLY COMMITS IS JOE AND LAURA STREET, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THEY'RE HERE TODAY.

THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

JOE AND LAURA HAVE BEEN VERY PHILANTHROPIC OVER THE YEARS AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.

I WENT AND HAD A VISIT WITH HIM AFTER WE WERE WORKING ON THIS AND SAT DOWN IN HIS OFFICE WHERE HE MADE IT AWARE TO ME WHAT HIS DESIRE WAS, WHAT HE DIDN'T KNOW WAS BEFORE THEIR DESIRE TO MAKE THIS COMMITMENT, WHICH THEY HAD ALREADY COMMITTED IN THEIR MIND FOR THEIR DOLLAR AMOUNT.

WE HAD DECIDED AS A BOARD AND OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED, BOTH FROM GSRC'S BOARD AND FROM THE NEW TRANSFORMATION PARK BOARD, AS WE DISCUSSED THE DAY CENTER THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THIS WOULD BE NAMED, THE BUILDING WOULD BE NAMED THE JOE AND LAURA STREET DAY CENTER, AND JOE AND LAURA HAVE GIVEN A LEAD GIFT OF $1 MILLION, AND THEY WANT TO PRESENT THAT CHECK NOW AT THIS TIME FOR US AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION. [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE]

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I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY BECAUSE I WAS WORRYING ABOUT HOW I WAS GOING TO CARRY THIS CHECK IN WITH THE WIND BLOWING ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR [CHUCKLING] AND SOMEBODY PULLED OUT JUST RIGHT IN FRONT.

I GOT THE BEST PARKING [INAUDIBLE] IN THE PLACE.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

GINGER, JARED, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OF COURSE. THANK YOU, BOTH OF YOU.

[APPLAUSE] AND, OF COURSE, THE STREETS HAVE BEEN SO GENEROUS IN THAT SAME MEETING, I SAID, WELL, THANKS FOR THE COMMITMENT TO THE BUILDING.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED ONGOING COMMITMENT FOR THE ANNUAL BUDGET, AND HE SAID, YOU DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN.

DO YOU WANT A JOB SELLING CARS? [CHUCKLING] WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY'S COMMITMENT, FOR THE COMMERCE AND BUSINESSES COMMITMENT, AND LIKE I SAID, SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN, MANY OTHER LEADERS THAT WE ARE JUST NOW BEGINNING TO UNFOLD THIS BEFORE THEN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING IT OUT BEFORE CHURCHES, BUT WE'RE JUST NOW GOING PUBLIC WITH THIS.

I SEE THIS AS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE HANDS AND FEET OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, TO A HURTING WORLD THAT NEEDS LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

ONE OF THE BIG KEYS IN THIS, WE ALSO ALREADY HAVE COMMITMENTS FROM THREE MAJOR BUSINESSES AND OUR CHURCH THAT AS PEOPLE GO THROUGH THESE JOB SKILL TRAINING. THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS EMPLOYMENT AND THEN PERMANENT COMMUNITY HOUSING.

SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT SEVERAL, AGAIN, BUSINESSES THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE JOB TRAINING.

THEY'RE LIKE, YES, WE WILL LOOK TO HIRE PEOPLE OUT OF THE TRANSFORMATION PARK COMMUNITY.

SO THIS IS A BIGGER PICTURE THAN JUST SHELTERING AND FEEDING IT'S LIFE SKILLS, IT'S LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT, AND ALSO HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR CORPORATE WORSHIP TOGETHER IN THAT INSTANCE.

SO I WANT TO NOW TURN THIS OVER TO MARK ZIMMERMAN.

WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING AS A BOARD TRANSFORMATION PARK BOARD, WHO WOULD BE THE BEST PERSON TO HIRE FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ONE OF OUR BEST PASTORS AT OUR CHURCH, IT'S A BITTERSWEET THING TO HAVE HIM LEAVING OUR STAFF, BUT KNOWING THAT HE'S BEEN WITH US AT HILLSIDE FOR 20 YEARS, HE HAS BEEN OVER MANY MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

SO I KNEW HE HAD THAT SKILL SET.

HE OVERSAW OUR MISSIONS.

HE HAD THAT SKILL SET.

HE HAS A REAL HEART FOR THOSE WHO ARE FAR FROM THE LORD AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALSO HOMELESS, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT, AND ONE OF HIS BIGGEST HOBBIES IS COOKING.

HE IS A WONDERFUL CHEF WHO MAKES MEALS FOR HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

SO IT'S LIKE ALL THE SKILL SET TOGETHER.

THIS IS OUR GUY TO LEAD THIS PROJECT IN THE CITY, AND I'D LIKE FOR HIM TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL VISION.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.

I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND TO GIVE YOU A SOMEWHAT OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT TRANSFORMATION PARK WILL BE.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION TO SERVE THE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND THE UNDER-RESOURCED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, PLEASE KNOW, AS I BEGIN, NOT EVERYTHING'S SET IN STONE.

I MEAN, I'M NEW TO THIS POSITION.

WE'RE JUST STARTING A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

SO AS WE BEGIN TO FIRM THOSE UP, I'M SURE SOME OF WHAT I SHARE TODAY WILL CHANGE.

SO DON'T TAKE THIS AS CONCRETE, BUT THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING.

THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE PARTS TO TRANSFORMATION PARK.

THE FIRST IS THE SAFE SPACE.

THE SECOND IS THE CABIN COMMUNITY, AND THE THIRD IS THE DAY CENTER THAT JOE AND LAURA STREET DAY CENTER.

THREE PARTS, THREE PROGRAMS, ALL THREE TOGETHER COME TOGETHER TO CREATE TRANSFORMATION PARK.

IN EVERYTHING WE DO, WE WANT TO CREATE A TRANSFORMING COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY THAT IS FOCUSED ON THE WHOLE OF THE PERSON. NOW, THE ORGANIZATIONS, THE ENTITIES THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION ARE ALREADY DOING GREAT THINGS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE THEIR SERVICES.

WE WANT TO COME IN AND BE A COMPLEMENT TO THEM.

SO HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE THREE PARTS, HOW THEY WILL COME TOGETHER ON THE SITE, AND I'LL COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE LOCATION HERE IN A LITTLE BIT

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SO THE FIRST PART IS THE SAFE SPACE, AND TOURING PROBABLY SEVEN OR EIGHT HOMELESS FACILITIES, HOMELESS SHELTERS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THIS IS THE ONE PIECE THIS IS THE ONE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN YET, BUT YET WE THINK IS A MUST FOR AMARILLO.

RIGHT NOW, AS WE WELL KNOW, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR OUR POLICE OR OUTREACH TEAMS TO OFFER A SOLUTION FOR THE HOMELESS.

EACH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT THEY HAVE NICHE CLIENTELE.

THEY'RE NOT FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE HIGH BARRIERS.

SO THE SAFE SPACE IS JUST THAT.

IT'S A SAFE SPACE, PARTLY UNDER A BIG AWNING WHERE THE HOMELESS CAN SLEEP.

THEY WILL HAVE ENTERED THROUGH SECURITY AND NOW THEY CAN SLEEP IN PEACE, NOT ON THE STREET.

ONE THING WE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN AS WE TOURED THESE FACILITIES IS HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO SLEEP ON THE STREETS.

FORTUNATELY, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I'VE NEVER HAD TO DO THAT, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE ROBBED AND BEATEN, AMONGST OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.

WE'RE ALSO LEANING TO A SECTION HERE THAT IS A WAREHOUSE TYPE BUILDING THAT WILL HAVE GARAGE DOORS ON IT THAT CAN BE LEFT OPEN ON THE NICE DAYS, BUT DOORS COULD BE CLOSED IN BAD WEATHER AND IT WILL BE HEATED ON THOSE COLDER NIGHTS.

SO BUT MOSTLY THIS WILL BE A WIDE OPEN SPACE WHERE THEY CAN COME AND SLEEP UNDER THE STARS OF TEXAS.

IT WILL BE THE FIRST POINT OF ENTRY FOR MOST OF OUR CLIENTELE, AND IN ITS ESSENCE IT IS AN EMERGENCY LOW BARRIER SHELTER, FOR EXAMPLE.

THIS IS WHERE OUR POLICE OFFICERS CAN DROP SOMEBODY OFF AT 2 A.M.

IN THE MORNING. RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE FOR THEM TO DO THAT.

AND HERE AFTER THEY ARE DROPPED OFF, THEY'LL BE FED AND THEY'LL HAVE A BED.

IT WILL HAVE SHOWERS AND RESTROOM FACILITIES.

IT WILL BE UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL, THOUGH, HOW LONG THEY STAY.

SO WE CAN'T FORCE THEM.

WE CAN'T FORCE THEM TO COME AND WE WON'T FORCE THEM TO STAY, BUT THOSE WHO DO STAY WILL BE CONNECTED WITH WHAT WE WILL CALL A RESIDENT CARE SPECIALIST WHO WILL WORK WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL AND HELP THEM PLAN OUT THE NEXT STEPS, THE NEXT GOALS, AND THE GOAL MAY BE AS SIMPLE AS TAKE A SHOWER OR DO SOME LAUNDRY, AND WHEN THEY ARE READY, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE FIRST 90 DAYS THAT THEY ARE THERE, WE WILL HAVE CONNECTED THEM WITH A CASE MANAGER AND THEN THEY WE CAN ALL BEGIN THEM TOGETHER ON THE ROAD TO BEING HOUSED.

SO THIS IS THE EXAMPLE OF THE AWNING AND THE WAREHOUSE BUILDING.

ONE THING PERSONALLY THAT I HAVE HEARD IS SOME PEOPLE JUST AREN'T BUILT OR WANT TO SLEEP WITHIN FOUR WALLS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THEY WANT IT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SLEEP WITHOUT FOUR WALLS.

SO THE NEXT PART IS THE CABIN COMMUNITY.

ONCE THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH A CASE MANAGER AND THEY'RE READY TO BEGIN THE JOURNEY, THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THEM INTO WHAT WE CALL THE CABIN COMMUNITY.

AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO SET THE NEXT SET OF GOALS, WHICH COULD BE ALMOST ANYTHING.

IT'S AS VARIED AS THE PEOPLE.

THE ONE THING THEY MUST DO IS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH COULD BE ANY ULTIMATE GOAL THAT THEY SET FOR THEMSELVES, AND OUR ULTIMATE GOAL FOR THEM IS TO MOVE THEM ON TO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WE HAVE NOT LAID THIS OUT YET.

THANKS TO JASON AND HIS BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK FOR US, WE'VE NOT LAID THIS OUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE WILL CALL OUR CABIN COMMUNITY.

IT IS NOT PERMANENT HOUSING.

IT IS CONSIDERED A TEMPORARY HOUSING, AND SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS OR WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING IS USING CALLED CABINS FROM PALLET.

PALLET IS A PLACE IN WASHINGTON, A BUSINESS THERE.

WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS THIS, NOT YET SET IN STONE.

WE'RE STILL DOING SOME INVESTIGATION TO SEE WHAT OUR BEST OPTIONS ARE, BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE LEADING CANDIDATE.

THE COMMUNITIES WILL BE MADE UP OF THIS 64 SQUARE FOOT UNITS AND 100 SQUARE FOOT UNITS, AND WE'LL DESCRIBE THOSE HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

AGAIN, NOT PERMANENT STRUCTURES.

THEY'RE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

THIS IS A STEP FROM THE SAFE SPACE TO HERE TO THE FROM THE STREETS TO THE SAFE SPACE TO THE CABIN COMMUNITY TO BEING PERMANENTLY HOUSED.

THESE, I THINK, ARE A WONDERFUL OPTION, AND SO I WANT TO SHARE AN INTRODUCTION VIDEO WITH YOU FROM PALLET SHELTERS FROM THEIR WEBSITE.

TODAY, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN CITIES ACROSS AMERICA.

WE ARE FACING A NATIONAL HOUSING EMERGENCY.

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THAT'S WHY WE CREATED PALLET, A RAPID SHELTER SOLUTION TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AT THE SPEED AND SCALE THAT YOU'D EXPECT WHEN HUMAN LIVES HANG IN THE BALANCE.

OUR SLEEPING CABIN VILLAGES OFFER AN IMMEDIATE TRANSITION OFF THE STREETS, GIVING RESIDENTS A SAFE AND DIGNIFIED PLACE TO LIVE DURING THEIR TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING. WE'VE DESIGNED OUR SHELTERS OVER THE YEARS WITH INPUT FROM GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOMELESSNESS SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS.

WE'VE OPTIMIZED THE SHELTER DESIGN FOR VERSATILITY, SCALABILITY AND DIGNITY BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF THESE GROUPS.

EMERGENCY SITUATIONS REQUIRE A QUICK RESPONSE THAT CAN SCALE UP WITH THE SIZE OF THE CRISIS, SO OUR UNITS ARE DESIGNED TO MEET ANY TEMPORARY SHELTER NEED BY BEING LIGHT, PORTABLE, EASY TO ASSEMBLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE.

THE UNITS ARE MADE OF PREFABRICATED PANELS WHICH ARE THEN FLAT PACKED, SO AS MANY AS 30 SHELTERS PER TRUCK CAN BE SHIPPED TO THEIR ASSEMBLY DESTINATION.

ONCE DELIVERED, EACH UNIT CAN BE ASSEMBLED WITH MINIMAL TOOLS ON SITES RANGING FROM PARKING LOTS TO GRASSY FIELDS WITH NO NEED TO BUILD A FOUNDATION AS LONG AS THE GROUND IS RELATIVELY LEVEL, THANKS TO THE BUILT IN SUBSTRUCTURE.

AFTER THIS SUBSTRUCTURE IS PLACED, THE SHELTERS, WALLS AND ROOF PANELS CAN BE QUICKLY AND EASILY SECURED WITH NUTS, BOLTS AND PINS AND EACH SHELTER CAN BE ASSEMBLED IN UNDER ONE HOUR.

THE MATERIALS ARE DURABLE WITH A TEN PLUS YEAR LIFESPAN, BUT ON THE RARE OCCASION THAT A SHELTER IS DAMAGED, WE CAN SIMPLY SWAP OUT THE AFFECTED PANEL.

THEY ARE MOLD, ROT AND PEST RESISTANT AND EASY TO CLEAN, ALLOWING FOR A QUICK TURNAROUND.

AS ONE RESIDENT MOVES OUT AND THE CABIN BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR A NEW RESIDENT TO MOVE IN WHEN IT'S TIME TO RELOCATE THE SHELTER VILLAGE, EACH UNIT CAN BE TAKEN APART AND REBUILT DOZENS OF TIMES.

SO IF YOUR NEEDS CHANGE, THE SHELTER CAN BE MOVED TO A NEW SPACE OR STORED IN PERSONALIZED FORM UNTIL NEEDED AGAIN.

WHATEVER THE CLIMATE, THE PALLET SHELTER HAS SOLUTIONS TO MEET EVEN THE MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS.

THEY CAN WITHSTAND 110 MILE PER HOUR WINDS AND 25 POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT OF SNOW LOAD AND ARE AVAILABLE IN VARYING LEVELS OF INSULATION TO ACCOMMODATE TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS -40 DEGREES.

ELECTRICAL HOOKUP TO AN ONSITE MUNICIPAL POWER GRID, A GENERATOR OR EVEN SOLAR PANELS PROVIDES POWER TO THE SHELTERS' WALL MOUNTED HEATERS AND AIR CONDITIONERS, AS WELL AS INTERIOR WALL OUTLETS FOR PERSONAL DEVICE CHARGING.

FOR SAFETY, EVERY SHELTER INCLUDES A SMOKE DETECTOR, CARBON MONOXIDE MONITOR, EGRESS DOOR AND A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, BUT PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR OF ALL IS LIVABILITY.

WE ALL HAVE PERSONAL BELONGINGS, AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS CAN BE HESITANT TO ACCEPT SHELTER OPTIONS IF THEY CAN'T BRING THEIR THINGS.

SO THERE'S SPACE UNDER EACH BED FOR STORAGE AND ADDITIONAL SHELVING ON THE BACK WALL ALLOWS MORE ROOM FOR PERSONAL BELONGINGS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE BEDS CAN FOLD UP DURING THE DAY TO MAKE MORE FLOOR ROOM IF NEEDED, AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, LOCKABLE DOORS GIVE RESIDENTS PEACE OF MIND TO SECURE THEIR BELONGINGS DURING THE DAY WHEN THEY LEAVE TO ACCESS SERVICES OR GO TO WORK AND SECURITY WHEN THEY ARE ASLEEP AT NIGHT.

OUR SLEEPING CABINS COME IN TWO SIZES, 64 SQUARE FEET AND 100 SQUARE FEET.

OUR SHELTER 64, CAN ACCOMMODATE TWO BEDS WHILE OUR SHELTER 100 CAN FIT UP TO FOUR.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SHELTERS, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT PALLETSHELTER.COM . SO AGAIN, I THINK A GREAT OPTION FOR US TO LOOK AT.

WE WILL HAVE TO POUR SOME CONCRETE UNDERNEATH OURS TO BE ABLE TO ATTACH THEM TO KEEP THEM DOWN DURING OUR LOVELY WINDY DAYS, AND SO WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT AND THE CITY HAS ALREADY COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THAT.

SO AS WE BEGIN TO BUILD THESE CABIN COMMUNITIES, WE WANT TO CREATE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY, AND EACH NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN RESTROOMS AND THEIR OWN SHOWERS AND A LAUNDRY AREA AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD HAPPEN AGAIN.

TWO BEDS IN THE 64 SQUARE FOOT, FOUR BEDS AND THE 100 SQUARE FOOT, AND SO WE WILL HAVE BOTH OF THOSE.

BUT ONE THING WE WANT TO DO IS CREATE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, CREATE THIS COMMUNITY TO BE COLORFUL AND CHEERY, AND SO WE WANT TO INVITE ARTISTS TO COME IN AND PAINT MURALS ON THE

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THIS IS A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF ONE OF THE PALLET SHELTER COMMUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES CALLED ALEXANDRIA PARK.

I LOVE THE VIBRANT COLORS.

IT LOOKS INVITING AND CHEERY, AND THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE OURS TO KIND OF REPLICATE IS THE CHEERFULNESS OF IT, AND SO A FEW MORE PHOTOS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF WEBSITES.

JUST VERY SIMPLE THINGS.

SO HERE'S A LIST OF WHAT OUR CABIN COMMUNITY POTENTIAL SERVICES WILL BE.

OF COURSE, SECURITY STAFF, METAL DETECTORS.

THEY WILL HAVE SECURITY LIGHTING AND SECURITY CAMERAS.

THEY'LL HAVE PRIVACY FENCING, A STORAGE AREA FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND LOCKERS, AND I'VE MENTIONED SEVERAL OF THESE ALREADY, BUT ALSO WHAT WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED IS THE PET RUNNING KENNELS THAT JASON TALKED ABOUT, AND SO WE WILL BASICALLY BE BUILDING A DOG PARK ALSO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR DOGS IN, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE A KENNEL TO WHERE IF THEY'RE IN THE DAY SHELTER, THEY CAN PUT THEIR ANIMALS THERE AND WE WILL TRY TO PROVIDE SOME VETERINARY SERVICES AND MAKE SURE THE DOGS ARE GETTING FED AND WATERED, AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT PART BECAUSE I AM AN ANIMAL LOVER.

THEN THE THIRD PART IS THE DAY CENTER.

THIS NEW DAY CENTER WILL HOUSE BOTH TRANSFORMATION PARK SERVICES AND SOME CITY OFFICES FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PERSONNEL, AND SO, AS THE NAME INDICATES, IT'S A DAY SHELTER.

IT WILL CLOSE.

MAYBE WE'LL BE OPEN FROM 7 TO 7 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BASICALLY OPENING FOR BREAKFAST AND CLOSING AFTER SUPPER, AND LOTS OF SERVICES HAPPEN TO OUR CLIENTELE IN BETWEEN THE OPENING AND THE CLOSING, AND SO THIS IS AN ARTIST RENDERING OF WHAT THE FRONT ELEVATION MAY LOOK LIKE.

WE DO WANT TO MAKE IT PLEASING TO THE EYE, AND THESE ARE FRONT ELEVATIONS AND INTERIOR SHOTS OF SOME OF THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE VISITED.

SO YOU SEE LOTS OF WINDOWS, LOTS OF DAYLIGHT, BIG, WIDE OPEN SPACES FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN THERE, AND SO WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE THIS DIFFERENT? WELL, HIGHER STAFF, HIGHER STAFF RATIO TO CLIENTS.

I MEAN, WE WANT TO STRIVE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO MOVE THEM ALONG IN THEIR GOALS.

WE WANT TO STRIVE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AROUND THOSE AROUND THOSE THAT ARE AROUND US.

SORRY WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THOSE WHO ARE AROUND US.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE SHOWERS AND RESTROOM FACILITIES FOR THOSE WHO MAY SIMPLY LIVE IN THEIR CAR AND THEY DON'T NEED THE NIGHT SHELTER OR THEY JUST NEED BASIC SERVICES AND THEY DON'T NEED THE OTHERS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MEET A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEEDS AND WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN OUR LIVES, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO STRIVE WITH EACH PERSON TO SET GOALS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS AND WALK THAT ROAD OF TRANSFORMATION WITH THEM SO QUICKLY, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? WELL, THERE ARE A LOT.

WE KIND OF CATEGORIZED THEM.

WE NEED TO STAFF UP.

THERE'S A LOT TO DO BETWEEN AT THIS POINT AND OPENING DAY, AND AGAIN, WE'VE TRIED TO CATEGORIZE THEM.

THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, WE ALREADY HAVE THE LOCATION AND I'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THAT IN JUST A BIT, AND WE'RE FINALIZING THE DESIGN OF THE DAY SHELTER, HOPEFULLY MID-JANUARY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO A GROUNDBREAKING SOMETIME IN EARLY SPRING.

MEANWHILE, WE STILL HAVE TO FUNDRAISE, CONNECT WITH PARTNER AGENCIES, BUILD MORE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AND ONE DAY THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED AND WE WILL BE SERVING THE HOMELESS OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE END.

I HAVE DREAMS FOR PHASES BEYOND THIS AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT AT A LATER DATE.

I'VE BEEN A PASTOR HERE FOR 22 YEARS AT OUR CHURCH OVER 30 YEARS TOTAL, AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SHARE WHAT I FEEL THE REASON THAT WE SHOULD PARTNER TOGETHER TO DO THIS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON, TOMMY ALREADY SAID, AND IN MY MIND IT IS THAT JESUS SAID SO.

MATTHEW 25 FROM THE MESSAGE VERSION SAYS, THEN THE SHEEP ARE GOING TO SAY, MASTER, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHEN DID WE EVER SEE YOU HUNGRY AND FEED YOU? WHEN DO WE SEE YOU THIRSTY AND GIVE YOU A DRINK? WHEN DO WE EVER SEE YOU SICK OR IN PRISON AND COME TO YOU? THEN THE MASTER WILL SAY, I'M TELLING THE SOLEMN TRUTH.

WHENEVER YOU DID ONE OF THESE THINGS TO SOMEONE OVERLOOKED OR IGNORED, THAT WAS ME.

YOU DID IT TO ME.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER MOTIVATION TO SERVE THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE WE WILL BE THE FEET AND THE HANDS OF JESUS.

NOW, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION WILL NOT BE A BARRIER.

WE WILL SERVE ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND HOPEFULLY JESUS WILL COME INTO THEIR LIFE AND TRANSFORM THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.

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IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL SHARE THE LOCATION FOR OTHER TIME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SO I'LL BE BRIEF ON THIS.

WE HAVE AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY FOR A FISCAL AGENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND TRANSFORMATION PARK, AND ONE THING THAT WE FEEL WOULD BE A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY INTO A PROJECT LIKE THIS IS TO HELP WITH THOSE FISCAL AGENT ITEMS. WHAT THAT MEANS, THOSE ARE LIKE THE ACCOUNTING SERVICES, THE BANKING SERVICES, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT SERVICES, BUDGETING SERVICES, PURCHASING, SOME OF THOSE BASIC BACKBONE THINGS THAT EVERY ORGANIZATION NEEDS.

WE HAVE SIMILAR FISCAL AGENT AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER NONPROFITS AND OTHER COMPONENT UNITS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

THE ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SAME AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

ONE OF THE MORE RECENT ONES WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER WAS WITH THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT FROM JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

SO THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.

WE DO HAVE THE OPTION IF THERE IS A NEED TO UTILIZE ANY CITY LEGAL SERVICES, THOSE WOULD BE WE HAVE I KNOW THE NONPROFIT HAS BEEN UTILIZING SOME OTHER ATTORNEY FOR THE TIME BEING AT NO COST TO THE NONPROFIT.

SO IT IS IN HERE IF NEEDED, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS THE NONPROFIT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE FINANCIAL SOFTWARE THAT WE USE.

IT'S JUST ADDING ON A FEW MORE USERS AND JUST THE ROBUST FINANCIAL SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE HERE AT THE CITY OF AMARILLO, AND SO THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN ENSURE AND AGAIN, THIS IS CLOSE TO MY HEART, WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE FINANCIALS ARE SOLID FOR A BRAND NEW NONPROFIT COMING FORWARD AND ALL OF THE REPORTING IS DONE BEING DONE CORRECTLY.

SO IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS ON YOUR CONSENT ITEM, AND IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER IT NOW.

ONE OTHER ITEM WE WILL BE LOOKING TO BRING FORWARD PROBABLY JANUARY, FEBRUARY TIME POINT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ENTERING INTO A LONG TERM LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT AND THE FACILITIES WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE NEW NONPROFIT ON IS THE CITY ACTUALLY OWNING THE FACILITIES AND LEASING IT BACK TO THE NONPROFIT.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE CITY CERTAINLY HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN THOSE LONG TERM ASSETS.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WILL WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE MAINTAINED AND CARE FOR PROPERLY BECAUSE THEY WOULD ULTIMATELY BE A CITY ASSET, BUT THE CITY WOULD NOT HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR RUNNING THE DAY CENTER OR THE NIGHT CENTER AS WELL.

THE CABIN COMMUNITY.

THAT WOULD ALL BE DONE BY THE NONPROFIT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING A MORE ANOTHER AGREEMENT, A MORE LONG TERM AGREEMENT, PROBABLY JANUARY, FEBRUARY TIME POINT FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AND TO LOOK AT SOME SORT OF ARRANGEMENT ON THAT END, BUT FOR TODAY, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT BASIC FISCAL AGENT SERVICES SO WE CAN GET THEM UP AND RUNNING FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, GET A BANK ACCOUNT SO WE CAN START BRINGING IN THOSE DONATIONS.

I KNOW THIS GROUP IS VERY ANXIOUS TO GET OUT AND DO A LOT OF FUNDRAISING, AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT ALL SQUARED AWAY.

CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM MAYOR OR COUNCIL ON THIS? OKAY, I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION.

YES, SIR. ON THE SCREEN, IT HAS TRANSFORMATION PARK.

YES, AND I GOT ON THE AGENDA IT SAYS TRANSPORTATION PARK.

YES, IT IS TRANSFORMATION PARK.

THAT WAS A TYPO IN THE AGREEMENT.

SO I APOLOGIZE. IT'S BEEN CORRECTED AND I THINK STEPHANIE HAS THE CORRECT ONES THERE.

IF YOU'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON YOUR DAIS TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT THE CORRECT ONE, THERE SHOULD BE A COPY AT YOUR SEATS THAT SAYS REVISED AT THE TOP OF IT.

YES. THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.

YES. OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? YES, MR. STANLEY.

THANK YOU. SO IN THE AGENCY FUND AGREEMENT OR AGENCY FISCAL AGENT AGREEMENT, THERE'S A ZERO COST TO OUR NEW NONPROFIT. YES.

WILL THAT BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY OR CAN THAT BE SOMETHING THAT'S SET GOING FORWARD WHERE THE CITY WOULD HAVE NO INTENTION OF BILLING FOR THOSE SERVICES? SO WE COULD CERTAINLY DO IT.

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WHAT WE HAD STARTED WAS AN INITIAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS, THEN TO RENEW ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE REASONABLE.

THE WAY IT'S DRAFTED IS THE FIRST FIVE YEARS WITHOUT ANY COST TO THE NONPROFIT.

WE DID HAVE AT A POINT IN TIME THE CITY COULD GIVE THEM WHAT OUR DIRECT COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING THESE SERVICES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS GOING FORWARD, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST PUT AT ZERO GOING FORWARD, IF THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL DIRECTS.

I KNOW THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WIN FOR THE NONPROFIT AS WELL, AND AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT FISCAL AGENT SERVICES, KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT ADDING STAFF TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

WE'RE NOT ADDING SOFTWARE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

MOST OF YOUR STAFF THAT'S UTILIZING OR PRODUCING THESE SERVICES ARE SALARIED EMPLOYEES, SO IT'S REALLY NOT AN ADDITIONAL ABOVE AND BEYOND COST FOR THE CITY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

FUNDS ARE CONTROLLED INDEPENDENTLY, SO WE HAVE NON PROFIT THAT HOLDS THEIR OWN ACCOUNTS, AND THEN WE AS THE FISCAL AGENT HAVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE IN HOUSING THROUGH.

IS THAT GOING TO COME THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND OR.

NO, IT'LL BE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE FUND.

IT'LL HAVE ITS OWN SET OF BOOKS ESSENTIALLY, BUT UTILIZING THE SAME SOFTWARE WE DO.

THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN BANK ACCOUNT, IT WILL BE KIND OF UNDER THE WHOLE CITY UMBRELLA AS A WHOLE.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE ENTITIES THAT WE MANAGE BANK ACCOUNTS FOR.

SO THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM LIKE YOUR AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO YOUR AMARILLO POTTER EVENTS VENUE DISTRICT.

YOU HAVE YOUR CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.

THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THAT.

SO IT WOULD BE THEIR MONEY, SEPARATE, APART, NEVER COMMINGLED OR INTERTWINED WITH CITY DOLLARS AND COMPLETELY SEPARATE SET OF RECORDS, SEPARATE AUDIT, NEVER INCLUDED INSIDE OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT ALL.

SO DOES THAT HELP? IT DOES SO MUCH LIKE THE PRESENTATION TWO SEPARATE PARTNERS WORKING TOGETHER CITY AND THE NON PROFIT.

NONPROFIT STILL MAINTAINS ALL THEIR AUTONOMY, EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED CONTROLS FOR DONATIONS, FUNDRAISING, ALL OF THAT CITY IS ABLE TO ASSIST IN ALL THE SERVICES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT TO DO AND KEEP BOOKS WHILE WE ARE SERVICING AS THE BACKBONE FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE CAN WE CAN HELP THEM WITH.

YES, EXACTLY, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ESPECIALLY A BRAND NEW NONPROFIT, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO HIRE THE KIND OF FINANCIAL STAFF THAT THE CITY HAS.

SO THAT'S A WAY WE CAN KIND OF SHARE SOME OF OUR EXPERTISE IN THOSE AREAS WITH THEM WITHOUT IMPACTING THE CITY OPERATIONS.

MY LAST QUESTION WOULD JUST BE INSURANCE, BECAUSE I KNOW AS A CITY, A LOT OF THE TIME WE DON'T INSURE SOME OF OUR OWN STRUCTURES AND WE KIND OF SELF PERFORM THAT AND SO ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITH THESE STRUCTURES BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBJECTIVE TO SOME EXTREME WEATHER, DO WE HAVE AN INTENTION ON ON TRYING TO INSURE WHAT WE'RE CALLING INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE? YES, AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE AGREEMENT, THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT BRINGING TO YOU GUYS IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.

THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.

I THINK THE INITIAL THOUGHT WAS THE CITY WOULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT PROVIDING SOME PROPERTY INSURANCE SINCE THEY WILL TRULY BE CITY ASSETS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE PROPERTY THAT IT'S ITSELF INSURED.

WE WOULD NOT LOOK AT ANY OF THE BASICALLY THE INSURANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DAY IN, DAY OUT OPERATIONS.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE ON THE NONPROFIT SIDE, BUT THOSE ITEMS WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING BACK TO YOU GUYS PROBABLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR SO WE CAN KIND OF START WORKING THROUGH THE LOGISTICS OF THAT.

THAT IS A VERY GREAT QUESTION AND WE'LL BE KIND OF HAMMERING THAT OUT THE NEXT MONTH OR SO TO BRING BACK TO YOU GUYS.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION.

YOU BET. THANK YOU, LAURA.

OKAY, THANKS. ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF FINISH THIS UP HERE.

I KNOW THIS HAS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEARING WITH US.

SO LET'S TALK REAL QUICK.

PARDON ME. TAKE YOUR TIME.

OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LOCATION.

I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES UP IS TIMETABLE, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LOCATION.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LOCATION.

THIS IS AN AERIAL SHOT.

YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT TRANSIT MULTIMODAL FACILITY JUST BROKE GROUND.

I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE I ACTUALLY PUT SOME REALLY COOL DRAWINGS ON THERE.

THERE IN THE PURPLE IS THE NEW TRANSIT TERMINAL, AND RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT IS WE WANT ALL OF THIS TO BE RIGHT THERE IN THE SAME AREA.

YOU SEE THE DOTTED RED LINE ENCOMPASSES ALL OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING TRANSFORMATION PARK.

IT HAS THE JOE AND LAURA STREET DAY CENTER THERE IN GREEN, WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FIFTH.

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EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE IN THAT ENTIRE LOCATION THERE.

THE DESIGN AND ALL THAT IS STILL BEING DESIGNED.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF REALLY GREAT THINGS COME IN, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT.

YEAH, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LOCATION.

WE'RE STILL IN SOME SOME NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOME OTHER THINGS, SO WE'LL KIND OF SEE HOW THAT ENDS UP PLAYING OUT, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE TOGETHER.

WE'VE GOT TRANSIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN ON BUSSES AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO IMMEDIATELY GET PLUGGED IN TO THE DAY CENTER AND THEN VICE VERSA IF FOLKS NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT ALL OVER THE CITY AND GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES, THEY'VE GOT BUSSES RIGHT THERE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO I THINK THIS IS JUST A FANTASTIC PLACE AND REALLY EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF CAME TOGETHER TO PUT EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE IN THE SAME SPOT.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME JUST KIND OF CLEAR UP A FEW THINGS.

AS FAR AS THE CURRENT THE GUYON SAUNDERS RESOURCE CENTER, THAT LOCATION RIGHT NOW IS BEING SOLD AND THAT PROPERTY WILL NOW MOVE TO THIS NEW JOE AND LAURA STREET DAY CENTER.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE NEW GUYON SAUNDERS RESOURCE CENTER WILL BE THERE.

ONCE THAT IS FINISHED, THEY ARE GOING TO BE DONATING THE LAND THE BUILDING TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

SO THE CITY OF AMARILLO WILL OWN THE GREEN PART THERE AND THE YELLOW PART, THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE ONE TRANSFORMATION.

PARK IS GOING TO RUN ALL OF THESE FACILITIES, BUT THE CITY WILL OWN ALL OF THAT PROPERTY.

TRANSFORMATION PARK BOARD WILL OVERSEE ALL OF THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS FOR MANAGING THAT FACILITY, AND OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MARK ZIMMERMAN. SO I KNOW THAT YOU MAY HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING.

I'M STILL HERE, TOMMY'S STILL HERE AND MARK'S HERE.

IF YOU'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS, I'D LOVE TO ANSWER THEM.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO DO THIS, BUT MAYBE WE MISSED SOMETHING.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN GET THOSE THINGS ANSWERED FOR YOU.

MORE QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? HOWARD. NOT A QUESTION, BUT A COMMENT.

TOMMY POLITZ APPRECIATE HIM CRATERING.

HE FIRST SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO CHAIR IT, BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING THAT.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A FANTASTIC PROJECT.

WELL, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, HOWARD.

I REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS PROJECT AND DO NOT BELIEVE IT WILL SUCCEED WITHOUT THE CITY, COMMERCE AND CHURCH TOGETHER.

WE REALLY HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS AS THE PEOPLE OF AMARILLO.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT AND I'M SERVING WITH A LOT OF AMAZING PEOPLE AND I'M SERIOUS ABOUT MY COMMITMENT TWO YEARS AND THEN I'M HANDING IT OFF.

I WANT TO BE A PART OF A BEING A CATALYST AND THEN EMPOWERING SOMEBODY ELSE TO TO HELP LEAD BECAUSE THIS THING NEEDS TO BE REALLY OWNED BY THE COMMUNITY.

I UNDERSTAND. YEAH I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, PASTOR, AND APPRECIATE YOU JUST BRINGING A LOT OF GREAT CITIZENS TOGETHER TO UNITE US ALL FOR THIS AWESOME PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, AND THAT IS, HOW MANY TWO UNITS ARE WE LOOKING AT? HOW MANY FOUR UNITS AND WHAT ARE THE COLORS GOING TO BE LIKE? I'LL KIND OF ANSWER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

SO AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF UNITS RIGHT NOW, FROM OUR VISITS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS, WE KNOW FEWER IS A LOT MORE EASY TO MANAGE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START OUT A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.

SO MAYBE 25 TO 30 TO GET STARTED AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET REALLY GOOD AT THAT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER.

I WOULD LOVE PERSONALLY TO SEE AT LEAST 100 TOTAL UNITS, 80 OF THE SMALLER 20 OF THE LARGER.

WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY COOL PLANS.

MARK HAS A GREAT IDEA FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE FAMILIES IN A SEPARATE LOCATION, BE ABLE TO HELP VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM OUT OF THE GENERAL AREA SO THAT THEY'RE SEPARATED AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SECURITY.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY COOL PLANS IN THE FUTURE, BUT A LONG ANSWER TO YOU IS ABOUT 100 TOTAL WHENEVER WE GET FINISHED AND MAYBE EVEN MORE.

SO, EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO BE HOUSED, WE WANT TO GET THEM INTO SOME KIND OF SHELTER AND GET THEM MOVE TO THAT ULTIMATE GOAL OF BEING HOUSED.

OKAY. WE'RE NOT ARTISTS, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET A CHIEF ARTISTIC OFFICER, AND I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR MAY HAVE SOME EXTRA TIME ON HER HANDS.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY BE REACHING OUT TO HER TO MAYBE DO THAT.

[CHUCKLING] [INAUDIBLE] SHE DOES AMAZING WORK.

YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, PASTOR.

SO JUST A HUGE THANK YOU TO JOE AND LAURA FOR THEIR PASSION FOR THE HOMELESS ALONG WITH YOU, JASON AND GUYON SAUNDERS RESOURCE CENTER AND THEN THE TRANSFORMATION PARK BOARD MEMBERS.

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SO THANK YOU ALL.

YEAH, AND ONE OTHER THING.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TO THE GUYON SAUNDERS BOARD HAS BEEN CATALYTIC IN THE EARLY DAYS TOO AND STILL ARE IN MAKING SURE THIS TRANSITION HAPPENS.

SO IT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

ONE THING I THINK FOR CLARITY AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE WHOLE PRESENTATION, NOT SO SURE THAT THIS WAS COMMUNICATED.

IF IT WAS, I APOLOGIZE, BUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES FROM THE CITY WILL ALSO BE SERVICING THROUGH YOUR DEPARTMENT AND WILL OFFICE IN THIS NEW BUILDING AS WELL? I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW.

SO, YES, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW DAY CENTER, WHICH IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THOSE FOLKS.

WE HAVE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IN MY UNIT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF GRANTS.

THE COMING HOME PROGRAM IS IN MY DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 30 TO 40 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IN MY DEPARTMENT THAT ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE, AND IN ADDITION, WE SHARE THOSE RESOURCES.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT COMING HOME THAT'S OVER IN THE DAY CENTER THAT THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH FOLKS THERE.

THEY'RE OVER AT THE NIGHT SHELTER.

THEY'RE IN THE SAFE SPACE.

THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK AND FORTH.

WE'RE NOT HAVING TO RECREATE THE WHEEL AT ONE FACILITY.

WE JUST SHARE THOSE THOSE RESOURCES, INCLUDING TRANSIT.

SO, YES, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES OVER THERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE DOING WHAT THEY DO.

THEY DO GREAT WORK, AND I SHARED THIS PRESENTATION WITH THEM THIS MORNING AND RESOUNDING APPLAUSE AND STOOD UP AND CHEERED FOR ME.

THEY SAID I WAS THE BEST SPEAKER THEY'VE EVER HEARD, [CHUCKLING] SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

I DID HEAR YOU SAY THAT WHILE YOU KNOW, TOMMY, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT WHILE CHURCH IS PART OF MAKING THIS A SUCCESS, I HEARD MARK SAY THAT THERE IS NO FAITH REQUIREMENT HERE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SERVICES, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR CITIZENS TO KNOW IF THE CITY IS PARTNERING WITH SOMETHING THAT WHILE SOME OF THE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING ARE MOTIVATED BY THEIR FAITH, THERE IS NO FAITH REQUIREMENT HERE, AND YOU TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON THIS, MARK, THAT IS ONE OF THE DISTINGUISHING THINGS THAT MAKES THIS FACILITY AND THE SERVICES BEING OFFERED HERE DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE COMPLEMENTING OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR CITY TO CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED OF THESE SERVICES, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SAY, JASON, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SHARED SERVICES.

WE CAN SEE ON THE MAP THAT IT'S BESIDE THE NEW TRANSIT TERMINAL.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT WHY THIS LOCATION WAS CHOSEN AND WHY BEING NEXT TO TRANSIT THE NEW MULTIMODAL BUS STATION IS GOING TO BE, YOU THINK, A BENEFIT? ABSOLUTELY.

SO, YES, IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE.

THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE IS ALWAYS A PROBLEM WITH THESE FOLKS.

WE HAVE MEDICAL FACILITIES THAT ARE FAR AWAY AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET TO THEIR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT THAT THEY'VE GOT BUSSES RIGHT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH CHRIS AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON HOW WE CAN EVEN FURTHER ENHANCE THAT FOR HOW WE CAN GET THEM TO ALL THE SERVICES.

I'VE VISITED, OTHER PLACES THAT THEY HAVE AN ACTUAL FIXED ROUTE THAT'S FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS TO ACTUAL SERVICES.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING VISITS WITH HIM TO POSSIBLY CREATE THAT.

SO YES, AND AGAIN, AS FAR AS PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR CITY, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT NEXT STEP, THIS IS THE PLACE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT WILL KNOW, HEY, GO CHECK IN WITH THE DAY CENTER ACROSS THE STREET.

THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT CAN HELP YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO NAVIGATE AND HELP THEM POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS FOR THE RESOURCES THEY NEED IN DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE WANDERING AROUND.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

SO THEY WANDER AROUND, THEY END UP MAYBE CAMPING IN AN ALLEY.

WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

WE'RE GOING TO IMMEDIATELY GET THEM CONNECTED TO SOMEPLACE WHERE THEY'RE SAFE.

THEY'VE GOT FOOD, THEY'VE GOT EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND HAPPY IN AMARILLO, AND I WOULD POSE THIS NEXT QUESTION, MAYBE MARK, MAYBE JASON AND JASON, EVEN AS YOUR PRIOR EXPERIENCE AS A PD OFFICER, THIS IS A QUESTION WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM CITIZENS.

SO IT'S NOT COMING FROM AN UNCOMPASSIONATE PLACE, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE YOUR RESEARCH AND HOMEWORK ON THIS, SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ANSWER IT.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO NEIGHBORS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT PLACING THIS FACILITY HERE? HOW WILL IT IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD? I'LL SPEAK TO THAT. I'VE GOT A LOT TO SAY.

SORRY, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE ESTHETICS OF THIS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE BEAUTIFUL FENCES.

SO WE'RE TALKING BRICK AND REALLY NICE FENCING AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL UNIT HERE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND REALLY THE GIST OF IT IS THAT WHENEVER WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO THESE FACILITIES, WE WANT THEM TO BE IN THE FACILITIES,

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AGAIN, WE SAID WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS BY HAVING OUR CLIENTS THERE, WE SHOULD BE MEETING THEIR NEEDS WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE FACILITY, NOT OUTSIDE OF THE WALLS.

SO, YES, IT'S COME AND GO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S NO REASON TO THROW A TENT UP IN AN ALLEY OR IN ON THE SIDEWALK.

WE'VE GOT THE FACILITIES TO TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE FOR THEM IN THESE PLACES.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE BARRIERS.

WE'VE TRIED TO ELIMINATE ALL THE BARRIERS THAT WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A GOOD RESOLUTION OF WHAT THESE PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE.

I WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING ELSE THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT IS PANHANDLING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION THAT PANHANDLING HAS BECOME AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR FOLKS THAT WILL BE AT THE CORNERS, AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, FOR ME, I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE.

I'M ALWAYS WORRIED THAT SOMEBODY'S THIRSTY OR THEY'RE HUNGRY, AND SO FOR ME, I THINK IF THIS PERSON IS HUNGRY, I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP THEM, AND I SEE OUR CITIZENS STOPPING AT THE CORNERS AND GIVING PEOPLE MONEY AND THINGS LIKE AND FOOD, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY.

I THINK THAT OUR CITY IS AMAZING THAT WE CARE ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO OFFER UP TO YOU THAT YOU HEARD US MENTION THAT THE DAY CENTER IS GOING TO HAVE MEALS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THIS IS A RESOURCE THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO.

THEY'VE GOT PLENTY OF DRINK, THEY'VE GOT SHELTER SAFETY AND THEY'VE GOT FOOD.

SO WE ARE MEETING THOSE BASIC NEEDS.

SO I THINK THAT LETTING THE CITIZENS KNOW WE HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THEM, WE ARE GOING TO BE ENCOURAGING THEM TO COME USE THESE THIS FACILITY SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR NEEDS MET, AND THAT MEANS MOVING THEM ON TO THE NEXT STEP, WHATEVER THEIR GOALS ARE, LIKE MARK SAID, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GOALS, BUT WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL. IF WE KNOW THAT THOSE NEEDS ARE BEING MET, THEN MAYBE OTHER NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MET.

SO WHAT'S YOUR $5 GOING TOWARDS? YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. IF IT'S NOT GOING TO FOOD AND WATER, WHAT'S IT GOING TO ARE YOU HELPING FEED THAT OTHER PROBLEM? SO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ONCE WE GET THIS GOING, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE, AND I JUST AM LOOKING AT THE FACES THAT YOU GUYS BROUGHT WITH YOU.

YOUR TEAM IS AMAZING AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO STAND.

IF YOU'RE HERE ON BEHALF OF THIS PROJECT, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF, WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TIME AND THE EFFORT THAT YOU'VE PUT IN AND THE COMMITMENT YOU'VE MADE TO HELP IT GOING FORWARD.

SO WOULD APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU STANDING.

I KNOW ON THE BOARD WE HAVE LILY [INAUDIBLE], HERMAN MOORE, COURTNEY MCCARTY, JULIE MITCHELL, MIKE HUGHES, JONATHAN [INAUDIBLE], PASTOR BELL, PASTOR MOORE.

I KNOW MIKE AND CARRIE GOOD HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO THE GUYON SAUNDERS BOARD OVER LOTS OF YEARS.

CAMERON MONROE, GARY AND LINDA [INAUDIBLE].

WELCOME HOME, BY THE WAY, AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EXPERTISE YOU'RE BRINGING TO WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO OPERATE THIS AND ALL OF THAT, FOLLOWING THE LEADERSHIP AND THE GENEROSITY OF JOE AND LAURA.

SO THANK YOU, MARK.

THANK YOU, TOMMY AND JARED, I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE, IF WE COULD, JUST TO SPECIFICALLY THANK JASON RIDDLESPURGER AND LAURA STORRS FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK ON THIS PROJECT. [APPLAUSE] I THINK WE'RE COMING RIGHT UP ON TWO YEARS OF THEIR EFFORT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MEETINGS WE'VE HAD ABOUT IT AND HOW MANY DIFFERENT ITERATIONS, BUT YOU GUYS ARE INNOVATING AND MODELING INNOVATION AS WE SPEAK, BECAUSE I LOVED HOW MARK SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT WE KNOW IS AS IT COMES TOGETHER, IT WILL EVOLVE, IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT, AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE IT MEANS WE'RE IMPROVING IT, WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT, WE'RE GETTING MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED.

WE HAVE BROADER PERSPECTIVE, AND THAT BROADER PERSPECTIVE BRINGS MORE INFORMATION TO MAKE THE PROJECT EVEN BETTER.

SO TO LAURA AND JASON AND TO JARED FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN GIVING THEM THE REINS AND GIVING THEM THE SPACE THEY NEEDED TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND BEGIN TO BUILD THESE PARTNERSHIPS.

I MEAN, I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO CITIZENS HOW MANY DIFFERENT THINGS CAME TOGETHER HERE TO THE GSRC BOARD WHO WAS WILLING TO SAY, WE WILL HAND THE REINS TO THE NEXT TEAM, THAT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRUST, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL HAVE DONE TO HOLD THAT ORGANIZATION AND THAT MINISTRY TOGETHER AND THAT YOU WOULD LET GO AND LET THE NEXT TEAM SAY WE CAN TAKE IT.

THAT'S HUGE, AND JUST FOR THIS TO BE SO IMPACTFUL IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK WE HAVE HIGH VISION

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WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THIS DOES.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU TO THE CITY, BECAUSE TRULY YOU ALL HAVE BEEN, JARED, THANK YOU. ALL THE THINGS I HEAR BEHIND THE SCENES GETTING THROUGH THESE GUYS.

OUR BOARD COULD NOT DO IT.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE TRANSFORMATION PARK BOARD, I'M GRATEFUL FOR WHERE THIS THING IS HEADING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANNOUNCING MANY MORE BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS OF LARGER ENTITIES THAT ARE ALSO AND SMALLER ONES THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE SUPPORTING TRANSFORMATION PARK AS WELL.

SO IT'S JUST BEGINNING.

THANK YOU, GUYS. [APPLAUSE] OKAY WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 1C,

[1.C. Discuss Solid Waste update;]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO LANDING THIS PROCESS RIGHT HERE.

DONNY'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD NEWS, A LOT OF GOOD TIME FRAME, AND WE CAN PROBABLY LOOK FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS HOPEFULLY IN ORDER TO WRAP THIS WHOLE PROCESS UP, BUT DONNY, TAKE IT AWAY. WELL, FIRST, HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU TOP THAT? [CHUCKLING] I CAN TOP IT BY STARTING OFF BY SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING BACK TO TWICE A WEEK COLLECTIONS, AND AS WE GET THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, I WILL BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AS TO WHAT THE DATES, HOW WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING THAT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT THAT.

I WANT TO TELL A PODIUM STORY REAL QUICK AS THEY'RE EXITING THE BUILDING; IT GIVES ME TIME TO DO THAT.

WE WERE GIVING OUT SOME AWARDS AT A PUBLIC WORKS EVENT LAST WEEK AND ALAN AND I'VE KIND OF BEEN KNOWN DURING THESE PRESENTATIONS TO COME UP AND MOVE THE PODIUM AND IT'S BECOME OUR NEW JOB, AND PEOPLE LIKE JERRY DANFORTH HAVE COME UP WITH NEW NICKNAMES FOR US AND I WON'T SHARE THAT, BUT I WAS GIVING OUT SOME AWARDS AND I NOTICED ALAN WAS STILL IN THE CROWD AND WE WERE TAKING A GROUP PHOTO AND I SAID, ALAN, WOULD YOU COME UP? WE CAME UP THERE AND TRIED TO MOVE THE PODIUM [CHUCKLING] AND WE REALLY WANTED HIM IN A PICTURE, BUT NEVERTHELESS WE GOT HIM UP THERE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT EVEN AS WE GO FORWARD.

OUR NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE, AND I KNOW I'VE SHARED A LOT OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS WITH YOU AS WE'VE HAD THESE PRESENTATIONS WHERE WE'VE DUG DOWN INTO THE STAFFING LEVELS.

THIS IS JUST AN OVERALL VIEW OF COLLECTIONS ITSELF.

THIS IS JUST SOLID WASTE COLLECTIONS.

YOU CAN SEE WE'RE AT 87% OF OUR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR POSITIONS THAT ARE FILLED NOW 69 AND 79.

WE ALSO OVERALL IN THAT DEPARTMENT JUST IN COLLECTIONS ON THE COLLECTION SIDE, 96 AND 117.

SO WE ARE VERY HEALTHY.

WE'RE DOING WELL. WE HAD TARGETED 35 POSITIONS IN OUR SOLID WASTE EQUIPMENT OPERATORS FOR SIDE LOADERS.

WE'RE AT 33 AS OF NOW, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE EIGHT APPLICANTS THAT ARE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

WE ALSO HAVE EIGHT APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE REVIEWING RIGHT NOW AS WELL.

SO THERE'S SOME MORE POSSIBILITIES AROUND THE CORNER OF EVEN FILLING THE LAST OF THOSE POSITIONS.

JUST KIND OF A RECAP OF WHERE WE CAME FROM, WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.

WE STARTED OUT BACK ON JULY THE 12TH.

WE CAME, GAVE COUNCIL A PRESENTATION.

WE WERE AT ABOUT 50% OF OUR STAFFING LEVELS AT THAT TIME.

WE DECIDED TO GO TO ONCE PER WEEK COLLECTIONS, AND BEGAN THAT ON JULY THE 18TH, AND WE LEARNED SOME GREAT THINGS AS WE WERE DOING THAT, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT TOWARD THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

WE CAME BACK TO COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER THE 27TH.

WE WERE AT 48% AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND IF YOU REMEMBER THE NUMBERS WE GAVE YOU, WE'D HIRED 11 AND WE SEPARATED WITH 15, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME IS WHEN OUR 90 DAY CLOCK STARTED AND COUNCILMAN SMITH GAVE US A CHALLENGE FOR 90 DAYS TO GET THIS COMPLETED, TO GO BACK TO THE TWICE A WEEK COLLECTIONS.

TODAY, OUR STAFFING LEVELS ARE AT 82%, AND JUST THE NUMBERS THAT CAME TO ME THIS MORNING FROM HR WAS 26 HIRES, EIGHT SEPARATIONS SINCE SEPTEMBER 27TH. SO WE'RE DOING MUCH BETTER ON THAT RATIO.

OUR 90TH DAY OF WHAT COUNCILMAN SMITH CHALLENGES WITH WOULD FALL ON DECEMBER THE 25TH, WHICH IS CHRISTMAS DAY.

WE'RE READY TO GO NOW, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE WITH THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND GET THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD.

IT'S PROBABLY OUR HEAVIEST COLLECTION PERIOD, ESPECIALLY IN RESIDENTIAL, ALSO IS IN COMMERCIAL GET THROUGH THAT PERIOD AND THEN WE HAVE A START DATE THAT WILL BE MOVING UP AND THAT IS JULY THE NINTH, WHICH WOULD BE 105 DAYS.

IT WOULDN'T BE 90.

IF YOU WOULD PREFER US TO GO NOW, WE COULD, BUT I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT WE WAIT TILL JULY THE NINTH.

THAT WOULD PUT US BACK ON OUR NORMAL SCHEDULE WHERE WE'D HAVE OUR 30 ROUTES ON MONDAY, 31 ROUTES ON TUESDAY, WE'D GO BACK TO 30 ROUTES, THE SAME ROUTES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THAT'S YOU TWICE A WEEK. WE'D USE SATURDAYS AS OUR DAY THAT WE WOULD MAKE UP ANY MISSES THAT WE HAD ANY EXTRA SERVICE COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN WEDNESDAY, OF COURSE, IS OUR RESIDENTIAL DAY OFF FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT WE ALSO USE THAT DAY FOR OVERTIME TO COLLECT ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISSED DURING THE WEEK.

ANY TIME THAT WE HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THIS, WE LIKE TO LOOK AT THE KEY TAKEAWAYS.

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STAFF AND I MET AND WE PROBABLY CAME WITH ABOUT 35 THINGS.

WE COULD BE HERE ALL DAY TALKING ABOUT, BUT THE KEY THINGS THAT WE LEARNED DURING THIS EVENT WAS THAT WE CAN DO MORE WITH LESS.

WE PROVED THAT.

OUR EMPLOYEES STEPPED TO THE PLATE.

THEY GOT MORE DONE WITH LESS PEOPLE, WITH LESS EQUIPMENT, AND EVEN THOUGH OUR SERVICE LEVEL HAD DROPPED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE WENT TO ONCE A WEEK INSTEAD OF TWICE, WE GOT IT DONE. WE'VE LEARNED HOW TO DO THAT BETTER.

WE'VE LEARNED HOW TO IDENTIFY DATA AND ASSOCIATE THAT WITH ISSUES SO THAT WE CAN CREATE SOLUTIONS WITH THAT, AND WE'RE STILL USING THAT TO THIS DAY.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT STILL SITS IN TWO FOLDERS ON MY DESK THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE ABOUT THAT THICK THAT WE'VE COLLECTED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

WE STILL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AND WE ANALYZE THAT, EVALUATE THAT SO WE CAN BE BETTER GOING FORWARD.

OUR MAINTENANCE LEVELS OF OUR EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IN A LOUD SPEAKING VOICE.

WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF OUR OLDER EQUIPMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SUPPLY CHAINS NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON.

WE'VE GOT TO BE PROACTIVE IN THAT AND TAKING CARE OF OUR EQUIPMENT.

WE'VE ALSO GOT TO BE PROACTIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HAVE PARTS ON THE SHELF READY TO GO FOR THE COMMON THINGS THAT GO WRONG WITH OUR EQUIPMENT.

WE'RE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB OF THAT.

BUILDING AN OPERATIONAL PLAN THAT HAS STRONGER CONTINGENCIES IN PLACE.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING OF ALL IS THAT WE'VE LEARNED THAT ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL WHEN IT COMES TO TRASH COLLECTIONS, AND IF YOU LOOK AT ANY MUNICIPALITY, ANY OF THE ONES THAT I TALKED TO, OR OUR STAFF HAS TALKED TO, THEY HAVE A MODEL AND IT'S ONCE A WEEK, TWICE A WEEK, BUT THEY HAVE THAT MODEL IN PLACE.

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT ONE SIZE JUST DOESN'T FIT ALL.

WE HAVE SOME DUMPSTERS THAT WE COLLECT THAT ARE A QUARTER FULL.

WE HAVE OTHER DUMPSTERS THAT WE COLLECT THAT ARE OVERFLOWING AND MORE THAN FULL.

SO WE'VE LEARNED THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF FINDING TECHNOLOGY AND THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO COLLECT GARBAGE IS AND AMARILLO, WHETHER THAT'S ONCE A WEEK OR TWICE A WEEK, DOESN'T MATTER.

IT'S JUST WHATEVER'S GOING TO BE THE MOST EFFICIENT.

ALAN AND I HAD A DISCUSSION JUST DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY AND HE SAID, MY HOUSE, WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE; IN MY HOUSE, WE HAVE TWO AND MY NEIGHBORS, WE HAVE TWO, TWO, TWO AND TWO.

HE HAS FIVE, FOUR, FOUR, FIVE, FIVE.

THEY GENERATE A LOT MORE WASTE THAN WE DO IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO FINDING WAYS TO IDENTIFY THAT, WORKING WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT TO TAKE US TO OUR NEXT STEP THERE AND OUR FIRST NEXT STEP IS TO EXPLORE EVERY TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WHILE PROVIDING HIGHER THAN EXPECTED CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVELS.

THAT'S THE GOAL. WE HAVE ONE COMPANY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH NOW.

WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH, AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'RE RESEARCHING EACH AND EVERY DAY TO TRY TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT BETTER, EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP BETTER ROUTING EFFICIENCIES, BEGIN TO PLAN TO INCREASE OUR FLEET SIZE, TO MATCH OUR GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND CREATE A POSITION THAT WILL HELP WITH OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SOLID WASTE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE IDENTIFY, TOO, IS THAT WE DO PRETTY WELL WHEN WE GET A CALL AND WE GO OUT AND WE SERVICE IT AND WE'RE RESPONSIVE, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE VERY RESPONSIVE, BUT WHAT I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY GOOD AT IS ON THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD THAT HAVE BEEN REPETITIVE, CALLING THAT CUSTOMER BACK THE DAY AFTER AND SAYING, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER TO WORK WITH YOU? WE WANT TO CREATE A POSITION THAT'S MORE PROACTIVE AND WE'VE GOT A WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT CREATING A NEW POSITION, BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY REARRANGE SOME POSITIONS IN SOLID WASTE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE WORKING TOWARD RIGHT NOW AND THEN SHORE UP OUR STAFFING LEVELS AND OTHER SOLID WASTE SERVICES.

THAT'S THE GOAL NOW.

SO WE STILL HAVE SOME CDL POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN.

THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE GOT TO START SHORING UP OUR ALLEY CLEAN UP AGAIN AND OUR KNUCKLE BOOM FRONT YARD COLLECTIONS AND THE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE'VE BORROWED DRIVERS FROM TO MAKE THIS WORK. SO THAT'S THE NEXT THING TO GO THERE.

I WANT TO JUST SAY REAL QUICK TO BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY FOR ME NOT TO DO THIS.

I WAS WATCHING APOLLO 13.

EVERYBODY'S SEEN THE BIG SCENE IN THE MOVIE WHERE THEY ALL SIT AT THE TABLE AND THEY DUMP OUT THE ITEMS ON THE TABLE AND THEY SAY, THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH, FIX IT.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE PAST 90 DAYS.

WE CIRCLED THE TABLE AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THAT TABLE WERE THIS COUNCIL FOR ONE, AND GUIDING THOSE STEPS AND OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM.

THAT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE BECAUSE THEY'VE ALLOWED US TO DO IT.

THEY GAVE US THE KEYS AND SAID, YEAH, THERE'S YOUR PROBLEM, GO FIX IT.

WE'LL BE HERE FOR ADVICE AND FOR HELP IF YOU NEED IT, BUT THEY'VE ALLOWED US TO LEAD AND THAT'S GREAT LEADERSHIP FOR THEM.

SO WE THANK ALL OF THEM FOR THAT, AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM, BUT ALAN HARDER, I WISH YOU COULD WATCH THIS GUY WORK.

HE DOESN'T STOP. HE NEVER STOPS.

WHEN WE NEED A NEW IDEA, HE COMES UP WITH IT WHEN I NEED A KICK IN THE PANTS.

HE'S NOT AFRAID TO KICK ME AND SAY, NO, GET BACK UP.

WE'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING.

HE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF HIM, AND THEN BILL [INAUDIBLE], WHO IS NOW IN OUR HR DEPARTMENT, BILL, REALLY STEPPED UP AND FOUND NEW WAYS TO DO THINGS IN HR. I KNOW IN TALKING WITH MITCHELL NORMAN THE OTHER DAY, HE SAID, WE FOUND THINGS IN THIS.

IT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR PROCESSES MOVING FORWARD WITH EVEN HR.

HOW WE'RE HIRING, HOW WE'RE PAYING, TAKING A LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB BUT BILL IN PARTICULAR HAS AND RICKY RIVERA, OUR SOLID WASTE SUPERINTENDENT, HIS ENTIRE MANAGEMENT TEAM, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, WE'VE BUGGED HER A

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THE PRESENTATION IS ALWAYS READY TO GO.

OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, STREET DEPARTMENT, FLEET DEPARTMENT, DRAINAGE TRAFFIC, OUR INNOVATION TEAM AND COMMUNICATIONS, THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT.

THEY'VE TAKEN THE HEAT FROM THIS AND THEY'VE RESPONDED WELL.

SO THAT'S THE PEOPLE THAT SURROUNDED THIS TABLE AS WE'VE SOLVED THIS PROBLEM, AND THEN THE CITIZENS AS WELL.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY COMPLIMENTS WE'VE GOT FROM CITIZENS.

THAT SAID, IT'S ALL RIGHT, WE UNDERSTAND.

JARED AND I HAD SOMEONE CALL US A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT SAID, WE KNOW WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF A SITUATION OF A COUPLE OF DUMPSTERS OVER HERE.

COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THAT? VERY UNDERSTANDING, SO OUR THANKS TO THE CITIZENS AS WELL FOR BEING PATIENT WITH US.

SO WITH THAT SAID, WE DID IT.

WE'RE GOING BACK JANUARY THE NINTH, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF OUR TEAM FOR DOING THAT, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ASSURE YOU ON SOME AT THIS TIME.

QUESTIONS. HOWARD? NO, JUST A COMMENT.

YOU GOT THE 15 DAYS GRACE PERIOD.

THAT'S WONDERFUL GETTING IT DONE.

YOU ALL ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS ON THIS END.

NO, I'LL JUST MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT.

I THINK WHAT THIS KIND OF SHOWS IS THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN THE DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING AND EVERY OTHER LEVEL IN AMARILLO IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE GIVEN A PROBLEM AND YOU'RE GIVEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, YOU GUYS ALWAYS STEP UP AND YOU ALWAYS PERFORM AND YOU ALWAYS USUALLY OUTDO WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.

SO, DONNY, I TRULY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK.

THANK YOU.

DONNY--DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT, FRIDA? THIS IS UNCONVENTIONAL, BUT WE'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A LAP HERE AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IT ON BEHALF OF YOUR WHOLE TEAM? THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE, AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CROSS THE FINISH LINE AT THE OLYMPICS, THEY GRAB THE AMERICAN FLAG AND THEY MAKE THEIR LAP, AND EVERY AMERICAN IN THE STANDS LEANS DOWN AND GIVES THEM A HIGH FIVE.

SO, DONNY, I'M ASKING YOU NOT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO, BUT BECAUSE YOUR TEAM HAS WORKED SO HARD ON THIS AND HOWARD, THROUGHOUT THAT 90 DAYS, AND I THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU DID IT, ACTUALLY.

SO I'M THANKING YOU, HOWARD, FOR SETTING THE BAR HIGH FOR THEM, AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LAP.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU A HIGH FIVE. [CHUCKLING] YES, IT IS.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM AT SOLID WASTE, AND ALAN, I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO CALL OUT YOUR EFFORTS.

HE'S DOING IT ON HALF THE SLEEP THAT WE ARE, GUYS.

HOW OLD ARE YOUR TWINS NOW, ALAN? SIX MONTHS, I MEAN, OH, MY GOSH.

SO I KNOW THAT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, DONNY.

THANK YOU, AGAIN. THAT WAS REALLY COOL.

THANKS FOR THAT. YEAH, OKAY, MOVING ON, ITEM...

I'VE MOVED MY AGENDA HERE.

ITEM 1D. YES, MA'AM.

[1.D. Discuss Athletic Field Lighting Project;]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR, WE'VE GOT MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, SUPPORTED BY JERRY DANFORTH, TO PROVIDE A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON AN EXCITING PROJECT REPLACING A LOT OF OUR ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING. MICHAEL.

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

AGAIN, I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.

LET'S SEE, SO THE LIGHTING PROJECT WAS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL IN OCTOBER 11TH OF THIS YEAR.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WAS AWARDED WAS JUST OVER 7.5 MILLION, AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS LISTED THERE.

SO, THEY GOT THE NOTICE TO PROCEED ON HALLOWEEN, NOVEMBER 15TH, THEY GOT OUT AND ACTUALLY STARTED REMOVING ALL OF THOSE EXISTING LIGHT POLES AT MARTIN ROAD.

NOVEMBER 29TH, THE CONTRACTOR STARTED TO BORE FOR ALL OF THE NEW CONDUIT AT THE MARTIN ROAD COMPLEX, AND JUST AS A QUICK NOTE, THEY ARE MOVING SO QUICKLY THAT WE'RE HAVING TO GET OUR STAFF OUT IN FRONT AND START MARKING LINES AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMPLEXES JUST TO STAY AHEAD OF OUR CONTRACTOR.

SO NOVEMBER 29TH, THEY STARTED THE BORING, AND ON DECEMBER 7TH, THEY ACTUALLY STARTED TO MOVE OVER TO SOUTHEAST TO REMOVE THE LIGHT POLES THERE.

SO THEY STARTED REMOVING THE LIGHT POLES.

THEY START BORING FOR THE CONDUIT WHILE THEY'RE WAITING ON THE FIXTURES AND OTHER SUPPORTING PIECES TO ARRIVE.

JUST THE SCALE OF THIS, THAT PIECE THAT'S ON THE GROUND, THE LIGHTS THEMSELVES, THOSE ARE OVER SIX FEET WIDE WHEN YOU PUT YOUR ARMS OUT.

SO THOSE BRACKETS ARE MASSIVE.

THEY DON'T LOOK VERY BIG WHEN THEY'RE UP IN THE SKY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE POLE OR THE PICTURE ON THE TOP, RIGHT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE IN THE BACKGROUND OR THE POLE IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH THOSE POLES ARE LEANING AND GETTING

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DECEMBER 10TH, SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THEY STARTED, THEY ACTUALLY FINISHED THE BORING AT MARTIN ROAD AND TRANSITIONED OVER TO SOUTHEAST ON THE 12TH.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP ACTUALLY TOMORROW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT DRILLING THE HOLES FOR THE LIGHT POLE BASES AT MARTIN ROAD COMPLEX.

THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY'RE GOING TO START POURING THE CONCRETE AND THEY EXPECT TO HAVE THAT COMPLETE FOR MARTIN ROAD BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

WE EXPECT THE DELIVERY OF THE LIGHT POLES AND FIXTURES AROUND THE MID TO LATE JANUARY, AND AT THAT POINT, THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE LIGHTS AND FIXTURES VERTICAL. THEY'LL STILL HAVE TO MAKE THE CONNECTIONS, PUT THE PANEL, PULL THE WIRING, BUT THE POLES WILL ACTUALLY BE VERTICAL.

WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON IS AGAIN, TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF THEM.

THEY'RE MOVING VERY QUICKLY.

SO THEY'RE AT THE SOUTHEAST COMPLEX RIGHT NOW, FINISHING UP THE BORING.

THEY HAD SURVEYORS OUT THERE PINNING THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF THE POLES AND WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT WHERE THEY'RE GOING NEXT.

SO WHAT THE CONTRACTOR WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SHIFT TO RICK KLEIN SOCCER.

AGAIN, THAT'S A NEW INSTALLATION.

THEY DON'T HAVE LIGHTS OUT THERE CURRENTLY.

SO THOSE WOULD BE NEW LIGHTS AT RICK KLEIN.

JOHN STIFF, THE PROJECT THAT REALLY KIND OF BROUGHT THIS WHOLE THING TO OUR ATTENTION WAS THE POLES THAT WERE FALLING DOWN AND THE CONDITION OF THE ELECTRICAL.

SO THEY'D LIKE TO START WORKING ON THAT, AND THEN AS THE FIXTURES COME IN, OBVIOUSLY THE AMARILLO NATIONAL TENNIS CENTER, IN TERMS OF CLOSURES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.

WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE MARTIN ROAD CLOSED UNTIL THEIR SPRING SEASON, SO THEY'LL BE READY FOR SPRING.

THE SOUTHEAST COMPLEX WILL CLOSE BASICALLY THROUGH THE SPRING AND SUMMER.

THAT WILL ALLOW US TO FIX THE LIGHTS AND ALSO THE TURF QUALITY AT THAT FACILITY, AND THEN WE WOULD CLOSE THE COMPLEX AT JOHN SMITH, THE SOUTHWEST COMPLEX IN THE FALL THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO KEEP THE CAPACITY FOR ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT LEAGUES THAT USE THAT, AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROJECTS THE EL ALAMO, RIVER ROAD, THOMPSON BASED OFF OF HOW QUICKLY THEY COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS.

AGAIN, IF THEY KEEP ON THE PACE, WE'LL BE SHIFTING TO SOME OF THOSE A LOT SOONER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED.

BUT THAT'S JUST A VERY QUICK UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS. SO COMPLETION FINAL DATE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? WE'VE GOT A MEETING WITH THEM THIS WEEK AND SO WE CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL.

WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM AT THE END OF THIS WEEK AND SHOULD HAVE A MORE FINALIZED SCHEDULE OF WHEN THEY PLAN TO ANTICIPATE THAT FINISH.

A LOT OF IT IS THEY'RE PROCESSING THE POLES AND THE FIXTURES AS THEY MOVE TO A COMPLEX, AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE COUNCIL AN UPDATE.

AT LEAST A YEAR FROM NOW, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY EARLY SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.

AGAIN IF THEY KEEP MOVING THE WAY THEY ARE, MAYBE SOONER, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE.

GREAT UPDATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ON THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 1E.

[1.E. Discuss Facilities update;]

MR. CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR, WE'VE GOT A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON A NUMBER OF FACILITIES, TWO LIBRARY AND TWO CIVIC CENTERS.

SOME OF THOSE ARE IMPACTING EVENTS.

SOME OF THEM YOU CAN SEE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

SO JERRY, GIVE US THE QUICK [INAUDIBLE] AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE, PLEASE.

FACILITIES DIRECTOR JERRY DANFORTH.

MAYOR, COUNCIL, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ACTUALLY THE TWO LIBRARY PROJECTS WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU IN FEBRUARY, YOU APPROVE THOSE IN FEBRUARY.

NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS GIVEN IN MARCH.

THIS WAS TRULY AFFECTED BY SUPPLY CHAIN.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, BUT WE'RE ALSO AFFECTED BY REALLY WHAT THE TEMPERATURES WERE WHEN WE COULD TAKE THESE SYSTEMS DOWN TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO THE FACILITIES THEMSELVES.

THERE IS ONE TYPO ON THE FIRST SLIDE WE REPRESENTED IN HERE THAT THEY'RE ARE 25 YEARS OLD.

THEY EXCEED THAT GREATLY.

EACH BRANCH LIBRARY WAS BUILT IN 76.

THAT UNIT WAS ORIGINAL TO THAT.

IT'S A 45 YEAR OLD UNIT.

CENTRAL LIBRARY'S THE SAME THING.

SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE UNITS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE LITERALLY ALMOST A HALF CENTURY.

THESE ARE OLDER UNITS THAT WERE FAILING, AND AS WE GO THROUGH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITY STANDARD, SO TO SAY WE'RE ON BUDGET AND WE'RE ON TIME.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT WAS REMOVED OFF THE EXISTING CENTRAL LIBRARY.

YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE MASSIVE UNITS THAT WE HAD TO REMOVE COORDINATION WITH OUR CRANE OPERATORS DURING WIND EVENTS, MAKING SURE WE COULD SAFELY REMOVE THOSE.

THAT'S THE UNIT AS IT'S BEEN SET IN PLACE.

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WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP ABOUT 30% EFFICIENCY ON THESE UNITS VERSUS WHAT THE OLD UNITS WERE REPLACEMENT PARTS.

THE OLD UNITS WERE R-22 SYSTEMS. R-22 IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

THESE ARE THE NEW REFRIGERANTS TO MEET THE NEW FEDERAL STANDARDS.

HERE AT EAST BRANCH LIBRARY, LIKE I TOUCHED ON, WE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES THERE.

QUITE AN AGING UNIT.

IT WAS FAILING.

WE WERE PROBABLY SPENDING CLOSE TO $10,000 A YEAR JUST ON SERVICING THAT UNIT AND KEEPING IT OPERATIONAL.

WE ALSO HAD SOME OTHER ISSUES AT EAST BRANCH.

FACILITIES WORKED WITH OUR CONTRACTOR.

WE FOUND THAT WORKS BEST.

IT HELPS OUR CONTRACTORS STAY ON TIME WHEN WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT STAFF THERE, BUT WE ALSO FOUND SOME OTHER ISSUES YOU SEE REPRESENTED THERE WHERE THE GUYS ARE LOOKING DOWN.

THAT'S THE ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER PAD.

THAT TRANSFORMER PAD WAS ACTUALLY SINKING INTO THE GROUND.

TRANSFORMER WAS AT THE POINT WHERE IT WAS FIXING TO START LEAKING OIL AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE A EITHER FIRE OR AN EXPLOSION IN THAT SCENARIO.

SO WE WENT IN AND ACTUALLY REMOVED THE TRANSFORMER, LIFTED THE PAD LEVEL AT PORT CONCRETE AND STABILIZED THAT AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE DID THIS JOB.

SO NOW WE'RE ON TO THE CIVIC CENTER.

THIS WAS YET ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE APPROVED EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE CONTROLLED BY TIMING WITH THE WEATHER AS TO WHEN WE CAN TAKE THIS OUT BECAUSE THIS IS TIED IN TO THE NEW CHILLER THAT WILL BE ARRIVING END OF THIS WEEK, FIRST OF NEXT WEEK, THAT WILL START INSTALLING THE COOLING TOWER HERE IS OVER 30 YEARS OLD.

AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A COOLING TOWER IS 20 YEARS.

SO WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THAT WE COULD GET OUT OF THESE UNITS.

AS YOU LOOK AT THEM, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE DAMAGE WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THAT PICTURE ON THE FAR RIGHT, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE MAIN FRAME WORK INSIDE THE COOLING TOWER THAT WAS FAILING AND IS FIXING TO COLLAPSE.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD IT OFF AT THE TIME OF THIS MEETING, BUT THE WIND SPEEDS, WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE CRANE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A NEW $7 MILLION ROOF ON THE CIVIC CENTER.

I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO THAT.

SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE SHUT THAT DOWN.

WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO FLY THAT UNIT OFF OF THE CIVIC CENTER TOMORROW AND SET THE NEW UNITS, AND IT SHOULD TAKE US ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL THREE DAYS TO HOOK IT BACK UP AND GET IT COMMISSIONED. THE TIMING ON IT IS STILL GOOD BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS US WHEN THE NEW CHILLER COMES IN WE WILL DO THE DEMOLITION ON AND ACTUALLY START ON THAT INSTALLATION AS WELL. SO THAT'S A LOOK AT THE SCALE THAT AS YOU LOOK OUTSIDE AND WHEN YOU LEAVE, YOU'LL SEE THE SIZE OF THE CRANE THAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY FLY THAT BECAUSE THAT SITS ALMOST IN THE CENTER OF THAT ROOF.

SO OUR REACH IS RATHER DRAMATIC.

HERE'S A PROJECT THAT HAPPENED TO US THAT WAS NOT ANTICIPATED, BUT IT DID AFFECT US.

IT AFFECTED OUR OPERATIONS, AND THAT WAS THE SEWER MAIN THERE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE COLISEUM.

WE'VE GOT SOME PICTURES HERE TO REPRESENT.

IT DID TAKE DOWN A SECTION OF THE CIVIC CENTER, DIDN'T TAKE IT ALL DOWN.

WE WERE ABLE TO STAY OPERATIONAL FOR THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND.

WE WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL FOR THE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND, WHICH IS THE GRADUATION FOR AMARILLO COLLEGE.

BUT WE DO WANT TO TAKE NOTE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES, THE ONE ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER IS ACTUALLY THE PIPELINE IN THE DITCH AS WE EXPOSED IT.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CAST IRON PIPELINE IS ACTUALLY FAILED IN MULTIPLE SPOTS, AND THAT'S ABOUT 140 FOOT THAT WE EXPOSED THERE.

YOU CAN SEE BY THE PARKING LOT, IT GOES FROM THE BUILDING ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE TAP AT THE STREET.

THESE PHOTOS HERE, I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SEE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THICKNESS OF THE WALL ON THAT PIPE, THAT CAST IRON PIPE IS NOW DOWN TO LESS THAN AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH THICK IN THIS SCENARIO.

KEEP IN MIND, THIS WAS ALL INSTALLED BACK IN THE SIXTIES.

VERY SIMILAR PROBLEM TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING HERE AT CITY HALL WITH THE CAST IRON PIPE FILLING.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THAT FIRST PICTURE WHEN CAST IRON FAILS AND WE GET TO THIS POINT, BIG FLAKES OF THAT CAST IRON ACTUALLY FALL AND PLUG THE SEWER MAINS IS WHAT HAPPENS, AND SO THAT'S A LOT OF THE BLOCKAGE THAT WE REALIZE.

OUR CONCERN IS AND AND I WANT TO KEEP THE COUNCIL ABREAST OF THIS, THE SEWER LINE IS THE SAME AGE AS THE SEWER LINE IN SEVEN OTHER PLACES AROUND THAT COLISEUM.

SO IF I'M EXPERIENCING THIS RIGHT NOW ON THIS AREA, I'M AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING IT EVERYWHERE ELSE.

SO BE AWARE THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS.

WE DID CAMERA THE SEWER LINE GOING INTO THE STRUCTURE.

WE DO HAVE SOME ISSUES THERE, BUT IT'S ISSUES WE CAN DEAL WITH CURRENTLY.

EVENTUALLY IT WILL TAKE US GOING IN AND SAW CUTTING THE CONCOURSES OUT TO REPLACE THOSE SEWER LINES AND RUN NEW SEWER LINES TO

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FORTUNATELY, THE WAY THAT THE CIVIC CENTER WAS BUILT, WE CAN DO IT IN ZONES AT A TIME.

SO IT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE DOWN THE WHOLE COLISEUM.

WE CAN TAKE DOWN 2 TO 4 RESTROOMS AT A TIME INSTEAD OF TAKING DOWN THE WHOLE FACILITY SO THAT THE FACILITY CAN STAY OPERATIONAL WHILE WE'RE DOING THOSE TYPES OF REPAIRS. WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ON THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT PARKING LOT ON THE EAST SIDE, WE WON'T HAVE THAT REPAIR COMPLETED BY THIS WEEKEND DUE TO WEATHER.

WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING CONCRETE CAP OVER THE TOP OF THIS SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT IT SO THAT HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC DOESN'T CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO IT, AND THEN PUTTING ASPHALT DOWN. I AM CONTROLLED BY TEMPERATURE ON THAT AS FAR AS WHEN I PLACE ASPHALT.

THE GUYS WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU AS COUNCIL HAVE GIVEN US.

THAT'S YOUR ENTIRE FACILITIES GROUP.

SO THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE KEEPS OVER TWO AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET OPERATIONAL DAILY.

ANY QUESTIONS? JERRY, WE APPRECIATE YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM.

PLEASE BRING OUR MOST SINCERE GRATITUDE BACK TO THESE MEN AND WOMEN THAT DO KEEP OUR FACILITIES OPERATING.

IT'S REAL. THE CHALLENGES ARE REAL.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US AN UPDATE ON IT, BUT SORT OF LIKE THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CONFIDENCE THAT WHATEVER Y'ALL ARE GIVEN TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH, THERE WILL BE A SOLUTION.

SO THANK YOU. ITEM 1F ON OUR AGENDA IS TWO UPDATES FROM

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

SO I WOULD ASK DR.

SAUER IF HE GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD.

OKAY, SO THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD MET ON THE SEVENTH AND ACTUALLY.

MICHAEL HAS ALREADY GIVEN ONE OF THE UPDATES ON THE LIGHTING AND WILL BE ADDRESSING TWO OF THE OTHERS ON CONSENT.

SO THAT'S A MAJORITY OF IT.

THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD TO ALL OF THIS IS LISTENING TO REPORTS GIVEN ON LIKE [INAUDIBLE], WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR ALL OF THE BIG CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, REPAIRING DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT WHAT CONSTANTLY ENDS UP HAPPENING IS, IS THAT THEY'RE NOT TIED TO THE ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION. THERE'S BEEN SOME CITIZENS THAT HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT SOME OF THE CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATIONS OF SOME OF THE PARKS, AND SO IT'S HAD AN IMPACT. THEY GO BACK AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY AS THEY GO FORWARD, AND I THINK THEY'RE MAKING SOME REALLY GOOD ADJUSTMENTS BASED UPON HOW THE CITIZENS WANT TO SEE THESE PARKS BE, AND I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, AND I'VE GOT TO STOP FOR A SECOND BECAUSE JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT HOW GREAT A JOB DONNY AND HIS GROUP HAVE DONE, HERE'S ANOTHER PRIME EXAMPLE OF A REALLY GREAT DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR THAT HAS REALLY GOT HIS STAFF BEHIND HIM AND HAS ENERGIZED THEM AND THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN PARKS AND THEY'RE DOING AN INCREDIBLE GOOD JOB OF ALL WE GOT TO DO IS JUST KIND OF BLINK AND GO BACK INTO HOW THINGS WERE IN COVID AND HOW WE COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF THE PARKS BECAUSE OF THE WAY STAFFING AND THE WAY ALL OF THAT WAS GOING TO BE AND TO THE CONDITION THAT THEY WERE IN, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IRRIGATION AND THAT LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, ABOUT 50% OF THE IRRIGATION WAS ACTUALLY WORKING AND NOW 90% OF THEIR IRRIGATION AT THE PARKS IS WORKING, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

IF YOU SPEND ANY TIME AT THE PARKS, YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING A HUGE EFFORT AT THE WAY THAT THEY LOOK, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE KEPT, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE CLEANED AND THE WAY THAT THE EQUIPMENT LOOKS AND SO I THINK I WOULD JUST REALLY JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO JUST SHOUT OUT TO THAT GROUP.

THAT'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING, PHENOMENAL JOB FOR THE CITY, AND AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS A HUGE ISSUE AND IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE A HUGE ISSUE WHEN WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR CITIZENS IN AMARILLO, AND IT'S GOING TO START WITH HOW OUR PARKS ARE AND HOW OUR LEISURE FACILITIES ARE, AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A KUDOS FOR ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING.

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[APPLAUSE] WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, MICHAEL AND AND KRISTEN, [INAUDIBLE].

SO IF YOU ALL TAKE THAT BACK TO YOUR TEAM, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

EDDY, DO YOU WANT TO GO ON AND GIVE US A BEAUTIFICATION UPDATE? SURE, AND BEFORE I DO THAT, I'LL JUST IF ANYBODY'S KEEPING UP WITH SOCCER, ARGENTINA IS CURRENTLY WINNING THREE TO NOTHING.

[CHUCKLING] LESS THAN 20 MINUTES LEFT TO GO IN THIS GAME, AND I'M KIND OF ROOTING FOR LIONEL MESSI, BY THE WAY.

SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.

I'D LOVE TO SEE HIM GET A WORLD CUP BEFORE HE FINISHES HIS.

SO THIS IS ALL TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING.

SO BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS, WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT THROUGH MEETING RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING AND JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES.

ONE OF THEM IS THE MURAL GRANT UPDATE.

SO APPLICATION PERIOD OPENED NOVEMBER THE NINTH.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPEN UNTIL THE 21ST AND THEN THE 2023, AND THEN IN FEBRUARY, NOTIFICATION OF THE AWARDS WILL BE MADE AND THEN THERE'LL BE UNTIL AUGUST THE 12TH, 2023, FOR MURAL COMPLETION AND REIMBURSEMENT, AND IT'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT I GIVE KUDOS TO, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THIS ALL STARTED, THERE WERE JUST A HANDFUL OF MURALS AND ART PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO, AND NOW THERE'S OVER , AND THEY'RE NOT JUST BECAUSE OF BEAUTIFICATION AND ARTS.

I MEAN, [INAUDIBLE] HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE JUST CATCHING THAT FIRE, BUT WE HAVE MORE THAN 65 MURALS CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO, AND THAT'S PRETTY PHENOMENAL, AND SO IT JUST REALLY SHOWS THAT WHENEVER SOMETHING IS PUT TOGETHER, WE GOT A CHANCE TO MOVE FORWARD, IT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT, AND THAT SAYS A LOT TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND ON THAT, SO NOW THEN SINCE SOME OF THE PADS HAVE BEEN PUT DOWN FOR ART IN THE MAJOR REGIONAL PARKS, ALSO, NOW THAT THEY'RE BEGINNING TO EXPLORE WAYS TO CULTIVATE THOSE WHO DO SCULPTURE AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE THINGS ON DISPLAY, AND THEY'RE COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT KIND OF EVENTS, THAT WOULD BE THE SCULPTURING THING. LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN AND THE CITY HAS GOT LOTS OF METAL AND IRON [INAUDIBLE]. AND SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBILITIES OF HAVING A WELDER COMPETITION AND CREATING ART FROM THAT.

I MEAN, SO THERE'S THINGS ARE JUST PICKING UP STEAM AND PICKING UP AND AND IT'S A REALLY FUN TIME TO BE A PART OF THAT.

ANOTHER REALLY BIG THING THAT'S COMING UP IS THE MAYOR HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, BEING PART OF BLOOMBERG IS NOW THAT WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A POTENTIAL FOR A $1 MILLION GRANT FOR TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART, AND THAT COULD ALSO INCLUDE TAKING CARE OF SOME OTHER TRASH ISSUES AND CLEANUP ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS THAT GO ON, AND SO CURRENTLY, THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THROUGH THE BEAUTIFICATION AND ARTS AND THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION, THEY'RE GOING TO BEGIN EXPLORING MAKING THAT PROPOSAL, AND THAT PROPOSAL HAS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY, AND SO THAT'S AND ACTUALLY THERE'S SOME TALK THAT THE ACTUAL RESULT OUT OF THAT MILLION DOLLAR GRANT COULD BE WHAT IS IT, MORE LIKE $7 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS THAT COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF WITH THAT $1 MILLION GRANT.

SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND GRATEFUL, MAYOR, THAT YOU TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE BLOOMBERG GROUP.

THAT'S THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.

THE LAST THING THAT I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WILL BE THE ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A LOCAL CELEBRATION; THIS IS ALL ACROSS THE US AND BASICALLY THE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE GOING ON OVER A 3 TO 4 YEAR PERIOD, AND SO THE INITIAL CELEBRATION HAS ALREADY BEEN SCHEDULED FOR JUNE THE 10TH OF THIS YEAR, AND THE BEAUTIFICATION AND ARTS AND THE ROUTE 66 ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO SEE IF THEY MIGHT POSSIBLY SECURE ONE OF THE MAJOR CELEBRATIONS, WHICH WOULD OCCUR IN 2026.

IS THAT RIGHT, [INAUDIBLE]? YES, SO SOMETIME IN 2026, AND WE'RE RIGHT SMACK IN THE CENTER, RIGHT, THE CENTER POINT JUST ABOUT OF THE CELEBRATION.

SO THAT OUGHT TO AT LEAST GARNER US A FEW POINTS, AND SO HOPEFULLY THIS ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, AND THERE'S POTENTIAL OF

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THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. QUESTIONS, ANYBODY? GREAT REPORT.

THAT'S GREAT WORK, AND IT IS EXCITING TO SEE WHAT ALL HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND JUST HOW MUCH MOMENTUM CAN CARRY SOMETHING AND KEEP MOVING THE FINISH LINE.

THERE IS NO FINISH.

SO THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT TOO, [INAUDIBLE].

ANYTHING ELSE? ITEM 1G.

OKAY WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE? GREAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THE REMAINING ITEMS? YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM TWO H.

SECOND.

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

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSE? SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH 5-0 VOTE.

MR. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH JUST TAKING UP ITEM H OFF OF THE CONSENT RIGHT NOW?

[2.H. CONSIDER AWARD - WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT AND RAILROAD REMOVAL:]

WE ALSO HAVE A MAP THAT'S GOING TO SHOW WHAT ALL IS TOUCHED BY THIS PROJECT.

IT IS IN A SMALL PART FUNDED BY PROP ONE FROM 2016, AND THEN THE REST OF IT'S WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT TOUCHED BY PROP ONE. SO, KYLE, TAKE IT AWAY.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE THAT MAP? YEAH, NO PROBLEM.

WELL, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON ON THAT MAP, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANTED IT UP ON THE SCREEN OR JUST REGULAR TRYING TO TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT GOING ON, BUT BASICALLY THIS PROJECT STEMS FROM A WATERLINE REPLACEMENT UNDER THE RAILROAD.

EFFECTIVELY, THERE'S AN EXISTING WATERLINE CROSSING UNDER THE RAILROAD JUST TO THE EAST OF US, LITERALLY, HERE AT CITY HALL, AND THAT LINE WAS INSTALLED BEFORE THE RAILROAD SITE WAS EXPANDED, AND SO THERE'S CASING OVER THAT PIPE ONLY UNDER THE MAIN RAIL LINE, AND THEN AS THE RAIL SITE HAS EXPANDED, THEY'VE ACTUALLY EXPANDED OVER THAT WATERLINE AND IT'S THE THE WATERLINE ON THE FAR SOUTH.

I GUESS THAT'S I APOLOGIZE, THAT'S EIGHTH, I BELIEVE, AND BASICALLY BNSF THAT WAS GRANDFATHERED BECAUSE THEY DID EXPAND THEIR SITE OVER US, AND SO WE'VE BEEN GRANDFATHERED INTO THAT INSTALLATION, BUT THEY'VE BEEN HOUNDING US FOR A WHILE TO GET THAT REPAIRED AND REPLACED, AND SO THE REPLACEMENT OF THAT IS A LITTLE MORE INTRICATE.

SO, WE'RE UPSIZING THAT LINE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING IT NORTH IN THE RAILWAY TO TO THAT NORTHERN LOCATION WHERE WE'RE CROSSING BACK OVER TO THE WEST , AND THEN ONCE WE'RE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD, ON THIS SIDE OF THE RAILROAD, THEN IT IT EXTENDS SOUTH DOWN GRANT STREET FOR A COUPLE OF BLOCKS TO TIE BACK INTO THE SYSTEM. THAT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE'RE ABLE TO, NUMBER ONE, FACILITATE BNSF REQUEST TO GET A FULLY CASED LINE ACROSS THE RAILROAD.

NUMBER TWO, WE'RE UPSIZING THAT LINE TO WILL BENEFIT FIRE FLOW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RAILROAD.

EVERY TIME WE KIND OF HAVE THAT, ONE OF THOSE BARRIERS THAT KIND OF INTERRUPTS OUR GRID SYSTEM WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT KIND OF SPECIFICALLY, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO UPSIZE BOTH SIDES OF THAT WATERLINE WITH THE BARRIER BEING THE RAILROAD, AND THAT FACILITATES SOME FIRE FLOW ISSUES AND HELP FOR SOME FIRE FLOW CRITERIA IN THAT AREA AND THEN LIKEWISE THEN COMES BACK DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE AND TIES INTO THE SYSTEM OF DOWNTOWN, WHICH PROVIDES THOSE SAME KIND OF BENEFITS IN THAT DOWNTOWN AREA.

AS WE CAME BY, AS WE'RE GOING SOUTH IN GRANT STREET THERE, THERE ARE TWO LINES THAT ARE GETTING ABANDONED BASED ON FIRE FLOW CONDITIONS ARE EXISTING FOUR INCH AND SIX INCH LINES, PROBABLY VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE PICTURES YOU JUST SAW IN THE CIVIC CENTER AREA, AND SO CAST IRON LINES THAT ARE NEEDING REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT ANYWAY, AND SO AS WE'RE GOING BY THEM AND PROVIDING FIRE FLOW CRITERIA THAT WE'RE ABANDONING THOSE LINES.

SO THE LATERAL LINE THERE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROJECT AND SO ON ARE BEING REPAIRED AND REPLACED AS WE GO BY THEM.

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THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL SEWER LINE PIECES AND PARTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THAT AREA ALSO.

WHEN WE'RE ABANDONING LINES AND BRINGING IN THOSE NEW LINES, WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE THE SEWER LINE FLOW AND CHANGE SEWER LINE SERVICES IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

WE'RE BRINGING ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS ON THERE, WHICH DOES INCLUDE THE PROPOSED CITY HALL SITE, EFFECTIVELY GET THEIR SERVICES CHANGED TO THAT NEW LINE, AND SO WHILE WE'RE DOING THOSE CHANGES, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SEWER LINE UPGRADES AS WELL AND TAKING THOSE INTO ACCOUNT AND SO THAT DOES INCLUDE SEWER LINE CHANGES THERE ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED NEW CITY HALL, AS WELL AS THE OTHER BUILDINGS ON THAT BLOCK, AND THEN LASTLY, THE PIECE THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH PROPOSITION ONE, WE HAD A PROJECT IN PROPOSITION ONE THAT WAS THE IDENTIFICATION AND ULTIMATELY TRYING TO DO REMOVALS OF OLD RAIL CROSSINGS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND SO THERE WERE ABOUT FOUR LOCATIONS ALONG THIS JOHNSON AND GRANT STREETS CORRIDOR THROUGH THAT ALLEY WHERE THERE WAS AN OLD RAIL LINE THAT ABANDONED BUT NEVER REMOVED.

LIKEWISE, THERE ARE SOME LOCATIONS ON POLK AND SOME OTHERS DISPERSED THROUGH DOWNTOWN, AND THAT PROJECT IDENTIFIED THOSE LOCATIONS AND FUNDED REMOVING THOSE RAILROAD CROSSINGS.

AS IT TURNED OUT, WE WERE ABLE TO FACILITATE SOME OF THOSE CROSSINGS WITH OTHER PROJECTS AS THEY CAME UP.

WE DID THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD THAT WORK TO A LARGER SCALE UTILITY PROJECT OR LARGER SCALE STREET PAVING PROJECT, AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT.

WE KNEW WE WOULD BE IN THOSE LOCATIONS AND IN THOSE ALLEYS, AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE BASICALLY MOVED THOSE PROPOSITION ONE DOLLARS INTO THIS PROJECT AND FACILITATING THOSE RAILROAD REMOVALS WITH PROPOSITION ONE, AND THAT'S BASICALLY ALL THREE CATEGORIES OF THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE ON THE PROJECT.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. SCHNEIDERJAN, THAT'S A BIG PROJECT, A PRETTY BIG SCOPE OF WORK AND GOOD DETAIL AND DESCRIPTION ON THAT.

DO YOU MIND IF YOU COULD, THE 2.2 MILLION IN SOMEWHAT OF ROUND NUMBERS, CAN YOU BREAK DOWN THE FUNDING? SOME OF IT'S COMING FROM PROP ONE.

I'M ASSUMING SOME OF IT'S COMING FROM WATER, SEWER OR EVEN IN YOUR CIP, AND THEN IS IT ALSO COMING FROM REVENUE TAX NOTES ON CITY HALL PROJECT AS WELL? NO, WELL, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE THE BID BREAKDOWN FOR EACH OF THOSE DOLLARS, BUT THERE ARE ONLY TWO CATEGORIES OF FUNDING.

THE UTILITY FUNDING FROM THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND PROPOSITION IS COVERING ALL OF THE UTILITY WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE , AND THE PROPOSITION ONE FUNDING FOR THE RAILROAD REMOVAL [INAUDIBLE] CITY HALL.

I'M SORRY, NONE OF THE CITY HALL DEBT FUNDING IS BEING USED FOR THIS [INAUDIBLE] COMING FROM UTILITIES, WATER AND SEWER.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

OKAY, GREAT.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION, MAYOR.

THAT'S ALL I NEEDED. THANK YOU.

SO CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? SURE. SO, IN ESSENCE, I REALIZE THAT THE CITY HALL IS KIND OF MAKING THIS A MORE PROMINENT, BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN MUCH NEEDED PROJECTS THAT HAVE REALLY NEEDED TO BE DONE, INCLUDING THE RAILROAD HAS BEEN ON YOUR TAIL, SO TO SPEAK, TO GET SOME OF THIS PIECE DONE , AND SO NOW THEN YOU'VE GOT A FACILITATING REASON TO GET ALL OF THESE THINGS DONE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WERE PRE PLANNED, IDENTIFIED AS FAR BACK AS 2014, 2015 AND 16 THROUGH THE PROPOSITION PIECE AND THE WATERLINE ESPECIALLY HAS BEEN ON OUR RADAR FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.

IT'S JUST FINDING THE GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND FUNDING TO PUT THAT INTO THE LIST, AND THIS IS IT.

MAYOR, AND COUNCIL, I DO HAVE ONE POINT TO ADD TO THAT.

KYLE DID A GREAT JOB.

THE REVERSAL OF THE SEWER LINE IS VERY CRITICAL BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL THE CUSTOMERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY HALL PROPERTIES, CITY HALL AND HODGETOWN AND THE CIVIC CENTER. THOSE PROPERTIES WERE REVERSING, ACTUALLY THE SEWER FLOWS UNDER THE EXISTING CIVIC CENTER AND HAS SINCE THE CIVIC CENTER WAS BUILT ON A PUBLIC MAIN THAT IS UNDER THE CIVIC CENTER THAT'S OLDER THAN THE ONE HE'S FIXING.

SO IT'S A STRATEGIC PLAN DOWNTOWN TO MAKE THINGS WORK APPROPRIATELY.

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THIS PREVENTS THAT IN THE FUTURE.

SO THERE IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF WASTEWATER THAT THIS IS ADDRESSING THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR DECADES THAT WASN'T BUILT CORRECTLY WHEN IT WAS BUILT, AND THAT IS TO HAVE A PUBLIC MAIN UNDER A BUILDING LIKE THAT'S INACCESSIBLE.

SO THAT IS THAT THE WATER MAIN IS PART OF THE ONGOING MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, INCLUDING A FOCUS DOWNTOWN, BUT THIS WILL BENEFIT THE SAN JACINTO AREA MORE THAN IT WILL DOWNTOWN IN ENSURING FIRE FLOWS AND WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER DECADES.

WE'VE HAD FIRE FLOW ISSUES OVER THERE IN FIRE CONDITIONS THAT THIS WILL IMPROVE.

SO THOSE ARE TWO OF THE MAIN CRITICAL THINGS THAT IT'S ADDRESSING UNDER A MASTER WATER PLAN COMPONENT AND A MASTER WASTEWATER COMPONENT.

THANK YOU. JUST ONE MORE, APPROXIMATELY 111,000 IS THE PROP ONE AMOUNT OUT OF THAT TOTAL.

SO EVERYTHING ELSE HAS COME FROM WATER AND SEWER.

OKAY, GREAT EXPLANATION.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME AND PULLING THAT OFF.

ANYBODY ELSE QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 2H? YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR A 12-INCH WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT ALONG SOUTHEAST FIFTH AVENUE, ARTHUR STREET, SOUTHEAST NINTH AVENUE, GRANT STREET, AND ACROSS BURLINGTON, NORTHERN SANTA FE RIGHT OF WAY, AND RAILROAD REMOVAL TO AMARILLO UTILITY CONTRACTORS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,228,885.50. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO-TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE 2H ON THE AGENDA, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT MOTION? HEARING NONE, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE? ANYONE OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE, AND WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

JUST A BATHROOM BREAK, AND LET'S TRY TO GET BACK HERE, THOUGH, IN FIVE OR 10 MINUTES, IF WE COULD, COUNCIL.

CALL US BACK INTO ORDER HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEM 3A.

[3.A. CONSIDER APPROVAL - LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND JAX TRANSPORT, LLC]

ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT KEVIN CARTER HERE.

HE'S THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

THIS IS A LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, KEVIN.

AFTERNOON COUNCIL, MAYOR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT DAY TO BE IN AMARILLO WHEN I'M HERE PRESENTING A PROJECT AND SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE, AND THE PROJECT THAT I BRING BEFORE YOU TODAY , THESE ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE KINDS OF PROJECTS.

THIS IS A RETENTION AND EXPANSION.

THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT ALREADY LIVES HERE AND WANTS TO REINVEST MORE MONEY INTO THEIR COMMUNITY, AND SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT FOR YOU ALL'S APPROVAL THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AMARILLO EDC AND JAX TRANSPORTATION.

BEFORE I GET STARTED, I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE SHANE REDLINE.

HE'S THE OWNER OF JAX TRANSPORT.

SHANE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PROJECT, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU KIND OF ON THE MAP WHERE THIS IS.

I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAP OR TO THE EAST SIDE OF THAT, THAT'S OSAGE AND TO THE WEST OR THE LEFT IS TRADE WINDS.

SO KIND OF IN REFERENCE, AND THEN WE'RE JUST NORTH OF THE LOOP.

THAT'S THE SOUTH LOOP.

SO ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF THE SOUTH LOOP IS THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT JAX IS GOING TO CONSTRUCT A NEW FACILITY.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROJECT ARE AT LEAST TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE MADE IN ESTIMATED IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT ON THAT.

JAX IS CURRENTLY LEASING SPACE FROM AFFILIATED FOODS, WHICH IS ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST CONTRACTORS THEY CONTRACT FOR AFFILIATED FOODS.

200 NEW EMPLOYEES PROJECTED IN THIS INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, $13 MILLION HOPEFULLY IN NEW ADDED PAYROLL.

THE INCENTIVE THAT AEDC IS OFFERING IS A $3 MILLION INCENTIVE FOR THE CREATION OF UP TO 200 FTES.

THAT'S $15,000 PER JOB THAT WILL BE PAID AS THEY ARE CREATED OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE GUIDELINES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED IN THE PAST AND THEN AEDC.

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WE TRIED REALLY HARD TO FIND A PIECE THAT WE OWNED THAT FIT SHANE AND HIS COMPANY.

WE JUST COULDN'T GET THERE.

SO SHANE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT THE ACREAGE HIMSELF, AND SO WE WANT TO HELP.

THIS ACTUALLY SAVES THE TAXPAYERS MONEY OVER WHAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY DO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO REIMBURSE COST OF THE TWO AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY UP TO 300,000.

AS THOSE FUNDS ARE EXPENDED, WE WILL DO A CONSTRUCTION REIMBURSEMENT FOR 300,000.

THE AEDC BOARD APPROVED THIS LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH A 4-0 VOTE.

WE DID HAVE ONE ABSTENTION BECAUSE THEY HAD A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH JAX.

THAT WAS ON NOVEMBER 14.

SO I CERTAINLY WOULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS PROJECT.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OKAY, THANK YOU, KEVIN.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3A? YES, MAYOR, WE DO. I MOVE TO APPROVE A LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND JAX TRANSPORT LLC, UNDER WHICH AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL PROVIDE JAX $3 MILLION PAID OUT OVER FIVE YEARS AND BASED ON A TEN YEAR PERFORMANCE TERM FOR THE CREATION OF UP TO 200 JOBS AND THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL REIMBURSE JAX FOR $300,000 TOWARDS THE COST OF THE NEW FACILITY AS THE FUNDS ARE EXPENDED.

SECOND.

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

SAUER TO APPROVE THE ITEM MENTIONED IN 3A.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSE SAME SIGN THAT PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

SHANE, WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING BUSINESS IN AMARILLO AND GROWING YOUR BUSINESS IN AMARILLO.

GROW IT BIGGER.

YEAH, KEVIN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

ITEM 3B IS WITH REGARD TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 12-13-22-3.

[3.B. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO.12-13-22-3]

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, THIS RELATES TO ESTABLISHING A SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DNIPRO, UKRAINE.

WE'VE GOT CARTER ESTES HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL AS CITY MANAGER SAID, THIS IS FOR A RESOLUTION, FOR A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND THE CITY OF DNIPRO, UKRAINE.

DNIPRO IS THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN UKRAINE WITH ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE IN IT, AND WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY THEM TO ESTABLISH A SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP LIKE WE HAVE WITH OTHER CITIES, ONE IN MEXICO.

THIS IS GOING TO BE SANCTIONED BY THE SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL IF WE PASS THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT MY VOICE.

YEAH, CARTER'S BEEN A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, SO I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA EFFORT TO BE AT THE PODIUM TODAY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

COUNCIL, YOU NOW SEE THE SIMPLE AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU.

AGAIN, WE'VE CLARIFIED THAT THIS IS NOT A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT IN ANY WAY.

THIS AGREEMENT CAME TO US FROM THE CITY OF DNIPRO.

WE MADE A COUPLE OF SMALL CHANGES TO IT, WHICH THEY APPROVED, BUT REALLY IS BROUGHT TO US THROUGH A GROUP OF LOCAL CITIZENS WHO HAVE A HEART FOR DOING HUMANITARIAN WORK IN UKRAINE AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE CITY OF DNIPRO, AND THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS THERE IN DNIPRO.

GLENDA MOORE IS HERE WITH US TODAY, AND SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE KIND HOUSE UKRAINE BAKERY, WHO JUST OPENED A BRAND NEW LOCATION OFF OF SOUTH WESTERN STREET.

SO EVERYONE SHOULD GO IN AND SEE THE NEW BAKERY LOCATION AND ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, BUT I'M INTERESTED, COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT.

YES, MAYOR, I DO.

IF WE COULD DIVE INTO IT A LITTLE BIT.

SO JUST IN IT BEING BROUGHT FROM THE MAYOR OR THE COUNCIL OF DNIPRO TO AMARILLO, IN WHAT FORM WAS THAT BROUGHT TO US AND HOW DID THEY REACH OUT TO US? THEY REACHED OUT TO US BY EMAIL.

WITH THE HELP OF GLENDA, WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THEM AND GET THIS REACH OUT, AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER WE GOT THE REACH OUT, ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE FROM SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL HAD ASKED US ABOUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UKRAINIAN CITY AND WE WERE ALREADY WORKING ON IT WITH DNIPRO.

SO IN RESEARCHING THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT, SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL AND LOOKING AT THAT, I DID COME ACROSS SOME CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR LIKE DALLAS AND A FEW OTHER CITIES. SO AS I WAS READING THEIR PROCESS AND HOW THEY DEVELOP A SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP AND WHAT THEY LOOK FOR IN COMPATIBILITY AND

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DO WE HAVE ANY CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES IN HOW WE DO SISTER CITY AGREEMENTS? THE WAY WE MAKE SISTER CITIES AGREEMENTS CURRENTLY IS WE ESTABLISH ANY AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER INTERESTED CITY IF WE ALSO SEE THE BENEFIT.

SO FOR THE REASON FOR DNIPRO IS THEY ARE AN AGRICULTURAL HUB IN UKRAINE, JUST AS WE ARE HERE IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE, AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE RELATIONAL CRITERIA THAT WE LOOKED AT WHEN ESTABLISHING THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH DNIPRO AND FOR ANY FUTURE SISTER CITIES, WE'D DO THE SAME THING.

I WOULD ALSO ADD TO THAT WE HAVE STRONG CITIZEN SUPPORT HERE, MAKING THE REQUEST.

IN A LOT OF WAYS. WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SISTER CITY AGREEMENT AT THE CITY LEVEL IS JUST ADMINISTRATIVE.

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY GOING TO CARRY THE WORK OUT AND BEAR THE FINANCIAL BURDEN AND STOKE THE RELATIONSHIP ARE THOSE CITIZENS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN ALREADY DOING WORK IN UKRAINE.

SO AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF BEING A SISTER CITY WITH DNIPRO IS ARE OUR CITIZENS ASKING FOR IT? AND THEY ARE, AND SO THIS IS SIMPLY A MINISTERIAL STEP THAT WE CAN TAKE TO CALL OUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING AND HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS, AND IT GIVES SOME PUBLIC VALIDITY TO THEM CONTINUING ON THAT WORK. I KNOW THIS YEAR THEY'RE GOING TO PASS THE $1 MILLION MARK IN HUMANITARIAN AID TO PEOPLE IN UKRAINE, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE DOING WORK AT A LEVEL THAT I THINK MATCHES THE CITY COMING ALONGSIDE THEM TO SIMPLY SAY ENTERING THIS SISTER CITY AGREEMENT IS A GREAT WAY TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THOSE CITIZENS ARE DOING.

IT'S NO FINANCIAL COST TO US, NO TAXPAYER DOLLARS INVOLVED, NO STAFF TIME BEING INVOLVED.

IT REALLY IS JUST A MINISTERIAL THING, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, IT CAN BE SYMBOLIC, BUT THEN SURE IN MY RESEARCH SURE LOOKS LIKE IT CAN BE MORE SUBSTANCE AS WELL AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL WOULD HAVE ANY APPETITE TO LOOK AT MAYBE EVEN TRYING TO MAKE THIS A BETTER DEAL IN MOVING FORWARD, IN TRYING TO ESTABLISH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN OTHER CITIES DO.

THEY FORMALIZE IT IN CREATING NOT ONLY JUST THE AGREEMENT, BUT THEN THEY ALLOW THEIR CITIZENS TO FORM COMMUNITY AND THEY PUT REPRESENTATIVES TOGETHER.

THEY GO AHEAD AND PUT OUTLINES TOGETHER.

THEY WILL COME UP WITH VISION STATEMENT AND LOOKING AT THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE TWO DIFFERENT CITIES.

NOW, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, LIKE IT'S A MILLION PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.

SO, I MEAN, THEY'RE AGRARIAN, YOU KNOW.

IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, THEY'RE THE HUB FOR THE AGRICULTURAL REGION IN THAT PART OF UKRAINE.

SO TRANSPORTING, I GUESS MORE, NOT SO MUCH GROWING RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THERE.

MOST OF THE VILLAGES WILL SEND IT THERE TO TRADE CENTER SO YEAH.

OKAY, SO WOULD MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAVE ANY APPETITE? AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE MOVE WITH URGENCY.

WE'VE GOT A BUILDING PROJECT AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION.

WE'VE GOT COST, ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS.

THIS ONE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO NOT JUST SHOVE SOMETHING THROUGH.

I MEAN, WOULD WE BE INTERESTED AND I'LL HAND THESE OUT, JUST NOT THAT ANYBODY NECESSARILY HAS TIME TO READ THEM, BUT THIS IS DALLAS' CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR SELECTIONS FOR NEW SISTER CITIES AND SO STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT, STRONG ECONOMIC CULTURAL TIES, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF VETTING IT AND SAYING, YES, WE ARE SIMILAR AND YES, WE'D BENEFIT FROM EACH OTHER AND YES, WE HAVE A GOOD, STRONG COMMUNITY THAT'S COMING TO US AS COUNCIL AND THEN IN AN ADMIN SORT OF WAY.

I MEAN, WE WANT TO FACILITATE THIS, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO, I THINK, DO SOMETHING THAT JUST KIND OF THROWS IT UP IN THE AIR AND IT NEVER FLIES.

SO IF YOU FLIP TO PAGE TWO, I MEAN, THEY DEVELOP COMMITTEE LISTS.

THEY HAVE A REPORT SET UP FOR THEIR VOLUNTEER MEMBERSHIP BASE.

THEY'RE ABLE TO FUNDRAISE THROUGH THIS.

SO, GLENDA, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO FUNDRAISE, I BELIEVE IN THIS AND IT WOULD POTENTIALLY CREATE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS AN ECONOMIC THING.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT COMMITTED ECONOMICALLY, SISTER CITIES IS DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT PROMOTES ECONOMIC TRADE , AND TATIANA, WHICH I WON'T TRY TO PRONOUNCE HER LAST NAME BUT SUPER SWEET LADY AND SHE IS MOVING PRODUCT OVER THERE IN THE FORM OF MEDICAL AID

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WE TAKE A STEP BACK, PERHAPS TABLE THIS TODAY, NOT PUSH IT THROUGH TODAY, BUT ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, MAYBE EVEN LET STAFF GIVE STAFF GUIDANCE TO CREATE OUR OWN CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES TO MOVE FORWARD.

IT ALLOWS OTHER COUNCILS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK OFF OF.

IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO WORK OFF OF, AND THEN WE DON'T JUST THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT IN THE POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT WE HAVE TODAY, YOU SAY, DNIPRO UKRAINE AND THERE'S KIND OF AN IMMEDIATE LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THAT COUNTRY AND THIS KEEPS US ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF EVERYTHING, AND NOT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE WORLD.

SO WITH SOME CAUTION, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION WITH YOU GUYS.

IS THIS SOMETHING YOU GUYS WOULD BE WILLING TO LOOK AT? JUST TO CLARIFY, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS PAUSING TODAY AND NOT DOING THE SISTER CITY AGREEMENT IS WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR FUNDRAISING? YES, SO PAUSING TODAY AND NOT DOING THE SISTER CITIES AGREEMENT TODAY WOULD ALLOW US TO GO BACK TO STAFF AND FORMALIZE OUR OWN CRITERIA AND OUR OWN PROCEDURES AND TO PUT IN SOME VISION AND TO PUT IN SOME PARAMETERS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A STRUCTURE THAT WOULD ALLOW GLENDA OR PEOPLE LIKE HER THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THE WORK TO COME INTO THE FOLD OF THE CITY AND UTILIZE ALL OF THAT.

I JUST ANOTHER QUESTION, PARDON ME, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFF ASSIGNED TO DO ALL OF THIS LEGWORK RATHER THAN SEEING THAT LEGWORK COME THROUGH A CITIZEN'S GROUP LIKE KIND HOUSE.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WITH THE DIRECTION OF STAFF, WE COULD ALLOW SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY A MEMBERSHIP FEE TO OR WE ALREADY PAY A MEMBERSHIP FEE TO. THEY ALREADY HAVE THIS TEMPLATE IN PLACE.

WE WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO HELP FACILITATE OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S ALREADY LOOKING AT THIS AND INTERESTED IN THIS TO FORMALIZE LIKE WHAT IS YOUR VISION? WHAT ARE OUR ECONOMIC TIES, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS MOVING FORWARD? HOW CAN WE DO THIS NOT HAPHAZARDLY, BUT IN A WAY WHERE WE REALLY GET THE MOST BENEFIT OUT OF THIS, AND THEN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO BE OUR FRIEND, RIGHT? WE WANT TO BE THEIR FRIEND, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FRIENDSHIP LOOKS LIKE.

CARTER, HOW MUCH WAS THE MEMBERSHIP FEE TO SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL? THE MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE IS JUST OVER $1000, I BELIEVE $1028, BUT RIGHT AROUND THERE.

OKAY, QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY.

I'D MAKE A COMMENT.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE THE SISTER CITY FOR DNIPRO.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HOLD IT BACK.

I THINK WE COULD ADOPT THE SISTER CITY AND THEN THAT MIGHT GIVE EMPHASIS TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

FINE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I ASKED A QUESTION EARLIER WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THIS SUBJECT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THAT SHE'S GOT IDEAS ON DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE COULD DO.

I ASKED THE OTHER NIGHT, SHE'S GOT IDEAS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE CAN'T JUST GO AHEAD AND ADOPT IT, BUT NOT LET IT SIT THERE.

WE HAD A SISTER CITY, I UNDERSTAND, IN MEXICO.

I KIND OF ASKED WHAT WHAT HAPPENED THERE? I DON'T KNOW.

IT WAS BEFORE MINE AND YOUR TIME.

IF I CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT.

SO WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH FORT WORTH RECENTLY ABOUT ALL OF THEIR SISTER CITIES RELATIONSHIPS AND USUALLY SISTER CITIES AFTER A RELATIONSHIP IS ESTABLISHED WITH ONE CITY, WILL THEN BEGIN TO SEEK OUT CITIZENS AND BUILD OUT A COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS THAT CAN OVERSEE THE SISTER CITIES CHAPTER WITHIN THE CITY THAT WILL DEVELOP THE KIND OF PARAMETERS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE PLACE, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DEDICATE STAFF OR TAX DOLLARS TOWARDS THIS PROCESS, AND IF WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE AGREEMENT TODAY, THEN JUST LIKE YOU SAID, WE CAN FORM A CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE AND WE CAN GET STARTED IN THE CITIZENS WOULD RUN, THEY WOULD THEY WOULD DRIVE THE PROCESS, AND WE NEED THE CITIZENS TO DO IT AND NOT OUR STAFF DOING IT, AND WE DON'T NEED TO ALLOCATE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO BE DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK WHEN WE HAVE OTHER, MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEED TO GET DONE.

WHEN DID WE LAST HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA? THIS WAS LAST PROPOSED ON THE AGENDA.

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OKAY, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT? YEAH, BECAUSE, I MEAN, I HATE TO ASK THEM TO PAUSE ALSO.

THIS IS THE FIRST THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THE IDEA OF HAVING A PARTICULAR POLICY.

I UNDERSTAND DALLAS IS LARGER.

THEY HAVE A LOT MORE STAFF.

THEY CAN DEDICATE STAFF TOWARD DOING THIS, BUT I ALSO HATE TO SLOW THEM DOWN JUST BASED ON THE HEARING SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.

YEAH, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHERE FREDA IS COMING FROM IN THE WAY OF USING OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS WISELY AND ALLOWING OUR CITIZENS THE ABILITY TO KIND OF RUN THIS.

I DO LIKE CRITERIA.

I DO LIKE GUIDELINES. I THINK IT'S GOOD.

I KNOW IN BUSINESS YOU NEVER SAY, HEY, LET'S SIGN A CONTRACT AND THEN WE'LL GO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO BUILD.

YOU KNOW, YOU YOU PUT THE PLAN OUT, YOU FIGURE IT OUT, AND THEN YOU GO KIND OF SIGN UP TO DO THIS, AND I GET THIS ISN'T A CONTRACT, BUT I'VE TRIED TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THIS JUST IN A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH, AND WE DID ASK FOR SISTER CITIES INFORMATION, WHICH WE DIDN'T GET.

SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN KIND OF ON MY HEELS WAITING, YOU KNOW, JUST TO THE LAST MINUTE TO BRING SOMETHING UP.

I DO FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOWARD ASKED.

I ASKED AS WELL.

WE DIDN'T GET ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, BUT I'M NOT ARGUMENTATIVE IN THE WAY OF LIKE YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.

I WOULD LOVE TO TABLE THIS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A DEADLINE.

SO I JUST THINK WE COULD COME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT BETTER PLAN, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

I GUESS I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF KIND HOUSE UKRAINE BAKERY.

BEEN EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE GROWTH OF THE MINISTRY.

I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT THEY'VE COME TO US.

SO, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE IT'S AN UNFAIR CHARACTERISTIC TO SAY THAT THEY'VE THROWN THIS TOGETHER AND THEY'RE TRYING TO RUSH IT THROUGH, PUSH IT THROUGH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE COME VERY HUMBLY, VERY PREPARED, AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER EVERY QUESTION.

I FEEL LIKE WE'VE COME TO THEM.

SO WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THAT, AND THAT'S OKAY, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEM AS AN ORGANIZATION, AND I'LL AGREE WITH YOU WITH GLENDA TOOK THE TIME TO GO OVER TO THE BAKERY.

I DID STEAL A CINNAMON ROLL.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

HER BAKING IS REALLY GOOD, AND SO I'M FORGETTING, GLENDA, THE TOWN THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE YOUR MISSION WORK IN.

IT'S NOT DNIPRO, BUT HOW CLOSE IS IT? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS JUST HARD FOR ME IN GETTING COMFORTABLE IS THE MAYOR OF DNIPRO IS REACHING OUT.

GLENDA'S BAKERY IS NOT CURRENTLY DOING ANY MISSION WORK IN DNIPRO.

THEY'RE IN A DIFFERENT TOWN, AND SO I LIKE THE VETTING PROCESS, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS AND GET MORE, AND I FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GOOD FORMAL WAY FOR US TO DO IT AS A CITY AND TO AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING KIND OF IN A FORMAL CAPACITY, BUT I HAVE A FEW OTHER ISSUES AND I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE.

I WAS WONDERING IF GLENDA COULD COME UP HERE.

GLENDA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A WORD? THANK YOU FOR PATIENTLY SITTING THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING, BY THE WAY.

EVERYONE WHO MAKES IT TO THE ITEMS ON THE LAST PART OF THE AGENDA GETS A GOLD STAR FOR THE DAY.

[CHUCKLING] WELL, TODAY IS TATIANA [INAUDIBLE]'S BIRTHDAY, AND SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES NOT BECAUSE SHE WAS ABANDONING UKRAINE, BUT BECAUSE SHE'S EDUCATED, AND SHE BELIEVED IN BEING GLOBAL AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT HER CAREER AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT OTHERS, AND SHE HAS BROUGHT THAT BACK TO DNIPRO WITH HER AND BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT TO HER FELLOW CITIZENS IN DNIPRO, WHO ARE ALSO IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AND SO SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO REALLY KIND OF HELP THEM TO GROW, HELP US TO GROW, HELP US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR CULTURE.

IT'S MORE FOR US, I THINK WE COULD BECOME STAGNANT.

WE COULD EASILY BECOME THIS PLACE WHERE WE ARE ENCIRCLED AND WE STAY IN OUR OWN LITTLE COMFORT ZONE AND WE DON'T REACH OUT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD AND LEARN MORE ABOUT OTHERS, AND SO A SISTER AGREEMENT IS ABOUT US LEARNING ABOUT THEM CULTURALLY, AND I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MR.

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IT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THERE WILL NOT BE MISTAKES MADE AND THERE WON'T BE THINGS THAT WE DON'T EXPLORE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT US BECOMING HUMAN WITH THEM AND US SEEING WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM, THAT WE ARE BECOMING MORE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS OURSELVES AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE AS WELL.

I DON'T QUITE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE JUMPING OFF A CLIFF.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

I BELIEVE TATIANA IS VERY WELL EDUCATED AND SHE HAS REALLY BEEN MUCH MORE OF A VENTURE THAN I HAVE ON BECOMING SISTER CITIES.

RIGHT AWAY, IN NOVEMBER, AFTER WE HAD OUR VERY FIRST MEETING, SHE ALREADY CREATED A TEAM OF OTHER UKRAINIANS HERE IN AMARILLO, AND THEY STARTED TALKING RIGHT AWAY ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMONALITIES AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO TO BRING A CULTURAL THING TO AMARILLO AND ALSO NOT JUST CULTURAL, BUT LIKE THE OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT IS IT? THE STUDY OF HORSES.

THEY HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT ECONOMICAL THINGS THAT ARE THERE THAT ALSO EXIST HERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ARTISTS HERE IN AMARILLO THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN SHARING THEIR ART WITH DNIPRO, UKRAINE.

JIM LIVINGSTON IS SOMEONE WHO HAS REALLY OFFERED HIS ART AND OFFERED HIS ABILITY TO SEND ART TO THEM AND TO MAKE SOME CONNECTIONS BECAUSE INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, SOME OF OUR PICTURES THAT WE HAVE OF WEST TEXAS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE ART THAT THEY HAVE THERE, TOO, AND WE MIGHT NOT EVER KNOW THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AND START THIS CULTURAL EXCHANGE.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE FEELING LIKE THAT YOU THINK THAT WE'RE JUMPING AHEAD , BUT I'VE BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH UKRAINE FOR NINE YEARS, AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE A SUDDEN THING THAT I DON'T KNOW THEIR HISTORY OR THEIR CULTURE OR THE PROPAGANDA THAT SOMETIMES SURROUNDS THEM THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FIGHT OFF BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON WITH THIS WAR, WITH PROPAGANDA AND HOW PEOPLE SAY THINGS THAT ARE TERRIBLY UNTRUE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF THAT AND SO BEING ABLE TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE PEOPLE MEANS THAT WE CAN ENTER INTO A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND FIND OUT WHERE THEY COME FROM AND WHY THEY MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT THEY DO, AND THEY CAN FIND OUT THE SAME THING FROM US.

SO I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.

I DO BELIEVE WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY CITIZENS HERE THAT ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT BEING VALIDATED MAYBE, AND FEELING LIKE THEY ARE NOT JUST AMARILLO-ANS, BUT THEY ARE ALSO UKRAINIANS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE AS A CITY, I WAS LOOKING AT OUR CITY STATISTICS AND HOW EXCITING IT IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN AMARILLO, SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES AND WE HAVE EMBRACED THAT.

WE HAVE BEEN REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE ALL THOSE CULTURES COME TO AMARILLO AND FOR US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OURSELVES THROUGH THEM.

THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL HUMANS TOGETHER AND WE NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HUMANITY, AND THIS IS A GOOD STEP TO TAKE.

VERY WELL SAID, AND YOU'RE PASSIONATE NOT ONLY ABOUT BAKING, AND SO I LOVE IT AND I LOVE YOUR PASSION.

CAN YOU HELP ME GET COMFORTABLE? MAYBE AT THE PART THAT I'M MISSING.

HOW DID THE MAYOR OF DNIPRO REACH OUT TO YOU? WELL, ACTUALLY, TATIANA IS WORKING WITH VSA IN NORTHWEST AND ALSO A HOSPITAL IN LUBBOCK, AND SO SHE WAS ALREADY FRIENDS WITH ANTON, WHO IS THE MAYOR'S DEPUTY, AND HE IS VERY INVOLVED IN THE MEDICAL FIELD IN UKRAINE .

FOR US TO GET HUMANITARIAN AID INTO DNIPRO UKRAINE AND INTO KIEV, UKRAINE, YOU NEED TO HAVE A STAMP FROM A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN ORDER FOR IT TO PASS OVER THOSE LINES OF POLAND AND INTO UKRAINE IN ORDER FOR IT TO PASS OVER EASILY, I SHOULD SAY, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF JUNK IN THEIR TOWN.

THEY WANT THINGS THAT ARE VALID MEDICAL SUPPLIES THAT THEY ACTUALLY NEED, AND SO TATIANA HAS BEEN VERY EDUCATED AND CREATING HELPING TALK TO THEM AND THEM CREATING LISTS OF THINGS THAT THEY ACTUALLY NEEDED SO THAT WE WEREN'T JUST SENDING OVER A TRUCKLOAD OF JUNK, THAT WE WERE

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SO THEY WERE IN THAT RELATIONSHIP ALREADY, AND SO THEY ACTUALLY SENT THAT LETTER TO TATIANA AND SAID, HEY, WE THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT THING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU ARE ALREADY IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH US AND YOU'RE HELPING US WITH THIS HUMANITARIAN AID AND KIND HOUSE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE COST OF THAT SHIPMENT TO GO OVER THERE.

SO THAT'S HOW IT BEGAN, IS IT BEGAN FROM HUMANITARIAN AID POINT OF VIEW.

THEY KNOW TATIANA PERSONALLY, SO IT'S NOT LIKE A NEW RELATIONSHIP TO HER.

THIS IS AN OLD FRIEND THAT THEY'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND SO SHE I THINK SHE WOULD BE REALLY SHE WANTED TO BE HERE.

I KNOW, AND SHE HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] YES, AND SHE STAYED AS LONG AS SHE COULD.

YES, AND I REALLY DO WANT TO HELP TATIANA FACILITATE WHATEVER SHE CAN.

THE MAYOR DIDN'T REACH OUT TO YOU.

THE MAYOR REACHED OUT TO TATIANA THROUGH HIS ASSISTANT.

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT, AND THEN TATIANA REACHED OUT TO ME, AND SO THEN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO GET THAT LETTER TO GINGER, AND THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. MY GOODNESS, AND I THINK IT WAS IN LATE SEPTEMBER WHEN THAT HAPPENED, AND SO THEN WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY GET THAT EMAIL AND SEND IT ON TO MAYOR NELSON.

YEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAD THIS ON THE AGENDA OCTOBER 11TH.

SO IT'S BEEN OVER 60 DAYS SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY UKRAINIANS LIVING AMARILLO? HOW MANY UKRAINIANS LIVE IN AMARILLO? YOU KNOW, I NEED TO ASK TATIANA THAT, BUT I WANT TO SAY THERE--I WOULD BE GUESSING.

I WANT TO SAY MAYBE AROUND 50.

OKAY. IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE STATISTICS OF AMARILLO AND ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT WE HAVE HERE.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

IT'S AMAZING HOW WARM AND LOVING AND OPEN WE ARE IN AMARILLO TO WANT TO LEARN THOSE CULTURES AND WANT TO BE A PART OF OTHER PEOPLE'S WORLD.

I'D SAY I AGREE WITH FREDA.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RESOURCES TO COMMIT TO THIS MONEY, BUT SOUNDS LIKE WE ALREADY GOT RELATIONSHIPS GOING ALREADY.

WE DO. WE DO. IT'S BEEN LONG GOING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR GLENDA? THANK YOU, GLENDA. THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS FOR CARTER.

OKAY, THANK YOU. CARTER, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3B? MAYOR I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 12-13-22-3, ESTABLISHING A SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DNIPRO, UKRAINE.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE A SISTER CITY AGREEMENT WITH DNIPRO UKRAINE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? BEFORE WE VOTE, I'D SAY WHAT COLE STANLEY'S BRINGING UP IS SOME THINGS WE NEED TO DO.

NOT NECESSARILY STAFF BUT WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO COME UP WITH FURTHER PLANS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION PASSES WITH THE FOUR ONE VOTE.

ITEM 3C IS CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 8034.

[3.C. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8034]

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR. WE'VE GOT ANTHONY SPANEL HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

THIS RELATES TO GREASE TRAPS IN OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.

ANTHONY. ABSOLUTELY, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN THIS FORMAT, SO I HOPE EVERYTHING'S BEEN WELL.

JUST WANT TO PRESENT, HOPEFULLY A MINOR UPDATE TO OUR CHAPTER 85 MANAGEMENT OF FATS, OILS AND GREASES ORDINANCE, MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS OUR WASTEWATER PRETREATMENT ORDINANCE.

WE'RE ESSENTIALLY MAKING TWO MINOR REVISIONS FOR EXISTING FACILITIES THAT WERE IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RULE IN 20.

SO THESE ARE EXISTING FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS ONLY.

WE ARE REMOVING A PROVISION THAT THEY HAVE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE NOW IF THEY DO NOT HAVE AN INSTALLED GREASE TRAP AND ARE ADDING A PROVISION THAT ACTIVATES THIS ORDINANCE AT CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP.

THIS IS PRETTY COMMON IN OUR FOOD PROGRAM.

A LOT OF THE TRIGGER POINTS ARE AT CHANGE OF OWNER, EXTENSIVE REMODEL REPAIR AND THE LIKE.

SO WE'RE KIND OF ALIGNING THAT WITH THE REST OF OUR FOOD PROGRAM.

I APOLOGIZE. I HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGING MY SLIDE HERE.

I WANTED TO TRY TO VISUALIZE ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PROGRAM SO FAR FOR YOU, AND THIS IS A HEAT MAP OF OF ALL THE

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I APOLOGIZE. I DID WANT TO SAY THAT WE PRESENTED THIS TO THE PANHANDLE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION ON NOVEMBER 21ST, AND THEY DID PROVIDE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

I DO, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

MR. SPANEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.

YOU GUYS ARE REALLY GOOD AT YOUR JOB, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE RESTAURANT.

IT'S NOT RESTAURANT GROUP.

WHAT'S THE ASSOCIATION? [INAUDIBLE] RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION.

CAN YOU TELL ME AND THIS IS JUST COMING FROM MY BUILDING COMMUNITY, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS THAT'S REQUIRING, LIKE, A MINIMUM SIZE, LET'S SAY, A 1000 GALLON GREASE TRAP AND YOU ALL ARE HAVING TO GIVE VARIANCES BASED ON USAGE? NOT ON USAGE. SO, YES, WE DO HAVE A MINIMUM WITHIN THIS EXACT SAME ORDINANCE.

THERE IS A MINIMAL SIZE OF 1000 GALLONS.

IF A FACILITY WANTS TO PROPOSE A SMALLER TRAP, ALL THE ORDINANCE, AS IT HAS TO BE SIZED BY AN ENGINEER THAT DOES THE CALCULATIONS AND TELLS US EXACTLY WHAT THE USAGE WILL BE AND RECOMMENDS A SIZE.

SO ANY SIZE OF GREASE TRAP CAN BE INSTALLED AS LONG AS THE WATER FLOW IS DOCUMENTED BY AN ENGINEER.

SO IS THAT BEING PRODUCED IN THE FORM OF A VARIANCE WHEN THEY SIZE THAT, OR AM I MISUNDERSTANDING THAT? IT DOES REQUIRE A VARIANCE.

MINIMAL SIZING IS 1000 GALLONS.

IF YOU WANT TO DO LESS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VARIANCE, AND ALSO AN ENGINEER SIZING.

WOULD IT HELP YOU IN ANY WAY IF OUR BUILDING COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND GET THE SIZING DONE BY THE ENGINEER WHEN THEY WERE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR PROJECT? THEY PRESENT IT AS A SUBMITTAL ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER PLANS, AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE VARIANCE PROCESS.

THAT ABSOLUTELY COULD BE A PATH FORWARD.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK MY COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THIS ORDINANCE AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THINK THROUGH IF WE AMEND THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT'S A FIRST AND A SECOND READING, WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW YOU TO GO BACK AND MAYBE CHANGE THE LANGUAGE IN THERE TO JUST ALLOW FOR AN ENGINEER STAMP AT THAT TIME, AND THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT FOR A LOT OF THE TIMES IT'S LATER ON IN THE PROJECT THAT THEY FIGURE THIS OUT AND THERE'S OTHER INSPECTIONS AND THINGS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET DONE OR POTENTIALLY IF THEY'RE KEEPING A RESTAURANT OPEN, AND WHEN IT'S CHANGING, OWNERS, THE OWNERS DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GOING ON EITHER.

I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO JUST BRING THAT AND NOT GO THROUGH THE VARIANCE PROCESS MR. STANLEY, AS I'M SITTING HERE TALKING THROUGH THIS AND TRYING TO KIND OF FLASH BACK THROUGH THE ORDINANCE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHEN THERE IS AN ENGINEER THAT SIZES IT, WE TAKE THAT ENGINEERED STAMP WITH NO VARIANCE.

THE VARIANCE IS REQUIRED ON LOCATION, SO WE REQUIRE IT TO BE OUTSIDE IN THE GROUND.

IF IT'S GOING TO BE INSIDE THE FACILITY ABOVE GROUND, THAT'S WHEN A VARIANCE IS REQUIRED.

OKAY. SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE EVERYBODY'S COMING FROM.

SO ARE WE NO LONGER ALLOWING INDOOR ABOVE GROUND GREASE TRAPS? WE'RE TRYING OUR VERY HARDEST TO KEEP THEM OUTSIDE IN THE GROUND.

THERE ARE SCENARIOS WHERE THEY HAVE TO END UP INSIDE ABOVEGROUND OR INSIDE BELOW GROUND.

IF THERE'S A SITE RESTRICTION, I'LL JUST SAY WE WORK WITH FOLKS TO GET THE BEST SOLUTION WE CAN.

KEEP IN MIND, GREASE TRAPS, THEY STINK.

THEY SMELL. IF YOU OPEN THEM UP, THEY SMELL LIKE A SEWAGE SPILL INSIDE YOUR FACILITY.

THEY'RE NOT VERY SANITARY INSIDE OF A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.

SO IT'S BEST TO HAVE THAT OUTSIDE.

WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO CLEAN IT, THEY DRAG A BIG SEWAGE HOSE THAT GOES INTO A SEWAGE TANK.

IT'S VERY NASTY.

SO WE TRY OUR VERY BEST TO GET THOSE OUTDOORS IN THE GROUND.

THAT'S THE BEST CASE SCENARIO.

BUT THERE ARE TONS OF OCCASIONS WHERE THAT CAN'T HAPPEN, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS REALLY GOOD AT FINDING THE BEST SOLUTION AND WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, WORKING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS TO COME COME TO A MIDDLE GROUND.

SO REALLY THE SIZING ISN'T AN ISSUE IF YOU BRING AN ENGINEER, RIGHT, EVEN IF IT'S AN EXISTING BECAUSE WHERE I SEE SOME GUYS GETTING HUNG UP IS IN OWNERSHIP.

THEY'RE SELLING A RESTAURANT, THEY'RE BUYING IT.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NOW HAVE THIS NEW COMPLIANCE AND THEN THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE VARIANCE PROCESS, AND SO WE LOSE THEM A LITTLE BIT IN THAT, BUT THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, IN YOUR OPINION, WHICH I RESPECT, YOUR OPINION AND YOUR EXPERTISE, DO YOU LIKE THIS CHANGE ALONE OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE WE COULD DO THAT COULD HELP YOU

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WE HAD QUITE A FEW FACILITIES THAT WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

I'D SAY VAST MAJORITY HAD NO GREASE TRAPS AT ALL AND OR HAD THEM AND DID NOT MAINTAIN THEM AT ALL.

SO WE HAD A BIG PROBLEM IN THE BEGINNING.

SO THE NEED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE TODAY WAS WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.

NOW, THERE WERE TWO OR THREE YEARS INTO THIS PROGRAM.

WE'VE MADE A LOT OF ADVANCEMENTS AND THE ABILITY TO SCALE THAT BACK TO CHANGE OF OWNER IS APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PROPOSITION THAT I WOULD I WOULD WANT TO PRESENT TODAY.

I MEAN, IF I WAS MISTAKEN IN TERMS OF WHAT'S A VARIANCE REQUEST, WHICH I DON'T THINK I AM, I WOULD BE OKAY ADDING THAT WITH A ENGINEER STAMP, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE AS WE KIND OF WALK THROUGH THIS, THAT IS ALLOWED VARIANCE IS REQUIRED BASED ON LOCATION.

GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION, SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU, ANTHONY.

APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT EXPLANATION.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3C? YES, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8034 AMENDING THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 8-5 ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 8-5-27 TO REVISE WHICH EXISTING COVERED FACILITIES MUST DESIGN, INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A GREASE TRAP OR GREASE INTERCEPTOR.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 8034.

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

ANYONE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN.

OKAY, THAT MOTION PASSES WITH THE 500 VOTE.

ITEM 3D IS CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 8035.

[3.D. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8035]

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, WE'VE GOT MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CREATE A GAMING A ROOM RENTAL FEE FOR THE GAMING CENTER AT THE WARBIRD ACTIVITY CENTER.

THIS IS A VERY FUN, LITERALLY, ITEM; VERY MUCH APOLOGIZE FOR THE PUN.

[CHUCKLING] MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC.

AGAIN, THIS IS CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO ADD A ROOM RENTAL FEE AT WARFORD ACTIVITY CENTER.

KRISTEN WOLBACH IS GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT I WANT TO START BY JUST THANKING STAFF AGAIN.

DR. SAUER KIND OF MENTIONED OUR STAFF AND WE'VE GOT SOME VERY CREATIVE PEOPLE, AND I THINK THAT YOU'LL SEE THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHAT THAT CAN DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KRISTEN AND LET HER WALK THROUGH IT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? OR DO I NEED TO MOVE THAT? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.

WONDERFUL. SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE FUN AND FAST.

SO, LIKE MICHAEL SAID, I'M JUST GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A PROJECT.

ULTIMATELY AMENDING OUR FEE ORDINANCE OVER THERE.

AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE HAVE THE CHARLES WARFORD ACTIVITY CENTER.

THE CITY ITSELF ACTUALLY ACQUIRED THAT IN 2017.

WE UNDERWENT A REMODEL WHENEVER WE ACQUIRED THAT FACILITY.

REALLY FANTASTIC FACILITY.

CURRENTLY IT HOUSES THE WEIGHT ROOM, DANCE STUDIO, GYMNASIUM, COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, AN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL, COMPUTER LAB AND AN MPO. THE COMPUTER LAB WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT IN.

WE HAD 14 DIFFERENT STATIONS THAT WERE THERE THAT HAD DIFFERENT COMPUTERS.

IT ALSO HAS LIKE MICROSOFT SUITE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE INTENTION WAS THAT IT WAS USED BY THE COMMUNITY TO DO WORK, PLAY THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T SEE SIGNIFICANT USE.

ON AVERAGE, WE SAW SEVEN PEOPLE USING THAT FACILITY A MONTH AND REALLY THAT WAS ONE PERSON THAT WAS KIND OF RUNNING A BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF THAT COMPUTER LAB.

SO IT WAS GREAT, BUT IT WAS LARGELY UNUTILIZED.

A REALLY NICE SPACE IN A REALLY GOOD AREA OF THE FACILITY, BUT WE DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF USE , AND SO STAFF WORKED TO THE CHALLENGE OF COUNCIL.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES, BUT ALSO FIND WAYS TO PRODUCE REVENUE STREAMS IN THAT FACILITY.

SO THE BRAINCHILD REALLY CAME FROM STAFF.

I WAS THE FORTUNATE PERSON TO STAMP PAPERWORK AND GIVE APPROVALS, BUT OUR STAFF WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO UTILIZE THAT FACILITY, AND SO THEY WORKED MUTUALLY TO THEIR BENEFIT, AND INTERNALLY THEY CREATED A GAMING CENTER AT THE FACILITY THAT GAMING ROOM, AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE PICTURES, CONSIST OF MURALS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY STAFF.

I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM A KUDOS HERE IN JUST A MINUTE, AND THEY WORKED TIRELESSLY WITHIN OUR OUR OUR BUDGET ALREADY.

WE DIDN'T UTILIZE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS, BUT THEY BUDGETED REALLY WELL THIS YEAR TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THIS FACILITY.

AS I MENTIONED, COMPLETED 100% BY INTERNAL STAFF.

[02:45:01]

SO THIS HAS THE OLD SCHOOL GAMES.

I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PLAY SOME OF THOSE AVAILABLE AT NO COST TO ANY OF OUR MEMBERS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DURING OUR NORMAL HOURS OF OPERATION, OUR CURRENT MEMBERS CAN ACCESS THIS.

THIS IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR OUR PUNCH AND PLAY PASS HOLDERS.

SO IT EQUATES TO ABOUT $2 A VISIT, AND THIS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE PARTY RENTALS.

SO AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, THIS WILL ALSO ADD TO OUR AMENDED FEE SCHEDULE.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS $75 AN HOUR WELL BELOW THE RATE OF WHAT YOU WOULD SPEND AT PLACES LIKE THE VAULT IN AMARILLO.

IT WILL ALSO HAVE $100 REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT.

THIS IS JUST AN INCIDENTAL DEPOSIT FOR A ROOM THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A PARTY ATTENDANT.

THE ENTIRE USE OF THE GAMING CENTER, AS WELL AS A PRIVATE PARTY ROOM.

SO THAT WAY PARENTS DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GAMING UNLESS THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO.

SO THE KEY PEOPLE I HAVE A FEW OF THEM, WE HAVE ONE THAT'S OUT SICK.

SO SHOUT OUT TO LANDON.

I KNOW HE'S WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT HE'S OUR WARFORD ACTIVITY CENTER SUPERVISOR.

HE STARTED WITH US IN 2020, WHICH WAS ALREADY A DIFFICULT TIME AS IT WAS FOR EVERYBODY, BUT HE'S DONE SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS.

IF YOU HAVE NOT GONE TO WARFORD IN A WHILE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT BECAUSE HE'S JUST DONE SOME REALLY COOL STUFF WITH THE HELP OF I HAVE PEDRO..

PEDRO'S HERE. YES, YOU HAVE TO STAND UP PEDRO.

SO THIS IS PEDRO SALCEDO.

HE IS WITH OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT, HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

HE'S OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR.

NEXT TO HIM IS JERMAN SUASTE, HE IS OUR ASSISTANT PROGRAM COORDINATOR WITH OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

HE STARTED OFF AS A PROGRAM ATTENDANT PART TIME AND HAS PROMOTED TWICE SINCE THEN, AND THE NEXT TO HIM IS CALLIE GORHAM.

SHE IS AGAIN ONE OF OUR PART TIME RECREATION STAFF THAT HAS NOW PROMOTED TO ONE OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS IN OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF REALLY GREAT THINGS, OBVIOUSLY UTILIZING SOME OF THEIR NATURAL TALENTS TO BE ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF, BUT ALSO, IT'S A REALLY GOOD PICTURE OF HOW OUR CITY JUST AS A WHOLE WORKS TO PROMOTE AND INVEST IN THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE FROM A REALLY YOUNG AGE.

THESE KIDDOS STARTED AS TEENAGERS AND WE HOPE TO JUST CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GROW IN THE DEPARTMENT.

CORLEY IN PARTICULAR, DID HOW MANY MURALS? NINE. I THINK I COUNTED NINE THE OTHER DAY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE LITTLE, LITTLE PAINTINGS SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT, BUT NINE FULL FLEDGED MURALS, SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ARTWORK THAT WENT INTO THAT ROOM.

THEY'RE ALL GAMING CENTERED.

I THINK I HAVE IT.

HOLD ON. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO LOOK AT ONE AND THEN I'LL BACK UP SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SOME OF THEM IN THE PICTURES.

PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS HAS A COUPLE OF PICTURES THAT THEY'VE TAKEN AND WE'LL SHARE SHORTLY.

BUT JUST SOME REALLY GREAT TALENT IN THAT ROOM FOR YOUNG STAFF MEMBERS.

SHE DID THIS AS A PART TIME STAFF MEMBER AND JUST, I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR THEM, AND JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER REALLY QUICK THINGS TO ADD TO IT. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE MULTIPURPOSE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE IN THE BACK OF THE FACILITY.

DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS.

THEY GO LARGELY UNUSED.

WE UTILIZE THEM A LOT FOR SOME OF OUR FITNESS ACTIVITIES, HEALTH FAIRS AND WEEKEND RENTALS, BUT DURING OUR DAYTIME HOURS, WE DIDN'T SEE A SIGNIFICANT USE.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY UTILIZING SOME LEFTOVER FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION THAT INTO SOME MORE SENIOR SERVICE FRIENDLY PROGRAMING SPACE.

SO WITH THE HELP OF RECREATION AND SENIOR SERVICES AND OUR CENTER SUPERVISOR COMING SOON TO WARFORD WILL BE PROGRAMING THOSE SPACES DURING OUR DAYTIME HOURS.

SO THAT'LL BE LIKE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, PROBABLY 10 TO 3, AND SO THAT'LL BE A FUN NEW PROJECT THAT WE'LL GET TO BRING TO YOU.

I'M GOING TO GET OUT THE PAINT ROLLERS AND SOME SWEATPANTS AND WE'RE GOING TO GET PAINTING OURSELVES.

SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SHARE.

AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU GUYS AS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR EXISTING FEE SCHEDULE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL OR KRISTEN? NO. I WOULD JUST SAY AS A COMMENT, JARED, KUDOS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO SUPPORT THE INNOVATION TRAINING AND THE INNOVATION TEAM.

PRESENTATION AFTER PRESENTATION, WE ARE SEEING MEMBERS OF THAT TEAM AND IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IDEA CAME FROM THAT TEAM, BUT THAT TEAM IS SPREADING OUT THE ABILITY INSIDE EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY'RE ON TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, TO COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS, AND THEN WHEN THOSE IDEAS COME, WHETHER IT'S GERMAN OR PEDRO OR WHOEVER BRINGS IT, THESE INNOVATION LEADERS HAVE A VERY OPEN MIND TO SEEING IT HAPPEN, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE EMBRACED THAT.

I THINK CITIZENS ARE GOING TO SEE NEW AND FUN THINGS HAPPENING.

[02:50:02]

YEAH, I THINK I THINK AND TO TAG ON TO IT, I THINK JARED SAID IT IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS.

IT'S A FREEDOM TO FEEL FORWARD TO TRY NEW THINGS THAT MAYBE THE CITY DOESN'T ALWAYS TRY, BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE JUST INSTILLING THAT IN OUR CULTURE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS.

I THINK OUR YOUNGER STAFF MEMBERS ARE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE INNOVATIVE, RIGHT? AND WE'RE KIND OF LIKE THE LITTLE TORTOISES THAT SLOWLY GET THERE, BUT SEEING THEIR TALENTS JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, BREATHED TO LIFE HAS BEEN REALLY FUN, REALLY GOOD JOB FOR, YOU KNOW, VERY LITTLE KUDOS.

SO, YEAH, CALLIE, YOUR MURALS ARE AMAZING.

I'M SUPER IMPRESSED.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

OKAY, THANK Y'ALL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM? YES, MA'AM, WE DO.

I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8035 AMENDING THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE.

CHAPTER 12, DASH ONE, ARTICLE ONE, SECTION 12 FOUR, DASH ONE C TO CREATE A ROOM RENTAL FEE FOR THE GAMING CENTER AT WARFORD ACTIVITY CENTER.

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

SAUER TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION.

HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE-0 VOTE.

ITEM THREE IS WITH REGARD TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 8036.

[3.E. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8036]

HI MAYOR WE HAVE BRADY KENDRICK PLANNER TO TO PRESENT THE ITEM YOU WILL RECALL, AND I'M GOING TO STEAL JUST A PINCH OF BRADY'S THUNDER, BUT YOU'LL RECALL THIS ITEM FROM OUR OCTOBER 11TH MEETING WHERE A REZONING WAS PROPOSED TO COUNCIL FOR A AUTO SALES TO SO IT WOULD BE ZONED TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL IN ORDER TO MANAGE AND MITIGATE THE FUTURE USES OF THAT PROPERTY AND MAKE SURE IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO COME UP WITH A PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ENABLE THE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO THEIR DREAM AND ALSO MANAGE COMPATIBILITY GOING FORWARD IF IT'S EVER NOT THAT USE.

SO BRADY PRESENT THE ITEM AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.

SURE SO.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS JUST AS A REMINDER THIS IS ITEM IS TO REZONE THE WEST 125 FEET OF THE EAST HALF OF BLOCK 267 IN HOLLAND'S ADDITION AND THIS IS THE CHANGE FROM MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 403 FOR A NEW OR USE AUTO SALES LOT IN THE VICINITY OF WICHITA AVENUE AND MERCER STREET.

AS YOU RECALL, THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED PREVIOUSLY WERE ABOUT COMPATIBILITY AS THE PROPERTY IN ALL DIRECTIONS EXCEPT SOUTH AS MULTIFAMILY ONE, THE ZONING THAT IS, AND AFTER THE LAST MEETING IN WHICH THIS WAS TABLED, WE GOT WITH THE APPLICANT AND DID DETERMINE THAT THEY WERE ELIGIBLE FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE UTILIZE GENERAL RETAIL BASED STANDARDS FOR THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLUS ADDING USED CAR LOT AS A ALLOWED USE WITHIN THAT AS WELL , AND WITH THAT WOULD CONFORM WITH THE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORY FOR A TRACT, AND ADDITIONALLY, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ALSO PROVIDES A TRANSITION FROM THAT INDUSTRIAL ZONING TO THE SOUTH TO THE MORE RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A TRANSITION IN ZONING AS WELL THAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY LIKE TO SEE.

WE DID RE-NOTICE FOR THIS AND TO ALL OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS UP TO THIS POINT.

WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT IN THE FORM OF GENERAL INQUIRY FROM THE PREVIOUS REQUEST.

AND REGARDING THE WE DID RECEIVE A PETITION AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND 13 PEOPLE DID SIGN THAT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST AND ALL THOSE 13 SIX WERE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THIS AREA AND OUT OF THOSE SIX, THREE WERE WITHIN THE 200 FOOT NOTICE AREA.

CONSIDERING THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DOES BELIEVE THAT THE REQUEST IS APPROPRIATE AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A UNANIMOUS SIX ZERO VOTE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY? COUNSEL, I JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR WORKING THIS DEAL OUT.

THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR, IS FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE MAKE THESE THINGS WORK SO THAT GUYS LIKE THE ALVARADO'S CAN HAVE CAN MAKE THEIR BUSINESS WORK, AND IT'S JUST NOT SHUT DOWN ON THEM.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT VERY MUCH SO.

YEAH, NO PROBLEM. OKAY, THANK YOU, BRADY.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR, I MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER [INAUDIBLE] WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU, GUYS FOR ALWAYS CATCHING ME.

SO WE DO HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

SO I'LL AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING, AND ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM MAY HAVE 3 MINUTES TO DO SO.

[02:55:03]

OH, DO YOU SEE SOMEBODY? OH, SORRY, MR. DAWSON. I DIDN'T SEE YOU.

SO THE CORNER. IT'S OKAY, THANK YOU, LESLIE.

THAT'S A GOOD AFTERNOON.

YOU KNOW, DAWSON, AUSTIN, YOU ALL KNOW ME.

FIRST, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE PROVINCE FOR FINALLY GETTING THIS THROUGH WITH YOU ALL, AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THESE POINTS I'M ABOUT TO MAKE. I'M NOT TRYING TO ENCOURAGE ANY ENMITY BETWEEN THE ALVARADO AND THE CITY.

I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY GOT THIS DEAL THROUGH, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THEM, BUT.

TO A BROADER POINT, THIS WHOLE ISSUE, I THINK, HAS EXPOSED A PRETTY DEEP PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THAT THE CITY OPERATES, WHERE IT HAS TAKEN MONTHS AND MONTHS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO SEEK PERMISSION TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY WHAT THEY WISH.

WHEN EVEN EARLIER IN THIS MEETING, THIS COUNCIL ROSE RIGHT THROUGH $3.3 MILLION HANDOUT. FOR INSTANCE, JUST KIND OF RIDICULOUS THAT WE HAVE THIS SITUATION WHERE THE CITY SEEMS VERY EAGER TO GIVE OUT MASSIVE HANDOUTS TO SOME COMPANIES AND PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH YOUR OWN PROPERTY WHAT YOU WISH.

ESPECIALLY IN A CASE WHERE NONE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT TAKING SO MANY MONTHS, AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT'S COME WITH THIS HAS BEEN THE WHOLE PROPOSITION C, FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHERE THEY'LL CUT THE NUMBER OF MEETING TIMES IN HALF WHEN THIS COULD HAVE BEEN GONE THROUGH MUCH QUICKER.

BUT IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH SINCE THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IT'S BEEN SO MANY MONTHS SINCE THIS IS FIRST BROUGHT UP AND JUST HAVING IT WHERE IT TAKES THIS AMOUNT OF TIME FOR A PROPERTY OWNER TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY WHAT THEY WISH IN A WAY THAT NONE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO BE ABLE TO FIX THAT WHERE WE DON'T SEE THESE KIND OF ISSUES AGAIN.

I'M NOT LIKE REALLY UPSET OR ANYTHING, AND I'M HAPPY THAT THIS GOT THROUGH, BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COUNCIL TO LOOK BACK AND REFLECT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS THAT THERE'S THIS SEEMING DOUBLE STANDARD IN THESE SORTS OF CASES WHERE THOSE WHO HAVE CONNECTIONS GET A BREEZE RIGHT THROUGH AND GET MASSIVE HANDOUTS AND THEN OTHERS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH PROCESSES LIKE THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DAWSON. CAN I MAKE A STATEMENT? SURE. SO WHAT MR. DAWSON DOESN'T KNOW IS BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE JACK'S PROPERTY EXACTLY HOW LONG THAT ACTUALLY TOOK, AND THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.

A LOT MORE TIME THAN IT DID TO GET THIS DEAL THROUGH.

SO IT'S, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT GOES ON THAN WHAT'S BEEN SPOKEN, AND SO I JUST THAT NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE ALSO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNTERPOINT.

ANYONE ELSE FROM THE COUNCIL HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT WITH REGARD TO THAT? OK ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO SPEAK WITH REGARD TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYBODY.

OKAY, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN AT THIS TIME, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8036.

REZONING THE WEST 125 FEET OF THE EAST HALF OF BLOCK 267, HOLLINS ADDITION IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND SECTION 156, BLOCK TWO A, B AND M SURVEY POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 403 FOR A NEW OR USED AUTO SALES OUTDOOR LOT IN THE VICINITY OF WICHITA AVENUE AND MIRROR STREET.

SECOND.

BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 8036.

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

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSE SAME SIGN THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

ITEM THREE F IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 8037.

[3.F. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8037 ]

[03:00:07]

BRADY, TAKE IT AWAY. ALL RIGHT, ITEM OR ORDINANCE 8037 IS ITEM THAT CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPEALING THE DECISION BY THE AMARILLO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE VACATION OF A 0.10 ACRE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, AN ALLEY LOCATED IN BLOCK 72 RIDGECREST UNIT NUMBER 14, THE VICINITY OF SOUTHWEST 45TH AVENUE AND TECLA BOULEVARD.

AND THE APPLICANT IS SHEA SHADOW FOR OPPORTUNITY SKY CAPITAL, LLC.

THE VACATION REQUEST CONSIDERED WAS CONSIDERED AND DENIED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THEIR NOVEMBER 7TH MEETING.

THE APPLICANT HAS APPEALED THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION AS A REASON FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE VACATION OF THE JUST MENTIONED ALLEY SEGMENT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT A DRIVE THRU LANE IN THE AREA.

NOW THAT IS A PUBLIC ALLEY.

UTILITY COMPANIES AND CITY DEPARTMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE SOLID WASTE UTILITIES, ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, HAVE REVIEWED THE REQUEST UPON REVIEW OF THE REQUEST AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT A NEW ALLEY SEGMENT WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE SOUTH, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE ALLEY VACATION WILL NOT IMPACT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICES TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA.

ADDITIONALLY, A TRAFFIC COUNT WAS PERFORMED ON CHEROKEE AVENUE AND PRAIRIE DRIVE RIGHT OF WAYS.

THE RESULTING COUNTS WERE SUCH THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER DID NOT EXPRESS CONCERN WITH THE VACATION AND THE SUBSEQUENT REROUTING OF TRAFFIC ON THE PRAIRIE WITH AN AREA OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE BEING BEING RETAINED.

A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT AND THE DEDICATION OF AN ALLEY SEGMENT TO THE SOUTH.

NO FAIR MARKET VALUE PAYMENT IS NEEDED IN THIS INSTANCE.

IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT SHOULD THIS REQUEST BE APPROVED, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE TO CONSIDER THE DEDICATION OF AN ALLEY SEGMENT TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA BEING REQUESTED TO BE ABANDONED.

ALSO OF NOTE IF APPROVED, THE ALLEY WILL REVERT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WILL BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THE TWO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.

NOTICES WERE SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.

AT THIS TIME, FIVE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR AN OPPOSITION AND ONE IN THE FORM OF A GENERAL INQUIRY.

CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THOSE OPPOSED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TENANTS OF TOWNHOMES ALONG PRAIRIE LOSING DIRECT ACCESS TO SOUTHWEST 45TH AVENUE.

TRAFFIC WOULD INCREASE IN THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE ALLEY AND SURROUNDING STREETS, CAUSING TRAFFIC ISSUES.

LOWERING THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE AREA FASTER OF DECLINE OF THE ALLEYS CONDITION.

THE VACATION TAKES AWAY PUBLIC RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS CURRENTLY ENJOY.

VACATION SERVES NO PUBLIC PURPOSE AND ONLY BENEFITS ONE PROPERTY OWNER AT THE DETRIMENT OF OTHERS.

A BELIEF THAT EXISTING CASE LAW COULD HAVE A BEARING ON THE MUNICIPALITY'S ABILITY TO APPROVE SUCH A REQUEST.

TRAFFIC WOULD USE THE SITE WEST OF THE ALLEY SEGMENT TO BE VACATED AS A SHORTCUT TO OTHER RIGHT OF WAYS AND COULD CREATE A SAFETY ISSUE.

CONSIDERING THE ABOVE INFORMATION STAFF WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICES TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

THAT SAID, AFTER CONSIDERING COMMENTS MADE DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S MEETING AND PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS DID NOT BELIEVE THE REQUEST WAS APPROPRIATE AND DID VOTE TO DENY THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED WITH A 5 TO 0 VOTE, WITH ONE MEMBER ABSTAINING.

OKAY, QUESTIONS, COUNCIL FOR BRADY.

UM, YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A FEW FOLKS HERE TO TALK ON OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO DEFINITELY I THINK THERE'LL BE QUESTIONS IN THE DISCUSSION WHEN WE DO THAT.

IF YOU KNEW WHO ABSTAINED AND IF THEY GAVE A REASON AS TO WHY.

SO FRED GRIFFITH WAS THE ONE THAT ABSTAINED AND HE IS PARTNERS WITH A LAWYER THAT IS REPRESENTING ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

SO HE FELT IT WAS BEST TO ABSTAIN FROM DISCUSSION AND VOTING ON THE ITEM.

OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, AT THIS TIME, THEN.

THANK YOU, BRADY. WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM THREE F WITH REGARD TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 8037.

WE DO HAVE CITIZENS WHO HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS, AND SO AT THIS TIME, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS JUST HAND THE MICROPHONE OVER TO OUR MODERATOR AND WE'RE GOING TO GO IN ORDER THROUGH THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, AND THEN AT THE END OF THOSE FOLKS, IF THERE ARE STILL OTHERS PRESENT WHO WANT TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN WE'LL DO THAT.

SO, STEPHANIE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WE WILL START WITH DEAN BOYD AND THEN ON DECK AFTER MR. BOYD WILL BE BARBARA BURNETT.

TO, BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO SPEAK.

SO, MR.

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THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY.

WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THE CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERED HEARING, VOTED NOT TO ALLOW THE VACATION/REMOVAL OF THE CITY'S EASEMENT ON THE ALLEYWAY IN ISSUE. I AM SPEAKING AGAINST THE APPEAL THAT'S BEEN FILED.

I DO BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN THAT PROPERTY, AMARILLO CITIZENS AFFECTED BY THE ISSUE HAVE SHOWN UP TO LET THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL KNOW WE ARE ALL IN OPPOSITION FOR A VARIETY OF GOOD REASONS.

SO I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR. I ASK THAT THE APPEAL PLEASE BE DENIED.

WE'RE DISCUSSING AN ALLEY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE OLD HASTINGS BUILDING AT 45TH AND TECLA RIGHT NEXT TO MY BUILDING, THE OLD LIBRARY.

FOR I TO HAVE REPLACED AND REMOVE THE OLD MAMMOTH HVAC UNITS THIS YEAR, AND I WORRY ABOUT MY PLUMBING THE SAME AS [INAUDIBLE] SORRY, WE CAN'T HELP YOU OUT ON THAT, MR. BOYD. FIRST, WE'VE HAD A TON OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR PARKING LOT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION ON WESTERN AND 45TH, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY DANGEROUS FOR MY PEOPLE.

THERE'S NO EXIT OUT THE BACK.

I'VE MADE IT THAT WAY ON PURPOSE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE JUST USED TO FLYING THROUGH THERE.

SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS YOU OPEN UP THIS NARROW ALLEYWAY AND SHOW EVERYBODY THAT THEY CAN CUT THROUGH.

THEY'RE GOING TO CUT THROUGH FROM 45TH TO PLAINS BECAUSE PEOPLE DRIVING CARS ARE INSANE.

THAT'S WHY MY BUSINESS IS SUCCESSFUL, DRIVERS ARE CRAZY AND YOU GIVE THEM A PATH, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT.

THEY TRY TO GET THROUGH MY PROPERTY AND I SHUT IT DOWN.

THEY STILL TRY TO DO IT.

THEY DRIVE OVER MY CURBS.

THEY TRASH MY YARD.

WHEN YOU, IF THIS VARIANCE IS ALLOWED, MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE TURNING INTO MY PROPERTY THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO GET ACCESS TO THE CHOP CHOP.

SO THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME.

I REALLY DO THINK IT CREATES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE.

ALTHOUGH THE CITY SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH OF A SAFETY ISSUE.

I HAPPEN TO SPECIALIZE IN VEHICLE SAFETY ISSUES, AND WHEN YOU CREATE AN ALLEY THAT NOW TURNS INTO A ROAD THAT'S TOO NARROW, HAS UTILITIES ALL OVER THE PLACE AND YOU WANT TO KNOCK OUT THE CURB AND YOU COME OUT INTO PLANES, THERE'S NO PROPER LIGHTING, THERE'S NO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.

ONE OF TWO THINGS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THE LITTLE KID THAT LIVES IN THE HOUSE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THE CAR IS GOING TO GO CAREENING INTO THEIR HOUSE ON A CRASH.

THEY'RE GOING TO CAREENING INTO MY BUILDING AND MY EMPLOYEES CARS OR INTO THE HOMES OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE COME OVER HERE.

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AND I'M BEING A LITTLE BIT OF A SMART ALECK BUT SAYING WHAT I'M TELLING YOU NOW IS NOTICE TO THE CITY THAT THERE WILL BE A DANGEROUS CONDITION CREATED BY ALLOWING THIS.

I ALSO WONDER WHEN THERE'S MULTIPLE UTILITIES RIGHT THERE THAT THE CITY SAID, NO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL WHEN THIS DRIVEWAY OR THE DRIVE THROUGH IS CUT OFF BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO GET TO MY INTERNET LINE OR THE SEWER THAT RUNS TO MY BUILDING, AND THERE'S MULTIPLE OTHER ISSUES RIGHT THERE.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE ASKING THE CITY TO COMPENSATE THEM FOR CUTTING OFF THEIR BUSINESS? SO KEEP KEEP GOING.

MR. BOYD, IF YOU HAVE OTHER POINTS TO MAKE, JUST SO I REALLY I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WHERE THE CITY IS GOING TO BE PUT AT RISK GOING, HEY, YOU GUYS NEED TO PAY ME FOR THIS INTERRUPTION BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IMAGINE SOME PROJECT THAT TAKES MORE THAN A FEW HOURS, A FEW DAYS, AND THEN YOU GO, WELL, YOU'VE RUINED OUR DRIVE THROUGH.

WE CAN'T GET OUR CUSTOMERS THROUGH.

WE NEED TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THAT.

I JUST ANTICIPATE THINGS LIKE THAT COMING.

SO THE SAFETY ISSUES AND THE UTILITIES ISSUES ARE DEFINITELY A PROBLEM, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME EXTRA TIME.

THOSE ARE MY MAIN POINTS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. BOYD. THANK YOU, MR. BOYD. MS. BURNETT WILL BE NEXT, AND THEN AFTER HER, BARRY WILSON.

MS. BURNETT, IS IT MORE COMFORTABLE TO YOU TO STAY SEATED IN US TO BRING YOU THE MICROPHONE? OK.

YES, I ACTUALLY LIVE THERE, AND I DON'T THINK THE CITY PEOPLE ARE PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO US, AND I DON'T FEEL THAT THE OPPORTUNITY SKY CAPITAL HAS PAID ANY ATTENTION TO US ALL ALONG.

I HAVE HAD TO CALL THE POLICE SO I CAN GET OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE TENANTS HAD A SEMI-TRUCK PARKED THERE AND THE POLICE LET THEM STAY TILL THEY FINISHED UNLOADING, AND I COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE AND ANOTHER TENET OF THEIRS I NEEDED TO GO SOMEPLACE.

I HAD AN APPOINTMENT AND I COULDN'T GET OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, AND I ASKED THEM TO PLEASE MOVE THEIR DELIVERY VAN.

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NOW, I SPOKE TO THE MANAGER AND HE SAID HE WASN'T THERE THAT DAY AND THAT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN AND IT HASN'T, BUT I SEEM ALWAYS TO BE IN CONTENTION WITH THIS STUFF.

I CALLED THIS MORNING.

BECAUSE THEY'RE STACKING PALLETS AGAINST THE BUILDING IN THE ALLEY, AND ON THE EAST END, WHICH LOOKS PRETTY BAD, AND THE BUILDING THAT THEY WANT. TO PUT THE LOT THAT THEY WANT TO PUT THE ALLEY IN THE NEW ALLEY IF THEY VACATE THE OLD ONE, THE BUILDING, IF THEY HAVEN'T MAINTAINED IT, SOME OF THE SHEETING ON THE OUTSIDE HAS BEEN LYING AGAINST THE BUILDING, SEVERAL PIECES OF IT FOR MONTHS. THERE'S BEEN ALSO FOR MONTHS, SOMEBODY HAS DUMPED SOME TILES OR SOMETHING THERE, AND THEY'RE STILL LAYING THERE , AND THAT JUST ATTRACTS MORE PROBLEMS. NOW WE HAVE SPRINGS AND MATTRESS THERE, SOME OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T THEY DON'T TAKE CARE OF THINGS, AND WE DON'T NEED MORE PROBLEMS. ALSO, THE ALLEY THAT THEY THEY WISH TO GET ANOTHER ALLEY AND THEY THINK THE PROPERTY IS EQUAL.

WELL, THE CURB CUT DOESN'T MATCH UP WITH WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE IT.

THERE IS A GUY WIRE THAT'S DAMAGED MORE THAN ONE CAR THAT, THERE'S SKYLIGHTS ON BOTH SIDES, BUT THE ONE BY THE FENCE IS PROBABLY NOT AN ISSUE BECAUSE YOU SEE THE FENCE AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT , BUT THE OTHER ONE, CARS HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN CAUGHT UP ON IT.

IT'S NOT LIGHTED AND IT IS DANGEROUS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A QUIET, PEACEFUL, ENJOYMENT OF MY PROPERTY.

PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO WANT TO USE THE NEW ALLEY.

THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO DOWN THE LONG ALLEY RIGHT BEHIND ALL OUR PROPERTIES.

I'M TRYING TO ENJOY THEM.

SO I'M VERY MUCH AGAINST THIS, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION LISTENED TO US, AND I HOPE YOU DO, TOO.

MS. BURNETT BEFORE YOU LEAVE, YOU LIVE AT 4406 PRAIRIE.

YES, I DO. STEPHANIE, DO WE HAVE CAN WE PUT BRADY'S MAP OF THE AREA UP THERE? I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE COUNCIL TO KNOW.

THEY HAD IT LAST TIME.

THERE WE GO.

YOUR PROPERTY FACES NORTH MS. BURNETT? ITSELF FACES SOUTH OK.

ONTO PRAIRIE AND THEN I HAVE A SMALL YARD.

AND THEN THERE'S THE GARAGE.

SO YOU'RE UP ON THE OK NOW? I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU.

SO I'M IN THE BACKYARD AND ALL THAT TRAFFIC IS GOING BY.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT WORSE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH. NEXT, MR. WILSON. AND ON DECK AFTER MR. WILSON WILL BE TOM [INAUDIBLE].

DID I GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME? [INAUDIBLE] JUST TO NOTE, MS. BURNETT OWNS THREE OF THE SIX TOWNHOUSES.

BARNETT OWNS THREE.

MS. BARNETT OWNS THREE OK.

AND MY NAME IS BARRY WILSON.

HER BUSINESS PARTNER [INAUDIBLE].

WE OWN TWO. OUR SITUATION IS WE THINK THEY'VE CUT THE BUILDING BACK WHERE THE CHOP SHOP IS GOING TO GO, WHICH MAKES IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE TRAFFIC GO TO THE EAST, DOWN OUR ALLEY.

IT'S A SINGLE ALLEY.

ONE CAR CAN GET DOWN.

THERE'S GOING TO BE TRAFFIC. OUR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME IN.

SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO BACK UP.

THEY'RE GOING TO BACK UP OVER THE DUMPSTERS, THE GAS METERS, DEAN BOYD'S FENCE, WHATEVER IT TAKES.

OUR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BACK OUT ONTO CHEROKEE AVENUE, WHICH IS HIGHLY, HIGHLY TRAFFICKED.

THERE'S BEEN, IN THE LAST YEAR, THREE ACCIDENTS AT THE CORNER OF PRAIRIE AND CHEROKEE.

WE HAVE A NO PARKING SIGN THAT'S BEEN PLOWED DOWN BY A DRUNK DRIVER IN FRONT OF ONE OF OUR TOWNHOUSES THAT'S JUST LAYING ON THE GROUND. THEY HAVEN'T PUT IT UP.

IT'S BEEN KNOCKED DOWN TWICE, I THINK, IN THE THREE YEARS THAT WE'VE OWNED IT.

BUT OUR SITUATION IS THE ALLEY.

IT'S GOING TO CREATE A CONGESTION, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A DELIVERY TRUCK OR ANYTHING FOR THOSE OTHER BUSINESSES.

WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? THEY'RE GOING TO CUT DOWN AND SEE THAT.

THEN THEY'RE GOING TO START BACKING UP AND IT'S GOING TO HIT THE THE GUIDE WIRES, DUMPSTERS.

WE'VE HAD A SITUATION WHERE ONE OF OUR TENANTS KNOCKED OVER THE GAS METER.

IT COST US $500 TO GET IT BACK IN TO ORDER WITH TWO DAYS OF THE GAS BEING CUT OFF TO OUR UNITS.

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SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND I HOPE IT'S NOT US.

AND THAT'S. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. HMM.

THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I HAVE TO ADD, BUT MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS TOM [INAUDIBLE] I'M A 50% OWNER IN A SMALL LLC BASED HERE IN AMARILLO, TEXAS. I, ALONG WITH MY BUSINESS PARTNER, BARRY WILSON, WHOM WE JUST MET, ESTABLISHED OUR COMPANY IN 2014, AND OUR GOAL WAS ALWAYS TO PROVIDE CLEAN, REASONABLY PRICED AND SAFE RENTAL HOUSING FOR PEOPLE IN AMARILLO, TEXAS.

TODAY, OUR COMPANY OWNED SIX PROPERTIES, NEARLY ALL OF WHICH WERE REHABBED AND HAVE BEEN MORE THAN ADEQUATELY MAINTAINED BY MY PARTNER, PREVENTING THEM FROM EVER BECOMING A NUISANCE TO THE CITY, OR CERTAINLY HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE WHO OCCUPIES ONE OF OUR RESIDENCES.

TWO PROPERTIES WE OWN ARE LOCATED AT 4402 AND 4404 PRAIRIE IN THE RIDGECREST AREA AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHEROKEE OR TECKLA AND PRAIRIE.

OUR GOAL OF PROVIDING SAFE HOUSING IS NOW AT RISK DUE TO A REQUEST THAT LAST MONTH WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS DENIED.

IT IS ON APPEAL WITH A NEW ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, BEFORE YOU STANDS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE CITY TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT'S MISSION, WHICH BEGINS WITH THE PHRASE TO PROVIDE SAFE AND EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.

IF PASSED, THIS ORDINANCE CONTRADICTS THOSE VERY WORDS.

AT ISSUE IS THE DESIRE TO VACATE AN ALLEY ON THE WEST SIDE OF A BUILDING AT 45TH AND TECKLA TO BUILD A DRIVE THRU WINDOW FOR A FAST FOOD TENANT.

THE RESULT OF THAT WOULD BE TO REROUTE TRAFFIC DOWN THE NARROW ALLEY BEHIND THE PROPERTY THAT OUR RESIDENTS SHARE IN ORDER TO ACCESS THEIR GARAGES.

MY PARTNER AND I HAVE PROVIDED PICTURES SHOWING YOU, I'M KIND OF A VISUAL LEARNER, MY MOTHER WOULD SAY A SLOW LEARNER, TO PROVIDE YOU JUST A VISUAL OF HOW TRAFFIC DIVERTED DOWN THAT ALLEY WILL CONTINUE WITH ONCOMING CARS, LIKELY THOSE OF OUR RESIDENTS TRYING TO SAFELY ACCESS THEIR HOMES.

WHEN ROUTED THROUGH THE ALLEY NOT ONLY WILL THIS SCENARIO BE A DANGER TO RESIDENTS OCCUPYING THESE ADJACENT HOMES, IT DEVALUES OUR PROPERTIES AND BRINGS WITH IT A HOST OF OTHER HAZARDS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THAT DRIVERS ARE GOING TO ENCOUNTER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO POWER LINE, GUIDELINES, DUMPSTERS AND GAS METERS.

ALL OF WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE PRESENT IN THAT ALLEY.

ALLOWING TRAFFIC TO ROUTE THROUGH THE ALLEY CREATES A SITUATION THAT WHERE IT IS IF NOT [INAUDIBLE] SORRY IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF BUT WHEN AN ACCIDENT OCCURS EITHER IN THE ALLEYWAY OR AS A RESULT OF SOMEONE BACKING ONTO THE HEAVILY TRAFFICKED STREET.

THERE'S NO ROOM FOR TWO CARS TO PASS SAFELY IN THE ALLEY.

THE COUNCIL CAN AVOID THAT FROM HAPPENING BY DENYING THIS REQUEST.

IN DOING SO, YOU'LL MAINTAIN A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND PATRONS BY NOT KNOWINGLY RISKING INJURY TO PEOPLE, THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT PROPERTY WILL BE DAMAGED AND THAT YOU WILL ENSURE PROPERTY VALUES WILL NOT BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.

MY PARTNER AND I ARE NOT ABOUT STANDING IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS OR BUSINESS.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE ARE ABOUT IS RESPONSIBLE AND SAFE DEVELOPMENT.

IS THIS DRIVE THROUGH THERE EVEN NECESSARY? COVID TAUGHT US DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE BELIEVE IT'S A SIMPLE COMMON SENSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND ACTUALLY DRIVE DOWN THE ALLEYS.

APPROVING THIS REQUEST IS AT BEST PROBLEMATIC AND AT WORST DANGEROUS FOR ALL CONCERNED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE].

NEXT IS KERRY MCCLAIN.

AND AFTER MR. MCCLAIN, ON DECK IS GARLAND SILL.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I REPRESENT DB AND HB LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNER NEIGHBORING THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND ISSUE HERE TO THE WEST.

IF THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPROVES THIS VACATION, MY CLIENT WOULD STAND TO BENEFIT IN THEORY FROM THIS BECAUSE IT WOULD RECEIVE TEN FOOT OF THAT ALLEY.

BUT MY CLIENT DOESN'T WANT THIS BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT HERE.

ULTIMATELY, WHEN A COUNCIL CONSIDERS THESE TYPE OF ISSUES, THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE CONSIDERING THE PUBLIC NEED AND THE SAFETY AND CONCERNS.

THEY THE STREETS AND ALLEYS ARE HELD IN TRUST FOR THE USE OF A PUBLIC.

SO THE PROPOSED VACATION OF THE ALLEY MUST HAVE A PUBLIC PERSON PURPOSE.

WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING THESE TYPE OF ISSUES.

THERE'S NOT MUCH CASE LAW ON THESE TYPE OF DEALS.

BUT I DID FIND AN ODD CASE OUT OF SAN ANTONIO THAT SEEMS TO KIND OF HIT ON THESE ISSUES.

THE IN THAT CASE, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE PROPERTY OWNER TO BLOCK AN ALLEY WITH GATES AND TO STORE BUILDING MATERIAL IN THAT ALLEY, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT, IN EFFECT

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THE COURT POINTED OUT THAT APART FROM WIDTH ALLEYS ARE THE SAME AS STREETS AND SET ASIDE THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION FAVORING THE PROPERTY OWNER.

IN SO DOING, THE COURT [INAUDIBLE] THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT HAVE TO EXPECT THEIR TRUSTEES TO BECOME AIDERS AND ABETTORS OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND EXCLUDING THEM FROM AND DEPRIVING THEM OF THE USE OF THEIR STREETS.

RATHER, THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK TO THE COUNCIL FOR PROTECTION FROM SUCH THINGS.

AND THAT'S OUR CONCERN HERE, IS IS THE PUBLIC ISSUES THAT EVERYBODY ELSE THAT LIVES OUT THERE TALKS ABOUT.

WELL, YOU'RE FORCING THIS COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ONTO A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND THE CONCERNS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN THERE.

I ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO AS I WAS COMING OUT ON PRAIRIE.

SOMEONE WAS GOING THE WRONG WAY DOWN THAT LITTLE TURN.

YOU GUYS KNOW THAT AREA OUT THERE WAS GOING THE WRONG WAY DOWN THERE.

I HAD TO WAIT FOR THEM TO CLEAR THAT PASS BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO ENTER.

THAT'S THE WAY IT IS NOW.

IF THIS IS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF EXTRA CONGESTION AND PROBLEMS THAT'LL HAPPEN.

WHEN I TALKED TO ONE OF THE ENGINEERS FOR THE PROPONENT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, HE SAID WHEN I ASKED IF IF THEY DON'T GET THE FULL 20 FOOT, WHAT HAPPENS? AND HE SAID IT KILLS THE DEAL.

I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY'RE CONTINUING TO PURSUE IT, BUT I THINK THE CONCERN IS THAT JUST HAVING A NARROW STRIP, A CHUTE IS A PROBLEM FOR THIS.

AND IF YOU GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT, YOU'LL SEE IT'S NOT REALLY CONDUCIVE FOR A DRIVE THROUGH.

AS THE PRIOR SPEAKER JUST MENTIONED.

WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH, BUT THESE USE THE DRIVE THROUGH.

WE JUST ANTICIPATE PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY GOING ON TO PRAIRIE, BUT ALSO IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL LIKE THEY WANT TO BE AND THIS BECOMES A CHICK-FIL-A OR A HUDS, WE HAVE TRAFFIC GOING OUT INTO 45TH RIGHT AFTER A CURVE.

THERE COULD VERY WELL BE PROBLEMS ON 45TH.

WE HAVEN'T HAD PROBLEMS IN THE PAST.

THE WAY IT'S BEEN STRUCTURED, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE CHANGE IT.

SO WE WOULD ASK THE COURT TO AGREE WITH THE PARK COMMISSION AND DENY THIS REQUEST.

MR. MCLAIN THE LAWYER IN ME IS JUST CURIOUS.

WHAT'S WHAT YEAR WAS THAT CASE FROM? IT'S OLD, IT'S LIKE 1900, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY, THANK YOU. IT IS OLD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS MR. SILL. AND THE LAST ONE WE HAD SIGNED UP IS BRAD WORTHINGTON ON DECK.

MAYOR COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE SAYS VACATE THE ALLEY AND ABANDONED ALLEY IS NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE OR INJURIOUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY OR GENERAL WELFARE.

WELL, WHEN I CAME DOWN HERE, I CAME FROM THE WEST.

I DROVE DOWN 45TH.

NOW I'M GOING TO PULL IN THERE AND SEE JUST HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.

AS I SLOWED DOWN SIGNAL ON.

YOU KNOW, I WASN'T POKING ALONG OR ANYTHING.

I WAS DRIVING NORMALLY, TURN IN THAT DRIVEWAY.

WELL, I NEARLY GOT RUN OVER A CAR, STARTED HONKING AT ME.

YOU KNOW, GET OUT OF THE ROAD BECAUSE I SLOWED DOWN.

THAT CURVE.

YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THAT CURVE IS.

AND THEN COMING OUT OF A PRAIRIE GOING WEST IS JUST A REAL NIGHTMARE, BECAUSE, AS MR. MCLAIN SAID, PEOPLE COME IN THE WRONG WAY.

THERE'S AN ENTRY THERE FROM A FROM A YIELD WITH A YIELD SIGN.

AND ANOTHER ONE HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY TO GO IN THERE.

AND YOU HAD THAT MUCH MORE TRAFFIC ON PRAIRIE AS A RESULT OF THE PEOPLE LEAVING THIS CHOP SHOP FACILITY.

AND IT'S A GREAT, GREAT CONCEPT, AN IDEA.

BUT WHEN THEY GO DOWN A TEN FOOT STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN A BUILDING AND A FENCE OR WHATEVER ELSE IS THERE THAT FUNNELS EVERYTHING INTO A REAL NARROW SPOT.

AND I THINK THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LOOKED AT THIS THEY DENIED THE APPLICATION AND IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES, THE WAY 45TH IS AND THE WAY PRAIRIE IS AND, AND BEING A RESIDENTIAL, PRIMARILY A RESIDENTIAL STREET, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT WE CHANGE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN WORKING FOR 70 YEARS OR HOWEVER LONG IT'S BEEN THERE, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT TO BENEFIT ONE INDIVIDUAL AS OPPOSED TO THE DETRIMENT THAT IT WOULD CAUSE TO THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR THE COMMISSION TO REALLY ANALYZE THAT AND LOOK AND SEE WHETHER YOU REALLY DO THINK IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD.

IT PROBABLY IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE TRAFFIC FLOWS AND THE CRAZY WAY PEOPLE DRIVE NOWADAYS.

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MR. SILL. I'VE LOOKED UP TO YOU FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU I'M GOING TO ASK YOUR OPINION ON SOMETHING, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE OFTEN LOOKING FOR IS A WAY TO FIND MIDDLE GROUND.

DO YOU SEE A MIDDLE GROUND SOLUTION HERE? WELL, OF COURSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

MAYBE IT WOULD BE A BETTER IDEA, BUT I DON'T I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW A DRIVE THROUGH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT BUILDING REALLY WORKS. NOW I AGREE.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE CITY NEEDS TO GET ALONG BECAUSE I'M HERE SOME OF THE TIME ASKING FOR THE OTHER SIDE, TOO.

SO IT IS A HARD THING TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT I THINK IT IS A REALLY A SAFETY ISSUE LIKE THESE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS COMMENTED ON AND STUFF IS THERE PEOPLE ARE BACKING OUT.

PRAIRIE IS GOING TO INCREASE TRAFFIC.

IT HAS TO HOPEFULLY IF THIS WAS GRANTED AND THESE PEOPLE ARE REAL SUCCESSFUL, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC OUT IN THE PRAIRIE.

AND SO AS A RESULT, I THINK WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL DEAL AND HOPEFULLY WHAT MR. BOYD SAID WOULD NOT HAPPEN, THAT SOME KID GET RUN OVER BECAUSE OF CAR WRECK OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S THERE.

AND I RUN THAT RISK AT THIS POINT TO FACILITATE ONE INDIVIDUAL OR A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS ON THAT DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU. MR. SILL.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

NEXT IS MR. MR. WORTHINGTON, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT.

YOUR HONOR, COUNCIL, I FEEL A LITTLE OUTNUMBERED HERE.

I'M AN ATTORNEY FOR CMS PROPERTIES, AN AFFILIATE OF OPPORTUNITY SKY WE'RE A REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

WE TYPICALLY I GUESS OUR EXPERTISE IS SORT OF TAKING BUILDINGS WHICH ARE REALLY NOT GENERATING A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY, SOMEWHAT DISTRESSED, TURNING THOSE AROUND.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING HERE.

THIS OLD HASTINGS BUILDING WAS VACANT FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME.

WE'VE BROUGHT A FAMILY DOLLAR IN THERE.

WE'VE ALSO BROUGHT [INAUDIBLE] FURNISHINGS IN THERE.

THE CHOP SHOP CONCEPT WAS ALSO COMING IN THERE.

TODAY RESTAURANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHAT THEY TELL ME IS THEY NEED A DRIVE THRU OR PICKUP WINDOW.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO HERE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

MY CLIENT ALSO OWNS THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH, ALSO ABUTTING MR. BOYD'S THE TRIANGLE PIECE THERE, WHICH I GUESS IS COMING UP ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM TOO.

THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THERE.

WE CAN DEDICATE SO MUCH WIDTH AS WE NEED TO OVER THERE.

SO I'M QUESTIONING WHAT WHAT THE SAFETY.

CONCEPT IS COMING OUT ON PRAIRIE.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE COULD, WITH SIGNAGE AND OTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES, MAKE THIS PLACE SAFE.

MAKE THE ALLEY SAFE.

ALSO, IT'S ALSO VERY EASY TO TROT OUT A PARADE OF HORRIBLES.

THIS IS BAD. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THAT'S BAD IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT NOBODY REALLY KNOWS.

MY CLIENT STANDS HERE READY TO COOPERATE WITH ANYONE.

AND I THINK WE HAVE REACHED OUT ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS THROUGH THE ENGINEERING FIRM OJD, TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH SOME ISSUES WITH BOTH CITY ENGINEERING AND ALSO WITH THE FOLKS THAT DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS ORDINANCE PASSED.

WE STAND READY TO DO THAT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH WHOEVER WE NEED TO, TO TRY TO DEVELOP THIS AREA.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.

MR. WORTHINGTON IS YOUR CLIENT WILLING TO IMPROVE THE WAY THEY'RE STORING THINGS, OR AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR LEASES SAY WITH YOUR CURRENT TENANTS, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MEETING LOCAL CODE ENFORCEMENT LIKE THE PALLETS THAT ARE ON THE OUT STACKED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

I MEAN THAT THAT IS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN WORK ON? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S CLEARLY IN OUR LEASES.

TENANTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL CODES, LOCAL PERMITS, LOCAL EVERYTHING.

SOMETIMES THAT STUFF HAPPENS AND WE DON'T SEE IT.

WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

SO IT'S HELPFUL IF WE GET A CALL TO THE PROPERTY MANAGER OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT SO WE CAN SEND SOMEBODY UP HERE AND TRY TO DEAL WITH THE TENANT AND WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES.

AND I GUESS I'M SAYING, ARE YOU WILLING TO BE PROACTIVE BEFORE YOU EVEN GET A CALL FROM THE NEIGHBORS? I MEAN, WHY SHOULD IT FALL TO YOUR NEIGHBORS TO HAVE TO CALL YOU? ARE YOU WILLING TO BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING SURE THAT YOUR TENANTS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LEASE THAT YOU ARE PROFITING FROM WITH THEM?

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WE HAVE MAINTENANCE GUYS ON SITE.

THEY ALSO CHECK TO SEE, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE AND THAT KIND OF THING TO THE EXTENT THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT CERTAINLY PALLETS IN ALLEYS IS SOMETHING WE WOULDN'T TOLERATE.

YEAH. SAME THING WITH REGARD TO DELIVERY TRUCKS THAT ARE BLOCKING THE ACCESS TO IF THEY CAN'T BACK OUT OF THEIR GARAGE, THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.

IT IS INTERESTING HOW THAT THOSE GARAGES BACK ONTO THAT ALLEY THERE.

I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN THAT IN ANY OTHER LOCATION THAT WE HAVE.

THOSE DELIVERY TRUCKS SHOULDN'T BE THERE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.

I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE FAMILY DOLLAR DELIVERY TRUCKS.

RIGHT. OKAY.

SO. OKAY, SO AGAIN, SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD BE PROACTIVE IN COMMUNICATING TO YOUR TENANT.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS FAMILY DOLLARS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH WHICH I'M SENSITIVE JUST WATCHING MS. BURNETT COME TO THE PODIUM.

SHE SHE CAN'T CHASE THEM DOWN, YOU KNOW.

AND SO ABSOLUTELY A CONVERSATION FROM CORPORATE WITH REGARD TO HOW THOSE TENANTS ARE BEING THOUGHTFUL AND CONSIDERATE OF THOSE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE ALLEY.

I THINK IF YOU WERE PROACTIVE IN THAT AND I HEAR YOU SAYING WE'RE WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO DO THAT.

AM I? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM.

OKAY. OKAY AGAIN, AND MAYBE EVEN JUST BEFORE YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY.

I DROVE BY THERE THIS MORNING.

BUSY, BUSY WITH THESE FOLKS.

MAYBE IF THEY COULD GET A PHONE NUMBER THAT THEY KNEW WHO THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO CALL, WE MIGHT COULD NARROW THAT CHAIN OF COMMUNICATION.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

ANYTHING ELSE? QUESTIONS FOR MR. WORTHINGTON. OH, I'M SORRY, MS. BURNETT. I WAS ASKING THE COUNSEL.

I'M SORRY, COUNCIL ANYTHING ELSE? YES. YES, MR. STANLEY? YEAH. IF YOU'RE OKAY.

I'M LOOKING AT THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THIS, BUT HOPEFULLY SOMEONE IN THE ROOM WOULD.

I'M CURIOUS ON YOUR BUILDING WHERE CHOP SHOP IS PROPOSED TO GO, IS THAT BUILDING BUILT ON THE PROPERTY LINE OR HOW MUCH ROOM DO WE HAVE UNTIL WE GET TO THE PROPERTY LINE? IT IS RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY TO ALLOW SPACE FOR THIS.

I MEAN, ONE OTHER OPTION, FRANKLY, IS TO TAKE OFF, I DON'T KNOW, 20 FEET OF THAT BUILDING, PUT A DRIVE THROUGH RIGHT THERE.

[INAUDIBLE] THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY TO SORT OF ACCOMMODATE THAT SITUATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ECONOMICALLY VIABLE.

I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT.

I HAVE NO IDEA. WHAT IS THE WIDTH BETWEEN WHAT IS WHAT IS HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN YELLOW AND YOUR OTHER BUILDING WHICH SAYS [INAUDIBLE] JEWELER ON THAT.

SO YOU OWN THE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH AND DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW MANY FEET WE HAVE FROM THE EDGE OF THAT BUILDING TO THE PROPERTY LINE.

I DO NOT. I'D HAVE TO GET OJD TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

IT APPEARS ON OUR DRAWING, WHERE THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED IS IN OUR PRESENTATION THAT THERE WOULD BE IF YOU SCALED IT, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AT LEAST TEN FEET.

AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE GOT GUIDE WIRES AND OTHER ISSUES THERE.

I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW FROM THE OPPOSING SIDE IF THAT WOULD APPEASE SOMEWHAT OF YOUR CONCERNS ON THE THE DRIVE AND THE TRAFFIC FLOW IF THEY WERE TO EXIT ONTO THEIR OWN PROPERTY SO THAT IF IT WAS JUST THE ALLEY TO BE VACATED, NOT THE OTHER ALLEY TO BE DEDICATED, THEN WE ALLOW A DRIVE THROUGH IN AN ALLEY WHICH IN MY OPINION WOULD ACTUALLY HELP CONTROL TRAFFIC BECAUSE NOW IT'S A DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

YOU CAN DO SPEED BUMPS AND SOME OTHER THINGS THROUGH THERE, SIGNAGE, SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP SOMEBODY FROM CUTTING OFF OF PRAIRIE AND WHIPPING UP THERE TO GET BACK ON TO 45TH. I ALSO AGREE WITH MR. SILL ON THE APPROACH HERE THAT YOU WERE TURNING INTO THAT WOULD TAKE YOU STRAIGHT INTO THAT.

AND DR. SAUER, I WON'T STEAL HIS GOOD IDEA, BUT HE HAS AN IDEA ON ON SOMETHING THERE THAT COULD COULD HELP FACILITATE TRAFFIC FLOW THERE THAT I THINK WOULD IMPROVE SAFETY.

BUT TO MY POINT HERE, DOES ANYBODY WOULD ANYBODY HAVE A MR. BOYD, WOULD YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IF THEY EXITED ONTO THEIR OWN PROPERTY CLOSER TO THEIR THEIR BUILDING THERE TO THE SOUTH?

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SO IT'S ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE.

PICK UP YOUR FOOD AND EXIT SOUTH.

I'M SORRY.

LIKE SO MANY OTHER ROADS IN AMARILLO, WHEN IT RAINS, IT REALLY FLOODS.

I SPEND SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE LAST YEAR TO RAISE UP MY GATE MOTOR BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY FLOODING AND KILLING THE MOTOR.

SO WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IS WHEN IF YOU TAKE OUT THAT CURVE TO ALLOW A STRAIGHT SHOT OUT OF THERE, THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL ISSUES I DIDN'T WANT.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU, I'M NOT I WOULDN'T ALLOW THE STRAIGHT SHOT OUT OF THERE.

I WOULD I WOULD REQUIRE OR P AND Z WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO GO OVER TO THEIR PROPERTY AND POTENTIALLY CURB FENCE, DEDICATE, HOWEVER, STRIPING WHATEVER OUR MARKING WOULD NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO CONTROL TRAFFIC FLOW THAT WAY.

IT WOULD HELP, BUT I WILL SAY BECAUSE I DRIVE OUT ON THE PRAIRIE EVERY NIGHT WHEN I LEAVE MY OFFICE, MAN, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE DRIVING LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL, DOWN PRAIRIES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

YOU SEE THE CUT OFF FROM 40 SAYS RUNNING OVER TO WESTERN.

AND EVERYONE IN OUR MOTHER IS EITHER CUTTING FROM WESTERN GOING THROUGH OR VICE VERSA.

AND SO ANY MORE COMMERCIAL FEET OUT THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE PROBLEM.

I MEAN, HONESTLY, I'M PRETTY CAREFUL AND I ALMOST CAN'T GET ON MY OWN PROPERTY EVERY NIGHT.

SO IF YOU HAVE A CONSTANT FLOW OF TRAFFIC COMING OUT, I JUST DON'T SEE IT.

AND I KNOW THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.

I PREDICT THERE WILL BE VERY BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO THEIR PROPERTY OR MY PROPERTY, NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT, IT'S JUST NOT SET UP FOR.

SO THAT'S, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE STUFF PEOPLE HAVE DONE ON MY PROPERTY.

I PUT UP BOULDERS AND PLACES, THEY DRIVE OVER THEM AND IT'S NUTS.

SO IF YOU ENCOURAGE THAT MORE, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO MAKE A MIDDLE GROUND.

I MEAN, THINGS ARE [INAUDIBLE] ALL DAY LONG AND I WOULD LOVE TO COME UP, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW IT WORKS HERE.

YOU DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE RESTAURANT, CORRECT, SIR? NO, I DON'T CARE. I MEAN, THAT'S FINE.

JUST THE JUST THE DRIVE THRU ASPECT.

OKAY, MR. BOYD, WHERE'S YOUR PROPERTY FLOODING OR WHERE DOES THAT GATE MOTOR THAT YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEM WITH? I CAN SEE THE GATE IS RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S THE GUY RIGHT THERE.

IT'S REALLY WORSE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

I MEAN, IS BAD.

I'LL JUST TELL YOU, IF I'M A HOMEOWNER THERE, I'M NERVOUS EVERY TIME IT FLOODS.

BUT ON MINE, IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THAT SPOT.

BUT ACTUALLY, I GOT TWO MOTORS.

SO AS YOU GO FURTHER DOWN TOWARDS THE TRIANGULAR END OF MY BUILDING, THERE'S ANOTHER SPOT THAT FLOODS THERE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO WITHOUT PUTTING IN THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE.

SO. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. STANLEY, MORE QUESTIONS.

I'D LIKE TO COVER THE COUNCIL AND THEN LET'S SEE WHERE THAT GOES.

THANK YOU. I AM A LITTLE INTRIGUED WITH WHAT DR.

SAUER MENTIONED TO ME EARLIER, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IF YOU STILL THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

AND. SO I THINK IT'S VALID.

SO ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I HAVE WITH IT IS LIKE MR. SILL. I DROVE IT SUNDAY MORNING ON THE WAY TO CHURCH AND I PULL INTO THE PARKING LOT AND THERE'S A IF THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AN ALLEY, THAT REALLY SURPRISES ME BECAUSE THERE'S A SIGN THERE AND ALMOST SIDESWIPE THE SIGN WITH MY CAR AS YOU PULL IN OFF OF 45TH INTO THERE.

THE FIRST THING THAT I AND WAS IF I WAS MR. BOYD, I WOULD HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME WITH TRAFFIC BACKING UP RIGHT THERE.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT IF I WAS GOING TO CONSIDER THIS IS IF THEY'RE VACATING THE ALLEY, I WANT THEM TO CUT THE ENTRANCE OUT AND I WANT IT TO BE CURVED SO THEY CAN'T ENTER UNTIL THERE'S ANOTHER ENTRANCE INTO THAT PARKING LOT, WHICH IN ESSENCE, THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES, IS IT MAKES THIS JUST A BIG PARKING LOT RIGHT.

IF YOU VACATE THAT ALLEY.

AND SO I WOULD CUT THE THE ENTRYWAY AND TURN THAT INTO CURB.

AND THAT WAY THEY HAVE TO ENTER IN GO UP JUST A LITTLE BIT RIGHT THERE.

THEY'D HAVE TO ENTER IN THERE.

AND THEREFORE. NOW THEN YOU TAKE AWAY THE DANGEROUS TRAFFIC FLOW THAT YOU COULD HAVE ON 45TH, BECAUSE I THINK WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT THERE, I THINK YOU HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE YOU DO WITH CHICK FIL A ON COLTER.

WOULD THAT BE A NEW CUT? SORRY.

THERE'S AN EXISTING CUT, RIGHT? IT'S AN EXISTING CUT.

I WANT THE I WOULD TAKE THE EXISTING CUT OUT AND I'D GO BACK TO CURB.

THE ONE TO THE WEST OUT AND THEN.

YES. AND THEN YOU STILL GOT THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.

AND SO NOW THEN YOUR FLOW OF TRAFFIC, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE ROOM FOR TRAFFIC TO FLOW INTO THAT.

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THANK YOU. SO, MR. WORTHINGTON, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE CURB CUT IDEA? LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. MR. CITY MANAGER, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WHO DRIVES THAT TRAFFIC? WELL, THAT WOULD IN THIS CONTEXT, IT WOULD BE DRIVEN BY TRAFFIC, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT'S DISCUSSED WITH COMBINATION OF TRAFFIC PLANNING AND THE APPLICANT.

CHRIS, I'VE ALREADY HAS SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT, SO I DID NOT GIVE A FULLY COMPLETE ANSWER.

CHRIS. EXCUSE ME.

DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. CHRIS VALVERDE.

CHRIS. ROBERT. YES. I MEAN, JARED IS RIGHT.

IF THIS WERE SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WOULD BE WILLING TO EXPLORE FURTHER, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT A SITE PLAN AND GET ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND PUT ON THIS AS WELL.

AND THAT WOULD BE FIRE.

MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CUTTING OFF ANY FIRE LANES, TRAFFIC.

MAKE SURE ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND MINIMUMS ARE ADHERED TO AND DRAINAGE AS WELL.

SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF YOU'RE VACATING AN ALLEY, THEN IT'S NO LONGER A FIRE LANE, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. TYPICALLY, ALLEYS ARE NOT USED AS FIRE LANES.

THE FIRE LANES ARE ON THE PARKING LOT.

SO THAT CURB CUT THAT IS THERE NOW, THE FAR WEST WON'T IF THAT GOES AWAY, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN ENTRANCE.

I'M NOT AWARE OF THE SITE LAYOUT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD LOOK AT, DEFINITELY AT YOUR DIRECTION.

MR. WORTHINGTON, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION TO JUST BEFORE, AND I KNOW THERE ARE PROBABLY STILL OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANT TO SPEAK, AND WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WERE YOU PRESENT AT THE P AND Z MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT? I WAS NOT. I MISSED THAT.

WE HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THIS HEAVILY CONTESTED OF A SITUATION.

NORMALLY, IN OUR EXPERIENCE, WHEN THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING GROUP AND THE CITY PLANNING PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOR OF DOING SOMETHING, WE TEND TO SEE IT PASSED.

SO WE WERE SURPRISED THAT P AND Z DIDN'T DIDN'T PASS.

SO. IS IT RIGHT THEN THAT P AND Z ONLY HEARD THE PEOPLE AGAINST THE PLAN? THEY THERE WAS NO ONE THERE TO SPEAK FOR THE PLAN.

I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF CHOP CHOP WAS THERE OR NOT THE RESTAURANT OPERATOR, BUT THEY'RE THE TENANT.

YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY THE APPLICANT.

WE ARE THE APPLICANT. THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY'VE BEEN DRIVING, CARRYING THE WATER WITH RESPECT TO THE PERMIT AND THE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THAT BURDEN GETS PUSHED OFF TO THEM UNDER THE TERMS OF OUR LEASE. SO. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MCCLAIN.

OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. WORTHINGTON, ANYTHING ELSE? NO. OKAY. GREAT.

WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO BE COOPERATIVE, SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO GET THIS DEAL DONE, WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYBODY, ANYTIME.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

OK CITY SECRETARY, IS THAT AT THE END OF YOUR LIST THEN, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DIDN'T MISS ANYBODY ON THERE.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS MATTER AT THIS TIME? MR. TERRY. THANK YOU, MS..

BURNETT, BUT. MY NAME IS DAVID TERRY AND I AM A PARTNER AND CFO FOR CHOP CHOP RICE COMPANY.

AND WE'RE THE PROSPECTIVE TENANT NOW AT THE 4301 45TH STREET LOCATION.

AND ON BEHALF OF CHOP CHOP RICE COMPANY AND OUR TEAM, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE DUE PROCESS TODAY AND HEARING OUR REQUEST FOR THE APPEAL OF THE P AND Z'S DENIAL OF THE VACATION OF THE ALLEYWAY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT CHOP CHOP, AND I'M OBVIOUSLY FOR THIS PROJECT.

I THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA THAT WAS JUST SUGGESTED IN MAINTAINING TRAFFIC FLOW OFF OF 45TH.

SO WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT.

BUT CHOP CHOP STARTED IN AMARILLO IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004.

WE NOW HAVE FIVE LOCATIONS, THREE IN LUBBOCK, TWO IN AMARILLO, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

[03:45:02]

GROWING UP HERE AND RAISING OUR FAMILIES HERE.

THIS IS A LOCATION, OUR THIRD LOCATION IN AMARILLO, THAT'S OVER THREE MILES AWAY FROM CURRENT EXISTING LOCATIONS.

WE FEEL LIKE IT'S AN UNDERSERVED AREA OF LOCAL OWNERSHIP FOR RESTAURANTS.

IT'S ALSO AN AREA WHERE MY BUSINESS PARTNER, DAVID SMITH, GREW UP.

HE KNOWS THIS AREA WELL.

OUR PARTNER, JOHN MARMADUKE, HAD THE HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT STORE.

WE KNOW THIS LOCATION.

WE FEEL LIKE THAT IT'LL BE A GREAT LOCATION TO GROW OUR CONCEPT.

TO SPEAK TO WHO WE ARE AS OWNERS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.

WE'RE LOCAL OWNERS.

WE'RE IN THE STORES EVERY DAY.

WE HAVE A PROVEN STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE OPERATING IN AMARILLO.

WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING WITH OUR LANDLORDS THAT REFLECTS A RECORD OF CLEANLINESS, TENANT COOPERATION.

WE'RE CERTAINLY ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS PROJECT GO FORWARD.

AND THAT BRINGS ME TO KIND OF THE ACTIONS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND IN THE P AND Z MEETING, WE WERE CERTAINLY FOR THE PROCESS, BUT THERE WAS NEVER AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT ANYTHING THAT WAS GIVEN IN OPPOSITION.

AND SO WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE WERE GIVEN THAT PROCESS IN THAT MEETING TO REBUT ANYTHING.

THE COUNCIL OR THE THE COMMISSION WENT DIRECTLY TO VOTE, AND THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION.

PRIOR TO THAT, THOUGH, BACK IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE SUBMITTED PLANS, WE WERE GIVEN UPON THAT WAS IN FEBRUARY 15.

OKAY, MR. TERRY. KEEP GOING.

OK THE REVISION, WE WERE ASKED TO SUBMIT REVISIONS ACCORDING TO PERMITTING, FOR A DRIVE THRU.

THEY WANTED TO SEE AN EIGHT CAR STACKING LANE.

WE PROVIDED THAT.

AND ON FEBRUARY 28TH, OUR CONTRACTOR WAS GIVEN AN EMAIL THAT SAID THE REVISION LOOKS FINE TO ME.

I HAVE NO MORE COMMENTS.

AND TO A RESTAURANT OWNER, THAT MEANS IN SUPPLY CHAIN WRITTEN COVID THAT WE NEED TO START ORDERING THINGS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO PERMIT AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE.

SO AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, WE SPENT ABOUT $60,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BECAUSE OF THAT, A MONTH LATER, THEY COME BACK AND SAID, DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS WAS IN AN ALLEYWAY? AND THAT STARTED ANOTHER SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS TO WHICH MY BUSINESS PARTNER, DAVID SMITH, IN THE SUMMER SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANT A VARIANCE.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO DENY OUR PERMIT, WE NEED A VARIANCE.

HE MET WITH ALL OF THE PERMITTING AGENCIES.

THEY DENIED THE VARIANCE, AT WHICH TIME ON AUGUST 15TH, WE CALLED A MEETING OF ALL OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND THE MAYOR OF THE CITY MANAGER, AND YOU CAME UP WITH A PLAN.

AND IT WAS THIS PLAN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT P AND Z THAT WE FELT LIKE WAS A VERY WORKABLE PLAN TO VACATE THE ALLEY AND DEDICATE THE ADDITIONAL ALLEY.

AFTER THAT MEETING AND PRIOR TO THE P AND Z MEETING.

I THINK THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN REVIEWED A LOT, MAYBE MORE THAN ANY OTHER RESTAURANT OR NEW BUSINESS.

SO IT WAS REVIEWED BACK IN THE SPRING.

THEN AFTER THE P AND Z OR BEFORE THE P AND Z MEETING, IT WAS REVIEWED AGAIN.

SO WE'VE REVIEWED TRAFFIC, WE'VE REVIEWED ALL THE UTILITIES.

THE CITY SAYS THIS WILL WORK.

P&Z TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF SUBJECTIVE SPECULATION IN THAT MEETING AND DENIED THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY.

SO AND EVEN IN THAT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO THAT.

SO TO DRAG OUT THE PROJECT, THERE WAS NO QUORUM.

IN OUR FIRST HEARING WITH P AND Z.

THEY HAD TO RESCHEDULE THE MEETING.

THEY DENIED THE THE VACATION.

AND SO TODAY WE ARE CERTAINLY IN AGREEMENT WITH OUR LANDLORD FOR THE APPEAL OF THE P AND Z COMMISSION'S RULING.

AND WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER THE VACATION AND THE DEDICATION OF THE ALLEYWAY.

QUESTIONS FOR MR. TERRY, COUNCIL.

WHAT'S YOUR COMMENT ON DR.

SAUER'S IDEA? WE THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

[03:50:02]

THERE'LL BE SPEED BUMPS.

WE THINK THAT THAT DOING THIS DRIVE THROUGH ACTUALLY MAKES IT A LOT SAFER FOR ALL UTILITIES, EVERYTHING GOING THROUGH.

AND I HAD ANOTHER POINT ABOUT THE UTILITY ISSUE.

THAT'S OUR RISK OF PUTTING A DRIVE THRU ON THIS BUILDING IN AN ALLEYWAY.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S PRECEDENT IN THE CITY FOR PUTTING DRIVE THRUS IN ALLEYWAYS OWNED BY THE COMMON OWNER.

WE THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR TRAFFIC, BUT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE, I THINK AGAIN, IT'S OUR RISK TO PUT A DRIVE THROUGH THERE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THAT'S OUR RISK AS BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT SPACE.

OKAY. SO I GOT A QUESTION.

AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.

WAS THERE EVER WHEN IT WAS HASTINGS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE WAS A DRIVE THROUGH.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND HOW WAS IT FOR THE COFFEE SHOP? IT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHEROKEE.

YEAH, IT'S RIGHT THERE. OKAY.

SO IS THERE, SO THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A WAY TO PROTECT THAT ALLEY.

SO IS THERE A WAY TO PROTECT THESE TENANTS, THE OWNERS OF THESE HOMES BEHIND THAT BUILDING? IS THERE A WAY ARE THERE WAYS TO PROTECT THAT ALLEYWAY? SO, I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH DOLLAR GENERAL AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE OTHER STORES CAUSING THEM PROBLEMS. BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU CAN HELP GUARANTEE THAT YOUR TRAFFIC WILL NOT TURN, THINK THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AN EXIT AND GO OVER TO CHEROKEE? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD. MR. WORTHINGTON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT OR IS THERE A WAY TO PROTECT THAT? WELL, YOU CAN. I MEAN, THE THING THAT I WANT TO NOTE IS THAT OUR DRIVE THROUGH AND WHAT IS IN THE THE ORDINANCE NOW IS THAT THAT TRAFFIC WOULD FLOW SOUTH.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT THE SMALL 20 FOOT ALLEY THAT THEY'RE.

DRIVEWAYS EXIT TOWARD.

YOU CAN HAVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND SIGNAGE THAT WILL REQUIRE DRIVE THRU EXIT TO GO TO THE SOUTH AND PROHIBIT TURNS TO THE LEFT TO GO OUT TOWARDS CHEROKEE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD YOU WOULD NEED TO DO.

I MEAN AS THE AS THE APPLICANT ON LEFT TURN.

WELL AND YOU CAN ALSO DO OTHER TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MARKINGS ON THE GROUND.

PHYSICAL THINGS ON THE GROUND.

I THINK IT WOULD BE MANAGED, IN OUR COLTER LOCATION.

WE'VE HAD TO THERE'S MARKINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE TRAFFIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE DRIVE THRU AT THAT LOCATION AS WELL, MARKING LANES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO. I THINK WE WOULD BE OPEN TO.

SO AT YOUR COLTER LOCATION IS THAT IN THE ALLEY.

IT IT IS ON THERE IS AN ALLEY RIGHT NEXT TO THE SPACE SO IT'S NOT IN AN ALLEY.

IT IS ACTUALLY ON THE, THE PROPERTY BUT THE DRIVE THROUGH, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SPACE, IT COMES RIGHT OFF OF COLTER ON A VERY BUSY STREET AND HAS WE'VE MADE THAT WORK EXCEEDINGLY WELL.

SO IF I'M GOING SOUTH I'M MAKING A RIGHT INTO IN MY TURNING INTO THE ALLEY OFF OF COLTER.

YOU'RE NOT KNOW IF I'M GOING IF I'M GOING SOUTH.

CORRECT. YOU'RE NOT TURNING INTO THE ALLEY.

YOU'RE TURNING INTO, INTO THE PROPERTY.

OKAY. SO OKAY, THERE'S A CURB SEPARATING THE THE SHOPPING CENTER PARKING AREA, WHICH THE DRIVE THRU USES FROM THE ALLEY. THE ALLEY? OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT.

MR. STANLEY.

CAN YOU TELL US ROUGHLY WHAT YOUR EXPECTATION IS ON YOUR SALES PER DAY THROUGH THAT DRIVE THRU? HOW MUCH TRAFFIC WOULD YOU EXPECT? ON 45TH? YES. JUST AT THIS LOCATION.

WHAT'S YOUR EXPECTED DRIVE THRU TRAFFIC? RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT A CHICK FIL A, AS SOME HAVE ALLUDED TO, OR A HUD THAT'S NOT A FAST FOOD DRIVE THRU. RIGHT NOW ABOUT 25% OF OUR TRAFFIC, 20% OF OUR TRAFFIC GOES THROUGH OUR DRIVE THRU.

SO HELP US ON A CAR COUNT.

MR. TERRY LIKE WHAT DO YOU DO AT WOLFLAND AND WHAT DO YOU DO AT COLTER? THE CAR COUNT A NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS A DAY.

[03:55:06]

BUT IT'S NOT ALL AT ONCE.

I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

ON ANY GIVEN DAY, 600 TO $800 IN SALES PER DAY THROUGH THE DRIVE THRU LANE.

WHICH. OKAY, SO LET ME I'LL BREAK THIS DOWN.

SO 600 TO $800 PER DAY.

$15 TICKET AVERAGE.

SO RUN THE MATH ON $25 IS 32.

YEAH. SO 40 CARS FOR CARS.

OKAY. AND THEN, LIKE, I'M NOT NECESSARILY ASKING, BUT I DEFINITELY ALLOW, LIKE, OUR WELCOME.

IF MR. BOYD TELLS ME HOW MANY PEOPLE HE HAS IN AND OUT OF HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS ON A ON AN AVERAGE DAY IS 20 OR SO.

MR. BOYD.

I THINK WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS I'M JUST I'M LOOKING AT THE RISK THAT YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING UP IN THE WAY OF EXITING TRAFFIC FROM A DRIVE THROUGH ON TO PRAIRIE.

AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU IF YOU COULD NOT MINIMIZE IT BUT ELIMINATE IT, YOU KNOW, JUST SAY THAT'S A DANGEROUS THOROUGHFARE.

PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TOO FAST.

WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO. THEN I CAN GO WITH THAT LIKE, HEY, IT'S DANGEROUS.

WE'VE GOT TO STOP ALL TRAFFIC GOING THIS WAY.

BUT IF WE SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW IT, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO ALLOW TOO MUCH OF IT.

THAT'S WHERE I STRUGGLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE ALLOWING BUSINESSES, JOHNSTON'S JEWELERS HERE COULD EASILY BE SOMETHING ELSE.

I HAVE NO WAY OF CONTROLLING, NOR DOES TRAFFIC NECESSARILY WANT TO CONTROL HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON AND OFF OF THESE PREMISES.

AND SO THE WHOLE BASIS OF THE ARGUMENT FOR ME HERE IS, IS WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING, MR. TERRY, IS AN INCREASE IN VOLUME FOR A PATHWAY THAT'S ALREADY ALLOWED TO BE TRAVELED.

AND DUE TO THIS THIS NEW BUSINESS THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THIS PATHWAY OF TRAVEL BEYOND SAFE, THEN THEN WE SHOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO I'M LOOKING AT THAT AND I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M ELIMINATING POTENTIALLY ANOTHER ISSUE FROM A QUICK RIGHT TURN UP ON 45TH.

IF I HAD HIM CLOSE THAT CURB CUT AND I WOULD ALSO PREVENT THE CHICK FIL A ISSUE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, EVIDENT AT 45TH AND COLTER, WHERE PEOPLE ARE PARKED IN THE MIDDLE OF COLTER WAITING TO GET INTO CHICK FIL A HUDS IS ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE.

AT 45TH IN THE MORNING, BREAKFAST BURRITO TIMES PRETTY POPULAR OVER THERE.

SO YOU'RE PARKED ON BELL STREET.

AND SO WE COULD WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT DR.

SAUER SAID, WE COULD CONTROL TRAFFIC.

I'M I'M ALSO A PRETTY GOOD PROPONENT OF DIRECTIONAL TRAFFIC.

I THINK THIS BECOMES MORE OF A BIG PARKING LOT THAN IT DOES AN ALLEYWAY.

AND ULTIMATELY, IT MIGHT BE SAFER AS A PARKING LOT THAN IT ACTUALLY IS AS AN ALLEYWAY.

AND TAKING YOUR GUYS CONSIDER YOUR ISSUES IN CONSIDERATION.

I THINK YOU HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM WITH YOUR LANDLORD NOT MAINTAINING THAT, YOU KNOW, HIS CLIENTS OR HIS TENANTS ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY BEHIND YOUR SPACE IN THEIR DELIVERIES.

AND SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE WHAT IS BEFORE ME HERE TODAY DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH YOU GUYS DOWN YOUR PRIVATE ALLEY RUNNING EAST AND WEST.

IT HAS MOSTLY TO DO WITH JOSTEN'S JEWELERS THERE, AND THAT'S AN EMPTY BUILDING.

AND THE ULTIMATE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC SAFETY.

IF WE WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING NEGLIGENT IN ALLOWING A BUSINESS TO COME THERE AND UTILIZE THEIR PROPERTY IN THE WAY IN WHICH THEY WANT TO, WHICH I'M IN FAVOR OF, LET THE BUSINESS OWNER DECIDE HOW HE WANTS TO USE HIS OWN PROPERTY AND LET MY STAFF UTILIZE THEIR WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE TO MAINTAIN SAFETY.

AND I FEEL LIKE THE STAFF DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF WHAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CRITICAL OF IS THAT THEY JUST FIND PROBLEMS AND NOT SOLUTIONS. AS A CONTRACTOR, THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE.

IT'S ALWAYS THE CITY THAT'S IN MY WAY.

IT'S NEVER THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

THIS IS THE ONE TIME WHERE I SAT DOWN AND THEY FOUND SOLUTIONS.

THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT I'M ADVOCATING FOR THEM TO DO, AND I FEEL LIKE THEY FOUND PRETTY GOOD SOLUTIONS.

WE WOULD AGREE. I'M DONE.

MR. TERRY, HAVE YOU SIGNED A LEASE WITH YOUR LANDLORD ALREADY? WE ARE.

WE WERE UNDER LEASE.

AND THEN WHEN THIS PROJECT CEASED OR WE DID NOT GET THE PERMIT, WE'RE.

WE'RE GOING BACK UNDER THE LEASE ONCE THE PERMIT IS ESTABLISHED.

SO WE'VE WAITED UNTIL THIS PROCESS TO SIGN ANOTHER LEASE.

DID YOU TELL US WHAT KIND OF CAPITAL OUTLAY YOU'VE MADE ON THAT EQUIPMENT THAT YOU ORDERED RIGHT NOW?

[04:00:06]

AND THAT'S A HOOD DOORS FOR THE PROJECT.

OUR DRIVE THRU WINDOW, THE WALK IN COOLER SIGN DEPOSIT.

AND DRAWINGS FOR THE PLANS.

AND IF YOU DON'T DO THIS PROJECT AT THIS LOCATION, WHAT'S YOUR PLAN? WE'VE GOT OPPORTUNITIES IN ABILENE AND OTHER PLACES.

AND AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

WE'VE WAITED FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REAL ESTATE IN AMARILLO TO GROW HERE.

WE LOVE DOING BUSINESS HERE.

IT'S DONE GREAT FOR OUR CONCEPT.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING ELSEWHERE.

ADDING TO YOUR QUESTION? WELL, NO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT.

SO I WENT BACK.

AND WHAT IS THIS CALLED? THE TRANSMITTAL. SO I'M BACK LOOKING AT THE TRANSMITTAL, AND THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT KIND OF POPPED OUT OF ME ON THE TRANSMITTAL.

NUMBER ONE, WHEN THEY HAD SO THEY HAD SOLID WASTE UTILITIES, ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.

TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AND THE ONES THAT REALLY KIND OF POPPED OUT AT ME WERE, NUMBER ONE, SOLID WASTE.

SHIFTING THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION ROUTE SOUTHWARD TO PRAIRIE COULD AVOID UNSAFE TRAFFIC CONFLICTS ON SOUTHWEST 45TH AVENUE BECAUSE BY BY THE WAY, SOLID WASTE RUNS THEIR BUSINESS.

THEY CANNOT EXIT LEFT IF THEY COME IF THEY'RE COMING HEADED WEST DOWN THAT ALLEY, THEY CANNOT TURN LEFT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT AN ALLEY.

THEY HAVE TO TURN RIGHT, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO THEN PULL OUT ONTO 45TH OR IF THEY'RE COMING.

EAST. THEN THEY HAVE TO CUT INTO 40 ONTO THAT PARKING LOT AND THEN GO TURN AND GO AND HEAD EAST DOWN THAT ALLEY.

WHEREAS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS IT WOULD MAKE IT MUCH SAFER FOR THE DRIVERS OF THOSE TRUCKS.

IF THEY COME DOWN THAT ALLEY THEY EXIT ON AND THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR TURN ONTO PRAIRIE.

PRAIRIE IS A MUCH SAFER PLACE FOR THEIR TRUCKS.

SO THAT WAS WHAT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY EYE.

THE OTHER ONE WAS ESPECIALLY WAS IN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.

TRAFFIC ENGINEER DID NOT EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS WITH ALLOWING THE VACATION AND SUBSEQUENT REROUTING THE TRAFFIC SOUTH UNDER PRAIRIE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE GUYS DO FOR A LIVING.

I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING TRAFFIC COUNTS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE THEY BELIEVE THAT IT DOES NOT REROUTING TRAFFIC DOES NOT CAUSE A PROBLEM.

SO I WOULD IF WE CAN GET THE OTHER LITTLE THINGS WORKED OUT, I WOULD BE I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THE GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE DRIVE IN.

IF WE COULD TAKE OUT THAT CURB CUT OR TAKE OUT THAT THAT ENTRYWAY CUT, IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE, AND THEN WHATEVER THAT THEY'VE GOT TO DO, WHATEVER THAT THEY'VE GOT TO DO SIGNAGE AND WHAT OTHERWISE, SO THAT YOUR PATRONS THAT COME THROUGH THAT DRIVE THRU, THAT THEY DO NOT TURN LEFT AND GO DOWN THAT PRIVATE ALLEYWAY FOR.

ABSOLUTELY. WHAT DID YOU SAY WHEN HE WAS TALKING? I JUST SAID, I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD SOLUTIONS AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE SIGNAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ADHERED TO.

I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PRUDENT OWNERSHIP OF A BUSINESS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. TERRY? OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. TERRY.

THANK YOU ALL. ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? AND THEN MS..

BARNETT. COME AHEAD, MR. MCCLAIN. OKAY.

I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE BEING BANDIED ABOUT BETWEEN THE COUNCIL.

ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS SIGNS DON'T MEAN A WHOLE LOT.

I LIVE IN GREENWAYS.

I GO OUT ON THE HILLSIDE EVERY DAY.

THAT PARKING LOT INTO WHEREVER THE PIZZA PLACE IS, TOWN CLUB AREA.

THERE ARE SIGNS TELLING PEOPLE THEY CAN'T TURN THIS WAY.

THERE ARE SIGNS TELLING PEOPLE WHICH WAY THEY'VE GOT TO TURN COMING OUT OF THAT BUSINESS.

NO ONE DOES THAT.

PEOPLE IGNORE.

THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

AND THAT'S WHAT MR. BOYD WAS SAYING EARLIER, IS PEOPLE DRIVE HOW THEY WANT TO.

SO IF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CAN FIGURE OUT WAYS TO KEEP IT SAFE, THAT'S GREAT.

BUT FROM WHAT I SEE EVERY DAY WHEN I DRIVE IT, SIGNS IN AND OF ITSELF AREN'T ENOUGH.

THEY NEED TO DO MORE BARRIERS OR THINGS LIKE THAT TO REALLY MAKE IT A SAFER PLACE.

THANK YOU, MR. MCCLAIN.

MS.. BURNETT. AND THEN MR. MARMADUKE. OK AGREED.

[04:05:11]

IT'S BEEN THREE OR FOUR MONTHS THAT BUILDING.

THEY ALSO OWN THE CITING HAS FALLEN OFF THE BACK.

IT'S BEEN. THERE FOR THAT LONG.

SO IS A PILE OF OLD TILE THAT SOMEBODY DUMPED THERE.

THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING IT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CHOP CHOP THERE.

I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAD A DRIVE THRU AT THE EAST END AND.

I THOUGHT THEY PUT IT THERE.

THEY DIDN'T.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY.

MS. BURNETT, WHEN DID YOU PURCHASE YOUR TOWNHOME OR YOUR.

SEVERAL. YOU HAVE THREE THERE? IS THAT RIGHT? 2004.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE SHOPPING CENTER WAS BUILT? IT WAS HASTINGS.

AND IT WAS THERE WHEN I CAME THERE.

THE ONLY ISSUE WE EVER HAD.

IS THEY HAVE THEIR DELIVERY DURING THE EAST END AND SOMETHING BEFORE THEY GOT SOME YOUNG PERSON THERE WHO DECIDED THAT IT WAS OKAY FOR THE FREIGHT TRUCKS TO BLOCK THE ALLEY. THEY PARKED ON THE STREET TO BLOCK THE ALLEY AND.

WE HAD TO PARK THEM IN ONE TIME SO THAT THEY CALLED THE POLICE INSTEAD OF US, AND THE POLICE TOLD THEM THEY CAN'T DO THAT.

BUT THERE'S BEEN NO RESPECT.

OK THAT BUILDING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.

THANK YOU. MR. MARMADUKE. WELL, I WAS A TENANT IN THAT BUILDING FOR 20 YEARS, AND THERE WASN'T A TRAFFIC ISSUE OF TRAFFIC GOING AND USING THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE IT WAS A VIABLE OPERATING BUSINESS.

AND I THINK ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS ITS HISTORY, AND THAT IS IT WAS VACANT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, PEOPLE HAVE STARTED USING IT AS A SHORTCUT.

AND THAT THAT WILL GO AWAY ONCE WE PUT IN THE PROPER TRAFFIC.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN SPEED BUMPS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SIGNAGE, PLUS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ACTIVITY.

ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO LIMIT THE TRAFFIC CUTTING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT.

SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY AN OLD ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MARMADUKE. THE CITY SECRETARY HAS JUST PUT UP A LITTLE SKETCH OF SOMETHING THAT CITY MANAGER IS NOODLING ON IN HIS BRAIN. THAT WOULD POSSIBLY BE SOME SORT OF EITHER CONCRETE OR SOME SORT OF CURBING THAT WOULD CONTROL A LEFT TURN ACCESS OUT OF THE DRIVE THROUGH.

MR. TERRY, MR. WORTHINGTON, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS? MM HMM. MR. MCCLAIN.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

COUNCIL, ANY COMMENTS OR ANYBODY ELSE YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM.

AND SO I'LL GIVE EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE ONE MORE TIME.

SO I'VE GOT A QUESTION. SO WHAT IS THE DISTANCE FROM THE BUILDING TO MR. BOYD'S FENCE? ? IS THE REMAINING 16 FEET ENOUGH FOR A DRIVE THROUGH? AND THAT AND ACTUALLY THAT FURTHER THAT FURTHER CONTROLS TRAFFIC DOWN, THAT IT BECOMES BASICALLY ONLY ONE WAY.

WOULD OK. OKAY.

THAT REALLY ANSWERS A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PUBLIC HEARING WISE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS MATTER? CHARGE MY IPAD.

OK HEARING NO ONE ELSE.

[04:10:03]

MAYOR, I WOULD MOVE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THIS.

I WOULD. EDDIE, BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT MOTION, DO YOU, COUNCIL, DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM STAFF EITHER FROM BRADY OR CHRIS OR SOMEBODY? SURE. ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ARE POSSIBLE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO THAT. SORRY THAT I OPEN THE DOOR ON THE MOTION.

ASK YOU A QUESTION REAL QUICK.

YES, SIR. SO.

IF WE VACATE THAT ALLEY AND MR. BOYD MOVES HIS FENCE TEN FEET.

NOW, THEN YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A PROBLEM WITH YOUR CURB CUT.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

BECAUSE IN ESSENCE, THAT WILL COME OVER TEN FEET FOUR.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE THAT UP, CORRECT? IT WOULD NOT MEET A MINIMUM WIDTH FOR A ENTRANCE.

CORRECT. AND HENCE, THAT'S WHY WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT A SITE PLAN TO MAKE SURE ALL THESE MOVING PARTS ARE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER. WHAT'S TIME FRAME ON STUFF LIKE THAT? WE COULD AGAIN, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE GET A SITE PLAN IN, WE COULD TURN THAT AROUND IN A FEW THREE DAYS A WEEK.

MAX JUST CURIOUS WHAT OUR TIME, WHAT THE TIMETABLE WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THEM.

AND IN YOUR OPINION, DO WE HAVE A DANGEROUS ISSUE EXITING ON THE PRAIRIE? IN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S OPINION, I DID NOT SEE ANY CONCERN WITH THAT.

AND AGAIN, THAT WAS HE DID THE TRAFFIC COUNTS AND PRAIRIE AVERAGED 131 AN HOUR.

CHEROKEE 122 AN HOUR.

SO BASED OFF OF THOSE TRAFFIC COUNTS, HE DID NOT SEE ANY ISSUES WITH DIRECTING TRAFFIC SOUTH.

OKAY. SPEED CONTROL ANY ISSUE USING SPEED BUMPS OR TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES SUCH AS SPEED BUMPS ARE GREAT.

WE TYPICALLY DON'T SEE THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE TYPICALLY INSTALLED BY PRIVATE PARTIES.

BUT AGAIN, IF IT IS VACATED, IT WILL BE PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THAT COULD ADD OR OFFER SOME TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AS WELL.

YEAH. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? ANYTHING ELSE? CHRIS BRADY.

NO, I WOULD JUST SAY A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE THE LATEST GRAPHIC THAT MR. MILLER PUT TOGETHER, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW WE WOULD NEED A NEW MEETS AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION FOR DEDICATION OF ALLEY RIGHT AWAY.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THERE.

SO THE THE DESCRIPTION WE HAVE NOW IS JUST FOR THE NORTH SOUTH TO AND CHRIS TO TO MY TO THE QUESTION OF OF WHAT IS THE PROCESS GOING TO NEED TO BE IF WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER APPROVING IT WITH SOME CAVEATS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WHAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TODAY GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AND ALSO HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INGRESS MANAGEMENT THAT DR.

SAUER PROPOSED AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ALLEY TRAFFIC TO PREVENT DRIVE THROUGH TRAFFIC GOING EAST TOWARDS CHEROKEE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THE PROCESS NEED TO BE IF COUNCIL WANTED TO LOOK AT DOING THAT AND WAS OPEN TO APPROVING THE THE VACATION, MY OPINION IS THAT THEY COULD MAKE IT CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN THAT MET MINIMUM STANDARDS SO THEY COULD APPROVE NOW AND MAKE IT CONTINGENT UPON.

OKAY. SO THAT WOULDN'T STOP THE PROCESS NOW.

YES. OKAY. THAT'S MY OPINION, ANDREW, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

YEAH. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT JUST BECAUSE BY TAKING ACTION TODAY, YOU BASICALLY ELIMINATE THEIR SITE PLAN, WORKING LIKE YOU SAY, BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE TEN FEET FOR THAT DRIVEWAY. THAT'S NO LONGER ALL AN ALLEY.

SO THAT FIRST WOULD REQUIRE IT.

AS FAR AS THAT SKETCH GOES, JUST THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF COST INVOLVED IN THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A POWER POLE WHERE THE NEW RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE DEDICATED TO CREATE THAT CURVE.

SO THAT'S JUST ONE OPTION.

BUT THERE ARE FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THAT.

IF YOU BLOCK OFF AND MAKE A BASICALLY TURN BOTH INTO ONE WAY ALLEYS, THERE ARE FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS THERE THAT MIGHT COME UP.

AND THEN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT CAME FIRST, THE HASTINGS WAS BUILT IN 72 AND THE TOWNHOMES IN 78, JUST AS FAR AS SEQUENCING.

OKAY. AND WE CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE OLD HASTINGS BUILDINGS THERE, THEIR PROJECT ENGINEERS AND DESIGN TEAM, AND START WORKING ON IT IF YOU SHOULD DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE.

[04:15:02]

MAYOR, I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8037, APPEALING THE DECISION BY THE EMERALD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE VACATION OF A 0.10 ACRE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ALLEY LOCATED BETWEEN LOT 3-A AND LOT 3-B BLOCK 72 RE PLAT OF LOT THREE, BLOCK 72 RIDGECREST UNIT 14 AND ADDITIONS TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN SECTION SEVEN, BLOCK NINE B.

S AND F SURVEY.

RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHWEST 45TH AVENUE AND TECLA BOULEVARD, CONTINGENT UPON A SITE PLAN THAT MEETS MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SAUER, TO APPROVE THE PROJECT CONTINGENT ON THE SITE PLAN BEING AMENDED AND THE NEW SITE PLAN MEETING ALL THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOTION COUNCIL.

HEARING ON ALL OF THOSE.

HOWARD, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I GUESS IS THE SLIGHTLY REWORKED? CORRECT? IT HAS TO BE.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSE.

SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HERE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING FORWARD.

AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.

DUE PROCESS IS IMPORTANT.

IT MEANS THAT EVERY VOICE GETS HEARD AND IT MEANS THAT WE FOLLOW A PROCESS.

IT SLOWS THINGS DOWN.

I'M VERY SORRY BECAUSE GOING SLOWLY COSTS PEOPLE MONEY, SO I'M SORRY FOR THAT.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR CONCERNS HEARD.

AND I HOPE WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING A COMPROMISE OF SORTS THAT CONSIDERS YOUR NEEDS ALONG WITH THE BUSINESSES NEEDS.

AND THAT'S THE MIDDLE GROUND THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

BUT I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU INVESTING YOUR TIME, A BIG CHUNK OF TIME TO BE HERE TODAY.

SO, MR. CITY MANAGER, IF WE COULD TALK THROUGH WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING FORWARD SO THAT EVERYONE'S HERE, EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.

WELL, AND CHRIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO FACT CHECK ME, BUT AS THE NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE GETTING A SITE PLAN THAT'S GOING TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THE COUNCIL JUST LAID OUT IN THAT CONTINGENT APPROVAL OR CONDITIONAL APPROVAL.

SO CHRIS TELL US WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.

YEAH, BASICALLY, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE DESIGN FIRM FOR THE PROSPECTIVE TENANT AND RELAY WHAT WAS DECIDED HERE TODAY.

AND THEN WE WILL GET ALL DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW THAT.

AND ONCE WE DO HAVE A APPROVABLE SITE PLAN, WE WILL LET CITY SECRETARY AND JARED MILLER KNOW THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT SECOND READING. AND THEN THAT IS WHAT SIGNIFIES THE APPROVAL OF THE VACATION.

AND JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE COUNCIL, CORRECT ME, I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE WHAT WE HEARD AS IMPORTANT.

ELIMINATING THE CURB CUT OFF OF 45TH, IT CREATES THAT HARD, SHARP RIGHT TURN, SOME SORT OF TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT DISCOURAGES THE LEFT HAND TURN.

TO THAT EXISTING ALLEY AND ANY OTHER SPEED OR TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES MAKING THAT NARROW PASSAGEWAY FROM 45TH TO PRAIRIE. SAFE INCREASING SAFETY THERE.

DID I MISS ANYTHING COUNCIL? NO, MA'AM.

FREE TO OTHER THAN MR. BOYD MOVING HIS FENCE TEN FEET.

YEAH. AND I GUESS, MR. BOYD, THAT'S 100% UP TO YOU AS A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.

DON'T HAVE TO, BUT THAT'S TO YOU.

AND I'LL HAVE TO TELL YOU, IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH DRAINAGE, THEN.

YOU, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT STEP THERE.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A HAVE TO.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

YEAH. YEAH.

AND I, WE HEARD YOU.

AND THAT THAT IS A CONCERN.

IT WOULD JUST BE A SECOND READING ON IT. SECOND, BE A SECOND READING.

BE A SECOND READING.

[04:20:01]

AND WE CAN REACH OUT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET ONCE AGAIN, ONCE WE KNOW THE SITE PLAN IS READY TO BE CONSIDERED AND APPROVED, WHEN THAT SECOND READING WILL GO AND WE'LL BRING THE SITE PLAN BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT AS WELL BEFORE WE ACTUALLY APPROVE THE SITE PLAN.

YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK. THE COUNCIL WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE DON'T HAVE TO, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY WILL THAT WAY.

SO HOW LONG IS HOW LONG IS THAT GOING TO TAKE? BECAUSE NOW IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING JANUARY.

YEAH, WE HOPE TO HAVE IT READY BY JANUARY 9TH.

AGAIN, WE'LL WE'LL TOMORROW I'LL REACH OUT TO OJD AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED TODAY AND WE'LL START WORKING ON IT.

BUT THAT'S SO IT COULDN'T BE ANY SOONER THAN THAT.

COULD NOT. NO, NO. THE SECOND READING COULD POTENTIALLY BE ON JANUARY 9TH.

OKAY. IF THE SITE PLAN IS READY.

BUT IF NOT, WE CAN PUSH IT TO THE NEXT.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO AVOID IS THE PUSHING PART.

SO WE WILL WORK VERY DILIGENTLY WITH OJD TO TRY TO GET THAT WRAPPED UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO IN THIS CASE, WOULD YOU PULL THAT OFF A NON CONCERN? WE SURE CAN, IF YOU WANT TO JUST SAY.

RIGHT. I THINK WE OUGHT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE CROSSED ALL THE T'S AND DOTTED ALL THE I'S WE WILL MAKE BETWEEN THE CITY SECRETARY AND MYSELF.

WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS ITEM IS ON NON CONSENT, EVEN THOUGH MOST ORDINANCES WITH THE UNANIMOUS FIRST READING ARE OUR OWN CONSENT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS ON NON CONSENT. MS. BURNETT DID YOU HAVE A FINAL COMMENT OR QUESTION? YEAH. SO THEY YEAH.

YEAH. THEY HAVE TO COME IN OFF THE ALLEY TO CATCH THE DRIVER'S SIDE.

YEAH. THIS WAS GREAT BRITAIN.

PERFECT. WHAT YOU SAID THIS WAS GREAT ONE.

OH. OKAY.

ANY OTHER FINAL THOUGHTS FROM COUNCIL AGAIN, THIS IS A HARD ISSUE, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH IT TOGETHER.

AND I KNOW NOT ANYBODY IS LEAVING HERE TODAY FULLY SATISFIED.

BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE PROCESS.

YES, MR. SMITH, I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S ATTITUDE AND RESPECTFUL PRESENTING THEIR OPINION.

ONE THING CONCERNED ME ABOUT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

I GOT THE IMPRESSION I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S BRING THIS UP, BUT I AM ANYWAY THAT MAYBE THEY ONE SIDE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO COMMENT.

OKAY. OKAY. SURE.

SO THE WAY THAT THE MEDIUM PROCEEDED WAS THE CASE WAS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND THEN THE CHAIRMAN GAVE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FIRST. NO ONE SPOKE WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEN HE GAVE THE OPPOSITION THE CHANCE TO SPEAK, WHICH THEY SPOKE, AND THEN IT WENT TO THE VOTE.

[04:25:01]

OK. OK.

THANK YOU, BRADY. NO PROBLEM.

HOWARD, ANY FOLLOW UP ON THAT? JUST STATING WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, BUT MAYBE I WAS OFF.

OKAY. OKAY.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE G, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR A LAND DEDICATION.

[3.G. CONSIDER APPROVAL - LAND DEDICATION]

HI, MAYOR. THIS ITEM IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ITEM WE JUST FINISHED TALKING ABOUT THIS, THE DEDICATION OF THE ALLEY TO THE NORTH.

SO. BRADY SURE, YEAH.

SO THIS IS THE DEDICATION FOR THE NEW ALLEY SEGMENT TO AVOID CREATING A DEAD END ALLEY.

AND ESSENTIALLY THIS WOULD CREATE A SOUTHBOUND ALLEY SEGMENT AT THE PRAIRIE, AND WITH THE ALLEY VACATION BEING CONTINGENTLY APPROVED.

STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PROPOSED LAYOUT AND DIMENSIONS OF THE ALLEY AND BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM UPON APPROVAL OF THE SECOND READING OF THE ALLEY VACATION.

SO YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM CONTINGENT UPON COMPLETION OF THE OTHER ITEM? THAT'S CORRECT. QUESTIONS FOR BRADY COUNCIL.

CHRIS, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES.

AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO STATE, YOU KNOW, THAT DESCRIPTION OF THE ALLEY COULD CHANGE AS WELL DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SITE PLAN REVIEW RESULTS IN.

BUT AGAIN, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AND WE'LL BRING THE NEW MEETS AND BOUNDS IF IT DOES CHANGE.

BUT IN CONCEPT, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD BE.

PEOPLE WHO OWN THAT SOUTHERN PORTION ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT OWNED THE BILL.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, CHRIS. OKAY.

IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM THREE G? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DEDICATION OF A 3399 SQUARE FOOT TRACT OF LAND FOR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY PURPOSES, WHICH IS THE ALLEY BEING A PORTION OF LOT THREE D, BLOCK SEVEN TWO RE PLAT OF LOT THREE BLOCK 72, RIDGECREST UNIT NUMBER 14 AND ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND SECTION SEVEN BLOCK NINE BS AND F SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHWEST 45TH AVENUE AND TECLA BOULEVARD.

AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS PENDING APPROVAL OF THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 8037. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THIS LAND DEDICATION.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE-0 VOTE.

ITEM THREE H IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, FUNDING FOR NONPROFIT SERVICES TO SUPPORT AMARILLO AREA SENIOR CITIZENS.

[3.H. CONSIDER APPROVAL - DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR NONPROFIT SERVICES TO SUPPORT AMARILLO AREA SENIOR CITIZENS]

LAURA. THANK YOU, JARED.

SO I'VE GOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH VERY QUICKLY.

FIRST OFF, AS A REMINDER TO COUNCIL, WE WERE AWARDED AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING.

WE BROUGHT THAT TO YOU ALL TWO SEPARATE TIMES AND ALLOCATION OF THE FIRST INSTALLMENT AND ALLOCATION OF THE SECOND INSTALLMENT.

AND SO DURING THE FIRST ALLOCATION, CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED TO UTILIZE $500,000 OF THE FIRST INSTALLMENT TO GO TOWARDS SENIOR CITIZEN FUNDING, THEN CAME BACK AND AWARDED AN ADDITIONAL $100,000 TO GO TOWARDS SENIOR CITIZEN FUNDING THROUGH THE SECOND INSTALLMENT FOR A TOTAL OF $600,000.

SO THE CITY OF AMARILLO WORKED THROUGH A REQUEST FOR APPLICATION, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO HOW A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WORKS. AND WHAT WE DID IS WE ASKED ALL GROUPS IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO THAT WE'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDE SENIOR SERVICES OF SOME SORT TO APPLY FOR FUNDING.

SO ON THIS APPLICATION, WE DID STATE THAT THEY HAD TO BE WITHIN THE CITY OF AMARILLO LIMITS AND THAT THEY HAD TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND USES OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE PUT FORTH BY THE UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING.

WE DID ALSO SAY ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS COULD ONLY SUBMIT ONE APPLICATION OR PARTICIPATE IN ONE APPLICATION AS A PARTNER COLLABORATOR.

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AND THE MINIMUM REQUEST WE SAID THEY COULD PUT IN FOR WAS 50,000.

SO THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE, AND I APOLOGIZE, MAYBE STEPHANIE'S RUNNING IT FOR ME.

THERE WE GO. SO THIS ON THIS TIMELINE FOR THESE REQUESTS FOR APPLICATIONS, WE ISSUED IT ON AUGUST 3RD AND DID OUR FIRST ADVERTISEMENT ON AUGUST 3RD OF 2022 WITH A SECOND ADVERTISEMENT THE WEEK AFTER ON AUGUST 10TH.

THEN WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING ON AUGUST 11TH IN ORDER TO DISCUSS WHAT THIS PROCESS WAS.

WE HAD REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE, HAD A LOT OF OUR LOCAL SENIOR CITIZEN ORGANIZATIONS ATTEND THAT, ASK A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS.

WE FOLLOWED UP WITH WE HAD A SEPTEMBER 19TH DEADLINE FOR ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE APPLICATION, AND THEN WE HAD A DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS BY SEPTEMBER 22ND.

THEN THE APPLICATIONS WERE ALL DUE INTO THE CITY OF AMARILLO ON SEPTEMBER 29TH.

IN THE APPLICATION, WE STATED THAT THE FUNDING NEEDS THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE APPLYING FOR HAD TO BE OBLIGATED NO LATER THAN JUNE 30TH, 2024, FOR WHAT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT STATED WAS THEY HAVE TO BE ENCUMBERED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE GIVE US AS THE CITY OF AMARILLO, A SIX MONTH KIND OF BUFFER ON THAT TO ENSURE THAT THESE GROUPS COULD MEET TO GET THE FUNDS OBLIGATED BY JUNE. AND IF FOR SOME REASON THEY COULDN'T, WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO PIVOT AND AND COME BACK TO YOU ALL AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD STILL EXPEND THOSE DOLLARS, THEN THE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE COMPLETED AND FUNDS SPENT BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.

THAT'S ALL IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT GUIDELINES.

AND WE ALSO STATED THAT WE WOULD DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDING ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY FIRST, TURN IN EVERYTHING TO US AND WE WOULD HAVE TO ENSURE IT MET THE WHAT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT ALLOWED FOR AND THEN WE WOULD REIMBURSE.

SO. WE THEN PUT TOGETHER A REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THERE WAS IT WAS A FIVE MEMBER REVIEW COMMITTEE.

THREE OF OUR PARKS BOARD MEMBERS GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO HELP US WITH THIS REVIEW PROCESS.

WE HAD ONE PARKS EMPLOYEE AND ONE FINANCE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE, AND THOSE FIVE MEMBERS SEPARATELY SCORED EACH APPLICATION THAT CAME IN BASED ON A CRITERIA THAT WE OUTLINED IN THE REQUEST FOR APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO ALL THE GROUPS.

SCORES WERE COMPILED BY OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THE AWARD AMOUNTS WERE RECOMMENDED TO OUR PARKS BOARD THIS LAST WEEK.

BASED ON THE SCORES OF THE EVALUATING COMMITTEE, THE FUNDING AVAILABILITY, WE HAVE 600,000 AND THEN THE ARPA FUNDING ELIGIBILITY OF EACH OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS, BUT HERE'S A LIST OF KIND OF THE TARGET AREAS FOR THIS GROUP THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHAPE PROJECTS AROUND.

THIS ALL GOES BACK TO THE ARPA GUIDELINES.

THEN WE DID RECEIVE EIGHT DIFFERENT NONPROFIT APPLICATIONS FOR PROJECT FUNDING.

AFTER WE COMPILE THE SCORES FROM OUR FIVE MEMBERS OF OUR REVIEW COMMITTEE, THE WAY THE TOTALS RANKED, WE HAD AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING TO AWARD TO THE TOP ONE, TWO AND THREE APPLICATIONS AND A PARTIAL AWARD TO THE FOURTH HIGHEST RATED APPLICATION.

THEN APPLICATIONS RANKED FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN WERE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDING STOPPED.

WE JUST WENT IN ORDER BASED ON RANKING.

AND THEN WE DID HAVE ONE APPLICATION THAT DID NOT MEET THE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS, SO THEY WEREN'T ACTUALLY SCORED.

SO AGAIN, WE TOOK THIS TO THE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD LAST WEEK AND THEY VOTED ON IT AND RECOMMENDED THE SAME RECOMMENDATION THAT OUR GROUP ARE SCORING COMMITTEE BROUGHT FORWARD.

SO WHAT THAT RECOMMENDATION LOOKS LIKE, NUMBER ONE HERE IS CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND THE PURPOSE OF THEIR PROJECT WAS TO EXPAND THEIR FOOD PANTRY SERVICES TO SENIORS THAT ARE CONSIDERED LOW INCOME AND VERY LOW INCOME.

RIGHT THERE YOU'LL SEE THE ARPA APPLICABILITY THAT IT'S TIED TO.

AND THEY REQUESTED AN AMOUNT OF 175,000.

OUR SECOND GROUP WAS FAMILY CARE FOUNDATION, AND THE PURPOSE OF THEIR FUNDS WERE TO PROVIDE AND EXPAND FREE DENTAL SERVICES TO QUALIFYING SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE AREA, THOSE THAT ARE ON MEDICARE AND MEDICAID THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF A DENTAL SERVICE COVERED BY THAT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO WITH THESE FUNDS.

AND THERE'S YOUR RPA APPLICABILITY THERE.

AND THEY REQUESTED 100,000.

OUR THIRD GROUP, THIRD HIGHEST RATED GROUP, I'M SORRY, THIRD HIGHEST SCORED GROUP WAS UNITED WAY OF CANADA AND AMARILLO.

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THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO A SENIOR CITIZEN DEDICATED HOTLINE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING SENIORS TO FINANCIAL NEEDS, SUCH AS FOOD, HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE, ETC..

AND THERE'S YOUR ARPA APPLICABILITY HERE ON THE SCREEN.

AND THEY REQUESTED $143,600.

THEN OUR FOURTH HIGHEST RANKED APPLICATION WAS FROM THE WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS TO EXPAND SERVICES AND ADDRESS ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES AT THEIR SOUTH CAMPUS OF THE WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND HERE AGAIN IS THE ARPA AREAS THAT THAT APPLY.

THEY REQUESTED $244,510.

BUT BY FULLY FUNDING THE TOP THREE, THE REMAINING FUNDING WOULD BE 181,400, WHICH IS WHAT IS RECOMMENDED TO GO FORWARD FOR THIS GROUP.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE FOR COUNCIL ANYTHING? COUNSEL YES, I JUST HAVE A FEW.

HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WERE ACTUALLY SENT OUT? SO I DON'T HAVE THAT.

I DON'T HAVE THAT ON HAND.

I KNOW SOME OF THEM ACCESSED IT THROUGH OUR PUBLIC, OUR PUBLIC PURCHASING PORTAL AND COULD PULL IT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A WAY.

I'M LOOKING BACK AT TREY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A WAY.

WE PROBABLY COULD GET THAT NUMBER AND I COULD SHARE THAT WITH CITY COUNCIL.

BUT THERE WAS A TOTAL OF EIGHT THAT WERE SUBMITTED BACK IN, I WILL SAY, OF THE THE PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE CONDUCTED AFTER THE ADVERTISEMENT HAD GONE OUT.

WE HAD MORE GROUPS THERE IN ATTENDANCE THAN ACTUALLY DID SUBMIT APPLICATIONS.

OKAY. SO WE CAN WE CAN WORK ON TRYING TO FIND A NUMBER AND WE'LL GET THAT OVER TO.

AND I DON'T NEED THAT NUMBER.

JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE ANY TIME SOON.

JUST CURIOUS. BUT ALL RIGHT.

BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO CONVEY TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE TRIED TO COVER AS MANY OF THE SENIOR SENIOR CITIZEN ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WERE AWARE OF.

AND THEN WE RECEIVED EIGHT APPLICATIONS BACK.

AND NOW WE ARE AWARDING TO THESE FOUR THAT MET THE CRITERIA.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND AND IF I COULD EXPAND UPON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT, THIS THIS WASN'T PROBABLY A SIMPLE PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S IT'S TRYING TO FIND PROJECTS THAT CAN TIE BACK TO WHAT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT SAYS THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED ON.

IT CAN'T BE USED ON JUST ANYTHING.

AND SO WE GAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, THE FULL GUIDELINES AND IT WAS A LOT.

WE KIND OF TOLD THEM, HEY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THESE SECTIONS, BUT THEY HAD TO SPECIFICALLY TIE THOSE PROJECTS BACK.

AND THEN WE HAD A MAXIMUM OF 600 AND A MINIMUM OF 50,000 AND IT HAD TO FALL SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.

THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, PAPERWORK THAT'S INVOLVED.

AND SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED THAT WE HAD EIGHT APPLICATIONS COME BACK IN.

BUT DO KNOW THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER SENIOR CITIZEN GROUPS THAT DID AT LEAST INQUIRE OR RECEIVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I NEED.

THANK YOU. YES.

MR. STANLEY. YES, MAYOR.

SO THE THE GROUP THAT REACHED OUT TO ME WAS ASKING, AND SO I KNOW DURING THE COURSE OF DIALOG WE WERE TALKING WITH THEM AND THEY ARE A ASSOCIATION, NOT THE ONLY ONE.

YES, BUT I BELIEVE THEY MAY BE OUR LONGEST RUNNING SENIOR ASSOCIATION HERE IN TOWN.

AND OF COURSE, THEY'VE GOT A NEW HOME AND THEY'VE GOT A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN COMPLETING.

THAT BEING SAID, I LIKE UNITED WAY.

I KNOW THAT THEY ARE FUNDED WELL IN COMPARISON TO ALASKA.

I DID TALK TO MR. CHERLIN, THE PRESIDENT OF ALASKA NOW, AND HE SAID THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED A GRANT FOR $45,000.

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A MATCHING GRANT ON THAT, AND THEY'RE HEAVILY FUNDRAISING FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OVER THERE.

$100,000 WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR HEATING AND AIR NEED.

AND I JUST WANT TO ASK, COUNSEL, IF YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE ANY WILLINGNESS TO ENTERTAIN ANY REDISTRIBUTION OF THE FUNDS HERE TO INCLUDE A FIFTH POTENTIAL RECIPIENT.

YOU'RE ASKING US TO FUND UNITED WAY AND FUND ASCA NO, MY MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO FUND $100,000 TO UNITED WAY, TAKE 43 SIX FROM THERE, AND TO REDUCE BY 57,000 THE NOT FULLY FUNDED REQUESTS TO THE WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER.

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I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN HERE, THEY'VE WORKED HARD.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM SHARE IN THIS LONG TERM.

I THINK IT'S HEALTHY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR SENIORS TO HAVE A HOME, AND THAT WOULD PROVIDE A GOOD FUTURE HOME FOR THEM.

THEY WERE DONATED THE BUILDING AND THEY HAVE ABOUT A HALF MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO ACCOMPLISH.

I ALSO WOULD DEFINITELY ENTERTAIN IF THEY SINCE THAT WOULD BE A REIMBURSEMENT, IF THEY COULDN'T COME THROUGH WITH THEIR REMAINING FUNDRAISING, THEN THE 100,000 COULD THEN BE REISSUED IN THE AMOUNTS THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND WE COULD PUT A TIME FRAME ON IT.

WELL, THE ISSUE THAT I WOULD HAVE WITH THAT IS THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT WE GO THROUGH FOR A REASON.

AND YOU HAVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO MEET THE CRITERIA.

AND THIS IS NOT AN EASY CRITERIA TO MEET, BUT THEY HAVE SPENT THE TIME AND EFFORT TO GO THROUGH IT.

NOTHING, NOTHING AGAINST AMARILLO SENIOR CITIZEN ASSOCIATION AT ALL.

I MEAN, IF IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS AND HONOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE WORKED HARD AND THERE'S NO NEED OF HAVING A PROCESS IN PLACE TO DO THAT BECAUSE ONCE YOU GO OUT FOR A BID PROCESS OR AN APPLICATION PROCESS, YOU DON'T DEVIATE FROM THAT.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE ALSO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT IT IS UP TO COUNCIL TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. AND WE COULD DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THIS.

AND I'LL AGREE WITH YOU IF WE DON'T HAVE AN APPETITE TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY A FIFTH, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT 100% OF THE MONIES THAT ARE DONATED TO ASCA ARE GOING TO GO INTO HELPING THE SENIORS HERE.

UNITED WAY CARRIES A LARGER OVERHEAD.

AND SO IN THAT PARTICULAR STEWARDSHIP OF THAT MONEY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M CONSIDERING.

ALSO, WE'RE NOT FUNDING THE WESLEY COMMUNITY BASED ON WHAT THEY REQUIRED.

WE'RE FUNDING A PARTIAL.

AND THOUGH I AM IN FAVOR OF REDUCING IT, I STILL THINK THAT'S A GOOD WORK.

SO, YES, MA'AM, THERE'S A PROCESS AND I WANT TO FOLLOW IT.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF YOU GUYS SAY, HEY, IT'S DONE, THIS IS WHAT IT IS, THEN I'M I'M GOING TO VOTE WITH YOU.

WELL, AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCILMEMBER STANLEY, THAT THIS IS A STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT AS WELL.

BUT IT'S STAFF RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE CRITERIA AND THE SCORING PROCESS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH TO GET TO THIS POINT.

YES, MA'AM. SO I JUST DON'T AGAIN, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S FAIR TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD.

AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN FINANCIALLY GOOD STEWARDS OF THEIR FUNDS FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS. AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A PART OF THE CRITERIA AS WELL.

SO. SO CAN I ASK ONE OTHER QUESTION? WHERE IS THE SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION SCORED, WERE THEY SCORED NUMBER FIVE? SO THEY WERE ACTUALLY SCORED.

YOU KNOW, JUST NUMBER SIX.

THERE'S ONE OTHER IN BETWEEN.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR THEM.

WE'D HAVE TO DO SOMETHING FOR NUMBER FIVE BECAUSE THEIR SCORE DIDN'T EVEN MATCH.

NUMBER FIVE SCORE, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. THEY WERE SCORED THE SIXTH OUT OF SEVEN.

YES, SIR. SO THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD REALLY BE A PROBLEM FOR ME.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? DO I HAVE MOTION? SURE. I MOVE TO AWARD AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING TO RECIPIENTS OF REQUEST SUBMITTED THROUGH A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS FOR NONPROFIT SERVICES FOR AMARILLO AREA SENIOR CITIZENS AS FOLLOWS.

$175,000 TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

$100,000 TO FAMILY CARE FOUNDATION.

$143,600 TO UNITED WAY.

CANYON AND AMARILLO.

AND $181,400 TO WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER.

IT'S GOOD. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO MAKE THE AWARDS OF ARPA FUNDS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. AS THE MOTION LAYS OUT.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION? AND LAURA, I GUESS I JUST.

COULD WE PUT THAT CALENDAR BACK UP THERE AGAIN?

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WE'RE WAY OVER WORKING YOU TODAY ON THE.

COULD WE PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN THING? YEAH. YEAH.

IT WAS MEANINGFUL TO ME TO SEE THIS TIMELINE OF HOW MUCH SUPPORT THERE WAS FOR PUTTING YOUR BID TOGETHER.

PUTTING. BECAUSE IT IS MEETING THE ARPA STANDARDS IS NOT ALL OF OUR DAY TO DAY LANGUAGE.

RIGHT. AND SO I AGREE THAT EVERYONE HAD ACCESS TO ASKING QUESTIONS TO BUILDING THEIR PROPOSAL ALL OF THAT.

AND I FEEL VERY SWAYED THAT WE SHOULD STICK WITH THE PROCESS AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE'VE GOT A QUESTION ON THIS SLIDE THAT'S UP.

FUNDING NEEDS TO BE OBLIGATED NO LATER THAN JUNE 30TH.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN, OBLIGATED? SO IT NEEDS TO BE IT NEEDS TO BASICALLY BE ENCUMBERED.

SO IF IF THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING SOMETHING, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT THAT IT'S AWARDED.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE COMPLETED OR SOMETHING THAT'S ON ORDER OR THAT'S BASICALLY EARMARKED THAT THE FUNDING WILL BE SPENT.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FULLY SPENT BY THAT POINT.

IT JUST HAS TO BE ENCUMBERED BY THAT POINT.

AND WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE EACH PROJECT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND SO WE'LL WORK WITH THEM ON KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH EACH OF THEIR APPLICATION PROPOSALS.

SO IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, THEN THEY'D GET A CHECK? AS SOON AS THEY EXPENDED THE FUNDS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE WORK ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.

SO ONCE THEY SPEND THE FUNDS, THEY'LL HAVE TO SUBMIT ALL OF THEIR RECEIPTS OR THEIR DOCUMENTATION THAT THE FUNDS WERE SPENT AND THAT THEY WERE SPENT TOWARDS ELIGIBLE ITEMS. AND THEN WE WILL REIMBURSE AND WE HAVE VERY STRICT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON THE CITY SIDE BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE DO ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, I BELIEVE RELATED TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

WE ALSO THESE ARE ALREADY UNDER AUDIT BY OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING AT SOME POINT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL SEND AUDITORS AS WELL TO TO AUDIT ALL OF THIS.

SO WE'RE BEING VERY CAREFUL IN EACH STEP OF THE PROCESS.

ON THE SUBJECT OF ASCA WHAT THEY APPLIED FOR, I UNDERSTAND THEY APPLIED FOR ALL OF IT.

600,000? YES, SIR.

DID THEY ALL MEET THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT GUIDELINES? SOME OF THEM. SOME PORTIONS OF THEIR SUBMITTAL DID MEET THE ARPA REQUIREMENTS, SO SOME WERE MAY NOT HAVE FULLY MET THE ELIGIBILITY.

BUT YES, CERTAIN PIECES OF WHAT THEY APPLIED FOR ABSOLUTELY DID MEET THEIR CRITERIA.

BUT THE SCORING METHOD CAME OUT TO DELIVER NUMBER SIX? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.

AND IN EACH MEMBER, EACH OF THE FIVE PEOPLE SCORED SEPARATELY ON THIS.

THERE WAS NO COLLABORATION.

AND THEN OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT WAS NICE ENOUGH TO PULL ALL THE SCORES TOGETHER AND THEN TALLY THEM AND GIVE US THE FINAL RESULTS.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANYTHING ELSE.

OKAY. WITH THAT ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION PASSES WITH THE FIVE-0 VOTE.

AT THIS TIME WE HAVE ALL THAT'S LEFT ON OUR AGENDA IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[4. EXEGUTIVE SESSION]

PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, A CLOSED SESSION OF THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON THE ABOVE DATE OF DECEMBER 13TH, 2022, AT 6:05 P.M.

UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY, SECTION 551.071, CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY ON A MANNER IN WHICH THE ATTORNEY'S DUTY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER.

SECTION 551.072, DISCUSS THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, SALE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY AND PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF SUCH WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY'S BARGAINING POSITION.

THANK YOU. WE'RE DISMISSED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.